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~ ~ ( I -e .11 ,ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—TRAVELLING to SCOTLAND via CARLISLE.— The Public are requested to take notice that on and after the Ist of July (and until further notice) Third-class Phssengers from London Seth be convoyed daily to Edinburgh and Glasgow only by the Train eaving the Euston. Station at 9 'a.m., reaching Edinburgh at BP.m., and Glasgow at 8.20 p.m.; and Third-class Passengers to these cities Will cease to be conveyed by the 6.30 am. Train. In like manner Third-class Passengers will b 6 conveyed from Edinburgh and Glatgow te London only by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 10.30 a.m., and Glasgow. at 10.10 a.m., reaching Euston at 11.25 pari.,: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. Third class Passengers frotn London to Stirline. and stations_north of it, are conveyed by the Train lea on Mondays, Wednesdays, as ..., stations to London on the same days, by. the Train leaving Aberdeen at 2.33 P.m., arriving in London at 11 o'clock the following morning. Passengers with first and second class through tickets by any train to Stirling, and stations north of it, may break their journey at Car lisle, by remaining tbe eight and proceeding the renewing day. The new hotel adjoining the station there is open. The usual allowance on family tickets (above a certain amount) Will be made to parties proceeding to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and gilrling, and places to the north of the latter town. Full particulars At ay be obtained on application to the station-master at E,lston. By order. Enaton Station, June 1854. SLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- BOTITII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—By the Excursion Trafus V:e , SENDAY Morning at 7.45 from Waterloo Station, ,THROUGH CURE TICKETS are lashed to the ISLE ,OF WIGHT, via TFL4.MPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE. O rt s :—Closed Carriages, ; Seated Open 'Carriages, "55., 'which lt ide all pier dues and steamboat fares, but not conveyance - een the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from " will not bo available via Cowes and Southampton,. nor those ? f l u ' " 41 . Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth. iIiOIIGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE,-via ) 6 4 TSMOUTIL PORTISE A, and GOSPORT, available for Four s, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares, h include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, Bd. ; 2d Class, 275.8 d Single Journey Fares-Ist Class, 205.6 d.; lass, 15s. 6d. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Managok "aterloo Station, July, 1854. 10IITH:WESTERN RAILWAT. / I:LEASURE EXCURSIONS DAILY to those attractive ces, WINDSOR, HAM VTON COURT, RICHMOND, KEW, &c., -"`; at Low Fares , first and Second Class Return Tickets, at Single Fares (with the Mimi of a small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, E., Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and to all Stations ow Woking. These tickets can only be received at the station which they are issue, and are available for Return by any Ordi y Train until the following Monday, inclusive. By order. ARCM) SCOTT, Traffic Manager. raterloo St anon, July, 1854. 1 RAND MILITARY SPECTACLE 14 —SIEGE OPERATIONS at CHATHAM nn THURSDAY, 1 July, 1854.—NORTE KENT RAILWAY.—Trains leave the „2 1 3 1 , tdon-bridge Terminus for Strood at 8 a.m.. 9.38 a.m., and 10.10 ' ll lk7> and Special Trains will lie detpatched as Teetered. FARES. Vitt Second Third Class. Class. Class. 43. 3s. 2s 11 47 gle Ticket—London to Strood ..urn Ticket—London to. Strood and Back 6s. 4s. 6d. 3s. 14 ' , Qs leave Strood for London at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 8 i. G. S. lI.ERI3ERT, Secretary. ETURN TICKETS ISSUED.— The GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S EAM-SHIPS leave St. Katharine's Wharf, for e b D INE t) , R G 11—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten evening. :ef Cabin, Its.; Fore, 8s ; Deck ss. • From Hore's Wharf, Wapping, for is - E*CASTl,E—Wedriesday and Saturday, at Eight evening. 15s. 10s. • From London-bridge Wharf, for x A/MOUT El—Wednesday and Saturday, at 4 afternoon. Bs. or ss. • RULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at S morning. 83. or 58. i RANISGATE-LTuesday, Thursday, and. Saturday, at half-past 10 )rnin g . th MARGATE and HERNE BAY—Daily, at 10 (Sunday excepted) ; • turdays, at 10 and 3 afternoon. MARGATE and BACK every Sunday at 9 morning. One fare. Offices, 71, Lombard-street, and 37, Regent-circus. PHE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, August 4, 1854.—The magnificent screw steam-ship " CAL- A," 1,800 tons, Captain J. GOODALL, another of the fine fleet 0111 , ing to, the General Screw Steam Shipping Company. will be ty ;Patched with her Majesty's Mails for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and dneY, on the 4th August next. This floe vessel has maintained high reputation for rapid siting and punctuality, and is a sister A i I P to " Argo," wjitch has made the quickest v .yage to and from ti 'straits. up to this time. The Calcuttahas been employed carrying 14 a Mails to and from England and Calcutta, and from her superior 18 'l ing and steaming qualities, it may be fairly , assumed that she Will ike the run in 611 days. Rates of Passage from 30 to 100 guineas. ta 'a Will be followed, on the 4th of October, by the Camscrs, of 2,500 14 n s• Full particulars as to Freight and Passage Money at the Coin , IlY's Meer, k 7 Cannon-street, City. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. _ _3D9, Regent-street. Under the Patronage of H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. tI 41 -a ENTIRE CHANGE in the ,MANAGEMENT of this Institu t) ort having taken place, the Residest Director. Mr. J. 11. Pepper, I '4B leave to inform the public that the Exhibition will be CLOSED 1 °in the 7th inst., until MONDAY, the 17th, when it will RE-QPEN i th very material Alterations and Improvements in a 1 its depart .ents. \ Models of Mazhinery aryl Works of Art for Exhibition may bo S ent in any day, between Eleven and Five o'clock. Ju1y,185.1. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), - Pie above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SRASON. will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S p:ILEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadnlle, Snitan Polka, t a r Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by M. 14 1-I rent , the following Waltzes La belle Frngaise, Leonora, Vi us and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors a open at e a 8. D 44 eing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. IEIERTFORDSHIRE.