The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-27 00:00:00

BURMESE PRIZE MONEY.

In reply to Col. NORTH,
Sir C. WOOD replied that some delay had taken place
in consequence of the discovery of some irregularity,
which had been corrected, and he apprehended that now
no delay would take place in the distribution of the money.
CONTINUANCE OF THE RATE IN AID BILL.
In reply to Mr. COBDEN,
Mr. C. VILLIERS intimated that he intended to post-
pone I)"eeeding with this bill until Monday, when it
would stand as the first order.
Committee postponed until Monday.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS.
In reply to Mr. PACSE,
Sir G. GREY said that in consequence of the absence of
the Attorney-Gener.al from a domestic affliction, he should
postpone the committee until Monday.
Committee accordingly postponed until Monday.
PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES' AN-
NUITIES BILL.
This bill was read a third time.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. REED AS CHIEF

NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR.

Sir F. SMITH said ho desired to bring before the house a
question of privilege. He 'felt it was his duty, to the
utmost of his power, to uphold the dignity of the house. It
would be in the recollection of the house, that a few nights
ago, whilst the naval estimates were under discussion, he
made some remarks upon the appointment of Mr.
Reed, as chief constructor, of the navy. He con-
sidered that appointment open to question ; but, at the
samer time, in speaking of Mr. Reed, he thought he
ca efuriy.guarded himself from making any unkind or ult.
generous remarks.' le asked the other evening whether
the person appointed to this important post had ever built
a ship, adding that if the question were answered
in the negative, the appointment could not I

Sir G. GREY said it was not usual to call a gentleman
to the bar of the house till the house had decided that the
conduct complained of was a breach of privilege.
Lord C. PAGET agreed that the letter read was a most
improper letter, hut asked the hon. baronet to postpone his
motion, that he might procure a suitable apology from Mr.
Reed.
Mr. ROEBUCK said the offence, such as it was, was an
offence against the house, and the apology, if there was one,
ought to be made at the bar of the house.
The question was then put, and unanimously agreed to,
that the letter in question was a breach of the privileges of
the house.
Sir F. SMITH then moved that Mr. Reed be called to the
bar of the house to-morrow (this day), which was also
agreed to.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES'
ANNUITIES BILL.
The bill was read a third time and passed.
THE NAWAB OF THE CARNATIC.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. BAILLIE called attention to certain transactions in
India between the Government and the native princes from
the year 11760 downwards, complaining of violations of
treaty engagements, and moved a resolution, " That,
whereas by a Royal proclamation addressed to the na-
tive princes and peoples of India, published November 1,
1858, it is stated " that we desire no extension of our pre-
sent territorial possessions, and while we will permit no
aggression upon ear dominions or our rights to be attempted
with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those
of others ;' and again, We hereby announce to the native
princes of India, that all treaties and engagements made
with them by, or under the authority of, the Honourable
East India Company, are by us accepted, and will be scru-
pulously maintained ;' so, in the opinion of this house,
where differences of opinion have arisen with respect to the
interpretation of such treaties, the questions at issue ought
to be referred for decision to her Majesty's Privy
Council."
Mr. SMOLLETT seconded the motion.
Sir C. WOOD defended the Government of India, and
expressed a hope that the house, in dealing with such mat-
ters, would not refer them to the Privy Council, but would
leave them with the responsible Government.
After a few words from Colonel SYKES,
The house then divided upon Mr. Baillie's motion.
Ayes 24
Noes lO4
_ _

