The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-25 00:00:00

T TROOPS VD d V ri‘f r m " % rev o be b Y ' tbs or :, at c)0 4 / %if' 01 13°,10' 1 11 Tr- 0 , ler d the o oob 4 ,l a 50, in. I lie do it,,o 3 1°13 e ro , a ,. a 14' tbe on of no r ay I gr. Jett it:a''' . 0 be e ha s ia ler ,01',(1. OY ervice 1r: ri 0 LO lj h ( :1 01 0 . 9 of t""ostor o o bi 3 I°l. lip 6biP d o t 4 ileorthe 1 - 90 0 ,0 fp e s for de, su r t e .l 0 0 000 until P ir At tbeo s tic° j 0 , 09 , r lj 13° s'lout of rte na c o o , t o f e eit . 0 it' 1 1 1:3 0,t ter MONEY lir A ..t"1" 7-fr 11 3. Z.:411 AND C 0 I C TI YtTICTAL INTELLI GENC 2. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was firm and the sa!es amounted to 10,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for exporl. The Rail- Way Share Market WAS inanima'e, and prices were 7e r3 flat at the close of buiiness. _ _ The Bank of England return, completed for the Week ending the 18th inst., is generally considered very favourable, and hopes are entertained of a further reduction of the minimum in the course of a , few weeks. The sales of gold to the authoriVes nave caused a material improvement in the amount of bullion, and as the pressure of accommodation had been diminished during the period embraced, there is a satisfactory movement in the reserve and the other securities. The other items call for no special remark, but altogether the balance-sheet is much more encouraging than most persons ex pected. The principal changes will be seen in the following table : Active Circulation Increase Bullion Increase . £19,978 000 • 15,785 11,840 652 248,492 3,499,707 41.168 3,419.956 312,034 10,861.098 57.593 784.319 43.631 10,596,5 81 377,857 16,183,847 271,324 5,687,490 236,310 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase The Bank of France have reduced the rate for advances upon stock from 6 to 5i per cent. but this has not arrested the decline in prices on the Bourse. The official return of the exports of the precious Metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin ... Boulogne ..• 300 OZN. SP gp ••• Calais ••• 4,704 „ ~ Bars ... Boulogne 9,000 „ Silver Coin ... do. ••• 850 ,) Bullion ... Belgium .•• 62 „ There has been an active demand fur money during the last two or three days, and there is not likely to be much diminution until the 4th of the month has past. _ About 13,0001. in bar gold was taken from the Bank of England yesterday. The official returns relative to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for the six months ending the 30th June, 1857, have been published. From these, it appears, that the total declared value of the exports from the United King dom was 60,826,3811., against 53,968,4161. for the suneperioul of 1856, being an increase of 6,857,9651. The increase is perceptible in bear and ale, coals and culm, cotton manufactures, earthenware, haberdashery and millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen, Yarn, machinery, silk manufactures, Bri tish spirits, and woollen manufactures. The im portations have also generally increased. 'a() market for Public Securi' lea opaned steadily at abo u t yesterday ' s clos i ng quota ti ons, an d th ere has L . since been no variation of importance. The favourabl e Bank return has given some support to 'values, but the anxiety with regard to the Indian news prevents buoyancy. Consols have been 91 for money, and 91i for account. The New Three per Cents. are 911 92, and the Reduced 91 i• India Stock is 214 to 216 i. Exchequer Bills continue depressed, being 7s. to 4s. discount. Foreign Stocks have not attracted much atten tion. Turkish 6 per Cents. are flat at 94/ 95, and the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 102/. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 401, Rassian 4 par Cents. 971, Mexican 22/ 1, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 98. a The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bends, 6 6/ ; Mexican, 22 ; Peruvian, 80 2 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5z ; Russian 5 per Cants., 110 12 ; ditty 41 per Cents., 97 9 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 / ; ditto Deferred, 25 ; dit t o Certificates, 5t ; ditto Passive, 5/ 6. A the - very limited business has been transac t ed in Railw ay Share Market, and the variations in Prices have been quite unimportant. Great Northern declined ss • Midland 55., North Briti . h Ss, and North Eastern, Berwick, ss. ; Great Western improved 55., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 55., and Notth Stafford ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines were dealt in to a very limited extent. Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada, each receded about ss. ; and Paris and Lyons, 10s. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet at previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Official List:) _ . - Business dcne. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuals& . 3 Per , .r . ,ent. 17!(Ing(1111 A nnwitiek , "l4 i i e, • Lo 7 4 per Cent. Annuities 0 ^ Annuities, e xpire sth Jan. 1860... 2/ 7-16 I ndia Stock o •' 1 80, 5 or Account . . . . 91i fi Esehecitter Bills, 2to. £lOOO - 7 4 d E5Oll El:nal' . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. rinenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B5l kexican $ per Cent - .., Ditto Account 'llslian Rends, 1A22, £ St., 5 per Cent.... ~, Ditto, 44 per Cent. Zp nit} , A1)1,(114, :4 per Cent. Ditto Account 4Ck Tarkitt. ands, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, I per Cent. Dividends on the above payable'' Lons:cn. itch Ex-hange, 26 per Cent., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CT.CCIC. 11. 22i I . AConsols, money •asole for Account On Friday, the 24th instant, at 61, Upper Seymo u r street, the wife of Henry S. &Atli, Ezq., of "The AAihey," Pershore, watt safely d-livered of a son. WOOD4TOCK ELECTION. —Yesterday, Lord Alfrsd Churchill was elected a Member of Parliament for this borough without opposition. THE ABBOTS BROMLEY MIIRDER.—.I-301(gon and Brown were yesterday sentenced to death by Baron Bramwell, at Stafford, for the murder at Charlesworth, on the 23d of May last. MADRAS RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Thursday the half yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, General Sim in the chair. The report which has already appeared in this j ,nrnal, was adopts d. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT-WESTERN RAIL WAY--The switchman, through whose negligence the accident was caused, has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. ROY AL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—SALISBURY. FRIDAY. —The agricultural show concluded yesterday ; the amount received for admission, it is estimated, will amount to nearly 3,5001. THE MILITIA. E STIMATES.---The select committee of the House of Commons have banded in the estimates for the charge of the disembodied militia for the ',ear to end the 31st March, 1853. They amount to 450,0001 , in cluding 394,40001. for raising and training the militia and the pay of the permanent staff, 27,500/. for retired pay and allowances, and 21,0001. for the charge of out pensioners and local militia. MINES.—The aspect. of the mining share market has improved. Tin has risen altogether 101. per ton, as we thought it would ; and we dare to . say that it will not be long before there is an advance in copper. An improve ment at Sortridge Consols, going west, a point of the greatest importance to this mine, the ore hitherto being east, towards North Robert, caused a demand, and shares rose 1/. each (12,0001 ) on Monday, and they left off after a good business, at 21 to 2a : other mines in the district are creating more attention ; Devon Con els 435 to 445. In East Russell a conaiderage bwiness has b. en done at 30 to 35., the price leaving off at 30s. to 32s sd. ; this mine is looking better, and if the bottom levels are extended east, a good mine may be opened. Dalooath shares are in demand at 300, and no sellArs. Bassets are inquired for at low prices, 220 to 230 ; South Franceq flat, at 285 to 210 ; West Basset, 27 to 28 ; the to, o-monthly dividend, 4.500/., er 15s per share "^ss•declared on Wednesday. —Mining Journal of this A. NEW REMEDY FOR THE GRAPE BLIGHT.