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merited compliment to our leading shipbuilders.
This is the true way to obtain substantial improve-
ments by bringing the checks of the practical ex-
perienee of men whose personal interests are con-
cerned in doing work well, and chiefly against the
dolce far niente of our Admiralty administration.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARLS 16.
TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL.

Order for second reading read. Motion made and question
proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time."
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "npw," and
at the end of the question to add the words " upon this
day six months." Question put, "That the word now'
stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes,
211 i Noes, 189.

AYES 211.
Acton, Sir J. Fitzroy, Lord F. Padmore, R.
Adair, H. E. Forster, Charles D. Paget, C.
Adam,W. P. Forster, W. E. Paxton, Sir J.
Agnew, Sir A. Fortescue, Hon. F. Peel, Sir lt.
Alcock, T. Fortescue, C. 5, Peel, F.
Autrobus, E. French, Col. fender, J.
Ath umney, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Pcto, Sir M.
Ayrton, A. S. Gavin, Major Pilkington, James
Aytoun, it. S. Gibson. T. M. Pinney, Col.
Baines, E. Gilpin, C. Pollard Urquhart W
BaringPonsonby, A.
Baring,, Sir F. Golydsmid, Sir F. Potter, E.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gower, F. L. Pugh, D.
Barnes, T. Greene, J. Robartes, T. J. A.
Bass, M. T. Greenwood, J. Robertson, D.
Bazley, Thomas Gregson, S. Russell, Hastings
Beale, Samuel Grey, Sir G. Russell, A. J. E.
Beaumont, W. B. Gurdon, B. Russell, Sir Wm.
Beaumont,Somerset Hadfield, Geo. St. Aubyn, J.
Bellew, It. M. Hanbury, It. Salomons,Aiderman
Berkeley, H. F. Hankey, Thorns= Scholelle.d, W.
Berkeley, Col. Hardcastle, Jos. A. a colt, Sir W.
Berkeley, C. P. F. Ilartington,3larquis Scully, V.
Biddulph, Col. R. 31. Headlam, Thos. E. Seely, C.
Black, Adam Henderson, J. Seymour, Danby
Blake, J. A. Henley, Lord Seymour, A
Blencowe, J. G. Herbert, IL A. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Bonham-Carter, J. liibbert, J. T. Sheridan, R. B.
Bouverie, E. P. lioc4;kinson, G. Sheridan, 11. B.
Bouverie, P. P. 11 odgson, K. Smith, J. B.
Brand, H. B. Howard, lion. C. Smith, Augustus
Bright, J. Ingham, It. Smith, J. A.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Jackson, W. Stacpoole, W.
Bruce, H. A. Jervoise, Sir J. Staniland, 31.
Buchanan, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, 0.
Buller, J. W. Kershaw, J. Stansield, J.
Buller, Sir A. King-, Hon. P. Steel, John
Butler, C. S. Kinglake, A. IV. Stirling, Wm.
Butt, Isaac Kinnaird, Hon. A. Stuart, Col.
Buxton, C. Knatchbull-Hugess Sykes, Col. W. H.
Caird, James Layard, A. IL Talbot, C. R. 31.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Langton, W: H. G. Taylor, P. A.
Castlerosse, Vist. Lawson, W. Tite, Wm.
Childers, H. C. E. Leatham, E. Tollemache, Hon.F,
Cholmeley, Sir M. Leferre, G. J. S. Tomline, G.
Churchill, Lord A. Lewis, Harvey Tracy, Hon. C.
Clay, James Lindsay, W. S. Turner, J. A.
Clifford, C. C. .I,loyd, T. Vane, Lord H. G.
Clifton, Sir R. Locke, John Verney, Sir Harry
Clive, George Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Vernon, H.
Cobden, R. Lysley, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C
Collier, Sir R. P. 31acEvoy, E. Vivian, H. H.
Cox, W. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Warner, Edward
Cranford, E. H. J. Mackinnon,W. A. Watkins, Col. L.
Crawford, R. W. 31`31ahon, P. Western, S.
Crossley, Sir F. 3farjoribanks, D. C. Westhead, J.
Davey, it. Martin, P. W. Whalley, G. H.
Dering, Sir E. Merry, James Whitbread, S.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Mildmay, H. White, Jas.
Douglas, Sir C. Miller, William White, L.
Duff, 31. E. Mitchell, T. A. Wickham, H. W.
Duke, Sir James Moffatt, George Williams, W.
Dunbar, Sir Wm. Moncreiff, j. Winnington, Sir T
Dundas, Frederick Morris, D. Wood, Sir C.
Dundas, Sir David Morrison, W. Woods, Henry
Enfield, Viscount Neale, C. Wyld, James
Evans, T. W. North, F. Wyvill, M.
Ewart, William Ogilvy, Sir J.
Ewart, J. C. Onslow, Guildford
Fenwick, Henry 0' t', eilly, 31. W,
Fermoy, Lord Owen, Sir IL
Finlay, A. S. Vatic, Col.

