The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

X iiIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wooisaok at 5 o'clock. The Earl of MALMESBURY asked whether the Government had sent down any person to inspect the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, with a view to as certain, in accordance with the pledge given by the South- Western RAllway Company, whether a double hue of rail 3 had been laid down on that line between Southamp ton and Dorchester ? Lird STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that although no person had been sent down to iniptct the works, he was informed that a double line of rails bad been laid down for six miles of the distance, and the remaining 25 miles had been contracted for. SALE OF POISONS. The Earl of WESTAIEATEI begged to ask, as the Government had not brought in any measure with respect to the sale of poiso❑s, whether it was their inten tion during the recess t, turn their attention to the sub ject, in order to ',dug in a bill to meet the evil of which he complained. The noble lord then mentioned certain cases in which fatal results bad followed in conse quence of chemists' shops being Lift in charge of very young persons. The Lad) CHANCELLOR—The subject, as before remarked, bad been under the consideration of the Go vernment, and although he could not give a distinct pledge that next session a bill won't' be brought in to restrain the sale of poisons, yet the noble earl might rest assured that the subject would not be lost sight of, but that the most serious" consideration of the Government would be given to it. It had been suggested that che mists' shops where poisons were sold shoul I be licensed, and thus to a certain extent the evil might be met, but he thought it was impossible to meet by legislative enactment cmes of carelessness. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said poisons in chemists.' Shop ought to be kept in certain shaped bot tles, or coloured papers. Tb.s subject then dropped. STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE moved that the proofs already - taken before the examiners for standing orders, and certi fied by the m i n ] respec t o f any bill which shall be re introduced into Parliament. iu the ensuing session, shall be received by the standing orders that session in rela tion to all such bills. • The motion was agreed to. On the motion of the same noble lord, Samuel Smith, Esq., and Charles Frere, E-q., were appointed examiners for the ensuing session. MUTINY AND MARINE MUTINY BILLS. On the motion of L , rd PANNIURE these bills,were severally read a third time and passed. THE SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT BILL. On the motion of E trl GRANVILLE this bill was read a third time and passed. EXCHEQUER BILLS BHA,. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY thks bill was read a third tins and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill. The Earl of ELLUNBOROUGH said the motion for the third reading of this bill announced the approaching end of the session, and he trusted he should be allowed to say a few words on the peculiar circumstances which led to its premature conclusion. He believed those cir cumstances were these:—The governor of Hong Kong having taken a mple reparation for an alleged offence, and the circeinstar e c ea being such as would have enabled him to come at once to a pacific settlement with the Chinese authorities, thought fit to make what was at that time a most unprispitious demand—a demand to which it was impossible, under the circumstances for the Chinese autho rities to •accede. Hence arose a war. That war had been approved ey her Majesty's Government, and the question having been subrnitt,.d to the House of Commons a small majority of that house thought fit to express an opinion that there was not :sufficient ground for the measures that had been adopted in China and approved by her Majesty's Government. Upon that the course adopted by her Majesty's Government was to advise the Queen to dissolve Parliament, and the members of the House of Commons were seat to their cenetituents for judgment. At first a charge was made of c inspiracy and concert and coalition, and all the various offence, which a dissatisfied Government usually charged against successful opposi tions. However, that charge had been denied, and was now he believed altogether withdrawn. It was from the first utterly unfounded and unreasonable, and no one who considered the matter for a few moments could be lieve it. He apprehended that two questions would practically be put to the electers. The first was, whether they preferred Lord Palrnerecon to any other Minister; and the other was whether they approved of this war. He thought it not at all improbable that the answer given by the constituencies would be that they on the whole preferred Lord Palmerston to any other Minister ; but he felt the most perfect confidence that the answer to the second question would be that they could not approve of the circumstances under which the war was com menced, and that their desire was that it should, at the earliest phseible prjriod, be discontinued. So that the position of the Gr)vernment after the dissolution would be practically tree same as now. But there was a very importantequee tion involved in the commencement of this procsediag, and that was the question to what ex tent it was proper to give support to a distant authority in measures undertaken by that authority, which endan gered the pacific relations subsisting between this coun try and a foreign state. If Sir J. Bowring was to be supported because he was governor of Hong Kong, he knew not why, on the same principle, the Governor of Gibraltar might not adopt measures which might in volve uti in a war with Spain, or why a governor of one of the United States should not be supported in adopt ine measures which wou'd involve us in war with tie United States. To give to governors of colonies or dependencies the power to involve this country in war appeared to him the most dangerous doctrine that could be conceived. New, when the representa tives of the people were sent to their constituents, who were the persons to suffer, were the 48 Whigs who voted against the Government to suffer on this occasion! It appeared that that was contrary to the usual feeling in this neetter. Those gentlemen gave their confidence to the Government, and in a moment of peril withdrew that confidence. He remembered when in distant times he was a member of the House of Commons, if any gen tleenaa on the Ministerial side thought proper to give a contrary opinion to that of the Government he was fired at on allsides. What he suffered in the house they could see, but what he suffered out they could not tell. The re eult, however, was that the offence was never repeated. But here where the offence was general, they were not only not to be punished, but to be rewarded. It was said f a great personage that he loved the treason but he hated the traitor, but the noble earl opposite was different, he hated the treason but he lived the traitor. He jeined with the noble earl in hoping that no mischief would happen to these 48 gentlemen. They had given one honest vote, he hoped they would live to give many more. Besides, he confessed he had a feeling in favour of an 011 Whig. He could net say he bad the same feeling in favour of that party who were Whigs and something more. With regard to the gentlemen who formed the Radical party, he entertained very much the opinion which he recoi -1 e.e , l having heard exeressed in the; house by the late Lord Welteeley, who, with his usual classical felicity, said, " Radice in Tartaro tendit." Whether, in fact, they would arrive at that distinction he would not say, but undoubtedly of late years, and even very recently, there. had been certain circumstances which lea him to the eoncluaion that that expression might be, if not general:3r incorrect, certainly not altogether inaccurate. It these gentlemen friends of th e G overnment, who voted againstthe Ministers on that occasion, were not to suffer, let him ask why the Conservatives were to suffer. Tney neve r gave their support to the Government. Were they on that occasion, when 48 old Whigs voted against the Governinent, to be punished for not giving that con• fidence which taey had always withheld I Then there was another party, very small in numbers, but powerful in intellect and in ability in the men :gement of public affairs --- the party who were ca led Peel ites. Re had never been a member of that party, and had in fact: never bean a member of any patty since the Duke of Wellington retired from public life, but he had a respect for them. They had never given their confi dence of late, at hetet, to the government. They acted on their own independent judgment. Their, fore he did not see how these three different parties, against whom this charge of coalition had been most untruly made, would justly suffer in consequence of this dissolu tion. And now he would state very shortly certain cir cuoastaeces with which some of t .ern at least might not he acquainted, in order to show wrist were practically alreituy the effects of tide war which had been so reek leseiy undertaken by Sir John Bowring. The other day he u atated wh at he judged would pr, b:hly take place. He did otkeow what +lad taken place, but he s Aid he thought the inteiruption ef our trade with China would produce the greatest possible ?distress. He had since learned something which went beyond all it he had antici pated. He found that between the 7+h Jan. and sth Feb. the rate of discount at the B an k of Ben, was raised fro ver 6 cent. to 14. Now he unfortunately was ac quainted with the difficulties of carrying on commerce in that city. If a gentleman there go; 80,0001. or 100,0001., he cent it to this country or h e put it out in India on la 4, and a great portion of the t - ado in that country was carried on with borrowed money. Now if in this country, where commerce was sound, the rate of discount were raised front 6 to 14 per cent. they knew the