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Cannot be pretended that free or legislative government is at this moment possible. (Hear, hear.) It has been said that the measure which the G overnment have proposed has no character of permanency about it. I admit that the measure, as we propose it, is not, as heretofore pro posed, for any fixed period, however extended. It is in definite on the face of it ; but with reference to perma nence, this is my opinion, that if the measure be good, with the alterations which we propose, it will be for the permanent government of India. If the alterations which we propose are by experience proved to be defective, it will be open at any time to the wisdom of Parliament to apply the necessary corrective, whereby we shall have with the advantage of permanence every facility for correcting imperfections which experience may prove to exist. (Hear, hear.) I must say, although I differ widely from the mo tion of the noble lord which we are now discussing, I heard his speech, in proposing it, with very great pleas ure. It was a speech of grea t a bility. It was a s pe e ch distin guished by cand our , an d th e a b sence o f anything like party acrimony or party feeling. (Cheers.) I think the noble lord has done well in employing his leisure t ime in honourably visiting distant continents, and enabl in g . him self to form a c orrec t j u d gmen t of different nat ions in immediate connection with the Government of this coun try. Ho thereby qualifies himself to pronounce opinions, and to sustain that high name which he bears, and that hereditary talent which he would be unworthy of his father if he did not possess. (Cheers'.) I say I heard his speech with great pleasure, but at the same time I thought it would have been more vigorous if it had been less can did, and that the number of admissions weakened the effect of the proposition he maintained. Let me call attention to how large those admissions are. In the first place, he does not contend there is any necessity for consulting the native population of India. That admission is altogether inconsistent with the doctrine propounded by the honour able member for Montrose, that there ought to be delay, because the people of India have not yet had a full oppor tunity of expressing their opinion. I demur, however, to that fact, and I should contend, if necessary, that they have had ample opportunity. But in the view of the noble lord, considering the state of civilisation in India, and the capacity of the people to judge of the measures of the Government, it is not at all desirable to consult the natives of India upon the question now before the house. (Hear, hear.) The next admission of the noble lord is that the inquiry by the committee was protracted beyond the period expected by those who proposed it. If there were any doubt on that subject when the noble lord made the motion, it has been entirely removed by the speech of the right hon. member for Stamford, who was President of the Board of Control under the Government of Lord Derby, and moved the appointment of that committee. The right hon. gentleman says that at the close of the last session of Parliament, when the committee was about to separate, he himself declared that, in his opinion, with reference to the great question of the home and Indian government, the in quiry had been carried to that point where it was possible to form a correct judgment ; and as far as he was con cerned, and the Government which he represented on that committee, his mind was made up, and he was prepared on the part of that Government to propose a measure in 1 the present session of Parliament. The hon. and learned gentleman the member for Bath said, somewhat taunt ingly, if the case were reversed, and hon. gentlemen oppo site sat here, and we sat there, we should proceed in a very different course. It so happened I attended that com- ' mittee, and I believe I was the person who suggested in the resolution the words, " that the tendency of the evi dence was in favour of the government as now constituted, both at home and in India." I was also of opinion and moved an amendm en t, w hi c h was carr i e d , th a t although the tendency of the evidence was as then stated, it would not be prudent to close the inquiry, and that it ought to be renewed in the present session. I thought it necessary to move that amendment because I believed the mind of the President of the Board of Control was so definitively made up that he was prepared to close the inquiry, and legislate upon the su bj ec t as it th en stood. (Hear.) The noble lord's next admission is, that the witnesses called be fore the committee are chiefly servants of the company, who have left India not to return. Does that invalidate their testimony ? Quite the contrary. Were they about to return, it might be said they were more or less in fluenced by personal considerations. But here they are, men who, generally speaking, h a v e won a no bl e an d honourable independence by services in India, and have , returned to their n a ti ve l an d t o en j oy t h at i ndependence ; j their opinions are valuable on account of the knowledge they have acquired, and trustworthy because they have no intention to return to the service of the Company. The next declaration by the noble lord is this : " If you had a measure ready, I say with Lord Dalhousie, the sooner you legislate the better." We have a measure ready, and we propound this measure as the result of the fullest, most anxious, and most ample consideration. The noble lord commented rather adversely on our conduct with regard to Lord Dalhousie's letter. I can only say that, having the opinion of Lord Dalhousie expressed in the strongest pos sible manner, we should have betrayed our trust if we had not laid before the Baitish Parliament the best means of forming a judgment of the prudence or danger of delay. Lord Dalhousie said : " I ask not what your measure is ; I make no inquiry into that subject ; but I say this—make up your mind with respect to the course which you ought to pursue, and having made up your mind, I warn you there is no safety in any delay." We have prepared our meow), we have risked everything on it, and the noble log says "If you have a measure ready, the sooner you legislate the better." Lord STANLEY —Pardon me. You have rather misun derstood what I said. I said I did not know exactly what were the words employed by Lord Dalhousie, but I appre hended they came to nothing more than if a measure were ready and fit to be carried, the sooner it were carried so much the better. Sir J. GRAHAM—He says more than that ; that it is our duty to propose a measure, and there is no safety in delay. Wo propose to legislate immediately, and I understood the noble lord to say, if we were prepared, ho could not gainsay the advice of Lord Dalhousie. (Hear.) I again repeat, on the part of the Government, that the de claration of Lord Dalhousie was not in answer to any ques tion put by any member of the Government, but it was an opinion which he thought it proper and necessary to con vey, and although in no official shape, yet coming from so high a quarter, we should have failed in our duty if we had not acted on it, and acting on it, if we had not avowed the authority. (Hear.) The noble lord goes on to say— " There is no insurrection—there never was any insurrec tion, except at Lahore, and the temporary suspension of legislation never produced any disturbance." I am not prepared to run the risk—(hear)—and I would remind the noble lord we never had a suspension of legislation. For 70 years we have had the same system of government invari ably renewed before the time of the limited grant expired, and I think it a dangerous experiment to run the risk of insurrection—an experiment in which lam not prepared to recommend the house to concur. (Hear.) Again, the noble lord said he approved of many of the provisions of this bill. As far as I can collect from the speech of the noble lord—a speech remarkable for its perspicuity and also for its fairness, and which would have been much more telling if it had been less fair—there are only two or three of our propositions to which he objects. I will not press the argument of my right hon. friend the member for Edinburgh, triumphant as I consider it to be, that all legislation as to the Home Government is second in im portance to that which relates to the Indian Government; but I will remark that, in the course of this long debate, I have not heard any material objections to our proposals respecting the Indian Government. I certainly have heard no such objection on the part of the noble lord. What are the leading propositions ? We propose to give a new character to the Legislative Council, approaching, as near as possible, to a system of representation. We infuse new life and vigour by making ex officio members men of the highest character and station. We give the Go vernor-General not only a seat but a voice in the Legis lative Council, and it is quite open for consideration whether the discussions shall be private or not. We propose to place the armies of the East India Company under the command of a general officer nominated by her Majesty. We propose to give a vote to the Crown in the nomination of the members of council, hitherto exclusively in the company, and not cont ro ll e d b y th e Crown. We propose to separate from the Governor-General, and place under a lieutenant-governor, the province of Bengal. These are some of the great features of the changes which we propose in the Indian government. They cannot be said to be slight or unimportant. They are, as I believe, large and salutary changes—changes sustained by evidence —changes generally approved--and changes of which no member of this house has yet expressed his disapprobation. (Hoar, hoar.) Well, then, the question mainly refers to the alteration in the government at home, and. I under stand, with respect to the main provision, the noble lord does not object to the absence of a fixed term. Lord STANLEY was understood to say he would prefer a fixed term. Sir JAMES GRAHAM—The next point is the change of patronage, and that is hardly of secondary importance to the absence of a fixed term. The noble lord willingly concurs in the principle of competition, but, agreeing very much with the late Lord Grenville, he doubts whether there should not be a