The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-07 00:00:00

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

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Lord ABERDEEN, in moving the adjournment of the
house, said--My lords, before the nest meeting of the
house, I trust that the embarrassment which at present
•aiets will be entirely removed.
- Their lordships thou adjourned until Thursday.

ROUSE OF COMMONS—TESTERDAT.
The BPEAKIER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed : Alford and Boston Road ; Ches-
terfield Water and Gas ; Cork and Youghal Railway ;
Cornwall Railway; Dandee and Perth and Aberdeen
Railway ; Glasgow and South Western Railway Consoli-
dation ; Londonderry Improvement • Manchester Shef-
P
dell, and Lincolnshire Railway (Lincoln Branch,' &c.);
Newport Corporation ; Over Darwen Gas ; Sheffield Gas ;
and Dundalk Harbour and Port.
SOLDIERS' PA Y.
Colonel B. 'KNOX seeing the right hon. the Secretary
at War in his place he wished to put a question to him of
which ho had not given him notice. Complaints had been
made by persons in this country who hail had money
sent to them from their relatives serving in the
East that they were unable to obtain the money, and
on application to the War-office they were given to under-
stand that they were unable to receive the money, from the
circumstance that up to a late date in last year no ac-
count had been received from the Paymaster-General.
Now he wished to know if that was correct or not ?
Mr. S. HERBERT—Perhaps the gallant officer will re-
peat the question to-morrow; but I understand no accounts
have been received from the paymasters of the regiments.
Colonel B. KNOX—No, no accounts have been received
from the Paymaster-General.
HOSPITAL AT SCUTARI.
Mr. BENTINCK wished to ask the Secretary at War,
'whether it is true that Dr. Lawson, who was recently
severely censured in General Orders by the Commander in
Chief for his " apathy and indifference towards the sick
and wounded on board the Avon transport," has been ap-
pointed as principal medical officer to the hospital at Scu-
tari ; and if so, by whose authority that appointment was
made ?
Mr. S. HERBERT said, I have no official account of the
appointment of Dr. Lawson, but I have reason to
believe that private letters have been received stating
that Dr. Lawson has been temporarily put in charge of
the hospital at Scutari, and have inquired by
what authority he could have been so appointed,
and I am informed that the distribution of
offices in the medical staff is left to the chief medical
officer, but his appointments are subject to the sanction of
the highest military authority. I may state that
Dr. Cumming, who was at the head of the Scutari hospital,
has been to Balaklava to inquire into the state of the hos-
pital, but I have every reason to believe that he has re-
turned to Scutari, and at this moment, therefore, he is
at the head of the hospital, and not Dr. Lawson.
DUTY ON FOREIGN WINES.

