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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 He was enabled to state on private authority that if the troops were withdrawn for the sake of economy, a contribution would be raised towards maintaining them there, 15,0001.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 The Duke of NEWCASTLE said it was quite true that the troops had been withdrawn from the islands of St. Vincent, Tobago, Dominica, and St. Christopher, but expense was not the sole ground of the withdrawal.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 on the colonists the imperative duty of providing a better police. The third reason was the expense, for the main tenance of these, troops in small detachments was a con siderable addditional expense to the mother 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 meet this difficulty by occa sionally sending ships of war to visit these islands, with a view of producing a moral effict on the black popu lation. Her Majesty's Government entertained no such foolish idea. The arrangement which the Government proposed to make —and he thought 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 conveyance of troops wherever they might be required. He believed that this 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 15,0001., 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 their troops in the small colo nies or portions of colonies. He did not think that any evil would result from the system which the Government introduced. - 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 bad 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, lie begged to make a few remarks on the general relations which ought to subsist b:Avven 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 a g ainst such casualties as m i g ht b e b roug h t upon them by the policy of the mother country, over which they bad 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 ca-operation to the mother country as a kind of indemnity for the care and expense which the mother country lavi,hed 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 colonies became one of conAitutional sympathy and feeling, and protection. He felt confident 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 seif government with regard to their own local affairs. He was imngainf enou , li to 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 hapni:y pre vailed, when the proper time for manifesting such senti ments came, the colonists would be found ready to join with them in the righteous came 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--(TESTERPAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair a few minutes before 4 o'clock. PETITIONS. An Ifox. MEMBER presented a petition from the Australian Agricultural Company, praying a semi monthly communication with that colony. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petitiori from a person named Cooper residing in Manchester, stating that he was in the receipt of 30s. a-week from his industry, as a mechanic, and that his wife had absconded from him, and was living in open adultery. The cost of obtaining adivorce, however,was beyond bis reach, and he therefore praying the house so to amend the law as to make it available to parties in his situation of life. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Mr. Bramley Moor, one of the candidates at the last election for Kingston-upon-Hull, complaining of the report of the Hull commission, which stated that he had acknow ledged several acts of bribery. The petitioner denied that he had ever done anything of the sort, and prayed for redress, or an opportunity to refute the charge. Mr. MACAULA.Y presented petitions front certain educational institutions in Scotland in favour of national education. Several honourable members presented petitions from the proprietors of various local newspapers praying for the repeal of the paper duty, including one from the Brighton. Herald, and another from Woolmer's Exeter Gazette. Sir J. SHELLEY presented three petitions from the Strand Union, St. George's, and St. James's, West minster, praying for the abolition of the duty on stage carriages. Lord. J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the corporation of Barnstaple, praying the house not to re issue any writ for that borough until the charges of cor ruption preferred against it have been further inquired into. ARMY ESTIMATES. Sir J. WALSH gave notice that on the motion for going into committee of supply on the army estimates he should ca ll a tt en t ion t o th e inadequacy of our prese n t military establishment to meet the exigencies of the war We are about to enter into. JUDGMENT EXECUTIONS. Mr. CRA.UFURD gave notice that on an early day he should move for leave to bring in a bill to sanction the issuin g of executions in any part of the United King law using of judgment obtained in any of the superior law court s of England, Scotland, and Ireland. OATHS. Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that, on the 9th of March, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to allow persons Who, from conscientious scruples refuse to take an oath, to make a solemn declaration in lieu :thereof. THE WAR TREATY. Mr. F. FRENCH wished to mit the noble lord the member for the city o f London, whether the recent treaty which had been signed between France and Eng land, an d which had been forwarded to Coniitantinople, li e d to the free tribes of Circassia, as well as Turkey. ap Lo P rd j. RUSSELL said the treaty which had been to Constantinople had no reference to communicated Circassia. PRII - ATE ERINC-. Mr. I:TORE:FALL repeated his question , relati ve t o privateerini, which he put to the noble lord t h e other -night. He wished to know whether the Gove rnment intended to take any steps to prevent the sail i ng of privateers under neutral flaqs during the war. Lord J. RUSSELL—The only answer I c an give to the question is that the relations of neutrals and the policy to be adopted towards neutrals by this Country has been a subject of serious consideration to her M a _ jesty's Government. The hon. gentleman, however, must be well aware that there aro certain things per- naitki bythe law of nations , and that there are other mat t ers 11. which different countries have pursued diffe v,..., ,_ Policies. As to entering into an alliance with cer 'l-71;;;': t-11 V-4 of these powers, it is a matter of serious considers " '("e .