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Earl GREY was understood to say that he entertained no doubt of the validity of the reasons assigned by the noble duke for the step which the Government had taken, provided it were carried out with due caution and in the proper manner. This country had made great sacrifices for the abolition of slavery in these islands, and the substitution of a free and industrious community. The success of that experiment depend ed on the small white population being encouraged for some time longer, because if the white planters were to leave these colonies at too early a period he had no doubt they would relapse into a state little diffe rent from their original barbarism. He trusted, there fore, that due care would be taken to prevent any alarm which might have the effect of inducing the white popu lation to leave, which would have a disastrous effect on the future civilisation of these islands. (Hear, hear.) Lord ELGIN said, that having been for many years connected with the administration of public affairs in some of the most important dependencies of the Crown, and therefore having had greater opportunities of ascer taining the feelings and sentiments of the colonists than most of their lordships, he begged to make a few remarks on the general relations which ought to subsist between the colonists and the mother country. It was his opi nion—and the good sense of the colonists would bear him out in that opinion —that it was perfectly just and reasonable that the colonists should be required, except in certain and peculiar cases—to provide at their own cost such forces, whether civil or military, as might be requisite for the maintenance of internal tranquillity. But on the other hand he thought that the colonists had very strong claims on the protection of the mother coun try against such casualties as might be brought upon • - them by the policy of the mother country, over which they had no control. Such he thought was a fair repre sentation of the equity of the case as between the colonies and the mother country; but at the same time it did not exhaust the whole difficulty of the case. It was quite na tural that the people of this country, looking to the vast extent of their colonial empire, and the progress it was making in some quarters, should inquire whether the time was not coming in which these young communities should contribute some aid and co-operation to the mother country as a kind of indemnity for the care and expense which the mother country lavished upon them during the period of their infancy and childhood. (Hear.) He believed that when the legislature of this country de liberately abandoned the system of protection, the con nection between the mother country and the colonic, became ono of constitutional sympathy and feeling, and protection. He felt confi lent that the general content ment now prevailing in Canada, not amongst one class or race, but amongst all classes and races, was not less due to the growth of that conviction than to the power which they had received of self-government with regard to their own local affairs. He was sangaine enough t believe, or rather to hope, for the period of actual belief had not arrived, that, if no untoward accident should occur to mar the good feeling that now hapei!y pre vailed, when the proper time for manifesting such senti ments Caine, the colonists would be found ready to join with them in the righteous cause of the defence of the weak against the strong, of the oppressed against the oppressor, of the victim against the persecutor, and show that they were desirous of sharing the glory of England and not unwilling to partake of her sacrifices and burdens. (Cheers.) UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. In reply to the Earl of DERBY, Lord ABERDEEN was understood to say that he had no objection to lay on the table the further corres pondence between the Government and the University of Oxford. Their lordships adjourned at six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Mr. OLIVEIRA moved for a select committee to in quire into the state and condition of the bridges over the Thames in the metropolis ; to report whether they are adequate to the present vastly increasing traffic ; whether it be desirable to construct one or more bridges over the river ; and if so, at what point or points ; whe tber it would be desirable to provide, out of local funds, the means of throwing open to the public the present toll-paying bridges, and if so, upon what terms such bridges could be thrown open. The Government having assented to the appointment of this committee, he would reserve his facts and details for the committee up stairs. (Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL hoped it was not the intention of the Government to inflict any local taxation upon the people on account of those bridges. He could not ascertain that there l&ad been any movement with regard to them except on the part of the shareholders of the different bridges. As it was the intention of his right hon. friend the Chief Commissioner of Works to grant the com mittee, he hoped he would take these two points into consideration, first, whether it would be advisable, under any circumstances, to grant public money to buy up bridges which the shareholders had found to be a bad speculation ; and next, whether any of the ex pense should be put upon the local funds without the inhabitants having any voice in the matter. A rumour was abroad that it was intended to raise a sum of money in these different localities to buy up the shareholders who had found these speculations failures, and he hoped that would not be sanctioned. Sir W. MOLESWORTH did not see any objection to the appointment of this committee to inquire whether the existing bridges were adequate to the traffic, whe ther any new bridges ought to be built, and if so where? All these were important questions for the consideration of Parliament and a committee of that house. As re garded the buying up of the tolls of some of these bridges he must say that he ebjected to having them bought up public money out of the Consolidated Fund. He Iftught means ought to be provided out of the local for th e 'uncle of the metrop olis for that purpo se . It wou ld b e ICommittee, however, to investigate all these points, .rePort to the house. 3 % SHELLEY said it was well worthy of id oration COnS , Whether by . opening all the bridges free of toll it would n o t b possible to relieve the streets of London of the enonsos6,3 amount of traffic which now encumbered them. ‘uear.) If he were appointed on the commit tee, he certainly silould not agree to throw the ex rates, especially so long as the coal tax was co nti nued. l ong the report of the City (Hear.) He hoped before and that the tax v gold Commission would be made, egot rid of altogether. (Hear, b ear .) But if it were to be r e t a i ne d, an d if the inhabitants of the district 20 bofettEreilnelse metropolis, B L , London thoughton were to be taxed for the benefit that there could not be a duce of the tax than to the puapplication of the pro crowded state of the streets. Hear r )e of relieving the Mr. GOULBURN suggested that with a • t object the Thames Tunnel should be includedthis in the inquiry. (A laugh.) - Lord J. MANNERS made an observation - ion which was not audible in the gallery. Mr. LAING said the present position of the bridg e s was attendel with great inconvenience to the metropoless Those which were free, London.bridge particularly: enor mous traffic, h (hear), had an c w—;c.i was tt a ended with absolute danger, and whic h must be in creased I ) , • the approaching openin g of the Crystal Palace Railwa y Undoubtedly the necessity for some remedy was most urgent. Mr. OLIVEIRA said the observations of the hon. baronet (Sir B. Hall) were inopportune and uncalled for. The committ ee was proposed not at all with th e view the hon. baronet suggested, but upon purely public grounds. The motion was agreed to. THE INNS OF COURT. g r. NVITIER had given notice of an address for a commimgion , to":l uiry into the arrangements in the inns of court f or I)ro s ioting the study of law and jurispru deuce, the revenAs properly applicable, and the means r' . ".~ "S'l7`: , 11:4(1V(IS:AVAN: hensions on the part of the white population of a rising of the black. That such apprehensions were not alto gether unfounded was evident from the insurrection which took place at Tortola in the month of July last year, in consequence of which the white residents were compelled to seek aid from the neighbouring Danish Island of St. Croix. The withdrawal of troops was false economy, as the maintenance of such possessions de pended on the security of capital. He wished to ask the noble duke whether all the troops were going to be with drawn, and, if so, what was the intention of the Govern ment with regard to the maintenance of these smaller islands in future. He was enabled to state on private authority that if the troops were withdrawn for the sake of economy, a contribution would be raised towards maintaining them there, 15,0001. annually being, he be lieved, the entire cost ; for one of her Majesty's ships occasionally to touch at these islands was not sufficient to maintain order among so ignorant and excitable a population. