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EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That T HURSDAY, Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on AII ORSDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clocl , , and opened again on THURSDAY, the 14th April following. That a General Court of the said Companl will be hell at their t'nee, Leadenhall.street, on WEDNESDAY, the 13 th Ap ril, 1853, for Nine o'clock in the morning until Six o'clock in the evening , the Election of Six Directors of the said Coml. any for Four ears, That the form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration fo r enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by Proxy on this occasion may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this Roase. That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready to be del vered on Thursday, 31st March, 18'3. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. MOUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON N otice is Hereby Given, that NO COMPANY MORE . APPLICATIONS for 3 „ II AR, ES in this COMPANY can possibly be RECEIVED. T he '''OPMent to present applicants will be proceeded with at once. By Order of the Board, W. A. HOEBER, Sea 30, rineklersbury, April 9. AGENTS.—Life Assurance Agents in any T Part of England may with advantage become Agents for Fire trurance, and thereby greatly extend their Life business. The i nstitution of the UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION — an rstitution established on new and Important principles, and possess- Zg a _uPWards of Two THOUSAND SHAREHOLDERS, whose names and w ' r esses are "published with the Prospectus—are ready to receive a pplications for Agencies, accompanied by references. By looking over the List of Shareholders, applicants will probably find several to m ° ol they are known. For terms, prospectuses, &c. apply to Chief O THOMAS H. B kYLIS, General Manager and Secreta r y . ftices, 40, Pall Mall, London. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- oad Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham th • °Pen Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during Waltzes." The Thistle," " Shamrock" " Rose," and "Amina" boo rs the' "Napoleon" Galep, " Le i Cirque' Quadrille; "La boor s ' n "Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is. te °Pen at. Half-past Eight; Vs commence at Nine o'clock, and ri alnate at Half-past Eleven. N• ORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY. Bayonne, Irtm, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria. Miranda. !.ariviesca, Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, L'Escurial, Madrid. telsital 2 9,925,000 piasSres. 315.000 shares of 95 piastres each for t e f a ,, i n, 500 francs for France, or 201. for England. Deposit 19 piastres e 100 f, ancs in France, or 41 . in England. One fifth of the capital has been subsea , bed in Spain, two-fifths in France, and two us remain fora ppropriation in England. President—The Duke De Riansares. Bankers in Paris—Messrs. Rothschild, Paris. Bankers In London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. ; the London and County Bank. Rankers in BordeauxMessrs.Ezpeleta et Fits. A gents in -- London—Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William- The _ street, City ; t o a horn applications for shares may be made. , North The nr of Spain Railway is about 685 kilometres, or 427 miles including the bra nc h t o th e p or t of Bilb oa . of the S e elector s have already obtained the concession for 99 years, or 406 Punish P 9 ttioo, which traverses a distance of 650 kilometres, more mites , They have paid 750,000 piastres (157,0001.), the caution and they are in ac t u al treaty with the French Government c h is only 35 the section from Bayonne to the Spanish frontier ; the length o f kilometres, or 21 miles. ,„ T he Span i sh Government guarantees to the Company, on a maxi ''. n' und capital of 80,000,001) piastres (6,315,7891.), a minimum interest ,LPer cent., including 1 per cent. to be applied to a sinking fund. Ilae provinces and communes traversed by this railway, as well as the c ontiguous provinces and communes, have agreed to share with ole Government the responsibility of this guarantee. The Spanish Government, perceiving the great advantage which taust result to the public revenue by th , a encouragement of railways, _ W hich develop the'various sources of national wealth, have faithfudy a dhered to the guarantees they have given ; and even in cases where ~,_e l e t allanie have t been abl to erform their engagements, he • revernmes no nt has returned to e such p companies, whether native or alreps., In the entire sums paid as cautionary deposit. ,_." order to secure to the shareholders in the North of Spain Rail- the full value of the guarantee of 6 per cent., and 1 per cent. Balt ing fund. a general contract has been already made for the par ,_as of the land, the construction of the whole e, and for rolling ZOE, plant, &c., according to the requirements tithe Government, nt. a i r lee within th e guarantee d cap i tal. The contractor has depo ..n 500 ,000 piastres or 105,2631 ., as a guaran t ee f or th e due fulfil in of the contract, and is to leave 5 percent. out of each certificate 8 1 1, 41 0 hands of the directors as a further security, until such reserves 4..0.. to the sum deposited. cent. ofse ethTehrwicontract price covers all expenses incurred in surveys and P to the present time, and leaves a fund of about 10 per ex _ e the capital in the hands of the directors, to meet the general ee 4Zna_ .. s of the undertaking, and to pay interest at the rate of 5 per te a. v ` r annum to the shareholders during the course of construe °alit NOrth of Spain Railway connects Madrid with several provin such a s lef ,17,,wi15, forming points of convergence of various high roads, are al so ti r 111 1, where seven meet. Burgos, Valladolid, and Avila, The N e , e „ ce ntres of similar streams of traffic. distri c t s of Spain Railway traverses most important industrial run s a , ' such as the provinces of Biscay, Gaipuzcoa, and Alava. It prexitlems.o through districts rich in wools, wines, and corn—districts ex ile m 8 Much more than they can either consume, or at present, ne ed "' ; and which, to gain access to th e h ome an d f ore i gn mar k e t s , Will 001 Y those facilities of economical transport which this railway • e at Forth of Spain Railway will establish a thorough communi lte,on, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Starting T 0,7 .ayonne and Biboa it will proceed through Irun, St. Sebastian, r s'sa, and Vitoria to Miranda. At Miranda it reaches the river or l i t '• Which is now being canalised down to the port of Alfaque s , ee - e shores of the Mediterranean. At Madrid also it will be placed cona n umication with the great line of railway now in course of a - w - "erion between the capital and Valencia. et f et her very important feature of this great undertaking is that sod ether it Will reach the river Douro, which runs to Oporto ; A r e . t Madrid, it will be brouht into connexion with the Po rt : 4Ml WaY, which will be continued first to Badajoz to meet "'vine „, — ,guese line to Lisbon, next to Cordova, and thence to To teaSpeielthe advantages which such data promise to the . North r t, Qt telt r ith a l lt vay, the distinction between Spanish, English, and must be kept in view. 1 .,2 1 _.e . cost of construction is greater in England or France, 4a_r i e t is of a higher value than in Spain. Labour is much Co l % 1 :" be a rVand and in Prance than in Spain. Rails also and Sp ale t lt•tn, e 0 1 : 1 France a price somewhat extravagantly high, in Secetl,eY are „ t he Protection given to home industry, whilst into Muth ,:ely,....T.naborted from England free of duty.. eBtablis&ar4ll*. eount r i e rer aZe.,. return from railways in England or France are of spaiTile returns 4 °lo Prnent than in Spain, because in the former Men - tent -g er . 