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ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- SPORTING INT RI LTG ENCE.
saccessful even when both drew their authority from the to fill any of them. This matter had been urged again and ;to give to Indian officers by right the social rank which Tdie Weights and Measure Bill was read a second time.
again on the Government by the Indian authorities, and hut hitherto only been given by courtesy, and to pre. The Ecclesiastical Property (Ireland) Bill was read a •
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11%me source.
SURE SBURY SPRING RACES.-THURSDAY. TLIFIELP'
'of the transfer of the army to the Crown, had been urged by himself as strenuously as he could vent their being considered as iuferiee al point of third time and passed.
DERBY SMI
Then, speaking urge any suit, but unsuccessfully. Dunne the time precedence to officers of the same standing in the Queen's The house then went into committee on the Religious 0
The Salopian Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 20 added, for
I for beef Wg e
we„
he said '---- pride ofofficers for moment he had mentioned, there had been twent.y appoint- army, as he believed they had hitherto been consi- Worship Bill, which passed through that stage.
was a good supply of
There
e that case, if the
tang war
re
ill:
command, four of them a oi lieved that its effectwould be On the motion for the second reading of the Sewers
o en
' immediate connection with the King, manta to chief . being pp nt- dered. Besides this, he be .
_.
attendance of buye .
et markets- 1' !sheep v''' sea
COUNT_______RY If A REETS*
flattered by a more irnm
hour.
Woodedby,
LSoercdrestaerynatooutrhißlloearsdtaotfedOrhdenahnacde
filled second horee to save his stake. About a mile and a__gal, l•
flits
snit!
the same as on several pa
1 lots of lambs , _ sows,
that feeling would probably be altered when they disco- naents to the command_ of the whole Indian army. The that if an officer had become say a major-general in the House Drainage Bill.
gave up, for when there were 30,000 Queen's coaapany's service, he might be sent to the Crimea or else- Sir J. SFIELLEY hoped the noble lord would not objectquarter. subs.)
~erect that,
.from a separate service, which had a reputation latter he
tension of its own, and was the sole object of atten- troops in India it might be fair t° give the general cora- where without requiring a new commission, and would to postpone the hill until some day alter next Monday, • , was Mr. Stevens'(s See Clear, by The Hydranret 71b (nor) 1
. good request, an q ,
0,
calves saeg f 61, ,
..4
and pre
wand to a Queen's officer. But the other 16 vacancies had mak according to the date of his original commission, and when it might be shown that the local boards, under the , Y • Mr. Minor's filly by the Era out of Betty Baylock, . higher in price. The supply I '
taboo :-J6ee 4d to 6iatra,
than to the military department of its Government, they
ma- been filled up bY Queen's officers, despite the anxious not according to the date of such appointment. At pre- Nuisances Removal Bill, would have sufficient povrersto do the situation of secretary about 18 months, and had Bst 11 b
rhe folloWing were the
(j)113 to Od ; Ve3j'f t rig °I i al
even sank into an inferior branch of another army, and also
rOligh '3 ' la t'
remonetrauces of the Indian officers. There was an excuse sent, when in India a company's and a Queen's regiment all that was Provided for under this bill. He moved that been in the service 51 years. He was not aware wile. air. Thorntenn Elizabeth Anne, 7st 1011) (Wells) 3 mutton, od to 7d ; lamb, - •
ex al\ml ri'n
scarcely known to the Commander-in-Chief." for this course during a certain period. An illustrious were serving together, the officers commanding them the committee be Postponed until Wednesday.
Os 9d. per score ,
ajteneins,
ther any ccmmueication had been made to Lord Raglan The Herbert Stake: (Handicap) of 5 soya each, 2 ft. The lb. ; pigs, Os 3d to , er lb ; c
(Hear, hear.) That would be the fate of the Indian army
Duke then at the head of the army had a
strong opinion ranked according to the dates of their commissions, and Lord EI3RINGTON thought that this course was most
winner to be sold for 501. About three quarters of a per 141 b. ; hides, 2
3ed to 4ea p
filled with sheep and severe Fat were
„gooiest
if it was transferred to the Crown, the civil government
effect of this memorandum would be to apply the same inexpedient. He thought that it was highly desirable that as Master-General of the Ordnance since he had
e same
..
per lb.
being left with the East India Company. His hon. friend ~nthe subject, and he (Sir J. Hogg) was not ashamed to the
be passed • say that he respected even the prejudices of such a man. rule in Europe. Therefore, to a certain degree, it did con- a bill should as 800 D as possible to render house ,been in the Crimea. The Lieutenant,-General had mile. d uite as dear. , more ,i itore ,
seemed to assame that he was fighting the battle of the
He therefore did not blame the Government for yielding far military as well as social rank. Though he should drainage as effectual as Possible, in the face of cholera and' performed his duties. He did not think it possible Mr. Doughty's Blossom by Vitellius, 4 yrs, Est 611)
EDINBURGH GR .•t `lay ai bse Indian army and Indian officers, and as a foundation for
for one member of the board to perform all the dukes (Q9l ) •
•nt--n 1
of the board, but it was the custom for one to discharge the assumption, he read a single extract from a letter of a to the strong feeling of that great man on the point. He have objected to the proposal first made by hit hon. and other epidemics which might break out at any time when
Mr. Mosel 's Romeo, 5 yre, 7st fib ..• (T. Cliff.-) 2 The supply of
orts.
distinguished author. He (Sir J. W. Hogg) denied that was bound to Bay that on one occasion the noble lord the learned friend, that an address should be voted to her ma. the summer set in. If the house was not di-posed to ive•ee
roved a little.. a the to
5s
He member for London
did use his efforts to obtain a subor- jesty praying her to appoint a commission upon this sub- to this, he should ,brow the responsibility ou them and e Mr. Wood 'e Falcon, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.
his hon. friend spoke the wishes of the Indian areay.
sub,
linate command for an Indian officer but they were un. ject, he thought that an inquiry before such a commission Government. He moved that the committee be fixed for when oue the dutiesonly was present. Foreierly
Mr Borten'. Pope Joan 4 yrs 71 3lb .....(Pahner) 4 while oats and beans inila , down. BarleYleg doll;
.1,1
In Oa
did not pretend to speak for the Indian army on this
copioue minutes of the transactions of the board were Pope .Joan, - top 3s, and the average Oats on the top .te e an'
f a rol successful. The illustrious duke had so strong an jai- would have been preferable to that now proposed. The this day.
his hon. ire
The winner was bought in for 100 teninean 'the averiee 4d down. is and 1
jest, but he had at least as good means as
a that nine- oression of the necessity fQ • best course which the hon and learned member could Lord PALMERSTON thought that the bill might stand
y o employing a Queen s officer • kept, but now only the principal onee-these were duly
The Great Cleveland ' -3 f •h 1 anti ` on tie ter 1,
believe
a•eland Handicap of 10 sovs each, t, with the average 4cl up. Beans
of knowing its sentiments, and he
would streuu- that it was painful to press him to take a step in opposi- have taken would have been to have called the attention of for this day. eooverded to the Master-General, who had power to re-rs
tenths or nineteen-twentieths of that army
50 added. A winner this year of any race of the value -, od „p.
„d sales. it el('
the C • tion to it. But since his death there had been three com- the housetothesubjectwithoutaskingeitherfor acommission Sir J. SHELLEY withdrew his motion, and the com. verse the decision of the board. The Lieutenant-
er to town.
Total Supply
,so, ,0 rs
of 10C/. to carry 1411), .ir the second in sueli race re-
.... tne q
ously resist an amalgamati 'on or transfer
d referred to the opi- mends vaoant at Madras and Bombay, and in May last he or a committee. Under all the circumstances he hcped the mittee was fixed fel. this day. General had not that power. He could not say whe- 3 large. Sales heavy for
.ill s
all kinds
(Hear hear.) His honourable friend
ceiving 101. to carry 7lb extra. after the declaration Wheat on this subject, and gave a short (Sir J. Hogg), when he heard the rumour of the appoint- hon. and learned member would see the expediency of not The Personal Estates Bill was read a second time. thur all instructions or orders given by t 1 1• 1 niona of Lord Cornwallis
t that time; but, as he did client of General Anson whom he admitted to be a dietin- pressing his motion to a, division. GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. • - 'e i(har` of the weiehte • the second horse to receive 201., and
were entered on the minute book, In a great measure n ' ,
1161
Vs
......... sold 0
Oats
statement of what had passed a
would supply the deti- euished officer and an honour to his country, came down Mr. OTWAY thought the present was a most appropri- Lord J. 'al sSELL moved for leave to bring in bill to •those under him 1
Beans 1
352 to'tl;
(1,01
tir.. ses
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4: gi e,
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not give the whole statement, lid Lord cornwallie leftlmliahe to the house and asked the right hon. gentleman (Sir C. ate time for the discussion of this subject, because we now enable her M"jestY to assent to ft bill, as amended, of the wa, •of sufficient importance or riot to be eet,':,red on the two miles and a quarter). (50 ,eilis )
ciency. It was truethattb:fnur
amalgamation of thelndianWood) whether the Government intended to recommend required assistance from all quarters. Indian officers were Legislature of Victoria, "to establish a constitution in bunk.
The erection of a shell foundry at Wool wich Lord Wilton's Shoreham, by Sir Tatton Sykes, 3 yrs,
.•• ...... 45i 4" ' 01
entertained the idea of
and that on his way home he an Indian officer foisthe command? He was met by a just the men whom we should be disposed to select for ser- an for the colony of Victoria." 4et 41h (Bullock) 1 - Barley.— ............. bn
................
63
i lb
.1
army with the Queen's, his arrival, he submitted to very curt, and in manner not very courteous, reply, being vice in this war. It was a very important consideration, Mr. LO WE was very curry to be obii 1t t bl th
. ee4 o rou e e would have been of sufficient importance to be entered
Mr Palmer's Lurley, 4 yrs, Set 121 b (Fordhena 2 - Oats .............
......
matured a plan which, on
on the book. He could not say when the erection of ' - Beans ... . ....................
the But the moment intention of Lord cut short by the answer that her Majesty's Govern- that in consequence of the casualties which had occurred house at that late hour with two or three obeervatens but Mr Nlaa her St C are, 4 yre, fist lib (T. C.iffe) 3 _-__-
br4 36;
the Government.
13'1 d such an amalgamation became mem had not taken the subject into consideration. (Hear, in the Crimea, there were really very few officers who had the great importance of the • i ' the shell fouirdry at Woolwich wee brought hefere ' - •
question, and the novelty as Mr 13arher's Goorkah 5 •yrs, 7st (T Forster) 4 BOSTON ti 9'
1. e tolertn, tort Cornwallis to recommen .
the greatest ferment was created in the "learn That might be the case, but the rumour that Gen. sorted a sufficient length of time to enable them to supply well as the very undesirable nature of the course about to the board, nor when he first hear( t of it ;
known in India,
Carroll weighed for'hir. Lao.vs's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, t which me.. et, _e raid
value w b
-tteee were formed and sat in London anis Anson was to be the man tunnel out to be true, and he the vacancies with efficiency, and it, was therefore neces- be adopted, must be his excuse for doing so. The noble neither could he remember if a plan of it
101 h (carried 5,4 1110, who was entered in Lordunder the ext-11% tbo , lat
army, Domtrlt f the kingdom, and delegates were sent (sir n. Hogg) made up his mind to adopt a differeut course sary that they should open the door to the entrance into lord gave notice of a bill to enable her -majesty to assent to was submitted to the board. Every paper received ssf mind at 19 to 2s per qr. h. eo ' attended vi tan different parts o
Chesterfield's name, and who, on the authority of the this day se'nuight. No material c a a
•u, India. His honourable friend stated in future ; and, on the occasion of the next vacancy, he the army of the Indian othcers. He found upon looking over an act of the Legislative Council of Victoria as that ,act had into the office was registered, dated, and numbered andwell • air°
was a - bon,
from the army i .
nominator, was scratched ; Mr. Laws, however, refused eprino, corn. The market ts
East India Company collected evidence. Now. -rave notice of a resolution, rather a strong one, in their the regiments of the Guards that the junior contain in the been amend d. This was a. very extraordinary motion. afterwards sent to the ntaster•General, the business was the former ,
od
that the
that the East India Company had collected evi. i'ittle Parliament in Lombard-street, with respect to the Grenadiers had only seen three years' service, and in the He would say nothing now of the bill, which could be dis. to recognise Lord Chesterfield's authority in the matter, buyers and sellers, many of laces. 'te i6lOstt
he denied decided h the manwit
distant P i . wlo •
. what was done was the sponts,neous act of the offi. conduct pursued towards the Indian army. The result Fusiliers there were 18 officers who had only seen 13 years cussed when it was before the house but the form in wh-ch y' 3 Y.,•and persisted in running the mare without the sancticn chester Lincoln, and other egt 0. , 13, ed• .0 0
dance • The Chairman-But if there is only one member nre-
themselves, alarmed at the change contemplated. As was that a letter was written by the Chairman of the service among them. He was aware that it had been they were about to legislate was extremely objectioneble• of thesetwards. Jenn Wren itwill be Prices :-Wheat, red, 68s Od to !),,,, od to i
„. pd t
Jenny was, - A Tg°oPocli of Parley
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cars
' , sent there could be no minority ?----The decision of thatßarley, ah' peas, Pl°
his recollection of the facts soma him, the "dale- Company in accordance with the resolution, and to that urged that they ought not to tamper with the native troops and he Wag the more inClined to oppo3e it because he saw, bared, sold by auction to Mr. Laws after winning a sell- 803 Od extra, 82s Od, far as
one member is considered as the decision of the board.
gates" sent over here by the Indian army were requested brief ready reply was written by the same right hon. gen- of India, but he could not understand hew the Crown from a notice that had been given, what was intended to ins r tCh t B ' 2tol a t J Mil 7
ace a es er. etting- asst oe I 1 er,
to change their names to agents, and they were received tlernan, giving, on behalf of the Government, an assurance would be more likely to tamper with the natives than the be adopted in the Council of -"anew South wales, In 1850 There were circumstances which required. The signature
to 2 asst Burley,r to 1 aS d 6to leach -t Per qr.
..1 age , e ucer, asst
„________. oral
by the Chairman of the Court of Directors and the Presi- ,hat in future the claims of the Indian officers should be East ludia, Company were. In giving his vote for the an act was passed, airing to the Legislative Councils of the of two members. Shoreham and St. Clare. Won cleverly by a, length. elan g• u fil th°
dent of the Board of Control as individual officers. He considered; and of the sincerity of that assurance he had committee he was main', influenced, however, by one con- Australian colonies Power to frame newconstitutions The witness was then examined at length on the de- NEWARK- t•fel li Per
len 1 loh
for eThree lengths between the second and third ; about two
would now simply read them a portion of one report made no doubt. (Hear.) The present motion was, in fact, the eideratimi, and, that w 3, a desire, in the terms of the themselves. Under that statute the Legislative Council of tails of the office.
to day, with 3 1,), per Clr• top. tog
lengths between the third and fourth ;Joe Miller and e
h good attendance „t to es itera tel ,
by these delegates while the matter w„ pending, aim -enevral of the charter discussion. Hitherto the Indian motion, that the house should consider and inquire how the Victoria had passed an act, the preamble of which recited Admiral Sir D. Dundas admiral of the Black Sea. sda en
another when it was Concluded ; and the house then might Government had always possessed and exercised the Privi- armyo of India eight be made available for the war in that power had been given it to do so by the statute of ti • . t • d
Corn no a
barley', g,
een oas nex examine by the lawman- e stated In the value of spring . res_ t
6 ; OP' 0
draw their own inference as to the value of the argumen legs of levying, organising, and disbanding troops. That -"trope, and to inquire into the steps necessary to be taken 1850; but then the act& passed by the Legislative Council The Lon perSt die o moos each , w
L Hall S k f 5 h ith 30 added ; last week. , ~ 72.4 to 4 ees es,
that when hewas in Besika Bay 1854 he understood Wheat white 80s to b2s, red
24st. a i...
founded on the opinions of Lord cornwanis. Here was the was an essential privilege, function, and attribute of the if it should be deented expedient to constitute the army of overleapt and transcended the powers contained in the act w ' .• •in • for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 51b, and fillies, Bst 21b ; win- .e'• • 30 •3es. oats, •toaB •
ners, 71b extra ; horses having started three times 24s to 30s. Beans, 42s Od to 46s Od• °
328 to 303 grinding sto - , 643
report of the delegates-their own account of one of their ruling power. Without a Company's army they could the East India Company a Royal army. (Hear, hear.) of 1850, presuming to repeal numerous Itnperial atatutes it was likely his fleet would be used against the enemy.
263 to 30;;bbeans, 46s to 48s ; mane
verbal communications to the chairman :- have no Company's government. A civil authority sup- Mr. PHILLIMORE considered that many dangers might and also to invest the Council with a great many powers When it was likely war would be declared, he was under
without winning allowed 51b • the second to save his
to ported by an army not their own might aspire to the name result from transfarriug to this country so large a force as which it did not now possess, and which nothing but au act him a Lord Stratford's orders. The Admiralty gave .
" That we felt it our inclination, as well as our duty,stake. T.Y.C. (five furlongs). (15 stiles.)
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.f agents, and might be potent for mischief ; but they could that of the Indian army without the checks and restraints of Parliament could confer upon it, while it likewise in rough statement of the power of the enemy's fleet in
treat the Court of Directors with every respect ; that our Mr. Morriss's Till v, y, y Planet, Sat 21b
,11441-1'5%
with which thegovernment of the army of this country the Black Sea likely to be brought against him. After Mr, Stevenses
'Smack,l l'ff 8 t 51b (Aldcroft) 2 SEABORNE
situation was unprecedented, the which had
as was cause not aspire to the name, dignity, or utility of a Government,
This, which was true in respect to every Government, was was surrounded, . s c i e s
oil to the Imperial Legislature. This act the Legislative he moved into the Black Sea, he was unable to gain - . , ' I rot
P induced it. In all other cases, as public aer
especially true with respect to India. If his hon. and Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR expressed considerable doubts Council of Victoria had no more authority to ' - than - eleacre
wants, we could look with confidence towards them alone
it:reed friend thought it would conduce to the public in- as to the propriety of bringing forward 80 important a had any small knot of The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. 3-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; sent men trio
as the channel of redress; but in the present instance,
serestni to review and reverse the settlement for the n question as this at the present time. Avery short time room in-the colony
, . gover -persone assembling together in a enemy s fleet from Lord Stratford, and he was equally
_
our, s . , ve, s e ;MX an age , 10st 2b. (N signifies that the mails ares _,,atcli,)
wi,esa
to 46s ; tares, 58s to 60s p©r qr.
_........t.
by the night-and Bt by the morning--t`''''
01, iit 1 doe,lol,
where We had every reason to believe a change of masters ~ lately .
hadelapsed • greathad effected '
went or /nom, so arrived at, let him say sc. Let a since grea changes a been in the The Legislative Council, however, took •t upon itself to About three miles.
Mr. Thelluson's Rata fan by the Baron, 5 yrs - 1
~,
was intended without deigning to consult us, we conceived
him make the attempt openly and avow his object, but he Government of India, and the result of these changes had pass.this act, reciting the limited' powers given to it by The gallant admiral proceeded to read copies of letters ale .1.1 Fr°,teri 1 a5......ih0e
nay wnen --- i . en.
that our being officers did not deprive us of the. liberty en- ltheh not to tamper with notyet been ffi •, 1 (Sir J. Hogg) prayeo house - 1 • ato
(J Prince) 1 COIINTRIEh don• i
ioYetlethyeveryother description of British subjects, namely
subject, and not to trifle with such topics as the 'inhale question of the amalgamation of the two armies might well those powers, it sent home, together with this bin, a short Sebastopol, when he was interrupted by the committeetticc, Lon .-...-- , y
theittsertine by every legal means, our natural rights as
wli ) thought it desirable they should not be read. ' Mr. Palmer's' The Chicken, 3 yrs (Wilson) 2 -------- reeern°"' go 0
' ' .Itransferredat the will .
slaves, to be
Then; We were not
~ army and empire. Let them not give their support to a
motion which would strip the existing Government of all the Crown and the abolition of the East India. Board.
be deferred until the transference of the Indian empire to act, which it suggested that 'Parliament should pass, in
order to legalise what it had done Now, it would be By Mr Drummond-He wrote to Lord Stratford re- Mr. Georee's Battle (late 5 yre day •• ----
(W. Clay) 3 . n • „erenwern Fri 001
.. :merica(by rit.p
te
, oven 1
caprice of a master ! No Power had a right to convey its
The ' Members 'PI Ida),
a
eCounty .ate o. 60 sou •; for 3-yr olds :mericp, iby United en., power, and degrade it in the eyes of the Mr. II GREGOR considered the question before the most inconvenient, as well as not ve • creditable,t• it, but • d answer,which ho sent
substantial - very for the spec nig receive no on - • 1 tat
armies to another. That the officers in India had con-
and upwards. Optional selling weights. allowances, packet) ....•• •• -NI ' ealliP ' 24
~;sout
igtf
the Company; if they were to be trans- to serve house as one of grave importance, and one which ought British Parliament to accede to
try, while it would continue and even increase every evil . I such arequest, while Captain Drummond to him ; but there was some diffi-
&c. Winners extra. About a mile and three- uarters =merits (by ILI Statesi
.. •• .. • ' 1
ferred to the King, it must be with their own consent, sad not to be lielatl dealt with b the House of Commons, it would be most inexpedient •
said to be found in the existing system. (Hear, hear.) . Y y . also
.as an example to culty about the passport, and he received no answer by
Mr. B 1 •th' Th C Fl q • packet) ..........N1 1
gout
. SOU' - ,tar
Sir DE LACY EVANS said, as- he understood the ob. He felt deeply that there never existed a House of Com- the other colonies. Certain limited powers having been h• .e s e ropper, by atcatcher, 3 yin straits) (via South-
...•• .• '' ' er ° ' e
on such terms as they chow© to stipulate." •rm.
. , Doe go ject of his hon, and learned friend in proposing the ap• mans which treated grave subjects with so much levity . granted to the Legislative Council, it ought to have con- (30/ ) ,Set 11Ib
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...,
Admiral Dundas examined by Mr. Drummond.-
Ditto (via Marseilles) S.
. eh '1
That was the case which his hon. friend coolly and delibe- of a committee was to carry out the very object but a time was coming when hon. members would be called fined itself strictly within its authority; and whatever Lord John Scott' V. t- 4 ("0/ )7 • 41b
Scotts ing un, yrs 0 , 7st rately cited as a raced is
for the change now sug- pointmentwhich he had himself more than Otlaocated, Le Lad no to a strict 3,nd severe account for their conduct. (Hear.) was wanted beyond those constitution powers should Mrii Drummond was about to put a question to the Ditto (via cape of 44100 d:
(Wells) 2 Rom „ „........X ..... ta... ripo'-`,....!
geited, and represented as likely to be acceptable to the option but to support the motion, without, however, bind- That night's debate would, ho warned the Government, be the form of a gift and concession from the Imerial Par- ga ant admiral, whether he
.did not. sug,gest to. Lord
Mr. Osborne 's Miss Price, 3 yrs (30/ ), set 61b (e'er- ,Erica (West Coastn•N 'l3d of the moO:,, . Dover,;rpta
Indian army. When it was all over and these same dale- •
Stratford, in order to obtain information respecting the . _t, „ .24, ec 30. ot
ii. southi_,,,toll 14,11/ 6
himself If to proceeding which such
• tog imse any - '
(Bearpark) 3 Ailexandria.....• •• • • .7. ,th ',,,...20th of ino
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cr lna at
state of Sebastopol, that as two Russian ships were
11exandria .....• .• ••31 ' f the mouth '' cer ••' op Po li
gates made their report to the various committees consti-
eight think proper to adopt beyond that of giving power were mistaken if they thought they could get rid, of them shape that was illegal and void, and then send• 113,,, its
.0 Mr. Sargent's Wilsford, 4 yrs (30/ ), 7st 91b...(Dowling) 4 „animas
........... el 17th o
....., D 0 0,03 Pt
~, Id 00
toted in India-a, nice state of things truly for an army to
to the Government to employ the officers of the Indian in the manner they seemeedisposed to adopt. home, accom spied banother short •py - ern .b • g repeired in Portsmouth harbour, aud he had a ship in Gene . pop
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The Stanley Handicap of 5 each with 50 added a 1•• NT,i'a"i'•• " - th • S'''' 111" t( •IP
be forming committees, and sending delegates home to re- army in Europe, as they were employed in India. He did Sir E. PERRY replied-He regretted the determination ment to confirm and ratify its irregularity. If this mo- with a hole in her bottom, he had better send her into
present them-they said:- not ihink the actual terms of the motion justified some of the Government had come to on this question, which they tion had been for a bill to assent to the act of the Le ' 1 Sebastopol to be • • dwhen thwas cleared
gis a. repeire , e room - •
111'9th of the month. god
10 sOvS., and the third to save his stake. One mile. nuenos Ayres ........
,l
plOO
"It is with the sincerest gratification that we are at the arguments which had been advanced by the hon. gen- had not treated with the ravitdue to it, while they had tive Council of Victoria, the course pursued by the Go- and the question ultimately withdrawn. 4:ape of Good Hone -N , willi
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hrthe highest authority and the most overbearing influence,
which threatened the subversion, root andibranch, of those
establishments to which, from long habit and from convic-
tion of their peculiar adaptation to our situation, we are
firmly attached. We have happily succeeded in obtaining
an arrangement constituted in most parts on the principles
which our constituents have themselves recommended.
The reform has been temperate and cautious, and promises
in time to be effectual. The principal causes of complaint
have been removed, improvements have been introduced,
and room left for further ameliorations when the system
shall have stood the test of experience."
Now, that was the course which the Indian army adopted
in 1793 and 1794. What was the state of that army in
1793 and '94 ? He meant as to the advantages they en-
joyed. They resisted the transfer to the Crown at a period
when they did not enjoy any one of the advantages which
had since been conceded to them. At the period ho had
mentioned there were upwards of 1,500 English officers in
the Company's service. Would not the house be astonished
when ho told them that the highest rank to which those
officers could attain was that of colonel ; that there were
only 12 colonels, 23 lieuteniait=colonels, and 23 majors ;
that there was no retiring pension, no privilege of furlough
to Europe, none of the advantages which they now en-
joyed ? But yet, in spite of the position in which they
were then placed, they resisted, as he had shown, the pro-
posed amalgamation. (Hear.) Mr. Dundas, then Presi-
dent of the Board of Control, was not an advocate for the
amalgamation. He proposed not amalgamation, but a trans-
fer to the Crown. However, Mr. Dundas and Lord Corn-
wallis both saw what his hon. friend had not seen—namely,
the difficulties of the case. They both consulted—which his
hon. friend, he feared, had not done—the wishes of the In-
dian army. They were practical men, and they abandoned
the scheme, which until this moment had never since been
deliberately revived. His hon. friend had alluded to Lord
Grenville. .:ow, there was a very distinguished officer who
took a part in these very discussions, and who, when he had
attained a mature age, was again, in 1832, interrogated on
the subject of amalgamation or transfer to the Crown.
Tale was what Colonel Sherwood said in reply :
" A period of nearly 37 years has now passed over since
the Bengal, and indeed the whole of the Indian Artillery
were informed that Lord Cornwallis had proposed to the
home authorities to incorporate them with the Royal
Artillery, and to relieve them regularly from Woolwich.'
I have a lively, and I may say a painful, recollection of the
sensation produced by this promulgation. The major part
of the regiment was then at Dum-Dun, at their annual
practice. A meeting was held upon the occasion, where
the pror iition was looked u -'th absolute he

