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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • HOUSE OF LORDS--YESTERDAY. BANKRUPTCY LAWS. Lord BROUGHAM then rase, pursuant to notice, to call attention to the subject of the bankuptcy laws. lite said that it was not his intention to enter at large, eff indeed at all, upon the general subject of the bank gaptcy laws. The subject, however, to which he was about to call attention was one of the greatest passible importance, and he therefore hoped that during the ap proaching recess his noble and learned friend on the woolsack would devote attention to it, with the view of devising remedies fee the administration of the bank. ruptoy laws, and for the defects in these laws themselves. His reason for calling attention to this matter was the proceedings that took place at the beginning of the pre sent year, just on the eve of the last session, before the 'peat conference of delega es from all the manufacturing towns, but particularly from the great towns of Man chester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bristol, and Hull. He might add that Edinburgh and Glasgow, and, he believed, Belfast and Dublin, were represented at that conference, which was assembled under the aus pices of the Law Amendment Society, over which he presided so unworthily. He was called upon to attend the meetings of that conference, and ho must do the gentlemen who attended it the justice to say that diving the four days and the four evenings during which the conference lasted he c sold not discover the least ground of objection to any one part of their proceedings. The great number of delegates who were present, the great variety of opinions on the subject which they had met to discuss, and the still greater variety of opinions that ex isted among their constituencies, bad no effect whatever io producing any discord or anything like wrangling or contention, or anything other than a calm, deliberate, and businesslike consideration of the highly important sub ject that had brought them together—which was neither more nor less than the grievances which they had to oomplain of with respect to the state of our mercantile law in general, and of no one branch of it more toan that relating to bankruptcy and insolvency. Upon that branch of the law a highly important discussion took place, and most valuable information was communicated front various parts of the country. With respect to the reality of the grievances connected with the administra tion of the bankruptcy laws those delegates ought to be regarded as judges without appeal. Their testimony was entitled to all possible respect, because it was for them and the communities represented by them that the mercantile law was made. The measures of relief which they proposed might be well or ill-advised, but no one could gainsay their evidence as to the operation of the existing mercantile law. He believed that some of the measures proposed by them were not at all adapted to give that relief which they sought. He woul I shortly state the grounds of their complaints, and how far be was disposed to concur in the measures which they sug gested by way of remedy. There was nothing on which the conference was more unanimous than that the ex penses attendant upon bankruptcy proceedings were grievously heavy. Taking au average of the bankruptcy proceedings during the last three years of which returns had been made,—namely, 1353 4-5 (and he would omit the names of the towns in which they cad taken place, because the delegates averred that the expenses were not so much owing to the law as to the officers by whom it was administered) he found that under 121 bank ruptcies a sum of 90,0001. we , - cellested, while the amount distributed among the creditors was only 44,000/ , the remaining sum of 46,000/. having been consumed by the henkruptcy proceedings. No person was more strongly opposed than himself to the payment of officers of a court of justice and judicial expenses by fees upon suitors. But he made a very great distinction between litigation and administration, and while he would not listen to any argument for making toe suitors pay for the salaries of the Lord Chancellor, the Vice-Caancellor, the Mast-er of the Rolls, and the whole judicial stiff so far as they were employed in deciding causes, it was a very different thing when persons were employed in the administration of causes. In the one case all fees would be contrary to principle ; in the other they might be allowed to be paid to a certain extent by those who benefited by the labour s of the Court. He thought that the commissioners and the higher officers of the court ought to be paid by salary as io courts of justice, but that the payme tof the administrative officers ought to be thrown to a certain ex tent upon the creditors. Their lordships would be sur prised still to be paid as compensation to these Commissioners of Bankruptcy who by his of 1831 were dispensed with, and who had not been otherwise provided for by legal promotion, and that the whole of tnis sum came out of the pockets of the creditors in the Bankruptcy Court. It was utterly unendurable that after a quarter of a can tury this compensation should continue to be &frayed by creditors in the present suits before the courts. The ex tent of the bill which he had prepared did not go beyond the transfer to the Consolidated Fund of the compensa tion payable to the commissioners whose services ware dispensed with in 1831. He doubted whether the services of the messenger could he dispensed witb, and, although he hail framed his lola so as to dispense with the account ant sod broker, he thought the messenger should still be kept, subject to the aetkority of the commissioners in each case whether it were fit that the messenger shoo'. be employed or not. He bad no doubt that the official assignee had the greatest ground of complaint, and be found that there was among the judges no difference of opinion as to the present mode of paying 'hat most use ful and necessary officer. There was the greatest variety in the emoluments of official assignees. In certain casts his profits, which were paid by commission, barely auefieePto pay the expenses of his office, and he was literally left without emolument. In other oases his profits amounted to several hundreds, and even to thousands of pounds. In two instances the official assignees were in receipt of 3,0001. a-year, and in other cases they obtained upwards of 2,0001. a-year, while in other instances they ' had nothing. He proposed that the official assignees should be paid in a certain proportion by salaries and the rest in fees, which latter mode of payment would whet their zeal and maintain their activity. There ought, however, to be a maximum of income from both sources. Another complaint, which was not wtogether without foundation, referred to the irregular attendance of the commissioners. He stroi gly re:en/linen - led the Lord Chancellor to look into this subj.-c;, and after having ob. tained a return of their attendance during the last 12 months be trusted that his hon. and learned friend wool insist upon a more frequent and regular attendance upon the part of the commissioners. Another objection which was urged to the present system was that the comitii.- sioners in many in-lances lived at t)o great a dust mace from their respective courts ; that in their anx;ety 'lotto miss a particular train in order that they might reach their residences iu good time the business before them was often postponed until the next day, and that great inconvenience to the suitor was the result. He might also state that he found from returns which had been laid upon the table of the house that in one town 130 sitti"gs in bankruptcy had been held in the eour-ie of a single year ; while in another there had b -en 185; in a thir. , , . 