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- supposing that during six or eight months of deliberation the whole of these bills, with little alteration, would come to ba generally adopted he could not say. If such a dispo sition should appear they might then re-introduce them next session. He agreed that the bill his right hon. friend took charge of----the Tenant's Compensation Bill—whether it was contained in a separate bill or embraced in the clauses of one of them, was a matter of inferior importance. Either in the one form or the other, it would be sufficient for its purpose. But he must own, seeing that the question was Still so much a matter of dispute, that there was no dispo sition on either side to agree to the bill which was called the Landlord's and Tenant's Bill he thought it would be almost useless to attempt to enter into the consideration of its clauses. (Hear, hear.) There was one thing his noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor was reported to have said, and which had been quoted by the hon. and learned gentleman, in which he fully agreed, that the best thing that could be done on this subject—that which, beyond all question, no one could dispute, and which another noble friend of his, also a member of the administration, Lord Lansdowne, had always contended for—was that they should endeavour to make the law as perfect as possible with regard to voluntary contracts between landlord and tenant—(hear)--that the tenant on entering on his tenancy should know precisely what he was engaged to perform, and what were his rights and claims ; and that there should be a simple mode of enforcing the contract without having recourse to a dilatory and expensive process of litigation. That was an object practical in itself, and was contained in the Leasing Powers Bill, which he owned he considered a most excellent measure. (Hear, hear.) The hon. mem ber for Enniskillen had expressed himself very angrily against the government, and no doubt it was easy to use hard words on this subject. He (Lord J. Russell) did not wish to retort or to refer to the history of the government to which the hon. and learned gentleman had belonged with respect to this question, and the question raised lay the hon. member for Kilkenny. He did not wish to use hard words on that subject, and he thought it better not • to make any rejoinder, as he did not desire a matter of this kind to be made a point of party contest ; but if he - was to refer to the history of past governments, he might be able to show that one party-was as vulnerable as the other in this respect. The subject was no doubt ene of great difficulty, and he had only one consolation in the present state of the question, and that was derived from the statement of the hon. member for Kilkenny. He (Lord J. Russell) was not in attendance in the house when the speech of the bon, member was delivered, having been detained at a meeting of the Privy Council, but he under stood that the hon. member stated that one reason why it was not necessary to come to an immediate settlement of this question was, that Ireland was now is a better condi tion than she ha d ever been, and that there were no angry discussions between landlord and tenant, and that those were reasons why there could be no harm done by post poning these bills. That coming from a gentleman who had been always urging the prompt settlement of the question, was certainly satisfactory. He (Lord J. Russell) might also mention that he had to-day seen an old, friend of his, a gentleman of large landed property in Ire land, and he asked )rim his opinion on that point, and he confirmed the statement of the hon. member, saying that there never was a time when landlords. and tenants were on better terms, and that the state of Ireland was g reatl y improved. He might add that he had received a private letter from the Lord Lieutenant, in which he expressed his great satisfaction at the state of peace and general good feeling which prevailed in Ireland. In conclusion, the noble lord said, let us hope that though the Government may be subject to taunts on this question, there may come a time when we shall be able to enter with greater har mony and union in the work of legislation, which remains to be done ; and I do hope that both parties who hold ex treme views, those who on the part of tenants go beyond what is reasonable, and those who are advocates of the maintenance of the rights of landlords to such an extent as may be inconsistent with the interests of tenants, will mo dify those views, and that at last we may attain, if not to a perfect code of legislation, to some settlement of the question. Mr. MAGUIRE strongly denounced the conduct of the Government in not dealing with this question, and said that he despaired of seeing it settled until it, was taken up a sincere and resolute manner by Government. . Mr-POIeLA.RD-URQUITART expressed his regret that es. Lord J.aussell had not made some explicit declaration on ,the ,subjeot of tenants compensation, andSiugecl that al e_ ihrtgliest.thospresent moment,there was tranquillity in Ireland, the tenantry could not ba expected to submit pa tiently to be taxed for carrying on a war unless they had full justice done to them. Sir A. BROOKE thought that this discussion had proved the impracticability of legislation on this subject. Al though he was opposed alegislation, he did not wish to deprive tenants of any of their rights ; but these bills were an invasion of the rights of property. He hoped gentlemen connected with the tenant league would abstain from agi tation on this subject during the next winter; and if the people were left to themselves, there would not be a word said about tenant right. Mr. POTTER, as a member for a town in Ireland, wished to say that he viewed this question as one in which all Ireland was concerned. In the north of Ireland, some years ago, tenants did lay out a deal of money, but from the time of the Devon commission there had arisen a feel ing of distrust, and they had not been induced to lay out their money. He knew that there wore large sums lying idle in the banks in Ireland from this cause, and regretted extremely that the noble lord had held out no hope of the Government dealing with this subject. Mr. DISRAELI said he could not allow this conversa tion to cease without some observations, which he thought due to his right hon. friend, who was concerned is it. He ' observed with regret that there had been some doubt thrown en the sincerity of his right hon. friend in under taking the consideration and the conduct of these bills in Parliament. He could easily understand that to a gen tleman of the high susceptibility and honour like his right hon. friend, such accusations would be painful and odious, and he must confess that being perfectly acquainted with the course or conduct of his right bon. friend, and knowing that he was in every respect single-minded on this question, he should not do his duty if he did not express his opinion on the present occasion. Long before his right hon. friend had introduced these subjects to Parliament, anti long before his right hon. friend had occupied the re sponsible position which he had recently held. his right hon. friend had conferred with him coutblentially, and he had expressed his opinion that this was aquestion which no public wan who aspired to take part in the affairs of his country ought to neg!ect. His right hon. friend had placed before him the result of the labours of Mr. Fergusson and the able coadjutor of that gentleman before they were pub lished, and therefore he was in a position to speak with authority with regard to the sentiments of his right hon. friend on this question. When at a period long after that accidents brought his right hon. friend and himself into a position in which their sincerity on thissubject could be tested, his right hon. friend sketched the measure which he afterwards introduced with so much elaboration and completeness to the house; and he (Mr. Disraeli) gave his complete adherence to the just views which his right hon. friend then indicated. In his opinion the question ought to have been met in the same spirit in which it had been introduced by his right hon. friend, and he was prepared to have supported him in the conduct of these measures. They have been told to-night that these were measures which it was impossible to pass through both houses of par liament. He was, however, of opinion that these were measures which, after they had been submitted to the cri tical examinati on o f par l iament, if they had been ta ken up by a sincere an d power f u l government, might have be e n passed, and th a t i n suc h a manner as to contribute to the happiness and wellbeing of Ireland, in every class, whether landlord or tenant. They certainly were bold provisions contained in the measure of his right hon. and learned friend, but they were also wise provisions, and guarded with prudent limitations. He could say-ae much of the Tenants Compensation Bill, which was brought forward by the Chief Secretary for Ireland, because his was a measure which contained bold provisions, without any restrictions or prudent limitations. His was a measure, in fact, which had a communistic tendency, but the measure of his right hon. and learned friend had an exceedingly good tendency, and yet this latter was the measure objected to by the no ble President of the Council. It was impossible to consider the peculiar subject under consideration to-night without taking a large and general view of it, though they could not enter into the minute details connected with the wise tenure of land in Ireland, but the noble lord the President of the Council had told them that the session was too far advanced for him totake the opinion of parliament on these two measures. Well, he was perfectly ready to admit that there was a legitimate reason to offer by any minister on such an occasion as this, especially by a minister who leads the House of Commons, but what said the Chief Secretary for Ireland? Why, contrary to the noble lord, he told them the question was of great magnitude and importance, but it was brought forward in such a form that on no condition what ever would the Government consent to its consideration in that shape. Now, which were they to believe—the noble lord, or the right hon baronet ? (Hear, hear.) He agreed with the noble lord, however, that the session was too far advanced to make it convenien t to enter on the discussion of one of the most important propositions that was ever submitted to the consideration of a c ommittee of the House of Common