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London, England, 1857-07-09 00:00:00

LONDON, rHUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1857.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 8.
THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.
Order for third reading read. Motion made, and quest-,ion
proposed, " That the bill be now read the third time."
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now,"
and at the end of the question to add the words " upozr
this day six months." Question put. " That the word
' now' stand part of the question." The house divided.
Ayes, 172; Noes, 78.

AYES-472.
Adams, W. Foljambe, W.
Adderley, C. Forster, C.
Aithorpe, Viscount Freestun, Col.
Anderson, Sir J. Gard, It.
Baines, Bt. Hon. M. Garnett, W.
Ball, E. Gilpin, Charles
Barino• T Glover, E.

Moody, C.
Norris, D.
Mowbray, J. R.
Mulgrave, Earl
Nicol, D.
Norreys, Sir D.
Norris, J.
O'Brien, Sir T.
Ogilvy, Sir J.
Owen, Sir J.
Packs, C.
Paget, Lod A.
Pakington, Sir J.
Philipps, R.
Philips. J. H.
Portman, W.
Price, W.
Pritchard, J.
Itamsden, Sir J.
Ramsay, Sir A.
Rehow, John
Ridley, G.
i•alisbury, E.
Selater, G.
Seymer, H.
Smyth, Col.
Somers, J.
Spooner, R.
Steel, J.
Tancred, H.
Thompson, Gen.
Thornely, T.
Thornhill, W
Tollemache,J.
Trail]; G.
Trollops, Sir J.
Vadsittart, G.
Vantittart, W.
Verner, Sir W.
Verney, Sir H.
Waddington, H.
Waldron, L.
Walpole, S.
Whatman, J.
White, J,
Whitmore, H.
Wickham, IL W.
Willyams, E.
Willoughby, Sir H.
Wilson, J.
Wingfield, R.
Windham, Gen.
Wyndham. W.
Wynne, W.

Bernard, T.
Barrow, W.

Glyn, G.
Gregory, W.

Beach, W.
Beale, S

Grey, Sir G.
Grey, R,

Befunish,F. Griidtb, C.
Beecroft, G. Grosvenor, TA. R.
Bethell, Sir R. Grosvenor, Earl
Black, Adam Hanbury, Robert
Blake, J, Hardeastle, A.
Bowyer, G. Harty, G.
Bramley-Moore. I. Hansard, IC
Bramston. T. W. Hatchell, J.
Bridges, Sir B. Hay, Lord J.
Brown, J. Hayes, Sir E.
Buchanan, W. Hayter, W.
Buller, J. W. Headlam, T.
Butt. I. Henley, J.
Byng, G. Herbert, H.
Caird, James Hilayard, R. C.
Carden, Sir R. W. Holland, E.
Charles worth, J. Hoawood, John
Clark, J. llornbv, W.
Cobbett, J. H. Horsfall, T. B.
Collins, T. Howard, Lord E.
Colville, C. R. Hudson, G.
Conyngliam, Lord F. Hutt, W.
Cowper, W. F. Ingham, R.
Coote, Sir C. S. Ingram, 11.
Cowan, C. Jackson, W.
Cox William Jervoise, Sir J.
Crawford, R. Kendall, N.
Daiglish, It. King, E.
Davey, R. Kingscote, Capt. B.
Davison, R. Kirk, W.
Deasy, R. Knatchbull, W.
De Vere, S. Langston, J. H.
Divot, E. Langton, H. G.
Dunbar, Sir W. Laurie, J.
Duncan, Viscount Legh, G. C.
Duncombe,Hon. A. Levine, Sir R.
Dundas, F. Lewis, Sir G. C.
Egerton, W. Liddell,ll. G.
Ellice, E. Lincoln, gad o(
Elt 'in, Sir A. Locke. John
Ewart, J. Mackie, 3.
Fagan, W. Maguire, J.
Fergus, J. Martin, C.
Ferguson, Col. Martin, P.
Ferguson, Sir R. Massey, W.
Fitzgerald, J. Mlles, W.
Fitzroy, Hon. H. Miller, T.
Foley, H. Monscll, W.

TELLER!.

Duke, Sir J.
Cubitt, W.

