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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1853.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

should be sorry to ignore the claims of the present Go-
vernment. There was only one cause of misgiving among
men of science in the present Government, and that was
the act of the present First Lord of the Admiralty in
having suspended the maritime survey of the British coast.
He hoped that that survey would be resumed. He now
came to the plan which he wished to bring under the
consideration of the house. It was instituted by the
conductor of the laboratory at the National Observatory
at Washington, in the United States, who first conceived
the idea of requiring all the masters of merchant vessels
to enter in their log-books, in addition to all the infor-
mation which those documents usually contain, an ac-
count of all phenomena they might observe at sea which
could be rendered available for the improvement of hy-
drography, and generally for the advancement of science.
The plan was, that the log-books containing these re-
ports should be all sent to the Observatory at Washing-
ton, and that the data so furnished should be collated
and employed in the construction of new,and improved
charts, which should be engraved at the expense of Go-
vernment, and furnished to the masters of vessels in re-
turn for the material so supplied. The Custom-house
officers were directed to give circulars containing in-
structions to the masters of- vessels, but - no fruit
carne of this measure. The gentleman he had referred to
however, collected a number of log-books, and discovered
a new :and improved route to Rio. It was tried,.and
the voyage which had been usually made in 41 days was
made in 20 days. From this time the whole aspect of
affairs seemed to change. Materials flowed in in abun-
dance, and now there are upwards of a thousand masters
of ships engaged night and day in recording these obser-
vations. The observation's were regularly brought to
the Observatory at Washington, and the facts up to
November, 1851, were published in a book which he
now held in his held. It appeared that in the old route
to Rio, vessels were in the habit of going so far east as
the 19th degree west longitude, for the purpose of avoid-
ing a current which set in fenn Cape St. Lucar. It was
shown that it was possible to sail in a great circle part
of the way, and instead of stopping at longitude 17, it
was possible to cross in, and save 700 miles of the dis-
tance. The noble lord then referred to the manner in
which these charts are made ; and concluded by thank-
ing the house for the kindness with which they had
•heard him, and stated that he should be happy if he
should have persuaded them that the matter was worthy
of their attention ; for he believed it was the bounden
duty of this country, which had risen to so high a posi-
tion in science and in art, to hold out to them a foster-
ing hand. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Earl GRANVILLE said that the interesting, useful,
and in some parts amusing statement of the noble lord,
fully justified the house in expressing by their cheers,
how unnecessary it was for the noble lord to apologise
for bringing the subject before them. He would, with-
out trespassing at any length on their lordships, endea-
vour to show that his noble friend had not taken a calm
and philosophical view of the proceedings of the Govern-
ment and the Admiralty, with reference to this plan, as
well as of the views entertained by the Government with
regard to the progress of science. With respect to what
had been said by the noble lord of the neglect of a sub-
ject, appeared to him (Lord Granville) connected with
the welfare of all mankind, and more especially of a
nation—a large portion of the inhabitants of which had
devoted themselves to maritime pursuits ; it would be
seen by the papers which had been laid before the house,
that in furtherance of this project, a book which had
been received by Lord Palmerston was directed by him
to be sent to Sir John Burgoyne, and which had refer-
ence to the taking of meteorological observations. He
(Lord Granville) received information on the sub-
ject at the Foreign-office on the 19th February ;
and, five days after, he directed Mr. Addington to write
to Sir John Burgoyne for further information, in order
to the promotion of the object in view. The matter
then fell into the hands of the late Government, and
although the correspondence did not go on quite so
briskly as was desirable, yet by reading the correspond-
ence, so far as could be gathered from what they had
written, it would appear that it was the desire of the
Government to promote the subject. Then on coming
to the share which Lord Clarendon had in the matter, it
would be found that 8 days after he had received the
observations of the American Government with regard
to the opiniOn of the Royal Society, he wrote to the
Treasury, requesting that they would take such steps as
they might think right and proper in order forthwith to
carry out the object in question. (Hear.) The subject
was now before that department, not a very idle one
just at present, with a view to the carrying out of Lord
Clarendon's report. Several questions were, however,
to be considered. In the first place, the superintend-
ence of the plan and the persons to whom it was to be
referred ; and there was also another point—namely,
that there was a quantity of valuable matter relating to
the subject deposited in our archives which was in a
very undigested state, and which it would be desirable
to have digested and arranged. The matter could not
*der the oantrertvsf :vesting -boards, and it

