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London, England, 1858-06-15 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1858.

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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION S.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-JUNE 14.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

5. Motion made and Question proposed, "That with a
view to the efficiency and independence of the Council
it is expedient that it should be partly nominated and
partly elected." Amendment proposed to leave out
from the first word "'That" to the end of the question,
in order to add the words "it is expedient that the
members of the Council be appointed by her Majesty."
Question pot,. " That the words ' with a view to the
efficiency and independence of the council' stand part of
the proposed resolution." The committee divided—
Ayes, 250; Noes, 185.

_ . .
AYES-250.
Adams, W. H. Forster, Sir Geo. • Nicoll, D.
Adeane, H. Gallwey, Sir W . Nisbet, It. I'.
Anderson, Sir J. Galway, Viscount North, Colonel
Archdall, Capt. M. Gard, It. O'Donoghoe, The
Bagshaw, Robert Gaskoll, J. . Packe, C.
Bantle, H. Gifford, Earl of Pakenham, Colonel
Ball, E Gladstone, W. •Pakington, Sir J.
Baring, A. Goddard, A. Palk, L.
Baring, H. Gore, W. R. Palmer, R.
Baring, Sir F. Graham, Sir J. Palmer. It. W.
Baring, T. Greenall, Gilbert Patten, Col.
Bernard, T. Greene, John Paull, Henry
Bernard, W. Gregory, W. Pease, Henry
Barrow, W. Gregson, Samuel Peel, Sir R.
Bathurst, A. A. Gray, Captain Peel, Gen.
Baxter, W. Griffith, C. Pennant, Col. E.
Beach, W. Hall, General John Pevensey, Viscount
It eecrof t, G. Hamilton, Lord Claud Plgott, F.
Bennet, Capt. P. Hamilton, G. A. Powell, Francis
Bentinck, G. Hamilton, J. Proby, G.
Black, Adam Hardy, G. Pugh, D.
Blackburn, Peter llassard, Michael Ramsay, Sir A.
Bake, J. Hayes, Sir E. Rawlir sou, Sir IL
Blakemore, T. Heard, J. Repton, G.
Boldero, Col. 11. G. Henley, J. Ridley, George
Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hill, Lord E. Robertson, P.
Bovill, W. Hill, Hon. R. Rushout, Capt. G.
Bowyer, G. Hodgson' William Rust, James
Brady, J. Holford, R. Sclater, George
Bramston, T. W Hope, Alexander Scott, F.
Bridges, Sir B. Hopwood, John Scott, Major
Brocklehurst, J. Horsman, E. Seymer, 11.
Brown, W. Hotham, Lord Sheridan, H. B.
Bruce, Major Hume, W. Smith, M.
Bruen, H. Hunt, G. W. Smith. A.
Buller, sir J. Ingestre, Viscount Smith, Sir F.
Burghley, Lord Ingham, R. Smyth, Col.
Burrell, Sir C Inglis, John Smollett, A.
Cairns, 11. Jermyn, Rt. lln. Earl Somerset, Colonel
Darden, Sir R. W. Johnstone, Hope Spaight, James
Carnac, Sir J. R. Jones, D. Spooner, R.
Cartwright, H. Kelly, Sir F. Stanhope, J.
Cay, ley, E. S. Kerrie* Sir E. Stanley, Lord
Cecil, Lord .11. King, J. Stephenson, Robert
Child, Smith Kinglake, A. Steuart, A.
Christy, Samuel Knatchbull, W. Sturt, 11.
Clive, It. Knatchbull-Huguessen Stunt, C.
Close, M. Knight, F. Sullivan. Michael
Codrington, Sir W.C. Knightley, R. Sykes, Colonel
Cole, 11. A. Knox, Col. B. W. Talbot, C.
Colebrooke, Sir E. Langton, W. G. Taylor. S.
Collins, T. Laslett, W. Tempest, Lord A. V.
Coote, Sir C. H. Lefroy, Anthony Thompson, General
Corbally, M. E. Lennox, Lord H. G. Tottenham, C.
Corry, H. T. L. Liddell, 11. G. Trollope, Sir J.
Cox, W. Lisburne, Earl Vance, John
Cross, It. A. Lockhart, A. E. Vansittart, G.
Cubitt. W Lopes, Sir H. Vansittart, W.
Curzon, Viscount Lovaine, Lord Verner, Sir W.
Daiglish, R. Lowther, Col. H. C. Verney, Sir H.
Denison, E. Lyall, George Waddington, H.
Disraeli, B. Lygon, Hon.F. Walcott, Admiral.
Dobbs, W. C. Lytton, Sir E. Waldron, Laurence
Dod, J. Macaulay, Kenneth Walsh, Sir J.
Du Cane, C. MacEvoy, E. Warren, S.
Duke. Sir J. M'Clinteck, John Wegnelin, T.
Duncombe, A. Maguire, J. F. Welby, W.
Duncombe, lIon.W. E Mallns, Richard Whatman, J.
Dundas, U. Mangles, C. White, James
Dunlop, A. Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, J.
Du Pre, C. March, Earl of Whitmore. IL
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Marjoribanks, D. Willoughby, Sir IL
Egerton, Sir P. ' Melgund, Lord Willoughby, J.
Ellice, E. 3liles, W. Wise, J.
Ellice, E. Miller, Stearn Wortley, Major
Elphinstone, Sir J. Mills, Arthur Wyld, James
Ennis, John Milnes, R. Wyndham, 11.
Estcourt, T. Mitchell, T. A. Wynn, Col.
Euston, Earl Montgomery, Sir G. Wynna, W.
Farquhar, Sir M. Moody, C. Yorke, E.
Fellowes, E. Morgan. 0.
Finlay, A. Mowbray, J. R. TELLERS.
Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Naas. Lord
Forde, Colonel Neeld, John Jolliffe, Sir W.
Forester, Col. Newport, Viscount Taylor, Colonel