151 ; and in a fourth, 705; dut, icia3.nuch ae there were only 365 days in a year, be had been at a loss to account for the 14. q-mentioned nuinber until he found that what was termed a " sitting" embraced the consideration of only one of the different matters which might have ben brought before the commis-ioner for decision. Tne fact was he learned that tho s e 705 sitcings bad been held is 54 days, so that not less than 13 cases had, upon an average, been determined daily. The consequence bad been the accumulation of the business to be done in a given time to an extent of which suitors complained. lie should next advert to the suggestions which bad been male by the committee to whom the bill which he was about to present to their lordship bad been referred Tbey had expressed themselves as being in favour of permit ting the estate of a deceased person who, if be had bet n alive, would corns under the operation of the bankruptcy law, to be administered under that law, and hail com plained that under the present system a right of appeal was given from the commissioner before whom a caw) had been heard, and who, having seen both the bank rupt and the witnesses, was likely to be the hest judge as to whether a certificate ought or ought not to be granted, to the Lord Justices of Appeal, who would be in posses ion of no such advantages. The committee had therefore suggested that an intermediate court of appeal should be constituted which shoal consist of the commissioner before whom the case had been tried and two of his fellow commissioners. He migbt add that another great objection which bad been urged against the law as it stood was that it made no distinction between traders and non-traders—an objection in the justice of which, however (the noble and learned lord was understood to say), he could not alto gether concur. A very general feeling against a resort to imprisonment in the case of a bankrupt had also found expression in the committee, and he himself was of opinion that, except in cases of absolute nece-si-y, it was not desirable that such punishment should be in anted.- He had, be believed, submitted to their lore:- 'hips' notice some of the chief defects which existed in the present law, and in the hope that the bill which he "all about to ley before them would in some degree ob viate those defects he should conclude by moving that it be read a first time. (H-ar ) The LORD CHANCELLOR said it would appear from the statement which had just been made by his noble and learned friend that the attempts to amend the bankrupt laws from 1831 up to the present mo ment had been productive of no very beneficial re sult. Before 1831 the administration of the estate of A bankrupt had in reality been a matter of private arra ngement, inasmuch as i n the coun try districts the name parties concerned had the power to their own commissioners. The result of that syst em, h ow ever, had been found to be extremely unsatisfac t ory and his noble an d learned friend had in consequen c e terposed and created a new machi nery, which b e ( t h e . Lord Chancellor) could not help thinking experience had shown to be far too comprehensive for the duties which it was meant to discharge, and wt.iich had consisted cif a certain number of commissioners and a Court of Review. The Court of Review had very soon been dispensed with, and its functions were now discharged by the Lords Jus tices of Appeal. In 1842 another change in the law had been made, and commissioners for the principal towns threnghout the country had been appointed to a gr, ater ifixteet than he deemed to be necessary. The consequence had been that he had two or three years ago obtained the assent of the Legislature to a measure providing that in case any of the country commissioners should from any cause mare to hold office it should not be incumbent upon the Crown to supply. their places until their numbers should be reduced to that p oint which might be consi dered adequate to the prdischarge pr oper of the h d a u d t i ie r TA duties whioh they had to perform. The bankrup t cy • deed several additions made . law it since 1842—a. for it • stenos, by the passing of this bill commonly 'called Lor Dalhousie's Act, the Winding -up Act, and the Bank uptcy oOnsOlidatio. , Act; but notwithstanding all these rEIE SUN, I,o*Nt DON, pany should be allowed to be constituted without lodg ing 10,000/ in order to demonstrate the bona fides of the promoters of such companies. He wished to know whether the Government intended to introduca that provi-i , n among the other alterations proposed. Mr. WILSON had to itats tbat it was thought very desirable that this bat eLould be passed in the coarse of the present year, especially as an act passed last year inadvertently repealed the only act which has governed insurance offices ; but no doubt his hon. friend was aware that a measure on such a suj.ct must raise many questions as to diff.-r(lnt interests, and he had conse qoently had great difficulty in meeting the numerous ob jecti ins. He had received yesterday a deputat.on re presenting all the London offices and most of the Scotch offices, and he hid come to this understanding, to read the bill a second time to-night, and to-morrow night in committee t , •4introduroe sues amendments as he thought it was in the power of the government to assent to. He also undertook that the bill should not be com ..itted in order to go on with those amendments until those gentle men out of doors who were int-rested in the matter had had four days to consider the al orations. VENTILATION OF SHIPS. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Fcr.•t Lord of the Admi ralty whether the A../in rarity had approved of a fan and ventilating machine for ships, invented by C. H. Brace bridge, Esq., called a blower, whether any ships bad been fitte i with them, and whether its success had led to any general order for their use? Sir C WOOD was understood to say that it had oc• curred to the Admiralty that all ships going outt'iChina should be ventilated, but he was not sure that Mr. Brace bridge's plan or some other would be adopted. the circumstances under which a communication of the fact bad been made to Parliament in a speech from the throne. Whenever a war was undest ikon, no doubt it should be communicated to Parliament before any expenses were incurred. Sin WALPOLE said that though the Persian expe dition was mentioned in the speech from the Throne, there was no intimation that the err:ten-es were to be divided between the East Indian Government and the home Government. He coull not help referring to the very clever turn given to the debate the other night, when the noble viscount said that on both sides of the howe information had not been demanded before. They did not introduce the suhj ct, because at that monent nego tiations for peace were g )inw, on; as exception should not be taken because all pressure was •voided at such a time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in the second week of the session ne made a distinct allu sion to the arrangement respecting the expenses of the Persian war, and the details of the sum which would be required were shortly after laid upon the table. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote, 590,000/. for the purpose of adjusting the acc ,mite of the old China war, Mr. WILSON explaiued that this was the sum which, alter a long negotiation with the East India Company, had at last been agreed to. There would be a set off due from the Company of 560,0001., which would leave a ba lance to be paid of only 30,0001. The vote therefore wai chiefly nominal, and would have little effect on the finances of the country. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know if this was a final adjustment, or if more of these accounts wera coming ? Mr. WILSON said that this payment was a final ad justment of tee matter. Cul. SYKES said the East India Company had made a very bad bargain. Mr. COX wished to know what security there was for the payment of the 560,0001., a.; the cnuntry was called upon by the vote to advance the full 590,000/. Mr. WILSON explained that this sum would not be really advanced. It was necessary, according to the forms of the house, that the sum in full should be put down in the votes. The vote was then agraPd to. The next vote was 11,1151. to defray the expenses of ,he General Board of Health. Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the amount charged in this class of expenses, which were now 884,0001., being 303,0001. over the corresponding class last year. The account was put into his band only that morning, little more than an hour before he had to come down to the house to atten.l to his Parliamentary duties. As to the vote itself, he had always understood that the Board of Health was to be abolished. It had lost the confi dence of the country, was totally useless, and was only kept up to provide salaries for its officers. Since the a.pointment of local medical officers under the Metro politan Act, its inutility had been yet more apparent. There was a bill before the house to abolish the board. Sir G. GREY denied that the Board was useless, it had rendered great services, and some such machinery was necessary. There was a bill before the house trans ferring the duties of the board to the President of the Council ; but this object had not yet been effected. if the proposed bill passed, so much only of the vote would be taken as would be necessary to defray the additional charges on the Council Office. Atter a few words from Sir J. TRELAWN Mr. BLACKBURN asked if the board did not ex pire of itself at the end of the yesr. Sir G. GREY explained that the board did not ex pire till the end of the session of 1858. Colonel SYKES said that the course proposed was trifling with their constituents, and an opportunity ought to given of duly considering the matter. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that if anyone would divide against the vote altogether, he would vote with him. Mr. COX opposed the grant. The Board of Health was as great a nuisance as that which it was intended to remove. He objected equally to the proposed bill of the right hon. gentleman, and he had thought that the Board of Health was to have ceased this year, and he should oppose all continuance of the vote. Lord PALMERSTON' said that it was objected that the Beard of Health was not only useless but mischiev ous. He would not then refer to the ex , irtions of the right hon. gentleman the membei for Marylebone, nor to what he might call the noble devotion of the board during the cho'era year ; but tLere was one of its functions which was productive of so much economy that it ought not to be objee.ed to by the hon. member for Lambeth. It was this, that hitherto when towns were anxious to obtain for themselves powers to make sanitary regula tions, they would have to spend 600/. on a bill if it was unopposed, and double or treble that NUM if opposed. At present they could by means of this board obtain the same advantage at an expense of not more than 601. This was the board which they called a useless one. Mr, WILLIAMS saw no means of proceeding except by dividing the house against the vote. After some remarks from Mr. MOWBRAY, in refer ence to the operations of the board, Mr. MONSELL defended its operations, and said that the local boards were satisfied with its conduct towards them in reference to heal sanitary improve ments. Mr. HENLEY said it was satisfactory to find that the General Board of Health and the local boards worked so amicably together. He was unwilling to vote against the estimate, but he expressed a hope that early next session the Government would introduce a new meagure for the guidance of the General Board of Health. Mr. BASS defended the Board of Health. He was instructed by the mayor and corporation of the borough (Derby) he represented to support the measures of the Government in reference to the board. Sir G. PECHELL wished to see a diminution of this vote. He should be happy to support a nuisance bill that would remove the B iard of Health, the Poor-law Board, and the Board of Trade. (Laughter.) After some remarks fr im Mr. MONSELL in explana tion, and also from Sir G. PECLIELL. the latter of whom said it was the principle he onno,ed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the bill before the house proposing to transfer the functions of the Board of Health to the Privy Council was passed, it would reduce much of the ex pense of the working of the present board. It was com petent for the house to limit its operations for one year to test its efficiency, but in the meantime it would be necessary to t dee a vote for the board as at present con stituted. If the house adopted the bill, then the Go• verntuent would make such a reduction in the establish ment of the board as would be foiled necessary and the Exchequer would be credited with the amount saved by the change. Lord J. MANNERS considered this an ex`ravagant vote. The committee then divided, when the numbers were— Per the vote Against it 3O m e joeity for the vote _lll On the vote of 2,5481. fur the expenses of the Eccle siastical Comin:seioeem Sir J. TRELAWNY said that when they came to the question of church rates, they would have much difficuky in dea ing with the question if this vote were passed. He was one off those who had hitherto divided against this vote, the Government was not consistent in proposing such a vote. He should move its rejection. Mr. W. WILLIA.MS s dd the resources oft .e church were ample, a n d they ought to be cont en t. T ee p eo pl e of this country hal been very blameabl e i n tbi4 ma tt er , and the church was unwise in coming to this country for these votes. Mr. WILSON defended the vote. The committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the vote Against it m ß i.,rity for the vote -93 A vote of 11,0801 if ,, r the salaries and expenses of the Charity Commis-ion was agreed to. On the vote of 1,9241. for salaries and expenses of the Statute Law Corn Mr. WHITESIDE said he should like to know when this committee would come to an end, and what they had been doing. Ile had no faith in the lvbours of the commission, from which he (xoected no results. H a pointed out the advisability of itnperialising the statute law, so that the same laws should apply to England and Ireland. Ile should not divide the house on the ques tinn, but be hoped that the promises held out would ultimately be fulfilled. On the vote of 4,924/. for salads; and expenses of the civil service commission, Mr, WILLIAMS inquired what were the duties of the commitodon ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained. Atter some further discussion, in which Mr. Ridley, Mr. Wilien, and Mr. W. Williams, took part, the vote was agreed to. Oa the vote of 3,5241. for the salaries and expenses of the temporary commissioners, Mr. WISE said it had been reported that the report of the commissioners on the national grant was not to be acted upon. He offered no opinion, but wished to kno.v whether that was true ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had not seen the report, and the Government had come to no decision whatever. Lord J. MANNERS inquired whether the salaries had been ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was impossible to fix them till the proceedings were ter- minuted. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE called attention to an in consistency in the printed copy of the votes. Mr. WILSON explained. After some conversation, in which Sir Denham Norreys, Colonel Sykes, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer took par•, Mr. WISE said his question had not been fairly an .wered. He wanted to know whether it was intended to act on the report Sr G GREY had seen the report, but had not read it, and there was seine further documentary evidence to be added to it. The other members of the Government had not seen it. Mr. WISE again asked whether, when it had been read, it would he acted upon? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when completed ►t would be taken into considera tion. After some farther conversation, Mr. AYRTON asked if it was intended to remove the National Galiery. He hoped it would not be done without consulti ,, g the house. Lord PALMERSTON said there was no such inten tion. The que•ition almost answered itself. Mr. CONINGHA.M. said that unless something was dons to make the Royal Academy vacate the premises they occupied at the National Gallery, he should take the sense of the house on the question. After some further conversation the vote wasagreed to. On the vote of 20,938/. for sal 'ries, expenses, and comoetoiations wider the Patent Law Amendment Acts, WIL/414.1d3 complained of the items as being enactments, the law, accord'sg to the statement of his noble and learned friend, still continued to remain in a most unsatisfactory position. 0.. e of the main objections which was urged against it was the amount ot expense which it entailed, and he was nit prepared to contend that some mode of obviating to a slight extent that ob jection might not upon investioation be discovered. He had, for instance, ascertained during the present session, from returns for which he had moved, but which bad not RR yet been printed, that those officers of the Court of Bankruptcy who were known as "messengers," and in whom considerable trust was reposed with reference to the estate of a bankrupt, ieceived in the shape of emolu ments a sum amounting to 1. 