The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

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The CEIANCELLO ft of the EXCHEQUER said the Committee on Mis:ellaneous Estima!e; expressed a hope that th e accounts and expenditure 01 the House of Lords Gould be submitted t 3 a searching revisn n by a Com tism:es of that House. This revision was going on, and he should therefore oppose the motion. kr. HUM E replied that the House had at present no Proof of thi s searching investigation. The House divided. The numbers were — For Mr. Hume's amendment ... 48 Against it ..„ 110 The Majority aga i nst t h e amen d men t ... —62 Ine vote was then agreed to. THE TREASURY. () u the vote of 'j6 100/. for the salaries and expenses Of the Treasury. FORBES moved a reduction of 10 per cent, upon the r in of 30 , 83 6 1 ., being the amount of the salaries of e assistant- secretary, clerks, and other persons on t h e uhlislunent. H e groun d e d t hi s mo tion as well upon the cheapness of the necessaries of lie , as upon the "g no gilt of th e public burdens, and des eueessity for we 4p. .I'. Such a reduction as he proposed would, he u.' ; hermgreatly add to the popularity and stability of re duce e ' l siesty's Gov ernmen t. He therefore moved to re c the total ye .. by th e sum o f 3 . 0961. fl °k eel THOMPSON b eg g e d t o r -i n arle the.t the pro of-4 his constituents had gone up 20 per cent., not on d acco unt of any wrong wh i ch they had d one to any c l ass , .ut on acco unt o f the cessation of a wrong t h at b e d b een . s ce to th em. He considered himself, therefore, as a (t-otr to the Hon. Gentleman.--(A laugh.) 9olonel SI BT11011,1 ) said his Hon. Friend (Mr. Forbes) 4 'l very properly excepted the salaries of the first and riot' Lords of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the il .eheenier from his mot i on , b ecause the salaries of those i g e er offices w ere now un d er t h e cons id e ration of a Se ect Committee. He thought, however, that the Chan cellor of the Exch eque r was bo un d to pledge himself to ad opt the d ec i s i on of that Comm i ttee, whatever i t m i g h t e : and wh atever reduction they m i ght recommen d i n t h e s alarie s upon which the Right Hon. Gentleman and his colleagues had fattened. The CHANCELLOR cf the EXCHEQUER would not enter into the question whether her Majesty's Minis ters had grown fat or lean since their accession to s T ic e•—(A lau g h.) B u t if th e C omm itt ee upstairs et tifl recomme n d a re d uc ti on o f th e sa l ar i es paid to hi gh:_ political officers, those salaries would be reduced ' r ow that time.—(Hear, hear.) Met ier. HUME should not be disposed to agree to a re tilln of 10 per cent. in the salaries of the 45 junior 4zlrra d other cl er k s , w h o were now i n t h e rece i p t o f f rom 01 to 2001. or 4001. per annum. Ho was favourable to reduction cf the number of the clerks, rather than of their salari es . H e truste d that some exam i na ti on wou ld b 0 in stituted into their qualifications before clerks were T e ulit ted, because young men very unfit to enter the •ea s e, e _ p re' were sometimes uppointed. Was there any acr e to have 20 messengers in the Treasury, at a cost per annum of 9 ,3151.? wi sh i CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed to th e his Hon. F r i e nd th a t th e t rue p r i nc ipl e of reduction a ' ; `ce Tre asury was rat h er a re d uct i on of num b ers t h an o f " l ea. A reduction of 5,8001. in the salaries and ex evtditure of the Tre a sury had b ee n made within the last Years. Ile did not think the number of messengers foe weal ,. Mr. eQn LACGREGOR believed that at the Treasury, as • as at th e B oar d o f T ra d e , th ere were too f e w mes neers, instead of being a superabundance. e Mr. DISRAELI sa id t h ere were two c i rcums tances at of financial whi c h ma d e it i mposs ibl e to carr y an y motion fi nancial reform. The first was the existence of Iho ti Select C omm i ttee, whose i nf l uence upon th e delibera o n a of the House he would not venture to foretell; and t he second was, the existence of the financial reformers. 4.7(Cheers and laughter.) As long as those two ob f. cies remained, any motion for retrenchment was per setly f CI • d u e, an h e should therefore recommend his Hoe. %lend to withdraw his motion( [leer, ht ar.) f'lr• FORBES sa id th a t hi s H oe . Friend had stated a . . he b e li eve d to b e a me l anc h o l y trut h, an d as it was . no use t o di v id e t h e H ouse h e wou ld w ithdraw the mothin, Iv Colonel THOMPSON hoped the financial reformers Q uid never agree t o an y mot i on f or a re duction coming t r t eni the other side of the House—lronical cheers from 0 P rotectionists)—prefaced, as he was about to say f h en they stopped him, by the assertion that it was R ee s e d upon the sufferings of the country arising out h the rec ent c h anges i n our commerc i a l po li c y.—(He a r, c/ Ir.) The financial reformers were always ready to stain, in opposition to any such views, that so far as e ability of the country to bear the burden of taxation twas concerned it was vastly better able than ever it was se i n ti ,?,.r.—(Cheers ) This was no reasen why economy D„ - ","tu not ne pursued, but it was a reason for not sup ii;‘"ng motions for retrenchment upon grounds to which ',financial reformers could not subscribe.—(Hear.) e 7 r• HUME protested against the doctrine of the Hon. e "' , Gallant Colon, I. He would support a proposal for o e ' u omy coming from any side of the House. Tte 4 1 ; 1 Y:question at present before them was, whether the ; lance given were more than was necessary, consider dig the amount of business done. R A lr. COBDEN' wished ths House distinctly to under and re 'o hat v. as the difference between the financial re hnrreers on his side of r u e H o u se and those who celled ornselve s so, acting with the Hon. Member for Buck gilarashire* Theproposition of gentlemen oppositet h , that the country could no longer continue to pay j,„ ',awe salariee and wages. because it no longer en ate blessings of a corn-law.—(Hear, hear.) That C s the principle on which they proceeded; and the 116POsition of the Hon. Member tor Oxfordshire (Mr. h ee r i ieeys) was:sim they houldd the Ay r , Ass p— s made to y all their ss- that rvants, s her e whe in uce yearly hlthor weekly wages, and that they should not stop till ad come down to te very postman, who delivered e'ters h at 10s. a-week. No h w, it was here teat the financial t t e 'M o, 55 ers and the Protectionists partrel company, and be quite w illi ne t h at t h ey s h ou ld join issue on that subject ItAore the country; for what would be the result if the - use decl are d that the wages and salaries of all public l E ; Ta nts should be reduced? The Government was the D - g e st employer in the country. It had 8,000 or 9,000 g o t employed in the dockyards, and tens of thousands in°e t he post- office, besides an immense number of persons th other departments, and the proposition was that it °41(1 giv e the signal to the country of a universal and betltraltaneoue reduction of the rate of wages.—(Hear, ta s - , *) He had already pronounc©d that to be a war ei s -tt wages; and unless gentlemen were prepared to ke ' r il Y t out this principle in their own private eitablish f st Le wanted to know how in common justice or s 4 r "ess they could propose to deal with the Government In sets differently f r om th e ir own? If they meant sh 4t there should be a universal reduction of wages in till country, he would be no party to it. He did not tilt it was necessary; he did not think it was just, and f e e ,l i ti not believe it was practicable.—(Hear, hear.) . Su i t . f roue the commercial policy of this country disabling eh tor n Paying the same wages, or rendering labour t) ;°Ptr, he could positively say that in Yorkshire at no R ot ille r time had the people been so well employed, or 11,. 8 uch ample remuneration as at present.—(Hear, p ee ) And when they measured the earnings of the . p re P h ie by the comforts they enjoyed—by the . amount of era, a sieg power that the money they received for /41: : , 8 Commanded, it was found that never were the th ey teter of (Hear, bear)—while, so far from end t °ie' a tendency to reduce wages in Yorkshire, the en ett n „. eY during the last 12 months had been all the a nd `VaY. Whn there Fore, they argued that wages 4146 should be reduced because the country was surf er . I in g from our commercial policy, the facts were thp f fl at them. If the agricultural labourers were in a T h 7etit state from others, why not employ them? a el V,re Were abundant means of giving employment iu the 14,4caltnral districts if they only increased production, br ought in more capital to be expended on the land laps n oh !") — but let them not come to that House and w4t, or a reducti n of wages, on the ground that free trade hid 4 , failure, when all the facts went to prove that it eo u pueett singularly successful.—(Hear, hear.) He e l not, therefore, go in with a universal reduction of 14. e ,, hut was quite ready to juin with them in reducing eithlinate salaries, and making them more in accordance ih eni t ; he amount of labour performed. He would join te st i', 41 , Promoting by every possible way true retrench ,el 'tit he would never support them in giving what r e ,, a 7nst cull a spiteful, malicious vote, intended, in the be a k' t n,,iserabl e and petty spirit of retaliation, in order to I.free.trade unpopular in the country.—(Cheers.) ece n r. ' ) ISRAELI said these occasional conversations on th e s"°,l:e" seemed to create considerable disturbance on o euches opp os it e , an d th e i r occu p an t s a lways ap sekieti to b e i n a more excited state than those Mem b ers lie'rlcset on hi s s i de of the House.