The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

irb 3,,,Tilitin SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this Day.) MANCHESTER, July 15. In the foreign department of hour market, we have still to report a very dull market. e Want of anyt hi ng like demand for India is muc h t among producers fo r th a t quar t er ; an d the absence of the buyers for China renders the middle qualities of 40-inch shirtings almost unsaleable, and makes it in creasingly difficult to obtain the quoted prices for 16's to 24's water twist from those who are pur chasing for other markets, while the increased compli cation and more threatening aspect of the quarrel be tween Russia and Turkey impair the confidence of all c lasses of merchants. But there is scarcely any giving /r ay in yarns for the oriental markets, and very little Indeed in goods —even in China shirtings. From the home houses, however, there is a steady call for various kinds of goods, the value of which is thus firmly main tained. The lighter and middle qualities of dome tics ar e in good request ; but they do not rise in price pro portionately with the yarns they are made from, which are still inclined to harden. The yarn market through out exhibits a remarkable firmness. Spinners show their confidence in cotton by the extent of their pur chases. The prices of the better qualities tend upwards. GLASGOW, July 15.—A moderate business his been transacted in cotton during the week, at an advance of id. per lb on the middling and better descriptions of American. There has been no change of consequence in the quotations for inferior sorts. NOTTINGHAM, July 14.—Both of our local trades are in as healthy a state as they usually are at this tim e of the year ; but as the raw material used in each business is so much higher in price than it was some time back, producers are acting with that degree of cau tion becoming sensible men of business. We are not without considerable orders, but, as there is ample time given to make the goods, warehouse people do not seem busy. At this season, too, many stocking makers are employed in the neighbouring villages as haymakers, and in other agricultural operations. BIRMINGHAM, July 14.—The quarterly meeting of the ironmsters of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Worcestershire, was held in Birmingham this day, and, considering the meetings which have been held i n th e earlier part of the week and the known firmness of prices, was well attended. There was not the slightest tendency to recede from the prices agreed upon at Stewponey a fortnight ago ; but, on the other hand, in consequence of the improved demand for ma• nufactured iron, there was, if anything, an inclination towards an advance. It was reported that 10s. a ton would be determined upon, but the first firms in South Staffordshire, as we were informed, decided upon abi ding by the quotations fixed at the preliminary 4leeting. The only other assemblage at which the pees of iron may be called in question is that at t : i l die37 on Saturday. Th a t a St our b r idge to-mo rrow h o `es chiefly to coal and limestone. The probability, i_wever, appears to be that iron will maintain, if not e:Prove, its price f or so me wee k s , if no t mon th s t o of l i e he —that is, if unscrupulous speculators are kept out market. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Prom the Leeds Mercury of this day.) don e -E/3 ; JULY 15.—There has been a good business a nd In the Cl o th-h a ll s thi s wee k. B o th on S atur d ay 4 11 4 01 1 Tuesday there was a brisk demand for nearly sect°l'll)6ons of cloths, especially for the heavier kinds, e ti as beavers, pil o t s , me lt ons , & c., an d i n t h ese goo d s a ti ° l ll sider a bl e 'trade was done. Prices continue about ti e e ) , eat ue• Stocks rema i n w ith ou t any d ec id e d a lt era - W. There have been several of the principal London ad rs in the town during the week, which has given C - 1 1° ..4i activity to the home trade in the warehouses, e ati ,,,,m. several of the shipping houses are doing a good 31"'"au trade, there continues to be a fair steady busi -13 doin g in woollen cloths. up pErtsrinn.—On the whole we have had a quieter tofu alket than usual ; there have been fewer buyers in t, b uy t purchases have been contracted. Mer n n t s cautiously, and generally to fit up their im r thate orders. Speculators are quiet, which is gene ally attributed to the Eastern question ; and until tn,"avlllhething- final is know n res p ec ti ng it we may expect e quiet ma r k e t s . a -L '' c olinaLE.—Th ere has been a rather dull market, and ve ry limit e d amo u n t o f b us i ness transacted at former c:` e es• The power loom weavers have obtained an ad nee of wages of 121 2 , and the piecers 10 per cent., from "'oat of the masters, and those who have not yet given t his advance have promised to give it at the end of the Present week. In wool there has been a very littled t oin doing, t he man u f ac t urers showing no disposition to buy pre sent. BRADFORD.—The trade of the district continues much t he same ; in wools a. tendency downward ; in yarns th ere are orders to give both for home and export trade, but they are withheld from a feeling of doubt whe . they Prices hav e s een th e l owes t po i n t . The piece trade is dull. We hear of partial strikes for higher wages, but except in cases of peculiar oppression, we think work & are not well-advised who adopt s uch a mo d e o f ob l'lg their wishes. nallut""".— The market to-day has been almost stag act. in eN 'erY department ; so few and limited the trans it)", that prices are little more than nominal. obl, lcE sTEn.—Our market has been very quiet ; stocks fo r the n are not large, and manufacturers are preparing ket e n e autumn demand. The dechne in the wool mar of yaables the spinner better to meet the present rate sent L es, in which nothing is doing further than for pre• i ns diPPIY• The wool market is flat, growers not feel- W ool s 'l l °sed to accept of present prices. The Colonial to wi th es, which commence to-day, are lo oked forward co nsiderable interest. LLOYD'S SLIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) 11 17,1„ 1113 „ 41 , July 16.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. ; bent,„be • breeze , and cloudy, with rain.—The Prince Al kid - ,;„',9ainsborough, capsized in a squa ll o ff D ep tf or d, , 'master's wife and child drowned. Slei br ,",", July 15.—Wind, W.S.W., s t rong . Arrived — S ant a • Parentum, Parentum, Havannah; lo n i a , d o . ; G enera l DE Cuba. Jiou • July W.S.W. Arrived—Leander, ,• - •••t - a ; i 4 Y . ,,,; Kal amazoo, Q ue b ec. A rr i ved from the River °or elicirk, f or Syd ne y, N.S.W. ; C oun t ess o f Yar eeOria, Port Philip • Fanny Adelaide , S.A. ; Victory, tari„ titt a ; Emanuel B o utcher , St. Vincet ; Celesta, Hon vau,,-,l* July 16, 9 a.m.—Wnd, S.W., Lond on Alb'—eatherine Green, from St. Kitt's, for 3 4 414 0 1 11 ' J amaica , , for London ; Spartan, do. ; Samue l o 113 tu , (10 . Camden, Quebec, for London ; Meander, b i 27, for London. N li tt A lf .'"T H, July W.N . .W ~ stron s g ere a n n e d , 40, „";'• Arrived—Pezano, Havannah ,Iris , do . ; 114 Trinidad de Cuba. Off Port—Pomona, Africa, I'L.,. °ll stadt. Pllor„?louxii, July 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Bos b•PoVs), London , for Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. vitto-.4BXOUTH, July 15.—Wind, W. by S. Arrived— Vith .. t i, 4 , Sierra Leone ; Eletarna, Bemen, for Cdiz, LlktBs of starboard bulwarks from contact with the vative, from London, which lost cutwater, &c. ko.,,,IYERPooL, July 16, 10.30 Wind, S. Arrived 7 ly;',, n er, from Maceio ; Shanghai, New Orleans ; Dervi Phila ß amburgh. Off Port—City of Gl a sg ow steamer, Ar Phia ; R a til er (s), Chariot of Fame, and Avon. a n , ' 4 Sot II oRTH, July 15.—Th e Queen, of London, for Arch but ot on sh ore on Hasborough Sand, on the 12th inst., off and shor e at Pal li n proceeded.--The roce ded eTh Rose of Stockton, is on July d, S . W . Arri ved—West i lendon, Qu e b ec. 1.1. patriScannonouGH, July 15 . —Wind, S. W. Arrived — ot, Quebec. BRISTOL, July 15.