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did that. Fora long period both civil and religions liberty considered a most satisfactory bill, both in its bearing on
has been sustained by the determined moral and political civil and religious liberty and the satisfactory government
courage of Seotchmen ; and when I state to you this offi- of Canada. A very important measure was also brought
cial fact with regard to the division in the House of Corn- forward by Lord John Russell with reference to the Island
mons, and that no Scotch members have been unseated for of Jamaica, a colony as to the government of which great
bribery or corruption, while 127 petitions have beenpre- dissatisfaction had for a long time prevailed. Important
sented against the English and Irish members, I think you changes are proposed for the governmeut of that colony,
may well be proud of the result. (Cheers.)possible, the same form of respon-
We now gotgiving it, as nearly as
rid of the Protectionists, the Derbyites, the Tories, for Bible government as that which has been so successful, and
ever. Lord Derby and his colleagues resigned next day. giveen.
The Queen was left, I must admit, under very difficult Numerous other bills of minor im-
somuch satisfaction to the inhabitants of the North
American provinces.
circumstances. She, however, sent for two experienced portance were passed. As respects Scotland, several im-
statesmen, Lord Aberdeen, a countrymen of your own, and portant bills have been brought forward and passed. That
an old experienced Liberal, the Marquis of Lansdowne. which has occupied most attention in committee and in
The noble Marquis declined taking any part in the forma- the house has ben the Sheriff Courts Bill—a bill that,
tion of the new Government, but he stated that so far as although it greatly amends the present system by dis-
his advice or influence could go in the formation of a prat- pensing in the first instance with written pleadings, still
tical Government, he would render all the service in his leaves behind
power. In consequence of his age he had bid adieu to public a resident
and i
non sheriff ;
the great, anomalous, and plewrnoiuclidoussayevil
untilof
life ; and I must say, in justice to him, I never knew a man this evil be removed, until the Sheriff Courts are assimi-
take farewell of public life, as I heard him do in the House lated as nearly as
possible to the County Courts of Eng-
of Peer, with more grace or dignity, having never been land, I fear that the people of Scotland cannot be satisfied
guilty of a single illiberal act during his long life. Lord with the law as it now
stands After alluding in a cur-
Aberdeen, after a good deal of consideration and reflection, sory way to one or two other. topics connected with the
session undertook to form a Government. He consulted with proceedings of the lastn of
Parliament, Mr. Mac-
Lord John Russell, and it was then determined that a gregor made special referencese to the \ y •
ln which Scot-
Government should be formed by choosing men from dif- land was neglected, in comparison Va
with other parts of the
ferent parties on both sides of the house When I state country, by those at the head of the administration of af-
how the present Administration was formed, I am very fairs. He showed that while Scotland, since the Union,
far from approving of all the appointments. Ido not think had paid her full proportion of taxes for the support of the
that a sufficient amount of democratic element is intro- Government she had not shared like England or Ireland in
duced into it ; and even as far as the democratic principle monetary grants for national, educational, institutional, or
has been introduced, Ido not justify it, because I have no other public purposes. While Manchester, Dublin,and
hesitation in saying that the new democratic element London continuously obtained grants to public parks and
which has been introduced is not an independent element other institutions, Glasgow was altogether overlooked.
in the Government; I say so fearlessly. (Hear, hear.) (Hear, hear.) Great injustice and unfairness had been done
The Government was formed by selecting a number of to Scotland ; and he complained loudly of the wretched
practical Peelites, a few experienced Whigs, and one or and niggardly conduct of the Government with regard to
two at most of professed aristocratic Radicals. But still our Glasgow Post-office, which he cited as a sample of the
the Government, when formed was and is a strong one. mode in which the just claims of Scotland were treated by
At first, Lord Palmerston was either not invited to join those in power. After referring to the good effects likely
the Government or he declined to do so. My impression to result from the appointment of a Secretary of State for
is, although I
have not his authority for saying so, that he Scotland, Mr. Macgregor concluded a long and able speech
declined at first. The wonder in the House of Commons by cordially thankinr, the meeting for the patience with
was, that he joined it at all, for he was the only man in which they had listened to him, and resumed his seat
the Commons who really could have formed a great popu- amidst loud and continued expressions of applause.
