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London, England, 1859-07-07 00:00:00

Mr. BRIGHT believed that the bill might be made a
very good measure in committee. He thought the speech of
the Attorney-General conclusive on this point, and he only
just perceived that the name of that hon. and learned gen-
tleman was on the back of the bill. They had heard a
great deal about strong Governments, and the necessity of
union among Ministers, and he hoped, notwithstanding the
difference of.opinion expressed by the Home Secretary, that
they would not witness the spectacle of two Ministers going
into a different lobby on this subject. (Laughter.) Rethought
that. this bill would affect only a few cases, and would not
interfere with the great mass of educational trusts in this
country. He hoped that a member of a liberal Ministry
would not oppose a measure like the present.
Sir G. GREY agreed with the suggestion of the Home
Secretary, and considered that the subject should 'be refefred
to a select committee. He thought such committee should
be for the purpose of inquiry into the educational teaching
itt certain charitable trusts in England.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that a distinction without
a difference- was generally considered absurd, bdt it
would be_
_s
__more absurd to have a division with •
out a difference. (Rear, hear.) - - Gentlemen', on
both sides of the house seemed to be agreed as •to the
principle in discussion. The late Solicitor-General had
admitted that the law required amendment. Some hon.
members considered that there should be a commission to
inquire into the subject, and others that there should
be a committee to inquire into the bill, so that practi-
cally there was very little difference betweent them. It
was also admitted that if the bill went into committee it
must be materially altered. He approved of the suggestion
of the Home Secretary, and denied that in any difference
expressed at this side of the house there was any party
principle involved. He repeated that he approved of the
suggestion of the Home Secretary, by which he would
abide.

Mr .HENLEY opposed the bill.
Mr. DILLWYN replied. He said he would press for a
division, and the vote given by the Ministry would influ-
ence his future conduct in supporting them or not. (Hear.)
The house divided, and the numbers were— .
For the second reading .. 210
Against it 192
Majority —lB
The announcement was received with loud cheers.
The bill was then read a second time.
Lord J. MANNERS enquired
.what course Government
proposed to pursue with regard to the future course of this
bill?

Sir G. C. LEWIS proposed that the bill should be re-
ferred to a select committee, and made a motion to that
effect.

Mr. DILLWYN considered that the bill could be fully
discussed by the house, and wished that some promise was
given that no impediment would be thrown in the
way of the bill. He had no objections to have
the bill referred to a select committee, but would prefer that
the motion of the right hon. gentleman was postponed till
to-morrow, in order to give him time for consideration.
After some conversation the debate, on the motion of the
Home Secretary, was adjourned till to-morrow.
APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES.

Mr. M'MAHON moved the seeond reading of this bill.
He explained that the object of the bill was to enable the
Court of Queen's Bench to grant a new trial, when a case
was removed by certiorari, after trial as well as before.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the bill, which
he concluded would be prejudicial instead of beneficial to a
prisoner,__

Mr. LONGFIELD moved the adjournment of the de-
bate, and urged on the house to agree to the second reading
which, however, he admitted was susceptible of amend-
ment.

The debate was then adjourned., •
HIGH SHERIFFS' 'EXPENSES.

This bill was read a second time.
The house adjourned at six o'clock.

NEWMARKET RACES.--(THIS DA E)

[ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
£5O HANDICAP PLATE.
Knuckle Duster
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Hebe

Ten ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOB'S.
King or the Gipsies
Layton

MATCH—Killigrew beat Starke.
SELLING STAKES.

Olympus
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Five ran.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES

High Treason..
Trovatore
Blue Ruin

MARYLEBONE ELECTION.—(This Day.)

OFFICIAL DECARATION.

Fermoy
Lyon ..
Dickson ..

4,219 •
2,318
1,083

THE STELVIO PAss.

As a telegraphic despatch announces that the
Austrians have occupied the Stelvio Pass in force,
the following details concerning it may prove in-
teresting :—The Stelvio Pass is in the mountains
which rejoin the Rhetian Alps to the mass of the
Ortler, and confine the upper part of the Valteline.
It is the highest point in Europe over which man
has carried a road; but, notwithstanding that par-
ticularity, it is but little known, being out of the
line ordinarily taken by tourists. It is 8,850 feet
high—that is, 1,183 feet higher than the Mount
St. Bernard, over which no vehicle can pass, and
nearly 1,000 feet above the region of perpetual
snow. When the treaties of Vienna placed Lom-
bardy and Venetia under the domination of Aus-
tria that Power became desirous to open direct
communication between Vienna and Milan;
and as the road by Istria and Carinthia, in the
south, and that by Salzburg, Innspruck, and
the Brenner, to the north, were very long and
difficult, while the road by the Valley of the Inn,
the Col of la Maloia, and the Lake of Como passed
partly over Swiss territory, the Austrian Govern-
ment resolved to construct a road over the Col of
Stelvio. The road begins to ascend near the little
town of Glurns. It then enters a narrow valley
which is traversed by the torrent of the glaciers of
the Ortler, and ascends slightly for about two
leagues. Then the zigzags commence, and they
lead to a spot from which are seen the glaciers of
the Cristallo in front, and to the left the Ortler-
Spito, a cone covered with frozen snow, 12,058 feet
high, and the culminating point of all the Tyrol.
To the right is the Col of Stelvio, with the inter-
minable zigzags which lead to its summit. In the
course of these windings are seven long galleries
or tunnels, solidly built,
the object of which
is to protect the most exposed parts of the road
against avalanches and falls of stones. These gal-
leries have saved the lives of many travellers. At
the spot where they begin all vegetation has ceased ;
there is nothing but rock and snow;
the death-like
like silence which prevails is only occasionally in-
terrupted by the cry of the eagle, the fall of
avalanches, or the raging
ing of storms. At the top of
the Col there is no hospital, as at St. Bernard; no
shelter of any kind—nothing but a stone, bearing
an inscription that the Col is the boundary of three
different countries—the Tyrol, Italy, and Switzer-
land; and that it is 2,550 ft. higher than the Cols of
the Simplon, St. Gothrrd, Mount Cenis, &c. In
descending on the side of the Valteline, after a
while some large buildings are found, which
serve as hotels, police-offices, and barracks for
soldiers. Tney are situated in the upper part of
the valley of Beaulie, in which the various tor-
rents unite to form the Adda. From the Col to
this station the road descends in zigzags between
high banks of stone. Further on it enters a fright-
ful defile called the " Horrors of Bormio," being as
immense rent in the mountain, full of PreFilm,c,",
and at the bottom the Adda rolling. along. intni
defile the road is carried over precipices by means
of bridges, through masses of rock by means
cas -
of
be.
tunnels, and in some cases it passes beneath
cedes. At last it reaches Bormio, and there the
passage of the Col ends. The codntßraosrtmbieotwaenend
the
beauty of the country bey-on.
horrible defile is most striking. On the map„
Glurns and Bormio seem near together, but the
winding road Which unites them is 15 leagues long,
and is everywhere so steep that only pedestrians,
horses, or light mail carts can pass over it. T,h e
expense of making the road must have been enor-
mous, and the engineering difficulties immense.

, London Dock Stock was purchased yesterday at
611 ex div., the market having been seriously deprei ised
since the recent meeting, when the reduction of the d iyi-
dend to 3 per cent, per annum was announced. The p rice
at the beginning of the year, when the dividend was re-
duced to 4 per cent., was 91, and in the preceding Dec em-
ber it was 105.