The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-17 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY
_EVENING. JUNE 17, 1857

so enamoured with their imprisonment that they declined
to be liberated, and he instanced a case in which he was
counsel, where a man who had been imprisoned 20 years
had no desire to be liberated. With a view to giving
the Attorney-General for Ireland time to consider the
suggestion made, he moved that the chairman report
progress.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland resisted
the motion for reporting progress. He was not framing
a code of laws that had had no existences, but merely
consolidating the Bankruptcy and Insolvent laws of
Ireland, and asking to abolish a Court that was useless,
and to some extent, a nuisance. The bill had cost him
much labour and anxiety. It was first introduced in
1855, when it was printed and circulated for the conside-
ration of hon. members, as well as those connected with
the law in Ireland soliciting improvements. The only
objections to the bill came from the hon. and learned
member for Enniskillen, and he (the Attorney-General)
adopted such as he thought improvements. (Hear.)
The learned gentleman then alluded to his
being unable to proceed with the bill in 1856,
and said that was the first stage at which the
bill bad been opposed. It the house at any time wished
to abolish the distinction between bankruptcy and insol-
vency, this bill would not interfere with it, because it
only re-enacted the present laws. When he undertook
this measure it was repre-ented to him by commercial
men in Ireland that the Insolvent Court was unnecessary
—that its existence embarrassed mercantile transactions,
and that the administration of the two laws might be ad-
vantageously vested in one tribunal. This bill would not
interfere with the discharge of insolvents by county court
judges as now existed, and it only provided for the distri-
bution of insolvent estates by the Court of Bankruptcy.
He should be able to show when the committee came
to consider the financial clause that the bill would not
increase the expenditure one shilling, but, on the con-
trary, that when the compensations fell in there would
be a permanent saving of 3,0001. per annum. The
officers of the proposed new court would be taken from
the existing courts, or from discharged officers of those
courts. His only object was to substitute one °num
for two bad ones; to make the law cheap
and efficacious, and to invest the new court with powers
that would prove advantageous to the trading commu-
nity.

After some remarks from Mr. Henley, Mr. White-
side, and Mr. Malawi, the motion for reporting progress
was withdrawn.
Clauses 1 to 28 were then agreed to.
On clause 29, relative to appeal,
Mr. VANCE said that there were but two courts of
appeal in England, and saw no reason why there should
be three in Ireland. He moved that the appeal to the
Lord Chancellor, should be struck out.
After a discussion in which Mr. Malins, Mr. Ser-
jeant O'Brien, Mr. Bland, and the Attorney• General
for Ireland took part, the amendment was agreed to
without a division.
Clauses 30 to 33 inclusive were agreed to, after verbal
amendments. • .-
Clause 34 was struck out of the bill.
Clauses 35 to 45 were after a few alterations agreed to.
Clause 46, having reference to the appointment of
officers, was postponed.
Clauses 47 to 67 were agreed to, after amendthents.
On clause 68, securing the payment of costs to the
offictal assignee when plaintiff by order of the Court,
Mr. VANCE moved that it be struck out. Official
assignees in England were not so protected.
Mr. AYRTON suggested that the costs should be
directed to be paid out of the estate.
The amendment was withdrawn, and the clause agreed
to, the Attorney-General for Ireland promisrhg to con-
sider Mr. Ayrton's suggestion on bringing up the report.
Causes 69 to to 84 were agreed to.
On clauss 85, relative to the retiring pension of the
officers,

Mr. MALINS asked why the Chief Commissioner
was to be allowed to retire after only three years' ser-
vice on full salary!
Mr. AYRTON protested against the passing of the
clause. He suggested that if the commissioner was not
to be employed again that the retiring sum should be
'reduced to two-thirds of his present amount, but that if
he was to be paid in full he should be compelled to re-
sign his pension and take the first office that became
vacant after his resignation.
After some remarks from the Attorney-General for
Ireland, in support of the bill, who said that, where
there was a compulsory retirement, it was usual to give
the full amount of salary as a retiring pension, and that
he had made provision for the deduction of the pension
on the reappointment of the Chief Commisssioner to
office,
The clause was agreed to, the Attorney-General pro-
mising to consider the claim to full .compensation of
officers who had held office 30 years on bringing up
the report.
Clauses up to 158 were agreed to, on the understand-
ing that certain alterations were to be made on bringing
up the report.
The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave
to sit again.
The house adjourned at a quarter to four till six
o'clock, when it resumed.
PRINCESS ROYAL'S ANNUITY BILL.

Baron Watson and Baron Channell brought down the
bill from the House of Lords granting an annuity to
the Princess Royal, stating that their lordships bad
agreed to the same without amendmenv.
Lord J. RUSSELL pre:seated a petition from the
proctors against the. Probate Bilk, and praying compen-
i•ation. for the loss of business which they would incur
.by the passing of the bill. The noble lord also presented
a petition from the trustees of the British Museum,
praying for additional grants ; also several petitions
from the city of London in favour of an equalisation of
poor rates in the metropolis.
Till OATHS BILL.
The Marquis of BLANDFORD gave notice that on
the motion for the third reading of the 0 tths Bill, he
should move as an amendment that it be read a third
time that day six months.
THE FOREIGN LEGION.
Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for returns of the

number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men
enlisted in each of the foreign legions during the late
war ; stating in &tail all exoenses incurred in recruiting,
embodying, and concentration of each corps ; arming,
equipping, and clothing ; bounty, pay, and cost of
subsistence while serving ; any gratuities on discharge,
and allowance for conveyance to their homes ; the
number of each employed on active service during the
war, and the stations at which the remainder were guar-
tf-red ; of the date of embodiment of each ; of the co ,n-
-tity of land granted to each officer, non-commissioned
officer, and soldier of any foreign legion, either at the
Cape of Good Hope or elsewhere ; with the amount of
gratuity given to each for the, erection of houses in lieu
of them, or other purposes, the amount of any pay or
allowance, and the annual expense of arming, clothing,
and enlisting these sol.liers, with the numbers of each
rank who had been there located.—Agreed to.

