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D a'i 1?1- .01 • •0 l•een a hat ed, and e after ecemed They I,rrelled. threw asket at ripe her to say, [1.1 , e the the NVO- At nine eouse at Cher© was I, and there recovered mt previous vere rather r dearer. , day's tsar• demand at beans, and ey. —s to —s ; )s Od to 474 Beans, 4'25 i n . "Wheat s were 2s to ley, malting ;o 325, 220 a ; peas, 44' other grail; et be note°. ;0 445; oat°, lay, and All f he prices - o lour study' )011 cheaper. Ls, peas, and not quite 0 ° ice. Basle/ the averag e Is 4d dO I and on tbe up, and 0 ey reds, 156 9-12ths. 0-12th. 0-12ths. 5-12ths. 0-12ths. 1086 cir' 245 qrs 969 t' 126 gill ay Trion °id ! )O1 marke t° ettendaccel Bas t a u nsol but the"; Tented. x i ' , und buye r. ' , and in re. 7d to 71 3; , 'd tc 7d Peito t, 5s 3d. s, 4d tn vg T S. 0 4 atearil, vo t ; firm. ilz ,ounties, tti and I '7 V. enish, ti' j, and Pst,, Ditto, ° e 9 j. hths, 30. ,ourg core et, but T i o j a lower. 45 :olnshir e ' de, d 1- .s, 16 9 l 3W, , V I to.(lss' , 6 0 , 6 7 _So, ec d Guara'" 18, A di'' Do lat e t s ' the e lee .„, ur ' O ll . eSgBg l3 lig ine L rOP O tdreeeig° VlBlr ce for Mobile In We gt .Y 0 A the b oti ig eckerq4e o the Der clecl not by cob Lb' ,d for t of d el rg e ° ; o l . their or was tit' 1::: citia, rS• Cb° of L i°ut ; prob er, ° I'it or i a lc' 0, ur ne• r i t ho ter t ''' _ _ rfvirod' S A° rOil d,l )11rt Of , goj 0,A 1 41 c Ito 13, 11 AV,°q‘' n oir al : . C r nrY f th Ora ° 6 YOU 2 I,i o o be COo A AlroNT 1314 ANO IS OPEN re T(1-N:GTIT. 4 OYA LOSSE [TNT. t.. Morn nu', fro n 1? Eve,,i,-, AD ~D ;:,;ION ONE STIILLINiG Colosseum of S'elenee an 1 Art :• , Ympar.y (Limited). - 7 7o !I 1, T R. W. S. 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Programme :—Lectures by or. t ARN, daily, at 3 o'clock, on highly interc , tinx ani instructive Tonics; and Dr. SEXTON . , F.R.G.S, F.E.S.. as follows: At half-past 1 —The Pli , nnmens, Cur*osittes, and Philosophy of the gense of Sight At 4--The Great Tcbacco Controversy. At half-past 7 —The Food we Eat; its - CNN, Preparation, Adulteration, anti Digestion. The Afuseum contains 1,000 Models and Preparations, and is wholly unrivalled in the world. Oren daily, for Gentlemen an rem 10 till 10. Admission, One -thilling. Catalogues, containing Dr. Kahn's Lectures, gratis to visitors. OYAL SURREY GARDENS. Ropetiti.m ILL of ELLTAII.—The public is mo , it respectfully informed that In consequence of the unprecedented demand 'or places, and the vast number of persons who were unable to obtain admission to wifness the splendid performance of ELLlkii on Monday last, it will be REPEATED on MONDAY, the 25th Init.—Admission, Is. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.- JULLIEN',S CONCERT,;, and engagement o• the popular Vocilist, Miss Vinning.—TO-DAY, FRIDAY, May 22, and dur- Ing the week, a Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, conducted by M. Jullien: several favourite songs by Miss Vlnning ; an entirely new and original mod , lled Picture, by Danson, entitled, "Fairie Land ;" and a most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display by Southhy. Mr. IV. Cooke will introduce his talented troupe of Eqestrians and beauti ful Stud of Horses. An effective Bra:s Band will perform during the afternoon; and various novel amusements are dispersed through out the grounds, including the Stalactite Caverns, Morainic Views, Photographic Gallery, &c.--Doors open at 4. Admission One Shill ing. Reserved seals, stalls, and private boxes mAy be secured at Jullien's, Regent-street; and Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s Cheapside. 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Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piwadiily, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. in-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Esta , lishment, for one month and for a longer period if recommended by the :1 edicai officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the beneflts of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may he obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this reat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer. 66, Lincoln's inn-flelds ; Messrs. Co u tt s and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary' s Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary. 11 ) OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The (ICE EN.—Founded 182 R. The sick poor are admitted ,n their own application alone; no re •Ommendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal Week ending 7th February Ditto 14th February Mac list February .... •• 2,650 Ditto 28th February Total in February .... . 9,9Sti of Which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the Pttlents. Hea. , ,y expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of Ile Public. The management of the Hospital is In the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, al. 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. 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" rrHE PRESS."—Mr. Disraeli's Address to 1. his Constituents will be given G'avrts as a Supplement to The Press" of 0-morrow, May 23. Price 6d., stamped ; 5d., unstamped. Office, 110, Strand. K ING RICHARD THE FIRST. 'A TRAGEDY. In Five Acts. By L. M. S. London: J. Diprose, 1, Wine•office-court, Fleet-street. LIVING CELEBRITIES : a Series of PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, by MAULL and POLTBLANK The number for May contains Major-General SIR W. F. WILLIAMS, Bart., with Memoir. Maull and Polyblank. 55. Gracechurch-street, and 187 A, Piccadilly; and David Bogce, Fleet-street. NEW EDITION OF " THE PARISH." This day is published, in 1 vol. royal 12ra0., price 18s. cloth, bds., THE PARISH : its Powers and Obligations at Law a 4 resards the Welfare of every Neighbourhood, and in Relation to the State ; its Officers and Committees, and the Respon sibility of every Parishioner. 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By JOSHUA WIL LIAMS, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, Barrister at Law, Anthor of " Prin ciples of the Law of Real and Personal Property. H. Sweet, 3, Chancery-lane, Fleet-street. SEE lEIST'S RACING RECORD For a complete Calendar of SPORT, from the let of January up to and inclusive of THE EPSON( MEETING. The JUNE Part will be published on the lst of the Month. The MAY Number contains a SUMMARY OF THE DERBY BETTING, W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the cbair abortly before 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Lord Ebrington, Mr. Somers, Sir T. Burke, and Mr. Corbally, took the oaths and their seats. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Guildford Gas, Guildford Water, South Shields Gas, and Sunderland G9B. The Chester Water Bill was further considered and ordered to be read a third time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of Ministers' Money ; against the Maynooth Grant ; against the present Superannuation Act; from the shareholders in the Royal British Bank, complaining of want of pro tection under the Joint-Stocks' Winding-up Act, 1854 ; &c., &c. THE CASE OF MR. JOHN BOWIE. Mr. COWAN presented a petition kern Mr. John Bowie, writer to the signet in Edinburgh, and formerly solicitor to the Post-office for Scotland, " complaining of the treatment which he has received from that de partment, and in particular alleging that in consequence of his having considered it to be his duty, in the ma nagement of criminal prosecutions in Scotland, to act under the orders of the Lord Advocate, and not under those of the Postmaster-General, he was dismissed from office after nearly 34 years' service, and praying for relief and redress." born, tondon. 