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SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER CO LOURS.—The FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION ig NOW vFEN, at their Gallery, 5, Pall-Mall East, from nine till dusk. Jultnittanee, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence. GEORGE FRIPP, Sec. ,SOYER'S AROMATIC MUSTARD.—This pure and delicious preparation may now be had in small jars for the neo of Families, of most Grocers and Druggists in the ki n g dom, a.BO Mons, ns. Soyer's esteemed SAUCES and ItELlSll.—Wholesale os his sole a stellts, Caossz and BLACKWELL, 21, Soho-square. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING . COMPANY (Incorporated by Royal Ch , r ter), 2, Ro y al F A, i t haage ;Li ; p - London.—Notice is hereby gi ven, that the L- -YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the L on d on T ave rn, Bishopsgate-street, TO-MORROW, T acc u _ r ' n daY. the 28th inst., a t Twelve o'clock, when the report and ts for the last half-year will be submitted, and the usual uaSiness transacted. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precle'y. By order of the Board. JAMES MISTER O'BEIRNE, Sec STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. ._lireoTtca Hamm GivErs, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron w Steam-ship ARGO, 1,550 tons, George Hyde, Commander, wit leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on SATUIL bAIr• the 7th of May next. accommodation is of a superior deserip'ion, And the cabins are T 7 furnished. 111,. rates of passage maney—After Cabin, first class, t}o',; Pore Cabin, second class, 50/. „These-rates are exclusive oA beer, and spiritu tus liquors, which; howeve-, may be had board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced aurgeon. —in compliance with numerous applications the sailing of vessel has been postponed to saturday the 7th of May. A Pplicat r ons for pa ssage t o b e tra d e a t the Company's Offices, 2, „ E xchange-bulldi-gs ; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs RAlfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY, y „._, The Sixth Public Drawin g for Priority of Choice of Allot fon the Society' s E s t a t es. w ill t a k e pl ace at the Offices, 33, Norfolk street, Strand, on Saturday the 14th of May, at Twelve o'clock• The eighth purchase of land has just been made at Forest '4sa fe minutes walk fro m the St a tion, on the road to Lewisham. yw3 E s t ate commands a most extensive view, Windsor Castle being 1.7!1 from the sum m it, an d i s w ithi n s i g ht o f th e Crystal Palace at iham. All persons taking shires on or before the 13th inst. ft... l ' 4 ' llo lWe in the advantages of the next day's drawing, and, if '/ numbers be drawn, will be enabled to exercise their right of v oice on the F orest hill property. Shares paid up i n f u ll a t once iin ente red immediately on the Order of Rights. Applications for and Prospectuses to be addressed to CHARLES LEWIS GRILVEISEN, Sec. GRAND BAL MAS Q UE at the CASINO DE ito w VENI• 4 E, High Holborn.—(By special desire.) —TO-TIOR THURSDAY, April 23th.Packer's inimitable 7,,Zia_ will perform all the favourite compositi .ns of the season, and n o , art r new works written expressly for the occagion. The de ei,Zrs and appointments will be on the grandeit scale. neither 134,711t0r pains being spared to make this, t e LAST BA L of the lukia... u '2 , !gnat to any yet witnessed in London. Doors open at o'Clock—Dancing to commence at Ten punctually. be I:lekets, 3s. ; Gentlemen's Ditto, ss. each. The Supper will l i r a at One o'Cloek. Pointe4 Cost - "Mr. Nathan Castle-street, Leicester-square, is the ap umer. LA RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Nitie Lessee, CH kRLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham wl'en Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during Wair , " The Thistle," " Shamrock," "Rose," ant "AminV Cirqu e :'„ 'he "Napoleon" and " Le Romanesque" Galeps, " Le Ady ntle Viadrille ; " The Gold Hawk and " Juno," Polkas.— Arias in Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight ; to commence at o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 1 1 1 , 0 YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 1);...,, vin a5 .., t Week of the Optical and ,. Musical Illustration, with Ohm g ~g enery; of a Midsummer Night's Dream, with the Ori kost ,` u sic by Sir Henry Bishop and others, concluding with the poptiitinteresting Scenes and Songs front Mrs. Beecher -Stowe's . 7 . H . r b l S r ork on Slavery, Morning and Evening. Lectures :—By Chei st ' ?Per. Esq.—Half-hours with the Ancient and Modern Of th e 2‘ ,by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Pneumatics, in whi the Princile k r ci s iy Foot and Walking on the Ceiling will be ch explained ; p by 4,,_ "Ve , Eric.sson's Caloric Engine. is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—I refer the learned the to Baron Li e bi g , th e t em p era t e t o D r . C ar penter, Invalids to for them profession, and the robuvt to the best clues Theo"f London 4 3 Merits of toy stock of ALLSOPP'S ALE. and "Constant Reader " of the " Times" I can also satisfy r nY Imperial Measure. Bottles (quarts) • • •• .......... 8s per dozen. Kilderkins (18 gallons).. • • • HARRINGTUN PARKER, Beer-Merchant, s*, Pall-mall. __...., 9DR BUDGET FOR THE SEASON must be the easiest to understand and the most appreciated, ller -use or its application in the most profitable and seasonable man da._.. every individual in society. Its contents are variety, abuts .‘.;°' Superior quality, an . d . unparalleled cheapness ; reductions in 8 tin7.2:lail improvements thestyle and comfort of Spring and. an....ti? r Attire ; and air the l requisities and elegancie,s of Dress de tieiT °Y all classes are brought out with brilliancy. beauty, perfec iltyj atld cheapness. To say our "Budget" contains some excellent tan,:!tind some remarkable features is purel e y xp u e n ri n e e n c e e e nary; it con eusts I erY novel invention which practical and the polite by to of society will approve, and every feature which a mighty ire .4 4, es, n. skill and :commerce can produce. We, therefore, the :ansz; zth,eet'i at;;„,, t ors of the largest Clothing Business in the world, invite a the n ° A to New Styles of Dress in countless succession, for gen e rkBTemnws,:ofarctm,echanics, and all others who are making a r epeat in their wardrobe suitable for the present season, and only " That every kit d ot Dress procure at.. and co is the newest and neatest, the most serviceable x . mosB ..le, a s Well as the cheapest which can be obtained. I ke-, &e ~- ztr. and SON'S Spring and Summer Hats, Caps, Hosiery, G eed ,. , Th - e s, are ~, x h,, - e'endid exhibitions of the richest and the best tery, ga tish - 7 -.ye h. nd „„ —en selected fr im every distinuished manufac- Wal ltY. and 4-- ' °reign, and are as much celebrated for their sty e, In the World, trio r fini3ll, as they are for being the cheapest Goods „„ T his is g„, 11 , 8 , TIME AND POINT OF EMIGRATION, _. trio...'"e about ~,- `dila, an i Australia is e Point to which 111411M110.0_ % Dol .- , steer tveryoae his fine to eximine his Out and eu, N, A in : he will require at the Establishment of F. 1104 ES aril ' 4 in s - separate department is kept whe e the Goods are arranged th.,.. Pectio n et'tae Largest Wholesalee article required is furnished iu the best '",,,,iiY at the lowest price ( : lothing Establishment in the world is that tila y * 140 8 ES and SON, where Merchant., Ca stains, and Emigrants lee t any moment tuEtke the ' most suitable and profitable invest , P " . r ., illt % II - "sts of Outfits for Ladles anti Gentlemen, anti Ship-sailing " a %ltl4, l ° ) T ll l , may be Lad on application, or post-free to any part of ' tit*, AL . NOTICE, to prevent isappoin'mentEst r a l tilish e : ar ` a tts'„ 4l he Closed toe whole days):Rl l tAY April . 29, but vti R CAi r ,.'"eal on the evening of Saturdsy, April 30. t , 141411 0 7 . 10 N ---E. MOSES and SON regret havint t g rad o es gnard the man-like : 4 , l seh„„'lnst imposition, Navin C learned, a - , e sait' °f " Rein: connected with • bear Ewa that the ii i u t i m i .. nt " or "it's -4 lon - t oocern ' has been resorted to in many g instanCes, and for N ' c r°4 sens, they beg to state that they have ~, '' - " , Exton WITH ANT OTHER ROME IN OR our OF LONDON, ;Ind n e n 't,eePt their own F.stablishments, as follows : , -- ii 0 es I - ir" s o ( 1i -ri City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, . n ri . , 83, ' 4 o a nd_ a i n ' 4 l l% fi A t. ld ate opposite the Church, all communicating. Nest-end Br ' anch, 505,507, 508, New Oxford-street, i, 2, tri;ji . . ar t-street, all communicating. Sit.. tea l ( Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. 14 , 4 1 er e l, 4l ,Branch. 36. Faratte. " M --4 ‘ T ailors Clothiers, Hafters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Npakera, and ' General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. .... ele hats it „T A IIT --Should any article not give satisfaction, fret will be mtli a „ro if desired, or if preferred, the money will be rned Driee,"lr hesitation All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest ~ Th e "' ll i which no abatement can be made. oaturde Stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on e ,, 3 ,, , 'when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. °f Pri ess ''''olt. " The Herald of the Seasons,' containing full lists arlvi eet , our system M self•measureinent, facts re'ative to Australia, o :y appper l t : e eatlinfongerants, &C., may be had on application, or post-free to A h aad, the kingdom. Almanac for the year ending 1853 Can be had gratis, del Po n li ter Parte Francais. gut al parla Italian°. ............