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then, though he must confess that he thought I there was much to be said in favour of the motion of the Hon. Member for Birmingham, and there was certainly much plausibility on the face of it, yet he felt compelled to divide against him on the present occasion.—(Divide, divide.) Mr. SPOONER said he would say but one word in reply to what had fallen from the lion. Member for Cockermoutb. He must say that for the sake of showing how fallacious was th e supposition that if an insurance were discontinued the office would return the premium. The office would, it is true, return something, but on most lives, and especially in young lives, the whole amount returned would not be more than two per cent. There was, therefore, nothing in that. He thought that the House was bound to act conscientiously, and if they . could not do all the good they desired, they at least might do some good. There was a peculiarity about the income-tax. It interfered with the whole arrangement of a man's expenditure. lie would suppose the case of a man enjoying a cer tain amount of income by which he ranged all his ex penses. Among other portions of his expenditure he had insured his life; then comesthe property-tax—this was a charge which he could not avoid, and there was the danger of losing, if not the actual loss, of the only provision which he was able to make for his family, and, therefore, he thought that a difference ought to be made to meet the case. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment.. Against it Majority against the Amendment —6l Mr. WAKLEY said, that in bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice, he thought it necessary to explain that his object was not to inter fere in any way with the collection of the tax upon property and income. The Bill before the House was entitled, "A Bill for Levying a Tax upon Pro perty and Income," but unless the clause of which he had given notice was introduced, it might be called " A Bill for levying a Tax on Losses." His (Mr. Wakley's) object was to relieve those parties who were assessed to the whole amount of their nominal income, and who yet suffered serious losses from the insolvency or bankruptcy of tenants, or, as in many cases, from their absconding, and he thought that he might, with great reason, ask the House to remit the charge for income-tax on the amount of those losses, when they had been fully proved be fore the official parties whose duty it was to make the assessment. Many parties complained that this tax was a great evil, and he (Mr. Wakley) was ready to allow that it was so, but still he thought that e any evil was endurable which was to continue only a limited period. And when two parties who were complaining to him of its oppression, how peculiarly it fell upon their cases, he was in the habit of telling them that it would not hurt them much, as it was to continue only for ithree years.. He would therefore tell the Right Hon. Baronet that the public expected this tax to cease at the end of three years. He had voted for the imposition of this tax, and under the circumstances he thought that it was a wise pro position, but he did not believe that tax could be con tinued in its present shape at the end of that time. There was already great discontent out of doors in consequence of it, and if the same disposition to reject any modification of the tax remained that had already been witnessed, he would say that it would be impos sible to continue the tax at the end of the time for which it was now voted ; but he believed that the amendment which he had to submit was necessary to render the tax palatable. He was ready to grant that they could not tax property without taxing income, but he at the same time conceived that in order to avoid the dishonest influence of the tax it was neces sary to introduce a clause to save the imposition upon losses. He did not wish merely to avoid the tax upon assumed losses, but on those which were capable of proof. He clidjnot ask that the Commissioners should have power—he (lid not say that they should at once remit—but that they should have the power of remitting the tax in all cases when it was proved that losses had been incurred by the cause: which he had assigned. He would, therefore, beg to move that a clause be inserted in the Bill to the following effect : " And whereas doubts have arisen whether the landlord for the time being of premises charged under Schedule (A) is liable to the duty charged on the said premises under the said last-mentioned Schedule, whether the said landlord shall or shall not have re • ceived the rent in respect of the said premises ; be it enacted, and it is hereby enacted, that it shall and may he lawful for the Commissione'rs for General Purposes, acting for the district in which the said premises are situated, on appeal to them made fur that purpese by the said landlord or his agent, to dis charge the said assessment, c.r such portion thereof. at the rate of seven pence in the pound, on such amount of rent as the ssi 1 landlord shall prove to their satisfaction he has wholly lost, and bee not been able and is not likely to recover in respect of the said premises, and on which he would have been liable to pay the said duty, by way of deduction, in case the occupier for the time being or an' other person fur him had paid the said rent." The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said that he ought to thank the lion. Member for Fins bury for having so well answered the Hon. Member for Cambri 'ge, but with respect to the amendment which the Hon. Member had submitted to the House he felt that he must be as hard upon that as he had been on other cases. He Nt that certainly there was considerable reason, in a prhnd facie aspect, in what had fallen from the Hon. Member. But there was one objection which, in his opinion, was fatal to it. It :-,hould be recollected that the landlord pos sessed peculiar powers over the tenant, and if he lost his rent in the first instance he would very possibly have the power of recovering it afterwards. It was not to be supposed that if a tenant were in debt for rent he could at once remove from the place that he occupied; and if he did so it was not likely that he could remove his goods along with him (Hear, hear.) Were this amendment to he carried, and were the Commissioners invested with the power to allow the reduction of the tax, it would lead to very great inconvenience. If a landlord were, indeed, to suffer such a loss, which was not, as he before said, very likely, lie a ould have to blame his own folly in not having made either a proper agreement with his tenant, or a proper reference respecting his character. He thought that under these circumstances the land lord should pay the tax in the first in stance, and take his chance of recovering the loss. Mr. WAKLEY said that he felt the necessity of thi; clause very strongly, and was very sorry that the Act of the last three years, had been without some such clause as he had proposed—yet he would not divide the house upon it, for after the bad success of the attempts of the Hon. Member for Birmingham (Mr. Spooner) he sive that it was fruitless to divide, unless he had the sanction of the Government, and he was unwilling to give unnecessary trouble. But he must say that he bitterly regretted the opposition which was given by her Majesty's Ministers to any attempt to alter the income-tax for three years. He felt bound to assert that, though this tax was contrary to the pre'udices and en tirely opposed to the feelings of the people of England, they had borne its imposition with an admirable patience, and they had exhibited a temper under its infliction beyond all praise.—(Hear.) For their . sakes, therefore, he trusted that the same opposition would not be continued to altering this odious tax. Under the circumstances, and with the example of the fate of the amendments of the Hon. Member for Birmingham, he begged to withdraw his motion. Mr. CURTEIS said that he trusted that the notice that had just been taken of the feelings of the people, and of their dislike to this tax, would not be lost on her Majesty's Government. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. FOSTER said that he had no hostility to the tax himself, and, generally speaking, in his opinion it was a good tax, and he believed that the opposition was not to the tax itself so much as to its inquisitorial nature. His amendment, if adopted, would tend to remove tbis objection, and he therefore hoped the Government would not oppose it. All who were engaged in trade or manufactures were assessed in Schedule D ; but if they wished to keep their affairs private, they were at liberty, on appli cation, to make their returns under Schedule C. His amendment was to this effect : " And whereas all persons, corporations, and com panies carrying on any mines of lead, tin, coal, copper, iron, or other undertakings of the like nature, are now chargeable under schedule (A) ; be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act the said persons, eorporations, or companies so chargeable in respect of all such undertakings shall be assessed for the same under schedule (D), in like manner, and with the same option of privacy, as other perscns, corporations, or companies chargeable under that schedule." He could not understand on what grounds any opposition could be offered to his amendment. Large mining establishments were generally—he must say always—situated in remote districts. In towns a man was not so much under the supervision of his neighbours, and his return was not so likely to be canvassed by those about him. Now, for min ing establishments, the introduction of this amend ment would relieve the officers of the establishment from a great inconvenience, for at present they were obliged to disclose the whole of their affairs to the public around them. Those were tailors, shoemakers, and people of a similar grade; and was it right, he would ask, that the affairs of companies of this mag .nitude should be laid open to such investigation ? His amendment was necessary to make the Bill con , sistent., The measure ought to be so in all and every one of Its parts. As he had said before, he could not understand the reasons, if there were any, for . opposing this amendment, and he therefore hoped he should not have a refusal from the Government to make the alteration he proposed. The amendment was then put. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said bii chief objection to the amendment was that, when THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1845. in need of it—(Hear, hear)—and he could not say what their feeling might be at the end of the term, I and upon the issue of the experiment. Mr. HAWES did not deny the claims of the poorer classes to be relieved; but the Right Hon. Baronet had not done anything to relieve them from the burdens that were most felt by them. The Hon. Baronet had not taken off the taxes upon consump tion, nor those which interrupted trade, and made subsistence difficult. He was not obliged to vote for the income-tax, because it rendered the Minister to be independent of other sources of revenue, and able to keep up the fiscal system that supported monopoly. He thought that they ought not to submit to the in come-tax till the burdens on the industry of the country were removed, and till the indirect taxation was placed on a sound basis. With regard to the administration of the tax he had heard with great pleasure what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) and the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer on that subject, but believing that the tax was unjust, he could not—though he would not divide the House again upon it—sit down without joining his Hon. Friend in giving it a parting male diction. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY said that the argument of the Hon. Member for Lambeth was, that he would wish to see the Minister in difficulty that he might be vompelled to adopt certain measures, forgetting that when a Minister was in diffieulties he had recourse to an increase, and not to a diminution of taxation. His Right Hon. Friend had put the grounds of the tax on a proper foundation. The people of the country had not submitted to the tax so patiently from any pre ference of direct over indirect taxation, but because they saw that it enabled the Right Hon. Baronet to make a great experiment with regard to the taxes levied on the people of the country, and afforded him a prospect of lightening the burdens which fell on the more indigent classes of the community. Mr. HAWES explained. Mr. WARD said it appeared to him rather sur prising that no person was going to diVide the House,. notwithstanding all that had been urged against this tax.—(Hear, hear.) Understanding that the Hon. Member for Lambeth intended to divide the House on the present occasion, he came down to vote against him, although he did not expect to see the tax done away with, nor would he entertain any expectation of the kind when his Hon. Friend became Chancellor of the Exchequer.—(Cheers and laughter.) His Hon. Friend talked of just taxation, but where were the elements of just taxation to be found? He (Mr. Ward) acted with a large body in the country, who were known under the name of " Free-traders," and he recognised a broad distinction between free trade principles and those on which the Government acted, but he could see nothing but a question of degree and not of principle between the present Chan cellor of the Exchequer and the would-be Chancellor. —(Cheers and laughter.) He would vote with as great cheerfulness as ever he did with his Hon. Friend, if they recognised the principles which they seemed to like but which they did not espouse. — (Cheers.) He did not think there was more to be gained on ono side than the other.—(Hear, hear.) It was a question of degree between the present Go vernment and the future Government, but there was this difference, that the Right Hon. Gentleman op posite (Sir Robert Peel) always did what he said, but his lion. Friend near him said a great deal more but did nothing.—(Ministerial cheers.) They had plenty of pretty schemes from them, but they never went beyond schemes.—Loud Cheers.) They found that the Right Hon Baronet was able to carry his measures by a happy combination of circumstances, and that was a happy circumstance for the country. He had heard complaints in that House of the budget of the Right Hon. Gentleman, but he did not think it was a fair criterion to apply to that measure that a man gained but 3d. in his fustian or 20. in his sugar.— (Hear.) He looked to the immense em ployment it would give at home by increasing the ex port trade, and enabling them to compete with foreigners in other countries.—(Cheers) He believed that their trade would be increased 251 millions in consequence of taking off the duty on the raw mate rial.—(Hear, and laughter.) And, notwithstanding all the taunts that had been thrown against him and those with whom he acted, he was not ashamed to ex press himself in favour of the measure of the Right lion. Baronet, and he had come down to the House that evening for the purpose of recording his vote in favour of the income-tax.—(Cheers.) Mr. CURTEIS said, that if he did not divide the House on the present occasion, it was because having recorded his opinion against the measure, and having already divided the House twice upon it, he thought it would be pertinacious on his part, if he were to set up his own opinion against the declared conviction of the House.—(Hear, hear.) His objection to the tax was not that it was a direct tax, but that it was an inquisitorial tax. He was sorry to see that they had made such a bad fight against the income•tax. The Noble Lord the Member for London, under whose leadership he had acted for many years, and for whom he bad the greatest respect, had, he regretted to say, only put one vote on record against the tax — (Hear, hear)—on the motion of the Hon. Member for Liskeard (Mr. Buller.) lie was sorry the Noble Lord had not made a better stand against it. For himself, he gave every possible malediction that could be given to the tax.—(Laughter.) Mr. DARBY could not agree with the argument of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, for the lion. Gen tleman's argument was, that all the labouring capital of the country should be displaced for the purpose of rendering things cheap ; forgetting that if things were cheap and labour displaced the people would. not have the means of buying those cheap things. Sir C. NAPIER said he rose fur the purpose of remarking on one great injustice of the income-tax - . It appeared that while all the civil officers in Ireland, who were well paid, were exempt from the income tax, the officers of the army and navy, who were most inadequately paid, were obliged to pay the tax. Now that was most unjust. He knew the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would reply that their navy all over the world paid the tax, but he begged to remind him that the Governors of tin it colonies also pail it; and if that were so, where was the justice in exempting the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and the other high civil functionaries there, from the payment of the tax. He hoped the Right llon. Gentleman would give some explanation on that head. Mr. TRELAWNY supported the motion, and after a short discussion, in which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER joined, the Bill was then read a third time and passed. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Sugar Duties Bill was read a second time, after a short discussion, and ordered to be committed on Friday. The Customs Export Duties Bill was also read a second time and ordered to be committed. JUSTICES' CLERKS. _ On the proposition that the Justices' Clerks and Clerks of the Peace Bill be read a second time, Mr. T. EGERTON objected to the Bill. General JOHN STONE supported the Bill. Mr. DARBY hoped, if the Bill passed, the ma chinery would be less complicated than that now pro posed. He was fearful that the expense to the public would be increased by the Bill. I%lr. BROTHERTON supported the Bill. After seme observations from Mr. DICKENSON and Mr. HENLEY, Sir J. GRAHAM sail he had undertaken this measure from a sincere desire to promote the better administration of justice, and he was quite ready to listen to any suggestions from Gentlemen possessing practical experience on that subject. Many of the objections to the measure applied rather to the details than to the principle. The principle was that, upon the whole, justice would be better administered by public servants receiving salaries for the duties which they performed; the principle was that, with reference to the whole body of the country, whose interests were involved, salaries were preferable to fees. He believed, also, that in the end economy , would be promoted by the measure under considera tion. The Hon. Member for Cheshire said that if the Bill passed, enormous salaries would be granted by magistrates in quarter sessions. Mr. T. EGERTON said his observation was, that the magistrates would be obliged to pay large salaries in order to obtain efficient officers. Sir J. GRAHAM said he could conceive no trust more sacred than that vested in magistrates by this Bill, and he felt persuaded that no prodigal salaries would be awarded. It was objected that magistrates' clerks were unknown to the law. They were not un known to those who had to pay the fees.—(Hear.) Many Hon. Members had said that clerks had no power to prosecute ; he had thought it better that, on the whole, the matter should be left open to discus sion. With respect to clerks of the peace now exist ing as such, he proposed to give them compensation for any loss which they might sustain, calculated on their receipt for the last twenty years. He had no doubt but under this Bill the services of eminent persons would be obtained at comparatively moderate salaries. He proposed to leave in the hands of the' magistrates power in certain cases to remit the fees. One great object of the Bill was to take precautions against the appointment of inferior persons. He had known many cases in which per sons who were not qualified had held the office ; and he wished to prevent a recurrence of that evil. With respect to uniformity of fees, he thought the interests of those who sought justice, whether in the superior or the inferior courts, required that for the same judicial act in this couutry persons should pay the same—and that a moderate price— (Hear, hear)—and they could only secure uni formity in the mode proposed by this Bill. On the present occasion he wished the House to con sent to the second reading, and the details of the measure might be considered in Committee. The Bill provided that proper legal assistance should be given to prisoners, and that this assistance should be professional that the salaries should be and_ by the magistrates throughout England, and that this salary should be sufficient to command this assistance. The Secretary of State would be bound to fix an equal rate of fees throughout England, and he believed the fees so fixed would, with a moderate scale of salary, command adequate assistance. He believed that the measure, if permitted by the House to become law, would have a salutary effect on the administra tion of justice throughout the country. — (Hear, hear.) He thought it would not be attended with any great expense ; and though the county-rate might be a little increased—which, how ever, he did not anticipate —yet the inhabitants of the districts who now paid the fees would be re lieved. Whatever might be the effect on the Govern ment, when an individual were placed in the painful and agonising position of being put on his trial, though innocent, and if he should be acquitted, he was bound to say that to exact fees from him did appear to him a monstrous proceeding. Wherever the charge might fall, it ought not to fall on the in nocent party who had just obtained an acquittal. What ever might be the differences of opinion in the House on other points, with respect to salaries or fees he ex pected entire concurrence on this subject. There might be points which he had omitted, but he had endeavoured to notice all the most prominent ones that had been brought forward. Some of the objections made by Honourable Members applied rather to details which were open to consideration in Committee ; but the great point now to be considered was the principle of the measure, one which he be lieved was incontestible, that justice would be better administered by servants receiving a salary, than by servants receiving fees. After a few words from General JOHNSTONE and Mr. TURNER, Captain PECHELL saw nothing in the Bill with which he could cordially agree. But he thought the Right Hon. Baronet might have added a provision to restrain magistrates' clerks from acting as political agents ; in a small town it was very objectionable that they should be entrusted with this power. He thought, too, that petty sessions should always be held in a public building. At present, in many places, the sessions were held in a public-house, where prisoners and witnesses were detained for many hours to the profit of the landlord, who charged nothing for the room in which the magis trates met ; it was plain, therefore, that he derived some advantage from it. Mr. ESCOTT thought most of the remarks that had been made applied rather to the details than the principle of the Bill. At the same time he had heard enough to be perfectly convinced that his Hon. Friends themselves who had made the objections were not at all aware of the evils this measure would re move. Those evils were not equally diffused over the country; there were counties in which the vigilance of the magistrates and the better feelings of the officers of the courts of justice, had, of themselves, put an end to the most illegal and unjust part of the system, and he believed Oxfordshire was one of those places. This Bill established a system of payment of clerks of the peace by salaries instead of fees. That might be an excellent principle, but the Bill was not the one he had asked the Right Hon. Baronet for, last year. The measure for which he asked him was a short declaratory Act, which should put an end to the existing system of unjust and illegal fees. One clause would have done this; by the concurrence of all who had spoken on both sides of the House, there could have been no objection to such a Bill. But he was far from saying the Right Hon. Baronet was not right in going farther than this ; it was enough for him to know that the Bill, as it was introduced, would abolish these unjust and illegal fees. He was sure many Hon. Gentleman were not precisely aware of what the system really was. Three officers were affected by this Bill, clerks of the peace, clerks of assize, and clerks of the magistrates. Each of these officers in different counties, to different amounts took these unjust fees on different pretences. The clerk of assize took them under the sanction of the most extraordinary Act of Parliament which ever was passed, or had ever disgraced the statute-book of the country, and which he did not hesitate to declare was a fraud on Parliament and the country. This was the 55th of Geo. 111., chap. 50. By this sec tion acquittal fees were abolished in the case of pri soners,but, by a subsequent section,a compensation was given from the county-rates for "all such fees," and under these fees that compensation was unjustly re ceived. But strange to say, the clerk of the peace did not take fees, or was not entitled to them, under this Act. The fees were granted under different Acts. The duty of the justices was to make out a table of the fees that ought to be paid, which was to be submitted to the judges for their sanction, and if they should approve of it, then they were paid. But under the present system was it not too bad that fees should be taken from defendants while there was no authority whatever in the Act for doing so ?—(Hear.) Yet it was a well-known fact that there were certain sums put down in the list as fees to be paid by defendants, and that had gone on for years without being exposed. He did not seek to attach blame to any eesi d parties es thi ought: th e c o le h r ls s ,e oft he looked justices after body for permitting this practice to continue, because what was everybody's business was nobody's, except that these hem a d t t i d e r sblt think the . o rB also took fees from defendants, and t tha there - tOO, was 'no Act of Parliament to authorise. But it was done in this way : A bill of costs was made out, in which was included certain sums alleged to be the fees to be paid by defendants, and they had to pay them. Surely this should not be allowed to con tinue, for if there was no authority f. r it by Act of Parliament, what authority was there ? 'Was there any man wile, standing in the capacity of a defen dant, should be asked to pay fees ? lie had had an op portunity of pleading " Not guilty," and taking his trial ?—(Hear, hear.) He knew he was now speak ing in the hearing of many Hon. Members learned in the law, and they well knew that there was no law to sanction such a course as that of taking fees from a defendant by a Queen's officer, ever since the time of the laws of Edward the First. He had heard of instances where the fees taken from defendants amounted to such a thing as 31. and 41., before a man in the position of a defendant was afforded an opportunity of pleading " Not guilty," even upon a charge of a trifling assault.