THE PAPER DUTY.
Mr. DTLLWYN inquired whether it was the inten

tion of Government to levy paper duty on materials ca-
palde of being written on and printed on, but made from
animal fibres ; or to leave such materials exempt from
duty, as parchment is now ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated
that be understood a company had been formed far the
purpose of manufacturing a substance resembling paper,
in some respects, from animal tibrs, and the Board of
Revenue bad decided that it should be treated in the
same manner as paper.
THE GERMAN LEGION.

Mr. ADDERLEY inquired whether the Cape Legis-
lature had determined to diminish their vote of 40,0001,
towards the expense of locating the German Legion on
their frontier by two-thirds, in proportion to the dimi-
nished number of the legion which had gone out ; and
diverted, in consequence, two-thirds of that sum to other
purposes.

Mr. LA BOUCHERE was not aware that such a step
had been taken, but would make inquiries on the subject.

WORKHOUSES (IRELAND).
Mr FAGAN rose to call attention to the working of
the workhouse syetem in Ireland, and in connection with
it, to the laws relating to medical charities and the relief
of the sick poor, to move for a select committee on the
subject, and to report. He contrasted the present pros-
perous condition of the country with the misery and
destitution that prevailed when the poor-law was intro-
duced. The change that had thus happily taken place
rendered some change in the law necessary, and he men-
tioned, among other matters, that the workhduses were
more capacious, and the staff of officers more numerous,
than there was now occasion for. As- one abuse of the
system he mentioned that the medical charities were
taken advantage of by wealthy farmers, who were
visited in times of sickness gratis by the officers of
the union, and he suggested that the vacant
workhouses should be turned into hospitals or in-
firmaries for the reception of the destitute sick.
After some further similar details, he concluded by mov-
ing fora select committee on the subject. •
Mr. H. HERBERT, the new Secretary for Ireland,
opposed the motion on the ground that information
en,iugh was already in possession of the Government to
enable them to legi-late on the subject, not perhaps in
this cession, but soon. He hoped, therefore, the hon.
gentleman would not press his motion.
Mr. FAGAN, satisfied with the pledge given by the
right hon. gentleman, withdrew his motion.
POOR RATES (METROPOLIS).
_ _

Mr. AYRTON moved for a select committee to in.
quire into the amities of the inequality of the poor rates
in the metropolitan districts, and whether any measures
should be adopted to render the rates more equal. The
motion affected 21 millions of the ilhabitants of the me-
tropolis, 11 millions of property, and rates levied on that
prop.rty to the amount of 860,000/. a-year. When his
attention was first directol to the question, he found it
was surrounded by so many difficulties, that he felt
much hesitation in consenting to bringing it forward.
nut it was again brought under his consideration by a
very admirable class of gentlemen, the clergy of the
Church of England, who were labouring indensely popu-
lated districts in the borough he represented. He wished
to criiifine his motion in' principle and practice to the
area of the metropolis, for nowlfere could such a place
t:iel.i pariah, nd,containing 150 square miles and 186 parisbe,.
I.?. other parts of the country every one knew what was
and'W'halt were its limits, but in London there
Here no laws of demarkation, and many men knew not
what was their parish, except from the occasional calls of
the collectors. Tfien'as to its moral elements. If they took
the shipping interest, they would find that the labour of
that interest was in St. George's-in-the-East, the office,.
in the City, while the merchants themselves' resided in
St. Georges West. Then let them take the weavers -wh..
resided in Snitalfields for the benefit of ladies residin in
&. George's-in-the-West.' Then as to semP strestles
who resided not in Mayfair or.
Belgravia, but in
Lambeth and Chelsea, far removed from the seats of
fashion. Then, again, 'where were domestic servants
ti hen they were chargeable.to thepoor 1- /lot in fashion-