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool-
sack at five o'clock.
The Earl of LAN ESBOROUGH presented petitions
from places in Leicestershire, against, the admission of
Jews into Parliament.
Lord LYNDHURST presented a similar petition from
he University of Cambridge.
The Earl of HARDWICKE presented similar peti-
tions from Reigate and other places, and also a petition
from the farmers of Leicestershire, praying for a repeal
of the malt tax.
Lord ST. LEONARDS presented petitions from five
building societies at Birmingham, against the Registra-
tion of Assurances Bill.
REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the house.
go into committee on this bill.
Lord ST. LEONARDS said that his objections to
the bill were not removed by the observations which had
been introduced in the select committee, but he did not
think it worth while to oppose the present stage.
After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and the Mar-
quis of SALISBURY, the bill passed through oommltteo.
POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH
AUSTRALIA.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked the Government whe-
ther any arrangement had been made for the postal ser-
vice to Australia, in consequence of the dissolution of
the contract with the Australian Royal Mail Company.
Viscount CANNING said the noble lord had some-
what overstated the deficiency of communication that
existed with Australia in consequence of the termina-
tion of the contract with the Australian Steam Packet
Company. He subsequently observed, which was no
doubt correct, that there was a communication already
secured on alternate months by the overland mail,
branching off at Singapore. That communication was
undisturbed by the termination of the contract with the
Australian Steam Packet Company, inasmuch as it rested
on the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company,
and he had no reason to doubt that they would fulfil
their engagement. So far the communication with the
Australian colonies was secured by the shortest route,
which had at present been employed. In regard td the
supply of another alternate monthly communication in
consequence of the failure of the Australian Steam
Packet Company, he must be allowed to remind their
lordships that upon the accession of her Majesty's pre-
sent Government to office they found; as stated in the
speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer a few nights
ago, that the engagements to which the revenue of this
country was liable to carry on the packet service
amounted to no less than 800,0001. a year. It needs no
argument to show that that sum for the purposes to
which it was applied was enormous. It was time that a
certain amount, he was sorry to say not so large an
amount as they might expect, was returned to the reve--
nue in the shape of postage ; but it was not only the
amount of this sum that weighed on Government, but
it was the fact that the great majority of the contracts
under which these sums were to be paid were contracts
for terms varing from 7,9, 10, and 11 years. Conse-
quently, unless in the case of some such accident as
happened to the Australian Steam Packet Company,
whereby, from the entire failure of the contract the Go-
vernment has it in their power to put an end to it, the
Government must keep up this expenditure for that
number of years. Her Majesty's Government turned
their attention to the subject, and lost no time in ascer-
taining whether some measure might not be taken
to relieve the revenue from these heavy payments.
While this investigation was being proceeded with, the
opportunity arising from the failure of the Australian
Steam-Packet Company occurred. They thought it
their duty to devise some effective system which would
be more economical, and would satisfy all the wants of
the community both in this country, and the colonies.
Having this object in view, her Majesty's Government
determined that it would not be consistent with their
duty to accept any overtures to enter into long contracts
such as that which had just lapsed, and accordingly one
or two offers made on the part of other companies to
take up the lapse of service of the Australian Steam-
Packet Company had not been accepted. The course
which her Majesty's Government thought to pursue was
this—they thought, as in other cases where ships were
employed, so the carriage of the mails by private enter-
prise might be called into requisition. With this view,
it was their intention to issue, by advertisements, invita-
tions to tender to carry one or more mails in alternate
months to the Australian colonies. It was the inten-
tion of Government to prescribe the price which they
were willing to pay for this service, and the only item
on which tenders would be asked from the various com-
mercial and shipping firms who entered into the engage-
ment would be as to the time within which the service
could be performed. It was the intention of Govern-
ment to tie up those-who-entered-into the engulgmtelit,
with as few stipulations as possible, none indeed except
such as might be necessary for the punctual departure
of the ship, and the safe conveyance of the mails. Sub-
ject to these conditions, the shipping company which
would undertake to perform the voyage in the shortest
time would receive the contract. Whether her Ma-
jesty's Government would enter into a contract for more
than two or three voyages, is a matter which would
depend on circumstances, and which might depend
on the tenders which might be received ; but under
no circumstances would Government at present con-
sent to enter into a long continuous engagement
for a number of years, saddling the revenue with
such heavy sums as were now paid under the present
system of complex contracts. There was no doubt this
was to a certain degree in the nature of an
experiment, and although he felt pretty sanguine of suc-
cess, it was still a possibility that the terms which Go-
vernment might think'proper to offer might not be such
as the shipping interest would be disposed to accept,
but if such were the case he anticipated no inconvenience
either to the colonies, or to the mother country, because
the intercourse between England and Australia had
grown so rapidly and become so extensive within the
last few months, that even if the Government were
obliged to resort to the act of Parliament, which enables
them to employ any ship sailing from this country to
convey letters, there was little doubt that there would
be scarcely any inconvenience and delay. In the course
of three months of the present year the number of ves-
sels that had left the English ports for Australia was no
less than 70 a Month, many of them having performed
previous voyages at a great rate of speed, and some at a
greater even than steamers. Therefore, if the worst
should arise, and the experiment which Government was
about to make with a view of alleviating the pressure of
the heavy expense in the contracts, there need be no
fear on the part of his noble friend and the public that
any serious .inconvenience would arise either to this
country or to Australia.
The Earl of HARD WICKE said it was supposed that
by a system of contracts vessels might be employed which
might be armed in time of war. This induced a larger
kind of vessel to be built by the contractors, but it
turned out that the owners of the vessels had not pre-
pared them for armament, and they were incapable of
being armed. In no instance was there any preparation
made for the arming of these vessels or to see whether
they were capable of bearing such armament. The conse-
quence was, that if it had been thought necessary to arm
them, they would have totally failed. He thought the
great object of these steamers should be not to approach
but escape from ships of war. They should be by no means
armed ships, but should be built for speed and safety. He
did not think as the case now stood that there was any dif-
ficulty in making arrangenients for the future. When the
fine was paid the contract was at an end. He believed
the fines altogether would not be more than 200,0001.,
and he believed that by throwing the whole of the con-
tracts up, that amount might be saved the first year.
Earl GREY considered that a great mistake had been
made in not sufficiently reducing the cost at which letters
were sent to the colonies. The charge of one shilling
each letter was so high, that letters were only sent upon
special occasions. If they charged a penny per half-
ounce, the same as in this country, he believed the
7reight would amount to about 3001. a ton.
Viscount CANNING said he believed that paying