17 °,etan r !ave to compete with already existing and long nveyance, whilst pain railways, from the "i s eir ar "- i n 7Lhg, absorb the whole of the traffic. n pen n' ti! )ecan se tb e ee - 7 Profitable in England and France than in W hilst -7e tarity s can be speared only by incessant reductions ratt y , hi Spai n f ,';' the numerous competing means of transport; p er '• since ti t _"te tariffs will, to a certainty, be largely rernune ten_!lent, abev :7 can reasonably be fixed at 50, 100, and even 200 ap " c e cheap er I h t he English and French tariffs, and still remain breciated an the old means of transport, and be accordingly ee , die t en h i netio from the us are well founded, and have received Fonfirma e ate__ _oresults of all the existing railways in Spain; hence been Freer , f e Z n u lo rri nt P h a s lp t from Valencia to Akira has heen w co h m i rl h e a d a sumerenaftltc,fotor severaldou ta t y h e e ir r e ollin l y po st n ec the , line from 11310 nw . In the Asturias, the exorbitant tariff of 2a centimes per , tran spe l l e i and per ton sufficed to put down et competingrt of Gijon ; and, utstiand v the coal of the basin of Same. to the Pe means of kilometres long, e line from Madrid to Aranjuez, 1852 : 1 1 1 ° 1 nips to ne centre of pro 300 000 passengers, e first year of its working, a traffic duction on u o ly ; S c i otn , commerce, had in and 110,000 tons of mere' andise. The . pected from this line have estimates of the receipts to been framed underand establish upon 71tisular. and munteio the special superintendencee- Biscay, of the provincial, al wrP"'Alw r i'l et o urn of 5,150,000 piastres, or 1. existing traffic im imole fila which, •,OR 210Zafter deducting 45 per cent. for working ex- Douses, lea ve s a net profit the capital of the Company of 10 Per cent. This estimate, o upon wever, is wholly irrespective of the In crease which improved means of transport invariably ensures. The Board nirection will be nominated in the statutes of the Company, and of Direction consist of eight Spanish, four French, and three English Directors. on ' i p an w Three French Directors have been app o i n t e d , viz. : M. Aidouin, banker, Paris, M. De Grimaldi, Paris, and M De Ezpeleta, Paris and Bordeaux. Lqndon, April 9, 1853. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. North of Spain Railway Company. To Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the sum of 41. on each share allotted, at the time to be specified in your letter of allotment. Dated this day of 185 Name in fall ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • Re, idence • •• •••••••• Pr0fe55i0n................... IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS No 1. , Just published, by H. Bat Mere, 219, Regent-street, London. 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A Second Edition is now ready, and may be had of all booksellers Hookham and Sons, 15, Old Bond-street. Nearly ready, VISIT to MEXICO; with Sketches of the West India Islands, Yucatan, and the United States. • By WILLIAM PARISH ROBERTSON, Author of " Letters on Paraguay." 2 vols. Price * London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. LOANS GRANTED, 'LONDON EXCHANGE ADVANCE FUND, ILA 2, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, faelnz the river City Branch, 3, Old Broad-street, City- The Right Hon. Lord ERSKINE, Chairman. . Loans advanced, in sums of 101. and upwards, granted on a joint promissory note, repayable by easy instalments, or on the deposit of deeds or other available securities. -ills of exchange cashed at moderate rates of interest. Forms 01 application may be obtained at the Offices, or on forward ing 12 postage stamps. WM. BROOKS, Secretary. T HE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace. TRUSTEES. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. James Fuller Madox, Esq. I Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C., M.P. William Wilberforce, Esq. The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU MENTS OF SECURITY. This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING IN SURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium, are combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on at taining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although thd payments should at any time be discontinued. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Established by Act of Parliament in 1834 No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, London. The distinctive features of the Company embrace, amongst others : Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers, and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended. One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on credit. Loans granted on approved Personal Security. Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and many parts of the United States, without extra premium, by merely giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended v. sit. Whole-world Policies granted at slightly increased rates of Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real security. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon appli cation to the Resident Director. NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. CAPITAL—ONE IIuNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. R. Yallowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. George Coode, E.q., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. Helier's, Jersey, Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, Yew-square, Lincoln's-inn. W. Jones, M.D., Davies street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, , . . . . . Leicestershire. George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor Lodge, Staffordshire. Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park place West. Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. AUDITORS. . J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. A. Peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life Office, 345, Strand. BANK B.s. Sir Charles Price, Marry-at, and Co., 3, Xing William-street, London. Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place. I :r. Scanlan, 21, Upper Says ,t West, Connaught-square. IT. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. Michael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, E.q., INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. Stronsberg, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. The public Is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated by, and Is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system of Assurances. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary The sum the Life Offices would give ordinary Life him if he were unable Offices would to pay, or if he omitted At the His give him for to pay his current end of policy the surrender annual premium of Annual thirty at that or sale 81. Cs. 3d. after he has . premium years when age, of his policy, paid into their coffers j i to assure the party in case after thirty 2491.73.6 d., and which 5001. is fifty of years'paymenta they have had the use 7.1 years old, death amounting to of at compound hewillhave l will be 2491.75. Gd. interest, or in paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death the office, had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission or inability interest. to pay. - - little morn 70 8/.65. 3d.,2491.75.6(1. 15001. I than BGI. 1 NOTHING. perhaps 901. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Ifun able to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo licy would still remain of its EtiLL value, 522/.28.7d.ti1l death, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowpver the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas aut in, viz., 2251., but certain bonus of 62/. 0 ii. lOs NI 225/. 5221.257 d 28M 20. 9d. 28. 9d. In the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole ofhis payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 50/, diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and 7 in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Neison, Esq. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person tinder the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow ing advantages, viz., I st. For a less SUM, paid annually, he can assure a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system, 2dly. In the event of a desire to ~ , ,r render his Policy he can receive in this Company, by the above .:ample, which applies to all ages, THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains still his property, of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments for an number of years ;• whereas on the ordinary system , he ge ts - amoun g t. .., 4 thlY• Should he require to increase or decrease the his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time, by giving has withdrawn a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from II up to the whole amount of his preylous payments and with interest. 'After h e years, or any part th iieaf ( t To year he can, by a single payment, th re .. e .., his annual savings by a lV its former amount ; afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even" his this system he can at all times regulate run g annual expenditure, with the facility in the, bargain of having a Palpable advantage, however, that he gets Inte rest for his money, and in ;of death his family receive more than Il e ordinary Life Offices be can do 1 , 0 the amount of his savings. e such thing, but his policy at a fl.pses or is cancelled the moment urns, and, instead of having any fohrtisunhalestrve to benefit the pockets of his he ceases to pay his current prei n e ed savings become forfeited to to an f d o r hi ai s d, m a i l s l equitable and too striking to be overlooked mo s r u e c f h or a tun sy lt e e m eo - l as s t s o u o rers. fit?,ne d orcie li t Y y, and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system of universally recognised and adopted when the assurance ri which can be Rally canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widelynciples are impar confers greater advantages than a bank because it all o, diffused. It of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the "r 8 a fair rate bands of the Company to the representatives of the amount in the case of death, thus combining the Depositor i x ADTANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT system are still more striking. ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to 6,000/. on every known principle thereof. Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti cular disease. Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, on the most equitable terms t o the borrower real A or personal, ies o o n fevery description granted on very favourable terms. Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the currant premiums, the Directors will either purchase the Policy at a fair market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments which have been made. Detailed prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De posit system, and any further information may be obtained on appli- Catlin to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. 48. —Agents wanted In all parts of the World. Passages marked a are direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. is. 2d. , Gravesend and Blackwell or 'Woolvriah Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TECKETS.—TweIve Months, 5,. Os. ; Six Months, 3L Os. ; Three Months, V. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. 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A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all eases for their reports. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. - The Earl of MALMESBURY, after adverting to a discussion which had taken place in the other house re lative to the diplomatic service, in the course of which Lord Stanley had stated that the late Government had it in contemplation to institute a college for the instruc tion of candidates for the diplomatic service, and was understood to say that that plan originated solely with Lord Stanley, and had not been adopted by the late Government. The Bishop of EXETER moved for the copy of a letter addressed to the Colonial Secretary by the !Bishop of Toronto on the subject of the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. THE CANTERBURY COMMISSION The Earl of ABERDEEN moved that the house should agree to the address which had been adopted by the House of Commons, praying that a com Mission should be appointed to-inquire into the - corrupt practices that had prevailed at the last election, and at previous elections, for the city of Canterbury. He hoped their lordships would have no difficulty in giving their assent to this address, as well as to others that are before the house of a similar description, and to those which here after might come before them. (Hear, hear.) Their lordships had always declared their willingness to co operate with the other house in endeavouring to diminish and check by every means in their power those corrupt practices at elections of which they and the whole country complained. (Hear, hear.) The time was fully come when something should be done on this subject— (hear, hear)—because if matters continued to go On as at present, a serious blow would be struck at the very principle of the representative system in this country. (Hear, hear.) He knew that some persons were accus tomed to view with comparative carelessness those prac tices, and to undervalue their importance ' • if' so, he thought they were greatly mi s t a k en. (Hear, hear.) In his opinion the people of this country generally, looked with increased disgust on the frequency and growth of those corrupt practices at elections. (Hear, hear.) Even the lowest of the people were indig nant at those practices. (Hear, hear.) The persons who were deprived of the franchise themselves were indignant at the mann.er in which it was used by those parties in possession of it. (Hear, hear.) They were told that the evil had not increased, and that it had existed to an equal amount in former times. That might be so, though he greatly doubted the fact ; but, at all events, even if that were the case, what did it prove ? It might prove that the practice of former times was worse than they imagined it to have been ; but, at all events, it could not diminish the enormity of that which they now saw - before their eyes. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it necessary to enter into de tails of the evidence that wag on their lordship's table ; indeed, he thought it would have been much better if their lordships had left all that preliminary part of the proceedings to the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) If it consisted of materials on which they were to found legislative measures, then,indeed, it would be necessary to go minutely into the whole case, and to see how far it would bear out any enactment which they might be called upon to make on the subject ; but he merely looked upon it as laying the grounds for inquiry, and for inquiry alone. (Hear, bear.) To such inquiry he hoped they would at once agree, reserving to them selves the power of dealing with any measure to which that inquiry might possibly give rise. (Hear, hear.) He had been told, but he scarcely supposed it probable, that an objection might be taken to the course which he proposed, arising out of the terms of the report of the committee of the House of Commons, inas much as the report of the committee did not em body the precise terms of the act of last year, pro viding for the better inquiry into the existence of cor rupt practices at elections. The committee reported, ' " that a system of bribery and corruption, by means of coloured tickets, prevailed at the last election, and at previous elections generally ;" whereas the words of the act required, he committee to report "that bribery extensively prevailed." The House of Commons, natu rally taking what appeared to be a common-seite view of the case, considered that where bribery was sys tematic and general it was extensive ;- therefore the adopted the words of the act in the address