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recommend the system of competition. Direct and in-
direct benefits would result from its adoption. It would
conduce to the efficiency of the public service by procur-
ing the fittest persons to fill the various situations. Ho
doubted whether the heaols of the Narioui departments
wera able to devote sufficient time to inquire into the
eligibility of clerks appointed in their departments. If
the heads of such offices really required to get the best
men, they would bail the system of competitive f Xlrll.-
nation as being the only one which would effect the ob-
ject they had in view. It raised the standard of ability
naturally, and he could not conceive any system so
wall calculated to ensure the efficiency of public ser-
vants. If in the Revenue department the clerk 3 re-

quired superior ability, why in the Revenue
and Customs departments, since the introduction
of the system of competitive examination, had the Secre-
tary of the Treasury appointed 240 clerks ? Wal it
possible that that right hon. gentleman could have exer-
cised the necessary supervision to obtain the requisite
ability in those at the rate of 12 or 14 appointments a
month ? It was simply out of the question
that he could do so. The fact was that the
Government retained the patronage for political consi-
derations. The system was bad, and he deprecated
the existence of the practice of hon. members of that
house dispensing patronage in the shape of appointments
to the Customs and to tidewaiterships. There was
ample room in Cease appointments for serious corruption
between members and constituents. Nominationsin such

a way did not consider in the slightest degree the capa-
bility of the persons appointed ; and he, for one, desired
to see the system entirely swept away. (Hear.) No-
thing would more tend to spread pub is education than
the adoption of the system of competitive examination.
That was not merely his own opinion, but thoseto whom,
on a question of that kind, the house would listen with
deference. He would refer to the good effects which
had followed the course adopted by the Society of Arts
in consequence of his motion last year, and of the speech
of the right honourable the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. In Ireland, Dr. Graves had ex_
piessed a decided opinion of the benefit which had
resulted from the partial adoption of the principle of
public competition for appointments to the public service.
He stated that new life had been infused into education

