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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1858.

men and women who lived among them relying
upon their hospitality. Neither need the argument
of the sanctity of the Turkish flag have had any
weight with the crew of a British vessel of war.
That flag had failed to extend to their fellow-
Christians the protection upon which they had
relied, and might well have been utterly disre-
garded.
On the 20th Namik Pasha arrived with his
troops, and some semblance of order was restored.
Miss Eveillard and other rescued Europeans were
transferred on board the Cyclops. In spite of the
opposition at first:made by the Pasha the crew and
marines were afterwards landed with the British
and French colours, and, escorted by a body of
Turkish infantry, they were led to the newly made
grave, over which the funeral service was read, and
the English and French flags were rehoisted under
a salute of 21 guns. On the 24th the Cyclops
sailed for Suez, where she arrived on the 3d inst.,
bringing home 24 refugees. The number mur-
dered at Jeddah was 21, and at the present moment
not a Christian remains in the place.

The Hadramaut merchants are said to have been
the chief actors in the outbreak. This raises the
question whether commercial jealousy may not have
acted in the matter as concomitant with Mussul-
man bigotry ; but until fuller information be ob-
tained it is perhaps idle to speculate by whom or
how the outrage was instigated.

WASTE OF GOVERNMENT STORES.

(From the Times.)

People who do not assiduously attend the House of
Commons' debates lose a great deal of entertainment.
No mere words can portray the dramatic effects that are
there produced. Every night you may there see some
triumph of calumniated innocence. There are wicked
people in the House of Commons as elsewhere. There
are Captain Vivian, who has not hesitated to speak dis-
respectfully of the Army Storekeeper's Department,
and Colonel Boldero, who has been wanting in due
reverence for the Clothing Board. It must have been
pleasant to witness, on Monday evening last, the con-
dign punishment of these two irreverent men. General
Peel came down upon them, even before the offence was
quite perpetrated, and confounded them by three
pregnant sentences. There was a sonorous chorus of
"Hear, hears," amid which the culprits slunk into silence,
and the Weedon establishment was seen to come forth
from the trial spotless in integrity, approved in efficiency,
and perfect is its organization. Tnat was the general
idea conveyed by the scene.

But there is a Blue-book. It is a repulsive folio in
nearly 500 pages. It has neither index, epitome, nor
report. To the general reader the information contained
in it is as if it did not exist. It has all the appearance
of being the safest repository that could be found for
disagreeable facts. But in this age of busy idleness no-
thing is safe. There are people who find it part of their
duty to turn over the pages of this book, and their at-
tention soon becomes riveted to its contents. Two or
three years since we used to point from our pedestal of
superior virtue to the malpractices in the Russian and
Turkish service, and we used piously to thank Heaven
that we were not as other men are ; but with this Blue,
book before us we are obliged to confess that contract
frauds are not confined to Russia, and that even
corrruption is not a plant exclusively of Turkish
growth. We are even come to this—that it is
a matter of so much congratulation as to be
received with cheers in the House of Com-
mons that, not 170,000 pairs of boots, but
only 74,000 pairs, have been improperly sold out of the
public stores since the termination of the Crimean war.

