The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-18 00:00:00

SPEECH OF VINCEST PYKE, ESQ., LATE
MEMBER OF THE VICTORIA LEGISLA-
TION, AT TAUNTON.

VINCENT PYRE, Esq., was received very warmly.
He said he was not present to interfere in the
slightest degree with English politics. He should
not dictate to the people what should be their
franchise, or how they should use it. He ;was
present to give them a plain statement as to the
practical working of the ballot in the Australian
colonies. He was there to speak of that working
because it was not patent to all. (Hear.) He
must say that it appeared to him rather remark-
able that the English public bad not arrived at a
political position to appreciate between open
voting and ballot voting, and to see the efficiency
of the latter principle. Hence, he found many
good and wise men—men of superior intellect and
discernment—viewing the ballot as through a fog,
and beholding in it an imaginary monster. (Laugh-
ter, and hear.) Let him ask them to view the
question calmly and consistently. It was nothing
for them to say that the ballet or any other plan
of reform had been introduced and advocated by
men whose characters they disapproved. The
richest gold in Australia was often grasped by the
rudest hands, but it did not lose any of its virtue
and was not the less precious on that account.
(Hear.) Therefore, if there was any virtue in the
ballot—if they found any power in it that protected
them in voting, he trusted they would accept it for
its intrinsic merit. (Applause.) In judging the
ballot, they must not judge it per se by its effects
in some other countries. In France, for instance,
the ballot had lost its virtue, and exhibited little
more than a fdrgone conclusion ; whilst in America,
although the system was working well, there was
a great laxity in those salutary and necessary
checks which ought to accompany it, and the
absence of which opened the door to chicanery and
bribery. Those, however, were local evils ; they did
not belong to the principle. Most of them, doubt-
less, remembered the celebrated ballot-box dis-
closures in California, and perhaps they blamed the
ballot. Let them, however, ask themselves the
cause of the evil, and they would find it was the
want of a registration—one like the English—with-
out which there was no safety against the evils
spoken of. He did not wish to boast of Australia,
the country of his adoption ; still he felt a love for
it, and he could safely affirm from his own personal
knowledge that the ballot in Victoria was free from
the abuses that characterised it in other countries,
and that it had secured to the elector everything he
could desire, and had done away with bribery and
intimidation. He would, with their permission,
explain the mode in which the ballot operated in
Victoria. He must at the outset presume that
every year all persons entitled to vote saw that their
names had been duly enrolled on the register for
the district in which they resided. [Mr Pyke here
introduced a large diagram of the polling-place.]
Let them suppose, he proceeded to say, a contested
election to ho at hand, and that the polling day had
arrived. The elector is supposed to enter a room
framed off from the rest of the polling booth. He
passes up the more, and enters a door on the left,
and there finds himself iu another compartment, in
which is placed the ballot-box on the top of a table.
It is staring the elector full in the face, and is in
full view of the scrutineers and returning officer.
Behind the ballot box sits the returning officer and
poll clerk, and around are other gentlemen, termed
scrutineers. These aro agents of the candidates,
who each appoint one. Their duties are—lst, to
prevent unqualified and unregistered persons vot-
ing, and 2d, to record the number of votes polled.
For this purpose each is provided with a certified
copy of the electoral roll. When the elector enters
the room he goes up to this table, and the returning
officer demands his name. "John Brown," says he.
If there is more than one John Brown, he adds his
residence and profession. Each scrutineer re:firs to
the roll and find John Brown's name, and against
it the number 1832, that being the order in which
he stands on the list. A tick or mark is then placed
against his name to indicate that he has voted.
Then the returning officer, having first ascertained
that John Brown is the person whom he represents
himself to be, and that he possesses the same quali-
fication as when registered, hands him the ballot
paper. This paper, a fac sinetle of which I hold in
my hand, contains on the face the names in full of
all the candidates. On the lower right-hand corner
of the back is the returning officer's signature, and
on the upper right hand corner is a blank " No. —"
which is filled in with the elector's number " 1832."
Then John Brown goes into a screened recess or
niche, of which there are several in the room, pro-
vided with pen, ink, and blotting-paper, and strikes
out the names of the candidates to whom he ob-
jects. He then folds the ballot paper so as to con-
ceal the nature of his vote, exhibiting the returning
officer's signature to the gentlemen around the
table, and finally deposits it into the cleft of the
ballot box. The meeting would see by the Victoria
system of voting that, whilst it was a secret mode
of voting to the elector, it was &se eufficently
public to prevent any deception, and acted as a
check against the evils apparent in the open mode
of voting. (Hear, hear.) Whilst the American
system of vote by ballot allowed each candidate to
provide his own tickets to the electors, whether
Whig, Democratic, and so on, the Australian
system did not allow any candidate to issue a single
voting paper. They were all issued by the govern-
ment and countersigned by the returning officer.
The American system allowed the possibility of the
returning officer acting wrong, but the Australian
system had a complete check against anything
of the sort. In Victoria the voting papers wore
counted out to the returning officer as carefully as
if, they were bank notes, and that officer had to
make a return to the Government in the presence
of the scrutineers, none of whom could know how
the elector voted, for they so acted and reacted
upon each other that nothing like fraud could occur
without collusion with every man in the room. In
case an elector could not read, there was a pro-
vision made is the act that the returning officer
should be allowed to go into the room with him
and strike out the names he did not wish to vote
for. But that allowance would work itself out,
because the law enacted that any man who could
not road or write after a certain period should not
be allowed the exercise of the elective franchise.
But he might observe that at present the returning
officer was sworn to secrecy as to how uneducated
electors voted. (Hear, hear.) At the close of the
poll the the returning officer, in the presence of
the scrutineer, added up the numbers of names ;
the ballot papers were taken out of the box, placed
upon the table, and counted out to ascertain the
exact •number, so as to see whether they tallied
with the number of electors that had polled. That
process having been duly performed, the returning
officer declared the number polled—so many for
ginith, so many for Robinson, &c., each officer re-
cording the number of votes for each candidate.
The result of the poll was then recorded, and the
ballot papers were sealed up and placed in three
separate parcels, which were labelled
papers used," " ballot papers not used," and
" ballot papers not issued." They were then
sent off in charge of a proper officer to the
Clerk of the Parliament at Victoria in case
there should be any question raised as to any
particular return. He did not know whether he
had made himself sufficiently understood. If not,
he should feel happy to answer any individuals any
question they might think fit to put to him. (Ap-
plause.) He felt that the meeting would agree with
him when he said that it was someting congratula-
tory to the inhabitants of the Antipodes to have
been the first to succeed in introducing the best
and most perfect mode of voting that had as yet
been framed. (Applause.) The ballot was a distinct
act from the original constitution of Australia, and
English statesmen had had no voice whatever in its
framing. The colony of Victoria had no one to
thank for the ballot but his friend Mr. Nicholson,
Mr. Medly, and a few colleagues. (Applause.) They
might naturally ask how it had workeda
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awras
)
prepared to answer that question. (
He had only recently left the colony, and
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he hesi-
tated not to assert that its success was entire and
_
thorough. (Applause.) It not only far exceede
id
o but
the expectations of its warmestt shua been found to
Pcf
had also, from the capital way i
. work, won over many o f those
opposed it. Ap
doubt
had no doubt
-
honestly and conscientiously
' plause.) The ballot ought not to be looked upon
with party spirit. It
was like a two-edged sword,
that cut both ways, for it not only protected the
poor man against the undue influence of those
above him, but it also protected the rich and inde.
pendent electorsagainst the fury of the mob ; and
perhaps at elections they had sometimes specimens
of what that was. (Laughter.) He wished to state
that, because some people looked upon the ballot
as a democratic measure. At the last Melbourne
election the ballot had actually proved itself a truly
Conservative measure and a great friend. The
ministerial candidates were pursued everywhere by
the populace : they were not allowed to address
meetings ; and had open voting prevailed this
would no doubt have prevented the return of
the members of the Ministry. They, however,
voted by ballot, which allowed every one to
record his vote without molestation or intimida-
tion ; and the result was, that ministers had a de-
cided majority. How was that ? Because the elec-
tors were sheltered from popular clamour and out-
rage, and allowed to vote quietly. (Applause.) He
might also add, that notwithstanding the force and
the inflammatory character of popular feeling, not
one single instance of disorderly conduct occurred
during the polling day. He thought that being
allovied to vote peacefully and quietly was not
one of the least important features in vote by ballot.