lar party in that house. But he did so at the request of Bailie GILMOUR then rose, and moved a vote of thanks
those who had been instrumental in dismissing him, and to the hon. member—first, for his preliminary or introduc-
from the impression under which Lord Aberdeen laboured tory remarks, which formed a succinct narrative of the
that it was impossible to conduct the affairs of this country proceedings on which are based all our civil and religious
with a statesman so popular, so experienced in business, so liberties ' • 2d, his observations as to what had transpired
skilful in debate, both with regard to foreign relations and for sometime previous to the session just expired ; and,
domestic policy, out of power. At the same time I believe 3d, and most important, for an epitome of the business ac-
that Lord Palmerston only joined the Government under cpmplished during a session the most brilliant, in the course
conditions which have rendered it much more liberal, and of which has been passed more beneficial legislation than
that he did it out of a strang sense of duty to his country. during any other session (excepting the Reform Bill in 1832)
(Cheers.) I have reason to say so. Well, on the 30th day since the days of Pitt and Fox—(cheers)—and which has
of December, in order to give sufficient time for the re- shown that the present Government comprises as great a
election of those who had become members of the Govern- galaxy of talent as the Governments of these remarkable
meat, Parliament was adjourned until the 10th February. and eloquent statesmen. Although he (Bailie Gilmour)
On that day Ministerial explanations, very liberal in their did not vote for the hon. member at last election, he did
• - thr -

professions; were made in ~.le Upper Houle) by Lord Aber-
deen, and in the Lower House by Lord John Russell.
Lord J. Russell had temporarily taken charge of Foreign
Affairs, which it was understood he would give up to
Lord Clarendon, who had not taken office—Lord John
then to continue leader of the House of Commons, with-
out office. Shortly afterwards Mr. Gladstone brought for-
ward some of his financial proposals. By his first he pro-
posed, in consequence of the great abundance of money, to
convert a certain portion of the national debt, and especially
that very anomalous portion the South Sea Annuities, into
a'consolidated debt that would be less expensive, being at a
lower interest to the country, thus saving from 1,000,000 to
200,0001. a year. I did not exactly agree with the manner in
which he did that, at least as to a portion of it ; but still
it would have saved money to the country, and it has. It
has not been so successful as was expected, because we, at
that time, had no idea of a disturbance of the peace of
Europe, in consequence of the difference between Turkey
and Russia. Then, at that time we had no unfavourable
prospect of a deficient harvest. Men in consequence did not
invest moneyfor a long period with tbe same confidence they
might otherwise have done ; yet, so far as it had gone, the
measure bad been a saving to the country. But the great
measure was Mr. Gladstone's financial scheme. He brought
forward a budget, which I say without hesitation, is the
greatest ever presented to the country. (Cheers.) In the
first place, he went thoroughly and fully into the whole of
our national obligations—he went fully and thoroughly into
every branch of taxation. He grappled boldly with that
which no Ministry in this country ever had the courage to
contend with—the extension of the tax always exacted on
succession to personalty, to landed property. His calcula-
tions with regard to that tax had, I believe, been made with
groat care—to my knowledge he had applied his mind to
financial subjects for some years. When I speak of Mr.
Gladstone before this assembly and before the country, I
speak from personal knowledge of him, having acted under
him for some years in office. We had daily intercourse
while he was Vice-President, afterwards President of the
Board of Trade, and I was chief secretary, and consequently
intrusted with all the important affairs of that department.
I saw he studied during that period everything con-
nected with our commercial legislation. Instead of
being bigoted as a )politician, in religious or in civil
affairs, I found he had thrown off all the little pre-
judices of youth—l found that he was a man who had
determined to do everything that he considered commer-
cially, financially, and morally right—and I knew that he
moment he took office I and others might place confidence
in him. (Cheers.) His calculation with regard to the
succession duties was in substance, not in his more lucid
words, this—l shall probably, during the first 15 months,
get from 2,000,0001. to 2,500,0001.—it will eventually pro-
duce 3,000,0001. a year. I am looking forward to the falling
in of the terminable annuities in 1860 • from the conse-
quent diminished expenditure of 4,000,0001., and the in-
creased revenue from this source, I shall be enabled to do a
good deal. In the first place, in the excise department I
am pressed to abolish the soap duties, yielding 1,000,0001.
I am advised not to meddle with it at all unless I abolish
it altogether.. It is a tax on cleanliness and health ; very
well, I will abolish it altogether ; because, if I allow the
exciseman to remain for the purpose of collecting my duty
I shall prevent the extension of the manufacture ; I shall
nearly double the price ; I shall prevent the poorer classes
getting all the advantages of c!eanliness and salubrity ;
but I shall be doing more, I shall prevent the extension of
the African trade in palm oil, and prevent Britain from
being the greatest soap producing country in the world.