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Illus trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate Means of Cnre. _ _ By F.D. COTJRTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. H. Baillgre, 219, Regent-street. "We believe Nr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his contemporaries; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe case of stric ture."—Medical Circular. SOUND AND WHITE TEETH are not onl y mdispenubly requisite to a pleasing exterior in both sexes, but they are peculiarly appreciated through life, as highly conducive to health and longevity. Among the various preparations offered for the teeth ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, stands unrivalled. Prepared from Oriental Herbs, with unusual care, transmitted to this country at great ex pense, this unique compound will be found to eradicate all tartar and concretions, and impart a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface, remove spots of incipient decay, render the gums firm and r d, ax the teeth firmly in their sockets, and from its aromatic in flu.nce impart sweetness and pur ty to the breath. Price 2s. 9d per box. C ATJTION.—The words " Rowland's Odonto" are on the Label, and "A. Howland and !Cons, 29, uatton-garden," engraved on the lie- Tuna:lent Stamp affixed on each box. • Bold D 7 them an 4 b 7 Clx•mistl &4 Perfumer.. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1857. i NTANCHESTER ART TREASURES EX lir FUTON. G NT - WESTERN • R AIL WAY. The trai •.s by this line conYey pass,•ng,ers to and from Chester. Regular trains are appointed to run direct between that station and the Art Treasures Exhibition. ifl REAP WESTERN RAILWAY.- Wfl NT DE HOLIDAYS —Excursion to Liverpool, Birkenhead, Che ter, Llangollen Road, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Wo:vethampto Bilston, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, 'find Bir mingham. —A Train will leave Paddington. on Saturday, May 30th, at 12.30 Noon, returning on Wednesday, June 3d, from Liverpool (Landing Stage), at 7.30 a.m., and intermediate stations as per hand bills. Fares Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. ; West Bromwich, Wednes bury. and Bilston, 12s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. ; Wolverhampton, 13s and Bs. Od. ; Shrewsbury and Wellington, 17s. and 10s. ; Llangollen road and Chester, ISs. 6d. and I Is. ; Birkenhead and Liverpool, 21s. and 12s. 6d. A single package only allowed to each passenger. Tickets not transferable, and only available for the Excursion Train. rains to the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition run both from Chester and Liverpool. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—CLOTHING.—The Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for MAKING UP TIIEIR Servants' CLOTHING. Patterns may be seen and full particulars obtained by application at the Company's Pattern-room, Eust .n Station, from Ten till Four o'clock, on and after Monday, the 18th hist Tenders to be seat in not later than Monday, the 25th inst. 8y order, C. B. STEWART, Secretary. Easton Station,'Mayi2, 1857. THE LIVPRPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Established 1836 Paid-up Capital and accumulated. Funds.... •• • • £320,000 Fire Premiums in 1056 ............ ...... ......... 220,000 Life Insurance Premiums ...... • • 72,800 Amount paid to Annuitants 11,990 Liability of Proprietors unlimited. /r ET It OPO LITAN COUNTIES an d „g_ GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent .treet, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,000/. TRUSTEES. Rt. tin. Spencer IT. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. ilenry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMBOUX, Manager. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 20TH MAT, 1857. The COURT OF DIRECTORS of the CORPORATION of the ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be SHUT from THURSDAY, the 4th of June next, to THURSDAY, the 2d of July following; and that a GENERAL COURT of the said Corporation will be holden at their Office at the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th of June, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to consider of a Dividend. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Secretary. 9110 the SPORTING WORLD. --DEER STALKING and GROUSE - SHOOTING.—The nude, signed is at 24, brewer-street, Regent-streef (in a line with Glasshouse street), with all the necessary CLOTHING for deer stalking, grouse shooting, salmon-fishing; and some new and beautiful Tweeds, for town wear, &c. Plaids, Tartans, Socks, Winceys, &c. A large stock of the famous Highland Cloaks, for town and country use, and for Deer-stalking. The favourite Flora NicDonald Cl 'aks for Ladies, in all the best colours.—Rooms open from 2 to 6 o'clock, until 10th July, when Mel), returns to Inverness. London, May, 1857. D. MACDOUGALL, of Inverness. R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI- Ic lAI.T F. ET , fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from 'he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or ecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is ara n teed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and nindered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. ! it was his intention to propose a bill on the subject of national education in Scotllnd ? The LOUD ADVOCATE said that ton- would not permit of his introducing an education bill this session. He hoped to introduce a comprehensive system next year. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. In reply to Sir W. CODRINOTON, Sir C. WOOD said that the Order in Council of 1819, relative to the half-pay of naval and military officers, was founded on a permissive act, and it did not grant half pay to certain officers holding offices at Greenwich and Chelsea. These officers had-always been considered as retired officers, aid not entitled to their half pay. ELECTION PETITIONS. The following election petitions were ordered to be referred to the General Committee of Elections :—Mal don, Lanark County, Weymouth, Bridport, Ipswich (2), Falkirk, Clare, Drogheda (2), Sligo County, Hunting don County (21, Honiton and Athlone. DUBLIN PORT. Mr. VANCE moved for a committee of the whole house for leave to bring in a bill to repeal certain duties on ships entering the port of Dublin, and other imposts aff,cting its trade and commerce. He com [flaked of this tax as oppressive to the inhabitants and detrimental to the trade of Dublin, and he con tended that they ought to he abolished. It was in vain to expect relief from a general measure, and therefore it was that he proposed to introduce this bill. Should, however, a general measure be introduced he would give way to the Government. Mr. GROGAN seconded the motion. Mr. LONE t•aid that the Government felt it to be their duty not to let this measure go a single step in that house. These dues amounted to about 8,000/.,,-which w paid- to the consolidated fund ad interest for kr:OM...advanced-by- the Government to improve Kingstown harbour, and besides that the Government advanced money to pay off the debt on the Cora Exchange, so that they received but a small sum as interest for the large sums the Government had advanced to Dublin. In addition to this the Govern ment paid the City of Dublin , 2,5001. a-year for giving up certain differential dues. It was true that last year he proposed to abolish these dues, but then that was as a part of a general measure. He ob jecte to these dues being made the subject of a sepa rate measure. Mr. GROGAN supported eie motion at great length, urging that these duties ought not to be levied on the trade of the city of Dublin. It was necessary some thing should be done to relieve the trade of this unjust impost. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the two members for Dublin objected last year to a mea sure of a general character for the remission of flipping dues, and now they came forward and asked for the remission of those dues in Dublin, which were made over to the Government' for large advances of putlic money. Such a proceeding we, very much like repudiation on the part of the city of Dublin. He felt it his duty to resist the motion. Col. FRENCH condemned the conduct of the Go verment in resisting the motion, and contrasted it with the permission they gave for the introduction of English bills, whether the Government agreed with them in principle or not. He thought Irish members ought to be allowed to introduce measures for the benefit of Ireland, seeing that there was no Irish Secretary fur Ireland, nor an Irishman in the Cabinet to look after Ireland's wants. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government bad no wish, to deal with Ireland in an exceptional manner, but Irish members. He would make a compromise with the hon. members for Ireland, and if they would support him in a general measure, he would introduce Dublin to a participation of its benefits. (Laughter.) Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON condemned the con duct of the Government in refusing the introduction of the bill. He could only attribute it to the justice of the demand for Dublin, and that the Government were afraid that if the bill was introduced it would be estab lished. Mr. VANCE said if the Government would allow him to bring in this bill be would withdraw in on a general measure being introduced by the Government. If that was not acceeded to be should divide the house. Mr. DISRAELI, without giving any opinion on the merits of the case, urged that the Government ought not to resist this motion, especially as they agreed last year to the principle of abolishing these dues, in a com prehensive measure brought forward by them, but which did not pass the house. He asked the noble lord to re consider his decision, and give permission for the introduction of this bill. church with regard to marriage. Schavini laid i t down that in those places where the decree of the Council of Trent was published—and Ireland Wits in cluded —marriages performed otherwise than before a priest, and in the manner laid down by the Rothan catholic church, were clandestine, and null and void. If that was so—if at any time . any question arose with regard to the sucaeseion to the throne of these realms—the Queen was illegitimate, as her parents, according to that, were not married, and she herself was not married because they were not married by a priest of the church of Rome. Mr. O'Hanlan, contro verting the doctrine of Bally, which, he said was dietaete ful to Rome, as he made a distinction bet veen a civil marriage'and a sacrament, laid down that no marriage among Christians would be valid unless it was treated as a sacrament. So that this country was paying fur the teaching of the doctrine that all other marriages than those performed according to the dictum of the Romish Church were invalid. He now came to another book, which was laid aside at Maynooth in 1826, but which had been revived, and which treated of the purdshtneet of heretics and schismatics, who were, it was said, not to be tolerated when they d e p ar t e d f ro m the truth, which was only to be found in the Ronoish Church ; and it was declared that all princes who ruled over the civil state ought to coerce arid expel such enemies of the Catholic Church. What said Bellarmini on the same emerille ? He said that our Lord did not forbid the extirpation of here tics, but he added that when they were stronger than the Roman Catholics then they were to be quiet. Could any one justity this ? He now came to a document to which he wished to call the attention of the notle vi-count at the head of the Government. It was an election petition from a Roman Catholic (Cal. Hi gg i ns ) f ormer ly a member of that house, which stated in substance that the Roman Catholic priesthood of Mayo, previously to and during the late election, at large meetings and i 4 the chapels, de nounced him, and asserted that the electors would advance the glory of God and save their souls from eternal dam nation by voting for the sitting member. That was a state ment of a gentleman of weight and position, not by a Pro testant, but by a Roman Catholic. But it went further, and stated that the Roman Cathelie clergy openly invoked the curse of the Almighty on all who refused to vote for the sitting member, and declared that the souls of those who voted against him, or declined to vote, would be col,signed to eternal punishment hereafter, and that the said priests acted as tally agents in the election. Surely that deserved the attention of the house, It was a state ment which a gentleman was ready to provs on oath. With regard to this very question Mr. 0. Harlem, in his evidence before the Maynooth Commission, stated that the priest, had no right to interfere in elections ; isut the vodeg might be the occasion of sin, and in that case they bad a right to refuse to the sinning voter the privi leges of the church. When the priests educated at May nooth went forth and told the electors that this was a doctrine which Parliament sanctioned, could it be doubted that the people would think it was right ? There was a gentleman who, owing to the neglect of the Attorney-General to do his duty, called himself a Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, who in laying the founda tion-stone of a chapel was reported to have said that " the Roman Catholics must have their rights by stand ing up for them." (Cheers.) That was just what he (\lr. Spooner) eiaepected. (dear.) " The day had gone by when Roman Catholics were to bow their heads nod live—they must gain their rights—and must have them." (Cheers.) These cheers would be well understood by the pub lic, and the voice of the public would be against those who uttered them. The Roman Catholics should have their rights as citizens, but they should not have the right to be the ruling dominant church of this land. The Roman catholics would never be content un til they put themselves at least on a level with the Es- TOWER.-SA LE OF STORES. BY order of the Secretary of State for War.