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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE,-JULY 3, 1850. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Watson Gordon, Esq., Limner to her Majesty for Scotland, and President of the Royal Scottish Academy. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JULY 3. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour a Knighthood upon Charles Hastings, Esq., M.D. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 6. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. David Brown as Consul at Cardiff for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Minasi as Consul-General in London for the Duke of Parma. _ The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Meinhard Robinow as Consul at Glasgow for the Free Hanseatic city of Hamburgh. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 9. _ 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Surgeon Gideon Doimage, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Foaker, Rho exchanges, July 9. Bth Light Dragoons—Surgeon George Northon Foaker, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice D Ansage, who exchange:, July 9. 19th Regiment of Foot —Lieutenant Edward John Merman to be Captain without purchase, vi 2e Brevt t Major Denny, deceased; Ensign Hugh Francis Massy to be Lieutenant, vice Ellorman, June 5. 25:h Foot—Ensign Charles Cramond Dick to be Li,u tenant, without purchase, vice Witch, deceased, March 15 29th Foot—Brevet Major Arthur St. Ge9rge H. Stepney to be Major, by purchase, vice Way, who re tires; Lieutenant Lindsay Farrington to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stepney; Ensign William Congreve to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Farrington ; Ensign Edmund Watkin Kent, from the 49th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Congreve, July 9. 33d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Ullick Burke to be Cap- Ws, by purchase, vice Wale who retires; Ensign Wal ter George Nugent to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burke, July 9. 59th Foot— Quartermaster Charles Fraser, from the 42d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Jones Duke, who retires upon half-pay, July 9. 84th Foot—Ensign Thomas H. P. Semen to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bolton, deceased, April 12; Ensign Robert Barry, from the 97th Foot, to Ensign, vice Kennan, July 9. 23 West India Regiment Lieut. James Owen Bovill, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, Vice Cornes, appointed Paymaster 79th Foot, July 9. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. Andrew Campbell Knox Lock, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wemyss, appointed Paymaster Cape Mounted Riflemen, July 9. The Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition of In dustry of all Nations for 1851 have been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd, her Majesty's Sur veyor-General and Civil Engineer- in- Chief at Mauritius, and now on leave of absence, Special Commissioner, to co-operate with Dr. Lyon Playfair. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hiving certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. 4th, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of April, 1830, amounted to the sum of two millions five hundred and thirty-eight thousand five hundred and one pounds eighteen shillings and fourpence : The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of six hundred and thirty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-five pounds nine shillings and sevenpence (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of two millions five hundred and thirty eight thousand five hundred and one pounds, eighteen shillings and fourpence) will be applied under tie provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of July 185, and the 10th day of October 1850, to the following pur poses; viz., To be applied to the purchase of Stock £634,625 9 7 Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be appliei to the purchase of Stock 3,787 3 7 .£638,412 13 2 National Debt Office, July 8, 1850. JAS. lIIGE I AM, As3istant Comptroller. WHITEHALL, JUNE 29. The Lords GJaimissi,iners for the custody of the Great Foal have appointed William Pain Beecham the younger, of Ilawkhurst, in the county of KPnt, Gent., to be a Illast3r Extraordinary in the High Cuurt of Chancery. BANKRUPTs. William George Dennett Wallin, bill broker, Grove place, Lisson-grove, to surrender, July 23, at two, and Sept,. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi cial assignee, Abchurcla-lane, Lombard-street; Evans, Gray's Inn-squat e. Neville Brown ' licensed victualler, Sibson-green, Hounslow•heatb, July 20, at twelve, and Ang. 17, at eleven, at tao Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, offijal assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Brown, Lawrence P..untney-lane. George William Lair, auctioneer, Landport, July 20, at bal-pasi; twelve, and Aug. 17, at half neat eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Ivimey, Chan eery-lar. e. Thomas Dalton, silk dyer, Coventry, July 23 and Aug. 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; Troughton, Lea, and Lea, Coventry; Austin, Raymond-buildings, Gra) 's inn. John Taylor, jun., licensed victualler, Littleworth, July 23. and Aug. 20, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official :moire', Bristol; Wilkes, Ghncester. John BuJge Sparke, batter, Torqu.ty, July 23, at eleven, and Aug. 13, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official a3signee, Exetar ; Rooker, Plymouth; Terrell, Exeter. John Wallace, grocer, Carlisle, July 16 and Aug. 20, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Armstrong, Carlisle; [lark, Southampton-buildings. Vbirb Vbitton LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Croxteth Stakes. Strongbow Alp Mersey Stakes. Venus filly Knool Knoll; Cnaus ... ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 First Triennial Produce Stakes. Vernan de z iiirpsichord Cranberry Italian .., Sefton Stakes. Officious walked over. Second Triennial Produce Stakes. ... 1 ... 2 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, July 9.) SITGAIL—To-day little disposition was manifested either by grocers or refiners to operate in West India Sugar, although there were sellers rather under the rates of last week in the private contract market. The public sales of 240 hhds and 22 tierces Barbadoes also went off heavily, rather more than half finding buyers at a reduction on Friday's prices of 6d to Is per cwt ; fine yellow went at 39s to 41s, good 37s 6d to 38s 6d ; middling 36s to 375, and low soft 34s to 355; but 50 hhds 3 barrels Demerara crystalised realised full terms, tine white selling at 46s GI to 475, and greyish 38s 6d to 435; 22 hhds Bar badoes were also disposed of at good prices, from 41s 6d to 438 for middling and good crystalise& The total purchases to-day were only 500 hhds, &c., and the market closes quietly. MAIIRITIIIS.—This afternoon the public sales of Mauritius Sugar proceeded flatly, at a reduction on Friday's rates of 6d for good and fine yellow, and 6d to is per cwt for inferior sorts. Of 10,000 bags offered, not above one-third sold; low yellow at 33s 6d to 34s 6d, middling 35s to 35s 6d, good 363 to 37e, fine 37s 6d to 395, good and fine brown 31 s to 333, low and middling 28s to 30s, and ordinary to fine grey 33s to 38s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market was quiet for Native Ceylon, and rather lower rates are acceded to; at &notion 408 bags soli at 43s for good ord. Damaged 36s to 425, and 11 casks common sound at 43s per cwt. There was a material diminution in the demand for Plantation, and as large parcels were off red for sale prices declined Is to 2s per cwt; of 334 casks 1,606 bags at auction not above one-third sold, mid to good at 55s to 635, low mid 52s to 545, fine fine ord 493 to 51s, fine ord 46s to 48s, low and good ord 43s to 455, triage 42s to 475, and pea berry 46s to 625. Of Jamaica 20 casks were taken in 753 to 955 for good and tine, and mid 605; but 24 bales 4 half. bales Jocha sold at stiff rates, fine yellow 783 to 795, and triage 353 61 to 454 per cwt. Cocoa.—This afternoon at pill - sre sale 216 bags of fine bright red Bahia at auction were taken in at the mode rate rate of 27s 6d. TEA.—Operations in low and middling Green have been considerable, and rather higher rates are obtained. In good and fine sorts sa'es to a fair extent are reported at full terms and on the part of holders firmness is appa rent. For common and good ordinary Congon the home arwie demand continues active, awl there are yEt several export era; in consequence of redu.:ed supplies holders are enabled to obtain 100 to 11d. di um kinds have met with couch attention, and realised Ilid to lil 3 / 4 1 ; theo are also rather higher rate,. For good and fine Congou a fair sale exists at 15 2d to is 81 ; hold , :rs are not $o Willing to sell as last week. Of Scented and Pekoe s T vas l arger parcels have been add. awl a small advance has been obtained. RicE.—To-day prices were supported for Bengal Rice, but little desire was evinced to do business. At Auction 1,360 bags sold ; good white at 10., small broken 8s 6d to 9s, and damaged 7s to 85 ; but 623 bags were ta k en in at 9s 6d to 105 for sound, being rather above the value. SALTPETRE,—To-day the market for Saltpetre pres9nted a quiet appearance, and at a public sale of 708 bags Calcutta rather lower rites were acceded to; re fraction 8 to 121 per cent, of middling strong quality but bad colour, selling at 253 61 to 263, and one lot 61 per cent. at 263, and not refracted at 253 6 , 1 per cwt. For British Refine 1, however, a good demand exists at 293 to 293 6d per cwt. With Nitrate of Soda the market is better supplied, and prices are drooping, whilst only small purchases have been made at 133 to 13s 6d per cwt. COCHINEAL.—There has been no variation in the value since last Tuesday, and none has been submitted to pub lic sale. The private operations are limited for all pur poses; there is yet a large stock, and 500 bags aro de clared for auction. SPIRIT9.