The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The house met five o'clock. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Lord CAMPBELL said he was instructed by that respectable body—the Northern Circuit—to make a re presentation in his place in that house to the Lord Chan cellor. The judges, bar, attornesy, grand jurymen, &my attending upon the assizes, for the county of Lancaster, were all in a state of the greatest dismay, in consequence of the intelligence they had received from the Mayor of Liverpool that at the coming assizes in that town they were to be turned out of St. George's Hai which had been accorded to their use by solemn compact, and con demned to sit in a place which was situated in locality where the cholera generally raged, and which he could say from experience very muck resembled the black hole of Cal cutta. The reason for this procee ding, he unde rs t oo d, was that St. George's Hall wa s being decorat e d p r i or t o the visit of her Majesty to Liverpool; but he did not think her Majesty would wish her visit in to impede the course of justice. He hoped his noble friend would in quire into the subject , and that, the event of no other remedy being found, a bill would be introd uce d f or holding all the assizes for the county at Lancaster Castle, where there was ample accommodation for the courts of justice. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that was the first time he had heard of the circumstance. H e cou ld hardly su ppose the visit of her Majesty was th e rea l reason f o r shutting up the courts of justice. He should direct a letter to be written to the Mayor of Liverpool, request. ing him to give some explanation of the matter. Lord BROUGHAM sympathised with his learned brethren on the Northern Circuit in the inconvenience they would suffer by their remova l to t h e p l ace men tioned. This was anoth er i nstance of the necess it y f or the appointment of a public prosecutor, whose duty it should be to watch over the administration of justice. The Borough Rates Bill, on the motion of Lord STAN LIT of Alderley, was rea d a second time. The Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill was also read a second time, on the motion of the same noble lord. The following bills were also read a second time : Sale of Beer, &c. ; Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction ; Stock in-Trade Exemption ; Inclosure, &c., Land ; Common, &c., Rights (Ordnance) ; Friendly Societies (No. 2) ; Spirits (Ireland) ; Burials beyond the Metropolis ; Ad miralty Court ; Land Revenues of the Crown (Ireland) ; Highways Public Health. The following bills passed through committee Public Libraries, Registration of Births, &c. (Scotland), Usury Laws Repeal, Returning Officers, Turnpike Acts Continuance, &c., Jury Trial (Scotland). MEDICAL GRADUATES (LONDON UNIVER SITY) BILL. Lord MONTEAGLE moved the second reading of this bill, with a short explanation of its ob)ects, which have already been fully reported. The Duke of ARGYLL approved of the principles of the bill, but feared that it would settle the grievances of the profession in a partial manner.. At present licen tiates of the medical schools of Edinburgh and Glasgow were prevented practising in England, and their case was not provided for by this bill. It was quite clear that this exclusion could not be preserved, but that in any general measure of medical reform we must have free trade in doctors as well as anything else. Pending that measure, he would confine the privileges conferred on graduates of London, to a removal of the penalties respecting vaccination and lunacy, which were provided for by the second clause. He begged to remind the house that this bill, although supported in the other house by Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell, was by no means to be considered as a Government measure. He moved that the object of the bill be confined to re moving the pains and penalties inflicted for practising in vaccination and lunacy cases. Lord CAMPBELL asserted the claims of the Scotch universities, but was willing to accept the compromise proposed by the noble duke, pending a general measure of medical reform. Lord MONTEAGLE replied. Lord BROUGHAM defended the bill, as being only a just following up of the charter upon which the Uni versity of London was founded. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time, with the understanding that the Duke of Argyll's suggestion should be considered in committee. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. This bill was committed and reported. REGISTRATION OF BILLS OF SALE (IRE LAND) BILL. This bill was real a third time and pissed. JAMAICA LOAN BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM BILL. This bill went through committee. SHERIFF AND SHERIFFS' CLERK (SCOT LAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. JOINT STOCK BANKS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CRIME AND OUTRAGE BILL (IRELAND). This bill was read a third time and passed. POOR LAW CONTINUANCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. HERITABLE SECURITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Tuis bill passed through committee. JUDGMENT EXECUTION BILL. This bill was read a second time. NATIONAL GALLERY (DUBLIN) BILL. This bill went through committee, and was reported. POSFAL ARRANGEMENTS, IRELAND. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE rose to call attention to the state of postal communication in Ireland. He stated the fact to be, that since the establishineut of rail ways in Ireland, there was less postal accommodation than before. Viscount CANNING could assure the noble earl that the Government, both then and at all times, were quite ready to make any improvements which were needed. He could assure that house that the Post-office authori ties were most anxious that justice should be done to the commercial community of the sister country. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the sub ject dropped. COMMUNICATION WITH" THE GUARDS OF RAILWAY TRAINS. Earl FITZHARDINGE rose to inquire whether the attention of her Majesty's Ministers had been drawn to a late attempt to murder a policeman in a railway car riage ; and whether, in consequence, they had any in tention to introduce a measure to compel the railway companies to adopt some means enabling the guard to communicate with the engine driver when trains were in motion. The attempt to which he referred took place o n the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and the victim of th e assau l t was an inspector of polic e, who had in his custody two prisoners. These prisoners, having ascertained that the train in which they were tra velling would not stop for some time, commenced ill treating the officer, with a design, if possible, of killing him. It appeared that the guard made cries for three miles without being able to attract the attention of the driver. At length he succeeded in making him hear, but, as the judge who tried the case observed, the man might have died in the meantime. When such an out rage could be committed legislation ought to be resorted to in order to compel railways to provide some means of communication between the guard and the driver of a train. Whatever difficulty there might be in supplying the defect, he felt quite certain that in this mechanical age it might be overcome. Capt. Claxton, of the Royal Navy, who had been frequently employed in assisting Mr. Brunel, had written to him stating that in his opi nion neither Mr. Brunel, Mr. Stephenson, nor Mr. Locke, would allow that there was any mechanical diffi .aulty in keeping up a communication between the guard and the driver, adding, that on the London and South- Western Railway the object had been accomplished by the simple contrivance of a line running under the carriages. He (Earl Fitzhardinge) hoped Parliament would not separate at the end of next session without having compelled railroad companies to adopt • some means of preventing a recurrence of such scenes as he had described. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLY—The subject has already occupied th e attent i on of the Government. In th committee on railways which sat last year strong re ..presentations were made to the effect that it should be rendered obligatory on railway easy mode of ooninannicatieneeteweeepneetiheesgtuoaprdroavniddetanhe driver. At the same time the pressed their perfect readiness railway authorities ex ori%3dopt any measure which appeared likely to effect the e which was suggested was that which )." ;caarrnidedU2oeuptloann the South-Western Railway, where ther e wati communi cation by means of a rope worked by a w" " and rnn ning along the carriages from the guard to the driver. Much attention had been attracted t e e :, ' 21 ,;;;;" pectin g nious patent of Professor Gluckman, which hid—bebeen tried on the Great Northern Railway, and r ez :s which Captain Wynn, of the Board of Tra e l the present en ported that it worked satisfactorily. In a bill which .. was introduced in the other house during session, a clause was inserted to compel railway nies to provide some mode of communication. R e re_ to say that, owing to the pressure of business, that bill bad, like many other important measures, been • abandoned ; but it would be re-introduced next session. It was but fair to their lordships to state, and the state ment would be satisfactory to their lordships, as evinc ing the great care shown by the di ff erent persons con nected with railway management, that during th e l ast six months not a single accident had occurred on any railway from causes over which the companies had any control. This, however, was no reason why every pre caution should not be taken in future to prevent further accidents. (Hear.) Earl FITZHARDINGE said nothing could exceed the attention and care of officia ls of the railway with which he was most familiar, namely, the Great Western Railway. - • Lord CAMPBELL thought their lordships bad some - reason to complain that the bill, with regard to rail - Way,, had not been brought before them. He had =himself pointed out several defects which most urgently reqiiire4 to be remedied. It had been held by the judges th a t the companies were not liable for any act done by their servants, unless it were done under the authority of the seal of th e com p an y . and in a case to which he had referred , l who was suppli e d ar esp ectable al having travelled by a n c ergy an „ with a return ticket "by any train, Pal half-a-mown extra ')al!xpress train," and refused to unable to obtain redress ;04 was demanded of him, was four-and-twenty hours. Th e o having been locked u for were not liable, because the ofedge said the com pany autho rity, and did not act under the 00641 exceeded his _,_ re dated, it appeared to h imeeznon seal. As he had 1 " 19 most reasonable that THE SUN, LONVON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1854. companies should be liable under such circumstances. The legislative machinery seemed that session to be wholly out of gear, but he hoped that in the next session the Government would do their duty in this matter. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY could assure the noble earl that a similar measure to that which had been withdrawn would be introduced next session. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) The STUMM took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the West London Rail way and the Westminster Terminus Railway Bills were considered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The Stainforth's Estate and Stirling's Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. The Worsley's Estate Bill was read a second time. BRIBERY BILL. The consideration of this bill, as amended, was then proceeded with, commencing with the adjourned debate on Lord John Russell's clause making it illegal to give refreshments to voters on the day of nomination or polling. Mr. WALPOLE opposed the clause as being at variance with public opinion. It was hopeless to think of inducing the elector to register his vote solely from patriotic motives. Mr. THORNELY strongly objected to allowing either travelling expenses or refreshments, as it would be only. opening the door to endless bribery and treating. Mr. T. EGERTON said the clause was decidedly at variance with the feelings of the country, prohibiting as it did the commonest hospitality, and he was satisfied that it would be largely evaded. Mr. STANHOPE argued that it was unjust to expect that men would come from a long distance to poll at county elections, if they were required not only to loose a day but to pay for their own refreshments. He there fore agreed with the last speaker that all parties would combine to evade the clause. _ Mr. L. HEYWORTH remarked that, if they wished to elevate the character of the elector, they must abolish both travelling expenses and refreshments. Mr. M-CANN said the bill would be useless if they allowed reasonable refreshments of any kind. It was a mistake to permit travelling expenses, but if they per mitted refreshments, bribery and treating would be as rife as ever. _ _ --- Capt. SCOBELL hoped the noble lord would adhere to the clause. Mr. E. BALL obtained his election without the ex pense of a penny piece, and he never would consent to sit . upon any other terms. A member of Parliament gave up a good deal of time to the service of his constituents, and it was unjust to expect him to pay either travelling or refreshment expenses The dignity of the electors, as well as the integrity of the member, depended in a great measure upon the absence of both, and, under these cir cumstances, he should oppose treating of every kind. Mr. ROBERTS also supported the clause. Mr. BARROW insisted that county electors coming from a distance were entitled to reasonable refreshment. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it 35 Majority —.42 The clause was accordingly read a second time. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved to add the day of de claration to the day of nomination and polling. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the• noble lord would not press his amendment. Mr. G. BANKES moved to insert the following words, " not being refreshment reasonably incidental to the travelling expenses of such voter." Mr. HILDYARD seconded the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL said the object a the clause was to remove the uncertaicty of the law of treating, but if this amendment were adopted, he was afraid it would not attain that object, because it was very difficult to decide what were reasonable refreshments to be allowed to travellers. He therefore could not assent to the amendment. Sir F. KELLY thought it would be carrying their legislation too far to reject this amendment. The house already decided that reasonable travelling expenses should be allowed to a voter coming from a distance, and how could they stop short in allowing him reasonable refreshment in the course of the journey when it was long. After some further discussion the house divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority -- 52 The amendment was accordingly rejected Lord R. GROSVENOR movel to leave out from the word "refreshment" in line six, to the end of the claus e , in order to insert th e wor d s "shall be deemed an ille gal act, and the person so offending shall forfeit the sum of 40s. for each offence to any person who shall sue for the same, together with full cost of suit," instead thereof. The amendment was agreed to, after a brief technical discussion. Mr. M'MAHON moved to add the following clauses after clause 14 :—ln case of any indictment or informa tion by a private prosecutor for any offence against the provisions of this act, if judgment shall be given for the defendant, be shall be entitled to recover from the pro secutor the costs sustained by the defendant by reason of such indictment or information, such costs to be taxed by the proper officer of the Court in which such judgment shalt be given. It shalt not be lawful for any Court to order payment of the costs of a prosecutor for any offence against the provisions of this ac, un le,s the prosecutor shall before, or upon the finding of the indictment, or the granting of the information, enter into a recognisance, with two sufficient sureties, in the sum of 2001. (to be acknowledged in like manner as ia't now i required i o n f a c a s d e e s f e o n f d a writs n of an certiorari e a o t w ) a I r l d . i e t h d the conditions following, that is to say, that the prose cutor shall conduct the prosecution with effect, and shall pay to the defendant or defendants, in case he or they shall be acquitted, his or their costs. Mr. PHINN opposed the clauses, as the principle of giving security for costs by a prosecutor was unknown to the English law ; but if it were, the case of bribery was not one which it ought to apply to. Sir F. KELLY insisted on the other hand, that bribery was an exceptional case, and since parties were liable to be improperly prosecuted for it during the heat of political excitement, it was only right to recover their costs. At the same time it should always be pro vided that prosecutions for bribery by the Crown should be exempt from this rule. After some observations from Mr. HILD YARD. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clauses, believing that it would be unwise to throw any obstacles in the way of prosecutions for bribery, or they would never be undertaken at all. He had, however, no objec tion to give the judge the power of granting the defend. ants costs where he thought the prosecution had been instituted without sufficient cause, or from malicious motives. After some further discussion the clauses were agreed to, and were ordered to be added to the bill. Some other clauses were added to the bill, which was then considered, as amended, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday next at the evening sitting. The other twelve o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the sittings were suspended at four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. QUEEN'S MESSAGE. —ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. BOUVERIE having brought up the report of sup ply on the vote of credit. On the question that the resolution be read a second time, _ _ Lord D. STUART rose to move the addition of the fol lowing amendment, of which he had given notice : "That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, to return her Majesty the thanks of this house for her most gracious message, and to assure her Majesty, that her Ma jesty, deeming it expedient to provide for any additional expense which may arise in consequence of the war in which her Majesty is now engaged against the Emperor of Russia, may fully rely on the cheerful zeal and constant affection of her faithful Commons, and to assure her Ma jesty that they most readily do make provision according to her Majesty's wishes, and humbly to pray, that her Majesty will be graciously pleased not to prorogue her Par liament until she shall have been enabled to afford to this license more full information with respect both to her Ma jesty's relations with foreign powers, and to her views and prospects in the contest in which her Majesty is engaged." He had stated last night that he thought it desirable such a motion should be made, and the occurrences of last night had convinced him that such a motion was now not only desirable, but necessary. Probably the annals of Par liament did not record a similar occurrence to that which the house witnessed with astonishment last night, when the leader of the Government in that house came down on a solemn occasion, and not in the heat of contro versy, and not in reply to observations made by his opponents, but deliberately made an exposition of the policy of the Government—of the objects which they pro posed to attain in the present war—and then, not after the lapse of any length of time, but almost within the same hour, contradicted what he had said before, and gave an explanation which was understood by the house to be a retraaation. (Cries of " No, no.") It was an explana tion so different from the former statement of the noble lord, that he knew no word by which to describe it except '.' r etractotion." It appeared that almost every one in the the oppositio house had understood the noble lord as he had been under the that such stood by the right hon. member for Backs, the leader of kind, he found that n• (Cries of " No.") He did not hesitate to ing to the usual was the general understanding, and on look in an organ thatarie urce of information in matters of that derstood in the tby all of them the noble lord was an manner. He found from the report avoured the Government, that the noble Lord D. STUART — Th a emaiimes. lord said— Lord J. RITSSELL—N (Calls of "Order.") Well, if h e was out of journal, h e would takehet l e er in r e f err i ng by name to that report of an o th er organ which equally f avoure d the Gover nment. .4 The n o bl e l or d was there report e d t o h ave said. Rut there is another mode in which the position of R menacing to the inde tifhe establishment of pendence and integrity of TuusrkeaLlis ictrgmbination of art a great fortress repared with f i that aanndd science mademake aist,iaroapdrecgonnatte ready en a s lt d i wi ; t vß p o nao :i s ty s sh i b p om l p o s sible tm f o ae r nv art te rt o 1 large fleet of line-of-battle ships, come down with a favourable wind to the a I consider is a position so menacing to Turkey treaty of peace could be considered safe which lePt r the a ne Em peror of Russia in that same menacing position with respect to Turkey." (Cheers.) His friends had cheered that quotc tion very much. They were delighted with it, and so was h a e He had cheered the declaration of the noble lord as loudly as . Any one; but did the noble lord stand by it on its being repeated ? The