—(Hear.) Was it not too bad that such a practice should be permitted, and yet it was no uncommon occurrence that such a thing was: done to one party by another from mere spite ; and the defendant often happened to he a poor man, who had to beg a loan of 51. before he could be in a position to defend himself from such a truckling charge.—(Hear, hear.) He would not trouble the House further on this subject, but he trusted that the Bill now before the House would have the effect of remedying and removing these il legal abuses. Mr. MILES concurred in the principle of the Bill, but he differed from the provisions of many of the clauses, and hoped the abuses complained of would not be permitted any longer to exist. Mr. HAWES approved of the Bill, and hoped it would be passed, as nothing could be a greater abuse than to have the fees exacted in the manner stated by the Hon. Member opposite. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL was afraid the answer which he had to give to his Hon. Friend the Member for Somersetshire would not be very satis factory to his Hon. Friend. If the fees were settled by Act of Parliament, most unquestionably it would be perfectly legal to take those fees. His Hon. Friend had, however, imposed a much more difficult task upon him, as his Hon. Friend had called upon him to state the law and the facts of the case. Now, if his Hon. Friend had stated what were the facts, he (the Solicitor-General) would, to the best of his ability, have stated what the law was. There was a wide difference of opinion between his Hon. Friend the Member for Winchester, and his Hon. Friend the Member for Somersetshire, as to the facts of this case. This matter was now pending in the Courts. He would have in another place to argue this question. The facts would be there ascertained, and judgment would be given. He must, therefore, decline to give an opinion on the law of this case, and leave the facts doubtful for the present.—(Laughter.) Mr. WA KLEY sincerely hoped the fee system would be pursued to the highest Courts. He did not think the Hon. Solicitor-General had answered the other question of the Hon. Member for Winchester, whether parties who had taken illegal fees, and which illegal fees were afterwards abolished, were entitled to compensation in respect of those fees. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that it did not require a lawyer to answer that question. There could be no doubt that such persons were not entitled to compensation. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 14th of April. BASTARDY BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Sir J. GRAIIA.M said the object of the Bill was merely to correct matters of form. Mr. COLLETT thought the words " putative father," were very indistinct, and he therefore moved that they be left out.—(Laughter.) After a few words from the SOLICITOR GENERAL, the clause was passed without a division. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then gone through as also the schedule without any opposition. Sir J. GRAHAM then moved the following ad ditional clauses : " And be it Enacted, that when an order made under the provision of the said Act shall, prior to the passing of this Act, have been quashed for any defect therein, and not upon the merits, it shall be lawful for the mo ther of the bastard child, in whose favour such order shall have been made, to take proceedings for the ob taining of another order, according to the provisions of the said Act, at any time within the space of three calendar months after the passing of this Act, although the period limited for her application to the justice under the said Act shall have expired. " And whereas power is given by the said Act to the putative father to appeal against an order made upon him by the justices in Petty Session assembled, giving notice of appeal as therein specified, and also sufficient security, by recognizance or otherwise, for the payment of costs, to the satisfaction of some one justice of the peace, Be it enacted, That the condition of any such re cognizance shall be for the appearance of the said puta tive father at such General Quarter Sessions of the Peace as is required by the said Act, and his trial of the appeal thereat, and the payment of such costs as he shall be then and there ordered to pay; and if at any time before the hearing of the appeal the putative father who shall have entered into any such recognizance, shall give notice in writing of his abandonment of the appeal to the mother of the child, in whose favour the order shall have been made, and to the justice or justices before whom the said recognizance shall have been taken, and shall pay or tender to the said mother all sums then due under the said order, and such costs and expenses as she shall have incurred by reason of such notice of appeal, the said recognizance so entered into by the said putative father shall not be estreated,nor in any manner put in force, or otherwise proceeded with." 111. BOUVERIE thought there was much in justice in these clauses, and he should oppose them. Sir JAMES GRAHAM further explained the nature of these clauses. _ _ _ After a conversation, in which Mr. Bouverie, Sir J. Graham, General Johnstone, and the Solicitor- General took part, which bore upon the point of the mother of a bastard child receiving relief from the workhouse during her confinement, and an allowance from the putative father at the same time, the clauses were added to the Bill. _ _ The House resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The House then adjourned. HER MAJEST Y'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee (the second this season) yes terday afternoon, at two o'clock, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace, in four carriages, escorted by a party of Life Guards. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse, received her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and con ducted them to the State-rooms. _ _ The royal suite included the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes ; the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting ; Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting ; General Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Major• General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert ; and the Pages of Honour in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was pre sent at the Levee, attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay. In the Foreign Diplomatic Circle the following pre sentations to the Queen took place :—Le Baron de la Ronciere Le Neury, by Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador ; Edib Effendi, iere Secretaire de l'Am bassade, et frere de l'Ambassadeur ; Team Effendi, 2de Secretaire de l'Ambassade et parent de l'Ambassadeur, and Hassan Effendi, Attacb6 de I'Ambassade et parent de l'Ambassadeur, by Sarim Effendi, Turkish Am bassador. _ _ I he Foreign Diplomatic Circle was attended by Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador. and Le Comte Louis de Noailles, Secretary to the Embassy. Count Dietrichstein, the Austrian Ambassador, and le Baron de Kellar, first Secretary to the Embassy ; Sarim Effendi, Turkish Ambssador, and Mons. Agop, Secre tary's Interpreter to the Embassy ; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, Mr. Charles Drouet, Secretary of Legation, and M. 0. Delepierre, Attaché ; Mr. Moreno, the Buenos Ayrean Minister ; Count de Pollon, Sardi nian Minister ; Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minis ter, M. de Berg and M. de Koudriaffsky, Secretaries of Legation, and M. de Longuinoff, Attache to the Lega tion ; Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister ; Mr. Everett, the United States Minister ; Count de Reventlow, Danish Minister, and M. de Bielke, Secretary of Lega tion ; Le Due de Sotomayor (Marquis de Casa Irujo), the Spanish Minister, le Chevalier de Pedroreva, Second Secretary of Legation, and le Comte de Cres cents, Attaché Militaire to the Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and N. G. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Baron Gersdorff. the Saxon Minister - ; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Chargé d'Affaires. In the General Circle the following Presentations to her Majesty took place: — The Lord Advocate on his appointment, by Sir James Graham. Sir jlenryyottinger, on return from China, by the Earl of Aberdeen. The General Circle was attended by the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, the Earl Marshal, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice-Chamber lain, the Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Monteagle, Comptroller-General of the Exchequer ; the Comp troller of the Household ; Hon. 11. Manners Sutton, M.P., Under Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment ; Mr. S. March Phillips, Under Secretary of State Home-office ; Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; the Master of the Ceremonies ; Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at- Arms ; Sir Gorge Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeo men Guard ; the Deputy Secretary at War ; Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting ; Lieut.