(Cheers.) Then lam called on also to reduce the duty on
tea. I should bo happy to abolish it altogether, because I
consider ip should be as free a beverage as water is now :
and, to use the language of a gentleman from this city, to
whom he said it, instead of the people drinking slightly
stained water as they now do, I want them to drink good
wholesome strong tea. He adopted the amendment that
was proposed to Mr. Disraeli—l proposed he should reduce
the duty from 2s. 21d. to ls. in three years ; I should like
to do it immediately ; but deriving a revenue of 5,900,0301;
from tea, he could not do it at once, inasmuch as there is
only one market to produce the article, while many other
are (competitors for it. He reduced it in three years to
one shilling per pound. He then brought forward mea-
-1 sures long contemplated. He said there are 227 articles
now subjected to Customs duties. They don't produce a
very large revenue ; they are a great restriction on com-
merce and trade. The collection of this revenue, too, is
attended with great vexation, dispute, and litigation, even
more than the revenue on larger articles. He therefore
abolished the duty altogether on these 227 articles. (Hear.)
These duties included many on the raw material of manu-
factures ; all the remaining articles of food being now re-
lieved of duty-, except eggs, on which the duty is merely
nominal, to enable an account to be kept. Then we had a
good deal of discussion on the taxation upon knowledge. I
wished them abolished altogether; but taking into consi-
deration the state of the revenue, and believing that
a progressive reduction was better than none at
all, I came to the conclusion that it would be
well if we could this session repeal the duty
on advertisements, and look to the next and following year
to abolish the excise on paper ; because he made up his
mind that in all cases where the excise'were concerned, with
the single exception of spirits, if touched at all the duty
should be abolished. As to the advertisement duty some
objection was made ; there were a few men in the Govern-
ment who wanted to retain the 6d. I voted against its
retention. We beat them ; Mr. Gladstone was not sorry;
it was probably his own intention to have repealed it first.
(Hear.) Then there was a new arrangement of the assessed
taxes. They had been greatly moderated ; and there were
those on carriages and horses, which Mr. Gladstone had
changed to a more equitable and much lower rate. We
had various other matters to look into. A bill was brought
forward for the purpose of relieving merchant shipping
FRENCH PRIZES FOR VIRTUE.—M. Vienna, in his
from existing restrictions in regard to the manning of ships ;
that bill has boon carried, and it certainly is a great ame- report to the French Academy relative to the M ontyon
lioration of the former state of things. Ido not say it is
prizes for virtue of the present year, relates the follow-
perfect, but it was perhaps as much as could be done at the ing case ;—" Etiennette Chanouny was for 15 years in
time. Various other measures were introduced by the the service of a rich family of Montauban.. when a
Government which it would be tedious to detail. There I daughter of her master contracted a badly-asso rt ed mar-
was
was the Charity Trusts Bill, which I believe will be attended riage. The servant foresaw that the marriage N /Mild be
with great advantage to the country. (Cheers.) Other an unhappy one and she asked leave to act as ser avant to
measures were proposed and abandoned, or postponed until her youonrgmnie of thestress.h
Heru ;u apresentiment
udand the r
wasm so
nouir. realized,uught
next session of Parliament. Lord J. Russell introduced a a
by the wife were prodigally squaanfideardeibl,elaonndgii
apg.•:etaot
hdleisr;
bill with regard to national education; that bill was post-
iis mistress ; she received a
poned. I will, therefore, say nothing about its merits. tress followed. Etennette had
legacyan d she
of sooohodf. izttutdo
thhaeltpsuhmer
she also
gave up. But the
It was not a bill to meet all my views ; nor do I believe
it would entirely have met the wishes of the people of
this country. I trust the time which will elapse between
1
this and the reassembling of Parliament will enable him , husband continued his career of dissipation uniill at last
to bring forward a better bill than that which in the , a fit of illness carried him off, leaving his widow and her
meantime has been postponed. We had a bill of the daughter
rywatiitth.ount outthsehrerwesuoiu.krecdesfutlriahnuthth, eaduedv:
natuetdunuelsys
kofept them from want, but sent the little girl la i school.