Majority against
HASLAR HOSPITAL.
Sir J. HAY wished to correct an impression which ap-
peared to prevail that, in his allusion the other evening to
the prevalence of a loathsome disease amongst the boys in
the training ships, he had intended to include also Hasler
Hospital. He had been informed that there were no cases
in the hospital.
BARRISTERS (IRELAND) BILL.
In reply to the SOLICITOR-GENERAL;
Mr. HENNESSY said he had no objection to postpone
this bill till after Easter.
SUPPLY.—NAVY ESTIMATES.
The house then went into committee of supply.
Upon the vote of £165,322 for expenses of the Admiralty
Office,
Mr. LINDSAY gave a general outline of the very mul-
tifarious duties which the Board of Admiralty have to
perform, and said he much doubted whether, in the event
of another great war, that board, as at present consti-
tuted, would be found sufficient for the requirements of
the public service. It was at present a small and
almost irresponsible body, consisting merely of a first lord,
five other lords, and a couple of secretaries, who had to be
shipbuilders, dockyard-makers, builders, bakers, butchers,
carriers, and many other things. He would propose, in-
stead, to have one chief of the department, who should be
called the Minister of Marine, or any other name that
might be preferred, and should be a Secretary of State.
There should be under him a committee of six, appointed
by himself, subject to such control as Parliament might
impose. The first man of that committee should be the
controller of the navy, who should have charge of every-
thing pertaining to the construction of ships, and to analyse,
investigate, and report upon all new improvements and in-
ventions. There should then be a storekeeper-general, then
an officer to superintend the mending of the ships, then an
engineer of works to superintend the building of docks and
wharves, next an accountant-general, and lastly one who
should do everything necessary that was not included in
the duties of the other five. The hon. gentleman said it
was not his intention to make any motion.
Admiral WALCOTT said the Board of Admiralty,
which was charged with the most responsible duties apper-
taining to the navy, was displaced with every change of
Government, a practice which ho entirely disapproved. It
was most important for the efficiency of the navy that there
should be practical officers, and the only way of ensuring -
that object was by making the officers feel that rewards
would follow merit, and that the same favour would be
shown to all who exhibited diligence, talent, honourable.
ambition, and gallantry in the service of their country.
(Hear, hear,)
Mr. W. WILLIAMS called the attention of the noble
lord to some items for temporary clerks, and suggested
that they should be taken on permanently when required.
The hon. member pointed out some matters which were
put in the appendix, and expressed his opinion that it
would be more regular to have them in the body of the votes.
Mr. WHITE asked the noble lord the Secretary to the
Admiralty by what authority the gunboats of her Majesty
bad been handed over for the service of the Emperor of
China; and also by whose authority stores and supplies of
ammunition had been suppliel to that expedition. When
the house was called upon to vote large sums the Govern-
meenetsolhlould state whether they proposed to apply a portion
of them to an external or foreign object, so that the whole
atit
should come before the committee.
Viscount
t
o by the hon.taemberhad been sanctioned by her Majesty's
Governmeh nt, as they thought it desirable that these gun-
boats 8 6t114 boinsed for the protection of British subjects
and British commerce. The_ Whole expense of the boats and
yed by the Chinese Government, and
stores would be defra
no part would fall 'upon. this eaunfriy: , hear.)
Mr. BENTINCK -cOneurtea .efith the hon, member for
Sunderland (Mr. Lindsay) as to the irresponsibility of the
Board of Admiralty, but he could not agree with him that a
civilian was the proper man to place at its head, In his opi-

