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EDUCATION IN THE ArnlY. Ti ,e following is a copy ‘• of any instructions whN :h may have been issued by the Commander-in- Ch.:.ef respecting Examinations to be required on the admission or promotion of Officers in the Army :" "CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM. " Horse-Guards, May 14, 1350. " liar Majesty haa been pleased to command that the candidates for commissions, and for promotion in her army, should be qualified by knowledge and attainments previously to their appointment to commissions of the first named, and to the promotion to superior rank of those thus appointed. " The qualifications required of candidates for com missions have been made known to their friends, and the time and place of examination will be stated in each case, so as that an examination may take place before any one is appointed to a commission. Before officers can be recommended for promotion to the rank of lieutenant in any regiment, the command ing officer must have them examined by a board of officers, consisting of hinvelf, another field officer, if there should be one present with the regiment, and the senior captain of the reArnent; and if there should be no fi.-ld officer present with the regiment, the two senior cap tainspresent. _ " board must report to the Military Secretary, for the information of the Comm mder-in•Chief, that the officers about to be recommended for promotion to the rank of lieutenant are instructed on the following points:— " 1. They must have a perfect knowledge of the stall dine orders of the regiments in which they are serving. "2. They must have a knowledge and must give an account of the duties they hive to perform as regimental orderly officers, and as officers commanding guards, or as subaltern officers of guards under command of officers of superior rank. "3. They must have a knowledge of the words of command for the manual and platoon exercise. "4. They must be able to put the company through the manual and platoon exercise, and be capable of ex ercising both a squad and company in the drill and evo lutions as prescribed in the first two parts of the regula tions for the field exercise of the infantry. " 5. They should know exactly the place of all the company officers in every situation of the battalion, whether in line, or in open, close, quarter, or half-dis tance column, and whether right or left in front. " 6. They must have a knowledge of the general re gulations and orders of the army, and of the Mutiny Act, and Articles of War. "7. They should be acquainted with the Queen's re gulations and warrants regulating the description and qualities of the necessaries of soldiers, of the price of each article, and the regulations applicable to the same. "8. They should know the weight of the knapsack; the weight of the soldier's firelock; of his pouch, with or without the ammunition "which it is calculated to carry; of his accoutrements, with or without the bayonet; the weight of the musket, with or without the bayonet; of the bayonet, with or without the scabbard. " 9. In addition to such portions of the above as may apply to the cavalry service, the cornets should be re quired to be well acquainted with all their stable and barrack duties, to have completed their course of instruc tion in the riding-school, and to be able to exercise a troop both on font and mounted. " Lieutenants who shall have entered the service since July, 1849; will be required, before they can be recom mended for promotion to the rank of captain, to have— " 10. A competent knowledge of geography. " 11. Of history, ancient and modern. " 12. Of the first six books of Euclid. " 13. Of the properties of the circle. " 14. Of algebra, to quadratic equations inclusive. " 15. Of the use of logarithms. " 16. Of plane trigonometry, and " 17. Mensuration. " 18. They must have studied permanent and field fortification, and " 19. Have so far a practical knowledge of the science as to be capable of projecting a front of fortification, according to the first system of Vauban. " 20. They must be perfectly acquainted with the pro visions of the Mutiny Act and Articles of War. " 21. And with the forms and proceedings of courts martial. •• 22. They should have studied some of the standard works on courts-martial. 23. They mast understand perfectly the evolutions of a battalion of infantry or regiment of cavalry, as laid down in the regulations for those services respectively. " 24. They must be acquainted with the light infantry drill. "25. They must perfectly understand the interior economy of a troop or company, the regulations for the messing and subsistence of the soldiers, and the esta blished system of keeping their accounts. " 26. They must have a knowledge of the Royal warrants which regulate the pay, provisionin.., pen sions, rewards, periods of service, clothing and equip ment of the soldier. " 27. They must be acquainted with the general re gulations and orders of the army, more particularly with those for the Government and management of the troops embarked in transports or convict ships. " 28. And it must be ascertained that they are com petent to take charge of a company or detachment in every position in which it might be placed. " Lieu•enants who entered the service prior to July, 1849, will, after July, 1852, be rk quired, before they can be rec, mmended for promotion to the rank of captain, to hsve— _ _ " 10 (a). A competent knowledge of geography. " 11 (a). English hi,tory, " 12 (a). Of the first four books of Euclid. " 14 (a). Of algf bra, to simple equations inclusive. "19 (a). And , n fir a practical knowledge of the science fortification as to be capable of projecting a front or fortification according to the first system of Vsub tn. " 20 (a). They must be perfeeqy acquainted with the prxrkion* of the Mutiny Act and Artie:es of War. 21 (a). And with the forms and proceedings of court—mar,ill. " 22 (a). They must hare studied some of the stindard wnrks on court,-martial. "23 (a). They mu-t understand perfectly the evolu tions nt a battalion of infantry or regiment of cavalry, as laid down in the regulations of those services respec tively. " 24 (a). They must be acquainted with light infantry drill. "25 (a). They must p.rfectly understand the interior economy of a troop or company, the regulations for the me.*ing and suhsisterlco of soldiers, and the established sy4tem of keeping their recounts. "26 (a). They must have a knowledge of the Royal warrants which r,gulat, the pay, provisioning, pension 4, rewards, periods of service, clothing and equipment of the soldier. " 27 (a). They must be acquainted with the general regulations and orders of the arn,y, more particularly with those for the government and m ►negement of troops embarked in transports or convict ships. `• 28 (a). And it:, must be ascertained that they are competent to take charge of a company or detachment in every position in which it might be ' , lac d. "It is to be distinctly understeod that they are to comple , e the remainder of the course prescribed for the lieutenants who entered the service sub,equently to July, 1849, before they can be declared eligible to become field officprß. These examinati,)ns of officers for the rank of cap tain must he made by ho irds of offic-rs, to be appointed by the commanding Lffieer, composed of the three senior officers of the regiinevit, as far as relates t i matters of re gimental economy, detail, or discipline, and must be re ported to the Military Secretary in every case of a lieu tenant rec , •inctomded by the commanding officer to be promoted to be captain of a troop or company. " Till the month of July, 1832, officers recommended for promotion to the rank of captain in their several re iments need not be examined on the points stated in • • No.. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, of this order, unless it shou!il bi known to the Commander-ir-Chief that such officers had passed one year in the United Kingdom :<ubaquently to the lAr of June, 1850, in which case he will require that such officers should pass an ex amination as required by this order for the lieutenants, who eisterecl the servic aLt?cedently to 1349. " Any officer of the rank of lieutenant in a regiment serving within the United Kingdom, who may have en tered his name as a purchaser of a troop or company, may, through his commanding officer, express his desire to be examined in respect to its required attainments, as specified in this order, upon which demand the Com mat.der-in-Chief will give such orders as may be proper and necessary. "Orders will hereafter be given to provide for the examination of officers serving abroad, in respect to their qualifications and at t Ainmefits, preparatory to their being recommended for promotidn to the rank of captain. " By command of Field-Marshal " THE Dux CF WELLINGTON, Commander-in-Chiet. "G. BROWN, Adjutant-General." Horse Guards, June 6, 1850. "Sir,—l hive it in command to explain, with refer ence to the eircu'ar memorandum of the 14th ult., that although the educational part of the examination of offi cers, preparatory to obtaining the rank of captain, is proposed to be deferred for two yearn, the professional portion of it i, to be carried into effect immediately; and that henceforth the qualifications of candidates for promotion to the ranks of lieutenant and captain respec tively, as far as relates to military evolutions and to the details of regimental discipline and economy, are to be duty ascertained by a board composed of the three senior officers present with the regiment, a 4 therein prescribed, whose certificate must accompany all future recommen dations for promotion. " I have, &c., " G. BR, WN, Adjutant-General. " Officer Commanding." THE FOREIUN A ND COLONIAL MAILS FOR AUGUST. The following are the dates on which the foreign and colonial mails (accordine; to the new arrangement which comes into operation w-naerrow) will be made tip at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and when the return packets will be due at Southamp ton, Liverpool, Falmouth, Dover and London :—For the British and Foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Vera Cruz, Tampico, Havannah, Honduras, Nassau and Jacmel), Venezuela, Grey Town (San Juan de Nica ragua), Granada, Chili, Peru, &c., on the mornings of the 2d and 17th inst.; Vera Cruz, Mexico, and Tampico, on the mornings of the 2d inst. only; Havannah, Honduras, Nassau, Jacmel, &c , on the :, morning of the 17th only; by steam-packets from rIN ‘', 804quuliption. The Trent steamer for the mails /".... af -traiukiricow; next packets due on the 7th and ....t___ 2 211 - Inat.6at Southampton. (In future mails for -- ","7....