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Theu4uties, too, were of a highly responsible nature, and evsli in that point of view he did not consider 2,000/. amountcessive. Mr. HEYWOOD thought the was not at all too large. The clause was then agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house re sumed. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, (Lessee, Cass. C. LimasTr, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with L AURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. Laurent, the following Waltzes —La belle Franpaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. NEW ADDITIO N.S.-Dr. KHAN'S MUSEUM (800 anatomical wax figures), 232, Piccadilly, op. Posit° the Haymarket, open. for gentlemen from 11 till 5 and from 7 till 10. New Lectures at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7 evening, by ` , r. Sexton, F.R.O.S. On Wednesdays and Fridays a portion of the Museum is open for ladies only, from 2 till 5; lecture, at 3, by Mrs. Sexton. Admission, lg.—N.B. Letters c. retaining orders for anato- Inieal wax models to be addressed to Dr. Kahn, as above LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1854. No. 19,301.] [PRlcaa SD. PUBLICATIONS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT reason the noble lord could urge for supporting the bill was, that the colony wished for it, while his implying a doubt as to whether the colony would make good use of the measure was not calculated to give this country prospect that the bill would prove successful. Both the house and the colony had great reason to complain thaf l a measure, of that magnitude and importance should be brought forward on the 4th of August, in an emptyi house. Now ready, at all the Linrariea, in 3 vols., L VIRS_ TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. ; TIIE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A CLEVER HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The house yet at five o'clock. EDUCATION IN INDIA. WOMAN "This n , vel Is very amusing." Examiner. " Mrs. Tiollope has done full justice to her well-earned reputation as one of the cleverest novelists of the day, in this new production of her fertile pen."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CREMORNE.—Admission, ONE SHILLING. Rank and fashion attend the day and evening fetes at this re nowned establishment, acknowledged complete in every department. The programme of this day presents a noveldisplay of ta'ented variety. Grand Concert vocal and instrumental, by Bosi o's Band ; principal Vocalists, Mr. Debrenner, Miss Horace, and he matchless Sam Cowell — Magnificent Ballet, by the Drury-lane Company of Pant , .11)h:filets —The French and American Eques.rfan Company, introducing the Star Riders of the profession—l)esari s Dogs and Monkeys Marriott's W rking Bees. Last week but one of the Znlu Kaffirs n England—Siberia, the youthful Queen of the East—Professor Taylor and his talented Son—Terrific Rope Ascent—Dancing on the great Platform—Splendid Pyrotechnic Display, by Mortram.,- Open daily at 3 o'clock. Conveyance from all part- of London. N•l3.—A great novelty in preparation, which will take place under distinguished patronage. PATRON-B.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, UNDER ENTIRELY NEW NI kN *GMENT. ' , GREAT NOVELTY. DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMI NAT P D CASCADE every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock, in addition to all the LEC rNRES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, &c., &c., DEUCE and CO.'S PATENT ROYAL NUM:Eric PAGE TURNER for MUSL, &c., Exhibited and Expla , ned daily, with many` other Inventions. The Ventilation and. Lighting by JOHN LESLIE, Esq., maintains an Equal and Cool Temperature in the Hot est Weather. BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal ,Itall'an Opera, _ Admission, ls . ; Stalls, 2s. ; Schools and Chf.dren ander Ten Years of Age, Half-price. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT BOND. —To be SOLD, the property of a gentleman leaving Eng land, a BOND for 1,0001., redeemable at par in 1837. Intere t 5 per cent., payable in January and July, as punctually as the Bank divi dends. Interest due thereon will become the properly of the pm , chaser. These bonds are issued under Act of Parliament. Price, including transfer, 6551. Address (it personally, between 11 and 3 o'clock) Messrs Lawrance, and Co., 32, Leadenhall street, city. H 0 T WE ATHER. - NICOLL'S PALETOT and MORNING COAT 4 D'ETE, ONE GUINEA. each; also GUINEA TROUSERS and HALF • GUINEA WAISTCOAIS. • The material forms a 111X11/10131.1 comfort_ for IpiinginE trAVeßhig. And shooting! garments. • ' - The only measures needed—first, exact height; then number of Inches round chest and waist ; accompanied by a Poet-office Order or Cheque. May be had in London only of the Patentees, H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114 to 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE at HARPENDEN. "Harpenden, June I'l, 1854. " Gentlemen, I have great pleasure in adding my testimony to the value of your Fireproof Sa'es. "Last Monday night my house, warehouse, and pre m i ses were Unfortunately burned down; the tire raged very fearfully for about two hours, and, owing to the great scarcity of water, the %%hole of my premises and stock were consumed. "The safe I purchased of you had a most severe test, in conse quence of a barrel or brimstone standing close to it and melting wi'h itslLee, ic h w ea h te b f the fire, the burning lava running all over and under the great y added to the intensity of the heat; it remained In that position about four hours, and when with great difficulty it was got out of the fire and opened, I found my books and papers all Uninjured. "You are at liberty to make what use you please of this informa tion. "I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully " w if. WALKER. " 3 leSers. Thos. Milner and Son, 17e, Moorgate-ctreet, London." "Agricultural Laboratory, Harpenden, July 6, i 854 " Gentlemen,—l was present at the late fire which destroyed the Premises of Mr. walker, Harpenden, and was much surprised at the great amount of beat your safe resisted, and still more surprised (When it was made known to me that a barrel of sulphur stood near It) that it was n o t en ti e l y d es t roye d . " Being anxious to see if it had been attracted by the sulphur, I scraped some of the blistered iron from the inside and outside of the safe, and, from analysis, find much sulphuret, so that it mu.t have been greatly acted upon by the sulphur, yet the books and papers Were perfectly uninjured. "I must in justice say that your safes are invaluable, and very necessary for every one who has books awl accounts of any value. " I am, Gentlemen, yours very faithfully, Messrs. rhos ee Milner and Son, 47k, Moorgate-strt. SIMCOE." ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.F., Chair roan. uENItY FREDERICK STEPHENSON Esq., Deputy-Chairman. A. Xingsford Barber, Esq. 1 Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay,Esq.,F.B.S. 1 Archibald Haste, Esq., M.P. lilenrY Brrnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. I William Routh, Esq.. Francis Charrington, Esq. AUDITORS. raft's Durnergue, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. Pinsici AN—Jobn Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. D.J.L. Oxon. F'R'S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy sicians). BURGEoN—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street Grosvenor-square. SOLICITOR—Henry youn g ., Esq., 1•• o. 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY —James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONIDM combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. Tne WHOLE of the PROFITS are eivided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Eonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth -Annual Premium to every Policy effected en the participating Scale, If a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Polic es at the last d i v i s i on, which produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. on the Premiums Paid. Number-of Policies in force 6,600. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,340,0001. Income upwards Of 2 20,0001. per Annum. No chare for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or alilltia Corps. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the Assured:— ! e zo bi, E 5,..... , !,,, VI 1.-• 11 '. ci,..-F.PIE 0 .2 4 G!'". l ° ; 4 .1 3 g , 4i glla - a.,4'1 - -: to 4 8 .- -4 E. --- 77.5E. 7-2- 2. - t 4,- uPgzEE -: - Env6o I.ll; . `a'',,,, Q e.l..,gt:agi E's ---, •—. 1, z4P -, 8-;41,5Z48 - =1 ; - t4qi''';EP4 8-' ° -4- o.§'•= l .l"C °1 ' • "lii tg .5, X ..4 1 4 * Bg.F4-k ° 4 0 l E - I ;4 I E-I ..-.... I -- ...........1---- -..---- . X. s. d. £ £ £ 18 5 4. 1854 . LO 21 15 10 1264 260 116 £l2 £l3BB . . 1 ) 26 13 5 1205 205 125 12 1342 33 19 6 1140 140 130 11 1281 ...-____ . 0 45 60 • 1030 30 141 10 1181 Assurances cted in the current y ear, 1854, will participate in the Profits in 1859. P sspectuses and full particulars may be obtained en application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. —___ SPORTSMEN and OTHERS.—For the Twelfth ef August the commencement the Grouse Sho9ting Season, MOSES and , SON have introduced f the greatest variety of novel tieg the general equipment of • portsmen. The materials for Dress 1 d the style in which it is cut and finished, warrants every sports wad to calculate on a vast addition to his comfort which is condu rcive to success. With Attire Improperly mad the 'vexation of the Ortedian is inexpressible , but w ith th e ar ti s ti c pro d uct i ons o f E Izima and Sox ease and grace constitute the true element o f enjoy • s „_ en t• hose gentlemen who prefer their Sporting Dress to mea , .