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1 ONDON , and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL ' kJ Y.—TRA VET:LING to SCOTL , ND via CARLISLE The Public are requested to.talree3eaticelthat-on and after the Ist of July (and until farther notice) Third-class Passengers from London wiil be conveyed daily to Edinburgh and Glasgow only by the Train easing the.Euston t•:tation at 9 a.m., ma , ping Edinburgh at 3p.m., add Glasgow at 8.20 p.m., and Third-class Passengers to these cities will cease to be conveyed by the 63) a tp. Triln. In like manner Third-class Passengers avid be conveyed frqm Edinburgh and Glasgow tottindontinly by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 10 3‘a.in , and Girt , gosv at 10.10 a.m., reaching Euston at 11.25 and Third class Passengers from these cities will cease to be conveyed by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 4.50 and Glasgow at 4.30 a.m. bird class Passengers from. London to Stirling, and stations north of it, are conveyed by the Train leaving the Euston Station at 8.55 p.m. on Mondays, INT,dnesdays. and Saturdays, and from those stations to londo on the same days, by the Train leaving Aberdeen at 2.33 p.m., arriving in London at I I o'clock the following morning. •Passengers with first and second eats through tickets by any train to St cling, and stations north of It, may break their journey at Car lisle, by remaining the eight and I foceedlng the following day. The new lintel adjoinir g the station there is ripen. The usual allowance on family tickets (above a certain amount) wilt be made to parties proceeding to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Stirling, and places to the north of the latter town. Full particulars may be ebtatntd on ap2licatlowlo the station-matter at E aton. By order. Enston Station, June 1854. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- SOUTII-WERTERN RAI LWAY.—Ity the Excursion Trains every SUNDAY Morning at 7.45 from Watetho Station, THROUG•HH RETURN TICKETS are Issued to the ISLE OF WIGHT. via tMPTON, Joe COWES, or PORTSMOU for RYDE. Pares :—C;bsed Carriages, Bs. ; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which include all pier dues and s'eamboat fares, bat not conveyance between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from Ryde will not be available via Cowes and Southampton, nor those from Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth. THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE. ♦ia PORTSMOUTH. PORTSEA. and GOSPORT, available for Four hays, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares, which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, 365. 81. ; 2d Class, 275.8 d Single Journey Fares-Ist Class, 205.6 d.; 24 Class, 153. Gd. ARCIID. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1E54, OIITH-WESTERN RAILWAY.- 147 PLEASURE EXCURKONS DAILY to those attractive places, WINDSOR, HAM eTaN COURT. RICHMOND, KEW, &c., &c., at Low Fares. First and Second Class Return Tickets, at Single Fares (with the a4dltion of a small booking fe,), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, at Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and to all Stations below Woking. These tickets can only be received at the station f r which they are issued, and are available for Return by any Ordi nary Train until the following Monday, inclusive. By order. ARCHD SCOTT, Traffic Tanager. Waterloo Station,July, 1854. GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE —SIEGE OPERATIONS at CHATHAM on THURSDAY, 13th July, 1854.—NORTH KENT RAILWAY.—Trains leave the Lon !cm-bridge Terminus for Str.). - )d at 8 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 10.10 a.m., and Special Trains will be despatched as re(uired. FARES. _ . • First Second Third • . CI zss. Class. Cliss. Single Tlclzet —London to Strood ......... 43. 3s. 2s Ritturn Ticket—London to Strood awl Back Cs. 43. ad. 3s. Trains leave Stroud for London at 5 p.ni., 6 n.m., 7 p.m., and 8 p.m. - G. S. HERBERT, Seertau,. RETURN TICKETS ISSUED.- The GENER I.L STEAM NAVIGATION* COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS leave St. Katharine's Wharf, for EDINBURGH—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten evenins. Chicf Cab:n, 145.: Fore,-8s ; Deck ss. From liorei WWI, Wappinz, for NEWCASTLE Wednesclaj-nntl 4 Jattr,. 4 ay, at Eight evening. 15s. or 10s. From London-bridge Wharf, for YATIMOUTII—Wednesday and Saturday, at 4 afternoon. Bs. or Ss. HllLl.—Every Tne.day and Friday, at 8 morning. Bs. or ss. 11.4..MiG.A.TE —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half-past 10 xnornlnfr. MARGATE and HERNE BAY—Daily, at 10 (3unday excepted) ; Saturdays. at 10 and 3 afternoon. MARGATE and BACK every Sunday at 9 morning. Ono fare. Offices, 71, Lombard-street, and 37, Regent•circus. THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, August 4, 1854.—The+ magnificent screw steam-ship " CAL CUTTA," 1,800 tons, Captain J. Gooparz, another of the fine fleet belomiing to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company. will be despatched with her Majesty's Mails for Adelaide, Port-Phillo, and Sydney, on the 4th August next. This fine vessel has maintained her high reputation for rapid sa ling ant punctuality, and is a sister Chip to ti.e " Argo." which has made the quickest v yage to and from Australia up to this time. Tho Calcutta has been employed carrying the Mails to and from England and Calcutta, awl from her superior Falling and steaming qualities, it may be fairly assumed that she will Make the run in 60 days. Rates of Passage from 30 to 100 guineas. She will be followed, on the 4th of October, by the 'autsus, of 2,500 tens. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage Money at the Corn- Pany's Officer, aT Cannon-street, City. 7) OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 11. Xtu 309, Regent•street. Under the Patronage of 11.R.11. PRIYCE ALBERT. AN ENTIRE CGANG E hi the MANAGEMENT of this Institu • tlon having taken place, the Resident Director, Mr. J. H. Pepper. begs leave to inform the public that the Exhibition will be CLOSED from the 7th inst., nab MONDAY, the 17th, when it will RE-OPEN 'with very material Alterations and Improvements in al its depart lnebts. Models of Maz:binery and Works of Art for Exhibition msy be sent in any day, between Eleven and Five o'clock. July, 1834. . LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CnAs. C. LAURENT, Onslow-hone, Fulham-road), —The above 'Rooms are now OPEN FOR TIIE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople QuadriP.e, Sultan Polka, Pair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by IL Earent , the following Waltzes - La belle Francais°, Leonora, and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. HERTFORDSHIRE. --THE CHILDWICH BURY ESTATE, near St. Albans, au important and valu able Freehold Landed Property, with its appropriate Mansion, seated in 3 finely timbered park of 120 acres, three capital Farms And a Water Corn Mill; also the Manor of Childwich, with excellent 811 90 ting and trout fishing; altogether forming an exceedingly com- Pat t and desirable estate of upwards 0f`930- acres. in a beautiful part 'the country, and ffily 23 miles from London. Also certain Ties arising out of the above estate, and other adjoining lands, been mu'ed at 213/. 2s. 6d. per annum. „Messrs. PAGE and CAMERON are instructed to submit to pub- Z, s e cvmpetition. at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, July tt e above h'ghly attractive Property, situate two mile:: from Alban's, in a delightful neighbourhood. and immediately con .flurrus to Gorhambury. the noble domain of the Earl of Verutam. It e 0 lir.rises a compact substantial Mansion, in every respect suitable , 4 ° l " the inmneiliate occupation of a family of distinction, yet arranged Lal a moderate scale, surrounded by a park studded with rich orna hbSital timber and plantations. Three very eligible Farms, With superior Homesteads and Water Corn Mill, let to highly ... I. evectable tenants ; also several Cottages, and the Manor of `- ;l lli'dwick. The laud is of a superior enalityand the estate is in the 4 41 4 it of good roads, interspersed with about 50 acres of woodland , inched covers, filled with thriving timber, and forming fine pre :s for game. There is an excellent trout stream running thr,u h the state of more than a mile in extent. Lord Dacre's hounds hunt ~'ne ountry, and there are also several packs of harriers in the neigh uctirliood, thereby combining the advantages of a residential pro rty , ranking as one of the most attractive in the county, with a Ilr et. class landed investment. The terminus of the St. Alban's • Mich line of the London and North-Western Railway from Wat rd will be within one mile of the estate. Descriptive particulars, • Itlt conditions of sale and plans annexed, may be had, 21 days prior *) site sale, at the Mart, of Messrs. Bockett and Cowburn, solicitors, , Lincoln's-inn-fields, and of Messrs. Page and Cameron, land Tents and surveyors, 30, Bucklersbury, London, and St. Alban's, Bert, , of whom orders to view the mansion and estate may be entai nod. tr , RIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters IL Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de macie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. la TRIESEIIAR„ No. 1, • . it. remedy for Relaxation, Spennatorrhosa, and Exhaustion of the .