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receive seducers—men known to be such—into their draw-
ing rooms, they toiled in vain at the lower end. Those
young gentlemen, whether military or otherwise, who had
money to spare, and availed themselves of their position in
society, their good looks and opportunities to give enor-
mous sums of money, such as induced people to keep these
great houses open at an enormous expense—those were the
first culprits ; those were the nuisances of society, and he
hesitated not to denounce them as those vile insects of
tropical climes that infect where they fly and poison where
they repose. (Hear, hear.) If it were possible to have
an exceptional case of legislation against the feeling of the
whole country, he should rejoice in seeing a law enacted
for corporal punishment on seducers ; there would be just
retribution in it, for an illegitimate and unlawful animal
indulgence should be visited with lawful animal suffering,
After considerable discussion, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said
that in the present state of his opinions he should be sorry
to give a positive decision. The question was one involved
in difficulty. It seemed at first dreadful that the seduced
should have all the penalty, shame, and loss, and none
attach to the seducer—(hear, hear)—but there were cases
in which the woman was quite as culpable as, if not more
so, than the man, as where she was older, and had led
him to imprudence. His lordship thought it would be of
very little use if any one were to propose corporal punish-
ment in Parliament. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE—I am afraid so, my lord.
Lord J . RussELL—The two Houses would be little likely
to adopt such a suggestion. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Dr. AVNEILE—I am afraid, my lord, some of
the offenders are there. (Renewed laughter.)
Lord J. RussELL—One has heard a conversation in the
House of Lords that would seem very much to confirm that
suspicion. (Laughter.) With regard to Mr. Acton's paper,
in a family where there are five or six maid-servants it
would be said those who conducted themselves properly were
more considered than those who had gone astray. There
was considerable defect in the law. It occurred to him
several years ago when the law was more severely adminis-
tered. A Scotch judge passed sentence of death on a young
woman for child murder, and his lordship or the Secretary
of State recommended the severe commutation of five years'
solitary imprisonment, after which the young woman was
released, and he was now informed she had married in Glas-
gow and was conducting herself respectably. He did not
think tie law ought to affix capital punishment to the mur-
der of children under a certain age, say six Months ; he
could not but think that at present it tended to increase
what it was „meant to prevent, by leading to acquittals and
light punishments. He thought Queen Charlotte's Hos-
positia had done well to admit single young women into its
benefits, and any charity which followed its example would
act usefully. With the exception of a change in the severity
of the law, the law could not do much. The discussion to-
day upon both papers had been instructive, and he hoped
they might arrive soon at some approximation to a solution
of this most important question. (Applause.)
Several other interesting papers were read, including one
by
Mr.
C. Molly,
on " The street drinking Fountains," and
y,
Mr.
. Broome, of the Temple-gardens (by
another
Mr. Steinthal),
which protracted the proceedings until five
o'clock.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 15.

• •
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Tal-
bot Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sitwell, who
retires; Cornet John Ormsby Phibbs to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Goff.
13th Light Dragoons—James White, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase,'vice Lethbridge, promoted.
Royal Artillery—The Undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets
to be Lieutenants :—Lionel Gye, Charles Henry Hamil-
ton, Ashton John Shuttleworth, Albert Lake Collins
Smithett, John Robert Jennings Bramly, Archibald
William Frederick Camphell, Lionel Herbert Noyes,
George Walter Charles . Rothe, Basil de Beauvoir
Tupper, Henry 'Hills Goodeve. To be Quartermaster
and Commissary of Store—Quartermaster-Sergeant G.
Marvin, vice Oliphant, who retires upon half-pay.
Royal Engineers—Second Captain C, C. Chesney to be
Captain, vice Mann, placed upon the seconded list ;
Lieut. W. J. Stuart to be Second Captain, vice Chesney.
The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieu-
tenants, with temporary rank :—Richd. Harry Williams,
Jasper Gustavus Silvester Davies, Edmund Donougl
Collins O'Brien.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensigte. Bury David Wright to be
Lieutenant, - without purchase ; Sergeant-Major Henry
Manning to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wright;
Lieut. Alfred Benwell- Letts to be Adjutant, vice T. A.
Cox, promoted ; Lieut. H. A. A. Breedon to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Letts, appointed Adjutant.
4th Foot—Ensign Oswald Robert Middleton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Grinlinton, who retires.
Bth Foot—Ensign James Seeger Wheeley to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Longfield, promoted.
18th Foot—The promotion of Major Alex. Neil Campbell,
to, be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, as stated in
the Gazette of April 13, 1858, to be antedated to March
9, 1858, the antedate not to carry back pay.
19th Foot—Lieut. George Hewetson Reynolds, from the
Prince of Wales's Own Donegal Militia, to be Ensign,
without purchase.
23d Foot—Brevet-Major Charles S. S. Evans Gordon,
from the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Geddes, who ex-
changes; Paymaster John Argon has been removed from
the service, her Majesty having no further occasion for
his services.
1.858, as
24th Foot—The promotion of Captain John Henry Lut-
man to a. majority without purchase, to bear date 17th
April, 1858, instead of 27th May, previously
stated.
25th Foot—Ensign John Stubbs to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; Lieut. Thomas Winter Sheppard to be
Adjutant, vice Hallowes, promoted in the 18th Foot.
45th Foot—Ensign Arthur G. Smith to be Lieutenant,
without purchase; Lieut. Richard Blair to be Adjutant,
vice Barnes, promoted in the 14th Foot.
52d Foot—Captain William Corbett to be Major, without
purchase, vice Vigors, who retires upon full pay; Lieut.
Walter James Stopford to be Captain, without purchase,