—THE CHILDWICEI Ab i ,, BURY ESTATE, near St. Albans, an important and valu ,,._7 Freehold Landed Property, with its appropriate Mansion, - ` ll ated in a finely timbered park of 120 acres, three capital Farms a t t ,, Q Water Corn Mill; also the Manor of Childwich, with excellent pa ct and desirable estate of upwards of 900 acres. in a beautiful part Ti.thlle country, and only 23 miles from London. Also certain ~,,,‘ es arising odt of the above estate, and other adjoining lands, 4c - inert at 213/ 2s. 6d. per annum. 11 n e ssra. PAGE and CAMERON are instructed to submit to pub -2ksfattpetltion. at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY ' July tit' 'Pc above highly attracilve • Property, situate two miles from p. 41 /tan'it, in a delightful neighbourhood. and immediately con e4,7,`'sulls to Gorhambury. the noble domain of the Earl of William. It oh a compact substantial Mansion, in every respect suitable o h ' l ie immediate occupation' of a family of distinction, yet al'ranged It te llnoderate scale, surrounded by a perk studded wlth eligibles.rih orna vri,`Lai timber and plantations. Three very arms, l'eg' superior Homesteads and Water Corn Mlll, let to highly bDeetable tenants ; also several Cottages, and the Manor of 1 1 , 1 , 11 dwick. The land is of a superior quality and the estate is in the agj4 t+stcl aehe or goodd covers, fill roads, interspersed ed with about ,50,2cres of woodland, with thriving timber, and forming fine pre sa For game. There is an excellent trout stream running thnuch estate of more than a mile in extent. Lord Dacre's hounds hunt b4 e ,? n utrY, and there are also several packs of harriers in the neigh p,„l,tiood, thereby combining the advantages of a residential . pro tiratttY, ranking as one of the most attractive in the county, with a brat-class - class landed investment. The terminus of the St. Alban's Ibi e l le ll . hue of the London and North-Western Railway from Wat bi Will be within one mile of the estate. Descriptive particulars, t o :;_ , c onditions of sale and plans annexed, may be had, 21 days prior sale, at the Mart, of Messrs. Bockett and Cowbum, solicitorS, e 2rancoln's-inn-flelds, and of Messrs. Page and Cameron, land li e g . ? and surveyors, 30, Bucklersbury, London, and St. Alban , a, obtZ ed ur whom orders to view the mansion and estate may be TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters A ._ Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de de de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. Is TRIESEMAR, No. I, i e rdy for Relaxation, Spernaatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the etp TRIESEMAR, No. 2, er as aUy, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely La o stag all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs o f so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health portica of the population. i 8 ft, TRTF.SEUAR, No. 3, k n ra glut Continental Remedy for that class of Diaotders, Which Qr tunately the English physician treats with Mercuil, to the In table destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the --"r:aDarilla in the world cannot remove. 4 44 RIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of tczte or smell, Ivi tli e ! all nauseating qualities. ,They may lie on the toilet table 2 lout their use beinT suspected. eep a ° ,, cl ,in tin cases at lie. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into ELe ',„_aLe doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, l();;',%'" c - - To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -156 • C o ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ozford-street ; and Sanger, Oxford-street. ELEGANT PERSONALREQULAITES. ItOWLAND'S MACASSAR OlL.—The sue th„ ceasful results of the half century have proved beyond ques , DO 4 that this 'unique discovery possesses peculiarly nourishing /4 4 .' 11 in the growth, restoration, and improement of the Human ta; In the growth of the Beard. Whiskers, v EyebrOws, and Mus ni.-VOB. it is unfailing in its stimulating operation. Price 3s 6d., 75.; si z ' S I Y Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that 21. lI ONVLAND'S JALYDOR.-An Oriental Bo tyi tanical Preparation of unfailing efficacy in thoroughly purl (ii.'!3 the ski n f rom a ll p i mp l es , spots, redness, Fre , kies, Tan, and or m _lorstions, in produciug a healthy freshness and transparency Irr ee nl Plexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands and arms. 4 3..641. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. qOWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTI -11,114,„ FRICE, a white powder, Prepared from Oriental Herbs with al care, ar.d of inestimable value in preserving and beautify- Ineis Teeth. strengthening the Gums, and in giving sweetness Perfume to the breath. Price 2s. 9d. per box. thWeware of Spurious Imitations i The only genuine of each bear Wra tia 'ne of " Rowland's " preceding that of the article on the 1 3 0er or label. by A. RowLAND & Soss, 29, Hatton Garden, London, and • by Chemists and Perthmers. q-R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. 1,1. 0 14 ' 0 ether Packets call at the Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. ftel, T ICE.TICKET& are issued upon the Gravesend Star kets, available for return by them or by the London and Tilbury tor r e the Return Tickets by the Rahway will also be available t i ulrn by the Star Packets. e Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, WEEK DAYI SIINDAYS. Time Terracekier 7 *tB 7% 8% 11% 3% " Di rect Trains from the Boats marked t 'very n uues from Irtnehurch-street Station to all parts of London 1114,,,u4rter of an hoar. 4.4 WICK Waa F, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. \..,..............:___1ir E]2c DAYS. SUNDAYS. • d ~ tti e r n- , '5 :§ :1S i Fen- 1 . 5 - 1 ,. .3 5 . Y. Str, e ... t .5 = a, church 5 4 V, g A ' 1 8 a . ' i Street 7 4 8 . f, s '-•-•-___ . P. 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THE DIVIDENDS on DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS, to the 30th June, are in coupe of paiment, and may be received daily between the hours of Eleren and Three o'clock. • PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 10th July, 1854. Prospectuses and Forms for ()plying Investment , Accounts sent free on application. DR- DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION. BRONCHITIS. ASTHMA, BOUT, RHEUMATISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS.' Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its moat active and o,mential 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, 48 9d., IMPERIAL.ME A SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, XNSIII,IIARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. CIAIITION.—Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS find it necessary to caution the Publie,lnd 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 Sons. hiessrs. ALLSOPP and SONS have felt compelled by the extent .to which this disgraceful practice has been carried, to proceed in several cases by 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 c ill attention to the Case of the QUEEN Y. GRAY and GostaN, in whtuh Lard Campbell sentenced the parties charged to "Twelve Months' Imprisonment, with Hard Labour."—Vide "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 be taken for prosecuting the parties. Messrs. ALL , OPP and SONS will be tappy to fcrnish the names their Ales may be depended of respectable houses, where a supply of on as genuine from the Brewery. Brewery, Burton-on• Trent. LONDON and ST. PETERSBURG. The capital of the Russian Empire during the summer months has usually been a scene of activity and business—the Neva studded with vessels of every descriptien, and pleasure and commerce mutu. ally united. Now, those who can escape are glad of the opportu nity, business is stagnant, and pleasure unknown. On the other hand, London is busy as ever ; the Thames hears on 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, produ . e,es awunusual degree of excitement. Their Summer Attire diffuses cheerfhlness through every circle of, society; their Style i s of Oro ' s are mom novel and varied then on any previous sea son • I and the talent displayed in their Summer Costume is the greatest exhibition of popular progress which has been made for a number of years. Every description of Summer Dress may be pro cured at E. MosEs and Sow's City Establishment and their West-end Branch at the most economical prices. _ _ • Youths' and Children's Dress in such magnificence 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 Ladles and Gentlemen—in fact, every article of Dress for all per eons, purposes, and professions may be obtained at E. MOSES and Sox's, at prices which will ensure the most ample satisfaction. 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Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, NE R V - 0 U S DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrhcea, 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 real cause and effect of every variety bf complaint, whetiser arising from solitary habits. excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which are added, 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 of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &a. Theessential object of this treatise Is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, 'irregularities and excesses, which have produced more 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 s.ondition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health lrtppmess, 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 above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or Rinctional derangement to which the timely 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 been too generally confided to the care of ignorant °metrics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. 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(which can be taken, at the box• office every day from I I till 4; area, Is.; gallery, la.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. -211. 0 NERVOUS SUFFERERS .-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restorectto health in a few days', after many years of great nervous suffering. is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiviu,g a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre scription used. DireFt the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF , LOIDS-4YESTERDAY.) . The house met at half-past four o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal assent was given 10 , commission to the fol lowing bills :—The Customs' DutiesfSugar and_Spirits); Excise Duties (Sugar) ; Railway and Canal Traffic Regu lation ; Church Building Acts Amendment ; Public 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 ; Tralee and Killarney Railway ; Horneastle and Kirkstead Junction Rail ray ; Leomin ster and Kington RailtVay ; Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, and Milnthorpe Road; Ayr and Maypole Junction Railway ; -Perth dnd 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-t Own Cemetery ; Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.) ; Caledonian Rail way (Lesmahagow Branches, &c.) ; Dulcinfield Gas ; South Wales Railway ; Bolton Improvement ; Bradford, "'Wakefield, add Leeds Railway ; Lowestoft Improve-- ment (No. 2) ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway ; West Bromwich Improvement, &o. ; y ork , Newcaste, and Berwick Railway (Construction of Docks, &c.) ; Chapel en le Frith Roads Patent Solid , Sewage Manure Company (No. 2) ; liain*orth and Kearsley Gas ; Bangor and Caernarvon Railway ; Lord Lovat's Restitution ; Fleming's Estate; Green's Estate; Masters' Estate ; Smith's Charity Estate ; Wyndham's Estate ; Thornhill's (Clara) Estate. The Lords' 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 th e mem b ers o f th e com p a ny. ' (Laughter.) Captain Carpenter having discovered that the money, or at lean 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 statement of Captain Carpenter he hesitated to give the . , official signature for th e o th er. 10,0001. till some further' inquiry had taken place. But he subsequently did 80 , on learning from Mr. Stafford the Secretary of the Ad- 1 miralty that the mone y was pa id- over under guaran t ee . There the matter ended. Now what could be more ex traordinary than that a sum of money which had been handed over to the Board of Admiralty, to be by , them distributed to the persons fairly entitled to it, should ,be handed over to a partieular individual, who was himself at the head of a screw company, and left to he distri buted by him ? (Hear, hear.) That was as great a dereliction of public duty as it was possible iaei. 