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Last evening the second annual meeting of the share. iolders in the London and Suburban Freehold Land So- ciety Wall held at the Educational Institution, Aldersgate - litreet, for the purpose of hearing a statement of the proceed - ings of this successful society during the past year, and for the purpose of balloting for thirty rights of choice of allotment on the estates it at present holds. Mr. J. TEULON, in opening the proeeedings of the even ing, said they had expected to have had the pleasure of having Lawrence Hepworth, Esq., M.P., their president, in the chair, but that gentleman had sent a letter of apology to their manager stating that important Parliamentary business prevented him from attending, at the same time stating that the society had his best wishes for its success. Under these circumstances be had groat pleasure in moving that DT. Hewlett do take the chair. (Cheers.) The /nation having been seconded, was put to the meet• ing, and sarrled unanimously. Dr. HEWLETT having taken his seat, said he had great pleasure in occupying the chair at this their second annual meeting, though he had expected to have had the gratifi cation of seeing Lawrence Ileyworth, Esq., present that evening. Parliamentary duty, however, prevented that gentleman attending ; but it was something for the share holders to know, that their society had the best wishes of that gentleman for its prosperity and success. The busi ness to be transacted was plain and simple ; they had, duri ng the past year, transacted a large business, and they had secured a large number of new members. The arecutive committee had resolved to hold a ballot monthly, for thirty rights of choice, to which would be added ten rights from the rotation list. (Cheers.) Members obtain ing those rights would not be compelled to exercise them on the estates at present hold by the society, but were at liberty to hold them over and exercise their privilege on any of the estates that would be purchased, and which they might prefer. He would call upon their manager to read the minutes of their last annual meeting, and on their receiving the sanction of the shareholders he would affix his signature to them. Mr. TAYLOR, the manager, having read the minutes, and the meeting having confirmed them, The CHAIRMAN said the next duty that devolved upon him as their chairman was to place before them a state ment of their past and future proceedings. The directors, in meeting the members on this their second anniversary, had to report an amount of business and success which, under all circumstances, might be considered profitable to the members, and encouraging to all parties concerned. Though the high price of provisions had doubtlessly pre vented some from taking new shares, and induced others to withdraw and to sell their rights of choice, yet it was gratifying to know that in the case of unexpected distress some of the members have had that distress completely re lieved, not by pauperising their spirit, but by encouraging their forethought and independence—they gladdened their families by taking to them a sum of money equal in some cases, and exceeding in others throe times, the amount they had paid into the funds of the society. In this respect the benefit of the society was not limited merely to the provision of money for the time of need, but it ex tended to the cultivation of provident and independent habits, and that man was not worthy of the name of an Englishman who did not set a higher value on one shilling of his own honest earnings than on ten given by the hand of charity. (Cheers.) After alluding to the dismissal of their late manager, the chairman said, in seeking a new manager, the directors advertised in the leading daily journals, and upwards of one hundred applications were received. After much and frequent consideration four Applicants were selected as candidates, and out of that number, all things considered, the directors were unani mously of opinion that Mr. Jonathan Taylor was the most suitable person to fill the office of manager ; and the direc tors were happy to state that, since Mr. Taylor had been in office, his character and conduct had justified all the hopes and expectations they had entertained in making this *election, which they firmly believed the members would unanimously and heartily confirm. The in "aaing - ^ 4 mowing importance of the society required offices more more prominent than those in Fenchurch-buildings wilich the members might have access to at any time to tran, busines s make or ake inquiries connected with the society. —any mem bers having found that the portions of land arssttea ts. them were but of little use without some means t% ass i s t them in building, it was therefore deemed advisable t o add the Building Department—though it was much to 's e re gretted that but few of the members hat availed tl tera . selves of the advantages of that portion of the society's operations ; yet there was but little doubt that when th e advantages were better known, the members would gladly adopt the necessary means to make them their own. During the past year the directors have added four estates to the property of the society, severally situate in Barking. road, North Woolwich, Kingston, and Plaistow ; and, since th e c l ose o f th e s oc iety's year, they have purchased another very value )1e estate in the - Wellington-road, Bow -road. The attention of the directors had also been called to a great number of other estates, all of which they had visited aid deemed it prudent to decline, in some instances from the enormously high prices required for them, and in others on account of their unfitness for building purposes. During the past year 152 allotments of land had been distributed amongst the members, and there were now 72 rights of choice drawn, and the num ber of allotments unappropriated was 42, exclusive of the Plaistow and Barking-road estates ; the plan of the former would be shortly ready for the members to choose from. The directors had the gratification to announce that the ballots would for the future take place monthly, at each of which 30 rights would be taken from the ballot division and 10 from the rotation list. Their manager, Mr. Taylor, would read to them the balance sheet. This having been done, and the adoptionof the report and balance sheet having been moved by the Chairman, Mr. BARNES said he thought it would give the assem bled shareholders confidence if he, as one of the auditors, seconded the proposition. (Cheers.) The motion having beenput to the meeting, was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in a highly eulogistic manner, then moved the confirmation of the appointment of Mr. J. Taylor as manager of the London and Suburban Freehold Land Society. The motion having been seconded was put by the chair man, and was declared by him to be carried unanimously. Mr. TAYLOR, in returning thanks, said he thought his future actions in behalf of the society would best testify his appreciation of the honour they had done him, and if the shareholders would only exert themselves as he in tended to do, their society, prosperous as it was, would soon stand forth in a proud position, and for number of shareholders equal the most flourishing and prosperous of these useful and admirable institutions. He begged again most sincerely to thank them for the honour they had done him. (Cheers.) The auditors having been unanimously re-elected, Mr. BARNES returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN said he should he happy to answer any question that might be put to him. None having been asked, A SHAREHOLDER said the fact of not one question having been asked proved that they were all highly pleased at what they had heard. (Cheers.) The retiring directors were then unanimously re-elected, and an addition of the following gentlemen was made to the list :—Messrs. Watkins, Moore, Bradley, Marcus Voss, Green, and Odiham. A vote of thanks having been carried to the chairman, Dr. HEWLETT said he sincerely and heartily thanked them for their kindness. He was sure the meeting would ex cuse his vacating the chair ; but being an invalid, he felt it necessary to do so. Mr. Yates would have great pleasure in presiding over the interesting portion of their proceed ing —he meant the ballot. The rev. gentleman then re tired, amid loud cheers. The balloting then commenced, the