able districts, but in the remetersparfssif.the_metropoliss '
It was in the nature of things that a great city should
separate it-elf into various quarters for the wealthy and
the industriaus classes, but if their various intere-ts were
looked to, it would be found that they were all bound
up together. Legislation, however, had taken a course
calculated seriously to extend the existing evil. It c ,uld
never have been intended to legislate for the rich at the
expense of the poor, and yet that had been the actual re
suit. The poor originally obtained a settlement for 40
days. Afterwards it was extended to five years, but it
exeepted domestic servants, who were all remitted to the
place of their original settlement. It was well known
that houses in fashionable neighbourhoods were not made
hospitals for sick men servants or sick female servants.
in a certain condition. The consequence was, they bad
to be sent out into the poorer parishes in the suburbs.
The result was, that the rates in the parish of St. George,
Hanover-square, had been reduced first from 2s. 61. to
ls. 4d. in the pound, and then to sd. When he referred
to the whole rating of the metropolis, the anomalies were
still more striking. He would just call attention to the
difference between the properties of thesLondon and St.
Katharine Docks. The St. Katharine Docks occupied a
whole parish, but the London Docks occupied a portion
of a parish ; but all the labourers of the St. Katharine
Docks resided in the parish in which the London Dock
were situate. The consequences was that while the Lon-
din Dock Company paid 19,0001. a year for poor rates,
the St. Katharine Dock Company paid only 7141. These
were anomalies that required legislative alteration. The
Bank of England might be cited as another instance—
they were assessed, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would know, at about 50,0001. a year, and the Royal
Exchange, which paid 701. a year, while Apothecaries'
Hall paid 2301. There were 20 houses on the east-side
of Bridge-street, Blackfrmrs, which paid 1,4001. a
year for poor rates, while the whole of Carnhill and
Lombard-street, with its wealthy merchants and
public companies paid but 600/. a-year. There were
parishes in London valued at 172,0001. per annum which
paid but 6,9501. for rates, while others, valued at
62,0001. paid 11,3501. Those were anomalies that de-
manded investigation. The secret of the discrepancy
was doubtless to be found in the fact of rich corporations
taking possession of certain localities for their places of
business, and driving other parties into cheaper neigh-
bourhoods. The political consequences was not to be
lost sight of, because it could not be said that a man
had a right to vote upon a 101. franchise, Iwhen in fact
before be could vote he had to pay all thatedditional rating.
The effect upon the social condition of the people in
highly-rated parishes was most pernicious. Many
clergymen had related to him that when they went to
ask for benevolence for deserving purposes, the inhabit-
ants flourished their poor-rate receipts in their eyes, and
told them to go to the low-rated fashionables at the
West-End. He believed that was a result never contem-
plated by the Legislature. The language of the act of
Elizabeth was not that the property and the houses
should be taxed, but that the people should all be taxed
in the nature of a property tax. It was a very narrow
view of taxation that was taken by the lawyers, who
said they could not tax that which they could not see.
Was not property in the funds capable of being seen and
taxed I Tee report of the committee of 1850 stated that
the relief of the poor was an 'object to which all should
contribute, and that it was so enacted by the statute of
Elizabeth, and he thought it was a hardship that only
the land and house of the wealthy should be taxed. In
the original poor-law act there were permissive clauses
for extending the area of taxation if the inhabitants
should consent ; but of course it was never acted upon,
because the inhabitants never did consent. Various
other measures, however, to the number of 12, had been
since passed, showing that he was not singular in his
opinion, and the committee of 1851, on the removal
system, stated that an amount equal to the
National Debt might have been economised by
a proper amalgamation of the poor-law sys-
tem. In 1847 a committee sat to investigate the whole
question, and they gave the result of their investigation
in certain resolutions, stating that the great evil was the
narrowness of the area of chargeability in each parish,
After that the subject occupied theattention of the Poor-
law Board, who br'ueht in a bill and also issued a cir-
cular on 25th S -pt., 1843, referring to the objects of the
bill, the objects of which were, in fact, to generalise the
rating, and extend it over the wbo'e of London upon a
uniform plan. In 1854 the President of the Poor-law
Board, or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
introduced a bill to increase the rating in certain pa-
rishes until it was uniform throughout the area of taxa-
tion. That bill was received with such dissatisfaction
that it could not be proceeded' with. At least so it had
been stated, but he would put it to the noble lord at the
head of the Government whetber the principle of the bill
was not entirely agreed to, and whether it was not
thrown aside for some faults. As extra parochial immu-
nity from taxation bad been abolished in many places,
as in the Temple and elsewhere, he thought it was a
matter that the Government ought seriously to take in
hand. What was the discussion, whether a wealthy
Je w should sit in Parliament, and thereby offend 6,000,000
of Christians in the whole country, compared with a
grievance that oppressed two and a-half millions of peo
pie in the metropolis alone I The difficulties of the act
of Elizabeth bad not escaped the penetration of that
Cecil under whose care the bill passed, but up to the
present day he believed there was but one place where
the difficulty had been properly. met, 'lied that was in the
city of Worcester, where the maastrates assessed a cer-
tain sum every year to be paid by the parish that bad no
poor, to that parish of the city where the poor resided.
In the reign of King Charles three corporations wore
appointed to manage the relief of the poor, and their aid
bad been found highly neeessaiy. He should feel it his
duty to take the sense of the house as to the propriety
of granting that committee.
Lard R. GROSVENOR seconded the motion.
Mr. TOWNSEND called attention to the large quan-
tity of land, in the best sites, at Deptford and Green-
wich, which was used for Government establishments.
Those establishments paid no rates whatever, but yet
they caused a great increase in the rates. In the parish
of St. Nicholas, Deptford, the average rating for some
years past had not been less than 10s. in the pound. In
that parish Government establishments occupied by far
the most valuable portion of the land, and they had re-
cently been purchasing more, so that there was every
probability of the rating being increased. The lament
able result, even under present circumstances, was that
in five cases out of ten the rate had to he distrained for,
and he thought that in such a state of things Government
interference was urgently required.
Mr. BO UTERIE objected to the motion, first on the
ground that there were already so many private com-
mittees sitting. There were now 250 members so em-
ployed, and the election committees would soon employ
150 more, But, in addition to that, be objected on the
ground that the causes of the inequality were patent to
all, and required no select committee to inquire into. So
long as there was separate administration there must be
varying rates. Now, as to the mere fact of an unequal
pressure of these burdens upon property, it must be re-
membered that the owners'inherited it subjecteslto the-e
burdens, so that, though there might be public reasons
for an adjustment of those burdens, those reasons would
apply to the whole country, and were not at all special
to the metropolis. He belieied this agitation arose
from the increase of rates in the east of the metropolis',
but the increase bad equally taken place in the west, and
even throughout the kingdom. If any change was made
in London, therefore it also to be made tbroughout the
kingdom. Admitting the evils of the inequality of pres-
sure, ho contended that the only remedy would be to
have all London thrown into one parish, with the board
of guardians to administer it. Were the metropolitan
parishes prepared for this centralization I
-Several Members—No.
Mr. BOUVERIE—Very well, then, what other re-
medy could be found And if that system were adopted
in London, how could it be refused in other large towns
—where the average rates were still higher than in Lon-
don ! It would lead, in fact, to a national rate, which
he believed would never work to satisfaction. '
Mr. BUTLER supported the motion for a eammittee,
and said the speech of _Mr. Bouverie had gone far to
make him a convert to a national rate.
Mr. LOCKE said the plea of numerous committees
had been so often used, that he was inclined to think
there was little in it. With respect to the general ques-
tion, the complaint was that the poor were taxed to sup-
port the poor, whilst the rich went scot free. He did not
see the difficulty in the way of a general rating that Mr.
Bouverie represented. Let the management of each pa-
rish remain as it was now, in the hands of the guardians
—but let there be a central board, composed of repre-
sentatives from the different parishes, to check the ac
counts and control the expenditure.
Mr. KNIGHT quoted a good many statistics to show
tbat the rates, of the metropolis had not increased
at all in proportion.- to the increase of their property,
and that there was -a great equalisation of rating going
on throughout the country. ,
Mr. C. BUXTON contended that the pressure of the
rates fell upon the occupiers- of horses, as well as upon
the landlord.
Mr. MALINS strongly urged the neceasity. of inquiry.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
jected to the motion on the ground that no change could
take place without leading to a national rating, which he
was satisfied would soon double the, present average

