The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-15 00:00:00

-PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YEsTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of MONTROSE presented a petition from a place in Scotland az3.inst the Oaths Bill. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. The Earl of lIA.RDWICKE begged to ask the noble lord the Secretary at War whether any new plan had been determined upon for the education of candidates f >r admission to the army, and if so, whether there would be any objection to lay the document containing the alterations on the table of the house ? Lord PANMURE said the question would involve a very long explanation if he were to enter into details. He begged to inform the noble lord that the edu cation of the officers of the army was placed under the superintendenoe of the Commander-in- Chief . , assisted by a council of three general officers. That council had made its first report, in which Le entirely concurred, and as soon as it ha'd re ceived the approval of her Majesty, it would be laid upon the table of the home. Tne Earl of HARTWICKE asked if it was intended to make any alterations in the schools at Woolwich and Sauduurgi? Llrd PANMURE said it was intended to conzinne the two schools as far as possible on the game footing, but as far as possible to render them more efficient for the object for which they were established. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bid were read a second time :—Othy and Skipton Road, East Somerset Railway, Mallow and Ferinoy and Great Southern and Western Railway, Great Northern and Western of Ireland Extension Railway, Milland Great Western Railway of Ireland, and Giustinianes Naturali- Ball'n. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a third time and passed :—Banff and Nlacthiff and Tarriff Extension Railway ; Cork and Youghal Railway ; Stockton New Gas, and Stockton Gas Consumers ; Banff, Portroy, and Stathisla Railway ; City of Glasgow and Suburban (as amendeo) ; Stam ford and Essendine Railway (as amended); Briton Ferry and Victoria (London) Docks. STATE OF INDIA. Earl GRANVILLE said, inaccordance with the promise given I..st night, he now rose to communicate all the information the GJvernment had received from India. The intediga ce was contained in several telegraphic despatches, and contained no new facts be yond those published in the newspapers to-day. The noble, earl then read a number of despatches containing pre cisely the same intelligence as that which be found in another part of The Sun. ALE HOUSES LICENSING BILL. Lord RAVENSWORTH moved the second reading of this b:11, which was to alter the present mode of granting licenses to houses for the sale of ale and beer. Lord WENSLE YDALE objected to the bill, and moved that it be read a second time that day six months. He thought the tribunal it propocied to establish, for the granting and supervision of licenses, would not be as tfficient as that already in existence. The bill was understood to be read a second time. IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS BILL. Lord REDESDALE moved the second reading of this bill, which was to place Irish peers upon the same footing as Scotch peers. The bill was read a second times CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION DILL. This bill passed through committee. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR , moved the second reading of this bill, which W 33 to give the creditors of an insolvent j,,int-stock company power to take proper steps against those who were liable to pay for the purpse of creating a common fund out of which the creditors might be paid in full, provided there was a sum raised sufficient to do so. If not, then the debts were to be paid off proportionably. Lord MONTEAGLE complained that the bill would operate unjustly towards judgment creditors in Ireland, as it would destroy that priority which their judgments gave them. Lord WENSLEYDALE was understood to support the bill. Lard St. LEONARDS said the7creditors of joint atozks in Ireland ought to be placed on the same footing as creditors of joint-stock banks in England, as far as their rights were concerned. In Eng!and the creditors could make a bank bankrupt, but they could not du so in Ireland. The bill was then read a second time. REGISTRATION OF LONG LEASES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. TRANSPORT SHIPS. The Earl of HARDWICKE rose to call the attention of the house to the hiring of tonnage for the transport service of the Government. The last year of the war as much as five millions sterling was voted, and for the pre vi us year three millions. In the last war the number of hired transports was 113. The Government took up the tonnage sometimes by the gross tonnage and sometimes by the register tonnage. By the first method the public lost ore-third, because they paid for what they did not get. Out of the 118 vessels, 24 were hired according to their gross tonnage. Tne remainder were hired by regis ter. Tpe 24 vessels were 39,800 tons, and the grass amount paid for these vessels was 92,0001. per mouth, while those which had been hired by register tonnai,e, taking the same number of vessels, cost 63,000/. per month. Therefore the country had loot on those 24 res• eels 30,0001. per month. He hat brought this case f , r• ware to show the necessity of hiring ships by register tonnage. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he caukl not give any any information upon the subject, as it was one entirely within the province of the A,iruiralty. fie would, however, make inquiries at the Admiralty, and let the noble lord know the result. The Esrl of ELLENBOROUGII impressed upon the Government the necessity of hiring good sailing vessels for the conveyance of troops to India. Lord PANMURE said the ships that had been hired were all clippers, as he was informed by the chairman of the East India Company. The Duke of NEWCASTLE wac somewhat alarmed to hear that there was a diyidrd authority iu this matter, because he learnt from the noble lord that the Rust India Company had the control of these transports. He thougot the entire and sole control ought to be in the hands of the Secretary for War. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the East India . Company paid for the ships, and of course they provided them. Lord PANMURE—That has always been Vle case. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR INDIA. The Earl of lIARDWICKE asked if any arrange mints had been made for facilitating the postal arrange ments for India ? The illustrious man who governed France would, he was convinced, do anything that could conduce to our convenience. All the railways of France were in the hands of the Government. The mails to India were detained 24 hours at Niar,eillts, and he would be g'ad to know if any steps had been taken to prevent that delay ? The Duke of ARGYLL said the noble lord had con siderably overrated the delay which took place. lle was happy to inform his noble friend that in Feb. last the Frtnch Government Lad made an arrangement for expe diting the mails, which arrangement was to forward the mails if they arrived in the day time by an exprass train. The India mail arrived at 11 o'clock last night, and 20,000 letters were delivered by the early delivery the ntxt morning. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTmtDA.Y.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented by Mr. Gladstone and other hon. members against the Marriage and Di vorce Bill ; against the Paper Duty ; against the proposed Toll on Chelsea new Bridge. GRAND JURIES (NIETROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT) DUAL. _ _ The hnu3e went into committee on this ilil Mr. BOWYER moved that the chairman do leave the Chair. He made the motion because the bill proposed to abrogate a part of the British constitution. Any defects in the working of the present system should be remedied and not destroyed, as was proposed by this bill. He was surprised to find a bill of this kind emanating from the quarter it had, and he expressed an opinion that the hon, and learned gentleman now regretted what he bad done. Of all places London was the list where the provisions of such a bill should be applied, from the pro bability of political eases arising in veil ich the intervention of juries was valuable with reference to the rig leteand liberties of the people. The hon. and learned gentleman referred to Blackstone, relative to juries, and said that if he were alive, and in that house, there is very little doubt what course he would take with reference to this bi 1. The inconvenience, which individuals suffered in serving on grand juries, or in having to go before them, ought not to .be considered in a case of this kind, and made an excuse for introducing the thin edge of the wedge (if not the thick end also) for the destruc tion of this valuable institution. The hon. and lear,ed gentleman thin referred to many of the provisions of the bill, and said that much inconvenience would arise under it as at present existed, and he contended that the present grand jury system could, be improved so as to meet the requirements of the age. He considered it was import• ant, especially in London, that the grand jury system should be continued, because it familiarised and identi fied the trading classes with the administration of the criminal law of the country, and it also protected the liberties of the subject, especially in political charges lie considered the bill fraught with so much danger to