—(Hear, hear.) The th ere arable Member f o r th e W e st Riding had assured trtho ot the p rosperity of the country, and of t h e success ee sun . g r eat commercial changes which had taken place Th e gets that wer e h ar dly r e f e rred to before he rose. tlite r i" ° use would be glad, no doubt, to hear that the l'ari" with whi c h th e H onoura ble Gentleman bad a tlk te ' 4l3l entAry c onnex i on was i n a more flourishing there tha n some had been led to i mag i ne; b ut se tt• were other districts not in so flourishing a tiler an d wbe a t h e H onoura bl e G en tl e man told them Ila ve t : s a,..B no lack o f em pl o y men t f or labourers, he might kill s 'Jed the Hon. Member for Manchester if the i enes f that Hon. G en tl eman , w ho was one of the most sed elo eurotiln t employers of l a b o ur, w ere not at that moment no or (ilsar ) That was a circumstance, he believed, th e 1,11 isolated nature.—(Hear.) rte did not suppose te ett 7ernher f or M anchester was so d e fi c i en t in capital 146." should find it necessary to shut his large estab aed'ut, but he believed there was no doubt of the fact; eons? erta inly it w as a state o f things that did not at all for tilt, the d escr i pt i on g i ve n by the Hon. Member e(lnntr Nest Riding of the general prosperity of the tiro Y*--(llear, hear.) The Hon. Member had en tin "S Mist a k en the lirepursued on that (the Prot( c - He ti") s ide of the 110 - us'e p with respect to retrenchment. a .Th et ," l ', (l ; they called themselves finarcial reformers. v'ere'd n othing of the kind ; but he believed they wileal reformers—more so than the gentlemen tee eir ene e alied them se l ves b y that name. Wh at were t h e Oent mst ences of th e case? They f oun d di stress preen tenter; prepares thos e c l asses whom the Honourable Gentle teindit`T descrihei as th e mos t importitet, viz., the :a tie s le saes The agricultural middle class ea; in a c an ie v ery great distr ess —a fact which the Hon. res eted w leild not deny. But the middle classes coo ': s L d .istre s : e e it h commerce and manufactures were also in a I P e u stat li n:11on. e• An Hon. Gentleman s itting c los e to Member f or t h e West Ili ling had told the that h ee,oo o,ocoi they had lost the last year not less than (Hear, hear.) That being the cese, e t l e as tt s ti 4 , e ll a 'o.se around him, who represented the middle 1 a kit it to be their duty t ) support measures ever. "fl rational retrenchment, not foundee, how. 0 7 15 ° ,%,t 1 :1 0 0 8 narrow view that the Honourable Member t p 'Y hied t Riding had asserted as their sole basis; nevereleoehnloat brought forward any measure for re g:,,lB, hut en account of the distress of any particular eacount of the distress sf the middle classes The Ikuourable Member for Oxfordshire THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1850. and other Gentlemen had produced measures of reduc tion in fixed salaries, but the Honourable Member for the N'C'est Riding had on every occasion confounded wages lied fixed salaries. Because they had proposed reductions in tix , d sal4riea in consequence c f the altered state of dfairs in the country, he statod that they were att _eking w.4ge , .—(Hcar.) They were not attacking wages; taey were only saying this, that the country bring in an altered position, the paying power of the couotr3t being reduced, and the middle classes being in a state cf great distress, all fixed payments should un dergo the ordeal of a severe and well•considered revi• smut; but none of them said a word about wages.— (Hear, hear.) The Honourable and Gallant Colonel (Colonel Thompson) denied the distress of the middle classes; but had not his constituents lost a great deal of money? Colonel THOMPSON—G&ned a great deal; they were now in a bet!er condition than ever they were in their lives.—(A. laugh.) Air. DISRAELI—The Hon. and Gallant Colonel Lai maile a iagy, and he had given way with great pleasure; but had his constluents not lost by the railroads they heerd 80 in;mh of?—(O^, oh.) He would rejoice if it was not so; and to learn that what they were told the other night,-this there was not, a, la,rge town in the north of England that was not ruined by these railroada, V.;3S ric4 the act.—(llear.) Ho hoped that he had at least Putt the question as to the motives which influenced the gentlemen on his isid:t of the House on its fair ha•ia, and shown that they voted for rttrenehnient, cause the middle classes were not in a position in which they could endure those expensive establishavnts that in other circum , t tnces they were a•ccustomed to maintain. Mr. V. SMITH thought it very inconvenient t) be always running bank into the disputed que.tioa of free trade on occasions like the present. He thought that instead of the paying power of the country being reduced it had been increased; but, whether it was so or not, he thought that all public salaries should, from time to time, be considered with relation to the price of provisions. in his opinion, however, the time had not arrived for doing so, as they had not yet sufficient experience to guide them in that matter.— (Hear, hear.) He objected to the anomaly of the secre taries to the Treasury receiving as salaries 2,5001. a year, while 2,0001. a year was the amount allotted to the heeds of all those departments which had been recently establi.hed. These were questions, however, that would be considered by the Committee which had been ap pointed, and he therefore objected to any reductions being now made by the House. Mr. NEWDEGATE thought the House should not lose sight of what the real principle proposed by the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire was. The proposal of his Hon. Friend was, that as a great alteration had now been made in the cost of productions, mainly brought about by legislative enactmsnts, it was just to accommo date the remuneration of the public servants to the altered circumstances of the times; but he did not pro pose, as seemed to be imagined, a per-centage reduction. Such a proposal the lion. Member (Mr. Cobden) cha racterised as spiteful and malicious. Why was the Hon. Gentleman so tender on the civil service, and so severe on the naval and military? Was it that, looking for ward to future contingencies, he was afraid that he might yet lament to see in his own case that be was bereft of those great benefits that were conferred by the civil service? Or was it that the Hon. Gsntlema,n, under cover of retrenchment, was taking advantage of the coun try? Did he wish to protect the commerce of the country? He showed himself the other night an able advocate for pirates.(Hear, hear.) Was ho really so jealous of the greatness of this country that he wished to strike down her defensive establishments, and verify his own saying that it was time for them to break off singing " Rule Britannia?"--(A laugh.) One thing was clear, that he would never give his cordial co-ope ration towards reducing the salaries of those who, resi dent in this country, had reaped the full advantage of a reduction of prices.—(Hear, hear.) The smendtnent of'Mr. Forbes was then negatived, and the vote then ngrced to. A sum of 26,000/. was then agreed to towards defray. Lug the expeuse4 of the Home Department. THE FOREIGN OFFICE. On the next vote, of 71,0001 for the salaries and other expenses in the department of the Foreign-offics, Lord MA lION said there was one item connected with this vote to which he wished to call the attention of the House, and with respect to which a strange anomaly existed. He meant the system of pass ports granted to British subjects travelling to foreign states. He made not the slightest charge against the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary. He, like his predecessors, had found the system established, and had merely continued it; but he (Lord Mahon) wished the 11911S:', to consider whether great improvement might not be made in it. Happily and wisely, we re quired no passports here; but on the continent a dif ferent system prevailed. Foreign Ministers resident here granted passports to BrAish subjects, or passports might be obtained at the Foreign-office; but the former were supplied gratuitously, whilst the latter cost 21. 2s. 6 , 1.; and the result had been that out of the tens of thousands of British subjects proceeding is the con tinent very few, scarcely 200 or 300, procured them from the Foreign-office. At the same time many par sons thought it more desirable to travel under a British lather than a foreign passport, and the payment for it was evaded with perfect ease. If a person wished to travel to Madrid or Vienna under a British rassport he took a French passport as tar as Paris, and then ob tained gratuitously from the British Minister a passport to Spain or Austria. He thought, therefore, that the charge of 21 2r. 6.1. for a British passport here should be reduced to 4s. or 55., and the same charge might be made abroad. The result would be that a very large number of passports would he granted at the Foreign cffice. Until tOo system on the continent of requiring passports was altered we mast consider what course it was the most desirable tor this country to pursue as to granting them; but he was quite sure the Noble Lord would see that the present system was quite intlefenAble as to its Effect, and that in another session it might not ho unworthy of the consideration of a Committee of the House. Lord PALMERSTON admitted that there was an apparent anomaly in the arrangements of the Foreign ( ale as regarded passports, the expense being much higher than the amount, which was very trifling, if any, required by the Foreign Ministers; but his Noble Friend knew perfectly well that the sum for a British passport at the Foreign-office consisted partly of the stamp and partly of a fee, which went to the aggregate fee fund, from which part of the expenses of the office was paid. If the change which his Noble Friend suggested were adopted, and passports were given at the Foreign-office at a very small charge, the consequence would be that a great number would be applied for and a con siderable addition to the establishment of the office would be necessary, interfering very much with the business transacted there,. and being at tended also with considerable expense. As to the convenience to individuals, he was not sure there was a material advantage in a British passport; any person might.get a foreign passport, and if he wanted to change it for a British passport abroad he could do so on easy tesess. Considering the great number who started for the continent only to stay there for a short time, he did not see that any inconvenience arose from their taking a passport of a foreign minister. Mr. MIME thought it hardly consistent with the dignity of this country, which the Noble Lord was so anxious to upholri, that an Englishman should travel under fareign colours. He knew no man in that house who was more anxious to maintain the dignity and cha racter of England than the Noble Lord—(hear, hear)— aud yet on this point he allowed this strange anomaly. He (Mr. Fiume) wished the Noble Lord would tell the House how many passports were granted last year by the Foreign . race ? Mr. ROEBUCK hoped the Noble Lord would not an swer the question.