wide-spread ruin that would ensue, but in a country where trade was carried on with b orrow ed mon ey, such a rise in the rate of discount necessarily involved gen era l tailor s . and utter I time. The consequence would be the of many houses, and the embarrassment of g:v n e t ofrnin In. ent. What was the position in which the govern ment dia was now placed I The government had alvei teed, since the commencement of this unfortunate war with China, for a loan of three millions at 5 per c ent. It had previously vainly endeavoured to raise the money at 41 per cent. It was able to raise very little at 5 per cent. ; and the general opinion was now, that it can only raise it at 7 per cent., unless they game some indulgence to persons having Four per Cent. stock. See what an unfortunate position the holders of g,averc ment Four per Cent, stock were in. They had 5 per cent., and two or three years ago were induced to take four having no idea at that time that Government would raise a fresh loan at five. Their stock was now at 19 per cent discount, and they could not borrow on it tat less than 1 per cent, discount. Then the price of opium had fallen greatly, so much as to make it perfectly cer tain that when the next Government sales took place there would be a toes of 25 per cent., which would entail loss t,) the revenue from that source of 750,0001. a year, if it did not go beyond that. He was sure the diffi cul-des of that country would become so great, that it would be, in his opinion, a matter for the immediate con- sideration of Government, whether they should not inter fere with some pecuniary assistance. His opinion was, it would be advisable at once to obtain the authority of Par liament to advance from two to three millions in Exche quer bills by the home Government to that country. Why the Government of India should not obtain an indulgence which was granted to Sardinia, and had been granted to half the States of Europe, ho knew not. They must consider also the effect which the war would have in this country. As he understood two or three weeks ago there had been a diminution of ten millions of pounds in the importation of tea, but now it was expected that the diminution would extend from thirty-five to forty millions of pounds, and the result was that this country would lose one third of the revenue from tea. He could not calculate the extent of the injury which would be done in a 1 parts of the world by the interruption of the trade with China ; but the direct I)ss to this country woul 1 be one-third of the revenue from tea, and consider ing the expense of the forces sent out, the loss this year would not be less than four millions. Somewhere else some one had expressed an opinion that it would be ad visable to part with Lord Palmerston for two trillions, but they were now asked to pay four millions for Sir John B iwring ; and he did think there never was a pub lic character bought at so dear a rate. The reason why Lord Palmerston was to be supported was, it was stated, because he conducted a glorious war, and brought it to a satisfactory peace. He could not conceive any war te be glorious in which Kars was abandoned. In that war there was much which we might be proud to remember, but there was also much which we should be desirous to forget. They could not consider that a glorious war which , had not advanced the character of the British army, though it had advanced the character of the British soldier. He could not consider that peace as satisfactory in which, in consequence of the abandon ment of Kars, all the cession of territory in Bessarabia for the purpose of improving the frontier of Turkey was abandoned. Having originally obtained the promise of the left bank of the Danube and the left bank of the Pruth, the occupation of which, according to the line agreed upon, would practically have thrown back the Russians to the Dniester, he could not consider that peace satisfactory by which that line on the Upper Pruth was now gone into the hands of Russia. We had lost the Upper Pruth, which, in a military point of view, was alone valuable. Moreorer, the object of that war was the independence of Turkey. Turkey had an empire in Asia quite as important as in Europe. In Asia nothing was ;lone to protect Turkey. She lost Kars, and that mate rially affected her character in that country. It was his firm belief that the abandonment of Kars, the conse quent discouragement of the population in that country, and the non-insertion in the treaty of any stipulation which would improve tne condition of Turkey in Asia had most materially contributed to the war with Persia; and he felt satisfied that if we had maintained Kars, and given Turkey an advantage on the side of Asia, we should not only have been supportin g Turkey, but pro tecting our own possessions in India. Among the various qualities which were required in a Minister there was none perhaps which was more valuable than the quality of economy. Notwithstanding that that quality had ceased to hold so high a position as it formerly did in the opinion of the public, he still thought that in some places at the ensuing election there would be in quiries with regard to the conduct of Lord Palmerston's Government on the subject of economy. He was not going to trouble their lordships with any long details on that subject ; but before he said anything on it allow him to observe that it had always appeared to him tnat the first duty of the Government of this country was to place it in a state of security against an invasion from a foreign nation. He wished to see our naval and military establishments kept up in full perfection, and never would become the friend of any government which neglected the performance of that duty. But consistently with that duty they ought to carry out the most searching economy in every depart ment, to give the greatest possible efficiency at the smallest charge, and they ought more espeeiall to be economical in those parts of the expenditure which had no connection with naval and military affairs. He had examined the public accounts from the year 1838 to 1856, and wool f give a comparative statement of cer tain items in the three years ending 1853 and the three years ending 1856. The average charge for public build ines and palaces for the three years ending 1856 was 161,000 f. ; the charge for the three years ending 1853 was 115:0001. The estimated charge for 1857 was 196,0001. The increase in the three years ending 1856 over the three years ending 1853 was 46,0001., and the increase in 1857 was 34;0001, making a total increase since 1853 of 81,0001. The charge for the royal parks and pleasure parks in 1851 was 41,000/, The vote proposed for 1857 was 114,0091, being an increase of 72,0001. In these two items alone the increase since 1853 in the one case, and 1857 in the other, was 141,0001. The next charge to which he wished to call their lordships' attention was a most mon strous charge. The expense of printing and stationery in the three years ending 1853 was 216,0001., whilst that for the three years ending 1856 was 416,0001., and the estimate for 1857 was 450,0001., showing an increase over 1853 of 234,0001. Then there was a charge which many of their lordships, and especially the noble earl the President of the Council, could not consider too great— the charge for education. In 1851 the charge was 284,0001. ; in 1852, 324,000/. •, in 1853, 442,0001 ; in 1854, 456,0001. ; in 1855, 612,0001. ; in 1856 , 879,000%; and in 1857, 754.0001. ; showing an increase over the year 1851 of 474,080/. Whilst an increasing 'cote was yearly granted to make people good, let their lordships; examine the charge fur looking after the bad. In 1848 the charge for convicts was 477,0001., whilst in 1856 it was 906,0001., being an increase of 428,0001. Comparing the tbree years end ing 1856 with the three years ending 1853, the increase upon that head alone was 152,0001. In 1833 the charge for education was 80,0001., and for convicts 313,000/., making together 393,0001. In 1857 the charge for edu catii n was 754,0001., and for convicts 906,0001, making together 1,660,0001., being an increase over the first year of 1,267,0001. The charge for special and temporary obects was more remarkable than any other. Of 126 dif ferent heads of charge, not less than 60 had arisen within the last three years, the increase in the last three years being 404,0001., and as compared with the three years ending 1840, 468,0001. Putting all these items together, and comparing the votes of 1857, as fir as they could be ascertained, with the average of the three years ending 1853, the following would be found the amounts of in crease—public building a and palaces, 81,0001.; royal parks and gardens, 59,0001.; printing and stationery, 234,0001.; education, 404,0001.; science and art, 55,0001 ; convicts, 152,0001 ;special and temp ;rary objects, 404,0004 making altogether 1,392,000/. (Hear) No state could go on with such a system of extravagance. He recollected having complained during the late war of the extrava gance with which it was carried on ; and although an inquiry had been promised, not one iota of informa tion had been given on the subject. Having gone through these points, he would now ask their l o rd s hip s and gentlemen on the hustings, " What are Lord Pal mereton's principles 1" Previous to Lord Palmerston becoming First Minister, there had been during the time his lordship had occupied a seat in the House of Commons thirteen governments, of not less than ten of which his lordship bad been a member. (Laughter.) Two of these governments entertained most opposite views. The noble lord was a member of the govern ment of Earl Grey, and a member of the Government of Mr. Perceval ; and no person ever knew that he made a difference between his two chiefs. He therefore did not know what his lordship's principles really were. Most probably the noble lord was a remarkably agree able and fascinating colleague. That he was an excel lent man 'of business no one could doubt. His extreme dinary experience in various public offices made his services of the