care of the wheel having been confided to Mr. Barnes. The following were the successful members :-728, 811, 85 4, 804, 882, 827, 755, 603, 6 62 , 329 , 7 51 , 592 , 791 , 566, 40 4, 359, 601, 490, 885, 665, 140, 264, 808, 839, 767, 876, 7 08, 611, 275, 867. The proceedings then terminated. ITXPOATATION OF ARMS AND AMMU- NITION. The Lords of the Treasury have agreed to the follow lug Minute in this subject : COPY OF A TREASURY MINUTE DATED FEB. 24, 1854. My Lords refer to their minute of the 21st inst., having reference to the recent proclamation prohibiting the export of fire arms and other ammunitions of war, and furnishing instructions to the Commissioners of Cus toms as to the manner in which such prohibition may in certain cases be modified or dispensed with. 27i 22 25 25 25 18 20 St. 812 s! 20 20 10 10 Mr. Wilson states to the board that cases have arisen in which such prohibited articles having been shipped in vessels professedly destined to a particular port, to which objection was not likely to be made, have been in reality carried to other ports, to which per mission would not have been granted, against which practice my lords think it necessary to take further precaution ; their lordships therefore desire that the Commissioners of Customs may be instructed that in all cases where permission is given by their officers for the exports of gunpowder, fire-arms, ammu nition, or other articles prohibited by the said proclama ties to any foreign country, a bond shall be taken, in such manner and in such form as the commissioners shall direct ; that the said articles shall be duly landed at the port for which they are professed to be shipped, and which bond shall be discharged only by a certificate from the British consul at such port that the said arti cles have been so landed. With regard to the removal of such articles coastwise, my lords are also pleased to desire that in all cases in which they consist of gunpowder, arms, or other arti cles of ammunition directly used in warfare, or for war like purposes chiefly, except where the quantities are so trivial as to raise no suspicion that they are likely to be carried abroad, similar bonds shall be taken for their due arrival at the professed port of destination, which shall be discharged by a certificate of the chief officers of such port. But in all cases, even the most trivial, my lords desire that a certificate of their due delivery at such port shall be furnished to the custoras authorities of the shipping port. Transmit copy of this minute to the Commissioners of Customs, and request that they will take steps to give effect to it as quickly as possible. POSTAGE TO HELIGOLAND. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, FEB. 1854. —On and from the Ist March next, the postage upon letters between the United Kingdom and Heligoland, f orwar d ed by private ship, either direct or via Cuxhaven or llamburgh, will be reduced to 6d. for a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight. for a letter exceeding half au ounce, but not ex- an ounce ; 2s. for a letter exceeding one ounce, but not exceed. ing two ounces ; and so on, according to the scale in operation f or c h arg i ng inland l e tt ers ; a nd newspapers will he chargeable with a postage of one penny each. Upon both letters and newspapers the postage must be paid in advance. Books, 111a , azines, reviews, and pamp hlets c annot, in future be sent to Heligoland except at the ordinary rates of pestago chargeable for letters. The correspondence for Heligoland is now forwarded uy . private ship, unless specially addreeeed to be other . "me WI% THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE N ING, FEBRUARY 28, 185 4. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 211 20 11 5G 1 12/ id FOREIGN. 10 7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 31 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 1 20 8 Beziers toGraissessac 41 —31 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Centrallndia,Scrip p PM Central of Italy — 20 all Charleroi di Erquelin — 17A all Demerara 20 14 Dijon andßesaucon p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 3f 2id 20 all East Indian 2k 2p 20 2 Do. Extension — 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula p 20 10 3d. Junet. of France 25 71 Grd. Trunk of Canada 51 —41 d 100 30 Do. Debentures — 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France 2i —2l d 201 all Gt.WesternolCanada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 201 152 Hamilton & Toronto 1 —1 p 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca dr Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref . die 20 15 Luxembourg 6l 7 61 7 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4/ 41 5 2 Do. Pref 1 1. 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 1 id 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons di Mediterran 20 10 Madras d par 331 331 Maria Antonia, 10 all Do. do. New 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry . ••• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7i 71 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France.. 29.1 —29 291 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bets. 20 all (fmy.B.diAms.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre 74 81 20 10 Paris and Lyons 124 —121 p 40 all Ditto Bonds 10 all Paris and Orleans.... 42 —44 20 all Paris and Rouen 34 —36 xd 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 281 —2B 281 20 10 PaiisCaen & Cherbrg. —p m 10. f 10 Quebec & Richmond 3 1 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 9 Royal Danish ld par 5 2 RoyalSwedlsh 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 gi 6 Do. 5. p. cent. Pref — 21 ) 6 Southern. of France —pm 41 St. Andrew's and gi all w2obec (A) 10 all Do. 51 - Were 3f 20 10 Western of FrKlet••• • • 10 7 West. of Switzerlan. ...i 1 1 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand 94 vl 83 102 M 80 79i G2l i i id 4f xd MINES. Agua Fria Auglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian _ Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal Stith Austrlu. 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New all all 15 10 all - ( 1 1 - P 28 - . 0 , Santiago de Cuba outh Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada (Worthing Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 8 10 36 A — 4 d 4 5 3 3 . 4 id A d d Yuba _al 993 8i 107 A 102} xi JOINT-S i British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia 'Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of 50 50 100 100 Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Provincial, 20 50 20 25 10 22 all all BANKS. 76 - 78 ... ---- d 2 lid 3 —2d id of Eng'aud Do. New national of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New .. - . . 43 - 45 44 - 46 loyal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co south Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London 40 - 42 67 - 69 7 - 7i Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Leasing yeste Closi tg rday. this day Prices Business . Compaus. 50 all Bedford and Loudon Bletchley.. N. West St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&,N.W. 99 101 50 F all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 48 50 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 140 142 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldouian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• 25 all Do. New...... Do 25 all GlstrADn.Fr Gt. Westn 30 32 100 all Eirtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 104 —lo6ad 106 x d 25 all Do. 5 Shares. Do 52 —53 „ x d 125 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 26 —27 „ x d 13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 135 20 all Do. Preference Do 245 . -255xd x d 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 1.00 Do. 6 per et. 55 all Nianch. Bxtn. L.&N.W. and Matlock & Miclld. 21 3 50 all 3diddlesbro' & Stckton& Redcar Darlingt. x d x d 100 all Niidld.Braclfd Midland.. 98 100 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 59 61 50 Do. 6 per et. Do — 50 al l r. Do. Fixedsp M Do..— . 25 all Prest. &Wyre &N.W. &Ln&Yk 125 12 Do. 5 Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 3;,Nortlin 138 142 St. 100 Do.Shepth.Sl - , 90 ..... 25 18 Shef.lloth.anO r_Aaneas"- - _& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. . 