The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

rtirb Viution SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack t five o'clock. IMMIGRATIGN OF FREE NEGROES. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, seeing the noble earl t o Secretary for Foreign Affairs, ca lled his attention to se scheme for the immigration of free Negroes in the 'reach colonies. It had come to hie (Earl Shaftes nry's) knowledge that a decree had been issued by the 'reach Government fo r the purpose of carrying the theme into effect. The question he begged to ask was, hether it was true that any such decree had been sued ! The Earl of CLARENDON said he was gratified in eisg able to inform their lordships that the decree to Bich the noble earl referred had no existence, but he alloyed that certain contracts had been entered into ith several firms, and which agreements bad received' le assent of the French Government on the aderstanding that it should be a bona fide immigration f free negroes. Now, it was impossible for such a con ition to be fulfilled, as there was no such thing as free umigration from Western Africa. We ourselves had tried ie scheme 16 years ago, ',the negro had been treated .ith every comfort, and bad had his return to his native 3untry guaranteed to him, but the plan utterly and gnally failed. It was felt that the further trying the lan would lead to the revival of the slave trade, and the .roject was finally abandoned. The plan adopted by the French Government was, that a number of African chiefs sere to supply a certain number of negroes on board hip, and a form was gone through of asking those ne rroes whether they were willing, for a certain .mount of money, to work in a French colony or a limited period. Now, it was perfectly clear that, ,nder such circumstances, there could be no free choice, nd the contractors to the French Government were ron ght into contact with the regular Spanish slave dealers. 'he British Government had entered into communication iith the French Government on the point, and the object bad been considered by the French Government, o order to bring the grievance to an end. The French iovernment had informed her Majesty's Ministers hat although there was in fact no treaty on the subject, .et they intended to act as if it was in existence, and hey further solemnly declared there was no intention f reviving the slave trade, but that they were as anxious t the present moment to put a stop to the infamous raffle as they were when they signed the declaration in 815, for the suppression of the slave trade. The Earl of DERBY did not for an instant doubt the incerity of the French Government, but he felt that he scheme of free immigration was a perfect delusion, nd was in fact but the revival of the slave trade in nother form. The Earl of CLARENDON said he believed there vas no intention on the part of the French Government J forcibly put an end to the project. Earl GREY was also of opinion that the scheme could !ad to nothing else but a revival of the slave trade. When ie held the seals of the colonial department he was con tantly urged to permit a trial of the scheme, but he had invariably refused. He hoped her Majesty's Ministers mould keep the subject in view and not allow it to ileep. The subject then dropped. (LEFT SITTING.) SOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The Sl'l2OE3ll took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. DUDS took the oath and his seat for West Kent, and Mr. BAGSHAW, jun., for Harwich. MAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. LAURIE asked the First Commissioner of Works, whether any, and if so, what steps had been aken for the purpose of carrying out so much of the kot 18 and 11ilt Vio., c. 120, as relates to the main drain le of the metropolis. Sir B. HALL at great length minutely entered into the state of this question, from the passing of the act in 1855, up to the present time, the parti-nlars of which iave already been made public through the press by rellorting the proceedings before the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the conference between that board and he right hon. baronet. He said that what he con. tended for was, that the Metropolitan Board of Works were bound to cleanse the Thames from the pollution that passed through it in the metropolitan area, but the Metropolitan Board of Works contended that they were only called on to carry out that which was generated in the metropolitan area generally, and not anything gene rated outside it. In answer to a question from General CODRINGTON, Sir B. HALL said that great misapprehension prevailed with reference to the outlet of the drainage. What he had always contended for, and did now, was that the outfalls should be at the points indicated in Captain Birstall's report. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered for Whitebaven, in the room of Mr. Hildyard, deceased. ISTHMUS OF SUEZ Mr. GRIFFITHS gave notice that on an early day after the recess he should call the attention of the Government to the application of the French Govern ment to the Turkish Government for per !lesion to con struct the Suez Canal. BARON ROMSCHILD. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that immediately after the recess he should call the attention of the house to the fact, that during the two precelng sessions of Parliament three of the members for the City of London only bad taken their seats, he ghoul I move a resolution that Baron Rothschild be permitted to take the oaths SA appointed by law most binding on his conscience, and in accordance with the faith he professed. (Cheers.) NEW SOUTH WALES. In answer to a question from Lord A CHURCBILL, Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was intended to sepa rate Moreton Bay in the colony of New South Wales, from that presidency, the boundary to be near the river St. Lawrence. With regard to the form of legislation it would be on the model of New South Wales, but on what principle, whether strictly what was called execu tive or not he could not then give an answer. THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Vice President of the Council of Education whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure after the Christmas recess, with the view of amending the laws relating to the practice Of medicine and surgery in the United Kingdom ? Mr. COOPER said it wag the intention of the Government to introduce such a measure. TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND ) Mr. VANCE asked the Attorney-General for Ire land if the Government intended, during the present cession, to bring in a bill to facilitate and simplify the transfer of land in Ireland? Mr. FITZGERALD said such a measure was under the consideration of the Government. THE BANKRUPTCY LAW. Mr. HEADLAM asked the Attorney-General whe ther it was the intention of the Government to introduce any amendment of the law of bankruptcy in the present session of Parliament ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the bankruptcy law required legislative interference. (Hear, hear.) The subject was under consideration, but he could not state when a bill would be introduced upon the subject. TRANSPORTING INDIAN MUTINEERS. Mr. ARTHUR MILLS asked the President of the Board of Control whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government had been called to the question of trans porting a certain number of the mutineers in India to such of the West Indian or other colonies as may signify their willingness to receive such transported offenders, and their families, and to contribute to the cost of their removal ; also, whether, in the event of any measures for the transportation of such offenders being adopted, the Government of India were empowered to carry out such measures under the Acts of the Governor-General in Council of May and Jane last, for the punishment of offences against the State, and military offences Mr. V. SMITH said it was a question of great im portance and delicacy. The subject had occupied the attention of the Government. It would be very desirable to have a place to transport those whose lives would be spared ; but the question was, where to send them. Of course they could only be sent to such colonies as were willing to receive them. He believed no punishment would be dreaded more by the high-caste natives especially 4s transportation. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. HANBURY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer, whether the consent of the Government was likely to be given to any proposition of the Corporation of the City of London to build over the site of Smithfield Market, whether for a Dead Market or any other pur pose ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be believed it was the intention of the City of London to introduce in the ordinary manner a private bill for establishing a dead meat market in sonic part not far from Smithfield. The question with regard to the ground claimed by the Crown would be Lft to the decision of the select committee on thai, bill. PRIZE MONEY. Mr. LAURIE m u tt the Under Secretary for War, whether any w p e r r i e zeeng av ei inwatleto be distributed to the A r my who troops now in India, Cr w imea ? and, whether the .Queen's 11 0 t,ok possession of treasure, would have prize money a rne o r tted to them ? cou w nt a n s too small to Sir J. RAMSDEN said the or . more than distribute amongst the army, not 2s. 6d. to each officer, and 6d. to each (uher. N one would therefore take place. Mr. V. SMITH said with reference to I n ii, that money would only be all owed where the treasure Pnze was taken from the natives. (Hear, hear.) MINISTER OF JUSTICE. Mr. WARREN asked whether any and what pro gress had been made in the arrangements for establish ing a Department of Justice, in conformity with the Pledge given by the Government in the last session ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the matter bad been under consideration. He should be ablo to give a more satisfactory answer after the recess. THE REBELLION IN INDIA Mr. BLACKBURN asked if the Indian government had resolved to admit the principle that compensation was to be made for property destroyed by the rebellion in India. Mr. VERNON SMITH sail the question bad not yet been decided. PETITION FROM CALCUTTA. Mr. WISE asked why the memorial from the inhabitants of Calcutta, complaining of the Governor General, bad not been presented to the House of i Commons, and by whose authority it had been with• held. Lord PA.LMERSTON said he had returned it, because it was contrary to the inv,riable rule to re ceive such documents, except through the Governor- General, who, at the same time, forwarded his answer to the complaint, by which Government were put into possession of the facts on both sides. BISHOPS' RETIRING PENSIONS. Mr. GRIFFITHS asked the First Lord of the Trea sury, whether it was his intention to bring in a bill this session to provide retiring pensions for bishops resigning their sees, according to his pledge of last session l Lord PALMERgTON said the subject was still under the consideration of the government. He was unable to make any pledge on the subject. (Hear, hear.) RIGHT TO PRACTICE IN THE ADMIRALTY COURT. Mr. HADFIELD asked the Attorney-General whether he intended to bring in a bill to abolish the right to practise in the Court of Admiralty, now enjoyed by proctors (who were empowered under the Probate Bill to become attorneys and solicitors), and to enable the legal profession generally to practise in that court, as decided by a committee of the whole house in the last session, during the discussion of said Probate Bill I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the subject was under consideration. Probably a measure to that effect would be brought in after the recess, but he was unable to say when. REFORM OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. In answer to a question from Sir D. L. EVANS, Sir G. GREY said he intended to bring in a bill for the reformation of the Corporation of London imme diately after the recess. (Cheers.) THE KING OF DELHI. Mr. HORSMA.N inquired upon whose authority the life of the King of Delbi was saved 1 (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SMITH said that if it was proved on the trial of the King of Delhi he was not implicated in the rebel lion, his life would be spared. He would then be sent to Allahabad, and afterwards out of the country. Captain Hodson found that he could not capture him without making the promise he had, and under that promise it was impossible for the Government to do otherwise than abide by it. (Hear, hear.) EDUCATION. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that on an early day after the recess he intended to move a committee for inquiry into the present state of education in Eng land. (Hear, hear.) TELEGRAM FROM INDIA. Mr. S. WARREN asked it any additional telegram had been received from India, and to what purport 3 Mr. V. SMITH—OnIy that published in all th 6 papers. Colonel KNOX tasked which was correct. Two bad been published, one stating that when Gen. Campbell crossed the Ganges on the 10th, it was with 1,500 men, and the other was thet,9th, aad with 5,000 men. (Hear, hear.) He wished to know which was correct. Mr. SMITH said he was only answerable for the in formation received by the Government. Mistakes, how ever, might arise in figures in transmission. PURCHASE IN THE ARMY. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that, early after the recess, he should call the attention of the house to purchase in the army. (Rear ' bear.) MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. SUPPLY—DR. LIVINGSTONE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in moving a postponement of the Committee of Supply said that it was proposed by the government to devote a sum of money to Dr. Livingstone to prosecute his discoveries in Africa and especially the Zambesee river, believing it might lead to important commercial consideration, as it was a district likely to produce cotton. (Hear.) As it was not in tended to take votes in supply before the recess, he asked permission of Parliament to allow Government to advance 5001. out of the Civil Contin gencies, and take a discussion on it when it came on i❑ proper order. The reason for so doing was that if Dr. Livingstone did not start in January, the expedition would be delayed another year.—Agreed to. THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lard PALMERSTON said that as the course Government wished to pursue was not to keep the House sitting after to-morrow, it was not his intention to move the adjournment of the house till Monday, if the debate on the motion for appointing the Bank committee was agreed to tonight. (Hear.) The house would then meet to-morrow for the royal assent to the Indemnity Bill, and adjourn for the holidays till Thursday, 4th February. GENERAL HAVELOCK'S PENSION. Lord PA LINIERSTON said that the Government, in accordance with the wish of the house, would grant the pension to General Havelock for two lives. That would entail on the house the necessity of passing another resolution on which to found another bill, and that would be deferred till after the recess. (Hear, hear.) SENDING TROOPS THROUGH EGYPT. In reply to an observation from Mr. J. FITZGERALD, Mr. V. SMITH repeated Lord Palmerston's state ment of last night relative to the difficulties and dangers of sending troops through Egypt i❑ June last, and added that if the Governm ant had done so they would have been guilty of impeachment. Sir J. PAIKINGTON rose and addressed ttte. house on the subject, and was (LETT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE--(This Evening. , ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEG. 8 The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby to be Comptroller of Aecounts in the Lord Chamberlain's Department, and Extra Gentle man Usher to Her Majesty. DOWNING STREET, DEC. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry Pinder, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the District of Long Island, and George Ross, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the District of Abaco, in the Bahama Islands ; Thomas Owen, Esq., to be Inspector of Schools in the Island of Antigua ; Robert Bradshaw, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Colony of Sierra Leone during the absence of the Queen's Advocate ; and Thomas Chown, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of her Majesty's Settlements in the Gambia. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 10. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Thetford—Alexander Hugh Baring, of Buck enham, in the county of Norfolk, Esq., in the room of the Honourable Francis Baring, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. - 13OrOugh of Harwich—Robert John Bagshaw, of Dover court, in the county of Essex, Esq., in the room of George Drought Warburton, Esq., deceased, DECEMBER 11. County of Kent, Eastern Division.—William Deedes, of Sandling Park, in the county of Kent, Esq., in the room of Sir Edward Cholmley Daring, Bart., who has accepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty's Manor of North stead. Charles Bell, Gent., to be Ensiz,n, without purchase, vice Truell. 71st Foot—Lieut. Charles George Wingfield has been per mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Com mission ; Assistant-Surgeon W. Pirrie, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M`Noece, who re signs. The second Christian name of Ensign Musgrave, appointed on 17th ult., is Courtenay. 75th Foot—Lieut. W. J. J. Smith to be Captain, without purchase, vice Chancellor, died of his wounds ; Ensign Montagne C. Morris to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, killed in action ; Ensign Henry O'Brien, from the 48th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Morris. 84th Foot—Brevet-Major W. Justin MacCarthy to be Major, without purchase, vice West, retired on full pay; Lieut. Wm. M‘G. Keats to be Captain, without pur chase, vice MacCarthy ; Ensign Robert Fraser Humph rey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Saunders, killed in action ; Wm. Chas. Driberg, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Humphrey. 97th Foot—Ensign Frederick W. Parker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Aylmer, who retires ; Henry Chaw pante Crespin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parker. 99th Foot—Ensign George Clayton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ely, promoted ; Charles Coates, Gant„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clayton. Ist West India Regiment—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Thomas Moore Sunter, M. 8., from half-pay, to be Surgeon, vice Daniell, appointed to the Staff. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wyatt Meadows, from the 9th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Kingdom, promoted on the Staff. Gold Coast Artillery Corps---Charles Francis Herbert Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thompson, promoted. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. Commissariat Clerk Davis O'Connor to be a Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Wellington Poole, from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class. For James Jameson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cruice, appointed to the 86th Foot, which appeared in the Gazette of the 27th ult.,—read Jas. Jameson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cruice, appointed to the 84th Foot. BREVET. ELieut.