reservation in favour of universities and great seminaries of learning, and a special reservation in favour of children of civil and military servants. (Hear, hear.) At the right time I shall be quite prepared to go into the question of general competition ; but that should be in a subsequent stage, there being no reason why, if the houso goes into committee, these proposed modifications and alterations of the noble lord should not then be discussed in the fairest possible spirit. (Hear, hear.) The third point of detail is the change in the com position of the court. That, I admit, is very important— (hear, hear)=but it is a question of degree, and not one of principle, and I cannot therefore understand why on that account the noble lord should refuse going into committee. - Now, sir, the questions whi c h are rea lly pending in this debate are two, as it appears to me. The first is the question of delay ; the second is the question of the double or single government. Both of these are, I admit, of primary and cardinal importance ; but every thing else may be considered secondary to them, these being, undoubtedly, the points that divide the opinion of this house. I will apply myself to each of them, and, in the first place, I will deal with the question of delay. This, sir, is a question of policy. I have already alluded, in passing, to the opinion given by Lord Dalhousie on the point ; but I cannot omit to glance at and recal to your recollection the considerations which my honourable friend the Secretary of the Board of Control urged, in the very able speech which he made in resisting the amend ment (Hear.) The subject is an important one under any circumstances • its gravity and importance are, h owever , increased in this case by the circumstances of the moment. Look around that Indian empire. How is it surrounded? (Hear, hear.) In China, we see a serious revolution, of - which, as yet, the ultimate result is uncertain—its more immediate effects imperfectly developed. There is the struggle between the Tartar races. We come next to the wis ar in Burmah. I hope and believe that that contest fi nally concluded, an d th at the danger, whatever it may have been in that quarter, has been overcome • but still the issue is d ou b tful ; and I cannot overlook the ' fact that we have war overhan gin g us in a very menacing manner, and that the state f a ffairs in the East generally points to the wisdom of the al ice . giv . en in another place by the highest authority where Lithe is concerned (Lord Ellen borough), who has said d. • rri ' v s e irctly, within the last six weeks, that the time has arrived to put our house in order. me when it became our duty m ar t , .hear.) We have, in addition to this, other and authorities. Lord Ellenborongh does not advise impor tant there is Lord Hardinge, one of the bravest y. d e f enders of that ays°? Does Lord Harding() largely added by his great empire to which ho has s conquests—what does he On the contra ry, . he has told us that time counsel delay ? presses, that time flies, and that, whatever your decision • w ithout ' you should decide quickly, in addition to deciding wise) v' i s the opinion of Lord D lh a ousie—such Such, also, These are all persons speaking that of Mr. Bird. persons who held posts of high auth or i ty reference to party, in India. We have also t h e opinion of the ri g ht h on. Lord D by. So far from differing =ember for Stamford (Mr. }ferries), the President of the .Board of Control under er it must have cost him to with us on this point, or recedi ng . from what he held upon it, and notwithstanding the to his public differ from the son of the nobl e lord lord un der whom he held office—(hear, hear)—he thought it con trary duty and inconsistent with his vi ew of -what was tight in .~.._~, s a matt erthat of wethis; were rkindigh right t n . oppose the Government, and he a legislating at once. What then, was the opinion of Sir John Hobhouse, being connected with the government of British India ? What is the opi nion of Lord Panmure, who, though connected with it for a shorter time, is still conversant with its affa'T s. That opinion aga inst delay of G overnors -G eneral of opinion was. stated to the house explicitly. You h ave , of the Board of Cont ro l — you h ave then , a the of Presidents now in his place the hon. member for Huntingdon (Mr. Baring), the chairman of the committee of inquiry; and he, who spared no pains exemplarily to fulfil that office, has in this house made a speech which it is impossible any member can have heard without noticing the impressive manner in which it told of the honest conviction produced on the hon. member's mind by the evidence brought before the committee, warned the house of the danger of delay, and exhorted the house, by its desire to serve the public, to ward off perils mightily affecting the empire, and to legislate without hesitation. (Hear.) Now, sir, these are matters of authority. I would for one moment glance at what appears equally strong, that is, the matter of rea son. It must never b e forgotten how slender in point of force is our tenure of empire in India. We must recollect always that it is mainly an empire of opinion. Ours is not numerical strength, but our position wo owe to the confidence of the country in the permanence of our rule, the steadiness of our government, and the firmness of the hand that grasps it. (Cheers.) By shaking that confidence you disturb the very foundations of our Indian empire. Is it wise wantonly to disturb thorn. (Hear, hear.) Let me intreat of you to consider the position of the Govern ment which makes this proposition. If we had consulted our easo—if we had consulted our party interest—if we had consulted even the convenience of the house, which every Government under representative institutions is bound to consider—can you suppose that we should have been desirous of forcing upon you such important legisla tion at this time ? We had before us the prospect of a di vision from, or among, our friends ; and it was painful to differ from any members who had given us a general sup port—we were incurring the risk of opposition, joined to theirs, from our more usual opponents. I ask, then, could anything but a most paramount sense of public duty have at such a time, and under such circumstances, induced any Administration to incur the risk of bringing such a propo sition before Parliament ? I protest that if ever there was a decision taken from conscientious motives and from a con scientious desire for the public good, that is the decision at which we have arrived, and to which we invite you. I will now turn to the second question—that of the double go vernment. Upon this point I admit that the directors of the East India Company, acting in concert with her Ma jesty's Government in governing India is an anomaly, but then, I say, are we not surrounded by anomalies in respect to our Indian empire Is not our position in India the greatest of all anomalies ? In our own representative sys tem, too, are there not anomalies ? It is a system of check and counter-check—the balance of power, surely, is not in principle objected to by the British Legislature. As I con tend, you have the full advantage of the longest experi ence, an experience of seventy years, in favour of this mode of governing India. But then we are charged with caution and timidity in our course. That objection has been made more particularly by the hon. member for Bath (Mr. Phinn). Perhaps it may be alleged against me and some of my colleagues that innovation in the abstract has no great terror for us. (Laughter.) We have innovated ; per haps we may innovate again. But I say it is incum bent on all innovators to show the necessity of their pro posed innovation ; the onus of proof in all cases falls on those who ask for change • and in this case, on the same same principle, those who ask for more than we, must prove the existence of the necessity which gives them a claim to be heard on their demand. The government of that country is held by us on a certain footing ; we try our ground, feel our way, in altering our relations to it. Pro ceeding prudently and cautiously, we propose to apply remedies for which we do not even claim that they are theoretically perfect, but which we believe are all that are at present shown to be practically necessary. (Hear.) We might go further ; but in my opinion those who urge our doing so are bound to show the absolute necessity of the steps that they advise, and the changes they wish us to make. The noble lord (Lord Stanley) made a most impor tant admission applicable to the point. He said the tree must be tried by its fruits. lam perfectly willing to rest the whole question on that issue. On the whole, then, has or has not this d ou bl e government worked well? 'What says the evidence ? The noble lord, indeed, rejects Indian opi nion —native opinion; but what more evidence would you get if you sat a longer time ? The hon. member for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) talked of wishing to cross-ex amine every member of this house. Every person in this country capable of giving advice in this matter has been called before the committee, and has been already examined. You have already three Governors-General—you have Lord Ellenborough, Lord Harding°, and Mr. Bird. Of civil servants of the company, you have the names of Sir George Clerk,Willoughby, Prinsep, Marshman, Trevelyan, Halliday; and, in addition to these, you have the name of a man second i n ability to none in this country in any de partment, and who enjoyed the longest experience, Mr. Mill. I have not myself had the' advantage of serving on the committee this session, but I attended regularly during last session, and the concurrence of testimony then, I well remember, on this issue of judging the tree by its fruits, was remarkably in favour, on the whole, of the good government of India. The honourable member for the West Riding began his speech by referring to Mr. Marsh man. The honourable member for Manchester relied on him very much in his anonymous character as the " The Friend of India." But now he has appeared openly in print, in the shape of a letter addressed to the honourable member himself. The tree is to be judged by its fruits. I will not weary you, but I have made a short extract from this letter of Mr. Marshman's in which he tells you in a most