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to be returned to Parliame y
such are sometimes' Mill retuhTed ilivirBr4 of
local influence exercised by relatives or powerful
friends ; or find Beats in counties because they have
inherited large property themselves. Such will
never be sought for or returned by large borough
constituencies, simply (if for no other reason) be-
cause they are not known to them, and have no
means of making themselves known.
We, therefore, wish to throw out this question
for the consideration of Parliamentary reformers
how, if all constituencies are to be large ones, the
House of Commons is to•be supplied with the class
who are to rise up to be our future Ministers ? :And
whether, unless some means of ready entrance into
Parliament be not kept or provicL d for such, we
are not in danger of being reduced to one of the three
following alternatives—none of which are contem-
plated or will be much relished by reformers—of
having to find our future Ministers, either among
those wealthy young aristocrats who can enter Par-
liament early by virtue of the property influence of
themselvel or their friends in 'comities ' • or out of
the-House of Lords; or, by a new constitution al pro-
vision, out of a class of professional politicians not in
Parliament by popular election at all ? Whether,
in aword, the multiplication of large and the de-
strUction of small constituencies would not, is its
inevitable operation, •be the most aristocratic or
the most bUreahcratic of all innovations.

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[PRIG] 41). ST.AMPRD sis

Naval and fffilltary intelligeuce.

The Transit iron steam troopship, Commander
Chambers, want to Spithead yesterday morning to
re,hip her ammunition; &c., and has since left for
China.
The Charity, No. 1 steam trarsport, went out of
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, laden with
provisions and stores for China, for which destina-
tion she carrying out to the Cape of Good
Hope Rear-Ad.miral the Hon. Sir' F. W. Grey,
K. C. 8., and Staff, to relieve Rear-Admiral Trotter
in the command in-chief on that s%tion.
The Himalaya, iron steam stroop-ship,Comman-

-der Haswell, -embarked the. baggage of the 90th
ohnerit at Portsmouth, and will embark the
head-quartersb of the regiment this day.for China.
The Boscawen, 70, sailing two-decker, Captain
Glanville, . flag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8.,
arrived at Spithead yesterday forenoon from the
North America and West India station, having
been relieved. by the Indus, 78, ,Captain Stewart,b
flag of Rear-Admiral-Sir Houston Stewart, K.O 8.,
the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief on that
station. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe was taken into
Portsmouth harbour on arrival by the Sprightly
steam tender, Master Commander George Allen.
The Bosoa*en will be now paid off. •
The Furious, 16, paddle frigate, Captain Sherard
Osborn, was taken out of the steam basin at Ports-
mouth yestetday. •

THE PROJECTED TURKISH BA.NK.