society and the constitution of the country, that he could not consent to its proceeding further this session. Sir F. TEIESIGER coinpiained of the course now taken, because when be introduced the bil', on a fresh *xplanation of its tLtaile, no objections were raised to it. %WO passed a second reading without opposition to its Principle, and the first time he received any intimation of opposition to its details was on the night when the committee was' named. The hon. and learned gentle man stated that he did not regret the introduction of the bill, and be assured the house that he had intro duced it a belief that the change be proposed, 'was necessary. Evidence of the greatest im portance was given on the sulject before the Statute Law Commission, and before a committee of `that house, relative to the abolition of grand juries in Pie metro politan police district, and it was on the recommenda tion of the commission and the committee that he had bssed this measure, which had received the sanction of the Government. The lion, and learned gentleman then entered into the constitution of grand juries, and the necessity that now existed for their abolition, in the Course of which he used the same arguments lie did on LONDON, the introduction of the bill, and also on its second reading. Mr. AYRTON supported the motion. He com plained of the second reading of the bill corning on so late on a former night as to preclude discussion, and he claimed the right of considering and commenting on the principle and details of the bill at any stage. He re ferred to the house going into committee on the bill, and passing the first and most important clause on a former night, at a time when hon. members ought to have been in their beds. The bon. and learned member contended that the eontinuance of the present system was essential for the maintenance of the rights and liberties of the people, especially in politi cal cases. The people ought not to be at the absolute discretion of the stipendiary magis trates and the police, who might readily be made tools of oppression. He complained of the reckless and insulting nature of this bill towards the inhabitants of the metropolis, and he quoted, in illustration, the clause giving power to the Attorney-General to indict a person for an indictable offence on information filed under the act without previous inquiry or an oath or affelavit, and to keep a man in prison at his pleasure by depriving him of the right of applying for a writ of habeas corpus. It was dangerous to trifle, with 21 millions of people in this manner, and he called cn the house to peremptorily reface its assent to the measure. He called on the house to amend the defects of the present system, and not de- stray it. Mr. M`MAIION said that the bill was based upon the supposition that there were stipendiary ina.gistrates— men of legal attainments—within the Central Criminal Court district, whose duty it was to investigate criminal cases, and who.might safely be lelt to discharge the func tions of grand jurors, but hon. members appeared to forget that in the City of London there were no stipen diary magistrates, but men connected with business who discharged magisterial functions ; and he asked wby the aldermen of London should possess greater magiste• rial powers than the county gentlemen outside the Central Criminal Court district. He condemned the priumple of the bill, as dangerous to public liberty, and said that the present system in England was as near to perfection as it could well he, and he called on the house to preserve it. Ile sug gested that the bill should be postponed till next session. Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the continuance of the grand jury system. He considered that a bill of this kind should be brought in under the responsibility of Government, and not that of a private member. lie should oppose the bill. Mr. coßßErr opposed the bill from its mischievous tendency. Toe objections to tne grand jury system in the metropolitan district applied with greater force to the country districts, and he looked upon this bill as in• tr Aucing the thin end of the wedge to destroy an institu tion that had been found to protect the rights and liber ties of the people. He objected to the power proposed by the bill to be given to -tipendiary magistrates, whom Mr. Arnold bad described in a pamphlet as a "depend ent body," in connection with the Home Secretary. The hon. gentleman defended the present grand jury system, and said that be cordially agreed with Mr. Jus tice Willes's recent remarks, from the bench, in favour of its continuance. Mr. M. T. BAINES said that be thought the bill a very good one in principle, and many of the objections raised against it might be remedied by the committee. He did not behove it would have the effect of subvert ing! the grand jury system throug hout the countr y . He hoped the consideration of the clauses would be allowed to be proceeded with. Mr. J. LOCKE (Soutlexark), opposed the bill. Mr. BRISCOE considered the arguments against the bill irresistible. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said that the object of the bill was to provide that where a case had under gone the most perfect preliminary investigation, there should be no further delay by referring it to a grand jury, and he thought that that principle would be pro ductive of great advantage. Mr. HENLEY disliked the measu-e, and he had heard nothing to disabuse his mind that if it were adopted for the metropolitan district it would not be ex tended to the whole of the country. He was unwilling to see the grand jury system abolished. The committee then divided. The numbers were — For the motion BO Against it Majority On the motion that clause 1 stand part of the bill, Mr. M'MAHON said that by the clause as it stood no grand jury could hereafter be assembled in the Cen tral Criminal Court. A lengthened discussion ensued, which lasted till 10 minutes to 4 o'clock, when, by the forms of the house, the Chairman reported progress. APPREHENSION OF TREDRE—LAMBETH ELECTION. The SERGEANT-AT-ARMS reported that Tredre, a wit fleas in the Lambeth el.ction case, was in his custody. On the motion of Mr. INGELIM, the Sergeant-at. Arms was ordered to take Tredre tJ and from the com• rnittee as often as the committee required his attend , ance. The bonne then suspended its sittings. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. MAYO ELECTION PETITION. Mr. SC HOLEFIELD reported from the select com mittee appointed to inquire into the petition complain ing of the return of Mr. Moore, that G. IL Moore, E.q., w_►s not du!) , elected to serve as a knight of the shire for the present Parliament ; that the said election, as far as regarded the said G. H. Moore, was a void election. The ceromittee also agreed to a resolution to the effect that G. H. Moore was, by his agents, guilty of undue influ ence ; that undue influence and spiritnal intimidation prevailed to a great extent, that the Rev. P. Conway and Luke Ryan made th , :naseives al prominent and ac tive in this respect that the committee felt it to be their du y to report their conduct to the house, leaving it to the house to take such steps as it might deem necessary ; that it did not appear to the committee that Mr. Moore sanctioned or was cognisant of such undue influence or spiritual intimidation. Mr. SC EIO LEF. lELD moved that the evidence be laid on the table of the house, which was agreed to. BURN ST. EDMUND'S ELECTION PETITION. Mr. HARDY brought up the report of the commit tee, which stated that J. A. Hardcastle, Esq., was duly elected to serve as a burgess in the present Parliament. The committee came to a resolution to the effect that one voter, J. W. Clark, paid one the sum of 151. f,o voting ; that a voter was detained in a drunken state, and that he was taken out in a drunken state to vote, but that it was not shown by whom the expenses were paid ; that the said J. W. Clark was not produced to rebut the evidence respecting him ; that the committee were not satisfied that be had no such authority as would jnitify them in declaring the seat to be vacant. PA RLIA.MEN rAity OATHS. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Friday nex t he would move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act of the Ist and 2d of Vic. c. 105, entitled, "An act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain oathp. ORDNANCE SURVEY. On the motion of Sir D. NORREYS, the following re turn was ordered :—A detailed report of the state of the survey on the 12th day of June, 1857, showing-1. The names of the parishes, either in England or Scotland, of which the maps were completed on the 25-inch scalp, and were then ready for reduction, or publication, by engraving, or any other copying process. The names of parishes the mans - of which were so far advanced that the primary and secondary triangulation had been laid down, and the filling-in of detail was in progress, on the day named. (If the maps of portions only of parishes were completed, or were in the state referred to in No. 1, the number of sheets so completed, or so far in progress, is to be stated.) EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL COMPANY. Mr, CONINGHAM wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what was the number of steam-vessels which the Post-office agreed with the European and Australian Mail Company should be placed on the line from Australia to Suez S Was proper security taken by the Post-office before the line was opened that the pro per number of vessels were placed on the station Did the number of vessels agreed upon provide against a contingency or loss, or break down, of one or more of the vessels? Mr. WILSON said the contract provided that the company were to have six vessels engaged in the service. He believed they bad the full number engaged. But the Oneida was lost, and the full penalty was enforced for the non-performance of that particular voyage. With regard to the other voyages, the service was performed in a manner satisfactory to the Post-office ; and when the Oneida broke down another vessel was put in her place, INDIAN AFFAIRS. Mr. DISR&ELI—I wish to put a question to her Ma jesty's Government on the present state of affairs is In dia, as to whether an opportunity will be given, and which will be the most convenient opportunity for her Majesty's Government, to the house to express some opinion on this, the most considerable event that has taken place in India for many years. It is now nearly a fortnight since I addressed an iiquiry to the Government, when the first news of the occurrence of these events arrived, and that in the absence of the noble lord. The main object of my inquiring was first of all to know what measures had been taken by ti e Government under the disastrous circumstances which had occurred, and my second object was to ascertain generally from the Government cvnat they believed to be the cause of these events. That was a fortnight ago. The house was then told that the Governor-General of India wrote home in high spirits, and certainly the house was allowed to infer that the state of affairs was not of so serious a character as, I believe, it would be the greatest want of prudence on our part now to doubt. We now have had news of the greatest importance com municated to us thr o u g h th e e l ec t r i c t e l egra ph, and what I now wish to know is whether the despatches received by the Government would enable them to give any de • tails or any authoritative information to the house as to the present position of affairs in India. (Hear ' hear.) I I. should also like to know fr om th e no Ll a lord wh, the , he will assist us in giving the earliest opportunity of expressing the views of the house on the causes and pro bable consequences of the present state of affairs in I n di a ; Some observations were made the other evening on the subject of the Indian budget with a view to its being brought for ward without lose of time. If her Majesty's Government brought forward that budget it would be a legitimate opportunity for the house dispassionately to discuss the affairs of India." Of course it was open to him or any other member of the house, on the motion for going into committee of supply, to call the attention of the house to the state of affAi. a in India. .but there were other important motions connected with the Per siao and Chinese wars, to be discussed , and it wou ld be I highly inconvenient if these were di-cussed in connexion with the present question. What I should Ike to know, therefare, from the noble lord is whether he will favour the house with what be believes to be the most author . - tative information respecting the present position of In dian affairs ; and secondly, I shall be glad to hear from him what ste - cs Government are prepared to adopt ander the circumstaeces ; and lastly, I should like to hear from him whether he will permit the Indian budget to be brought forward on Friday, so as to give the House of Commons an oppor,"unity of expressing an opinion on the present serious posit;on of affairs in India ? Lord PALMERSTON--Her Majesty's Government have received despatches of which the substance has been communicated by the electric telegraph from Marseilles. [ believe there are other despatches coining by South ampton which may or may not contain further informa tion as to these events, which was given in the despatch communicated by telegraph ; antl, speaking generally, I should say that the information which the Government ii in possession of does not vary from that which is pub lished from private sources in the ordinary channels of nformation. Her Majesty's Government will, without any unnecessary delay, lay on the table of the house such portions of the correspondence as they think will be suffi cient to give the house the fullest information on the subject of these events. With regard to the question of the right hon. gentleman in respect to the opportunity of discussing this very important matter, of course it is very natural that there should be a desire on the part of members of expressing their opinions ; but, I submit, it would be better they should first see the papers. These papers may be considered full, or not full enough, of in formation ; but it would not be in accordance with the practice of Parliament to originate a discussion winding the production of papers which will be laid on the table to-morrow--(as was understood.) With regard to a dis- cussion on Friday, I think the right hon. gentleman—at least, I think, the hon. members—will find that they will not have the papers long enough in their hands to enable them to have a discussion on Friday. ([Tear ) But her Majesty's Government have no wish to put off the discussion longer than the time necessary fof giving full information on the subject. Ttmat shall be done with out loss of time, and then it will be for the right hon. gentleman to choose his own time for bringing the sub ject before the house. Mr. DISRAELI wished to know how far back the papers to be presented by the noble lord would go? The house ought to be in possession of any despatch which would give information as to the accounts which her Majesty's Government received as to the state of affairs in India before the present events took place, and as to the causes, that led to the Persian and Chinese wars. These were important papers, without which the house could not form an opinion, and he did not wish to preci• pitate a discussion without these documents. If, there fore, he delayed bringing the question before the house, it was because he understood from the Government that the house should be put in possession of papers so far back as that they should know what led to the wars with Persia and China. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government would present the papers which they thought best calculated to put the house in possession of the facts, and if the right hon. gentleman thought them insufficient, it would be competent to bring the whole su ject before the house. Lord J. RUSSELL—There is one point on which I think the house feel more anxious than as to any discus• siren. My noble friend stated last night what the Govern ment were about to do in cocsequence of the intelligence they received from India. That statement was general, and I do not wonder at it because it was founded on a te:egraphic message. But now that the Government are in receipt of the despatch, I confess I am anxious to hear from my noble friend a more satisfactory and a fuller statement of the measures taken by the Government. I hope to hear from may noble friend that the reinforcements sent ont will be sufficient, and that he will make a full statement of what the Government mean to do under the circumstances. Lord PALMERSTON—The best answer I can give to my noble friend is this, that her Majesty's Govern moment had, before the receipt of the despatches which ar rived yesterday, made arrangements for sending large re inforcements to India, and that those reinforcements are rather greater than what Lord Canning asks for. (Hear.) Of course the house will not expect me to enter into details of the regiments at the stations. But speaking generally, I should say that, though her Majesty's Go vernment feel no apprehension or alarm as to the ulti mate result of these unfortunate events, yet they think it to be their duty to act as if there were reason for ap prehension, and to leave nothing undone which is within the reach of administrative functions, in order to provide for the emergency which has occurred in India. Sir J. WALSH said that a report prevailed that for some time past Gen. Anson bad written home, making strong representations as to the existence of disaffection in the Bengal army. He therefore wished to know whe ther the papers to be laid before Parliament! would con tain lull extracts from the correspondence of Gan. Ansel). Mr. MANGLES said he would answer that question for the noble lori. He had heard the rumour to which the hon. baronet referred, and in reply to it said he had never seen a single line ia the shape of an official warning from Gen. Anson. He made more special inquiry on the subject to-day at the India House, and he could only say that they bad not received a single word of notice from Gen. Anson on the subject of these late occurrences. Mr. CHEETHAM. asked when the noble lord would give a day for the renewal of the debate on the growth of cotton in India! t t Lord PALMERSTON said he was aware of the im p c rtance of that subject to the manufacturing interest, bat be doubted whether in the present state of Indian affairs that debate could be confined to cotton. He should be willing to give him the morning of Tuesday next, but he thought it would be better to postpone the subject till after the debate which the right hon. gentle man opposite proposed to introduce. Sir DEL. EVANS said that the House of Commons had a duty to perform as well as the Government, and he thought the noble lord sleculd say something more de fiemtm re -pectin the day for discussing this subject. In reply to Lord J. MANNERS, Mr. V. SMITH