600/. or 1,7001. perannum,or nearly one and a half the annual salary of a county court judge. Nov, it was in his power to effect a dimi nution of the emoluments of those messengers, and he was in communication with the Lords Justices upon the subject, but he could not et the same time hold out the hope that any reduction which might in that respect be made would tend materially to diminish the expenses conseqUent upon a preceeding in Bankruptcy Courts, or in any very appreciable degree lessen the difference be tween the sum realised and that which was distributed. Hia noble and learned friend had also adverted to the mode in which their duties were discharged by the bank ruptcy commissioners in the country towns, but upon that point ha should observe that his attention had been called only in one instance to any negligence upon their part, and that in that case he bad taken steps to remedy the inconvenience which bad been occasioned. He might add that he had.never heard any complaints made of the mole in which the business of their clines was transacted by the commissioners in London, but he must also observe that the whole naetropelitan establishment was, in his opinion, much larger than was necessary Withi regard to the question of the residence of the com missioners, there was no doubt that they ought to reside at such a distal ce from the scene of their judicial duties as to enable them at a short notice to be present and perform their duties ; but even if he had the power it would not be in accordance with ordinary usage to com pel the commissioners in such towns as Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Birmingham, to reside within those towns. The whole subject was one which had been under the consideration of the Government, and be woul I give his most careful attention to the bid of his noble and learned friend. He could not be expected at pre sent to do more than to give that assurance, but he trusted that it would not be impossible to devise some scheme to make the procee flags in bankruptcy less dila tory and expensive than they at present were. The object of the Court of Bankruptcy was to realise the assets, and to distribute them in the shortest, and simplest, and fairest manner, and no doubt that object could be at tained better than it was at present. His noble and learned friend had made some observations on the sub ject of appeal, in which he could not concur. He, as one of the lords justices, had had an opportunity of witness ing the effect of the appeal which at present existed, and he should be sorry to see it abolished. He must also in form his noble friend that be was mistaken in supposing that the lords justices bad no power to examine wit nemesis, because not only had they such a power but they frequently exercised it, and he certainly should be sorry to see the establishment of a system by which the refusal of a certificate, a calamity so serious to a commercial man, was made to depend abselutely upon the judgment of one cnminissioner ' without any appeal to a superior tribunal. He would not further detain their lordship% but would only repeat that be would give his best atten tion to the bill of his noble and learned friend, and en deavour to cull from it all that might tend to improve the unsatisfactory state of the bankrupt law. Lord BROUGLIA.M, in a few words of explanation, pointed out the great advantages which bad resulted from the act of 1831. So unsatisfactory was the state of the law at that time that the only wonder was that some change had not been made in it before that period, and Lord Eldon, than whom no man bad been slower to en courage rash alterations in the law, had agreed that some alteration was not only necessary but in fact im possible to be avoided. What were the immediate effects of the change then made t Why, property to the event of nearly 3,000,000/. was distributed within a few months which ought to have been distributed years before. I , had been admitted by one bank that it realized 5,000/. or 6,0061. a-year from the money left in it by assignees in baokrup cy, whereas after the Act of 1831 such a thing became an impossibility. That Act, however, althoueh a great improvement upon the old system, was itself capable of amendment, and it was with the view of amending it that he asked their lord ships to give a first reading to the Bid which he had the honour of laying on their lordships' table. Toe Bill way reai a fiat time. Several Bills were brought up from the House of Commove, and read a first time. The House adjourned shortly after half-past 6 o'clock HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTBRDAY.) NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. WARREN gave notice that early in the nest session he shoal(' call attention to the present state of military 13cv, and its administration by naval and military tribunali. THE EDINBURGH ANNUITY TAX ABOLITION BI LL The LORD ADVOCATE, in reply to a question put by Mr. E. E,lice, said that looking at the late period of the session, and at the difference of ropiiii , m which existed on the subject of this measure, he thought that t would be impossible to carry it through parliament this session, and therefore he should propose that the order of the day sh,uld be read for the purpose of its being discharged, The order was read and di.charzed accordingly. DI VISION OF THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Sir J. PA KING roN asked the Secretary of State f.r the Colonies whether any decision had been come to by her Majesty's government on the suhj ct of detaching from the Colony of New S ,tith Wales any portion of the northern territories thereof, and forming the same into a separate colony, and if any such decision had been made where the southern bonndaly of such new colony was to be drawn; and whether on respect of any portions of such new colony as were situated between the 26th and 30 , ,b digs. of S. lat., petitions from the inhabitant householders of the territories so situated had been pro. served to her .lajesty, as required by the statute 13 and 14 Vic., c. 59, s. 34, in order to enable her Majesty to iociude such terri:eries in the new colony i IVne'ler any c , mditions had been imposed in order to prevent co:-ivicti bring sent to such new colony ? pro vision had been made as to the form of government of such new colony 1 And whether any, and if any, what arrangement had been wade as to the proportions of the pehlic debt of the existing colony to be borne by such new colony and New South Wales respectively after the proposed separation. kr. L ABOCTi.jHEIRE said that by the act upon which the institutions of New South Wales were founded, the legislature of New South Wales had provided for the possible separation of the colony by giving to the Queen in council the power to separate the district of noreton Bay from the rest of the colony, and to draw such boun dary line as she might be advised, and he ( \lr. Labou chere) having received reitera ed and strong petitions from the inhabitants of the district of Moreton Bay to the effect that they desired this separation, thought it his duty to advice the :; crown to make the separa ion which the crown was empowered to teaks by the act of the Ciltinial Legislatere. There arose considerable dif ficulty as to where the boundary line between the tWo colonies should be ; but his opinion was that what ought to guide the crown is the matter was the desire of the colonists themselves who lived near the boundary line as to whether they should be ircluded in the Moreton Boy r in the New South Wales colony, and al-o the facts as to the acceptability of the port of shipment for Moreton Bay. At first be thought it would be desirable to early the line of separation lower down than he now advised, but it appeared to him that the weight of the petitions and memo rials from the inhabitants of the district in favour their being retained as part of the colony of New South Wales so much overpowered those in favour of their in corporation with the Moreton Bay colony, that he had drawn the line nearer to Moreton Bay than he bad originally intended, between, he believed, the 25th and 26th degrees of latitude. As to the second question, he could not say it was the fixed determination of the government not to send any single convict to Moreton but there was no desire tc do so, and he should consider it a gross breach of the ' , ledge given to Sydney, if convicts were introduced into the adjoining colony from whence they could so easily pans into the colony of Sydney. As to the question whether there was any provision as to the form of government for the new colony, he found that in the act which the legislature of Sydney had passed it was provided that the constitution of the new colony should as nearly as possible resemble that of Sydney, and, therefore, there was no option but to give to the new colony the ordinary constitution of a British col ny. To the last question, his answer was that he had written to the Governor of New South Wales, ea ling his attention to the subject of the public debt, and requesting him to bring the matter before the legislature of New South Wale., by whom a proper division of the debt ceul I be made. THE NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL AT NEFLEY. Mr. WILCOX asked the First Lord of the Treasury if any circiiinstauo-s Imo arisen to induce her Majesty's Government to suspend