The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

osition to vait upon :hey had LAND. nuln' hold the SSIA. with re . Tce! that 1, that he from St. was not an d that or of t he cot VD' &so era 'opt•ofthe of Lb ° bor a ,. ,ted th s. be r e ' brat. be e Auld go r to give— e r` thre ;II AteVer JSE , the 113 ' with the tent° n • of -noon • Ling, is Big ht ne t t] • the dnes°llJ runglinb mor e desire d broug ht a nswer , , e of 1t to a5b,.4 ntleocual he ho l ore had part of w here lle also to to ree raeri nforma • Ie Hon. In to 1° evict 10 .11 souse wil s ailwayg rds ? N said by the 1 Bi ll would tendon 1 after o f the corn' whic h state ,„„port, LI 0 °°e': gome -tecl t° 'state."A for' o w po . no wao ii:bict, Till?, SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY_ EVEN IN G, MARCH 23, 1847. i The question of bounty he considered might be attended to in s few years after this. Mr. Wyndham said that he should never be contented till the profession of arms was in this sesra et, put upon the same footing as other callings. He (Mr. F. Mettle) did not think ti a - thi; could be carried into effect tor some time, but he thought in these days of peace by the Measures they would take to enprove the condition of tie sob ,tier, they would be enabled in a few years to dispense with 'he system of giving bounti: s. There was another subject to which he wisie d to call attention before he concluded. What i benefit would it he to allow those, who retired from ,he service, to go bask well satisfied with the treat ment They had received. If they could send them back with good moral habits acquired—with ideas of habit and obedience strongly impressed on them, their example would do more in bringing recruits to the army than soy other measures they could adopt. He was quite sure of this that the House wnuld give him credit that he would not propose any measure for its adoption if he or any of her Ma jesty's Government believed that there existed a single source ,f larger, or that it would injure in any way a service, the -uccess of which he had sincerely at heart. With this feeling tie trusted that the House would mark with its approbation the principle of a limited (trills' intent, and in order that the House might embody that principle in a legislative enactment, he would place his Bill before them, with an earnest hope that the House would see the necessity of giving its support to it. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said that he had, on a former iecasion, voted strongly against this measure, and he had found uo reason to change his opinion. After a service of consider able duration, after having had much experience in the prac tical working of the present system in every quarter of the world to which the British arms were carried, it was his delibe rate and confirmed opinion that this measure was unnecessary and ill-timed, and he should, therefore, be reluctantly com pelled to withhold his consent to it. But it was not his intention to meet this measure with a direct nega tive, or to propose any amendment. Her Majesty's Government had determined to try this experiment, and the illustrious Duke at the head of the army had also acceded to it. He (Sir H. Douglas) would, therefore, confine him self at present to the mere expression of his dissent, with the -easons which induced him to come to that decision. He la mented the changes that were taking place; he grieved to see the spirit of change that was abroad ; he lamented the change that rvas daily occurring in those commercial regulations—re eulations which had raised England to the highest state of great ness. He could not concur in the preamble of this Bill, that it was expedient to make an alteration in the period of enlistment. He (Sir Hee and Douglas) thought it was inexpedient to make this alteration. He did not think this change necessary by any practical, political, constitutional, or statistical consi ieration. He thought that it could not be justified by ex perience or by any rule which might be adopted with :afety. They found no difficulty in recruiting then, he supply was greater than the demand.—(Hear, hear.) l'he army was complete in all its arrangements ; it was in a perfect state of efficiency, its discipline was most admirable, and he was happy to say that the moral and social condition of the soldiery was greatly improved. This measure would be tnconvenient in its working, expensive in its organisation, and el-timed in its introduction. The Hon. and Gallant Member hen referred to certain statistical details, to show that desertions in the army had been less frequent in a state of extended, than under a limited, enlistment. The measure was not intended to obviate a scarcity for the stock of the army, for he had taken care to inform himself upon this point, and tie had ascertained that in the year ending 31st April, 1846, mere offered themselves for enlistment not less than 20,000, tome of these were 'rejected ere they came before the medical ,fficer, but 16,563 were examined, out of this number 5,143 were rejected, and 11,420 enlisted. Within the present year .to fewer than 24,000 offered themselves for enlist !TlM t. The stock of the army, which was com posed principally of the children of the soil, was admirable. At least six-tenths of their soldiery had been agricultural labourers, and as they got up in the scale of .duration, they proved inferior soldiers. It had been alleged •hat the army was composed of the riff-raff of the country, hat the members were ignorant, illiterate, and vicious. They :lad it to boast that they improved and educated these persons, and returned them to their country better men than they found them. He found that the great proportion of the savalry and line was composed of agricultural labourers ; that at Least 643 out of every 1,000 belonged to this class, and they made the best soldiers. Advancing in the scale, he found me chanics and artisans, and they were inferior men to the others. filen they had ruined tradesmen, shopmen, and shop clerks, old they were still worse, and the highest class of all, profes ional men, persons educated for the Church, medical students, :rid law licentiates, made the worst of soldiers, and in this ategory he would particularly place the licentiates of law. It was said that it was derogatory to the character of freemen o permit them to enlist for an unlimited period, but he found hat both history and the best authorities disproved that state -neut. If the Bill were strictly carried out, he did not doubt hat there would be a cry got up that they were going to con ert England into a military country, but he would leave theory and come to what he thought would he the practical ope ration of this Bill in the time of a protracted war. Now had he system of limited enlistment prevailed during the late war ie would venture to say that England never could have sue- Teded in the manner she did. The dispatches of the Dukes of Pork and Wellington showed that the successes of that period sere effected by old soldiers, who had long b ten engaged in the .ervice, and he, therefore, h el a right to assume that, had the ule been limi ed enlistment, this country never could have maintained the war.—(Hear, hear.) Previous to the year 1813, during the Peninsular war, there were very few enlist ments in the British army, and the consequence was, this tountry had to spend a large sum of money to avert the evils if a temporary system of enlistment, and to secure the re-enlist ment of men whose time of retirement had arrived. The latter readily consented in the emergency to remain in the army to .lefend the rights of their native land, and had it not been for heir previous experience in arms, they never could have attained the glorious contests they did. He warned Govern ment, then, of the mischiefs this bill would inflict upon the country. In the event of another war, they would experience the sad operations of this Bill upon the marines, while a very 'hart time would show, if its provisions were to be applied to the Sappers and Miners, that it would entirely destroy the effi • eiency of that body of men. For his own part, therefore, he was decidedly averse to any change in the present system. It would prove dangerous to the Constitution, and might place 'lie Colonies in jeopardy. He was an advocate for early en listment and training in the army, and had always regretted hat military colonization had been neglected by the various Governments of this country- Rather than take the .teps they were now doing, her Majesty's present idvisers ought to have turned their attention to that subject, and endeavoured to ascertain if the country And the army, could not be benefited by introducing improve tnents into the prevailing system of military colonization. Let them raise the soldier in the scale of society, and there would be no want of a better class of men. Let them secure them rewards and encouragement, and they would invest hat calling with attractions, which would have the effect of enticing good men into the service of their country. With regard to punishments, he thought 'hat a soldier should not be sent to prison unless "or some crime of a disgraceful nature. Every slight breach of nilitary discipline should not b e visited in that manner, the consequence of which invariably was to degrade those who were subjected to it. With respect to the measure before the House, he thought its effect would be to cause a great diminu ion in the number, and the amount of the pensions to be granted at the termination of the period of service. At this time, when the army was brought to such a state of efficiency, as thought that this experiment should have been avoided, as it would be found unsatisfactory, expensive, and prejudicial to the interests of the army in its operation. Colonel REID thought the measure under consideration would not accomplish its object ; secondly, that it was wholly unnecessary; and thirdly, that it would impair the physical efficiency of the army, and create jealousy and dissatis faction. Of what avail would the army of this country have been, even under the guidance of Wellington, if, when l i apposed to the great usurper, it had not been composed of strong men, who, in addition to moral courage, possessed physical efficiency. He believed, that by adopting a period if limited enlistment, one eighth at least of the force of the cavalry would be lost to the country. The consequence would be, that there would be an army of boys instead of an army of -rally efficient men. He had a perfect horror of an army of such a nature. He had seen an exhibition of the conduct of such an army at the siege of Antwerp, where, two sallies having been made by the besieged, they destroyed all the works and entrenchments in a few hours, which would have taken at least a fortnight to have done had the besiegers not been panic -stricken and useless as they were on that occasion.