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said it was quite true that the troops had been withdrawn from the islands of St. Vincent, Tobago, Dominica, and St. Christopher, but expense was not the sole ground of the withdrawal. The first reason for it was that the discipline of the troops has deteriorated by small detachments being scat tered about different islands. A second reason was, that the detachments were so small—in one case, that of Tobago, numbering only 84 men—that for the pur pose of external defence they were entirely useless. In time of war it would be an invitation to a privateer to attack the island for the express purpose of inflicting a military disgrace on the country. Besides, in all these islands the system of police was lamentably neglected, and the withdrawal of the troops, which though compe tent for the suppression of internal disturbances, were not suited for their prevention, would probably. force o n the colonists the imperative duty o f providing a better police. The third reason was the expense, f or th e main tenance of these troops in small detachments was a con siderable addditional expense to the mo th er country, He did not think the slightest apprehension need be en tertained in consequence of the withdrawal of these troops. The noble earl supposed that her Majesty's Government proposed to me e t thi s diffi culty by occa sionally sending ships of war to visit these islands, with a view of producing a mo ra l e ff ect on the black popu lation. Her Majesty's Government entertained no such foolish idea. The arrangement which the Government proposed to make —and he thougnt it would be more effectual for the suppression of disturbances—was to place a steamer at the disposal of the commander at Barbadoes for the conveyan ce o f t roo p s w h erever th ey might be required. H e b e li eve d th a t thi s arrangement would obviate the evils he had pointed out, would give a more effective military establishment, and prevent that demoralisation of the troops in those islands which, above all things, it was desirable to prevent. The contribu tion of the 15,000/., which the noble earl spoke of, only met the smallest of the objections—that, namely, of the expense. He thought they should maintain their colo nies from foreign aggression at all hazards, but that it was unadvisable to keep thei r t r o o p s i n th e sma ll colo nies or portions of colonies. He did not think that any evil would result from the system which the Government introduced. aFi~'~ THE,' SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1854. bands of a committee, half to he elected by the heritors, and half by the rate-payers, and in certain cases the ministers of parishes would act ex officio. With regard to the constitution of the general board, it was proposed that it should be partly official, consisting of the Solici tor General mad the Lord Advocate, and partly of dele gates from the Scottish universities. The five univer sities would send five delegates, and the remaining three or five would be nominated by the Crown, so that the management would not be in the hands of the presbytery, but of the heritors and minister. Where new schools were required in boroughs, the funds were to be provided by a general assessment ; but the want of education in many localities was not co-existent with the means of meeting it. (Hear, hear.) It would be necessary, therefore, to look beyond a compulsory local assess ment, and it was proposed that a general educa tional rate should be levied, not exceeding one penny in the pound on the whole valuation of Scotland, such rate to be administered by the general board. The funds so raised were to be devoted, firstly, to the assist ance of industrial and reformatory schools, and such an application would prove a boon to Scotland, consi dering the necessity which existed for checking the budding and germinating of crime. By diminishing crime much evil and much expense would be saved to the country. These funds would also go in aid of ad ditional schools in the poorer parishes, and be applied to the subvention of denomination schools, not brought under the provisions of the act, provided it was reported that such schools would be useful, and come within the regulations of the board. He had now discharged the task he had undertaken. Whether it carne up to the abstract or theoretical notions of lion. members he was not able to say ; but this he could answer for, that the scheme had not been conceived in an illiberal spirit. (Hear, hear.) He believed the people of Scotland had sense enough to' be convinced that the most economical investment they could make would be to take measures for the spread of education. At all events, he appealed to the house generally, and more especially to the members representing Scotland, not to let this question slumber ; but he felt secure that the assistance of the members from Scotland would not be withheld in main taining the reputation which Scotland earned as being the nursery of learning. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME commended the speech of the Lord Ad vocate, and spoke favourably of the measure. Mr. STIRLING could not cordially approve of the scheme, and objected in particular to that part of it which took away the superintendence of the schools from the Presbytery. Mr. E. EL LICE thought the measure would give satisfaction in Scotland. Mr. C. BRUCE declined giving a decided opinion upon a scheme involving so much that was new, but warned the Lord-Advocate that, unless the bill carried out the preamble more effectually than the clause he had read, it would stir up resistance in Scotland. Mr. SCOTT thought the Lord-Advocate had shown no ground for a measure of such magnitude, or for altering the parochial system. Mr. LAING should have thought that, with reference to the general features of the measure, there could be but one opinion, The most important question, relating to religious education, had been grappled with successfully. After a few words by Mr. KINNAIRD, Mr. WALPOLE objected that the preamble of the bill did not consist with the provisions, which seemed to transfer the national system of Ireland to Scotland, just at the time when it had proved more or less unsuccessful. He could not see, he added, the necessity of doing away altogether with a religious teat. Why could not the university test be adopted ? The proposal to establish, by means of a rate, reformatory and industrial schools, was a noble one ; but, being a national matter, he thought the expense should be borne by the national funds. Lord J. RUSSELL congratulated the right hon. and learned Lord Advocate upon the very clear and able statement which he had made in introducing his bill, and upon the reception which his proposal had met. He was sure that the statement of his right hon. and learned friend would convey to the people of Scotland an ade quate notion of the extent and scope of his measure, and must secure a general approval of it. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman the member for Midhurst had called their attention to two points, which in effect were nearly the same. The right lion. gentle man objected to the severance which the Lord Ad. vocate proposed to make in cases where heritors did not maintain the parochial schools, between such schools and the Established Church. The right honourable gentleman said that there was no rea son to call for such a separation. He (Lord J. Russell) was surprised at the remark, for, be it observed, when that connection was formed—when the schoolmaster was subjected to a test which declared that he conformed to the doctrines and practices of the Established Church of Scotland, the Established Church contained by far the great majority of the inhabitants of Scotland. But, both by changes which took place some time since, and the rupture that had occurred a few years ago, it ap peared now that a great portion of the people of Scot land, amounting, he thought, to about one-half of the whole Presbyterian body—professing the same doctrine, and hoidiug the same belief—did not belong to the com munion of the Established Church of Scotland, and did not attend its ministrations. It was obvious that one por tion of the Presbyterian body could not accept that test ; and he, therefore, asked whether they were to exclude one half of them from admission to the office of parochial schoolmaster ? (Hear.) Was it a reasonable, was it a prac• ticable and wise provision of the law, under the present circumstinces, to frame the measure with such a test. Well, then, if they did not continue the test as it at present existed, should they propose a test which all Presbyterians could take, which, though not in confor inity with the Westminster Confession of Faith, might yet be in accordance with the religion of the country Now, he must say he should have the strongest objec tion to enact a new test. They might propose some form of declaration not to disturb the present state of the law, but a proposal of a new teat was, in his opinion, niost objectionable, and he would be sorry to concur in such a proceeding. The right hon, gentleman sa id th a t by means of this bill the instruction that was given in the schools of Scotland would be separated from all reli gious instruction. He (Lord J. Russell) owned he could not see how that was to follow. The right hon gentle man-said that this system proposed resembled the Irish national system of education. Now, he (Lord J. Rus sell) always understood that the great question in regard to the Irish national education was whether or not the Bible should be read and religious instruction given in the school hours. That point was decided in Ireland by an arrangement by which such instruction was not given during school hours. In the present measure, however, religious instruction must be