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Supporter of the new Government succeeded to the office. lite must say it was his firm conviction that had not that most unjustifiable cancelling, and that appoint anent taken place, they would not have had to deplore that disastrous chapter in the history of India—the re cord of the calamities of the Affghan war ; had Lord Beytesbury been allowed to proceed that war would, he believed, never have occurred. It behoved the house, therefore, instead of weakening and rendering null the power of the Court of Directors as a check on the Board of Control, to maintain and strengthen it, at least so far as to allow time for a remonstrance against any ill-advised step. It was impossible that the nominees should not have a bias in favour of those by whom they were appointed ; the court would act more and more every year under the in fluence of party feeling, and ultimately the interests of a remote people would be made to kick the beam in com parison with political considerations. They were not without an example at that moment of what a powerful minister, backed by a strong party, might do when he thought it his mission to crush a particular interest. They had only to look at the succession duty for a proof of this. (Ironical cheers from the ministerial benches.) He did not wish to see any such power as that introduced into India. (Hear, hear.) Though open election was liable to many objections, he preferred it to the proposition before the committee, and he should vote for the amendment as one means of opposing the bill. Mr. J. PHILLIMORE would vote for the clause as proposed by the Government, because he preferred a no minee of the Crown to a nominee of the East India Com pany. The most distinguished men in the service of India had refused to undergo the fatigue and humiliation of a canvas for a directorship. Had the hon. baronet forgotten the case of Mr. Morris ? When the hon. baronet spoke of the directorship being bestowed on eminent services, he (Mr. Phillimore) said the reward had been given, not to the most eminent servants, but to those who, like the heroes in the Dunciad, could dive deepest through the mud. Mr. MARJORIBANKS said, he regretted the allusion of the hon. and learned gentleman rendered it necessary for him to trouble the house with a few words, not for the purpose of depreciating the services of Mr. Morris, a civilian of standing, of much ability, and of great local knowledge, whom he knew and esteemed, and of whom he would not say one word of disparagement, but on his own behalf and in vindication of the recent election. No one had attempted to controvert the opinion of Lord Ellen borough, which had been borne out by the recent evidence Wore the committee on Indian affairs to the fullest extent, that English gentlemen, by which English gentlemen with out Indian antecedents must be meant, must be admitted into the direction if they wished to preserve its tone. If the hon. and learned gentleman granted the correctness of that opinion he must admit that the recent election af forded a fitting opportunity to carry it out, 15 years having elapsed, and 17 elections having taken place since the ad mission of such a person into the board. (Hear, hear.) He could not approve the system of nomination by the Government, nor (as we understood) that proposed by the amendment. Mr. PHILLIMORE having explained, and said that he objected to the system, but was sure a better selection than the hon. member could not have been made, Mr. T. BARING said, that his convictions with respect to the course taken by Government were so decided he must trespass for a few moments on the house, but before he did so he must say that an hon. member, bearing a name so familiar to every East India proprietor as that of the hon. member who had just spoken, needed no excuse for being elected, nor did the proprietors require any apology-for his election. The name had been honoured in Indian affairs, and the services of the late Campbell Marjoribanks gave every relative a claim upon them. (Hear.) It was de sirable for the house to recollect that the origin and cause of this clause of the bill was the assertion in evidence that the length of canvass militated against distinguished ser vants in India seeking for places at the board on their return home. The hon. baronet said their objection arose from a morbid sensitiveness which he could not entertain, and it might be so in the case of an Englishman, but when a man came over here after 25 years in India, with a high reputation, and a name known to the world, he did not like to undergo a canvas which would last five or six years. The next point was, to see how the change proposed would work in the most harmonious way. He thought any gentleman would rather sit in the di rection, knowing he enjoyed the confidence of both the directors and the Crown, than if he felt he entered merely as a nominee of the latter. (Hear, hear.) The house would, by the adoption of the proposal of the right hon. gentleman, destroy the line of demarcation which must exist when gentleman were sent in by the Crown as its separate organs, and which was looked on with the jealousy of a distinct body. His anxious hope was that the Government, seeing the general feeling of those who wished to remedy the defects of the administration of India to adopt any plan that could be suggested to them, but not a, clause which changed the whole principle on which the Court of Directors was founded, would take into consideration those views ; and if it was, as it must be, their only object t o i m p rove th e Court of Directors, without throwing into its composition an element of discord, or planting in itlthe seeds of decay, he trusted they would be disposed to adopt some suggestion such as that which had been made them. (Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM could assure the hon. member he did no more than justice to the motives which actuated the Government with respect to the point they were now de bating. They had no object—they could have no object, but that for which he had given them credit—namely, to promote by the arrangements they were now making the security and harmony of the Board of Directors. Their sincere desire was to take ample security by this bill for the most efficient and independent body exercising no di rect power, but exercising that moral influence and con trol which, by reason of their knowledge of Indian sub jects, they must necessarily possess. The hon. member seemed to think it was possible to increase the powers of the government by nominating a certain number of. per sons to the board. They could not desire, as a govern ment, any more power than they already enjoyed. Their powers were as large as the most ambitious ruler could wish, and the power of riding India was totally vested in the Board of Control for the time being. The influence of the Court of Directors was a moral influence, and just as they added to its ability and intelligence they increased that moral influence. Therefore, so far as related to di rect power, the Government asked for no addition by no minating members to the Court of Directors. His hon. friend laboured under great misapprehension if he thought any power was given by the bill to remove the nominees of the Crown at the pleasure of the Crown. So far, from that, the words used in the clause were taken from the act appointing the County Court judges, who were appointed, not during pleasur e , b u t during good be haviour, and there must be some power of removal under peculiar circumstances. If he mistook not, the Court of Proprietors had now the power of removing in case of inability or misbehaviour, and if the Crown was to nominate, it must have the same power in cases to warrant its use. The hon. member opposite had used some strong expressions as to this bill, which he called a rash and illusory measure. But what was the course he would adopt? He proposed more extensive changes than those proposed by the Government. He agreed that if there was any one point as to which all the evidence they had heard was conclusive and unanimous, it was the sys tem of canvassing now existing. (Hear.) It was the weak point of the present system. It the first place, as was justly observed by the chairman of the Indian Com mittee, it was quite certain that many of the most distin guished servants of the Crown returning to this country after a long absence, with acquired tastes, feelings, and habits quite of an opposite description to those prevailing here, could not be induced to undergo a canvas such as was necessary under present circumstances ; and, again, he was sorry to say, he was convinced that, though there might be exceptions, there was in connection with the present amount of patronage a system of promised patron age, which, he must say, threw some discredit on the Court of Directors itself. It was necessary to put an end to that system of canvass, and to strike at the root of the evil by diminishing the amount of patronage. He was certainly of opinion that there was great force in the obser vation made by his hon. friend the member for Kidder minster, founded on the assumption made by the late Pre sident of the Board of Control—it was impossible to dissemble the fact—it was vain to do so—it would be wrong to do so—that the time was inevitable when the present system of government in India must cease—when the government must be carried on as a single govern ment, in the name and in the hands of the Crown, and when the double system of government must terminate. He stated it truly and unquestionably—the longest period that could elapse before the change took place was 20 years. At the conclusion of the time the present system of election by the proprietors to the Court of Directors must necessary terminate. (Hoar.) He stated, when he addressed the house on the second reading, that it had more or less of an experimental character. If it was suc cessful—as he hoped and believed it would be—he had no doubt it would remain for the next 20 years without any material change ; but if, on the other hand, it should not succeed, he