— To be Sold, by public auction, in the Tower, on THURS DAY, the 28th of May, 1857, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the hollowing STORES:— Tents Great C ats Clothing, various Boots, Ankle mild Knee Rags, Woollen Saddlery Tool , , various Old Steel and Iron Accoutrements And Miscellaneous Articles. May be viewed at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the:three days previous to the sale, and catalogues had at the War Depart ment, Pall-mall; the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on payment of 6d. each, which will be allowed to purchasers. No person will be admiLted to view the lots, or into the sale room, without a catalogue. Bedding Cloth, Oxford Grey, about 10,000 yards EXCHEQUER BILLS. Office of her Majesty's Paymaster-General, Whitehall, 21st May, 1857. THE EXCHEQUER BILLS, dated in the Months of June and December, 185 , i (per Acts 19 Viet., cap. 19, and 19 and 20 Vict., cap. 44, Anno, 1856), with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off on the 16th June, 1857, when the interest will cease. Such bills will be received at this office daily, from half-past ten till three o'clock, until the Bth day of June, 1857, in elusive, Printed Forms, containing instructions for the preparation of the Lists, and the arrangement of the Bills, may be obtained on applica tion at this office. The bearers must endorse each bill with tbeir usual signatures, and they must insert their names and addresses in each list ; and where the names of holders areinserted in the bills, the indorsements of such holders must also be obtained previously to their lists and bills being left for examination. NEW BILLS, bearing interest at the rate of twopence halfpenny by the day upon every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 16th, day of Jane, 1857, may be obtained in payment of the principal of the whole, or part, of the Exchequer Bills issued under the Act above mentioned, on the claimants specifying, in their lists, the amount of new bills required by them. The New Bills, together with the Interest on the Bills left on or before the said Bth day of June, for exchange, will be Issued on the 17th day of June, 1857; the bearers must attend at this office to sign receipts for the payment of Principal and Interest. Payment, in Money, may be obtained at this office for any of the said Exchequer Bills, previously to the said 16th day of June, 18 5 7, upon the claimants leaving the bills for examination one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. N.B.—All Exchequer Bills dated prior to June, 1857, have been previously advertised to be paid off. INDIA. Mr. J. B. SMITH gave notice that he intended on an early day after Whitsuntide, to call the attention of the house to the obstacles that impeded the application of skill and capital to the development of the productive power of India, and that it was expedient that the direct and immediate attention of the house should be addressed to the best means of attaining that object. (Hear.) TROOPS IN CHINA. Major S. WORTLEY asked whether her Majesty's Government had considered the expediency of keeping the troops in China as much on board ship as possible until the close of the unhealthy season rendered field operations practicable ; and whether, when the troops were encamped they were to be supplied with the Indian tents I Sir C. WOOD said that the Government had taken measures for the protection of the troops as asked by the gallant member. EAST INDIA RAILWAYS. Mr. CHEETHAM asked the President of the Board of Control, when the returns relative to the East India Railways ordered .by the house on the 3d of March last, would be laid upon the table ? Mr. V. SMITS said that the returns would be laid on the table almost immediately. MILITIA MEDICAL SERVICE. Mr. BRADY asked the Under Secretary of War if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to in clude the Militia Medical Service in the inquiries about to be instituted relative to the Army Medical Depart ment? Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the Government did not intend to include the Militia Medical Servic-4 amongst the subjects to be inquired into by the commit tee alluded to. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES ACT. ,Mr. BEAMISH asked the Attorney-General for Ire land whether the Lord Chancellor of Ireland bad made rules and orders under the 30th section of Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act, and when they might be expected to be laid before Parliament, as directed by 31st section of said act t Mr. FITZGERALD said the rules were this day issued in Dublin. The delay arose from the act apply ing to England and Ireland, and it being desirable to have the same rules for both countries. TROOP SHIPS. Major S. WORTLEY asked whether Government would have any objection to appoint a board, consisting of two military, two naval, and one medical officer, to examine and report upon all ohips appointed to sail with troops, in order to obviate the sending of troops in yes seb4 unfit for that service ? Sir C. WOOD said that substantially what the gallant member asked had been done. NATIONAL EDUCATION (SCOTLAND). Lord MELGUND asked the Lord Advocate whether Mr. LOWE, in explanation, said a bill having refe rence to this subject had been prepared, and that it would be speedily introduced. After some remarks from Mr. HORSMAN, who stated his determination to oe the introduction of the bill, if its object was repud[ ioq The house divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion l2O MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. SPOONER moved, "That this house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the acts for the en dowment of IVlaynooth, with a view to the withdrawal of any endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regaatel being bad to vested rights and interests." Hav,ng presented several petitions in support of his motion, tee hon. member proceeded to claim the indulgence of the house while he stated the reasons which had induced him to make this 'notion. First, he begged to inform the Ro man Catholic members that he had no quarrel with them for the course they tiok. As a Protestant himself be respected individual opinion, and he wiseed them to have the full and free exercise of their religion, and every pri vilege that was consistent with the security of a Protes tant state. He had no personal rnottve in bringing this motion forward, nor any personal ambition to gratify, on the contrary the task he had undertaken was to him a most painful one, and as for his friends around him, he knew that he should have pleased them better had he re frained from bringing his motion forward. But he was stimulated by a c mscientious sense of duty, and should persevere as much in the midst of ironical cheers as if he were encouraged by shouts of sincere applause. In the first place he must allude to a rather depreciatory observa tion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, who had asked in a former debate what claims, iu piety or intellect, he (Nile Spooner) bad that he should dictate to the consciences or votes of his fellow men. He begged to say that the hon. and learned member quite mistook his argument, and the grounds on which he proceeded, and he had never urged an opinion of his own when making his motion, but had based his case solely on the Scriptures and the articles of the Church of England, to which the hon. and learned member professed to be bound as wall as himself. He contended that the main tenance of the College of Maynooth was contrary to the Scripture, contrary to the principles of our Protestant constitution, and contrary to the oath by which gentle men became members of that house. He would now proceed with his objections in detail. The articles of the Church declared the sacrifice of the mass to be damnable and blasphemous. The rubric declared that the sacra mental elements should not be adofed, and their adora tion should be abhorred of all Christians. Now, the Catholics adored the elements, and he asked those who followed the rubric how they could support a does trine which in that rubric was declared to be "abhorred of all Christians." The nest point to which he should allude was, that the Roman Catholic doctrine was anti social and immoral, an opinion which the house had already affirmed by having three several times given him perruiFsion to introduce his bill. And, further, he Pegged to remind the house that on those occasions not one of his arguments were met or controverted by his oppon- . . eats. The next point was the oath of the sovereign, which bound him or her to maintain the reformed church as established by law. He asked was the maintenace of the College of Alaynooth consistent with that oath ?