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He :bought, that if Mr. Wyndham's plans of limited enlistment were to be carried out, the Government ought at !east to carry out the other plans of that gentleman, for provid ing more liberal pay, and more liberal pensions to the soldiers. The pension to a private for serving his full time, was at pre wst only fid. a day, and that of a non-commissioned officer Sd. He thought that at least the minimum pension to the private soldier should be raised to 93., and to the non-commissioned officer ls. He trusted that the subject of more liberal pay and pensions would receive the fullest consideration of her Majesty's Government. He thought that. by far the better mode of im proving the army, would be by the introduction of systems cal culated to improve the social and moral condition of the soldiers themselves. Let them be treated in such a manner ihat they might consider that they were respected by the country. The country owed much to their valour and to the hardships which they had undergone in all climates for long seasons for the sake of preserving untarnished, the honour and 'he interests of the country. With respect to the officers, he believed that they had it always nearest to their hearts to in orease as much as possible the comforts of the soldier, and he thought that the present Bill would tend to loosen the ties which existed between the officers and men. He would riot, although he disagreed with the principle of the Bill, oppose its further progress. Sir DE LACY EV ANS did not see in the present measure any ground for such fears as had been expressed by the speakers who hail preceded him. With respect to the fear that it would not be safe to go to war with men who had only been in the service for ten years, he would remind any lion. Member who entertained that opinion, that all the other nations of Europe were of opinion that it was safe to go to war even at a less period than that. He did not see an y young troops. As to the case Gallant Member who last ad r e referas o r n e d t o t d o o h u t the e e i ffi o c o i . e l a : c o y d o G f young men being driven from the d t :t e e n s s e e h d e l s t h a e t House,Antwe Antwerp, had often done the same thing. At St. S t h i e te had seen many v e e b t a e , r t a i n an so t l h d e le y r d s i w d h so o , but they rallied again, and he had often seen many young troops if A s no to t othuetstjeirpfetlieoanstoefftpheal army y va i l o ou tt r ,e of d them look into the m eld or , e i t did veterannot dependtroops uon one or two years' service. Let an dis patchesdth they of y w t o h o e l d D fi u n k d e o t at h e Wellingtonsai said that a d t u t r h i n e g m t e h e e Peninsular eede r his war, conductmand were w m u e t x t t o reo beat el y any a d a r ; m s y o in much the so, trust thatld, but thatcould then oo t trust a detachment awe/ from him, as thee would rob, murder, and plunder in every direction. He called them a band of robbers. So much for the morality of en efficient army.— ( Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wellington had acquiesced in the measure, and he was confident that he would not have done so hail he one tithe of the fears that thellon. and Gallant t lar Member hail. If they wanted to make the army pu po among the people they should do so not only among the y ouths, hut among fathers and mothers and sisters. They shou ld see that their friends came back to them after ten or eleven years. —( Hear, hear.) That would be the way to make the service sought after. He was sorry that the advantages of a Bill which promised so much should be delayed from coming into operatic)::. If ten or twelve thousand men came back to the country every year, the people would soon desire to have a na tional guard. In the agitation for the Reform Bill, a strong disposition was raanifested for such a body. Most other coun tries possessed it. and they would find that, in proportion as foreign Governments desired to put down liberty, they also put down the national guard. Colonel T. WOOD said, that he did not think that the Hon. Gentleman had fairly described that army where he hail so honourably and gallantly served. If he compared the accounts of other armies with those of our own he would find how far the latter were superior. He was more in favour of Mr. Wyndham's plan than any he had ever heard proposed ; under that plan the soldier who served seven years w as entitled to a penny a day, sod at the end of fourteen years he was entitled to his discharge, with a pension of fivepence a day. The present measure was not of a permanent character, it did not hold out the inducement that it should ; and from these reasons he regretted that Mr. Wyndham's plan had been aban doned. As there was no opposition to the Bill he would not give it any, as it was a step in the tight directioa. Colonel LINDSAY objected to the Bill, as it did not pro vide for the old soldier* who..were the depositaries of the dis- Re toot s the estima',e at 2,200,000, the expense cf 3 aPPoriteg wh',elt would ate: , unt to 5 ; 000,0001 ; and I :4 o a o t ,o h oi t , }7 ,._. staard was, rhat if an assessment 4• to reeeld upon Irish pi -1)e? ty, i. would be t .eg Ireland to `'our times the extent to Nshich ineeeerty was essessel for a simile , t i) e ll .r t t P; ) ': f tit England ; and that, if tlic pre England were to be rated at ti,e same ratio , a. a rish Property would be under the Bill, the annual s st'sitnent would be not 5,000,00 A but 23,000.00t.1. and this, he tidd, would be an act of gr s injustice tea, - ards Ireland. In consequence of the con Lesion as hid, e xisted in th e H ouse a t th e time ashen he was speaking il en ould easily account for the misunderstanding having tak en place. Mr. FOX MAITLE then rose to move the second read; of the Army Service Bill. He deemed it in c " c noent upon him to make some statement to the House gela tine to tit- principe which this Bill contaii.. , Itn u also to the motives which had induced the Go 4erarnent to bring forward a principle of this nature. co uld, by following the precedent of 1806, have ch anged the, service from unlimited to limited, by a " t ;, ra Ple alteration in the Mutiny Bill, but as it had b e e t. "e practice to remove frem that Bill all that which Ilv ecccesien to continual discussion, and make ii 8 : I aply cont a in the law and discipline of the army, and 4 the dinetssion on that Bill had been carried on fre: Yea r to year with very little notice, the House , rel y in g mainly on the judgment of the Executive Government, e preferred to call the attention of the House to the principle involved. It would be in the recol. ` eti ° ll of the House that a former measure, r egulating the service had been repealed, after two years, when no experience could be had of its : a t eri ts• He did think. that no one in t hat House wonli th a n rt , any permanent objections to a standing arm y in country. He assumed that as a matte! whit} i c i ln e would dispute. All would ad mit that tti e e i r domestic interests, their extended colo ,lrtaist our position among the nati ons of the /Cu, required a permanent army in this countr y . Was said that the system of recruiting the army a as voluntary system ; but when his Ho n. and Gallant riendhis motion, last year, he din brought forward 4(4 at that time give any distinct opinion on the }abject. It was promised by his Noble riend at the he ad of the Government that the question should receive the careful consideration of the Government during the t F e e ess of Parliament. The question had b een well con -I,ll,uered, and in considering that question it appeared 0 gi rn that there was no system of enlistment that was v oluntary in its name that had not been, by the Pftetiees which had been resorted to, deprived of all the virtues of a voluntary enlistment in effect. b e found, on looking into this matter, that t here mi g ht „ e very ser i ous d ou bts whether any one who e v e , ;nlisted into the army did so for the purpose of th a e king it a regular profession for lite. lie wood the re were some classes of their re cruits who have v ery readily gone into the ranks, not with any view to th e future, but rather with the view of escaping tern eerary distress. He found that their ranks were very much accustomed to be recruited by those who were idle 'Ul f(' averse to labour, and who thought that in the li fe a soldier they would find that idleness and indolence .41 senant to their disposit:ons. He found that it was n n often the case that the prodigal sought the army a refuge from his improvidence, an d it too often occurred that where lads tah, r had got into disrace immatel had :eolarse to enlistment in order g the to avoid e ir di y temporary masters. With that class voluntary enlistment was at ip en d. All the rest were voluntary in name, but it was reality brought about by the artifices and ere-• t, lakes of recruiting parties.—(Hear.) The place w _Which they adjourned was the public-house, and ince b er e tempted to enlist by the fallacious promise oi c ould money when they were in a state in which the . ) th e hurdle be called amenable for their actions, are i tv4 e L lthhappy man too often found that in a moment of Ly he had disposed of his liberty for life hat e ' ' l id not mean by this that the men became slaves ; there could not be a doubt that the y surrendere their own life and disposition to those who corn ended them. and when a man found himself d ; la Positi on h e o f te n deserted in the first mom ent of tti sa Ppointrnent. He is no doubt arrested in course of a few days, and the man who ha untarily joined the regiment is brought back custody a n d illy, luntarily made a soldier. Th em the __ hail often he a rd of men who had maimed them thnle% under the influence of such feelings ee l e a engendered by a dial ke to the servic e : t a when th ey cons id ere d th a t a ma n was taken away al ,e,gether from do m estic ties—when they were severed b, the ‘ duties he has to fulfil—when he knew he had no hop' egaining his fireside except under a high fine, daidthe shape o f WhethsleYr' purchase-money, he (Mr. Fox Malik) that it behoved the House to considei ne er , now that the army was receiving somovvhet by attention than it had done for many years past, PainC iai Pg enlistment, and by removing those migh t e e ' r etinestances which he had described, the) able th " a t make pre life of a soldier less objection improveth ent, and at the same film not pretend condition of the army. He din all those s ay that limited enlistment would cure the effect Ovthheerevils, but he did think that it would have measures of many of them. But with curing g improvement such as formed t h,e . late Government, subject of the military administration of v ar __lmprovement being carried and with the measures carried on by the present Go jrenment, he did believe that many of the evils of which had now reason to complain would be effectually c ared if they had recourse to limited enlistment. He ne ed hardly say a great many of the evils in connexion wi th the army had been removed , that the discip l i ne li ttle been improved, especially now they had so "hat of the degradi n g p unishment of the lash. "hat he proposed to do with r e g ard to the limiting the itriod of enlistment was to alter the p eriod to ten years to the infante- and twelve year s in the cavalry, artillery, an option ordnance'', departments. A fter that p eriod elapsed option should be given to the soldier of re-enlisting ' e infantry soldier for eleven yea rs additional, and the cee-valrY for twelve years, making , in the whole, twenty :e years for the one and twenty -four y ears for the e th er—the period when they could claim their dis 11 0, r ge• He also took a power in the Bill to en ciie the commanding officer to retain the sol for another year when the re g iment was , 20 1 'road, should the public service requ ire it. He di t yP t be asked the reason why ho made any e : ge rence in the terms of the period for infantry and sk tt alry soldiers. The difference of training however, was `,ir reason of the extension of the period for the latter. 1, l e Government proposed then that they should a av o the opportunity of enrolling themselves fur w defer re d pens i on , and during the time the) tw er e enrolled for that pension they sho uld serve et t elv e days in each year, upon the sam e p rinci p le as sth e Pensioners who were entitled under th e 6th, 7th. and 10th of Victoria. The defe rred p ensions 11' -, d equal in amount the lowest sum which we- Present fixed by royal warrant. After ten years C'''ve servic e in the army, if the soldier e nrolled himself on discharge it was p r oposed to require twenty-two years' s ii - t r i tiee, at the end of which period he would obtain a clear e to a deferred pension. The effect of this measure would that a person entering the army at the age of eighteen f c . 