rating. •
After some remarks from Mr. Barrow, Mr. Schneider,
and Lord Robert Grosvenor, -
The house divided, when the numbers were—
. Ayes • ' 81
Noes
Majority against the motion —42
Mr. PACKE then snoved—" That the standing order
on divisions relating to turning the two-minute sandglass
he repealed, and that the following order be substituted :
That so soon as the voices have been taken, the cleik
shall turn a two-minute saudglass, to be.kept on the
table for that purpose, and -the doors shall not be closed
until after the lapse of two minutes ;•except on Wed-
nesdays, when the clerk shall turn the two-minute sand-
glass twice, and the doors shall not be closed until after
the lapse of four minutes, as indicated by such sand
glass " He said that at present it was almost iMpossi-
blo for members who were sitting on committees to get
down to the house in time to give their votes, and as it
' appeared there were at present 250 members sitting on
committees the inconvenience was very great.
Mr. FITZROY said he thought the hon. member had
❑ot sufficiently considered the Manlier in which.the order
of the house was carried out with regard to diiisions.
The practice was not to shut the doors if any members
were in sight. Last night five' nainetes elapsed before
be could put the, question., •He thought the hon. mem-
ber, if he took this into considerition, !would see' that
sufficient time elapsed before the closing of the door to
enable members to be in their places to vote. It was not
for him to say whether it was absolutely essential tha
gentlemen who had not heard a word of a debate kilfould
rush in on the last.momePt to give a vote, -or whether
it was a national evil that they should be prevented
from so doing. •
Mr. STAFFORD thought that in no ease was a mete

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bees.opinions_ipfluenced hy the speeches which_ he heard.
(Laughter.) He supported the motion of Mr.POcke.
Mr. BIGGS supported the motion ; for he did not
think it consonant to the dignity of a member to have
to run on a Wednesday through the crowd in the com-
mittee corridor in order to give his vote.
Lord PALMERSTON hoped that the house would
duly consider this question. It was said that it was
ao use debating, because every member had made up his
mind on the subject debated. That might possibly be
the case upon great party questions, but this motion ap-
plied not to those cases, but to the very day on which
private members' bills were considered. Upon those a
member usually exercised an unbiassed judgment, influ-
enced but little by party considerations. He remem-
bered hearing an anecdote of a member who, being asked
if he had ever beard a speech which had altered his opi-
nion, replied certainly yes, but never one which had al-
tered his vote. (Laughter.) Re trusted that this sta'a
of things no longer existed. If this motion were agreed
to it might next be proposed to give sufficient time for
hon. members to arrive from White's or Brookes's in
order to give their votes. It was, indeed, oaten directly
against the recognised couraeof the house, and he trusted
that boa, members mould not acquiesce in it. It would
be better to introduce the proxy system at once, for in
that case the principal would be present and hear the
argument and exerbise his discretion in using his proxy.
The motion was negatived without a division.
LAND SALES (AUSTRALIAN COLONIES).
Lord GODERICH moved an address, which was
agreed ,to, for a return of the total amount of monies re-
ceived from the land sails effected in each of the Austra-
lian colonies from 1846 to 1856, both inclusive.
GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) ACT (1836)
AMENDMENT BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.
Sir T. BURKE moved as an amendment that the
chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again.
Captain MAGAN thought it was very unreason-
able that he shoal be prevented from going on with the
bill.

After some discussion the amendment was negatived
without a division.

