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• -3,•••••••,. • Irttrb XbtttalL SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. RADCLIFFE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Lord Alfred Slave Spencer SYvagee .. Reveille .. BURY PURSE. STEWARDS' CUP. lions Rosa Six ran t , •:: DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. This afternoon the livery and badge given by the late Mr. Thomas Doggett, a famous comedian, in com memoration of the happy accession of the family of her present Majesty to the Throne of Great Britain, was ,rowed for.. The competitors arrived at the Swan, at Chelsea, in the following order : David J. Hemmings Bankaide 1 • James Gingell, jun. Richard Hough Somer's-quay ... 3 Samuel Thomas Ashby W. James Prune , ........... Bankside 5 Edward Mellish ............ Horseiydown IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOVSE . OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The house met at five o'clock. THE RIFF PIRATES. The Earl of HARD WICKE asked a question of the Government respecting the - R?ff . l - pirafes, as to whether there could not b e sotre — ireitiis .of. putting down the atrocities committed by these pirates. He thought there should be a cruiser constantly on that coast for the protection of our trade. The Earl of CLARENDON said this subject had • been, for a long time under the consideration of the Go vernment, and they had applied to the Emperor of Mo rocco to put down those pirates, but that potentate declared his inability to do so. There was, however, a vessel sent out to Gibraltar by the Government for that special purpose. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (METROPOLIS) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM said that he felt bound, at this period of the session, to withdraw this bill, as it could not now be done juitice to. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the bill wag withdrawn. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS REPEAL BILL. - - On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, this bill was read a third time and passed. INCLOSURE, &c., OF LAND BILL. The report of amendments to this bill was received. MEDICAL GRADUATES (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) BILL. Lord MONTEAGLE moved that the house go into committee on this bill. The Duke of ARGYLL said be gave notice on a previous day for the insertion in this bill of the Scotch Universities, and he now moved a clause to that effect. ' ' • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE supported the clause. Lord CAMPBELL also supported the clause. (LEFT BITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took his seat at the table a few minutes before twelve o'clock, but he did not take the chair until 25 minutes to one, there not having been a suffi cient number of members present to make " a house." PRIVATE BUSI N ESS. The Lords' amendments to the North Metropolitan Bill, and the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill, were considered and agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. HADTIZLD, from a place in Yorkshire, against the opening of public-houses on Sundays ; and by Mr. HORSPALL, from the South African Association of Liverpool, praying for the better performance of the African Mail Service. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. The committee on this bill was then resumed, com mencing with' clause 37. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed; • - BILLS OF EXCHANGE (No. 2) BILL. On the 'notion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. GEACH said this bill involved a very important • principle ; it purposed to assimilate the law of England with regard to bills of exchange with that of Scotland, and if it passed, a party registering a bill of exchange would be enabled . to - obtain an immediate • judgment against the acceptor in the event of the bill . being dishonoured. The trading system of Scotland . was so widely different to what it was in England that the two laws could not be assimilated with safety ; for instance, in Scotland, it was the in variable rule to make bills of exchange payable at local hankers, who retained possession of them with out putting them in circulation ; but in England the practice was different, because it was the rule and not the exception to make bills payable at some banking house in London, whose hands it did not reach until it had been in extensive circulation. Little difficulty was experienced in Scotland in renewing bills of exchange, but without the bre ithing time which the existing English system allowed, but which this bill would abolis traders havi rig dishonoured bills of exchange running might be suddenly driven into bankruptcy, al though with a slight indulgence their estate might be made to yield 30s. in the pound. Under this bill, a man wh ) could not take up adishonoured accceptance within 6 days after the dishonour, would be liable to have judgment taken against him. and since it would largely increase • the creditor interest where it was not wanted, he must • move that the bill be committed this day three months, with a view to an inquiry being had before so great a • change was made in the law. Sir E. PARRY argued that the bill was founded upon sound principles of jurisprudence, and therefore lie supported it. The bill would si►nplify and economise the law of bills of exchange by rendering an expensive procedure to recover the amount of a dishonoured b►ll unnecessary, and he could not help feeling that such a change would confer lasting advantages upon the trading portions of the community, though it might to some extent diminish the banking operations of the country. The system which the bill proposed to establish existed already, not only in Scotland, but also in France, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, and Holland, and remembering that it was approved of by a large portion of the commercial community, while it had been thoroughly investigated by a select committee of the other house, he hoped the house would not be induced to adopt the amendment which the hon. member for Co ventry had moved. • Mr. SPOONER admitted t'iat it was essential that contracts should be speedily and economically enforced, but that did not prove the necessity for the present measure. The evil proposed to be remedied by this bill was imaginary, because Mr. Geach had shown • that out of 240,000 bills which had passed through a bank in Birmingham, only 30,000 were re turned dishonoured, and of that number the amount of loss did not exceed 2,0001. It could not be said, then, that bills of exchange were largely abused under the . existing system ; but if they passed this bill the conse quence would be this—it would break up all the small traders of the country, who carried on business through the means of bill s o f exc h ange ; b ecause, i n th e event o f _ their requiring tim e u p on any o f t h e i r runn i ng bil s, they would be driven into premature bankruptcy if it _was refused. Th is measure would inflict great mischief upon the country by breakin: up the circulation of bills of exchange, while it would enable the fraudulent debtor give a preference to favoured cre dit ors. to Mr. WILSON supported the bill, an d d en i e d t h at i t would have th e disastrous operation which its opponents seemed to fear. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR did not think that one , class of creditors ought to have advantage over anoth(-r, and as that would be the direct tendency of this bill, he would certainly entreat the house not to go int o c orn . mittee on this bill a t thi s period of the s ess ion. The house then div i d e d, w h en there appeared — For going into committee.. ........... 56 Against it Majority 3O The house then went into committee on the Q 2 .6 On clause 1, Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR moved an amendment with the view of providing that the bill should notceonmt,e into operation until th e 24th Oc tober , 1855 , in ord er that the mercantile community might have due notice of the change in the law. Mr. GLYN suggested that the better course to take would be to exempt al bills from the operation of the measure which are accepted before the lst of next Jan. After some discussion, this suggestion was adopted, and the clause, as amended, was agreed to, as were also clauses 2 and 3. Mr. MASSEY moved the omission of clause 4, pro. viding for the appointm ent of a registrar“ in the city, with the view of inserting these words— The master; of the court of Common Pleas sh all kee p a register in the office of the masters of the court of Common Pleas for the registration of protested bills and promissory notes as hereinafter provided." After some discussion the Chairman was directed to report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The house then resumed. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &c. (SCOTLAND) The L or d s ' BILL. and ag ree d to. amendments to this bill were considered, METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. . REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were con6idred and agreed to. SALE OF BEER BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. , SUPPLY. The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to. CUSTOMS ACTS. The report of the committee on the Customs Acts was brought up and agreed to. The other 12 o'clock orders of the day were then dis posed of, and the sittings were suspended at four o clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVE' NING.) DOWNING-STREET, Jut 29. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Proby 1 homas Cautley, Esquire, late Lieutenant-Colonel in the Bengal Artillery, and Director of the Ganda Canal, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com manders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, JULY 31. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Quekett, M.A., to the Rectory of Warrington, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and diocese of Chester, void by the promotion of the Honourable and Reverend Horatio Powys, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. CROWN-OFFICE, AUGUST L MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Beverley—The Honourable Arthur Gordon, of Argylt House, in the county of Middlesex, in the room of the Honourable Francis Charles Lawley, who has ac cepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Nortbstead. COMMISSION SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHAL H.R.H. THE WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES• Roy.l Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia —First Lieutenant George William Culme Soltan Symons to be Captain ; Second Lieutenant Francis Howell to be First Lieutenant, July 28. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Royal Lancashire Militia—Willoughby Harcourt Carter, Esq., late Captain of the 7th Fusiliers, to be Adjutant, vice Captain and Adjutant Herbert Vaughan, retired, July 1. Royal North Lincoln Militia—Archibald Sheak Far quharson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Graburn, pro moted, July 20. lat Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Henry Thomas Knapman, Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 28. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Thomas Rae Gibb, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Gordon Long ridge, resigned. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Harman Hardy, Esq., to be .'''econd Lieutenant, July 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle men to be Commissioners for administering Oaths in the High Court of Chancery : John Mills, Brunswick-place, City-road. Henry Sweet, Taunton. Thomas Neale Doughty, Middle Queen's-buildings, Brompton. BANKRUPTS. William Makin the younger, provision dealer, Man chester, to surrender August 14 and September 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Hall and Janion, Manchester ; or Bower and Son, Chancery-lane, London. John Selhck, paper maker. Cbapps Mills, Wiltshire, August 14 and September 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Crosby, Bristol ; or Jay, Serjeant's-inn, London. Henry Swire and John Lockwood, manufacturers, ` ., hipley, Aug. 15, at twelve, and Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Rawson, George, and Wade, Bradford ; Bond and Bar wick, Leeds. Joseph Smithson, corn miller, West Mills, Yorkshire, Aug. 25, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Stocks, Franklin, and Jervis, Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Peter Taylor, millwright, engineer, and tool-maker, Manchester, Aug. 15 and Sept. 5, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Gartside, Manchester. Hugh Hart, timber merchant, Hulme, Lancaster Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the M a n c h es t er Di s t r i c t Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Blair, Manchester. Simon Stow Hitchcock, malster, Blackmore, Essex, Aug. 14, and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingh a ll-str e et ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry. George Howes, licensed victualler, Singsland, Aug. 10, at one, and Sept. 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Crouch, Gray's-in-square. Thomas Robinson, currier, Hexham, August 9, at half past eleven, and September 13, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Biker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Welford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Bush, and Gaskell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Henry Brownentt, merchant, Liverpool, August 11, and September 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite, London; Pemberton ' Liverpool. William Atherton, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 14, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Avison and Pritt, Liver pool. Frederick Smith, miller, Standon, Herts, Aug. 14, at two, and Sept. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbnry • J. and C. Cole, Adelphi-terrace ; E. and E. Foster, Cambridge. Cornelius Gibbs, tailor, Thorndon, Suffolk, Aug. 14, at half-past one, and Sept. 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ban inghall-street - C. P. Utton, Cheapside. William M atthews, builder, Paddington. August 9, at two, and September 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Illoorgate-street ; Lee and Pemberton, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Samuel Zigury, merchant, Callum-street, City, August 15, at one, and September 9, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Sole, Tur ner and Turner, Alderman bury. SCOTCH , EQ UESTRATIONTS. - - Robert riarniltoo, Signet-hail keeper, Edinburgh. Alexander Turnbull, miller, Glasgow. Anderson and Murphy, sewed muslin manufacturers, Glasgow. James Somerville, hosier, Glasgow. James Dunlop, (lariqr MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—There have been but few purchases of foreign either for shipment or the home trade; but the holders are not disposed to sell under last week's quotations. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,73" hh.ls 241 tierces 514 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,136 hhds 103 tierces 217 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,326 hhds 1,598 tierces 3,131 barrels. The stocks in London are larger than at this time last year. Refined has been well supported, with a limited supply. Brown lumps 44s 6d, anti low to fine grocery 45s to 495. To-day there was a fair demand for British plantation sugar from grocers and refiners; the rates obtained were equal to those of Friday for both brown, yellow, and grey. COFFEE. -The demand has been for native Ceylon at full rates, and Plantation is taken both for home use and exportation. RlM—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 957 pu ns 185 Wills. There were taken for home consumption 268 puns 62 hhds, and ex ported 320 puns 94 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,063 puns 3,395 hhds. COTTON.—The market is firm, with fair sales. CINNAMON.—At the quarterly sales buyers do not act at all freely. TEA.—there is no alteration, but a fair business has been done both in black and green. TALLOW.—Not much is doing, as the trade are busy with the deliveries. TALLOW.—There is a firm market for Russian, and a larger demand exists fro m consumers an d speculators. Prices rule for first sort P.Y. C. on the spot at 65s 6d to G6s. and delivery in last three monts of the year at 68s to 68s 6d per cwt. Home melted sells freely, and cannot be obtained under 65s cash although there is a fair supply. Of other sorts the quantity on offer is not ample for demand, and the prices paid were for Australian, fair to fine mut ton 61s to 66s 6d, Beef 60s to 645, and 50u,12 American 60s to 66s 6d per cwt. Stock of tallow is more than last season by 14,030 casks ; and deliveries are 4,000 less ; rates rule higher by lls to 12s per cwt. For auction on Friday 600 casks of tallow are declared. OlLS.—There are few buyers of seal, and prices have a downward tendency—pale selling at 391 to 401, and other sorts 351 to 381 lOs. In Cod little doing, and 381 lOs to 391 accepted. Demand is not better for Sperm, and there are sellers of mid to fine quality at 1021 to 103110 s. In Southern larger operations at 381 to 40/. Of Palm many trans tions have taken place, and mid to fine quality realised 45s to 48s. Cocoa nut in good request—Cochin landed at 49s Gil to 50s, and other sorts 45s to 495. Olive sells readily— Gallipoli at 571, and other sorts stl to 551 per tun. Prices are again depressed for linseed oil, 34s 6d to 35s having been accepted for present delivery ; there is now, however, a good demand. In lard oil larger operations at 53s to 555. Several buyers of spermaceti at is 3d to is 4d. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was operated in with caution for home trade purposes, and rates are less firm— bruwn lumps selling at 445, and low to fine grocery 44s 6d to 495. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THIS DAY. Amsterdam .. .. . • • • • • • . • • . I 1 15% Gibraltar ..•• .. .. •• .• .• __ 3u — 55 Ditto, three months .. 11 17 ..eghorn ...... •.• • • Rotterdam 11 17% Genoa ................ 25 37 % . • .• • • • • • • •• ;6 .......... ~ , „ .„ Antwerp .. . . . • • • • • —•• 2.5 27 muan 25 27% Venice •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• --- Brussels .• •• •••••• • • ' • 2 '4.. l '. 43% .. 1., 7 •••••1••,•• •••••••••• •• •• •• ... ne.Mbßlgli .... • • • ~.. 1 ` m /tame .„ „,,,,,,„ ~ ~ Palermo ........ • • 128 % Paris • • .... .„ .... .... 25 2% afessina ........ ••• • • • ~,,, Ditto. three months ••25 30 i Lisbon •••••••• • • • • • • • • . 7 :4 Marseilles. ..... • . .. 1:5 30 Oporto .. ••••••• • • • • ' • • _ Bourdeaux .. ~ „ Rio Janeiro ........ •• • • Berlin „, ...„ „ ..... , „ Frankfort-on -Mai-12a .... 118 % Buenos Ayres .. .... •• • • Vienna .. •• . ...... ..... 12 28 Philafielahla .•••• • • • • • Trieste ...... z PetershurgL., "'• ~ „ ~ 36 14 Yew York, 60 days' sight •• •• •••• •• 12 30 PRICES OF BULLION, PER 0 . rrid .... ....... ..... 49ik Portugal Go'd Coin .. 0 . II o Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 11 412 ••..• • .. ...... .... 50 Barcelona Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 devil I" New Dollars ~.... 0 0 ' ••••• • •• •• -Inver in bars - - n 5 'l% TRES FOR 1854. UST. Egham l5 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York .. .... 23 Hereford 24 Eccles ... . ............... 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby .......... . 29 Plymouth 3F Lincoln 3l ;FIBER. Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark 25 Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall Northallerton 2B , BER. Caledonian Hunt 11 Warwick Autumn 17 Richmond 18 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 E:vIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The house met at five o'clock. The royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills : —Highway Rates ; Turnpike Trusts Arrange em ants ; General Board of Health ; Registration of Bills of Sale (reland) ; Jamaica Loan ; Sheriff and Sheriff-clerk of Chancery (Scotland) ; Joint-stock Banks (Scotland) ; Cruelty to Animals ; Portland, &c., Chapels ; Returning Officers ' • Turnpike Acts Continuance 2 • Jury Trial (Scot land) ; Friendly Societies (No. 2); Royal Military Asylum ; Poor-law Commission Continuance (Ireland) ; Heritable Securities (Scotland) ; Borough Rates ; Eccle siastical Jurisdiction ; Stock in-Trade Exemption ; Com mon, &c., Rights (Ordnance) ; Land Revenues of the Crown (Ireland ; Highways (Public Health) Act ; Public Libraries ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Working Arrangements with Great Northern Railway) ; North Shields Quays and Im provements ; Selkirk and Galashiels Railway ; Stock port, Disley, and Whaley-bridge Railway • London and North-western Railway ; Great. Western Railway (Berks and Hants, &c.) ; Eiectric Telegraph Company (No. 2); West London Railway ; Westminster Terminus Railway ; Cork and Waterford Railway ' • Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches); Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway (Chipping Norton Branch; Portsmouh and Direct London and Portsmouth Railways ; West London and Crystal Palace Railway (Bromley and Farn borough • York, Newcastle, and Berwick, York and North Midland, and Leeds Northern Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Border Counties Railway ; &del& Gas Company Relief ; Stockport Rectory Division ; Merton College Estate ; Wilkinson's Estate ; Mitford's Estate ; Earl of Fife (Trustees) Estate ; Stainforth's Estate ; Stirling's Estate ; Milbank IThornhill's) Estate ; Saint Catherine's Parish (Dublin) School and Charity Estates Bill ; Caton's Divorce. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) IRISH INDUSTRY. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, to go into Committee of Supply— - Mr. LUCAS called the attention of the, house to the propriety of instituting an inquiry into the best means of promoting Irish manufacturing industry, by training or apprenticeship schools, and other similar establishments. After remarking that nothing had been effected daring the present session towards the relief of Irish grievances, and that, as admitted by Lord John Russell, there was no pro spect of a settlement of the land question, he contended that it was a misrepresentation to allege that Ireland was in a prosperous condition. The annual number of births barely balanced that of the deaths, while a continuous drain of emigration was depopulating the country, and unless some means were devised to arrest this influx, it was the opinion of the authorities on the subject that it would proceed. Emigrants were remitting large sums to enable their Irish relatives to join them ; and since the year 1848 such remittances had increased from half a mil lion to a million and a half annually, and such was likely to be the future rate of increase. The remedy he pro posed was suggested in his notice on the paper, and he entered into interesting details to show how the establish. ments in question worked iu Belgium Lord J. RUSSELL vindicated the Government and the legislature from the censures pronounced by Mr. Lucas, both on account of what they had done and of what they had abstained from doing. With regard to the suggested establishment of industrial schools, he submitted that no case had been made for deviating, on behalf of Ireland, from the course pursued in this country for the promotion of industrial education. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR disputed the position which the hon. member had taken up, because in all the countries he had mentioned manufacturing prosperity had depended more upon private enterprise than State support. For instance, in Switzerland and Belgium manufacturing industry had originated with the people themselves; and he should be sorry if the delusion went over to Ireland that manufacturing prosperity depended upon state sup port rather than the exertions of the people. (Cheers.) Mr. J. BALL said the statement of the noble lord with regard to Tuscany could not apply to that country within the last few years. Lord J. RUSSELL explained that his statement ap plied to the former ages, and not to recent times. SUPPLY. The SPEAKER then put the question that he should leave the ch .ir, and the house immediately resolved itself in committee of supply. On a vote of 2,0551. for reinstating the chapel of the Embassy at Constantinople, Sir J. WALMS LE f asked Va. explanation. Mr. WILSON said, about six or seven years ago the chapel was accidentally burned down, and, owing to the extravagant expenditure lavished on the building of the embassy-house, had not been rebuilt. Two or three years ago a vote was proposed of 4,3501. for the purpose, but was then withdrawn, in consequence of the lavish expenditure to which he had alluded. Strong representations of the inconvenience felt by the British residents had been made to the ambassador, and even offers to contribute 1,0001. though their numbers were small. The arrangements now made were such that the house would not be called upon for more than the sum now proposed. The want of ac commodation where a large number of sailors resorted, be sides the residents, had been severely felt, and he hoped, therefore, the committee would assent to the vote. In reply to a question by Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON said an architect from the Board of Works would go out to superintend the building, but he would be under the control and direction of the ambassador. In reply to Mr. SPOONER, Mr. WILSON said the architect was not the same gen tleman who superintended the erection of the embassy house. The arrangements then were very imperfect, as that gentleman was not responsible to any one on the spot. The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of 1,4001. to defray the expenses of erect ing an enclosure wall and entrance gateway, and the ne cessary buildings, to a British Protestant cemetery at Madrid, Mr. AYSHFORD WISE expressed an opinion that the vote required some explanation, inasmuch as the conditions disclosed in the last published correspondence, as those upon which alone the Spanish Government would consent to this cemetery being established, were most unsatisfac tory, and had been justly described as wholly inconsistent with the liberal spirit of the age. It appeared that this question had been more or less before the public for nearly half a century, and as long ago as the year 1796 a piece of land, inters ied to be appropriated for cemetery purposes, had been purchased by th e Mar qu i s o f B u t e . He could not see why Parliament should be called upon to vote so large a Pura as 1,4001. for such a purpose. Lord Palmerston, in 1850, had asked for a return of the number of British subjects who had died within a given period at Madrid, and had pointed out to Lord Howden that upon the facts disclosed by that return must depend the ques tion as to whether the Government would be justified in expending any very large sum of money in establishing a cemetery there. Lord Howden at that time, in answer to Lord Palmerston'a request, had stated, on the authority of Mr. Otway, that the number of British subjects who had died at Madrid from the year 1831 had been only from Mee.) to twenty—not more than one a year. And it ap peared that, in some cases at least, the interments had been permitted to take place in the Catholic cemeteries. He could not understand why all the Protestant powers —America, and Prussia, and Holland, and other Protes tant States, whose subjects came, as well as those of Great Britain, to Madrid—should not support unitedly; an object of this kind. Nor could he conceive that it was ne cessary to have sent out a man of Mr. Albano's reputatian and experience as an architect to superintend so trifling a matter as the erection of a wall round a cemetery. That such a course should have been taken seemed to him to show an itching to expend the public money ; and as charges of this description were continually increasing upon ' the estimates, he had thought it right to direct attention to the subject. Mr. PELLATT wished to know whether the land was intended to be consecrated by a bishop of the Church of England? whether the chaplain of the embasssy was to be the minister there ? whether the bodies of dissenters would be received there for interment? and whether this would extend to the child of a Baptist who might not have re ceived even lay baptism? Mr. WILSON said since the date of the correspondence to which the hon. member had referred, Lord Howden had succeeded in obtaining terms which were considered ex tremely satisfactory, and in removing all the obstacles which had been thought to stand in the way of adopting the earlier proposition. The hon. gentleman would recol lect that about a year ago there was a perfect fever of in dignation upon the subject, and that the strongest possible feeling ran through the metropolitan press and the press of the country generally with respect to the way in which Protestants were treated by the Spanish Government, in reference to their burial ground. The public were especially shocked by a statement that the body of an Englishmen had been dug up for the purpose of robbing it of the clothes and other articles of trifling value which were upon it. And it was under the pressure of these circumstances, and of the strong feeling of indignation which was excited by them, that arenewed effort had been made, which had re sulted, as he had said, in the obtaining of terms which were considered satisfactory, and in securing a piece of land in the only place in the neighbourhood of the town of Madrid in which it could have been procured for such a purpose. The consul general upon the spot had endeavoured to in duce the British residents to subscribe some portion of the expense ; but they were few in number, and in a compara tively humble position in life, and it would therefore have been utterly impracticable to obtain from them any con siderable sum. It therefore became a question whether the British Government should not take steps to remove the flagrant abuse which had been made a matter of charge against every person concerned in the administration of British affairs iu Spain. The Government had felt it its duty to take such steps, and to take advantage of the op portunity which had presented itself for putting an end to this state of things ; and the proposition. which had been submitted to the Treasury, for closing the ground and adapting it to its intended purpose, had been forwarded by them to the Board of Works, the chief commissioner of which, his right hon. friend near him would, he was sure, give an explanation with respect to the way in which it could be carried out, which ought to be satisfactory to the house. Mr. A. PELLATT—As to the consecration ? Mr. WILSON said the cemetery would be consecrated by a Protestant bishop, and arrangements had been made by which it would be open to all British subjects. Sir W. MOLES WORTH said the plans submitted to the Board of Works by the Treasury were so unsatisfactory, that and t t h h e e e e s h t e i m a p a e t s e t s a w e e d r e t h s e o m u n o e s et retffia i e n i , e n t h t a m t e h ( e i e w e a f s h persuaded the superintend t • d the work works executed was t H o e se h n a d d o a i r i r t an a ge c d oin w p i e th ten ju t r p . e A rs l o h n an to o that he should go to Madrid, superinten plan n o t t h e a x n c e t r e u ding s t in g 3O t a o /. n , a a t n i v d e h a e g t e h h o cy ug . ht MILNES, who congra tulated the house on having , at last, obtained from the this an A d f a r t e e m t r n u a r c n f h e f w o bet t e r r u c inp ls from Mr. M. for the repair of the royal monuments in Westminster Abbey , a vo re te co w g a n s it a io g n re o e f d a Mr. EWART ex pressed his cordial approval of the ob ject, b u t expresse d a h o p e that the Government would endeavour to make some arrangements by which the public might have admission into the abbey, which was so essen tially a national building, and the monuments in which were of so essentially national a character, without the payment of any feee. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said he had already directed his attention to the subject, and had inquired why any fee was taken ; an d h e had been told that its object was to provide for th e payment of the persons who were employed in showing the m onuments. It wa s important that no p person should' be permitted to go round without being at tended by people by whom they might be carefully watched, the fact being that the monuments had suffered much more from the petty pilleriugs of the last century than during the whole of the centuries precoeding. Mr. Scott, in his able report, referred to the subject in the following terms :—" As the monuments have suffered fully as much from spoliation as from decay, it is of the utmost importance that the vigilant watch kept over them should not in any degree be relaxed; had the present system been adopted a century earlier, the atrocious pilfering and robbery, from which those invalu able works of art have so grievously suffered, would have been in great measure prevented; for it is truly mor tifying to reflect that, though the church was exposed during the great rebellion to the insults of the soldiery, who were at one time quartered within its walls, and though there was actually an order of Parliament (happily never obeyed) for melting down the bronze, these monu ments actually suffered infinitely less during that turbu lent time than in the enlightened period intervening be tween the middle of the last century and our own day, and that their greatest spoliation has been suffered at the hands of that intelligent public, who, one would have imagined, would have been the guardians rather than the pilferers of our national monuments." If, therefore, no fee were to be levied on the pubic seeing these monuments, it would be necessary that Parliament should vote a sum of money for the payment of persons to show them. If Parliament were prepared to do that, he would ask the consent of the Lords of the Treasury to such a vote being proposed ; and he had no doubt that if a general feeling in its favour were expressed, the Lords of the Treasury would acquiesce in it. He hoped, however, that if this were to be done, hon. gentlemen would bear it in mind hereafter, because, gene rally speaking, when estimates of this kind were proposed, he found himself turned round upon and charged with increasing the estimates, and told that these were matters which the individuals and not the public ought to pay for. Mr. M. MILNES expressed his great satisfaction at the proposed restoration of the monuments; anti said it seemed to him that the ground upon which a Parliamentary grant fur such a purpose might be fairly asked fur was only to be found in the fact that Westminster Abbey was our great Pantheon—the depositoiT of the monuments, not merely of our kings, bry, of our statesmen, our poets, and our men of letters. Some years ago, when the poet Campbell died, men high in station in the country had felt themselves honoured in accompanying his bo ly to the grave. A sub scription for a fit men innent had been afterwards com mensed, and the appeal had been so fully responded to, that a monument, which he believed to be worthy of the man, had been now for so:: e time completed. It had only not been completed, because the Dean and Chapter of Westminster had asked the enormous sum of 2006. for a few square feet of ground on which to set it up. (Hear, hear.) Now, it the abbey of Westminster stood in this rel •tion to the public, and if public monuments were not to be admitted into it except in consideration of such advantages, it could neither be the duty nor the interest of Parliament to spend large sums of money in its decors ration, or Jul the restoration and repair of the monuments already there. He trusted that the Government would put themselves in communication with the Dean and Chapter, and endeavour to remove this great scandal, which, he felt, as an Englishman, was injurious to the national character, and which was especially painful to him as a Churchman, because he felt that matters of this kind did more to injure the higher clergy of the English Church than anything else could do. Mr. JOHN BALL referred to certain pa ticulars con nected v;ith the proposed restoration, which persons who were most. competent to judge—without wishing for a mo ment to cast any doubt un the ability or competency of Mr. Scott—considere 1 to be inexpedient, both in an ar chaeological and artistic point of view. Hu hoped great caution would be exercised, and the opinions of competent persons taken on the subject. Mr. BRADY bore testimony to the success which had attended Mr. Scott's attempt at restoration in Ely Cathe dr I. He did not think Westminster Abbey was a fit recep tacle for the monuments of warm iors—they ought to erect a building for their reception, and not ueseerate an edifice dedicated to God. He would support any vote that would allow the public to have free admission to the church. Sir W. MOLES WORTH said the greater portion of the abbey was already open to the public. It was necessary to close the royal chapels, in order to stop the pilfering which had done so much damage. He wished to say that Mr. Scott's object was to preserve and not to renew the monuments. With regard to the remark of the hon. mem ber for Pomfret (Mr. Milnes),.in relation to the statue of the poet Campbell, he would immediately put himself in communication with the Dean and Chapter on the subject, and he had no doubt they would meet the views of the house. (Hear, hear ) Mr. WILLIAMS thought that any sums paid for per mission to erect monuments ought to go towards the repairs of the buildings. Sir J. SHELLEY vindicated the public from the asper sion cast upon them. If confidence was placed in them they would feel pride in the preservation of the objects entrusted to them. Mr. E WART wished that the monuments were placed entirely under the control of Government. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote of 1,000/. for repairing the pedestal and restoring the statue of Charles I. at Charing-cross, Sir W. MOLES WORTH said that last year an applica tion had been made by the Crystal Palace C nnpauy for permission to take a cast. During the work he had an opportunity of observing the condition of the statue, and he found it in such a dilapidated state that he had re quested Mr. Westmacott to give him a report on the sub ject. The report entered at length into the condition of the statue, and it could not be restored for a less sum than that now asked. Mr. WISE thought the vote might be postponed for the present. He would not wish the statue to be destroyed, as it was one of the finest works of Le Sueur ; but Cheri As I. was a king celebrated only for his violation of public rights, and his memory was not so dear to them. Mr. DISRA.ELI reminded the hon. gentleman that whatever opinion ne might have of the political character of Charles 1., if he was a lover of the fine arts he must re vere his memory. He wished to call the attention of the committee to the fact that this statue had once before dis appeared, in consequence, not of a vote, but of the temper of the House of Commons. This—the chef d'oeuvre of Le Sueur—was lost for a time. As it had been recovered, it did not become the house to pass a vote which would again endanger its existence. . The vote was the❑ agreed to. 1 On the next vote of 13,0001. for the expense of collectiqg agricultural statistics, Mr. CARDWELL said that a limited number of coun ties had been taken at first, as there was some opposition to the proceedings, but the operations of the commissioners were being gradually extended. Mr. E. DENISON hoped that the returns for England would show the average crop per acre. It was given in the Scotch return. Mr. CARDWELL said the information would be given for those counties in which the statistics had been taken last year, but the commissioners could not give it for the new counties. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote, 6,0301. for repairing breaches at Spurn Point, on the river Humber, Lord HOTEL AA said he understood that a large portion of this expense miget hove been avoided if there had been any person in autlierity on the spot when the damage first occurred ; but the Government agent resided at a distance, and so much time was lost in communicating with him, that a large amount of injury was den() before any steps w tthe future. S oreineily it, He hoped this would b e guar d e d ageariier token J. G against for for RAFIA-V 1 said that a question had arisen as to whether the Corporation of the Trinity House were not bound to repair this breach, as it occurred in the imme diate vicinity of a lighthouse, but on consideration the Admiralty decided they were not. A conservator for the river Humber had been appointed, whose close and con stant attention would be given to the Subject. The vote was then agreed to. 370/. for works at Kingston Ilar b°Oura the next vot e , ie , L .M WILSON said that the vots had beenpostponed, readingo i it,hh the new n v e o o I t fv e toh w tfie a c s bei t sl h l feon relatingt agreedil o p :o t e ob.y this 0 to be made. In c s q v u er e e nc e e e,s of s t u h i e d received the workrsee to enable some inquiries had had been ordered to ma ' lee . a . Pireelpf:ocrireitn'.lz:ti and (ei they bsellrieved be Wight say the present plan would not be proceeded wi t h , for defraying the expense On the next vote of te , gB9/ ., king ti:3gref'o the heeh Somersetap- hous e, u u s e e bY o the whichduchy Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that On moving the third to make an explaup„ r of Cornwall were now possessed of offices he y statement. As the committee were had been consolidated at they held under the act of the 15th Geo. 111., c. 33, which vested Somerset-house in the andsoua Somerset r t sheetr. house.offices. thee ago the whole of the Inland t Revenue Department the increased ac commodation required it was co nsidered advisable to obtain the offices now occupied by the duchy. He had accordin 1 -4-3' been directed to put himself in coin- ATo short give i v e munication with the council on the subject. They stated they were very - well satisfied with their present offices, but if the public service required it, they would give them up on being provided with equally s uitable offices to be held on the same titl e. He then took steps to procure a house for them. The first sugigestion was Buckingham house, Pall- mall, but he found 33.0301. was required for its purchase, and it would take 5,0001. more to put it in order, a much larger sum than he was prepared to give. The next site suggested was the Irish Offices, in Birdcage walk, but on making inquiries he found that the proprie tors would not consent to part with the freehold. He then proposed that the Duchy of Cornwall should occupy new offices, to be built in the new street in Pimlico, and the buildings in which it was proposed should be of a superior class. Pl ans were seat iu, and approved of. Then came the question of the comparative value between the old and new offices. The Board of Works argued that, as the new office would be of more value than the old office in So merset-house, the Duchy of Cornwall ought to pay a portion of the expense. But the officers of the Duchy of Cornwall contended on the other hand that, as they had no desire to change, as th e y were very comfortable where they were, and only consented to vacate their present offices for the public convenience, it was not fair to call upon them to p a y a Portion of the expense. He could not deny that there was much force in this argument. Then arose a question of the comparative value of the two offices, and it was proposed that valuers should be appointed by the Board of works and the Duchy respectively, who were, as soon as the new office was built, to determine the relative value of that and the old office in Somerset-house, and the difference of value, if any, on the new office over the old one was to be di v id e d into two equal parts, half of which was to be pail by the Duchy and the other half by the Government. As the office could nut be built for two years the officers of the Duchy would be put to great inconvenience. The right honourable gentleman then urged that the value put on the old offices should be viewed with reference to the accommedation given to the public, and that on the whole the public could make a fair bargain by the arrangement proposed. A request hail been made to him to state the relative market value of the two pro perties ; but he thought it would be very unbusiness-like when the matter Was about to be submitted to arbitration, to enter into such details. An estimate had been made by the architect of the Board or Works, and according to that estimate the difference of the market value between the two offices would be 4,3001., and of that half was to be paid by the Duchy into the Consolidated Fund, and the other half to be defrayed by the Government as a sort of accommodation price. But the estimate of the architect of the Duchy of Cornwall was entirely different, and loft no surplus or difference between the value of the two offices. If the committee should not sanction the vote, the Duchy of Cornwall would be very glad to remain where it was, but great public inconvenience would be caused in corsequen ee of the want of accommodation fur the Board of Inland Revenue. Mr. W. WILLIAMS suggested that the Duchy of Cornwall office should be removed to the house formerly occupie Iby the Irish office. He complained that a sum of 4 11 7,0001. including 150,0001., from the commissioners of the Great Exhibition, had been appropriated for the purchase of land, and the objects for which it was required had never been stated. Mr. DISRAELI explained that tho complaint which RACING FIX' AUG Brighten Airdrie ....... 23 I Durham Brighton Club 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 SEPTE War wick Lichfield %V stern Meeting 7 Rochesterand Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Bedford l9 OCTI Chester Autumn 3 Kelso 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 " 13 TIM 8 ITN, ON Trtg-DAY EVENING, AuGrsT 1 3 1884. the hon. member had made with regard to the voting of nearly half a million sterling for the purchase of land for public buildings, and yet that accommodation could not be found for the officers of the Duchy of Cornwall was un founded, because a munificent sum of 1,50,0001. had been given by the commissioners of the Great Exhibition, and a sum of 200,000/. had been voted for the purchase of land at Kensington, anti a further sum of 150,000/. for the pur chase of Burlington Hou-e, yet it was not merely for the building of public offices that thesg sums were voted for the purchase of land. It was impossible to give an equi valent to the Duchy of Cornwall for the loss of their offices, and the country was bound to find the Duchy a proper place for the transaction of its business in return for those they gave up for the public convenience. Mr. W. WILLIAMS stated that what he said was, that no explanatio❑ was given of the obj.:cts for which this 467,000!., including the 150.0001. given by the commis sioners of the Great Exhibition, had been expended. Mr. WISE observed that the act of 1775, which gave a vested interest to the Duke of Cornwall in the offices in Somerset House, and which charge l 100,0001. out of the revenues for that purpose, was so contrary to Parliamentary usage, that a subsequent act repealed it ; and he doubted, therefore, whether the Duchy really possessed any vested in terest in these offices. Then there was no gua , antee that the expenditure contemplated in this vote would not be ex ceeded. (" Yes, there i , .") He was glad to hear that the estimate was not to be exceeded. They were always told tha they could not interfere in matters connected with the Duchy of Cornwall any more than they could interfere with the private property of the Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of Westminster, but if that was the position of the Duchy of Cornwall, how was it that the public were called upon to provide it with offices at all? (Hear, hear.) He thought an establishment having a revenue of 59,1581. and a surplus of 25,000/. a year, might well pay for it., own offices. (Hear, hear.) He must enter his protest against the vote. The Marquis of CHANDOS defended the vote, and de nied that the Duchy of Cornwall were asking for any money for their own accommodation. This grant was required not for their convenience, hilt for the public convenience. All the duchy desired was that they should be provided with accommodation equivalent to that they now possessed, and which, for the public convenience, they were asked to sur render. (Hear.) Mr. KENDALL also supported the vote. " Mr. HADFIELD thought some further explanation was necessary as to the disposal of these sites, which ought to be appropriated to Government buildings. They had had a conversation tne other night as to the renewal of the lease of Montague house, Now that was, of all others, the site which, according to ail authority, was the best adapted to public offices, and though same explanation had been given by the right honourable gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) of the accusation he made against the present Govern ment as to that renewal, the house ought to know something more about it, and by what influence it was that the public had been deprived of that valuable site. (Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the Ex chequer had promised to examine the papers, and give the house full explanation on the subject, but be had not done so. He (Mr. Hadfield) thought it would be well if those papers were produced, and also that the house should be informed whether the renewed lease had been granted, if not to a member of the late Government, whether it had been at the instance of any member of that Government, or in any way for party purposes? (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI was perfectly ready to admit, as he had admitted before, that he was the party who had renewed the lease of Montague-house, and that he alone was the person responsible for it. That lease was renewed to a dis tinguished nobleman, who was a member of neither the present nor the late Government ; and the transaction had been uninfluenged by party feeling in the slightest degree. But with - regard to the general question, as to the renewal of leases of crown property in the vicinity of the public offices—when he gave his opinion on a previous evening that such leases ought not to be renewed, but that the pro perty should be retained for the public service, that opinion had no reference to the accommodation required for the offices of the Duchy of Cornwall. He believed had Mon tague House been retained for the purposes of the Duchy of Cornwall, it would have been the most disastrous arrange ment for the public that could have been made. (Hear, hear.) It was to a very superior class of service to which he referred when he said Montague House should have been retained for the public service. But he believed very equi table claims had been shown to exist for the renewal of the lease, and for making this case an exception to the rule he had laid down in reference to the renewal of the leases of crown property in such situations. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The hon. gentleman (kr. Hadfield) having reminded him that he had given something like a pledge to the house in connexion with this subject, considered that he owed a word or two of explanation. When ho stated that his recollection differed from that of the right hon. gentleman, but that the papers relating to the transaction were at the Treasury, and he would examine them, be had the facts pretty clearly in his mind, but did not consider it either wise or just, seeing that the affair had taken place many months ago, to speak positively without referrinc , to the documents. The right h on . gen tl eman had, however,b rendered any statement of his unnecessary by the explana tion he gave the other evening, and after that explanation he thought it hardly necessary to lay the papers upon the the table. If, however, the hon. gentleman wished them to be produced, and moved for them, he saw no reason against it. (Hear, he ar .) Alth oug h he considered that an error in judgment had been committed in renewing the lease of Montague House, it was only due to the right hon. gentleman to say that nothing that had occurred gave the slightest justification that there had been anything more than an error in judgment. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. V. SFIELLEY inquired whether it would be stated in the papers to be produced how much more the Duke of Buccleuch paid for Montague-house under the new lease than under the old one? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Yes. Sir W. MO LESWORTH, in reply to a question from an hon. member, stated that he was not aware that the Act of Parliament referred to by Mr. Wise, by which a vested interest was given to the Duchy in the offices at Somerset house, had been repealed. The vote then passed. On the vote of 2.2731. for defraying the salaries of joint stock companies officers, Mr. BRIGHT would take this opportunity of asking the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, whether the important question of limited liability was under the consideration of Government. He would say that he was acting for an important mercantile class, connected with Manchester and also with Liverpool, who were desirous of establishing a steam-shipping company under a charter of incorporation, and, on attempting to forward their views, he found it was not a very easy task to get at the information he required. The resolution passed recently by the house bore very strongly on this question, and he hoped the right hon. gentleman would state, for the advantage of the house and the country, whether it was the intention of Government to do any thing next session, and to bring in some measure upon the subject ? Mr. CARDWELL said the resolution referred to the principle of en conmandite, and did not apply to the granting of charters to joint-stock companies. He believed it was the general opinion, and no one more cordially shared in that opinion than himself, that it was undesir able power of this kind should be exercised by a political official who was without the means of collecting evidence on both sides. Wit'h respect to the commission, the recommendations of the commissioners had received the most careful attention of Government, and Government would not fail to take these recommendations into con sideration. Mr. BRIGHT wanted a more definite answer. He wanted to know whether Government intended to take proceedings to place this department on a more satisfactory footing ? Mr, CARDWELL would reply that Government were acting in strict accordance with the recommendat io ns of the committee. Mr. BRIGHT asked if the right hon. - gentleman co uld give a positive answer that he would was duvoin9; aThpeoliligohatl hon. gentleman said the difficulty in officer applied to for a charter in apvat He wished to eroom,wherehe was not in a condition to hear evidence. know whether Government proposed things, and to make such arrangern to alter that state of caseents heard tha andtpart deesaopipdleyti ing for a charter would have their without delay ? Mr. CARDWELL—Considering that a committee of that house, after examining into the subject, refrained f rom coming to anyconclusion, he thought it would be hi g hly unbecoming in him to anticipate the conclusion to which Government would arrive. The report hat only b e en laid on the table a short time. When it was fully considered then the determination of Government would be known. The vote was agreed to. Upon the next vote, 50,0001. for the expense of the British department of the Paris Industrial Exhibition of 1855, Mr. BRIGHT said that his constituents were most anxious that our textile fabrics should he properly repre sented in the Penis Exhibition, and to show that their object was a public one had subscribed a l arge sum f or th e purposes of the Exhibition, stipulating that on the goods sent over no name of any particular manufacturer should be inscribed. He had received a letter from the town clerk of Manchester, containing some observations respect. ing the disposition of the Government grant, which he thought he could not do better than read to the house. The writer stated that the manufactures of Man?hester gathered from Mr. Cole's letter that very little substantial aid would be afforded to the Exhibition of British manu factures. Mr. Cole allotted to the subdividing of space upwards of 3,00 i ; expenseof office in Paris about 3,000/. ; cleaning, &c., 5,000/. ; painting, decorating, &c., 3,0001. ; travelling and other expenses of jurors, etc., 11,000/. (Hear, hear.) In the whole estimate there was only 9,7501. appropriated in aid, direct or indirect, of the objects of the exhibition, while the whole of the residue would he expended in matters which he believed would be amply provided for by the F renc h G overnment, or in entertain ing large staff of jurors and others sumptuously in Paris. He hoped that as he had now called the attention of Go vernment to the matter, the money would not be spent in eating or drinking, or wasted in extravagant official man agement. With respect to the large sum set down for jurors, he thought that much, if not all of it, might be dispensed with. He did not know what the jurors in France might do, but in England in 1851 the distribution of medals was so general, and indiscriminate, that little or no value was rat, ched to them by the recipients. (Hear.) He did not wish to say a word against Mr. Cole individu ally, against the grant, or against its object. He believed that if the French people were made acquainted with our inanfactures much good might result, but if 9,0001. was sufficient to be expended in their transmission, surely 43,0001. was excessive for the other purposes indicated in Mr. Cole's letter. Mr. CARDWELL said that with regard to the distri bution of the sum it should he recollected that expenses on occasions like the present were' of two kinds. Those of which individual exhibitor felt the benefit, and those which went in promotion of the general object. The hon. inenil , er*seerned to think the estimate for superintendence and clerical assistance too ranch, but they were based on the audits of 1851, and it was thought that what the French did fo r us t h en we s h ou ld d o for them in 1855. The money would be spelt under the control of an official ac countant, and must ultimately be examined by the Board of Trade. The a hole expense would be much less than that of the French Government in 1851. He should take that opportunity of stating that the French Government had made arrangements for the admission and consump tion in France of all the British goods, even those which were at present prohibited at a maximum duty of 20 per cent. His hon, friend might depend upon it that every effort would be in: de to economise, and that the item s would be reduced, if possible, consistently with the objects of the exhibition. Mr. A. PELLATT thought the item for glass fittings ! I excessive. Mr. BRIGHT repeated his objections not to the vote but to the distribution, especially 11,0001. for jurors' travelling expenses. He wished to know how many jurors would be necessary. What he objected to was, that a large staff of jurors, officials, and clerks should live for weeks luxuriously in Paris, at the public expense, while so small a gun as 9,7001, wan allotted to the actual transmission of • goods. The only result of all this expense would be a series of voluminous reports which nobody would read, and for them Government was about to starve the useful portion of the exhibition. It was true the French had spent E 5,0001., but then it should be remembered that in France there were no manufacturers comiu 4 forward to co-operate, whereas now the English manufacturers were coming forward liberally, the subscriptions in Manchester alone amounting to between 4,0001. and 5 0001. Colonel SIBTHORP had opposed the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, and also its successor in Sydenham. He would continue his opposition to the present as tending to the en couragement of the foreigner at the expense of our own countrymen. Air. .BROTHERTON said that be had received repre sentations from Salford similar to those which had been read by the hon. member for Manchester. They did not object to the whole amount, but to the mode of distribu tion. Mr. SCULLY complained of the small sum allowed for the transport of goods. Mr. RICH thought some information should he given to the committee as to the officers under whom this sum of money was to be expended. Sir J. SHELLEY considered that the fact of the French Government having granted a sum of money, was no rea son that England should do the same. He believed that, if left to pi ivate enterprise, these matters would be much better carried out. If the committee were divided, he should vote against this vote. Mr. SPOONER found that a portion of this sum was to be expended in the completion of the decorations of the Exhibition. He did not quite understand this. Mr. CARDWELL said that the decorations referred to were precisely similar to those which were executed by the French in the Exhibition at Hyde-park—(hear)—and which gave so marked and cheering a tone to the French courts in Hyde-park. (Hear.) In addition to this there were ex penses to be provided for in furnishMg cases for those raw products of the United Kingdom which, although they fell into no particular branch of English trade, yet ought to be represented in Paris, and would therefore be exhibited by the Government. He thought that no one would object to proper decorations for the English department of the French Exhibition, for if we were to exhibit at all, we ought to do so in a proper manner. (Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP said that the country was now en couraging foreigners, and he was quite sure that for dura bility and solidity English manufactures were unsurpassed. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He warned hon. gentlemen to beware of France and Austria. Let the committee take care of man-traps and spring -guns. (Laughter.) Mr. LOCKE thought if the manufacturing int3rest had been left to itself in this matter it would have been better. _ _ If the Board of Trade had left the entire matter to private parties the country would stand a chance of being better represented than it did now. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 100,0001. to defray the several charges under the head of civil contingencies having been proposed, Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to what he deemed to be the objectionable character of several of the items. He saw no reason why a sum of 2,0001. should be set down in the estimates as an allowance to be made to the Lord Chancellor upon his appointment to the office ; nor did he think that the sum proposed to be given to the Lcrd Lieu tenant of Ireland, under the title of equipage money, was an expenditure which was justifiable. Mr. PELLATT wished to know upon what ground a sum for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the colo nial bishops for making tours through their dioceses was place.l upon the votes ? It appeared to him to be an en tirely new charge upon the public funds. Mr. WILSON said that for very many years the colonial bishops had been obliged to pay periodical visits to various portions of their dioceses. Several of these localities con sisted of islands in the West Indies, and in passing to those districts they were usually afforded a passage in such of her Majesty's ships as might happen to be at the particular station, and were merely allowed the expenses of their maintenance while on board the vessel. With respect to the sum of 2,0001. paid to the Lord Chancellor upon his appointment, he could only say that a similar sum had been given to him from time immemorial; and he (Mr. W.) believed it was entirely inadequate to defray his ex penses. To the Lord Lieutenant, also, who was a high officer of state, he did not think that an unreasonable sum was asked to be granted for the purpose of furnishing the equipage becoming his position. Mr. PELLATT said that as he had received no sufficient answer with respect to the amount allowed to the colonial clergy for the purpose of enabling them to make a tour from one portion of their dioceses to another, he should move that that amount he deducted from the vote. Mr. PEEL stDt,Al that the allows' ce made to the colonial bishops was so trifling as not to enable them to incur the expense of paying visits to the remoter islands which came within the limits of their dioceses. The island of Be••- muds, for instance, was within the diocese of Newfou❑ land ; but it was at so great a distance from the residence of the bishop as to render a visit to it a matter of very great expense. It was, therefore, only reasonable that those expenses should ba paid out of the public fund, which the salary of the bishop did not enable him to defray. After a few words from Mr. MAGUIRE, Mr. WILLIAXIS said that if his hon. friend the mem ber for Southwark would divide the house, he (Mr. Wil liams) should move that t e sum of 1,'200/. be paid to the episcopal clergy in Scotland, as also the sum proposed to be given to the commission appointed to inquire into the condition of the collegiate churches in England and Wales, should be deducted from the vote. Mr. HADFIELD should support the motion of the hon, member for Southwark. The vote was agreed On the question that 812,826/. be voted for the mail packet service, Mr. HORSFALL called attention to the irregularities which attended the performance of the South African Ser vice, and which were inflicting great loss upon the trade of the country. Mr. COWPER said this was a very difficult service, and there was no power in the Admiralty or any other de p,rtmeut of the Government to prevent the delays which the hon. member complained of. However, steps had been taken to diminish the delays as much as possible. Mr. HORSFALL said the difficulties were purely ima ginary, but the real point of complaint was this : the con tractors were paid for services which in point of fact they did not perform, because they had sold some of the steamers with which they had intended to complete their contract. Mr. J. FOSTER said some of the vessels had been with drawn to assist in carrying on the war in the East. Mr. HORSFALL said that might be so, but there were other vessels which might have been obtained for continu ing the service. The vote was agreed to, as was also a sum of 998,0001. for expenses of the embodied and disembodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland. In reply to questions from Colonel LINDSAY and Colonel DUNNE, clothing, r B.thHe aEltßerßaEtißoiTibas(atitblectohmaet,newceistryre,spetctbetcoauthsee for, iu point of fact, the great profit went Still the principle the colonels of regiments had acted i ‘ n ve a n n t y i w n a t n o y o t u b n e fa b i a r n ly d s of the clothier, and not of the colonel. the arrangements recommended by ication with the Commander was objectionable . It was the tib n e t c e o n m tio m n is t si o on c , ar a r b y d o b u e t Lad for some days been in oommun in-Chief upon the subject. defray ,„ officers on full pay, was then The vote of 10. 0001 . , to a reed th tb e . charges of retiring The e A CUSTOMS rogress. house then resumed, N TOMS AUTS. rf port and Th p The house then went into committee on the Customs Acts. Mr. DEEDES said, they had been sitting since twelve o'clock, it being then half-past twelve at night ; and as they were to meet at twelve this day, he should move that the chairman report progress. Such an important bill should not be proceeded with at that hour. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the proposition for reporting progress. Mr. WILSON hoped the hon. gentleman would not per severe with his motion, as there was only one item which was not a mere alteration of terms. That item was hops, and it was understood that it would come on. Mr. M. SMITH said that the hon. member who objected to the article of hops had left the house, and he must ob ject to proceeding at that late hour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they might be allowed to go un until they arrived at that article, and then the hon. gentleman might raise his objection to proceeding. It was to be recollected that the hon. gentle man would have six other opportunities of stating his views with respect to hops. Mr. BOOKER said he thought it was distinctly under stood that no opposed business was to be taken after twelve o'clock. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was unreasonable for any hon. member to object to proceeding with this business st a comparatively early hour of th e n i g ht ( twenty-five minutes to one o'clock.) Mr DEEDES sail he would not stand in the way of the business proceeding, and would withdraw his motion. After sumo further conversation, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. NE WDEGATE inquired what the amount of the new duty upon glass was to be? Mr. WILSON said it was not intended to put a duty upon common glass. There was no duty at present. upon it. At the request of Mr. FREWEN and other hon. members, the resolution respecting the hop duties was postponed. The other resolutions were then agreed to, and the house resumed. STAMP DUTIES BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Stamp Duties Bill, Mr. HADFIELD moved that the house adjourn. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that s s h e s the s i on b it n n was ee au of s u a P i t a o r l sit a m a e n l i t t t a l et any late, y e ~ iant order p t e e r i o a d e c o e f En t p h l e i dd.for a division, but none t oo k thinghe houseike a w a e reasonable then e cleared d. place, that was read a third time. On the the bill do pass, and the questionbill Mr. HADFIELD moved the addition of the following clauses :—" And whereas doubts ha ve ar i sen, w h ether, under the provisions of the said act of the 13th and 14th years of her present Majesty, chap. 97, leases, whereby there is reserved a peppercorn or other nominal rent, are subject to the stamp duty of 6d. by the said act imposed on leases where the rent shall not exceed 51., or to a stamp of some other and greater amount, and it is expedient that the said doubts should be set at rest, be it enacted, that where, by any lease, or tack of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or heritable subjects, for any term of years, there shall be reserved the rent of a pepper corn, or any other nominal rent, such lease or tack shall, in respect of such nominal rent, only be subject to the said stamp duty of 6d., and no more ; be it enacted that where any conveyance of any lands, &c., &c., shall be made with out consideration money, other than a nominal considera tion, not exceeding 251., such conveyance shall be subject to a stamp duty of 2s. 6cl. and no more." Mr. WILSON opposed the introduction of the clauses, which were negatived without a division. Mr. HAMILTON, in the absence of Lord Naas, moved the addition of the &Relying clause :—" The stamp duties now payable on matriculations, degrees, and certificates of degrees, in each and every university in the United King dom shall be abolished so soon as provision shall have been made, to the satisfaction of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury in lieu of any moneys heretofore voted annually by Parliament for any of the said universi ties." These taxes were taxes on education, and as such were very objectionable. (Hear, bear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the house would leave the matter in the hands of the Govern ment, as they had already commenced to deal with it. The question, apparently, was very simple, but not at all as much so as hon. gentlemen might suppose. The question ran into very considerable branches of detail, and involved, consequently, a large amount of revenue. Colonel DUNNE thought the clause a very reasonable one, and should, th ere f ore, suppor t it. The clause was negatived without a division. Mr. WILSON moved the omission of clause 15, for the purpose of moving the insertion of an amended clause, which was agreed to. Mr, IiADFIELA moved an amendment, with the object of making all leases for a longer term than 35 years, pal 3/. per cent., 31311 no more. On a division there appeared— Fur the amendment Majority ag:tini3t The amendment was actnoruiegly lost. The bill then pulsed. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. 8 74 -66 On the 'notion for rea•iing this bill a second' time, Mr. MAGUIRE objected to taking the bill at such an hour of the morning (two o'clock). The bill involved an insult and ,n outrage to Ireland. Sir J. YOUNG said the bill was directed against Ribbon and secret societies in Ireland, which it was most desirable to suppress. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the condition of the counties of Armagh and Monaghan during the last few years, where `• Ribbon notices," as also open -day murders, had taken place, the victim having been previously tried and convicted by those secret mid night tribunals. The bill made provision for licensing the possession of aims, which would not be refused to any but those of bad character. (Hear.) Mr. MICHELL referred to the murder of Mr. BateS oll, who informed him that he had received no less than 38 Ribbon notices. Mr. HUME moved the adjournment of the house. (Spoke, spoke.) Mr. FOX moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day three months. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MAGUIRE denounced the Ribbon system, and contended that all Ireland should nut be censured because of the bad passions of some few misguided wretches. After a few words from Mr. V. SCULLY against tke bill, Mr. MACARTNEY as mred the house that these crimes did hot originate with the Protestants of the North of Ireland. The house then divided— For the second reading Against ll • Majority for —39 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Usury Laws Repeal Bill was read a second time. Tne Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) 13,11 went through committee, as also did the Prisoners' Removal Bill. _ The Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill was read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at five minutes to 3 o'clock. Mr. Brockman paired all last night in favour of the Ge• vernment, with Mr. Evelyn against. Mr. Wilkinson was prevented by illness from voting on the third reading of the Bribery Bill on Friday last. • Mr. Pugh has paired with Mr. Urquhart. Pairs for the remainder of the Session :—Mr. S. Davies with Sir C. Lemon ; Lord Bective with Lord Uxbridge; Mr. F. Dundas with Mr. H. Kintgornery ; Mr. Martin T. Smith with Admiral Walcott; Lord A. Vane•TemPeA with Mr. J. L. Ricardo. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Bryn-y-Mor, from Buenos Ayres ; Blackfriar. Sydney,Harlingen, Cey lon ; Coesar, Barbadoes Caroline Tucker, Tadousse and Quebec ; Lydia, Ceylon; Vesper, Venice ; Ja.cobine, Lar sen ; Anna Ystad ; Niger, Callao ; Tistedalen, Matan ° ' Venus, Cape Palmas ; Marianne Bertha, Memel ; Agenoris, ditto ; Rouen, Havana ; Creole, Dominica ; Drie Fraubef Stettin ; Hannah, ditto; African, Bathurst ; R. G. Bar' barn, St. John's, N. 8.; Antje Fronk, Memel ; Soeblo mestre, Drontheim ; Howard, Hudikswall ; R"" e ' Iquique ; Anna Marie, Nordingborg ; Benedictus, slow; Charlotte, Christiania; Triton, Neustadt ; Stadt Dordrecht, Dora, &c. ; Vesta, Oporto ; Alfred, Calcutta St. Paul, St. John's, N.B. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Stad Dordrec* for Dordt ; Creole, Dominica ; Celerity, Havre; Mar ir of Bute, Sandwich Island s an d V ancouver ' s I s l a nd ; pareil, Naples; Foraget, Christiansand ; Unity, Antwerp, Onderkerk Van der Ann s t e t, P or t Phili p ; Clara, Port: land Bay and Madras; Duke of Lancaster, Hobart Tow n ; Barbara, St. John's, N.B. ; Eliza, Naples; Paz, Rivadeo, Gijon, and San Seb as ti an . VESSELS CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Dervielit' water for Hobart Town ; William, Leer; Monarch , Ca l ' cotta ; Meander, Melbourne and Port Phillip ; Pro": ' ditto;dance, Caen ; .Provid en ti a , Hamburg • Herman, Desire, Brest ; Pasha, Ri o Janeiro • William Albal. Surinam ; Wilhelmina, R os t oc k ; Greg:6ns, Constan?' nople and Varna ; Clara, Portland Bay and Madras; Orbit, Bruges; Fremersea, Danzig. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—JULT 28. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 491 Oa to 72s od, new 49s to 73s ; red, old 40s to 675, new 40-, to 668 ; barley, 27s to 35s ; chevalier, 33s to 38s ; grindin . ~ 4 21s to 308 ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s; oats, 26s to 33s ; peas, partridge, 40s to 45s ; white, 47s to 495; boiling 54s to 6 's ; dun, new, 40s to 42s ; beans, tick, 410 to 44s ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; Mazagan, 405 to 448. COLCHESTER juLY 29. Prices to-dAy were as follow :—Wheat, white, 60 s to 64x; red, 52s 'to 60s ; barley, 00s to 00s ; oats, 00s to 00s ; beans, Mazagan, 41s to 44s ; middle and small, 46s to 48s ; peas, white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 40s to 425. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., receive I in the port of London, from the following ports, from the 24th to the 29th July, both inclusive. I A' 4.; e , 8 Colchester ilarwich Leigh Ha'don 131 336 KIRK Wheat. First Second ['bird sls Od Oatmeal, per bag of - 675 - 15 !AL D Y-JuLy 29. r.- 120 Barley. Oats. I Beans. I 31s 01 33s ed i Os Od —s Od I 31s Gd I Os Od —s Od —s Od I Os Gd 2SOlbs imperial, OOs Od to OOs Od. COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at tl a. Buddle W. Hartley lB 6 Cares Hartley lB 6 Chester Main 18 0 Davison's West Hartley 18 6 Hasting's Hartley l9 6 lolywell.. West ..... 19 6 Howard's y Netherton lB 6 Lougridge's WstHartley 18 6 South Tanfie'd 16 0 'Canfield Moor l6 3 Canfield Moor Butes 16 3 Walker Primrose West Hartley .•i8 6 Willington Hartley __Pi 0 Wallseud l9 6 Viral'send &c. Acorn Close l3 6 Gosforth lB t :T.—JuLy 31. le close of the market. WEOlsend, &c. I P. A. 1 i N ll: e e w d I eY Whitworth 15 1 0 8 6 Lawson -- '''''' lB 3 ; Bell's Primrose 15 0 Belmont 19 6 lirarklyll 2O 9 Framwellgate l9 9 ,laswell 21 6 Lumley l9 6 Plummer 2O 0 Russell's Hetton 20 . 9 -3 tewart's 2l 6 South Hetton 21 0 0 Cassop 2O south Hartlepool ......• 19 o v Stain Kelloe .............. ; Cowpen lB 0 v Derwentwater Hartley. 19 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LlVE . R_P c O a p e, L io , ni J a lj n l : Y 3l 3 4 l. i ; mist L an cs_i STOCK EXCHANGE shire, 16R 6 ; Lancashire anti Yorkshire, 67$ ; London st'_ . North-Western. 106/ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and coln, 233 4; Midland, 67 ;I; North British, 8g; 8 Eastern, 191. MANCHESTER. JULY 31. And STOCK EXCHANGE. —P r i ces to-day have been g ..r.-- m 1 10 t a good buminess has been done. Caledonian, 32 ; 8 Lancashire, 16 9-16_; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 671,., , London and North-Western, 107; ditto, Quarters a ; prem. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 232 8 York and North Midland, 2z4. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 31. „ n t of STOCK EXCHANGE.—The r e was a larger !IMO.— husineAs i n ra il way s h ares than of late done on 'change -- },, " day, a n d pr i ces generally had an upward tendency. th Lae dou and N or th-W estern Stock was transacted at 10 1, bar/ highest surf fetched for Borne months past. Shrew's and Birmiughaw, 69i c. ; South Staffordshire, 2 dis. BRISTOL, JULY 31. ig STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t con ti nues fi r m. but still very inactive, holders refusing to sell unless at oil '- Vance. ill [ADVERTISEMENT I — Holloway's Ointment an. - do wonderfully effic ac i ous i n cur i ng Scrofula, Old Woun ds ' and Bad Legs.—Mr. L. Fordyce, shoemaker, Forgu'; Aberdeenshire, suffered for a long time from a larg wound in his thi g h, f rom w hi ch diseased portions of thy° bone came out. H e was at the Aberdeen Infirll2 lL r ri for several week s , b u t i n d ef i ance of the treatment t'ie,;: adopted, he be came so much worse that the gur,geo-b• advised him to have the limb amputated. On hi s b e jecting to this he was discharged as incurable, wben b commenced using Holloway's ointment and pills, w " -c e have so effectually cured him that he is able to realm his work, and now en j oys most excellent health .--S,;.°l, by all druggi s t s, an d at Professor Holloway's esta b o ' ment, 244, Strand, London. B II? TB S. OF A SON. On the 27th of May, at Mount Victoria, wife of H enr y D own, E sq., C ommander of the Penie° l2 and Oriental steam-ship Chusan. it. On the 28th ult., a t 7, S ussex - square, Brighton, the W of the Rev. H. D. H ea tl ey . Singa po re, the OP A DAUGHTER. Wife On the 31st ult., at the M anor -h ousa, C h i sw i c k, the W of Harrington Take, M.D. • On the 26th ult., at Boul ogne -sur-bier the wife of GO' tain Charles Raleigh Chichester, 97th Regiment. MARRIED. id On the 27th ult., at 26, Dublin-street, Edinburgh, h" r Barrie, Esq., writer, Dund ee, t o L ouisa, eldes t &ug of John Cairns, Esq. On the 27th ult., at Petworth, the Rev. John N ° l Curate of Duncton, to H enr i e t ta Jane, eldest daughter - James Marr Brydone, Esq., R.N. DIED. On the 29th ult., a t an advanced age, the lion. ° Ch h ,, r si d lotto Oeoroina. Lady Bedingfeld, relict o f Sir Itl e '" - Bedingfeld, Bart., o f Oxburgh-hall, Norfolk. a d- On the 28th ult., at Liscard, a ed 64, John Den dock, .01., a m ag i s t rate and dgeptity-lieutenant for to county of Cheater. On the 27th u l t., at 29, Store-street, Bedford-101" r e ( 1.• her 94th year, Mary Charlotte, only A sister of the !titerrn mum] Lodge, Rig , K.H., Clgrenceux King 0 . for.o, F.S.A., and daughter of the Rev. Edmund Lodge, inerl Rector of Carshalton, in Surrey. 40, LONDON : Printed and Published by M URDO YOTT II 2: of Nu. li2, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 10 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counti Middlesex, Tuesday, August 1, 1854.