(Hear.) That must be most gratifying to all lovers

of order, however much it might " disappojnt the
Rowdies." (Applause.) So quiet was the election
hifmune on
funeral
l,e
conducted in this district, that one Irishman said
to a
polling day, " Ob, sir, this is as dull
as
—(laughter)—the people all look as
if they were going to church, instead of the • .11.
There is no fun at all. (Renewed laughter.) :. t
he would leave it to the meeting to say what sort
of fun the man meant. In Australia now the poll-
: tical duties of the citizens were discharged in a calm
thoughtful way ; and no one would imagine that a
closely-contested election was_ going. on. At the
outset it was true that many of the colonists urged
that the reasons brought forward in England for
the ballot were not applicable to Victoria, because
of the differences that existed between the electo-
ral law in the two countries ; and they maintained
that it was not required. He must confess that at
first he was of that view, but when he thought of
the large class of people that required proteotiou,
and when he thought of the outrages that had been
perpetrated in Melbourne, he felt convinced that
the ballot would be a boon to all. {Applause) He
remembered being taken quite by surprise when
Mr. Nicholson said to him, " Mr. Pyke, lam
going to put a notice in the paper for the introduo-
tion of the ballot." He had heard that the old mem-
bers were divided, and Mr. Nicholson saidle was
certain of carrying it if the "diggers" were in favour
of it. He (Mr. P.) replied that the " diggers" would
carry it ; and he was the first member to present a
petition in its favour, as the representative of Old
Forest Creek, from the " diggers." The sequel
was, that the ballot was carried, and the Ministers
resigned. Mr. Nicholson was sent for to form a
Ministry ; but, having found that many who voted
for it did so considering it an open question, he de-
clined the honour. The Ministers therefore re-
turned to office ; but they would have nothing to
do, with the ballot, and the whole onus of carrying
it out was thrown upon the ballot members. Mr.
Nicholson at once set to work, framed the ballot
clauses, and the work was successfully carried out.
(Applause.) Shortly afterwards came the general
election, and amidst the credulity of friends and
the sneers of opponents the success of the ballot was
admitted as decisive, and the press raised its voice
in its favour. (Applause.) He believed that
almost every newSpaper in the colony spoke in its
praise. He would with their permission read the
opinion of the Melbourne Herald, dated Sept. 11,
1856 :—" At the date of our last aummazy, the
Upper House elections were pending, and the
utmost public interest was excited as to the result.
The polling for the Central Province (Melbourne
and suburban districts) came off on the 26th ult.,
when the ballot was tested for the first time in the
colony, and operated in a manner which not only
satisfied the expectations of its most sanguine advo-
cates, but actually won over as converts some of
those who were previously its most determined op-
ponents, both in and out of the Legislature." (Ap-
plause.) The next extract he would read to them
was from the Melbourne Argus, and bad reference
to the Kildare election. It was as follows :—" The
polling for the two representatives to serve this
dish ict in the legislative assembly took place yester-
day, and passed off with the most exemplary good
order and quiet ; indeed, with the exception of all
the dead walls in the neighbourhood being covered
with placards in all the colours of the rainbow, a
stranger in the district, accustomed to election
scenes in the old country, would have exhibited
some amount of incredulity on being told that an
active election contest was proceeding. Not a single
complaint against the working of the ballot, or of
any under hand or unfair practices reached our ear
during our visitsto the polling places. The excitement
which prevailed during the day was anything but
active, so far as we could observe by the collections
of persons about the booths ; but at the close of
the poll considerable interest was manifested in the
result." He (Mr. P.) might also add, that the re-
turning officer for the Kildare district was an op-
ponent of the ballot, yet that gentleman after the
close of the poll, on behalf of himself and his assis-
tant officer, bore willing testimony to its favourable
working. The Herald of Sept. 27 also said :—"To
the silent operation, the ballot must undoubtedly
be attributed, in a great measure, the freedom from
disturbance and popular turmoil which has charac-
terised the election proceedings. Viewed in its so-
cial aspect, secret voting may be considered to have
proved itself as successful as it certainly has in its
political effect. With only very few exceptions,
the demoralising intrigues which are often put in
operation at elections have failed to produce those
results which in other times, and under a different
Order of things, would have followed. Even in
those instances where indirect influence was re-
sorted to, the efficacy of the ballot was proved by
the notoriety which suchpractices at once acquired."
At the South Melbourne election, the following
were the words of the returning officer, on declaring
the poll :—" I hops one day all will be in favour of
the ballot, for the ballot never will be overturned.
(Che:rs.) The report of its successful operation here
will go home and strengthen the hands of the'popu-
lar party in England, who are working towards the
same end." He thought it was quite unnecessary
to continue those extracts. Since his arrival in
Taunton he had been asked about a statement that
had appeared in the Times, and which was professed
to have been copied from the Adelaide Despatch.
He had never heard of the paper in question till he
saw it quoted in the Times, and for his part he
thought it was a kind of myth. He knew Adelaide
well, but he certainly must say he did not know
the Adelaide Despatch, and he never heard of a
colonist that knew of such a paper, till the
Times discovered it among some old papers.
(Laughter.) There was another subject in con-
nection with the Times. That paper said some
time since, in commenting on the ballot in the pro-
posed Reform Bill, and which he hoped they
might get—(laughter)—the Times said, "As for
the ballot, with its concomitants of political jug-
glery, it has lowered the character of every com-
munity into which it has been introduced," He
distinctly denied that assertion, and in proof of
which he could point to his adopted country. The
Times was—what should he call it—the great cha-
meleon of the day—proverbial for its fickleness and
recklessness of assertion. It had long since failed to
lead, and now it only followed in the wake of pub-
lic opinion. It was like the weathercock, indicative
of the wind. (Laughter.) Let the voice of the people
' of England be once raised in favour of the ballot,
and the Times would then discover that it was a
good measure. The charge brought forward by the
/times against the ballot was a very grave one,—i
" The ballot has lowered the character of every com-
munity in which it has bean adopted." That was a
grave charge, or would be if it could be substantiated.
With regard to the term "political jugglery," he wait
at a loss to know what that implied, if it implied
anything at all. He considered that the
charge of jugglery could be retorted upon those
who gave the people the shadow of the franchise
and withheld from them the substance. (Applause.)
With regard to the ballot in Belgium and America,
he considered that these countries must vindicate
its operation themselves ; but for the country to
which he bad. the honour to belong he was proud
to say that the operation of the ballot had rendered
brute force of no effect—it had destroyed bribery,
corruption, and intimidation, and had obliterated
those disgraceful scenes recorded in the blue-books
of a Parliamentary Committee. (Applause.) He
had, he must confess, spoken warmly en behalf of
his adopted country, but upon the aspersions
that bad been cast upon it by the Times he felt
bound to speak his mind. (Applause.) Although
a colonist, he could not forget he was an English-
man—(applause)—yes, an English citizen. He
knew from experience that when a colonist beheld
the brave and time-honoured banner of Old Eng-
land &Wine bravely over the southern colonies,
his heart warmed towards it and the land.that gave
him birth. (Applause.) Whatever her enemies
might say to the contrary, he could fearlessly assert
that the colony of Victoria contained as loyal, as
trustworthy, and as warm hearts as any portion of
musther
bs Majesty's
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broadcast the seeds of animosity, distrust, and, he
was going to add, rebellion between the parent and
the child—between the mother country and ker
colonies ? (Great applause.) He thanked the
meeting sincerely for the kind attention it had paid
him. For his own part he could assure them that
it afforded him the sincerest pleasure to address a
Taunton audience—which pleasure was enhanced,
if possible, by the fact of his being a native of
Somersetshire. (Loud cheers.)