—(A laugh.) It' there were no pass• ports every person would travel on an equality; and he wished that that was the case on the continent, as itwes lure. Travelling with the passpol tof the British S cre tray of State was supposed to be a great thing; the indi vidual went through all countrirs protected by the dig nity of England; and for 2/. odd he might have that passport. He wished alt our passports were entirely ebolished.—(Hear, hear.) Throughout the republics of America no passport was required, and we ought to set a similar example to Europe. Mr. COBDEN did not know whether any large am o u nt was brought to the fee-fund by passports granted at the Foreign-office. If there were he should be sorry to say anything to reduce it—(A laugh)—but his expe rience had taught him that the passport of the British Minister for Foreign Affairs was nut of more value than the passport of a foreign consul. Mr. V. SMITH observed, that if the suggestion of the Honourable Member for Sheffield were acted on, it might lead to great inconvenience to British subjects, and therefore the consideration should be, whether a better system of granting passports could not be adopted. As there appeared to be a general wish for the abolition of passports altogether, and as he understood there had been some neeotiation on the subject with France, be would ask the Noble Lord whether he had bad any com munication with any other Power of Europe, and whether there was any probability Of that most absurd system of passports being abolished? Lord PALMERSTON said he certainly had a very good reason for not answering the question of his Hon. Fiend the Member for Montrose, as he was not able to do so—(A laugh)—but he could say that a very 'small number of passports bad been granted at the Foreign office. As to the question of his Right Honourable Friend the Member for Northampton, there bad boon no communication made by her Majesty's Government to any foreign Government iu re gard to this matter, which peculiarly belonged to their own internal regulations. He did not know of any ground upon which we should be justified in aeking any foreign Government to dispense with re gulations which they adopted for their own internal pur poses; but certeinly, some time ago, there was reason to think that the French Government was going to recon sider there arrangements. He had not heard thet they had carried that intention into effect, nor had he heard that any other Government had any intention of ing ti.e v•tem of eassports. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether there was any p a ssport between this country an d Belgium.? Lord PALMERSTON believed •that passports cot tinned to be given. Lord M A HON said the system to which the Hon. Member for Sheffield referred still existed. but was leniently administered. l'assports were required, bat were not (len asked for. The Noble Lord, however, had not met the objection of the facility of evading the ex pense of obtaining British passports at the Foteign-offiee undar the present system. Mr. HUME called she attention of the Noble Lord to e charge of 22,000/. tor Queen's messengers and extra couriers. He thought, since the facilities of travelling by railway had been atbrded, that expense might b considerably reduced; though, certainly, his desire would be to reduce the number of dispatches.—(Laughter.) Lord PALMERSTON. said,• that both at home arid abroad considerable reductions had been recently made in the amount of travelling charges for messengers and couriers. Mr. ROEBUCK understood that English messengers travelled much more slowly than foreign messengers; and h had teen informed that the cease of it was, first, that Eng isla messengers were paid a certain mileage; and, next, that instead of travelling as other messengers and couriers did, namely, oa horseback, they travelled like gentlemen, in carriages. Lord PALMERSTON could assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that he was misinformed when he said that the British messengers were at all less expedi tious than the messengers of other countries. They al ways went by railway when that mode of travelling was available. otherwise they travelled in carriages. It was impossible they could carry their bags containing dis patches on horseback. As a proof of the. zeal with which these messengers rendered their services to the Govern ment of this country be would mention an instance in which a gentleman (for they were gentlemen) per. formed his duty on an occasion when it was required that he should make an extraordinary from One of the geeen's messengers, Colonel Townley, in order to carry a dispatch of very consider able importance from the Foreign-office to Constanti nople at the time when a question was pending between Russia and Turkey, was three d tys aid thre .1 nights in the saddle without qaitting it, and performed that jour ney in this worst weather and under the greatest possible difficulties. This showed that these servants of the public were willing to perform, and capable of performing duties, when req 'Aced of them, which one would think it was almost impossi'ele that any human being would be able to go through. lie (Lord Palmerston) was glad at having this opportunity r f doing justice to that excellent courier whose great exertions lie had mentioned, and whose zeal had not been surpassed ty any person who had been employed in that department of the public service. Mr. ROEBUCK had no doubt of the truth of the Noble Lord's statement; still he understood that while the distance between Paris and Madrid was performed by foreign couriers in five days, an English messenger always took seven days to accomplish the journey. He was informed also that an English messenger always took some person with him, who paid the expenses of the journey to the messenger, although that messenger was paid by the British Government. This was a sort of stigma upon the public service of England; and, at the same time, made it appear that our messenger system was used to subserve the private interest of individuals to the detriment of the public service. Lord PALMERSTON said it very often happened that it was of great advantage to the public service that the messenger should have some one with him. The messenger never allowed the bags containing the die . - patches to be out of his possession, and yet his presence was necessary at different places in order to show his passports, to hire horses, and so forth. It would be very difficult for him to do this and to carry his bags with him. He (Lord Palmerston) did not believe that the British messengers were slower travellers than the mes sengers of other countries. They were required to state the time of tbeir arrival at, and of their departure from, every place, and his impression was that the opinion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was not founded upon a true st Aia of the facts. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 37,4001. for the salaries and expenses of the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies was then agreed to. The vote of 43,0001., for defraying the salaries and expenses of the Privy Council-office and the Board of Trade was postponed. A vote of 2,000/., to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, and a vote of 24,1001. for the salaries and contingent expenses of the Postmaster-General, were agreed to. On the sum of 6,576/. being proposed to pay the salaries and expenses of the department of Controller- General of the Exchequer. Colonel SIBTHORP repeated his denunciation of the appointment of Lord Mouteagle to the office of Con troller of the Exchequer, as being one of the most corrupt jobs that had ever been practised. He (Colonel Sibthorp) had, however, done some good in moving for a return of the number of days the Noble Lord attended at his office, as it had been the means of making that Noble Lord more punctual in his attendance. Unfor tunately, the salary of the Noble Lord was not included in this vote, but was paid under an Act of Parliament out of the consolidated fund, otherwise he would have moved that it be deducted from the vote. He considered the whole of the duty of this department might be per formed more economically and satisfactorily by the Bank of England. He would not object to add 5001. a year to the salary of the Assistant-Controller, if it were taken from the salary of the Controller-General. Mr. HUME said the Hon. and Gallant Member might with great propriety propose to abolish the office of Assistant-Controller. [Colonel SIBTHORP.