their intention to huill the new military hospital at Nutley ; and, if so, whether he had any objection to state them ? Air. STAFFORD, before the question was answered, wished also to ask whether there was any objection to publish the complete correspondence upon the subject, for some important correspondence had been withheld ? Lord PALMERSTON, as to the la-t question, said that he did not know what the correspondence referred to was, and therefore he was unab!e to answer the ques tion ou that occasion. With respect to the spot selected for the hospital, the Government were quite satisfied, and he him-elf was entirely convinced from local know ledge that it was very healthy, and tota!ly free from any abjection on sanitary grounds. He had also received a letter from a medical gentleman in the neighbourhood, who stated that g2O years' employment in the locality he had not known any cases of ague or diseases of that kind. FIRE INSURANCE AND MUTUAL COM PANIES BILLS. Mr. COWAN asked whether A was intended to pro pose considerable alteration s in two bills recently intro duced —namely, the Issurance Companies and Mutual Companies Balls ; and if it was also intended to confer limited liability upon such companies ; also if new prints of such bills, with the alterations proposed, would be delivered to members, and lattice given of the intention of the Government to proceed with these amended measures. He also wished to ask another question. Hi s bon, friend bad been chairman of the committee on insurance . compania-t which sat four years ago, and on which he (Mr. Co can) had also served. Among other things recommended was one that no insurance com- INDIA. General WINDHA.M wished to know whether the Horse Guards authorities had any ot.jection to produce a report on India which it was understood had been made some years ago by the late Sir C. Napier, at the request of the late Duke of Wellington Sir J. RA M.SD EN said it was quite true as the gal lant officer bad stated, that there was a report of this nature, which had been draivn up by the late Sir C. Napier and sent home to the lat.) Duke of Wellington, but it did not enter into details as to the Bengal army, aad merely referred to the military occupation of the country, though it gave details of great importance to the military government. He thought it would not be desirable to lay the report upon the table. THE SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. Sir D. NORREYS inquired whether there was to be any supplemental estimate to make up the deficiency in the amount req uir.d for the survey of Scotland / Mr. WILSON .aid there would be mica an estivate, THE DIVORCE BILL. In reply to a qtp.stinn from Lord J. MANNERS, Lord . i'ALNIkRSTON said it was still the intention of the Government to proceed with the Divorce Bill on the following day. INDIA, Ou the motion of Col. SYSES, a return was ordered of "the area and population of each division of each presi dency of India, from the latest inquiries ; comprising also the area and estimated population of native states." WASHING AND DRYING FOR SOLDIERS. On the question that the Clerk do proceed to read the orders of the day, Col. NORTH rose to move for a copy of any corre spondence which had taken place between the War De partment and Mr. Huthnance, relative to his apparatus for a drying-room to be attached to a laundry ; and copies of any reports which had been made on this sub ject by any officers to whom the question had been re• feered. Sir J. RA.MSDEN said the apparatus to which his hon. and gallant friend alluded was one of a great num ber of inventions which bad recently been submitted to the War Department, which had been referred to com petent officers to be reported upon. The motion was negatived without a division. THE ORDER OF THE BATH. Lori HOTHAM. caned the attention of the Fret Lord of the Treasury to the existing practice of exacting from officers appointed to be members of the military division of the most honourable Order of the Bath an engagement that the insignia of the Order, which they have received from the S.ivereign in person, or which have been transmitted to them by her Majesty's com mands, shall after their death be returned. Tne noble lord remarked that from time to time an investiture took place by the S •vereign, but directly the person receiving the deeoration left the Q presence he was presented with a printed form, which he was required to sign, pro• viding that the insignia shall be given up to the Crown on his death. In the case of a knight the star was made of such paltry materials that the first thing a knight had had to do was to go to his jewellers and to provide him self, at the expense of about l 4 , with a star which was fit to wear with his uniLri33. (Hear, and laughter.) At Sebastopol there was an investiture, at which French, Sardinian, and English officers received the decoration, and while silver stars were, as they ought to have been, sent out by this country for the French and Sardinian officers, tinselled stars were publicly given to our own officers which it was impossible for them to wear with their uniforms. The noble lord alluded to the orders of Maria Theresa and St. George of Russia, the greatest orders in Europe, the insignia of which were small in sere, light in appearance, and convenient to wear. He trusted that Lord Palu3ereton would tender such advice to her Majesty as would lead to some satisfactory change. Sir W. CODRINGTON said that these orders bad been very greatly improved litely. Formerly a G.O B. cost 2821., and that of Knight Commander was 901 ; but those extravagant charges were now moderated. At the same time he hoped tho present tinselled decoration would soon be supplied by one which was worthy of the honour conferred by the Sovereign. A star would' not cost more than 71. or 81., and not more than eight or ten were conferred every year. In the Crimea when the Fr nch and Sardinian officers were decrated, their stars were placed on their coats, while the tinselled stars were slipped into the hand.; of the English officers, while the French and Sardinian officers were standing by. This was a source of great regret to him when he was in the Crimea. (Hear.) _ _ Lord PALINURSTON did not think that there was anything unseemly in the fact that the honours should be returned at death. What were required to be deli vered were the riband and the badge. Thester, which was at present purchased by the officer himself, was not re turned. In reference to the remarks of the gallant gene ral (Sir Wm. Codrin,gton), no doubt it might be consi d,red neces-ary to recon-ider the practice of giving a piece of ornamental tinsel which it c never be ex pected any officer should wear. The expense would cer tandy not be much, and when a mark of honour was g, , ven for distinguished services, it ought not to be attended with expenses to the individual. It was not correct to say that fees had been abolished. They were now paid by the public, and be did not see why the same prin ciple should co'. apply to the stars and other decorations. Tne subject should have every consideration from the Government. OFFICERS ORDERED FOR INDIA.. Mr. NOEL asked whether the Governniet t would give to those of her Maj tsty' , offilers who are ordered to rriiin their regiaients in India before the expiration of their leave on account of the mutiny in that coun'ry, a free paesage ; nr whether they will have to return there at their own elpense I Sir J. RAMSDEN said the Court of Directors woull pay the expense. Oa a question put by Sir JOELN PAKINTGTON, a di , cussion arose as to the 'delivery of printed papers to members, it being remarked that many important do cuments never came into their hands. The Cs.s.rwELLoß of the EXCHWER and Mr. WILSON said the matter bhould again be referred to the printing committee. INDIA AFFAIRS. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE said that as there was some information from Australia by the mail which had touched at Gale, be wished to know whether the Government bad received at y additional news from India Mr. V. SMITH said that no additional information had been received by the Board of Control or the East India Company. From inch a course communication would go to the Colonial Department, but he had ascer tained that no news from I, dia had been received. The house then went into c"mmittee of supply. SUPPLY—PERSIA. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE9IIER pro ceeded to move his estimates on the Persian war, and said be should not think it necessary to revive the dis cussion which had taken place in reference to the causes of the hostilities which had taken place. He would refer to the reason he had for asking the house to agree to the vote. If it bad not been ft.r the disasters which had taken , place in India, neither the In ian Government nor her Majesty's Government would have asked for the vote ; but in consequence of the Indian revenue at this time— the losses suffered by the Indian Treasury, and the certainty there was that the land revenue and the taxes would suffer a great reduction, they would not have asked for the vote, which he thought, under the circumstance., the house could scarcely refuse. He would now only revert to the remarks of the chair man of the East India Company, who seemed to think there was some reluctance to dikcharge obligations to the East India Company. Government had no power to bind the house, and all they c mid do was to promise to ask the house to reimburse the company for half the extraor dinary expenses. He thought the hon. gentleman used a term which he was not justified in using, when he characterised it as a debt due from the house ; for he considered that the house exhibited no reluctance, but, on the contrary, acted with great liberality and justice, having given the subject ample consideration. The ' gentleman concluded by moving that a sum not exceed ing 400 000/ be granted to her Majesty as repayment to the Ea-t India Company in regard to the expenses of the war with Persia. Mr. W. WILLIAMS inquired whether any further Rum would be required in connection with the war with Persia! Toe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the total amount of expeneec calculated by tee East India Company was 1,865,0001., but until the accounts were made up, the matter could not be settled with the Com pany. Toe Government would pay one moiety of the extraordinary expenses of the war, towards which the amount now proposed would go. Col. SYKES said that no exact o.lculation could at resent be made, as part of the troops were now in Persia. Mr. COX inquired when it was likely that the troops would return The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had heard of the arrival of the Eu ropean troops in India. As to the native troops, there had been no advicea. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objected to the manner in which the house had been called upon to pay the ex penses of the Persian war, because he thought that whenever_ any hostilities were commenced tending to an increase of taxation, the fact should be communi cated by message to the bones. Lord PALALEFLSTON said be had already explained FRIDAY EV ENING, JULY 24, 18 5 7 rxlessively high, and hoped the committee would nf t eanction such a vote, the most extraordinary he had ever heard of. He muved the reduction of the vote by 5,410/. Sir J. TROLLOPE pointed out that the surplus over the rxnenpes was 10,000/ , which was a tax on the inge• nui y of inventors. The Gicernment ~ u 4 h t to be aehumed to take more from the pockets of inventors than the actual costs. Mr. WILSON said that the whole matter was settled by act of Parliament, and it was hard to blame the Gl vernment when so large a reform had hen made, and when the fees of the law officers of the Cr ,wn had been rPduced from 161. to 31., notwithstanding the onerous duty of 4-x imining all the specifications. It was quite time that the chargos ought to be no more than wuol I pay the expenses, but the increased Ch eat:loess had s.: in creased the demand that the income xieeded what was expected. It 'Was iMpOS'iblt to adjust it exactly. Mr. PEASE complained of the hardship-4 to which in ventors were exp , :sed, which he thought was a great check upon inventive veniu La reply to Mr. HORSF..-ILL, who wa3 almost inaudible, Mr. WILSON said all the specifications wera pub liihed, and sold at a very low price fur the benefit of the public. . . C,)lond. SYKES said notwithstanding the ingenious and deprecating defence of the fees, they did certainly continue to be a check upon the inventive genius of the country. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY tbourzlat the hon. member for LAinheth woull hardly divide the committee, but asked for f xolanation on some poicte. Mr. SPOONER also asked for explanation. Mr. W.A.TKIN said that the house hardly gave the Government credit for the valuable purposes accom plished by this expenditure. At the same time the fees ou-Olt to he moderate in amount Some of the best irn provement4 proceeded from the brains of the poor man. Mr. WILSON exp!aioed. Lord J. MANNERS said that this was the old story of the Government spending money and then coming to the house for votes. Sir D. NORREYS complained that under the present system a part of the salaries of the officers of the crown wag charged on the invent,,rs. Mr. SPOONER wished to know how much was esti mated and how much was already Expended, and also why K. , ntington was chosen fir the exhibitton of the models Mr. WILSON said Lord S. Manners was quite right in saying that the money was expended, but it was since the sum of 7,0001., voted last year, had been exhausted. Kensington was selected because there was no room any where else. The 1,0001. was spent in furnisbiugand filling the rooms, not on any new buildings. Mr. LYGON asked by whose authority anything was being transferred to Kensington ? (Sensation). After a few words from Mr. CROSSLEY, Mr. MOWBRAY compained that this was money spent without the sanction of Parliament. He moved the reduction of the vote by 2,000/., the cost of the mu seum at Kensington. Mr. WILSON said that when the vote of 7,0001. was voted, the whole estim4te was ready, but that sum was taken on account. Mr. SPOONER said that when the vote for 7,0001. was taken, be distinctly asked whether any portion of the money would be spent at Kensington, and was as distinctly told that it would not. The house then divided en Mr. Mowbray's amend ment, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it .. 73 . 156 -83 Majmity The vote was then agreed to, On the vote of 8,8431. for the expenses of the Board of Fisheries in Se-AlAnd, Mr. WILLIAMS said that two yeirs ago he was assured that this vote would be di,coutinueci, and last year the assurance was repeated. It was a vo'e for the benefit of the landlords, as it was said that many of the poor could not, but for its help, have the means of pay ing their rent. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He ob jected to the taxing of the people of England, and of In-land too--(cheers from the Irish mernbers)—for such purposes. The Scotch fi , heries were in a tuo.t pros perous state. He should divide the house on the re duction of the whole vote. No, he would allow the pensions which amounted to 2 165/., and he should move the rrduction of the vote to that sum, striking off all the other items. Mr. WILSON said that be was quite prepared to say that the present wap he last year in which the vote would appear i i its present shape. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY complained of the present plan of fostering the herring trade by what was neither more nor less than a system of protection. After some observations from Sir G. Pechell, Mr. Blsck, Mr. Blackburn, and Mr. Wise, Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew his amendment, and the vote was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. SPOONER the chairman re ported progress, and the house resumed. The remaining orders were disposed of, and the house adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. (From the Daily News.) The inveterate obstinacy of the House of Lords is producing its natural result. The advanced intel ligence of the country, the sober and deliberate common sense of the country, feels iiself deeply aggrieved by the folly and insolence of this repeat' d rejection of deliberately expressed will. The masculine underst diug of all thinking EnAishmen resents this miserable perpetuation of inedimval pre judices and superstitious alarms, for the me to pur pose of depriving the British Jew of his rights to a sett in the British Legislature. The thing has gene a trifle too far. It is not only the Anglo-Hebrew who is subketed to a fantastic denial ofrght, but the liberal constituencies and the liberal represen tatives of this free country who are treated with indignity and contempt. LA this course of pra ceeding he carried only a little further, and the cry of Quousque tandem, will pe 11 forth on all sides loudly and irresistibly from the " abused patience" of the great Liberal party. Have we fought and conquered only for this? Have we swept away, in succession, Test Acts and Catholic D and Rotten Boroughs and the Bread Tax—to be in sulted year after year by this mi•ierahle refusal of right—of clear and incontes able right—in the case of the