The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY . ) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The Doke of MONTROSE presented a petition from place in Scotland against the Oaths Bill. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. The Earl of HA.RDWICSE begged to ask the noble lord the Secretary at War whether any new plan had been determined upon for the education of candidates for admission t o the army, and if so, whether there would be any objection to lay the document containing the alterations on the table of the house ? Lord PANIMURE said the question would involve a very long explanation if he were to enter into details. Re begged to inform the noble lord that the edu cation of the officers of the army was placed under the superintendence of the Commander-in- Chief, assisted by a council of three general officers. That council had made its first report, in which he entirely concurred, and as soon as it bad re ceived the approval of her Majesty, it would be laid upon the table of the boa-e. The Earl of HARDWICKE asked if it was intended to make any alterations in the schools at Woolwich and Sandhurst? Lord PANMURE said it was intended to continuo the two schools as far as possible on the same footing, but as far as possible to render them more efficient for the object for which they were established. On the motion of Lord REDESDA.LE, the following bills were read a second time :—Otl'y and Skipton Road, East Somerset Railway, Mallow and Fermoy and Great Southern and Western Railway, Great Northern and Western of Ireland Extension Railway, Miiland Great Western Railway of Ireland, and Giustiniani's Naturali- motion. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a third time and passed :—Banff and Macduff and Tarriff Extension Railway ; Cork and Youghal Railway ; Stockton New Gas, and Stockton Gas Consumers ; Banff, Portroy, and Stathisla Railway ; City of Glasgow and Suburban (as amended) ; ford and Essendine Railway (as amende d) ; Briton Ferry and Victoria (London) Docks. STATE OF INDIA. Earl GRANVILLE said, in accordance with the promise given list night, be now rose to communicate all the information the Government had received from India. The intelliger.ce was contained in several telegraphic despatches, and contained no new facts be yond those published in the newspapersto•day. The noble earl then read a number of despatches containing pre cisely the same intelligence as that which will be found in another part of The Sun. ALE HOUSES LICENSING BILL. Lord RAVENSWORTLI moved the second reading of this bill, which was to alter the present mode of granting licenses to houses for the sale of ale and beer. Lord WENSLEYDALE objected to the bill,and moved that it be read a second time that day six months. He thought the tribunal it proposed to establisb, for the granting and supervision of licenses, would not be as efficient as that already in existence. The hill was understood to be read a second time. IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS BILL. Lord ~ REDESDALE mcved the second reading of this bill, which was to place Irish peers upon the same footing as Scotch peers. The bill was read a second time. CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION BILL. This bill passed through committee. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this hill, which was to give the creditors of an insolvent liint-stock company power to take proper steps against those who were liable to pay for the !nap 3Set of creating a comnon fund out of which the creditors might be paid in full, provided there was a sum raised sufficient to do so. If not, then the debts were to be paid off proportionably. Lord MONTEAGLE complained that the bill would operate unjustly towards judgment creditors in Irelwld, as it would destroy that priority which their judgments gave them. Lord WENSLEYDALE was understood to support the bill. L ird St. LEONARDS said thelrcreditors of joint. stooks in Ireland ought to be placed on the same footing as creditors of kiint-stock banks in England, as far as their rights were concerned. In Eng'and the creditors could make a bank bankrupt, but they could not do so in Ireland. The bill was then read a second time. REGISTRATION OF LONG LEASES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. TRANSPORT SHIPS. The Earl of HARD WICKE rose to call the attention of the house to the hiring of tonnage for the transport service of the Government. The last year of the war as much as five millions sterling was voted, and for the pre vious year three millions. In the last war the number of hired transports was 118. The Government took up the tonnage semi:times by the gross tonnage and sometimes by the register tonnage. By the first method the public lost one-third, because they paid for what they did not get. Out of the 118 vessels, 24 were hired according to their gross tonnage. The remainder were hired by regis ter. The 24 vessels wets 39,800 tons, and the gross amount paid for these vessels was 92,0001. per mouth, while those which had been hired by register tonnage, taking the same number of vessel 4, cost 63,000/. per month. Therefore the country had lost on those 24 ves sels 30,0001. per month. He bad brought this case fel.- ware to chow the necessity of hiring ships by register tonnage. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he could not give any any information upon the subject, as it was one entirely within the province of the eletmiralty. He would, however, make inquiries at the Admiralty, and let the noble lord know the result. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH impressed upon the Government the necessity of hiring good sailing vessali for the conveyance of troops to India. Lord PANMURE said the ships that had been hired were all clippers, as he was informed by the chairman of the East India Company. The Duke of NEWCASTLE was somewhat alarmed to hear that there was a divided authority in this matt<.r, because he learnt from the noble lord that the East India Company bad the can trol of these transports. He thougnt the entire and sole control ought to be in the hands of the Secretary for War. The Eartof ELLENBOROUGH said the East India Company paid for the ships, and of course they provided tbem. Lord PANMURE—That has always been the case. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR INDIA. The Elrl of HARDWICKE asked if any arrange ments had been made for facilitating the postal arrange ments for India ? The illustrious wan who governed Franod would, he was convinced, do fnythiug that could conduce to our canvenienco►. All the railways of France were in the hands of the Government. The mails to India were detained 24 hours at Mar , eill?s, and he would be glad to know if any steps had been taken to prevent that delay ? The Duke of ARGYLL said the noble lord had con siderably overrated the delay which took place. He was happy to inform his noble fricnd that in Feb. last the Frtnch Government had male an arrangement for expe diting the mails, which arrangement was to forward the mails if they arrived in the day time by an express train. The India mail arm ived at 11 o'clock last night, and 20,000 letters were delivered by the early delivery the next morning. The house then adjourned. rHF.. SUN, LONDON, the introduction of the bill, and also on its second reading. Mr. AYRTON supported the motion. He com plained of the second reading of the bill coming on so late on a former night as to preclude discussion, and he claimed the right of considering and commenting on thy' principle and details of the bill at any stage. He re ferred to the house going into committee on the bill, and passing the first and most important clause on a former night, at a time when hon. members ought to have been in their beds. The hon. and learned member contended that the continuance of the present system was essential for the maintenance of the rights and liberties of the people, especially in politi cal cases. The people ought not to be at the absolute discretion of the stipendiary magis trates and the police, who might readily be made tools of oppression. He complained of the reckless and insulting nature of this bill towards the inhabitants of the metropolis, and he quoted, in illustration, the clause giving power to the Attorney-General to indict a person fur an indictable offence on information filed under the act without previous inquiry or an oath or affidavit, and to keep a man in prison at his p leasure by depriving him of the right of applying for a writ of habeas corpus. It was dangerous to trifle with 21 millions of people in this manner, and he called on the house to peremptorily refuse its assent to the measure. He called on the house to amend the defects of the present system, and not de stroy it. Mr. M`MA.HON said that the bill was based upon the supposition that there were stipendiary magistrates— men of legal attainments—within the Central Criminal Court district, whose duty it was to investigate criminal cases, and who might safely be left to discharge the func tions of grand jurors, but hon. members appeared to forget that in the City of London there were no etipen diary magistrates, but men connected with business who discharged magisterial functions ; and he asked why the aldermen of London should possess greater magiste rial powers than the county gentlemen outside the Central Criminal Court district. He condemned the principle of the bill, as dangerous to public liberty, and said that the present system in England was as near to perfection as it could well be, and he called on the house to preserve it. He sug gested that the bill should be postponed till next session. Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the continuance of the grand jury system. He considered that a bill of this kind should be brought in under the responsibility of Government, and not that of a private member. fie should oppose the bill. Mr. COBBETr opposed the bill from its mischievous tendency. The objections to the grand jury system in the metropolitan district applied with greater force to the country districts, and be looked upon this bill as in troducing the thin end of the wedge to destroy an institu tion that had been found to protect the rights and liber ties of the people. He objected to the power proposed by the bill to be given to :•tipendiary magistrates, whom Mr. Arnold had described in a pamphlet as a "depend ent body," in connection with the Home Secretary. The hon. gentleman defended the present grand jury system, and said that he cordially agreed with Mr. Jus tine Willes's recent remarks, from the bench, in favour of its continuance. Mr. M. T. BAINES said that he thought the bill a very good one in principle, and many of the objections raised against it might be remedied by the committee. He did not believe it would have the effect of subvert ing the grand jury system throughout the country. lie hoped the consideration of the clauses would be allowed to be proceeded with. Mr. J. LOCKE (Soutle,eark), opposed the bill. Mr. BRISCOE considered the arguments against the bill irresistible. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said that the object of the bill was to provide that where a case had under gone the most perfect preliminary investigation, there should be no further delay b 7 referring it to a grand jury, and he thought that that principle would be pro ductive of great advantage. Mr. HENLEY disliked the measure, and he had heard nothing to disabuse his mind that if it were adopted for the metropolitan district it would not be t tended to the whole of the country. He was unwilling to see the grand jury system abolished. • The committee then divided. The numbers were— For the motion BO Against it Majority On the motion that clause 1 stand part of the bill, Mr. M'MALION said that by the clause as it stood no grand jury could hereafter be assembled in the Cen tral Criminal Court. A lengthened discussion ensued, which lasted till 10 minutes to 4 o'clock, when, by the forms of the house, the Chairman reported progress. APPREHENSION OF TREDRE—LIIIBETLI ELECTION. The SERGEANT-AT-ARMS reported that Tredre, a wit. ness in the Lambeth election cage, was in his custody. On the motion of Mr. INGHAM, the Sergeant-a`- Arms was ordered to take Tredre to and from the corn• mittee as often as the committee required his attend. anee. _ _ _ . The house then suspended its sittings. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. MAYO ELECTION PETITION. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD reported from the select com mittee appointed to inquire into the petition complak log of the return of Mr. Moore, that G. H. Moore, Big., wai not duty elected to serve as a knight of the shire for the present Parliament ; that the said election, as far as regarded the said G. H. Moore, was a void election. The committee also agreed to a resolution to the effect that G. H. Moore was, by his agents, gailty of ut.due influ ence ; that undue influence and spiritnal intimidation prevailed to a great extent, that the Rev. P. Conway and Luke Ryan made themselves s, prominent and ac tive in this respect that the committee felt it to be their du y to report their conduct to the house, leaving it to rthe house to tile such steps as it might deem necessary ; that it did not appear to the committee that Mr. Moore sanctioned or was c:ignisaut of such undue influence or spiritual intimidation. SCHOLEFIELD moved that the evidence be laid on the table of the house, which was agreed to. BURY ST. EDMUND'S ELECTION PETITION. Mr. HARDY brought up the report of the commit tee, which stated that J. A, Hardcastle, Esq., was duly elected to serve as a burgess in the present Parliament. The committee came to a resolution to the effect that one voter, J. W. Clark, paid one the sum of 151. 1 ,, r voting ; that a voter was detained in a drunken state, and that he was taken out in a drunken state to vote, but that it was not shown by whom the expenses were paid ; that the said J. W. Clark was not produced to rebut the evidence respecting him ; that the committee were not satisfied that he had no such authority as would justify them in declaring the seat to be vacant. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Friday nex t he would move for leave to bring in a bill to amend th act of the Ist and 2d of Vie. c. 105, entitled, "An act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain oaths, ORDNANCE SURVEY. On the motion of Sir D. NORREYS, the following re turn was ordered :—A. detailed report of the state of the survey on the 12th day of June, 1857, showing-1. The names of the parishes, either in England or Scotland, of which the maps were completed on the 25-inch scale, and were then ready for reduction, or publication, by engraving, or any other copying process. The names of parishes the maps of which were so far advanced that the primary and secondary triangulation had been laid d es i re , and the filling-in of detail was in progress, on the dhy named. (If the maps of portions only of parishes were completed, or were in the state referred to in No. 1, the number of sheets so completed, or so far in progress, is to be stated.) EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) COMPANY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. CONINGHAM wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what was the number of steam-vessels PETITIONS. which the Post-office agreed with the European aNd Several petitions were presented by Mr. Gladstone and other hon. members against the Marriage and Divorce Australian Mail Company ail should be placed on the line from Australia to Suez I Was propersecurity taken b Bill ; against the Paper Duty ; against the propleel the Post-office before the line was opened that the pro y . Toll on Chelsea new Bridge. per number of vessels were placed on the station t Did GRAND JURIES (METROPOLITAN POLICE the number of vessels agreed upon provide against a DISTRICT) BILL. contingency or loss, or break down, of one or more of The house went into committee on this bide the vessels? Mr. BOWYER moved that the chairman do leave the Mr. WILSON said the contract provided that the chair. He wale the motion because the tell proposed to company were to have six vessels engaged in the service. abrogate a part of the British constitution. Any defects in He believed they had the full number engaged. But the the working of thepresent system should be remedied and Oneida was lost, and the full penalty was enforced for the not destroyed, as was proposed by this bill. He was non-perfortnance of that particular voyage. With regard surprised to find a bill of this kind emanating from the to the other voyages, the service was performed in a Reader it bad, and he expressed an opinion that the manner satisfactory to the Post-office ; and when the hon. and learned gentleman now regretted what he had Oneida broke down another vessel was put in her place. done. Of all places London was the list where the INDIAN AFFAIRS. provisions of such a bill should be applied, from the pro- Mr , . DISRAELI—I wish to put a question to her Ma bability of political eases arising inwhich the intervention of juries was valuable with reference to therightsandliberties jesty s Government on the present state of affairs is In of the people. Tnehon. and !earnedgentlernan referred to dia, as to whether an opportunity will be given, and Blackstone, relative to juries, and said that if he were which will be the most convenient opportunity for her alive, and in that house, there is very little doubt what Majesty's Government, to the house to express some course he would take with reference to this Li I. The opinion on this, the most considerable event that has inconvenience, which individuals suffered in serving on grand juriee, or in having g to o before them, ought not taken place in India for many years. It is now to be considered in a Case of this kind, and made nearly a fortnight since I addressed an inquiry to the an excuae for introducing the thin edge of the Government, when the first news of the occurrence wedge (if not the thick end alas) for the destrue• of these events arrived, and that in the absence of the tion of this va l ua b le institution. The hon. and leave ed gentleman th en re f erred to many of the provisions of the noble lord. The main object of my inquiring was first bill, and said th a t much inconvenience would arise under of all to know what measures bad been taken by a e it as at present existed, aed he contended that the present Government under the disastrous circumstances whir h grand jury system coul I be improved so as to meet the from requiremente of the age, e considered it was import had occurred and my second object was to ascertain H ant, especially in Lond on , t h at the grand jury system generally ' the Government what they believed to should be continued, because it familiarised and identi- be the cause of these