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Copies of the detailed terms of business, and any further information, will be supplied at the Bank, Tokenhouse-yard ; and at any of the branches-429, Strand; 77, Bridge-road, Lambeth; 97, Goswell-road, Islington; and 1,. Shaftesbury-terrace, Victoria-street, Pimlico. ma •••••••...... )e Horn p, Ist. 32 35 N., LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1854. 24, lat. No. 19,146.] [ PRICE SD• asand to By order of the Court of Directors. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. delaide, CONTRACT FOR CASKS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 3d Feb., 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 16th instant, at One o'clock, they will he ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract ior supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE PTEORD, Just ready, SIR CHARLES NAPIER and the DUKE of WELLINGTON—a Supplement to " Indistn Misgovernment." By Lient.-General Sir WILLIAM NAPIER, K.C.B. Charles Weaterton, Hyde-park corner. PEOPLE'S EDITION OF MR. MACAULAY'S ESSAYS. On Tuesday, the 28th instant, will be published, in crown Byo., Part 1., price One and No.l, price I j 4 d., MINING INVESTMENT. —Parties seeking safe and profitable investments should turn their attention to the shares of those companies formed for mining, especially when their estates are in Cornwall and Devon. The dividends from many or those are equal to 10, 15, and 20 per cent. upon the outlay while others not yet paying dividends, but having excellent prospects of soon doing so, afford iOundant scope for spe,ttlation, not alone from anticipated early returns to the proprietary, but likewise on account of the great enhancement in the value of the stock at tendant thereon. Mr. JNO S. LA NE, 32. Poultry, London, having correspondents in all the richest mineral districts in England, is in a position early to advise his clients. Parties communicating will re ceive all requisite information, and Mr. LANE will recommend either dividend paying, or non-dividend paying concerns, to those wishing to embark in mining enterprise, and state his reasons for so doing 32, Poultry, London, Jan., 1854. borough holding his seat, on the ground that he took his seat before the time specified within which the elec tors could petition against his return, as he took his seat within five days of the prorogation of the last session, and the electors ought to have fourteen days allowed them after the return to petition against it. He concluded by moving _that the petitioners be now allowed to' present a petition to the house against the return of Mr. Thomson Hankey, the sitting member. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought it was highly desirable that the house should be put in possession of the facts of the case. A committee last session decided that Mr. Whalley was not duly elected, and that Mr. Hankey ought to have been returned. After the committee had adjourned the inquiry on the appli cation of Mr. Whalley's counsel, it was stated by his counsel that it was not intended that Mr. Whalley should then go into a recriminatory case. There was abundant opportunity for Mr. Whalley and his counsel to have then gone into a recriminatory case against Mr. Hankey, and though Mr. Coppock, Mr. Whalley's agent. had instructions to do so, Mr. Whalley's counsel stated he did not wish to do so. He (the Attorney-General) believed there was no precedent for receiving a petition now against the return, and though he believed the house ought to give full opportunity to inquire into all the circumstances of elections, yet he thought the sitting member ought not to be harassed by petitions, unless in cases where the select committee had made.a special re commendation to do so, which was not the case in re ference to the last return for Peterborough. Mr. SCOTT, a member of the committee who tried the petition, confirmed the statement of the Attorney- General, that Mr. Whalley's counsel declined to go into a case of recrimination. la, Jan. n, Nor. MR. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL AND HISTORIcAL E-SSAYS. People's Edition. To be pub lished in Seven Monthly Part", at One Shilling ; and Weekly, in Numbers, price Three Half-pence each. *** The Prospectus and Specimen may be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country. . _ 4 "di 4 - i ll Y , ns, Dec. Now ready, price Is., p ALMERSTON IN THREE EPOCHS. A Comparison of Opinions with Facts. By WASHINGTON WILKS, Author of "A History of the Half Century.' London: William Freeman, G 9, Fleet-street. 21, Ist, 15,000 TIGIIT and DRY Ca SRS. of various dimensions, to be delivered, One Fifth of each in two months, and the rc-mainder 4 equal monthly deliveries afterwards, or at an earlier period if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole Contract or any lesser quantity. Patterns of the Casks may be seen at Deptford, and the conditions of the contract at the said Office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, but it will not be nece.sary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this Office, ,s thsi result of the offer will be communicated in writiiig Every Nude , mud b 2 addressed to the Secretary of the Admiraity, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Casks," and must a so be delivered at Somvrset•piace, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the awn of 201. per cent. on the value for the due performance of the contract. London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. N, long. NEWPORT, ABFRGAVENNY, and HERE FORD RAILWAY COMPANY. Dec. 31, It ship), Just published, price 45., free by post, 5s , PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Gen.toXrinary Maladies, ~ p ermatorrhces rationally considered, with unanswerable Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated; being a Guide to Hea , th, Lang Life, and Happiness. By MEDICUS. Sherwood, Viper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. FIFTEENTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Fifteenth Ordinary General Meeting of the Sharenclders of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on I'HURSDAY, the 23d day of February next, at 12 o'clock preclsily, for t' , e purpose of tramactng the ordinary business of the Company, and for the election of five Directors and one Auditor, in place of the same number who will retire. ,t. is 5, BONUS TO SHAREHOLDERS. HOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. A Bonus of 51. Bs. 4d. per cent. wilt be added to the past year's subscriptions, and In future interest at the rate of 51 Bs. id. per cent. per annum will bs given on all subscriptions, with such addtional onus at the end of the year as the profits of the Society msy allow. Two Estates have been purchased for this Society during the past year—that at Wood-green (chiefly allotted) has been very satisfac tory and profitable, b , ith to the allottees and the Society at large. The other Es'ate (not yet allotted) promisi•e to be a more successful purchase than the first, there being a grea demand for plots upon it. It is situated Wimbledon-park, in tae midst of gentlemen's seats, and is adapted for first-class villas. There are two special advantages in this Society, viz., members are not required to pay down any part of the price of the land prier to choosing plots. The full amount of the shares drawn in the ballot is advanced ; also that more shares are not drawn in the ballot than can be supplied with la, d, so tbat the members may have the ad vantage of selling their drawn shares at a premium, A share in full is 301., with an entrance fee of Is. By order, HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. S, long. ......