„.,., . Iciavatnne , lionduras, Nassau, and Jacmel will be for / •ir":'7! . 1 Warded ontA by the packet leaving on the 17th, and , ...,_ , A,_ ; Vera Crux nd Tampico by the packet of the 2d of each. c .......... _:_ 7 .--, , month . . I e mails for - the the western coast of South ...".. Alaterta-. ll be di.patehed as far as Panama by the West India packets of the 2d and 17th of the month, but from Panama the Pacific mails will only be once a month. The mails to Bermuda, Mobile, and Madeira by the above packets have been discon tinued—tho correspondence for Madeira, unless other wise addressed, will be sent by the Brazil packet, and for Bermuda and Mobile by the mails to Halifax, New York. and Boston, via Liverpool.) For British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, on the even ing of the 2d inst. (to-morrow), by the Niagara steamer via Liverpool, Halifax, and New York; on the evening of the 9th inst., by the Europa to Boston; on the even ing of the 14th inst., by the America to New York; on the evening of the 23d inst., by the Hibernia to Boston; and the evening of the 30th inst., by the Asia to New York. Next packets due at Liverpool—On the 7th inst., from Boston; 15th, from New York; 21st, from Boston; and the 29th inst., from Vew York. The branch packet for Newfoundland will be dispatched from Halifax on the arrival at the latter port of the homeward packet from Boston; and the branch packet for Bermuda will be dispatched from Halifax on the arrival at that port of the outward packet for Boston. Newspapers for the United States of America must be pre-paid ld. each, either via Liverpool or Southampton; letters optional. For Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, on the evening of the sth inst., by her Ma jesty's brig Express via Falmouth. Next packet due at Falmouth, her Majesty's brig Petrel, on the 24th inst. From August to January inclusive the packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward pas sage to Rio de Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward. For Vigl, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th instant, by steam-packets from Southampton. Next mails due on the sth, 15th, and 25th instant, at Southampton. For the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon (Mauritius on the 24th instant), India, &c., on the evenings of the 7th and 24tb, by the fortnightly overland closed mails, via Marseilles; next mails due in London on or about the 23d inst. Letters and newspapers must be pre-paid. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mau ritius, India, Hong-Kong, and China, on the morning of the 20th inst., by steam.packet from Southampton; next packet due the Indus steamer, on the 28th inst. Newspapers free; postage on letters pre-paid or not. For Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, by ship letter bags, as vessels may sail from London, Liverpool, &c. Newspapers for the colonies must be pre-paid id. each, or they will not be forwarded. For France, &c., twice daily, morning and evening (except Sunday), by her Majesty's steam packets, via Dover and Ostend—due daily. Hamburgb, &c., Tuesday and Friday evenings; due Tuesdays and Saturdays. Holland, &c., Wednesday and Saturday mornings; due Mondays and Thursdays; by the General Steam Navigation Company's packets, via the Thames. HEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) This return, in connexion with the two previous, in dicates a continuous increase in the mortality of the metropolitan districts. The deaths which in the two preceding weeks were successively 781, 863, rose last week to 898. In the corresponding weeks of nine years (1840-8) the lowest number occurred in 1843, and was 749; the highest in 1848, when it was 1,201; but last year in the same week the deaths rose to 1,931, when pestilence rapidly multiplied its victims. The average of the corresponding weeks of ten years (1840-9) is 1,022, which, with a correction for increase of popula tion, becomes 1,115. The i9S deaths of last week, therefore, show a decrease on the latter number, amount ing to 217; but it will be observed that the average is in part founded on the aggravated mortality of last year. The deaths from phthsis or consumption are still less numerous than usual, having last week been 121; in corresponding weeks they fluctuated between 120 and 156. In the class which comprises other diseases of the respiratory organs, the deaths, amounting to 74, also fall below the average. The zymotic or epidemic class numbers 272 deaths; and though this mortality is not yet excessive as compared with that of the same week in some previous years, it shows a tendency to increase as the autumnal season approaches. Small-pox, measles, scarlatina, hooping-cough, and typhus, show less than the usual fatality or differ little from the average; but diarrhea exhibits a rapid increase on the previous weeks, and has now risen above the average. The numbers from diarrheas in the last four weeks have been succes sively 40, 37, 51, and 104. Of the 104 persons who died of it last week, 84 were infants under 1 year, 14 were 1 year old and under 60, and 6 were 60 years of age and upwards. Last week 13 deaths were ascribed to cholera, showing an increase, when compared with those of the previous returns; but an investigation of the cases as detailed in the registers proves that in a certain propor tion of them it was the common English form of the complaint. In the Rectory sub-district, Marylebone, on the 24th July, at 11, Orchard-place, the son of a la bourer, aged 3 years, " cholera (24 hours)". " This (says Mr. Josephs) is a small house in the rear of a densely crowded place, well known in Marylebone, which, though in a much better condition than formerly, is still imperfectly cleansed and ventilated." Also in the Rectory sub-district, at 2, Paradise-row, on 233 July, the son of a smith, 3 yrs, "cholera (3 days)." " The child had diarrhoea for a week previous. Its pa rents lived in a small front parlour, with five other children. The locality is crowded." In St. John's, Marylebone, at 14, Henry-street, on the 25th July, the son of a shoemaker, aged 1 year, "English cholera (5 days)." In the same sub-district, at 16, Towashend cottages, on the 24th July, the son of a labourer, aged three months, "cholera." In Islington East, at 48, King-street -terrace, on the 20th July, a working wo man, spinster, aged 38 years, "cholera (12 hours). had diarrhoea 2 days." In West Hackney, at 13, Tottenham square, on 23d July, the son of a contractor, aged 3 months, " English cholera (3 days)." In the same neighbourhood, at 11, Tottenham-road, on 25th July, the daughter of a draper, aged 1 year, " English cholera (5 days), convulsions (12 hours)." In North St. Giles's in-the Fields, at 12, Great White Lion-street, on 23d July, the daughter of a printer, aged 7 months, "Eng lish cholera (7 days)." In Pentonville, at 9, Penton grove, on 23d July, the son of a police-constable, aged 6 months, "infantile cholera." In Whitechapel-church sub-district, at 17, Colchester-street, on 24th July, the daughter of a shoemaker, aged 4 months, "Asiatic cholera (2 days)." Mr. Hems, the registrar, states that " the child was suckled by the mother for a fortnight, was afterwards brought up by hand, and never thrived, It was attacked with violent vomiting and purging on Sunday, recovered, and grew worse on Monday. when the medical attendant first saw the case, and pronounced it hopeless. The house is well aired." In Lambeth, at 39, Wotton-street, on 24th July, the wife of a printer, aged 25 years, " cholera (2 days), peritonitis (3 weeks)." Mr. Mears states that " the house is clean and tolerably airy. It has a cesspool." Also in Lambeth, at 8, Vine terrace, Waterloo-road, on 21st July, the wife of a stone mason, aged 24 years, "cholera (10 hours)." " This person (says Mr. Dews) had been in delicate health for some months, and had only come the day before from Somersetshire." The medical attendant adds on his cer tificate that there " was no purging, all the other symp toms were urgent, the secretion of urine suspended, the catheter was passed, but no urine in the bladder." The house is in an airy situation and well drained. In Lambeth, at 7, High-street, on the 19th July, a carpen ter, aged 36, " Asiatic cholera (44 hours)." Mr. Har wood states that " the deceased retired to rest about eleven o'clock in his usual state of health, but in about two hours awoke with violent cramp, which was fol lowed by sickness and diarrhoea: these continued till death." In comparison with the above thirteen deaths from cholera, registered last week, it is proper to men tion that in the corresponding week of 1846 there were 26 from the same disease ; also 26 in that of 1848; and in that of 1849, the deaths from cholera rose to 783. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1850. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... ' 1 272 Diseises of Uncertain Seat ... 37 Tubercular Diseases ... 170 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 104 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ..• 74 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 52 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ... 14 •• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. s Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ~, 6 Diseases of the Skir, &c. Malformations... ... ..• ••• •.. ... 