-70,:wh?,t should b; . the policy laid down for neurals, itis a / !a ,-:, ' _ iketgrO 'difficulty and intricacy, but the hon. Aek ' e• titigll a that it would be very unwise in us T'a' ll ' -1: ' • - ? ..-. •:' . ' , 1.1. :rATNA S ,kka IN: to take any steps which should provoke the immediate hostilities of all neutral powers. At the same time he may rely upon everything being done for the protec tion of the trade of the country that it is possible for the Government to do. (Cheers.) THE DUBLIN MAIL. Mr. VANCE wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, whether any and what steps have been taken to carry into effect the recommendation of the select committee appointed to examine and report upon the present state of the communication between London and Dublin, which committee reported to the house on the 11th day of July last, and recommended " that im mediate measures be taken by Government for acce lerating the mail communication between London and Holyhead, and for providing a class of steam vessels with adequate accommodation for passen gers, and with greater capabilities as regards speed than those at present employed. Mr. WILSON said negotiations were on foot for ac celerating the transit of the half-past 8 o'clock mail both by the railway and the steam-boats which, if carried out, would render the 5 o'clock mail almost unnecessary. The mail would leave London at half-past 8 o'clock at night and reach Dublin at 8 o'clock the following morn ing, and though this acceleration might be attended with increased expense to the country in the first in stance, yet, as it might ultimately lead to the aboli tion of the 5 o'clock mail, the Postmaster-General felt disposed to adopt the arrangement. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 24, 1854. 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-. Lute 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 net 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 additional accommodation, and if the board and Privy Council 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 proppsed 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 the hands of a committee, half to be 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 Iliad 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 f or 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 came up to the abstract or theoretical notions of hon. 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, bear.) 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. ELLICE 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 td.o, ti 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 nut see, he added, the necessity of doing away altogether with a religious test. Why could not the university test he adopted ? The proposal to establish, by means of a rate, ref ermatory and industrial schools, was a noble one ; but, being a national matter, he thought the expense should be borne by the nations 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 hon. 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 p e opl e of Scot land, amounting, he thought, to about one-half of the whole Preibyterian body—professing the same doctrine, and holding 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 circumstances, 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 mity 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 test was, in his opinion, most objectionable, and he would be sorry to concur in such a proceeding. The right hon: gentleman said that 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. Ile 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 the 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 di , puting in England. He quite agreed with the right hon. 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 frimd. 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. lie 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 ad vautr.ga. ( - Hear, hear.) nr, Ngwpga h trz and Mr, ALEUEDZIi ILA= bug- THE MALLOW MAIL. Viscount CASTLEROSSE wished to ask the Secre tary to the Treasury, if it is the intention of the Post office authorities to enter into a new contract for the conveyance of the mails by car between Mallow and Killarney, and, if so, for what period. Mr. WILSON said the existing contract would expire on the 21st of May, and if no arrangement could be made with the railway company for carrying the *nail, the contract for carrying it by car would haveto be re newed. COPPER COIN. Sir DE L. EVANS wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the inconvenient deficiency of copper money felt in the trade of this metropolis, what steps were being taken to remedy this defidiency? Mr. WILSON reminded the house that last year he announced that a contract had been entered into with a Birmingham house for the supply of 500,000 tons of copper coinage ; owing to the scarcity of iron, some difficulty had been felt in carrying out the con tract, but that scarcity no longer existed, and the con tract was now in the course of execution. (Hear, hear.) This, it was hoped, would be sufficient to remove the inconvenience that was now felt. (Hear, hear.) GREECE. Sir J. WALSH wished to ask the noble lord the member for the city of London, if her Majesty's Govern ment had received any intelligence of a remonstrance hav ing been addressed by the Emperor of France to the Go vernment of the King of Greece on the subject of their interference with the Ottoman empire, and if so, whether the remonstrance was accompanied by a threat of ag gresive measures against Greece, and whether such a step had been taken with ;the consent of her Majesty's Government? (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said the hon. baronet having given him notice of his question, he had endeavoured to see his noble friend at the head of the Foreign De partment about it. He had not succeeded in meeting with his noble friend, but he believed he might state that no such intelligence had been received. (Hear.) CHOBHAM BRIGADIERS. Col. NORTH wished to ask the Secretary-at-War, whether those officers who performed the duties of brigade majors to the different brigades in camp at Chob hatn,:were to receive the pay and allowances usually granted to officers holding that appointment ? Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said, when the camp at Claobharu was agreed to, the Horse Guard authorities were anxious that the public should be put to as little expense as possible in carrying it out, and therefore they at first determined to select officers from the diffe rent regiments to perform the duties of brigade -generals, but they received several applications from officers for permission to undertake the duties without any increase of pay, as they were anxious to obtain experience in the discharge of such duties. (Hear, hear.) Ac cordingly, the officers who were appointed as brigade majors only received field pay and forage for their horse for the time being, without obtaining any claim to a continuance of the increase in their pay. (Hear.) DUBLIN HOSPITALS. Mr. GROGAN called attention, pursuant to notice, to the small amount of the Parliamentary grants to the Dublin hospitals. He reminded the house that all those hospitals were endowed liberally by the Irish Parliament previous to the Union, but since the Union a system of centralisation had impoverished Dublin, and, therefore, these hospitals were gradually dwindling away for want of adequate support. He now asked the house to re store the full amount, not the diminished amount of the grants which those institutions enjoyed before the union. In three years upwards of 46,000 patients had been re lieved in those hospitals, and on the score of suffering humanity alone those inst tutions ought to be supported. Ina.nother point of view, they were invaluable—that was in the large share of practice they afforded to the faculty in forming the Dublin School of Medicine, as to the excellence of which school he need not say one word. It appeared, from the Parliamentary papers, that large numbers of soldiers of the Dublin garrison were every year received into those hospitals, averaging from five hundred to six hundred a year. (Hear, hear.) He thought, then, in many points of view, he was jus tified in urging on her Majesty's Government the abso lute justice of liberally endowing those institutions. He therefore asked the house to appoint a select committee to investigate the claims of those hospitals to an in creased amount of grants. The motion having been seconded, Mr. WILSON said if menibera would look to the paper they would find the lion. member had put a notice of motion for " Dublin Hospitals," without giving any notice of the specific nature ofthe motion. But while find ing fault with the notice, hedid not find fault with the rea sonable proposition of the hon. member, and he could state the Government would offer no opposition to the com mittee which the hon. member asked for. But while saying this, he felt bound to say that unless Dub lin could show some special claim for exemption, he feared the Government could not consent to the Dublin hospitals being put on a different footing from the hos pitals of other large towns. Mr. COWAN could not see any ground for the com mittee which the hon. member for Dublin asked for, because he thought increased grants of money to those institutions would have the effect of doing away in a great measure with private benevolence and charity. He thought moreover that the hospitals of Edinburgh had an equal claim to those of Dublin, and he thought it unwise to make such institutions depend upon State support. Mr. VAI‘.TCE differed from the last hon. member (Myr. Cowan) in his view of those institutions, and conceived that the system of centralisation to which both Dublin and Edinburgh have been subjected, and to the evils of which the eyes of both Ireland and Scotland were now at last opened, had taken away from those cities those classes of inhabitants—the nobility and corn moners-7--who were to a large extent the means of' supporting their public institutions, though even now there was no city in the empire which contributed more to charitable institutions than Dublin did. Mr. V. SMITH, as one of the committee who inquired into this subject in 1846-7, denied the accuracy of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Grogan) as to the course adopted by that committee. But the question he conceived was one of principle, and he agreed with the hon. member for Edinburgh (Mr. Cowan) that public grants to those institutions was a bad principle, for in every other country they were supported by voluntary contribu tions. Mr. P. O'BRIEN referred to a statement that had been put forward, that the 12 London hospitals had a reveille of 142,9061., and of that only 31,0001. was contributed by private subscriptions. Sir J. YOUNG said it was most important that the peculiar claims of Dublin should at once be investigated, and if it could be shown that there was no ground for the exemption of those hospitals, then let the recom mendation of the committee be proceeded with. There were 14 of the charitable institutions of Dublin sup ported partly by public grants, but a large number of others were entirely maintained by voluntary contribu tions. It might be well to ascertain whether there were not too many of those institutions, and whether, by a judicious amalgamation, the same amount of good might not he effected at a reduced expenditure for rent, medical officers, &c. If they were properly econotnised and amalgamated, the people of Dublin might obtain the same amount of relief for the sick and the infirm with out so large an expense being entailed on them, and that would properly form a part of the inquiry of the com mittee. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought ft a wise thing of the Government to make some concession to the strong feeling that existed in Dublin in reference to this subject. The motion was then agreed to. 