be regarded otherwise than a most improper ene, nion, the only way to improve the Board of Admiralty was
because the holder of the office exercised great control over by placing a naval man at its head, and that he should not
all the dockyards, and the selection of an unqualified officer be moveable with a change of Government.
would assuredly lead to lack of proper management and Sir M. PETO said he had ventured last session to im-
discipline. lie (Sir F. Smith) urged, in support of the press upon the Government the importance of attending to
unfitness of Mr. Reed for the appointment, that the question introduced that evening by the hon. member be-
he had never been a member of Vie College of low him, but it had produced no effect during the recess.
Naval Architecture. It appeared that Mr. Reed had been During the last 30 years, from 1829 to 1859, there had been
brought up in one of the dockyards, and had raised himself 17 First Lords of the Admiralty, the duration of whose se-
from a very humble position to one of some importance. parate terms of office had been one year 10 months and a
As only a humble man himself, he (Sir F. Smith) liked to fortnight. There had been 103 other changes during that
see men rise, and rejoiced that Mr. Reed had been period. In the last years there had been four general
successful in elevating himself in his profession, changes, and there had been during that time five First
He (Mr. Reed) had been sent to the School of Lords and thirty-four other lords, How was it therefore
Mathematics and Construction, and had probably dis- possible that the business of the country could be so con-
tinguished himself there. Still, as he was not a member ducted as to result in success ? The term of office was so
of the College of Naval Architecture, and had never built short that the Board of Admiralty was only in office just
a ship, he (Sir F. Smith) must take leave to say he did not sufficient time to become acquainted with their position and
consider him fitted for the appointment conferred upon him. duties, but nothing of the actual working of the department.
He could not in that case have had sufficient practical ex- Lord C. PAGET said that the difference of opinion that
perience to discharge properly the duties of his office, and had been expressed showed the difficulty of the subject. A
therefore it was wrong to place him at the head of an permanent Admiralty, he believed, would destroy the neces-
portant department of the navy, though he confessed he sary control that now existed, and its absence would lead to
should have been glad to have seen him falsify the opinion extravagance and expenditure. If they got rid of the term
he had formed with respect to him. Now, yesterday " board," many of the complaints now made against it would
he received a letter from Mr. Reed complaining of what he vanish. It was not in reality a board, but a responsible
had said in that house :-- Minister, with a council to advise and assist him. The de-
"in the House of Commons last evening, I heard you partment, like everything else, had its defects; but the more
deny that I had belonged to the Admiralty School of Naval he saw and considered the vast and complicated duties it
Architecture, which, though, true verbally—(laughter)—
inasmuch as the school was entitled School of Matheina- had to discharge, the more he thought it worked as well as
tics and Naval Construction,' is calculated to convey a most could be expected. He instanced several minute points of
false impression, inasmuch Rs the school in question was, detail in the working of the board. The business had greatly
in fact, a school of naval architecture inferior in no respects increased of late, and he had been obliged to separate the
to that which bore the name previously. Further, I heard transport from the victualling department, and appoint an
you state that I was without a proper knowiedge of my
profession—in fact, that I knew nothing about the matter. additional clerk. He explained the various objections that
Now, I call upon you to say why you made this false and had been taken to some of the items in the vote.
libellous statement concerning me in your place in Parlia- Mr. LINDSAY said that with regard to the transfer re-
ment—(laughter)—and on what grounds you justify or at-
ferret'. to by the noble lord, there had been a considerable
tempt to justify it. I beg to assure you that I have not
sought the appointment which the Admiralty have given increase of expenditure, with no more work to be done. So
'to me, and I think you are bound, it you feel called upon to far from there being a saving of £5,000 on this vote, there
put forward the claims of a constituent of yours as superior was an increase of £1,765.
to mine, to do so without subjecting me to personal abuse
in a place where I can have no opportunity of answering Sir M. PETO considered this a good time for the Go-
you." (Laughter.) vernment to consider the organisation of the Admiralty;
Now, first of all, it is quite clear that the writer refers to We were in a placid state with regard to public affairs, and
Mr. Lang, No one who knows him can doubt his being the there was now so little brought forward by the Govern-
best naval architect we have, and perhaps the best in the ment, that he considered they might very well take the
world. Mr. Lang is not a constituent of mine, he never subject into their consideration with a view to its improve-
was a:constituent of mine, his name is not on the register of ment.
Chatham, and it never will be, (Laughter.) I trust the
house will feel with me that, as a member of Parliament, I
am not to be subjected to attacks of this kind in the per-
formance of a simple duty.; (Cheers.) I can assure the
house, and I can assure Mr. Reed, that I have no
against him. (Hear, hear.) I shall be glad to see him rise
in his profession, and if appointed by the Government, I
hope he will succeed and be useful to the service. I may
be allowed, however, to doubt his ability to do so, But I
think if we are to be curbed in the performance of our duty
by letters of this kind, the House of Commons will be de-
graded ; and I, for one, cannot stand under a stigma of this
kind, of making statements that are false and libellous. The
expressions imputed to me by this gentleman never passed
my mouth, nor can I find any trace of them in the news-
paper reports. But if I did not say it on the former occa-
sion I am ready to say it now; therefore Mr. Reed will
Din nothing by the step he has taken, for I do say if he has
never constructed a ship the appointment is an improper
one. I was about to move that Mr. Reed be called to the
bar of the house—(Cheers, and cries of "Move") My
noble friend was about, when he stopped me, to propose I
should wait until—(renewed cries of " Move")—lf Mr.
Reed has sent an apology, that would satisfy me. (Move.)
Then, sir, I move that Mr. Reed be called to the bar of the
house. (Cheers.)
The SPEAKER--The hon. member having read a docu-
ment which he thinks a breach of privilege he will be good
enough to bring it to the table.
Sir F. SMITH brought up the letter accordingly, and it
was read to the house by the clerk at the table. The hon.
gentleman then moved that Mr. Reed be called to the bar,