was sati s fi e d t h e next change would be the sub stitution of a single government by the Crown for the system of the double government. In 20 years the go vernment must be exclusively in the hands of the Crown— that change might be anti c ip a t e d , and it mig ht become necessary, owing to circum s t ances, to assume it an early period, and the great object of the Government and of the Legislature which had to deal with it was to make the in evitable change as little conclusive in its nature, and as easy as legislation could render it. He believed that was the effect of the clause. He believed the introduction into the direction of a small number of directors, nominated by the Crown, would form the nucleus of a body which would be the council of the sole Minister nominated by the Crown. Then came the question—how would the new direction. work ? He thought it would work well ; he did not be lieve it would be a discordant body. It was quite tru e , as had been said by an hon. member behind him, that it was impossible for one who had served for several years in India not to have a community of feeling and habits, and not to entertain common views and common opinions with those who were connected with the same country; and, though one portion of the new board was formed of nomi nees of the Crown , and another, and the larger proporti on was derived from the proprietors, still he thought, when bled at the board, there would be such an they assem ble d eunlitof position, suc ha perfect uniformity of past . habits and feelings, that there would be nothing of differ ence b e t w een them. He considered that it was open to discussion, when they arrived at a subsequent clause, whether six years should be the term of service, or whether it should be prolonged to 10 years. That was a subject open to consideration, but he would point out that a pro longed period of service would diminish the objection en tertained to the expected favour on the p art of the Crown, for the s am e p erso n would not, in all probability, b e at the he a d o f th e B oar d o f C o ntrol at the end of six yea , and, judging from experience, he should say that in poli tical affairs expectation of future would prove a stronger motive than recollection of past favours. He must say, that alth oug h the question was of an embarrassed and difficult character, looking at the circumstances of the case, and ca refully weighing the conflicting opinions, he certainly thought that , for the reasons he had Government stated, the Proposition of the was the one which he h o p e d the commit tee would adopt, and he did not anticipate f rom i t an those evil s w hi c h h o n. gen tlemen hod prophesied, yof but, strongly of opinio n th a t from toile the contrary, he was more evil was to be apprehended tha n of self-election on the part of the Crown, particulail froln any v when that nomina nomination tion devolved upon a minister himself responsible to Parliament. (Hear.) had mr. BRIGHT sa id th a t the baronetrightheonbe.r combated the proposition of th e h on. tamown•ioti eNmobrtehrs ampton with the very argum en t used by h who had opposed the Government me asure . to the amendment of the hon. membe r for Northamrepgt a o r n d , he thought that he had made the matter wors e th an the Government proposed to make it already. If he had moved that the 18 were to be chosen as the 24 were now, it would, in his opinion, have been better. Strong as hi s objections to the bill were, he felt bound to vote for some of its provisions, because lie was afraid that some of the opponents of the measure would, by.their so-called amend- 1 meats, make it, if possible, worse. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Nowdegate, Mr. Mangles, and Mr. Hildyard, The committee then divided. The numbers were, — For the original motion ... ... 193 For the amendment ... 111-82 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. B..IGHT ad dressing the house, but, amid the noise following a division, we could not collect any of the hon. gentleman s remarks. Mr. HUME wished to ask the right hon. b Ironat the President of the Board of Control whether it w ,uld not be better at once totally and entirely to abolish the Court of Directors than nominally to retain it, but by the power of appointment on the part of the Crown virtually to destroy its independence and its efficacy. If anything had ever been more distinctly pronounced than another, it was the declaration of the right hon. gentleman (Sir C. Wood) in favour of the system of double government. But the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty had told them quite a different thing. The house ought, therefore, to know what was really intended to be done, the speeches of the two right hon. gentlemen being in direct opposition to each other. Sir J. GRAHAM did not apprehend that what lie had said, having been supported by a majority of the commit tee, deserved to be marked with such strong marks of re probation as were implied in the speech of the hon. mem ber for Montrose. His (Sir J. Graham's) earnest desire was to maintain a double government ; at the same time he could not shut his eyes to the fact on which the right hon. gentlemen the member for Stamford dwelt—that the time must come, and that probably at the expiration of 20 years, when the system of a double government must cease. It was wise, therefore, to make preparation in time for that inevitable alternative. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY moved the insertion of the fol lowing words in the same clause:—" That on or before the first *ednesday in the month of April, 1854, the 15 direc tors hereafter appointed to meet and act as the Court of Directors shall prepare a list of 12 persons whom they shall deem best qualified to act as directors, and who shall have been 20 years at the least in the service of the Crown in India, or in the service of the said company in India ; and it shall be lawful for her Majesty, out of the said list of 12 persons," &c. Sir C. WOOD objected to the amendment, because it restricted the eligibility to 20 years' service, when the per son to be elected would certainly be disqualified by age, and because there was no provision for the removal of di rectors. He was opposed also to any interference with the nomination of the Crown. After a few words from Mr. HUME, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he had no objection to adopting a period of 10 instead of 20 years' service. Mr. T. BARING considered that Parliament had de cided to leave the nomination to the Crown, and reconi mended the hon. baronet to withdraw his amendment. The amendment was then negatived without a division. In line 38 of the same clause, Mr. RICH proposed t o amend it by substituting for the "one" director, who is to be appointed for the first period of four years, the word " two," and also generally to amend the periods of service to three, six, and nine years. Sir C. WOOD objected to the amendment on the ground that it would render it necessary that the elective directors should be elected for no shorter period than nine years, which was more than double the time for which they were elected at present. Mr. BRIGHT thought that the clause before the com mittee ought to be considered in connection with a subse quent clause, which made directors eligible to seats in the House of Commons. The clauses in conjunction would destroy the independence of directors. What he wanted was, that directors should be elected for a fixed period— say eight to ten years—and be not eligible to re-election. If the clause should pass as it now stood, he would pro pose the omission of the clause allowing directors to be members of the house ; for if there should be three or four elected directors, and five or six nominees of the Crown in that house, an independent member, on bringing forward any question connected with the Indian Government, would have to encounter not only the hon. baronet the member for Honiton and the President of the Board of Control, as at present, but the fresh auxiliaries by whom they would then be supported, and would thus be borne down by the accumulated evidence of persons interested in giving a colour to transactions, or even in suppressing the truth. (Hear.) The clause ought to be postponed to afford the President of the Board of Control an opportu nity of altering it to meet the wishes of the house. Sir J. HOGG—The hon. member for Manchester never rises to discuss any question whatever before the house without introducing matter of a personal nature. I never knew any occasion on which the hon. member rose in this house in which he did not take the opportunity of saying something personal and offensive. (Anaugh, and Hear.) I call on the hon. member to state what he means by his allusion to the member for Honiton and his vicinity to the Treasury bench. (Laughter.) I tell the hon. member that my conduct in Parliament has been, at least, as honourable and independent as his—(hear, hear) —and I further tell him that I have had an opportunity afforded me which he, perhaps, has not had, of evincing that independence in conjunction with attachment to India and the desire to render that country any humble services in my power. I must refer to a matter which I have never mentioned before, either public or private, but, taunted as I have been, I am compelled, however re luctantly, to take this course. Some nights ago the hon. member made an observation to which I, not being of a suspicious nature, did not attach the meaning which it was probably intended to convey. My attention, however, was subsequently called to the observation, and I believe that something was meant by it which the hon. member had not the manliness to state openly. The remark in question compels me to state—and I do so in my own justification —what I have hitherto abstained from making publicly known. Ido not pretend to be devoid of that honour. able ambition which makes every man desirous of aspir ing to the dignity or honour of office, nor am I, per haps, in a position to pretend to be insensible to the emo luments attendant on the possession of