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London, England, 1837-03-07 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 7, 1837.

TO JOSEPH HUME, ESQ. M.P.

Merchistoun Hall, Horndean, Feb. 18, 1837.
Sir,—As I observe it is your intention to bring the last pro-
motion before the House of Commons, I beg leave to furnish
you with some statements which will enable you to'do justice
to the subject.
I shall confine myself entirely to the navy, as probably some
officer of the other profession may enlighten yutt on military
matters.

When his present Majesty came to the throne, a promotion
took place which made the lists as follows :
Admirals
Captains
Commanders
Lieutenants , 3,559
Since which period the lists were reduced to—
Admirals
• Captains
Commanders 823
Lieutenants 2,994
On the 10th of January, 1837, the promotion made them as
follows :

Admirals
Captains
Commanders 823 .
Lieutenants
Showing a reduction since the accession of his present Ma-
jesty of no less than 804 officers on the active list.
You very justly remark, that there are officers sufficient
for all the navies in the world, but you do not tell the House
of Commons, that out of the whole of the admirals there are
not more than 12 under 60 years of age; and in the last pro-
motion not more than six. You do not tell them that on the
captains' list there are more than 150 above GO, and, perhaps,
as many more above 50. You do not tell them that nearly
half the commanders are unfit for active service, and that if a
fleet of fifty sail of the line was required, the Admiralty could
not find lieutenants sufficient to officer them.
There are few admirals of 60 years of age, fit to com-
mand the British fleets with that activity and energy that the
country would expect, in the event of war; and let war come
when it may, the officers in command of the different stations

will exceed that age; and no Board of Admiralty could super-
sede them without it being considered- a public disgrace.
There are, no doubt, men of 60 who are equal both in body
and mind to command (and almost all men think themselves
so), but I speak of men in general, and more particularly of
those who have not been employed for many years; or even if
employed, employed in a very difTekent manner from that they
would be in an active war.

Lord Nelson fought the battle of the Nile at 39, Copen-
hagen at 41, and was killed at 47. Had he not been an ad-
miral till 60, I much doubt whether you would have either
heard of the battle of the Nile or Copenhagen ; and the battle
of Trafalgar most certainly would not have been fought in the
manner it was.

There is a great difference between the command of a fleet
and a seat in the House of Commons ; a man of 60 may talk
to the House for two or three hours, though exposed to the
wit, the sarcasm, and the yawns of his opponents, and still
preserve his nerve and power of oratory, much beyond that
age ; but an admiral in command of a fleet has not only his
enemy to look after, but he has charge of that fleet amongst
rocks, shoals, Ice shores, storms and tempests, and it requires
youth and health to support him in all his difficulties.
Now, Sir, I shall examine the last promotion under two
heads :

1. Was it necessary for the service?
2. Was it an act of justice to individuals ?
For many years past the system of promotion from captain
to admiral has been by seniority ; and I much doubt whether
any ministry dare, under the present circumstances, change
it ; it could only he done by a recommendation of Parliament,
which is not very likely to be obtained. I shall, therefore,
take things as they are. The responsibility of the naval ser-
vice rests exclusively with the Admiralty ; and they are bound
to see that the officers they employ arc equal to their com-
mands in peace or war. It is not enough to say such an officer
will do well enough in peace, he , will not have much hard
work, he is almost always in harbour, and so on ; a war may
surprise us, and if any untoward accident should happen at the
first brush, the indignation of the country would be so roused,
that the Board of Admiralty would probably lose their heads.
The people of England have not been accustomed to see the
defeat and capture of a fleet; woe be to our rulers should such
a misfortune befall us. Under the cireumstances I have stated,
the Admiralty have only one road before them_simply to state
to the King that the admirals have become so Old that a pro-
motion is absolutely necessary ; the difficulty is, how low down
the lists they ought to go. On one hand they have the claims
of officers for length of service, and the necessity of getting at
some tolerably young men • on the other hand, they have the
fear of dissatisfying yourself and the economists, and of having
a cry raised against them in the country.
What have they done ? They have taken a middle course,-
which has not brought forward young men, and they have dis-
pleased you as much as if they had mae the promotion efficient.
I now come to the second consideration. Is it an act of
justice to individuals or not ?

