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MUSIC the her eir own, L' to-morrow, iciness LITEII NITRE. Sic, &C, I " to tile F.,liter LSTAND.kItD, The Hero's Funeral. A Poem, by Robert Mont M.l. London : G. Routledge and Co. gomery, The reverend author of The Omnipresence of the Deity has vied with the poet laureate—Mr. Alfred Tennyson—in solemnising the obsequies of the Duke of Wellington ; and, taking into account how greatly the charm and influence of poetry depends upon distance—upon that vague remembrance of circumstances which permits the creations of ima gination to mingle with and become portion of the realities of the theme, while the whole life and ac tions, the death and funeral, of the British hero are fresh in the memory of the public, and allow no such combination of fact and fiction to heighten the effect of poetry ; taking these things into account, Mr. Montgomery has given us more life-like pic tures of the last scene of the duke's history than could have been hoped for during the present gene ration. The vivid description of the crowd gathered to pay homage to the ashes of the warrior and states man, as they were borne through the streets of the metropolis to St. Paul's Cathedral, will illustrate what we mean : and palace, T trees; 'els, and ro nen then cc sands coma listant hum; Eve; : y f,irm and every face n's trace,— FCh for each, and _all on all For succour Till thE i chorus call, g air around .... ..... r, Surzes like a sea of sound !" This is admirable word-painting. The scene is placed before us almost as distinctly as the pageants of the theatre. In the following passage, there is a higher strain of poetry, with equal force of truth : p, the banner, nor the plume, " Twas not the po Nor all which gl That touched with superhuman power The awful pathos of that deathless hour. 'Twas moral grandeur !—'twas the true sublime Ot sacred Nature soaring out of time, And drinking in from worlds which Faith can see And one su, t moment ,raps an age of life, than poetry a" With it - passion rife; Making us feel immortal. And claim celestial kinship with the skies Mr. Montgomery, we are pleased to see, in noticing the European homage paid to the liberator of the nations, and the seven marshals, sent from " Belgium and Prussia, Portugal and Spain, And distant Russia, from her ice-bound plain, With Hanover, and England too," has not hesitated to allude in terms of strong re probation to the conduct of another power : ,stincts rise, " Austria sent no warrior chief, Her own to blend with Britain's grief! Coldly apart from those united kings, Who each their homage to a hero brings, Preferred to stand, and gracelessly forget The past she burdens with an unpaid debt, — Because some woman scourger felt A recoil from the blow he dealt. Wnen brutal Vengeance in wild passi , n did What the high chivalries of heart forbid. Alas ! that in an hoar like this the pride Of less than littleness was gratified I And caused a kingdom thus to stand alone, Nor honour him who saved her shaken throne." As a whole, the poem is the best which has yet ap peared on the subject. The time for an heroic poem to celebrate the entire career of the duke has not yet arrived. Hereafter we may have an epic worthy of the nation, with a greater theme than that of Tasso or Camoens, if not greater than the Iliad and the _Eneid, for the events immortalised by Homer and Virgil had less influence upon the des tinies of the human race than the liberation of Europe by the victor of Waterloo. The Scottish Educational and Literary Journal. Edinburgh : James Hogg, Nicholson-street. This journal contains much interesting practical matter for the use of teachers and managers of schools, well written, and carefully printed. The first article, on the " Scotch Accent," gives us a history of the decline of that provincial dialect, which was wont to betray and shame " chiels frae beyond Tweed," till Burns and Sir Walter Scott rendered it classical. Railroads and extended in tercourse with England are now fast obliterating what remained of that Doric vernacular ; and we are assured, in the paper referred to, that lately, " when a company of Scotch gentlemen were challenged to make out the meaning of a line in their national poet, 'A dairnen-ickre in a threave,' not one of them could divine the meaning of it." The num ber also contains some useful historical essays, and several valuable mathematical papers. POLICE COURT. YESTERDAY. SINGULAR CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH.—James Bellin was brought up on a charge of having stolen a watch from the person of Edward Elliott. It appeared that on Saturday night, about a quarter past eleven, the prisoner went to the Vauxhall Bridewell and handed over to inspector Cairns the silver watch produced, stating that he had taken it from two prostitutes who were attempting to steal it from a drunken man. Prisoner left the watch in the care of the police and went away, but a few minutes afterwards he was brought into the same Bridewell by Police-constable 86, who had appre hended him on the information of the two prostitutes, on a charge of having stolen the watch. Inspector Cairns, however, thought there was no ground for the charge brought by the women, and allowed the prisoner to depart, but not long afterwards he was again taken into custody by Police-constable 86, on being charged by Elliott with the robbery, and lodged in the main Bridewell. Elliott in giving his evidence admitted that he was the admirer of one of the prostitutes who had first made the charge against the prisoner, and that at the time of the alleged robbery he was " slightly" in liquor. The magistrate considered that there was no evidence to substantiate a charge of felony azainst the prisoner, and he was conse quently discharged. HOUSE ROBBERY.—SiX exceedingly suspicious-looking characters, who gave the names of William Hunter, George Hunter, Francis McGarraghan, Joseph Jackson, George Walker, and Catherine Welch, were charged with having broken into the house of Ellen O'Brien, in Snow don-street, and stolen a trunk containing various articles of female wearing apparel. From the evidence of Police constable Maudsley it appeared that the male prisoners resided in a house in Back Portland-street, and that, on information of the robhe'y being given, a search was made of the premises, and a skeleton key was found in their possession ; whilst in an unoccupied house adjoining were discovered the trunk and clothes produced. In the house of the female prisoner a chemise belonging to prosecutrix was found in a pail of dirty water. The male prisoners were remanded for a week, and the woman, Welch, was committed for two months. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. William Hickman and Margaret Beesley were charged with having forcibly taken from the person of an artizan, named Patrick Connor, nine shillings and some copper. Connor deposed that shortly after twelve o'clock on Saturday night, as he was proceeding homewards, after having had a little whiskey with a friend, he was suddenly seized by the male prisoner, and dragged into a cellar in a back street, where he was robbed by both prisoners of what money he had in his pockets, something more than nine shillings. After he was released he was followed by a man (not Hickman) who flourished a sword in his hand, and threatened to cut off prosecutor's head if he dared to speak a word. Prose cutor was accompanied by a friend until he was seized by Hi c k ma n ; the friend was not present. Prisoners were remanded till Tuesday (to-day) for the production of fur ther evidence. --- ROBBERY BY A CAR DRIVER.—John Brown, a car driver, was charged with stealing some dress-pieces and a shawl belonging to Ann Houghton. Prisoner had taken the prosecutrix from IN illiamson-squar e to her house in Pitt-street, and on setting her (107 n h a d con t r i ve d t o parcel possess himself of a containing the arti c les men tioned, which he drove away with before it was missed. Committed for trial. FALL OF DOVER CLIFF.