The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-10 00:00:00

~.- - - ~~ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. EsTERDAY.) The•LOSD CHAIIFOELLOR took his seat oa the wool , kr.s. tiact filf:tfeelonk: ;17 ;- :21 r,o The gArl, .W..IICGTON presented two petitions : . Picotiand,against therendowment ofillaynooth ;• also 'a hmorain.tenance !of parochial eduea.' ' tion in Scotland. t 9,11 n, • RQ tfQ,a&lit ;presented a petition front pfaceS 01304a424t-Prariliog-for ail -extension of .-th e Oath's ' t; 0 _,,,t44-9q1;11#47.. '7 1 , 91: •C.Uti.NOBIALOR hoped - thatsome atenehd.:` Sul nt4P 4 t_ of , Jaw Ig.f Scotland - , on-.tber subject' would be ERM Alitin the proseni seiSion.le • •S .1 4.07 v enoui)ive. biItfIIEvTLEETI PO! 541 boullia a Bkil th of Oltbtdli p . in putting a ques-. uwo& wu ion to. the -noble .earl at the head of the Government, ~,; whether there would be any objection to lay on the uiwbodi table the continuation of the return respecting the matt nbig of the navy, called attention to the difficulty expe rienced by the Government of obtaining seamen to m an /24. - d - , , the . royal navy,which he attributed to the better te rms 11f. .he merchant service, and stated that if Govern uenJ I mentwouldonly give the sailor what he was worth, they tb7r7.-:'., would find plenty of experienced and able mariners in , 45 aua the-market. (1E88,4 If we wished to maintain our superiority on the seas, it was our duty, cost what it.would to man her Majesty's fleet about to leave Ports . 4/ ; ~mouthi as it .ought to be manned, and to place in the M h handiofthe-gallaiit officer about to command it, the most . 81 ' 7 k; efficient instruments of war, in !. order that he might pre 9-N o e fferritithe honour and interests of,the country. 0 The Barl of ABBBIIE- .N said, the noble e ar l h a d ob I implied by hie observations that the fleet about to 'sail 'etlefw for the Baltici was inadequately or improperly manned. mil op end he did so onthe .0 1, bfu On d trari, , (the , ' Earl of Ab e id een ) assorte d , ttrl On "tith ) FT4y ,of those wh ose t es ti mony '- j '''; ''he i was boa 4. rapped, even more than that of the nth .'' . -7noble earl 'that •it wacadequately manned for the great we , n3 i m i c ii es for which it I was intended to be employed. .1M e•xci There - was Allis, remarkable cir cums t anc e about it--ther e soci ob „iiii! e " , ±iP breed boa'rd: • (Hear, hear,. hear:) g tii4; 410,10‘ w a very fay.Puiable,feature when they con .<itcoFitlit,rivbat had been done during former' wars; . „, 08 i / qaudi it might lie mentioned Chit they had not , bb , / fli ORO thegaols to min the fleet. Though there were some acw ieliff;s r 4iTtimen on board, he'had . utheriti for saying that the , „ I • . nJiT mfg. dP9llo W , s 43(4 greater than on other occasions , , and iiiiidigßot 4 " 4l4 • ol :cirCualstances into account, he was satisfied -; ~Ithatr the fleet .woilid sail 'as well Manned and equipped as k:noivallghtnY , that - had le*er'left Eitland. (Hear.) He. could Car"` b ?neit'itee, hoViever, the great advantage of the noble xh -le , fi ni s o ° a l c4,. i rts, O bSe'r V a'tiens, hear..) If they were true, bi llow 0 Nialc4. t,tley were not, he could not see. their utility or tii tr):.,: iu what way , they were to advance the service which his , 13. 1' noble friend seeraed.SO anxious to assist. (Hear, bear.) lo -,„"". He had no objeCtion to the'returns moved for. THE REFORM, BILL. al woe ' ; Earl GREY, in moving for certain returns rela 11W."` tive - to the number of electors in the kingdom, Jo • 4 . pointed out the impolicy of proceeding with such a mea-' . . "S"' Stirem the present state,of affairs, when the attention • - bot ihe " eople Was entidirected to the and e ia.tPWhOl • p W e energies of th rely: Gov ernment were war, required t t h o•• ‘4l.r try{ maintain the character and interests of the country. " 1 ' The Earl of ABERDEEN- -My lords, I need scarcely us, . • say that there can be no objection to . produce the re- • turns moved for by the noble earl ;. nor do I mean to complain of the course which the noble earl has taken' on the present occasion, for I have always great pleasure ' in hearing my , noble friend, even when I differ from him. : 11 13 . 0 ° ;" Blithe will permit to say, that on this occasion I do ," think he has extended his , observations beyond the strict "." 'I" 1 bounds of regnlarity ; forf s o discuss in this house whether 4 6 . "W I . a measure before the pther house of Parliament shall be "r Oad on Oneday or on another day, or whether it shalt 9 , 7 4 " .: ) be Postponed or deferred :14toether, I, think scarcely 'forms a re alai shhjec, for, discussion before your lord ships. (Blear, hear.) lords,, I an not aware that " I, can ;add Anything to, the Atatornent which I made last week in this house on this subject. when a noble earl "aeked - me,n • question which I had no difficulty in an- Sweling, and which I thonght it perfectly natural should be put, in. consequence of the importance of the subject to which it . referred. I then said that my noble friend who took charge of this measure in the other house of Parliament had postponed the second reading till the 27th of April—that he, had done so in sincerity and good faith, and that it was his intention to move the second reading ,on.. the .27th of, April.. .said that -announce -- ment, Waq i Mpidc),,al24, i l ,repeat it, in sincerity and good "' but, if I am asked whether that intention will be' e[i irrevocably executed on that day or not, of course I 4 ", l , l f ° ,':'' mast humbly decline to give any positive pledge on the subject. (Hear, hear.) In the present state of this : 4 - 4 7 1 7 country, and in the present state of Europe, who can tell what a day or an hour may bring forth ? (Hear,. hear.) But, my lords, I say—reserving that which must, of , course ,belong to all intentions, and which u'l-- must depend on a sense of our public duty—the inten tlen winch announced last week, on.,•theg part of my noble friend, I repeat to-day ; and when , that time Lae comes, it 'will he for, us to,.conaider of it, and to act according to, thak a i ppe4rs•to us most consdnant ' 6 "with the grea inte rests o the country, and with a tine 4 b9l regard to our own honour.' ~ ( Hear, hear.) - Earl GREY was Understood to say that he was per fectly satisfied with what had fallen from the noble earl. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. .4 . ? "The Earl of HARROWBY called attention to the sanitary condition of the country, more especially with regard to - the metropolis • and, in moving for papers, asked the Government what steps they intended to take in order to, meet .the visitation of cholera which appeated to be inipending. . 11 - 11 The 'Earl Of SHAFTESBURY said that unhappily there'waii'nn doubt that the cholera was approaching , this country. Having described the authority and the proceedings of the Board of Health, he pointed out Cur" numerous causes 'which endangered the public health, -14;Lo , and detailed a series of preventive measures which might beetpected' either`to defeat or greatly to mitigate the 144;01.1 distressing consequences of the pestilence. The Board . -or Health, ho*ever, required additional powers. They ,ilaiuta should be enabled to give orders, in certain cases, for e.ziori eilermitinelit sanitary works to be executed, with power to sib,idi'lw charge the expense to the board of guardians. Houses of refuge should also be provided, either for single or . - .• • • combined parishes, to' receive the healthy and sound population in overcrowded places where the epidemic to P., broke out. ' Earl-GRANVILLE said the GovernMent were in wxl to the two noble earls who had just spoken, for in.wieq their attention to this iinportant, subject. His noble -vlcimi friend the Home Secretary was now engaged in making 10 eociri f inquiries in'relatiOn to it ; and he was considering what ,eiltuther powers could be given to the Board of Health btolivrithout unneceeSarily interfering with local exertions. After a short conversation the subject dropped, and •• • their lordships adjourned. 18,IA J4l. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) 2910 I , The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THAMES EABA.NKMENT BILL. On the motion for the'second reading of the bill, Mr. BOUVERIE objected to it as novel and objec tionable, and he 'moved that it be read a second time this day three months. - .- Mi.! A. PELLATT supported the bill. Mr. W I LSON said the Government were not pre pared to reject the proposal for the postponement of the bill, at the same time the Government would not express .. any approval of-the princiee of the bill. .• ,Aftere •siorne tftirther discuSsion the - amendment was carried without ar division. - ' " • .Mr. MORRIS% presented 'three . petitions' from the county of Suffolk, praying forfthe chosieg . of beerhouses on.Sundayi. , L• .e • . . Mr. A. PELLATT p're'sented a petition from a build ing society, praying' to be adniitted into the - 501. clause of the bill introduced by the•noble'lniq the'Member for . the city of London.- • - • • • • Mr. 0. STANLEY presented 'a petition' from Ches .ter, in favour of , the- neve -Pa* Remqval . bill. SHELLEY presented - a .petitioh from the in- Ter4ileuhabitanesi Of the parish of . St. Margareee, - Westminster, against the Poor Renetevatbilf:' . " ..SirJ.IPAIKINGToN - presented* i _a t . petition from the tibidw Vational Temperanee Society;prayingthat'ptiblic 05 ez , ireity:go closed on Sundays. • POOR . REMOVAI.,. '" Sirer:PAICINGTON asked the President of the Poor • , :: ! 1 4 * - Board, Whether he will lay on the table of the house, uti4 ttrrt of the number'ef orders of removal of the poor 'been carried into exeentiOn, and the number bluov, 7,:dh. Leh tit' have of 'been which hive been litigated, in each year worn 1846 to 1553, ' - both inelUsivi? • e r • ItAINES said the information asked for' was not tl'agui in 1 3 <metsin 'Of the Poor Law B oar d, o r an y o ffi ces over which they rendered' e xercised ,any.