The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TEL ARRIVALS. 701. PLATE—Lancashire Lass. GOLD Cl:T.—Cleveland, Donskoy, Event, Gamelad, Jujube, Professor Buck, Lough Bawn, Cordelia, and Birdlime Girl. ADDITIONAL SCRATCHINGS FOR THE GOLD CEP.— Lindrick, Peggy, Janey, Cast-off, Aaron Smith, and Tumbler. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. GOLD CUP. 4to 1 apt Lough Bawn (taken freely). Excitement does not go to Newton. Louvat and Surveyor go to Nottingham. Scythian, Acrobat, Crown Pigeon, Paletot and Orto lan° have gone to Goodwood, and the following are ex pected to leave here for Goodwood also—West Austra lian, Prince Arthur, El Dorado, Boiardo, De Clare, Marley Hill, Honeysuckle, Heapy, Musquito, Dervish, Apollonius, Bonnie Morn, Meteora, Bracken, Brocket, and perhaps Grmculus Esuriens. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : ---- Powler's Estate, Woking Common Estate, and Bel fast and County Down Railway. The following bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed :-- Bradford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust Estate, Earl of Harrington's Estate,. liornyold's Estate, and Park's Estate. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. COBBETT from Clitheroe prayin g for the dissolution of th e B oar d o f H ea lth ; an d by Mr. BLACKETT, and other honourable members, from Nottingham, the West Riding, and other places, against the opening of public houses. VACCINATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, , Mr. BRADY proposed that legislation should be post poned until next session, when the defects of the present vaccination system could be effectually remedied. As lon g as the stamp of pauperism was kept upon the ex isting act it would remain imperative, but, nevertheless, if the house would refrain from legislation on the subject until February next, he would pledge himself to bring in a bill which at all events should have the merit of being practical, which this measure was not. He moved that the bill be committed this day three months. Mr. T. DITNCOMBE seconded the amendment. Sir J. PAKINGTON contended that the measure Was essential for the public health, and he could not consent to any postponement. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the House went into Committee. After some discussion all the clauses of the Bill were S truck out &with the exception of the second, which corrects the mistake in the Bill of last session. The House then resumed. •EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MANAGEMENT BILL. On the o r d er o f the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. CAYLEY moved as an instruction to the com mittee 'that it is expedient in this bill, renewing the act 14 and 15 Victoria, c. 104, to define more clearly the intention of the following words in the first clause of that act, viz. ) "It shall be l aw f u l f or anY Ecclesiastical Corporation, sole or aggregrate, with the approval in writing of the Church Estate Commissioners, who shall pay due regard to the just and reasonable claims of the present holders of lands, under lease or otherwise, arising from the long continued Practice of renewal, to sell to any lessee, und er an y l ease granted b y such corporation, the revision, estate, and interest of such corporation in all or any of the lands ernrrised in such lease, for such consideration, upon lessee rnay, with such approval as aforesaid, think fit." The SPEAKER said there was no necessity for any Such instruction, as the committee would have full Power to make the requisite alterations if they should think fit. Lord J. RUSSELL remarked that under these cir cumstances i 4 would 'be better to go into committee at (LEFT -SITTING.) -ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL (THIS DAY.) I 20 TENTH DAY'S INQUIRY. This morni ng , at half-past eleven, the inquiry was again resumed, with the continued examination of Mr. Wakley, sen., who began by entering into a statement about the dismissal of Dr. Gay, and denied that he had taken any part in it, or that he had read the biography published and reflecting upon the character of him (Mr Wakley), (and which it was alleged gave the offence), until three months after his (Dr. Gay's) dismissal. Mr. Wakley had no sooner began, than a scene of a most re markable character took place. Some of the j ry com plaining of the useless waste of time about going into 'natters irrelevant to the inquiry, which was as to the death of the child, and, amidst cheers upon one side and hisses upon the other, Mr. Wakley, in a few words, con tinued his statement, and again denied he had acted with animosity towards Dr. Gay. Mr. Ballantine then rose to cross-examine Mr. Wakley as to the time he (Mr. Wakley) joined the hospital as upon the committee, which he said was some years ago, and about that time his son joined the hospital as sur geon ; and asked if at the time of joining there was not mismanagement in the hospital ? One member of the jury here rose and again objected. The others wishing it to go on again, there was another disturbance ; Mr. Wakley, jun., who sat behind Mr. Ballantine, calling Mr. Ballantine a ruffian to pursue such a course, and again repeated the assertion. Mr. Bodkin reprehended Mr. Wakley, jun., for such h co nduct, and said th a t M r . B a ll an ti ne cou ld no t f ee l imself as a c ti ng f ree l y w h en suc h l anguage was used to tn• (Cheers.) 111 ▪ r• Wakley, jun., apologised. ▪ Ballantine they examined Mr. Wakley at some length, and he most strenuously denied that he had thrown any impediment in the way of holding the in (l9!st more than he should With any other case, as he n- 1 not think it advisable to 'hold inqueits in all cases wher e person s h a d di e d f rom operat i ons, as it would in hug dreg s o f cases deter surgeons from operating, and This w ould rather l e t p eo pl e per i s h th an t a k e th e r i s k. was the on l y case w h ere an i nquest had b een held .4, 8 thea patient who died from an operation of lithotomy. Hicks—l am college porter ; was present at :ration, a n d d ur i ng a part o f t h e operat i on held tor' le o of the child. Recollected the syringe being asked he filled it. Mr. Thomas Wakley examined the ""n with his finger, but did not see Wan hold any knife. fit gi clos e d the case, and the coroner was about sum „ .1 3 when w e went to press. iv 'e shall give the verdict in our late edition. MARKET NEWS—(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. howeverSuaAß.—The market is very flat, without much offering . There is a fair demand for refined, which con tinues scarce ; brown lums are 41s to 44s 6(1, and low to I° scarce 44s 6d to 50s pe r cwt. The quantity of British P 1 gr ocery landed last week at the East and West India D o es take' Was 611 hhds, 102 tierces, 550 barrels ; there were I' e n for home consumption 960 hhds , 90 tierces, 363 -arrels. The stock in the same places is 7,557 hhds, 1,342 tierce s f , 2;797 barrels. A cargo of yellow Havana (No. 14), or tristol, has been sold at 22s 6d per cwt. pic'rr . E. E.—The market is quiet for Native Ceylon, and ntatio n is dull, though firm. WRlPL—he quantity landed last, week at the East and , est I n di a. Docks was 501 puns, 49 Ihds. There were taken for parted consumption 145 puns 10 hhds, and ex -8")0d 64 puns 363 hhd s . Th e s t oc k i n th e same p l aces i s re * 8 Puns 1,328 hh ds. There is more inquiry, and prices a 4 gallon. shade fi rmer. Common Leonards is at is 10d per 3:14 ItICR.—At auction 509 bags Bombay sold at 10s 9d for B°l4l , 838 bags Bengal realised 12s to 12s 6d for good d and good. Madras -721 bags were taken in at lls for ' a n —iu Pa l e p hi ky. gtISALTPETRE.—There is a moderate inquiry. Bengal to fine, 5 to 2. lbs refraction, is 33s per cwt. ~.. P•z3fP.St. Petersburg is without - change, and Manilla lower. ITINDIGO.—The sales are progressing much the same. aoidto last evening 6,257 chests passed, and 3,157 were TU.—This article is quiet, at 101 d to lid per lb for com mon sound congou. ATALLOW continues very dull ; on the spot, 66s 3d ; 67it u g u st, 66s ; September, 66s 9d; October to December, . Town tallow, 61s 6d cocoa nut oil, Cochin, 50s ; tl,.len, 495; palm oil (Liver poo l rival) 46/. 10s ; tallow .4zne, 62e. ar P --- RAY MARETS. t,MITEIPIRLD.-11 d w hay, 2 1 8s to 4/ 15s ; clover 't°, 3/ 8 8 to 51 15s e ; a and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per load. full average supply, and a dull trade. I,etrktnEntartn.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ 17s ; clover (lit t . 3/ 8s to 51 12s ; and straw , 1/ 14s to 2l Os per load. Trade dull, and price:drooping. littoWnicaßAPzt, Meadow hay ; 2/ 8s to 4/ 15s; clover 8s to 6/ 1 . 6 s ; a n d straw, 1/ 12s to 2/ Os per load. kuPply tolerably good, and trade dull. °T°lllcratTE.