—On Friday, about noon, the inhabitants of Snargate-street, Dover, were alarmed by the fall of about 40 or 50 tons of chalk, immediately at the back of the premises. Two bed-rooms, kitchen, and crockery ware, and some buildings formerly used as a bakehouse, &c., were totally crushed. The fall was so sudden, and the condensation of the atmosphere so violent, that a person in the house was carried into the street by the rush of air, while several panes of glass in front of the house were also driven out by the same cause. A WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—On Thursday, at Worship-street, an elderly journeyman butcher, named John Parrett, was charged with the death of his wife, by violence and ill-treatment. The parties had lived very unhappily for some time. and on Wednesday week a scuffling noise was heard by a neighbour, and screams proceeding from the deceased ; after the sounds had been repeated for some time, the prisoner darted out of the house, and the woman was found on a straw mat tress quite dead and cold. The prisoner was remanded. IMPERIAL PARLIKAIENT. ¶ a reckless indifference and disrecard of consequences which they cannot too highly censure." The Stamp Duties on Patents for Inventions Bill was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, Dux. 14. In the absence of the Lord Chancellor, who was unwell, Lord Lyndhurst took his =eat on the woolsack. MINISTP.RIAL POLICY The Earl of WICKLOW moved for certain returns con nected with the payment of the Income-tax in Ireland. — The EA.' of DERBY had no oljection to the returns, and I thst the momentous question of direct )e speedily decided by the other house. — e then agreed to earneFtly taxation wou Lord tiroxTlikoLm moved for certain returns connected enue and taxation, and deprecated the substitution of direct for indirect taxation.—The Earl of DERBY de. ferded the nolinv nursued by the Government, hut had no —lion of the returns.—The motion with 1., ection to the prod was then agree THURSD .k.Y, T)ECEMBER IG. THE MADIAI. In reply to a question, Lord STANLEY stated that the government had received communications from Sir H. Bulwer in regard to the two Madaii, and that there was a reasonable hope of their release. THE DIVISION ON THE BUDGET. The following is a list of division on the resolution proposed by Ministers, that from the sth of April next the inhabited House-duty shall be at the rate of Is. GI. in the pound on all private dwelling-houses from the value of £lO a year, and ls. in the pound on all shops and other places of business, beginning at the Faroe limit. • were for the motion 283, against it 337 majority 19 THE HOUSE-TAX. The house having resolved into a Committee of Ways and Means on the inhabited house duties, a preliminary discussion arose upon a paint of form, on a suggestion by 4nd, Sir T D C B Anne , ,l , ”.•, Earl or Arbqi unot. Hn 4 - '!' e C 31 u A IT, a?er, Sir 'W . 7 17.1(1, J W C Hay I Fre,i -" 'Frew. ssell, that the u aal course o' ,arted y apart of the to the committee ; and t .esolution should be put entire, so se alight have act pro 1113 C4:vernm:nt.—The CHAIRMAN saic cbairmai " no," and from irman) the point ch the mo an anaeni scussion lore he point of Tecl to 1-c hf!ravr; Iv" or aym had occu wirqo of pied up ;cards of ar ROS 3 S e read. This w Morgan, Octavius viQe, ,unt .1 AI B u as , ordingly done, el ate was res H r.l Sir A. COCK- Wil attributed the embarrassment into which the aestion had fallen to the shifting and vacillating conduct of the Government. If taxes were to be remitted, there were some which might be removed within the margin of With respect to the whole Budget, with two __le tea duties and the graduation of the In come-Tax, which he warmly commended, all was barren. —Mr. WBITESIDE controverted the argument of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Goulburn, that the taxing Irish funded property and official salaries was a gross breach of national faith and public credit, and justified the exemption of the land in Ireland, the taxing of which, be said, would be to add injustice to injustice.—Mr. Was TESIDE defended, upon constitutional as well as economical grounds, the extension of the house-tax to £lO houses, of the justice of which, he believed, the country was convinced.—After some further discussion, in which Lord Drumlanrig, Mr. Blair, and others took part, Sir F. BARING concurred with Sir C. Wood and Mr. Goulburn in thinking that the reduction of the malt duty would produce but little bene fit ; that the surplus of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was a very doubtful one ; that the application of the income-tax to the Irish funds was a breach of public faith ; and that the finances of the country would be left by the budget in a position not sufficiently secure. He , "NV , H I, r --o of 10 J ~ L:i t;~ a-~bti Winiarn IC a;.k,N" [le surplu Jos - • 21 at some length the details of the house-tax, 0, C N . the proposed modifications of the income-tax, and con tended that if there was an honest intention on the part of the Government to carry out their principles, the resolutions must be withdrawn and reconstructed.—The ANceLLou of the EXCHEQUER said that after four days' debate he had listened to nothing which, in his had successfully impugned the policy he had _..dad, and he was prepared to show that the ob jections urzed against it were entirely unfounded and Benho opinion, recommi er, J Chas Wm elnt lward P. Lord Pa! ter, I He first addressed himself to the subject of a _ _ .:chequer Loan Fund, of which he had taken £400,000 as ways and means of the year. He explained the origin of this establishment (which he proposed to abolish), and observed that, he found in this department a balance cf upwards of .E 380,000 lying idle, and he stated cases in which, he said, the minister of the day had availed him self of this public fund, virtually without the cognizance of parliament, and sums had been squandered which had escaped the vigilance of even Mr. Hume. £250,000 had been lent to the Thames Tunnel, of which net a shilling had been repaid. Battersea-park, one of the most woful of speculations, had had an advance of £150,000. He had a catalogue of parallel instances, from 1824 to 1850, in which a sum very little short of £700,000 had been advanced,—not, as Sir J. Graham alleged, to country gentlemen,—every shilling of which had been lost to the country. He then noticed the second arrangement of his financial statement by Sir C. Wood, namely, the mistake he had been supposed to make in the estimate of defici ency in 1854-55, through the semi-repeal of the malt duty, which he showed he had properly assumed at 'X1,700,000. Respecting the Caffre war, the statement he had made, he said, had been entirely substantiated, the last despatch of General Cathcart stating that " the war of rebellion may now be considered at an end." He replied to Mr. Goulburn's objection that no allowance had been made for the loss of revenue by refining sugar in bond, that he did not believe there would be the slightest loss. Ap proaching the subject of the House-tax, he ranged rapidly over those parts of our colossal system of taxation which had to be accommodated to the policy of unrestricted competition, observing that the Government had to fix upon some direct tax to enable them to carry out financial reform ; and he retorted with great keenness the charge of endeavouring recklessly to increase the direct taxation of the country upon Sir C. Wood, who had proposed one day to double the Income and Property Tax, and next day told the House he had sufficient ways and means without it. In providing an amount of direct taxation for their purpose, the Government were guided by two principles—first, as regarded the Income-Tax, to establish a distinction between realized and precarious incomes ; and, secondly, to enlarge the basis of direct taxation. Believing that the House-Tax was a reasonable, just, and beneficial measure, and that it would supply the necessary amount of direct taxation, they had to decide upon which group of indirect taxes they should operate, and they came to the conclusion that they should act upon those articles which entered into the consumption of the people, and which were subject to the largest impcst. His selec tion of the malt duty he defended against the varied at tacks made upon it. His opinion was that the surplus revenue of the country would be very considerable at the end of the year 1854-55 ; he believed, too, that a great saving might be effected in the public expenditure, and he pointed out instances in which administrative reforms had been or might be accomplished, very considerable retrenchments being practicable, he thought, by the year 1854-55 ; and it would be the fault of the House of Com mons if in that year it did not find the public service more efficient as well as less costly. The coalition by which the present Government was opposed might, he observed in conclusion, be successful ; but it had been always found that the triumphs of coalitions were very brief ; and he appealed from that coalition to the public opinion of the country.