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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord COLVILLE presented a petition from Wigton against the Police (Scotland) Bill. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Nor folk against the clause in the Divorce Bill compelling clergymen to marry divorced persons. SECURITY TO TRUSTEES' BILL. Lord ST. LEONARDS said, at the tiru 3 the Fraudu lent Trusteed Bill was under discussion he suggested to the noble and learned lord on the woolsack that a mea sure ought to be introduced to afford relief to trustees who had acted honestly. Tne noble lord admitted that such a measure was impracticable, but be thought tbat it w as only difficult, and be accordingly framed a bill, which passed their lordships' house, and was sent down to the Commons where it was read a second !ime. When it was proposed to go into committee on this bill a learned gentleman (the Attorney General) in the other house said, with that confidence which is peculiar to him, that this bill was so fraught with inaccuracies that it would take three days to remedy the defects, and under those circumstance he (the Attorney-General) thought the better clurse would he to withdraw the bill alto gether for the session. He (Lord St. Leonard) begged to give notice that early next session he should reintro duce the same measure. The LORD CHANCELLOR deprecated the system of alludi❑g to the speeches that bad been made in the other house of Parliament. THE DIVORCE BILL. Lord ST. LEONARDS wished to know when it wag likely the Divorce and Mwrimanial Causes Bill would be transmitted to their lordships, in order that the amendments that had been made in the other house rnizbt be considered. Earl GRANVILLE said it was impossible to say when the bid would come up to their lordships. If the noble sind learned lord had given him notice of the question, he would have made inquiry on the subject. The bill had, however, been so fully discussed in both houses, that it was not likely to occupy much of their lordships' time. Lard CAMPBELL said he hoped the session would not close, even though it was continued for a consider. able time longer. He should regard it as a national calamity if the prorogation took place until this bill was passed. Lord REDESDALE said the alterations that had been made were of the most important description— (bear, hear)—such, for instance, of aff )rding relief where it had been refused by their lordships. He thought it would be utterly impossible that these alter ations in the measure, which materially affected the in terest of every home in the kingdom could be properly discussed at a time when the house was so thinly at tended. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government were de- termined to rerist every attempt to postpone it. The subject then dropped. PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA• ZION BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the Com mons' amendments to this bill be agreed to. Lord WYNFORD moved that the amendments in clauses 40 and 70 be not agreed to. After a few words from Lord St. Leonards, Lord Campbell, the Lord Chancellor. and Lord Wynford, the amendment was negatived without a division, and the Commons' amendments were then agreed to. The standing order having been suspended in their favour, the following bills were real a second time : The Pin.lico Improvement Bill, the Dunbar Harbour Loan Bill, and the Metropolitan Police-Stations Bill. The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was reported, with amendments. REVISING BARRISTERS (DUBLIN) BILL. The Lord CHANCELLOR moved the suspension of the standing order in this case, observing that unless the bill was passed the registration of Dublin could not be proceeded with. Lord CAMPBELL repeated his objection to the vesting of the appointment in the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The motion was agreed to, and the bill read a second PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA. TION (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the standina order was suspended in this case also, and the bill read a second time. MUTINY (EAST INDIA) BILL. On the motion of Lord PANMURE, the standing order was suspended, and the bill was read a second time. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES ACT (1856) AMEND• MENT BILL Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the sus pension of the standing order, and the bill was then read a second time. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS (SCOTLAND) (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, the stand• ing order was suspended, and this bill also read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned at five minutes to seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTmaDAY.) Me SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Col. PINNEY, the standing orders were suspended to enable Lord Rivers' Estate Bill to be read a third time and paßoed. MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS _ (Na. 2) BILL. Mr. J. EVVART nao7ed the appointment of the fol. lowing select committee relative to the Mersey Conser vancy aryl Docks (No. 2) Bill :—Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. 'wart, and Mr. Kinglake. Agreed to. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (STAMP DUTIES.) The house went into committee and agreed to the fol lowing resulritions "That the same amount of stamp duty as is now pay able on the admission of a proctor to any ecclesiastical court, shall be payable by every person to be admitted as a proetor in the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, or in the Court of Probate, who shall not have been prcvii.usly admitted as a proctor in the other of such courts, or in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court, a!,d have paid the stamp duty in respect thereof. " That every person who shall practise as a proctor or as a solicitor or attorney in the said Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, or the said Court of Probate, shall obtain an annual cF:rtific de to authorise him so to do under the stamp duty acts in the same manner as proctors practising in the Ecclesiastical or Admix. •lty Courts, and solicitors an'l attorneys practising in her Maje-t 's Ciurts at Westminster, ara now required to do by toe Said acts or any of them. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The c rariiivee on this i,ill was resumed. 0.1 clams(' 5:3, Sir W. IiEITiTCOTE said that he very much regrettel te iefottn the house that his friend and colleague ( \ir. Gladstone) who bad an im portant amendment next in order on the paper for the consi ieration of the committee, had lately been sufferit g under a severe domestic affliction, which was tee cause of his abeence from the House a considerable portion of yeAerdny Toe apnrehonsion that it would c iuse his abeence from the House the remainder of the seseion bad, he reoretteil to Pay, actu ally occurred, and it devolved on him (Sir W. Heathcote) to move the important amendment of his right hon. col league and Mena to this clause. The clause as it stood called on the clergy to marry divorced parties, which would not only be repugnant to the feelings of the majority of thkm, but (as most of them belie /ed) contrary to the law of God. To relieve the clergy from the diffi culty in which I,h ey found themselves placed by this clause, his right hon. friend tad given notice of this amendment which was to the effect that the marriage of divorced persons shout' be in the character of a civil contract entered into at the Registrar's office, but sanctioned by a religious ceremony, where a clergyman or dissenting minister could be found voluntarily to perform it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL regretted the absence of Mr. Gladstone owing to the domestic affliction re ferred to, who, be retmirked, was one of the chief orna ments of their debates. (Hear.) The amendment was objectionable in many respects. It would inflict great injury on the innocent husband or wife seeking to marry again, or an innocent person marrying the adulte - ser or adulteress, as the caee might be. It would also have the effect, if carried, of going far to confirm the principle that marriage was iudiesoluble. The amendment, i: carried, would only make the marriage valid on being solemnised in a particular form, which would be a great hardship on the parties, especially if they were Dissen ters, and cler g y men or Di ssent i ng m i n i s t ers were w ill ing ti perfor m the marriage ceremony. A woman marrying °f unknowingly a divorced man by th e f or of the Church fl form gland would by the amendment be put in the posi thin of a co lle and the children wo u ld b e ill eg i t i ma t e. divorce d on thgge ter that the com m itt ee s h ou ld no t d ec id e t h e divorced persona si n ar endment, but first consid er w h e th er d, muld have p ower t o marry aga i n, an d on that bet r gcia ei the affirmative, then consid e r whether the cler g y „` f kitrehurch of England should or should not be exempt e d t eolemniaing such marriages when they were reluctrert so. He asked the evoitiliraw his amendment. right honourable baronet to Mr. B. HOPE supported tnZn,idment. 