The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

The Ear; of ELLENBOROUGH said the motion for the thirr'e reading of this bill announced the approaching end of the session, and be trusted he should be allowed to sad, a few words on the peculiar circumstances which led ea its premature conclusion. He believed those cir f'eenstances were these:—The governor of Hong Kong having taken ample reparation for an alleged offence, and the circumstances being such as would have enabled biro to come at once to a pacific settlement with the Chinese authorities, thought fit to make what was at that time a most unpropitious demand—a demand to which it was impossible under the circumetancesfor the Chinese autho rities to accede. • Hence arose a war. That war had been approved by her Majesty's Government, and the question having been submitted to the House of Commons a small majority of that house thought fit to express an opinion that there was not feufficient ground for the measures that had been adopted in China and approved by her Majesty's Government, Upon that the course adopted by her Majesty's Government was to advise the Queen to dissolve Parliament, and the merabers of the House of Commons were sent to their c instituents for judgment. At first a charge/ was made of conspiracy and concert and coalition, and ett the various offences which a dissatisfied Government, Usually charged against successful opposi tions. However, that charge had been denied, and was now he believed altogether withdrawn. It was from the first eetterly unfounded and unreasonable, and no one whets considered the matter for a few moments could be lieve it. He apprehended that two questions would practically be put to the electors. The first was, whether they preferred Lord Palmerston to any other Minister ; and the other was whether they approved of this war. Be thought it not at all improbable that the answer given by the constituencies would be that they on the whole preferred Lord Palmerston to any other Minister ; but he telt the most perfect confidence that the answer to the second question would be that they could not approve of ;;he circumstances under which the war was com menced, and that their desire was that it should, at the earliest possible period, be discontiaued. So that the position of the Goversoneut after the dissolution would be practically the same as now. But there was a very important question involved in the commencement of this proceeding, and that was the question to what ex tent it was proper to give support to a distant authority in measures undertaken by that authority, which endan gered the pacific relations eubeieting between this coun try and a foreign state. If Sir J. Bowring was to be supported becau-e he was governor of Hong Kong, he knew not why, on the same principle, the Governor of GiOraltar might not adept measures which might in volve us in a wer eith Spain, or why a governor of one of the Ur ited Stites should not be supported in adopt ing measurei which woted involve us in war with the United States. To give to governors of colonies or dependencies the power to involve this country in war appeared to him the moss darg-!rous doctrine that could be conceived. New, when the representa tives of the people were sent. to their constituents, who were the persons to suffer, were the 48 Whigs who voted against the Government to suffer on this occasion? It appeared that th-A was contrary to the usuar feeling in this matter. Those gentlemen gave their confidence to the Government, and in a moment of peril withdrew that confidence. He remembered when in distant tames he was a member of the House of Commons, if any gen tleman on the Ministerial side thought proper to give a contrary opinion to that of the Government he wa fired at on allsides. What he suffered in tee house they could see, but what he huff :red out, they could nut tell. The re sult, however, was that the offence was never repeated. But here where the offence was general, they were not. only not to be punished, but to he rewarded. It was said of a great personage that he loved the treason but he hated the traitor, but the noble earl opposite was different, he hated the treason but, he lived the trwter. He j meet with the noble earl in hoping that no mischief weuld happen to the e/ 48 getiVernen. They had given one honest vote, he hoped they weekl live to give many ne Besides, be confessed he had a feeling in favour of an of l Whig. Ile could net say he ha I the same t.eling in tavoir , of that party who were Whigs and something more. With regard t the geet omen who firmed the Radical party, he entertained very much the opinion which he recel lec.:.ed having heart ix Tessed in tea' house by the late Lord Wellesh y, ho, with his tr- ual classical felicity, said, "..IZ , idice 2rt TarNpo tenths." Whether, in fact, trey weted arrive at, that distinction he would not s ay, but unit. of let, ye ars, and even very recently, there had been certaie c rcueistances which le he:, to the cene:u:ren teat that um might be, if no, general y incorrect, certainly riot altogether inaccurate. It these gentierneri, friends of the G Nernment, who voted again:t the Ministers on that occasion, were not to suffer, let him aele why the Censervativee were to suffer. Trey nevi- r gave their suppor , t_o the Government. Were they on that ecce-ion, wi d en 48 old Widgs v ted against the Government, to be punished fer n t giving that con fidence which tney had always withheld ? Then there was another party, very mad in numbers, but powerful in intellect and in ability iii the into •gement of public affairs the party who were ca led Peel ites. He had never been a member of that party, and had in fact never been a member of any party since the Duke of Wellington retired from public life, hut he had a respect for them. Taey had Lever given their confi deuce of late, at least, to the goterement. They acted on their own independent judgment. Therefore really he did not see bow these three different parties, ageinet whom this charge of c edition bad been most untruly made, would jestey suffer in consequence of this dissolu tion. And now be would state very shortly certain cir cutnstaecire with %%Ilia some of t era et lea t might not be acquainted, in order fo show what were practically alreaey the effects of die w,:ir which had been so reck lessly undertaken by Sir John Bowring. The other day he seated what he judeed a ould pr. b :bly take place. He did uotkeow what had taken place, hut he s id he thought the ieteirup:ien ~f ur trade with China would produce the greatelt Teseeihle distress. He had since learned something which went beyond all that he had antici pated. lie fourie that between the 7 h Jan. and sth Feh. the rate of discount et the Bank of Bengal was raised from 6 er cent. t o 14 . N(iw he unicrtunatrly was ac quainted with the diffieulti es of carrying on co erwrce in that city. If a geutleiean there go, 80,0001. or 100,0001., he vent it to this count r y or b e put it out in Julia on I ars, and a great portion of the t-ade in that country was catried on with berreee,d money. Now if in this country, where commerce was :oiled, the ra t e o f discount were raised from 6to 14 per court. they knew the wide-apneai r uin that would ensu e , b ut in a country where trade was carried on with borrowed money, such a rise in the rate of discount and utter ruin. The conseq uence failure of many hous es, and the einliariaß - tnent of g ,vernment. What was the poeitien in which the government of In. dia, was now placed ? The gt overnment ha' el ver _ tised, since the cornmencemen of tthi.elior tiisniatertsut,pateer war with China, fir a loan of thre e millions c att. It had previously vainly endeavoured to raise the money at 4.1- per cent. It was aide to raise ver y little at 5 p er cen t. ; an d th e genera l ().,in c_ was now, that it can only raise it at 7 per cent. , urileor they g av e some indulge nce t o persons h av i ng F our per Cent. sealk See what an unfortunate position the h Hers of gevere ment Four per Copt, stock were ia. They had 5 per cent., and two or three years ago were induced to take f rur having no idea at that time that Government would raise a fresh loan at five. Their stock was now at 19 per cent. discount, and they could not borrow on it at less than 1 per cent. discount. Then the price of opium bad fallen greatly, so much as to make it perfectly cer tain that when tee next Government sales took place there would be a loss of 25 per cent., which we l sh' entail loss t, the revenue from that source of 750,000/. a year, if it did cot go beyond that. He was sure the diffi culties of that country would become so great, that it would be, in his opinion, a matter for the immediate con- eideretion of Government, whether they should not inter- I fere with some pecuniary assiettenee, tali oteit 3 ; m was, it would be advisable at oteee tt ettain the authority of Par liament to advariee from two to three millions in Eiehe quer bills by the borne Government to that t.toiintry. Why the Government of India should hot obtain an indulgence which was granted to datilinia, and bat been epeetted to , half the States o f E urope, h e k now hot. limy must consider also the effect wainh the war would have in this country. As ho Understood two or threh weeks ago there had been a diminution of ten Millions of pounds in the importation of tea, bat now it was expected that the diminution would extend from thirteafiete to forty millions of pounds, and the remelts sees that this country would lose one thir lof the revenue froin tea. He could not calculate the e!tent of the injury which would be done in s al parts of the world by the interruption of the trade with China ; but the direct lass to this country woul I be one-third of the rerenue from tea, and consider. ing the expense of the forces sent out, the loss this year would not be less than four millions. Somewhere else some one had expressed an opinion that it would be ad visable to part with Lord Palmerston for two millions, hut they were now asked to pay four millions for