°3 Istem. TRIESEMA.R, No. 2, f ext - ually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely tdicatcs all traces th o u ght those Disorders which Caplv' and Cubebs re so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health ,sa vast portica of the population. TEL No. 3, h the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which " t fort; mately the English physic'an treat' with Mercury, to the in- Z I L ; • Itni3la destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the Lap ulna in the world cannot remove. trausEmAti, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table "' hi sit their use being suspected. in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into to ate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, • t 3 &c. —To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -141, 68 , Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, +s Oxford-street. 1 1 ELEGANT PERSONAL REQUI 4 ITES. 'OWLAND'S MACASSAR OlL.—The sue t, J cessful results 04... the half century have proved beyond ques b,c4N that this uniqueoillscovery possesses peculiarly nourishing Wes, rs in the growth, - restoration , and improvement of the Human tt. 1 . ,',. 11 . , '. In the grbwth of the Beard, Whiskers, Eyebrows, and Mus ios, it is unfailing in its stimulating operation. Price 3s 6d., 75., „ t c I 'amply Bottles (equal to four small), 103. 6d., and double that ''''e . 21s. T D OWLAND'S KALYDOR.-An Oriental 80-7,,,,.: 7 ,,,,.: t) tanical Preparation of unfailing efficacy In thoroughly puri- X s u g the skin from all pimples spots, redness, Fre-kies, Tan, and :fs , .c:ilorstions, In producing a ' healthy freshness and transparency s Z. complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands and arms. ` l 4 Co 43. 6d. and Ss. Gd. per bottle. ,I 1 OWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTI v }MICE, a white powder, Prepared from Oriental Hrrbs with 1 41 : usual care, and of inestimable value in preserving and beautify 1, • 1' the Teeth. strengthening the Gains, and in giving sweetness ." 0 Perfume to the breath. Price 2s. 91. per box. tv. Beware of Spurious Imitations ! The Only genuine of each bear ;; name of " Rowland's " preceding that of the article on the aPper or label. • tA 'd h - A. ROWLAND & SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London, and NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOSIT, NATIONAD ASSURANCE & INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. EstabiLshed A.D. 1844. Empowehd by Special Act of Parliament. TIHE DIVIDENDS -on DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS, to the 30th June, are in course of payment, and may be received daily between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 10th July, 1854. Prospectuses and Forms for opening InvestMent Accounts sent free on application DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—Tha most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION, BRONC lIIT IS, AST ii MA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, ancrall SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its most active and evential principles—effecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medical men. and supplied to the leading hospitals of Europe. Half pint bottles, 2s. 6d. ; pints, 4s 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. CAIITION.—Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS find it necessary to caution the Public, and especially Shippers of their Ales to the C.lonies , aga•nst frauds committed by parties in selling spurious Ales for those of Messrs. Allsopp and Sens. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SWIS, have felt compelled by the extent to which this disgraceful practice has been carried, to proceed in several casesky obtaining injunctions from the Court of Chancery, and have ultimately been driven to prosecute criminally for the com mission of this offence. They beg to call attention to the Case of the QUEEN v. Gam' and GOBLIN, In which Lard Campbell sentenced the parties charged to " Twelve Months' Imprisonment, with Hard Labour."—Viide "Times" and "Morning Advertiser," of the 18th May. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS will thank all persons having res. son to doubt the genuineness of any article sold under their name, to send them the earliest information, in order that Immediate steps may bo taken for prosecuting the parties. Messrs. ALL , OPP and SONS will be Lappy to famish the names of respectable houses, where a supply of their Alex may be depended on as genuine from the Brewer/. Brewery, Burton-on• Trent. LONDON and. ST. PETERSBURG. = The capital of the Russian Empire daring the summer months has usually been a scene of activity and husdness—the Neva studded with vessels of every description, and pleasure and commerce mutu ally unitel. Now, those who can escape rve glad of the opportu nity, business is stagnant, and pleasure unknown. On the other hand, London is busy as ever; the Thames hears cn its broad waters the ships of all nations, and imports and exports proceed as if war did not exist. 'The business of E. MOSES and SON as Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, and Exporters to all parts of the world, produces an unusual degree of excitement. Their Summer Attire diffuses cheerfulness throegh every circle of society; their Styles of Dre=s are more novel and varied than on any previous sea son ; and the talent displayed in their Summer Costume is the greatest exhibition of I opnlar progress which has been male for a number of years. Every description of Summer Dress may he pro cured at E. MO3ES and Soes's City Es ablishment and their West-end Branch at the m:st economical Yout , s' and Ch ldren's Dress in such magnifleence and novelty as cannot be particularised. Every style which could be devised for fashion, comfort, and durability is to be found at E. MOSES and Sox's, and the prices charged are highly advantageous to parents and guar dians. Hats and Caps, Hosiery Goods, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., for Lacs and Guntlemen —in fact, every article of Men for all per ton d; purposes, and professlous may be obttencel at E. MOSES and Sow's, at prices which will ensure the most ample satlsfntion. The Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, an Boot and Shoe Department offers selecti )11 from,the largest, newest, and best stock in the world, at prices which return the largest profit in the home of colonial trade. Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship. sailing information, grays on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the put Pc against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like faith of of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, anti for obvious reasons, they beg to. state that they have No CONNEXION WITII ANT OTnED. 1:101:13E IN OE OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : - Loncirn City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, ifinories, 84, 85, and 85, Aldgatb, opposite the-Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 35, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies an 4 Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisraction, it will be exchannd if desired, or, if preferred, tha money will be returned without heiltation. All goods are marked In plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are-closed from sung& on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, untitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure mtnt, Bcc., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici l'on parte Francais. Qui si parla Italian. her auricht man Deutsch. Aqua sa habla Espana THE SECRET INFIRMITIES •OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, iNTERVOITS ,DE.BILI s TY, Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrhoea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the reanutuse and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervons Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrheea, &c. To which are aide], Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate ef Apothecaries' Hall, Loudon, &c., &c. Theessontial object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced moro misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious. of having hazarded the health happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil'and its consequences may be avoided, and ab(ive all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the tirgely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are unfortunately teen too genetally confided to the care of ignorant empiries, who inflict great Injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS 1) EBICITY may be had, price 2c, of Messrs. Plpor, Brothers, and Co , 23, Paternoster-row; Horne, 19, Leiceste:- square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for thirty stamps, to any address from the Author's resilence, 37, Bedford-square. dt home for consultatiOil daily from Eleven till Two, and from 81* till VOL by Chemists and Perfumers. (GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. NOTICE.—D tY TICKETS are issued upon the Gravesend Star - racket., available for return by them or by the London and Tilbury 'ftitsvay ; the Return Tickets by the RaLway will also be available `'Or return by the Star Packets. • The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WS SK 1 )AYS. SUNDA.TS. Terrace Pier Time ~._i 7 '~tB 111,i “4 3!,, 5 6% 754 7;4 f“fi 11% .5 4-g Direct Trains from the Boats, marked t O mnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London I?er Y quarter of an hour. BR UNSWICK WQAftF. BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol ---,lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. SUNDAYS. WERX PATS. ~........._ el, 4 ... 5 = • Pe n . z 4 •11 5 ' ' Fen- 1: 4 ,. 13 . .a . t c hurch - ,!..g 0 A c, - Church '5 4 %' g s' ktre et :, 8 .F,' 1- Street 4 8 = .' cj '5 9 . 4 ' --------.. ___ . —.—. .••••••• * ... IP % , ... ,-.-, .-••• Sli --. .... • it% lO --- _121, E _ 11 r -... 