TELLERS.

Dodson, John G.
Goschen, G. J.

NOES —IE9.
Adderley, C. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Morritt, W.
Addington, Hon.W. Gowel, G. W. L. Mowbray, Rt. Tin. J.
Angerstein, W. Graham, Lord Wm. Murray, William
Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Greenall, G. Naas, Lord
Archdall, Capt.M,E. Grey deWilton,Lord Newdegate, C.
Astell, J. U. Grogan, Sir E. Newport, Visct.
Banns, H. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Noel, G. J.
Baring, Thomas Hamilton, Viscount North, CoL
Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, I. T. Northcote, Sir S. H,
Barttelot, Col. Hardy, Gathorne Packe, C.
Bathurst, A. A. Hardy, J. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Bathurst, Co'. H. Hartopp, E. B. Papillon, P. 0.
Beach, W. W. Harvey, B. B. Patten, Col. W.
Bective, Earl of Hervey, LordA. reel, Gen'
Beecroft, G. S. Bay, Sir J. Pennant, Col.
Beutinck, G. W. P. Henley, J. Pevensey, Viscount
Benyon, IL Heyg,ate Sir F. Powell, F. S.
Heyg•ate, W. IL
Beresford, W. . Powys-Lybbe P. L.
Bernard, Col. llodgs.on, R. 'lepton, G. W. J.
Bernard, Thos. T. Holford, R. S. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Bond, J. W. Holmesdale, Lord Rogers, John J.
Bramston, T. W. liotharn, Lord Holt, J.
Bridges, Sir B.
Humberstone, P. S.
Hume, W. Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Briscoe, J. I.
Salt, T.
Bruce, C. L. C. Hunt, G. W. Sclater-Booth, G.
Bruce, Sir 11. Ingestre, Viscount Scott, Lord 11.
Burghley, Lord Jermyn, Earl Scourfieln, J. IL
Burrell, Sir P. Jervis, Captain Smith, Abel
Cave, S. Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, S. G.
Cecil, Lord R. Jolliffe H. Smyth, Col.
Chapman, J. Kekewich, S. Somerset, Col. E.
Codrington, Sir W. I- ii Sil` xe y, u• F. Somes, Joseph
Cole, Hon. IL Her, D. S. Stanhope, J. B.
Collins, T. Herrison„Sir E. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W.
Cubitt, George Kincr, J. K. Stracey, Sir H.
Curzon, ;Viscount linatichbull, W. Surtees, H. E.
Dalkeith, Earl of Knight, F.
Darner, S. D. Knox, col. Taylor, Colonel
- Tempest, Lord A.V.
Dickson, Col.
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Langton, W. G. Thynne, Lord E.
Disraeli, Benjamin Lecke, Sir IL Tollemache, J. H.
Du Cane, C. Leroy, A. Tottenham ,Lt.-Col.
Duncombe, A. Legh, Major C. Tref usis, lion. C. H.
Turner, C.
Duncombe, W. E. Legh, W. J.
Du Pre, C.
Verner, Sir Wm.
Edwards, Col. Leslie, C. F. Verner, E. W.
Egerton, A. F. Leslie, W.
Farquhar, Sir M. MLYa-
Egerton, E. C. Liddell, Hon. If. G. Vyse, Co!.
Egerton, W. Lougfield, Robert Walcott, Adm, J. E.
Walker, James H.
Elphinstone, Sir J. L • Lord
LLeennnnooxx: Lord G. G.
Verner,
Si
LoraineF.
Walpole, S. H.
Walsh,' Sir J. B.
Estcourt, S.
Halter, John
Fane, Col. Lyon,ti
Malcolm,tnown
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v1,14...8. B.
Waterhouse, S.
Farrer, J.
II atlington, J,
Fellowes, Edward Malins R.
M .. Lord G.
auner„ Whitmore, U.
Woodd, B. T.
.reerrgraunsctsonw,
.Sir J. Manner's, Lord J. IVelby, W. E.
Fitzgerald, W. S. Miles, Sir W.
eathcote, Sir W.
Wyndham, Hon, r.
Fleming, T. W. Miller, Yorke, Hon. E.
GICal °al
lYnwekrelyyjn, ''S
i rG.
I Y W.
P . 15.11 oi tfu
Mills't u' A.
,WL- .o
L. it • Yorke, J. H.
TELLERS,
George, John
Getty, S. G. , Selwyn, C. J.
Mmooardt,gaouninte,rsyli.Scir. G. 11,