Sir Joh n B iwring ; and he did think there never was a pub lic character bought at so dear a rate. The reason why Lord Palmerston was to be supported was, it was stated, because he conducted a glorious war, and brought it to a satisfactory peace. He could not conceive any war to be glorious in which Kars was abandoned. In that war there was much which we might be proud to remember, but there was also much which we should be desirous to forget. They could not consider th a t a glorious war which bad not advanced the character of the British army, though it had advanced the character of the British sol der. He could not consider that peace as satisfactory in which, in canser' i 'aence of the abandon. ment of Kars, all the cese],on of territory in Bessarabia for the purpose of tnproving the frontier of T ur k ey was abandoned. T Laving originally obtained the promise of the left ~auk of the Danube and the left bank of the Pr - e'tte, 'he oeuupation of which, according to the line agreed upon, would practically have thrown back the Russians to the Dniester, he could not consider that peace satisfactory by which that line on the Upper Pruth was now gone Into the hands of Russia. We had lost the Upper Prutb ) which ) lb a military point of view, was alone valuable, Moreorer, the object of that war was the independence of Turkey. Turkey had an empire in Asia quite as important as in Europe. In Asia npthing WAR (lone to preteo. Turkey. She lost Kars, and that mate. rially affected her character in that country. It was his firm hslief that the abandonment of Kars, the conse quent discouragement of the population in that country, and the non-insertion in the treaty of any stipulation which would Improve the condition of Turkey in Asia had most materially contributed to the war with Persia; and he felt sati,fied that if we had maintained Kars, and given Turkey an advantage on the side of Asia, we should not only have been supporting Turkey, but pro tecting our own possessions in India. Among the various qualities which were required in a Minister there was none perhaps which was more valuable than the quality of economy. Notwithstanding that that quality had ceased to hold so high a position as it formerly did in the opinion of the public, he still thought that in some places at the ensuing election there would be in quiries with regard to the conduct of Lord Palmerston's Government on the subject of economy. He was not going to trouble their lordships with any long details on that subject ; but before he said anything on it allow him to observe that it had always appeared to him that the first duty of the Government of this country was to place it in a state of security against an invasion from a foreign nation. He wished to see our naval and military establishments kept up in full perfection, and never would become the friend of any government which neglected the performance of that duty. But consistently with that duty they ought to carry out the most searching economy in every depart ment, to give the greatest possible efficiency at the smallest charge, and they ought more espe3iall to be economical in those parts of the expenditure which had no connection with naval and military affairs. He bad examined the public accounts from the year 1838 to 1858, an:l would give a comparative statement of cer. tain items in the three years ending 1853 and the three years ending 1856. The average charge for public build ings and palaces for the three years ending 1856 was 161,009/. ; the charge for the three years ending 1853 was 115,0001. The estimated charge for 1857 was 196,0001. The increase in the three years ending 1856 over the three years ending 1853 was 46,0001., and the increase in 1857 was 34;0001., making a total increase since 1853 of 81,0001. The charge for the royal parks and pleasure parks in 1851 was 41,0001. The vote proposed for 1857 was 114,0001., being an increase of 72,0001. In these two items alone the increase since 1853 in the one case, and 1857 in the other, was 141,0001. The next charge to which he wished to call their lordships' attention was a most mon strous charge. The expense of printing and stationery in the three years ending 1853 was 216,0001., whilst that for the three years ending 1856 was 416,0001., and the estimate for 1857 was 450,0001., showing an increase over 1853 of 234,0001. Then there was a charge which many of their lordships, and especially the noble earl the President of the Council, could not consider too great— the charge for education. . In 1851 the charge was 284,0001, ; in 1852, 324,000/. ; in 1853, 442,0001. ; in 1854, 456,0001. ; in 1855, 612,0001. ; i n 1856, 679,000'4 and in 1857, 754,0001. ; showing an increase over the year 1851 of . 474,0001. Whilst an increasing vote was yearly granted to make people good, let their lordships examine the charge for looking after the bad. In 1848 the charge for conv i c t s was 477,0001., whilst in 1856 it was 906,0001., being an increase of 428,0001. Comparing the three years end ing 1856 with the three years ending 1853, the increase upon that head alone was 152,0001. In 1838 the charge for education was 80,0001., and for convicts 313,0001., making together 393,0001. In 1857 the charge for edu cation was 754,0001., and for convicts 906,0001., making together 1,660,0001., being an increase over the first year of 1,267,000/. The charge for special aud temporary obecte was more remarkable than aey other. Of 126 dif ferent heads of charge, not lees than 60 had arisen within the last three years, the increase in the lest three years being 404,0001., and as compared with the'three years ending 1810, 468,0001. Putting all these items together, and comparing the votes of 1857, as far as they could be ascertained, with the average of the three years ending 1853, the fallowing w old be found the amounts of in crease—puldic buillines and palaces,Bl,ooo/,; royal parks and gardens, 59,0001.; printing and stationery, 234,0001.; education, 404,0001.; science and art, 55,000/.; convicts, 152.0001 ;sp -cial and temp aryobjecte, 404,0001; making altogether 1,392,0001. (Hear) No state could go on with such a system of extravagance. He recollected having complained during the late war of the extrava gance with which it was corned on ; and although an inquiry had been promised, not one iota of informa tion had been given on the subject. Having gone through these points, he would now ask their lord-hips and gentlemen on the hustings, " What are Lord Pal mers:on's principles 1" Previous to Lord Palmerston becoming First 'Minister, there had ben during the time his lordship had occupied a seat in the House of Caminows. thirteen goveinmentg, of not less than ten of which his lordship had been a member. (Laughter.) T oof these governments entertained most opposite vie vs. Toe n ,, ble lord was a member of the govern ment of Eeil Grey, and a ineuteer of the Government of Mr. Percevai ; and no per,on ever knew that he made a diff, rend; between his tro chiefs. He therefore did not know what his 1 irdship's principles really were. Most probably the noble lord was a remarkably agree ab'e and fa'ciueting colleague. That he was an ex iel lent man of business no one could doubt. His extraor dinney erience in various public office] made his services of the greatest posale value. It was obvious, h s lordship had hell office under so many Go- MPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HO USE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of MALNIESBUR,Y asked whether the Government had sent down any person to inspect the Southampton and D‘,rchester Railway, with a view to as certain, in accordance with the pledge given by the South- Western Railway Coinpany, whether a double line of rails had been laid d , wn on thatline betweon Soathamp. ton and Dorchester ? Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that although no person had been sent dow❑ to inspect the works, be was informed that a dont la line of rails hal been laid down for six mils of the distance, and the remaining 25 miles had been contracted for. SALE OF POISONS. The Earl of 'WESTMEATH begged to ask, al the Government bail not brought in any measure with respect to the sale of visons, whether it was their inten tion during the recess t turn their attention to the sub ject, in order to bri:;g in a bill to meet the evil of which he complained. The noble lord then mentionA certain cases in which fatal results had followed in conse quence of chemists' shops being left in charge of very young persons. The LO RD CHANCELLOR —The subject, as before remarked, had been tinier the considera , lon of the Got vernrnent, and although he could not give a distinct pledge that next session a bill woell he brought in to restrain the sale of poisons, yet the noble earl might rest assured that the subject wool I not he lost sight of, but that the most seriou s consideration of the Government would be given to it. It had been suggested that che mists' shop.; where poiso:s were sold shoe]. I be license.i, and thus to a certain extent the evil might be met, but he thought it was impossible to meet by legislative enactment cases of carelessness. The Marquis of CIANRICARDE said poisons in chemists' shops ought to be kept in certain shaped bot tles, or coloured papers. The subject then drooped. STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE ffloved that the proofs already taken before the ex trainers for `sanding orders, and certi fied by them in, respect of any bill which shall be res introduced into Parli , . - aient in the ensuing session, shall be received by the standing orders that session in rela tion to all sue; 'bills. The moklon was agreed to. On Ole motion of the same noble lord, Samuel Sen;, l : o , Esq., and Charles Frere, E-q., were appointel P_larniners for the ensuing session. MUTINY AND MARINE 3 ,7IUTINY BILLS . On the moti on o f L or d P U RE thee® bill sovero severally read a third tir,, and passed, THE SI)-EAY ';;R'S RETIREMENT BILL. read a third On the motir,n of EArl GRANVILLE this bill was tio.;e and passed, imeaEQuER. BILLS