Mr. OLIVEIRA gave notice that on Tuesday, the 20th
inst., he should call the attention of the house to the pre-
sent rate of duty charged on foreign and colonial wines.
PROMOTION IN THE AItMY.
Lord GODERICH intimated that on this day fortnight
he should move that in the opinion of the house the present
system of promotion in the army, by which non-commissioned
officers seldom attained the rank of commissioned officers, and
rarely of field officer, was..unjust to the private soldier, and
ought to be amended. (Hear.)
BURIAL GROUNDS.
Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that he should postpone
his motion on the books to-day on this subject until Tues-
day, the 20th inst.
THE CAVALRY CHARGE AT BALAKLAVA.
Mr. 11. BERKELEY postponed his motion for inquiry
into the conduct of Lord Lucan, in ordering the charge of
Light Cavalry at Balakla.va, until this day week.
THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
Sir E. PERRY asked the President of the Board of Con-
trol, Ist, Whether as the regulation for the examination of
candidates for the civil service of India give a manifest
advantage to candidates who have been educated in England
under the English system of education, and arrangements
are in contemplation by which Hindoos and Mussulinen,
who may be equally well educated under a different sys-
tem, may be admitted to compete with reference to their own
branches of knowledge ; and, secondly, if no such arrange-
ments are in contemplation whether Hindoos and Muasul-
men, and other natives of India, may be admitted to com-
pete, under the present rules, without being obliged to
undertake the expensive journey to England, which in the
case of Elindoos militates against their religious opinions
and feelings ? In doing so the hon. gentleman was pro-
eeecling to enter into a few explanatory remarks, but was
interrupted by cries of "order," and resumed his seat after
simply putting the question.
Sir C. WOOD, after alluding to the extreme inconve-
nience, under present circumstances, of questions by hon.
gentlemen being accompanied by any reference to facts
and arguments, he (Sir C. Wood) did not, in replying.,
intend to make any observations with regard to the
regulations now laid on the table ; but he might say that,
to a certain extent, the regulations must be of an experi-
mental character, and there was no intention at present of
making any alteration in them. (Hear, hear.)
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
Sir GEO. GREY—Sir, I beg to inform the house that I
have received a message from my noble friend the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, stating that
ho has received a conithission from her Majesty to
undertake the formation of a Government. Under these
circumstances he has requested that I would move that the
house at its rising should adjourn until Friday next ; but
I have been informed since I came into the
house, that it would be an inconvenience if the
house adjourned over to-morrow, as there is some builnese
which will not occupy much time to be disposed of to-
morrow. Therefore the houseat its rising will adjourn as
usual until to morrow, but it may be understood that the
sitting will only be of short duration.
On the motion that the house do now adjourn,
Mr. BENTINCK rose for the purpose of calling the at-
tengon of the house to the anomalous and disastrous state
of public affairs at the present moment. It was impossible,
he said, to imagine a state of things more disastrous than
those which at present existed, as regarded both the cha-
racter and prospects of the country. (Hear, hear.) It
was now more than a week since a vote of the house had
compelled the resignation of the Government, and he
wished to know;wha7t had occurred during that time—time
*we:cry hour of which was invaluable, and on the proper dis-
tribution of which might, in all probability, depend the
lives of thousands of our fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) If
he was rightly informed—and it should be understood he
was speaking from publicrumour in the absence of any better
guide—the Earl of Derby had, in the first instance, been
commissioned to form a Government, and that he had
made an attempt to do so, and appealed at the outset to
the noble lord the late Secretary for the Home Depart-
ment. The latter noble lord, it was said at first, consented
to fall in with the arrangements proposed, but be was
stated subsequently to have declined to accept them.
Now, he hoped the noble lord would take a
proper time to explain to the house and the country that
course of conduct which if correct, as he (Mr. Bentinck) had
stated it, certainly looked very mach like vacillation. It
was further stated that the late President of the Council
had afterwards been called upon by her Majesty to form an
Administration, but the attempt, as the noble lord had in-
formed them, had failed after a few hours' exertion, a re-
sult which after the proceedings of the last few days was not
surprising. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Then it was
said that the noble lord the late Secretary of the Home
Department had been for some days attempting, and so
far as he (Mr. Bentinck) at present knew, without success
to form an Administration ; and they were farther t~~i,
ed,
by rumour, that the difficulties which the noble lord had had
to contend with arose from the determination of certain pub-
lie men to insist upon a preponderance of their own pm ty in
constituting a Government. Now he would este the house,
was this a creditable state of things for the country to find
itself in? (Hear, hear.) Was it right they should be
listening night after night to peesonel recriminations be-
tween noble members in the other house end noble lords in
that house, whilst other public men were engaged in en-
deavouring to obtain a preponderance of their own party
)3efore another Government could be formed, although
the affairs of the country were in so disastrous a condition ?
It was impossible to conceive anything more discredita-
ble or disastrous than the delay which had taken place
during the last few days in the constitution of a Ministry
