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MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(YESTERDAY.) Their lordships assembled shortly after four o'clock, Lord Redesdale, the deputy speaker, he chair. FIRST READINGS. The Sound Dues Bill ; County Cess (Ireland) Bill ; and the Militia Act (Ireland) Amendment bill were severally read a first time. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The South Shields Gas, Sunderland Gas, South Devon Railway, and Meriton's and Hagen's Sufferance Wbar*es Bill were read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord DUNGANNON presented a petition from Castle Pollard in Ireland against the Minister's Money Bill. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition to a similar effect. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented petitions from parishes in London in favour of an equalisa- tion of the poor-rate, and also a petition in favour of a repeal of the Superannuation Act. The noble lord said he was in favour of an equalisation of the poor rate, but thought that some preliminary steps ought to be taken to prevent extravagance. MINISTERS' MONEY BILL. The Earl of WICKLOW said, in the event of this bill being read a second a time, he should move that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, from whom he last night presented a petition against the bill, be heard at their lordships' bar. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought that the returns which had been moved for should be on their lordships' table before the bill was read a second time. He bad always been in favour of the abolition of Ministers' money, but it was important that they should have full information as to the revenues of the Ecclesiastical Com missioners before the discussion came on. ECCLESIASTICAL CO N 1 NIISSIONS.— INDIAN LAW COURTS. Lord MONTEAGLE asked the noble duke, the Lord Privy Seal, whether it was the intention of the Govern went to carry out the recommendation of a commission which sat some time ago and recommended an amalga mation of the Sadder and Supreme Courts in India. The noble lord accused the Indian Government of a breach of faith in not carrying out the recommendation. The Duke of ARGYLL said the Indian Govern ment had committed no breach of faith in not carrying out the recommendation. The subject was one so sur rounded with difficulties that it was impossible to give any pledge as to the course to be pursued. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE strongly con deinried the manner in which the affairs of India were administered. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH trusted that no desire to amalgamate the Suddar and Supreme Courts would induce Parliament to override the authority of the, Legislative Council in India. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the subject, dropped. REFORNIATORY INSTITUTIONS BILL. The Earl of CIRNA:IVON rose to move the second reading of this bill. One of the provisions of it was to extend to magi,tratoa the porter of committing offenders, up to the age of 20, to reforma tory establishments,, instead of limiting it to young offenders under 16 years of age. It also contained clauses which enacted that no conditional pardon should be granted to any juvenile offender until he had under gone one-half of his original sentence. Lord BROUGHAM approved of the second reading of the bill, an opinion which he was happy to find cor roberated by two excellent authorities, the Recorder of Birmingham and Mrs. Carpenter. After a few words from Lords Lyndhurst, Granville, and Caruarvon, the debate on the second reading was adjourned. SEA-BATHING BILL. Toe Marquis of WESTMEATH, on moving the second reading of the Sea-Bathing Bill, entered into particulars of certain indecent exhibitions on the sea shore, at various bathing places, and gave some details of the measure. Earl GRANVILLE said such exhibitions were be neath criticism, and below contempt. They were un worthy the interference of the law, which lost its autho rity, and became degraded by touching them. Was the measure to be applied to It,land I The Marquis cf WESTMEATH said "No." The measure was subsequently rejected. EQUALISATION OF POOR-RATES. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a peti tion from St. George's-in-the-East, St. Anne's, Lime house, and St. John's, Hackney, for an equalisation of the'poor rates of the metropolis. Their lordships then adj,iurned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SMILER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Fraserbugh Harbour, Great Northern Railway (Capital), and the Margate Water Bills were read a third time and passed. The Keith and Dafftown Railway (No. 2), and the Mid-Sums Railway Bills were nuttier considered, and ordered to be read a third time. The Islington Parish Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time. MS CHESTER. SEEEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY (BUXTON AND CLEE THORPES) BILL. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the order that this bill be committed, be read and discharged, and that the bill be withdrawn. Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented from Ireland in favour of the Tenant Right Bill ; in favour of medical reform ; exten sion of the jurisdiction of the Ciunty Courts; for the repeal of obsolete laws relating to newspapers, &c. BANICRUPTCYAND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, on the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRE LAND. On the Ist clause, Mr. MACARTNEY said that, as in a com mittee of progress, he could not move the refer ence of this bill to a select committee, that its pecuniary and official clauses might be properly considered, he should merely confine his remarks to those clauses, and at a future stage of the bill move tbeir reference to a select committee for the object he had stated. The hon. gentleman, at some length, entered into the constitution of the present Bankruptcy and In solvent Courts in Ireland, and V - e number of judges and officers connected with them, and the saline, paid to them. The present bill contained 430 clauses. 30 of them referred to the constitutien and pecuniary arrange-, went of the new courts ; 4 to the stamp duties ; 271 to benkraPtcy-; 72 to insolvency ; and 19 to joint bank• ruptey and insolvency administration. The clauses were :Tidied up in such a manner in the bill that they required the most serious consideration and attention of a select commi3ee to put them in a shape to be properly and easily.understood. ,He asked the committee to suspend the eoneideraion of the pecuniary and official clauses nntit after they had been considered attentively by a select committee. The honourable gentle man said that a loose system was adopted by the Treasury towards the Irish law courts, and referred to a charge of 37,0001. advanced by the Treasury, within two years, towards the payment of the Bankruptcy Compensation Fund, Chancery Compensation Fee Fund and the Suitors' Fee Fund. , Mr. VANCE olio urged various objections to the bill. Great inconvenience mnst result from combining bankruptcy and insolvency in the :ame court. He also objected to the clauses putting the officers of the old sourt, who were capable of discharging their duties for many years to come, on the Treasury compensation scale, to their injury and the increase of charges on the public funds that would be occasioned thereby. Mr. WHITESIDE was at a loss to understand why the distinction should be kept up between bankruptcy and insolvency. It infi cted great injustice on many, and he iestanced the case of a gent'eman who succeeded to an estate in Ireland, on which there were certain charges to.some of which he made himself liable. He gave ,up everything.' His estate was sold in the In cumbered Estates Court, and he was made an insolvent, the effeCt of which was that he was still liable, whereas if he bad been made a bankrupt he would have received his certificate and become a new man. (Hear, bear.) The learned gentleman also objected to the abolition sad creation of so many law offices in Ireland, and said that he intended to move for a return of the number of pereons 'capable of attending to business who bad been bOmPensated ur peni,i , ined by the Government to make ibetu' fur new officers on every change that took race 'in the administration of the law in Ire and- He assured the committee that they would oeouito u i s b e d at the number of pensioned law-officers Walking idly about th e s t ree t s o f Dublin who were in the 1 1 0 n9 of life an d capa bl e o f d isc h arg i ng eff i ciently very important duties. This bill would will to the num ber. 'l'hia hilt iE passed entail great expense with -I."'nee• benefit. He concurred in th e Bll g gestiuu th a t the boll should be referred to a s e lect coni rnittee, ae the result might • the bankruptc tend to the improvement of atd t law of England and Ire • /awl, by abolishing the distinction en that at present existed beteie::n the two,. ~ Mr. SIALINS concurred-iin.the'remarks of th e h on . and learned member for E,nm kiile n with reference to the dietioction between bankrupts 4 .