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 ther 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 had been any movement with regard to them except on the part of the sha re h o ld ers o f 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 Parli ament and a committee of that house. As re- 1 g,tarded the b uy i ng up he must say that of th e tons of some a these bridges he objocted to haying them bought up by public money out of the Consolidated Fund. He thought means ought to be provided out of the local funds of the metropolis for that purpose. It would be foi• the committee, however, to investigate all these points, and report to the house. Sir J. SHELLEY said it was well worthy of consid eration whether by opening all the bridges free of toll it would not be possible to relieve the streets of London of the enormous amount of traffic which uow encumbered them. (Hear.) If he were appointed on the commit tee, he certainly should not agree to throw the ex pense on the local rates, especially so long as the coal tax was continued. (Hear.) He hoped before long the report of the City Commission would be made, and that the tax would be got rid of altogether. (Hears hear.) But if it were to be retained, and if the inhabitants of the district 20 miles round London were to be taxed for the benefit of the metropolis, he thought that there could not be a better application of the pro duce of the tax than to the purpose of relieving the crowded state of the streets. (Hear.) Mr. GOULBURN suggested that with a view to this object the Thames Tunnel should be included in the inquiry. (A laugh.) Lord J. MANNERS made an observation which was not audible in the gallery. Mr. LAING said the present position of the bridges was attended with great inconvenience to the metropolis. Those which were free, London-bridge particularly— (hear), had an enormous traffic, which was attended with absolute danger, and which must be increased by the approaching opening of the Crystal Palace Railway. 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 committee was proposed not at all with the view the hon. baronet suggested, but upon purely public grounds. The motion was agreed to. THE INNS OF COURT. Mr. NA'PIER had given notice of an address for a commission to inquiry into the arrangements in the inns of court for promoting the study of law and jurispru dence, the revenues properly applicable, and the means most likely to secure a systematic and sound education for students of law, and provide satisfactory tests of fit ness 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 oellor, 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 root of our social system, a barbarous race—tied to us by none of the sympathies which ought to hind 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 great difficulty was, that while the evil pressed, delay was necessary to apply an effective remedy. For twenty years we had been con tending about schemes of education, and during that time three generations of schoolboys had grown up int* 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 to wards attaining the object which all had 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 meat 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 ot school inspection on a scale larger than had yet existed either in E ng 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 discharge it, performed 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, werf. 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 ot corn ; the last average was taken in 1828, and 'the maximum was 341. a-year, the minimum 25/. 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 341. a-year, the present maximum ithe 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 govenrnent 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 dissentious. 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 differences as 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 be 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 vexctta questio of religious education. He did not think the abolition of the tee 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, published by 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) pro• . . Domed opinions. lie . . had always contended for the gested objections to the chiefly with reference to the provision for religious instruction. Mr. DUNLOP approved the introduction of reforma tory 'schools, and hoped that compulsory education would be '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. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND.) Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill further to amend an act relating to the valuation of rate able property in Ireland. POST-OFFICE IRREGULARITY. Mr. EVELYN moved for a select committee to in quire into the allegations contained in a petition from certain persons until 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 register 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 was a case of immense constitutional importance, which ought to be inquired 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- Jion. He should be obliged to resist both. After some further discussion, Mr. EVELYN consented to po.tpone his motion, which was withdrawn. The house adjourned at half-past 10 o'clock. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal commissioners met again at 32, Abingdon street, yesterday, and resumed their investigation. Commissioners present :—Right Hon. H. Labouchere (chairman), Mr. Cornewall Lewis, and Sir John Patte son. Mr. Charles Pearson, City Solicitor, said that a com mittee of the corporation had requested him to appear before the commissioners again, not in his capacity of City Solicitor s• much as in the character of a very old member of the corporation, to state circumstances with which he was acquainted from having examined the records of that body. He wished to address himself first to the written statement put in by the Recorder, with the view of supporting its contents. He would begin with the receipts and revenues of the corporation. The average receipts calculated upon an average of seven years amounted to 190,0001. a-year, of which sum 44,0001. was produced from the City rents, 25,0001. from the Finsbury rents, and 14,0001. more from out lying property. The fixed charges upon this income amounted, on the same average of seven years, to 138,0001. per annum. Mr. Pulling had stated in his evidence that a considerable portion of the revenue of the corporation was derived from the embankment of the Thames in Thames-street. That was entirely a misapprehension—no such rents being derived from that spot at all. The same witnes had alleged that the corporation now derived rents from pro perty which had been built upon the ancient area of Smithfield. Now a reference to a map which he had be fore him would show that Mr. Pulling had fallen into an error also on this subject, because it would prove that the open area of Smithfield which existed before the great fire of London had never been circumscribed ; and so far