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bad been ordered would be of the most searching de- the appointorscriptiou.
Tae house adjourne
After a few words from the Earl of EGLENI)/tOUGH,
the papers were ordered.
Their lordships' then adjourned.

A at 20 mintiti

rnittee,
,es past 6 o'clock,

LONDON GAZETVE—(This Evening.)

,
ROUSE OF COMMONS--(This Evening.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock,
when the swearing in of members was proceeded with.
Amongst them were the following :—Major• Sibthorp,
Lord Naas, Col. Lowther, Mr. G. H. Moore, Mr. Mon-
sell, Mr. H. Johnson, Major S. Wortley, Mr. Hagan,
Mr. H. Vivian.
1 The Sheriffs of London, Messrs. Mechi and Ideates,
appeared at the bar of the house, and presented a peti-
tion from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common
Council, praying for the abolition of the abjuration oath
required from members of Parliament.
PRIVATE BILL.
The Bedale and Leyburn Railway Bill was ordered
for a third reading.
THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS.
Lord CASTLEROSSE, Comptroller of the House-
hold, appeared at the bar of the house with her Ma.
jesty's gracious reply to the Address.
POOR RATES.
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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 11.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will
be celebrated on Tuesday, the 26th instant.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. W. Johnston,
Esq., to he Attorney-General ; M. J. Wilkins, Esq., to be
Solicitor-General ; C. Tupper, Esq., to be Provincial Se-
cretary ; J. J. Marshall, Esq., to be Financial Secretary ;
S. Brown, Esq., to be Receiver-General, and C. Tupper,
Esq., to be Clerk of the Executive Council, for the Pro-
vince of Nova Scotia.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Nicolas
Gustave Bestel, Esq., to be Second Puisne Judge of the
Supreme Court of the colony of Mauritius ; J. H. Foster,
Esq., to be Registrar of Demerara and Essequebo ; J. F.
Bourne, Esq., to be Civil Engineer and Overseer of Public
Works for the Colony of British Guiana; the Chief Justice
of Dominica for the time being to be a Member of the
Council of that Island ; and John Fox, Esq., to be a mem-
ber of the Legislative Council of the Island of Newfound-
land.

DOWNING-STREET, MAT 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wm. Stevenson,
Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and ovrr
the Colony of 3lauritius and its dependencies.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 11.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon,
transmitting a translation of a Decree abolishing the mono-
poly on soap, and fixing the duty upon importation, as
shown by the annexed extract :
ART. 1. The monopoly of the manufacture of soap is
hereby abolished in all the kingdom and adjacent islands,
from the Ist July, 1858, when the present contract ex-
pires, and the manufacture and trade of this article will
be open to all.
Art. 2. Foreign soap, imported through any of the cus-
tom-houses of the kingdom and adjacent islands, shall pay
the following duties : —Common soap, of any quantity, one
mil rein (4s. 6d.) per 100 lbs.
Art. 3. The impost levied for the amortization of the
notes of the Bank of Lisbon, by virtue of the laws of 13th
July, 1848, 25th June, 1849, and 20th April, 1850, Shall
henceforth be at the rate of 12 per cent., payable in cash,
upon all the duties levied at the custom-houses of the
kingdom and islands, with the exception of those levied at
the municipal custom-house of Lisbon, which will only be
subject to an impost of 10 per cent., and the fishery tax
5 per cent.

Mr. AYRTON gave rotico that on the 26th May he
should move for a !Select committee for inquiring into the
present state of the inequality of the pour-rates in the
metropolis.