(Front the Times' ,City Article.)
Nothing has transpired in London lately regard-
ing
the projected Turkish Bank, but advices from
Constantinople give, further details, which enable a
clear view to be formed of the intentions of the
Government regarding the'entire scope of its opera-
tions. They confirm the impressions first expressed,
and, as they are not likely to be repealed or modi-
fied in. favour.of any other scheme, since it is said
the.native houses. Are ready.to take _up the COLIC2S-
Sion in case it should be abandoned by the capita-
li,ts of London and Paris, the following amended
resume will prove rueful :—The privileges are for
30 year?, and extend over the whole of the Turkish
dominions, giving the right of establishing branches
in any part' of the empire. The capital is to be
10,000.000/., of which 2,500,0001 a, must be paid
up. The Board are to consist of a Governor, De-
puty-Governor, and 24 directors, the Government
nominating the Governor and Deputy-Governor •
and six director?, the remaining 18 directors being
elected by the shareholders. The right of issue is
far 15,000,0001., with a reserve of one-half in
specie.' Within six months froni 'the commence-
ment .of business the Bank are to withdraw that
portion of the.existing State paper circulation which
bears interest. Thlaamounts to about 2,700,0001.,
of which 1,600,0001. carries 6 per cent., and .
1,000,0001. 10 per cent, The circulation not bear-
ing interest—about 2,300,0001.—is to,-be redeemed
within 15 months. The total to be redeemed is,
therefore, 5,000,0001. The depreciated specie cur-
rency, amounting to 4,500,000%, is to be, replaced
by new silver and copper coinages to be gradually
supplied from the Mint—the former wits an alloy
of 16 per cent., the latter with an alloy of 33, per
cent. For the amount of paper currency with-
drawn the . Government are to give the Bank
transferable Six rer Cent. Treasury Bonds, secured
by a special assignment of the revenues of the
provinces of Koniah and Kutayale Adrianople
and Uskuif, amounting to nearly 1,000,0001. per
annum. Similar bonds are also to be given for
any difference resulting between the value of the
depreciated currencies called in and the new coinages
issued in its peace. Finally, the Board are to have
the power of carrying on all legitimate banking
operations in the same manner as the Banks of
Eugland and France, and it to be assumed that
thesconduct of the general business of the Govern-
ment at certain rates of commission is also contem-
plated as among their moet important functionia The
whole of these arrangements are creditable to the
framers cf. them, especially as they are charac-
terised by a certain degree of strfugency which in-
dicateS that- the Government consider that if
Turkey is fit to enjoy a National Bank , she_ may
properly insist upon dignified conditions which shall
mark her emancipation from the hands of those
speculators who- have hitherto traded upon a dis-
credit, cansed not by dishonesty, but mismanage-
ment. It is alleged that such hesitation as has yet
been manifested in London in taking up the project
is to be attributed to dis=atisfaction that the Go-
vernment have not offered more 'extensive means
of gain, such as would be satisfactory to the
concoctors of Banks of Credit Mobilier, and also
that they have retained a considerable amount of
control in their own hands. The terms, how‘ ver,
supposing them to Liu faithfully-upheld, art suchali___
to admit of profits equal to anything that a rational
investor could desire, and if more were granted they
should operate rather to deter than to attract. Of
cburse, the gains from the circulation would be
greater if the specie ICesrce were fixed at
one third, instead of one-half, but at the
beginning the precaution was a wise one, and it
can be modified if experience shall show the safety
of the lower amouut. With regard to the re-
demption of the 5,000,0001. of paper circulation, it
may be taken for granted that the void created by
its withdrawal will be supplied by the notes of the
new Bank, while there is also reason to believe that

A court-martial assembled on board the flag-ship
Waterloo, at' Sheerness, yesterday, to fry Edward
Jones, ordinary supernumerary seaman, serving on
hoard the screw steamer Miranda, Captain-Robert
Hail. The charges werestealing a certain piece of blue
Cloth, tliepr6perty of Geerge M.lCenzie which was.
in charge of William Smith, the sick berth atten-
dant ; and the second charge, for deserting the said
ship- on the 28th of. February last, while the ship
was lying in Malta harbour. Captain Robt.
iu command of the Miranda, prosecuted. The pri-
soner pleaded guilty to both charges, and threw
himself on the mercy of the Coutt. The prisoner
was sentencei to receive on board the Miranda
three dozen lashes, to be then committed to the
cotinty gaol of Maidstone for six calendar months,
with hard labour during that period, and then to
be dismissed from her Majesty's service with dis-
grace.

Lieutenant William Jones Walker, late of the
Dido, has taken up his commission and joined the
sham-ship Vesuvius at Sheerness.

Mr. Cliarlei J. E. R. Arebdeaogn, Naval In-
structor, has talsen up his appointment and joined
the Cumberland at Sheerness.