which they had sent up to their lordships, very properly it appeared to him to comply with the terms of the act, and in their address they alleged that bribery did extensively pre vail in the city of Canterbury. (Hear, hear). In doing so they adopted substantially the words of the report of the committee, which stated the bribery to have been systematic and general. (Hear, hear). He should re gret very much if an objection so purely technical as that, and which was not sustained when the subject was mooted in the House of Commons, should be made in their lordships' house. (Hear, hear). He thought such a proceeding would seriously endanger the belief in their lordships' sincerity in co-operating effectually for the suppression of corrupt practices at elections. (Hear, hear). It could not be urged as an objection which at all had any application to the spirit of the proceedings that had been adopted, but would only serve to place that house in the eyes of the public in a position in which he should be very sorry to see it. (Hear, hear). He hoped, therefore, that their lordships would agree in the address to her Majesty which was sent up from the House of Commons, for the purpose of appointing a commision to inquire into the proceedings at the election for the city of Canterbury. Lord LYNDHURST said that no man felt more strongly than he did the necessity of putting an end to corrupt practices at elections, but he wished to call the attention of their lordships to an irregularity in the address which in his opinion was fatal to it. The address stated that a committee of the House of Commons had reported that extensive bribery had prevailed at the last election at Canterbury ; but he found that no such report had ever been presented, and they were therefore asked to tell her Majesty what was in terms a direct falsehood. The act of Parliament required that before an address of this kind should be presented, a committee of the House of Commons should have reported that " extensive" bribery had prevailed at an election ' • but the committee, in this instance, had only reported that bribery was systematic and general ; but bribery might be systematic and yet not extensive, and the word gene rally must be taken to mean that it had prevailed generally and usually at former elections. (Hear.) The committee was the only tribunal which could judge of the fact whether bribery had been exten sive. It had not been so reported, and he protested against a precedent, which might afterwards be turned to a mischievous purpose, being laid down of either house being allowed to conclude for itself that bribery had been extensive, when it had not so been reported by the com mittee. The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped that their lord ships would not be deterred from agreeing to this ad dress by the authority of the noble and learned lord. Although the committee had not reported in the exact words of the act that extensive bribery had prevailed, yet their report did, in point of fact, amount to that. Nay, he would go further, and say that th e wor d s gene ral and systematic w ere far more stringent and forcible than the word " extensive," which, after all, did not mean " to a great extent." Lord ST. LEONARDS said that this was a mere question of law whether or not they were justified in agreeing to this address. Under the act of Parliament they were empowered to join in an address in cases where a committee of the House of Commons had re ported that bribery was extensive, and without such re port they could not stir or move a step. No such re port had been made in this case, and he contended, therefore, that they had no power to join in any such address as this. Lord CAMPBELL said that the house were now in a very grave position. The other house had passed an address to the Crown, in which it was represented to her Majesty that a select committee of the House of Commons had reported that bribery and corrupt prac tices had extensively prevailed at the last and previous election for the city of Canterbury. To that address their lordships' assent was asked, and they were now hesitating as to whether the House of Commons had not represented an untruth to the Crown. He trusted that their lordships would not suffer in the public esti mation by differing from the House of Commons on such a subject. He believed that both houses were equally desirous that all such corrupt practices shall be put an end to, and that the most effectual mode of doing so was by putting this act of parliament into full operation. (Hear, hear.) Lord ST. LEONARDS said that as the report on which the address was founded was that of an elec tion committee, it must, in order to comply with the terms of the act, refer to the last election, and state the corrupt practices to have extensively prevailed then, be cause the committee had no power to inquire into past elections. Lord REDESDALE said that the noble and learned lord who had just addressed the house had said that it was unfortunate that the committee of the house did not use the words described in the act, and that he hoped that this oversight would not occur on a future occasion. He (Lord Redesdale) agreed with him in these remarks, and thought that no committee which intended to make a report that would subject a borough to an inquiry of this sort would be likely again to commit the same error ; but the true and only mode by which to secure a borough against an unjust, and oppressive, and tyran nical decision of a majority in parliament was to say that they would insist upon the report of the committee con taming the precise words used in the act of parliament. By postponing their assent to this address they did not prevent an inquiry being made into the prevalence of bribery at Canterbury. The same members as had con stituted the former committee might be directed by the House of Commons to report, without taking fur- [PRICE SD. ' ther evidence, whether bribery did extensively prevail at the last election, and if they reported in the affirma tive the address would then come before their lordships in due form. (Hrar, hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that he was rather surprised at the remarks which had fallen from the noble lord who had just resumed his seat, when he recollected the part be took when the bill upon which this proceed ing was founded was before the house. The noble lord then warned the house against the danger of placing implicit reliance on the reports of committees of the other house, and claimed for that house its due share in the consideration of these questions, quite independently of those previous investigations in the other house. But, nevertheless, he now told them they were not to look at the evidence before them, but were to be entirely bound by the report of the committee of the House of Commons ; and that unless they could maintain that the ipsissima verba of the act of Parliament had been adopted by that committee, they were not entitled to place their own interpretation either upon the report of the committee or upon the evidence upon which it was founded. If those were not the words of the noble lord, such was certainly the necessary conse quence of his argument. If they were to be bound by the particular words used in the report of the com mittee of the House of Commons ; if, as had been said, they had nothing to do with the evidence which had been adduced before that committee, for what purpose had they gone through the farce of sending a message to the other house, and requesting they would present them with a copy of the report and of the evidence taken before the committee ? They would not have done this except in order to form their own opinion, and to decide whether they should then agree to the address which had been sent up from the other house. He would not at tempt to enter into the legal discussion with the three or four noble and learned lords who had taken part in it, for as two had adopted one view and two the other, he might be spared the necessity. He would say, in deed, with all