Mr. BENTINCK again pressed his views on the com-
mittee in favour of a permanent board. He did not think
it would destroy the control of the house. He doubted if
they would ever arrive at a solution of the question. The
system was attacked from the belief that it was to the fault
of its operation, and not the bad intentions of the heads of
the department, that the country did not get what it ought
to for its money.
Mr. WHITE said this subject had been repeatedly
brought before the house, but as yet with no satisfactory
result.
The vote was then agreed to.
On the next vote, of £299,695 to defray the expenses of
the coast guard,
Mr. LIDDELL impressed upon the Government the ne-
cessity of maintaining the active force of the navy in full,
notwithstanding the strength of the reserve force. Although
great efforts were made to transform the reserves into good
seamen, still no captain would be satisfied to go to sea with
a crew composed of men drafted from the reserves. The
noble lord told them the other night that nearly 17,000 men
had been enrolled in the reserves. Now that did not agree
with the official returns, and he hoped the noble lord would
explain the discrepancy.
Lord C. PAGET explained that all he meant to convey
the other night was, that from the adoption of the plan
up to the present the number enrolled had been 17,000;
but, of course, that number had been diminished by deaths
and desertions, though not much by desertions. At the
present moment the number was 14,500; but during the
course of the year they expected the forse would be raised
to 18,000.

Mr. BENTINCK was informed that there was a certain
number of owners of large merchant vessels who had ex-
pressed themselves anxious, in cases where their officers
and crews belonged almost exclusively to the naval reserve,
to be allowed to carry a blue ensign. He wished to know
whether there would be any objection to such vessels being
so distinguished.
Mr. LINDSAY asked who now filled the office of Capt.
Brown, the late Registrar-General of Seamen, and whether
any increase of remuneration had been given to the ship-
ping masters for their great attention to the extra duties
required of them in connection with the naval reserve.
Mr. M. GIBSON said that Mr. Mayo had succeeded to
the position lately occupied by Capt. Brown, whose retire-
ment arose from failing health and advancing years. Both
the Admiralty and the Board of Trade had acknowledged
the meritorious way in which he had discharged those du-
ties. He believed that the shipping masters in some cases,
had an addition to their remuneration.
Lord C. PAGET said he would refer to the Admiralty
the proposition that ships commanded by officers of the
Royal Naval Reserve, and manned to a great extent by
men of that reserve, should be allowed to hoist the blue
ensign, and he was sure that anything which could be
done with propriety to encourage the officers and ship-
owners who had taken so much pains to create and main-
tain this reserve, the Board of Admiralty would agree to.
(Hear, hear.)
The vote was then agreed to.
On a vote of £71,961 being proposed for the salaries and
expenses of the scientific department of the Admiralty,
Mr. CHILDERS asked whether it was the intention to
publish the charts, remarks, and journals of Capt.Denham,
who had for 10 years past been engaged in most valuable
services in the South Seas?
Lord C. PAGET said that Capt. Denham had done good
service to his country by the charts and maps he had made,
particularly with regard to the very intricate navigation of
Torres Straits, which he had rendered not more than ordi-
narily difficult. He was not prepared to say that they
would publish Capt. Denham's journals, but they were pub-
lishing his charts and remarks.
Sir J. PAKINGTON hoped to hear that in some
marked manner Capt. Denham had received the approba-
tion of the Board of Admiralty.
Lord C. PAGET said that the suggestion should receive
attention.
The vote was then agreed to.
On a vote of £183,316, to defray