office. This being the case, it happened that nearly nine years ago I had the honour of being sent for by Sir R. Peel, who offered me a high office—high in station and in respect to emolu ment, and involving the honour of being enrolled of her Majesty's Privy Council. I, or any other person, might be proud of such an offer from such a man. (Hear.) The offer 'Ares made not only without solicitation, but without the slightest intimation of a wish on my part. Why did I decline it ? I had recently been elected deputy-chair man of the East India Company. I hope my colleagues have a sufficiently good opinion of me not to doubt my in dependence, but I resolved not only to be independent, bat to be above the possibility of imputation. It was a mo ment when India was the subject of deep and anxious con sideration—it was the period of the Sutlej campaign in 1845. If I had been merely a simple director I wonldhave gladly availed myself of Sir R. Peel's offer, but having been selected by my colleagues to fill an office of import ance, I could not reconcile it to my feelings to abandon them and my duty to India ' • and, although there were in the direction men as able to discharge the duties of that office as I was, yet I intimated to Sir R. Peel that I could not, consistently with what I felt due to my colleagues, abandon the position in which they had placed me. I think my conduct in this matter proves that I am not influenced by the low considerations which the hon. member would seem to impute to me, and I pledge my honour I never mentioned to my colleagues the offer which had been made to me, and in the years which have elapsed I believe that to not more than three or four living men have I men tioned an offer of which not only a humble individual like myself, but almost any man might be proud, looking to the man who made it and the high character of the office tendered. (Cheers.) I beg pardon for introducing a matter of a personal nature, but after the allusions which have been made to me I could not refrain from doing so. Mr. BRIGHT—The hon. baronet has alluded to some thing which passed in a former debate, when he says I had not the manliness to say what I thought. lam of opinion that I generally say pretty much what I think. (A laugh,) I did, on the occasion referred to, allude to the hon. baro net's ambition, but not in an offensive sense. I do not blame the hon. baronet for being ambitions, and I think that men generally would perform much less if they were not ambitious. I think the house will agree with me in thinking that I did not to-night utter a syllable which any man had a right to deem offensive. Perhaps I have not been sufficiently regardful of the delicate position in which directors of the Hon. East India Company are placed, and of the state of feeling which may exist under such circum stances. try to be more careful in future, and avoid wounding them on the tender point. (Laughter.) After some conversation, in the course of which Sir T. Maddock and Mr. Cayley recommended the postponement of the clause, and Mr. Bright advised Mr. Rich not to press his amendment to a division, The amendment was withdrawn. On the question that the clause, as amended, stand part of the bill, Mr. T. BARING moved a proviso to the effect that the persons nominated should not have quitted the Indian ser vice for more than five years. Sir C. WOOD thought it was undesirable to place such a limit on the power of nomination, as the object was to introduce fresh blood into the Court of Directors. Cases might well occur in which it would be desirable to solicit persons who had left the Indian service for a longer period than five years. Lord JOCELYN said that some of the men most distin guished in India would be excluded if this proviso were adopted. He thought it would be better to postpone the clause for further consideration. Mr. T. BARING said that after the opinion expressed by the noble lord he should not insist on pressing his amendment. Mr. BRIGHT suggested that the qualification required for the nominees of the Crown—in the possession of a cer tain quantity of stock- was unreasonable, and would prove inconvenient. They would have no connection with the proprietors, and the restriction might prevent the no mination of eminent individuals. He, therefore, moved the omission of the latter part of the clause. Sir H. HADDOCK agreed that the requisition was im• material. Sir C. WOOD said the reasons for it were these—that the nominated might be assimilated with the elective mem bers, and that the court existed independently of the go vernment of India, and its members must be directors for all purposes. Mr. BOWYER supported the amendment, thinking the possession of stock would be inconsiderable and immaterial in respect to the givinc , the nominated directors any com munity of interest with the company, while it would ex clude many excellent men. Mr. BRIGHT said one of the most distinguished indi viduals just returned from India had told him that he could not obtain the qualification required by the clause. The best Indian servants were, however, poor—with nothing but their pension ; and the clause required 2,0001. stock, which would cost 5,000/. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was weight in what had been urged against the clause. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to be felt that the absence of the qualification would be no derogation from the position of the nominated directors. He, therefore, was prepared to agree to the omission of the words. (Hear, hear.) gladnothing that the was noble more or d a c taken pernici ous I saidHe thoughthe was pecuniary qualifications. (H ear , h ear.) ir. that pi course. lEL against this part of the clause were str ong, The than arguments factitious The clause was amended , and then agreed to. and he trusted that it would be struck out. (Hear , hear.) On the next clause, Mr. BRIGHT moved (it being half-past twelve) that the house resume. (Hear, and no.) Sir C. WOOD pressed that two or three more clauses be taken. Sir J. W. HOGG suggested that the 15 directors best competent to be put out of the present board should be se lected by the Government, so as to spare the board the painful duty of doing so. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI differed from this suestion as it would i ncrease the nomi ne e s o f th e C rown . The members of that 11 °.1. 1 y3 of cou rse , wou ld no t b e se l ec t e d. • (H ea r, hear.) r . ( s : r. BRIGHT sa i d, the only alternat i ve was , that the prietors should se l ec t th em . Th e r i g ht hop:President , o f the Board of Control had himself suggested it. It Was THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12 3 1853 a most disgusting process to be performed by the court on its own members. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. OTWAY believed that if the directors had the selection they would choose the worse for retention. They had recently chosen a man of no experience at all for the office of director. , . Sir J. HOGG said the law gave the choice to the pro prietors, and there was no stipulation that only men who had lived in India should be chosen. On the contrary, it was the opinion of all the best authorities that it was not well to have only men who had been residents in India. After a few observations from Mr. OTwAY and Mr. RICH, The clause as amended was agreed to. The house then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN reported progress and asked leave to sit again. Mr. BRIGHT asked when the committee would be re sumed? Sir C. WOOD replied, that it would be resumed on Thursday, after the report on the Succession Duty Bill. STAMP DUTIES (No. 1) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BRECON COLLEGIATE CHURCH BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. LAND REVENUES BILL. This bill was likewise read a third time and passed. COINAGE OFFENCES (COLONIES) BILL. . . This bill passed through committee without amendment. COPIES OF SPECIFICATIONS REPEAL BILL. This bill went through committee pro formd. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 3) BILL. Sir W. MOLESWORTH moved the committal of this bill, the object of which was to carry out the provisional orders of the Board of Health in such towns as desired to have the provisions of the Health of Towns Act applied to them. Colonel HARCOURT trusted that next year the General Board of Health would be placed upon a different footing. In reply to Mr. EVELYN, Sir W. MOLESWORTH said, the General Board of Health did not hold themselves responsible for the defects in the drainage works which were said to have caused the .fevers at Croydon. Mr. EVELYN—The works at Croydon were done under the orders of the General Board of Health, and they were held responsible for these works by the inhabitants of Croydon and other places in Surrey, who regazded with dismay the probability of similar works being executed against their desire. (Hear, hear.) After a short conversation, The bill passed through committee. DUBLIN PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION.— PAYMENT OF BARRISTERS. This bill passed through committee. NEWPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed until Thursday next. WORKS OF DRAINAGE. Colonel DUNNE moved for a copy of the certificates appended by the Commisioners of the Board of Works to the first plans and estimates of the 12 works of drainage which have been lately submitted to a commission ap poiBs3nted by the Treasury minute of the 13th day of July' 1. The motion was agreed to. CANTERBITRY WRIT. Mr. SEYMER moved the further suspension of the Canterbury writ till the 29th inst. The Canterbury Com missioners had concluded their inquiry, and their report would be forwarded to her Majesty in a day or two. It was his intention, on the 29th of this month, to put a question to the noble lord the member for the city of Lon don, whether it was his intention to bring forward and carry through Parliament any measure affecting the city of Canterbury. Should the noble lord answer in the affirm ative, he should move the further suspension of the writ. Should he reply in the negative, he should then move the issue of a writ for Canterbury. At this period of the ses sion, private legislation was out of the question, and, therefore, unless the Government were prepared, on seeing the report of the commission, to bring forward any mea sure, he should feel it his duty on that occasion to move the issue of the writ. The motion for the further suspension of the writ was then agreed to. SUPPRESSION OF BETTING-HOUSES. The ATTORNEYS GENERAL moved for leave to bring in a bill for the suppression of betting-houses. The evils which had arisen from the introduction of these establish ments had been perfectly notorious for a long period, but a difficulty in legislating on the subject arose from the disin clination which existed to interfere with that amount of betting which had long existed legitimately at Tattersall's and elsewhere in connection with the national sport of horse racing. At these houses, however, a new form of b e tti ng was transacted which had been productive of the greatest evils, and the object of the bill was to suppress th em , without interfering with the betting as carried on under the old established method. The bill prohibited the opening of houses for the purposes of betting, inflicting penalties upon the persons concerned in such establishments ; and in asmuch as mischief appeared to arise from the advance of money in the first instance, in the expectation of receiving larger slims upon a given contingency, that was forbiden by the proposed bill. There was not a prison in London, or an establishment for the reform of offenders from which abundant and conclusive testimony might not be gathered of the vast number of persons, especially youthful persons, who had been led into crime by the dreadful temptations held mat by betting-houses. (Hear, hear.) From 100 to 150 of these houses existed in the metropolis, and in all the large towns they existed in considerable numbers. It had been said that they ought to be licensed by the Go vernment, but he thought it would be discreditable to Par liament and to the country to do anything of the kind, for this would only increase the mischief instead of preventing it. (Hear, hear.) The bill which he now moved for leave to introduce would, he hoped, have the effect of remedy ing the evils so loudly complained of ; but, at all events, it was the duty of the Legislature to attempt to put an end to the existing state of things. (Hear, hear.) The motion was agreed to, and leave was given e to intro duce the bill. The other orders of the day were then disposed'of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY IIIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JULY 11. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. Clause 3 (Her Majesty to appoint of the first directors for and years). Amendment proposed to leave out, at the beginning of the clause, the words, " it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by covenant under the Royal sign manual," in order to insert the words, " the Court of Directors of the said Company shall, subject to the approbation of her Majesty, to be signified in writing by her Royal sign manual, countersigned by the President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India," (Mr. Vernon Smith,) instead thereof. Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause." The committee divided—Ayes 193, Noes 111. MAJORITY—AYES 193. Acland, Sir T. Gower, F. L. Norreys, Lord A'Court, C. H. W. Graham, Sir Jas. Norreys, Sir D. J. Adderley, C. Graham. Lord M.W. O'Brien, P. Alcock,;Thomas Greene, J. Osborne, Ralph Anderson, Sir James Greene, T. Otway, A. J. Bailey, Sir J. Gregson, Samuel Owen, Sir John Baines, M. T. Greville, Colonel F. Palmer, R. Barnes, Thomas Grosvenor. Earl Palmerston, Viscount Bass, M. T. Hadfield, George Patten, J. Benbow, John Hamilton, Geo. A. Pechell, Sir G. Bentinck, Lord H. Hanmer, Sir John Peel Frederick Berkeley Grenville Harcourt, G. G. Peel, Colonel Bethel', Sir Richard Harcourt, Col. Pellatt, Apsley Biddulph, R. M. Eastie, Alexander Phillimore, J. G. Biggs, William Headlam, T. E. Thillimore, R. J. Bonham-Carter, J. Heard, J, Pigott, F. Bowyer, George Herbert, H. A. Pilkington, J. Boyle, Hon. Colonel Herbert, Sidney Ponsonby, Hon. A. Brand, H. Hervey, Lord Alfred Portman, Hn. W. Bright, John Heywood, James Price, W.P. Brocklehurst, John medley, Charles Prime, R. Brockman, E. D. Horsfall, T. B. Pritchard, J. Brown, William Howard, Lord E. Ricardo, 0. Huller, Sir J. Hashes, W. B. Rich, H. Butler, Charles S. Hutchins, E. Robartes, Thos. J. A. Byng, Hn. G. Charles Hutt, William Russell, Lord J. Cardwell, Edward Ingham, R. Russell. F. W. Caulfield, Col. Jermyn, Earl] Sandars, G.. Cayley, E. S. Johnstone, James Sawle, C. B. G. [ Challis, Alderman Keating, R. Scobell, Captain Cheetham, John Keating, H. S. Scully, F. Child, Smith Keogh, William Scully, V. Clay, Sir W. ' Kershaw, James Seymour, 11. D. Cobden, Richard King, P. J. Sey mour , W. I) Cockburn, Sir A. Kinnaird, A. F. Marto, R. D. Coffin, W. Laffan, R. M. Smith, John B. Cowper, W. Laing, S. Smyth, It. Crauihrd, E. Langston, J. H. Stafford, A, Crossley, Frank Langton, IL G. Stanley, Lord Currie, Raikes Lascelles, Hon. E Stephenson, Robert Dalkeith, Earl Lee, W. &BEng, W. Dashwood, Sir G. Lemon, Sir C. Strutt,E. Denison, J. E. Lennox, Lord A. Sutton, J. H. M. Hering, Sir E. Lennox. Lord H. G. Tancred, Henry Wm. Disraeli, Benjamin Lowe, Robert Traill, G. Divert, E. Lytton, Sir E. B. Trollope, Sir J. Drumlanrig, Viscount Mackie, John Vernon, L. Duncan, G. Macgregor, James Villiers, C. Pelham Dundas, F. M'Taggart, Sir J. Wall, C. B. Elcho, LMrd Maguire, J. Walmsley, Sir J. Esmonde, John Massey, W. Whitbread, Samuel 'redden, M. Matheson, Alex. Wickham, H. W Fergus, John Manic, Colonel Wilkinson, W. A. Ferguson, Col. Miall, E. Wilcox, B. ritzwilliam, G. Mills, T. Williams, William Foley, J. H. Moffatt, G. Wilson, James Forster, J. Molesworth, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T. Fox, R. Monck, Lord Wise, A. Freestun, Colonel Monsell, William Wood, Sir C. Fuller, A. E. Moody, C. A. Wrightson, W. Gardner, Richard Morris, D. Young, Sir John Gaskell, James M. Mostyn, E. M. Geacb, Charles Mure, Colonel Gladstone, William Murrongh, J. P. Goderich, Viscount Napier, Joseph Goodman, Sir George Neeld, Joseph TELLERS. Ilayter, W. G. Mulgrave, Earl MINORITY—NOES, 111. Aspinall, J. Grey, Sir G. North, Colonel Baird, James Grogan, E. Pakington, r ir J. Ball, John. Gwyn, Rowel Parker, It. Townley Beckett, W. Halsey, Thomas P. Percy, J. Bentinck, G. P. Banbury, Hon. C. Phillips, John Henry Beresford, William Thistle, Archibald Holt, P. Biackett, J. F. Henley, Joseph W. Rushout, Captain Blair, Colonel P erbert, Sir Thomas Seymour, Lord Bramston, T. W. Berries, J. C. Smijth, Sir W. Brooke, Lord Hildyard, Robert C. Smith, M. Tucker ,-rooke, Sir A. B. Hill, Lord A rthtir E. Smollett, A Bruce, Cumming Hogg, Sir James W. Spooner, Richard Buck, Lewis W. Hotham, Lord Stanhope, J. B. Burrell, Sir C. M. Hume, J. Start. H. G. Burroughes, Henry N Hume, W. Fitzwilliam Taylor, Col. Clive, Robert Jolliffe, Sir W. (I. H. Thompson, Mr. Ald. Cole; Henry B. Kelly, Sir F. Tomlin, G. Corbally, M. E. Kendall, Nicholas Vance, J. Cotton, W. H. King, J. K. Vane, Lord H. Crook, Joseph Knight, F. W. Vansittart, G. 11. Denison, E. Knightley, It. Vernon, G. Duckworth. SirJ. Lindsay, Colonel Vivian, J. Ennis Duke, Sir James Lockhart, A. E. Walcot, Adm. Dunlop, A. Lockhart, W. Walsh, Sir J. B. East, Sir J. B. Lowther, Captain Warner, Edward Egerton, Sir P. M`Cann, James Wellesley, Lord C. Egerton, E. I lm rn l i e i y am , V, E. Basil Maddock, Sir H.' Whiteside, James Ellice, E. Malin; Richard Whitmore, Henry Elliot, J. E. Mangles. mariorib. R , k . B, Wlgram, L. T. Evelyn, W. J. Gladstone, Sir W. P. Captain Mlloawstebirmaya,n D. Willoughby, Sir H. John Wodehouse, E. Ewalt, William Gore, W. Marquis of Mundy William j‘I M Michell, il on n t e g s o ' m i t e ' r 3 y i William sir G. w l W VF:nd n d h e ' a ß m W . , in G . en iv er . al t. 31ullings J. Randolph Yorke, Eliot T. TELLERS. Gretna% G. Baring, T. Newdegate, C. Smith, It. V THE BATTLE or CHomlim.—The firing of the great guns at Chobham has this week been actually heard at Aylesbury. The distance to Chobham is nearly forty miles by road, but the direction is round about. A straight line drawn between Aylesbury and Chobham cannot be much more than 25 or 30 miles, and exploding artillery can very easily be heard at that distance.— finks Advertiser. tit „,:britto t) SU2T OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition from the county of Cambridge, praying for the repeal of the malt tax. Lord KINNAIRD presented several petitions in fa vour of the Combination of Workmen Bill. Lord CAMPBELL said he wished to take that oppor tunity of stating his opinion on the bill before he left town for the circuit. He thought the bill was wholly unnecessary, as the law as it now stood was excellent, and amply sufficient to protect the rights of the workmen. Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions from workmen employed in Scotland, in favour of the bill respecting the arrestment of Wages in Scotland. The noble lord stated that it was not his intention to pro ceed with the bill this session. THE TURKISH QUESTION. Lord LANSDOWNE wished to ask the noble lord at the head of the Foreign Department whether he had received a copy of Count Nesselrode's note in the Rus sian language. The noble and learned lord took that opportunity of stating that the reply of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs to the note of Count Nes selrode fully bore him out in the statement which he made the other night, and he wished, therefore, to ask, the noble lord whether he agreed with him in think ing that there was no similarity between the position of the British and French fleets in the Turkish waters, and that of the Russian troops in occupying the Turkish provinces. Such, he believed, was the notion entertained by the Russian Court, and since a noble lord elsewhere had dissented from the construction which he placed upon this passage in the note, he should be glad to know if the noble lord oppo site concurred with his noble colleague. The Earl of CLARENDON said his reply to the first question must be in the affirmative ; and with regard to the second question, it certainly was true that the note stated that the Russian forces would not withdraw from the Danubian provinces until the French and English fleets left the Turkish waters. This was the construc tion which he placed upon the particular passage to which the noble and learned lord referred. There, however, could be no comparison between the situation of the two forces, and no doubt the noble lord elsewhere fell into error from not having an opportunity of seeing the document until last night. Earl FITZ WILLIAM wished to know if the Govern ment had received any information of the Austrian troops having entered Bosnia ? Lord CLARENDON said dispatches had been re ceived from Vienna to the 7th inst., and they made no mention of su c h i n f orma ti on . The Austrian troops had not advanced beyond Peterwaraclen, and the Austrian Minister in London thought the report must have origi nated in mistake.. The subject then dropped. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SiAliEli took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland ; South-Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, &c.) ; and Warrington and Altrincham Rail way (Stockpolt) Bills were considered and agreed to. The Crowe's Disabilities Removal Bill was read a third time and passed. The Banbridge, Drblin, Newry, and Belfast Junction Railway, and the Weeport Port and Harbour Bills were read a third time. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Estate, and the Pemberton Leigh's Estate Bills were read a second time. Mr. SECRETARY at WAR moved the appointment of a select committee to prepare estimates of the charge of the disembodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ending the 31st day of March, 1854 : Mr. Secretary at War, Viscount Palmerston, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, Major Beresford, Mr. Wilson, Colonel Maule, Colonel Lindsay, Mr. Wilson Patten, and all colonels of militia. —Agreed to. Mr. KERSFIAW presented six petitions against the Education Bill. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, on clause 29 ; the discussion on Capt. Scobell's proposition to omit the clause which permits vessels to be manned entirely by foreign seamen was resumed. Admiral WALCOT supported the omission of the clause, as he considered it would tend, if carried, to break up the Mercantile Marine of this country. Mr. INGHAM thought that after the repeal of the Navigation Laws, when the British shipowner was exposed to open competition, it was only fair and just that he should be allowed to man his vessel in the most efficient manner possible. He intended, however, to move a proviso th...t this shwa. 70. et extend to *Aaa coasting trade. Sir G. PECHELL supported the clause, as he did not believe it would lead to the slightest inconvenience in manning the British navy. He believed it was quite impossible to man a ship efficiently with none but foreigners. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR believed that this clause was the most redeeming feature of the bill ; and he should cordially support it. Mr. DUNLOP supported the amendment. Sir G. TYLER opposed the clause. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had given to the questio n the grave consideration which it merited. Previous to the repeal of the navigation laws, it was confidently predicted by a number of gallant officers examined be. fore a committee of the House of Commons that it would lead to the utter ruin of her Majesty's navy. What was the real state of the case, he need only refer them to the last returns to see. It was only after hav ing agreed with his colleagues with regard to the aboli tion of the clause, that he had brought forward the pro positions lately laid on the table of the house to give additional benefit to the seamen of her Majesty's service. The one could not be carried out without the other. The race of competition was now a very close one, and the British shipowner must not carry any more weight in the race than was absolutely necessary. He was convinced that they could not do anything for the advantage of commerce, which would not also redound to the benefit both of the Mercantile Marine and the Queen's service. Mr- WILLIAMS was as ardent a foreigner as any man in that house, but he thought this clause was carry ing the point rather further than was necessary. Admiral BERKELEY said that the state of affairs had very much changed, since the time that hon. and gallant officers who opposed the clause, had had experi ence in the manning of the navy. In their times, the best men in the Royal Navy were drawn from the mer chant service, but that was not the case now. The nur series for able and thorough seamen were quite changed. If he had not been perfectly convinced of this he should not have given way to this clause. Mr. G. HUDSON thought that full and fair oppor tunity ought to be given to the British shipowner to compete at every advantage with shipowners of other countries, and he should vote for this clause. Mr. HENLEY regretted that the Government should have fixed the discussion of a question of such gravity and importance for a morning sitting. He had great sympathy for persons engaged in the shipping trade, and if he were only influenced by a consideration for their interest, he should have had no difficulty in coming to a decision as to how he should give his vote on this occasion. But the interests of the seamen must also be looked to in deciding this question. It resolved itself, he believed, into what was the rate of wages to be paid to the seamen ; and the course which the Government proposed to take seemed to him to be this, that, instead of giving the seamen the fair amount of wages which tempt him to enter the Queen's service, they exposed him to competition with foreign seamen in the mercantile service in order to beat down wages and force him into the Royal Navy. What was wanted was not so much to increase the number of British sea men, but the numbers of the seamen of the best quality, such as were most fitted to make able men-of-war's men. It would be impossible to have skilled seamen unless they took care to have them properly brought up. Able seamen did not, even then, receive either in the royal navy or the mercantile service, anything like the amount of wages which skilled labourers in other trades ob tained. He could not help thinking that the tendency of the bill would be to decrease the number of appren tices training for British seamen. In time of war they must have recourse to the seamen in the mercantile ser vice to man the royal navy, and he doubted much whe ther the bill would increase the facilities for obtaining them. The two services were, unfortunately, antagon istic. Why they were so was a problem which had yet to be solved. He saw no reason himself why the Queen's service should not be the most popular in the world. If its unpopularity was owing to a matter of money, he thought the pay ought to be increased, for it was only necessary in peace to have a limited number of men, and why should these not be picked men ? (Hear, hear.) Believing that the public safety ought to overrule every other consideration, and doubting very much the policy of the clause, he should certainly vote against it. (Hear.) He did no t think any case had been made out of the necessity for an alteration of the law. _ Mr. CARDWELL said the real question was, whe ther they should increase or decrease the number of sea men in the navy. He contended not only that all high naval authorities in 1849 approved of the change, but that the experience of the last three years of the repeal of the Navigation-laws showed its absolute necessity. As to the number of apprentices in the navy, he could state that, shortly after the decrease commenced, the number began to rally, and it had since continued to increase up to the present time. In ..... 1850 the number of apprentiCes who entered the service was 5,056 ; in 1851, 5,275 • and in 1852, 5,845 ; and on the first six months of the present year the number was 3,731. He readly admitted that this was a ques tion of wages, but he could not understand why any special protection should be given to sailors, which was not possessed by other labourers. At the present time seamen were leaving the American navy and entering the. British service, and they would not do so unless greater advantages were held out to them. No less than 5,000 had entered the service since Decem ber, and he believed that now we had 8,000 more sea- men at our disposal that we had before the repeal of the Navigation Laws. He therefore thought we might dis miss from our minds the idle fears entertained as to the proposed change, and might safely apply to this branch of the service the sound, healthy principles which were applied to the other branches of it, and had been found to work well. The state of the world at this moment was such that they might safely make the transition without any apprehension, and without any inconveni ence or injury to the interests which it was proposed to protect. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LIDDELL considered that the objections urged to the clause had been satisfactorily answered by the President of the Board of Trade. He was bound to say that the apprehensions which were entertained of the repeal of the navigation laws had not been realised, and he thought he should only do his duty to his consti tuents at Liverpool, and promote the interests of the country at large, by acceding to the proposal of the Go vernment. Mr. MITCHELL supported the clause. Mr. HEADLAM protested against the injustice of the attempt to enable captains in the Royal Navy to withdraw men from the merchant service. Mr. HASTIE approved of the clause. Under com petition with the world our ships had improved in con struction and sailing qualities, and if we exposed our seamen to the same competition, he believed the same result would manifest itself, and that they would be come a better class of men. Mr. WILCOX considered that, if they passed the clause, they would not employ one English sailor less nor one foreign sailor more, nor would they lower the rate of wages ; but they would do this great good—they would' put a check on that. disgraceful and wholesale desertion which now took place among British seamen abroad. He objected to that part of the clause which enabled shipowners to employ foreigners as masters of their vessels. The ship owners of the country would not consider that a boon, for he believed it would not be resorted to except for sinister or unworthy purposes. Captain SCOBELL replied, and the committee di vided, when the numbers were-- For the clause 142 Against it 36 Majority The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses up to 37, inclusive. , The chairman then reported progress and obtained leave to sit again on Friday at 12 o'clock. The house adjourned at four o'clock until six this evening. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JULY 12. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs day next, the 14th instant, for his late Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, viz. : The ladles — towearbla.7:isiii, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans, and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed, or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday next, the 17th instant, viz.:— The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans, and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Thursday the 21st instant, the court to go out of mourning. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Benvenuto Mathew, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Charleston, to be her Majesty's Consul at Philadelphia. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Bunch, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Phila delphia, to be her Majesty's Consul at Charleston. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 8. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fred erick Hamilton, Esq., now First Paid Attaché to her Ma jesty's Legation at Vienna, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Stuttgardt. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John W. Howden, as Consul at Bermuda, and of Mr. James Keenan as Consul at Hong Kong, for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Oliver John Williams, as Vice-Consul at Harwich, for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin. CROWN OFFICE, JULY 11. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Tralee—Daniel O'Connell, Esq., of No. 20, King-street, Saint James's, in the room of Maurice O'Con nell, Esq., deceased. Borough of Liverpool—Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., and the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell, in the room of Charles Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie, Esqrs., whose election for the said borough has been declared void. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE-JULY 12. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Chas. James Tyler, to be first Lieutenant, vice Blair, retired on half-pay, July 12. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet. Colonel Harry David Jones, to be Colonel, vice Brown, deceased, July 7. ADMIRALTY, JULY 1. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant George Au gustus Schomberg, to be Captain, vice George Watson, to half-pay, and to be Paymaster of the Woolwich Division ; Second Lieutenant Francis Philip Toms, to be First Lieu tenant, vice Schomberg. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. The Essex Rifles—Thomas Sutton Western, Esql, to be Captain, July 7. North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—First Lieutenant John Lawson to be Captain, July 1. BANKRUPTS. Henry Bates and Charles Hitchman, straw plait dealers, Addle-street, City, to surrender, July 27, at two, and August 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; r-whinsons, Queen-street-place, Upper Thames-street. Fabian Street, coal merchant, Parkstone, Poll, July 26, at half-past two, and August 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Skilbeck, Chancery-lane ; Aldridge, Poole. Charles Hall, builder, Orchard-street, Portman-square, July 17, at half-past two, and August 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. William Gambling, builder, Southhmpton, July 28, at one, and August 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings, Moorgate ; Linklater, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury; Hodgson, Birming ham. Frederick Francis Fox, tailor, 73, Cornhill, July 22 at half-past twelve, and August 26 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. William Winter, builder, Hawkhurst, July 22 and August 26 at one at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Size-lane, Bucklesbury. Joseph Peres, tailor, Scarbro-street, Goodman's-fields, July 22 and August 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. Thomas Kemp and Edmund Kemp, painters, Stratford upon-Avon, July 25 and August 15, at ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham ; Hodgson, Birmingham. David Farrar Bower, flax scutcher, Rawcliffe, July 22, and August 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Richardson and Gaunt, Leeds. Joseph Abbott, grocer, Reddish, Manchester, July 23, and August 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Leo, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Thomas Tapley, builder, Liverpool, July 26, and August 16, at • eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Grocott, Liverpool. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India Sugar were desirous to realise. At auction, 250 hhds 17 tcs Barba does, which sold at 38s to 39s for fine yellow, and 34s to 37s 6d for low to good, 38 hhds 4 tcs and 131 brls Nevis, brown at 32s to 335, low to good greyish, 33s to 34s 6d, midd to good yellow, 34s 6d to 35s 6d, and 40 hhds Demo. rara crystalised, good to fine yellow, 37s 6d to 39s 6d per cwt, being all rather lower rates. REFINED.—To-day large purchases wero made in refined sugar for home trade purposes ; brown lumps realized 45s 6d, and low to fine grocery 46s to 48s 6d, the market clos ing with a firm aspect. There are still few export buyers of crushed, and rates are easier. For Mauritius the de mand was small. MOLASSES.—To-day at auction 396 hhds Nevis was sold at 15s. per cwt., being cheaper. EAST INDIA.—To-day at auction 2,000 bags Bengal sold at very full prices ; good to fine white Benares at 37s to 38s 6d, damp 36s to 38s, and fine grainy yellow 39s 6d to 40s per cwt. COFFEE.—At auction to-day 36 casks and 144 barrels plantation found buyers good at 60s to 625, mid to good mid 58s to 595, fine ord to low mid 52s to 575, and good Triage 49s to Ms. Foreign coffee afloat is wanted at pre vious rates, but there are few buyers of landed parcels. 100 bags St. Domingo were taken in at 45s for good ord. TEA.—In Congou purchases have been on a small scale; at present there is no change in prices of better sorts, but the tendency is downwards for inferior, There are sellers of low to good ord at lld to 114 d ; rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf, is to is lhd ; strong to Pekoe sorts, is 2d to is 9d ; and superior, ls 10d to 2s 2d. The following is now the currency :—Hyson, ordinary, is 4d to is 6d; mid, is 7d to is 8d ; good, is 9d to 2s ; fine, 2s 2d to 2s 8d ; su perfine, 2s 9d to 3s ; young Hyson Canton, is to is 6d ; Hyson kind, is 8d to 2s; fine, 2s 2d to 2s Gd; Twankay, ls. to is ld • Gunpowder Canton, is to is 7d ; Hyson kinds, is 9eto 2s 10d: fine, 3s to 3s 6d. TALLOW.—The stock of foreign and colonial, compared with this time last season, shows a decrease of 22,030 casks, and prices rule higher by 13s to 15s per cwt. There con tinues to be an extensive demand for Russian on the spot, and rates have advanced 5d to is per cwt. since thi s d ay ' week. Fine yellow candle closed this afternoon at 53s 9d to 54s per cwt. COIIRSE OF EXCHANGE—THIS DAT. Amsterdam ............ 11 16% IGibraltar ... , ....... Ditto, three months .. 11 18 1 4 Leghorn ...... .. .. • " 7 - i - ; Rotterdam - Antwerp .............. 2 2 5 5 22774,4 VeniceMllari ...... :..:.. :: ..... :: :: .),—' Brussels ............., Hamburgh ............13 7 - Naples ........... "• • Altona ................ Palermo ...... • ..... — 4-114 Paris _ .... 25 _7% A essina .. •••• • • • • 121% lisob°Jannelro • ••••••••• • • • • •• 3 2 0 7 g, ROE•rporto .: • ******* • • 53% 125 .....••••••• Frankfort-on-Maine . L arD ur ist d et e il l es u t r. , :: m . , :: n .. t : h. :: : . * : 2255 Berlin il9%Buenos A Vienna New York, 60 d a y s ' s i g ht •• •• • • ... 11 3 Philadelphia •• Petersbur Trieste .... .• •• •• 11 8 PRICES or BULLION, PLR OZ. gh— •• • • 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid • . .• .• •• •• •• 50 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0_ •• •• • • .... 60% M ex i can Dollars 0 4 11 Barcelona • • • New Dollars 00 0 Seville . • .... Perin bars .. 