W. E. GILLETT, Esq.—May I be allowed to ask
what time elapses between the deposit of the ballot
papers and the sealing them up by the returning
officer.

Mr. PYRE—The box is placed upon the table,
and at 4 o'clock the ballot is dosed. The papers
are immediately taken, and not a man is allowed to
leave the room until the papers have been added up
by the returning officer and the other officials, and
sent off to the clerk of the Parliament by a compe-
tent officer.

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colonel said that the revenues of India
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• 1 in 1809-10 SNARE MARKETS-(This Day), LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& I
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RAILWAYS. 1 •
aler.i Pala RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business
Companies. this day this day
Bengal revenue had inereased to 13,700,000?., and ; -------
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Bombay 2,380,0001., together about 191 millions. •
elan 'Paid, neseweT,, C10&121 Pries. Business done --I- ----- --
yesterday, this day. St. 100 Buckgharnsh. Ln.&N.ne, 98 - 100
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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. The exports during the last thirty years, were
.St. 100 anydesebaeJc.reledca .a 100 -- 112 ,
182'22 per cent, and the imports bad increased ' ---I
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227 and a fraction per cent. The gallant colonel gave, . 12a 10 Arabg. Nottne. Bost.
Bt. 100 E.len. g. 6 pa. 138 - 140
DERBY RACES Day.) at great length, a statistical statement of the taxation I ' dr Eastn. June.... 5i -6 5a 25 all Col.Stour Vy. EGt.U.N.oatrtEh.ar 13 -15
of India, and the condition of the inhabitants, • 50 all Belfast & Ballymen, 8a - 8 5 all E. Un, H. Sh. E. Count. 4 -- 41
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to show that the government of the East India Com• 13 all Birmng. Wolverh, 6 St. 100 oho. Barr. & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct. a. ...... s.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) pany bad been advantageous to the natives. He referred
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to the growth of cotton in India, and sketched the his-25 ' all ,Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn e. _
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Florence - 1 0i - 9i
25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do
**" in the course of which he referred to figures to show
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Marauder - ...... - 2 that the delay was considerably greater with the Board
425 (iss. at £45).... ..- - ...
of Control than the Court of Directors. The Court of St. 12-a; all LonalsGreenw .Eastern. 124 -13 A 13
Twelve ran. 1100 Bristol & E t 95 - 96 , 98
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Directors sent out last year 1621 despatches, 140 of St.lloo aledonian. 96a - 971.96 5/ 7i 7i 1 20 ;
• all Do. Preference Do . 21 - 28
SCARSDALE STASES. St. 100 Lou. Tit., &S. Peto &Co. 97 - 99
1 which only were altered by the Board of Control, and in ; St. ;100 ester & Holyhead 37 --- 39 3+3 12i, all Do. 1 Shares. Do - ...
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many cases they were merely verbal corrections, ;50 - ...
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Madame Moet - 5
St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland... 98 - 10
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Nine ran. and important matters connected with the govern. 10 i all LuD A
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meat of India. He next contrasted this bill ; all Do. B ••• - •••
lIIIRDLE RACE. with Fox's bill. In the latter seven members were to 50 all
25 all bli drßelfastJune ... - ...d
50 ; all NairEst.s p.c. Do 56 - 58
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1 be appointed, their names being inserted in the bill, who , 50 : all Do.; 6 per et.. Do .., -
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Chester . 1 St. 100 Ease' Anglian , 18A - 191,
'DIIII Pn. &Aber.Juncs:, 8 - 9
2 were to be assisted by eight directors elected by . St.
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Lady Hercules2s ;' all Prest. &Wyre L. &le .W.
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the proprietors. (Hear, hear.) They were made St.lloo EasiternUnion,A.stk. 49 - Si 501
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MIDLAND STEEPLECHASE. sure compared with the bill of her Majesty's present 25 8i Do, New A ... 009 - 0,0 e t.N
St. 100 RoystnntHit. orthn 138 - 140
Old Dog Tray -- 1 Government. He entered into a fall defence of the 25 all East Kent ............ •
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all 'BDlrY.:ix.eGd.ssHPpee.er. :Loßrasse
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2 Court of Directors, and urged the advantage of the pre- 94 - 95
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Ten ran. St.IIOO ;Edinlyargh&Glasgow 6Si -69 i 69
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SIB JAMES OUTRAM'S VICTORY.
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et. 1100 ,Edinb.Prth.&Dunder 2.9 -3) 291 i
Nothing doing at Tattersall's this evening. a. . 0 ; all 'Forth and ClydeJunc. ... - ...
fee CAMP ALUMBAGH, DEC. 23. St. 1100 !Furness
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St. 100 Bris.&Exal p. c. St. 90 - 95
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The expedition of the 221 December was well designed St. 100' !Glasgow* S. Western 94 -96
by General Outram, and admirably executed by the troops 10 all Groatl N. of Scotland 91 - 101 20 7 o. 4 per c. Shares.. ... -
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St. 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 102 - 101 104
under his command. He had received information that St. 1001 ,Great Northern 107 - 103 107 i 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 se.
St. 100 'Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... -
0.
N the enemy were preparing to cut off our communications St. 100; 'Do., A. Stock - 931 94 3a
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The LORD Csaerceeeou took his seat at 5 o'clock. to form a hain of outposts between our camp and Bunnee, St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). 103 - 105 101
61 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 - 61
NEW PEER, about 14 miles from here towards Cawnpore, and place St. 1100 Great Western. ..., 62 - 62/ 621 1 i
St. 100 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. ..„ ___
The Earl of FIFE took the oaths and his seat as a guns in position. For this purpose they had collected St. 'lOO
St. 100 bo, do. Cls. B6a. c. 108 - 112
men and guns at a village about three miles from camp, in 12 all arish South-Eastern. ••• - •••
;Do. Str.V.R. gua. St 61 - 63
St. iOO Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 114
peer of the United Kingdom.
the direction of Dilkoosha, near Lucknow. Outram deter- 50 all ILancaster &Carlisle. 84 - 87 88 a
The Earl of HARD WICKE presented a petition from St. 00 Ea.s.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.llls - 120
, Thirls....
St. 00 Do. No. 2 ....... ..... 112 - 117
Manchester, praying for a change in the Government of 4 o'clock a.m. yesterday morning, with 1,100 infantry, 16i 15. Do..
New Thirds ~, 10 -12 p
India. some 100 or 150 cavalry, and six guns, to effect his object. St. 100 Laricash. &Yorkshire 954 - 96.1 96 4 St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 130 - 135
Earl DUCIE presented a petition from Woodchester, We neared their advanced picket just at daybreak. After 16 1 6 Do., do. F 216 - a d 20 all East Un. G. 6p. c. ... - ..•
in the county of Gloucester, praying for increased we had approached, under cover of a ruined and burnt 3 1 4 Do., Wet. Riding lan. ... - ...
5 all iDo. 5/. 1/0 per cent. ... ,„
...
facilities for the extension of the Christian religion in village, to within a few hundred yards of them, Outram 20 ; all Do, Southport ... - ... 10 all Do. 10. Debentr.Sh. - ...
St. all. Do. do. 4 per cent... ..„ „,
-
India, halted us, and sent on his scouts to see and report. The 14 all London & Blackwell 6A - 61 61 1
St. 100 East Lancash.6p.cts. ... - ,
THE INDIAN LOAN. sth were, as usual, in front, and did all the work, with St. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 107 - 109 108 a 7i
5 all EAW. York. J.sth.s ... - ...