NOES-78.
Baring, F. Graham, Sir J. Pease, H.
Bernard, W. Greenall, G. Pechell, Sir G.
Baxter, W. Grenfell, C. Pennant, Col. E.
Bennet, Capt. P. Grenfell, Chas. Platt, James
Brady, J. Greville, Col. F. Potter, Sir J.
Bruce, H. A. Grogan, Edward Powell, F.
Butler, C. Hackblock, W. Roebuck, J.
Caleutt, M. Hadfield, G. Russell, Sir W.
Campbell, R. Harris, J. Scott, F.
Cecil, Lord 1k Heatheote, Sir W. Shelley, Sir J.
Clive, G. Henniker, Lord Smith, 3. B.
Codrington, Sir C. W. Horsman, E. Smith, A.
Cogan, W. H. F. Ingestre, Viscount Smollett, A.
CraufUrd, E. Fl. J. Johnstone, J. Hope Stanhope, J.
Denison, W. 11. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stpleton, J.
Dillwyn, L. Kershaw, J. Stuart, Colonel
Dodson, J. King, L. Sykes, Col.
Duncombe, T. Kinnaird, A. Taylor, Col.
Dundas, G. Knatchbull-Hugessen Trefusis, C.
Dunlop, A. Lockhart, A. E. Trelawney, Sir 3.
Dunne, AL Lygon, Hon. F. Turner, J. A.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Mainwaring, T. Welby, W.
Evans, Sir De Lacy Naas, Lord Wise. J.
Evans, T. W. North, F. Woods, 11
Ewart, W. O'Brien, P. TELLERS.
Finlay, A. O'Donoghoe, The Codrington, General
Goderich, Vie. Paget, C. Ayrton, A.

Naval and Military ifiteiligexice.

• The Ulysses, sailing transport, went into Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday morning, and was sur-
veyed by naval and military' authorities prepsra-,
tory to the reception of the first portion of the 88th
Connaught rangers this day, consisting of -Lieu-
tenant-Colonel C. H. Maxwell, Captains S. Hen_
ning and H. H. Day, Lieutenants C. A. Perceval,
G. C. Scott, G. S. Watson, J D. Gr Doi3g:n, and
IL M. Gilby, Ensign J. Foot, Assistant-Surgeon
T. R. Williams, 14 s-rgeants :arid 267 rank and
file. They will sail for India -Li-morrow. The
other officers and men of the 88th are apportioned
fur embarcation as follows:—On the 15th the Surrey-
is ordered to take in 22 sergeants and 307 dank and
file ; on the 17th the Culabar will take in the head
quart rs and 10 sergeant., and DI6 rank and fi'e ;
and on the 224 the Cambodia will take in 3 ser-
geants and 113 rank and file.
The 7th Royal Fusiliers are also under orders
for embarkation at Ptirtsmou'h in the following
proportions :—On the 14th instant the Sir 'George
Seymour is ordered to embark 10 sergeants and 213
rank and file. On the 21st the Rancilies 11 sergeants
and 203 rink and file. On the same day the Owen
Glendower 16 sergeants and. 244 rank and file.
Same date, Setingapatam, 12 sergeants and 208
rank and ffe. The officers will be distributed ac-
cording to the allotments of troops to the several
ships.
The 7th Cnnpany of the Royal Engineers, under
the command of Captain R. Warren, left Brotnptort
Barrack., Chatham, yesterday, for the purpose of
embarking for Nova Scotia.,
The depot of the 23,1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
numbering 100 non commissioned officers, and pri-
vates, with Captain F. F. Vane, Lieutenant the
Hon. N. Fiennes, and Lieutenant T. F. Lewis,
has arrived at Chatham garrison from Portsmouth,
and is attached to the Provisional Battalion. The
head-quarters proceed to China.
Yesterday the officers and melt of _the 35th Regt.
and the 60th Rifles, under orders for India, assem-
bled on the general parade ground at Chatham,
where they were inspected by Colonel H. H. Jervis.
On the conclusion of the inspection they marched
to the Strood station and proceeded to Gravesend,
where they embarked on board the Ellenborougb,
for Calcutta, under the command of Major C. IL
S. Churchill, 60th Rifles.
The Wm. Hammond went into Portsmouth har-
bour yesterday morning and disembarked atth e dock-
yard 279 rank and file, 15 women and 33 children,•
with the band, Sze., of the 36th Regiment, who left
in the afternoon by the South-Western Railway for
Manchester. The William. Hammond afterwards
sailed for Deptford.
The Adonis screw steamer embarked yesterday at
Portsnaouth the depot of the sth Foot for Jersey,
whence she takes detachments of the depot battalion
(from Parkhurst)• for Portland, whence she takes
the depot of the 69th to Jersey.
The, Pioneer, 6, screw despatch gun vessel, Com-
mander Mends, was paid off at Portsmouth yester-
day.
The Jasper, 2, screw gunboat, went round the
Wight yesterday on trial.
• The troopship Spitfire yesterday embarked the
7th company of Royal Engineers at Woolwich, un-
der the command of Captain Warren, and sailed
for Nova Scotia. The company consisted of 4 offi-
cers, 95 4°n-commissioned officers and privates, and
2 bug!ers ; and are to relieve the company of En-
gineers
embarked
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ment as a troopship, and is under orders to sail in a
few days for Malta, to embark 730 rank and file of
the line thence for England.
The Admiralty yacht Banshee, Master-Com
- •
mander Allen, returned to Wowich yesterday
morning from Ostend, having conveyed his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales and attendants thi-
ther from Dover.
The combined force of the Royal Horse Brigade
and the field batteries were yesterday morning drawn
up on Woolwich-common, and were put through
the movements usual on field-day occasions in con-
sequence of the visit of MAjor-General Lord Roke-
by, K.C.8.,- Major-General Sir Hugh H. Ross,
K.C.8., Major-General Dupuis, C. B. and a very
numerous suite, who arrived at the Artillery guar-
terslrona London at 11 a.m., where they were re-
ceived by Major-G -moral Sir W. F. William., Col
Bloomfield, Brigade-MajorSha'w, and the full garri-
son staff. They proceeded to the review ground,
and h iving taken up their position fronting the
lines the troops commenced a series of manoeuvres,
firing several rounds of blank cartridge, which con-
tinued till about 2 o'clock, when they marched past
and retired.
Mr. G. Patterson has been appointed second mas-
ter to the Boscawen.