„ 44 e are r em i nded that the largest stock of materials may be selected i- old at E. Moss and SoN's Establishment, or at their West End Branch. The despatch and economy maniftsted in all commands be equalled by any house in the world. E. MOSES and Sox ' 4l , vile attention to special arrangements for the enjoyment of all vciasses of sportsmen in the most complete and unpar iileled manner. ew Style. in Hats and Caps, Hosiery of the most fashionable and e abl te nable kind, B 'ots and Sh oe s o f a n eas y, e l egan t, an d service character, and every article charged the lowest possible manu facturing prices. The dress of the touriat manafactured by E. MOSF and • ms excels i b ri r elegance and suitably; is adapted for the most fashionable pro- Tiles, or for travelling by sea or land. .he tourist's hat, introduced by E. MOSES and Sort, is the most desirable addition ever made to the traveller's equipment. F or Ladies, G en tl emen, Y ouths, and Children, the elegancies of Mess, Eats, Caps, with every description of Hosiery goods for the season, are prepared by E. Moms and ,ON in the most mag mstcent variety, the most superior quality, and the most economical Prices, a. E. Mo sta and Sox's wholesale branch displays the most gigantic fock of re a d y - made clothing, i.hirts, Boots and Shoes, &c., so ar _tangeA that Merchants, Captains, an d E m i grants may select without oss of time to any amount, and may justly calculate on the largest Profits and the most speedy sale in any part of the world. Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and G ent l emen, w i th ship sailing information, gratis on application, or post free. CA.I 'TIO N. —E. .vIUSES and SUN regret having to guard .he Public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falseh oil of " Being connected with their Establishment," or It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, ant. tor obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH Arne, OTHER HOUSE IN ON OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. i 55, and 157, sfinories, 84, • 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, [tart-street, all conimuicating Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20. Bridge-street Sheffield Branch, 36. f'argate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant railo. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, "nd General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from aunse on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, untitled " The Echo of Pablie Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure "lent, &c.. Sic., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici l'on parte Francais. Qui si Darla Italian. -rth rr, fA hAhlfl Koznarl. THE sEeRET INFIRmITIEnI OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. J et published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, INTERVOI7S DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An E ssay on Sper tatvrr.hcea, with Practical Observations on a saf er and more /niec es enn -fill mde of of dieases f e .Yst , obtained by the treatment use of the the Micr s oscope in the dete G cting enera and ev tin guishing, by urinary examination, the real muse and effect of - very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits eXcesses, accident, or climate, followed by practicalremarks n , fisogunandeed (i'ell twenty years' experience in the_ s treatment ha of lm ...ervous Debility, Local Weakness, spermatorr ce , & c. Impuissance, which ' with —e addf Marriage, practice, added. CoC - nmentaries on the Physiology cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empiricalouswritersP on, 141,1 on the dangerous remedies advocated by various these i mportant disorders. By ISAIIRTEL LA'MERT, M.D. „ 37,LONDON, lIEDFORD-SQUARE,- '-'ector of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin blar'',..,'l;,'llon Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, 14 caudate of Aoothecaries' Hall, London. & c., &e. -uee ssential object of this treatise is to point out the fearfnl con lecluences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, Which have produced more mi ser y in Youth, degradation in Man , and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any r s ' u er class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is ticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of th eir PhYsical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded e health happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. rinlt is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are ei P l es of Personal management which cannot be violated without ,Ilcurrtnit grievous penalties, and when wisdom a n d regret succeed „..utf' he yday of incon s id erate self-indulgence, how these penalties "'AY be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, tan,... how the evil an ' d its consequences may be avoided, and above all, ,wit there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional Tderangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. r b ar e oc t e u e tla ul or has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are ytunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant faith T'Ynries. who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place L in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2 5, of Messrs. Piper, IL Br others, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; De, 19, Leicester square; Arann. 39, Cornhill : or free hy rose for .ml* Sumps, to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Red tord-square. ._ 'AI home for =WWI.= pally from Maven MI Two, and from 1 44 ttllXliht Just published, New and Improved Edition price Is., rHE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION being a Series of Papers, pr esen ti ng the 'cost prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RANIADGE, Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d. A TREATISE on ASTHMA and i.n DISEASES of the HEART. Loudon : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lorig-mans. CONTII %CTS FOR SUGAR, NITRE A.T, AND PEAS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 2d August, 1854 . T HE Conunissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral a the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 10th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, the under-mentioned articles, viz.— SUGAR .. . WHEAT - PEAS-.... Tons. When to be delivered. 100 Half of each in two weeks, and Quarters. S the remainder in two weeks 3,000 Z afterwards, or earlier if pre -500 lerredby the party tendering. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when tie ten ders are open, d, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any; and a so an unlimited power of selection. The Sugar to be exempted from the Customs Duties, antV-Iterties tenderinglre to state where it is lying. A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid for any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. No tender will be received for a. 1e44 quantity of Sugar than 20 tons, or Wheat than 500 quarters, and of Peas than 100 quarters; and every tender mast specify in words, as well as in figures, the prices at which the art?cles may be offered. Samples of the Su .= (not less than 21bs.), and of the Wheat and Peas (not less than 2 quarts of each, must be produced by the parties tendering,. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tracts have been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf, st ould attend at the office on the day of con tract, a. the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. ROYAL BRITISH BANK. The dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting of the Royal British Bank, held today, was at the rate of 6 per cent., free from income-tax, and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. The whole of the discussion was of a congratulatory character, the progress of business being considered satisfactory. The unappro priated balance at the end of the last half-year was 1,1421. 15s. 5d., and the net profits for the six months just ended have amounted to 3,3541. 14s. 2d., making a total of 4,497/ 9s. 7d. Of this, 1,500/. will be absorbed by the dividend, 1,5001. will be added to the reserve fund, and 6281. 6s. 2d. is to be applied to preliminary ex penses, leaving a balance of 8691. 3s. sd. Annexed is an abstract of the report : " The directors have to report that the business of the bank continues to increase. The number of accounts now open is 5,562, on which the operations during the past half-year have amounted to 19,089,861/. lie. Bd., being a large addition to the amount for the preceding six months. The increase of the profits has not been in a corresponding ratio, because of the larger interest which has been paid, and the allowance to depositors for new shares of the same rate (6 per cent.) which has been reckoned for dividend. The directors have thought it right to put the depositors for new shares on the same footing in this respect as the the holders of original shares, because at the last half yearly meeting the directors believed, and gave the depo sitors reason to expect, that ere now the supplemental charter would have been completed, and the scrip which had been issued to the depositors converted into certificates for new shares ; but, owing to some technical difficulties in framing the charter, the solution of which was referred by the authorities at the Board of Trade to the law officers of the Crown, and the great pressure of business o n th e l a tt er during the sitting cif Parliament, they had not until the 21st ult. been able to meet in conference as required by the Board of Trade to answer the queries officially submitted to them. The directors have every reason to hope that the doubts which existed at the Board of Tradeasto the power of that department or of the Crown to comply with the wishes of the directors—that the capital of the bank should be increased, and that to, by gradual additions from time to time, as the business of the corporation may render ad visable—will be satisfactorily removed. They therefore confidently expect that the details of the supplemental charter will be adjusted in the course of the current half year in such a manner as will make it competent for them to exercise the reserved powers of the original charter for the gradual increase, from time to time, of the capital of the bank, up even to its maximum amount of 2,000,0001. subscribed and 1,000,0001. paid up. The directors, however, continue to think that any such large capital never can be necessary nor useful. But the right to resort to it, should the public remain of the hitherto prevalent opinion, that a large amount of paid up capital is indispensable to success ful joint-stock banking, will bo an important pri v il ege t o the Royal British Bak. The progress of business at the new branches opened on the 2d of January last in Pimlico, and on the Ist of July in the Borough, justifies the hope which induced the directors to select those localities for extending their operations, and they hope they will be still hi o c n h thhaesybpeeronpmosaedeoptehniisnhgailnf-yacr cadilly. The usual n addition which to the reserved fund and to t he clerks' fund, toe latter of which is now 1,2 2 6 1 . 