11,000 clereymen of the Church of t the clause, and he thought soraeh" petitioned agains deference should be paid to the it feelinee Mr. NEW DEGATE considered that nnthin justify the b'll in its present form, and urg e d t tl e c_ 2 , ll n d mittee to adopt the amendment. He called upon • ence to religion as this committee to give due inflames a corree tive to the dangerous tendency to the bill. Mr. D. GRIFFITHS said that he bad intended to move an amendment prohibiting the guilty party from being married by the forms of the Church of England, but consid e ring the arguments of the Attorney-General unanswerable against the amendment he B'nouli oppose it. Lord J. MANNERS enforced in a lengthened speech, the duty of the committee to respect the conscienti , us scruples of the c!ergy, as well as numbers of the laity, on the enmpni.nry marriage of the guilty parties. Mr. ADAMS expressed a hope that the amendment would be withdrawn. He considered it was essential that a religious sanction should be observed in the so• lemnisation of ma rriage —whether of members of the Church of England or of Dissenters. (Hear, hear.) He also objected to the amendment because it set a brand on innocent parties, as being unworthy to partake of the religious ceremony of marriage. He thought liberty of •oonscience should be given to the clergy in this respect, and where clergymen were willing they should be time. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 19, 1857 permitted to perform the marriage ceremony on either of the divorced parties wishing again to contract marriage. Lord LOVAINE would vote for the amendment if it was pressed to a division, though he tho❑vht it would inflict great hardship on the innocent divorced persons. Mr. BRISCOE hoped there would be no division on the clause, because it was undesirable either party should claim a triumph on this important point. He considered the conscientious scruples of the clergy should be re- spected, and he would rather that the suggestion of the Attorney General should be adopted. Mr SPOONER asked the right hon. baronet (Sir W. Heathcote) to withdraw the amendment, because it would inflict injury on the innocent parties. If it had been confined to the guilty he should have voted in its favour. Mr, MALINS also hoped the amendment would be withdrawn that the sense of the committee might be taken on the question as suggested by the learned Attor ney-General Sir W. HEATHCOTE regretted that the discourage ment he thought shoull be given to the marriage of divorced parties was not entertained by the committee, and as it appeared to be their wish to raise the question relative to the clergy in another shape he would with draw his amendment. The amendment was then withrawn. Major WARBURTON moved at the end of clause 53 :—Provided always, and be it enacted, that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any suit, penalty, or cen sure for refusing or consentin g to solemnise the marriage of any person w h o s h a ll be divorced by virtue of this act. Ho considered his amendment was necessary, be cause by the bill the clergy would be called on to act in opposition to their ordination vows. Without the amendment he proposed the clergy would have to vio late their consciences or abandon their position. Mr. WIGRAM supported the amendment as an act of justice to the clergy. The marriage ceremony was framed on the opinion of the church, that marriage was indissoluble ; but the house having decided to the contrary, they were bound either to modify the marriage ceremony so as to remove the lawful impediment that would exist under that service, or else give them an option to celebrate it or not. He thought there was not time to do the former this session, and as it was tined visable to force the clergy in hostility to the law, as had been the case i n P russ i a, on this point, it was better to give them an optional course of proceeding. He never recollected a memorial presented to Parliament so nu merously signed by the members of one profession as that by the clergy on this point, which he looked upon as importing that the whole of the clergy were unani mous on it. He thought a few cases of marriage ofdivorced persons that had been solemnized was no reason for their withholding the relief asked for by the whole body of the clergy. Lord EBRINGTON supported the amendment. General THOMPSON wished to know what clergy man was likely to be made a martyr under this bill. A divorced person would not be likely to seek out a clergy man who *mold not marry him, with a view of directing attention to the misfortune under which he laboured, but rather resort to a clergyman—and they were always to be found—who would marry divorced persons. Mr. C. FOSTER expressed a hope that the Govern ment would accede to the amendment. Mr. AYRTON considered that the amendment would have the effect of strengthening the power of clergymen who were Romanista in heart, and would enable them to carry out their views of marriage being a sacrament and indissoluble. He admitted that the conscientious scru ples of the clergy should be respected, but the same liberty of conscience that they claimed for themselves they should grant to others. (Hear.) Whilst therefore they refused to perform the service they should not have the power of shutting up the parish church which was the property of the State, and prevent the parishioners from being married there by a clergyman who was willing to perform the marriage ceremony. Mr. WALPOLE supported the amendment on what be considered unanswerable ground, viz., that Parlia ment had no right to impose on any person or class of persons in this country the painful dilemma of obeying or disobeying two laws set before them—(hear, hear) — that of the statute of Charles 11., that required the per formance of the marriage ceremony in a particular man ner and the indissolubility of marriage, and this bill which made marriage dissoluble and allo wed the divorced parties to marry. For the sake of peace in the Church he asked the Government to accept the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was most happy to state that he had been authorised by the noble lord at the head of the Government to accept the amend ment with a qualification that he thought would meet with the approbation of the committee ; but before stat ing it he must call the attention of the committee to the considerations that had weighed greatly with the Go vernment before finally bringing before them this propo sition. He asked the committee first to consider if they were or were not about to introduce a qualification that might prove a snare to those for whose relief it was pro posed to be given. If it were found right to give this relief here, where were they to stop I It would pervade the whole services of the church, especially those of baptism, burial, and the holy sacrament, and lead to disunion, and those evils in the Church which it was desirable to prevent, and which he prayed they might never see. (Hear, hear.) He presumed that the hon. and learned member had well considered the effect of the proposed change, and therefore the Government were prepared to accede to the amendment in these words :—" Provided always and be it enacted that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any suit, penalty, or censure for refusing to sclemnise the marriage of any person whose adultery or crime has been the ground of the dissolution of any marriage." (Hear.) That he thought would meet the case of a wife and her adulterer. The Government also proposed to add to the clause words cempelliug a rector to give the use of the parish church to a priest or deacon of the Church of England willing to'solernnise a marriage of parishioners to which the said rector had objections. Mr HENLEY approved of the clergy amendment of the bon, and learned Attorney-General, but he asked for more time to enable the committee to consider that part with reference to the use of the parish church. After some remarks from Sir W. HEATHCOTE, Mr. WALPOLE said that be did not agree with the bon. and learned Attorney-General that the relief given in this case would have hereafter to be granted in reference to the other services of the church, because in this case the clergy had no additional poeer or autho rity given to them, but would only act under the decree or authority of the new Divorce Court. After some further discussion, it being near four o'clock, the Attorney-General gave notice of his amend ment for consideration at six o'clock this evening, and the debate was adjourned. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the house resumed. MILITIA BILL. On the motion that the amendment of this bill be con sidered and agreed t Col. NORTH asked for an explanation from the Government, relative to the caps and helmet covers of the men sent to India. He believed we were losing many men in India from the want of these covers. Sir J. TREE, A.VVNY gave. notice of his intention to put a question to the Ua ler-Secretary for War, relative to the sergeants of the army. The consideration of the amendment, for want of time was postponed. The other orders were agreed to, and the morning sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. GOOD CONDUCT PAY TO SERGEANTS. Sir J. TRELAWNY inquired whether arrangements had been made for extending the good conduct pay to sergeants in the army 4 Sir J. RAMSDEN replied that, in accordance with the promise he gave at an early period of the session, the claim of soldiers to retain their good conduct pay, alter promotion to the rank of sergeant, had been matur,ly considered, and the noble lord the Secretary for War was most anxious to meet the views which had been ex pressed on the subject ; but there Wa3 a difficulty in car rying them into effect. It had been found that if they made the good conduct warrant applicable to sergeants it must be accompanied by certain other conditions which attached to that warrant, as to the forfeiture of pay in cases of misconduct which it was considered ought not to apply i❑ the case of officers. The War-office had, how ever, under consideration a plan for accomplishing the object by means of a different machinery, which they hoped to be able to adopt. _ CLOTHING OF TROOPS FOR INDIA. Mr. A. STAFFORD, referring