Napier would leave
We reallySiwilisliiSiAr CitlLmErlSes NNAaPp 'ER.
fir
the service alone. He is no authority on naval
matters, and he always confuses every question re-
lating to
He
thee iprofessionnot
upthe is that brought
use in the advo-
cacy of the efficiency of the navy, het before
mixes
i s
facts with conceited opinions in a manner so un.pro-
fit able that he too often retards the improvements
that have been ably but modestly suggested, and
damages the cause with which, unfortunately for
the service, he attempts to meddle, although per-
haps with the very best of intentions. The most
of his statements are vary true ; but his inferences
and arguments are so erroneous, that they weaken
his purposes, and fail to produce any good result.
The fact is, he is a worn-out authority, and is so
readily answered by civilians, whether it be the
First Lori or the First Secretary of the Admiralty,
that all his reproaches on the measures of the board
are rendered pointless : his facts are turned into
ridiculous fictions ; and his instruetion of the pub-
lic resolves itself into amusement for his colleagues
of the House of Commons.
Our statements of Monday last with reference to
the ill-advised disper:ion of our best seamen require
no confirmation from Sir C. Napier. But we desire
it to be remembered that we do not complain so
much of the reduction of our seamen, for that re-
duction, to a larger or smaller ex' ent, was inevitable
on the conclusion of the war and the cessation of
naval services in the Baltic an tithe Black Seas t
;
but we deplore the fact that in reductions tha
have taken place the Admiralty have cancelled the
engagement of the most- able, experienced, and
skilful seamen in the world, real " man-of-war's
men," and have retained the inferior classes.
Our ships have been denuded of their best hands,
the vital strength of the service and of the coun-
try, and have been left to the care of the weak,
uneducated, inexperienced, and useless portions
that made up the complements. The best of
' entire ships' companies, who have worked together
for years, have had the opportunities of going adrift
and commanders have been left with boys, ordi-
naries, servants, and waistets as the nucleus of their
new complement=.
With respect to the materiel of the navy, there is
no question that we are mighty in eyery port and
station at home and abroad—in screw ships in
commission and screw ships in reserve ; ships of all
classes and sizes. We have some 256 men of war
flying the pendant, manned by nearly 41,000 sea-
men and marines, whilst we have at least 5,00)
marines at their respective head-quarters. Taking
the ships in commission at Portsmouth, Devonport,
Sheerness, Chatham, Woolwich, Pembroke, and
Cork—ships iu the coast-guard service, ships fitting
out, &c., and ships to be paid off, we have no less
than 71 vessels, carrying 1,746 guns, and manned
by above 11,000 officers, seamen, and marines.
These are the actual available forces at the home
ports, exclusive of coast-guard men and seamen
volunteers. We have nine screw sail of the line in
reserve, three of them three-deckers ; and as for
smaller classes of men of war, we can count them
only in scores. On foreign service, the largest force
it will readily be conceived, is on the East India,
China, and Australia station, viz., 63 ships, 692
guns, and nearly 9,000 men. Next in strength is
the Mediterranean fleet, 24 ships, 478 guns, and
5,400 men. In the West Indies and North Ame-
rica we have 16 ships, 360 guns, and 3,500 men.
At the Cape and on the coast of Africa, 22 ships,
143 guns, 2,400 men. In the Pacific, 10 ships,
210 guns, 2,214 men. And on the Brazils station,
7 ships, 133 guns, and 1,400 men.
All that is desirable is to maintain this force,
cemplete the coast-guard organisation, and have
men in reserve as well as ships. Let these men be
the very best that can be procured for love or
money, and give them some 3,000 or 4,000 stout
and intelligent boys to educate and train into men
as able and skilful as themselves.—Morning
Herald.
9

