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absolute resolution at which the Cabinet has arrived as to the objects of the war, and the only terms upon which peace is to be concluded. (Hear,thear.) Now, do not let me misrepresent the noble lord. I understood him, in order that he might justify this vote, in order that he might dis arm all opposition—l understood from him—that he was going, without reserve, to allow us to be the part ners of the secrets of the Cabinet. I understood the noble lord to say that the house should understand clearly what the objects were which the Government proposed to thetnselves in the conduct of this war, and without the accomplishment of which they would not be satisfied. The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, in the first place, are not to be permitted to come again under the protecto - rate of Russia. (Hear.) The second point is, that the st ro n g fortress of Sebastopol is to be destroyed, and the o C rim ea to be conquered and occupied. Indeed, the la st is f,OO rrse the necessary necessary consequence of destroying SebsstePel . beatopol, then, is to be destroyed, as I und erstand from the noble lord— Lord J. RUSSELL, who dissented, here said—l may as well state that what I said was that I thought Russia could not be allowed to maintain the menacing attitude which she has lately done by keeping so large a fleet at Sebastopol. (Loud cries of "Oh, oh. Mr. DISRAELI resumed—Well, sir, I think I will have done some good in rising, for I appeal to every hon. gen tleman, wherever he sits—(loud cries of hear, hear)—l gentleman, wherever he sits in appeal, I say, to every h on. this house, and whatever may be his opinions (hear, hear), whether he has not been for the last six hours in a fool's Paradise—(hear, and a laugh)—whether every speech that has been made, and every vote that has been refrained from, has not in fact been actuated by an idea totally dif ferent from that to which the noble lord now gives ex pression ? (Hear, hear.) Without questioning in any way the accuracy of the words which the noble lord has just used, I must repeat the expressions which I mistook him to have used (a laugh), and I must then contrast them .with the authorised version, and I will say, it is a case of -one of the most remarkable misapprehensions of which I have been guilty; and the only thing that consoles me nn -der the mistake is, that of the hundreds of gentlemen pre sent, with the exception of those who occupy the Treasury bench, they must all have fallen into the same error as my self. (Loud cries of hear, hear, from the Opposition, -which were joined in by several members below the gang -way on the Ministerial side.) I thought I heard the noble lord say that one of the great objects of the war, and the accomplishment of which alone would satisfy the Govern ment—as it certainly seemed to satisfy the house, and from some opini ons th at h ave b een expressed will also satisfy the country—l thought it was that that great for tress in the Black Sea was to be destroyed, and the Crimea to be no longer left in the possession of Russia. (Hear, - hear.) I will afterwards advert to the observation which I was about to make before I was corrected, in answer to the noble lord on that point ; but what the noble lord now says is, that this is a mistake, that I was dreaming in company with the vast majority of the House of Commons (laughter), and that instead of saying that, what he did say was that Russia was no longer to be permitted to keep so large a naval force in the Black Sea. Why, sir, I thought the noble lord said, al though not in language so express, precise, and definite, as the fanciful quotation which I made from his speech re specting Sebastapol and the Crimea—l though the noble lord, speaking for an united Cabinet, was also going to free the mouths of the Danube, and even to take away Bessa rabia. from Russia. I thought I heard all this—l thought also that I heard about the same time, that a speech was made in another place by the head of the Government, as • well as the leader of the other house, couched iu a very different tone, and conveyed in very different expressions. I know that when the news arrived in this house of what had there passed, there was a feeling of great distrust, per haps of habitual suspicion ; but all found consolation from what had fallen from the noble lord in our own house, as the Minister who sits in the House of Commons, and speaking to the representatives of the people—(cheers)--- and they defied what might have been said in another place, upheld and encouraged by the noble lord in language which we all admired at the time, and which, in my opi nion, had only one fault, which now it is unnecessary to men tion, but which I will mention onlyto show how completely we must have mistaken all the statements of the noble lord. I was about to state, in answer to the statement of the noble lord of the purposes of the united Cabinet, that though I was not disposed to enter into any discussion now as to the policy of taking Bessarabia, of depriving Russia of the protectorate of the principalities, or of such great feats of arms as the destruction of Sebastopol and the con quest of the Crimea, still I did think, with due deference to the noble lord, that it was not the most prudent speech that ever was made. (Cheers from the Opposition.) I did think that, whatever was the intention of the united Cabinet, if they were of the colossal—if they were of such a vast and sublime nature as the noble lord apparently, to my deceived ear, expressed to-night, it would have been perhaps more prudent if be had not exposed them with such complete frankness, and in a manner which hardly becomes us in the position which we now occupy in those countries. (Hear, hear.) I should feel I was perform. ing an unworthy task if I were to criticise in an invi dious spirit the conduct of our troops and commanders ; still, when the noble lord did express those brave words, so much in the Hercules' vein, I did think that, when our troops were within fifteen miles of Varna, it sebukl have been wiser if the noble lord had not - pledged the united Cabinet to those definitive objects. I say this discussion has become a very important one. I thought it important, because we had, through the noble ' lord, the most positive statement of the policy of the Ministry. Let the committee remember how that was raado. It was not made in the beat of debate ; it was not - made is reply to taunts and sarcasms, such as we some times bear of as an excuse for statements in this house • which are not warranted in fact ; but the noble lord gave a most important notice on a most important subject, namely, the conduct of the war. The noble lord gives a notice ; he takes ample time; late as is the session, the house is full, to hear from the lips of the head of the Go vernment, in this place, this important statement on this most important , subject. The noble lord's speech is charac terised with a fervour of feeling and a frankness of expres sion, according to the general experience of the house, sel dom exceeded ; and so far as the tone of that speech could influence the opinions and convictions of the house, it was perfectly successful. One after each other, gentlemen have got up and spoken on that side of the house. Some of them have disapproved of the members of the Administra tion who are not in this house; some of them have disap proved of the places which others of them in this house occupy in the Cabinet ; some have disapproved of the ma nagement of the commissariat ; some of them have disap proved of there not being flat-bottomed boats in the Baltic —(a laugh)—but all have agreed that the tone of the noble lord—the distinct manner in which he detailed to them the purposes of the Government in the war they were conduct ing —was not only satisfactory, but more than satisfactory; and yet, though we have now discussed this important question for six hours, we now find the noble lord never made this important declaration—(cheers from the Oppo sition)—we now find that this statement of the definite policy of the Government is a mere illusion ; and therefore I have a right to ask the noble lord—what is your policy, if you have a policy? (Cheers from the same quarter.) Well, I have had some experience in this house, and see many gentlemen here who have had more experience than myself. Very strange scenes have sometimes occurred here, and very startling speeches have been made; but this I say in all sincerity, in my Parliamentary experience nothing has ever occurred so remarkable as this imaginary speech of the Lord President—(cheers)—which has occasioned a debate of six hours—whichhas satisfied the House of Commons --which is to satisfy the country—and which we now find, exactly at midnight, was never made. (Renewed cheers from the Opposition.) But is this all ? Why, the noble lord was careful in informing us that he was speaking for the Cabi net, and in the course of the evening he was asked by astonished members whether he was really speaking for the Cabinet, for they could hardly trust their ears during the whole debate. The noble lord not only said he made this statement on the authority of the Cabinet, but that he had reason to believe that the French Government entirely agreed with her Majesty's Ministers in their resolution to achieve the same purposes and to obtain the same terms. Is that an imaginary statement too ? The noble lord shakes his head. I understand, then, that the noble lord did not make that announcement of the feelings of the French Go vernment. (A laugh.) This also is a passage to be oblite