414 1 serve for ten years, which woul d brin g him to the a g e 't)-etwenty-eight ; if, then, he enrolled himself at the age of tYY-eight to serve for twenty two years, at the rate of e `ive days per annum, he would then, at the age of fiftv, re t t - r ,• ve a small deferred pension, of which be would be left in 1 1 : 1 terrupted enjoyment during the remainder of his life. duceis pla n would, therefore, affect a double object—it would in %s many young men to enter the army, with the theirful pur lune e f spending the first years of their enlistment in anks, ptrlwrg that their discharge would take place at a °a whe n they were still young, and fitted to enter into ttl. ): 4 other kinds of business, or turn their minds to agricul C „: - , I, mechanical, or mercantile pursuits, and if they en t_''eled themselves for a deferred pension they would carry into :a, society ansi the country these habits of order and rept nits which they had learned in their military carp r, th also provide a reserve force of great importance, should e country he called upon on a sudden to defend its s hores from foreign aggression or to man its garrisons, so th at the troups in active service might be employe d elsewhere. $a took it upon himself to say that these pensioners, especially elund walls, or in entrenchments, or in any service requiring no t much labour, were as thoroughly conversant w i t h the . Itties of solders as when they carried their firelocks at Wa terloo, or even previous to tha t, and tweet, or five-and-twenty thousa'nd of these men would be sufficient to provide f ° , any sudden emergency which might arise. A few regulations for these pensioners constitute the principles of the present bill. He did not intend to make the Bib retrospective, for the prerogative of the Crown could do much nt the present case, and therefore if he was asked why he did not extend the privilege to the army at present, he would say , t hat the authority cf the Sovereign could of its own accord effect all that was desired, and although he did not see an danger in the extension of the principle, yet common prudence gaired that they should have some experience of i ts workin g . th Even supp os i ng that such a privilege were to be extended to arr ay , that every man were to receive his discharge who had been ten years in the ranks, the first thing they would have (0 do would be to place such restrictions upon the r e g ulation as to hi nder too great a detlux of men from the ranks, and such a system w,uld cause even more discontent than at present existed. In the present system, under five years' ser vice a man might purchase his discharge for 201. ; after five years he might purch ase it f or lnl., provided he had a distingu ishin g mark °r good conduct. After seven years' actual service he might Purchase it for 15'. ; and alter ten years' service, with two taa.,arks for good conduct, he might purchase it for 51. ; and 4 1 . e hawelve years, with two marks, he was entitled to a free l 're e and after fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen years, he didld receive a pension of 4d. or 6 d . p er da y . Althou g h he ~id not intend to extend this plan to those at present in th ha anticipated g ood results from it , bec ause he did not thtok those complaints which had been ma de were well founded. s l t t „ - "gh he had adopted this plan with res p ect to those in the Dr - ~Y and those yet to join it, he should take care that all the . I( "isi uns of those warrants which emanated from his Right h i ". Friend who hareceded him should be punctually and li . e ! .411 7 fulfilled. For p these reagins he did not intend to enlistment to the present army, but he did propose to t end it t o th ose ve t to join it, and that they should be car riedjoto effect, if the House should agree to them, as soon Os he c ould bring them into operation. He had proposed them in " n a r er the conviction that it would make the service much (H e Popular than it was in this country at present.— va ear, hear.) The public or popular feeling in this matter (H 9 O ne which in this case they might safely legislate for— etr, the mater were cause th those who were mwho m ost dee the ply army intereste wasr`,raited, d t ee ( r ti ait ed, and unless they made the ser v ic e p alatable hear)—and agreeable to those classes they dnig t rely upen it that, with the exception of some G i ngaished corps, such as the Horse Guards, the Life Guards, and regiments of a similar character, which he be tiand were much gene after by a higher class of individuals fled t hnse who rall joined our regiments, they would eery: much difficulty in getting good men unless they made the t h e 'ee palatable to the masses. They might depend upon i ) would not get the class of recruits they required in so im portant a branch of the public service. But on economical begans thhe should recommend limited enlistment in —(Hear)— parts ie e expense of keeping up recruiting depots various , rld ' r of the country, and of transmiting recruits backwards end f orwards, and by c i rcu it o us routes, was great. In many in stances all that expense might be avoided, if the Dr " were made more popular, and instead of the 3 e es ' n e t system of recruiting, depots were established aifferent places to which recruits might repair. cipline of the army, Some allusion bad been made to de serti.on ; he would :ay with reference to that crime, that it was occasioned by the soldiers incurring debt and becoming, there fore, dissatisfied with the service. Why, they held out no in ducement to a ;ran to enlist after serving twenty, one years ; they did all they could to make him leave the with disgust. By the warrant of 1833 it was stated that a man might have, after completing his service, a permanent pension of not more than Gel. a day. 'Therefore they were wit sure of getting even this small stipend; and when men had asked him if they were soon to get it, he had told them that they must not look forward with any certainty to it. It was often held out by those engaged in recruiting, that a man might obtain his discharge free of expense at any time. Now, proper information should be promulgated on this subject, so that the ignorant might not b 3 deceived, and led into so serious a contract, without knowing its exact na ture. The Right Honourable Gentleman spoke of endeavour iug to obtain a higher class of men ; but he (Colonel Lind say) considered that the army could do without gentlemen clerks or half gentlemen, as the army could not be better re cruited than at present. A more rigid discipline must be main tained in the British army than in that of other nations. Here we could not afford to have any waste, but when they considered the high pay and the high pensions of the police, and the great numbers who now obtained employment as rail way officers, he apprehended they would find that a better class of men could not be obtained. They had done well by select ing men from the working classes, and by continuing to adopt the same plan, he had no doubt the same result would take place. Greater inducements ought to be held out to cause men who had served for fifteen years to rejoin the army ; but when a man had served his country faithfully twenty-one years, he ought to be allowed a pension which would prevent him from seeking the aid of a workhouse, from being insufficient to support him in his old age; he ought to have such an allow ance as would keep him in comparative affluence.—( Hear. ) Colonel SIBTHORP lamented that nothing now was right, and that a subversive system was going on. They had attacked the Church, they had attacked the law, and they had attacked physic (Laughter) all professions were undergoing a change—nothing was right— ( Renewed laughter)—but he still reverenced the wisdom of their ancestors. which he thought was totally departed from within the walls of that reformed—that pure House of Com mons, which did nothing wrong.—(Laughter.) But were the people more happy or united now than in the days of their ancestors ? Let them look for a reply to Ireland, to Scotland, and then let them glance at England. A melancholy lesson told them that the pe o ple w e r e neither happy nor united. Now they meddled with the army.—(Laughter.) Now, he thought the past services of the army were sufficient to tell the people of this country that no change was required in that de jdartment of the public service. It was the envy of surround ing nations. He had 'great respect for the late and present Secretary-at-War; but it was sufficient for him to say they were civilians, and that they could not, therefore, have a very intimate knowledge of the feelings of the army. But when he said that the men were unhappy he apprehended that he committed a lapsus lingua. He (Colonel Sibthorp) had been sixteen years in her Majesty's dragoons before he came into that refined society—( Roars of laughter)—and he met, whilst in that service, as good men, and men of as high honour, as he had mot with in that society.—( Laughter.) Certainly whilst in the army his time was not consumed in hearing long speeches, such as those often delivered in that House, and which he often wished he had not sat to hear.— ( Laughter.) If he came in unlearned, he went out, after hearing their speeches, ten times more unlearned.— ( Laughter.) The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that the ma jority who joined the service were disgusted with it. Now, he thought this a most improper observation for one in the position of that Right Hon. Gentleman. He considered that it re quired three years at least to make a man who came from the tail of the plough—and they were the best recruits—to make him a good and perfect dragoon ; but when men were sent out as detachments, they required extra drilling ; and looking at the expense which was incurred, he thought the country would be ill.served if a man was entitled to leave the army at so early a period as that proposed. Major LAYARD said that he felt a deep interest in the measure now offered to the House, for from the moment he entered the service ho felt that the bargain made by the country with the private soldier was an unjust one. He re gretted that the Hon. and Gallant Officer the Member for Li verpool was not there, for there were some points in his speech which he (Major Layard) should be able satisfactory to answer. He had authorities higher than that of the Gallant Officer for stating that many points in his speech were incorrect. When he brought forward this subject in 1842, Sir 11. liar dinge gave it as his opinion that a measure for limited enlist ment deserved the attention of the Government. Two Go vernments had taken it into consideration, and the Military Commission had had upon it officers old and experienced as his Gallant Friend, who had also given it in favour of the measure. His Gallant Friend had alluded to the difficulty of maintaining an army during a protracted war with a limited enlistment, and had in the same breath alluded to the amount of money which could be paid to these men upon re-enlistment. It appeared, therefore, from his own arguments that the men would enlist again, and it was his belief that no man would leave his colours in the British army while there WAS an enemy before them. The Honourable and Gallant Officer stated that it would be unwise to alter the existing state of things in the army, for that the army was happy enough as it was. In three years out of 110,000 men 25,000 men had been put in gaol, 8,(00 had deserted and -1,0.)0 had undergone corporal punishment. That was the happy army alluded to by the gallant officer any change which had been hitherto made had always produced a beneficial etlect. The Hon. and Gallant Officer had raid that this was not a time for a change. Was not any time the proper time for doing justice ? What reason could be urged for its being delayed? The soldier had no power to complain, and no power to petition—and why should he be compelled from delays to suffer in place. When the late Secretary at War brought forward this subject was there not a feeling in the House that the measure was not to rest as he had placed it. Was it not felt that it was but the beginning of the change, and why did the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman now oppose what he had before suffered to pass away in silence ? Why had he not opposed the proposition of the Secretary at War? Sir H. DOUGLAS—I opposed it when you brought it out. Major LAYARD—Yea; the Gallant Officer opposed it when he brought it forward ; but why did he not oppose it when the Secretary at War brought it forward ? Sir 11. DOUGLAS—I was not in the House. the Learned Member for the Dublin University—did he know who founded the Dublin library?