—The Journal d'Agriculture pratique states that in 1855, a vine-grower of the department of L'Herault found his vineyard infested with mad/. He cleared mo-t of the vines of these unwelcome visitors, but six ridges were so covered with them that he gave up the task in despair. The snails devoured all the leaves, leaving the grapes untouched. Soon after, the oidium male its apps arance, and, strange to say, the oily vines that were not attacked with it were those that w..re stripped of their leaves. Seeing this unexpected result, the vine-grower in the following year stripped about a hundred vines by way of experiment, and found that they produced three times more grapes than the rest, which were partly attac ed with the blight. Experi ments on a larger scale are now in pro 6 ress to ascer tain the efficacy of this method. 13ffAit#3 FlAfteaTES—; - .tiais Day.) - -.43...---.. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices I Business done this day this day. 53 - 53, 51a 8i - 9 '69 - 71 8 - 8i 91 - 93 75} - 76 36. - 37 4 - 5 9 - 10 201 - - 11. 52 - 54 35 - 36 8 7 d 96 98 6~ : G 3 34 = 99 - 101 8 - 9 971. - 92 - 93 1 20 - 122 103 - 105 634 - 631 1 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 I , 6 - 8 p' 1001 - - 1001 1 6R 111 - 113 jlO3 -- 1031 - 10) -100 i 43 = ai ••• - - 83 -83 i, 54i - 54 14 - 15 64 - 66 3t - 3.1. 4 45 - 46 91 - 92 22k - 23 2 - 43 - 44 73 - 74 97 - 93 - 44 3i 74 8 10 - 103 34. 353, 6 Ed 101 - 106 25 - 26 43 - 50 3 - 2 41 17A -18 i 74 - 91 - 93 54 - 4r 4 54 - 9 - 11 41. - 43 3t - 4i 7 9 3 3 5a ?ii 101 >0 all 3 i all 5 all 5 all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 20 all 20 all 10 all 10 8 50 45 25 all St. 100 20 all St. 100 St. 100 25 8} 25 174 1Y• 100 0 all ,0 4 st. 100 0 all t. 100 0 all RAILW AU. '• [raid I timbz. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet...... Blackburn ..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian. ..... Chester & Holyhead ... Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Cornwall ............... Do. A. ............... Do. B . ........ ••• Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. daber.,Tunc. East Anglian ..... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union , stk Do., do. 8........ .... Do. New A...... ••• ••• East Kent • • East Lancashire ..... East Suffolk ••• •• Do. .................. ,Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness ... Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwell Lond.Bright&S.Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths . . Do. ,101.5h.,m&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shet&Lineln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo'e arrangement Midland Do. Birming.& Derby qidland G.West.(lr.) Do. 2 Shares ......... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E Purch Do Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstri., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdu. St 100 Shropshire Union 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 4i. per; . Shares 100 South Wales all S. Yorksh, River Dun 10 ...... all Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 18c5 161 Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkennl all Waterford&Limericli all West C0rnwa11........ all 'West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do : Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISFI POSSESSIONS. 0 all 8 9 Atlan. and St. Law, Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. .8 1 all oi, 104 )0 1 100 )0 1100 Do. Buffalo dr Lake Hnr Buff. , Brut. & GO ch 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72, DO. do., 1 July, Do. do., 1 June,'74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A s)Jarea Do. B. dc„ 00 100 20 2s. 20 2s4cl 20 I.os 20 1 17. all 20 2s. St. 100 20 15 00 all 00 all 20 all Demerara , Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,' s 7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong dt Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada K) all Do. 6p c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c K) 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c !Oi all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada !Oi ]oi Do. New )0 all Do. Bds., payable '57 )0 all Do. do., '76, p. '6o .20 all Do. do., '73, do. )0 all Do. do., '73, without , option 20 all 'Madras, guar. 4i p.c 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. n 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 20 5 Do. 11 Ex., g. sp.c. 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 20 ss. ; Gude (Limited) 20 5 'Scinde, guar. 5 per c 20 all Do FOR: A otwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes. Belgian East. Junct. Reziers to Graissessac Carmeaux&Toulous, Coal Mines and Ry. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New ___ Euphrates Valley Gt Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bak Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Lyons and Geneva Lyons Sr, Mediterran, Maria Ante-ja Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. e. Pref, Northern of France. NorwegianTrnk.Pref ,Paris and Lyons all ;0 7 .0 7i A.) a 5 all Paris and Orleans , Reeife at San Fran , (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Roma and Royal Danish Royal Swedish • 20 2 all Sambre and Meuse 10 all )o. 5i per cent. pref. 20 all Southern of France.. 8 all West Flanders 10 all Do. 5A per c. Pref . 20 all IW. &S . .W. of France 20 6 'Western of Austria... 20 all West. of Switzerland 6 all I Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof. 20 I all Zealand .0 all ;0 18 5 all !0 16 6 all * 12 !O all :4 1 all 2s. tO 18 ;o all [6 4 ,!0 all !O all id— par 5 4d 88 92 85 90 85 90 ••• •• 11 "'•I .F 100 101 i d -- iP —20 f 54 55 874 —8 3 i 19 20 Id rar 21i 22 4 1 99 lOr 109 1 13 109 113 107 -109 18. - 19 1 1 9 - 20 - 1 -f- ..§ ! - - 1 - Ip, 6a ,•• ... i ••• la - 4 - 27tt - 28 pttr - iP 23 - 241 7i - 8 O• ''.. ' • • „. 4n, 26 = i'7 7 - 8 193 - 201 33 - 334 81 - 8 4 - 55 56 - 58 i }a 1 8 - 8 i 261 - 27/ 4i - 5 8i - 91 2£q -29 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 1 2 4 : 0 5 11511801 i (Australasiaßßkk oo of London E t 4() all Bri.Col Bk..&Ln Co ' 50 all British N. American 20 BiC.Bk . of Ind.Au.d;Ch 100 50 ;City Commercial of Loud 100 100 25 Colonial 20 20 all Eug.Seot&Aus.Cht. 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 20 all Ditto New ... . ...... 21., 20 London and County 50 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 'Do. New.. . . • 50 22i National Bank ...... 20 all New South Wales.... 25 911 Oriental Bank Corp 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 :IS Provinc'al of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 B.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia_ 2ilDo. New 50 10 'Union of London 89 91 2 lAd 46 48 54 - t 5 6 - 7 64 11 - - 661 18 -- 17i -- 18- 46 - 4 S 35 - 3G par 1 PI _ 50 Unity Mutual ...al 50 Westrak of Laud.. 13 114 St. :100 St. 'lOO 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 - all 501 9 20, all St. ,100 50 3 St. 100 St. 100 St. 'lOO St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16i 50 all St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 20 20 i all 10 all St.loo 20 25 25 25 rt SUN, LONDON SATORDA EVENIA G, JULY 25, 1857; Frp PAIL LIA.MENT. Qlr I Paidll RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices this day I tusiness this dey Ft OUSE OF L RDS (YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR toDk his seat on the wool. sack at five o'clock. Loral RAVENSWORTII prevented a petition from the officers and seamen frequenting the ports of the Tyne, praying for the formatio n o f a harbour of refuge on the north-east coaQt. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following biil4 were read a third time and passed :—D ake of Bridgewater's Estate (as ainended) ; Dexttirop Turnpike Trust ; London City Coal Duties ; European and India Junction Telegraph Compy. ; West of Fife Mineral Rail way ; Clyde Navigation ; Pultenay Town Harbour ; Elie Harbour ; Newquay Pier and Harboor and Railway ; Reading Railways Junction Railway ; S!aney River Improvinent ; Stockport, Disley, arid Wbaley Bridge Rail way ; Worksop atiii Attercliffe Road ; Westminwter Terminus Railway Extension (Clapham to Nor wood Abandonment); Burial of the Dead within the City and Liberties of London; Otley and Skipton Mal; Han lingclon and Todmorden Roads ; Fife and Kinross Rail way ; and Kinross-shire Railway. lordships were feebly attempting to discharge—would have been performing that euty with the irresistible force of his high authority —a duty not so much to the memory of his cherished friend as to the services he had rendere f to his country—not only the services he had performed under the noble duke, but the inestimable services be bad performed when in command of the most arduous expedition which had ever left our shores, and under difficulties almost overwhelming, he had led our troops and the troopa of our allies, with whom his kindly nature and his great nisdom preserved an undeviating friendship— (hear, hear)—led them to a victory in some respects without an example in the proud military annals of his country. (Loud cheers) He (Lord Brougham) had heard both military and naval men of the longest and large 4 experience express the warmest—the most, if he might so say —the most inexpressible admiration of the manner in which the landing in the Crimea had been conducted before the battle of the Alma ; and it must not be forgotten that it was' to the firm ness of Lsrrl Raglan that we owed the landing in the Crimea at that critical moment at all. Marshal St. Amend, of whom no man could wish to speak with deeper regret for his loss or with greater admiration for his ability—Marshal St. Arnaud, who was labouring at that time under the disease with which he was stricken, and which unhappily proved mortal, was wholly against the operation. At first he rtfwed his concurrence ; but when urged by Lord Raglan—urged with the noble 1 trd's characteristic firmness, which was euly equalled by his kindly forbearance—Marshal St. Arnaud, with a candour and a wisdom, the one equal to the other, gave up his opposition, and consented to take a part in the enterpriss. The field of Alma followed, and if Lord Raglan's advice had been taken, the allies within eight-and-forny hours would have been in pos• ses,ion of Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.) He said that on the best of all authorities. He knew that it might be cal'ed wisdom after the event ; but they had it upon the confession of the enemy himself that Sebastopol must have fallen if the allies had only advanced upon it imme diately after the bat:le of the Alma. Instead of that, however, there was substituted a march, the execution of which no doubt did the highest honour to the mili tary talents of the commanders, and which led to two or three glorious though fruitless victories ; but, unhappily the general result was a great prolongation of the siege, and a great consequent loss of life. Nevertheless the victory was ours ; and to whom could we ascribe it but t , ) Lord Raglan (C ears.) From the beginning, throughout, and to the end, when unhappily he fell a sacrifice to disease brought on partly by the climate, but in a much greater proportion by his mental anxiety, and the cruel disappointment which he experienced— to him we owed the whole of that great achievement which had added so much, if anything could add, to the lustre of our arms. (Cheers.) Should they not, then, reward acts like these ! Should they be grudge a monument to such a man ? •He did not say begrudge at all as a matter of economy, but as one of precedent, which appeared to weigh so much upon his noble friend (Lord Panmure) ; but should they, through a fear of precedents—which could after all have very little, if any, application—refuse to Lord Raglan a monument, to which public opinion was prepared to assent, and which they were even prepared to ask? (Cheers.) He (Lord Brougham) knew it required no monument to hand down such deeds as these to all suc ceeding ages, He knew, as was well said by an orator of antiquity, that " Ilustrious men need no trophy ; the whole world is their monument." (Cheers.) Never theless, he (Lord Brougham) humbly thought that they would do well to yield to the prejudice of local associa tions, and perpetuate his rame and imperishable re nown by the ordinary mode of erecting a monument to his memory, in order that others might be excited to follow his bright example. (Hear.) The Earl of DERBY could not resist the opportunity of adding the humble tribute of his praise to the great and signal merit of the late Lord Raglan, and of express ing his deep regret at the answer of the noble lord to the question of the noble earl. He thought the noble earl might have claimed t he public gratitude for Lord Raglan with regard to a much earlier period of his life than that on which he chiefly dwelt. (Hear, hear.) With the exception of that illustrious personage, the Duke of Wellingten himself, there was hardly an instance of a man baring for so long a time devoted his great talents, military and civil, to the public service, as the late Lord. Raglan. (Cheers.) He was extremely sorry that the noble lord should have given what he was afraid he must consider a refusal to the request of the noble earl, although the noble lord would not say that the Govern ment might not, on some future and more favourable opportunity, entertain his proposal. Lord PANKURE said the noble earl was putting words into his mouth which he bad never used. Lord DERBY—WeII, if the noble lord disclaimed the words— Lord PANNIURE—I not only disci - arch - them, but I never used them. (Cheers.) Lord DERBY must have misunderstood the noble lord, though he certainly thought be had heard him say what he had stated, and many of his noble friends around him had fallen into the same error. They had certainly thought they heard the noble baron allude to some future and more favourable opportunity. (Cheers.) Loid PANHURE—I utterly deny that I used the words, " more favourable," and I am surprised that when the ❑oble call has received a direct denial from a gentleman, he does not take his word. (Cheers ) Lord DERBY did take the noble lord's word, and he conceived that the noble lord was displaying a very un nece,sary amount of temper. (Hear, hear.) Lt,rd FORTESCUE observed that it was he whoused the word, "future and more favourable opportunity." Lord DERBY said that when the noble baron talked of monuments being granted to persons only who had performed very great and signal services, he would not follow out the inference which must necessarily be drawn with regard to the services of Lord Raglan. He con sidered that the services of Lord Raglan in the Peuin sula and at Waterloo, his services for twenty-five years at the Horse Guards, his ready acceptance of the command in the Crimea, the manner in which he had struggled against every difficulty, and the confidence which he had had inspired not only in his own troops but in those of our allies, entitled hint to be placed in the category of those who hal performed great and signal services to their country. (Coeers.) He did not think that the noble lord was right in the role which had been laid down with regard to monuments being only granted to military commanders who had died in actual battle or of their wounds. He believed that Lord Collingwood, Lord St. Vincent, and Lord Cornwallis had all had niouuments. (Hear) But ho maintained that Lord Raglan had owed his death as much as any man could do to his devotion to his country, and he therefore contended that the noble lord ca e fairly within the rule. (Hear.) He (Lord Derby) should like to know when a more favourable opportunity could occur than the present. It was now more than two years since the death of