The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Bridport in favour of the establishment of reforma tory schools. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from Ayr, praying for the establishment of a national system of education in Scotland. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Lord MONTEAGLE called attention to the great increase as well as the deplorable consequences of railway accidents, and pressed on the Government the necessity of placing a return of the number of accidents before the house. He understood, from what passed in another place, that it was the intention of the Government to introduce a bill on this subject, and he hoped they would soon have an opportunity in this ho us e of judging of that measure. He would ask the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether he had any objection to lay on the table, without delay, th e p a p er s and reports regard ingtent these accidents in the posses s ion of his depar tm and whether he would unde r take to do this from time to time, as any fresh calamities happened ? Earl FITZ WILLIAM concurred in the necessity of legislation upon this matter, but thought, if any mea sure was proposed, it oug ht to originate with their lord ships' house. Lord STANLEY, of Alderley, said the Government was fully sensibl e o f the importance of the sub j ect, and were anxious to assent to any reme d y w hich could be proposed. It was true that a bill would be introduced into the House of Commons, and this it was hoped would meet the evils complained of by the public last session. A committee of inquiry sat upon the question, and the report emanating, from them would no doubt exercise an important influence upon the forthcoming bill. As to the questions of the noble lord, he (Lord Stanley) wa s ready not only to p resent to their lordships the returns now in the hands of the Board of Trade, but to publish and lay before them without delay accounts of accidents as they occurred hereafter. (Hear). Earl GREY Was not very sanguine as to the bill being effectual in protecting the public against railway acci dents, and therefore he could not help suggesting to their lordships that they had the power in their own hands of rendering great service to the country in the matter, if they thought fit to exercise it. There was hardly a:railway company inEnglancl who did not apply every session for new powers, and their lordships might accomplish the object desired by the proposed bill if they inquiry refused to grant these powers wi th ou t a thorough into the manner in which their existing ones had been exercised and where necessary, without inserting a clause for the protection and safety of the people. (Hear.) Lord CAMPBELL considered that further legislation was indispensable, and hoped a bill would pass both houses this session which would do justice to the country. The subject then dropped. STATE OF THE "NAVY JoIST." The Earl of HARD WICKE was desirous of calling the attention of their lordships and the Government to the present state and condition of the Navy List. The subject acquired greater importance owing to existing circumstances. Ile world declare at the outset that he had not the slightest intention to give arnica. He was convinced that there was not an officer on the Queen's lists—be his age what it might—who was not ready to serve his country to the utmost of his power, and who would not rejoice in an opportunity of meeting the enemy. It was also his intention not to mention the name of a single officer, but to confine himself to a statement of the average age of officers of the higher rank. The most prominent list, and one of the great est importance, was that of the admirals. The active admirals—though the word "active" applied to such a body appeared somewhat ridiculous—were 22 in num ber. Assuming that each of these officers was 25 years of age when he attained the rank of captain, it appeared that the youngest admiral in the list of actives was 75 years of age. Applying the same list to the vice-ad mirals, he found that the youngest of them was 69 years old. Among the rear-admirals were 9or 10 fit for ser vice, and the vice-admirals might be placed in the same category with the rear-admirals, being of nearly the same average age. This state of things was the result ofregulations and orders in Council, and it certainly did not bold out a very satisfactory prospect for the country. The first order in Council affecting the lists was issued on the 30th of June, 1827, and it provid first, that captains who had reached by seniority the head of the list of captains with unblemished character, and had not declined or avoi !el service, should be deemed eligible to be superannuated with the rank of retired rear-admiral ; secondly, that captains should be eligible to receive appointtnents is flag-officers, provided they should have commanded one or more rated ships during war, or six complete years during peace, or five complete years of war and peace combined ; thirdly, that lieutenants and commanders should respectively serve on board, in their proper ranks, two years and one year before being capable of being promoted to the rank of commander or captain. The object of these regulations was to get rid of old officers, and to supply their places with younger ones. On the 10th of A ug., 1840, this order in Council was repealed by another, which also provided "that, in all flag promotions, every captain whose seniority b r i ngs hi m i n t urn for advance relent shall be placed on the list of flag-officers, provided he has served as a captain, and shall not have declined service at any time when called upon, and that there be nothing against his character as an officer and a gen tlemen ; but that the half-pay of those flag-officers who have not commanded one or more of your Majesty's rated ships four complete years during war, or six com plete years during peace, or five complete years of war and peace combined, shall not be increased beyond that of rear-admiral, unless they shall have rendered, as flag officers, sea service of equal length to complete the period above mentioned, of which they were deficient as cap tains." By the same order in Council it was decreed that retired rear-admirals should be allowed to remain on the active list, but should receive only the pay of rear-admirals. In 1851 the Government reverted to the former system, and, by an order in Council, declared that officers on the active list, who had not served for their flags under the order in Council of June 30, 1827, should be removed to the reserved list, which was, in fact, a retired list. Having taken; by chance, 16 officers on the reserved list and 16 on the active list, he found that the united ages of the former amounted to 1,027 years, and of the latter to 1,038 years. The fitness for active service depended, of course, on the mental and bodily vigour of the respective individuals ; but it must be admitted that the fact he had just stated indicated that the officers on the active list had generally attained a very advanced age. The existing regulations were objectionable, because they !operated unjustly upon officers. When a man entered the navy a moral contract was formed between him and the Crown, by which it was provided that, if he discharged his duty zealously and efficiently, and maintained an unblemished character, he should have an opportunity of advancing to the top of his prefe-sion ; but at present, when an officer had raised himself to a certain point, he found the door of promotion shut in his face by an order in Council. The orders in Council stated, annd very properly so, as a reason why an officer should serve six years as a captain before he obtained his flag, that he should be fitted by experience for pro motion. That, no doubt, was extremely right and pro per ; but there was this absurdity in the case, that prac tically the spirit of the rule was not adhered to. For while the orders in Council rejected a captain for pro motion who had not served his full term of six years, the Government, on the other hand, would take an officer and give him a vary magnificent ship, with a broad pen dant, who, perhaps, was a young man who nev er b e f ore had the command f anything but a small vessel, and - who, probably, had never been more than two or three years at sea. These were the general features of the case he wished to lay before their lordships. He could have materially strengthened his case if he had thought proper to mention the names of some of his brother officers, but that be had declined to do. Those con nectod with the navy were not sorry that the orders in Council existed, but there was not one of them who did not admit the injustice of their , operation in the instances which he had briefly pointed out. His opinion was, that if an opportunity were given to officers in the various grades of the service of purchasing their com missions? and that upon a fair calculation of the value of their pay, great relief would be afforded to the navy ; and he believed, moreover, that if the orders in Council were so modified and enforced as he had suggested, the Crown would still have the power to make a selection of the officers whom it might choose to employ. Had these things been done, this question with regard to the N avY List would never have come before th em . Th e for th e appo i ntment of :l i b e l l e e : t ad concluded by moving committee to inquire into the subject. had The Earl o f ABERDEEN th oug ht t h e noble earl who just iesunied his seat might be assured that there was no noble lord who did not sympathise with the views and motives which had induced him to bring this subject before their lordships; and, if it were not from a sense of what he (the Earl of Aberdeen) believed to be a duty he owed to the service and to the public, he should not be disposed to oppose the motion of the noble earl. He was quite aware that much up differ ence of opinion had pr eva i led • on the subject from the time of the enactment of the regulation to which the noble earl had referred ; but it was a re markable fact that, although that regulation had, h e presumed, been brought before every Board of thononeghotf Admiralty that i had y ienxisstatendaesiwnhace telvBe2r7; hnaocit those boards, proper to deal with that regulation. The regulation in question was framed by Sir George Cockburn wa i 6 n he was the- naval adviser to the Board of Admiralty, and from that day to this not a single instance had occurred of an attempt to make any alteration in the rule in any respect whatever. There had been subsequent orders in Council with a view to the extension of the rule then made, but not for the purpose of introducing any altera tion in the order in Council of the 30th of June, 1 827. Re would repeat that in no instance had any officer whatever been promoted to his flag without having pre: ' , lonely complied with the conditions of that regulation. Before-the regulation of 1827 was made there was so •nob favour and caprice shown in the promotion of offi t * the navy that there was no certainty whatever as z Ih! world be promoted or who would not ; and their rnuit be a ware o f th e many cr i m i na l p rac ti ces Nsurtel to in the promotion of officers in the 1 - tll 74 " erv ice- It was th ere f ore t h oug h t on l y reasona bl e 7 1) ate active service as pestecaptaia should be IMMISALIIN7 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1854. mittee to inquire into the revenue and condition of Ramsgate and the Cinque Ports. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. ADDERLEY wished to ask Lord John Russell, whether the Education Bill of last session will be re introduced, or any measure brought forward by the Government this session, on the subject of national education generally, or specially for the establishment of pauper schools. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to in troduce the bill of last session in the shape it was in before. It was the intention of the Government rather to wait to learn the effect of the bill which was to be introduced by the Lord Advocate for Scotland. With respect to pauper schools, that question was still under the consideration of the Government. (Hear, hear.) table—to complain that the article was a breach of privi lege, and to move that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the alle g ations contained i n suc h p u bli ca ti on , and report the same to the house. At the dinner in ques tion Dr. Gray, a gentleman who, from his (Mr. Butt's) own knowledge, was a person of some position, made a statement, in which he said that a member of that house proposed to obtain for a person the situa tion of a paid guardian of the poor in Ireland, but that the first year's salary, namely 3001., was to be given to him (the member) previously to its being obtained. The individual to whom the proposal was made thereupon came to him (Dr. Gray), and inquired if the office of paid guardian of the poor was likely to be con tinued, stating to him his reasons for putting the question, saying that he did not like to pay his money until he was satisfied as resarded the office in question being continued. Dr. Gray said he thereupon told his friend that it was for tunate he had made the inquiry, as the Government in tended to abolish the office in the course of a few months. Now this was a most scandalous charge to make against a member of that house. It was repeated in the Times of the preceding day. It had gone forth to the world as an ima putation against Irish members. It was an attack upon the di g nity and honou r o f th e h ouse, an d i t was the duty of the house to take every possible means to ascertain whe ther the charge was true or false. This statement of Dr. Gray's was followed by another, by a gentleman named, who, although lie was not acquainted with nim, was, he had no doubt, a gentleman of station in the locality where this dinner took place. Mr. Kelly asserted that a mem ber of a former Parliament consented to obtain the office of a stipendiary magistrate for 1,0001. The conditions of sale were settled in this way :—The sum of 5001. was to be paid by the proposed magistrate for the promise of the office when obtained from the Minister, and the further sum of 5001. was co be paid by the magistrate as soon as that promise should have been ratified. Mr. Kelly then said the Minister was hard up for votes upon some par ticular division —the promise of the place was made—the Minister got into difficulty again ; and the promise was ratified, and his worship the magistrate was duly installed into all the dignities of his office. It appeared, however, that no sooner was the magistrate installed than he re fused to complete his share of the transaction by the pay ment of the remaining 5001. (Laughter.) The solicitor of the M.P. called upon him (Mr. Kelly), and through his in tervention an influence was brought to bear upon the ma gistrate. There was not a member of that house who would say that this was a transaction that ought not to be inquired into. Hon. members might laugh at the statement, but they ought to recollect it was a grave charge, made against one -sixth of the members of that house, and, if passed by without inquiry, would give a heavy blow and great discou ragement to constitutional government. This charge affected every one of the Irish members of that house. It was right also that the charge should be repudiated on the part of the gentry of Ireland. In the article in question it was arguedas follows:—" We have satisfied the theory of the con stitution, as far as the Irish division of the empire is con cerned, with no sparing hand, but we have not succeeded in obtaining a body of representatives which an Irishman could look upon with satisfaction, or an Englishman with out dismay. In the name of a constitutional government we may be permitted to ask, what does the section of Irish members represent beyond the embodied wish of some hundred needy men to obtain place, salary, and posi tion." This influential journal thought proper to cast upon the whole body of the Irish representatives the im putation of being " needy men to obtain place, salary, and position." Now, he felt that these were grave charges, and were calculated to mar the feeling, that he for one was anxious to promote, namely, to cement a good feeling between Ireland and this country. He did not desire that any pains or penalties should be inflicted upon the editor of the Times newspaper for this attack upon the whole body of the Irish representatives. He thought that the best course which they could pursue was to inquire into the matter, and fix the guilt—if really guilt existed—on the person liable to the imputation. The Clerk read at length the article complained of from the Times, and Mr. BUTT concluded by moving that the matter of the complaint be referred to a committee of privilege to in quire and report thereon. Mr. J. O'CONNELL, in seconding the motion, said that he differed from the mover only upon one point, and that was his complaint of the Times newspaper. He did not think the Irish members were justified in complaining of the Times, when their own newspapers set the example of maligning the whole Irish representation. Their indigna tion should first be directed against the Irish papers, and there was no reason why they should wonder at the matter having been taken up by an English journal. There was unhappily a most miserable spirit of recrimination, bitter ness, and dissension extant in Ireland, which rendered its people the laughing-stock of the world. (Hear.) With regard to the special charges which formed the subject of the present discussion, he would say that although not hav ing had the honour of a seat in Parliament during the period to which they referred, he had had one for many years be fore, and had never heard similar charges brought forward with anything like the shadow of proof. He sincerely be lieved from what he knew of his brother members, that the present charge would turn out to be utterly baseless, and a mere empty calumny'. At the same time he heartily con curred in the proposed inquiry, and trusted that it would be one of the most searching character, and pushed to the uttermost length of investigation. He, however, censured Dr. Gray for having concealed the matter so long as that gentleman admitted he had done. It ought not to have been left to Mr. Butt to bring it forward, inasmuch as some of those who were present at the dinner at which the charges were originally made ought to have taken the sub ject up. Lord J. RUSSELL—I think the house cannot help at once acceding to the motion. (Loud cheers.) It is due to the honour of Parliament, to the character of Government, and to the character of those Irish members who are in cluded in the sweeping denunciation which has just been read at the table. Ido not, however, wish to follow the hon. and learned mover in his remarks respecting the com ments of the Times, or those of the gentleman who followed him, on the conduct of Dr. Gray or Mr. Kelly. I can only say, that we have the names of both these gentlemen as the persons who made the charges complained of, and there fore, having thus the means of investigation, I trust that the matter will be probed to the bottom. (Hear, hear.) It will then be seen whether there is any,truth in those state ments, and we shall every detail of the transactions in question. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. BALL likewise hoped that the subject would be sifted in the most searching manner. Mr. LUCAS said he had heard the case mentioned by Dr. Gray at the Tuam banquet stated by him before, and believed it to be true. He had brought similar accusa tions, in a general way, himself ; he believed them to be true, and it was, he said, utterly impossible for any gen tleman to take a part in political conversations in Ireland without hearing very frequently cases of this kind men tioned, on evidence which it was impossible to disbelieve. (Expressions of dissent.) The difficulty in dealing with cases of this kind was simply that there were cases men tioned to you in private as matters of conversation by persons well acquainted with the facts, whose evidence could not be disbelieved, but you were not at liberty to mention their names, and could not break the seal of con fidence under which the facts had been revealed. The hon. and learned gentleman who had brought forward the motion had commented upon an article in the Times—and indeed some words of that article bore out that mode of treating it—as an accusation of corruption brought against Irish members, mainly based upon the statements of Dr. Gray and Mr. Kelly, as though no such accusation had been made before, and as though the Times had made the accusation alone upon the information which these two after-dinner speeches conveyed. Nothing, however, could be farther from the truth tha n thi s . He had with him a statement made in the Times in September last, months before the statements of Dr. Gray and Mr. Kelly were m a de, very much stronger than the accusation just read. With the permission of the house he would read the accu sation. When hon. members talked about an article in the Times, they were not, of course, to pry into the mystery of newspapers—that was a very deilcate subject —(a laugh); but they knew that it " was'nt nobody" that wrote the ar ticles complained of, and they sometimes heard very exalted names mentioned in connection with London newspapers. He did not know—perhaps nobody knew—whether the ar ticle in question might not have been written by a Secre tary of State, or perhaps, at all events, it might have been written by a Secretary to a Board. (Laughter.) At any rate, what was matter of public notoriety was, that one of the proprietors of the Times was a member of the housef a supporter, and not the least efficient supporter, of the present G overnme nt — perfectly cognizant of all the ru mours and talk of the Treasury bench, and one who did insult his fellow-suPPerts of the present Government by making allegations which that Government itself believed to be false. (Hear, hear.) The accusation brought against the whole body of Fish member- he believed in general to be unfounded. He had never brought al'egations of so sweepingualnlyevaecrt e i d n . ten to laugh). He a character against Irish members. ilielßde ha n d im br s o e i l i f gh in t laugh) —or those honourable gentl emen ntgwßhoeieegeneral such haread' whomaclaccusation—(a n accusation against Irish members upon th e s id e o f house on which he s a t, Hi s accusat i ons had been directed against for a l ong course o f years, had been ctannectetdhoinsethwho eco'ramerce of corruption with successive and fd t i course, heon _ u s ( a Whig Governm ents—(laughter) of which transactions the editor of the Times was a very proper and suitable wit ness. (Renewed laughter.) Before he read the article to which he had referred, he was anxious to recall to the memory of the house what took place in the course of the last session, when an accusation of corruption was brought against the present Government, in connection with certain Irish members not named, by the hon. member for New Ross ( Mr . Duffy). No one who was in the house on that occasion could forget the frenzy of indignation which that charge of corruption excited upon the benches opposite. It was ' almost impossible to stand against the torrent of indignation 'Which that charge evoked—even the right honourable member for Bucking hamshire (Mr. Disraeli) was almost borne down with it, and the weaker and less practised members of the house were fairly overwhelmed by it. (A laugh.) He (Mr. Lucas) declared that such was the impression which that burst of indignation produced on his mind, that for a mo ment he believed the opposite side of the house to be pure. (Laughter.) The house would recollect how that affair ended. (Hear, hear.) When it was found that the accu sation did not mean that money was exactly put down by the hon. member for Wells in the lobby of the house, but that merely political corruption and a prostitution of pub he principle through the ordinary agencies of the Govern city of London,. declared that late thought there was no me nt had taken pl ace, th e no bl e l o rd the member f or th e ac cusation to answer. (Hear, hear.) The session came to an end, honourable members went to their homes, with that sce ne fresh in their reco ll ec ti o n, and with that burst of in dignation never to b e eras ed from their memory. Th e house had not been up a month when they saw a leading article in the Times, wr itten, perhaps by some member of the Government opposite, which stated.—The hon. mem ber then read th e ar ti c l e in question, marking it with bitter emphasis and interspersing sarcastic comment ; and he expressed a hope that the willingness to grant this in vestigation did not originate in a desire to cloak the cor ruption which had so long existed between the Whigs and the Irish members, by means of which the Whigs had, notoriously, been able to retain power. He was pre pared for any amount of denial, but no denial would shake any sane man's conviction as to the general fact. Ho then offered to advance some new facts, au thority, murmurs arose on the Liberal benches be but, mentioning that he could not give up his low the gangway, on which Mr. Lucas tauntingly said, "Oh, then, you don't want to hear the facts ?" (No, no,) " And you think, with the Times, that the corruption of Irish members is a desirable part of the British Constitu tion ?" He then related some cases of corruption, and alluded to a statement said to have been made by Mr. Shell, to the effect that Lord J. Russell hold the Irish Bri an explanation, Mr. Shell said that on an approachin g hard reseed gade in the hollow of his hand, and on being pressed f or division, when Ministers were p , they wrote to each member intibaatima that a certain place was at his disposal, which place, however, WU not given until geter the division. He had telegraphed to Dr. Gray the motion, notice of which was given on Monday night, and he had just had a telegraphic reply stating that he was ready to appear at the bar of the house. (Hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE observed that, when this inquiry took place, it could not be confined to Ireland, and he re ferred to the statement on oath of a member of the house, in Chancery, in the case of " the York and North Mid land Railway Company, v. Hudson," that a sum of money had been expended in shares given to persons of influence connected with Parliament to secure their good offices in connexion with the operations of the company. A trans action had been mentioned in the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, who had severely remarked upon it. Could Government pass over such a case as that, with a bill against poor men who might be corrupted coming on upon Friday next ? He called on Lord John Russell to investi gate the subject, and let them know who were the cor rupted parties—they knew the corruptor. The motion was then agreed to. The Assessed Taxes Amendment Bill went through com mittee. The other business hating been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quartr to 8 o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WHITEHALL, FEB. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander Stuart Logan, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriffdom of Forfar. WHITEHALL, FEB. 4. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend William Anderson to the Church and parish of Denny. in the presbytery and county of Stirling, vacant by the trans portation of the Reverend Colin McCulloch, late Minister thereof, to the cha!ge and office of First Minister of the church and parish of Montrose. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 4. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, report ing the promulgation of a law, by which the Customs' Duty on all materials and tools imported for the purpose of being employed in works for bringing water into towns, lighting them by gas, and improving their drainage, will be reduced to 5 per cent. ad valorem, whenever the duties levied on such materials by the tariff shall exceed that rate. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Brecknock—John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, of Pennoyre, in the county of Brecknock, Esquire, in the room of Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 7. 17th Light Dragoons—Major-General Sir James Max well Wallace to be Colonel, vice Major-General Thomas William Taylor, C. 8., deceased, Jan. 28. 16th Regiment of Foot.—Major-General Thomas Erskine Napier, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General William Carr, Viscount Bereford. deceased, Jan. 28. 60th Regiment of Foot.—Lieutenant-General Viscount Gough, G.C.B , to be Colonel in Chief, vice General Vis count Beresford, deceased, Jan. 28. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--!Ceir/ Otto, a German, was charged before Alderman Sammons. Foulger, of the detective police, said•—l apprehended the prisoner in a court in White9hapel for having robbed a merchant's office, into which he went with a letter, soliciting charity. He contrived, being a strong and vigorous man, to get away through Petticoat-larie. I I again took him, and again he broke away from me, and escaped at the corner of Mark-lane. I pursued, and contrived to get him to the ground, and after a hard struggle I succeeded in taking him to the office of Messrs. Schafe and Brown, in Fenchurch-street, where he was identified as being a person who called there yesterday for relief, and was charged by one of the clerks with having stolen a:coat. Underneath his upper coat I found he was wearing the coat I produce, and in the pocket I found a silk handkerchief. The prisoner gave me a card-case out of his pocket. Mr. Lee, clerk to Messrs. Schafe and Brown, iden tified the coat, handkerchief, and cardcase as his, and stated that they had been stolen from the office on the day before, between one and two o'clock, and that the prisoner had visited the office twice during the day. The prisoner, who is believed to have been mixing up the characters of thief and beggar for a considerable time, was then committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—George Brooks was charged with stealing a volume of the I ancet, the propdrty of Edward Truelove, bookseller, of the Strand. A police-constable of the F divisi >n having stated that he stopped the young man with the book in his posses.' sion, and that the prisoner admitted having stolen it " from distress," The prosecutor was calle'l upon to identify the pro perty, and the chief usher was about to administer the oath to him in the usual manner, when he requested per mission to make an affirmation instead. Mr. Jardine inquired upon what grounds ? The Prosecutor —because I olject to take an oath. Mr. Burnaby, chief clerk—What religion do you pro fess, then ? Prosecutor— I profoss no religion. I claim exemption on conscientious grounds. Mr. Jardine--I can only exempt you on religiOus grounds. Prosecutor--By a recent act of Parliament any man who conscientiously objects to take an oath is permitted to make an affirmation. Mr. Jardine--There is an act which enables Quakers, Moravians, and some other religious sects to make affir mations, because they object to the oath on religious grounds. Your objection is based on irreligious grounds, and I am not aware of there being any law, recent or otherwise, that recognises such an objection as that. The prosecutor adhered to. his opinion that there had been some recent legislation which placed the consci entious non-believer on the same footing as the consci entious Quaker or Moravian, and consequently some little time was spent by the magistrate and chief clerk in overhauling acts ofParliament, law reports, &c., with a view to enlighten him on the point ; after which Mr. Jardine again informed the prosecutor that he must be mistaken. According to the law of this coun try, there must be a religious sanction given to the evidence received in courts of justice. The Quaker was exempted, not because he had no religious belief, but because he had religious scruples which the law deemed it right to respect. No such consideration was shown to the non-believer, and, consequently, if be refused to take the oath, his evidence must be rejected. In doing what the law required him to do, he (Kr. Jardine) did not mean to cast any reproach upon the prosecutor, wbo, no doubt, was at full liberty to enjoy his own opinions in common with other men. The Prosecutor—Then I am to unierstand that the abandoned prostitute who was examised on oath just now is entitled to the protection which was refused to me, because I conscientiously objet: to the solemn appeal which she had no scruple in making ? Mr. Jardine—Yes, certainly. The wom.tn, although a prostitute, may have somo religious belief. Prosecutor—Then I can have no redress, and no pro tection for my property ? Mr. Jardine—That happens to be so in this case, be cause you have no one else who can speak as to the identity of the property. It is the legal consequence of the course you have taken. Prosecutor—Forgive me, Sir, for urging you, as a magistrate, to use your influence to effect an amend ment of this most unjust law. Mr. Jardine—That is not my province, and, if it were so, I could not say that the frequency of such cases ren dered an aiteration necessary, for during all my expe rience as a magistrate I do not remember a similar oc currence, with one exception. At all events the matter is at an end now, and the prisoner is discharged. A question then arose as to which was entitled the possession of the property, the prosecutor or th e pri soner. Mr. Jardine said the.prisoner must have the book if he Maimed it, but probably he would not. The prisoner was asked'if he would consent to give up the book to the prosecutor ? Prisoner—Yes, he may have it. . The prisoner was then discharged. THAMES.—Yesterday morning Mr. Yardley was waited upon by Mr. Howie, the superintendent of the K division of police, who 'requested that he would exa mine a Mr. Taylor, an alleged lunatic, previous to sign ing. an order for his removal to a lunatic asylum. Mr. Seaborne, one of the relieving officers of the Stepney Union, and Mr. Llewellyn, a surgeon, were also in attendance. The proceedings were taken by order of Lord Palmer ston, the Home SeCretary. Mr. Taylor had addressed several communications to her Majesty and Prince Albert relating to some grievances and injuries he alleged to have sustained from the East India Company, from whom he is in the receipt of a pension. He had also paid several visits to Buckingham Palace, and doubts of his sanity having been entertained, a communication was made to the Horne-office, and Lord Palmerston called the attention of the Commissioners of Police to the subject. Mr. seaborne now attended with the medical gentle man, and with the usual certificates, for the purpose of obtaining an order under the magistrate's signature to convey Mr. Taylor to the County Lunatic Asylum. The Magistrate, having been informed of the history of the alleged lunatic, proceeded to the library of the station-house, adjoining the court, and had an inter view with him, which lasted half an hour. The result of this interview was that the magistrate was not satisfied of Mr. Taylor's insanity, and declined to sign the order. In the afternoon the alleged lunatic was brought to the court, and Mr. Yardley examined him and also and some evidence as to his state of mind, but still retained the opinion he had previously formed, and therefore Mr. Taylor left with the gentlemen who had accompanied him to the office. LAMBETH.—Mr. Richard Houghton, a coal-dealer in Hill-street, Lambeth-walk, appeared to a summons taken out against him by Mr. James Rogers, the come- dian of the Adelphi Thea re, charging him with selling coals short of the weight for which he charged. Mr. Rogers deposed that, having beard that the de fendant, at a period at whUch coals were at an enormous price, was in the habit of serving the poor people in his neighbourhood with coal much short of the proper weight, he determined to test his honesty, and, with that object, ordered 2 cwt. to be sent from his shop to his (Mr. Rogers's) residence, 14, Saville-place. He paid 2s. 3d. a-hundredweight for the coals, and on their being sent. home, he borrowed scales and weight, and, with the sack which they were in, found they were deft• cient 28 pounds. He weighed them in the presence of the lad the defendant had sent them by, and the same lad subsequently brought him a lump of coal weighing 18 pounds, and said he neglected to put it in the sack, but with the addition of this lump the coals were de ficient 10 pounds, including the sack. The defence set up was, that the defendant knew nothing whatever of the transaction, that the order for the coals bad been taken by his lad, that his lad served. them short of weight, and subsequently absconded with the money. Mr. Elliott remarked that the defendant was answer able for the conduct of his servant, and convicted him in a penalty of 203., or 14 days' imprison met. Tile defendant subsequently paid the penalty. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Light on Guvanne Rock, Coast of Istria Adriate.—A lighthouse is now being constructed on Guvanne Rock, near Rovigno, in the Adriatic, in 45 deg. 2 min. 32 sec. N., and 13 deg. 73 min. 6 sec. East of Greenwich. It will revolve, and successively appear bright red. It will be first lighted on the Ist of August next. It will stand 73 feet above the level of the sea, and be seen at a distance of five leagues. required as a necessary qualification, previously to any officer being entitled to receive an appointment as flag officer of the fleet. Of course, any regulation of an in variable description, such as that, must in its operation be attended with cases of individual hardship. He re gretted that such should be the case. The noble earl himself, and other noble lords who were in a similar con dition, m ight think that an alt era ti on o f the regulation of 1827 was necessary, and they might have reason to de plore the operation of the existing rule; but their lordships would perceive that, if such a regulation were of any ser vice at all, it must be invariably adhered to, for if once an exception were made, and the invariable character of the rule infringed upon, that would deprive it at once of all its fairness and of all its merit. He had conferred with his right hon. friend at the head of the Admiralty on this sub ject, and it was his opinion, as well as that of every preceding Board of Admiralty since the year 1827, that no mode more fair could be adopted to preserve efficiency in the service than to require a reasonable qualification on the part of the officer to be promoted. That being the case, although he (the E ar l o f Ab er d een ) agree d w i t h the noble earl that practically the regulation had ope rated hardly in individual instances, yet he could not concur with him in thinking that the rule should in any case be relaxed, because he believed that any such de parture from a fixed and unalterable character would im pair the efficiency of the service, and be attended with consequences which would put an end to that fair and equitable proceeding which had hitherto characterised the conduct of the Crown in the promotion of officers in the navy. Therefore he could only say that, after the most full inquiries and examination of the subject, he had come to the same decision at which all preceding Boards of Admiralty had arrived—that, upon the whole, the present system, although attended with individual cases of hardship, nevertheless was the most just and the most advantageous to the service that had been proposed. Lord COLCHESTER said, that no doubt the subj ct to which his noble friend had called the attention of their lordships was one of great difficulty. The noble earl at the head of the Government had said that the regulation of 1827 was made by Sir George Cockburn when he was at the Board of Admiralty, and that it had never since been altered. Now, he begged to remind the noble earl that two orders in Council had been sub sequently issued on the same subject—one in 1840, and the other in 1851. In the order in Council of the 10th of Aug., 1840, it was stated "that so much of the order in Council of the 30th of June, 1827, as related to the promo tion of captains to flag officers should be rescinded, and that those officers who had been placed on the retired list under that order in Council should be placed on the list of fla/, officers according to their seniority as captains. He believed that this alteration of the regulation of 1827 was made in consequence of the case of Captain Debenham, which was considered at the time to be one great hardship. Under the order in Council of 1840 all captains, who were ready to serve, whether they served or not, were put on a level with rear-admirals in respect to their pay. Under the order in Council of 1851 the country was deprived of the advantage of the service of those officers who had been placed on the reserved list, and who might have been called into active service. (The noble lord made some observations in respect to the order in Council of 1851, but they were not audible in the gallery.