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London, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

EAST INDIAN FINANCE

Mr. WILSON also moved for an account of the receipts
and disbursements of the Home Treasury of the Govern-
ment of India, from the Ist day of May, 1858, to the 30th
day of April, 1859—the last three months estimated;
estimate of receipts and disbursements of the Home
Treasury of the Goverment of India, from the Ist
day of May, 1859, to the 30th day of April, 1860;
statement of the sums subscribed to each of the public
loans open in India in each month, from the Ist day of
January, 1857 ; copy of financial despatch of the 31st day
of January, 1859, and estimates of receipts and disburse-
ments of the Home Treasury, from the Ist day of May,
1859, to the 30th day of April, 1860 ; estimate of the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the Home Treasury of the
Secretary of State for India in Council, from the Ist May,
1859, to the 30th April, 1860. Copy of financial despatches
to the Government of India, dated the 19th January, 1859,
No. 6. Of the present amount of the guarantee fund of
the East India Company ; together with an estimate
of the probable amount thereof when the same shall
become applicable to the redemption of the capital stock of
the said company, on the assumption that during the re-
mainder of the period for which such fund is to accu-
mulate the average price of the public stocks will
be the same as that which has prevailed since the
same was first created; of the amount of interest
payable in England on debt incurred since the Ist
day of May, 1857 ; of the amount of interest payable in
India on debt incurred there since the Ist day of May, 1857,
deducting therefrom the interest of 4 per cent. Stock sub-
scribed to the loan and cancelled ; of the balance in the
Home Treasury on the Ist day of May, 1857, and on the last
day to which the same has been made up, exclusive in each case
of deposits on account of public works guaranteed ; and, of
the balances in the Indian Treasuries on the Ist day of
May 1857, and on the last day to which the same have been,
made up (converted into sterling, at the rate of . two shil-
lings the company's rupee) ; beiny copy of Parliamentary
paper presented to the House of Lords on the 18th day of
March in the present ycar.—Agreed to.

POLICE AND TOWNS IMPROVEMENT.
Lord ELCHO moved for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the Police and Towns Improvement Act,
so as to enable towns and populous places in Scot-
land to avail themselves of its provisions for sanitary
and other improvements, without at the same time adopting
its provisions as regards the establishment and mainte-
nance of a police force.—Agreed to.
ENDOWED SCHOOLS (No. 2) BILL.
The second reading of this bill was postponed till Tues-
day, the 12th April.

THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL.
Lord PALMERSTON said it would be very desirable,
if the debate on the Reform Bill came to an end
that night, and asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
what course he intended to pursue ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—l
thought the suggestion I made on Tuesday night
would meet the general wishes of the house ; and I
shall be ready, as far as I am concerned, to fulfil every part
of the promise I made on that subject. But really the
matter must be left in the hands of hon. members them-
selves, for the question was of far too great importance
for him to take upon himself the responsibility with refer-
ence to the continuance or the conclusion of the debate. I
may, however, add, that, on the part of the Government,
I am ready to come to a division to-night, and I hope, if it
is not concluded to-night, that there will be some dis •
tin It understanding that it is not to pass over to-morrow.
(Hear, hear.)

THE REFORM BILL.
THE ADJOURNED DEBATE.

Mr. DU CANE resumed the adjourned debate. He
felt bound to support the second reading of this bill.
Ho denied the truth of what was alleged against the
bill, namely, that it was not a measure of reform; and he
taunted the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) with op-
posing the present bill, which gave some extension of
suffrage, while he himself never did so. He certainly felt
bound to object to two points of the bill, namely, the identity
of the suffrage and the disfranchisement proposed. How-
ever, these were matters of detail which might be discussed
in committee, and. were not questions of principle. (Hear,
hear.) The part of the bill of which he most strongly ap-

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. j

HOUSE OF LORDS.

(Peers present, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth,
Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and other'Peeis,) -
APPEAL - JUDGEMNT - SLINGSBY T. GRAINGER AND

OTHERS,

This cause came on to be considered this morning. The
only question raised in this appeal was as to the true con-
struction of the will of the late Miss
...Catherine Fox, of
Montague-place, Bedford-square, in the county of
Middlesex, deceased. The will was dated 21st February,
1837. She appointed her brother, the late Edward
Pickley Fox, Esq., her executor, and after bequeathing
her real property, and giving a legacy of £6O a year, the
will proceeds as follows :—" I leave everything that I may
die possessed of at the time of my death to him, and if he
marry, and have children, to these children after his death ;
but, if a bachelor, I leave all my fortune now standing in
the Funds to him ; and, if he die a bachelor, to Emma
Slingsby, my god-daughter." The question raised was
'whether the word " Funds " included money which the
testatrix had invested in "Bank Stock," to the amount of
£5,933 6s. Bd. The testatrix's brother died unmarried.
Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart held that the bequest
of " Funds " meant Government Funds only, and did
not include " Bank Stock." The Lords Justices et
Appeal affirmed the decision of the Vice-Chancellor wit b
costs, and the appellant appealed. The cause was arrueu
before their lordships several days, and stood over for judg-
ment.

The Lord Chancellor said that whatever doubts he might
entertain on the case they would signify nothing, as ha
understood 'three of the noble and learned lords present were
of opinion that the decision of the Court of Chancery should
be affirmed. Ms lordship regretted he was bound to come
to this conclusion.

Lord Cranworth said that to entertain doubts of the
propriety cf a decision was no ground for reversing it. The
reversal must proceed upon legal and reasonable grounds,
and it did not decide any general principle ; and looking at
the terms of the bequest, he was satisfied that the decision
of the Court below was right, and ought to be affirmed, but
-without costs.