said that General Anson did not cora rnunisata with the Government, but with the Court of Directors. If General Anson felt it his duty to make any representation toe to the state of the army in India, his course would be, as the military member of the council, to put a minute of his opinion on record, which would be transmitted to the Court of Directors. He (Mr. V. Smith) was not aware of any communication from General Anson which stated that there was any such disaffection in the Bengal army as had been alluded to. Sir J. WALSH said there was some misapprehension as to the answer already given by the President of the Board of Control. He begged to ask again whether any department bad received a communication from General Anson calling the attention of the Government to the disaffection in the Bengal army? Mr. V. SMITH repeated that no such communication had been received. Capt, DUNCOMBE asked if there had been any despatch to that effect from Sir W. Gomm I Mr. V. SMITH believed not, but he was not at the Board of Control when that officer was Commander-in- Cisief. Sir C. WOOD could state that no such communica tion had been received while he was President of the Board. THE CIVIL SERVICE. Viscount GODERICEI, in moving the following re port—" That, in the opinion of this house, the expe rience acquired since the issuing of the Order in Council of the 21st day of May, 1355, is in favour of the adop tion of the principle of competition as a condition of en. t ra nce to the civil service, and that the application o' that principle ought to be extended, in conformity with the resolution of the house, agreed to ou the 24th day of April, 1856," said that the replies he had received on former occasions in answer to the remarks ha had made as to the difference between the hopes hell out to the candidates for the civil service of the Crown and which now appeared to be the intention of the Government were so unsatisfactory, that he felt bound to call the attention of the house again to the sub ject. Tie employes in the branches of the superior departments, such as the Secretary of State's offices and the clerks in the Revenue Depart ment, appeared to be still appointed by the old system of patronage vested in the heads of the different depart ments. The hopes held out last July had not been ful filled. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had given thetn no hope that they would be fulfilled. He had therefore no alternative but to bring for ward the subject and ap peal to the opinion of the House of Commons. The pur pose of the motion was to obtain from the house an ex pression of opinion that the system of competition as a mode of admission to the civil service was one which they approved and which they desired to see extended, and which they hoped to see become the general system. The noble lord said he thought the facts which had been esta blished by the report made under Lord Aberdeen's Go vernment showed that such a system . was neeeseary to get even ordinary capacity into the civil s,rvice. The second report of the Civil Service Commissioners showed that, by the present imperfect system of examination, a vast number of incapable candidates were rejected, and pointed out most clearly the necessity of extending the principle of competition in making appointments to the civil service. The system was effective while it could be, and had been shown that the old system was wretch edly defective. Very little argument was required to ' N SDA VRNING, tesa",ons In !re. • - • - --- _ recommend the system of competition. Direct and in- F choice, weeld not have been placed in situations of such swaths...lse the payment of clerks of pc..., direct bent fits wt uld result from its adoption. It would I responsibility. He therefore augured well for thet system laud by sala r i es instead of fees. e cuduce to the efficiency of the public service by precut.- of examination which had been recommended, and he LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. ing the fittest persons to fill the various situations. He concurred wi• h the noble lorA in thinkin g that !unitin g Leave was s;iven to bring in a bill to revive and con denbted whether the beats of the $ arioue departments youn g men against one another, in ord - r to see who tinue far a limited time an act to amend the laws relating were. ab'e to devote sufficient time to inquire into the could win the race, was better than a walle over on the to lean societies. eligibility of clerks appointed in their departments. If I part o f a sin g le candidate. It was for these amongst The Commons Inclosure Bill was brought up and read the heads of such offices really required to get the best 1 other reemins taw. he we s not pr-pared to negaeive the a first time. men, they would hail the system of competitive . alma. ' rratolation of the noble lord. It it had not been for the The Valuation of Lends (Scotland) Act Amendment nation as being the only one which would effect the oh- statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer it might Eill was brought up and read a fi; st time. jest they had in view. It raised the standard of ability ~ have been thought that this was an attempt to press j The Law and Assessed Taxes, &e. (Scotland) Bill was naturally, and he could not conceive a n y sy s tem so upon the House of Commons a s'jstem which it did not also brought up and read a first time. well calculated to ensure the efficiency of public ser - wish to accept ; but he (the noble lord) trusted that the ~ The Sale of Corn Bill was brought up by Mr. ADDER va nts. If in the Revenue depertment the clerks re- resolution would strengthen the hands of the Govern- LET and read a fir-t time. quired superior ability, why in the Revenue ment, and that it would satisfy these who might be un- RAILWAY TRAFFIC ACT AMENDMENT BILL. and Customs departments , since the introducti o n s uccessful in the race that the s y stem was founded upon 1 , Mr. D. G RIFF ITEIS moved the second reading of of the system of competitive examination, bad the Secre - public principle, and that Government was going hand this bill, the object of which he explained to be to Y tar of the Treasury appointed 240 clerks? Was it in hand with the House of Commons in the adoption of facilitate the means of obtaining justice in cases of possible that that right hon. gentleman could have exer- a system by means of which the public offices might be dispute between private individuals and •h e ra ilway eised the necessary supervi , ien to obtain the requisite filled by tee best men that could be obtained. (Hear.) companies, in connection with the traffic on existing ability in those at the rate of 12 or 14 appointments a I Lord GODERICH expressed his thanks to the Go- , railways. month ? It was simply out of the question vernment for the course they bad adopted, which h e Mr. wow w move d that the hell be read a second time that he could do so. The fact was that the believed would be satisfactory to the bowie and to the that day three months. Government retained the patronage for political consi- ceuritry. (Hear.) Since he brought this question be- This amendment was carried without a division, amid deratione. The system was bad, an d h e d e p re cated fore the house many important steps had been taken by i loud laughter from all sides of the house. the existence of the practice of hon. members of that the Government, and he trusted that now the principle Mr. HUGESSEN then moved the adjournment of house dispensing patronage in the shape of appointments , would be still further extended, the house, which was carried, and tae house adjourned to the Customs and to tidewaiterships. There was The resolution was then agreed to. at 25 minutes to one o'clock. . ample room in those appointments for serious corruption PRIVATEERING. between members and constituents. Nominations in such Mr. LINDSAY moved an address for copies of Mr. a way did not consider in the slightest degree the capa- Marcy'zs letter to the French Government, in answer to tail ty of the persons appointed ; and he, for one, desired I the communication of the resolution of the Paris Con- I see the system entirely swept acay. (Hear.) No- I ference upon the subject of privateering ; and of any thing would more tend to sprawl pub is education than other papers or correspondence that may have passed the adoption of the system of competitive examination. between the British Government arid other powers. The Taat was not merely his own opinion, but thoseto whom, hon. member explained that those papers related to a on a question of that kind, the house would listen with subject of some importance to England as a maritime deference. He would refer to the good effects which nation. He believed that upon the resolution of the had followed the course adopted by the Society of Arts Paris Conference being brought before the American in consequence of his motion last year, and of the speech Government they had readily consented to the second of the right honourable the Chancellor of the and third, but had not given an unanimous adhesion to Exchequer. In Ireland, Dr. Graves had ex- that proposition which dealt with the rights cif priva pressed a decided opinion of the benefit which had teers. What was wanted to complete the system laid resulted from the partial adoption of the principle of down by the Paris proposition was, that private pro public competition for appointments to the public service. pesty should be respected at sea as it was on shore. He He stated that new life had been infused into