_ argument
There was one part of the speech of the hon. gentleman in
which he perfectly concurred—namely, that portion of his
remarks which related to the injustice done to the eminent
and distinguished officers of the Indian army. But while
admiring the good feeling of the hon. gentleman on that
point, he was rather surprised to find that his arguments
completely supported the motion now under discussion.
The hon. gentleman objected to the introduction of such a
rnotien at this particular time. Now he (Sir de Lacy Evans)
thought there could not be a more fitting time than when
the Government were looking for supportfrom all quarters.
Ile hon. gentleman was anxious to preserve everything in
[ndia in statu quo. Hon. members representing the Court
of Directors had opposed every change, declaring that each
one which had been proposed would subject the Indian em-
pire to ruin and perdition. Now, considerable alterations
had been made in the Government of India within a
very recent period. The honourable gentleman at that
time predicted the most, serious results, but he still
renaained a member of the distinguished body with
which he had been so long connected, and had not pointed
out any serious results from the steps then taken.
There was another part of the hon. gentleman's argument
which tended to support the present motion. The hon.
gentleman had intimated that, under the company, the
Indian army had shown a considerable propensity to mu-
tiny. That surely was an argument in favour of some
change in the existing system. One of the causes of predis-
position to mutiny was the want of a supreme authority in
thearmy. There had been mutinies amongst the officers as
well as amongst the men, but if they were recognised as
officers belonging to this vast empire they would not be so
ready to throw off the bonds of authority. (Hear.) In sup•
porting this motion he did not advocate any serious altera-
tion in the organisation of the native regiments, because ho
considered their organisation essentially good. But, the Go-
vernment had formerly made use of the Indian army in re-
gions beyond those to which they were limited by enlistment,
and in the present state of public affairs he thought it would
be very desirable for a select committee to be appointed to
investigate whether there should or should not be a change
made with respect to the availableness of Indian officers, and
especially of officers connected with the European part of
the Indian force, for European and general imperial pur-
posas. He considered the proposition a perfectly reason-
able one under present circumstances. (Hear.) If it should
he found that the authorities in India could give almost an
assurance that no internal convulsion or foreign aggression
was likely to take place for a considerable period, why
should the Government be deprived by any technical or
legal difficulties from employing some portion of the army,
especially the European part of the arm- in the intore'-