214 _ - 1g —— s an direct. To Fore Cabin. Saloon. Or from Gravesend and London— •• 10d. .. 10. 2d. p• Gravend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. Os. 10d. e ,twcen G r aves end ant Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. O. Bd. Fr ee TICKETS.—TweIve Months, St. o=.; Six Months, W. Os. ; p" r ee Months, 21. Os.; to be bad of the Collectors on board the ackr , ,ts or ,t Mr. Mink, Terractf Pier, Gravesend. ‘,.. P ast and f , u ,crier Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to 411. • W. 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The Royal aselent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—The Customs' Duties (Sugar and Spirits); Excise Duties (Sugar); Railivay and Canal Traffic Regu lation ; Church Building Acts Amendment ; Publio Sta . tues ; Witnesses ; Registration of Bills of Sale ; War wick Assizes; ViCe-Admiralty Court (Mauritius); Roch dale and Burnley Road ; North and South -Western Junction- Railway ; Tra!ee ,and Killarney Railway.; Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway ; Leomin ster arid Kington Railway ; Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, and Milnthorpe Road ; Ayr and ,May hole "Juncfion Railway ; Perth and Dunkeld Railway ; Stourbridge Waterworks; Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (stations) ; Towy Vale Railway • North York shire and Cleveland ,Railway - ; Thirsk and Yarm Road; Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlargement, &c.) ; Camden-town , Cemetery ; Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coltness Railway, eze.) ; ,Caledonian. Rail way (Lesmahagow Branches, &e.) ; Dukinfield GAS ; South Wales Railway ; Bolton Improvement ; Bradford, Wakefield, -and Leeds Railway ; Lowestoft Improve= meet. (No. 2) ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway ; West Bromwich Impr o v emen t, & c . ;,York, Newcastl, •and Berwick Railway (Comstriiction of Docks, &e.) ; Chapel en le Frith Roads • Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company (No. 2) ; iarnworth and Kearsley Gas ; Bangor and Caernarvon Railway ; Lord Lovat's Restitution ; Fleming's Estate ; Green's Estate; Masters' Estate ; Smith's Charity Estate ; Wyndhain's Estate ; Thornhill's (Clara) Estate. The fords' Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Lord STANLEY (of Alderley) presented a petition from a place in Lancashire in favour of the Oxford Uni versity Bill. amongst his own friends the members of the company. (Langhte r.) Captain Carpenter having discovered that 'the money, or at least a part of it, had been paid (for 10,0001: was only given away in the first instance), saw the Duke of Northumberland, and after hearing the staterneest of Captain Carpenter he hesitated to give the official signature for the other 10,0001. till some further inquiry had taken place. But he subsequently did se, on learning from Mr. Stafford the Secratary of the Ad miralty that-the money was paid over under guarantee. There th e matter ended. Now what could . be more ex traordirs try than that a sum of money which had been banded over to the Board of Admiralty, to be by them distributed to the persons fairly entitled to it, should be handed over to aparticularindividual, who was himself at the head of a screw company, and left to be distri buted by him ? (Hear, hear.) That was ate great dereliction of public duty as it was possible in a public station to be guilty of. (Hear.) But this was not all. What was the next step ? One of the persons-who re ceived part of this money, and a member of the com pany, wars named Lowe. He applied for an extension of a patent which he claimed. The case was tried be fore his amble and learned friend, the two Lords Justices, Sir E. Ryan, and the Judge of the Court of Admiralty. The matter was inve s ti ga t e d_ with great minuteness, and thejudgment they gave was that they did not consider Mr. . Lowe to have made any discovery, and . they accordingly unanimously refused the extensien of the patent. Yet this was ono of the gentlemen Who, by favour of Mr. Currie, had received a large proportion of the money. (Hear.) Capt. Carpenter applied to the same tribunal for an ex tension of his patent, Sir J. Pattison presiding instead of his noble and learned friend: The other members of the court were the same. The right of Capt. Carpenter was investigated with great minuteness; his claim was opposed by the Attorney-General;, many witnesses were examined —the manufacturers of the screw propeller, and the su perinteudentsof the steam navigation in the river Thames —and the result was an unanimous judgment in favour of the claim of Capt. Carpenter. Yet although his inven tion was exclusively used in theshipe hf the royal Navy, be was excluded from all participation in the fund which had Neu appropriated by Parliament. A: more unjust or unfair proceeding was never committed. (Hear.) The Attorney-General said that he wotild - not oppose the claim of Cwt. Carpenter to an extension of the patent, pro vided he consented to allow the Admiralty the gratui tous use of it. The court considered that an unjust con dition, and they granted the extension fur six years " un conditionally." Having obtained the judgment of the Privy Council in his favour, Capt. Carpenter again ap plied to the Admiralty on the subject. The Admiralty referred him to Mr. Currie, who received the money to give it to the persons entitled to it. He did apply to'Mr. Currie, saying that, the Admiralty recommended him to .o so. -Mr.. Currie said he had nothing to - say, and referred Capt. Carpenter to his solicitor. He applied to his own solicitors, who said that he could not bring an action against Mr. Currie, because he had given a guarantee to the Board of Admiralty, nor against the sßoird of Admiralty, for the use Of the invention in the Royal Navy. He went again to the Board of Admi ralty, and received the common official reply :—" We refer you to our former answer." (Laughter.) - What was this unhappy officer, then, to do ? He could not proceed against any individual in the Admiralty for the use of a patent for the service of•the Royal Navy. That would be a bar to the action ; and 116 could not proceed against Mr. Currie because he had given a guarantee to the board. Here, then, was a gentleman who had de voted, from two to three years of his life, and 3,0001. of his money, upon an invention which proved most valu able, which.was exclusively used in the Royal Navy— in every vessel of the service ; an d y e t h e did not re ceive onefarthing of the money which was voted by Parliament for the purpOse of remunerating those who had improved the screw-propeller. Independently of the question of patent right, he would ask if it was reasonable or just to treat an individual who had devoted his time and money for the benefit of the public in this way. If his noble friend opposite would suggest any way by which Captain Carpenter could obtain his right he would be satisfied. He knew how difficult it was to deal with boards. He had some experience in cases of that kind. His noble friend himself was not the same man in two different places. In Argyle-house he was all kindness, benevolence, and justice, but at the Trea sury be was as hard as a rock—he was quite impassable and impenetrable. (Laughter..) He maintained that 'the money had been misapplied—grossly misapplied. The case must be investigated in some way. He would be satisfied with any mode that his noble friend might - point out. On- his own part, and on the part of the public he asked for investigation, for investigation there must be in justice to the individual and in justice to the public. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned lord concluded by moving for a copy- of the agreement en tered irkto by the Lords of the Admire*, or on their behalf, in respect of which a sum of 20,000/. had been paid on account of patent rights fur the propellers used in her Majesty's navy, and to present a petition from Captain Carpenter, R.N., respecting such payment. The Earl of ABERDEEN said there could be little doubt that Captain Carpenter had found a most able and • effective advocate in bringing forward his claim. (Hear.) His noble and learned friend must know that he had no desire to do any injustice to Capt. Carpenter, or to his claim whatever it might be. The only question with which he had to concern himself was not as to the rola- 1 tive merits of the patentees, for he confessed he had no I knowledge of the advantages of papt. Carpenter's, or of -1 the others which were in question, o r w hi c h of them ought to have the money that was voted by parliament. His noble and learned friend stigmatised in very strong 1 terms the conduct of the Admiralty, in entering into the agreement they did on this subject. But he must oh- .1 serve that the Admiralty acted as they did under the best legal advice arid the highest authority that could be obtained, for they acted under the authority and sane tion of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Master of the Rolls, and Mr. Justice Crowder. This was done in 1851 by the Board of Admiralty, of which a Sir F. Baring was the head—a man who was most just and prudent, and who was not likely to commit an act of injustice of any description. In 1851 the sum of 10,0001. was paid. - In 1852 the late Board 'of Admiralty took • the same view of the question, and paid the remaining 10,0001. They declined to enter into the question of the respective merits of the invention, which was purely a question to be asserted and decided - in a court of law. Lord LYNDHURST—The patent of Capt. Car punter is that which is used in her Majesty's ships. - The Earl of ABERDEEN— One of the patdritees (Mr. Lowe) dicrthat which Captain Carpenter might do —he brought an action in