The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, i 866.

has been excerpted by us from Dr. CHARLES
MACKAY'S new weekly organ, The London Review,
a publication already assuming a distinguished
position amongst the most important of our con-

temporaries.
At the very outset of his argument the political
reviewer shows clearly enough how in the fewest
words a wholesale truth may at once be arrived at.
It is when he remarks as bluntly as accurately
that " the most scandalous instance of a political
swindle which has recently come before the notice
of the public, took place three months ago in
Savoy and Nice." In proof of the literal accuracy
of which assertion it is at once added by the writer
who is thus absolutely writing by the book—(the
blue-book) :—" The blue-books teem with protesta-
tions upon the part both of the French and Sar-
dinian Governments : first, that the transfer of these
provinces was never contemplated ; secondly, that
it should only take place 'with the consent of the
Great Powers ; and, thirdly, that the population in-
terested should be consulted, and an oppor-
tunity allowed them for the " free expression
of their opinion upon a subject of such
deep importance." Yet, as the London Review goes
on to assert, " Six months before the first of these
assurances was given, the Treaty of Plombiers, by
which the transfer of the two provinces was
negotiated, had been signed !" For the rest
we refer our readers to as much of this

very vigorous and impressive argument as
we have been able to find room for in our impression
of this evening. It is an argument which—
as may be recognised even from these fragmentary
portions of it—does full justice alike to the despic-
able duplicity of the French Government, and to
the heroic attitude assumed in opposition to its
lawless proceedings by the Federal Government of
Switzerland.

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SUN OFIICE, Seven o'clock.