_fricht man Deut=eh. Aqua se habla Espanol IMPORT ANT MEDICAL AND fiIIRGICAL WORKS, ; PUbllibed, by H. Miller°, 219, Regent-street, London. o .° 1. rn N' o ., in cloth. price ss. by pOSt free, 55 . 6 d. , N 1.„ ,„ ; IRU E & FALSE' SPERMATORRHCEA, -irei a „ -.11 the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors Ge nera ' on to the Treatmeat and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the tive . SYstein, Or Sexual Dypochondriasis. Translated tom the German of Dr. PICKFORD tor eltiord known to English readers by his frequent practi th.-".o74etribUti°lls to German medical literature. This is the first 1:04 re informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi 4teetader* We trust this may not be the last, if he sha ll tow er, MY other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his W 5 „t° e orreet.''—London Medical Gazette. May 30, 18 51 . *sr:, wimn ised in a former nu m ber that w e should recur to this With in order to exhibit Its aim more clearly. The author lashes ttr at severity the impostors who make a off`ivelihood by preying end . ~.e r edulity of the public. The tribe could And its Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book Kahn ite way into the hands of those who suffer from th cora l* which it treats, we are satisfied that many h indreds would lek, i v...7Q Much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of lisu c ..4Potta -nee, though it is that which the quacks most prize— oitmerireesa.ney • 'This volume is well qualified to put an end to the „ .sYstern of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat -0.1A.,;_1 a more rational and phsiological basis. It therefore, ' o much good."—Med ic a l Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. T ux ave. ,n cloth , pr i ce 3s . 6d., by p os t f ree , 4e. , Ales in CITE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, en Pend. 444 aP --ea Simple Sa le Forms fe and Efficient., in even its most Inveterate plir entlY Intjactab. BY F. B. 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JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C .SPULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, and successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of Gonorrohcea, Gleet, and Leucorrhceal Discharges, on an average of six days (see " Lancet" of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which will be forwarded immediately on application).—Prepared and sold by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London ; and Jozeau, Pharmacien. 161, Rue Montmartre, Pad. ' • and the principal chemists of France, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2s. 9d., with directions, and stamp with the name of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon. DUBLIN GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. • TOURS IN IRELAND IN 1853. IRISH TOURIST TICKETS (availab'e for a month) will be issued at the following stations, on and after 10th MAT :- Ist Class. 2d Class. London (Euston Station) ..... ........ £6 10 0 £5 5 0 Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Bristol, Carlisle, 5 5 0 Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester •• • • .... 5 15 0 4 15 0 Birmingham, Rugby, Leamington, Coventry, 4 5 0 Wolverhampton, Huddersfield, Leeds, Shef field, 5 0 Manchester, Warrington, Si oke, Macclesfield 4 4 0 3 10 0 Liverpool, Chester ...................... 4 4 0 3 5 0 They enable the holders to proceed to Chester, Bangor, Dublin Cork, and the Lakes of Killarney. The holder of each Irish Tourist Ticket Is entitled to have issued to him, at the office, 52, Westland-row, Dublin, at very reduced rates, tic'cets for a tour in tl•e county Wicklow, in Kenmore and Glengariff, up the river Shannon—for the journey from Dublin to Belfast, for the excursion to the Giant's Causeway, and from Dublin to Galway for the tour througk Connemara. Every purchaser of a ticket is preseisted, grati', with a copy of the 11 Illustrated Irish Tourists' Hand-Book," compiled solely for these Tours• _ _ _ The fullest and most accurate information afforded at the Chester ant Holyhead Company's Office, 52, Westiand•row, Dublin. See also " Bradshaw's Guide," page 123. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tt nic arid inTigora . ing properties enables the stomach to perfectly clige tithe food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce Is the best safe guard to Health. Sold by the proprietors, tea and Perrin*, 19 r -,Penehurch-strcet, London, and 65 Broad street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs Crease and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. .11.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " EAL and PER lt INS " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. LADIES of DELICATE COMPLEXION, who suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find immediate and soothing relief in the application of EMI LANDS' KALYDOR. This unique Botanical Preparation allays all irritation and tender ness of the skin, removes cutaneous disfiiarements,frec t cles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance to the complexion, and a delicacy and softness to the neck, hands, and arms. Perse verance in Its application promotes a free and uninterrupted ex• r c:se of those important functions of the skin, so essential for the preservation of health, and the attainment and continuance of a beautiful complexion. (4entlemen after shayin7, will also find It allay the irritability and smarting pain, and ren ler the skin soft, smooth, and pleasant. Its purifyi . or and refreshing pr, perties have obtained its selection by Royalty, and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aristocracy.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle, CAuTtorr.—The wards " Rowlands' Kalydor" are on the wrapper, and " A. Rowland and Sons , 20, Hatton-garden, London," on the Government Stamp, affixed on each bottle. Sold by them, and b) Chemists and Perfumers. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1853. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. should be sorry to ignore the claims of the present Go vernment. There was only one cause of misgiving among men of science in the present Government, and that was the act of the present First Lord of the Admiralty in having suspended the maritime survey of the British coast. He hoped that that survey would be resumed. He now came to the plan which he wished to bring under the consideration of the house. It was instituted by the conductor of the laboratory at the National Observatory at Washington, in the United States, who first conceived the idea of requiring all the masters of merchant vessels to enter in their log-books, in addition to all the infor mation which those documents usually contain, an ac count of all phenomena they might observe at sea which could be rendered available for the improvement of hy drography, and generally for the advancement of science. The plan was, that the log-books containing these re ports should be all sent to the Observatory at Washing ton, and that the data so furnished should be collated and employed in the construction of new,and improved charts, which should be engraved at the expense of Go vernment, and furnished to the masters of vessels in re turn for the material so supplied. The Custom-house officers were directed to give circulars containin g in structions to the master s o f- ves sels, but - no fruit carne of this measure. The gentleman he had referred to however, collected a number of log-books, and discovered a new : and improved route to Rio. It was tried,.and the voyage which had been usually made in 41 days was made in 20 days. From this time the whole aspect of affairs seemed to change. Materials flowed in in abun dance, and now there are upwards of a thousand masters of ships engaged night and day in recording these obser vations. The observation's were regularly brought to the Observatory at Washington, and the facts up to November, 1851, were published in a book which he now held in his held. It appeared that in the old route to Rio, vessels were in the habit of going so far east as the 19th degree west lon g itude, for the purpose of avoid ing a current which set in fenn Cape St. Lucar. It was shown that it was possible to sail in a great circle part of the way, and instead of stopping at longitude 17, it was possible to cross in, and save 700 miles of the dis tance. The noble lord then referred to the manner in which these charts are made ; and concluded by thank ing the house for the kindness with which they had •heard him, and stated that he should be happy if he should have persuaded them that the matter was worthy of their attention ; for he believed it was the bounden duty of this country, which had risen to so high a posi tion in science and in art, to hold out to them a foster ing hand. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Earl GRANVILLE said that the interesting, useful, and in some parts amusing statement of the noble lord, fully justified the house in expressing by their cheers, how unnecessary it was for the noble lord to apologise for bringing the subject before them. He would, with out trespassing at any length on their lordships, endea vour to show that his noble friend had not taken a calm and philosophical view of the proceedings of the Govern ment and the Admiralty, with reference to this plan, as well as of the views entertained by the Government with regard to the progress of science. With respect to what had been said by the noble lord of the neglect of a sub ject, appeared to him (Lord Granville) connected with the welfare of all mankind, and more especially of a nation—a large portion of the inhabitants of which had devoted themselves to maritime pursuits ; it would be seen by the papers which had been laid before the house, that in furtherance of this project, a book which had been received by Lord Palmerston was directed by him to be sent to Sir John Burgoyne, and which had refer ence to the taking of meteorological observations. He (Lord Granville) received information on the sub ject at the Foreign-office on the 19th February ; and, five days after, he directed Mr. Addington to write to Sir John Burgoyne for further information, in order to the promotion of the object in view. The matter then fell into the hands of the late Government, and although the correspondence did not go on quite so briskly as was desirable, yet by reading the correspond ence, so far as could be gathered from what they had written, it would appear that it was the desire of the Government to promote the subject. Then on coming to the share which Lord Clarendon had in the matter, it would be found that 8 days after he had received the observations of the American Government with regard to the opiniOn of the Royal Society, he wrote to the Treasury, requesting that they would take such steps as they might think right and proper in order forthwith to carry out the object in question. (Hear.) The subject was now before that department, not a very idle one just at present, with a view to the carrying out of Lord Clarendon's report. Several questions were, however, to be considered. In the first place, the superintend ence of the plan and the persons to whom it was to be referred ; and there was also another point—namely, that there was a quantity of valuable matter relating to the subject deposited in our archives which was in a very undigested state, and which it would be desirable to have digested and arranged. The matter could not *der the oantrertvsf :vesting - boards, and it HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. The Earl of LAN ESBOROUGH presented petitions from places in Leicestershire, against, the admission of Jews into Parliament. Lord LYNDHURST presented a similar petition from he University of Cambridge. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented similar peti tions from Reigate and other places, and also a petition from the farmers of Leicestershire, praying for a repeal of the malt tax. Lord ST. LEONARDS presented petitions from five building societies at Birmingham, against the Registra tion of Assurances Bill. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the house. go into committee on this bill. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that his objections to the bill were not removed by the observations which had been introduced in the select committee, but he did not think it worth while to oppose the present stage. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and the Mar quis of SALISBURY, the bill passed through oommltteo. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked the Government whe ther any arrangement had been made for the postal ser vice to Australia, in consequence of the dissolution of the contract with the Australian Royal Mail Company. Viscount CANNING said the noble lord had some what overstated the deficiency of communication that existed with Australia in consequence of the termina tion of the contract with the Australian Steam Packet Company. He subsequently observed, which was no doubt correct, that there was a communication already secured on alternate months by the overland mail, branching off at Singapore. That communication was undisturbed by the termination of the contract with the Australian Steam Packet Company, inasmuch as it rested on the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company, and he had no reason to doubt that they would fulfil their engagement. So far the communication with the Australian colonies was secured by the shortest route, which had at present been employed. In regard td the supply of another alternate monthly communication in consequence of the failure of the Australian Steam Packet Company, he must be allowed to remind their lordships that upon the accession of her Majesty's pre sent Government to office they found; as stated in the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer a few nights ago, that the engagements to which the revenue of this country was liable to carry on the packet service amounted to no less than 800,0001. a year. It needs no argument to show that that sum for the purposes to which it was applied was enormous. It was time that a certain amount, he was sorry to say not so large an amount as they might expect, was returned to the reve- - nue in the shape of postage ; but it was not only the amount of this sum that weighed on Government, but it was the fact that the great majority of the contracts under which these sums were to be paid were contracts for terms varing from 7,9, 10, and 11 years. Conse quently, unless in the case of some such accident as happened to the Australian Steam Packet Company, whereby, from the entire failure of the contract the Go vernment has it in their power to put an end to it, the Government must keep up this expenditure for that number of years. Her Majesty's Government turned their attention to the subject, and lost no time in ascer taining whether some measure might not be taken to relieve the revenue from these heavy payments. While this investigation was being proceeded with, the opportunity arising from the failure of the Australian Steam-Packet Company occurred. They thought it their duty to devise some effective system which would be more economical, and would satisfy all the wants of the community both in this country, and the colonies. Having this object in view, her Majesty's Government determined that it would not be consistent with their duty to accept any overtures to enter into long contracts such as that which had just lapsed, and accordingly one or two offers made on the part of other companies to take up the lapse of service of the Australian Steam- Packet Company had not been accepted. The course which her Majesty's Government thought to pursue was this—they thought, as in other cases where ships were employed, so the carriage of the mails by private enter prise might be called into requisition. With this view, it was their intention to issue, by advertisements, invita tions to tender to carry one or more mails in alternate months to the Australian colonies. It was the inten tion of Government to prescribe the price which they were willing to pay for this service, and the only item on which tenders would be asked from the various com mercial and shipping firms who entered into the engage ment would be as to the time within which the service could be performed. It was the intention of Govern ment to tie up those-who-entered-into the engu lg mtelit, with as few stipulations as possible, none indeed except such as might be necessary for the punctual departure of the ship, and the safe conveyance of the mails. Sub ject to these conditions, the shipping company which would undertake to perform the voyage in the shortest time would receive the contract. Whether her Ma jesty's Government would enter into a contract for more than two or three voyages, is a matter which would depend on circumstances, and which might depend on the tenders which might be received ; but under no circumstances would Government at present con sent to enter into a long continuous engagement for a number of years, saddling the revenue with such heavy sums as were now paid under the present system of complex contracts. There was no doubt this was to a certain degree in the nature of an experiment, and although he felt pretty sanguine of suc cess, it was still a possibility that the terms which Go vernment might think'proper to offer might not be such as the shipping interest would be disposed to accept, but if such were the case he anticipated no inconvenience either to the colonies, or to the mother country, because the intercourse between England and Australia had grown so rapidly and become so extensive within the last few months, that even if the Government were obliged to resort to the act of Parliament, which enables them to employ any ship sailing from this country to convey letters, there was little doubt that there would be scarcely any inconvenience and delay. In the course of three months of the present year the number of ves sels that had left the English ports for Australia was no less than 70 a Month, many of them having performed previous voyages at a great rate of speed, and some at a greater even than steamers. Therefore, if the worst should arise, and the experiment which Government was about to make with a view of alleviating the pressure of the heavy expense in the contracts, there need be no fear on the part of his noble friend and the public that any serious .inconvenience would arise either to this country or to Australia. The Earl of HARD WICKE said it was supposed that by a system of contracts vessels might be employed which might be armed in time of war. This induced a larger kind of vessel to be built by the contractors, but it turned out that the owners of the vessels had not pre pared them for armament, and they were incapable of being armed. In no instance was there any preparation made for the arming of these vessels or to see whether they were capable of bearing such armament. The