—There are not sellers - of Leeward Islands Rum at lower rates, but the demand has fallen oft, and the sales only reach 200 puns a; is 4d to is 4id proof. In East India operations are upon a limited scale, yet there are not sellers under Is 3d proof. Demerara is not cheaper, but sales have been small at 2s to 2s 3d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof There are several home and export buyers of fine Jamaica, and stiffer rates are offered. INDIGO.—The July quarterly sale of East India com menced to-day, and the quantity declared was 10,485 chests of the A, and 1,741 in the B cat tlogue. Total 12,226 chests, of which 1,603 lots have not been printed, leaving the quantity for sale 10,623. During the progress of the sale 469 chests have been withdrawn. 1,098 chests (including 301 with drawn) have passed the silo to-day. The whole of the Bengal which have passe I was of mid and ord quality, and sold with spirit (exporters being the chief buyers) at an average advance of 3d per lb, as compared with the last sale's prices. Good and fine shipping sorts have not been tested yet. Kurpahs were in good demand at 4d advance, whilst dry leaf Madras sold unevenly, the ord and low at 13st sale's rates, and the few lots good and fine at an advance of 2d to 3d. Proprietors have bought in only 60 chests, leaving 734 sold. _ _ TALLow.—A better demand bas been experienced for Russian on the spot during the last few days. The rates pad for fine P.Y.C. are 36s 91 to 37s per cwt, and there are not free sellers. For Odessa Sheep of first sort the value is 36s to 363 3d. Operations are upon a more extended.icale for delivery in last three months of the year at 37s 91 to 3Ss for prime Y. C. The price free on board is 341 per ton fir this months, and 331 105 fir August. Other sorts of Tal low met with more attention, and at auction 332 casks Sydney sold at 32s 6d to 353 3d; 700 packages South American 32s 9d to 365; 26 cases East India 425, and 3 casks of African at 30t 91 per cwt. Fur auction 1,400 pkgs of Tallow are declared. Home melted is more in demand at 38s, but subject to the usual discount for cash payments. OrLs.—Sinco our last report a large business bas been concluded in Linseed Oil at a further advance, 32s 9J to 33s per cwt. having been freely paid on the spot, and there is only a limited supply. For delivery several contracts were entered into at 31s to 31s 6d, and home dealers are the chief ope rators. There has been little passing in Rape Oil, and prices continue to recede, brown selling at 34s to 34s 6d, pale 35s 6d to 365, and foreign at 36s to 36s 6d; there is also no falling off in supply. Palm is offired at a further reduction, still sales have been upon a small scale, 'and 29s is the value of fine. Cocoa Nut met with little notice, and former terms are supported with difficulty. The value of Ceylon and Cochin is 29s to 31s per cwt. At auction 260 packages Cochin were taken in at 31s for fine. Operations in Olive have been again upon a small scale, and hollers evince a desire to sell; Spanish and Gallipoli at 411 to 421, other sorts 39/ 10s to 401 lOs per tun. There has Lon a good deal done in pale Seal; largo parcels realised 301 104, and small 311 to 311 54. Operations in Cod are limited, still sellers will not accept less than 341 10s, as there is little on the market. In Southern several sites have been made at from 31/ to 331. 10s. For Sperm a good demsnd still exists, and prices are firm; tire Colonial selling at SI/ to 851 Head matter is still scarce, and worth 921 to 991 fit prime. Of Fish Oils several parcels have been imported since this day week, but the chief part is pale Seal. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO AN EMIGRANT SHIP. On Wednesday a most disastrous and' some what extraordinary accident occurred to the New York emigrant ship Hemisphere, by which three men lost their lives, and others were placed in a very precarious condition. The vessel, which was commanded by Captain Whittelseye, left Liverpool on Monday week, bound for New York, and on Tuesday, when off Holyhead, about half-way across the Channel, encountered a gale cf wind from the west-south-west. On Wednesday the ,weather still continued boisterous and the men were ordered aloft to reef topsails. Whilst they were thus engaged the ship gave a tre mendous lurch to leeward and the three masts were at once carried away. It is stated that there were eighteen of .the crew aloft at the time, and four were pitched into the sea, one of them not to rise again, while the others were thrown with great violence on the deck. Of the latter, two, named William Gibbs and George Bethel!, were killed on the spot, and others sustained serious injury. Among those injured was a sailor, 24 years of age, named William Blair, who had his right area broken, so that it only hung by a small portion of ,kin. After alb dreadful catas trophe the remainder of the crew got up what head sail they could and put the ship round ; and, although it was some time before thoy met with ascdstance, they ultimately fell in with ti!e steamer Q seen, by which they were towed to the on I'hursday afternoon, and subsequently into Ne!son Dock. Oa the arrival of the Hemispherc it was at first thought that the accident was of a much more serious nature. Tne passengers numbered between 400 and 500, and had experienced the greatest alarm, but they were taken in charge by the consignees and emigrant broker, who will forward them to their destination by some other vessel. The wounded men were con veyed to the Northern Hospital, and on the following day an inquest was held on the bodies of the two men who were killed. The facts, as above stated, were given in evidence, and, after a searching investigation, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. We should state that the Hemisphere is quite a new ship, having only recently come from Boston to Liverpool on her first trip, and in consequence of her rigging having stretched on her passage here, every thing was set right previous to sailing. It is thought, however, that the heavy rain and the rolling of the sea caused the rigging to slacken again, and to that circumstance the fatality may, doubtless, in a great measure be attributed. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON . The Council have appointed Mr. J. E. Eriehsen, here tofore assistant-surgeon at the hospital, to be Professor of Surgery at the college and surgeon to the hospital— offices lately become vacant by the resignation of Mr. Arnott. ANDREWS SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Council have deter mined that the Andrews Scholarships, to ba offered for competition in October next to students of the Faculty of Arts and pupils of the junior school of the college of the preceding session, shall be as fullows:—One of 1001., free from the condition of continued studentship; two of 501. each, subject to that condition. The subjoined is a list of the prizes awarded at the end of the session just terminated: — ENGLISH.—Senior Class—Prize, Francis J. Roscoe. Junior—Alfred E. Fletcher. LATlN.—Senior Class—lst ptiz', John Power Hicks; 2 priz Russell Martineau ; 3d prize, W. F. Mundell. Junior Class-Ist pr:ze,r. William Lewis ; 2d prize, Lumley Smith. GREEK.—Extrs Class:—Prize, Edward Fry. Senior Class:-Ist prize, J. P. Hicks; second prize, William Giles. Junior Class:-Ist prive, Thomas Key; 2d prize, Lumley Smith. HEBREW.—Senior Class:—Prize, Alfred W. Bennett. Junior Ch s:—Prize, J. C. lippetts. FRENCH.—Senior Class, Ist Division:—Prize, Wm. Kenrick. 2d Division :—Prize, A. W. Bennett. GERMAN.—Senior Class:—Prize, John Young. Junior Class:-Ist Prize, William Roberts; 2d prize, W. F. Hurndall. HISTORY.—Prize, John Warren. MENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC, AND HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY.—Prize, Edward Fry. MA.TRES/ATICS igher Senior :—Prize, Benjamin .tulock. L ower S en i or: —Prize, W . G urne y. Hi g her Junior:-Ist prize, Willtiain t . Vr . iza, P Lewis; a2trdic-kprDizasff, Daffy. Aitchison. Lower Junior: NATURAL PHILOSOPH Y r Class :—Prize, B. Mu lock. Junier Class -I st prize, nu Joseph Powell ; 2d prize, W. Lewis. Experimental Class • .-I s t prize,, W. Roberts; 2d prize, W. Gurney. ARCHITECTURE.—IetTenr, Fine Art :—P B. Thurston. Construction:—Priz-, E fize, Charles 2d Year, Fine Art: — Prize, How Thurston. d Con struction:—Prize, William Allingham„ 1.• en' CIVIL ENGINEERING.-19t year: —Prize William Henry Nash. 2d Year:--Pr i ze, George Legg• sur veying:—Prize, W. H. Nash. MECHANICAL PRLNCIPLES Ol ENGINEERING.--p r i ze, Edward W. Tarn. DRAWING. -Ist prize, A. Bachhoffner; - 24 prize, S. U. Blackmore. BOTANY,—Junior Class:—Silver medal, Robert B. Smarr. Zootocv.—Silver Medal, Robert Bowraim GEOLOGY.—Prize, A. W. Bennett. Law.-Ist Course: —Prize, William Fowler. 2d and 3d Courses:—Prize, Edward B. Dawann. JURISPRUDENCB.—Prize, William Fowler. DREADFUL; OCCURRENCE. --.A most painful occur• rence has taken place in the county of Carmarthen. It ap pears that Mr. J. Loyd, Baptist rpreacher, of St. Clare's, having found his house infested with rats. borrowed a double barrelled gun of a neighbour for.the purposed destroying them. On Friday he was proceeding to clears - the lock, being ignorant of the fact that one of the barrels nos loaded, when the gun went c ff, and the whole charge passed through the heart of Mrs. Loyd, who was standing by witnessing the operation. The unfortunate...la4 died almost , iastantly, le tying a family of children , tessourn her iverand what adds more to the distressing consequences of the is that Mr. Loyd himself was so dreadfully shocked at r , hat , had taken place that he has remained ever since in a state of unconsciousness, and great fears, are entertained of his re covery. An inquest has been held on the body of the un fortunate lady, and a verdict reterned of "accidental death." —Bristol Journal. • Fire brick is now getting much into use, and being a powerful conductor of heat, is,;'in the hands of unskilful men, a dangerous material, especially where, is is now often the case, the fire-place is partly of wood,.—Builder. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 9. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY suggested that their Lordships should at once adjourn out of re spect to the memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, whose personal virtues rendered him universally respected, and whose public dutiis had all been performed in the most exemplary manner. He hag not communicated with any person on the subject► but he moved that this House do now adjourn. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bore witness to the truth of all that the Noble Marquis had said in praise of the late Duke of Cambridge. Ile was exemplary in his private conduct and in his public conduct he exhibited a model of fidelity to the interests of the Sovereign and the country ; but he felt he must object to the pro position of the Noble Marquis. He opposed the adjournment, not because it was unusual, not because the other House had not adjourned, but because, if the motion passed, it would deprive the House of the opportunity of passing an address of con dolence to her Mjesty—(Hear, hear)—and not to her Majesty only. but to another illustrious personage, the Duchess of Cambridge—(Hear, hear)—for whom, he wcs sure, their Lordships must fag the deepest sym pathy.—(dear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM agreed entirely in the course proposed to be adopted by his Noble Friend opposite (the Marquis of Leusdowne). At the same time he fully entered into the feeling which had induced his No ble Friend at his side (the Marquis of Londonderry) to make the motion he had done. He had long been in the habit of meeting in soci.ty the illustrious Prince whose loss they all deplored ; he had also had on various occa sions to transact business with him, and he would say that no Prince whom this country had ever known had been a greater ornament to his exalted station. — (Hear, hear.) He had been most exemplary not only in his conduct in this country, but in the very difficult and important station which he had filled as the repre sentative of his Sovereign in his foreign dominions. — (Hear.) He would say of the Duke of Cambridge what he never had been able to say of any other public man, he had never heard any human being speak other wise than kindly of the Duke of Cambridge.—(Hear.) Tho Marquis of LONDONDERRY suggested that notice could now be given of the address, and that the moving it should be deferred until to-morrow. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it was not usual to give notice of addresses of condolence, but to move them at once. At the suggestion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Mar quis of Londonderry withdrew his motion for adjourn ment in order to afford the Marquis of Lansdowne an opportunity of moving the address. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, after what had passed, and after the tribute which had been paid to the memory of the illustrious Duke by various members of their Lordships House, would not detaia their Lord ships long in alluding to the great and afflicting loss which the country had suffered by the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. He would, there fore, at once move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, assuring her Majesty of the deep concern which the House fit for the loss which her Majesty had sustained in the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and at the same time to assure her Majesty of the deep interest which the House felt is every event which concerned the welfare, or happiness, or interest of her Majesty or of her illus trieus house.—(Hear, hear.) Lord REDESDALE deeply regretted the absence of his Noble Friend (Lord Stanley), but during that some Noble Lord on his side of the House should also bear his testimony to the great merit of the Duke of Cam bridge, and to that regret which they all felt at his loss. He would second the motion. Lord BROUGHAM was sure that the Noble Lord must have been absent from the 11.91130 when he (Lord Brougham) had spoken, or he would have been aware teat he had expressed the feelings of Noble Lords sitting on that aide of the House, and had stated that he him self should second the motion. The motion was then agreed to nemine contradicente. ADDRESS TO THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose to move the fallowing resolution: " That this House con ! doles with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge in the loss which she has sustained in the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and that a Message be sent to her Royal Highness to signify that resolution, and that the Marquis of Nor rris.nby and the Earl of Powis be instructed to attend her Royal highness with the same." Agreed to nemine contradicente. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would not perse vere in his motion fur the acjournment of the House. Motion for the adjournment withdrawn accordingly. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented petitions from Ilfracombe and from Honiton in favour of an alte ration in the law of parochial settlements. Petitions were presented in favour of a Ten Hours' Factory Bill, by Lord Beaumont from Manchester, and by the Bishop of Oxford from Rechdaie and various other places in Lancashire; by Lord Brougham, from Ashton, and by Lord Beaumont, from Great Yarmouth, in favour of the County Courts Bill. Tho report of the Manchester Rectory Bill was brought up by the Earl of S I'. GERMANS. It was understoo 1 that the Committee had deeidel against the Bill on the ground that it should be a public aud not a private msesure. A brief discussion then took place in which the Bishop of MANCHESTE3, the Earl of Yowls, and other Noble Lords took part, and the subject then dropped.: The Earl of WILTON presented several petitions from places in Lancashire, praying that the House would not pass any measure infringing on the principle of the Ten Hours Act. The Earl of LONSD ALE presented petitions from Barnstaple and Luton, cJmplainiug of the powers vested in the Board of Health. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Old lr.aen in favour of an Efficient Ten Hours Bill; also se veral petitions from Aberdeen and other towns in Scot land in favour of the Bill for the removal of obstructions in the corn trade; also a petition from Ashton Keys, praying for an extension of the jurisdiction of county courts; and also a petition, addressed is himself indi vidually, from certain persons imprisoned in the Queen's Prison in Southwark, complaining of the length of time they had been kept in confinement. The Noble and Learned Lord stated that those parties need not have been imprisoned beyond a single day if they had applied for an interim order. They must be considered either as having money and having refused to pay the legiti mate claims on them, or as having improperly declined to allow inquiries to be instituted into their properties. The report on the Benefices in Eurality Bill was agreed to with certain amendments. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from the working classes of Birmingham, signed by upwards of 4,000 individuals, against Sunday labour in the POs!- office; also a petition to the same effect from Dublin, signed by 6,500 persons, among whom were many of the most resp-ctable inhabitants of that city ; and also a vast number of similar petitions from various portions of the United Kingdom. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Commons' amendments of the Lords' amendments in the Drainage and Improvement of Lend Advances Bill, were ugreed to. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDO NNE, in moving the adop tion of the report on the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, stated that he did not then mean to move any aitt retion of the amendments which had been introduced into the measure by their Lordships in Committee. He thought it desirable that the amendments should be printed, and that they should a‘t)rwards be con sidered on the third reading. It was proposed to carry out the measure so as to have it come into operation in the summer of 1852. In conclusion, he thought the most convenient course which their Lordships could then adopt was to have all the amendments which had been proposed incorporated with the Bill, and to have the Bill reprinted, and they could be fully con sidered on the third reading of the Bill, which he ir,- t-nded to fix for next Friday. He hoped the report vtiooteAnrfttoteorina would then be agreed to. A long and desultory conversation here ensued on various details of the Bill, and several suggested ad ditional amendments, in which Lord Redesdale, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Monteagle, the Earl of Glengall, Lord Clarina, &c., took part. The report was then received, an the third reading fixed for Friday. ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of this Bill, which had for its object the afford ing greater facilities to the conduct of elections in Ire land. One of its main features was the establishment of additional polling places. The Earl of ST. GERMANS was understood not to obj:ct to the principle of the Bill, but thought its Par liamentary length was more than need be. The Earl of MOUNTCASIIELL said he would not oppose the proposed measure, for he thought it would be rather an improvement than otherwise upon the present system. There were various amendments which he in tended introducing into the Bill in Committee. One was to the effect that any religious person interfering in an election, whether in the coercion or restraint of a t c r o fo ns edwu e ce t w. o poll, should be guilty of a misde meanor. There were some other amendments in detal in a s:: several a G I clauses, Lt so of which he gave notice of his inten zr,dtshferoßmillLworads N r l e o a r a El s c e L c s on a d nd tim th e e , and ordered (as was understood) to be committed on Thursday next. LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS BILL. The Earl of HARROW BY presented a petition from Liverpool complaining that certain ratepayers to the number of 50,000, had prayed to be heard before a Com mittee of their Lordships against the above Bill, but had been refused. The Earl of HARDWICKE defended the conduct of the Committee, and sail that after an attentive ex amination of the facts of the case, they had come to the conclusion that it was utterly impos.ible to receive the petition in question as that of the ratepayers of Liver pool. COAL MINES BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE moved the second reading of the Inspection o f Coal Mines Bill, on the understand ing that the discussion on it should be taken on going into Committee. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought the operation of the Bill would be mischievous, and would divide the House against it on a future stage. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday nest. METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE moved the order of the day for the House going ir.to Committee on the Metropoli tan Interments Bill, The House having gone into Committee, Lord REDESDALE moved the insertion of a proviso, the purport of which was understood to be that nothing in the Bill should authorise any party under legal disa biiity to sell to the board any family mansion, house, garden, or park. The Earl of CARLISLE said that the proposal had been fully discussed when the Bill was before the Select Committee, and he was inclined to adhere to the Bill as it stood. The House then divided, when there appeared Contents Non-contents 7 Majority against the proviso ... —1 The Bill was then passed through Committee. The General Board of Health Bill and tho Lsw of Copyright of Design Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed. COURT OF CHANCERY BILL. On the notion of Lord LANGDALE, the Court of Chancery 8.11, after a few words from Lord MON TE AGLE, wai :cad a second time.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 9. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yeaterlay.) Mr. LA.BOUCIIERE could not recommend theConn snittse to agree. to the amendment, and for this reason— the commander of a coastints vessel who had for five I years filled the siteatioa of a master, would, if this. proviso passed, be permitted to take charge of a foreign trader, although he might never have been a foreign voyage before. He must again express a hope that the Committee would allow him to reconsider the clause, and defer the discussion on its principle until it was brought forward in a new shape. Mr. HILDYARD saw nothing in the Right Hon. Gentleman's objections. He did not wish to see a coast ing master in the command of a foreign trader, nor would his proviso confer such a right on the coasting master. What he wanted was simply this, that a man who had hithert ) been entrusted with the charge of vessels for five years should not in future be precluded from undertaking a similar duty, Mr. M. GIBSON proposed that all the words con tained in the clause which empowered the examiners to inquire into the moral character of applicants for certi ficeees should be altogether expunged. Tha examiners should only have power to inquire into and investigate the competency, and not the morals, of the applicants. Mr. LABOUCHERE said under the existing exami tion certificates were endorsed for good conduct, besides being granted for competency as mariners and navi gators. After some further discussion the clause was agreed to on the understanding that it would be reconsidered on the bringing up of the report. On clause 19 being proposed, Mr. WILLCOX objected to that part of it which provided that officers of the navy should be exempted from the examination on taking charge of a merchant ship. He thought it was for the interest of the navy that its officers should undergo an examination before they entered the merchant service, for none but the in competent would fear the ordeal. Admiral BOWLES pointed out to the Committee that naval officers underwent strict examinations before they were promoted to any rank, and the competency of any of them could bo ascertained at the Admiralty. Mr. CLAY suppertA the amendment. Mr. L A BOUC LIEBE thought the additional exami nation would ho wholly unnecessary, and he most, there fore, resist the ;amendment. The Hon. Gentleman who had proposed it was not aware that naval officers underwent a stricter examination than was proposed by the Bail. After a few words from Admiral DUNDAS, who opposed the amendment, The lloue divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against i ► Majurity The amendment was consequently lost. Mr. MOFFATT proposed that the local marine boards should hAve the same power of granting certificates. Mr. 1., ABOUCHERE said he would endeavour at a future stage of the Bill to insert words to carry that pro p3sitioo into effect. Mr. MOFFATT thereupon withdrew his amendment. The remaining clauses were then agreed to down to 23 inclusive. _ _ The CHAIRMAN reported progresi and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday morning at twelve o'clock. The House then adjJurned until Five. The House resumed at Five o'clock. A Me?sage from the Lord; brought up several Bills. NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented a petition from the shareholders of the National Lend Company, signed by himself, praying that that company might be wound up. The Hon. Member moved that the petition be read at length by the clerk at the table. Mr. Ley, the clerk, was proceeding to read the pet;- lion, when Mr. ROEBUCK su'imitted whether the Hon. Member, according to the rules of the House, could present a petition from himself. The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member could not present such a petition. Mr. F. O'CONNOR—Then perhaps the Hon. Mem b A. for Oxford will present it.—(Laughter.) PETITIONS. Mr. Alterman SIDNEY presented a petition from Aylesbury and other place; against rescinding the new Post-office regulations. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from Sunderland praying that the Post-)ffice might not bt altogether closed on Sundays. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Sheffield against the State Church, and also a petition in favour of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill. Lord DUNCAN presented a petition against the re cent Post-offiee regulations. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a similar petition from Birmingham. Lord D. STUART presented a petition in favour of the Friendly S ,cieties Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petition in favour of the Marriage Bill. Major BERESFORD presented several petitions praying that the new Post-office regulations might have a fair trial. Mr. Bass presented a petition from Derby, Mr. Hutt from Gateshead, Mr. Wyld from a Mr. Black, Mr. Poulett Scropo, Mr. Locke 31 petitions from different parts of England and Wales, all praying the House to rescind its late resolution regarding pastel arrangements. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition, signed by a great number of the proprietors of the Loudon press, as well as by a considerable number of the per sons employed in its literary and mechanical depart ments, against the closing of the Poet-office on Sunday for the delivery of newspapers and letters, on the grounds that the closing of the Post-office is a gross violation of the right of the people to the free use of a great national institution whenever their necessities may require ; t h at i t is a y er a fe nd materially rencewitlath in e te l r ib fe e r r e ty wi e t f h t g h r e eat press, wili commer cial interests, delay communications upo n i mportan t private matters between relations and fri en d s , an d l ea d g g r r o ie s y s ou in sl t to tenfold the amount of Sunday labour requisite for the efficient and necessary carrying on of the delivery of letters and newspapers on Sunday, since the public will be compelled to avail themselves of other means of com munication. Mr. FORSTER presented a petition, signed by the chairman of a large and influential meeting held at the London Tavern last evening (Monday), against the closing of the Post-offi c on Sunday for the delivery of letters and newspapers. Mr. WYLD presented a petition from the surveyors of England, complaining of the Ordnance Survey, and the manner of conducting it. Mr. BASS presented petition from Derby against the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Savings Bank Bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented petiti ons f rom places in Warwickshire and Yorkshire, from Kidderminster, and from the Independent Dissenters of Lea m i ngton , an d D i of Belper, near Darlington, in favour of the abolition of Post-office labour on Sundays. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition, from Mr. F. O'Connor, and several other persons, pray ing that they might be enabled to bring in a Bill to.wind up the affairs of the National Land Company. Mr. F. O'CONNOR moved that the petition be. read by the clerk at the table, which was done accordingly. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from certain - Odd Fellows in Manchester, in favour of the Friendly So cieties' Bill; also a petition signed by 600:persons in the county of Sutherland, praying the House to abolish the game-laws; also five petitions from places which the Hon. Member did not name, in favour of the Marriage Bill; also petitions from Brighton and other places, against any appropriation of the funds of the State to any particular sect; and several petitions in favour of arbitration as a mode of settling disputes between nations. Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition from Kettering in favour of the recent postal regulation on Sundays. Mr. CHARLES HOWARD presented a petition from Cumberland against the recent postal regulation on Sundays. _ _ _ Mr. SOULLY presented a petition from the Asso ciated Shareholders fur inquiry into the printed papers (No. 297) and petitions, and the manage ment of the Directors of the Waterford, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin.; and the South Wales Railways, Members of this House, as affect ing the character of the House, and for the better protection of the interest of the public and shareholders." He also gave notice of motions for printing said petition, and cslling attention thereto. L..)rd ASHLEY presented a considerable number of petitions in favour of the recent Post-office regulations having a fair trial. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a re:ition to the same eff et. Mr. COWAN presented two similar petitions from Edinburgh. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from several newspaper propri e t ors and vendors of newspapers in London against the recent Pint-office regulations. Mr. HEA.DLAM presented a similar petition from NeweaulT. Colonel SALWEY presented a petition from Ludlow, praying that the delivery of letters on Sunday might be restored. Sir G. GREY presented a similar petition. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER also presented a similar petition. Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition to the same effect from Glasgow. Mr. FIUME presented petitions from Cupar Angus, Scotland, and Westminster, also to the same effect. Mr. OSBORNE presented night petitions from Mid dlesex in favour of the MA:triage Bill. Mr. BAINE-; presented a petition from Leeds against the recent Post-offica regulations. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. P. BUTLER, a new writ was agreed t for the election of a Nl3mbez for Mayo, in the piece of Mr. Dillon Browne, deceasnl. COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. STUARY said he would present a petition on Thursday next as to the present stato of the administra tion of justice in the Court of Chancery, and intimate d that ho should then make a statement with resp.ct ti the subject of that petition IN fERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. In reply to Mr. WYLD, -- Mr. LABOUCHERE said neZotiations had fur same time been going on between the Government of this country and France relative to the copyright of works and publications, and he expected they would lead to a sltis. factory result. The Government had consulted Mr. James, the author, as well as the Society f,r the Pro • toction of Copyright, with reference to the terms of the treaty. RATING STOCK IN TRADE WODETIOUSE wished to know if it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill for an alt.eration of the present system. of rating stock in trade? Sir G. GREY said that there was a Con:mitt° sitting in the 1-fosse of Lords on the.suhject, and when they made their report woutd be the time to consider what course should to pursued. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. In answer to a questiln from an HON. MEDIBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to re• print this Bill with the Lords' amendments. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE. Lord J. RUSSELL said—before the regular busine3s of the House was proceeded with, he considered it his duty, in consequence of the lamented death of the Duke of Cambridge, to move an humble address of condolence to her Majesty. The Noble Lord, etcr reAsing a high eulogium upon the late Duke, moved the address. The Marquis of GRANBY seconded the address, which was unanimously agreed to. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved an address of condolence to the Duchess of Cambridge. Mr. DISRAELI seconded the motion in a most feeling speech. The address waa unlnimotisly agreed to. NATIONAL REPRESENTATION. Mr. LOCKE KING then rose to move for leave to bring in a all to make the franchise in coun ties in England and Wales the same as that in boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tene ments of the annual value of 101. He asked, he said, for no great measure of reform. Ile merely wished to do away with an existing anomaly. Ile would take the borough of Reigate, in Surrey, and ask why should a 10/ householder of that borough have a hundred and ninety-eighth share—for there were only 198 electors— in sending a !Member to that House, whilst a person living in a larger and better house at Croydon, and pay ing something short of 501. a year, was not allowed to have a six-thousandth share in returning a Member for East Surrey.—(Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a list of twenty-two boroughs which sent forty-two Members to the House of Commons, and in none of which did the number of electors exceed 400. The aggregate of elec tors to those boroughs was 6.885, or, upon an average, 163 electors to each Member; whilst in the Wes' Riding of Yorkshire 36,000 electors were represented by only two Members in that House. He thought, then, that as a matter of justice the county constituencies should, at least, ba put upon the same footing with the borough constituencies. If they were deter mined to keep the great body of the people outside the pale of the constitution, surely it would have been better to have continued the old rotten borough system, with its avowed oligarchical, aristo cratical domination. The inequalities which existed in the Parliamentary representation of this country were shocking alike to common sense and common justice. The measure which he now proposed would remove one great anomaly, and palliate the sense of injustice which was created in the minds of tens of tbousande of persons who were qnite as fit to eejoy the franchise as those upon whom it was conferred by the Reform -Bill. His proposition would also test the sincerity of Hon. Gen tlernen opposite who still clung to protection, and did not hesitate to assert that the great body of the people were in favour of a bread-t ix. It would give them the means of trying that question, and trying it with an extended suffrage- in those very districts where they said the greatest amount of distress prevailed. For his part, he was quite ready to put that question to the great body of the people, the consumers of articles which, formerly taxed, were now duty free; and he had no doubt if that question were put, the verdict of the people would be one by which the important que;tion of plenty and prosperity, wi t h th e ass i stance o f trut h and Justice, would be permanently, and be hoped for ever established. In conclusion, the lion. Gentleman moved for leave to bring in a Bill " to make the franchise in counties in England and Wales the same as that in boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of 101." Mr. lIUME seconded the motion. The Hon. Gentleman said that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had declared that he was willing to go in the path of reform, but he had never yet stated to what extent he would go.-:- ( Hear, hear.) If the Noble Lord was really favourable to progress, in what way, he asked, cou ld progress b e ma d e with less risk and less danger than that proposed by the Hon. Member for East Surrey? The Hon: Member simply proposed that, whereas 101. householders were now allowed to vote in boroughs, the same privilege should be extended to householders of that amount in counties—and he ( Mr. Hume) regarded it as an act of justice to give them this pri vilege. Ile hoped the Hon. and Gallant Member for West minster (Sir De Lacy Evans) would postpone the amend • ment of which he had given notice, and all ,w the decision of the House to be taken upon the motion of the Hon. Member for Surrey. Sir DE LACY EVANS said that if his amendment should be thought to interfere, upon a division, with the motion of the lion. Member for East Surrey, he would at once comply with the wish of the Hon. Member for Montrose. At the same time he would beg leave to make a few observations in support of his amendment, after which he should be guided by the opinions of his lion. Friends near him. The propo sition he had to make went considerably further than that of the Hon. Member for Surrey, though in his opinion it did not go by any means far enough. He concurred with Mr. Hume in thinking that there was no ground fur alarm in an ex tension of the franchise to registered household suffrage. It would be in the recollection of the House that the Re form Bill was not accepted by the Reform party in the country as a settlement of the question, but only as a com pr anise, to prevent the disturbance of peace and tran quillity. It was taken simply as an instalment. But even if it were an adequate measure of reform at that time, it would not be a sufficient franchise now, for the twenty years which had elapsed since that period had. witnessed a greater advance in population and in intellectual and moral improvement in all classes, and in the humble class particularly, than had ever before taken place within a similar period in this country. The amendment of which he had given notice contained three propositions. He pro posed to " render the payment of any income or property tax a qualification to vote for Members of Parliament for the county or borough in which such payment shall have been made, provided that no person shall be so entitled un less he shall have been resident for the space of twelve months preceding wi•hin the said county or borough, and shall have been duly registered ; also, to render the pay ment of poor-rate as occupier of any premises rated as of the net annual value of Si. or upwards a qualification to vote for Members of Parliament for the county or bo rough within which such premises are situated, provided the person paying such rate shall have occupied such premises for twelve months preceding, and have been duly registered; also, to render deposits in savings banks of a certain amount a qualification to vote for Mem bers of Parliament, with the provision of twelve months' preceding residence, and of registration ; and of twelve months' preceding duration of such deposits." He consi dered it an unsafe state of things which at present existed in this country, with their legidation not in accordance with the spirit of the age, and a majority in the House of Lords opposed to a reform Government. Even that House (the Commons) was too aristocratic to fairly represent the feelings and opinions of the people at large. As an instance of the working of the system, he might mention that the late Mr. Robins on one occasion, when advertising a fine estate that he had for sale, recounted, amongst its other advantages, that its owner enjoyed political influence over 1,200 indepen dent voters. With respect to the amendment of which he had given notice, he wished to know from the Speaker whether, if he moved it, it would prevent a division being taken on the original motion—a result which he had certainly no desire to of ? The SPEAKER said that would depend entirely on whichever the Ilcuse would adopt, whether the amendment or the motion. • Sir DE LACY EVANS was afraid that the House would not adopt the amendment, and he begged therefore to with draw it. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, Mr. ALCOCK pointed out the great hardship inflicted by the present electoral system on respectable inhabitants of towns, who in consequence of dwelling in houses under 501. a year rent, could not vote for the county. Such a state of things ought no longer to be allowed to exist. Mr. G. THOMPSON said it would be easy to show, from evidence accumulated sin ce th e R e f orm Bill, that of all the electoral systemi in the world that of this country was the most unequal and , absurd. The great majority of the bo roughs having small constituencies sent Members to Par liament, whose elections were not contested, because those boroughs were the property of rich commoners or peers, whose nominees they were to all intents and purposes. While such a state of things existed there was not a Minister sitting on the Treasury bench in that House who was really responsible to the country; for when Ministers represent ing large constituencies were rejected by them, they did not lose their office, but went to some pocket borough to be re turned to that House—ejected from Westminster they went to Harwich, and they were no more responsible to the public at large than if they had returned themselves to the House, and walked through those doors by hereditary right. In the list of boroughs, be found that the fifty largest did not return more members than seventy-one of the smallest, though they contained seven times more electors, more than Fix times the number of the population, and seven times the number of houses rated to the relief of the poor. The result of the system was, that there were voting in that House, and voting upon all the most vital interests of the country, 82 Members representing 58 bo.oughs, whose united constituencies amounted to only 19,282 voters, or 63 less than the number of voters registered on the electoral lists of the Tower Hamlets in 1847. What chance was there for any liberal measure, or any liberal Government, in a House so constituted? Would the Noble Lord (Russell) bt frank enough to tell them how, in the present state of par ties, he meant to maintain his ground—how ho meant to secure to the country the benefit of past legislation ? The Noble Lord could not effect either object, and the country felt it; and he could assure the Noble Lord that if he h a d no intention to improve the representation of the kingdom, he and his adherents • must give way to a stronger party, with whom, though the independent Members had not much sympathy, they would be obliged to vote, as they would be ready to vote with any party who recognised the - right of the people to have something like a fair represen tation in that House. He trusted the Noble Lord would not let the session close without giving the country some assurance as to his intentions on the subject—some pro mise of a measure of electoral reform. among the work ing classes there was no diminution in the feeling in favour of extending the franchise. Government could not take a wiser course than to occupy the recess in matur ing some great scheme of Parliamentary reform. But if they persisted in maintaining silence on the subject, they would betray the cause of reform, and deserve the censure of the people.---(Cheers.) Mr. H. DRUMMOND said the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down spoke of having tested the feelings of the people of this country. He might have said with more propriety that he had been, not a tester, but an exciter of _their feelings.—(Loud laughter.) He (Mr. Drummond) had no doubt there was excitement in the country, for that party to whom the Honourable Gentleman said the Noble Lord owed his situation had come forward and plainly avowed• that the measures which they looked for were for the purpose of establishing a republic.— (No, no.) An Ilonourable Gentleman opposite stated, at a certain meet ing, that he had armed himself with many extracts from the speeches of the Honourable Member for Buckingham shire, and remarked that they were handy as pocket-pis tols to fire off as occasion might serve. Taking counsel from that Honourable Gentleman, ho (Mr. Drummond) had also about him some extracts from the speeches of Honourable Gentlemen opposite. Some of those Gentle men would probably feel themselves somewhat embar rassed when they heard those extracts retorted on them. They might feel somewhat like the " struck eagle," when he— " Views his own feather on the fatal dart That drinks the life-blood of his bleeding heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel." What did Honourable Gentlemen opposite mean by "liberal measures?" Did they mean any other than those which would exclude the Crown and V - -e aristocracy? They bad charged Honourable Gentlemen on the Opposition benches with not having had the courage to advocate distinctly within the walls of that House those principles which they had advocated in the country during the last vacation : but that surely was an imputation which could be fairly brought against themselves on the question of the extension of the franchise. Their speeches were evidently delivered with the view of pleasing their constituents. Now, his belief was that no man could do his duty in that House who stopped to deliberate whether the votes that he might give or that the speeches which he might make, would please his constituents or not.— (Cheers.) And his ex perience whilst he had a seat in that House convinced him that those amongst them-who were the least attentive to, and who were the most dead and insensible to, everything worthy of the name of duty were the men who had been influenced by the petty vanity of desiring to have a seat in that House. And he also believed, that when the Govern ment desired to carry any measure of reform, such men were the greatest obstacles with which they had to contend. The advocates of this extension of the suffrage said that the end which they had in view was an equalisation of the taxes. He should be exceedingly glad if we could have an equalisa tion of the taxes—(Hear, hear)—and he hoped that the Go vernment might be forced during the next session of Parlia ment to bringforward some general and homogeneous system ,of taxation by which we should be freed from the anomalies under which we laboured under the existing system. - (Hear, hear.) But he really believed that gentlemen who to,,k upon themselves the trouble of perambulating and agi tating the country had ulterior objects in view; he be lieved that they desired to effect some more sweeping change than a mere equalisation of the taxes. They wanted, they said, "equality," which, of course, meant equality of property, or, in other words, the destruction of property— (No, no)—and consequently there would be nothing but starvation for all.—(Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt that they wanted "equality," as that word was understood in France. They wanted to introduce a system ba-ed on a thorough contempt for the experience of mankind.—(Hear, hear.) They wanted to evolve out of their own brains a scheme of government which should set the experience of all past, as well as the present time, at defiance. The Hon. Member concluded by saying, at the same time he did not think the motion of his Hon. Friend involved all the en larged views which he (Mr. Drummond) had taken of the question of reform as it was dealt with by Hon. Gentlemen on the Government side of the House. As it stood upon the paper, the motion was simple enough. It was the same that he had advocated previously, and therefore he could not re fuse to advocate it now; but while he gave it his support, he begged it to be distinctly understood-that he did not do so with the same views as those who merely regarded this mea sure as a narrow point of the wedge which they were desirous of inserting for the purpose of effecting changes of a far more important character. Lord DUDLEY STUART rejoiced that the Hon. Gentle man was at all events going to support by his vote, if not by , his speech, the cause of the people. The Hon. Gentleman as serted that the advocates of liberal measures desired a repub lic. He entirely repudiated the charge ; nor did he think that such a thing as a republic was desired by the people of this country. All they sought was a full and fair representation. Did any one think that the House of Commons, as at present constituted, enjoyed the confidence of the people? The mo tion was a step in the right direction, and he would therefore give it his support. He regretted that his Hon. and Gallant Friend (Sir De Lacy Evans) had withdrawn his more corn prehensive measure. He wished to see the franchise bestowed on all who contributed to the poor-rates. With respect to the charge of agitatioe, they were determined to agitate till they had secured a fair representation ; and he felt convinced that the agitation would ultimately accomplish its object. Did the Noble Lord at the head of the Government think the repre sentation in a fatisfactory state? Plainly not; for he had let drop a few significant words not long since which indicated an intention to enlarge the franchise. The people now de mended the boon qnietly and calmly; but ware they sure that this feeling would remain the same in troubled times? The true policy of those who wished to maintain the country in a state of prosperity was to grant this measure, and grant it in time. He hoped his Noble Friend would take this oppor tunity of declaring his views, and would promise some great measure for the enlargement of the franchise in the next session of Parliament.—(Hear. ) Mr. NEWDEGATE said he was not go'ng to vote in favour of the motion, although it had been advocated by an able and intelligent colleague of his on that (the Opposition) side of the House. What did he find? He found a sweet unanimity prevailing on the other side of the [louse as to the first resolution. But beyond this the unanimity entirely ceased. No less than three qualifications were proposed, and he and those who sat on the same side with him had there fore a right to expect from lion. Gentlemen professing liberal opinions thet they shou'd at least agree amongst themselves as to what they really wanted. This movement appeared to him to be simply an attempt to put the screw on the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. He (Mr. Newdegate) was by no means bound to defend the Whig-Radical Reform Bill of 1832.