Yesterday the two-company depot of the 26th
Camerpoians was inspected at Chatham barracks
by'Colon.el H. Jervis, the commandant of the Pro-
visional Battalion, previous to their departure for
Weimer. The troops assembled in marching order,
and were minutely inspected by the commandant,
who expressed himself much satisfied with their
appearance. The- depot will leave -Chatham to-
morrow morning, accompanied by Captain W. E.
Wallace, Captain. H. C. Hardioge, Ensign W.
Marigin, Ensign G. P. Fawkes, and Ensign P. C.
Story.
'the depots of the 26th and 37th Regiments hive
been ordered to. move to Chatham, iho former to
Welmer and the 37th to Chichester, it being
.the
intention of the War authorities to qtlarter the
depots of those regiments serving in China at Cha-
tham as soon as accommodation can be provided.for
them at the Provisional Battalion. The troops be-
longing to the St. Helena Colonial Regiment, now
at Chatham, are also ordered to be held iu readi-
ness to join their head-quarters.
The fotiewing appointments were made at the Admi-
ralty yesterday afternoon :
Master—G. P. Morrison to the Mehmpus, for ser-
vice in the Argus, revenue cruiser.
Mate—B, W. Bex to the Cumberland ; H. C. Best
(acting) to ditto.

Midskipmen—J. A. S. Kynneroley to the Cumber.
land ; A. F. Colder and Chas. S,:Cardall to the Cordelia.

Naval Cadets—R. E. Stopford, F. Eiwards, and R
H. Harris, to the Cordelia.

LORD PALMERSTON'S SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY ON REFORM.

(From the Economist.)

Parliamentary reform is a question which is
ciatain t) be brought before this Parliament, and
it is a question whicla,..willper,pl,4x many statesmen
and diva") probably more than one party. We
do not for a moment pretend to believe that at
present the country is conscious of any necessity
for organic changes, or feels much intere3t
;n their discussion. The cry has been scarcely
heird at this general eleJtion ; the sulject
has bran mentioned in a few electioneering
addresses and on a few hustings only. But
we must not forget that the Government which was
in power when the war bloke out-, and of which
many of the present Ministers were members, bad
promised an I prepared a Reform Bill ; and Lord
John Ru.sell considered himself in honour bound
to 'bring it forward, and was only with the
utmost difficulty persuaded to postpone it during
the abtoibing exigencies of the war ; and that if
the existing Government does not introduce the
subject voluntarily, Lord John is sure to force it
on the attention of Parliament. We do not expee
,any action on the question this year—the broken
session will be leason enough for its postponement ;
but the year 1858 must inevitably see it broached,
to say the least, and the discussion will form one of
those difficultibs in Lord Palmerston'a path to
which we have above referred. For it cannot be
denied that the Liberal party are by no means
consentatieous in their views of the nature and
extent of the reform measure which is needed and
would be safe ; and it is not improbable that the
Conservatives may start an opposition reform pro-
gramme of their own.
We have no intention of entering upon the ques-
tion till it comes regularly before the public. No men
iu his 'senses can doubt that many improvements
on the existing representative system can be con-
ceived and might be introduced ; but no one who
looks to the past in a philosophic temper will feel
unduly etnifident as to what the practical effect of
the various provisions of a new Reform Bill might
turn out t ) be. Old predictions have not been so
closely verified that we should be eager in hazard-
ing new ones. Former hopes have met with too
signal a disappointment for dispassionate observers
to be very sanguine for the future. One satisfac-
tory result, however, has been elicited by the ge-
neral election which has just terminated. Our
present system, with all its manifest defects and
undeniable anomalies, does enable the country to
express its-opinion clearly and forcibly whenever it
has an opinion. No electioneering organisation,
however complete—no personal or property influ-
ence, however strong or however unsparingly ex-
ercised, will suffice to gag or distort the popular
sentiment when general and well defined. In few
elections have men been seated or unseated so
ostensibly and directly in consequence of their votes
and doctrine 3. as in this of 1857. The country may
not have been very wise in its judgment, or very
profound in its foresight ; but at any rate it has
done what it wished, said what it meant, and car-
ried the candidates it preferred.
Another consideration, far too wide and impor-
tant to be developed here at any length, is stillworth
throwing out for the country to ruminate upon at
leisure. The prevalent notion among nearly all who
contemplate a new Reform Bill is to transfer the
elective franchise from small constituencies to large
ones—from Caine and Westbury, for example, to
Birkenhead and Chelsea. Have those who look
forward to such a change reflected on the inevitable
impoverishment of the House of Commons for offi-
cial and Ministerial purposes which must bethe
consequence I Have they looked to the past ope-
ration of the analogous changes which have already
taken place ? We must make ourselves clearly
understood. By using the word impoverish-
ment" we do not design any the slighe est dispa-
ragement to the character or capacity ity of the men
habitually selected by large borough constituencies.
But such constituencies naturally and rationally
enough prefer to send up to Parliament fellow-
citizens whom they know and respect, who have
shown their value by long years of local service—
who have won honour and esteem by a life of acti-1
vity, enterprise, and beneficence. If they do not
choose such men, they choose public characters of
eminence--tnen who have won their spurs in past
campaigns, and deserved well of their country from
their youth upwards. All these will, therefore,
necessarily be men who have ,reached or passed
middle life—who cannot and do not wish to enter
on a new and laborgious career—who will make ex-
cellent membersof Parliament, as far as good votes,
sound judgment, and reliable information are con-
cerned, but who cannot enter on the toils and
training of official life. But as long as our Minis-
ters are chosen exclusively from among members of
Parliament, so long shall "we want young men of
talent and promise—a reasonable infusion of such
at least—to be elected, who can embrace states-
manship as a profession, who are enterprising and
energetic enough to encounter its toils and its
chances, and who have time enough before them to