As we tread this maze of disagreeable facts we pass
from surprise to astonishment, but before we get through
half its windings we almost become accustomed to an
atmosphere of corruption. At the threshold one feels a
little gentle indignation at finding that a contractor is
in permanent id-favour, and has his goods sent back as
imp,rfect, not on account of the imperfection of the
articles, but as a penalty for want of politeness in the
manufacturer, who had walked into one of the public
offices with his bat upca his head. But this is only the
insolence of office. As we get a little way into the
Weedon Blue-book we meet with much worse thing=.
There is a Mr. George Pays stuck fast in a Slough of
Despond. He has 500 sets if Accoutrements, which he
is bound to deliver, but which are always being rejected.
Sometimes they are stronger than the pattern, some-
times they have been crushed by the people appointed
to examine them ; but the result is always the same—
they are always sent back upon Mr. Pays's hands. The
general market for waistbelte, swordknots, pouchbelts,
and swivels is not very lively, and the contractor is iu
a deeponding stale of mind. But there is a good angel
at hand, ani his name is E. Downing. "You
will never get your goods passed in the way you
are going on," said the good angel. " Why not ? "
sad the Innocent contractor ; "they are equal to the
pattern." "That is nothing," said the angel; "the father
of Moore, one of the viewers, is employed at one of the
other contractors'." " I see," said the awakening ac-
coutrement maker ; "what am I to do ?" "Change your
system." "How ?" " You a man of business, and ask
how ! We poor viewers can't be expected to give a fair
view unless we have some compensation," The accoutre-
ment•maker did change his system. Two sovereigns
fell from his hand, and his feet were loosened from the
Slough of Despond. Every week the good Downing
and his mate, Mr. Garrattt, called to see him, and every
week he persevered in the practice of his new system.
Two hundred pounds were thus Expended, and the ma-
lignant influence of Moore was neutralized. Of course
we cannot expect Mr. Pays to say that the accoutrements
deteriorated in quality as the viewing became less for-
midable., but under the new system 9,000 of them were
passed with a profitable celerity. As we proceed into
other el ambers of this house of crime and punishment,
we hear the wailings of this Downing and also of this
Garrett, who, with other victims, are being tsr-
tured by that ardent Head Inquisitor, Mr.
Roebuck. They twist and writhe upon the rack, hut
they confess their crimes, and disclose enough to let us
guess the rest. We scarcely require to liste❑ to the tale
hew Mr. R. S. Garden was led to adopt the new system ;
how, whe❑ the viewers found that he was "not up to
the game," they called upon him, and said, "You cannot
get on without us ; we aro the men that inspect the
things;" or bow Mr. Garden did as Mr. Pays had done.
N'erther is it necessary to relate how, in acknowledg-
ment f their fees, these viewers were in the habit of
changing the good articles of those contractors who
would not pay for the bad articles of those who would.
All these abuses follow necessarily from "the system."
"Sa also if swords bend with a blow like iron hoops, if
crossbelts rot and shoes go to pieces, all this follows from
"the systerii." This "system" was condemned to he
hanged fuur years ago, but it is as lively and industrious
as ever. You have viewers taking bribes from some con -
tracters, and doing journey work for others, drawing a
wretched pittance of 15s. a week, and passing or rejecting
at their will goods to the value of thou-ands of pounds. It
is just the system of Russia, Turkey,and Gina; and they
wao origins e it or work it cannot be ignorant what the
cond t o is of such a seta ice are.

If corruption rules below, mania seems to revel above,.
"I am informed," said Mr. Shaw, "that when goods
are once packed for a certain destination, and are not
sent, they are not again taken into store, but are sold
as old stores." That Mr. Sbaw was rightly informed
was proved quite to his own satisfaction by bis buying
150 pairs of new heists with the Crown mark upon them,
all of which had been sold by auction as old stores. In
these inquiries hundreds rapidly swell to thousands ; a
system of this sort works in the rule of progression.
Apropos dc bottes, Mr. Moses Levi, a merchant, with a
civic establishment and au aristocratic West-end resi-
dence, is introduced. He is about to retire from busi-
ness, and, although at the commencement of his inter-
view with the committee he was not so plain spoken
as they wished, he left an impression that he is a
wealthy and a prudent man, who knows much of the
conduct of public affairs. Mr. Levi had bought "many
thousands" of these new boots at public auctions—
ho v many th msands he could not say. They were all
G orernment boots, that had been viewed and passed,
and paid for and taken into stock. During the last and
present years he had bought about 10,000 pairs. He
aa-e from 4s. 101. to Os. 3J., according to the bidding.
The Government, as we !earn from another witness, paid
1 le. 3d. for them. Mr. Levi son these boots again to
the contractors who were supplying the troops. For
aught that appears, they may have gone again into the
Tower sales, may hive passed again into the hands of
Mr. Levi, been again transferred by him into the hands
of the contractors, and, the bribes to the viewers having
been honourably discharged, they may have pasted once
again into stock and be now awaiting their third ap-
pearance on the table of the Government auctioneer.
This is a commercial curriculum highly advantageous to
every one engaged in it, except only to the public. How
Mr. Moses Levi could think of leaving such a business
as this it seems impossible to explain.
This is the innocent system which was so grossly
calumniated by Captain Vivian, and whose honour was
vindicated by General Peel amid the applause of the
House of Commons. There is, it seems, no absolute
proof in the Blue-book that 170,000 pairs of boots have
bean sold. The only distinct evidence as to numbers is
that " George Dalhousie Ramsay, Esquire," whose
official rank is not specifically set forth, tells Sir Charles
Napier (Q. 3,975) that "in the early part of this year
74,000 pairs of boots were sold ;" so that it is evident
that the Weedon establishment has been very ill-used,
The worst feature in all this quagmire of corruption and
,wanton waste is the .partial defence of General Peel
'and the apathy of the House of Commons. There was
a time when people mounted upon hustings and called
themselves Administrative Reformers, giving many
pledges as to what they would do in that line if placed
in Parliament. We never had much faith in that
defunct absurdity called the Financial Reform Associa-
tion, bat it seems that it•was not even of we as a scare-
crow. Even within reach of the echo of those noisy
people's speeches the viewers were busy screwing bribes
out of the contractors ; the contractors were teeing the
viewers ; the Government auctioneers were selling the
best new Government stores ; the Government store-
keepers were receiving them again into store; and the
prudent Jews wore waling the operation, oiling the
wheels, and pocketing a good- share of the profits. Of
course everybody is indignant. Mr. Roebuck is indig-
cant with the contractors who allowed the bribes to be
extorted from them. Mr. Isaac is indignant with a poor
creature named Tiffin, who is ruined and dismissed be-
cause he rejected some of Mr. Isaac's socks without
putting his hand into them. The War-office authorities
are most indignant with Mr. Bischoff because he will
not account to them for his evidence given to the House
of Commons ; but the drama ends in the usual way—all
the little rogues are crushed, and all the great folks go
off in triumphal care.