The senior officer promoted had been 35 years a captain,
the junior 32; the average lolgth of service could not be un-
der 50 years ; their pay 2601. a year. Now, Sir, I ask you, I
ask the House of Commons, I ask the people of England, to
whom you are fond of appealing,- whether that rank and that
pay were a sufficient reward for officers who had devoted their
whole life to the service of their country ? Many of them had
little more than their pay, and probably 'grown-up families to
maintain, and they were not in a position to better their con-
dition; they had their appearance as gentlemen, and their
rank as officers to support, and this to be done on 260/. a year.
Yoware either not aware of these facts, or you are rididg your
horse of economy and reform so hard that he will break down
under you.

You- observe, that this promotion was vnade to support the
aristocracy. Why, Sir, there are only six aristocratic names
in the whole naval promotion, and God knows the present
Ministry have no great reason to support that body ; they
might with more justice be accused of a wish to gain over the
army and navy to their way of thinking. But I will do them
the justice of believing, that they found themselves imperatively
called upon to recommend a promotion, both as necessary for
the service, and as an act of justice to old officers. The pre-
sent Ministry have many faults, no doubt ; but surely that of
dealing out promotion with too liberal a band is not one of
them. I believe they have religiously abided by the regula-
tion laid down by their predecessors, of only promoting one in
three from each list.

During Lord Melville's administration of naval affairs, 'pro-
motion was so unnecessarily and unjustifiably great that the
war officers have been completely bowled out of the service by
young men, who have entered since the peace, and the present
Admiralty, I have no doubt, find it difficult in the extreme to
do anything like justice to them.
I shall now examine the case of the captains promoted to
that rank-75 were removed from the list, and 25 have been
placed on it, the senior had been a commander 36 years,
the junior six years ; how far the selection of the Admiralty
has been just I will not here examine. I know several who
certainly ought to have been included in it, but I presume a
list of the most efficient old commanders was placed before the
Board, and they selected 25 who they thought had the most
merit, or more probably who had the most friends at the
Board. The 25 lieutenants made commanders, and the 25
midshipmen were, I suppose, selected in the same manner, but
be that as it may, the senior officer made commander was a
lieutenant of 24 years' standing, the junior 8 years ; all the
midshipmen, with the exception of one, who had been five
years in a surveying vessel, had passed in 1829 and previously,
some even 10 years prior. Now, sir, Ydo not think that you,
the House of Commons, or the conntry can possibly find fault
with their length of service.
As to the midshipmen, I declare that the Admiralty, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, or the Ministers, whoa oever's
fault it was, ought to take shame to themselves for having
made so paltry a promotion ; what zeal ,what energy can be
expected from midshipmen who• are permitted to remain in
that rank for 20 years? Why, Sir, we have midshipmen who
are grandfathers still passing on board a ship under the name
of young gentlemen !
Had there been fifty Joseph Humes, instead of one, in the
House of Commons, the Admiralty ought to have promoted at
least 100 midshipmen, and called upon all the naval senators
to state to the House whether they were correct or not in so

Vail say you see no prospect of diminishing the naval and
military establishments. Are you aware that the Russians
had 28 sail of the line in the Baltic the summer before last
ready for sea, and a squadron of eight sail, with a proportion
of frigates and smaller vessels constantly cruising, and we had
rzot one frigate on the home station; and this at a time that
we were permitting Spain to recruit in this country, and
putting into execution the quadruple treaty, which could not
be agreeable to Russia ?—What, Sir, was to have hindered
her from transporting 20,000 men to the assistance of Don
Carlos, and placing him on the throne of Spain ; marching
afterwards to Lisbon, dethroning the Queen, re-embarking her
troops and returning to the Baltic, anchoring at Spithead, if
thought proper, or going to The Mediterranean and sweeping
away our squadron ?--Absolutely nothing ; and had the Auto-
crat possessed the nerve, as I have no doubt he had the incli-
nation, it would have been done, and France and England
would have been left to contend against all Europe, and fight
the battle of freedom on French or Belgian ground, under a
Tory administration; for the heads of the Ministry, and per-
haps your own, would most certainly have adorned the capital.
'Last year the same Russian force was in the Baltic, and
against your opinion eight sail of the line were added to the
British fleet.
What squadron will he collected this summer is not in my
power to say. At present, we have only the three first-rates
as guard-ships and three sail of the line, two of which are fit-
ting for the flags of Sir Robert Stopford and Sir C. Paget.
Now, sir, when you bring forward your motion, you will
know at least the actual actualfstate of the navy, and in recom-
mending economy I have no doubt you will see the necrstity of
not allowing this country to pe defenceless, particularly till the
affair of the Vixen is decided.