ealaries and cone..
gent expenses of her Majesty's naval establishment at home,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked whether the Admiralty
had taken into consideration the question of reducing the
establishments of our vast dockyards, which were meant for
the production of wooden ships.
Lord C. PAGET sail that the observation of the hon.
baronet applied • rather to votes 8 or 9 than to the pre-
sent ; but he must not suppose that, because they were
building fifteen or twenty iron-cased ships, the great
mass of our wooden fleet was to be done away with. Cor-
vettes, sloops, and gunboats would still be built of wood in
the dockyards for a long time to come. The noble lord ex-
plained that there was an increase on the vote of £4,000 for
the purpose of organising the whole number of dockyard
clerks into one single establishment, so as to admit of their
being removed from one yard to another, at home, or being
sent abroad, without interfering with the promotion of the
particular dockyard in which they had been serving. In
answer to a question from Mr. Dalglish, the noble lord said
that audit clerks had been appointed at each of the dock-
yards, to check the accounts, responsible only to the Ac-
countant-General.
Mr, LAIRD could not understand how the Government
could keep their accounts, if it were true, as he had heard,
that there was no stock-taking of the stores.
Mr. CHILDERS complained of the withdrawal of the
grant to Wesleyan chaplains.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said the proceedings of the Alabama
tended to shake his faith in the supposed vast superiority
of iron over wooden vessels.
Mr. LINDSAY said the speed of a ship did not depend
upon the material of which she was built, but upon her lines.
The vote was agreed to.
A vote of £36,370 for naval establishments abroad was
also agreed to.
Upon the vote of £1,112,878 for wages to artificers, &0.,
at home,
Mr. W. MARTIN hoped, now that Government influ-
ence was to be done away with, the Order in Council would
be confirmed by Act of Parliament.
Mr. DALGLISH could not understand how £1,100,000
could be spent in labour only upon the six ships they had
heard about. Taking half the amount only for them alone,
it came to £lOO,OOO a ship. (Hear, hear.)
Lord C. PAGET said they had been doing many repairs
that ought to have been done years ago. If the hon. gen-
man would only wait another year—(oh, and laughter)—
he would understand it thoroughly.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY would impress upon the noble
lord, the Secretary to the Admiralty the importance of laying
before the committee an accurate account of the outgoings.
Lord C. PAGET would admit that in one particular
there was an omission, and this was that they did not take
stock every year. The matter had been under their con-
sideration, and it was only given up because of the great cost
which it would entail. The committee should remember
that if they were to take stock at all they should do it
thoroughly, and bring into account everything in the dock-
yards, however minute ; and he submitted that such stock-
taking would be an expensive process.
Sir M. PETO thought the noble lord could not give the
committee a better idea of the defective system of the Ad-
miralty than the statement he had just made. It was the
pract ice of the firm with which he was connected, and whose
transactions were more extensive than those of the Admi-
ralty, and spread over different countries, to take stock
every year. The process no doubt entailed trouble and ex-
pense, but they considered it necessary, for how else could
they strike a balance ?
Sir G. BOWYER could not understand why stock-taking
could not be performed by the officers of the dockyards,
without entailing any expense upon the public.
Mr. SEELEY said they should not run away with the
notion that stock-taking cauld be performed without entail-
ing considerable expense; but it was for the house to say
whether such expense was to be incurred. The noble lord
had spoken of double entry, but all he could say was that
he had examined the accounts in the course of the recess,
and that they were net kept by double entry. They were