rated • but it depended on your previous sentence. (A laugh.) I am sure I have not the least intention to descend to a cross-examination of the noble lord—that is not an art which I can pretend to practise ; but the noble lord must admit that if he did make a communication respect ing the French Government, he may probably have been dreaming when he made that communication, instead of supposing that I was dreaming when I referred to it. But there is no end to the mystification in which the house has found itself in consequence of this speech of the Lord Presi dent which was never made. (A laugh.) Here we are at the end of the session. We had a year and a half of doubt and perplexity. I will venture to say, never in this coun try before has there been such a continuous period of per plexity of the public mind as in the policy we were pur suing towards Turkey and Russia, and the purposes of this war. We are now arrived at the end of this session. We rneit told w e were t o receive full compensation for all this - tecnrity—all this want of inform ation—all an this per plexity, hesit a ti on, and uncer taint y—and yet it appears to me there never was a period in which our prospects were more uncertain and obscure, and our position more vision ary and fluctuating than the p resent. met at the begi nn i ng of this year, When the house after t h e that p v a a i r n l f i a u l autumn, we all reco ll ect when there was mentary expression to the Government, ren lic e l ctin o g pi wi niot a c curacy and with ou t exaggeration the public out of doors at that time ; when we dwelt upon the vacillation, the infirmity of purpose, the impuls es of more suspicious character, which must have bron htaouat a result so little satisfactory to the people of this g c what did the Government do? The Government tooleltje first opportunity on the first debate, which must have bee n , I apprehend, on the Queen's Speech, or at least very early in the first week of the session, of having their case stated in this house by one of the gravest and weightiest members of the Cabinet—the First Lord of the Admiralty (A l augh.) What did the First Lord of the Admiralty say six, months o na 9 The First Lord of th e Admir alty , with that speciou s power -' which he has, admitted all those accusations and imputations which were made, or at least the justice of th e gro unds which t he public had for complaining, and the Pa rliament for repretsenattiang. He said there had been delay, and appeared unsatisfactory; " but,' said much, no doubt, h gained a great object—we have gained the he, " we have(lronical cheers.) co-operation of the German powers." That was the statement of thnethrsigwhethhaovne.hgeeenntkleepmtainn the months ago. Well, for six mo nths th e co-operation of the German same doubt respecting powers. I think myself that those who f a a r i e nt w h e o ll p i e n s fo o rm f a e n d y , especially of late, have had somew h a t very fortunate issue in that respect. But what ent or happened l to-night? The noble lord madethatst imagined, in a hallucination , a the nob l e t lord to , have made the statement which he did not make—(a lae o z f bt as i s n ia w_h n ic o h . nothing occurs about the dismembermen t Russia—no thing about a change in the territorralarranegoenmpreatts ofa Russia, the destruction of Sebastopol, or th e the Crimea and Bessarabia; and what were the argu me nts of hon. members on that side of the house, and especi a l ly of the hon. member for the West Riding ? Why, the mos t remarkabl e o f th e argumen t s o f t h a t hon. gen tl ema n was, that " this is a moat important announcement of the noble lord, and fills me with the greatest alarm, for the whole policy of the German powers is based on this position, that the territorial status quo of Russia must be preserved ; and now the Government, through the noble lord, have stated to-night that they have changed their policy, and will not recognise the independenc e of Russia; the Government have told us that certain provinces are to be taken from Russia, but they have not t o ld us to whom they are to be given." " But, " says the honourable gentleman, " what hope have we of this co-operation of the German powers." If the noble lord never made that statement, he must have thought the honourable gentleman the member for the West Riding was talking in hie sleep. (A laugh.) Why did not honourable members call question—why did they not terminate his discourse—why did they not pull him by the coat, and say, " Nobody has referred to that subject?" (Cheers and laughter from the Opposition.) Then what did the hon. member mean by saying her Ma jesty's Ministers intended to take the Crimea from Russia when not a word had been said on the subject? See the confusion which this will create on 'Change at Manchester and Liverpool to-morrow; men will suspend their commer cial speculations ; and what would have been the price of Consols to-morrow if, fortunately, I had not risen and re presented the general misconception of the house— (laughter)—and had given the Lord President the oppor tunity of making a statement which, I trust, will be widely circulated, and from which we now learn, on the highest authority, that the policy of the Cabinet, with respect to the Turkish empire, is not of that dangerous nature which the noble lord, from circumstances, allowed us for a mo ment to believe ? But the same policy which has been pur sued from the beginning will, I doubt not, be pursued to the end. (Cheers from the Opposition.) But then Ido think it of very great importance, after what has occurred, that we should clearly know from some member of the Cabinet —and, as we are in committee, I hope from the Lord Presi dent—what he really wishes us to believe. In that case I shall be too happy to take the noble lord's last edition, or his last version of this great manifesto which he has deli vered to-day, without the slightest doubt or reserve. But a great deal of mischief may have been done in the inte rim. We live in an age of electric telegraphs. (A laugh. There is a telegraph circulating to Warsaw I believe ; I am not sure that it does not reach to St. Petersburg, and, for aught I know, the imaginary passage may be crossing to Europe at this moment. (A laugh.) It is also of import ance that the most popular newspaper of the day should not give circulation to this intelligence. Bat let me just call the attention of the committee to the extraordinary position in which Parliament has been placed throughout this session by the speeches of leading Ministers of the Crown on our foreign policy, which have been deliveredin places where the most clear statements ought to be made — the two houses of Parliament. Why, a noble lord in an other place, the leader of the Government, made a state ment—l did not hear in that case that it was an imaginary statement—that excited the indignation of the assembly to which it was addressed, and of the whole nation, the whole people of England. (Hear, hear.) It was very con trary to the statement which we imagined we had heard to-night, which excited the admiration of the house, and which to-morrow we supposed would meet with the ap probation of the people of England. But allow me to remind the house that the noble lord, in another place —though he did not pretend for a moment that what he said was imaginary, that what his hearers supposed he said was any hallucination on their p ar t, though the noble lord was guilty, if it were guilt, of mak ing that first speech which so agitated and alarmed the people of this country—still I cannot for the life of me understand how that noble lord erred more than the noble lord here (Lord J. Russell), who has the art of making speeches which convey to the House of Commons, on this important subject, results exactly contrary to those which he intends ; because, so far as I can now understand the policy of the noble lord, there is no difference between the policy which the noble lord now professes and the policy which was professed in that first speech made in another place by Lord Aberdeen, and which he was obliged, as it were, to recall and recant. (Hear, hear.) What does the noble lord Say ? The noble lord says that peace is not to he for a moment consented to unless the protectorate of Russia over the Principalities is abolished—no very diffi cult task, I should think, under present circumstances, and not requiring a grand alliance ; that Russia under a treaty—of course under a treaty—should not possess in the Black Sea more than a certain number of ships of war at all times—about the most difficult treaty of all kinds to put in practice. But of course it is quite premature to dis sent on the merits of such a capitulation. The noble lord cannot, I think, pretend that there is any great difference— and I do not think that hon. gentlemen in this house who make such painful distinctions between the position and policy of Lord Aberdeen and the position and policy of some of his colleagues are acting with frankness and fair ness to Lord Aberdeen if they persist in them. I do not pretend to be a supporter or admirer of Lord Aberdeen— (a laugh)—but I cannot say that I at any time admire the parliamentary policy that would make a distinction be tween the responsibility of an individual member of a Cabinet apart from that of his colleagues under any cir cumstances. But Igo further in the present case. I say that the policy which Lord Aberdeen has recommended, or has announced and follows, does not appear to me, after the noble lord has informed us that the statement which I imputed to him has no foundation whatever, but is purely imaginary—l say it does not appear to me that the policy of Lord Aberdeen, substantially, upon this all-im portant subject, varies from that of the noble lord oppo site. Well, sir, that is some satisfaction to the people of England. We have not a divided Cabinet. (Hear, hear.) We hear at last, as the session closes, that theyareinunison upon oue subject ; and, so far as the conduct of the war with small purposes, and so far as having for the great.object of their policy a mean and insignificant end goes, her Ma jesty's Ministers, though they are a coalition Ministry, ap pear to be unanimous. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON—I certainly hope, Mr. Bouverie, that that event which the right hon. gentleman who has just sat down has announced as probably taking place at the present moment, may in fact be realised, viz.—that hat has been passing in the debate this evening is already flying upon the wings of lightning to the capital of Russia —(hear, hear)—for I think it will be news which will place the power with which we are contending in that same embarrassment and difficulty between admiration and consternation in which the right hon. gentleman has stated himself to have been thrown by the speech of my noble friend. I think when the people of Russia find, that upon an occasion on which the British Government has been making a solemn appeal to the Parliament of England for confidence and support—during the period, whatever it may be, when by the ordinary course of events it is divested of the daily countenance and support of Parlia ment, and when they find that that appeal has been met only by criticisms upon what some hon. members conceive to be a want of energy here or there, or an insufficiency of vigour in conducting the war—when they see the unani mity with which the great objects which this country has engaged to accomplish have been approved by the Parlia ment of England—l think that they will be struck with admiration at the generous and manly feeling of the coun try, and will see with consternation the absence of any material difference of opinion as to the main points of the struggle in which the nation has engaged. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman has asked us what is our policy. I might, I think, postpone answering that question until he shall have made up his mind as to whether the an nouncement my noble friend has made excites his admira- tien or overwhelmed him with consternation. (Hear.) Perhaps it maydo both, becausewithout imputingto leaders of opposition any other feeling than that which naturally beeemes their position, any statement from a Ministry that excites their admiration must also necessarily in some de gree produce a feeling of consternation. (Laughter and cheers.) Well, sir, the right hon. gentleman upon this subject, on which perhaps, if there did exist any material difference of opinion, the organ of the party out of power might have taken sonde large and comprehensive views of the policy of the country—have stated views differing from those of the Government, had have confirmed those views by great argument taken from international policy and European interest—the right hon. gentleman has given us a very amusing speech, playing upon words, endeavouring to pick holes in an argument ; and I am sure my noble friend must have shared the satisfaction which all on this bench have felt when we found that, instead of meeting us with any hostile expression, which indeed would have been most painful for as to have heard—the right hon. gentleman argued the question in a very agreeable and friendly manner, and merely turned his observations to produce some cheers and laughter from that side of the house, founded upon distinctions which—as I have already said, had no real foundation in what fell from my noble friend. (Cheers.) My noble friend could speak as the organ of the Government. The opinions which my noble friend expressed as to the objects and arrangements which could alone be considered as affording a sufficient security to Europe to be accomplished by the war—were opinions which are shared by his colleagues. It would ill become anybody to argue in this house, to lay down beforehand what should be the especialresult of operations which depend upon the chances of war. My noble friend pretended to do no such thing. (Hear.) My noble friend pointed out that the object for which we had engaged in this contest was the independence and integrity of the Taikish empire , and security for Europe against th e recurrence of those , ev ents which have led to the present unfortunate state of things. That security must be accomplished by.the united arms of England and France; I care not who else joins us, or who may stand aloof. (Cheers.) These two great countries united in cordial alliance for the accomplishment of any ohject —the two greatest military and naval powers of the world—are surely able, by their own energetic action, to accomplish such a peace as shall satisfy the conditions upon which we think the security of Europe shall be based. (Cheers.) Sir, gentlemen have found fault with dif ferent parts of the arrangements that have hitherto been made. Why, it is very natural that a country which has for a long period of time been enjoying uninterruptedly the advantages and blessings of peace—it is very natural that it should not be able to estimate all the difficulties which are incident to the commencement of a great war , (hear, hear)—a war to be carried on in a remote part of the world, whether a large military force has to be con veyed by sea with all the equipments which are necessary for the carrying on of its operations. Why, sir, instead of thinking that any improper delay has occurred, I think that any man who knows anything of military opera tions will agree that, considering the short periOd of time which has elapsed since the forces of England and France left their respective shores, considering the difficulty of transporting over such an extent of sea so large a military force, with all the horses, baggage, gars, and equipments which are necessary to enable it to carry on its operations -- I think that astonishment would rather be at the ra pidity with which these operations have been conducted, and at the degree of completeness which they have already attained, rather than any feeling that any undue delay, or any want of proper exertion, had occurred. It will be found that there are at the present time in Turkey two armies, of English and French, as complete , I believe , a nd as fitted to accomplish whatever operations they may have to perform, as any troops that ever took the field. The commanders by sea and by land are men in whom the two nations ma — srplace their confidence, and without—al though we are told that this is a council of war—without accepting the lead thus held out to discuss the plan of the campaign, and to deliberate upon th operations of the war, I think that if the P t of this count have brought themselves so f Ma jesty's Government to to place a lamen confidence in her rY Ma continue to them the conduct of the war, and to entrust them with the ample m ean s which have been placed at the i them that which is now asked disposal, and moreover to give asked to mee t i nc id en t a l an d nn foreseen emergenci es , to believe that th ere they are bound, at least, will be carrying on of operations that there will be no want of judgment in selecting the objectlt tki) which their operations shall be directed. (Cheers.) It present occasion, there exists in satisfactorythis that, upon main and great points at issue, tilet house, upon the opinion which I believe to exist in the same agreement of can assure the house that my noble friend in at large. I the organ of the Government, has not overrated speakin as the dter , mins.tion of her Majesty's MLiaters to prove themselvesl worthy of the confidence which the nation and Parliament h as placed in them ; and that we do trust that whe n Parliament meets again, be it sooner or be it t en it will have no reason to think that that confidence has been m isapplied, or that the means placed at the disposal of the Government have not been employed for the purrose for which they were intended and voted. With regard to the meeting of Parliament, I am sure that none of those who have heard the manner in which my noble friend has expressed himself in regard to the feeling of thankful ness which animate her Majesty's Government for the ge ne . • rous supp ort which we have received from Parliament i n the coarse of these operations can imagine that if at any period du . rine* the recess circumstances should arise which would render it desirable that we should have the support, assistance, and advice of Parliament, there could be any hesitation on the part of the Government to resort at once to this h o use and to Parliament for that purpose. Every man knows that prorogations are only from time to time, and that, therefore , there i 4 nothing to prevent he Majesty's Government, if occasion should arise, from resort ing within the shortest possible time to the assistance and the advice of Parliament. There can be no need, therefore, for anyresolution of this house, either to direct the attention of the Government to that subject, or to enable them to call Parliament together if they should think it expedient to do so. Sir, I should only hope that in whatever may remain of this discussion that this house will recollect that we are discussing this subject in the face of all Eu rope, that not only the character of the country, but in a great degree the moral position and influence of the coun try depends upon the tone which is taken