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, it was essen tial to the effective power of the service, and that the public interest required it, that every captain having the qualification and rank of admiral should have served for a certain /period as commander of a ship in her Majesty's service. Such was the rule, and no doubt it was a just rule ; still, he thought it very desirable to reconsider the details of the Order in Council. For, certainly, there was something contrary to all reason in saying, that an officer should be considered qualified for a flag after having served six years in one of her Ma jesty's rated ships, yet that he should not be considered qualified' by having served in another ship, where equal or even superior experience might have been acquired. The service in her Majesty's rated ships was a service before the discovery of steam and before large ships were built. Therefore, practically, the orders in Council hail a tendency, as they now existed, not of giving to the country those men who were best acquainted with the service as it at present was, but men who were ac quainted with the service as it used to be. It appeared to him, therefore, that it was most desirable the details of the rule should be reconsidered. The noble earl had stated, that the rule was established in 1827, at the sug gestion of Sir George Cockburn. No man was held in higher esteem, or more honoured and deservedly so, than Sir George Cockburn, by the whole of the British navy, but their lordships must consider the difference of the naval service in the year 1827, and of the same service in the year 1853. In 1827 not many years had elapsed since the country had been involved in a long and ardu ous war, and when, therefore, captains in the navy were not required to wait long for promotion ; but now, at the end of 40 years of peace, the rule was, exclusion from promotion, and not admission. This was a further reason why he thought it highly desirable that the rule should be reconsidered in its details. He recollected most distinctly a claim made on behalf of her Majesty by Sir Robert Pdel in 1346, to a power of promoting any officer of any rank in the navy. That was a power which should never be confided to the Admiralty. It should not be for the Admiralty to make any such ex traordinary promotion. That power had been most rightly reserved to the Crown, and a case might arise when her Majesty might most wisely exercise that power by an order in council. There would be an ample guarantee against the power being improperly exer cised. No order in council could take place without the whole merits of the officer to be promoted being brought before the Cabinet. It wou ld th us b ecome a public measure, and one of the highest importance, and . which it would be the duty of the Minister to defend in Parliament. The country would thereby be perfectly satisfied that such a measure would not be adopted un less under very peculiar circumstances. He thought it most desirable to guard against the introduction, or rather the extension, of anything like party feeling in the selection of any officer for any employment in the service of the Crown. It was hardly too strong an ex pression when he stated that he thought it a public crime in a man at the head of the naval department, or at the head of the army, when, from private, personal, or party motives, he promoted a person over the head of another who was deserving of the appointment. It was his first duty to look around and select from every de partment the fittest man he could find. That was the true secret of success in war. It was, indeed, the true secret of success in civil affairs ; but in war it was essen tial to success. Let them look around ;for they would invariably find that, whatever might be the general merits of individuals—whatever might be their ability or their zeal—all great things in civil life, and even more, perhaps, all great things in war, were performed by some few, some very few men of superior ability and superior genius ; and there could not be a greater or a more valuable talent in a man placed in the situation of his noble friend opposite, or, yet more, placed in the direc tion of the Admiralt, or of the army, than that of dis covering the ability by which -great things might be done. After a few words from Earl WALDEGRAVE, which did not reach the gallery, the motion was with drawn, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock, PRIVATE BILLS. A. large number of private bills were introduced by Mr. BROTHERTON, and read a first time. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Ardrossan and Glasgow amid South-Western Railways; Bacup Improvement ; Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland Junction Railway and Branch ; Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Bolton Gas ; Brighton, Hove, and Preston Waterworks ; Cannock Railway ; Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock ; Clyde Navigation ;'Cork and Bandon Railway ; Don caster Cemetery ; East Lancashire Railway ; gist Lan cashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railways ; East London Waterworks ; En niskillen Waterworks ; Gloucester Water ; Hastings and St. Leonard's Gas; Hull Cemetery ; Kingston-upon- Hull Docks ; Kingston-upon-Hull Improvement ; Law Life. Assurance ;Society ; Leeds New GIS ; Liverpool Improvement ; Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund ; Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts; Llandudno Improvement ; London Life Association ; Middleton Gas;_ Newport Improvement; North London Rail way ; Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company ; Nottingham Waterworks ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) ; Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas ; Ramsbot tom Gas ; Rochdale and Burnley Roads ; Rossen dale Union Gas ; Shrewsbury and Chester Railway ; Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Stations) ; South port Waterworks ; Staffard New Gas ; Stockton and Cleveland Union Railway ; Swansea V a l e Railway ; Towy Vale Railway ;, Warrington Improvement and Market; Wellington (Salop} rinprovement ; Wey. mouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier ; W h i te . haven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway ; Whitehaven Junction Railway ; York and North Midland Railway. PETITIONS. Mr. FERGUSON presented a petition from Carlisle upon the subject of the ecclesiastical patronage in that town. Mr. 'WILCOX presented a petition from Southampton against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the Liver- P O Ol Chamber of Commerce in favour of a system of decimal coinage. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from two individuals named Barnard and Dunn, each of whom claimed to be the inventor of the penny receipt stamp upon paper, and praying the house to appoint a com mittee with the view of having their claims investigated, and if found correct, rewarded. Lord J. RUSSEL% presented a petition from the Corporation of Carnliridg e complaining of the corrupt practices which prevailed at the last election for that town, an d praying that step s m i g h t b e taken to prevent a recurrence of such abuses. f4IM,ADDERLEY presented a petition from the inha bitants of the Orange River Settlement, against the abandonment of that sovereignty. Mr. HADFIELD presented a p et i t i on from the inhabit ants of Nova S co tia, in favour of anOcean Penny Postage. _ OATEIS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL brought in the New Oath Bill, which watt read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday fortnight. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. T. D'UNCOXIBE gave notice that on this day fortnight he should., move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act relative to the settlement of disputes between nigher and servants by arbitration. Mr. ,MACKINNON gave notice that this day fort /light lie bhould move the appoihtmont of a select cou27 TURKISH TREATIES. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask Lord John Russell, if he could place on the table of the house copies of the treaty of Bainardgi, the 16th day of July, 1774 ; treaty of Adrianople, the 4th day of September, 1829 ; treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, 1833 ; and treaties of 1840 and 1841. Lord J. RUSSELL said there would be No objection to produce the first two treaties. CHURCH RATES. Sir E. LACON begged to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure this session on the subject of church rates. Lord RAIMERSTON hoped to be able to introduce such a measure very shortly. POSTAGE STAMPS. Mr. OLIVEIRA wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, whether any impediment has presented itself to the general issue of perforated postage stamps to the public. Mr WILSON said the delay had been occasioned by the demand for receipt stamps, but after to-day none hut perforated postage stamps would be issued by the Inland Revenue Department, a supply of which, he hoped, would be ready to-morrow. STANNARIES COURT. Mr. COLLIER moved for leave to bring in a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Stannaries Court to De vonshire, and to define and regulate the cost-book sys tem of mining, and to limit, in some degree, the liability of partners in cost-book imnes. Mr. MOFFATT seconded the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should offer no opposition to the introduction of the bill, hut, at the same time, he could not go the length which the bill proposed with regard to the vast and important question of limited liability. Mr. HUME hoped the Government would lose no time in making their view, known upon the subject of limited liability. He confessed himself that he was a convert to those who advocated its adoption. After a few words from Mr. MOFFATT, Mr. WILKINSON mentioned several instances where the principle of limited liability had worked ex ceedingly well, and said he had no doubt that, if it were universally adopted, many of the strikes which were now harassing the north would be prevented. Mr. W. BROWN was opposed to the extension of the principle, acid declared it to be his opinion that this country owed its greatness to the high character which its merchants enjoyed for meeting their liabilities with promptitude and dispatch. There were exceptions in the case of railways and mines where the principle could be safely applied ; but before the application took place, it ought always to be specially sanctioned by the Legis lature. Mr. VIVIAN was opposed to the universal adoption of the limited liability, but in the case of mines he thought it could be safely and usefully adopted. Viscount GO DERICII objected to the power which the Board of Trade possessed of granting charters of limited liability, because it coffered upon that board the privilege of virtually granting monopolies. It would he thought be much better to annul that power, and make the application of limited lia bility universal instead of parti4. This subject, however, must shortly enforce itself (Ton the:attention of the house, and then he should be prepared to show that what he advocated would benefit llike the commerce and the labour of the country. Mr. CARDWELL reminded the house that two committees had already sat upon the subject of limited liability, and in accordance with the recommen dation of the joint committee a commission had been appointed to investigate the matter, who were now promoting their enquiries. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. DOWNING STREET. Mr. OLIVEIRA moved for a return of the expenses that have been incurred in alterations, repairs, and im provements to the various public buildi ngs i n Downing street, from the year 1830 to the end of 1853, specifying what amount has been expended each year. Agreed to. PUBLIC BUSINESS Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the appointment of a Select Committee to consider, whe , her, by any altera tions in the forms and proceedings of this house, the despatch of public business could be more effectually promoted :—Sir John Pakington, Lord John Russell, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Greene, Mr. John Ball, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Brotherton, Sir George Grey, Mr. Wal pole, Lord Stanley, Mr. Hume and Mr. Bright. The hon. Bart. said an impression prevailed out of doors that the greater part of their time was to talk, but that was a mistake. Occasionally, however, there was too much talk—(a laugh)—as, for instance, last session, when his right hon. friend the member for Buckinghamshire, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Pre sident of the Board of Control made speeches, each of which occupied a whole evening. Now he had no hesitation in saying that those speeches would have been better in themselves, and more satisfactory to the public, if they had been considerably curtailed. (Hear.) Sir G. GREY would not oppose the appointment of the committee, but he cautioned the house against ex pecting that any great public advantage would result from it. Sir a WILLOUGHBY had no objection to the ap. pointment of the committee, but the shortening of de. bates must be left to the good sense and forbearance of the house. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. Mr. BRADY moved for leave to bring in a bill for the registration of qualified practitioners, and for amend ing the law relating to the practice of medicine in Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR seconded the motion ; and in doing so, said he thought it would be unwise to make an unnecessary speech on such a question. The proposed measure, in fact, was nothing more nor less than a nuisance abolition bill ; and having in view alike the protection of the public and the really legal practi tioner in a high and honourable profession, it was with the greatest pleasure that he gave his humble support to it. Lord PALMERSTON said he did not wish to oppose the introduction of the bill, but he would reserve to him self the i ight of suggesting any alterations in its details which he might think necessary on its second reading. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. DEVONPORT AND KEYHAM DOCKYARD. On the motion of Mr. COWPER, and after a few words in support of it by Mr. STAFFORD, leave was given to bring in a bill to authorise the construction of a tunnel between her Majesty's dockyard at Devonport and Keyham yard. IRISH FISHERIES. On the motion of Mr. M`MAHON leave was also given to bring in a bill for the improvement of the Irish fisheries. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. SOTHERTON moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill fur the regulation of Friendly Societies, stating that its object was simply to commute what had been a temporary act into a permanent one. PUBLIC PETITIONS. On the motion of Mr. THORNELY the following members were appointed to constitute the Select Com mittee on Public Petitions :—Mr. Thornely, Captain Jones, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr, Duncan, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. H. A. Bruce, Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. John Ball, and Mr. H. G. Liddell. EDUCATION. Mr. HADFIELD moved for a return of the mode in which the several sums voted for the promotion of educa tion in England and Wales during the last two years have been appropriated (distinguishing each year's appropri ation), with a statement of the denomination to which each school belonged, and for which each sum was given, the dates of all the grants, and the locality of every school for which the grants were made ; and an account to show the application of the moneys granted. Mr. WILSON opposed the motion, on the ground that the greater part of the information asked for was already before the house in the annual reports on edu cation, and that that which was wanting would shortly be furnished in the next annual report on that subject. Motion negatived. THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL. _ _ -- - - Mr. KENDALL moved for a copy of recent corre spondence (1852 and 1853) between the Duchy and Woods and Forests, on the subject of the rights of the Duchy in the county of Cornwall. Mr. WILSON objected to the production of corre spondence which was still pending until it was complete. The motion was negatived. THE IRISH MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. Mr. I. BUTT rose to bring before the house a subject which affected the character and dignity of that house, one which he felt it was the duty of that house fully to inquire into. Honourable members were no doubt aware of the fact that there appeared in the columns of an influential journal, on the preceding day, a statement of a serious cha racter as affecting members of that house. The charge made was, that the patronage of the Crown had been used by members of that house in an unworthy manner. It was made against the Irish members of that house, and it was due to the house, if it had the means of doing so, to make such an inquiry upon the subject as would tend either to exonerate the persons against whom the imputa tion was levelled from the charge made against them, or so to fix the guilt upon those liable to it that all doubt on the subject might be dissipated. The case was shortly this :—At a dinner recently given in Tuam, in honour of the Tenant League, charges were made, in which it was stated that the patronage of the Minister of the day was bartered and sold for money by members of that house. (Hear.) This was a grave charge, and it was therefore right that the subject should be put in a train for inquiry, in order either that if there was no foundation for the charge, it might at once be disposed of ; or, on the other hand, if guilt really attached to any pa*ty, the persons liable should have the imputation fixed .upon them. What he proposed to do was, to move that the articles in the Ttraes newspaper of the 30th, in which a trafficking places was imp u t e d t o members of that home, should d - be read by the clerk at the - J~ CUSTOM HOUSE, PE& 7. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lionne, from Gravelines; Alarm, St. Michael's ; Surprise, elo. ; Paris and London, Paris ; Marianne Bertha, Memel; Acis, Messina; Hernod, Antwerp; Enchantress, Nantes. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Gondola, for Boston ; Caesar, Demerara ; Cybele, do. ; Joseph Weer, Mauritius ; Paris and London, Rouen and Paris • Grati tude, Madras; City o f M anchester, Geelong; 'General Hewett, do. ; New Great Britain, Montreal ; Supply. do. ; Eliza, Kurrachee and Born bay ; Arrannal, Ghent ; Rufina, Malaga, dm. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITII CARGO.--The Pond, for Ja maica ; Amasis, Geelong ; Jenskea, Brussels ; Ysabel Se gunda, Santander ; Georgine, Leghorn-; Johanna Maria, Stettin ; Devonshire, New York ; Mary, Geelong'; Maria —, Melbourne; Prince Rupert, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7. A ship, with loss of foremast, was off Noel Nant, inward bound, at p.m. Put back—The Montezuma, Excelsior, and Eurnelyclen, for New York.; th e G u l na re, for Africa; and the Ethiope, for Gibraltar. WESTPORT, Feb. 3.—The Governor, hence to London, ashore in Black Sod Bay, 31st Jan., has got off, and must discharge part of her cargo to be surveyed. A sofa. cushion covered with black moreen, a chest, having on it the name of " William Wood, able seaman," some ham mocks, and part of the deck of a vessel, came ashore at Clare Island 26th Jan. TEIGNMOUTH, Feb. 6.—The Richard, from Neath, i n taking the harbour, grounded on the Spratsands, took assistance of steam -tug, but remains in an exposed situa tion. YARMOUTH, Feb. 'T.—The Irene, of Memel, from New castle to Barcelona, is ashore on the Scroby Sand, makin g water, and has taken assistance. NEW YORE, Jan. 21.—A vessel came ashore opposite Stag Harbour, 3dDec., and was covered with ice, put was 13 , 44 dead fn time, quite toy and tow w®, At. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Colonel William Brereton to be Colonel, vice Gore Browne, deceased ; Cap tain John McCoy to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brereton ; Second Captain Henry Clerk to be Captain, vice McCoy ; First Lieutenant George Sidney Robertson to be Second Captain, vice Clerk ; Second Lieutenant Edward Keate to be First Lieutenant, vice Robertson, Jan. 24. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 3. The following additional promotions, dated the 21st January, have taken place on the Re erved List, conse• quent on the removal of Admiral James Carthew to that list, with a pension :—Vice-Admiral Francis Temple, on the Reserved Half-pay List, to be Admiral on the same list ; Vice-Admiral Henry Gordon, on tho Reserved Half pay List, to be Admiral on the same list. CONIVIISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS Durham—John Robert Mowbray, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 3. North Durham Regiment of Militia of the County of Durham—George Pearson Wilkinson, Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 24 ; William Jonathan De 'Pledge, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 3. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia Assistant-Surgeon John James Ireland to be Surgeon, vice Henry Thomas Titley Palmer, resigned, Feb. 4. Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Henry Somers Morgan Clifford, Gent., to be Ensign. Hampshire Militia Artillery—Ensign Frederick Brodie, late of the East Middlesex Militia, to be First Lieut enan t, Jan. 27 ; Richard Clay, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant, Jan. 30. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Jones Burton, Baker John Gabb, and Frederick Rosenthal Cruchley, commission agents, to surrender, Feb. 16, at half-past twelve, and March 23, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Smith. John Angus Homes, woollen draper, Southwark, Feb. 15, at half-past two, and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Law rence, Flews, and Boyer.. Thomas Turner, flour dearer, Mosborough, Derby, Feb. 18, and March 25, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court Brewin, offici 1 assignee, Sheffield : Fermi', Sheffield. George Stewart, brewer, Frederick-street, Hampstead road, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, and March 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Piercy and Hawks, Three Crown-square, Southwark. Henry Rimington Tickell, brewer and hop merchant, Mark-lane, Feb. 22, at two, and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Ashurat and Son, Old Jewry. James Crofts, mine share broker, Threadneedle -street, Feb. 16 at eleven, and March 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; • Wyatt, Verulam-buildings. William Grand, builder, Lower Tottenham, Feb. 21, at two, and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate street; Wright and Bonner, London-street, Fe nchu rch-stree t. Edward Balding, builder, Speenhamland, Berks, 'Feb. 17, and March 24, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee • Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Mecey, Thatchem, Berks. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Campbell, draper, Campbeltown, near Fort• George. Charles Hume Fawcett, Merchant, Dingwall. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Spratt, Chelsea, coach maker—T. Tom li nson, South Mimms, Middlesex, grocer—Sarah Ann Clarke, Bishops gate-street Without, confectioner—E. Walker, St. Ann's road, Stepney, beershop keeper—G. gamester, York place, Hammersmith, contractor—G. Banks, Swaidstone, Essex, farmer—H. Evans, Munster squaw Regent's -park. journeyman bootmaker—Harriet Hill, Charlotte-street, Caledonian-road —P. E. Chappius, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-street Within, commission agent—W. Con wek, Skinners-street, Somerstown, china dealer —P. S. Mfskin, Carlwood-street, Vauxhall-road, clerk to a con tractor—W. Denmark, Black Prince-row, Walworth-road, biscuit baker—W. Granger, Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell S. Holmes, Broadway, Ludgate hill, eating-house keeper —R. Axtena, Barnsbury-street, Islington, cheesemonger —T. Heatherly, jun., Guildford-place, E xmout h- street, artist—J. Swaine, Battersea-marsh, Battersea, licensed victualler...T. H. Brewer, Chrysell-road, w orth Brixton, bootmaker—S. J. Spyer, Bedford-place Russell square, clerk to a merchant—C a th er i ne Helena Lucas,i Gloucester place, Portman-square —J. Denney, Nu t ford place, Edgware-road, retailer of beer—J. Dyne, Archer-street, Westbourne-grove West, builder—W. Wall, Exeter-street, Strand, fruit salesman in Covent-garden—G. Flynn, Lon don-road, Southwark, shopman to a cheesemonger—W. Trutch, Rupert-street, Haymarket—J. - Wakes, Luton, Bedfordshire, confectioner—Elizabeth Grayson, Langport place, Camberwell New-road, laundress. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. Robert Kipling. and William Atkinson, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehousemen-3d div. of 39. 3d., and Bs. 9d. on new proofs, and final div. of 203. on the separate estate of R. Kipling, Feb. 11. and three subsequent Saturdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court. William Pike, Reading, Berkshire, tobacconist—lst div. of 3s. 6.1., Feb. 11, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court. Richard Jewesson, Great Winchester-street, City, mer chants-2d div. of lOid., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street. William Bainford, Liverpool, cabinet-maker-2d div. of 83d., and Ist div. of 12s. on new proofs, Feb. 22, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Moi Ban's, Liverpool. Frile and Jones, Liverpool, sail makers-31 div. of 55 d., and Ist and 2d divs. of is. 9d. and 63d. Feb. 22, 'and any subsequent Wednesday, at Morgan's, Liverpool. Bell and Campbell, Liverpool, merchants-Ist div. f , Feb. 22, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Mor gan's, Liverpool. William Stock, A shton-in-Mackerfield, Lancashire, coal proprietor- -div. of 205., Feb. 2.i, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Morgan's, Liverpool. John Stock, Ashton-in-Mackerfield, Lancashire, coal proprietor —lst div. of 4a. 5d., Febt 22, and any subse quent Wednesday, at Morgan's, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. March I. J. Barugh, High Holborn, oil and colourman —Feb. 28. H. Wolff and I. Lyons, Cripplegate- buildings, City, umbrella manufacturers—March 1. F. F. Cobb, Do ver, grocer—March 1. C. Smith, Victoria-road, Kentish town, victualler—March 3. R. Nott, Bristol, iron merchant —March 2. W. Fawcett, Liverpool, merchant. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. March 2. Eliza M'Crow, James-street, City-road, linen draper—March 1. W. Andrew, High street, Shadwell, ba ker—March 1. C. J. Webb, Leadenhall street, City, silver smith—March I. J. Cubbin, Liverpool, joiner. _ ---- - PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. G. Hodges, R. J. Hodges, and J. M. E. Dalton, Duke street, Adelphi, porter merchants—J. Hammond and J. Kenwright, Liverpool, carvers—J. Bell and J. Tom pkin Sheffield, cabin e t case ma k ers — R.Thornton and E. B. Tench, ' Beccles, Suffolk, brewers—W. Phelp and J. Pheln, Tavis tock, Devonshire, smiths—C. Chapman and W. Chap man, Tooting, Surrey, surgeons—G. Norton!! and B. Wade, Lombard-street, City, tailors—J. Higginbotham and H. K. Higginbotham, Stockport, Cheshire. importers of foreign wines—J. Loud and R. Eccles, Bradford, Yorksh., bobbin makers —J. Oden ,A. Oden, and T. Oden , C hill i ngton and Hamsey, Sussex, builders, so far as regards A. Ode n —G. Ramsbotto m an d T. Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall,Lancashi re , grocers—J. Selkirk and J. A. Rhagg, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, printers—J. Lakeman and J. Fuller, Southwark bridge-road, window blind makers—E. Hall and T. Ridl ey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, attorneys James Browne, T. Browne, D. Browne, A. Browne, and John Browne, Pic combe, Sussex, farmers—W. Brookes, E. Brookes, and W. H. Brookes, Sheffield, merchants, so far as regards E. Brookes—R. Munn and W. Stephens, Thetford, Norfolk and Suffolk, paper manufacturers—W. Mackey, J. Sinith, and J. Horsley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woollen drapers-- T. Cope and S. Hammerton, Coventry, and Wood-street, Cheapside, ribbon manufacturers —A. Colon and I. E. Hentsch, St. Helen's-place, City, merchants —F. Wagstaff and J. Carpenter, Birmingham, jewellers—M. Dunn and J. Stoddart, Bradford, Yorkshire, cabinet makers—T. Greenland, J. Phillips, and W. Needham, Beaufort, Bre conshire, fellmongers—H. Johnson and T. Moore, Eaton. Cheshire, silk throwsters--Elizabeth Priscilla Hinton and Euphemia Bailie Hinton, Bazaar, Soho-square —E. Ho worth, J. Haigh, and T. Gregory, Liverpool, elk mercers Kent, coa c h ma k ers —J. s rl t . a n P f r o i r o d r aanndd G. . s li w a a r i tn, Ashford, Hastings, Sussex, plumbers—W. Steel and W. A. Fisher, Mill-wall, Poplar, ale brewers— T. W. Sweet and i. J. W. Wedlake, John-street, Mi nories, ship brokers—Johanna Fearon and P. J. Fearon, New Bond-street and Holborn-hill, wine merchants.—.C. Both and J• kreemau, Old Boudit i pot, Worth rangements had been made to land the cargo if the weather would permit. GALWAY.—The Hatriette, arrived here, reported having been a larg e vessel in distr ess o ff th e western coast. Planks and casks have also been coming ashore. Some Claddagh fishing-boats fell in with a large mast, with part of the spars and rigging attached, drifting outside the Island of Arran. BOULOGNE, Feb. 6.—The George and Elizabeth, from Jersey to Inverness, was stranded on this coast, about five miles N.E. of this port, last night, but is expected off, should the weather prove moderate —crew saved. PARIS, Feb. 6.—The Eugene, from Gonaives to Havre, was seen on the 23d D ec ., un d er t h e " Mole, " repairing a slight leak in her upper works, by the Bonne Aimee, ar rived at Gonaives. DROGHEDA, Feb. 6.—The Spring, arrived hare from Workington, reports hkving picked up off the Calf of Man, a trunk of female's apparel, with a canvass cover marked "No. 5, Ro. Middleton, Melbourne, wanted on the voyage;" there is also a book in which is written "Eleanor King, of Flowicke, 1852." The Princess Charlotte, from Honduras and New York to London, was abandoned at sea, Jan. 27—crew saved. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Empres (ship), from South Atlantic to Pacific Ocean, Nov. 28, lat. 56 S . long. 76 W. The Elizabeth Walthew (Emi ly p), 5,783 or 5,793. The City of Lincoln', and (barque), Liverpool to China, 28th, let. 10 f 3., long. 30 W. The James 31`Que , en, Dublin to Melbourne, Nov. 31, let. 5 S., long. 32 W. The Edward Colstim, of Bristol, Dec. 15, off Cape Palma'. The Connento (brig), for the Channel, Jan. 26, lat. 32 N., long'. 13 W. The trllida, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, Jan. 31, lat. 56 N., long. 13 W. The Spermaceti, of Plymouth, for Savannah, Feb. 3, lat. 48 N., long. 9 W. The Maravio (brig), from Havre, Feb. 4, off Ushant. The Lord Warrington, of Belfast, Falmouth to Califor• nia, Dec. 19, lat. 5 N., long. 21 W. Th Susanna Bounoe, Bideford, for Valentia, Jan. 30, lat. 40 N., long. 9 W. The Falwood, Liverpool to Calcutta, Nov. 24, lat. 22 S., long. 26 W. The Countess Barrow, 51 days from Calcutta. The Gustave, Callao to Havre, Nov. 21, lat. 41 S. long. 48 W, The Belle Anais, 13avre to Lima, Dec. 7, lat. 18 S., long. 33 W. The Cuba, from Hamburg, Dec. 9, lat. 17 S., long. 36 W. The Rosita, Bordeaux to Callao, Oct. 29, lat. 57 S., long. 77 W. The Star, Liverpool to Callao, Dec. 1, lat. 20 8., long. 33 W. COUNTRY M A RKET& LIVERPOOL—FEB. 7. At this day's market there was only a small attendance of the town and cauntry trade, and the business done in wheat and flour was quite of a retail character, at a reduc tion of 2d per 701bs. and is per barrel and sack on the rates current this day week. Oats and oatmeal difficult to move, although freely offered at Id to Id per 431bs. and is per load under the prices of Tuesday last. Barley and beans neglected, and Id to 2d per bOlbs. and is per qr. cheaper. Indian corn Is per qr. lower. IPSWICH—FEB. 7. The supply of wheat falls off again. The condition of most of the samples is bad, and millers could not be in duced to buy Them. The sale, therefore, was very slow, and a re 'notion of 'a to 3s per qr. was obliged to be sub 'flitted to. The supply of barley was liberal, trade heavy, and buyers reluctant to offer terms. Late in the market sales took place at 23 6d per qr. below last week's rates. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 76s to 80a Barley, grinding 34s to 37s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 82s to 86s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 38s to 41s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING FEB. 7, 1854, Wheat Barley Oats — „ 00s Od „ Beans Peas • 3 „ 49s Od HULL---FEB. 7. A moderate quantity of wheat at market to-day. That in prime order met a fair sale at 2s to 3s below the rates of last Tuesday, and inferior samples were bad to sell. The show of good dry foreign is very limited. Very dry bones are more in demand than other articles. Indian • corn and Dari go off in retail. Linseed unaltered, but tha demand for cakes increases daily. Only a very limited business in rapecakes and bones. -8 8 Wheat, English, red 80 to 81 Ditto white BB to 90 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian aud Haui - burgh Danish, Holstein, aud Friesland 75 to 80, Russian and Odessa 70 to 7.51 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 27 to 291 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 381 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 54 to 60 I. d Peas, gray and black 50 to 52 Linseed, Black Sea... 60 to 62 Ditto Petersburgh .. . _ 48 to 58 Ditto Riga and Arch- angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 42 to 46 Per Ton. Lins. c.,11n1110117s 6d toool Os Ditto fine for. 91 Ss Od 101 Ss Ditto inf. for Ol Os Od to 010 s Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Os Rape cakes Tares, English oos to 005 Ditto foreign Guano 41 10s 81 to 121 Os Bones l26s Od to Os Od Rye Meal COUItSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam.. •..... .• .. 11 144 t a - -braltar .•••—•• • • •• •• Ditto, three:months .. 1 1 16 Legnom .. Rotterdam ••••.•• • • • •• 11 16% no Genoa . • • • • • •• • • .......... • 30 45 • •.. • 25 57% Antwerp .• ••••••• •• •• 25 20 Milan •••••••• • • •• • • •• Brussels ••••••P•a• •• •• 25 20 Venice •••••••.• • • • • • a • •••• Paris ••—•••••• • • • • • • • • 25 26 ' A essi ,la .. •••••• • • • • .• in Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Lisbon ................ 53% Marseilles.. •... • • • • .... 25 31% Oporto ................ 53% Bourdeaux .... •• ... . Ri,, Jan e i ro . • • Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin .......... —— :New York, 60 days' sight Vienna .. • • ............ 13 10 Philakielphla .. ... • .... Trieste .. •••••••••. • • • . 13 15 PRICES OF BULLION, PEE OZ. i Petersburgh.. •• • • ...... Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz.................. 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11; Barcelona ••• • •• •• • • New Dolla rs . • .'. •.0 0 0 Seville • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • --. qti vor in bar s ••• • . • 0 5 1% SEABORNA MAILS. signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet-onle Ay the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] ___.... 7 .—.—___...—. 1 Day when mad e ui From what W, :a. COUNTRIES in General Post- Port due In Office, London.* Dispatched. En-land, ----- ------ —_ _____ America(byßrlt.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Feb. 7 ... • ....... Liverpool .. Feb. 15 Amerlea (by U States -- packet) .........N •• • • ...... Southamp h. l eb. 8 Australia (via South- ampton) ........., M M a r c h 4 .. .. Ditto (via Marseilles) N March 8 .. Dover .... Feb. 16 Ditto (via Cape of Good Rope) .• •• • .....NFeb. 4 ..... • . Liverpool ... IThicor tali" Africa (West Coast) .. Nil3d of the month. Pl ymouth ..,Fe ',. 14 Alexandria .. .. .. .. .. N 'B, 9, 24, &30of in Dover .... 'Feb. 16 Alexandria .. .. .. ....151 4th Sc 20 t h of mon. Southampton Feb. 20 1 Bahamas ......... .. SI 17th of th e month Southampton Feb. .6 Belgium ............N I tally ..... •• • . D0ver...... Daily Brazil ..... • .....,.... AI 9th of the month.. Southampton 'Feb 16 Buenos Ayres ........ 51 1 9th of the month.. S outhampton Feb 16 Cape of Good Hone .. N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Feb. 26 Cape of Good Hope .. N ,14th of thd month. S outhampton Cape de Verde .../s 14th of the mouth Plymouth ..'Feb. 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.... ...• ......N 14th of the month Plymouth ..IFeb. 26 Channel Isles .... ....N Mon ~ W ed.,&Frid. Southampton Tti.Th.Sat. Chill. ............ m, 2d &17th of month Southampton I 'Feb. 16 China (see Indi a ) Constantinople .....N17,8,17,24,8,27 ofm. D0ver...... Feb. 10 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon Southanotoli Feb. 20 i iont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... I Twi t ed ally Egypt (see India) France ........ Nt & N Twice daily .... .. Dover .... „. IT.lceda y Gibraltar .. .. .. .. .. 2 , 7 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Sout harnptoniFeb. 16 Greece (see India) I Greytown .......... B&W & 17th of mon. 4outham i Hamburgh ...... .... NPion Feb. 16 Haim/1110.... Tuesday Sc& Friday on ..tonLond Ha .. .. , t/ 2nd of the month Southamp Holland ............m DallY•• •• • • • • . . Daily . Dover ...... March 1 Honduras .......... 11 17th of the month. SouthamptoniFeb. la India (viaSoutliampt.) '.I 4th 8t 20th of mon. Southamptop Feb. 20 India (via Marseilles) Al Bth&24th of month Dover ...... Feb. 16 lonian isles (see Intik ) 7, 1 7, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ftb• 10 Ireland ........M & NTwice daily Holyhead ..ITsvieedail Lisbon.... ..........M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Feb.l6 Madeira .. .. .. .. .... M '9th of the month Southampton Feb. 16 Madeira ............ It 23d of month Plymouth .. Feb. 14 Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover eb. 10 S° Do u v t e h r .. .. Feb. 12 Mauritius (see India) Southampton Feb. 16 Mauritius .........,N 14th of the month Plymoaninthpto.;, 31Fearb.ch261 port , ' Uncerta u NMexicoew Naples t;r a. n .. .. a d .. . a .. .. ....: ...... ...... AI M i 25 2 dth nd 4ls o it f 7h t t2 h hs e t ho m f om o r rn : t no h t hn . .. ,sth I sth2sthotlno . . • „ „ ( Feb, l2 Papal States ........N New Z0i1and..........8y private ship n ••• D V o a l ri .e o r ue Peninsula ..........M 7 thl 7 th 2B tho ttn on. Southampt on Feb. 16 Peru ' • ' •• m7dSc v 7th of mon. Southampton l6 Port Natal ..........N 14.0 ° , I the month Plymouth 1 ,—..t.,..___ -- • ' • ' • •• .F., Feb. es i -. .. Dover eb, Plymouth Southampton March 1 Dover Feb. 12 I Southampton Feb. 16 Various port , . Itrncerta U Dover Feb. 12 Southampton Feb. 16 Southampton Feb. 16 Plymouth Feb. 26 Dover Feb. 12 Dov er. •... Feb. 12 Sca tthamp . ton i Feb. 16 !Southampton Feb. 16 Sicily N I S thl 5 th2 s tho'lnen, Tuscany sth 15th 25thonno n. Venezuela mad & 17th of month Van Diemen's Land (see . Australia) ... West Indies .. _ll4 °' Month, * When any of these dates 44:1 on undaY, the malls will be dispatChed on the followinglta, both of which will be dispatched theday with the e xception of the India Tie Southampton), ant the Ma day preceding. ktilleYe W. Jon tes. BIRTHS. On ave .6th inst., at 48 OF 4. SON. , Grosvenor -street, the Vi scoun t ess B Br e on . the Charles 6th inst., a Pakenham Vicarage, the wife of the OP A DAUGHTER. At Woolwich-common, Lieutenant-Colonel Rill, Royal Artillery. on the sth ~•' the wile of On the 3d inet. at All Saint? Rectory, Colchester, the itr. Wright. wife of the Rev. __________ At St. Andrew' MARRIED. ration ceber, to s Church, Singapore, o n th e 9th of De m John Skinner Esq., of the Oriental B an k C orpo- , Elizabeth, only child of the late Charles Gold, Esq., London, stepdaughter of John Mitchell, Esq., of Abbey-place, St. John's-wood. On the 7th inst., at the parish church of Allhallows Barking, City, He nr y H u t c hi ns , E sq., of 28, Priory-road, Wandsworth-road to Ann, eldest daughte r o f th e l a t e M r. Wi lliam Martin, of East Lothian, Scotland. On th e in DIED. 6th inst. London, Mary Elizabeth, wido w o f the late Captain Thomas Hopkirk, in her 70th year. pl On the sth i ns t., a t hi s f a th er ' s h ouse, No. 14, Artillery ace. Mr. Joseph Meggeson Johnson, youngest son of Mr. George Johnson, of No. 11, Bow-churchyard, aged 31. On the 2d inst., at Broad-green, Croydon, Mr. Walter Evans, aged 64. 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