-,windllavannah. , W.N.W. Arrived—Atti ca , GRIMSBY, July Spalding WandindtitWo bumAbrriervlaetl,lS-Veilhiningt°t; Shields, for London—both leaky. Sea am p o BUENOS AYRES.—The acc ounts from Buenos Ayres !brow no a dditional light on th e prospects of the con °l ftding parties in that Republic to re li eve the anxiety the , b en dholders. Some writers r e p resent the citizens as likely to effect a sortie that would speedly rout the besiegers, while others express apprehensions of the city be , ing taken by an assault that would be signal!sed 1)3-- I l tunder and massacre. Considerable d i ssatisfaction. ap pears to have existed among the English merchants and ofe bloeckadne. , : r Nn residents generally, in consequ t en t c e e th 84 admiral on the station paying respect takingdeclared to Zstablished by Urquiza, inasmuch as s i we w re as their de Wholly inefficient. IVlany persons rlParture for Monte Video and Rio, L4 ces was from the confusion a .kyres. as prospering former t ofw Buenoshich ,YIIE BUILDIN G FOR THE I NDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT l ON sted si t'u S COTLAND.—In the c i rcu l ar w hi c h h a s bsen i 3 7 ll the committee o f p romoters o f a G rea t Industrial jl:xliibitio n i n Scotland, they announce that they a ye succ ee d e d i n acquiring the " option of a centra l and adequate site on the Calton Hill, of Edinburgh/ Which combines, along with the present object, the cora- Pletion of a Great National Edifice, and that a contrac ,°r is pr e p ared to execute the NI ork, and to rely for pay "'ent of half of the expense on the receipts." They give 04a6 Vi ew of the building they propose to erect on the 0 n Rill—a large Doric temple, pseudo-dipteral, on a th e basement ; and in the section which accompanies it I ' 4 a .massive columns of the flanks are shown to be rest ming on slight props of iron in the lower apartment, so we ust suppose that the columns are to be of some hollow 'raniework or composition. It is to be hoped that the mm ittee will n o t perpetrate such an absurdity as this Cooould be, b u t erect an honest, truthful structure, fitted r the purpose.—Builder. Dee' FISHERIE S .—Th e supply of salmon in the Jen' is this ! year very ab un d ant, and, consequently, the mark ets are most plentif u ll y suppl i ed with the delicacy. zariL price varies from 15. to is. 6d. per pound. The ous a ssociations for the preservation of the fisheries ,ave done much to effect this object. In the Severn '',!t) first year's fish are small, and salmon are not so P t i en tiful a 3 they have been ; still there is a good supply, and et price is very reasonable. In the Tivy, in South ,;,. al s, there has been a very large increase in the take , salnaon and trout, and a large, portion of that which 18,._ elaptur2d is sent to the London, Bristol, and other iTaciets so that fish in the neighbourhood is high in l a ke e In the other streams, and more especially in the :Nestl , the take of fish is very good, and some of the 11!e size have been captured. The sea fishery is like bundant. It is in contemplation to endeavour to takene'4 end the time to a month earlier, as few good fish are in October. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was tame but quiet—sales, 8,000 bales, including 2,000 taken for export. Railway shares were firmer. The changes that appear in the balance sheet of the Bank of England made up for the week to the 9th instant are, for the most part, referable to the dividends and other state liabilities due at the close of the financial quarter ; but there is one item, that of Government securities, which is not ex pected to show an increase at this period, and which most likely has been augmenterl by the de posits of Exchequer Bills as security for temporary loans to meet the Government requirements. The discounts were less in amount, because advances made ere the transfer books closed had to be re turned. The bullion was lessened, owing to the sums required for the various payments as well as for shipment. Compared with the previous return, the alterations are as follow Active circulation Increase £23,806,980 959,160 18,263,674 290,231 3,210,137 60,348 3,953,330 1,662,032 13,508,613 1,003,993 1,409,150 36,508 14,497,333 1,380,336 13,680,203 Bullion. Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase Seven-day and'other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Decrease. Notes unemployed 692,128 8.101,820 Decrease - 1,102,440 There was a decline here yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon all the prircipal continental cities. Paris, 25 20 to 25 ; Amster dam, 11 18 to ; Hamburgh, 13 61 to ; Frank fort, 11 9to ; and Trieste, 11 3to 7. The exports of the precious metals from London direct during the week to Thursday last were 5,500 ounces, and 5,0001. in silver, and 29,744 ounces in gold, all of the latter going to the Continent. There are no later arrivals this morning. The Stock Market is dull, and prices are weaker, the continued heavy fall of rain exercising an un favourable influence, in the absence of any later news from abroad. Consols have been 97i and 98 for transfer, and 971 for account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been steady, at 100/ to 101 ; and the Three per Cent. Reduced, 981 f. South Sea Stock has declined to 1151. Exchequer Bills are worse again, being 2s. dis count to is. pm. Money seems more in demand in the Stock Exchange. Business in the foreign market has been con ducted on a very limited scale, but prices have been well supported. Russian Bonds have been done at 117 for the 5 per Cents., and Dutch 4 per Cents. have improved to 96g. The New Deferred Spanish Stock is firmer at 221. Equador Bonds are up to 51. Brazilian New 44 per Cents. have been quoted 981. Danish Bonds have been at 851 for the 3 per Cents. The Railway Share-market has been extremely inanimate and rather flatter. Foreign shares are also neglected. Hamilton and Toronto are quoted with 51. 10s. paid, and Luxembourg ex div. The Gold Mine Shares have been very heavy. The Land Companies Shares are about the same. Australian Agricultural have been dealt in under the new arrangement, reckoning 171. 10s. paid up. The Joint Stock Banks are firm. The Obernhof Mining Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum for the first three months of its working. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Bi 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities lOl 100,1 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 22 South Sea Stock Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO £5OO . Small . 2dlp 2d 1p 2d2p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 9B. 9 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bsi Einador Bonds Greek Bonds, Red Russian Bonds, 5 per C en t. Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 221 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5i i xd xd Pe Dividends on tte above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . x d 96/ TWO O'CLOCK. 