- for r and insolvency, and supported the euggessomreferring this bill to a select committee. He was at a lose to know why the di:- , tioetic.s was kept up _between traders and non-trader-, thon be comin and ould n ot he a n aon to clear hi l,la trader 7 o.gaself ve up all n e • pn , passed, m vent / as a trader did Alien he becam e a bankrupt, and cOmtnence the world again as a fr ee Lean. There was no reasonable prospect of thie 61.1 b e i ng properly discussed this session, and therefore lie hoped to i•ee it referred to a eelect committee of n mercial men and lawyers, that Eniy weep , wo.ftohe ohjectciooin; m t taken to it, and to the distinction e' _ bankrupt cy and in so l vency , m i g h t b e properly discussed and consi dered. • Mr,..I:I4I.DFIELD ca4ed attention to the present state of the law relative tp imprisonment f ir debt, and also to enprecedented length of time suitors of the Court of GiSancery were imprisoned for contempt of that court. Tneugh tie CfOWll might extend mercy in cases of life deatb; it could not in reference to imprisonment for contempt of the Court of Chancery. He had lately succeeded in releasing two ladies who bad been imprisoned 14 years for contempt of that court. Beth imprisonments were a scandal to the law, and, aeted m•;st injuriously to the persons incarcerated and their families. o Mv, MALlNS.also s gbjncted to the law for imprison ment for debt, and assured the committee that many were rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _EVENING. JUNE 17, 1857 so enamoured with their imprisonment that they declined to be liberated, and he instanced a case in which he was counsel, where a man who had been imprisoned 20 years had no desire to be liberated. With a view to giving the Attorney-General for Ireland time to consider the suggestion made, he moved that the chairman report progress. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland resisted the motion for reporting progress. He was not framing a code of laws that had had no existences, but merely consolidating the Bankruptcy and Insolvent laws of Ireland, and asking to abolish a Court that was useless, and to some extent, a nuisance. The bill had cost him much labour and anxiety. It was first introduced in 1855, when it was printed and circulated for the conside ration of hon. members, as well as those connected with the law in Ireland soliciting improvements. The only objections to the bill came from the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen, and he (the Attorney-General) adopted such as he thought improvements. (Hear.) The learned gentleman then alluded to his being unable to proceed with the bill in 1856, and said that was the first stage at which the bill bad been opposed. It the house at any time wished to abolish the distinction between bankruptcy and insol vency, this bill would not interfere with it, because it only re-enacted the present laws. When he undertook this measure it was repre-ented to him by commercial men in Ireland that the Insolvent Court was unnecessary —that its existence embarrassed mercantile transactions, and that the administration of the two laws might be ad vantageously vested in one tribunal. This bill would not interfere with the discharge of insolvents by county court judges as now existed, and it only provided for the distri bution of insolvent estates by the Court of Bankruptcy. He should be able to show when the committee came to consider the financial clause that the bill would not increase the expenditure one shilling, but, on the con trary, that when the compensations fell in there would be a permanent saving of 3,0001. per annum. The officers of the proposed new court would be taken from the existing courts, or from discharged officers of those courts. His only object was to substitute one °num for two bad ones; to make the law cheap and efficacious, and to invest the new court with powers that would prove advantageous to the trading commu nity. After some remarks from Mr. Henley, Mr. White side, and Mr. Malawi, the motion for reporting progress was withdrawn. Clauses 1 to 28 were then agreed to. On clause 29, relative to appeal, Mr. VANCE said that there were but two courts of appeal in England, and saw no reason why there should be three in Ireland. He moved that the appeal to the Lord Chancellor, should be struck out. After a discussion in which Mr. Malins, Mr. Ser jeant O'Brien, Mr. Bland, and the Attorney• General for Ireland took part, the amendment was agreed to without a division. Clauses 30 to 33 inclusive were agreed to, after verbal amendments. • .- Clause 34 was struck out of the bill. Clauses 35 to 45 were after a few alterations agreed to. Clause 46, having reference to the appointment of officers, was postponed. Clauses 47 to 67 were agreed to, after amendthents. On clause 68, securing the payment of costs to the offictal assignee when plaintiff by order of the Court, Mr. VANCE moved that it be struck out. Official assignees in England were not so protected. Mr. AYRTON suggested that the costs should be directed to be paid out of the estate. The amendment was withdrawn, and the clause agreed to, the Attorney-General for Ireland promisrhg to con sider Mr. Ayrton's suggestion on bringing up the report. Causes 69 to to 84 were agreed to. On clauss 85, relative to the retiring pension of the officers, Mr. MALINS asked why the Chief Commissioner was to be allowed to retire after only three years' ser vice on full salary! Mr. AYRTON protested against the passing of the clause. He suggested that if the commissioner was not to be employed again that the retiring sum should be 'reduced to two-thirds of his present amount, but that if he was to be paid in full he should be compelled to re sign his pension and take the first office that became vacant after his resignation. After some remarks from the Attorney-General for Ireland, in support of the bill, who said that, where there was a compulsory retirement, it was usual to give the full amount of salary as a retiring pension, and that he had made provision for the deduction of the pension on the reappointment of the Chief Commisssioner to office, The clause was agreed to, the Attorney-General pro mising to consider the claim to full .compensation of officers who had held office 30 years on bringing up the report. Clauses up to 158 were agreed to, on the understand ing that certain alterations were to be made on bringing up the report. The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The house adjourned at a quarter to four till six o'clock, when it resumed. PRINCESS ROYAL'S ANNUITY BILL. Baron Watson and Baron Channell brought down the bill from the House of Lords granting an annuity to the Princess Royal, stating that their lordships bad agreed to the same without amendmenv. Lord J. RUSSELL pre:seated a petition from the proctors against the. Probate Bilk, and praying compen i•ation. for the loss of business which they would incur .by the passing of the bill. The noble lord also presented a petition from the trustees of the British Museum, praying for additional grants ; also several petitions from the city of London in favour of an equalisation of poor rates in the metropolis. Till OATHS BILL. The Marquis of BLANDFORD gave notice that on the motion for the third reading of the 0 tths Bill, he should move as an amendment that it be read a third time that day six months. THE FOREIGN LEGION. Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for returns of the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men enlisted in each of the foreign legions during the late war ; stating in &tail all exoenses incurred in recruiting, embodying, and concentration of each corps ; arming, equipping, and clothing ; bounty, pay, and cost of subsistence while serving ; any gratuities on discharge, and allowance for conveyance to their homes ; the number of each employed on active service during the war, and the stations at which the remainder were guar tf-red ; of the date of embodiment of each ; of the co ,n -tity of land granted to each officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of any foreign legion, either at the Cape of Good Hope or elsewhere ; with the amount of gratuity given to each for the, erection of houses in lieu of them, or other purposes, the amount of any pay or allowance, and the annual expense of arming, clothing, and enlisting these sol.liers, with the numbers of each rank who had been there located.