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, was named Lowe. Its, applied for an extension of a patent which he claimed. The case was tried be fore his noble and learned friend, the two Lords Justices, 'Sir E. Ryan, and the Judge of the Court of AdMiralty. The matter was investigated with great minuteness, and thejudgment they gave was that theydid not consider Mr. Lowe to have made any discovery, and they accordingly unanimously refused the extension of the'patent. Yet this was one 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 presidinginstead 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 set- . perintendentsof the steam navigation in theriverThames —and the result was an unanimous judgment iq.favour of the Seim of Caps_ Carpenter. Yetaltheugh hie*Zeiiiiii tion was exclusively used in the7ships of the Royal Navy, he was excluded from all participation in the fund which had been appropriated by Parliament. A more unjust or unfair proceeding was never committed. (Hear.) The Attorney-General said . that he would riot oppose the claim of Capt. 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 for six years " un conditionally." Having obtained the j u d gmen t o f th e 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 do so. Mr.' Currie said he bad nothing to say, and referred Capt. Carpenter to his solicitor. He applied to his own solicitors, who said that he could n o t b r i ng an action [against r. Currie, because he had given a guarantee to the Board of Admiralty, nor against the Board 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?.- 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 he 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 ; and yet he did not re ceive one farthing of the money which was voted by Parliament for the purpose of remunerating those who had improved the scrAv-propeller. Independently of the plestion 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 he was as bard as a rock—he was quite impassable and impenetrable. (Laughter.) He maintained that the money had been misapplied—grossly misapplied. The case ainst be investigated in seine way. He would be satisfied with any mode that his noble friend might point out. On his own pa r t, and on the part of th e 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 into by the Lords of the Admiralty, or on their behalf; in respect of which a sum of 20,000/. had been paid on account of patent rights for the propellers used in her Majesty's navy, and 'to present a petition from Captain garpenter, ReN.erespecting 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 rela tive merits of the, patentees, for he confessed he had no knowledge of the advantages of Capt. Carpenter's, or of the others which were in question, or which of them ought to have the money that was voted by parliament. His noble and learned friend stigmatised in very strong terms the conduct of the Admiralty, in entering into the agreement they did on this subject. But he must ob serve,that the Admiralty acted as they did under the best legal advice and the highest authority that mild be , obtained, for they acted under the authority and sanc 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 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 penter is that which is used in her Majesty's ships. The Earl of ABERDEEN—One of the patentees (Mr. Lowe) did that which Captain Carpenter might do ----he brought an action in a court of law against the per sonsrp.r Liwayvon Lowe o r e i p n ha g ar d h t fie i : s dxls lot. a oen c e t 1. o n o v oont wasl a d against tehs t at a h t e bci c ias r ph o t w ah n i nn , who made- use of his screw. L et c aptain Carpenter right, i but he n s against a s l n i e C C a o r u p n e o n i r b ' a n tpatentdid nwoats follow d f e r d o by m t that, t C h Court o o w f a P s r e i v n y . titled to the sum of money voted by Parliament. These persons to whom Sir F. Baring and the late Bawd of Admiralty paid over the money were solvent parties, and Captain Carpenter could btinehis 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 20,0001., but for 45,0001., on account of - the use of hi s propeller, which ho said h e ave was abnaotted surprised inis hdetinh:a demands, dCsa,ptain after hav ing Car was adopted in the navy ; als o a royalty of 21. for every horse power till the expiration of hi s patent in 18 60 , an d a f nr ther sum of 21. for every li cense for the ' pract i ce o f h noi the able advoca c y o f his noble and learned nd not. He frieis v nentiendr.eshn obtai ned H toi e did not say whether Captain Carpenter was or waf not entitled to the money voted by Parliament, but this he would say that the Board of . A dmiralty paid the money to a certain number of patentees, Of whom there were several, and that between them it was not iwnhCaaterver was the proper the province of the Board of Admiralty to decide. They could not pay over the asm e C r iar d pao e talrt s y iee than to do justice, but had, however, taken security' from solvent parties that they should satisfy those who could epsetnabtelirshdadulsbtactlaibmy t fat i ourn e tmniahr action eyt l o f.so r un d am s cH h toiv it onli s ts, aecwddi the voted. I d TAan tcldhil see that it was impossible far him to pretend to pronounce an opinion of Ilia own on such is 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 p ossible as far as he was con cerned. The Earl of•HARDWICICE did not co ns id er the re, an person a living for the in Carpenter, who had been wronged, and - had no means of-ri ghting himself. ply of the noble erl I t appeared satisfactory, the t Captainaate statement or the public. p o w f uhb l o i i s hc noble asde rdvio :o and more olaers in learned tnhetadhn'efprpieoernshidat position aaontfyCanaap With regard to the public, he considered-the Board of Admiralty bad grossly misapplied the money voted by Parliament, and had grossly neglected their duty. (Hear, hear.) Captain Carpenter was absent on public duty when this money had been so misapplied, and on that account it *as the duty of the Admiralty to have been more careful of his interest. It teas the duty of the Admiralty to have ascertained who were the parties properly entitled to the money, but to save themselves the trouble they handed it over to Mr. Currie, a banker in Cornhill, who because he was the head of the." Amal gamated Screw !Propelling Compeny," was supposed to be a most competent judge on the subject. (Laughter.) The public was grossly injured, and an excellent officer was cheated and trounced by the Ministers of the Crown out of that to which he was entitled. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. , The house having gone into committee on this bill, Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, which empor.vcrs 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 Lord - 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 tant a subject being treated so lightly. This bill had been eat up thrice from the other 401 40, aucl way nrcly entitled to their serious consideration. He looked upon the 4mendment 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. protegtion ; he meant "the indus trious fleas:" (Laughter.) The amendment was then put and negatived. The Earl of EGLINTON 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 inhumanity would be to pass this clause, for 10,000 or 20,000 dogs would be shot the next day--to the great increase of pork pies in the shops and railway statiens. (Laughter.) The Duke of ARGYLL could not admit that the onus probandi lay entirely on the supporters of the clause ; for Parliament had already legislated on this subject, as far as the metropolis was concerned, on the ground that the use of dogs was a nuisance and dangerous' to the public. (Hear.) It had been said that wheelbarrows and birds flying out of hedges might frighten horses as well as dog carts ; but the proof that the latter was the greater nuisance was found in the fact that there were no petitions againstlthe 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 hydrophobia had increased in consequence. The use of dogs for carts was not known in Scotland, and /es believed it was chiefly confined to the south of England. ' There could be no donbt it Was a great nui sance in that district, and on that ground he supported 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 physiologist 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 bard and hot roads in thisconn try ; the case of the Esquiniaux dogs was not at all analo gous. 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 themselves, and tended to lower them in the social scale. It was the opinion of Mr. Nash, of the Reformatory Institution, that when a man became addicted to cruelty-to animals, he was incapable of being reformed. Lord BROUGHAM support6d the clause, and said that legislation on this subject was necessary on account of the great dumber of dogs. Had goats been 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 suit of their lordships' legislation. Earl y-RLNATILLE 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 he agreed with Professor Owen as to the delicacy of the dog foot, but a!so pointed out the provision of nature by which animals adapted themselves -to the work they had to perform. (Hear, hear.) Re believed that horses suf fered much from this cause ; and if all the cab-stands were examined at that moment, it was probable that a 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 ill used, the end was defeated, f or 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 ; but the queition was, whether they would deprive a number of poor men of their livelihood. (Hear, hear.) The Bishop of OXFORD stated that the town coun cils of Winchester, Salisbury, and many other places, had found it necessary to frame by-laws to put'down the Practice of using dogs in carte. There *as no doubt but that , dogs were very much. 111-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 there wore 1,500 families whose livelihood depended un i on 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 to `another way. He be lieved that the real ground of this measure was a sgdfish one; these dog-carts were a nuisance to those who drove horses. He admitted they were a. nuisance, but he thought that was not a sufficient reason for taking bread out of the mouths of the poor. Lord FEVERSHAM. supported the bill as effecting a great public improvement, in the way of , which pri vate rights ought not to stand., _ _ Lord - AIREIE objected to the arbitary manner in which the clause under consideration was framed. The house divided— For the clause . Against it 23 - ' Majority against —2o The remainder of the bill then passed through com mittee. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL: The LORD CRANCELLOR proposed to leave out so much of this bill as related to the shifting of jurisdic tion from the ecclesiastical courts, and to confine it solely to the constructi on o f a tribunal for determining qua 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 , portion of the Divorce Bill was to go also. He should certainly'recoramend that the bill in tote should be dropped, so that all these legal bills should remain in a state of suspenled 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 he 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 had 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, and therefore the Government, instead of pre tending to try to legislate, had at once withdrawn the measure. Taking warning by this 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 s hould de clare wfiat course had 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 required improvement ; for example, the strange enactment that no woman could commit larceny in the presence of her husband. i Lord CAMPBELL said he should not despair f Par liament vested an absolute power of framing the code in certain individuals to bo named in the bill ; but he should despair if the code had to be passed through two delibe rative asse mblies, and to be canva ssed, clause by clause, in that house, by chancellors and ex-chancellors ; and in the other house by all the aspiring lawyers who held of fice, or expected to bold office. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not suppose that all or any of the bills could 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 1110 putt i pg th e hip! prom fprui for introductiQn iu - _ 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 AND WATERFORD RAILWAY BILL. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE reminded their lord ships that a petition upon the subject of this bills was upon their table. The circumstances of the case were briefly these. Some time ago an act passed for the for. Illation of the Cork and Waterford Railway, but the powers conferred under it having been allowed to expire, the promoters 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 MONTEAGLE objected to this motion as to tally against all precectent. 