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eons also scheduled in the report who were found not
guilty, and the question was whether they coal deal
with them al egg with the rest. There was, however,
one statement in t e report, in answer to question 1 421,
which revealed such a state of things as be (Mr. Wel-
pol-) thought the hon. baronet (Sir Thomas Burke) must
consider could not be overlooked by the house. Tne
passage was to the followingeffect : -The witness stated
that op the Sunday when Col. French arrived, he went
to Lord Dunkellin's committee, when he heard that
Col, French had arrived at 4 o'clock aieVhecorilltninicoa
totting up the list and found that be should r,qu:re a
certain number of votes, for which he paid the sum of
2501. Now, these matters had been fully inquired into,
and he (Mr. Walpole) considered that the house was.
able to. deaf with the question unprejudiced in any way.
Tney had already di-franchised Sumiburyand St. Alban's,
and had dealt, as be thought, unfairly with Great Yar-
mouth by disfranchising a particular class of freemen.
He should support the introduction of the bill, and on
the second reading and in committee, the points to
which he had adverted, could be fully considered.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill. • •
ROYAL BRITISH ZANX.. -
Mr. BRADY rose to move for an address for a return
of the expenses attendant on. the prosecution of the
Royal British Bank directors..." He said he thought it
high time that the directors of public companies should
be made to feel that the public watched their proceed-
ings with the greatest attention, and that all defaulters
connected with them and men who violated the laws of
the country would he punished with the greatest severity.
One reason for desiring the return he moved for was
because he deemed the penal law as it stood to be in a
most unsatisfactory state, and he was of opinion that it
must necessarily come under the consideration of the
house in a very short time. The hon. gentleman con-
cluded by moving an address for a return of the expense'
etterelant upon the prosecutiou (1 the directors of the
Royal British Bank.
Mr. HAMILTON =aid that the information which

the boo. geetletnau ask ,d for was not yet in the
posy -
sinn t the Trea.ury. Wien that it f rmation wee fur-
nished to the Trsasury he di t not think that there
would be any objection to furnishing toe return moved
foci
Mr. CRAWFORD rose fir the purpose. of celltrsz the
attention of hsr Majethy's Government to the inadequate
sums which had been p to witnesses for their atten-
dance. In many cases witnesses had actualy been nut of
pocket by the trial, and f a system which led to such a
result were continued it would tend to obstruct the ad.
ministration of justice.
Mr. WALPOLE said that since his appointment to
the Hume-sffice his attention had been directed ts three
or four cases in which the new scale of fees to witnesses
in criminal prosecutions was do-proportionately low, and
he had therefore directed the attention of toe gentlemen
who had settled that scale to revise it, and see whether a
more liberal one could not be adopted. (Hear, hear.)
The case to which the hon. gentleman had alluded was
brought to his attention on the preceding evening, and
as he did not think that the scale applied to a came of
ea Oak) information, he gave instructions that a more
liberal allowance should be given. (bear, hear.)
Mr. J. WILSON hoped that his right hon. friend
would take care that those abuses in the payment of
witnesses' costs to which the attention of the Govern-
ment had been directed during the last four or five years
would be avoided in any new scale that might be adopted.
The Government found that in some parts of the country
a great portion of the rates were applied to the payment
of policemen's costs in giving evidence at the assizes.
Mr. HENLEY was quite sure that his right hon.
friend nould earnestly direct his attention to the re-
meiying of those abuses. These payments to police wit-
nesses were, no doubt, crying abuses—(hear, hear)—
but the l'ste Home Secretary, with a view of putting an
end to them, adopted a scale so low as absolutely to de-
feat the ends of justice. (Hear, hear.) The allowance
to witnesses belonging to the class of mechanics abso
lutely put them out of pocket. (Hear, hear.)
Au Hon. MEMBER hoped that the allowance to
those-gentlemen who prepared the cases for prosecution
would be increased.
Mr. FITZGERALD, having been on the Public Pro-
secution Committee which sat some years ago, begged to
dieert the attention of the bonze to the evidence given
before it as being of a very valuable nature, and such as
to' throw great light upon several abuses. He recol-
lected that one of the cases brought before the committee
was that of 1/. a day being allowed to a witness. It
turned out that the witness who received that allowance
was tae gaoler of the town in which the assize' wire
helden. (A laugh.)
'The motion was then withdrawn.