in this house upon matters of such great national importance ; and although undoubtedly nothing has been said in this de bate to tend in any degree to lower the moral and po litical influence of England in Europe in regard to these questions, I should hope that the final result will be that Europe, our allies, and those who are our foes, our friends and our enemies, those who are with us, and those who are against us, and those who are wavering, the two shall see by the vote of this house that there is a settled deter mination on the part of Parliament and of the country that this war in which we have been reluctantly engaged, which has originated not from a coalition Government, but from the reckless ambition of one man, whose mind has peen carried awayby a course of successes which has led him to overrate the power of the country which ho governs. It is, I say, a war in which we are reluctantly engaged, but into which we have entered for objects of the greatest import ance not only to Europe, but to the civilised world—a war which can only be concluded except upon such terms as may justify the conduct of those who engaged in it, and may afford to Europe and to the world a fair prospect that for a long time to come we shall not be placed in a situa tion in which we may be compelled to make exertions of a similar nature for a similar purpose. (Cheers.) Lord D. STUART said that as the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) had made what might be considered a retractation of one portion of his speech, and as it appeared that a speech of a different character from that of the noble lord had been made in another place by thehead of the Govern ment that evening, he thought that the house ought not to pass that vote until they should have obtained further in formation with respect to the intentions of her Majesty's Ministers, and until they should have been enabled fur ther to consider what course they ought to adopt upon that subject. (Hear, hear.) He therefore, felt it his duty to move that the chairman should report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Lord J. RUSSELL--Unless some motion is made for a rejection or a reduction of the vote, I cannot see on what ground we can be asked to adjourn this debate. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord says that I made a retractation of the speech I delivered in the early part of the evening. But I deny that I made any retractation whatever. (Hear.) I was stating in the speech what might be the terms of peace. I stated at the commencement of the ses sion, and I repeated to-night, that it was very unadvisable we should discuss the operations of the war, or speculate on what might be the result of those operations. I was not, therefore, speaking in any way as to the operations of the war. The hon. gentleman the member for the West Rid ing of Yorkshire said that we were holding a council of war, and that I proposed the capture of Sebastopol and the conquest of the Crimea, which was to be given to some new power. I must say that I never stated anything of the kind. If the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) had not risen, it was my intention at the close of the debate, in answering different observations made in the course of the evening, to have noticed that statement of the hon. gentleman the member for the West Riding. I have no doubt that he mistook what I said. But certainly the dif ference was very great between a statement with regard to the terms of peace, which, if negotiations were entered into, might be as things at present stand, and a specula. tion as to the operations of the war, into which I never entered. What I said was, that I did not think Russia could be allowed to keep a position at Sebastopol which was menacing to the independence of Turkey ; but the manner in which she was to be deprived of that position I left unexplained, as I thought it was my duty to do. I only said that there is at Sebastopol a naval force which perpetually threatens the existence of the Turkish em pire. I cannot see why the discussion should now be ad journed. (dear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY concurred in the view that Lord J. Rus sell had accidentally led the house into a material mistake. Mr. LATARD and Mr. GROGAN suppOrted the motion of Lord D. Stuart. Sir J. SHELLEY brought his testimony to the impres• sion that Lord J. Russell had declared that the destruction of Sebastopol must precede peace. Mr. BOOKER had heard both Lord Aberdeen's speech and Lord J. Russell's that night, and nothing could be more contradictory than the two. Mr. HORSMAN thought it important that the vote should be granted, and any further discussion should be taken on the report. Lord J. RUSSELL assented to this course, provided the report could be taken this day. Mr. PETO, in withdrawing a motion to make way for the proposed discussion, bore different witness to the words of Lord J. Russell than that which had been given by other members. - Sir H. WILLOUGHBY had received the same impres sion as Mr. Disraeli. Sir T. DYKE ACLAND strongly recommended unani mity on such an occasion. Lord D. STUART withdrew his motion on the under• standing that he received distinct assurance that further discussion should take place on the report. He should cer tainly make his motion for an address against prorogation until further information was before the house. Lord J. RUSSELL, in again assenting to the proposed course, Expressed his extreme regret that he should have fallen into any ambiguity of expression. The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn; the vote of credit agreed to, and the house resumed. NUISANCES REMOVAL AND DISEASES PRE- VENTION BILL. Lord PALMERSTON moved the second reading of this bill, with a view to its recommittal, for the purpose of in troducing certain amendments. Lord gEYNIOUR opposed the bill, and moved that it be read a second time that day three months. After expressions of disapproval of the bill from several hon. members, the amendment was agreed to. An HON. MEmßEßifor Mr. aeach) moved to nominate the select committee on printing (Houses of Parliament, &c.) :—Mr. Geach, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Leicester Vernon, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Cranfurd, Mr. Greene, Lord Seymour, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. namely, and Mr. Walter.—Agreed to. The house then adjourned at half-past one. j THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1854 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SIIMIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 51 158 ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 210 s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 15s to 21 Os per load. Both hay and straw sold heavily, at our quotations. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41125; clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 15s to 2/ Os per load. New meadow hay realised 508 to 70s; and new clover, 60s to 80s per load. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 25.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E.; light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear weather. OF DOVER, July 24.—Arrived—George Canning, from New York, for Hamburgh ; Maria Aimes, Rotterdam, for Batavia. SOUTHAMPTON, July 24.—Wind, W. Arrived—Madrid (s), from Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, July 24.—Wind, S.S.E. to S. Arrived— Southampton, from London, for New York ; Owen Glen dower, do., for Bombay ; Maidstone, do., for Cape of Good Hope. bARTIMUTIT, July 24.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Maria, for Malta. PLYMOUTH, July 24.—Wind, E. Arrived—Edward, from Quebec ; Orient, London, for Melbourne. Sailed— Contest, for Patras. Off Port— Alfred, from Calcutta. OFF NEWHAVEN, July 2 4.—Arrived—Bucephalus, from Calcutta and Demerara. COWES, July 24 . —Arrived—Emma and Louise, from Callao ; J. W. Andrew, Trinidad de Cuba. FALMOUTH, July 24.—Wind, E. Sailed -11.M.S Avon, with H.M.S. Nautilus in tow ; Johanna Henrietta, Surinam ; Marie, Lisbon ; Cleopatra, Landscrona. Off Port--Alfred, from Calcutta. GLOUCESTER, July 24.—Arrived —Thomas Ritchie, from St. John's, N.B ; Ellen Catherine, Shediac ; Satelite, Miramichi. Sailed—Lady Bannerman, for Santander. LIVERPOOL, July 24.—The Europa (s), from New York, in coming up the river last night, run into the Sarah (schooner), of Runcorn, bound to North Wales ; th schooner sustained trifling damage, and makes a little water. BRISTOL, July 24.—Wind, N. Arrived— Walthane, from Havannah ; Macduff, Tatmag,ouch ; Otto, Kioge. Sailed—Semiramis, for San Francisco, NEWPORT, July 24.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Moult, from Saleombo, for Gibraltar ; Jessamine, do., for do. ; Royal George, Plytuouth, for Malaga. Sailed—Thalie, for St. Thomas; Jonge Ball, Bayonne; Queen, Malaga. SWANSEA, July 24.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Themis, from Garrucha. SHIELDS, July 24.—Wind, W. Sailed—Kohinoor, for Aden ; Pilgrim, New York; Enterprize, Smyrna. WATERFORD, July 23.—Sailed—Lavinia, for Quebec. QUEBEC, July B.