9 s. d. , and the former 12,416/. ss. Bd. tax, will, b each at the rate of six - per cent. , free o income e The dividend and the interest o n the f scrip for new shares, payable on after the 21st inst." " LIABILITIES. To commencing capital, as per charter, one- half paid up Amount due for deposits on account of new shares... £43,080 0 0 Deposits for fixed periods and floating balances on drawing accounts, (Ste_ 805,285 2 2 Amount due on the promissory notes or bills of the bank payable to order, and ac ceptances for customers' current Clerks' fund Reserved fund, as at 3d February, 1854, as per report for fourth year... £10,7e6 6 11 Dividend .......... ......... 149 18 9 £10,918 5 8 Unappropriated balance at ditt0.............. ...... Gross balance for the half year ended 3Uth June, 1854, after providing for interest (12,1941. ls. 9d.) paid and due on deposits, promissory notes, and balances.. 3,142 15 5 11,847 12 6 " ASSETS. £lOO,OOO 0 0 848,365 2 2 50,025 16 2 1,226 9 3 25,906 13 7 £1,027,524 1 2 Ca. By uncalled-for stock Loans on convertible securities for short periods, advances on cash credit ac counts, bills discounted, dm 760,616 19 8 Balance of preliminary expenses, to be liquidated by yearly instalments Property of the bank, in buildings and fur niture, to be liquidated by yearly instal ments Investments in Government stocks 58,431 5 1 Cash in hand, and in the Bank of England 126,903 18 8 £50,090 0 0 13,572 4 7 £1,027,524 1 2 " PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DR. To expenditure of the bank for the half-year ended 30th June, 1854, at its chief office and four branches Amount voted to directors at annual meet ing, February, 1854 • Amount set apart for liqu'dation of preli minary expenses, 30th June, 1854 Dividend (free of income tax) for half-year ended 30th June, 1854, at 6 per cent per annum Reserved fund, as at 3d Feb., 1854, as per ba lance sheet Dividend thereon (34 per Cents.) Set apart to be added to re served fund, as at June 30, 1854 £8,492 18 4 2,000 0 0 628 6 2 1,500 0 0 Reserved fund, as at last date Unappropriated balance carried to new account . 869 3 5 CR, By gross balance and reserved fund, as above, brought down By reserved fund and unappropriated ba lance, as above, brought down 13,285 9 1 £25,906 13 7 25,906 13 0 £13,285 9 1 THE COAL DEMAND IN WALES.—The great demani in every portion of the globe for coal, both anthracite and soft for steam purposes, has given a wonderful impetus to the coal districts of South Wales. Every collier is in full employ, and more labour is required. New coal pits have been sunk in every direction, and it is in con templation in other localities to sink shafts. Very supe rior coal for steam-purposes has been found at the Mountain Ash pits, where shafts 300 yards in depth have been sunk, taking 4 years in the operation. They are the deepest in Wales, and the vein haB proved to be 6 feet in thickness. On the property of Mr. Crawshay Bailey yaluable bitumiactua coal hari bees' covered. Lord MONTEA.ULE moved for a copy of a despatch to the Government of India, on the subject of general education in India. I❑ a bill which their lordships passed last year they made considerable steps towards the employing of native Indians, and what was proved before the committee on Indian affairs recommended the education and employment of the natives, and to forward that object was the reason why he moved for the despatch in question. Earl GRANVILLE said he had not the least objec tion to- the production of the important paper to which the noble lord's motion referred. The motion was accordingly agreed to. TICKETS OF LEAVE TO CONVICTS. Lord ST. LEONARDS called attention to the system of tickets of leave to convicts. He said it was hoped when the ticket-of-leave system was adopted, convicts would, on obtaining a ticket of leave, and being with drawn from the scenes of their offences and from their old associates, be enabled, owing to the demand for labour being in excess of the supply, to get good situa tions at remunerative wages, and thus be placed in a position to redeem their characters and have a fair chance of getting a new start in life to obtain an honest liveli hood. But it appeared such hopes had not been realised, for the state of society in England was such, that there was scarcely a man who would em ploy a person known to be a ticket-of-leave man. The difficulty was, since the abolition of transporta tion, what to do with this class of persons. Dis charging them would be of no use unless they were pro vided with some means of earning their livelihood, and the public must be protected as well as these con victs, and, therefore, turning them loose upon society without any means of honestly supporting them selves would be dangerous to society. He (Lord St. Leopards) bad asked of the Government what was the number of persons who had got tickets of leave, and had afterwards committed offences, and the answer was, the Home-office had no means of answering the question. He wanted to know who should have the means of answer ing such a question if the Home-office had not, whose peculiar duty it was to keep a record of the state of crime and number of criminals throughout the country. Unless some better plan were devised he should move for a select committee next session to consider the matter. The Duke of NEWCASTLE defended the course pursued by the Government, which, instead of turning convicts out into the world by a species of gaol delivery, as described by Lord St. Leonard's, used every means in its power to place liberated criminals in a way of becoming useful members of society. Lord CAMPBELL, while he fully believed that every exertion would be made by the Government to carry out this experiment with success, yet despaired of ever see ing it successful. Thousands of these persons would be turned out of prison every year, and it was impossible that any exertions could continue to be equal to that in crease of their numbers ; and he believed that we should find, as was the case in every country where transporta tion did not exist, that convicts would multiply among the population, and there would be hardly a case in which they were reformed. He knew from experience that persons enlarged under tickets of leave were unable to obtain employment in this country. He could, there fore, only earnestly implore the noble duke to turn his attention to some means by which transportation might be restored. When a sentence of transporation was passed it produced a strong impression not only on the convict but the listeners, but a sentence of penal servi tude was only treated as a sentence of confinement for some time, which in all probability would be subse quently abridged. He hoped, therefore, that some ex ertion would be made to find a colony to which convicts might be sent. Of course, barren rocks like the Falk land Islands were out of the question, as the place to which the convict was sent must afford field for his in dustry and means of obtaining its rewards ; but that some proper place was desirable might be inferred from the fact that there were at this moment in our Australian colonies 40,000 peaceable and industrious settlers who bad originally been convicts. The Marquis of SALISBURY agreed with every word that had fallen from the noble and learned lord, but felt that the question was surrounded with numerous difficulties. The great evil of the ticket-of-leave system was that when the convicts were enlarged they not only returned to their old habits, but surrounded themselves with young people, whom they speedily corrupted. Lord ST. LEONARDS replied, expressing hirnsel satisfied with the statement of the noble duke. REAL ESTATES CHARGES BILL. On the motion of Earl FORTESCUE, the report on the amendments to this bill was, with a proviso, agreed to. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM, in resuming the adjourned de bate on this subject, said that he would spare their lord ships the trouble of listening to any of his resolutions, except the 17th, which, along with the provision founded on it, was of so much importance that he should be obliged to claim for it a few minutes of their lordships' attention. That resolution related to the great difficulty that beset this question, namely, that arising from the religious differences of this country. He had always been of opinion, from which he had only been driven by compulsion, that the true means of educating the people orta ncde o existed not t was to keep s ecu l ar apart f rom re li gious instruction. It had always app e a re d t o hi m th at i n a country like this, where religiou s differences were so many, an d re li g i ous zeal happily so g rea t, c hild ren cou ld not b e educated to gether ex ce pt on an exc l us i vely secular system, leaving religious instruction t o th e parents an d to the pastors of the respecti ve sec t s , t a ki ng secur i ty, at the same time, that the child ren s h ou ld atten d some place of religious ' worship and receive s ome re li g i ous i nstruction. In that opini on h e h a d concurred with the late Duke of Bedford, with M r . Wilb erforce, the late Mr. Macaulay, and Mr. Wm. S m i t h , the last-named, although differing from the others o n many points, still concurring as to the secularim in changed given takingo u education. t go fns etchh securities mri tc sThathebosyo flo.ther religiousFpg o i r n re i a o tt n h a had i a i nffi d r se ctarls been motheroteny ptno d a fie to be he had brought in a bid in 1837, and subs equen tl y in 1838 and 1839, w hi c h received the support of Lord Melbourne's Government, and in that bill a provision was inserted meeting the difficulty, and was repeated in the present. This provision, which applied to corporate towns, enacted that the schools should be open to the children of all classes of religionists, that no catechism should be taught, nor any attendance at church required, might then sects. But the number of sects was 35-26 British and but that due security should be taken for religiou s in struction elsewhere. The question would lose all it s difficulty if