vice Corbett.
60th Foot—Lieut. John Charles Marlette, from the 2d
Royal Lanark Militia, to bo Ensign, without purchase,
vice Campbell, promoted.
72d Foot--Sergeant-Major Thompson to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Bamfield, promoted in the 11th Foot.
76th Foot—Captain John Geddes, from the 23d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Brevet-Major Gordon, who exchanges.
91st Foot—Lieutenant Henry William Gregg to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased; Ensign Chas.
Holloway to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice

rgg.
95th Foot—Ensign Edward W. Bennett has been permitted

--ic;leSign his Commission.
98th Foot—Ensign George Thomas West to be Lieutenant,

—without purchtise.
99th Foot—Capt. Lewis Xavier Leslie from half-pay 14th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Grime, retired upon full-pay;
Lieut. Joseph Dinham Molson to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Leslie, who retires.
3d West India Regiment—Sergeant John Croly, from the
14th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Mahon, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign William Biddulph Pin-
chard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gorman,
promoted in the 14th Foot.
Major Abraham Collis Anderson, upon half-pay
STAFF.
Unat-
tached. to be Fort Major, Edinburgh Castle, vice Brevet
Major William Spring, who has retired upon full pay.
BREVET.
Lieut.-Col. Charles Herbert, C.B , 75th Foot, having
completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854 ; Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Joshua Allen
Vigors, retired, full-pay 52d Foot, to be
Ca Colonel inewis the
Army, the rank being honorary. only ; Captain L
Xavier Leslie, 99th Foot, to be Major in the Army.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Bart.
County of Dorset—Sir Molyneux Hyde Na ,
pean,
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Francis Bissett Hawkins, Esq.,
M.D.; to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Henry Churchill Gould,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Symonds, resigned; David
Alexander Forbes, Gent., to be Ensig,n, to complete the
establishment.
3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Courtenay
Forbes Te7y, Gent., to be Ensign.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Lieutenant
Roger Forrest to be Captain, vice Amiel, resigned
Royal Wiltshire Militia—Henry John Apse,Ph Esq.,
Her-
to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Baker, resigned e
bert Brooke, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wemys.s, promoted.
ed• E • Royal Montgomery Rifles—Lieutenant Richard Tan-
field 'Vatchell to be Captain, vice Jones, re ,Ensign
James Duncan Thomson to be Lieutenant, vice Vatchell,
promoted. •
fles—Lloyd Price to be Lieu-
isenawsloante,
Royal Carmarthenshiro Rues--
tenant, tenant, vice J. Thirlwall, resigned.
Artillery—Second Lieutenant
vip John
Hampshire Militia Artille
Annesley Brownrigg to be First Lieutenant,
resigned.
withß. Murchison
therank
Lieutenant 58t 58triRlietigia—meAndti,tittogsnetrvKe
of Cap-
tain, from the Ist August, 1858.
MEmonAxnum.—Shropshire Militia—Her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the
Commission-held by Ensign Coyne.

BANKRUPTS.
Leeds,
fiel
Oct.d 2N6oavn.dlNaonvd.
Peter Foster, ship-balder, Sunderland, to surrender,
Oct. 22 at half-past eleven, and Dec. 2at twelve, at the
Newcastle. istrict Court.
nireed:camasetlisn'etrig9;crilt, Court.
29,at
Mattheweleven,atte
thes,
22,j.g
aaemtoreeglseevpileackftin'?st:ihFuLc"tejeoduseeDr:sotnroceterCso,..urt.
hall-court, Poultry,
Oct. 27, at half-past twelve, and Nov: 29, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy
Charles Colls and John Lowe, bankers, St. Swithin's-
lane, Oct. 30 and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruPolin Brown, draper, Bradford, Oct. 22 and Nov. 25, at
g rCeocue 1;
Edenham, Lincolnshire,
t,
.
t
eleven,NoAnnv.2 matt
and
a rat the
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eaet
teGdsooD half-pastdias
et rr District
ten, at the Shire-hall, c,
Notting-
ham.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for-the weekending on Wednesday, the 13th day
of October,-1868 :

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .... ,
.£33,338,10,0 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 18,863,860,
Silver Bullion ....

£3.3,338,8G0

£33,338,8601
BANKING DEPARTIINNT.
Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu-
tal £14,553,000 Mies cincluding
Rest
Public Deposits (in- nutty) .......... £10,809,467
eluding Exdie- Other Securities .. 14,817,709
quer, Savings' Notes . . ........ 12,137,740
missioners of Na
Banks, Commis- Gold •and Silver
- tional Debt, and Coin
............
Dividend Ac-
counts) 5,356,897
Other Deposits 14,569,366
Seven Day _ and
other Bills ...

633,131

827,272

£38,393,047
Dated Oct. 14, 1858. 3111.
31

X 38,308,017
ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

•
- AVERAGE PRICE 'OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 12th day
of Oct., 1858 exclu.sive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per cwt.
. ,
From the British possess.ions JP, America • . 27s 4d
MuscoValo, the produce of the. Mauritius .. 26s ld
Muscotado, the pirodude of the East Indies.. 2'7s 7dl
Average price of the foregoing „ ,r , , 274 54