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, he 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 by the standing orders committee, after recon sidering all the circumstances of the case, he was not disposed to oppose the motion if their 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 characterised the 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-, seeded 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. Lord STANLEY opposed it. After a few words from the Marquis of BATH, the Earl of CHIORESTER, and the Earl of. DONQUGHUORE in, reply, their lordships divided— For the motion—contents Against it 33 Majority THE SCREW PROPELLER IN - THE NAVY AND CAPTAIN CARPENTER. Lord LYNDHUR,ST 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 giveri notice, relitting to the application, or, perhaps, ho 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 attend 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 stepl didto c u n t o d t o r w e n rr i o t v h e e s i t c . r e ss A e g a T i n h , a t t e diminished t h t i h r d e experiment, which was to di vide the screw into es/ , volutions. That was liable to the same objection, but two con volutions. 'bviaits to a smaller extent. At last it was considered best to take only a part of the screw. The p roblem then arose how this was to be done. That p roblem Ca p tain Car, peuter undertook to solve ; and it was one which care in the conduct of the experiments. After several re quired some scientific knowledge and a grea t deal of months' application Captain Carpenter attained his end, and having, as the result of a great variety of minute experiments, arrived at this result in 1 840 , he obt ained a patent. While he was carrying on his experim ents, 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 ho 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 bad been made, having conducted the experiments principally with a view to the public service, Capt. Car penter wrote to Lord Minto, givin g 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 office 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 vessel was 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 vourable. The Admiralty then sent Captain Carpenter to the Mediterranean, in order that experiments might be tried under th e command ofCommodore Owen, en officer of great 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-c 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 tools 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, down to the present time, been used in her Majesty's navy. At the time to which lie referred a company was formed called the " Amalgamated Screw propelling Company." It consisted of five or six mem- - hers, and at the head of it was a gentleman fumed Currie, who was a partner in a banking-house in the City of London. These gentlemen applied to the Board of Admiralty for tithe payment of the 20,0001. ; and the Board of Admiralty adopted, in his opi. nion, a most extraordinary and unwarrantable course— that, namely, of paying over to Mr. Currie the 20,0001., on his giving a guarantee—the precise words of which he 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 ould not be sur- P r i§E l to Jra that Mr, Curia 41'6.40 this won._ BRIBERY BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Lord J. RUSSELL 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 hon. member for Suffolk, and others from the bill of the right hon. and learned member for Midhurst. There was another clause with respect to the election officer, which, although its spirit was contained in the original bill, must yet be ccosidered as a new clause. It was of great importance, and in his opinion calculated to do much good. The Con troverted Elections Bill had been referred to the same committee, but it was obviously too late to 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 notice which he had given respecting it must necessarily fall to the ground. Clause 1 was agreed to without discus.sion. Clause 2, penal clause. Sir W. JOLLIFFE suggested,tho 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 author isation 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 he 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 still fur they 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 propoied were inserted, a special authorisation in each particular case of bribery would have to be proved. He thought the clause stood perfectly well as it was. Sir F. KELLEY agreed with his hou. and learned 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 introduced 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 be conferred upon an agent by whom the criminal act was committed. If the committee should be of opinion that any alteration of the clause 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. WALMSLEY, Lord SEYMOUR, and Mr. HENLtY spoke in favour of altering the clause as suggested. After a few words from Mr. PRINN and Mr. AGLIONBY, Lord J. RUSSELL observed that under the old act of Geo: IL—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 the amendment would be not to make the law more efficient, but less so. Mr. HILDYAB,D said 'the danger was . not that the courts of law would convict without the authorisation of the agent was proved—of that he had no fear, but that the Election Committee of the House of Commons might pronounce tho principal guilty of bribery on account of an act committed by his agent, and of which he had no know ledge, and so not only deprive him of his seat, but dis qualify him from sitting. He thought it desirable that some words should be inserted to remove all doubt as to the 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 more 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 held 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 hd had any intention of making the law for 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. HEADLAX 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 ameridment. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he would formally move as an amendment, that after' the word "person," the word " authorised" be introduced, and he 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 tiont was the punishing of bribery, and was a different question question from the law on election committees, h no power to punish.. If a person appointed ana v e . 1 ,11 ae wh lf o , bribed, though he might not be guilty of bribery himself, if his election was carried by bribery election ; but what they were now dealing with With penalty to be inflicted on persons guilty it l . would with be w m aa v t o h id e regardseynae Seymour) o ) quoted er, i the d beenh i g h intob a noble taw a friend andde ( a Lo un r g d ab vh ou at t a h ad person bee goingbeen said . answered by the Attorney-General , with persons so as to compromh w is h m a who, alf., when Chief Baron ' eh of ea mgAct of the Tr t . t a e u r t p h r o e r t i e t d y o t f h Lord or d words Lyndhurst, “an b who was not therefore n d in the authorised by a candidate, 'without his ca se of any William the Third, not to includea any person one acting on behalf of a candidate such condidate wo uld not be liable to a p enal ty , h Mr. W. WILLIAMS the* u proposed am en d ment For the amen dment ........................ 