—" No: he is the best of the two."] But they could not touch the Controller-General, who held his appointment under an Act of Parliament. By abolishing the office of Assis tant-Controller they would be recognizing the principle that there ought to exist no office to which duties were not attached. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 2,7004 for salaries and expenses for the State Paper-office was agreed to. On the sum of 3,640/. being proposed to defray a por tion of the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, Mr. V. SMITH expressed an opinion that this vote ought not to appear in these estimates. In the report of the Committee in reference to the Ecclesiastical Com mission it was stated that it appeared that the duties per formed by that establishment were confined to the management of ecclesiastical property, and generally to the control of ecclesiastical business, and that the Com mittee were of opinion that the vote might fairly be de frayed altogether out of the funds of the Commission. On the 15th of March, 1844, the Commissioners agreed to the proposal for throwing upon the property intrusted to them such portion of the salaries as might be con sidered immediately connected with that property and the management of it. Now, he could not conceive what other duties the clerks who were mentioned in this esti mate had to perform, except what were connected with that property. Therefore the Commissioners had, in fact, assented to defray the whole expense of their estab lishment. Perhaps some arrangement might be made by which the payment of these expenses would be pro vided for in the Bill respecting the Ecclesiastical Com mission now before the House? Sir B. HALL concurred in the opinions expressed by the last speaker. He also complained that the Commis sioners had furnished no report for a considerable time. They were equally backward in making returns ordered by the House. The Commissioners were directed to make a return on the 2LI of this month, which they bad not yet complied with. The House of Commons knew nothing of what the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were about except this, that the episcopate body had spent 143,0001. in building their own palaces in eight dioceses, whilst only the miserable sum of 5,000/. had been appro priated in the same dioceses to the augmentation of small livings.—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY thought it only reasonable that this vote should be postponed until after the Ecclesia,tical Commission Bill had been discussed. The returns to which the Hon. Member for Marylebone had referred were returns with which the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners, as such; had nothing to do. The returns must be made from the various dioceses, aad their preparation would occupy considerable time. The vote was then postponed. THE POOR-LAWS. The next vote was 277,5001, to defray the expense of administering the poor-laws. Colonel SIBTHORP was of opinion that the new poor law had been productive of no benefit to the country. whilst it had aggravated the misery of the poor by shutting them up in bastiles. If there were any chance of suc ceeding he would propese to reduce the vote by 10 or 15 per cent.; but there was no chance of carrying a proposition for retrenchment in the face of a well-filled Treasury Bench, and such an array of " financial re formers" as he saw opposite These gentlemen on the hustings declaimed l ou dly as t o the necessity of reducing the expenditure by ten millions, but in the house of Commons they invariably supported Ministers in resist ing every practical measure of economy. Colonel DUNNE suggested that the salaries of au• ditors, schoolmasters and mistresses, and medical officers in Ireland should be defrayed out of the consolidated fond, as was done with respect to those charges in England. Mr. HUME, on the contrary, thought it would be a better arrangement to remove all those charges from the consolidated fund, and impose them on the unions. Mr. BRIGHT found that the two secretaries to the Poor-law Board—a Noble Member of that House (Lord Ebrington) and Mr. Nicholls—had salaries of 1,5001. a year each, whilst the President of the Board received 2,0001. The salary of the secretary appeared large in proportion to that of the president, and he thought that 1,000/. was enough for the former.—(A cry of Move.") Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND expressed a hope that the London board would continue to maintain some con trol over the medical department of the administration of the poor e laws, otherwise the sick poor would be ne glected. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY referred to the fact, that the large sum of 9,152/, was set down for the incidental expenses of the Poor-law inspectors. That was equiva lent to 7001. to each of those gentlemen, independently of their salaries, and would allow them nearly 21. 10s. a day for travelling expenses, if they travelled 300 days in the year. Mr. BAINES said that the two secretaries might be looked upon as representing the former Poor-law Board, the members of which had a salary of 2,000/. a year each. The expense of the old Board was 6,0001; that of the present one was only 5,000/. Allusion had been made to the Poor law inspectors. It was to the inspectors, who came in place of the former Assistant-Commis sioners, but discherged some additional duties, that the boards of guardians first applied in cases where advice was desired; end on them also devolved the task of mak hes inquiry when it was necessary for the central board to inform themselves on any question by means of an impar tie! authority. lie was certain that those who as members of boards of guardians rendered gratuitous and most efficient service to the country would be willing to bear their t simony to the services rendered by the inspec tors, whose duty it was to make the poor-1 aw work as well and harmoniously as possible, each in his district, and than whom there was no more valuable body of public servants. The item of 9,152!. for travelling and incident al expenses included the allowance made to in spectors for travelling expenses, the allowance at the rate of one guinea a day each for other expenses, and also the salaries of inspectors' clerks. Mr. SEYMER concurred in the remarks made by the President of the Poor-law Board with reference to the inspectors ; the guardians had only to complain that they did nut see them often enough. Mr. BAINES observed that an inspector, whenever a union expressed a wish for the presence of one, forthwith proceeded to the spot. Mr. BRIGIIT proposed to reduce the vote by the sum necessary to bring the salaries of the. secretaries down to 1,0001 each. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated aat there were two Secretaries, one in Parliament, the other not. The latter used to receive 2,000/. as a Commissioner, had served thirteen years, and now discharged duties as important for 1,500/. It would be exceedingly hard to deprive him of that amount ; a piece of more lase economy could not be proposed. The salary of the Secretary who held a seat in that House would corne'for consideration before the Committee on official salaries recently appointed, and pending the in quiry of the Com m i ttee i t wou ld not b e d ea li ng fairly with the office for the House of Commons to interfere. The Government were prepared to act on the recom mendations of that Committee when they were made. Mr. BRIGHT admitted that there was some force in the remark of the Right Hon. Gentleman, with refe rence to the salary in the second case being under con sideration of the Committee on Official Salaries. All gentlemen were &dart d efficient when their salaries , were made the subject of discussion. He should not divide the Hesse on ttia peepesiitio e . Mr. EVELYN DENISON recalled the attention of the House to the allowance of a guicet a-day given to each of the inspectors. He described it as a salary under another name. Mr. BAINES acknowitel4ed that the allowan ce teas really a part of salary. From the first it had been ar ranged that a certain portion of salary should be so paid. 'I he travelling expenses charged were the actual expenses of locomotion. Mr. MONSELL thought the charges for medical officers should be paid from the consolidated fund in Ireland, as in England and Scotland. Sir G. PECEIELL inquired why the judges of County Courts should be allowed only 15e. a day, when the Poor-law inspectors were allowed one guinea a-day? He did not approach the subject with the feelings he had on former occasion s h a d to express. He h a d not hi ng to say of mismanagement, for he was satisfied the pro ceedings of the Poor-law ho ar d were now con d uc t e d on a e g; and he trusted the President of thha v ecdo r uhl y oiotnahel differentrreditwto AoguiwlvdfeDonocontinu e to give the satisfaction he thought the allowance for me dical officers ought to be extended to Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that in 1846 it bad been arranged to pay certain charges for medical officers, &c., out of the consolidatel fund in England and Scotland, where the county police were not paid by the Government. But the cost of the constabu lary in Ireland was tzald out of the public Exchequer; for the year ending February last it amounted to 574,0001, having increased upwards of 90,000/. within the last two years. Colonel DUNNE observed that the police in Ireland ought to be reckoned as a military force. The expense of the poor-law in Ireland had much increased since the arrangement made in 1846. Sir R. FERGUSON reminded th e Ch ance ll or o f t h e Exchequer that a portion of the constabulary expenses had always been borne by the consolidated fund. The portion borne by local taxation had never exceeded 160,0001 or 180,0001 Mr. E. DENISON briefly supp orte d the view of the Hon. Member for Limerick, with respect to the payment of the medical officers of the unions in Ireland. Mr. BRIGHT did not think that Ireland was so badly used in this matter after all, seeing that last year 62.8004 was voted for the Poor-law establishment of Ireland, and only 35,000/. for that of England.