6 Premature Birth ... Atrcphy Old Ago Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 28 causes not specified 3 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 1. The LORD CHANCELLOR took hit seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions in favour of the Marriage Bill. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved th© third reading of this Bill. The motion was agreed to. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. The Marqttn.s of LANSDOWNE moved for a confE•- rence with the Commons on the Irish Franchise Bill. The motion was agreed to, and the Marquis of Salis bury, the Bishop of Oxfcrd, Lord Beaumont, and other Peers were appointed to manage the conference. On their return, the Marquis of SALISBURY re ported that the Cammons had disagreed to certain of the Lords' amendments, and had assigned their reasons, which he delivered, and which were ordered to be printed. CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT LANDS BILL. On the motion of Earl GREY this Bill was read a third time and passed. SLAVE TRADE. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions praying the House to adopt measures to compel the Go vernments of Brazil and Spain to do away with the slave trade in compliance with ttib treaties which they had entered into with this country. He trusted the prayer of these petitions would be attended to. Lord BROUGHAM supported the prayer of these petitions. NAVY PAY BILL. On the motion of Esrl GREY this Bill was read a second time. DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 898 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 206 ... 130 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 278 ... 177 Central Districts 374,199 ... 274 ... 158 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 344 ... 202 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 829 ... 231 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,931 ... 898 Mal( s ••• ••• ... 439 Females ... ••• ••• ••• 459 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1850. attentive to the business of that House and to the welfare of this country, and more psrticularly to that of Ireland, but he apprehended that the Noble Lord did not foresee the mischief which his motio❑ would create throughout Ireland. As such a motion would tend to interfere with the forms of government, he felt it his duty to op pose it. The Earl of GLENGALL said that be apprehended that the House shout,' know what was the state of the landlord and tenant law in England and Ireland before it could decide on the system suggested by the Noble Lord in his motion. He should at the same time ex press his regret that the Government had expressed their dissent to ossimilate the law between the two countries, while on other occasions he had frequently heard such a course and such a principle urged by the same Govern ment. While he dissented from the present motion, he would say that he considered that one in some specific shape should be brought on, and hoped that the Noble and Learned Lord (the Lord Chancellor) would lend his able aid to facilitate such, as he felt convinced from his knowledge of the state of Ireland, that some Commission should be issued. He attributed much of the bad feeling of the people t ) the negligence of the public press, who, while they were afforded facilities, yet when any Irish question was brought forward (with the exception of Dolly's Bran) he never kee Pt a fair report to be given. The Noble Earl then referred to several long and excellent speeches de livered i❑ that House; and on the following morning, to his astonishment, did not find more than seven or eight lines in the newspapers. Again, he adverted to the cor respondents designating them us bilious philanthropists who took blue-books into the sterile parts of Ireland, and from them gleaned what suited their prejudice to make up a pamphlet, or a column or two for some of the morning papers. Who, ho asked, were the informants of then• correspondents? They were generally the pro prietors of hotels, or their waiters, and very frequently some peasant dressed something between a gamekeeper and a member of the swell mob. He then eulogised the exertions of the Secretary for Ireland (Sir W. Somer ville) who had materially improved some of the bad laws of the country. Ho hoped that some specific mo tion would be brought on instead of the present. The motion was then withdrawn, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 1. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Sir DE LACY EVANS said it was preposterous to suppose that, stf.er this country had gone to great ex-• pence in maintaining her colonies, she should surrender all claim to the different territories, and give them up to the present inhabitants. Although he approved of the Bill as a whole, he entertained objections to particular parts of it—such, for instance, as the appointment of a large Church establishment in the colony. He thought the colony would get on extremely well, in a religious as well as in a moral sense, without a spiritual" establishment; but hardly a new set tlement, with a few hundred inhabitants, sprung up be fore a bishop was appointed and sent out. Much of the allowance provided for the Ecclesiastical establishments of the colony might, therefore, he thought, be dispensed with ;- at any rate. he hoped it would not be augmented in proportion as the population increased. But taking the measure altogether it was a very fair ind liberal one, and would have a very beneficial effect upon the colony, and he was gratified to find that a direct intimation was given to the colonists in the Bill to suggest any alteration or modifications of it which they might think necessary. O❑ the whole he thought the Govern ment had acted right in not prematurely disposing of this question, but leaving it to be eventually settled by the colonists themselves. Mr. VERNON SMITH was not at a loss to form an opinion as to whether or not the Govern ment intended to persevere with this Bill this session. In the present state of the House they could carry almost anything, and he could, therefore, not hesitate in deciding that they intended to carry this measure, but still before they proceeded further Go vernment ought to disclose what amendments of the Lords they intended to reject and what agree to. The majo rity of the amendments improved the Bill. He agreed with the amendment which struck out the clauses which were proposed to establish a federal assembly in the colonies ; and ho should be glad to know if Government would venture to go the length of re-introducing them. The next amendment established a franchise for the squatting interest, a provision which be vainly struggled for when the Bill was under discussion and in its progress through this House. The next series of alterations which had been made by the Lords were far more extensive and far more objectionable. They would restrict thefunctions of the colonial legislature, end continuo in the hands of the Colonial-office powers which ought to be abandoned without delay. The amendments would preclude the legislature of the colony from altering the franchise, but he did hope the House and the Government would not assent to this alteration, while the clause which had been introduced by the Lords in the room of the clause giving the local legislature the power he had referred to was calculated to lead to doubt and mystification as to its true and real meaning, and it ought to be struck out. -The next alteration was of still greater importance, it struck out the words which gave the local council power to vary its forms and constitu tion, which be thought ought to be restored to the Bill ; and he therefore jcoped, for the sake of keeping faith with the colonists themselves, the Government would insist upon carrying that point. As this was the last opportunity he should have of speaking on the subject of this Bill, he must again repeat his regret that the measure had not been made more liberal and extensive. Lord JOHN RUSSELL should have stated ,in moving the adoption of the first amendment, the course which Government intended to pursue with respect to the w hole, but tifter what had occurred to-day, he could not further delay making a declaration on the subject. He agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down that the greatest alteration which the Lords had introduced was the omission of the clauses which related to the establishment of a federal government. Under all the circumstances, however, of the case he thought his Noble Friend at the head of the Colonial office had acted right in consenting to the omission of the clauses. Many objections were urged against them, and above all it was said if the colonists desired a federal assembly, it could be hereafter allowed by the Legislature of the parent country On the whole, therefore, Government was not indisposed to adopt that amendment. Tho next alteration was the introduction of words extending the franchise to squat ters. He would not say that this was an impolitic altera tion; perhaps it was only fair that the large body of colonists who came under that denomination should be represented in the local legislature—(Hear, hear) —and Government did not therefore object to this amendment. The next alteration deprived the legislative council of power to make any change in its forms and constitution. No doubt the giving that power was one of the important objects of the 13111, but not the object, and as much good would result from the Bill, even as it now stood, particularly as it would lead to the settlement of the important question as to whether it was advisable to give the colonies a single or a double chamber, Government was generally disposed to adopt most of the amendments proposed by the Lords. With respect to the 32d clause of the Bill, it stood in f tot and in substance as it was originally sent from that House to the House of Lords. They had reduced by one-half the amount of franchise, but they had left to the colonies the power of altering the qualification of the electors and the elected. They had also left to them the power of altering the constituent body, and also the power of introducing a division of the