—a col lege which trained priests who taught the people that their first duty was the eubversion of the reformed church. Then, with respect to the parliamentary compact upon which the Union and Catholic emancipation were based, he could not tee that the grant was sanctioned or perpe tuated by the Union. It was originally a grant to build the college, and to prevent priests from being educated abroad—a wrong. expedient in his opinion —but still the cause for the creation of the grant had passed away. Even if there were an understanding, hon. members opposite had ignored it completely in the debate of the preceding evening, when the compact under consideration was of a much more solemn nature than that now under discussion. The hon. member quoted Sir R. Peel's speech in introducing the Emancipation Bill, to show the liberal spirit of conces sion with which Parliament had treated the Roman Ca tholics, and then proceeded to examine the theological errors of the Roman Catholic religion. He quoted Scha vini, Liguori, and several Roman Catholic writers, to show that it was lawful to take oaths qual;fied by mental reservations, and that ea , tis were only to be kept accord ing to the meaning of the words and promises they con tain, and that it was lawful fora just cause to swear with equivocations. According to Liguori a just cause was any "honest end for the preservation of gOod things for the spirit or useful things for the body." Was the house pre pared to uphol ' a system which inculcated and perpetuatad such iniquity ? He _1 ad stated these facts before, and the force of them bad been so great that despite the op pofotion of a ministry that had gone out, and of another that bad come in, three times he ban ca, ried his proposition in the He use of Commons. That of itself ought to weigh with the house as to the righteou'rness of the cause he was advocating. (Hear.) gchavini allo laid it down . . that, generally speaking, servants were justified secretly to compi-mate themselves from their masters goods, if in their consciences they considered they were ini,uffi ciently paid for their services ; or if they were compelled to accept service for a smaller rate of reatuneratin than they think themselves entitled to. Professor Furlong, the professor of moral philosophy at Maynooth, con curred with Schavini and Liguori in these matters. The hon. member next referred to the evidence taken before the Maynooth commissioners to show that some of the books directed to be read by the students at Maynooth taught that the Pope bad the right to depose sovereigns for a just cause, to transfer kingdoms from one prince to another, and recognised the papal power for this pur pose in this country. Tne next question to which he should refer was the teaching of the Roman catholic tablished Church of England—that Church which called on the Sovereign to see that the Romish Church did not stand on a level with it, but which should be the domi nant church of this country. The Roman catholics would not be content with equality, but aimed at supre macy, and if they got it they would deal with the poor unfortunate Protestants in the way which the priests at Maynooth were taught to deal with them. He would read an account which appeared in an Irish newspaper of what took place in a case tried at the quarter sessions at Cavan. The hon. gentleman then read an account of the case, which was to the following effect :—" An ac tion was brought by the Roman catholic Archbishop of Kilmore, Dr. Brady, against a man named Reilly, to rec iver from him the amount of certain dues payable by him, according to the usage and customs of the Roman Catholic Church. On the counsel for the plaintiff stating the nature of the action, the chairman asked on what legal ground he went ; and he replied, on the ground of usage and custom ; to which the court replied that that was no ground of actton ; besides which the law held that the Rev. Dr. Brady was a teacher of the doctrines which were damnable and heretical, to which another member of the C nut added that yet the Govern ment sanctioned such doctrines by giving a grant to Maynooth, and allowing such teaching in the gaols and workhowee." It this question was raised in a great matter, as it was in this trifling one, how was it to be answered ? With regard to the dangerous doctrine of confession, he would read an opinion delivered by the later Sir R. Peel. Mr. ROEBUCK—What is the date of it ? Mr. SPOOIFER—The hon. gentleman meant to say Sir R. Peel had changed his opinion. (Hear.) But if that was the case be (Hr. Spooner) had a right to ti,e that opinion, as he had not changed his. That opinion was given when Sir R. Peel was resisting Catholic eruancipa tion, when Mr. Canning was at the head of the Govern ment. He (Mr. Spooner) was bound to say that he him self influenced by the example of Mr. Canning, and of bis brother-in-law, the late Mr. Wilberforce, who voted for the measure, supported and assisted by every mea❑s in his power the carrying of Roman Catholic Emancipa tion ; but he now knew that it was all very wrong, and as he had aides in that matter, he felt it to be his duty to do all in his power to remedy the evil to which he bad been a party. The hon. gentleman then read un extract from a speech of Sir R. Peel, in 1827, to the effect, " that he owned, frankly, and candidly, that he enter tained a distrust of the Roman Catholic clergy. He did not object to the Roman Catbolics on account of their faith. There were many of them for whom he had the highest respect. In private life he made no distinctions on religi.,us grounds. But in this case there was added to religion a scheme of worldly policy, and he had a right to inquire into its nature. Cuuld any one who was acquainted with the state of the world doubt that there was engrafted on the Roman Catholic system some• thing more than a scheme, than the promotion of mere religion? The doctrines of absolution, confession, and indulgences, were calculated to maintain great power over the hearts and minds of meu. If a man toll ano ther all his sins and transgressions, however trilling they might be, was not the man who so confessed the slave of the other in the worst sense I And yet that doctrine of confession was taught at Maynooth." That was the opi nion of Sir R. Peel, and he (Mr. Spooner) held it to be true. He would ask the house to prevent the continu ance of such a system, and to that end he asked them to agree to his motion—" That this house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the acts for the endowment of Maynooth, with a view to the withdrawal of any en dowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard beine , had to vested rights and interests." As regarded the latter part of the motion, as the students now in the college were induced to to go there by the law as it stood, when the act of abolition passed, if it did pass, they should be aflowed to complete their education. No man knew the feeling of the country better than the noble lord at the head of the Government. He was the most able statesman