to the answer of Sir J. Rarmiden to a previous question on this subject, which he believed had been misunderstood, inquired whether the War-office had made any arrangement for supplying the troops who had embarked for India with cool cloth ing during the voyage as well os on their arrival, and whether it was true, as bad been reported, that the medi cal comforts and medicines for the use of those troops were embarked not with them in the ships in which they sailed, but were to go out in other vessels which did not even sail in their company I Sir J. RAMSDEN said that with regard to the clothing for the use of the troops during the voyage, by the regulations now in force the soldier before embark ing received an advance of three months' pay, out of which certain articles, called sea necessaries, were pro vided by the commanding officer, the total cost of which amounted to rather more than 21. per man, and the ba lance was made over to the commanding officer, to be expended by him int he purchase of such articles as would conduce to the soldier's comfort during the voyage. He should add also that he had made inquiry at the India Board, and ascertained that whenever a transport was taken up by the East India Company the owner was re quired to enter into a cont-act to provide sufficient awn ings to spread over the deck of the vessel in order to pro tect the men from the heat of the sun. With regard to the medical comforts, he bad the authority of the Direc tor-General of the Army Medical Department for saying that in every case the medical comforts and medicines had gone out in the same ships with the men. COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES CONSEQUENT with a UPON THE INDIAN REVOLT. 111 r. DISRAELI—As we are not to have an Indian financialhon.geu teiteatement this session I must trouble the right to know wietec: British eu to man the President of the 'Lard of Control tion for granting Mr. V. SMITI3— th their consideratio n E iro ir: reference to the losses aus•,ained by by the unfortunateerneveent India for the pecuniary tones Ma s s Fr.ensation for these losses? h as not yet been submitted to me ' India during the insurrection. I wish „trials intended to submit any proposi a S h el l Court of Directors have under for compensating the cut ferershbauvte sustained. It that have occurred in Government it need scarcely say that e. hen it does come before theeml will receive the fullest consideration INCREASE OF THE ARMY . Colonel NORTH had heard it reported that the offi cers who had been named to fill up the second battalions of the line regiments were to be placed on the recruiting service on half-pay, and were to receive nothing in addi tion but their lodging-money. He wished to know whether that statement wag correct ; but as he 'had not given, notice of the question he would repeat it to ! morrow Sir J. RAMSDEN would answer the question to- morrow. RESTRICTIONS ON THE INDIAN PRESS. Mr. DISRAELI moved for copies of any despatch from his Excellency the Governor General of India, stating his reasons for making the Act. No. 15, 1857, for the restriction of the liberty of the press applicable to the European portion of the population, as well as to the native; and of any memorial, petition, or remon strance, addressed to his Excellency the Governor-General by the European population in consequence.—Agreed to. POOR RELIEF. On the motion of Lord ELCHO, certain returns in re ference to medical relief were ordered. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH TURKEY. Mr. HADFIELD, pursuant to notice, asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether (under 14th protocol, pas t e 59, of Conferences of the Plenipotentiaries of Paris, 1856, relative to the treaty of peace) there had been a revision of the stipulations which regulate the commer cial relearns of the Porte with other powers, or in the position of foreigners resident in Turkey ; and whether (agreeably to the recorded wish of the plenipotentiaries) a deliberation had been opened at Constantinople, since the conclusion of peace, between the Porte and the representatives of other powers, with a view of attain ing the twofold object in such a manner as to afford entire satisfaction to all legitimate interests ; and if there had been no such revision and deliberation, w h e th er this country, in'its commercial relations with the Porte, ranks amongst the most favoured nations, in all com mercial transactions, the residence of British subjects in Turkey, fiscal and other duties ; and whether any bene ficial or other change had taken place, since the com mencement of the war with Russia, or was intended ; and were negotiations in progress to facilitate the com merce of this country with Turkey ! Lord PALMERSTON—It is perfectly true, as the hon. gentleman states, that under the protocol agreed to by the plenipotentiaries at Paris there was to be a mu tual deliberation of the representatives of the different European powers and the Porte, for the purpose of ar ranging more equal and favourable stipulations for the regulation of commerce with Turkey. But the hon. gen tleman must be aware that from the period when the treaty of Paris was signed and ratified down to the pre s-nt time many questions have been pending upon which the different parties to that treaty entertain different opinions. Some of those questions are still under discus sion, and it would be premature to enter into deliberations which could not be carried to a satisfactory result unless all the parties who shared in them entered upon them without any difference of opinion upon certain matters of considerable importance, which would necessarily be Involved. Nothing has therefore yet been done, but whenever those questions which are still pending shall be finally and satisfactorily settled, then those deliberations to which the hon. gentleman alludes will take place. In the meantime our commercial relations with Turkey rest upon the treaty of 1820. No change has been made, either during the war or consequent upon it ; and, com paring the amount of duties payable on imports and ex ports in Turkey with the tariffs of other countries, it will be seen that her scale of duties is more favourable to commerce than those of almost any other country with which we have commercial relations. Mr. HADFIELD—Do we stand upon equal terms with Austria and Russia in our commercial relations with Turkey l Lord PALMERSTON—I am not prepared to say on what terms those powers stand ; but my general impres sion is that as far as our commercial transaotions go, we are upon an equal footing with them. THE MILITIA BILL. Mr. STAFFORD rose to inquire when the next stage of the Militia Bill was to be taken ; and complained that the consideration of the amendments had been moved without due notice, just before the house rose at the *corning sitting, and when nearly all the members had left, notwithstanding that the noble lord (Palmer. ston) had promised that an opportunity should be afforded of discussing the amendments and of calling attention, as he was desirous of doing, to certain cir cumstances connected with the militia. He mast say this was something like sharp practice on the part of the noble lord. (" Hear" and "Oa.") There were other hon. gen tlemen who were anxious to address the house also on the same subject. (" Order," and cheers.) Very well. Then to put himself in order he would move that the house do now adjourn. The motion having been seconded, Mr. STAFFORD—Now, then, lam in order. The SPEAKER—No, you are not. I must first put the question. (Loud laughter.) The question having been put, Mr. STAFFORD resumed his complaint. He had given notice to the Under-Secretary for War that though he did not intend to oppose the bill he intended to ask certain questions with regard to the arrangements con nected with the warlike preparations for the East. He wished to know why, under such circumstances, he had brought on the bill and advanced it a stage, unexpect edly, at 5 minutes to 4, just before the house rose, and whether the house would yet have the opportunity of en deavouring to elicit from Government such explanations and answers to the questions and suggestions which might be made on this bill, which the noble lord ad mitted was at the present juncture a most important one I The hon. and gallant member for Westminster had said the other night that there was some difficulty in recruiting our army by enlistment. Now he was pre pared to combat that statement. When the harvest was gathered in, he believed there would be no difficulty in obtaining recruits. He thought it highly desirable that the organ of the army in that house should explain au thorit .lively and iu detail what arrangements bad been made for the comfort of the troops who were proceeding to India, and what precautions bad been taken to avoid those hardships to which our soldiers in the Crimea were unnecemrily exposed. Lord A. VANE repeated Mr. Stafford's complaint that the bill had been brought forward at a time when no member who took an interest in the matter was in the house. Lord PALMERSTON said he was sorry to dispel the illusion which the 'son. gentleman seemed to be under, that he was placing himself in conformity with the strict order of the house, by making a speech on the subject of the militia on a motion for the adjournment of the house. If be wished to be strictly in order he ought to have confined himself to giving reasons why there should be an adjournment of the house; and however there may have been laxity of practice, yet the hon. gentleman was out of strict order. However, he would say nothingabout that, lie could ass ure the hon. gentleman that he ex ceedingly regretted that, through misconception or inad vertence, the hon. gentleman should have been deprived of an opportunity of offering his opinion on the state of our military affairs at the stage of the Militia Bill which had just been passed, The hon. gentleman asked him last night if the Militia Bill would come on then, and he replied that it would not, as there was a point which re quired to be looked into, and that the report would be brought up to-day. He was not aware whether he said it would be at the morning or the evening sitting ; but the bill stood for its next stage in the orders for that morning, and it was brought on as usual at a quarter to four, when the discussed business was over. As the hon. member and the noble lord seemed desirous of having an opportunity of entering at large into matters connected with our military affairs, he would take care that the third reading should be so fixed that they might have that opportunity. Lord A. V. TEMPEST—On what day ! Lord PALMERSTON—It may be ou Thursday, but due notice will be given. The moti , n for the adjournment of the house was then withdrawn. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET AND EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL CO M PAN Y. Mr. MACARrNEY begged to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether. previous to the Bth day of July last (upon which day a paper was issued by the directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to their shareholders, headed "Proposed Amalgamation of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the European and Australian Royal. Mail Company"), any communi cation or proposition was made to either of said com panies, directly or indirectly, by the Treasury, that in case of amalgamation the existing contracts to these com panies would be further extended for two years ; and if not, whethes such a proposition (originating with one or both companies) was submitted to hint at any time pre vious or subsequent to such document being circulated ; and if so whether any decision had been come to thereon? Mr. WILSON said it was at all times au inconvenient practice for hon. memb ers o f th a t h ouse t o ma k e part i san motions with reference to companies oat of doors, and to put questions to the Government which were founded on no public motives, and only bearing on the interests of private companies ; it was making Parliament a vehicle far the rivalry of companies out of doors, which ought not to be done, and he hoped the house would support him if he declined to answer questions of that descrip tion. (Hear.) Again, repeated motions were made for returns at the instance of company against company, which filled the table with returns which were of no public interest. (Hear.) He had no wish to withhold information, and he had no objection to answer the question of the hon. gentleman, but hoped that this sort of questioning would be discouraged by the house. Th e hon. gentleman asked whether, previous to an agreement for an amalgamation of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the European and Australian Royal Mail Company, any communication or proposition was made to either of the two companies by the go. vernment. No such proposition had come before him officially, and all he knew was that the two oompaniei did send in a proposition on the subject of some con tracts, and he was told that a report had been made on the subject to the Admiralty, which wonli come before the Treasury to be considered, and when it did come before them it would be considered with reference to the public interests, and not with reference to the interests of one company or the other. Mr. MACARTNEY, in explanation, said the hon. gentleman having imputed to him partisanship in putting this question on behalf of the comp-;nief4 he begged to say that every step he had taken in reference to the subject of Australian postage was taken with reference to the public interest, and he returned with scora toe imputation that be bad done so from private motives. Mr. WILSON said he did not mean to cast any im putation on the hon. gentleman for putting this ques tion, and he was sorry if he had been supposed to do so ; but he had only spoken of the inconvenience of putting questions of this nature. THE COMMISSION ON PURCHASE IN THE ARMY. Mr. RIDLEY begged to ask the Under Secretary for War whether he bad received from the members of the commission appointed to inquire into the system of pur chase in the army who had not appended their names to the report, any reasons for their hiving declined to do so I 4iv J. BA.ISISDEN said the hon. gentleman was cor rect in saying that the names of all the cemmissioners were not appended to the report. A communication had beeu made to the Secretary for War by one of the commissioners, the right hon. gentleman the memb , er for Coventry, stating his inability to agree to the recom mendations in the report, his intention to state his reasons in a separate paper, and when that was received it would be laid on the table. LAMBETH ELECTION. Mr. GILPIN moved "That the minutes of the evi dence taken before the select committee on the Lambeth Election Petition be laid before the house."—Agreed to. CUSTOMS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (STAMPS) BILL. The report of this bill was brought up and received. THE DIVORCE BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, and pro• gress was resumed by The CHAIRMAN putting Major Warburton's proviso, to add at the end of clause 53 the following :—" Pro vided always, and be it enacted, that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any suit, penalty, or censure, for re fusing to solemnize the marriage of any person who shall be divorced by virtue of this act." To this an amend ment had been moved by the Attorney-General. " That no clergyman in holy orders of the united church of Eng land and Ireland shall be compelled to solemnize a mar riage of any person whose former marriage may have been dissolved on the ground of his or her adultery, or be liable to any snit, penalty, or censure, for solemnising, or refusing to solemnise, the marriage of any such per son." Mr. FITZGERALD said that he was disposed to con cur in the main in the opinions expressed on this subject by the Attorney-General, and could not help thinking teat the concession on this point might prove a fatal gift to the Church of England. It was impossible, how ever, to pass over altogether the memorial of the clergy which bad been so widely ciremlated. In his opinion it would be a case of great hardship if an innocent person should be deprived of that to which the law said he or she was entitled, because any one particular class considered the law to be wrong. (Hear.) Still he thought it might be desirable to make some concession to the party which bad put forward their opinions so strongly, and he would do so for the sake of securing peace to the Church. He believed in his conscience that marriage was indissoluble by the divine law, and that divorce was as inexpedient in policy as it was wrong in principle. Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN said he was not opposed to the indissolubility of marriage, because he be lieved the weight of religions authority was in favour of it, but he would not force those clergymen to marry who bad conscientious scrnples against the performance of the ceremony between divorced parties. Divorce was a most important question both to the clergy and the laity, but he thought it was not right for that house, by depriving the clergy of the liberty to refuse to marry, to assume to settle points of doctrine that bad been disputed and discussed for centuries. He would give every clergy. man full liberty of conscience. Mr. HADFIELD said he was as much in favour of religious liberty as any man, but what a pretty state the Church would be in if every clergyman were allowed to exercise his own disoration on every point of doctrine that he might have conscientious scruples about. If a clergyman thought the ceremonies of the Church were contrary to his conscience, let him exercise his liberties like a man, and leave the Cburch altogether, as 200 of their forefathers did at the time of the Reformation. Sir F. BARING said he was not much surprised at the remarks of the hon. gentleman who last spoke, because it was scarcely possible to mention the words, "bishop" or "church," without that hon. gentleman giving the house a declaration of his love of religious liberty. He should support the . amendment of the hon. and gallant member (Major Warburton). The committee then divided. The numbers were— For Major Warburton's amendment 56 Against 77 Majority against The amendment was therefore lost. Mr. CRAUFURD then proposed as an amendment to alter the words of the clause so as to make it read that no clergyman should be liable to censure for solem nising or refusing to solemnise marriage between parties on the ground of their adultery. Mr. W. EWA.RT opposed the amendment. Sir DENH.A.M NORREYS thought it was mon strous to make a law declaring certain marriages legal, and then grant immunity to those clergy who refused to carry out the provisions of the law. It would be putting the clergy above the State ; and would be a most dan gerous principle to set up. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. L. WIGRAM then proposed to add a provisio that parties declared guilty of adultery should not he enabled to marry the person with whom the adul tery had been committed. If this provision were not enacted, the promise to marry would be constantly held out as an inducement for a married woman to commit adultery. He considered that such marriages, if per mitted, would be a scandal to the land, and quoted the opinion of the Filet Consul of France (at the time o f the discussion of the Code Civil), " That any law must be immoral which authorised a woman convicted of adul tery to live with her paramour." He was also opposed to imprisonment for adultery, because that punishment fell chiefly on the man's wife and children. Mr. D. GRIFFITH thought that when an irrepar able fault had been committed, the best way was to mend it in the readiest manner. He, therefore, opposed the proviso. Lord J. MANNERS rupported the amendment, as necessary to remove the scandal that would otherwise attach to this bill from the facilities it would give for the commission of adultery. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend ment. The law had always permitted the marriage of the guilty partier, on the ground that it was for the in terest of morality they should do so. Sir W. HEATHOUTE said that the guilty parties were not permitted to marry in Sootland, France, or Austria, and these examples confirmed the poli c y o f the course now proposed. Mr. BOVILL said it was useless to attempt to carry an amendment that did not meet the vie-vs of the Go vernment, but, nevertheless, he could not refrain from protesting against pe rmit t i n mk g int g o u wa i ni l n ty gact p th a et r yo tie dc s oisu t sl o oll m vme a a r tr r hr y ye . Such a permission wou wm l c d hiogl h h a t v d e o the so. effect of increasing afterma radulteryriaage with divorce , that a e tw r s to o hn n el s yd ie, Mr. CLAY said he firmly believed that if they could tell a woman on the eve of committing adultery that she was about t 3 lose her husband, children, and her posi tion, the crime would in the great majority of cases be in n e of thes of the prevented. The adulter e r was generally a cool-blooded, c Clay) did not care carilclnula what ebb t ee ing e became ge s ed duc seducer, n n to oh itt nh ae. man, Generally, , ( a M n de n ine-tenths ine-tenths suf fering to the woman. (Hear, hear.) For Heaven's sake let them not tell the woman that no amount of re pentance could enable her to resume an honourable position in society. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. WALPOLE congratulated the Government on the satisfactory concession they had made towards the conscientious scruples of the clergy. Sir W. HEAVICOTE expressed his opinion that the concessions made by the Government would not meet the difficulties of the majority of the clergy. Mr. HADFIELD cal:el attention to the difference of opinion expressed by the two last hon. gentlemen, member, for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, on this Fart of the bill. Af-er some remarks from Mr. Henley, Mr. D. Griffith, and Mr. Wigram, The clause, as amended, was agreed to. On clause 54, abolishing actions for crim. con , Mr. I. BUTT moved the omission of the clause. The committee divided, and the numbers were— For the clause Against it 46 Majority —32 The clause was agreed to. Clause 55 was agreed to. Upon clause 56 an addition regulating compensation was ogreed to, after some ob3ervations by Mr. HAD FIELD. _ . _ A clause was then introduced regulating the payment of the officers of the court by stamps. Mr. ADAMS thought that some words should be in• troduced which should provide more directly that the payments should in all cases reach the officers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the fees pay able on the stamps conk.' not he paid at once to the offi cers of the court, as it was provided that they should be paid into the consolidated fund. He would take care that proper provision should be made to meet the case. Mr. HENLEY said that the Attorney-General hav ing appointed the local courts, should have arranged the fees so as to fit them. This was aOuty which could not be done by the committee. They should first understand how the local courts stood, and then settle the fees, otherwise they would be dealing with the fees without knowing how the courts were to be constituted. He hoped that the Attorney-General would make a proper provision hereafter. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was understood to say that he would attend t the suggestion. Sir W. HEATHCOTE said it could not be done if this clause were agreed to in its present shape. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then said that he could make the clause more stringent by adding the words " except as herein expressly provided." The clause with the addition was agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved a clause, putting into better shape clause 15 which was originally in a very rude form. The clause was intended to meet the case of the whole court being thrown open to the profession, which was not in the original bill as it came from the Lords. Mr. HADFIELD said that the claim for compensa tion would be founded upon this clause. Was it under stood that the clause was instead of clause 15 ? Mr. MALINS said that compensation would be granted by the clause as in the Probate Bill. Mr. AYRTON said that the precedent of ',he Probates Bill would not be followed. Each case would stand on its own merits. Another clause was then added, putting into shape the formal decision of the committee as to divorce for adultery coupled with desist tion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proposed a clause which was to carry into effect a former decision of the committee with regard to Lhe courts to whom appli cation for judicial separation should be made. The com mittee, after much discussion, bad decided that the county courts were not fit for t'ae purpose, but that juris diction in this matter should be g iven to the other local courts. He had endeavoured to frame a clause to carry out the wi,hes of the committee. The other local courts were, the courts of assize, the courts of o s erter session, and the recorder's court. Now, the court el' quarter. session was not fit for the delicate matters which would I be brought before it, and he proposed that the oi:IY courts having jurisdiction should be the courts of assize and the recorder's court. Ha moved a clause to that effect —that application for judicial separation should he made to the courts afforesaid in such city or borough in or near which the part , es should have been last ret•ident. Mr. BOVILL said that application to the judge of assize was very inconvenient, and almost impracticable. He thought that a commission might be sent down, as in lunacy eases. Mr. lIIITTT did not agree that the county courts were to be deprived of their jurisdiction. He did not think that it was the intention of the committee to negative the county courts. All they had decided was not to in troduce the county courts into one particular clause. He agreed with the proposal of giving jurisdiction to the Re corder ; but there was this objection to petitions to the assize, that it was not a permanent court, and only came into the country at long intervals for a few days. He proposed that the jurisdiction should be given to the county courts, i❑ order to raise the question. Mr. AYRTON said that a judge of assize tried only questions which had had a preliminary inquiry before a magistrate, and of which all parties had notice. But here the petition was presented, and the other parties would at once have to prepare evidence to meet it. How was this to be done in the limited time in which an assize eat? They could not traverse the bills to the next assizo, as these matters required immediate decision. He hoped the Attorney-General would be able to put the clause into a better shape. Mr. MALINS said that the committee had already decided that the county courts should not have this juris diction. The principle of application to the court of ses sion had very properly been abandoned. Some local court was necessary, and there remained the assize and the recorder. Now, he did not think that the as-izes, sitting at intervals of seven months, would answer the purpose. Sir G. GREY suggested that there was a thir I assize. Mr. MALINS said that the third was only intended for criminal matters, and even so there would be a delay of four months. This was a delay which, whatever might be said, they could not tolerate in Chancery. Domestic quarrels required immediate attention, but there was another objection. These domestic quarrels required time and investigation to ascertain the truth. Now the judges of assize were already pressed for time, and the delay of a single day at one place would throw out all the arrangements. They could form no opinion as to how long these cases would take. None in his experience so utterly set all calculations at defiance. The same objec tion of delay applied to the recorder, who only went his circuits four times a year, and there would be a delay of four months. The recorders were often young unmarried men, without the experience necessary for the purpose. He thought the suggestion of the hon. member for Guild ford a good one—to adopt what had been found to work so well in lunacy—viz., the sending do wn commissioners under the authority of the superior court. As all the local tribunals were unfit, he thought that the commissioners might be sent down to report to the court, and thus enable the court to decide. Mr. HENLEY said as the house had decided that tbere should be a local tribunal, the learned gentleman had done all he could in taking what courts he could find. He (Ur. Henley) agreed that some of them were fit. Now, as to the proposal of the commission, they should remember they were legislating for poor persons, who could not bear the expense. Mr. MALINS said that in the case of lunacy the commission was expressly sent down to poor people, to save expense, at little cost. Mr. HENLEY wished to know if it was relatively littleorabsolutelylittle? [Mr. Malins—Absolutelylittle j Now, he thought that the majority of these cases were set on foot on account