On clause 1 a most irregular dissuasion ensued, at
length
Captain MAGAN said he was tired of the bill, and
would rather that the Chief Secretary for Ireland should
take it into his hands. (Laughter,)
Another discussion sprang up, and it was moved as
an amendment that the words "or construction" shoull
be struck out of the clause, the effect of this being to au-
thor:se repairs of roads only, and not the construction of
buildings.
The committee divided, and the numbers were—

For the amendment
Agaiaet it
Majority • —3B

The amendment was therefore lost.
It was then proposed that the word reconstruction
should be substituted for the word construction ; but the
propos.,l was negatived

Sir R. FERGUSON objected to the present measure
that it would destroy the system of free competition. He
was of opinion that the whole question of county sur-
veyors should be considered by a select committee, and
moved an amendment to that effect.

After some discussion the house divided, when the
numbers were—

Ayes
Noes ...

38
25

Majority
The amendment was therefore carried.
On the 2d clause being proposed,
Mr. KIRK said he believed the clause would be in-
operative. The grand jury were not authorised in rais-
ing money except for a specific purpose.
The omission of the clause having been moved, the
house divided, when the numbers were—
Ayes 37
Noes l9
Majority
.The clause therefore was carried as part of the bill.
The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house
resumed.

GRAND JURIES (METROPOLITAN POLICE
DISTRICT) BILL.

Mr. AYRTON moved that the bill be committed on
Monday next. He had amendments to propose.
Sir F. THESIGES complained of the hon. member
for not having given him notice antil within half an hour.
The Speaker having left the chair,
Mr. AYRTON moved that the chairman do report
progress.

Sir F. THESIGER was compelled to acquiesce, as he
did not wish to force the bill forward against the wish
of the house, at the same time protesting against the
course taken by the hon. member fur the Tower
Hamlets.

The committee then divided, when the numbers were—

Ayes
Noes

33
Majority --29

On clause 1 being proposed,
Mr. AYRTON said he objected to the bill because he
considered that grand juries ought not to be abolished,
unless some means was preserved of enabling the sub-
ject to prefer a bill of indictment without going to a
stipendiary magistrate, or obtaining the sanction of the
At torney-General
After some further discuss:on,
An Rolf. Minutia% moved that the committee be
counted.

Forty members not being present, the house at once
resumed, and

The (3-HAIR:VAN reported the fact to the Speaker,
The house then adjourned at half•past two.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The troops enumerated in The Sun of yesterday
embarked, under the superintendence of Major-
General Breton and waft; in the morning and after-
noon on board the Mauritius and Cleopatra hired
ate Am-transports at Portsmouth dockyard for China,
for which destination they will leave this day.
Shoe'ld the wind hold good as it is at present, east
by north, they will rapidly pass clear of the Chan-
nel. The above named ships are in every respect
most suitable for the duty they have to perform.
Their stock of provisions is very large, larger pro-
bably than any other transport ever took out. The
Mmeblvairlklet,
the remaining
s:t ship,
ipfor China, is expected to
companies of the 23d on Sa-
turday, and sail with them for Hong Kong. It
embark
,
was very gratifying to see the 23d and 93d embark
in the
c n opt rrdmien rgys
Y did.
The 104, Captain George St.
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completed taking in her
oei
nele e:mhaasnnale all but
Charlotte,btuh te
provisions and an immense quantity of stores and
munitions of war for China. She will go out of
harbour on Friday or Saturday next, and anchor at
Spithead, to await final orders.
The Niagara, United States steam frigate, Capt.
framework fitted to-day
counter, and attached to the
screw e w
iron
dispatch
screw
troop frigate,
was taken in.
upHanusdsdse inroghnt,e
through has
rhgnha
work,dtthhee iron
with very strong fastenings
after beams. The Niagara will sail on Saturday
next for Liverpool to receive her portion of the
submarine cable for crossing the Atlantic.
veosel, came
outT itloe-Fdalyyi;nagnFdittge6n,t s,
General Lord Seaton has proceeded to England,
and the command of the troops in Ireland has de-
volved upon Lieut.:General Sir Richard England,
who will remain at the Curragh camp.
On Monday 14 officers and 255 men of the 77th
Regiment proceeded •by railway to Kingstown,
where they embarked on board the transport Pal-
merston, in which they are to be conveyed to Syd-
ney.
The 19th Regiment has moved into Portsmouth
garrison for duty from the Camp at Aldershot.
The entire Marine garrison were yesterday morn-
ing drawn up in review order in the Barrack-square,
Woolwich, having been partially inspected by their
commandants Colonel T. Brown. At 10.30 Major-
General Sir W. F. Williams, attended by his aide-
de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, Brigade-
Major Shaw, and the garrison Staff, arriving at
the Marine quarters, proceeded rto a general-an-
nual inspection of the troops. Major General Sir
W. F. • Williams, accompanied by Lieutenant-
Colonel Wesley, Deputy -Adjutant-General, Admiral
Walcott, dtc., passed down the lines and inspected
the men with minuteness, after which they went
over the barrack quarters. Afterwards the troops
were marched iu an entire body to Woolwich-com-
mon, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Stranshan,
Royal Marines, and performed a number of field
manoeuvres, and having been supplied with blank
cartridge they went through a series of attacks and
defensive movements. Major-General Sir W. F.
Williams was in the evening entertained at the
Royal Marine quarters' mess at a banquet, at
which were also present Sir T. M. Wilson, Colonel
of the West Kent Militia ; Capt. H. Austen,
Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard • Colonel
Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen and Second
Commandant of Woolwich, and the heads of de-
partments generally.
Her Majest- jos
yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt.
the Hon. Jos. Denman, has fully sustained on her
present cruise the reputation she has earned for ex-
traordinary speed. S'he left the Spit buoy at 3.17
on Saturday morning last, and anchored within the
breakwater at Cherbourg at 8 a.m., having accom-
plished wbat the officers said they would do—start
at daylight and breakfast in France. The distance
is about 84 miles'. Her officers having paid and re-
ceived visits from the French Port Admiral, Pre-
fect, &c., and inspected the dockyard, magnificent
steam-basins, &c., rejoined the yacht, which left
again the same afternoon, called at Alderney, and
anchored at Jersey about 8 p.m. It was the inten-
tion to leave on Monday morning for the coast of
Ireland.