legislative body into two chambers, and the mode in which these two chambers should act. But there had been a change made, under which he did not think it would be in the power of the legislative council to pass an Act by which the whole body of the single chamber could be elected, and no one member of which could be nominated by the Crown. He did not think it would be in the power of the council to alter the proportions of its members, however they might alter the qualification of the electors, and al though they might divide the present legislative council into two chambers, they would not have the power of saying there should be a single elective chamber, and that the nominees of the Crown should be altogether excluded from that second chamber. On that subject he should certainly have been disposed to say that if such au alteration bad been proposed by the legislative council of New South Wales, although it was a matter for their discussion and deliberation, he should have felt very great objection to such an altera tion, He therefore felt the less objection to the altera tion which had been proposed. He certainly thought there were advantages in leaving the whole subject to the legislative council, but if there was anything on which the House ought to place a restriction, he thought it wax the power of altering the legislative council into One legislative body. He therefore concurred in the general policy of the amendments made by the House of Lords, and he considered p t h a t t hi s Bill upon the whole would be a very great benefit to the Australian colonies. Mr. GLADSTONE said the Bill before the House, in his mind, was not a sutisfactory 13111 in its principle. No doubt it h a d some advantages to recommend it; but in his opinion a matter of the most crying necessity, that of the separation of the colony of Port Philip from New South Wales, should be accomplished. lie thought the House would have acted more wisely in seeking to pass a perfect measure on this subject in the next ses sion, when they would be in possession of more infot mation from the colonies, than in passing an imperfect one at the end of the present session. The point in which the Bill was not satisfactory lay in the third amendment of the House of Lords, which took away the power of the legislative council in the colonies of altering the composition of the council.—(Hear, hear.) The power of altering the consitution of the council, and of affecting the balance of power as it was fixed by the Bill between the Crown end the popular body, was altogether taken away. The Government had forgotten throughout all those discussions that unhappily of all the changes which a single chamber was likely to make, that of separating itself int two chambers was the least likely, because it cut directly at th e pride and vanity of the parties most directly interested in making it.—(Hear, hear.) Where they had a popular body guiding the fortunes end the legislation of the colony, it was must unlikely, unless under peculiar circumstances, that that popular body would consent to set up another popular body by its side. Again, they might alter the aggregate number of members of the council, but not the proportions. The proportions were sacred, and must not be departed from. He wished to see New South Wales establish for itself stable institu tions, but to be stable those institutions must spring out of the soil of the colony, and the attempt by the officials •in Downing-street to check the democratic principles of the population of New S ou th W a l es, would not only not check, but would giye a more wildly democratic cha rector to the feelings of th 6 people of that Colony, and fend to weaken the ties between it And the mother country.—(Hear.) Ho considered those amendments of the House of Lords amounted, ai nearly as possible, to a breach of faith by the Government with the co lonists of New South Wales. The colonists would say we had sent them a Bill which was most essentially changed, and we had pleaded their consent to that Bill for passing it in the House of Commons, and then had permitted it to be altertd i❑ the House of Lords. In fact, he (Mr. Gladstone) must register his pro test against this Bill, because, while profess ing to give free institutions to the colonists, it maintained the control of the Crown over the legisla ture of the colony, and, introducing uncertainty and un easiness into its legislation, it ha -I taken away that great gift of liberty which was the apology and the argu ment that certainly carried the Bill in the House of Commona. Mr. ROEBUCK thought it his duty to enter hie sincere and earnest protest against this Bill. The House learned now that it was acting on imperfect information. Surely if perfect information were requisite it might be obtained, but the truth was, that the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department was so determined in his own course that he would never listen either to the sugeee bons from the colonies or to the suggestions from the House of Commons.—([fear.) The House did not come to legislate on the colonies without ex perience ; they had experience enough to guide them in that matter, and especially with reepect to the formation of a federative assembly. The Noble Lord at the head of the colonies was determined to have one c )uncil, and one council only; but was told over and over again that if. he adopted that plan it was im possible to make a fair and operative assembly. The Noble Lord was told there was experience about that matter to which no sane man could shut his eyes ; and that there was a plan at once simple and effective. That plan was simply to have two chambers, one of them representing the po pulation cf the colonies, and the other chamber repre senting the colonies themselves. That was the plan of the United States of America, hit upon by the master-mind of the American revolution. He charged every one of the Government who had had anything to do with the Bill with an obstinacy which could spring from nothing but personal vanity. There was also another point. In a Bill which was to be a permanent measure, how was it that they had introduced provisions which would be a source of constant quarrel? He referred the House to the constitution which had been lately framed by the settlers at California, and he thought that when it was compared with this miserable specimen of their legislative wisdom it ought to shame every Mem ber of the British Parliament. There was nothing in it which was satisfactory or certain, but it was full of the seeds of eternal discord. The only hope he had was that when it got there it would create t.uch universal dissatisfaction that they would be obliged to reconsider the measure. He had denied often that this Bill would please the colonies, and he re iterated the denial. He thought that when they heard an ex-Secretary for the Colonies de claring that there was no chance of governing the colonies without two chambers, he thought it ought to induce them to pause before they sent out this Bill. It was, however, now too late, and all he could do was to protest, and, as far as he was concerned, he had done his duty. Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY complained that the only clause of any value had been struck out in another place, and the Noble Lord had come down and declared himself perfectly satisfied. He complained also of the clause introduced there, which allowed con victs on tickets of leave an equal share in the franchise. The Bill, he considered, was a contemptible Bill; and he should have preferred going without it altogether than taking it as it was. Mr. MACGREGOR said the question was whether this Bill gave or took away any privileges from the colonists. He believed that it gave many of them privileges which they never had before possessed. Taking into consideration the moral and social condi tion of the colonies, he thought the Bill was a good Bill, and that it had been rendered rather more practical than otherwise by the amendments of the Lords. He considered that the measure would be very acceptable to the colonists, and he would give it his cordial support, being anxious that they should be kept ro longer in suspense as to what were the intentions of the Legislature. The Lords' amendments were then agreed to. ASSESSED TAXES COMPOSITION BILL. This Bill was read a second time. The House then adjourned until five o'clock. The House resumed et Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from a body of farmers in the county of Perth in favour of protection. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented a petition from Lei cester praying the [louse to restore the delivery of letters at the Post-office on Sundays. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire against ehurchoentos. RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM, after presenting a petition from a gentleman in Birmingham complaining of the conduct of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com pany, asked the President of the Board of Trade what were the intentions of Government with reference to the Rail% ays Abandonment Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Bill was at present under the consideration of his Learned Friend the At torney• General, who would shortly state what the inten tions of Government were with reference to it. Mr. MULLINGS presented a petition from a place in Glouceitershire, praying the House to rescind the reso lu'ion preventing the delivery of letters at the Post•office on Sunday. Mr. StiTHERON presented a petitio❑ from a place in Wilts praying fur certain modifications in the Savings Bank Bill before the House. POLI mem, REFUGEES IN THIS COUNTRY. Lord DUDLEY STUART gave notice that he should to-morrow put a question to the Secre tary of State for the Home Department re specting certain political refugees, who it was stated, having taken refuge in this country, had been delivered up to one of the Governments of Germany, and sent away from hero in consequence of being blamed as accomplices in a murder committed on the continent. THE GORHAM CASE. It is believed that the following Prelates have de clared their approval of the decision of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in the late Gorham case:— The Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin. The Bishops of Durham, Peterborough, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, Chester, St. Asaph, St. David's, Worcester, Norwich, and Manchester, as not affecting the doctrine of the Church. The Bishops of Salisbury, Gloucester, and Ripon, have returned ambiguous replies to the Tractarian addresses. The Bishop of Bangor dissents from the judgment. The Bisho p of Rochester claims for it " legal re spect." The Bishops of Exeter, Bath and Wells, London, and Oxford, are hostile. The Bishops of Lincoln, Carlisle, Winchester, Chi chester, Llandaff, and Sodor and Man, are not yet known to have expressed themselves on the subject. The two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have each declined entering into the controversy; but about one-fourth of the members of convocation of the first mentioned have separately addressed the Archbishop of Canterbury against the decision. This address is signed by ovo only out of the twenty-four heads of colleges and halls, and six professors only—all of the Tractarian party—viz., Professors Pusey, Hussey, Reay, Earlo, Kenyon, and Cooke; and includes the names of Judge Coleridge and the well-known Archdeacons Thorp, Wil berforce, and two Scotch bishops, who, notwithstanding their secession from the English Church, retain their names on the university register as members. The uni versity of Cambridge has not moved. From a summary of the results of the agitation which has reached us, it would appear that the total number of clerical dissentients from the judgment through. out England does not exceed 2,000 out of 15,000 ; and the number of laity who have come forward is insignificant. Mier the failure of the last effort at St. Martin's Hall, which was remarkable for the absence of Mr. Gladstone, M.P., and others whose presence or absence on %iich - occasions is regarded as in dicative of the probability of success or the reverse, we may dismiss the agitation as something beyond a Denison power to resuscitate.—Church and State Gazette. CONFESSION OF BENNISON. The man Bennison, who was found guilty at the High Court of Justiciary, on Friday last, of the double crimes of bigamy and murder, and sentenced to be executed here on the 16th of August, has made a confession of his guilt. At the conclusion of the trial on Friday, he solemnly " declared before God, end before all present, that of the murder of his wife he was innocent ;" and that if the witnesses had spoken the truth, " he would not have been a guilty man before their Lordships that day." Notwithstanding of these solemn asseverations, he, in a conversation with his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hay, of the Methodist Church, Leith—who has been most unremitting in his attention to the culprit since his condemnation—confessed on Monday that he had poisoned his wi'e on the Friday evening that she was alleged to have become ill. The confession is not, in the meantime, in such a complete state as would unify its publication ; but we believe that a copy of it has been transmitted to Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Bennison, ever since the sentence was declared, has exhibited the deepest contrition ; but although he has unbosom( d his mind of the principal portion of the guilt charged against hire in the trial, he is a person of such a peculiar disposition, and so extremely suspicious of all who come in contact with him, that it is most diffi cult t 9 get an explanation from him of certain points necessary to throw light on the case. Mr. Hay could not venture to avail himself of writing materials during the time that Bennison was relating the particulars of the poisoning. He was, there fore, obliged simply to listen to the harrow ing narrative of the culprit's guilt; and to trust to his memory for the writing out of the details of the con fession when he went home. Mr. Hay read a copy of what ho had written to Bennison, when he ad hered to it all—making only some very slight alter:), tions upon it. A copy of the confession so amendeu was subsequently lodged with the Sheriff; and it was afterwards, as we have already mentioned, forwarded to Sir George Grey. _ _ _ Bennison states that, on the Friday evening in ques tion, he made the porridge, and put a quantity of arsenic in them. His child having previously gone to bed, and BQnniion having, on thu score of illness ex cused himself from eating anything that night, his wife was the only one that partook of the porridge, and to that her death is to be ascribed. He states that the girl Robertson had not the most remote ides, that he had any interest in her except that of a religious kind, and that he never spoke to her unless in respect to her spiritual welfare. Ile has made no confession with regard to the first wifa's sudden death at Airdrie; but as it is strongly sus pected that he also administered poison to get quit of her, it is not improbable that we may have a further confession from him to that effect.—Scotsman. MIDLAND RAILWAY. On Wednesday a special meeting of proprietors of this company resident in Liverpool was held at the Clarendon Rooms in that town, in reference to the proposition (for the conversion of the 501. shares) agreed to at the general meeting at Derby. About thirty gentlemen were present. Mr. J. H. BRANCKER was callel to the chair. He stated that the object of the meeting was to organize an opposition to the measure which the directors had carried at the late meeting, and which was so adverse to the wishes and interests of a large minority. The di rectors, to carry out the plan, would have to bring a Bill into Parliament, but he felt satisfied that if duly met so inequitable a measure would never pass the Legislature; but, if necessary, those who dissented must be pre pared to carry their opposition even to the House of Lords.—(Applause.) It appeared, he said, that the directors had adopted the objectionable change pro posed, in consequence of a bill in Chancery having been filed; and in order to escape from the personal re sponsibility that wh he ichwo in u t l e d nded otherwise most attach. strenuouslyTheto Cchaarirry ofroora tthpearotpiesposiitnionLo;ntdhoen d warrant him in doing so w l o ic u i l tationswbichhereceived so, even were he not so well supported in Liver llecontendedthaetquita no class on lienof shareholders another could ol . a o ll nr y opthr acquireie any in shareholders ; and if th e ) i t e h o f l e et o g l ph were ad to ob e done i l a l c e g t e a d l acts proprietary. If responsibility the directors ctors should rest. not on upon only by th e i r f ears, and if one tages injurious to the others, th en the other e s c h ti a oo r nf eh ao o df l v d at e h ur e company could f o r ce t h em i nto a concessions.s must also go into Chancery, and see what theycoul e d do. He for one would recommend that they should mence as soon as possible to take proceedings against°na the directors to restrain them from carrying ou t the inequitable proceedings which they intended. The chairman proceeded to analyse the speeches of Mr. Ellis, and of Mr. Carlautt, at the late meeting, and concluded by moving, " That in the opinion of this meeting it is essential for the in ftahieth M am id o la n n g d s t R al a l il e w la s s y s , es an o d f forteretshtes m of ai t n h t e en p a ro n p ee rie o t f o g rs oo o d f stock and shareholders, that the personal and sectional pretension of the 50/. shareholders should be opposed by all legal and Parliamentary measures. Mr. PENNY seconded the motion, in which he stated that he cordially concurred; and after some words also of approval and condemnation of the directors, from Mr. Driffield and from Mr. Wills, the resolution was pat to the meeting, and unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN moved the next resolution—" That to organize and further such opposition, a subscription should be entered into, no one to be responsible for a further sum than that he should subscribe ; and request ing all shareholders to join in resistance to payment of any further preferential or guaranteed dividends" Mr. A. H. WYLIE seconded the motion, which was also carried nem. dis. A resolution was then carried that a petition contain ing the foregoing recitals should be presented at the re opening of Parliament, and the meeting terminated. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-otlitefor the GoTernore pf ithe West India, Colonies, BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. bides ... ... ... ... ... 664 Females ... ... ... ... ... 680 Total ... -.1,344 *ln this number are included 23 by Scarlatina, 35 by Typhus Fever, 104 by Diarrhoea, and 13 by Cholera. MRS. FANNY KEMBLE'S READ- INGS OF SHAKSPERE. This celebrated lady has been engaged by Mr. Mit chell fir six readings of Shakspere, at the St. James': Theatre, and last evening she read the Midsummer Night's Dream. It was a delightful entertainment, and gave us a keener feeling of the beauties of this exqui site play than we have ever been able to derive either from its private perusal or its representation on the stage. Mrs. Kemble's reading, indeed, is perfect; quite free from the heaviness and monotony to which this kind of entertainment is liable, and on the contrary full of grace, animation, and variety. Shakspere's charming poetry derived fresh charms from the finely modulated tones of her mellow voice, and she showed a most intellectual comprehension of the author, bringing out many delicate be a uti es an d t ra i ts o f mean i ng, w hi ch, to us at least, had the effect of novelty. Her discri mination of the characters was a Imirable. The timid, gentle Helena, and the impetuous Islermin ' could not have been better distinguished h a d th e y stood before us in two separate persons. The scenes of Bottom and his fellow clowns, without being in the least overcharged, were lively and amusit. Bottom's way of making him :elf at home with Titania and the fairies was irresistibly ludicrous. In truth, her reading of these scenes showed a richness of comic humour which we had never observed in her acting. Mrs. Kemble looked exceedingly well, and seemed to be in excellent health and spirits. No thing cold be warmer than her reception by a large and fashionable audience. Bursts of applause followed the most remarkable passages; and, after she had retired, the long continued plaudits brought her forward again to make her acknowledgments. The remaining plays which she is to read are the Merry Wives of Windsor, Mea sure for Measure, Much Ado about Noth!ng, and the Merchant of Venice. There could not be a better se lection. SINGULAR FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.