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select committee appointed to inquire into the petition
against the return for the borough.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Edinburgh High Street and Railway Station, ate. ;
Great Grimsby Improvement ; Wakefield Market.
The repoits on the following bills were considered and
agreed to :—Norwich Waterworks ; Staffordshire Pot-
teries Waterworks ; Rossendale Waterworks:
The following bills were read a second time :—Lon-
don and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and
Salisbury Branch) ; Poole Harbour and Port (No. 2) ;
London and Finsbury Improvements and Railway, &c.

BERMONDSEY REGULATION BILL.
On the motion for the-second reading of this bill,
Mr. BRADY- intimated that though his name ap-
peared on the back of the bill, circumstances had come
to his knowledge which induced him to withdraw his sup-
port from it, and to leave it entirely to the decision of
the house.
Mr. A. PELLATT said he was instructed by his con-
stituents in Bermondsey to oppose the second reading,
on the ground that the bill had not received the sanction
of the parish, and was simply the act of an individual.
Sir J. SHELLEY hoped the house would allow the
bill to go to a select committee.
Sir W. MOLESWOR•TH objected to the bill, which
he said was introduced for the amendment and consoli-
dation of the existing local acts affecting Bermondsey,
but it had not received the assent of any public meeting
of rate-payers, or of any publicbody in that parish. The
bill was, in fact, solely promoted by the solicitor whose
name appeared on the back of the bill.
After a few words from Mr. WHALLEY and Mr.
OLIVEIRA, the bill was withdrawn.