—Mr. GLADSTONE animadverted with strong emphasis upon the license of language which Mr. Disraeli had used, and the phrases he had applied to the characters of public men. After condemning the course of pro ceeding adopted by the Government with reference to the resolutions, he objected, he said, to the re solution before the Committee. whether it was a vote for a House-Tax or a vote for the Budget. He enumerated specific objections to the House-Tax, for which he would not legislate until all these questions had been fully considered. He showed how severely the additional direct taxes would affect persons with small incomes, some of whom, including the clergy, would come for the first time within the sweep of the Income-Tax. He objected to the additional House-Tax, because it was connected with the repeal of half the Malt-Tax—a mea sure which was professedly for the immediate benefit of the consumer, whereas it was a sacrifice of £2,500,000 for a reduction in the price of beer that would be scarcely appreciable, and the principle of reproduction would con sequently be dormant. He voted against the Budget not only because he disapproved, on general grounds, of its principles, but emphatically because it was his firm con viction that this was the most perverted Budget in its 'tendency and ultimate effects be had ever seen, and if the house should sanction its delusive scheme, the day would come when it would look back with bitter, and late though ineffectual repentance. The committee then divided — Ayes Noes.... ...... • • Majority against Ministers...... 19 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be for the convenience of the house if it was adjourned till Monday, and this was accordingly agreed to. 11)hert T ?pacoel.c, G •i THE RIVAL CHANCELLORS.—The following extract from the speech of Mr. Disraeli, on Thursday, is a withering rebuke to the self-sufficiency of Sir Charles Wood The right hon. gentleman charges me with making a proposal recklessly to increase the direct taxa tion of the country. Why, there is the Minister who, with his property and income tax at its full amount, and with a window tax that brought him in £2.000,000, came down to the House of Commons, and, to an amazed and startled assembly, proposed to double the income-tax. (Tremendous cheering on the Ministerial side, which lasted for some time.) Recklessness ! Why, I look upon recklessness to be a carelessness as to consequences—as the conduct of a man who has not well weighed the en terprise in which he has embarked. (Loud laughter.) Why, if the right hon. baronet had carried that duplica tion of the income-tax, we should have heard of it as a question of only an innocent amount. (Renewed laughter.) But, if he had carried his proposition, I certainly think that be might be fairly charged with recklessnes. (Im mense and prolonged cheering from the Government benches.) But the most curious thing is that the Minis ter who came forward to make a proposition, which ought only to have been made at some grave conjuncture, at the very first murmur of opposition he withdrew his proposi tion. (Renewed cheering.) Talk of recklessness ! Why, what in the whole history of finance is equal to the reck lessness of this Minister ? (Great cheering.) And what were the grounds upon which the right hon. gentleman withdrew that monstrous, that enormous proposition — which only the imminent peril of the State could have demanded ! (Cheers.) Why, when he wes rebuked, battled, humiliated, he dared to come forward before the House of Commons and say that he had a sufficient re venue without having recourse to it. (Renewed cheer ing, which lasted for some minutes.) Why, the future historian will not be believed when he tells the world that the Minister came down one day to propose almost to double his income-tax, and then, when his demands were refused, he came down and said that he had already suffi cient ways and means. (Tremendous cheering.) And then the right hon. baronet tells me, in language which is scarcely parliamentary, that I do not know my business. (Renewed cheers.) He may hove done his business ; the House of Commons, however, is the best judge of that. I care not to be his critic, but if he has learned his business, he has yet another thing to learn—he has to learn that petulance is not sarcasm, and insolence is not invective." (Renewed cheers.) A QUAKER TOSSED IN A BLANKET.—This feat was performed a few days ago in a public grammar school at Bromsgrove, in the absence of the head master, the Rev. J. D. Collis. A message was conveyed to a confectioner of the town named Dell, a quaker, that one of the boarders at the school wished to see him. Mr. Dell accordingly proceeded to the school, where he was immediately seized, bound in a chair, and carried to the playground, where they tossed rim in a blanket or rug for—according to Mr. Dell's account—nearly half an hour, when he became quite exhausted, and was set at liberty. OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES.—WhiIe recently making a tour of the coast along the channel, it struck me that it would greatly assist our means of defence , if aline of electric wires were laid round the coast , connecting the different batteries, ports, military stations, and light houses. In many parts there are already lines along the railways ; but in case of alarm, much time would be lost in reaching the stations, and they are in disconnected portions. It would, therefore, be better to have a line exclusively for government purposes. The line might be submerged at the mouths of the Thames, Humber, Med, way, Severn, the Wash, &c.--Correspondent of Builder. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, DECEATBER 21, 1852. CONSERVATIVES—S. Anson, Viscount Baring, T. Barin, Hon. F. G Lildel, H. G. Powell, Colonel Smyth, J. G. Stuart, ROYAL ASSENT, The rnval 4r. , 2nf 773! note I , n to the Banl We --it Louns Act and he Common 9 Enclosure Bill. Amendment Biß, Tho Eirl of Dr Commons bein e adjou; THE GOV aNNIINT. are notice that next day ,nc,l by it lords fore the House of 3u3e, he should move ' house for the recess. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17. The house met. at five o'clock, and on the motion of the Earl of MALMESBURY, adjourned till Monday, on ac count of the decision which had been come to that morn ing in the other house. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, DEC. 14. Several petitions against the House-Tax were presented WAR. In reply to a question, Sir J. PAKINGTON said, that though the Caffre war could not yet be described as at an end, he was assured by General Cathcart that the im portant district of the \Vaterkloof had been altogether and permanently cleared of Caffres, and in the Amatola dis trict the chiefs Macomo and San dilli had with them but very few followers, so that the General expected no ex tensive or protracted resistance in that quarter. TLere was no intimation that the war was extending towards the THE CAFFRE north-east. HOP DUTY. In answer to a question, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER said, that no cicawbacic could be allowed on hops chargeable up to the lOth of October next. THE HOUSE-TAX The adjourned debate was resumed by Lord JOCELYN, who regretted that he was bound to consider the proposi tions of the Government in a different view from that in which they were regarded by friends around him. He looked upon those propositions with satisfaction, because he found in them no attempt to subvert the policy which ' • Parliament had affirmed, but, on the contrary, a fair ac- ' ceptance of that policy. Believing that the community at ' large would derive great advantage from the Budget as a whole, he would not curtail them by voting against this : resolution, which merely affirmed one of the principles. — Mr. OSBORNE gave the Chancellor of the Exchequer credit for two main features of his Budget, the relief to the shipping interest and the sagacious and statesmanlike view he had taken of the tea duty. As a whole, however, the measure was so far from tending to reconcile conflict ing interests, that it seemed to be conceived in a hostile, if not a revengeful, spirit against those who were " revel ling in relief from the Corn-laws.;' He condemned the House-Tax as a contrivance to compensate the agricultural interest by throwing an additional burden upon the mid dle classes. The reduction of the malt-tax he denied to be a consumers' question. It was a tax which was col lected at the least possible expense, which was onerous to no one, and the reduction of which would benefit only the brewer and the publican. He concluded with a general denunciation of the whole financial scheme.