—OD Friday evening last a young man, named Joseph Piston, aged 22, was bathing in the river Collin, near to Ashley-mill, when he was unhappily drowned. It appears that the deceased had been working in a hay-field throughout the day, and, being hot, determined to bathe, although particularly cautioned not to do so by his relations at the mill, whin whom he lived. Their reason for so cautioning him was that on the three previous nights he had dreamed that he was drowning in the river. Each morning he had related his dream to the family, and in joke told them who should have his clothing, ecc., if it happened, and mentioned a young woman who was to have his watch. On the night in question he had been swimming down the river. He left the water, and told the parties who were with him that lie would have a dive in a years . of age, ftybeurtai atinmeexscealnlednttrisew4 deep part of the river. So saying he ran on the bank, sprang in headforemost, and never was seen afterwards. An alarm intohd himt. he was given, and Mr. Davenport, who is upwards of sixty river, sw immer, h er e , e dumped but without succ-ss. It ton' w as an hour and a half before Pis ton's body could be found.._:Flanches ter Guardian. INCUMZER . ED ESTATES IN InELAND —Yesterday a Parliamentary paper was issued, containing some observa tions by the Commissioners upon the subject their distil,- button of the fu n d s arising from intobered .es tates in Ireland and th e transfer of any part o thereof Court of Chancery. It appears that the Commissioners i the road more than half a milli on ' s worth of property,and of ' t a t: ‘ a .a t sum they hope to distribute the entire in their court with the exception of 25,0001., which may be transferred to the Court of Chancery. About 100,0001. has been already dis tributed. The Commissioners hope without any assistance from any other court to distribute 200,000/. before vacation and 200,0001. more in the month of October; they add " that there is no part of their practice which gives the public such satisfaction as the readiness with which pay ments are made when the rights of parties are correctly as certained. • --------- ImroaTATIoN OF BRANDY.—A vessel which has just arrived in the docks from Charmte, has brought an elz traordinary large cargo of brandy, comprising 70 puncheon s, 700 hogsheads, 367 smaller casks, and 1,048 cases of the spirit, the produce of France. ' The value of this cargo, with reference to the high duty leviable on the article, DLitt halve been very large. AFFAIRS OF THE RIVER PLATE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the convention entered into with the Argentine Confedera tion. SALARIES IN THE POST-OFFICE. The Earl of ST. GEHNIANS wished to draw the attention of the Government to the smallness of the salaries paid to the Post-office clerks in the money-office. Some of the clerks received only a sa lary of 701. a year, and many of them had passed through the Insolvent Court, and the judges had ex pressed their surprise at the smallness of their salaries. He asked if the Noble Marquis intended to pro pose to the Treasury to increase the salaries of these clerks ? He also asked how it came to pass that several clerks in the office had been recently passed over, and a clerk from Edinburgh promoted over their heads ? It bad been stated that this was i❑ consequence of a memorial which these clerks had presented to the Postmaster-General, com plaining of certain regulations, among others that com pelling them to find substitutes in case of absence. That memorial bad given offence to a gentleman high in posi tion in the Post-office, and on the office of chief clerk of the money order office becoming vacant, he called toge ther those clerks who in right of seniority would have received promotions in consequence of that vacancy, and requested them to withdraw their names from the me morial. This they refused to do, and on that account a person not connected with the London office was put over their heads. As this circumstance had been alluded to elsewhere, he bad thought it but right to give the Noble Marquis the Postmaster-General an opportu nity of correcting the misrepresentations, if any there were. Messengers from the Commons here appeared at the bar, and requested a second conference on the Irish Franchise Bill, which was agreed to, and managers ap pointed on the part of their Lordships. The Noble Lords, the managers, haring returned, reported that the Commons had assigned their reasons for disagreeing to the amendments of their Lordships to the Irish Franchise Bill; when it was ordered that they should be taken into consideration on Tues day next. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then rose to reply to the observations made with regard to the money order office of the Post-office. He admitted that the clerks in that office were inadequately paid, but ho could not hold out an expectation that he could recommend an increase, or that the Treasury was prepared to grant it. Com paring the remuneration given in private establishments, be could not think the pay of these clerks so very low, fur if one of these clerks were to resign, he would have five hundred applications fur it, from parties competent to discharge the duties. lie had also to state that the situation of those clerks had been improved, within the last few months a grant had been made to the proba tionary clerks. Ia the year 1846 there were one hun dred and twenty clerks at salaries of 701. a year, whereas at present there were not more than fifty of that class. With regard to the attack which had been made upon the party who had been appointed to the office of chief clerk in the money order office, he had to say tbat it was un fair. The principle of seniority could not be taken as the sole qualification for the promotion, although long services and experience should not be disregarded. So large a sum as sixteen millions passed through that office annually, which rendered it a matter of great im portance thattoco the chief so importantshouldiefclerka depart beap m er e s nt on competent fully Farmer had filled the office in Edinburgh, and was se lected as the most competent party to fill the same office in London. He knew nothing of the party, and although he had from time to time received applications to promote parties in his department, yet ho had never received a single letter to promote this gentleman. He had been selected for his merits alone. Then, with regard to the complaint made of Mr. Hill's severity, when it was stated that no clerk could get more than three days' leave of absence, it appeared that the average leave amounted to twenty days in the year, and an arrangement had been now made by which each clerk could get a mouth's leave every year. The arrangement by which the part, who had been ill—the arrangement by which he was allowed to provide a substitute—was done through kindness and consideration for him, that he might re. some his situation when capable of discharging its duties. This attack was most unfair. Though he ad mitted the remuneration of the clerks was small, he was not prepared to recommend an increase. The subject then dropped. The third reading of the Borough Courts (Ireland) Bill was postponed to this day week. LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. Lord MONTEAGLE then rose to move, " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty for a Com mission to inquire and report on the state of the law of landlord and tenant in Great Britain and Ireland, show ing the differences existing in the laws as affecting the two parts of the United Kingdom." He said this sub ject had been for many years before their Lordshiree A Commission was appointed in 1843 upon the subject, which made its report in 184 j, than which no other ever did more evil or less good. He thought so important a subject Should not be left in a state of uncertainty. The great evils of the system arose out of the injustice and confiscations of former times, and from the penal laws, for although these causes might have been removed, the effects remained. Up to 1849 they were extricating themselves from the difficulties they encountered in ' Ireland. Many of the upper classes were broken by t'amine, and many of the middle class were reduced to the pauper class. Had it not been for the measure of 1833, the pauperism of England would have in creased. There was a duty and obligation to deal with the subject in a somewhat' different manner in Irelarele t:lr nail endeavoured to show that the mode of dealing with property and the landlords was encompassed with difficulty. The occupiers and the owners were frequently at variance, and legislation between them was most diffi cult, for it might bo injurious to both parties, If there was any one thing which a purchaser of land should know, it was under what law he purchased. He hoped that the subject would be wisely discussed next session. But before they proceeded with legislation for Ireland, they should make themselves well acquainted with the analogous law of England. He wanted, therefore, upon the table of Parliament, upon the highest legal autho rity, a report showing the exact state of the statute law of the two countries, that they might select from both laws with discrimination. Mistakes upon this subject were made by most eminent persons, as app eare d a s h or t