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carried out 1 It would give a stimulus which no other
direct means would supply, and though that might be an
indirect good, be contended that it was one well worthy
of consideration by that house. All he asked hon. gen-
tlemen to do in affirming his resolution, was to express a
favourable opinion as to the extended application of a
system which the commissioner,' reports had proved to
work sv,ll, and to give such a stimulus to Government as
should prevent them standing still, and oblige them to go
on in the course they had commenced. He could not
agree to the amendment proposed by the noble lord the
member for Tamworth, because it would bind the
house to the opinion that limited competition was
the best system which could be adopted. If the noble
lord's amendment was carried, it would leave the ques-
tion very much where it was, since it would merely
shift the patronage from one person to another. He
trusted be should receive the same support from that.
Parliament which he bad met with in the last, and as he
felt the question was one in which the public at large
felt the deepest interest, he should, if untortunately op-
posed by the Government, feel it his duty to take the
sense of the house by going to a division.
Viscount RA YNIIAM said no one was more anxious
that the system of limited competition should be adopted
then himself. It was with reference to what he believed
an omission in the resolution of his noble friend that
he considered it desirable to give the house an op-
portunity of Expressing their dissent to a system of
open competition. He thought that heads of depart-
ineute, feeling themselves responsible for the cha-
racter of those under them, would take care that
only duly qualified persons were appointed: Talent
and ab lities were not all that was required. They
required to have unobjectionable moral character ; and
some guarantee should be given that the moral fitness of
the candidates was all that could be desired. He should
be sorry to see Parliamentary influence governing those
appointments ; be would much rather see the patronage
remain where it was. He did not object to the terms
of his noble friend's resolution. It was only because be
objected to the principle of open competition that he
felt bound to make this addition to his motion, " that it
is desirable that the nomination of all persons desirous
of competing for vacant appointments in the Civ 1 Ser-
vice should rest with the heads of the departments in
which those vacancies occur."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied
that the principle of competition had not been carried
out in the appointments to the Civil Service. The order in
council bad stated that every candidate should be examin-
ed by an independent commission. Since then it had been
proposed to adopt the system of free and open c
mpe-
tition. To that principle he objected, but it had ap-
peared to him that consistently with the order in council
a fair compromise might be made with the principle of
open competition, by adopting with respect to certain
branches of the civil service the principle of limited com-
petition. That was, that the le ads of departments should
nominate a selected number of persons who were to com-
pete amongst themselves for the appointments. He had
stated last year that it appeared to him that that princi-
ple was well adapted for the Treasury, for the Secretaries
of State's departments, and for other departments of that
kind, and he had stated with regard to a great number of
departments the principle had been acted upon ; but that
with many offices it appeared altogether absurd to apply
the principle of competitive examination. He had in-
stanced such offices as that of messenger or village post-
master, in which it would be altogether out of the ques-
tion. In reply to the remarks of the noble lord that the
Government bad made no advance in carrying out the prin-
ciple of competitive examination since the subject
had first been brought under the consideration of the
house, be would merely remark that the appointments
had been filled up since that time by competitive exa-
mination iu the National Debt office, the office of Woods
and Forests, the office of Works, the Police-court, Bow-
street, the Poor Law Beard, the treasury, and the War
office. In Scotland the same principle had been applied
in appointments to the Registrar-General's office. In
Ireland the Chief Secretaries' office, the Constabulary
office, the Loan office, the Dublin Metropolitan Police
office, and many other offices. He trusted that would
be deemed a suffieient answer to the charge that the Go-
vernment had been standing still. One difficulty in the
principle of open competition was the difficulty of getting
together persons on the same spot in order to conepete,and
the unfair advantage it gave to those who lived near the
place where the examination took place. Another was that
the older candidates hadan unfair advantage over they oung-
er ones, and might get the appointments, al:lough in point
of fact the younger candidates might be better quail.
fed for the positions. He trusted the explanation he had
given would be deemed satisfactory, and that the noble
Lord would not think it necessary to go to a division, as
pledging the house to one specified course in that parti-
cular might be productive of the greatest inconvenience
to the public service.
Mr. G. HAMILTON bore testimony to the stimulus
which the principle of competition had given to education
in Ireland, especially among the classes immediately
above the lower orders.
C. EwAra supported the resolution, and
timehoped wee coining, if it had not alrea iy come,
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when members of this house would have no influence
whatever in the appointment to public offices..
Mr. ADAMS also supported the resolution, and sup-
them the nomination to competitions
ported the principle of open rather than limited competi-
tion, as that would only extend the patronage of the
givinggo-
yoniination to office itself.
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Lord Goderich's plan and that of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. He denied that the recommendations of
members of Parliament were necessarily political.
Lord PALMERSTON quite agreed with what bad
been stated, that the difference between the resolution
of the noble lord and the principle of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer was so slight that it was hardly worth
while to trouble the house to record its opinions upon
the matter, and he would, therefore, accept the resolu-
tion of the noble lord, with the interpretat'on which had
been put upon it, and not according to the view which
had been taken of it by some hon. members who had
spoken, and who would have every appointment under
Government advertised, so that whoever knocked at the
door and claimed to be a candidate should be at once
admitted to examinatlion. They had been told that
Governments should shape their course like private
persons, merchant, bankers, railway companies, and
others, but he bad yet to learn that these
persons and companies filled up their appoint-
ments in the manner which had been recommended.
He might have been misinformed, but he though.,
that it was their Practice to lo ,k out for
persons who by their talent and trie,tworthiness to
hold those positions were the proper persons to be ap-
pointed. The honourable member (Mr. Clay) had ex-
plaieed how the recommendations of members might be
accepted as evidence of the respectability of the persons
who were presented to appointments under the Govern
ment. At the same time the house must not eun away
with the notion that all these offices ware filled by the
nominations of members of that house. Government
were always open to other Applications from persons in
a respectable position in life, and who, in other ways,
were fitted for the situations they sought. (Hear, hear.)
He quite concurred with the noble lord that the principle
of competition was far
better than direct or single ex aini-
nations. All human efforts were liable to failure and
defects, but, generally speaking, competition would secure
the best men for the situations they sought. At the same
time, it would be impossible by a mere competitive
examination to ascertain those great qualities of
this to be said that the young men at the time of life at
cha-
racter, habits, and temperament of mind. Still there was
which they generally presented themselves for clerkships
had not generally attained that standard which was re-
quisite, and if they were deficient in mind or power of
competitive examination would
bring out their presence of mind and
certainly the system of
their power of appla
application, they would not be fit for the situations, and
cation more than could be secured by the process of
separate and individual examinations, and therefore he
had adopted a plan in
the Treasury, and had rec on-
mended the same course to the departments—that in-
stead of selecting one, and then seeing whether he cape
up to the required standard, that others :should be selec-
ted ; and that out of the number those who were required
should be chosen. Ile believed that the system of ex-
amination had been attended with great bentfit. No
doubt in former timed, from want of that system, young
men were appointed against whom there was no ground
of educational incapacity ; yet who, nevertheless, were
found by experience to be deficient tae natural capacity,
or power of application ; and the consequence was
the higher appointments in many of tts e public offices
were filled by persona who, if the Gever4ront had their