given in school hours ; and it would be the business of the school committee to see that such instruction was given. Perhaps the right hen. gentleman did not consider how much it was the practice in Scotland to admit of great toleration in re spect to the teaching in schools. They did not say, then, that they would not admit children to their schools who did not profess the national faith. On the contrary, they said that with regard to any children who attended the schools—be they the children of Roman Catholic parents, or of others who objected to the instruction in the religious tenets of th e country—that they were exempt from attendance at . the period when such religious instruction was given. Such was the usual practice in Scotland, against which he had never heard an objection made. The practical good sense of the people of Scotland had solved many difficul ties in respect to which they were disputing in England. He quite a g reed with the right...bon. gentleman the mem ber for Midhurst in thinking this a noble proposition. He believed that great consequences might flow from the establishment of industrial and reformatory schools. The course of sin and vice that was going on from year to year would thus be checked and corrected. He thought that no further time should be lost in attempting some remedy for an evil so great ; and he did not know any proposition better calculated to make a commencement in this work than that of his right hon. and learned friend. The right hon. gentle man opposite said truly that this proposition was appli cable to England. He thought that if Parliament ap proved of it a measure of a somewhat similar character might be introduced for this country. (Hear.) He owned he should be sorry to see the jealousy of the Established Church of Scotland interposing any obstacle to the establishment of those schools. He thought that the Established Church would act a much wiser and more generous part by contributing as far as they could to the success of this measure. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that hon. gentlemen would not consider that this was a question between rival churches, but would consider this measure as sufficient for its purpose—that it was, in fact, a measure from which this part of the United Kingdom might reap advantage. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. ALEXANDER HASTIE sug gested objections to the bill, chiefly with reference to the provision for religious instruction. Mr. DUNLOP approved the introduction of reforma tory schools, and hoped that compulsory education would he resorted to in certain cases of gross neglect. Mr. ADDERLEY urged that the portion of the bill relating to the establishment of juvenile reformatory schools should be separated from the other portions, and introduced as a general measure, applicable to the whole United Kingdom. The LORD-ADVOCATE replied shortly to objections, and leave was then given to introduce the bill. POST-OFFICE IRREGULARITY. Mr. EVELYN moved for a select committee to in quire into the allegations contained in a petition from certain persons nail lately registered electors of the western division of the county of Surrey. He detailed the circumstances, whence it appeared that in no fewer than 115 instances, persons on the resister had been ob jected to ; but no notice had been received by them, and, the stamped duplicates having been produced before the revising barrister, he had been compelled to expunge their names. Mr. WILSON did not deny the importance of the question, or the right of the parties to have the matter investigated, but this was an isolated case, relating to a particular department (the Post-office) ; and he suggested that an opportunity should be allowed for the Treasury to make inquiry into the merits of the case, and, if the result was not satisfactory, the Government would make no objection to the appointment of a committee. Mr. WALPOLE said, this N+ as a case of immense constitutional importance, which ought to be inqui re d into, and it was not an isolated one. He recommended the addition to the motion of the words " for the pur pose of inquiring whether any better method of insuring the due delivery of notices of objections can be sug gested." - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected that this amendment would introduce a new and general subject of inquiry, distinct from that of the original mo tion. He should be obliged to resist both. After some further discussion, Mr. EVELYN consented to postpone his motion, which was withdrawn. The house adjourned at half-past 10 o'clock. ' six women to every hundred men ; but as the troops in the present instance were about to go on particular foreign service, it had been thought to reduce the number of women and children generally allowed to accom pany a regiment ; and for this reason it was thought only an act of humanity to take such a course, for on advice being sought on the subject from officers who had had experience in the field, it was found that it was only with great difficulty that the women who accompanied the troops could keep np with their husbands, while as the march was prolonged, the children gradually disappeared, from which it was inferred that they died of sufferings or starvation. (Hear, hear.) - Under these circumstances the Horse Guards had thought it advisable to reduce the number from six to four, and, of course, in reducing the number of wives they reduced the number of children also, but he should state at the same time that provision would be made for the support of the other two wives and their children, who, under an ordi nary removal, would have been entitled to accompany their husbands. (Hear, hoar.) The wives remaining be yond the number of six were, in the every day cases of removal, conveyed to their friends at the expense of the State, where they had any, or to their parochial settle ment, whore they ,ad none, but no permanent provision was ever made for the indiscriminate support of soldiers' wives whose husbands were sent on foreign service. (Hear.) And the reason fur this was obvious ; because, if such universal provision were made, it would hold out such an encouragement to the soldier to enter the marriage state that there would be no end to such claims upon the public purse, and, therefore, it had been not thought advisable to depart from the ordinary rule that prevailed in such matters, except in so far as h e h a d a l rea d y exp l a i ne d . (Hear, Lear.) REMOVAL OF IRISH POOR FROM ENGLAND. Mr. MAGUIE,E drew the attention of the house to cer tain cases of illegal removal from England to Ireland. By the present law an Irish pauper removed from this country may be taken to the nearest ports to England—namely, Cork, Waterford, or Wexford—the port, in fact, most convenient to the person taking the contract for their removal—and flung upon the Irish shore, frequently leav ing then to trudge on foot unaided a distance of 40 or 50, or 150 miles before they can reach their birth place, and there they have no other resource in most cases than an Irish workhouse. The hon. member quoted a number of cases of Irishmen who had lived for 18, 20, and even 40 years and upwards in England—chiefly in metropoli tan parishes—but when they died their wives and children were, on seeking parochial relief, summarily laid hold of by the parish authorities and sent off to Ireland, even though their children were born in England. Mr. BAINES said he should regret very much if the house should suppose that he underrated the importance of this subject. (Hear.) On the contrary, he fully appre ciated the importance of the subject, and he had no hesita tion now in repeating what he said the other night, that the law on this subject is in a highly unsatisfactory state. At the same time he regretted the hon. member for Dungar von (Mr. Maguire) had brought forward the subject at a time when the house was anxious to go into supply, and also with out having given due notice of it. When the returns moved for by the hon. member for Londonderry were before the house, they could then snore satisfactorily enter upon the subject, and he should be most anxious to give it his best attention. (Hear, hear.) Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON said the right hon. gen tleman (Mr. Baines) must be well aware that an indepen dent member had very few opportunities of bringing forward such a subject, and that the honour able member for Dungarvon had no other resource left him to bring on the question as he had. He (Lord C. Hamilton) knew of his own knowledge, that in one parish alone, of Dublin, in one year, no less than 650 paupers were sent over from England. (Hear, hear.) He maintained that when cases of this kind occur, the house could not be squeamish as to what was the " best time" for bringing it on. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS. Sir J. WALSH then rose to call the attention of the house to the inadequacy of the military establishments of the country to meet the exigencies of the war into which we are about to enter, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Liddell, Esq., to be Colonial Surveyor for the Colony of Sierra Leone. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Baxter, Master of Arts, to be C o l on i a l Ch ap l a i n for the Colony o f Hong Kong. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev. Charles Stephen Hassells, Master of Arts, to be Colonial Chaplain for her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Peter G. Fraser, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Coun cil of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 22. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint Captain Charles Taylor Du Plat, of the Royal Artillery, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness, vice Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon, resigned. Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon to be Extra Equerry. WESTMINSTER, FEB. 17. This day, the Lords being met, a message was sent to the Honourable House of Commons by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, acquaintim.; them that the Lords, authorised by virtue of a Commission under the Great Seal, signed by her Majesty, for declaring her royal assent to an Act agreed upon by both houses, do desire the imme diate attendance of the Honourable House in the House of Peers to hear the Commission read; and the Commons being come thither, the said Commission, empowering the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and several other Lords th?,rein named, to declare and notify the Royal Assent to the said act, was read accordingly, and the Royal Assent given to An act to explain and amend an act of the last session relating to the duties of assessed taxes, and to authorise justices of the peace in Ireland to administer oaths re. quired in matters relating to income tax. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 21. 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Cornet Harris St. John Dick, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sullivan, who retires, Feb. 24. Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Chetwode to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cust, who retires ; Cornet Edward Phillips to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chetwode ; William David, Viscount Stormont, to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Phillips, Feb. 24. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Wood to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Astell, who retires; Lieutenant and Captain Edward William Paken ham to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wood • Ensign and Li eu t enant C ameron Neville Hoggo to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice aa Pakenha • Henry Ch ar l es Ed en Mulct, Gent., to to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hog,ge ; Henry Lawrence, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.—Assistant-Sur geon Charles Vidler Cay, from the 97th Foot, to be Assis tant-Surgeon, Feb. 24. 3d Foot—Captain John Alexander Hunter, from the 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Neville, who exchanges, Feb. 24. 4th Foot — Assistant-Surgeon Frederic Moore Smith, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Watson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires ; Lieu tenant William Henry Dominic Fitzgerald to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carter, who retires; Lieutenant George Henry Nevi'', from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Leeson, who exchanges; Ensign Joshua Harry Cooper, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Watson, Feb. 24. 11th Foot—Captain Robert Neville, from the 3d Foot, to b s Captain, vice Hunter, who exchanges ; Edward Birch, Gent., to be E ns i gn, b y purchase, vice Cooper, promoted in the 7th Foot, Feb. 24. 12th Foot.—Lieutenant Augustus Johnnes Leeson, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nevill, who ex changes, Feb. 24. 17th Foot.—Lieutenant Philip McPherson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bagot, who retires ; En sign Swinnerton Halliday Dyer to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice McPherson ; William Herbert John Disbrowe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dyer, Feb. 24. 28th Foot.- -Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Brice, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon ; Chamney Graves Irwin, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Marlow, pro moted on the Staff, Feb. 24. 30th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Paget Bayly to be Captain, without purchase, vice Oliver, deceased ; Ensign Mark Walker to be Liehtenant, without purchase (and Adjutant), vice Bayly, Feb. 3 ; Ensign John Pennock Campbell, from the 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walker, Feb. 24. 33d Foot- -Assistant-Surgeon William Mare Muir, from the 421 Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Johnston, ap pointed to the Staff; St. John Stanley, Gent., to be As. sistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24. 40th Foot --Ensign and Adjutant George Augustus Bent ley Buckle, to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Adol phus Haggerston Stephens, to be Lieutenant, by purchase ; vice Loa, who retires, Feb. 24. 41st Foot—Captain Augustus Paterson, from the 42d Foot, to be Captain, vice Balguy, who exchanges, Feb. 24. 42d Foot—Captain Charles Yelverton Balguy, from the 41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Paterson, who exchanges, Feb. 24. 50th Foot—Philip Giffard Martel, Gent., to be Assis tant-Surgeon, Feb. 24. .• • , 59th Poot—Staff-Surnon of the Second Class Robert M`Wharrie, M.D. to a Surgeon, vice Braybrooke, ap pointed to the Staff, Feb. 24. 77th Foot—Robert Graves Burton, Gent., to be Assis tant-Surgeon, Feb. 24. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Garnet Joseph Wolseley, from the 84th Foot, to he Lieut enan t, v i ce B u tl er , a pp o i n t e d t o the Paymastercy of the 67th Foot; Ensign James Herne Wade to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward, who re tires ; Nicol Grahame, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ward, Feb. 24. 9341 Foot—Robert Menzies, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur geon, Feb. 24. 97th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Fenton John Aylmer, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign , without purchase, vi ce C amp b e ll, appo i n t e d t o the 30th Foot, Feb. 24. Gold Coast Corps—Ensign Aylmer Strangford Craig to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Deane, whose pro motion, without purchase, on 3d Eebruary, has been can celled ; Colour-Sergeant Robert Carr, from the 87th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Deane, deceased, Feb. 24. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon William Braybrooko, from the 59th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice M`Wharrie, appointed to the 59th Foot ; Surgeon James Townsend Oswald Johnson, M.D., from the 33d Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class; Assistant. Surgeon Edward Howard, from the 2.lth Foot, to be Staff- Surgeon of the Second Class ; Assistant-Surgeon Benjamin William Marlow, M.D., from the 28th Foot, to be Staff- Surgeon of the Second Class ; Assistant-Surgeon O'Connor D'Arcey, M.D., from the s th Dragoon Guard s , t o b e As sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Ross, appointed t o th e 39th Foot, Feb. 24. To be Purveyors to the Forces.—Purveyor's Clerk Henry Hamilton Acheson ; Purveyor's Clerk Lucas Ward, Feb. 24. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Deputy Inspector-General Ver'ing,, M.D., to be Inspec tor-General of Ordnance of Hospitals, Feb. 22. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 24. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Captain John Richard Anderson to be Captain, vice Cheetha,m, retired upon full-pv; First-Lieutenant Edmund John Carthew t o be second Captain, vice Anderson ; Second Lieutenlnt William Alexander Patrick Wyllie to be First Lieutenant, vice Carthew, Feb. 24. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 18. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant and Quarter master John Charles Downie Morrison, to be Adjutant, vice Forrest, promoted ; First Lieutenant William Edward Farmar, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Morri son, appointed Adjutant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment.—John Stratton, Esq., to be Captain, Shropshire ItegiMent of Militia.—Walter Thursby Pel ham, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 20. sth RegiMent of Royal Lancashire Militia.—To be Cap tains—Thomas Strickland, Esq., Feb. 15; Lieut. Daniel Grant Brereton, Feb. 16 ; Lieut. Philip Gilbert Hamer ton, vice Ralph Holden, resigned, Feb. 17. To be Lieu tenants—Charles Searle, Gent., Feb. 15; Edward Dwyer, Gent., Feb. 16; Ensign Richard Lomax, Feb.l7 ; Arthur Holden, Gent., Feb. 18 ; Abraham Alfred Tweedale, Gent., Feb. 20. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. A thin muster and a quiet afternoon. v But although a small amount of business was transacted, the operations were productive of a few changes, particularly in the betting on the Liverpool Grand National. Miss Mowbray was backed for about 2001. at 11 to 2;5 to 1 the current offer at the close. Bourton was nominally at 7to 1. Half-and-Half opened at 10 to 1, taken to 501., but towards the close 12 and 13 were laid. One bet of 1,300 to 100 is to be staked within a given tine. Maurice Daley advanced to 16 to 1, taken ; and 16 and 15 to 1 were taken about Oscar. Crabbs moved forward with considerable celerity-30 and 25 to 1 were taken notwithstanding an even bet of 101., that he is not on the racecourse when the other horses pass the post. In the City Circle in .the morning the first bet laid against him was 1,000 to 15, after which the odds fell to those just stated. CHESTER OUP.--1,500 to 50 and 625 to 25, taken about Peggy ; 2,000 to 50 about Dr. O'Toole, and 875 to 25 Sandhurst. Offers to lay 9to 1 against Newmin ster and Star of Surrey, coupled. DERBY.