conse quence was, that if it had been thought necessary to arm them, they would have totally failed. He thought the great object of these steamers should be not to approach but escape from ships of war. They should be by no means armed ships, but should be built for speed and safety. He did not think as the case now stood that there was any dif ficulty in making arrangenients for the future. When the fine was paid the contract was at an end. He believed the fines altogether would not be more than 200,0001., and he believed that by throwing the whole of the con tracts up, that amount might be saved the first year. Earl GREY considered that a great mistake had been made in not sufficiently reducing the cost at which letters were sent to the colonies. The charge of one shilling each letter was so high, that letters were only sent upon special occasions. If they charged a penny per half ounce, the same as in this country, he believed the 7reight would amount to about 3001. a ton. Viscount CANNING said he believed that paying MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. CR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, L'metor of Medicine, and Matric•tlated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. VI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on • Ya. the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregu'aritles and excesses, which have pro luced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. 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The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Edinburgh High Street and Railway Station, a t e. ; Great Grimsby Improvement ; Wakefield Market. The repoits on the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Norwich Waterworks ; Staffordshire Pot teries Waterworks ; Rossendale Waterworks: The following bills were read a second time :—Lon don and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) ; Poole Harbour and Port (No. 2) ; London and Finsbury Improvements and Railway, &c. BERMONDSEY REGULATION BILL. On the motion for the-second reading of this bill, Mr. BRADY - intimated that though his name ap peared on the back of the bill, circumstances had come to his knowledge which induced him to withdraw his sup port from it, and to leave it entirely to the decision of the house. Mr. A. PELLATT said he was instructed by his con stituents in Bermondsey to oppose the second reading, on the ground that the bill had not received the sanction of the parish, and was simply the act of an individual. Sir J. SHELLEY hoped the house would allow the bill to go to a select committee. Sir W. MOLESWOR•TH objected to the bill, which he said was introduced for the amendment and consoli dation of the existing local acts affecting Bermondsey, but it had not received the assent of any public meeting of rate-payers, or of any publicbody in that parish. The bill was, in fact, solely promoted by the solicitor whose name appeared on the back of the bill. After a few words from Mr. WHALLEY and Mr. OLIVEIRA, the bill was withdrawn. PETITIONS. Mr. H. WYNDHAM presented a petition from Cum berland, praying for the total prohibition of the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sunday. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from the metropolis, in favour of the total repeal of the soap duties. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from let ter-press printers of Birmingham, against all the taxes on knowledge, and against the proposal of the Chancel lor of the Exchequer with regard to the stamp duty on supplements. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from tobacco manufacturers in Edinburgh against, the proposed inter ference with the tobacco licenses. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. HEYWOOD gave notice that on this day fort night he would ask for leave to introduce a bill for sim plifying the mode of registering the names of graduates in the arts, law, and medicine. Lord D. STUART gave notice that on the 4th of May he would move for the appointment of a select com mittee, to inquire into the cost for the maintenance and general superintendence of the metropolitan police. 4 MONEY-ORDER OFFICE IN THE HOUSE. ---- - Mr. FREWEN asked the Secretary to the Treasury if the Postmaster-General was prepared to make the post-office at the House of Commons a money-order office, for the purpose of granting money-orders on the country post-offices to the members and officers of the house. Mr. WILSON said he had communicated with the Post-office authorities on the subject, and arrangements had been made by them which would enable them to carry that object into effect if it was the pleasure of the house. It was only for the house to determine whether the convenience of a money-office was sufficient to justify its incurring the necessary expense. Lord SEYMOUR wished to know what the expense would be ? Mr. WILSON said he would ascertain, and inform the house on another day if it considered that an element worthy of consideration. He thought it was. Mr. HUME hoped the hon. member would give an estimate of the expense to the house. was uot desirable to ere Z ii•re;poUsible boards for the purpose. There was one important considera tion, which had been mentioned by his noble friend, and that was that, except by accident, none of our officers on board men-of-war possessed the instruments necessary for snaking observations of this kind, and that deficiency was greater still in the merchant service. He had thus shown that this subject had received the attention of the Government, and that they were anxious to give it every possible assistance. His noble friend had made some remarks of a curious cha racter on the alterations which had been made in the surveys carried on in the navy. He (Lord Granville) was able to state that no foreign survey had been stopped, or any home survey suspended, except that at the mouth of the Thames, which had died a natural death at the end of twenty years. His noble friend said that that survey could not be finished on account of the shifting sands. It was clear that you could not have a perpetual survey on shifting sands, but it was the intention of the Government that the survey at the mouth of the Thames should be continued from time to time. With regard to the reduction of expense in the surveys that were to be carried on, that would be effected by not employing post captains, but substituting for them masters, who, to the honour of the navy, were THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Mr. VERNON said he wished to put a question to the right ,honoUrable baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty with reference to the Arctic expedition. (Hear.) It was, perhaps, within his knowledge that the captain of her Majesty's ship Plover had sent a letter, dated last August, reporting that this ship was in a very leaky and unfit state, and strongly urging that a steam-ship should be sent out to communicate with her. He was also perhaps aware that the Enterprize and the Investigator had not been heard of for more than two years. The question which he wished to put was, whether he was prepared to state the reasons which had induced the late Board of Admiralty to decide on sending out the Rattlesnake, for the purpose of commu nicating with the Plover, in preference to a screw steamer, which it appeared by the authority of all pbrsons competent to judge on the subject was most to _give efficient aid to that vessel.. •Strl". GRAHAM saidlie was not aware of the dis patch alluded to by the hon. member from the captain of the Plover ; but he did know this—that when the present Board of Admiralty came into office they found an arrangement completed that sailing vessels, and not steam-vessels, should be sent on this search. The order of the board was dated the 15th and 16th December, but no reasons were assigned for giving it. The pre sent board adopted the decision of the late board, entirely concurring in its propriety. His honourable friend was perhaps aware that it was not intended to send any fresh expedition into the ice on the western side. There were already within that dan gerous region three or four expeditions, and the present Board concurred with the last that it was not expedient to add to their number. (Hear.) He was perfectly prepared to lay the order of the Board on the table. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know when the noble lord the member for Middlesex intended to proceed with his bill for the abolition of the duty on attorneys' certi ficates. Lord R. GROSVENOR said he would be prepared to give an answer to-morrow. COMMISSIONS FOR CANTERBURY AND -HULL. Captain BELLEW asked whether commissions of in quiry had issued for Canterbury and Hull, in conformity with the joint addresses of both houses ; and if not, how so on would such commiisions be issued ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that the commissions had not been appointed, but he would do so as soon as possible. ST. CLEMENT DANE'S GRAVEYARD. Lord D. STUART gave notice that on Thursday next he would put a question to the Secretary for the Home Department in reference to some burials which took place in this graveyard .on Sunday last, notwith standingi a late order of Council had directed it to be closed. (Hear.) THE BUDGET. found fully able to carry on the surveys in a competent manner. He thought it was important both for the in terests of the science of the country itself, as well as with a view to the obtaining of reasonable money grants from the representatives of the people in the other house, to show that economy had been observed. (The noble earl, with reference to this point, quoted a pas sage from a speech of Sir J. Herschell, in which he urged, in effect, " that economy in askingwas as great a virtue as economy in granting, and that every pound too much asked was so much thrown away.") He (Earl Granville) fully concurred in that opinion. The British Association had kept in view the principle of economy in asking, and in 1836 every application from that so ciety and the Royal Society had been cheerfully re sponded to by the Government of this country. The noble earl then referred to au observation of Dr. Whe well in regard to the assistance given by Government in 1842 to the objects of science, and which was to the effect that, "by that means, an undertaking had been entered on for a survey of the terrestrial globe, combined with the operations of a naval survey and fixed observations in different parts of the world ; which was a scientific operation far surpassing anything which had ever been before attempted, and was such an one as Bacon might have designed." At a later period Lord J. Russell by one of his last acts had granted 1,0001. a year to the council of the Royal Society, which had been most fruitful in use ful effects, and he believed that the researches of Hoff man and others were chiefly owing to that grant. With regard to the present Government acting on a sugges tion in the report of the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, they had since they had been in office formed a scientific branch of the Board of Trade, for which they had secured the valuable services of Dr. Playfair, with a view to the promotion of scientific education, and a sum of 23,0004. a year had been granted for scientific purposes and for obtaining information from other coun tries and from scientific societies in this country. There was another matter which, though a small one, he thought would in future have an important effect, and that was an arrangement which had been made by the Committee of Education of the Privy Council for fur nishing the means to elementary schools of obtaining at a small expense collections of philosophical instruments. He could only add with regard to the Government, that while every consideration was due to eminent men who devoted their lives to the cause of science, it was the bounden duty of the Government to give every assist ance to improvements in science which were carried on on the principle *hich the Government were desirous of promoting, and yet to avoid doing that which would be better done by individuals without them, and leaving minor points to that self-action which had achieved so many objects in this country. (Hear, hear.) Lord COLCHESTER shortly explained the course taken by th e t the lateß oar G o d v o e r f n T i n r e a n d t e t a o n d p the ro F o t o e r e t i h g e n Secretaryobject to evinced which theevery nobleanxiety lord t h o daod, andref e r e r x e p d r , e s w e hich s t hey h ad gratifica tion at finding that the present Government intended to take up the subject. Lord MONTEAGLE referred to the assistance given to bo rn e scientific n objects lB36 an d 18 b 3 y 8 t , li wpi e apht G noe sdn o i ete v d e hwt r i n was m wti t e aaht n ah t ienge oori promotion aarnot L kemee o teo r ex d todipno eMwuntisehtoelhe,f ense was to be counted, not by tpliaertscientificwhereas,of Treasury,tihpneufr fact, cainitni public eh u we r t g aoe e sx d ps observations of the kindnow proposed, be likely to attend thousands, but by hundreds p pounds. He also drew proposed, which invite attention to the indirect but e b c u o-op im er p a o ti r o t n an f t or r o e i s i u e l c t ona w m hi o c n h minutes to 3. o b jet T Thee o sh f uo b a u ll eee t tt h h e n t ehneant adjournedin os of the earth. dropped.a at the fines would by no means relieve the Government of the contracts. In regard to the reduction of postage, it should be remembered that the reduction to one penny in this country had been attended with success, because of the increased opportunities of sending letters, but that circumstance did not apply to the colonies, where they had to deal with ships and steamers, whereas here they had to deal with railway companies. In answer to questions from Earl TALBOT, Viscount CANNING said it was not intended that they should limit themselves to one route in their com munication with Australia. With regard to the second question, at this moment there was a proposition for the reduction of the postage with France ' from her Majesty's Government, to which he received no answer, but to which her Majesty's Government was perfectly willing to accede if the French Government was willing. THE ART OF NAVIGATION. s u b A m N i t A t e AM o a R foenws daysTß A D agoES M A tort. rich. A Bava r i an t ra d esman established in that city t — he A Crim in i g n u a l l a C r o a u ff rt ai o r f NsZ'aus complained that two men of Pfalfikon named Orni, had swindled him out of 4,000 f., on the promise of making him marry a wealthy heiress who they said had fallen in love with him ; and a young girl in the village was ac cused of ha v i ng been their accomplice, by personating the heiress. The gullible tradesman, it appeared, not only paid his money freely, but had frequent interviews with the girl, and took her to the theatre ; whilst she on her part carried impudence so far as to sign the wedding corlract in the name of the heires The imposition was discovered on the worthy man' sending his marriage presents to the residence of the young lady. The Court condemned the two men to two and three years' impri sonment, and the young woman to nine months' of the same punishment. A NARROW ESOAPE.—A rather singular event took in place the evening before lastthe Faubourg St. Martin. A young female, the wife of a holding a respectable situation, had become enamour tn er of ann s h o pman and was induced by his s o li c i tat i ons to promiseyg to meet him at his lodgings, in a room on the fifth floor. Her husband having obtained informati on o f the connection proceeded to the lodgings of the shopman and knocked at the door. Not getting an im me diate answer, he began to kick at the door in order to break it open. The female recognised the voice of her husband, and in her anxiety to escape detection knotted the sheets of the bed together, and began to let herself down from the window. The sheets, however, were not long enough to enable her to descend far, and there she hung at a fearful distance from the ground, while a crowd assembled in the street expecting every moment to see her fall. Fortunately her feet touched the balcony of the third floor, and she was taken in by the persons occupying it and thus saved from a frightful death. The Manchester police, following the successful ex ample of the force in Liverpool, have memorialised the watch committee of the city council for an increase of wages, and their memorials are now, we understand, 4mder consideration. The force comprises 400 men, ar ranged in four divisions, designated by the first four let , ten in the alphabet. Lord WROTTESLEY then rose, in pursuance of notice, " to direct the attention of the house to a corres pondence between the United States Government, her s andive scheme the for Society, improving t r h e e faMerrtaejneecs f e t Go vernment have requested the co-operation of her so av Ga ig oc a vo t e i mrn on pm , reeh i n n e which the United States t; Ma jesty's Government." He said the plan he had in view would add to their stock of knowledge in the de partments of meteorology and hydrography to an extent which it was hardly possible to overestimate. The United States having sanctioned the adoption of the plan in their own country had, with the view of making it as effective as possible, invited the co-operation of the prin cipal maritime nations, and especially this country. The proposition having been made to our Government, it had been referred by them to the Royal Society and to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and it had received the sanction of both those bodies. It was true that this project had not been adopted by the Go vernment. It was not entertained by the last Govern ment, and it was not entertained by the present Govern ment. He confessed his surprise that a plan of this simple and important nature had been bandied about from department to department for fourteen months, and at this moment they were hardly more advanced than they were at the beginning. The late Government had some claims on the gratitude of men of science, and he Lord J. RUSSELL moved the suspension of a stand ing order, which requires a notice of committee of ways and means for Thursday to be given on the previous Friday. Agreed to ' ' •: , ..--.-- , - 5 ,_4& . , --- , . 7_ ,................e.t.„.........t__ __„/ • ____ p_...........7 .....-- - .....7 1, ,__.--- -0 7 - e2.--e-- - c- - - C- 1 . - . . . . . , ~,;;;.,.,, , \Aim --. ' • 411, ,t 6. - -;4.: -e, \ ..3tst , ) , , .A -1..0, ,' , f.' • fle:/),y , ei 4 d .. -, . ......_ _._. . . . ..../.........., _ . . • , - 9 - '''''''''' ' -.),,, 0 , , - k. i f . j ' . 0.1.1 . t.A.,.. , - . 1. ' ;:f . 