a court of law against the per sons who made use of his screw. Let Captain Carpenter in the same way bring his action, not against the crown, but against private parties. He would then establish his right, as Mr. Lowe had done. It was true that Captain Carpenter's patent was extended - by the Court of Privy Council, but it did not follow from that that he was en titled to the sum of money voted by Parliament. These persons to whom Sir F. Daring and the late Board of Admiralty paid over the money were solvent parties, and Captain Carpenter could bring his action against them and establish his right, Captain Carpenter had within the last few days risen very much in his demand. Two days ago he made a claim upon the Admiralty not only for the whole sum of 20,000/. but for '45,000/., on account of the us e o f hi s propeller, which lie said was adopted in the navy ; also a royalty of 21. for every horse power till the expiration of his patent in 18G0, and a further sum of 21. for every license for the practice of his invention. He was not surprised that Captain Car penter should not have abated in his demands, after hav ingadvocacyether Captain Carpenter was o lh g is noble and learned friend. obtained H e did d e n a o b t l e s ay wh or was not' entitled to the money voted by Parliament, but this he would pay that the Board of Admiralty paid the money to a certain number of patentees, of whom there were several, and that between them it was not the province of the Board of Admiralty to decide. They had,t h theyestablish ol ve n solvent a just parties claim that to the sum voted. Till Captain Carpenter did that by an action of scire facias, or whatever was the proper howeve r, should satisfy taken tthose who t y couldfr form of action, the Admiralty could not pay over tho money. He had no other desire than to do justice, but their lordships would see that it was impossible for him to pretend to pronounce an opinion of his own on such a subject. The only advice that he could give to Capt. Carpenter, under the circumstances. was, that he should take proceedings to establish his right. That was the only remedy that seemed possible as far as he'was con cerned. The Earl of HARDWICKE did not consid er the re ply of the noble earl satisfactory , either to Capt a i n C ara punter or the public. appeared from th e statement 'of his noble and learned friend that Captain Carpenter • who had done more than perhaps any man living for the public service, was in the position of a person who had been wronged, and had no means of righting himself. With regard to the public, he considered the Bo ar d o f Admiralty bad grossly misapplied the money voted by Parliament, and had grossly neglected their duty. (Hear, hear.) Captain Carpenter was absent on public that account it was tote duty of the Admi ra lt y to have duty when this money had been s o misapplied, and on been more careful of his interest. It wassethe duty of was supposed to the Admiralty to have ascertained who were the parties properly entitled to the money, but to save themselves the trouble they banded it over to Mr. Currie, a banker and an excellent officer in Cornhill, who, because he was the head of the " Amal fernotpjeuildingg.e C or thepansyisject. (Laughter.) g b a e m a a m te o d st S c c o re m w pe slyinju b r y ed th , e Ministers of the Crown Theol%ll.aout of oc p fh u te b ha l at i public cheated voaa nswhichtrounced s T he was entitled. (Hoar, hea r .) motion was then agreed to. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Tho house having gone into committee on this bill, Cl6.ise 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, which empowers two justices to inflict a punishment not exceeding three calendar months in stead of a pecuniary penalty on persons guilty of vio lating the act, the clause, at the suggestion of the Lbrd Chancellor, was assimilated to the provisions of the Police Act in this respect. Lord LYNDHURST, suggested that after the word "dogs" the words- " or goats" should be inserted. After a conversation, which did not reach the gallery, but which excited continual roars of laughter, The Earl of WICKLOW protested-against so impor-' taut a subject being treated so lightly. This bill had Pecu seat up thrice from the other house, and was purely entitled to their serious consideration. He looked upon the amendment of the noble lord in favour of goats as nothing less than an attempt to throw ridicule on the measure. LOrd LYNDHURST said he had seen much smaller animals harnessed than either dogs or goats, and surely the were entitled to protection; he meant "the indus trious fleas." (Laughter.) The amendment was then put and negatived. The Earl of EGLINT9N moved the omission of the clause. He objected to it as a piece of uncalled-for legis lation, and as inferring with, and confiscating the pro perty of a large number of the poorest of the community. It was said the drivers of dog-carts were not a reputable Class ; but the only reason for this allegation was their extreme poverty. He also objected to it, as an instance of class legislation. If they put down dog-carts, how could they allow goat-carts to be used ; the latter were just as likely to frighten horses as the former. It was said the feet - of - dogs were liable to be rendered sore ; but this depended entirely on use. The real ialitimaeity would be to pass.this clause, for 10,000 or 20,000 dogs would be shot the nexaday—kto the greet increase of pork pies in the shops and railway stations. (Laughter.) pff ao rr.o T bap h asa e ntrdh D lieja e lini k anye e ent o : .t f noh: A ai laa G yi .r Y 4 .oeanaLsdLtyc the eneo egusupporters o tho i h t et tsght ground orte t üb t jnc h eld e ac tu o tls n ea u a fit s ; the use of dogs was a nuisance and dangerous to the ',Alio. (Hear.) It had been said that wheelbarrows and birds kip. , out of hedges might frighten horses as well as dog carts ; but the proof that the latter was the greater nttiaaline was found in the fact that there were no petitions against:the former, and a great number against the latter. A gentleman who was examined before the select committee some years ago, a veterinary surgeon, gave - it as his opinion that the employment of dogs in carts rendered them more liable to madness, and that cases of hydropliebia had increased in consequence. The use of, dogs for carts was not known in Scotland, and he believed it was chiefly confined to the south of England. There could be no doubt it was a great nui sance in that di s t r i c t,- and On t h at ground he Ell pporticf this bill. Allusion had been made to the use of the deg as an animal of draught in the arctic region ; but there they -trod on a-frozen surface, and their feet were soft. He had asked the opinion . of the greatest physiotOgist of the day, Professor Owen, on this subject ; and his an swer was to the effect that the foot of the dog was not adapted for traction along hard and hot roads in this coun try ; the case of the Eiquinsaux dogs was notat all analo goue. One of the witnesses before the committee spoke. of the horribly barbarous usage" to which the animals were subject ; and if they were not adapted to traction, ill usage was almost sure to result. As in other cases, this re-acted on the character of the men therarelves, and tended to lower them in the social scale. It was the opinion of Mr. Nash, of the Reformatory Inkitution, that when a man became addicted to cruelty to animals, the was incapable of being reformed. • Lord BROUGHAM supported the clause, and said that legislation on this subj ec t was ne c essary on account of the great number of dogs. Had goats boon so numer ous, and been subjected to such ill-usage, he should have been in favour of the protection being extended to them. He had no fear 'of any destruction of animals as the re sult of their lordships' legislation. Earl GRANVILLE said that the ridicule attaching to this subject was owing to its being scarcely a fit one for legislation. As well as the noble duke, he had con sulted a scientific friend of his, the lecturer on compara tive anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital, and ho agreed with Professor Owen as to the delicacy of the dog's foot, but also pointed out the provision -of nature by which animals adapted themselves to the work they had to perform. fered m b a e n li d e v i e f d ai t i li t a h t e horsesstands snudfs were examined at that moment, it was probable that a much from tis r.) cau li se e great number of horses would be found diseased in this way. Not only in Newfoundland were dogs used for draught, but all over France, Holland, and various other countries on the continent. If the house deprived a num ber of poor men of their means of livelihood, they would have no alternative but to resort to improper courses. As to cruelty, he believed that a far greater amount of torture was inflicted on donkeys • and if dogs were M )- used the end was defeated, for they would defend them selves by lying down, and in other ways. He was very fond of dogs, and would not see them ill-used a but the question was, whether they would depEve a a number of poor men of their livelihood. (aear, hear.) The Bishop of OXFORD stated that the town coen oils of Winchester, Salisbury, , and many other places, had found it necessary to frame by-laws to put down the practice of using dogs in carts. There was no doubt but that dogs were very much ill-used when used as beasts of draught, because they were of comparatively little value. It was the very same thing as was found in connexion with negro slavery. Experience had shown that since negro slaves had become more 'scarce and valuable, they were better treated in those countries were slavery still existed. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that in the mid land counties ;here were 1,500 families whose livelihood depended upon the use of dog-carts. He did not con sider there was any need for the bill, as cruelty to ani mals-was already punishable in another way. He be lieved that the real ground of this measure was a selfish one; these dog-carts were a nuisance to those who drove horses. He admitted they were a nuisance, but ho thought that was not a sufficient reason for taking -bread out of the mouths of the poor. Lord FEVELISHAM supported the bill as effecting a great public imprOvement, in the way of which pri vate rights ought not to stand. Lord- AIRLIE objeCted to the arbitary manner in which the clause under consideration was framed. The house divided— Far the clause ... 43 Against it 23 Majority against —2o The remainder of the bill then passed through com mittee. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed to leave out so much of this bill as related to the - shifting of jurisdic tion from, he ecclesiastical courts, and to confine it solely to the construction of a tribunal for determining ques tions of divorce. He had been led to do this because from what had occurred in another place with reference to the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, he thought that these clauses would tend to the defeat of the entire measure. Lord CAMPBELL complained that the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill had not been persevered with. He had been assured by the noble and learned lord on the wool sack that it should be pressed. Notwithstanding this, without any reason assigned, it had been abandoned. He deplored and entirely condemned that step. How ever it was taken, and the bill was consigned to oblivion. It now appeared that a greater por, ion of the Divarce Bill was -to go also. Ho should certainly recommend that the bill in toto should be dropped, so that all these legal bills should 'remain in a state of suspen !ed anima tion until next session. The Bishop of OXFORD hoped that the Lord Chan cellor would accede to the suggestion of the noble and learned lord (Campbell). If the bill were proceeded with be should be prepared to show that it was most injurious in its tendency as regarded the laws of marriage, tending in fact to - ,loosen that which it should be the object of all to render binding. Lord REDESDALE thought,the session was too far advanced to deal with so grave a measure. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was quite true that he bad informed his noble and learned friend (Lord Campbell) that it was the intention of the Government to press the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, and when he told him so he was perfectly justified in stating so much. Circumstances had, however, shown that there was no chance whatever of carrying it through the other house s and therefore the Government, instead of pre tending to try to legislate, had at once withdrawn the measure. Taking warning by MAI he had made the pro position to sacrifice so much of the Divorce Bill as in terfered with the ecclesiastical court, in order that the other portion might not be delayed ; but after the ob servations which had fallen from all sides of the house, he felt it his duty to withdraw the bill. (Hear.) BANKRUPTCY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this bill. He had only to state that its main objects were two. The first of these was to enable him to leave those posts vacant which were no longer re quired to be filled on account of the decrease of busi ness in the Bankruptcy Court. This would empower him to curtail the number of country commissioners as vacancies occurred, as well as to effect retrenchments by degrees in other branches of the court. The other object was to allow traders to make themselves bank rupt, provided they had sufficient assets to pay expenses. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, The bill was read a second time. CODIFICATION OF THE CRIMINAL_LAW. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved for the appoint ment of a select committee to consider the nine criminal law bills, including those of last session, with the letters of the judges to the Lord Chancellor, and to report as to the course which it will be expedient to pursue in re lation to the said bills and the recommendations of the criminal law commissioners. The noble and learned lord said his reason for moving for this select committee was that a difference of opinion prevailed among the law lords with regard to the subject. Nine bills had already been prepared, and his \ object was to refer them to a se lect committee of their lordships' house who should de clare what course bad better be taken. In his opinion the best course would be to form these bills into conso lidations of the statute law. There were several points in the criminal law which require d im p rovement ; for example, the strange enactment that no woman could commit larceny in the presence of her husband. Lord CAMPBELL said he should not despair if Par liament veste l an absolute power of framing the end° in certain individuals to be named in the bill ; but he should despair if the code had to be passed through two delibe rative assemblies, and to be canvassed, clause by clause, in that house, by chancellors and ex-chancellors ; and in the other house by al l the as p irin g lawyers who held of flee, or expected to hold office. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not suppose that all or any of the b i lls cou ld become law in the pre sent session, but the moment he received the sanction of their lordships, he would devote himself, in conjunction with the gentlemen by whom the bills were prepared, to he pu tti n g the bills in a proper form for introduction in PRIVATE BUSINESS. Lord REDESDALE moved that the time for reading private bills a second time be extended from Tuesday, the 11th July, till Tuesday, 18th July.' Agreed to. CORK AN D WATERFORD RAILWAY BILL. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE reminded their lord ships that a petition upon 'the subject of this bill was upon their table. The circumstances of the case were briefly these. Some time ago an act passed for the for , matiou of the Cork and Waterford Railway, but the powers conferred under it having been allowed to expire, the prom - eters applied this session for a fresh act to enable them now to proceed with their railway. In their application for this act they made use of the plans which had been used in the application for the 'first act, and upon this ground they had been thrown out by the committee of their lordships' on-the ground that they had not acted in accordance with the standing orders. Under these circumstances he moved that leave be given to go on with this bill, notwithstanding the decision of the committee. - Lord MONTEA.GLE objected to this motion as to tally against all precedent: It was notorious that the state of affairs had entirely changed within the last eight years, and what was applicable some years ago was to tally inapplicable now. It might be said that the oppo sition proceeded from a rival railway company. That did not at all effect the merits of the case ; and the peti tioners having been deprived of the opportunity of bringing forward witnesses, _le contended that their lordships ought not to allow the bill to proceed at the end of the session. Lord REDESDALE said, though the bill was re jected brthe standing orders committee, after :recon sidering all the circumstances of the case, be was not disposed to oppose th e mo ti on if th e i r lordships, after hearing the objection, were willing to proceed. The most important petitioner had withdrawn his objection, and the opposition now proceeded chiefly from a rival railway company. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of GLENGALL characte r i se d th e opposi tion as a gross job on the part of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE knew nothing about the merits of the case, but was opposed to any deviation from the standing orders. Lord BEAUMONT said when the Standing Orders Committee reported that the standing orders had not been complied with, if they wished the bill to be pro ceeded with they usually made a recommendation to that effect : in the present case they had not done so. The Earl of RODEN supported the motion. Loid STANLEY opposed itr. After a few words from the Marquis of DAVIT, the Earl of CHICgESTEB, and the Earl of DONOUGHMOBE in reply, their lordships divided— For the motion—contents • Against it Majority THE SCREW - PROPELLER IN THE NAVY AND CAPTAIN CARPENTER. -- .Lord LYNDHURST said he had to request the at tention of his noble friend at the head of the Govern ment to a motion of which he had given notice, relating to the application, or, perhaps, he should rather say, the misapplication, of a large sum of money. As his noble friend stood at the head of the Treasury, and was, therefore, the guardian of the public treasure, he was sure he would a tt en d to the question with interest. In addition to giving the notice of motion, he had pre sented a petition from Captain Carpenter, of the Royal Navy, a gentleman of considerable scientific attain ments. Persons who, had attended to this subject were aware that the , original plan of steam navigation was that of conducting it by means of a screw of con- • siderable length. It turned out, however, upon the application of that principle, that it did not succeed to any great extent, as there was no facility for the escape of the water, which, by acting on the ma chinery retarded the progress of the vessel. The next step was to cot down the screw. That diminished the evil, but did not remove it. Again, there was a third experiment, which was to divide the screw into two con volutions. That was liable to the same objection, but to a smaller extent. At last it was considered best to take only .a part of the screw. The problem then arose how this was to be done. That problem Ciiptain Car penter undertook to solvel and - it was one which re quired some,scientific knowledge and a great deal of care in the conduct of the experiments. After several months' application Captain Carpenter attained his end, and having, as the result of a great variety of minute experiments, arrived at this result in 1840, he obtained a patent. 