greatest possible importance introduced—for the govern-
ment of India. Such a bill may not be very wellsconipre-
She hoped that in the end the daughter in ree eiving a
heuded in the extent of its importance by the public gene She
would be able to assist the motlaer. But
rally. It was a bill that would have been exceedingly iin-
misiortune again fell on the family, prudent if it had concerned a European nation ; but consi- go.ocli,
, leaving the mother, whose health then Bering that from time to time the monarch of this kingdom as the cirl died,
has acquired sovereignty over 151,000,000 of people in Asia,
, the charge of Etiennette. The latter
divided into many nations, professing many religions, speak- ewnasgnao7v; 017 y,yearst o
ing severallanguages, dividedheeeditarilyiuto numerous and of age, but her heart was still young, and sa e set to
unmixable castes, legislating for that country could not be work as if she were only 20 to obtain emplo y ment to
rashly attempted, in order to make any immediate and support her mistress. She got some apartim eats in the
rapid change, when we consider that that country is town to clean every day, and so earned wherewithal to
vented, with its 151,000,000 of inhabitants, by Europeans, whom there are not more than 12,000 resident i n the e, keep her mistress from want. Is it not time tl at these
whole of that immense empire, extending from Bel ii., 30 years of devotedness should receive a recompense I
tan and Persia to the province of Ava f we ‘8- The academy has undertaken to do so, and .is prize of
rem
Jaya mountains
,to Cape Comorin—a territory more thicklythe Hima-
laya 2000 f. will give some alleviation to this woe n: in, who
settled than one-half of Europe. A. bill, therefore
btlrioeught in, which changed to some extent, yet retained generosity.
the has evinced so much delicacy united to ao much
enerosity."
Government with a great proportion of its former ' GENTILITY IN THE UNITED STATES.—Some: _members
powers, reducing the number of directors from 24 to 18, of of the Assembly were recently " showing off '' at the
whom 12, or half the former
the proprietors, and six to be nominated by the Crown. their respective counties, as, " I'll thank the 0 utlemau
The bill related merely to the administrative Government from Oneida," &c., when a Kentucky traveller drew a
of India ; it did not trench at
all on the revenues and com-
merce of the country, and it
considered merely a temporary
was passed accordingly, being peal of laughter upon them that completely disc ontinued
the practice, by excl•dming to the huge dark i e waiter,
bill. (Hear, hear.) There „ ,
was one circumstance connect d with it • • l
tion, the more part* which I wil men- 111 thank' the gentleman from Africa for ta, slice of
ham !"—American Courier.
particularly ase my vote on that point was ~.,
different from that oflc.
having got himse If a little
my honourable colleague. A most ,
unconstitutional motion was brought forward, which we says that on Friday last an Irish labourer . residing in
VISGUSTING AFFAIR.—The North, British .1 )eakyvaa
had not the power to carry out, having given the Govern- Drygate-street, Glasgow,
meat of India the power of legislating commerciall and . elevated, determined to enlist in the Hon.. East India
financially for itself. So long as we continued that power Company's service, and accordingly shortly after took
we could not interfere with any of their duties ; but it the bob. Orr reaching his domicile on Saturday last,
was moved that the salt tax in India should be abolished.
Pat related the affair to his better half, when she, like a
loving wife, thoughtfully considered how her husband
I did not vote for that, because I know it was unpractica- '
ble ; but I knew more ; I knew that instructions were to
could escape .from the clutches of the soldiers.. Her
be given to the new Government of India to reform the
confidential friends were ,
immediately called in to delibe-
whole commercial policy of that country, and provide as
rate, and after a short discussion it was resolved that
rapidly as possible for the abolition of the salt duties alto-
Pats
right
.. sacrificed, ., i.5a.,...4
alto-
gether. Other members who were not acquainted with
a soldier. The unthinking wretches: 'm-
in stantly put the resolution into force by attacking the
these circumstances, voted in ignorance ; they voted for him from being
what could not be constitutionally done ; they voted,
fact, much the same way as if the proposal had been that man, who was still under the influence of liquor, and
,
Parliament should impose any particular local tax on Glee-
knocking him down. Alternately the women- -but
gow, while your own Corporation had thepower of mr.naging , more especially the man's wife made unsucci sssful
your own affairs. At the same time, had a measure here I attempts with their fingers to gouge or tear out Pat's
brought into Parliament for the purpose of disabling t eye ; the poor man meanwhile making the best '
• Jar tax Iresis-
East India Company from imposing that part cur. , , tance he could against the inhuman treatment.
should not have voted against it if I were not certain that
Government are to direct their attention to its gradual and Police by this time were apprised of the occurrent ,e, and
rapid abolition. My vote in Parliament has been misun- proceeded to the house, but the. " oculists" ha ra lied.
derstood. I never give a vote in the House of Commons The man was brought to the Central Police Offm e, and
without a practical view. I wish always to attain, in the attended by the surgeon of the establishment. The , eye
most practical way, the best thing; but I never refuse to which had been experimented upon was severely bra used
gain, step by step, that which leads to this best thing, be.
round the optic, the lids were much swollen and diss
cause I cannot get them all at once. The hon. gentleman ,
coloured, and his face scratched in various places.
then referred. to the Canada Clergy Reserves, which he •

not vote against him, having voted for his friend Mr. Hastie
alone ; but the hon. gentleman undertook the duties,
explained his principles, conscientiously acted up to them ;
nugde,tonortedeoennitheforly
is
doing so, but for coming
and he is entitled to ourhseirnecetrhe gratitude,
this
evetmit.
