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LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, J ULY 9, 1856.

PARLIAMENTARY DITISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JULY 8.
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.

Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That"
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this
house will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into
the said committee,"—instead therdof :—Question put,
" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the
Question :"—The house divided; Ayes;6l; Noes, 73.
AYES-61. •
Acton, Joseph Greene, John Price, W.
Agnew, Sir A. Grenfell, Charlen Pritchard, J.
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Grey, Rt Hon. Sir G. Repton, G.
Ball, E. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Rice, E.
Baring, Sir F. Hall, Sir Benjamin Richardson, J.
Bass, M. Higgins, G. 0. Ridley, George
Ri.tgs, W. Horsman, E. Russell, F. C.
Brand, Ii B. W. Hughes, if. G. Sawle, C.
Brotherton, J. Hutchins, E Seymour, H.
Bro wn, W, Labouchere,Rt.Hon.H Smyth, John
Cavendish, G. C. Laffan, Capt. R. Steel, John
Coffin, W. Langton, H. G. Thornely, T.
Cowper, W. Mackinr•/, W. Vernon, G.
Crossley, P. MacMalion, P. Villiers, C.
Davie, Sir HR. F. Massey, W. Wahnsley, Sir J.
De Vet's, S. E Meagher, T. Wickham, H.
Drumlaurig, Vis. Moffat, .4. Yorke, E.
Duncan, Viscount Monek, Vis.
Farnham, E. Moncriiff, J. TELLERS.
Feilden, M. Aroma, W.
Fitzserald, J. Petulant, Col. E. Hayter, W.
Goderich, Viscount Portman, W. Mulgrave, Earl of

NOES— 73.
Anderson, Sir J. Grom. Edward O'Brien, P.
Barrow, W. Hadfield, George O'Brien, Sir T.
Baxter, W. - - Hamilton, Lord Claud Paxton, Sir J
Biges, John Hardy, G. Pechell, Sir G.
Black, Adam Henley, J. Pellitt, A.
Blackburn, Peter Ilildrard, R. C, Philipps, J.
Boldero, Col. H. G. Hindiey, C. Pilkington. J.
Bromley-N.l.'ore, J. Horsfall, T. Sibthorp, Major
ttieller, .ir J. Ilotham, Lord Smith. Aber
Butler, C. S. Irton, S. Spooner, R.
Cecil, Lord Jolliffe, Sir W. Stafford, A.
Cole, H. A. Jolliffe, 11. Straeey. Sir H.
Corvile, C. R. Kendall, N. Stewart, Sir M.
Corry, H. T. L. Kershaw, J. Tite, W.
Cowan, C. Knatchbull, W. Vance, John
Deedes, William Laslett, W. Whiteside, J.
Duncan, George Liddell, 11. G. Whitmore. H.
I luillop. A. Lowther, Col. H. C. Wilkinson, W.
Dunne, Colonel MacGregor, James Williams, W.
Evelyn, W. J. Milligan, it Wise, A.
Ferguson, J. Michell, William Wynne, John
Forster, Charles Mowbray, J. IL
Fuller, A. E. Muntz, G. TELLERS.
Galway, Viscount Napier, Sir C.
Gilpin, Col. H. Nisbet, R Knight, F.
Grtene, Thomas Oakes, J. Duncombe, Thomas

Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase
(Supernumerary to the Establishment).
52d Foot—Lieut. Richard Wingfield, from the Queen's
Oeunty Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernu-
merary to the Establishment). •
53d Foot—Ensign Charles Bagnall, from the 2d Warp
wick Militia, to ba Ensign, without purchase (Supernu-
merary to the Establishment).
tri•lth Foot—Gentleman Cadet Matthew Wil Ham Ed ward
Gossett to be 'Ensign, without purchase (Supernumeraiy
to the Establishment).
e-,Bch Foot—Lieutenant James Pringle, from. the Edin-
burgh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, to complete
the Establishrnent.
59th Foot—Lieutenant Gerald Fitz Gibbon, from tha
Duolin City Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Su-
per..nmerary to the Establishment).
60th Foot—Ensign John Walker King, from the Kildare
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernumerary
to the Establishment),
65th Foot—Ensign Andrew Pagan, from the Ist Lanark
Militia, to he Ensign, withotif` purchase (Supernumerary
to the Establishment).
66th Foot—Ensign Edward Richardson, from the Fer-
managh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Super.
nutnerary to the Establishment).
67th Foot—Ensign Edward Coxen to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Jones, deceased ; Ensign George
Thomson, from the lst Lanarkshire Militia, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Coxen.
69th Foot—Ensign. Edward Williams, from the Radnor
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernumerary
to the Establishment).