greatest possible value. It was obvious, when h s lordship had hell office under so many Go vernments, that he entertained no ferocious rigidity of opinion upon any point. Having had the honour of sitting with his for iship in the Cabinet for a short time he had never encountered any difficulty ; awl when his lordsh , p quitted the Duke of Wainaton's Government he did so because others had left it. No other reason was assigned at the time, whatever might have taken place afterwards. mere could hardly be any better recommenda tion than this accommodating facility with respect to the various measures coining before the Cabinet and before Parliament. But it, seemed to him that the public required to know something else. What they had to look to was fixedness of opinions upon public subjects, and, above all, a determination to stand by them. He knew not the op'. nion of the noble lord on the subject of reform, although he knew what his opinions were on a particular point, which was rather a damaging one for the Government. I He himself was indisposed to grant any further reform, because he felt satisfied that the more extended the con stituencies became the more inferior were their represen tatives, and in his opinion it was most important to have goof representativee, and make the people look up to the House of C immons for the direction of their opi nions. ft was supposed that the noble lord was not favocraqs to any further reform ; but what secuity was there that lie w adfsere to his opinions ? None at all. It would be iofibitely better to have the Government placed in the hands of an uncompromising old Whie like the 1 to Earl Grey, who declared he weuld net be the shadow of a mini to", thee a man who was one thing one day and another the next. He would not detain their lordships further than to say, that he viewed the present war with the greatest apprehension. There seemed ti him to be an injustice about it. When we were engaged in the late war we were more than once desired to acknowledge our sins, to beg pardon for our offences+, to ask the bless ing of heaven on our endeavours to maintain the inte rests of our country in a great and necessary war. It was a necessary war. There was no help for it, and we were justified iu hoping to obtain the blessing of Heaven upon our eff , rts. But tow could we ask the blessings of Pro vid,i.ce on our (lc rtions in the present war, or expect success in our endeavour, from a conviction that our cause is a just and a halo' ed one? It seemed to him that the object of many parties in pressing on the war was money. What was the object of the Government no ?lie knew. Wan it their object to force Sr J. Be wring into Ceeten ? rhat was not practicable, and any et empt to force Sir J. B .wring into that city would be to force tea out of every cottage in England • for if only two thirds of the :n o t w ity if o t f h t e hat article 4 0 '1 R:a d would be t H h e e ,xpoaoe:,eerdc't • shouid be imported, Government Government to w ee were withouteetfg,, g t. to take advantage of hostilities fur jog. the treaty, furciog furth,r conliti e on p s urpo i s n e t o he r E evi n '- peror of China in ereer to obtain more ino u i l :ey tor that was the meaning of the whole theory. He apprehended not only that we were goirg to ask for that which we had no right to dsmand, but to associate with us a friend , that we were going to obtain the co-operation of a pa r ty . who had no interest in the matter ; that two great powers, without any reasonable ground of quarrel with the Emperor of China, were about to direct their united forces against his empire, in order to extort from him under difficulties some advantage in trade which would put more money into the pockets of our merchants. These matters caused in his mind considerable alarm ' and Parliament ought not to have sepa rat ed without oh. I'HE SUN, LONDON, S taining a distinct assurance from the Government on both these important subjects. He felt satisfied, what ever might be the opinion of the public at the ensuing election, that it was humanly impossible that the ulti mate judgment of the public should not maintain the in dependent honest vote of the House of Commons. Earl GRANVILLE said the noble earl had gone into a variety of subjects, to some of which he would briefly a'lude. With regard to the coalition, he might observe that as soon as Lord Derby declared that no understanding existed between himself and other parties he threw the matter out of consideration, merely stating that there were some grounds for the public believing that something more than a coincidence had occasioned the vote which had been given in the other house. The noble earl had adverted to the finances of India and the state of affairs in China. Now he (Earl Granville) did not see how, when we were in a state of hostility with any portion of a c ,untry with which we had commercial relations, that state of hostility could fail to affect to a considerable de gree our own finances and the finances of other countries in constant commercial relations with that country. But when the noble earl talked wi:la such alarm about the finances of India, those finances must, not only under the present Government, but under the Government of the noble earl, have been in a very unsound state, if they c.iuld not stand the inconvenience of a certain temporary cessation of commercial relations with China. The noble earl had alluded to the rise which took place in discounts in the month of January last. But lie ought, not to have forgotten that in the course of the time which it would take to convey the intelligence to India, the rate of interest in this country became exorbi• taut. When the noble earl complained of the unsound ness of trade because it was carried on with borrowed capital, he begged to inform the noble earl that, although the trade of the country was perfectly sound at this mo ment, yet that the great bulk of that trade was carried on by advances of mousy. (Hear.) The Government could only deal with the exigencies of the public service as they arose, and parties could only obtain money by having recourse to the necessary amount of interest. The noble earl intimated that there would be a stoppage of commerce in consequence of our hostilities with China. Now the fact was that enormous supplies of tea were on their way to this country, and he did not I*lieve there would be any such stoppage of commerce as that sug gested by the noble earl. There could be no doubt that hostilities would inflict an injury en the opium trade; but, whilst on the one hand the noble earl complained that the authorities were not more active in putting down the im portation of opium into China, he now complained that Sir J. Bowring's procsedinge had indirectly that effect. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl, in alluding to the necessity of economy had gone through several of the miscellaneous estimates. No doubt satisfactory explanations could be given on many of those points if the subject had been regularly brought under discussion, and it wool I have been much more satisfactory if the noble earl bad given due notice of the matter which he was about to introduce for the purpose of damaging the Government, in order that some reply might have been given to him. With regard to the question of printing, no doubt a great evil existed ; but the expense arose in a great measure from the immense number of returns moved for by members, and therefore Parliament was more to blame on that point than the Government. The expense of convicts had been attended to by the noble earl. No doubt the cessation of transportation had tended enormously to the increased charge under that head. Then, with regard to the 60. new heads of charge which the noble earl intimated had been introduced by Lord Palmer ston's Government within the lest three years— Lord Palmerston's Government bad not been in existence so long and one matter appeared to have escaped the observation of the noble earl, and that was that one of the lest acts of Mr. Gladstone was to transfer innnmerableitems from the Consolidated Fund to annual votes, amounting to 1,200,0001. The noble earl then commented on the increased expenses of education. On that point he had some difficulty in arguing with the noble earl. He could argue with a man and admit what was true as to the extravagance of indulging in turtle, champagne, and attic ea of that description ; but if he heard a person contending that pure air was sufficient for the food of man, and that meat and drink were entirely useless, he must decline entering into any argument as to economy or extravagance. With regard to the question of education, he and the noble earl started from entirely different points. Daring the Indian debates, the noble earl said that it would lead to the loss of our empire if we began to educate the 150,000,000 people of that coun try; and on another occasion the noble earl complained, with a sigh, of the amount of money which had been wa*tedon the education of the peoplewhich mighthave been better employed in the construction of gunboats; and no doubt the noble earl thought that 100,0001. spent on edu cation was so much money thrown away. He was rather surprised that Mr. Gladstone had the other night brought f irward an accusation of extravagance with respect to that vete. Now he could meet Mr. Gladstone on level ground, because they both agreed as to the advantage of educating the people. They eat together for three years in the Council of Education, during which time there was no difference of opinion as to expenditure except on one small and contemptible point. His object had been to make the system as efficient and economical as pos sible. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was the most economical of public men, and endeavoured day by day to reduce expenditure. The Committee of Council were placed almost in the same position. Hardly a single day paused in which some important body did not beg for the removal of some stringent provision, and if all appli cations were attended to, the result would be to in crease the annual expenditure some 25 or 50 per cent. He believed that double the money now spent might be expended economically and efficiently for the purpose of raising the int Ilectual and social condition of the lower claeies, When a noble earl opposite put forth education as one of the cries of the Conservative party and he (Earl Granville) remarked that the noble earl ought to have intimated whether he agreed with the views of Mr. Hen ley or Sir J. Pakington, he hardly imagined that he had to deal with an advocate of popular ignorance in the noble earl who had just spoken. (A. laugh.) Economy was a very popular cry, and one which he was glad to hear, because a pressure for economy was useful on any Government, and he should be ashamed of his colleagues if they did not economise the public expenditure. When he was in the House of Commons he remembered a man who was the very reverse of the noble earl—he meant Mr. Hume. (A laugh.) That gentleman performed the greatest good by reducing the extravagant expenditure of successive Governments. But did his economy apply to grants for improving science, art, or education There was not a man whose support could be more surely reckoned upon in Parliament when the object in view was the raising of the intellectual and social condi tion of the people. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the attach which had been made upon the principles of Lord Palmerston, he did not think it necessary to repeat what h e had said the other day when he stated his reasons for thinking that his lorchhip was entitled to the confidence of the country. The country would not take its opinion from the statement , ' which had been made by the noble earl or the Earl of Derby, or from any defence which be (Earl Granville) might be able to make. The public would decline acting upon the opinions of either the op ponents or supporters of Lord Palmerston, and would judge for themselves, and therefore he would not trouble their lordahipe with another remark on that subject. The Earl of MALMESBURY was willing to admit that Lord Palmerston was the most popular and desirable Minister at this moment, but was convinced that the time was net far distant when the practical people of England, so remarkable for their common sense and their investigation of truth, would be convinced that the war in China was one of the most disastrous cha meter for their interests, and that their present idol was a minister who had neglected that particular duty of a minister —economy. The noble earl opposite could not e-cape from the responsibility of the education vote dm , ing the years which preceded the day when Lord Palmer ston became Prime Minister, for be held the office which he now occupied in the Government which succeeded Lord Derby. He was not about to enter into any discus sion on the subject of education, but he must say that the Government had made no sign on the subject, which had been left to Lerd J. Russell, Sir J. Pakington, and Mr. Henley, and not a single measure had been l ropo,ed by the noble earl opposite. It was desirable to inquire how the present system was to end, and whether the noble lord bad any idea of the last sum which might be asked for, and of the aggregate of what the charge would be a few years hence. Was it not remarkable, when they looked at the miscellaneous estimates, which were only two millions under the Government of Lord Grey to find that they were now six millions? His noble friend (Lord Granville) the other night laid the Income Tax Bill on the table in solemn silence, and in the whole of his speech in answer to that of his noble friend (Lord Derby) he did not spend five minutes on the estimates or the ex peediture of the country, and that evening be had on the whole waived the subject, as one which coull not been tertained by their lordships' house. He (Lord Malines bury) must call attention to another item which had not been noticed by his noble friend (Lord E!tenborough), and that was the charge for the collection of the revenue, a cliaree which amounted for the collection of a revenue of 65,000,0001. to 4,300,0001., or 61 percent. for collec tion. Their lordships knew what was the expense of col h cling these revenues, and they knew that the collection of rents of all kinds was made at a charge of 24 per cent. and he could not see why the public revenue should be c dlected at an expense of 64 per cent. when the revenues of private individuals could be collected at a charge of 2i per cent. His noble friend (Lord Ellenborough) had adverted to the qualifications of Lord Palmerston for the office of first Minister of this country. The country wool I soon decide whether that noble lord wag to be mi nister or not, but ho wished to make an observation on a taunt which the noble earl (Granville) had thro Am out against his not le friend (Lord Derby) for having offered Lord Palmerton a place in his Government. But it was a very different thing to endeavour to obtain the assistance of a man of ability and experience in a mi nistry, in which he would be your colleague, and when you yourself were to be Prime Minister. and to support the same roan when he himself was Prime Minister. The same qualities which would make a man admirably fit'ed r the greatest subordinate offices in a Govern ment did not render him fitted to be Prime Minister ; and he would ask his noble friend (Lord Granville) whe t ier, although be might be satisfied with each and all of le e colleagues in the places they now held, he would be also ready to have any one of them placed above him as Prime Minister. He was sure that his noble friend would not, and he was hardly justified in throwing that circumstance in the face of Lord Derby when he was answering that noble lord's criticism on Lord Palmer ston's career. Parliament might now be said to be on its deathbed ; but when their lordships returned he hoped tbat his noble friend opposite would consider deeply the subject on which the noble earl (Ellenborough) bad touched. Depend upon it, notwithstanding the popular favour in which Lord Palmerston teamed to be held, there were in all parts of the country signs and symp toms of alarm at the increase of the national expendi ture ; and let it not be forgotten that, although a few years ago we might have been generous with the public - - ErENING, M'A WC EV' 2l, 1857. money, we had lately added forty millions to the national debt ; that we had just passed out of a great and sxpen sive war, and were entering on another likely to prove a costly one, and ft might he only by means of profuse expenditure that we should be able to support the mili• tary estimates which for the next few years we should have to present to the House of Commons. Lord MONTEA.GLE said he could corroborate in the strongest manner the observations of the noble earl op posite with respect to the public expenditure. He was, however, sure that the estimates, as they now stood, were not such as the Government intended to continue, for he never heard better principles of economy than those which were laid down by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was the duty of public men to in terfere between the Government and the House of Com mons, and to give the Government strength to resist the demands for increased expenditure which were daily made upon them. No one could look at the papers before the house to which the noble earl (Ellen borough) had alluded without being convinced that we had been for years engaged in a mad course of extravagance. It had been all referred to the war ; but although that had been the cause of much extravagance, yet it was not all the cause, and fore most among the causes of reckless expenditure was, in the nation as in private life, the facilities which ex isted for borrowing money. He was willing to admit that the mode in which the Government ha I dealt with ex penditure since the peace was creditable to them, and, in every respect, it had exceeded his expectations. Still, he would say that the estimates, as now framed, would not do for future years, and the Government might rest assured that the people of England would expect a ces sation of income tax in 1860, and it would therefore be necessary to reduce the estimates and expenditure so as to enable that course to be adopted. The noble lord then criticised some of the financial operations of Mr. Gladstone and the present Government, especially ob jecting to the recurrence of the Worn out system of sink ing funds, though he admitted that :;he financial com pacts which had been entered into must be observed. He urged that the principle of public economy had entered a new phase ; everything would be referred to the cessa tion of the income tax. Had the Government got their lesson with regard to expenditure ? Go into Westminster Flail and see the preparations making fur an exhibition of the plans for new public offices. For that object at present only the modest sum of 80,0001. was asked, but he need only point to that house in which the delibera• tions of Parliament were conducted, in order to show how plausible is the first approach of expenses of that kind. He deprecated any such extravagant folly as the pulling down and rebuilding of all the public offices merely for the sake of rivalry with foreign countries. This was one of the dispositions to persevere in the system of past ex travagance, which he hoped would be resisted. The real cry at the coming election ought to be the diminution of expenditure, with a view to the performing of the solemn agreement which Parliament had made with the people, that in 1860 the income tax should cease and determine: Earl GREY could not allow this conversation to close with saying that he entirely concurred with the noble earl opposite and his able friend who had just spoken in the opinions they had expressed with regard to the expenditure of the country, and the alarm with which they looked to the ultimate consequences of the extravagant system which had prevailed of late years. But he could not concur in thinking that that increased expenditure was confined to the civil