Remember that we sent an army and a fleet to Copenhagen
in a time of profound peace, and stole the Danish fleet, because

we suspected there was an understanding between Denmark
and France. Russia knows we have a treaty with the two
Queens of Spain and Portugal, and she has a right to take the
opposite silo of the question if she please.
Relative to the promotion, the most advantageous thing you
can do for_ the country and navy is recommending the Ministers
to allow all captains within 100 of the top of the list and 60
years of age, to retire with the rank of rear-admirals, at 11. a
day; all cAnmanders unfit fur service to retire with the rank of
captain, on additional pay, and the same with lieutenants. The
House of Commons and the country will then see, without dis-
guise, the number of efficient naval officers they can command
in a state of emergeDcy. Such a recommendation coming from
you, I have no doubt, would have more effect, and would give
you more deserved popularity than any motion you can bring
forward this session ; for be assured all sides are tired of your
pounds, shillings, and pence, when they tend to impair the effi-
cient force of the country.-1 am, sir, your humble servant,
CHARLES NAPIER, Captain R.N.

The Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Georgiana
Fane have arrived in Grosvenor-square, from Brighton. The
Countess of Westmoreland is sojourning at Rome.
According to a return made by the Patriarch of
Greece to his Government, it appears that the plague in that
country has carried off 4,303 Greeks. The number of the
Armenians and Jews who have fallen victims to the disease has
not been ascertained.
The Earl of Bradford, Lord Bateman, and Mr.
Debaney, have bought malisions in Belgrave-square. The
Earl of Yarmouth, Lord Harley, Lord Clive, and the Hon.-
Mr. Lascelles, have taken houses in Eaton-square. Houses
in this improving neighbourhood are selling fast ; since it is
ex.,-.ected his Majesty will reside in Buckingham Palace in a
few weeks.
SUICIDE.—On Friday morning, about half-past
ten o'clock, a female, apparently not more than twenty years
of age, threw herself off the wooden bridge into the Grand
Surrey Canal. Every exertion was made to save her, but
without success.
The Augsburg Gazelle states that several very ex-
lensire failures had taken place in Trieste, by which the cre-
dit of some of the most respectable houses in Vienna had
been considerably shaken. The influenza was beginning to
assume a fatal character in Prague.
On Saturday week a short time after John -Richards,
Esq., of Bower Cottage, Froxfield, near Peterstield, had re-
-tired to bed, lie was awoke by a strong smell of smoke. He
immediately called the servants, who, had, with himself,
scarcely reached the bottom of the staircase, when the whole
roof fell in a mass of burning flame ; they narrowly escaped
with their lives, and the whole of the furniture was destroyed.
It was no doubt, the work of an incendiary, as it appears to
have been set on fire in three places.
ENGLISH LITERATURE.—In Germany a Pro-
fessorship of the English and French languages has been
established for the first time, at the University of Tubingen, in
Wirtemburg. The new Professor is M. Peschier, of Geneva.
--Frankfort Paper.
WARSAW, FEB. 22.—The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Londonderry, with their son, have been for some
clays in this city, on their return from Petersburg. The day
before yesterday the Prince of Warsaw and his consort paid a
visit to this distinguished English Nobleman, and accepted his
invitation to dinner.

DARMSTADT, FEB. 24.—Mr. Weldig, the clergy-
man of Obeng-gleen, arrested on a charge of high treason,
was yesterday found dead in his dungeon, having cut his throat
by pieces of glass obtained by breaking the decanter in which
water had been supplied to him.—Fraidfort Paper.
A letter from Naples states a rumour that a niece
of Princess Metternich is to be married to the Duke de Sca-
letta, and will be appointed one of the Ladies of Honour to
tile young Queen. Preparations upon a grand scale are being
made at Pompeii for excavations, which are to be opened in
the presence of her Majesty.
The Court of Austria- has gone into mourning for
twelve days, on occasion of the death of the ex-King of Sweden.
Dowton, of whom but little has been heard since
his return from America, is starring it at Salisbury.
It is rumoured that another nailer has been dis-
c,vered making his marks in St. James's-street. The fish-
monger suggests that the whole concern should be brought to
the hammer, nails and all.

