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reference to:reform this year, he concluded by quoting the
noble lord's words in favour of reform on a former occasion.
Mr. WARNER, who had the following amendment on
the paper :—" That a select committee be appointed
to consider what changes it may be desirable to
introduce with a view to amend the represen-
tation of the people," said he had no objection
to the principle of the £lO franchise in the bill of his hon.
friend (Mr. Locke King), but at the same time he believed
that its adoption was the reason why no measure on
reform had been successful in the recent attempts that had
been made to legislate on the subject. (Hear, hoar.) He
concurred with his hon. friend in his censure of the noble
lord, the Foreign Secretary, whose conduct he considered
was injurious to himself and to his party. At the same
time, however, he thought the noble lord was unjustly
blamed for not bringing forward some measure similar to
that of last year. There were no petitions in fa-
vour of such a measure and even the unenfranchised
whom it proposed to benefit had made no demon-
stration in its favour. But there were other
courses open to the noble lord which he might have pur-
sued with credit to himself and advantage to the country.
He (Lord J. Russell) might have proceeded by resolution,
as he had done so successfully on former occasions, and
move for a select committee to form a bill
on the subject of the franchise. He objected
to the proposed bill of the hon. member (Mr. Locke King),
on the ground that it proposed a fixed ground for the pos-
session of the franchise which he considered impolitic. In
his opinion, any reform bill, to be efficient, should be
founded on the necrtssities of 1861, and not in conformity
with an adherence to the principles of the Reform Bill
of 1532. He thought the best course would
be to leave the matter to be dealt with
by the indepen.447,lnembers of the house. At the
same time they filmiti remember that they (Reform mem-
bers) were a mexoiemnant, and not as they were two
years ago, a powerful party. (Hear, hear, from the Opposi-
tion benches.) They should therefore proceed with caution
He drew attention to the fact that notwithstanding only on
out of seven of the constituencies was represented, still the
general feeling was opposed to anything like revolutionary
change. The hon. member concluded by stating that he
would not then move his amendment, but bring it forward
on a future occasion as a substantive motion.

Mrr D. GRIFFITH moved the following amendment :
"That, considering that the object of the proposed bill in-
volves the practical adoption of a principle which has ge-
nerally been considered as opposed to the spirit of our Par-
liamentary constitution, namely, the uniformity of the
county and borough franchise, it is not expedient to reduce
the county franchise below L 20."
He considered that it was most desirable the house should
make reasonable concessions to a desire for the extension of
the suffrage ; at the same time be considered the alteration
proposed 13y the hon. member (Mr. L. King) was too ex-
tensive to be carried out with safety.

Captain JERI:IS seconded the amendment.
Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the motion, and was
'LEFT SPEAKING.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING).

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 19.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Jenner,
Esq., M.D., to he Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty.
in the room of William Baly, Esq., M.D., deceased.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jose Joel
as Consul at Hartlepool for the Oriental Republic of the
Uruguay.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 18.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Murtay
Robertson, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council
of the Island of Ceylon; Dougald Yeates, Esq., to be a
member of the Privy Council of the Island of Tobago ;
James Clement Choppin, Esq., to be a member of the Exe-
cutive Council of the Island of Saint Vincent; and Mil
Dasp,nt, Esq , to be a member of the Legislative Council of
the Island of Nevis.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 19.
'I he Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Aff,►iri,, a copy of a despatch for her Ma-
jesty's Consul at Naples, reporting that in consequence
of the Council of Public Health at Lisbon having de-
clared the port of Loanda infected with yellow fever, and
the other ports of Angola suspected of that disease, the
Neapolitan Superintendent of Health has decided :—let.
That all vessels arriving from Loanda should be refused
pratique. 2d. That vessels arriving from all other ports
of the province of Angola should be subjected to a quaran-
tine of observation of ten days.

The Right. Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a circular, forwarded by
her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, notifying, by
order of the Imperial Central Maritime Government of
Austria, at Trieste, that the ports in the Province of
Angola, and the Islands of Cape Verde, St. Thomas, and
Principe are considered infected with yellow fever.
CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 18.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Wilts—Southern Division.—Lieut.-Colonel
Frederick Hervey Bathurst, of Clarendon Park, in the said
county, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
now Lord Herbert, summoned to the house of Peers.
County of Aberdeen—William Leslie, Esq., of Warthill,
in the room of George John James Gordon, commonly
callod Lord Haddo, now Earl of Aberdeen in the Peerage of
Scotland.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 19.
Royal Artillery—The Christian name of Lieut. Morley
is Clervaux and not Chevaux, as stated in the " Gazette" of
Jan. 4, 1861.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 18.
The following promotions, dated the 11th instant, have
taken place, consequent on the death, on 'he 9th instant,
of Admiral of the Red Sir George Mundy, K.C.B. :
Admiral of the White John Ayscough to be Admiral of
the Red.
Admiral of the Blue Sir James Whitley Deans Dundee,
G.C.8., to be Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Commissioner of
Greenwich Hospital, and
Vice-Admirals
William Bowen Mends and
George Ferguson,
on the Reserved List, _

to be Admirals on the Reserved List.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir George Rose Sartorius to be

Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the "White Sir James Stirling to be Vice-
Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry Dundas to be Vice-Ad-
miral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry Eden to be Vice-Admiral
of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Lord
George Paulet, C. 8., to be Roar- Admiral of the Red.
Rear Admiral of the Blue James Hope, to be
Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.
Retired Vice-Admirals
George Le Geyt, C. 8.,
Robert Mitford,
Henderson Bath,
Joseph Needham Tayler, C. 8.,
Thomas Edward Symonds,
Lewis Hole,
Henry Thomas Davies,
George Gustavus Lennock,
aro entiled to the rank and title of Retired Admiral, and
Retired Rear-Admirals
Robert Patton, and
Robert Aitchison
(the latter since deccased),l
became entitled, from the 11th instant, to the rank and
title of Retired Vice-Admiral, in pursuance of Her Majes-
ty's Order in Council of the 7th May, 1858.