service. It pervaded also the naval and military departments, and especially that of the army. He should be the last man to recommend the keeping up of an inadequate army in this country ; and he was anxious that it should be kept up on such a scale as to secure its efficiency; but he would no less insist on the doctrine that it should be kept up on a small scale, and with reference to defensive objects only. When he compared the army estimates with those of former years he must ,ay that while the demands on the army had been reduced—when the state of Ireland no longer demanded a large force for the peace and security of that country—when the de mand of the colonies for a military force bad been greatly reduced in the last ten years—when we had established an effective police force, by which the army had been relieved from duties it ought never have per formed—when, atter all this, we ought to have been able to reduce greatly our military expepditure, our peace establisment was the largest ever sanctioned by Parlia ment, and was at the same time more expensive than the amount of the force warranted. The policy now adopted was to keep up the army on such a scale as to enable us, for a small cause, and at a short notice, to carry on a great foreign war. Against that principle he protested. For merely defensive purposes he would give anything that was wanted ; but knowing as he did the spirit of the country, and how ready every man would be to de fend his native land, he was sure that a small well-dis ciplined army, so supported, would be enough for all defensive purposes. If we went on in the manner in which at present our expenditure was calculated, it would be impossible to abolish the income tax, and we should come to the maintenance of an army with refer ence only to an offensive:war, which was a great mistake in politics ; for other nations would follow our example; and when nations were armed, a less cause would pro duce a quarrel than when they were less prepared for war. Nothing tended so much to do away with the brawls and bloodshed which in privatesociety used to ac company the practice of carrying arms,—when every man carried a sword—than the abolition of that practice ; and the same principle held good between nations who were always ready armed. He would only make one further observation. It was at all times important to act on the principle of maintaining a moderate peace establishment ; but he viewed with alarm the relaxation of late of the great constitutional principle that Parlia ment shoul I control the executive in the, carrying en of war. He could not forget that this year, for the first time since the revolution which settled our constitution, Par liament had deliberately passed by the circumstance that her Majesty's Government, on their own authority, had engaged the country in a war, and arranged with the East India Company the proportion which that com- pany, and what proportion the taxes of this country, should bear of the expenses of that war ; and this was done without Parliament being summoned, and without the sanction of the representatives of the people. - Par liament had submitted to this; and now there was about to be a dissolution without any information having been given as to the circumstances which led to that war. Again, they learnt that an expedition was leaving our shores to carry on a war whica one House of Parliament bad declared in its origin to have been unjust; and al though their lordships had refused to condemn it, it was well known that that refusal was given on political grounds, because it was not desired to remove the pre sent advisers of the Crown. This was going on without any information being given as to the objects of the war, what we propose to obtain by it, and on what t erms it might be concluded. With the opinions he entertai ne d of the co ns tit u ti o nal control which Parliament ought to exercise over the great questions of peace and w ar , h e felt alarm a t wh a t had occurred this year, and he hoped that when Parliament met again it would be found to be one, not only imbued with a stronger spirit of economy than that which was now about to separate, but also with a greater regard for the constitutional principle to Which he had referred, and which had been laid down by our ancestors. The bill was then read a third time and parsed. The house adjourned at a quarter past 7. Naval and Military intelligence. The head-quarters of the 90th Regiment, with 790 men, are to embark at Portsmouth for China on board her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander Priest, and not in the Transit, as first ordered ; the remainder of the regiment will go in the Transit. The days of emberka• tic, I are not fixed. The officerg of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers have just'presented a very handsome testimo nial, in the shape of a silver tea and coffee service, bear ing an appropriate ins?.ription, to Surgeon W. Godfrey Watt, of the 23d, who is leaving the regiment, as a mark of their high estimation of his skill and character since he has been associated with them in the service. Her Majesty's screw three-decker Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Call well, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., arrived at Spithead from the Tagus yesterday afternoon. Lieut.-Col. R N. Phillips and a board of officers be _ _ longing to the Provisional Battalion have been ordered to assemble at Chatham for the purpose of examining' the records of the whole of the troops to the 31st Dec. last, in order to ascertain whether they have been correctly kept up to that period. The Board was ordered by the authorities at the Horse Guards. A general inspection of the Artillery corps, in garrison at Sheerness, took place yesterday by Col. Teesdale and C.. 1. Bingham, Assistant-Adjutant General. The princi p,4l ca.ise of inspection was to select men from the rank, to elfact the reduction of - 1,100 men in the entire Artil lery corps. After the parade inspection they were marched off to man their respective b ettery gur a, where they were also inspected at quarters in divisions; after which Capt. Green's company, 2d company, 12th battalion, were pa raded in heavy marching order, and went through their various evolutions in a manner reflecting the highest cred.t on their officers and themselves. Toe Dolphin, 3, Commander E. Webber, which was paid off at Chatham yesterday, hes been in commission since 1853, during the whole of which period she has han employed cruising upon the southern and western coasts of Africa, for the repreision of the slave trade She was stationed at Congo_for some months, and also for a short period at Loando. The Dolphin succeeded in capturing two slave vessels, which were fitted up for that traffic. During the whole time she was in commission the crew were more healthy than those in any vessel on that statio: , . On leaving Si erra L eone to re t urn t o En g land nits invalids the Dolphi n l e f t th e following vessels on the coast :—Tbe Sc ourge, 6, steamvesse l , b ear ing the 11)1 of Commol.re J. Add a m s; the Sappho, 12; the abiders, 12 ; the Hecla, 6; the Hecate, 6; the Alecto, 5; and ITeazer, 2, steam-screw gunvessel, Commander W. H. Grubbe; the Minx, 3, iron gunveifsel, Lieut.- Commander R. 11. Roe, was hourly expect ed at Sierra La ne. Tue Electra, 14 , sloop, Commander W. Morris (1852), from the Australian station, is ordered to Chatham to be paid off into o:dinary. Capt. W. Cesar, of the Chatham divisi on of Royal Marines, ernpl ,yed on recruiting service) in London, has been appointed Paymaster of the Portsmouth divi sion, vice Capt. J. Lawrence, deceased. Capt. R. Talbot, Lieut. C. W. Walrond, and 47 gun ners of the 7th company 10th battalion Royal Artillery, who arrived on. Wednesday from Berl nude. in the freightship Norman Morrison, were ye?, terday morn ing paraded atobead-guarters, Woolwich., and having been inspected by Cedonel Har linge, acting. co nmandant of the garriso n , th ey were or d, bred to be re inforced from the reserve detachment of ti battai and held in readiness fur home station duty. The com pany went out to Bermuda full . strength, in: command of Capt. F. Woodfinuse, and-in Sept., 1853. shortly after their arrival, they were attacked with malig pant fever, ' which raged with fearful fatality, And carried off during three successive months, Sept , Oct., a-,d Nov., Capt. Woodhouse, Lieut. the Hen. G. V. A. Ellis, and 40 non-commissioned officers and M3ll of the comnany. In Feb. of the following year a draught of 45 gunners was sent out to fill up the vacancies, and in Sept., 1855, a ),itch of 25 men volunteered for service in the Russian war. The strength was considerably curtailed by sick ness, consequently a number of invalids were ordered home, reducing the collective amount to a total, as ahovenamed, of 49 officers, non-commissioned, and men of all ranks. The brigade of Royal Marines off duty, mustering abort 600 rankand file, were yesterday morning inspected by Col.-Commandant Brown in the barrack-square, and, preceded by the band of the regiment, were marched to Woolwich-common in charge of Lieut.-Csi. Fleming, Lieut.