—Agreed to. THE PAPER DUTY. Mr. DTLLWYN inquired whether it was the inten tion of Government to levy paper duty on materials ca palde of being written on and printed on, but made from animal fibres ; or to leave such materials exempt from duty, as parchment is now ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that be understood a company had been formed far the purpose of manufacturing a substance resembling paper, in some respects, from animal tibrs, and the Board of Revenue bad decided that it should be treated in the same manner as paper. THE GERMAN LEGION. Mr. ADDERLEY inquired whether the Cape Legis lature had determined to diminish their vote of 40,0001, towards the expense of locating the German Legion on their frontier by two-thirds, in proportion to the dimi nished number of the legion which had gone out ; and diverted, in consequence, two-thirds of that sum to other purposes. Mr. LA BOUCHERE was not aware that such a step had been taken, but would make inquiries on the subject. WORKHOUSES (IRELAND). Mr FAGAN rose to call attention to the working of the workhouse syetem in Ireland, and in connection with it, to the laws relating to medical charities and the relief of the sick poor, to move for a select committee on the subject, and to report. He contrasted the present pros perous condition of the country with the misery and destitution that prevailed when the poor-law was intro duced. The change that had thus happily taken place rendered some change in the law necessary, and he men tioned, among other matters, that the workhduses were more capacious, and the staff of officers more numerous, than there was now occasion for. As - one abuse of the system he mentioned that the medical charities were taken advantage of by wealthy farmers, who were visited in times of sickness gratis by the officers of the union, and he suggested that the vacant workhouses should be turned into hospitals or in firmaries for the reception of the destitute sick. After some further similar details, he concluded by mov ing fora select committee on the subject. • Mr. H. HERBERT, the new Secretary for Ireland, opposed the motion on the ground that information en , iugh was already in possession of the Government to enable them to legi-late on the subject, not perhaps in this cession, but soon. He hoped, therefore, the hon. gentleman would not press his motion. Mr. FAGAN, satisfied with the pledge given by the right hon. gentleman, withdrew his motion. POOR RATES (METROPOLIS). _ _ Mr. AYRTON moved for a select committee to in. quire into the amities of the inequality of the poor rates in the metropolitan districts, and whether any measures should be adopted to render the rates more equal. The motion affected 21 millions of the ilhabitants of the me tropolis, 11 millions of property, and rates levied on that prop.rty to the amount of 860,000/. a-year. When his attention was first directol to the question, he found it was surrounded by so many difficulties, that he felt much hesitation in consenting to bringing it forward. nut it was again brought under his consideration by a very admirable class of gentlemen, the clergy of the Church of England, who were labouring indensely popu lated districts in the borough he represented. He wished to criiifine his motion in' principle and practice to the area of the metropolis, for nowlfere could such a place t:iel.i pariah, nd,containing 150 square miles and 186 parisbe , . I.?. other p ar t s o f th e country every one k new w h at was and'W'halt were its limits, but in London there Here no laws of demarkation, and many men knew not what was their parish, except from the occasional calls of the collectors. Tfien'as to its moral elements. If they took the shipping interest, they would find that the labour of that interest was in St. George's-in-the-East, the office,. in the City, whil e the merchants themselves' resided in St. Georges West. Then let them take the weavers - wh.. resided in Snitalfields for the benefit of ladies residin in &. George's-in-the-West.' Then as to semP strestles who resided not in Mayfair or . Belgravia, but in Lambeth and Chelsea, far removed from the seats of f as hi on . Then, again, 'where were domestic servants ti hen they were chargeable . to thepoor 1- /lot in fashion able districts, but in the remetersparfssif.the_metropoliss ' It was in the nature of things that a great city should separate it-elf into various quarters for the wealthy and the industriaus classes, but if their various intere-ts were looked to, it would be found that they were a ll b oun d up together. Legislation, however, had taken a course calculated seriously to extend the existing evil. It c ,uld never have been intended to legislate for the rich at the expense of the poor, and yet that had been the actual re suit. The poor originally obtained a settlement for 40 days. Afterwards it was extended to five years, but it exeepted domestic servants, who were all remitted to the place of their original settlement. It was well known that houses in fashionable neighbourhoods were not made hospitals for sick men servants or sick female servants. in a certain condition. The consequence was, they bad to be sent out into the poorer parishes in the suburbs. The result was, that the rates in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, had been reduced first from 2s. 61. to ls. 4d. in the pound, and then to sd. When he referred to the whole rating of the metropolis, the anomalies were still more striking. He would just call attention to the difference between the properties of the s London and St. Katharine Docks. The St. Katharine Docks occupied a whole parish, but the London Docks occupied a portion of a parish ; but all the labourers of the St. Katharine Docks resided in the parish in which the London Dock were situate. The consequences was that while the Lon din Dock Company paid 19,0001. a year for poor rates, the St. Katharine Dock Company paid only 7141. These were anomalies that required legislative alteration. The Bank of England might be cited as another instance— they were assessed, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer would know, at about 50,0001. a year, and the Royal Exchange, which paid 701. a year, while Apothecaries' Hall paid 2301. There were 20 houses on the east-side of Bridge-street, Blackfrmrs, which paid 1,4001. a year for poor rates, while the whole of Carnhill and Lombard-street, with its wealthy merchants and public companies paid but 600/. a-year. There were parishes in London valued at 172,0001. per annum which paid but 6,9501. for rates, while others, valued at 62,0001. paid 11,3501. Those were anomalies that de manded investigation. The secret of the discrepancy was doubtless to be found in the fact of rich corporations taking possession of certain localities for their places of business, and driving other parties into cheaper neigh bourhoods. The political consequences was not to be lost sight of, because it could not be said that a man had a right to vote upon a 101. franchise, Iwhen in fact before be could vote he had to pay all thatedditional rating. The effect upon the social condition of the people in highly-rated parishes was most pernicious. Many clergymen had related to him that when they went to ask for benevolence for deserving purposes, the inhabit ants flourished their poor-rate receipts in their eyes, and told them to go to the low-rated fashionables at the West-End. He believed that was a result never contem plated by the Legislature. The language of the act of Elizabeth was not that the property and the houses should be taxed, but that the people should all be taxed in the nature of a property tax. It was a very narrow view of taxation that was taken by the lawyers, who said they could not tax that which they could not see. Was not property in the funds capable of being seen and taxed I Tee report of the committee of 1850 stated that the relief of the poor was an 'object to which all should contribute, and that it was so enacted by the statute of Elizabeth, and he thought it was a hardship that only the land and house of the wealthy should be taxed. In the original poor-law act there were permissive clauses for extending the area of taxation if the inhabitants should consent ; but of course it was never acted upon, because the inhabitants never did consent. Various other measures, however, to the number of 12, had been since passed, showing that he was not singular in his opinion, and the committee of 1851, on the removal system, stated that an amount equal to the National Debt might have been economised by a proper amalgamation of the poor-law sys tem. In 1847 a committee sat to investigate the whole question, and they gave the result of their investigation in certain resolutions, stating that the great evil was the narrowness of the area of chargeability in each parish, After that the subject occupied theattention of the Poor law Board, who br'ueht in a bill and also issued a cir cular on 25th S -pt., 1843, referring to the objects of the bill, the objects of which were, in fact, to generalise the rating, and extend it over the wbo'e of London upon a uniform plan. In 1854 the President of the Poor-law Board, or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, introduced a bill to increase the rating in certain pa rishes until it was uniform throughout the area of taxa tion. That bill was received with such dissatisfaction that it could not be proceeded' with. At least so it had been stated, but he would put it to the noble lord at the head of the Government whetber the principle of the bill was not entirely agreed to, and whether it was not thrown aside for some faults. As extra parochial immu nity from taxation bad been abolished in many places, as in the Temple and elsewhere, he thought it was a matter that the Government ought seriously to take in hand. What was the discussion, whether a wealthy Je w should sit in Parliament, and thereby offend 6,000,000 of Christians in the whole country, compared with a grievance that oppressed two and a-half millions of peo pie in the metropolis alone I The difficulties of the act of Elizabeth bad not escaped the penetration of that Cecil under whose care the bill passed, but up to the present day he believed there was but one place where the difficulty had been properly . met, 'lied that was in the city of Worcester, where the maastrates assessed