sty p ,e motion
The house then divided,
For the motion
Against it
Majority against the motion ---109
MR. LAYARD'S MOTION.
Mr. LAYARD said—Before proceeding with the orders
of the day, I wish to say a word or two in order that there
may be a clear understanding with regard to my motion.
I think the noble lord at the head of the Government mis-
understood my intentions when he stated that I was about
to force my motion on the house on Monday next. I had
certainly no such intention. When I requested the noble
lord to give me a night, he declined, and said I must find
one for myself, and I then intimated that I would bring
my motion forward on going into Committee of Supp:y.
I understand that on Monday night there will be an impor-
tant motion in another place, and perhaps it would be for
the convenience of the house if my motion were postponed
till a later day. (Cheers.) I think, therefore, I had bet-
ter avail myself of the kind permission given me by the
noble lord the other night, and find a day for myself.
(Laughter and sheers.)
EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. CUMMING BRUCE said that, considering the late
hour of the night (halt-past ten), and the short discussion
which had been had on the bill, and that many gentlemen
desired to have an opportunity of delivering their sentiments
on the measure, he would object to go on with the debate,
and he should, therefore, move that the Speaker do not
leave the chair till some future day. (Peals of laughter.)
As that would be an inconvenient motion, he should move
that the debate be adjourned.
Lord PALMERSTON hoped that the hon. gentleman
would not persevere. This was a question of great im-
portance, and at that Lour the house generally began to
till. He could not consent to the motion for adjournment,
and he hoped the house would feel that it was trifling with
a great question to pretend that at that hour of the night
they were not capable of giving consideration to the bill.
If hon. members would condense their speeches, all who
wished to speak on this question would have ample time
to do so that night.
Mr. HADFIELD trusted that the house would adjourn
the debate. There were six other bills down for discussion
that night, so that the public time would not be lost by
the postponement of the debate on this bill.
After a few words from Mr. BLACKBURN, who con-
trasted the course taken by the Government with respect
to a bill concerning the whole people of Scotland with
that which they had pursued with respect to one merely
affecting the local management of Oaf