respect to those noble and learned lords, that the question was not altogether one of dry techni cality, but it was one on which every lay member of the house was as capable of forming an opinion whether he was doing substantial justice as any one of those noble and learned lords. He found, from an examination of the evidence, that not only had extensive, but almost universal bribery prevailed at Canterbury at the last election, and he must ask. therefore, whether it would be wise or just to oppose any obstacle to this, the first preliminary step—not to disfranchise the borough, but simply to obtain an investigation into alleged cor rupt practices ? (Hear, hear.) He believed, because he sat in that house and knew its temper and dispo sition, that it was sincerely desirous of checking these practices ; but the public out of doors would not give them credit for this desire, if, after reading the blue-book, and finding that bribery had prevailed, as he had already said, not only extensively but almost universally, they yet found that that' house refused to agree to this address, because the committee of the House of Commons had omitted to use the precise words of the act of Parliament ; and that they declined to give to the words of the report a latitude of construction which the courts in Westminster-hall would extend in matters of importance, and which were of a final and perhaps of a penal character. The public would cer tainly in that case believe that their lordships had some sinister object in screening these practices, and that they did not want them to be thoroughly investigated, if it could possibly be avoided. The noble and learned lord opposite said lie believed the committee of the House of Commons must have some reason for using the words they had done, and not those prescribed by the act. Whatever reasons they might have had, unquestionably those reasons did not go to mitigate their sentence, and prevent the course now taken. Who had moved the address to the Crown carried by the House of Commons ? The hon. gentleman the 'chairman of the committee ; and lie took on himself to say that it had not been by inadvertency of the precise words of the act that he had not used those words, but that the intention of the com mittee was to carry the inquiry up to the direct limits of the act. He (the Duke of Newcastle) said that their lordships ought to look a little to the effect of their de cision out of doors, and he was strengthened in that conviction by one of the arguments used by the noble and learned lord opposite, who had endeavoured to ex tract from the address of the House of Commons, an argument which iwould go the length of putting a very awkward interpretation on the word " exten sive " used in the act. 'Whatever might be the case in reference to previous elections, as regarded the recent election the committee had only stated that the sitting members were concerned in it. But the sitting - members must have been returned by a majority of the constituency, and therefore a ma jority of the electors for the borough of Canterbury might, for aught their lordships knew, have been guilty of bribery ; yet the noble and learned lord had tried to extract from the address of the House of Commons that it did not necessarily follow, but was rather an indica tion of the reverse, that there was extensive bribery. His noble friend said they were not entitled to interpret this report any way they pleased, but must be bound by its words. • If they wanted any interpretation of the re port, they had it in the fact that this address was moved by the very man who drew up the report ; but they had in the report itself an interpretation which the public would understand, and which every member of their lordships' house understood. When they had it in evidence that 2,000 colourmen had been appointed and paid on several occasions in the borough of Canterbury, and other similar facts, he hoped they would not be in duced to avail themselves of a technical objection, such as that now proposed, and that in this preliminary stage of proceedings they would look at the subject in a point of view more rational than that suggested by the special pleading they had heard on this occasion. The noble and learned lord finished his address by saying that the responsibility of this step would rest with the Govern ment. On behalf of the Government he had a right to say, that that responsibility they willingly and cheer fully accepted. They were perfectly prepared to incur any responsibility which might be thrown on them in recommending their lordships to agree to an address to the Crown ; but one responsibility he should certainly be sorry to incur, namely, that of by indication or by any direct act of his being a party to preventing any investigation which he believed to be absolutely neces sary from the circumstances of the time. His noble friend who spoke last had expressed his view of the great uses of the House of Lords, and he said that one of these was to check hasty and, perhaps, unfair legis lation by the House of Commons. He (the Duke of New castle) recognised that great attribute of their lordships ; but he did think that if there was one thing more than another in which they were bound not to lag behind the spirit of the times, both in Parliament and out of it, it was this of the prevalence of corrupt practices in the election of representatives of the people. He believed that for some years past there had been a growing feel ing that this was one of the vices of our representative system most likely to destroy it ; and he believed-that if their lordships were to show any disposition to adopt either such a course as was now recommended, or by any other approaching to it, they would lose much of that respect of the country which he hoped they would ever continue to enjoy. After a few words in explanation from Lord ST. LEONARD'S and Lord. REDESDALE, Lord LYNDHURST said that, having done his duty in submitting his views to their lordships, he did not not think it necessary to go any farther. Lord CAMPBELL hoped that the commissioners ap pointed would proceed speedily. .By so doing they would entitle themselves to the thanks of Parliament and the country. The question was then put and agreed to, and the ad dress ordered to be communicated to the House of Corn• mons. Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 411 aa li A .4 1 v ., 8 ...... 4 V 4Ca 4 6 4 "i•a I . Time. t E . 1 'c' , z Time • 0. 4 8 Al t a f. a 1 8 4 8 al 914 9 10 11 - , - 11 124 1 --- 24 336 2 4 . 5 % 1 .5 ... INQUEST ON THE' LATE DR. RICHARD OHAMBBRS. o Y ro e n st e e r r w day aft akie y e r a n n o d o n a j a u n inquest ry,on the was he body of l d before pr . Richard h M a r d r. C Chambers, who was found dead in bed on Wednesday morning last at his own residence in Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square. Thomas Baynes, man-servant to the deceased, de posed that his master was about 34 years of age. On e a c y e a ra se i lying ng a i in bh g going half-past quite into e t o ndi ne h ae i d s .o bedroom ahse l a yf s oi t nu gn N ci V o e nt d h n e es d d the left side. The only parts of the body exposed were the left arm and face. Witness did not touch the body, but immediately fetched Dr. Richardson, a colleague of the deceased. Dr. Ashton, of Cavendish-square, arrived soon after, and a policeman was then sent for, and shown the posi tion in which the body was found. A small phial was discovered on a table at the side of the bed. It was empty. Witness had seen similar bottles there before, and his master was in the habit of taking medicine from them. No letters or documents of any kind were found in the room. The last time witness saw his master alive was about twelve o'clock the previous night. He was then reclining on a sofa in his study. He spoke to witnes, and asked him what o'clock it was. Witness answered it was near twelve, whereupon the de ceased pulled out his watch, and said, " Dear me, so it is." During the three days previous to his death the deceased had been suffering from a