—The public will be glad to learn that the obstructive p ile known by the name of Storey ' s -gate at th e south end of firicage- walk, is in process of demolition. We are not aware who Storey was, or wh Y he built the gate, which has been so distin guished for every ualit which a gate ought not to have, and has so long ci and y so effectually blocked the Yvay s in to St. Jam ea's-park • perhaps be thought the passage Int o a birdcage ought to be small and narrow and difficult, , 1111 ; c1 ,if so it must be confessed he succeeded ad -nra°l9- Be this as it may, we canno t b u t congratu l ate IPr read ers on the destruction of their old enemy, who a few h ours will cease to exist. The Woods and 4?rests will d o well on this occasion to remember the l u age which recommend s people not to do things by "41ves, and, while they are about it, to pull down the greater obstruction, the Skew-gate, at the other end of the tirdcage-walk, h'ich presents all the imperfections 9 -.. §.4417 i-gate ki ada (lamented to _ __ _ _ 20 20 20 20 MALTON, This DAY. I 22 25 NEWTON RACES SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. IPaid.l RAILwAYN 100. Aberdeen 8:1 Ambg. Nottng. Post. and Eastn. Janet_ all 3elfast & Ballymena. all arming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. di, Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £20........... 30 Rlyth &Tyne or4inal £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter 1.00 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 Cornwall 4 Orloff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. Nov all East Anglian all Do., (XlB Edr H).„, all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock . . • 100 De., B. Stock 84 Do., New A. ..... , LOO East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 9 i i Edinb. and Peebles .00 Edin.Prth &Dundee, 1 Forth & Clyde June. ] 100 Glasgow &S. Westorni 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 18. Do., Fifths 114 DD. , -Wat. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall all Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. .00 bond. Bright & S.Cst. .00 Lond. and N. Westu. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...t. 24 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn ' 424 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lududny& Col eraine all Lndnolia7.& Ennisk. 100 Ifanch.Shef.& Linde 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un LOO Midland 100 Do. Birmn g. & Derby 47i Kidld. G. West. (Ire.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle .00 Newmarket 54 Do. , Bury Extension 194 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 7i Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor LOO Norfolk Northn.Counties Un 00 North British' 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 I all Do., 4 A Deferred 8 Do., A B Guaranteedj all North' London 54 Do. New £lO 111 s N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn 174 North Staffordshire_ all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, &, Wolverhampton ..., 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg 1.00 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Stack 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min, ',.. all Do. Halves,i G . all Do. Oswestry ... 64 Shropshire Union _ , „ Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon .00 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 21 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 165 Stockton di Hartlepl. 100 Taff Vale . 8 Do. .Ll 0 shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ... 21 "Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all "Waterford&Liruerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 81s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 York Newetl.&Berw • 20 Do. Extensions 13 0 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York& N.Midland FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziors to Graissesoac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, Scrip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi& Erquelin all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 40 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 G. Central of France all Gt.Westernof Cana& Shares ... Do. Bands (Ist is. Y 57 all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Coast. & Basle all I Lucca ez Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. et. pref 10 Lyons and Genova 12 Lyons & - Mediterran 13 Madras 33A Maria Antonia all I Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur &Liege (with interest) • all Do. (ex interest) all' Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdp all (fmy.B.drAms.Shs ; all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 104 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 15 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 6 Southern of France 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Prof 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland .2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand MISOEL: all I Aubin Coal and Iron 17i knatralian Agricult. 14 - Xustralsn.Pcific.Mail 8 Xustraln. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. do Coln. Sxaeltg. and Reduction Co 32i Canada 5 Crystal Palace 3A Do. 2 I Crystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 I Blectrit Telegraph(A) all I Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 General Screw Steam 7 Irish Beetroot Sugar' 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land.... 1 N. S. W. Coal t & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... 4 Do. New 10 Nrth.ofEuropoStearn all Peel Rr. Id. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph all Do. Registered. 28i Val& Alma hod r Olasing Prices yesterday. 23i - 24, - 9 - 10 14-10 j d 17 18 7 Gd 97 - 99 634 - 61 154 - 16: 11 13. 2d par 7 - ••• - .7 - 18 13d J3i 35 37 27 28 64 - 66 60 - 62 24—zs 66 • 68 91 92 75 77 125 - 127 96 - 98 79i - 80 89 - 91 11 -13 u, 11 -l3 }• 66i - 674 , 64 - 6i ‘II 14f 151 • • •• • 88 8i 1080 1090 104# 1041 par Fp par 4 p 83 84 9 81 8 7d 21i - 66i 66i 38 - 40 Id * dl 6i— 6d 2 21 ' 6 - 8 50 - 52 34 34 334 ... 344 OMR. .. - 34 92 68 - 68 - 2i - 18 20 9 10 14 15 34 aid 13 15 63 64i 35 -- 36 4 2d 4 -- 5 33 - 35 •• '..... •• 3a 19 19 4 6 23 25 6 64 i* 7 - 73 74 5 44 - 54i -- 554' 3i - S &i PI 3 i d 5 - id par 17i —18 i ... -- i d ... --- dig •.. ....• ... par id 1 p 7i - 8i I?:i = iil 8 -- 9 17i -- 17ip 45 - 47 39 - 41 31} -31 i - pm 22i —23 i 1 d 1p 9 ... - pm 3i :: V j i - 6 p .. -• "• 4i - 3ii '.OI:TS 46 - 47 65 - 70 90 - 95 id io =-7 ii ••• .••••• ••• 14 • •• -- .. i - 1. - i L - ii - •••pl -- I pi 44 - 34 - 36 - lA 3k 1 a 121 Par. id Business done this day. 20 20 10 10 THE SUN, LONDON , TUESDAY FVENING, JULY 18 ) 1854. LINES LE A WET) A IPTICTETI Ft RATT'A RAILWAYS. I Paid.' Leasing Company. Closing Prices yesterday. Business this day. ' fantry Barracks, Windsor, Captains O'Toole and Hardy, Lieu tenants Shervington and Knapp, and Ensigns Helyer and Townshend, preceded by the band, playing " Cheer, Boys, Cheer," and " Jeanette and Jeannot." They were loudly cheered by their comrades in garrison, and bytejl spectators who lined the s t ree t s f or some distance from the barracks. The men appeared in high spirits, and were accompanied to the South-Western Railway Station by Colonel Garrett and the whole of the officers of the regiment, except those on duty, and the two lieutenants (Perry and Greer) under arrest. The train, consisting of 15 carriages, started at 10 o'clock, the in habitants and officers giving three times three cheers, which were heartily answered by the troops. The train conveyed the detachment to Vauxhall, and thence to Southampton, where this portion of the 46th embarked immediately on board ' the Avon steamer, and proceeded directly to Cork, where the vessel will take up the head-quarters and service companies of the 63d Foot, and sail direct for Constantinople. The 20th Regiment, under command of Colonel Horne, was safely embarked yesterday morning on board tie iron steam transport Colombo, in Plymouth Sound. The 57th, having been ordered from Corfu to Turkey, a draft of 300 men from the depot in Limerick garrison has been ordered out to join bead-quarters. The General Screw Company's 2,500-ton ship Jason, which, like the Himalaya, was fitted for horses, has returned to Southampton in such excellent order that she is reported ready for sea again this day. The transport Empress Eugenie, for Cork and the Mediter ranean, was off the South Foreland about noon yesterday, proceeding down Channel ; wind south. The Grange, arrived at Falmouth, passed on the 9th of July, in lat. 41 37, long. 9 50, a large iron British screw steam-ship, with troops. She had nine bo. t.- Tedford and Blc ley. ... Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. 3las. Barr. Az Neils. Direct New,..... 1 01str.it Dn. Fr ;Irtlpl. Dk. & Railway gull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Aiddlesbro' & Rcdcar Aidld.Bradfd Northern and Easterusp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyrt Do. Shares. Itoystn.