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no more than a mere estimate, and consequently delusive
and fallacious.
Mr. LINDSAY said he should move that the chairman
report progress until they had all the items before them.
Mr. LAIRD would support the statement of the hon.
member for Finsbury. He had been connected with a
large engineering and ship-building firm for thirty years,
and they always found an opportunity about Christmas
for taking stock. He was sure that in a week or ten days
the same thing could be done in the dockyards.
The motion for reporting progress was then withdrawn.
Mr. AYRTON did not wish it to go forth that the ac-
counts in the dockyards were not well and accurately kept.
He bad visited one dockyard and inspected the accounts,
and he thought nothing could be more full and accurate
than the manner in which they were kept.
After a few words from Lord LOVAINE and Mr. LIND-
SAY.

Lord C. PAGET informed the committee that the ac-
counts were now being kept by double entry, and would be
shortly laid before them in that form. At present it was the
practice to take stock triennially ; it would be for the house
to determine whether in future it should be done annually.
Mr. G. BENTINCB contended that the Admiralty
should do that which was the invariable practice of every
mercantile firm, namely, take stock at the end of each year.
The vote was then agreed to.
The vote of £69,957 for wages of artificers, &c., employed
in her Majesty's establishments abroad was agreed to.
On the vote of £1,334,051 for naval stores for the build-
ing, repair, and ou' fit of the fleet, steam machinery, and
ships built by contract,
Sir M. PETO moved that the sum of £266,663 for timber,
masts, deals, Ito., should be reduced by £250,000, on the
ground, first, that it was not required, and secondly, that
the Government had already improperly appropriated that
amount from votes destined for another purpose. He con-
tended that it was unconstitutional to appropriate a sum RI
money for other purposes other than that voted. It was
useless for the committee to deliberate upon these estimates
if the will of the Admiralty was to set their decisions aside.
It was a want of good faith towards the committee.
Lord C. PAGET said this sum was for contracts en-
tered into two or three years ago. They were obliged
to take their contracts in advance, or they would never
get the timber they required. When these contracts were
entered into fault was found with the Government for
not having a large stock of timber on hand. He took
credit for having so large a stock of good seasoned timber.
Mr. LINDSAY said the noble lord had not answered
the question whether the First Lord was to over-ride the
decision of the Committee.
Lord C. PAGET said the. Duke of Somerset had divided
the vote into two sections to prevent the Admiralty from
applying money voted for the second to the first section.
Formerly it was all one vote. It was considered the depart-
ment had the right to appropriate one sum to another in the
same department, provided the original amount was not ex-
ceeded. That would not be the case in future with regard
to the timber vote.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said it was the alteration that
had been made in the Appropriation Act that was at the
root of the evil. In future =applied votes would have to
be surrendered to the Treasury.
Mr. LAIRD said the Government ought to decide what
ships should be constructed, and stop the others. The Ad-
miralty would do well to consider the subject. Timber was
always valuable, and if it was not wanted it could be sold.
In answer to a question from an hon. member,
Lord C. PAGET said the timber was contracted for in
1861.

The amendment was negatived without a division.
Mr. LINDSAY asked for the amount of the tonnage of
the iron-plated ships now under construction to be ready
in April, and also the number and tonnage of such ships
now being constructed by France. For that purpose he
moved that the chairman report progpess.
The committee divided. The numbers were—
For reporting progress
Against it
Majority —6l
Mr. LINDSAY wished to know whether the house would
have the information in detail upon the vote before the re-
port would be brought up.
Lord C. PAGET said that the details would be laid upon
the table in the course of ten days or so, but not before the
report would be brought up.
Sir J. PAKINGTON asked whether the Admiralty in-
tended to persist in putting iron plates on wooden vessels ?
Lord C. PAGET replied in the affirmative.
A long discussion ensued, in which Sir J. Hay, Lord Pal-
merston, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Laird, and Mr. Lindsay
took part.
Mr. LINDSAY moved that the vote be reduced by
V 34,000, which was about the sum set down for iron plates
for the five wooden ships which the noble lord (C. Paget)
said the Admiralty intended to build.
Lord PALMERSTON said that the motion would pre-
vent them from having any plates for either wooden or iron
ships.