-Colonel Alfred H. Horsford, C. 8., of the Rifle Brigade, having completed three years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 23th September, 1857, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851. Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert John Lane Buchanan, of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854. Captain and Brevet-Major Vincent Eyre, of the Bengal Artillery, to be promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Second Lieutenant George Grant Gordon, of the Bengal Artillery, doing duty at the East India Company's Depot, at Warley (vice Arbuckle, resigned), to hare the local rank of Lieutenant while so employed. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 8. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., has this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet ; and, in consequence thereof, the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken place : Admiral of the White the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Dundouald, G.C.8., to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas J. Cochrane, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir James W. D. Dundas, G.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Augustus William James Clifford, Bart„ C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Francis Erskine Loch to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler, Knt., K.H., on the Reserved List, to be a Vice-Admiral on the Reserved List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Thi,mas Herbert, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White George William Conway Courtenay to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Wolsey Bayfield to be Rear-Admiral of the White. _ . . Captain William Ramsay, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEINIBER 11, 1857, BOARD OF TRADE,_WHITEHALL„Dzo,.II. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, opening the Custom-house of Caen, in the department Calvados, for the importation of machinery and mechanical implements, either complete or in detached pieces, also opening the port of Caen as an entrepot for prohibited merchandise of all kinds. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Duc. 11. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Algiers, enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, re pealing the L ecree of the 20th September, 1856, and 2d October, 1857, prohibiting the exportation of wheat and barley from Algeria. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 11. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Daniel P. Webb to be Captain, by purchase, vice T. M. Clarke, who re tires ; Cornet Edward P. Baumgarten to be Lieutenant, vice Webb ; Henry E. Bridges, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Baumgarten. sth Dragoon Guards—William J. Scarlett, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Balders, promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Newton Charles Chichester, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Dettmar, who exchanges. Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry F. George Coleman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Davenport, who retires ; Cornet F. Radford to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Coleman. 3d Light Dragoons—Captain Montague . Dettmar, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Chichester, who exchanges. 12th Light Dragoons—Cornet J. H. Randall Stoddart to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hodgson, pro moted in the Bth Light Dragoons; Cornet Samuel Adams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice White, promoted ; James Henry Bourdieu Taughan, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Adams. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Wm. H. S. Beamish to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gordon, promoted. 16th Light Dragoons--Lieutenant James Christine Hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Severne, who retires ; Cornet Arthur John Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hart ; James Henry Corballis, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Armstrong. Ist Regiment of Foot—Alfred Moberly, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Dixon, whose appointment, as stated in the Gazette of 17th ult., has been cancelled. 6th Foot- -Robert W. Macleod Fraser, Esq., late Major, 6th Foot, having raised a.battalion!of 1,000 rank and file, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Daniel Colin Campbell, Gent. ; William Neal, Gent. ; Albert Henry Harrison, Gent. 7th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant W. M. G. Keats, from the 84th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 6th ult., has been cancelled. Bth Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Andrew Moynihan, vice William Robert Webb, died of wounds; Ensign William Edward Whelan, vice Pogeon, died of wounds ; Ensign William Edgeworth, vice Whelan, whose promotion, on 23d October, 1857, has been cancelled ; Ensi gn R. T. B. Browne, vice Corry, promoted ; Ensign Edward Tanner. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Arundel Hill Cotter, Gent., vice ahliJo°hYniliGhnrg; eFßhriloiwrinET, Homer Page, vic e Edgeworth. Gent., e n vi pay Unattached, ce Tanner ; Foot— Brevet -Colonel William Graham, from half- Jam os se d to the 3tl to be Captain, vice Cox, appointed Cap tain, by purha t Lieutenant J. B. Taylor to be Assistant vice Graham, who retires ; Assistant- Surgeon.surgeonresse Johnston, from the Staff, to be Royal Canadian R:iflve, e gn Regiment. chase, i-e2v:aolleatdoowbes, Henry Buck e victJ_ Ball. Lieutenant, b t y o p t u h r e . 10th; Foot—Ensi a ti:e s ; Theophilus Scott, cicase, vice Crofton Gent., to be Ensign, by 53d Foot— Licuttnsnt out purchase, vice Sutherland,d e t e c ' e b 4aytain, ith - Lieutenant J a mes Winemore Corfield to h 0 C aptain, w vice Buck, whose promotion on 1 "tit "" chase, 30th October. 1857, has been cancelled ; Ensign Robert Holt Truell to be Lieutenant, without purchase vice Buck; John COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD SLIEUTENANT. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—John Reed Bowling to be Ensign. 12d Devon Regiment of Militia—Arthur Leroux Whipple to be Ensign, vice Whitlocke, resigned. Devon Militia Artillery—Charles Blandford Crease to be Second Lieutenant. Royal Wiltshire Militia—Musgrave Wronghton Ander son, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Pocock, promoted. Leicestershire Militia—Henry Moody, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Arthur Dixon Rawlins, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Regi'ment of Derbyshire Militia—John WilliAm Thomas Locke, Gent., to be Captain, vice Milner, re signed. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Tyrrell, factor, Tonbridge, Kent, to surrender Dec. 2, at eleven, and Jan. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George llama, machine maker, Haddenham, Cambridge. shire, Jan. 6, at twelve, and Jan. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. keGeorge Camm, grocer, Sheffield, Jan. 2, and 30, at ten, at the Council Hall, She Meld. George Morton, farmer, Hope, Derbyshire, Jan. 2, and 30, at ten, at the Council Hall Sheffield. Thomas Wolf, corn chandler, Wellington-street, Wool wich, Dec. 23, at eleven, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wm. Baker and Lucy S. Baker, milliners, Church street, Camberwell, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thos. M. Pritchard and Thos. Higginson, rice mer chants, Liverpool, Dec. 29, at eleven, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Thos. E. Pickford, commission agent, Manchester, Dec. 23 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Edward Horton, grocer, Well-street, South Hackney, Dec. 22 aad Jan. 19, at half-past 2, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Charles Middleton, builder, Upper North-street, Poplar, Dec. 22 and Jan. 19, at 1, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Robinson, ironmonger, Manchester, Dec. 21 and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Samuel Rhodes and John Armstrong, cotton manufac turers, Tintwistle, county of Chester, Dec. 23 and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. James Law, shoemaker, Halifax, Dec. 31 and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. David Roberts, spinner, Halifax, Dec. 31 and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Edward Jones, timber merchant, Welshfrankton, Dec. 24, and Jan. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Rupert Allport, butcher, Stafford, Dec. 23, and Jan. 13, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. John Vigrams, timber merchant, Walsall, Staffordshire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 13, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Elizabeth Swiunerton, victualler, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Dec. 24 and Jan. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Stark, grocer, Pollockshaws. John Dott, joiner, Kingussie. Robert Stewart and Son, merchants, Glasgow. William Bennet, fleeher, Perth. James Watson, painter, Glasgow. Wm. Boyack, flaxspinner, Dundee. Alexander Leask, merchant, Dundee. Duncan Weier, and Co., merchants, Greenock. Bachap Yuil, and Co., calico-printers, Springbank Printworks, Neilston. James Donald aad Son 3, flaxspinners and manufacturers, Dundee. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 9th day of Deczinbe , , 1857. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued N.B. Of which two millions are issued un der the authority of the letter from the First Lord of the Trea sury and the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. Government dobt• • 11,015,100 Other securities .. • 5,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 7,568,255 Siver bullion.. • . £24,043,255 Dated the 10th day of Deceml BANKING DI 1 Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .... • • ....... 3,493,918 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissio ,ers of rational Debt, Sav ings' Banks, and £24,043,255 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. )r, 1857.: ,EPARTXENT. Government securi ti ea (includg.DeadWeight Dividend Accounts) 6,648,062 Other deposits ...... 14,440,724 Seven Day and other Bills .............. 811,222 £39,946,926 Annuiiy).. • • •.. 5,434,022 Other Securities • ... • . 30,111,185 Notes ..... . • .. 3,900,485 Gold an Silver Coln.. 501,234 Dated the 10th day of Dec., 185' £39,946,926 M XRSIIALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 8, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 26 3/ Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius. . . l7 4 Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— Tars DAY. Amsterdam 11 18 y 4 Gibraltar...... •• •• • ... Ditto, three months .. 12 3 Leghorn .. •• • • 30 65 Rotterdam ............ 12 3 Genoa ...... • • ....... 26 40 Antwerp .......... •... 25 85 13111 an ......•• ........ - Brussels ....•......... 25 85 Venice•••••••••• llambargh ...........• 13 13% Naples . ...... ......... 41 1 4 Altona .• Palermo ..... 123% Paris • • ...... .... • • .... 25 49 Do. three months .. • • 25 Marseill3s • ....... 25 5 Bourdeaux .. • • .... Frankfort-on- Niaine •• .. 122 Berlin Vienna..., ...... • • .... 11 12 Trieste•• •• •• •. •• •• "ye 11 14 Petersburg ............ 33 1 ,, Madrid .... 47% Cadiz • • 48 Barcelona ........ .... Seville • . Messina ... ... 123 iLisbon h 1 ." , fi Oporto ................ Rio Janeiro...... • • .... Buenos Ayres...• • • .... New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia • • ........ 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RUSSELL—I am glad to say that it will not be necessary I should long details the committee, as this subject has eo frequently been under discussion, and as the House of Commons, having heard the very able statement of my noble friend at the head of the Govern ment, when he last year introduced a measure with a view to the admission of the Jews into Parliament, is already fully aware that the general principle of our legislation is not to disqualify for legislative functions or public offi_T any class of her Majesty's subjects on account of their religious opinions—a principle which of late years has been established in the case of the Roman Catholics and dissenters, although in those instances political reasons had in former times operated in favour of exclusion. The house is also well aware that there is no positive disability affecting our Jewish fellow-subjects, and that their exclusion from this house is owing to the construction put on the oath of abjuration, and that that oath was not originally intended for such a purpose. (Hear.) So little is that the case that the persons re fusing the oath of abjuration, namely, 40,000 of our Jewish fellow-subjects, are in the eye of the law 40,n00 popish recusants —an instance of the absurdity of con sidering them to have been originally contemplated in the framing of the oath. I shall not now enter into the theological question, and neither do I think it necessary to go into the reasons that exist for altering the present oath, which on the face of it is so exceedingly absurd as to oblige members of this house to swear that they will not support the claims to the crown of these realms of a person or persons who really have no existence. I shall merely state the nature of the bill I propose to in troduce. The bill of last year contained a simple form of oath not similar to that which I intro duced in 1848, and which might be taken by all members of the house, but one which could not be taken by members of the Roman Catholic persua sion. The oath which I propose to introduce on the present occasion will contain the words "on the true faith of a Christian." I introduce them because they have a prescriptive value in the eyes of many persons, and likewise because one of the most eminent supporters of the Jewish claims—l mean the ri g ht hon. member for Bucks—has expressed his opinion that they should be retained ; but I propose tiaat in administering the oath to Jaws these words should be omitted. (Hear, hear.) It follows of course, and in a more logical way than in the bill introduced by my noble friend last year, that the Jews will be disabled from certain offices which at present cannot be held by Roman Catholics, as I do not propose to put them in a position superior to that of the Roman Catholics, but to admit them to precisely the same privileges. I may say further, that although I do not propose by this bill to alter the oath for Roman Catholics, because I consider that a separate question, yet I do not think that if this bill pass there will be any objection made to an alteration of the oath of 1829, so as that it may be taken by Roman Catholics without those feelings of repugnance which some of them now entertain. But there is another question upon which I cannot refrain from detaining the committee a few mo ments, because I am sure it is a question which will naturally arise. It so happens that in the short session of 1847 which took place on the suspension of the Bank Charter Act, on the 14th or 15th December 1 introduced this very bill, or rather a precisely similar one, for the admission of the Jews into Parliament. That bill, and all similar bills, have been rejected in the other House of Parliament ; and it may be asked what prospect is there now that the present bill will in another place have a fate different from that of its predecessors (Opposition cheers.) To that question I should answer that I have framed the bill in the most conciliatory form possible; that this house has at all times, with one ex ception, affirmed the principle of religious liberty in favour of the Jews; and that last year the majority was far greater than it had ever been ; and in the whole course of legislation I have found that repeated decisions of the House of Commons,ratified by increasing majorities,have always had in the end the greatest weight with the other House of Parliament. But yet Ido not wish to conceal from the house my ultimate intentions on this subject. In the course of last yearl was informed by my hon. and learned friend the Attorney-General that the act 5 and 6 William IV. entitled this house to frame a declaration to be taken by members in place of the oath, should they think fit, and on hearing that opinion from so distinguished an ornament to his profession as the Attorney-General 1 thought it right to have the question examined by a se lect committee of this house. The house agreed to the nomination of a committee, and the question was therein thoroughly debated. No witnesses were examined, but the question was thoroughly sifted by gentlemen belong ing to the legal profession. The result was unfavourable to the position taken up by the Attorney-General, but at the same time the hostile majority was a very narrow one, consisting of one original member of the committee and two members of the legal profession, who bad been subsequently added. My right hon. friend the member for Droitwich had prepared a motion which ho wished to propose, but which, owing to the course taken by the committee, could not be introduced. His moiion was to the effect that the two Houses of Parliament were in cluded in the act of Win. IV., but that it was not expe dient to use the power then given unless no other con stitutional course should appear to be open for the attainment of the object. Now it was not ray duty, not being chairman of the committee, to express any opinion or to take any part in its discussions, but certainly had I been called on to give an opinion, my opinion would have exactly coincided with that of the right hon. gentleman. Such being my opinion, it is unnecessary now to reopen the argument. I will only say that the argument was stated by the Attorney-General with all his usual lucidity and more than his usual earnestness, and that it met with the concarrence not only of the right hon. member for Droitwich but of the right hon. member for Bucks, and of the noble lord the member for Lynn, together with the Lord Ad'vccate and many other distinguished members of this house. It was likewise supported in a speech of great ability and acuteness by the hon. and learned member for Boston. Fortified by these opinions, and convinced by the argument of the Attorney-General, I said I should not think it right to let the question drop altogether without placing before the house, whether or not they should adopt the pro posel of a declaration in place of an oath, in the case of members who object to the words of the oath of abju ration. It is not for me to say how the house will de cide, but I must confess my own opinion to be that we have been perhaps somewhat to blame in allowing the seat of a member of this house to be discussed in courts of law. _My belief is that this is a question which by the constitution of this couutry the courts below are hardly competent to decide, and that as it would he impossible for them to entertain the question of whether a mem ber had been duly elected, it is not competent for then to decide whether our oaths have been properly taken. Such was the spirit