—The hull of a vessel of about 240 tons, coppered, waterlogged, and lying on her starboard beam ends, and with nothing standing, was passed on the 4th of June, in lat. 45 N., long. 39 W., by the Harvest Home, arrived here. RACING FIXT AUC JRES FOR 1854. UST. Bilghton Airdrie Durham 3 Brighton Club 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 Egham Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York 23 Hereford 24 Eccles 24 Eccles 28 Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 I Plymouth 3$ Lincoln 3l :MBER. SEPT] Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Bedford 19 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark ....26 Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall Northallerton 2B OCT( Chester Autumn 3 Kelso 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE. Epsom Autumn Liverpool IBER. Caledonian Hunt - ...11 Warwick Autumn 17 Richmond 18 Newmarket II 23 Worcester Autumn 31 'MEER. Co wbridge Hunt 8 [An vEarissmayr].—Holloway's Ointment and Pills Certain Remedies for Bad Legs and Cutaneous Diseases.—Thomas Smith, of Hockley Mills, Manchester, was afflicted for several years with bad legs, which were very much disfigured by eruptions of an obstinate nature, so that he was utterly un able to w a lk or even move from his bed for weeks together; he tried ev er y remedy of repute not one o f th em h ad any good effect ; but to his disconsolation but being advised by a friend to give H o ll oway ' s Ointment nd Pills a trial, he com menced using the m , and in six weeks, by employing these medicines alone, his l egs became, quite ell, and his general health is considerably improved. —Sold by all Druggists, and Pr4essor 1191low5y'a Establishment, 244, Strand, London, SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Reilly Are . (;'losing Prices this day. Business done this day. Paldd 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost.' and Eastn. Junct Belfast ,Sc Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey.......,. Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. dz £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ....... Myth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon._ Cork, Biaek, di Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber decn Junction Do. New East Do., (XlB E & H).... 'Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A Est Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles... Edin. PAL) & Dund ee Forth g Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern ..... Do., A. Stock., Do., B. Stock ........ Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern, L-tucaster & Ca r li s l e Do.,' Thirds Do. New Thirds,,,,,, Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths I Ws t. Riding Uu Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & BlackwaU Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright &S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lraindrrydi Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Hanch.Sh ef. & Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 81291 St. 1 64 25 50 20 Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Ne wruarket Do., Bury Extension N wpt. A berg,. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor .00 (Norfolk 61 19A all 20 20 10 10 all 5A 101 , 100 100 100 Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed' North London po. New £lO.. N. &S. Wstrn.,llarap stead, and City Jn 1 North Staffordshire North Western 21 2sl St. 10 St. 25 16 180 8 all 81s. 100 20 130 100 23i —24 f bi - ! 51 9 - 10 11i-10i d, 17 -- 18 7 -- 6d 98 - 100 62/ - 63.; 15i - 166 12 14 i id 7 - 8 _ iii - i:i 131 -- 131 35 -- 37 25 27 64 - 66 59 - 61 24= 26 66 - 68 90 - 91 75 - 77 125 - 127 96 - 98 791 -79 i 89 91 11 13 11 —l3 p 674 67 6t d 16 4 8i - gi lu9i — llO an 1944 1054 P P d 82 84 9 8d 8 7d 221 3 1 1 ..d' 66, -- .67 33 40 1 i d parl 6i— 6(I1 2 2 6 - 8 50 - 52 3 i - 33k ... 34i 52 55 par § P id ip - 4 d 6 i 74 ld 1 p N. & S. Westin. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley, anti Leicester Oxforl, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsutouth 3eottish Central 32 - 34 'Scottish Midland Shrewsbury Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St Gck 1 Siuewsby. & efd Shrewsby. & Gltest.erl (N. W. Alin, ; Do. llalves,a. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fnll3 paid up at per ce it, south Devon South Eastern 1 ( . A r h W h. & ales Itiv. Dunl LI LI Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & liartlepl. Tatf Vale . . Do. £lO shares., Do. Pref., No. 1..,, Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West Loudon Winabledn&Croydou YorkNewetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Pnrehase York& N.Midland 93 - 95 5 3 - 60 68 - 72 68 - 72 2} - 2i 18 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 34 - 3,0 14 - 16 634 - 644 354 - 364 33 - 35 19 - 191 4 - 5 23 - 25 61 - • - i' 73 7 i 744 - 64d i 4 -- 301 55 -- 56 63i 2i 17i 18 13i 90i 1i 127 79i i 6 7 / 1 i 7 110 i 10 105 4i 84 3f 24 3 66f 33 i 134 a per eau di. 74 i 13 I 55 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 - aid 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. i li 20 8 Beziers to Graissesnac 3i 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip it d it p Central of Italy ••• • ••• 171 2 allall Charleroi do & Erquelin. : : ::: 20 14 Dijon and Besancon ... „ 20 9 Dutch Rhenish,,,,,, 3 31-'d 20 all East Indian x in 20 2 Do. Extension .... . • i d xin 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula —fip 5i xin 20 10 Gd. Jruict. of France ... _ ... x in 11000 2 0 5 a4 l l O Ol G DD r oa d . . *n'll d t o Debentures ... f . C_a . 1 : ad ......... a 6 1 1 i : 42 5 ; n •.. - ... 20 10 Gt. Central of France id par a in 201 all Gt.Westernof Canada shares lB —l9 191 Do. Bonds (Ist is.ys7 ... ...•• • ••• P 201 all H a milton & Toronto id p . 100 all tDo. 6 per cent. ... . 20 5 'Lake Const. & B .... Basle ... _ • • 5 all Lucca & Pistoja sp. c , •• • pref . .. ... dis 20 15 Luxembourg. ......... . ... 10 10 Do. (Railway)... ... ___ 5 2 Do. Prof .. . 5 :1 Do. (Cana 1)..., 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref.__ ....d x in 10 all Do. do. New . ...... •.• • ••• 2f9 2 Nfelbourne Dk. dr Ry. .. .. 20 all Namur & Liege (with •. 2 1 3222 6 0 3000 A aa:l-1:1130:23; Lyonsl s I D I Lyons a o aai r ldn . i t ( la i n e e eaa x e : s gn .a a d ' ni e o. i ia .n iz. n . nd td i . in t erest).,. i . u..feGsrypr.. Richmond .1. France... c e e oe t t. 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Pref .... d 20 10 Western of France . 5 6 P 10 7 West. of Switzerland ... ••• 20 2 Wiesbad en . ••• 20 15 Zealand OTHER BUSINESS DO: PREFERENCE SllAREs.—Caledonian, 101., 95; Eastern Counties Extension, 5 per cent., No. 1 ,1 I; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 4 per cent., 3a a ; North British, 105 , Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 15/., 6 per cent.; 110 11 ; South Eastern (Reading Ann., 11. Os. 6d.), 234 3. llisoE LLANEooB.—Australian Agricultural, 44a ; Aus tralian R o y a l Mail, 3a• ; Crystal Palace , 4 a j ; Peel River • Canada Government , 6 per cent., January and July, 104 Land and Mineral, 4a 4 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 544 4 ; Royal Mail Steam, 481 ; Scottish Australian Invest ment, 23 ; S ou th Austral i an L an d, 35. JOINT STOCK BAN K S.—Australasia, 844 ; Commercial of London, 34 ; London and County, 33 i ; Oriental Bank Corporati on , 4 6; Union of A us t ra li a , 714 2 ; U n i on o f i London, 27. LINES LEASED.. Buckinghamsbire, 98; East Lincoln, guaranteed, 6 per cent., 136 j ; Manchester, Buxton, and Ma.tlk., 2i. MlNEs.—Aqua Fria, i ; Brazilian Imperial, issued at 61., 3i ; 40. Comes and Cuiaba, 2.f ; do. St. John del Rey, 27. A SHIP ATTACKED BY PIRATES IN THE STRAITS OF .SCIO.—FALMOUTH, July 23.—The Sarah, Cole, from Trieste, which was boarded and plundered by pirates in the Straits of Selo previously to the 27th April, was spoken 4th J u l y, i n l a t. 37 N., long. 10 W., and sup plied with provisions and clothes, by the Iron Gem, Scott, arrived here. JAMAICA. —The Falmouth (Jamaica) Post, in a lead ing article on the condition of the island, says—" The two great wants are labour and money, and until these are satisfied, there is- no hope whatever that the land will be again brightened by the sunshine of prosperity." Vittom SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. GOODWOOD RACES. (THIS _ DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RAPB.) CRAVEN STARES. Protest . Adine .. Gossip Do üblethong MATCH.—Diomedia beat Bianca. GRATWICKE STAKES. Boiardo El Dorado . Six ran. 'AVANT STAKES. Lord of the Isles Paradigm Seven ran. 300 SOPS SWEEPSTAKES. West Australian Cobnut STEWARDS CUP. - - - Pummey Stone Ken nyside Hero Thirty-eight ran. HAM STAKES, Dirk Hatterick Habeas Six ran. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 1 agst Tros (7 to 1 laid once). 7to 1 agst Heapy. Bto 1 agst Jacqueline. 12 to 1 agst Newbold. 20 to 1 agst Rataplan. DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles. 20 to 1 agst Cruiser. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS, MondayEvening.