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to a general local taxation, he be gge d to say t h at a thorough reform of the grand jury syst em wou ld en able Ireland to obtain areduction of that without coming to that House. Mr. MONSELL said that supposing the grand jury system were reformed, the only saving that could be effected by that means was upon the 1,100,000/ of grand jury cess—and of that sum the Hon. Member would perhaps be surprised to learn that the grand juries had the control over one-fourth only, the rest being compul sory.—(Hear, hear.) . Mr. V. SMITH wished to know what was the mea n i ng of the Irish Poor-law Board keeping an architect? Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that th e or d inary d ut i es of the architect were to visit and inspect the workhouse buildings; and at present there was a l arge num b er of additional workhouses in the course of ere c ti on . Mr. VESEY considered that hitherto the architect bad been a nuisance rather than otherwise, and he should be glad to see the office abolished. There was no suc h o ffi ce in connexion with the English Board. Sir. W. SOMERVILLE said,. that the cases of Eng land and Ireland were totilly different. In England the building of the workhouses was undertaken by the boards of guardians themselves, who employed their own architects.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ARK WRIGHT moved as an amendment upon the vote then under consideration, that instead of 13 inspeetors—eight at 700/. a-year, and five at 5001. a-year at ea 7 0 each, the numbera theyeareach, and shouid fibevereadt soul., dtomealkgbing a eight, viz., three reere duction of 3,500/. Mr. Alderman COPELAND felt it to be his duty to support the proposition, because wi'h the great diminu tion which had recently taken place in the value of pro perty, it was impossible that the existing taxation of the country could be supported.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. PRICE was aware that a strong opinion pre vailed in seme quarters in favour of a considerable di minution of the Poor-law Board in London; but in his opinion that board would be of little value, and would but ill perform the functions for which it was ap pointed, if it were diminished in any considerabl degree. Sir G. GREY said, that the Government originally proposed that the number of inspectors should be 12, but it was afterwards agreed by the House, upon the recom mendation of the Committee who investigated the sub ject, to leave the number to be fixed from time to time by the Government according as they should see fit. He hoped, therefore, that, without sonde better reason than had yet been urged, that arrangement would not be disturbed.—(llear, hear.) The amendment had been put upon the ground of economy; but he trusted that some other branch of expenditure would be found to exercise economy upon, rather than that the poor should be deprived of the security they at present enjoyed for the due administration of the law.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT could not consent to vote for the amend ment without some further information upon the subject. 13 inspectors were perhaps too many; but, on the other hand, eight might be too few.—(Hear.) Mr. BAINES said, that Mr. Buller had, upon mature consideration, Come to the opinion that fewer than 13 in spectors would be insufficient, and his own experience fully confirmed that opinion. Sir W. JOLLIFFE was not disposed to support the amendment, considering it necessary to have that efficient inspection, the want of which bad been a complaint especially prominent in the Andover Union inquiry. There were, however, many items in this enormous esti mate which he thought objectionable. For example, he wanted to know how m any auditors there were, and in what proportions the large item of 13,5001. was dis tributed among them. Mr. BAINES could not exactly say at the moment how many audAors there were, but the salaries varied from 250/. to 500/. per annum, according to the districts. The increase in the charge under this head, from 13,0001. to 13,5001, was occasioned by the expense of advertising the various audits. The Committee divided; the numbers were— For the amendment Against it 157 Majority -- Mr. Alderman SIDNEY then moved that the l2l vote, salaries of auditors in England and Wales, be reduced from 13,5001. to 5,500/. The smaller sum would furnish, sufficient for thoroughly efficient auditing. icelh ten auditors, a number qu it e ered that the a uditors w ere no t at at s 1 5 a 5 r1 01. 1. Bo y p t e ir r pNa a E i annum u : n Theyo e a received from 250/. to 5001. p er annu m each for servi ces occupying a great portion of the very laborio us , and involving many questions (f y ear,alegal character that required for their settlement considerable professional qualifications. Mr. Alderman COPELAND wished, betire they came to a division on the vote, to have in detail the amount of the salaries paid to the auditors. Viscount EBRINGTON could not at that moment re collect the number of a uditors—(flear)—but as long as he had had the honour of a seat K t the Poor-law Board the number had remained the same. Alderman SIDNEY said if the item of auditors was postponed The number of auditor s f or I re l an d, w i t h t h e number minor employes, were given, but no tiecou_no other c necessity for dividing the t was given of the n um b er of the rec i p i ents ofthis and if he receiv e d no better information than had been g i v en, he was a f ra i d he must divide the l of f , o clerks o O there 4; would and be e h n House. Mr. MILES approved of the office of auditors, but he thought the amount of their salaries ought to be given. Mr. HUME would vote for the striking out of this item, on the ground that each union ought to pay the expense of its audit.—( o b.) Alderman COPELAND said he would undertake to get efficient persons to audit the accounts of the unions for 80/. a year.--(Hear.) After a few words from Mr. SLANEY and other Hon. Members, fthe a auditors t set forth in the appendix, ho Mr. BUCK said it was the union charg es that were complained of universally. found Mr the ß NES sail, on looking o names and serv i ces full. The averages of the salaries of the auditors was 2701., and the number about fifty. Alderman SIDNEY said he found the n um b er o f auditors for Ireland was. s ix . If that n um b er was sufficient for Ireland, then fifty auditor s were too many and for England. Mr. BRIGHT remarked the Hon. Dlenaber (Alderman Copeland) had said he wculd get the accounts of each union audited for 501. each. But on looking at the number of unions, and the sums paid in the aggregate, be found that the cost to the country was not more than ' about 22/. per union.—(Laughter.) Now, though he was &ways willing to vote for the retrenchment of any thing superfluous, still he could not give his support to random motions such as certainly appeared to him to be that of the Hon. Alderman opposite. Colonel SIBTHORr said Hon. Members opposite gave a very singular support to her Majesty's Ministers in that House on these q uestions, which contrasted very oddly with their reform and retrenchment speeches rn the hustings.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) But wherever there was honey there would be found bees or rather drones.—(Laughter.) The conduct of Honourable Gentlemen opposite showed them to be as far as the principles of economy were concerned, mere shams end shadows. Every day he passed through the streets of the metropolis he met persons who cautioned him to beware of the traps of the Free-traders, who would, he hoped, some fine morning be caught in their own traps.—(Laughter) The Committee then divided, when there appeared-- For the vote Against it ... 56 Majority •.• ••• —125 Mr. W. MILES then called the attention of the Com• mittee to the charge for schoolmasters and sehoolmis . . treszes, and inquired whether the system recommended in 1846 was completely organized; whether a sufficient number of persona had been appointed, and whether the 811111 annually voted had been expended in the payment of their salaries? Mr. BAINES regretted that ho was not in a position to answer the questions of the Hon. Gentleman, as he had not given him notice of the questions. Great pains had been taken to increase the efficiency of the school masters and schoolmistresses, and every opportunity had been taken of making improvements in the schools. Mr. Alderman COPELAND did not think the ex planation satisfactory, and felt it his duty to move that the Chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Mr. LAW trusted the Hon. Gentlemen would not di vide the Committee, because it might imply a censure o f the distinguish e d President of the Poor-law Board, whose labours bad been so highly apprec:ated.