report progress and ask leave to sit again." The com-
mittee divided—Ayes, 155 ; Noes, 201
AYES-155.
Agnew, Fir A. ' French, Col. O'Brien, P.
Alcock, T. Evans, T. W. O'Connell, D.
Alexander, J. " Fagan, W. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Antrobus, E. Finlay, A. Paget, C.
Ashley, Lord Fitzgerald, J. Pahnerston, Viset.
Atherton, W. Foljambe, F. Perry, Sir E.
Bagwell, John Forster, C. Philippe, R.
Berkeley, F. Fortescue, F. Pigott, F.
Chitinlph, R. M. Fortescue, C. Pinney, Colonel
Black, Adam Frecstun, Col. Portman, W.
Bland, L. French, Col. Pqse, E.
Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Gibson, M. Pritchard, J.
Brand, H. Gifford, Earl of Puller, C.
Browne, J. Gilpin, Charles Itaynliam, Viscount
Bruce, Lord E. Gregory, W. Rebow, John
Bruce, H. A. Grey, It. Ricardo, 0.
Buchanan, W. Gurdon, B. Rich, IL
Buckley, Gen. Gurney, S. • Ridley, G.
Buller, Sir J. Hall, Sir B. Roebuck, J.
Bury, Lord .Hamilton, Capt. Russell, Lord J.
Byng, G. Banbury, Robert Russell, H.
Caird, James Harr s, J. Russell, A.
Campbell, R. Ilatcl.ell, J. Sa' isbury, E.
Cavendish, W. Hay, Lord J. Schneider, 11.
Cheetham, John Headlam, T. Scrope, G.
Churchill, Lord Heneav, G. Saelley, Sir J.
Clay, James Herbert, H. Sheridan, R. B.
Clifford, C. C. Herbert, S'. Smith, M.
Clive, G. Hodgson, K. Smith, R. V.
Codrington, General Hutt, W. boineville, Sir W.
Cogan, W. - Jervoise, Sir J. Stapleton, J.
Coningham, W. King, L. Sturt, Col.
Conyr.gham, Lord F. King, E. Thom{ son, Gen,
Cowper, W. F. Kinglake, A, The, W.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Kinglake, J. Trelawny, Slr J.
Crawford, R. Kinnaird, A. TIMM', J. A,
Davey, R. Kirk, W. 'Milers, C.
Davie, Sir 11. R. F. Knatchbull-Hugessen Vivian, 11. 11.
Deasy, R. . Lewis, Sir G. C. Watkins, Col.
Dent, J. Lindsay, W. whitbreal, S.
De Vere, S. Locke, J. williains, W.
Dillwyn, L. Lnwe, R. Williams, Sir W
Dodsnn, J. Mackinnon, W. A. Wilson, J.
Duff, M., Marsh, M. wingtleld, R.
Duff, L. Martin, C. Wood, Sir C.
Dunbar, Sir W. Martin, P. woods, II
Duncan, Viscount Massey, W. worsley, Lord
Dunkeilln, Lord
Ebrington,iine,Meigund; Viscount • Wyld. James
Dunlop, A. lid ills. T. ,: You, A.
M.
Viscount Moffatt, G.
Monsell, W.
Elliot, J. • Morris, D.
Fortescue, C. Napier, Sir C.