70th Foot—Secorf Lieutenant George Aislabio Hilton,
from the Lancashire Militia Artillery, to be Ensign, with-
out purchase (Supernumerary to the Establishment).
73d Foot—Gentle elan Cadet Hastings D'Oyly Farring-
ton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with-
out purchase (Supernamerary to the Establishment).
74th Eoot—Ensign Abel Straghau to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vicg,ll.`Far/an,luwaited, tlypurchase, to an un-
attached Company ; Robert Elphtnatone Derare,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Straghan ; Lieut. Augustin;
Daniel Keane, from the 4th Middlesex Militia, to be En-
sign, without purchase (Supernumerary to the Establish-
ment).
76th Foot—Ensign Edward Harding, from the Limerick
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernumerary
to the Establishment).
78th Foot—Lieutenant William Thomson from the
South Down Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase
(Supernumerary to the Establishment).
80th Foot —Gentleman Cadet Dudley Beaumont, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase
(Supernumerary to the Establishment).
84th Foot—Lieutenant Egbert Charles S. Hely, from
the let Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase
(Supernumerary to the Establishment).
85th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Henry Stace, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase (Supernumerary to the Establishment).
86th Foot—Lieut. George Fowler, from the South Glou-
cester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernu-
merary to the Establishment).
87th Foot—Lieut Frederick Flood Devereux, from the
Galway Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernu-
merary to the Establishment).
91st Foot—Lieut. Edward Kelly Obbard, from the Lon-
don Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernume-
rary to the Establishment).
94th Foot—Lieut. William Fermor Godfrey, from the
Berry Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase (Supernu-
merary to the Establishment).
961.1 Foot—Major Edward W. Sco7ell to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Cumber-
land, who retires upon full-pay; Captain Edward Croker
to be Major, without purchase, vice Scovell ; Lieutenant
E. D. J. MacCarthy to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Croker; E'isign John T. French to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice MacCarthy ; Ensign Albert Jackson
Harcourt, from the Bedford Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice French ; Gentleman Cadet Lionel Smith,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase (Supernumerary to the Establishment).
98th coot—Lieutenant George Thomas West, from the
Ist or East Middlesex Nfilitis,_ to be Ensign, without pur-
chase (Supernumerary to the Establishment) ; Lieutenant
W. L. Lewes, from 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Mills, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Martin Joseph Browne, from
the 2d Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase
(Supernumerary to the Establishment).
Gold Coast Corps—Lieutenant James Trevor W. An-
drews to he Adjutant, vice Duke, who resigns the Adju-
tancy only.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING
MR.. SMITH O'BRIEN.

After a dreary absence of nearly seven years
from his native land, Mr. William Smith O'Brien
reached Dublin this afternoon, and took up his
temporary residene3 at Shelburne Hotel, St.
Stephen's-green. He is in excellent health and
apparently in good spirits.
THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS AND THE IRISH ATTORNEY-
GENERAL.
The following is a full report of what may, be
considered the reply of the Master of the Rolls to
the observations made by the Irish Attorney-
General, in his place in Parliament, with reference
to the adoption of ulterior proceedings in the case
of Mr. John Sadleir. The substance of this re-
markable address was forwarded yesterday by
telegrap.h. It was delivered at the sitting of the
Court- in the morning apropos to the matter of
John Ginger and the English shareholders :
`! I have just given •in the order in this case to the
registrar. There are a great number of affidavits and
documents entered on the tirdet-; but as a cement has
been made a rule of Court, -signe4 by the official mana-
ger and by almost all the English shareholders, that the
ultimate decision in the present "case shall govern the
other cases, with the exception of two or three, it
is, I think, right that all the affidavits and docu-
ments which can throw any light on the mat-
ter should be entered .on the order. The con.
sent is a very proper arrangement to have been en-
tered into, as it will save a vast amountot eigientie. Mays
pow inquire, on the part of the public, whether infor-
matintis have-been sworn-isa respect of the facts disclosed
in this case ? If so, have any effectual or bona fide steps-
been taken to make any of the parties implicated amen-
able? Is it intended to prefer a bill of indictment at
the next Clonmel Assizes, where some of the overt acts
were committed ? May I further inquire what is the
duty of a Privy Councillor ? In Blackstone's Commen-
taries, vol. i., page 230, he says—' The duty of a Privy
Councillor appears, from the oath of office, which con-