of alimony, and did not require any great amount of legal knowledge. Country people could not apply to the borough recorder, and the assizes would be hurried and expensive. He approved of the clause as it stood originally, as the adjudication of the small amount of property between the parties would not be difficult. The number of cases would not be great. Mr. 111'11/lAIION thought that a little delay in such cases was useful. They would have probably three as sizes in the year, which was as often as was necessary under the circumstances. He did not agree that the assize would not have time to try the case for want of notice. Cases of murder had been tried when the murder had only happened a week before. If they took the average of Scotland, and applied it to the proportion of popula. tion in England, they would have 100 divorces in a year and 200 separw ions. Now, if they sent commissioners in all these cases, they would constantly have commis sioners roaming the country at great expense. As to the quarter sessions, he hoped the Attorney-General would stand by the qdarter sessions. The chairmen of quarter sessions did their duty . as well as recorders, and they would do this duty much better than the recorders. Lord LOVAINE wished to know if no power of ap peal was to be given ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that besides the judges of assize, there were in the commission of assize many barristers, sergeants and Queen's council. He pro posed that the judge should have the power of appoint ing one or more of these gentlemen to hear and dispose of those cases which the judges could not dispose of themselves. The service of the petition could be easily got over, as it might be sent up to the judge some day before the assize, sealed with his seal, and then served upon the respondent. Tao quarter sessions were not the tribunal he should choose, bet he should have no objec tion to allow these questions to be decided by the chair man of quarter sessions personally. He would not give his consent to the principle of the commission, it would be a varying and undignified tribunal, without the pro per authority. He proposed to move an amendment to empower the judge to delegate the power of hearing the petition to any barrister nawed in the commission. Dlr. FITZGERALD thought the r xplan otion of the hon. and learned gentleman satifact:ory, and that the chairman of quarter see-ions was a very fit per,on to be entrusted with this authority. He would suggest that the name of the wzsistant ;chairman of quarter sessions should be inserted. Mr. PULLER thought that the suggestion of the Attorney-General as to the service of the petition did not go far enough. Notice should first be sent to the re spondent as to the matters contained in the petition. Lord J. MANNERS felt bound to express his satis faction at the proposal made by the Attorney-General. Sir G. GREY said that they should read the clause a second time, and then put the amendment into shape upon it. The clause was then read a second time. Mr. HENLEY hoped that the power over restitution of conjugal rights would be given to the court, as well as that over separation. Additions were then moved to the clauses by the AT TORNEY-GENERAL, giving the power to any barrister named by the judges and included in the commission, or to the chairman and deputy chairman of quarter ses- sione. Mr. BOVILL said that as the amendment stood persons named in the commission would be required to sit whether they liked or not. Now no payment would induce meny of these persons to act. He 'del not see why the choice should be l imited to persons named in the commiseion. Sir G. GREY said that there was a certain qualifica tion in the person named in the commission, which was better than opening the duty to the whole bar. As to the enforcing the duty, the matter would be done as it now was, the judge named some one who was willing to perform the duty. Mr. M'MAHON observed that it was a privilege much sought by members of the bar, and considered an hoe )ur. Mr. AYRTON suggested that the general power of the court of quarter sessions should be given to the chairman of quarter sessions as to administering oaths and other matmers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that the words he proposed would meet that case. After a few words from Lord LOVAINE and Mr. PULLER, the amendment to the clause was agreed to, and the clause as amended ordered to stand as part of the bill. Another clause was then proposed, e :Towering the deserted wife to apply to the nearest police magistrate ; or if in a county, to a county magistrate. The clause was agreed to. A clause was then proposed by the ATTORNEY GENERAL, regulating the compensation to be given to the proctors. Mr. MALINS said that under the act many proctors would not find it worth their while to go on with their business. Ile thought that the same principle should be adopted in giving compensation as that adopted in the Probate Bill. Mr. HADFIELD opposed any compensation to the proctors, which was contrary to the spirit of the under standing previously entered into the course of the debate both on the present and on the Probate Bill. The proc tors had already made the best bargain that had ever been made by any profession, Mr. MALINS entered into some explanation of what occurred in previous debates. His objection referred to the form in which compensation should be given rather than to the amount. Mr. HENLEY sail that he did not see how the in ferior officers of the court were to be compensated. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the inferior officers expressed themselves fully satisfied by their posi tion under the bill. As to the proctor s, he would not CASI. sent to give them compens trim] under the bill upon the same principle as under the Probate Bill, By that bill they were totally deprived of their practice. But under the present bill none of their business was taken away. A new court in which they could practice was estab lished, and the hon. and learned gentleman must not press the case in favour of the proctors too far. Mr. MALINS said that he was justified in believing that the hon. and learned gentleman intended to adopt the same principle in both cases. He was mistaken, and should be contented without dividing the house. It should be remembered that 10,000 competitors for busi ness were now to be introduced into the courts. Mr. HADFIELD should take the sense of the com mittee as to whether any compensation should be given to the proctors under the clause. The clause was, however, agreed to without a division. Clauses B and C, and one or two supplementary clauses proposed by the Attorney-General, were agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill. Mr. iVI'MALION proposed the addition of a clause which would make adultery with any married woman a misdemeanour, and this be considered was rendered necessary as a protection to the husband in consequence of the abolition by the bill of the remedy which he pos sessed by means of an a&ion of crim con. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objectec; to the clause, which, after a tow words in reply from Mr. M'MAHON, was negatived without a division. Mr. BUTT proposed the addition of some words regu• lating the jurisdiction of the proposed court, but it was ultimately decided that the clause should be considered on bringing up the report. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice of several clauses which he intended to propose on bringing up the report. After some discussion as to the mode of procedure, it war arranged that the Chairman should report progress, and that the new clauses should be considered in. corn- , mittee. The OFT AIRMAN Olen reported progrem CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION BILL. z bon wi.nt into cornwittee on the Crowded. Dwellings Prevention Bill. Mr. tiYR lON moved - the adjournment of the house. Some dicuAsion arose, in the course of which Mr. LOCKE supported the motion for the adjourn ment. }ln. gentlemen who supported the bill did nut know where tae shoe would pinch. The bill would en able the police to enter any man's house, and interfere with him in the manner in which he shoutd live in his own residence. It was a ridiculous and absurd bill, affect ng the liberty of the subject, and beginning at the wrong end for legielation. Lord PALMERSTON said it was easy to see where the shoe pinched. It was a question between the specu lative builder, who wished to overcrowd his houses f r pr,ifit, and the poor who needed protection. It was said that every Englishman's house was his castle, but the fact was that at present every builder's house was his dungeon. (Hear.) The .Irish members ought, above all, to support the bill, because so many Irish working people who depended on their industry suffered from the existing evils. He hoped the house would support a bill the purpose of which was to render the operation of the Common Lodging-houses Act more effectual. After a few words from Lord A. V. Tempest and Mr. Henley against the bill; and Mr. Cowper in its favour (the latter hon. gentleman undertaking to introduce a clause which would make it perfectly clear that the bill should apply only to common I.)dgine-houses), Mr. AYRTON contended teat the bill would affect the poor tenant and not the landlord. It was a bill not to regulate common lodging-houstis, but to affect the dwellings of the poor. It had i3ot been eff , ctually amended in committee. As to corn mon lodging-houses, the present law was sufficient, and tl lyre was no need for further legislation. Mr. KNIGHT opposed the bill, as tending to increase the power of Government over the set bjec'. Mr. NICOLL complained that the Government were too mach disp , sed to follow the policy of the Govern. went of France. But the Government of France when they removed the places in which the poor had lived, found other residences. But the Government of Eng land, while by metropolitan improvements they swept away the dwelling of the poor, did not taka the trouble to provide dwellings for the pour to go to. Mr. O'BRIEN observed that he never came into the house and asked who was up, but he , was told the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets. (Laughter.) That hon. gentleman had shown an eloquence that they all admired, but which they all deplored. (Renewed laugh ter.) That hon. member objected to the pressing of such questions at this period of the session, but he continued, nevertheless, to protract the session. After some further humourous observations, - the hon. member was followed by Mr. Ridley, Lord A. V. Tempest, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Kinnaird. Mr. COX said the bill would authorise the police to enter private dwellings. He asked whether the noble lord meant to play Wat Tyler with the people of England ? if so, he would find that the people would play the tyrant against him. Sir \V. JOLLIFFE opposed the bill. Lord PALMERSTON explained some previous ob servations. He was quite sure that if the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. Cox), who had compared him (Lord Palmerston) to a person whom he supposed to be a great tyrant, would lock into the historical facts, he would acquit him (Lord Palmerston) of any intention to resort to ar itrary Government by imitating the ex ample of Wat Tyler. (Much laughter.) After some further discussion, the committe divided, when the numbers were— For reporting progress . Against Majority —l3 Lord A. V. TEMPEST immediately moved that the Chairman should leave the chair, which, however, was not pressed to a division. The title of the bill was then altered from " The Crowded Dwellings Prevention Bill" to "The Common Lodging Houses Act Amendment Bill." Mr. bOWPER prdmised to place on the paper the amendments ee proposed to introduce into the bill. The first clause as amended was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress. The remaining orders of the day ware disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Prom the Report of the Registrar-General.) The deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Ssturday (Aug 15) were 1,187, and ex hibit a decrease on those returned in the three pre vious weeks, when they ranged from 1, 209 to 1,238. In the 10 years 1847-56 theaverage number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week wa51,255. But the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, and to admit of comparison the average should be raised in proportion to the increase, in which case it will become 1,380. The average rate of mortality would have produced more deaths by 193 than the number in the present return ; but it is proper to state that, as that rate is derived in part from periods when cholera raged, it is too high as a measure of health when the population is happily free from such ca!amity, and the mortality from all causes at present differs little from the ordinary amount at this season of the year. The d-ailis from dic rrlicea, which rapidly rose to 302 in the last week of July, and in the next week declined to 258, again exhibit a decrease, the num ber rat urned last we'-± being 244. In the ten weeks (of 1847-56) corresponding with last week the deaths from this complaint ranged from 81 to 253. The London registers during the last 12 years reveal a verystriking increase in the prevalence of diarrhoea, for on referring to the rAurns for the second or third of Aug. in 1840-45 it will be seen that the number of cases in which it was fatal was as low as 20 or 11 and did not exceed 79. Besides the deaths from diarrhoea th re were 21 last week from " cholera" and " choleraic diarrLcsa," 12 of which occurred to young children. The registrar of the sub-district of Woolwich Arsenal reports a death from " Eng lish cholera" after an illness of 40 hours. The de ceased was a rigger in the dockyard, and had been employed for several days in raising the convict hulk Defence, and it appears that he suffered ex tremely from what was described by him as "the awfnl stench" of the river during the performance of his work. List week the births of 875 boys and 743 girls, in all 1,618 children, were registered in London. In the ten corteTonding weeks of the years 1817- 56 the average number was 1,448. At the R . ryal Ooservatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.793 in. The highest reading in the week was 30 in. on Wedueeday. The mean temperature of the week was 63.7 deg. , which is 2.1 deg. above the average of the same wek in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaiher.) The mean daily temperature was highest on Thursday, having been 68.6 deg., which is 7.1 deg. above the average. The highest readings of the thermometer occurred on that day, airl were 83.6 deg. in the shade, and 105 deg. in the sun. The mean dew-point temperature was 571 deg., and the difference between that and the mean temperature of the air was 6 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 68.2 deg. The general direction of the wind was south west,. Rain fell to the amount of 152 in., of which as much as 1.12 in. fell on Friday. A thunder storm commenced at half-past 9 o'clock on Thursday night; it was very heavy during the first hour, and con tinued with intervals till 5 next morning. About 5 in the afternoon of Friday great darkness pre vailed, which was followed by a very severe thun der storm, accompanied by hliistones of unusual size. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 15 Zymotie Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3O Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration .. ... . B6 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other O rgans o of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases o f the Uterus, &C. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin s &c. 2 Malformations .. 1 Premature Birth and Debility 32 Atrophy 57 Old Age 31 Sudden 3 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 5B Causes not specified DEATHS MOM ALL CAUSES ' 1,187 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. . of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 1,250 1,187 607 580 875 .-. 743 Totals Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total ............... —...--- .....1,618 INDIA.—A coloured Map of India will be presented 12, isgid Gr a ti s, and to gratis with the Dispatch of Sunda y next, Aug. 2 3. This will f orma issued part o f t h e ork will be expended in p roducin g, commenceforthcomingsia Map. ma on October s urk measuring tlalg t 7 obe annou ncedin r cb 4. Many y eP ' b this to be truly invaluablethousands off pounds w which, complete d, will be found the most compr e he ns i ve in an d generally useful , fact , the best Atlas ever bu - H a i le d. The " Dispatch Atlas" m ay b e ordered ofany Bookseller or Newsagent in the Kingdom ; or at the Office, 139, Fleet-street. Country Markets, LIVERPOOL—AuG. 18. There was a good attendance at coa!kst to-day, and a few buyer= fr9in a diitance. Wheat end flour met with a fair demand for consumption at generally the full prices of Friday, or 3d per 701 b. and 6d to is per sack and barrel over the rates of thi s day week. Oats and oatmeal had a moderate sale, and maintained their value. The same re mark applies to barley and beans, but peas must be quoted is to 2s per qr. dearer. Indian corn in good request for feeding purposes, at 30s 6d to 378 per qr. for prime mixed and yellow American ; 36s to 36s 6 i for Ibraila, and 365 6d to 37s per qr. for Galatz and Odessa. HULL- AUG. 18. --- To-day we had a small show of farmers' wheat, for which extravagant prices are demanded,whicb somewhat checked business ; a fair business done at 2s to 3s advance. Good fresh foreign a ready sale at 2s up. Grinding barley met a fair sale at full rates. Liberal supplies of oats, buyers taking only slowly. Beans a slow sale, and peas in fair demand. Linseed cannot be reduced more than 2s to 3 3 per qr. Cakes meet fair consumptive demand for the time of year. Wheat, English red, 63s to 66s ; white 65s to 70s; oats, 27s to 2 ; barley, 403 to 46s ; Indian corn, —s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 10112 s 6d to 101 153; ditto, foreign, 8/ 15s to 101; rape cakes, 61 7s 6d to 6/ 153; guano, F/. to 13/, 10s; bones, 1278 6d.; flour, —s to - -s; tares, 32s to 365. LEEDS-AuG. 18. Since Friday we have had no rain, and the weather is now very favourable for harvest operations. We have a fair show of old wheat and a sprinkling of new, the former is held for rather more money, but the trade is quiet., and the business done is at Frid ty's rates ; new is cleared off at last week's rates. Barley as before. Beans fully as dear. Other articles unchanged. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 64s ld ; bailey, 37 ° Od ; oats, 32s ; beans, 46s —d ; peas, lOs 6d; rye, —5. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTIRDAY. knisterdam..., ........ 11 17 Gibraltar .......• •• •• •• —• Ditto, three months . 11 19% Leghorn .....• ........ 29 PO Sotterdara ...... . , 11 1 % Genoa .......... ...... 25 80 Antwerp •••••••••• .• • . 2: , • 40 milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Brussels .... •......... 25 4 Venice................ -- liarnhurgh .• •••••• • • • • 13 Bii liaples •• •• •••• Alt, na .. ............ • • Palermo .... Paris • • ...... ...• .... 25 27% Messina . 128 Do. three months ••25 65 Lisboa; ... . .... 52% Marseilles ..........., 25 675 g Oporto .............. •• si ßourdeaux ........... Rio Janeiro ..... . ••.... --- Frankfort-on-Maine •... 