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LORD EGLINTON IN THE WEST.

The Earl of Eglinton has fixed Thursday, the 22d, for
the Galway banquet in commemoration of the despatch
of a second vessel from that port to solve the problem
of communication with America. On Friday, the 23d,
his Excellency will go down the noble bay in the Ame-
rican Empire steamer, and attend a grand ball the same
evening, to be given, together, with the dinner, by the
gentry of the town and country. On Saturday►, the 24th,
he will be the guest of Mr. Lynch, the father of the
High Sheriff, and return to Dublin in the evening.
Apartments for the Viceregal party have been already
taken at the Railway Hotel in Galway.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCIIIT.—WINCHESTER, July 14.
CROWN CouRT.--(Before Mr. Justice Channell.)
John Dominey and James Fagan, two respecta-
ble-looking men, carrying on the business of grocers
at Southampton, and also employed by the Ord-
nance-office, were indicted ,for a conspiracy to ex-
tort money from William Scott, by threatening
and accusing his son, Charles Scott, of a crime
punishable by transportation. Different counts
varied the indictment, charging them with a mis-
demeanour for compromising and compounding
felony, and for forbearing to prosecute.
Mr. Cole prosecuted ; and Mr. Cooke and Mr.
Yonge defended the prisoners.
The facts, as given in evidence, were these :
The boy, Charles Scott, about twelve years of
age, in the beginning of the year entered the de-
fendants' service as errand boy ; after he had been
there a few weeks, the defendants charged him
with stealing money. He bad been sent out
with some butter on the Bth of May, and was
paid for it, and put the money in his jacket
pocket. When he got back to the shop he took off
his jacket and put it aside, and forgot to take out
the money he had received to give it to the de-
fendants. He was asked for it, and he said it was
in his jacket pocket, and there it was found. They
then accused him of stealing the money, and of
stealing a sovereign and two shillings, which the
boy strenuously denied. He was shut upstairs in
a room and threatened, if he did not confess to
stealing the money, he should be sent over the
water, and never see his father any more.
Frightened, the boy said he had. Dominey then
went to the father, who works as a gardener for
General Dyce, and told him that his boy had stolen
money to the amount of 9/. 18s. 7d., and that
he, the father, had it. The father went with him
to Fagan's, and Fagan went upstairs, and told the
boy that if he did not confe,,s to his father that he
had stolen the money he should have the handcuffs
put on and be sent to the police station ; the boy
was then brought out on the landing, and asked by
one of the defendants, "Did you not take the
money and give it to your father 1" and the boy
said, " Yes." Fagan said to the father, who was
at the bottom of the stairs, " You hear what he
has said, you had better pay the money." Scott
said he had not got it ; but Fagan went to his
house, and Scott got a ten pound note and gave it
to Fagan, who gave him a receipt for it—" Re-
ceived from Mr. Scott the sum of 9/. 18s. 7d., being
the amount of money taken from our till by his
son, Charles Scott, and also for money received by
him and not accounted for, according to his own
confessioni. —JAMES FAGAN."