the Church stood only on one side, and dis sent,the and. other, as another ther fo e then as be a o s n i e mi e l c a h r o b o o l body, on o thenchurch, 9 foreign. The Methodists were divided into 9 , and the 5, and so on with all the other denomina tions. It was sometimes said that between ~many Baptists into of the sects the differences of doctrine and discipline were scarcely perceptible. Alas, the nearer they ap proached in doctrine and political structure the greater was their dissidence in feeling, and the repugnance which one felt towa r ds the other. The odium , theo i o gicurn, rested on exactly contrary principles to the laws of gravitation, f or w h ereas , accor ding to the latter, the attraction was in inverse ratio to the square of the dis tance, in religious differences the less the distance the greater the repugnance and antagonism. As a general rule there was little reluctance to send the children of sectarians to church, provided there was no attempt at doctrinal teaching. Taking the last census as a basis of calculation, and making due allowance for those who were returned as not belonging to any particular de nomination, he found the children of persons of the thirty-five sects to amount to 700,000. But there were only 240,000 attending the national schools, so that there were 460,000 for whom education was yet to be pro vided. They were willing to go to the schools, and that willingness was entirely to be attributed to the avoidance of any teaching of catechism, or requiring attendance at church. That principle should be preserved as the car dinal point of our educational system, and he regretted to find that it had been infringed on by some of' our so cieties. He regretted to say that the British and Foreign School Society bad, by the rules which they had adopted, excluded some classes of dissenters from their schools. Among these were the Unitarians. Now he, as much as any man, felt that the Unitarians were victims to what ought to be termed a religious error, but that did not h o f e greatmight piety mention and of Sir high Newton,intelligence. blind him t o th e fact that they had a r p e n d r oi instance and se td a nybceyet I. did number among their body many mbe wh waso As excellent nu men ; men the evidence discovered by Sir D. Brewster to have been a Unitarian. Now error could never be put down in the way supposed by this society, it would only be made more fatal by such means. He never feared error itself ; sooner or later it would be detected, and would disap paneadriril3l,u per w t asi s n e d c e u e t d ed or to er b r o i error eared . Persecution d b y g suffering avet the vitality which it lacked of itself. He trusted, there fore, that the course of which he had felt bound thus to complain would not much longer exist, and that a better system would be introduced in its stead. He would conclude these observations by expressin g an earnest hope that a bill, founded on the resolutions which he had submitted to their lordships, would become law at an early period of next session. Lord CAMPBELL entirely concurred in the remarks which had fallen from his noble and learned friend (Lord Brougham) on this subject. He had always himself be lieved that Sir I. Newton was an Arian, not a Soeinian, but however that might be, none could doubt but that the latter sect contained many wise, earnest, and pious men. An alteration which had been made i n th e law within the last few years had riddled the U n i tar i ans of their civil disabilities, and he trusted that the observa tions of his noble and learned friend would go far to p u t an end to whatever relic of those disabilities yet exi s t e d. Earl GRANVILLE said that with regard to the policy of not compelling the children of parents of one religious belief to attend the religious teaching of another belief, none could hold a more decided opinion than him self. (Hear, hear.) A great practical difficulty had very oiteu arisen in such places where there was already one school, but in which the church catechism was sp. tematio a u ren f ort a {3t9yonmont- hart - boon- Appliect-to in many cases of this kind, and it was difficult to deter mine how to act. On the one hand, to give money for erecting another school for the children of dissenters was to a certain extent a waste of means, for the school was amply sufficient as far as numbers went , but, on the other hand, if a grant were denied, then where were the dissenters' children to g o t o school? There was another topic which he thought might well be thrown out for their lordships' considerations, and that was the dearness of school books. There was no doubt but that they were not so cheap nor so good as they ought to be. (Hear.) In fact, the best books of this class were those introduced by the Irish Board of Education—(hear)-- but there were many and grave reasons why government should not, if possible, enter into competition with pri vate individuals in trading matters. He would suggest to'his noble and learned friend whether a reform in this matter might not be made through the medium of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ? Lord BROUGHAM admitted the existence of the evil of which the noble earl had complained, and quite concurred with him in the difficulty of 'Government ac tively interfering in matters belonging to trade. With regard to the ideaof the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge being made an instrument to put an end to the evil, he was afraid that course was not open. The society, some four years ago, having published about 120 works, exclusive of periodicals, felt that it had as far as possible completed its duty. and although it did not altogether dissolve, it suspended all active opera tions. Hence it was riot in a position to enter on the business suggested by the noble earl. But he (Lord Brougham) thought that a society might be very well formed to carry out the idea of the noble earl, and he would suggest that one of the rules of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge should be a rule of any such society. The rule to which he alluded was this —that no profit should be received- by any of its mem bers. This regulation would prevept any improper in terference with private trade, And et the same time enable the society out bf the profits of a successful work to pay the cost of an unsuccessful one. The subject then dropped. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL. On the motion of Viscount CANNING the Lords' amendments in this bill, which were disagreed to in the Commons, were waived. BRIBERY BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that he had under stood that no amendments were to be moved in this bill by any noble lord, with the exception of one by the Marquis of Clanricarde. The noble marquis intended to move an amendment in the clause relating to tra velling expenses, but being unable to do so on that evening, his lordship had signified his intention of doing so on the bringing up of the report. Under these cir cumstances—if there were no objection to it—he pro posed that the bill should pass through the committee at once. The Marquis of SALISBURY saw no objection to the course proposed by the noble duke. The house then went into committee, and the bill, after some few observations, passed through committee and it was stated that the amendments would be consi dered on Monday. STAMP DUTIES BILL. This bill also passed through committee. DUCHY OF CORNWALL OFFICE BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the suspension at the standing order as to bills not being received after the 25th July ; and the bill was then read a second time. MEDICAL GRADUATES (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 8. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past twelve o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Great Western, Shrews bury, and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill were considered and agreed to. The following estate bills were read a third time and passed :—Bourne's (Mowbrick Partition) Estate; Brad ford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust Estate ; Lord Petre's Estate. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this ll_ Mr. F. PEEL explained its object to be to enable the Canadian Legislature to change the constitution of the Legislative Council or Upper House, and to repeal cer tain portions of the Canadian Act of Union of 1840. No less than four-fifths of the General Assembly of Canada had carried an address in favour of this change; but the Legislative Council itself had protested against that address. The bill proposed to enable the Legislature of Canada to alter the fundamental basis if they so thought fit ; it did not specify what the change should be, but it simply gave the Legislature of the colony power to alter the constitution of the Legislative Council by making it elective or otherwise if they should so think fit. Lord Elgin, the Governor of the colony, had given an opinion decidedly favourable, and seeing that the Imperial Parliament had already conferred a similar power upon the Cape of Good Hope and other colonies, the house ought to have no difficulty in adopt. ing this measure. In fact, Canada was the only British colony of any importance which had not the power of reforming its own constitution. But it might be said that Parliament having, by the act of 1840, conferred a dis tinct constitution upon the colony, it would be acting against precedent to give the Legislature of the colony power to change that constitution. But really that could not be so, because in the case of the Australian colonies, Parliament gave them a specific constitution, consisting of an Assembly and a Legidative Council, partly elective and partly nominated by the governor while in the same act which conferred that constitution it enabled the legislature of the colony, if it so thought fit, to change or amend its constitution. It was not impro bable that the immediate effect of this bill would be the conversion of the Legislative Council from a mixed into a purely elective body, and it might be argued that such a change would weaken the authority of the Crown ; but be entertained no such apprehensions because if the constitution of the council was so changed as to secure for it the confidence of the people, it naturally followed that it would become more conservative in its