Lord MONTEAGLE said that as a bill for raising a the artillery and
.eavalry. We (the sth) numbered 400 ; St.
20 100 London &N. Westere 102 - 102/ 102 A 11 24
10 9 Min.& Gl. sp. c. S'n. ... - ,„
part of the remainder formed a reserve, and the other part all Do. Fifths
St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 74 - 76
loan for Indian purposes was about to be introduced, butmet withlo all Do ,16/.Sh M&B C - ...
attacked at another point, wi no resistance. St. 100 Farness, sp. c ..... .. .. ....
...
he thought it would be desirable that oertain returns Well, the scouts passed round the corner of the village 121 5 Do:Eighths 4 - i d St. 100 Glas.& 5.W.G.5 p.c. ... --
connected with the expenditure of a number of the wall, and with a gesture of silence returned to Outram. St. 100 London & S.Weatern 99 - 100 991 19 1
Indian Presidencies for the last ten years sbouid be in- All was done in complete silence. Outram went on a 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 119 -- 121 ... - ..
eluded. little by himself, and beckoned us on, As soon as we 25 all Lndndrry. &Ennis St. 100 Do. sp. c, Redeem.
Ennis. . - ... at 10 p. c. preen.,,, 113 - 116
The returns were ordered. emerged out into the open plain we saw their cavalry St. 100 Manch.Shea&Lineln. 41 - 411 41a 1
St. 100 Do. 41 per cent ...... 105 - 107
10 } 11 Metropolitan - ...
Earl GREY presented a petition from Newcastle- videttes, who stared at oar staff for some seconds in
100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5
astonishment before they challenged us ; but as soon as the 10 ,' 1- D' o. J. L. Ricardo's -
upoa-Tyne praying that in any new arrangement in 1 P. C. prem. - C 6
I nof red-coats showed round the corner they fired arrangement
Indian affairs, no encouragement might be given to F' • 100 -100 s 1001 100 i 10 all Gt.N.ofSconlstPre. 101 -11
their carbines and gallopped off to the main body. When St. 100 Midland
•
idolatry, we were fairly in the open the enemy fired upon us from , St. 100 Do, Birming.&Derby 72 - 74 20 18 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) ... - •••
The Earl of CARNA.RVON rose to move for a return their tope, where they were encamped, and sent us a 1 50 all Midland 61.West.(Ir.) ••• - ... 20 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... - •••
of the establishment of militia regiments now embodied, round shot before we could deploy into line. Outram 25 all Do. 1 Shares ...nee ... - ... 50 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 54 - 6
St. 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 92 - 94
and their actual strength on the let Jan. The noble earl speedily gave the order to form line and advance. We 100 ' all Newcastle &Carlisle_ ... - ...
St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. C. 86 - 88 88
St 100 Do. 6p. C. red. prof. 99
said he found by a return lately printed by order of accordingly changed our position and formed into line- 25 all Newpt•Abergekalrfd. 13 - 14
St. 100 Do. fired, 4 per sent. 87 - 89 89 9
the House of Commons that 150,000/. was asked for the the ";thin red line" which has on so many occasions before 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ... - ...
- 101
upheld the honour of England and brought confusion to 20 , all anievrry, Warrenpoint
embed el militia. Estimating the cost at 30/. per man,B all Do, B'u•m. prof. She 10/ - 154
eißestrevor a. -- -.
that sum would only secure the services of 5,000 men, the enemy • and only giving the enemy time for one more
volley, we 'charged with a hearty British cheer, and carried St. 100 Norfolk 65 - 68 67 61 10 all so, ChesterBp.c.P.S. 16 - 17
Now considering that we were involved in a very serious
everything before us. It is such a splendid thing to wit- 50 , 31 Northn.Counties Un 34 - 34.' 10 all Do. do. sp, c, do._ 10 - 101
war, he thought that number would be totally insuffi- ness a charge of British bayonets. We captured their gun, St. 'lOO North British -54 a. 54 1 4 St. 100 Do. Birm, Gua, Stk. 74 - 76
cleat to meet the emergency. with the loss of one man killed and one wounded. On we St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 263 all Do. Chesh, Casa, Sh. 19 - 20
Lord PA.NMITRE said there coul Ibe no objection to went, skirmishing through the jungle on the right, and I Dock Stock ...... - ... 134 i all Do. do. do 9l -10
the returns asked for. In reply to the noble lord, he said having driven them out, of their camp, re-formed line and St. 100 Do., A Stock ......... ... - a. 20 al Do. do. do l4 - 15
the Government had fully considered the estimates, and advanced across a large plain. Just here the Volunteer St. 100 Do., B Stock . - St. 100 Lam& York. 6pc.St. 138 - 140
... ...
had in their opinion proposed a sufficient land force, Cavalry made a charge and drove the enemy still further St. 100 N. Beaten' - Berwick 981 - 994, 984 9 4 St. 100 Inn. &B. G. 5 pc.No. 1 ... - -
namely, 130,000/. for the present year. He had only on. We were on the point of charging a second gun, when 25 - all Do, do. Extension -
... St. 100 Do •,P a 5 p.c.St.No.2 ... - •••
taken a vote of 150,000?. for the embodied militia, a shower of grape came and disabled me. Beth my legs 25 164 Do do. G.N.E.Purch IA - 1 St. 100 Do. New Guar. ape:. ... - •••
because recruits were flocking in, and he was encouraged
were knocked from under me, just as if somebody had St. 10a Do. Leeds - 531 53 a St. 100 Do. do, sp. c , N 0.4 ..„ - „.•
m and given rue a severe rap with a thick stick I St 100 Do. York B3e - faW • • 841 St. 100 Lon 4 N W., *Cov. &
in the hope that the sum would secure the services of
feell,eof course, and at first feared that my legs 'had St. 100 North* London 95 -97 Nuneaton sr. et... ... - ...
14 all Lentlyait Color 6
10,000 men, which would be amply sufficient far the been smashed, or severely injured, so fancy my delight 10 31.1 N.&S.Watn Ham
p- p. St. 1.00 Lou, & S.W. 7 perct,
present year. He was happy to inform the house that and thee kfulness, after they were examined, to hear that I stead, and City 'ln ... - ... 1 late 3d Shares ... 160 - 165
recruiting was going on most favourably. (Hear, hear.) I had received no more hurt than a hard blow would be 20 1171 North Staffordshire 34 - 3 14a 1 1
1562t.i100a4114
Das 000...
dd4oo.i..pd3eior.pc.n.eenratee.....t..,
Sh. -.- -.
12e1 all Londye&Emas; a all. ... - . .
Since the Ist of January no less than 8,500 recruits calculated to give. The grape had struck the inside of the 20 ' all North Western.. • - -.
had entered the army, and during the last week calf of my left leg high up, without touching the bone, 10 ' all N. &S. Westin. June. 81 - •
91 St. 'lOO Ha S.,&L. 6p. dent. 121 - 123
the number of recruits that had enlisted amounted to and also of the right leg, merely producing a large lump It. 100 Oxford Worcester &
2,059. The state of affairs in India were now so favour. and bruise, which will, 1, hope, entirely leave me in a week Wolverhampton 321 - 231; 334
20 18 Poetsmouth 9 - 5 n 121; all Siarypt. a Carl. 4 p c ... - -
n.
able that in the opinion of eminent military authorities 'or so, and enable me further to participate in the punish- 1 ,
there would be no necessity for sending out further of those ruffians. When, therefore, you read of 10 10 ;Rhymney
went .
.. .0 6.0
.664 --
740 51
121
•
10a Do. do.