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i silly combatted, and raid that in having recourse to
attended with much success, but, as men of great pea' transportation we were thrown on the only celery.' tics: experience entertained a duff rent opinion, It
_nor
that would receive them, viz., Westera Australia. at all events, desirable that the committee should
ie iFy
There we c mid not expect to send them long, and he on their lebeers with the to mess vneour, and that .`e.lll.
cautioned the Government against sending large Tian- ! latisn shoniS be proreened with in ne hasty sl'lr
tities there at airy ono time, or they would be treated (Hear, hear.)—The motion '.11,9 then agreed to.
the Caine by the colonists there as they were by rho .
GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH. 6
people of Van Dieunan's Land a short time since. Ad-
Sir GEORGE GREY' moved for leave to intre&ne
milling West Austrslia continued favourable to the re a bill to make better provision for the exercise of the
caption now, it coulti not be reckoned on as a perrna- power of the General Board of Health. The right
fleece, and it was desirable that the best clans of tem- honourae barouet in doing 80 . took occaion,,
victs should be sent there. This question would come observe that the Board had originally been. sere to 7
before the house in a plainer form a few years hence, in the year 184 S ; its members having then °rid
when they would have to deal- with their inc?rrigils, les, Fisted of the First Commissioners of Woods 10!
because there would always be a class of crinsioa,s it Forests, and two other gentleman appointed ISYnbe
would be impossible to let loose on society. Ile did not Crown, (see of whom was in the receipt of a salary. ' ,
mean to advocate imprisonment for life, nor did be think erieinal Bnird bad however, been dissolved in the Jest
the public would tolerate it; but he thought places miellt 1854, and a new Board bad been constituted, havingo„
be found in which it would be possible to retain them its bead, a president, who received a salary of 2,0001.7
secluded from the world, and employ them in reinuaer• annum, he being the only paid member of the 802,7,1
alive labour, Turning from those to the corrigible, he By virtue of the act under which the department en;
found there was a dislike on the part of the people to been instituted its powers were to continue until the 2!,,
the present ticket-onleave system ; but his answer to a day of July next, and until the end of the next enstll47,
the objections that bad been urged against the synern session of Parliament. Paying regard, however, to bie
was that it had not in reality had fair play. The tneerY ordinary duties which the Board had to perform, 'l.O,
was one thing, and the practice spottier. Great cum- Government had come to the conclusion, instead of P.th
plaint was raised against the roan's being ails to ain posing a renewal of the existing Board, to dispels" *id '
employment in consequence of his being under the cur- it as a separate department, and that such a portion
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veillance of the police, and no doubt a system of sue- its present duties as it was desirable should contintloeffics`
veillance was alien to our feelings ; but the position of a be discharged should be transferred to the Golneiln fa
man under the ban of the law was in itself very distinct to be performed by the Lnrd President, with the aid °t,
from that of ordinary persons, and any supervision over committee of the Council. If the house should ag",,Poi.
this man seas no obstacle to his finding employment. that proposal an immediate redaction of 3 0001. or 4,0',,,
The house should recollect that there were two sides to per annum in the expenses of the department woulnit'er
the question, and if these men had been allowed to get the; resole, while a still greater reduction might 5' be
into employment with forged characters, or in any under- some experience of the working of the new system
band way, and after gaining the confidence of the masters, effected.—Leave was given to bring in the bill.
had betrayed it, the sympathy of the people would have '
changed sides. No doubt a difficulty would attend
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (1°-
the finding the whole of them with employment. It LAND) BILL.
Mr. J. D. FITZGERA.LD moved for leave to 101
was a Government question, but he thought that em-
in a bill to consolidate and amend the Acts relating'
pleyment might be found for many of them on public
bankruptcy and insolvency in Ireland.
sal
works after the expiration of their sentence, on a remu-
Mr. WHITESIDE reminded the Attorney-Genera
neration below that paid to the honest labouring pope. Mr
Ireland that about 12 months ago a resolution erai
lation by way of distinction between the two classes,
't real'
passed by a committee of that house stating that Igb 1
He thought the ticket-of-leave system defective in grant-
essential te the due administration of justice in the Mid
icg the ticket indiscriminately. No ticket ought to be