Lord Raglan. Were the government waiting to see how much public pressure could be brought to bear upon them in reference to this subject, on which it was peculiarly their province to decide! (Hear.) He had heard with some regret that the noble earl intended to bring the question forward, because he thought that if the government assented t 7 it, the act would lose a great portion of its grace, and, if they refused, then an addi tional slur would be cast upon the character of Lord Raglan, which had already been subjected to much un deserved obloquy. (Hear.) He must, however, again express his deep sorrow at the answer the question bad received ; more especially on account of the slur the government had thrown on the services of Lord Raglan. (Cheers.) Earl GRANVILLE said the debate had not taken a very pleasant turn, and when the noble earl talked of temper, he did not think the tone of his own observations was altogether defensible. With everything that had been said in favour of Lord Raglan he (Lord Granville) entirely concurred ; but still he did not think it would be . desirable, even for that noble lord's own reputation, that the government should proceed to decide on the question until they had perfectly satisfied themselves that the proposal would meet withlgeneral concurrence. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of BEAUFORT was glad to bear the state ment of the noble earl that he concurred in tI e eulogies which had been passed upon his late relative. The Minister of War, however, had not said a single word i❑ praise of that great man, who had carried out to the best of his endeavours the orders he had received front the noble lord. Nay, he would go further—the noble lord had put the last crowning act upon his treatment of his (the duke's) noble relative, whom during his life he bad constantly vilified [so the noble duke was understood to say]. The subject then dropped. IMMIGRATION INTO THE WEST INDIA. COLONIES. The Marquis; of CLANRICARDE presented a peti tion from Guiana, praying for the removal of certain impediments to the importation into that colony of free laboure.r4. The Crown Suits (Scotland) Bill, the Bill Chambers (Scotland) NI, and the Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) were severally read a second time The Portland Harbour Bill, and the Chatham Lands Bill, pas.ed through committee. Their lordships then adj,..urned at ten minutes past 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—ONsTE RDAY. ) The SPEAKER took the cha ir at twelve o'clock. his seat for Oxf or d m oEk e W i t n b b eM e r cEa t w M" a ß s aEn i rd : . troduced by M r. City. The C A T R i f e w E h t : , L n . t N o Weguelin and Mr. Glynn. After taking the oaths he occupied hi; usual seat during the latte r p ar t G f t h e last seiFion, at tho c orner immediately above the gang way and behind the Treasury bench. He received the war m congratulations of his numerous friends in the house . The hon. gentlernan presented a petition from Oxford against the Divorce Bill, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the following private bills were cousidered and agreed to :—Atlantic Telegraph Company ; Dartmouth and Torbay Railway ; Dundalk and Enni,killen Railway ; East SomEr3et Railway ; Newton and Machynlleth Railway ; Prestwich Railway and Riviclin, Roads ; Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ; London and North Western Railway, and SbropsLire Canal C Anpanies. St. 100 Illo.ckghamsll. St 100 Civics:24le Jc, 25 all ICOl.Staur Vy. R. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p. , 5 all E. Un. H. Sh, St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New 2'4 all Glstr.&Da.Fr 50 all !Hull & Selby. 55 all IDo. Shares. l 2 all IDo. I Shares. l2i all iLon.&Greenw at) all IDo.Preference "it. 100 ILon. Til., &S. l 0 7IDo. Birk. Sh. 5i all Illaneh.Bxton. and Matlock ...it. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. 50 all N.&Est.sp.c. 50 all Do. 6 per et.. 50 all Do. Fixed sp.e . 25 all Prest. &Wyre 12ji all Do. St. :100 Roystn.& Hit. 10 I all Shrews.& Her 112 all S. Staffordsh, 97 50 20. 11_ i Jib 3 all WearVal.g6pc 5 I all Do St. ilOO ,Wilts&Sarnrat 5 I all 97i 8 63i a 1031 it. 100 10 60 all 100 !O 15 92 41f 74 I 5 I 3 i j i i 89 ft. 1100 2? all .23 all ;t. 100 6 41, it. 100 L 26 all L 24 all L 24 10. z, it. 100 it. 100 it. 1.00 it. 100 LO all 10 8 10 all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 7 34 St. 100 17 81 1 20 13 12i 9 25 10 20 all St. 100 St. 100 si all St 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 10 all 1..0.6, all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 20 all 25 all 25 15 12i all 6 all LnAISLIAT. c'aladon.- NT or Ulu E. Count. Calclonian. Do =it. 'Nest) Y.& N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & CO Do La.. &N. W & E. Count Do Do. . I Do L. &IS . W 'Do Gt.Northn T. Braasoy M. MCI eau Stk.drDar Do at. w, PREFEREN, Blyth and Tyne 10 p. t eDßez Br i ; s e i e& n p f E e ( x r xi a 1 . c 94 0 . (1. 5 P 4 a h . ac p.rs. e 0 Ssl" C. ) Ches. & Ho. 51 P.C. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandon 5 p.o Dun. Perth. &Aber.J E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. e Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un„ G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p .cts E.&W. York. J. sths Min.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot .1 st Pro Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk 1 Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. r-on. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. Now Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... Lonrly.& Color. # Sh. Londy. &Enpis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. k Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Itid.Consol. 6p. c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. Prof. St Do. L. &H. Pref. St Now.,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. sp:e.pm Do. Perpet. 6 pe. et N'orfk D eb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846, Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847' Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British . D 4. 71. Preference... N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.ll Do, do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York Ef. &S. Par North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Ceut.New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber.g.6p.c no. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of Li Os. 6d Do. 4 per cent Do. Fixed 42 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c , S.Yorksh. 4 p.c.Guar, Stock. &Dar., sp. c, Do. do. do. Stock. (It MAL g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '36 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. iii - 13 i 133 - 135 I -41 166 iiia 12 -12 i 2)i - 2'4 ICO - 102 id- p 21 - 2i 90 - 92 - g P 55 - 57 131 - 133 8 - 84 9 - 94 32 - 31 89 91 E SHARES. 89 - 91 en = 97 5i - 6,f 111 - 115 112 - 116 - 12 70 - 72 114 - 116 105 - 107 100 - 102 60 -- 62 10i -- 10,1 92 -- 94 82 - 84 83 -- 85 99 -101 91 -- 104 17 -17 t 91 -- 10 73 -- 75 191 -- 204 9i -10 i 141 -- 154 138 - 141 115 - 117 155 - 158 6' - C 9 132 - 134 96 - 98 87 - 89 - ••• - ••• 102 - 104 93 - 95 - 111 1 --- ?-1 22i - 13 116 - 118 98 - 100 114 - 110 105 - 110 is 19 22i - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 2'i = 2 - ••• - ... 2i - 2i BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (Philk. ) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. ends. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus Grt.W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.BAsset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. MM. Co S. Caradon (St. Clear S. Carn Broa (Illogn. S.W. Frances(Mogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Minee (Gwennap IV. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth) Wh. alward(Calstck Wh. Kitty (U. Llant IWh.Ma.Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 17 - 18 6 - 7 130 - 140 410 - 450 15 - 17 - 84 3i - 10 - 12 12 - 13 3 - 4 19 - 21 5 - 6 2k - 315 - 325 4 - 5 375 -- 285 - 3t -4. f 26 - 28 i2O - 130 230 - 250 300 310 5A- 6 20 21 46 - 48 24 - 26 FO R EIGN 1 AustrAllan t3razilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Dcl Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copia po Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada No veau Monde Pont. Sil. LdM. & Srall Port Philip Santiago do Cuba , oath Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Prof , United Mexican MISOK kustrZiarAglicult Austrain. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July r Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Aug. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&,hept. Copper MM. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace Do. 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MINES. i - i - 2 11 - 13 45 47 10 12 16 18 7i 7f 1d p i - i' * / 1 - ii **.ia 'AN BO US . •.• •••• 4,11 - 138 142 ili3 - 111 30 35 25 27 la 5 5 1.01 - 13 1$ lid 3i 31 1# 2 - lki 1 34 4 3 4 # id 18 22 97 -9.) 4 - 8 94 lh 4c l iP 1 68 # 70 43 5p 22 24 6 8 58 60 1i 11 LO5 - 107 33 - 36 -1 --1 ••. ...': ••• 11 - 12 • 4 .4 A. 1 4, 117 * "..1 041 t t• ;' t e 1 O.,Mg *CC' 4 " t 81/Ar oFTP WA Seven, ...'(flock. TATTERSALL'S—(This Evening.) GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Rosati (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Martinet (taken) 10 to' 1 aget Barfleur (taken and offered) 14 to 1 aget Hobgoblin 15 to 1 apt Van Dunck (taken) 20 to 1 aget Bird in-the-Hand 25 to 1 agst Fish.irmln (offered) 25 to 1 agst Homily (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) 1,000 to 80 agat Funeok (offered) GOOD WOOD CUP. 9 ti 2 ag , t Gemma di Vergy (offered) 6to 1 agst Anton (offered take 7 t) 1) 7to 1 aget Florin (take Bto 1) 8 to 1 agst Fisherman (take 9 to 1) Bto 1 agat Arsenal (taken) 10 to 1 aget Pryor and Prioress, coupled (taken) 15 to 1 agst Riseber (e ffered) ST. LEGER. 7to 4 agst Blink Bonny. 7to 2 agst Ignoramus (take 4to 1) 50 to 1 aget B ,shi Bazouk (taken and offered) LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.) IN BE THE WELSH POTOSI SILVER, LEAD, AND COPPER MINING COMPANY. To-day was appointed for heari❑g further arguments on the petition for winding up the affairs of the above company. Mr. Bagley appeared in support of the petition ; to which an objection was taken that the company was erroneously described, and that it should have been the Welsh Potosi Lead aid Copper Mining Company. After a long discussion, his Honour held that as no one coul I have been misled he could amend the error, and that the company could be properly described in the subsequent proceedings. On order was accordingly made as prayed for, and Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, was appointed official liquidator. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) THAMES. Edwin Barton, a licensed victuailer, appeared to answer a 911 , nmons for sufferin 4 drunken and disorderly persons in his house, " The Windmill," Rosemary-lane. Burton said he wag not the landlord of the house, but the police-inspector informed the magistrate that ho was the ostensible proprietor, the trainfer of the license being merely colourable, as it was thought the license would have been lost had Barton applied for it. The house wa3 open nearly all night. The magistrate was of opinion that Burton was the real lanfl)rd, and fined him 51. for the offence. SOUTIDVit_RK. SINCILAR CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY. —Margaret Williams and Ann Jones, two unfortunate young fe males, were brought laff,,re Mr. Burnham, charged with stealing a gold bracelet from the person of Sarah Ann Endle. From the evidence, it appeared that the bracelet was snatched from the arm of the prosecutrix by a woman in company with Jones, but she managed to escape. Williams was taken into custody on suspicion of being the person, but she denied all knowledge of the erob bery. Remanded. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- (Th:is Day.) LONDON, July 23.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy, a ft er a heavy shower of rain. PORTSMOUTH, July 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Windsor Castle, from London for Bombay. Sailed— William Hammond, for Calcutta. FALIIOUTif, July 21.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Oceans., from Havana; Catherine Johnson, Alloa for Monte Video. CARDIFF, July 24.—Wind W.—Sailed—Prince Albert, for Alexandria •, Eliza Jane, ditto. MILFORD, July 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sophia, from Quebec. SWANSEA, July 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Conrad, froiu Coquimbo; Pilot, Teneriffe. Sailed—Louise, for Teneriffe ; Exchange, New York. COWES, July 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—James Armstrong, from Havre for Liverpool. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived.—Favourite, from Miramield ; Orkney Lass, Amsterdam. . . Off.—British Lion, from Bombay ; Ariel, Ceara ; Le 'rant, Belocchee, City of Manchester, Carthagena, Coun tess of London, Eudor. QUEENSTOWN, JULY 23. Wind S.W. Arrived—Burgos Annette, from Halifax, N.S. ; Queen of tho Islea, Galata ; Ils.tanzaq, Matanzas ; Loda, Galata; Rubicon, Callao ; Aneo, and Sevetson Ledkendoff, Odessa. DUBLIN', July 24. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Hope, from Quebec ; Hope, St. John's, N.B. ; Agnes Auderton, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, July 24. Wind W. Arrived—Robert A. Robins, from St. John's, N.B. ; Lady Campbell, Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND 'BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRANESEND, Saturday , 10.15 a.m. Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, July 24.—Unanimity, from Savannah. Arrived, July 25.—Jenny, from Grenada; Royal Con sort, Dantzic ; Henry, Drobak ; Melona, Guernsey; Titus, Konigsberg ; Mary Muncaster, Quebec ; Ashbury, Rouen ; Ulysses, Caen ; Spreereyestrayswarre, Quebec; Koophandel, Groningen ; Hoppet, Quebec. Sailed, July 25—Ural, for Bombay. DEAL, Friday, 9.40 a.m. Wind W.S.W., fresh, rather fine. Paused.—Alipore, from Madras; Athlete, Bombay ; Hafuren, Quebec—all for London. Passed, 24—Abeona, from London, for Malta. Anchored—Valencia, from London, for San tander. Sailed—Liverpool, for Hong Kong, in tow ; Romochan, for London. The Queen of the Netherlands visited the Agamem non yesterday at Greenwich, previous to her departure with the Transatlantic telegraph. The overland Australian mails are expected to be delivered in London on Monday morning. The half-yearly meeting of the South Eastern Railway Company is called for the 25th of August. Yesterday morning a lad, named William Hasper, was drowned at Blsekfriars-bridge, while bathing. Harvest operations are now general throughout the south of England, and the weather is most propitious. Count Collorado, the Austrian ambassador, has been commissioned to compliment the Pope on the political results of his tour in the provinces. From this we may conclude the Cabinet of Vienna is well satisfied that his Holiness has not listened to an y political addresses. The Pope returns to Rome in September. BER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.—The extra farewell per. formaocea given at the above theatre during the present week have been greatly successful; as indeed they could scarcely have failed to be with such immense attractions, whether in opera or ballet, as each proiraturne offered, at unprecedently low prices of admission. Last night Rossini 's charming 'La Cenerentola," with the following cast—Angelina, Madame Alboni ; Magnifico, Signor Rossi ; Ramiro, Signor Belart ; and Dandini, Signor Bellettil; was per forme 1 for the first time since last year. We need scarcely add that Maclaine Alboni was enthusiastically applauded in all her efforts, or that her incomparable reoderiug of the univer,ally popular "Non pits meeta" elicited the cu,tonsary encore. The house was crowded in every part. FIRE AT LAMBETH WORKIIOI73E.