—Although the Spanish despatch, which we transmitted by telegraph this morning does not mention the news given by the Moniteur of this morning, that Espartero had been sent for by the Queen, for the purpose of forming a Ministry, there is no reason to doubt the fact. It is evident from the appointment of General San Miguel as Minister of War, and of M. Iriarte as Military Governor of Madrid, that the Progressista party is in the ascendant ; and the first step of that party would undoubtedly be. to recall their illus trious leader, General Espartero. In fact, it ap pears that a telegraphic despatch, dated Bayonne, the 22d, was received on Saturday evening, but suppressed, in which the resignation of the Minis try of the Duke de Rivas was reported, and that the Queen had sent for Espartero. The despatch does not give the date of the event, but it was pro bably on the 20th. General San Miguel is one of the veterans of the Liberal party. He is 72 years of age. He was a member of the Cabinet in 1823, and was wounded in resisting the French intervention that year, under the Duke of Angouleme. There can be no doubt that the appointment of General San Miguel is only temporary, and for the purpose of conduct ing the affairs of the moment, till the arrival of Espartero. . Private letters of the 19th state the Progressistas and Republicans have nnif - ed on the understanding that the throne of Queen Isabella will be preserved. It is also said that the convocation of the Consti tuent Assembly is not yet determined on. The friends of the monarchy are very anxious to oppose the convocation of the Constituent Assembly, as it is feared that it will be dangerous to the Crown. With respect to Queen Christina, it is said that she is still in concealment in Madrid, and that her hiding-place is the French embassy. The following is a copy of the address which Espartero issued to the inhabitants of Logrono, when leaving that place. It ran thus : " I quit Logrono, my adopted country during the last seven years. My country and the call of 'iberty require me to act, and I leave for invincible Saragossa. During my absence obey the orders of the most serene Junta, and uphold the liberty that has been achieved. (Signed) " DUBE DE VITTORIA." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The house met five o'clock. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Lord CAMPBELL said he was instructed by that respectable body—the Northern Circuit—to make a re presentation in his place in that house to the Lord Chan cellor. The judges, bar, attornies, grand jurymen, &c., attending upon the assizes, for the county of Lancaster, were all in a state of the greatest dismay, in consequence of the intelligence they had received from the Mayor of Liverpool that at the coming assizes in that town they were to be turned out of St. George's Hall, which had been accorded to their use by solemn compact, and con demned to sit in a place which was situated in locality where the cholera generally raged, and which he could say from experience very much resembled the black hole of Cal cutta. The reason for this proceeding, he understood, was that St. George's Hall was being decorated prior to the visit of her Majesty to Liverpool ; but he did not think her Majesty would wish her visit to impede the course of justice. He hoped his noble friend would in quire into the subject, and that, in the event of no other remedy being found, a bill would be introduced for holding all the assizes for the county at Lancaster Castle, where there was ample accommodation for the courts of justice. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that was the first time he had heard of the circumstance. He could hardly suppose the visit of her Majesty was the real reason for shutting up the courts of justice. He should direct a letter to be written to the Mayor of Liverpool, request ing him to give some explanation of the matter. Lord BROUGHAM sympathised with his learned brethren on the Noibhern Circuit in the inconvenience they would suffer by their removal to the place men tioned. This was another instance of the necessity for the appointment of a public prosecutor, whose duty it should be to watch over the administration of justice. The B9rough Rates Bill, on the motion of Lord STAN LEY of Alderley, was read a second time. The Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill was also read a second time, also on the motion of the same noble lord. The following bills were also read a second time : Sale of Beer, &c. ; Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction ; Stock in-Trada Exemption ; Inclosure, &c., Land ; Common, &c., Rights (Ordnance) ; Friendly Societies (No. 2) ; Spirits (Ireland) ; Burials beyond the Metropolis ; Ad miralty Court ; Land. Revenues of the Crown (Ireland) ; Highways Public Health. The following bills passed through committee : Public Libraries, Registration of Births, &c. (Scotland), Usury Laws Repeal, Returning Officers, Turnpike Acts Continuance, &c., Jury Trial (Scotland). (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS --(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the West London Rail way and the Westminster Terminus Railway Bills were eonsidered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The Stainforth's Estate and Stilliing's Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. The Worsley's Estate Bill was read a second time. BRIBERY BILL. The consideration of this bill, as amended, was then proceeded with, commencing with the adjourned debate on Lord John Russell's clause making it illegal to give refreshments to voters on the day of nomination or polling. Mr. WALPOLE opposed the clause as being at variance with public opinion. It was hopeless to think of inducing the elector to register his vote solely from patriotic motives. Mr. THORNELY strongly objected to allowing either travelling expenses or refreshments, as it would be only opening the door to endless bribery and treating. Mr. T. EGERTON said the clause was decidedly at variance with the feelings of the country, prohibiting as it did the commonest hospitality, and he was satisfied that it would be largely evaded. Mr. STANHOPE argued that it was unjust to expect that men would come from a long distance to poll at oounty elections, if they were required not only to loose a day but to pay for their own refreshments. He there fore agreed with the last speaker that all parties would combine to evade the chive. Mr. L. HEYWORTH remarked that, if they wished to elevate the character of the elector, they must abolish both travelling expenses and refreshments. Mr. M`CANN said the bill would be useless if they allowed reasonable refreshments of any kind. It was a mistake to permit travelling expenses, but if they per mitted refreshments, bribery and treating would be as rife as ever. Capt. SCOBELL hoped the noble lord would adhere to the clause. Mr. E. BALL obtained his election without the ex pense of a penny piece, and he never would consent to sit upon any other terms. A Member of Parliament gave up a good deal of time to the service of his constituents, and it was unjust to expect him to pay either travelling or refreshment expenses The dignity of the electors, a s well as the integrity of the member, depended in a great measure upon the absence of both, and, under tbe.e cir ctunstancee he should oppose treating of every hind. Mr. ROBERTS also supported the clause. Mr, BARROW insisted that county electors coaling from a distance were entitled to reasonable refreshment The house then divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it 35 Majority — 42 The clause was accordingly read a second time. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved to add the day of de claration to the day of nomination and polling. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the noble lord would not press his amendment. Mr. G. BANKES moved to insert the following words, "not being refreshment reasonably incidental to the travelling expenses of such voter." Mr. HILDYARD seconded the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL said the object cf the clause was to remove the uncertainty of the law of treating, but if this amendment were adopted, he was afraid it would not attain that object, because it was very difficult to decide what were reasonable refreshments to be allowed to travellers. He therefore could not assent to the ,amendment. Sir F. KELLY thought it would be carrying their legislation too far to reject this amendment. The house already decided that reasonable travelling expenses should be allowed to a voter coming from a distance, and how could they stop short in allowing him reasonable refreshment in the course of the journey when it was long. After some further discussion the house divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The amendment was accordingly rejected. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved to leave out from the word "refreshment" in line six, to the end of the clause, in order to insert the words "shall be deemed an ille gal act, and the person so offending shall forfeit the slim of 40s. fur each offence to any person who shall sue for the same, together with full cost of suit," instead thereof. The amendment was agreed to, after a brief technical discussion. 113 --52 Mr. M'MAHON moved to add the following clauses after clause 14 :—ln case of any indictment or informa tion by a private prosecutor for any offence against the provisions of this act, if judgment shall be given for the defendant, he shall be entitled to recover from the pro secutor the costs sustained by the defendant by reason of such indictment or information, such costs to be taxed by the proper officer of the Court in which such judgment shall be given. It shall not be lawful for any Court to order payment of the costs of a prosecutor for any offence against the provisions of this act, un less the prosecutor shall before, or upon the finding of the indictment, or the granting of the information, enter into a recognisance, with two suf f icient sureties, in the sum of 2001. (to be acknowledged in like manner as is now required in cases of writs of certiorari awarded at the instance of a defendant in an indictment) with the conditions following, that is to say, that the prose cutor shall conduct the prosecution with effect, and shall pay to the defendant or defendants, in case he or they shall be acquitted, his or their costs. Mr. PHINN opposed the clauses, as the principle of giving security for costs by a prosecutor was unknown to the English law ; but if it were, the case of bribery was not one which it ought to apply to. Sir F. KELLY insisted on the other hand, that bribery was an exceptional case, and since parties were liable to be improperly prosecuted for it during the heat of political excitement, it was only right to recover their costs, At the same time it should always be pro vided that prosecutions for bribery by the Crown should be exempt from this rule. After some observations from Mr. HILDYARD. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clauses, believing that it would be unwise to throw any obstacles in the way of prosecutions for bribery, or they would never be undertaken at all. He had, however, no objec tion to give the judge the power of granting the defend. ants costs where he thought the prosecution had been instituted without sufficient cause, or from malicious motives. After some further discussion the clauses were agreed to, and were ordered to be added to the bill. Some other clauses were added to the bill: which was then considered, as amended, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday next at the evening sitting. The other twelve o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the sittings were suspended at four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT 4TTTING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, JULY 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir George Grey, K.C. 8., now Governor of the Islands of New Zealand, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, and its depen dencies, and to be her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories adjacent or contiguous to the Eastern District of the said Settlement. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Lieut.- Colonel Freeman Murray, to be Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over the Bermudas, or Somers Islands. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Connor, Esq., to be Chief Justice of th e S upreme C ourt of her Ma jesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast, and As sessor or Assistant to the native Sovereigns and Chiefs within the countries adjacent to the said Forts and Settle ments. WHITEHALL, JULY 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Hill Burton, Esq., advocate, to be Secretary to the General Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, in the room of Ludovick Colquhoun, Esq., deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Alexander Oswald, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, July 20. East Kent Regiment of Militia Lieutenant Henry Castle to be Captain, vice Perrott, who retires, retaining his rank; Duncan Inverarity, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Castle, promoted, July 18; Edward Rodney, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Wingrove, who retires, July 19. Ist Regiment of the Duke of L ancas t er ' s wn Militia— William George Daniel to be Lieutenant, July 22. Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Charles Gould Morgan Homfray, Gent, to be Ensign, July 15. Essex Rifles—Charles Dunsmnre, late Lieut.-Colonel 42d Royal Highlanders, to be Major, vice Groves, resigned; Lieut. Duncan Stewart to be Captain, vice Hall Dare, re signed ; James Davidße . r mu esfaorrcd,s William Gentto be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted , to be Ensign, July 18. North Devon Regiment of Mounted Rifles— Francis For tescue to be Cornet, vice Desborough, promoted, June 28. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles Fursdon to be Captain; Thomas Hogg to be Lieutenant; Alexander Ridgway to be Lieutenant, June 15 ; Albert Tanner to be Ensign, June 21. 2d Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles Hayne to be Lieutenant ; Codrington Parr to be Lieutenant ; John Pitts Briggs to be Ensign, July 17. Devon Militia Artillery—Thomas John Dennis to be Second Lieutenant, June 16. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Florance George H e nry Irby, Esq., to be Lieutenant, July 11; George Scobell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon July 8. 2d Regiment Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalty—Matthew Grenville Samuel Knapp, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Drum mond, promoted, July 10. 2d West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Serjeant-Major John William Johnson to be Adjutant, July 20. The Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry-- Cornet Richard William Johnson to be Lieutenant, vice Throckmorton, deceased ; Robert Hulme, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Watson, deceased, July 22. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Isherwood and Strethill Foden, wool and cotton dealers, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. • Edward John Wells, ironmonger, Maidstone, to surren der Aug. 3, at two, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street Thomson and Son, George street, Minories. George Johnston, veterinary surgeon, Vere-street, Ox ford-street, Aug. 4, at t wo , an d S ep t . 12 , at one, at. the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offi dal assignee, Sam brook Court ; Howard and Dollman ' Fenchurch- s t ree t. William Beckett, cattle dealer, Gillingham, Norfolk, Aug. 4, at one, and Sept. 12, a t t we l ve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambr , ok-court, Basinghali-street ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Adron, baker, St. John-street, Cl er k enwe ll, Aug. 5 and S e pt. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ellaby,' Queen street, Cheapside. John Halsted and Henry Richard Halsted, woolstaplers, Bradford, Aug. 8 at twelve, and Sept. 5 at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Scholey, Marsden, and Skipworth, Wakefield; Humble, Bradford; Bond and Burwick, Leeds. Charles Henry Holgate, scrivener, of Kirton in Lindsey, Lincoinsire, Aug. 9 and 30 at twelve, at tho Leeds District Court. official assignee, Hull ; Scott, T a h our di n, Lincoln's Carrick, n,s-inn-fields; Plaskitt, Gainsborough. Melchor Lopez ' cigar and wine -merchant, Fenchnrch street, August 3 at eleven, and September 4 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Chidley, Gresham-street. Isaac Thorniley, cotton spinner, Bardsley, Ashton-under- Lyne, Aug. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; Leach, Ashton under-Lyne. William Guest, commission agent, - Manchester, Aug. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Heraman, official assignee, Manchester ; Lamb, Man chester. -- Isaac Beck, licensed victualler, Birmingham, August 11, at twelve and 31, at t en, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wright, Birmingham. Wm. Wild Foot, sharebroker, Sheffield, Aug. 5, at ten, and Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Bre win, official assignee, Sheffield ; Marshal, Sheffield. Theodore Jewitt and Edmund Micklewood, booksellers, Plymouth, Aug. 14 and September 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Queen street, Exeter; Ellirorthy, Plymouth. Edward Crane Hunt, ironmonger, Kidderminster, Aug. 11, at twelve, and Aug. 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, of f icial assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham ; Bonner, Birmingham. Joseph Cundell, carpenter, Sheffield, Augu s t 5, a t t en , end Sept. 16, a t t we l ve , at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Hamilton Laird, nurseryman, Cupar-Fife. Kennedy M`Nab, merchant, Millburn Cottage, near Inverness. Israel Guttstam, oil manufacturers, Glasgow. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London. New Price Current of this day.) SUGAIL—This article is quiet. There are several auc tions, The quantity of British Plantation lauded last weak at the :East And Went India .Docks was G,227 hhcla 220 ti erces 573 barrels, there were taken forlhome eon• gumption 1,054 hhds 102 tierces 466 barrels. The stock in the same places is 8,730 hhds 1,460 tierces 2904 barrels. To-day there was again a reluctance to purchase inferior and brown West India, whilst the rates taken were rather under those of Friday, but superior sorts of yellow and grey met with ready buyers at full prices. REFINED.—To-day refined sugar met with ready buyers for home trade purposes, and supply not being more plen tiful, rates ruled firm; brown lumps at 44s 6d, and low to fine grocery 458 to 49s Gd per cwt. FQREIGN.—To-day the operations in foreign sugar were on a more extended scale; still duty paid parcels and floating cargoes were to be obtained at last week's rates. year. Home melted is now 64s Gd to 70s cash, s upply ample for demand. There is now only a limited sale for other sorts of tallow. Australian mid to fine mutton 610 to 65s 6d, beef 60s to 635, and South American 60s to 660 per cwt. Stock of tallow is more than last season by 16,000 casks, and deliveries are 3,000 less, still rates rule higher by 12s to 14s per cwt. COFFEE.—The market is firm. Good ord Native Ceylon 44s 6d to 45s per cwt. TEAS.—The prices current were—congou, ord to good ord, IOAd to lo id ; rather blackish leaf, is 20 to is 3d ; pekoe kind, is 10d to 2s 3d per lb. COFFEE.—To-day plantation Ceylon was less in demand; fine to fine ord selling at 64s to 6fis 6d, low mid to mid 570 to 60s, good mid to good 61s, one lot fine 675, and triage 530, Costa Rica is wanted, and 1,025 bags went at firm rates ; good to fine fine ord 51s 6d to 545, low mid to mid 55s to 60s 6d- Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 937 puns 433 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 164 hhds, and exported 8 0 puns 3 5 hhds. ARROWROOT.—Bermuda, 89 barrels sold publicly at lsld to is 2(1 per lb for good and fi ne , b u t 16 pac k ages St. Vin cent's were bought in at 4d. INDIGO.