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'There should be a general and continuous po lice, whereas there are now twenty-two counties who have no police at all. The time had arrived to inquire whether the establishment of the police had been bene ficial or otherwise. He considered that the police had proved themselves most efficient. In six months not more than two vagrants had come to his gate. (Hear, hear.) He would certainly support the motion. After a few words from Lard LoVAINE, Mr. RICH said he was very glad that this motion had been brought forward. The system of an organised police had worked extremely well because the whole body of the police was under one rnatt2gement. There were no less than 30,000 police constables in England and Wales, but there were so many conflicting jurisdictions that there was no uniform system of tnanageinent whatever, the consequence was that great abuses often arose from the necessity of calling out the military in cases of local dis turbances, whereas if there was one uniform system of control over the police, all such evils would be obviated. Nothing could be more admirable than the system on which the metropolitan police force was managed; on the recent occasion of the Duke's funeral considerable anxiety was felt on the part of the Government for the preservation of order, owing to the conflicting jurisdictions which existed between the city and the metropolitan police. Now it was highly desirable that such conflict ing jurisdictions should be abolished, and a uniform mode of proceeding, applicable to the entire force of the country, adopted in its stead ; and he was therefore heartily glad that the hon. gentleman, the member for Dover, had brought the subject forward. Sir J. PAKINGTON thought the Government could give all the information that was necessary upon this subject ; he, therefore, could not see the use of ap pointing a committee. (Hear, hear.) No doubt there was a good deal of force in the objections that were taken to the present system, but he thought they could be all removed by a legislative enactment, without going to the trouble of a committee. Lord PALMERSTON said undoubtedly this was a matter upon which the Government might properly give information, but, nevertheless, he thought, with the view of collecting information, and of collecting facts showing the advantages which had resulted to some counties from the establishment 'of the police, and the inconvenience which had arisen in other cases from the want of such a force, he thought the committee proposed by his hon. friend would be found extremely useful. He thought that the hon. gentleman would, byobtaining the ap pointment of the committee, greatly assist the Govern ment in regard to any measure which they might deem it necessary to propose. In supporting the motion, therefore, he did not wish it to be understood that he shrank from the responsibility which attched to his office. Colonel SCOBELL defended the parochial system of police, which he considered would be the introduction of improvements, answering every purpose in rural dis tricts. Lord D. STUART was glad the noble lord had agreed to the committee, believing it would be the means of eliciting a great deal of valuable information, but he was opposed to the establishment of a general system of police under the control of the Home Secre tary. (Hear, hear.) Such a system of centralisation, he believed, the people of this country would not submit to. He agreed with the hon. member who had just spoken that one in a thousand would be too large a number of police. The population of Herts was about 130,000, and though the number of police had for the last thirteen years been only seventy, the state of crime was very satisfactory. In the metropolitan police dis trict the police rate was Bd. in the pound, in Herts it was only 2d. In the course of the discussion he had heard some eulogistic remarks in reference to the Lon don police. Compared with the police force which ex isted in different parts of Europe, and which was made an instrument of espionage and oppression, the metro politan police certainly deserved to be very popular, but he thought they might be made much more efficient and useful without any additional expense. Mr. MACKIE moved that the inquiry should be ex tended to Scotland. Mr. HASTIE seconded the amendment. The motion, as amended, was then agreed to. COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. Mr. H. HERBERT moved for a select committee. to examine and report upon the present state of the commu nicationbetween England and Ireland, as regards the ex peditious conveyance of the mails, the transport of troops, and the convenience afforded to the public,.and to the Irish representatives in particular in their attendance on this house, and to rte. wlp4 improvements modern science can suggeit to establiff a more speedy and commo dious communication between the two countries. He said, it having been intimated to him that there would be no objection on the part of the Government to the appoint ment of a committee, he would not trouble the house with any lengthened remarks. He trusted that, under the cir cumstances, there would be no objection to the appointment of a select committee. Mr. GEORGE, as a director of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, denied that the packet service had deteriorated in their hands ; but the fact was that the con tract terms were wholly inadequate, and if increased speed were demanded, new vessels of large size and immense power must be built, for which purpose new terms must be arranged with the Government. He had great pleasure in supporting the motion for a committee. Sir It. BULKELEY said that, although not one of the representatives of Ireland, he knew very well that at the time of the union it was distinctly understood that the communication between the two countries should be made as perfect as possible. Ho had often heard that from the late Lord Congleton, under whose auspices upward s o f a million was expended on a road between London and Holy head, which was now perfectly useless. The late Sir R. Peel, when he permitted the Chester and Holyhead Rail way Company to become proprietors of steamers, said very properly that Dublin, not Holyhead, was the terminus of the line. Under the present system, all the convenience that Irish members derived on the road from London to Holyhead, was lost in the sea passage between that port and Dublin. There was one packet that sailed at six o'clock in the evening, and gentlemen knew what a time that was for sailing in a winter evening, with probably a wife and family on board. (Hear, hear.) Another one sailed at two in the morn i ng , an d aAhird at six, and that was all the accommodation afforded to peers and members of Parliament whose duties called them frequently to Lon don. What Temple-bar was described to be to timid fe males travelling in London, the sea passage from 'Holyhead was to Irish travellers—four hours and a half unmitigated dirt, discomfort, and some danger. (Hear, hear.) There was no day communication with Ireland, a want which had recently given rise to a lamentable accident. The Prince Arthur started lately from Holyhead with a large number of passengers, amongst whom were two gentlemen and their wives. The night being stormy the ladies went to bed, there being no similar ac commodation for gentlemen. When about half seas over the Prince Arthur was run into by a schooner, and her starboard paddle-box stove in. In the confusion a general rush took place, the ladies rushed on deck, and the husbands with natural anxiety rushed in search of them. Unfortunately in the confusion and darkness of the night, a lamentable mistake took place, and the gentle men exchanged wives. (Laughter.) High words, and then blows followed, and the captain of the ship had a double difficulty—that of clearing his vessel from the schooner, and of separating the gentlemen who had been thus wrathfully excited. (Great laughter.) Now this mis take was all occasioned by the darkness of the night, and the ladies being in their night dresses. (Continued laugh ter.) Seeing, then, that this was a matter that materially I affected important sections of the community, he trusted that the inquiry would be conceded. Mr. VANCE said that the hours of departure were not regulated by the contractors. Mr. FREWEN thought that an alteration in the times of departure would be advisable. Lord BERNARD said that Ireland was gradually ob taining railway communication all over the coun t ry, and would soon have it to the extreme southernmost point. All that was wanted to complete the benefit was perfect com munication with England, an object which he thought would be forwarded by this committee, which should, therefore, have his support. Mr. GOULD said that day transit was an indispensable condition of high speed. Vessels might be built to do 21 miles an hour, but there would be imminent risk in their crossing at that speed in dark nights at right angles with the whole traffic of the channel. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MANGLES complained of the conduct of Govern ment to the Chester and Holyhead Company in this matter, in having forced them to bui ld a bridge at acostofa million, and three steam - boat s, and having subsequently given the sea contract to the City of Dublin Company at a r uinously low rate. If the public w ished for enhanced speed, they must give a highe r r a te of remuneration. After a few words from Captain JONES, Mr. WHITESIDE said he understood that vessels might be built to do the passage in 21 hours. The motion was then agreed to. NATIONAL EDUCATION IloNctlooßmEinLAßtNele).to in. Mr. HAMILTON moved for a quire into the working of the n atio s n a e Ll i s o y g ste h m ow o f in Ireland, with a view of ascertaining fetarlutcahetiinn structions in Mr. Stanley's letter p f r o a ll e o t w ic e a d l or departed from by the Commissioners,flB3o ohradinb't3heen to t a what extent l a o operation of the system, and whether and united or combined educati s to inquire whe , ther by any further extension of the Com tl system could be missioners' rules, othei wise, the conscientious objections a u n rg d e( n i national. In of many of the Irish people to me present. removed, so as to render t b ra y ff s ° tat e i x st te ic n s s , l h ve e In a long ' speech, supported issue of fact existed between the parties interested, as to whether the existing system were, first, united; secondly, scriptural ; and thirdly neutral, which latter be contended it was not, but Roman Catholic ; adding that the model schools were Lot models, and the reports were unsatisfac tory. He said that he had brought forward the motion in no hostile spirit, but it was time that the unhappy contro versy should cease, and he th oug ht t h at the committee m ight devise some mode of se ttl em e nt, for which th was a strong wish in Ireland. He accused Lord Aberdeen, in reference to his observations on the subject of desiring the same kind of indifferentism of religion as characterised a union of Radicals and Conservatives in politics. Mr. WIGRAM seconded the motion, remarking that the promoters of the inquiry merely wished to remove the barrier which any parent might interpose to the teaching of religion in the schools, and demanding w hy the rule of toleration adopted in England could not be applied to Ire land. Sir JOHN YOUNG asserted the promptness with which Lord Aberdeen paid respect to the religious opinions 'of others, and said that, he himself approached this subject in no spirit of indifferentism, The main and onlyobjeot 'of INDIAN TERRITORIES. Lord J. RUSSELL said, yesterday he promised to state when the Government measure on the subject of India would be disclosed to the house, and he was now prepared to fulfil that promise. It was highly important that the budget should be disposed of as speedily as pos sible, and it was proposed not to take any measure of importance until the house had got rid of that question. It was expected that it would be finally disposed of in the course of a month, and therefore after the Whitsun tide recess his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control would announce when the measure would be brought forward. It would be fixed for some day between th 20th and 30th of May. VINEGAR DUTIES. Mr. FAGAN wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the event of foreign vinegar being admitted into this county duty free, it is the intention of Government to remove the excise restrictions on the manufacture of the article, and to allow a drawback on the malt used by the manufacturer, so as to enable him to enter into free competition with the foreign maker. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not in a condition to answer the question at the present I moment, but he was engaged enquiring into the whole ' circumstances of the case, and when the enquiry was closed he would give the hon. gentleman an answer. THE BUDGET. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was intended to I proceed with the dehate on the budget on Thursday. THE CONSTABULARY FORCE. Mr. RICE then rose to move for a select committee to confider the expediency of adopting a more uniform system of police in England and Wales. The advantage of a uniform system of police in the metropolis arid the large towns of the country could not be overrated, and when the house remembered the unbiassed opinion which foreigners had given in favour of the system, there could be no doubt that it was the best that could be adopted. Strangers in the metropolis experienced no difficulty in obtaining information of particular localities from the police, while the addition to the force being of great public utility in this respect there could be no doubt this the public 'peace was never better kept than it had been since the establishment of the existing police force. Now most of the rural districts were entirely without such a service as this. True there was a kind of local constabulary force, but the interests and prejudices of those who at present held the office of parish constables totally incapacitated them from perform ing the duties of an efficient police force. They exercised no controul or supervision over public houses, but entirely neglected their duty in this respect, and the consequence was that robberies and depreda tions were constantly being committed in rural districts with impunity. (Hear, hear.) Why, accord ing to the confession of an unhappy man who was executed a few years ago at Maidstone, it would HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) appear that, within the space of three years, he was concerned in seventy robberies, for not one of which The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. was lie or his accomplices ever brought e to pu ju t s t ti o ce t . he B p u re t . NEW MEMBERS. t hese sevent y robberies formed only a portion of those toekt since h I e oaths appointmentand to theeat for e Athlone, ffi e e hewe were invariably v p a e r r i p a e h t l r y a perpetrated t t t e h the cionur ruralse of di his et ri lif e e te2 ; but a aw s l th ay ey s n Solicitor -Gen e ra l managed to escape detection. The country expects, and Mr. WoODD also t ook the oaths and his seatfor Knares- rightly expects, an •facient system of national p o li ce. re-electionKGI or ough, he having bee n declared duly elected by the It was his opinion that an end sho uld of Ireland. olh ri s. K the promoters of this motion was the subversion of the na tional system. There was nothing, he said, in the original instructions to make Scriptural extracts part of the secular system of education in the national schools. If any corn - plaint were made against any individual school, or any number of schools, it should occasion the most rigid in quiry. The system was opposed by the majority of the clergy of the Established Church, and by a diminishing number of the gentry belonging to it ; and he would speak of their scruples with all respect, but could not admit that they made a claim for toleration, but rather the reverse. The Roman Catholics had a conscientious objection to the use of the Scriptures, without note or comment, by young persons. (Hear, hear.) The people of Ireland were exceedingly alive to the advantages of education, and would make any sacrifice to give it to their chil dren. He enlarged upon the various influences under which the poor Irish might be induced to send their children to schools of which they disapproved, and he argued that the Protestant who demanded the right of private judgment should be ready to give it to others. He sketched the working of the system, which had been 21 years in existence. He said that out of the immense num bers of children that hsd attended the schools not one proved case of proselytism had taken place, and from sta tistics lie sought to show that the Roman Catholics had not had an undue share of advantages. In generally an swering the arguments on the other side, Sir J. Young said that it would be most advantageous if more money were laid out upon these schools ; and he bore a high tribute to their excellent teachers, and especially commended the school-books, which had become a national literature, and for one of which he read an extract which he described se imbued with morality and true religious feeling. He dwelt feelingly upon the admirable results of the schools, which had attained their main object ; and he expressed an ear nest hope that the house would persevere in upholding a system which tended to elevate the allele of the humbler portion of the Irish nation. Mr. NAPIER reminded Sir J. Young that he had not shown the object of the motion to be to subvert the na tional system —an object which Mr. Hamilton had expressly disavowed. He denied that the claim put forward was not founded on the principles of the Reformation. The rules of the National Board restricted the use of the Scrip tures, which were made an integral and essential part of education in this country, and this was an offence to the conscience of clergymen. He pursued at some length the contrast b e t ween t h e ru l es applied to English and Irish scho ols only a ; he compl a i ne d o f th e i n j us ti ce o f a d ap ti ng th em portion of the population, thou g h cons tit u ti ng to we-thirds ; and maintaining that education should have no other basis than the Word of God, he challenged the inquiry, which was all the motion sought. • Lord MONCK opposed the motion, believing that in quiry was unnecessary, or the late Government should have instituted it. Though sensible of the importance of the religious element in education, he was aware that there existed a voracious appetite for education in Ireland, and the national system had been originally established upon the two principles, of non-interference with religious pre judices, and combined instruction of persons of different religious persuasions. Conscientious objections, though they should govern individual conduct, ought not to con trol the administration of a nation's grant ; the objections should be reasonable as well as conscientious. Mr. LUCAS, as far as he understood it, understood that the noble lord, and the members of the Government gene rally, had two opinions on the subject of religious educa tion—one an English opinion, applicable to English educa tion ; another an Irish opinion, applicable to Irish educa tion. He confessed that he preferred, of the two authorities spoken out of the same lips, the English to the Irish opinion. He thought the opinion that hon. and right hon. gentlemen entertained as applied to education in England was sound, that the opinion they entertained