Mn. BOHN'S WORLD.FAMOUS LIBRARIES. --
Although Mr. Bola), has sold his well-known
" Libraries" to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, he will still carry
on his business in secondhand books, and what are techni-
cally termed in the trade " remainders," for seine time to
come. It has been stated that 31essre. Sotheby and Co.
will sell the choicer portion of his valuable stock during the
present season. Some time ago, Mr. Bohn endeavoured to
found a library company, under some such title as "Bohn's
Library Company. This was to be in a great many shares
at a low price, a considerable number of which Mr. Bohn
would purchase and hold. The scheme, however, did not
find supporters, and it is now understood that the world-
famous " Libraries" have been sold for L 30,000.

A LIGHTSHIP FOR 711EATLANTIC.—The TVeBtern
Morning News says it is seriously intended to station,
50 miles west of Scilly, a ship bearing a floating light, con-
taining stores of provisions, and connected by an electric
cable with the shore. It is considered that thus early news
may be conveyed, homeward ships may receive their orders
whilst at sea, and much suffering, priTation, and loss of life
be prevented,

organised mismanagement ; why the public money,
always freely enough expended by public func-
tionaries, should be lavished so profitlessly as to
make Admiralty incompetence and extravagance a
byword ; why every improvement, suggestion, or
invention out of the beaten track should be frowned
at, sneered down, or totally disregarded; why the
utmost that the inventor can often obtain is per-
mission to try his experiments at his own expense.
It is very well for Mr. STANSFELD to talk of the
courage and enterprise with which the Admiralty
carry on their undertakings ; but it remains an
acknowledged fact, that one of the best inventors
of offensive weapons of the time has been driven to
offer to a foreign Sovereign those services w hose
value was only too late appreciated by the officials
of his own country. The spirit which animates
Mr. STANSFELD in his endeavours to secure re•
trenchment and efficiency is very far from
actuating those above him ; but it is
fortunate, at all events, for the interests
of the public service that the junior Lord is re-
solved to exact a strict account of the work
carried on under him. Mr. STANSFELD with com-
mendable frankness confessed what a good many
other officials might admit if they would, that when
first appointed he was entirely ignorant of the de-

tails of the great business he had embarked in. He
was not contented, however, to be a roi faineant,
but started on a voyage of discovery to the various
dockyards, where, by a prolonged and careful in-
vestigation into all that came before him, he ac-
quired a good deal of practical information. He
was especially struck with the frequency with which
the Controller's account was interfered with by men
being suddenly moved from one task to another.
0 wing to the scarcity of hands, they were often
obliged to leave work in the middle in order to
complete something else for which there was a more
pressing demand. Mr. STANSFELD, therefore, seeing
this to be false economy, giving rise to all sorts of
delays and abuses, proposed an increase in the rate
for wages to artificers, aad suggests that the Go-
vernment shoald combine the advantages of piece
work and day work by keeping up a moderate
establishment of regular employes on whom they
could rely in time of pressure, while for extra work
they might take on hands by the piece. Mr.
STANSFELD visited, he tells us, the principal
private yards of the country, and he paid a well