The boy deposed that he had never taken any
money, and that the confession that he had made
was extorted from him by threats of the defen-
dants ; and the father also swore that he never had
a penny from his son.
Mr. Cooke made a very lengthened address on
behalf of the defendants ; and Colonel Cameron,
Major Lacey, and other gentlemen of high stand-
ing, gave them an excellent character.
The prisoners were acquitted, the jury express-
ing their belief that neither Scott nor his son ever
had the money.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, JULY 14.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Baron Martin.)
THE HALIFAX MURDER.

William Blackburn Dawson was placed at the
bar, charged with the wilful murder of James Ed-
ward Jacobs, on the sth of May last, at Halifax.
Mr. Shaw and Mr. Mauls were for the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Price defended the prisoner.

Mr. Shaw said James Edwar4 Jacobs, the de-
ceased, was a workman in the employ of Mr.
Walker, printer and publisher of the _Halifax
Guardian. Prisoner was an apprentice in the
same office. lie was al ways a well-behaved young
man, steady and industrious. His habits were
considered by the workmen as very reserved, and
if there was amy one with whom he was more inti-
mate than another it was the deceased.

For the defence, Mr. Tucker, of aalifax, surgeon,
deposed that he had known the prisoner from his
yOuth. He laboured under certain delusions,
which he (witness) had sought to dispel. He had
feared that either insanity or suicide would be the
result.

After this evidence, the counsel for the prosecu-
tion did not press the case further, and the prisoner
was found Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity,
and ordered to be detained in safe custody.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 14.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Cornelius Marney, a ebs-
tenuonger, who has been in the habit of using

false weights and measures in his dealings with
people in the streets in the fruit line, was charged
before the Lord Mayor with having caused an ob-
struction in the narrow thoroughfare of Walbrook.
It was proved that the defendant had been in
custody before upon charges of obstructing the
traffic and passengers with his barrow ; that he paid
no attention to the directions of the police, al-
though about a week ago he had beeri complained
against for obstinacy in viLlating the law in the
way described - and that the officer had been obliged
to send his barrow to the greenyard because "it
was for ever in the way of coaches and carriages
and people."
The defendant, to the surprise of the persons in
cons'ant attendance at the justice room, said, "I
was never hero before, my lord, for anything, and
I was never in custody in my life."
Inspector Harding said—The man has not only
been in custody before, but he is one of those per-
sons who pursue a system by which the public, in
the belief that they are getting 'cheap fruit, are
daily plundered to a very great extent. He uses a
pair of scales which are apparently fdir enough, but
when he was taken into custody for the obstruction,
it was found that a piece of lead had been attached
to that intended for the fruit so as to give it a con.
siderable draught in his favour, while his weights
have been tampered with to an almost incredible
extent; thus his quarter of a pound weight, wtested, has been found to weigh two ounc€ll3l,
but the most extensive fraud is perpetrated
by means of his half-pound weight,
and three-quarters. whichln
only weighs on© ounce
fact, the imposition is so gross that it is astonishing
to tea the public purchasing of such fellows at
all. However, people continue to buy as freely as
if they always got the full weight.
The scales and weights were then produced and
examined by
The Lord
Mayor, who said, I remember having
had this man before me some time ago, and upon
false that occasion he had eweights and measures.
This is a most impudent and villanous imposition.
The weights are all bad enough, but this half-pound
weight has, I see, been
thin-
ness of a wafer,hollowed out to the
and filled up with a bit of cork. (A
laugh.)

Tire defendant—l didn't know there was anything
wrong about them, I am sure, and is for ehoving
my barrow the way, I never thought of such a
thing.

Vie Lord Mayor—l shall fine you, defendant,
for the obstruction the•sum of 2s. 6d., and as to
the weights and scales I shall send them to the
Inspector of Weights and Measures, who will know
what to do both with them and you. At the same
time I hope the police will look after the conduct
of those coster,nongers, for I am told that of those
who throng the city scarcely one gives honest
weight. The imposition daily increases.
Richard Field, the driver of a van belonging to
the Great Northern Company, was charged with
stealing some haddocks.