-800 to 40 taken against Ruby; 500 to 20, 500 to 25, and 1,000 to 45 taken about Acrobat ; 625 to 25, and 550 to 25, about Wild Huntsman ; 1,000 to 25 Bessus ; 1,000 to 200 would have been taken about Autocrat. OAKS.-100 to 25 taken about Meteora. DERBY 1855.-4,000 to 100, and afterwards 2,000 to 40 laid against Paletot ; 5,000 to 100 against Vandal, and the same against Bonnie Morn, CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agst Miss Mowbray (11 to 2t. freely) 7to 1 agst Bourton. 12 to 1 agst La Gazza, Ladra (taken). 13 to 1 agst Half-and-Half (taken). 15 to 1 agst Oscar (taken). 1G to 1 agst Maurice Daley (taken). 25 to 1 agst Crabbs (taken). 30 to 1 agst Burnt Sienna (taken). NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 11 to 1 agst Red Lio❑ (taken). 20 to 1 agst Diomedia (taken). GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. 16 to 1 agst Lindrick (taken). 30 to 1 agst Rataplan (to 501,) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Vinl'ex (taken). CHESTER CIIP. 25 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 35 to 1 agst Sandhurst (taken). 40 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 50 to 1 agst Horatio (taken). DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Ruby (taken and offered). 22 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 22 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 40 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). OAKS. 4to 1 agst Meteora (taken). DERBY, 1355. 50 to 1 agst Paletot (taken). 50 to 1 agst Vandal (taken). 50 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken). RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. SCCTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week eliding Feb. 19, 1854 £2,520 0 14 Corresponding week last year 2,532 14 10 4 WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAlLWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 18 (29 miles) 1 197 5 11 Corresponding week last year (13 miles) 42 0 1 NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.— A notice has been issued from the General Post-office, statinc , that postage labels of the value of sixpence may be had after the Ist March next. They will be sold to the public at the rate of sixpence each, whatever may be the number purchased. THE PARIS BOURSE.—The accounts from the Bourse yesterday showed an improvement of more than a half per cent. - in the morning, from which there was a sub sequent reaction of more than a quarter per cent. F rom Vienna the quotations giVe no rips of recovery from the prevailing Paulo, most likely to secure a systematic and sound education for students of law, and provide satisfactory tests of &- Less for admission to the bar. The hon. and learned gentleman, however, when called upon, said that, in consequence of a communication from the Lord Chan cellor, he desired to postpone it, as the subject was under consideration. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. The LORD-ADVOCATE, in rising to move for leave to bring in a bill to make further provision for the edu cation of the people of Scotland, and to amend the laws relating thereto, said there was no doubt of the import ance of the subject, nor, unfortunately, was there any doubt of its difficulty, and although the other evening there had been a very interesting debate on English edu cation, it had not tended at all to diminish the difficulty. For his own part, however, he felt that difficulties on theoretical or abstract points ought to give way before an energetic and earnest attempt to remove them. With the means at hand, and a hearty goodwill for the object, the education of the people ought to be one of the easiest and most simple of national duties. Even looked at as a matter of philanthropy or duty, men should be willing to waive difference of opinion in order to rescue the rising generation from an ignorance too often as bad as the worst of creeds and fatal as the worst of crimes. But it was not a mere question of duty or philanthropy—for owing to the neglect of other generations and our own it was now a question of self-defence. The plain fact was, that amidst all our prosperity there was growing up in the centre of all our great towns, at the rout of our social system, a barbarous race—tied to us by none of the sympathies which ought to bind together citizens of the same state—inheriting with the blood the passions not less than the thewes and sinews of the race from which they sprang, but with their energies untamed and untutored by any humanising influence, and their pas sions unrestrained by any sense of duty to their God or to their fellowmen. Any one conversant as he was with the statistics of crime knew that there was no exaggera tion in this, but that it was merely the statement of a simple fact. Unless this huge evil were grappled with, not in mere patronising sympathy, but in the conviction of the most urgent necessity, we should too late find out our fatal error. We must deal with the question on the conviction that there was at the very base of society a deep-rooted, foul, pestilential element, which in some upheaving of the social system would sweep everything away. The measure he had to propose was far from being adequate to the evil ; the remedy must necessarily be the work of time ; and the greet difficulty was, that while the evil pressed, delay was necessary to apply an effective remedy. For twen',y years we had been con tending about schemes of education, and during th a t time three' generations of schoolboys had grown up hit• men, and these were the men with whom during the lives of those now living we should have to deal. Let the battle of opinion rage as it might out of doors, but let Parliament seek to apply the best practical remedy in its power, He cared not whether his bill would meet any abstract views ; we might wait long enough before any measure did so ; but the great thing was to do as much as possible towards attaining the object which all bad at heart. (Hear, hear.) There was one great diffi culty which lay at the base of the question, fortunately of a simple practical nature—the want of information as to the amount of educational destitution. The first ob ject must be to meet this difficulty. In Scotland there had existed for 300 years a system founded on the prin ciple that education ought not to be left to mere volun tary efforts, but established if not maintained by the State. In every parish there was a school supported by the landowners. Now this was a system that only re quired extension. It was the duty of the Govern went to provide for every member of the commu nity the means of education. (Hear, hear.) The question, however, at the outset was, how far there was a deficiency. The Government did not propose to appoint a committee or commission for the purpose of inquiry, but to establish under a general board a system of school inspection on a scale larger than had yet existed either in En g l an d or i n Scotland.' The object being to effect a complete educational survey of the whole of Scotland, and to furnish materials from which in 1856 there should be laid before Parliament a perfect account of the educational condition of the country ; not merely showing what schools existed, what were required, and how many scholars attended, but going into details even more minute, enabling Parliament to see what was wanting in every town or parish, in every part of it, and in every way. These returns, he proposed, should be con tinued year after year. The ultimate result, he hoped, might be, among other improvements, the establishment of reformatory schools on an adequate scale. He also hoped to see one day established the principle of compul sory attendance upon schools to this extent—that as it was the duty of a parent to maintain his children, and the law enforced that duty upon him, and punished him if he neglected it, being able to discharge it; or, if he were unable to discharg e it, p er f orme d it for him—so it was the duty of a parent not to permit his children to grow up as savages in the midst of civilisation, and that the law should compel him to the duty of educating them so far as it was practicable, and if he were unable to per perform it, to see that it was done. (Hear.) It would be impossible, of course, to carry out these objects, or meet all the exigencies of the case, until the returns were presented ; but there were certain alterations which the Government proposed at once to introduce in the system of parochial schools to which Scotland had owed so much. The first improvement intended was as to the remuneration of the schoolmasters. The salaries were fixed every twenty-five years on the ave rage of the price of corn ; the last average was taken in 1828, and the maximum was 341. a-year, the minimum 251. The twenty-five years expired this year, and the new average would give us the maximum 281., and the minimum 191. a-year. It was impossible to allow such a state of things to continue. (Hear.) It was proposed to increase the salary of the schoolmaster to the uniform rate of 501. a-year—the landowners (or heritors) still paying M. a-year, the present maximum ;:the rest being paid by the Privy Council out of a parliamentary grant. Moreover, it was proposed to establish a retiring al lowance of not less than 251. a-year, the want of which was most deeply felt at present —(hear, hear) — and further, to allow the schoolmaster three rooms in stead of two. Next, it was intended to abolish the religious test as •to