a cer tain sum every year to be paid by the parish that bad no poor, to that parish of the city where the poor resided. In the reign of King Charles three corporations wore appointed to manage the relief of the poor, and their aid bad been found highly neeessaiy. He should feel it his duty to take the sense of the house as to the propriety of granting that committee. Lard R. GROSVENOR seconded the motion. Mr. TOWNSEND called attention to the large quan tity of land, in the best sites, at Deptford and Green wich, which was used for Government establishments. Those establishments paid no rates whatever, but yet they caused a great increase in the rates. In the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford, the average rating for some years past had not been less than 10s. in the pound. In that parish Government establishments occupied by far the most valuable portion of the land, and they had re cently been purchasing more, so that there was every probability of the rating being increased. The lament able result, even under present circumstances, was that in five cases out of ten the rate had to he distrained for, and he thought that in such a state of things Government interference was urgently required. Mr. BO UTERIE objected to the motion, first on the ground that there were already so many private com mittees sitting. There were now 250 members so em ployed, and the election committees would soon employ 150 more, But, in addition to that, be objected on the ground that the causes of the inequality were patent to all, and required no select committee to inquire into. So long as there was separate administration there must be varying rates. Now, as to the mere fact of an unequal pressure of these burdens upon property, it must be re membered that the owners'inherited it subjecteslto the-e burdens, so that, though there might be public reasons for an adjustment of those burdens, those reasons would apply to the whole country, and were not at all special to the metropolis. He belieied this agitation arose from the increase of rates in the east of the metropolis', but the increase bad equally taken place in the west, and even throughout the kingdom. If any change was made in London, therefore it also to be made tbroughout the kingdom. Admitting the evils of the inequality of pres sure, ho contended that the only remedy would be to have all London thrown into one parish, with the board of guardians to administer it. Were the metropolitan parishes prepared for this centralization I -Several Members—No. Mr. BOUVERIE—Very well, then, what other re medy could be found And if that system were adopted in London, how could it be refused in other large towns —where the average rates were still higher than in Lon don ! It would lead, in fact, to a national rate, which he believed would never work to satisfaction. ' Mr. BUTLER supported the motion for a eammittee, and said the speech of _Mr. Bouverie had gone far to make him a convert to a national rate. Mr. LOCKE said the plea of numerous committees had been so often used, that he was inclined to think there was little in it. With respect to the general ques tion, the complaint was that the poor were taxed to sup port the poor, whilst the rich went scot free. He did not see the difficulty in the way of a general rating that Mr. Bouverie represented. Let the management of each pa rish remain as it was now, in the hands of the guardians —but let there be a central board, composed of repre sentatives from the different parishes, to check the ac counts and control the expenditure. Mr. KNIGHT quoted a good many statistics to show tbat the rates, of the metropolis had not increased at all in proportion.- to the increase of their property, and that there was -a great equalisation of rating going on throughout the country. , Mr. C. BUXTON contended that the pressure of the rates fell upon the occupiers- of horses, as well as upon the landlord. Mr. MALINS strongly urged the neceasity. of inquiry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob jected to the motion on the ground that no change could take place without leading to a national rating, which he was satisfied would soon double the, present average rating. • After some remarks from Mr. Barrow, Mr. Schneider, and Lord Robert Grosvenor, - The house divided, when the numbers were— . Ayes • ' 81 Noes Majority against the motion —42 Mr. PACKE then snoved—" That the standing order on divisions relating to turning the two-minute sandglass he repealed, and that the following order be substituted : That so soon as the voices have been taken, the cleik shall turn a two-minute saudglass, to be.kept on the table for that purpose, and -the doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of two minutes ;•except on Wed nesdays, when the clerk shall turn the two-minute sand glass twice, and the doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of four minutes, as indicated by such sand glass " He said that at present it was almost iMpossi blo for members who were sitting on committees to get down to the house in time to give their votes, and as it ' appeared there were at present 250 members sitting on committees the inconvenience was very great. Mr. FITZROY said he thought the hon. member had ❑ot sufficiently considered the Manlier in which.the order of the house was carried out with regard to diiisions. The practice was not to shut the doors if any members were in sight. Last night five' nainetes elapsed before be could put the, question., •He thought the hon. mem ber, if he took this into considerition, !would see' that sufficient time elapsed before the closing of the door to enable members to be in their places to vote. It was not for him to say whether it was absolutely essential tha gentlemen who had not heard a word of a debate kilfould rush in on the last . momePt to give a vote, -or whether it was a national evil that they should be prevented from so doing. • Mr. STAFFORD thought that in no ease was a mete .. .. r .. v wl~~.. Y.. bees.opinions_ipfluenced hy the speeches which_ he heard. (Laughter.) He supported the m o ti on of Mr.POcke. Mr. BIGGS supported the motion ; for he did not think it consonant to the dignity of a member to have to run on a Wednesday through the crowd in the com mittee corridor in order to give his vote. Lord PALMERSTON hoped that the house would duly consider this question. It was said that it was ao use debating, because every member had made up his mind on the subject debated. That might possibly be the case upon great party questions, but this motion ap plied not to those cases, but to the very day on which private members' bills were considered. Upon those a member usually exercised an unbiassed judgment, influ enced but little by party considerations. He remem bered hearing an anecdote of a member who, being asked if he had ever beard a speech which had altered his opi nion, replied certainly yes, but never one which had al tered his vote. (Laughter.) Re trusted that this sta'a of things no longer existed. If this motion were agreed to it might next be proposed to give sufficient time for hon. members to arrive from White's or Brookes's in order to give their votes. It was, indeed, oaten directly against the recognised couraeof the house, and he trusted that boa, members mould not acquiesce in it. It would be better to introduce the proxy system at once, for in that case the principal would be present and hear the argument and exerbise his discretion in using his proxy. The motion was negatived without a division. LAND SALES (AUSTRALIAN COLONIES). Lord GODERICH moved an address, which was agreed ,to, for a return of the total amount of monies re ceived from the land sails effected in each of the Austra lian colonies from 1846 to 1856, both inclusive. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) ACT (1836) AMENDMENT BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Sir T. BURKE moved as an amendment that the chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Captain MAGAN thought it was very unreason able that he shoal be prevented from going on with the bill. After some discussion the amendment was negatived without a division. On clause 1 a most irregular dissuasion ensued, at length Captain MAGAN said he was tired of the bill, and would rather that the Chief Secretary for Ireland should take it into his hands. (Laughter,) Another discussion sprang up, and it was moved as an amendment that the words "or construction" shoull be struck out of the clause, the effect of this being to au thor:se repairs of roads only, and not the construction of buildings. The committee divided, and the number s were— For the amendment Agaiaet it Majority • —3B The amendment was therefore lost. It was then proposed that the word reconstruction should be substituted for the word construction ; but the propos.,l was negatived Sir R. FERGUSON objected to the present measure that it would destroy the system of free competition. He was of opinion that the whole question of county sur veyors should be considered by a select committee, and moved an amendment t o th a t effect. After some discussion the house divided, when the numbers were— Ayes Noes ... 