choice, would not have been pieced in situations of such authorise the payment of clerks of petty eessions in Ire-
responsibility. He therefore augured well for that system land by salaries instead of fees.
of examination which had been recommended, and he LOAN SOCIETIES BILL.
concurred v.d•h the noble lord in thinking that tuneiest- Leave was given to bring in a bill to revive and con-
young men against one another, in order to see who tinue bit a limited time an act to amend the laws relating
could win the race, was better than a wa'k over on the to I, an societies.
part of a single candidate. It was for these aelongst . The Commons Incicsure Bill was brought up and read
other reasons that he was not pre pared to negative the a first time.
re: elution of the noble' Td. If it had not been for the The Valuation of Lands (Scntlaed) Act Amendment
statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer it might Fill was brought up and read a first time.
have been thought that this was an attempt to press : The Law and Assessed Taxes, &c. (Scotland) Bill was
upon the blouse of Commons a se stem which it did not also brought up and read a first time.
wish to accept ; but he (the noble lord) trusted that the , The Sale of Corn 13t11 was brought up by Mr. ADDER-
resaution would strergthen the hands of the Govern- LEY nuld read a fir-t time.
ment, and that it would satisfy these who might be un- RAILWAY TRAFFIC ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
successful in the race that the system was founded upon I Mr. D. GRIFFITHS moved the second reading of
public principle, and that Government was going hand ' this hill, the object of which he explained to be to
in hand with the House of Commons in the adoption of facilitate the means of obtaining justice in cases of
a system by means of which the public offices might be dispute between private individuals and ihe railway
filled by the best men that could be obtained. (Hear.) companies, in coaneetion with the traffic on existing
Lord GODERICH expressed his thanks to the Go- railways.
vernment for the course they had adopted, which he Mr. LOWE moved that the tell be read a second time
believed would be satisfactory to the house and to the , that day three months.
country. (Hear.) Since he brought this question be- This amendment was carried without a division, amid
fore the house many important steps had been taken by loud laughter from all sides of the house.
the Government, and ho trusted that now the principle Mr. EIUGESSEN then moved the adjournment of
would be stall further extended. the house, which was carried, and the house adjourned
The resolution was then agreed to. I at 25 minutes to one o'clock.
PRIVATEERING.
Mr. LINDSAY moved an address for cepies of Mr.
Marcy's letter to the French Government, in answer to
the communication of the resolution of the Paris Con- MILITIA.
ference upon the subject of privateering ; and of any At the Court at Bnckiugham Palace, the 25th of June,
o her papers or correspondence that may have passed 1857, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
between the British Government and other powers. The 1 Council. Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Par-
hon. member explained that those papers related to a lid gent, holden iu the 57th year of the reign of his late
subject of some importance to England as a maritime Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to
nation. He believed that upon the resolution of the empower his Majesty to suspend training and to regu-
, Paris Conference being brought before the American . late quotas of the Militia," it is, amongst other
Government they had readily consented to the second 1 things, enacted, that it
dshalhubce lawful for his
and third, but had not given an unanimous adhesion to t
e Majesty,ualliu byouatnnyf otTideeruo7iri
militia
oefrtshio
United Kingdom,
to suspendociom
or
that proposition which dealt with the rights of priva- the
any part ogf the United Kingdom, or of any county, riding,
teers. What was wanted to complete the system laid
shire, stewartry, city, town, or place, for the purpose of
down by the Paris proposition was, that private pro- being trained and exercised in any year, and to order and
peaty should be respected at sea as it was on shore. He direct, that no training or exercising of the militia of the
thought that the time was not far distant when the house United Kingdom, or of any part of the United Kingdom, or
must discuss that principle, but his present object was of any county or counties, riding, or ridings, shire or shires,
to get the papers printed, so that the house might be 1 stewartry or stewartries, city or cities, town or towns, or
prepared to deal with the question next session. We ' place or places,specifiedinanysuchOrder orOrdersinCoun-
cil, shall take place in any year, anything contained in any
must go forward having done so much, for at present
neutral flag covered neutral goods, except contraband of Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the militia to the
notwithstanding."
war. We had five million tons fl eating in ships, our contrary