BILL. thisn t/. .4e mot:o n o f L ord STANLEY of A LDERLET :Gill was read A Veird time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) Earl BILL. bill. GRA.N - STILLE moved the third reading of this veronients, that he entertained no ferocious rigidity o. opinion noon any point. Having had the honour o s; - ttirli4 with his lor?whip in the Cabinet for a short time hi had never encountered any difficulty ; and when his lordslip quitted the Duke of Wellington's Government he did so becAuse others had 1-ft it. No other reason was assigned at the time, whatever might have taken place afterwards. mere could hardly be any better recommenda tion than this accommolating facility with respect to the various measures coining before the Cabinet and before Parliament. But it seetned to him that the publicrequired to know something else. What they had to look to was fixedness of opinions upon public subjects, and, above all, a determination to stand by them. He knew not the opi nion of the noble lord on the subject of reform, although he knew what his opinions were on a particular point, which was rather a damaging one for the Government. He h'rrinelf was indisposed to grant any further reform, because he felt satisfied that the more extended the con stitutncies became the more inferior were their represen- ' ' tatives, and in his opinion it was most important to have goo representatives, and make the people look up the House of C.tmenons for the directi,sn of their opi nions. It wai supposed that the noble lord was not tay.nira' , l- to any further reform; but what secu7ity was there that Le w •uld adhere to, his opinions ? None at all. It wool l he infinitely better to have the Government placed in the hands of an uncompromising old Whig like the 1 to Kid Grey, who declared he would not be the sha.low of a mini ter, than a man who was one thing one n'ay and an,ther the next. He wool I not detain their lordships further than to say, that he viewed the present war with the greatest apprehension. There seemed tl him to be an injustice about it. When we were engaged in the late war we were more than once desired to acknowledge our sins, to beg pardon for our offences, to ask the bless- ing of heaven on our endeavour to ►naiot+in the lute- re;ts of our country hi a great and necessary war. It was a nec!,:nary war. There was no help for it, and we were juiti6ei in hoping to obtain the bli-ssing of Heaven upon our eff how could we ask the blessings of i'ro vidorice on our ex rtions in the present war, or expect success in our endeavourq, from a conviction Ow: our cause'is a list and a balk) ,ed one? It seemedttoo war him objectthat the object of many parties in pressiog on the was money. What wa; the object of the Government no one knew. Was it their object to force S:r J. Bowring ha Wet° in' 0 C. k f t t., n ? T oat was not prActicablf., awl any ;A empt to for ce Si r J . B )wring into that city would be to force tea out of every cottage in England ; for if only two thirds of t h e quantity of that article should be imported, the pea- erc ' asses would be compelled to go without it. H Fie wanted t o k now if the Government were not going to take ad vantage of hostilities fur the purpose of revis ing the t rea t y, forcing turth..r conditions u p in th e En peror 01 Chin a in ureter to obt a i n more money—for that was the rue.ning of th e w h o l e theory. Ile apprehended notl ! no t' lFthat we w ere golf g to ask for that which we right to dtmand, b u t to associate with us a friend ; that sv going to o bt a i n t h e co-operation of a party w ho had no interest in the matter ; that two great powers, without any reasonable ground of quarrel with the Emperor of China, were about to direct their united forces his empire, e in order t o extort from him under th advantage pooke i t n a t o r f a d our u w r h m ich erc w ha o n u t l s d . put more money cer dlf ia i c ni: l tt i e into some These matters caused in his mind 8 considerable epara ted without al a r o m b , and Parliament ought not to have . s o tasroe• a distinct assurance from the Governnient on both these inipOrttint.sisbjeCi,s., Its felt satisfied; what ever itieerbt l tIA opinion of the public at the ensuing election, that it was humanly impossible that the ulti mate judgment of the public should not maintain the in der,tent of the lattitise of Comtnolls: l ad GRAN - VILLE said the noble earl had guilts into a variety of subjects, t r some of which he would briefly A , ltlde. With regatel to the coalition; he might observe that as soon as Lord liert4 doiixteti that Co tindefsiendiiiit Existed bete:ten himself and other parties he threw the Chatter out of consideration, merely stating that there were some grounds for the public believing that something more than a coincidence had occasioned the vote which had been given in the other house. The noble earl bad adverted to the finances of India and the state of affairs in China. Now he (Earl Granville) did not see how, when we were in a state of hostility with any portion of a c , untry with which we had commercial relations, that state of hostility could fail to affect to a considerable de gree our own finances and the finances of other countries in constant commercial relations with that country. But when the noble earl talked wids such alarm about the finances of India, those finances must, not only under the present Government, but under the Government of the noble earl, have been in a very unsound state, if they could not stand the inconvenience of a certain temporary cessation of commercial relations with China. The noble earl had alluded to the rise which took place in discounts in the month of January last. But he ought not to have forgotten that in the course of the time which it would take to convey the intelligence to India, the rate of interest in this country became exerbi• tent. When the noble earl complained of the unsound ness of trade because it was carried on with borrowed capital, he begged to inform the noble earl that, although the trade of the country was perfectly sound at this mo , tnent, yet that the great bulk of that trade was carried on by advances of money. (Hear.) The Government could only deal with the exigencies of the public service as they arose, and parties could only obtain money by having recourse to the necessary amount of interest. The noble earl intimated that there would be a stoppage of commerce in consequence of our hostilities with China. Now the fact was that enormous supplies of tea were on their way to this country, and he did not believe there would be any such stoppage of commerce as that sug gested by the noble earl. There could be no doubt that hostilities would inflict an injury on the opium trade; but whilst on the one hand the noble earl complained that the authorities were not more active in putting down the im portation of opium into China, he now complained that Sir J. Bowring's procsedings had indirectly that effect. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl, in alluding to the necessity of economy had gone through several of the miscellaneous estimates. No doubt satisfactory explanations could be given on many of those points if the subject bad been regularly brought under discussion, and ft would have been much more satisfactory if the noble earl had given due notice of the matter which ho was about to introduce for the purpose of damaging the Government, in order that some reply might have been given- to him. With regard to the question of printing, no doubt a great evil existed ; but the expense arose in a great measure from the immense number of returns moved for by members, and therefore Parliament was Mere to blame on that point than the Government. The expense of convicts had been attended to by the noble earl. No doubt the cessation of transportation had tended enormously to the increased charge under that head. Then, with regard to the 60 new heads of charge which the noble earl intimated had bebn introduced by Lord Palmer ston's Government within the last three years— Lord Paltaerston's G9vernment had not been in existence so long and one matter appeared to have escaped the observation of the noble earl, and that was that one of the lest acts of Mr. Gladstone was to transfer innnmerableitems from the Consolidated Fund to annual votes, amounting to 1,200,0001. The noble earl then commented on the increased expenses of education. On that point he had some difficulty in arguing with the noble earl. He could argue with a man and admit what was true as to the extravagance of indulging in turtle, champagne, and articles of that description ; but if he heard a person contending that pure air was sufficient for the food of man, and that meat and drink were entirely useless, he must decline entering into any argument as to economy or extravagance. With regard to the question of education, be avid the noble earl started from entirely different points. During the Indian iebates, the noble earl said that it would lead to the loss of our empire if we began to educate the 150,000,000 people of that coun try; and on another occasion the noble earl complained, with a sigh, of the amount of money which had been wastedon the education of the peoplewhich might have been better employed in the construction of gunboats; and no doubt the noble earl thought that 100,0001. spent on edu cation was so much money thrown away. He was rather surprised that Mr. Gladstone had the other night brought forward an accusation of extravagance with respect to that vete. Now be could meet Mr. Gladstone on level ground, because they both agreed as to the advantage of educating the people. They sat together for three years in the Council of Education, during which time there was no difference of opinion as to expenditure except on one small and contemptible point. His object bad been to make the system as efficient and economical as pos sible. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was the most economical of public men, and endeavoured day by day to reduce expenditure. The Committee of Council were placed almost in the same position. Hardly a single day passed in which some important body did not beg for the removal of some stringent provision, and if all appli cations were attended to, the result would be to in crease the annual expenditure some 25 or 50 per cent. lie believed that double the money now spent might be expended economically and efficiently for the purpose of raising the int liectual and social condition of the lower classes. When a noble earl opposite put forth education as one of the cries of the Conservative party and he (Earl Granvi le) remarked that the noble earl ought to have intimated whether he agreed with the views of Mr. Hen ley or Sir J. Pakington, he hardly imagined that he had to deal with an advocate of popular ignorance in the noble earl who bad jest spoken. (A. laugh.) Economy was a very popular cry, and one which he was glad to hear, because a pressure for economy was useful on any Government, and he should be ashamed of his colleagues if they did not economise thepublic expenditure. When he was in the House of Commons he remembered a man who was the very reverse of the noble earl—he meant Mr. Hume. (A. laugh.) That gentleman performed the greatest good by reducing the extravagant expenditure of successive Governments. But did his economy apply to grants for improvine science, art, or education There was not a man whose support could be mere surely reckoned upon in Parliament when the object io view was the raising of the intellectual and social condi tion of the people. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the attach which had been wade upon the principles of Lord Palmerston, he did not think it necessary to repeat what he had said the other day when he stated his reasons for thinking that his lordship was entitled to the confidence of the country. The country would not take its opinion from the statements which had been made by the noble earl cr the Earl of Derby, or from any defence which he (Earl Granville) might he able to make. The public would decline acting upon the opinions of either the op ponents or supporters of Lord Palmerston, and would judge for themselves, and therefor: , he would not trouble their lordships with another remark on that subject. The E trl of MALNIESBURY was willing to admit that Lord Palmerston was the most popular and desirable Minister at this moment, but was convinced that the time was not far distant when • the practical people of England, so remarkable for their common sense and their investigation of truth, would be convinced that the war in China was one of the most disastrous cha meter for their interests, and that their present idol was a minister who had neglected that particular duty of a minister —economy. The noble earl opposite could not escape from the responsibility of the education vote dur ing the years which preceded the day when Lord Palmer ston became Prime Minister, forhe held the office which he now occupied in the Government which succeeded Lord Derby. He was not about to enter into any discus sion on the subject of education, but he must say that the Government had made no sign on the subject, which had been left to Lord J. Russell, Sir J. Pakington, and Mr. Henley, and not a single measure hod been sropo-ed by the noble earl opposite. It was desirable to inquire how the present system was to end, and whether the noble lord had any idea of the last sum which might be asked for, and of the aggregate of what the charge would he a few years hence. Was it not remarkable, when they looked at the miscellaneous estimates, which were only two millions under the Gcvernment of Lord Grey to find that they were now six millions? His noble friend (Lord Granville) the other night laid the Income Tax Bill on the table in solemn silence, and in the whole of his speech in answer to that of his noble friend (Lord Derby; he did not spend five minutes on the estimates or the ex. penditure of the country, and that evening he had on the whole waived the subject, as one which could not been tertained by their lorciehips house. He (Lord Malmes bury) must call attention to another item which had not been noticed by his noble friend (Lord Ellenborough), and that was the charge for the collection of the revenue, a charge which amounted for the collection of a revenue of 65,000,0001. to 4,300,0001., or 61 percent. for collec tion. Their loriships knew what was the expense of col lecting; these revenues, and they knew that the collection of rent-, of all kinds vas made at a charge of 2/ per cent. and he could not see wlv the public revenue itiould be c lleeted at an expense of 61 per cent. when the revs nues of private iodividuali could be collected at a charge of 2i per cent. Hie noble friend (Lord Ellenborough) bad adverted to the quabdcations of Lord Palmerston for the office of first Minister of this country. The country woul I soon decide whether that noble lord was to be raj- nister or not, but be wish d to make an observation on a taunt which the noble earl (Granville) bad thromn out against his not:le friend (Lord Derby) for having offered Lord Palmerston a place in his Government. But it was a very different thing to endeavour to obtain the assi3tance of a man of ability and experience in a mi nistry, in which he would be your colleague, and when you yourself were to bo Prime Minister, and to support the same man when he himself was Prime Minister. The same qualities which would make a man admirably fitted for the greatest subordinate offices in a Govern ment did not render him fitted to be Prime Minister ; and he would ask his noble friend (Lord Granville) whe t ,er, alth ugh he might be satisfied with each and all of lie colleagues in the places they now held, he woul , l be also ready to have any one of them placed above him as Prime Minister. He was sure that his noble friend wool 1 not, and ho was hardly justified in throwing iCai circumstanca in the face of Lord Derby when he was answering that noLla lord's criticism on Lo r d Palmer- ston's career. Parliament might now be said to its deathbed ; but when their lordships returned he bopad that his noble friend opposite would consider deeply the subject on which the noble earl (Ellenborougb) had touched. Depend upon it, notwithstanding :he popular favour in which Lord Palmerston seemed to be held, there were in all parts of the country signs and symp toms of alarm at the increase of the national expendi ture ; and let it not be forgotten that, although a few years ago we might have been generoue with the public money, we. had lately added rort:k h iilPPorte fel the national debt ; that we had r just passed out of a great and efVens sire rta.4;i i•ind s4ore entering on another likely to prove a costly one, and it mignc bd only bit means of profuse expenditure that we should be able to sups: the mili tary estimates which for the next few years we should !Ave td Vtesent *to the House of Commons. Lord MONTEAGLE said he &mid corroborate in the strongest manner the observations of the Stehle earl op posite with respect to the public expenditure. He was, however, stied anti the estimates, as they now stood, were not such as the Goverrinient intended to continue, for he never heard better principles of economy than those which were laid down by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was the duty of public men to in terfere between the Government and the House of Com mons, and to give the Government strength to resist the demands for increased expenditure which were daily made upon them. No one could look at the papers before the house to which the noble earl (Ellen borough) had alluded without being convinced that we, had been for years engaged in a mad course of extravagance. It bad been all referred to the war ; but although that had been the cause of much extravagance, yet it was not all the cause, and fore most among the causes'of reckless expenditure was, in the nation as in private life, the facilities which ex isted for borrowing money. He was willing to admit that the mode in which the Government had dealt with ex penditure since the peace was creditable to them, and, in every respect, it had exceeded his expectations. Still, he would say that the estimates, as now framed, would not do for future years, and the Government might rest assured that the people of England would expect a ces sation of income tax in 1860, and it would therefore be necessary to reduce the estimates and expenditure so as to enable that course to be adopted.. The noble lord then criticised some of the financial operations of Mr. Gladstone and the present Government, especially ob jecting to the recurrence of the worn out system of sink ing funds, though he admitted that e:he financial com pacts which had been entered into must be observed. He urged that the principle of public economy had entered a new phase ; everything would be referred to the cessa tion of the income tax. Had the Government got their lesson with regard to expenditure ? Go into Westminster Hall and see the preparations making for an exhibition of the plans for new public offices. For that object at present only the modest sum of 80,0001. was asked, but he need only point to that house in which the delibera• tions of Parliament were conducted, in order to show how plausible is the first approach of expenses of that kind. He deprecated any such extravagant folly as the pulling down and rebuilding of all the public offices merely for the sake of rivalry with foreign countries. This was one of the dispositions to persevere in the system of past ex travagance, which he hoped would be resisted. The real cry at the coming election ought to be the diminution of expenditure, with a view to the performing of the solemn agreement which Parliament had made with the people, that in 1860 the income tax should cease and determine. Earl GREY could not allow this conversation to close with saying that he entirely concurred with the noble earl opposite and his noble friend who had just spoken in the opinions they bad expressed with regard to the expenditure of the country, and the alarm