schoolmasters, which at present was the same as with regard to professors in the universities—a test of subscription to the formularies of the Established Church of Scotland. The clause framed for this purpose would provide, "That it shall not be necessary for the parochial schoolmasters to subscribe any test, confession of faith, or creed." It was not in tended by this to diminish the safeguards of religious belief. The religious differences in Scotland were almost entirely confined to questions of Church govenment and discipline ; and in regard to religious belief the people were substantially agreed. Although no longer a mem ber of the Established Church of that country he was friendly to her, and would give her advocates this advice that they would do well to get rid of a test which only excited rivalries and dissentions. Let the children of Scotland be taught out of the same books, in the same schools, and it would be time enough when they grew up to acquaint them with differencesas to Church government. With regard to the election of schoolmasters, it was in tended to leave it as at present, in the hands of the "heri tors" and ministers. But the present system of superin tendence under the presbyteries was most inefficient, and, indeed, merely nominal, so that the schools had, in too many instances, become debased and degraded be yond imagination. Still it was not designed to do away with it at once, and it would be left to the heritors and ministers, with the addition of inspection under the central board, while it would he provided that if the heritors desired to relieve themselves from the burden of supporting the schools they might do so at once, re signing them to the superintending care of the board, which would be similar to that established for new schools. He now came to the vexata questio of religious education. He did not think the abolition of the test would weaken the guarantees for religious education, and in fact, although stimulated by recent controversies, the Church was rather vigilant now in regard to it, yet in times of lethargy it must be, as it had been, only nominal and nugatory. The fact was, that in Scotland the religious difficulty was no difficulty at all. In a country where the mass of the people were of one re ligion, the difficulty could scaecely exist, and only re quired to be grappled with to disappear. On a former occasion an hon. member (Mr. Adderley) had quoted a supposed declaration of his, publishedby a Rev. Dr, Bryce as made in some speech at Leith—a declara tion that he (the Lord Advocate) would desire rather that mathematics should not be taught in the schools than Christianity should cease to be taught there. He was certain that in no reported speech of his had any such opinion been expressed ; and he could only ascribe the statement to the delusion and imagination of the rev. writer, or rather to his drawing inferences and conclusions as to his (the Lord Advocate's) pre sumed opinions: He had always contended for the union of secular with religious education, believing that the schoolmaster would throw away his best wea pon if he disregarded the inculcation of religion. Sorry should he be to see literature and science taught without religion. Our object ought to be to make a man a good citizen—to teach him his duty to God as well as to man ; and in this they would not succeed if they excluded religious teaching. (Hear, hear.) He believed that if it were proposed to exclude religious teaching from the schools in Scotland, not a tithe of the popula- tion would attend them, and that an agitation would spring up against such a system. In his opinion the Presbyterian support which was to be found in respect in Scotland was not a fact to be deplored. Throughout our struggle for civil liberty we had had the assistance of Scotland ; and he traced to that feeling much of that love of education, and many of those habits of thought, which had made the name of a Scotchman respected all over the world. With regard to the voluntary principle, he need not say much ; but he thought that if religious instruction was to be continued with secular teaching, all should be called upon to contri bute to the system. There was a strong opinion in Scot land that if the question of education were left in the hands of the people, religion would be perfectly safe but a middle course was proposed, and accordingly the preamble of the bill provided, that whereas ordinary secular' instruction was to be available for children of all denominations, every school coming under the act should set apart certain hours for religious instruction, without any additional charge. Looking at the question, not abstractedly, but in a practical light, he did not think that religious instruction would be otherwise than safe under the management of a properly constituted board, and it was to be provided that where the inspectors re ported to the general board that there was necessity for I additional accommodation, and if the b oar d an d Privy C ouncil approved of such accommodation, then. notice was to be given to the borough wherein the want might exist to raise a rate for the purpose. In country parishes a meeting of ratepayers would de termine whether such schools were to be provided. With regard to the remuneration to schoolmasters, it was prop psed that half the salary should be provided by the ratepayers, and half should be voted by Parliament. The ordinary management of the schools was to be in th .4 , - birb iEtitiont SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIA MENT, HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack ai five o'clock. The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented a petition from Glamorganshire in favour of the establishment of reforma tory schools. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a place in Staffordshire praying for the institution of an university in Wales. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. In reply to the Earl of DERBY, The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that he would have no objection to lay before the house the correspondence which had taken place between the Govern ment and the authorities of the University of Oxford. RUSSIA. AND TURKEY. Lord BEAUMONT then rose to move the following resolution :—That it appears from the documents which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to communicate to this house, that the efforts of her Majesty and her allies to establish without recourse to arms, amicable relations between the Sublime Porte and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, have been unremitting; that it ap pcars also, that those efforts have failed to produce the desired effect, and that the Emperor of Russia continues to hold by force of arms two important provinces of the Ottoman Empire; that it is, therefore, the opinion of this house, that the best interests of this country require that immediate and effectual means be taken to repel the unjustifiable aggression of Russia on the territory of the Sultan—(hear, hear)--and that the power and influence of this country should be exerted to place the relations of the Sublime Porte with the rest of Europe on such found .tions as shall appear best calculated to secure a durable peace, and afford the Ottoman empire a fair opportunity of developing its natural resources, and of proceeding with its administrative reforms. Having in timated that it was not his intention to resume the dis cussion which had recently taken place in that house on the subject, he observed that though the Government had very ably defended themselves against the attacks made upon them, there were two or three charges affecting their conduct which still remained unexplained. The accusa tion as to their incredulity in doubting the real inten tions of the Czar incredulity carried to a point of weakness had been altogether uncontradicted. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Australian Royal Mail Steam Naviga tion Company; Horsmonden and Marden Roads; Llynvi Valley Railway ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Railway Com panies Amalgamation. PETITIONS. Mr. PIGOT presented a petition from the Corporation of Reading in favour of reformatory schools. Mr. SCOBELL presented a petition from the proprie tors of the Bath papers praying for the repeal of the paper duty. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the endowment of Roman Catholic priests. Mr. LAING presented a petition from members of the Free Church of Scotland, praying for an increase in the salaries of the Scottish parochial schoolmasters. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from the most influential inhabitants of Sheffield, praying for a reduction of the duty on Fire Insurances. Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from a place in Scot land in favour of a national system of education free from sectarian bias. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a similar petition from Glas gow. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from the ma gistracy of Devon praying that the county rate may be relieved from the support of militia barracks. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. MACKINNON wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade when the report of the commissioners which had been appointed to investigate the state of the harbours of refuge on the coast would be laid on the table. Mr. CARDWELL said the inquiry had terminated so far as this part of the kingdom was concerned, and the re port of the Commission was in the course of preparation. He hoped, therefore, he should b e a bl e t o l ay i t on the table in a very short time. POOR RELIEF. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask the Chief Com missioner of the Poor Laws whether his attention bad been called to the practice of tying up the bells during the night at the West Loudon Union Workhouse, and in other unions in England, having the effect of preventing the ad ministration of relief in urgent cases. Mr. BRINES said, as far as he knew, and as far as he hoped and believed, no such practice existed. One case of the kind occurred last week, but the parties had been taken before the magistrate and punished. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Mr. LIDDELL wished to ask the noble lord the mem ber for the city of London when the house might expect to receive the new bill relating to controvert e d e l ec ti ons ? Lord J. RUSSELL hoped he should be able to lay it on the table on Monday. COPPER COINAGE. Mr. THORNLEY wanted to know from his hon. friend the Secretary of the Treasury, whether any arrangements were being made for supplying the colonies with copper coinage, and especially the Australian colonies. Mr. WILSON said a contract was now in the course of execution, under which 80,009 pieces were being delivered daily, and part of these would be devoted to the colonies. GUNPOWDER FOR THE ENEMY. Mr. OTWAY, adverting to a report which appears this day in a morning print, wished to ask the hon. Secretary for the Treasury if there was any truth in the report that gunpowder had been stopped in transitu which was in tended for the use of Russia ? Mr. WILSON said a large quantity of gunpowder had been seized by the Customs authorities, which was in the course of being shipped to Syria for the use of the Greek insurrectionists and the Russian forces, but he did not feel justified in disclosing the names of the parties who had been entrusted with the shipment, as it was just possible that they were ignorant of the purposes to which the gunpowder was to be applied. (Hear, hear.) He might take that opportunity of stating the measures which the Treasury had taken to prevent such shipments; they had caused an average to be struck of the quantity of gunpowder which had been entered outwards to the various Continental States during the last two and three years, and in future if it wa s f oun d th a t the shipments exceeded average the gunpowder would be stopped, unless some good reason could be sh ow n that it was not intended fo r the enemy. (Hear, hear.) At the same time the Treasury would be much obliged to any one who could furnish them with information of any shipments that might be intended for the navy of Russia or her allies. (Hear, hear.) HOCUSSING A POSTMAN. Mr. FRENCH wished to ask the hon. gentleman whether it was true that a postman had been hocussed, and a letter addressed to the Turkish Ambassador ex tracted from his bag. (Oh !oh !) Mr. WILSON had heard nothing of it. Wear, hear.) TRANSIT OF HORSES TO THE EAST. General WYNDHAM wished to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty or the Secretary . at War, why the horses of the cavalry and Horse Artillery are to be embarked in sailing transports, at the risk of a protracted sea voyage, and whether any good and substantial reasons exist to prevent their accommodation on board of steam-vessels. Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to the question, entered into as they us would to the or an explanation to s h ow th a t it wou l' t b e both inconve n i en t and se i o v r e wa t id o.thtehecm in ountry st a e s am w -r aelhiiapa, as dangerous thereby have to be k e pt on d ec k f or many days. (Hea r .) h e s xp to ens f TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE. Lord D. STUART wished to ask Lord John Russell whether there would be any objection to lay on the table of the house a copy of a Despatch written in the year 1829 on the subject of the Treaty of Adrianople by the Earl of Aberdeen, and referred to by him in another place on the 31st day of January last. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would consult his noble friend on this subject, and answer the question on some future day. MEDICAL REFORM. Lord D. STUART wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1. Whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to issue a commission to in quire into the state of medical and surgical education and government in the United Kingdom : 2. Whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill on medical - reform during the present session of parliament; and whether the draft of a bill, submitted to his lordship by a deputation from the Council of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, has received his approval or that of her Majesty's Government : 3. Whether it is the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill during this Session of Parliament to enable them to grant a new Charter of Incorporation to the Royal College of Physicians of London. Lord PALMERSTON said there was no intention to issue a commission, but he hoped to be able to bring in a bill before the session closed, on the subject of the other two questions. LEICESTER GAOL. Sir H. HALFORD wished to ask the Secretary of State .or the Home Department whether any report had been received from the commissioners appointed to inquire into the discipline and management of the county prison at Leicester; and if so, whether such report may be expected to be laid before the house? Lord PALMERSTON said he had received the report, and he was now consulting the law officers of the Crown whether it was right to institute any proceedings upon it. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF' WINDOR. Mr. GRENFELL wished to ask whether the Govern. ment intend, during the present session of Parliament, to cause inquiry to be instituted with reference to the claims of the Military Knights of Windsor, for an equitable ad justment of the rents and profits arising from certain es tates belonging to the military order of St. George and the Garter. Lord PALMERSTON replied that the Government had no intention to introduce such a measure. SOLDIERS' WIVES. Mr. MACARTNEY;i;IIed to ask the Secretary at War whether it was intended to provide temporary accommoda tion and support for the wives and children of soldiers now proceeding to the seat of war, who had not been pro vided with a passage on board the transports ; and, in case of their being unable to support themselves and families during the absence of their husbands, whether there is no other mode of providing for them than by being passed to their several parishes, and becoming inmates of the workhouse. Mr. S. HERBERT said his attention had been called to this subject, and he wished the house, in the first place, to understand the system upon which the Government pursued with regard to the wives of soldiers on the removal of troops in ordinary cases. , It was usual, when a regi ment was removed for ordinary foreign service, to allow PRIZE MONEY. London, Feb. 20. Notice is hereby given to the officers and crew of her Majesty's steam-ship Sampson. Lewis T. Jones, Esq., Captain, and of her tender the Bloodhound, who wore actually on board at the capture of thi' slave Feince,. Purissima, captured on the 10th of October, 1851, that they may be paid their respective proportions of the bounty money received for the said capture, on Tuesday the 7th of March next, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock, at No. 33, Abchurch-lane, City, London ; and all shares not then paid will be re-called, at the same place, every Tues day and Thursday for three months, agreeably to Act of Parliament. Flag Captain Second class Third class Fourth class Fifth class.... , Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class ...... Ninth clasl Tenth class £lB 11 10 31 17 21 6 3 5 4 18 84 2 19 2f 1 ]4 6i 1 9 71 0 19 8f 0 9 10 3 / 4 0 6 2 0 3 81 P. PETTY MUSPBATT, Agen BANKRUPTS. Mary Browne and John Read Browne, window glass cutter, Middle-row South, Knightsbridge, to surrender, March 7, at t velve, and April 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Asprey, Bedford-row. James Kingston, draper and leather seller, Reading, March 15, at half-past twelve, and April 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy: Graham, official assignee; Ashur , t and Son, Old Jewry. William Stratford Vaile, licensed victualler, East Green wich, Kent, March 15, at two, and April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Corner, Tooley-street. William Kidstou and Filmer Kidston, medical fitters, North-street, Mile End, March 9, at eleven, and April 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Cattarns, Mark-lane. William Miles, shipowner, King's Lynn, Norfolk, March 4 at twelve, and April 7 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Wilkin, Furnival's-inn. Thomas Broomfield, butcher, Worcester, March 11 and 27, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Knipe, Worcester, Mot. teram and Knight, Birmingham. James Bough, carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster, March 8, and April 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham ; Brinton, Kidderminster ; Reece, Birmingham. Samuel Ratcliffe, whitesmith, Stanningley, Yorkshire, March 7 and April 4, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Naylor, Leeds. John Matthews Bayley, beerseller, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, March 6 and 27, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Slaney, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. John Ducker, beerseller, Bilston, Warwick, March 6 and 27, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; East, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Richard Murdoch, baker, Stirling. John Mackenzie Ross, ironmonger, Inverness. Walter Mercer, woollen manufacturer, Jedburgh. Thomas Gardner, brickmaker, Glasgow. Charles Watt, innkeeper, Bridge of Allan. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday • ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the 18th day of February, 1854. 'ARTMENT. Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,513,22) Silver - ISSUE DEP, Notes issued .. •..... 29,513,220 £29,513,220 £29,513,220 M. MAP,SHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 23d day of Feb., 1851. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest. ........ ..... 3,445,498 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,440,107 Other depollis Seven Day and other Bills ........ . 1,086,779 Government securities (includg.Dead W eight Annuity) 11,757.704 Other securlttes ...... 13,346,376 Notes .............. 7,8 , ,8,420 Gold and silver coin.. 740,03 £33,702,593 £33,702,593 '.MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 23d day of Feb., 1854 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 21st day of Feb , 1851, is 245. 51. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Am5terdam............ I I 16}4 Gibraltar .....• • ....... Ditto, three months .. 11 16 C:, ..egltorn .............. 30 75 Rotterdam • • .... II li,. Gmoa ...... • ......... 25 60 Antwerp .............. 25 22y, Milan Brussels ............. .....• •......... . 25 •22% Venice ................ Hamburg!' ............ 13 5 ,Naples ............ ~.. 41% Altona ................ ;Palermo .............. 12 zy, Pari5•......... •• •• .... 25 0 I idessitta .............. 127 Ditto, throe months .• 25 3 ! 1 4 'l,lAbori ................ 53% Marseilles • • .... 25 32% Oporto ................ 53?-6 Bourdeaux .....• • • ... ,Rio Janeiro ....... , Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres ............. • • Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight Vienna ..•• •........... 13 15 iPhliadelphla ...... •• .. Trieste ...... • • ...• .• .. 13 15 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Petersburgh.. •• •• •• .... Foreign Gold in Bars .C 3 17 9 Madrid ...... Cadiz .. •....... •....... 50i.4 Ilexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona...... - • .... Sew Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Sevilla ................ iilver in bars ...... 0 0 0 • CO2ONIAL MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) SUGAR.—The market is firm, and West India has been in request, at about 61 advance. Jamaica, at auction, sold freely at 33s 6d to 34s 6d for brown and grey, and at 35s to 35s 6d for mid. Brown to good mid, grey Demerara brought 33s Od to 35s Od. ; and mid. to good crystalised 36s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. East India has been offered to limited extent, being held for high prices. Bengal raid. to good dry grey realised 34s to 36s ; low yellow 32s to 33s ; and brown 29s 61 to 31s. Mauritius grey and brown were taken in above the value. Good brown date Khaur kind went at 29s 6d to 30s 6d per cwt. Ma dras fine brown found buyers at 29s 6d. Penang has been in brisk inquiry, especially the refining sorts, and 6d advance has been obtained, viz.-295 (3d to 33s 6d for low foxy to fine brown, and 343 to 35s 6d for low to good yellow. Havannah has commanded steaaly rates : mid brown to mid soft yellow selling at 33s to 375; and parcel of yellow for exportation was taken at 37s for No. 14. Privately, No. 13 sold at'36s 6d per cwt. Cuba Mus covado brought firm values. Refined has been at full rates ; brown lumps at 445, and grocery at 44s 6d to 508 per cwt. Manila low and mid damp was taken in at 30s to 32s 6d. COFFEE. —The quantity offered by auction has not been large, and the demand upon the whole has been limited. Native Ceylon has been obtainable at about 47s 6d for good ord, and a few sales have been made at that prioe, anti superior brought 43s to 48s 6d. Mocha was held for advanced prices, being taken at 70s to 75s for mid to good brown clean garbled, and 65s for mixed peaberry. Good triage sold at. 52s to 52s 6d. G oo d or d m i xe d Madras realised 46s per cwt. RlOE.—Rather low prices have been accepted. Madras at public sale brought 14s 6d but since has been taken in at 14s 6d to 15s for mid to good pinkey. Bengal was taken at 15s 6d for good bold, being the full value, but after wards it was sold at 15s 3d, or 3d decline. Carolina mid and good second quality sold to a small extent at 24s to 255. White Bengal afloat privately changed hands at 150, quality guaranteed good mid. SPICES.—A good inquiry has existed, but not much has been brought forward publicly. Pimento has been active at about 41. per lb. advance, viz., at 60. to 61d. for mid and good. Batavia mace sold at 2s. &l. for mid pale, being steady. Pepper has been in request, and Malabar has been id. per lb. dearer, good heavy shot having ob tained ohd. to 6d. per lb. at auction, and privately fair brown Penang sold at 51d. Cassia buds realised 18s. 6d. per cwt. for wild. quotations have been asked. Fine Deme rara brought ss. 6d. in puns, and ss. Bd. in hhds. The Government has taken 75,000 gallons more, but the price is not known. SALTPETRE.—A large business has been done at full prices, to 3d advance, 182 per cent. refraction selling at 355, and good and fine 36s to 36s 3d. English refined ad vanced to 39s 6d to 40s. COCHINEAL.—Honduras blacks have declined 4d to 6d, and silvers have been rather cheaper. COTTON.—At the public sales, a good deal was with drawn, being seedy and inferior. TALLOW.—The market has been quieter. TEA.—At the public sales 13,842 packages passed, and about 4,500 sold, prices being rather heavy. GREEN FRIIIT.—A better feeling exists in the market, and prices of all descriptions of fruit improving. Two cargoes oranges from St. Michael sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at an advance of 3s to 4s per box. More inquiry for lemons. Seville sours scarce, and 5s per chest higher. The crop of oranges at St. Michael and Terceira has suffered from constant gales, and a quantity of fruit has been blown off the trees. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23. The Royal Sovereign, from Baltimore, has arrived at this port with the remainder of the crew of the Victory from St. John's, N. 8., to London, abandoned at sea, Jan. 29, lat. 40 N., long. 63. W. The Charity (s s), Paton, sailed this morning from Gree nock for Portland ; weather moderate. Arrived—The Coosawatte, ' from Savannah ; Atholl, Caldera ; Caledonia, Alexandria ; Adeline, do. ; Savent, St. John's, N.B. ; Iris, St. Stephen's , N.B, ; Alex. John ston, do. • John Huntley, Halifax P • 'Duoro (s s), Oporto ; Elizabeth, Odessa ; Miltiades, Norfolk, Va. ; Margaret (s), Havre • Bradne, St. Mi c h ae l' s ; Ch arm, do. ; Ara minta, Mobile ; S. G. Given, New Orlean s ; Sh a l a t ta, do. ; Amelia, Seville; Mary Marsden, Marseilles; W es t P o i nt, New York ; A. Z. do. ; Cricht on , L aguna ; Ci ntra, Lis bon ; Victoria, Malaga. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. • The Effort, from Callao for Queenstown, Dee. 26, lat 26 S., long. 24 W. The i3remen Packet, from Madras for London, Feb. 26. The Equator and Vuane, from Swansea for Singapore, Jan. 4. The Argonaut, from Liverpool for Sydney, Jan. 4. The Artemesia, from London for New Zealand, Jan. 4. The Kent, Terry, from London for Melbourne, Jan. 4. The Clyde, of and from Glasgow, Jan. 31, lat. 41 N., long. 17 W. The Chaser, from Liverpool for Boston, Feb. 14, lat. 49 N., long. 16 W. tl ship, steering W., showing swallow-tailed signal (P. Rt.), Jan. 15, iat. 49 N., long. 16 W. The Eagle, from Liverpool for Melbourne, Feb. 3, lat. 41 N., long. 13 W. - • - The Osprey, from the Clyde for Port-au-Prince, Feb. 15, lat. 45 N., long. 13 W. The Charlotte in the River, from Canton for London, Dec. 1, lat. 25 S., long. 65 E. COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 21. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to bid ; mutton, 7d to 70 ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 61d to 7d per lb. ; pigs, 9s 9d to lOs per score ; rough fat, 6s 3d to Os Od per 141 b.; hides, 23d to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 31d to 4d per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—FEB. 22. The supply of grain in the market to•day was good. Good wheat sold well, but a great quantity was in poor condition, w hi c h k ept the average from rising. Barley fell a shade from last day. Oats and beans rather bettor. —Wheat on the top 4s down, and the average I.d up. Barley on the top 6d up, and thr average Cs 4d down. Oats on the top 2s 8;1, and the average 4d, up. Beans on the top 3s, and the sverago is, up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 773 qrs sold 743 qrs Barley lO2O qrs sold 878 qrs Oats 1599 qrs sold 1110 qrs Beans 232 qrs sold 232 qra BOSTON--FEn. 22. At this day's market wheat realised an advance of about Is er qr., but the trade was devoid of the least anima tion. Barley and beans met a steady demand at late rates. Oats 64 to is per qr. cheaper. Peas were quite neglected, at a depreciation of is to 2s per qr. Prices :--Wheat, rel, 70s Od to 80s 04 ; white, SOs 04 to 83s 04 extra. 85s 04. Barley, 33s 04 to 41s Od. Oats, 22s to 295. Beans, 40s 04 to 47s 04. Peas, 518 Od to 583 per qr. [ADVERTISEMENT. 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