Ensign D- being slightly wounded in a '
smart skirmish, St. 10.) :Scottish Central ...... IG9 --- 11-1.
e,..4Corcements to India. But when the hot and ri in] St. 100 Seet. N.E.AbrdinSt, 271 - '2B 274 St. 1100 alid.Consol.6r.c. St. ... - •• which ended in the capture of four of th© enemy's guns,
season commenced there would be great mortality which St. 100 Do•Con.Br.Bir.6p.c. 137 - 139 1374
eleven tumbrils filled with ammunition packed for ser- St. ;100 Shropshire Union . . 49 - 51
would have to be met. It was not yet eetermiued St. ;100 Do. 41 p. c. Prof. St. 102 - 101 102 e 3
vice, elephants, camels, and bullock waggons, with the St.l 8 ISitingbourne &Sheer. 31 - 21
whether the troops that would in that event slight loss on our side of three killed and seven wounded, 50 11.00 ;South Devon.. ..... ... 37 - 39 St. 100 Do. L. &11. Pref, St. 93 - U 5
have to be sent month by month, that would of you will, I think, find little reason for regretting the issue St. 'lOO 'South Eastern 76 - 77 761 10 all NOW., Aber., &e., pr.
course depend on the emergency. To obviate the of our morning's business. I retired to a dhoolie and re- 10 all Do. 41 per c. Shares ... - ... sp. c. red. sle c. pm. ... -
danger to the troops travelling in the unhealthy season, mained with the reserve for the rest of the morning. St. 100 South Wales 834 - 84 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. 111 - 114
it was proposed that they should be sent to the island of While I was being carried away, I beard another cheer, 20 all ,S. Yorksh. River Dun 13 -15 - 10 all eiorf k. D 0b.4 p.c. Sli. ... - •• •
Ceylon, and there await orders to proceed, which they and knew we bad taken another gun. The enemy was 20 1.0 Do. 7 - 5 d St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - - a.
would do in perfect health. driven out of their village, which we left burning, -They 20 all Staines,Woirs,asWok. 9- 11 St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... ...
Tae Earl of HARDWICKE thought it the duty of sent supports from their right ; but as our object was 25 all Stockton, & 10arling.e 38 -39 334 St. Do.Wv.V.sp. •.,1847 ... - ...
simply to drive them from this position on their left, and 25 ,17 I Do. ne., 19-1 ! ... - ... St.. alaa North Brit:9ti .138 - 110
the Government to le prepare fur i.: - - - ' •
'i c'n ''" L. take their guns, and not to 1..44...-.1 a, b eu.r..l engagement ?,5 o I Do. do., 18as - ...
having at home a sufficient number of trained men for with an enemy overpowering in point of numbers, and as ... t 6 ',Stockton -
& Hartlepl. .:: - ...
wgetiaath`ni.)
2323050 :
3:
St, 100 N. E. Beres, 4 p.c.Prf. 98 - 100
•••
any contingency. that object was, by God's help, effected, we quietly re- St. 1.00 'Taff' Vale ... - -. 17 8i Do, do. do I - 4 e
Earl GREY thought it highly incorrect to discuss turned to camp about eleven o'clock to breakfast. The I St. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 2O 13 Do. Leeds 6 pa. No.l ... - ...
•• - .••
Important questions in. an incidental manner. He General very kindly sent this morning to inquire after me. , 25 22 Thames Hay. D. UR. ... - ... 1.2 i 9 Do, do. Qrs., 1848... . . - ..
thought it absolutely necessary that a second battalion of He is a kind considerate man, and is much liked by men 20 all Vale of Neath lOO - 103 1021 11 25 10 Do.YorkH.&S. Par. 4 - I
every regiment in India ought to be kept in this country, and officers. A. box of warm clothing will be invaluable St. 100 Watorfd. & Kilkenny ... - ~, 20 all North Staffordshire.. 22 - 23
from which it could be recruited. That was the only way to me now that my kit is lost at Cawnpore, for it is almost S•J all Waterford&Limericir ... - ... St. 100 0x.,, Wirt. &Wolv. C
impossible to replace articles of clothing at any price now. 20 all West C0rnwa11......., .., - ,„ p.c. lat guar....... 4.20 - 122 122
in which the losses could be met.
R. W. D. 10 all .West End of London St. 100 Do. dp. c. 2d guar... 107 - 109
After a few words from the Earl of ELLEN- - , 1 and Crystal Palace.. 8- - 9 St. 100 Do, do. Debentr. St. 116 -98 97a
BOROUGH, the motion was agreed t 0.34 - 34 81 all cot. Ceut.New Pref. ... - ...
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY,-The report of the 5 all I Do. A
(LEFT SITTING) directors to be laid before the meeting on Thurs lay, the 5 all ! Do. B q - 6i; 6i i St. 1100 Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 119 - 121 119 •
20 all (West London ( ... -a, I St. ,100 Do, do. 7p.c. pf. St. 104 - 112
25:h inst., shows that the total rec4ts on capital ac.
‘l.O all , Do. First Class ... - ... ; St. 400 Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St. 71 -73
HOUSE OF COMMONS-(This Evening.) count during the laist half-year amounted to 959,4351, I
L 0 all ; Do, Second Class I - I 25 1 all 'South Devon lO4 - lei
The SMOKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. and that there is a cash balance of 35,8281. remaining 10 all ;Wmbledon&Croydo-n,f ::: - ::: I 10 I all Do. fixed 41 pr cent ... - ...
NEW MEMBER. unexpenden. The expenditure within the past half-year
has been chiefly for investment in other undertakings- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Ann.) of 21 Os, 6d. 25 - 25/
Major GAVIN took the oaths and his seat for Limerick. the SAitla Devon Railway, the Cornwall Railway, the - 101
PETITIONS. Exeter •and Crediton Railway, and others -arncunting to e 0 all Atian and St. Law, i ... -
118 9 ;Bombay, Baroda and' - St. 100 iDo. FNiextved444l..c....oeSnhi 9.!
......- 1!)0..
Several petitions were presented for an equalisation of 450.966/., but iirespective of such investments, the net I Cell Ind •
poor rates in the metropolitan districts ; for the restore- exieuditure of the half-year on capital account has been
St. (100 Do, do. 41 p. c
lion of Dade; for an inquiry into the causes of the only 4,546/. Some progress has been made in the settle- 20), all thiet•l'alo & Lake .llnr, 13 --
i.:i 20 all '.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar .., _
...
Indian rebellion ; for Parliamentary reform, comprising mant of shares in arrear of calla. The directors congra- 100 100 !Buff B ' 1
18 all Do ' 'guar' 51'1'c' 5 - 4 94 ii
~ rnt.eeGodch* 88 - 92
an extension of the franchise and vote by ballot. tulate themselves on the low average rate of interest, 1.00 1.00 :6 p.e.hds.,l Aug.,'72l 25 1 19 ;Do, do. do.
I
LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRE LAND. 4/. 33. 10d. per cent., on the total preferential capital I Do. do., 1 July, '73; 84 - 88 - St. 100 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. ... n
...
Mr. ROEBUCK postponed his motion relative to and debt, and trust before long to issue the four per 100 100 1 Do. do., 1 June '741 80 -84 25 all 11
01 isptW,ckal. e:DGauar.", 45
plil Ce.• ' 2-8. - 29
20 2s. Calcutta and S. East.lpar - 1p _BRITISH MINES.
the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire- cent. preferential stock on advantageous terms. The
20 ,2s6sl Central Dude (Lim.)! ... - ...
land till this day fortnight. else of the Bridgewater cake ovens has been aban
20 lOs Ceylon' A shares 111 - llp 23
CHURCH RATES. doned, and their cost, 3,897/., charged to revenue.