from encroaching on the space for the erection of buildings, the corporation had actually expended from 20,0001. to 30,0001. in the purchase of property situated near the market, with the view of extending the area. Mr. Pearson then denied the charges of nepotism brought against the present corporation. He said that Mr. Ac land had been called "Pearson's ferret," and a very good ferret he certainly was, for his scent was so keen that he could detect vermin in crannies where none had been for 60 years. (Laughter.) The trust eommitted to Mr. Acland was of a most confidential character, and he (Mr. Pearson) believed that that gentleman was a very fit and honest man, although it was not by his recom mendation that Mr. Acland had been engaged by the markets committee. The Chairman asked if Mr. Pearson alluded to Mr. Acland's engagement by the corporation in the opposi tion to the removal of Smithfield Market. Mr. Pearson replied that he did, and also to the case of the Citizen newspaper, in the purchase of which valu able property Mr. Acland had invested the sum of is. (Laughter.) He (Mr. C. Pearson) had always thought that the city suffered from the want of a local press like thatlwhich existed in most provincial towns, and devoted a proper amount of attention to municipal affairs. The project with regard to the Citizen newspaper was intended to supply the deficiency in the City and to secure the publication of adequate reports of the meetings of the corporation. It was never meant that the corporation should be responsible for the comments or leading ar ticles in the paper. but shoul•l simply have one half sheet of the paper devoted to reports of its meetings. The Chairman asked if the witness simply meant that a portion of the paper was intended to be set apart for the corporation, like the official part of the Moniteur of Paris ? Mr. Pearson said that he did. Next on the subject of the City accounts Mr. Pearson said he had no doubt that these accounts might be kept with greater clearness and simplicity than they were at present ; but it had been an endeavour to accommodate old rules to new cir cumstances, which had prevented another form of ac count from being adopted. The witness then proceeded to combat the evidence adduced by various witnesses with respect to a declension in the character and social status of the aldermen and common councilmen of the City. He contended, in opposition to those witnesses, that the " Corporators " of the present day were, in point of wealth, intelligence, respectability, and commercial standing, quite equal to the members of the corporation at any former period. He next referred to the conduct of the members of the corporation in the seventeenth century and at the beginning of the eighteenth, showing that the practice of selling places and applying the pro ceeds to the private purposes of the members of both courts used to prevail to a flagitious extent. The cor poration at the same periods was heavily embarrassed with debt, as the result of mismanagement, and the Common Council, in order t• restore the sinking condition of their finances, raised the redemption fee payable on freedoms to 251. In those days also, large numbers of policemen and corporate pensioners sat in the court, and drew up and accepted contracts between themselves and the corporation. All these malpractices existed at the time when those "great merchants and bankers," whose retirement some persons made matter of disparagement and accusation against the present corporation, formed part of that body. He (Mr. Pearson) had no pleasure in raking up the misdeeds of the living or the dead, but when they were taunted with the absence of "great merchants and bankers from the present corporation, he thought it was only fair he should make this statement. The present state of the corporation he believed would bear most favour able comparison with the state of things to which he had referred. In his evidence before that commission, Mr. Cotton, the late Governor of the Bank of England, stated that, within the last 25 years, during which a slur had been cast upon the corporation of the City, it had borrowed one million and a half of money from the Bank for public improvements, and repaid every part of the principal and interest with perfect punctuality. Witness himself first became a member of the corpora tion in 1817. At that time the corporation had bor rowed a sum of 75,0001. from one lof its own - trusts, the Bridge House Estate, and a report was made by a committee, suggesting that a rate should be levied from the citizens to liquidate this debt. He (Mr. Pearson) protested against such a proceeding, and succeeded in carrying a motion which had the effect of extricating the City from its financial embarrassment by a more equitable course. Other reforms of a similar character were intro duced, among which was the requirement of a pledge from every candidate for the office of alderman, that in the event of his proving unfortunate in business he would resign his aldermanic gown. Some gentlemen had taken these pledges and faithfully redeemed them on be coming insolvent, and that without " lurching" for the chamberlainship or any of the other offices in the gift of the court, which, in the present day, no member of that body could hold. Formerly there were retiring places, with emoluments attached, for gentlemen who had been unfortunate in business; but uow such was not the case. The Chairman asked the witness whether he thought these reforms had induced the higher class of merchants to keep aloof from the corporation Mr. Pearson believed, when there was mot the power of lending large sums of money and no great patronage, and when the corporation was not an avenue to court favour, that great merchants found they could acquire distinction by more easy means, and would not desire seats in the corporation The witness then explained the composition of the present Court of Aldermen. He said it consisted of eight members who either were now or had been members of Parliament representing large constituencies, sixteen county magistrates ; thirteen gentlemen had graduated fur the office by being mem bers of the Court of Common Council previously, and Dine who had retired from business, and had ample leisure, therefore, to devote to the dutief: of their office. The Chairman asked if the witness meant to assert that the higher class