ee propos; upon wi, e absolute Aorror, as - . - iy, ..ae interne- 0 ea,. seeal managemea. Ee metropolis,
destructive of all those hopes, rights, and prospects with (hate territory, to co-operate in the present contest ?He Mr. DISRAELI appealed to the noble lord at the bead
which we had entered the service and had remained with did not think the employment of the sepoys in the Crimea of the Government to consent to the adjournment of the
every disadvantage for years. The road to Woolwich was would be at all desirable, for there they would be quite out debate. It was perfectly clear that the discussion must be
pointed out as the road to ruin and despair. We thank of their place. But there were European troops, and he a lengthened one, that it could not be concluded that even-
God that this calamity was averted from us, and we fer• did not know whether it would not be useful for these troops iug but must he adjourned, and nothing would therefore
vently pray it may so continue." to be a little brushed up in the warfare in the Crimea, by be gained to the public service by commencing it at the
That was the opinion of Col. Sherwood, looking back to which they would gain experience and confidence. He late hour of the evening at which they had then arrived.
the transactions of past times and answering the question knew there were impediments in the way of the employment Lord ELCHO said that he felt there was the greatest
put to him deliberately in writing. But, upon general of the East India Company's troops in the present European desire on the part of the people of Scotland that this bill
principles, could it answer that the civil authority in India contest. In order to induce Indian officers to enter upon that would be proceeded with without delay. The principle of
should be vested in one body, and the military in another? eervice additional rank must be given , and if Government were the bill had been fully discussed on the second reading,
His bon. friend was conversant with Indian history. He to make it known that they would rank equally in Europe, and he therefore regarded the tactics of the hon. gentle-
would ask him whether such an arrangement answered in and that their services would be available in Europe as well men opposite as directed to postpone and eventaally defeat
the early periods of that history, and whether he rernem- as the services of the Queen's army, it would be a great ad- a measure on which they had already sustained a defeat
bered the endless differences which existed between the vantage to the country. With respect to the statement of in a fair stand-up fight. In deference to the real feeling
Queen's aed tho Company's officers before the harmonious the hen. member as to the non-appointment of Indian of the people of Scotland on this question, he hoped the
union now established? At that period the Queen's officers officers to high commands, he (Sir De Lacy Evans) con- noble lord at the head of the Government would not con-
sent to the adjournment of,the debate.
sidered it a most scandalous; thing .that the officers in the
went out with a great idea of their importance. They
held their commissions from the Crown, and did not serve Indian army should be deprived of these high commands, The Earl of MARCH could not allow the noble lord
a company of traders ; and the result of such ideas was that and see officers who knew nothing of India appointed in opposite to assume to himself to represent the feelings of
constant collisions occurred. But let the House look not their stead. He was glad to hear that a promise had been
the people of Scotland, which ho believed were hostile to
alone to the military, let them look at the peaceful pro-
given that another system should be adopted. Bet he the present measure. This bill was one of vital important©
fession to which his hon. friend belonged. Look to the y
should like to see something more definite, for another to the people of Scotland, and it was therefore the duty
of
Supreme Court of Calcutta—to their arrogance when first
Minister might say, "My predecessor made a mistake." hon. members from that part of the country to secure its
constituted—to the injuries they did inflict and the ruin (Hear, hear.) As a Queen's officer, be would say this, full and adequate discussion. As he believed this was im-
they would have inflicted upon India if their career had that if a selection had to be made, ha should be ashamed to Possible at that late hour, ho should vote for the adjourn-
not been stopped by an act of Parliament. (Hear.) Why, accept an appointment over the heads of men who, in the 'neut.
it had been the aim and object of Parliament ever since to knowledge of the public, had properclaims to such appoint- Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., expressed a hope that the noble
try, as far as lay in their power, to remove these ano- meet. (Cheers.) The state of the Indian army was most lord at the head of the Government would not consent to
malies, and they had at last succeeded in rendering the anomalous. The Indian officers enjoyed a number of ap- the postponement of the debate. There was now a much
authorities, civil and military, subservient to the civil Pointments, but not honourable ones; aid if an Indian fuller attendance to discuss the bill than (from the dryness
Government. His honourable friend had spoken at if he officer distinguished himself, he only acquired a sort of of the subject to English members) there was likely to be
would give the Company's officers the advantage enjoyed social acquaintance. He should like very much to know if the debate was brought forward at an earlier hour in the
by the Queen's officers—namely, of coming home here whether any plan had been devised by which it was in-
evening. The opinion of the people of Scotland on this
and of getting commands; but ho had not adverted tended practically to render these officers available for the question was sufficiently shown by the fact that there was
to the subject of reciprocity. (Hear, hear.) If you Queen's service in England. It was most desirable to un- a majority of three to one of the Scotch members of the
gave the Indian officers commands here, the necessary con. derstand whether it was intended to remove all the legal house in favour of the bill of the noble and learnd lord.
sequence was that the Queen's officers must be eligible to difficulties to the employment of these officers in European Mr. FRANCIS SCOTT hoped that his hon. friend would
all the civil and military staff appointments in India, from warfare. (Hear.) lie thought the motion of his bon. and press his motion for adjournment, as there had been an
which they were now entirely excluded. But it would learned friend a modest one, and that no dangerous copse- understanding that the debate on this bill shoal not come
be impossible to employ the Queen's officers for the pur. quences were to be apprehended from its adoption. He con- on after half-past ten o'clock in the evening. Such under-
standings between the leaders of parties ;should b© kept
pose of filling such appointments. No person could fill sidered it extremely inconvenient and injurious to the
those appointments without passing some kind of examine- public service of the country that able and distinguished
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or military service. His hon, friend would allow that it most desirable that the services of such men should be
this at present formed some sort of vested interest, and available to the Government, he heartily supported the merit.
were they to withdraw fom the Indian army the whole motion of his hon. and learned friend. (Cheers.) Mr. SCOTT said, that at all events it was his impression,
of these advantages and let in the whole of the Queen's Mr. V. SMITH said the hon. and learned member and that of those who were with him, that there was such
officers ? Could those officers be severed from their regi- who had submitted this motion to the house seemed at the an understanding. He could not, however, rest his case on
ments, and had they the necessary knowledge of the coon- end of his speech to shrink from his own proposal. The such a trivial ground. It was trifling with the people of
try, the language, and the prejudices of the natives? It opinion of the hon. and gallant gentleman whohad seconded Scotland to bring forward a debate of so much importance
was quite impossible that the Queen's officers, going out to the motion was most valuable, but he did not seem to have at an hour of the evening when it was imeo ;able that it
India for a short time, could be so qualified, and this was looked at the result. Now it was to the result thatthe house could be fully and adequately discussed. So far from the
quite inconsistent, moreover, with what he considered a was bound to look, and he thought he should be able to opinion of the people of Scotland being in favour of this
requisite for India—namely, that you should have a local show that a committee to inquire into this matter would measure, it was clear from the petitions that it was
army. He did not think he was g
addressin a single inch- be a very improper tribunal.
vidual who did not wish to do justice to the Indian army, house was this--" Is this a question for a committee of the the bill were signed by only 1,400 persons, those against it
and whe did not recognise the glorious deeds of that army. House of Commons r And, in considering that question, received the signatures of 20,000 persons. Believing that it
But his hon. friend had read a most unfair cate- he entreated the house not to be led away by any anxiety was impossible to finish the discussion that night, and that
(Hear.)
Logue of victories, and had told the house they were fought as to the warfare in which the country was engaged. He the debate must, therefore, be adjourned, he should cer.
under Queen's o fficers. Now, why were they so fought ? was prepared to say that it was the duty of the house and tainly oppose their going on any further at that time.
pride Because the company's
de wounded 'officers had been carefully excluded the Government to search in every direction for assistance, Mr. V. SCULLY observed that Irish members were ac-
,
from such commands: .. i tffear,3 so, those officers were not whether in India or Rey other uuerter,in which it could be cured of obstructing tie progress of public-business if they
only to have their
and their interests de- obtained. The late Government had brought officers who objected to proceed with any Irish bill, however important,
i
stroyed, but were afterwards
d to see held up, in a kind of had distinguished themselves at the Cape of Good Hope at one o'clock in the morning. (A laugh). They were
juxtaposition injurious to them,
theexploits which the immediately to bear upon the Crimean expedition, and he never able to bring on their business at the hour at which
Queen's officers had achieved. During
the last 15 or 16 saw no reason why the services of India officers might not the house had then arrived, and if it was to be settled as a
ears there had been eight great occasions on
which the be sought for the acme purpose. (Hear, hear.) He agreed rule that no Irish measure of importance should be brought
'ndian army had taken the field;
namely,
is the cam- with the hon. and gallant general who had just sat down on after eleven in the evening, he believed that not even
I
S tl • the that Indian officers ought to be promoted to commands in ono would be discussed in the course of the session.
de Gwalior, the u ej,
p_aigns of Affghanistan, Scin ,
r unjaub, and China; and only on one of those occasions India, but he did not think that would be the necessary re- Mr. STIRLING said that if injustice had often been
of the Indian suit of the inquiries of a committee. The bon. member for done to the people of Ireland, that was no reason why in-
'was the chief command given to an officer
justice should, on this occa • Indian Honiton (Sir J. Hogg) had referred to some inquiry which sion, be done to the people of
army- Was not that an injustice of which the .
he had ono ' made of the President of the Board of Scotland. He should
certainly vote for the adjournment,
array had aright to complain? And what was the soli- ne occasion
that it was
believing
officers of Control. Now, if the hon. gentleman ever asked such aimpossible for them then to give the
to
occaftio when it vouchsafed to emo
n,
the Indianii_, array in chief command ? It was W
liked. (Laughter.) But he could not promise that an In- petitions that had been presented upon this bill showed
''' and Xotdisasters
a sealahani„.tant were employed to retrieve the
lien officer should be preferred to a Queen's officer, if the quite clearly that the opinion of the Scotch people was not
reason wily the?- He could not, then, be told that the
' officer should be a man of greater merit. The rule in its favour; for while there were only 34 petitions, with
officers w • were not so employed was, that Indian Queen ki
1,412 signatures, in its favour, there were 330, with 24,181
ere Inferio be that the best man should be put into the situ-
ottcers of teq, rto and could not compete with the ought to
belonged to the Indian or the Queen's against it; and 309, with 16,873 signatures, pra • for • pug its
they were anperieeVa army; for, without pretending to say ation, whether he.
to
alteration and amendment. Under these circumstances, he
assert that the to the letter, he need not hesitate to troops. (Hear.) serve in In drawing Indian officers.
..
ey Were in everyto be abided by. Whilst the felt himself fully justified in protesting against the house
Bat it might be said that respect on a par with them. the Crimea, that was the rule
in the consideration
of the war in Procee, Mg a. hour in the evening.
l• •th 't 4- th it and Company'. :hen there was a mixed army of country was absorbed
The house then divided—
h n to be
giving the chief command etZna,e that might be a reason for the Crimea, other portions of the empire oug t ot
For the adjournment ll9
an important part of the
that it was so, he then asked, ~,,Queen's officer. Admitting neglected. Now, Was not India
Against 165
hat dia
divisional commands? For tho 8„ they do with their empire? Now, so far as that country was concerned, with
Majority —46
divieiWhy, with Russia. For the
officers were required with a knowled gal ceminands what power were we at war ?
languages, and populatiou, which noir butthe localities, last half century, repeate warnings had been given of Mr. C. BRUCE then moved that it be an instruction to
vide the bill into two bills
officers were likely
to possess. How did Company's
they divi 1' ' •in India. Now, if we were to strip the committee to di , the one re-
,usgan anwes,uon
e,e •' •
schools, the other to the
divisional commands in the eight great cam •
ee the India of her best officers, we might lose our prestige in lating to the parochial new schools
the
be bad referred? Fourteen were given tPailigns t"
India and give a positive invitation to Russian aggression. bill. The bill '
contemplated by the . involved two principles_
which
and nine to Company's officers. o
..cueen'
Was th tai r 8 (Hear) That Wag a question that ought not to be left i the first, the association of religious with secularinstruction,
officers,
ference to individnals at lair? out •second, the extension of the means
it fair, not il re divisional , but to tb ce sight. (Hear.) In considering the matter now 1 and the . . of education.
Was
.. keep these con:munch, for°whichi
before the house, he assured the hon. and gallant gentle- I The object of the instruction he proposed was to allow
ice, to
public service,
who might perhaps have arrived in India man that if he haditwas rather
, any prejudice
principles.
' officers,
01 the Indianmaintain the • '
Queen s
obtaining these appointments, and who were ties army. He admitted that we might lay aside I What he wanted was to mai parish schools in
only jug before ,
f the Company'e officers, who hail these which wore beneficial in less arduous times, and ' their existing connection with the Church,while
over the head o
placed
distinction by their swords? (He , he aareitted tl
• (Haar, might lee
carved their way to
s in the Indian
employmentarmy, throw the ery useful in time of peace, but in war we must education in those districts where such additional means
Ent there were other 1 d
radically exc n ed. Had lilac • a aside, and
from which Indian officers were p
at Calcutta, ein the Queewe select the fittest men for every , were required.
an Indian officer ever had the chief command
would be as toni••hed ranksnaed. to holi ver service. His hon. and learned friend The Earl of DALKEITH moved theadjournment of the
Madras, or Bombay / Perhaps the house wou
fr na the of lit h. which had been issuedeap the memorandum in regard to debate.
when he told them that in Indian history, --o days I ' P (Mr. Sieltlees by the Commander-in-Chief The LORD ADVOCATE assented to the motion.
2'ants they had Indian army a• kugeeetio
law': to the lories of the Sutlej and Punj ,
_.l , id not co
n, and which officers of the After a few words frorn Mr. J. Macgreg, r, Mr. Cow.
never lia,l
an fnclian officer fitted for any of those chief ' The gallant general (Sir ieiet quite so in . .
significant a boon. ming Bruce, Mr. Dunlop, and Mr. Cowan, the debate WU
commands, if. indeed neh an inference wore to be drawn ' this was only a queetio e;' l'acY Evans) had said that , adjourned to Monday next.
Wou CQ.V'Md : o,pprohowicd that tho ilor.,i 'l'l. re.
ttvi the fief tuk- ' 8
-oQ Ladiall vac% hail era 0 er /E. He (Mr. Smith) I The Infants Marriage Bill 77s read a second time.
, -- tumor—
. , ___ %Alia would be Ito gyitii (x(4, 2) Dig wag road 0 aecoui ti e.
- -
... ._, . - . .