—(Hear, hear.) If notice had been given he was quite sure the Hon. Gentleman would have explained all the particulars, as he had done on previous questions which had been put to him. Mr. MILES said hit intention was not to object to the vote, but to elicit some explanation. A sum of 35,000/. for e locating 56,000 n was most reasonable, and he did not think that any such sum could be more bene ficially' applied. Mr. Alderman COPELAND having withdrawn the amendment, the vote was agreed t The next vote was 35,000/. to defray the expenses of the Mint. Mr. I'fIOiI.NELY wished to know what had become of tke fl , rin—(Laughttr)—a.nd also whether it was in tenCe I to make a new issue of threepenny pieces, which were found so convenient to the retail trader? Mr. SHIM. said he had already stated the reason why the issue of the florin had been suspended, and that it was intended to issue the coin in another shape with the addition which public opinion appeared to require. —(Hoar, hear.) With respect to the smaller coin, instructions had been given that a large quantity should be coined. Mr. Alderman COPELA.ND wished to call the at tention of the Government to a matter of great import ance to the trading portion of the community who suffered severely from the circulation of base coin. It was only last week that the solicitor to the Mint re fused to prosecute a person Tor uttering base coin, when the magistrate thought proper to commit the party; and he knew many cases in which individuals had been pro secuted to conviction by the City authorities when the Mint had refused to proceed against them. This was a power which ought not to be vested in the solicitor to the Mint, and he trusted that the Attorney-General and the Master of the Mint would turn their attention to the subj , ct.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME wanted to know when the change recom mended in the Commission of last year would be car ried out? Mr. SHIEL said that no time would be lost in making the changes recommended by the Commissioners. Mr. LAW said the grievance referred to by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Alderman Copeland) was well worthy the consideration of the Government. The Mint was in a different situation to other public bodies, so far as prose cutions were concerned. Although a magistrate might recommend a prosecetion, the Mint might prosecute or not as they thought proper; and if, when they did pro secute, the expenses of the witnesses should be disallowed by the court, the Mint authorities could pay them out of a Government fund. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the practice was, that no Mint prosecutions should be instituted without the depositions being laid before the Attorney-General, and without the sanction of the Attorney General, and in all cases where penalties were inflicted the prosecu tions were instituted under the authority of the board. Mr. LAW said his remark applied to ordinary cases of misdemeanour. Mr. SHELL said that all the business of that kind had been transferred to the Solicitor to the Treasury, assisted by Mr. Powell. Alderman SIDNEY called the attention of the house to the case of a noted " smasher " brought before Mr. Alderman Farebrother on Saturday, in which the soli citor of the Mint declined to prosecute, and withheld evidence, but ultimately consented to do so on the ma gistrate committing the man. He hoped the Govern ment would not continue to connive, through their officers, at the escape persons detected in passing bad money. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Govern ment did not connive —it only hesitated to bring its weight to bear when there was no decided chance ot a conviction. It was, however, competent for the ma gistrate to commit them, and the parties aggrieved to prosecute. - Alderman COPELAND complained of the power vested in the solicitor of the Mint in the matter of such prosecutions. . Sir W. JOLLIFFE alluded to the inconvenience and expense entailed upon counties by the course taken in regard to persons accused cf passing bad money by the authorities of the Mint. The vote was then agreed to. 12,6781., for the care and arrangement of the public re cords, keepers' salaries, &c. Mr. A. HOPE protested against the vote, on the ground that their condition was not satisfactory. Some of them were kept in the Chapter House of Westminster, others in the Tower of London, others in the riding house at Carlton-ride, while the building erected for the purp)se was wholly insufficient. There was a fire-proof chest in every parish church in England; but on the Carlton-ride a policeman was kept as the only preserva tive against fire. It was a disgrace to the country. He should not, however, divide the House on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, had stated et an early period of the session that it was his intention to ask a vote to erect a building for keeping the records on the Crown estate. lie trustee, there fore, that the House would agree to the vote then before it. Colonel SIBTHORP said the records were at present in a worse state than they were forty years since. The vote was agreed to after a few words from Mr. HumE and Mr. F. MAULS. 10,994/ fur the salarie3 and expenses of the inspectors of factories. Mr. HUME said the vote was a reflection thrown upon mloufacturers, and he hoped it would soon be dispensed with altogether. Mr. BRIGHT said, whenever there was a Home Se cretary appointed, a near relative of his was commonly sent down into Lancashire as an inspector of factories, who was generally ignorant of the subject he was sent down to superintend. Such places should not be so dis posed of. It was not satisfactory. Sir G. GREY said, only one place had fallen in dur ing his tenure of office, and he had consolidated it with another, s) ea to mel t e o ne p e r s o n p er f orm the dut ies of both. Lord J. MANNERS considered that inspectors of factories were a great advantage to the working classes. The vote was then agreed to. 1,6101., salaries of certain officers in Scotland.— Agreed to. 6,4641., salaries of officers in the household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.—Agreed to. 24,2501., s alaries and expenses in the office of the Chief Secretary of Ireland. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said there was an item of 2,7011. for contingencies, which he thought required some ex planation. Sir G. GREY said it was almost impossible to state those contingencies in detail. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that the items were all specified in the appendix a the report last year. Major BERESFORI) thought that 3,0001. was a large sum for contingencies in such an office as that of the Chief Secretary of Ireland. The contingencies in the Home Secretary's office were last year only 1,8641. Colonel SIBTHORP observed that the salary of the Chief Secretary was 5,5004 He thought it ought to be reduced, and begged to move that 5001. be struck off. The Committee divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment 41 Against it Majority ... ... —ll5 The vote was accordingly agreed to, as also was the following, viz.:— 5,464/. charges and expenses of the office of the Pay master of the Civil Service in Ireland. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and ob tainedleave to sit again. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL proposed the insertion of a clause giving compensation to officers of the court after twenty years' service—the compensation not to ex ceed two-thirds of their annual salary. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. p e l s to e n s e u d m after y a s j h u o r r i t sd d i i c s t c i u on s s i ( o l n r The third reading of the Electio ns (I re l an d) Bill was * eland) Bill and other Bills were postponed. The Metropolitan Interments Bill was committed pro forma, and reported, with amendments. The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill was read a second time; and the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill was understood to pass through Committee. The Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill was passed through Committee and ordered to be reprinted. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ABBREVIATION BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. STANFORD rose and said, that though he con sidered this altogether an unobjectionable measure, he hoped the Hon. and Learned Attorney-General would consent to its being referred to a Select Committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —The Bill had come down from the House of Lords, and he could not, there fore, consent to the suggestion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The Bill was then passed through Committee and ported to the House. COURT OF PREROGATIVE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. KEOG H, this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Corn mit!ec. THE KILRUSH UNION. On the motion of Mr. P. SCROPE, the following ;Members were nominated a Select Committee on Kit rush Union:—Mr. Poulett Scrope, Sir William Somer ville, Sir Lucius O'Brien, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Monsell, Lord Na2t3, Mr. Stafford, Mr. ller bert, Mr. Fagan, Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Sir Robert Ferguson, and Mr. Clements. i'HE DERBY DAY-ADJOURNMENT OF THE - Mr. BERESFORD gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Thursday.