—Mr. Alder man THomPsoN characterised the Budget as a bold, wise, and statesmanlike measure, which deserved the confidence of the country ; and he appealed to the buoyancy of the public funds, as a triumphant proof of the favourable re ception of the Budget out of doors.—Sir B. HALL said he was an advocate of direct taxation ; but an unjust direct tax would render that mode of taxation odious and im practicable.—Sir J. DucKwoRTH said that, as a whole, he gave his cordial assent to the principles involved in the Budget.—After some further discussion, Sir J. GRAHAM observed that the issue before the committee had been, " Shall we or not, for the purpose of the Budget, consent to a change in the House-Tax, by doubling its amount and reducing the exemptions ?" He asked whether this issue had been changed. and whether the question was merely as to the area of the direct tax ?—The CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that he had said, in answer to a question, that he had no objection to narrow the issue, and he found nothing in the resolution before the committee as to the amount of the rate on houses ; it contained merely the principle—namely, that the area of the tax should be extended.—Sir J. GRAHAM observed that up to that moment the whole Budget had been de bated, and the Government had staked their existence upon the resolution ; nor was it possible to narrow the issue, the decision of which might create a deficit of re- He proceeded, therefore, to discuss the whole financial scheme, reviewing the principles upon which it was constructed, and the manner in which the three in terests alleged to have been injured by recent legislation were dealt with. In conclusion, he urged the Govern ment not to press direct taxation far in a time of peace, but to have their machinery ready for such a system in case of emergency.—Sir J. PaKINGTo:st denied that there had been any change of purpose on the part of the Go vernment with reference to the resolution, which merely involved the principle of dealing with the House-Tax con formably to the first principle of the Budget, that direct taxation should be carried, not to a dangerous extent, but so far as to lighten the burdens of the consuming classes. This object was aimed at in the repeal of half the Malt Tax. He expressed his confident belief that the sense of the majority of the house would sanction the principles of the measure proposed by the Government, opposed as they were by a combination held together by a rope of sand, and who had failed to excite public sympathy.— Before the adjournment of the debate, Lord J. RUSSELL said he wished to know what in reality was the proposi tion upon which the committee was to divide.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should be con tent to take a division upon the first resolution, and the Government would consider the decision of the committee upon that question conclusive as to their general scheme. The debate was adjourned until Thursday. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. POOR-LAW ORDER. In answer to a question. Sir J. TROLLOPE replied, that the order of the sth of August had been rescinded, and an amended and modified order had been substituted. He hoped that it would be this day in possession of the printers, and that it would be transmitted to the respec tive boards of guardians to which it related in the course of the present week. IRISH TENANT RIGHT. The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Tenants' Compensation (Ireland) Bill, was resumed by Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD, who reproached the govern ment, and especially the Attorney-General for Ireland, with dealing unfairly with the bill of Mr. Serjeant Shee, which, although Mr. Napier had, he said, consented to its second reading, was now stigmatised as destructive of the rights of property and embodying a communistic prin ciple.—Mr. NAPIER vindicated his own consistency, and reiterated the explanations he had given, of the theory and principles of his new agricultural code, in which his object had been to reconcile the rights of property with the rights of industry. He proceeded to explain and defend the details and machinery of his bill, which, he observed, avoided all interference with the Ulster tenant right, or any other custom or private agreement between landlord and tenant, securin g to the latter all the rights which even Mr. S. Crawford claimed for him, consistent with the rights of property. He then entered upon a cri ticism of Mr. Shee's bill, which, he contended, involved the principle of compulsory valuation, and specified a variety of objections to its leading principles and pro visions.—Mr. LUCAS combated the doctrine that in only a few instances had the Irish landlords obtained rent upon improvements. He showed that since 1730 the rental of Ireland had increased £6,000,000, and every body admitted that the landlords had not made improve ments ; so that these were all tenants' improvements, which had increased the rate of production beyond that of English husbandry. He proceeded to show that there had been great improvements of late years in every de partment of agriculture in Ireland, proving the existence there of an active, industrious, and improving tenantry. If, he said, this class had secured to them the power of calling what was really their property their own ; if the Irish tenantry were encouraged in their progress, they would become a magnificent machinery for the amelioration of Ireland.—Lord NAAS considered that, although the principles of the two bills were antagonistical and irre concilable, their details might, nevertheless, be discussed before the select committee with advantage. He accused Mr. Lucas of dealing unjustly with the landlords of Ire land, contending that, as a body, they did not deserve such wholesome condemnation, and that the agricultural improvements he had dilated upon might be attributed to the encouragement given by landlords.—After come re marks by Lord MoNcK and Mr. WHITESIDE, the bill of Mr. Napier was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a select committee. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. Mr. H. A. BRUCE took his seat for Merthyr Tydvil, in the room of Sir J. Guest, deceased. Mr. CHARLES TURNER presented a petition from Liver pool against the Budget. DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE. _ _ _ Mr. GOULBURN brought up the report of the select committee upon the alleged bribery at Derby, which was in nearly the following terms : " The select committee appointed to take into conside ration the petition of certain inhabitant householders of the borough of Derby of the 2nd of November last have to report to your hon. house :—That your committee have examined witnesses, and have heard counsel in support of the petition, as well as on behalf of the Right Hon. Wm. Beresford, Secretary-at-War, and a member of this house. Your committee have to report, with reference to the specific allegations contained in the petition before them, that the evidence has satisfied them that a plan for an organized system of bribery existed in the borough of Derby at the last election. That the Right Hon. Wm. Beresford wrote a letter to one John Frail, of Shrewsbury, in the following terms : " A good and safe man, with judgment and quickness, is wanted immediately at Derby. I suppose that you