&Hit. Do. Shepth. St 3hef.Roth.and Gooleg. 5 p.c. 3. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr a per cent... MILITIA AND YEOMANRY. The Exeter and South Devon Rifle corps were on Saturday inspected by the commander, Sir E. S. Prideaux, in the Castle-yard at Exeter. The men. mustered strong, and went through the various evolutions with great precision, for which they were complimented by the colonel. The training of the Isle of Wight Militia Artillery will take place either at Sandown Fort or at Sconce Fortification. The Bedfordshire Light Infantry are ordered to be em bodied, to proceed forthwith to Chichester barracks. The Wigan troop of the Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry Cavalry have received orders to muster on the 27th inst. and join head-quarters, at Lancaster, on the 28th inst., for duty and inspection. Do - Wilts&Somrst THE GATHERING. Yesterday afternoon witnessed a great gathering in Down ing-street. Lord John Russell had summoned his friends and the general supporters of the Government. to meet him in the official atmosphere of Whitehall to hold a kind of council of war upon ministerial difficulties, intentions, and prospects. There was a large assemblage of M. P.'s each tint of liberalism being represented, from the vetera n radicalism: of Mr. Hume to the most aristocratic tinge of family Whiggory. The occa sion was important, and the subject really at issue still more so. The meaning of the meeting was that the Coalition is in danger of a split up, their chief rock ahead being, of course, the conduct of the war. It was quite natural that great in terest should be excited in the minds of those present respect ing what might, what would, and what ought to be said. It was known that the Tories were to muster strongly in the evening to make the vote for the expenses of the new War Ministry a peg on which to hang want-of-confidence speeches, embodying various damaging criticisms on what has hitherto been done, or been neglected, by the Aberdeen Cabinet. All these nuclei of dif f iculty, that float about in political waters to clog and hamper ministerial arrangements, were evi dently present amongst those who yesterday assembled in Downing-street. Why had not Lord Palmerston been appointed to the post of Minister of War? Was it Court or Cabinet influence, or was it the Duke of Newcastle's amour propre, that has stood in the way of so natural an arrangement ? Why was Sir George Grey, a cold and fish-blooded family Whig, brought back again to office '1 Why were. to be hampered with an Austrian alliance, when the war could be so far more simple and easy in its conduct, and so far more sure and honourable in its conclusion without Metternich's dangerous help ? Why were the troops kept for months in a state of inaction, and tho fleets kept floating in idleness ? Would Lord John Russell open his heart and explain any of these things ? Would he go forward in obedience to the popular voice and will, and so secure now esteem and popularity, or would he slide back into his new Coalition shell and lose a further portion of the goodwill which the nation bears him for past services in the popular_ cause I Such might well be some. of the many suppo sitions of the company who assembled in Downing-street. I Lord John Russell soon put all surmises to rest by his speech —prepared for the occasion, and based on two main proposi tions—first, that all present should vote at once, as a matter of course, the estimate for War Minister, because, secondly, the Cabinet would shortly want more money for carrying on the war, and that the real question of confidence or no confi dence in the Coalition should be taken next week, when such money vote should be presented to the House of Commons. In other words, the matter stood thus—" Put off the in tended discussion and trial 'of party strength this evening, be cause in a few days we shall have a little account' for settle ment. When we present it, if you vote the money, you will sanction our proceedings and policy if you do not, such vote will of course be a vote of want of confidence in the Cabinet as at present constituted." This was a very dexterous way of putting the case to a mixed company such as that which yes terday assembled at the call of the Minister. In the first place, it tided over the difficulty of the hour. It boat at once the Tory muster of last night. It put off the evil day for a week at all events, and then proposed the trial of party strength upon the broader issue, whether or not the House of Commons will vote money to the Coalition to carry on the war in their own way, or whether by refusing the money they will risk the stoppage of the war altogether at a moment when delays aro fraught with a thousand evils. Mr. Vernon Smith might cavil, Mr. Horsman denounce, but Lord John was dexterous, and Mr. Sidney Herbert polite, whilst Lord Palmerston's silence was, perhaps, more eloquent than his voice could have been. Of the hundred and seventy-nine gentlemen present, the bulk were evidently convinced at once that the only thing to be done was to follow the leader who had called them together, and if an independent leader like Lord Dudley Stuart felt bound to interrogate, or a plain spoken Reformer like the member for Montrose raised his voice in exhortation or in criticism, or as a peace-maker, their objections were the more readily smoothed away by the clear understanding that the leader of the House of Commons would be no party to the conclusion of an armistice, and Vienna. On the contrary, thorn never has been a moment since tho commencement of this war at which the belligerent Powers were resolved and prepared to prosecute their enter prise with greater activity. The delays which are inseparable from the opening of a campaign, from the extreme difficulty of obtaining the means of transport, especially iu a barbaious country, are at last overcome. The Russian defences al the Suliva mouth of the Danube are reported to have been at tacked and destroyed by five British and French steamers. A considerable detachment of French troops start for the Baltic ; while the main expeditionary army, under Marshal St. Arnaud an*Dord Raglan, must have reached the Danube in time to support - 4_o last energetic and brilliant operations of Omer Pasha. To 'talk of negotiations—and especially of negotiations on so flimsy and unsatisfactory a basis as the last communication from St. Petersburg —at the moment when the belligerent Powers are just beginning to reap some of the advantages which they have a right to anticipate from the vast sacrifices and their long forbearance, is an ab surdity of which no man in Europe, except the King of Prussia, can be guilty. The King of Prussia himself must be aware that ho has lost all credit and influence, with the Western Powers and with Europe, and his Envoy . in London, who went through the formality of pre senting his credentials to her Majesty yesterday would give no sanction to anything other than a vigorous pro secution of the war until a peace could be secured upon a broad solid, and honourable basis. The eflbct of explanations such as these--given as they were with official authority, and ut tered in the atmosphere of Whitehall—may be easily imagined. " Things went off satisfactorily," and although reporters were not admitted to record verbatim the two hours' talk, and every M.P.'s mouth was sealed by a promise not to communi• cats anything that transpired to the newspapers, the public have here an ample summary of the Downing-street confer ence. The result was seen speedily enough when the House of Commons opened for business. No places were taken, There were no full benches—no preparations for a field night. Lord J. Russell was permitted to state what he had publicly to declare about tho War Ministry without serious challenge or debate, and in place of a fierce passage of arms between Tory Opposition and Coalition Ministers a comparatively empty House subsided into a monotonous discussion about the fa vourite electioneering sin of Bribery. The War Debate is postponed till next week, and till then the Ministry have a respite. If the required Vote of Credit is given, we may ex pect Parliament to rise early in August, but that rising will, we trust, be merely au adjournment, and not a lengthened pro rogation. If all the money that may be asked for is not grant ed by the House of Commons, Parliament cannot be prorogued in the usual way to February, since the Chancellor of the Exchequer has not cash enough to last him for six months. It rests, therefore, with Parliament to d ec id e h ow l ong th ey will leave the Aberdeen Cabinet in full possession of VA) strings by which the war is managed—how lolig they will permit.tho Coalition to manage the war iu secret and beyond the reach of Parliamentary check, War cannot be waged without money. If money , for six months' war is granted— Lord Aberdeen will have his will unchecked for half a year— time long enough for winning or losing everything. If " something on account " only is given, the House of Com mons may again have a chance of expressing au opinion upon the subject before it be too late. What will they do ?