—(Great laughter.) No, the lion. and Learned Member did not seem to know.-- (Laiigher. ) After the battle of Kinsale, during the days of geodQ , :my, alter erenEliza de Elizabeth-(Laughter) the Spanish force,ughter)—intheyear 1603, the British subscribed I.‘i 'W. to rsisa a monument in commemsration of their gallant achievement. It :,as spent on no sculptured marble or en gra, ursss; but they sent the funds to the celebrated ITsher for the purpose of founding the Dublin library, about which the Learned Recorder knew nothing.—(Laughter.) But, in fine, believing that the British soldier would derive great be nefit from that measure he would give it his cordial support. The Biil was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed that night week. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill being read, Lord G. BENTINCK rose and said he wished to call the attention of the House to the statement made by the Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, as to the possibi lity of an incorrect return of the deaths that had taken place in Ireland. It would be recollected that the Right Hon. Gentle man said there was no possibility of obtaining a correct register of the deaths in Ireland, inasmuch as no return was made of the deaths that took place there. Now, the Right Hon. Gen tleman in making that statement was entirely mistaken. In proof of this, he (Lord G. Bentinck) had had letters from se veral clergymen in Ireland, who stated that by the canon law every Protestant clergyman was bound on the 25th of March of every year to make a return of all the deaths and marriages that had taken place in the parish. That this matter might be perfectly understood, he would read a letter which he had received on Saturday from the Rev. Mr. Archer, incumbent of Newton Barry, county of Wexford. The Noble Lord then read extracts from the communication of the Rev. Gentleman, expressive of his surprise that the Right Hon. Geutleman the Secretary for Ireland should have re turned the answer he did to the question put by him ( Lord George Bentinck). The clergymen of the Church of Ireland were bound on the 25th day of M arch in every year to furnish a correct copy of the parish registry of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, to the regisa trar of the diocese, by whom they were inserted in the registry of the Diocesan Court. He (LordlG. Bentinck) thought, there fore, that it must be clear to the House that the Right Hon. Gentleman was entirely misinformed, and that no difficulty could stand in the way of the Government in furnish ing those returns. He had also received a communi cation from one of the medical officers connected with the dispensary in Galway, who stated that there could be no difficulty in ascertaining the amount of mor tality among the Roman Catholic population. He had had several other communications, among others, one from Mr. Hewson, anatomical lecturer in Killarney Hospital, stating that the mortality in that establishment was three in the month of November, six in December, nineteen in January, and twenty-nine in February. The Noble Lord then proceeded, but in a tone of voice almost inaudible in the gallery, to tax the Government with having, by their ill-judged measures, precipitated the present distress in Ireland. He blamed them, that, instead of afterwards endeavouring to alleviate the desti tution they had in part created, they had left the wants of the country to be supplied by the energy of private speculators, and from the resources of private capital. Mr. LABOUCHERE trusted that Hon. Members would not think it necessary that he should follow the Noble Lord into a subject which had been so frequently discussed in that House—he meant the policy of her Majesty's Government with respect to the supplying of food to Ireland, and the effect which that policy had on the comforts, and perhaps lives, of the people of that country. He could only regret that the Noble Lord should have felt it necessary to adopt the course he had done on that occasion, and that ho should again have provoked discussion by affirming that her Majesty's Government had pursued an impolitic course, inasmuch as they had not themselves provided a supply of food for the Irish people. He (Mr. Labouchere), on the contrary, felt satisfied that every day's experience confirmed the wisdom and necessity of the policy by which the Government was actuated not to interfere with private energy, or the ordinary career of trade. Most enormous supplies of food were pouring into Ireland, and he confessed that in his own opinion, if Govern ment had interfered to fetter the course of private enterprise, the result might have been very different. He had seen a letter that day which stated that in the port of Cork there were one hundred vessels with full cargoes of provisions.— ( Hear, hear.) There were similar imports in the ports of Galway, Limerick, and in fact in all the large ports of Ire land. The result had been that great quantities of provisions were stored on the premises of the several merchants, and private imports had exceeded what might have been expected from the utmost efforts of the Government. With regard to the returns of mortality, if he had objected to the returns which were moved for by the Noble Lord, it was from no desire to keep them from the House, in order to conceal what the Noble Lord would call the impolitic measures of the Government. lie would at once concede that the mortality in the last year greatly exceeded that of former years. It was not on that account that he had refused these returns, but because he believed that no correct returns could be rendered. Where he thought that correct information multi be afforded he did nut refuse to the House to lay such before it. They had ordered a return of the Lumber of coroners' inquests, and also returns from the constabulary force ; but when the Noble Lord aaked for the returns of mortality in the last year as compared with previous years, he ( Mr. Lanouchere) did not feel himself justified in granting them. The Noble Lord said that the Protestant deaths clergymen ,vithin thei their of own l parishes,relan kep t a a n d r e t g h i a s t t rtyh thfe; weret ebirths aR(i pelled to do so by the canon law ; he believed they were obliged to do so, but he was much deceived if that law was enforced in Ireland. His Learned Friend beside him had put the canon law into his hand, and he found that the penalty for the evasion of the Act was, that the parties infringing it could be proceeded against accordingly. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said that the chief reason for his rising was to express a hope that the Government would place a check on the landlords using these depots. The desti tution in Ireland was daily growing more and more fearful, and he conjured them to do so as the markets were not likely to fail, and there was every probability that they would have ample opportunities of using their resources. Mr. SHAW thought that the representations of the Right lion. Gentleman had been much overcharged. The fact was, that the Protestant clergy had inquired into the deaths only of • essibl' -efo- Major LAYARD—The subject was not then of sufficient the people under their own care. It was impossible therefore importance to induce the Gallant Gentleman to oppose to draw any comparative estimate of the state of destitution in it, ...a wo e did he do so now ? The Honourable Ireland from these returns, nor ought they to be relied upon and Gallant Officer who had last spoken had opposed for that purpose. the measure, and had stated that there would hot be Lord JOHN RUSSELL conceived that the Noble Lord had a proper opportunity in many instances of punishing disobe- taken an entirely mistaken view of the matter, and, indeed, his thence. It did not require twenty-one years to do that. Men, views were altogether beside the case. They had come to the as the Hon. and Gallant Officer said, grew wise by experience; opinion, that the best course they could pursue,was not to check he hoped they did. If any Gentleman had asked him (Major the importation of food into Ireland through private en- Layard) before 1842 if he should enlist, he should tell him not, terprise by any measures of the Government. With regard to and for the following reason—That the bounty which was the proceedings of last year, he might observe, that a certain promised was no bounty at all. That it did not pay amount of money was voted for the purchase of Indian corn for for their necessaries, that they joined their regiment in debt— the supply of the destitute people of Ireland. They had thought that the arms which they gave were inefficient, as he had seen that it was a very proper article of food for that country, and 100 out of 800 miss fire. If they were sent out to India, they had accordingly bought it up largely ; but they did not say, on remained for 24 years, and the chances were fifty to one against that account, that other persons were not also to introduce their coming back. That in the West India islands the mor- Indian corn ; and on a reference to the public markets in tality was enormous, being 21,421 since 1817. That no America, they found that the object had been fully attained, medals were given for hard and long service. That they got for it had led to a large importation of food, and the Govern salt provisions five days in the week, and that a deduction of ment had done all they could to promote that importation. But five per cent. was made from their pensions when they had the Government never intended, and never engaged, to feed the earned them. As the law was, he could describe the reverse of people of Ireland, although he could not say that they had never these things, and under the present system he should advise a undertaken to secure a supply of food for that country. By a man to enlist.. He would get more bounty, better arms, letter received this very day, addressed to the Secretary to the better treatment and food, and more consideration paid for long Treasury, by the special agent of the Government, it appeared servitude. He owned that, so far as the Bill now before the that at the moment he wrote, there were twenty thousand tons House went, he did not feel quite satisfied with it ; and, in of Indian corn in the neighbourhood of Cork waiting for sale, saying so, he might, perhaps, appear to take an ungrateful and that the markets were overstocked, and that the corn was at course, seeming to oppose a Bill which had been brought for- the present moment being sold in such small parcels as ward by a Government that had his support ; but he felt it ne- fifteen pounds each, and the probability was that the stock now eessary to state an objection when it arose. It was with that on hand from the late importations would be sold at a consider view that he had given notice of a clause which he would able loss. In fact, the arrivals had been much greater than move to be introduced between the third and fourth he had supposed, and he believed that more than twenty-four clauses of the measure, as it stood at present. There were ships had come to port more than were required, and that difficulties in dealing with all the details of the objects which a much greater amount of Indian corn had arrived than was such a measure was meant to provide for—difficulties that required , and it was likely to be sold at a much lower price were exceedingly increased to him (M a j or L a y ar d), w h o did than that at which the Government had undertaken to supply not have the information which the books at the Horse Guards the whole of the country with food. could so minutely give him. Bat th e e ff ec t o f th e clause of Lord J. MANNERS wished to ask the Secretary for Ire which he had given notice would be, that after three land whether there was any objection to grant the returns for years these men now in the service should be allowed which his Noble Friend had asked? If