20 1 i Do. B. do. ..... „„ „, '••
3 - 5
Mr. PACKE gave notice that on going into corn- ' those o the . 0 Toe gross traffio receipts (incluaing f Exenr 174 all Deme . - ***
20 14 British Iron
(Philk.) 4a -- 54
mittee on the Church Rate Bill he should move that it and Creditoo, and the Somerset Central Railwayan
, 20 2s. Easternl Bengal - 1 IT ...
10 1 Dev.Gt, Casts. (Ta.v.) 460 - 480
I
be committed that day six months. (Hear, hear.) amount to the sum of 171,465/. 9i. V., which is 8,140/. St. [OO 1 wsst Indian
, . 112 - 113 112 1 4 ay, Fast Basset (II:ogana100 - 105
••• 2
LORD PRIVY SEAL. 6s. 2d. less than in the corresponding half of the sear 20 15 ' Do. C Shares 1 u ,
2220121'cAlofardeudrCoown(sc.
(Cambia,)
:20 -
fx).1.3
... 17s Great South To gse A ..... 17
2 - 2ip, .
1a56 Tito worklng expenses charged to revenue amount 100 all D 0.41 p.e.Rnds. '57 ... -
„..
Mr. 'WISE gave notice, that on the 4th of March lie ° " .
should move a resolution that it was the opinion of the to 80,562/. 7s. 7;1. This is equal to 46.42 per cent. on 100 all Do. do. do., 's9,'do. ... - ,„
000 73 Grt.W. Vor (addle.) 11 - 14-
house that the recommendation of the Committee of the total gross receipts (173,2761. Bs. 8,1. for traffic rents 20 ' all iGeelong &Yelbourne ... -1:
1850, on official salaries, recommending the discontinu- and sundry sources of income), or 614/. 10s. per mile on ; guar; 5 per cent.... 194 - 204• 204 20 •••
ante of the office of Lord Privy Seal, and the transfer 125 mles (calculating the Exeter and Crediton Railway ISt. 100 ,Cel. Thank. of Canada 52 -51521 a 3 2 ••• ••• •
N W.Basset (Illogan) 16 - 17
of the duties to some other department, be carried intooo all ' Do, 6c Deben ,84as 7 miles), or 651?. Or. 21 per mile on 1234 miles calms. , 1,, p.
,C. ... - 86 85-1 4t
20 4 IDo. NOW. guar. 5 p.c.; i - lap; 5 B •
0 ail ;Gs. In, 1 en. g. 5 porc.l 21i - 22a' 21 1' !Par, Cons. (St. LaY) 201 - 2loi 214
effect. (Hear, hear.) lacing the Exeter and Crediton Railway as 54 miler), -
worked during the past half-year, and shows a decrease Crofty 5 6
RAILWAYS IN INDIA. 20): all Gt• Wes' • •••
of expenses of 1.67 per cent. on the total recei is • hl3 I • tn. of Canada, 21 - 21/, 211 a 1 ... as, Sort. Cons. Sit Co. 1/ -la 1.2
P a 20/ Do. New
Mr. LIDDELL gave notice that on this day fort- - gross
par -ap 13S 13 BN. Frances (Mogan) 10 _ll
sight he should call the attention of the house to the and a decrease of i . . per wee, as compared with 100 all Do. lads, payab"-^I
the correspouding half-year in 1856. The actual cost/ 100 all Do, do ,''76, P. '6o_ 110 - 11':
le 0i , ... - •••
19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 240 - .266
cause that had delayed the construction of railways in of maintenance exhibits a reduction upon the ea epee in 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 4lO - 115 000
India, with a view to inquiry. (Hear, hear.) the ccrreeponding half-year of 1856, and the diminished 100 all Do. do., '73, without) 1 7.1.1. fl 3
1:2941:58 I
sPNLGa.oortcrdris"ll:erl''l3n;WiAeßsrliitifU.hole's.:l3l.
10 9 Tin Croft
5 4a Pam. S. &L. Min. Ce 1 - 1 le
44 - 4 ea
THE DEFENCE OF CA WNPORE. amount of outlay for renewals appears to warrant the option 'los - 110 ••• 40 Unatlinee (Gwennail
... _
.. al
General CODRINGTON o,nsea the First Lord of the behef that the compary will hencefor :yard derive the
1 20 a3l !Madras, guar. 4a p.c 1 19a - 20
. ,
, •
... I.2sa V. of Towoy (Career.) 11 - ii
-. ,
20 W. Caradon ( a LOS - 115
... .
•••
2200 ls W. Basset (I 1 :an).` 24.4 - 251 25
Treasury whether any additiotial despatch had bean full valu© of the extraordinary exoerices charged to re-
5 Do 3d Ex ,g. sp.ce a
2.20° 153°181. l',:pnood,..e 14(1.,t1h.iPlIE.5ixtecr..de,E)rdxoct,.e..11. `all
1.d4 -
21:.24r,
610, lilisllkoerdn.,) 6 -
54
received by the Government from the Commander-in- venue under that head during the 'last four year,-.. . - P., 5
Chief and from the Governor-Gsneral iii India, referring The Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne and Mr. Alderman 20 5 Do' • - lap' 6 250
to the operations of General Windham in the defence of Buckley, accompanied by Mr. Cheatham, M.P. Mr.
. 5m •
Cawnpore in November last ? A. Turner, M.P., Mr. Phillips, M.P., and Mr. Woods, 20 5 'Sciude, guar. 5 l4 - la. Kitty (U. Llaut) res
per c. -2 p 111 •••••• 1/ '1.9, • "-'2 144a
Lord PALMERSTON said he rather thougat a corn- ;el P transacted basieeee on Wedeesday with the Board 20 all Do a Vli.ala.Ann(Menht.) 47
..... ~,
~
uninication had been received at the India House, and l of Inland Revenue. ___. -- '''
44, Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 21
00 ~:Vi
also at the Board of Control, relative to the t. 1
- " THE MORALS OF orATFAIR." A Novel. 3 vols.- FOREIGN.
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thateaton FOREIGN Aux ~,a.
referred to ; but the gallant general must know
communication existed between the o'v no " ' The Morals of Mayfair' Is a werk of unqnestiona.ble
Governor-General abilit ; great in perfcrmance, still greater in protepo. 20 I all Ardennes ,,,,
of India and her Majesty's Government at home. He it is firstl 10s. Bon Accordlala•("•) p _ ilp t
believed he might say that explanations
had been3s 27 Brazilianlmp.nesual
20 7,4 Australian . .' 8 - -.'•_„, .
given that completely acquitted General Windham from tore upon a success which aids another to the int of 20 all Ileziersto Graiesessac ... -
..,
at £5 Pm)
authors marked for resent popularity, if not for a 1 mere 6 all Carrneaux&Toulcuss
all blaraeconnected with the engagement near Cawnpore 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
..
...0
.....
when part of the baggage and tents were lost. Au iuquir ' of fame. Triers is in this novel, a deliehtful freeineese Coal Mines and R 3' - e
20 15 Do, St. John Del Rey 13
h... .
14 134
was now going on in India respecting the conduct of
Y of conception as well !Is of eecutien. . There is novelty
in the dory and criginality in the telling of it. The 20 15 .Dutch Rhenish' Y.*
31 .- 341 e
20 a_ll Eastern! of Franco ... 28 - 21;1 1 a Clarendon Con. Min.
Co. of Jamaica
...
.....
...,1
others supposed to have been in fault on that occasien ,
• cearacters are not common-place,perfectly
sll I Do. New
yet.they are • - ... 40 al: Cobra Copper 4O -- 42 491
He believed, however, he was justified in saying that
natural. Critically examined, the writ; 5.4 is entitled to 2s. Euphrates Valley ... -
••• •••
... 16 Copiapo
General Windham displayed ou that and other occasions • - • •
naucn prase. It is lively and spatkling. We will not 20 all Gt, Central of France ... - ..