exports were 100 millions, and in onr imports nearly the
portance to us than to any other country. What would co
And whereas it has semed fit to her Majesty, by and
with the advice of her Privy Council, to suspend the calling
same ; and therefore the question was of far more im-
oat of the militia of certain parts of the United Kingdom
hereinafter mentioned, for the purpose of being trained
he the consequence if we were engaged in a war with and exercised in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-
America or France! The premium on marine assur- seven.; now, therefore, her Majesty, by the advice
ances would be increased 10 per cent. Then there would of her Privy Council, doth hereby suspend the calling out
be 5 per cent- war risk on British ships ; and then the of the regiments of militia specified in the Schedule an-
British merchant, whatever might be his patriotism, flexed to this Order, for the purpose of being trained and
would not ship in British Bottoms. What would then exercised in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,
become of our five million tons of shipping I The house
twhlisicO Srdcehredule is hereby directed to be taken as part of
and it is further ordered that this Order and
should consider the position in which they stood, and it 1 the said Se;hedule be published in the London Gazette.—
was for that reason he asked for the papers, in order wit. L. BATHURST.
that hon. members might become thoroughly acquainted
SCHEDULE OF MILITIA. REGIMENTS REFERRED
with the subject. All that he asks 1 was that Govern
TO IN THE FOREGOING ORDER IN COUNCIL.
tnent should lay the papers on theta.ble, and if he should ENGLAND.
be successful, he would then make a substantive motion I North Lincoln
calculated to elicit the opinion of the house. The hon. South Lincoln
member having quoted several authorities on the subject London
of privateering, concluded by moving for the papers. Ist Middlesex •
Lord PALMERSTON said that it was not usual for 3,1 Middlesex
the British Government to grant papers which had 4th Middlesex
sth Middlesex
formed the correspondence between two foreign powers. Monmouth
In point of fact the papers in question were not in their Montgomery
official posses-ion ; but with respect to the British and let Norfolk
American Governments what happened was this. The 2d Norfolk
resoluti ens of the Paris conference were communicated Norfolk Artillery
to all foreign Governments who were interested in the Northampton
matter. Amongst others to that of America, and that Northumberland
Government expressed their willingness to accede to Nottingham .
them provided that private property shoul I no longer be Oxford
liable to capture. The subject was one that required the Pembroke Artillery
Radnor
gravest consideration on the part of the British Govern- Shropshire
meat, because it so deeply affected all our interests, and Ist Somerset
no answer could be given without careful deliberation. 2d Somerset '
In the meantime the American Government was let Stafford
changed, an I when the new President came into office 2d Stafford
his government declined receiving any answer to the Suffolk Artillery
proposition of their predecessors, but begged that the West Suffolk
negotiations might be considered as suspended. Under Ist Surrey
these circumstances, the house would see that Govern- 2d Surrey
meat could not accede to the motion of his hon. friend. Sussex
Sussex Artillery
He (Lord Palmerston) would not enter into the propo- Ist Tower Hamlets
sition the United States had made, but his hon. friend 2d Tower Hamlets
had himself made a proposition to the effect that private let Warwick
property should be sacred on sea as it was on land. Now 2 1 Warwick
if his hon. friend would consider the circumstances he Wilts
would find that the practice had varied very much on
land in different wars. Requisitions were sometimes
made, and were complied with by a violation of property.
But, as he had said before, the question could not be
discussed en a motion of that sort, and while the nego-
tiations were still pending. or some of them suspended.
He trusted therefore that his hon. friend would not per-
severe i a 1 is motion.
Mr. BENTINCK was of opinion that 'a great war
could never be deuidedit the Paris resolutions were c im-
plied with by this c wintry. The great strength of Eng-
land lay in her power of destroying the commerce of her
foes, and if she yielded up that power her going to war
any more would be nothing but a farce. He should like
to know why the question had been mooted, or why it
had at all been mixed up with the negotiations of Paris.
In our present circumstances there could not be a more
important question.
Lord J. RUSSELL was not surprised that Govern-
ment did not agree to the motion, seeing that the papers
asked for were not in their official possession. The hon.
member had stated that if auy alteration were made
there would be five per cent. extra. Bat the hon.
member had made some statements which were
worthy the attention of the hellos. He bad stated that in
case of war the ships of this country would be subject to