education thought that the time was not far distant when the house from the establishment of the principle, and that in the crust discuss that principle, but his present object was University of Dublin a to get the papers printed, so that the house might he to qualify students for those examinations. If the partial prepared to deal with tire question next session. We adoption of the sy4emn had so affected the state of edu- must go forward having done so much, for at present cation, what would he the effect if the system were fully neutral flag covered neutral goods, except contraband of carried out 1 It would give a stimulus which no other war . W e h a d fi ve m illi on t ons fleeting in ships, our direct means would supply, and though that might be an exports were 100 millions, and in onr imports nearly the indirect good, he contended that it was one well worthy same ; and therefore the question was of far more im portance to LI s than to any other country. What would of consideration by that house. All he asked hon. gen - . tlemen to do in affirming his resolution, was to express a be the consequence if we were engaged in a war with favourable opinion as to the extended application of a America or France ? The premium on marine ae.sur system which the commissioner.;' reports had proved to ances would be increased 10 per cent. Then there would work wel l , and to give such a stimulus to Government as be 5 per cent- war risk on British ships ; and then the should prevent them standing still, and oblige them to go British merchant, whatever might be his patriotism, on in the course they had commenced. He could not would not ship in British bottoms. What would then agree to the amendment proposed by the noble lord the become of our five ninon tons of shipping? The house member for Tamworth, because it would bind the should consider the position in which they stood, and it house to the opinion that limited competition was was for that reason he asked for the papers, in order the beet system which could be adopted. If the noble that hon. members might become thoroughly acquainted lord's amendment was carried, it would leave the ques- with the subject. All that he asked was that Govern tion very much where it was, since it would merely went should ley the papers on thetable, and if he should shift the patronage from one person to another. He be successful, he would then make a substantive motion trusted he should receive the same support from that calculated ot e Lordim, r bi ve artpeb AeartvioLin having elicit quoted .ito included Tl e uod o seN p ed i vt said belaOryiatidlmOtohfvaittnhiget authorities f h wo o ar house. t s z e nn . eo ttph The papers. subject ra sl. bon.fo for posed Parliament which he had met with in the last, and as he m felt the question was one in which the public at large felt the deepest interest, he should, if unfortuna t ely op posed by the Government, feel it his duty to take the the British Government to grant papers which had sense of the house by going to a division. formed the correspondence between two foreign powers. Viscount RAYNRAM said no one was more anxious In point of fact the papers in question were not in their that the system of limited coropetttiou should be adopted official posses-ion ; but with respect to the British and then himself. It was with reference to what he believed American Governments what happened was this, The an omission in the resolution of his noble friend that resolutions of the Paris conference were communicated he considered it desirable to givo the house an op- to ell foreign Governments who were interested in the portunity of expressing their dissent to a system of matter. Amongst others to that of America, and that open competition. He thought that heads of depart- Government expressed their willingness to accede to meats, feeling themselves responsible for the chit- them provided that private property should no longer be racter of those under them, would take care that liable to capture. The subject was one that required the only duly qualified persons ware appointed. Talent gravest consideration on the part of the British Govern and ab•lities were not all that was required. They scent, because it so deeply affected all our interests, and required to have unobjectionable moral character ; and no answer could be given without careful deliberation. some guarantee should be given that the moral fitness of In the meantime the American Goveanment was the s sorryca ndidatesto see Parliamentary all im desired. lie should was changed, an I when the new President came into office b his government declined receiving any answer to the appointments ; he would much rather see th e p atrona g e ae that nta c r o y cool I be influence governing those proposition of their predecessors, but begged that the remain where it was, He did net object to the terms negotiations might be considered as suspended. Under of his noble friend's resolution. It was only because he these circumstances, the house would see that Govern objected to the principle of open competition that he went could not accede to the motion of his hon. friend. felt bound to make this addition to his motion, "that it He (Lord Palmerston) would not enter into the propo is desirable that the nomination of all persons desirous sition the United States had made, but his hon. friend of competing for vacant appointments in the Civ 1 Ser- had himself made a proposition to the effect that private vice should rest with the heads of the departments in property should be sacred on sea as it was on land. Now which those vacancies occur." if his hon. friend would consider the circumstances he The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied would find that the practice had varied very much on that the principle of competition had nut been carried laud in different wars. Requisitions were sometimes out in the appointments to the Civil Service. The order in made, and were complied with by a violation of property. council had stated that every candidate should be extemins rt m iel fl o: pr i eeo pealing ah o ia f nt gh t h ios a r t hso s o o nm r . sort, and f roief nt dhewo them while would l suspended. the o t n e p g e o r .- But, as he had said before, the question could not be ed by an independent commission. Since then it had been proposed to adopt the system of free and open c :crepe mime. tation. To that principle he objected, but it had ap peared to him that consistently with the order in council td H s 1 e ias v e tc e i t u :r ' l e a s 'l s e i t dw e i trusted rn t i :h a m e a a fair compromise might be made with the prin ci p le of Mr. BENTINCK was of opinion that 'a great war open competition, by adopting with respect to certain could never be decided it the Paris resolutions were corn branches of the civil service the principle of limited coin- plied with by this c nintry. The great strength of Eng petition. That was, that the heads of departments should land lay in her power of destroying the commerce of her nominate a selected nutratemof persons who were to coca- toes, and if she yielded up that power her going to war pete amongst themselves for the appointments. He had any more would be nothing lent a farce. He should like stated last year that it appeared to him that that princi- to know why the question had been mooted, or why it ple was well adapted for the Treasury , for the Secretaries had at all been mixed up with the negotiations of Paris. of State's departments, and for other departments of that In our present circumstances there could not be a more kind, and he had stated with regard to a great numbs of important question. departments the principle had been acted upon ; but that a ek L ne o td r df d oi drJ were notße r RUSSELL notgSrSe E ei nt L o L thwe theiraso motion, ffi no c t lit surprised u ps r eo p es r si that h i e s g: e s d itohna.t tTh sh G pe o a c hp e oe r ra n s. stanced such offices as that of messenger or vilage poet - - with many offices it appeared altogether absurd t.o apply n is the principle of competitive examination. He had in member bad stated that if any alteration were made waster, in which it would be altogether out of the ques tion. In reply to the remarks of the noble lord that the there would be five per cant. extra. But the hon. Government had made no advance in carrying, out the prin. member had made some statements which were eIP • le of competiti ve examination since the subject worthy the attention of the house, He had stated that in had first been ü brought psi n ee u t n h d a e t r t i t m h e e c by ni sciod competitive e t i t o i t n i v e ex a_ f e thea. case of war the ships of this country would be subject to house, he would merel y remar k that the appointments a heavy warb risk, e and that t ourto n carrying eut trade would most probably transferred ••al nation. Now he (Lord J. Russell) should like G to hear from t.e overn naent some exp'anation as to the propositions which had ambnaid,alabFteiooeranesifitnslitehdtebelCational Debt offic e , th e o ff ice o f Woods office of Works, the Police-court, Bow be been agreed to at the coneress of Paris. No doubt in street, the Poor L aw Beard, the freasury, and the War theease of war between England, France, and Russia, office. In Scotland the same principl e h a d been applied we remold not do otherwise than adopt them ; but that in appointments to the Registrar-Generale office. In ' war having ended, we were under no necessity at making Ireland the Ch ief Secretaries office, the Constabulary concessions of principles