20 all ,'Great Luxembour / 81 - 8.4 8.1 1 all Dun Mouratain Cop.
in India those qualities for which he was co much die- mar the etory by attempting to abbreviste it. We IC 6 Italian! Junction '-'
9 per Minin; Co. ... id
.... p 1
tinguished. (Hear, hear.)° all Fortuna
recommend our readers to procure it, sure that it will 20 all (Lake Consa & Bale .... - -*
-- Icl
MEDICAL ARMY DEPARTMENT. please,"- TAe Critic. -- ... 20 all General - 164 164
20 , all iLierre and Turnhout , . - ...d
20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5.1 -51 p 3 all Linares - 91
Mr. GROGAN asked the Under-Secretary for War [ADVERTISEMENT,]-Holiowny's Pills Wonderfully 514 Lusitanian
.when the warrant in reference to the medical department indisputable Remedies for the Cure of Bad Legs and 5 all Lucca Re Pist.sp.c.p. ... - .. 1 all Mariquita
- 4 i
of the army, in accordance with the recommendations of Old Wounds.-If these medicines are used according to 20 all 'Lyons and Geisova,,, 28 -29 " 1 all New Granada - - ... 1 all Noveau Monde - .
• Sir J. RA 11SDEN said the recommendations of the lag, or ulcerous sore, however obstinate or standing, 331! all Maria Anteraa
-.- -.
20 all Pont•Sil.LdM.dr Spelt 5 - 6
committee were so varied and important that they re- but wilt yield to their healing and curative properties 10 all Do. New
29 all Namur &Li - ... 5 1 Port Philip .......... ... - •••
quired considerable consideration before their final adop- Numbers of persons who have been patients in several Of 9 -9/ 9 1 30 164 Santiago do Cuba .. 21 - 24,
tame. It was impassible 20 ege all Do. P. c. Pref. 21 - 216 21 ~
all United Mexican......; 3a - 4e 4
they would be hie to say the precise time when the large hospitals, and under the care of eminent sur- 16 all Northern of France 384 -39 a
carried into effect. aeons, without deriving the :lightest la aiefit, have been 10 all Norwegianiamk•Pref 9 - 91
Is: laooll
!DDoo:Gpore.6fp. c;:apn. a zeJe
MISCELLAITEOUS.
mr. 11094h0ROIDTY COMMISSIONERS. cured by Uchoway's Ointment and Pins, For glandular 20 all Paris and Lyons 34s -34 a
swellings, turnotar, scurvy, and disew.es of the skin, 20 all Parisi and Orleans 55 - 68 10001 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) I ... - t••
Home Department, asked the Secretary of State for the
, whether it was the intention of tae th.re is no medicine that
~ein be used with so good an 20 9 Recife & San Fran., 25 119 !Australian Agricnit. 261 - 27 26
1
Government to take a steps for enlarging the powers 'ff '
act•-Sold by all me-ecine vendors throughout the (Pernam.) g. 7p. e. 4 - gp 94 2 2 10 all Anstraln. Royal Mail 2 -2/
of the Charity Commieleens, 10 all ,Berlin Water Works.. 4 - 5
100 321 Canada ............... 165
with a view to simplifying 10 all Rome and Frascati-- ... - .. '' g
• the proceedings between them and the Court of Chan World, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment,
20 1 all Royal Danisa •
16 - 18 10 2 Do. New iss. at 5/. d ... - •••
• eery / - , 5 . all Royal Swedish i - i 50 40 ;Brit. American Land 35 - 40 37 [65 70 674
Mr. BAINES said the Govermentt A SVE IT IS &MANY. ;- a IGIIT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES -
t 244, Strand, London.
didB not
s. deem it 20 all Sambre and Meuse B/ - 84 84 a • - 175 139 72 69 75
12175
21614/ 1 14 1 1
desirable to introduce such a meaetire this POWERFUL TELESCOPES -OPERA RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE
10 all Do. 51 per cent. prof. 84 - 81 81
LORD LIEUTENANCY ta ""' GLASSES.-S. 'and 13. Solonions, opticians, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly. Observe-opposite the York Hotel, W. 20 all Southern of France 22a -22 a St. all ;Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32
an:: 121.54 . --
1' IRELAND gil all West; Flanders 4a -5 44
Lord PALMERSTON presented a et' • By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex- 10 all nalo. 51 per C. Prof
1,,
City of Dublin, against the abolition P atatni from the traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant
20 all W.&14.W. of France 27 - 28 5 all IDo. Preference - 44 44
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. of the office of Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective
20 6 Western ofAustria_ n - ... 4 all 'Crystal Pal,
f
.0 France ... - •••
- - DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER. Glasses to know the distances. These Telescopes possess
all 'W, tof Switzerland '
20 a., . ... - ... 20 all lEastern Steam . I - 5 45 4
at. 1.00 lElectricTele *;-*****. 44
i i 44
such extraordinary power that some, thiee and a-half inches,
. . • • 6 all Wiesladen - 101
Mr. HADFIELD asked the following questions :- with an extra
eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter s moons, 1 all ;Electric T gra- n -
- "Under what authority the Bishop of Manchester has Satan's ring, and the double stars; with the same telescope 6 all , Do.B p. cent. pref. ... - ... el. of Irel. . - ...
5 all lEa•dr-hust.Coe S Co .1a
appointed
a chancellor of the diocese of Manchester ? can be seen a per-eon's countenance three-and-a-half miles 20 i ell Zealand ... --. lO 10e.Eur. es fua.aat'n m •- 11
. Tel.
Whether Dr. Bayford, recently appointed re istrar el ( latent and an object from 16 to 20miles.For the waist- . 9 all Eur.&Am at '• -.--.
g . . COat-POC
JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • naarm ) 44 -41
• the Court of Probate, stills holds the office of chancellor powers acct' and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing 2O all Gen. Ileac, col.a. . ) . -
of the diocese of Manche • if eordt e
Manchester , and, he does, whether able, neva • nely. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. -A vain- 40 all Australasia B6 - 88 15 14 Gen. Steam N BB*"
- -
he will be permitted to hold ' avigat. .., - -
both offices ? Whether Glass, theys-iinvented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket 23 184 Bank of Egypt ' 234 - 24/ 20 5 ,London Discount 14 i• '
Mr. John Border, recently appointed registrar for the known o zo of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and 100 50 -Bank of London 143 -52 491 4 all 'Loud. Gen, Omnibus- '(I
city of Manchester and hundred of Salford, is ne and a-half mile distant. They answer every era 40 I all Bri.Col.Bk.&Ln Co ! ' 20 10 'Magdalena 33 -34
to be per- Pose on the Pd- .. Ila St. Navig i .
witted to hold the office of secretary to th Bishop of
scenery andce-course and at the Opera-houses. ouurtry 50 I all British N. American; ::* 10 all ,alcditerasa. Elec. Tel..: -8
-- 9
ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles, They , 20 ilO C.Bk.of Id A &C 0 ' . - ."
n . it. .k, ... •••• ... 10 all Do. Extension Tele or shoethr
bishop, or in connection with the diocese or archdeaconr sportsmen, gentlemen g, deer-stalking, yachting, to I I',Jl 150 City '59- 61 10 all ielexican&SAmerice Yc. --•• •••
of Manchester?" enaln Perspective, ande gameleeepers, and tourists. Opera, I 100 '25 Colonial
Sir G. GREY said the question of the hon. and powers*
- in7aluable Dreser •
co-course Glasses with O. ..."
*O.