that return was pro to take advantage of the provisions of thi s measure, porgy made, and it w as i n accor d an ce with wh at the Ri g ht always provided that they gave three months notice of such Hon. Gentleman had stated, it would be a complete answer to intention to the officer in command. But he had a considera- what had been stated by his Noble Friend. lion to submit to the Government. It had been said by many Mr. LABOUCIIERE said that the returns made by the Hon. members of that House, and it was the feeling out of Protestant clergy ha,' been returns of the deaths only, but doors, that promotion at the Horse Guards was a one-sided if the Noble Lord attached any importance to the returns as opinion only, and no other ; he would have sat still and said sh owin g the com p arative deaths and the destitution h i e n m Ireland, nothing, but as it was the feeling of many, very many, of his h e would not have the sli g htest ob j ection to g feline/ officers, as well as of many whose interest did not lead Mr. W. V. STUART conceived that the -observations h of the them so directly to the subject, and he felt bound now to say, Hon . Gentleman o pp osite were q uite inoppo.rl.tuet,ou r ntitetto t. onto for for some that it was his own opinion also, that promotion at the Horse sent debate, for if the returns had been l Guards was not impartial. Why , the Noble Lord now at the p ur p oses, the y were q uite incom p l e t e with regard to others, head of the Government, in a speech w hi c h l ie made i n 1842, and therefore unfit to be relied upon for drawing any conclu-i when the 11 ght Hon. Baronet opposite was in office, took the sions on which to found an opinion. very paint which he (Major Laya r d) f e lt now so Mr. COLLETT said that as the distress of Irelan d was anxious to impress up on her Ma j est y 's Government. The now before the House, he wished to make an inquiry . H on ourable and Gallant G entleman had q uoted from the spect to the expense that was said to have been _ incurred in Noble Lord's speech in Hansard, in the course of which that the distribution of soup. It was stated that a hundred men Noble Lord referred to the opinion expressed by the Duke of were employed at a pound each to superintend the distribution Wellington, that the commander-in-chief ought not to be aof this soup, making an expense of 1001. a-week. The ques. niem hsr o f the Cabinet, in order that no bias might exist in Lion then which he wished to p u t was , as to whether this state his mind in reference to promotions. But (the Hon. and ment was true? Secondly, as to whether these men were now , Gallant Gentleman continue d ) the Ri ght Hon. Barone t o pp o- eng bed? And in the third place, as to whether the Right Hon. site said, in enswer to the Noble Lord, that that wou ld not Gentleman had reason to believe that, c onsidering the great make any difference. Now, on the contrary, he believed it expense incurred, the experiment was likely to prove sue (lit make a difference, and for this reason. He knew that cessful ? many of his fellow-officers had a wish in the case of an election Mr. LABOUCHERE said he should have been prepared to to stand upon principles which, till very lately, had not pre- have answered the question of the Hon. Gentleman hail he vailed in the army ; but these gentlemen were not prepared to previously given notice of it, but this he could state, that at rive up their profession. Why, he believed he was the on ly fi rs t th e e xperiment was made by private parties. Perhaps, officer on that side of the House, except the Noble Lord the while he was on his legs, he might be allowed to say, in re- Member for Lichfield, on full pay. Now what he meant to ference to what had fallen from ati Hon. Gentleman opposite, say was, that any Government laboured under a great that Government were fully alive to the :, evil when the promotions, of which there occurred might present themselves in a sudden transition from the seven hundred a year, were all in the passer of public works, and the Irish Government had accordingly been a partizan. It was impossible in that case that those on his fully instructed upon that point. , (Major Layard's) side of the House could have the same air. DILLON BROWN E would never chance with those on the other side ; and that was unfair— come forward to assist Ireland while the people of that court very unfair. That was a circumstance which he believed try had an opportunity of providing for themselves ; but he operated strongly against the present Government, which had really slid think Government ought to take steps for supplying been been called into power in a time of difficulties, enough of which tenants with seed where the landlords there we r e to con te n d with, barring any such additional im- not, do so. He fully admitted that Government was pursuing public works when. pediment as that to which he had adverted. He wished that a proper course in allowing . the present dem ands promotions shoula be impartially conferred on gentlemen, Ireland to be supplied by private enterprise. stated fQ rfood th i a t t s whether they voted fur or against the corn-law—that political In reply to a question from Captain HARRIS, differences should disappear at the Horse-guards. But it had The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER been said that a Whig Government had earned no debt of gi a- all persons would be discharged from the titude from the army ; what had they done for it? Why, ever employment could be found for them in another way. much ; they had done much. They had abolished corporal Mr. B. DISRAELI said, it would appear that the depots for punishment in the army, they had done away with the the supply of food in Ireland had been reduced from ninety enormous charge of five per cent. on the pensions. three to twenty-four, and yet the Noble Lord at the head of and now they had introduced a measure for limited enlistments, the Government told them that the ports of Ireland were filled so that now the soldier instead of being unhappy might look to with vessels laden with food, and a navy, to the extent of the time when his duties would actually become a pleasure.— 100,000 tons, was shortly to arrive in Ireland laden with simi ( The Hon. Gentleman was here interrupted by cries of lar cargoes. Now the question they had to consider was this, , they were introducing +' Divide.") He hoped they would net divide yet; he trusted were they not taking care of the stable when the steed was they would allow him to express his opinion fully on a measure stolen? It appeared to him that what the Government which he had so early befriended b e f ore th e Government had was doing very much resembled that fable for having reduced taken it into hand. The lion. and Gallant Member then read the number of the starvirg population, they demands of the origi a long letter speaking of the hardship of a private soldier in the food into Ireland sufficient so supply be extended to those at present in the The CHANCELLOR of the British Army, and expressing an earnest hope that the benefits nal number of persons in want. EXCHEQUER said the signed " A British Soldier of eight Hon. Member's conclusions were based The letter was his ~ . service. (Many ofthe depots • standing, who dares n not sign name, which elicited ments. years the opposite side of the House, and among of reserve, and not depots of supply, ironical cheers from For instance, the e, coas tthel ) The Hon. Gentleman said the guard stations had been all converted ' measure +eight into depots of reserve, rest might treat such a signature with an but it was not necessary that they should remain Member for Shrewsbury of the must tellwhat he knew to he too depots of supply, however, had not been so now. The reduced, but remained ironical cheer, but he dared not sign his name to such as they were last year. , i t fi s r s i h n o g u i l Li d the House. He knew well that no Mr. PHILLIP HOWARD suggested h • a letter as he had read to . to anythine opposed to the views of form a considerable portion of the food sent to Ireland sold:er dared sign his name , hadread durstnot G - ,t in consequence of the great scarcity of by the whose letter he his officers, and the person . he had trusted to his (Major that country. reveal himself as the writer, but . deserving trite, that many alp:arlalr' the attention of The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a • mitigation, bore upon the considerable quantity of biscuits had been sent, to Ireland. the Government, and requiring that ant scenes Member of ,SCROPE presented t e on from a place in the wives of the soldiers. He was sure . e ofs 'h h 1... '• . • a- boron of Li against that clause in the Bill that House who had seen the !.cart -rending .tiara- . . ,for equal- Layard's) honour- Another point tioh when a regiment was about to embark for foreign service, ising the number of , .i.:IIL it, and the elective guardians. Committee on the Bill. on. , missioners of Galwayof the rate between would agree with him that such a power was greater than the , Art HON. MEMBER presented a petition front the Town Corn Government had any right to arrona e. But the RightH ' • ' for au equalisation Gentleman the former Secretary for the soldier • Mr. MACARTHYpresented VC a pe i ion to the same effect as beet) had proposed that the subject of education at War (Mr. Sidney Her- ', the town and rural districts. turn for a service long since done by the soldier. He begged The House should be taken into consideration. That was but a tartly re- the two last, frtohmenthweencittyinotfoCcoor to ask the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman the Recorder Clause 3 was agreed to. for Dublin—(Great laughts r) —he meant the Right Hon. On clause 4 being proposed, us ktil,ii tffihnciosuti,t countryi es which to - Mr. HAMILTON moved that the words "direct the guardians of each union in Ireland to" should be left out; and lin line 36, that after the word "appoint," the words " in and for eaph union in Ireland" should he inserted ; and in hoe 39, lioit the words from " Ireland ," to the end of the clause, should I , I omitted. Jr.A S. O'BRIEN hoped the Government would not accede to the proposition of thn Hon. Gentleman. After a few words from Sir G. Grey, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. D. Browne, and Mr. Grins, in opposition to the amend ment, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that those Hon. Mem bers did not appear to be perfectly consistent in their conduct in opposing the amendment of his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Dublin, seeing the course which they had adopted upon other clauses of the Bill, recommending authority to be given to the board of guardians and not to the Commis sioners. HIGHLAND SOCIETY of LONDON. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER su,)ported the clause as it originally stood. Mr. SHAW thought that it would be not only safer, but much better for the efficient working of the Bill, that the ap pointment of the relieving officer should be vested in the Com missioners. Mr, GROGAN supported the amendment. Mr. LABOUCHERE was in favour of the clause ; it bad been prepared with considerable care, and was the result of con siderable attention on the part of the Government. Sir W. CLAY opposed the amendment. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought the better course would be to consider first the clause relating to ex-officio guardians, as upon the result of that clause would depend the whole value of the other details of the Bill. Mr. HAMILTON withdrew his amendment, and the clause, as originally proposed was agreed to. On clause 5 being proposed, Mr. HAMILTON suggested that in cases where there was no medical officer for an electoral division, while there was one for the union, that then the burden of the medical attendant appointed should fall only on the district to which he was elected. Mr. D. BROWNE suggested that there should be some qualification test for the election of a medical officer. It was very necessary that such should be the case, there were so many unqualified persons practising in Ireland. Sir G. GREY said that such should be the case; with respect to the suggestion of the Member for the University of Dublin, much should be left to the discretion of the guardians. Mr. MORGAN 3. O'CONNELL said that it would be the most valuable clause, if it totally abolished the system of dispensary practice in Ireland altogether. The appointment was in the power of the subscribers, and they always elected some one they favoured, even should he reside fifty miles out of the district. The clause was then agreed to. On clause 6 being proposed, Mr. G. HAMILTON moved the substitution of the follow ing :—" That in every electoral division of each union there shall be a relief committee; which relief committee shall consist of the guardians of such union, resident or having rate able property within such electoral division, together with the (two) highest ratepayers therein, not being guardians of such union ; and every such committee shall meet weekly, on some day, other than that of the meeting of the board of guardians ; and every such relief committee shall annually elect a chair man ; and every relieving officer who shall be appointed as hereinbefore directed, shall at such weekly meeting report to such relief committee any case of sudden or urgent necessity, and shall have power, under an order signed by the chairman, or such person as shall be, pro tempore, acting as chairman of such relief committee, to give provisional relief in such case of sudden and urgent necessity, either by an order of admis sion to the workhouse or fever hospital of the union, pro.• vided there be room therein respectively, and by con veying any destitute poor person thereto if necessary, or by affording such poor person immediate and temporary relief in food, lodging, or medical attendance, until the next ordinary meeting of the board of guardians, at which meeting he shall report the case, and the natu:e and cost of the relief so afforded, in such form and manner as the Poor-law Com missioner shall prescribe, and after such report shall give no further relief otherwise than by direction of the board of guardians in the case so reported; and the guardians of the union shall furnish the chairman of such relief committee with the necessary funds for affording relief in manner aforesaid, and for the relief of those destitute poor persons to whom relief shall be granted by the board of guardians, at such times and in such manner as the Poor-law Commissioners shall determine and direct. And be it enacted, that in any case of sudden and urgent necessity at any period between the meetings of such relief committee, and of the board of guardians, it shall be lawful for such relieving officers to give such provisional relict as aforesaid, under the written order of the chairman, iir of any two members of the said relief committee, until the next ordinary meeting of the board of guardians or of the relief committee, whichever shall first happen ; at which he shall report the relief so afforded in the manner, and subject to the conditions hereinbefore required with respect to relief admi nistered under the orders of the said relief committee. M. SHARNIAN CR AWFORD thought it was indispen sable that a poor person should have a surgeon to look to who would afford them temporary relief, in cases of pressing emer ge•ncy, until their case could come, in the ordinary course, under the attention of the board of guardians. He hoped the Government would adhere to the clause as it stood. Yesterday being the anniversary of the glorious victory won by the troops under the command of Sir Ralph Aber crombie, at Alexandria, the _Highland Society, according to annual custom, held their festival at the Freemasons' Tavern, and never have we seen a more splendid gathering. The cceasion was one worthy of all honour. The ; Chief of the society, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, honoAred the anniversary festival with his presence for the first time His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, sup ported on his right by the Prince Chief of the Society, and on his left by Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wel lington. In addition to these Noble and Illustrious personages, we observed among these present the Viscount Clifden, General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, Lieutenant-General Sir John Mac donald, Adjutant-General to the Forces; Lieutenant-Gene ra l Sir James Macdonnell, Major General Sir David Leighton, Baron Knesebeck, Hon. Colonel Phipps, Colonel Sir T. M. Wilson, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Sir Nicolas Harris Nicolas, Sir Robert Murray, Bart.; James Matheson, Esq., M.P.; William Hutt, Esq., M.P.; Colonel Matheson, Colonel Kelly, Major George Hutt, aptain Christie, R.N.; Captain Lamont, R.N.; Captain Jay, R.N. ; Major Dunsmure, 42d Royal Highlanders ; Captain Wynyard, Guards ; the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England; John Mac gregor, Esq., of the Board of Trade ; C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.; Alexander G. Mackenzie, Esq.; John Mackenzie, Esq. ; D. Roberts, Erq., R A.; J. Auldjo, Esq. ; W. Judd, Esq. • J. Beaumont, Esq. ; Sir William D. Ross ; H. J. Cameron, Esq., F. W. Caldwell, George Bain, Esq., 'Honorary Secretary of the Society; J.l Tulloch, Esq.; D. C. Guthrie, Captain Charles Forbes, George Forbes, Esq., Charles Sutherland, Esq., &c., &c. At half-past seven o'clock his Royal Highness the Chair man, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Chief, by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and by the officers of the Society. and preceded by her Majesty's piper, the piper of the society, and the juvenile pipers of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, entered the hall. At this mo ment the coup d'eil was most picturesque. The body of the hall was occupied by gentlemen attired either in the High land costume, military or naval uniform, or full Court dress; and the gallery was filled with ladies in full dress. Under neath the gallery was ranged the juvenile military band of the Caledonian Asylum. These boys were dressed in uni form, and during • the coarse of the evening they per formed several martial and popular airs with a precision and an ensemble that would have done credit to veteran performers We understand that they have been only under instructions. seven months, but we have heard pieces of music by bands, who had been under instruction as many years performed much less satisfactorily than by these boys last evening. Infinite credit is due to Mr. Burford their instructor. The progress they have made under his superintendence is really astonishing. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down , to an excellent dinner which was placed upon the table in the Messrs. Bacons' best style. . _ _ The hall was - elegantly fitted up for the occasion. In addi tion to a great quantity of valuable plate, the tables were decorated with various emblems in gold o f ? the military and naval victories of the country. The side tables were also ornamented with vases of beautiful flowers of every descrip tion, and on the cross-table stood the handsome " thistle vase" presented to the Highland Society by the late Sir James Hamilton. Messrs. Sinclair, Browne, Moody, and Smirke, were the vocalists engaged for the occasion. The instrumental music was admirably given by the juvenile band. Mr. Higgins, a worthy disciple of Toole, officiated as toast-master. . . . The cloth having been withdrawn, and grace having been Sir GEORGE GREY thought that the amendment would interfere with the poor obtaining that immediate relief for giving which the clause was specially framed. It was indis pensable that the power which the clause proposed to give should be in the hands of medical officers. Some discussion ensued. Mr. J. O'CONNELL wished to have a provision introduced into the Bill to have the clergy of every denomination upon the boards of guardians. They were better acquainted with the people themselves, and the objects most worthy of receiving relief. Sir WALTER JAMES thought that some provision should be made giving to the relieving officers a power analagous to the powers possessed by some charities in England; namely, that of giving immediate relict in cases of urgent distress. Mr. SHAW thought that the relieving officer would, under such circumstances, be placed in a difficult position, and it would not be easy to foresee the extent to which such a prin ciple as the one proposed might be carried. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that in the present position of Ireland there might arise many cases of distress of an urgent nature, which it would be the duty of the relieving officer to attend to without applying for authority to two or three different per sons, The person seeking relief might under such circum stances die before llSSistuuce could by atrw - ried. H. thought therefore that such a power was absolutely indispensable. Mr. P. SCROPE thought that it was the duty of the Go vernment to introduce into the clause some words which should render it compulsory upon the relieving officer to administer relief. After a few words from Sir GEORGE GREY, the clause was agreed to, On clause seven being proposed, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished to know if this clause em powered the guardians to give out-door assistance to the family of a man unable to work from accident. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the first clause did that. Mr. VESEY moving that the following words be added at the end of the clause—" Provided always that no wife or child shall be admitted into the workhouse without the husband or parent for more than one week, unless with the sanction of the Poor-law Commissioners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if they admitted these provisos, they, by implication, legalised what was illegal now. After a few words from Mr. Vesey, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hamil ton, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. VESEY inquired whether the guardians had the power to stop this practice? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not say that ; all he could say was, that if the guardians acted in the way represented, they acted illegally. The amendment was then negatived without a division. The clause was then passed without a division, as was also clause 8. said, His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, I have a toast to propose. Her Majesty the Queen, our most gracious Sovereign, and God bless her.—(Cheers.) The toast was drank with Highland honours; after which the National Anthem was sung, the solo parts being sus tained by Messrs. Smirke, Browne, and Sinclair, and the band played " God save the Queen." The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Queen Dowager. Drank with three times three. Air—" Hearts of Oak," by the band. The CHAIRMAN then, amidst loud cheering, proposed the health of the Duke of Rothsay, and the rest of the Royal Family. Drank with Highland honours. Air—" The Duke of York's March' =band. The CHAIRMAN said the next toast I am assured you will drink with enthusiasm. It is "His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chief of 114 e Highland Society," who I am pleased to say is on this occasion present amongst us. The Highland toastmaster, Alr. Duncan )lacnaghten, then proposed tile toast in Gaelic as follows: " A Mlioraclut Rioghail Prionnsa Albert, ceannard a chornuinn Ghaidhealaich." It was drank with Highland honours, after which her Ma jesty'tpiper played a Highland air. lYtice ALBERT then rose and said—Allow:me to thank you, gentlemen, for the way in which : : ou have received this toast. lam glad of this opportunity to express to you in person the sense which 1 feel of the honour you have done me in electing me your chief—the chief of a society, the ob ject of which is to preserve the nationality of the Highlands —(Cheers)—the national sports, and the national habits.— ( Renewed cheers.) I have had the pleasure of visiting the Highlands several times, and I can assure you, that the im pression that has been left on my mind has been most gra tifying.