-authority. It could only be Eir-the overseers of the 311conntil, i ih a , , 1 4 ,000 paris he s less 6 .... ,,!t s, hh , atettirti could not be completed in i t i t T r lpiths from the present time. • Sirt.P.l 3 AlK HUDSON'S- BAY COMPANY. . voliet .. h . e r. t as ,.. ,lieil the . Under SeCretary for • bill 7 ,- the Coloniei it is the c onipaisu ,ee connection between the Hu& ci ii sons - end Yanceuv 'S Island has y et ter. -ena reinitteo, whether ancl 'inten er t*of her Ma jesty 's Ministers to estsb li e w .a ion, torm - of Government in the e V. colony yancou . Ver!s . .„ pen .that connection has bevelgioeased ? ai said the ",Ii; Mr. F. PE ELConnection betw een fr ?.ifr ( piny and the i sland had not terminate( ted nor t he corn was it likely - to terminate at present. Thet 7e was no necessary cou ' nection between the government,Of th e • is and and the at th b u t still, e prese n t company ; moment, there was no intention to mak e an y chan g e in the. administration of its affairs. DISCIPLINE OF TROOPS, Mr. RICH asked the Secretary at War whether the Government contemplate making any provision s for the better discipline of troops on the occasion of the capture of towns by storm. (oh, oh, and laughter.) The SECRETARY at WAR said the officers in co al . 1 ' mand had ample and sufficient powers to secure the ob. jest which the question contempl ated, and if there was any necessity for it he had no d ou bt the power would be stringently exercised. ehey..!ee• ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. COLLIER asked the Attorney-General w hether • • nibs Was able to say when the Report of th e Eccles iastical e would be laid upon the table ? ' • ; ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the inert had -10 istein presented, and he had no doubt it would be shortly ,Kierun4iti the hands of hon. members. • 'POOR REMOVAL BILL. of hqill••elive_ply to a'queetiOn, • ,its r> ' 1"44.6' . BAINES said it 'was not his intention to bring ef+o , l , tolA . 8 I • , . , .et ~.. . r, t ou this bill to-morrow night, nor could he as yei name any fituie day when it would come QII. : t' • -I ZIAMING HOUSES. Lord W. POWLETT asked the Secretary of State for the.,Home -Department whether his attention had 'been calledito the inefficient state of the law relative to the suppression of gaming-houses? The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said he had this day -given notice of hia intention to move for leave to bring in a bill -onthe subject. • . IVIATN697II COMMISSION. ttEPtcY,N the,Chief Secretai.y for Ireland, I.ihen the ieport of, the gaynooth Commission would be' upbri the table. j . , grr no means Of answering the Ines tiOii,l?ut, he; believed' the pointnisiioners were waiting' soma papers 'before they inidetheir report. THE BALTIC FLEET. Mr. FRENCH gave notice that to-morrow he should put a question to the right -hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty relative to the extraordinary powers which he was reported to have given to Sir Charles Napier, the commander of the Baltic Fleet. (Hear, hear.) 4" Mr. BRIGHT said he had written to the right honourable baronet to-day concerning his intention to question him on the same subject • but he presumed, as the right hon. baronet was not in his place, the notice had not yet reached his hands. He should, however, address some observations to the right hon. baronet on the subject to-morrow. SUSPENDED WRITS. Mr. DISRAELI remarked that the noble lord the member for the city of London was to have stated the intentions of the Government with reference to the sus pended writs, but the noble lord was not in his place. Could any other members of the Government give the necessary information upon the point I The SECRETARY AT WAR replied that there was a Council holding at Buckingham Palace, which, per haps, accounted for,the absence of his noble friend, but his noble friend would no doubt be in his place in the course of the evening. MINISTERS MONEY IN IRELAND. Mr. FAGAN moved that the house resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the law re lating to the rate 'or tax called. " Ministers' Money" in Ireland, with the view to repeal the same • and further, to provide a substitute therefor out of the revenues Of the' Ecclesiastical Commissioners as a provision for the Protestant ministers in certaint corporate towns in Ire land, in lien of the annual sums now received by them ender and by virtue of the Act 17 and 18 Charles 11. c:7. The hon. gentleman stated that this was the sixth time since he had been in Parliament that he had tried 'to induce the house to repeal this unjust tax. Mr. HI7ME seconded the motion, believing that the continuance of this' tax was just as much a source of re ligious discord in Ireland as church rates were in Eng land. _ _ Sir J. YOUNG moved as 'an amendment, that the acts relating to ministers' money in Ireland, and the Church Temporalities Act (Ireland), be now read. Should the house agree to this amendment, he should move that the house do go into committee for the pur pose of obtaining leave to bring in a bill on the subject. 'The'effect of the bill would practically abolish the tax by 'providing a substitute for it. The bill would exempt ' houses under 101. from payment of the tax, as well as 'all houses' to be built in future, and the difference which . would thhs be'created would be made up partly by the consolidated fund and partly by the funds of the Eccle aia.stical Commissioners. With regard to the proposition 'he had made, he had consulted persons well known in Cork, Limerick, and Dublin, and whose names, if he were permitted to mention them, would command re spect ; and they stated tnat this proposition would meet the requirements of those towns. The clergy would be withdrawn altogether from the collection of the tax, which would be paid to the commissioners. He put this plan forward as a Compromise, knowing that it was liable to the objections that might be made to it, but he believed if it were accepted it would go far to remove the evils which'arose out of the present system. Mr. HA.DFIEL 1) sai 1 he could feel for the pain the right hon. gentleman must have felt in proposing a com- premise for such a paltry sum. Only one-sixth of the people of Ireland belonged to the Established Church, which had a revenue of 600,0001. a year, and yet she could not afford to give up 15,0001. a year, not of pro perty, but a tax, and which was levied principally on the Catholics. He hoped the house would be content with no compromise, but that this tax would be abo lished, and then there would be a fair hearing for Pro testantism in Ireland. Mr. MAGUIRE said he would endeavour to. show why those who were anxious for the peace of Ireland, and who. advocated civil and religious liberty, shoull respectfully decline" "the proposition of the right hon. gentleman, the Secretary for Ireland. The last peti tion 'from Cork against the measure was signed by at least 12,000 to 15,000 persons ; and indeed there was no Protestant layman in that city who was not anxious to have the question set at rest for ever. (Hear, hear.) Last year the Lord Advocate, in introducing a bill respecting what was called the an nuity tax, stated that his measure substantially em bodied the recommendations of the committee which had sat on the subject. Now, why did not the Government j carry out the suggestions of the committee on ministers' money I (Hear, hear.) But they did the very opposite of that. 'They came down to the house, and askedthe 'lrish' members to accept a paltry compromise, which Was 'at once unworthy of those who proposed it, and which would be degrading to those who should accept it. (Cheers.) The measure had been represented as a boon; and the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Fagan) had been so far deceived by the unscrupulous assertions which had been made about it last year, that he wrote a letter to a newspaper stating that it would take off 9,0001., leaving only 6,0001. or 7,0001. to be collected. The right hon. baronet had stated that there were 80,000 persons in the city of Cork alone whom it would excuse from payment. But what was the fact ? From a re turn, prepared by the clerk of the Cork Union, it ap peared that in that union there were no fewer than 5,113 houses rated to the poor-law at 11. a-year. Did any clergyman at the present time ever think of collecting ministers' money from the occupiers of these miserable tenements ? Certainly not. Such persons were already excused by their poverty and the generosity of the Pro testant clergy, or their unwillingness to cause such scan dal as the attempt would give rise to. (Hear, hear.) The same thing applied to all that held houses rated at sums below 51., of which there were no fewer than 7,877, while the number of houses rated at 81. was only 298. (Hear, hear.) The total amount of the valuation of Dublin was 622,0001., while the total valuation of the houses rated at 81. and' up to 101. was 50,0001., that was 'to, say, one-eleventh instead of three-sevenths. The total valuation of Cork was 120,0001., and that of the houses rated at 81. and up to 101. 22,8681., or one-fifth. There would not, in fact, be 1,000 houses exempted in Cork by the bill. (Hear, hear.) But this was not all. The measure (supposing it to be the same as last year) actually provided that the corporations of Ireland which had so strenuously protested against ministers' money should be the imposers, the collectors, and the distrain ers of the tax. Was that fair? (Hear, hear.) The right hen. baronet talked about the principle of not meddling with church property even for the purposes of the church ; but by the Bth section the Ecclesias tical Commissioners were to pay the incumbents 80 - per cent., and if the funds to be raised under the bill should not be sufficient, then they were to make up the defiCiency out of the moneys that were in their hands. Where, then, was the right hon. gentleman's prin ciple ? Why, having thus given it up, did he not go further ? (Cheers.) The bill proposed to give the house owners a boon. It permitted them to compound for the tax at the rate of sixteen two-third years ; whereas everybody knew that seventeen two-third years' pur chase bad been considered a very high price for the lands weich had - been sold in - the Encumbered Estates Court. ' Ile Veould•leave the hbuse to consider this very hand-r some offer, especially when they remembered that every successive Government hal promised redress of the' grievance. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member then quoted ,•the•adrnissiorts of several Protestant clergyman against the' justice and policy 'of the tax - - and observed that one of these gentlemen, the Rev. Mr. Hoviell, had sub- mitted a plan similar to that of the Government to Sir W. Somerville when Chief Secietary, so that the mea sure of the - right - hon. 'gentleman opposite had not even he merit of originality. Mr. Howell candidly admitted 'that Ills Objet' *as 'to coltect 'CAI tax 'disguised 'tinder another form. (Hear, hear) But would any disguise' redder the impost less odious to theßotiiiii Catholics that paid it ? That the Roman Catholics did chiefly pay it admitted of ready proof ; for in Cork the Protestant population. was only 15,000, while the Roman Catholics numbered 79,000. In Kinsale there were 1,070 Pro testants and 5,234 Roman Catholics. In Limerick there were 4,500 Protestants and 50,000 Roman Catholics, and in Waterford there were 4,253 Protestants and over 22,000 Ronae,n Catholics. There was no bigotry at all on ; the subject in Ireland, for all the respectable Protes tants wished to get rid of the system. He would ap peal to the right hon. gentleman himself, how he would like to have' to pay for Ole support of Roman Catholi cism? WoUld it be consonant with his feelings of pride to'Subinit to such a tax r The right hon. gentleman would not submit to' it for a month. He would rouse all England if such an attempt were made upon hiM. (Hear, hear.) ,As .a question of charity, if they excused men who were rated at 101., why should they insist oa those who were rated at 11/. or 121. pay ing et el . There were neapy,,persons rated up to 201. whe could ill bear the impost. As a matter of prin ciple, he would ask the house whether the tax was likely to be less hurtful to the feelings of the men who was rated at 121. than to those of persons rated at Si.? (ILL sr, hear.) Having read the opinion of several mem ben of the. Government on this question, and cited nu- • e l e,ecaS instances where seizures had been made to re cover the tax, the hon. member concluded by conjuring t2io e who had the interest of Ireland at heart to reject the amendment as a mean alai contemptible compro mise. (Hear, hear.) :`..lr. CROSSLEY observed that this tax of ministers' mo ,ear must have one or two objects, either it was to sec:lre a good living for the minister, or to promote the cure of souls. If it was the former, he thought it was , wrong, because those who were taxed did not require services of the ministers. If, on the other hand, it was to stove the souls of Christians, he did not think it was j going th e r i g ht way t o o bt ain that object t o t a k e mone y from a man against his will. The notorious Joseph Ad y when he applied to parties, told them that if they would send him a certain. sum of money he would tell them something to their advantage, but here the mini- ' stern did not as k f or the mone y, they dema n d e d, they I seized upon it, and then said, "if you will come and listen to us you will hear something to your,advantage." (A laugh.) Now that was not 'the way to, promote Christianity, at all events it was not the way tke founder , pf, Christianity and. his disciples promoted it, and he :: . y .. • , THE SUN, LO ND V - 1 M . , if, . 1 .4 , 4 r tI , i .J.l- I thougl the tieSt Iliing "the house could 'do was to abo- ; lisp the tax altogether. (gear, bear.), , - Mr. NAPIER felt bound in honour and conscience to support the amendment,' 13e'cause when he sat on the other side of the house there was a kind of pledge given that this 'question should be settled. Not, however, that he agreed' with all the views expressed bythe Tight hon. baronetwho . had moved it', or at all sympathised with him when he con fessed himself favourable to tiving Roman Catholic clergymen ‘some` Asistance or support frOm the state. With regard to the tax itself, he could not concur with those 'who talked so lotidly of its injhstice. It was chafged by the crown upon its own property in the reign 'ot Charles'lL,' when Protestants were invited over td Ireland, and those who had succeeded to the pro 'perty hid taken 'to it with the full knowledge that the charge' existed. ' Where, then, was the injustice ? As well might they say that a Roman Catholic who came into possession of an estate under the Encumbered Estates Act has a right to repudiate the just and law ful charges he found upon it because the previous owner who first imposed them was a Protestant. The two cases were precisely analagous, and there was no more injustice in the one than the other. He decidedly ob jected, then, to relieving the owner of the property sub ject to this tax in the manner about to be proposed by the Government. The fund placed at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners was chiefly devoted to equalising the stipends of Protestant clergymen in the counties, and it would be the height of injustice to re duce their incomes for the sake of keeping up those of their brethren in towns whose incomes had hitherto been charged upon the proprietors of the houses that were to be relieved by the right hon. baronet's measure. If it was viewe I simply as a question between man and man, as it undoubtedly was, the injustice of the pro posed change would become too glaring to be tolerated for a single moment ; but views and sentiments of a re ligious character had been improperly imported into the dispute, and by that means no doubt the injustice he complained of would ultimately be effected. Divesting the question of all religious feeling, he appealed to the good sense of the house whether the measure proposed would not open up the whole question of church tempo ralities. Some members had a great idea of the value of the voluntary principle ; there was room enough for that principle, but could not they let the church alone ? (Hear, hear.) The fact was, they wanted to make their volun tary principle compulsory. (Laughter.) He thought the house would act wisely by adopting the amendment. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said that he had listened attentively to the speech of Sir J. Young, and the rea son he had given would induce him to vote for the motion. (Hear, - hear.) He admitted that it was an, anomaly and an injustice that Roman Catholics should be required to pay this tax ; but the proposition he founded on this was altogether a delusion. He laid down as a principle that the property of the established church,. loughtnot to be interfered with ;'but his own bill actually committed this interference, for be proposed to take from the Protestant clergy 25 per cent. of their income from this source ; therefore his amendment was condemned by his own argument. Would he seek to make up the difference out of the Consolidated Fund ? The Chancel lor of the Exchequer himself would not allow this. (Hear, hear.) If parties were left to themselves it would be seen how ready and willing they were to assist themselves: Sidney Smith had well said that the Esta blished Church was a church of beggars and bishops. (Hear, hear.) In his own parish a sum of 30,0001. had recently been raised by voluntary contributions from the poorest of the inhabitants for the erection of a church. (Hear hear.) The right hon. baronet the Secretary for Ireland could never show the justice of a law which taxed the Roman Catholics of Ireland for the support of the' church of the rich minority. He was in error as to the property of corporate towns having been confiscated and re-settled in the time of Wm. 111. This was not the case ; the corporations were removed from their office, and replaced by Protestants, but their property was not confiscated. (Hear.) It had been laid down by Lord Campbell that this was not a tax upon property, but upon persons; for if the housee were unoccupied they did not pay the tax. In Dublin 'it was known that the majority of the' householders were Reman Catholics, not withstanding the number of Protestants in that city ; the proportion of Catholics was still greater in Limerick, Cork, and other large towns ; how then could it be said than the Catholics were not taxed by this ministers' money ? (Hear, hear.) For 200 years the Catholics had raised their voices against this unjust impost ; and now a remedy was proposed which was sufficiently con demned by the statement of Mr. Napier, that it was the very measure which the late Government would have proposed. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to relieve Dublin to the extant of one-ninth ; but it should be remembered that the impost could never be levied from the poor in habitants.; and now it was proposed to enforce it by 'legal pideess. 'Meer,' hear.). Mr. POTTER referred to the losses which the Pro testant clergy in Ireland had recently, suffered, and con demned the proposal to strip them of other 25 per cent. of their income.' It' was fortunate for the place he re presented that, owing to some ancient arrangement, the inhabitants had never been subject to this tax. He thought that a substitute for this tax might easily be found in the surplus revenues of Trinity College. (Hear.) Mr. COWAN said that his constituents had suffered severely from a similar tax, the annuity tax. The Govern ment had supported a bill for its abolition last year, which was not carried ; but he hoped it would be re-introduced and passed. Nothing could be more prejudicial than the disputes and bickerings which this tax gave rise to. If this was a grievance, it was one of the first duties of the house to redress it ' • for there was nothing worse for the peaple than class legislation and class taxation. He hoped that justice would be done in Edinburgh as well as in Ireland. The house then divided— For the amendment Against it BB-15 Sir J. YOUNG said he proposed to introduce the bill next day. Mr. HADFIELD gave notice that he should offer every opposition to it. JUDGMENT EXECUTIONS. Mr. CRATFURD moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable executions to issue in any part of the United Kingdom, under a judgment obtained in any court in England, Scotland, or Ireland. In stating the grounds for the introduction of this bill, very few observations would be required from him. The evil which the bill sought to remedy was