38 25 Majority The amendment was therefore carried. On the 2d clause being proposed, Mr. KIRK said he believed the clause would be in operative. The grand jury were not authorised in rais ing money except for a specific purpose. The omission of the clause having been moved, the house divided, when the numbers were— Ayes 37 Noes l9 Majority .The clause therefore was carried as part of the bill. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. GRAND JURIES (METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT) BILL. Mr. AYRTON moved that the bill be committed on Monday next. He had amendments to propose. Sir F. THESIGES complained of the hon. member for not having given him notice antil within half an hour. The Speaker having left the chair, Mr. AYRTON moved that the chairman do report progress. Sir F. THESIGER was compelled to acquiesce, as he did not wish to force the bill forward against the wish of the house, at the same time protesting against the course taken by the hon. member fur the Tower Hamlets. The committee then divided, when the numbers were— Ayes Noes 33 Majority --29 On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. AYRTON said he objected to the bill because he considered that grand juries ought not to be abolished, unless some means was preserved of enabling the sub ject to prefer a bill of indictment without going to a stipendiary magistrate, or obtaining the sanction of the At torney-General After some further discuss:on, An Rolf. Minutia% moved that the committee be counted. Forty members not being present, the house at once resumed, and The (3 - HAIR:VAN reported the fact to the Speaker, The house then adjourned at half•past two. Naval and Military Intelligence. The troops enumerated in The Sun of yesterday embarked, under the superintendence of Major- General Breton and waft; in the morning and after noon on board the Mauritius and Cleopatra hired ate Am-transports at Portsmouth dockyard for China, for which destination they will leave this day. Shoe'ld the wind hold good as it is at present, east by north, they will rapidly pass clear of the Chan nel. The above named ships are in every respect most suitable for the duty they have to perform. Their stock of provisions is very large, larger pro bably than any other transport ever took out. The Mmeblvairlklet, the remaining s:t ship, ipfor China, is expected to companies of the 23d on Sa turday, and sail with them for Hong K o ng. It embark , was very gratifying to see the 23d an d 93d em b ar k in the c n opt rrdmien rgys Y did. The 104, Captain George St. y completed taking in her oei ne l e e:mhaasnnale all but Charlotte, b t u h t e provisions and an immense quantity of stores and munitions of war for China. She will go out of harbour on Friday or Saturday next, and anchor at Spithead, to await final orders. The Niagara, United States steam f r igat e , C a pt. framework fitted to-day counter, and attached to the screw e w iron dispatch screw troop frigate, was taken in. up H an u sds ds e inr o gh n t , e through has rhgnha work,d t t h h e e iron with very strong fastenings after beams. The Niagara will s a il on S a t ur d ay next for Liverpool to receive her porti on o f th e submarine cable for crossing the Atl an ti c . veosel, came out T itloe-Fdalyyi;nagnFdittge6n,t s, General Lord Seaton has proceeded to England, and the command of the troops in Ireland has de volved upon Lieut.:General Sir Richard England, who will remain at the Curragh camp. On Monday 14 officers and 255 men of the 77th Regiment proceeded •by railway to Kingstown, where they embarked on board the transport Pal merston, i n w hi c h they are to be conveyed to Syd ney. The 19th Regiment has moved into Portsmouth garrison for duty from the Camp at Aldershot. The entire Marine garrison were yesterday morn ing drawn up in review order in the Barrack-square, Woolwich, having been partially inspected by their commandant s Colonel T. Brown. At 10.30 Major- General Sir W. F. Williams, attended by his aide de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, Brigade- Major Shaw, and the garrison Staff, arriving at the Marine quarters, proceeded r to a general-an nual inspection of the troops. Major General Sir W. F. • Williams, accompanied by Lieutenant- Colonel Wesley, Deputy -Adjutant-General, Admiral Walcott, dtc., passed down the lines and inspected the men with minuteness, after which they went over the barrack quarters. Afterwards the troops were marched iu an entire body to Woolwich-com mon, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Stranshan, Royal Marines, and performed a number of field manoeuvres, and having been supplied with blank cartridge they went through a series of attacks and defensive movements. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams was in the evening entertained at the Royal Marine quarters' mess at a banquet, at which were also present Sir T. M. Wilson, Colonel of the West Kent Militia ; Capt. H. Austen, Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard • Colonel Bloomfield, Aid e -d e -C amp t o th e Q ueen an d Second Commandant of Woolwich, and the heads of de partments generally. Her Maj est - j o s yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. Jos. Denman, has fully sustained on her present cruise the reputation she has earned for ex traordinary speed. S'he left the Spit buoy at 3.17 on Saturday morning last, and anchored within the breakwater at Cherbourg at 8 a.m., having accom plished wbat the officers said they would do—start at daylight and breakfast in France. The distance is about 84 miles'. Her officers having paid and re ceived visits from the French Port Admiral, Pre fect, &c., and inspected the dockyard, magnificent steam-basins, &c., rejoined the yacht, which left again the same afternoon, called at Alderney, and anchored at J ersey about 8 p.m. It was the inten tion to leave on Monday morning for the coast of Ireland. Yesterday the officers who have served in and who now belong to the 7th Hussars held their 36th annual festival, in commemoration of the services of that gall an t corps at W a t er loo, at Grillion's Hotel, Albem a rl e - street, Li eu tenant-General Rob bins in the ch a i r . Th e mee ti ng was numerously attended. Among those present were Lieutenant- General air William de Tuyll, Lord Vivian, Lord A. Paget, Si r W . V erner, Earl of Scarborough, Lord Garva g h, L or d D unsa ndle, the Marquis of Donegal, the Hon. H. Cole, Sir J. Hamlyn WU flaw, Mr, Ly s t er , C o l. J. VV . ' ildman, Col. Arthur ~.i..a.cat~V~ ~~~." ":—.l"'._ ` _ -. r.:l 'ice:... Shirley, Col. Dundis, Col. Inge, Col:Cotton, Major Hagart, Capt. Bialie7CTlTEddiir, J. Fiennes, Lieut. Hale, Mr. F. Coates, Mr. R. G. W. Bulkeley, Mr. Chas. Paulet, Mr. A. Gore, and Mr. Arthur Chichester. The following app Dintinents were ml de yesterday at the Admiralty:—J. L. Hearne and C. J. Broome, naval cadets, to the Cumberland ; Stuart H. Rick man, naval cadet, to the Boscawen . ; G. R. Jen kins, R. Edwardes, and T. 0. Hession, additional assistant-surgeons, to the Victory ; F. J. Davy and A. Cooper, additional assistant-surgeons, to the Impregnable ; A. C. Johnston, assistant-surgeon, to the Madagascar. Dyce Sombre by reason of the alteration in the ninizte of prop edine; t 4-- e - erretnal- expense-has-been less, and, hewever oliject.ionab!e it may appear to allow charges for work not actually performed, ye, the result of disallowing it would be tha' the proc tor would be deprived of his fair remuneration for all his time, pains, and labour. It is well under s. ood that charges of this kind are not merely the pay for the particular work or labour to which they are allotted, but they are the. proctor's remunera tion for the general conduct of the case—for his time and for his trouble for becoming, as he must be, perfect master of the case in its minutest de tails. He must make himself acquain'ed with all the points of the case, and be prepared to ancver any question which his counsel may put to him. Tbeir lordships are of opinion that this bill of costs cannot be disturbed. It is a mater of mere justice to the proctor that these charges should be allowed, and it appears to their lordships that no injustice whatever is done to the party complaining. She is. not in the slightest degree in a worse position than she would have been if the usual mode of proceed ing had been adopted. On the contrary, it appears that she has aciAtally saved money in the bill itself bya reduction in the amount allowed for each c' py, and she must necessarily have saved a further c,,n -s derable sum in.the difference of the rim e occ u pied in the hearing of the case, for it is quite clear that if the case had been argued from written deposi tions it must have occupied many days more, and for each day she would have had to pay additional refreshers. Their lordshi s are further of opinion that the objections to the charges for the joint appendix and the copies of the journal and interrogatories cannot be sustained. As to the last objection, that the fee; for three counsel should not have been allowed, and that, if allowed at all, they should have been allowed only as fees to a junior counsel, and not to Sir A. Cockburn, their lordships are of opinion that if ever there was a case which justified the employ ment of three rout set it was thwpresent, and that both on account of the difficulties of the questions arising and the magnitude of the interests inv o l ve d, the parties were fully justified in retaining the high- st talent. Mrs. Dyce Sombre's petition was therefore dismissed, with costs. From the London Gazette of Last Night WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Henry John Brownrigg, E-I. ' Deputy Inspector General of th e C ons t a b u l ary F orce in Ireland ; George Browne, Esq., Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis of Dublin ; William D..nnelly, Esq. ' Registrar General of Marri a g es i n Ir e l an d ; an d Captain Walter Frederick Crofton, R.A., Chairman of the Directors of Convict Prisons in Ireland, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 13. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoiut John Hutton Hunt, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentle men-at-Arms, vice It. G. Bolton, retired. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLI ANENT. County of Carmarthen—DavidFugh, of Manorabon, in the county of Carmarthen, in the room of David Arthur Saunders Davies, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 16. 68th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Christopher Han sel to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir William L. Hurries, C. 8., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 16. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Alan P. Lord Garlies to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Billington, promoted ; the third Christian name of Cornet Bolton, appointed on the 22nd of May, 1857, is Bomford, and not Beresford, as previously stated. 2d Dragoon Guards—Major Hylton Briscoe to be Lieute nant-Colonel, without purchase. To be Majors without purchase—Major Henry Aime Ouvry, from the 9th Light Dragoons; Captain Edmund Ruck Keene, vice Briscoe. To be Captains, without purchase—Captain Coote Synge Hutchinson, from half-pay 2nd Dragoon Guards ; Captain Henry Miles Stapylton, from half-pay 2nd Dragoon Guards. To be Captain, by purchase —Lieutenant M. J. B. Dyne, vice O'Hara, who retires. To be Captains, without purchase—Captain Arthur John Loftus, from half-pay 10th Light Dragoons ; Cap tain Taylor Lambard Mayne, from half-pay 3d Light Dragoons, vice Keene. To have the rank of Lieute nant—Cornet and Adjutant S. Calvert. To be Lieute nant, by purchase—Cornet George Eden Jarvis, vice Dyne. To be Li e ut enan t s , without purchase—Lient. John George Willis, from the 9th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. Charles David Rich, from 9th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. Robert Mills, from 9th Light Dragoons; Lieut. Roger D. Upton, from 9th Light Dragoons. 341 Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Colonel Michael William Smith, from half-pay, 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase; Captain Fen wick Boyce Barron to be Major, without purchase. To be Captains, without purchase.—Captain John Miller, from half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Captain James Swin barne, from half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Capt. Char din Philip Johnson, from 9th Light Dragoons; Captain Francis J. M`Farlane, from half-pay, Ist Dragoon Guards; Captain Thomas John Francis, from half-pay, 16th Light Dragoons. vice Barron. To be Lieutenants, without purchase--Lieutenant Thomas Edward Gordon, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieu tenant C. Weruyss Thesiger, from the 14th Light Dra goons ; Lieutenant Lawrence St. Patrick Gowan, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant Edward Orlando V. Haldane, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieute nant Lawrence Mackenzie, from the 14th Light Dra- goons. 7th Dragoon Guards— Lieutenant Arthur Robert G. Cos tello to be Captain, by purchase, vice Balfour, who re tires; Edmund Molyneux, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Welstead, promoted. 4th Light Dragoons—Captain Frederic John Sanlys Lindesay, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice W. A. King, who exchanges. Military Train—Captain William Robert Goodall. from the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Rowland, who exchanges; Lieutenant Weutworth Dawes, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eugene Sherwood, who exchanges. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major J. D. Astley to be Captain and Lieuten ant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Lord J. C. Plantagenet Murray, who retires; Ensign and Lieu tenant H. Jelf Sharp to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Astley. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Daniel L. Hewson, from 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hobson, removed from the service, h av i n g left his Regi ment at the Cape of Good Hope, without leave. 13th Foot—Surgeon Philip Henry Eustace Cross, from the 97th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Barry, appointed to the 97th Foot. 17th Foot—Capt. Win. Affieck King, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice F. J. S. Lindesay, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Capt. Thomas Rowland, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Win. Robert Goodall, who exchanges. 35th Foot—Lieut. Win. Henry Ballingall to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bickerstaff, deceased. 60th Foot—Brevet-Major C. H. Spencer Churchill, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain. vice Henry James Robertson, who exchanges. 68th Foot—Lieutenant John Nolan, from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brocas, who exchanges. 75th Foot— Lieutenaut Reginald Brocas, from the 68th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nolan, who exchanges. 79th Foot—Lieut. George Thomas Scovell to be Captain, . by purchase, vice Cuninghame, who retires ; Ensign Arthur Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scovell. 831 Foot—Ensign George William Henry Wardell, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mainwaring, de ceased. 88th Foot —Lieut.-Colonel Edward Herbert Maxwell, from half- - pay unattached, to be Lieut.-Col., without purchase; Major Edmund Gilling Maynard, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Maxwell, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854; Captain William Cole Hamilton, from half-pay gith to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major E. G. Maynard, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oc tober, 1854. 97th Foot—Lieutenant Eugene Sherwood, from the Mili tary Train, to be Lieutenant, vice Wentworth Dawes, who exchanges • Surgeon Daniel Paterson Barry, M.D., from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cross, appointed to the 13th Foot. Rifle Brigade—Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Macdonnell, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Major and Brevet Lieut.. Colonel William Augustus Fyers, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Alex. Macdonell, whose Bre vet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Captain Charles William Earle, from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel . W. A. Fyers, promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct 6, 13i54 ; Captain Henry James Robertson, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice C. H. Spencer Churchill, who ex changes. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign Richard Alexander Skues to be Lieutenant,without purchase, vice Jameson, appointed Paymaster of the 29th Foot ; F. W. J. Dug more, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Skues. UNATTACHED. The undermentioned officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War rant of 6th October, 1854 Major anti Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Alex. Macd onnell of the Rifle Brigade. Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colon,el Edward Herbert Maxwell, of the 88th Foot. Captain and Brevet-Major Edmund Gilling Maynard, of the 88th Foot. The undermentioned officers to have the substantive rank of Major, under the Royal warrant of 6th of October, 18?;4 Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Augustus Fyers, of the Rifle Brigade. Captain and Brevet•Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. H. Clifton, upon half-pay unattached. HOSPITAL STAFF. _ _ _ To be Staff-Surgeons of aieSecOrdolasa—Staff-Surgeons George William Powell, from half-pay ; John Coghlan Haverty, from half-pay. BREVET. The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service, on the let Juno 1357, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1.54 : Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dalrymple White, D C. 8., 6th ragoons. TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Robert Playne, 25th Bombay Nati ve Infantr y . Captain Edward Charles Marston, 25th Bombay Naive Infantry. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant James Scott Helps, late of the St. Helena Regiment, who was cashiered by the sen tence of a General Court Martial on 19th May, 1853, to be reinstated in his former rank in the Army, and ap pointed to a Lieutenancy in the 2d West India Regi ment, without the admission of any claim to back pay. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 16. MEMORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been pl ease d t o com mand that a Council of Education be appointed, to super. t 4. J.) • intend the system of the Education of the Officers of _ the Army and the Exatnivatien of Candidates for admission to the Service, and that the following officers shelf corepo , e the Council : Fre , ideet—The General Commanding-in-O.IH, ex officio. Vice- Prysidr , nt—Colonel Duncan A. Ca,meren, 42d Foot, with th e t emporary ran k o f M a jor-General. Members—Colonel Joseph Ellison Portlock.Royal Engi neers, and Captain anrl_ Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Edward Addison, Unattached., The appointments to boar date let June, 1857. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS . County of Ross—Sir Win. Mackenzie, Bart., to be De puty Lieutenant ; Alfred Wm. Baillie, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; Major James Wardlaw, of the Militia Service, to be Deputy Lieutenant. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major Charles John Tottenham to b 3 Lient.-Colonel, vice Sir Wm. Lloyd, de ceased ; Cornwallis Tottenham, Esq., to be Cornet. 7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Edmun d Peck, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia — The Hon. A.V. Paget, commonly called L or d A. V. Paget to be Ensign, vice M‘Kinnon, appointed to 72d Regiment ; M. A. Bass, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Turner, appointed 65th Regiment. [This appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of 22d May last.] The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry—John Swinton Isaac, Gent., to be Lieutenant. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, June 15, 1857. Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended dis tribution of proceeds ari-in g from the Servian vessel St. Elena, captured on the 27th April, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Albion. Those of the officers and ship's company only, who were present at the capture, are entitled to participate. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said such are requirad to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re' gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attor ney, prize orders, a3signments, or other instruments, bY virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the snare belonging to any captor, aro requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied bY the usual documents, to the Prise Branch of the Depart ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admit ralty, Somerset-house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements M the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence" ment of distribution; and at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. James Allured, tailor and draper, Norwich. BANKRUPTS. Daniel Pinkstone, licensed victualler, late of the Golden Lion, Birmingham, to surrender, Jual 2t3, at one, and July 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankrupt* Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hayneoe London-wall. William Tyers, joiner, Nottingham, June 30 and <NY 28, at half-past ten, at the Shireha.l, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley and Ashwell, Nottingham. John Carless inn keeper, Gloucester, June 29, and Ju l y 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, offi cial assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Gloucester ; Bevan an d Girl ing,Bi is tol. Louis Philippe Remy Fenwick de Porquet, dealer in agricultural implements, Fenchurch-street, City, June 26, , at half-past twelve, and July 31, at one, ab the Court 01. Bankruptcy. Whitmore, o ffi c i a l ass i gnee , Ba,singhall street ; Lindsay and Mason, Basinghall-street. Joseph Dodson, the younger, Russia merchant ehurch-buildings, City, June 29, at twelve, and Avga s ' 3, at eleven, at the C our t o f B an k rup t cy. Pennell , official assignee, Guildhall-chamb ers , B as i ng hall-street ; ILnderson,Leadenhall-street. William Keighley, Sugdeu Keighley, a,nd Joseph Seig h : ley, worsted manufacturers, Keighley, Yorkshire, JO: 30, and July 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court, Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Bond and Bat wick, Leeds," William Johnston, currier, Whitehaven, Cumberlan o t June 29, at eleven, and July 28, at twelve, at the Na' castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, Nall' official assigue e c i Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lumb, Whithaven ; Griffith an Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Ronald Wright, grain merchant, Glasgow. John Mowatt, draper, Glasgow. Alexander Gillespie, ironmonger, Glasgow. George Morgan Salmon, writer, Falkirk-. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—a:NE 16. To-day there was a moderate attendance of the trade• Holders of wheat generally demand a further advance 0f Id to 2d over the advanced rates o; Friday, which checked sales. Flour 6d to is per barrel dearer, and sack flour At rather more money. Indian' corn opened in active re• quest, and commanded the full rates of last week PI/ mixed and yellow; white is per qr advance. LEEDS, JUNK 16. We have had a tolerable show of wheat in to-day's In ar i ket ; there is more tone in th e tr a de, with a fair demand' and all fresh reds are ready sale at is to 2s over Friday rates ; white firm at full prices: Barley nominal. Th e sale for beans rather more active than recently. Oats and other articles as before. Average prices of grain —Wheat, 61s 5d ; bailey, 441 3d ; oats, 28s 7d ; beans, 46s 10d ; peas, —a --4; rye, —s. Od. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) - - In the week that• ended on Saturday, June 13, the total number of deaths registered in London was 934, of which 519 were deaths of males, 415 those of females. In the ten years 1847-56 the ave rage number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 951; but as the deaths returned last week occurred 'in an increased population, the average, to admit of comparison, should be raised in propor ion to the increase, in which case it will become 1,046. Hence it will be seen that the pre sent rate of mortality is so far reduced that the deaths wet e less by 112 than would have occurred under the average rate of mor tali ty, as calculated on former experience at this period of the year. Though the total deaths of last week were more than those of the preceding week, the deaths pro duced by zym.itic diseases in the aggregate were rather less ; and with the approach of summer the mortality from this class of complaints begins to furnish the chief test of the public health. Tire fatal cases referred to zymotic diseases were 164, whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 245; and taking six special diseases under this head, small-pox, measles, scarlatina, hooping cough, diarrhoea, and typhus, the tables show that none of them exceed the average, except hooping cough, and that smallpox, scarlatina, and typhus tire much below it. The lower temperature of last week appears to have checked diarrhoea, which had previously increased ; the cases in which it was fatal having fallen from 26 to 20. Only one case of cholera is returned ; this occurred to a widow, aged 30 years, in Beaumont-square, Mile-end, who died of " diarrhcea (2 days), cholera (10 hours.)" Not a single case of small-pox is returned in any of the districts of London. The deaths from pulmonary diseases (exclusive of phthisis) are 119 ; the corrected average being 129. These comprise 1 from pleurisy, 4 from asth ma, 6 from laryngitis, 38 from pneumonia, 64 from bronchitis. Th e mortality from pneumonia (or in flammation of the lungs) is low. There were 2 deal hs from carbuncle, 5 from syphilis (all of infants), 2 from intemperance. Only one person, a woman, 92 years old, is returned as having attained the age of 90. — Last week the births of 824 boys and 778 girls, in all 1,602 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847- 56 the average number was 1,396. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.768 in. The mean reading was above 30 in. on the last two days ; the highest reading was 30.18 in., and occur red on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 56 deg., which is less by 1.8 deg. the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day after Monday. The high est temperature was 70.9 deg., which occurred on Sunday (the 7th). The lowest was 38.9 deg. on Saturday. The entire range of the week was 32 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 48.9 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temparature of the air was 7.1 deg. The mean tem perature of the water of the Thames was 63.4 deg. The highest temperature of the river was 65.7 deg. on Tuesday. Rain fell to the amount of 0.71 in., most of which fell on Sunday and Monday. There was rain on every day except the last two. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses 96 Diseases of the H ear t and Blood-vessels 44 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. .. 11 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... 7 Diseases of the Skin, &c. 4 Malformations 1 ... Premature Birth and Debility .. 23 Atrophy 22 Old Age Sudden l6 Violence,Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 35 Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 931 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the . - 1851. of 1856. Wee 6 West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 415 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males 824 Females 778 Total 0000000000 11.1. • • 41.0111 •••• •• .