J. Thorogood, a policeman belonging to the com-
pany, deposed that about a quarter to five in the
morning, he saw the prisoner, who was delivering
some fish in Billingsgate-market, open a package,
and take out five haddocks, which he put into
a handkerchief, and 1 gave to a man named
Webb, alio in the employ of the Great
Northern Company, who in turn gave them to a
man named Riley. Subsequently the prisoner ac-
companied Riley to a public-house, and afterwards
Riley went to hislodgings in Sun-street, where the
haddocks were afterwards found. Witness had
been put on to watch the vans in consequence of
,he numerous robberies of a similar character that
had taken place.
Mr. Williams, superintendent of the Great
Northern Railway, said it was not the value cf. the
haddocks which led to the proceedings, but recently
so many petty pilferages had taken place from the
vans belonging to the company, that it had become
absolutely necessary to take steps to protect the
property which they were employed to deliver.
Watkins, a detective, deposed that ho found the
haddocks at Riley's lodgings, and that Riley said
he had given prisoner a pint of beer for them.
Afterwards witness took the prisoner into custody,
when he admitted the robbery, and said he was
very sorry for it.
The Lord Mayor inquired why Webb had not
been giveir into cfistudy as well as the prisoner
Mr. Williams said Webb had been for some time
in the employ of the company at 183. a-week, to
mind horses in Billingsgate-market, but he (Mr.
Williams) did nct think the evidence strong enough
to give him into custody upon. He was, however,

in court, and his lordship could judge for himself
in the matter.

The Lord Mayor directed Webb to be called,
which being done, he appeared in the witness-box,
and said he had been told by the prisoner .to give
the haddocks to Riley, and that was all be. knew
about it.

Lord Meyor—Did not you think it was wrong
for him to give the fish away ?
Witness—No ; I didn't think anything at all
about it.

Lord Mayor—Well, I think you ought to have
thought about it, for it is a very impudent robbery.
The prisoner was sent to hard labour fur one
month.

MARYLEBONE.—WiIIiam Varley, a young
man described as a merchant, residing at No. 73,
Camden-road-villas, was charged with the follow-
ing indecent and extraordinary conduct :
Mr. Keene attended for the prisoner.
Mrs. Jane Mayers, 25, Grange-road, Camden-
town, deposed that on Thursday last the prisoner
came to her furnished front parlour, which was to
be let. After some conversation he went away,
and, on his return the same day, he brought with
him a bag containing a quantity of ladies' apparel.
He agreed to take the apartments, and when told
that it was usual to give a reference or pay a week
in advance, he said, " I've brought my things, and
that's a deposit. lam leaving my home for the
present on account of the place being fresh painted,
and I can't bear the smell of it." Complainant
asked him if he intended to sleep at her house that
night, to which he replied, "No ; I am going to
sleep with a friend." He put his things in a drawer,
and then left. On the next dey he came back, and
she saw him sitting in an arm chair by the window,
dressed in female clothes. He quitted in his
ordinary male attire. He was also at the house cn
Saturday, and also on the previous day (Tuesday),
when he came in at 10 in the morning, and having
put on a lady's dress, with a wreath of roses round
his head, he behaved in a manner too disgusting
and offensive to particularly describe. She watched
him upon many occasions, between 10 and 5, and
saw him standing near the window, and observed
that ho was behaving most indecently. He left,
and returned at 10 at night, when he pulled off his
trousers and put ou a pair of lady's drawers and a
white crinoline petticoat.
By Mr. Keene—l should not have taken notice
merely of his putting on female clothes, if he had
not been in such a disgusting situation when I saw
him. I thought he might have been in the
theatrical line. It was through a crevice in the
back parlour I watched him. I have not spoken
at all to the prisoner in reference to his behaviour.
Thomas Winkworth, a lodger, stated that. on the
previous night, when he returned home, he was
told by complainant what had occurred, and while
she was talking to him prisoner came in. Witness
advised her to go to the station, which she did,
and brought back with her, after some tiract, a con-
stable ; but previous thereto he (witness) went out,
and saw the prisoner act as described before the
window. He had on drawers and a crinoline, and
wore a wreath of roses, and several people in the
street were looking at him. When complainant
and the officer returned, which was between 10 and
11 o'clock, the prisoner had- on his own proper
apparel.

By Mr. Keene—The blind was up to two feet
from the bottom of the window. There was a
crochet curtain below it, but the work was so open
that I could see plainly what I have described.
There was a lighted candle on the table, between
which and the window the prisoner stood.
Mr. B:oughton—Amongst those who must have
seen him were there any females?
Witness—Yes, sir ; but they turned away as
soon as they could.
Complainant, in reply to Mr. Keene, said the
long blind was down to within a short distance of
the crochet curtains.