in the country, and there were ele ments in the house which would enable him to maintain the constitution unshaken and unbroken—to resist all dangerous innovation—and to carry into effect all fair and reasonable reforms that might be necessary. Al. though he differed from the noble lord on many points, he entertained the highest opinion of his abilities and trusted he would not be led away by the fancilul then ries of the reformers of the day. He trusted the noble lord would bring his mind to the serious consideration of the subject now before the house, and that the house would not refuse to assent to the introduction of the bill which he proposed to lay on the table, the only effect of which would be to restore the Protestant character of the nation, to satisfy the Protestant feeling, and at the same time to teach the Roman Catholics that although every civil and religious privilege would be accorded to them, they should not be placed in a position to enable them to attain the highest and last object of their ambi tion. (Cheers, and 1 .ud cries of " Divide, divide.") General THOMPSON said the arguments of the hon. gentleman appeared to reduce themselves to a statement of his conviction—very sincere no doubt, but possibly not well founded—that when clashing sects threw their contributions into the same box, his sect ought to pre vent any other from taking anything, because his sect was right and every other sect wrong. Was that or was , it not idle pith of the argument which the right hen. gentleman had propounded to the house. (Hear.) He would invite hon. gentlemen who bite any hesitation on this subject to consider the effect if the circumstances were reversed, and the question arose of a Protestant in terest in Fiance or Sardinia struggling for a portion of money which they themselves, out of their own pockets, had contributed. Did any man doubt that the. Catholics had contributed to the fund out of which the Maynooth grant came ? If so, let him state the reimon , vhy. Did any man doubt that if the case existed w.'sich qe had put the Protestants in those continental countries would feel the injustice of being told that they were not to have a portion of the money because the Catholic religi on was the only right religion ? (Hear.) If the question were put to the sects in genera!, there was not one wts ich would not declare itself the only right one. There was not a sect under whose feet he should like -to life- —not even the Quakers, who were generally considers d the most pacific and moderate. (Laughter.) He w ould not enter into the consideration of the questioi i of mortal and venial sins, as the hon. member had doi to . If two steeds came to his gate be might be able to form a pre. ty good judgment of their merits. But he would not enter on knotty points as those to which the lion. mem ber had referred. His care would be condo ed to keep. in; himself as clear as he could of either venial or mortal sins. (Laughter, and cries of "Divide, divi Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said, if the sense c ei the house was in favour of goieg to a division he would not detain it, although he was anxious to state his opi ion on the subject. He would not stand in the way of a division, and would net prod the amendment 01 51 sick he had H HERBERT—Or that the interest of hon, mem bers was very great, those who had been present since the commencement of the debate could testify that the Opposition benches had been empty the whole time. Mr. SPOONER did not complain of anything that bad taken place. What had fallen from the bon. gentleman opposite (Ur. H. Herbert) was perfectly true. (Loud laught-r.) Very few members did think proper to attend. They had a perfect right to exerci-as their judgment in the matter. But it should not be forgotten that none of the gentlemen on the other side of the house could answer r.is arguments. (Laughter.) He wished them joy of their triumph, but wished it to go the country that the case had been answered not by force of argum e nt but by force of numbe rs . (Ch eers. ) • Mr. ROEBUCK* congratulated the house on having escaped the misery of along and dreary night's debate. (Cheers.) The house had had the courage to endure the infliction of a two hours' speech from the. hoc. member. (Laughter.) He had heard the greater portion of that speech. But, no doubt, hon. gentlemen opposite had found a much more agreeable occupation, for their benches had been very nearly deserted. (Laughter) He again congratulated the house on having escaped the mi ery of what he would call this bigotted—(cries of " Order, order ")—this bigotted appeal—(cheers)— which bad been so often m a d e t o th e h ouse. H e was glad it had been answered by a vote, and that no attempt had been made to refute that which was not deserving of refutation. (Cheers and laughter ) Mr. WHITESIDE wished to put a question to the noble lord at the head of the Government relative to the report of the Maynooth Commission of Inquiry. There was not one branch of education on the establishment which had met with the approval of the commissioners. (Hear, hear.) It was in evidence both that the book and the system of education— An Ho'N. MEMBER rose to order• The question be fore the house was that of adjournment. Toe SPEAKER intimated that the hon, and learned member for Enniskillen was perfectly in order. Mr. WHITESIDE resumed There were many gentlemen who professed to be friends of free opinion and free discussion, who nevertheless sometimes endea- voured to stifle such discussion. (Cheers, and oh, oh.) He had risen for the purpose of asking the noble lord at the head of the Government what he proposed to do with respect to the report of the illaynooth commissioners. Lord PA.Lir4.ERSTON said ho bad entertained the hope that the discussion would nut have beeen resumed on the question of adjournment although that c3urse was perfectly open. With regard to the remarks of the hon. member (Mr. Spooner) that his speech had remained unanswered because it was unanswerable, those who had heard it might have inferred in their own minds otber reasons—(laughter)—why those who differed with the hon. member were unwilling to enter into a lengthy dis- cussion upon polemical questions which could not be carried, or without creating an amount of irritation which it was most desirable - to avoid. He had never heard a speech which gave a greater invitation to dissent on the part of those who did not agree with the hon. member on the topic which he was discussing. Now with regard to the question put by the hon. and learned gen tleman the member for Enniskillen, the report of the May n ooth commissioners recommended certain alters• trove in the course of education carried on in that esta- blishment. The changes recommended were not very material, but he believed that those who had the conduct of the institution were endeavouring to carry them into effect as far as possible. (Cheers.) Mr. NEWDEGATE then withdrew his motion for the adjournment, and the subject dropped. FRAUDULENT BREACHES OF TRUST BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said in moving for leave to bring in a bill to render breacbes of trust crimi- responsible, he was aware that he had under taken a task of no ordinary difficulty, because he was about to propose a bill that would in a manner, at pre- sent unknown to our law, affect one of the ordinary relations of civilised life. The situation of trustee and cestui que trust, was one of the most common and most necessary of the functions of ordinary society, and