- Colonel Hall, Silver Stick ; Major-General Sir Henry Ross, Deputy Adjutant-General, R.A.; Mr. H. Robinson, Standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms ; Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod ; Colonels Weare, H. Bentinck, Dyneley, C. B, and Clark Kennedy, C.B. and K. 11., Aides-de- Camp to the Queen ; Sir W. C. Ross, R.A., Miniature Painter to the Queen ; the Hon. Charles Law (Recorder of London), one of her Majesty's Counsel ; Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, Agent for Jamaica ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard ; Captain Sadler, Eion in Waiting ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S., Mr. Frederic Peel Round, Gentleman Usher of the Greeen Rod ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederic Smtth, K.H., Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber in Waiting ; Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentleman Usher to her Majesty ; Lieutenant-Colonel Diggle, Gentleman Usher in Waiting ; Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness - Prince A'bert in Waiting ; Mr. Mellish, Gentleman Usher to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager ; Mr. Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England ; Mr. J. B. Heath, Deputy Go vernor of the Bank of England ; and the following : DumEs—Hamilton and Brandon, Devonshire, Mon trose. MARQUISES—Ormonde, Westminster, Cholmondeley, Douro, Kinnoull, Enniskillen, Devon, Ranfurley, Clare, Yarborough, Cadogan, De Gray, Wilton, Clanvvilliam, Wicklow, Mansfield. VISCOUNTS—Ingestre, Chelsea, Howick, Torrington, Cantilupe, Berehaven, Newry, Barrington. Bishops—St. David's, Lincoln, Hereford, Lichfield. LORDS—FoIey, Worsley, Kinnaird, Ilarry Vane, Courtenay, Mahon, Norreys, De Ros, James Stuart, Geo. Paget, Francis Egerton, Beauvale, Feversham, Sudeley, Haddo, Forbes, Sandon, Carrington, W. Poulett. RIGHT HONOUR ARLES -Sir George Grey, Bart., C. Tennyson d'Eyncourt, R. L. Sheil, Sir A. Foster, Geo. Dawson,`F. Shaw. HoNounaßLEs—Charles Law, Q, C., Captain Dun. combe, C. Hope, M. P., H. Cholmondeley, M. P., L. King, F. Cadogan, F. Chichester, W. S. Knox, Rev. W. Henniker, Captain Grey, S. Lyttelton, Captain F. Villiers, Colonel Lowther, E. Coke, H. Lidiell, M. P., G. W. Barrington. COUNT—De Salis. JUDGE—Des Barres. BARONETS—FeIix Booth, John B. Johnstone, William Fraser, James Clark, Henry Dukinfield, Augustus Clif ford, William Codrington, H. H. Campbell, M.P., 11. Pottinger, It. Howard, W. Heathcote, T. R. Gage, J. M'Taggart, M.P., J. P. Boileau, 11. Mildmay, G. Staunton, M.P. Sins—Charles Seudamore, George Rich, W. C. Ross, R.A., W. Stirling. J. Kirkland, J. Hansler, J. Hamilton, W. Symonds, J. Walsh. DEAN—Carlisle. ARCHDEACON—HaIe. REVEREND DOCTORS —Jelf, Saxby Penfold, Parish, Vivian. REVEREND MESSIETAS—John Wright, R. C. Savage, Herbert Kynaston,W. J. Rowe, M. R. Scott, T. Haver field, J. Bluck, G. W. Carlson, W. Harbin, J. 11. Gray, G. P. Pollen, T. Gregory, G. B. Tuson. DOCTORS—Henry Lee, Bowring, R. Ferguson, Ro berts, Granville, R. B. Owen, Ryan, Sutherland. MESSIEURS—Lee, Charles Mills, William Lyon, John J. Robinson, W. Rose, Burge, Q.C., Walli3, Lockhart, M.P., Jeremiah Pilcher, Murchison, J. Lockhart, Hitch cock, Geo. Buckley Bolton, Albert W. Woods, Thomas Hussey, M.P., Baillie Cochrane, M.P., Edward Buller, M.P., Charles Balfour, Shirley, M.P., Homfray, Bailey, M.P., Horace Twiss, E. Duke Moore, llallam, Frederick Goulburn, E. Shirley, M.P., Nussey, J. Bailey, M.P., P. F. Tytler, J. Somes, M.P., J. Somes, jun., James Cochrane, Robert Allfrey, Cotton, Charles Castellain,J. B. Heath, Sanderson, M.P., R. B. Shefidan, Hogg, Pemberton, Eatcourt, Wickham, Hume, M.P., G. E. Vernon, P. S. Butler, M.P., R. C. Berwicke, J. Young, J. 11. Palsgrave, Lyons, T. Clifton, M.P., H. Whitwell, 11. J. Noad, H. T. Prinsep, Horsman, M.P., J. B. Dan bury, B. Monck, W. Miles, M.P. Tardnew, R. Deily, E. B. Roche, M.P., G. Grenfell, F. Dundas, M.P., Beauclerk, M. Milnes, M.P., Gill, M,P., Pownall, L. Bruges, M.P., Gwynne, E. White, Pulman, F. P. Phil lips, C. Young, J. N. Merriman, fir. Philipps, M.P., C. Jolliffe, R. Neville, M.P., O'Conor Don, M.P., R.P. Staples, Hunter, Dugdale, M.P., Stephenson, R. Hollond, M.P., Beckett, M.P., De Horsey, R. J. Bagshaw, Fogo, Vin cent, J. O'Brien, Carden, S. G. Bonham, Trotter, Bain bridge, Williams, Packe, M.P., Meek, J. R. Gardiner, H. Seymour, Arthur, Stretton, W. Wiltshire, R. Grim shaw, H. F. Wood, Deedes, M.P., J. Do Vries, Ander son, E. Rice, M.P., H. Irwin, M. Smythe, M. Wyvill, Merriman, Stanton, M P., J. Farrell, Aldam, M.P., 11. S. Mildmay, M.P., J. W. Gutch, G. Bacon, H. Hughes, R. Barclay, P. Budworth, C. T. Barnard, C. Wemyss, Tite, T. Grant, Colquhoun, M.P., B. Gurdon, Arthur, N. Vaughan, D. T. Smith. FIELD-MARSHAL—The Duke of Wellington. GENERALS—Lord Aylmer, Sir 11. Douglas, Sir J. Doveton, K.C.8.. Sir F. Stovin, Sir H. Wheatley, G.C.11., Sir Patrick Ross, Sir R. Arbuthnot, K.C.8., Sir T. Hawker, K.C.H., Sir Burgis Camac, Aitchison, Sir W. Clinton, M‘Leod, Sir R. F. Bouverie, K.C.B. 1 - ,,,ttcr, Sir T. Montt %snr, O'nuyiy, Sir 1,2 v. Grant, Maister, Lord C. Mminers, Grosvent.r, Nv'ynyard, C. 8., Lomox, Clitherowe, Sir 11. Watson, L'Estrange, Sir Fitz Roy Maclean. COLONELS—L. G. Da Costa, Newell, Thorn, C. 8., Sir F. Cockburn, Smith, Clive, G. Higginson, Malcolm, H. R. Hartley, Cureton, - C. 8., Hon. R. Fitzgibbon, Gas coyne, Sir Richard Doherty, Daly, Charles Wyndham, Power, Tullock, Middleton, Thornton, Adams. C. 8., Baker, Rushbrooke, M.P., Clinton, Codrington, W. Moore. MAJORS—AIIen, Longfield,Long, M.P., Alcock, Morse Cooper, Hartley, Graham, Turner, H. B. Henderson, Archibald G. Hyslop, Faber, Croft, Stoyte, Lawrenson, Hon. H. Crichton Beakiston. CAPTAINS—B. Ibbetson, Hon. R. Boyle, W. Wood, Henry Paget, Clifford, E. F. Grant, Burdett, Barber, R. H. Wardell, Leckie, Pender, Garstin, J. T. Grant, Hon. J. Lindsay, G. St. P. Lawrence, Unett, Emery, Sprye, F. Percy Nott, Low, W. Wood, J. Penny, F. N. Skinner, E. S. Blake, H. Turner, F. Percy Nott, Fre3. Stephen son, Ferguson, Fred. W. Hamilton, R. W. Fraser, Ma cartney Long, Poore, Bischoff, M. Archdale, Bateman, Holder, George Forbes, George Lewis, Amiel, W. St. Clair, H. Creed. LIEUTENANTS—F. Dawson, G. Turner, J. A. Ewart, H. B. Chambers, Pennington, Charles Greaves, E. Arch dall, J. N. Peto, J. W. Stewart, Hogg, C. C. M'Callum, Debutts, Tilly, H. Nuthall, J. G. Wilkinson, Hon. S. Jocelyn, F. Powell, Dillon, Charles E. Thornton Clarke, F. W. Ord, W. J. Hughes, R.A., Henry Stone, Gough, Charles S. Wilson, C. Glazbrook, E. Eastwick, J. W. Thomas, W. Southey, E. Eastwick, Roche, W. H. Parish, Clarke, T. E. Thring, Hodson, G. Barstow, Power. Stace, S. G. Boothby, Hawkins, W. Q. Pogson, G. A. T. Her vey, Charles Jervois, De Ros, J. L. Heathorn, Du Cane, Todd, Higginson, W. E. Remington, H. Jervis, A. M. Archdale, Mills, F. T. Grove, James Money, W. B. Parker, J. W. M. G. Hughes, C. N. Halked, R. E. F. Craufurd CORNETS—Keene, Dodnell, H. Lindow, D. Lane, An derton, T. C. W. Russell, Power. ENSIGNS.—MoberIy, Bean, Glover, W. E. F. O'Brien, Young, Bean, Winscorn, Fife, Hyde, Boddam, Jones, Stone, Baynes, A. I. Garnett, Hutchinson, H. M. Arch dell, Glover, Grindall, R. Doran, Charter, Walker, Greathed. ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Ogle, Brown, Sir Edward King, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Inglefield, C. 8., Sir William Parker. CAPTAINS (ROYAL NAVY)—Hon. Henry Keppel, T. Nicolas, C. 8., Sir James C. Ross, Sir John Franklin, Sir Edward Parry, Horatio Austin,C.B., George Goldsmith, Rodney Eden, Eyres, Washington, Eden, Frederick Hutton, Michael Quin, Peter Richards, John Bowker, Bird, Howard, T. R. M. Crozier, W. H. Hall, Trou bridge, G. Mowbray, Henry Kellet, C. 8., G. G. Loch, Sir John Marshall, Codrington, MacDougall, Sir Thomas Bourchier, A. Court, D. H. O'Brien, William Hood. CAPTAINS (TRINITY HOUSE)—Nelson. John Locke. COMMANDERS (ROYAL NAVY)—Henry J. Douglas, Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., Chamberlain, Richard Douglas, W. S. Cooper, Charles Grey, Henry Crease, Henry Chads, R. A. Stewart, Edward Codd, James Stoddart, H. G. Hamilton, W. C. Wood, Montreser, James Fitz- James, W. Robinson, Edward B. Stewart, Sir William poste, Gladstone, M.P., M. Hayes, Moore, Crispin. LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY) Ewart, Edward Little, E. B. Rice, H. T. D. Le Vesconte, George Henry Hodgson, Samuel 0. Woddridge, James Willoughby. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty : The Earl of Enniskillen on his marriage, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Earl of Ranfurly, on coming to his title, by the Earl of Wicklow. Mr. Lee, on being appointed one of her Majesty's Colin. sel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. William Lyon, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by Lord Forester. Mr. John James Robinson, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, by Lord Forester. The Hon. Frederick Chichester, on his appointment to the Sussex Militia, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Sir William Codrington, on succr:eding to the Baronetcy, by Admiral Codrington. The Hon. Captain Grey, R.M., C. 8., on return from foreign service, and nomination as Companion of the Bath, by the Earl of Haddington Rev. John Wright, by the Hon. Sir Edward Butler. The Hon. George W. Barrington, by his father, Viscount Barrington. Hon. William Stuart Knox, 85th Light Infantry, by his father, the Earl of Ranfurly. Sir William Fraser ' by Sir Ralph Howard. Judge Des Barres, Supreme Court of Newfoundland, on leave of absence, by the Right Hon. Lord Stanley. Dr. R. B. Owen, on return from India, by Major-Gen. Sir A. Maclaine. Mr. Hitchcock, on his appointment as Master of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, by Sir T. Fremantle. Mr. George Buckley Bolton, by the Marquis of Douro. Mr. Baillie Cochrane, M.P., on his marriage, by the Marquis of Granby. Mr. Goulburn, on his appointment as Commissioner of Customs, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Charles Castellain, Consul for Belgium, by the Bel- gian Minister. Arr. Robert Allfrey, by Viscount Barrington. Mr. James Cochrane, Chief-Justice of Gibraltar, by Sir James Graham. Rev. G. P. Boileau Pollen, by f.:•ir John P. Boileau, Bart. The Rev. J. W. Carlson ,Minister of the Swedish Church i❑ Princes-square, by the Rev. Dr. Kuper. Rev. R. C. Savage, on his appintment to the living of Nuneaton, by Sir Robert Peel. The Dean of Carlisle, on his appointment, by Sir Robert Peel. Sir George Rich, by Earl Delawarr. The Rev, Herbert Kynaston, M.A., High Master of St. Paul's School, to present a copy of the St. Paul's Scholars' Address to her Majesty, on the opening of the Royal Exchange, by Sir Jarrits Graham, Bari. Mr. John Nicolay De Vries, on his return from China, and promotion, by Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H. Mr. William Wiltshire, on his appointment as her Ma jesty' Consul at Adrianople, by the Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. Charles Joliffe, on being appointed Deputy Lie-a; tenant of the county of Cumberland, by the Earl of Lonsdale. Mr. Horace Twiss, on his appointment to the Vice• Chance-llor of Lancaster, by Lord Granville Somerset. Mr. Joseph Somes, M.P., by Lord Ingestre. Mr. Frederick Parr Phillips, by Sir James Macgrigor, Bart. Mr. George Grenfell, by Viscount Hawarden. Mr. Richard Keily, on his return from Madrid, by the Hon. Edward Petre. Mr. J. B. Daubuz, High Sheriff for Sussex, by the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Bligh Monck, Sheriff of Berks, by Sir J. Graham. Mr. Henry Whitwel I, by Lord Brougham and Vaux. Mr. Henry John Noad, of Quebec, by the Hon. G. Rice Trevor. Mr. Talbot Clifton, M.P., on his marriage, by the Hon. Col. Lowther. Mr. John Young. late Returning Officer for the City of Montreal, by the Right Hon. Lord Stanley. Mr. Lyons, by the Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. Robert Calverly Berwicke, on his appointment to the Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry, by Lord H. Vane. Mr. P. Somerset Butler, M.P., by the Marquis of Or monde. Captain Toup Nicholas, C. 8.. late of her Majesty's ship Vindictive, on his return from the Pacific, by the Earl of Haddington. Captain Hon. Henry Keppel, R.N., on his return from the East Indies, by Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., K C.B. Captain Peter Richards, R.N., on return from China, nomination as Companion of the Bath, and app,dot ment to her Majesty's ship Hibernia, by Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. Captain J. F. Grant, on return from foreign service, by Lieut.-Colonel Adams, C.B. Major Falser, on return from foreign service, by Lieut.- Colonel Adam. Lieutenant J. G. Wilkinson, on promotion, by General Lord Aylmer, G.C.B. Mr. George Bacon, on his return from India, by the Marquis of Douro. Mr. Aldam, M.P., by Lord John Russell. Mr. James Farrell, by the Marquis of Ormonde. Mr. Stanton, M.P., by Lord John Russell. Mr. Marmaduko Wyvill, by Mr. Monckton Miles. Mr. Meade Smythe, by the Earl of Wicklow. Mr. John W. G. Gutch, by Mr. J. H. Vivian, M.P. Lieut.• Colonel Willoughby Moore, on promotion, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Captain George Forbes, on promotion, by Lord Charles Manners. Lieutenant Francis Dawson, on his appointment to the 60th Royal Rifle Corps, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. W. IL Parish, by Major-General Sir R. Gardiner. Lieut. Roche, on return from India and Affghanistan, by Lieut.-General Lord Charles Manners. Lieutenant John W. Thomas, on return from India, by the Earl of Ellenborough. Lieutenant Hodson, on his return from India, by Gen. Sir Edward Kerrison. Lieutenant Power, on promotion, and return from foreign service, by his father, Colonel Power. Lieutenant Hawkins, by Lieutenant-General Sir John Maclean. Lieutenant G. A. F. Hervey, ou his return from India, by Sir A. Barnard. Sub-Lieutenant Hogg, on his appointment to the First Life Guards, by General Viscount Combermere. Lieutenant Gordon Jervis, on his appointment to the Royal Engineers, by General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.() B. Sub-Lieutenant de Ros, on appointment to the First Life Guards, by Lord de Ros. Lieutenant Higginson, on his appointment, Grenadier Guards, by his father, Col. G. Higginson. Cornet J. C. Watts Russell, on appointment to the 17th Lancers, by Colonel St. Quiniin. Second Lieutenant, Audley Mervyn Archdall, by his brother, Captain Mervyn Archdall, M.P. Lieutenant H Jervis, by Lord James Steuart. Lieutenant Folliott Powell, on his return from Inaia, by Lieutenant-Colonel Cureton, C.B. Lieutenant De Butts, by his father, Lieutenant-General Sir Augustus De Butts. Lieutenant Pennington, by Major General Brown. Lieutenant H. Best Chambers, on appointment to Royal Newfoundland Companies, by Lieutenant-General Cli therow. Captain R. W. Fraser on return from India, by Lieut.: General Sir Lewis Grant. Captain E. S. Blake on his return from India, by Lieut.- Colonel Sir M. Creagh. Captain Pender on his return from India, by Lieut.- General Sir John F. Fitzgerald. Capt. G. St. Patrick Lawrence, on release from captivity in Affghanistan, by the Right Hon. Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger, G.C.B. vo on Lis reLtim L-) India, by the Marquis Douro. Captain Hon. Robert Boyle, on his marriage, by the Marquis of Exeter. Lieut.-Col. Adams, C. 8., on appointment to the 49thie giment, by Lord Flieroy Somerset, K.C.B. Coe Major Blakiston, on his appointment to the floe. of Gentlemen-at Arms, by Lord Forester. oil Captain Garstin, on his return from India, by the of Dalhousie. Major H. B. Henderson, on his return from India, by the Earl of Auckland. Major Stoyte, by Lieut.-General Robert Ellice. a „b; Lieut. L. Gomez da Costa, by Lieut.-General Sir my Barton. SC d. Captain Ferguson on promotion, by General Sir loughhy Gordon, Bart. by Sir Lieut.-Colonel Smith on his return from Ind ia, James Lushington, co G.C.B. ecer Lieut.. Colonel Gasy ne on his appointment to the 01 mend of the 72d Regiment, by the Adjutant of the Forces. Major Alcock on his promotion and return from 'l e d by Lieut.-General L'Estrange. Captain William St. Clair on his return from Ind the Right Hon. Earl Rosslyn. Mr. D. T. Smith, by Mr. R. M. Milnes, Gor Mr. Thos. Tassell Grant, Royal Clarence Y ard ' port, by the Earl of Liverpool. elt Mr. C. T. Barnard, Charge d'Affaires at San e Co -e Gotha, on his return, by the Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. C. Wemyss, by Colonel Drummond. dell Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Rear-Admiral Ing ' e Commander Crispin, and Captains J. Be wl ' er ' o o; Crozier, and M`Dottgall, on their app ointlee Commanders Chamberlain, W. S. C°°Paeriest Stewart, Wm. Robinson, E. B. Stewart , se- 0 0 01 tains R. Eden, and Hutton, on their pro m° Captains M. Quin, and H. Kellett, on their Vivo from China ; Captain Sir J. Marshall, on his„ re pal from foreign service ; Captain Sir J. Frallnaa Lieutenants H. T. Le Visconti, and G. H. 1 ' 1 %4 0 on their return from service and their appointnicos the Arctic Expedition ; Commanders, HenrY and E. Codd, on their promotion and retur n , o tall foreign service ; Commander Sir W. H o ste, ° l ap W. IL Hull, G. Maubray, Lieutenants J. and S. 0. Woodbridge, by Lord Haddington• ,00 Captains, I. Penny, R. H. Wardell, Amiel ; L ienten C. M'Cullum, William Southey, and Mr. J. Pals on their return from India ; Lieutenant -o;4a Newell; Major A. Hyslop; Lieutenants, E. V' s t H. Huthall, W. J. Pogson, W. Remington, afae Heathorn, C. N. Harked, Dr. Ryan, and Mr. 11." by Lord Ripon. feted Commander James Stoddart, on promotion , en- p o lo' from China ; and Lieutenant W. B. Pa rker ' - appointment, by Sir W. Parker. on big Major Lawrenson ; Lieutenant J. W. Hughes , promotion, by the Hon. E. Lygon, re Lieutenant-Colonel Daly, on promotionan d be Sit from India ; and Captain Low, on promotion, C. Dalbrac. sa e, Major, the HOD. H. Crichton ; Lieutenants, IL and J. Grove, by Colonel Moore. Colonels, Sir F. Cockburn, on return from -s o p* and Sir R. Doherty, on return from the West by Lord Stanley. t heir re' Lieutenants I. W. Stewart, and J. N. Peto , on d turn from the West Indies, by General Wl' e l t,l 7 ler Lieutenant-General Maister, on return from tto. Indies, and appointment ; Colonels, Thorne,: vso pointment, and Clive, on promotion, by of Wellington. the if Captains Unett and Macartney and Lieut. Todda,,e-0,011 return from India; Capt. Poore and Cornet Ace their appointments, by Col Middleton. by Lieutenants Stace, Du Cane,. Clarke, and Til l Y l Inspector of Fortifications. tom Cornets Dodnell, D. Lane, H. Lindow, and All ler gr their appointments ; Lieutenant Miles an derson, by Colonel St. Quintin. A ids F ib Captain Holder, on promotion; Major Longe,aoe, signs Charter, A. J. Garnett, Baynes, and Sir H. Bayley. reacer e Captains F. P. Nott and Wm. Wood, Staff Pensioners, by Lieut.