Jew ? Is tat great fabric of civil a rri reli giois liberty—the hereditary boost of English liiiieralisra—to wait session after session for its com pletion, till our peers have learnt to be wise, and our prel rtes to be charitable Ara a handful of Tory lords and a bitch of mitred Churchmen to constitu'e themselves a perpetual birri r against the admission of our Jewish fellow-countrymen to their rights, with no other protest against their in justice than the anneal repetition of rejected measure ? Not al ; the petitionary period has had its day, the time has c me for rougher speech and more decided action. Baron Rothschild, taking Ole rejection of the bill by the Lords for a rejection of himself as nie „,_ ber elect of London, is aatri a candidate for the votes of the metropolitan constituency. OF course he will be re-elected. Four times the great City has chosen him as a repi esentacive, f air times the 'Luse of Lords has declared that he shill not be permitted to take his sett-. It is tame that this mockery should come to a close. By resigning his seat, Baron Rothschild may be considered to have settled, at all events for this ses sion, the question of proce ding to take his seat by virtue of a resolution of the House. John Lord Campbell must be patient for a while. He is doomed yet for a little season to be peac-ful and inglorious. The crown of judicial ina.rtyrdom is not yet within his reach. The morrow of All Souls must find him still tranquil in his pre-eminence on that august bench which he has done so much to adorn by his witaud elevate by his dignity, rejoicing in all the honest splendour of that exalted position which ha has never compromised by buffoone.y or lowered by an exhibition of bad ta-te. That affect ing picture with which he recently drew tears down the "iron cheeks" of Lord Ceanwor, h, and pa nfuily electrified the nervous system of Lord Brougham, will not yet be realised. The warrant is not yet made out which is to commit John Lord Campbell to the Tower by order of the House, and the " Peo ple" must postpone, till further notice, their antici pated rising in his defence. "Nobody shall save me —I w !Übe drowned," exclaimed an ancient country woman of his lordstiip's, while desperately strug gling with a rising tide, and an imperfect knowledge of the science of grammatical inflection as under stood on this side the Tweed. The "ancient Scotch body" immortalised in this novel story did not pre cisely mean what site said ; neither, perh.ps, does this other " anc - ent Scotch body." At all even 2 s, L..); cl Campbell may have the consolation of reflect ing, in the unavoidable postponement of his martyr dom, that he has mixed up, in the happiest confu sion ever yet attained by a ny of his predecessors, the two incompatible characters of Legislator and Judge, and has declared in the House what sen tence he will feel bound to pi onounce from the j udg ment-seat—even as he has intimated more than once from the judgment seat tire opinions he should feel called upon to express as a pe-r in Parliam, The rescue of the Chief Jus ice of England by a mob of long-shore men, under the very beards of Houndsditch and St. Mary-axe, is a spectacle which the admirers of Rotnan virtue wi 1 he extremely reluctant to forego. But it is possible to pay too high a price even for such a luxury as this, and we hon , - sly confess that a collision betwe It the H ruse and the Law Courts would be dearly purchased by the enrolment of the present Objet Justine of England on the brief and modest calendar which - records the sufferings of the "Martyrs of the Law." • Baron Rothschild has on the whole done wisely by resigning his seat into the hands of his constituents. Lord John Russell mu-t now do his part, by zealously pressing forward the Bill which the House of Commons has just given him leave to introduces Lord Pahnerston'e conduct in the matter will be watched with the closest attention. His future hold on the gre it body of tie Lib ral party will materially depend on the zeal or lukewarinness which be now displays in reference to this question. ,SPORTING II'TELLIGEY CE. GOODWOOD. The S'emard's Cup, value 300 -ova (handicap) by snh scription of 10 s.,vP, each, with 100 ad(i.d, the surplus to be paid to the winner in Fp-cie. T.Y.C. Age st lb Fiacrow 5 9 0 New Brighton ••• a 8 7 Stork C ronPr 4 8 4 Good Friday 4 8 4 Manganese Theodora Kestr-I , 4 8 0 Mincepie Vic , oria Olympus Katherine Logie 4 7 11 bV 1-yam 6 7 8 Co , swold Ztidea Geor.:e Bro'vn ••• 4 7 4 Q . e . , n the S,utli 4 7 4 Prophet 3 7 4 St. Dunstan Florin RiAeber Lard Nelson 3 7 1 Putocki Tournament Schiedam Fright Loyola Lady Hawthorn 3 6 12 Old Tom Glee-singer Comquot Lady Aintree (late Stormsai) Unexpected Nougat Strawberry The Nursery Stakes, a Handicap Sweeptakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; winners of the 11am, Levant, Milecombe, or Bentiock, or Memorial Stakes, to carry 61b; of any two of those races, 911) extra. Last mile. st lb An.e Pt lb Paladin Intimidation Siiler to Jesuit 3 6 7 Peeping Torn 3 6 6 Beechnut The F.ying Eng -11-h rnau S - anhope 4 6 6 Nereus Bads worth_ 11-atriee 3 6 5 I Kingmaker 10 by T , ?uchgt,,ne, —Diphthong 3 6 3 Oria , da .. 3 6 3 I Vg , l Alrnaviva 3 6 3 c by lago, nut of Evening S•ar 3 6 3 Violet Rine Clurcli Langton 3 6 3 spa , ia vlab• 1 6 6 0 f by Birdcatcher Supple Jack Lord of Lorn Herne Broadlands Misty Morn.., 8 4 Terrific 8 4 Yaller Gal, by Sirikol 8 2 Jack Horner Blackthorn intercidona 7 13 Tra!,uco The Hadji Admiralty Dispute The Pm%ticker Night Ranger 7 11 Plague Royal 7 11 Wood mite Windham . 7lO 7 10 Orchehill c l,y Nutwith, out of out of Miss Whip 3 6 0 Cave A-ullam 5 5 10 Blue Mantle 4 5 10 Queen Bess 1,,,r,1 of Lorn 2 5 9 Saxe Weimar Tricolour Malak"ff P lly Johnson Genoral B)squet 3 5 5 014 Times 2 4 12 at lb Shepherdess T. P. Cooke 7 7 Br c by the Flying Dutchman, out of Gala 011 Timeg cby Alarm, out of . Bribery Spread E sgle t by Cotheretone, out of Caalpa Scribblar, brother to Secretary 7 2 Plum,tone Wrrstier Ma4 , trntu c by Alarm, out of Glei luce Accurate c Cloughbally Kelpie 7 0 f by Jericho, out of Dividend 10 Pavilion Allspice Yaller Gal, by Wool. of Cashmere 7 8 Brother to MaryCopp 7 7 Birhary Punster Mehra The Chesterfield Cup, by E (handicap) ; the winner o' Goodwood Cup, or Stew: carry 7tb extra Craven Age st lb Leamington Sork Good Friday 4 8 4 Claret 5 8 2 Mincepie Victoria 4 7 13 Kestrel The Eirl 5 7 9 Katherine Logie 4 7 3 Lawn 4 7 3 Riseher Prophet Schiedam Lord Nelson 3 7 2 Poto±i Fiorin 3 7 2 Cot-wold Turbit $ 7 0 Lady Hawthorn 8 6 12 Loyola Barflour Lord of the Hills 3 6 10 Comquot wick 6 7 subscription of 15 sovs each f the Goodw , od Slake?, the ands' Cup at Goodwood, to Course. Age at lb Glee-ginger 3 6 10 Intimidat on Poeping rom 3 6 6 c by Surplice, out _ . of Bee's-wax 3 6 6 Ba-kiworth. Slater to Jesuit._ 3 6 5 Strawberry Ortanda c by lago, out of Eveidng Star 3 6 2 Paladin Rhisua Bannockburn Y. Hopeful B-echnut Rackapelt Q seen Bess Tricolor MaLakhoff 3 5 7 General Ba:quet 3 5 7 Hobgoblin 3 5 7 TATTERSALL'S. -THURSDAY. About a dozen subicribers dropped into the room in the course of the afternoon, evidently more with the in tention of whiling the time away than with a determina tion to resume an active pursuit of business. The in vestments, in the aggrecate scarcely exceeded 3001. F , r the Goodwood Stakes Fisherman wa bunyant at Bto 1, the outlay in his farot:r being about 701 6to 1 was offered o❑ the field for the Cup, and 10,000 even, or any part of that sum was offered on Gemma di Vergy aget Anton, " both to ru❑ ;" 200 to 100 was betted against Blink Bonny for the St, Leger ; 100 t 80 was laid on the mare and Ignerarnu4 coupld. The following list of quotations comprises a 1 the bu.i , ,ess transacted GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 15 aget Rosati (off:-red) Bto 1 ag4t Fisherman (taken) 10 to 1 Martin-t (taken) 14 to 1 aget Fu'beck (Wien) 15 to 1 ag.it Van Dunek (taken) 20 to 1 aget Gunboat (500 ro 15 laid once) 25 to 1 a,nit Hartley Buck (taken) 100 to 3 agst Mongrel (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 10 to 1 agst Potocki ((t ikon) 15 to 1 apt Fazzul..tto (taken) ST. LEGER. 2to 1 aget Think Bonny (taken and offered) The room will be opened on SitUrday next. ARSENAL AND THE GOODWOOD CUP.—The stewards have decided that Arsenal is entitled to the slb. allow ance for "1 of having won 1001. inclading his own stake, at any one time in 1857." His weight for the Good wood CUD is therefore 7st 2.b. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. July 20, at. 9 a.m.—Epiroru9, out of all his engage ments at Reading and Wolverhampton, for which he was enured by Mr. Mather. July 21, at 6 p m.