—(Hear, hear.) The other business on the paper having been disposed of, the House adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Canada and the other North American Colonies, and also from the Governors of New South Wales and the Gold Coast. LITERAT URE. RAYMOND REVILLOYD. By („ace Webs Lr. 2 Vols. A multitude of complicted incidents and marvel lous adventures rill the pages of this nov e l. If t h e incidents are n o t of the most plet:smg, and the adven tures not of the most pr3bable clniracter possible, tile combination may nevertheless have attractions for those who, in works of fiction, prefer the startling and the " full of variety" to the natural and the truthful. CHAMBERS' PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE. Equally attractive without as it is excellent within, a little volume, in an amber-coloured binding, and containing eight articles of an instructive and inte resting character, has made its appearance, entitled, " Chambers' Papers for the People," and it is likely to share the fate of all Messrs. Chambers' publications, n3tnely, to be greatly admired and generally read. Among the articles in this first vrlurne of the new series are, " Ebenezer Elliott." " Leavts from tl.c <Emma' of a French Physician," " Education of the Citiz , ns," " Popullr Cultivation of Mv.sic," " The alraparte Family," and others. M. SCRIBE. Independent of the interest which his genius ex cites, so long as the higher drains is coesidered the most refined and intellectual entertainment of so ciety, no educated person can think of M. Scribe withent a real feeling of gratitude. His works in the original, or copied, translated, imitated, and too often travestied, defaced, and mangled, have amused the whole world from Paris to Constantinople, from St. Petersburgh to Messina. Nor has our English stage been the least benefited by the works of M. Scribe ; we could mention the name of a manager of one of our first theatres who states that, whenever he was in any difficulty for want of novelty, he always re sorted to the translation of one of Scribe's pieces, and always with the greatest success. He is the author of ten comedies in five acts, and of twenty in one, two, or three acts, all of the highest order, and given at the Francais ; and of 150 vaudevilles, given at the Gymnase, where he achieved his first triumphs. As a lyrical poet, he LI equally without a rival, whether for the number or the beauty of his libretti. He has written the poetry of forty grand operas and of one hundred comic operas. To these must now be added his libretto of the forthcoming Tempesta. In all, this extraordinary man has written 340 works, independent of his novels, such as "Piquillo Alliaga," &c. Although so hale and active, and possessing such a flow of spirits that he appears at least fifteen years younger, Eugne Scribe was born at Paris on the 24th September, 1791. Ills father was a silk mercer near the Pilliers des Hanes, in the Rue St. Denis. The lively wit of the future dramatist was discerned by all his friends at an early age, and his father, de.. sirous that the powers of his mind should have ample means of development, placed him at the great College of Ste. Barbe. Whilst there, however, his father was ruined by the revolutionary wars, and when, at 18 years of age, Eugene Scribe left college, he was an orphan, and wholly destitute of fortune. Fortunately, he found a kind guardian in his relation, M. Bonnet, a celebrated barrister, and the legal defender of Ge neral Moreau. This gentleman destined his ward to the same profession as himself, and Eugene Scribe, therefore, betook himself to the study of the Roman law, having for his " grinder" no less a personage than that celebrated jurist and politician Dupin the elder, later his colleague at the French Academy, and, at this moment, once more President of the French Legislative Chamber. But in all studies the legal fact that was most deeply impressed on Eugene Scribe's mind was, that at *2l a young man is master of his actions ; and having reached that age, his pas sion for the drama having absorbed all other tastes, he determined to renounce the law, and to live free and independent, and to owe nothing but to the labour of his pen. The latter resolution he has nobly kept, for in France, in spite of his long career, M. Scribe is cited as a very rare example of a man who, although courted by high and low, never solicited nor accepted of a place or a favour under the numberless Govern ments and administrations which have succeeded each other in his unfortunate country. Justly, therefore, is he entitled to the crest ho has assumed—a pen, with this motto, " Inde Liber et Felix" (hence free and happy). Shortly after reaching his majority he began his dramatic career by writing a vaudeville for the Gvmnase, that favourite theatre of the old House of Bourbon, where even now there remai❑ the traces of that peculiar wit and eleg►ance, that parfum de noblesse et de bonne soeiet(', which distinguish alike the letters of S6vign6, and, although in a man lier and more philosophical form, the works of M. Scribe. The refinement and elevation of the aspi rant's first vaudeville naturally led to his being en gaged to write fur the Theatre Francais., where he showed himself, in an age successively disfigured by the exaggerations of romanticism and the still more loathsome doctrines of Socialism, a worthy successor to Moliere. To describe M. Scribe's career and the progress of his successive works would demr.nd a volume. The result, in the rewards he enjoys, how ever, it is gratifying to state. lie has received every species of honorary decoration ; be is a Commander of the Legion of Honour, and has received crosses from almost every Sovereign in Europe. lie is a member of the famous Quarante de l'Aeadcnzie. Although he derives no profits from his works out of France, he has acquired, by labouring at his pen for many years from five in.the morning to seven in the evening, a noble independence. At his elegant villa at Meudor, near Paris, or at his larger domain in the provinces, he spends his life amidst his family and friends, send ing forth constantly new stores of amusement to the world at large, and not forgetting to do substantial good to the smaller circle around him. Thus loving work and retirement, equally esteemed as a private individual and as a public character, M. Scribe pos sesses gifts of fortune which they who best know him most deeply feel that he well merits. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Thar-Admiral Austen,. C. 8., the Commander-in- Chief of the East Indies and China station, hoisted his flag on board the Amazon, 2G, Captain E. X. Trou bridge, on his arrival at Penang, April 6th. He ar rived at Point de Galle on Good Friday, after a very favourable passage, during which he met with the greatest attention. The Gallant Admiral just missed the Medea steam-sloop at Point de Galle, and em barked in the Peninsular and Orient a l Company's steamer I3raganza for Penang, having been compli mented with three cheers from the Precursor on leaving that vessel. The gallant officer and all her party were in good health and spirits. The court-martial that was to have been held on board the Victory, on the boatswain of the Birken head for drunkenness, was deferred till to-morrow (this day). Ajax, 60, screw steam-ship, Captain Quinn, was shifted to the moorings of the King's-stairs yesterday morning, for the purpose of having her compasses ad justed by Mr. Thompson, master of the Victory. Diligence, transport, Tozer master, arrived at De vonport on Saturday, with stores from Deptford and Portsmouth. . DOCKYARD BRIGADES.—The Portsmouth Dock yard Brigade commence their regular drills this week. In consequence of their not having had their intended drills last week, there will be four drills this week, and two in every succeed ing week. The Admiralty have so cut down the ex pense of drilling that the exercises are a mere farce, a great many of the drill-sergeants having been dis charged. It would be much better if the Admiralty were to disband the men at once. CAPTAIN SIR JouN Ross's EXPEDITION.—We are sorry to learn from our Stranraer correspondent that the Felix , Sir John Ross's vessel, went to sea from Lochryan in a sad state of disorder, from the continued drunkenness of the crew during the whole of the time the vessel was in the Lock. The sailing master had drank himself into a state of insanity, de lirium tremens, and was in his bed ; the mate was little better, perhaps worse, for he was furious with drink ; and the whole of the crew were much in the same state, and positively refused to weigh the le anchor or make sail on the vessel. This had to be done by the crew of the steamer and some parties from Stran raer, who wished to accompany Sir John out of Lochryan. On reaching the anchorage off Cairn down e e hadtheLt eochhe, usedt h ern: o n insisted prevent r upon Y4n' anchoring, fivemiles an and force their doing so. This gallant old officer, however, is a man of firm nerve, • Com mander Phillips, showed equalcooalnnde'ss with determi nation under those difficult circumstances. He had the ell vesselconfidencewas in his management of the crew once h fairly clear of Lochryan. We believe —at least, so our correspondent says—that Mr. Abernethy, the master, and several of the crew re pent«l the engagement they had entered upon, and would have detained the vessel had it baen in their power. They were particularly anxious to know what security they were to have for their wages when they returned ; but this was a point upon which Sir John could give them no satisfaction. It, would not much surprise us to hear that this voyage svas not prosecuted.—Herald. STRANRAER, MAY 24,—(Frem our own Corre spondent )—Between ten and eleven o'clock last night, Sir John Ross, with Commander Phillips, l e f t Lochryan on his hazardous e nterprise. The FeliY,, with her tender in tow, was touted out of the loch by one of the Stranraer steamers. This yacht, or tender, or whatever she may be called, is a decked boat of about twelve tone, built on the Norwegian mode', and is more likely to prove an encumbrance than an as sistance to the gallant officer ; should the Felix en counter bad weather before rear wing the ice, the boat will in all probability have to be cut away. The special licenses from the Board of Customs had not ar rived from London before the nailing of the vessel. She is, therefore, liable to be (lets fined; but there is no chance of such an occurrence.--Shipping Gaze*. ----- RLYMOUTU, MAY 25.