compendiousmanner what have been the changes, " the fruits," in the internal government of India since 1833. He gives a summary somewhat to this effect : " Small Crown Court established—municipal institutions introduced—cognizance of all suits entrusted to native judges—civilians instructed and examined in native lan guages—liberty of unlicensed printing established." (An ironical hear, hear, from Mr. Bright.) My honourable friend cannot doubt that. The Friend of India is a proof of unlicensed printing ; and I must say, from a pretty good acquaintance with th e I n di an press, t h at it is 'carried to as great an extent there as in any other country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Marshman goes on to say : "Native languages restored in courts of justice—Suttee and infanticide suppressed—state lotteries forbidden— slavery abolished—railroads begun—electric telegraph in progress—uniform and cheap postage introduced." That is Mr. Marshman's summary of his experience of the last 18 years of the government of India; remember, we are now trying the tree by its fruits. Then there is Mr. Halliday, a most able witness, who approves of every one of the changes effected in the government of India, and whose experience results from his having resided there for the last 20 or 30 years. With regard to the home Government, hesitates; he has not the same advantages for judging of that; he hesitates, and it c anno t b e sa id hi s ev id ence goes further. (Hear, hoar.) But again, to try the tree by its fruits. was associated with the Duke of Wellington in the govern ment of India in a moment of the greatest danger. We have heard something of a question put elsewhere, as to whether sons of horsedealers might not be sent out to India. At the time I speak of the Queen's army had met with great disaster ; two armies had met with great dis aster ; the one was commanded by Sir J. Pollock, the other by General Nott. The disaster was retrieved by them—by the son of a humble shopkeeper in the city of London, and the son of a publican in the remote corner of South Wales. (Hear, hear.) These two generations sus tained the honoar of British arms, and preserved from destruction our great British empire. Try the tree by its fruits, and say is this a system to be lightly set aside —to be hastily rejected? It is a system with which Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington were they alive now, would entreat you not hastily to tamper. And not only is the military service worthy of our praise —great as the achievements in war of the military have been—yet more has been done by the civil service for ,the promotion of the happiness of India. My right hon. friend the member for Edinburgh has referred to a splendid speech on India made by Lord Granville. I heard a speech not inferior to that delivered by my right hon. friend him self not twenty years ago. Ido not profess to quote his exact words ; but, if I remember rightly the spirit of it, ho said—Under this system von have had men adminis tering the government of millions of subjects; you have had them leading victorious attacks ; you have had them dictating terms of peace at the gates of conquered capitals; you have had them administering the revenues of mighty provinces ; have had them residing at the courts of tribu tary kings ; and yet these men have returned to their na tive country with little more than a decent competency, and sometimes in circumstances even of poverty. (Cheers.) This was so—this still is so. Again, then, I say, try the system by its fruits ; p rune it, trench about it if you will, but, I implore you, hesitate b e f ore y ou cu t it d own. (Hear, hear.) I believe it to be good at heart—on the whole, a good system of government. Ido not say that it is incapable of improvement. We have endeavoured to improve it • and in India itself I h ave s h own you h ow numerous have been the improvements. I will not now enter into details, but I wish, before I sit down, to make an observation on one remark of the honourable member for the West Riding. He contrasts India with the co lonies. I ask whether any colony can be produced in which any improvements in the last eighteen years have taken place at all to be compared with those in the inter nal government of India during the same period ? As to war, it has been my fortune to know intimately five gen tlemen who have gone out as governors-general to India. My earliest, my most valued friend, Lord W. Bentinck, expressed his intentions, and was enabled to carry them out. I know Lord Auckland, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Hardinge, and Lord Dalhousie. I know their intentions were identically the same with those of Lord William Bentinck. It was their firm determination to have avoided war —to be peaceful administrators, and to spare the country the curse and the evil of need less war. I entirely agree with the testimony of the right honourable gentleman the member for Thetford Mr. Ilerries) on this point. I know it was the intention of all these governors to have avoided war. lam confi dent it was not the home Government—neither the Queen's ministers nor the Court of Directors—that urged upon these governors in the slightest degree the policy of dissenting from their peaceful intentions. It was not British policy, it was Indian necessity that produced those wars. (Hear.) Ono and 'all were undertaken on the spot from a sense of coming danger overriding the wishes of the men thomselve ; but in the discharge of an overwhelming public duty they did not shrink from the responsibility of reversing their own intentions, and by the necessities of the empire of being driven _to war. (Hear.) The hon. memb er f or th e West Riding talks of the declaration of Lord Dalhousie in favour of annexation. It is owing to the very circum stances to which I before adverted, of duty and no. cessity, with an empire such as that which we pos• suss in India, that notwithstanding all our self-deny. ing ordinances hert2,.. notwithstanding the fixed inten. ticin on the part of - the governors-general themselves to observe this policy—it is inherent in the nature of an empire so large, with a frontier so exposed, and with hostile states surrounding it on every side—it is inherent in the difficulties of that government, with the strongest desire to abolish war, with the strongest desire not need lessly to add to the extent of an empire so unmanageably large, that from time to time preconceived opinions should change, and previous resolutions be reversed. The hon. member was - shocked at the annexation of Pegu ; but has he not heard of annexations by other governments not ab solute or despotic ? I have heard of declarations of annex ation without bounds on the continent of North America, and of a determination not to allow any independent neigh hour to exist on that great and mighty continent. These aro the unavoidable necessities of empire. What is true of America is equally true of Asia, and there is great difficult in declaring that you will not annex any additional coun try. My hon. friend thought the facts relating to the dis pute with Burmah of no great importance; but he should re collect that the last insult was added to many former insults and that in the eye of an Asiatic community tame submission would have been fatal to that empire. (Hear.) But let wars me ask if single government would be a check to these ? The ease put is, that the check on the East India _Company is inefficient . B u t suppose i t were removed, and a direct government established, there might be some what greater promptitude, but surely there could be no THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1 53. additional check as against war. But have we proposed no check ? I contend that we have introduced a system which will form a most admirable check. The annual statement by a responsible Minister of the Crown of the finances in India will give an opportunity to this house of challenging every transaction with Indian interests and Indian wars. (Hear, hear.) It is not my wish to weary the house with details upon finance ; but again try the merits of the system by its fruits. I will just glance at the matter of finance. After the renewal of the charter a large balance was appropriated in the extinc tion of the debt--rightly appropriated, I think, but with the consent of Parliament, for it was done in pursuance of an Act of Parliament. In 1833 the debt of India was 38,000,0001. It is now 53,000,0001. The addition, there fore, on the face of the account has been 15,000,0001. But in 1833 there was a balance in the Exchequer of 8,400,0001. The balance at present in the Exchequer is 15,000,0001. Deducting therefore that surplus of 6,600,0001. from the 15,000,000/. apparently of additional debt, there does only stand an addition of 8,400,0001. of Indian debt after the Affghan war, the Burmah war, the Punjab war, and the war in Scinde—four wars most expensive and most im portant, and they have been conducted, one and all, to a successful conclusion. But then the weight of the debt must bear some relation to the income of the state on which it is charged. At the time of the passing of the charter, in 1833, the debt, as I have said, was 38,000,0001. The revenue at that time was 18,500,0001. In 1853 the debt is 53,250,0001. But what is the revenue ? Is it 18,000,000? On the contrary, the income—the territorial income and revenue of the East India Company—is 29,000,000/. Therefore, if the debt has increased 40 per cent., the revenue has increased 55 per cent. in the same time. But it may be said this does anything but prove the improved condition of the people of India. That would be true if you could show there had been any increase of taxation during that period? But is it so ? On the contrary, the tax on salt has been re duced 25 per cent., and the whole of the transit duty has been abolished. So much with reference to the finances of India. (Hear, hear.) Something has been said about the patronage of the directors. I have already told you how that right has been exercised. The chairman of the com mittee will correct me if I am wrong, but I think I may boldly state that, with every desire of procuring evidence of malversation in the distribution of patronage, no such proof has been produced. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, I may mention with the greatest praise men who have not been followers of the aristocracy, but men who have been brought from the middle class— " Curibus parviset paupere terra, Missus in imperium magnum." This has been the character, this is the character, of the most distinguished servants of the East India Company, such as Malcolm and Munroe. (Hear, hear.) I say, then, that you may change your system—alter it if you please— remove its imperfections if you can— but my firm and con fident belief is that greater and better men will not be sent out to India under any other system than have been em ployed both in the civil and military service for the last fifty years, and existing as it now exists. (Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the sy s t em o f canvass i ng, I believe it has not been conducive to the welfare of the country. And why do I say so ? I believe - some of the most distinguished men have been excluded by not being willing to submit to that canvass. One honourable member opposite was un willing to submit to that system. Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Bird, and Mr. Robertson have also declared against it, and upon the whole the weight of testimony is decidedly op posed to it. If there be anything unworthy in that can vass, it is connected with the promise of patronage as a consideration for support. We strike at the very sys tem of undue canvass by our plan of open competi tion for the civil appointments, for the scientific ap pointments in the army, an d for medical appoint ments. I think the diminished proportion of patronage, with reference to the army, may safely be confided in the manner proposed by this bill. The honourable member for the West Riding says the plan is fatal to the extended employment of the natives of India. On this subject I may refer to the names of Elphinstone, Malcolm, and Munroe. Lord W. Bentinck partook of the opinion, when he went to India, that the natives were not suffi ciently trustworthy; but • with the firmness and honesty which so peculiarly characterised him, he, on his own re sponsibility, gave effect to the means of further employ ment. Did the East India Company interpose their autho rity, and reject that extension of employment to the na tives? Far from it. The hon. member for Honiton (Sir J. W. Hogg) the other night read to the house a dispatch from the East India Company, in which they highly com mended the systeni which Lord W. Bentinck had intro duced. I confidently believe that if it had been predicted in 1833 to Elphinstone and Munroe and Malcolm that the natives of India would be employed to the extent to which they are now employed in 1853, the most sanguine hopes would not have allowed them to believe that so great a change could quietly have been effected in so short a time. I will not weary the house by arguing in favour of the dis tinction between the covenanted and uncovenanted service. I do not believe you can depart from that distinction in the civil service and maintain it i n th e m ilit ary service. Finding it existing—finding it has been maintained up to the present time—l hold that it would be the greatest in discretion, the most wanton incurring of needless danger, to break down that line of demarcation. Ido not believe you could open the covenanted service in respect to civil appointments and not greatly disturb it with reference to military appointments. I will not push this topic farther, but leave it to the sense and discretion of every one who hears me to say whether his conscience does not tell him that we ought to be careful on that subject. What more has been done ? It has already been said, with respect to general appointments, that 99 cases out of every 100 are ad judicated upon by native judges. In 1833 they were very inadequately rewarded. The stipendiary magistrate at Cal cutta receives a salary of 1,5001. a year. The great body of the judges, except of the lowest class, receive salaries vary ing from 1,5001. as a maximum to 3601. as a minimum ; and very few of the natives receive salaries so high as 4001. I am persuaded that there is a sincere desire on the part of the British Government and of tho Governor-General to introduce more and more into the service of the public, as their fitness by education shall render the extension of the principle safe, the natives of the country. (Hear, hear.) No apprehension of imaginary danger should in duce me to act with injustice to the people of that great country, in withholding from them any share of power for which their education fits them. But, on the other hand, no fanciful notions of liberality, no schqsnes of Government unsuited to that country, will, I hope, induce the house to sanction any innovations of an untried and dangerous character, however specious they may appear. (Hear, hear.) I hope the house upon the whole will con sent to the second reading of this bill. There i; on the part of the Government, every disposition to meet any discussion in reference to its details in a spirit of the most perfect candour. But I am satisfied that no more dan gerous course in the present critical circumstances could be taken than to reject the measure, and that rejection would be the effect of the adoption of the amendment of noble lord. (Cheers.) Sir H. MADDOCK said that the legislation now intended would be imperfect and partial, and that the bill did not legislate for India, nor provide for one-third of the topics which ought to have been brought under the consideration of Parliament. All that was now left undone would have to be done at the discretion of the President of the Board of Control. He should have voted against in troducing any such measure this session, but as this bill had been introduced, he thought, were it rejected, that a prejudicial effect would be produced on the minds of the people of India, and he should therefore vote for the second reading, in the hope that various suggestions which he made in the course of his speech would be duly considered in committee. Mr. J. PHILLIMORE charged Sir James Graham with having sought to lead away the house from the real ques tion, which was, the result of the administration of the company. He went at much length into details to show the debased and oppressed condition of the natives, and urged that Mr. Macaulay ought to have risen and declared that the company had falsified the promises which he had made in their name years before. He urged that we should repent before repentance was too late, and do the people of India the tardy justice of giving them a responsible government. Parliament was now on its trial, and would be judged by posterity. Mr. M. MYLNES had come to the conclusion that no case had been made out for changing the Government of India. We ought to be very cautious, under the circum stances, of pronouncing censure on the efforts which able and honest men had made for the administration of that country, and he thought that nothing more remarkable had occurred in regard to that administration than might have been expected from the historical and political diffi calties of the case. He had one objection to the Govern ment bill, namely, the provision for open competition, from which he did not believe that benefit wctld be de rived, but he should reserve this consideration for commit tee. The hon. member was frequently interrupted by calls for division. Mr. BRIGHT was not sure that, even if the bill were loss objectionable, it would not be advisable to delay it. • There could be no doubt that, a short time ago, the hous e , the newspaper press, and, as h e b e li eve d , the Government, were, in favour of postponing legislation —as was the opinion of India. He did not like the bill better for having no fixed period mentioned in it ; for, unstatesmanlike as it was, it might have as long a run as the act which it was to supplant. As regarded Lord Dalhousie's opinion, it was probable that Sir J. Hogg, or some one else, had told that nobleman what sort of a recommendation was desired. He not believe any one, in or out of the house, wag in favour of the measure. Of course, all who were connected with the company were for immediate legislation, for they know that, - after two years' delay, public opinion would snake a renewal of their power impossible. Delay, he de clared, was wisdom. Remarking that previews speakers on the Government side had not defended the bill, but had thought that in vindicating the company's administration of the - past they had done enough in support of a measure for the future, ho entered into a prolonged argument to show that the Indian Government had neither been correct in the theory nor advantageous in practice. He dwelt on the misery of the peasantry and the internal violence which was permitted to take place, argued that our courts produced the perjury imputed to the natives, characterised the great trunk road as a merely military and not a com mercial ono, and showed how comparatively small was the annual sum laid out in works, observing that the town of Manchester alone had for years spent more in its own improvements than had been spent in India by a go- vernment drawing 29,000,0001. of taxes, and ruling more than 100,000,000 of people. He had hoped to hear from Mr. Macaulay all that , could be said for the bill, and be lieved he had not been diappointed ; and, referring to Mr. Macaulay's description of the enormous and uncontrolled powers of a collector, he urged that these afforded an argu ment why a government which appointed such men should be theoretically correct. He demanded why, if soldiers and civil servants were ready to go out and labour in India for years, energetic commercial men were not, and the fault, he contended, must be caused by mal-administration. After some strictures on the financial condition of India, he proceeded to examine the bill. Assailing the principle on which the Indian administration was founded, he urged that the proprietors had no control over the directors, the latter had none over the secret committee, and that again had none over the Board of Control, nor had the press or Parliament any power over the Indian Government, and no bill tending to continue this mask and subterfuge should receive anything but the condemnation he be stowed on the Government and on the present mea sure. The Government had certainly done much to de grade the Court of Directors by taking patronage from it, and by showing an opinion that