971 xd Consols for Opening 19th July_ AUSTRALASIAN PACIFIC MAIL STEAM COM- PANY. The first half-yearly meeting of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Company took place yesterday afternoon, when the report brought forward was unanimously adopted. The prospects of the undertaking are de scribed as encouraging, and the directors state that the communications they have had with parties engaged in the Australian trade confirm them in the belief that they have selected the best route. Of the 12,000 shares issued the whole have been paid upon with the excep tion of about 300, the various calls having been punc tually liquidated. Some suggestions were offered .by proprietors respecting general management, to which the directors promised to give attention. The following is an abstract of the report, from which it will be seen that the company's first vessel, the Kangaroo, is ex pected to be ready for sea in about two months : "The directors have called the first half-yearly general meeting of proprietors, under the provisions of the deed of settlement. Since the meeting in January considerable progress has been made by the respective contractors. Four of the vessels—namely, the Kangaroo, Emeu, Mennra, and Dinornis, are approaching completion, and the Black Swan is well advanced. The company's superintendent in the Clyde reports that the Kangaroo will be launched on the 22d inst., anti will be ready for sea about the middle of September, From causes over which the directors had no control, the vessels have not been completed so soon as could be desired, but they hope that before the end of the year the whole of the fleet will have left England, to take up their station on the Pacific. The directors have at present been unsuccessful in inducing her Majesty's Government to subsidise the Panama route, but a deputation of Australian merchants has been lately informed by her Majesty's Post master-General that, under the circumstance of the Panama line being projected, no other contract for the Australian mail service would be entered on for a fixed term. In the meantime, as is probably known, a temporary arrangement has been made for the conveyance of the mail by sailing ships, vid the Cape of Good Hope, alternately with the hi-monthly service, by way of Singapore. On the 16th of April Mr. Alexander Currie, a director, left for Australia, to make the preliminary arrangements at Melbourne, Syd ney, and New Zealand. At Panama the company's busi ness will be managed by the Pacific Steam Navigation Com pany, with whom an agreement has been entered into for that purpose. The increasing popularity with which this undertaking is viewed by the Australian public confirms the directors in the view they have entertained, that the Panama line must eventually become the groat highway from Europe and America to Australia and New Zealand." VIENNA.—The mercantile adviees from Vienna, of the 11th inst., state that a general conviction prevailed that the Turkish question might be regarded as settled. Many persons affected to believe that the favourable turn which affairs were supposed to have taken was owing to England having induced Turkey to give way ; but among persons of better judgment the opinion was that Russia, being now hopeless of breaking the alliance and of I ranee and England, and having made her threatened a of n yh demonstrationher pretensions,l' inthe principalities, is fully as anxious as of he other powers to arrive at a pacific adjust ment,reach to the 9th to consent accordingly to some modification the funds and the inst., ST. PETICRSEURGII.—From St. Petersburgh the letters altera tion. On the pr at which date the quotations of foreign exchanges were without altera- P r r a 7 t nr h ge e ie r i :i l Y g l rr. differences of Opinio n revailed, some houses having full confidence in the np maintenance of peace, while others pneessension. At Riga there was entertained much The l Odessa advices are to evidently more uneasi thatct ed pricesi n werewheat v r y business had again the 4th, and state that a . e for French ac- POSTAGE TO THE GOLD COAST. rant, dated Whitehall, July b co e u en nt, tr a a n n d sa 12, 1853 Y, it' • treasury war is ordered. that printed books, reviews, pamphlets, &C., Posted • in the United Kingdom, addressed to the colony of the Gold resse Coast, in Africa, or posted in the said colony, a d . to the United Kingdom , m a y be trans mitted by post , a sub ject to the following regulations, viz. :—lf not exceeding ilb. weight, 6d, ; not exceeding 11b . , l s. ; 21 b., 2,. ; not not exceeding 31b., 3s. ; and abo v e 31 b. , ls. for every fraction of an additional pound. If po s t ed in the United Kingdom the postage is to be prepaid by postage stamps affixed to the said printed books, &c., and if posted i n the colony of the Gold Coast the postage is to be pre paid, either in money or by colonial postage stamp or stamps. The warrant is to come into operation on the Ist of October next. THE WAGES MOVEMENT IN LONDON. —The appear ances are not by any means satisfactory ; the tnen in several large firms are unfortunately much disposed to strike, and it is impossible to say with certainty what will take place in a few days. This state of things, of course, does much harm ; trade is unsettled, and loss is caused to all parties. The masters, on the other hand, seem very determined against raising the wages of all alike, and feel assured of being able to obtain other men from the country should a necessity arise. It is a great question, if the delegates from the carpenters hrive the confidence of the body. The agitation which prevails is greatly to be deplored ; those who continue to excite it are not the friends of the working men.—The Builder. 12 50 1c St. 20 50 40 25 25 8129' 64 25 50 20 mr, SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEI I / 4 TING, JULY 16, 1853. SRARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. BRITISH RAILWAYS. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) THE INDIAN ARMY. Closing Prices Yesterday. Busine49 done this day. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved for copies of the oath taken by the directors of the East India Company—of the bye-law of the company prohibiting the directors from deriving pecuniary advantage from their patronage—of the bye-law preventing theta from using their patronage as a remuneration for votes—of the establishment of a regiment of infantry in the service of the company, and the annual charge thereof—of the rules by which officers are appointed to the several ranks on the formation of a new regiment in the service of the company, and other returns relating to the charges for the Indian army. His object in moving for these re turns was to render the Government of India Bill as perfect as possible. He took the opportunity of stating the objections he had to the bill, which resolved, them selves chiefly into a feeling against, the powers given to the Crown, and into a strong objection to the contem plated increase in the Indian army. Earl GRANVILLE said that the increase of the In dian army was a measure approved of by Lord Dal housie, and other competent authorities. He would not, however, object to the production of the papers, which were ordered accordingly. POLLING AT ELECTIONS BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second reading of the Polling at Elections Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN suggested that as her Ma jesty's Government was pledged -to bring forward a general plan of Parliamentary Reform next session, the bill should be withdrawn, on the understanding that its principle should receive careful, and, as he was then advised, favourable consideration from the Cabinet. Lord GREY, Lord WHARNCLIFFE, and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, having spoken in favour of the principle of the Bill, and Lord DONOUGHBIORE having protested against its extension to Ireland, Lord SHAFTESBURY acted on Lord ABERDEEN'S sug gestion, and withdrew the measure. The Summary Jurisdiction Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Pimlico Improvement Bill went through a com mittee. The Land Revenues (Ireland) Bill, and the Taxing Officers' Common Law Business (Ireland) Bill were seve rally read a second time. The Juvenile Mendicancy Bill was read a third time and passed. Tlie Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from ministers of the Gospel at Calcutta, of various de nominations, expressing their gratitude that so much had been done to dissociate the East India Company from all connection with idolatrous practices ; but much remained to be done, as they had heard that another custom prevailed, by which, when the Governor-General or other officers of distinction were travelling through the country, offerings which were paid for out of the public purse were made to such shrines as they ap proached. These things were not stated in the Parlia mentary returns, and they prayed that a searching in quiry might be made into the allegations contained in the petition. • On the motion of the noble earl the petition was re ferred to the select committee on Indian affairs, and their lordships then ajourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) ACCOMMODATION OF ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN THE NAVY. Mr. BRADY asked the Secretary