character than it was at present. Hitherto it had too often hap pened that the General Assembly had been at variance with the Legislative Council, indeed on one occasion it re fused to vote the supplies because the Legislative Council which was nominated by the governor would not consent to become elective ; but this bill would remove that distinctwantm one money fm harmonygrounds. r a o s u n r e d s s .connected betweenl n tthe first wfi t ir h tsh e t pt two hae c übodies, uwithoutwould ststill weakening the authority of the lower house, since all because Si r JP i n A s I N opinionG T 0 N have to originate in the general assembl y. an extremely democratic character it tbjected to the upon tw l bill o objected to it eeplace, h d e on the part of the Imperial Legislature, • titut . of was a bill which sanctioned, secondly,sions he objected to it on account of the r and in which the bill had been brought under the m c a o n ns n ideration of the Government. It professed to be an enabling bill, but in point of fact it was nothing of the kind, because it proposed absolutely to confer upon the Canadian Legis lature authority to adopt a most democratic form of go vernment, which it had already agreed 'to and which it was ready to put in forc e di rectly this bill became law. Under those circumstances, it was by far too important a measure to be proceeded with at this period of the session, when there was scarcely " a house" present. Five weeks ago it came down from the Lords, and it had remained on the table ever since without any pro gress Ministers were greatly to being made with it. blame for permitting this dela7. But, in addition to the advanced period of the session, the re was ano th er reason why they should put off this bill till a f uture year, when there might be a better opportunity of considering its provisions in a full house, and that was the intelligence to the course the legislature of Canada proposed to take with regard to the Clergy Reserves. He would, for the sake of form, move as an amendment, that the second reading be taken three months, though he eh which had reached this country as this day should not press it to a division, because in the present state of the house, when there were scarcely forty members i n attendance, it would be a farce to suppo se its decision would represent the opinion of the House of Commons. Mr. ADDERLEYtentirely dissented from the views taken by the right hon. baronet, and insisted that the measure was as much neces sar y for securing th e l oya l ty as the freedom and prosp erit y of Canada. It was no d in the col on y , and as the re cou ld b e new measure, because it h ad fre q u ently been di scusse d both at home an no doubt that it was based upon sound principles he gave it his most cordial support. Mr. HUME expressed his great satisfaction that the time had arrived when Canada was to be entrusted with the management of her own affairs. Sir G. GREY said the rea l question for th e house to consider was, whether there was an y v alid reaso n w hy Canada, which had advanced in intelli gence, wealth, an d aptness for self-government sh ould be entrusted with th e t same power almost every oth er of regulating th eir consti tution, which was enjoyed colony. Re b e li eve d this measure instead of weakening th e attachment of the people of Canada _t o the British C rown would have the effect of cementing the conn ection betwee n th e colony and the mother country , and he therefor e did by not share in the gloomy apprehensions which the right hon. baronet seemed to entertain. Mr. V. SMITH warmly supp orte d the bill, and con tended that for the sake of the colony itself the ri g ht hon. baronet should have abstained from opposin g th e second reading if he had not sufficient influence over his own party t o induce them to attend and throw it ou t if they disapproved of it. Lord J. RUSSELL having been the Minister who introduced the bill of 1840, thought it incumbent upon him to state that he gave his hearty support to this bill. Whether the Canadas would meke a wise • use of it re mained to be seen, but he bad no hesitation in declaring, e of what would that they, like the other colonies, ought to have th e op portunity o f t y ingtheir own be for th e i r o wn benefit, and he was quite w illi ng constitution. Theythe experiment were the best s t improvingjudgs to give them the power of exercising that judgment since they had earnestly asked for it. • • 3 44.10514 EX -wee -eurprised to hear that the wily 149 18 9 Mr. SCOTT moved that the debate be adjourned. After a brief conversation the motion was agreed to, and the debate was adjourned until the evening sitting. SUPPLY. The report of the committee of supply was brought up, and agreed to. PUBLIC REVENUE ' (No. 2) BILL. The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charge! (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. i MILITIA PAY BILL. This bill was read a third tune and passed. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. APPROPRIATION BILL. Ur. WILSON brought in the Appropriation Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The other 12 o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at six. NEW WRIT. Mr. HATTER moved that the Speaker issue his war rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the election of a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Cockermouth, in the room of the late Mr. Aglionby, deceased. Agreed to. RETURNS ORDERED. RECEIPT STAMPS. —On the motion of Mr. MuNrz, re turn of the price paid per thousand for printing and gum ming the penny receipt stamps. PETTY SESSIONS.—On the motion of Mr. PHINN, ad dress for returns of the number of summary convictions at each petty sessions for the last three years ; of the number of justices usually attending each petty sessions, and their average attendance for the last three years ; of the names of the clerk or clerks to the justices attending each petty sessions, and whether they are attorneys, or if not, of what other profession; of all fees received by such clerks for the last seven years, distinguishing between fees oh examination of persons charged with felony or misdemew our, on summary convictions, on orders, and on generil business ; of all fees received by such clerks for conducting prosecutions at assi zes or sess i ons ; and the same returtis from the clerks to the justices for boroughs. STOCKPORT FREE PRESS. —On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT, copy of all correspondence with the solicitor of Inland Revenue, respecting the Stockport Free Press and Monthly Advertiser. THE METROPOLITAN GRAVEYARDS. Dr. MICHELL begged to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any inquiries had been instituted into or any report made respecting the state of the metropolitan churchyards, and more particu larly that of St. Margaret's, Westminster. Air. FITZROY said that inquiries bad been instituted into the condition of every graveyard in the metropolis, and a great number of them had been closed. This had been,the case with St. Margaret's some time. _ Lord D. STUART said that returns had been praised stating from time to time what had been done. None, however, had yet been laid on the table of the house. Was it the intention of the Government to afford Parlia ment any information before the close of the session. Mr. FITZROY undertook that all the information in the possession of the Home -office should be furnished to the house before the close of the session. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. Mr. MUNTZ begged to ask the noble lord the President of the Council whether the committee on education had instituted any inquiries as to the best mode of organising reformatory schools for criminal children, and, if so, whe ther there would be any objection to lay the resull, of those inquiries before the public ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that no inquiries had been made at the instance of the Committee of Council on Edu cation. The matter was in the department of the Home Secretary. WAR CORRESPONIPENTS. • Col. KNOX bogged to ask the noble lord opposite whe ther it was true that the reporter or correspondent for the Times in the East was furnished with rations for himself and servant, and with forage for his horses, whereas the correspondents of other newspapers were allowed no such advantages, but rather had difficulties thrown in their way ? Lord J. RUSSELL could give no answer, though per haps the Secretary at War might be able to do so. He did not think that the fact was as the hon. and gallant gentleman had stated it. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord 3. RUSSELL said he proposed that the house should meet this day and on Monday at two, and should continue its sittings without an adjournment. Mr. BRIGHT begged to ask the right hon. baronet the President of the Board of Control when ho intended to let the house hear anything about Indian finance. (Laugh. ter.) Last year the right hon. gentleman promised them the pleasure of two budget nights every session ; one the home budget, and the other the budget for India. Did the right hon. gentleman intend to keep his promise, or did he intend eveyear to wait until about th e l as t wee k of the session ? ( Hear, hear.) Sir C. WOOD had been anxious to bring on the ques tion, but he did not think it would have begn desirable to interrupt the course of public business. He proposed to make his financial statement on Thursday next. Mr. BRIGHT—Why really I was thinking of going out of town on Thursday. (Laughter.) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. The debate on the second reading was resumed by Mr. F. SCOTT, who said that the excuse of the Go. vernment for not having brought forward the measure sooner was the number of bills which had occupied the at tention of Parliament. But really the greater part of the time which those bills had occupied had been taken up by the Government itself in considering how those bills might be got rid of ; and th ere f ore he did not think the excuse a very valid one. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) had alluded to the deliberative character of a second chamber ; but by the measure now proposed that second chamber would be elected by the same parties as the first, and would consequently lose its deliberative character. It was said the measure was recommended by Lord Elgin, whose character was admired by every one who knew him. All Lord Elgin had done was to transmit to the home Government the recommenda tion of the Legislative Assembly, without expressing any positive opinion on the merits of the scheme; and it should be borne in mind that the Assembly was the body which controlled the executive. The noble lord had merely sought to remove the responsibility frow his own shoulders to those of the Colonial-office ; and he suspected that the Government was doing the same thing, in bringing this measure before Parliament. The exact position was this— the advisers of the sovereign in a monarchy were recom mending a form of government for a colony which was too democratic for a republic. The measure would in effect sanction the establishment of a republic in our North American colonies. It might be there was a probability of *those colonies being separated from us ; but why should we not seek to give them monarchical institutions such as we ourselves enjoyed? He protested against the prece dence of passing a measure like this at so late a period of the session. Mr. BIGGS said he had resided some time in the North American colonies, and could assure the opposers of this bill that they were quite mistaken as to the popular feel ing in the colony. The inhabitants there, consisting chiefly of emigrants from this country, possessed the most democratic tastes; and if our legislation was not equally democratic, the colonies would be wrested from us, and thrown into the arms of the United States. Had the hon. gentleman opposite lived in the reign of George 111., with their narrow notions o f colonial Government, they would have been parties to losing the whole of our colonies. For years piri, the greatest soreness had prevailed in Canada respecting their little imitation House of Lords, as it was called; and this proposal to throw it open would be the most popular measure ever proposed for the colonies. It would attach the colonies to this country, and would hold out the prospect of a long and prosperous connexion be tween them. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time. USURY LAWS REPEAL BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. CAYLEY complained that no opportunity had been given for discussing the measure. It was introduced after 12 o'clock at night, with but a single day's notice ; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given no exposition of his views on the question. It might very properly have formed a subject for a committee of inquiry ; and there were strong reasons why it should not be dealt with in a hurried manner. Putting aside the abstract question of the propriety of abolishing the usury laws, there were various reasons for not hastily deciding the question at the end of a session. In 1825 a Parliamentary committee had recommended the repeal of the usury laws as to bills of exchange of 3 months ; and in 1833 a measure to that effect was passed. In 1837 the same law was extended to bills of 12 months and under. It was doubtful whether that legislation had been successful. Two or three years after, Lord Ashburton stated that he had great doubts as to the propriety of the change ; it had been a godsend, he said, to money brokers, but no benefit to the mercan tile classes generally. In 1841, a committee of the House of Lords was appointed on the subject; all the great crpitalists of the country were examined before it ; and Mr. Cooke (of the firm of Truman and Cooke) gave it as his opinion that the change had been very beneficial to the capitalist, but not so to the borrower—that the former had put about a million and a half into his pocket, chiefly at the expense of the industrious classes. Mr. Graham, one of the official assignees of the Court of Chancery, stated that the change had had the effect of raising the rate of interest, especially to the more) needy classes. In 1847, a committee sat on the currency question; Mr. Horsley Palmer, Mr. Cotton, of the Bank of Engla nd, and Mr. Tooke, were examined. Mr. Palmer said he had never known such fluctuations in the rate of interest and dis count as since the passing of the act of 1839. Mr. Cotton stated that the rate of interest had varied in 1837 from 3.j to 5A per cent. ; in 1839, from 3i to 6,!; ; and in 1847 from 3i to 10 per cent. It might be said that these fluc tuations had arisen from money being allowed to find its natural level, owing to the removal of the restrictions. But the laws affecting money were, iu fact, not free. The evidence before the committee of 1847 showed that the scarcity and panic of that year had not arisen from any ordinary causes, but had been produced by ou r res t r i c ti ve legislation. Mr.' Samuel Gurney, the largest dealer in money in this country, or perhaps in the world, said that the state of things in October, 1847, before the issue of the Government letter, was perfectly fearful; many houses perfectly solvent, and even able to p a y 40s. in the pound, must have stopped but for the relief afforded by the Government letter. That letter was meant ,tq f stop the operation of , an Act of Parliament. TWC result was, that bills were rendered negotiable- -. a proof that the panic was artificial, and not realiJ that 1 ** Ur. Gurney gave it 45 hiS opinionthat otter o the Government virtually annulled the act of 1841, and saved the bank from its st o pp age . Wh at t h en were they going to do no w ? Why they were about - to extend these exemptions to all transactions in money. In October, 1817, during the commercial crisis the exchnteees from the United States and other markets had set in decide fly in favour of this country, and it was quite clear that the pressure was not the result of any national operations but of the artifici a l l aws o f 1844 . Now, before they passed' bill of this nature, it was their duty to make some change in that artificial law. At present the natural tendency of events was to make money cheap, but, the' effect of this bill, without the removal of the existing artificial- restric tions,. would be to reverse that tendency.' In that way the measure would act most injuriously upon trading and agricultural men of small capital, who experienced no diffi• culty now in borrowing money at five per cont. • Mort gages, which sow carried that rate of interest', would be suddenly foreclosed, unless they took some stens to prevent an artificial scarcity of money, and rather than go to the expense of a transfer upon a threat of foreclosure, men of moderate means would be content to add an extra two or three per cent. to the interest they were paying for their money. Such, then, being, the state of things in the provinces, the house was bound to have some regard for the interest of the small farmer or shopkeeper before they passed a measure which might be very well calculated to further the ends of Lombard-street, but would most cer tainly act oppressive upon the really industrious portion of the community. If they were to extend to land, whose operations were not regulated by the London money mar ket, a bill which would render it liable to artificial panics, they should at the same ti n e repeal the act of 1844, or reduce the cost of transfer . .. , real property. D ea l ers in money were the servants, ..Inmerce, but pass this bill without the necessary kpieguares which he had feebly attempted to point out, ”d they would soon become its absolute masters. He shOuld therefore move that the bill be committed this day three months. Mr. HUME admitted the calamities which the Bank Act of 1814 had produced in the shape of commercial panics, but he did not think that was a sufficient reason for re fusing to repeal the usury laws. They were just as great an incubus upon trade as the act of 1841, and it would be unwise to refuse to accept one boon because they could not at the same time obtain another. This was a step in the direction of establishing free trade in money, and it was on that account that he supported the bill, leaving it for a future session to rid the country of the evils which it suffered under the act of 1844. Next year the whole subject of that law would have to be reconsidered, and he hoped under those circumstances the discussion which had been opened to-night would be postponed until that period. Mr. W. A. WILKINSON thought the speech of the 'lione gentleman the member for the North Riding was more suited tai the e+.tinct animals of the Crystal Palace than the HouSe a Ciimmons of these days. (A laugh) The hon. member seemed to argue as if the usury laws - could force men to lend money whether they would or not, but all such absurd notions had long since been exploded, and now the universal impression was, that the usury laws inflicted as much injury upon land as upon trade or commerce. Mr. MALINS said the usury laws had already been virtually repealed in reference to bills of exchange, and for the sake of removing anomalies in the law a measure of this nature was required. Advanced upon any other com modity than land a man could demand what interest he liked for his money, but money could only be lent upon land at a fixed rate, namely five per cent. ; the consequence was the law operated most injuriously upon the occupiers of the soil. In the case of personal security, you might take any rate of interest you pleased, but if an advance in money were made upon the security of land the whole transaction was vitiated if you demanded and received more than five per cent. Instead, therefore, of injuring the land the Chancellor of the Exchequer was conferring a lasting benefit upon it by assimilating the law of real property with that of personal property, and one immediate effect of this proposed change in the usury laws would be to do away w th many vexatious Chancery suits which arose out of mortgages on land under the existing system. Mr. SPOONER contended that the session was too far advanced to admit of this question being fairly discussed, but it was hopeless for him or any other independent member to think of - successfully resisting the further progress of this bill. His great objection jg•the measu re was , th a t i t would interfere with existing bareains, it would un j us tl y press upon parties who had borroAckthoir money at fixed rates of interest, and in the case ofeimall mortgages he was afraid it would be productive of=greitt hardships If that difficulty could be got rid of, he could uot see why money should not be made as free as any other commodity, but as no one could tell what would be &weak, of interest after this bill passed, he would much rather that it should be deferred till another session, when sbme steps might be taken to protect the interest of small mortgagors. 