noble lord afterwards got up and said that ha had made use of no such expressions. (Cries of "No no," and "Hear , hear.") The noble lord said, " What I sa id was that I thought Russia could not be allowed to maintain the menacing attitude which she has lately d one b y k ee ping so large a fleet at Sebastopol." (Hear.) Was the declaration the same ? (Hear.) Did the hon. gentle man perceive no discrepancy between thong 3 According to the latter explanation, if Russia were to reduce her Black Sea fleet to one or two sail of the line, that would bring her within the terms of the latter explanation. How the noble lord had come to diminish his declaration to that extent it was not for him to explain. It would seem to an irrapartial spectator as if the noble lord had received some communication from some of his colleagues either in that house or in another place—perhaps from the noble earl at the head of the Gevernment, or perhaps the noble lord had felt, after having spoken out his sensible, bold, manly opinion in the first instance, that it might not be altogether in harmony with the opinions of those with whom he was acting. That showed more than ever that they were govern ed now by men who were not in accordanoe with one another —not even in agreement with themselves, but vacillating and distracted in their councils. (Hear.) It appeared to him that though some of them might be desirous—the noble lord he believed was one—of carrying on the war with a vigour suited to the great objects to be attained, there were others who desired nothing so much as to bring the war to a conclusion, no matter on what terms. He believed that the country were generally of opinion that the war might easily have been prevented if there had been at the head of the Government a man of capacity, firmness, and reso lution, who would not have be en a f ra id to meet the designs of the Czar by bold and determined language. His belief was that if such language had been used the Czar would never have made that aggression in Turkey, which, having been made, had necessarily led to resistance and to war. If they had had any other minister than Lord Aber deen the war, in his opinion, would never have taken place. He believed that Lord Aberdeen was sincere in his desire to prevent war, but his measures to prevent it had failed, and instead of averting it his pusillanimous conduct, un worthy the minister of a great country, had rendered the war necessary and inevitable. He could not, therefore, feel any respect for the capacity of a minister who, besides having taken the wrong course, had failed in the means he had adopted. He believed that the people felt that those persona who had not the sagacity to perceive danger in the distance were not likely to have the capacity to meet it when it came near. That opinion was supported by facts. Great armaments had been sent forth, but no results had been produced. A belief had sprung up that the Govern ment wished to saddle the country with a maximum of ex pense, and with a minimum of results, in order to disgust them with the war. Our fleet in the Baltic had captured some tar, and some exploits had been affected of a gallant nature, but what victories could we boast of that were likely to have any decisive effect on the war? Some lives had been lost in affairs like that of Ganda Karleby, chiefly because the fleet had not been provided with vessels of a small draught of water. In the Black Sea Odessa had been half bombarded ; and—what was satisfactory, no doubt we had taken possession of the forts at the mouth of the Danube. Bat these things ought to have been effected long ago. If we had had vessels of shal low draught in the Danube we might have pre vented the Russians crossing the Danube. The right hon. baronet the Fret Lord of the Admiralty had made a grandiloquent statement of a convoy of twelve transports, laden with provisions and munitions, which had been taken Loin the Russians; but the production of the des patch showed that these twelve transports were miserable coasters that had been picked up from time to time by our cruisers; that their crews did not average mare than four men each; and that what had been called munitions of war was oatmeal. (A laugh.) The result was discontent among our forces. We had not marched our troops to the assistance of Omer Pasha; and at the present moment they were stopped at Varna for want of the means of transport. The only satisfactory achievement in the war was by the Turks. Omer Pasha had shown his ability as a general, and the Turks their courage as soldiers. The arrogant Russians, who talked of driving the Turks before them like chaff, and of taking a military promenade to Constan tinople, had been bold en oug h in affairs like Sinope, or against a disabled steamer stranded on their coast, but had been ignominiously defeated by the barbarian troops of that power which the Czar talked of as moribund. No one last year would have dared to prophesy that Russia would in 1851 be driven across the Danube by the Turkish troops, unassisted by their allies. Yet such was the fact. Of late the noble earl at the head of the Government had talked of carrying on the war with the concurrence of France and the " other powers." He wished to know what was meant by the words " other powers." Perhaps Aus tria and Prussia were referred to. What assistance had Austria rendered to us ? We had not experienced the hostility of Prussia; true, but that was all that could be said of her. A treaty had been concluded between Austria and the Porte; but why had Austria not entered the Principalities? They had been told that Austria would drive the Russians out of the Principalities, but the Russians had not retired, and were preparing to d ;feed themselves. What was meant then by the use of such words, when Austria had not declared war. Every thing had been done to conciliate Austria. It had ever been the policy of the Earl of Aberdeen to conciliate Aus tria, and to look to Austria as if Austria ought to be the guide to British councils. It was in reference to such a disposition, that the noble lord the Home Secretary, now a colleague of the Earl of Aberdeen, made use of the re markable expression, in speaking of that noble earl, that the country was guided by the counsels of antiquated imbecility. When the war broke out, it was proposed to enrol a body of Poles in the Turkish service. He believed the noble lord the Home Secretary approved of that pro posal, but it had been laid aside for giving offence to Aus tja, though it now appeared that Austria did not object to it. It would no doubt be a great advantage to have Austria on our side. Let the allied forces once att .ck Sebastopol, as the noble lord talked of their doing, and they would soon find Austria on their side. (Hear, hear.) But so long as the troops of Russia were able to set at de fiance the allied forces of England and France, so long would Austria be unwilling to declare war against her Now, the hon. member for the West Riding, who in speak ing of him had used the expression of " his hon. and de luded friend," but in whose case he might return the com pliment by calling him his hon. and philo-Russian friend, had observed that the contest iu which we were now engaged was not one favourable to the cause of oppressed nationali ties. But was not the Emperor of Russia one of the great est enemies of nationality? Had not he crushed the liberties of Poland and of Hungary, and would it not be desirable that that arch-enemy of freedom should as far as possible be humbled? His hon. friend had spoken of crum pling up Russia, but he (Lord D. Stuart) could not see that we had as yet succeeded in making any impression whatever upon that power. Such being the position of affairs, after tour months of war, a general distrust of the honesty and energy of the Government in prosecuting hostilities had begun to spread throughout the country. The people of England had begun to entertain fears that wt, may even be hurried into some ignominious, unstable, and unsafe peace; and that the House of Commons may com bine with the Government for that end by permitting the war to be carried on, as had hitherto been the case, with out vigour or energy. Under these circumstances he had thought it proper to take the course which he had that even'ng adopted, and for that course he might observe that he had the authority of precedent. A motion similar to that which he had submitted to the house had been made by Mr. Dunning in the year 1780, by Mr. Erskine in 1783, and by Mr. C. Grey, afterwards Earl Grey, in 1805. The noble lord concluded by making the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. S. HERBERT said the noble lord who had just sat down had concluded his speech by referring to precedents , in order to justify the course which he had that evening thought it desirable to adopt. Upon the ground of prece dent he had no complaint to make of the noble lord. Simi lar motions had been made upon questions of natures the most diverse ; but they were distinguished from that of the noble lord by the peculiarity that they had been brought forward by opponents of the Government as a direct cen sure upon its acts, and as an expression of want of confi dence in its administration of affairs. He could only say, that if the noble lord had that evening thrown down a chal lenge, the Government were ready to take it up—to offer the noble lord battle upon his own terms, and to abide by that decision at which, with respect to their conduct of the war, the House of Commons—the representative of the opinions of the country—might arrive. Before he pro ceeded, however, to deal with the speech of the noble lord, he should wish to offer a few observations to the house with reference to some statements which in the discussion of the evening previous had been made by the hon. mem ber for Aylesbury (Mr. Layard). That hon. gentleman, having made some quotations from a letter which he said he had received from the East, had gone on to remark that the Duke of Wellington having complained very loudly at the commencement of the Peninsular war of the great de ficiency which existed in the organisation of the commis sariat department, had, by the application of the high ad ministrative ability which he possessed, brought that de partment to a state of the utmost perfection towards the conclusion of the campaign. But the hon. gentleman had gone further, and observed that the admirable system which had been framed under the Duke of Wellington had at the conclusion of the late war been suddenly altered, if not completely abolished ; so that the fruits of the Duke of Wellington's labours had been lost to the country. Where the hon. member had found the materials upon which to base that statement, he (Mr. S. Herbert) could not say; but, in reply to the hon. member, he should simply state that that system which the Duke of Welling ton had succeeded in bringing to perfection towards the end of the war still continued to remain