a further lnotese quantity of thee not, will pass
into currency in txchange for some portion of the
enormous amount of English and French gold at
present understood to Le hoarded throughout the
empire fur want of some safe representative medium.
In that case it might be possible for the whole pro-
ceq; of the redemption of the currency to be car-
ried out without the necessity of a single ounce of
bullion being permanently drawn from, England or

any other country. It is asserted, moreover, that
there is a prospect of the Six per Cent. Treasury
Bonds held by the Bank being always negotiable

at a premium-in case of need. At pre3ent the in-
terest bearing portion of the paper circulation is
said to command a premium of 11 for the Six per
Cents. and 11 for the Ten per Cents. Upon the

question of management most persons will agrae,
after what has lately been witnessed of the course

of London boards, that a direction composed of
leading merchants selected by English, French, and.
German shareholders, with an infusion of Govern

ment officials in a pro„ortion to fix responsibility
upon the Sta.e without ninferring any power of
action except such as may be sanctioned by an in.
dependent majority, will at least be equal to any
form yet devised. The separate interests and even
jealousies of the mercantile members viould prove
the best guarantee against any of them being al-
lowed to carry out wild views of their own, and

the influence of their respective Governments
would be available in united force against any un-
due assumption on the part of the State or its no-
minees. Looking at all these features, and at the
salutary effect which a regeneration of the currency
and banking system of Turkey must exercise in de-
veloping her commerce, particularly with Great
Britain, there is every ground for desiring that the
concession may be acted upon without delay, either
by ourselves or by the native houses, who are re-
ported to be anxious to obtain it. An additional
satisfaction will be derived from witnessing the un-
usual fact cf a State with a depreciated•currency
meeting its obligations in full-311 example strik-
ingly different from that set by Russia in former
times under similar circumstances.

,„.gai. , .
NEWHAVEN FISHWIVES IN THE WEST.— Vl'n these
few weeks past some enterprising Newhaven fishwives
have occasionally been selling oysters from door to door.
Their half-masculine, half-feminine attire and peculiar
accent, attract the attention of old and young as they
trudge creel laden along the streets in their white nape,
seamen's jackets, and skirts short as those of an opera
dancer, and of greater circumference than the robei of
the most infatuated devotee of crinoline.—GreetiocrAd.
vertiser.

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