events. That was a fortnight ago. fled the trading elkage B with the aiministration of the The house was then told that the Governor-General of criminal law of the country, and it also protected the India wrote home in high spirits, and certainly the house liberties of the subject, especially in political charges He considered the bill fraught with Eo much dapger to was allowed to infer that the state of affairs was not ~ f • ty and the constitution of the country, that he someso serious a charaeter as, I believe, it would be tho cou ld not consent to its proceeding further this session. greatest want of prudence on our part now to doubt. Sir F. THESIGER complained of the course now We now have had news of the greatest importance come taken, because when he introduced the bill. on a fresh muriicated to us through the electric telegraph, and what explanation of its details, no objections were raised to it. I now wish to know is whether the despatches received It also passed a second reading opposition to its by the Government would enable 1 tiple and the first time he received wi . any . intimation pr n , tails or any authoritative information to the house as to of opposition to its details was on toe night when the committee was named. The hon. and learned gentle- the present position of affairs in Inlia. (hear, hear.) I main stated that he did not regret the introduction of should also like to know from the noble I.ird who the • the bill, and he assured the house that he had intro- he will assist us in giving the earliest opportunity of dueed it f rom a b e li e f that the change he expressing the vi ews o f t h e house on the causes and pro proposed wa s necessary . E v idence of the greatest ine bable consequences of th e resent state of affairs in India? portance wee gi ven on th e su bj e ct before the Statute Some observations were made the other e ven i ng on th e Law Commission, and before a committee of that house, relative to the 'abolition of grand juries in the me:ro- subject of the Indian budget w ith a v i ew to its being peliten poiice district, and it was on the reconsmsnda- brought for ward without loss of time. If her Majesty's tion of the cornmissien and the committee that be bad i Government brought forward that budget it would be a based this measure, which bad received the sanction of I legitimate opportunity for the house dispassionately to thi; Government. The hon, and leareed . enthinan disc • the affairs of India Of course it was open to then entered into the constitution of grand juries, the necessity that now existed for their abolition in the and 1 h - i - m - -ti e s :any other member of ' the house, on the motion for *purse of which he used the same arguments tie did on I going into committee of supply, to call the attention of the house to the state of affairs in India. But there were other important motions connected with the Per- sian and Chinese wars, to be discussed, and it would be highly inconvenient if these were discussed in connexion with the present question. What' should l'ke to know, therefore, from the noble lord is whether he will favour the house with what be believes to be the most author'. tative information respecting the present position of In dian affairs ; and secondly, I shall be glad to hear from him what steps Government are prepared to adopt unier the circumstances ; and lastly, I should like to hear from him whether he will permit the Indian budget to be brought forward on Friday, so as to give the House of Commons an opportunity of expressing an opinion on the present serious position of affairs in India ? - Lord PALMERSTON—Her Majesty's Government have received despatches of which the substance has been communicated by the electric telegraph from Marseilles. I believe there are other despatehes coming by South ampton which may or may not contain further informa- tion as to these events, which was given in the despatch communicated by telegraph ; and, speaking generally, I should saythat the information which the Government is in possession of does not vary from that which is pub• lishel from private sources in the ordinary channels of information. Her Majesty's Government will, without any unnecessary delay, lay on the table of the house such portions of the correspondence as they think will be suffi cient to give the house the fullest information on the subject of these events , . With regard to the question of the right hon. gentleman in respect to the opportunity of discuising this very important matter, of course it is very natural that there should be a desire on the part of members of expressing their opinions ; but, I submit, it would be better they should first see the papers. These papers may be considered full, or not full enough, of in formation ; but it would not be in accordance with the practice of Parliament to originate a discussion pending the production of papers which will be laid on the table to-morrow—(as was understood.) With regard to a dis cussion on Friday, I think the right hon. gentleman—at least, I think, the hon, members—will find that they will not have the papers long enough in their hands to enable them to have a discussion on Friday. (Hear.) But her Majesty's Government have no wish to put off the discussion longer than the time necessary for giving fall information on the subject. That shall be done with out loss of time, and then it will be for the right hon. gentleman to choose his own time for bringing the sub ject before the house. Mr. DISRAELI wished to know how far back the papers to be presented by the noble lord would go? The house ought to be in possession of any despatch which would give information as to the accounts which her Majesty's Government received as to the state of affairs in India before the present events took place, and as to the causes that led to the Persian and Chinese wars. These were important papers,.without which the house could not form an opinion, and he did not wish to preci pitate a discussion without these documents. If, there fore, he delayed bringing the question before the house, it was because he understood from the Qravernment that the house should be put in possession of papers so far back as that they should know what led to the wars with Persia and China. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government would present the papers which they thought best calculated to put the house in possession of the facts, and if the right hon. gentleman thought them insufficient, it would be competent to bring the whole susject before the house. Lord J. RUSSELL—There is one point on which I think the house feel more anxious than as to any discus. sion. My noble friend stated last night what the Govern ment were about to do in consequence of the intelligence they-received from India. That statement was general aud I do not wonder at it because it was founded on a ' telegraphic message. But now that the Government are in receipt of the despatch, I confess I am anreious to hear from my noble friend a more satisfactory and a fuller statement of the measures taken by the Government. I hope to hear from my noble friend that the reinforcements sent ont will be sufficient, and that he will make a full statement of what the Government mean to do under the circumstances. Lord PALMERSTON—The best answer I can give to my noble friend is this, that her Majesty's Govern ment had, before the receipt of the despatches which ar rived yesterday, made arrangements for sending large re• inforcements to India, and that those reinforcements are rather greater than what Lord Canning asks for. (Hears) Of course the house will not expect me to enter into details of the regiments at the stations. But speaking generally, I should say that, though her Majesty's Go vernment feel no apprehension or alarm as to the ulti mate result of these unfortunate events, yet they think it to be their duty to act as if there were reason for ap prehension, and to leave nothing undone which is within the reach of administrative functions, in order to provide for the emergency which has occurred in India. ' Sir J. WALSH. said that a report prevailed that for some time past Gen. Anson bad written home, making strong representations as to the existence of disaffection in the Bengal army. He therefore wished to know whe ther the papers to be hid before Parliament! would con tain full extracts from the correspondence of Gen. Anson. Mr. MANGLES said he would answer that question for the noble lord. He bad heard the rumour to which the hon. baronet referred, and in reply to it said he had never seen a single line is the shape of an official warning from Gen. Anson. He made more special inquiry on the subject to-day at the India House, and he could only say that they bad not received a single word of notice from Gen. Anson on the subject of these late occurrences. Mr. CHEETHAM asked when the noble lord would give a day for the renewal of the debate on the growth of cotton in India It Lord PALMERSTON said he was aware of the im p ertance of that sotject to the manufacturing interest, bat he doubted whether in the present state of Indian affairs that debate could be confined to cotton. He should be willing to give him the morning of Tuesday next, but he thought it would be better to postpone the subject till after the debate which the right hon. gentle man opposite proposed to introduce. Sir DE L. EVANS said that the House of Commons had a duty to perform as well as the Government, and he