which were in conformity with office, the Loan office, the Dubli n M e t ro p o lit an P o li ce the law of nations, and which this country had always office, and many other offices. He trusted that would acted up to. No notice had been given to the country, be deemed a sufficientpeatnitsit(vmerwtaosththeecdhiaffirgcuelt4haotftgheetZ or to either House of Parliament, thee such propositions vernment had been standing still. One difficulty in the were to have been entertained at the eongress. They all supposed that Lord Claren na do u : t w h e a n y t e to bee P n a: u is r t p o ris m wd ak t o o o theut powers,en ea ,3 - e p ac p es with Russia; but with respect to decleratien s o f together persona on the same spot in order to compete,and the unfair the e x advantagesmi it na gave tiont to o k t p h l o a s e e e . wh o Another lived near wss t t h h a e t place whereo. d fads kind, as to the maritime rights of b llig r e bm r y e i n tnh t the people of th•A country c t e t o d r t y la:e end explanationthat the h noblee had . candidates might be better quaff tthe nt ge "[l a * hear of such a subject having been started at all. Bat he g e appoi ! vents, although in point had man all manned ethreoohledse,racnadndmidi3abtetshadanutifaira cants eover thee g leduseattirsufascould not agree with hon, members that we should go of fact the younger forward, and he though the analogy sought to be esta. blished between land and sea was quite untenable. It given would go ' ' as ire of France or Virginia was in a different position from • the house to one specified course in that parti- was quite obvious tua a t e a ets pledging lord would. not think it necessary to to a division those who sent large reductive of the greatest inconvenience cular might be P of men, who the next moment, might be employed against to the public serviemON b . the navy of this country. But the whole matter was in fied for thepobseitidoensn. Mr. G. HA TON ore testimony to the stimulus - state. He quite ' which the princip le ol competition man to s w e n a n , ton. member opposite that our most efficient weapon in in Ireland, P allyesp among the classes immediately war had always been our power of crushiug the commerce above the lower detesT. of our enemy, and so making him most eager in desiring Mr. J. C. BWARetippOrted the resolution, and that the war shou'd come to an end. But if any great hoped the time w as coming, if it bad not already come, Power, such as France or America, could maintain its when members o f this house would have no influence trade in full vigour. and send its manufactures over the whatever in the a ppointment to public offices. world in perfect security, in neutral bottoms, there would Mr. ADAMS also supported the resolution, and sup leba no reason for any hurry in making peace. Re must ported the princip of . open rather than limited competi confess that he looked upon this quest i on as being in an tion, as that wo uld o y extend the patronage of the go alarming position, and he regretted that the declarations v e r n meet by giving n i them the noteir.a.tion to competitions alluded to had ever been male. (Hear, hear.) instead of the nomination to office itself. Mr. LINDSAY explained that he had never advo- Mr. CLAY could not see much difference between cated or approved of the declarations alluded to by the Lord Goderich's plan and that of the Chancellor di the noel© lord. He deplored them, and begged to recom- H e denied that the recommendations of Exchequer. mend their serious consideration to the house. members of P a rliament were necessarily political. Lord J. RUSSELL was glad that the hon. member's Lord PALMERSTON quite agreed with what bad views coincided with his own. been stated, that the difference between the resolution Sir C. NAPIER quite agreed with his hon. friend of the noble lord and the principle of the Chancellor of that this matter could not remain in its present position. was so slight that it was hardly worth the Exchequer If these propositions were carried out our trade in war while to trouble the house to record its opinions upo# time would be all swept away in neutral vessels, and he would, therefore, accept the resole the matter, and our only remedy would be an universal blockade, ' for tion of the noble 1 reef, with the interpretaton which had which, with our present navy, we were quite unpre been put upon it, and not according to the view which pared. had bean taken of it by some boo. members who had Motion withdrawn. spoken, and who would have every appointment u n d er A e d so that whoever knocked a t th e THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. Government ausertis • door and claimed to be a candidate should be at once Mr. C. BUXSON moved that as address be pre admitted to examination. They had b een t o ld th a t sented to the Crown, praying that her Majesty would Governments should shape their course like private employ all the means in her power to put down the persona, merchant', bac kers, railwa y com p anies, and i slave trade, and to enforce the treaties made with other others, , but he b here bad yet to learn that these powers for the purpose. He brought forward this .too persons and companies filled up their appoint. tion, he said, not in opposition to the present Govern ments in the manner which had been recommended, meet, but to strengthen their hands, might have been He misinformed, but he thought, Mr. NEWDEGArE admitted the exerti ons o f L or d that it was their practice to look out fo r Palmerston t 2 put down the slave trade, but b e cou ld persons who by their talent and trustworthiness to not forget the exertions made by the late Lord George proper p ersons to be ap- Bentinek in the same cause by endeavouring to prevent h•Ad those positions we re flee ember (Mr. Clay) bad ex the introduction of slave-grown produce. - - pointed. The honourable m of membersmieht be . Mr. WATKINS thought the oleir ed how the recommendations ..., house should direct its t 'the respectandltY of the persons attention; to the cultivation of cotton by free labour, as accepted as evidence of who were presented to appoi n tments under the Govern the beet means of put t ing down the slave trade. ment. At the same time the house must not tun away Lord PALMERSTON thanked the hon. member for with the notion that all these offices ware fid s ed by the his motion, and assured the h ouse t h at no efforts shou ld r to carry out the objects members of that house. Government ~ be spared . of the motion. nominations of applications from persons in The motion was then unanimously agreed to. a always open to other and who, in otler ways, Several bills of localand • - a respectable position in life, a minor description were in ' (He ye, ' troduced. • were fitted for the situations they sought. (Hear,hear.) theprinciple He quite concurred with the noble lord that COUNTY AND DISTRICT SURVEYORS, &c , t e r than direct or tingle ex tmi of competition was far be t (IRELAND). were liable to failure and nations, All human efforts Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved for a select commit defects,king comeention would but, generally spea • tee to inquire into the duties, functions, and mode of re the• best men for the situati ons the y sought. At the same mai:aeration of county and district surveyors and assist time, it would be impossible by a mere competitive ant surveyors, in Ireland. examination to ascertain those great qualities of cha- The motion was agreed to. racter, habits, and temperament of mind. Still there was at the time of life at RAILWAYS (IRELAND). this to be said that the young mea for clerkehip, Mr. BUTT moved for leave a bill to en which they generally presented themselves . to introduce . that standard which was re - able baronies or h •ot er districts in Ireland to give guaran- had not generally attained deficient in mind or power of of railways passi n g quisite, and if they were situations, d be fit for the an such districts_ application, they would not certainly the system of competitive examination would Mr. HERBERT assent e d t o th e introduction of the andtheir mind - s Ibills n the d stands un erstan ing that the Government did not bring out their presence of by theprocess of !Plee itself to eta cation more than could be secured examinations, and therefore he 1 Loud NAAS objected * to the principle of the bill. and individual eaa separate ' la After few the Treasury. and had recern- a words from Mr. Matlawoet, had adopted a plan in • The ATTORNEY . t d that e to the departments—thatin- . -GENERAL sugges e , consi - stead the same course seeing whether he came dering the important character of the bill, and the late of selecting one, and then up to the required should be sel 1 period of the se • bill should be permitted to be standard, that others , ec- , read first . session, the ._ those who were required a time, on the understanding that no further fed ;and that out of the number ex „ progress should be made with the bill this session. should be chosen lie believed that the sys , ens of amination had been attended with great benefit. No i Mr.. BUT l' complied with the suggestion, and leave doubt in former times, from want of that system, young ws.ltgen to introduce the bill. men were appointed against whom there was no ground ' PUBLIC HEALTH ACT AMENDMENT BILL. theOa • of educational i n c a pauity ; yet w ho, nevertheless, were ' ' motion of Mr. COWPER, leave was given to found by expsrience to be deficient in natural ca p acit y , bring in a bill to amend the Public Health Act of 1848, or power of application ; and the cense q eence was and to mak e f ur th er prov i s i ons f o r town improveme a t e . the higher. appointments in ma n y of the public offices • CLERK OW PETTY SESSIONS. were filled by persons who, if the Government had their Leave was given to Mr. HERBERT to bring in a bill to From the London Gazette of Last Night. -- MILITIA. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th of June, 1857, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Par lia.nent, holden in the 57th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to empower his Majesty to suspend training and to regu late quotas of the Militia," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall be lawful for his Majesty, by any order or Orders in Council, to suspend ' the calling out of the militia of the United Kingdom, or any part of the United Kingdom, or of any county, riding, shire, stewartry, city, town, or place, for the purpose of being trained and exercised in any year, and to order and direct, that no training or exercising of the militia of the United Kingdom, or of any part of the United Kingdom, or of any county or counties, riding, or ridings, shire or shires, stewartry or stewartries, city or cities, town or towns, or place or places, specified in any such Order or Ordersin Coun cil, shall take place in any year, anything contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the militia to the contrary notwithstanding." And whereas it has seemed fit to her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to suspend the calling out of the militia of certain parts of the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned, for the purpose of being trained and exercised in the year eighteen hundred and fifty seven ; now, therefore, her Majesty, by the advice of her Privy Council, doth hereby suspend the calling out of the regiments of militia specified in the Schedule an nexed to this Order. for the purpose of being trained and exercised in the year eighteen hundred r.nd fifty-seven, which Schedule is hereby directed to be taktai as part of this Order ; and it is further ordered that this Order and the said Schedule be published in the London G azette.— WU. L. BATHURST. SCHEDULE OF MILITIA. REGIMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ORDER IN COUNCIL. ENGLAND. Anglesey Bedford Berks Bracknock Bucks Cambridge Ist Cheshire 2d Cheshire Cornwall Rangers Cornwall Miners Artillery Cumberland Denbigh Ist Derby 2d Derby Ist Devon 2d Devon Devon Artillery Dot s3t Ist Durham 2d Durham Eait Essex West Essex Glamorgan Ist Gloucester 2d Gloucester Hampshire Haropsh:.ra Artillery Isle of Wight Artillery Hereford Hertford East Kent West Kent Kent Artillery Ist Lancashire 2nd Lancashire 3d Lancashire 4th Lancashire sth Lancashire 6th Lancashire Lancashire Artillery Leicester North Lincoln South Lincoln London Ist Middlesex 3d Middlesex 4th Middlesex sth Middlesex Monmouth Montgomery Ist Norfolk 2d Norfolk Norfolk Artillery Northampton Northumberland. Nottingham Oxft.r:l Pembroke Artillery Rad•or Shropshire Ist, Somerset 2d Somerset Ist Stafford 2d Stafford Suffolk Artillery West Suffolk Ist Surrey 2d Surrey Sussex Sussex Artillery Ist Tower Hamlets 2d Tower Hamlets Ist Warwick 2.1 Warwick Wilts Worcester East York North York Ist West York 2.1 West York 3d West York 4th West York AberclJeu Argyle Ayr Berwick Dumfries Edinburgh County Edinburgh City Artillery Fife Artillery Forfar Artillery Inverness Galloway Ist Lanark 2(1 Lanark Perth Renfrew ROBB Stirling Antrim Antrim Artillery Armagh. Arinagh Artillery Carlow Cavan Clare Ist Cork 2d Cork 3,1 Cork Cork City Artillery Donegal Donegal Artillery North Down South Down Dublin County Dublin City Dublin City Artillery Fermanagh Cal way Kerry Kildare Kilkenny ,AND. King's County Leitrim Limerick County Limerick City Artillery Londonderry Longtord Louth Nei th Mayo South Mayo Meath Monaghan Queeu s County Roscommon Sligo Ist Tipperary 2d Tipperary Tyrouo Tyrcno Artillery Waterford Artillery Westmeath Wexford Wicklow DOWNING-STREET, JULY 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint W. T. Bridges, Esq., to be a Member of tho Executive and Legislative Councila of the Island of Hong Kong ; D. H. 0. Gordon, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Vir gin Islands ; J. Collings, Esq.. M.D., to b 3 a Member of the Council of Government of the Island of Malta ; and C. Montocchio, Esq , to be a Member of the Council of Go vernment of the Island of Mauritius. Her Mejesty has also been pleased to appoint B. Alleyno, Esq.. to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of St. Vin cent. WHITEHALL, JULY 13, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto the undermentioned gentlemen, viz. :—Wm. Foster Stawell, Esq., Chief Justice of the Colony of Vic toria; James Frederick Palmer, Esq., President of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria ; and Daniel Cooper, E , q., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. WHITEHALL, JULY 14, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Ru therford Alcock, Esq., her royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the insiguia of a Knight of the Royal Military Order of the Tower and Sword, which her late Maj estyt he Queen of Portugal was pleased to confer upon him in testimony ot her approbation of his conduct while Surgeon of the Marine Brigade late in the service of her most faithful Majesty ; and also that he may accept and wear the Su pernumerary Cross of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles the Third, and the Cross of Commander of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, which her Majesty the Queen of Spain bath been pleased to confer upon him, as a mark of her Majesty's approbation of his services in the field, and as Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals in the late British Auxiliary Legion. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 14. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Joseph William Fitzgerald, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Robert Rintoul, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Goldie, who exchanges. 12th Light Dragoons—Lientenan William Clefden Goldie, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Rintoul, who exchanges. Military Train—Lieutenant George Alleyne Rogers to be Captain, without purchase, vice Braybrooke, who re tires; Ensign John William Beatty to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Rogers ; George John Charles Whittington Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beatty. The name of the Paymaster appointed on Ist April, 1857, in the Gazette of 29th May, 1857, is Obe Willans, and not übe Williams, as previously stated. let Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Wild Hulseherg, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Assis tant -Surgeon. 19th Foot—A to ssistant- ssist Surgeon James Castor Smith, f rom the Staff, be A ant-Suraeon. 25th Foot-Lieutenant Francis ° Kegan Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vicePretyman, who retires; Ensign Hora tio Bland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox ' • Nathaniel Crichlow Ramsay, Gent., to be E ns i gn , b y purchase, vice Bland. 38th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Wright, from the 20th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Vere Fane has been permitted to assume and use the name of " Bennett," in lieu of that of his present surname of Fane. 46th Foot—Richard Fletcher Aruavtage Howortb, Gent., to be Elsign, by purchase, vice Garforth, appointed to the 32d Foot. 55th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutenant Henry Burke to be Paymasier, vice Lys, who res gns ; Lieutenant Fiancis Williams to be Adjutant, vice Burke, appointed Pay ma ter. 59th Foot—Lieutenant William Hamilton Thompson to he Captain, without purchase, vice Tom decea sed ; Ensi g n Francis Kin g t on tatham to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thompson. 63rd FoOt—Captain W. Rainforth, from half-pay Unat tached, ,to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Bouverie, deceased ; Lieut. C. A. Hand to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rainforth, who retires; Ensign D, Laney R. Anderson to, be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Hand ; Ashley G. e stby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Anderson. 69th Foot—Ensign Robt. Boucher Clarke to be Lieutenant by purchase, Nice Melton, who retires ; George Edward Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. 79th Foot—To be Assist.-Surgeons - Assist. Surgeons Ed mund Humphrey Reborts, from the 72d Foot ; Patrick Kilgour, from the 51st Foot, vice 8011, appointed to the 93d Foot. let West India Regirnent---Ensign Arthur William C. Nowlan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gos ling, who resigns. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign E,abert Eckford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice McCurdy, promoted; John Robert Matht Gerd ,to be Ensign, by purchasa, vice Eckford. DEPOT BA.: TALION.