MPERIAL PARLIAME NT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tres EVENING.)
The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Sudbury, Melford, and Clare Railway and the Hay
Railway bills were read a third time and passed.
FIRST READINGS.
The Postage, Army and Navy, the Nuisances Removal,
the Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Amendment, the
Crown Debts and Judgments, and the Inclosure bills were
read a third time.
SMITHFIELD MARKET BILL.
Lord CHELMSFORD said he had charge of this bill,
and he intended to move its second reading on Monday
next.
COLOURED PASSENGERS ON BOARD MAIL
Lord BROUGHAM said about a fortnight ago a state-
ment was made to the effect that a coloured lady
had been refused a first class passage by one of the Cunard
steamers. and was told she might go second. He should
like his noble friend to inform him, however, whether it
was to be understood that coloured passengers would not
be allowed to travel first-class on board those steamships.
Earl GRANVILLE was not surprised that the noble
lord had asked the question, but it was one in which the
Government could not interfere.
Lord BROUGHAM observed that a similar case oc.
cured some years ago, and the person brought an action for
damages under the Common Carriers' Act, but it was com-
promised, as the parties felt they had no defence for their
conduct.
COLEWORT BARRACKS (PORTSMOUTH) BILL.
On the motion of Earl DE GREY, this bill was read a
second time.
ANNUITY TAX (EDINBURGH) BILL.
The Duke of ARGYLL moved the second reading of
this bill. The objects of the measure were so well known
that he would detain them but a short time in the observa
tions he should have to make. Various attempts had been
made in Parliament to arrange this vexed question and to
the measure now before them, which had received the as-
sent of the other house, he thought a most satisfactory
arrangement had been come to. The chief object of the
bill was to give £6OO a year to 13 clergymen in Scotland ;
and, as that amount was securely guaranteed under the
measure, he hoped it would receive the assent of Parlia-
ment. The bill had been opposed by several parties, and,
as he should have another opportunity of going into the
details of the bill when it was in committee, he would
simply then move its second reading.
The Earl of DERBY said he hoped there would be no
opposition to the second reading of the bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR highly approved of the
measure.
The bill was then read a second time.
BURIAL GROUNDS (IRELAND) AMENDMENT
ACT.
This bill was read a second time.
METROPOLITAN BUIBILL. LDG ACT AMENDMENT
IN
This bill passed through committee, and was reported
without amendment.
BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL.
On the motion that their lordships go into committee,
Lord OVERSTONE thought the committee on this bill
ought to be postponed for a few days.
The committee
LwasE IT postponed until FH- HARBOURriday.
This bill passed through committee.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT AMENDMENT
BILL.
On the motion of Lord PORTMAN this bill was read a
second time.
TITLES TO LAND (SCOTLAND) ACT,)
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading
of this bill, which was one to simplify the law and diminish
the expense of the transfer of land held by burgess
tenure. One of the improvements was to abo-
lish long rentals which were perfectly useless,
and another was to empower persons to refer to cer-
tain legal documents elsewhere, instead of requiring
them to be entered in the register. There were other minor
improvements which he would not allude to at any length
at that time, as in committee there would he ample oppor-
tunity for going into details.
LEFT SITTING.]
HOUSE OF `COMMONS.--(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Hayling Railway Bill
were considered and agreed to.
EPSOM AND LEATHERHEAD RAILWAY.
On the motion for the consideration of the Lords' amend-
ments to this bill,
Sir W. GALLWAY objected to these amendments on
three grounds. In the first place they would create a new
description of preference shares, they would offer temp..
tations to directors to abuse their powers, and they would
afford facilities in dealing with preferential stock that would
be injurious to the interests of shareholders. For instance,
directors might expend money on other purposes than
paying their debenture debt or their preference share-
holders.
Mr. MASSEY considered that if this question was dis-
cussed at all, it should be in a full house.
The amendment was negatived, and the amendments
were considered and agreed to.
EDUCATION BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. PEASE moved that the bill be read a second time
that day three months. He said the chief clause of this bill
was the first, and it enacted that children under twelve
years of age should not be employed without having a cer-
tificate that they had received a certain amount of
scholastic tuition, or that a guarantee was given
that they should be placed at school for twenty
hours in the month. He considered it would be
unjust to deprive children under 12 years of age of the
benefit of employment, because they had not obtained a
certain amount of education. H 3 objected also to the bill
that it had not machinery to carry out its provisions.
Sir G. LEWIS said that this bill was connected in
principle with the Mines Bill, which had recently been
before the house. Exceptional legislation in refer-
ence to persons employed first took place in re-
spect to those engaged in factories, by which children
under a certain age were not allowed to be employed
without having obtained a certificate from a school-
master of having attended a certain time at school. Some
years afterwards there was a bill introduced for the regu-
lation of mines, and the employment of women was pro-
hibited as well as children under a certain age. It was
thought desirable to go further, and accordingly this
session the bill was brought forward requiring a
certificate of the attendance of children under 12
yeafs of age at schools prior to their obtaining employment in
mines. He agreed to the abstract principle of the extension
of a similar regulation in regard to children generally, but
it was not the practice in this country to proceed upon
theory, but to select some extreme cases and then legislate
experimentally. Under the circumstances he felt bound to
support the amendment.
Sir S. ESTCOURT considered that the house should
affirm the principle and discuss the details in committee or
postpone it till next session. He considered the present
system of education was deficient, and that it required
amendment.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU ER said that
this question was one of as great difficulty as even a Par-
liamentary Reform Bill, and they were called on to discuss
its principle in a thinly attended house. Had the question
been taken up by Government the house would have been
crowded, and it could not be expected that it would have
passed without several nights' discussion. The present
debate was, in fact, a mere exercitation, in which hon.
members might make abstract speeches, but which at this
period of the session would lead to no practical result. With
regard to dealing with children in masses, it was a totally
different matter from the present proposition, which pro-
posed to institute an inquiry into every private family in
the kingdom, and impose penal consequences for neglect of
the education of children. And this proposition was made
without there being any machinery provided for its being
carried out, and it would be necessary to introduce such
machinery in the bill at the late period of .the
session •in order to render it effective. Having ad-
verted to the great increase in the public expenditure,
which if it proceeded at the geometrical rates of late
years, would present a most threatening aspect, the right
hon. gentleman contended that any additional expenditure
must be considered with the greatest care. Again this was
the state of public business. Last night an appeal had been
made to Government not to proceed with any bills this
session which they were sure they would not be able to
carry, and they had endeavoured to proceed on that prin-
ciple. He thought that a similar appeal should be made to
private members, and he called on the house to reject the
'present measure, on the ground that it could not properly
be discussed.
Mr. HENLEY and Mr. BUXTON strongly opposed the bill.
Mr. ADDERLEY said that there was no objection to
the principle of his bill, and contended that the right
hon. gentleman (Sir G. Lewis) was most inconsistent in his
opposition to the bill, when he had supported the measure
with reference to n ines, which had been so fully discussed
during the present session. The principle of the bill had
been frequently affirmed by legislation for the last twenty
years, and it was nothing more than that children under a
certain age should not be employed all their time without
obtaining even the rudiments of education. He denied
that in the State undertaking to see that a certain amount
of education was provided for the poor there was anything
compulsory, or at variance with the functions of Govern-
ment. With regard to its alleged vexatious interference
with employers, the bill merely proposed that employers
should net take children into their service, under a certain
age, who were totally uneducated, without making pro-
vision for their receiving instruction for at least five hours
a-week.
Mr. EWART supported the bill on the general prin-