TELLZUS.
aklerich, Vis.
Vivian, J. C.

NOES-23 ).
Adams, W. Forester, Col.
Adeane. IL Forster, Sir G.
Archdall, M. . Foster, W. 0.
Ayrton, A. Gallwey, Sir W. Ossulston, Lord
Ballite, H. Galway, Viscount Packe, C.
Ball, E.l Gard, R.
Baring, A. Garnett, W. Pakeuham, Colonel
Baring, F. Goddard, A. Pakington, Sir J.
Baring, T. Gore, W. Palk, L .
Bernard, T. Graham, Sir J. Palmer, Roger
IPPPPI4 .1.1.'
eel:°onetugrretl::l Pease,
let'a'nl::l Ii
Gen.ClatCl,.: Lordo:CSl I.
i I':
ji
C.
J.
E. .
Bernard, Col. Greene, J.
Barrow, W. Gregson, S.
Bathurst, A. Gray, Captain
Baxter,. W. Griffith, C.
Beach, W. Hadfield, G.
Beaumont, W. Hamilton, Lord C. Pevensey, Viscount
Beecroft, G. Hamilton, G. A. Pilkington, J.
Bennet, P. Hamilton, J. H. Powell, F.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Hankey, T. Power, N.
Blackburn, Peter . Hamner, Sir J. Proby, Hon. G.
Blake, J. Hardy, G. Pugh, D.
Blakemore, T. Hansard, M. RalusaY, Sir A.
Bolder°, Col. IL:G. Hayes, Sir E. Robertson, P.
Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Henley, J. Roupell, W.
Bovill, W. . Hilt, Lord A E. Rust, James
Bowyer, G. Bill, R. C. Sandon, Viscount
Brady, J. Hodgs n, W. Sciater, G.
Bramston, T. W. Holford, R. Scott, F.
Bridges, Sir B. Hope, A. Scott, Major
Brocklehurst, J. Hopwood, John Seymer, H.
Brown, W. Hume, W. Shaft°, R.
Bruce, C. Ingestre, Viscount Sheridan, if,
Sm,
jnJoghliiissloji.ie, H. B. Smith,SAir F.
&men, H.
Buller, J. W.
Burghley, Lord Jones, D. Sinollett, A.
Burrell, Sir C. Kelly, Sir F. Somerset, Col. E.
Cairns, H. Kerrison, Sir E. Spaight, J.
Calcraft, J. 11. King. J. Spooner, R.
Carden, Sir B. W. Kingscote, Capt. E. Stanhope, J.
Cameo, Sir J. Knatchball, W. Stanley, Lord
Cartwright, Col. Knight, F. Stephenson, R.
Child, Smith Knightley, R. Steuart, Andrew
Cholmeley, Sir M. Knox, Col. B. W. Sturt, ii.
Christie, Samuel Langton, W. SilllVUli, H.
Clive, Hon. R. Langton,ll. G. Sykes, Col.
Close M. La.lett, W. Talbot, C.
Cobbett, J. M. Leftoy, A. Tempest, Lori A.
Codrington, Sir W. Lennox, Lot d 11. Thornhill, W
Cole, H. A. Liddell,H. G. Tolleniache, Fred.
Collins, T. Lisburne,: Earl Tottenham, C.
Corry, H. T. L. Lockhart, A. E. Trollops, Sir J.
Cowan, C. Lopes, Sir M. Tram in, C.
Cox William Lovaine, Lord Vance, I.
Cross, R. Lowther, Col. 11. C. Vansittart, G.
Crossley, F. Ly all, G. orge Vanaittart. W.
Cubitt, W. Lygon, lion. F. Verner, Sir W.
Curzon, Viscount Lytton, Sir G. Waddington, 11.
Dalglish, It. Macaulay, K. Walcott, Admiral
Denison, W. H. M`Cann, J. Waldron, L.
Denison, E. Mac Elroy, E. Walsh, Sir J.
Disraeli. B. " Mackie, J. Warren, S.
Dobbs. W. M.Ciintoek,"J. Weguelln, T.
Ood, J. W. Maguire, J. Wel by, W. '
Du Cane, C. Melina, B. Whatnum. J.
Duke, Sir J. ' Mangles, R. White, J.
Duucombe, Hon. A. Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, J.
Duncombe, Col. March, Earl of Whitmore, 11.
Da Pre,C. Marjorlbanks, D. Willoughby, Sir H.
Dutton, R. Miles, W. Willoughby, J.
Egerton, Sir F. Miller, S. B. Winnington, Sir T. •
Ellice, RUA Hon. E. Mills, Arthur Wise. J. .
Ellice, E. Mills, T. Wood, W.
El phinstone, Sir J. Montgomery, Sir G. Wortley, J. S.
Estcourt, T. Moody, C. Wyndham, 11.
Ewing, H. Morgan, 0. Wynn, Colonel
Farquhar, Sir M. Mowbray J. It.' Wynn, Sir W.
Fellow es, E. Naas, Lord , Yorke, E.
Fenwick, 11. Neeld, John 4
Ferguson, Sir It. Newport, Viscount T MUCUS.,
Fitzgerald, W. lt,S. Nicol, D. Jolliet°, Sir W.
Forde, Colonel - Nisbett, It Taylor, Col.