'While he was carrying on his experiments, he was exposed to considerable ridicule on account of the smallness of the blade of the screw ; but ridicule was changed into astonishment when it was found that he had succeeded. After he had obtained his patent, he applied his machine to a vessel of considerable size in the Thames. He exhibited it in the presence of a great number of scientific persons, including Sir Edward Parry, then comptroller of the steam department of the Admiralty. The report was favourable. After the re port had been made, having conducted the experiments principally with a view to the public service, Capt. Car penter wrote to Lord Minto, givir * s him complete de tails of everything connected with them ; and Lord Minto returned an answer thanking him most sincerely for the important service which he had rendered to the navy. Thus the matter rested. Lord Minto having left offica in August, 1841, shortly afterwards Capt. Carpen ter was appointed to the command of a steam-vessel of war, called the Jason, which was not propelled by the screw. He was afterwards directed by the Admiralty to apply to that vessel the machinery which he had in vented. Accordingly he did so ; and the vessetwas visited in the - Thames by the First Lord of the Admiralty and other official persons in that department, including Sir Edward Parry, and the result was reported to be fa voura.ble. The Admiralty then sent Captain Carpenter to the Mediterranean, in order that experiments might be tried under the command of Commodore Owen, an officer Ofigreat scientific skill ; and the result was that Commodore Owen also made a favourable report to the Admiralty. Captain Carpenter remained absent on this duty for two years and a half. During his absence, the Admiralty made further experiments, and these, combined with the reports, resulted in their adopting the precise form of screw which he recommended. From that time to the present moment that form of screw was the only one which had been used in her Majesty's ser vice ; no other patent had been used in any ship or ves sel in the navy. He begged their lordships to bear these , facts in mind, for they were most essential to the consi deration of the question. Some few years back (the precise date he did not know) under the authority of the House of Commons, a sum of 20,0001. was appropriated by the Admiralty as compensation to the patentees of the screw propeller used in her Majesty's ships and vessels. The precise words, which he took from a paper laid on the table of the other house, were " on account of the patent rights for the propellers used in her Ma jesty's ships and vessels." Again he begged their lord ship's to recollect, that no propeller but that of Captain Carpenter had, dawn to the present time, been u se d i n her Majesty's navY• ,-At -At the time to which he re f erre d a company was formed called the " Amalgamated Screw propelling Company." It consisted of five or six mem bers, and at the head of it was a gentleman named Currie, who was a partner in a banking-house in the City of London. These gentlemen applied to the Board of Admiralty for [the payment of the 20,0001. ; and the Board of Admiralty adopted, in his opi nion, a most extraordinary and unwarrantable Courses— that, namely, of paying over to Mr. CurriVhe 20,000/., on his giving a guarantee—the precise words of which lie was not aware of—that he would properly appropri ate the money amongst the parties who were entitled to it. (Hear ' hear.) Their lordships w o uld not be sur prised to leant that Mr, Currie divided the money ~~~ // i [PRICE SD. another session. He agreed with his noble and learned friend that the arriving at something i❑ the nature of a criminal code was by no means impossible ; but Lord Broughant; - under whose 'auspices these measures were framed, began by enacting that from and after the pas.: sing of the bill, nothing should be unlawful except what 'was therein prohibited. That was beginning at the wrong end. (Hear, hear.) They should work -their way upwards instead of downwards; and to commence in the manner proposed would be most dangerous. The motion was then agreed to, and the committee nominated. • . NEW FOREST BILL. This bill was read a second time. ' The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill . w as also read a second time. The Dublin Carriages Bill end the Linen, &c., Manu factures (Ireland) Bill passed througt committee. The Court of Chancery, County Palatine of Lancaster Bill, with amendments, wag read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned,at 9 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'ciock PRIVATE BUSINESS. Davies's Estate Bill, Landon's Estate Bill, and Salis- bury and Yeovil Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. CAYLEY, from the Mayor and Corporation of Middleborough - , in Yorkshire, in favnur of closing public Rouses on Sundays ; by Mr. A. PELLATT, from curtain inhabitants of Xennington, in favour of admitting Dissenters to the universities ; • hy Mr. W. PATTEN, several petitions from different parts of the country,,for.closing public houses on Sundays. ROYAL• COMMISSION. Mr. •PUtunx, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, ap peared at the bar, and summoned the house to attend in the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given to se-rermillii!411111111111111ik. The house went into committee oe this bilL Lord J. RTISSELL said that the. select committee 'to which the bill had been referred had gone through it with great care, and had amended it in some respects. Several clauses had been added, taken from the bill of the how member for Suffolk, an-i alters from the bill of the right hoe. and learned member for 3lidhurst. Th ere was another clause with respect to the election officer, which, although its spirit was contained in the original bill, must yet be considered' as a new clause. It was of great importance, and in his opinion calenlated to do much good. The Con troverted Elections' Bill had been referred to the same committee, but it was obviously too lateto proceed further with it during the present session. ' • Mr. WALPOLE concurred as to the expediency of post ponement. Mr. LIDDELL said that as the Controverted Election Bill was to be postponed, the sloti Lte which he had given respecting it must necessarily fall to the ground. Clause I was agreed to without discussion. Clause 2, penal clause. Sir W. JOLLIFFE suggested the insertion of the words "authorised person," or " any. person on his behalf." Mr. WALPOLE considered that the phraseology of the clause quite satisfied the necessities of the case. Mr. AGLIONBY considered that the insertion of the words would be highly dangerous, and might often lead to the punishment of an innocent person. He had himself narrowly saved his seat against a charge of agency, although as innocent as the child unborn. • Mr..PHILLIMORE thought the clause as it stood suffi cient. Mr. V. SCULLY considered that authorisation ought to be proved before the sitting members was made liable to penalties for the illegal acts of another person. Mr. DISRAELI urged that the question ought to be con sidered not merely with regard to the interpretation which the courts of law would put upon the clause, but the inter pretation a committee of that house would be likely to put upon it. On that view ho thought the introduction of the words suggested advisable—it was a word well under stood, and conveyed a meaning which he believed would conduce to the administration of justice. (Hear, hear.) For himself he would be disposed to go st;11 flu ther and insert the words "legally or actually authorised." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that this was a penal enactment and must be construed strictly. It was a well known rule of law that no man could be held criminally guilty unless it was shown that he intentionally committed the criminal act, and no man could be held criminally responsible for the act of another unless he ac tually employed or authorised such other person to do the criminal act. With regard, however, to the civil conse quences, an election committee Would hold that a general authorisation of the agent was sufficient, but if the words proposed wera ins,erted, a special authorisation in each particular case of bribery 'would have to be proved. Ho thought the clause stood perfectly well as it was. Sir F. KELLEY agreed with his hon, and loftrnod friend that the proposed amendment was unnecessary. In a civil action, or for the purpose of successfully prosecuting a petition before an election committee, the illegal act done by the agent would in law be deemed the act of the principal, but this clause was iutroduced with a view to criminal proceedings, and no one could be convicted of any criminal offence by means of any constructive autho rity, supposed to bo conferred upon an agent by whom the criminal act was committed. If the committee should be of opinion that any alteration of the dame was neces sary it would be better to adopt the suggestion of his right hon. friend (Mr. Disraeli), and insert in each clause after the word person " actually authorised ;" but for his own part he thought the insertion of the proposed words would do more harm than good. Sir J. WA.LMSLEY, Lord SEYMOUR, and Mr. HENLEY spoke in favour of altering the clause as suggested. After a few words from Mr. PHINN and Mr. AGLIONBY, Lord J. RUSSELL observed that under the old act of Geo. ll.