—( Hear, hear.) Neither was he precluded from considering any well-directed extension of the franchise, being one of the old constitutional Tory party so much de spired by some Hon. Members. This much, however, he would say—he would vote for none of the propositions of Hon. Gentle men opposite until they knew what they wanted themselves. Then it would be time enough to consider what their state • ments were worth. For his own part, he did not believe in the existence of any extreme anxiety on the part of the people for any such change. He was perfectly ready to admit at the same time that that House did not possess the confidence of a large portion of the people, who had repeat edly expressed their desire that the Government would afford them the opportunity of expressing their opinions by the selection of their representatives according to the existing forms of the constitution; but there was nothing like the ex pression of a want of confidence in those forms, or of the pre sent qualification. He could not agree with the Noble Lord who had last spoken, that because the people were at this moment quiet and contented, this was the time for disturbing their tranquillity by introducing a measure for the alteration of the franchise. There were already disturbing elements enough. Until an appeal had been made to the country by a dissolution, he had a right to say that all these proposals for a change, coming from the opposite side of the House, ex pressed an extreme want of confidence in their own position with respect to the present constituencies.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said he should vote against the present proposition very much upon the ground which the Hon. Member for West Surrey had assigned for supporting it.— (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Hon. Member said he did not think any considerable mischief could arise from it, be cause at this period of the session it would not be possible to do more than lay the Bill on the table of the House. To deal in so trifling a spirit with the large and important question of the franchise, would be neither becoming to the character of that House nor fair to the people. This was quite a sufficient reason for voting against the mo tion, without entering into the merits of the particular pro position involved in it; and he felt, moreover, justified in refraining from entering upon it, because its supporters had hardly gone into coy arguments having the least refer ence to that proposition. If they were to deal with the extension of the franchise, it was not in the middle of July that they ought to begin.—(Hear, hear.) He had been invited to a discussion, into which he should certainly not enter at any length, having on a former occasion delivered his opinions fully to the House. The supporters of the motion had treated of matters not at all before them on the present occasion, such as the number of electors and their represen tatives, and the usual arithmetical calculations had been gone through, to show the disproportion which existed in some instances. This was all perfectly true, but it was really time for those who insisted so much on bringing such facts constantly before the House, to point out what inference they proposed to draw from them. - (Hear, hear.) But if equality ought to be the rule, then he asked them to show the House a plan of those districts into which they proposed to divide the country. Let them exhibit a plan of the squares and parallelograms into which they intended to divide the country, and then the House would be able to see whether the sort of representation they wished to give was the sort of representation the country wished to hare —(Hear.) He required this the more because he saw the Hon. Member of the Tower Hamlets left out of the represen tation of counties, as if they li ad no importance, had no right to vote, and possessed no claim to respect. In making the county division, they said—put the towns on one side, and put the boroughs on the other. They appeared to forget there were such counties as Lincolnshire and Devonshire, which had 40,000 electors—a sufficient number to be repre • sented in that House, and to have their feelings, their senti ments, and their views represented in that House, and repre sented in the divisions which took place in that House.— (Hear, hear.) He wished the whole of the statement to be made, in order to see how they proposed to disfranchise large counties, and what additional weight they proposed to give to small boroughs. He begged, when they next brought forward the argument, that they at the same time would bring forward their scheme, so that the House might see whether it was compatible with our form of Government. And, without entering into the question as to whether the House altogether represented the people—whether there were not some inequalities in the representation—and whether equal representation might not be preferable to the existing system, he did say that the people were deeply and thoroughly attached to the present f orm o f Government —(Hear, hear)—and had always made it a condition, in any reform that might be contemplated in the' constitu tution of that House, and the mode in which the people should elect their representatives, that this reform should be compatible and consistent with a Monarchy and a House of Lords, which form, as well as the House of Commons, fundamental portions of the constitution. And when the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets, and other Hon. Mem bers, again brought forward this subject, he hoped the House would first require them to state what plan they proposed, and next el' the result of the proposed plan would be agreeable to the wishes of the people—namely, whether it would conduce to the maintenance of the pre sent form of government. He did not wish to add anvthiig to what he had before said on the same subject.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for the Tower Harntets said, unless we came forward with a pledge of some plan of reform to be determined upon during the Parliamentary recess, and to be brought forward early next session, he and other Hon. Members would lose confidence in the Government, and then government would no longer exist. He did not see why Government should give such a pledge and frame such a plan in order to bring it forward next session. If the Government had not the confidence of that House—if Hon. Gentlemen thought a change in the Government advantageous, let it take place. That was the natural course of events. They would then see their plan of Parliamentary reform brought forward by those in whom they could place confidence, and brought foi ward in a much better way.—( Hear, hear.) He had nothing further to say with respect to the motion, except that he could not see there could be any pos s ible advanta g e to be antiCipated. hear con d sidering this was July, in bringing the motion- (He ar ' Mr. BRIGHT did nut t hi n k the near approach o f the termination of th e sess i on was a good rea-or. f o r not enter taining the moti on . N or did h e think the Noble Lord's nal?: of treating the question was altogether satisfactory or Ea' able. The Noble Lord had complained that the on the question were not to the point. But the Noble Lel whole speech had no reference whatever to the the t the population of England were dropped from the clouds a,. the present moment, without any representative go exercised the Noble Lord with all his courage-which be exerciseat always most fearlessly when wrong-(Hear)--w°eldel•lech venture to recommeed the system of representation nelese now existed in England and Ireland. What be and othe,„ asked, was not a total change of the existing systenn such a correction of the resent inequalities as w ee ht make the representation present inequalities 9. make the representation nearer that which it out; h to be. What was wanted was to make the bernecAs 9 P + s and county system of qualification equal, and if the n2! Lord had not an unchangeable hostility to an extension of tu t ; representation, he could not refuse to support the inoh e . r . s ea proposition of his Hon. Friend. If the presen t proeosiielr 0 were carried, the effect w o u ld be to bind the leoPlee mere closely to the constitution as it now stood.-(Ch airs.) d Noble Lord, the rejected of Devonshire, twice elected.so)l once rejected by Devonshire, to its discredit, bad felt the el d s b e i g of a narrow constituency there. He had Leen W e i . ei ss the power of the Church, who raised the cry that ne. about to bring the Pope into the country urn heretics.-(0b, oh). Had there been a wider constitut the Noble Lord might Lave remained the repro- entatisyo.l one of the largest counties in the kingdom. The Noble I S t E n. said the •people approved of the present co" st e it ,ll) Hiedid nut credit the assertion. (Cries of 0 " l s w ho e!e was not more than ore person out of every sev e . o ne were represented in this country. It was natural that tee n d unrepresented should feel discontented with their position, ee, d oseu rr should look to other countries where reforms a of• and desire to see the same reforms extended to tbis coo He would advise the Noble Lord not to refer to July s is s r is es es egain, and to Doc son for nt entertaiin imortant questicin. satisfied, o if the motion g of this his HOD p . Friend were taken li r' I t would give general satisfaction to the countr. • tha M t r. taunted for not bringing forward specific HouselC I NwGe were n v r e e r p y l y , b said adiy thatao used: d pendentay v!lreens a b l e; s ot i ll : moment they did so the Government intervened 5' a nd pre' vented them from carrying them on. The Noble Lor . (t one hampered by two parties-the one for progress, an etows languagewas that af he e Captain d n li o r t a b o which desired to see things remain stationary. T c ab ill quanta e eei b e e g at h - H e "How happy could I be with either, Were t'uther dear charmer ' away But while you both teaze me together , To neither a word will I say.' been Mr. GRATTAN said that the Noble Lord ha - , „ea could say to the taunted with treating the subject in a rather J .. ° i es e manner; for his part, he preferred a jocose to the Minister.