cannot leave your own place ; if not, send some one whom you can trust in your place. Let him go to Derby on receiving this, and find the County Tavern, in the centre of the town. Send his card to Cox, Brothers, and Co., Leadworks, as coming from Chester. That will be enough. " ' Yours, " Monday. " W. B.' That in consequence of such letter ono Thomas Morgan, jun., was sen t t o D er by by the said John Frail, and, acting on the instructions therein contained, was subse quently detected an d a pp re h en d e d in Derby, while engaged in carrying out the plan of the organised system of bribery proved before your committee to have existed. Your committee do riot think the r e is sufficient evidence to satisfy their minds that th e arrangem e n t, scheme, and object referred to in the petition were known to and con curred in by the Right Hon. W. Beresford ; but your committee are of opinion that the equivocal expressions of that letter ought at least to . have suggested to him an idea of the improper use to which that letter might have been, and in fact was, appliel. And they think it exhibited •esol , :tions Lard I 8,2 r. t inck. Georze G , /ortisev Bereford ,Rtil iIW Elaio, R B ienryjg Berkeley, Sir G alfocd , Bernard, Visconti' Blair, Colonel Halsey, T E Biandford.Marq oi Hamilton, L ,rd C Raider°, Colonel Hamil!on, Geo A r Booker, Thos Wm Hamilton J Hans Booth, Sir R G i Hannary,tionCSPetiowlett, Lord Wrr Bramston, Thos Wi H arcourt, Colonel Prime, Richard Bremridee, Richd I ' Hnn C David Brisco, Musgrave IHayes,Sir E liapton, G W J Brooke, Lord Heard, J I ; r,aberson, P F Brooke. Sir A B Heneage. HHWIRoIt, Peter Bruce, C L C Henley,TV: Ho JW!Thashont. Captain Boller. Sir J Y Herbert, Sir Thos I Rossell, Francis VV Burghley, Lord Herries,RtHonJ CjSanciar ,, , George Burrell, Sir C M Hildyard, Robt C iScott , Hon France Burrouches, H N Hill, Lord A E , Satlasie, Viscount Butt, George M Rope, Sir John Seymer,HenryKer Butt, Isaac Rorsfall, Thos B Sibtliorp, Colonel Cabbell, Benj B frotham, Lord Smijth, Sir Wm Cairns, Hugh M'C Hodson, G;2orze Snath,Sir Frederic Campbell, Si" A Wm B Wm M Cornoc, S!rJolin R Hume, W - F R J Cayley, Edward S Ingls, Sir R H s.nollarr, Alex Cliandos, Marq of irton, Samuel 'Somerset, Contain Chelsea, Viscouto Jocelyn, Viscount Soth.?ron, T H S Chid, Smith Johns, one,Ho HB Seooner, Richard Cliobnon.i iJoliffe,Sir Wm G Staff !, An7,ustus Christopher, R A (Jones, Captain Stanhope, James B Christy, Samuel Jones, David Stanley, Lord Clinton, Lord C "F:Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Stephenson, Robt Clive, Hon R H Kendall, Nicholas Stirling. William Clive, Robert 'Ker, D S Srurt, Henry G Cobbold, John C Kerrison, Edwd C Talbot, CR M Cocks, Thomas S King, James King Taylor, Colonel. Codringtou, Sir W Knatchbull.Wrn F Taylor, Hugh Coles, Henry B Knight, F Winn Thesiger, Sir Fred Conolly, Thomas Knightly, Rainald Thompson, Mr Ald Coote, Sir Chas H Knox, Colonel Tollemache, John Corry, Rt Ha H L Knox, Hon W S Trollope,RtfinSirJ Cotton, lin W H S Lscon, Sir E Tudway, Robert C Cubitt, Mr A Laffan, Robert M Turner, Charles Davies, David A S Langton,W G Tyler, Sir George Davison, R Losceiles, Hon E Tyrell, SirJTyssen Deedes, 'William Lennox, Lord A F Vance, John Daring, Sir Eclwil Lennox, Lord H G Vane, Lard A Disraeli. Rt Hn B Leslie. Charles P Vansittart, Geo H Dad, J Whitehali Lewisham, Visct Verner, Sir Win Dodd, George Lindsay, Hon Col Villiers, Hon Fran Drax, JSWSE Lockhart, Wm Vivian,John Ennis Drurninond,Henry Lopes, Sir Ralph Vyse, Rich HK H Du Cane, Charles Lovable, Lord Waddington, Davd Duckworth,SrJTß Lowther, Hon Col Walcott, Admiral Duncombe,Hon A Lowther. Captain Walpole,RtHaSH Duncombe,Hon 0 Lygon, Hon Gen Walsh, Sir John B Duncombe HnWE Lytton, Sir GE LB Welby, Sir G Earle Dunne, Colonel \iacartney. Geo Wellesley, Lord C Da Pre, C George Macaulay,Kenneth Whiteside, James East, Sir J Buller Macgregor, James Whitmore, Henry Egerton, Sir Philip Maddock, Sir T H Wigram, Loftus T Egerton, W T Malins, Richard Williams, T Peers Egerton, Edward C Mandeville, Visct Willoughby, Sir H Evelyn, Wm John Manners, Lord G Wodehouse. Edmd Farnham, E Basil Manners, Lord J Worcester, Mar of Ferrer, James (March, Earl of iWyndham,General Fellowes, Edward Mare, Chas John Wyndham, Win Ferguson, Sir R Masterman, John Wynn, HerbtWW Filmer, Sir Edmd Maunsell, Thos P IWynn,Sir WatkW Fitzgerald, W R S Maxwell, Hon J P Wynne, Wm W E }lover, John Meux, Sir Henry Yorke,HonEThos Follett, Brent S Michell, William Forbes, William Miles, William TELLERS. Forester,Rt Hon C Miller, Travener J Mr. T Bateson Forster, Sir G M Mills, Arthur Mr.WFMackenzie Franklyn, Geo W Montgomery, H L Eon J W ,F, J.,lin H A'Court, C H W FreesCuiJColonel Norreys, Sir D J Alcock, Thomas French,Fitzstephn O'Brien, Cornelius Anderson, Sir Jas Gardner, Richard O'Brien, Patrick Anson, Hon Gen Gesell, Charles O'Brien, Sir T Armitrong, R B Gibson, RtHnTM O'Connell,Maurce Atherton, William Gladstone, Hon W O'Fiaherty, Anth Baines,RtHon NIT Glyn, George Carr Oliveira, Benjamin Ball, John Goderich,Viscount Osborne, Ralph Baring, Henry B Goodman, Sir Geo Otway, Arthur J Baring,RtHnSrFT Goulburn,RtHnH Paget, Lord Alfred Barnes, Thomas Gower, Hon F L Paget, Lord George Bass, MichaelThos Grace, Oliver D J Pechell, Sir Geo B Beaumont, W B Graham, Sir Jas Peel, Frederick Bell, James Greene, John Peel, Colonel Bellew, Captain ,Gregson, Samuel Pellatt, Apsley Berkeley, Adml Greville, Col Fulke Phillimore, John G Berkeley, Hon HF Grosvenor, Lord R Phinn, Thomas Berkeley. Hon C F Hadfield, George Pigott, Francis Bethel], Richard Hall, Sir Benjamin Pilkington, James Biddulph, Robt M Hanmer, Sir John Pinney, William Biggs, William Harcourt, G G Pollard-Urquhart Blackett, JF B Hastie, Alexander Portman, WH B Bonham-Carter. J Hastie, Archibald Potter, Robert Bouverie, Hon E P Headlam, Thos E Power, Nicholas Bowyer, George Henchy, D O'Con Price, Sir Robert Boyle, Hon Col Heneage, G F Price, Wm Brady, John Herbert, H A Ricardo, Osman Brand, Hon HBW Herbert, Rt Hon S Rich, Henry Bright, John Hervey, Lord A Robartes, TJ A Brocklehurst, Jno Heywood, James Rache, Edmund B Brockman, Edw D Higgins, Geo G 0 Rumbold, Chas E Brotherton,Joseph Hogg, Sir Jas W Russell,Lord John Brown, Humph Howard,HnCW G Russell, FC H Brown, William Howard,HnE G G Sadleir, Jas Browne, Valentine Hume, Joseph Sadleir, John Bruce, Lord E Hutchins, E J Sawle, CB G Bruce, H A Hutt, William ScholefiAl, Wm Butler, Charles S Ingham, Robert i Scobell, Captain Byng, Hon G H C Jackson, William Scrope, George P Carter, Samuel Jermyn, Errl 'Scully, Francis Caulfield, Col J M Johnstone, James 'Scully, Vincent Cavendish,HonCC Johnstone, Sir J 'Seymour, Lord Cavendish, Hon G Keating, Robert ;Seymour, Henry D Challis,MrAldrmn Keating, H Singer' Seymour, Wm D Chambers, M ontag Kennedy,Tristram Shafto. Robert D Chambers. Thomas Keogh, William Shee, William Chaplin, Wm Jas Kershaw, James .Shelburne, Earl of Charteris, Hon F King, Hon PJ L ( Shelley, Sir J V Cheetham, John Kingscote, RN F Sheridan, Richd B Clay, James Kinnaird, Hon A F Smith, John Abel Clay, Sir William Kirk, William 'Smith, John B Clifford, H Morgan Lahouchere, H Smith, M Tucker Clinton, Lord R Laing, Samuel ISmith,Rt Hon RV Cohbett, John M Langston, Jas H !Stafford, Marquis Cobden, Richard Langton, H G Stanley, Hon W 0 Cockburn, Sir AJE Laslett, William Stansfield, WR C Coffin, Walter Lawless,Hon Cecil i Stapleton, John Collier, Robert P Lawley, Hon F C 'Strickland, Sir G Cowan, Charles Layard , Austen H Strutt, Rt Hon E Cowper,HonWm F Legh, George C 'Stuart, Ld Dudley Craufurd, Ed H J Lemon. Sir Chas 'Sullivan, Michael Crook, Joseph Lewis,RtHnSr TF Sutton, John II M Crossley, Frank Locke, Joseph Swift, Richard Crowder, Richd B Lockhart, Allan E Thicknesse, R A Currie, Raikes Loveden, P Thompson, George Dashwood,Sir G H Lowe, Robert Thornely, Thomas Davie, Sir HR F Lucas, Frederick Tomline, George Denison, Edmund Luce, Thomas Towneley, Charles Denison, John E Macaulay, T B Traill, George Devereux, John T Mackie, John Tuffnell,Rt Hon H Divett, Edward Mackinnon, W A Tynte, Col CJ K Drumlanrig, Vis M`Cann, James Vane, Lord Harry Duff, Geo Skene M'Gregor, John Vernon, GE H Duff, James M`Mahon, P Villiers. Hon C P Duffy, Charles G M`Taggart, Sir J Vivian,JohnHenry Duke, Sir James Mogan, Wm Hnry Vivian, Henry H Duncan, George