Avesnes, a town in France, is fully occupied with
the following extraordinary occurrence. In 1813, a French
soldier was returned among the killed 'at Osnabruck, in the
retreat from Leipsic. In 1824, his widow married again, and
has had several children by her second husband. Last week,
to the astonishment of all the parties, the first husband, who
had so long been numbered among the dead, suddenly made
his appearance from the regions of Jenisseo, in Siberia, beyond
Tobolsk, that is, 1,200 or 1,300 leagues in the depths of Russia.
Last week, whilst Ann Smith, residing at No. 18,
Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven- dials, was passing the end
of Monmouth-street, St. Giles's, she was knocked down by a
horse drawing a light cart, and severely injured. She was
taken to the shop of Mr. Baltimore, surgeon, No. 4, High-
street, Bloomsbury, whore, after every humane treatment, she
was conveyed to her residence in a deplorable condition. What
renders the accident more melancholy is, that on Monday week
her husband, who was a brushmaker, dropped down dead in a
fit of apoplexy:
At a meeting of the Portsmouth branch of the Tem-
perance Society, last week, Mr. Allen, who attended on behalf
of the parent society, stated that last year, 29,528,889 gallons
of ardent spirits paid duty, amounting to the enormous sum of
8,000,469/. 16s. 7d.
We learn from Offenburg that a man named Becher,
condemned to death for robbery and murder, was lately deca-
pitated in that town, with the unusual -additional circumstance
that at the moment of the execution his face was concealed by a
mask.

CARLIST HUMANITY.—A young girl seeing the
fortifications raised by the Carlists at Fontarabia, remarked
that they would be unable to withstand an attack of the Eng-
lish. She was immediately seized by order of Gen. Guibe-
lalde and condemned by him to a month's imprisonment, and
to walk through the streets tarred and feathered, or to pay a
fine of 500 reals.

LUNAR ECLIPSE.—A correspondent of the Liver-
pool Mercury says, " The next lunar eclipse, on the 30th of
April, is likely to be attended by a very rare circumstance.
The eclipse will begin at about half-past six in the evening,
and the moon will rise eclipsed at seven. As the earth must
be between the sun and the moan, in order to occasion an
eclipse, the sun ought then to be below the horizon ; but,
owning to the refraction of the earth's atmosphere, I conceive
that we shall see the singular phenomenon of the sun remaining
above the western horizon, while the moon appears eclipsed in
the eastern. Such a phenomenon was seen at Paris in 175 b."
As the mail cart was proceeding from Brighton to
Lewes, a few evenings since, it was stopped near Coledcan by
a footpad, who, presenting a pistol at the driver, demanded his
money. The mailman said he had none, and whipping his
horse pretty smartlythe animal sprang forward, when t he foot-
pad let go the reins, and the cart reached Lewes without fur-
ther interruption.—Brighton Guardian.
On Sunday forenoon se'imight, at Dundee., about
half-past 11 o'clock, it began suddenly to blow f nom the
south-west, with the severity of a tornado, increasin g in vio-
knee every moment. The gale was accompanied 1..)y heavy
rain. At 12 o'clock the streets were almost ins passable;
and there were many instances of old infirm peo!ple being
actually blown in a contrary direction from that in which
they wished to walk. The river was speedily lashed into
fury. At the Craig Pier the waves broke with awful vio-
lence over the walls. They rose to a level with_ the eireu- ,
lar glass tower at the top of the pier. The ball on the cupola
of this building was blown away. The damage d one to the
shipping in the harbour was great. In Dumfries the rain, tabiel
in the morning was mixed with snow, was followed by Ite.',l of
the largest description. At about half-past 12, win m the storm
was at its height, there was a prodigiously vivid flash 0 g light-
ning, which illuminated the whole heavens, followed oy a tre-
mendous peal of thunder.
An atrocious attempt at murder was lately w Ade by
a person residina• at Trieste, in Italy, who had a lar,g, ) family,
and conceived the horrible project of ridding himself of them
all in a manner not to excite suspicion. Fur this purpose he
purchased a small pleasure boat, in the bottom of which he
made an aperture, which lie carefully stopped with a plug.
Ile then took out his wife and four children on a Little excur-
sion, and when at a distance from the shore removed the plug,
and swam for his own life, leaving his family to t] ieir fate.,
Fortunately, his murderous designs were frustrate 1 by the
timely arrival of assistance, which rescued the interal ed victims
from their danger. On the failure of his atroc io us design
the miscreant fled, without leaving any clue to the discovery of
his retreat.