with which they looked to the ultimate consequences of the extravagant system which had prevailed of late years. But he could not concur in thinking that that increased expenditure was confined to the civil service. -It pervaded also the naval and military departments, and especially that of the army. He should be the last man to recommend the keeping up of an inadequate army. in this country ; and he was anxious that it should be kept up on such a scale as to secure its efficiency; but he would no less insist on the doctrine that it should be kept up on a small scale, and with reference to'defensive objects only. When he compared the army estimates with those of former years he must ray that while the demands on the army had been reduced—when the state of Ireland no longer demanded a large force for the peace and security of that country—when the de mand of the colonies for a military force had been greatly reduced in the last ten years—when we had established an effective police force, by which the army had been relieved from duties it ought never have per formed—when, atter all this, we ought to have been able to reduce greatly our military expenditure, our peace establisment was the largest ever sanctioned by Parlia ment, and was at the same time more expensive than the amount of the force warranted. The policy now adopted was to keep up the army on such a scale as to enable us, for a small cause, and at a short notice, to carry on a great foreign war. Againk that principle he protested. For merely defensive purposes he would give anything that was wanted ' • but knowing as he did the spirit of the country, and how ready every man would be to de fend his native land, he was sure that a small well-dis ciplined army, so supported, would be enough for all defensive purposes. If we went on in the manner in which at present our expenditure was calculated, it would be impossible to abolish the income tax, and we should come to the maintenance of an army with refer ence only to an offensive war, which was a great mistake in politics ; far other nations would follow our example; and when nations were armed, a less cause would pro duce a quarrel than when they were less prepared for war. Nothing tended so much to do away with the brawls and bloodshed which in privatesociety used to ac company the practice of carrying arms,—when every man carried a sword—than the abolition of that practice ; and the same principle held good between nations who were always ready armed. He. would only make one further observation. It was at all times important to act on the principle of maintaining a moderate peace establishment ; but he viewed with alarni the relaxation of late of the great constitutional principle that Parlia ment should control the executive in the carrying en of war. He could not forget that this year, for the first time since the revolution .which settled our constitution, Par liament had deliberately passed by the circumstance that her Majesty's Government, on their own authority, had engaged the country in a war, and arranged with the East India Company the proportion which .that com pany, and what proportion the taxes of this country, should bear of the expenses of that war • and this was done without Parliament being summoned, and without the sanction of the representatives of the people. Par liament had submitted t• this, and now there was about to be a dissolution without any information havivg been given as to the circumstances which led to that war. Again, they learnt that an expedition was leaving our shores to carry on a war which one House of Parliament had declared in its origin to have been unjust; and al though their lordships had refused to condemn it, it was well known that that refusal was given on political grounds, because it -was not desired to remove the pre sent advisers of the Crown. This was going on without any information being given as to the objects of the war, what we propose to obtain by it, and on what terms it might be concluded. With the opinions he entertained of the constitutional control which Parliament ought to • exercise over the great questions of peace and war, he felt alarm at what had occurred this year, and be hoped that when Parliament met again it would be found to be one, not only imbued with a stronger spirit of economy than that which was now about to separate, but also with a greater regard for the constitutional principle to which he had referred, and which had been laid down by our ancestors. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at a quarter past 7. The committee appointed by the Academy of Sciences of Paris to examine the documents pre sented to that body by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps on the subject of the projected canal through the isthmus of Suez has just published its report. After a rapid survey of the various.plans either attempted or executed by the ancienta in order to establish a communication between the. 'Mediterranean, or rather the Nile, and the Red Sea, the report pro ceeds to consider the relative advantages of the railway now in contemplation between Cairo and the Red Sea and •a canal through the isthmus, as compared with the usual route to India by the Cape, and shows that the latter will maintain its superiority over the railway on account of its cheap ness, which, in the eyes of the commercial men, is a circumstance of paramount importance, although not altogether considered in that light by govern— ments. From the late surveys it appears that the mean altitude of the waters of the Red Sea does not exceed that of the Mediterranean by more than 68 centimetres (21 inches), so that a canal without locks, such as the nature of the ground permits, will not present the inconvenience of a current constantly flowing in the same direc tion, but will have currents alternately flowing either way, according as the winds and tides may influence the relative altitudes of the two seas. These facts being established, the report proceeds to detail the efforts made since 1854 by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps to promote the formation of a company, under the title of " Cornpagnie Universette du Canal maritime du Suez," and the subsequent appointment of an international committee to investigate the rela tive advantages of the various plates respectively proposed by MM. Talabot, Barrant, and Linant Bey, that of the latter obtaining a decided prefer ence as the shortest and least expensive. Accord ing to this plan, Suez and Tinch (the ancient Pe lusium), differing only by 1 deg. 5 min. iu latitude, are the extreme points of the canal, the length of which therefore, does not exceed 117 kilometres (73 miles.) The line, commencing from Suez, will wind through a valley for the space of 28 kilo metres, then describe a circular are of a large radius, in order to penetrate into a basin formerly filled with the waters of the Red Sea. In this basin are situated the Bitter Lakes, which the line will tra verse lengthwise, and then proceed straight on in a northward direction, slightly inclining towards the west, until it reaches an eminence about SOft. high, which must be cut through thence it reaches Lake Menzateh without any further obstacle. In order to ascertain the nature of the soil, 19 shaf. s have been sunk along the line to the depth of 9 metres (291 ft.), and it has been found mostly compose] of sand mixed with clay, a small portion only consist ing of a kind of sandstone ; so that the excavations will meet with little or no difficulty. It having been objected that the moveable sands of the de sert might obstruct the canal in a short space of time, the report observes that, during the lapse of 19 centuries, the effect of the sands has been so slight as not even to obliterate the vestiges of the old canal of the Pharaohs. Two parallel jetties ' one 2,000, the other 1,800 metres in length. and 400. metres asunder, are to project into the Red Sea from the port of Suez, leaving a roadstead spacious enough to harbour 500 vessels. To the north of this basin the canal is to com mence, continuing, without any locks or interrup tion whatever, to the Mediterranean, and forming a kind of Bosphorus. Its other extremity is to open into the Mediterranean, at a distance of 16 miles west of ' Pelusium, where a port is to be construtted. named Said, after the present viceroy, under whose auspices this great enterprise is to be accomplished. The coast on this side his under gone no change during the lapse of nineteen cen turies ; the distance between the ruins of Pelu• sium and the sea being exactly the same as it was in the time of Strabo. The winds most to be guarded against on this coast being the westerly and north-westerly, one of the two jetties to be constructed here will advance 1,000 metres fur ther into the sea than the other (2,500 metres in length), so as to protect the entrance. The maxi mum difference between high and low water here dce's not exceed 22 centimes (8;1 inches) ' • and at a distance of 2,300 metres from the spot fixed, upon for the port of Said, the depth of water is 8 metres (26 feet), a depth which is more likely to increase than to diminish, the sea on this side tending more to erosion than to deposition. The presumed expense of the undertaking is laid at 162 millions of francs. The report now examines the degree of competition which the canal com pany may be exposed to. As regards the railway, the distance between Alexandria and Suez may be performed in six hours, while it will take twenty or thirty by the canal ; a difference, however, which is more than counterbalanced by the loss of time occasioned by the operation of transhipment. Moreover, the canal offers the advantage of the un interrupted responsibility of the captain for the merchandise he conveys from the point of ship ment to that of destination, while, by the railway, the responsibility is divided among three persons, and consequently no one can be made answerable on delivery for the bad condition of the goods. The Syrian railway now in contemplation, which is to pass between the valleys of the Lebanon, and ter minate at Byr on the Euphosees, woul,d for the same reasons, be more expensive than even the Cape route. The latter, therefore, is the only one offering a chance of successful competition. Here the report enters into various details touching the price of coal, the tonnage of British vessels annually sent to India, th., and arrives at the conclusion that, from whatever port of Europe a vessel may start, there is between 45 and 68 per cent. in fa vour of Suez as regards the length of the voyage ; and that, as to tonnage, the Suez canal will admit of the passage of merchant ships of between 3,000 and 4,000 tons burden, while the largest now i n use for the voyage to India do not exceed 2,000 canal largeral were than h numerous aron com mencedu re i in 1858, it might be opened t o the p tons. Moreover, mixedaressele propelled both b y sail and steam, will offer a decided advant age i n favour of the canal. Maritime insurances will be reduced to one-third of their present am oun t ; a circumstance of no small importance wh en it i s considered that the trade between Engl an d and India 8 18 %7 . upward slfthetv was in oks o of r five f the times an com merce of the world in 1864 ; the lowest es ti mate of itsorat concludes nnualpro isitfiwtsh a en 26gmillions viewof francs. t The num social advantages which would accrue to the world by the accomplishment of this gigantic t • en erprise. The Academy has approved of the report. Galignani. 