—._ .._.......... ....... ....._ ____. W. E. FITZ 31 A URICE, Chairman. The Transfer Books will be closed or and from the 9th day of Fe bruary nest, till after the Meeting. THOS. PItITC HARD, Secy. London, 26, Spring gardens, Jan. 19. bourne, , m Lou• m, Jan. CONTR ‘CT FOR RUM. dint Published, THE LAWS of WAR AFFECTING COM MERCE and SHIPPING. By H. BYERLEY THOMSON, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNI and HERE FORD RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the NEWPORT, ABERUAVENNY, and HEREFORD RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate•street, In the City of Landon, on THUItiDAY, the 23d day of ebruary instant, at One o'clock, for the purpose of giving additional authority to the Directors to exercise the borrowing powers of the Company, under the original Act, 8 vic., cap. 16. W. E. FITZNIAURICE, Chairman. THOS, PRI TCHARD, Secy. London, 26, Spring-garlens, 2d Feb., 1854. at. 3 N, iney, N. Department of the Comp , roller for Victualline'. and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 2d Feb., 1851. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY. the J sth instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's (anelling Stores at DE i•TFORD, When to be deliver, d. Gallons. Half in three weeks, and the re. ADM ..................50,00) mainder In three weeks after wards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. The Rum to be exempted from the Customs Duties. Tenders will be received from any firm for any portion of the total quantity not less than 2,000 gallons, Samples of the Rum to he sent in pints for each import mark, and the average St eng'h of each mark ex to be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports, and any parcel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality, Mack, or average strength, of the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected b, the officers. The samples produced by p - irsons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said oMce, at the Rice of Com mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Co lector of k:na.om • at Bria . . tol. No tender wi I be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor anv notiud wile's the party atteads, or an agent for him, duly ant' orised in writ ng. Every tender must be add. eseed to the Secretary of the Admiralty and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender fo- Rum," and must also be delivered at it merset•place, ant must be accom panied by a letter signi-d by two responsible i ersons, engaiging to become bnund with the person ttndering in the sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the contracts. Price Is. 6d. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. sec. 15, v. 7, lat. Just published, New Edition price Is , THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the DiFease. By FRANCIS IL RAMADGE, , Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, A TREATISE ON AS CHM& Loudon : Longman and Co. ig S.IV, ia, Dee, Buenos GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of CAN AD A.—Notice is Hereby Given, That the Directors hav, made a CA :.L of 21. 10s. on each and every share of the A series of the company, and a CALL of 10 per cent. on each class of the De ue 'tures f the company, payable at the Bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mils, and Co., Lombard-street, London. The said Calls are due on Monday, the 6th February, 1854. If not paid on or before that date, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum willbe char ged on those in arrear. _ _ CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS. —The return of Youth to their respective Boarding -Schools induces a solidi tui:e from parents and guardians for their Personal Comfort and Attraction, and ROWLANDS' MACASsAR OIL, for ai celerating the growth and improving and beautifying the hair, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for improving the skin and`complexion, and removing cutaneous eruptions, and ROWLANDS' ()DONT°, or Pearl Denti flee, for rendering the teeth beautifully. white, and preserving the gums, are considered indispensable accOnapanimenis tor the attain ment of those Personal Advantages sy univeraally sought for and admired. Beware of Spurious imitations. Thekintly genuine of each bear *.e‘of_the ankle, on the . Sold by A. ROWLA.ND and SONS, 200 - Alatton.. w th r e a n pp am er e o o r f l . a ` b `R el o . WLANDS' " preceding' garden, London; and by Chemists and Perfumers. Mr. BANKES said he must press upon the house the motion he had made for the reception of the petition. Mr. ISAAC BUTT thought there was by no means so clear a case for refusing to accept this petition as the Attorney-General seemed to think this was not a petition from Mr. Whalley, but from the electors of Peterborough, who charged, whether truly or falsely he did not say, bribery and corruption against the sitting number.. And, moreover, it should_ be borne in mind that the case of recrimination was not gone into simply because Mr. Coppock thought fit, in direct opposition to the instructions of Mr. Whalley. (Hear, hear.) He then moved an amendment that the petitioners be heard at the bar of the house in support of their allegations. Mr. PALMER thought, upon every principle of law and common sense, the decision of the committee who tried the merits of the former petition, and which declared Mr. Whalley unseated and Mr. Hankey duly elected, ought to be respected. Mr. BUTT did not press his amendment, and the motion was negatived without a division. Fourth Edition, price ss. 6d., with cases, ON CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, &c. Shareholders have the power of paying up the whole or a portion of their shares in lull, and interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num will be allowed on all sums paid in anticipation of Calls. The Directors further give notice, that by a recent Order in Council to the Government of Canada, the Debentures of the Province will be issued in Janusly neat to those shareholders who shall pay to Mess s Glyn, Mills, and Co 51. pe - share (that Is, 2/. 10.4. per share in addition to the Call now advertised) on each of their shares, and in full on the Deneatutes of the Province to which such shares are entitled. to Gid. ; 0 7d per to Os Od id to 4d By ALFRED B, MADDOCK, M.D. " The lren'ment pointed out Is at once simple, in7enious, and natural alio the evidences& uced of its efficacy and succe-s is Wenn trovnrtible "—Hampalure Telegraph. " We feel that we are doing., an act ellrindr,ess to thousands of our cre,nures in recommending an inuned.ate and careful perusel of this work."—Somerset Herald Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-coart, and through any Book,eller. . By order of the Board. WILLIAM CH kPMAN, Secretary. 2, Leadenhall•street, London, Dec. 3, 1853. 2LENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in kA her Majesty's Laundry), and WOTHERSPOON'S Machine made CONFECTIONERY, MARI{ A LADE, JAMS, JELLIES, &e., (which gained the Prize Medal of 1851), may be had of all Grocers ; holesale of Wotherspoon, Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow. cl down. D as last d down. ROBERT COCKS and CO.'S STANDARD OCTAVO EDITIONS. -- MESSIAH, 6s. 6d. The CR EA- Ti oti, 4s. 6d. Edited by JOHN BISHOP, of Cheltenham. Eo'•io copies, 15s. Also, SAMSON, by Dr Clarke, Cs. sir George Smart's opinion : " I consider the arrangement of both these oratorios to be most excellent; it includes all that the vocalist can desire, and the instrumentation is adapted in a very masterly manner; the Appen dix to Messiah' is a valuable addition. (signed) GEORGE T. SMART." —N.B. Specimen pages gratis and postage free. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. Od Od 4d Od INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. No. 72, Lombard-street, and 24, Connaught-terrace. TZUSTIZB. " THE PRESS," No. 40, This Day (Saturday), contains, among others—War—The Western Powers and the Eastern Question—Suppressed Scandals—Mail Steamers and Men-of-War—Strikes and Savans—Supply of Sailors--Lord John Russell and Mr. Wilson Croker —The Law of Partnership and Limi ted Liability—Parting Interview between Lord Aberdeen and the Russian Ambassador —Literature—Ruskin's Stones of Venice —The History of Yucatan, by Charles St. John Fancourt, Esq.