of the Admiralty if it was the intention of the Board of Admiralty to make any further provision on board her Majesty's ships for the better accommodation of the assistant-surgeons in her Majesty's navy, in accordance with a resolution passed by this house on the Bth of April, 1850? Mr. OSBORNE stated that in consequence of the reso lution of the Bth April, 1850, the Board of Admiralty issued a direction contained in circular 65, laid before the house, and dated 17th July, 1850, by which they had directed that assistant-surgeons who had served more than three years should be allowed to mess with the officers. Mr. BRADY thought that the first three years after completing their studies was precisely the time when young men ought to have the benefit of mixing with pro per society. He would, therefore, put the further ques tion, whether the Board of Admiralty intended to keep these young men, who had not served their three years, in their present position ? Mr. OSBORNE said that when these persons had passed their examinations, they would bo conceded cabins where space permitted. DUTY OF SHIPS OF WAR TOWARDS MERCHANT SHIPS IN DISTRESS. Mr. HUME moved an address to her Majesty for a copy of the Ordinance of the French Government of the year 1827, article 100, respecting the duty of ships of war of France in giving assistance to merchant vessels in distress ; also, copy of or extract from the orders by the Secretary of Marine of the United States to the ships of war of that Republic, as regards their conduct and assistance towards merchant ships in. distress. Sir J. GRAHAM had no objection to giving a copy of the Ordinance of the French government upon this subject. As to the order of the Secretary of Marine of the United States he had not a copy himself from which to furnish the hon. member. (Hear.) DRAINAGE (IRELAND). Col. DUNNE wished to ask the Under-Secretary to the Treasury, why a return relating to the Armagh and other drainages in the county of Galway (ordered May 30) was not been laid on the table of the house ; and to ask a simi lar question as to returns relating to the harbour of Tralee, also ordered May 30 ? Mr. WILSON said that the returns mentioned in the first branch of the hon. member's question had only arrived that day. As the hon. gentleman (Col. Dunne) might be aware, it was only recently that those matters of drainage had been under the control of the Board of Works for Ire land, hence there had been some difficulty in obtaining the returns. With regard to the second returns mentioned, they were so extremely voluminous, that tune had not yet transpired to complete them ; they were, however, being proceeded with as speedily as possible. OATHS TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Sir G. GREY said that without referring to what had taken place in former Parliaments, it was well known that .1, bill had been lately introduced for the purpose of remov ing the disabilities imposed upon persons of the Jewish faith by the oath to be taken by members of Parliament as it now stood. That bill, after receiving the assent of this house, had been rejected elsewhere. Subsequently a bill had been proposed in the other house of Parliament by a noble and learned lord (Lord Lyndhurst) of great weight and ability, the object of which was to simplify and alter the oaths taken by members. This bill, how ever, bad not become law. The noble lord the member for the city of London (Lord J. Russell) had stated that it was not the intention of Government to bring the sub ject under the consideration of the house in any shape dur ing the present session. In that determination he (Sir G. Grey) perfectly concurred. He wished, however, to ask the noble lord—considering the unsatisfactory state of the law upon the subject—whether it was the intention of the Government next session to amend the law relating to this matter, either by a separate bill or by a provision in the bill which was to be brought in for the general amend ment of the representation of the United Kingdom. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the state of tho law with respect to the oaths taken by members of Parliament was such that no one could consider it satisfactory. As the house was aware a trial had taken place upon the at tempt of a gentleman to take his seat without taking the oaths as they at present stood. One of the learned judges upon that trial declared that he thought that the oath could be well taken without the addition of the words "on the true faith of a Christian." Another learned judge stated that it would be much more satisfactory if Parlia ment would settle this question, by declaring its opinion upon the oaths. Since then the noble and learned lord (Lord Lyndhurst) to whom reference had been made, had proposed to the other house to put the law with regard to this question upon a better footing, but that proposal had led to no satisfactory result. He (Lord J. Russell) thought it was not advisable, considering the state of business and the vote of the other house, to bring the question forward again during that session. He should, however, certainly think it his duty to submit the question to the house in the next session of Parliament. Whether this were done in a separate bill or as part of a larger measure for amend ing the system of representation, he should not bring for ward a bill for the relief of the ews specially, but to place the oaths taken by all members upon a simple footing, doing away with the ridiculous intolerance and practical absurdity at present existing. (Cheers.) TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AT BIRMINGHAM. Lord D. STUART wished to call the attention of the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the treatment to which prisoners had been subjected by the governor of the borough gaol at Birmingham. It ap peared that the noble lord had sent an inspector of prisons specially down to Birmingham, who had made a report upon the matter. His report stated that a great deal of cruelty had been exercised towards the prisoners. He (Lord Dudley Stuart) understood that a counter statement had been made to the noble lord (Palmerston), and he therefore now wished to ask him whether he was prepared to give any further information upon the subject? Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite true that in con sequence of representations made to him, he had caused this matter to be looked into and a report to be made. He would abstain from characterising the proceedings which were disclosed in that report further than to say that they appeared to him to have been perfectly illegal, and ex tremely cruel and unjust. He was about to submit a case to the law officers of the Crown, in order to ascertain what steps could be taken upon the subject. EARL FITZWILLIAM AND PETERBOROUGH. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that, in pursuance of the statements and prayers of petitions which ho had on former evenings presented from inhabitants of Peterborough, com tpiloani in s fo g r of that the borough interference h ,e woofu would Earl n Fi tz Mondaywil li a n m e xitn moteelec for the appointment of a select committee t o in q uir the whole subject. He believed tha t he would be able to make the a motionqu estion of privilege.thefirstthing Monday, the petitions involving THE SIX-MILE-BRIDGE AFFAIR. _ On the question that at its rising the house adjourn to Monday, - uestion of which he had given —Whether it is the i n t e ntion of Government to notice the ee d ag ainst the Rev. John Bu rke and the Rev . Michael Mr. FILES put tho q proceed Roman Catholic priests, who have been reported by ex cited the people, an an election committee d o t f e thhaivsehtoaukseea—ptahret i f n or t m he er ri to et, h a a n v d e t rjo h ui e lty h w latter ie h to e occurred e e d x a c t i t s e d i the x. mi I p e e . b o g e, to, take en th e part 22d i d a n yo the f 1852, which, by destroying the freedom of electi on , rendered void the return of the two knights of the shire elected to serve in Parliament for the county of Clare at the general election of 1852. Lord PALMERSTON thought that he might, without offence, complain of the course which the hon. gentleman pursued on this occasion, because, having merely given notice of his intention to put a question, he entered into the details, and opened an elaborate discussion on the subject. It was said that it was a long lane that had no end, and he trusted that the longest bridge, even th e Si x-mi le-bridge, would come to some end. (Laughter.) The subject had been discussed many times in both houses of Parliament, and the decision of the house had been taken upon it. Her Majesty's Government had, as was known, intended to institute a prosecution for the conduct pursued in the Six-mile-bridge affair, and the Irish Government was in , formed that such was the desire of her Majesty's Govern ment. 