—(Loud cheers.) It is impossible for any one to visit your country, to breathe the pure air, to see the beau• tiful scenery, and to live amongst the simple and hardy people of that country without feeling the most favourable impressions.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I have to propose " Prosperity to the Highland Society."—(Loud cheers.) Drank with three times three. ....- - Song, Miss P. Horton—" Follow Prince Charlie." The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Presi dent, his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, and expressed his regret that his Grace was not present amongst them that evening. Drank with Highland honours. Air, Mr. Browne—" Roy's Wife." The CHAIRMAN then said, I have now to propose a toast, in which I am sure every one will join : it is the health of the Duke of Wellington, who sits near me.— (Immense cheering) which was frequently renewed and lasted several minutes.) Every body honours him.—(Renewed cheering.) Moro it would not become me to say of him in his presence, except that I hope he may still live for many years.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was then drank with Highland honours. The Duke of WELLINGTON then rose and spoke as fol lows :—" Gentlemen, I beg leave to return you my thanks for the honour you have done me in drinking my health, and for the manner in which you have been pleased to listen to the proposition of the illustrious Duke in the chair. Gentle men, I have long had the satisfaction of being acquainted with many of you, and of having the highest respect for your countrymen of all classes and descriptions, more especially for those who are members of the profession to which I have the honour to belong.—(Cheers.) It is highly satisfactory to me to have had the power of attending here this day, and on all occasions when you will do me the honour to in timate to me that my attendance is desirable, if I have not other avocations, I shall be happy to avail myself of any opportunity which will permit me to pay my respects to you. —( Loud cheers.) It is with the utmost satisfaction:that I have witnessed the symptoms of your attachment to the illustrious Prince who has honoured us with his presence this day.— (Loud cheers)—and I am sure that you all appreciate his attachment to you and to your country, and feel how greatly your country must benefit from it.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I repeat I thank you for the honour you have done me."— (Loud cheers.) Air—" British Volunteers"—Band. On the motion that clause 9 be agreed to, Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said that his Hon. Friend the Member for Waterford had an amendment to propose, and he wished to know whether he intended to press it ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, that as several Members had mo tions to make, he thought it would be better to postpone the consideration of the remaining clauses till to-morrow. The House then resumed. CUSTODY OF OFFENDERS BILL. On the motion that the House should go into Committee on the Custody of Offenders• Bill, Mr. E. DENISON wished to know what course the Go. vernment intended to pursue with respect to this Bill, as it appeared to him that it would open the whole question of transportation ? Lord J. RUSSELL thought that it would be better to take the consideration on the debate on the clauses of the Bill. The question of altering the present system of transportation, it would seem, was to be discussed upon the report of one of these Bills, and unless he heard from Government that it was to be brought forward in another form, he should come down on Thursday prepared to go fully into the matter. Sir GEORGE GREY said it was highly important that tht•se Bills should be disposed of as soon as possible, but still he should be quite ready to go into the question of transportation on Thursday, when it was proposed to bring up the report on the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was understood to say that the Crown proposed to alter the present mode of transportation without the authority of an Act of Parliament. He thought, therefore, that the question ought to be brought forward in a specific form, and he should be glad to know if Government would bring the matter forward for full discussion after Easter? Sir G. GREY said he should be extremely happy to enter upon such a discussion, but it could only be done by some Hon. Member giving a notice of motion upon the subject. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. PRISONS BILL. At the conclusion of the air the pipers struck up the reel of " Tulloch," which was danced by some of the gentlemen present with true Highland enthusiasm. The Duke of WELLINGTON then rose and said, " Gentle men, I have received permission from his Royal Highness the Chairman to propose a toast, to which I am satisfied you will feel anxious to pay every respect, when I mention the name of his Royal Highness, our chairman.— (Cheers.) We all feel obliged to his Royal Highness for coming forward to preside on tnis auspicious occasion, when our President was not able to attend in consequence of the pressure of business. His Royal Highness is a soldier, like many of us, and has acquired the greatest respect of those who have gained re spect by their gallant achievements in the field.—(Cheers.) The Duke concluded by proposing " The health of the Illus trious Chairman," which was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that he trusted the gentlemen present would not forget that he too, like his illustrious relative, had been in the Highlands, and, continued his Royal Highness, what I saw there I admired. In wish ing prosperity to this establishment I trust you will not f aget that I have bad the pleasure of seeing many of you before, and I may also state that I belonged to a Highland regiment years before many of those now present wen born.—( Loud cheers.) Air—" Auld Lang Syne."—Band. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The Army and Navy." Drunk with three times three. Air, " Rule Britannia—Band. Song, " Death of Nelson"—Mr. Sinclair. The CHAIRMAN—The next toast I have to propose is— " The memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby and the heroes who fell with him in Egypt." Never was there a better soldier or a more honest man than Sir Ralph Abercromby. The toast was drunk in solemn silence. This Bill also went through Committee, and the report or. dered to be received this day. GENERAL REGISTER : HOUSE (EDINBURGH) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One o'clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—We perceive that the an nual benefit of Mr. 111‘Lean, the obliging and attentive messenger to this theatre, takes place on Friday next, when Belittles opera seria Norma will be performed for the last time, to be followed by the Ethiopians' Concert, with their irresistible Railroad Overture, and a drama, supported by the entire company. We feel certain that his friends will rally round him, for he deserves their encouragement. THE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON. BY AIRS. CROWE, AUTHOR OF " SusAw HOPLEY."—We have read this work with deep interest ; an interest derived from the nature of the incidents, the character of the principal per sonages, the forcible style of the writer, and her occasional reflections upon motives of human conduct. In all these requisites of a goad novelist Mrs. Crosse excels. Her cha racters are delineated with striking fidelity, and a thorough acquaintance with human nature and the passions that shape its destiny. Among the most successful are Abel White, May Elliot, Luke Littenhaus, and the heroine herself. Lilly Dawson. The last of these, Lilly Dawson, is a creation not unworthy of Scott. The gradual unfolding cf a good and gentle heart as she passes through situations calculated to work the change is pourtrayed with consummate skill, delicacy, and truth. Every portion of the work, indeed, indicates powers of no common order. The story of " Lilly Dawson" will place Mrs. Crowe high among the living writers of fiction.—John DRAINING WITH. ENGINE ASHES.—On the farm of Daldorch, the property of Archibald Buchanan., Esq., of Catrine Bank, Scotland, there are drains made twenty eight veers ago, and filled with engine ashes, which are Mill in full and efficient operation. The depth of drain is twenty-sixetoin inches, of the and dre the is wciudtt three inches each wide, twelve and t feet. he The depth of ashes used in filling them is about ten inches. The soil is a firm clay. These drains promise to be as effi cient half a century hence as they are at the present time. — Cambrian. DOVER REFUGE HARBOUR.—WO at length con gratulate our readers that the great national undertaking, the formation of a harbour of refuge at Dover, is no longer problematical. The greatest probability exists that the pre i sent year will see the works commenced.—Dever Chronicle. Colonel KELLY addressed the meeting in a short speech, which, however, was quite inaudible in the part of the room where we were sitting. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The ladies." ank with three times three. Air, " Here's a health to all good lasses"—Band. After this toast had been drank, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge vacated the chair, and accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and attended by Baron Knedebeck, retired in grand procession, preceded by the pipers, ice. Shortly afterwards Lieutenant-General Sir J. Macnowszi.x.,K.o B.,said—His ' Royal Highness has commanded me to succeed to the chair ' for an indefinite period. Is It your pleasure that this Court 1 should now break up, or should it be reconstructed ? The question of the reconstruction of the Court having been carried nena. con., Sir James Macdonnell took the chair amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN said that the present anniver sary, honoured as it ha d been b y the p resence of the Duke of Cambridge in the chair, their illus trious chief, Prince Albert, and by the visit of his I Grace the Duke of Wellington, must be considered the most remarkable in the annals of the society. They had also been honoured by the presence of many other visitors, and the first toast he would propose would be " The health of the gentlemen, not members of the Corporation, who had honoured them to-night with their presence." Drank with three times three. Song, " Lulurity "—Mr. Moody. Mr. ROBINSON, the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Eng land, in returning thanks, bore testimony to the energetic manner in which Highlanders had met the present distress, and which reflected the greatest credit both on chiefs and people. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the national toast, " Clann nan Gaidheal an gualaibh a cheile"—Highlanders shoulder to shoulder—which was drank with Highland honours with the greatest enthusiasm, and was followed by a reel. The Cnantatast then rose to bring before the notice of the company an establishment which was peculiarly worthy of the attention of Scotchmen—he meant the Caledonian Asylum. —(Cheers.) It was instituted in the first place for the orphans of soldiers and sailors, and afterwards the charity had been extended to others.—(Cheers.) He was happy to think that an opportunity was now afforded him of acknowledging the obligations which all Highland societie s were under to the honorary secretary of this, which must be considered the parent society—(Cheers) —a gentlem an who had founded the Caledonian Asylum and ma n y other institutions.— (Cheers.) He proposed " Prosp er it y .to the Caledonian Asylum." Drank with three times three, followed by a Highland reel to the pipes. J. MATHESON, Esq., 11Lp returned thanks f o r th e cor di a l feeling of good will which ' those present had expressed to wards the Caledoni an Asylum.lt a%•as lith e ()f theo fit mostrs valuable institutions whi c h t h ey possessed. place, it provided for the children of those who had devoted f?. I their best years to the service of their country.