this, that as the law now stood, if a plaintiff obtained a judgment in a common law court of this country or Ireland, or the Court of Session in Scotland, and the party against whom the judgment was obtained retired into any of the neighbouring countries, he could not execute the judgment without bringing an action on it in one of the courts of the country into which the party had retired, and giving security for costs. This was found to be a great evil and hardship, and his only surprise was that a remedy had not been applied before to such a state of things. The principle which he proposed to introduce was not new. About 20 ago a bill exactly similar in principle to the one which he now asked leave to introduce, was brought into the House of Lords by Lord Wynford, and was read a second time, but for some reason which he was not able to ascertain it had not been carried farther. The principle of the bill was this, that upon the obtaining of a judgment in a court of common law or court of chan cery, or by order of the Court of Session in Scotland, an extract of such judgment should be registered in every court of the United Kingdom, and that such judgment should be quite as valid and effective in the country into which the defendant might have retired, as in the country under the jurisdiction of the court where it was originally obtained. At present there was no power of compelling the execution of that judgment except in the court in which it was issued. As this bill was intended to affect the whole country, he intended to put the three coun tries on a footing of mutuality, so as to enable a plaintiff to sue in the court where the cause of action arose, or where the breach of contract occurred. At present, by the power of foreign attachment which existed in Scot land, a plaintiff could attach the money of a debtor en terih'g 'Scotland, or may person wherheld money for him. But no reciprocal power existed in England. His object was to 'give g reater mutuality than existed at p resen t. These' were the princiiaa.i provisions of the bill, an d though tnO sie'in its provisions, he hoped it would b e fruittel' , in its consequences, and in order that it might be I well digested; he had no objection that it should be re ferred to a select committee after the second reading. I ' 'The : LORD ADVOCATE said he cordially approved of the object of the bill, which wits certainly a step, and ad itnp(irtane'gtep; in the right direction. (Hear.) •It Was' certainly very unfortunate that the courts at the two ends of the cdiintky treat the judgments of eaoh other as those of foreign countries. He would, however, look with care to the provisions which had been framed to carry out the objects of the measure. He congratu lated his hon. and learned friend on bringing the sub ject forward, and he should certainly give him all the assistance he could. (Hear.) Mr. NAPIER—I say ditto on the part of Ireland. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—And I say ditto on the part of England. (Much laughter and cheering.) Leave was then given to bring in the bill. KINGSTON-UPON-HULL REPORT. Mr. HUME moved that the report of Mr. Solly Platt, one of the commissioners who conducted the in quiry into the case of Kingston-upon-Hull, be laid on the table of the house. He did not ask to have it printed, but merely that it should be in the house, so as, if neces sary-, to be accessible to members. Mr. FITZROY had no objection to the laying of the petition on the table, but he would object to its being printed, as a tremendous expense had already been in curred in this inquiry. The motion was then agreed to. THE SUSPENDED WRITS. Lord J. RUSSELL said that in moving to postpone "the issue of writs for the boroughs which formed the sub ject of inquiry before the various commissions, he did not iiitcrid to move the postponement of any of the writs fur the period he had named in the notice papor (6th of April), but only till the 17th of March. The reason why lie took this course was that the house certainly was not in a condition to judge whether all of these writs should be issued or not. That was especially the case with regard to the borough of Tynemouth. It was also desirable, before the house came to any de cision with respect to the issuing of these writs, that the house should be put in possession of the intentions of the Government with respect to the Bribery Prevention Bills which his hon. and learned friend (the Attorney- Get.er,d) would state on Monday next. (Hear.) With, regard to the borough of Tyriemoutli, the report, he un derstood, would be delivered to-morrow morning. The borough of Tyneruouth was, as far as he was able to con sult the report, in a different position from the other boroughs. But when the house was in possession of that report, and the evidence, they would judge if any dis tinction should be made with regard to that borough or any other borough. He would now only move that no warrants for ,new writs for Barnstaple, Cambridge, Can- , 7,ItIDAYI ~-g-VEN I . 14 ARCH to, 1854. terbury, Hull, Maldon, and Tynemouth, be issued be fore Friday, the 17th of. March next. Mr. DISRAELI thought the noble lord had adopted ' tha best,comrse in postponing the issue of the writs till the bills of the hon. and learned gentleman (the Attor ney-General) were before the house. (Hear.) Those bills were on the paper for that night, and he expected that the hon. and learned gentleman would have made his statement now. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the bills were placed on the paper for that night instead of Monday, by mistake of the clerk. The motion was agreed to. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, Mr. BASS moved an address for returns showing the'various weights and measures customarily used for the sale of corn and grain in the different unions in the counties of Stafford and Salop. Mr. HUME hoped his hon. friend would extend the terms of his motion to the whole country, as from their variety and different names it was impossible to under stand the language of buying and selling corn. (Hear.) Mr. BASS said that there was a return already for the entire of England and Wales, and he only made the present motion because the Cierk of the Peace for Staf fordshire, where there were 45 different weights and measures, said that he had no means of giving the infor mation required. The motion was then agreed to. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL requested his hon. and learned friend (Mr. J. G. Phillimore) not to move the second reading of this bill, as he (the Attorney-General) was in communication with his 'non. and learned friend the Lord-Advocate, and his hon.. and learned friend the Solicitor-General for Ireland, with a view to the intro duction on the part of the Government of a general measure on this subject. If his hon. and learned friend left the matter in the hands of the Government, he could assure him no time would be lost in bringing in a bill on the subject. Mr. - PHILLIMORE having assented, the second reading was postponed for three weeks. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATED FUND (8,000,0001.) BILL. The bill was read a third time and passed. MUTINY BILL. This bill passed through committee. The house adjourned at half-past 9. room on the first floor, and found none of the defend ants. The room was fitted up as a billiard room, with the windows strongly secured. I found on the landing, higher up, a water closet. I also found a strong door on the upper floor, which would nrevent admission from the top part of the house. Some of the defendants gave their right names, three of them gave incorrect names, and one gave a name and address which was not acknow ledged, and bail for him was refused. I searched the house, hut found no i gaming implements. I saw the Persons of the defendants searched ; they had -a--good deal of money about them, but no implements of gaming. • Mr. Ballantine, for the defendants, made no remark. Mr. Bingham directed all the defendants to be dis charged. - • • _ _ _ TVellingtom Talbot, Esq., appearqd before Mr. Bing ham at the instance of cabdriver George Pain for offer ing, as allegefl, less than the legal fare. , The cabdriver said the gentleman told him he would take his cab for an hour. He drove the gentleman round the Regent's-park, a distance of more than five miles. He demanded 3s. The gentleman offered Mr. Talbot said, when he hired the defendant he told him he only wanted an hour's drive, and he might drive as slow as he pleased. Mr. Bingham considered that the hiring by time was clearly established, and that the driver had no right to charge according to distance. The decision was that the fare was to be 2s. SOUTHWARK.-11Ir. Richard Hawkins, an elderly gentleman of considerable property, residing at Hack ney, was brought before Mr. Combe for final examina tion, charged with intermarrying with Clara Eliza beth Miller, a young female of prepossessing appearance, aged 20, his former wife, Elizabeth Hawkins, being then and now living. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Solomons for the prisoner. Sarah Munden, the wife of Robert Munden, of Woot ton, Bassett, Wilts, said she knew a female whose name was Elizebeth Ovens, and her father was her guardian, and she lived in their family. She knew the prisoner, and remembered that in the year 1824 Elizabeth Ovens left their house with him and went to Wootton Bas sett Church, were they were married. On their return from church they had some refreshment, and from that time she answered to the name of Elizabeth Hawkins. Witness drank her health at the time as Mrs. Hawkins in the presence of the prisoner. They left the house the same day, and did not return, and she had since visited them at Cirencester, where they were living as man and wife. She had examined the register-book of marriages, at the residence of the minister of Wootton Bassett, and saw an entry dated 1824 of a marriage between Robert Hawkins and Elizabeth Ovens. She believed that it was her signature. The signatures of the witnesses John York, , witnesses father, and Mary York, her sister, she identified, but they are dead. Richard Clark, constable 223 N, said he took the pri soner into custody on the Ist of March, at Hackney. He produced a certificate copy of a register, which he examined at Wootton Bassett with the register-book of marriages, of the marriage of the prisoner with Eliza beth Ovens. Clara Eliz. Miller said she was living at No. 3, South gate-terrace, Hackney. She knew the prisoner, and was married to him in the church of the parish of Christ church on the 9th of January, 1853 ; and she received the copy of the register produced from the clerk in the vestry in the church, annd she had lived with the pri soner as his wife, until she gave him into custody. After being duly cautioned by the magistrate, the pri soner admitted the marriage of himself with Elizabeth Ovens, at Wootton Bassett, in 1824. He also admitted the second marriage, and he did not intend to defend the charge, as he was happy to meet it. At the request of Mr. Solotnons, substantial bail was accepted, and the prisoner was liberated until the King ston Assizes on the 27th instant. ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND. On Ash Wednesday, as has been usual, the annual general meeting of the members of this body; established in 1339, and last year incorporated by royal charter, for granting permanent pensions to decayed or infirm mem bers who may have practised the art of acting, dancing, or singing, as a means of subsistence, in Great Britain and Ireland, was held in the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre. The chair was, in the first instance, filled by Mr. Addison, afterwards by Mr. Buckstone. Mr. CULLENFORD, the secretary, stated that a grant of 201. had been made by the committee to the fund for the relief of the children of Mrs. Warner, which required the confirmation of the general meeting. The matter had' been brought under the consideration: of the direc tors by Mr. Charles Kean. According to strict rule the directors could not touch the funds except for the benefit of the members, and therefore this grant was irregular, but it was not without precedent, and it would be per fectly regular when confirmed by the meeting. Mr. WCP.RRELL was happy to move a resolution con firming the grant Mr. CIILLENFORD reminded the meeting that the di rectors had made the grant with the clear understanding that, if the meeting would not sanction it, they would themselves bear the expense, and had, therefore, contri buted it at the time when it had been sought, and when perhaps it had been most needed. (Cheers.) Mr. Yourrox seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. From the balance sheet it appeared that the receipts for the year amounted to 1,1521. 16s. ld., and the dis bursements to 5901. 16s. Id., leaving a balance of 561/.195. Hid. _ _ _ Mr. CIILLENFORD said that during the past year twenty new members had been enrolled—a larger number than in any other single year ; four members had died, and one had withdrawn, so that there was a clear gain of fifteen members on the year. There were now 131 subscribing members, and seven annuitants upon the books of the association. They were now also, after the payment of all expenses, richer by 6901. 7s. Bd. than they had been that time twelve months—a result which he hoped would be satisfactory to them all. Mr. SA.VTLLE wished to know how the directors deter mined the sum to be allocated for the payment of annui ties. Mr. CITILLENFORD informed him that they halved the sum of the admission fees and members' subscriptions, after the payment of all expenses, and applied a moiety to the annuity fund. The sum of 4331. 3s. 4d., men tioned as annuitants' fund in the balance sheet, was the amount so apportioned last year, but had not been alto- gether required. The balance 1281. 7s. Bid. had been carried to the reserve fund. Mr. SAVILLE also wished to know if the association paid the funeral expenses of annuitants, as it did those of members. Mr. WORRELL replied in the affirmative, and added that it was optional with the representatives of the de ceased annuitant, either to receive the usual sum of 101. granted for funeral expenses, or else call on the associa tion for the amount of annuity due to him at the time of his death. The report was then adopted. The trustees, namely, the Hon. Sir F. Noon Tal fourd, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., and Charles Dickens, Esq., were re-elected, as was the honorary treasurer, Mr. Buckstone. After the re-election of the out-going directors, Messrs. Cowell and Youngs were elected successors to two gen tlemen of the direction who lead died during the year, and the auditors were re-appointed to their office. Mr. WORRELL rernindei. the meeting that as far back as 1851 it had been mooted that they should present a gift to Mr. Cullenford, their excellent secretary, for his zealous services in endeavouring to obtain a Royal char ter for the association, and that it had only been deferred until the charter should be obtained. The present was their first meeting under the charter, and he therefore thought no time more suited than the present to revive the question. He should, therefore, move that a pecu niary gift should now be presented to him. Mr. SAVILLE seconded the motion, and hoped that the gift would be one worthy of his acceptance. , The motion was at once agreed to. Mr. WILLIAMS! then moved that the gift should be 201. Mr. SAVILLE seconded the motion. After a short discussion as to the amount, the resolu tion was adopted.. The CHAfituA4 then recalled Mr. Cullenford, who had retired during the discussion, and informed him of the liberality of the association. Mr. CuLLENFoitn, in returning thanks, said that the amount was beyond what he could have expected, but he was proud of it, as it was to him a proof that they continued to think him worthy of their confidence, which he assured them it should ever .be his desire to secure. The thanks of the meeting were next voted to Mr. Arnold and to Mr. C. Mathews, for the use of the theatre. On the motion of Mr. BRAIDE, the directors were instructed to consider the advisability of amalgamating with the Edinburgh and Norwich Funds. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, who, in acknow ledging the compliment, congratulated the meeting on the increasing prosperity of the association, terminated the proceedings. DEATH ON A TREADMILL.—An elderly man, who was a prisoner in the New Bailey Prison, Salford, whilst working on the treadmill yesterday morning at nine o'clock, suddenly dropped down and expired. The cause of death was believed to be apoplexy. 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What a deep but painful interest has again been excited by another—and that the most fearful—of those periodical explosions which has ever occurred in the coal mines of this country. By this fearful calamity, which occurred at Wigan on the 18th inst., near one hundred o f fellow-crea tures have been deprived in a few moments of health and life, and their wives and families loft unprotected. Just 12 months ago I addressed a letter to the right hon. the Home Secretary, on the present inefficient mode of venti lating mines. In that letter I endeavoured to show the perilous condition of the poor miner, he always having be hind him, when engaged in mining operations, a Pandora's hex, ever ready to pour forth its evils whenever occasion offers. I also called attention to the fact that if the pre sent system of ventilating mines was persisted in accidents fearful, frequent, and appalling, would continue to occur, and in the nature of things could not bo prevented. I know it to be a most difficult matter fully and intelligibly to explain, so as the Goverment and people of this country may thoroughly understand, any plan proposed for the pre vention of these awful explosions in coal mines. Difficult, however, as has been this subject to explain, it has been rendered vastly more perplexing by suggestions and plans put forth from time to time by well meaning theorists. But all must confess that this is a matter so deeply intri cate and profound, involving as it does the health an •t lives of so many thousands of our fellow-creatures, that it de mands the attention, talent, and experience of the wisest practical men, who themselves have bean accustomed to see and know the dangers and perils of a mining life, and whose judgment and advice ought always to claim respect and attention on this very difficult question. I grant that knowledge is power, the threads of which are bound and twisted together in general theorems, and theory, so far from being inconsistent with practise, is indeed practice itself, and that in the most extensive meaning of the term. But here is the great, the grand distinction between the theorist and practical man. The one is conversant with the fact collectively, the other individually. The one is a wholesale dealer in experience, the other only retails it. Amid the contrariety of opin ions expressed on this difficult mining question, it may be asked can anything further be done to avert or lessen these periodical slaughters in mines? My answer first is, these disasters in mines have not been lessened but greatly increased since the passing of the colleries act in 1849, and the appointment of inspectors. I answer secondly, these calamitous explosions in coal mines cannot and never will be prevented by the present unscientific mode or sys tem of ventilating mines. These two undeniable facts lead us to another question. Can there be a plan suggested (if so, what are its details), by a practical man, who him self has been accustomed to the perils of mining, and who understands the nature and operation of destructive gases in mines, likely to lessen and prevent these sad explosions in coal mines? That all-important question I beg most humbly, yet confidently, to answer in the affirmative. Two things I conceive of paramount importance to obtain this great end, as follows :—First, there must be a strong continuous current of air, say from forty to sixty thousand cubic feet* introduced into the mine by the down-cast per minute, by means of a furnace or some other agency which may be determined up on by th e G overnmen t. I know the furnace, when properly fixed and regulated, by its power of attraction fully capable of producing the quantum stated ; but if, on experiment, some other agency shall be determined upon