110 damage t bill. t the wou ld seriously Againstit ....................................... 141 • majority ............... ... ............ 31 -G up EN to E v it ot A vote at at saidelections? i t did Lord R. GROSVENOR inquired w h e th er this clause wou ld put an end to the mischi evous practice of paying the f arT e h s e of A v T ot T er ci s ß co N m E i y ng not touch that case ; as the law stood, if those fares were paid Colour ably, and as a cloak to bribery, they ' were ille , ral • but paid bona fide, and amounting to only the ' ' real expenses, they were legal. Mr. AGLIONBY asked whether the words "give any money" in the clause, included sums paid to an attorney or recognised legal adviser 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. On clause 3, which defines the offence of bribery, Mr. HENLEY urged that the words " ask for" were too stringent. It might make a man who asked for a shil ling to drink guilty of a misdemeanour. Mr. PHINN said tho clause was intended as a protection to the candidate who might be asked for any' place or gift," and who could at once answer that the mere asking for it rendered a person 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. • a, 4.t 3INN paid at present any yagAlio4 ght s W Q"r ~~ [Pius SD. ' another session. He agreed with his noble and learned friend that the arriving at something in the nature of a criminal code was by no means impossible ; but Lord Brougham, under whose auspices these measures were framed, be g an 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 was also read a second time. The Dublin Carriages Bill and the Linen, Stc., Manu factures (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. The Court of Chancery, County Palatine of Lancaster Bill, with amendments, was 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 Yorkshi re , in favour of closing public houses on Sundays ; by M r. A. PELLATT, from certain inhabitants of Kennington, in favour of admitting Dissenters to the universities ; by Mr. W. PATTEN, several petitions from different parts of the country, for closing public houses on Sundays. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. PIILMAN, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, ap peared at the bar, and summoned the house to attend in taiPAlßlmiatACT.to_yagiven to several I 7%~-~f% that a person had stolen his watch, and it was left to the good sense of the jury to determine. gr. WHITESIDE should like to have a definition of the new offence, " indirectly ask for." The ATTORNEY.GENERAL thought the words had better remain as they were. They formed a protection for 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 course of his canvass. The voter said, " I wish you would give my son an aps pointraent," 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." Mr. 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, and that might be said to be indirectly asking for. Mr. GOULBURN agreed with the hon. and learned gentleman who spoke last that they ought to have some consideration for the voters. A voter might say, " I wish you would do something for ray son," and the candidate might reply, " Yon have committed an offence in asking me for that." But the offence was committed before the reply could bsagiven, and the effect might be that the voter would give that candidate his vote lest ho should punish him. The protection of the candidate was sufficient in his being able to say " My good friend, if you receive any. thing from me , th a t w ill b e a n offence." Sir J. PAKINGTON very much doubted whether any candidate would toll a voter he had committed an offence. 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 vsl ue. Mr. AGLIONT.Y saw no reason why the same law should not be applied to the voter who asked for, as well as to the candidate who made a gift. Mr. BALL considered that those words would make the clause so stringent, that it would bo 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. NEWDEGATE, and Mr. BOOKER, in support of the amendment, Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought there was some force iu the objection that the same punishment was awarded for asking for as for receiving, and therefore he proposed to leave out the words " ask for," and insert them afterwards, and impose 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 for a candidate to pay the expenses of the convey- Alice of voters. Mr. LIDDELL hoped the committee would not consent to this amendment. It would have the effect of disfran chising nearly the whole of the voters in the outlying dig. tricts in counties. Mr. GOULBURN did not think this a proper place to introduce this amendment. In a former part of the bill they had legislated against bribery in candidates. This meat ought to b e laser 0 orineT oflate;44lasaime e t v i t o ktwilpa voters. This amends park a - the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL agreed with his right hon. friend, that whatever might be the merits of the proposed amend ment, 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 effectually disfranchise a great portion of every county- because every one knew that unless vot ers were brought up at the expense of some party or another they would not vote. 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 said he hoped they might have some explanation as to whether the extreme severity of this clause was necessary. He might be told that the clause only threw together a number of enactments now in force, but that explanation was not satisfactory. The clause enacted that "any candidate who shall—by himself or any other parson, at any time, before, during, or after, any election, provide any meat, drink, or entertainment, in order to be elected, or for being elected, or for the pur pose of corruptly influencing any person." He asked if these words would not exclude the ordinary hospitality that might be exercised by any member of Parliament. It seemed to him 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 be liable to a penalty of 50/. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he elid 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 omitted. 