ciple.
Mr. HARDY opposed the second reading because
the bill was compulsory when it prevented chil-
dren obtaining employment unless they had re-
ceived a certain amount of instruction. If that
proposition were carried out the State should
provide education. , (Hear, hear.) The situation of foreign
countries in respect to education should not be a guide to
this country, for what the former gained in method they
lost in freedom. He contended that the education which
children received by being sent early to cam their
bread was of a more valuable character than
that derived from the mere acquisition of reading
or writing. He asserted that there was no analogy between
the Factory Bill and their recent legislation in reference to
children employed in mines, and he utterly denied the doc-
trine that because they had adopted partial legislatiOn they
should proceed to entire legislation in reference to the sub-
ject of the education of children. In his opinion it was
mo,t unwise at this period when labour was scarce to im •
poFe any restriction on employment, and he believed that
nothing would be so injurious to the progress of educa-
tion in this country than the introduction of th: princ.ple of
compuls'on.
Mr. BAZLEY bore his testimony to the advantages
derived from education in factories. He believed
that the introduction of education into Lanca-
shire had been the means of rendering the working
population of that district, not only better able to provide
for themselves, but less criminal. (Hear, hear.) He had
sent out more than 2,000 children, who had received edu-
cation in his elementary schools, who had prned most re-
spectable members of society, and from wlitm he had
selected clerks and overseers. In his experience none of
these had been convicted of an offence against the laws,
and he regretted that they could not devise some means of
extending education to that Pariah cl Iss who were wander••
ing about our streets without food or instruction. Not-
withstanding, he believed they could deal practically only

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING)

WHITEHALL, JULY 14.
The Queen has been pleased to order a cong6 d'elire to
pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the
cathedral church of Durham to elect a Bishop of that See,
the same being void by the translation of the Most Reverend
Father in God Doctor Charles Thomas Longley, late Bishop
thereof, to the See of York; and her Majesty has also been
pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the
Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God Doctor
Henry Montagu Villiers, now Bishop of Carlisle, to be by,
them elected Bishop of the said See of Durham.

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FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 6.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George
E. Stanley, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Jeddah, to
be her Majesty's Consul at Jeddah.

_
JULY 16.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav
Beling as Consul at Quebec for his Royal Highness the
Grand Duke of gecklenburgh Schwerin.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Gus-
tav Beling as Consul at Quebec for his Royal Highness the
Grand Duke of Oldenburgh.
CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 17.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Brighton—James White, of No. 2, Queen's-
gate, Hyde-park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the
room of Vice-Admiral Sir George Brooke Pechell, Bart.,
deceased.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 17.

4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Fiennes Corn-
wallis to be Major, by purchase, vice the Honourable
Charles James Keith-Falconer, who retires ; Lieutenant
Warden Sergison to be Captain, by purchase, vice Corn-
wallis ; Cornet Theophilus Gist to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Sergison.
7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Edward Shaw,
from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Giles, whose transfer from the 14th Light Dragoons has
been cancelled.
Royal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon George Evans, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cumming, de-
ceased.
Royal Engineers—Brevet•Colonel Richard John Nelsen to
be Colonel, vice Wright, removed as a General Officer ;
Brevet--Major Paul Bernard Whittingham to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Nelson ; Second Captain Richard
Hugh Stotherd to be Captain, vice Whittingham ; Lieu-
tenant Constantine Phipps Carey to be Second Captain,
vice Stotherd.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Major and Brevet •
Colonel Frederick William Hamilton, C. 8., to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Charles Algernon Lewis, promoted to the
rank of Major-General; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel
and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers
Percy to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Hamilton ; Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major Wm.
Andrew M. Barnard to be Captain and Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel the Hon.
H. H. M. Percy ; Ensign and Lieutenant and Adjutant
the Hon. William Edward Sackville West to have the
rank of Lieutenant and Captain ; Ensign and Lieuten-
ant Henry Osborne Gould to be Lieutenant and Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Barnard ; Richard
Byam Martin, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Gould.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Fitzßoy
William Fremantle, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieu-
tenant and Captain, vice Frederick Horace Arthur Sey-
mour, who exchanges.
11th Foot—Ensign Henry Ralph Lewis to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Dixon, who retires.
13th Feot--Assistant-Surgeon John Clark, M.D., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice O'Brien, appointed
to the Staff.
15th Foot—Lieut. William Starke to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice William Ilenry Eliot, who retires ; Ensign
John Joseph Forsyth Grant to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Starke.
32d Foot—Lieut. Henry Elkins Bennett to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Magenis, who retires ; En-
sign Arthur Bishop to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bennett.
33d Foot—Ensign James Maurice Shipton to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Willis, promoted.
58th Foot—Lieutenant William Russell Russell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew H. Russell, who re -
tires ; Ensign Frederick Florence Murray to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Russell Russell.
65th Foot—Charles Yarburgh Gold, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Talbot, promoted.
72d Foot—The transfer of Ensign Walter Douglas Somer-
set Campbell from the 79th Foot, as stated in the Gazette
of July 3, 1860, has been cancelled.
74th Foot—Lieutenant Norman Scalpa M'Crummen to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Venables, who retires.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant and Captain Frederick Horace
Arthur Seymour, from the Coldstream Guards, to be
Captain, vice, Fremantle, who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALlON.—Lieutenant-Colonel Fowler Burton,
from the 97th Foot. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bre-
vet -Colonel R. C. H. Taylor, retired upon half-pay.
UNATTACHED.—Lieut. Frederick Richard S. Flood, from
the 53d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Comm ssariat Clerk J. F.
Wallett Des Barres to be Deputy Assistant-Commissary-
General ; Commissariat Clerk William Fryer to be De-
puty Assistant-Commissary-General.
HOSPITAL STA FF.—Assistant •Surgeon Thomas Michael
O'Brien, from the 13th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Clarke, appointed to the 13th Foot ; John
Richard Thomas, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Evans, appointed to the Royal Artillery.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Thomas Carter
Stanley to be Chaplain of the Fourt Class.