unchanged. It was true that in England the commissariat had been alto gether abolished, but the system of the Duke of Welling ton had been maintained throughout our colonies exactly , upon the same footing as that upon which that illus trious personage had placed it. The only change, in, fact, that hail been made in connection with the sub ject had consisted in substituting for the head of the commissariat department a responsible minister of the Crown—a change which had been deemed necessary for the welfare of the service and the interests of the country. The person whom the Government had selected to conduct the affairs of that department was dr. Commissary. General Fielder, who had served under the Duke of Wellington, and in whom the greatest confidence had ever been placed by his distinguished chief. So far, therefore, from the system of the Duke of Wellington having been upset, that system had been, as he had shown, maintained in fall vigour. " But," said th e h on. member for Aylesbury, " you sent out last autumn to Turkey a gentleman connected with the commissariat for the purposeof procuring information, and all that he has done has been to write an essay on the manners and customs of the inhabitants of that country." Now, the observations of the honourable gentleman tended to induce the house to believe that the pamphlet which had been written by the gentleman in question treated of every subject rather than that with re spect to which it was desirable that information should be procured. He (Mr. S. Herbert) should, however, merely quote, in reply to thestatement of thehon. member some of the marginal heads, indicating the subject matter contained in the several paragraphs of the pamphlet. They were as follows :—" Supply , of food," Price of Where to be found," " What are the best f transport," " What wei g ht y o u c a n p u t u p on a e meanss in e e camel," , " • What weight upon an ass," &c. In sh or t, th ere was contained in the work in question a variety o f th e most minutethe heads o pamphlet himself, a d been and that he had been d of the th e a t ails with commissariatre respect c to subje cts mightt de upon which desire e toobtain jn. i s 'o rt r nit n 3ittioend ;to kind enough to make some corrections in it, wltk the view of making it useful to those engaged in the publi c serv ice. Bat the hon. member had further said, eci that for Aylesbury the "You sen t ou t on ly one man for the purpose of procuring sad de he eb mem ve l l er hon. believed t to h e thatnec e s s t s a a t r e y m i e n n f t o information." s a , t i t o h n a . t " persons had been had sent with th a t v i ew , an d that one gentleman been ordered to p u t hi mse lf i n comm unic a tion with Mr. His (Mr. S. Herbert a) answ er eight or nine Cal vert, th e very individual who was b es t fitt e d t o g i ve suc h i nformation as mi g ht b e requ i re d. The hon. member had made those stateme n t s , relying upon the truth of letters which h o h ad received from persons who in many instances were not themselves upon the spot, but who merely re ported the rumours which reached them, and whose asser tions were believed to be correct, because they were made by individuals residing iu the country where the circum stances narrat e d in those letters were supposed to have occurred. He should give an instance in corroboration of the accuracy of hill op i nionuPon that subject. It bad bees stated by a gentleman connected with the Ordnance De partment, who had taken occasion to cast blame upon the coaduet of that department, that we had sent out a large number of 6-pounders. But, with the exception of the case of the Horse Artillery, would the house believe that no such thing as a 6-pounder had been sent out at all ; upon the contrary, 9-pounders only had been transmitted to the seat of war. He maintained, therefore, that we should be extremely careful before we agreed to accept statements coming from abroad as positively correct. The hon. member for Aylesbury had also referred to the medical department ; but he (Mr. S. Herbert) must say, that if that and the commissariat depart ment were so greatly neglected as they were repre sented to be, he was at a loss to account for the extremely good health which prevailed among the troops in the East. Taking the whole of tee army into account, there were in hospital but four per cent. out of the number, and out of that 4 per cent. nearly one-third were under treatment for diseases which could not be said to have been contracted in consequence of any deficiency in the commissariat arrangement, but to which men were as liable in the streets of London as iu the field. At the pre sent moment, in short, the health of our troops at Varna was quite as good as the health of the army in any part of England. (Hear, hear.) There were, however, he might observe, certain situations in which troops ight be placed, in which no care or providence, no matter how great, could keep them in good health. The hon. member for Aylesbury had, among other things, contrasted the arrange ments made for the comfort and efficiency of our troops with those which had been made upon the part of the French Government with reference to their army. Now, there could be no doubt that those two great armies, both of them equipped in the best possible manner, must have much to learn one from the other—(hear, hear)- —nor could he state that no fault had been committed in fitting out our troops. He was not such a pedant as to suppose that, in a case in which the greatest expedition was necessary, everything had been done in the most perfect manner. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. Napier—a great authority upon such matters—had observed that mistakes upon such occa sions were the rule, and not the exception. He might, however, state with reference to the subject, that every effort had been used to fit out our troops in the best mou rner possible, and that the arrangements connected with our expedition to the East might be favourably contrasted with those of any similar movement. He should, with the permission of the house, read a letter from one of the very ablest paymasters in the service, which was dated the 29th of June, 1854. The writer, in alluding to the English and French, expressed himself as follows : "I am happy to say that a most excellent feeling exists. Our army is well fed, and there is not the shadow of a complaint; the supplies sent out by the Government hate been a great boon and are highly appreciated; they . are all good of their kind, and, as Lord Raglan has most Judi ciou ay put the issue under regimental arrangements, the most perfect confidence and satisfaction has been the result of the arrangements. Had it been through other channels, the regimental authorities would not have been so inte rested in the good working of the system, and the men are, moreover, more satisfied to be dealt with regimentally ; the conplaint can be rens ailed, if there should be one, without going turdrer—indeed, all works well." He should also r ad other lett_rs from persons, who, in consequence of the positions which th e y occup i e d in the army, had the best means of becoming acquainted with the events which were taking place. One of our officers wrote to the following effect : "No one can believe, who has not seen it, of what value Chobham encampment has proved to the troops. I am quite sure the health of the troops is in a great degree owing to the knowledge, now becoming general, of a good system of encamping. Osman Pacha, a most intelligent man, with whom we communicate on all the quartering of the army in and near Scutari, has frequently told us he could not conceive why we had so little illness, and that no Turks could have remained on the Scutari Hill so long in camp with impunity. We can only answer him that he should see the care and attention of our officers, and the ad vantage of our whit.) cap covers over the senseless fez which his people persist in wearing on their heads, with no pro tection for the eyes or back of the head, and he would learn the true cause of the difference between us. General Forey called here yesterday to see the barracks, the 95th happened to be parading in their fatigue frocks, which he much admired. I asked --- to wheel them into line, and it ended in General Forey being so pleased that he asked for two or three movements, which the regiment executed admirably. lam always glad they should see what our interior really is, and how little we do for show. He should trouble the house with only one other letter, which had been written by a man whose character must secure for his words a respectful consideration. In refer ring to the opinions which the French officers had formed of our troops, the manner in which they were equipped, encamped, ant! fed, the writer said— " Seeing the abuse that is lavished upon every branch of the British army, and that we are told all day long that the arrangements and equipments of the French army are in every way superior, I was surprised to find that we were viewed in a different light by officers of experience in another service, and that justice which is denied to us by many of our own countrymen is really conceded to us by foreigners." He had goneinto those details, being of opinion that he was in no small degree responsible for the manner in which our troops had been equipped, and he felt assured that the house would extend to him its pardon for having entered at such length into topics which were not immediately con nected with the question under their notice. (Cheers.) Passing from these details, he wished to know whether it was true—as had been asserted by the hon. member for the West Riding and by the noble lord who had just spoken— that, although a powerful armament had been sent to the East, yet that no great results had thereby been up to the present moment achieved, and that our armies had won no laurels? War had been declared upon the 29th of March, and the noble lord seemed to be astonished that Russia had not been " crumpled up" in the four months which had since elapsed. That consummation had not been attained ; but was it right to say that nothing whatever had during those four months been effected? An hon. gentleman stated last night that a great number of accidents had taken place in connection with the expedition to the East, and that we had succeeded in monopolising more than our share of those accidents. Our troops have certainly been subjected to casualties in the course of the operations which in the north and south of Europe we have been em ployed in carrying out. The Tiger had been lost—a vessel had been destroyed by fire as she was conveying a portion of the soldiers of the 6th Dragoons to the East ; and in alluding to that loss he might be permitted to say, that however long might be the duration of the war—however brilliant the actions which in its progress might take place —no man's name would be more honoured by Englishmen than that of the gallant officer, who, with