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The course suggested by the hon. gentleman ought to be taken long ago, so that these rev. gentleman might be prosecuted at the next ass i zes , If they decided on prose cuting no legal proceedings could be taken till next spring, so that they would be prosecuting in 1854 for transac tions that took place in 1852. ( Hear, hear.) But it might be said, " prosecute for the sake of example." Well, another election had taken place for the same county, where these transactions complained of took place —the same candidates stood, and the election passed off in perfect tranquility, and no complaints had been pre ferred against the conduct of any person, whether lay or clerical. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, a prosecution was not necessary for the sake of example. If he were asked, "Do you concur in condemning the conduct which these rev. gentlemen pursued? He must say that he did ; and such was the opinion of her Majesty's Government when they expressed their wish that a prosecution should take place. But when he said that, he did not think that their conduct —reprehensible as he considered it to be—was in such marked contrast to the conduct of the Roman Catholic clergy generally in Ireland as to make it fit that these two clergymen should be selected for punishment. (Opposition cheers.) However reprehensible their conduct, it did not stand so prominently forward that they' should be picked out and made the subject of legal proceedings. (Hear, hear.) He was bound in all sincerity to say that the con duct of the Roman Catholic clergy from some of the high est to the lowest rank, was such as to give great pain to all those who wished to see the ministers of religion, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, retain that respect and reverence which was essential to the due discharge of their sacred calling. (Hear, hear.) Things had been said and done by the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland which, If said and done by the Protestant clergy in this country, would have raised an outcry from the Land's End to John o'Groats. (Hear, hear.) But then, on the other hand, there were circumstances in the crisis of the last election, which, although they did not in the least justify the con duct of the Roman Catholic clergy, offered some palliation of it. There was a great political crisis which they looked upon as a religious crisis, for they were threatened with the withdrawal of the endowment of Maynooth, and they anticipated, though erroneously and unjustly, that the party then in power would use that power against the liberties which were given by former acts of Parliament to the Roman Catholic subjects of the Queen. Some allow ance'should be made on this account for the excitement of the Roman Catholic clergy. But he would abjure the house to draw the veil of oblivion over these transactions, and not to rake up animosities which he hoped had passed away for ever. (Hoar.) He therefore hoped that the de bate would not be continued any longer, because he was afraid, if the discussion went on, things would be said which would have a mischievous effect both in England and Ireland. (Hear.) He would then ask the house to pass on to the more practical business of legislating for their distant dominions in India—(hear)—hoping that a better time would come, when both clergymen and laymen, priests and landlords, would agree to allow elections to be carried on with a more free exercise of choice, and more in har mony with the spirit of the constitution. (Hear.) Mr. HUME said that he was very much afraid the noble lord would find himself disappointed in the hope that free dom of election would henceforth be permitted to be exer cised, either in England, Scotland, or Ireland, without the intervention of party spirit, and intimidation of one kind or other. The people of Ireland asked for the ballot to put an end to such intimidation, and he would advise the noble lord and his colleagues to ti 7 that remedy. (Hear.) The noble lord blamed the Roman Catholic clergy, but he (Mr. Hume) might with equal justice blame the Protestant clergy, who interfered with elections as much as the Roman Catholic clergy, though perhaps not so openly and directly. The clergy on both skies had a perfect right to interfere if they did so in a proper and fair manner. The legislature could not prevent such interference, but if the noble lord really wished to see interference put an end to, ho would give the people the ballot. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Col. NORTH Mr. Sergeant SHEE, and Mr. MALINS, Lord J. RUSSELL rose for the purpose of asking the house whether it was desirable that this discussion should be any longer upon the formal motion of the adjournment of the house till Monday. (Hear, hear.) The question had been brought forward and answered, the two learned gentlemen had expressed their views upon it, and as it was not possible to come to any other result than the agreeing to the motion for the adjournment of the house till Monday, he trusted that they might be allowed to turn their atten tion to the more practical business of legislating for the people of India. (Hear, hear.) The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 10, providing that directors appointed by her Majesty should be eligible to seats in Parliament, Viscount JOCELYN moved an amendment, giving the Crown the pow_er of removing any director, on address from either house of Parliament, declaring that his object was to prevent the directors from being ever actuated by party . . . Sii C. WOOD admitted that it was most desirable that the directors should be as independent as possible. Taking the words of the act with respect to judges, " quamcliu se bene gesserint," he Bari endeavoured to use the best English form for the purpose of providing that the directors should continue in office as long as they did their duty. The words which he had adopted were, in fact, borrowed from the County Courts Act. Mr. HUME said this clause was a most important one, and should be well considered. He recollected a noble lord's being removed from the Government for having voted for the repeal of the duty on barley in Scotland ; and it was impossible to say that the proposed power of re moval would not be exercised in a similar spirit. Ho had no hope that any suggestion of his for the amendment of the bill would be attended to ; otherwise, he would sug gest that the removal of the six nominees ought to be made to rest with the proprietors, in order to prevent the ano maly of different rules being applied to persons holding the same situation. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE said every statesman of emi nence had been of opinion that the great evil to be got rid of was the power of the Court of Proprietors. As the clause tended to diminish that power ho should vote for it ; but if the noble lord pressed his amendment to a division, ho should also vote for that. Sir H. MADDOCK said, what the hon. member for Montrose suggested was so utterly repugnant to reason that he trusted the committee would not assent to it. He was not aware of any instance in which a director had been displaced from office by the proprietors. It should be borne in mind that hitherto few directors had had seats in that house, and he did not think the number at all likely to be increased. The independence of the directors could only be secured by limiting, as far as possible, the range of se lection, and he should hereafter propose an amendment for the attainment of that object. Mr. E. ELLICE (Coventry) thought the committee was involved in considerable difficulty through the course pur sued by the Government. The Government, jealous of the Court of Directors, thought their object could only be attained by nomination from the Crown ; while some hon. members were of opinion that the best course would be to give to the directors themselves, or at least to three fourths of their number, the election of persons in the same category as thoso from which the Crown was to make its nomination, reserving to the Crown a veto. There was a great constitutional objection to giving to six persons no minated by the Crown, the right to a seat in Parliament, but the amendment of the noble lord did not meet the case, and therefore he must vote for the clause. Mr. OTWAY did not much value the Court of Direc tors, but as long as they remained he should wish to see them independent. If, therefore, the noble lord pressed his amendment, he (Mr. Otway) must support it. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it was essential that mem bers should not go to the division under the impression that these appointments were to bo held during pleasure. The words " misbehaviour" and " inability" had already received a legal interpretation in an act of Parliament, but independently of that, it would be quite impossible to re move a director merely for giving a hostile vote. If a director should be convicted in a court of law of taking a bribe in the disposal of his patronage, or, if his inability should be proved, then the Crown would have power to remove, but that was totally distinct from a power de pending merely on will or discretion. Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR said that after what the noble lord had just said, he (Mr. Seymour) did not seehow he could oppose the amendment. The superior judges could only be removed on address from both houses, and he did not see why these gentlemen should not have equal protection. The clause put them on a level in this particular with the judges of the County Courts, whereas, in his opinion, their position would be more important. Sir C. WOOD said he had inserted in the clause the same words in English which in Latin formed the tenure of the higher judicial appointments. Mr. ELLIOT feared that tho effect of the dame would be to make the nominated directors completely dependent on the Minister of the day. Lord J. RUSSELL feared that the bearing of the clause was not understood. The elected directors would be re movable by the proprietors, and why not the nominated directors removable by the Crown ? Besides, the appoint ments would be for six years, and it was very improbable that any President of the Board of Control would bo in office all that time. After an observation from Mr. ELLIOT and Mr. CAYLEY respectively, Mr. COBDEN said that in his opinion the expediency of the amendment of the noble lord would depend on the fate of the following clause, which gave the nominated directors a right to sit in that house. If they were to sit in that house, the more independent they were made o f th e Crown the better ; if not, he thought the best way would be to have the responsibility of their appointment and re tention with the Ministers of the Crown. Mr RICH said that his experience of Parliament taught him that whenever proceedings were to be t a k en aga i ns t an individual, especially if that individual where a mem ber, Parliament invariably flinched from the duty. He should, therefore, prefer to have the power of displace ment in the hands and on the responsibility of ministers. Mr. BRIGHT was about to move an amendment, when The CHAIRMAN informed him that the time had gone by, and Mr. BRIGHT then expressed his intention to support the amendment of the noble lord, and if that motion should be lost to move the rejection of the clause. Mr. MANGLES was understood to support the clause. Lord JOCELYN said, he had heard nothing to justify him in withdrawing his amendment. I Mr. V. SMITH doubted whether the proposed amend ment would make the nominee directors more independent. It would be better to leave the matter in the hands of the Crown than to compel the Minister, when a director be came incapable, to ransac k a ll hi s infirmities, as the ground of an address to the Crown for his removal. (Hear.) The house then divided— For the amendment 43 Against it Majority —47 Mr. BRIGHT then moved the rejection of the whole clause, on the ground that it would be im proper to have in that house six persons nominated by the Government, and who would be at the beck of the Government, and holding situations with good salaries and an immense patronage. The number of nominees fixed upon was only six, but that number might hereafter be multiplied, and a proportionate addition made to the 35 placemen which the ministers could at present muster on any occasion when their assistance was re quired, without taking into consideration 'the great many other members who, though not holding places, were equally subservient to the powers that be. IA thought that, if these persons were allowed to _f!it in that house, their services in Lea denhall-street would b e rendered much less useful, while in Parliament they couldrs. never maintain the position of independent members. (Hear, hear.) 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The imports from the continent have been very liberal. _ FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Od to 8s Od each ; ditto colonial, is to 3s 6d each ; green gage and Orleans plums (foreign), 3s 6d to 4s Od pe r basket • hot-house grapes, 3s to 68; Hambro ditto, Os t o O s Od per lb ; apples, dessert, lOs Od to 15s Od ; cooking ditto, Os to 00s per bushel ; pears, Os Od to Os per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; oranges, 4s to 10s per 100 ; pomegranates Od to Od each ; almonds, 5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 208 per bushel ; cob-nuts, s per 1001bs. • chesuuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; straw berries, 4d to is Od per pottle ; peaches and nectarines, 8s to lOs per dozen ; apricots, 4s to Gs per dozen ; melons, 3s to 8s each ; cherries, 2d to is 6d per lb. ; gooseberries, 2s to 3s Gd per bushel ; currants, 2s 6d to 5s Od per half sieve. VEGETABLES. — Cabbages, 6d to is Od ; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Oct per half sieve ; brocoli, 3s to Gs ; greens, 2s 6d to 4s Oct per dozen bunches; broad beans, is Gd to 2s Oct per half sieve ; French beans, Gd to is Od per 100 ; asparagus, is to 4s per bundle ; sea-trail, Os Od to Os Oct per basket ; rhubarb, 3d to Os Gd per bundle ; cauli flowers, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; potatoes, old, 80s to 120 s ; per ton; ditto, new, 8s Od to 21s Od per cwt. ; turnips, 33 Oct to 4s Od ; carrots, 6s Oct to 8s Od per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to is 6d each ; celery, 9d to is Gd per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Oct per half sieve; old onions, 6s Od to 10s Od per bushel ; young do, 4d to Gd per bunch ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to Bcl ; garlic, ad to Bcl per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Oct per score small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 350 d per bundle ; mushrooms, is 6d to 280 d per pottle ; parsley, 3s Od to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d to is Gd per bushel ; beet, is Od to is 6d p er d oze n ; lettuces, 6d to 8d per score ; radishes, 6d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, Gs Od to 8s Oct per dozen ; mint, 3d to 5d per bunch. NEWGATEANDLEADENHALL. Geese, is Od to 6s 6(1 ; Turkeys, Os Od to Os each ; Ducks 2s Od to 33 6d; tame Rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od; wild ditto, 8d to is 2d; Pigeons, 6d to 9d each; roasting Pigs,Os Od to OsOd each; Surrey Fowls, Gs Gd to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 5s Gd to Gs Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 58 Gd per couple; Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Partridges , Os Od to Os 0 d; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 9d; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, Od to is 6d; Teal, Gd to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, Od to is Od; and Plovers, Gd to is each. English Eggs, 7s 6d to 88 3d; French ditto, Gs 6d to 78 Od per 120; fresh Butter, 10(1 to is id per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are f rom 74d to 8d; of household ditto, 54d to 7d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4904 Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 66 Od ; Veal, 3s 8d to 488 d; Pork, 38 Od to 4s Od per &bs. WHITECHAPEL. :Nof from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8d Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 8:1 to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to As Od per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. 