-Col. Hopkins, and the respective subaltern ra cers, for the purpose of going through a course of field exercise and musket drill. The weather was extremely favourable for battalion exercise and field drill, which are ordered to be continued weekly, weather permitting. A number of Artith ry rec, nits were likewise exercised on the Common and fired several rounds of blank cartridge. Captain Knox, Captain Middleton, Major Barstow, and Captain Longden's companies of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, under orders for China, are to attend rocket practice to-day in the Arsenal marshes, and are to be in spected by the Cohnel-Commandant on Monday morn ing, prior to embarkation, the period of which is at pre- sent undecided. The Royal Ocdnance sloops Lord Raglan, Alma, and Lord Vernon, are being laden with 68-pounder guns, carriages, shot, and other war materials from the Mili tary Store Department of Wool wich Arsenal for the Channel Islands. The freight ship Earl of Eglinton, in the London docks, is shipping guns and war stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Hong Kong. The Armyn tus is embarking a similar cargo for Corfu ; the Scotia, fur Halifax ; and the Pearl, for Quebec and Montreal. The new forge at Pembroke dockyard is to be immedi ately carried on, the necessary excavations having been made, and, as this bulling is much needed, the contrac, tor will push it forward with all despatch. The masonry portion of the new building slip, No. 12, has just been completed in a very satisfactory manner. The contract for the roof over this slip has been taken, and is imme diately to be proceeded with. Several new works have yet to be tender , d for. Orders have been received by the authorities to discharge immediately al the hired men on the establishment. These are principally la bourers and a few joiners. The contractors have dis charged a number of masons and their labourers, so that the establishment is gradually being reduced to a much lower scale. THE ISTIIMUS OF SUEZ CANAL. The committee appointed by the Academy of Sciences of Paris to examine the documents pre sented to that bedy by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps on the subject of the projecte I canal through the isthmus of Suez has just published its report. After a rapid survey of the various plans either attempted or executed by the ancients in order to establish a communication between the Mediterranean, or rather the Nile, and the Red Sea, the report pro ceeds to consider the relative advantages of the railway now in contemplation between Cairo and the Red Sea and a canal through the isthmus, as compared with the usual route to India by the Cape, and shows that the latter will maintain its superiority over the railway on account of i. , s cheap ness, which, in the eyes of the commercial men, is a circumstance of paramount importance, although not altogether conaideied in that light by govern ments. From the late surveys it appears that the mean altitude of the waters of the Red Sea does not exceed that of the Mediterranean by more than 68 centimetres (21 inches), so that a canal without locks, such as the nature of the ground permits, will not present the inconvenience of a current constantly flowing in the same direc tion, but will have currents alternately flowing either way, according as the winds and tides may influence the relative altitudes of the two seas. These facts being established, the report proceeds to detail the efforts made since 1854 by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps to promote the formation of a company, under the title of " Compagnie Universette du Canal maritime du Suez," and the subsequent appointment of an international committee to investigate the rela tive advantages of the various plans respectively proposed by MM. Talabot, Barrant, and Linant Bey, that of the latter obtaining a decided prefer ence as the shortest and least expensive. Accord ing to this plan, Suez and Tinch (the ancient Pe lusium), differing only by 1 deg. 5 min. in latitude, are the extreme points of the canal, the length of which therefore, does not exceed 117 kilometres (73 miles.) The line, commencing from Suez, will wind through a valley for the space of 28 kilo metres, then describe a circular are of a large radius, in order to penetrate into a basin formerly filled with the waters of the Red Sea. In this basin are situated the Bitter Lakes, which the line will tra verse lengthwise, and then proceed straight on in a northward direction, slightly inclining towards the west, until it reaches an eminence about 50ft. high, which must be cut through ; thence it reaches Lake Menza'eh without any further obsac!e. In order to ascertain the nature of the soil, 19 bhaf s have been sunk along the line to the depth of 9 metres (29i ft.), and it has been found mostly compose" of sand mixed with clay, a small portion only consist ing of a kinder sandstone ; so that the excavations will meet with little or no difficulty. It having been objected that the moveable sands of the de sert might obstruct the canal in a .short space of time, the report observes that, during the lapse of 19 centuries, the effect of the sands has been so slight as not even to oblitera'e the vestiges of the old canal of the Pharaohs. Two parallel jetties, one 2,000, the other 1,803 metres in length, and 400 metres asunder, are to project into the Red Sea from the port of Suez, leaving a roadstead spacious enough to harbour 500 vessels. To the north of this basin the canal is. to com mence, continuing, without any locks or interrup tion whatever, to the Mediterranean, and forming A kind of Bosphorus. Its other extremity is to open into the Mediterranean, at a distance of 16 miles west of Pelusium,, where a port is to be constructed named Said, after the present viceroy, under whose auspices this great enterprise is to be accomplished. The coast on this side his under gone no change during the lapse of nineteen cen turies ; the distance between the ruins of Pelu sium and the sea being exactly the same as it was in the time of Straho. The winds most to be guarded against on this coast being the westerly and north-westerly, one of the two jetties to be constructed here will advance 1,000 metres fur ther into the sea than the other (2,500 metres in length), so as to protect the entrance. The maxi mum difference between high and low water here dixs not exceed 22 centirnea (81 inches) ' • and at a distance of 2,300 metres from the spot fixed upon for the port of Said, the depth of Water is 8 metres (26 feet), a depth which is more likely to increase than to diminish, the sea on this side tending more to erosion than to deposition. The presumed expense of the undertaking is laid at 162 millions of francs. The report-now examines the degree of competition which the canal com pany may be exposed to. As regards the railway, the distance between Alexandria and Suez may be performed in six hours, while it will take twenty or thirty by the canal ; a difference, however, which is more than counterbalanced by the loss of time occasioned by the operation of traushipmeet. Moreover, the canal offers the advantage of the un iuterrupted responsibili7 of the ca.pt ein for the merchandise he conveys from the point of ship ment to that of destination, while, by the ralway, the respousibility is divided among thre3 persons, and consequently no one can be made answerable on delivery for the bed condition of the goods. The Syrian railway now in contemplation, which is t o pass between the valleys of the Lebanon, and ter minate at Byr on the Euphra'es, woul,d for the same reasons, b 3 more expensive than even the Cape route. The latter, thersfore, is the only one offering a chance of successful competition. Here the report ent -rs into various deta'ls touching the price of coal, the tonnage of British vessels annually sent to India, dee. t and arrives at the conc l usion that, from whatever port of Europe a vessel may start, there is between 45 and 68 per cent. iu fa vour of Suez as regards the length of the voyage and that, as to tonnage, the Suez canal will admit of the passage of merchant ships of between 3,000 and 4,000 tons burden' while the largest now i n use for the- voyage to India do not exceed 2,000 tons. Moreover, mixed vessels, propelled both by sail and steam, will offer a decided advantage in favour of the canal. Maritime insurances will be reduced to one third of their present amount ; a circumstance of no mill importance when it is considered that the trade between England and India is now upwards of five times larger than it was in 1800. If the wo ks of the cared were com menced in 1858, it might be opened to the com merce of the world in 1864 ; the lowest estimate of its annual profits is 26 millions of francs. The re port concludes with a general view of the numerous social advantages which would accrue to the world by the accomplishment of this gigantic enterprise. The Academy has approved of the report. Galignani. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pi 1 Ex raordivari!y Efficacious in Curing Ersisipelas.—Mr. Charles Henley, aged 18, of Abingdon, Oxon, suffered with intermittent attacks of this most direful of cutane ous disorders for several years, and had recourse to every known remedy for the cure of the same, but without success ; as a dernier resort he tried Holloway's oint ment and pills, which were as usual signally beneficial, fur he was entirely cured in five weeks to the astonish ment of all who bad beheld his sufferings, and to the infinite delight of his family and frieuda.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Con stantinopli A, Guidioy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WHITEHALL, MARcIIIB. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Henry Alford, 8.D., to the place and dignity of Dean of her Ma jesty's rnetropolitical church of Canterbury, void by the death of William Rowe Lyall, D.D., late Dean thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 19. The Queen has _been pleased to appoint Mr. George Kohler as Consul for the Province of New South Wales, to reside at Sydney, for his Majesty the King of the Nether lands, CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 18. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE .IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tipperary—Daniel O'Donoghoe, Esq., com monly called " The O'Donoghoe of the Glens," in the county of Kerry, in the room of James Sadleir, Esq., who has been expelled the Lower House of Parliament. HOME-OFFICE, MARCH 19. The Dorset Reformatory School at Milborne St. An drew, near Blandford, in the county of Dorset, has been cartifi , A by the S )cretary of State as fit to be a Reform atory School, under the provisions of the Statute 17 and 18 Viet., c. WHITEHALL, MARcii 16. The Lord Chancellor has appoint.ed Thomas Borrett, of No. 10, Whitehall-place, Westminster, Gentleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE PALL-MALL, MARCH 20. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Fleetwood Shawe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry, who retiree • Cornet and Adjutant Edward H Irran to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet William Clefden Goldie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shawe; Cornet Henry Haskett Chilton, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Goldie._ _ Dragoons—John Woolmore Simmons Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Graburn, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Samuel Barrett, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted. let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain William Earle, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Brevet-Major W. G. Cameron, who ex changes. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Ed ward Brownlow to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice Brevet-Major Shuckburgh, who retires ; Robert Augustus Dalzell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. E. Brownlow; Battalion-Surgeon John Aston Bostock, M.D.. to be Surgeon-Major, vice Thomas Richardson, who retires upon half-pay; Assistant Surgeon Frederick Robinson, M.D., to be Battalion-Sur geon, vice Bostock. Ist Regiment of Foot—Cresswell Keane Charles Rooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kershaw, who re tires. 2d root—The exchange between Captains Willan and Grimston, as stated in the Gazette of 30th Sept. last, has been antedated to Sept. 29. 7th Foot—Major Richard William Aldworth to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel W. H. e. Wellesley, who retires ; Brevet-Major Thomas Tryon to be Major by purchase, vice Aldworth ; Lieutenant George Henry Waller to be Captain, by purchase, vine Tryon. 13th Foot—The exchange between Captains Grimston and Willan, as stated in the Gazette of 30th Sept. last, has been antedated to 29th Sept, 1856. 16th Foot—Lieutenant George Barchard to be Adjutant, vice Douglas, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 17th Foot—Lieutenant William Frederick/ Augustus Edward Presgravo to be Instructor of Musketry. 18th Foot—Ensign George Spicer Hutchings has been permitted to resign his commission. 23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Noble Shipton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 23th Foot.—Brevet-Major Thomas Maunsell to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-[dent.-Col. Lindsell, who retires; Lieut. E. Garmonsway Waldy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maunsell; Capt. Jas. Graham Turner, from half-pay 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Waldy, placed upon half pay- 35th Foot— Major Patrick Wm. Sydenham Ross, from the 53d Foot, to be Major, vice English, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Brevet-Colonel Thos. Gore Browns, C. 8., from half-pay 14th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Bre vet-Colonel Skipwith, who exchanges; Major James M. Primrose to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Browne, who retires. 45th Foot—William Kershaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice A.pjohn, who retires. 49th Foot—Brevet-Major William Gordon Cameron, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Earle, who exchanges. 53d Foot—Major Frederick English, from the 35th Foot, to be Major, vice Ross, who exchanges. 66th Foot—Lieut. Sir Charles Frederick Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hawkes, who re tires ; Ensign Charles Augustus Sbortt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir C. F. W. Cuffe. 76th Fciot—Lieut. John William Prestoa to be Instruc tor of Musketry. 82d Foot —Lieut. P. T. Dickson has b3en permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission ; C. Neville, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hen derson, promoted. 93d Foot—Lieut. E. Welch to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Captain Dawson, who resigns that appoint ment; Assistant-Surgeon Jas. N. Bell, M.D., from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 94th FoOt—Lieut. S. Malthus to be Instructor of Mus. Retry, vice Captain St. John, who resigns that appoint ment. 96th Foot—Captain J. Meade, from half-pay of the 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dillon, whose appointment to the Regiment, from half-pay of the Rifle Brigade, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles Townshend Murdoch bus been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. Gold Coast Corps—Ensign William Cumming to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke, who resigns. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. To be Quartermasters—Actino. Quartermaster Rlward Pierson, late Commissary Storekeeper ; Acting Quarter. master Duncan Mclntyre, from Quartermaster-Serjeant 79th Foot. DEPOT BATTALION. Captain Richard D. Astley, 49th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry. _ , HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class it. Templeton, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff. Surgeon of the First Class, vice R. Dane, M.D., placed upon half-pay. Purveyor's Clerk C. B. Knapp, to be Purveyor to the Forces. Acting Assistant-Surgeon T. A. Finnicoore has been permitted to resign his Commission. BREVET. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. Jacob, C. 8., of the Bom bay Artillery, to be Aide-de-camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. The following promotions to take place in consequence of the appointment of Colonel Thomas Gordon Higgins, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, on the retire ment to full pay of Major-General Bastard, of that corps : Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Macphail, half-pay of 7th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel. _ Majgr Fredei:ick liougiasltin;ley, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Francis Lucas, of the 16th Foot, to be Major. The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service ca the 3d February, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of October, 1851 : Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Wase.Whitfeild, of 2d Wes India Reginient. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay to have the honorary rank of Captsin, under the Roya Warrant of the 17th December, 1855 : Quartermaster William Betsou, half-pay, 15th Lighl Dragoons. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 13. Corps of Royal Marinol.—Captain Walter Cossar to be Paymaster, vice Lawrence, deceased. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 16. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant Frederick Llewellyn Alexander to be Captain, vice Cossar. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Cambridge—Henry John Adeane, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. County of Salop—The Honourable Rowland Clegg Hill to bo Deputy-Lieutonaut ; Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— William Philip d'Allington Jones, Gent., late of the Ist Lancashire, to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Charles Rodney Huxley to be Lieutenant, vice Jeseop, resigned. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and sth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 1 ith day of March, 1857. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Votes Issued 24.049,625 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,574,625 Silver bu11i0n........ - £24,04),625 £94,049,625 mARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. 857. PAILTMENT. Dated the 19th day of March. BANKING D 2 hoprietors'eapltal .. 14,553,000 Re st •••• •• •• •....... 3,800,464 Public deposit s (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 8.674,438 Jther deposits ...... 9,793.857 even Day and other Bills ........ . 700,367 Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 11,696,733 Other securities ...... 19 575,143 Notes 5,532,26 Gold and silver coin .. 723,04^ £37,57,176 £37,527,17' MARSHALL, Chief , Jasuier. 1857. Dated the 19th day of March, 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 17, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 37 10 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius—. ...... 36 5 Average of the two above descriptions BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Alexander Syme, stationer, Tonbridgo Wells, Kent. Henry Denison, money scrivener, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. John Hunter, draper, Nottingham-place, Stepney, to surrender, April 2, and May 7, at twelve, at the Court of Blnkruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Bennett and Paul, Sise-lane, City. George Goodwin, woollen merchant, Manchester, April, 9, and 30, at on; at the Manchester District Court. Her narnan, official assignee, Manchester ; Stead, Manchester. John W io - glesworth, linendraper, Halifax, Yorkshire, March 30, at half-past eleven, and April 27, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Edward., Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Samuel Grieves, printer and publisher, Greystoke place, Fetter-lane, April 1, at twelve, and 29, at one, a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Marshall, Sion College Gardens, City. Evan Lewis, victualler, Llan:x issant, GlamorganshTre, March 31 and April 28, at ele ven, at the Bristol District Court. Asratnan, official assignee , Bristol; Cartw r i g h t, Bristol. Henry Marlow, iron-foun lor, Walsall, Btaffordshiro, April 1 and 20, at ten, at the Birmingham Di strict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingha m ; Duignan and Hemment, Walsall. John Wilding Clarke, seed merolint, Whi ttlesea, Cam bridgo, April 2, at one, and May 1, at two, at the Court or Binkruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, street ; Carr, St. Mary-at-Hill. Samuel Coul lrey, limo merchant, Flower's-wharf, Lime hous, Middlesex, Aprii 2, at half-past one, and May 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbery ; Chidley, Basinghall street. William Howard, timb:r merchant, Church-street, B. mondsey, April 3, at eleven, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, 133- singbal!