12 95 S. Stafiordsh. A.MClean 21 50 all WearValleyg:, Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. xd x d 25 all Do Do 295 305„ x d St. 100 Wilts&Somrs dtWestn 95 -- 97 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. JUVENILE MENDICANTS. Lord CAMPBELL inquired whether it was the in tention of the Earl of Shaftesbury to re-introduce his bill of last session for the suppression of juvenile men dicancy. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said it was certainly his intention to submit a bill on this important subject to their lordships during the present session. WAR WITH RUSSIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said it appeared from the last information from St. Petersburg that 12 Russian frigates and corvettes were in preparation for sail ing on the breaking up of the ice in the Bal tic, and he wished to know whether the Go vernment proposed taking steps for the purpose of preventing them leaving the Baltic ? The noble earl pointed out how easy, unless this were done, it would be for this fleet, in five weeks' time, to go round by the north of Scotland and Ireland and capture unsuspecting British merchant vessels. He also mentioned the various parts of the world in which Russian men of-war were stationed, and said it was not unlikely that as soon as war was declared against Russia that they would pounce upon that portion of our shipping which was not under the protection of convoys. He considered that not an hour ought to be lost in adopting measures to stop the Russian fleet leaving the Baltic. The Earl of ABERDEEN thought that his noble friend who had been accustomed to conduct military operations of great importance and extent, could scarcely expect him to give an answer to the question. (Hear.) He hoped his noble friend would give the Government credit for showing the same activity and watchfulness which belonged to himself. He (Earl Aberdeen) declined to give any reply to a question the answer to which could only be useful to the power against which we were proceeding. (Hear, hear.) He begged to say to their lordships that henceforth he should consider it his duty to answer no question re specting prospective - military operations of that descrip tion. His noble friend had with mere or less accuracy described the position of the Russian naval force in different parts of the world ; but he made a grievous error in saying they were not watched. (Hear.) Fur ther than this, however, he did not think it necessary to enter into this subject. He trusted the house would see and feel the propriety of the reasons which induced him not to reply to the inquiry of the noble earl. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not think he was justified in giving the Ministers credit for activity and watchfulness. (H,ear, hear.) As regarded all finan cial and political ‘estions, he believed the Go vernment were fully equal to their position, but as war ministers they were utterly untried, and when he looked to their conduct in respect to affairs in the East, and saw their desire to persuade themselves that the coming war was a little war, though in reality it would be the greatest in which we had ever engaged, he could not give them credit for watchfulness and ac tivity. (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed that the war would not be a little one, but denied that the Govern had ever looked at it in any other light. If the noble earl knew more of our preparations than he appeared to do, he would acknowledge the zeal, the activity, the fore sight, and the determination of her Majesty's Ministers; and be among the first to own that their watchfulness spread over every portion of the globe. After some observations from the Earl of WICKLOW, the subject dropped. REFORM OF THE COMMON LAW. The LORD CHANCELLOR then proceeded to call the attention of the house to the second report of the Common Law Commissioners. The first report of the commissioners related to the subject of special pleading, and the amendments introduced into the law in conse quence of that report had proved most beneficial. In the second report, the commissioners considered the ques tion what amendments could be made on the trial of matters in dispute. One of their first recommenda tions was, that whenever both parties wished to have the matter tried by a judge without a jury, it should be competent for them to have it so decided. He could not quite agree to this recommendation unmodified, for hs.veral reasons, which he detailed ; and therefore he pro resed that wh e never both parties wished the matter to this lay e f udge, without a jury, it should be with 'ion—if tho judge should think fit, or if the case came wis certain general rules, to be framed by the judges. rats s be a sate ssep:and if experience proved the system to wu.s, well it rmg‘\'s + extended. The Commissioners hen be easily recommeisled that cases involving matters of account stoke's, at once b e sent to a referee without coming to the court. a_ us I , e approved. A number of improvements were also recom mended in the trial by jury itself, nearly all of which he accepted. At present a distinction was made between com mon and special jurors; but it was proposed, and he con curred, that an alteration should be made by raising the qualification, and by providing that there should be ontyone panel for both. Some alterations were recommended in the mode of trial, by both parties having the right of ad dressing the covet after having called their witnesses. These he approved, and should adopt. Some technical alterations, which he approved, were also recommended, which he need not detail ; but there was one he might mention. The rule of calling attesting witnesses to prove documents !would be abolished except in certain cases. He did not propose to interfere with the rule which required unanimity in the jury; but if the jury could not agree within a given time, say twelve hours, then they would be discharged, the judge having in the meantime the power of ordering reasonable refresh ments. In the case of a jury not agreeing and being discharged there would be a new trial. These were the principal recommendations relative to the jury. Another recommendation had great good sense in it. It was that the evidence of parties who had con scientious scruples to take an oath might be re ceived, if the judge was satisfied their scruples were conscientious. But be was extremely reluctant to give up the security which was ensured by the oath ; therefore the oath would be retained, except in the case of those persons who stated they held conscientious ob jections to it. Having detailed the recommendations with respect to the proof of handwriting, and the re ception of insufficiently stamped documents, which he adopted, the noble and learned lord referred to several others to which he could not accede, and which therefore he did not intend to propose. He then mentioned that the court which had adjudicated upon a case would have the power of issuing an injunction to prevent a repeti tion of the injury, but he did not propose to give the common-law courts the power of issuing decress for spe. cific performance. The commissioners recommended greater facilities with respect to equitable defences. He proposed also that equitable defences should be pleaded in bar to the action. After some further explanations, the noble and learned lord laid a bill upon the table, which, after the second reading, he proposed to refer - to a select 'committee, the committee to meet imme diately after the return of the Lord Chief Justice from circuit. Lord CAMPBELL pointed out several details in the bill which would require great consideration, but gave it a general approval. He expressed his satisfaction that it was not proposed to take away the trial by jury, though he admitted there were cases in which a single judge would be sufficient. He approved, however, of all the improvements proposed to b e i n t ro d uce d i nto the mode of trial by jury, . and particularly of the discre tion given to the judge in cases where witnesses had conscientious objections to the taking of an oath. Lord BROUGHAM described his satisfaction at the measure, and mentioned that, without any concert, but solely from a consideration of principles, the commis sioners and himself had arrived at the same conclusions. The bill was a step in the right direction, which, before their lordships had done, he hoped would be converted into a stride. The bill was then read the first time, and their lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER. took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following private bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Aboyne, Ballater, and Tarland Road ; Ballymfma, Ballyßallymoney,Cole raine, and Portrush Junction Railway (N o 1) ; Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, and Portrush Junction Railway (No 2); Bannow R ec l amat i on ; Belfast and County Down Railway; Birkenh ea d D oc k s ; Blackburn Improvement , &c. ; British Guarantee Associa tion ; Buckingham and Towcester Road ; ,Caledonian Railway (General Terminus, Sze.) ; Canterharn Railway ; Deptford Gas ; Downpatrick, Belfast, and Dublin Rail way ; Executor and Trustee Society ; Festiniog R a il way . Glasgow Suspension Bridge ; Great Western, Shrews bury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies (Tr a ffic Arrangements) • Inverness and Nairn Railway ; Kingston upon Thame s Gas ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ; Lancashire and. Yorkshire; East Lancashire ; and Manchester and South port Railway Companies ; London and North Western and North Staffordshire Railway Companies ; London and North Western, and North Staffordshire Railway Com panies (Traffic Arrangements) ; Londonderry Bridge ; Louth Waterworks ; Oxford Poor Rate ; Rossall Sea Wall ; Scottish Central and Scottish Midland Junc tion Railways ; South Shields. Roads.; Stroud, Painswick, and Gloucester-road ; Sunderland Gas ; Tacumshin Embankment ; Thirsk and Yarm-road ; Tor moham and Saint Mary Church Gas; Tralee and Killar ney Railway. Mr. FILMER presented a petition from a place in Kent against the alteration of Oaths Bill. missioner at the late Bribery, &c., Commission, which sat at Hull, be printed, in order that the case may be fully understood. CHARITY COMMISSIONERS AND SCHOOLS. Lord J. MANNERS wished to ask Sir George Grey, by what authority, and with what object, the 19th question is inserted in the form of inquiry as to Endowed, National, British, Infant, and other schools ; and the 20th question in the form of inquiry as to endowed Grammar Schools, by the Charity Commissioners ; and whether these ques tions are addressed to Roman Catholic and Dissenting Schools, or only to those of the Church of England. Sir G. GREY said the authority under which those questions were inserted in the forms were contained in sec tions 9 and 10 of the act passed last session, by which the charity commission was established. With re gard to Roman Catholics none of those questions could be applied. unfortunate a position. The speech delivered by the hon. member for the West:Riding (Mr. Cobden), he charac terised as able, but at the same time dangerous. (Hear.) Although the hon. member might not be disposed to go out of his way to prevent the Czar from entering Constan tinople, such was not the sentiment of his constituents. (Hear, hear.) Representing a borough in the heart of the West Riding he knew that not one in 100 shared the opinions of the hon. member. It was hoped that if we went to war we should get rid ef the old treaties. (Hear.) He trusted also that in the issue Russia would be taught a lesson to respect the independence of nations. (Hear.) After a few observations from Mr. MUREOUGH and Mr. PHILIPPS, Lord J. RUSSELL expressed a hope that the discus sion raised by the hon. baronet (Sir H. Willoughby) might now be considered as finished. Reverting to the question of the noble lord, the member for Colchester (Lord J. Manners), the noble lord said he should have been very glad to have been able to answer it on the moment; but, as he had not now the papers with him, he could not be sure of the accuracy of any statement. There had been rumours, which afterwards turned out to be false, that an attack had taken place on the Turkish coast, upon the fort of St. Nicholas. Three small steamers had attacked a part of the coast near Trebizond ; but, after firing a few shots, the ships dispersed. Nothing of a serious charac ter had occurred since the disaster at Sinope. On the other hand Sir Edmund Lyons had twice proceeded to Ba toum with convoys, and a squadron of two French and two English steamers had gone to the neighbourhood of Sebastopol, and near the Sea of Azoff, but could not see anything more than three small Russian steamers at anchor. No Russian man-of-war had been seen by the various vessels despatched in different directions, and it did not appear that any Russian vessels had been sent to sea since the last orders had been issued. He trusted that now the house would consent to go into committee in order to proceed with the estimates. Mr. LUCAS having postponed his motion with respect to alleged grievances suffered by Roman Catholic soldiers and sailors, in the absence of the Secretary at War, COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The house then went into committee of supply. On the first vote of 50,0001., for defraying the charges for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, Mr. W. WILLIAMS said, he wished to call the atten tion of the First Lord of the Admiralty to several points in connection with these estimates. It appeared from the votes that there were 16 admirals in active service of whom two were in command of dockyards, and four were what were denominated port-admirals, so that only ten were actually employed on board ship. There were, how ever, 261 admirals in a state of idleness, receiving half-pay or pensions. Then there were 93 captains and 127 com manders, altogether 220 of both ranks on the active list, but there were 544 captains and 920 commanders receiving half-pay or pensions, and in a state of idleness. The num ber of lieutenants to be employed was 519, while 1,143 were unemployed. This was a monstrous state of things, which, in his opinion, well deserved the consideration of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Only 755 officers of all ranks were to be employed in a fleet which they were told was the most powerful ever sent to sea by this country, while 2,868 officers were left in a state of idleness. He (Mr. Williams) must say that, since the present First Lord of the Admiralty had been in office, he believed the manage ment of that department had been much more economical and efficient than was formerly the case ; but he wished to call the attention of the right hon. baronet to the fact that, since the termination of the last war, there had been an expenditure of 62,000,0001. upon wages, machinery, and other items in the dockyards, and he would like to know what practical advantage the country had derived in return for such vast expenditure. Within the same period, also, there had been an expenditure of 10,500,0001. for the en largement of the dockyards. He was quite sure that if the right hon. baronet would take stock in his department he would find there had been, since the war, fully 25,000,0001. sterling spent, and very little loft to show for it. He would also suggest that much advantage and saving might be effected by placing the navy agencies in the colo nies under the commissariat ; and, in conclusion, he trusted that the right hon. baronet would take measures for promoting savings-banks in the navy. Sir J. GRAHAM said, with reference to the large num ber of officers on half-pay, beginning with those in the highest rank, the hon. gentleman would recollect that full inquiry had been made by the committee which had sat on naval estimates under the presidency of the noble mem ber for Totnes, and upon the recommendations of which considerable reductions in the list complained of had been made ; of lieutenants on the effective list, indeed, the num ber had been so much reduced that in the recent armament considerable difficulty had been experienced in making up the requisite staff of lieutenants—so much so that an alte ration of the rules which had been introduced with refe rence to promotions from this very valuable class of officers would'probablybe necessary. (Hear, hear.) There was no doubt that large expenditure had been incurred in the adaptation of existing ships to a more useful construction, and more especially in the adaptation of vessels to the screw system ; but the result, as manifested in the pre sent condition of our navy, would, he thought, be accepted as a valuable consideration. (Hear, hear.) The plan of con centratins• the naval agencies in the colonies with the com missariat had been tried, experimentally, at