Yesterday the officers who have served in and
who now belong to the 7th Hussars held their 36th
annual festival, in commemoration of the services
of that gallant corps at Waterloo, at Grillion's
Hotel, Albemarle-street, Lieutenant-General Rob-
bins in the chair. The meeting
was numerously
attended. Among those present were Lieutenant-
General air William de Tuyll, Lord Vivian, Lord
A. Paget, Sir W. Verner, Earl of Scarborough,
Lord Garvagh, Lord Dunsandle, the Marquis of
Donegal, the Hon. H. Cole, Sir J. Hamlyn WU-
flaw, Mr, Lyster, Col. J. VV.'
ildman, Col. Arthur

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Shirley, Col. Dundis, Col. Inge, Col:Cotton, Major
Hagart, Capt. Bialie7CTlTEddiir,
J. Fiennes, Lieut. Hale, Mr. F. Coates, Mr. R.
G. W. Bulkeley, Mr. Chas. Paulet, Mr. A. Gore,
and Mr. Arthur Chichester.

The following app Dintinents were ml de yesterday
at the Admiralty:—J. L. Hearne and C. J. Broome,
naval cadets, to the Cumberland ; Stuart H. Rick-
man, naval cadet, to the Boscawen.; G. R. Jen-
kins, R. Edwardes, and T. 0. Hession, additional
assistant-surgeons, to the Victory ; F. J. Davy and
A. Cooper, additional assistant-surgeons, to the
Impregnable ; A. C. Johnston, assistant-surgeon,
to the Madagascar.

Dyce Sombre by reason of the alteration in the
ninizte of prop edine; t4--e-erretnal- expense-has-been
less, and, hewever oliject.ionab!e it may appear to
allow charges for work not actually performed, ye,
the result of disallowing it would be tha' the proc-
tor would be deprived of his fair remuneration for
all his time, pains, and labour. It is well under-
s. ood that charges of this kind are not merely the
pay for the particular work or labour to which they
are allotted, but they are the. proctor's remunera-
tion for the general conduct of the case—for his
time and for his trouble for becoming, as he must
be, perfect master of the case in its minutest de-
tails. He must make himself acquain'ed with all
the points of the case, and be prepared to ancver
any question which his counsel may put to him.
Tbeir lordships are of opinion that this bill of costs
cannot be disturbed. It is a mater of mere justice
to the proctor that these charges should be allowed,
and it appears to their lordships that no injustice
whatever is done to the party complaining. She is.
not in the slightest degree in a worse position than
she would have been if the usual mode of proceed-
ing had been adopted. On the contrary, it appears
that she has aciAtally saved money in the bill itself
bya reduction in the amount allowed for each c' py,
and she must necessarily have saved a further c,,n-
-s derable sum in.the difference of the rime occupied
in the hearing of the case, for it is quite clear that
if the case had been argued from written deposi-
tions it must have occupied many days more,
and for each day she would have had to pay
additional refreshers. Their lordshi s are
further of opinion that the objections to
the charges for the joint appendix and the
copies of the journal and interrogatories cannot be
sustained. As to the last objection, that the fee;
for three counsel should not have been allowed,
and that, if allowed at all, they should have been
allowed only as fees to a junior counsel, and not to
Sir A. Cockburn, their lordships are of opinion that
if ever there was a case which justified the employ-
ment of three rout set it was thwpresent, and that
both on account of the difficulties of the questions
arising and the magnitude of the interests involved,
the parties were fully justified in retaining the
high- st talent. Mrs. Dyce Sombre's petition was
therefore dismissed, with costs.

From the London Gazette of Last Night

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 13.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Henry John Brownrigg, E-I.' Deputy
Inspector General of the Constabulary Force in Ireland ;
George Browne, Esq., Commissioner of the Police of the
Metropolis of Dublin ; William D..nnelly, Esq.' Registrar
General of Marriages in Ireland; and Captain Walter
Frederick Crofton, R.A., Chairman of the Directors of
Convict Prisons in Ireland, to be Ordinary Members of the
Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 13.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoiut John Hutton Hunt,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms, vice It. G. Bolton, retired.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLI ANENT.