in which the House of Lords acted in the ca-e 3 of the Weesleydele peerage. They may have been right or they may have been wrong in their decision, but nobody has disputed that it was in the competence of the House of Lords, that they were per fectly competent to decide, after her Majesty had by letters patent created a peer, whether In thetberthat samepe er way had I a right to he received. (Hear, b believe that the Howe of Commons can decide whether a member, having taken an oath or declaration is com petent to a seat in this house. That, however, not being the questh nat present, I shall bring in the bill, and endeavour to obtain for it the consent of tbo whole Le gislature ; but for my part I will not waive the rights of the House of Commons stated by a high legal authority. (Hear, hear ) I beg now, sir, to move that leave be given to bring in a bill to substitute one oath for the three now in use, and to relieve by its provisions persons professing the Jewish religion from their present disa bilities. Sir F. THESIGER —I believe the noble lord under stands that it has been arranged that no opposition shall be offered to the introduction of this bill, the noble ' lord having engaged not to ask for a second reading until after Christians, and I must suggest to such hon. friends as agree with me on this subject, that, considering the various former bills for the admission of the Jews, it is much more desirable we should wait and see what is the particular measure about to be introduced, in order that we may be enabled the more satisfactorily to deal with it, I cannot help congratulating the noble lord on his having resumed his natural position on this ques tion. In 1847, when the noble lord was first returned for the city of London with Baron Rothschild, and when he gave that pledge from the hastings that he would in troduce a measure for the relief of the Jews, the ques tion seemed to belong of right to the noble lo rd ; but on the last two occasions on which the questio n was sub mitted to this house the noble lord has be en rather placed in the background. I n 185 d, whether i t was that the young and zealous ad voca t e s for the ad mission of the Jews were dissatisfied with the slowness of the movements of the noble lord I cannot tell, but then Mr. M. Gibson forestalled the noble lord, and such was the exuberance of his zeal, that be proceeded to the extremity of desiring entirely to get rid of the oath of abjuration, and the noble lord's duty was limited merely to correct ing the zeal of his associate, by introducing in commit tee an amendment by which the oath of abj uration was preserved. During the la s t year the noble lord fou g ht under the banner of the noble lord at the head of the G o v e rnment, but I believe that was more from policy than humility, for the noble lord was thus enabled to move the whole machinery of Government, and t ) wield all its weight and influence in support of his daring pro ject. The noble lord now appears again in front of the battle on this question, and, I am happy to find is again treading in constitutional paths—(hear, hear) —although not without some sly glancss at those indirect and crooked ways which have been occasionally attempted for the purpose of forcing the Jews in to this house. The noble lord does not now threaten us with a resolution that shall seat the Jew in defiance of the House of Lord., but he has adverted to that which was one of the most extraordinary schemes that was ever su bmitted to Parliam en t. Th e n oble 100 d eupposee that there is an act of Parliament which will enable this house, not only in defiance of the House of Lord-, but in defiance of he corrts of la iv, iii c tee this bill shoula 00t pass, t o admit the Jews to seats is the Coreinone House of Parliament. Now, I must confess that any. thing more extra irdinary, to my mind, than the disco very of an act of Parliament which had been overlooked for many years, and which was supposed to make a short mat to the object, could hardly be found in the whole of our parliamentary annals. Tne noble lord has fully adopted it, but it was to the Attorney-General that the bright idea first occurred that an act otParliament which had hitherto escaped the vigilance of everyone might, in default of legislation, serve the purpose of the noble lord. I can imagine the pleasure of the hon. and learned gen tleman trhe.n this new light flashed across his eye. I can imagine the haste with which he hurried off to the noble lord, crying "Eureka!" but I hops not exactly in the condition of the person who first used the exclama tion. (A laugh.) The noble lord has intimated that he may find it necessary to use the discovery of his hon. and learned friend, and to revert to that act of Parlia ment on a future occasion, in case he should not succeed in a constitutional manner in obtaining the edmisaion of Jews into Parliament; but I think and hope that the noble lord will pause before he adopts a course which will be accompanied by so much banger, and by the cer tainty of a collision with the courts of justice, in which it is undoubtedly not very likely that this house will come out of the contest with any great credit. Tho noble lord fancies he finds a precedent for this course in the proceedings of the House of Lords with respect to the Wensleydale peerage, but surely the noble h.rd forgets the important distinction that exists between the two cases. The oaths required by this house and by the House of Lords on the admission of a member are im posed by act of Parliament, and there are penalties attached to persons who should attempt to vote with out having previously taken these oaths. Now, if the word, "On the tree faith of a Christian," are essentially and substantially pat t of the oath, as has been frequently decided, not merely by courts of law, but by the determination of the noble lord himself, then the question must come before the courts, and then we all know how those courts must decide the question. The noble lord has adverted to the gentlemen of the legal profession who were on the committee, and to the sup port which they gave to his view of the case, but I have caXfully looked through the list, and I find in the mino• rity not one single name of any member who had not for a very considerable time been favourable to the admis sion of Jews into Parliament, or who were not recently adopted converts, and we all know converts are prover bially not the most lukewarm supporters of a cause. But I turn to the other side, and I am not afraid of poll ing lawyer for lawyer. I find this remarkable distinction that amongst the majority are to be found at least five members of this house who have been in favour of the admission of the Jews, and who have yet been so satisfied that the construction of the kttorney-General was not the correct one, that they would not allow their wishes to influence their opinions, cr permit them to force U 9 into those perilous courses which the nohie lord's speech has indirectly indicated. Let us now consider the posi tion in which we stand. Thenoble lord speaks of religi ous liberty, and has spoken of our ' , lacing the last stone on the edifice of freedom of conscience and removing the last remnant of religious intolerance. But ifl understand the proposal of the noble lord, he does not propose to place the last stone on the y edifice of religious liberty. Other anti-Christians are excluded by statute, and wby should not the gates of the temple of religious liberty be opened to Mahometans and Hindoos as well as Jews ! (Hear.) I hear a cheer which I understand to be a cheer of approbation, but considering the circumstances that are daily occurring around us, and the hostile feeling to Christianity exhibited by Mahometans and Hindoos, it certainly does appear to me that the present is not the time for us to entertain a proposal of that kind. (Hear, hear.) Of course, with regard to the Jews, I know per fectly well that whatever may be the animosity of the Jews to Christianity, they are not likely to act so atro ciously as the Hindoos, or to he guilty of the savage ferocity of the Mahometan, but if his feelings of hos tility be equally deep is it desirable to give him power, by means of a seat in the legislature, " to work in close design, by fraud and guile, what force cannot effectu ate?" (Cheers.) In conclusion, the hon. and learned gentleman implored the noble lord to pause, and cone Rider what the consequences would be of the mea , ure he was then proposing. For his (Sir F. Thesiger's) part he was resolved to maintain the position which he had always assumed, and on every stage of this bill to resist it to the utmost of his ability. He would do so i ecause he believed that by seating the Jew in Parliament hs, should inflict a fatal blow on that Christianity which was so intimately interwoven with every part of our in stitutions. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. DILLWYN supported the introduction of the measure. Mr. BENTINCK thought the bill ought not to be introduced, and he was prepared to vote against the motion. Mr. COX agreed with the hon. gentleman who had just sat down, that proceeding with this measure was a farce, because there was no chance of its being success ful. He had the honour of numbering amongst his con: stituents a large number of gentlemen belonging to the Jewish persuasion, and, in voting for the admission of that class of persons to Parliament, he did not think he was taking a course which k,ould tend to unchris tianise the legislature. It had been said by one gentle man, that if they admitted Jews into the legislature they might as well admit Hindoos and Mahomedans, but it must be remembered that they must be elected by some constituency befbre they could take their seats. (Hear.) He had read in " Pickwick "--(a laugh)—a remark by Sam Weller that the game of battledore and shuttlecock was a very amusing and exciting game, but that when it happened that you were the shuttlecock, and two law yers battledores, it became very unpleasant. So with the Jew Bill between the two noble lords. He believed that whatever might be done with the bill now, it would never pass through the other house, and he protested against the question being again dragged through the , mire. _ _ W--• Mr. NEWDEGATE was sure that if Baron Roths child were to take his seat by resolution, ho would find himself too weak for the statute law of the country, which would at once unseat and fine him. This introduc tion of the Jew was but a step to the total destruction of the Christian character of the Legislature. The time fur introducing the bill was most ill chosen, and he was glad of it, as it would awaken the attention of the coon try to the iniquity of the measure. Mr. PEASE held that the forms of Christianity were distinct from its principle. The principle of Christianity had no occasion to fear the Jew ; it would bo to suspect its power to believe that the new dispensation would be in danger if it met the old. Mr. I. BUTT, though he had hitherto opposed the admission of the Jews into the house, now felt that such admission would do no damage to the Christianity of that house. The Christian character of the nation rested on something better than a phrase in au aot of Parliament. Mr. B. STANHOPE said that this question must be viewed in connection with our rule of India. If we admitted the Jew to our Legislature, how could we govern that country on Christian principles? Mr. D. GRIFFITHS denied that the House of Commons was a religious assembly. He should support the motion. Mr. WALTER, compared the dread of the admission of Jews to the dread of greased cartridges entertained by the sepoys. The Christianity of the house would no more be destroyed by the admission of the Jews than that of the country was by allowing the Jews to remain in it. Mr. ADAMS protested against attempting to threaten the house into the admission of the Jews. The period at which the question was introduced was most inoppor tune. He deprecated all conflicts between the house and r i c l - e su w lte a d s h in it t h er e f i , t r o in to the tiie judicialdetriment ha with r) Lord publicJ .R b U u S s i S n E e., L s . L diefndihed al-rays - 11, 3hy d ast interfered with the Indemnity Bill or with the ce inmitteo on commercial distress and issue he could have understood the charge, but there was no other business for that night, and he did not see how he was to blame. (Hear.) It must be recoPected that the city of London from 1847 to the present time had elected as their member a gen tleman of the Jewish persuasion, and that that question had never been finally decided by the house. He thought the citizens of London were entitled to have their bill introduced at the very earliest period, but he had no intention to press it with undue haste, and he readily assented to the postponement of the second read ing until after the recess. The hon.' gentleman had made ) w a s acting personal t n g under o b s wo)g e arote: n r tei wgdtnhe v gutni .hld a notaet t l übrhet i tely o ßoihhmeafi. n n,caruhiehrßth r flenße:aiau h phesvorsolthie i eeotio c nBt)oahn h hreb4dps( yae,e7eLl w rleeh,ooowo, naßi omitted f s gi d, bothttoh whenever rtelsrseslTdoeco,gentlemen question nviahnh,i upegtliinerli supported :ken : or ta:r e ohnmpw t e naeei Bu e ei .ttdssasmaessslhratteiebsoahhri to nc y oee, and eontma d ne u aotnn n b : c s l he y i v nre i v p o l t o d( i nrna (Lord ques tion was introduced into that house by Sir Robert claim of the Jews, and always gave his vote in their i r flh n h ' Roa l a o v rsov t: (t i ti j c u nhie e s h lec . eric t cdi ti h blii T j a detoye t h .nn e j, so far from his (Lord J. Russell's) election Ro o a f fi : a n n L o s v d e so rod e lif that coalition had been successful, he him ; and he was grateful to them. Ho was under obli gations on that occasion neither to Baron Rothschild nor the princely merchants, but to the people, who stood by him when he was attacked. The hon. gentleman's his tory was also very inaccurate. The honourable gentle man the member for North Warwickshire said that he (Lord J. Russell) intended that Christianity should be no longer acknowledged in th a t h ouse as th e b a sis of the constitution, and that he wi s h e d t o d es t ro y the Chris tianinity of the Legislature. He (Lord J. Russell) cer tainly said, with regard to the form of this bill, quoting the words of Mr. Canning, he was not bound to that secu rity ; but, with regard to the general principle, he had always maintained that our Christianity would not be destroyed, but that it would give a more strik ng proof of our ohristiao,ity by knocking down these bar riers which intercepted the passage of the Jew to that house, than by maintaining them as they stood. Ile had always put this question, and he could not see how it could be answered—do you acknowledge this to he a Christian !asthma ? There are 40,000 Jews is it, and if those 40,000 Jews prevent this being a Christian nation, you are nut a Christian nation. I ask you, then, if those 40,000 do not unchristianize the nation, how can one or two Jews i n Parliament make it an unchristian Parlia ment ? To that argument he had never heard an answer given,nordid said thinkhe was, answertatno o could at beh which given. NV Lordhat he had always Bolingbroke or Mr. Gibbon took at that table could , mk )n a t e them a the asentim sentiments Christian tmofthelen;slat iiembuerre,. but T depen d not enforce Christian principles by acts of Parliament. He had only further to say, that in case there were no other constitutional mode left. he should think it right to bring th e subject under the consideration of the house on that question on which the Attorney-General had formed a decided opinion, as he thought it was a mato,' of such grave importance that come decision should he come to unfit it. Mr. CON INGIIA r aid i,e repro e,fAel a large con siOieeney, and their were I et decidedly with tie noble herd. He begged leave to tell the Government tlat their conduct in this question w. , u1 , 1 be narrowly watched by the public, especially when it was remen; tiered that last session the question, not being a•Cabinet one, an influence member of the Cabinet was allowed to walk out without voting. He hoped that there would be no repetition of that. There could, he maintained, be no greater compliment to the reformations carried some centuries ago than the fullest toleration. Mr. NE WDEGATE explained that he had never dis puted that the majority in that house would be Chris tian, but he did not maintain that the introduction of Baron Rothschild or any other Jew would violate the Christian character of the house. Mr. BENTINCK explained. The noble lord had said that he (Mr. Bentinck) had accused him of acting from a pressure from without, which could not be the case, as he had brought a similar measure forward on a former occasion. What he had said was, that the mea ' sure was brought forward at a time and under circum stances which made it irregular, and therefore it looked as though it was in consequence of a pressure from with lout. _ _ Mr. STEWART said the argument about the Jews having been the depositories of the sacred writing might with equal force be applied to the monks, in favour of admitting the bishops of Rome into that house. Giving a Jew political rights did not make him an Englishman. He had a distinctive character, and, as had been said elsewhere, he looked to the future as a consolation for the present—to a greater exodus than that out of Egypt. The hon. member for Brighton had said that the Go• vernment would be narrowly watched upon this subject. Now no question at the last election excited so little attention as this. The motion was then agreed to, the house resumed, the Chairman reported the resolution, and the bill was ordered to be brought in. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. Mr. COWPER then moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Public Health Act. It was the same bill as last session. He trusted it would not meet with the same fate, and that was why he had taken the earliest opportunity of introducing it. The bill would enable all towns, great and small, to acquire, at no considerable cost or difficulty representative government in this mat ter. The suburbs of London had enormously increased, without any regularity with regard to building, and with provisions with regard to underground drainage. The consequence was, that there were .ditches in all directions, which were made the receptacles of the refuse and filth of the houses, thereby creating noxious vapours to the great injury of the health of the neighbourhood. The bill would meet those evils which produced typhus fever, erysipelas, and scrofu lous diseases, including consumption and cholera. Cholera, especially was to be guarded against by sanitary regulations, and no stronger instance could be cited than that of Newcastle and Tynemouth. In the latter town precautions bad been adopted, while in the former they had not been, and the consequence was that in 1853 the deaths were 2,000 in Newcastle against four in Tynemouth. Another important subject with regard to health was the supply of water. The beneficial effects of a pure supply of water had been exhibited, in the southern localities of London, where the public health bad wonderfully improved since the improved supply of water had been given. He trusted that the bill which he was about to introduce would receive the considera tion and sanction of the house, for great as were the subjects that were coming on for consideration, none could be more important than that of the public health. He therefore begged leave to move for leave to intro duce the hill. Mr. AYRTON said no opposition would be offered to any measure of a sanitary character that was constitu tional in its provision. No opposition last session to such measure was given on the ground of its objects, but on account of the interference with the free action of the people. He hoped the present bill would be free from objections of this kind, and that no machinery of the Privy C mnoil would be introduced. In that case the bill would easily pass. Sir,A. ELTON hoped that some power would be established to rouse the torpor of the local authorities. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. On the motion for the second reading of Sir H. Have lock's Annuity Bill, Mr. WILLIAMS said he had great pleasure in giving his sanction to this bill. He was sure the house would share with him that pleasure. Mr. BOWYER said Sir H. Havelock had saved an empire, and what were they going to do I Why, to give him a thousand a year for life. Why, he was being shot at forty or fifty times a day ; what, then, was the value of such a pension I There was a rumour that Sir Henry Havelock had been killed. He trusted that rumour was not true. It was usual in such cases to confer a pension to be continued to the successor. As to the baronetcy, it must be borne in mind that a similar honour was fre quently conferred upon gentlemen holding a high muni cipal office, and in one case it was conferred on a gentle man who gave a dinner to the Emperor of the French If no one else did it, he (Mr. Bowyer) would move in committee that the pension be continued to Sir Henry Havelock's son. Sir C. NAPIER went further than the hon. gentle man. He thought the pension was too small. No more brilliant services had ever been performed than those of Generals Havelock and Wilson. He thought that the Government ought to take the subject again into their consideration. General Havelock was surrounded by 70,000 men and SOO guns. General Havelock had his son with him serving under him, and this thousand a-year was not sufficient for such men. He thought the services of the army were not sufficiently rewarded. His gallant relative bad fought great battles in India, and his reward was a red ribbon. Lately, we had had peers made—one because he was father-in-law to a duke &mother because he was son of a marquis, and another because he had written a book. (Laughter.) Sir Henry Havelock ought to be made a peer, as Lord Gough and others had been. General Havelock had fought more battles than were fought in the Peninsula. He (Sir C. Napier) would take that opportunity of reading a letter which he had received about the conveyance of troops. vie then read a letter, giving the time of certain vessels, arriving in India, from which it appeared that the steam ers had arrived long before the sailing vessels.] Now, they were told in the summer by the First Lord of the Admiralty, and by the Secretary of the Admiralty, that sailing ships would take troops to India quicker than steamers. He thought the Government were right in not sending troops by way of Suez, but he said they had made a lamentable mistake in not using steamers. It bad been said in the House of Lords that captains in navy objected to carry troops, but he was convinced that no captain in the navy would have objected in such a case as this. The Duke of Wellington could have taken 1,200 men, and the fault was not with the navy, but with the House of Commons. The cry of re trenchment had been the cause of the inefficiency of the navy. The nary had been greatly reduced. Let them consider what would have been the effect of twelve sail of-the-line arriving in Calcutta with 12,000 men. He did not mean to say that Cawnpore would have been saved, but Luckno ve would have been, and now the next mail might bring the intelligence that the people shut up in that garrison had been sacrificed. He trusted, how ever, that General Havelock would not allow the women and children to fall into the hands of the savages, but that he would rather send them all into the fort and blow them all into the air, and fire the train himself. It was his duty to do so. The:, last accounts said that they were killing the bullocks, why he (Sir C. Napier) would kill every Hindoo and eat them. He trusted and hoped, however, that better news were coming. He trusted that the Almighty Providence who had already done a great deal more for us than we bad done for ourselves, would still protect the unfortunate creatures, and that General Havelock would be able to march out again and destroy the whole of the savages by whom he was surrounded. Mr. P. O'BRIEN feared that the discussion had diverged from the legitimate subject before the house. (Hear, hear.) He rose to express the gratitude of his countrymen for the gallant conduct of the troops in India. (Hear, hear.) It was not in money value that the services of such a man as General Havelock could be estimated ; but, notwithstanding the eminent services of that gallant officer, there were other officers in India who had claims upon the gratitude of the coun try. General Nicholson—(cheers) —had been a coun tryman and companion of his own, and it was a source of pride to feel that that gallant general by his admirable conduct had won for us the fealty of the Sikh nation, and had aided Sir John Lawrence in the acquisition of the Punjanb. (Hear.) Acquiescing in the' justice of the amendment, he nevertheless regretted that the forms of the house would not permit of its being carried into execution. (Hear, hear.) Sir 11. VERNEY said that this short debate could not be without its advantage, if it conveyed to the Go vernment the feeling of the Parliament, that the grant to Sir H. Havelock should be increased. He suggested that the case of Sir H. Havelock was a special one for consideratioa—(hear, hear) — a s there could not be a gonveeldla r b d o o d u i b e t s o t f h ar me tnh ine s t e h r e v services of d e s o e ffi r v c e e d r sa moresiwho m that the recog nition than those of othe r officers.. (Hear, hear.) He in order threw this hint out to the Government Government might reconsider their decision. The proposed pension to a man of the age of Sir H. Havelock was the reverse of large, and although he approved caution in such matters on the part of the Government as a general rule,• he hoped her Majesty's Ministers would take into consideration the generally expressed wish of the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CLAY hoped that the present distinction was only an instalment of greater rewards. (Hear, bear.) An observation had been m a d e by an hon. and gallant member (Sir C. Napier) which he could not allow to pass unnoticed. The hon. and gallant member said that a peerage had recently been conferred on a man because he had written a book." (Hear.) He (Mr. Clay) thought that a very illiberal sentiment. (Hear.) The House of Commons had often been enlightened by the talents and delighted with the eloquence of Baron Macaulay—(cheers)--and he believed her Majesty had never acted more its unison. with the feelings of her people than when she raised that distinguished man to the peerage. Captain SCOTT bore warm testimony to the services of General Havelock, and expressed disappointment at the inadequacy of the reward bestowed upon him— (Hear.) The family of Sir Henry Havelock was not rich—(hear)—hie son was dependant for support on his pay, and on his aces - sion to the title he would most likely find himself hampered with it flr the want of sufficient means. (Hear.) Sir F. &MTH said that nothing could exceed the conduct of the gallant general in question, who was an honour to the British nation, and he earnestly hoped that the Government would consult the clearly expressed feelings of the house and the nation in dealing with his , s uch brilliant in a liberal spirit. (Gear.) Mr. RICHARDSON , t he proposed pen a t f „. sion inAdsgulte, a services as thosc which had I con pert Ironed by the gallant general. The bill was then read a second time, to be committed this day. The house then adjourned at eight o'clock. TH. AN. Since the efforts to move this vessel were brought to an abrupt close by the fog of Tuesday, the whole of the hydraulic machines employed have been moved up close to the ship's cradles, so as to extort their force through a very short interval and cave .the loss of power occasioned by their being at a dis tance from the ship. Early yesterday morning they were all set to work again, and, after a considex able delay and after their pressure had been exerted to the very utmost, a short slip of 14 inches aft and 13 inches forward was effected, but beyond this trifling distance it was found impos sible to move the ship. Iu the subsequent efforts which were made the mooring tackle which hauls the stern towards the river, and which (with similar tackle at the stem) is now mainly depended. on fox keepin g her in motion when once' the rams have started her gave way without breaking, and the anchors which held it began to " come home." This defection of so important a part of the apparatus was final, and after a short consultation Mr. Brunel determined to give up further efforts until to-mor row (Saturday) morning, or until such time as a firm, unyielding holdfast can be obtained for the moorings in the river. Since the launch was first begun these river moorings have been an insurmountable impediment to anything like rapid progress. At the commence ment they were not in great request, but