Hong Kong, but it had been found productive of such complication of accounts, and such inconvenience to the naval service, that it had been abandoned. The importance of encouraging savings-banks in the navy was by no means new to him, for he had, twenty years ago, carried a measure for that very purpose. The measure, he was sorry to say, had not been so successful by any means as the introduction of savings-banks into the army ; but he was disposed to attri bute this rather to the different mode in which sailors were paid than to any inherent defect in the sailors themselves, as compared with soldiers. (Hear, hear.) Receiving their wages as the sailors did, in comparatively large sums, with long intervals, and when the ship was paid off in some port where every temptation to spend his money was presented to the seaman, it was not much to be won dered at that savings-banks were of less avail in the navy than in the army. He was very desirous, therefore, of remedying this defect by assimilating the pay of the sailor, in its mode of payment, as nearly as possible to that of the soldier. (Hear.) The existing condition of things was altogether inopportune for the introthiction of so great a change, the various classes of seamen now afloat receiv ing, from circumstances, wages so various in their nature and amount ; but he could assure the house that he would take the earliest practicable occasion to lay before them a measure to carry out the principle, calculated as that pan ole was, he thoroughly believed, materially to improve the ossbsset er of our navy. Captain bssansELL considered that the system of offer 's/3 largo bounty at.a. other special advantages to the naval coast volunteers was unit... so the other seamen who were invited, at this critical juncture, enter the navy, and who, if really seamen, were quite as welsssy of this en couragement as any particular class of their proiess , o e . Sir J. GRAHAM said that to extend bounty to all '0.(3 seamen required for the present emergency would involve the country in au immediate outlay of not less than 200,000/.—an expenditure which was entirely unnecessary, since the full number of seamen who were required were found ready to enter without that inducement. (Hear.) With the gallantry and high spirit so conspicuous in their profession, as our seamen saw danger to the country in crease, so increased their willingness to enter the service. Some few months ago, indeed, there was a difficulty in getting seamen for the fleet; but since it had become clear to the seamen of this country that danger was at hand, they had come forward with a spirit which could not be too highly admired. (Hear.) He was most anxious to give to every seaman a fair remuneration for his services, but, with reference to the naval coast volunteers, it should be recollected that they stood in the same position towards the general navy with relation to the bounty question as the militia occupied in reference to the army. Sir G. TYLER thought it would be extremely useful to the house if some information could be given them as to how the force of naval coast volunteers had been raised, and whether the number of men who had come forward—many of whom could not be altogether seamen— was equal to that for which the vote had been taken last year. He had always been of opinion that we must look to the merchant service for our seamen; but it was most desirable that there should be always at hand a sufficient supply of sailors for continuously manning our fleet when required. The plan proposed, in a pamphlet written by Admiral Bowles, was, that there should be a naval mi litia, independent of the coast volunteers, formed along the coast and within five miles of it, and also that there should be a quota established for each great seaport town in Eng land. This force the author proposed to divide into classes, and suggested that the first class, composed of men from 18 to 30 years of age, should be made available for the service of the Royal Navy for a certain fixed period, liable to be called out like the militia, and with equal bounties and advantages. The second class would consist of men between 30 and 40 years of age, liable to limited service in the United Kingdom ; and in this way a force would be established which would be at all times available. He hoped the right hon. gentleman would give to the plan of the gallant officer that consideration which he (Sir G. Tyler) thought it deserved. Admiral BERKELEY said, it was true they had been obliged to take a certain number of landsmen in the force which had been raised; but the progress which these young men made in the schools was perfectly wonderful. The coast-guardsmen were a remarkably fine body of men, and the various captains whose ships had received quotas spoke of them in the highest praise. The enrolment of volunteers had not fully commenced; but the force already raised in the three weeks during which enrolment had been going on amounted to about 1,000 men. Captain SCOBELL said, that in proposing a system of bounties he wanted to induce men to come forward for a longer period of service. He would not give a bounty to any man who did not enter for 10 years, and would ex eludet ordinary seamen and landsmen from the system al e - gether. Mr. W. WILLIAMS was convinced that the diminu tion .inus tion of corporal punishments on board Her 0 31_ j rvi t a y id. &IL ) had been an inducement to seamen to e cc e li d a fo hoped the right hon. gentleman at thh fixed of th u e p ß en oar t d ha o t f Admiralty would keep his attention point ; for, sure he was, that whenever an o fficer was found continually inflicting punishment on board his ship, that officer was not fit for command The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of 51,7221. for the expenses of the scientific branch, Mr. BENTINCK called attention to the very long inter terval which elapsed bet ween the completion of certain of the coast su rveys and the publication of the charts. Sir J. GRAHAM acknowledged that the more speedy pu bli ca tion of the result of the surveys was a matter of great importance. He had given his attention to the re organisation of the hydrographical department, and an officer well known for his scientific acquirements, Captain Washington, had been appointed as assistant to Admiral Beaufort. The attention of these officers had been di rected to the urgent necessity of a more speedy publication of the surveys which had been made, as charts became comparatively useless if their publication was long de layed, and he believed the result of their joint efforts would be that the wishes of his hon. friend would before long be accomplished. Captain SCOBELL would suggest whether it would not be desirable for the Government to offer some premium for the best lifeboat or liferaft. The vote was agreed to, together with the following 131,451/. for sabsriee of officers, &c., at her Majesty's naval establishments at home. 22,2971. for her Majesty's establishments abroad. On the vote of 833,6481. for wages to artificers, &c., em ployed in her Majesty's establishments at home, Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE wished to express his gratifi. cation at the exertions in our naval establishments, which enabled England to put forth such a magnificent display of strength at such short notice. (Hear, hear.) As he had thought it his duty to express some disapprobation with regard to the proceedings of the Government he was glad to see there had been more vigour in execution than there had been unity in council. The vote was agreed to, together with a vote of 37,2591. as wages to artificers in our naval establishments abroad. On the vote of 1,142,7321. as naval stores for the build ing and repairs of ships, Ur. W. WiriLlA ALS owned th4t, commix; the yotee of this and the previous year with those taken for the last 25 or 30 years, and looking a t th e efficient navy which w e now possessed under the auspices of the right hon. gentle man, there was much food for congratulation as to the small amount required to prepare such an efficient fleet as contrasted with years when there was scarcely any fleet at all for the defence of the country. Mr. CORRY, acknowledging the admirable state of effi ciency into which the fleet had been brought, said there was one arm in which he feared it was deficient ; he alluded to ships fitted for carrying mortars. When he was at the Admiralty a second