—Last night, about 8 o'clock, a fire, of a very alarming nature, broke out in that portion of the building occupied by the sick and infirm inmates. The whole of the occupants of the sick ward were removed with safety, and, after the most strenoous exertions of the firemen, the fire, which was fortunately confined to that part of the workhouse in which it originated, was subdued. Mr. J. B. Gengh's engagement with the National Teniperance League and the Scottish Temperance League extends over three years, the arrangement being that he lectures f our mon ths each year in Scotland, and eigbt months in England. He will address one or two meetings for the National Temperance League, and then go to Scotland until the end of December. — Weekly Record. THE WATER Or THE SERPENTINE.—A very interesting report, Micoscopicat and Chemical, by Dr. Hassell, on the water of the Serpentine, has just been submitted to the House of Commons, and ordered to be printed. It clearly proves that this water is in a very bad and un wholesome state, and demonstrates the necessity for some efficient remedial measures being retorted to. Dr. Hassell suggests that steps should be taken similar in principle to those which have already been carried into eff-ct, fix the purification of the water of the lake in St. J ames ' s Park. He considers that the Serpentine should be erupted, and all the bleak and putrid mud, the col lection of the impurities of years, removed ; that the bottom should be levelled, rendered more shallow, and of one uniform depth of about 4 feet ; that, it should be covered with concrete ; and lastly, that it should be sup plied with pure spring water ' arrangements being ma de with the water companies for a temporary supply of water, in the event of the supply from the springs falling short at any time. These measures the doctor states are to be most strongly advocated, not only on sanitary grounds, but on that of humanity. Not only could bathers resort to the Serpentine in greater numbers, and with more advantage to their health, not only would the atmosphere near the water be more healthful, but the lives of hundreds of persons would eventually be wed. BUSINESS OF TilE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY referred to a notice he had given last session to his noble friend (Lord Rede-dale) for the appointment of a particular day after which their lordships would not consider the merits of bills sent up to that house. He coul readily understand why his noble friend, in the present session, had not given notice, because the real business of Parliament not 'having commenced till May, it was considered inconvenient to fix a day for the final con sideration of bills. They had now, however, arrived at a period so advanced that it would be very agreeable to both sides of the house that n) more bills should be submitted to their consideration. (Heer.) He trusted therefore it would not be thought unreasonable if he suggested to the propriety of naming a day for the final disposal of a!! the bills requiring a second reading. He thought the Government would see the convenience of acquiescing in such arrangements. Lord REDESD , ILE said it was true he was pre vented from moving the usual sessional order in con sequence of the period at which Parliament was called together. At the same time he might inform their lordships that everything that had since occurred only the more convinced him that itsvas highly important such a resolution should be adopted. If such an order had existed he was persuaded that the business of the other house would be much more advanced than it was at the present moment. He did not now feel disposed to move such a resolution The Earl of INIALMESBURY (alter a abort pause) said he thought the subject deserved some notice by the Government. Lord GRANVILLE said that at an early period of the session he had been in communication with the noble lord (Redesdale) on the subject, and it was then arranged that owing to the advanced period at which Parliament met, it would be inconvenient if such a re schtion was agred to. The Earl of DERBY said he had already admitted the peculiar cir,umstances of the present session, and he therefore trusted that the Government would fix a day themselves for the final consideration of measures that it was important should be passed during the present session, TOLL REFORM. In answer to Lord RAVENSWORTII, Earl GRANVILLE said the present session was too far advanced for the introduction of a bill on the subject. Government would direct attention'to it during the recess with a view of asc ertaining the best course 0 be pur- sued. The Home Secretary was at present in communi cation with the Commissioners of Roads on the subject. MENIORI XL TO THE LATE LORD RAGLAN. Earl FORTESCUE asked whether it was the inten- tion of the Government to erect a monument to the late Lord Raglan ? Elliteen months had now elapsed since the close of the late war. The honours and distinctions of that war had been bestowed by the hand of the Sove reign on their fortunate possessors. (aear, hear.) In raferrirg t) the deserts of Lord Raglan, I.e would only notice those points which were unquestionable, and wt.uld refer as little as pos-itle to the merits of other par ties. The expedition to the Crimes, though determined on in April 1354, had been only carried cut in Septem ber of that year ; and it required all the energy, skill, and influence of Lord Raglan, with our allies, to carry it to a succes-ful issue, The landing was effected without the loss of a single boat or man ; and the heights of the Alma were speedily won. It was now well known that, immediately after that victory, Lord Raglan urged the pursuit of the enemy ; and it was now admitted by the Russians themselves that had that bold course been taken, Sebastopol must have been ours in the course of a few days. In the disasters which followed, the British public and the British press had been unsparing in their censure of those who neglected to make due provision for the undertaking. It should be remembered how confi dently it was predicted that. Sebastopol would fall in a few weeks, and on more than one occasion a report was circulated, and generally believed, that the fortress had been taken. There was every reason to believe that the object would have been gi-fined had Lord Raglan's ad vice in the first instance been taken ; and it was probable the public would not have approved of an amount of I re paration which no one supposed would be needed. After the battle of Inker mannA he same advice was given by Lord Raglan as t the pursuit of the disordered Russian army ; and the French general had since admitted that he was mistaken in not following that advice. The ex _ pedition to Kertch was attended with a success which lift nothing to regret. The failure of the attack on the Redan on the 18th of June had sariowly affected Lord Raglan. The distress and vexation of that failure hastened his death, which occurred ten days afterwards. (Rear.) His personal qualifications were undoubted ; his imperturbable gallantry had been testified to by Mar shal St. Arnaud—no mean judge —as worthy of the heroes of ancient times. (Hear.) Lord Raglan pos. sensed also the much rarer virtue of great fortitude un der circumstances of difficulty and distress ; and his simple, frank courtesy won the hearts, as his greatjudg went convinced the minds, of all with whom he came ICI contact. (Hear.) Nor would the historian forget to record his constant and unwearied exertions to promote as far as he could the comfort and to alieviate the suffer ings of his men—exertions to which the best testimony was the enthusiastic affection with which he was re ceived by his troops upon every occasion when he was recognised by any portion of there in his frequent but unostentatious visits, by day and by night, to their camps and to their quartets. (dear.) That Lord Raglan, with his singular modesty, should not have valued him self upon the possession of qualities which he considered were common to every soldier, or upon deeds which he looked on as among the simplest duties