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Tire held-pi-leers of the 90th Regiment, with 790 men, are to embark at Portsmouth for China on board her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander Priest, and not in the Transit, as first ordered ; the remainder of the regiment will go in the Transit. The days of embarka• tion are not fixed. The officers of th 6 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers have just presented a very handsome testimo nial, in the shape of a silver tea and coffee service, bear ing an appropriate inscription, to Surgeon W. Godfrey Watt, of the 23d, who is leaving the regiment, as a mark of their high estimation of his skill and character since he his been associated with them in the service. Her Majesty's screw three-decker Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Cald well, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., arrived at Spithead from the Tagus yesterday afternoon. Lieut.-Col. R. N. Phillips and a board of officers be- longing to the Provisional Battalion have been ordered to assemble at Chatham for the purpose of examining the records of the whole of the troops to the 31st Dec. last, in order to ascertain whether they have been correctly kept up to that period. The Board was ordered by the authorities at the Horse Guards. A general inspection of the Artillery corps, in garrison at Sheerne,s, took place yesterday by Col. Teesdale and Col. Bingham, Assistant-Adjutant General. The princi pal ca'ise of inspection was to select men from the ranks, to effect the reduction of 1,100 men in the entire Artil lery corps. After the parade inspection they were marched off to man their respective b tttery gars where they were also inspected at quarters in divisions; after which Capt. Green's company, 2d company, 12th battalion, were pa raded in heavy marching order, and went through their various evolutions in a manner reflecting the highest credit on their officers and themselves. The Dolphin, 3, Commander E. Webber; which was paid off at Chatham yesterday, bee been in commission since 1353, during the whole of which period she has ben employed cruising upon the southern and western coasts of Africa, for the repression of the elite trade. She was stationed at Congo for some months, am) also for a short period at Loando. The Dolphin succeeded in capturing two slave vessels, which were fitted up for tint traffic. During the whole time she was in commission the crew were more healthy than those in any vessel on that statioo. On leasing Sierra Leone to return to England ith invalids the Dolphin left the following yesoels on the coast : —The Scourge, 6, steamvessel, bearing the fl.sg of Commodore J. A ddatns; the Sappho, 12 ; the Childers, 12 ; the Ilecla, 6; the Hecate, 6; 'the Alecto, 5; and the Teazer, 2, steam-screw gunvessel, Commander w. 11. Grnbhe; the Minr, 3, iron gunvessel, Lieut.- Commander R. 11. Roe, was hourly expected at Sierra Le ie. The Electra, 14, sloop, Commander W. Morris (1852), from the AuNtralian station, is ordered to Chatham to be paid off into or linary. C tpt. W. Cos.iar, of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, empl eyed on recruiting service in London, has b/on appointed Paymaster of the Portsmouth divi sion, vice Capt. J. Lawrence, deceased. Capt. R. Talbot, Li eu t . C. W. Walrond, and 47 gun ners of the 7th company 10th battalion Royal Artill:ry, w ho arrived on W e d nes d ay from B ermu d a in the freightahip Norman Morrison, were yesterday morn ing paraded at head -quarters, Woolwich, and having been inspected by Colonel H ar di nge , K. 11., acting commandant of the garrison, they were ordered to be . re inforced from the reserve d e t ac h men t o f the batta'ron, and held in readiness for home station duty. The com pany• went out to Bermuda full strength, in command of Capt. F. Woodhouse, and in Sept., 1853, shortly after their arrived, they were attacked with malignant fever, whiet tamed veith fearful fatality. and carried off during three, phicemesrd mOrrtfig, Sept , Oct., a-:d Nov., Capt. Woculhotise, the liun, G, V. A. Ellis, and 40 non-commissioned officerd dnd men of the company. In Feb. of the following year a draught of 45 gunners was sent , out to fill up the vacancies, and in Sept., 1855, a batch of 20 men volunteered for service in the Itussian war. The strength zede considerably curtailed by sick ness, consequently a number of invalids were ordered home, reducing the collective amount to a total, as abovensirned, of 49 officers, noncommissioned, and men of all ranks. The brigade of Royal Marines off duty, mustering abort 600 rankand file, were yesterday morning inspected by Cal.• Commandant Brown in the barrack-square, and, preceded by the band of tae regiment, were marched to Woolwich-common in charge of Lieut.-Col. Fleming, Lieut.• Col. Hopkins, and the respective subaltern offi cers, for the purpose of going through a course of field exercise and musket drill. The weather was extremely favourable for battalion exercise and field drill, which are ordered to be continued weekly, weather permitting. A number of Artillery recruits were likewise exercised on the Common and fired several rounds of blank cartridge. Captain Knox, Captain Middleton, Main. Barstow, and Captain Longden a companies of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, under orders for China, are to attend rocket Practice to-day in the Arsenal marshes, and ars to be in• spected by the Colonel-Commandant on Monday morn ing, prior to embarkation, the period of which is at pre sent undecided. The Royal Ordnance sloops Lord Raglan, Alma, and Lord Vernon, are being laden with 68-pounder guns, carriages, shot, and other war materials from the Mili tary Store Department of Wool wich Arsenal for the Channel Islands. The freight ship Earl of Eglinton, in the London docks, is shipping guns and war stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Hong Kong. The Armyn tus is embarking a similar cargo for Corfu ; the Scotia, for Halifax ; and the Pearl, for Quebec and Mootreal. The new forge at Pembroke dockyard is to be immedi ately carried on, the necessary excavations having been made, and, as this building is much needed, the contrac tor will push it forward with all despatch. The masonry portion of the new building slip, No. 12, has just been completed in a very satisfactory !banner. The contract for the roof over this slip has been taken, and is imme diately to be proceeded with. Several new works have yet to be tendered for. Orders have been received by the authorities to discharge immediately all the hired men on the establishment. These are principally la bourers and a few joiners. The contractors have dis charged a number. of masons and their labourers, so that the establishment is gradually being reduced to a much lower scale. THE ISTLIMUS OF SUEZ CAN.4L. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 20. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Fleetwood Shawe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry, who retires; Cornet and Adjutant Edward Flarran to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet William Clefden Goldie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shawe; Cornet Henry Haskett Chilton, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Goblin. Ist Dragoons—John Woolmore Simmons Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Graburn, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Samuel Barrett, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain William Earle, from the 49th Foot, to be Lie utenant and Captain, vice Brevet-Major W. G. Cameron, who ex changes. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenan t the Hon. Edward Brownlow to be Lieutenant and Captaire, by pur chase, vice Brevet-Major Shvckburgh, who retires ; Robert Augustus Da,lzell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lienteoant, by purchase, vice the Hon. E. Brownlow ; Battalion-` surgeon John Aston Bostock, M.D., to be Surgeon-Major, vice Thomas Richardson, who retires upon half-pay; eLssistrart Surgeon Frederick liebineon, M.D., to be Battali on-S ur goon, vice Bostock. Ist Regiment of Foot--Cresswell Keane Charles 'Look°, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kershaw, who re tires. 2,1 Foot—The exchange between Captains Willan and Grimston, as stated in the Gazette of 30th •Sept. last, has been antedated to Sept. 29. 7'h Foot—Major Richard William Aldworth to be Li en tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel W. H. 0. Wellesley, who retires; Brevet-Major Thomas Tryeer to be Major by purchase, vice Aldworth ; Lieutenant George Henry Waller to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tryon. 