—Daily News. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—Yes terday Mr. Bedford, coroner [or Westminster, held an inquest at the Westminster Hospital, relative to the death of William Ingram,. aged 53, who lost his life through falling from the roof of the House of Lords on Wednesday last. The deceased was, it appeared, in the employ of Messrs. Easton and Amos, and in consequence of a large tank containing 1,660 gallons, which this firm had recently erected on the roof of the House of Lords, having commenced leaking, it was necessary to raise a shoot upon the roof in order to carry the water off from the building. In order to do this deceased was, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon of the day in question, engaged with two others named Edwards and Collins. Having succeeded in raising the shoot by means of a hand line, deceased ascended to the top, and stood vpon the wall (about 18 inches wide) for the pur pose of pulling it (the shoot) nearer to the required spot, and had hold of one end for that purpose, when from the wet weather his hands slipped, he stumbled, and fell from thence to the ground, a depth of 56 feet, striking violently against a scaffold and a girder in his descent. He was immediately conveyed to the above hospital, where it was found that his right arm was dreadfully fractured both above and below the elbow, and the right thigh also severely fractured. The com bined effects of the injuries and the shock resulted in the poor fellow's death on Friday morning. This frightful catastrophe has unhappily rendered the poor widow completely deranged. Verdict, "Accidental death. SPECIAL PRIZES FOR THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBI TION OF 1855.—A notice from the Department of Science and Art has been issued, which states that 40 prizes of the value of 81. Are to be awarded to those students who take medals in the greatest number of stages in each of the Exhibitions. Twenty prizes are to be awarded in the Autumn Examination of 1854, and twenty prizes in the Spring Exhibition of 1855. These prizes are to enable the most deserving students to visit the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855, and each student will be required to make a written report of his observations on that Exhi bition. They will be awarded among the students of all the schools of art throughout-the kingdom. BRITISH MUSEUAL—Yesterday a return obtained by Mr. Ewart was printed, showing the purposes to which' the suns of 3,000/., granted for the purchase of coins and antiquities in the yeir ended the 24th March last, has been applied. The sum expended fo r co i ns and an ' tiquities in the year ending the .31. st 'March was 2 ; 1541 - 17e. 6d. There are liabilities to 5201., leaving a balance of 0251 P! London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Borw. V. &N Md Do I S. Eastern Do Norfolk.. L. & N. IV. & Midld. Stekton & Daejuot • Aidlana / .. E. Count. Do. Do L. &N.W. &Ln&Yk Gt North') Do Gancash& Yorksh. 11.MClean Stoat. & Darlingt. 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(Ireland) Eighths)... 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Bells & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. coy, red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Dr,. irred. 4p. e.... 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a ... 1.00 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p.i c., 1852 _ 100 Do. Now Guar.6 p. c pp Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all 1 Londondeny& Coler. Shares all Londy.&Ennie.iSh all 51an., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 4 Do. £6 narypt .& Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent 106 Do Ai - Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. .00 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Uirm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Prof. 4A per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock LOO I Do. 5 . p. c. Est ...... . LOO Do. 54per ct . pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c [OO North British all North Staffordshire., [Op Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..Zls,6 p.c 15 Do I all Scot. Cent. , New Pre: all Throws. & Birm.N.G. all S:irewsby. & Cheatex (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all /South Devon. De. fixed, 4a per cent all 3. Eastern (Readily ° Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. [OO Do. 4 hie' . cent. all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all IStocktou and Dar• lington, 4 per cent 5 I Do. do. do. all 18tockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. .00 York, Newcastle,and Be rwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do .0 Vork&N. Midla.ndli. and S. Porch. PREFERENCE SHARES. all l igua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all A.nglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blaenarvon Ir. &Coal all ilritish Austrin. Gold 13.6 British Iron 24 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaos & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek 4 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copia po all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent all English and Austrin Coppel Smeltg . Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.&Californ.Gold 1 10 1 1 Quarts Crush. Co. all vlariquita 9 Xexican&S.Amorien. all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. di Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymuey Iron 15 Do. Now 10i Santiago de Cuba :all ?outh Australian Tin Croft all' United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining of A ustralia ....... all Yuba ...... JOINT-STOI all Australasia ..... all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. link, of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 14 English Scottish and Australian 20 Gond. Chart. Bk. of 50 60 100 100 Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 226 National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of 25 100 10 5 Corporation 5 Do. Now 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 ii.oyal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia.. 21 Do. New 10 Union of London 46 - 48 41 43xd! , 73 75 8 10 Cram ft AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Tr the week ending July 9, 1854 Corresponding week last year 1 " 1.93410 411§4mikettelisimmtopomic THE WAR, The Lizard has received orders to prepare again imme diately for sea. The Lizard is rigged yacht fashion, polacco rigged, her lower masts and topmasts being in one length, which prevents in time of need her striking topmasts when going alongside ship to deliver stores and provisions. It is the general opinion, had she been fitted with regular shifting topmasts, they could have been struck previous to her going alongside the Algiers, which might in all moral reasoning have prevented the loss of two lives—the one having de prived a family of a parent, the other a loss of a fine pro mising lad in the service, where seamen aro always valuable. It appeared on the ev id ence g i ven, that had th e ma i n -y ar d o f the Algiers been t oppe d the right wa y, or the braces let go, the accident could not h ave happene d. N o ass i s t ance (i n the confusion of berthi ng th e troops) was g i ven i n ge tti ng a l ong . side, although a rope was repeatedly called for to keep the Lizard clear of th e A lg i ers ' main-yar d , cause d b y th e run of tide and the lift o f the sea. The Long B oa t ( sa i l i ng tender to th e F orm id a bl e ) , R eu b en Harvey, mast er, arrived here yesterday from Calais, at eight p. In., having gone over there to put machinery ou board the Hannibal ; but in consequence of a cross sea running too high to go alon gs id e, the Long Boat ran for Calais harbour, and put the machinery on board the Echo steam-vessel for the purpose of being shipped ou board the Hannibal at the time the Long Boat left Calais. On Saturday evening the Hannibal was pre paring to get under weigh with the squadron of line-of-battle ships. Mr. Harvey reports that the Emperor only visited the commodore's ship, the Hannibal, and that for only a very short time. The Spiteful, fitting at Woolwich, has been commissioned by Commander Kynastou, and is to be brought forward im mediately for active service, The Tartarus paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant R. H. Risk, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from Sheerness. Notice has been posted at Woolwich Dockyard that letters for the Black Sea will be despatched by the Colombo and Simla steam -vessels on the 18th and 19th inst. from Devon port. Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving in the Black Sea will be forwarded by these opportunities if posted in time, and marked " By the Colombo or Simla." APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants Francis R. Purvis (1852), recently promoted from acting mate ; and Lionel Lambert (1852), recently pro moted from mate, having been appointed to the Spiteful. Lieut. Thompson, additional of the Britannia, has been appointed to the Fury, vice Blake, at Malta Hospital. Mr. Wright, clerk of the Terrible, has been appoint e d i n c h arge of the Banshee, vice the, to be acting paymaster of the Vesuvius. MISCELLANEOUS. TIM FLAG APPOINTMENTS, &C. As was stated yesterday, the death of Rear-Admiral Hen derson, C. 8., promoted no less than ten captains to flag rank, on the active, retired, and reserved half-pay lists. By these promotions a good-service pension, the appoint ment of a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, and the com mand of the screw-ship Nile are relinquished. The vacant good-service pension, we believe, has been be stowed upon Captain Lushington (1819), now in command of the Albion, 80, in the Black Sea fleet. This selection is an act of justice towards a senior captain of good service 'in his present rank, and of distinguished service in an inferior grade, who has been passed over several times in favour of juniors. Captain Lushington, as a commander, distinguished himself in command of the "Etna, bomb, at the taking of Mores Castle. As a captain ho commanded th e Retribution, steam-frigate, and the Vengeance, 84. H e was then appointed superintendent of the Indian navy, which post, however, ho resigned in order to continue hi s service in the Royal navy, and has held the command of the Albi on since July, 1852. There aro only three officers senior t o C aptain Lushington on the list that can be said to have any claims to the good-service pension. Commodore Henry Byam Martin, C. 8., having attained his rank of rear- a d m i ral, the command of the Nile, 90 gun screw ship, in the Baltic, has been given to Captain George Rodney Mundy (1837), This gallant officer, it will be remembered, was for some time captain of the Waterloo, 120, and then of the London, 90 ; but after fitting and manning the latter ship, Captain Mundy, Ui consuquence severe illness, was obliged to relinquish his post, and was succeeded by Captain Charles Eden. It is deemed probable that Rear-Admiral Martin may take out the Royal Albert, screw three-decker, to the Black Sea, to serve as flagship of the.... Commander-in-Chief of the . . British fleet in those waters remained at Halifax in his Captain of the Fleet. , near -Admiral Martin remaining as Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C.B the commander-in-chief, Thompson, July 6. iaauthdeeil m u The force of Admiral Fanshaw flag ship Vestal, 26,Captain on the North American division of the station at Halifax(' consisted of the flag-ship Buzzard, 6, paddle, Commander Dobbin , Newfoundland ; Daring, 12, Commander Napier at St. ' Lawrence ; and the Netley, tender, in the Bay of F u L d In the West Indies are the and Devastation, 6, pad C ommander Do Horsey, at St. Thomas's, June 16. rb Cal '---e YPso loft fora cruise among the Caly Y p . so, 1.8, Captain Forbes, northern islands, June 28 ; and the Devastation conveyed the Magdalena, Royal Mail steam -packet, out of the port. ' a ul n In c Hancock, kwas was a t e P r o u r i t s in g Royaloff Cuba ; Medea, 6, paddle, Commander Phillimore, left Jamaica, June 23, for Havannab. Commodore Adams, commander-lu-chief for the coast of jul C y om 2 r E od sp oz gie Henderson, coram Africa, in the Scourge, 6, paddle, arrived at Madeira, from Devonport, June 22, and after coalin eeded to Ascension. Rear-Admiral Henderson, C.B. having ' died, the command in-chief of the Brazils station devolves on a commander. Commander Finch, we believe, is the eominander.in.chief. The command in chief of another station —the Cape of Good Hoe—is left to a commander, who, b y th e way, should have been a captain, for Commnder Morris, of the Hydra, 6, paddle at the Cape , was acting caPtain twice when with 'Commodore Plnmridge in the East Indies. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam -ship Simla, Captain George Brookes, which is to t ake the 4th Dragoons to the East, made au extraordinary passage from South ampton to Plymouth. Sho left the docks at 330 p.m. on Saturday, and entered the Sound at 145 at on Sunday. iOn,,the passage from the Needles to the Breakwater Light house she averaged 14 knots, under steam only, against seven hours' flood tide and a strong head wind, although she is four inches by the head, her proper trim bein g seven inches by the stern. She anchored in the Sound until nine o'clock in the morning, when Nlr. Thoinpson, Queen's harbour -master, navigated 'her to her moorings off Keybana, where s h e was shortly afterwards inspected by the Brigade-Major. The Simla is nearly 100 feet longer than her. Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington. She takes in all 320 horses —namely, 26 in the bold, 127 between decks, and 167 on deck. Of these, she embarked at Southampton six, supplied by the 6th Enniskillens, nine by the 6th Light Dragoons (carbineers), three by the 17th Lancers, and two by the 15th Light Dra goons. The 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, under the command of Colonel Lord Paget, will consist of two sad roes, comprising 250 horses and 293 men. Th e A an qu d B troop, under Major Lowe, arrived at Pl ymouth on Paturclay, and the E and F troop, under Major Acker, arrived on Monday. The Clifton, Belgravia, Edwin, Columbia, and Hereford shire transports left the Downs yesterday for Calais, to be ready to embark the French troops. The Prince screw steamer, 2,700 tons burdens, left Blackwell on Saturday for the same service.' She carries a vast quantity of shot, shell, and ammunition. The Orinoco screw-steamer sailed from off Portsmouth on Saturday with the Rifles and a detac hmeut of Foot for the Black Sea. Au immense quantity of shot, shell, barrels of cartridges, cases of swords, & c ., have been shipped on boa r d the Manilla for conveyance into the Black Sea. The Himalaya will not mire at Liverpool until Friday. Instead of proceeding to that port direct she ha s gone round bsycolitsnaGgrastyoswsutatfoirotheedptuhieTroes.e o T f h e e ni m ba ain odrkinbga portion of the of that regi ment still remain at Manchester. Yesterday morning the senior and junior c ompanies of the 46th Regiment, consisting of 200 rank and file, with 22 non 9eram*onod officers and drummers, marched from the In- NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. ft Yesterday notice ivas publicly given on the Royal Ex change that within 20 clays from that date the Court of Ad miralty would proceed to condemn the undermentioned Rus sian ships as lawful captures—namely, the Augusta, prize to her Majesty's steamers Arrogant and Hecla ; the Franciska, Muhelsen late mast er , prize her Majesty's steamer Cruiser ; the Alexander, prize to the Amphion and Conflict ; the Johan Carl, prize to the Conflict • the Johanna Maria, Andreas E. Lindtern, late mas t e r, and the Noruen, Dahls, late master, both prizes to the Archer; the Louisa, prize to the Amphiou; the Union, 13arm late master, prize to the Cruiser ; the Louisa Amelia and a schooner, name unknown, both prizes to the Amphion; the Anna Catarina, the Polka, and Livonia, all prizes to the Amphion and Conflict; and the Jean Marie, Rolle, late master, prize to the Archer. These vessels and their cargo es will forthwith be sold by public auction, and the proceeds divided among the captors. The Royal Albert, 131 guns, new screw steam-ship, Com . inander Alexander Little. Arrangements are being made for fitting this ship with Mr. William Wolfe Bonney's patent gutta-percha speaking-tubes, as adapted to her Majesty's ships of war either propelled by steam power or otherwise. for communicating orders to all parts of the ship, and up into the tops without the intervention of men to, pass the word. This has been found to act admirably in the Hannibal during her late embarkation of troops off Calais. In time of action a concentrated fire can be made true to a second of time, by the word " fire" being given fore and aft the ship on either or each deck at the same moment. Either in time of action or during a gale of wind, every order can be distinctly heard below and aloft at the same moment. Mr. Bonney was here yesterday, for the purpose of consulting with Commander Alexander Little as to what particular parts of this ship the tubes are to be conveyed, so as to , give the greatest facilities of communicating for general service between decks, engine rooms' &c. The Hornet, 16, screw steam-sloop, Commander Frederick A. Campbell, arrived at the Nore, yesterday, from Woolwich, at 10.3 a.m., for the Baltic. She is first to proceed to Portsmouth for her final orders. A number of the friends and relatives of officers and men serving in the Baltic have endea voured to send out letters and parcels in her from here, but on application to the Post -office authorities hero, they have been informed, " There are no orders sent to that department to forward any mail or parcels through this post-office by her," much to the disappointment of some hundreds of persons here. The Vulture, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain Frederick H. H. Glasse.