CONTRACTS (PUBLIC DEPART MENTS).
On the motion of Colonel BOLDERO, the following
gentlemen were constituted a select committee on con-
tracts (public department-) ; Colonel Boldero, Mr.
Baring, General Codrington, Viscount Duncan, Colonel
Gilpin, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Lid-
dell, Lord Lovaine, Mr. Moneell, Sir Charles Napier,
Mr. Newdegate, L)rl Clarence Paget, Mr. Westhead.
and Sir John Ramsden.
LONDON CORPORATION REGULATION BILL.
Mr. WALPOLE, in moving the appointment of the
select committee on this bill, said that some of its clauses
Would require great consideration if not alteration ; but
he should be sorry to intimate any opinion of his o
upon them. With respec to the eaten-ion of the area
of the corporate jurisd,ction, he tb aught that queettoa
ought to he deal with b, a separate Bill. Tl.e right
hon. g,entl”man concluded by moving that the com-
mittee consist of the following gentlemen :--Lard J.
Russell, Sir G. Gr,%y, Mr. Secretary Walp ile, Mr.
Tnomaa Baring, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, air J. Duke, Sir
John Shelley, Mr. Baines, Mr. M. Gibson, Sir W.
lielthcote. Mr. Hankoy, Mr. E. Egerton, Mr. K.
seymer, Mr. Lyall, and Mr. G. Clive.
Mr. AYRTON thought the committee was not con<
stituted in such a warner as rendered it likely to deal
fairly with the question of an extenision of the corporate
joriediction to the metropolitan districts ; for, while it
included two representatives of the City of London, two .
aldermen of London, and several bon. members con-
nected with the city, he found upon it the name of only
one member for Westinisister, who was the sole repre-
sentative of the interest of the western portion of the
metropolis. On a future occasion he would ask the
house to consider whether the wards for the election of
Common Councilmen ought not to embrace the whole
metropolitan district. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Lord RAYNLIAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to amend the Act 17th and 18th of Victoria, cap. 80, for
the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals. The.
Bill was brought iu and read a first time.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MILTRIOULATION
AND DEGREES BILL,
This Bill was read a second time.
MARINE MUTINY BILL.
This Bill went through committee.
MUTINY BILL.

The house went into committee on this Bill, when
Mr. ALCOCK said that, although he had to thank the
Secretary for War for the explanation he had given
on a previous occasion respecting the clothing supplied
to British troops in In ha, great misconceotion still
existed on the subject. The right hon. and gallant mem-
ber (General Peel) lira expressed his belief that clothing
adapted to the climate of India was supplied to her
Majesty's troops in that country at the cost of the East
India Company, but it appeared that such was not the
case. The men were obliged to pay for the extra cloth-
ing, and also half the expense of their bedding. The
cost was 21. to each soldier, and as there were Low
92,000 Queen's troops in India, they were saddled with
a charge of 180,0001. He hoped the right hon. gentle.
man would cause this subject to be investigated. He
might also state that soldiers on embarkation for India-
were charged rather more than 21. each for what was
called their " sea kit." He had received letters from
two soldiers, who informed him that the articles in this
kit were charged 50 per cent, more than they could he
obtained for elsewhere, and that many of theta were
totally useless. Each man for a voyage of two er three
months was supplied with nine cakes of pipeclay,fwbiok
were said to be sufficient to last fur 12 mouths ; and they
had also three boxes of blacking eau!), and two smock-
frocks which wore never worn at sea. The two charge.
to which he had referred, amounting together to 41,
awmeroeundtsedd to uctedtwboy. t
h irds of his year's stoppages f from ther income.sold er
Be b
's pay, anal
observed placards at the Horse Guards, offering bounties
of 3/. and 61. to recruits, but these inducements were
calculated to mislead men who enlisted, and who were
subjected to such deductions as he had mentioned. The
right hos. member for Wilti.hir, had some tires age
argued in the country that, al•hough the nompdinainlciptialyri:sif
a soldier was only 13 a-day, it was practically almoet
double that amount ; but he ( \in Alcoa) believed that
it was not more than one-third.
General PEEL ai that
sehwewlateoar
edthsiel:brtjei
subjected
ec
immediately after the question bad been put to him by
the bon. ruetuner, and representations had been ma ;e to
dtilmOneithteirr
eStiorpCp ens Campbellto whi c which istohl soldiers
arrival in India.
The Commons Enclosure Bill Bthirlclmagnhdei,trnhetni
The bill then passed through committee.
Continuance Bill also Militiattee. Act
The Consolidated Fund (10,000,0000 Bill and the
Consolidated Fund (500,0000 Bill were read a second
time.
The house adjourned at half-past 12 o'clock.

DR. LIVINGSTONE AND HIS PUBLISHEIL—Dr. Living-
stone, we are told, first met Mr. Murray on the deck of
a steamer in the Meiiterranean, and the latter was SO
charmed with the traveller and his story, that he at ODOO
made a bargain with him for lAA book, agreeing to give
2,000 guineas, half of which was paid the author before
written, t
which,en, and tnahncedoremainder e
obeforethe publication.
unprecedented ia
aitddwiatsiown
success of the work, the worthy Doctor has lance re-
ceived a large SUM, e ninny authors, professes
hinieelf quite satisfied with the liberality of his publisher.
—The Bookseller.

IN
ItTlEs ofE titieTii2rthAtElt. thGealtrfiCE.—a A letter from
Gazette, says :--
"At the same time that Corinth":A9 destroyed, the
nei;hbouring villages of Ku:amachi, Ewald* and
Kortesa were completely thrown to the ground. T.
principal part of Corinth, now so severely visited, wee
only built in 1832 ; the former town was destroyed
during the wars of independence. It is not :situated
near the sea, but on a hill at some distance. The old
port is almost filled up with sand, and is only accesaibl•
for small craft. The number of persons who, in addi-
tion to the thirty killed, were
b yr
tabatojhue.ititu
10147'
"Two of the pieces of cannon taken at Canton," say.
Atbar Rural,
the Pays, "are to be deposited in the Museum of Ar-
tillery at Paris. They were oast in
of Nankin, then directed