sista of seven articles-Ist. To advise the King accor.l-
- to the best of bis cunning and discretion. 2d. To
advise for the King's honour and the good of the public,
without partiality, through affection, love, need, doubt,
or dread. 3d. To keep the King's counsel secret. 4th.
To avoid cdrruption. sth. To help and strengthen the
execution of what shall be there resolved. 6tb. To with.

stand all persons who would attempt the contrary. And
lastly, in general, 7thly. To observe, keep, and do all
that a good and true councillor ought to do to his Sove-
reign Lord.' Is there anything in the duty, as thus
stated, requiring a Privy Councillor to obtrude his ad-
vice secretly and unasked, where the responsible ad-
visers of the Government remain passive, and where the
general facts were matter of public notoriety, and the de-
tails established byaffidavits and documents as m.tseuiGteclohisooedhprualnyelidin:
to the responsible advisers of the Government as they were
to me? I have reason to believe that not a copy of an affi-
davil or of any document was obtained by the direction
of the law advisers of the Government from the
Master's office, or from the official manager, until on or
after the 20th of June, the day I gave judgment in this
case, although long prior to that date I had called atten-
tion to the fact that the Government had made no sign,
notwithstanding the notoriety of the frauds of the Tip-
perary Joint Stock Bank. If the Irish Goveimment
were ignorant of all the details, it was their own fault.
If the Crown Solicitor had been directed to communi•
nate with me, before or after I had given judgment, I
should have referred him to the several affidavits and
documents, and given him the dates and particulars of
each. I did not obtrude advice or information privately ;
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next Clonrnel Assizes, the result will be that, the duty
of a Privy Councillor and the nature and the meaning
of the oath will possibly meet with more discussion than

the Irish Government may be aware of. There is one
other matter which I omitted to advert to in giving judg.
ment—anJ that is the examination of Mr. James Sad•
leir, by the Master, in his private chamber, no other
person, as I understand, having been present, except
the official manager and his counsel and solicitor. That
proceeding has been much disapproved of, and I am
satisfied that the Master would now concur with me
that it is to be regretted it took place. It can scarcely
be considered to have been a purely voluntary exansina-
tion,unless Mr. James Sadleir was very strictly cautioned

that it might be given in evidence again:t him ; smd if not the
examination should not, according to the principles of
our law, be used directly or indirectly to his prejudice.
I am entirely ignorant of the contents of that examine-
, tion, and, as it has not been brought under my notice
' during the argument, I have thought it better not to call
I,r it, but to decide ttne.-aputittion of fraud po tile
affidavits and documents enteraiib the..-der". Every
fact stated by me on giving judgment is established by
reference to those affidavits and documents. I have de.
rived no aid or assistance from such private examination.
being altogether ignorant of the nature and particulars
of it. If the examination explained away the facts de.
tailed in my judgment, counsel for the official manager
would, I presume, have brought it under I he considera-
tion of the Court. The Master, not having entered the
examination on his order, did not, of course, form his
opinion upon the contents of such examination, being
aware that there would be an appeal. The affidavits
and documents on which he decided are entered on his
order. The appeal in this case against my order may, if
the Lord Chancellor thinks fit, be disposed of during the
present sittings."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT WESTERN.

It appears that some apprehensions are entertained by
the shareholders that the dividend on the ordinary
shares of the company will be suspended in consequence
of the portion of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line from Frome to Weymouth, 54 miles in length, not
being ready for traffic on the 31st inst. Considering the
very large sums expended by the company on their
works during the past three years it is fair to presume
that every endeavour has been and will be made to open
the line specified as soon as possible.