capable of carrying on the affairs of the country. (Hear.)
He had been induced to make these remarks in the hope
that having done so he might induce others who had more
weight than he had in that house to take up the subject,
and call upon the house for an eepreseion of its
opinion, which might lead to a better state of
things, and to a termination of the delay which
had hitherto interrupted the conduct of public
business. (Hear, hear.) He need not remind the house
that the lives of thousands of their fellow-creatures might
be depending upon every mis-employed hour, and he
trusted the house would express its opinion in the way be
had suggested, so that their present position might no
longer continue to weaken the character of the country
both at home and abroad. (Hear, hear.)
itte this .
sair C. WOOD said it was excessively inconvenient that
time explanations of what had taken place should
steodiZtai°,aroty hon. members. Every one knew that they
sent state of of a fresh Government, but in the pre- AnyzarisEmarr.]—Trie WAR IN TILE EAST. —POWERFULPITENT
Bible per Tiii* :trial affairs, when there was no respell- IR
convenient that each ...ECONNOITRINO GLASSES.— SIGHT AND HEARING —Messrs. S. anti
'hens, to reply, it was indeed most in- B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Ob.
put by the e__. els questions should be put ae had been
doubt a proper e
member serve---oppos'itethe York Hotel. Newly-constructed Spectacle
pportanii who had just sat down. No Lenses of the greatest transparent power. Tho valuable adran.
Government when it we,etT would be taken by the new tage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming vim-
nation in its power. (Cheer ormecl to give the fullest expla- paired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged
Mr. WHITESIDE 'l° said the •
frieruight hon. baronet must rpsei=o:el'u have misunderstood his hon. erazttedcaitleemploy their sight at the most
with these lenses of a much less mag-
to ask for any explanations, but had who did not venture reifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes
plain and sensible remarks with „i.":13.1T made a few to the dangerous effects of further petrel ful aseistance. Deaf-
house to express its opinion on the present inducingd the ness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi-
Wheelay, and of nary powerful; small, newly-invented instilment for deafness,
hastening to a termination negotiations
likely never to approximate to an end. (Hear, aarseemed entirely-different from all others, te surpass anything of the
Mr. SCOTT attributed the present state of publ.er kiud that has been, or probably ever can be, produced.
to the unwillingness of the house to debate resturi;Tinairs Being of the came colour as the &gin, is not perceptible ; it
enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
questions in 1853 and 1354 ; for if the questions putal7
-Funblic assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises
was a capeit viol.-
the
the hon. member for Aylesbury had been enforced and
Iretttliec
oarsa is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist-
debated, he believed there would have been no war. Tho
hat ssibly could be desired. By her Majesty's RDVa
t for valuable
leader of the late Government
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turn, and his Administration had been feeble from and extraordinary improvements
indeed, as ultimately
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the beginning to the end, 30 fe ble, y course opetraPoawcir,ful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-
to lead to a vote of co3nliro that was carried by a nnjority , of obi
of two toioese (Hear.) Was the voice of the country to be army, navy, and othierie.sugh them—of great importance to the
stifled by the house allowing these defeated Ministers to ordinary powers that others. These
telescopesA poss,iss such extra,-
return to their seats ? Woull: the house or the couny per- piece, will show distizetl eJ3 inches, with an extra. eyo-
snit the leader of an Admin'etration that had sot grossly and the double -stars; zthupiter's Lioons, Saturn's ring,
ini-icouducted affairs to hold 'such a position in the now seen a person's count seance throe
saine telescope can be
Cabinet as to still leave him in possession of all the power, and as object from 16: to 20 miles°. miles and a half disknt,
though not the honours of his former Office ? (Hear.) sizes, with increasing powers accorn They are of larger and all
Could they tolerate that When he was the very man whose in, from 4to 6 inches enable us e ; while their vary-
incapacity had drawl us (Cries of ' above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites,"er more than the
into this war . &e &c._-The
hear, hear.) He protested, then, against their ad- Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented; ie Royal
journing in this way from day to day without anything I powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnn.vte,l7)y which
deoisive being known. It was trifling alike with the time i a person can be seen acid klownli miles distant ; they
of the house and the interest of the co% try,and he hoped
every. purpose on the race-course, and at the opera bona."'"
some understanding with regard to • 1 •country scenery, ant 1 ships are clearly seen at Bto 10 mile's' would be immedi-
ately come to. (Hear, hear.) • hootint, deer-stalkin a • •
They are invaluable -foi s 0, g, ohtnig,
Mr. LABOUCHERE declared that the entleen gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera,
lowering itself is the eyes of th house would be . sportsmen, g
m'
camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderfulthig con
e country if it permitted race-course,
versation to go on. It could lead to no result, and '
lower.-39, Albensarle-Stret t Piccadilly, Obaerv•—oppe-
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We may mention that neither Lord Palmerston, Lord
John Russell, nor the late Chancellor of the Exchequer
were present during the sittings of the house.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.