none of the glorious excitement of the battle-field to excite him to the performance of heroic deeds, faced in cold blood death in its most frightful shape in order to save the lives of those whom he commanded, and who, notwithstanding the soli• citations of his own soldiers, refused to leave the sinking ship while one living soul remained on board her to receive his generous aid. (Loud cheers.) It was also true that grievous casualties had occurred in the Baltic—that a boat's crew had been sacrificed in the endeavour to cut out from beneath the enemy's batteries the enemy's ships. If, however, such events as those were subjects for regret, we should bear in mind the spirit and the gallantry which they had evoked. (Cheers.) If its were tree that the cou rage of our seamen amounted almost to foolhardin ess we should not forget that the great renown of the British navy had been acquired by a series of exploits such as those to which he had just been adverting; and, instead of giving way to useless regrets, weehould rejoice that that spirit, whose manifestation had raised this country to the summit of fame as a naval power, still continued to exist, brilliant and unchangeable. (Renewed cheering.) But in answer to the statement that no practical result had as yet been brought about by British arms in the present con test, he would ask, was it nothing to have established in four months a complete, an effectual, and an irresistible blockade of the enemy's ports? Those gentlemen who spoke lightly upon that subject seemed to forget that one half the lifetime of the gallant Nelson had been passed in maintaining a blockade. (Hear, hear.) If the country expected that we ought to hear at once of vic tory following of victoryiinpos i o b v i e l ti e a s n not me et our fleets, why, then, th e coun t ry expec t e d t h e sea men bad already d emonstrated that want of from those ga da lla re n c t i c p o e u rf r o a rinan g w e hoorcewant of enterprise formed no part of the reason why these results had, up to the present moment, not been attained. (Cheers.) But has nothing else except the institution of a blockade been effected in the Black Sea? How many pounds sterling, he would ask, had been spent by Russia during the last quarter of a century in erecting along the shores of Circassia those forts which constituted the chains by which she had kept the Cir cassians in thraldom ? AU these forts had fallen into our hands. Mr. LAYARD — They were abandoned by Russia. Mr. S. HERBERT continued—The hon. member did not seem satisfied with the fact that we had it all our own way. (A laugh.) It was said that the people of England liked to hear of a good battle, and of the sacrifice to a vast extent of human life. That, however, was not, he be lieved, the general feeling of the English people, and he felt assured that they rejoiced to find that these fortresses on the coast of Circassia had fallen into our hands without the loss of a single man, with an account of whose fall the p a ges of the Gazett e m i g ht b e a d orne d. But had nothing m ore been effected? Th e no bl e l o rd the member for Marylebone had stated that the Turks had manifested the greatest courage and fortitude and skill in the present co ntest, but it w as a ma t ter o f a stonishment to all Europe that armies so sm a ll as th e irs had not only maintained their Position, but achieved great successes against overwhelming numbers. Such was the fact; but had that result been attained solely and entirely by the forces of Turkey ? Had the Russian armies no enemies but the soldiers of the Sultan to encounter? Was it nothing to have wrested from the Russians those means of communication by which they were enabled to supply the troops with provisions? Had the closing up of the Black Sea no sha re in p roducin g res ults so favourabl e t o T urkey ? H e was not aware whether the noble lord h a d stud i ed t h e hi s tory of the present campaign, or whether he had observed the manner in which its operations h a d b een carr i e d ou t? At the present moment the Danub e , S e b astopo l , an d, in fact, the whole coast of Russia on the Black Sea was blockaded. No provisions, no ammunition could be conveyed to her armies save by land across the full extent of Bessarabia ; and he had been informed that when provisions were being transported by land for th e Russian troops, the air became tainted by the putridity, in consequence, no doubt, of the length of time occupied in transmitting them to their destination. The Russian Government had been compelled to resort, in order to provision their army, to the use of small carts drawn by bulleeka, in a country where the roads were extremely bad, and where the distance to be traversed was so great that by the time the carts arrived at the camp the bullocks themselves had consumed nearly all the grain, and were reduced to a condition so lean as to render them unfit for human food. Now these, he would venture to say, were no t r ifli ng resu lts, although they might partake of none of th a t b r illi anc y by which some bon. members wished all our movements to be characterised. (Hear.) But he should likewise say that Englishmen might claim some share in the defence of Silistria through that young man (hear, h ear ) —Captain Butler, or Major Butler, as he should lik e t o call hi m, a lth o u g h he had never heard of hi s promotion, or of his having been placed by her Majesty in the Guards. (Hear, hear.) He said that young Irishman —(hear,he ar )—di sp l a y e d during that siege qualities which marked him out for certain eminence—not merely dogged courage, but likewise a remarkable power of command. He, a st ranger, accom p a nied by another young offic er , having gone to a s trange town, although not speaking the Turkish language, had by his energy and determination so imposed on the men by whom he had been surrounded, that, in point of fact, be had almost had the command of that garrison. It was by the pertinacity and energy with which he had pressed his councils on them, that the sur render of the external forts, which formed the keys of Silistria, had been prevented, and that that glorious suc cess had been accomplished. (Cheers.) The noble lord said that he had no confidence in the Government. We (continued Mr. Herbert) met him fairly upon that issue. (Hear. We are called a ministry on sufferance • and it is true that, feeling the deep responsibility which 'lay on us, and the necessity after having entered on this war of put tine the country in a position, financially an d s t ra t ege ti- , tally, which should enable it to urge the war with success, we felt, unsupported as we were by the house on domestic measures, that it was our duty to conti nue t o h o ld th e reins of Office. We have been met by contumely and in sult, but it is for the House of Commons to decide this question. If the house does not choose to have a govern ment on sufferance, and if we do not choose to be a govern ment on sufferance, let the house manfully and explicitly declare its opinions upon that head. We are prepared to abide, as we do abide with confidence, on the decision to which they might come. (The• right hon. gentleman re sumed his seat amidst considerable cheering.) Mr. LAYARD insisted that the construction put by the house upon the words of Lord John Russell, on the pre vious evening, with respect to the menacing position of Sebastopol, was the correct one. The general inspresion was that nothing short of the destruction of that fortress would be satisfactory to the Government ; but when the noble lord came to explain his meaning it appeared that all that was meant was that Russia was not to be allowed to have so large a fleet at Sebastopol. The object of Aus tria was clearly to drive Russia from the principalities, and nothing more, and it was much to b e f eare d th a t i n th a t policy England would become entangled. It was a great error to count upon the alliance of Austria at all ; but looking at home he had great confidence in Lord John Russell, but none whatever in the Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. WILKINSON contended for the identity of the two stanznnents of Lord John Russell. Colonel DUNNE deprecated the delays which had taken piece in the advance of th.; allied armies. Admiral BERKELEY repelled the charge of unneces sary delay, and denied that the Government had at all tied up the hands of Admiral Napier in the Baltic. The fact that nothing great had been as yet attempted was to be attributed to the formidable nature of the fortifications. Mr. F. SCULLY defended the Earl of Aberdeen and the Government. Sir J. SHELLEY said that a strong feeling of distrust pervaded the country with respect to the Earl of Aber deen, and he c uld only view the amendment as a vote of want of confidence in the noble earl. While supporting the amendment, he did not mean to imply a want of con fidence in the other members of the.Governinent, for he believed many or them were most anxious to carry the war to an advantageous result. Sir J. WALSH opposed the amendment. Mr. M. MILNES also opposed the amendment, but ex pressed his belief that her Majesty's Ministers would see the propriety of calling Parliament together again at a very early period. Mr. HILDYARD deprecated a statement made by Admiral Berkeley, to the effect that Cronstadt was im pregnable, as calculated to produce most peruicicus effects throughout Europe. Admiral BERKELEY said he had received private letters from officers in the Baltic to the effect that Cron stadt could not be taken ; but the French Government were sending out reinforcements, and whatever could be done by gallant men would be done, he had no doubt, in the Baltic. Colonel BLAIR said he would support the amendment, not so much as a vote of want of confidence in the Govern ment, as of a declaration of the necessity of having an autumnal session of Parliament. Mr. PETO had no hesitation as to the course he should pursue on the vote before the house. If the fleet had been placed in a pesition of jeopardy the house might have shown a want of confidence in the Government. But no thing of the kind had been done in the Baltic or the Black Sea. Few persons could be aware of the difficulties that beset the Government: He (Mr. Peto) had always found when he had his people ready half his work was done. Four months had elapsed, and nothing had occurred to shake the confidence of the country in the Government, or in the conduct of the war. To tie the hands of the Go vernment, however, was a want of confidence, which they could not tolerate for a single moment. The course pur sued in that house was mischievous to the country, as well as unjust to the Government ; for it compelled them to disclosures which, perhaps, ought not to be made, in their own justification. He believed that it was nothing but a high sense of moral duty which had kept the Govern ment in their position, under the continued impatience of certain supporters of theirs, whom it was his (Mr. Peto's) only sorrow to find still sitting on the same side of the house with himself. (Oh, and laughter.) If there were to be opposition, and a vote of want of confi lence from gentlemen opposite, he could perfec,ly understand it. It was quite fair and right. When the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire (11r. Disraeli) g rt up in his place and attacked the ministry—as he always did—fairly, openly, and manly, he could well understand that; but when a noble lord, sitting on the ministerial side of the honee, professing to be a supporter of the Government, and ut tering all manner of philanthropic sentiment with regard to nationalities, resorted to the language of attack, he must say that the noble lord showed little acquaintance with the real feelings of the country, which, in his (Mr. Peto's) opinion were decidedly in favour of leaving the conduct of the war in the hands of the Government, with the firm conviction that they would d o w h a t was r i g h t under the circumstances. (Hear, hear.) Let the noble lord at once avow that he was no longer a supporter of the Government, and had no farther confidence in them Heir.) That was a course of policy he could understand, nd so would the country, which had given the ministry its most unreserved confidence, in the belief that they would carry the war to a successful issue. (Divide, divide.) Lord J. RUSSELL—There are but few things which I find it necessary to Bey in this stage of the debate. I will not certainly accept the invitation of my hon. friend the member for Aylesbury I s Mr. Layard) that I should make aver again the speech I made last night. I certainly do not think it necessary to give any further explanation of the statement I then made (Hear.) I have seen this morning the reports of what I then stated. Those which I have seen appear to me to be accurate, and I am quite willing to abide by that statement. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) following anther hon. gentleman who said that the object of the war was the dismemberment of Russia, proclaimed last night that our objects were the destruction of Sebastopol, the conquest of the Crimea, and, I think, the transference of the Crimea to some other power. Such was the inference the hon. gentleman drew from what I said ; but it was a perfectly gratuitous inference, and the statement which I made did not bear out that construction. But we have, in fact, every kind of opponent to deal with ; some who tell us that it is wrong to go to war for the dismemberment of Russia, and others who tell us that we are not seriously at war, and that wo are unwilling to do any great injury to Russia. In this state of affairs, with expressions rife of various kinds, I certainly thought it was due to the House of Commons, now almost upon the eve of prorogation, that I should enter more than is usually done into the question of the objects of the war, and into the present state of our foreign relations. I did so as fully as it was possible for me to do so—(hear, hear)—and I am willing to bear the consequences, if I made that statement with too little re serve to the country. I believe that in carrying on a war in which the feelings of this country are engaged, it is not imprudent to state to the country at large what are the general objects that we have in view, and what is the na tional purpose that we hope to attain. My hon. friend the member for Aylesbury says he wishes there was some statesman who could take a statesman-like view of the ob jects of the war, and that would take that view which a statesman alone can take of the importance of the object and the magnitude of the contest. Well, if we who belong to the Ministry are entirely benighted in this respect ; if, in all the debates which have occurred, we have never pro perly expressed why we went to war, and what should be our objects in going to war, I was in hopes that the hon. gentleman, who is so much more enlightened, and who has calculated the interests of all the powers in Europe, would have told us what these objects should be, and in what way we were to carry on this contest. But he has not, lam sorry to say, so enlightened us upon the subject. It appears to me, indeed, that the case might be generally stated in very simple language, and without any very great profundity of view. (Hear.) The Sultan of Turkey is attacked by the Emperor of Russia. Is he unjustly attacked? ' Yes ;he is unjustly attacked. Have we any interest in defending him 9 Yes, we have an interest in defending him. (Hear hoar.) And there, as it appears to me, is the very simple, plain case upen which the minds of the peopl e o f t hi s co untry are satisfied. without those profound calculations and those mysterioas views which my hon. friend has in his own breast, but which he so carefully conceals from us who are his inferiors, no doubt, in experience and under standing. (Ministerial cheers, and laughter.) Then, with regard to the conduct of the war, in stating the reasons for taking this vote, I refrained purposly from entering into any defence against those generally anonymous accusations which have been made against that department of the Go- vernment which sent out our fleet and army, and those who are in command of that fleet. No such accusations had been made in this house, and I thought it not unbecoming ray position to wait and see if any such would be made. I am sorry to say that some of those unfounded accusations have been repeated here. But my right hon. friend the Secretary at War (Mr. S. Herbert) has furnished so ample an explanation upon that subject that it is quite unneces sary for me to add one word respecting it. We all knew —at least we ought to have known--that one hon. gentle man, the lion member for Surrey, hinted out to us, if we had not found it out for ourselves, that this is a war not similar to many wars in which we have been engaged. Had Sir Charles Napier, for instance, instead of having to encounter dangerous shoals, granite built forts, narrow channels, and continual fogs, gone to distant seas, I have no doubt that before this time a whole archipelago of islands would have yi e ld e d t o hi s flag. But we have in this case a sort of rhinocerous to attack, and it is not a very easy thing to penetrate the hide of such an animal. (Hear.) With regard to the Black Sea, it is an inconsider able advantage that those forts which Russia has for many years been constructing, VS ith the view of maintaining and extending her power in the countries bordering upon that sea, have been yielded without a blow being struck by the Emperor, who, w h a t ever others may have felt has himself confes ed that the inferiority of his forces in the Black Sea was a reason why there should be an armistice on its shores. There is one other topic which has been dwelt upon both last night and to night, respecting which I think it is absolutely necessary I should address a few words to the house. Some hon. members have singled out the noble earl at the head of the Administration, and have made him the peculiar object of their attacks. Now, what ever may be the constitutional nature of this motion—and I do not deny that, as a motion of want of confidence, it is constitutional—yet there is nothing constitutional in the attempt to separate the Cabinet from the noble earl who is at its head, and to make him alone responsible for that in respect to which all his colleagues must share his re sponsibility. With regard to the general measures of the Government, those measures have been considered step by step by those advisers of her Majesty who are usually called the Cabinet, and when decisions have been adopted all the colleagues of Lord Aberdeen are alike responsible to this house and to the country with that noble lord. (Hear.) With regard again to particular departments—with regard to the Minister of War, and with regard to the First Lord of the Admiralty —who are deeply charged with the con duct of this war—l am sure lam satisfied in saying that there is no measure which they have opposed, in order to impart greater vigour to the operations of war, and thus ensure the success of that war, which my noble friend at the head of the Government has not zealously encouraged and supported in the Cabinet. (Cheers.) That my noble friend for a long time believed in the possibility of main taining peace, and wished to avert the calamity of war, is, I think, a reproach which he can very well bear; but with regard to any delay that took place, or Unit has been charged to have taken place, in commencing that war, those who acted with Lord Aberdeen as his colleagues are alike chergea.ble with him for such delay. Let me remark, however, that that which was for eonio time the great sub ject of attack --namely, that when the Pruth was passed by the Russians we did not at once advise her Majesty to declare war, or to take such steps as would show th a t we Were dotoniaineti to encoluiter the nik of hotitilittet—tb.at that event occurred when Parliament was sitting, and could have interfered to give its advice to the Crown, and that the more vigorous measures of sending the fleet first to the Bosphorus, and aftewards into the Black Sea were taken when Parliament was not sitting, and during the recess. (Ministerial cheering.) I do not, however, wish to ad dress myself to the particular words of the motion ; I wish merely to state that the Government do consider them selves responsible for the conduct of this war, with regard to all its operations ; and that they consider themselves responsible for accepting or refusing any terms of peace that may be offered them. (Hear, hear.) I have already stated enough, I think, to show that we should look for guarantees and for security in the event of any such terms being proposed. But reverting to that which has been stated in order to make comparisons between different members of the Government, we were told last night that there was a great difference between the language which I held in this house and that which was held in another place. With regard to what I stated in this house, I can only say that I stated as muce as I thought it necessary to state, in order to justify we in asking for a large vote of ne.They from this house, whose peculiar function it is to make grants of money, and to impose, if necessary, burdens upon the people. What the other House of Parliament had to be asked was, to give an assurance that they would cheerfully support her Majesty in any measures which were indispensable for carrying on the war; and I think it was perfectly judicious on the part of the noble earl who had to ask for that support, to content himself with merely making the statement which was requisite for the purpose he had in view (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) I 'do not think therefore, that it is eitner coustitut , onal or generous to draw in this house distinctions between different mem bers of the Government, and to hold up certain members of the administration