County of Carmarthen—DavidFugh, of Manorabon, in
the county of Carmarthen, in the room of David Arthur
Saunders Davies, Esq., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 16.
68th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Christopher Han-
sel to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir William
L. Hurries, C. 8., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 16.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Alan P. Lord
Garlies to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Billington,
promoted ; the third Christian name of Cornet Bolton,
appointed on the 22nd of May, 1857, is Bomford, and
not Beresford, as previously stated.
2d Dragoon Guards—Major Hylton Briscoe to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase. To be Majors without
purchase—Major Henry Aime Ouvry, from the 9th
Light Dragoons; Captain Edmund Ruck Keene, vice
Briscoe. To be Captains, without purchase—Captain
Coote Synge Hutchinson, from half-pay 2nd Dragoon
Guards ; Captain Henry Miles Stapylton, from half-pay
2nd Dragoon Guards. To be Captain, by purchase
—Lieutenant M. J. B. Dyne, vice O'Hara, who retires.
To be Captains, without purchase—Captain Arthur
John Loftus, from half-pay 10th Light Dragoons ; Cap-
tain Taylor Lambard Mayne, from half-pay 3d Light
Dragoons, vice Keene. To have the rank of Lieute-
nant—Cornet and Adjutant S. Calvert. To be Lieute-
nant, by purchase—Cornet George Eden Jarvis, vice
Dyne. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lient.
John George Willis, from the 9th Light Dragoons ;
Lieut. Charles David Rich, from 9th Light Dragoons ;
Lieut. Robert Mills, from 9th Light Dragoons; Lieut.
Roger D. Upton, from 9th Light Dragoons.
341 Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Colonel Michael William
Smith, from half-pay, 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase; Captain Fen wick
Boyce Barron to be Major, without purchase. To be
Captains, without purchase.—Captain John Miller, from
half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Captain James Swin-
barne, from half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Capt. Char-
din Philip Johnson, from 9th Light Dragoons; Captain
Francis J. M`Farlane, from half-pay, Ist Dragoon Guards;
Captain Thomas John Francis, from half-pay, 16th
Light Dragoons. vice Barron.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase--Lieutenant Thomas
Edward Gordon, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieu-
tenant C. Weruyss Thesiger, from the 14th Light Dra-
goons ; Lieutenant Lawrence St. Patrick Gowan, from
the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant Edward Orlando
V. Haldane, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieute-
nant Lawrence Mackenzie, from the 14th Light Dra-

goons.
7th Dragoon Guards— Lieutenant Arthur Robert G. Cos-
tello to be Captain, by purchase, vice Balfour, who re-
tires; Edmund Molyneux, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Welstead, promoted.
4th Light Dragoons—Captain Frederic John Sanlys
Lindesay, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice W.
A. King, who exchanges.
Military Train—Captain William Robert Goodall. from
the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Rowland,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Weutworth Dawes, from
the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eugene Sherwood,
who exchanges.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and
Brevet-Major J. D. Astley to be Captain and Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Lord J.
C. Plantagenet Murray, who retires; Ensign and Lieu-
tenant H. Jelf Sharp to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Astley.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Daniel L. Hewson, from
89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Hobson, removed from the service, having left his Regi-
ment at the Cape of Good Hope, without leave.
13th Foot—Surgeon Philip Henry Eustace Cross, from the
97th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Barry, appointed to the
97th Foot.
17th Foot—Capt. Win. Affieck King, from the 4th Light
Dragoons, to be Captain, vice F. J. S. Lindesay, who
exchanges.
25th Foot—Capt. Thomas Rowland, from the Military
Train, to be Captain, vice Win. Robert Goodall, who
exchanges.
35th Foot—Lieut. Win. Henry Ballingall to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Bickerstaff, deceased.
60th Foot—Brevet-Major C. H. Spencer Churchill, from
the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain. vice Henry James
Robertson, who exchanges.
68th Foot—Lieutenant John Nolan, from the 75th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Brocas, who exchanges.
75th Foot— Lieutenaut Reginald Brocas, from the 68th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nolan, who exchanges.
79th Foot—Lieut. George Thomas Scovell to be Captain, .
by purchase, vice Cuninghame, who retires ; Ensign
Arthur Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Scovell.
831 Foot—Ensign George William Henry Wardell, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mainwaring, de-
ceased.
88th Foot —Lieut.-Colonel Edward Herbert Maxwell, from
half--pay unattached, to be Lieut.-Col., without purchase;
Major Edmund Gilling Maynard, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel E.
H. Maxwell, whose Brevet Rank has been converted
into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854; Captain William Cole Hamilton, from
half-pay gith to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major E. G.
Maynard, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into
Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oc-
tober, 1854.
97th Foot—Lieutenant Eugene Sherwood, from the Mili-
tary Train, to be Lieutenant, vice Wentworth Dawes,
who exchanges • Surgeon Daniel Paterson Barry, M.D.,
from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cross, appointed
to the 13th Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Macdonnell, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase; Major and Brevet Lieut.. Colonel William
Augustus Fyers, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major,
vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Alex. Macdonell, whose Bre-
vet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ;
Captain Charles William Earle, from half-pay Rifle
Brigade, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel.
W. A. Fyers, promoted to the Substantive Rank of
Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct 6, 13i54 ;
Captain Henry James Robertson, from the 60th Foot,
to be Captain, vice C. H. Spencer Churchill, who ex-
changes.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Richard Alexander
Skues to be Lieutenant,without purchase, vice Jameson,
appointed Paymaster of the 29th Foot ; F. W. J. Dug-
more, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Skues.
UNATTACHED.

The undermentioned officers to have their Brevet Rank
converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War-
rant of 6th October, 1854

Major anti Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Alex. Macd onnell
of the Rifle Brigade.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colon,el Edward Herbert
Maxwell, of the 88th Foot.

Captain and Brevet-Major Edmund Gilling Maynard, of
the 88th Foot.

The undermentioned officers to have the substantive
rank of Major, under the Royal warrant of 6th of October,
18?;4

Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Augustus
Fyers, of the Rifle Brigade.
Captain and Brevet•Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. H. Clifton,
upon half-pay unattached.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
_ _ _

To be Staff-Surgeons of aieSecOrdolasa—Staff-Surgeons
George William Powell, from half-pay ; John Coghlan
Haverty, from half-pay.
BREVET.