—Recent Novels, Mabel, by J.mma Warburton—Af eford—Lismore, by Mrs. A. Crawford—Ruth alartiley, by Mrs. Mackenzie Daniels—Charles Stanley—Letter to John llright, Esq , M.P., on the India Question, by James Wilson—Notices of Books, Pamphlets, and Reprints— Periodical Literature—The Theatres—together with all the News of the Week. _ _ . _ _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Kichard Malin% Q.C., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P: James Fuller Id ado:, Nag. William Wilberforce, Esq. _ _ _ HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The house then went into committee. MERCHANT SHIPPING AND PILOTAGE. The P3LICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly regt,tered, and are thus rendered Certain Family Provisions, and Negotiable Documents of Security. This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTEC fING INSURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium are combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on attaining a specified age, and a pension or annul y after that age ; and giving the full b-neflt of all Premiums that have been paid, although the payments should at any time be discontinued. ALEX. ROMP It SON, Manager. THE SWEET VESPER BELLS of ANCONA. Ballad. Written and composed by JOHN PARRY, and Illustrated with Reminiscences of Ancona, alter a -ketch from the Comp ser's Portfolio, 2s. 6d. This admired song is altogether one of the happiest conceptions of this gifted favourite of the public. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that on Monday he would call the attention of the house to the question of " peace and war," and particularly to some passages contained in one of the latest despatches addressed to St Petersburg—that of the 24th December. Their lordships then adjourned. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, Publishers to the Queen. " THE PRESS" is published every Saturday, at the Office, No. 110, Strand, price 6d. May be had of all newsmen, and at the railway stations. Money orders to be made payable to Mr. Alfred lye. HAMILTON'S MODERN INSTRUCTIONS for the PIANOFORTE. 50th Edition, 45.; for singing, 31 Edition. ss. " These are new editions of highly popular works. Mr. Hamilton devoted himself wholly to the task of music 1 Instruction ; and his didactic treaties on every branch of the art, the fruits of an intelli gent mind, aided by large experience, are by far the most useful works of their class extant in this country."—Spectator, Dec. 10, 1853. es couid ) 4s per tion the COMMERCIAL and. GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE, FAMILY ENDOW.iIES r. and LOAN ASOCIATION. 112, Cheapside. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNU tL GENERAL MEET ING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Association, will be held at the offices, as above, on MONDAY, the 20th day of February instant, at One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of electing new Directors to supply vacancies, and otoer necessary matters, according to the provisions of the Deed of Settlement. S. J. TUROUAND. Chief Clerk. 13URSSELL'S BRIDE CAKES, 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes; Swiss and French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, for evening parties, ls. to 3s. per doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratillas, and Maccaroons, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes, 3s. per lb. ; Mixed Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mixed Biscuits, Is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for Is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Abernethy, German Cuddy or Captain's Biscuits ; Mince Pies, 4s and 6s. per doz. ; Jellies and Soups, 4s. per qt.; Creams and Ices, 6s. per qt.; Made Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls. Caution.—John R. Purssell, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. Ds 04 to Oat: , I to 593 Several railway and other private bills were brought in by Mr. BROTREBTON, and read a first time. PETITIONS. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, Publishers to the Qaeen. Mr. LOCKE KING presented a petition from Mit cham, in Surrey, in favour of Ocean Penny Postage. Sir G. PECHELL presented a petition from Brigh ton, praying an active operation may be taken against Russia in favour of Turkey. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Southampton, against the consolidation of boroughs and counties for police purposes. 82a Od indin 4, aw, 23s )sOd W Od. ANNUITIES ON THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE. ENGINEERS', MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 345, Strand, London, PURC'HASERS OF ANNUITIES ADMITTED TO PARTICI- PATION IN THE PROFITS. Policy Stamps paid by the Society. Assignments of Policies Registered Free of Charge. A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the introduction of business. ANTHONY PECK, 11. A., Assistant-Actuary. LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the ROUSE of COMMONS, and the DE POSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSI f and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com mittee : - " THE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCES upon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN chsracte . viz.. the PROVISI.N FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death of their NATURAL PROTECTORS ; unlik • any ordinary transaction of mid-, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTeRED INTO CANNOT CI DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, If doubts of the stability of an °nide should arise, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the necessi'y ot effecting new polims in other offices at increased rates of premium, owing the greater age of the assured ; persons are thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA OP BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, with SOME S.liplCloll and doubt as to the ultimate a Iva tae of doing so, oa or INCURRING THE SE RIOUS LOSS WHICH UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MUST ATTEND THE ABAND.NmENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a person is NOT " COMPELLED" to ply from •• YEAR TO YEAR." aid he does not, it desdruus of • ABANDON ING" his Pol , cv, mom* any ' seams Loss." hut, on the contrary, he may pay such amounts, ant at such times 48 he may find most con venient; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with drawn the rolicy is cancelled; if part only, then the value of the Policy is diminished by the assured valn3 of the part withdrawn. A 13, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51., which it will be seen 118 increases from time to time, and occasionaliy diminishes. O , 6 =o—. P ri P gg!' 2 4:74g=34, 7 -V4=1;38 ... a 4 0 , w _ = - E. c.) ... 0 . ..:..- - 0 .. —.. ... . -- 2 1 , g 4„. .i.... —. ~.... .... ~ ...; g Q —3B w o ' ,3 -0 . 4 "Z — A "" 1.1;1,1 gA% 93 r.-.. . .0 ,a , . t. . -4 E. -4 ''' d .4 = . . Icy c e! A fp... 4 ,1., g 4 r ao c. , 1111 . 11— . 111 m m a - gB5 4 m . 4 2 ; g id ca 1-4 gl t 0 -.. Id ? ~,.. it. .4 ‘' . . N C.. w 74 VV, M .4 t 4 t ' 9 I A '' .' ag 4.n2”nnlessg i' B 7. or c.. 6 m 7 4 62 4wocoo ..0 9 .0. co,o I x C.) AV ... ........ a C.) ,m. • a 2 .. . e. '4 g: • : .... • , m 4.0•- 0 : .0 --; 0 i OS ..-I , ,B4,AgXgoAAgA m .c; w c. . v .0r... a m . . . .. .0 e .. . ... --, -- Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter vale various Mimi amounting to 971., by which he had been insured in case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A B requires 221. ; he draws this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 601. Bs. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 45. 4d., and during his life a find of 75/. to draw ont at any time, in Part or wholly. The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each of five children, instead of aiding it to an account they had at the Ravines Rank. One of them died a few days after the 10/. was de- Posited, and the father received 341. 65., being the amount of the De- Posit Policy. EXAMPLE No. 2, Supposing A B, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy his the means, and continues VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sum every year in the same way as he is COMM-LED to do in the ordinary system. Tear. Age. ...