Sir J. SHELLEY withdrew his 'motion, and the com-
mittee was fixed fer this day.
The Personal Estates Bill was read a second time.
GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA.
Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a bill to
enable her Majesty to assent to a bill, as amended, of the
Legislature of Victoria, "to establish a constitution in
an for the colony of Victoria."
Mr. LO WE was very curry to be obliged to trouble the
house at that late hour with two or three observations, but
the great importance of the question, and the novelty as
well as the very undesirable nature of the course about to
be adopted, must be his excuse for doing so. The noble
lord gave notice of a bill to enable her Majesty to assent to
an act of the Legislative Council of Victoria as that act had
been amended. This was a very extraordinary motion.
He would say nothing now of the bill, which could be dis-
cussed when it was before the house, but the form in wh-ch
they were about to legislate was extremely objectionable,
and he was the more inclined to oppose it because he saw,
from a notice that had been given, what was intended to
be adopted in the Council of New South Wales. In 1850
an act to the Legislative Councils of the
Australian was passed,aliancoloniesgiinplowger to frame new constitutions for
themselves. Under that statute the Legislative Council of
Victoria had passed an act, the preamble of which recited
that power had been given it to do so by the statute of
1850; but then the acts passed by the Legislative Council
overleapt and transcended the powers contained in the act
of 1850, presuming to repeal numerous Imperial statutes,
and also to invest the Council with a great many powers
which it did not now possess, and which nothing but au act
of Parliament could confer upon it, while it likewise in
many respects altered the relation of the Legislative Coun-
cil to the Imperial Legislature. This act the Legislative
Council of Victoria had no more authority to pass than
had any small knot of persons assembling together in a
room in the colony and calling themselves a public meeting.
The Legislative Council, however, took it upon itself to
pass this act, reciting the limited powers given to it by
, Parliament; and then, being conscious that it had exceeded
those powers, it sent home, together with this bill, a short
act, which it suggested that Parliament should pass, in
order to legalise what it had done. Now, it would be
most inconvenient, as well as not very creditable, for the
British (Parliament to accede to such a request, while
it would also be most inexpedient as au example to
the other colonies. Certain limited powers having been
granted to the Legislative Council, it ought to have con-
fined itself strictly within its authority; and whatever
was wanted beyond those constitution powers should take
the form of a gift and concession from the Imperial Par-
liament to the colony, instead of the colony taking it in a
shape that was illegal and void, and then sending its act
home, accompanied by another short act, asking Parlia-
ment to confirm and ratify its irregularity. If this mo-
tion had been for a bill to assent to the act of the Legisla-
tive Council of Victoria, the course pursued by the Go-
vernment would have been sufficiently objectionable—but
it was more objectionable still, because it was not merely
a bill to enable her Majesty to grant her consent, but
really a bill to enable the Legislative Council to pass that
which it had set up, though utterly void of law. The house
was therefore asked, in fact, to give validity to a law
which the Legislative Council had no authority to make,
and which her Majesty had no power to agree to. The
smatter, however, did not stop there. The Legislative
Council of Victoria, having passed an act which it had no
power to pass, and then sent it home to be made valid,
the noble lord did not approve of certain portions of this
colonial act, and thought it not advisable to adopt them ;
and, therefore, he had amended the colonial act by strik-
ing out those objectionable portions of it and inserting
others in their place ; and then he asked Parliament to
pass an act to enable her Majesty to assent, not to the bill
which the Colonial Legislature had adopted, but another
bill which the noble lord had devised. A bill when thus
altered was no longer the same measure, but must be re-
garded as an entirely now one, and therefore the bill now
proposed to be legalised could not be consideredas the bill
that was passed by the Legislative Council of Victoria.
As the noble lord had amended this bill, he presumed that
the House of Commons could also amend it. (Hear.) If
not, the simple effect would be to deprive the house of the
power of amending an act of its own, because the act would
be as much the act of this house as if it had never
passed the Legislature of Victoria, that Legislature never
having bad power to pass it. They were, therefore, involv-
ing themselves in a mess of inextricable confusion, diffi-
culty, and anomaly, and they were placing the house in a
situation in which it ought not to be placed—namely, in the
situation of submitting to the dictation of a colonial as-
sembly as to what laws it should pass. Ho objected,
therefore, entirely to the course which the noble lord pro-
posed to pursue, but he would suggest two courses, either
of which would be free from any objection in principle.
The noble lord might stand upon the act of 1850, and say
to the Legislative Council of Victoria, " You have ex-
ceeded your powers ; you have done that which you had
no right to do, and I therefore send back the act, in order
that you may amend it." But, as the case was said to be
ono of emergency, the noble lord might also introduce a
bill vesting in the Governor. General of the Australiou co-
lonies power to assent to the act so amended at once in the
name of her Majesty. That bill might also be coupled
with another making such concessions to the Colonial Le-
gislature as the Legislature had assumed to itself without
the authority of Parliament, and giving to it the land
fund, and anything else which the noble lord thought it
ought to have. The other course would be to do in effect
what they now asked to do in substance—namely, to sweep
away the machinery of enabling her Majesty to assent to a
bill which the Colonial Legislature had never passed, and
to legislate directly on the subject. (Hear, hear.) If the
noble lord thought the house ought to make a constitution
for the colony let them do it—(hear)—but let them have
the question brought fairly before them, so that they
might know what they were about. He protested against
the plan of passing an act to enable her Majesty to assent,
not to an act that had been passed by the Legislature of
Victoria, but to another and a different act, which, even
had it been passed by that Legislature, had been passed by
it ultra vires. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that either of the
courses proposed by the hon. gentleman would be prefer-
able to that which the Government desired to adopt. The
hon. gentleman was mistaken in supposing that it was pro-
posed to insert in this act provisions which the Legislature
of Victoria had not sanctiened, but the hon. gentleman
was quite correct in stating that the enactments of the
Legislature of Victoria were ultra vires, that t hey interfered
with certain imperial acts, and that they touched upon
matters which were strictly within the province of her
Majesty and Parliament. He proposed, therefore, to take
generally the act of the Legislature of Victoria as far as
concerned its own constitution, but to omit certain propo-
sals which would limit the power vested in the Crown of
disallowing the acts passed by the colonies. The bill,
therefore, although it would certainly not contain all that
the Legislature of Victoria had proposed, would not con-
tain anything to which it had not given its assent, and
thus, in his opinion, would be within the powers given by
Parliament to the Australian colonies to form constitutions
for themselves. It must be recollected that both of these
constitutions arrived in this country during the last is-
cess. If they had been sent back they could not have ar-
rived in time to give validity to these acts in the course of
this session. The hon. gentleman said they would getinto
inextricable confusion, because a similar course would be
pursued with regard to othercolonies. With regard to New
South Wales, it was quite true a similar course would be
adopted, but the constitution proposed by the Legislative
Council of New South Wales differed in some important
respects from that proposed for Victoria. In Victoria, for
instance, it was proposed that the Legislative Council
should be elected, in New South Wales, that the Le,,eisla-
' tire Council should be nominated by the Crown. With re-
gard to the Legislative Conseil, the Government thought it
right that the wishes of the colony shoald he consulted, but
when the act was passed with regard to Victoria and with re-
gard to New South Wales he did not apprehend there would
be any difficulty about the other colonies. With regard to
Van Diemen's Land, they had already a constitution which
was strictly within the powers given by the act of 185 D,
and that constitution having been laid before the two
Houses of Parliament, had already been confirmed and
approved by her Majesty in Council. With respect to
South Australia, the constitution was agreed to, but. the
Council afterwards had several discussions and divisions,
the result of which was a desire to indulge the Legislative
Council in their wish to have it referred back to them; and,
accordingly, the matter was referred back, with discretion
to the Governor to propose to the colony, whether elective
or nominative, a Council in such a form that he might be
able to. consent without further reference to Parliament.
But he thought it inconvenient to send this proposal to
Victoria and New South Wales to bo re-discussed, when
it appeared their mind upon the subject was not changed.
He should be quite ready, in discussing these several bills,
to point out in what way he thought they ought to peas.
As the hon. gentleman said the schedules would be open
to discussion, and if hon. members should think parts of
those schedules ought to be omitted, it was in the power
of Parliament to alter them, though, of course, it was a
matter of discretion whether they would do so. With re-
spect to general legislation on this subject, he would say,
a great desire was expressed in Australia that the manage-
ment of the waste lands, and the revenues arising from
them, should be at the deposition of the Colonial Govern-
ment. It was a matter upon which the Australian colo-
nies set great value, and it would bo most convenient if a
bill for that purpose were carried into effect.
Mr. G. BUTT suggested that leave should be given to
bring in this bill now, but that further time should be
taken by the noble lord for re-considering the question.
After a few words from Mr. ADDERLEY and Mr. J. BALL,
leave was given to bring in the bill.
On the 'notion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, leave
was given to bring in a bill to continue an act of 13 and 14
Victoria, to enable the judges of the courts of common
bWesstwmeirnesbterroutgohatltienr
and
de
rearsf)rrn forms of pleading.
st
time,
and the
lawat
ill The
house adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