slight attack of rheu matic gout, and on Sunday he was so unwell that he did not; get up until two -o'clock, in -the afternoon. On Tuesday he dined at home, and did not leave the house during the evening. - He had beeti out during the day, and on coming home felt so much indisposed that he told witness he would not see any patients before twelve o'clock on Wednesday. Witness did not think there was anything strange in this, because the deceased was in the habit, when he complained of illness, of remaining in bed till the middle of the day, and sometimes later. Between two and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the deceased gave witness a prescription, and directed him to go to the shop of Mr. Court, chemist, for medi cine. Witness had frequently done so before, and on this occasion he fetched the medicine in the bottle which was found next morning near the body of his master. No relations of the deceased were in the house at the time of his death, the only inmates being witness and three maid servants. The deceased was married, but his wife and child were in the country when he died. Witness did not observe anything peculiar in his master's manner previous to his death, nor was he aware that he had had a fit at any time. He was perfectly sober the last time he saw him. There was no blood on the sheets when he was found dead. Dr. Wilson, of Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, said he made a post mortem examination of the body on Friday morning, in the presence of Mr. Weedon Cook, a colleague of the deceased, an d another medical gentle man. The skin was discoloured, .owing to the position in which the body was lying, and blood was oozing from the nose and mouth. Decomposition had proceeded so far that the skin separated upon being touched, and the cellular tissue was inflated with air. The eyes were also much swelled. On the body being opened, the lungs, liver, stomach, intestines, and all the other functional organs, except the heart, were found in a healthy condi tion. The right ventricle of the heart was enlarged at least a third beyond its natural size, and was thinner than it ought to have been, and the left ventricle was also slighly extended. There was only a small quantity of blood present. Externally the stomach was in a healthy condition, but internally there was a slight appearance inflammation earanceofinflammation of the mucus membrane. The th w e as sto in ma a pint, and were of a reddish brow n colour. They emitted a very peculiar odour, whi ch was stomach patches m e a cu over rod the a bu s u t r fa h c a e l f The contents of . instantly known to be that of prussic acid, and accordingly the presence of that poison was detected on analysis, along with a small quantity of opium. Owing to decomposition having taken place, witness could form no opinion of the quantity of prussio acid which might have been contained in the stomach, but he succeeded in discovering undoubted traces of it. lie had seen the prescription which the deceased had sent to Mr. Court, the chemist, the day before his death, and found that the ingredients of the draught were six drops of prussic acid, of Scheele's strength, with ten drops of Battley's solution of opium,' one drachm of colchicum, two, of ace tate of ammonia, and an ounce and a half of water. His opinion was that death was caused by the ,prussic acid acting in conjunction with the disease of the heart. He did not think there was sufficient prussic acid to have destroyed life in the absence of disease of the heart ; but he believed there was sufficient to produce death, the vital action being low and weak. The effect of the in creased size of the heart would be to cause the blood to flow into the lungs, and the patient, on taking prussic acid, might die before sufficient blood returned to put the heart in motion. The rest of the contents of the stomach consisted of animal matter and alcohol. Wit ness had ascertained that on the Monday b e f or e his death the deceased sent a prescription to Mr. Court somewhat different from the last, inasmuch as it con tained only five drops of prussic acid, the action of which moreover was dulled by carbonate of potash —a guard which had not been observed in the second dose. Dr. Dillon, a juryman, remarked that he was himself aware that Dr. Chambers had complained of diSease of the heart, and had expressed apprehensions of it. The Coroner—l am sorry to say that a good many in this room may make the s a m e com p la int. Disease of the heart exists to a very frightful extent, and l it is a most common cause of death. Dr. Dillon—On Tuesday morning I walked home with him from a rt and he then told me that he was h afraid he had disease of the heart, but I made light of it. about two o'clock on witness knew of the Dr. Dillon, having been sworn, stated t t s h . at he i k tn n e e s w s t the deceased intimately, and met him at a pa r ty on th e Monday night previous to health death. s wwnhdoorat w a tn On that occasion Tuesday hnensddeacye accompanieded morning.was b in m t g o Fb o irsn o mo d de ceased's habits and character, h e was perfectly sure he did not commit suicide. Dr. Chambers was attached to life, he had a great deal of happiness, and enjoyed the world very much. Witness was not in the habit of prescribing prussic acid to his patdin ients, because he was a fraid of mistakes in the co mpounding of i. A Juryman asked how many drops of prussic acid it would take to destroy life ? The Coroner—That would be rather a difficult ques tion to answer. However, I would not advise you to swallow a very large dose, else you might not survive to describe its effects. (A laugh.) A single drop of prussic acid on the arm has been known to occasion death. Dr. Wilson said the action of prussic acid was rela tive. A. single drop might kill a child in whom vitality was weak, whereas a strong healthy man might possibly swa ll o w several drops without serious injury. The Coroner then briefly recapitulated the chief points of the case, and said that, whatever rumours might have prevailed in the neighbourhood, there could be no doubt, after the evidence the jury had just heard, that death had been produced by disease of the heart, probably in fluenced by prussic acid taken medicinally. Verdict returned accordingly. THE CHANGES _ANTICIPATED NEED not be either national, ministerial, or social ; for changes in the season, in the habits and require • ments of every person in society, are certain. Such changes are anticipated by E. 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Qui si parla Aqua se habla Espanol MEDICAL AD TICE ON THE SECRET INFIR,MITEEi OF YOUTH AND. :MATURITY, DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, :BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriet'lated Member of the University of 'Eclinbargh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. Mr AY be consulted, personally, or by letter , on I X. the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, iresulting-from juvenile irregalisriilles and excesses; Which have pro ' duced more misery in youth, de gradation inrmanhood, and prema 'Turf decay at all stales of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self -acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitflil Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their . endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that nil men should know that there are principles of personal managemeatt which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, an& when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate seLf-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con-equiences may be avoided, and above all,' that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functiopal derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and a the only legally qualified Fhysician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply h r o e fa ts uvei a e r bi ded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatm re e ep n na t ti o en f ndt t u h nc es oeds e ttruo cases which are too