-street ; Koighlev, Basinghall-street. George Constantin Franghiadi, merchant, Gresham' house, Old Broad-street, April 1, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as' signee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Abrahams, Southampton-buildings. Charles Higgins, brewer, Salisbury, March 31, at eleven , and April 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Clarke and Mer rick.), Coleman-street; Hoddings and Co., Salisbury. Tilden Christmas, coal merchant, Chatham, March 30, at half-past eleven, and April 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Selby, Cole m an-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter Gallacher, groom-, Glasgow. Alexander Macdonald, merchant, Portree. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—MAnca 20. The arrivals of grain and flour this week are of very smal l amount from foreign ports, coastwise, and from Ireland. No activity of demand has marked the trade during the week ; millers and dealers have bought cautiously of wheat, having so slack a demand for flour, and at this mornings market the reduction of ld to 2d per bushel on wheat was nominal. Indian corn gave way 6d to 9d per qr. The pre sent weather is all that could be desired by agriculturists In the promise for a great crop of grain and pulse. TURD AY WAKEFIELD—MAuca 20. The wheat trade was dull, at is decline on fine sorts, and is to 2s on inferior. Fine English barley was scarce' and prices were in favour of the purchasers. Other sorts not much inquired for, and rather lower. Beans, oats, and shelling sold slowly, and were somewhat cheaper. RXETER-MARCH 20. CORN.—Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s 9d ; barley, 5s Od to 6s; grinding do., 0, Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 31 3,t. Beans, Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 42s Od to 41s Od; seconds, 40s Od to 42s Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Bess beef, from lOs to lOs 6(1 per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to 108 per score ; fat calves, d to 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 161. us ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearin2 calves —s to -- s each. sheep, ewes and lambs, 0/. Os to 01. Os per couple; ewes, 7d to 7. . d; wethers, lid 8.1; lambs, —to O 1 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second siza, —s to —s ; slips, — 0 to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 41 p e r lb. Pork carcases from lOs 6d to lls 01 per score. Oats in request, and 6(1 to is dearer. BRISTOL SUGAR—MARca 20. The market still continues very quiet, and the sales since our last aro limited to about 200 hhds. Demerara, 11,000 mats of clayed Manillas, and 1,000 bags Mauritius, for whic h fully former prices have been realised. For refiners' produce rather more inquiry, although the transactions are not larg''• Manufacturers, however, continue very firm, and will 0 11 1 sell at fully former prices. Rum is badly wanted, but Yell short supply. COAL MARKET Prices of Coals per ton a .-11Leatert 20. the close of the market. Wallsend, Ate. e. d. Tanfield Moor l3 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Acorn Close l5 9 Eden Main l5 9 Virallsend, &o. South Hetton 16 9 Wharncliffe 13 6 Haswell 17 0 South Hartlepool l5 6 Harton South Kelloe 16 0 Hartlepool l6 3 Ships at market... 3l s I . Lambton l6 6 Russell's Hatton 16 ° itewart's. 17 0 Hartlepool Hetton l6 - 0 Josforth l4 3 tieugh Hall l5 8 Birchgrove Graigola ... 20 ° iraddyll l6 0 Pees l7 0 letton l6 0 I Sold 45 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAT. tm5terdam............ 11 i 6 Gibraltar .............. —_, f Ditto, three months .. 11 18% L e gh orn ...... _ ...... 29 17 71 , Rotterdam ............ 11 183( s Genoa ........•....... 25 76 A.ntwerp .............. 25 47 Milan ...... • • ...... Brussels .. ............ 25 473 Venice .............. „ fiamburgh ............ 13 8% Naples •. •• .... ... 43X &Rona ... • ............ Palermo .... .. . ... .... 130 Pari5............ • • .... 25 30 Messina ... . 1301 Ditto, three months .. 25 70 Lisbon .. Marseilles ... ........ 25 70 ' Oporto .........• ••.• •• 5235 Bourdea,ux ............ ' Rio Janeiro ...... ...... -- Fr ankfort-on- Nialne .... 119% Buenos Ayres ..... • .... --. Berlin ................ ; New York,6o days' sight --' Vienna .......... • • .... 10 27 1 Philadelphia ... ... Trieste.. •••••••• •• •• goo 10 29 1 !EWES OF MULLION, PIZ es. Petersburg ............ 37 i Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ............... 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ..... •• —• • .... 60 Mexican Dollars .... • 5 0 3i i 0. / B trcelona .... .. .. .... New Dollars ...... 0 0 $ , vms....— .......... Silver in bars ..... •• 0 6 1-4 CAUTION TO FAMILIES.—On Sunday-last, whilst Mr. Jeremiah Evans and his family were attending divine service at St. John's, Clapham-rise, his residence (which is next to the church) was entered, and a considerable amount of property, in plate, jewels, watches, &c., wad rem - wed from various rooms, and packed ready to be carried off, but happily one of tee servants went into the dining room at the instant the thief was about to depart with his booty through the back window, and in hie haste to escape he left the bundle behind. The police are on the look out. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty Sends near Netherbury, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica . tions, but without obtainicg a cure. By the blessing of Gad and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend, and taking three boxes of pills, she was perfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and erup• tions of every description, is sold in pots, ls. lid. An d 2s. 9d. each. His Pilulm Antiscrophulm, for all purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, ls. lid., 20. 9 d't 4s. 6d., and 225. each, by all medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. _ [Anyzaarszmsx.r.]—We have read with much pleasure D 4 Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Pe Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa• tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma. Consumption, and Debility. The following aro a few extracts which appear to merit the attention of many: —Cu re No. 47,12 1 . —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Walthamcro g, Herts: a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,31 4 . - , Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacro, ne ar Li ver p oo l : a cur? si 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability Cure 52,612. —Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th Dee: , 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels inducel, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barr , ' II excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, gr ° '!! nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. lw" Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con; sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answers"; Supported by testimonials from the ce l e b ra t e d P ro fessors 0 ' Chemistry Dr. A ndrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Barre/ %. Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzel.; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle' stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. For further particulars respect' ing this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Bernell dvertisemeut in another part of this paper. LOCAL SHARE MARKBTB. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market is quiet, and prices rather lower than the current rates of yesterday. North Eastern, Berwick, 24—North Eastern, Leeds Capital Stuck, 20 —London and North Western, 1041 Counties, 10/. 16 s . 3d.—Lance-hire and Y or k s hi re , 991 i"; Midland, 81i g South Eastern, 224—B u ff a lo An" Lake Huron, is pm.-31an c h es t er , Sheffield, and Lincoln , 374 a Grand Trunk of C a n a d a , 13i—Great Western of Canada, 2t4 f. Eastern MANCHESTER, MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately active, and a considerable advance took place. SUE&lds, 37 East Lancashire, 96k—Leeds, 996—Leeds new, dia• — llovers, 22 5-16—G r e a t W es t ern ' o f C ana d a, 266 —Ditto. new, 36—Londons, 101 i. BIRTHS. 0F ... A SON. On the 19th inst., at the Vicarage, South Myms, the wife of the Rev. C, Thompson. On the 19th inst., the wife of Henry Gamma; of Charles. , terrace, Victoria-park. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., at 12, Wyndham-place, Bryanston• square, Mrs. T. R. Leadam. wife of John Welch, En. On the 20th inst., at Lancaster Lodge, Twickenham, a. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Euston-square Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., of 19, Southampton-place Eustoa-square, to Mary Stewart Craig, of 20, Euston-place Euston-square. Oa the 19th lust., at Essex -street Chapel, Thomas Taylor, Esq., of the Limes, near Wi gan, to Helen, the second &ugh• ter of Thomas Biggs, Esq., of upper Bedford-place, Russell. square. DIED. 9n the 18th inst. at 61, Wimpole-street, Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart of Teudring Han, Suffolk. On the 19th lust., at Mare-street, Hackney, Mr. Jeremiah Allport, aged 70 . On the 18th inst., at Leicester, Thomas Culliford Barrows for 52 years the Admiralty, Somerset-house. On the 18th inst., at 3, Shandwick-place, Edinburgh, MrO. Miller, of Gleolee. On the 17th inst., at Mildmay-park, Jas. Wolter &bright, Esq., aged 54. Of bronchitis, after a short illness, Matilda, daughter of Mr. David S co tt, 100 , L ower Thames reet, city. On the 15th inst., at Chichester, Depute-Coremissart• General Swan, aged 63. On the 17th inst., at Stepney, Mr. J. W. Pocock, former ] : of Southampton-street, Covent-garden, aged 72. LONDON : Printed and Pnblifilled by MURDO YOUNG' of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, Office, N O. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the countY of Middlesex, Saturday, March 21, 1857.