as more efficient, then by all means let it have the preference, whatever it may be. I have had submitted to me very recently, by a clergy man, a plan of an invention which I believe he has pa tented for ventilating mines. It acts contrary to other known agencies, by the double principle of propulsion and attraction, fixed and worked at the top of the shaft by an engine of five horse power. He proposes by this apparatus to introduce into a mine from eighty to one hundred thousand cubic feet of air per minute, a most remarkable achievement in modern science, if what he pooposes can be accomplished. I believe the invention has been made known to the Home Secretary, and no doubt its merits will very soon be decided upon by actual experiment. This brings me to the second thing proposed or suggested to les sen or prevent these deplorable colliery explosions. My firstpeoposition, as stated, being a strong continuous cur rent of air, from forty to sixty thousand cubic feet per minute, my second, which is more important, is the proper distribution of the said air at the bottom of the mine in separate distinct winds, made to pass through every depart ment or place in a mine. If this precaution, as regards the distribution of the air, be neglected, I care not what amount of air you may have in a mine, or what number of inspec tors you may have to examine them, you cannot nor will it ever be possible to prevent these awful catastrophies in coal mines. I put it to every sensible practical man, how can it be safe to employ in mines one and the same air to work or ventilate two, three, four, five, six, or seven diffe rent lots of miners, situated in totally different places in a mine ? Is it not an incontrovertible fact that the air from the first lot of miners would most certainly go direct away from them to the second lot contaminated, or charged with dicarburet of hydrogen or fire damp, and thus it would go on in the same ratio, increasing in danger, to the fifth, sixth, or seventh lot, and there it might explode with terrific power, as is often seen on these occasions, under these circumstances, and then what is the result? why, the fact everywhere known after these accidents, most of the poor miners have either been awfully burned, mutilat ed, or killed by the fire and blast, or have died from asphyxia, caused by carbonic acid gas, the result of com bustion, which immediately fills a mine after an explosion. I ask, can no means or plan be adopted to prevent carbonic acid from filling a mine everywhere after an explosion, which is certainly the most fearful destroyer of life in mines ? Most emphatically I answer it certainly can and may be prevented. How, and by what means? I reply, let the air be distributed separately into every part or place in a mine, and when it has done its work with the first lot of miners, then let it be directed as it ought to be, and as it can be made to be, to pas• away from the said mines dir ec tly t o th e u p cas t haft, and in no case allowed to come again in contact with any other miners. Will no explosion take place under this method of ventilating a mine ? I answer, yes it may, but here will be seen the great advantage and vast difference as to the result. The fire-damp, and its consequences, after an explosion, choke-damp or carbonic acid would, in that case, be confined, as it ever ought to be, to that part of the mine alone, and, consequently, all the other miners in the several other places in the mine would thereby be enabled to get out of the mine in safety. I can, and am prepared, if required, produce undeniable evidence in proof of this great fact, which no practical colliery steward or manager who understands his business will attempt to deny or dispute. The great value of the separate distribution of the air through a mine may •be seen at once from this known fact that dicarburet of hydrogen, or firedamp, can only be come an explosive compound when mixed with from six to twelve parts of atmospheric air, proportions ,beyond these limits disarms this fell-destroyer in mines of its destruc tive power, becoming, as it then does, a non-explosive • compound. How vastly important then it must be not only to have a good current of air, but to have it properly distributed to every part of the mine, so that by this pro per distribution it not only prevents accumulations of gas in mines but the fire-damp is thereby rendered incombus tible, consequently innocuous or harmless. THOMAS STEPHENSON. Rothwell, Wakefield, February 28, 1854. * In a mine so extensive in its operations as the Arley Mine, Wigan, where about 250, or perhaps more, men and boys are employed mining, there ought to be sent down continuously into such a mine not less than 100,000 cubic feet of air per minute for ventilating purposes, especially when the following important facts are well considered. The quantity of air which enters the lungs in 24 hours is according to . _ _ cub. in. cub. in. Davy 400,000 to 500,000 Allen and Pepys 460,000 to 475,000 Thompson 1,152,000 and each man consumes, positively, per day, not less than 125 cubic feet of air, or 46,000 cubic inches of oxygen. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARCH 9. MINISTERS' MONEY, &c. (IRELAND. Kotion) made, and.Question•protiosed; " - That this house will, to-toorrow, resolve itself into a committee to take into con sideration the law relating to the rate or tax called Mini sters' Money' in Ireland, with the view to repeal the same ; and further, to provide a substitute therefor out of the revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as a provision for the Protestant ministers in certain corporate towns in Ireland, in lien of the annual sums now received by them under and by virtue of the Act 17 and 18 Chas. 2, c. 7." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " the Acts relating to Ministers' Money in Ireland, and the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act, be now read," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The house divided ; Ayes 88, Noes 103. AYES-BS. • Anderson, Sir J. Greville, Col. F. Pellatt, A. Ball, J. Hadfield, G. Phillimore, J. G. Barnes, T. Hastie, Alex. Phinn, T. Bass, T. Heard, J. Pilkington, J. Beamish, F. He wood, J. P , illarl.Urquhart, W. Bell, J. Heyworth. L. Potter, R. Biggs, W. Rig Ans. G. 0. Power, N. Blackett, J. F. B, Hindley, C. R chardson, J. Brady, J. , Hutt, W. Roche, E. Bright, J. Keating, R. Ro-buck, J. Brown, W. Keating, H. Russell, F. W. i 'heetham, John Kennedy T. Sch , l-fleld, W. Clay, .4r W. Bt. Kershaw, J. Scully, F. Cobhett. .7. M. Langston, J. H. Scu'ly, V. Cobden. R. Lee, W. Shaft° R. Collier, R. P. M' iann, .7. Shee, Serjt. W. Cowan, C. McTazgart. Sir J. Shelley, Sir J. Craufurd, E. H. J. Macguire, J. Smith, J. B . Crossley, F, Massey, W. Stanley, W. Dovereux. J. T. Meagher, T. Thicknesse, R. Duffy, C. G. Miall, E. 'i hompson, G. Duke, Sir J. IND iligan, R. Thornely, T. Duncan, G. Moffatt, G. Wa'msley, Sir J. Ferguson, I. Moore, O. Wilkinson, W. Fitzgerald, Lt-G.Sir J. Nluntz, G. Williams. W. Fitz Gerald, J. NI urrough. J Wise. A. Geach, C. Norreys, Sir D. Goderich, Viscount. O'Brien, P. TELLEB.S. Goodman. Sir G. O'Connell, D. Goold, W. 0' 'onnell, J. Fagan, W. Grace, 0. Pechell, sir G. Hume, J. NOES-103. ' Arland, Sir T. Grooves. E. ' • Napier. J. Barrington, Viscount Greenall ,G. , Oakes, J. Barrow, W. Hamilton, G. A, Packe, C Bethel, Sir R. Hayes, Sir E. Paget, Lord A. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Heathcoate, J. Palmerston, Visct. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Heathcote, G. Peel, F. Rruce, Lord E. Henley, J. Pugh, D. Buckeley, Gen. Bervey, Lord A. Robertson, P. Cairns, H. Horsfall. T. Rolt, P. Cardwell, E. Hotham, Lord Russell, 'Lord J. Choimondeley Lord Hudson, G. Sawle, C. Clinton, Lord R. R. P. Hume, W. Sibthorp, col. Cohbold, J. C. Johnstone, J. Smijth, - , ir W. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Jaffe, Sir W. Smith. W. Compton, H. C. Jones, Capt. T. Spooner, R. Crowder, R.-B. Jones, D. Stanhope. J. Davison, R. Kirk, W. Starkie Le G. Dent, J. D. Knatchbull, W. Strut-, E. Disraeli, Rt. Hon. B. Lacon, Sir E. Taylor, Lt.-Col. J. Drum' anrig, Via. Langton, H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Lancton, W. H. P. G. Vance, J. Dunne, Col. Laslett, W. Vansittart, G. East, Sir J: Lockhart, W. Vyse, Capt. R. Eleho, Lord Lowe, R. Waddington, H. Pendell, M. Luce, T. Walcott, Admiral. Fergus, J. Mackie, J. Wilson, J Fitzroy, Hon. C. Macgregor, Jas. Winnincton, Sir T.' Follett, B. Mali's, R. Wood, Sir C. Forster, J. Mandeville, Vis. Wrightson, W. Franklin, G. Motile, Lieat.-Cel. L. Wynne, W. Frewen, C. Molesworth, Sir W. Young, Sir J. Gladstone, W. Monck, Viscount Gladstone, Capt. J. Mon crieff, J. TELLERS. Gore, W. Moody, C. Goalburn ' H. Mulgrave, Earl of Hayter, W. Graham, Sir J. Mundy, W. Berkeley, G. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph Picard was charged, before Alderman Salomons, with having insulted a lady and assaulted a gentleman. Mr. J. Chapman, a merchant, whose offices are in Crutched-friars, said, on Monday evening, at a quarter past five o'clock, I saw in Fenchurch-street the defen dant walking behind a lady, the wife of a friend of mine, named King. I observed him going close to her, then in front of her and lookihg under her bonnet, and then deliberately stopping her and speaking. She turned away very indignantly ; and I went up and asked him why he did so, and he struck me a violent blow in the face. The lady confirmed the statement, and added that the defendant made some impertinent remarks to her, and laughed in her face. She desired him to go about his business. She was aware that her friend, Mr. Chap man, was behind her. Mr. Chapman put his hand on the defendant's arm, and immediately received a blow from him, which the former returned. The witness went into a shop for shelter. The defendant had an noyed her along the street, and behaved in the most in sulting manner. _ _ _ Another witness confirmed the statements made. Upon the part of the defendant, Mr. Wright, a clerk, who was on the spot, said that an obstruction took place near Hankey's bank, and he heard the lady deny that any offence had been given. A scuffling then took place between the two gentlemen, and the defendant got the worst of it. Aldermon Salomons said it appeared t 3 him that Mr. Chapman had adequately retaliated as to the assault, and therefore no penalty should be inflicted in that case. With respect to the insult to the lady there could be no excuse or palliation in that case, and altnough the citi zens of London were disposed to be forbearing towards foreigners, it was quite impossible to let such conduct as had been described pass without the infliction of a pe nalty of 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment. GUILDHALL. —DanieI Cayley was placed at the bar before Alderman IVluggeridge, charged with maliciously throwing a quantity of vitriol in the face and eyes of William Donovan, with the felonious intention of doing him some grievous bodily harm. Police-constable 280 said he saw a great mob collected in front of the engine -house in Farringdon-street, and ascertained from one of the bystanders that the prisoner had thrown a bottle of vitriol in the prosecutor's face. The prisoner immediately ran away, and witness followed and took him into custody. On being told the charge he denied it ; but his clothes and hands were stained with vitriol. On the way to the station he kept threaten ing the prosecutor that he would " split," meaning he would inform against him if he appeared to press the charge. The prosecutor's eyes were much better, but his neck was in an awful state, and the reason of his non appearance was that the prisoner's companions had told him his life would not be safe if he came forward. Wit ness further said that the prisoner and the prosecutor were both of them well known thieves, and at the time the offence was committed they were in company with about thirty or forty other thieves quarrelling about the division of their ill-gotten spoils. A medical certificate from the hospital was put in, con firming the officer's account of the injuries the prosecu tor had received, and the prisoner was then remanded for the production of the prosecutor. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—G. Lawrance, gen tleman, 17, Rutland-gate ; C. F. Evelyn, gentleman, Horns Lodge, Tunbridge Wells ; H. Vernon, gentle man, 36, Bury-street ; A. Newton, 58, Curzon-street ; A. J. East, gentleman, 118, Great Portland-street (false name and address, and therefore not admitted to bail) ; J. Townsend, 11, Sherrard-street ' • H. Johnson, 23, Porter-street ; C. S o wden, 23, Porter-street ; W. Hemmings, 18, Upper St. Martin's-lane ; J. For, 13, Sherrard-street ; and C. Stewart, door-keeper, 32, Castle street, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been found in a common gaming -house, the Strangers' Club (Morris's), No. 66, St. James-street. Mr. O'Brien. the superintendent of the C division, having produced his authority for entering the house, 66, St. James's-street, said—This morning, about a quar ter to three o'clock, I went with Inspector Lester and some constables to the house, and as I approached the door I saw a person who was stationed outside pull the door bell. We entered the passage without obstruction. Stewart opened the next door, and Ford the door beyond that, which brought us to the stairs. On the landing I found a door covered with baize and iron, Very strong. I told the ,constables to force that door. The trial was made, but without effect. I told the constables to try the posts and side of the stairs, but on doing this it was found they bad been strengthened since the last visit of the police, with thick plates of iron. As it was useless to attempt to force an entrance there, I told the constable to try the bottom part of the staircase, and after some considerable damage was done, the door was opened. I entered the kr Li NEW SCHEME FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE. The new scheme for admitting into the civil service of the country by a system of open competition, instead of by private patronage, as heretofore, promises to be one of the most important reforms proposed in our day. We do hope that the pressure of our business will not prevent this scheme from receiving, this session, the attention it merits. There are a great number of offices connected with the administration of the country, and ranging from positions of high trust and emolument, down to clerkships and the like, moderately paid. It is, above all, desirable that these offices should be well filled. The prosperity of the country, it has been well said, depends on our chance of a " re formed Downing-street." The new scheme is an attempt at such a reform. By the present system, which makes the possibility of obtaining a Government office depend on acquaintance with a member of Parliament, ,and such like means of private influence, only a limited number of per sons can enter the avenue which leads to public employ ment. If your father has been butler to an archbishop, you may get a Government situation ; hut unless your an tecedents have been of that kind, you are excluded. Mem bers of Parliament and men in office groan under the ap plications made to them by aspirants for employment in the public service The proposed scheme would relieve them of this burden, Vacant Government offices of the first grade, at least, would be advertised for public competition; all candidates would be admitted, on bringing a formal certificate of moral respectability ; and the election would be determined by an examination. The young man found by the examiners the most fit f or a Treasury, a Home-office, or a Foreign-office clerk s hi p would get it ; and his further promotion in his department, or his trans ferrence from one to another, would be regulated by the , experience of what he was worth. A good deal of the advantage of the scheme will depend on its precise details. To what offices will the admission be by competition ? Not, of course, to the Premiership and offices of that kind ; but to offices, we suppose, of the first grade. In other words, the first admission into the civil service of the country will be a matter of general com petition to all comers ; for promotion, when once in the service, the selection will be more special. Again, what is to be the mode of examination of candidates for the lowest posts ? Much will depend on this. Mere examinations of the kind in practice at schools and universities will not do. Examinations must be so arranged as to reveal the compe tence of the candidates for the actual business they are to be engaged in —or, as Bentham used to call it, their " official aptitude." Matured in detail with even tolerable'; judgment, the scheme could not fail to be of great benefit to the common wealth. We have heard but one objection to it in princi ple—that it would be establishing a bureaucracy. It would hand us over, it is said, to a system like that prevailing in Prussia. Now the fact is, whether we adopt such a scheme or not, we have a bureaucracy. We have at pre sent a hierarchy of officials pervading society, and perma nent in thei r pl aces . W e nee d no t ex t en d that hierarchy, but only provide it with the fittest men we can get. Our official system would undoubtedly be popularised by the prop .sed change; and perhaps prejudice might be obviated by some arrangement that would not confine the higher offices exclusively to persons who had served in the lower, but would permit, in extraordinary circumstances, impor tations into the official body at any stage. The East India Company did themselves honour, and gained a valuable servant by offering at once one of the highest posts in the India House to the late James Mill, after the publication of his " History of British India" a work begun and completed as a private undertaking, and severely criticising the company itself. If the higher appointments had been confined exclusively to those already in the company's service, such a man could not have been chosen. Wh y should not the Government reserve, under the new schem e the right of such extraordinary appointments ? The ci v il service, in this respect, need not be regulated exactly as the military and naval services, where the speciality of the training requires a transit upwards through th e Whole series of ranks.— Glasgow Commonwealth. SHIPPING INT ELLIGE CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 9. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Leon, from Gravelinos ; Leonne, do.; Carolinda, Cherbourg ; Bulgerstyn, Rotter dam ; Gladiator, Mauritius ; Gauges, Canton ; Patrick Henry, New York; Gretina, Antwerp; Abasta, Wham' poa ; Diadem, Madras and Cape, &c.; Osprey, Terceira ; Nancy Dawson, St. Michael's ; Slater Rebow, do.; Ips wich Lass, do.; Damebod, Helsingboi g ; Mencius, Shang' hai ; Princess Victoria, Alexandria; Antelope, New York• ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Unity, for Antwerp ; Lucy, Trinidad ; Patrick Henry, New York; Deslandes, A mbry ; Harriet Erving, Boston, U.S.; teor, Adelaide ; Berbice, Barbadoes ; Maria Christina , Santander ; Gla liator, Mauritius ; Hendrika Margaret* Grand Canary ; Rysnyk, Melbourne ; Ambrosine, do.; Eliza, Demerara ; Cornelia, Amsterdam ; Wharmir, War• burg. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Governor Mac' lean, for Cape Coast Castle ; Child° Harold, Melbourne; Ann, Dunkirk ; Cape of Good Hope, Malta, and Constan' tinople ; Radical, Caen ; Brant, Launceston. NEWHAVEN, March 9.—The Lady Eglinton (s), from Liverpool to London, came on shore westward of the piers„ here in a fog, but got off with loss of rudder, and man proceed. _ _ DUNDALK, March 6.—The Susanna, from Troon, in coming in this evening, got on the North Ball. It is likely she will remain there for some days, and should the wind come from the southward, and blow hard, she reg receive great damage. HAMBURGH, March 6.—Yesterday it blew fresh at W to N.N.W. To-day the wind was moderate at N.W., an d subsequently veered to N.N.E., with fine clear weather' The Richardina, from Rouen to Hull, with loss of beiv sprit, boat, bulwarks, decks swept, and rathar leaky, was spoken March 1, in lat. 54 N., long. 42, by the Aden' arrived here. The Richardina intends to proceed.AMSTERDAM, March 6.—The Lucipara, hence to gel• bourne, was in contact, Feb. 26, off the Gondstaart, with the Dunrobin Castle, of Aberdeen, for Port Philip, both received damage, but not such as to prevent their pr°' ceeding. ELSINORE, March 4.