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their seats respectively, upon re-election for Southwark and
Marylebone.

LIMITED LIABILITY.
The house then went into committee on the Limited Lia-
bility Bill, when the discussion on -Mr. Williams' amendment
in clause 1, for having the shares as low as £3, was resumed.
After some debate,
Mr. BOUVERIE consented to make the shares £lO, one half
to be paid up, and Mr. Williams
.consequently withdrew his
amendment.
Mr. CAIRNS then moved an amendment, having relation to
the form of registration.
Mr. BOUVERIE opposed the amendment, and, upon a divi-
sion, there appeared—
For the amendment
Against
Majority against . ....... —l2.
Mr. CAIRNS then moved to leave out the words of the
clause providing for the payment of a certain amount of
capital, before it should be entitled to be registered under the
bill.

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After a brief debate the amendment was withdrawn.
Mr. GURNEY then proposed that 50 per cent. should be
required to be paid up, to entitle a company to the privilege
of the bill.
Mr. BOUVERIE thought that 25 per cent. would be sufficient.
The amendment being withdrawn, the clause as amended
was agreed to.
Clauses 2,3, 4,5, and 6 were agreed to, with amendments.
On clause 7, Mr. CARDWELL proposed an addition to the
effect that, when a company had obtained a certificate of
limited liability, every person holding, or having within a given
period held a share in such a company, should be liable to pay
the debts of the company to an amount equal to, but not
exceeding the nominal value of the greatest number of shares.
held by him at any one time within one year previous to the
date of the judgment order under which the liability was
sought to be enforced.
Mr. Lows contended that the proviso was in direct opposi-
tion to the principle of the bill.
Mr. BOUVERIE also opposed it, on the ground that its result
would be to cause credit to be unduly given to these companies
beyond what their capital would justify.
After speeches from :Mr. Cairns for, and Lord Goderich and
Mr. Malins against, the amendment, the committee divided.
For the amendment
Against