Maguire, John F Vyvyan, Sir Rich R Duncombe, Thos Mangles, Ross D Wall, Charles B Dundas, Frederick Marshall, William Walmsley, Sir J Dunlop, Alex M Martin, John 'Walter, John Dunne, Michael Massey, Wm N Warner, Edward Eccles, William Matheson, A Wells, William Ellice, Rt Hon Ed Matheson, Sir J Whalley, G H Ellice, Edward Maule, Hon Col 'Whatman, James Elliot, Hon JohnE Meagher, Thomas 'Whitbread,Samuel Esmonde, John Miall, Edward Wickham, HW Euston, Earl of Milligan, Robert Wilkinson, W A Evans, Sir De Lacy Mills, T Wilcox, B M`Ghie Evans, William Milner, Wm M E Williams, William Ewart, William Milnes, Richard M Wilson, James Fagan, William Milton, Viscount Wilson, Matthew Ferguson, Colonel Mitchell, Thos A Winnington, T E Ferguson, Joseph Moffatt, George Wise, J Ayshford Fitzgerald, John D Molesworth, Sir W Wood ,RtHon SirC Fitzgerald, Sir J F Monck, Viscount Wood, Sir W Page Fizroy,Hon Henry Monsell, William Wortley, Rt linJS Fitzwilliam, G W Moore, George H Wrightson, Wm B Foley, John H H Mostyn,HonEML Wyvil,Marmaduke Forster, M Mulgrave, Earl of Young, Sir John Forster, C Muntz, George F Fortescue, Chichtr Mure, Colonel TELLERS. Fox, Richard M Murphy, F Stack Mr. Hayter Fox, W J Norreys, Lord Mr. G. Berkeley 81 26 .18 11 1 4 2J - 654 E D IVIS ANALYSIS OF TH Majority (tellers included) Minority (tellers included) Paired • • • • • Absent—Conservatives .... Liberals........ Chairman of Committees—Mr. W. Patten Seats vacant—Carlow County .. London Knaresborough PAIRS. Fos. Buck, L. W. Bennet, P. Colville, C. R. Compton, H. C. Evelyn, Lord Gooch, Sir E. AGAINST, Heathcoat, J. Tancred, H. W Corbally, 11. Rice, E. Morris, D. Peto, S. M. Grogan, H. Hawkins, H. W. Long, W. Moody, C. A. Montgomery, Sir G. Pennant, Colonel D. Waddington, H. S. West, F. R. ToW;iabencl, Captain Ponsonby, Hon. A. Moncrieff. J. Howard, Lord E. Moreton, Lord Bulkeley, Sir R. Adair, H. E. Fergus, J. LIBERALS-18. Aglionby, H. A. Blake, M. J. Band, L. H. Burke, Sir T. Cogan, W. F. Dalrymple, Captain Fitzwilliam, Han. C. Grelifll, C. W. Grosvenor, Earl Heathoote, G. Hee.thcote, G. J. Him]ley, C. Lefevro, C. S. Palmerston, Vi=eount Perdr.rvea, G. W. Peel, Sir R. Rtiicar•io, J. L. Rapluc, J. A. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS 7 rom the :!lomilty Herald of Saturday.) , an use'c to disgni tul3 of that - d aster which has for a moment struck down the hopes o the Conservative cause. The Ministry has fallen—the is admitted on all hands. That it ha , 7 fallen honourably even cs enemies will not deny ; and we greatly doub ‘ue must sanguine among them ventures to specu - from power. For though the ....lent wilt within a few days have ceased to exist as 6uch, the par:y which constituted its strength and support remains as before—united, compact. full of confidence in its leaders, and numbering ❑early 300 votes in the Com . on its ton; exclusion the Lords It cornmauds a clear majority of Such a phalanx, so conducted, is, for pur poses of opposition, irresistible. There is no body of - equally powerful in Parliament; and wl:atever i ous alliance may be patched up among dant section= the whole .congru hostile and discor- such a coalition cannot by any human pos y retain the reins long enough to do practical ails " England," said Mr. Disraeli, " does not lava coalitions." History attests the:fact; the ex - our own time has proved its truth ; and we are ence of .. _ . if, within a few months, the prophecy of the Chanceil)r of the Exchequer he not again made good, at the expense of some of those who heard it uttered. * * * Lord Derby, we doubt not, will take an early oppor tunity of explaining his views to these who a and as litCe do we doubt that the present des pport blm ; year is yet ned to witness his own and his colleagues' triumphant re-instatement in office. (From the Times of Saturday) Without reference to persons and to parties, we are confident that it is the earnest wish of the country to see the Government placed in the hands of men at once Con- e in their principles and progressive in their _ policy—resolved to advance with energy in t!le ca improvement, and to include, as far as possible, all shades seer of of the Liberal party in the conduct of affairs. Never was there a moment since the termination of the late war when it was more essential to our welfare that the State should be ruled by men commanding the confidence of cur allies and the respect of our opponents, able to defend our inte rests with the whole strength of the nation, and to uphold cur institutions by the legitimate power of constitutional government. The time is happily past when it was • . possible to govern this empire in the name of a coterie, or to convert a reputation earned within those narrow limits into a sufficient claim to the Premiership of England. The materials of which a nobler and more energetic Government can be formed are abundant and various, and we repudiate the notion that it was possible either to rev.3rt to the decrepid combination which preceded Lord Derby's accession to power, or to strengthen that combination by a mere infusion of extreme Liberal opinions. (From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.) The Earl of Derby returned to London otiaturday morning, and at three o'clock in the afternoon a Cabinet Council was held, when his lordship intimated to the ministers the result of his interview with her Majesty. It is understood that Lord Derby suggested to the Queen that it was desirable the Marquis of Lansdowne should be summoned to Osborne ; but, as it was known that the noble marquis was not likely to accept office, a govern • ment messeneer was dispatched to London to summon the Earl of Aberdeen. Accordingly yesterday morning the noble earl left London for the Isle of Wight, and had the honour of an interview with the Queen in the course of the day. His lordship returned to town yesterday evening, and immediately paid a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne, and some of his colleagues in the late Sir It. Peel's administration The following names have been mentioned as likely to form a portion of the new ministry ; but, as nothing is yet definitively settled, we of course give them merely as what we believe, as far as matters have gone, will be likely to prove correct in the main : The Earl of Aberdeen—First Lord of the Treasury. Sir J. Graham—Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord J. Russell—Home Secretary. Viscount Canning—Foreign Secretary. Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone—Colonial Secretary. Right Hon. Sidney Herbert—First Lord of the Admi- ralty. The Earl of Clarendon—President of the Council. The Duke of Argyll—Lord Privy Seal. The Earl of Granville—President of the Board of Control. Right Hon. E. Cardwell—President of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Clanricarde—Postmaster-General. Lord Seymour—First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. The Duke of Newcastle—Governor-General of India. In addition to the names mentioned above, it is likely that the office of Lord Chancellor will be offered to Lord Cranworth, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland or Attorney- General for Ireland to Mr. Brewster. While all London is busied in constructing Cabinets on paper, we shall confine ourselves to a very few brief re marks on the probable events of the ensuing week. Two points are clear; first, that the present (or late) Ministers cannot resume their offices until after the com plete and absolute failure of those competitors who have for the moment succeeded in displacing them ; secondly, that to carry on a purely Whig Government, under the leadership of Lord Josn Russell, is out of the question. Equally manifest is it that the Radicals, English and Irish, though powerful allies and troublesome opponents to any Minister, are unable to stand alone, In the House of Commons they muster something like 120 votes; in the Lords they have not one. United with the Rus sellites, they could scarcely command a maj rity ; and the very attempt to form such a combination would drive into the Conservative ranks that large section of the ter ritorial aristocracy which is Whig by tradition only, and Conservative in principle and feeling. Eliminating, then, from the calculation of chances these manifestly impos sible results, we are reduced: to one of the two following alternatives. Either a Cabinet wholly Peelite must be constructed—the probable duration of which we may reckon at 24 hours—or the coalition now in progress be tween Lord Aberdeen and Lord John Russell respectively will be effected, in which caseit is not improbable that the strength of the united parties may enable them to hold their ground for a full week after the next meeting of Parliament. It is almost superfluous to point out the elements of weakness, as well as of discord, which such a coalesced Administration contains within itself. From the Radicals it may receive a bare toleration—nothing more. Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright know their power; and, truly, if liberal principles are to be in the ascendant, these gen tlemen have a right to expect something better than per petual proscription by the leaders of their own party, based and justified on no more substantial grounds than a vague fear of offending the sensitive portion of the Whig aristocracy. The " Manchester school," to do them justice, have not shown themselves greedy of office, and it is possible that they will abstain from actively assault ing the Ministry ; but we are greatly mistaken if they will stretch out a hand to save it From falling. As for Mr. Gladstone and his friends, it is due to them to admit that they will bring into the Cabinet a good deal both of official and parliamentary talent. The Duke of Newcastle, it is true, has nothing except his rank to recommend him ; for the vapid mediocrity of his oratory does not atone for his notoriously unconcilia tory disposition. An Oriental Viceroyalty will probably content his ambition, and remove from the Cabinet one obstacle to harmonious co-operation. Now, can Lord John Russell, in his capacity of subordinate, yield the precedence to Sir James Graham ? or Sir James Graham to him ? or will both submit to the avowedly inferior claims and qualities of Lord Aberdeen ? From such a chaos of competition it is difficult to imagine that har mony can be educed. (Front the Times of Yesterday.) • • • On Saturday, a communication was received at an early hour by the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Aberdeen, commanding their joint attendance upon her Majesty at Osborne-house. Notwithstanding the great importance of such a summons, Lord Lansdowne unfortunately found himself prevented by an attack of gout from waiting upon the Queen, and Lord Aberdeen thought it more becoming to represent this circumstarce to her Majesty than to proceed alone to the royal pre sence in the unavoidable absence of the eminent states man whose name had been coupled with his own. An answer to this effect was therefore transmitted to the Isle of Wight on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, however, a further telegraphic communication was received at Argyll-house, commanding Lord Aber deen's immediate attendance at court, and the noble lord started on his mission without further delay, having been first put in full possession of the Marquis of Lansdowne's opinion on the present crisis. We understand this opinion to have been, that Lord Aberdeen► is himself the only man on whom the arduous task of constructing a powerful and durable Liberal Government can at this time be imposed with adequate chances of success ; and even the indisposition which deprived her Majesty of Lord Lansdowne's personal advice on this occasion is an additional proof that his health is not equal to the unre mitting and unrelenting calls of the public service on a first minister. (From a second edition of the Sunday Times.) We find that our announcement as regards the departure of the Earl of Aberdeen from town. for Osborne House last night, was premature. The noble earl did not leave town till this morning at ten o'clock, when he proce e d e d to Gosport via the South-Western Railway . At Gosport a steamer would he in readines s to receive the noble earl, who expected to reach Osborne House shortly after one o'clock. The noble earl is, we understand, th e bea r er of a most gratifying communication to her Majesty—namely, that the distinguished members of the " Peel-party " and the chiefs of the late Whig government were ready to sacr ifice all personal considerations in order that an r cbt u eu p dt h w o c l oo d uml t dm h e ae rt chteoh the v o sh u a :me h o e f i t am h d e e r p e e uc r oer received vu n eed , t t ha teh policy osme seal e l and abroad, but would at the same time pursue that policy of effective administration should be formed, which would h t of both parliament and people. notsua:bnlrr abroad, only tasiitdosr also understood the prominent members of the ,Manchester school" have expressed their determina tion to give their assistance in the establishment of a Liberal government, irrespective of personal considera tions. Several of the Earl of Aberdeen's former colleagues had interviews with him last evening. Mr. Gladstone was closeted with the noble earl for an hour and a half last night. Sir James Graham was visited by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Sir. C Cardwell, &c., to-day, and Lord J. Russell, - Wood, and other members of the late Whig governmell, exchanged visits in the course of the afternoon. The Earl of Aberdeen will return to town to-night at nine o'cl3ck, when I,e will receive visits from such . of bps friends as are likely to be associated with him in the new government. Her 3,Lje6ty o - facilitate the com ome to Lon,len_to- on of the it is impossible, c whO are to roma the new governwent course, to state with any noir But we Le'_ ',:rl of Aber -T1 be tb sate with confidence that the be Premier, that Lord John P.us o 3.1i...75ter, that Sir James GraLi sition at the Home Office. and !ely to he placed at the head .meat. old pc resume G:ad , C Irish appoiTitl-nents it ied member for Atlo,:me. Of iris fiine His 1e a! ari;n! LElC•tha a 7 .0 of - Osborn e CABINET CouNctL.—The Earl of Derb . , London at; half. past two o'clock on Saturday from Osborne, Isle of Wight, and immediately to his residence in Downing-street. At a quarter-past three o'clock his lordship went to the Forkugn-c6c e, where a Cabinet Council was held. The whole of rile noble Earl's colleagues in the Ministry, without any el" eep`ion, were present, - viz., the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of Salisbury ; the Earl+ of Hardw:clze, Malmesbury, and Lonsdale ; Lord J• Manners, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Herrieet and Mr. Henley. The sitting of the Cabinet was but of short duration, the Ministers breaking up shortly before four o'clock. :ternoon , roceedecl A larze meeting of Conservative peers and of members of t:lie House of Commons was to take place yesterday, a t the Earl of Derby's official residence in Dow-:^-_ctr'2et• Notices to this effect were issued immediate ate: - the roceting of the Cabinet Council on Saturday CARLTON CLITB.—The following members of t:2O Carlton Club, falsely canine. themselves Conservatives , voted azninst Lord Derby's Administration on Thursday last. It is to be hoped (seys the Morni Herald these gentlemen will now, ut least, have the decency ru resign :—Lord Ernest Bruce, Hon. F. Charteris, Lor d Robert Clinton, E. Beckett Denison. Lord Drumlanrig, Hon. H. Fitzroy, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Righ t Hon. G. Goulburn, Henry Herbert, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Alfred Hervey, Sir James Hogg, Lord ,Termyn, Cornwall Legh, Sir F. Lewis, A. E. Lockhart , Lord Monck, Colonel Peel. J. Manners Sutton, G. Torn' line, Granville Harcourt•Verr.on, Sir Richard Vyvyaht Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, Sir John Young. COURT AND FASHION Cox. Ti- will leave Osborne on Thursday netsor Castle. The Prince of Leiningen will accomper; Her Majesty, and will continue his visit some shore tia e longer. During Christmas week there will be comp s '''" tively little company invited to the Castle; but i mme diately after - aardF , , a ircle of the most distinguished of the nobility will be honoured with invitations for eac h week ae dramatic representations take place. THE in which t Mn. DARGAN, the Iri-h contractor, has been offered a knighthood. He declined the honour. The A thenceum says that Lord Monteagle has succeede d Professor Euipson, pro tem., as editor of .the Edinbur,P Review. COUNT WAL=II, the last survivor of the Irish Brigade in the French service, died at Paris on the ICI, in th e ninetieth year of his age. THE AUSTRALIAN COMMAND, which Major-General P. Cambell lately resigned, has been conferred on Major- General Sir Robert Fickle. _ The observer says, " Lord Palmerston was much bet: ter. He was to leave town on Saturday for Brocket-hal' , Herts, on a visit to Lord Melbourne." _ BALLANTINE, who was for many years one of the magistrates of the Thames Police-court, London, died 0. 