—Capt. J. Martley, from half-pay 56th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major D. A. G. Darrocb, promoted, without pa chase, to an Unattached Mejo►ity. The exchange between Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. It. A. G. Dalzell, upon half-pay of a Depot Battalion, and Ili °vet-Colonel J. T. Hill, which appeared in the Gazette of the sth Jnne, 18 has been cancelled. HOSPITAL STAFF. - Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Charles f3uckley has been permitted to resign his commission. BREVET. Brevet-Lientenant•Colonel George Thurles Finucane, re tired full-pay as Major to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. aptain William Rainforth, 63d Foot, to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major William Rainforth, 63d Foot, to be Lien tenant-Colorel in the Army. UNATTACHED. —Lieut. David Reil, from 61st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. MEMORANDIIM. — Brevet•Lieut.-Colonel George Thnrles Finite ap, Major upon half-pay Unittached, has been per mitted to retire upon full-pay as Major. SCOT ,AND, IRE' BANKRUPTS Edward Pack Barber, glass merchant, Smithfield, city, to surrender July a, at two, and August 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Al dermanbury ; Downes, Three Kings-court, L,inhard street. Thomas Watson, ship owner, Ruswarp, Yorkshire, July 30 and Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; 43uchanan and Gray, Whitby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Jopling, draper, Wolsingham, July 28, and Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Brignal, Durham. John Wragg, sen., cutlery manufacturer, Sheffield, July 25 and August 29, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield Brewiu, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fretson, Sheffield. • Edwia Waterhouse, carpet manufacturer, Dewsbury, July 21 and Aug. 21, at twelve, at the Leeds District Oourt. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Chadwick, Myra bury ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. JO , ;eph- Piper, furnishing ironmonger and tin plate worker, High-street, Shoreditch, July 25, at eleven, and Aug. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; .Chidley, Basinghall street. Thomas Burnham Clark, licensed victualler, Minories, July 29 and Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashley, Charles-square, Hoxton. James Clark, tea dealer, Alphington-street, Saint Thomas the Apostle, Devon, July 22, and August 18, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Rae. ter ; Flood, Exeter. David Johns, draper, Cardiff, July 27 and Aug. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Killer, official as signee, Bristol ; Bird, Cardiff ; Bevan. and Girling, Brig tol. Edward Davies, Italian, warehouseman, Harrow-road, Middlesex, July 23, at half-past two, and Aug. 27, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldernianbury ; Carpenter, Elm-tourt, Temple. Charles Duvall, Crosby-row, Walworth-road, provision merchant, July 23, at half•past one, Aug. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old. Jewry-chambers. Stafford Moore Lane, corn and seed dealer, Swallow oliffe, Wilts, July 30, at half-past twelve, and August 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street, London ; Colombine, • Basinghall•street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION'S. James Pringle, provision merchant, Spring Gardenk Stockbridge, Edinburgh. Alexander M‘Reddie, grocer, Kirriemnir, Forfarshire. Gilbert Pringle, boot and shoemaker, Dunse. David Houliston, shoemaker, Kirkcudbright. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—JULY 14. We had a moderate supply of grain at to•day's mat• ket, and fine fresh qualities of wheat met a fair sale Ekij previous rates; ordinary runs at rather easier terms, demand being retail. Beans and oats as last quoted. HULL- JULY 14. To-day we bad almost a blank .market, owing to the weather, Mark-lane report, and the general disposition to look on in the passive mood. Any declinequoted can be merely nominal, in the absence of business ; but common consent fixed it at about 3s per qr. Spring corn unaltered. Linseed firm and cakes easier. Wheat, English red, 62s to 66s ; white 61s to 70s; oats, 28s to 30s ; barley, 40s to 96s ; Indian corn, 40s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 10112 s 6d to 11/ ; ditto, foreign, 8/ 108 to 91 15s ; rape cakes, 6/ ss. to 6l 7s 6d; guano, et. to 131. 101; bones, 117 s 6d.; flour, 30s to 325; tares, 30a to 40s. NEWCASTLE-JULY 14 Only a moderate business passing in wheat at Saturday / f rates. There is some inquiry for rye, and holders requite an advance of is to 2s. Barley and oats inootive, and no change in other articles. LEEDS, 4 . 11 LY 14. There was but a moderate supply of wheat to.clait trade inactive, and the prices nominally the same as last week. In barley no change. In other articles there was a limited request, at former rates. Average prices of grain—Wheat, as 3d ; bailey,4 4 I Od ; oats, 35s 6d ; beans, 4 -As 6d ; peas, 38s rye, --s. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. -YESTERDAT. Amsterdam...... •• 11 18 Gibraltar .• .• ••• • • . Ditto, three months .. 12 % Leghorn ..... 29 2 ,ltotterdatn ••••••• • •• •• 12 Y a Genoa ...... •••••••e • • i 5 .tntworp .............. 25 52% than •• •• •• •• •• •• i3ru3sels • • .. • • •• • • •• • • 25 525 Venice•••••••••••••••• iianainirgh ............ 13 8% Naples •• •• .••• •• .• •• •• A?tons •• •••••••••• •• •• • • - FariS. Ditto, three months .. 25 67 Mane:hes 25 67 4 Bonnie Aux •• Palermo .• . • liesSilla •• • • .. 121 Lisbon .. Oporto •••••••••••• •• 51; Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ...• Frankfort-on-Maine.... 11974 Vienna •• • •.• •••• •• •• •• 10 . 31 Trie5te.........••• .... 10 32 Petersburg 36Th Cadiz •••••••••••••••• • 495 B‘r , elona ............ Seville...• ..•......... _ Buenos Ayre5.......... New York,Go days' sight Philadelphia • • ...... ?EtICES OF BULLION, FEB )t, Foreign Gold in Bars £3 1? Portugal Gold Coin 0 viexiean I)ollars 0 5 %. New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOITTH-EASTEIta RATLWAY.—Traffie rr turn for the week ending July 11, 1857 £22,476 14 a Corresponding week last year Inlrease in 1857 - 7 --- £O6B 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH,. COAST RAILWAY." ' Traffic return for the week ending July 11, 187 " 9 1° £15,591 4 Corresponding weak last year 16,514 12 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 32,558 6 I Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 33,612 1 CORA AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic re t urn f or W— aa6 enc.ing July 11, 1857 £277 ' S 6 Correspouding week last year GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for til week ending July 12, 1857 E1,012 4 a Corresponding week l as t y ear 692 11 ' cA [ADVERTISEMIINT.]—Du . 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It is, mor e over, the best food for i n f an t s an d i nval id s generabP as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor terferes with a good lib era l di et, b ut imparts a healtbY relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digl tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeeble bupportcd by testimoni a l s f rom t h e ce l e b rate d P ro f ess ors °, Chemistry, Dr. A ['drew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wtmer ; Dr. Ing ll l o ,' Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Cast is Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectab', persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all otr means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full 4; structions, In canisters, lib, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 1 is ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage on receipt of Post-Office order.--Barry Du Barry, & 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against ' l r. feirful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chanc el for Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitatilla Du Barry's llevalcuta, Arabica Food." BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 13th inst., the wife of Edwin Ward, Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law. O❑ the 12th inst., at Birmingham, the wife of ft. ` l. Elrington, Esq., 10th Royal Hussars. OF A DAOGUTER,. On the 14th inst., the wife of Charles Cowper, EA. , n -19, Glocester-terrace, CamPden-hill, Kensington, and 2w Southampton -buildings, Chancery lane. Ou the 1 4 th inst., at 9, Hyde - park-gardeni, the wi f e Thomas Heywood, jun., Esq. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-fields, Jir to Millis, of 1, Upper Glocester-street, Dorset-square, Harriet, second d.tughter of the late Thos. Wachers, of Greek-street, Soho. On the 13th inst., at Kensington, Swynfen Jervis, k 4(1 1 of Darleaston Hall, Staffordshire, to Catherine, tisuP v of Francis Daniell, E sq ., formerly of Knowle House, itt the county of Devon. DIED. On the 14th inst., at Clayton-place, Peckham, Thoral° Hill, Esq , 79. On the 1301 inst. r , Germain Lavie, Esq., of Frederic k' place, Old Jewry, and 12, Queen-square, Westmins ter ' aged 58. On the 13th inst., at Bridge Avenue, Hammersm ith! Lieut. James F. tit. George M'Donnell, aged He was the intimate friend and companion of the Lieut. Bellot, in the Arctic Seas. On the 13th inst., at Guildford-road, South Camber t' Mr. Samuel Bumstead, of 86, Lower Thames -sty e " aged 46. lat e On the 13th inst., at Clifton, Thomas Todd-Walton, of Cheshunt, Herts, :Ted 8(i. On the 11th inst., at Horseheath Lodgo, Cambridgesh i° Stanlako Batson, Esq., aged 84. s.d LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUJ-,0, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Once, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the 0 1111 of Middlesex, WedneslAy, July 15, 1857. 1 ract Mot Ptal Poll had and Arai ALI Will Cro2 Cornltree ..__ N't to to be i n 11th P' Ex tra ns duty, elt C - 01 t Waif gnat Bc arid char