119% Buenos Ayre5,„......... Berlin ................ • • New York,6o days' sight Vienna ..........• •• .... 10 33 Philadelphia .......... --'' trieste.• .• •0 f• •• •• y• •• 10 34 PRICES Or RITLLION, PEE OZ; Petersburg ............ 36% 'Foreign Gold in Bars .£ll 17 9 Madrid ..... •• ........ 4874 I Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cs.diz ... ...... •• .. 49% Mexican Dollars ..., 0 0 0 Bircelona .. —•• ...... .. New Dollars ..... 0 0 0 Seville. ••• .<•• •• ...... Silva. 111 bars ..... 0 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKET . LIVERPOOL. AUG. 18. STOCK EXCHANOL—The transactions in this market have been dull, but prices have been slightly reduced• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 40q —Midland, 84i —London and N rth.Westerns, 1021—C4ledoniall, 38 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 991 —Eastern Counties, 11.8. 9 • —Great Western. 53:;—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 Dutch Rhenish, d. 44 . c, —South Eastern, 21i I—North Eastern, Berwick, 23i—Luxembourg Const., 7. ANCITESTER AUG. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately sail's to-day, and prices were rather lower. Sheffields, 404 - ** Midands, 844—Dovers, 21 i—Grand Trunk of Canada. 124—Great Western of Canada, 21 London and North Westerns, 1024—Caledonians, 38k—Leeds, 9-4 —Eastern Counties, 11I—East Lancashire, 96j—Blackburn, 7i. LEEDS, AUG. 18. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market rather active, and prices without any material change. Grand Trunk of Canada, 12i—Dovers, 21 3-16—Midlands, 84 s.l6—North Eastern, Leeds, 22 11-16—Ditto, York, 394—London and' South Western, 951. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 18. STOCK EXOHANGE. —The market was rather better to• day, and there was an improvement in prices. Birmicr ham and Stour Valleys, at 9--Great Westerns, at 53 London and North Western, Ne.w Eighths, mingham and Derby, 56i. APPLICANTS FOR SERVIOE IN INDIA. —We under' stand that numerous applications for employment are received, almost daily, at the India House, not onli from Englishmen, bat from Frenchmen, Germans, Bel' gians, and other foreigners, who are desirous of pi oceediug to India to join the operations which are being conducted for quelling disturbances and restoring tranquility , These offers being made, for the most part, under the impression that the services of military officers are required by the Government, it is as well to prevent die• appointment by expre,sing our belief that such is not the case. It is only necessary to consider for a mo' ment the number of officers who are now in India with' out regimental duty, to satisfy any one that the Govan). ment cannot require the aid of volunteers.—Allag Indian Mail. _ _ [ADvsarissmorr.]—One of the most valuable discoveries for the benefit of mankind is shown by the numerous extraordi nary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flata. lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. The following are not the least remarkable :—Cure No 41,617. Wlnchester, Dec. 3, 1847. Gentlemen, —I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Benlents. was procured has derived very great benefit from its use; distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects is the above-mentioned case, I can with confidence recommend it, and shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an op portunity offers, &c. James Shorland, late Surgeon, 960 1 Regiment.—Cure No. 180. "25 years' nervousness, constiPe° tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve , have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a veil short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet street, London. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. HarveY Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingiant: Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4 s . 6d. ; 5" lis ; 121 b, 225. Th e 1211 canisters are sent carriage free, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Ce., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT Cannes against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations : —The Tee-Chancel. for Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." .t VE iTimesMENT. SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES POWERFUL TEEESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIO GLASSES. —S. and ti, Solontens; opticians, 39, A ibemarleo street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W• By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opda, and Perspective Glasses, to know the aistances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half mil S distant and an object f rom 16 t o 20 m il es. F or the wa i l ., coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers acc,irdinAy. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. -A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachti ng , to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Rice-c .urse Glasses, with wonderful powers.—lnvaluable preserving. Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great s.dvantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dim gerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the moif remote part the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read ,mall print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—lsiw Discovery,—The Organic Vibrator, an exrraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all othi.rn, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear dist:inctlyat church and at public assembbe- ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely remov cl, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-3 t, Albe marle-street-Piccadilly.—Opposite the York Hotel, W BIRTHS. OF A SON , On the 16th inst., at Cranmer Hall, Norfolk, the vrife of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart. On the 18th inst., at 15, Upper Harley street, Mrs. Wm. Holland. OF A DAUGUTER On the I!th inst., at Hampstead, the wife of Mr. E. Car• letnn Holmes. On the 12th inst., at 10, Eldon-F4uare, Reading, the wife of Colonel Sir Richmond Shakespear, Resident at %rode, E, I, MARRIED. ROn the 18th inst,, Welby, rector of Newton (uncle of the bride), Lent -Colonel at Denton, by the Rev. Arthu r E ar l e Reeve : late of the Grenadier Guards, eldest son of Lieut.- General and Lady Susan Reeve , of Leadenbam H ouse , Lin colnshire, and nephew to the Earl of H. arborough. to Frances Wilhehnina, the eldest daughter of Sir Glynn° Earle Welby, Bart., o f Denton Hall, in the sam e county. nTly " d m au a g s h A te P r Pa oefhbeorge Wigg, Esq., of Wes' On th e Sth inst., at St. J ames ' s, Paddington, Francis Esq., of Hyde-park s quare, b o urne-terrace. On the 18th inst., a t K ensington Church, Wm. Pemberton Hesketh, Esq., 42d R oyal Highlanders, to Laura M. Mary, to Hobson, Elizabeth, second daughter o f J o h n Ramsbottom, Esq., of Waterloo- Of crescent, Dover. D On the 17th i nst., at Gl-ce tear- lED terrace, Hyde-park-gardene, Joseph Heselton, Esq., aged 64. Ou the 17th inst., at 23, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, Thomas Bennett, Esq., solicitor, aged 74. On the 17th inst., at Upper Sydenham; Martha, second thughter of the late David Gibson, Esq., of the Stock Ex change. On the 17th inst., John, the infant son of the Rev. John Moore Heath. On the 9th inst., at Portsea, Alexander Gordon, Esq., late of Cromarty, aged 76. On the 6th July, at Bangalore, Madras, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Tottenham, 12th (Royal) Lancers, aged 42. On the 11th May, at Delhi, while gallantly defending his Colonel in a skirmish with the mutineers, Cosby Burrowed, Esq., Captain 54th B.N 1., eldest son of Mrs. Major Winfield, of 2, Bristol-gardens, Maida-hill, London. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Wednes , Angola 19, 1867• -' G R - E Liverpoo,, Trains' at 7.zn a ternber, Cr, Dublin 205.6 d. ; 1 Dirkenhea 155.: Wel . ton. 225. Fl 21s. 61. an For par Man, Baru mediate st Company': at ['Pry rli Art Treast Cl x RE during Am 0 .. Satui Yeovil, Fr( on Tuesda: On 9iind ton, Wary the follow' On Satni Mg on Mot On Bond eester, and Fares, tl 58 .; Learn' and 7,. ; c tenham, 11 and 5,. ; F r 12s. an d 8 For parl to he proen available o °WY allow! MAI King Leave (3 :so ai •7 30 „ 9 30 ~ 1 0 0 „ 11 0 „ 1 45 p.i 5 30 IP 9 8 46 „ Leave *7 30 a.l 10 30 „ 5 30 p.i Fares;—; Bd. third dr Care mti Northern rc DAY TIC from Kinx's 3 7m. see FXCIIItS Cross Static at 1 0,40 at 11.0 a.m 21s. il-st special Trai I °Nr i rg the for 2i days Monday, w first class, a rekets a Wednesdayf from Guide and King's -1 Ticke's fo C ross Stati c xece'ylng C tish-street-1 G 2 and 63 Cre ss George In For furthc the excurslo King's Crc THE Com they are rP Persons as Pensioners c the 30th of A.P.TICLES Ch eese., But Black Tea, t a ccording to the f orm of Secretary al Which tende room of the an agent ap September, be Prepared It is to t security to I contracts, a hour aboven The Conn tender. THE 1_ Lord and Ireland October nes With such delivering it boned Ports of the cure t Deptfor, Gosport PlYmou rfaulboi VALIDS ( Milk Mere asil' ; ct. b en, scr,, the • c• 1 2 4V e ',7 = ` O, and a - c a Stam ped a e gent-str T receipt of. ...4 t ............ ON Pl INCA New and I,l.natorr T" 0 , effects of quences f Lions O f n Lions. B 20, War and (lord The e( to renovi Its Powez sexual ci fides ari its unva or four q The C hie rem the vari, skin, No tonsils, Its act! , system of lls. PERI teal ren and disc er box, Sold Hooper G.F.V W. Ed% street ; Hardin' rnedieiT THE S Just p S 9 bna of lrom v to Mat riage Ii rentarl rnystel urinar, Cornpli CON It 1 print out ii Coed may and h that deral may Gcrd eons' Butt Caici etre' Colo