—the words of which were adopted in this clause —if money was given to a voter, either directly or indi rectly, it was bribery; ,but it _was considered, and the pre amble of the bill declared, that, whereas the existing law was insufficient to check the offence, more effective mea sures-were necessary ; but the effect of tho amendment would be not to make the law more efficient, but less so. Mr. lIILDYARD said the danger WAS not that the courts of law would convict without the authorisation of the agent wan proved—of that he had no fear, but that the Election Committee of the House of Commons might pronounce the principal guilty of bribery on account of an act committed by his agent, and of which he had no know lodge, and so not only deprive him of his seat, but dis qualify him from sitting. lie thought it desirable that some words should bo inserted to remove all doubt as to tho intentions of Parliament in this matter. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL remarked that election committees had always held that the candidate was re sponsible for the acts of his authorised agent, though no special authority to do any particular act was proved. He considered the ,proposed words wholly unnecessary, and that, if inserted, they would do mere mischief than the bill, if passed, would do good. He believed the object with which they were proposed was to introduce a change in the law of election committees in this respect. Mr. M. MILNES,heId that every precaution should be taken to prevent a man from being punished, not for any offence which he had committed, or which had been com mitted by his authority, but for political and party pur poses. Sir W. JOLLIFFE denied that ho had any intention of making tile law fin• the trial of election petitions less strin gent than it was ; but, as the tribunal was composed of simple country gentlemen, and not lawyers, the law they had to administer should be left as far as possible beyond doubt. Mr. HEA.DLA.A I thought the introduction of the words would be not only useless but mischievous. • Mr. V. SMITH intimated that, if the amendment was pressed, be should vote for it. _ Sir E. PERRY supported the suggested alteration. If the insertion of the words would have the effect, which he thought it would, of throwing a doubt on the law of civil agency, the house ought to pause before they agreed to them when they were only considering a penal clause. The words had been proved to be unnecessary. If the words "on his behalf" were omitted, the clause would be quite as efficient for its purposes. He hoped, as no one could be found guilty under this act, unless it was shown that he gave direct authority to bribe, that the house would not agree to any such amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he would formally move as an amendment, that after the word "person," the word " authorised" be introduced, and ho should divide the committee on it. , After a few words from Mr. MANGLES and Mr. GROGAN, Lord J. RUSSELL said there seemed to be some diffi culty felt as to what was the intention of the clause and how it bore on the law of election committees. The ques tion was the punishing of bribery, and was a different question from the law on election committees, which had no power to punish. If a person appointed an agent who bribed, though he might not be guilty of . bribery himself, if his election was carried by bribery it would be a void election ; but what they Were now dealing with was the penalty to be inflicted on persons g uilt y regard to what had been sai d b y his noble frien d (Lord a bribery. With i Seymour) about a person goi n g: into a town a nd dealing with persons so as to comp romise his maste r , it lied been answered by the Attorney -General, who q u oted the high t a e u r t p h r o o r t i e t i l of Lord words Lyndhurst, eh balf" of th e T reating Act of who, when Chi e f Baron, in. William the Third, not to include any person who was not Auldisnotthboneglhiatble the to proposed a penalty. authorised by a cand idate, and t herefore in the c ase of any one acting on behalf of a c andidate without hi s au th or i ty, amendment sulirchreo. W. would seriously damage the bill. i iir dat l e L w Ll ° For the amendment Against it ................................... 110 Majority ............ ............................ 141 . ... Lord R. GROSVENOR ............ -31 inquired whether this clause would put an end to the mischievous fares of voters com i ng up to vote at r e a c c t i t ic e of paying the The ATTORNEY- GENERALons said it did not touch that case ; as the law stood, if those fares were paid colour ably, and as a cloak to bribery, they ry, were illegal; but paid bona fide, and am • ounting to only the real expenses, they were legal. Mr. AGLIONBY asked whether the words " • money" in the clause , included sums paid to an attorney or recognised legal advisor of a candidate ? Mr. WALPOLE said there was a proviso at the end of the clause which provided that bona fide legal expenses might be paid. The clause was agreed to.. Ort„clause 3, which defines the offence of bribery, Mr. HENLEY urged that the words " ask for" were oo stringent. It might make a man who asked for a shil ;,ug to drink guilty of a misdemeanour. .eet Mr. PHINN said the clause was intended as a protection to the candi:late who might be asked for any place or gift, and who could at onco answer that the mere asking for it rendered a persm guilty of a misdemeanour. After a short conversation, Mr. HEADLAM moved the omission of the words• Mr. HILDYARD said any vagabond in any constituency would be entitled to sue for a penalty of 101. from any person whom he could swear had " asked for" any sum. Mr. 1 ) .11INN said at prevent any vagabond might swear / 1' ~" L '~G ~j~L~ .that a person had stolen his watch, and it was left to the good sense of the jury to determine. . • Mr. WHITZSIDE should like to have a definition of the new dtfence, " irdireetlraik for" The -ATTORNEY—GENBIZAL thought-the words _had better remain as they were. They formed a protections candidates. Half the cases in which it was alleged the candidates had been guilty of personal corruption had . been cases in which voters had asked for something. Every candidate was exposed to this in the cour se o f hi s canvass. The voter said, " /vial, you would give my son an ap pointment," and it would be a great thing for the candi date to say, "you are asking me for something, and that asking involves you in a penalty." I. BUTT did not think that their object ought to be merely to throw protection over the candidates. What was " indirectly asking for ?" A. person might shake his head, awl that might be said to be indirectly asking for. Mr. GOU.LBURN agreed with. the hon. and Named gentleman who spoke last that they ought to Eave some consideration for the voters. A voter might say, "I wish you would do something-for my son," and ,the candidate might reply, "Yon have committed an offence in Raking' me for that." But the Offence was committed before the: reply could be given, and the effect might be that the voqi . would give that candidate his vote lest he shoul(l punish' him. The protection of the candidate was sufficient in • his being able to say "My good friend, - if you receive any. thing front me, that will be.an.offenee."- - Sir J. PAKINGTON very - much doubted .whetbele candidate would t e ll a vo t er h e h a d committed an dIT - enee e : Lord J. RUSSELL thought there was some value in the' clause, being copied from that which was already the law. A declaration by-parliament that such conduct was an offence was of value. • Mr. AGLIONBY saw no reason Ixday the same law should not be applied to the voter who asked for, as well as to the candidate who'rtiatte a'gift. Mr. BALL coesidered that th age words would make the • dance so stringent, that it would be entirely inoperative. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE observed that the same punishment was awarded for asking for as for receiving. After a few words from Mr. IaEWDEGATE, and Mr. BOOZER, in support of the amendment, Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought there was some force in, the objection that the same punishment was awarded far asking for as for rteLeiving, and therefore he propof ed to leave out the words "ask for," and insert them afterwards,lnd impeSe a lighter penalty for the offence. The clause as amended was then agreed to. On clause 3, - Lord R. GROSVENOR moved an amendment - rendering it illegal fur weendidate to pay the'expenses of the convey ance of voters. Mr. LIDDELL hoped the committee would not consent to this amendment. It - would have the effect of disfren chising nearly.the whole of the voters in the outlying die , tricts in eoPeties. - Mr. GOULBURN did not think this a proper place to inttoduce this amendment. • In a former part of the bill th 7 had legislated against bribery in candidates. This A ”.:Sever . Might be the merits of the plopose rw (= " Finn' -• tent, at all events it ought not to be inserted in the clause now before the committee. Mr. B. DENISON remarked that a proposal of this kind would effectati.lly Allifranchise a great portion of every county, because every one know that unless voters were. brought up at the expense of some would not vote. Marty or another they. 