0 6 1% THE AZTECS. We have within the last few years had opportunities of seeing specimens of at least two races of diminu tive people, not above one-half the height or dimen sions of the ordinary average . of the human race. First, the Bushmen, who appeared to have no ar ticulate language ; and next, the Earthmen, who are now partially civilised. Both these races were stated by their introducers to be the degenerated remnants of ancient nations ; but it seemed just as likely that they were from the first as they are now—pigmy races, varying, for some inscrutable reason, from the natural standard of man. But if the Bushmen and Earthmen were curious, the children now being exhibited in the Hanover-square Rooms are most marvellous. The first glance at them utterly astounds the spectator. They are so small—their heads are so strangely formed —their little limbs are so meagre —their cries are so shrill—their pranks so strange, that one in the first flush of astonishment thinks rather of sprites and hobgoblins than of human beings. A closer inspection, however, soon removes the impression, and we begin to try to trace the race of these wonderful creatures, whose home was undoubtedly in the recesses of the Cordilleras. But first let us describe them. They are boy and girl, and from their dental condition, so it is stated, are believed by medical men to be of respectively seventeen and eleven years of age. We confess that we could form no satisfactory judgment on the point. The appearance of the Tittle creatures is so utterly anomalous that we gave up the attempt. Their height, however, is another matter. The boy, the elder, is certainly under three feet in stature ; the girl measures only two feet six inches. As. we have said, the limbs of the Aztecs are very thin ; but they are evidently full of life and spirit, and gatnipol and run, and look through a lorgnette, and ride amocking-horse, and scrape a fiddle with great glee and ap parent enjoy , ment. The head is, of course, the most interesting por tion of their development. It corresponds in size to the diminutive proportions of the body which bears it, while the hair is of a glossy black—thick, soft and silky, with a tendency to curl, stronger in the male, than the female. The forehead is low, and recedes almost at an animal angle, but just under the hair there is a. sort of ridge .which encircles the brow. The eyes are piercingly bright, and black, and the nose of exaggerated Hebrew propor tions, forming, indeed, the main feature of the face, as the under jaw recedes from the upper, and the chin again recedes rapidly from it. This construction of the lower part of the face gives the whole countenance a peculiar expression, the reverse of that of persons endowed with mental faculties ; but, on the other hand, it is only fair to say that the children exhibit marked proofs of intelli gence, that they are as inquisitive as they are lively, and that they are beginning to understand the words which Professor Anderson —our old wizard friend, who has brought the little creatures from South America—ad dresses to them. As a whole, then, the expression of the face is strongly Jewish. The remark was general in the room, and universally agreed in. The nose, the black lus trous eye, and the hair with a tendency to curl, all cor roborated the opinion. But a resemblance more remark able still is to be traced in the features of the Aztec to the drawings of the basso-relievos in Mr. Stephen's volumes describing the wondrous ruins of the ancient Mexican cities. These remains are to the full as remarkable and interesting as those of Nineveh, to which indeed they bear no slight resemblance, both in architecture and ornament, and a figure exhibited upon the wall, copied from Mr. Stephens' drawings, is a perfect fae-simile of the profiles of the little Aztecs, particularly of the boy. CRICKET. MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. ALL ENGLAND. This match was opened yesterday at Lord's, and played in the presence of a large gathering of spectators, amongst whom were a considerable number of the aris tocracy. The ground was in beautiful condition. The Marylebone Club commenced operations, Mr. Ward and Adams taking the bat. The score of this innings amounted to 119, the highest contribution, 39, being made by Mr. Haygarth. The representatives of All England then went to the wicket, and a reference to the score will show that their combined efforts were not very productive, inasmuch as that 43 was the amount of their score, one double number only being shown, and that by Sherman,—viz., 21. The Marylebone Club then essayed upon their second innings, and it will be found that Wisden "tucked" them up, so far as the innings had proceeded, when " time' was called—six wickets at this hour had been demolished for a score of 23, Wisden having bowled two, having had two caught from him (one by himself and the other by J. Lillywhite), whilst Adams had his stumps scattered by Tinley, and Grundy contrived to run out. At this stage of the pro ceedings the ominous word of " time" was heard to issue from the pavilion, and play ceased for the day with the following score : MARYLEBONE. First Innings. A. R. Ward, Esq., c Marshall, b Wisden Adams, 1 b w, b Sherman A. Haygarth, Esq., c Anderson, b Wisden Chatterton, c Wisden, b Tinley 5 not out E. Balfour, Esq., b Wisden 3 c and b Wisden, R. Hankey, Esq. , o Box, bWis den G. F. Cooke, Esq., e and b Tin ley 0 c Lillywhite, bWisden 6 Dakin, b Wisden 7 b Wisden 1 Grundy, b Caffyn 4 run out.. Hillyer, c Parr, b Tinley l3 Clarke, not out Bye 1, leg byes 4, wide 1 Second Innings, 'lO 17 b Tinl©y 5 b Wisden.. Total 119 ENGLAND. 6 Byes 3, leg bye 1... 4 Total 23 First Innings. M. J. Ellison, Esq., st Chatterton, b Hillyer 0 Sherman, I b w, b Clarke Caffyn c Adams, b Hillyer Parr, c Adams, b Hillyer Anderson, a and b Hillyer Wisden, st Chatterton, b Clarke Box, b Hillyer John Lillywhite, c Chatterton, b Hillyer A Marshall, Esq., not out F. Tinley, c Chatterton, b Hillyer G. Kirwan, Esq., run out Leg byes . 7 . 5 Total 43 The match was resumed this day at eleven o'clock. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 11. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The share market, though quiet in tone, has improved in feeling, and quotations are slightly advanced. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, si d. ; Chester and Birkenhead, 19k ; Caledonian, 34k ; Great Southern and Western, 54i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77k ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 103 ; London and North- Western, 114$ ; Ditto (k shares), 4 p. ; Midland, 71; South-Eastern and Dover, 21k ; York and North Midland, 29$ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent., 154 ; St. Helen's Railway and Canal, 5 per cent. and div., 173 ; North Union A, 262. MANCHESTER, JULY 11. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Prices were rather higher than on Saturday, but the business done was exceedingly small. Leeds Stock, 778 ; Midlands, 71; Eastern Counties, 12g. ROBBERY ON WATERLOO-BRIDGE • IN OPEN DAY.— Yesterday afternoon about half-past four o'clock, a valuable gold watch was stolen from the person of Mr. C. Greene, a gentleman connected with the Morning Advertiser newspaper, whilst standing on Waterloo bridge, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Greene had passed on to the bridge, and on reaching the second arch on the Middlesex side he stopped to look through the balustrades at a rowing match, the competitors in which were just shooting the arch. He had not stood more than a minute when he heard a clicking noise, as if something had fallen on the pavement. On looking down he saw near his feet a ring. On stooping to pick it up he observed his watch-guard dangling, and on placing his hand to his waistcoat pocket, discovered his watch, a gold one ,was gone. The ring he had picked up turned out to be the ring of the watch by which it was attached to the guard, and it had been nipped close to the pin which fastened it to the handle of the watch. There were a number of people in the immediate vicinity looking at the match, but the only person Mr. Greene observed near him on his right side was a youth about 18 or 20, with a cap with a leather peak, who, when the robbery was discovered, was gone. The toll-keeper, on being applied to, said he had a few minutes before seen three young fellows in caps run through the road gate in the direction of the Strand. Information of the robbery and a description of the wat c h was immediately given r Zt Bow-street, but no clue eith er o f that or the thief had, up to last night, been obtained. The watch, which is valued at about 20 gu i neas, was a testimonial presented to Mr. Greene by a number of ratepayers of Islington, and bears an inscription to that effect on the inside of the back case, with the date of presentation, "January, 1852." LADVERTISEMENT.]—T HE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.- 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, o pposite the York Hot e l. The Royal xibition. A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat -pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be se en an d known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every pin-pose on the race-course, at the opera.-houses, country scenery, and ships are cle arl y seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shoot in g , deer stalking, y ac hti ng, to sportsmen, g entlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important nvention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3A inches, with an ex tra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moors, Saturn's ring, and the ounces, s e t a a n rs b; e with the a p •the s =t s el c e e sc u o n p t e e , n w an e ee igh t i b ng fee on m ly ile 3 s and a ' half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind f w or it t h he in w c a r i e s a t s c i o n a g rs t-p p o o c w k e et, and are of larger and all sizes, accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power ; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have in vented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most • aged, defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery— The Organic Vibrator, an- extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpa ss any thi ng of? the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. B e i ng o f th e same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 391,Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Relighting of the Oxo Lighthouse.—Oxo light, at the entrance to Christiansand, will be relighted on the 16th of the present month of July, at the same time as the other lighthouses in the kingdom. Oxo light is, therefore, infuture a fixed light of the second order. Its elevation above the level of the sea is a hundred and thirty-five feet. It is visible at a distance of 18 to 20 miles and situated in 8 deg. 6 min. 35 sec. long, east of Greenwich, 58 deg.l3 min. 25 sec. north lat. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 11. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Vesta, from Harlingen ; Willem and Card, Amsterdam ; Hellechnia Wilkins, St. John's, N.B. ; Eva, do. ; Dynamene, Hamburgh ; Emma, Ibraila ; Ada, Mogadore ; Elizabeth, Manilla, and Bristol ; Comet, Horsens ; Preoiosa, Cuba ; Mary and Caroline, Constantinople ; Carolinda, Cherbourg ; Otta, Rotterdam ; Java, Amsterdam ; Ceres, Rotterdam ; Hendrika Jen, do. ; Alida, Dram ; Reindeer, Christiansand ; Adolph, Rostock ; Alkin, TJleaborg ; Robert, Antwerp ; Cornelia, Worcum ; Alice Maud, Algoa Bay ; Aarhuus, Aarhuus ; Earl of Hardwick, Sydney ; Morgiana, Port Louis and Mauritius ; Mallord, Calcutta and Trinidad. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Hoppet, for Gothenburg; Lady M`Donald, Bombay; Richard, Ant werp ; Hannah and Sarah, do. • Planet, do. • Yorkshire Lass, do. ; H ero , d o . ; Nancy Dawson, do.; William Sep tinaus de Septimo, do. ; David, do. ; Joven. Ricardo, Cadiz and Malaga ; Queen, Algoa Bay ; Stulna, Cronstadt ; Ths. Arbuthnot, Sydney ; Twee Goodfriends, Port Philip; Isabel, 2d clearance, Santander; Baron Martin, Harburg ; Ottawa, Qu e b ec ; T wee K un d en , El s i nore and St. Peters burgh ; Rockcliff, Calcutta ; George Marsden, Genoa. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.--The Cato, for St. Vin cen t ; E merald, Antigua ; Earl Selkirk, Sydney ; Twee Goodfriends, Melbourne; Doris, Constantinople. LIVERPOOL, JULY 11. The Henry, Short, hence for Bristol, put into Holyhead yesterday, with loss of bowsprit, Bz,c., a large steamer having ran foul of her the previous night off Point Lynas. The Pelican, from Chester River to London, was aban doned on the 9th inst , in Cardigan Bay, i n a s i n ki ng s t a t e —crew saved, and arrived at Pwllheli on the 10th inst. The Tronse, Venice to Amsterdam, was spoken, June 13, off Alicant. The Nordcap, Odessa to Bergen, was spoken, Juno 28, lat. 41 N., long. 10 W. The Elbe, Genoa to Hamburg, was spoken, July 5, lat. 48 N., long. 7 W. The Alexander was spoken, May 6, off the Cape of Good Hope. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Jamaica, from the Clyde, June 24, lat.. 46 N, kng. 15 W. The North Esk, Wilmington to Liverpool, 27th, lat. 47 N, long. 35 W. The Seringapatam, London to Bombay, July 7, lat. 49N, long. 6 W. The Map Muir, of Liverpool, f o r M on t rea l, June 21, lat. 51 N., lon g . 2 W. The Prospero, of Liverpool, for Rio Janeiro, July 1, lat. 48 N, long. 9W. _ • The Elizabeth (schooner), to Melbourne, June 1, lat. 9 N, long. 25 W. The Admiral (barque), for New Zealand, same day. The Camertonian, Liverpool to Calcutta, June 26, lat. 39 N, long. 13. The Africa (steamer), to Liverpool, June 29. The Glasgow (steamer, Clyde to New York, 30th. COUNTI-ZY MARKETS. COAL MARKET—JuLy 11. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market . 7 Ship at market 7B I Sold 6B. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post -off( e by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] COUNTRIES.----- Day w Geheneraln made up From what When Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(bylEtrit.pack)N Every Frida America (by. United St s . y .... Liverpool ... Arrived packet) ..... ... N July 13 Liverpool ... July 20 America (by U. States packet) .....• • • ..N July 20.... Southampton4uly 13 Australia (via South ampton) .....• ....M Sept. 4 ...• g. 4 Southampton An Ditto (via Marseilles) N July 8 •• • Dover . . !J u l y 31 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...... • .....N August 4 ........ Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. June 2g Alexandria.......... NB, 9, 24, &30of m. Dover ...... m y 16 A1exandria..........31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton;July 21 Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month SouthamptonVuly 16 Belgium ............N ........ Dover Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton July 16 Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Southampton VuYy 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .• 'July 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N Plymouth Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth ..'Jul i y 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon-- . • ......N 14th of the month Plymouth .. I.Tuly 26 Channel Isles ....N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton i Tu•Th. Sat Chi1i........ •• • . ..M 2d & 17th of month Southampton July 16 China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 of - m. Dover y lO Constantinople , 4th & 20th of m on . Southampton `July 21 Cont. of Europe Ai& N Twice daily ...... Dover T vriceday Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily...—. Dover .. Gibraltar .... . ..M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of in. Southam .... pton July 16TwicedanY Greece (see India) Greytown —3l 2nd & 17th of mon. Sout hampton l July 16 Hambnrigh • Tuesday & Friday London .....iTues. Sat Havannah . M 2nd of the month So uthampton'Aug. 1 Holland M Wednesday & Sat. London ..... Honduras M 17th of the month. Southampton July 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 'July 21 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of mont h Dover .... 'July 17 lonian Isles (see India).. Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holyhead . TwicedallY .• ••••M 7,9, 17, &28of m. Southampton July 16 Madeira ...... —DI 9th of the month Southampton • 16 Madeira ...... • • ....N 23rd of the month Plymouth .. June 28 Malta (see India) • Malta ..... ••• • •• ..N 7,17,19,28, ao of Mauritius (see I n di a ) m. Dover ...... I July 10 Mexico uritius .....• •• ..N 14th o f th e month Ply • mouth IJuly 26 .• .• 2nd of the month.. Son ham pto&Aug. Naples.... • . ....... N sth l stb2sthofmon. Dover ...• •. I July 12 New Granada .. • • .31 2d & 17th of month Southampton ,• 16 New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. various portslUneertaln Papal States ........N sth I bth2sthoilnon. Dover July 12 Peninsula 7 thl7th2Bthofinon Southampton ' July 16 Pin Nat a l M Id & 27th of mon Southampt on July to r • 12 14th of the month Plymouth ..I July 51ci1y.............N sth l sth 25thamon, Dover Tuscany •••• • • • sthlsth2sthoftnon. Dover ljuly 12 Venezuela .... M 2d& i7th of month Southam Van D iemen's Land (see pton July 16 Australia) . West Indies 2d& 17th of month SoUthamnt.Thlr.,,... Sout hamptcmiJuly 16 of sp * When any of these dates a Sunday, the malls will be dispatches on the following day. with Which will b e di atched ( the the exc eption of the India vitt Sdaoyhthparemcpedtoinhg)..and the Malta, THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMIER. —It has been notified that the next departure of the Great Britain steamer for A stralia will be postponed until the 11th of August, 0 - ,,,, u • na to the alterations which have been carried out -, ii i h - the view of giving her the qualities of a clipper having occupied more time than had been a s n i t l i i e n i g p a s t h ed i According to a trial trip which took place last week, she now promises, both with the screw and under canvas, to make a much greater speed than she has yet in any instance accomplished. BIRTHS. OF ♦ SON. On the 9th inst., at 5, Henrietta-street, Cavendish square, the wife of William Adams, Esq. OE A DAUGHTER. On the Bth inst., at 23, Chester-terrace, Regent's -park, he wife of James Ingram, Esq. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at Dartford Church, Horace Weston, Esq., of Kingston-on-Thames, to Mary Old, fourth daugh• ter of the Rev. Edward Irish, Dartford, K en t. On the 9th inst., a t St. John's, Hackney, Alfred Acocks, Esq., of Albion-road, Hackney, to Elizabeth Ball, second daughter of the late Richard Freemantle, Esq., of Hutton, Essex. On the 12th o f DIED. Wales, March, 1853, at Melb ourne , N ew South Rev. Ed ward W aldron Vincent, fo ur th son of the late aged 17. Henry Budd, re c t or of White Roothin g , E ssex , G en On te 3 d inst., a t B e l mont-house, Devonport, Major F. W. Wilson, C. 8., of the Madras Army. LONDON : hinted and Published by 3117RD0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eem i e, of Middlesex, ToeclaY, July /2 1 181/3. CHELMSFORD--JuLY 8. At the opening of to-day's business at our market prices were fully 2s per qr. higher than last week, but that ad vance was not sustained throughout; and at the close a rise of only is above last week's quotations could be ob tained. In spring corn of all descriptions little business doing, and prices unaltered. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 41s Od to 59s Od, new 398 to 57s ; red, old 38s to 51s, new 33s to 48s ; barley, 25s to 27s ; chevalier, 31s to 37s ; grinding, 21s to 278 ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 32s to 37s ; white, 33s to 358; boiling 39s to 42s ; dun, new, 31s to 35s ; beans, tick, 358 to 37s ; Har row ti c k s, 33s to 39s ; Mazagan, 318 to 355. COLCHESTER —JuLY 9. We had again a short supply of wheat at market, for which much higher prices were demanded ; but buyers were not so anxious for wheat, and the trade was only slow at Is per qr. advance. Beans and peas were fully as dear, and the supply moderate. Prices to-day were as follow:—Wheat, white, 503 to 58a ; red, 44s to 50s ; barley, 28s to 33s ; oats, 18s to 24s ; beans, Mazagan, 34s to 36s ; middle and small, 37s to 40s ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 36s to 38s. s. d.l s. d. Carr's Hartley l7 O l Lamb t o n l6 9 Dean's Primrose l4 6 Lumley 16 . 0 Holywell 16 6 North Hetton Lyons _l6 0 Howard's West Hartley Russell's Hetton ..........16 9 Netherton 16 6 Stewart's 17 0 Smith's West Hartley ...17 0 Londonderry small 13 0 Longridge's Wst Hartleyl7 0 Hetton Lyons Main 16 0 North Percy Hartley _l6 0 Cassop l6 6 Ravensworth Pelaw 15 0 Hartlepool 16 6 Redheugh Main l4 6 Heugh Hall 16 0 Tanfield Moor l6 0 South Hartlepool Townley 15 6'South Kelloe 16 0 Walker Primrose ..•....15 3 Th orn l ey H artley l6 0 Wallsend, &c. Backhonse l5 9 Gomfnith 15 9,Tees „. ......... 17 °- Halton l5 9,Trimdon .......... 16 3 ........... Lawson l5 3 T Adelaide Tees l6 6 Riddell l5 9 Cowpen 17 0 Eden Main .......... ...16 6 Llangennech 23 0 Lambton Primrose 16 3 Cragworth W. Hartley ..16 0 Belmont 16 3 Grey's West Hartley ....16 6 Hetton l7 01 -