• •••• •• A' 1, 602 LAW INTELLIGENCH.—June 16. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL. PRINSEP AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY V. DYCE SOMBRE, TROUP E AND SOLAROLI. This was originally an appeal from the Preroga tive Court respecting the validity of the will of Mr. Dyce Sombre. Their lordships affirmed the judg ment in so far as it declared the will invalid, but reversed it as to costs. They allowed the appel louts, who appaared as two separate parties, one set of costs out of the estate, both in the court be low and the court of appeal. The bill of costs on behalf of Mr. Prinsep, one of the appellants, was accordingly taxed an i reported by the registrar in the usual way. An objection_ to the taxing and report of the registrar was now raised on behalf of Mrs. Dyce Sombre. It appeared that in consequence of the enormous bulk of the documents, pleadings, and evidence in this extraordinary case, and the probability of ap peal, when they would necessarily be printed for their lordships, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Prinsop's proctor, had proposed to have them printed for the hearing of the cause in the court below, instead of having the usual written copies, but Mr. Townsend, the proctor of Mrs. Dyce Sombre, objected thereto, and declined then entering-into any agreement for that purpose. Mr. Middleton therefore, with the consent of bis party, had the whole proceedings printed at his own risk and expense. At the bear ing all parties were glad to avail themselves of the printed copies and were furnished therewith by Mr. Middleton. The principal objection now raised to the regis trar's report on behalf of Mrs. Dyce Sombre was that be had taxed the bill of costs in the usual way, and had alloived charges for copies when, in fact, copies were not made. Another objection was, that he had improperly allowed the fees of Sir A. Cock burn, and that the fees of two counsel only should have been allowed. Sir' F. Kelly and Dr. Jenner appeared for the ap pellant, Dr. Bayford for the respondent. Dr. Lushington delivered their lordships' judg ment.—When this case originally came before their lordships they ordered that one set of costs in the court below, as well as in this court, should be paid out of the estate to "the two parties who appeared in support of the will, against the validity of which their lordships decided. In consequence of this order a bill of costs was presented, and was referred to the registrar for taxation. The registrar taxed it in the usual mode and reported thereon. On be half of Mrs. Dyce Sombre certain objections have been raised to the registrar's taxation and report. The question for their lordships' consideration is, whether these objections are any of them well founded. The bill of costs was made out in the usual mode when causes are conducted in the Pre rogative Court, by means of written copies of the documents, pleadings, and evidence in the cause, and the usual principle of taxation in such cases has been adopted by the registrar in the present case. But, in point of fact, this mode of proceed ing was altered in the court below. In such a vo luminous case, in which there was such an immense variety of documents and such a mass of evidence, it was agreed to print the whole of the pro ceedings. Now, it has not been contended that if the cause had been conducted by written evidence in the usual mode these copies, the costs of which are now objected to, would not have been actually made and properly charged for. But it is said that no such copies were made, inasmuch as the printed copies were used, and that thererore the allowance for such copies is improper. It is admitted that no such copies were made ; but the question is whether substantial justice has not been done between the parties. It seems that so far ft om there having been any increase of expense to Mrs. NEWCASTLE-JUNE 16. To-day we had a short supply of wheat from the farmers, with a good demand, and an advance of 2s on Saturdo prices. Foreign wheat held for the advance, but a slog sale. Barley dull, but not lower. Oats firm, at former rates. HULL— JUNE 16. We had a small supply o f f armers ' w h ea t t o -day. which met ready sale at 2s to 3s advance on last Tuesday's rate!, and in some instances more money was paid. Foreign 1 1 : , improved re ques t. B ar l ey ra th er s l ow. B eans a nd PI both unalter e d. Lin see d i s d earer , an d i n goo d demand' improved 5 s to lOs per ton in value, and the stocP ot Hull-made very small. Rape cakes scarce, and fin e quality wanted. Wheat, English red, 65s to 70s ; white'6Bs to 745; oats, 28s to 30s ; barl e y, 4N to 46s ; Indian corn, 388; lins e e e cakes, Hull, 101 O s t o 10/ 10 3; di tto, foreign, Si t o 9/ us' rape cakes, GI to Cl ss. COURSE OF EXCRANGF.-YESTERDA.T. m5terdam............ 11 18% Gibraltar .............. n 770 Ditto, three months .. 12 N, Leghorn .............• 25 86 Rotterdam ............ 12 .% Genoa ..... •••• •• Antwerp .............. 25 50 Milan •• •• grussels 25 50 Venice........•• .... • il A 034 amburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 8 3 ,4 Naples •• Altona ..•• ............ .. Palermo ..... ..... 1 2 2834 Paris.... •• •• .•........25 25 iMessina ..• 52 3 i Ditto, three months .. 25 75 'Lisbon .. Marseilles 25 75 Oporto ••• 6234 Bourdeaux ...• ........ jßio Janeiro ..... . ••.... Frankfort-on-Maine..., 119% 'Buenos Ayres..c• •••• •• Berlin •• (New York,6o days' sight Vienna ~........•• .... 10 ?4 Philadelphia •• • 10 35 ?RICCI Or BULLION, PER 08 • 9 Yetersturg ...•....,... ow 36% Foreign Gold In Bs .£3 17 xradrid ..........,49 Portugal Gold Coin OO 0 C Ldiz ......... • • 49% Mexican Dollars .. • 0 0 . aro,lona •• •• •• •• •• •.• • • New Dollars 0 u ........ Silver in bars 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JANE 16. STOOL EXCHANGE.—The market is steady to-day, apd prices of all the leading stocks are a shade improve° London and North Western, 1011—Blackburn, 9 N .-- Caledonian, 37—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1001 4r, London Eighths, new, die.—North Eastern, Berwies, 22 —Sheffields, 43Z—South Eastern, 221 I—Great We r tern, 65—Grand Trunks, 15 4—Midlands, 83i . 1 fr . Great Luxembourg const., 11.13.9. d. MANCHESTER, JUNE 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th e mar k e t was d o i ng a mode ra te business to-day, and prices rather lower. Midlands. 8' 3i—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 44a—DittoP 1191—South Eastern and Boyers 22 5-16 ; Londons, 1 0 4 1—Ditto, Eighths, 5-16 d.—North Easte.f A i Berwick Capit a l St oc k , 23—G ran d T run k o f Canada,l7* —Leeds, 1011001 BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.--There was a firmer market day, with more business doing. Great Western St ock ' 64 5 Sheffields, 43i—Midland, 4i—South Stafford' 9i g —Birmingham Bank, 314—General Steam Navigati on Co., 2 ti. RESTORATION OF OLD GREYFRIARS, Sunday last the restored parish church of Old Greyfriarli E lieburgb, was opened for public worship, after an i s. terval of 121- years. BIRTHS. OF7A SON. On the I€th inst., at 7, Hyde-park-gardens, the wife Of Fuller Maitland Wilson, Esq. On the 16th inst., at i 9, Devonshire-street, Portllll34. place, the wife of John Pares, Esq. OF A DAUGUTER. On the 11th inst., at 6, Onslow-square, the Hon. r* Newdigate Burne. On the 16th inst., at 104, Westbourne-terrace, park, the wife of Edward Budd, Esq. MARRIED. On the 16th init., at St. John's Church, Ryde, Db e t. , Wight, Lieut -Colonel Wise, unattached, late 65th P 3 F to Mary Catharine, widow of the Rev. Thomas Bevan, la incumbent of the Holy Trinity Church, Twickenham. A On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhe ° _,,`" tia Willi . Kill eg rew Wait, Esq., of Clift on, G i l cces terOili': to Elizabeth, daughter of John Perrin, Esq., of Wick l° "' Ireland. DIED. On the 16th inst., at York-place, Kingsland-road , l ib°. Loughotham, Esq., aged 95. On the 15th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Clapham-rOci' Thomas Owen, Esq., solicitor, 2, Buckle 13 yrsur • oar On the 14th inst.' at 4, Vassall-cottages, Addison -r Kensington, JaniesElome Renton, Esq. On the 12th inst., at 88, Piccadilly, Mr. Thos. , Nis aged 81. On the 13th inst., at Yately, Hants, Mr. Chas. Dv l33 of 13, Down street, Piccadilly, aged 47. On the 13th inst., at 4. Chichester-place, Waii'ci gw°rtir. road, Mr. W. Coleman, late of 4, Haymarket, aged 7.510 p, glOn the 15th inst., at 2, Grove-place, North. Brix' Solomon, aged 64. On the 16th inst., at 23, Brompton-square, Elizabeth, wife of William larren, Esq. 6 • LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU S No of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oftioe• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the co4utl of Middlesex, Wednesday, June 17, 1£457. IVIONT ' VER. Vir. Is 7( reristic, With EVE ng Perforn b 7il may be a 1 01 YRraohic-hall 'ad at the princi H o ir f at: s t n, hf t fr T : . h a we s: ROYAL ROYAI irnencing JUL at Ituden 4.eat le bliss, ado 4 PIM, Miss An :itri Reichardt, 4. , auoors—M r qrtiSSlon Is. ttri t 1: 11 1 e . 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