of a commander, no one who knew him would wonder at ; but it might fairly be asked, when his strategical movements were attacked and invidiously compared with what were sup posed to be the greater energy and rapidity exhibited on the part of the French, it might fairly be asked why he had never sought to justify himself ? Those who had seen the private correspondence of Lord Raglan would bear him out when he said that the noble ford never suffered a line to go forth from his pen which could convey the idea that any difference of opinion ex isted between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of our allies ; because with the true spirit of a patriot and a hero he preferred to suffer blame to be cat upon himself rather than put in hazard for one moment that good understand between the two armies which he felt to be a prime ingredient in the success of that great cause which he had so much at heart. (Cheers.) These were the grounds upon which be (the noble earl) asked for the late Lord Ragland the distinction which had been conferred upon other couinsanders who bad died in the service of their country. The noble lord concluded by asking whether—if not now, at some future and more favourable opportunity—the Government would be pre pared to take the course pointed out in the question he had address to them Lord PANNI ORE bad listened with great satisfaction to the tribute which his noble friend had thought it but right to pay to the memory of the late Lord Raglan. The noble earl must not suppose that because the Go vernment bad not proposed to the other House of Par liament a vote for a marble monument, they were in sensible to the services rendered by Lord Raglan, or that they did not feel that those services bad been attended with beneficial results. He hoped, too, the noble earl would not say that the public of this country had not fully expressed their opinion upon the unhappy death of the gallant lord whese merits their lordships were now discussing. In point of fact, they bad expressed, by the votes of both Houses of Parliament, the attact.nsent they felt to the memory of the trible and gallant lord. He (Lord Panmure) looked upon those votes as a public testimony to public services, and in that spirit they had been proposed. With regard to public monu ments, the Govesnruent were compelled to be cautious how they were bestowed. In the military history of our country (with the exceptions his noble friend had pointed out) every public monument that had been placed upon the walls cut the cathedral in the city or the neighbouring abbey, had been decreed to commanders who had fallen in the execution of their duty. But Lerd sedan was not without his monument. A sum of 20,0001. had been set apart for the erection in the East of a monument dedicated to the memory of the sold mere, sailors, and marines who had fallen in the service of their country. The most conspicuous object which would meet the gaze of all who approached Constantinople would be this monument, which would shertity be erected by this country to the memory Of her sons ; and the first name that would be inscribed upon it would be that of Lord Raglan, in association with those of his gallant comrades in arms who bad perished with him in the war. (Hear.) He (Lord Paninure) did not mean to say that this country would not at some future time en• tertain the proposition ; but he wonld remind their lord ships that in eras:tine a public monument; whether to a statesman or to a soldier, it must, in the first place, be done with the full concurrence and approbation of the people ; and next, in order to make these memorials valued, it must be for services of the highest character which either a statesman or a soldier could render. Lord BROUGHAM was understood to say that the answer of the noble lord would have been most unfor tunate, even if p rsonal feelings only were involved— (cheers)—even if the only question bad been one of time private virtues of Lord Raglan, that gentle nature which bad ever been found in alliance with brilliant courage—(hear)—even if they had only to regard his great and useful services in a long life devoted to his country—(lwed cheers) —in a moat difficult office, from his earliest years, when, to the astonishment of his young contemporaries, be was singled out by the unerr ing sagacity of that great captain, who from time at tached him to his person, and continued to repose his confidence in him till the last hour of his illustrious life ; and who, had he fortunately been spared to them, would oa that day have been performing the duty which ti.ei ELECTION COMMITTEE. land. The Committee appointed to t;y the return for Hun- tingdon county was sworn at the table of the House. LUNATICS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The arnendmeetsi to this bill were considered. Mr. C. BRUCE suggested that the new Lunacy Board should be put into working order, with Sir J M`Neil, president of the Scotch Poor Law Board, at its head. Ths LORD ADVOCATE said that he had consulted SirJ.Nl.'Neilon the expediency of joining the two boards. He had expressed his readiness to undertake the duties, but he considered it inadvisable to join the two board, the working of which would be very daft-rent. In reply to a question, The LORD ADVOCATE said that he bad intended to alter the l‘alaries to be raid to the commissioner from 1,200/. a year to 1,0001., but lie foucd he was too hite, as the clause was passd. Ile assured the house that the commissioners would not be p more than 1,0001. per annum. (Hear, hear.) Mr. STIRLING moved the omission of clause 113, which exempted from assessments Orkney and Shet: Mr. BLACKBURN suggested that the exemption should only apply to Shetland, which after a discussion was agreed to: - The other amendments were then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this Sir J. OGILVEY said he had no wish to make any fac tious opposition to the bill, but he objected to the prin. ciple of centralisation it would establish, as opposed to local self-government, which was dear to the people of Scotland, the destruction of which they would not submit to it if it were possible to avoid it. It %. as no reason that because the principle had been introduced into the English Police Act that it should be applied to Scot land, and he thought it should be resisted to prevent the establishment of a a precedent in future legislation. Admitting the principle to be applicable to England, he contended that it was not - to Scotland; the circum stances connected with the management of the body being vastly different in the two countries. ' The bouse then went into committee on the bill. Clause 1, with amendments, was agreed to. en clause 2, Sir J. ANDERSON said it was only right that burghsforming part of counties should have a voice in the management of the police, and he moved the insertion of words that the provost of chid magistrate of every burgh containing 1,000 inhabitants, incorporated with the county for the purposes of this act, should be a member of the police committee. After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn. On clause 3, relative to the power of the Secretary of State, The LORD ADVOCATE said that this and several other clauses, bearing on the subject, were copied, word for word, from the English Act. All th e Government asked for was, that having consented to bear a certain portion of the expense of the fine, the same powers should be given them in Scotland that they had in England, where the country gentlemen were as jealous of centralisation as those of Scotland. The E glish bill had been found to work well, and he knew no reason why its principle should not be applied to Scotland. The learned gentleman then gave several in- stances of the evils resulting from local eelf•government in Scotland relative to the police force; and maid that all this bill propsed was to give the Government a certain amount of superintendence of the police in Scotland, but not an interference otherwise than to see that the public interest