of merchants were at present fairly represented in the corporation. Mr. Pearson replied that, in point of numbers, he thought they were. Witness then denied that the cor poration had always " to be dragged at the tail of public opinion," and quoted a series of its acts in regard to local and national reforms to show that it had always acted in the van of public opinion. Mr. C. Lewis asked Mr. Pearson whether the opinion had not been broached that if the land at Smithfield were not used as a market it would revert to the Crown Mr. Pearson had heard that suggestion made. Mr. C. Lewis inquired if it was a correct opinion ? Mr. Pearson was not able to say. As City Solicitor, he had not been directed t o look into the point. He hoped the question would never arise. Mr. C. Lewis : One witness spoke of an intention on the part of the corporation to establish a dead meat mar ket at Sroitheolci f He (Mr. Lewis) had thought that this might have been designed with the view of techni cally saving the right of the City to the land. • Mr. Pearson did not believe that there was any inten tion on the part of the corporation to act at variance with the views of the Crown in this matter. Mr. J. Wood, the chairman of the committee of the corporation appointed to watch the inquiry, attended to state that the committee were ready to offer any further evidence, documentary or oral, which the commissioners might desire. The Chairman said he understood that the committee intended to lay before the commissioners some sugges tions for improving the constitution and management of the corporation ; and if that were so, it was desirable that they should do it without delay, as the commission ers wished to conclude the inquiry as soon as possible. Mr. Wood said that the committee would meet to morrow (this day), when they would probably agree to some suggestions of the nature stated. Those sugges tions would be submitted to the commissioners without dela The Chairman then said—As at present advised, we shall probably take no further evidence in this inquiry ; but if we should see fit to do so, we shall give full notice of our intention. Of course, therefore, we reserve to ourselves the right of calling further witnesses if, on examination of.the evidence adduced,, we should think it necessary ; but, as at present advised, I repeat, the pro bability is that we shall not require to do so. Mr. Acland said he was anxious that it should appear correctly on the minutes of the commission how much of the money of the corporation had actually passed through his hands whilst he acted as the agent of that body in resisting the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. Mr. Scott. the ex.clerk to the Chamberlain, by the loose way in which he had stated the amoun t, had made it appear, and caused it to go forth to the world, that he (Mr. Acland) had had to disburse the sum of 2,6501. on the part of the corporation, which was a very great exagge ration. He (Mr. Acland), therefore, hoped the commis sioners would call for the production of the accounts which he bad rendered to the corporation, setting forth the particulars of the transaction. The Chairman said that the commissioners considered ifiev had already collected sufficient evidence. The whole case was now fully before them, but if returns or other documents should prove to be necessary, they could easily call for them hereafter. Mr. Acland said that he did not, of course. wish to force any evidence upon the commissioners, and accord ingly withdrew. The Inquiry, which has been of so protracted a dura tion, was then at length virtually, although not formally, closed. SPORTING INTLLLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THIIRSDV. A thin muster and a quiet afte rnoon . 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 ; sto 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 10/., 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 1,900 to 15, after which the odds fell to those just stated. CHESTER CUP.-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). 16 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 Lion (taken). 20 to 1 agst Diomecha (taken). GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. 16 to 1 agst Lindrick (taken). 30 to 1 agst Rataplan (to 50/,) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Vinlex (taken). CHESTER CUP. 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 agbt Wild Huntsman (taken). 40 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). OAKS. 4to 1 agst Meteora (taken). DERBY, 1855. 50 to 1 agst Paletot (taken). 50 to 1 agst Vandal (taken). 50 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken). SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, FEB. 23. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Violet, from St. Michael's ; Lionne, Gravelines ; Debut, do. ; Eliza, Sanderlik ; Mary and Ellen, Taganrog ; Serpent, St. Michael's; Wander ingsmanden, Christiania ; Amor, Newharlingersiel ; Zul cika, Alexandria; Flying Childers, Canton; Harvest, Baltimore ; Gomelza Adelaide, Bombay ; Arab, Salonica ; Jeannette, Trieste ; Chieftain, Callao ; Agenoria, Ter ceira, ; Mary Suryead, Malta ; Margaretha, St. Übes ; James and Emma, Gravelines ; Coqueta, Santander ; Margaretta, Aoyer ' • Rubens, Mauritius ; Thea, Grave lines ; Pla.ntae . euet, Sydney. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Tho Maria Chris tina, for Santander; Alexandrina, Algoa Bay; Nassau, Singapore ; Superior, Demerara ; Admiral Zoulman, Syd ney; Thomas Mitchell, Calcutta ; Sea Queen, Kurrachee ; Hope, Africa ; Governor Maclean, Cape Coast Castle ; Capernicus, Port Philip ; -Cornelia Henrietta, Sydney ; Princess Helene, Valparaiso and Callao ; Lusitania, Oporto ; Oriental, Port Philip ; Wanderingsmanden, Christiania, Dram, and Moss ; Rubens, Mauritius ; Lord Strangford, Jersey and Guernsey. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.--The Melanie, for Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23. The Royal Sovereign, from Baltimoro, 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 a), Paton, sailed this morning from Gree nock for Portland ; weather moderate. Arrived—The Coosawatte, from Savannah ; Atholl, Caldera ; Caledonia, Alexandria ; Adeline, do. ; Savant, St. John's, N.B. ; Iris, St. Stephen's, N.B, ; Alex. John ston, do. ; John Huntley, Halifax • Duoro (s s), Oport o ; Elizabeth, Odessa ; Miltiades, Norfolk, Va. ; Margaret (a), Havre • Bradno, St. Michael's ; Ch arm, d o. ; Ara. mints, Mobile ; S. G. Given, New Orleans ; Shalatta, do. ; Amelia, Seville; Mary Marsden, Marseilles; W es t P o i nt, New York ; A. Z. , do. ; Crichton, Laguna ; Ci n t ra, Lis bon ; Victoria, Malaga. DEAL, Feb. 23.