to a kind of suspicion with regard to their public conduct, while others are not to be rendered liable to the same odium or to the same suspicion. (Ironi cal cheers.) If, then, the house is not satisfied with the administration, let it vote the terms of this address, which would serve the purpose as well as any other, though they are not very appropriate to the occasion, because it so hap pens fleet they have generally been moved in cases where the minister has thought it his duty to refrain from giving information as to the state of our foreign relations, and as to the general prospects of a war. Everything that can be stated has been stated on this occasion in order to give information to Parliament ; and, therefore, the noble lord (Lord D. Stuart) has done what a great histo rian says is one of the most common, but one of the most grievous of errors—namely, taking a precedent which was tit for another occasion, and applying it to an occasion for wk:ch it is not tit. (Hear.) However, as I have already stated, for I do not wish to prolong this ad dress, the house has now to say whether it will confide to us the dispoiition of these 3,000,0001.; whether it will con fide to us the discretion of advising her Majesty to call Parliament together in case it should be necessary, or to refrain from calling Parliament together if in their judg ment the public welfare does not require it. If we are fit to be Ministers of the Crown, wo are fit to have that dis cretion. (Hear.) If we are not fit to bare that discretion, on the other hand, we are no longer fit to remain Ministers of the Crown. (Hear.) The noble lord the member for Marylebone has chosen, I do not exactly know why, to bring the matter to this issue, and I shall abide by the decision of the house. (Divide, divide.) Lord D. STUART, in explanation, said the first naval lord (Admiral Berkeley) had with some indignation repre sented him as stating that the fleets of this country had been sent forth in a condition that was not fit for ac tion. If he (Lord D. Stuart) had said anything of the sort it was far from his intention to do so. What he meant to say, at all events, was, that he believed the fleets were sent forth in a state of efficiency such as enabled them to meet any fl -ets in the world, and give an excel lent account of them, but that they were not fit for the particular service in which they were employed, and for which vessels of lighter draught of water and mortar:, for bombarding land fortifications were most required. In conclusion, the noble lord intimate 1 that he was sa tisfied with the declarations which had been made to the house on the part of the Government, and particularly with the statement of the first naval lord. He would, therefore, ask leave to withdraw his motion. (Cries of oh, no, and divide, from all parts of the house.) Strangers were ordered to withdraw, hut no division took place. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the report was brought up and agreed to. The Bankruptcy Bill was read a second time. CINQUE PORTS BILL. Mr. DEEDES did not mean to oppose the second read ing, but objected to the clause which placed the compensa tion to the officers of the Lord Warden on the county rates. Mr. WILSON said that was a point which would best be discussid i❑ committee. Thu bill was then read a second time. The remaining orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock. THE LONDON GAZE PT E OF LAST NIGHT, DOWNING-STitEET, JULY 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir George Grey, K.C.B , now Governor of the Islands of New Zealand, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, and its depen dencies, and to be her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories adjacent or contiguous to the Eastern District of the said Settlement. Her Majesty. has also been pleased to appoint Lieut.- Colonel Freeman Murray, to be Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over .the Bermudas, or Somers Islands. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Connor, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of her Ma jesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast, and As sessor or Assistant to the native Sovereigns and Chiefs within the countries adjacent to the said Forts and Settle ments. WHITEHALL, JULY 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Hill Burton, Esq., advocate, to be Secretary to the General Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, in the room of Ludovick Colquhoun, Esq., deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Alexander Oswald, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, July 20. East Kent Regiment of Militia Lieutenant Henry elide to be Captain, vice Perrott, who retires, retaining his rank; Duncan Inverarity, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Castle, promoted, July 18; Edward Rodney, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Wingrove, who retires, July 19. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Ciwn William George Daniel to be Lieutenant, July 22. Royal Monmouthshire Militia— Charles Gould Morgan Homfray, Gent, to be Ensign, July 15. Essex Rifles—Charles Dunsmure, late Lieut.-Col on el 42d Royal Highlanders, to be Major, vice Groves, resigned; Lieut. Duncan Stewart to be Captain, vice Hall Dare, re signed ; James David Beresford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted ; Marcus William Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, July 18. North Devon Regiment of Mounted Rifles— Francis For tescue to be Cornet, vice Desborough, promoted, June 28. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles Fursdon to be Captain; Thomas Hogg to be Lieutenant; Alexander Ridgway to be Lieutenant, June 15 ; Albert Tanner to be Ensign, June 21. 2d Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles Hayne to be Lieutenant ; Codrington Parr to be Lieutenant ; John Pitts Briggs to be Ensign, July 17. Devon Militia Artillery—Thomas John Dennis to be Second Lieutenant, June 16. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Florance George Henry Irby, Esq., to be Lieutenant, July 11 ; George Scobell, Gent., to be Assistant• Surgeon, July 8. 2d Regiment Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Matthew Grenville Samuel Knapp, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Drum mond, promoted, July 10. 2(1 West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Serjeant-Major John William Johnson to be Adjutant, July 20. The Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment, of Yeo manry Cavalry- Cornet Richard William Johnson to be Lieutenant, vice Throckinorton, deceased ; Robert Hulme, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Watson, deceased, July 22. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Isherwood and Strethill Foden, wool and cotton dealers, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. lEdward John Wells, ironmonger, Maidstone, to surren der Aug:. 3, at two, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Thomson and Son, George street, Minories. George Johnston, veterinary surgeon, Vere-street, Ox ford street, Aug. 4, at two, and Sept. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offi dal assignee, Sam brook Court; Howard and Dollman, Fenchurch-street. William Beckett, cattle dealer, Gillingham, Norfolk, Aug. 4, at one, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambr ok-court, Basingha,l:-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Adron, baker, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, Aug. 5 and Sept. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ellaby, Queen street, Cheapside. John Halsted and Henry Richard Halsted, woolstaplers, Bradford, Aug. 8 at twelve, and Sept. 5 at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Scholey, Marsden, and Skipworth, Wakefield; Humble, Bradford; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Charles Henry El.lgat3, scrivener, of Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Aug. 9 and 30 at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Scott, Tahourdin, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Plaskitt, Gainsborough. Melchor Lopez, cigar and wine -merchant, Fench arch street August 3 at eleven, and September 4 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canuan, official assignee, Alder manbnry ; Chidley, Gresham-street. Isaac Thorniley, cotton spinner, Bardsley, Ashton-under- Lyne, Aug. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; Leach, Ashton under-Lyne. William Guest, commission agent, Manchester, Aug. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Heraman, official assignee, Manchester; Lamb, Man chester._ _ Isaac Beck, licensed victualler, Birmingham, August 11, at twelve, and 3 1 , at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wright, Birmingham. Wm. Wild Foot, sharebroker, Sheffield, Aug 5, at ten, and Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Bre win, official assignee, Sheffield ; Marshal, Sheffield. Theodore Jewitt an d Edmund Micklewood, booksellers, Plymouth, Aug. 74 and September 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzol, official assignee, Queen street, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouth. Edward Crane Hunt, ironmonger, Kidderminste r , A ug . 11, at twelve, an d A ug. 31, at - ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham ; Bonner, Birmingham. Joseph Cundell, carpenter, Sheffield, August 5, at ten, rnd Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Hamilton Laird, nurseryman, Cupar-Fife. Kennedy M'Nab, merchant, ➢iilll,urn Cottage, near Inverness. Israel Guttstam, oil manufacturers, Glasgow. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. W. Griffiths, Gloucester-road, Camberwell, maltster. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. Edward Balding, Speenhamland, Berkshire, builder, first div. of 2s. Bd. any Woihiesday, at Whitmore's, Basing. hall-street. John Plimmer, Brit,t on . i t r oet, brewer, first, div. o f ls. 6d. any Wednesday up to Aug. 9, at Lee's, Moorgate street. Matthew Worms, QVlefipstreet, merchant, first div. of is sd. any Wednesday up to Aug. 3, at Lee's, M orote- street. George Havelock and Matthew Benjamin Robson• Monkwearmouth, Durham, ship builder, first div. of 11. July 29, and any subsequent Saturday, at Baker's, New• castle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. Aug. 15, J. Baker, Edgware-road, and johnson-plac e, Westbourne-green, draper • Aug. 21, S. Bartholom ew, Birmingham, licensed victualler; Aug. 17, J. Inn ell, Weston, Gloucestershire, tea dealer. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Aug. 16, R. G. Prentige, High-street, Shadwell, and Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, grocer; Aug. 18, T. C• w • Pierce, Manchester, merchant; Aug. 17, R. G.Wollasten, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, surgeon; Aug. 17, J. Great wood, Birmingham, confectioner; Aug. 17, G. )1. Sharp; Oswestry, Shropshire, dealer; Aug. 17, T. Adkins, sad• worth, Warwickshire, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Stubbs and F. Bredt, Liverpool, tea mercht , nts —T. Hindle and E. Duckworth, Manchester, commission agent ° J. Thompson and J. Dutton, Sheffield, joiners—B• ranee and A. Lawrance, East Barnet, Hertfordshire' builders—A. Owen and St. Astle, Little Hulton, shire, stone dealers—J. Bates and J. H. Whiteley, Yorkshire, damask table cover manufacturers --Pi• Dodge, d. P. Brewster, and R. L. Giandonati, Col el l l street, City, American importers—R. Gregory and M e d Braunton, Devonshire, drapers -- W. Roberts and 4? Mackay, Liverpool, wine merchant s —J. E x l e y laid Bran., and Bradford, Yorkshir e , w ee l s t a pl ers -N. and J. Harris, New-road, St. George's in the East, fu rl !: tore brokers—C. J. Mug,geridge, Grosvenor-street, en; berwell-road, and T. Turpin, jun., Putney, Surrey, merchants—W. Laycock an d A. Richmond, Birkoull e t Chia hire, m tallic cask manufacturers —D. Davies', „: Taylor, and F Brown, Liverpool, carters—J. B. , 21° T ; chawp, E. Tomlinson, J. Stokes, and R. W. Young, I ro n. monger-lane, City, and Mill-wall, Poplar, naptha 1 33 ,. 3 ?,"; fscturers—R. B. Seeley and G. Seeley, Fleet street, City, books rs—B. Seeley and G. Seeley, Hanover -W e t ' Regent-street, booksellers—S. .Sargeant and J. Parr e b' New Crane-wharf, Wapping-wad, coal merchaiits — b, Rice and C. J. Rice, Friar-street and Bermondsey, . wArk, hair merchants—E. Bury and J. Kennedy, Liv er , pool, ironfounders—C. R. Attenborongh and H. coon' Nottingham, manufacturers of hosiery—W. Watts 2 0° 1' . Rushton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manuf a cturers - 1: Yeoman and C. Bevan, Li•wir Sussex-place, Old ge nt road, cheesemongera C. Bullivant and B. P. BSI' tie" Bahian Heath, Worcestershire, manufacturers of chins' COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—JULY 25. At this day's market there was a better attend:An" town and country millers. Wheat sold at a decline of to is per 701bs. Flour at the rates of Tuesday, 'Wog i d reduction of 2s to 2s 6d per barrel. Oats and oat alsil'a to 2d per 451bs and 2s per load lower. B ar l e y, b ea ns, peas quite neglected. Indian corn declined 2s to 3s per IPSWICH—JULY 25. - Our market follows all the others, and exhibiteal 4'l a panic. It is, therefore, difficult to make any quot ati °l/ 0 . But little progress in sales could be made, and those grZp o ere that brought samples were eager to get them off: " saw no barley at market. o' 6 PEE. QUARTER. PER QVA nos Wheat, red (old) 54s to 56s Barley, grinding ... 011$ t° 40 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 60s to 645, 0 Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 32s to 335:*10ur, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING ALT 25, 1854. Wheat Oats Bears Barley Peas .. OO „ 00s Od HULL—JULY 25. A short supply of wheat this morning. An excesgli limited business resulted at a decline of about 10s P e ! b• upon the rates current last week. The transactions In reign limited at. the same decline. Sp r i ng corn o f 8/ 11 de• Is per qr. lower. The li nsee d mar k e t qu i e t , b u t a . 11 ' 1 ' .. mand for cakes. Rapecakes inquired for. Bones In buyers. s s Wheat, English, red 58 to r2j Ditto white t2 to 65' Dantzie and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham - Peas, grey and black - 11. w" 65 Linseed, Black Sea 4„, 63 """ Ditto Potersburgh 60 t° - Ditto Riga and Arch 53 5 4 angel Ditto Konigsberg and to Memel per To t t4 Lins. e.,Hull 10/15s t010 117 `04 Ditto fine for. in 5s IUI I s t 0 Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os Oct to u. Rapeseed OOl Os to 00 ., j e es Rape cakes Tares, English OOO to u -001 Ditto foreign Guano 4l 108 81 to IV, v , a Roues - o Rye Meal .................. P°ll burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 54 to 6 Russian and Odessa 50 to 53 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2S to 3U Barley, malting Ditto grinding 25) to 33 1 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 42 to 4, COURSE OF EXcHANGE—YEsTERDAT. Am5terdam............ II t 5 Gibraltar ........ •• •• •• 3 0 5 0 ,, Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Leghorn ...... •••••• •• 2 5 31A Rotterdam .......• .... 11 17!,i Genoa .......... •••• •• ••••• Antwerp .............. 25 25 Milan ............ •• •• , Brussels .............. 25 25 'Venice ...........• •• •• 433,, damburgh ...... 13 6t4 Naples ............•• •• DIM Altona ................ Palermo ...........• •• 12744 Paris •• •• .... 25 0 idessina ........ •• •• • 53 Ditto, three months .. 25 57% Lisbon ...........• •• " 53% Marseilles.... • • .... 25 30 Oporto ...... •• •• -- Bourdeaax ............ Janeiro .... . . •• •• -- Frankfort-on-Maine 118% Buenos Ayres...... •• u ", Berlin •• •• New York, 60 days' sie.' Vienna .......... •• ••..12 32 Philadelphia .... ••• • • • o z. rrieste ........ .• 12 35 PRICES OP BULLION, ?1,. Petersburg :............. 36U Foreign Gold in Bara 43 10 . 9 ................ 49 , 34 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 " 134 50 Mexican Dollars .- 6 Barcelona.... Seville New Dollars 411ver in bars 0 0 0 5 04 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mail 3 are etit. from the General l' oo - t "° by the night—and A 1 by the morning—despatch.) Whe n Day when ma, t r ui• F rom what do° D I COUNTRIES. in General l'ost- Port Ea Office, London.* Di s p a t c hed. America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday .. • . Liverpool •• • America (by United Sts. Ay 26 packet) .• •••• • • • • Liv er p oo l .. „ America (by U Statesj packet) .......... NI • • •• ••• • • • ,Southampton Australia (via South-I „ on t ampton) .......... M 'July 4 ••• • • • Southampton ot Ditto (via VI arsenics) Ni • • ....... .. • Dover Ditto (via Cape of Good e ? Africa• WO Hope) ...... • • July 1 ...... li n e f ed ( W es t coast) q3ct of the month . Plymouth .• Alexandria ti iB, 9,24, & 30 of m. Dover .... Alexandria , 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas :17th of the won t' Southampton Belgium .... N 'ally • • .... Dover .....• , Au I I Brazil M.9th of the month.. Southampton A Buenos Ayres........MiOth of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hone ...N 14th of the moat Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope N j 1 4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ...„ „Nll4th of the montt 'So u th am pton Ceylon (see Jolla) 0 Ceylon .......... ..Nll4th of the month Julf eft* Channel Isles „Nlliefon..Wed.,&Friti ,Southampton T" 16 Chi1i................ 2.112t1 & 17th of mont. Southampton July China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 of tn. Dover ...... • Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton „AO Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover molt Egypt (see India) France &MN Twice dai1y...... Dover .....• Gibraltar .... M 14, 7, 17, 20, 27 of IP S ou th amp t on • Tom` ily 5° Greece (see India) Greytown .......... M i2nd & 17th of mon. S ou th ampton 'Jai 16 Itamburgh ..........NlTuesday & Friday ,London ... ••i 1 Havannah .......... 3112nd of the wont' ISoutharopiol. Ait Holland M ipallY• •••• • • • • ..Dover 16 Honduras Ali 17th or the m ont h . 'South ampto• Jai/ 1(1 India (viaSouthampt.)3oth & 20th of m• IPlym. 'nth •• India (via Marseilles)sl Bth&24th of moot! 'Dover ...... lonian Isles (see Inclia)'7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver.....• 0 01 Ireland ........M & "I Twice daily Holyhead 0 66 Lisbon ..............M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Jul, 16 Madeira AI 9th of the month Southampton Ju l f Madeira 23d of month .... Plymouth Malta (see India) ..i w • Malta ..... • • . 7.17,19,27, 80 of m. Dover .. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius • 14th of the month. Mexico Ai 2nd of th e mon th . Southampton AMC'' Naples sth I s th2stholmon Dover .....• New Granada 34 2d & 17th of mouth 'Southampton New Zealand By private ship .. Various port , t r Papal States i thibth2Sthonnon. Dover ...... Peninsula l 'thl7th2Bthofrnon. Southampton 16 Peru . ..... ld & 27th of mon Southampton Tau Part Natal N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Sicily • • s thlsth2 s tholinon, Dover ...... Tuscany ,„ N I,2 sthotrnot, Dover .....• 16 Venezuela 34 2e & 17th of month S ou th amp t on Ju l y Van Diemen's and (see Australia) _. s4 l Wee [mite s 2d t 17th 01 monthiSouthampton • * When any 01 these .late, tall o 1 a 4unday, the waits . 1 4 11 0 despatched on the following with the exception of thet Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despatollw preceding day. [ALVFBNIMIENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills an 111•-s s , medicine for Epilepsy and Apoplectic Syrupt )ms•-•:,.sce, Smithson, a retired publican, residing at Arbour-te74 re cl Norwood, who was of a very full baba of body, s ilm :sclr to a fearful extent from an overflow of blood to the _ A bv - ik s giddiness, and every symptom of apoplexy, so br a e. times that it was considered unsafe to trust him i ‘ i ,,re• His medical attendants failed to do him any good; t ß yl f ,re, as a last resource, he began to take HolloWtoi pills, which he continued regularly for several w eekstPol they have b een th e means of restoring him to sol i I, health, feeli ng now as light and buoyant asa Do yout'i i ° Sold by all d ea l ers i n medicine, and at Professor --- da y way's establishment, 244, Strand, London.—Su n Times. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 23d inst., at Ramsgate, the wife of Lieut en° Colonel Campbell, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. On the 23d inst., at Eaton-square, the wife 0i •"*. Vivian, Esq., M.P. OF A AUGHTER. f On the 22d inst., at Wil t on-crescent, the wife 0 Cat. Lowther, M.P. —o* MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. John the Baptist, in the 5 : 0 1'0, by the Rev. Henry Hutton, M.A., rec t or o f St. j in iol Covent-garden, Benj. Auber Leach, Esq., son of d S!: Leach, Esq., of Blenheim house, Marlborough - r c6 de rio John's-wood, to &Lily, eld es t d aug ht er o f Fre t the ' Dawes Danvers, E sq . of Lanca s t er -pl ace ; also, , at A" same time and pla ce , by the Rev. John Foreter; Br oolv, Chaplain of the Sav o y, Willi am Brinton, M.D., o f ter 0' street, Grosvenor- square, t o Mary, second Els" Frederick Dawes Danvers, Esq. DIED. V. AD. On the 22d i ns t , E. G. Ambl e r, e ld es t son o f bier, Esq., o f B a ll' s - pond, Islington, aged 27- „„. 3feri,t On the 23d inst., at Connanght-terrace, J' 2 " 1 "” - oath s ' widow of the late Col. C. P. Ellis, late of the Gre - Guards. S. A ar On the 234 inst., at Woodford-wells, Essex, d nolds, Esq., o f St. A n d rew ' s Wh arf, Wapping, 'g..e.„...!!! - _ ,-*TO4 LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO o 1,1% . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , sin w o Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the c ° )4tiddlesez, Wednesday, July 26,1.864,