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 put 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 opi n i on was , however, that such tickets would be clearly ill ega l, an d h e h a d no doubt what ever 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 th e clause would h ave the effect of making refreshment tickets • illegal. If it did so, it was hie 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 at a future stage he should move to add a clause. giving power to thereturn in,g 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 R. GROSVENOR disapproved of the proposal to give refreshments, and thought that if additional polling places wero 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. mina , date giving a good dinner to his agents and canvassers was to be construed merely as hospitality, a refreshment ticket given to a poor voter, who had travelled .many miles 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 were three questions to be dealt with, namely, agency, travelling expenses, and refreshments. According to the opinion of the legal authorities in th e house, they had disposed of the first, by substituting a bad • 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 bo 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 thr oug h th e i e refreshments that the bribery was carried on. (No, no.) Well, he admitted there was occasionally a common, low, vulgar, stupid' fellow into whose hand they put a guinea or so—(a laugh)—but that was the exception, not the rule. (Hear, hear.) Depend upon it, bribery could only be car ried on by these three means, and unless they wore removed legislation would be a mere farce and waste of time. Mr. NAPIER thought they were bound to define more explicitly what treating was, andhe hoped the clause would be postponed for that purpose. Lord R,GROSVENO It saw no necessity whatever for postponing the clause, as it simply consolidated the ousting law of treating. There could be no doubt that refreshments were illegal, and the only reason why , they had not been declared so by committees was because when a contest took place at county elections it was agreed on both sides that refreshments should be distributed to the electors. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON did not think they ought to pass this bill without first settling these two questions of tra velling expenses and refreshments, bit at the same time he thought the best plan would be to make them the subject of a separate bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL agreed with the right ho o n f . ke a e nd learned member for Midburst as to the expediency e . keep ing in the bill the words of the existing acts. ?lesku!o r f William had for its object the prevention of treating_lute . provisionth e the elected.issu issue hoifswouldwih aineviiuedweauto treating, ti p; g 7on whe b t e h in e g r the amount were tato shillings or one shilling, inasmuch as the candidate being elected. The words which h e (L or d J. 3 h d e e a l n e d e t i 4th e n , y , i a c n t d . , a e l s . 01 the e, Wordswere, that treating would not be given except for the purp ose o f F u b s e s f e o l r l e ) , in af tr te o r d , u o c r ed de in ri t eg he t for the purpose of corruptly influencing vote.nfluencin fiu tl t ie tb v e voter gi w v o i u n l g d ,. or refraining from giving , not be influenced in giving his vote in most cases where - both parties at an election gave refreshment tickets. It mieht happen. however, that on e par t y gave very moderate refreshments, while another might adopt a more extravagant kind of treating, and give wine or beer to an immenso extent, making the electors drunk, and by that corrupt t c i a n tr a y e i e n o g eie h g is o e f le th ct e io v n o . tor T . That m a . p o p u e t a l r n ed o t d o ou h b iei t b , e he a . words i o d e rr mere d s ,s s% corrupt.thatwere ret in net the ewa wordisjunctiveds t s o h o te w fl e e d e; ett the ea at voters o o s m t e twhians moderateg meant.tor e a r e t t T h i i ili t l i t i which could not possibly affect the election, would be an offence within the act. The question anie ;:i i f treating was now before decided t h o e n h e o ways e in or the th e ° Other.' There twaosuaghgteeitdoduegahlttteo bebe said on b o th s i des 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 go without his dinner than not vote for his favourite candidate ; if he 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 required to make it more clear he would. be prepared to insert them. Sir T. D. ACLAND would support the amendment. Lord LOVAINE said the noble lord the member for Middlesex had used the strongest argument in favour of allowing moderate treating when he,stated that both sides were now obliged to adopt it by arrangement; it would be much better for the committee to legalise so common and necessary a practice than attempt to put it down by leg* lation, which would be ineffectual. have .. a stop put- ' Mr. FOX thought it would be very easy to put e d h o e wn ve r e practice by act of Parliament, because they " Hearty concurrence of the working classes, w To look a deep interest in the qustion, and were anxious !f.. to what was the commencement of all rette to_ waiessesauley were bauchery at elections. It was ridiculous I"tise , lnkceo .. f atnhde di g de:. franchisement of those who woeldnot • dragged to the poll, and not evTebnetoiheenjo:u4.l of fe t tk heY e w h e el ing _ the _ prospect of meat and drink. point ; there was not one 9 classes considered the quesftitohnemofwbhreibweryouldo ntourt n willi on n th gl i: sacrifice a day's work to give h is vote. Treatin g was' the simplest form of corruption, and ought to b - e . th e fi rst at . said the proposed change ' would seri ously tacked. Mr . H I affectL the Y A c E ou p nt y members. By it any pee n might bring an action against them f or every refretihmentticket - - the agreementTh betweea the eel: l ad:4u D - and pro teel en- They "would have e very a tt orney in they tb issued, e o n their back, and th e y would soon disappear wouldh county be-no 0 from the house, like the railway speculators. Mr. AGLIONBY reminded,the house that the measure ' to legalise the issuing of tickets had be en re j ec t e d a session" .;" ' 1 or two ago. There was great difficulty in driNving the ii ~, - _/ between innocent and corrupt treating in a bororigh with (.- . • , a county district attached t o it. The candidate was usmi4 N . •-;--: ', accompanied by one or two gelitio4oxi to point out. . ;lel ... . ~' roar.