The undermentioned officer having completed three
years' actual service, on the let Juno 1357, in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the
Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1.54 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dalrymple White,
D C. 8., 6th
ragoons.

TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain Robert Playne, 25th Bombay Native Infantry.
Captain Edward Charles Marston, 25th Bombay Naive

Infantry.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant James Scott Helps, late of
the St. Helena Regiment, who was cashiered by the sen-
tence of a General Court Martial on 19th May, 1853, to
be reinstated in his former rank in the Army, and ap-
pointed to a Lieutenancy in the 2d West India Regi-
ment, without the admission of any claim to back pay.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 16.
MEMORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been pleased to com-
mand that a Council of Education be appointed, to super.

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•
intend the system of the Education of the Officers of
_ the Army and the Exatnivatien of Candidates for
admission to the Service, and that the following officers
shelf corepo,e the Council :
Fre,ideet—The General Commanding-in-O.IH, ex officio.
Vice- Prysidr,nt—Colonel Duncan A. Ca,meren,
42d Foot, with the temporary rank of Major-General.
Members—Colonel Joseph Ellison Portlock.Royal Engi-
neers, and Captain anrl_ Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Joseph Edward Addison, Unattached.,
The appointments to boar date let June, 1857.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
County of Ross—Sir Win. Mackenzie, Bart., to be De-
puty Lieutenant ; Alfred Wm. Baillie, Esq., to be De-
puty Lieutenant; Major James Wardlaw, of the Militia
Service, to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major Charles John
Tottenham to b 3 Lient.-Colonel, vice Sir Wm. Lloyd, de-
ceased ; Cornwallis Tottenham, Esq., to be Cornet.
7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Edmund
Peck, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
The Hon. A.V. Paget, commonly called Lord A. V. Paget
to be Ensign, vice M‘Kinnon, appointed to 72d Regiment ;
M. A. Bass, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Turner, appointed
65th Regiment.
[This appointment is substituted for that which appeared
in the Gazette of 22d May last.]
The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry
Cavalry—John Swinton Isaac, Gent., to be Lieutenant.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, June 15, 1857.
Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended dis-
tribution of proceeds ari-ing from the Servian vessel St.
Elena, captured on the 27th April, 1855, by her Majesty's
ship Albion. Those of the officers and ship's company
only, who were present at the capture, are entitled to
participate.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said
such
are requirad
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re'
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said
Court.

Agents and all other persons holding powers of attor-
ney, prize orders, a3signments, or other instruments, bY
virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the
snare belonging to any captor, aro requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied bY
the usual documents, to the Prise Branch of the Depart-
ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admit
ralty, Somerset-house."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements M
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence"
ment of distribution; and at the same time, the amount
of an individual's share in the respective classes will be
announced.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
James Allured, tailor and draper, Norwich.
BANKRUPTS.
Daniel Pinkstone, licensed victualler, late of the Golden
Lion, Birmingham, to surrender, Jual 2t3, at one, and
July 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankrupt*
Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hayneoe
London-wall.
William Tyers, joiner, Nottingham, June 30 and <NY
28, at half-past ten, at the Shireha.l, Nottingham. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley and Ashwell,
Nottingham.
John Carless inn keeper, Gloucester, June 29, and July
27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, offi-
cial assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Gloucester ; Bevan and
Girl ing,Bi is tol.
Louis Philippe Remy Fenwick de Porquet, dealer in
agricultural implements, Fenchurch-street, City, June 26,,
at half-past twelve, and July 31, at one, ab the Court 01.
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba,singhall
street ; Lindsay and Mason, Basinghall-street.
Joseph Dodson, the younger, Russia merchant
ehurch-buildings, City, June 29, at twelve, and Avgas'
3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ;
ILnderson,Leadenhall-street.
William Keighley, Sugdeu Keighley, a,nd Joseph Seigh:
ley, worsted manufacturers, Keighley, Yorkshire, JO:
30, and July 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court,
Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Bond and Bat wick, Leeds,"
William Johnston, currier, Whitehaven, Cumberlanot
June 29, at eleven, and July 28, at twelve, at the Na'
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, Nall'
official assigueeci
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lumb, Whithaven ; Griffith an
Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Ronald Wright, grain merchant, Glasgow.
John Mowatt, draper, Glasgow.
Alexander Gillespie, ironmonger, Glasgow.
George Morgan Salmon, writer, Falkirk-.

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL—a:NE 16.
To-day there was a moderate attendance of the trade•
Holders of wheat generally demand a further advance 0f
Id to 2d over the advanced rates o; Friday, which checked
sales. Flour 6d to is per barrel dearer, and sack flour At
rather more money. Indian' corn opened in active re•
quest, and commanded the full rates of last week PI/
mixed and yellow; white is per qr advance.

LEEDS, JUNK 16.
We have had a tolerable show of wheat in to-day's Inari
ket ; there is more tone in the trade, with a fair demand'
and all fresh reds are ready sale at is to 2s over Friday
rates ; white firm at full prices: Barley nominal. The
sale for beans rather more active than recently. Oats and
other articles as before.
Average prices of grain—Wheat, 61s 5d ; bailey, 441
3d ; oats, 28s 7d ; beans, 46s 10d ; peas, —a --4;
rye, —s. Od.