s , b u t what had they be en doing for the last six months, that they should now for the first time almost be called upon t o di scuss a question which was by no means new, having years ago been brought under the considera tion of Parliament , and ha ving l ast ye* been submitted to the consid erat i on of the Hous e by whom it had been fully investigated through of theerde ins , trumentality of a select committee. (Hear, hear. ) Srely, considering the - gravity anti importance of the su . bj ,nd conidering also Parliament, the length of time it had been before ee have been supposed that-the House of Commons t i h t i re s qt.would having sat six months, that the G overnm ent _ s n ix es m to o n n . ths ? g e h a year been able to offer some solution o the hear.) What had they been do' these have these last (Hear, H e wanted to know what Ministers h ad been doing tiques .wed been six months that the.' could not have h ad thiso what on thoroughly investigated ? He wanted t o kno w was the catalogue o f th e i r l eg i slation ; had the pe riod fully employed or deliber a t e l y wasted? (Rear, h ear.) R e r wanted to know, if we w ere a t war, where were the con quests we had gained, or, if we were at peace, what b en arrangements had bee n ma d e , or what advantageo us legislation had been accomplished ? (Hear, hear.) He Ministers reformed Parliament? (Hear, hear.) Had the revised Parliamentary oaths? (Hear, hear.) Had the y educated the country ? had they even educated Scotland? (Hear, hear.) Corruption in certain boroughs they had touched, but here, as in other instances, they had failed, and he should have thought that, instead of moving to report progress, it would kayo been more satisfactory to the country, and at all events to the feelings of the minister who pretended to lead the House of Commons, that some reason should be given why six months should have elapsed without their having this question brought under conside ration. Report progress on these two bills indeed ! better rather report the progress of ministers. (Laughter.) Let some one make a motion to that effect; let them report progress to enable ministers to come forward to the table and tell them what ministers had done during the last six months, and that would be reporting progress far more satisfautory to the country than the motion which the noble lord had made to-night. (Hear, hear.) The noble l ".rd bait a,, t succeeded • yet in dealitw with this difficult estilln, and wh a t was th e pros pect ;Inch the noble lord _ out of th e f uture legislation o f hi s G o vernment—if it be a Governm en t et 9 (Hear, hear) A few bi g h ts ago the Chancellor ancetillo e r s o nh of the t helxcliequer, spooking of the eouduet o f k th e s id e of the Lew es we e gentlemen on tile opposite niticant th w ere inconsiderable in n i number or nsig- Were a party,ca.purid f in i cplea th e y protested as a party, if they Chancellor of the Exch equer he th oug ht lie might fairly if th e y were a Gov lo e rn and his f r i en d s as a G overnme nt if spirit mmeet.(Cheers.) But conducting their debat e i n a spir mutuallyw provision a l—(laughter)— he would as k th e noble lord question whi c h an hon. gentlehmetaliner he would h had answer addressedthe e to him, nam e ly, w h at were the intentions a tent i i r o e iL dy of Govern ment with resp ec t t o th e tenure the future. (H ear, hear.) The n oblef land in I re l an d for lord had told them it was a difficult question to deal with ; but was it not the duty of th e G overnment to deal with difficu lt u tions : The noble Pr es id en t o f the Council, h owever,- for a number of years had somehow or other contrived to ► 1 carry on the Government of the country, personally speak ing, with admirable ability ; he was a ripe and skilful de bator, and, in his opinion, no uncommon orator ; and yet the secret spell of his administration was in always avoid ing questions of difficulty. (A laugh.) This question might be a difficult one, but after their professions iu 184 G, he insisted that the Government were bound to do something with regard to the tenure of laud in Ireland, and he hoped the hon. member who had put the question would press for an answer. The noble lord had attempted to meet the difficulty by reading a passage from a private letter of the Lord-Lieutenant, but the noble lord had never yet had a difficulty upon Irish politics which he did not attempt to solve by reading a passage from the letter of a Lord-Lieutenant. (A laugh.) The right hon. gentle man having justified the support which he and his party gave to the second reading of Mr. Sergeant Shee's bill, al though they disapproved of its provisions, on the ground that as at the time the whole question was about to be referred to a select committee it was only fair that all sides should be heard in the committee, he went on to ob serve that the hon. and learned serg eant had been described by the Chief Secretary for Irelan d not exactly as a fol lower of the opposition, but as one who repudiated the claim of the Governmen t his support. The right hon. baronet said the hon. and learned gentleman was not one of those who honoured the Government with their sup port. Well, he (Mr. Disraeli) confessed at this advanced period of the session he would not enter into the inquiry of who were the gentlemen who honoured the Go vernment with their support. (A laugh.) It was one of those questions which might lead not only to a de bate, but even to adjourned debates, as there was hardly a question of the present day which was more susceptible of breadth of treatment or more capable of giving rise to interminable discussions. (A laugh.) Whe ther after the longest discussion it could be satisfactorily proved to the country that unbounded support which, of course, the Government would desire, was a question they need not now settle ; they must still leave it to be one of the many vexed questions that agitate the political world. On the present occasion he wanted the committee to do justice to his right hon. and learned friend, who had taken up this question long before he ever anticipated being in a responsible position, and who, when he found himself in a responsible position, pressed it upon the attention of the Cabinet with earnestness and energy. (Hear, hear.) He wanted the committee distinctly to understand what they were talking about. The honou r of his ri g ht hon. and learned friend was at stake , and that bein g so, the noble lord (the President of the Council) could not be allowed to stifle the expression of Parliamentary opinion by simply moving that the chairman should report progress. (Hear.) The noble lord had fixed this evening expressly for a state ment from a member of the late Government upon the most important subject connected with the Government of Ireland. That statement having now been made had evi dently produced a deep impression upon the whole com mittee; but it was followed by a statement of a very dif ferent character, and it was quite plain that the speech of the Secretary for Ireland had produced a very different effect to that of the speech of his right hon. and learned friend. He was unwilling to speak of this latter statement with any great severity ; it was made at the twilight hour, which, according to Dante, softens the heart, and might, perhaps, soften the brains too—(a laugh)—but be that as it might, the right hon. baronet could hardly expect the few measured sentiments which he uttered upon this subject should carry conviction to the minds of a committee of the House of Commors, or be at all satisfactory to the country upon this vital question. (Hear.) It was most surprising that the noble President of the Council, having in the most formal manner fixed this occasion for hearing the statement of the late Attorney-General for Ireland, and having listened to that statement, should get up and move that the Chairman do report progress. That appeared to him to bethe most singular, the most unauthorised, and most unadvisable course that was ever yet taken by any Minister, because what was the motive of his right hon. and learned friend in ask ing permission of the house to make this statement ? Why, his right hon. and learned friend, actuatedfrom an impulse of public feeling which was always respected by gentlemen on both aides of the house, had thought his personal honour was injured, and that the public interest was affected by the course which Government bad chosen to take upon these important bills ; and from a sense of honour and self respect, which, after all, was a most important stimulus to men in public life—(hear, hear)—he had been induced to bring the whole subject finally before the com mittee with a view to his own exculpation in the eyesof the public. He had not, however, made this appeal merely for the sake of obtaining a common-place official answer; on the contrary, he had made it for the purpose of eliciting the opinions of the house upon the question of whether he had acted in an unworthy manner with- regard to these bills, or whether they believed that the government of the coun try had trifled with him in a most unjust way. (Hear.) For the noble lord the President of the Council to meet that appeal by moving that the chairman should report progress was ungenerous, nay, it was unwise, because it was contrary to Parliamentary precedent and usage. Why, the noble lord might have left it for the hon. member for Salford (Mr. Brothertoe) to make that motion. (A laugh ) Why (lid he not ask the hon. member for Salford to make it for him ? It might have been consistent conduct in that hon. member, but it certainly was not in the noble lord. (Hear, hear,) The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to contrast this conduct of the noble lord with the treat ment which the noble lord met with from the opposition on a similar occasion, and asked what the house or the country would have thought if, when the noble lord bad made his appeal to the house on abandoning the Reform Bill, anybody had got up and said the best thing they could do was to move the previous question, or ask leave to report progress? (Hear.) Instead of that course being taken, however, the house felt that the individual who appealed to them was not only justified in making the appeal, but that it was his duty to do so, and the pre sent being a precisely parallel case, he asked the house whether they would deny to an individual member the samejustice that they accorded to a Ministerof the Crown. To see his measures, after all, thrown over scarcely with respect, ho might well express his opinions, and he was jus tified in doing so. But, in behaving thus to him, the Go vernment had only followed a rule which, with strict im partiality, they applied to themselves. This was only the same process of treatment which the Reform Bill had un dergone. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Napier ought to have consi dered this before making his appeal to the cormnitte, which had been made without consulting him (Mr. Disraeli), as it was his wont to du. He should have dissuaded him from taking that coarse, on the ground the the Government was made of such singular materials that they were constantly compelled to withdraw their own bills, and that the busi ness of a coalition Ministry could not be carried on without continual perfidy. (Hear.) Such appeals to the house were inconvenient at this moment, when it was essential to present to Europe the appearance of hs.ving a great and united party at the head of affairs. (Laughter.) Had the Government proposed to exclude strangers from the house for the remainder of the session, it would, perhaps, have tended to consolidate their strength. As the appeal had been made he hoped the house would respond to it. (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that the question, as at first submitted, was a very important ono. He had appointed an important bill (the Bribery Bill) as the first order of the day, but had postponed it to give Mr. Napier the opportu nity of making any charge or giving any explanation he wished. (Hear, hear.) Ho was fully heard. Sir John Young offered his explanation ; and he then thought that the house would consent to proceed with that other impel' tent measure. Other gentlemen spoke, and protracted the debate; but Mr. Disraeli had taken another course—that of making a party attack upon the Government, not merely with reference to this bill, but to their general conduct. (Hear, hear.) He had taken the opportunity of referring to a course to which he was a party when in office, to which he (Lord John Russell) not wishing to rouse angry feelings in debate, had very lightly adverted. But he thought himself obliged to refer again to that sub ject, that Mr. Disraeli's explanation might be valued at what it was worth. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Sharman Crawfod, when a member of that house, had been in the habit of proposing to introduce bills which the members of his ad ministration thought contained principles that ought not to be countenanced by the house. They always fairly declared their sentiments, either on the proposal to introduce such bills, or on their second reading. Mr. Disraeli, when a member of the Government, had thought fit to pursue a different course. Other bills were introduced by the At torney-General of that Government, and then they gave leave to an hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Serjeaut Shee) to introduce his bill. That was evidently not only a surprise, but a great gratification to the supporters of the bill. That bill was referred to a select committee, who, it was supposed, would fairly consider its provisions, whether they were just to the landlord and fair to, the tenant. Great alarm was excited in the other hOuse of Parlia ment; the supporters of the then administration felt that property was endangered by this bill, and a noble lord having asked a question on the subject, Lord Derby de clared that he utterly disapproved of the principle of the bill, that it was not intended seriously to consider them, and that he for one would never sanction such principles. Hero was deception in the first place of those who had pro posed the bill, who were gulled with the notion that their bill was to be fairly considered, and then were told that it had only been sent to a committee in order to be rejected. A course more disreputable and discreditable to a govern ment had never been pursued. (Cheers.) Such was the conduct which Mr. Disraeli had thought fit to bring under the notice cf the house ; and he had brought it forward in such a way as to render it necessary that ho (Lord John) should remind the house what was really done. If that bill was a fair bill, and contained provisions which really deserved the attention of the house, it ought to have been fairly considered in committee. If it contained pro visions dangerous to property, the Government should have declared against it at once, and not have allowed it to proceed till they found It had excited alarm, which it was necessary to allay, in the members of the other house. (Hear.) Mr. Disraeli had found great fault with the conduct of the Government during the present session ; but he was in a very peculiar position with regard to the Party he led, and the Oppoiitiou often induced him to pur sue to a course different from what he otherwise would pur sue. He was the leader of a party who attached impor tanceoft certain principles, traditions which belonged to them, and to the maintenance their credit and character, and to the historic tine and —re I conaequently followed , when there were any great ques tions before the house whether sound or not. (Hear.) inno vation —any question gresswerienfawirhliychattheprinciples. issue —any of those ques tions on which that of conserve . would always , e those principles ; Party had always been afraid of MO the honour of t in which it appeared to them that country was concerned—that party or not, assert'wheth er the right hon. gentleman wished it fair and h ear t y Disraeli found himself disa bl ed and if those principles led them to th e support of the G ear, hear.) Therefore Mr. Government, they gave them a naturally tak en by a leader of from p ursu i ng th e course of suppo r t, of bringing t o an i ssue the conttille c Opposition, n ame ly, th a t t of th e Government on and some question or o th er, asking whether or no t it was deserving the supp or t o f the House e support which th e G overnment had on m d Commons ; for the of those questions would be s uc h as to streng t henietheaGnoyvernment is c h o e u t r i se t_o to di l v i ru e s (whaiit4riorhienaor .) donhthearet I%vvalichaniolte w • her were made by independ en t mein ors ; and, wl • tev Wll3 the character of thos e motions, provieed"7 Mere no great principles involv e d, an d no immediat e ly disastrous consequences to ensue f rom th e i r adopti the right hon. gentleman pursued one undeviating course, that of endeavouring, whatever the quest i on migh t be, to put the government in a minority, ant then take his chance o f saying that their measures had Idled, and that motions which they opposed had been adopted. (Cheers.) That was certainly a conduct iinie.what new to him, for he had been opposed by such leaders as Sir R. Peel, and others who preceded hiin; and when their opinions led them to oppose the government, they pa' orally and fairly, and jus tifiably did so, but they never thought of coming down to the house merely to take up any motion that might be ma de. (Cheers) If it was a question which did not affect the public-interest or the transaction of the public busi ness, they thought it their duty either to abstain from op posing or to • 14) su ort the Government. (Hear.) But Mr. Disraeli recognised no such duty as incumbent on him. 1 He seemed to consider questions in which the greatest in- THE StYN I LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING I JtTLY 14, 154. terests of the country were involved as a game in which it was perfectly competent to him to embarrass when he could, to utter his sarcasms and taunts, without considering what important consequences might flow from such a course. (Hear.) If he found that his party would go with him on any great question, let him ask the house for a vote of want of confidence ; let him act as his predecessors had done. But if there was a question ou which he and his party wore not bound by any principle of theirs to oppose the Govern ment, let them act with that enlarged character, and that integrity of conduct, which had distinguished that party in former days. This was one of the causes which had rendered so difficult the conduct of public business of late years. (Hear, hear.) He (Lord John) had certainly post poned the Reform Bill with the greatest reluctance ; but he did it in agreement with the great majority of members on his side, and in accordance with the opinion of the house generally. (Hear.) He had certainly not changed his views as to the importance of that measure; but he had postponed it because he could not stand against the general impression which prevailed in the house and throughout the country. (Hear, hear.) He felt great confidence that the time would come when these defects which remained in the first Reform Bill would come under the considera tion of the house, and amendments would be deemed ne cessary. (Hear, hear.) He had only further to say, with regard to Mr. Napier, that nothing was further from his intention, in moving that the chairman should report pro gress, than to disparage his speech or the conduct he had pursued. He could not conceive that any kind of pro gress would be made with the bill that evening. What had happened to it had happened frequently under various Governments in the middle of July, when it was found impossible to go into various complicated questions and arrive at solutions of them. There would be no advantage in attempting to pursue the bill further. He did not say that it was the duty of the Government to leave the ques tion without a solution. He believed the most useful mea sure that coal(' be proposed would be one giving power and force to voluntary contracts, and a simple remedy for the violation of those contracts. (Hear, hear.) One of those measures contained provisions fur that purpose, and he trusted that before long it would become the law of the land. Whether or not it would be possible to go further, and make a compulsory arrangement of all the relations between landlord and tenant, was a matter on which he had very great doubts, not merely because it was a diffi cult matter of legislation, but because he doubted whether legislation could be so applied as to act with efficacy and with justice. (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SCULLY went at very great length into a history of the whole subject, and introduced a castigation of Mr. Lucas for his language in reference to an absent member of the Government, whom he would not have dared to attack in his presence. Mr. MAGUIRE expressed his conviction that the Im putation on Mr. Lucas's courage was unfounded. Mr. DISRAELI said the noble lord had entered into some comments on the relations which existed between the members of the Conservative party and those who had the honour to direct their general conduct. The noble lord had stated that while they had no confidence in their leader their leader had confidence in them ; but that still they were always putting the Government in a minority. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) That was certainly an ex tremely inconvenient state of things, but ho wished to dis abuse the noble lord of the impression that he had formed respecting himself (Mr. Disraeli). So far from its being his principal business to study how he could put the noble lord in a minority, the noble lord, if he were to change places with him, would find that in the present peculiar conjuncture the principal duty of a leader of Opposition ' was to study that, if possible, the Government should not every night be placed in that position. (Laughter.) The noble lord had made some strong comments upon this re markable state of affairs. He avowed that he did not ex pact him (Mr. Disraeli) to propose a vote of want of confi dence in the Government, and be thought the noble lord was quite right ; because although such a vote was un doubtedly a constitutional mode of proceeding, yet it did somewhat interfere with the prerogative of the Crown, and ought, therefore, not to be taken except under extraor dinary circumstances. But the noble lord said the Oppo sition ought to ask the opinion of the house on some great subject, and if then the result were adverse to the Govern ment, they might draw some deduction from the circum stance. If that were so, it was really incumbent upon the noble lord to say what was the great subject on which he wished the opinion of the home, to be taken. (Cheers.) Surely, reform and national education were great sub jects; and there were other subjects of first-rate impor tance on which the Government had been placed in a minority some 12, 14, 16, or 18 times. (Loud cheers.) As the noble lord was a great constitutional scholar, he would remind him that in former times, when a Government had found itself placed in circum stances of great difficulty—though, to be sure, a govern ment which had been in such frequent minorities he had never beard of—(cheers)—its conduct had not been for its members to get up in that pettish spirit which had lately been displayed in so many instances, and to taunt the op position with not bringing forward motions of want of confidence. (Hear.) Such had not been the c o u rse purl' sued by the government of which the noble lord himself was so long a distinguished member. On the contrary, that Government felt that nothing could be more embar rassing, nothing more inconvenient, nothing more injuri ous to parliamentary government, than that power should be possessed by men who apparently could not pass their measures. (Cheers.) Heaven knew that he (Mr. Disraeli had no wish to disturb the present administration; but he supposed they had still a claim to exercise their *constitu tional right of opposing those measures of which they disap proved. He supposed they had still that privilege. He had said before that he would never himself be a member of that administration that existed only on sufferance. (Hear, hear.) It was not, however, that he did not ap preciate the great sacrifices which her Majesty's present Government were making ; what they must go through in public and in private it was impossible for the house to conceive ; but while he was giving them credit for their patriotism, the noble lord taunted them with not moving a vote of want of confidence. If the noble lord wished the opinion of the house to be tested, let him do what he had . done before—let him ask one of the supporters of the Go . vernmeut to introduce a motion calling on the house to declare their confidence in it. (Hear, hear.) Tho noble . lord said that Sir H. Peel, when in opposition, had taken . a different course from that which he (Mr. Disraeli) pur sued. Now he knew pretty weil the career of Sir 11. Peel, , for he had set on the same benches with him, and he had read the history of his political career before he (Mr. Dis raeli) was a member of Parliament. But he wont(' risk the no)le lord when Sir Robert Peel ha I had to encounter a Ministry which was placed iu a minority on the avere:,e3 twice a week? (Loud laughter and cheers) Every mo tion on which the present Government had been beaten, with the exception of some of the divisions on the Oxford Bill, had been proposed by those who sat upon their own beaches. He must again repeat that ha admired the powers of endurance which were exhibited by the Government- When the Coalition was formed he was asked how long it would last ; and he ventured to say that it would last until every member of it hail irretrievably injured his public character. (Loud cheers), The committee then reported progress. STAMP ACTS. The house went into committee on these acts. After a few words from Mr. V. SCULLY, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said the house was called upon lo pass a resolution which would inflict a heavy tax to be levied on an entirely new principle, on a particular portion of the property of the country. He should be glad to know what was the cause of this change, and how much revenue the Government expected to derive from it. He complained that as soon as the term of 99 years had been exceeded the tax was to be doubled, though practically there was no dif ference between a lease for 999 years and a fee. Mr. HADFIELD said if the Secretary to the Treasury would trust to his own judgment, instead of relying en the authorities of Somerset House, there would be no occasion to debate this question. There was no intrinsic difference between a lease of 100 years and one of 1,000 years; yet it was prop,sed that there should be a duty of 3 per cent. on leases of 100 years, and a duty of 6 per cent. on leases ex ceeding that period. It was unjust to make such a dis tinction. After the recent abandonment of an excessive charge, it was not right for the Chancellor of the Exche quer to impose this new charge on Lancashire conveyancing: There were 10,400 subscribers of building societies in Lan cashire alone, all whose little conveyances would be charged 25 per cent. by this bill. He proposed to abandon the second schedule altogether, and to limit the amount men tioned in the last schedule. He would take the sense of the committee on.the question. Mr. WILSON said that there were two kinds of con veyances of fee ; one where the money was paid down, and the other in the case of a perpetual annuity. The last were common in the neighbourhood of the hon. gentleman, and his object was to reduce the stamp on them. The hon. gentleman contended that b ecause th e stamp on leases for a long term of years was low, the stamp for the conveyance of a chief rent ought to be placed on the same footing. The Government endeavoured by a compromise to meet the wishes of those fur whom the hou. gentleman was interested ; but whilst he was willing to adopt the lowest part of the Government scale, he would not consent to the higher part, which alone could bring them home in point of revenue. What the Government proposed to do was to reduce the stamp on conveyances, where the consi deration was an annuity, to the same amount as on the higher class of leases. Mr. MULLINGS thought the proposition of the Govern ment was not only a fair, but generous compromise. The committee divided— For the amendment Against it l2O Majority —B4 Tho resolutions were then agreed to, and the house re sumed. To be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel T. Sydenham Conway, C. 8., from the 22d Foot, July 15. To bo Lieutenants and Captains without -purchase. Ensign and Lieutenant William Andrew M. Barnard, vice Bradford, July 14. Ensign and Lieutenant Claud Alexander, vice Bruce, July 14. Ensign and Lieutenant John Murray, July 14. To he Lieutenant and Captain by purchase. Ensign and Lieutenant William Brough Phillimore, vice Lindsay, July 14. To be Lieutenant and Pe,ptain without purchase. Captain Arthur E. Valetta Ponsonby, from the 62d Foot, July 15. COLDSTREAM FOOT GUARDS. To be Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels without purchase. Lioutenant and Captain Dudley. Wilmot Carleton, July 14. Lieutenant and Captain Lord Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy, July 14. Brevet-Lieutenant Colonel Arthur St. George H. Step ney, from the 54th Foot, July 15. Major James Talbot Airey, from the 22d Foot, July 15. To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase. Ensign and Lieutenant Horace William Cust, vice Carleton, July 14. Ensign and Lieutenant Philip Sambrook Crawley, vice Fitzroy, July 14. Ensign and Lieutenant Sir James Dunlop, Bart., July 14. Ensign. and Lieutenant Gerald Littlehales Goodlake, July 14. Captain James Armar Butler, from half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, July 15. SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS. To be Captains and Lieutenant -Colonels without purchase. Lieutenant and Captain Francis Haygarth, July 14. Lieutenant and Captain the Honourable Richard Char teris, July 14. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Franklyn Lushington, C. 8., from the 37th Foot, July 15. Major Lambert Lyons Montgomery, from the 80th Foot, July 15. To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase. Ensign and Lieutenant Francis Baring, vice Haygarth, July 14. Ensign and Lieutenant Seymour Lionel William Daw son Darner, vice Charteris, July 14. Ensign and Lieutenant Rowland F. W. Childers Julyl4. Ensign and Lieutenant William Wheatley, July 14. Captain Edward Robert Wetherall, from the Ist Foot, July 15. Captain Arthur Charles Greville, from the 21st Foot, July 15. . To be Adjutant. Lieutenant and Captain Hugh Fitz Hardinge Drum mond, vice Stephenson, promoted, July 14. 22d Foot—Major James Talbot Airey, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Conway, promoted in the Grenadier Guards, July 14. BREVET.—Captain John L. A. Simmons, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major in the Army; Brevet-Major John Lintora Arabic Simmons, of the Royal Engineers, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Turkey; Lieu tenant and Captain James Armar Butler, of the Coldstream Guards, to be Major in the Army, July 14. The name of Lieutenant Nasmyth, of the Bombay En gineers, is recorded to have the Brevet rank of Major, when he shall have been promoted to the regimental rank of Captain. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 14. To be Captains, without Purchase. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Wm. Brooke Northey, from half-pay Coldstream Guards, July 14. 7th Foot—Captain Hamilton Edmonds, from half-pay 60th Foot, repaying the differe nce , J u l y 14: 9th Foot—Captain Charles Pearson, from half-pay un attached, July 14. • 13th Foot-I-Captain T. lnigo Wickham Freeman, from half-pay unattached, July 14. 15th Foot—Captain Charles John Lord Colville, from half-pay unattached, July 14- 16th Foot—Captain Wm. Ward, from half-pay un attached, July 14. 38th Foot—Captain George Schreiber, from half-pay 18th Light Dragoons, July 14. 41th Foot—Captain Thornhill Warrington, from half pay 76th Foot, July 14. 45th Foot—Captain David Davies, from half-pay Unat tached, repaying the difference, July 14. 51st Foot- -Captain Cooke Tylden Pattenson, from half pay Rifle Brigade, July 14. 55th Foot—Captain Henry Connop, from half-pay Cape Corps, July 14. 60th Foot—Captain Francis J. Swayne Hepburn, from half-pay Unattached, July 14. 72d Foot—Captain Charles Cox, from half-pay 87th Foot, repaying the difference, July 14. 79th Foot—Captain George Newbery, from half-pay 44th Foot, July 14. 89th Foot—Captain Robert Hudson O'Reilly Hoey, from half-pay Unattached, July 14. 90th Foot—Captain the Honourable Richard Hare, from half-pay Unattached, July 14. 3d West India Regiment—Captain John James Greig, from half-pay unattached, vice Brabazon, appointed to 17th Foot, July 14. Rifle Brigade—Captain Ralph Pigott Ince, from half pa/ unattached, July 14. BREVET. TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Thornhill Warrington, 44th Foot, July 22, 1830. Captain Charles Cox, 72d Foot, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain Cooke T. Pattenson, 51st Foot, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain David Davies, 45th Foot, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain George Newbery, 70th Foot, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain George Schreiber, 35th Foot, Jan. 10, 1837. Captain T. Inigo W. Freeman, 13th Foot, June 28, 1838. Captain Wm. Brooke Northey, Ist Foot, Nov. 23, 1841. Captain Henry Connop, 55th Foot, Nov. 23, 1841. Captain Charles Pearson, 9th }loot, Nov. 23, 1811. Captain Honourable Richard Hare, 90th Foot, Nov. 23, 1841. Captain Hamilton Edmonds, 7th Foot, Nov. 23, 1841. Captain Francis J. Swayne Hepburn, GOth Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Capt ►in Ralph Piggott Ince, Rifleißrigade, Nov 11,1851. Captain John James Greig, 3d West Llama Regiment, Juno 20, 1854. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army. Brevet-Major Thornhill Warrington, 44th Foot, Nov. 9, 1846. Brevet-Major Charles Cox, 72d Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-. Major Cooke Tylden Pattenson, 51st Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major David Davies, 45th Foot, Nov. 11. 1831. Brevet-Major George Newbery, 79th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major George Schreiber, 38th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major T. Inigo Wickham Freeman, 13th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major William Brooke Northey, Ist Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major Henry Connop, 55th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major Charles Pearson, 9th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major Hon. Richard Hare, 90th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. Brevet-Major Hamilton Edmonds, 7th Foot, Nov. 11, 1851. TO BE COLONEL IN THE ARMY. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Thornhill Warrington, 44th Foot, June 20, 1854, WAR-OFFICE, JULY 14. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards—Major and Lieutenant - Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Lewis Duncan Williams to be Lieutenant-COlonel and Colonel, by purchase, vice McDouai!, who retires; Captain and Brevet - Lieu tenac t- Colonel Francis Mountjoy Martyn to be Major and Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Williams ; Lieutenant John Glencairn Carter Hamilton to be captain, by pur chase, vice Martyn ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Ambrose Congreve to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton, July 14. 2nd Dragoon Guards—Assistant -Surgeon Opie Smith, from the 48th Foot, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice For teath,,promoted on the Staff, July ;4. 3rd Dragoon Guards—Robert Norwood, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Neave, promoted, July 14. Gth Dragoon Guards—Henry Arthur Wight, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vicalForinby, who retires, July 14. 3rd Light Dragoons—Cornet Joseph P. North, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Preston, pro moted; Arthur Salter, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, resigned, July 14. 9th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Orr Crichton, M.D., from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Massey, promoted on the Staff, July 14: 91 Light Dragoons—James Goldie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grant, promoted, July 14. 16th Light Dragoons—Hugh D'Arcy Pegge Burnell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Leonard, whose retirement was announced in the Gazette of the 21st April, 1854, July 14. Ist Regiment of Foot—Duncan Cameron Brock, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mulle r , p romo t e d ; Lieutenant Theobald M`Ke nna , to he Adjutant, vice Tur ner, who resigns the Adjutancy only, July 14. 2d Foot—Alexander Watson, Gent., to oe Ensign, with out purchase, vi ce D ra k e promoted, uly 14. 3d Foot—Robert Blair Hyndionan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice W. R. Turner, promoted, July 14. 4th Foot—Charles Patrick Stokes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sheppard, promoted July 14. sth Foot—Eustace Beaumont Barnaby, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Templeman, promoted, July 14. 6th Foot—Richard Bolton, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice gansergh, promoted, July 14. 7th Foot —Lewis John Fillis Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, July 14. 9th Foot—Charles James Berton, Gent., to be Ensign, with )ut purchase, vice Nugent, promoted, July 14. 15th Foot—Robert Thomas Powlett Cuthbert, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Moore, promoted, July 14. 18th Foot—Charles James Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, Taylor, without purch ase , v i ce W . O'B. 14. 21st Foot—Thomas Bruce, wh o reti, Gent , to be Ensign, by Pm' chase, vice Gaskellres; James Henry Patrickson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, July 14. 33rd Foot— Quartermaster-Serjeant Edward Vyso to be Quartermaster, vice Jones, who retires upon half-pay, July 14. 31th Foot—Rupert Cochrane, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, July 14. 35th Foot —Ensign Alexander John Cruickshank War randto be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warren, who retires ; Go r d on Stonhouse Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign , by purchase, vice Warraud, July 14. 37th Foot —Captain John Richard Heaton, from ' half pay unatt ac h e d , to be Captain, without purchase July 14. 41st Fo o t—C apta i n Lumley Gra h am , from the 48th . Foot, t o b e C apta i n, vice Wethered, a ppointed Paymaster 95th Foot, July 14. 46th Foot—Percy Malcolm Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Waldy, promoted, July 14. 48th Foot—Captain William Robert Churchill Spencer,from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Captain , vice G r a ha m , appointed to the 41st Foot ; Li eu t e nant Edmund thalami Home to be Adjutant, vice Williamson, promoted ; Wm. Hemphill, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards, July 14. 6311 Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Flower, from the Depot Battalion at Templemore, to be Assistant- Surgeon, July 14. 64th Foot—Lieutenant William John Chads to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Cato berle,ge, deceased ; En sign Alexander Benison to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Chads, June 30. 68th Foot—Captain William Hervy Fitzgerald, Adju tant of D e p o t B a tt a lion, to be Captain, without purchase, July 7, 78th Foot—Edward Kingborough O'Neill, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice WKinnon, promoted in the Rifle Brigade, July 14. 1 79th Foot—Lieutenant Adam Maitland, to be Adjutant, vice Mackay, promoted, July 14. 86th Foot—Richard Chapman Lofthouse, 3.D., to he Assistant-Surgeon, vice Todd, promoted on the Staff, July 14. Bth Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Gilling Maynard, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Sawrey, who re tires, July 14. RIFLE BRIGADE. To be Lieutenants without purchase. Second Lieutenant Henry Richard Legge Newdigate, June 6. Second Lieutenant Julian Eargus Yonge, June 6. To be Ensigns without purchase. Ensign Charles Arthur Talbot, from the 63d Foot, vice Newdigate, July 14. FitzßoyFreniantle, Gent., vice Yonge, July 14. George Robert Saunders, Gent, July 15. Christopher Edward Musgrave, Gent., July 16. Charles Browne Dashwood, Gent., July 17. To be Assistant-Surgeons. James Allyosias Shorrock, Gent., July 14 John Ignatins Purcell Williams, Gent., Juiy 14. Ist West India Regiment—Caulfield Francis Beamish, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lees, appointed to the 76th Foot, July 14. M. West India Regiment—Ensign Thomas Hanrahan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Moorhead, deceased ; Lieutenant Parr William Kingsmill to be Adjutant, vice Moorhead, deceased, May 28. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Joseph John Thompson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Crichton, appointed to the sth Light Dragoons, July 14. Depot Battalion at Templemore —Daniel O'Donovan, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Flower, appointed to the 63d Foot, July 14. STAFF.— Captain William Moffatt Douglas Willan, half pay Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster of detachments at Portsmouth; Paymaster Morris Robinson Campbell, from the 71st Foot, to be Paymaster of the Depot Battalion at Templemore, vice Bartley, who reverts to his former half pay, July 14. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant John Robert Wilton, from the 11th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase ; Lieu tenant Samuel Dunning from the 88th Foot, to be Captain without purchase, July 14. BREVET.