--.--.-- ....... £ X. s. d. 18 49 6 6 1851 ..... ••••••••••• 24 )8 48 16 0 1853 ••••••• • • • • • • • 25 18 47 18 0 26 18 47 4 6 13 46 10 6 • 28 18 45 17 6 29 18 45 4 0 30 13 44 10 6 18 43 17 6 13 43 4 0 1861....••..•••. • ' 33 90 206 7 6 to 1865.............. S 7 S 1866........ ..... .. 36 ? 90 190 4 6 1870................ 42 43 ? to 72 141 3 0 46 8 _____ _____-- 432 1,000 4 0 1875.........• •• •• • • 47 108 194 13 6 to 1880. .. „ „ ........ 52 1a5i.......... ...... 53 to 90 147 18 6 1851................7 ‘.) sd? to 108 182 10 6 1891........•• ...• • • 63 S —._ -- ...—_------ 738 1,525 b 6 Th premium o 161. commencing at 23 years of age. asd paid uno an ordinal's , Policy (As IT MUST BO every year till A.B. is 46 year Th premium o 141. commencing at 23 years of age. and paid won an ordinary Policy (as yr muse s€) every year till A.B. is 46 years old, will secure the sarn • sum, viz., 1,00 but if &It lives 7 years longer (which is the probable , ittration of life at the time hP effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same oayirients as for an ordinary Polley of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251 6s. 6d. TWOSTEES. The Right TTonourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrlg.'.►i.P., P.O Comptroller of her St tje.ty's Howehold. 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Qui si parla 'Radium f fler ,rtr!ht, rnsn Deutsch. Anus 'e habla Espan' MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIEi OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, ,Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Flail, London, &a. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excuses, which have pro luced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis aces known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience In the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are In exist once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all 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, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its eon-equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any dune of physical infirtnity or functional 'erang.ement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 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Mr. HUMS asked whether any intention existed on the part of the Government with a view to th e i mprove d management of the British Museum, in accordance with the recommendation of a select committee of the house ? Viscount PALMEIISTOIC said be would reply to the question on a future day. OATHS IN SCOTLAND. In reply to aquestiori from Mr. BRIGHT, Viscount PALMERSTON said the case of a person named Alexander, who was committed to prison at Edinburgh for refusing to take an oath on conscientious grounds, was that of a person who was not legally exempt from taking an oath ; but he would look into the case to see if the term of his imprisonment could be shortened. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. Mr. RICARDO asked if Government had received any report from the commission appointed to inquire into the law of partnership, or whether the Government intended to bring in any measure on the subject this session. Mr, CARDWELL replied, that the Government were in daily expectation of receiving the report. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION. Mr. BANKES drew attention to a petition which he had presented against the present member for Peter- The house then went,into committee on the navigation laws, when Mr. CARDWELL said—l rise to move for leave to bring in a bill to give effect to that passage in the Speech from the Throne in which the Queen proposes that we should strike off the last fetter upon free navigation, and that we should consolidate and amend those various laws which, since the repeal of the navigation laws have been passed for the benefit of British shipping. With regard to that second bill, it will not be necessary for me to trouble the house at any length. That consolidation was intended to have been carried into effect by my right hon. friend the member for Taunton (Mr. Labouchere), and it engaged the assiduous attention of my right hon. friend the member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley.) The bill which I shall, with the leave of the house, have the honour to lay on the table will be a bill of no ordinary dimensions ; it will contain many changes ; but it will affect subjects which have either been already disposed of by the house, or have been much discussed by the persons interested in them. I shall endea vour to follow the advice given me on a former evening by my hon. friend the member for Liverpool. I am most anxious to obtain the best opinion of those most competent to judge of these matters. We shall, when we come to the second reading, ascertain what their sentiments are, and I shall be then better able to see what is the best way to pro ceed, whether in a committee of the whole house, or, as is sometimes most advantageous in the case of measures of this kind, by referring the bill to a select committee up-stairs. I will content myself with saying that the first part of that bill will refer to questions of the registry of ships, and the measurement of ships, and it will contain a novelty which I hope will meet with the acceptance of the house, I mean the substitution of a new and more scientific mode of mea surement for that which now subsists. The mode to which I refer is well known by the name of the person who has written a description of it—Mr. Moorsom. It is believed to attain these advantages, that while it arrives at the same general average of tonnage it ascertains the contents of each ship with greater accuracy, and therefore fairness. It takes away all encouragement by the mode of measure ment to antiquated and inferior models of construction, and by going of au accurate internal measurement of capa city it favours strength of model and thereby safety of navigation. This mode of measurement has been referred to the surveyors and assistant-surveyors of the navy, to the naval assistants of the Board of Trade, to the Trinity- ' house, and several eminent persons, and I believe to the Shipowners' Association of Liverpool and London. It is of course only upon a concurrence of nautical authorities that a change of that kind can be carried through the house, as there are but very few members who could ven ture to say that they were able to describe the advantages which would follow the adoption of this peculiar mode o measuring ships, or who would like to hazard an opinion upon a matter so purely technical. The next subject upon which I propose to consolidate the law, is the question of discipline—the law by which provision is made for the subordination of the crew to the master, and for the com fort of the crew on board ship. This is a subject which has particularly attracted attention during the last three years, and with respect to which I have derived the greatest assistance from the labours of my predecessors. In fact, I found a bill already prepared on this subject when I entered office • and here I have had to go over a work already accomplished. I have gone over it neverthe less, and have made some changes, which will of course be the subject of fair and dispassionate discussion and con sideration. The next subject is one which I am sure cannot be mentioned in the house without exciting the greatest feeling of sympathy. I am sure that no ono who hears me has failed to sympathise with the grief which has been generally felt at the lamentable cases of catastrophe at sea, of which, within the last few days, we have unfortunately witnessed so great a number. It will be our duty to consolidate, and, I hope, to amend and improve, the machinery entrusted to the Board of Trade, for the purpose of limiting, as far as possible, the occurrence of accidents of this kind. The particular change we shall introduce into that part of the law is this. It is known to the committee that no master or mate can now leave the country