PETITIONS.
Mr. H. WYNDHAM presented a petition from Cum-
berland, praying for the total prohibition of the sale of
intoxicating drinks on Sunday.
Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from the
metropolis, in favour of the total repeal of the soap
duties.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from let-
ter-press printers of Birmingham, against all the taxes
on knowledge, and against the proposal of the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer with regard to the stamp duty on
supplements.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from tobacco
manufacturers in Edinburgh against, the proposed inter-
ference with the tobacco licenses.
NOTICES OF MOTION.

Mr. HEYWOOD gave notice that on this day fort-
night he would ask for leave to introduce a bill for sim-
plifying the mode of registering the names of graduates
in the arts, law, and medicine.
Lord D. STUART gave notice that on the 4th of
May he would move for the appointment of a select com-
mittee, to inquire into the cost for the maintenance and
general superintendence of the metropolitan police. 4
MONEY-ORDER OFFICE IN THE HOUSE.

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Mr. FREWEN asked the Secretary to the Treasury
if the Postmaster-General was prepared to make the
post-office at the House of Commons a money-order
office, for the purpose of granting money-orders on the
country post-offices to the members and officers of the

house.
Mr. WILSON said he had communicated with the
Post-office authorities on the subject, and arrangements
had been made by them which would enable them to
carry that object into effect if it was the pleasure of the
house. It was only for the house to determine whether
the convenience of a money-office was sufficient to justify
its incurring the necessary expense.
Lord SEYMOUR wished to know what the expense
would be ?
Mr. WILSON said he would ascertain, and inform
the house on another day if it considered that an element
worthy of consideration. He thought it was.
Mr. HUME hoped the hon. member would give an
estimate of the expense to the house.

was uot desirable to ere Z ii•re;poUsible boards for
the purpose. There was one important considera-
tion, which had been mentioned by his noble friend,
and that was that, except by accident, none of our
officers on board men-of-war possessed the instruments
necessary for snaking observations of this kind,
and that deficiency was greater still in the merchant
service. He had thus shown that this subject had
received the attention of the Government, and that they
were anxious to give it every possible assistance. His
noble friend had made some remarks of a curious cha-
racter on the alterations which had been made in the
surveys carried on in the navy. He (Lord Granville)
was able to state that no foreign survey had been
stopped, or any home survey suspended, except that
at the mouth of the Thames, which had died a natural
death at the end of twenty years. His noble friend
said that that survey could not be finished on account
of the shifting sands. It was clear that you could not
have a perpetual survey on shifting sands, but it was
the intention of the Government that the survey at the
mouth of the Thames should be continued from time to
time. With regard to the reduction of expense in the
surveys that were to be carried on, that would be effected
by not employing post captains, but substituting for
them masters, who, to the honour of the navy, were

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
Mr. VERNON said he wished to put a question to
the right ,honoUrable baronet the First Lord of the
Admiralty with reference to the Arctic expedition.
(Hear.) It was, perhaps, within his knowledge that the
captain of her Majesty's ship Plover had sent a letter,
dated last August, reporting that this ship was in a
very leaky and unfit state, and strongly urging that a
steam-ship should be sent out to communicate with her.
He was also perhaps aware that the Enterprize and
the Investigator had not been heard of for more than
two years. The question which he wished to put was,
whether he was prepared to state the reasons which had
induced the late Board of Admiralty to decide on
sending out the Rattlesnake, for the purpose of commu-
nicating with the Plover, in preference to a screw-
steamer, which it appeared by the authority of all
pbrsons competent to judge on the subject was most
to _give efficient aid to that vessel..
•Strl". GRAHAM saidlie was not aware of the dis-
patch alluded to by the hon. member from the captain
of the Plover ; but he did know this—that when the
present Board of Admiralty came into office they found
an arrangement completed that sailing vessels, and not
steam-vessels, should be sent on this search. The order
of the board was dated the 15th and 16th December, but
no reasons were assigned for giving it. The pre-
sent board adopted the decision of the late
board, entirely concurring in its propriety. His
honourable friend was perhaps aware that it was
not intended to send any fresh expedition into the ice on
the western side. There were already within that dan-
gerous region three or four expeditions, and the present
Board concurred with the last that it was not expedient
to add to their number. (Hear.) He was perfectly
prepared to lay the order of the Board on the table.
ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY.

Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know when the noble
lord the member for Middlesex intended to proceed with
his bill for the abolition of the duty on attorneys' certi-
ficates.
Lord R. GROSVENOR said he would be prepared to
give an answer to-morrow.
COMMISSIONS FOR CANTERBURY AND

-HULL.
Captain BELLEW asked whether commissions of in-
quiry had issued for Canterbury and Hull, in conformity
with the joint addresses of both houses ; and if not, how
soon would such commiisions be issued ?
Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that the commissions
had not been appointed, but he would do so as soon as
possible.
ST. CLEMENT DANE'S GRAVEYARD.
Lord D. STUART gave notice that on Thursday
next he would put a question to the Secretary for the
Home Department in reference to some burials which
took place in this graveyard
.on Sunday last, notwith-
standingi a late order of Council had directed it to be
closed. (Hear.)
THE BUDGET.

found fully able to carry on the surveys in a competent
manner. He thought it was important both for the in-
terests of the science of the country itself, as well as
with a view to the obtaining of reasonable money grants
from the representatives of the people in the other
house, to show that economy had been observed. (The
noble earl, with reference to this point, quoted a pas-
sage from a speech of Sir J. Herschell, in which he
urged, in effect, " that economy in askingwas as great
a virtue as economy in granting, and that every pound
too much asked was so much thrown away.") He (Earl
Granville) fully concurred in that opinion. The British
Association had kept in view the principle of economy
in asking, and in 1836 every application from that so-
ciety and the Royal Society had been cheerfully re-
sponded to by the Government of this country. The
noble earl then referred to au observation of Dr. Whe-
well in regard to the assistance given by Government
in 1842 to the objects of science, and which was to
the effect that, "by that means, an undertaking
had been entered on for a survey of the terrestrial
globe, combined with the operations of a naval
survey and fixed observations in different parts of
the world ; which was a scientific operation far
surpassing anything which had ever been before
attempted, and was such an one as Bacon might have
designed." At a later period Lord J. Russell by one of
his last acts had granted 1,0001. a year to the council of
the Royal Society, which had been most fruitful in use-
ful effects, and he believed that the researches of Hoff-
man and others were chiefly owing to that grant. With
regard to the present Government acting on a sugges-
tion in the report of the Commissioners of the Exhibition
of 1851, they had since they had been in office formed a
scientific branch of the Board of Trade, for which they
had secured the valuable services of Dr. Playfair, with
a view to the promotion of scientific education, and a
sum of 23,0004. a year had been granted for scientific
purposes and for obtaining information from other coun-
tries and from scientific societies in this country. There
was another matter which, though a small one, he
thought would in future have an important effect, and
that was an arrangement which had been made by the
Committee of Education of the Privy Council for fur-
nishing the means to elementary schools of obtaining at
a small expense collections of philosophical instruments.
He could only add with regard to the Government, that
while every consideration was due to eminent men who
devoted their lives to the cause of science, it was the
bounden duty of the Government to give every assist-
ance to improvements in science which were carried on
on the principle *hich the Government were desirous of
promoting, and yet to avoid doing that which would be
better done by individuals without them, and leaving
minor points to that self-action which had achieved so
many objects in this country. (Hear, hear.)
Lord COLCHESTER shortly explained the course
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the fines would by no means relieve the Government of
the contracts. In regard to the reduction of postage, it
should be remembered that the reduction to one penny
in this country had been attended with success, because
of the increased opportunities of sending letters, but that
circumstance did not apply to the colonies, where they
had to deal with ships and steamers, whereas here they
had to deal with railway companies.
In answer to questions from Earl TALBOT,
Viscount CANNING said it was not intended that
they should limit themselves to one route in their com-
munication with Australia. With regard to the second
question, at this moment there was a proposition for the
reduction of the postage with France' from her Majesty's
Government, to which he received no answer, but to
which her Majesty's Government was perfectly willing
to accede if the French Government was willing.
THE ART OF NAVIGATION.

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rich. A Bavarian tradesman established in that city
t—heACriminignuallaCr oauffrtaiorf NsZ'aus-
complained that two men of Pfalfikon named Orni, had
swindled him out of 4,000 f., on the promise of making
him marry a wealthy heiress who they said had fallen in
love with him ; and a young girl in the village was ac-
cused of having been their accomplice, by personating
the heiress. The gullible tradesman, it appeared, not
only paid his money freely, but had frequent interviews
with the girl, and took her to the theatre ; whilst she on
her part carried impudence so far as to sign the wedding
corlract in the name of the heires The imposition was
discovered on the worthy man' sending his marriage
presents to the residence of the young lady. The Court
condemned the two men to two and three years' impri-
sonment, and the young woman to nine months' of the
same punishment.