—Lady Ev.ilyo colt, out of the 1.41- vant and Findon Stake , at Goodwood. _ _ July 21, at 9 a.tn.—l.4norarous, out of the Great Yorkshire Stakes, York. s July 22, at I.2olese, Greenfinch, Result, Bacon, Cricket, Laird Duff, and Atticirsaid (-lead!, out of their God vood eogageuierit3; and Chow out o; the Gratwicke S July 22, at 2.20 p.w.--Sunri-e and Settlement, out of their Goodwood ,-egAgeloents. July 28, at 11.45 a.m.—Blue Jacket out of the Gool wood Cup. STANFORD RACES. —THURSDAY. The Stamford St Leger, a sweer.taks of 25 sous. each, 10 ft., with 40 adied ; for tree-yr-olds ; colt 4, 8 t 71b., and fides 8•t. 41'). About 0115 mile and a gnar•er 4 subs, Lord Exeter's Turbit, by Woodpigeon, 84t. 41b. (N,r-nan) 1 Lord W. Powlett's colt by lago—Goisamer. Bit. 4:b. (E. Sharoe) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colic, 84 101 b. (including 3!b. Extra) (G Fordbarn) 0 B. ding —6 and 7 to 4 on Sir C.din. Won by a length ; Sir Colin bolted at the first turn, The Handicap Plate of 25 SIM?. Twice round. TNO miles 293 yards. Mr. S. Jacob , ' Ulysses, by Annandale, Gat. 101 b. (car. 61t. 111 b.) (Withington) Walked over Cully weston Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 40 added ; for two-yr-olds ; colts, B.it. 710. ; filties, 8 -t. 4:b. Winners extra. New T.Y.C. Five furlongs. 3 subs. Mr. T. Parr's York, by Slane, Bst. 12th. (in 515. xtra) Mr. Ewbank's Bess Lyon, Sat. 41b. (Basbam) 2 The betting opened at 5 and 6 to 4 on Bess Lyon, and closed at 7 to 4 on York. Won by five lengths. The Burghley Stakes of 25 sous, each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 adced. Mr. Mellish's Tame De-r, by Venison, 4 yrs. 7st. 12 . b (G. Fordiiam) t w.O. L.ird Exeter's Turbit, 3 yrs. 74. 121b(Norman) ,i i i Sir C. Monck's Vandal, 5 yrs (inc. 51b. ex r 4), Bit. 131 b ... R'lat nag) 3 Mr. Draper's Neva, 3 yrs. ono. 310 extra) 6t ib. (J. Ro g ers) 4 Mr. West's Pantomime, aged, 94. 31b. (inc. 51b. extra) Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, 4 yrs 0m.... sth. e xtra), Bst. 710 (K-ndalt) 0 Betting —2 to 1 agst Tame Deer-4 to 1 each apt Neva and Vandal-5 to 1 apt Pantomime —6 to 1 aget Pt ince of Orange. A dead heat. Vandal was beaten about three lengths from the first two ; Prince of Orange did not pass the post. Deciding Heat. —Tame Deer walked over and the stakes were divided. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Rosati (t.) 10 to 1 agst Fisherman (t.) GOODWOOD CUP. 7 to 1 agst Fisherman (t.) 9 to 1 agst Florin (t.) ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (t.) 4 to 1 aget In-rainus (t ) THE DUBLIN ELECTION PETITION.—A public meeting of toe liberal party in Dublin was held on Wednesday in the Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of taking measures to prosecute vigorously the petition whi c h 1 . , a , been presented to the House o f C , mtnons. pr a yi ng t h at the present members for the city should be unseated, in. asn.uch as their election was procured by bribery and treating. Thera was a numerous attendance, anri a strong interest was shown in the proceedings. Alder man Reynolds and Mr. F. W. Brady addressed th e meeting. A ~:übseriptioa was opt;atd, and a c;nntnittee appointed. Country Markets. BOSTON-JULY 22. We have agai❑ to report an extremely dull market, and a small supply of a heat ; the few sales effected must be noted is to 23 per qr. lower. Spring corn Unaltered. Prices Wheat, red, 50a Od to 613 Od ; new, —s to —s ; white, 60 0 to Gls Od extra, 1;53. Barley, 403 Od to 47s 01. Oat- 25e to 31s. Peas, 40 to 443 Od. Beans, 46s Od to 49s Od per qr. NEW WK-JULY 22. A good attendance and a plentiful supply of wheat. which expericnced a dull s7.le, at fully Is to 2s decline. Other grain at last wi-ek's prices. • •• - - Wheat, white 6is to 663, red 60s to 635; barley, malting ---s to -s, grin Ting 35s to :i6s; oats, 24st. 34y to l6s, 224 t, 3ls to 33s ; beans, 4-'s to 52s ; malt, 73s to 80s ; peas, 465 to 43s ; tares, 44s to 48s per qr. LOUTEI-JULY 22. Our market this morning was thinly attend,3d, and there was little business tr,usa,:ted, at about 5s under the rates of last week. Other kinds as before. Wheat, 55s to 59s ; extra, 6Gs ; barley 41s to 449; oats 24s to 281; beans, 44s to 435. MANCEIESTER-JULY 23. A good attendance to-day, but a very limited business doing, owing to the kalden refusing to make a concession equal to the requirements of buyers, at a decline of is per qr. since this day se'unight on Engiish wheat, 3,1 to 4d per 701bs on American, and is to 2s per sack on flour. Oats and oatmeal unchanged. Indian corn the turn dearer. GLASGOW-JULY 22. At this day's market a mere re!ail business doing at a decline of is per boll on wln•at, and 6 1 per bar rsl and le per sack on flour. Oats neg,lected. Oatmeal is par load cheaper. Barley, for malting, saleable at a reduction. Beans, peas, and Indian corn hell fur full prices. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-JULY 22. Th 3 supply of grain of all kinds to-day was pretty fair for the season. Wheat considerably hack. Barley and oats bAtt-r. Beans sane as last week. Sales were dull for all kinds. Wheat, on the top, 2s Gil down, and on the average 4s Id down. Barley, is Od down on the top, and Os 7d up on the average. Oats on the top Is dove, and on the average is 8,1 up. Beans on the top 4s Od np, And on the average id down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 2 4 0-12ths. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats ll2 4 6-12ths. Beana Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1732 qrs sold 1233 qrs Barley 159 qrs sold 107 qrs Oats 657 qrs sold 437 qrs Beans 73 yrs sold 63 qrs atf.ll,l3Y 621IT11.1e1ELD.—JuLi 21. There was but a moderate supply of fat beasts to-dais the greater part of the middling sort, and a fiat demand. The supply of sheep and lambs was fair, anti in good re quest. A largo supply of fat calves, and a heavy sale. A large number of fat pigs. The following were the quotations :—Beef, bid to 7d : mutton, 74 to 71ti ; lamb, 8d to d ; veal, 61 tc 61d pet lb. ; pigs, liso4 to 10. s 64 per score; rough fat, 5s 3:1 to Os per 141 b.; hides, 444 to 6,d per lb ; calf-skins, 44d co 6F4 per lb. EXECUTION FOR MURDER —CHELMSFORD, July The culprit, Michael Crawley, was ex-_ , cuted this morn ing, at half-pa-t nine o'clock, upon the drop erected a t the top of Springfield Gaol. The prisoner, it will be re' collected, WA, convicted at the last sessions of the tral Criminal Curt before Mr. Justice Williams, of the murder of his wife, under the most bru'al circumstancege Tne prisoner was 62 years old, and was six feet in height, and appeared to be a robust, hearty man. Efe, was lamenta'ly ignorant, not b e i ng a bl e e ith er t o rea d or write, and was not acquainted with the least midi' meats of education. 0., Wednesday afternoon the three sons of the prisoner, all fine young men, took their laet leave of him in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Last and Mr Neale. the governor of Sp , in , field Gel. The adjourned meeting of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Company Was held at Anis'erdat on the 20th inst. The report was adop - ed, and a dividend of is. 3d. Per, sharo declare but great dissatisfaction was ex presse d at the fi.cal arraegewents of the governments of Prussia acrd adland, which, it was argued, seem framed with a view to damage rather than encourage railway uncle takinees. FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.--A. fire broke out yesterdel morning on the premises of Mr. Maintell-tpr,"ss, window' glass manufacturer, No. 6, Bermondsey-street. The house and contents were nearly destroyed. The neigh i bourn intend to grt up a sub.-eription for the purpose 13 , presenting George Cooper, one of the firemen, with testimonial for his ceurageous conduct on this OOCSsi" . 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Forsyth, of Ranin le. late On oft!flaii,v r square, ed 8. n adenif ' e 19th in.t., at ag Kildu s ff. East Lothian , 5 . the Dow,ger Lady Maxwell, of Calderwoo , l, ag ell 76 . Gottla Ou the ?:-id April last, at, Melbourne, Australia, R. H. Banbury, R,N., aged 44. LONDON : Printed and Published by MIT.RDO of No, 112, Strand, Printer, -at The Sun Ottice* +he 0 03 LU, Strand, in the Precinct of the SavoY. i n of Middlezcx, Friday, July 24, 1857. 111 the strc rattetisl „Irornini Litalls m Polrzra had at t ----___ of F eess y t ort M. Rout The Lan J uly 2' bathe : 0 ( la the f i r , re hdere c i W ell d , eve one) b, 4wo, and eXPllnati In the 4 after ny e A Leal " Xegle( 14 E '1 A.l hiao all )3( arel by ita P? , rfeetly The daii nard to h Sold by Landonand s on ' m c hants PERT The. 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