generally confided to the s S h ix oul ti d ll p c u a l i b e t o b t o u m n e qu th al r iti c ed ons a u n i d tat ig io n n or d an al t ly empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues • medicines can be forwarded co ard py e o d f t hi o s an w y o i r n k re i first obtain mpla'cheafvaaithinfttninthft Eight. All letters must contain the fee of IL, and advice and It is desirable that otedoimiasnrs epriEoreolretuvadesenndreity.. Two, ,thaonsde fromw ho patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT Generative Debility, SELF-PRESERVATlON.lllustratehilotyoph yofMarriage , cribing in detail the various di d. b A Medical Treatise on the P and excesses. The perusal of this fifty coloured engravings, and des iscrders resulting from secret habits and F d 3 e :i s anne e n r e l h p , t ,3 lo 9s n :c o a: f rnis th hih e ci ir Brothers and Co., 23, Paternostean treatise will assist in the correct may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, d-street • Oxfor , or German, of Messrs. Piper oy post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's real- ITtall itell'o ° r w ne ; -street, Nerv o usor free deux, BZIVORD+WARE, LONDON. ; D su c ases,tt oce and (PROPRIETAILL) (surruu..) Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation Credit Rates of in Profits, after Seven Yearly Premium. Payments. .—.....,,-... Half Whole I Half Quar premium premium Ago. Annual Yearly terly I First for Re- premium Pre- Pre ' Seven mainder mium. mium. Years. of Life. —.--. ---..—.... £ s. d.l £ s. d. Years. Months I a. d. 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SUNDAYS. j ~~~~ , 0 401`. 1. -tiji, • tal • h_C7i(4', --••• • {,:r. ; colnshire,ailway (Barnsley) ; Monti° e Ur; Rail: ; —Newry and Enniskillen Rairaa ; North and South-Western (Hampstead and City .W ion) 'y ; Oxford, Worcester, and WolverharripteMWiv a y. verhampton Station, &c.) ; Peebles Railway • *o and Dungannon Railway • ' Roscrea and own Junction Railway ; Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junc tion Railway ; Severn and Wye Railway and Canal ; Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, and Bridgnprth Railway ; South Wales Mineral Railway ; South Wales Railway (Monmouth) ; South Wales Railway (Pembroke, &c.) ; South Wales Railway (Power to Purchase, &c.) ; Swan sea Valley Railway ; Wimbledon and Croydon Railway; Worcester and Hereford Railway ; Milford Haven Docks. PETITIONS. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Liverpool against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. M. SMITH presented a petition from the Arch deacon of Rochester, against the admission of Jews into Parliament, and a similar petition from Tonbridge. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Wolver hampton, in favour of international arbitration. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, against University Tests. Mr. BROWN presented ,a petition from the post masters in Lancashire praying for a modification of the post-horse and carriage tax. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a number of petitions from various parts of the country against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. BUTLER presented two petitions—one from Bishopsgate, and the other from Bermondsey—against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. EWART presented a petition from a place in Scotland, praying for the repeal of the taxes on know ledge. LASLETT presented a petition from Winchester against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. PHINN presented a petition from Maidstone, praying the house to introduce a clause into the Crimi nal Assaults on Women Bill, sanctioning corporal pun ishment. Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from the Guar dians of Plymouth praying for a revision of the law of settlement. ELECTION PETITIONS. • The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received a letter from the agent to the petitioner in the case of the Carlow election petition, stating that it was not intended to proceed with said petition ; also a letter to the same effect from the agents in the cases of Lisburn, Salisbury, and Cashel. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND gave notice that when the motion came on for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, he Ahould move for a call of the house as an amendment. Col. HARCOURT gave notice of his intention to move an amendment to the 4th clause of the County Fi nancial Boards Bill. should uld.WlLSONmovefor gave the pr notice oduc ti t n h o a f t , p o a n p e T r s h u e rso connected next, ted w he h e the Customs, and he should take that opportunity of stating the alterations which Government proposed to make in the management of the Customs. CLERGY RESERVES. Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to ask Lord John Rus sell what, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, will be the force and effect of the guarantee upon the Consolidated Fund, in sec. 8, of the act 3 and 4 Vic. o. 78, in the event of the Clergy Reserves being secularised by the Legislature of Canada. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had not asked for a written opinion from the law officer of the Crown, but they had commualsitated to him verbally that in the event of the secularisaTion of the clergy reserves there would be no claim mule on the Consolidated Fund. POOR LAWS. Sir W. JOLLIFFE wished to ask thti President of the Poor Law Board whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward, during the present session, measures either to alter or repeal the laws with respect to pauper settlement in England and Wales. And, if bills with that or any other poor law objects are to be proposed, at what period they anelikely to be upon the table of the house. a Mr. BAINES replied that notice had already been given of a similar question, but all that he could now Sate was, that on Monday next the noble load the mem ber for the City of London, would state the views and intentions of the Government upon this subject. UNIVERSITIES. Mr. M. MILNES wished to ask Lord John Russell whether in his declaration of the intentions of the Go vernment on the subject of the reform of the Universi ties, he intended to imply that the support and assistance of the Government would be given to such colleges as may be desirous to obtain the aid of Parliament to enable them to dispense with their obligations to their present statutes, and to substitute such other statutes as may seem to them advisable for the advantage of their separate societies and for the public good. Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not bind the Go vernment to the extent which the question went, but the Government would be prepared to go with the authorities of the Iliiiversities as far as they could. LOSS OF STEAM-VESSELS. Mr. FREDERICK DUNDAS wished to ask the Lord-Advocate whether he has received any report, from the local authorities at Aberdeen, of the circum stances connected with the Duke of Sutherland steamer, on entering the harbour of Aberdeen on the afternoon of Friday, the Ist instant ; and whether it was intended to adopt any means by which, in future, the rocket appa ratus and life-boats usually resorted to in cases of ship wreck, may be rendered more available and efficient. The LORD ADVOCATE said he had not yet received any report on the subject, but special directions had been given for a full inquiry into the whole circum stances of the case. Mr. KENNEDY wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether any investigation had been made by her Majesty's Government into the causes of the numerous disasters which have recently occurred in the coasting and channel traffic of the United Kingdom, more particularly those having reference to the following vessels :—The Minerva, the Prince Arthur, and the Duke of Sunderland, with a view to the prevention of such occurrences ? And whether any, or what steps, had been taken by her Majesty's Government on the report made by Captain Walker of the causes attending the late wreck of the steam-ship Queen Victoria, of Dublin ? Mr. CARDWELL said the local authorities were constantly instructed to make reports upon the subject of these occurrences, and the Board of Trade was now engaged inquiring into the circumstances attending all of these cases. On the motion of Viscount MONCK a new writ was ordered for the City of Carlow, in the room of Col. Bruen, deceased. CLERGY RESERVES. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA). On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Mr.WALPOLE moved that it be read a third time that day six months. The right hon. gentleman said that enter taining as he did a very strong opinion on the subject, he trusted he should be permitted to state the more prominent reasons that induced him to resist the further progress of this bill. He was the more anxious to do so in consequence of the discussion that took place in committee, and the strange admissions then made on the part of the Govern ment, and partly also in consequence of the somewhat sin gular, and certainly surprising, announcement made upon the subject that evening by the noble lord the member for London. It was clear to him from the discussion in com mittee that the principle on which the bill had been recom mended to thehouse was not strictly that upon which it had been framed; nay, more, he thought it would appear that th main effect and object of the measure was not exactly what it was represented to be, and that it would have a different operation from that which constituted the principle upon which it was stated to have been framed. At the time of the second reading they were told that the great object of the measure was to give to the Canadian Legislature the fullest powers upon all matters of purely local concern and interest, but in committee it appeared that it would not be confined to those matters, but in fact related to investments made in this country, and enabled the Canadian Legislature to deal with those investments under the plea of local self government, though not local interest was in any way af fected by them. Again, at the time of the second reading they were told that the effect of the bill would be to put the English and Scotch Churches on precisely the same foot ingmt t a e s e theit appeared Roman tohfCatholicCaettnahhfdnoeeaodcstieeii ProtestantsCsanc destroyed onuwi(yrieeoehgcti readingl o d f b a (nliafftchleare,nb different, were andi n e told, the endowments given to Roman Catholics might not be touched without the concurrence of the Im s e bl i ya i taoaulfnrPyea Canadaamr l l o i n a na s tn en. e r e n c whileot(,cei apassedrh .e) _t e h f yg u d aa c e i h ‘ nm O:d a n aj , e to k u l rt t e ih s t a eyl given t eh h t eo , a nd properly so, that there were certain tra hs pt e a x ljpee i ld s se t td i ye n g,de g s It,ov asm i nterestsgiv en ai main tain Ministers reserved for those to whom they now belonged, on th e g r ound that the faith of t ay h y e pi C rne r sw o s w eha n iehh w e f t o a r in an th a e n m sw , e b r u a t s t v o he t n ho th w e elicited,t pa r b t e i c c a u u l a s er n h t e e y r e k s knew t h t h a n a t if it they was no was reserves. thefaith of (H th e e ar. Crown Again, n oanswer more pledgedb t e o those to ) l°° mketalint°taittillethacetwohfoPlearolifatinheenset they were told that at the time of the second reading that the settlement of 1840 was not a compact in the sense of its being a national engagement, but in committee the 3d clause wa s w ithd rawn on the expressi ground that the set tlement of 1810 was a compact as far asit affected the lia bility of this country. These were inconsistencies and ano malies which convinced him that this bill was not drawn up with that consideration which might be expected from the Government. Now, let them consider upon what principle the bill was founded, and what were the con siderations which induced the Government to introduce it. They were most ably stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he thought the argument upon which the Government justified the measure so put by the right hon. gentleman might resolve itself into these two main points—first, that it was the duty of Parliament to give to the Canadian Legislature the largest powers with reference to matters of purely local self-government, and, secondly, that if those powers were diminished or abridged, there was a danger of provoking discontent in the colony, or of a collision between the Canadian Legislature and the Imperial Parliament. He was not going to dispute the question of local self-government, for he was for giving suc h power in the fullest sense of the word as soon as a a colony was capable of receiving it, and undertaking the responsibility of constitutional government ; but he doubted whether the question of self-government strictly arose on this occasion, and for this reason, that he thought there were anterior obligations resting on the Imperial Parliament, to take care that certain rights, which had been guaranteed by Parliament should be preserved to those for whom they were intended. And, if that were so, it was their business to inquire whether th e Imperial Parliament had not duties to discharge with reference to l t e h s i s s i c t ase wa w s h sa i tsfi it ed cod that nl those delegate ep le ar g t a t t e e s w to o o u t l h d ei di • p sc a h rt a i rg es e , uthn o / ~ _..~ OATHS IN CHANCERY BILLS. The Commons' amendments to this bill were consi dered. On the motion of Lord ST. LEONARDS, their lord ships disagreed to amendments in the second and eighth clauses, and the reasons for disagreement were ordered to be communicated to the other house at a conference. Their lordships adjourned shortly before seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. SOTHERON moved that the period limited by the house for the second reading of all railway or canal bills, containing any powers of amalgamation, lease, working arrangement, or other combination of interest between different companies, be extended to Monday, the 18th day of April. Agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed: —Eastern Counties Railway (North Woolwich, &c.) ; Evesham Bridge. The Runcorn and Weston Canal Bill was considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a second time :—Amber gate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern J;noi.cti2o)n; Railway (No. 1) ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and B os t on and Eastern Junction Railway (Sale, &c.), (No. Ardrossan Railway; Bedale and Leyburn Railway; Bed ford Extension Railway ; Birkenhead Dock Company Birmingham and Oxford Juncti on , Birmingham A : Vol-' v ß e o r s h t a o m n pt andon, andm Midland aDnud Counties Dudley and Great Railway Western lwayand s s Cornwall Railway; Darlington an,dßsy Rail wayßarnard Castle Railway; ; Dean Eastern Forest, Counties Monmouth Railways n ( rc o h n a t s y e p o o o f l &Rca.)ll;wayEa(ditsTo.Grli)nst(ecard Railway • East East Railways, , e E La a n st cahir Lancashire . Railway (No. R 2 o),s3,(SoauntdhtepGoyrtSlolaulfcBreercsd.;:rt; Furness Railway . Railway ; Herefordshire Hereford Gloucestershire Canal, and London and North-Western Railway ; Hull and Rol derness Railways ; Leamington, Warwick, and Strat f_ord-upon-Avon Railway ; Leeds, Bradford, and Hali fax Junction Railway ; Leeds Northern Railway ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction Railway ; Li merick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction Railway (Power to sell, &c.) ; Llynvi Valley Railway ; London and North-Western and Buckinghamshire Railways ; London and North-Western and London and Blackwall Railways; London and North-Western and Midland Railway Com panies Amalgamation ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- - 7/ sis ; saner peagi 99 Oa to cling' oats , 30; c, 3211 ms• od od od a. titiei 8 f°l' 0 FA. 'I 9 V ) -, __, 0. ' 18 5 ,A 0 18 6 17 6 17 g 18 0 , 1 1 97 6 ,17 6 1.5 g 1: ), iT . i" .11 1/ 61. :01 n• Jj6 ril ril e' ~~ 0 )1 4 f 1 if" ~~ yeA' , 7% •ts 3 1'9% 11M 1 3h b 636 Time. 11% 3% 5 6%