-Colonel Tulloch. eff e .r Captain E. F. Grant and Lieutenant R. E. • -tti rew on their appointments; Captain H. Turner, oeticolf tion; Colonel Power, on return from Ceylol . rig at, nants F. Ord, W. J. Hughes, J. Thring, "hv`P Barstow, J. Boothby, and Mr. C. Young, " Murray. Grit ed de Ensigns Winscom, Maberly, Hyde, Fife, Joy Walker, Boddam, Greathed, Bean, Young' G over, and Hutchinson, by Sir F. Smith. No ise Lieutenant Edward Little, by Captain Toup Lieutenant E. B. Rice, R.N. by„,E. Rice, Esq"e tto 11, Ensign William E. F. O'Brien, on eppointmenopet 54th Regiment, by his father, Captain O'Brien, R.N. fnl i/e Cornet Power, en return from India, by ' *-9 Colonel Power, R.A. Ensign R. Doran, on appointment to the 1.8 reaietf Irish, by Colonel D. Pitt, K.H. b Ensign Hugh Montgomery Archdall, by .0- Captain Mervyn Archdall, M.P. ;ell set Captain F. N. Skinner, on return from fo re '" by Admiral Lord Colville. Rd Captain Bischoff, by Earl De Grey. r aDe.o Assist.- Surg. Tardrew, on appointment, by ga pe Commander James Fitzjames, on return fron 3 ° 6 O O1 0 China and appointment to the Arctic ear Sir John Barrow, Bart. Captain Long, by Earl Bruce. Captaiu George Lewis, by Colonel C. WYl lah°31 11 01414'11;1 • Commander H. J. Douglas, R.N., on pr ey° Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas., Lieutenant-Dillon, by Lieutenant-General Sir _ ge e Bouverie. IA O r- Lieutenant and Adjutant C. Glazbrook, by „01 Colonel ams, .B. Li eutenant Ad Charles C Townshead his by - a e t • the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. t a 'OP P Mr. Hume presented to her Majesty a Pe - a t , t r the seal and sign manual of his flighl e t as , 1- 0 0 , Sheen, the deposed Raja of Sattara, an de e 0 %, to descendant of the great Seerajee, the fo.,.ll e as tf t vasS, • Mahratta empire. The Raja prays her Lu ll .'" p roll' e g eo graciously pleased to extend to him thet a 0 ,, a to be which he has a right to expect from the P h . iesl er at justice of the British Government, viz., the heeri furnished with a copy of the charges ann., '','"a"ch„r h of • against him e hick he has demanded, alln," 5 :1 1 1ie hitherto been refused him, and by which he O f a trial, or even a hearing, which the meanestee°o der ar k , jesty's subjects has the right to d e mand a d" . from his throne, and now remains an exil e 11 0 soner at Benares. fro ls o f 10 0 The Earl of Devon presented a peti t a nion Dean and Chapter of Exeter, against the A 0 sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. ster rat br • After the Levee, the Marquis of Westlnl e a sa cl e a audience of the Queen, to return the Rih ne „, ey t b of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, w° l ' .. " S! Marquis of Westminster. ba d , P isf The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, En l. l s ee dienee of her Majesty to return the Ribana t . ybe ar eff of the Most Honourable Military Order a v worn by the late General the Hon. Sir gen t / e 0 Ito , G.C.B. got 41 The Queen held a Chapter of the Most at , nor 'Jost Noble Order of the Thistle. The ,0 /4 were habited in the mantles of green velvet II o ao the ter and Mr. Ede, in the Portrait Gallery, 01 0 t 0 04 1, their coll irs. The Knights Brethren present.' the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Rosebery, °'" tlei 4 of Mansfield. t h eir The Officers of the Order appeared in ro o t , t u b e and wore their chains and badges. Thos e &PO :I L Albert William Woods, Esq. (Lancaster m u , - r i i i - o sia puty to Sir John Richardson, Bart., a §,e cre Gee" Order ; and Frederick Peel Round, r' sc l"' Usher of the Green Rod. en b e d° s j Soon after three o'clock, the Knights Bre roe ° . f been called over by the Deputy-secret ar ylpta r the presence of the Sovereign in the C l 3 0, 4 attended by the officers of the Order- te, i/fj • The Queen was seated in the Chair of Sta g the mantle and collar of the Order ; his 1 %. ( 1 %.0115ttbr e11 .4 Prince Albert also wore the mantle an b 0 Majesty was pleased to command the IClugheieselio to take their seats at the table, according to hoes in the Order, the officers standing in their P to r bottom of the table. ; iff h ; er te. The Sovereign was then pleased to s-gr a at oo°, pleasure touching the election of a IC- 111 eihe e ir ,P; F ll Order, the Knights Brethren proceeded t° toe v and the suffrages having been collected 11.0igbl)fi, secretary (commencing with the Junior 1 3 3 - 0 ~,„ by him, kneeling, presented to the Queens W ha t! b e f to declare that James Duke of Montrose , gos• elected a Knight of the Moat Ancient an as Order of the Thistle. • th e 1; 74 4 Then by command of the Soverelgl i c hapl e r oe Montrose was received at the door of the , a . at P,4; 1 ; by the Earl of Mansfield, the Junior ci l l' c lay P o i and was conducted to the Queen, pre t ot puty Secretary, bearing on a velvet eushie e ; aeott fo rni of the Order, and by the Usher of the G i r v e ;i iiatiar d ellf The Sword of State, borne by Sir "" t he i'r e ies'as Gentleman Usher, having been handed t e gro A Y i n 10 5 AO." r the Lord Chamberlain, her Majesty he *pow pleased to confer the honour of linighth ae be l Duke of Montrose. His Grace rising lin cl tu th e 'tle e kiss the Sovereign's hand. nea r a ° ser The Duke of Montrose again kneeling a te P r i s en rot reign, and the Deputy Secretary on hist. t he 0 a e e ad to her Majesty the Riband and Jew el o ss or o f Majesty was graciously pleased to place' !,',,alegael the Noble Duke's left shoulder. His Gra l' o ale the Sovereign's hand, and received the COng r 0 ifi r the Knights Brethren, retired. orealretbe to' The Chapter being ended the ICnight s _ r bf J o e ,e 1 by command of the Queen again called !g,.. e ore_ or puty Secretary, and, with the officers ef th e t o tired from the presence of her Majesty w" reverences. tier of" The ceremony took place in the Thre e n a T a te. presence of the Ministers and Officers ol,l, r ieetia, After the investiture, her Majesty all i a a , 130 0 ' attended by the royal suite, returned ;i s , v t il Palace, escorted by a party of Life Gll a tea dalf de cl r i ot Her Majesty had a dinner party Y es , b o b in ham Palace. The company invite ea °f ee pc," Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess_, tbeel l o his Excellency Aali Effendi, his Excellell;a, t he oa Minister and the Baroness de Brunll e f agor ai t y Buckingham and Chandos, the Marqui s , °, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Live r o ne and Countess de Grey, Lord and LadY,,oolo the Equerry in Waiting to the Duk e of u te, MARRIED. sou 6 4 At the parish church of St. Lawre lic „ e r 'olo l t.lO 93.; by the Rev. Edward Horne, Rector, l'",. r et,_, a Esq., of North Audley- street, to lii 9r ,4 l ofor 1t",,1 0 5 surviving relative of the late John Witv Pr/ of the Priory, Hampstead, granddaughter °00.,10-elftF William Seton, Bart., of Aberdeenshire, att a r , "PI r Sir John Patterson, Bart., of Eccles, M.P. Lady Hume Campbell, eldest daughter of '''- 111archmont. 0 11 1 :p l ° lO ° Loudon: Printed and Published by Mul lm oflic e 'ed i No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suit Strand, in the Precinct of tho SavnY, Bladdlesea Thursday, March 13,184 the Bill was introduced in 1842, the miners themselves desired to be placed under schedule A, and the same principle was adopted in all former Bills. He was afraid, therefore, to swerve now from this established rule, or he would have no objection to accede to the amendment of the Hon. Member. Mr. FOSTER said the Right Hon. Gentleman had urged no argument against his proposition. He did not wish to compel miners to claim under schedule D, but to give them the option of doing so. The clause was then read a second time. Sir R. 11. INGLIS did not call the attention of her Majesty's Ministers to the motion he had upon the paper with a view of obtaining their concession now, but with a view to obtaining their sanction at some future period to the principle he wished to lay clown. If the present were a time of war he would not, for one moment, offer any obstacle to the con tinuation of the measure in its present form, but as they were now at peace with nearly all the world, this objection could not be raised. Every day's ex perience convinced him that the tax was not to be limited to three years ; but, on the contrary, it was likely to be made perpetual, and under such circumstances he was desirous to modify the measure in such a way as to make it more en durable. If, therefore, he could not carry his amend ment, he wished to put on record, for the guidance of their successors, an expression of opinion that some at least of the present House of Commons were favourable to his proposal. He believed he had stated,' on a former occasion, that numerous instances had come to his knowledge where clerks and others, whose incomes were 1501., had got their employers to reduce their salaries, to enable them to evade payment of the income-tax. By this means a man, whose salary was 1501. was reduced to 1491., thus saved 31. 