—The quantity passed up to last evening WO 12,540 chests, of which 6,289 chests were sold. OlLS.—Sperm 1021 to 1041 for mid to fine quality. Seal, pale selling at 391 to 401, and other sorts 351 to 381 Ws' Cod, 381 15s to 391. Southern, 371 to 401. Cochin 50s to 50s 6d ; Ceylon 48s to 49s 6d ' • and Sydney 47 s t o 48s 0d•• Palm good to fine at 45 s t o 47 s 6d. Olive, and the market presents a firmer aspect. Gallipoli at 561 to 581, and other sorts 521 to 541 per tun. Lard oils sell slowly at 53s to 55 0 per cwt. TALLOW.—The market has an unsettled appearance; iII the early part of last week prices declined, but towards the close advanced ; since which a decline has taken place, speculators and the trade operating with reluctance. Prices now rule for first sort P.Y. Candle on the spot 65s 6d to 65s 9d, 67s 6d to 67s 9d for delivery in last three months of the COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THis DAY. kmsterdam ............ 11 15% Gibraltar .. .. Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Leghorn .............. 30 5 0 ., lotterdam ............11 17% Genoa .....• •. .• .• 25 37Y3 tntwerp .............. 25 25 Milan ................ • • • liamburgh .• •••••• .• • • 13 6% Naples .•••••••• • • • • • .. 43%, iltona ................ Palermo .............. 197 i Paris .......... •••• . I ... 25 0 Messina ........ 1277 i, Ditto, three months •. 25 57% !Li s b on ....... .............. 53 4, Marseilles. .• • • • .... 25 30 )Op or t o p Bourdeaux ... ••••• • • • • -- Rio Janeiro .• ••••• • .. • • Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres .......... Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight Vienna .. • • ............ 12 32 Philadelphia .......... Crieste •.•• • • •• .....• •••12 35 PRIOEB OF BULLION FEB 0 5 1 Petersburgl... •• • • ...... 36% Forei gn G o ld I n Bars , X 3 17 Madrid ................ 493 i Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 L Cadiz „ „„ ,„ ,„ „ 50 Mexican Dollars 0 5 '27 Barcelona.. ,• r ~..... Seville .....:.......... New Dollars • • ~ . • Silver in bars .•.. - , COUNTRY MARKETS. o 6, o 5 I% CHELMSFORD—JULY 21. Prices :—Wheat, white,[s2s Od to 76s Od; red, 424 Od to 71s Od. Barley, malting, 00s Od to 00s Od ; grindin 4 211 Od to 30s 9d. Oats, old, 26s Od to 33s Od ; new, 006 Oil to ON Od. Beans, ills Od to 478 Od. Peas, 403 0i t ° 603 Od. Malt, 71s Od t o 78s Od. Tare; 00s Od to 00s Ocb COLCHESTER.JULY 22. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 66s to 72'; red, 60s to 66s ; barley, 00s to 00s ; oats, 30s to 34s ; bes 5 ' Mazagan, 42s to 44s ; middle and small, 46s to 48s ; Pe v '" white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 42s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., receivedin the port of L on d on, f rom t h e following ports, fro' . the 17th to the 22d July, both inclusive. Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 1151 - 650? - KIRKCALDY-JULY 22. 10 0 104 Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Bea O d I I First 66s Od —s Od 33s 6d 1 Os u Second 64s Od I I—s Od s Od I Os ° „ ( c i , Third • 57s Od —s Od —s Od 1 Os ' Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 00s Od to 00s Od. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 20. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 317 Wheat 68s Okl 003 el 331 Oats 36s Oki oos Od 94 Barley 36s Od oos Od 42 Peas & beans 52s Od oos Od Average of wheat, 2/. 19s. 2d. LET.—Joir 24. ;he close of the market. Wallsend, COAL MARL Prices of Coal per ton at ti s. d. Bate's West Hartley 19 6 l'• Carr's Hartley 20 010 Framwellgato .;........... 19 3 Howard's West Hartl e y Hetton 2l. Netherton 20 0 Has we ll 21 " North Percy Hartley ...19 0 Hetton Lyons Main 2O n 3 South Tanfield 16 6 Pl ummer 20 " ranfield Moor l7 0 ' Russell ' s Hetton 20 6 20 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 0 S outh Hetton 1 9 Walker Primrose .........15 9 Stewart's 21 West Pelton l6 0 assop 6 Heugh Hall 19 Wallsend, &c. Kelloe 20 6 Gosforth lB 9 S outh Hartlepool ........ 20 0 6 Hilda 18 3 Tees 2l 9 15 69 c W o h w it p w en orth Wharneliffe 8 Boll's Primrose2o 0 Eden Main 20 0 Derwentwater Hartley. 14/ Belmont 19 * 6 SEABORNE MAILS, RICO (N signifies that the m a il s are sent from the General Post. 4— by the night—and AI by the morning---despatch.' _ _„,--- ...,..... uy cne morning --despatch.) ~.....' Day when Made up From wh a t NV ll e" COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due i ' Office, L ondon.. Dispatched. . . El l Bll C jd. I merica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • Liverpool ... America (by United Sts. , packet) ..........N ••••• • • • • • Liverpool ... July jf America (by U. States packet) .........N ••••• • • • • • Southampton i Australia (vla South fit i ampton) .......... 31 July - 4 Ditto (via Mars e ill es ) NI Ditto (via Cape of f/lood! ........ D So o u v t e h r az . 7t . on l Aniftr Hope) ............NJuly 4 .. .. ..Nis.3cl of the month. Plymouth.: Africa (West Coast) Alexandria.. •. „ .... 318, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover .... • . Alexandria,...., a „ ..., .... M ;4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bah amas „ , .. .. .. .. 31 j 17th of the mono Southampton Belgium ...... ~ „ „Nj Daily.. ••• • • Dover ...... „,,,st 16 pth of the month .. Southampton Brazil .............. 31'9th of the mouth.. Southampton Buenos Ayre5........ M Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the mont' Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ~ N ;14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Vents .....N 14th of the month :Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.... ...... ....Nll4th of the month July - 11° 0, channel isles ........-N,Mon ~Wed.,BcFrid. I Southamnton To I 1.'6 China Chili."... .. • ......, M 'Ad & 17th of otonth 'Southampton 'July I.'" China (see India) Constantinople .... .. 31 , 7 ,8,17.24,&27 of m, Dover .. .. . • / Constantinople ....... .4th & 20th of mon. Southampton ,01 Cont. of Europe M & NiTwice daily ...... Dover ....., Twice( ' Egypt (see India) all 1 / France .... . • ...IV & N Twice daily ... • .. Dover ..., „ Twice libraltar .... • ....Rl4. 7, 17, 20, 27 of in . Southampton July 21 0 Greece (see India) Greytown .......... M 12nd & 17th of mon. Southampton July I , ' 6 Harnburgh ......., _Nj Tuesday & Friday London ..... • . Havannah ..........1B Ind of the month Southampton Aug. ' Holland ............MiDally.• . •• •• • ... Dover .......11/11Y - 6 Honduras ....., „At !17th of the month. Southampton July 7 ,„ ! 0 India (viaSouthampt.)With & 20th of m n.. Plyin Juth • • July ' India (via Marseilles)3fBth&24th of mo.ith Dover ...... lonian Tales (see India) J 7, 1 7, & 27 of mon !D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ......HolThead ..ITwice ', lBlll Lisbon ..............Ml7, 9, 17, & 27 of ryt.•Soutliampton }July 2 ! Madeira ............mj9th of the month !Southampi on !July ;L ° Madeira ..... „ ~, N 23d of month .... Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta .............N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover ...... July P° Mauritius (see India) I Mauritius ...,..„ „„N 14th of the month xtextm, ........ li 2nd of the month. Southampton Ling. 20 & 17th of mom]) 'Southampton _, ........N sthlAth2.sthofnion Dover ...... sthlsth2sthofmon.,Dover .... N N e a w ples. Granada ......M New Zealand ........., By private ship .. !Various pont uric( ftg in Papal States ........N Peninsula .......... 34 Ithi7th2Bthofmon. 'Southampton • , ............Nisthls'h2sthofrnon.!Dover ...... Peru ... ........ ... xt /d & 27th of mon iSouthamptot. 'July 1 ° Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month; Plymouth .. Sicily .... ...... .....N 3thlth2sthotinon,lDover ...... Tuscany Venezuela ........ Ar 2d. & nth of month Southampton July .16 Van Diemen's Land (see ! Australia) .. ...... .. 1 West Indies ....... 2d riz 17th oi monthiSouthamptou•Augal t ,AAT-lrurcievvaida • When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails w'A despatched on the f o ll owing day, with the exceptien of the Indigi Southampton), and th e Malta, both of which will be despatched IP preceding day. BI.RTIIB. OF A SON. On the 22c1 inst., at Edinburgh, Lady Elizabeth Ron1 51 ! 1 ; On the 21st i ns t., a t L eam i ngton, the wife of 3119"„ Sulivan, Scots Greys. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 29th ult., at Marseilles, the lady of Frecrori dc Finch, Esq., of Shahpore Oondee, Tirheet. of On the 21st inst., a t 3 , P aragon, Clifton, the yinv° Henry Duncan Skrine, Esq. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Llandebie, Carrnarthenshiro; Rev. It. Ley, M.A., Brasenose College, Oxford, cur' Boarstall, Bucks, t o C aro li ne, only ' daughter of the J' to W. Du Buisson, of Glynhir, Carmarthenshire, Esq. DIED. On the 20th inst., at Buckland, Lymington, Car' the widow of Robert Southey, Esq., LL.D. On the 21st inst., at B r i g ht on, Ann 011, , wife of 5. ,„ Esq., of Lin c oln's-inn, and 16, Westbourue-terrace, &- park, barrister-at -law. • big On the 21st inst., at 26, Duke-street, St. James's, 69th year, John Callander, Esq., late surgeon of the ' th Hussars. heri ne On the 21 s t i nst., at Stanmore, Middlesex, cat o f Bethia, wid ow of the late Philip R. B. Willson, O'l n i Barnet, llerts, aged 81, h av i ng surv i ved her h us b a nu ftf years. LONDON : Printed an d P u bli s h ed by MURD O 1111 - 5 0, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O ffi ce, r4°' 112, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counW alicitileeeX a TneedaY # •T;t l 3' 25, 1554.