Admiral Dundas examined by Mr. Drummond.—
Mr. Drummond was about to put a question to the
gallant admiral, whether he did not suggest to Lord
Stratford, i❑ order to obtain information respecting the
state of Sebastopol, that as two Russian ships were
being repaired in Portsmouth harbour, and he bad a ship
with a hole in her bottom, he had better send her into
Sebastopol to be repaired, when the room was cleared
and the question ultimately withdrawn.
The gallant admiral in the course of his examination
said he took every step possible to obtain correct infor-
mation as to the forces in Sebastopol and the fleet, but
with little success, which he attributed to the vigilance
of the Russians to prevent it. Before the declaration of
the war he was under the ambassador's orders, and after
that under instructions from the Admiralty. He never
heard.of Mr Yeames offering to procure a complete plan
of the fortifications of Sebastopol. With reference to the
embarkation of troops from Varna, he conveyed all he
could with the transports he had at command, and he
was satisfied with the arrangements for that purpose
made by Admiral Boxer. It was impossible for him to
protect the Crimea by the prevention of troops entering
it by way of Perekop in consequence of the shallowness
of the water, and had there been water he would have
required troops to assist him. With reference to a state-
ment of the Duke of Newcastle, that he had not taken
sufficient steps to be acquainted with the state of the
enemy's strength, he read a letter he addressed to Lord
Raglan in May, 1854, wherein he stated Sebastopol was
a second Gibraltar. Many new, batteries he could see
erecting, and the Russians were strengthening the land
side—that he had been informed there were 120 000
men in the Crimea and from 14 to 16 sail of the line in
the harbour with their sails bent, and that he expected
when they attacked Odessa the Russians would have
come out to draw them off from attacking the place.
The gallant admiral wished to read a private corre-
spondence between himself and Sir James Graham with
reference to this point, since a member of the late Go-
vernment had asserted he forwarded home wrong infor-
mation, but the committee objected. His examination
was then continued, in the course of which he stated that
Marshal St. Arnaud asked him and the French admiral if
the fleets could take Sebastopol, and they said no. He
did not think it was possible, from the time of the rais-
ing the siege of Silistria to the embarking of the troops
for the Crimea, to have procured a sufficient number of
transports for the service. Many horses were left be-
hind at Varna, and he believed they were there now,
because the transports with the ammunition, &c., could
not be unloaded for a fortnight (until they got into Baia-
klava harbour). All the screw ships were stationed
near Balaklava, and the squadron near Eupatoria. It
was never supposed the troops would have wintered
in the Crimea, because it was expected they would
have been in Sebastopol in a week. He was
once in Balaklava harbour, and thought it small, and
there were vessels enough in the harbour at the time of
the loss of the Prince ; the arrangements for the harbour
he left to Admiral Boxer. He could not have trans-
ported the troops easier from Conetantinople than from
Varna. He did not consider himself answerable for the
transport service, that being left to Lord Raglan, Admi-
ral Boxer, and Captain Christie. He considered
"Boxer a very useful fellow, but not very polished"—
(laughter)—and ho never had any occasion to represent
his conduct to Lord Raglan. The first intimation he had
to fit up hospital ships was from Sir James Graham,
but they were not fitted up properly for the large num-
ber of sick and wounded brought on board, the number
being larger than they had ever anticipated. If snore
had been fitted up there would have been a deficiency of
ships for horses and baggage. His fleet was well-man-
ned, but be had notia, sufficiency of assistant-surgeons. He
was able to procure plenty of fresh meat, though not of
the best quality.
The gallant Admiral's evidence was then closed, and
probably much shortened from many of the questions
put to him, but which were not answered, involving
reference to the demands made on the French for assist-
ance.