thought the noble lord should say something more de. finite re,pecting the day for discussing this subject. In reply to Lord J. MANNERS, Mr. V. SMITH said that General Anson did not com municate with the Government, but with the Court of Directors. If General Anson felt it his duty to make any representation as to the state of the army in India, his course would be, as the military member of the council, to put a minute of his opinion on record, which would be transmitted to the Court of Directors. He (Mr. V. Smith) was not aware of any communication from General Anson which stated that there was any such disaffection in the Bengal army as bad been alluded to. Sir J. WALSH said there was some misapprehension as to the answer already given by the President of the Board of Control. He begged to ask again whether any department had received a communication from General Anson calling the attention of the Government to the disaffection in the Bengal army? Mr. V. SMITH repeated that no such communication had been received. Capt, DUNCOMBE asked if there had been any despatch to that effect from Sir W. Gomm Mr. V. SMITH believed not, but he was not at the Board of Control when that officer was Commander-in- Chief. Sir C. WOOD could state that no such communica tion had been received while he was President of the Board, THE CIVIL SERVICE. Viscount GODERICfr, in moving the following re port—" That, in the opinion of this house, the expe rience acquired since the issuing of the Order in Council of the 21st day of May, 1855, is in favour of the adop. tion of the principle of competition as a condition of en trance to the civil service, and that the application of c hat principle ought to be extended, in conformity with the resolution of the house, agreed to on the 24th day of April, 1856," said that the replies he had received on former occasions in answer to the remarks he had made as to the difference between the hopes hell out to the candidates for the civil service of the Crown and which now appeared to he the intention of the Government were so unsatisfactory, that he felt bound to call the attention of the house again to the sub ject. TIA employes in the branches of the superior departments, such as the Secretary of State's offices and the clerks in the Revenue Depart- - ment, appeared to he still appointed by the old system of patronage vested in the heads of the different depart ments. The hopes held out last July had not been ful filled. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had given them no hope that they would be fulfilled. He had therefore no alternative but to bring forward the subject and ap peal to the opinion of the House of Commons. The pur pose of the motion was to obtain from the house an ex pression of opinion that the system of competition as a mode of admission to the civil service was one whioh they approved and which they desired to see extended, and which they hoped to see become the general system. The noble lord said he thought the facts which had been esta blished by the report made under Lord Aberdeen's Go• vernment showed that such a system was necessary to get even ordinary capacity into the civil service. The second report of the Civil Service Commi-sioners showed that, by the present imperfect system of examination, a vast number of incapable candidates were rejected, and pointed out most clearly the necessity of extending the principle of competition in making appointments to the civil service. The system was effect.ive while it could be, and had been shown that the old system was wretch ' cdlY defective. Very litt!e argument was required to WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1857 recommend the system of competition. Direct and in direct benefits would result from its adoption. It would conduce to the efficiency of the public service by procur ing the fittest persons to fill the various situations. Ho doubted whether the heaols of the Narioui departments wera able to devote sufficient time to inquire into the eligibility of clerks appointed in their departments. If the heads of such offices really required to get the best men, they would bail the system of competitive f Xlrll . - nation as being the only one which would effect the ob ject they had in view. It raised the standard of ability naturally, and he could not conceive any system so wall calculated to ensure the efficiency of public ser vants. If in the Revenue department the clerk 3 re- quired superior ability, why in the Revenue and Customs departments, since the introduction of the system of competitive examination, had the Secre tary of the Treasury appointed 240 clerks ? Wal it possible that that right hon. gentleman could have exer cised the necessary supervision to obtain the requisite ability in those at the rate of 12 or 14 appointments a month ? It was simply out of the question that he could do so. The fact was that the Government retained the patronage for political consi derations. The system was bad, and he deprecated the existence of the practice of hon. members of that house dispensing patronage in the shape of appointments to the Customs and to tidewaiterships. There was ample room in Cease appointments for serious corruption between members and constituents. Nominationsin such a way did not consider in the slightest de g ree the capa bility of the persons appointed ; and he, for one, desired to see the system entirely swept away. (Hear.) No thing would more tend to spread pub is education than the adoption of the system of competitive examination. That was not merely his own opinion, but thoseto whom, on a question of that kind, the house would listen with deference. He would refer to the good effects which had followed the course adopted by the Society of Arts in consequence of his motion last year, and of the speech of the right honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In Ireland, D r . Graves had ex _ piessed a decided opinion of the benefit which had resulted from the partial adoption of the principle of public competition for appointments to the public service. He stated that new life had been infused into education from uhi v thee rUniversity ty establ i shmentet class ethe principle, chhe dds yht ae system hl d m f establishedt state t h wh a ee t rupe i fa n er fullyttd b au e of t specialhe l f t ac oad edu cation, adoption hfwy what af t t u t h d we e on system u t l s fo b f e thosethadhe effect examinations . s a iff Dublin d carried out 1 It would give a stimulus which no other direct means would supply, and though that might be an indirect good, be contended that it was one well worthy of consideration by that house. All he asked hon. gen tlemen to do in affirming his resolution, was to express a favourable opinion as to the extended application of a system which the commissioner,' reports had proved to work sv,l l , and to give such a stimulus to Government as should prevent them standing still, and oblige them to go on in the course they had commenced. He could not agree to the amendment proposed by the noble lord the member for Tamworth, because it would bind the house to the opinion that limited competition was the best system which could be adopted. If the noble lord's amendment was carried, it would leave the ques tion very much where it was, since it would merely shift the patronage from one person to another. He trusted be should receive the same support from that. Parliament which he bad met with in the last, and as he felt the question was one in which the public at large felt the deepest interest, he should, if untortunately op posed by the Government, feel it his duty to take the sense of the house by going to a division. Viscount RA YNIIAM said no one was more anxious that the system of limited competition should be adopted then himself. It was with reference to what he believed an omission in the resolution of his noble friend that he considered it desirable to give the house an op portunity of Expressing their dissent to a system of open competition. He thought that heads of depart ineute, feeling themselves responsible for the cha racter of those under them, would take care that only duly qualified persons were appointed: Talent and ab lities were not all that was required. They required to have unobjectionable moral character ; and some guarantee should be given that the moral fitness of the candidates was all that could be desired. He should be sorry to see Parliamentary influence governing those appointments ; be would much rather see the patronage remain where it was. He did not object to the terms of his noble friend's resolution. It was only because be objected to the principle of open competition that he felt bound to make this addition to his motion, " that it is desirable that the nomination of all persons desirous of competing for vacant appointments in the Civ 1 Ser vice should rest with the heads of the departments in which those vacancies occur." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that the principle of competition had not been carried out in the appointments to the Civil Service. The order in council bad stated that every candidate should be examin ed by an independent commission. Since then it had been proposed to adopt the system of free and open c mpe tition. To that principle he objected, but it had ap peared to him that consistently with the order in council a fair compromise might be made with the principle of open competition, by adopting with respect to certain branches of the civil service the principle of limited com petition. That was, that the le ads of departments should nominate a selected number of persons who were to com pete amongst themselves for the appointments. He had stated last year that it appeared to him that that princi ple was well adapted for the Treasury, for the Secretaries of State's departments, and for other departments of that kind, and he had stated with regard to a great number of departments the principle had been acted upon ; but that with many offices it appeared altogether absurd to apply the principle of competitive examination. He had in stanced such offices as that of messenger or village post master, in which it would be altogether out of the ques tion. In reply to the remarks of the noble lord that the Government bad made no advance in carrying out the prin ciple of competitive examination since the subject had first been brought under the consideration of the house, be would merely remark that the appointments had been filled up since that time by competitive exa mination iu the National Debt office, the office of Woods and Forests, the office of Works, the Police-court, Bow street, the Poor Law Beard, the treasury, and the War office. In Scotland the same principle had been applied in appointments to the Registrar-General's office. In Ireland the Chief Secretaries' office, the Constabulary office, the Loan office, the Dublin Metropolitan Police office, and many other offices. He trusted that would be deemed a suffieient answer to the charge that the Go vernment had been standing still. One difficulty in the principle of open competition was the difficulty of getting together persons on the same spot in order to conepete,and the unfair advantage it gave to those who lived near the place where the e xamination took place. Another was that the older candidates hadan unfair advantage over they oung er ones, and might get the appointments, al:lough in point of fact the younger candidates might be better quail. fed for the positions. He trusted the explanation he had given would be deemed satisfactory, and that the noble Lord would not think it necessary to go to a division, as pledging the house to one specified course in that parti cular might be productive of the greatest inconvenience to the public service. Mr. G. HAMILTON bore testimony to the stimulus which the principle of competition had given to education in Ireland, esp eciall y amon g the classes i mmediatel y above the lower o rders. C. E wAra supported the reso l u ti on , an d timehoped we e coining, if it h a d no t a l rea iy come , hies e d theJ. C when members of this house would have no influence whatever in the appointment to public offices.. Mr. ADAMS also supported the resolution, and sup them the nominati o n t o competitions ported the princ i p le of o p en rather than limited competi tion, as that wou ld onl y extend the p a t rona g e of the givinggo yoniination to office its e lf. could not see much difference between iyheeriiienera.de CLAY by the nomination Lord Goderich's plan and that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He denied that the recommendations of members of Parliament were necessarily political. Lord PALMERSTON quite agreed with what bad been stated, that the difference between the resolution of the noble lord and the principle of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was so slight that it was hardly worth while to trouble the house to record its opinions upon the matter, and he would, therefore, accept the resolu tion of the noble lord, with the interpretat'on which had been put upon it, and not according to the view which had been taken of it by some hon. members who had spoken, and who would have every appointment under Government advertised, so that whoever knocked at the door and claimed to be a candidate should be at once admitted to examinatlion. They had been told that Governments should shape their course like private persons, merchant, bankers, railway companies, and others, but he bad yet to learn that these persons and companies filled up their appoint ments in the manner which had been recommended. He might have been m isinformed, but he thou g h., that it was their P ractice to lo ,k out for persons who by their tal ent and trie,tworthiness to hold those positions were the p ro p er persons to be ap pointed. The honourable member (Mr. Clay) had ex plaieed how the recomme ndations of members might be accepted as evidence of th e res p ectability of the persons who were presented to appointments under the Govern ment. At the same time the house must not eun away with the notion that all these offices ware filled by the nominations of members of that house. Government were always open to other Applications from persons in a respectable position in life, and who, in other ways, were fitted for the situation s the y sought. (Hear, hear.) He quite concurred with the noble lord that the principle of competition was far better than direct or si n g le ex aini nations. All human efforts were liable to failure and defects, but, generally speaking, competition would secure the best men for the situa tions they sought. At the same time, it would be imposs ible b y a mere competitive examination to ascertain those great qualities of this to be said that the young men at the time of life at cha racter, habits, and tempera ment of mind. Still there was which they generally presented themselves for clerkships had not generally attained that standard which was re quisite, and if they were deficient in mind or power of co mpetitive examination would bring out their presence of mind and certainly the system of their power of appla application, they would not be fit for the situations, and cation more than could be secured by the process of separate and individual examinations, and therefore he had adopted a plan in the Treasury, and had rec on mended the same course to the departments—that in stead of selecting one, and then seeing whether he cape up to the required standard, that others :should be selec ted ; and that out of the number those who were required should be chosen. Ile believed that the system of ex amination had been att ended with great bentfit. No doubt in former timed, fro m want of that system, young men were appointed against whom there was no ground of educational incapacity ; yet who, nevertheless, were found by experience to be deficient tae natural capacity, or power of application ; and the consequence was the higher appointments in many of tts e public offices were filled by persona who, if the Gever4ront had their choice, would not have been pieced in situations of such authorise the payment of clerks of petty eessions in Ire responsibility. He therefore augured well for that system land by salaries instead of fees. of examination which had been recommended, and he LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. concurred v.d•h the noble lord in thinking that tuneies t - Leave was given to bring in a bill to revive and con young men against one another, in order to see who tinue bit a limited time an act to amend the laws relating could win the race, was better than a wa'k over on the to I, an societies. part of a single candidate. It was for these aelongst . The Commons Incicsure Bill was brought up and read other reasons that he was not pre pared to negative the a first time. re: elution of the noble' Td. If it had not been for the The Valuation of Lands (Scntlaed) Act Amendment statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer it might Fill was brought up and read a first time. have been thought that this was an attempt to press : The Law and Assessed Taxes, &c. (Scotland) Bill was upon the blouse of Commons a se stem which it did not also brought up and read a first time. wish to accept ; but he (the noble lord) trusted that the , The Sale of Corn 13t11 was brought up by Mr. ADDER resaution would strergthen the hands of the Govern- LEY nuld read a fir-t time. ment, and that it would satisfy these who might be un- RAILWAY TRAFFIC ACT AMENDMENT BILL. successful in the race that the system was founded upon I Mr. D. GRIFFITHS moved the second reading of public principle, and that Government was going hand ' this hill, the object of which he explained to be to in hand with the House of Commons in the adoption of facilitate the means of obtaining justice in cases of a system by means of which the public offices might be dispute between private individuals and ihe railway filled by the best men that could be obtained. (Hear.) companies, in coaneetion with the traffic on existing Lord GODERICH expressed his thanks to the Go- railways. vernment for the course they had adopted, which he Mr. LOWE moved that the tell be read a second time believed would be satisfactory to the house and to the , that day three months. country. (Hear.) Since he brought this question be- This amendment was carried without a division, amid fore the house many important steps had been taken by loud laughter from all sides of the house. the Government, and ho trusted that now the principle Mr. EIUGESSEN then moved the adjournment of would be stall further extended. the house, which was carried, and the house adjourned The resolution was then agreed to. I at 25 minutes to one o'clock. PRIVATEERING. Mr. LINDSAY moved an address for cepies of Mr. Marcy's letter to the French Government, in answer to the communication of the resolution of the Paris Con- MILITIA. ference upon the subject of privateering ; and of any At the Court at Bnckiugham Palace, the 25th of June, o her papers or correspondence that may have passed 1857, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in between the British Government and other powers. The 1 Council. Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Par hon. member explained that those pap e r s related to a lid gent, holden iu the 57th year of the reign of his late subject of some importance to England as a maritime Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to nation. He believed that upon the resolution of the empower his Majesty to suspend training and to regu , Paris Conference being brought before the American . late quotas of the Militia," it is, amongst other Government they had readily consented to the second 1 things, enacted, that it d shalh u b c e lawful for his and third, but had not given an unanimous adhesion to t e Majesty, ualliu by ou a t n n y f otTideeruo7iri militia oefrtshio United Kingdom, to suspend oc i om or that proposition which dealt with the rights of priva- the any part o g f the United Kingdom, or of any county, riding, teers. What was wanted to complete the system laid shire, stewartry, city, town, or place, for the purpose of down by the Paris proposition was, that private pro- being trained and exercised in any year, and to order and peaty should be respected at sea as it was on shore. He direct, that no t ra i n i n g or exercising of the militia of the thought that the time was not far distant when the house United Kingdom, or of any part of the United Kingdom, or must discuss that principle, but his present object was of any county or counties, riding, or ridings, shire or shires, to get the papers printed, so that the house might be 1 stewartry or stewartries, city or cities, town or towns, or prepared to deal with the question next session. We ' place or places,specifiedinanysuchOrder orOrdersinCoun cil, shall take place in any year, anything contained in any must go forward having done so much, for at present neutral flag covered neutral goods, except contraband of Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the militia to the notwithstanding." war. We had five million tons fl eating in ships, our contrary exports were 100 millions, and in onr imports nearly the portance to us than to any other country. What would co And whereas it has semed fit to her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to suspend the calling same ; and therefore the question was of far more im oat of the militia of certain parts of the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned, for the purpose of being trained he the consequence if we were engaged in a war with and exercised in the year eighteen hundred and fifty- America or France! The premium on marine assur- seven.; now, therefore, her Majesty, by the advice ances would be increased 10 per cent. Then there would of her Privy Council, doth hereby suspend the calling out be 5 per cent- war risk on British ships ; and then the of the regiments of militia specified in the Schedule an- British merchant, whatever might be his patriotism, flexed to this Order, for the purpose of being trained and would not ship in British Bottoms. What would then exercised in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, become of our five million tons of shipping I The house t w h l is ic O Srdcehredule is hereby directed to be taken as part of and it is further ordered that this Order and should consider the position in which they stood, and it 1 the said Se ; hedule be published in the London Gazette. — was for that reason he asked for the papers, in order wit. L. BATHURST. that hon. members might become thoroughly acquainted SCHEDULE OF MILITIA. REGIMENTS REFERRED with the sub j ect. All that he asks 1 was that Govern TO IN THE FOREGOING ORDER IN COUNCIL. tnent should lay the papers on theta.ble, and if he should ENGLAND. be successful, he would then make a substantive motion I North Lincoln calculated to elicit the opinion of the house. The hon. South Lincoln member having quoted several authorities on the subject London of privateering, concluded by moving for the papers. Ist Middlesex • Lord PALMERSTON said that it was not usual for 3,1 Middlesex the British Government to grant papers which had 4th Middlesex sth Middlesex formed the correspondence between t w o foreign powers. Monmouth In point of fact the papers in question were not in their Montgomery official posses-ion ; but with respect to the British and let Norfolk American Governments what happened was this. The 2d Norfolk resoluti ens of the Paris conference were communicated Norfolk Artillery to all foreign Governments who were interested in the Northampton matter. Amongst others to that of America, and that Northumberland Government expressed their willingness to accede to Nottingham . them provided that private property shoul I no longer be Oxford liable to capture. The subject was one that required the Pembroke Artillery Radnor gravest consideration on the part of the British Govern- Shropshire meat, because it so deeply affected all our interests, and Ist Somerset no answer could be given without careful deliberation. 2d Somerset ' In the meantime the American Government was let Stafford changed, an I when the new President came into office 2d Stafford his government declined receiving any answer to the Suffolk Artillery proposition of their predecessors, but begged that the West Suffolk negotiations might be considered as suspended. Under Ist Surrey these circumstances, the house would see that Govern- 2d Surrey meat could not accede to the motion of his hon. friend. Sussex Sussex Artillery He (Lord Palmerston) would not enter into the propo- Ist Tower Hamlets sition the United States had made, but his hon. friend 2d Tower Hamlets had himself made a proposition to the effect that private let Warwick property should be sacred on sea as it was on land. Now 2 1 Warwick if his hon. friend would consider the circumstances he Wilts would find that the practice had varied very much on land in different wars. Requisitions were sometimes made, and were complied with by a violation of property. But, as he had said before, the question could not be discussed en a motion of that sort, and while the nego tiations were still pending. or some of them suspended. He trusted therefore that his hon. friend would not per severe i a 1 is motion. Mr. BENTINCK was of opinion that 'a great war could never be deuidedit the Paris resolutions were c im plied with by this c wintry. The great strength of Eng land lay in her power of destroying the commerce of her foes, and if she yielded up that power her going to war any more would be nothing but a farce. He should like to know why the question had been mooted, or why it had at all been mixed up with the negotiations of Paris. In our present circumstances there could not be a more important question. Lord J. RUSSELL was not surprised that Govern ment did not agree to the motion, seeing that the papers asked for were not in their official possession. The hon. member had stated that if auy alteration were made there would be five per cent. extra. Bat the hon. member had made some statements which were worthy the attention of the hellos. He bad stated that in case of war the ships of this country would be subject to a heavy war risk, and that our carrying trade would most probably be transferred to neutral nations. Now he (Lord J. Russell) should like to hear from t ,e Govern ment some explanation as to the propositions which had been agreed to at the congress of Paris. No doubt in the case of war between England, France, and Russia, We could not do otherwise than adopt them ; but that . war baying ended, we were under no necessity a' making concessions of principles which were in conformity with the law of nations, and which this country had always acted up to. No notice had been given to the country, or to either House of Parliament, that such propositions were to have been entertained at the eongrese. They all supposed that Lord Clarendon went to Paris to make peace with Russia; but with respect to declarations o f this kind, as to the maritime rights of blligerent powers, the people of th:s country must have been surprised to hear of such a subject having been started at all. But he could not agree with hon, members that we should go forward, and he though the analogy sought to be esta blished between land and sea was quite untenable. It was quite obvious that a man who had a farm in the cen tre of France or Virginia was in a different position from those who sent large fleets to sea, manned by thousands of men, who the next moment might be employed against the navy of this country. But the whole matter was in a most unsatisfactory state. He quite agreed with the hon. member opposite that our most efficient weapon in war had always been our power of crushing the commerce of our enemy, and so making him most eager in desiring that the war should come to an end. But if any great Power, such as France or America, could maintain its trade in full vigour. and send its manufactures over the world in perfect security, in neutral bottoms, there would be no reason for any hurry in making peace. He must confess that he looked upon this question as being in an alarming position, and he regretted that the declarations alluded to had ever been made. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LINDSAY explained that he had never advo cated or approved of the declarations alluded to by the noble lord, He deplored them, and begged to recom mend their serious consideration to the house. Lord J. RUSSELL was glad that the hon. member's views coincided with his own. Sir C. NAPIER quite agreed with his hon. friend that this matter could not remain in its present position. It these propositions were carried out our trade in war time would be all swept away in neutral vessels, and our only remedy would be an universal blockade, for which, with our present navy, we were quite unpre pared. Motion withdrawn. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. Mr. C. BUX CON moved that an address be pre sented to the Crown, praying that her Majesty would employ all the means in her power to put down the slave trade, and to enforce the treaties made with other powers for the purpose. He brought forward this mo tion, he said, not in opposition to the present Govern ment, but to strengthen their hands. Mr. NEWDEGATE admitted the exertions of Lord Palmerston t ) put down the slave trade, bat he could not forget the exertions made by the late Lord George Bentinck in the same cause by endeavouring to prevent the introduction of slave-grown produce. Mr. WATKINS thought the house should direct its attention:to the cultivation of cotton by free labour, as the best means of putting down the slave trade. Lord PALMERSTON thanked the hon. member for his motion, and assured the house that no efforts should be spared to carry out the objects of the motion. The motion was then unanimously agreed to. Several bills of a local and minor description were in troduced. COUNTY AND DISTRICT SURVEYORS, &c., (IRELAND). Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved for a select commit tee to inquire into the duties, functions, and mode of re muneration of county and district surveyors and assist ant surveyors, in Ireland. The motion was agreed to. RAILWAYS (IRELAND). Mr. BUTT moved for leave to introduce a bill to en able baronies or other districts in Ireland to give guaran tees for the construction of railways passing through such districts. Mr. HERBERT assented to the introduction of the bill on the understanding that the Government did not pledge itself to F wpport it. Lord NAAS objected to the principle of the bill. After a few words from Mr. M`MattoN, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that, consi dering the important character of the bill, and the late period of the session, the bill should be permitted to be read a first time, on the understanding that no further progress should be made with the bill this session. Mr. Dun complied with the suggestion, and lave was given to introduce the bill. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the inoden of Mr. COWPER' l e ave was given t o bring in a bill to amen d th e P u blic Health Act of 1848, nod to make further provisions for town innpioverneuts. CLERK OF PETTY SE.t:SIONS. Leave was given to Mr. HERBERT to bring iu a bill to From the London Gazette of Last Night. Anglesey Bedford Berks Brecknock Bucks Cambridge Ist Cheshire 2d Cheshire Cornwall Rangers Cornwall Miners Artillery Cumberland. 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Armagh Artillery Carlow Cavan Clare Ist Cork 2d Cork 3d Cork Cork City Artillery Donegal Donegal Artillery North Down South Down Dublin County Dublin City Dublin City Artillery Fermanagh Gal way Kerry Kildare Kilkenny King's County Leitrim Limerick County Limerick City Artillery 'Londonderry Longford Louth North Mayo South Mayo Meath Monaghan Queen's County Roscommon Sligo Ist Tipperary 2d Tipperary Tyrone Tyrone Artillery Waterford Artillery Westmeath Wexford Wicklow DOWNING-STREET, JULY 11. The Queen has boon pleased to appoint W. T. Bridges, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of the Island of Hong Song ; D. H. 0. Gordon, Esq., to he a Member of the Executive Council of the Vir gin Islands ; J. Collings, Esq., M.D., to be a Member of the Council of Government of the Island of Malta ; and C. Montocchio, Esq , to be a Member of the Council of Go vernment of the Island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint B. Alleyno, Esq.. to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of St. Vin cent. WHITEHALL, JULY 13, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire laud unto the undermentioned gentlemen, viz. :—Wm. Foster Stawell, Esq., Chief Justice of the Colony of Vic toria; James Frederick Palmer, Esq., President of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria ; and Daniel Cooper, E:q., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. WHITEHALL, JULY 14, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Ru therford Alcock, Esq., her royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the insignia of a Knight of the Royal Military Order of the Tower and Sword, which her late Majestythe Queen of Portugal was pleased to confer upon him in testimony of her approbation of his cond act while Surgeon of the Marine Brigade late in the service of her most faithful Majesty; and also that he may accept and wear the Su pernumerary Cross of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles the Third, and the Cross of Commander of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, which her Majesty the Queen of Spain hath been pleased to confer upon him, as a mark of her Majesty's approbation of his services in the held, and as Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals in the late British Auxiliary Legion. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 14. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Joseph William Fitzgerald, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Robert Rintoul, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Goldie, who exchanges. 12th Light Dragoons —Lieutenan William Cleflen Goldie, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Rintoul, who exchanges. Military Train—Lieutenant George Alleyne Rogers to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bi aybrooke, who re tires; Ensign John William Beatty to be Lieutenant., without purchase, vice Rogers ; George John Charles Whittington Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beatty. The name of the Paymaster appointed on Ist April, 1857, in the Gazette of 29th May, 1857, is Obe Willans, and not Übe Williams, as previously, stated. let Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Wild Hulseberg, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Assis tant -Surgeon. 19th F oo t—Assistant -Surgeon James Castor Smith, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 25th Foot Lieutenant Francis Kegau Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pretyman, who retires; Ensign Hora tio Bland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox Nathaniel Crichlow Ramsay, Gout., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bland. 38th F o nt--Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Wright, from the 20th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Vero Fane has been permitted to assume and use the name of " Bennett," in lieu of that of his present surname of Fane. 46th Foot—Richard Fletcher Armvtage Howorth, Gent., to bo E.isign, by purchase, vi ce Garforth, appointed to the 32d Foot. 55th Foot—Lieutenant anti Adjutonant Henry Burke to he Paymasier, vice Lye, who reszns ; Lieutenant Francis Williams to be Adjutant, vice Burke, appointed Pay mo,;ter. 59th Foot—Lieutenant William Hamilton Thompson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tom deceased; Ensign Francis v liiinege Thompson. 63rd Statham to be Lieutenant , w ithout purchase, 63rd Foot—Captain W. Rainforth, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Bouverie, deceased ; Lieut. C. A. Hand to be Ca p tain, by purchase, vic e Rainforth, who retires; Ensign D, Laney It. Anderson to be Lieutenant , b y p urchase vice Hand ; Ashley G. W e stby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Anderson. 69th Foot—Ensign Robt. Boucher Clarke to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Malton, who retires ; George Edward Bruce, Gent., to be Ensig n, by purchase. 79th Foot--To be Assist. -Surgeons —Assist. Surgeons Ed mund Humphrey Roberts, from the 72d Foot Patrick Kilgour ' f ro m the 51st Foot , vice B ell , appointed to the 93,1 Foot. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur William C. Nowlan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gos ling, who r esigns. 3d West India It.giment—Ensig Li eu tenant, by purchase, vicen RmoebeerutrdEy,ckpforrodmottoyabe; John Robert Math r, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eckford. DEPOT BA TALION.—Capt.' J. :Hartley, from half-pay sG:li Fo ,t, to I_, Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major D. A. G. D.trroch, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Majmity. The exchange between Li eu t.-C o l one l th e H on. H. A. G. Dalzell, up on half-pay of a Depot Battalion, and Brevet-Colonel J. T. Hill, which appeared in the Gazette of the sth June, 1S . )7, has been cancelled. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Charles Buckley has been permitted to resign his commission. BREVET. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Thurles Finucane, re tired full-pay as Major to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Captain Vii Rainfortb, 63d Foot, to b 3 Major in the Army. Brevet-Major William Rainforth, 63d Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Army. UNATTACHED. —Lieut. David Roil, from Gist Foot, to be Cantnin, without purchase. AlEmou_lNDum — Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel George Thurles Finue upon half-pay Unattauhed, has been per mitted to retire upon full-pay as Major. ,AND. ,AND. BANKRUPTS Edward Pack Barber, gloss merchant, Smithfield, city, to surrender July 23, at two, ant Augus:; 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Al clermo.nbury ; Downes, Three Kings-court, Lombard street. Thomas Watson, ship owner, Ruswarp, Yorkshire, July 30 and Aug. 24. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Buchanan and Gray, Whitby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Jopling, draper, Wolsingham, July 28, and Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyna District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle•upon-Tyne ; Brignal, Durham. John Wragg, sen., cutlery manufacturer. Sheffield, July 25 and August 29, at ten, at the Council-ball, Sheffield Brewiu, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fretson, Sheffield. Edwin Waterhouse, clrpet manufacturer, Dewsbury, July 21 awl Aug. 24, at twelve, at the Leads District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Chadwick, Dawd bury ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Joseph Piper, furnishing ironmonger and tin plate worker, High-street, Shoreclitch, July 25, at eleven, and Aug. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury_; Chidley, Basinghall street. Thomas Burnham Clark, licensed victualler, Minories, July 29 and Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashley, Charles-square, Hoxton. James Clark, tea dealer, Alphington -street, Saint Thomas the Apostle, Devon, July 22, and August 18, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exe ter ; Flood, Exeter. David Johns, draper, Cardiff, July 27 and Aug. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hiller, official as signee, Bristol ; Bird, Cardiff; Bevan and Girling, Bris tol. _ Edward Davies, Italian warehouseman, Harrow-road, Middlesex, July 23, at half-past two, and Aug. 27, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assigned, Aldermanbury ; Carpenter, Elm-court, Temple. Charles Duvall, Crosby-row, Walworth-road, provision merchant, July 23, at half-past one, Aug. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. Basingha,ll-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry -chambers. Stafford Moore Lane, corn and seed dealer, Swallow cliffs Wilts, July 30, at half-past twelve, and August 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall-street, London ; Colombine, Basingball-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Pringle, provision merchant, Spring Gardens, Stockbridge, Esiinburgb. Alexander M`Reddie, grocer, Kirriemuir, Forfarahire. Gilbert Pringle, boot and shoemaker, Dunse. David llouliston, shoemaker, Kirkcudbright. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-JULY 14. We had a moderate supply of grain at to•day's mar• ket, and fine fresh qualities of wheat met a fair sale at previous rates ; ordinary runs at rather easier terms, the demand being retail. Beans and oats as last quoted. HULL- JULY 14. To-day we had almost a blank market, owing to the weather, Mark-lane report, and the general disposition to look on in the passive mood. Any decline quoted can be merely nominal, in the absence of business ; but common consent fixed it at about 3s per qr. Spring corn unaltered• Linseed firm and cakes easier. Wheat, English rod, 62s to 66s ; white 61s to 70s; oats, 28s to 303 ; barley, 403 to 468 ; Indian corn, 40s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 10112 s 6d to 11/ ; ditto, foreign, 8/ 10s .to 9 / 15s ; rape cakes, 61 ss. to 61 7 s 6d ; guano, 81. to 131.10 s; bones, 117 s 6d.; flour, 30s to 325; tares, 30s to 40s. NE 'CASTLE-JULY 14 -- Only a moderate business passing in wheat at Saturday" rates. There is some inquiry for rye, and holders requir° an a i Vallee of is to 2s. Barley and oats inoctive, and 0° change in other articles. LEEDS, JULY 14. There was but a moderate supply of wheat to.chtll trade inactive, and the prices nominally the same as la" week. In barley no change. In other articles there WO a limited request, at former rates. Average prices of grain —Wheat, 66s 3d ; 01 ; oats, 35s 6d ; beans, 46s 6d ; peas, 38s 4' rye, —a. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. - -YESTERDAY. Amsterdam— •• • • •••• 11 18 Gibraltar .. •• •••••• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 12 16 Leghorn ...... 29 2 Rotterdam ............ 12 16 Genoa .......... tb g Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• .• •• 25 5236 1111 an •••• •••• •••••••• Brussels 25 52 Vfnlif`A ---•• •• •• ..•• liarnburgh •••• •• •••••• 13 8% 'Naples ••••••••••..... 42 Altona .. •• •• •• •It •• •... • • Palermo .... 25 271 yfsssina ••• rza Ditto, three months .. 25 67Y,, Lisbon .. Niarseth .. 25 67% Oporto ................ 5/ flourcleaux .. •••• •• Rio Janeiro ..... .••.... Frankfort-on-Maine 119% Buenos Ayres... ••• Berlin • • !Yew York,6o days' sight Vienna a• .• •• •••••••• •• 10 31 Philadelphia •••••• • • • • " Trieste •••••••••• •• • • •• 10 32 PRICES OF BULLION, min, Petersburg .. .. 36 X Foreign Gold In Bars 317 Vadrid .... 48 %; i Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 3 C‘diz ..........• ...... 49% I Vexican Dollars .... 0 5 ~ B u , elona SeVille • • • • .. • • • • . • • • .. - New Dollars ..:: :: 0 0 0 Silver in bars RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERIT RAlLWAY.—Traffic Taa turn for the week ending July 11, 1857 £22,476 1 4 4 Cuiresponding week last year In zrease in 1857 ... .. 2568 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAI• Traffic return for the week ending July 71, R15,591 10 1857 Corresponding weak la s t y ear 1 6 ,514 12 4 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 32,553 6 / total of the h a lf-y ear t o thi s d a t e, 1856 33,612 1 eek CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Tra ffi c return for - vv 6 ending July 11, 1857 £277 tl 6 COrresponding week last year 233 14 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fo r the week ending July 12, 1857 £1,032 9 Corresponding week last year 692 it [ADVERTISEMINT,]—Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arab ic : Food saves fifty times its cos t i n o th er reme di es, and ei u. ; indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual constipation, nervouSn e ' biliousness, and liver complaints, flatulency, distensi°,l acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nerre u i headaches, hysteria, neuralgia, noises in the head O ho ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between t. e , shoulders, erysipelas, eruptions of the skin, impurlt 3 o „ and poverty of the blood, scrofula, cough, asthma, e ° os sumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickli e , during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, sps o :' cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquiete ."; sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paraly s i s , t rem ors, a i l :, like to society, unfitness for study, loss o f memory, ae- sions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, naelancho iff groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness. jt is, W i r e ; over, the best food for infants and i nva lid s gene ral; as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor terferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a health' relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of dig d. tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeeble supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor s c , Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harrel: Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr, Ingrf 4 t: Lord Stuart de Deeics; the Dowager Countess bf CatzP:i i stuart; Major-Gen. 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On the 11th inst., the wife of Charles Cowper, Es(1?„0, 19, Glocester-terrace, Campden - hill , Kensington, and b Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane. of Oa the 14th inst., at 9, Hyde-park-garde ns , the w if e Thomas Heywood, jun., Esq. MARRIED. f On the 1 1 th in s t. , at St. Martin's-in.-the -fields, Ail to Mills, of 1, Upper Glocester-street, Dorset-square , ~, liarriet, s.cond daughter of the late Thos. W ac hers, E 6 ' of Greek-street, Soho. -02 e t On the 13th inst., at, Kensington, Swynfen Jervis, -. o f Darleaston Staffordshire, to Catheri ne , dank° in of Francis Daniell, Esq., formerly of Knowle House' the county of Devon. D I E D. On the 14th inst., at Clayton-pl ace, Peckham, IV-- (080 Hill, Esq , aged 79. On the 13th inst., Germain Lavie, Esq., of Frederic gl, place, Old Jewry, an d 12 , Q ueen - square, WestuawB aged 58: On the 13th inst., at Bridge Avenue, Ilammers44: Lieut. James F. George 31`Donnell, aged 100 He was the i n ti ma t e f r i en d an d compan i on o f the Lieut. Bellot, in the. Arctic Seas. On the 13th inst., at Guildford•road, South Larob°, Mr, Samuel Bumstead, of 86, Lower Thames-atr ° aged 46. On the 13th inst., at Clifton, Thomas Todd-Walton, la of Cheshunt, Herts, aged 86. On the 11th inst., at Horseheath Lodge, Carabrid gob Stanlako Batson, Eq., aged 84. - LONDON : Printed and Published by DEURDO yo of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor, in the c° °ll of bliddleaex, Weducsisty, July 15, 1857. 6.; at ( aril Pic