as regarded Irish education was unsound ; and he could not understand why there should be a different system for the poor in Ireland from that which they recognised as right, true, and sound in this country. But he believed that what existed in Ireland existed only, and was tolerated only, because it was in name one thing and in practice another. Ho believed that the national system of educa tion in Ireland was, not in form but in substance, a sepa rate system of education. He believed that it was tole rated and existed only because it was a separate system, and that if by any calamity it could become a united sys tem, it would either fall in pieces or be productive of the greatest evils to the people of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He agreed with a very great part of what had fallen from honourable gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the house, but had a great difficulty in agreeing with the motion they had laid on the table of the house, because he was not able to satisfy himself of the mo tives they had in view. As to the motion itself, it had his hearty assent, so far as he understood its meaning ; but as to the object of its supporters—which, if he misunderstood it, he should be glad to have explained—he could not feel perfectly clear. He never would put himself in the posi tion of refusing the members of the Established Church what he claimed for the members of his own—the right of having the poor of their own communion educated in the tenets of their own Church. He should be ashamed to put himself in that position ; and if they, alleging on any ground that the system of mixed education was not satis factory to them, wished to have the system of separate education instead, he was, and should be on all occasions, ready to support their claim ; because otherwise he did not know how he could reasonably support his own. For him self, he felt no confidence in the management of the Na tional Board. He regarded it as a system which depended absolutely upon the hands into which its administration might fall whether it would work for good or for evil. He had heard rumours about the present Archbishop of Dublin having threatened to resign his seat at the board if certain things were not done according to his wishes, and his own books were not allowed to be used at the schools. It had also been rumoured that the late Lord Chancellor Blackburne had actually a resolution before the board, which was awaiting the result of the delibera tions in the House of Commons. There were, there fore, the two facts before the house—the threat Of the Archbishop of Dublin and of the Lord Chancellor to re sign, as the first step towards an alteration in the manage ment, if certain books were not allowed to be introduced— =lithe inevitabla_conaoque.aces, ;IL-the—withdrawal of the great bulk of Catholic support from the National Board, and the entire destruction of the system, if the use of these were per pitted. What he wished to see was, tho house lending its assistance to a separate system of education. L Ho was opposed to this so-called united system, believing it to be highly injurious ; and entertaining this opinion h c would not be led to sanction any resolution if it was not made perfectly clear to his mind that the purpose which it contemplated was really intended, and was to be fairly o wried out. L o.d NAAS thought that the hon. member was not jus tified in makin g personal attack upon a noble lord in a nother place, withoutnotics of his intention to do so, and from which the noble lord had no opportunity of defending him self. Mr. LUCAS stated that he had on the previous day in formed the hon. mover of the motion of hia intention to refer to Lord Claucarty. Lord NAAS was not aware that any such notice had been given, but still thought that such an attack upon a noble man who had contributed so much to the welfare and com fort, both temporal and spiritual, of those around him, ought not to have been introduced in a debate of this kind. (Hear, hear.) No doubt the nobleman referred to had used his influence from time to time in the propagation of those principles which he believed to be right • but he (Lord Naas) believed that no single in s t ance could be adduced in which that nobleman had brought any other than the legi timate influence of argument and persuasion to bear upon his tenantry, and he utterly disbelieved that any undue exercise of his powers as a landlord, such as keeping what the hon. member had called " the hanging gale of rent" over his tenants, or any other course of conduct which would be reprobated by every honest man, had ever been pursued by that noble lord. He believed the time had now arrived for a full and complete inquiry into the suc cessful working of the system, and for ascertaining whe ther the schools in existence fairly represented the boasted system of combined education. lie believed that the principal reason why the national system had obtained so strong a hold upon the affections of the people was be cause it was not a " combined system." (Hear.) The sta tistics of the schools clearly proved that the system was not in fact a combined one. In the month of March, 1852, the number of children in various schools was 491,927. Of this number 21,684 belonged to the Established Church, 424,717 to the Roman Catholics, 40,618 to the Presbyte rians, 1,908 to Dissenters, and 1,091 whose religion was not specified. In pint of fact the children of the Established Church were to those of the Roman Catholics in the pro portion of 24 to 424. Out of 4, iO5 schools, '2,728 were un der the patronage of Roman Catholic priests, and 147 under that of the clergy of the Established Church, while only eight schools existed in all Ireland which were under the joint management of Protestants and Roman Catholics. He disclaimed altogether any intention of obstructing the pro gress of the present system of national education. There was a great deal in the working of the system which might be safely inquired into. The progress of education in a great number of the schools was not satisfactory, and it w as not progressing in the manner which it ought to do. TI idea model that schoolsth they schools throughout the country was roost friend, ialc l;elievi l ifg y w vi e - re ere e° t a o du be ct t e a d ke i n a aas superior fair specimen . way; .ü b s o u f t t_ t h h _ e e a cordially supported the motion of his hon.t.system . (Hear, it contained no attack on the ems Ing Sir J. GRAHAM — Having been associated E ssoc , i r a i te ( t e w y it , h 4i t e h n eE t a h r e l of Derby in the Adm inistration every variety of circumstances uniform taken systeffl th o e f dlleaetpienstrline education ° i n n w i a t s s scc founded—having success— having e a a d n w i i i _ a i r s t and thinking that there is , be in and differing from the noble llonrdawtthaockh,layismsr dly csoantedeoalue•dn: danger— s upon the l sy h st o e u m ld it n s o e words to the house on presentthe gamitlrigactdsymstyemdatoty if I failed to address a few w anxious to hear from the noble occasion. (Hoar.) tlf;feaenldthbaetl pertinent question p r s o ite mo s t id ed e tohfisthme ohtoiouz,aadnedsiorne I wished to hear it distir otly stated whether lord some unequivocltwdabseycltairivatihoonnn:initleinirbeeferrefnocre Meath. (Hear, (Hoar, hear.) I w part of those who to obtain oltain for the Church Education Society in Ireland a or not there was on the have opposite promoted Holismte grant in aid of their funds. I kno w no t w h at may be their intention, but lam sure that at no very distant period those who promoted the motions which have been w en ir ai er that e ce brought forward on former oeeas ions,odwid, entertain reference wish and did not conceal it. (Hear.) N to this inquiry,it is absolutely neeessa to ry consider what h as been urged by those who have already taken a part in this debate. I think I was not wrong when I heard, or thought I heard, the hon. member for the IT • mversity of Dublin declare to-night that the time had arrived when it was.ne cessary to abandon the phantom, as he called it, of mixed education in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Surely the hcn. gentleman used that expression ; and if he did use it there can be no doubt of the object and motive which actuated him in bringing this question forward. (Hear, hear.) Then the hon. and learned gentleman the member for the University of Cambridge, who seconded the motion, as I understood him, put in a claim on the part of the paro chial clergy of the Established Church in Ireland, that it was not only their duty but their desire to administer re ligious education to the whole of their flock, the whole of the parishioners of their respectiveparishes. Now probably the declaration to which I have just adverted may weigh in support of the argument of the honourable member for Meath. He says he is most anxious, in oily vote which ho shall give, that the interests of the poor of Ireland shall be considered. In resisting this motion, lam actuated, by that same motive. (Hear.) It is for the sake of the poor of Ireland, for the sake of the great body of the people of Ireland, that I am most sincerely anxious that this system of mixed education should be preserved. I challe.nng,e, fla n. facts of the case, and I do contend that in steam; micoxed sideriug the circumstances of Ireland, the tlavnien its authors education has succeeded to the full e xten There area in that could have expected. (Hear, h e ) c rin . and airs sysW ni Of country 520,000 children educate NCI'. ot°' . rivo rf - ,ret , spd o f eSa' Atiq _ „/ I° ' V° WI