—Lieutenant-Colonel Fortescue Graham, of the Royal Marines, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army, vice Menzies, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain John Richard Heaton, of the 37th Foot, to be Major in the Army • Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Frederick Abbott, C. 8., E as t India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, to have the local rank of Colonel in the Army while so employed ' • Captain Wm. Falconar Hay, on the Staff at Warl e y, to have the local rank of Major in the Army while so employed, June 20. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Ffinney, 59th Foot, are Samuel Lee Hamilton Hamilton. The words 68th Regiment should have appeared after the name of Lieutenant-General Sir W. Herries, C.E., in the Supple- ment to the Gazette of the 20th ultimo. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Thomas Sharpe Mitchell Innes to be Captain, vice the Earl of Gifford, retired; Cornet Archibald Brain to be Lieutenant, vice Innes, promoted; John Fletcher, Esq., yr. of Salton, to be Cornet, vice BroAn, promoted, July 8. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Richard Trotter to be Major, vice William Burn Callander, de ceased ; Lieutenant Andrew Gillon to be Captain, vice Trotter; promoted ; Cornet James Hope to be Lieutenant, vice Sir Graham Montgomery, resigned ; Cornet William Ramsay to be Lieutenant, vice George Mitchell Innes, re signed; Robert Hawthorn Johnston Stewart, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Gillon, promoted; Robert Hay, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hope, promoted ; William Macfarlane Wardrop, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ramsay, promoted, July 3. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Charles Kelway Col ston, Gent , to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bowdage, re signed, June 28 ; Ensign the Hon. Amias Poulett to be Lieutenant, vice Jesse, resigned, July 8 ; Thomas Warry, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Amias Poulett, promoted, July 10. Royal Wilts Militia—Joshua Walter Bond, Esq., to be Captain, June 6. Hampshire Regiment of Militia Arthur Delgamo Swift, late Queen's Light Infantry Militia, to be Lieu tenant, July 8. BANK OF ] An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda; • ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for ty the Bth day of July, 1854, MUM ENT. Benares 40s 6d, and Madras 'privately 37s 6d. Mauritius realised 35s Gd for fine yellow, 31s 61 to 35s for low to good, and 27s to 31s for brown, being full value. Refined has sold readily, at 44s for brown lumps, and at 44s 6d to 50 for grocery. COFFEE.—A moderate business has been done in Plan tation Ceylon at 70s to 758 for fine and superior qualities, at 69s to 72s Gd for good anti fine colorY and favourite marks, at 57s to 64s for mid to good, at 51s 6d to 56s 6cl for fine ord and low mid, at 66s to 67s for peaberry, at 43s 6tl to 53s for triage, and at 27s to 41s 6d for ord. Native has been more dealt in at 43s to 44s per cwt for good ord, and at 438 6d tfor low to good ord. Jamaica low mid and mid brought 55s to 60s, and for fine ord pale at 50s to 525, and triage at 33s to 44e per cwt. RICE.—A fair demand has existed, but the high prices asked has checked business. Mid and good Bengal sold at 12s 6d to 13s 6d, and fine white at 13s to 13s 6d. SPICES.—Very little has been in the absence of public sales. Privately, mid piment o rea l ise d f u ll rates, v i z, 51d to sid per lb. COTTON.—Prices steady, but the market is dull. TEA.—This article is quiet. SXLTPETRE.—Prices have given way Gd to is per cwt. Bengal good 41 per cent refraction was sold at 334, but good 6i was taken in at 32e, and bold greyish crystal 13 to 94 per cent at 30s 6d to 31s, though subsequently it was sold at about 6d reduction on these prices. Madras was taken in at 26s for low mid, small grey 191 to 261 per cent refraction, but was afterwards sold at 25s per cwt. INDIGO.—Lower rates have, except for some fine decrip tions, been current at the public sales. The quantity passed is 3,825 chests, and 2,134 have been sold. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 668 6d per cwt. on the spot, being firm. GREEN FRUIT.—A. quiet market. Oranges 20s per box lower. A parcel of lemons per Tagus steamer from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, wont at an ad vance of 2s to 3s per box. Some specimens of the diseased grape cuttings from Lisbon, have been sent to the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-park, to undergo a careful exa mination. COURSE OM EXOII Amsterdam .. 11 1514 Ditto, three months .. 11 17 1 4 llotterdam •• •• •• •• •• .• 11 17 !si Brussels .............. 25 25 ilamburpsh •• •• •• •• •• •6 13 5% Altona •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Paris .......... • • .. .... 24 97% Ditto, three monthsl.. 25 27 hiarseilles. .• • .. 25 2734 Bourdeaux ............ Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118 N Berlin •••••••••• • • • • • • Vienna .. • • ....... ..... 13 5 Trieste ............ •• .• 13 10 Pe•ersburgl... •• 38% Mvlrld .. • • •• •••• •• •• 49% Cadiz •• •••• •• •• •• •• 50 Bircelona....., .„ „ Saville .. •••••••• •• • • •• AN LiE—THIs DAY. Gibraltar Leghorn .............. 30 4734 Genoa ................ 25 40 •••••••••••••.•• Venice •••••••• •• • • • • • • 'Naples 43 ipalermo .............. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 121 41 IlLelsbon •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 53 % 9porto .•••••• • • • • • • • 33% Rio Janeiro . ... Ruenos Ayres ........ . \Taw York, 60 days' sight 48 Philadelphia .......... PRICES OP BULLION, PLR oz. 4 'oreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 "ortugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Kexican Dollars .... 0 5 1)i New Dollars ...... 0 0 silver In bars 0 5 1% STANDARD OF GOLD AND SILVER WARES BILL. This bill was passed through committee pro forma. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, and the whole of the clauses were agreed to without discussion. The Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill, and the Highway Rates Bill severally passed through committee. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BILL. On the motion for reading this bill a third time, Lord D. STUART inquired whether the bill'was in tended to apply to the whole kingdom, including Middle sex. He suggested, also, that power should be given to remove any juvenile prisoner from one reformatory school to another. Lord PALMERSTOX replied that the act would be general in its application. The Secretary of State had full power to remove or discharge from the reformatory school any juvenile offender. The bill was then read a third time. Mr. J. O'CONNELL proposed a cause, authorising clergymen of other denominations than the Church of England to attend the schools at reasonable times, for the purpose of affording relig ious instruction to such of the inmates ns might be of their own religious persuasion. Lord PALMERSTON opposed the clause, which, he said was similar to one which had been thrown out elsewhere, and the insertion of it might endanger the bill. The house divided — For the clause Against '.t „, • Majority The bill then passed BOROUGH RATES BILL. This bill NVfIS read a second time. _MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS REPEAL BILL. This bill was read a third time, and passed. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered. • The Cinque Ports Bill the Militia (Scotland) Bill, the Royal Milit ary Asylum Bill, and the Jamaica Loan. Bill, were read a second time. BURIALS IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. FITZROY obtained leave to bring iu a bill to amend the law concerning burials beyond the metropolis. The house adjourned a t 2 o'clock 23 69 -43 tritltrb .44 ttuln. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPff.) HANDICAP PLATE. Rosaline Dear Me LANCASHIRE STAKES. Cloud Six ran. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PLATE. Helena Catharine Parr Ten ran. 0 00 SOVS. PRODUCE STAKES. Paletot ....... Miss Whip Dirk Hatteraick ST. LEGER. Acrobat Arthur Wellesley Four ran. BE NTINCK PLATE. Arribas Gainelad Four ran BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Heapy 7 to 1 agst Diana. Domino paid for the Stanley Stakes. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS:—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice of his intention to move an amendment, when the house went into com mittee on the Navigation Bill, for the purpose of getting rid of a provision which, in the event of a ship and cargo being lost at sea, would deprive the sailors of their wages, and which he said involved a principle not only hitherto unknown in this country, but all over the world. THE BOARD OF HEALTH. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY in moving for papers relating to the Board of Health, entered into a defence of the members of the board in answer to what he termed the unjustifiable attack which had recently been made upon them in another place, and which he con sidered could only be attributed either to extreme igno rance or malignity. It was asserted that the board had by its conduct completely checked the progress of sani tary reform, and by its despotic and overbearing behaviour had disgusted the whole country. (Hear, hear.) In no case, he stated, had the act been applied, but on the representation of a large body of people in the locality assembled in public meetings. In 182 places the act had been put into operation ; in 168, on the application of ratepayers by petition, and in 14, after the representations of town councils and vestries, and after a certain per tentage of mortality was proved to take place annually among the population The noble lord mentioned that since the attacks had been made, the board had received a number of letters from Manchester and other places in the country which had been voluntarily sent, and the writers of which de clared that they believed the attacks were wholly un founded. The noble earl entered into a defence of the board as to the charges, and concluded by saying that a more diligent, active and zealous body of men, or one more desirous to do good, and to promote the interests of the poor and working classes, could not be found. The Bishop of LONDON bore testimony to the high character and honesty and usefulness of the board. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Newport Dock Bill and the Portsmouth Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Sir H. HALFORD, from a place in Leicestershire, in favour of ocean penny postage ; by Lord HOTRAM and other hon. members, against the opening of public-houses ; by Mr. M. GIBSON, from the corporation of Manchester, praying that the Nuisances Removal Bill may not pass into a law in its present shape; by Mr. BASS, from the Derby Gas Light and Coke Com pany, against the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre vention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill ; by Sir J. V. KELLY, from the churchwardens and ratepayers of St. Clement Danes, complaining of the water supply of the metropolis, and praying the house to appoint a com mittee to inquire into the subject. TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN. Mr. HEYWOOD wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it is intended to create exhibitions in Trinity College, Dublin, open to students without any re ligious test. and when and from what funds such exhibi tions will be provided. Sir J. YOUNG replied that the governing board of the college were about to take steps to increase the value and number of the exhibitions, and they would be thrown open to all sects and denominations. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL. This bill was broa , )•t down from the Lords in an amomied form. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the bill be reprinted as amended, and that the Lords' amendments be taken into consideration on Thursday next. THE INDIAN ARMY. Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the Board of Con trol whether it was his intention to recommend to her Ma jesty that the officers of the Indian Army should be placed in regard to the recognition of their rank in this country, and the other European possessi ons o f h er Ma jesty, in the same position as they aro in countries east ward of the Cape of Good Hope? Sir C. WOOD could not take upon himself to make such a recommendation. In fact it was not in his power to do so. MORTMAIN BILL. Mr. HADFIELD asked Mr. Headlam what course he in tended to pursue this session with respect to the Mortinain Bill. _ _ _ HEADLAM said if the Government would not give him an opportunity of submitting the further considera tion to a full house, he certainly should not proceed with it this session,____ Lord J. RUSSELL could not promise a day at present, but he would endeavour to fix one if possible next week. DRESS OF THE ARMY. Sir G. HEATHCOTE asked the Secretary-at-War, whether measures have beLn taken to carry out the amelio rations announced to the house in the clothing and dress of the army, both at home and a b roa d ; and also in the equipments of the soldier, with the view to render them less burthensome, and more a d ap t e d to actual service : And, whether hospital waggons for the conveyance of the sick and wounded, have been despatched to the seat of war. Mr. S. HERBERT replied to the last question, first, such waggons had been sent out, and must have reached the army ere this. With regard to the first question, the change would not take place until next year, but in the course of the autumn additional woollen clothing would be sent out for the use of tne troops in the East. Ho might, perhaps, be allowed to take the opportunity of cor recting an erroneous Impression that prevailed in the public mind as to the weight of the soldier's kit. It was not so heavy as this ; of the French kit owing to the amount of ammunition which the French soldier had to carry. DISTRICT LETTER CARRIERS. In reply to Mr. NEWDEG ATE Mr. WILSON said a report had been made to the Treasury onw.thEma esubietct of th e L o ndon establishment of the Post-office, which included some recommendations couneesed with the pay of district letter carriers , and so soon as those recornmendatioe s were confirmed, they would be aeted upon by the Post-offi - ce authorities. Mr. M. GIBSON asked t N he E li W on S . P S A e P cr E e ß ta S ry . to the Tre sury if he had Mmra.keWtlheLSWOeNiany objection to lay upon the tab l e the treasury minute re l ative to the i ncrease o f weight of pub ghat aid correspond the pub lications allowed t o pass throug h th e p os t -office. size in to newspapers, as sanctioned by Par li amen t l as t session, and r there would b e no objection to pro d uc e the minute. PROMOTION IN THE ARMY. alterati on with the ed increased a made sed Colonel NORTH asked the Secretary at War why the report of the Commissioners upon Military Promotions, laid upon the table of the house on the 7th inst., and pub lished in all the newspapers, had not yet been delivered to members of the house ? Mr. S. HERBERT said the newspapers, for the convenience of members as well as . the report was publi s hed firs t in the public, for, from the pressure of business at the public printer's of the house, the report, althoug h it wa s p re p ared some days ago, would not be get ready for del iv e r y until to-day. ago, BISHOPRIC OF NEW ZEALAND. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the Colonial Secretary if he had received Zealand reeeivecl holding alettefr o m eut a prospect that the local G. Grey, the late Governor of N . legislat ure o f that colony would make good the stipend of the bishops of New Zealand. Sir G. GREY had reeeived no letter, but he had had conversations had been reduced to writing h e could not sa y , a conversati on on th e subject, whether the result of that but he would inquire. Sir J. PAKINGTON could produce the memorandum. Sir G. GREY—Yes ; if there is any. BRIBERY BILL, was The hou se th en wen t into committee on this bill, and CLEFT SITTING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'.4 PALACE, JUNE 9. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel Josias Cloete, Companion of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, Knight of the Royal Hano verian Guelphic Order, and D e puty-Quartermaster-General to the Forces at the Cape of Good Hope. ♦VAR OFFICE, JULY 14. IST OR GRENADIER REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS. To be Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels without purchase. Lieutenant and Captain Ralph Bradford, July 14. Lieutenant and Captain Michael Bruce, July 14. Brevet-Colonel Frederick Clinton, from half-pay 22d Light Dragoons, July 14. To be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase. Lieutenant and Captain the/DN. Charles Hugh Lindsay, vice Clinton, who retires, July 14. ISSUE DEP. Notes Issued ..•..... 27,298,660 tit:merriment debt.... 11,015,10' Other securities ...... 2,9a4,90' Gold coin and bullion 13,293,660 - Xi7,295,8..e0 1 4.z7,2930,bu M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 13th day of July, 1851. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Government securities Re5t......... 3,25,820 Public deposits tin eluding Exchequer, CpuunLssioners of Fiational Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,948,822 Other deposits ..... 12,571,329 Seven Day and other 8i115........ ••• . 1,058,431 Si neludg.llead Weight Annuity) 12,977,237 Other securltte.s...... 15,920,19. , Notes .... • ..... 6,777,42(1 Gold and silver coin .. 722,547 £36,397,4U2 Z. 16,397,402 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 13th day of July, 185, PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com puted from the returns made in the week ending the 11th July, 1854, is 235. 70. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs' paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Holmes Postans, wine merchant, Enfield. BANKRUPTS. Ward West Arliss, ale and porter merchant, Plymouth, to surrender, July 28 and August 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Wyatt, Verularn-buildings, Gray's-inn. Thomas Stenhouse, warehouseman, Friday-street, Cheap side, July 28, at one, and August 21., at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Bas inghall-street ; Abrahams, Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane. Win. Whitehead and Mary Ann Whitehead, innkeepers, Leicester, July 25, and Aug. 22, at ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Notting ham ; Spooner, Leicester ; Bonnor, Birmingham. Cornelius Terry, cut nail manufacturer, Birmingham, July 28, at twelve, and Aug. 17, at ton, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee; Birming ham ; Hayes, Wolverhampton. Thomas Archer and Samuel Archer, tailors, Burslem, July 31, and Aug. 21, at ten, at the Birmingham District COurt. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. merchant, Shrewsbury, Birmingham District C o u r t. Gordon Henry Cripps , wine July 31, and Aug. 21, at the Whit more , official assignee, Birmingham ; Weeks, Lin coln's-inn -fields ; H od g son, Birmin g ha m. James Rowley, licensed victualler, Stafford-street, Bond street, J u ly 25, at half-past two, and Aug us t 29 , a t half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Finny, Furnival's Inn. Robert Morison, baker, Drury-lane, July 21, and Au gust 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba s i ng h a ll -street ; Harrison'. Walbrook. Henry Rubbra, grocer, Dudley, J u l y 31, and A ugus t 0 2 tti l, c a ia t i t a en ss , ig a n t e t e, he ß ß ir i m rm in i a ng h h a a m m ; Bolton, Distrie Du dl ou d r l t e . y B m i t o t t l e e .s t r , and Knight, Birmingham. James David Jones and Charles Gold, tavern kee Cheapside, July 25 , at t pers, wo, and Aug. 29, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brook -court ; Pearce, Giltspur-street. Henry William Fleming, brewer, Camberwell, July 27 at half-past two, and Sept. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street. William Reade and George Reade, provision merchants, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridgi', July 26 at two, and Aug. 28, at twelve, a t th e C our t o f Bankruptcy. Graham, official assi g nee ; Linklaters, Sise-lane. James Eckley Prockter, shipowner, New Quay, St. Co lumb Minor, Cornwall, July 25, and August 24, at one; at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Gurney and Lethbridge, Launceston ; Stogon, Exeter. William Sims, builder, Pimlico, July 26, at half-past two, and August 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Smith, New inn, Strand. George Hobson, grocer Leeds, July 27, an d A ugus t 21 , at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as signee, Leeds • Middleton, Leeds. Timothy John Smith (trading under the name of Jen kinson), dealer in cutlery, Windsor, July 26 and Aug 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Wilson, Gresham-street. James Purdy and William Thomas Purdy, builders, Norfolk, July 22 and Aug. 24, •at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Trinder and Eyre John-street, Bedford-row; or Nurse, King's Lynn, Norfolk Thomas Squire, coach builder, Grosvenor-mews, Bond street, July 21, at eleven, and Aug. 24, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Burkitt, London-wall. Charles White, upholsterer, Salisbury, Wilts, July 21, at twelve, and Aug. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee , Basinghall - street ; Smith, Argyle-str eet.hi e t o m rg o e Tennant, re, nnant, licensed victualler, Market-street, Westminster, July 12, at twelve, and Aug. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official asssig nee, Basinghall-street ; Gant, Nicholas-lane. Christopher Spashett, mast and block maker, Barking, July 27, at half-past two, and August 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate street ; J. T. and H. Baddeley, Goodman's-fields. John Smith and Luke Ashby, linendrapers, Great Co rain-street, July 26, at one, and August 29, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Davidson and Bradbury, Basinghall street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Robb, draper, Forfar; creditors meet July 25, in the County Hall, Forfar. David Notmang builder, Edinburgh ; July 27, in Dowells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. James Jamieson and Company, potters, Borrowstoun ness ; July 25, in the Star and Garter, Linlithgow. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) SUGAR.—The aggregate transactions in British West India have not been large, and early in the week rather lower prices vere current, Barbadoes selling at 3:39 to 333 Gd for low yellow, 31s for mid to fine, and 31s to 31s Gd for brown. Demerara brown brought 303 6d, and low yellow 32s to 33s 6,1. The market since has been firmer. Manilla has been rather cheaper • Muscovado low to fair realising 27s 6,1, washed 263 Gd to 275, brown 303 to 31s Gd, and low to good gro cer y 32 s to 365, clayed was taken in at 30s 6d to 31s Gd, and washed at 303 per cwt. Foreign— Yeflow Havannah has been taken in at full rates, .viz., low to good soft yellow at 333 to 375, low to mid yellow at 32s 6d to •.-sss, andl ow to good foxy brown at 31s to 335, washed sold at 323 Gd to 343 for low to mid, and at 31s to 32s for brown, and mid to fine at 33s 6.1 to 37s per cwt. St. Croix has gone at steady prices, viz., 37s to 393 6.1f0r mid to tine yellow. Brazil low to fine brown was taken in at 293 to 325. Porto Rico sold at 32$ to 383 for low heavy to good bright yellow, and Cuba at 30 to 31s Gd for brown, and at 32s to 363 for low to good grocery. East India.— Bengal dull yellow at auction brought Rs to 34, fine white DIED. if° On the 10th ind., at Sandgate, Sophi e C a th er ine, 0 0 $ of G. Barber, E sq . , o f Walton on-Thatnes, and youn g daughter of Captain Sisop. of Halliford. On the 11th inst., at Taunton, W. Blu n d e ll, Esq.' of Crosby Hall, Lancashire, aged 68. 0. On the 12th inst., at Dorset-pl ace , D orse t- squa re, stance Edith, infant daughter of J. F. FJinslie. ' of Ou the 11th inst., Annie, wife of Dr. S. Hansa' Curzon•street, Mayfair. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YO ll . O l, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O ffi ce„N°•,:. of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Friday, July 14, 1864. COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-JULY 11. The market is thinly supplied with fat beasts. The qua" lity was of an inferior kind, for which high prices were asked. The supply of ,ssheep and lambs about the average, without any alteration of price. Fat and store calves about the same. There were several pens of fat pigS, which were well sold. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6Ad to 71; mutton, 6A to 7d ; lamb, 7d to Od ; veal, 6d to bid per lb. ; pigs, 10s Od to 103 3d per score ; rough fat, 6s Od to Os per 141 b.; hides, 3d to 34d per lb ; calf-skins, 4d t o 4id per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JULY 12. Wheat on the top is down, and the average Od down. Barley on the top 2s Od, and the average is 10d, down. Oats on the top as before, and the average Os 2d up. Beans on the top 2s, and the average sd, down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 771 qrs sold 534 qrs Barley 351 qrs so ld 271 qrs Oats 573 qrs sold 517 qrs Beans 66 qrs sold 44 qrs Top of Wheat .......... ........ ..... ...... 634 lb 79s Oct Barley 554 ib 37s Oct Oats Beans . . 65 lb 533 01 BOSTON —JULY 12. At this day's market we had a small supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat met a dull demand. Needy millers in some instances gave a trifle more money for selected sam pled than on this day se'nnight, but inferior qualities w ere neglected. In spring corn no quotable alteration. Prices :—Wheat, red, 60s Od to 70s 0(1; white, 70s 0(1 to 73s Od extra, 75s Od. Barley, 34s Oil to 373 Od. Oat? 26s to 31s. Beans, 49s Od to 52s Od. Peas, 45s Od to 4 1 s per qr. NEWARK -JULY 12. At our market to-day there were several buyers of wheat• Farmers would not give way more than is per qr. At tbis decline a fair business was done. Other grain sold slowlft and again rather lower. Prices :—Wheat, white, 78s Od to 79s Od ; red, 77s O d to 79s Od. Barley, malting, 36s Od to 38s Od. ; grindin4 00s Od to OOs Od. Oats, old, 34s Od to 38s Od ; new, :3 2i Od to 34s Od. Beans, 54s Od to 56s Od. Peas, 52s - Od ° 54s Od. Malt, 70s Od to 74s Od. Tares, OOs Od to OOs Od• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• -- 9 ---- NOTICE TO MARINERS. ADMIRALTY, July 12.—Sir, —With reference to the r; cent acts of piracy which have been committed on the 'bur Coast, I am command e d b y my L ords Commissioners 01 r the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that he r , Majesty s steam-sl oo p P romet h eus has been again d espatcbr i to that coast.—(Signed) R. B. OSBORNE.—Capt. G. Halsted, R.N., Secret ey, Lloyd's. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Tho Elliot, July 1. tat. 48 N long. 9W. The Geodo Vrede, from Liyerpopl for Rio Janeiro July 3. _ _ _ G. F: D., from Bombay for London, May 26, lat. 4 5 •" long. 18 W. _ _ The Lady of the Lake, from Cabooin River for Liver' pool, June 3, lat. 8 N., long. 24 W. The British Queen, of Whitehaven, for Antigua, Ja ne 14, lat. 26 N., long. 36 W. The Stew, of Liverpool, from Cardiff, July 4, lat. 43 14 " long. 10 W. The Asia, of London, from Plymouth for Quebec, Ju l y 7, lat. 49 N., long. 6 W. The Halyards, from the Clyde for Demerara, Juno 18 ' lat. 18 N., long. 41 W. The Porcon de la Earbinais, from Marseilles for Calcutta, June 20, off Adra. An English barqu e , steerin, W., showing a r ed fil t g' with " S" in the centre, June 28, lat. 46, long. 40. The Susanna (brig), steering S.W Ist. 41 N., long' 11 W. CHANCERY REFORM.—On Wednesday a governmen t bill was issued to amend the course of procedure i n the Court of Chancery. From the Ist November next the court may award damages in certain cases of injunctioa ° and matters relating to contracts or agreements for sr cific performances. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Her Majesty's R o y a l Letters Patent, for valuable and extraordinary improvements ° the most powerful and brilliant Telescoes, Cam, Iti'S course, Opera, e and Perspective Glass p es (glaz p ed sci Manic German Glass), to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importan ce to the army, navy, and others. Messrs. S. and 9. Soloinons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly Observe—opposite the York Hotel.—These telescopes I)° P sess such extraordinary powers that some 3i inches, wi th an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's m oons , Saturn's ring, and the d ou bl e stars ; with the same tal e: scope can be seen a person's countenance three lob e " and a half distant, and an object from 12 to 11 w iles' They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Exhibition 1851.—Valuabl e ' newly-invented, very sma l l, powerfu l waistcoat-poc ket glass the size o f a wa l nut, by which a person can be Se e . and known 1.4 mile distant ; they answer every purPe s " on the race-course, and at the opera-houses, country se e ; nery, and ships are clearly seen at 5 to 6 miles. Tik e , are invaluabl e f or shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, '- sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, , and to ur i s t s . Oper r `,...l race-course, c am p, and perspective glasses, with wonder,,;; power ; an object can b e c l ear l y seen f rom 10 to 12 rnii°- distant. Newly-invented Spectacles ; immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect 'vision, 6 0 ; 1 object becomes clear and distinct; the most aged. el' fective sight is brought to its youthful, natural, an d coy gival state. Deafne ss —N ew Discovery—The Organic brator, au extraordinary powerful, small, newly-invent' instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all o ther? , to surpass anything of the kind that h as b een , or pr o bab . l l_ ever can be, produced. Being of th e same co l our a s 01 ; ; akin, is not perceptibl e ; it ena bl es deaf persons to lles distinctly at church and at publi c assem bl i es , - the unple 6 saut sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re m . moved; and it affords a ll th e ass i s t ance th at possibly cone' be desired.—h 9, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe , opposite the York H o t e l. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills er a superior remedies for bad legs. Extract of a letter from Mr. Samuel Thann on , B a k er, Mill-street, Newtowneru_.4". —To Professor Holloway—Sir, for eight years len fered with a b a d l eg which confined me to OA for months t oge th er ; •it w as comp l ete l y black 013- swollen to an enormous size. I consulted at dif f er: ent times sixteen medical men but derived no benefi t by their treat men t , fi nally I commenced using your oil"' merit and pill, an d a f ter persevering with them for Of ° months the swelling gradually decreased, the blackness di e d ' appeared, and I now felt as well as though nothing b t 'i ; been the matter with me.—Sold by all druggists, and g i Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lonao• BIRTBS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Cambridge Lodge, the Grope , Sydenham, Mrs. W. H. Davis. On the 11th .inst., at Stainton L o d ge , Bl ac kh ea th, . wife of R. Finch, Esq , M.D. . OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at Hoby Rectory, Leicestershire, tba wife of the Rev. G. Beresford. On the 9th inst., at Lisselan, Cork, the wife of W. 13 ' Jones, Esq. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squa t i William Compton, s econ d son o f Si r C. Doraville, Bari r f of Santry House, Dublin, to Caroline, sixth daughter v the late Gen. Hon. It. Neade.