in a British ship engaged in the foreign trade without having obtained a certificate of his competence to be trusted with the care of valuable pro perty and with the lives of those committed to his charge. But no such provision exists with respect to the homo trade. Now I think it reasonable that, with regard, at least to that part of the home trade which is connected with the conveyance of passengers, such a provision should exist. I think that if we are called upon to be respon sible for the survey of the hull of vessels, and of the engines which are placed on board, it is only right that we should endeavour to have that security for the good con duct of masters and mates engaged on the shores of this country which the law has entrusted us with the means of obtaining as to those engaged in the over sea trade. (Hear, hear.) The difficulty of holding the inquiries which it is our duty to hold in cases of this kind is exceedingly great, when the number of accidents is so great as has recently been the case, on account of the diffi culty we have in sparing of the officers of the board, whose time is fully employed, to be absent on this duty. I am, however, happy to be able to state to the house and I am sure the house will rejoice to hear—that I have re ceived a communication from the elder brethren of the Trinity-house, expressing generally their willingness to assist the Government in conducting inquiries of this kind. (Hear.) I shall take the liberty of introducing into the con solidation bill one provision, in which I hope I shall carry along with me the sympathy of the house. The house is aware that great and benevolent efforts have been made — chiefly by the subscriptions of private individuals—to esta blish the means of saving lives perilled by shipwreck onthe comb of this country. Upwards of one hundred—l think altogether one hundred and twenty—life-boats have been established at different points. and in some places they are maintained with so much regularity, energy, and ability, that they contribute materially to save life. Liverpool is a case of this kind ; and there are also life-boats, of which the same may be said, at Shields, Yarmouth, and other places. Nor should I omit to remark that to the Duke of Northumberland the country is indebted for the most praiseworthy exertions on the subject. I have thought it My duty to communicate with an officer whose zeal and ability on this subject are well known—Captain Washing ton—as to whether it is not possible at a moderate expense, to do a great deal in the promotion of the important ob ject of saving fifes at sea. I have received communications on this subject from Captain Washington, from the deputy master of the Trinity-house, and from the commander of the Coast-guard ; and they, in conjunction with the naval members of the Board of Trade, are considering whether it might not be possible at a very small expense to introduce order, system, and regularity, where heretofore there has been negligence and confusion, and thereby to render those means of savinglife efficient and productive of good. I amin dined to think that,with a view to securing this end, the Board of Trade may well propose to expend a small sum of money annually, and I believe that for this purpose a smaller sum will be sufficient than we shall economise and save from the other arrangements which are to be introduced. The bill then, I may state in general terms, will consolidate the law with respect to the discipline and comfort of the seamen, with respect to measures for ensuring their safety. and with respect to a subject that was disposed of last year—that of lights and pilotage. I shall, as I said before, be happy to give the utmost considera tion to all sugges tions that may bo made, and all communications which I may receive either in or out of the house, for the object of the bill is not so much to make changes in the law as to bring the existing law into a consolidate) shape, into that shape in which it may most subserve the interests of that great mercantile community, for the promotion of whose welfare it is intended. In the form of draught adopted for the printed bill I shall endeavour to direct attention as much as possible to those parts which are new, and after time shall have been g iven for the consideration of its pro visions, and a discussion taken on the second reading, will be ample opportunity to put it into such a shape as a bill of this kind should wear. I have said that this bill is not intended to make any great change in the law, and the house may perhaps expect that I should take this oppor tunity of giving some account of the mode in which those changes have operated which it has been my duty in former years to submit to Parliament. The house will re • member that an act was passed by which the whole light funds of the country were collected into an aggregate sum, and were placed under the administration of the board which I have the honour to preside. That act came into operation on the Ist of October last. After examining the state of the receipts and the estimates for the coming year, it appeared to us that we were justly called upon to exer cise tho power vested in us of reducing those light dues by order in council, and on the Ist of January, accord ingly, by order in council, we reduced one-fourth part of the dues formerly levied. Whilst, in former years, the receipts accruing from those dues amounted to upwards of 400,0001. that receipt will in future be reduced, as a consequence of the change we have made, to the sum of 101,5501. (Hear, hear.) That was the first operation of the measure of last session, but I hope it will not be the last ; because, having made this change, we re viewed our whol e fi nanc i a l pos iti on. W o found that we had a balance of credit at our bankers of 70,0001., we have an estimated surplus for the ensuing year, after all the expenses attendant on the works now being carried on have been defrayed, of 53,000/. ; and a stop has been put to burdening the fund with pensions for life, a practice hich threatened to make serious inroads on it. (Hear, hear.) This will secure for it a saving of 23,0001. more, and there are other classes of expenses incurred in connec tion with this fund, which, in cordial co-operation with different bodies, I am endeavouring from time to time to reduce, and therefore I hope that at some early period further reductions may be made. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the other measure, that for the regulation of pilotage, I will only say in general Perms that the contem plated union between the Trinity-house and the Cinque Portes pilots has been effected, that, the regulations made by the Trinity-house have been carried into operation, and that a reduction—less than was intended, on account of the intervening rise in the price of provisions which has occurred, but still a reduction in the charge for pilotage, that will be for the benefit of the shipowner, has been made. A diminution of the charges for pilotage on a vessel to the extent of one-fourth has been effected, which could not have been made under the previously existing law. (Hear, hear.) The house will remember that there were also difficulties with respect to the pilotage of the Bristol Channel, a matter the arrangement of which presented, not only from its legal complication, but also from the physical difficulties of the locality, greater embarrassments than any other similar question in, any part 01 thtzt.Unilad Exadoin. I ventured to state to the house that I thought it highly probable that if Parliament invested a department of the Government with mediatorial power, that power would be efficaciously exerted without resorting to coercive means—(hear, hear)—and I am happy to mention that the two members for Bristol, accompanied by a body of gentlemen deputed from the west, did me the honour of expressing their intention of acquiescing in any sugges tions the Government might make after an inquiry con ducted by the naval members of the board. I hope, therefore, I may say that the difficulties convected with the pilotage of