13th Foot—The exchange between Captains Grimatore and Willan, as stated in the Gazette of 30th Sept. last, has been antedated to 29th Sept, 1856. 16th Foot—Lieutenant George Barchard to be Adjutant, vice Douglas, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 17th Foot—Lieutenant William Frederick Augu stns Edward Presgrave to be Instructor of Musketry. 18th Foot—Ensign George Spicer Hutchings has been permitted to resign his commission. 23t.! F o ot—Assistant-Surgeon John Noble gleipton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 28th I'oot.—Brevet-Major Thomas Mannsell to be Major, by purchase', vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Lindsell, who retires ; Li eut. E . G a ymonsway Waldy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maunsell; Capt. Jae. Graham Turner, from h alf-pay 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Waldy, placed upon half pay. 35th Foot—Major Patrick Wm. Sydenham Ross, from the 53d Foot, to be Major/ vice English, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Brevet-Colonel Thos. Gore Browne, C 8., from half-pay 141 h Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Bre vet-Colonel Skipwith, who exchanges; Major James M. Primrose to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Browne, who retires. 45th Foot—William Kershaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Apjohn, who retires. 49th Foot—Brevet-Major William Gordon Cameron, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Earle, who exchanges. 53d Foot—Major Frederick English, from the 35th :Foot, to be Major, vice Ross, who exchanges. 66th Foot:--Lieut. Sir Charles Frederick Wheeler Cuff°, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hawkes, who re tires ; Ensign Charles Augustus Shortt to be Lieutena ert, by purchase, vice Sir C. F. W. Cuffs. 76th Foot—Lieut. John William Preston to be Lest' uc tor of Musketry. 82d Foot -Lieut. P. T. Dickson has been permit to d to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission ; C. Neville, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hen - derson, promoted. 93d Foot—Lieut. E. Welch to be Instructor of Mu* - ketry, vice Captain Dawson, who resigns that appoint ment; Assistant-Surgeon Jas. N. Bell, M.D., from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 94th Foot—Lieut. S. Malthus to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Captain St. John, who resigns that appoint ment. 96th Foot—Captain J. Meade, from half-pay of the 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dillon, whose appointment to the Regiment, from half-pay of the Rifle Brigade, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles Townahend Murdoch has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. Gold Coast Corps—Ensign William Cumming to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke, who resigns. CAUTION TO FAMILIES.—On Sunday last, whilet3 l r. Jeremiah Eva ns an d hi s f am il y were atten di ng divine service at St. John's, Clapham-rise, his residence (which is next to the church) was entered, and a considerable amount of property, in plate, jewels, watches, wee-, rem)ved from various rooms, and packed ready to carried off, but happily one of the servants went into the dining room at the instant the thief wag about to depart with his booty thnugh the back window, and in big haate to escape he left the bundle behind. The police .are on the look out, [ADvEnTisEmENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty Haado near Netherbury, Dorset, suffered for many years front - al bad leg. From the knee to the uncle it had several w ounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about • tbe house. She tried a variety of beans and apPliaa; tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessing al God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend , ' and taking three boxes of pills, she was perfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and ertll 9 ; tions of every description, is sold in pots, Is. 10. a n' , 2s. 9d. each. Hi s Pilules Antiscrophulas, for all 1 , n3. purities of the blood, i s so ld i n b oxes, l s. lid . , 2 5 . lk" 0 4s. 6d., lls., and 22e. each, by all medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. [A•ovaerisemsrr..]—We have read with much pleasure P I Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du , Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, ConstiP a. tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma' Consumption, and Debility. The following aro a few extrarts which appear to merit the attention of many:—Cure No. 47, 121 : —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Walthanlem t „'' Herts: a cure of ex t reme nervousness, indigestion, gatue'. ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314.1 Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cur• o f 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability Curo 52, 612. —Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th Dee; 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels inducet* in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barn; ! I .' excellent Revalenta Arabi ca F oo d h as cure d h e r, a fter all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, et a , nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be eon* sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully a n swered. Supported by testimoni a l s f rom th e ce l e b rated Pro f es sors " Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Ha rv „ e ! ; Dr. Campbell ; D r . G a ttik er ; D r. Wurzer ; Dr. Ing l •""' Lord Stuart de Decies ; th e D owager Count,ea of Cast • stuart ; Major-Gen. Th omas Ki ng, an d many ot h er res peeta persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall other means of cure had failed. For further particulars respet ing this invaluable food our rea d ers are re f erre d t o D u BarrY dvertisement in another part of this paper. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WHITEHALL, mAßcff 18. The'Queen has been plowed to present the Rev. Henry Alford, 8.D., to the place ant dignity of Dean of ber Ma jesty's inetropolitical church of Canterbury, void by the death of William Rowe Lyall, . , late Dean thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MA2-Cli 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mr. George Kohler as Consul for the Province of New South Wales, to reside at Sydney, for his Majesty the King of the Nethcr lands. _ _ CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 18: MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tipperary—Daniel O'Donoghoe, Esq., com monly called The O'Donoghoe of the Glens," in the county of Kerry, in the room of James Sadleir, Esq., who has been expelled the Lower House of Parliament. HOME-OFFICE, MARCH 19. The Dorset Reformatory School at Milborne St. An drew, near Blandford, in the county of Dorset, has been certified by the Secretary of State as fit to be a Reform atory School, under the provisions of the Statute 17 and 18 Vict., c. Si% _ _ WHITEHALL, MARen IG. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Borrett, of No. 10, Whitehall-place, Westminster, Gentleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. To be QuaqerMratera-Acliog(ioartermanter Edward Pierson, late Commissary Storekeeper ; Acting Qnarter master Duncan Mclntyre, from Quartermaster-Serjeant 79th Foot. DEPOT BATTALION. Captain Richard D. Astley, 49th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class R. Templeton, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice R. Dane, M.D., placed upon half-pay. Purveyor's Clerk C. B. Knapp, to be Purveyor to the Forces. Acting Assistant-Surgeon T. A. Finnimore has been permitted to resign his Commission. BREVET. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. Jacob, C. 8., of the Bom bay Artillery, to be Aide-de-camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. The following promotion's to take place in consequence of the appointment of Colonel Thomas Gordon Higgins, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, on the retire ment to full pay of Major-General Bastard, of that corps : Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Maephail, half-pay of h Light Dragoons, to be Colonel. Major Frederick Douglas Lumley, half-pay Unattachtl,. to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Francis Lucas, of the 16th Foot, to be Major. The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service on the :id February, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of October, 1851 : --- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Wage Whitfeild, of 2d Wes India Regiment. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 17th December, 1855 Quartermaster William Betson, half-pay, 15th Ligh Dragoons. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 13. Corps of Royal Marines.—Captain Walter Cossar to be Paymaster, vice Lawrence, deceased. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 16. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant Frederick Llewellyn Alexander to be Captain, vice Cossar. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Cambridge—Henry John Adeane, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. County of Salop—The Honourable Rowland Clegg Hill to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— William Philip d'Allington Jones, Gent., late of the Ist Lancashire, to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Charles Rodney Huxley to be Lieutenant. vice Tessop, resigned. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to tho Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 11th day of March, 1857. 18317 E DEPARTMENT. X Votes issued ..... .•• 24,049,625 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,574,625 Silver bullion .. .. .. .. - £24,049,625 £24,049,625 MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. [857. iPAITMENT. Dated the •19th day of March, 1 BANKING DE Proprielers'eapital .. 