THE QUBEIV'S JOURNEY TO W ARWICK-

SHIRE.

COVENTRY, MONDAY EVENING.

This af:,ernoon her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness the Prince Consort, attended bya distinguished
suite, passed through this ancient city on their way
to Stoneleigh, the seat of Lord Leigb, tte Lord-
Lieutenant' of Warwickshire. The royal train, con-
sisting of seven carriages, left the s ation at Euston-
square at 3 o'clock, and, stopping only at Blatchley
for a few minutes, arrive I at Coventry precisely at
h tlf-pas; 5, the hour indicated in the time table:
There an immense concourse of the citizens had
stood for hours exposed to the fierce glare of a
burning sun, to catch a sight of the Queen. The
station was profusely decorated with banners and
evergreens, and the platform spread with crimson
cloth. As the cortege entered the station a royal
salute was fired from a battery, sent expressly frcm
Weedon for the occasion, the city bells were rung,
and the crowd raised an enthusiastic cheer. Lord
Leigh and Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith,
in command of the northe: n district, received hei
Majesty as she alighted from Ve carriage. The
Duchess of Athol', Lady of the Bedchamber; the
Hon. Horatia St )pford, Maid of ILnour ; Mr. Seel,.
rotary Walpole ; Earl Delawair, Lord Chamber-
lain ; General Bouverie, Equerry to the Queen ;
the Marquis of Ahercorn, Grootn of the Stole to
the prince ; Colonel Sir 0. Phipps, Privy Purse ;
and Colonel Seymour, composed the suite in attend-
ance on her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The
Marquis of Chandos, chairman ; and Capt. Huish,
general manager of the London and North Western
Railway, with several of the directors, accompanied
the train conveying the Royal party, which was
drivel' by Mr. J. E. M'Connell, superintendent of
the locomotive department • Lord Allied Paget
and the Marquis of Stafford occupying places on
the engine. A guttrd of honour, composed of 100
men of the 22d Foot, under command of Major
Sir George Robinson, Captain Meek, Lieut. Robin,
and Lieu'. Winth ropp, was posted along the front
of the platform ; and a squadron of fie 15th Hus-
sars, at present quartered in Coventry, under the
command of Capt. Stuart, lined the ground leading
from the station t) the Stonel igh-road. The
Mayor and Town Council of Coventry were in at-
tendance to present au address to the Queen, ac-
companied by th.ir sword and mace bearers, who
wore their ancient civic costume, which was at once
quaint and picturesque. The hat of the sword-
hearer, which was of crimson velvet, with a most
umbrageous brim, and profusely ornamented with
gold, created quite a sensation among the strangers
on the platform previous to the arrival of the
Queen.
As the Queen was about to enter the station the
Mayor, in the name of the corporation, presented
the address.
In this document they stated that, with her
Majesty's gracious leave, they had availed them-
selves of the opportunity of her Majesty's visit to
the county of Warwick to express their heartfelt
loyalty to her Majesty's person and Throne. They
were reminded 'by the historic sl records of their
ancient city that 1 iyalty to the Crown was an here-
ditary sentiment in the hearts of the men of Co-
ventry, and a royal visit almost au hereditary pri-
vilege. All the female Severeigns of England had
honoured the city of Coventry with their presence,
—the Princess Mary in 1525, and the Princess
Anne of Denmark in 1688, before their accession to
the Throne • while iu 1565 Queen Elizabeth re-
ceived from the Mayor and corporation those assu-
rances of loyal love which the citizens of Coventry
desired that day to renew to her Majesty. Their
city no longer occupied that pre-eminence relatively
to other places in her Majesty's dominions which
it held in the days when Kings and Queens were
frequent guests, and *hen Parliament met within
the halls of the great civic and conventual build-
ings, but their loyal attachment to the Throne had
suffered no abatement, and they yielded to none of
her Majesty's subjects in the value which they at-
tached to her Majesty's personal character and ex- ,
ample as the best bulwark of royalty, and the best
pledge of permanence to the institutions under
which it was their happiness to live.
This ceremony over, the royal party entered their
carriages and proceeded at ordinary travelling pace
to Stonele igh Abbey, between 6 and 7 miles dis
tant, taking the road through S icball and Baging-
ton, the Stoneleigh troop of Warwickshire Yeo-
manry Cavalry, under the command of the Hon.
Captain E. Leigh, forming the escort. As her
' Majesty was leaving the station a large choir, ac-