A NARROW ESOAPE.—A rather singular event took
in
place the evening before lastthe Faubourg St.
Martin. A young female, the wife of a holding a
respectable situation, had become enamourtner of ann
shopman and was induced by his solicitations to promiseyg
to meet him at his lodgings, in a room on the fifth floor.
Her husband having obtained information of the
connection proceeded to the lodgings of the shopman
and knocked at the door. Not getting an immediate
answer, he began to kick at the door in order to break
it open. The female recognised the voice of her
husband, and in her anxiety to escape detection knotted
the sheets of the bed together, and began to let herself
down from the window. The sheets, however, were
not long enough to enable her to descend far, and there
she hung at a fearful distance from the ground, while a
crowd assembled in the street expecting every moment
to see her fall. Fortunately her feet touched the balcony
of the third floor, and she was taken in by the persons
occupying it and thus saved from a frightful death.
The Manchester police, following the successful ex-
ample of the force in Liverpool, have memorialised the
watch committee of the city council for an increase of
wages, and their memorials are now, we understand,
4mder consideration. The force comprises 400 men, ar-
ranged in four divisions, designated by the first four let-
, ten in the alphabet.

Lord WROTTESLEY then rose, in pursuance of
notice, " to direct the attention of the house to a corres-
pondence between the United States Government, her
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jesty's Government." He said the plan he had in
view would add to their stock of knowledge in the de-
partments of meteorology and hydrography to an extent
which it was hardly possible to overestimate. The United
States having sanctioned the adoption of the plan in
their own country had, with the view of making it as
effective as possible, invited the co-operation of the prin-
cipal maritime nations, and especially this country. The
proposition having been made to our Government, it had
been referred by them to the Royal Society and to the
British Association for the Advancement of Science, and
it had received the sanction of both those bodies. It was
true that this project had not been adopted by the Go-
vernment. It was not entertained by the last Govern-
ment, and it was not entertained by the present Govern-
ment. He confessed his surprise that a plan of this
simple and important nature had been bandied about
from department to department for fourteen months, and
at this moment they were hardly more advanced than
they were at the beginning. The late Government had
some claims on the gratitude of men of science, and he

Lord J. RUSSELL moved the suspension of a stand

ing order, which requires a notice of committee of ways
and means for Thursday to be given on the previous
Friday.
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sent disjointed system. Legislation on the responsibi-
lity of the Government was required, and he hoped that
the Government would grant the inquiry he was desir-
ous of.
.Mr. HUME seconded the motion, but did so on very
different grounds. It was his opinion that the military
should be kept as much as possible unemployed in police
service. 'There should be a general and continuous po-
lice, whereas there are now twenty-two counties who
have no police at all. The time had arrived to inquire
whether the establishment of the police had been bene-
ficial or otherwise. He considered that the police had
proved themselves most efficient. In six months
not more than two vagrants had come to his
gate. (Hear, hear.) He would certainly support the
motion.