14,553,000 Kest ................ 3,800,464 Pablic deposits (in . eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 8,674,488 :Jther deposits ...... 9,798,857 even Day and other .. 700,367 Government securities (ineludg.pead Weight - Annuity) •• •..:.. 11,696,733 Other securities ...... 19 575,143 Notes • • • • .... , 5,532,26 Gold and silver coin., 723,04 i; £37,527,176 437,527,176 If. MARSHALL, Chief Caskier. 1857. Dated the 19th day of March, 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 17, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 3/ 101 Muscovado, the produce o f th e M aur iti us-- Average of the two above descriptions BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Alexander. Syme, stationer, Tonbridge Wells, Kent. Henry Denison, money scrivener, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. John Hunter, draper, Nottingham-place, Stepney, to surrender, April 2, and May 7, at twelve, at the Court of Blnkruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Bennett and P a ul, Si se -l ane , City. George Goodwin, woollen merchant, Manchester, April, 9, and 30, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Her unman, official assignee, Manchester; Stead, Manchester. John Wrigglesworth, linendraper, Halifax, Yorkshire , March 30, at half-p as t e l even , an d April 27, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope official assignee, Leeds ; , Edward, Halifax ; B o nd an d B a rwick, Leeds. John Samuel Grieves, printer and publisher, Greystoke place, Fetter-lane, April 1, at twelve, and 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stanafeld, official assignee; Marshall, Sion College Gardens, City. Evan Lewis, victualler, LlanLrissant, Glamorganshi re, March 31 and April 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Cartwright, Bristol. Henry Marlow, iron-founder , Wals all , Staffordshire, April 1 and 20, at ten, at the B i r min g ha m District Cou r t. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Duiguan and Hemmant , Walsall, John Wilding Clarke, soca merchant, inittlelea, Cam- • AWN. - AM/ brie igo, April 2, at one, and May 1, at two, at the Court Ban ki ulpte.Y. Whitmore, official assignee Basin hat stree ; Carr, 2t. Mary -at-Hill. , Sat Coul.lrey, lime merchant, Flower's-wharf, Limi house , Middlesex, April 2, at half-past one, and May 1, 8 half-p n.Bt , eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cion a l . official uss i gnee, Aldermanbury ;Chidley, Basingha street. Will healio;u7sj‘ e.me: ism Howard, timber merchant, Church-street, Bei mondsf 'y, April 3, at eleven, and May 13, at twelve, at tb Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, 13° singhr 11 -street; Keighley, Basinghall-street. Ge , roe Constantin Franghiadi, merchant, Gresham a, Old Broad-street, April 1, at one, and May 6, a at Ihe Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as Gui ldhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Abrahams, Sc,utharript on-buildings. Charl cs Higgins, brewer, Salisbury, March 31, at eleven a ad Apr it3o, at one , a t th e Court of Bankruptcy. John so.", oW vial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Clarke and go rice, rice, CoL amau-Areet ; Holdings and Co., Salisbury. Tilde •::. Christmas coal merch an t, Ch a th am, M a r" „ ' o i at half- :past eleven, and April 30, a t t wo, at th e Court c . . : Bank', iptcy. J o h nson, o ffi c i al assignee, Basinghall-s t r eet; Selby, Coleman-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Patel • Gallacher, grocer, Glasgow • Alex ►ceder Macdonald, merchant, Portree. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-3Elmi 20. 1 The arri: gals of g r a i n an d flour this week ere of very 0141 amount f 'orn foreign ports, coastwise, and from Ireland. No activii,y - of demand has marked the trade during th e week ; millers and dealers have bought cautiously of whe at, having so slack v. demand for flour, and at this morni n g market tl reduction of Id to 2d per bushel on wheat wa g nominal. Indi an corn gave way Cd to 9d per qr. The pr, a, sent weat' der is all th a t cou ld be desi ed by agriculturists in the prom ise for a great crop of grain and pulse. WAKEFIELD—MAucii 20. The Wheat trade was dull, at Is decline on fine so rts, and la to 2s on infe r i or . Fine En g lish barley was sca rce ; and prices w ere i n f avour of the purchasers. Other s ort not nine% inquired for, and rather lower. Basins, 1 31 " $ ' and shelling sold slowly, and were somewhat cheaper. EXETER,--MARort 20. CORN.—Wheat, 63 6d to 7s 9d ; barle 5s Od "; grinding do., Os Od t o O s Od. Oats, 3 y, s Od to 35 34 * Beans, Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 42s Cod to 41s Od ; seconds, 40s 0,1 to 4 21 Od per sack. CATTLE. —There wa 5 a small supply of bullocks. / 3 " 1 beef, from lO s t o lO s 6,1 per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to 10 s Pe' ., score; fat calves, —d +.o 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 0 . 1 , Od. per score ; cows and calve., 121. to 161. is ; butche r : calves, Od to 7d per : lb., rearin , calves —s to 0 e a.c s sheep, ew es an d 1 P .m b s, 01. OS to 01. Os per couple; ewes ..' to 7.d ; wothers, ; lambs, —to 0(1 per lb. DV; large size, — s to ; second size, —s to —5 ; slips, ';',l to —s ; sucke'..s, —s to —s. Rough fat, 41 per Pork carcases from lOs 6d to 11s Od per score. Oats in request, and 6d to is dearer. BRISTOL SUGAR—MARCU 20. The market still continues very quiet, and the sales since our last are limited to about 200 Mids. Demeraras, 11 , 000 mats of Oa yed Manillas, and 1,000 bags Mauritius, for wil l ' h fully forme r p r i ces have been realised. For refiners' produce rather rtlol 13 inquiry, although the transactions are not larg'• Manufaett rers, however, continue very firm, and will al sell at full y forme r p r i ces. R um is badly wanted, but le/ short sup,:ply. GOAL MARICEI Pri nes of Coals per ton a Maatcn 20. the close of the market. Walleend, ao. d. ranfield Moor e. 13 0 Taufield Moor Butes 13 0 Acorn C ;lose l5 9 Eden W La i n l5 9 Wallaend, ta. Souti a Hetton 16 9 Wh 2 .rncliffe l3 6 Haswell 17 0 South Hartlepool l5 C Hartc n Sont'a Kelloe 16 0 Hartlepool l6 3 Ships at market... 3 9 . I'' Lambton l6 a 6 Russell's Hetton ......... l6 0 itewart's 17 0 Hartlepool Hetton ...... l6 1 5 6 ','. . Goeforth l4 ! ilengh Hall Birchgrove Graigola 2o 2 tiraddyll l6 v fees l7 A ° Betton l6 v f Sold 45 COURSE OF EXCFIANGE.--YESTERDAY. kmsterdam 11 6 Gibraltar .... •• ••• • " Tog Ditto, three months .. 11 18 4 Leghorn .... • . •• •• • „" .6 Rotterdam ............ 11 184 Genoa Antwerp .............. 15 47% Milan Brussels .............. 25 47% - Venice... • •••• ...- • ~ii tiamburgh ............ 13 By s Naples ........ 130 Altona •••••••••• • • • • • • Palermo• .. • • Paris—. •• • • ... ••..25 30 Messina •• ... bli Ditto, three months .. 25 70 Lisbor. .. •.. • b 24 Marseilles ........• • ... 25 70 Oporto ...... •• • ..... " ... Bourdeaux .. •• .... .... ltio Janeiro ....... ••• •• .... Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 119% Buenos Ayres ..... • • •• ..., sight Berlin ................ ' New York,6o days' Vienna .......... • • .... 10 27 Philadelphia •• • • ...... Priests •••••••••• • .... 10 29 . ; ""C" 's- :LION, psi OS. :ICES OF BIM- -.• Petersburg 371% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Vradrld ....• 49% , Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 , t o ix Cadiz .• •• •• •• •••• •5 0 Mexican Dollars • 5 '". B v•celona ! New Dollars ......0 0 , / 74( $ !Silver in bars ...... LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market is quiet, and prime rather lower than the current rates of yesterday. North Eastern, Berwick, 21I—North Eastern, Leeds Capital Stock, 20—London and North Western, 1044 I— Easters Counties, 10/. 16s. 3d. —Lanca-hire and Y or k s hi re , 99i Midland, 811 g —South Eastern, 221—Buffalo "FL Lake Huron, 1s pm.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 37 Grand Trunk of Canada, 133—Great Western of Canada, 261 MANCHESTER, Memel( 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately active, and a considerable adiance took place. Sbeffields, 37 1 East Lancashire, 964—Leeds, 99j—Leeds new, dia.-- Dovers, 22 5-16—Great Western of Canada, 264—Data new, 34—Londons, 1014. BIRTHS, OF 801.4 On the 19th inst., at the Vicarage, South Myms, tke wife of the Rev. C, Thompson. On the 19th inst., the wife of Henry Gammen, of Charleil• - • terrace, Victoria-park. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., at 12, Wyndham - place, Bryanstott• square, Mrs. T. R. Leadam. On the 20th inst , at Lancaster Lodge, Twickenham, the wife of John Welch, Esq. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Euston-square Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., of 19, Southampton-place Euston-square, to Mary Stewart Craig, of 20, Euston-place Euston-square. On the 19th inst., at Essex-street Chapel, Thomas Taylor; Esq., of the Limes, near Wigan, to Helen, the second ( laugh* yr ter of Thomas Biggs, Esq., of wpper Bedford-place, Russell. square. DIED. On the 18th inst., at 61, Wimpole-st ree t, Vi ce -Admiral Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart• l of Tendring Hall, Suffolk. pa the 19th inst. , at Mare-street, Ha c kn e y, M r . J er emiah Allport, aged 70 . On the 18th inst., at Leicester, Thomas Culliford Barrow, for 52 years if the Admiralty, Somerset-house. On the 18th inst., at 3, Shandwick-place, Edinburgh, Mrs. Miller, of Glealee. On the 17th inst., at Mildmay-park, Jas Walter Sebright, Esq., aged 54. Of bronchitis after a short illness, Matilda, daughter of Mr. Da v id S cott, 100 , Lower Thames street, city. On the 15th inst., at Chichester, Deputy-Commissary. General Swan, aged 63. On the 17th inst., at Stepney, Mr. J. W. Pocock, formerly of Southampton-street, Covent-garden, aged 72. LONDON : Printed and Pnbiighed. by MIT IRDO YOUNG, of NO, 112, Strand, Printer, at 7'he Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,' of Middlenx, Saturday, !Larch 21, 1857. tliE SUN, LONDON- SATUTi,D Y 141 V - '2l, 1857.