a heavy war risk, and that our carrying trade would
most probably be transferred to neutral nations. Now
he (Lord J. Russell) should like to hear from t ,e Govern-
ment some explanation as to the propositions which had
been agreed to at the congress of Paris. No doubt in
the case of war between England, France, and Russia,
We could not do otherwise than adopt them ; but that
.war baying ended, we were under no necessity a' making
concessions of principles which were in conformity with
the law of nations, and which this country had always
acted up to. No notice had been given to the country,
or to either House of Parliament, that such propositions
were to have been entertained at the eongrese. They all
supposed that Lord Clarendon went to Paris to make
peace with Russia; but with respect to declarations of
this kind, as to the maritime rights of blligerent powers,
the people of th:s country must have been surprised to
hear of such a subject having been started at all. But he
could not agree with hon, members that we should go
forward, and he though the analogy sought to be esta-
blished between land and sea was quite untenable. It
was quite obvious that a man who had a farm in the cen-
tre of France or Virginia was in a different position from
those who sent large fleets to sea, manned by thousands
of men, who the next moment might be employed against
the navy of this country. But the whole matter was in
a most unsatisfactory state. He quite agreed with the
hon. member opposite that our most efficient weapon in
war had always been our power of crushing the commerce
of our enemy, and so making him most eager in desiring
that the war should come to an end. But if any great
Power, such as France or America, could maintain its
trade in full vigour. and send its manufactures over the
world in perfect security, in neutral bottoms, there would
be no reason for any hurry in making peace. He must
confess that he looked upon this question as being in an
alarming position, and he regretted that the declarations
alluded to had ever been made. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LINDSAY explained that he had never advo-
cated or approved of the declarations alluded to by the
noble lord, He deplored them, and begged to recom-
mend their serious consideration to the house.
Lord J. RUSSELL was glad that the hon. member's
views coincided with his own.
Sir C. NAPIER quite agreed with his hon. friend
that this matter could not remain in its present position.
It these propositions were carried out our trade in war
time would be all swept away in neutral vessels, and
our only remedy would be an universal blockade, for
which, with our present navy, we were quite unpre-
pared.
Motion withdrawn.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. C. BUX CON moved that an address be pre-
sented to the Crown, praying that her Majesty would
employ all the means in her power to put down the
slave trade, and to enforce the treaties made with other
powers for the purpose. He brought forward this mo-
tion, he said, not in opposition to the present Govern-
ment, but to strengthen their hands.
Mr. NEWDEGATE admitted the exertions of Lord
Palmerston t ) put down the slave trade, bat he could
not forget the exertions made by the late Lord George
Bentinck in the same cause by endeavouring to prevent
the introduction of slave-grown produce.
Mr. WATKINS thought the house should direct its
attention:to the cultivation of cotton by free labour, as
the best means of putting down the slave trade.
Lord PALMERSTON thanked the hon. member for
his motion, and assured the house that no efforts should
be spared to carry out the objects of the motion.
The motion was then unanimously agreed to.
Several bills of a local and minor description were in-
troduced.
COUNTY AND DISTRICT SURVEYORS, &c.,
(IRELAND).
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved for a select commit-
tee to inquire into the duties, functions, and mode of re-
muneration of county and district surveyors and assist-
ant surveyors, in Ireland.
The motion was agreed to.
RAILWAYS (IRELAND).
Mr. BUTT moved for leave to introduce a bill to en-
able baronies or other districts in Ireland to give guaran-
tees for the construction of railways passing through
such districts.
Mr. HERBERT assented to the introduction of the
bill on the understanding that the Government did not
pledge itself to F wpport it.
Lord NAAS objected to the principle of the bill.
After a few words from Mr. M`MattoN,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that, consi-
dering the important character of the bill, and the late
period of the session, the bill should be permitted to be
read a first time, on the understanding that no further
progress should be made with the bill this session.
Mr. Dun complied with the suggestion, and lave
was given to introduce the bill.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
On the inoden of Mr. COWPER' leave was given to
bring in a bill to amend the Public Health Act of 1848,
nod to make further provisions for town innpioverneuts.
CLERK OF PETTY SE.t:SIONS.
Leave was given to Mr. HERBERT to bring iu a bill to