After a few words from Lard LoVAINE,
Mr. RICH said he was very glad that this motion
had been brought forward. The system of an organised
police had worked extremely well because the whole
body of the police was under one rnatt2gement. There
were no less than 30,000 police constables in England and
Wales, but there were so many conflicting jurisdictions that
there was no uniform system of tnanageinent whatever, the
consequence was that great abuses often arose from the
necessity of calling out the military in cases of local dis-
turbances, whereas if there was one uniform system of
control over the police, all such evils would be obviated.
Nothing could be more admirable than the system on which
the metropolitan police force was managed; on the recent
occasion of the Duke's funeral considerable anxiety was
felt on the part of the Government for the preservation
of order, owing to the conflicting jurisdictions which
existed between the city and the metropolitan
police. Now it was highly desirable that such conflict-
ing jurisdictions should be abolished, and a uniform
mode of proceeding, applicable to the entire force of the
country, adopted in its stead ; and he was therefore
heartily glad that the hon. gentleman, the member for
Dover, had brought the subject forward.
Sir J. PAKINGTON thought the Government could
give all the information that was necessary upon this
subject ; he, therefore, could not see the use of ap-
pointing a committee. (Hear, hear.) No doubt
there was a good deal of force in the objections
that were taken to the present system, but he thought
they could be all removed by a legislative enactment,
without going to the trouble of a committee.
Lord PALMERSTON said undoubtedly this was a
matter upon which the Government might properly
give information, but, nevertheless, he thought, with the
view of collecting information, and of collecting facts
showing the advantages which had resulted to some
counties from the establishment 'of the police, and the
inconvenience which had arisen in other cases from the
want of such a force, he thought the committee proposed
by his hon. friend would be found extremely useful. He
thought that the hon. gentleman would, byobtaining the ap-
pointment of the committee, greatly assist the Govern-
ment in regard to any measure which they might
deem it necessary to propose. In supporting the motion,
therefore, he did not wish it to be understood that he
shrank from the responsibility which attched to his
office.

Colonel SCOBELL defended the parochial system of
police, which he considered would be the introduction of
improvements, answering every purpose in rural dis-
tricts.

Lord D. STUART was glad the noble lord had
agreed to the committee, believing it would be the
means of eliciting a great deal of valuable information,
but he was opposed to the establishment of a general
system of police under the control of the Home Secre-
tary. (Hear, hear.) Such a system of centralisation,
he believed, the people of this country would not submit
to. He agreed with the hon. member who had just
spoken that one in a thousand would be too large a
number of police. The population of Herts was about
130,000, and though the number of police had for the
last thirteen years been only seventy, the state of crime
was very satisfactory. In the metropolitan police dis-
trict the police rate was Bd. in the pound, in Herts it
was only 2d. In the course of the discussion he had
heard some eulogistic remarks in reference to the Lon-
don police. Compared with the police force which ex-
isted in different parts of Europe, and which was made
an instrument of espionage and oppression, the metro-
politan police certainly deserved to be very popular, but
he thought they might be made much more efficient and
useful without any additional expense.
Mr. MACKIE moved that the inquiry should be ex-
tended to Scotland.
Mr. HASTIE seconded the amendment.
The motion, as amended, was then agreed to.
COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND.
Mr. H. HERBERT moved for a select committee. to
examine and report upon the present state of the commu-
nicationbetween England and Ireland, as regards the ex-
peditious conveyance of the mails, the transport of troops,
and the convenience afforded to the public,.and to the
Irish representatives in particular in their attendance on
this house, and to rte. wlp4 improvements modern
science can suggeit to establiff a more speedy and commo-
dious communication between the two countries. He said,
it having been intimated to him that there would be no
objection on the part of the Government to the appoint-
ment of a committee, he would not trouble the house with
any lengthened remarks. He trusted that, under the cir-
cumstances, there would be no objection to the appointment
of a select committee.