therefore it was a matter worthy of their serious attention whether the manner in which it was proposed to render trustees criminally responsible for breaches of tru.t, could be done with safety and whether it was one that would bear examination. But he was the more con fident in doing this becau-e it was a measure not brought in on the spur of the moment, but ore introduced for the purpose of meeting an acknowledged defect in our law which stood in contrast with the jurisprudence of almost every civilised nation. He did not know a code of any nation in Europe in which fraudulent breaches of trust were not held to be proper subjects for criminal punishment. He begged the house to observe the re markable peculiarity of English law, by which that class of criminals had hitherto been exempt from criminal pu nishment. In ail other countries it bad been deemed a proper principle of law to hold that a violation of confi dence, a betra) al of trust reposed in ooe man by another was one of the most aggravated crimes. But in our law there was this peculiarity, that when a robbery was ac companied by a breach of trust it was divested of its cri minal c haracter. If he stole 500/. our law punished him ; and if he on his death bed called in his friend and said, I propose to make you my executor, I commit to you m y property for the benefit of my widow and children," and the friend accepted that trust, and robbed the widow and the orphan of that property, our law said he was not a criminal but a debtor, and that which rendered the act most odious and most abominable took from it, its felo nious character. But the anomaly and the singularity did not rest here. One could imagine that if they made a trustee a debtor they would give great and ready faci lities for the enforcement of that debt. No such thing. Stich was the absurdity, that their courts of law drove the widow and the orphan from the judgment seat, and told them they had no remedy at all. It was indeed true that they had not left them without a remedy, but it was one that added mockery to the injury. (Hear, hear.) They told them that they might go to the Court of Chancery. To telt the widow and the orphan who had been robbed of their small pittance, per haps all they had in the world, to go to such a tri bunal was an aggravation of the injury. Now, it cool , not be said that this was a thing not calling for the seri oils consideration of Parliament. Surely such asystem ae that they could not admire. This was one of their insti! bairn. ; it was a sample of tb tf‘i4netsieelelit law required. This was the na ee6-14,114010,i , proposed to meet, but that the p. - 414.:1'nritibia' roughly how it came to pass that hete+eiel L te feet in our j ur i s p ru d ence i t was celerti*- ' little furth er b e f ore they prcceeded e— tow&enatie lb. They should know exactly, not only w om bat it was, but also the cause of its remaining in a state so calamitou e and so opposed to all sound principles of legislation. They endeavoured to comprehend in their statutes every case that might occur. Therefore it was that the statutes were so lengthy and so encumbered with words, but they had never for a moment conceived that it was better to define accurately the offence, and have particular case a to fall within the scope of that definition. But where they had made definitions they were singularly imper fect. Coke and Blackstone defined theft as the felonious taking and carrying away the goods of another. Well but what was meant by f-leniously taking and carrying away the goods of another ? The definition involved the very thing that it professed to define. Another writer defined it as the unlawful carrying away the goods of another, a definition which would be applicable to such cases as a man unlawfully dietraining the goods of his tenant. But the difficulty was this, that their indictments had been framed in accordance with these definitions. The party accused was charged with feloniously taking and carrying away. But the law refused to recognise the title of the individual who was entitled beneficially to the property. The law refused to recognise, rave in one or two instances, the distinction between trustee and cestui que trust, and if he committed property into the hands of a trustee, the law founding itself on the definition that ho now stated, said, " Row can a man take away from himself what he has already the lawful and complete posses. ' sion of" and therefore he is unable to commit theft of that which he lawfully possesses. Accordingly, if he gave 10,0001. to hen to bold upon trust for his wife and children, he was regarded by the law as tbe lawful owner of that property, though he had not one particle of pro perty in it, and the property was in another. The law refused to recognise that distinction. In Scotland the law male a distinction between res aliente and res sum, but in England a trustee who took the property of an other was held to take only that which was legally his own. Front this narrow view they had arrived at the conclusion that there could he no larceny of property held in trust, because they did nth recognise the right arid title of the equitable owner, and they took the trustee to be the legal and abschete„owner. This was the reason why the.sa anomalies had' been introduced into the la--e. The length to which this was carried was absurd. If h e went to a man and borroWed a horse with a view to ride to Richmond, and if, after he had done so, he sold the horse and appropriated the money, that, in the eye of the law, was no larceny. Again, if a person sent a hamper of wine to a carrier to be car ried to a particular place, and the carrier stole the ham per, that, in the eye of the law, was uo larceny ; but if he broke open the hamper and took a bottle, that was larceny. (Laughter.) This was the state of the law on the subject, and the origin of it. A very simple mode of proceeding, one would imagine, would be to introduce a new definition of larceny and to make it so extensive as to comprehend property held in trust and the fraudu lent appropriatioti of it. But this would be so great a departure from the ordinary principle oa which their statutes were framed, that he had not felt bold enough to make the experiment He had, therefore, in this bill framed several clauses which would deal fn the first place with fraudulent appropriations by trustees of pro perty committed to their charge. But he wished par ticularly to invite their attention to a number of diffi culties that would demand their serious attention before they assented to the introduction of any bill on this sub ject. He had already adverted to one of the great difficulties and the responsibility of introducing a new principle of jurisprudence in relation to one of the ordinary transactions of life. Now it was essential that the honest and the well-meaning should be protected to the discharge of their duties. (Rear.) Great difficulties took place in respect to the performance of his duty by a trustee ; and they must consider whether if they introduced a law making breaches of trust criminally punishable, they might ex pose trustees to persecution and to be dragged up with out sufficient reason before police courts, either from violent passion, or misapprehension, or from a view to textortion. He had thought it fit to introduce a clause with a view to guard against that evil. That clause enacted that no criminal proceeding should be commenced against a trustee without the previous sanc tion of some one of the judges of the courts at West minster