On Saturday the monotony which had previously ex-
isted as regards the betting upon the Liverpool Steeple-
chase was to a great extent broken by the rapid advance
of both Miss Mowbray and The Trout, the former
springing front 15 to 1 to 11 to 1, the latter from 25 to 1
to 14 to 1, the short odds being taken freely about each.
Brown Brandy was in considerable demand for the Ches-
ter Cup, and would have been backed to money at 40
to 1 ; the highest offer, however, was 100 to 3. The
first four favourites were altogether untouched, although
25 to 1 was currently offered en the field.
Yesterday (Monday) Miss Mowbray and The Trout
were again in force for the Liverpool Steeplechase.
The horse, had, however, just the call of the mare.
Each were backed at 10 to 1, but at the close that
price was unobtainable about the latter, but
was offered against the former. St. Hubert for the
Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, who has been very quiet
in the market of late, found a friend, who quietly, and
with his usual tact, succeeded in backing him to win
near 3001. at 3 to 1, the movement scarcely being ob-
served. Bonnie Morn bad ne friends at 4 to 1. An-
dover and Rotherham, both for the Chester Cup, were
each backed at 200 to 9, but at the close no advance
upon 20 to 1 could be obtained against either of them.
25 to 1 was currently offered on the field, bar two.
To-day (Tuesday), although the acceptances for the
Liverpool Steeplechase were published. the betting upon
it woe' unimportant. 1.0 to 1 was offered on the field, and
Miss Mowbray scented rather "shakey," having n o friends
at' 14 to 1. St. Hubert, for the Two Thousand Guineas
Stake, was a worse forourite than yesterday; 65 to 20
was offered without a response. We think Lord of the
Isles in reality is as good a favourite as anything. We
may here remark that the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
has this year been a better betting race than we have seen
it for some time. Very few books are open upon the
Metropolitan Handicap, and only the favour:tes are in-
quired after, the only horse that was Lacked for money
fur the Chester Cup was Bright Phcebus 1,00 t) to 30
was taken in one bet, as well as other sums at the
same price, 900 to 20 was taken, about Little
Harry, and the old price of 40 to 1 was asked for in vain
about Brown Brandy, 15 to 2 was offered agst St. Hu-
bert for the Derby, but we think 8 to 1 would have been
laid ; 300 to 25 was taken once about Lord of the Isles.
Ie other respects the following quotations will indicate
the state of the odds :
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Trout (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Bastion (offered)
14 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (offered)
20 to 1 agst Tom Thumb (take 25 to 1)
THE TWO THOUSAND.
65 to 20 agst St. Hubert (offered)
70 to 20 agst Lord of the Isles (taken)
4to 1 aget Bonnie Morn (offered)
oto 1 aget Polydore (take 10 to 1)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst Pharealies (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Fandango (offered)
100 to 6as Redland (taken)
25 to 1 agst Steelyard (nominal)
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6 aget Andover (offered)
20 to 1 agst Rotheram (offered)
25 to 1 agst The Reiver (offered)
25 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Bright Phcebus (taken)
33 to 1 agst Brawn Brandy (take 40 to 1 freely)
900 to 20 agst Little Harry (taken)
50 to 1 agst Jack Sheppard (take 1000 to 15)
50 to 1 aget Atherston (take 1000 to 15)
50 to 1 aget Dalkeith (offered)
1000 to 14 agst Scliarnyl. (wanted)
1000 to 15 aget Dr. O'Toole" (take 1000 to 10)
DERBY.
15 to 2 aglt St. Hubert (cff-rd)
300 to 25 avet Lord of the Isles (taken)

LIVERPOOL SPI
ACCEPTANCES fist' the GRIM
54 nubs., 14 of whom deci

,ING MEETING.
NATIOJAL STEPPLECHASE,
,red .4nd pay 5 Nova. each.

Age st lb
Snurton
Peter Simple a 11 6
Miss Mowbray a 11 6
Peter 1, 11 4
Needwood
The General
a
Trout
Retail a 10 10
Abd-el-Kader a 10 5
Half-and-119M lO 4
Dalkeith 6 10 4
Bastion
Escape
The Poet
Nirgget
Clarion g (h b) .
Garlaud
Rosa
Boundaway (11 b) 6 10 0
Spring

Age st lb
The Putter 6 9 12
Lantern 1, 9 10
Janus a 9 10
Cutaway a 9 10
St. Arnaud 5 9 10
Wanderer (h b)
Anatis 5 9 8
MauriceDaley(h b) a 9 6
Star of England a 9 6
Maley a 9 6
Pimperne
Little Charley
Free Trader
Dangerous a 9 0
' Burnt Sienna a 9 0
Bruiser (h b) 6 9 0
Tom Thumb
' Crabbs
Boddicot.., ...... - 4 8 4
Liberator