Lord Wensleydale and Lord Kingsdown were entirely of
the same opinion.
The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Court
IA Chancery, and dismissed the appeal without costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DA I'.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A NEWS-BOY.—George Darcey, an im-
pudent boy of 14, was charged with robbing his employer
under the following circumstances
:
Mr. Wm. Hawes, stationer and news-agent, of 47, Great
Portland-street, said the prisoner had been in his employ
about six weeks as errand boy, and on Monday last he gavo
him 14s. ld. to take to Messrs. Smith and Co., news-agents
of the Strand, to pay for papers and the insertion of an ad-
vertisement, telling the prisoner to meet him as usual in
Catherine-street, Strand, but he did not do so, and ab-
sconded, not having paid the money as he was ordered to
do.

A constable said on taking prisoner into ewitocly and
telling him he was chargedwith robbing his master, he said
he knew he had.

Mr. Hawes said on Saturday week the boy was charged
with another at Marylebone, with assaulting a man and
fined, and he (prosecutor) thinking it was only a boyish
trick paid the fine, but he had since ascertained he was a
very bad character.

The prisoner admitted his guilt and was sentenced to
three months imprisonment.

ELECTION IN2'ELLIG.

'NCE.

GREENWICH.

It is understood that Lieut.-General' Sir William
Codrington will resign his seat immediately after
the division on the ' Government Reform Bill. At
present the only candidate in the field is Mr. W.
Angerstein, of Blackheath, who was defeated by
Alderman Salomons at the recent election, and whose
committees have been re-organised. Amongst the
candidates spoken of arc Mr. H. Lowman Taylor, a
member ofthe Common Council of the City of London,
and an elector of the borough, and Mr. Campbell, the
rejected of Harwich. Mr. M. Chambers has been
solicited to become a candidate by various deputa-
tions of the electors; but he has definitely declined
the invitation, although it is stated that he will
enter the field in the event of a general election.
The Conservative party in the borough confidently
assert that Mr. Angerstein will be opposed by a
supporter of the present Government, whose address
to the electors will shortly appear.

NOTTINGHAM.—On Tuesday a meeting of the
Liberals of this town was held in one of the Ex-
change rooms. Mr. Alderman Cullen presided,
and amongst those present -were Alderman Hey-
mann (the ex-mayor), Aldermen Herbert, Virtue;
Knight ; Councillors 'West, Sweet, Thackeray,
Mundella, &c. The meeting was called for the
purpose of fixing upon a proper person to represent
the town (in the event of a dissolution' of Parlia-
ment) in the place of Mr. Walter. The names
mentioned were Mr. Miall, Mr. Nicholls, of Man-
chester, Mr. George Moore, Mr. -Mellor, Q.C., and
Mr. Samuel Morley. The glow of hands fell upon
Mr. Moore, but an objection was raised by Mr.
Councillor Sweet, that Mr. Moore was unfavourable
to the ballot. This was denied by some of the meet-
ing, and it was resolved to communicate with Mr.
Moore, asking his opinions upon that question, and
if favourable, his permission to be put in nomina-
tion for the borough at the next election. The
meeting were almost unanimous that any candidate
must be a thorough ballot man. Upon the receipt
of Mr. Moores reply. another meeting of the Liberal
party is to be held in the large room.
WEST SurroLL—There arc now two candidates
for the honour of representing 'West Suffolk in
the room of the present member, Mr. H. S. Wad-
dington, who is about to retire. We have already
stated that Earl Jermyn has issued an address.
He declares himself a Conservative both in feeling
and action. He is opposed to the total abolition
of church rates, unless some provision is made
for the maintenance of the fabrics of churches. In
reference to Parliamentary Reform, he considers
the measure of the Government worthy of support.
With regard to foreign affairs, he is not " dis-
osed to abdicate that place in the councils of
Europe which the great wealth, power, and in-
terests of Great Britain so justly entitle her to
occupy ;" and he desires to see the naval and
military resources of the country kept in a state of
perfect efficiency, though the utmost economy
should be observed in this respect. The other can-
' didate is Major Windsor Parker. He has issued an
address, in which lie states he is a Conservative,
but he is less explicit in the expression of his
political opinions than Earl Jermyn.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
Augusta of Saxe-Cobourg and his Royal Highness the
Comte de Paris honoured the Right Hon. Major-General
and Lady Alice Peel with their company at dinner on Wed-
nesday. The Earl and Countess •f Derby and Lady Emma
Stanley; the Russian Ambassador, Baron do Brunnow ;
the Earl of Malmesbuy ; the Bavarian Minister, Baron de
Cetto ; Earl of Camarvon ; Sir Rebert and Lady Emily
Peel; Baron de Nostitz; Madlle. de Boouh, and General
Dumas were included in the party at dinner. In the even-
ing her ladyship had an assembly

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The BOGOTA CASE.—At the Liverpool Assizes
yesterday (Wednesday) Archibald Mitchell, the second en-
gineer of the steamer Bogota, was pieced in the dock, and
formally arraigned for the murder of Thomas Lauder, a
fireman on board the same vessel. Nothing has yet been
heard of Buchanan, the first engineer, and a Bench war-
rant has been issued for his apprehe,

* This passage between brackets will not be found in Mr.
Gladstone's first letter of 1851, but in his subsequent letter,
"An Examination of the Official Reply of the Neapolitan
Government," published in 1852.
t He had solicited Voerio, when minister, to get him ap-
pointed one of the ushers or door-ke_ epers to the Chamber of
Deputies, and he vowed revenge on bebg refused.