Mrs. Owen (formerly Miss Beaumont, of Covent-
garden theatre), who some years since retired into 'private
life, has resumed her professional career at the I :ath theatre,
where she is performing with great success. Th. I reason for
this lady's return to the stage is said to be the di, minution
which has taken place in Mr. Ow e
en's
s wasincome,'aal nt
adi nne
edc greateen ul
of the alteration of the affairs at the East India It cruse, in
in t tie
which he had for many years held a situation.
We are assured," says La France, " that a medi-
rieedxpthereimuesentof
champagne
oc'filgmriapnpea,t and that ha'sthet
success."

DIFFICULT TO SWALLOW.—A few days c go, as
one of Mr. Oag's coopers was opening a cod,
11:Coug1 it in by
a boat into Pulteneytovvn harbour, he to hi.
'to.) pant di asto-
nishment, discovered in its stomach a red ;;POtod lt,t( in band-
kerchief, containing 4?;d. in copper, it apnoared tt 111 are been
newly swallowed.—John o Groat jouiv:(4l.
:ocen vessels laden All coals
On Saturday last Sixteen
came into Douglas harbour. The news last vatly spread
throu7hout the island, and the quays morn bsimod tately throng-
ed with the inhabitants, who have barn; in a r lost destitute
condition for want of fuel during thin ineleincut s icason.—MQ-
na's Herald.

PRICE sd.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, 11,14.mcm 6.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at a few minutes past
five o'clock.
Earl -SH AFTE SBURY presented petitions from the
County of Wilts and other places against the abolition of
Church-rates.
Lord KENYON presented petitions from parishes in the
Counties of Kent, Somerset, and Bedford, to the same effect.
Also a petition from 22 united parishes in the County of
Kent, praying that no alteration might be made in the
Poor Law Amendment Act. Also three petitions from pa-
rishes in the city of London, praying that the operation of the
Poor Law Amendment Act might not be extended to the
City. For his own part, he did not think the time had yet
arrived for thrusting this law into all parts of England, whether
the inhabitants were satisfied or not with the operation of the
old system.
Lord DE GREY presented petitions from the parishes of
Henlow, Clifton, Blenheim, and others, against the abolition
of Church-rates.
Lord FALMOUTH presented petitions from Weymouth,
Merthyr, and several other. places, against the abolition of
Church-rates.
The Bishop of LINCOLN presented petitions from Wol-
verhampton, and other places, to the same effect.
Lord REDESDA LE presented petitions from Stonehouse,
Stroud, and other places, to the same effect.
Lord HOLLAND presented a petition from , Ecelesfield,
agreed to at a public meeting of its inhabitants, praying for-
the abolition of Church-rates ; also a petition from the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Corporation of Carmarthen, praying the House
to extend to Ireland the same benefits of free Corporations,
which had been conferred on the people of England—that the
inhabitants of Ireland might no longer be considered
_" aliens."
Lord STR A NGFO RD presented petitions from Ashford,
and also from a stiff endiary curate at Battersfield, against the
abolition of Church-rates.
Lord MANSFIELD presented a petition from Horncastle.
to the same effect.

Lord RAVE NSWORTH presented a petition from Ted-
dington, praying that their Lordships would be pleased to up-
hold the privileges of their Lordships' House.
The Bishop of HEREFORD presented petitions from
several parishes in the county of Hereford against the aboli-
tion of Church-rates, and praying that their Lordships would
not give their sanction to a measure which must destroy that
cinnexion between Church and State which is the poor man's
best bulwark, and the source of those many blessings which
the empire enjoyed.