Mrs. Mary Wilson (another lodger) said that at
about ten on the previous morning she was told
that the prisoner was attired in female apparel.
At twelve o'clock she went out and saw several
boys and girls look in at the window, and from
what one of the girls, about nine years old, told
her, she (witness) went out, and on going past the
window she saw prisoner act as described. The
crochet curtain was partly aside, but when pri-
soner noticed her he pulled it to.
By Mr. Keene—l cannot say whether it was any-
thing like a theatrical dress or not. It seemed to
me to be such as dancers wear. I had seen his in-
decent conduct altogether ten or twelve times. I
made the opening or crevice, whatever it may be
called, myself.
Edwards, 100 S, said that he went to the house
about half-past 11, and took the prisoner into cus-
tody just as he was coming out. He was told what
he was charged with, and be stated that he was
going to perform at a theatre. After the prisoner
was locked up witness went back to the premises,
1
when the complainant showed him a quantity of
female apparel.
Sergeant Westlake, 2 S, handed to the magistrate
a long list of the articles found in the apartment ;
they consisted of drawers, chemises, silk and mus-
lin dresses, slippers, silk stockings, ttc.
Mr. Keene, in answer to the charge, said that
his client and other young men were getting up a
private theatrical performance, to take place in the
neighbourhood, and that whatever he (prisoner)
might nave done in his own room, he had no idea
that any one was looking at him, or that they
could really see him. His blin'd was down
nearly to the curtain itself, and he imagined
that ho was perfectly private in his own
place. He (Mr. Keene), with much emphasis,
denied that his client bad wilfully exposed
himself, and expressed his astonishment that two
married women, with any pretence to respectability,
should have the effrontery to come forward and
unblushingly avow that they had kept watch as they
did for ECI long a period, and witnessed suspicious
conduct, as alleged by them, without taking early
steps to put a stop to it.
Mr. Broughton said it was a most extraordinary,
case, and he considered that an unjustifiable attack
had been made upon the two females. He was of
Opinion that the case came within the meaning of
the Vagrant Act for such offences ; and added that
the witnesses would leave the court without any
disgrace attaching to their character.
The prisoner was remanded on bail to the amount
of 1001. for his re-appearance on Wednesday next.

PARLI.42dENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--JuLy 12.
OATHS BILL.

Moved, to agree to Reason 4 ; objected to ; and an amend-
ment moved, to leave out from " Because" to the end of
the reason, and insert " without imputing any disloyalty
or disaffection to her Majesty's subjects of the Jewish per-
suasion, the Lords consider that the denial and rejection
of that Saviour in whose name each House of Parliament
daily offers up its collective prayers for the Divine blessing
on its councils, constitutes a moral unfitness to take part
in the legislation of a professedly Christian community"_
(The Earl of Derby) ; objected to ; and, on Question,
Whether to agree to the said reason as amended Con.
tents, 50; Non-contents, 42.
CONTENTS.

Chelmsford, Lord Leven and Melville, Brodrick, Lord (Vis.
(Lord Chancellor) Earl Middleton)
Manchester, Duke Malmesbury, Earl Churchill, Lord
Bath, M. (teller) Pomfret, Earl . Colchester, Lord
Exeter, Marquis Powis, Earl Crofton, Lord
Salisbury, Marquis Romney, Earl De Ros, Lord
Amherst, Earl Shrewsbury, Earl Dynevor, Lord
Bathurst, Earl Stradbroke, Earl Downes, Lord
Beauchamp, Earl Vernlam, Earl Lovel and Holland,
Cadogan, Earl Clancarty, Vis. (Earl Lord (Earl Egmont)
Carnarvon, EArl Clancarty) Ravensworth, Lord
Chesterfield,-Earl Comp ermere, Vis. Redesdale, Lord
De la Warr, Earl De Vesci, Vis. (taller)
Derby, Earl Dungannon, Vis. Southampton, Lord
Graham, Earl Hardinge, Vis. Stewart, Lord (Earl
Hardwicke, Earl Melville, Vis. of Galloway)
Harrington, Earl Chichester, Bishop Wynford, Lord
Laneiborough, Earl Lichfield, Bishop, Ripon, .Bishop
Lucan, Earl Calthorpc, Lord