Mr. GEORGE, as a director of the City of Dublin
Steam-packet Company, denied that the packet service had
deteriorated in their hands ; but the fact was that the con-
tract terms were wholly inadequate, and if increased speed
were demanded, new vessels of large size and immense
power must be built, for which purpose new terms must
be arranged with the Government. He had great pleasure
in supporting the motion for a committee.
Sir It. BULKELEY said that, although not one of the
representatives of Ireland, he knew very well that at the
time of the union it was distinctly understood that the
communication between the two countries should be made
as perfect as possible. Ho had often heard that from the
late Lord Congleton, under whose auspices upwards of a
million was expended on a road between London and Holy-
head, which was now perfectly useless. The late Sir R.
Peel, when he permitted the Chester and Holyhead Rail-
way Company to become proprietors of steamers, said very
properly that Dublin, not Holyhead, was the terminus of
the line. Under the present system, all the convenience
that Irish members derived on the road from London to
Holyhead, was lost in the sea passage between that port
and Dublin. There was one packet that sailed at six
o'clock in the evening, and gentlemen knew what a time
that was for sailing in a winter evening, with probably a
wife and family on board. (Hear, hear.) Another one
sailed at two in the morning, and aAhird at six, and that
was all the accommodation afforded to peers and members
of Parliament whose duties called them frequently to Lon-
don. What Temple-bar was described to be to timid fe-
males travelling in London, the sea passage from 'Holyhead
was to Irish travellers—four hours and a half unmitigated
dirt, discomfort, and some danger. (Hear, hear.) There
was no day communication with Ireland, a want which
had recently given rise to a lamentable accident. The
Prince Arthur started lately from Holyhead with a
large number of passengers, amongst whom were two
gentlemen and their wives. The night being stormy
the ladies went to bed, there being no similar ac-
commodation for gentlemen. When about half seas
over the Prince Arthur was run into by a schooner,
and her starboard paddle-box stove in. In the confusion
a general rush took place, the ladies rushed on deck,
and the husbands with natural anxiety rushed in search
of them. Unfortunately in the confusion and darkness of
the night, a lamentable mistake took place, and the gentle-
men exchanged wives. (Laughter.) High words, and
then blows followed, and the captain of the ship had a
double difficulty—that of clearing his vessel from the
schooner, and of separating the gentlemen who had been
thus wrathfully excited. (Great laughter.) Now this mis-
take was all occasioned by the darkness of the night, and
the ladies being in their night dresses. (Continued laugh-
ter.) Seeing, then, that this was a matter that materially
I affected important sections of the community, he trusted
that the inquiry would be conceded.
Mr. VANCE said that the hours of departure were not
regulated by the contractors.
Mr. FREWEN thought that an alteration in the times
of departure would be advisable.
Lord BERNARD said that Ireland was gradually ob-
taining railway communication all over the country, and
would soon have it to the extreme southernmost point. All
that was wanted to complete the benefit was perfect com-
munication with England, an object which he thought
would be forwarded by this committee, which should,
therefore, have his support.
Mr. GOULD said that day transit was an indispensable
condition of high speed. Vessels might be built to do 21
miles an hour, but there would be imminent risk in their
crossing at that speed in dark nights at right angles with
the whole traffic of the channel. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MANGLES complained of the conduct of Govern-
ment to the Chester and Holyhead Company in this matter,
in having forced them to build a bridge at acostofa
million, and three steam-boats, and having subsequently
given the sea contract to the City of Dublin Company at a
ruinously low rate. If the public wished for enhanced
speed, they must give a higher rate of remuneration.
After a few words from Captain JONES,
Mr. WHITESIDE said he understood that vessels might
be built to do the passage in 21 hours.
The motion was then agreed to.
NATIONAL EDUCATION IloNctlooßmEinLAßtNele).to
in.
Mr. HAMILTON moved for a
quire into the working of the natiosnaeLlisoygstehmowof
in Ireland, with a view of ascertaining
fetarlutcahetiinn-
structions in Mr. Stanley's letter pfroalleotwiceadl
or departed from by the Commissioners,flB3o ohradinb't3heen
tot a what extent
l ao
operation of the system, and whether and
united or combined educati
s
to inquire whe , ther by any further extension of the Com-
tl system could be
missioners' rules, othei wise, the conscientious objections
aunrgde(ni national.
In of many of the Irish people to me present.
removed, so as to render
t brayffs°tateixstteicnss,lhvee
In a long' speech, supported
issue of fact existed between the parties interested, as to
whether the existing system were, first, united; secondly,
scriptural ; and thirdly neutral, which latter be contended
it was not, but Roman Catholic ; adding that the model
schools were Lot models, and the reports were unsatisfac-
tory. He said that he had brought forward the motion in
no hostile spirit, but it was time that the unhappy
contro-
versy should cease, and he thought that the
committee
might devise some mode of settlement, for which th
was
a strong wish in Ireland. He accused Lord Aberdeen, in
reference to his observations on the subject of desiring the
same kind of indifferentism of religion as characterised a
union of Radicals and Conservatives in politics.
Mr. WIGRAM seconded the motion, remarking that the
promoters of the inquiry merely wished to remove the
barrier which any
parent might interpose to the teaching
of religion in the schools, and demanding why the rule of
toleration adopted
in England could not be applied to Ire-
land.

Sir JOHN YOUNG asserted the promptness with which
Lord Aberdeen paid respect to the religious opinions 'of
others, and said that, he himself approached this subject in
no spirit of indifferentism, The main and onlyobjeot 'of