'Turbots, 5s 0d to 12s Od ; Brills, Os Od to Os Od; cod Fish, Os Od to Os each; Salmon, Os 8d to Os lOd per lb.; Soles, Gd to 2s Od per pair ; Eels, Gd to is per lb ; Lobsters, 3d to 2s. Od ; Crabs, 4d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 48 to 5s Od per doz.; r )oreys, 2s Gd to 10s Od; Mullets, is to 5s each ; Common /ysters, 6s Od to lOs Od; Natives, 36s Od to 42s Od per , sh.; Mackerel, 8d to 9d each ; Smelts, 6d to is 6d per doz. S kate, Gd. to 7d per lb; Shrimps, 1s fid. to 2s Od per gallon; E loaters, is Od to 1 s 2d per dozen; Fresh H errings , 3s Od tc )3s 9d per 100 ; Haddocks, 4d to Os 10d each ; Plaice, 5s to 8s per 100 ; Carp, is Od to 2s °a eac Tench, ls Od to 2s Od p.-3r brace ; Gurnets, 6d to ls Oa each ; Halibut, Gd per lb.; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. HAY MARKETS. SUITE [FIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 10s ; clover, ditto, 4t 5s to 51 lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. A. fair a- Forage supply, and a steady demand. OMB KELAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5l Os ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 518 s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to ii 15s per load. Supply 1 nit moderate, and trade firm. WHIT, TORAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 41 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Ds to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14sj per load. Trade ate. say, at late rates. x d & bonus x all 80 79 i 6 ;i 7 x ii n 67 i g any one considered the class of persons from which these gentlemen were to be selected, he could think that they at all belonged to the category of those Who were members of the Government, and who were appointed to office, because they were the political supporters of that Government. That was not, however, the character of the men, and it was a total abuse of the term to call them[` " placemen." As to the honourable member's observation;. with reference to what he considered the large number of placemen who held seats iu that house, he (Sir C. Wood) could only say, that within his experience, the number of. those placemen holding seats had been reduced by some 5 or 6, and he did not think, therefore, that there was any ground for the apprehension that the introduction of these nomi nees into Parliament, assuming that they would not be in dependent, could give the Government such an overwhelm ing numerical strength in that house as the hon. member anticipated. He wished to call their attention to what the class of persons was from which these nominees were to be selected. They would be persons who had returned from service in India, after a residence there of, perhaps, some 30 or 35 years, and who, so far from being accustomed to bow to the beck of a government, had been themselves the inde pendent rulers of countries hardly inferior in extent to this kingdom. Was it likely, then, that such persons — greatly experienced and advanced in years—brought up as they would have been in the Indian school, where they were trained to the exercise of power and authority, and where they acquired an independence of character and spirit —was it likely that they could be treated by any government as placemen ; or that they would submit to such a species of control from the Government, or from any other body in that house ? (Hear, hear.) It was impro bable that these gentl emen would be induced to support the Government, which had nominated them, in order to insure their re-election on th o exp i rat i on of the period of six years, which was allotted for their term of office, since the likelihood would be that, at the end of that period, there could be a change of Government—(hear, hear)—and there would be no dishonourable motive which could operate with these gentlemen in their conduct in that house. (Hear, hear.) He could hardly perceive how the independence of these gentlemen could be at all risked by their holding seats in that house, and it could not be denied that they were the most fitted persons to take part in any deliberations which affected the administration of Indian affairs. He considered, therefore, that, looking at the character of these gentlemen, the situation in which they would be placed, and the position which they would fill, they could not bo in any respect obnoxious to the charge of being placemen, or of being in auy way depen dent on the Ministry which had appointed them. (Hear.) Mr. COBDEN thought this was by far the most important clause in the bill. With reference to what the right hon. gen tleman had said, he would observe that they did not wish to deprive constituencies of the power of electing any can didate who might be considered eligible. But what he contended for was this, that gentlemen who were nomi nated to sit on the Board of Directors, should make their selection, and confine themselves either to that house or to the board. In the United States of America the constitu tion prohibited any man, who held an office of emolument, from having a seat in ongross at all. If it be true that there was already a vast amouut of work to be done by tho Board of Directors, the fair argument then was, that tho directors, who would be nominated by the Crown, would have enough to do without being engaged in that house. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, it was impossible that the members of that house who had no other duties to attend to could perform their work efficiently in the house. Would any man then tell him that any person could properly attend to his Parliamentary duties, and at the same time could efficiently do his duties in Leadenhall-street, for which he was paid, in addition to a right of patronage. (Hear.) The point they were now deciding upon, was what broke up the Government of Mr. Fox—namely, the patronage of India, and he could say they would be wanting in that jealousy which distinguished their forefathers, if they ad mitted into that house six men, or it might be ten men, dependent on tho Ministers of the Crown. He therefore called upon the committee to oppose the clause. After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Sir C. WooD, Lord STANLEY argued that the right hon. gentleman's argument in favour of the independence of his placernen contradicted itself. India was no longer a place for amassing fortunes at once, and gentlemen who went there generally returned, not advanced in life and perfectly inde pendent in situation, but under 50, and in circumstances that would induce them to keep their re-appointment in view, and so render them subservient to the party which appointed them. On these grounds he objected to the bill. In ordinary circumstances, therefore, you would have the nominee swayed by feelings of gratitude to the Minister to whom he owed his appointment for some considerable period after that event ; and again, governed by analogous feelings for a considerable period before the expiration of their tenure of office, looking forward to a re-appointment by the same authority. But even if they were to enjoy entire independence, which yet he could not think was pos sible, he did not think it would in that case be desirable that these gentlemen should