—The Harriet Ewings, which has arrived in the Downs to-day from Baltimore, reports haying expe rienced very heavy weather as far as the banks of New. foundland, and to lat. 39 N., long. 53 W., and also a severe hurricane from the S.E., which shifted suddenly t• the. West, and blew dangerously, when the vessel fore down the cargo shifted, the decks filled, and the ports washed away. On the fifth of Feb., in lat. 43 N., long. 41 W., saw the wreck of a largeship, waterlogged, and with mast and spars alongside. The Middle Banke Buoy has been towed in, and landed at noon to-day. FREDERICKSHAVEN, Feb. 16.—The Honrietto Kirstine, Middlesborough to Skive, put in here yesterday, and will require a new bowsprit; Emanuel, Copenhagen . to England, has put in leaky, and with pumps choked, and is dis charging. Tho Alliance has been stranded at Enos, and is declared not seaworthy. The Esperance, of Bordeaux, ran ashore at Querquerille, and has gone to pieces. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Effort, from Callao for Queenstown, Dec. 26, lat 26 S., long. 24 W. The 13remen Packet, from Madras for London, Feb. 26. The Equator and Vuane, f rom S wansea 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. A ship, steering W,, showing swallow-tailed signal (P. Rt.), Jan. 15, iat. 49 N., long. 16 W. The Eagle, f rom Liverpool for Melbourne, Feb. 3, lat. 41 N., long. 13 W. The Osprey, from the Clyde for Port-au-Prince, Feb.ls, lat. 45 N., long. 13 W. The Charlotte in the River, from Canton for London, Dec. 1, lat. 25 S., long. 65 E. RAILWAY TRAFFIC BETUEIVS. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAL—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 19, 1854 £2,520 0 9A Corresponding week last year 2,532 14 10i WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RATLwit.T.--Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 18 (29 miles) ............ £ 197 5 11 Corresponding week last year (13 tuile4) ......... 42 0 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGO ONS CURED OF R H EUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This o.fliccr, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatnrqt o f the doctor, after several months' trial, was withc.4o Coss. At this juncture ho commenced taking them Pills. and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course of six weeks. Tho truth of this statement can be vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duc.—Sold by all Urn, gists; and at Professor Hollowav's establishment, 24 1+9111:10U. Day when made u, in General Post- Office, London.* America(byßrit.pack)N America (by United Sts. packet) America (by 1:1 • States packet) ..........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M' Ditto (via Marseilles) N, Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) Africa (West Coast)..N, Alexandria Alexandria.......... M Bahamas Belgium . • —NI Brazil Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Hope N Cape of Good Hope ..Nj Cape de Verds ......N Ceylon (see India ) Ceylon .. . • ......N; Channel Isles ........N' Chili. ... ...... M China (see India) Constantinople Constantinople .. Cont. of Europe BS & N Egypt (see India) France M & N Gibraltar Greece (see India) Greytown Hamburgh Havannah Holland Honduras ...... India (viaSouthampt.)34; India (via Marseilles)M: lonian Isles (see India) Ireland., ,M & N Lisbon .......• Madeira ....M I Madeira .... • .......N Malta (see India) Malta Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexico .. . .31,2nd of the month. Naples • •• • • • ..... ..N 'sthlsth2.sthofmon. New Granada .. ....II 2d & 17th of month New By Private shiP - Papal States Sthlsth2sthofinon. Peninsula ...... Mi7thl7th2Bthonnon. Peru & 27th of mon Port Natal .........a7ll4th of the month Sicily ..... ....N;sth 1 s th2Athormon, Tuscany „N ! hthlsth2sthothion. Venezuela .. .; bf :2d & 17th of 'month Van Diemen's Land (see' Australia) . ...... West Indies (Every Friday .... Liverpool ... [ Liverpool. Isouthampo, (March 4........ . March 8.. .. Sonthampto Dover •• •• •• iFeb. 4 1 23 d of the month.. 8,9, 24, & 30 of tn. j4th & 20th of mon. 117th of the month' Liverpool • • • Plymouth .. Dover ~.. Southampton Southampton Dover ...... Southampton Southampton Plymouth Southampton Plymouth .. ;9th of the 9th of the month.. 14th of the meth jl4th of the month. 'l4th of the month 114th of the month 2d & 17th of month Plymouth .. Southampton' Southampton, 7.8,17,24,8t27 of m. 4th & 20th of mon. Twice daily ...... Dover ...... 1 Southampton Dover ...... , Twice dai1y.... .. 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of En. Dover . . Southampton] !2nd & 17th of mon. !Tuesday & Friday !2nd of the month !Daily.. 17th of the month. ;4th & 20th of mon. • Bth& 24th of month 7, 17, & 27 of mon Twice daily !7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. 19th of the month 1 23 d of Month loti qlarapton "eb. N 'a.Th.i3at L0ud0n..... Southampton ;Feb. 16 'Dover ...... Feb.l 20 ITwicedallf iTAicedall/ !Arrived 1 ,17,19,17, 30 of m . 12d t 7th o; month March 1 iDapy SouthamPiO; Southampton Dover •• •• •• D0ver...... Feb: March 4 Feb. 16 Holy head .. ! Twlcedally Southampton Feb. *i6 Southampton Feb. 16 Plymouth .. Feb. 14: Dover ...... Plymouth ..IFeb. 26 Southampton March 1 Dover ...... Southampton Feb. 16 Various ports ,Uncertaln. Dover Southall;Pit; Feb. 16 Southampton Feb. 16 Plymouth .. Feb. 26 Dover ......1 Dover ... ItionthampiOn • Fob. 16 'Southampton March * When any of these dates ,a o i a Sunday, the malls wit• be dispatched on the following day with the exception of the India vi• Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be dispatched the day preceding. nßseraucrivE riitE IN LEF.Ds.—On Tuesday night a destructive fire broke out in a tow waste mill in the oc cupation of Messrs. Wilson and Greenwood, Water lane, Leeds, and was not extinguished until the building was entirely gutted. The whole of the machinery and stock upon the premises was destroyed, and the loss on this account will not b e un d er 2,0001. B ROMPTON HOSPITAL. —BENEVOLENCE OF THE QUEEN. —Yesterday the quarterly court of the governors of this hospital, established for the cure of consumption and diseases of flip chest, was held in the board -room of the institution, RZ:v. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., in the chair. The report stated that a committee of gentlemen had visited the sanatorium, at Bournemouth, designed to be in connection with the hospital, and that they had reported favourably of the site and the locality. The internal patients during the past quarter numbered 100, of whom 18 had been relieved and 11 dead ; the out-patients had been in number 874. The income of the charity was in a favourable state. Her Majesty had enlarged her annual subscription from 101. to 251. ; the merits of the institution, as stated by Col. Phipps, inducing her to do so —an exception to her general course in her support of charities. The late Sir J. Kerr of Coventry had bequeathed to it a legacy of 1501., and the late General Si r Al exan d er Mackenzie anoter of 1,0001. Mr. Rose, the secretary, mentioned that it would. from the wording of the will in the last case, be neces sary to get an order from the Lord Chancellor for the payment of the money. The legacy was left to the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, in or near London, so that had the City hospital been founded at the date of the will (1846), the error of de scription would give the money to it. As it was, how ever, the Infirmary for Asthma, being established in. the City, might claim it. The report was then adopted, and some routine business having been disposed of, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. 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Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." —"Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, has been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. T./re, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, [lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. - 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b ~2 Fortnum,2s. ;101b Mason, The and 101 b. and 121 b. carriage f r ee. Barry Du B arry and Co., C 77 o ,..R p o u g r e v n e t y -s o t r r s ee to t, h L er on i‘„ ci f o a j n e ; also,s ty;pi ccadilly. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 23d lust., the wife of Mr. A. M`Lare n , sur geon , 23, Haney-street, Cavendish-square. On the 22d inst. , at St. John's Parsonage, Brixton, the wife of the Rev. Matthew Vaughan. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at Naples, the lady of Sir G. Beau mont, Bart. On the 21st inst., at Fir-tree House Rodborongh, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the w if e of IV. W. Kearsey, Esq., solicitor. MARRIED. On the 21st inst. at St. Mi c h ae l' s Ch urc h , Limerick, Captain Charles William Thompson, K.S.F., 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, to Marcella Mildred, second daughter of Hugh Singleton, Esq., of Hazlewood, Quin, county of elm e, Ireland. On the 22d inst., at St. Paul's Church, Cheltenham, Charles J. Champion Crespigny, Esq., eldest son of Charles Fox Champion Crespigny, Esq., of the Royal. Parade, Cheltenham, to Margaretta Amyatt, eldest daugh ter of the late Major-General Brown, Commandant of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. DIED. - On the 20th inst., at Stonehouso, Devon, the wife of Mr. 1 %.W. Cole, bookseller, aged 49. On the 21st inst., at Broad-gate, Ludlow, Charlotte, Wife of John Lloyd, Esq., solicitor. On the 22d inst.. at Bletchingley, Surrey, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. W. H. Sargant, surgeon, in her 21st year. In London, on the 23d inst., aged 72, the Rev. William Mansfield, son of the Right Hon. Sir James Mansfield, and rector of Milton Bryant, Beds, and Colley-Weston, Northamptonshire. LONDON: Printed and Published by MIIRDO 'YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun. Office, No. 112, Strsaul, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Friday, February 24, 1864 COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 21. . • The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6cl to bid ; mutton, 7d to 74d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6id to 7d per lb. ; pigs, 9s 9d to 108 per score ; rough fat, 6s 3d to Os Od per 141 b.; hides, 24d to 3d per lb; calf•skins, 3id to 4d per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.--FED. 22. The supply of grain in the market to-day was good. Good wheat sold well, but a great quantity was in poor condition, which kept the average from rising. Barley fell a shade from last day. Oats and beans rather better. —Wheat on the top 4s down, and the averag e l',d up. Barley on the top 6d up, an d th e average Os 4d down. Oats on the top 2s Bd, and the average 4d, up. Beans on the top 3s, aria the average ls, up. Top of Wheat ............... ..... .... 63i lb 86s 04 Barley.. Oats Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 773 qrs sold 743 qrs Barley lO2O qrs sold 878 qrs Oats 1599 qrs sold 1110 qrs Beans 282 qrs sold 232 qrs Average of wheat .£3 13 5 5-12ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beaus . .. 2 8 9 6-12ths BOSTON—FEB. 22, At this day's market wheat ioalised an advance of about Is per qr., but the trade was devoid of the least anima- tion. Barley and beans met a steady demand at late rates. Oats 6d to Is per qr. cheaper. Peas were quite neglected, at a depreciation of is to 2s per qr. Prices :—Wheat, red, 705 Od to 80s Oil; white, 80s Od to 835 0(1 extra. 85s Od. Barley, 33s Od to 4ls Od. Oats, 22s to 295. Beans, 405 Od to 475 Od. Peas, 51s Od to 583 per qr. NEWARK -FHB. 22. At our Corn-exchange to day we had a good attendance of farmers, and plentiful supplies of every kind of grain- The wheat met a ready sale at an advance of 3s per qr. over the rates of this day weok. Prices :—Wheat, white, 88s Od to 93s Od; red, 82e Od to 84s od. Barley, malting, 36s Od to 40s Od ; grindint 36s Od to 37s Od. Oats, old, 32s Od to 36s Od ; new, 28; Od to 30s Od. Beans, 48s Oil to 62s Od. Peas, 00s Od t 00s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 64s Od to 68a Od. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night —and M- by the morning —dispatch.] COUNTRIES. From whin Port Dispatched. When due In England. lEach Mon. 'Arrived Feb.l 20 iFeb. 16 Lrncort,ali March 6 12 eb. 16 20 Feb 16 Daily - IMareh 16 ;Feb. 16 ;Feb. 26 iFeb. 26