time ago upon the examination of sir Edward Sugden before a Commission of Parliament. What he stated in reference to the law of distraint between the two coun tries to be an anomaly was, in fact, the closest identity. Well, if mistakes might be made by so eminent a per sonage, they might be made by others. The Noble Lord here pointed out some of the differences between the laws of the two countries. What he proposed would be a foundation for remedying these differences. He con cluded by moving the resolution of which he had given notice. _ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR said that such a report, however desirable, would be impossible to be obtain e d i n any useful or available form. The law must be gathered from judicial decision, and the statutes and the construc tion of the law mu s t d e p en d in many cases upon par o l e evidence and their Lordships' decision. The law of landlord and tenant was a vast subject, and contained under many branches, and in many volumes. There was the law of ejectment, the law of distress, and the law of waste. The latter was a most complicated head. There was the law of forfeiture, and a vast variety of other heads, and the more learned the expositions the greater would be the length of the report. Any one given head would be vast enough; but to ask for a gene ral statement, without reference to any particular branch of the law of landlord and tenant could, even if it were possible to supply it, from the uncertainty of decision, lead to no practical result. By directing attention to specific heads the object of the Noble Lord might, to some extent, possibly be effected Ho suggested the withdrawal of the motion. Lord MONTE AG LE said that the Noble and Learned Lord had to some extent misapprehended his object, which was generally a description of the statute law of the two countries respecting landlords and tenants in a plain, accessible, and intelligible form. Ile therefore hoped that the motion would be concurred in by their Lordships, as he intended to enter on several particular cases relative to the landlord and tenant question. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he con sidered that the irforwation alrcAdy obtained through the medium of Comuaittees was far more facile from remedying the existing evils that prevailed relative to the landlord and tenant case in Ireland; and also he folt it his duty t o sta t e th a t he perfectly concurred with the Noble an d L earne d L or d (the Lord Chancellor) when he s t ate d t h at t h e prese nt motion was too vague, and that th ere was a necess i ty for some specific motion for the p ur p ose of reined) in the law of landlord and n . wnant in Ireland, as he con'sidered that the motion then before the House would add to the complexity of the present difficulties. Independent of the hopelessness of any good re su l t ar i s i ng from the i ssue o f the Commis sion, he believed that there would be another mis chievous tendency, namely, that it would be the foun dation_ for exag gerate d reports o f the interference of Parliament on this question, and, moreover, he thought that any chang e ' bad, as the law o n t h a t po i nt was common to England and on th e p r i nc ipl e o f property would be Ireland. He regr e tt e d muc h t h at h e had to oppose the motion of the Noble Lord, because he was singularly POLICE FORCE IN LIMERICK. Mr. SCULLY moved for a return of the number and expense of the police force in the baronies of Costlea, Small County, Owney-beg, and Clanwilliam, in the county of Limerick.—Agreed to. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. A conforence took place with the House of Lords on the subject of this Bill, at the conclusio❑ of which Mr. FREWEN, who conducted it on the part of the House of Commons, appeared at the bar, and announced that he had stated to their Lordships the reasons of the House for disagreeing with their Lordships' amendments to the Bill. ACTIONS AT LAW BY THE OFFICE OF WOODS AND FORESTS. Mr. R. TREVOR alluded to certain unsuccessful ac• tions which had been instituted by the office of Woods and Forests with reference, at we understood, to harbours of refuge, and wished to ask the Chief Commissioner of Woods and :Forests whether it was his intention to proceed with certain other actions which had been commenced under similar cir cumstances? Lord SEYMOUR denied the accuracy of the state ment of the lion. Gentleman. With respect to the ac tions which had been alluded to, the only answer he could give was that 'he should tako legal advice, and proceed according to such advice. VICTORIA-STREET. In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was desirable that this street should be finisht d as speedily as possible, and the subject was under his consideration, but whether the Go vernment would advance any money for the purpose would depend upon arrangements that did not rest with himself. SALARIES COMMITTEE. Mr. DISRAELI wished t ) ask the Chairman of this Committee why its report had not been printed yet ? Mr. W. PATTEN said the report had been laid on the table, but still he could not answer the question. THE NATIONAL BALANCII:-SHEET. Mr. CARMVELL wished to know if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had any objection to lay his balance sheet on the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had none whatever. THE NATIONAL LAND SCHEME. Mr. F. O'CONNOR wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury an important question. A man named Somer ville, who called himself " A Whistler at the Plough," and who had bean discharged from the army for mis conduct, had recently published a circular, addressed to the Manchester School, with reference to the land scheme, in which he stated the enormous expense he had been put to for the purpose of putting it down. The only remuneration, however, he hnd received for all his trouble was a sum of money which he received from the lion. Secretary to the Treasury for preparing a history of the Land Scheme and the bulk, fur the pri vate use of the chairman of th e C omm i ttee appointed to investigate the nature and origin of the company. Now he wished to ask the Eight lion. Gentleman whether the money came from his own pocket or from the secret service fund. Sir G. HAY rER said, although the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had given him no notice of the question, he had a sufficient recollection of the circumstances to enable him to answer. The Hon. and Learned Gentle man had attempted to throw discredit upon the person to wham he referred and whom h e b e li eve d to b e qu it e as respectable as the Lion. and Learne i Gentleman himself. (Cheers.) The man was never discharged from the army, and, although this had nothing to do with the question, he maintained that Mr. Somerville purchased his discharge from the army. It was true that he sup plied him with some information on the subject cf the Land Scheme, the collection of which cccupied more time than ho could afford to devote to the matter with out remuneration, and he certainly did remunerate him for his troub'e, not, however, as the Bon. and Learned Gentleman had insinuAt,d, out of the secret service fund, but out cf his own purse.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME bore that hisre testimonyhise nd u t since h t o Air. S o he E ift the army I l t e' e s good eharacier, and army had be, , n highly to his credit.—(Hear, hear.) BRITISH MERCHANTS AND GOVERN- MENT OF TIjt,CANY. Mr. HUME asked Viscount Palmerston to state the amount and nature of the di,puted claims made upon the Government of Tuscany for injuries sustained by British merchants at Leghorn. Lord PALMERSTON said the claims made on the Government of Tuscany arose out of these circumstance. When there was a revolt at Leghorn the town was taken by storm by an Austrian corps acting a s a n auxilliary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. After the town had Leen taken resistance was offered, and some of those Austrian troops entered ---,-----------. ' .---- , e . r the houses of certain persons. Amo n g others, th e • as the house of a Mr. Hell, which wa s forciblyo * cersd by an officer and a part y of Austrian troops, wh remainudlo the house for several hours, and when wines were brought into the house for the soldiers, t he house was broken into and plundered of everything from cellar to garret, and the furniture was carried away i ehealder loads. That was done at the houses of Mr ' Hall, and the houses of a widow lady a nd et hers ' each of those houses being visibly marked : being residences of British subjects. It was for th losses, acting under proper lega advice, that a mour! compensation had been demanded. The of compensation originally claimed had been very 1 : 0°° : reduced by a communication which had token 1)1A -v between her Majesty's Governme nt and t h e claima nts, and the total amount now claimed was about 1,00/. REPORT ON PUBLIC SALARIE. .., Mr. DISRAELI suggested, inasmuch as 1 , the re- REPORT port on public salaries - could not be laid on norteeetti of the House without the evidence, which hau, d yet been printed, that the report be PrL l:ge forthwith, and laid on the table, with the understanding that the evidence should be forthcoming. The SPEAKER was understood to r the course could not be adopted, except by an order 0. - House. LAND-TAX. Mr. WODEHOUSP • to the Chancellor e put a question f her Di ce of the Exchequer , whether it was the intention o . . e . jetty's Government to introduce any of for t he 1 purpose of remedying the inequalities of the Whichere Bay t h a t that 1 land-tax, as regards that portion of the tax 1 remains . unredeemed (and which were particular I, , adverted to by the Chairman of the Board of Wan: ißevenue, Mr. John Wood, in his evidence befnrefor 1 Committee of the House of Lords in 1846); or 1 amending the present state of t he law with regard thtePoi peals from the Commissioners, by giving a rig lappeal to one of the superior courts. ~ reo lied The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIEQUED -` w as t t that when the land-tax