pledge which he had solemnly made. (Cheers.) It a
heartless task, however, to strive with all your might to
serve the public, if you do not receive eventhanks ; and.
the hearts of the hon. gentleman's constitutents would be
as callous as the nether mill-stone if they did not return to
him their warmest thanks for his eminent services. But
he knew that the hearts of his fellow-citizens were formed
of the proper stuff, and he moved that this meeting tender
to the hon. member their warm, grateful, and sincere ac-
knowledgments for his consistent and assiduous attention
to their interests in Parliament.
Mr. Mom seconded the motion of Bailie Gilmour. Mr.
Macgregor had set an excellent example to his colleague,
Mr. Hastie ; and he hoped that although Mr. Hastie was
not present, he would not be slow to follow the course
takea by Mr. Macgregor on this occasion • for he believed.
it to be of the utmost importance that a Pcordial friendly,
and right understanding should subsist at all times' between
a representative and his constituents.
The motion having been put from the chair, was carried
unanimously.
Mr. MACGREGOR then shortly acknowledged the compli-
ment, and returned his sincere thanks for the expression
of approval that had jest been given of the manner in
which he had humbly discharged his duties in Parliament.
A vote of thanks having been tendered to the chairman
for his conduct in the chair, the, meeting broke up shortly
after 10 o'clock.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Aug. 24.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MATCH FOR ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS.

This match, between the English yacht Alarm, and
the Swedish yacht Aurora Borealis, came off yesterday.
The yachts were started from off Cowes Castle at 11
a.m., with a light wind from the N.E. The Swede was
to windward, and was so good a match for the Alarm
that Corke could not shake her off till they got off Ryde,
when by a piece of trickery he got away from her. It
soon after fell off calm, but the ebb tide took them down
the back of the Wight, the Alarm at one time nearly a
mile ahead. When near the Needles passage (the tide
still carrying them to the westward), the Swede drifted
almost on board the Alarm, and, but for the crew using
their boat-hooks, would have become too closely ac-
quainted to be pleasant. The were hardly clear of each
other when the Alarm let go her anchor, and the Swede
directly followed her example ; but they had hardly
brought up, when a light breeze sprung up from the
westward, and the Alarm's small anchor (only 2 cwt.)
was on her bows again, and she was off. The Swede
soon followed, and after a hard struggle they reached
the starting vessel at nine o'clock, the Alarm beating by
two minutes, after a trial of ten hours ! It is much to
be regretted that these vessels had not had a spanking
breeze to contend with, as they are both fine powerful
vessels, and splendid sea boats. This match has done
nothing towards deciding which is the fastest yacht of
the two. The Alarm was sailed by Edward Corke, the
most noted and successful yacht sailor in this district.

THE AMERICAN YACHT SILVIE.—This yacht was
hauled up on Mr. Joseph White's slip on Monday, to
have her bottom scrubbed. Numbers flocked to. exa-
mine this challenger of the English yacht clubs, with her
two sliding keels. She is generally considered to be a
complete failure. We are very much surprised at this,
as she was built by Steer, the talented builder of the
justly celebrated America. Her bottom is like a spoon,
one of her sliding keels is amidships, the other aft—the
first acts very well, the aft one is a failure. She draws
only 6 feet water when they are up, but 15 feet when
they are down.
- ACCIDENT OFF NITON.—The name of the gentleman
who was drowned off Niton on Saturday morning last
is Mr. Edward Anderson, of London. A reward o f 201.
has been offered for the recovery of the body. B.e was
but lately married, and his lady was on a visit with him
when the fatal accident occurred. The watermen, were,
Francis and Peter Barton. A reward of 101. has: been
offered for the recovery of their bodies.

A verdict of manslaughter was yesterday returned by
the jury against Captain David Corke, for occaisioning
the death of William Wearn, on Monday, the St h inst.,
he being the master of the Medina, Southampton
steamer, engaged in a pleasure trip round the Isle of
Wight. Having neglected to keep a look twit, the
steamer ran down Wearn's boat, drowning hint and his
two brothers. The mate and seaman of the steamer
seem to have been equally to blame, they ha ‘;!ing left
the bows of the vessel, where they ought to h aN-e been
on the look out, to go below to drink with o'ne of the
passengers.

The commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron? s yacht
Zara came into harbour this day to lay up, she, having
been in commission only one week.
The Earl of Wilton and a large party of fasllionables
sail to-morrow for Ireland in the Xarifa.