now their services are absolutely essential, and, of course, when just most wanted their break-down becomes most difficult to meet. The reasons which render them of such importance now is that the Leviathan has hitherto been moving on an incline of one foot in ten, but from the present and until, she reaches the water the " ways" over which she has to travel only slope at an inclination of one in twelve. For the future, therefore, it will require a greater force to start her, and a greater strain to keep her in motion for five or six feet at a time. It is only by hauling on the river moorings that a continuous strain of this kind can be exerted, for the hydrau lic pressure, of course, ceases the instant the vessel yields an inch. For this purpose, anchors of all sorts and sizes have been laid down right across the river to hold the moorings from which the strain is exerted. As each of these in turn proved ineffec tive, others were resorted to, until last week a large anchor of Trotman's patent was laid down to secure the moorings at the stem, and anchor at the stern. The former still holds, though in such un- favourable ground as to make it doubtful whether it will bear the required strain, but the ground where the latter was cast is such a peculiar kind of dense concrete that a pickaxe scarcely makes any impression on it, and all attempts ever to drive piles into it have failed. Into this gravelly Mara even Trotman's anchor has been unable to pen& trate more than a foot or so, and it has been at last decided to give up either faith or hope in anchors altogether, and drive piles—for the stem tackle in the wharf G f Messrs. Humphrys at the other side of the river, and for the stern in the loose gravelly soil on the river's bank, near the Watergate Ferry, $t Deptford. With the strain which these piles will enable the tackle to put on the Leviathan it is con fidently hoped that at every start she will be kept in motion f9r five or six feet at a time. Should this prove so, of course this most lingering of all launches will soon be over. We must, however, own WO are not sanguine as to such immediate results, a nd much fear that now that the vessel is oa a slighter incline its rate of progress will be even slower than heretofore. The total distance it has already accom plished is 104 feet 6 inches forward and 96 feet 1 inch aft. To-morrow will be the earliest date at which operations can be resumed. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The report of the directors of the above company to the extraordinary meeting of shareholders to be held on Thursday next, states that the directors have given their careful consideration to the subject of the year's working from the Ist of May lait to the 30th of April, 1861, and from the best opinie,n they can form, they believe that the whole accounts, when made up to the 30th April next, will show a surplris of from 10,0001. to 12,0001. to the credit of the revenue accounts, after deducting inte rest on all borrowed money and debenture stock, and a year's dividend on the 7 per cent. preference shares. This result has been arrived at from an actual balance of the company's books for the first six months (namely, ptionthapt period to Oct. 31 last) ; and for the remaining six months, from receipts a n will estim a te q al those h a based during e ot this s last p e r i y o year, r, will and be that the , on the ordinary scale t oh it has expenditurewhiodsuriog been the e e correspondinga assumption already reduced, a scab!, which the directors believe is about as low as can be established consistentlywiththe preservation and protection of the company's property. It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to know—as showing that the attractions of the Palace continue tine impaired—that the gross receipts for the six months ending Oct. 31, amount to 98,5571. 175., a sum equal to the receipts for the corresponding period of last year. The directors submit, as a plan for reducing the capital of the company, that in respect of every ordinary and preference share which shall be agreed to be extinguished. in terms of the 11th section of the company's act a' ticket shall be issued to the proprietor of such share, - entitling him to a certain number of gratuitous admis eions to the palace and grounds on all ordinary ls. days, the ticket to be available without the necessity of the proprietor's personal presence. It may be lent, and may be used by a party of persons of any number at a time, provided the number does not exceed that of the adage' lions still due to the ticket. Great facilities will thus be afforded to families and other visitors desirous to come in parties, and all the advantages given which could result ' from " family tickets." It is proposed that the right to use the tickets shall not extend beyond three years from their issue. It is thought that 60 admissions for an or dinary share, and 120 admissions for a preference share, will be a fair number to be adopted for the first issue; and it is proposed that a list shall be at once opened, and kept open say till the let February, 1858, after which the directors shall have the power of Toon' sidering the terms on which any further issue shall take plaoe. The directors further recommend that a resole tion of the board shall be passed, authorising admission by these tickets to the palace and grounds on Sunday afternoons after half-past one o'clock, as a gratuitous privilege, and without any money payment to be 02948 , directly or indirectly to the company for such privileges the number of persons admitted by each ticket being, however, recorded upon it. In conclusion, the director s say, that they have had under their serious consideration the generally expressed wish of the shareholder, that the future policy of the company should be based on the most economical plan of expenditure, and that any at tractions beyond the permanent ones of the Palace itself should be framed on as economical a scale as possible, and with a view to attracting larg e numbers of people rather than a comparatively small number at high pricer. Ie approaching the close consideration of this very Im portant question, it appeared that Mr. Fergussor!„ ha the suggested line of policy, and exp ressed othe andisopotplut.onioonl general manager, did nut see his way that, if carried out, the result would be prejudicial to the general interests of the company. Under these efte o ti u o tn n s t t o an t c h e e e, bo h a e rd th , o w u h g i h ch t i t t he h y is d ac u c t e y pt t e o d t , e d n e d e e p r his lyregrreesiguinna g that any circumstances should in Mr. ergtlB9ool judgment have occurred to render this step necessary. Mr. Fergusson has kindly consented to continue to give the company the benefit of his assistance until the board of directors (now to be reinforced) shall have an opportunity of making suitable arrangements. The directors have made a careful reduction in the expen diture for the winter months, and they hope to be able to extend this principle to the whole of the year without impairing the real efficiency of the establishment. They have also been giving their attention to the organisa.tion of a general programme for next year, and in the mean time have concluded arrangements for a series of juvenile fetes for the Christmas holiday', of a popular and garrets eiveicharacter, particulars of which will .very shortly be announced. The substance of the remarks of the directors relative to the debenture stock, and the necessity that a very considerable additional amount of the stock should be forthwith taken up by the shareholders, appeared in our report of the shareholders' meeting on Wednesday last. The directors observe that the capital account of the company has been practically closed for some time pet, and there haS been no addition made to the amount of debt shown by the belanceetheet submitted to the meet' ing in June last, and which will be absorbed when the debenture stock shall have been fully taken up. The annual receipts will cover the interest on the debenture stock, and the property of the company over which it will form the first charge is upwards of 200 acres of freehold land, with a plant and works upon it, i° addition to the buildings of the Palace, with the greater portion of their valuable contents, an amount of property in the aggregate which the directors think it only row eonable to assume could not under any circumstan ce° realistless than half a million of money. BIRTHS. COOKSON -On the 9th inst., in Harley-street, the wife Of a Cookson, Esq., of a daughter. HSWETT— On the 10th inst., at 35, Hertford-street, gad" the wife of Prescott Hewett, Esq., of a daughter. PlLKlNerox—On the 9th inst., at Chevet, Lady M. Swinnel' Pilkington, of a son. MARRIAGES. N lCR S—FeußuiuToN—On the 9th inst., by li c ense, at Sid 4, t Stephen's, Coleman-street, Thoma s J o h n Ni c ks, Esq., o f 24, Mark-l ane , an d L ea •b r idge-road, t. Caroline, fourth daughter of the late Joseph Farrington' EA.., of Spital-square. DEATHS. • CARTER—On the 7th i ns t ., a t H arr i ngay Vill as, Green-Isn'—‘ Tottenham, Henry Carter, Esq., aged 79. FONNEREAU —Ou the Bth inst. P. P. Fonnereau, Esq., of itegi4 dlesham Ho use , Upper Avenue -road, Regent's-park. I - Lummox— On the Bth inst. suddenly, at Mickley Pa rsonage, near Ripon, York s hi re , the Rev. John Walker Harrison' aged 08. MACNAUGUT-011 the Bth inst., at Ventnor, Isle of W i g lit). `• • M:l‘2itanght., iron merchant, London, asTed irmsDoN : Printed and Published by M.URDO YOUNG No. of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at .The Sun Offloo. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counw of AliddleEes, Friday, December 11, 1857.