Encumbered Estates Court that a proper place shlt,
granted until a prisoner had passed through certain pro-
be provided fur the transaction of its business, anu itl
bationary stages, but a different test should be applied
which the professional practitioners and the suitors neud,
than that lately acted upon, because it was well known
have convenient access. He added that, notwithstsln,n,
that the best conducted man in confinement was not the -
n that resolution, at that moment nobody knew °": i
best conducted when he regained his liberty. It was an
'orgwherefore it had not been acted u on, though it r,-'0
anomaly not to revoke tickets of leave except on convic-
lated, as they all knew, to a tribunal whichp from titne'ci
lion, for if that be adhered to, they might as well dis-
time disposed of an immense amount of property; a°
charge the man at once, without any ticket. Any re-
had proved to be of great advantage to the public.' ,Ad :'
turn to transportation upon a large scale would be found
The motion for leave to bring' the billwas o'-
in
Mr. BERESFORD HOPE thought the great merit agreed to.
• THE PRINTING COMMITTEE. ion
of this bill was its brevity and vagueness, as he thought
Mr. WILSON" moved that Mr. G. A. Hamilton► ttic
the only legislation that could be attempted in the pre -
Greene, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskelh '.1.1'..
sent state of things was of a tentative character.
ei Vernon Smith., Mr. L. Eetcourt, Mr. Bonhain•ss3n°
rten
Mr. MARSH made his maiden speech in favour of
transportation, and stated from his experience in Ass-
and Mr. Thornely be the members of the Printing u
tralia, that the northern region of that territory would mittce.
ho
the colonies before they were sent there. e
that convicts should undergo some special training for
be very suitable for receiving convicts. He susgeeted
Sir H. WILLOUGEIBY called the attention of t
house to the enormous amount of the printing exPeh:e i
and stated his conviction that, unless some effee'ly
The bill was then read a second time.
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control were placed over the various departments el,
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL.
netted with this subject, the evil would continuer I'
et
troduced last session by Sir Strafford Nortimate.
Mr. ADDERLEY moved the second reading of this indeed, it did not go on increasing,
bi'l, which be said was verbatim the same with that in-
Mr. WILSON said the Treasury had prepared s 5
of ruses, which he should present for the opinion elii,ao
adoption of this committee when it eas, and which,
Mr. BOWYER opposed the bill because it interfered
hoped would have the effect of accomplishing the 0111-16
with the parental authority of the poor in the case of
the hon. baronet had in view. He (Mr. Wilson) slil'of
children who might be taken up on a pretended charge
admitted that there had been an enormous amount
of vagrancy or begging. He also condemned the bill as
unnecessary printing from first to last, and he hopecrt.".
a scheme for proselytising Roman Catholic children.
its'
house would assist the Government in its desire to tri, a
Lord ROBERT CECIL defended the bill, and charged
gate the evil, for during some years past they bad le
Mr. Bowyer with a desire to introduce the lazzeroni sye-
returns moved for whisk were of no earthly use. The
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tern into England. He denied the charge of proselytism,
solutions he meant to propose would he such as we—
and said its only object was to reclaim children from the
paths of immorality and vice, reach and control every department of the State elci
Mr. PALK and Mr. MULLINGS objected to vari-
ous details of the bill. ti
veined in the subject of printing, and such as he h°,Pe
would effect a material reduction in that branch of '
public xperiditure.—The motion was then agreed to.
Sir GEORGE GREY would not oppose the second
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reading of the bill, but be felt it would require careful ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS.
consideration in committee. The Marquis of BLANDFORD obtained leave to brOv
in a bill to further provide for the mode of securing °I
After some further discussion, the house divided—
in
of ecclesiastical corporations, aggregate sad
For the second reading 177
Against it lB sole ; and the bill was subsequently introduced and I.°
a first time.

Majority for the second reading.... 159
The bill was ordered to be committed on Wednesday
week.

PtiBLIC MONEYS.
On the motion of Sir F. BARING, a select committee
was appointed to inquire into the receipt, issue, and alli a
of public moneys in the Exchequer, the Pay-office, as
the Audit department.

ELECTION PETITION.
A petition was presented against the return for 06
borough of Sligo.
The house adjourned at a quarter past 1 o'clock.

We are requested to state, that on Friday evening the
Hon. Mr. Dutton presented a petition to the House f
Commons from civil servants of the Crown in the A
nnralty department at Portsmouth, praying for Sri
amendment of the Superannuation Act.