'Lord R. GROSVENOR then withdrew the amendment, but, announced his intention of taking an opportunity to raise the question hereafter. Clause 3 was then agreed to. On, clause 4. \- .. Sir J. PAKINGTON. slid he hoped they might have some explanation as to whether the extreme severity of this clause was necessary. He might be told that the I TEa I ‘.."' clause only threw together a number of enactments now in force, but that explanation was not satisfactory. The clause en toted that "any candidate who shall—by him se lf or any-other pe rson, at any - time, before, durin g , or a ft er , any election, pro v id e any meat., drink, or entertainment, in order to be elected, or for being elected, or for the par- • pose of corruptly influencing any person." lie asked if , these words would not exclude the ordinary hospitality that might be exercised by any member of Parliament. 'lt seemed tolim that if any member had a private dinner party at which any person who might be his personal friend, and who acted as his agent in the election was present he would he liable to a penalty of 50/. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ' said that he did not think an innocent entertainment such as that given by a candidate to his agents or canvassers would be considered • by any jury as coming fairly within the meaning of this. clause. Sir J. PAKINGTON thought that the words of the clause as they stood would be clearly liable to such a con struction and thought that the words should be o m itt e d. Mr. WALPOLE considered it unadvisable in any conso. lidation of the law to omit any words likely to meet the offence of treating, which of all others it was most desirable to pia down. Mr. B. DENISON wished to know from the Attorney- General whether, under this clause, it would be illegal to give refreshment, tickets to voters ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the practice of committees differed very much as to what they consi dered treating. His own opinion was, however, that such tickets would be clearly illegal, and he had no doubt what over that a court of law would so decide it. Mr. B. DENISON thought it highly important that the committee should clearly understand whether or not the clause would have the effect of making refreshment tickets illegal. If it did so, it was his opinion that one-half at least of the electors would be practically disfranchised, for great numbers of the poorer voters would never come to the poll unless their expenses were paid. Mr. STANHOPE concurred in the opinion of the injuri ous effect of withholding these refreshment tickets from the poorer class of voters, and gave notice that et a future stage he should move to add a clause giving power to the return ing officer to give tickets for refreshments not exceeding in value 25., upon the application of the voter, • and at the joint expense of the candidates. Lord it. GROSVENOR disapproved of the proposal to give refreshments, and thought that if additional polling places were provided there would be no difficulty in get ting the electors to vote. Mr. HEADLAM believed that the clause, as it then stood, would tend to make the law more uncertain than it was at present, and suggested its reconsideration. Mr. E. DENISON could not conceive why, if a candi date giving a g oo d di nner t o hi s agents and canvassers was to be c , ,nstrued merely as hospitality, a refreshment ticket given to a poor voter ' who had travelled many mile s to record his vote, should be considered as corruption. (Hear.) As there appeared to be such grave doubts on the subject, he thought it advisable that the clause should not be further proceeded with at present. Mr. H. DRUMMOND observed that in legislating upon bribery there wore three questions to be dealt with, namely, agency, travelling expenses, and refreshments. According to the .opinion of the legal authorities in the lionse, they had disposed of the first, by substituting& boa law for a good law; in fact, it would almost seem that they had made the good law bad, simply because country gentlemen could not understand the good law. (A laugh.) They were going now to deal with the questions of tra velling expenses and refreshments. The former they left just where it was, and that being so, he wanted to know how bribery could be stopped. Next came the question .of refreshments, and here it appeared they were going to make it legal to the extent of two shillings ; but let them make the amount as low as they pleased, the evil would still remain , because it was through these refreshments that the bribery was carried on. (No, no.) Well, he admitted there was occasionally a common, low, vulgar, stupid fellow int o w h o s e h an d th ey pu t a gu i nea or so—(a laugh)—but that was the exception, not the rule. (Hear, hear.) Depend upon it, bribery could only bo car ried on by these three means, and unless they were removed legi.lition would be a mere farce and waste of time. Mr. AP IE It thought they were bound to define more explicitly what, tronting was, and he hoped the clause would be postponed for that purpose. Lord R. GROSVENOR saw no necessity Ivhate7r for postponing the clause, as it simply consol'daed the existing !ay.- of t; eating. There could be no doubt that refreshments we:o illeft], and the only reason wily they had not been declared so by committees was because when a contest took place at. county elections it was agreed on both rides that refreshments should be distributed to the electors. (clear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON did not think they ought s !f to rs s this bill without first settling these two q he thought the best plan would bo to make yelling expenses and refreshments, but a t t e b of a separate bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL agreed with the e leafned member for Midhurst as tostneg acts. The act ofepdiency of keep ingright hon. and e e ts m i ti ei o t s h na e r a s u e b t j i e m c e t in the bill the words of the existing to the ü being ch This as a or v o i n ew erso eshilling, P inasm n elected. provision would include all treating, whethe r William had for its object the preve ntion of tr e a ting after the amount were tato s h i llings the issue of the writ with that treating would not be given except for the purpose of the candidate b e i ng elected. The words which he (Lord J. Russell) introduced in the 3 d and 4 th Viet., c. 102, were, “ before, after, or during the election," and also.the words for the purpose of corruptly influencing the voter in giving, or refraining from giving, his vote. But the voter would not be influenced in'giving his vote in most cases where both parties at an election gave refreshment tickets. It, might happen, however, that one party gave very moderate refreshments, while another might adopt a more extravagant kind of treating, and give wine or beer to an immense extent, making the electors drunk, and by that. moans carrying his election. That would no doubt be a corrupt, influencing of the voter. It appeared to him, be sides, that the words showed that something more-than mere corrupt treating to influence a voter was meant; The words were in the disjunctive ; the most moderate treating, which could not possibly affect the election, would be an offence within the act. The question of treating was now before the house in the clause, and he thought it ought tobe decided one way or the other. There was a good deal to be said on both sides of the question; it was perhaps right enough to give some moderate refreshment to voters coming from a distance, but he thought that it opened a door to corrupt expenditure. It was better to do away with it altogether. Surely a voter would rather ga without his dinner.than not vote for his favourite candidate ; if ho did, he most pro bably would find some friend to give him a bit of bread and cheese. (Laughter.) The clause as it stood forbade treat ing altogether, and if any words were re qu i r ed t o ' ma ke it more clear ho would be prepared to insert thorn. Sir T. D. ACLAND would support the amendment:.. _ Lord LOVAINE said the noble lord the member w_!: Middlesex had used the, strongest argument in favour of allowing moderate treating when ho stated that both. aides mmon'and were now obliged to adopt it by arrangement; much bettor for the committee to legalisoee,oo: by necessary a practice than attempt to put it d a legis lation, which would be ineffectual. , - ho put down the Mr. FOX thought it would be very oatY they would have the it mroultt be practice by act of Parliament, bacon -ore anxious to have a stop put interest iu the gustier, and vi hearty concurrence of the working all violence and cla sses , de as.e talk t o o f o took h a e d d e t e: to what was she ofcommeneement would not vote unless they were franchisement of those whoo t even then unless they had the dragged to the poll, and drink.no The majority of the wosleing question of bribery to turn on this n tb o t e , 3oo of them who would not willingly bauchery at elections. It was ridiculous to prospect of meat and work to give his vote. Treating was the sacrifice a day's . f corruption, and ought to be the first at siinplest form o point s; considered e w r a e d s tacked. Mr. HILDYARD said the proposed change would seri ously it any person might bring a an fr e a c c t t t i o h n e a c o g ' a l i n n t s y t in them e for rs. e v ß e y ry refreshment ticket they issued, and the agreetnent between the -candidates would be no protection. They would have every attorney in the county on their back, and they would soon disappear from the house, like the railway speculators. Mr. AGLIONBY reminded the house that the measure to legalise the iFsuing of tickets had been rejected a session or two ago. There was great difficulty in drawing the line between innocent and corrupt treating in a borough with a county district attached to it: The candidate was usually , accompanied by one or two gentlemen to point out the F.