BREVET.
Colonel Charles Wright, of the Royal Engineers, to be
Major-General, vice Bolton, deceased.
Captain William Peddie, on half-pay Unattached, Staff
Officer of Pensioners, retired on full-pay, to be Major in
the Army, the rank being honorary only.
The Commission as Brevet-Major of Brevet-Major Wil-
liam Malcolm Leckie, 13th Regiment Bombay Native In-
fantry, to be antedated to the 20th July, 1858.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the promotion of Colonel W. B. Ingilby, Royal Artil-
lery, to be Major-General, in succession to Lieutenant-
General Dyneley, C. 8., Royal Artillery, who died on the
21st June, 1860.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward M'Gee, 3rd Wel
India Regiment, to be Colonel.
Major Henry J. Savage, 91st Foot, to be Lieutenan
Colonel.
Captain Charles Edward Astell, half-pay 45th Foot,
Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 13.
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Charles
Cotton Moore to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice
Hunt, retired on full pay.
Captain and Brevet-Major Hayes Marriott to be Lieut.-
Colonel, vice Moore, promoted.
Captain and Brevet-Major Samuel Netterville Lowder to
le Lieut.-Colonel, vice Browne, retired on full pay.
Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Thornbrough Parker
Shewen to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Fosbroke, retired on full
paArst Lieutenant Thomas George Shelton Maheux to be
Captain, vice Marriott, promoted.
First Lieutenant William Tauzia Savary to be Captain,
vice Lowder promoted.
First Lieutenant George Brydges to be Captain, vice
Shewen, promoted.
Second Lieutenant William Henry Vallack Tom to be
First Lieutenant, vice Meheux, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Harvey to be First
Lieutenant, vice Savary, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick La Coste to be
First Lieutenant, vice Brydges, promoted.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—TIIIS DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 164 11 16
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 30 25 35
Hamturgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 321 25 40
Frankfort on Maine — 117 ,117.1
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh -- 34/ 35
Berlin
Madrid

49 49
491 49/1
30 21 30 371
25 371 25 421
25 40 25 42
391 391

Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ...per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 1i
South American Doublons

51 53
63 53i

BANKRUPTS.
Francis Bennett John Read, butcher, Lead enh all-market,
to surrender July 28, at twelve, and Aug. 28, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
I‘2l7anacnlidestAeru,gAu2gB'.
Jesse Cooper, outfitter, Newport, July
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
John William Armstrong, yarn agent,
15 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester Disfrict Court.
William Kilby, builder, Church End, Will,
den, Mi
sdd-
dlesex, July 28, at eleven, and AIIgUSI. at half, past one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.H
George Holgate, grocer, alifax, July 30 and Aug. 27,
at eleven, at the Commereral-buildings, Leeds.
Lewis Levy, ME reliant, late of Gravel lane, City, July 28,
at half-past eleven, and Aug. 28, at half-past twelve, at the
curt of BankruPtoY•
John Giles Sullivan, boot and shoe manufacturer, Mae
man-street, Southwark, July 31, at one, and Sept. 4, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William :Henry Edmonds, horse dealer, Wroughton,
Wiltshire, July 31 and September 4, at eleven, at the Bris-
tol District Court.
George Frederick James, elastic web and smallware ma.