cornpanied by some 9,000 school children, sang the
national anthem, and the people Cheered her vo-
ciferously. . _ _

Stoneleigh Abbey, which derives a temporary in-
terest from the visit of her Majesty, is situated in
a spot of peculiar beauty, about three miles from
Kenilworth, on a sloping bank of the Avon. The
more ancient part of this stately pile was built in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, upon the site of the
old Abbey ; but of the original edifice little now
remains except the groined arches below the present
building :and the venerable gatehouse, dating as far
back as the 14th century. Ti is surrounded by an
extensive park adorned with a profusion of vener-
lable oaks and abounding with deer. On arriving
t Stoneleigh the Royal party were conducted to a
Magnificent suite of apartments appropriated to
!their use, upon the arrangement and embellish-
Ment of which Lord Leigh had called into requisi-
tion all the resources of decorative art. In the
feyeningli he front of the Abbeyand the portico of the
,mansion-house beyond were splendidly illuminated,
and agrand banquet was given, at which, in addi-
tion to her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
land the members of their suites, the Duchess
!of Setherland, the Marquis and Marchio-
jeess of Westminster, La,'l3, Agnes Grosvenor,
the Earl'of Dalkei Ur, the Countess of De-La- Warr,
'and Lady Arabella West, the Dowager Lady Leigh,
the Hon., Lady Leigh, Sir Archibald Campbell,
the Hon. Miss Leigh, the Right Hon. C. B. Ad-
derley and the Hon. Mrs. Adderley, Lord and Lady
Saye and Sele, the Earl and Countess of Maccles-
' field, Lord and Lady Wenlock, Hon. E. C. Leigh,
Lieutenant Broughton Leigh, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Warwick, Lieutenant-General Sir Harry
Smith, Lord and Lady Dormer, Lord Guernsey,
Hon. J. C. B. and Mrs. Percy, Sir Michael and
Lady Octavio. Shaw Stewart, _Marquis of Chandos,
and several of the neighbouring gent ry were present.
The band of the 2d Life Guards was stationed in
the park, and played at intervals during the evening.
To-morrow morning the Queen and Prince Con-
sort leave Stoneleigh and make their entry into Bir-
mingham about noon. There the most extraordi-
nary preparations are being made to give Her
Majesty an enthusiastic welcome, and it is estimated
that half a million of people will be present. The
weather is remarkably fine, though on Saturday
evening we had a thunderstorm, accompanied by a
deluge of rain, which partly submerged the lower
parts of the town, and the lightning struck a flag-
staff on the Town-hall and shivered it to splinters,
immediately over a part of the building where the
Mayor and Town-council were deliberating on the
arrangements for the reception of the Queen.