, wonderful I ICO 20 ;Commercial of Loud. ... •-
.. 10 6 ,Netherlands Laud,..... •
greatest transparentPreserving Spectacle Lenses of the 0(all E S 4- 11
) lig. cot.&Aus.Cat. 18 - 18/ 181 10 all ;Do. Do. „, ' N - 3A
learned gentleman referred to a subject with which the from this invention power.i The great advantage derived **
5 all ID
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Government had nothing to do. He believed the Bishop served and strenztt s, that vision impaired bec 20 , all Lon. Ch. Bkeof A eet. 18 - 181'181 18 Pc•Ptiss at Id. 3 - -2 1
of Manchester had made the . p
an oiutment under his to employ their si cued and very aged persons omes pre- 20 1
all Ditto, New 5 3 Po, Do, ' 1-a d 2
do so. If he did not elect a with tho'..e lenses of a m
ght at the most minute occupation-can aro enabled 50 120 !London and Count - ' - •'••
29a 9
pation-can see 100 80 New i;. szN , ,
. S Laud 17 - 20 191 20 117
St. 100 'N.S.W i: S.
- W. ean.s p.c.D. 954 - 961 951 6 54 6
general authority to .
a given time the Archbishop had the they do not reire th nch loss magnifying pow - r°
e frequent changes to iLnd.dr.E.Bnkng.Corp ... - ..
power- 150 10 'London Joint St •k .
os. . ... - ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... a - 1
. chancellor within proles effects of
further powerful • the dm, 100
• so (Hear, hear.) can be suited at the most. remote part assistance, Person: 20 Lond.andWestminste ... - ... 20 all Niali o
power of doing •. f EttropeSteam ...
of the world by d 00 35 National Pro of En .1 all Oriental G
on the paper having been disposed in; one of the glasses out of their as . ....... 1 - la 11
The other business in
,h
spectacles la a letter sen-..
20 10 Do. * g*
...
- ,114
a and withdrawn o. ere, • the distance I, 0 stating from the eye they , and a 2_ , New
.04 ....
4.0 1 lOs. Do Now Shares it' 8
of in some instance ,
with it, and those who have not made use of 6
can read Email ' I 0 r)
kStation
I r.nt al Bank
India was resumed. 20 all ,N -.-
adjouroed debate onstating their age. Deafness.-New Discove. pectacks by 25 all i_ ew South Wales 44 - 46 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 79 - 80 794
GOVERN3IENT OF e INDIA BILL. ~
Vibrator, an extraordinarey po 17. The Ozvaie I
werful, small, newly-inveated I ;Oriental Bank
20 20 tOttomen Baa- Corp 38 -40 ! 3,41 50 10 Do. New ~ 7-8 la
this bli was resumed -20 a 20a 1 50 all „Rhymree Iron*“..-*** 22 - 24
' The debate on the introduction ofinstrument for deafness, entirely different from all ote, I °() I=s Pr°lo.cie' el k •-ra, lO all D iaa lreiandl .
surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or pro k ebly I 5 a a.°',. NeW. ...... \ -..
-.....
."
100 60 Paoyal Mail Stee3 65 614
am.... -
by
Course of his speech, re- , can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is 125 au itiu'tae•BeSteefaeaia*. *a - ••• 1 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 -la
Col. SYKES, who, in the cour.,St. 100 S.Ans. Gov. 6 p. c. Ws. 10a -- 119 1084
Lora Palmerston, the Chancel-
ferred to the speeches ofltenables d
not perceptible. p
deaf persons to hear distinct lyat i 25 an Union'" Australia.. .s. - '"
of •"••
•• - .
the unpleasant sensation et ... •4 Do.as all South Austral. Land e 8 - 40
introduction church and at public assemblies ;
Ne Australia,-, 44 .4.6
for of the Exchequer, and Mr. Lowe, on the .
~ 0
ises in the cars is entire:v. remov,d, aud
.it atlerde 50 10 Union ofv .
i.: - 28 1 all Submarine Tea. Scrip a - 1
of the bill, each hon. gentleman making, as be stated, singing n
thatpossible could be. desircil.-3e, Ali,e. 100 50 nay
zituamaidou - 1 all Do. Registered - 1
assistance 25 21 34 • 20 a Trus•LreCa.Up.Care .., •-
a contradictory statement as to the ground on which t all the
..
all -0 pone the York Hotel, W, ; 100 50 Weetrulne of 1...,;,. ~-;* ^• • .-- ... (1
the necessity of the bill had been based, The gallant 1 laiarle-stroet, Ewa, 1 y p
Luna -•- ...d 10( 2i34,Van,Diemeu'm Land lO 12
••e! • .

Leasing. Closing Prices Business
Shr. PaLI RAILWAYS.
Companies. this day this day
•T 93 100
St. 100 OlydesdaieJc.lm-tl,rlcp ..• 100 -- 112
iit.lloo l3uckgharosb. Ln.&N../
25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.E.&E.O 13 i 5
Slt. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.- Gt.Northn 138 140
5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 41
St. 100 Glas. Barr. d; Caldonian.
Neils. Direct.
St. 100 Do. New .. —.. Do .• -- •••
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn •
,
50 all Gull d; Selby. 11". & N.M. 110 111
25 all Do. 1
1 Shares. Do
121 all Do. Shares. Do
12i all Lon.d;Greenw .Eastern l2/ —13 i
20 all Do. Preference Do 2l 28
St. 100 Lou. Til., dc.. Peto &Co. 97 _ 99
10 110 Do. Bark. Sh. Do . ..
51 all Manch.Bston. Ln.&N.W
and Matlock d; Midld 2l 2i 20 i
St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 9B 10
6,f 5,f Newmarket
I BuryE.G.spe. &Count i - ip
50 ; all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 56 58
50 ,' all Do. 6 per et.. ...
..
50 1 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do
0...
.• •••
25 ;' all Prest. &Wyly L. eiIN.W.
... _
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14 all Do. Shrs. ADo
St. 100 Roystn.dillit. • t.Northn 138 140
10 all iShrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 81
12 all iS. Staffordsh— M: MClean 101 1
50 all IWearVaLg6pc Stk.drDar.
.....
25 all !Do Do ......... %).3 33 331
"' i
. u
St. 100 !Wilts dtSorarst ,GL.Westn.l 91 93 19l

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
1.1:0 all Atian. and St. Law.
18 9 ;Bombay, Baroda, and
Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 3 i 94
18 all Do,
20A all Buffalo & Lake Hur l3 14
100 100 'Buff., Ernt. & Godch IQ 8 92
100 100 j 6 p.c.hds., 1 Aug.,'72!
Do. do., 1 July, '73,' 84 88
100 100 Do. do., 1 June '7,4 80 84
20 2s. Calcutta and S. East.!par ip
20 ,2860 Central Oude (Lim.)!
20 10s1Ccylon A sbares l4 lip 23
20 1 Do. B. do. .....
174 all Demerara
20 2s. lEastern Bengal
St. 100 IE.-.st Indian 112 113 112
20 15 I Do. C Shares 2 —24 p,
100 all D 0.44 p.c.Bmls.' '57
100 all Do. do. do., '59, do.
20 ' all (Geelong & Melbourne
guar; 5 per cent. 194 204• 204 20
St. 100 ;Cid. Trunk. of Canada 52 54 524 1i 3 2
100 all 'Do 6p. c Deben B4 86 85 4t
20 altIQ% Pen:g.s pore 214 224' 21
20 4 iDo. Now. guar. 5 p.c 4 —14 p; 5
20k all 'Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 21 214, 214 .4 1
20;' 13 Do. New par ip 134 13
100 all Do. Eds., payable '57 ...
100 all Do. do., '76, p. 110 11:5
100 all Do. do., '73, do. 4lO 115
100 all Do, do., '73, without)
option 'los 110
20 all !Madras, guar. 44 p.c ! 19i 20
20 all Do, do., 5 per e ! 214 22
20 10 I Do. 4i p. c. Exten i 4 d 4p, 104
20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 4 I,ip; 6
20 5 , Do. 4th Ex., do, 4 lAp: 6
20 ss. 'Onde (Limited.)
20 5 'Solna°, guar,. 5 per c —2 p 114
20 , all Do