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

Anglesey
Bedford
Berks
Brecknock
Bucks
Cambridge
Ist Cheshire
2d Cheshire
Cornwall Rangers
Cornwall Miners Artillery
Cumberland.
Denbigh
Ist Derby
2d Derby,
Ist Devon
2d Devon
Devon Artillery
Dot 3t
lst Durham
2d Durham
East Essex
West Essex
Glamorgan
let Gloucester
2d Gloucester
Hampshire
Hampshire Artillery
Isle of Wight Artillery
Hereford
Hertford
East Kent
West Kent
Kent Artillery
let Lancashire
2nd Lancashire
3d Lancashire
4th Lancashire
sth Lancashire
6th Lancashire
Lancashire Artillery
Leicester

Worcester
East York
North York
Ist West York
2d West York
3d West York
4th West York

SCOT

Abercnen
Argyle
Ayr
Berwick
Dumfries
Edinburgh County
Rtinburgh, City Artillery
Fife Anillery
Forfar Artillery

IREL.

Inverness
Galloway
Ist Lanark
2d Lanark
Perth
Renfrew
Ross

Stirling

Antrim
Antrim Artillery
Armagh.
Armagh Artillery
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Ist Cork
2d Cork
3d Cork
Cork City Artillery
Donegal
Donegal Artillery
North Down
South Down
Dublin County
Dublin City
Dublin City Artillery
Fermanagh
Gal way
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny

King's County
Leitrim
Limerick County
Limerick City Artillery
'Londonderry
Longford
Louth
North Mayo
South Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
Queen's County
Roscommon
Sligo
Ist Tipperary
2d Tipperary
Tyrone
Tyrone Artillery
Waterford Artillery
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 11.
The Queen has boon pleased to appoint W. T. Bridges,
Esq., to be a Member of the Executive and Legislative
Councils of the Island of Hong Song ; D. H. 0. Gordon,
Esq., to he a Member of the Executive Council of the Vir-
gin Islands ; J. Collings, Esq., M.D., to be a Member of
the Council of Government of the Island of Malta ; and C.
Montocchio, Esq , to be a Member of the Council of Go-
vernment of the Island of Mauritius.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint B. Alleyno,
Esq.. to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of St. Vin-
cent.

WHITEHALL, JULY 13, 1857.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
laud unto the undermentioned gentlemen, viz. :—Wm.
Foster Stawell, Esq., Chief Justice of the Colony of Vic-
toria; James Frederick Palmer, Esq., President of the
Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria ; and Daniel
Cooper, E:q., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New
South Wales.