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the following
returns be furnished to the Committee of their Lordships'
House :—The Memorial of the Deputation from. the Synod of
Ulster to the Board of Education in 1832 ; also the Letters
of the Right Hon. Edward Littleton to the Board of Educa-
tion in 1833; and also a Copy of the Report of Inspection of
the Rev. Mr. Carlisle, furnished to the Board of Education in
1836.—Ordered.

The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE then said that a notice
had been given by a Noble Marquis opposite, relative to the
appointment of police by the proprietors of railways. He hoped,
however, the Noble Marquis would not have any objection to
postpone it. He (the Marquis of Lansdowne) admitted the
importance of the question, but there wat now a Bill-in pro-
gress in the other House which embraced the subject of rail-
roads generally, and he considered that the motion of the No-
ble Marquis would be better discussed when that measure came
before them. ,

The Marquis of SALISBURY had no objection to post-
pone his motion, as he would rather leave it in the hands of
Government; but he would reserve to himself the power of
renewing it if the Railway Bill alluded to did not embrace the
subject of it.

Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from New-
castle-under-Lyne against Church-rates.
ENGLISH MUNICIPAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
Viscount MELBOURNE moved the second reading of
this Bill, and hoped there would be no objection to take the
discussion on it on going into Committee, as it would be more
convenient.

The Bill was then read a second time.
WILLS' BILL

On the motion of Lord LANGDALE, their Lordships
went into Committee on the Wills' Bill.
Clauses I and 2 were agreed to.
Clause 3 was also agreed to with some verbal amendments,
proposed by Lord LANGDALE and Lord BROUGHAM.
On clause 7 being read,
Lord WYNFORD proposed an amendment, to the effect
that no will for the conveyance of any personal property made
by any person under the age of 21 years should be valid.
After a few words from Lord LANGDALE,
Lord BROUGHAM thought the amendment proposed by
the Noble Lord opposite would be an,improvemenl on the Bill.
lie suggested that the best way would be to raitore the clause,
as it stood in the Bill of 1835 ; so that it would apply to real
as well as personal property.
The clause as amended was then agreed to.
Clause 9, after some conversation, in which Lord Lang-
dale, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Wyn-
ford took part, was agreed to.
Lord BROUGHAM then enlarged upon the necessity of
having a definite mode of signature by vtitnesses and testators
to wills.

The other clauses were then agreed to, and the report was
ordered to be brought up on Monday.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF 'COMMONS, MARCH 6.

The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar, praying to be
heard by counsel against the Commercial (Blackwall) Rail-
way Bill.
Lord SURREY presented a petition from an individual
residing near Brighton, against all the .Railway Bills whose
lines were proposed to be taken through his property.
Lord E. LENNOX presented a petition from the Com-
missioners of Greenwich Hospital, against the Greenwich
Pier Bill.

Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from Langollan
against the Cheshire Junction Railway. The Hon. Member
also presented a petition signed by 7,000 inhabitants of Man-
chester, in favour of the Cheshire Grand Junction Railway.
The Loughborough Small Debts' Bill was read a second
time and ordered to be committed.

Mr. EWART brought in the Liverpool Dock Bill.
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON wished to remove the
impression which he understood was very general in Liver-
pool among the promoters of the Bill, that it was not
likely to be opposed in that House. -He wished it to be dis-
tinctly understood, that the Bill would be opposed. In his opi-
nion, there were most serious grounds of objection to the Bill.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN thought. that the Bill should be
deferred to the next session.
Mr. WILBRAHAM said. his constituents were unanimous
in their opposition to the measure.
Mr. E WART said the opposition to the measure was en-
tirely from the landed interest. The Bill was intended to pro-
mote the prosperity of the town and port of Liverpool, as
the great outlet of the commerce of this country with the
Western hemisphere. He had no wish to deprive the parties
opposing the Bill of the opportunity of doing so, but he thought
it would be unreasonable to ask that a measure so well matured,
and which might be called a national one, should be postponed
to another Session: He would have no objection to postpone
the second reading till this day week.
Mr. 'WILSON PATTEN said the opposition came from
every toy; n, village, and hamlet in that part of the country
which he represented.