—The Comet steamer CAM! in yesterday from Portsmouth, and went up harbour. The crew of the packet Seagull were paid wages at the Pay-office in the docky, ard yesterday, and the brig afterwards sailed for Falmouth. The emigrant-ship William Stevenson, Captain Williams, which left Gravesend on the 18th, arrived in the Sound on the 21st, end is appointed to sail for the Australian colonies to-morrow, the 26th. She is chartered by Messrs. Gull and Wooley, and has about 63 intermediate and 12 steerage passengers, besides whom there are three matrons and 60 young needle women, embarked under the auspices of the Hon. Sidney Herbert. Some little dissatisfaction occurred among them at the commencement of the voyage, but having been accustomed to the difficulties of a sea life, they are now quite reconciled, and express themselves contented with their accommoda tions, which are ample, there being nine feet between vi decks, and with their prosion's, which are good and abundant. They were on Satunlav visited by there clergymen, the Hey. G. C. Childs, Dr. B-sley, and the Rev. E. Bittleston. who were accompanied by Mrs. Hinton Smith, Miss Baron, and Miss Lawrence, a deputation from the Felnale Emigrants' Society. The your g women appeared to receive with gratitude the religious advice and mural instruction given by their benevolent visitors, whom they rluested to communicate to the Hon. Mrs. Herbert and the com mittee in London their sincere Lcknowledgment for the valuable help afforded them in leaving their rative land. The master has had seine difficulty with his crew, and has had to engage seven men here in the place of seven who had been imprisoned for insubor dination by order of the magistrates. The William Stevenson has patent fuel, malt, wine, and a general cargo for the colonies, whence she proceeds to Callao to load guano for England. Wind, S.W., blowing strong. WooLwicn, Mir 27.—The Wasp, staam-vessel, on the stocks at Deptford Dockyard, is to be launched to-morrow (Tuesday) shortly before high water. The Desperate steam-sloop went down the river on an experimental trial on Saturday last, under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, and Mr. Humphrys, chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, went in her to witness the working of the engines. Several of the officers studying steam were on board,with the Messrs. Maudslay, who constructed the engines of 400-horse power. On arriving at the measured mile below Gravesend she ran once up and once down, making the first run in 5,58 minutes, and the second in 6.50 minutes. giving an average speed of 9.434 knots per hour. The engines made 34- revolutions per minute, and the speed of the screw was 72.45. The Desperate returned to Woolwich in the afternoon, and when ready is to be taken to Sheerness. The Sampson steam•frigate is to have a day's trial betwixt the Nore and Mouse lights to try her new boilers before she is taken to Sheerness as an advanced war steamer. THE DELAYS IN CHANCERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Having observed from the different London papers, that the Court of Chancery is again closed, as it has been, more or less, for some terms past, I beg to ask, through the medium of your valuable paper, for the satisfaction of myself and many other victims to the dreadful delays in this court, if his Lordship is likely to take his seat at all this term ? Should his Lordship be still indispsed, and not able to take his seat, does it follow that all business should be suspended, and that suitors, after having proceeded with cases at the expense of some thousands of pounds, should be put off from year to year, extend ing over a period of twenty years (as in my case) what might be settled in a few hours ? Is there no remedy F—l am, Sir, yours, &c , A VICTIM TO THE DELAYS IN May 25, 1850. CHANCERY. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—take 9 to 2 6 to 1 agst Mr. Bastard's Mildew 13 to 2 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher —taken 15 to 2 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger —t freely 8 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford—taken 15 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Nutshell—taken freely 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gannon's Deicoon 40 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Captain Grant—taken 1,000 to 20 apt Mr. Merry's Brcnnus 50 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo 4,000 to 60 agst Mr. Moseley's Alonzo—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Major Martyn's The Swede—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Gurney's St. Fabian —taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Dixon's Blarney 1,000 to 10 agst Count Bath) any's two—taken 1,000 between The Swede and St. Fabian 1,000 to SOO Cariboo apt Mayors 1,000 to 10 laid five Lim( s that Deicoon starts Bolingbroke was very steady throughout the afternoon at 4 to 1, the slightest advance on which would have been taken in many qu irters; was also firm, and large sums were laid out on The Nigger at 8 to 1 and 15 to 2; on Pitbfurd at 8 to 1; and on Nutshell, at 25 to 1. Clincher one moment was at 9to 1, laid three or four time:, but " came agair," and closed at 13 to 2. Voltigrur also improved; ditto Ghillie Callum (on an outlay of nearly 1,0001. at 30 to 1), Deicoon, and Captain Grant. Of the extreme outsiders, St. Fabian and The Swede were most in favour. The Italian was hacked at 25 to 1, in hundreds, and in ten minutes after was at 1,000 to 10! It is doubtful if tither ho, Mayors, Blirney, Sir Charles, or Python will start. OAKS. No bottinir worth quoting, TROTTING EX fRAORDINARY. The match for 501. a side, between Mr. Johnson's Jackey and Mr. Porter's American horse Tinker, to trot five miles in harness, which was fixed for Monday last, at Sunbury-common, attracted a largo number to that well-known locality. They were, however, destined to disappointment, for an intimation was given by the m t h o °; Immense in the fol lowing police authorities that they should interfere to prevent the match coming off. Accordingly Friday was agreed on, and the venue changed to Southall, on the Uxbridge road, whither an immense concourse of equestrians and charioteers wended their way, behind and outside all sorts of quadrupeds, the Red Lion being the rendezvous. Umpires and a referee being chosen, the nags . were brought our, harnessed to light match carts, Tinker being driven by Paget, while Mr. Bartley tooled Jackey. Shortly afLer half- past four the horses leftthr 'tat Ling-post, two of Frodsham's chronometers, locked in their . boxes, having been adjusted for the purpose of keeping time, whereon considerable sums depended. .Tinker . got first well into stride, and obtained a lead, which 11!) increased to about 50 yards by the end of the first mile, Jackey t d h. r e e drew e ti o p oo t d o him.m waitingmile, '.l. hh ` t i oa i n n l 1 Tinker f . Jackey e iel y w ke : e y e n t ahtsmel they came h, i t .atoel slightly drewiest t i e l ien hill,g} ypwposha7cederheei. ap plause accompenied this sharp trial for the lead ; the struggle ended by Jackey gradually ." forging a-head, whil the " ould horse" broke twice, and threw his chance all but out. Ire went in to the third mile, and was pulled up. Bartley had now " Old Time only to deal ‘‘ith,—generally the toughest of eustom e r e , an d on e who'll beat all things, if they try to keep going long enough. Heavy bets were dependent, at evens, ou t he winner covering the distance in 16 minutes and 151 m inutes, 6 to 4 as:ainst his doing it i n 15i minutos, aild 4 to 1 against 15 minutes. The last-named time, t Upwarils of 600/. changed hands. Th how ever, was cleverly beaten, with 20 seconds in hand ! The fi ve miles were spl e ndidly trotted in fourteen hminutesau ish forty e only m seconds. i (I, surpassing this in English ie of driver road steers i n 26 1 minutes that llr i wteo, 1 trotting that of Lady wonderful liseeolounn m are dsel o . w , To w hv where r eightw p e o r et h e e same m s of Jackey declared his intention of declining all match. making with his animal henceforward. PEDESTRIANISM AT MANCHESTER. THE MATCH TO WALE 21 MILES IN THREE HoU RS. —This arduous undertaking, as most of our readers know, had its origin in a bet of 1001. between two Man chester sporting men, the ono posting his " cool hun dred," condi t i one d t h at h o wou ld find a man, within a month, who should walk fair " too and heel" twenty-one . times over a measured mile, and the other maintaining " wiag-tuoted old a v n ie o t p o i r n ia io a n o t n ou b t eh e a u lf eo o t f an t i h ir e e, by posting his five score the . opponent of gentle man." Temperance was applied to by mat ters cf speed of the . s•akes na ( c 2 l o ° o l 7.; " time " as t d h e a nmdo stamina,st experienced and that the individual lppesrws ?, Ipswich in ha personage these nt Phenome non, once evening; I confidently named "Old Smith," .. e the (vet) u , non, as the pedestrian to n n o l llr'Theednwl 1e eh Post-office doachieve ee Yv Hotel, Manchester, last, at the p w th e ed m p a e d r e for g m oo a d nce o . stakeholder. A , number of the " Lon present on Saturday, at Bellevue house w of s division'i thelr . ti Bake,ewa were rset t went e4notn oftti time . e a . t T a h n e pedestrian extraordinary(a t ( attended Bellevue ground, where (upon the half-mile course) Old Smith appeared at half-past 12. in racing trim. 'rile betting oa Temper ance) m s iles in SS minutes; up to the fourteenth unabated, fourteen miles being completed two minutes fifteen seconds. Up '0 ii :I t bn h oyi : e t, ev,p g r. ao r i cnoegu hours,n sw d e ,a l woe a n s l e s s this time no man ever walked better, if so well, at least, no recorded time approaches this performance. But " tt 0 pitcher gceth too often to the well," and " the much proved cord will break with what it stood in trial," aro proverbs not less muay than true. At the turn of the fifteenth mile Smith was visibly in distress, and his pace decreased with each succeeding 140 yards. Temperance did his best to refresh and cheer him, but " a leak" had sprung somewhere, and the steam was "blowing off." At the end of twenty miles two hours fifty•four minutes had eNpired, and the " ould on" gave in dead bent, to his own loss and severe m ortification. As " losers have leave to speak," the usual amount of suspicion was ex pressed as to the genuineness of the pedestrian's exer j tions. 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