10s. a year, He wished, therefore, to save his fellow-countrymen from this temptation to commit fraud, as well as from suffering actual distress, which had in some cases re sulted from the tax. They were told that the revenue would suffer a loss of one million sterling, if the House adopted his proposition. He conceived this sum was considerably overstated, but in order to meet this objection, he had thought it advisable to modify the proposition of which he had given notice, by limiting its operation to those classes who were peculiarly affected by the pre sent tax. Instead, therefore, of the notice which stood on the printed paper, he wished to substitute the following:—" Provided always that the said rates and duties shall not be assessed or taken upon any in come whatever, excepting with respect to the sum by , which such income shall exceed 150/." Now this ' would meet many cases where the tax pressed with severity. For instance, there were in this country 5,489 benefices, varying from 1501. to 5001., who would derive considerable benefit from the introduc tion 'of such a provision.—(Hear, hear.) He knew what the result of a division would be, but to avoid being taunted by any future Chancellor of the Exche quer that the measure in its present form had been fully sanctioned by the House, he felt called upon to put it to the vote.—(Hear.) Mr. SPOONER seconded the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the question involved a general principle which could not be settled by the operation of the tax upon one particular class. He thought he should be able to show his Hon. Friend that his proposition was im practicable, and that it would not remove the present facilities for evading the tax. His Hon. Friend said a clerk who had 1501. a year could get his employer to reduce his salary to 1491., and thus evade the tax. But would his Honourable Friend's amendment remove this objection? Could not a man who had an income of 5001. reduce it to 4991. ?—(Hear, hear.) Surely, then, the amendment was objectionable in this particular. But his Hon. Friend's propssition was open to other objections. A man might have an income from land, amounting to 5001. in OTIO part of the country, and an interest to the same amount in some railway company in another part of the country, and thus he would have an opportunity of availing himself of his Hon. Friend's amendment in two instances. He might claim to deduct 1501. from his 5001. arising out of land in Yorkshire, and claim the same exemption on his railway interest in Sussex.—(Hear.) Unless, therefore, they introduced some - system of combined examination to meet these particular cases, the amend- ment would produce no good, and for this reason it was his duty to resist the proposition. After a few words from Sir W. CLAY, The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 25 Against it 59 Majority against the amendment —34 On the re- admission of strangers to the gallery, we found Sir W. CLAY addressing the House. He said, that in all direct taxation there was much rudeness, roughness, and unpleasantness mixed up. He gave the Right lion. Baronet credit for showing good rea sons against the several amendments that had been proposed, inasmuch as they would all be attended with hardship and inequality. But the Right Hon. Baro net's answers proved that hardship and inequality were inseparable from the tax. There were many theore tical arguments in favour of direct taxation ; but there was this advantage in indirect taxation, that it left every man to a certain degree the master of his taxation. All indirect taxation prea-ed upon expenses, and many of the assessed taxes pressed wholly on luxuries. But the income-tax was a tax upon prudence ; and he did not agree with the saying that the miser was the fittest person to be taxed. The miser was the greatest benefactor of society.—(A laugh.) It was the miser that carried out all your great improvements.—(Oh, oh, and laughter.) The man who kept a pack of fox hounds was no bene factor of the community. The man who benefited society was he that did not spend his money in luxury, but spared it, and ap,elied his savings to public improvernenta. (Cries of " Oh, oh," and " That is not a miner.") He (Mr. Clay) did not wish the tax to be extended to Ireland, but all the arguments against that extension applied to the im position of the tax in this country. He would not detain the House by offering unavailing opposition, but he could not allow the Bill to pass without enter ing his protest against it. Sir R. PEEL thanked the Hen. Gentleman for the tone ill which he had expressed his opinions, and for not persisting in an unavailing opposition, although the Hon. Gentleman had given the Bill his parting malediction.—(A laugh.) He did not think it was a proper time, at this stage of the Biil, to enter into the question of direct and indirect taxa tion. He would only say that much must depend upon tha circumstances of the country to be taxed. But he must ray that if there were in any country taxes which pressed upon industry, and at the same time a palpable tendency to accumulate, then pro perty might he directly taxed.—(llear, hear.) But in a country like the United States, where there was but little accumulation, lie thought it might be well to adhere to indirect taxation. He must know all the circumstances of a country before he could give an opinion. But of this he was convinced, that if a tax on property were to be imposed, it should be on income, and not upon accumulated capital. Nothing could be more dangerous than to tax accumulated capital.—(Hear, hear.) It would be a check to that feeling which led men to endure present toil for the sake of future serenity and enjoyment ; and he be lieved there was great truth in what Dr. .Johnson said, that a man . could not be more innocently employed than in accumulating money.—(A laugh.) Such a tax would derenge accumulation, and tend to transfer capital to other countries. At the same time he would confess that he thought the greatest check to the improvident application of the income-tax was the inequality of its operation.—(Hear, hear.) A tax on accumulation would not easily be made productive, as capital would be transferred to other countries. He was not now going into the question as to fixed incomes and floating incomes. —(Hear.) Some Gentlemen had said that they could show how he could raise three or four millions. Very well. But let them be upon those (the Treasury) benches, and let him see how they would propose their taxes— (Laughter.) Other gentlemen asked why was not the tax extended to Ireland ? But why not extend other taxes to Ireland ? Why not extend the soap tax, for the first time, to that part of the kingdom, where it was most desirable to encourage the use of soap.—(Laughter.) They were making a great, and, he would say, a bold experiment in their fiscal system, and the fact was that the country was of opinion that the present was a time when the property of manufacturers, and the condi tion of the working-classes rendered the experiment desirable and practicable.—(Hear, hear.) Those upon whom the income-tax pressed were willing to bear the burthen for the sake of an experiment, hav ing for its object to better the condition of those below them, as it was the earnest desire of the affluent classes to do.—Hear, hear.) Their objec tion to the tax was as great as could be, and the reason of their acquiescence was an honour to them and to the country. He (Sir Robert Peel) would not contemplate the discussion which was likely to arise when the renewal of the tax came again before the House.—(A laugh.) The House would not ex pect him to say now what course he might take upon that future occasion. He had stated already the pre parations which were going on in the glass trade.— (Hear.) Suppose, then, the thousands who were now unemployed—and other thousands—should find em ployment? Suppose the glass manufacture of this country should come into competition with Belgium and Bohemia= m i g ht not the country, on the same ground as it now acquiesced in the • income-tax, be inclined to try further the application of direct taxa tion, if not exactly in this shape Was it therefore to be expected that he should now pledge himself to the repeal of the tax in three years ?—and he said this without seeking any reserve.—(Hear, hear.) The affluent classes in this country willingly acqui esced in the tax, for the sake of an experiment which had for its object the relief of those who most stood t 4.74. 11. 4 1 t '%t wa, ' B c t ka f ,