have seats in the house. For, in order to have things go on smoothly in an executive office, it was not expedient to have those who filled that office putting themselves in opposition to the Government ; he could not think anything could be more inconvenient. (Hear, hear.) He wished the house to suppose that a great question of Indian policy should come on, such, for instance, as the Affghan war—say some two years afterho had secured his appointment as a director, and whilst ho had a seat in the house. It would be possible for him to resign his seat either in the house or at the board, but no man can tell him that he would vote without embarrassment or that he would find it very easy to act upon his convictions, and vote against the Minister to whom he owed his appointment. Again, they could not say that the exclusion of these gentlemen would be any infringement upon the rights of the electors ; in - deed, the argument had no application to the case. Let them take a parallel instance. Any mercantile company taking an agent, say, into their employment, had a perfect right to say that, as they paid handsomely, they expected the whole of his time, and make it a condition that they should not accept a seat in Parliament. That was a con dition which they had a perfect right to make, and there could be nothing in the case of the Government to deprive them of the same right. There was one more argument : it was said that it would not be worth the while of those who had been high office in India, but had come home, ant others of the same class, to accept seats at the board if a condition were annexed excluding them from Parlia ment. On the contrary, he believed that they would find that, even for the term of years proposed, those seats would be objects of ambition to the persons contemplated by the Government, and that they would bo much competed for by persons who had been in the Indian service. But in case it wore so, that having made the experiment they should afterwards find that they could not get the class of persons contemplated for these o:lices, the remedy of the plan lay in increasing the salary, and otherwise rendering the plan more eligible—but it was not desirable, in order to attain an end attainable in any other way, to render the danger of corruption more imminent in the house by giv ing seats in Parliament to the six nominees of the Crown. Sir J. W. HOGG, after referring to the argument which the noble lord who had just addressed the house had used on a former debate, said he would entreat the house to consider how they would defeat the measure by pursuing the course which had been proposed. If hon. members once created the impression abroad that those men were to be the mere nominees of tho Crown, men of high princi ples would not accept the office. (Hear.) He was himself opposed to the principle of nomination, but the house had adopted it, and his desire now was to see it work well. (Hear, hear.) If, then, they asserted that these men were to be at the beck of the Minister, and that at the same time they were sent into the Board of Directors they were to be refused seats in that house, they would find it diffi cult to obtain independent-minded men to accept the office. (Hear.) Throughout the whole of the service in India every man felt himself to be identified with the public ser vice ; and he thought the same thing would occur with the inen sent into the Court of Directors. (Hear, hear.) He could assure the hon. members for Manchester and the West Riding that they were right in their estimate of the labour performed by the Court of Directors. With refe rence to what had been said about admitting these nomi nees to seats in that house, he would observe that, although the Board of Directors consisted of 30 members, at no time had there been more than seven of the directors in Parlia ment ; and he believed that of the six nominees not more than one would obtain a seat in that house. And ho would say to hon. members not to agree to a course which would place the other directors in a bettor position than those who would be nominated by Government. (Hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON said they had heard a good deal of the devotion of the directors to the interests of India, the de votion and he e t h o d f h t e h e d e i r tot i a m s e k, a n i f d t t h h a e t w w h e o r e l e t o h f e the ea s e ir mind, , . thant o the e a t b t e u u s id nwehsesroeftthheeirhtoiumsee ? w4s W w h h a l t u h could h they yuld o more devote to the circular of the Minister, and come down to the house with their votes at the service of the Government ? The question had been treated in language that almost assumed that there was a kind of Roman virtue abroad in these days, such as made any precautions as to th e compo sition of the house unnecessary. Why did the President of the Board of Control not raise the question broadly and directly, by bringing forward the statute of Anne for the purpose of repealing it ? They would then be fairly dealt with by the Minister, which they were not when it was proposed to repeal a statute of such importance by a clause in a bill like this. The right hon. gentleman then re ferred to the 25th clause of the 6th Anne, c. 7, which pro , hibited all who held any new office created since the act from sitting in Parliament, and returned to the present composition of the house under this bill. First, they had the President of the Board of Control, then two secretaries and six nominee directors, or, in other words, six under secretaries ; in fact, this department of India would be re presented by nine individuals in the house, all holding office under the Crown. Was there any parallel to this ? By an Act of Parliament more than two under-secretaries could not sit in this house. But here were eight under secretaries connected with one department, and all to bo in the house. It was the more important, as connected with the speech of the President of the Board of Control, who seemed to ignore the precautions of former days ' as though it were no longer necessary to have safeguards as to the composition of the house. He said he must vote against this clause. Lord J. RUSSELL did not in the least wonder that there should be some jealousy displayed at the introduc tion of six members into that house holding appointments to which they had been nominated by the Crown ; but, at the same time, it was rather extraordinary to find that those hon. members who displayed that jealousy were those who had been ready to leave the nomination of the six directors in the hands of the Crown, and thus give more influence to the Government than they had hitherto pos sessed. (Hear, hear.) No man could, he that if out of the eighteen directors t thethe h tiv e el th v o e ur e t s , en de h n y y to be en disqualified,rarliament and e p si r m op ch ri e e s t e o e rs h w y e t r h e e p c e r rm ew i e tte w d ere to influence of those chosen by the Crown would be weakened, and the effect would be to place in a position above them those chosen by the proprietors, and that was a course very much opposed to that taken by hon. members who opposed this measure a fortnight ago. With regard to th e b roa d pr i nc i p l e proposed to be taken into consideration by the r ight h on . gentleman the member for Man c h es t er , w hi c h was that of the exclusion of placemen from Parliament, and the c onsideration of the necessity o f repeal i ng the sta tuteihtaavpeperaeraedd to th e hi a m et th w a i t t t h he ea ri r g e ht er hon. he g entleman f Q u could een An L e t ' wou ld have perceived that it was not h ing more,than'a com o com promise between the two great parties in that house. The Tory party had maintained that no person named by the Crown to any aPPointment should be permitted to sit in Parliament, while the great Liberal party, adopting what appeared to him to be a more reasonable view, said that there ought to b e no restriction upon the right' of a con stituency to elect whomsoever they pleased, and that per sons holding office were as well entitled as any others to sit in that house. 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