class steam-sloop was fitted for that purpose, and the experiment was looked upon as a success ful one. Admiral BERKELEY said, that all our large ships at present threw shells from their 68-pounders, almost in the same way as mortars, and were capable of bursting their shells at the same distance as mortars. Mr. CORRY—But without the power of elevation. Captain SCOBELL hoped the improvement of the small arms would not be lost sight of. Some of the marines, he apprehended, were now practised in the use of the Minie rifle. He wished to ask whether the Board of Admiralty had finally made up their minds as to the propriety of employing iron as a material for ships of war ? He wished also to put a question to the right hon. gentleman with regard to the reward given to the inventor of a screw-pro peller. He understood there were parties who were said to have a reasonable claim to be considered in the matter, and who urged that the screw-propeller invented by them was the very one which the Royal navy now used, and for which the premium had been awarded. Sir J. GRAHAM had great pleasure in informing the hon. and gallant member that the muskets supplied on board her Majesty's' ships were of the most improved de scription. With regard to the second question which had been put to him, he had to state that the result of the inquiries which had been made afforded proof that iron was not a material well adapted for the construction of ships of war. With regard to the item referred to by the hon. and gallant gentleman, the circumstances of the case were, that a sumof 10,0001. had been paid to persons claimed to be the inventors of the screw-propeller in use in her Ma jesty's ships, but at the same time a bond of indemnity had been required, in the event of any person hereafter coming forward and proving himself to have been the ori ginal inventor, and if Captain Carpenter were, in fact, the original inventor, he could institute a legal claim. Sir F. BARING stated that he had paid, when he had the honour of holding office, a sum of 10,0001. to persons claiming to be the inventors of the screw-propeller now employed in the navy. The invention was not a simple invention, but rather a combination of inventions, and, in his opinion, the persons who had conducted the business had Blown a very liberal spirit, and, indeed, he was con vinced that if each invention bad been paid for separately, the ea:pense to the country would have been considerably greater than it had actually been. Mr. FRENCH felt bound to state that, in his opinion the credit of the application of the screw-propeller to nau tical affairs was due to Captain Evans. That officer had been sent to inspect the Archimedes, which, he believed, was one of the first ships which was fitted with a screw propeller, and he had been present at the trial which took place, and the inventor was at that time utterly ignorant of the power which the screw gave over the helm, and every one of the statements which Captain Evans made on that occasion had since been justified by the result. When cre dit was claimed by different persons for the application of the screw-propeller, he thought that some credit was due to an officer who had so materially facilitated its adapta tion. Captain SCOBELL said that all that Captain Carpenter desired was, that justice should be done him. He believed that the money which had been paid had come to a Mr. Low, and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had refused Mr. Low an extension of his patent. He himself felt convinced that the screw on board that celebrated ship the Agamemnon, and many other first-class ships, was more similar in principle to Captain Carpenter's invention than it was to any other. Sir F. BARING said that the fact of the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council having refused Mr. Low an extension of his patent was no proof that he was not the original inventor. Mr. STAFFORD considered that the right hon. gentle man was quite justified in having paid the sum of 10,0001. as he did ; such had been the opinion of the late Board of Admiralty and of that which preceded, and he thought also of that which succeeded it. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 374,6421. for new works, improvements, and repairs in the yards, &c., was agreed to. A vote of 32,000/. for medicine and medical stores was also agreed to. On the vote of 54,6531. for miscellaneous services, • Mr. STAFFORD expressed his satisfaction that the Board of Admiralty had continued the grant to the Sailors' Home which had been proposed by the late board. The vote was a g reed to. On the vote of 657,5751. for reserved pay and half-pay, Admiral WALCOTT thought that, accustomed as we had been to refer the high position which England held among nations to the superiority of her naval power, he could not do otherwise than concur in any measure which should make a more adequate provision for manning the navy. For, of what possible use or avail could it be to boast of a splendid navy of ships, unless manned with the sinews and nerves to render them efficient ? But it was necessary plainly to tell the man-of-war's man to what he might look forward—to satisfy him of the certainty of that provision which was proposed for his welfare, present and future. The officers should possess the perfect conviction that no disposal of patronage, for ends private or political, would mar their prospect of the reward due to merit. Then this country would reap the full benefit of such a generous and fostering care of a noble profession. He agreed wholly in opinion with the hon. and gallant member for Bath that nothing could be more unwise than to encumber a ship with any large proportion of landsmen. Very few, in deed, but ordinary seamen ought to be taken on board. Lads from 14 to 18 years of age were the material from which blue jackets must be made. In the navy yearly from 3,000 to 4,000 such ought to be entered, in order to supply regular men-of-war's men. He was gratified by the testimony borne by the right hon. baronet the First Lord. of the Admiralty to the services of his predecessors at that board. To the Duke of Northumberland the service was indebted for the Committee on Manning the Navy, of such vast importance in its results. He believed that no man ever entered upon that office with more single minded purpose, or more earnest desire to conduce by every possible exertion to its efficiency ; and, as regarded its patronage, to make merit the sole criterion of advance ment. Allusion had been made to the crowded state of the lists. It ought and must be remembered that during the last war we had at one time no less than 1,003 pen dants flying, and to officer those ships was a matter of the first necessity. The officers then employed served their country with fidelity, and to its utmost advantage, and. they ought not to be dealt with in speeches of disparage tuent. Many in peace-time earnestly and perseveringly advanced their claims to continued service—many were still rthet desirous of employment, and in a short time hundreds or these men would no longer need the reward of good and gallant service. But ho would remind the house that the first evidence and sigu of a declining nation were ingratitude displayed towards those who had,stood by their country, giving her strength and life in that hour in which she most needed them. The country was entering upon another war ; and she would require able heads and youth ful spirit and vigour, and they ought to be cheered on wards by the bright hope that the country would not be disregardful of their claims upon her consideration. Their ardour should not be damped by indifference shown to those who preceded them in a career no less noble or momentous to the interests of their country. Capt. SCOBELL hoped that the Admiralty would go upon the principle of giving promotion according to merit. The Admiralty had the power of checking any man's pro motion they pleased, and the few that were employed were not selected solely on account of public merit. It was a hard case that half the lieutenants never got beyond that rank. Owing to their numbers they could not be pro moted, but the Admiralty could pick and choose where they pleased. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said, that as the hon. and gallan admiral opposite had observed, that officers of merit in the sea service had been neglected he could not help contrast ing the manner in which naval officers were treated with the conduct pursued towards officers in the army, in refer ence to good service pensions. He perceived by the esti mates that one of the persons receiving a good service pension in the navy was Commodore Michael Seymour. This gentleman entered the service on the sth of Novem ber, 1813, and doubtless must then have been very young. In March, 1814, only four months afterwards, he was pre sent, while serving in the Hannibal, at the capture of the French frigate La Sultane, and that was the only service he had rendered for this good service pension. It was true that he had held the appointment of Commodore- Superintendent of Davenport Dockyard since September, 1851, and had been actively employed afloat as a com missioned officer about 18 years ; but he had been very fortunate in obtaining these two employments, and many an officer would have been glad to have the appoint service he had mentioned, exhibited a liberality of especially meats. The grant of a good service pensi on for the single the gallant admiral had no right to complain, servebutdWaterloo not ed in ; h had b f the country that in this case so mu eels. he thouht that there was ground for p comla c int on the part o g bestowed. Sir J. GRAHAM said, the hon. gentleman was rather unfortunate in the instance he had adduced of ill-bestowed. reward. Commodore Seymour's service were set forth in the paper before the house, and as he had had. an interview that very day with the gallant commodore, he would tell the house what the nacure of that interview was. Itbecame the dutyof the Admiralty to select a captain of the fleet for the force to be commanded by Sir C. Napier, and he ac cordingly consulted Sir C. Napier as to the officer who, on the whole, would be most efficient for that post. After conferring together and looking at the list of officers, they both came to the conclusion that, if Commodore Seymour could be induced to accept the appointment, he would be the most efficient person, (Hear, hear.) That gallant officer was at the moment Superintendent of the Devon port Dockyard, and was also, on account of personal and professional services—not without regard to the character of his gallant father, who had been one of the most dis tinguished officers in the navy—in the receipt of a good service pension. The moment it was mentioned to the gallant officer that for the good of the service he should leave the dockyard and go on board the Wellington as captain of the fleet, he replied that he was ready to start at 48 hours' notice, and that he would resign his dockyard appointment and throw his pension to the winds if he could be of any service to the profession to which his heart was attached. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir J. Graham) did not think it right to take the gallant officer strictly at Id' word ; but, telling him that it was important that p should go on board the Wellington on the special s ervice desired, added that he would make arrangements, in cn sideration of the gallant officer's generous offer to resign his appointment, to keep it open for him until the special service was performed. (Hear, hear.) I' t the gallant officer but he thought that m an y som i e eu ef the Mr. W. WILLIAMS had meant to cast n o reflectionenant n on who had fought and had been wounded t h em selves hardly great battles of Nelson, and had nothing but t h e ir miserable half-pay to depend on, might consider t good service was his _ treated when they compared the reward o f o f their services with that given to a gentlema n wiles confined to the first four mon ths after joining the, navy. 'ous Red allowances. votes :-476,6591. for military petals' The vote was then agreed to, navy estimates), (conveyance of as i wielroewaaluscoetsh. e following and 145,7981. for civil pensions and allowances. the for On ar th m e y vo a te nd of 20210351 (thdeeplaais. Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained that in the conveyance troops) , tinents of some troops to Dublin a small mercantile steamer had, been employed with great incon venience to the men, when tof-war s teamers, at the time lying idle, might h w av o rabeenen put in requisition for the purpose. dir J. 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Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4Aper cent. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar-, lingtou, 4 per eent.l Do. do. do.l Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 . iaterfd. &Kiik.6p. c. York, Newcastle,and Bcrwick,4 p.c. Prof Do York&N. Midland H. Ind 6. rtirchillim, 3i - 3i do —l2l 109 - 111 4 . - i F 8 - 8i 4 93 6 1 00 90 95 94 96 id par 137 139 2i . - 3 ... ...... ... 12 - 13 6A 7i 96 10 par p ••• ••• 136 - 138 li -i( 101 - 106 i - 1p o —lO 16i 17 10 10, 13 15 id I 23 —24 17 = 19 a• • 4".. • oe, - 94 - 97 34 - 4 I i 4 66 - tai 6i . 1 - 6 3 -- 3i 4 -- 4 P 1 -- 1/p 1 -- lip 13i--=l4 RUSSIAN SHIPS CHARTERED BY BRITISH MERCHANTS. Sir W. CLAY wished to ask Lord J. Russell, first, whether Russian ships chartered by British merchants to brine , corn from the Black Sea, and by a finnan of the Sultan (issued after his declaration of war against Russia) permitted to pass the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, will be also permitted to pass unmolested by British men of war, in the event of war occurring between Great Britain and Russia ; secondly, whether the Government will use its good offices with the Government of France to ensure for the vessels so circumstanced a safe conduct from French cruisers likewise? _ . Lord J. RUSSELL said the question was one of great interest and delicacy, but it would be desirable that any such applications should be addressed to the proper office in writing. Some Russian ships chartered by British mer chants have, on application by Lord Stratford to the Sul tan, been allowed safe passage through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and care would be taken to carry that out. COLONEL THOMPSON. Sir DE L. EVANS gave notice, that on the next Supply night, he should draw attention to the stoppage of Col. Perronet Thompson's promotion. (Hear, hear.) THE BUDGET. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to give notice that a supple mentary estimate respecting the army would be laid on the table of the house, either to-night or to-morrow, and on Friday next he should propose to go into committee on this estimate. He wished also to give notice, that on Mon day next, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a committee of ways and means would snake his usual financial state ment. THE NAVY. In reply to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Sir J. GRAHAM said he was not aware that any dis content prevailed on board the Princess Royal or any other of her Majesty's ships arising out of the employment of Coast-guards. (Cheers.) THE OATHS BILL. Lord D. STUART wished to know if the noble lord the member for the city of London could state when he intended to proceed with the Oaths Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL replied in the negative. Sir F. THESIGER had understood the bill was fixed for the 20th of March. Lord J. RUSSELL said it certainly had been fixed for that day, but he would not say whether it would be brought forward then or not. (Hear, hear.) NEUTRALS. Mr. M. GIBSON again drew attention to the question of neutrals, and wished to know if in the event of war, ships laden with merchandise—not munitions or imple ments of war—and sailing under a neutral flag, would be protected from aggression. Lord J. RUSSELL said the subject, which was a very delicate and important one, was still under consideration of the Government, but no permanent decision had yet been come to upon it. Before, however, any declaration of war was made the resolution and intention of the Go vernment would be fully made known to the world. (Hear, hear.) SUPPLY. The report of the committee of supply was brought up and agreed to. REMOVAL OF PAUPERS FROM ST. PANCRAS. On the motion for going.into committee of supply, Sir B. H ALL took the opportunity of contradicting a statement which was made on Friday by the hon. member for Dungarvon, with reference to the removal of a person named Harris from the parish of St. Pancras. No such person existed as the woman referred to, and the hon. member must, therefore, have been deceived by those who supplied him with the information. (Hear.) Mr. MAGUIRE said he obtained the information from the parish authorities of Cork. (Hear.) The subject then dropped. MASSACRE OF SINOPE. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY took the same opportunity of directing attention to the destruction of the Turkish flotilla at Sinope on the 30th of November, 1853. On the whole he thought Russia was not to blame for having de- ~. stroyed the flotilla, though he took exception to the man ner in which they did it, but the Government were to blame for not having allowed the British squadron to enter the Black Sea in sufficient time to prevent the catas- trophe. (Hear, hear.) It was known some time before it occurred that the Russian fleet had left Sebastopol, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe warned the Government what would happen unless the British squadron was di- rected to piss through the Bosphorus. It was true that instructions were sent out directing that the Russian autho- rides should be warned that if the fleet entered the Black Sea it would be taken as an open act of hostility, and he wanted to know how it was that this instruction was not carried out until after the affair at Sinope had taken place? But, putting all that aside, it was notorious that before a powerful naval force was cruising about Sinope some days before the Turkish flotilla, and he wanted to know what the British squadron was about at the mouth of the Bos phorus while all this reconnoitring was going ou. (Hear, n .r.) Certainly a fault was committed somewhere, and it was A.,.. question,, m l he thought responsi &t i y of t P t arliameut to find out with whom the 1 , neglect rested. (Hear, hoar.) Sir J. GRA.1.... M remarAfhi. the house that this part of the Turkish case u...._, _uch ti._t. upon in the recent i l e t n t g h t e h n e nr received i d v e e b i a on?he fullestth e t; a e s x ,. pi an u al, ~., from the c.l,wern ment. So far back as the B th of 0,,, -‘l)er last, in structions wers given to the British squadron 0... 0; the territory of Turkey on the Black Sea should be pro tected against any Russian attack, and immediately after the affair at Sinope that instruction' as extended to protecting the Turkish flag on the Black Sea as well as the Turkish territory. The first of these instructions was not communicated to Russia until after the outrage of Sinope ; he readily admitted that, but the delay which thus took place he thought was fully explained in the blue-books, and to those books he must refer the hon. baronet for an answer to his question. (Hear, hear.) It would be seen from the papers, in fact, that Admiral Pandas offered to go into the Black Sea before the Sinope massacre took place, but by some misfortune he did not obtain any answer from the Turkish Government to this application until after the calamity had happened. (Hear, hear.) It was clear, therefore, that the Turkish Govern ment was alone to blame for having left their flotilla so unprotected at Sinope ; while, with regard to the imputations and insinuations which had been thrown out against Admiral Dundas, he would only stop to say that when the opportunity offered the gallant admiral would show that he was not wanting eithr in vigour or decision. (Cheers.) Mr. BUCK asked for some explanation with regard to the English merchant ship which was at Sinope when the attack took place. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the ship arrived at Sinope just before the attack was made, and although her crew were totally defenceless, they were attacked by the Russians with a barbarous and cruel fire, and when they succeeded in escaping to the shore they were most cruelly set upon by the Turkish inhabitants, who mistook them for Russians. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked what had been the re sult of our examination of the Black Sea. Sir J. GRAHAM said our cruisers had repeatedly visited Varna, the entrance to the Sea of Azoff and coast of Cir cassia, but they had never yet met with a ship bearing the Russian flag. (Hear, hear.) Admiral WALCOTT availed himself of that opportu nity to denounce the conduct of Russia in the Sinope affair, which he thought had inflicted indelible disgrace upon the Russian flag, while the noble, and almost superhuman resistance of the Turkish fleet would reflect honour upon the flag to the end of time. (Cheers.) The gallant admiral insisted that the period hail arrived when the liberties of Europe demanded that the aggressions of Russia, which hitherto had been carried on by means of liplomacy, should be resisted by the force of arms, and he there fore rejoiced to hear that our armaments would be carried out upon an extensive and vigorous scale. (Hear.) Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND reminded the house that if the country was to be well served by its officers they must be protected from the attacks of unprofessional critics. (Hear.) He remembered some 30 years ago sailing with the present Admiral Pandas in the Mediterranean, and the admiral then remarking to him—" The time may come when I shall be an admiral having the command of a fleet on this sea in a time of war, and then I believe the greatest difficulty I shall have to contend with will be the sneers and sarcasms of unprofessional members of the Legislature. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that prophecy would be a warning to the house for the future. (Cheers.) Mr. F. FRENCH protested against the House of Com mons being precluded from discussing the conduct of our Admirals on the ground just stated. (Hear, hear.) Lord D. STUART said the disaster of Sinope was but the result of the hesitatintpolicy which had been pursued. (Hear, hear.) It was to be seen from the despatches of Lord Stratford how deeply he regretted that the allied fleets did not enter the Black Sea sooner. (Hear, hear.) It was unaccountable that they should have delayed so long, considering that the instructions were to protect the Turkish forces and territory. For a long time before the affair of Sinope the movements of the Russian fleet were known ' • and they had swept the Black Sea two months. Unless the ambassador had received instructions at every hazard to prevent risk of war, the allied fleets would have gone to the rescue of the Turkish squadron. (Hear.) Such a feeble policy would only be calculated to frustrate the very object it had in view. Captain SCOBELL said, when an hon. member asked whether the House of Commons should not discuss why the allied fleets had not entered the Black Sea, the answer was that it must depend on the winds and weather—(hear) —and that it was impossible sitting there to command a fleet in tho Black Sea. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Nor could the ambassador at Constantinople do so—it must depend on the judgment of the admiral. (Hear.) It was said, why had not the English fleet sailed into the Black Sea alone ? The answer was, that it would have been most unwise to do so, as it would have been equivalent to attacking Russia without a declaration of war, and with out the co-operation of France. The fact was that the disaster of Sinope was in a groat degree owing to the rash ness of the Turks, who had remained within a short dis tance of Sebastopol, without any reason at all, except to tempt the Russians to attack them, and there was ample justification for the attack, although undoubtedly it had been characterised by needless barbarity. Our fleet was well manned, and he believed that in any struggle which might ensue our sailors would display that gallantry which had marked their conduct in all previous encounters with the enemy. Lod J. MANNERS asked whether the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) was in possession of any information to the effect that since the British fleet bad entered the Black Sea there had been any fresh aggression there on the part of the Russians. Mr. SANDARS, while he admitted that the affair of Sinope was nothing less than a savage massacre, was at a loss to determine where the real fault lay. He believed, however, that had we earlier informed Russia of our inten tions and had adopted more energetic measures at the com mencement We should not have found ourislyes in so spot. below rreck, , for , nclon. MSS; lnnie noral eons lump lull, , has rust corn COM COM COM St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 5 10 St. 5 St. 16 St. 20 12:! St. 10 25 10 1.0.1