the Bristol Channel are either entirely solved, or are in a fair way of being solved. (Hear, hear.) The honourable member for Sunderland took great inte rest in the question of ballast, and will be happy to learn that the grievances complained of on this particular head are in a fair way of being redressed. The house is aware of the importance of adopting adequate yet not oppressive or irksome means of effecting a registry of seamen, in order to establish a record of the identity and character of each of the persons who collectively make up the seafaring population of this country. The registry ticket, the means selected for the purpose, was very unpopular with the men, from the penalties imposed for infraction er neglect of the law ; and upon the best inquiry that I could make from competent authorities, I thought it was quite as likely to increase desertion, by the use of counterfeit tickets, as to check it. Acting, therefore, on the power with which we were vested by the law, we have abolished the register tickets, and, of course, with it all the penalties to which it gave rise, having under the Mercantile Marine Act established those modes of re gistration which we believe will be quite effectual in regard both to the identity of the men and their cha racter. (Hear, bear.) In the last session of Parlia ment we conferred a power which the British shipowner I ever since the repeal of the navigation laws, had considered himself entitled to possess, of manning the vessels of our merchant navy without distinction of nation among the in dividnals composing the crew. I am sure that some honour able and gallant friends of mine in this house, who antici pated a great deal of evil from that reform, will be happy to learn that, up to the present time, no alarming symp toms have been manifested. My hon. friend the member for Liverpool challenged me on the subject with respect to that melancholy accident which has recently taken place. It would be wrong in me to anticipate the result of the in quiry now pending. I can speak, therefore, only from what appears in the verdict of the jury and the testimony given by the master. I know testimony was given that it was the fact of there being many foreigners in the crew which occasioned the loss of the vessel, but the master's testimony was entirely to the opposite effect, and when I look to the verdict of the jury, I find no hint of the disaster having been caused by that circumstance. We know that 190,000 seamen sailed in the merchant shipping of this kingdom during the year just expired, being the largest number 1 believe that ever manned our trading fleet. (Hear.) In the three months that elapsed since the act passed, between the Ist October and the Ist January, there were between 2,500 and 2,600 foreigners only in that number. (Rear.) Hon. members know that the former have allowed one fourth part of the whole crew to be foreigners ; if, therefore, the whole number of foreigners for these three months has been but 2,500, I think the fact may administer some conso lation to those who were so very apprehensive of the cense qnences of this reform. (Hear.) Two other subjects have oc cupied the attention of the Government, and I think it wil. be interesting to the house to learn the progress that has been made on these heads. The house probably remem bers that in the autumn of last year we received a commu nication from the American Government, inviting us to join with them in observations to be carried on at once for the purpose of constituting a new science in aid of tin_ mariner, by recording observations on the prevailing winds and currents of the ocean. It is naturally a very interest ing branch of inquiry to us, for it implies not only an im provement in the laws of navig ation, but it implies a cul tivation of the intelligence of the masters, of British mer chant ships, and a reciprocal interchange of good offices with that nation which is at once our rival in the art of the navigator, and our partner in all the associations de rived from kindred in the ties of blood, and from a host of elevating recollections and noble feelings. (Cheers.) In answer, therefore, to the invitation addressed to us, Capt. Beechey, the able assistant of the Board of Trade, attended a conference, held at Brussels, and Government intend to submit a moderate estimate to the house this year, to enable them to furnish a certain number of the most worthy and intelligent masters of British ships with such instruments as may enable them to make nautical obser vations that will be of benefit for the purpose of ascertain ing the force and direction of the prevailing winds and currents, and making such other observations, geognostic and meteorological, as may enter into the plan laid down by the American Government. (Hear, hear.) There was another subject in which great interest was felt and ex pressed by many members of this house—that of nautical education, and I recollect that the right hon. member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) asked me whether we intended under the bill we passed to maintain the schools instituted under his auspices for the education of seamen. My answer was that, we did intend to maintain those schools ; and I am sure he will be glad to hear that there is another means now in operation, whiCh, we hope, will act still more bene ficially in the same direction. My right hon. friend took great pains, when he was in office, with a new department that is rising under th e B oar d o f irade, that of industrial education. I have been able to place its heads in commu nication with the mercantile marine department, and we propose to take pupil teachers from the excellent naval school at Greenwich, and to send them down, on the same principle adopted by the department of industrial educa tion, to be masters of children destined hereafter to go to sea, as well as of persons now engaged in the sea service. I ought to apologise for having detained the house so long, but it was necessary to communicate the various steps we have taken to carry out the provisions of the law passed by Parliament for the important objects to which I have adverted. One other subject remains, on which I had the honour of addressing some dbservations to the house last year. It will not have been forgotten that the subject of passing tolls occupied the consideration of this house on more than one occasion during the past session of Parlia ment. I ventured to say to the house that it appeared to me that this was a wider question than it had ever been understood to be ; and that occasion was now presented to inquire into all the duties levied on ships and on goods carried in ships, which were not applied to the benefit of the imperial revenue, for this is a branch of our imposts the annual income of which is measured by hundreds of thousands, and, I am sorry to say, the burden of debt by millions. A commission was appointed accordingly, which has instituted extensive inquiries as regards this part of the kingdom, and which has also collected a great deal of information regarding Scotland and Ireland ; and I have reason to believe that in a short time I shall be enabled to lay on the table their report concerning those bur dens. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Having given this nar rative, as brief as I can make it, of what has passed en these heads since we last met in this house, I will now in vite your attention to another department of the subject, which I think will be felt to be one of great interest. Her majesty, in the Speech from the throne, has invited you to strike off from the free navigation of these seas the last remaining fetters of old restrictions and prohibitions. in for only do justice to my right hon. friend the e Taunton (Mr. Labonchere ), when I say know it was by considerations derived from revenue only that he was in duced to omit this just and prop r e,pneession, when, in the year 1849, he introduced the bill e for the repeal of the navigation laws. It has been the duty of the present Go vernment to examine the grounds upon which those appre hensions rested, and, like m an y other apprehensions which have stood in the way of manifest improvements, I think it will be found that t he y ma y , entirely disregarded. Officers of with perfect safety, be the Board of Treasury have been examined , and I have felt it my duty to inves tigate with as much car e as possible the grounds on which the objections expressed rested. I have ascert a i ne d the opinion of the mo st experienced officers of th e C us t oms and Excise, who a re most likely to be apprehensive of any danger to the revenue, and there is a preponderant balance of testimony—indeed, if possible, as strong as the prepon derant balance of argument—in favt:ur of this manifest and reasonable conclusion, that if a fraud is to be perpe trated on our watchful revenue officers, that fraud will be far more easily perpetrated by persons speaking our language and acquainted with our habits, who have friends and communications amongst the lower classes where the goods are to be introduced, than it would be by a foreigner coming here without any of those natural ad vantages. (Hear, hear.) But again, if these apprehensions are unsound, perhaps I shall be asked if there is any strong necessity for the change now proposed as affecting our coasting trade. Can any man who lives on any part of the coast be so little concerned in what is going on around him as not to know the necessity which now exists for ships and shipping in every part of the kingdom ? In the coal trade the wages have risen from 4/. 6s. to 6/. and 71. ; the freights are more than doubled. Such is the demand for sailors, notwithstanding the introduction of foreigners into our merchant service, permitted by the act of last year, that every British subject accustomed to make his livelihood by the sea, as is shown by the register of seamen, has full employment, that pensioners who are entitled to pensions are abandoning their tickets, in order to avail themselves of the great wages that are paid to them, and that those who have gone abroad to carry their services to America have porno back, in order that they may enjoy the better at m on a aa rk yse e tr t a l t a ge n ine d oenf h t :ig w l7 pay try. try. A gentlema p n er 1 4 strikingly illustrative of ti forms us that shipping, frei Let it be even a much less elusive proof that there duction of foreign shipping natural that the persons who felt those wants most should. make their wants known to the Board of Trade, and I have had communications of the most pressing kind made to me, extracts of which I hold in nay hand, from agriculturists in the north of Scotland, complaining that they cannot find carriage for their produce, from owners of quarries com plaining that they cannot get their stone to market, and others in the same strain. I may refer more particularly to a communication I have received from a gentleman at Newcastle, who states that he is a very large manufac turer of alkalies, and obtains much of the raw material from Dublin. Vessels from Norway go to Dublin with timber, then from Dublin to Newcastle with ball as t, and so return to Norway with coals. But your law will not allow thorn to bring that raw material from Dublin to Newcastle, of which the manufacturer at Newcastle stands in need, and thus he is debarred from the supply of an article in dispensable to him to carry on his business with profit. What, then, becomes of the ballast that is taken in at Dublin ? It is discharged into the Tyne, and the trustees of the Tyne navigation are at the expense of sending it to the German Ocean. So that whilst it is impossible to pro cure a sufficient number of English vessels to bring the examples of com modity will f b t e h is the e p am r s e u c r i se e' . but I have obtained a return from the customs , by which with • h the banks are already laden to such an excess, that the river commissioner s have been latterly ad vertising for the construction of ba r g es to co nvey the bal necfeosrsaeigr ynsu vessels p w pl h y io of e entering the you have badlailalsyt,a bal last to be deposited in the German Ocean. (Hear, hear.) extent t i e s u n t o o t f v h e e r u y e e ti s t s a y ft p o e r r d h e a d ps by thtosaey h operationit appears th a t foreign vessels to the amount of 415 , 00 0 tons—and the return does not give the whole — went in the year 1852 from one quarter of the kingdom to the other. I ask yo u t a k e a course th a t w ill g i ve the public the full bene fit of thi s new supp l y o f carr yi ng ves sels,and let us consider whether ther e i s an y reason t o b e afraid of making the con wat 0 con cession. Tonnage has increased ever since the year 1849, and the wages paid to the men have risen to rates higher t han t were h at evertne yout h pai d would before. n oltn enter o e r last t session into tn e naval v P a r s li e a meat we we re t o ld b y t h ose w h o ma d e g l oomy prognostica tions,r- vice, and that the number of apprentices had fallen off. Now I find that from the yealklBso, when the number of appren tices reached its minimum, it began rapidly to increase, and while in 1852 the number was only 5,800, last year it was 6,800, an increase of 1,000. (Hear, hear.) What does the example of foreign countries teach us ? In the year 1849 we threw open our navigation, whilst the great neighbouring State now united to us by close ties of amity —I mean France— made no change in its laws. What was the immediate consequence? A transit trade sprung up from France to America through England, which in the year 1852 attained the value of 2,500,000/. ; and which, I believe, when the returns of 1853 are completed, will be found to have exceeded in that year 3,000,000/. (Cheers.) That is, those who were not afraid of opening their trade have carried that amount of produce on account of others. (Hear.) We live in an age when scientific discovery es yearly increasing the facilities of human intercourse. The progress of sound economic views, and the multiplying de mands of civilisation, bid us break down the artificial bar riers that have been raised, interposing useless impedi. ments to the intercourse of nations. (Cheers.) In former years this policy has been pursued under more favourable circumstances ; it is proposed to complete it at a time when the nation has not been blessed with a propitious harvest, and other circumstances are adverse. We see that our foreign trade has been doubled within the last twenty years, and that although an immense proportion of our taxation has been reduced, what remains is more produc tive than the former imposts. In terminating the fortieth year of peace, we may reflect with satisfaction that we have not been unmindful to cultivate those arts which flourish through peace, and that if clouds now darken the prospect, we have at least strengthened the foundations of our resources, and confirmed those feelings of amity and goodwill with which vee are reg arded by the most civili se d and powerful nations of both hmispheres. (Cheers.) . Mr. HORSFALL expressed his hope that time would be given to consider the measure before its second reading, and also that measures would be taken to prevent any evasion of the law. There was reason to believe that such an eva sion had taken place last week in the port of Liverpool, from the fact of a Russian vessel of between 400 and 500 tons having been transferred to a publican in the town on nine months acceptance upon a penny stamp. He was given to understand that this vessel was fitting out for the Brazils, commanded by a Russian captain, and manned with Russian officers and seamen, but was intended to sail under the British flag. That, he thought, was not the in tention of the change which had been made in the naviga tion laws, and he trusted that, in the measure about to be brought in, provision would be made to prevent such frau dulent transactions. The right hon. gentleman having alluded to the unfortunate and melancholy loss of the ship Tayleur, he might be permitted to mention that he had re ceived that morning a letter from the charterers of that vessel, expressing themselves a little aggrieved at some ob servations