0 Tuesday, at his residence in Cadogan-place, Chelsea, in his 74th year. W. F. N. NORTON, ESQ., of Elton Manor, Notts, ha g resigned the chairmanship of the Ambergate and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, which he has held Iron' its first formation. THE OFFICE OF CLERK-MARSHAL TO P RISCF ALBERT, vacant by the death of General Wemyss, about to be filled by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to I'l9 Royal Highness. COUNT MANDELSLOH, a veteran 'German diplomatist , who for several years was resident Minister at our C ourt from the King of Wurtemburg, died at Sein-et-Marn e, France, on the Ist inst. THE BELLIGERENT M.P.'s.—The misanderstandicr which arose between Mr. Butler Johnstone, M.P., Oa Mr. Oliveira, M. P., has been satisfactorily arranged, 14 the intervention of mutual friends. THE MARQUIS OF CosyNomam has sold his schooner yacht Constance, of 255 tons, to Mr. Richard C. Naylor, of Liverpool, and has purchased of that gentleman the cutter yacht Sultana, of 100 tons. Ma. CHAPLAIN, M.P., has resigned the chairmansh ip of the Southwestern Railway Company, retaining, 1 10 ' ever, his seat as a director. Mr. Bulke!ey, former secre,- tarp of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, succeed° Mr. Harding, the late secretary. PROFESSOR WILLIAM EMPSON died a few days sinc e ' at the age of 62. He was professor of Law at Haileybul College, and editor of the Edinburgh Review, to scio , e , he had contributed sixty articles since 1823, on law, t 3 t: c condition of the poorer classes, negro-slavery, domes" politics, poetry, and general literature and biography. THE COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY, we regret to heabr; has been dangerously ill at Naples of maiaria fever. 1: to intense grief her ladyship suffered at the death of the t h sc Earl of Shrewsbury, caused the malady to come on " greater violence than it did with the earl, and for thre days her ladyship was almost unconscious. However, bia the assiduous care and attention of Doctors Strange diiis Zimmermann, her ladyship's life was saved, and sh e o r now slowly recovering. Her ladyship leaves Naples Rome, where she intends passing the winter. to THE POLISH BALL.—CIa Wednesday, according annual custom, the Society of the Friends of P°!eil'ef held their winter ball, at the Guildhall, London, in a l ; e i the funds for the relief of the Polish refugees. Freea° may have " shrieked as Kosciusko fell," but a 13:er melancholy smile must have at length usurped o countenance to see the cause of a defunct nations' 0 1 relegated to a purely Cockney gathering, in the neitl i l na . ilia the Lieutenancy uniform, the insignia of the P'ilte °lery Company, and the Lumber Troop, eo nstit " eeilitary element. 85 THE LATE COUNTESS OF LOVELACE.—AIIUSLOn lip been made in the sketch of this lady's life to her sl;i c i t ee ma th ema tics, in which science she took lessons 0 ' a o, first professors of the day. It is not generally Itn ° h o wever, that of late years her ladyship turned her tale of in figures to the mysteries of the turf, and the prac tie ot making a book. Her passion for racing was an orateo one, and her knowledge of the performance of , ic e favourites wonderful. In her betting transactions , "all were at times very heavy, and accomplished th r° ,iis others, she always " stuck to the field " with a ten3ecte worthy of the Great Leviathan. In doing so she 3 ;o' o ' sionally " brought off " a large stake, but in Teclelinf, 5 04 year for the Derby " the boot was en the other leg , , r eieO her losses fell very little short of £20, 000 , all of 'sub' were promptly met on the day of settlement. t sequently the state of her health became such th° was obliged to abandon all her previous occupatio • disease under which she laboured, a cancer, exP° sl to such excruciating sufferings, that her death conlak, be regarded by her friends as a release to be desired. 0• ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS BRIGGS, G.C.M.G., the t te mander-in-Cnief at Portsmouth, died on Thursday.° .Admiralty-licuse, surrounded by his family. only taken ill on Monday. By his death the f.„ o; A i 'd promotions take place :—Vice-Admiral of the "'Ale , Samuel Pym, K C. 8., to be Admiral of the 13 , 11e; A jtei # Admiral of the White Thomas Brown, to be Vice-'pee ' ral of the Red ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Hocre, t°3 line Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at the a be a be Vice-Admiral of the White ; Rear-Admiral of O tt ti , " J. W. Deans Dundas, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief °Vee; Mediterranean station, to be Vice-Admiral of the c,l3' Rear-Admiral of the White Barrington Reynold e ' e f O f f to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral T re l A Blue Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., to be Rear-3.p the White ; Captain Sir G. R. Pechell , Bart., beo.ae ,1 be Rear-Admiral of the Blue; Captain the Hon:, so Cavendish attains the half-pay of 14s. 6d. per ev e Captain Francis Liardet the half-pay of 12 s. 6d. Pr I ,0 18 : The following captains obtain their rank as rear-o.„'eato°! —Captain Henry T. A. Collier • Captain John vrooliej ' Captain William Carmsden ; Captain Henry Steeese° Captain Herbert Bruce Powell ; Captain John AO' Coffin ; Captain Edward Curzon ; Captain Sep tion,' bin ; and Captain the Hon. Henry John Roils. 5 e Ane ee ri THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY'S WILL.IIOO.,,u;e ° proved, and the personal property sworn under t° to His lordship has directed that out of this atnntlooooa shall be paid £5OO to the Rev. Thomas DO W• '' I' t er , g t e. the Rev. Daniel Rock, £l5O to the Rev. Dr. 'reeO there are some other leeacies to his sister , and t°5‘4.314:4 He has directed the whole of his estates a t Altoo,lolole.o, and elsewhere, to be converted into money, the,ooolProl the proceeds, together with the residue of his ae,re i ve o tt perty, to be given to Mr. Ambrose Lisle rLi c . Pe ot e Grace Dieu Manor, Leicestershire, and 0 0 113 Murray, of Danesfield, Buckinghamshire, bete 9 , seceded from the Church of England, some Y e t 9 e r lai li and joined the Romish Church. By the >o r " o°l,l "ceding £5OO can be left for religioilloPttligbist te therefore generally believed that I t ietio,d' large amount of property has been left uncon jer st, t ee Mr. Phillips and Mr. Murray, there is a tacit a% t of, ei ing that it is hereafter to be applied to the ben, e ,,,00 ,3 „ c Romish Church. This supposition is streilk"roowt, the fact that in a will made some time ago / i t his lordship's property was left to Dr. i,t 1 tIP; event of his decease to Cardinal Wisema n; revoked by a codicil in favour of Messrs. 1 1 15 , bet' who are to divide the property eq`la the only 0 SUM E and it i Murra: He ,~- ~~;u~ ° brig - A RAVENOUS FELLOW, rejoicing in the sy vt: ! ti " Ratty," undertook, at the New Bel l, a it in`' be e' since, to eat, for a wager, three pounds of I?" The Wa r -nd of pig's curl, and a half-q uar t e rn 10 8 '• th e —at was accomplished, and undoubtecqpicol" „er considared himself remarkably clever. •`" Chronicle. o ° l - I. e b n t. e a is such as Trßkr. , hi ber to the rovernment ~ . 'are that bor-u ,, Ei of G^lway FerrPtary?hin of 11-&.r.nd, a ikely to cet an appointment in connection ii,oeocourt as been, itarlinea . believe we may say that Mr. J. offered a prominent appointment, hut that he taking any office, as his commercial transec no ..ilow him to give up his time for such apu We have z::Iso reason to believe that Mr. Ber) has been offered the Secretaryship at War. N' can chance the risk of an election for Middlesex rema to be seen. WOUIU n the House of ('^mn. Mr. A. O'F.3hert been cff 2st vnluable and us