--The crew of this ship, with her officers, are busily engaged receiving her stores, provisions, &c. It will be Friday next before she will be ready to leave here. She was put out of the fitting basin yesterday, and her compasses are to be adjusted by swinging ship immediately after she has completed her coaling. The Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant Thomas B. Christopher.—The first-class boy, Edward Cham bers, who received severe injuries by the falling of the top end of the mainmast of this vessel when alongside the Algiers, off Calais, on Saturday last, died shortly after from the injury, his skull being severely fractured and one leg being broken at the knee , with a comp oun d f rac t ure o f th e same leg. Mr. Charles Christopher, an architect, whose injuries caused almost immediate death, was visiting his brother, the com mander, to witness the embarkation of the French troops. It appears, upon evidence taken before Mr. James Lewis, coroner for the waters of the Medway, within the jurisdiction of the city of Rochester, that the Lizard had been ordered to convey fresh provisions to the Algiers from the commodore's ship Hannibal ; and on ranging up along side the Algiers, the maintopmast (or rather a part of the mainmast, the Lizard being rigged with polacco mast, form ing lower masts and topmasts in one stick), fouled with the lower yard arm of the Algiers, and carried the mast away just above the rigging. The lower part of the stick forming the topmast was strongly hooped with iron bands, which considerably added to the weight thereof. This came down upon deck on the starboard side, just between the after com panion and the skylight where Mr. Christopher and the boy were standing. Both were knocked down on the deck and the mast laid on them. The jury returned a verdict of acci dental death in both cases. The boy Chambers was buried in Trinity churchyard by the Waterloo, yesterday, and the body. of Mr. Christopher has been conveyed to London for inter ment there by his friends. 62a 3 131 e 90 11 76 125 79i st osi 104 4 121 83 i 5 10 St. 5 66j5 I 5 per cent. 63j i 731 i di. 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The Earl of MALMESBURY postponed his motion for copies of the correspondence between the English -Government and the Court of Vienna on the occupation of the Danubian provinces by the Austrian army, from Tuesday until a future day. -- - MERCHANT SHIPPING BI LL. The house went into committee upon this bill. Several clauses having been agreed to, and others postponed, Lord WALSINGHAM proposed the omission of clause 178, which enabled the commissioners for the re duction of the national debt to establish savings banks in the principal ports of the kingdom for the savings of sailors. He objected to the clause on the ground that savings banks already existed in those placft, and lie= cause it established a principle which had been re peatedly introduced into the Savings Bank Bill, and as frequently rejected, viz., giving the commissioners power to appoint their own treasurer. Lord STANLEY of A LDERLEY said the object of the clause was to pravido banks where sailors could im• mediatly deposit their money on landing, and to guard them against those temptations which too frequently led to their dissipation of their whole wages. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 181, Lord CAMPBELL intimated that it was his inten tention to take the opinion of the house upon this this cicou ause ntr . but It of eve had been th e l aw not only of y ry other nation in the world, that if a ship and her cargo were lost by the perils of the sea, the crew should not be entitled to their wages. The' present clause would introduce a principle entirely sub to that of a ll versive of th other countries. at universal law, and mak e our law different , Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY did not think the clause would effect so sweeping a change of the existing law as had been mentioned. He defended the clause, on the ground of justice to the sailor. It would be a great hardship, in the event of a sailor being wrecked on returning home after a voyage of two or three yea rs , to deprive him of his wages for the whole of that period. So strongly had this been felt that most liberal and fair minded shipowers never refused to pay wages when a vessel was lost. After a few words from several noble lords, the house divided on the question, that the clause be retained, when there appeared— Contents .... Non-contents Majority —5l The clause was therefore agreed to, as were also clauses up to 218 inclusive. On clause 219, providing for the survey of provisions and water, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he had an amendment to propose in this clause. The clause enabled a seaman to complain to certain officers, who were men tioned, in the event of his having ground of complaint on the subject of the quantity or quality of the provi sions or water. Now he (the Earl of Ellenborough) wished to extend that power, so as to enable a seaman to complain if he thought the ship was in an unseaworthy state; and also to provide that the officer to whom such a complaint was made should be permitted to order the ship to be surveyed if he believed there were reasonable grounds for supposing that the complaint was well founded, but not otherwise. He thought there could be no objec• tion to this amendment, which was not only necessary f)r the safety of the crew's lives, but to produce content ment among them. He understood that last year a num ber of seamen were punished for refusing to embark in ships, although their only ground of refusal was that the ships were in an unfit condition for going to sea. The noble earl concluded by moving his amendment accord ingly. 56 Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that no sea man was compelled to go on a voyage in a vessel that he believed to be unseaworthy, and he did not think this amendment necessary. It would besides cause great inconvenience and expense to the owners, if a vessel with a cargo on board was to be ordered at any time to be unloaded with the view of being surveyed. After a few words from the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH and the Earl of HARDIVICKE the amendment was agreed to, and the clause, together with clauses up to 239 in clusive, was ordered to stand part of the bill. The remaining clauses and the various schedules were then agreed to, and the bill was reported to the house. I PUBLIC REVENUE AND C ONSOLIDATED CHARGES BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of the Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, the objects of which he described as being twofold : one was to bring into 'the Exchequer the gross revenue, leaving the expenses of its collection to be defrayed by the votes in Parliament ; and the other was to remove from the Consolidated Fund certain salaries with which it has been hitherto charged, and to place them on the votes of supply. Lord MONTEAGLE moved that the bill be referred to a select committee. The object of the bill was to give Government a control over certain charges which had been purposely removed from it upon the grounds of political expediency. The transfer of a salary from the Consolidated Fund to the votes of supply subjected the recipient to the caprice of either the Minister or the House of Commons. By the operation of the bill, the 'salaries of revising barristers would be placed under the Icontrol of the House of Commons, which was a return to the system abolished by Sir R. Peel in 1843. The noble lord then went on to argue against the impolioy as well as the injustice of placing the salaries of the clerk of the patent entirely dependent on an annual vote, and he urged that the increased number of miscellaneous votes, which this bill went to swell, would almost double the time now appropriated to financial purposes, and to that extent lessen the time that could be applied to legis lative purposes. Designating the bill as anomalous in character and unjust in principle, he prayed the house to refer it to a select committee, in order that it might be more fully considered. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, who en tirely coincided with the reasoning of his noble friend Lord Monteagle. The Duke of ARGYLE said that the whole argument of the noble lord was founded upon the supposition that it was the rule to charge salaries upon the Consolidated Fund, and that it was the exception to vote them, whereas the contrary was the fact. Having instanced the fact that the Board of Health and the Poor-law Board, as well as the Insolvent Commissioners, held their offices dependent upon an annual vote, he main tained that the schedule of the bill was quite in the or dinary course. The reference to a select committee was therefore unnecessary, and he deprecated the adoption of such a proceeding as an unusual interference with the ordinary course of business. The Earl of DERBY said that the intention of the Governincrt of which he had been a member was to bring under the control of the House of Commons, not the mere net receipts of the customs and excise and other sources of revenue, hut to bri ng un d er i ts control the gross amou n t of that revenue, and to let the house vote the annual cost of collecting it. If the bill had only gone thus far, he would have supported it, but he objected to placing under the control of the House of Commons judi cial or quasi judicial offices. Lord CAMPBELL 'read a letter from Mr. Jardine, setting forth the claims of himself and his colleagues to be exempted from an annual discussion on their conduct in the House of Commons. Errl GRANVILLE, yielding to a strong expression of opinion in the house, consented that the bill should be referred to a select committee, upon the understanding that the bill was not to be thrown over. The motion to refer the bill having been agreed to, the other orders of the day were disposed, and the house ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were ordered to be considered and read a third time :—Great North of Scotland Railway, Methwold Drainage, and South Devon and Taviatock Railway Bill. The Earl of Eglinton's Estate Bill and Stainforth's Mate Bill were read a second time. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MARRIED WOMEN. Mr. PHINN asked the Solicitor-General whether the attention of Government had been directed to seri ous difficulties which had arisen from supposed errors in taking the acknowledgment of married women under the Fine; and Recoveriei Act. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said a bill for this purpose had been laid upon the table of the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor three or four days ago • it stood for a second reading this evening , and would doubt come down in a short time to this house. n° step held up for praise by the Secretary for Ireland, in removing cholera patients from ships into the town. Mr. LIDDELL said the hon. member for Dungar von was perfectly justified in bringing this subject before the house, and he could not but join with the hon. t t h re e m h e on su . s p e r i n s r e e t a a n ry d f d o i r s a fr p e pe l e i n n d t m t e h n o t o g a h t t t fi h e t t o o ts ri g i w y e e r to which the hon. Sec r etary for Ire l and thought fit to g i ve to this application. A t a time like this, when an outbreak of and gall ant member (Col. Dunne) in expressing his ex cholera was imminent, if it had not already occurred, were they to be told that at such a port as Cork, where emigrant ships infected with that fatal disease, were con tinually must h being e d r i ranee v provision to prevent it s spread ingeg in ; yth e people of C or k th emse l ves, when it was so eminently t h e duty of the Government. Mr. LUCAS expressed surprise that no other mem ber of the Government, except the Secretary for Ireland, had risen to state in whose department this subject lay. The answer given was totally beside the question ; the City of Cork benefitted nothing by those emigrant ships, and it appeared eat, as in the case of Belfast, no relief could .be provided by local means for th ose ca l amities, eicept-liy breaking the law. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY admitted it was a subject of great im portance to provide for such distressing oases, but it was believed that a floating hospital was not the best for per sons attacked with cholera or fever. Some accommo dation ought to be established on shore, and he believed a hulk would not answer the purpose. He trusted something might be done on this important subject. Mr. MAGUIRE said if the Government gave any promise that they would take the matter up he should not bring on any motion on the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL said the matter should be in. quired into, but he could give no specific promise on the question. Mr. MAGUIRE said, in that case he should on a future day bring on his motion: The subject then dropped. THE ENCLOSURE COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. Mr. AGLIONBy drew attention to the inexpediency of removing this office and its valuable contents from its present site in Whitehall-gardens, to make room' for the new Minister for War. Mr. WILSON said it was not till it was found itn- I possible to procure a fitting site for the new department of the Minister for War, that the Government had de termined -on removing the Enclosure Commissioners' Office to St. James's-square, as it was desirable to hate the offiabf the War Minister near Downing -street. COUNT PAHLEN. Mr. T. BUTT said he bad a notice on the paper, but as he understood that the house was anxious to' go into committee of supply, and as he had been given to un derstand that if be did not 'press his motion now he should have an opportunity of bringing it on afterwards, Under those circumstances he felt it would not be right of him to occupy at present the time of the house. (Hear, hear.) MINISTER OF WAR. Tha house having gone into committee of supply, Lord J. RUSSELL said—Mr. Speaker, I am about to place on the table the estimate for the present year ending 31st March, 1855, to defray the expenses of the Secretary of State for the War Department; and in doing so I beg to recall to the attention of the house what has passed ont previous evenings Upon this subject. I think it was my hon. friend the member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) who, early in the session, stated his opinion—repeatedly ex pressed before —that the military departments in this country ought to be brought together, and especially that the Secretary of State for the War Department had not sufficient control over these military departments. A right hon. gentleman. whom I see opposite (Sir J. Pakington), and who has been Secretary of State for the Colonies, added his opinion that the Secretary of State for the Colonies, although he was nominally Secretary of State for .War, had not the means in his department to carry into effect those resolutions which he might think neon. nary for • the public service. At a later period the hone member for Surrey asked me a question in reference to this subject, and certainly received a very general assent from the house when he said that he hoped there would be a Minister of War. In answer to him, I stated that the subject was under the consideration of the Government... A little later I said that the Government had determined. that the departments of Secretary of State for War and Colonies should be divided, and that further arrangements wore in contemplation. I have now to give a general outline of the changes that are in contemplation. th 3 first place, I beg to remind the house that two questions como under consideration together, but aro of a very different character. The one is, whether in time of war it is desirable to keep united the offices -of Secretary for War and for the Colonies ; and the other is whether, with a view to public convenience in the arrangements Of the business of the departments, it is de sirable to make changes with regard to the military de plrtments, and to simplify and consolidate the business which they have to transact. With reference to the first question, the house is aware that during the late war the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies could devote his time and attention to the business of the war—to the fitting out of expeditions and the other military arrange. ments—the colonial business at that time occupying only a comparatively small portion of his time. Since the peace, and especially during the last twenty years, the business of the Colonial Secretary has very greatly in creased. In almost every colony —even in some of the mi litary colonies—there have been discussions with respect to arrangements for the control of the public expenditure, and many questions, some of the highest importance, have arisen in our several colonies. It, therefore, appeared to the Government that, considering that question alone, it was not desirable to keep these offiees united, and that falthough it was physically possible for a person of great decision, of groat habits of business, and of health which should be uninterrupted, to go