The room was again cleared, and, after deliberating
half-an-hour, the committee adjourned at half-past three.

ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.

NAPLES, May 2.—Everything in Naples is for the
present extinguished by one great fact—the eruption of
Vesuvius. King, Ministers, and policemen, in their
several spheres, are all scorched and shrivelled up into
nothingness. We have been expecting and longing for
it for some time. The wells at Resina had been dried
up. More than once since 1850, the mountain has
thundered and smoked, and in the beginning of the
year a portion of the crater fell in. Great numbers
of strangers have, therefore, waited till very lat 4 in the
season, in the hope of seeing this extraordinary spec-
tacle, and have just taken their leave, when the moun-
tain, as in " dispetto," breaks out. The principal guide,
who is called Cozzalino, reported on the morning of
the Ist May that he had just ascended the mountain,
and that on arriving at the summit there were a
thousand reports as of cannon, and then was thrown
up a discharge of red-hot stones. The rain and mist,
and smoke, however, all mingling together, prevented a
near approach or nearer observation, and we are, there-
fore, for the present, left to our unaided observations.
During the whole of yesterday nothing was to be seen
but smoke and cloud, which enveloped not only the
mountain but the whole coast, and then swept away in
immense volumes towards Capri. As evening came on
the heavens were in a bright glow, and the whole popu-
lation flocked down to the mole of Santa Lucia, to see
the magnificent spectacle. The mountain was indis-
guishable ; nothing was to be seen but clouds,
smoke, and fire. Up to the very zenith the sky was
. covered with large bulbous clouds, black as ink, and
fringed with white ; underneath, and half-way down the
mountain, everything was on fire, whilst right in the
centre of it shot up a cone of black smoke. Still lower
again, dark clouds covered the base of the mountain,
having, too, as their centre-piece and contrast the river
of lava which is running down towards Resina. During
the whole of last night there was a perfect procession
of carriages towards Resina. I contented myself
with remaining here for the first view, but probably
shall go over to-night, and will send you farther details
by Saturday's boat. The scene was rendered still
grander by an eclipse of the moon, which took place
about two hours and a half after midnight.
A report is circulated that his Majesty was shot at
on the last day of the late review at Capu. It is said
that the ball passed near enough to be heard. The fact
I doubt. What is certain is, that the king immediately
after broke up the camp. For a punishment the
whole regiment was sent back to Naples on foot,
instead of returning, as usual, by railway. On
Monday last a large Piedmontese steam-frigate, laden
with troops, came nearly into port, and after making the
round of the shore went off again. The Sardinian colours
were flying, and the band was playing the national air.
General Marrnora was, it is added, on board. There
was nn communication with the shore. This demonstra-
tion is the more remarkable at the present moment when
the Consul-General of Naples at Genoa has just been
deprived of his " exequatur," and the Corriere Mer-
cantile speaks of the conduct of the Consul as declar-
ing the two countries to be in a state of war.

Colt by Dromedary and colt by Footstool a'_so ran.
Betting-6 to 4on Ceres, 3to 1 agst Rosary colt
Ceres made all the running, and won e;.sily by a length
and a half, the second beating the third by a neck ; bad
fourth. The winner was claimed by Mr. Greville.
Handicap Plate of 50/., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. From
the starting-post of Suffolk States. Course to the end
of the New T Y.C.
Mr. Mare's Fact, by Teuchstone, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
(E. Sharp) 1
Mr. Lawrence's Pastrycook, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Steggles) 2
Mr. 13oyce's Gossip, 5 yrs, B,t 71b (Flatman) 3
The following also ran :—Testy, and Raglan.
Sweepstakes of. 10 sovs., with 50 added ; for 2.yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain winners extra.
T.Y.C. (5 fur. 140 yds.) (12 subs.)
_ _

Duke of Bedford's Aistor by lago, Bst 71b (S.Rogers) 1
Mr. Hasting's c by 'ago out of Lady Lawn, Bst 71b
(Bartholomew) 2
Betting-10 to 1 on Alastor, who won in a canter by
four lengths.

The Whip was not challenged for.
Thus ended the dullest and most uninteresting Second
Spring Meeting we ever knew.

DERBY.
5 to 1 agst St. Hubert.
11 to 2 agst Lord of the Isles.
15 to 2 agst De Clare (taken-8 to 1 was after.
wards offered).

CRICKET. —The second match at single wicket between
Mr. H. Harrison and Mr. Jackson, on the same condi-
tions aQ the first, played a fortnight ago, came off in the
morning at the appointed time, and Mr. Harrison had
complete "revanche," by winning the five games right
off, and consequently the main. The bowler, Mr.
Jackson, lost the toss for choice of ground, and had the
disadvantage of bowling against the wind.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MEETING, JUNE 27.
Weights for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles.
ti,s subs. Forfeits to-be declared on or before Friday,
May 18. Should the highest weight accepting be
under Bst 715, it will be raised to that weight, and
the others in proportion.
Age st lb
Talfourd 5 8 7
N-ville
King of Trumps 4 8 4
Meteora, 4 8 0
Goo/I< ah 5 8 0
Red Lion
Indian Warrior... 6 7 10
Grand Inquisitor 4 7 8
Cobnut
Early Bird 4 7 6
Baal hee
Wild Huntsman 4 7 6
Vindex
The Reiver .
Ari bba,s
Arthur Wellesley 4 7 3
St. Andrew
Exile of Erin 4 7 0
Lerrvwheut
Amalgamation
Fandango
Jack the Giant
Killer
Dalkeith 6 6 10
Braze♦
Newbold
The Chicken
Bracken 4 6 8
La Belle 5 6 8
Gamekeeper
Jetty Treffz
Midsummer
Bianca
Waverley
*Rambling Katie 3 6 4
St. Clare 4 6 4
Billingham 4 6 2
Lamprocles
Brown Brandy 4 6 6
*Colt,byPantaloon
out of Physalis 4 6 0
The Spinner
*The Yore (h h) 4 6 0
Canute
Hopeless ....... 4 6 0

Age st lb
Dame Judith 3 6 0
Ryle6tone
Amy
Blooming Heather 3 5 12
Motley (late De- ".
_

.. .
lusion)
Lady Tatton 3 5 12
Jenny Wren 4 5 12
*Lincoln's inn
The Sandboy 3 5 7
Jujube
Cossey
Moorcock
Alston ' 3 5 7

Lizzie (late Hotch-
pot) 4 5 6
Whitelock
Sicily
Cock of the North 3 5 5
Julia
Courtenay 3 5 5
Legacy
Freddy
Bolton
Rotherham
Culvy ......
Chisel 3 5 3
Neoptolemus 3 5 3
Cypriana
Atherstone
Margaret
The Heiress
General Picton 3 5 0
Alice (late Alice
Laycock)
Lady Alicia
Louvat
Elastic
Nell Gwynne 3 4 12
Siding 3 4 10
Steelyard
Virtuous
Sis to Singapore 3 4 7
Brian Boru h) 5 paid

Mr. R. R. Bignell is a subscriber, but did not name.
Those horses marked * having been entered without
,he knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by
she time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in.