Hall, or one of the superior courts in Ireland, or without the sanction and permission of the Attorney General. He had introduced this as a sort of analogy to the law relating to arrest. The act for the abolition of arrest provided that a debtor who was about to leave the country might be arrested by the sanction of one of the judges of the superior courts. There would be no impediment in the way of proceeding except that which arose from the necessity of his stating the facts in an affidavit to be produced before the judge in chambers or before the Attorney-General, and taking tbe leave of one of those functionaries before he proceeded. Whe ther that were or were not a proper precaution, would be for the consideration of the house. The next consideration was the nature of those trusts, the breach of which should be rendered crimi nal. Breaches of trust were of various kinds. There were some which were of a direct nature, as a trustee appropriating property in his possession belong ing to another person. Those were breaches of trust of a criminal character. But even these admitted of some phases of distinction, to which he would call the serious attention of the house ; for instance, if a trustee sold the property, and did not convert it to his own use, but gave it to another person, they would consider probably that if a person were connected with the trustee, and was not an object of the trust, that that was to be held as a breach of trust. But suppose the trustee were to take the trust money, and to embark in a specu lation which was successful, and that he restored the trust fund, and no loss were incurred there by, but that the act was afterwards dis covered. Undoubtedly that act bad all the charac teristics of crime, but had resulted in no injury. Would they, or would they not, have that act criminally pu nished ! Take another case. Suppose a trustee was en gaged in trade, and that he took the trust money and embarked it in his trade. Many hon. members were, perhaps, aware that by the rules of the Court of Equity it was competent for the cestui que trust to adopt that act, and to claim the benefit of it. He took the profits made, he condoned the offence, and to a curtain degree sanctioned it. But if that hed been done, not by all the objects of the trust, but only by a few, would they, or would they not, make the trustee criminally punishable? He mentioned these instance only for the purpose of pointing out how many were the grades of distinction, and how necessary it would be to attend with more than ordinary care to the language of the rule that they would think proper to lay down. Trusts, as they knew, were of various kinds. Th ere was th e direct trust, which he had explained. Besides that, there were trusts known to the law as resulting trusts. If any property remained after the object of the original trust had been fulfilled, then a resulting trust arose. That resulting trust might, in like manner, be violated, but if it were violated for the benefit of the trustee, it did not appear to him that that ought to be exempt from the rule, because crimi nality attached immediately when a mac appropriated pro perty to the purpose for which it was not intended. There were, however, trusts which the law called constructive trusts, and he had not thought it proper to include them. These were the general provisions that they would have to consider if they permitted the bill to be brought in, so far as it related to that particular subject, to property held in trust by one person for the benefit of another. But he had not thought it right that the bill should stop there. There were other breaches of trust of a much more criminal nature, because more extensive in their consequences, and yet committed by persons who did not exactly stand in the relation of trustee. It was re quisite, therefore, to introduce some peculiar law in order to meet that delinquency. He meant persons who, in the prosecutions of those great undertakings which were peculiar to this country, had formed companies, and placed themselves in the situation of directors or ma nagers of those companies. (Hear.) He had introduced into the bill clauses intended to deal with delinquencies which, he was sorry to say, were frequent and gigantic. Of course, when persons fraudulently appropriated the money of others, there could be no doubt that they ought to be held liable to punishment ; but these persons had not recourse to anything so clumsy and so common as directly taking the money of others. Their criminal acts were effected by means of false accounts and false entries. He had therefore introduced a series of clauses which rendered criminal the presenting of false accounts and making false entries, disguising transactionsrtwo elapses a y u va s gue give ltt ecolour words ; and be bad int roduced o .d by l falser t o representations t o cover co with fr committed acts to th em , such as the fraudulent statement of the affairs of a t that t extensive accompaniedsy'teof company by paying dividends out of capital. (Hear.) Whether the law were or were not strong enough to meet the case at present, there could be no harm in making that particular mode of robbery the subject of direct legislation. (Hear.) Now on this subject he might ven ture to advert to a subject in immediate connexion with it. He wished to state his regret that in an answer which he gave to a gentleman the other day who invited him to state whether it was his intention to proceed against the directors of a particular company, that at that time he ha .I read none of the evidence, and had kept his mind free from the impression produced by newspaper reports, and he was not in a condition to state to the house whe ther he should institute proceedings. He had since in formed himself of the nature of the case from the docu ments submitted to him by the solicitor, and he bad no hesitation in saying that he would try without a mo ment's delay whether the law as it now stood was not strong enough to meet that case. He regretted that he was not in a position to give an answer at the time, bat at the same time he must beg to say that he would not be dictated to by the newspapers as to the course that he should pursue. The bill would not merely deal with the class of trustees, with the class of managers and directors of companies, but also with the class of assignees of bankrupts and insol ven ts. The 'aw as regarded bankers and agents was greatly amended some years ago by the introduction of an act, the 42d Gen. 111., which passed that house on the occasion of a fraud committed by Mr. Walsh, a stockbroker. But that act onlyapplied where theinstructions to the banker or agent were given in writing ; and ouch was the feel. ing of the day that clauses were introduced exempting trustees. That act was repealed by the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., which substantially re-enacted its provisions. He would not therefore tell the house that the bill which ne proposed to introduce would extend the law to all cases of fraud committed by agents, although the agente might not have received iustructions in writing. But „hen came another subject to which it was necessary to call the particular attention of the hou se. In the first place, he would observe that he unquestionably recog, iised the principle of law that no man should be put ook ais trial on evidence procured by his own cbufession 1 1; a civil suit. He quite admitted it was desirable N E W 5P.A.1. 1 1. II al.._ )k, ~ bird ~.,..1 •'•,' t 't 4 .• :,. • , ~ *-''',', a .' I,Ey