—(Cheers.) It was the especial object of the asylum to provide for th education and maintenance of the children of soldiers and , sailors. At the time when it w as fi rst institute > - ' 2 ! - 7 there was more urgent occasion for it than there happily was at the present moment.—(Cheers.) Altho ug h now there .... J,IVEI were, coniTaratirely speaking, few instance s i n w hi ch the children of soldiers and sailors were left destitute, yet still there were found many children of their countrymen in a state of distress in this great metropolis. The object of the Caledonian As)luir. was to train up these children in such a manner as that they should inherit the national virtue of their parents and of their country.—(Cheers.) Viewed in this light he knew no institution in this metropolis which possessed so many and so peculiarly interesting claims to the notice of Highlanders as the Caledonian Asvlum.—(Cheers.) He, therefore, felt more than ordin ar y pleasure that it had fallen to his lot to return thanks to those who had noticed the institution in so interesting a manner.—(Cheers.) D. C. GUTHRIE, Esq., in proposing the health of Sir James Macdonnell, their Chairman, alluded to the bravery which that distinguished officer had exhibited in many a well fought field, and more particularly to his celebrated defence of the chateau of Hougoumont, at the battle of Waterloo, for which he had been awarded the prize of bravery, which with modesty equal to his bravery, he•had given up to another. The toast was drank with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, having returned thanks, said that it de lighted him on all occasions to contribute not only to the ob jects, but to the hilarity of the institution.—(Cheers.) He felt that they were under the greatest obligations to their secretary, who had always conducted the affairs of the society with such order and regularity as to give the utmost satis faction. He had great pleasure in proposing the health of George Bain, Esq., the honorary secretary. Drank with Highland honours, and followed by a reel. G. BAIN, Esq., briefly returned thanks. Song, " Whistle and I'll come to thee, my lad"—Mr. Smirke. The next toast proposed was, "Chiefs and Clans," whi c h was drunk with honours. D. C. GUTHRIE, Esq., after passing a high eulogium on the character of the Chisholm as the model of a chief, pro posed—" Better health to the Chisholm, and may lie soon be able to rejoin the Highland Society," The CHAIRMAN was happy to inform them that the Chisholm was convalescent, and would have been amongst them on this occasion had he not been expressly forbidden by his physician to join the party.—(Cheers.) Highland song by Mr. M'lan. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., two sons of David Charles Guthrie, Esq. and Thomas M'Gregor, Esq., were elected members of the Society. A cup of thanks was drank to Mr. Forbes, after which The CHAIRMAN proposed the last toast, " Our next merry Meeting," which having been drank, the band paraded the room, formed behind the chair, and played several airs, after which the company separated. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Viscount Clifden, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain Francis Seymour, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Highland Society of London with his company at dinner yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron knesebeck, also honoured the Highland Society with his company at dinner last evening. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Desart, Earl of Morley, and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. Lady Augusta Bruce was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Mr. Schott, attended during dinner at Buckingham Palace on Saturday, and performed the following pieces : Grand Fantasia from " I Lombardi"—Verdi. Waltz, " Die Gemuthlichen"—Mozart. Selection from " The Bondman"—Balfe. Polka-mania—Kuhner. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Sir Robert Ferguson had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing- street. Sir Robert had also an interview with the Right Hon. Ed ward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George street. Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister, tran sacted business Yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Messr.;;George, Lacey, and Hoxwerth, with a deputation of the Willow Trade from the Tower itimie.s, had an inter view with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the Otlice of the BoarJ of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commis,loii . ers for England had a com mittee meeting ye,terday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-,ffice ?tom the Governors of the West India Colonies. Dispatches were sent off last eveini.g from the Colonial office tor the Governors of Sierra Leone and St. Helena SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPION AND PYTCDLEY HUN T RACES. . MONDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Mostyn's King of Morven, 3 yrs, 6st......(Kitchener) I Mr. Whiles's Infringe, 3 yrs. 6st 2 Mr. Smith's Master Downea, 5 yrs, 9st .. 3 Mr. G. Ongley's Maid of Athens, 3 yrs, 6 st Even, and 6 to 5 on King of Morven, who made most of the running, and won by a couple of lengths. Run iu two minutes 30 seconds. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. h ft, for two years old. Last half mile. Mr. Payne's Glendower, Bst 41b Mr. Watson's The Sheriff, Bst 41b Duke of Richmond's Nectar, Bst 41h (Nat) 1 2 Even on Nectar, 6to 4 agst Glendower, and 2 to 1 agst The Sheriff. Glendower snade all the running, and won by half a length. Time, 46 seconds. The Greai - Northamptonshire Stakes of 100 sovs. added, to a handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, the second to receive 25 soya. Two miles. Lord Waterford's Wolfdog, 5 yrs, Bst I 11ba...(F. Butler) I Mr. Gregory's ch cby Euclid, d by Taurus, 3 yrs, 4st 7lb 2 Duke of Richmond's Halo, 3 yrs, 4st 10Ib 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful—Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower—Mr. Ongley's Roderick—.sir. John Cook nd The Magnet—Mr. H. Baker nd Hydrometer— Mr. H. Nethercole nd Princess Royal—Lord W. Powlett's Fort William—Count Bathyany's Tragical—Sir W. Don nd Fugitive—Mr. F. Villiers nd Comme it faut—Lord Chester field's Bro. to Stitch—Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—Mr. H. Hughes nd Moonlight—and Mr. Drinkald's Mistress Jean. Betting-5 to 2 agst the Euclid colt (taken), 9 to 2 agst Wolfdog (taken freely), 8 to 1 agst Doleful-100 to 7 agst Fugitive-16 to 1 agst Magnet —and 20 to agst Hydrometer. The Duke of Richmond declared to win with Hale.—A very fast run race from end to end, Wolfdog, by the most admirable riding, reaching the Euclid colt a few strides from home, and winning by half a length, Halo, being as far from the favourite ; Magnet, who carried .11bs over-weight, was fourth, beaten a length from Halo, and Hydrometer and Mirmillo fifth and sixth. Run in 3 min. and 44 sec. The Farmers' and Tradesmens' Cup of 50 sovs. 3 miles. Mr. G. Cowley's, The Hackney, aged, 12st 1 Mr. 1. R. Cowley's Britannia, 5 yrs, 11st 41b... ...... ... 2 Won easy. Several others ran. . The Open Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added. Once About round, and a distance. , Mr. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (T. Parr) 1 Mr. Ekins's Salopian, lOst 121 b ..... .... Mr. W. Sadler's Fugitive, 4 yrs, lOst 51b 6t05 on Icicle. Won by a length. Run in 2 min. 21 sec. The Queen's Plate, of 100 guineas. Two miles. ~. Mr. Moore's Wolfdog, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (b'. Butler) 1 Sir C. Cockerill's Duke of Richmond, 4 yrs, 9st 21b... 2 Mr. Fowler's Ranthus, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b... ... 3 ➢lr. Wreford's Witsend, 4 yrs, 9st 21b 4 Mr. Pettifer's c by Epirus, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b sto 2 and 3to lon Wolfdog. W'on by three lengths. Run in 3 min. 44 sec. Glendower is declared not to start for the Althorp Stakes. Time will not permit us to do more than congratulate the promoters and managers of the meeting on its brilliantly successful commencement. The weather could not possibly have been more inviting, and those who left the course dissatisfied with the sport, or with the manner in which it was conducted, must have been very hard to please. The company wa, not only the largest, but the most fashion able we ever saw at Northampton, and it is with some regret: t hat lie confine our list of visitors to the following briet selec tion :—The Luke or Richmond al.d the Ladies Caroline and Georgiatia Lennox; Marquis of Exeter; Earls of Euston, .pricer, Marcie, and Sotithqmplon ; Lords E. Russell, Dun cannon, W. Powlett, Maidstone, A. Let:nox, \V. Lennox, G. Lennox, F. Fitzroy, C. Fitzroy ; Count B.auvany ; Sirs George Armitage, C. Cuckerell, Captain Itous, 11. Pitt, W. Forester, G. Ongley ; Messrs. Grevihe, H. Blair, Mostyn, Gregory, Payne, &c. LEAMINGTON GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASES. MONDAY. The Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, was won by Lord Strathmore's Beishazzar, 11st 31b, beating DI Parkyn's Wilford, list 7!b, and several others. The Royal Leamington Annual Steeple Chase, of 25 sow. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. 4 miles. Mr. C. Bevill's Latitat, ]Ott 91b (Mr. Bevil!) 1 Mr. Preston's Brunette, 12st slb ••• Mr. R. H. Jones's bg by Glaucus , aged , lOst 101 b Switcher (fell), Discount, Sam Slick, Grenade, Eagle, Pullaway, Little John, Golden Rule, Canary, and six others, ran. Won easy by three lengths. . _ ..._ . .._. — The Leamington Hunt Club Steeple Chase, of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, list. 71b each, 3 mile., (14 subs), was won by Mr. Ouseley Higgins's Chandler, beating King of the Valley, and three others. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) LATEST BETTING Al' NORTHAMPTON. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Van Tromp 12 to 1 agst Planet `2O to 1 agst Liberator 40 to 1 - agst Christopher 40 to 1 agst Pavilion 50 to 1 ngst Black Dwarf --t 1000 to 15 agst Oxonian No others mentioned. SEAS STAKES. t Liberator. Ea CUP. ig done. ,000 GU6 6 to 1 agst CHEST' Nothin We beg to call the attention of the patrons of the fine arts to a collection of water colour paintings (formerly the property of a gentleman well known in the artistica. world, James Stewart, Esq.), which we are sorry to say are, to be submitted for sale by auction on Thursday next, by' Messrs. Christie and Manson. Works collected with so• much judgment and taste ought not to be separated, and it; is greatly to be desired they should pass altogether into the. hands of some spirited collector. The drawings are of ant important size (most of them) and include the names of De wint, Catterniole, Hunt, Rayner, Wright, Austin, and other distinguished artists:—we have never seen liner specimens of these great m as t ers of water colour painting. We cannot e help recommendin g th ose of our readers who sineerelylov the works of thi s extraordinary school to visit this exhibi tion on or before the day of sAle. Sunday, about one DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On ... _ No. 10, Bolwell-terrace, Lambeth-walk, a gentleman of the name o f lh P : fa c c e i h -e l a m n i , tt r e e d sta sh in ie g id az It f a ro p m pearni that the deceased had for some by running a knife several times i i n h t:O dejected t state. Mr. Thompson, :a ill ness, and was in a very i He lingered until ten o'clock cheat a been hihis throat. suffering caved, but without f.ival kwas called in, who attended de, surgeon, of Lambeth-walk, night, when he expired. Vulcanised In in in butler springs of railway and other steel the India-rubber rubber is now made use of to. supersede carriages. Thursday will determine the value not only o but,of admissions. Mt ti s hares in the two patent theatres, has announced some attraction to the playgoer oh Robins k that day. re' we' tiler dio i to ;tee the ble Ise•