through the business of the two departments, yet that it was desirable to separate them for the sake of the efficient discharge of the duties of each. The questions that would come before a minister in each department might be of the utmost importance. The fitting out of an expedition, the troops that are to com pose it, the points to which it is to be directed, the means that are to be employed, aro all subjects involving ques tions that would require the sole and undivided attention of a man of the greatest practice in public business. On the other hand, although it might happen that the consideration of colJnial questions might often be postponed, still from time to time there do arise questions that cannot be deferred consistently with the order and with the setisfaction of the colonies, and which require, both as to their principle and details, the undivided attention of the Secretary of State. On these grounds, therefore, seeing the great war in which we are engaged, the Government thought that these depart ments should be divided. With reference to the other .question—which, as I said, is of a totally different nature —it is one that has from time to time occupied the atten tion of former Governments. It was not long after Earl Grey's Government was formed that the Duke of Rich mond represented to Lord Grey that it was very desirable to inquire whether the military departments might not be consolidated with advantage to the conduct of public busi ness. An inquiry was made into that subject by a com mission consisting, besides the Duke of Richmond, of the hon. member for Coventry (Mr. Ellice), and of Sir James Kemp. There was also employed, as secretary to the com mission, a man of considerable ability, Mr. John Bissett, once Commissary-General in the Peninsula. Ent although the Duke of Richmond arrived at conclusions in which I was ready to concur, the Government did not think fit to adopt them, in consequence of the practical difficulty of putting them in force. At a later period the present Earl Grey, when Secretary at War, assisted by some of his colleagues, made very extensive inquiries, and proposed a different scheme of arrangement s . T o th a t scheme of arrangements, which consisted chiefly in placing the Secretary-at-War in the position, though with the functions and the proper attributes, of a Secretary of State, th ere were some objec tions, arising from the n a t ure o f th e d e p ar t me n t , an d there were also other practical o bj ec ti ons o f a m ost forc i bl e 'That plan which were stated by the D u k e o f W e llington. 1t ,10 1 t plan was not ado' t and Ido not know V ie t any s iect.gAnd Government has proposed any inquiry into th e subj ect. day,.l several although from time to time, up to the pres e nt chang .s have been u m grea t I , r consideration, no or organics change has been adopted. In co nsidering this subject, it hat th e chiinconv enience that we haveef inconvenien has appeared to the Govern t the military d t to complain of is,• that, epar meats being divn • l e d into several heads, there i s no su preme head which should govern those departments gene rally, I have stated ou former occasions that I d o no t think it any fault that separate official persons should have separate duties, although they may b e l ong generally to one department. As ou building this house, for instance, it would be absurd to endeavour to consolidate and join the departments of the mason, the carpenter, and the brick layer, but it would be equally absurd to have three or four architects, who should give different opinions as to the general construction of the building. What is wanted, therefore, is, one head, who should be able to take into his view the wants, the requirements, and the duties of the several departments, and to govern them with full in formation and with decision, and be able to come to a final decision on the subjects which occupied his attention. One of the departments which it is most obvious should be placed under a Minister of War is the commissariat, which is now a department of the Treasury. There are reasons for that arrangement, connected not so much with the distribution of provisions arid supplies for the army, as with the financial operations which the Treasury has to perform in our different colonies. Now, although the Treasury should have the general superintendence of the financial concerns of the public, there does not seem any convenience, but the contrary, in an officer of the Treasury having the regulation of the pay and distribution of ra tions to the troops. That is business which does not pro perly belong to a department which has the general super vision and control of the financi es o f th e coun t ry; it is an executive function of itself, and therefore should belong rather to an executive minister, such as a Secretary of State , than to th e d e p ar t men t o f the Treasury. The Government, therefore, are of opinion that, besides what I have statedeA to the general direction of the operations of the war, the mi nister Secretary of State for War should take the di r ec ti on e t other of the commissariat department. With respe c t ie be questions, there are many changes which hav e effect. con sidered ; but few which can at once be carri ed into atthe Duke of In considering this subject, I remember t hat Master -Ge neral of Wellington gave the opinion that the the Ordnance wasw ho properly the officer oug ht to both* military adviser of the Government, th at he should have a perfect knowledge of the military wa nts of the country, to give the Cabinet to time and should be able from t ime such advice as he should think prop er P on military topics. and may be occasionally, a very good arrangement, But although this is apparen tly, is ti obvious that it can very seldom be practicable , if you could find on ordinary oc casions a general who had taken a political part and h e ld asthe members of the Go vernment, supposing him to the same opinions betn the prime of life, and hi s op i n i ons in regard to m ilitarysubjects very gene ra ll y held in esteem, it would seem var y fit, whether h o were to be called the Master - _ General of the Ordnance or by some ot h er name, that he should be the military a d v i ser of the Go vernment. But this is very seldom th e case, and we gene ra gene rally find that the mo de in which the office of Master- General has been supplied is thi s. You find a man of great military distinction—Sir G eorg e Murioy, or Sir - James Kemp, or the Marquis of Anglesey —appointed to • fill the office, who has Won great honours in the field, and who, therefore; is placed at the head of the Ordnance d.. partment. But it is not eatiefactory that, upon every occasion, the Government should look to that officer for the management of all . the civil departments' placed under his car e . F or_ observe that his office, instead of being, Et 4 it was coneidereti to be a 4 one tint% tag THE WAR SUPPLIES. Lord J. RUSSELL on moving that the speaker leave the chair for the purpose of going into committee of sup ply, gave notice that some day next week he should move a committee of the whole house for the purpose of asking for a vote of credit to enable th e G overnment to carry on the war. He could not state now what the amount of the credit would be, but an estimate of it should be laid on the table before Thursday. Mr. WALPOLE wished to know whether a commit tee of ways and means would be also moved with a view of furnishing the means for raising this credit. Lord J. RUSSELL replied . in the negative. CORK HARBOUR. Mr. MAGUIRE called the attention of the Govern ment to the necessity of providing a floating hospital for Cork harbour. The hon. gentleman entered into a variety of details of emigrant ships being driven into Cork harbour, the passengers of which were suffering from cholera and fever, and a vast number of deaths occurred, owing to the want, of a floating hospital to re ceive the sick and infected passengers. Sir J. YOUNG said the people who ought to pay for this floating hospital were the people of Cork, who de rived such important advantages from the visits of foreign vessels trading to that port. In similar cases which occurred at Belfast, the people of that town had transferred the infected to hospitals on shore, and thereby prevented the spread of the disease, and he thought the people of Cork ought to do the same Colonel DUNNE said the answer of the Secretary for Ireland w as th e ;hos t extraor di nary he ever heard, and he maintained th a t i n suc h cases th e cost ought to fall on the gen era l f un d s o f th e coun t ry , as a large belonged emajority of the sick perso n s d r iven i n t o C or k harbour -to England and Scotland, and not to Cork. Mr. J. BALL said the conduct of the chief agth irate of Belfast-was not justified legally in 44 112 g the P 4 Qt P i 74. 1 p 131 i 4i I) 10 25 10 .0E 50 25 124 13/ 20 20