-(Hear, hear.) But if they complained of tu e t bst of the representation in this country, let them recollect bieb in Ireland there were 7,000,000 of people, out of e ' no le there were not 70,000 individuals who had a vote. The P 7 of of Ireland would be satisfied with the constituniodhe England, but they should receive it; and thee; W e T hey satisfied with nothing less. What was their po sition ? declared had sent up a Bill to another House in which they rthe ir that there should be an 8/. rating. In defiance 0 , 1 Lo rd wish a 151. rating had been inscrted. Did the Nobl tm ea mean to be ri tden over after that fashion ? He (*she' l l() ; to English gentlemen to stand up for their rights, and permit themselves to be thus trampled upon. Mr. DISRAELI then rose and said-I hay to you, Sir, and the Hon. Gentleman opposite, for att e e• ing to rise after he had concluded bis reply; but, as theLo bate has been re-opened, and as it has assumed aalthough pect, I hope I may he allowed to say a few words, d t hat it was against my original intention to do eo. I fir l ,„„seh an English Reform Member finds fault with the •`:',tulle Reform Act, and an Irish Reform Member finds faint e the the Reform Act for Ireland. We who sit on this side 0 ' Th e e to apologist! House are not responsible for either of those AeLeit in, Noble Lord has a deeper persona l and politie;oo. terest in them than we have. In listening to tbe par tions which have passed daring the debate, I bore "'" w f t icb ticularly struck with the want of comptehensione, h oe exists as to what our constitution really is- o f the always believed that gentlemen on the othe r side the House, whatever might be their opinion wit h respect io_sdi, franchise, considered that the constitution bad been_su i l lge s fled by the privileged classes, who enjoyed their Pr e v ece a for the general advantage of the community. ~Ve ora ls Throne-we have a House of Peers, spiritual and tam certai n and we have a House of Commons in possession, of e` the oe privileges. You may increase, enlarge, or dint always privileges, but still they are privileges wbich have 8 , 1 , nor iireitenueihe been enjoyed in the history of this country by tion of the community. We know well what has he e l , to result of such a constitution, whatever may have beeoi, material. It has been established on the aristocratic brays pie in the widest and the noblest sense of the term. et o' always heard it taught by gentlemen opposite that P° l ; lie st nu mb and and political privilege was obtainable by everY and virtuous artisan under the old system, whatever wee of classes the community was divided into. No elessfrota deprived of the privilege of electing its representativer-,0, the proudest manorial lord to the humblest artisan land, all were represented. Some years_ ago, less tf e ll t het quarter of a century, you thought proper to tersais ef e l . e i s ter scheme, and it was so by the Noble Lord the First Den: in his official capacity by measure he proposed Wee'ntiee cepted with enthusiasm; it was supported by man). gentle. AO men who were then Members of this House, and the re °u gh gentleman opposite who has not acquired hi s seat tbr e ee , the instrumentality of that measure. They are therefbr 0 111. sponsible, and ought to be gr-iteful, for the Befor e l ef What is your position now? There are a great ntlinw _es gentlemen who are discontented with that settlement-eqe jt demon who were ready to vote that black was whit e lu n e support when proposed-gentlemen who went to the coney, fur the whole Bill and nothing but the Bill. They we r eeet sponsible; no doubt, they had maturely weighed the e.. 1 0. and the attendant circumstances which would be at e , quent on that great political change in a great counole They no doubt said, We are going to effect a great chang e . to adopt any measure without due deliberation and careful Jo the fortunes of a great country. We will take care no,' ; e .. vestigation. We will do nothing rashly, but what we ee s, will be permanent and lasting . It his happened, boWe'ket that ever since this Bill , the w hole Bill an d nothing .' nfe the Bill was adopted, there have be en nothing but COnin . la t i h et of its working. Gentlemen are always quarrelling se . 1 political arrangement which sent them to this goo o this know that I speak the feelings of many Members s a p the side of the House when I say 'that I have no se , .„ B the tious reverence for the Reform Act. I was not l lesfe House when it passed, but if I had been I should hy . a opposed it. It was a settlement brought forwareisfoe party to whom I should have been in opposition from)-we of deal associations. No doubt, in the supplementary v d o not that case, the interests of party were not neglected. s r i ven attribute any blame to such A proceeding. If g en e w itbi l ever have the opportunity of carrying a measure er' kind, which I believe they never w ill, they w ill be cia" - w ere titled to do the same. Bat the interests of your poll,. e n , then provided for in the measure you a ccepted wit', yon thusiasm. I think it a ma tt er to be regretted `hat should have destroyed the privileges of ' the w° r itb . classes, who were repr e s en t e d un d er t h e o ld system, to to out . finding out some compensatory enr,,,eol a w n h d at n H ot o h n in . g Gen bu ti t em th e e n W l li f a th t e l y provide for the loss. But who voted against the svorVl3ll l . is a an n 0 Why the gentlemen who went for the Bill, the whel e is oon g e longer endure the ancient constitution of this coin's/• ars', constitution modified by the political estates of the re e ) why then I say you propose a revolution.-(llear, h ear a . e er you are prepared to do so, why come forward with ) 7 %00 1 isfor a 101. franchise in a county, a resolution with• rmiseeanfort onseaWy is always met with a congenial amendment which le Non e drawn if found conven ent. But none of you do this- . 0 0 of you declare that every man is entitled to the suffiageeciera; the contrary, several of your leading men have mad s pee ch tions hostile to such a proposition. I remember a, 4, en" the Member for the West Riding to such an e,f1 e ,,', 0 0 i t t; the Hon. Member for Manchester has put a it ages lifs' There is not one of ou who says that a man of full oo reS? be entitled to the franchise. Bring forward your re., ethen lee tell us what you mean and what you want; sou h i e n O w , will be prepared to meet you. By the settlement 0310' Noble Lord proposed, he immensely increased the numb and the importance of the Commons a this c° h eel Great and, on the whole, beneficial changes h! e lr e e pair the consequence of that measure. Although "l' s ettl e lie benefit had been the main object of th e , ne ta e ment of 1832, yet it was also made in a suplc e r w e sense in favour of the power of the party to whi cll e atS opposed, and by the machinery of the Act, the hela conferred should extend in a relative proportion as t he a alte_ e t ° lation extended. One would have supposed in the speeches of Honourable Gentlemen, that eighteen ottere ago the House of Comm ens had actually decided t 1 bee her of electors who were to vote. But what have not * both in this House and out of it? That there Ws conloilf working man who was virtuous and industrious theee'te nt not obtain the franchise. Well, and are the Pe.eqt, England so besotted that they cannot make the snore sO that they find it necessary to propose some such M e % thi e this? I am for the system which would establish ! it the country a free Government which has confidence e l a er e energy and the higher powers of man. Gentlerateed posite would degrade man to the franchise i as a te raising man to it. lam for a free aristocratic eoet.30010:, (Ironical cheers)-free, because it is so. Th ese tin i r e men who jeer are ignorant that I use the word 1 : 1 4 is *s limited meaning but in its noblest sense, s l e is'heers'l achieve the best and to accomplish the best.--t`',,_ en s We have been told that we to look to Frasi.e". told that by • the Member for Westminster, who ,et ()n et t ,' us that in Paris there are 70,000 electors, while be lies °n 7,i 00. But he forgot to tell you that for every l ie for' elector there were two bayonets to keep bine dos fu ' eee re th e s e ' got that the electors who sent him to this House "s e ons; will live who for centuries sent men to this House whoseho- e ein , in the history of this count the man ro es to maintain the struggle for liberty. To draw 111 : • 14.0 x, Sir Francis Burdett, and other illustrious ns .00 0 a 01; 0 40 with such a life and such a history with that of et a y en country was a degradation which I did not think t,theerSts - el a reformed House o f Comm o ns would tolerate elloi Sir, I have been told that it would be a good thing th en s up the Government to fight this question out with te e n bee porters, and in Parliamentary tactics it would ha h v ite e n e so; but I have nothing to do with them. l e 1 r e e , superstitions reverence for the Reform Bill, nu _fop. spect the verdict of the nation. Although that e s" Wing ment was made to promote the attainment T i he power and gratify the lust of Whig :patronage, silpratiaer, contented to abide by it. The Reform Act had boil w oe by the consent of the nation, and should not be re al on idle grounds. You disturb it ; but what is tu e „.. a st ty; cret of all these July motions? Why, you do n,,.° t neac:; constituencies which sent you to this House.-( 11 of t o You know well that if you appeal to that privilege in people, enlarged as it was by the Reform Bill, not 006 ,....a0"` of you would be returned•-(Laughter and cheerio%leOtS'' you think you can in this way manage your conssiveceer You think that by thus cobbline• landgg suffer ill ing and polishing, the people of b Eng will still sn, r e ne ee to continue Members of Parliament.-(Cheers ) not the slightest chance of it-(Cheers) -for h e ei s igroi' l- e if the electors of this kingdom consisted of every n'„",:aghte,; subject of her Majesty, you would still be sentoff.--C"-51) and cheer.) Ido not believe that a 101., or a ein"-; a 2/. franchise, or universal suffrage itself, would save Y 0. (Cheers.) I believe that th e great mass of the P eP tins te England would remain faithful to the traditionary A t t e po of Englishmen, and declare that, whatever might b e ee fri ol litical manoeuvre-whatever might be the nature at , . , o uld chise-whatever might be the scheme which yeti 'be for adopt-they would be for the monarchy-they Vion l l 3 wad e , the empire -they would be for that constitution Wh le wo o them free and made them eminent; and that theY stem o. give a great national verdict against that levelling sYroe s uV political tergiversation of which you are the s iv° porters.-(Hear, and cheers.) e WO- Sir B. HALL remarked that it WAS usual, when,arleratioil Gentleman brouht forward a motion for the c enslu tion hi* wro reply a sp t i hyae closedd l e l p o a u r s teut, the that ee dob from a a t f e t .t e_ b r ttiih debate.-(Hear.) discussionuars.t oln Ctfile oe custom- ( Hear a that heenatitr l i ate ° ?ar t b ol l:, traordinary departure.—(Hear, hear.) THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1850.