A HARD SKULL.—In the Callao (Peru) News of Feb.
10, we read as follows :—The approaching carnival sea.
son promises to be rich, rare, and racy in its character.
By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen
that a butting match is in contemplation between the
steward of the Wild Pigeon and a ram celebrated for
his strength and courage. It is almost unnecessary to
add, that the challenging party is a coloured man. Some
idea of the strength of his skull may be formed from the
fact of his having, a day or two since, butted in the
head of a porter cask, upon which a heavy hammer
would make no impression.
the French From a n
Government official report, w, h ircel relative
thasive
tbeeno
theju sctlusrtei
vcoaefitvi
theoer
by
of tobacco in Algeria, it appears that the results
colony,seasonex e ee d e ofd
and those 18t5h4
and Constantina have acquired considerable extension.
The total quantity purchased by the Government up to
the 31st March last, amounts to 2,no)olliiilozrui4Etr9, 1
toeftnilleierpi gill
arneotcnaetdti olhnnegs year3inl st
th
the I'provincesraci hl
I),o points
sso
f ofh
Oranathv
ee
at a 00:4 of 2,708,2g2f. 660. _.

RACING FIXT
M
Bath l5
Liverpool Hunt Club 16
Harpenden
Epsom 22

sostbanit,','.
1 v googa;;;; troy!
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Dover
_•:too
!Puttn.'inr,YPt°'
i,out" par"
carious ~..
Tover .:,.„ t'f 0,
.
:pover ;awl
'seetlia
effected without me teaol
lenta itrabica. Food OOP Y
,sou
,05 I'. to'll' clo
d------ir, 'll', 030 tiej
apatched on the following LO'. 'lt4f wilb w
When any of these dates fall
yO,l AtrefiCeroiil,l6o94l
Southampton), and the Malta, both 0
preceding day.
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A e reel haver ,
Eh Ivan' r„tipelicio9,o
IADvEnTisEmENT.)—ManY I) garrY. % oust' 1
nervous,
bilious, Rod. liver colnlm ~ Frola ti ° tete,
quote a few;—Ctrs No. 52,61':--- , CollicoutLe
Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrev°:4gef d'efl),lo;
Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Pt of s'lloo'l 'PI
f ?ine., bytio4l:"PeParsl:ll9:i9' IYC'I
Castlestuart feels induced, in the iateres t v,00,,,e1 ,t(t),
manity, to state that Du Barry's excellerlchies I'obiTeoc's
bica Food has cured her, after all 131°110-il cOlOO
of indigestion, bile, great nervousness s th°l bl fi,<
many years' standing. This Food deser, ei, rso_'/o,.it 0.
of all sufferers, and may be considere;; COI p0'..,, p!
Inquiries will be cheerfully ausweredibe Doil`tfrortio
Of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. 1 beser.it' 600
Decies.—' • I have derived considerab,ecosi bho fei,,
Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, an`..l the 1:711536/e0;
yourselves and the public to autherino, ',3,5000,0180
these lines.—Stuart de Denies. " Cur7r Ore:I oripie,hj,
the Venerable Archdeacon of Ress-- ir , d leioef", Fro,
sive nervousness, with painsinalYrecsr - vied 't,orl,-;re tfo
neral debility, which rendered my liie loots 0 %dill?,
been radically removed by Du Barry', bAhereer;o, ° iiP r,
—Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross,_'voeso° bes°, fe;,
4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsi3, 'ler bace„flei i.erlerY/blo
withy cramps,mov spasms anti aßnacrryt n,sadueseliaveitoidsiii7,,ftis;croilitei,
short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, ors' ialifoil.4,
Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty frog' ci°,ed„te,jri
agony from dyspepcia, nervouspess,_3t the st°cellemo
eon
pation, flatulency, spasms, sicloossi;larry's.,°rfos',l it,o,
mitings, have been removed by Do -"-niss P.°o, 0/8/1 ie
—Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near.'aiiestioo , c„413.0,
No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cougb, liii,„ 1301.,,,,P000,
~
ml debility have been removed by 'l,ertb,'_ 011 .14;
Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, A wite, on, ',lt
tors, suitably packed for all olimatesau ile• , , poi P e'
. 51101,.1 q,". 1 L
$4OO
tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 2/b., 43. 6€l, , 51h., ..,
ceipt,
super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., Hs. ; on reli, teri3O,
The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage frel, co., ,ar.11101;00,
office order. Barry du Barry an"..4 Co.Voil,ti 'Ad
Oxford-streetGra,eeli urch -. streetss,
street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, aiit 6,5, 6; VO r
her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; als°4oocl; 01
54, llPPerßaker-.treet.
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RES FOR 1855.

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On the 9thlninwste.c,ttihnge OwiffifecoeriGtiorcl. rlit'9.r ilbf
Lodge, Croydon.
inst., at Clifton Cottage) .i, or
0' PIO
MAR.R.I.O. ti ,h,
the 114 i v AO
son, curate of Surbiton, to Mary, "ei 14, IC'
Purse, Esq. inst., at Sydenhatu, , ,bter ° a, vi,o,
OCIP ter 0 ..,
ch, h jos-
On the sth lust at St. Mary's Chill Oa
Schofield, jun , to.'Sarah Elizabeth, Oil elOtoi.o°
Harris, Esq., 'of the Old Kent-road. 4gt thutor A.,
On the 3d inst., at Broadwindsor,A.va (Pug died!
Binford Sellwood, M.A., to ?fiery tia• d
, iiii. I o°'
Studley, Esq. ?Totting 00 e 61 .4
oftNe r. OBs
Mantel!, M.D.. H.E.I.C.S__L Eu°g°'-csr' -uss.Yljais
sKbliertnehe 10th inst., at St. John's, i Adesttette.oo
Riners Mantel!, Es q•. of -Westover i-.°-of too tpit,
daughter Ai re.tofb, PIP
On thdes9ollth inst'., at St. Pen of reboo3° tbe
Pearce, Esq., of Edgbaston, son of •'• vstr°lo'
daughter of C. H ra h Esc! f '''
. ME.asrterrace, Anne,sLqt: eu *SIR:: ti.,Yse park,.,o 3f;
07 'CL :71- 'r
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.410,
DIED
villas, oottir
On the 9th inst.,_ at 1, Carlton ,f ,t,
.I.‘'
Kedd, Esq., aged 54. t 6,8. oilefres;ll
On the 9th • t in S 1 str° '
108 ~ er e- .11
ofgt. 01.0."
late of Clarendon-place, Maida-hl •801 l eihe to?
On the 9th inst , Thomas Chester, „ V A.
of the Guardian. AssurancO 00111PSV' potiV id
aged t!O. t, flap _AO
On the 9th inst., at 23,Williarn-stree IZOI, 6
- - id 86- .7f New' itig

Ascot 5

Redditch 2B
Manchester 3O
Cardiff BO

8 g eaLgl-4°,
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rs. Sarah Cain 6erlain,_ is
On the Bth inst., Mr. .1-ieohn ea 2 Gros art
v4totil

Hampton l3
Newton 13
Chelmsford
nsgfobar:
Beverley
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Lill
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NewmarketklarY.oJ ' nell. Ati 0 0
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Carlisle
Worcester l9 On the 14th ult., from a rifle ,„ Do 410;10 .
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Lancaster -
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North Staffordshire .. .25 On the zth Inst. at Sidner-Flac,ea't,„ Ju v 100
. ,-. relict of Denis C. 'Aloylan; tgi', ' voglit,
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Winchester 22
Newcastle 26
Lenbam and Mid Kent 27

M. Drouyn de l'Huys left Paris for the country on
Monday Di ht. He was accompanied to the railway
station by M. Thouvenel.
NEW CHURCH IN ST. PANCRAB.—A. new district
church, to be called St i -uke's, has been commenced in
Judd-place, New-road, between King's-cross and Euston-
square. It is intended to accommodate the densely-
populated locality of Somers Town, and will be erected b. y
one of the societies connected with the increase of dis-
trict churches in the metropolis, assisted by voluntary
subscriptions. Two semi-detached dvvenhag•houses have
been removed to wake way for the fronts of the now
edifice.