was first imposed k i li zt gdote n : paid equally on all the property of the 1 but by lapse of time it had necessarily operated veryso, i equally. It was not at present the intention of th e eve 1 vernment to bring in any measure to remedy the ' THE RANELAGII SEWER. re - Mr. B. OSBORNE said he had' the other dal P__. seated a petition from the inhabitants of Che ls "' catu-- - L plaining of this open sewer; and as he understood grit 1 ral cases of cholera had taken lace in the vicinity e,„ he begged to ask the Noble Lo P rd the Member_euri m of onth(Vi?count Ebrington) whether the Commisßleu . Sewers intended to close it up? Viscount • EBRINGTON replied that the in the petition respecting this sewer, preSented live Hon. and Gallant Member, disclosed a state °f t o n; by no means new, as the sewer bad been in its Pr e . e e state for nearly a century past. The Comealestnrinto Sewers did intend to take off the matter that went bet this sewer, by diverting it into another che n P e ' e re they could not adopt the suggestions of the petettor;3o. ellegatioonse PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELtAheNiTre Lox iHouse Sir W. SOMERVILLE appeared at on to request a conference eel the part of tn the subject of this Bill, in the Royal Gallery. pa A considerable number of Hon. elembers were toad t appointed to meet their Lordships in conferene, etired for that purpose. the ge°l - A fter an absence of about twenty minutes, berg of the conference returned, when Hous e tb s/ Sir W. SOMERVILLE reported to the d freer the had declared their reasons why they din .° w eal eamendments made in the Bill, and left those r with their Lordships for their considerstion• abolish that t . he e IIC HARBOUR DUES. i state d • Mr. .c ß h a a ei rg e e g s ate be! MACKINNON, in reply to Sir G. FCCAteeljiied , f f, o vessels entesornimnnhmgittee on harbour dues bad `e-iforeig taken that of Dover into consideration. BARON L. ROTHSCHILD rA JO Noble '-'- v Mr. A ' ANSTEY begged leave to ask the lee d to the head IbhutontheEynhgalidsbnaont,n all yet. p' on of the Government whether he intends . ne gee the table of the House the resolutions reseeentioo of case of Baron L. Rothschild, and give an op's° , their men ' Ding. aske d Lord JOHN RUSSELL repliedthat be O s for „, ro ber a similar question by the Hon. Baronet the ale sbould Mar • elebone that morning, and he promised t et heY Meer' be laid on the table at five o'clock - so that 11°13'dcred, should have time to c • ' Thei re ' f re' re ,-, . , onsider them. however, great consideration, and were not , 'ee e t ioe a' f t u e lly prepared 83 yet, but there could be uo queee goo. • Memberthe nature of them, and he could as tureeire • they would be sufficient!clear so ea Sn y no explanation. ula i • O n Mr. ANSTEY then gave notice that be I r ° tbila t h e elig cot , the sense of the House to-morrow en of Baron Rothschild to take his s pa t in Pereeeriteisl33 re The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH n e 4 ply to the same Hon. Gentleman, said h t erge 1 t 1. t a ac e . were now going on with the French Goeert cool specting the reduction of postage between th i , s ps ey r e ; and France. The French Government bad, ai r tt ie oth e c duced the rate to Paris, from lOd. to SI, an u e lv e g - t lig 3 reductions, though not; such an extent , perhaps, to was desirable. los e Mr. GOULBURN, in referance to the notic e g ftethr, the Hon. Member for You hal, r especting ee l 3ar f y ,°;;- child, suggested its postponementg ntil ne n-dil o t o" g u M. p of would place the House •in a very embarre o ire • g s to-night or to-morrow, so many Members ha v i . 0 left town. „go • Lord J. RUSSELL ac • , • the o bseri, the made ues by the Right lion. Gentleman in t e .. .... ro vr . of h .. A : vo cld 0 ' ee University of Cambrid e ediegly unfair to b• g , and believed. it _ :de ring it on until Mender See j A. jjote After a few • words from Mr. Hume Mr.. • t he bet. and Sir Gentle B. Hall, to the same effect, and WV" geel" Gentleman to postpone his motion, the linn. consented to postpone it until Monday. d o BREACH OF PRI•VILEGE• "ee W, Mr. H. BERKELEY called the attention et le . 10 te t ; s elf. o bjec t to a subject which personal! • concerned bite ropen of his speech a few evenings a go, on /13 :iegi Dot of the yeomanry, he was made to eek dloPareseeesd n ee the West Somersetshire Yeomanry,sP !though ' of `"° mentioned N, one word of that ee s a . Il e sPa t V e %V et s . " neh Somersetshire Yeomanry, P nd not of , t) , co 01; • but the adjutant of the latter published a a let' e „," e dis te 'd dieting wrote his statement. He (Mr. B er keley) e . the a letter in reply, stating that be never Pc fifetoollei corps at all; but in the nines of that dt ‘je i abusive and blackguard letter—(Laughter, o.flodifidea„; " Order, order")—appeared from the Wee i d to ed tu The House would not think the terms he na strong, I use when he read the publicat* n. og was offensive JOHN MANNERS said ° that suelYtte 01. and unparliamentary, and O n ' • Gentle pre' man was out of order. e% ( . Mr. BERKELEY said he would withdraw thcwriter " 7 $ s th io e nas it was considered an offensive one, but 111. kir! ' letter gave him the lie direct, and used i r n e ,o ls th e . :11; the most offensive terms, as would appear 0 '4, 0 0 e e l . lowing:—"t..eo Lately there appeared in your e ° he dir' - ,i to " fficial: Now I must as plainly give bedthe eetelsis ofMr. Berkele's statement respectieg the ae ldeei the West Somerset regiment o f seemanrY c- c 5" beerl. r obl e any case where the members thereof hsee upon to aid the civil power. Had he taken tbetVerCi to refer to the statement of the Lord-Lieuteenh", till Do theman) and Sir George Grey, in 1847, during t e ," - 0 01d, e r • h bread riots in this county, be certainlY -„ elite are had the unblushing impudence so ) hnbed,!"‘ presented . facts. One thing is certainly establisose.oo; the as imaginative powers of the Hon. G e ntlem an ... o l o e to 0 _ in h the recent debate, a total disregard for " oleo ft at order which generally tends in the 1 1g ~e te l te l bring odium on the originator, rather than let l ,'•l3r l9 0 parties to whom ho referred. With regard to 1 0 0 1 4 riots, his statement of the conduct of this, regeeese") etrr e fiction, as not a single Member on tatocieteleYte receivedhad d marching orders." Now he 01r% n ever,lll„,er only again to state that heee,e "'-elle ttioned directly or indirectly the " e. " oh te et h* and althe4 t elf o f o ire Yeomanry at all, bresachadvised that the letter was e riveceegera . of privilege, and deeply affecting th e P, W ell ed debate—though he felt assured, did be brill!' , yet 0 toir as such, the House would vindicate its prinollo!tt sifhe declined doing so, and contentedc h• elf 1411 t ' on' 1 0 b a r, that explanation , because he believed that i t the e e ee di d tor of the paper who would be brough t n e P o -e hif ig rt not the writer of the letter. It wee, - e t eatef °o be that that course should be adopted, and ' n -b at 1.- the therefore, man,, press the matter in that direction, h t fe elie e ; o f corexpreolott;„ _ e -ho wrote the letter be a man Pe willused; sorry for the violent and improper elder)" h hes but if he be a low ruffian--(1-'nfee or.)0,01 A t i way to treat him was with conteenet•--e- e le 0 r. PINNEY, as one who held a comtnission_oo, t thew efficiency and good conduct. The sub' Jed then dropped. e erf HUDSON BAY COMPANY' Pi' f the • ° Mr. GLADSTONE called attention to 0 eiotte el laid the enehe table of the House, respecting tb e iterY i e h to Hudson Bay Company to the immense teTA' vo re , r , now possessed, and which - purported to be It eon of I lie an a address to the Crown voted in the last sostToid 0 ' "he ;) 11 o m l ent. He believed the Noble Lord at tbS ot y, aq i , o r. CT'ernment most grossly neglected hie " iOO of ieee t. ( _. would take the earliest opportunity neat es the elle)tiee liament to call the attention of the Hou se t e e /aq ui- Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would 104— i , of his Noble Friend on the subject. , sopPA'. el On th t . emo ion for going into Committee el etl e re ~ Colonel VERNER made the felloviing•eged Ilia „That as the statements contained in thenr' re ser e i, . Nu. 297, and in the petitions before the l a ' col ° , '';'!'' the Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin RailseaY, iltetelOve • • i t and the proceedings of the Commissioners nc te eri t c i go e': c t o s nee e rn the privileges o f t hi s H „ s e a nd the he l ode 1 , o f e ', i the Mmbers end officers, that an inquiry ; t he _ A I fto ' said printed papers andpetitions , n- t e " a ( w oe e i, documents, • important to the h reholders,o . soo' tag s a the offices of this House, ordered bit ti ll° 4 1 e st tl , • - ~0 the 22d of March last,use, and . else to Li , e b e y . to be produced• A, Dew d measures for the better •nof W e • ole 0 protection _ow eel shareholders, and the carrying out of pu 0 r oe and resol • utions sanctioned by this Hou se s re fur the said l " loss. • sr ,l Mr I 111 •A- OUCHERE d the m otion, A lige r, oppose t Cote were no other reason, that this was the le _toe 40, would be sufficient to induce the House to ' s ee rt o ' e de i s ng ,r upon an investigation which must take that t be P, ee' ought not to enter into an examination 01 f t he e l, %seen the directors and the shereholdeee ° did 6 Thclil pang.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") If t ile g l e gere i s of the Committee would have laid " sta ten 3e rhe * 7 'd be the statements and the 'coutiter.un wo ol li e the parties at issue, and that in his °P i n '. to the eats bi I. l ?ere waste of time.—(ileare hear.) ta 0 03 - te tions with respect to the ,abstraction 0 81 , ) , th t . t ee the officers of that House, ho had only to ile bar ° pot whole affair had been investigated at t t w ° s e• rt 1 05 House of Lords, who bad in their rep t hat ~, on' theslightest a r u 1301.• r imputation upon any o f fi c e ~ re d t o be For • his own pert he indignantly ref:ool°mA etio putativws.—(tic bor.) 'here way ' 43