A discussion took place, in which a great many member.
from both sides of the house urged the Government either
to withdraw the vote altogether, or, at all events, to post-
pone it for the present.
Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said that the beat
arrangement would be to submit a statement to the house,
r no steps being in the meantime taken with regard to these
five ships—(hear)—showing what time would be required to
complete them, and what would be the cost; showing also
what would be the cost andlime of building the five ships
proposed by the Admiralty. The house would then be able to
judge whether it would prefer the longer time and the greater
expense, or the shorter time and the lesser ex-
pense. But that was not the real question in-
volved in the present vote, which was to provide armour
plates for ships already built and ready to receive them.
He hoped, after that explanation, that the hon. gentleman
would not insist on a motion which did not go to the point
he had in view.
Mr. LINDSAY then withdrew kis amendment, and the
vote was agreed to.
A vote for 4,'857,349 for steam machinery was also agreed
to, and the Chairman was ordered to report progress.
The Telegraphs and the Malt Duty Bills were respec-
tively committed pro firma for the introduction of amend-
ments.

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS BILL,
This bill was read a second time.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND NOTES
(METROPOLIS) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
MARRIAGES REGISTRATION (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. MONSELL obtained leave to bring in a bill to pro-
vide the registration of marriages in Ireland.
MARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of Sir E. GROGAN, the order for bringing
in a bill in reference to marriages in Ireland was dismissed,
with a view to his introducing another measure with the
same object.
DISEASES PREVENTION (METROPOLIS).
On the motion of Dr. BRADY, leave was given to intro-
duce a bill to regulate the removal in hired or public car-
riages of persons labouring under infectious diseases in the
metropolis.

SALMON EXPORTATION.
On the motion of Mr. BRUCE, leave was given to intro-
duce a bill for prohibiting the exportation of salmon at
certain times.

CHANGE OF NAMES.
On the motion of Mr. HENNESSY copies of correspon-
dence between Mr. Richard David Jones, or Mr. Richard
David St. Paul, and the Secretary of State, the Lord
Chancellor, and Clerk of the Crown, in relation to
change of name, and the alteration of his Rune in the
commission of the peace for the county of Leicester, &c.,
was agreed to.

Sir G. GREY, however, observed that, as Mr. Jones had
been allowed to change his name, it would be as well to let
the matter drop.
The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at 20 minutes to one o'clock.

We are authorised to announce that the Volnn-

teer Corps of the city of London, to which
authority has been given to be under arms on the 7th
proximo, are to be at the stations respectively assigned to
them at one o'clock precisely, and that the order of forma-
tion for each corps will be communicated hereafter to its
commanding officer. The Volunteer Corps that are to
assemble in Hyde-park must be on the ground at two p.m.
No company of this force is to be less than 24 files or more
than 32 files.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LATEST.—A Washington
correspondent of a New England journal says that
though the President looks haggard and careworn some
new bon mot from him is always in circulation. The last
was uttered at a Saturday public reception, when a Western
paymaster, in full major's attire, was introduced, and said,
" Being here, Mr. Lincoln, I thought I'd call and pay my
respects." "From the complaints of the'solders," responded
the President, " I guess that's about all any of you do pay."
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.—WhiIe General M'Clellan
was at dinner at the Massasoit-house, on his passage
through Springfield, two ladies plundered a military cap,
which they supposed to be the General's, of both its but-
tons, tearing them out ruthlessly, to be preserved as me-
mentoes. The mortification of their feelings and the red-
ness of their face can be imagined when one of the Aides
put on the mutilated cap, and the General put on his own,
which was intact. Those buttons have not been preserved,
but the story has been, and is told oftener than the two
ladies wish to hear it.
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