did n:t suffer. Mr. C. BRUCE supprted the establishment of an efficient police force throughout Scotland, The details of management should be left in the hittids of the people of Scotlaud. He also urged the necessity of a certlin number of detectives being kept, either at the expense of the Government or of the people of Scotland. Atter a discussion, in which Sir T. E. Colebrooke, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Back, Cul. Sykev, Mr. W. Tt. wart, Sir G. Grey, and other members took part, the com mittee divided, when the numbers were— For the motion 74 Against it 47 Majority The clause wai agreed t 3. Clauses up to 23 were agreed to, with amendments, when the chairman reported progress, and asked leave . _ to sit again. The other orders for the morning sitting were die posed of, and the house suspended its sittings at 4 o'clock. Toe house resumed at 6 o'clock. INDIA. Lord PALMERSTON—I wish to invert the ordinary courAe of proe , ediug, and to ask a question on this side of the house of the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire. The arrangement made the other day w as, teat we were to give up Monday to the right gentitman, in order teat he might make amution on the affairs of India. I suggested to the right hon. gentleman Monday, rather than to-day, with a ♦iew to the probability of the next mail from India arriving be fore Monday, but I have heard since that the mail is 'RA likely to be here until some time in the course of Mon- day, and therefore I suge3t to the right hon. gentleman v,laether he will take Monday or the next earliest govern ment day in the week, so as to make sure that in the meantime the mail will have arrived, and that the whole of the country as well as the Directors of the East India - Company may be in possession of whatever news there may be. We are entirely at the discretion of the right hon. gentleman as to whether the arrangement shall stand good for Monday, or whether we shall give bins Thursday, if it suit him. Of course the right hon. gen tlealau will put upon the votes what the motion is that he intends to make. Mr. DISRAELI—Upon a question of this kind of course any intimation by the noble lord will have from me my grave attention ; but the noble lord will remember that it waq at his own suggestion that delay took place in bringing forward this ques tion. Ido not myself anticipate that it is of any importance that we should receive any fresh intelli gence before I bring forward the motion which I intend to make. I have beard the suggestion of the noble lord that this matter should be taken into consideration on Thursday, but I hope they noble lord will not be offended at my saying that I have a firm conviction that it is for the public advantage that no delay should take place in bringing on the discussion of which I have spoken ; and I hope the noble lord will, therefore, allow me t ) avail myself of the suggestion originally made by him. I will place on the paper a notice of the motion I propose to make on Monday, but it will refer only to papers and I may say that I have taken this course becausel be lieve it to be an act of public duty. CONVE t ANCE OF TROOPS TO INDIA AND CHINA. Upon the motion for adjournment until Monday, Sir C. NAPIER rose, and said the affairs of India had caused great excitement ;. and he wished to make some observations in reference to the conveyance of troops to that country and to China. The gallant admiral drew attention to the advautages which would attend the em ployment of steam vessels instead of sailing ships. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels took in coal' sufficient for the voyage, because they used coal only during light wind and calms. He would suppose two vessels sailed, one a screw and one only a sailing vessel, and it must be evident to every gen tleman in the house that the sailing vessel must meet with delays from light winds and calms, whilst the screw vessels might be ad vancing at the ordinary rate. The ships sent would get into the Bay of Bengal in lbstober, when the north-east monsoon would prevail, and they would consequently have 8,000 or 10,000 men beating about in the Bay of Bengal for a long time if they were sent in sailing ves sels. He had seen in the newspapers to-day that six steam vessels bad been taken up ; and he was extremely glad that the First Lord of the Admiralty, or whoever had the management of the business had done so. Those steamers would take 4,000 men: but the cost of each man on landing in India in two of the vessels would be 491. and in the others 431. 15a From the enormous price of these vessels, it must be very clear that had the Channel fleet been kept up, and the ships taken troops, they would not have cost so much as they would when conveyed by merchant ships. There might be some reseon which he had no k now l e d ge o f f or paying off the Channel fleet, but after that they had still in port nine vessels of the line, including four screw vessels. and if instead of paying off screw ships we bad paid off sail ing vessels, we should then have had ships in which to send troops to India. He thought that this would be a lesson to the Government not to leave the country with out a prsvision for such emergencies. He had nn hesi tation in saying that with the fleet and with Aldershot, in forty-eight hours—as was done in Mr. Canning's time—we could have sent 4,000 or 5,000 men off to India. If these ships had been at Portsmouth, with assistance from the Coast Guard service, we could still have sent 5,000 men to India, even though the Channel fleet had been paid off. We had eight block ships, and if proper attention had been paid to them, they might have gone to India, and have carried 4,001. or 5,000 men. If we had had the foresight to be prepared at all times we might have had the means at this moment of sending out to India in those block ships and some other vessels 10,000 men, without going into the market to get vessels at all. (Hear, hear.) The sailors who had been discharged had probably found their way to Ame rica, and they were now asked to vote 2,000 more. Sailors, like other person?, did not like being called upon to serve one day and turned adrift soon after. He ads witted thatin the case to which he referred the men went aw ay of their own accord, but they all knew what was the character of tailors, and if they could not get em ployment in one place they would go elsewhere, and he doubted whether the Government would be able to find the small number of men they required. He was happy to perceive that the Admiralty had recently taken up a number of steam vessels, and were now endeavouring to meet the necessities of the case, but he trusted that, in order to pacify the public mind, and especially the minds of those who bad friends in India, the right hon. ba re et would arswer the following questicas :—Hew many wiips have sailed far India or China, the date of sailing their names, tonnage, how many troops they took, the number of days stipulated for the passage, and what forfeit if they fail ; their cost, and whether steamers or sailing ships. H ow many more vessels are taken up fur troops, their names and tonnage, the number of troops each are to carry, the length of voyage stipulated for, the forfeit for non-performance, and the cost, and whether steam or sailing vessels. If any ships of war are commissioned for carrying troops, their names and rate, when they will be ready, and how many troops. they will carry, and whether steam or sailing vessels ; what number of troops of all arms are left in Great Britain and Ireland. Whether steamers have been engaged to tow the vessels into the traded, and thei r cost. • Sir C. WOOD said the hon. and gallant admiral wished fur more information than it was in his power to supply. Tne vessels taken up for the conveyance of troops to India were employed by the East India Com pany, and not by the Admiralty, and therefore he was not able to answer the questions put to him on that ject. 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