'After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr. TVGREGOR, 41tiVamendment was negatived without a division, and the house went into committee. The clauses having been agreed to, Mr. CAYLEY suggested that the bill should not be a permanent one, but should be tried for some time as an experiment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that having been so cautious heretofore, he really thought the time had come for taking some decisive step on this sub ject. (Hear, hear.) The object of the bill was t o es t a bli s h freedom of trade with regard to money, and the House of Lords having passel it without a division, he should be sorry to see the House of Commons come in and stop them in that career. (Hear, hear.) PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. The house having gone into committee on this bill. Sir W. MOLESWORTH, in reply to Mr. A. Pellatt, stated that the General Board of Health was constituted as all other second-class departments ware. It would con sist of a president, who was to be responsible for the ad ministration of the board. Besides the president, there was a certain number of ex-officio members. They were not to share in the responsibility. Their use was this, that in case of the indisposition or absence of the presi dent from London, they might do any Ministerial acts that might be required. With regard to the question of public drains, he could only say that they would not be under the General Board of Health. As to the gentleman who might be appointed president, he could not express any opinion as to who he might be, but ho hoped he would be such a person as his hon. friend would approve. Mr. EVELYN said that the last Public Health Act consisted of 152 clauses, which were so contradictory that it was difficult to understand them. All local acts ought to be so plain that all persons could understand them. Although there was a shadow of self-government the local boards wore really under the control of the general board. The schemes of the old board were in many cases prepos terous. Nothing could be snore absurd than the proposal to supply water to London from the sand hills of Surrey. Mr. MICHELL said that the bill gave the board too much power over the local officers. Another objection was that it did not give power over the City of London. The deaths from cholera had increased from 26 to 133 last week. He had no doubt the increase took place from this cause. The mud and filth which was caused after rain was swept up in heaps, where it was left to evaporate. When dry it became pulverised, and was again spread over the metro polis. Now, evaporation could not take place from those heaps without carrying with it malarious filth. Some peo ple thought a dirty state of the streets was healthy. (Laughter.) He was told by a lady that fogs were godd for health, but he did not believe it. (Laughter.) In no other city or metropolis except London were the streets swept by beggars, not even in Dublin, which was the land of beggars. (Laughter.) Then, again, the graveyards in the metropolis were most pn4udicial to health. Westmin ster Hall and that house Fepaived such a swell from the opposite graveyard of St. Margaret's that there was some times no bearing it. The state of thing was worst at night and the untrapped gratings added to the evil. Anyone who walked over St. Margaret's might setaholes for the rats and does. He put his umbrella into some of them. (Laughter.) He measured the size of some and found them to be eight inches by 16. (Laughter.) This might be a laughing matt er now , b u t th ey wou ld not laugh when the cholera came home to them. On this very day there were 19 deaths from cholera. The greatest number of deaths occurred in the filthiest part of the town. He felt it to be his duty to state these things to the house. Sir G. PECHELL was glad the hon. doctor for Bodmin —(laughter)—the hon. member for Bodmin, had drawn the attention of the new board to the facts he had stated, for notwithstanding the seeming ignorance of the right hon. gentleman as to the person who was to bo appointed ps4esi dent of the new board, he hoped he was now in theihoitse, and that he would benefit from the observations about! to be made. He hoped he would discontinue the•prlice, which was followed by the old board, of sencling-dow an inspector to the towns to get up petitions in favour of : the application of the act. Ho hoped the new Board of Etealth would not allow their officers to fill their reports with finch rubbish as appeared in the reports of the c old board. There was, he believed, an universal feeling in favotir of the passing of some such bill as that under conidortition ; but he, for one, supported this measure in the, expecta tion that an inquiry would shortly take place with a view to the avoidance of the evils incurred by the late board. Mr. PHILLIPS said a petition signed by one-tedtb of the inhabitants could be got up in almost any town in the country, and in his opinion nano-tenths ought not to be subject to such a minority. Mr. CO B t B E Tc conduct said du ct i no of the t e h e petitions Board o f h . e Health, b a seen t ere waso m - plaining of he a pray into t f o o r t i h n e q l u o i c rL, t s y t . to the on amtlo occasion c o a f s i g o e n t getting theg w h actwhich h e,p intro ducedre sented a rnemorialtohims,tidhoh right was ght againsthon. b going i n t o a eronet the Chi e f Co mmissioner of Works said place in opposition to a bona fide petition from a majority of the rate-payers. He hoped there would be no invasion of that principle during the next year. There should, he thought, be an understanding also that any new bill which might be introduced in the next session with respect to the constitution of the Board of HeatlhbhtheielinEslthuoooasutraalmdreoebinfneidHnrtdeehfateelhrtpreheuhdbolnltio a select committee. Public Sir W. MOLESWORTH said g t e a Hen s at not ltehm Aa d nc e t s t i h ra a butt l e t th f oi o s r r e'ev h oa i ns m s tni t to o l t a ea t tpeamor of not nc t uo t lt o ar pledge the s' himselfden of the had futureacted principlet o sanctioning g b a Prt p e r he o l ; u visional order if the majority of the inhabitants were op posed to it, and ho h a d no reason to c suppose that that general principle w ou ld b e very much .departed from. Any bill which might b e i ntroduced next session would no doubt be referr e d t o a committee up-stairs. Lord D. STUART said he believed that very unhealthy exhalations arose from the water in some of the parks. In particular h u e n w p l a e s a sinformedl t l h froma t o t n h v e e N r v y a t s e t r i 101 of nights e r t p h e e n r tine; that the sentries on duty often-complained on th e subject, and th a t t h e inhabitants of the houses in the im mediate vicinity, in Bayswater and Westminster, were frequently obliged to close their windows. He was further told that this smell was caused by a great quantity of nasty mud which lay at the bottom of the water, and that the evil might be removed by cleansing out the mud and in troducing fresh supplies of water in the form of a continu ous running stream. Sir G. PECHELL was happy to be able to corroborate who had been stated by the right hon. baronet (Sir Wm. Molesworth) on the subject of the provisional order, so far as Brighton was concerned. Clauses 1 and 2 were then agreed to. On clause 3, which assigns a salary of 2,0001. a yea r to ; the president of the new bo ar d, Are. - HENLEY complained that the amount watdisPr?: ~ .f;OrlfiOnetety large, considering th e d u ti es t o be pirrorine", okSjigtVetaOLESWORTH said the president's tenure of office would not extend beyond that of the existiog Govern- CUSTOMS ACTS. The report of the committee on the Customs Acts was brought up. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL (2). The house went into committee on this bill, and progress was resumed at clause 4. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR hoped the bill Auld not be advanced further, for looking to its principle and the man ner in which it was drawn, it did not reflect any credit on legislation. (Hear, hear.) II was besides unnecessary, as it professed to give a more summary process for recovery of sums due on bills of exchange when the process under the existing law was sufficiently rapid. M any of its:details were also objectionable. He objected to the proposed regis try, and also to the provision which took away the conduct of process under the hill from attdrneys and vested it en tirely in notaries. It also created this anomaly, that whereas the provisions of the bill - affected Ireland and Scot land as well as England, a person in Scotland or Ireland defending a suit must come to this country for the pur pose of doing so. lie found that there were G 2 amend ments by learned friends of his, which alone was a proof of the i tu4erfection of the bill, and was an additional rea sun why attempt should be made to pass it this session. There w another reason for delaying this bill. It pro posed to ive a more summary process for execution on bills th4t now existed, and it was the opinion of severs' geutlem s en whose opinions were of weight that it should be accompanied' by some measure which dealt with frau dulent transactions in bills of exchange. Such a bill ho had introduced in May last, and after long delays it had received a third reading that evening; but, in consequence of the reso l u ti on passed by the other house, it had no chance of becomin g law this session. H e th oug ht th a t the two bills oug ht to go together, and if one of them was to be cast into the limbo of next session the other ought to accompany it. He moved that the chairman do leave the chair. Mr. GEACH urged that there ought to be no legislation on this subject without inquiry. He argued that the facilities for recovering money due on bills of exchange were sufficiently great at present ; while he showed th a t this measure efaorsubreearwanouceldoforenragtreanveteryd i t n o jur p i e o rs us o l n y s reference to the had transactions in bills. He opposed the bill in the in juredin- terestioxvariousi : and b y quarters,i t t h s e operation.reo ebegging he e im p lo red le e: of the small shopkeepers , who would be deeply rm h e di a: thhte received Government continue his onotPPo opposi tion, back it with that majority which a Government had gene rally at its command. He for one should offer to the bill every opposition in his power, even although he should incur the imputation of being factions. He begged to support the amendment. Mr. MASSEY also supported the amendment, consider ing that the bill gave undue force to a particular species of pecuniary obligation. Mr. MUNTZ said that the bill was one of the most un just measures he had ever seen introduced. The fact was that it was a job, and the object was to appoint some one to the office of register. He repeated that the bill was one of the grossest jobs ever offered to Parliament. Sir E. PERRY said that the bill had emanated from several public meetings at the principal seats of commerce in the country, held for the purpose of ascertaining whether a more summary process could be devised for recovering on bills of exchange. The result had been the introduction of this bill, which had passed the ordeal of a select committee of the House of Lords. At present a debtor, without any defence, could inter pose weeks of delay in case of a bill of exchange, and the object of the bill was to prevent debtors so situated from imposing any unfair delay between himself and his credi tor. He asked the committee whether it was not a desir able object, in cases where an appeal to law was necessary, that that appeal should be rendered as simple and summary as possible. The plan now proposed had, been in force for 150 years in Scotland, and was generally followed by the principal commercial nations of the continent. Mr. MACGREGOR denied that the case of Scotland could be taken as a precedent. In consequence of the pe culiarities of the Scottish banking system, bills of exchange did not circulate, but were a b sor b e d byi the banks, and replaced by the small note circulation. Had this bill been law when the American difficulties existed the effect would have been universal ruin. His recommendation was that the bill should be sent to a committee. Mr. GLYN said that the subject to which this bill re ferred had occupied the attention of the City of London for the last three years, and the general opinion was in favour of some change in the law. However, he thought the best course would be to postpone legislation for the present, and leave the matter to be dealt with by the Go vernment next session. Mr. CAIRNS was also in favour of leaving the question to be dealt with next session by the Government. Sir E. PERRY said after what had occurred he should be sorry to take up the time of the committee by proceed ing further with the bill, and therefore with the permis sion of the committee he would assent to the chairman reporting progress, with a view of withdrawing it for the present. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the majority of the mercantile community of the City of London were in fav our of this bill, but looking at the opposition which it was likely to meet with it was hopeless to think of passing it this session; he therefore thought his hon. and learned friend had come to a wise conclusion in determining to withdraw it. At the same time he should be sorry to see a principle which had been so highly approved of altogether negatived, and he would suggest that before they reported progress the chairman should be directed to ask leave to sit again this day three mouths. Mr. V. SCULLY expressed a hope that next session a similar bill would be introduced, not only for England, but for Ireland also. Bills of exchange should in their very essence be made as negotiable and recoverable as possible. Mr. MURROUGH said the delay and expense of reco vering bills of exchange under the existing system were very much exaggerated, because a judgment on a bill of exchange for 20,0001. could be obtained within sixteen days, at an expense of 31. 165., in a town case, and 41. 25., in a country case. Mr. MALINS concurred in the opinion just expressed, that there were abundant means under the existing law for recovering on bills of exchange, and as he had never heard any well-founded complaints of the existing remedies, which were ample, he must protest against the revival of this bill, which was objectionable, both in its details and in its principle. The house then resumed, and the chairman obtained leave to sit again this day month. BANKRUPTCY BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, Mr. WILLIAMS said he approved of the object of this bill, but it did not go far enough. It proposed to abolish the two commissioners of Bristol and one of those in Liver pool and Birmingham, whenever these should fall vacant ; but he could not help thinking that it would be greatly for the benefit of the country if all the Bankruptcy Commis sioners were abolished, and the business of those courts transferred to the county courts, a transfer which would produce a saving of no less than 59,0001. a-year. It was mon strous to think of the enormous sums that were annually paid to the Bankruptcy Commissioners. In the provinces there were no less than 12 receiving 1,5031. a-year each, and 12 registrars in the receipt of 800 i., while in the metropolis there were no less than five commissioners in the receipt of 2,0001. each, and five registrars receiving 1,0001. a year each. Mr. G. C. GLYN, as ono of the commissioners who had been appointed to inquire into the subject of bankruptcy reform, stated that the suggestion which the hon. gentle n,an had just thrown out with regard to the County Courts , was considered by the commission, but upon inquiry it was • found to be impracticable. ITe admitted that the complaint of the hon. gentleman on the subject of the expense attend ing the administration of the bankruptcy law was well founded ; but this bill together with others which no doubt would be brought in next session, founded upon the report of the commission, would go far to remove the cause of that complaint. ' thought,bllPlwina was only 0 0 sna L ltyi l s C ef ao l en T tse o i cri ß ye r - e G t col E bt N hy E R e teho .. e lL iGn said re 13.tm i e t ekn w nt e o wa u b that ah ats e n 2, h t hail e sl 111 bankruptcy law. Indeed there was no doubt but that tejurisdiction of which related to matters of insolvency, portion of the rerorms which were requiredali ought to be consolidated. He why eou there noter e • • • required for the country is only one commissioner was Mr. WILLIAMS remarked that the bill admited that d duties. of time on Judge should not be a com twreicrtes,teanbed fivehe seheomunildistshieenreerfsorfeerfike see why every County Court to London. k n o w The SOLICITOR-GENERAL reminded the hon. rnem mhieisriohnaenrd i s n to at bankruptcy.attend to the T a( b id ey itie b n a a d l d p u le t n i in London was not now in question. When a vacancy her that the question of remodelling the Bankruptcy Court occurred in that court, it would be quite competent to the house to take into consideration the amount of business before the commissioners, with a view to determine whe ther that vacancy should be filled up or not. Mr. MUR,ROUGII said that it would be a very great mistake to throw bankruptcy matters on the County Court judges. The great body of creditors in all bankruptcies resided in London, and if they lead to go down to the County Courts enormous and totally unnecessary expenses would be incurred. "andM r. i3nlUoltrcßieOr U tn Gli fac i i u li o t v n e t d e at that ethvereonodf The clau ses o f th e bi ll were then agreed to. of of c d l e a b u t s s e , 8 thete L a d o I d a rup appoint in one onde o u r more of the ushers of th e Court of Bankusher Chancell or may, by order, of any Di s t r i ct Court of Bankruptcy, a cow ' o m r i a s i sl y oner or Commissioners o for fors the the purpose oof o o debts ff administering in s such ch o a c t h o n s r t o s r respectively." The SOLICITOR -GENERAL could not but feel that it would be very injudicious to allow so inferior an officer as the Usher of the Court to administer an oath. The very effect of that ceremony depended upon its being gone through with befitting solemnity. The hon. member (Mr. Murrough) should bear in mind that under a late actnearly every respectable solicitor had been appointed a commis sioner for administering „oaths, and by that means every reasonable facility was given to parties wishing to prove debts. Mr. MURROUGH did not think the commissioners for taking oaths really afforded any facility in bankruptcy matters, for it was the constant practice of creditors to go down in a body to the Court at Basinghall-street to be sworn. Mr. GLYN said it was certainly competent to parties to prove their debts before a commissioner if they chose. The motion was negatived without a division. Mr. MIT.RROI7GII then moved the addition of a clause for discontinuing the practice of nominating brokers by the court to make inventories of bankrupts' effects; the duties of these officers to be discharged in future by the messengers. This clause, he stated, was in the bi ll as ori g inall y intro duced, and he suspected thatits removal had been obtained by intrigue. lie a ttributed this to the fact that one of the registrars, who had been appoi nted on the recom mendation of ' Lord Brougham, and ha d g i eat influence with that nobl e lord, had a brother - in - law , who was a broker ; and he be lievcd that neither the registrar nor the noble lord was th er egistrars' salaries raised, and a retiring pension above such a job as that. The same individual had sue proposed this clause, and should these View,ana press s a i i d t ceerled, through his influence with the noble lord, in ggi'‘t-etiungthem. To put an end to the jobbery with s ce a s c a h r e y ck to on the messenger. tb°rAf.iris‘:Bl:io°pLin.EowLLATT advocated the tameeemploy an inde penmdre.nGt E pa A r e ty li a s t thought it broker,ittneae expense incurred. If the mes senger hadno additional t m i o a n k a e l valuation, being ignorant of he would have to call in a broker to t st r h e egr v ee a r l a t - i al e os 0 f goods, assist him. _Mr. GLYN do u bt e d whether such influence as that rcelafteirsree.dTthoe commissioners Mr. Mu rrough bad led to the removal of the oilers of inquiry were of opinion that