its constituency was unfit to elect all its members, but no direct responsibility was created as regarded a minister in that house, and the Pre sident of the Board of Control would shuffle away from Indian questions as heretofore. He dwelt upon the popu larity which a government direct from the Crown would enjoy in India. We were losing a great opportunity, and ho was unhappy that the bill had fallen into the hands of a Minister unable to comprehend the importance of the subject. By passing this bill we should ignore our own constitution, and throw mud upon oar representative in. stitutions. Mr. D. Seymour, Mr. Rich, and another hon. member rose with Sir J. Hogg, but, in deference to the call of the house, gave way. Sir J. W. HOW claimed the kind indulgence of the house while he replied to the personal allusions of the hon. member for Manchester. The hon. gentleman com menced his observations rather benignly and mellowly, but as he proceeded he warmed with his subject, and, getting into his usual acrimonious stream, attacked every act of the government of India, and every individual connected with it. (Hear, and a laugh.) In conclusion he hoped every hon. member would distinctly understand that if he voted against the second reading he would vote for the transfer of India to the direct Government of the Crown, and for the extinction of any intervening body between the Crown and India. He took his stand upon the great prin ciple of the bill, the carrying out of which he considered necessary to the preservation of the brightest jewel in the British Crown. (Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. RICH, the debate was then ad journed, as we understood, to Thursday. CUSTOMS, &c., ACTS. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the house then resolved itself into committee on the Customs, &c. Acts, for the pur pose of allowing him to introduce a bill to amend and con solidate the laws relating to the Customs. Sir It. INGLIS said that, when the subject was before the house on a former occasion, the hon. gentleman pro mised to introduce a specific act for the Isle of Man, but now he understood it was intended to incorporate the pro visions relating to that island in the present bill. Mr. WILSON said that, on looking more fully into the matter, he found the acts relating to the Isle of Man so short and so simple that it would be more convenient for all parties to include them in the bill which he now asked leave to introduce. He had endeavoured to simplify the Customs Acts as much as possible, and they would not oc cupy more than one-fourth of the space they now occu pied. The bill would be printed on Wednesday, and in order that the country might have ample time to consider it, he proposed that it should lay on the table for three weeks. After a few remarks from Mr. A. Pellatt, Sir J. Walmsley, and Mr. Ewart, leave was given to bring in the bill. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE BILL On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. T. ALCOCK requested that the measure might be postponed, in deference to the expressed wish of the city of London, as the proposed alterations would interfere with the navigation of the river. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said, that the bill had been carefully considered by the select committee. The na vigation of the river would not be interfered with by the proposed bridge, and the traffic over the pre sent bridge was so great that no further delay ought to take place in the construction of a more convenient structure. The number of vehicles passing over the pre sent bridge upon an average of four days, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., was 8,441 vehi c l es per clay, drawn by 9,600 horses. The traffic under the bridge was much less considerable, consisting, on an average of four days, of 468 vessels per day, 141 of which were steamboats, and 52 were sailing barges and billyboys. The only vessels likely to be affected by the diminished elevation of the proposed bridge were the strawbarges, of which there was but one a day. These barges would require either to have the means of lowering their masts, or would have to wait a short period for the falling of the tide. The gradients of the new bridge would exhibit a great improvement as compared with those of the present bridge, and would greatly diminish the load at present borne by the horses in crossing the bridge. After a brief discussion the house resolved itself into committee. Sir D. NORREYS considered the site of the new bridge injudiciously chosen. It ought to be placed near to Char ing -cross. In answer to a question by an HON. MEMBER, Sir W. MOLESWORTH stated that the new bridge would be built of stone and iron. The remaining clauses then passed through committ e e, _ _ NEWSPAPER STAMP DIITIES BILL. Mr. WILSON moved that this bill be read a second time. Mr. M. GIBSON objected to proceeding with it at so late an hour (half-past one), and Mr. WILSON withdrew his motion, and appointed Thursday next for the second reading. MALICIOUS INJURIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. FITZGERALD proposed that it be read a third time that day six months. Col. DUNNE thought that it would be better to ad journ the consideration of this question, and he therefore moved that the debate be adjourned. The adjournment Oi the debate having been negative, without a division. The house divided upon the third reading. The numbers were— For the third reading Against ~ 71 . 10 Majority 6l The'bill was then read a third time. ASSISTANT-JUDGE (MIDDLESEX SESSIONS BILL. The report on this bill was brought up and agreed to. BATTERSEA PARK BILL. This bill went through committee, and tho house re , sumed. LAWS RELATING TO CUSTOMS. Mr. WILSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to con solidate the laws relating to the customs, which was brought in and read a first time. HEREDITARY POSESSIONS AND LAND REVENUES OF THE CROWN. Mr. WILSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to facili tate the redemption of certain charges on the hereditary possessions and land revenues of the Crown, which was brought in and read a first time. The house adjourned at a quitter past two. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, Jui 27. , APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—Philip de Sausmarez (1845), and Charles F. Newland (1847), to the Coast Guard. Paymaster—Charles F. Turner (1845) to the Vulture, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Devonport. Mates—Henry E. Crozier (1851), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Tribune, 30, screw steam-frigate at Sheerness ; Francis R. Hartwell (1852), from the Vales; 6, screw steam troop-ship, to the Tribune. Midshipmen—W. D. D. Selby to the Ajax, 58, strew steam-ship at Portsmouth ;A. F. Tighe to the Leopard, paddle-wheel steam-frigate at Portsmouth ; R. R. Arm strong to the Vesuvius, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Clerk.--William Noble (1853), to the Winchester, 50, flag-ship, on the East India station. Clerks' Assistants. —John K. Parker and G. J. M. Bellow to the Winchester. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain M'Cleverty, is at moorings in the stream, taking on board the remainder of her stores for service at sea. A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on Saturday to Mr. May, gunner of the frigate. Mr. May was standing on the wharf-hall, fronting the rigging-house, at the east end of the dock yard, superintending the receiving of the stores from the rigging -house, for the purpose of having them con veyed in boats to the Terrible in the middle of the stream, and while holding on a rope the purchase at the other end pulled him over the wharf wall, and he fell a height of about 12 feet across the gunwale of a boat, by which he sustained such severe injuries that he died almost instantaneously. ARRIVALS OF GOLD.--The Henry Gillespie has ar rived from Australia, with 4,000 ounces of gold, valued at 16,0001. The Aberfoyle has also been telegraphed, but her amount of gold is not yet ascertained. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, June 27. The whole of the Royal Sappers and Miners at head quarters here assembled in their barrack-square at half past 10 o'clock a.m. to-day, for the half-yearly inspec tion, by Colonel Blanshard, C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers, who arrived at 11 o'clock, and made a minute inspection of the men, their kits and appoint ments. The Commandant also inspected the interior of the barracks, the record books, and the office, and ex pressed himself highly pleased with everything that came under his notice. THE PLAGUES OF PERSIA.—A letter from Erzeroum, in Armen'a, contains the following :—" Yesterday's gholaum brought us a batch of news from Persia of a singular kind. It is no less than the appearance of a number of visitations there at the same time, for there have been inundations and cholera at Teheran, locusts at Ispahan, and a terrible earthquake at Shiraz and Cashan. At the former place 12,000 to 15,000 persons are said to have been killed, as the disaster occurred during the night, and the stench arising from the dead bodies was such as to produce an epidemic very much resembling the plague. From Teheran we hear that the cholera has diminished. The British mission had, how ever, moved higher up the hills, as a matter.of pre caution." ADVERTISEMENT.)—THE CAMP AT CHOBTIAM.-- 39; Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, opposite the York Hovel. The Royal Exhibition. A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Teleicopes—A now and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3, inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat -pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons ' opticians, have in vented invaluabl e p reserv i ng s p ec t ac l e lenses. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most aged, defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is bioaght to its youthful, natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery-- The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all othe rs , t o surpass any thi ng of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same coloar as the skin, it is not perceptible; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at, church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensatioc of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Earl of Alborough and Hol loway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine after every other means had failed. See ex tract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect —nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ALDBO ROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's oint ment) at Professor Holloway's Establhment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine venders throughout the kipgdoin, ..:il'ourtb4ZVttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NEWCASTLE RACES. THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORTH DERBY. Honeydew Audubon Lord Fauconberg Three ran. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our First Edition.) TIIE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MASTERS. Their lordships adjourned shortly after half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. _ _ Mr. MOWBRAY took the oaths and his seat for Dur ham in the room of Lord A. Vane unseated on petition. The Lords' amendments to the Staines, Woking, and Wokenham Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. The Leith Junction ' Cutbill's Divo rce , S ou th W a l es Railway, Upt on St. Leonard's, Londonderry, Ennis killen, and Sligo, West London, and Crystal Palace Bills were read a third time and passed. The British Electric Telegraph, Chorley Improvement, Halifax Waterworks Improvement, and Ribble Naviga tion Bills were read a third time. Mr. OLIVEIRA presented four petitions against the Government Education Bill. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Walsall, praying for a system of ocean penny postage. Mr. MACAULAY presented three petitions from Edinburgh in favour of the University Tests Bill. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the solicitors of Roxburgh, against the Solicitors• Certificate Duty. Mr. A. PELLATT presented three petitions against the Government Education Bill. Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR presented a petition from Poole, praying for ocean penny postage. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. WALPOLE ask e d th e Chi e f Secretary for. Ire land the following questions :—Whether the Commis sioners of National Education in Ireland have rejected or expunged from the list of books to be used in the National Schools, " The Evidences of Christianity," by the Archbishop of Dublin ? Whether they have deter mined, that, if any child's parent should object to the use of any single book, it is a sufficient reason for ex cluding such book, not from that child only, but from the whole school ? Sir J. YOUNG answered the first question in the affirmative. SCOTCH UNIVERSITY TEST (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE, in moving the postpone ment of his bill until after the next order of the day, stated that he intended to propose that the declaration in future to be required from professors should be to the effect that they never would, in the discharge of the duties of the office, endeavour, either directly or indirectly, to teach or in culcate doctrines opposed to the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, or the Westminster Confession of Faith, as ratified by law in the year 1690, and would never exercise the said office to subvert the Church of Scotland by law established. (Hear. hear.) SHERIFFS' COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill com mencing at clause 28. Mr. — CRAUFURD moved a proviso, extending the small debt jurisdiction of the courts to 251. instead of to 121. as now proposed. The LORD ADVOCATE objected to the amend ment on the ground that if carried it would be fatal to all law reform in Scotland. After a few words from Mr. eI. —ARTERIES, Mr. HUME supported the amendment. He com plained of the narrow views which the Lord-Advocate took of Scotch law reform. Whatever credit the learned lord might have as a lawyer, he would get no credit among the people of Scotland as a law reformer. Mr. WALPOLE having attended the committee during the whole of the sitting, was prepared to support the bill. He should therefore support the amendment. Mr. S. WORTLEY was favourable to the extension of summary jurisdiction in the iSheriffs' Courts, but he thought the constitutional course was to take the bill as it had been sent down from the Select Committee to pass it in that shape and see how it would work. As the committee had repudiated this particular proposition he should oppose the amendment. Mr. JN. M'GREGOR supported the bill as it stood. Mr. COWAN thought the bill as it stood would be a mighty boon to the people of Scotland, and he should, therefore, support it. Mr. A. HASTIE supported the amendment. He bore testimony to the great attention which had been paid by the right hon. gentleman the member for Mid burst (Mr. Walpole) to this bill while on the select com mittee, and he thought the warm thanks of every Scotch member was due to that right hon. gentleman. (Hear.) Col. BLAIR defended the opinion of the Select Committee, and should, therefore, oppose the amend ment. After a few words from Mr. C. Bruce, Mr. Dunlop, the Lord-Advocate, and Mr. Hume, the committee divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment, Against 14 Majority 68 The proviso was consequently lost, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 29 to 40 were agreed to. On clause 41, Mr. HUME moved an amendment to the effect that no retiring allowance should be given to sheriffs' depute. After a short discussion the committee divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against ............... la Majority ............................... 65 The amendment was consequently lost, and the clause was agreed to. The remaining clauses were then disposed of, and the house resumed. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod then appeared The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Lord Campbell sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for two years. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WARREN. This was another prosecution for perjury arising out of the same committee, the alleged perjury consisting in the statement that, in the presence of Sir Alex. Cock burn, his agents had promised to use their influence to get the defendant a license for his beer-shop. This wa s denied by Sir Alex. Cockburn, and the other gentlemen present on the occasion ; but as some conversation took place which was calculated to induce the defendant to believe that such a promise had been made, the jury, under the direction of Lord Campbell, found a verdict of not guilty. IMPERIAL PARLIAME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(THIS EVENING.) ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—lncome Tax Bill ; Bail in Error Bill ; Hackney Carriages Bill ; Drummond's (Duke de Mel fort's) Restitution Bill. Several private bills also received the Royal assent. The Lords' Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Granville, and Lord Stanley of Alderley.) Their lordships assembled at 5 o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Mr. Birch, of Dublin, complaining of a rule of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland respecting the delivery of an abstract of the record to the Chief Justice, owing to which an action he had brought for libel had miscarried, and praying that some measure might be passed for the purpose of remedying this grievance. The noble and learned lord admitted that the case of the peti• tioner was one of hardship, but said he thought the inconvenience arising from the rule of the court could be remedied without legislation. Lord ST. LEONARDS bore testimony to the learn ing and high character of Chief Justice Lefroy. After some depreciatory remarks from the Earl of DONOUGIIMORE respecting Mr. Birch, and some ob servations in reply from Lord CAMPBELL, the subject dropped. The Earl of HARROWBY presented sever al peti tions against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. JUVENILE MENDICANCY (No. 2) BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second reading of this bill pro formd, in order that it should be referred to a committee. Lord MONTEAGLE protested against the principle of the bill, which would, he said, enable parents who wished to get rid of their children to easily effect their object, for they would have nothing to do but to send them into the streets to beg and then they could be taken before a magistrate, who had power to send them to some reformatory institution. Lord CAMPBELL thought that, if the bill passed, it would do more credit to the noble earl than any of his measures. (Hear.) He was perfectly shocked to see so many little children begging in the streets and sweeping dangerous crossings ; and he believed their mode of life was calculated to make them become thieves and robbers. (Hear, hear.) He would even suggest that if the noble earl inserted a clause pre venting children under a certain age appearing in the streets at all he would confer a great benefit upon the community. (A laugh.) After some further discussion, the bill was read a second time. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time, on the understanding that the discussion upon it should be taken in com mittee. at the table to summon the House of Common§ to hear the Royal assent given by commission to certain bills, for which see Lords' report. On the return of the Speaker the house adjourned at quarter past 4 until 6 o'clock. The house resulted at six o'clock, and was (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) (BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, JUNE 24. This day had audience of the Queen : His Highness the Prince Lucien Bonaparte, Cousin of the Emperor of the French. His Highness was accompa nied by his Excellency the Count Walewski, Ambassador front His Imperial Majesty : To which audience His Highness was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. WHITEHALL, JUNE 28. The Queen haS been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating and appointing Edward Smirke, Esq., Vice-Warden of the Stannarios, in the room of John Lucius Dampier, Esq., deceased. DOWNING. STREET, JUNE 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph Hensley, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General, and John Longworth, Esq., to be -her Majesty's Solicitor-General, for Prince Edward Island, and George Birnie, Esq., to be Registrar and Keeper of Plans for that Island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Scott Bustle, Esq., to be Escribano of the Court of Intendant of the Island of Trinidad. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Walter Maynard, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the island of Nevis, during the temporary absence of the President and Senior Member thereof. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Augustus Douboulay, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Coun cil of the island of Saint Lucia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Wade West, Esq., to be a Me_nber of the Council of Go vernment of the island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Paul Ivy Sterling, Esq., to be a M em b er o f the Executive Council, and Charles Batten Hillier, Esq., to be a Member o f th e Legislative Council, o f th e island of Hong Kong. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint James Robert Longden, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Falkland Islands. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 27. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Lynch as Consul at Dublin; of Mr. Wm. H. D'Wolff as Consul at Dundee, and of. Mr. Dennis Mullins as Consul at Cork, for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Chas. Stoess as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness the Prince and Regent of Baden. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 18. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that her Majesty's 33d Regiment of Foot shall henceforth bear the name of " The 33d (or the Duke of Wellington's) Regiment," which hone arable distinction will bo inscribed on the colours of the regiment. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER, SOMERSET-HOUSE, JUNE 24, 1853. William John Alexander, Esq., one of her Majesty's counsel, learned in the law, has been appointed Attorney- General of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in the room of Edward Smirke, Esq., resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 27, 1853. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR LIAMENT. County of Edinburgh.—Wm. Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Esq., commonly called Earl of Dalkeith, in the room of Sir John Hope, Bart., deceased. City of Peterborough. —George Hammond Walley, Esq., the last election for the said city having been declared void. JUNE 28. I City of Durham—John Robert Mowbray, of No. 19, Cambridge -square, Hyde-park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, whose election for the said city has been delared void. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Surrey—Major Hillebrant Aferideth Parratt to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 9; Edward Bray, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 14. Warwickshi re Militia-2d Regiment--Ensigns Beaumont, Payn, and Leake to be Lieutenants, June 3. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Underwood, grocer, High-street, Southwark. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Chivers, publican, Pavement, Moorfields, to surrender, July 8, at half-p as t e l even, an d August 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanb ur y ; M art i neau and Reid, Raymond buildings, Gray's-inn. William Pegler, job master, James-place, Gloucester terrace, Paddington, July '7, at half-past two, and August 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offi cial assignee, Sambrook-court, Basi ng h a ll- s t ree t ; T urner, King's-row, i'iralworth. George Harrison, coal merchant, Maidstone, Kent, July 11, at two, and August 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Nicholls and Doyle, Verulam-buildings ; Morgan, Maid stone. John Bloomfield, horse dealer, Saxted, Suffolk, July 9, at twelve, and August 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; White and Borritt, Whitehall-place ; Taylor, Norwich. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—To-day a brisk demand was experienced for West India Sugar, and the rates obtained are fully equal to those of Friday for both grocery and refining sor t s ; transactions amount to 1272 hds including at auction 280 hds and 23 tierces Barbadoes readily went at firm prices, fine yellow at 38s Gd to 395, low to good 345 to 37s Gd, 90hhds, 30 tierces, and 80 barrels, Grenada, good to.fine brown 32s to 33s 6d, low to mid yellow 34s to 355, and good 35s 6d to 36s per crrt. For all sorts of sugar the market closes under favourable auspices. MAURITIUS.—To-day a brisk demand was experienced for Mauritius sugar, and the public sales of 11,880 bags went at full rates, indeed in some cases 6d per cwt. ad vance was obtained. Grocery realised 335 Gd to 375 63, refining 335 to 365, brown 30s to 335, and low ditto 28s to 29s Gd per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day there was more activity in the market for Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and several parcels were sold privately at very full rates ; home dealers the leading operators, and colony sorts most in request. At auction 90 casks and 25 bags were disposed of, low mid to mid at 57s to 59s 6d, other sorts 52s to 565, and good Triage 49s to 51s. Of Jamaica 23 casks went at 50s to Ms 6d for fine to fine ord. There is a reluctance to do business in Native Ceylon, and the neare s t currency i s 46s to 46s 6d for good ord. Mocha and Brazil are more in request at previous valuations. CHICORY.—The demand is still on the increase, and there being a fair supply, prices are on the decline. York Root selling at 131 10 s to 141, Guernsey 1 2 / 1 0s to 13/ 10s, foreign duty paid 301, English roasted and ground 301 to 34/ per ton. COCOA.—Demand continues extensive for British Plan tation, and previous improved rates are well sustained. Since this day week total transactions have been 1,600 bags. TEA.—Although transactions in Congon have been on a largo scale, still there is no improvement in prices, and better sorts have been most in request. The rates paid for low to good common were 114 d to 110, rather black ish leaf to blackish leaf is to is lid, strong to Pekoe sorts is 2d to 18.10 d, and choice is lid to 2s 2d. Rum.—To-day a large business was concluded, and tho market has a firm aspect. Demerara realised 2s Gd to 2s 9d for 34 to 40 over proof ; East India is 10d proof. Lee ward Island is 103 d to 1s 11d, and Jamaica 2s 10d to 4s 8d as to quality and strength. A Government contract is declared for 30,000 gallons. TALLOW. — Operations in Russian havo• been on an ex tensive scale, and there is an advance of 2s per cwt. Fine yellow candle on the spot realising 49s 9d to 50s, and 50s to 50s 3d for delivery in the last three months of the year. OlLS.—There is still a firm market for seal, and a good demand exists, pale at 331. 10s. to 341., and other sorts 311. to 331. Of southern supply is not ample for dealers' wants; prices rule at from 301. to 361. for common to fine. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tins DAY. Amsterdam ••.•••••• • • • 11 17 Gibraltar .• ••••••• • • • •• Ditto, three months .. 11 18% .Le g h orn •• .. 85 Rotterdam] •• • • n 19 } Genoa •• ••••••• • • • • • • • 25 40 Antwerp .............. 25 27%1 Milan Brussels .............. 25 27' Venice •• ••••••• . • • • • . • Hamburgh . . .. 13 7%,Nap'es ..•• •• •• •• ...... 41% Altons ................ P alermo ..... 124% Paris •• • . .... 25 5 Messina ...... 125 Ditto, throe months 25 0 Lisbon ................ 53 }i Marseilles ...... • • 25 27% Oporto • .......... • ..... 5314 Bourdeaux ............ iltioJrneiro ............ Frankfort-on-Maine 120 ißueros Ayres ..... Berlin . • ...........• • • N ew Y ork, 60 days' .B . i . gbi • Vienna ............ II 3 Philadelphia Trieste .... • • ll 6 I raters of. pm,— Petersb •... urgh..... BULLION, PER O Z. . 37%,Foreign Gold in Ba rs . £ 3 17 9 Madrid ............ •• .. 50 I Portugal Gold C oln .. 0 0 0 Cadiz.. 8arce10na........ • . New Dollars .... ••0 0 0 Seville ................ Silver in bars .... •• 0 5 1% RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.--But a very small business has been done in the market for railway stock to-day, the market has been very dull, and the quotations range generally at the currency of Saturday last, which partly arises from the fact that the dealers are preparing for the settlement of the account, which takes place on Wednesday next : Caledonian, 34i ; Eastern Counties, 13 ; London and North Western, 1151; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 30; South Eastern and Dover, 21g ; York and North Midland, 291 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 101. Shares, 10/. MANCHESTER, JUNE 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is somewhat weaker, but there has been rather more business. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (Chester and Birken head), 19i ; Caledonian, 344- ; Eastern Counties, 13 ; Lon don and North Western, 115 , ; ditto N ew O ne -Ei g h ths, prem. ; Manchester, Shffield, and Lincolnshire, 101. Pre ference, 104- ; Midland Railway Consols, 724. ; Royston an d Hitchin, ; Shepreth Exten s i on , 9 a ; South Eastern, 21 5-16 ; York and North Midland, 30. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was no business transacted in the railway share market on 'Change to-day, and little alteration in Saturday's quotations. The market was alto gether extremely inanimate. LAIINCH.—On Saturday a fine ship of 900 tons regis ter was launched at the dockyard of Mr. Pitcher. Northfleet, and was christened the "Northfleet," in compliment to the place of her construction. She was built for the Messrs. Dent, of London, for the East India trade. In this dockyard several steamers of the first class have been built within the last 10 years for the West India Steam•packet Company, and there are now on the stocks in the yard two steamers of still larger dimensions for the same company. There was a great concourse of people collected in the yard and on i the adjoining heights to witness the launch of the North fleet, which was perfect in its way. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE.—MINOR CONSIDERATIONS. of The r ecen t "doings" i n the Turf Market are not sufficient eig,nifieance to induce me either to a lter or modify the opinions which I yesterday expre ssed respect ing the No r th um b er l an d Pl a t e . On the contrary, they are calculated to confirm and strengthen them. d The Minor St a k es t o b e decided o n Wednesd a y an Thursday alone, remain for consideration. They !J u l comparatively unimportant, and, therefore, require the brief discussio n . I n d ee d, th e betting indicates that success of certain animals is regarded as a foregone i? elusion. Rece n t ex p er i ence , however, at Stockbridgeand elsewhere, s h ows h ow frequently t h e most see n ' ingly sound calculations may be upset. Triecli• Fourteen horses have accepted for the Free -.J-1., cap ; the most fa voura bly we i g ht e d appear to be Lew. wheat, Worcest er , an d B o ld D a vie. Should goner wood and Vind ex mee t f or th e Produce Stakes, an interesting race will be afforded, and although former's chance is regarded with most partiality DY the public, yet, should he encounter Vindex, his victory may be jeopardised. Beauty and Bridesmaid figure most conspicuously tiro the bettin g f or the T yro S ta k es ; littl e is known of then character of their probable opponents to justify sn s. guine expectations of the success of either. Among the nominations for her Majesty's Plato n_r a ° several hors es th a t are engage d i n th e Northumbe rtP Plate also ; it is, therefore, almost impossible to eg et ' twin their owners' intentions respecting them. On paper , the respecti ve c h ances of Kingston, C hi e f Justice, a n Honeywood attract favourable notice. Still Kingso" subsequent nextybcieuerneste day, to do battle for the Gold Cup ea " advice s " w ill b e di spa t c hed from Ne w. castle, where, by th e t i me the a b ove rema rks are is type, I shall be located. June 28, A FRESH MO. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. ' Subscribers mustered numerously, notwithstandilli the attractions at Newcastle. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—A t the COMMen- Red Lion and Cardinal Wiseman were in most dea el ! t x a circumstance chiefly attributable to the spirit wi i it which they were backed in the course of the morning e the city. Towards the close however, Doubleth was backed to win a la rge s t a ke , fi rst at 15 to 1 to 7/ i i next at 1,500/. to 90, taken twice ; and afters/ 514° a. intervening odd s , t o th e quo t a ti on g i ven below. Go eswh finder was f r ie n dl ess un til near l y the last mome nt, no a commission to th e ex t en t o f fi ve " mon k e ys" of was quietly executed ; at the same time a rallying L e was made for Goorkah, and from 12 to 1 offered, u e ite turned to 10 t o 1 t a k en . Chi e f J ust i ce was 10 - friendless. i n the a. -- GOODWOOD STAKES. —A stron g comm i ss ion w o b. market to back S ex t us a t 10 1 , b ut only 8 to 1 wa s ty tamable ; at that figure, however, several investslel,l were made. From 1,000 to 60 Gossip advanced t i Lai. to 1 ; and the m ovemen t s respect i ng H o bb y h o rse 'l' in sated his attainm e nt o f a more prom i nen t p o sition public favour. ST. LEGER.—Th e f avour it e was fi rm a t " evens, $ 1 each agst Reiver and Sittingbourne laid to a small °III* and 10 to 1 about Cineas. fn rat , DERBY.—At one time 13 to 1 wa s l a id agst An —e noo but the last b e t b oo i e d a b out hi m was 550 to 50, ` 2, ' ut to 100 taken about Prince Arthur, 1,500 to 60 at ° Paxton, and 2,000 to 6Q Andover. The prices at the close were as follows :-- NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Palmer's Goldfinder (taken). 6 to 1 agst Mr. White's Colsterdale (taken). 6 to 1 agst Mr. C. Spence's St. Michael (taken). 6 to 1 agst Mr. Cook's . The Red Lion (taken). 8 to 1 agst Mr. J. D. Shafto's Garforth (taken). 9 to 1 agst Mr. Farrance's Cardinal Wiseman (takev)' 10 to 1 agst Mr. Blackburne's Goorkah (taken). 12 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Doublethong (taken). 15 to 1 agst Mr. T. Cunningham's Ann Eliza. 33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Hesseltine's Lough Bawn (takes') LIVERPOOL CUP. 13 to 2 agst Mr. Blackburne's Goorkah. 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Harbinger (taken) . 12 to 1 agst Mr. Cooper's Montague (taken). 14 to 1 agst Mr. I. Day's Waterfall (taken). 15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Shepherd's Alp (taken). GOODWOOD' STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Lord H. G. Lennox's Sextus (taken). 12 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Gossip (taken). 14 to 1 agst Mr. J. M. Stanley's Teddington 16 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Hobbyhorse (taken). 20 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Trifle (taken). 20 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Sackbut (taken). 20 to 1 agst Lord Londesborough Mayor of Hull (taN ST. LEGER. Even agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian. 8 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne (taken}' 8 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's The Reiver (taken). 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Cobnut (taken). 25 to I agst Mr. Surtee's nd Honeywood (taken). 26 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Umbriel (taken). 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Way's Brocket (taken). DERBY, 1854. • to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Auto cra t (t a ken). to 1 agst General Anson 's Prince Arthur (taken). to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Paxton (taken). to 1 agst Mr. Thellusson'a King 'rom (taken). to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Andover (taken to 1C SHIP 20 25 30 03 PING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JIINE 27. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Carnatic, from Sydney; bladner, Calmar; Denmark, Rotterdam; Betty, Christir c American Lass, Newf oun dl an d ; Christina, Sudwesth,ATh— ; Johanna, Weile • Soeridderen, S un d swall and Abo ; ; Christian August, Sarpaborg ; Houwena, Rustringet a: Freya, Dram ; A nna M ar i a, Emden ; Fortunate belle, Kappa ; Jonge Antje, Worium ; Freesland, D'Auvergne, H on d u ras;Zante ; Flora, D: o li dela ; Guatemal a P ac k e t , Guatemala ; Pfeil, Kallund Queen, Calcutt a; J asco , Od essa; Elizabeth, Caen ; Madeira and Jamaica ; Prince of Wales, C a l c utta eo , Cape of Good Hope ; Virginia, Manzanilla ; Ths Nevis ; Aquila, H avanna ; Cyrus, S. W. Fisher,' Sydney ; Fortuna, Odense ; Andreas, Mariager. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—TheUnity, . 04 ".„. 0 ; Elizabeth, Caen ; Angelina, Hammerfest ; Ranger,Bre.,7o, Oceanide, Stettin ; B anco , P ort Philip; American .`a St. John's, Newfoundland. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. 49 The Bucephalus ( s hip), ou t ward bound, June 21, 10' N., long. 8 W. The Forget-m e - no t, Li verpool to Rio Grande, ?AI 19, lat. 44 N., long 11 W. The Himalaya (barque), Portland Bay to London, asp 22, lat. 6 N., long. 26 W. The Duchess o f B en t ( s hi p), Calcutta to London, 10la 6, lat. 31 N., long. 38 W. The Nautilus (b arque ) , M auritius to London, 3.1111 e 18, lat. 45, long. 23 W. The Euterpe, B om b ay t o L i verpool, June 2, lat. 3 2 Id long. 39 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. - CHELMSFORD—JuNz 24. Prices to-d a y were as f ollow :—Wheat, 0 white old t 4.4 01 to 9g to 55s Od, new 36 s t o 53s ; red, old 35s to 465, new , d i o g, 448 ; barley, 25 s t o 27 5; chevalier, 31s to 37s ; Pinot* 21s to 27's ; malt, 55 s t o 56 s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; 3 54; 19s to 25s ; pe as , p ar t r id ge, 32s to 37s ; white, :33s t ° , , 340 boiling 39s to 42a ; d un, new, 31s to 35s ; beans, ti, .c to 36s ; Harr ow ti c k s, 32 s to &Ss ; Mazagan, 31s to ~L COLCHESTER —Jurru 25. ; Prices to-d a y were as followl—Wheat, white, 48s ' 5 4 red, 42s to 48s ; barley, 28s to 33s ; oats, 18s to 24s ; "';, Mazagan, 33 s t o 34 s ; middle and small, 37s to 40s ; P white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 34s to 365. KIRKCALDY—JuITE 25. is tO l r Here, to-day, we h a d moderate supplies of wheat At oats, and only th ree t r ifli ng lots of barley. Oats sot ore last week's prices. Wheat sold readily at fully 93 money than was realised last market day. Rosa' Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I— Oa First s3s Od 31s 0,1 I 23s Od Os od Second sos Oct I 29s 6d I I 21s 6d Os ocl Third 46s Oct 28s Od 19s Od d, n Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b s i mperial, 29s Od to 30 11 v COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at ti :T---Juys 27. Le close of the market :--• K S RL a t ; 11 1 nsws Ru s s ell 's ;: s1 .......... ....................................................... g 568 South .......... 6 _ Tees .. ......... lti IGra.,,, , rvrorth ................... :.1 5 ° ...... .. 15 j Heugh Hall I, Garnaul Stone ..... - 28 6 n Watney's Anthracite. ... :1.27 Derwentwater Hartley 16 n u Grey's West Hartley .... 15 Ll angenn e e h . ............. u 25 7, Sidney's Hartley ......... 1 6 Bate's West Ha r tl e s. d. yl5 6 Chester Main 14 6 Hasting's Hartley 16 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Walker Primrose l5 6 Wallsend, &c. . Healey 15 0' Morrison l5 6 1 Smith's West Hartley l6 0 1 Gibson l4 9 Eden Main 15 9 Bell 15 0 Braddyll l5 9 Hetton l6 3 Haswell 16 9 Ships at market fi it I Sold.. ..... .. 49. BIRTRS. OF A SON. On the 25th inst., at FrAtenden, the Lady Moore. On the 24th inst., at 50, Ebrry-street, the Hon. gl * Delaval Astley. Or A DAUGHTER. of On the 23d in s t., th e w ife of Henry It Eyre, Esq., Shaw-house, Berks. On the 25th inst., at Snrbiton-hill, Kingston-up ou " Thames, Mrs. Frederick Browne. MARRIED. On the 27th instant, William Charles M. Kent, Esq ! , of Chelsea, to Ann, eldest daughter of Murdo Young, Eeq. , of the Strand. -- --- ---- On the - 23 d inst., at the Old Church, Ken a ingtaut Thomas 011ive, Esq., of St. Mary Abbott's-terrace, 4 1 Mary Grey, widow of John Bathurst Hodgskin, Esq., e Horsmonden, Kent. DIED. On the 20th inst., William Garden Penne, Esq., M•D'° Cantab., at Maidstone, aged 58. On the 22d inst., at Westbourne-grove, Mary Ann, wif e of Mr. J. Pickering, Limehouse-hole, Poplar. On the 23d inst., in London, George Bevan, Esq., Ig t of Clifden-house, Boston-road, Brentford, formerly gi Lieutenant in her Majesty's 10th Regiment of Foot. 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