which fell from, his hon. friend and colleague (Mr Liddell) in the house a few evenings ago, to the effect that the loss of that vessel was owing to her being manned, to a great extent, with foreigners of various countries, Nu bians, Lascars, and Chinese. The fact was, that there were but fourteen foreigners in all among the crew, not so large a number as the ship might have carried under the old navigation laws, so that the argument founded on this misinformation must fall to the ground. The writer of the letter he held in his hand also stated that the master of the vessel had a first-class extra certificate ' that the chief officer, or mate, had a master's certificate, and. the second mate a first mate's certificate. He could not. withhold his weed of approbation to her Majesty's Govern ment for having suspended the register ticket, the operation of which had driven a large number of our seamen into American and other foreign services, and would assure the right hone gentleman the Pt esident of the Board of Trade that the mercantile interest would cordially co-operate in rendering the measure as effective as possible. Mr. HUME had never expected to hear so gratifying a speech from the Treasury bench as that of the right hon. aentlein remembering all the difficulties and appre hensions by which every attempt to etlect any change in tho navigation laws used to be met. He entirely concurred in the propriety of removing the last rags of restriction that remained in our mercantile and maritime legislation, and, perhaps, even the right h, entleman had not yet got to the bottom of the subjeit. nee " - tonnage law had long operated to the prejudice of British shipbuilding, and he fully approved of Capt. Moorsora's plan of measurement, charging the solid contents of the vessel instead of the outer capacity. But he would suggest to the right honourable gentleman that the best course would be to get rid of the tonnage duty altogether, and charge for cargo, not for ton nage. He would strongly urge on the Government to make provision for instituting an official inquisition into the loss of vessels whenever it shall occur on any part of the coast. He had heard it stated, on unquestionable authority, that in the short space of 9 months no fewer than 45 ships had been lost between Newcastle and London, from bad com passes, want of proper charts, and similar causes. Was it to be tolerated that when an unfortunate individual could not fall down dead in the public streets without an inquest being held to ascertain the cause of death, hundredsof souls were to be lost in connection with shipping on the coast from year to year without a similar inquiry taking place ? Such an investigation appeared to be an act which humanity called for, and a measure which the position of this great mercantile country rendered absolutely necessary. He would therefore suggest there should bean inquest in all such cases; and the mode of holding it might he extremely simple. We had no fewer than 6,400 officers stationed along the coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, within 10 miles distance of each other, some of whom could in the shortest possible space institute such an inquiry, whenever the necessity arose in their different localities ' and take evi dence and furnish information to the Government in a shape never heretofore obtained. On this very day he had read in the newspapers an account of the loss of an emigrant ship on the Canadian coast, with 120 souls. That only confirmed him the more in the conviction that there must be something radically wrong in the mode of navigating ships of that description. We had heard of more melan choly loss of life in that way from time to time than had ever taken place under any other circumstances. He would, therefore, press on the Government the necessity of seeing that emigrant ships were in future placed on a bet ter footing than heretofore. Adverting to another point in the speech of the right hon. gentleman, he (Mr. Hume) had always been of opinion that life-boats ought to have been supplied by the Government all along the coast. (Hear, hear.) He thought that a part of the naval esta blishments in the dockyards might be much more usefully employed in building life-boats for such a service than in pulling ships to pieces, in which they were often engaged. In Liverpool and other large towns along the coast there would of course always be life-boats supplied and main tained at the expense of the local community, but it was otherwise with small obscure places, bordering on the sea, where shipwrecks were quite as frequent. The Duke of Northumberland, when at the head of the Admiralty, much to his credit, offered 1001. as a premium for the best life-boat, which was won, among a great number of compe titors, by, he (Mr. Hume) believed, a person in Yarmouth. Had his grace continued in office, the next step which he (Mr. Hume) expected would have boen taken was the placing, at the public expense, a life-boat at every desir able spot on the coast. He had hoped, too, that there would have been a further change with respect to the light dues. The mercantile navy paid in 1845, in the shap e o f light dues, for the reciprocity *sanctioned by that house, and carried out by the Government, 250,0001., which, with interest, must now have inc rease d t o 400,00/. ; and that the Government charged upon the mercantile navy instead of taking it upon themselves, as he contended they ought to do. He thought the light dues in their present shirt ought to be abolished, or merged in the ture of the country. He believed, if general expel' exercised, 60,0001. or 80,0'101. woulr o le e f r ra ecor ge my w w h e o r l: charge in respect of the light dues, inste y ad of about ,000/., the sum at present collected. ' He would say let the first charge be on the goods and not on the ships. He held that a merchant sending goods from Manchester, Birmingham, or any other place h under an as much to ought d • an obligation to pay a charge of that kind as the shipowner. Let the Government go at once to the goods, and they would simplify the whole matter. That would be, in fact, a substitution of the advantages 9f direct for indirect taxation. The hon. member concluded by expressing his great satisfaction at the change which was made in the matter of pilotage, Mr. H. T. LIDDELL said hie honourable friend and col league (Mr. Horsfall) had adverted to some observations which fell from him on the first night of the session touch ing the melancholy loss of the Tayleur. He (Mr. Liddell) was sorry to find that those observations had given some umbrage to the owners of that ship. It appeared that in referring to that catastrophe, and connecting it with some supposed inadequacy in manning the vessel, he had acted on some misinformation. He was the last man who would heedlessly seek to aggravate the distress which thosa gen tlemen must necessarily feel on such an occasion ; but, nevertheless, considering the statements that had appeared in the public press, especially one in the Liverpool Mail of Saturday last, in which it was said that all the narratives of the few survivors of the crew and passengers as yet con curred in the assertion that the vessel was insufficiently manned, he could not but fear that great blame rested somewhere. He could not 'remember the language held last year by the honourable member for Bath (Captain Scobell) and several other naval members, and the strain of triumph uttered by the honourable member for Mon trose (Mr. Hume), as to theindisputable success of the mea sures passed for giving freedom to navigation—(hear, hear)—and he did think, perhaps erroneously, that in those cases of shipwreck, which the honourable member (Mr. Hume) admitted had been more frequent than they ought to have been, blame and responsibility did rest in some quarter. He wished, however, now to say, in his own defence, that he had made nothing of a premeditated ' accusation against the owners of the unfortunate ship on the occasion in question. Great stress had been laid on the fact of the jury not having attributed any blame to the