—The British Merchant, from Memel to Liverpool, with loss of sails, greater part o bulwarks , and short of water, was spoken in lat. 56 N. long. 3 E.' h,,,1 the Prince Adalbert, arrived here on the sth. The arrivn° from the North Sea are going as cleared, but some foreign vessels in the Baltic are detained wind bound in our roads. Last night it blew a gale at N.W., which still continue' The Anhold and Trindellen, light vessels, are at their ex tions. The light vessel in the grounds has been at her station since March 1, and the Lessee, light vessel, is sur posed to be at her station. TRIESTE, March 4.—The Don Figlie (Austrian shiP) bound to Liverpool, was on fire in this harbour this w orn ing, has been towed into shallow water and scuttled. Sh e lies with the water on a level with her deck, and in a clan' gerous position should the wind blow from the southward . Part of cargo discharged, and it will be necessary to stop the leaks before discharging the remainder. DEMERARA, Feb. 9.—The Camillus, from London, which arrived here, Feb. 3, had been on shore on the Mahaicent Coast, Jan. 28. The British Isles, from London, whic,' was on shore on the Essequibo Coast, Jan. 20, has parl , u discharged, but it is doubtful if she will be got off these springs. NASSAU, N.P., Jan. 13.—The cargo of the Water-WY' from Jamaica to London, which was wrecked n e a r Virou" Key, Dec. 13, has-been saved, and sold at this port. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Resolution, from Sunderland to Rio Janeiro, an d Sultana bound S., both Jan. 21, lat. 5 S., long. 30 W. The Calcutta, from Plymouth to Boston, lat. 49 't long. 68 W. The Webster, from Liverpool to New York, Feb. 17 ' lat. 42 N., long. 68 W. The Ameer, from London, Dec. 26, off Cape L'Agulhail. Tho Jasper, of Wiscassel, from Wilmington, N.C., ° London, has been spoken Feb. 18, in lat. 49 or 39 -D'' long. 67, leaking badly. The Robert Barker, from New Orleans to Havre, Feb' 13, lat. 30, long. 14. The Hendrick Hudson, from New York to London, Feb' 18, lat. 41, long. 66. The John Kendall, from the Clyde and St. John's, NO ° foundland, to Philadelphia, lat. 40, long. 64. The Rueben, from Liverpool to Bahi a , J an . 20 , l a t. S., long. 40 V. The Agamemnon (ship), March 3, lat. 50 N., long. 9 .SC' 444, We T . 0 N 1 .L RMD The rub' February, between I, port, Chest including d weight and To in,ure must be de] above, or s Horne and Swan-with Wood-tree Horse, 90 Blue R ar, dilly ; t;old EaJe, Red street. The ^• , -m to any par( the charge P'n C 3d day of 3 The rep( ending 31 /lens were That the be receivk That the. shares 012( the Directc resolution I firmed, Eno be sold or c as to the That thi from the S Devonport and 11 Vic South Dev Road, In tl aide of Sto before men Oorn party,- the Plymoi *bled uncle the said st And Ihl4 n sures to co That 11r. John ' elected Di] That th( for his pas "..hat 311 ri OR 11,,) NJ The See Ing, the Ct and the re 13th Ftbn It was prop sed Parlia.men consent, as terms of ea with respe •rill be hi; authorise Will enabli A rough milted to It was r bill now la With, and may deem Ituty cumi The pro It was by the Ris presented had condt Directors of the Con T" LU Friendly f. Thomas E Thomsonl The ass in all its 1 privilege the amour charge Prospec 42, ➢ioc THE Every .Assurance Premity One-hal to policy 1 Annuities endowme Po ticies No oho Money Active agrlcultui Apply respectab I NI Richard James FL NCB7 '. ART 111..""em...n." cb imnression " TILBUT ravelines ; more, A.E n, Ratter office on p ; Patrick entitled to - Tins rrt• of the pub] COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—MARos 7. A plentiful supply of fat beasts to-day, and the quality generally good, so that high prices were asked. The nut ty ' ber of purchasers large, yet several lots remained u nsold. The pens well filled with sheep in good condition, but the demand flat. The number of fat a n d s t ore ca l ve s 'so' larger than that of last week. Fat pigs about the averag e ' The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 60, 1 mutton, 7d to 70; lamb, Od to Od ; ve a l, 7d t o Od lb. ; pigs, 9s 9d to 10s per score ; rough fat, 5s 9d to Os O d per 141 b. ; hides, 2d to 3d per lb ; ca lf- s ki ns , 30 to per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-MARCH 8. The supply of grain in the market to7da,y-.was large; A good demand for seed and o th erw i se . S a l es qu i c k, o° ' considerably up for all sorts. Wheat on the top 2s od, and the average Se 2d, uP' Barley on the top as before, and average 8d up. Oat° on the top 2s Bd, and the average is 3d, up. Beans on the top is down, and the average 3d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 645 qrs sold 492 qrs Barley BOB qrs sold 602 qrs Oats 2053 qrs sold 1577 qrs Beans -325 qrs sold 218 qrs Top of Wheat ..... ............ ...... ...... 63i lb 92s Od —• Barley. Oats Beans 654 lb 56s Od Average of wheat .E 3 18 5 0-12ths Ditto of Barley -12ths Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans . ................ BOSTON--MARCH 8. To-day's market ruled heavy, and speculators were indis' posed to operate. There was, however, a fair consumptiv e demand for seed, at prices about 2s per gr. under the rates of the Ist inst. All sorts of spring corn sold slowly. Prices :—Wheat, red, 68s Od to 79s Od; white, SOs Od to 82s Od extra, 84s Od. Barley, 32s Od to 40s Od. Oats/ 22s to 325. Beans, 40s Od to 48s Od. Peas, 46s Od to 5 6 ° per qr. NEWARK—MARCH 8. j At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a good attendance , and liberal supplies of grain. Wheat and oats as la 4 week. Barley was is per qr. lower. Prices :—Wheat, white, 88s Od to 90s Od; red, 82s O a to 86s Od. Barley, malting, 33s Od to 42s Od ; grindinx , 36s Od to 38s Od. Oats, old, 30s Od to 36s Od ; n ew , 210 Od to 30s Od. Beans, 46s Od to 62s Od. Peas, OOs Od tO OOs Od. Malt, 66s Od to TOs Od. Tares, 68s Od to 72s Od• RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull all dsl) but closed at a slight advance upon the opening rates Caledonian, 27$ ' • Eastern Counti e s, 12fi ; Lancashire 9.0° Yorkshire, 66 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 22i ; Midland, 604 ; North British, 84 ; St. Helens, 47; South' Eastern, 18g. MANCHESTER, MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been firmer than yesterday. Prices were higher, and some little more business was done. The sales were :—Birkenhead, Lance: shire, and Cheshire Junction, 11 dis. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 67i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 22i ; ditto New 6/. Preference, prem. ex div. ;Midland way Consols, 614 ex div. ; North British, at ; s o uth- Eastern, 184. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 9. STOCK EX CHANGE.—LittIe alteration in quotations, and comparatively few sellers of railway stocks. Local stocks extremely firm. BRISTOLARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGR.—The , market to-day was quiet, and closed without transacting any business of importance. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A GENTLEMJN• —Yesterday the police authorities of the metropolis re ceived a communication, from the friends of Mr. T. a. Walsh, the surgeon, of Worcester, whose mysterious disappearance from the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, led to the belief that he had been waylaid and murdered, and whose friends, labouring under -that impression, offered a reward of 501. for his discovery, announcing that he had been found, all safe, in one of the southern counties. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIo way's Ointment and Pill certain remedies for Old Sores and Ulcers.—Copy of a letter from Mr. John Johnson, of Tregaron, Wales, dated December 19, 1853 :—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,—For twelve years I was afflicted with sores on my legs and arms, which gradually broke out into ulcerous wounds, and disabled me from following a n y of the active duties of life. I t r i e d a variety of mec i c i nes , and applied several liniments, without be ne fi t ; b ut 3 friend rec ommen d e d me t o use your oint men t and pil l s , which completely healed tha wounds and restored me health, after every other means had failed."—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment. 244, Strand, London. \ BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the Rai inst., at 13, T itchfield-terrace, Regent's-park, London, the lady of Thomas Ferrier Hamilton, Esq., of Mount Macedon, Melbourn e , A ustralia. On the 9th inst., in Inverness -road Bayswater, the wife of Captain C. Harris, of th e Bengal Army. OF A• DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of Frederick A• Eck, Esq., of Hollybush-house, Ayrshire. At Fairfichi, Biggleswade, on the Bth inst., the lady of Major Lindsell, H.M. 28th Regiment. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at Albany Chapel, Camberwell, George, eldest son of th e R ev. George Rogers, of Frederick's-ter race, Peckham, to Mari a , youngest daughter of the late J. 0. Robinson, Esq., of Leeds. On the 9th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Haul Graves Bull, Esq., M.D. of Hereford, to Elizabeth, second daughter o f Henry Read,' Esq., late of B uc kh urs t-hill, Essex. DIED. On the Ist inst, at Guernsey, Elizabeth Jane Grant, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel James Grant, for merly of H.M.'s 46th Regiment. On ,he 7th inst., at Preston-house, near Faversham, Kent, Larah, wife of Giles Hilton, Esq., aged 69. On the Bth inst„ in Sloane-street, Charlotte, wife of Mr. Blades, of Sandhills, Cadney, Lincolnshire. LONDON: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Shand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the amity of Middlesex, Friday, March 10,1864. Paddin, The Rev A.M. Captaii Boger G. The Pi Deed of CIIRITE dinary P enmstan SIGNS, the futui This it body to sible au large an now dol.] ON TH Tllustra New E( V excesst rnereur lowed preven PERK' street, row, at don, 14 Bow C PAW: organs. PAR' dtagen , mental incapa PAR' the pri their t: lags• `a(an• orlgit clime twen Debi] Ingo. condi :John H. A Joht lien: Chaff PAS simple ON 'C IN] Just : D-ct