Majority against
The clause was agreed to.,
Progress was then reported.
The House was then summoned to the House of Lords, tc
hear the royal assent given by commission to several public and
private bills. On the Speaker's return, the house adjourned at
4 o'clock till 6.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock.
Lord Hoxltent asked Lord Palmerston whether Sir John
McNeill and Colonel Tulloch, sent as commissioners to enquire
into certain matters connected with the army in the Crimea,
had returned to this country, whether they had made a report,
and whether their report would be laid before the house ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied that the report of these gentle-
men had been made, and the changes it recommended had
been attended with great advantage to the public service ; but
it was of a confidential character, for the guidance of the
government, and therefore it would not be produced.
In reply to Mr. Locke, Mr. WILSON stated that Sir Charles
Eastlake had been nominated by Lord Aberdeen to the
Directorship of the National Gallery, and his nomination had
been confirmed by the present government. A Treasury
minute would be published to-morrow explanatory of the
whole arrangement, and stating further the salary attached to
the offiet.
Mr. PEEL, in reply to Lord Goderich, stated that it was
intended to constitute an Italian Legion.
Lord PALMERSTON said there were reasons, which he should _
not dwell upon, that rendered it very desirable that the ses-
sion should be closed somewhere about the 14th or 15th of
August. There were a great many votes of supply yet to be
taken, and it was impossible to state how long the discussions
upon the motions before going into supply would take. He,
therefore, appealed to the hon. gentlemen not to press those
'notions, and moved that to-morrow the orders of the day
should have precedence of notices of motion, with the view of
going into supply.
After a few words from Lord C. Manners, Colonel Dunne,
and several other members who had given notice of motions,
it was agreed to give up. their precedence.
Mr. OTWAY inquired when the Indian Budget would be '
introduced.
Mr. V. SMITH replied he would bring it on to-morrow
week, provided the supply was then closed. If the supply
was not closed by that time, another day must be appointed. Lord Palmerston's motion was then agreed to.
On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply,
Admiral WALCOTT moved for a copy of a minute by the
Board of Admiralty, of July 2nd, 1846, relating to the opinion
of the Board as to the claims of certain officers to be recom-
mended for the honour of the Bath, who had highly distin-
guished themselves against pirates. The motion led to a long
and desultory discussion, in which numerous complaints were
made as to the distribution of rewards and honours, and of
the system of promotion both in the navy and army.
The motion was eventually negatived without a division.
SCOTCH PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS.
Mr. G. LOCKHART then called the attention of the house -
to the serious inconvenience that would arise from the act for
regulating the salaries of the Parochial Schoolmasters of.
Scotland being allowed to expire without any further pro-
vision being proposed by government to meet the extreme
urgency of the case.
Mr. PELLATT next moved an address, praying the Queen to
remedy the grievances sustained by sergeants in the army,
who are deprived of good conduct money allowances whilst
serving, to which they were entitled previous to their pro-
motion.
The LORD ADVOCATE said he had proposed a measure
which would have raised the salaries of the schoolmasters,
but the bill had been thrown out in another place. He there-
fore declined dealing with this question by a temporary act
now, especially as the whole subject must be dealt with next
session ; besides, there was no necessity for passing a temporary
act, as the salaries of the schoolmasters would not expire until
next Witsuntide, and he hoped the interval would aftbrd time
for reflection upon the subject.
Mr. SCOTT complained of this course, on the ground that it
made the schoolmasters the victims of the educational squab-
bles of the two Houses of Parliament, and of the uncalled-for
and erroneous legislation of the Lord Advocate.
SUPPLY.
The house then went into committee of supply, when,
Mr. WISE suggested that the estimates, instead of being
discussed at different periods, should be brought forward at
one time, and at an earlier period of the session, so that every
member might have an opportunity of being present at their
discussion.
Mr. WILSON having replied, the following sums were, after
discussion, voted : —23,858 for the expenses of the London
University ; £7,952 for the Scottish Universities; £2,366 for
the Queen's University, in Ireland ; £9,352 for the Queen's
College, in Ireland; £647 for the Royal Irish Academy;
£3OO for the Royal Hibernian Academy.
On the motion that £2,600 be granted for Theological pro-
fessors at Belfast, and for incidental expenses of the General
Assembly's College, at Belfast,
Mr. MIA.LL moved that this vote be reduced by £2,050t on
the ground that the state ought not to support the religions -
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After some conversation, the committee divided—
For Mr. Miall's motion 29
Against it .
Majority against —4B
The next votes agreed to were-210,000 for the National
Gallery; £4,000 for purchases from the Bernal Collection;
£27,000 for new buildings connected with the British Museum ;
£5OO for the Geographical Society ; £6,409 for magnetic
observations ; £2,525 for Public Infirmaries in Ireland;
£1,295 for the Foundling Hospital in Dublin ; £11,215 for
the Dublin Hospitals; £5OO for the Dublin Lying-in Hospi-
tal ; £795 for Doctor Stevens' Hospital in Dublin.
On the motion that £38,953 be granted for the expenses of
Nonconformist Ministers in Ireland, Mr. WILLIAMS moved
that the sum be reduced to £366.
After a long debate the committee divided—
For the vote 96
Against it...
Majority for —64.
Mr. CREETTIAM then moved to reduce the vote by £415,
being the amount applied to six new congregations.
After a brief debate the committee divided—
For Mr. Cheetham's motion
Against it.
.. 86
Majority against —so.
The whole vote was then agreed to.
After a few more votes had been taken, the Chairman re-
ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow.
The report on the Turkish Loan Bill was brought up, and
the bill ordered to be read the third time to-morrow.
Mr. H. BERKELEY moved the second reading of the Sale of
Beer Bill.
Mr. Hommel'', protested against the motion, on the ground
that the bill was founded on ex parte evidence.
After some observations from Mr. Brady, Mr. I. Butt,
and Mr. Cobbett, the bill was read a second time.
The remaining clauses of the Limited Liability Bill were
passed through committee.
In reply to Mr. Spooner, Mr. BOUVERIE stated that the
Partnership Amendment Bill would not' be proceeded with
this session. Some amendments would be introduced in it,
and the bill be reprinted for circulation during the recess. .
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house-
a4journed at 1.42 a.m.

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REINFORCEMENTS are arriving, or on their way, and are
fullTThe
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st strength;sisixteen
leaving the shores of Great Britain daily in hundreds, and
often in thousands at a time. Our Infantry comprised, when
we last enumerated them, in the spring, 44 battalions. They
have since been joined by 16 battalions more, making 60 re-
gimentsit is undeniable that If they
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regiments arrived in the Crimea, chiefly from Athens, Corfu,
Malta, and Gibraltar were at the full strength of 1,000
bayonets. The Horse, reinforced from home and by the 1,100
men of the 10th and 12th Hussars from India, are over 3,000
strong, and are divided into three brigades instead of two.
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Our readers may have noticed the departure of vast cavalry
reinforcements from England during the past month, of men
and horses that have been trained throughout the winter for
the work. The artillery arm of the British service is the
most complete of all. * * * * We have
of
f '
the authority of an English officer of high rank, just returned
only for a few days on the business of the war, for stating that
the Turkish contingent of the British army, now encamped at
Buykdere, on the Bosphorus, is composed of the finest troops
he ever saw. They already amount to 14,000 men. They are
flocking in by hundreds from all sides to the British standard,
where they are well lodged, fed, clothed, and armed. They
will soon be at their full number of 20,000, when they will be
able to take the field under the Commander-in-Chief of the
British army, to which they will belong. We may add to our
other encouraging information, which it is useful to publish in
contradiction of the Russian stories that are everywhere thrust
down our throats, that there are no fears entertained for the
safety of the Turkish armies in Asia Minor."—Observer. •
THE JEWS AT JERUSALEM.--Sir Moses Montefiore is the
bearer to the Jews at Jerusalem of a subscription amounting
a firman
to 3,000,000 f. or 4,000,000 f. During his sojourn at Constan-
tinople he obtained from the Ministers of the Porte .
authorizing the establishment of a Jewish hosPital at deru-

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