It is etated that the directors of the Western Bank of:
London intend to call a meeting, of the shareholders at
an early date, with a view to refuting' the statements
made in the circular just issued by their late solicitor
Mr: Rymer, and to submitting an amount of the posi.
tion of the bank,

THE FRENCH" tLECTIHNS.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an order of
the Minister of the Interior suspending the A ssern-
blee N.ationale for two months. The offence for
which that journal, which had received previous
warnings, twice in 1853 and once in 185 G, besides
undergoing a two, months' siv;pension in 1854, is
now again similarly punished consists of an:article
*which appeared twotlays ago, entitled " A 1/Ist
Word about the Elections," and in which the fol-
lowing is the passage ebinplained of :
It would be difficult to find, in the elections just ter-
minated, one of those free and spontaneous expressions
of public opinion which do not allow even the most in-
credulous to doubt the union between the country and
its government. It is, indeed, convnntent, in appealing
to the nation, to make at once the question and the an-
swer; bUt then this answer must not be appealed to as a
striking demonstration of public opinion. The rurai com-
munes, it is true, have had a great share in contributing
to the general result of the elt.ctions, but they have voted
under the influence of the administration, -and these in-
fluencesmust be taken into account, when the oppOsition
and.abstention, which are to be remarked in the cities,
are contrasted with the eagerness and fidelity of the rural.

electors.
To the above observations thd following is M.
Billault's reply :
Considering that these allegations, whatever may be
the'skilfulness of the language in which they are wn..-„-,ped
up, in the article referred to, are equally false and male-
volent, that the most perfect liberty has presiled over
the electoral contest, and that the Government cannot
ellaw'tbe 5 million suffrages to be calltnniated with, ins
punity,.which in every part of the country, hlth in the
cities and in the rural districts, have given it. their loyal
support, I order tbat the journal L'Assemblee Nationale
be suspendedfor two months from the Bth July inst.
There is another specimen of this authoritative
ministerial logic in the "second warning" adminis-
tered by M. Billaultto the editor and publiiher of
the Estafette, as alluded to by our Paris correspon-
dent. The official announcement of it also appears
in yesterday's Moniteur, and is not less worthy of
attention than what we have given above. The
objectionable paragraph in the Estafette, was this :
In spite of the assertions of certain journals we main-
tain what we have said of the significance of the Paris
elections. Yes, the capital is the political exoression of
the whole of France, because its population is composed
of citizens recruited from all, even the smallest, seats of
population. Yes, the vote of the 22d June, the return of
Messrs. Carnot and Goudehaux, and the relative majo-
rity obtained by Gen. Cavaignac, have a meaning which
has been appreciated bythe press throughout ail Eurepe.
The Minister of the Interior replies in the follow-
ing style :
Considering that under the regime of universal suffrage,
the respect due to the authority of the majority is a fun•
damental principle which minorities cannot be permitted
to deny or to bring into doubt, and considering that to
pretend to find the political expression of France in the
vote of a few tonstituenciee, when the whole of France
has spoken and clearly expressed its opinion, is to at-
tack the constitutional authority of the five million votes
which form the immense majority gained by the candi-
dates of the Government, I order that a second warning
be given to the Estafette.

NOTES ON THE TRIAL AT EDINBURGH.

We take from a contemporary, the Ayrshire Ex-
press, the following interesting notes on the trial
of Miss Madeleine Smith :

The personal appearance of Miss Smith, the cen-
tral figure in this remarkable case, is the point on
which most attraction seems to be fixed in the
court by the spectators with which it is thronged,
and which is most talked-of among the less privi-
leged outside world. Eager crowds gather in the
early morning at the gaol, and in Parliament-square,
to catch a glimpse at the prisoner as she is taken to
the court.. In the evenings thousands gather in the
streets to see the cab in which she is borne back
from the court-room to the prison. Every day sees
hundreds at the door of the court, who would wil-
lingly expend guineas in obtaining a look at the
young lady. Hundreds are daily passed in for
a few minutes by official friends to get a glimpse
of the prisoner, and may be seen departing
with the air of satisfied curiosity upon their anxious
countenances. Others who are privileged to sit in
the court through the whole day may be seen sur-
veying the slight figure at the dock with eyes that
never weary of gazing upon it, from the opening of
the diet till its close ; while the newspapers,
in the second, and third, and fourth editions,
with which the town is hourly deluged, stop the
press to tell how she looked at a particular hour,
how she was seen to blush at a certain point in
the evidence, and how for breakfast she had
coffee, rolls, and a mutton chop, which she ate with
great apparent heartiness. In the midst of all this
excitement, passing through the eager crowd from
and to prison, seated at the bar with hundreds of
eyes fixed steadily upon her, Madeleine Smith is
the only unmoved, cool personage to be seen.
From the first moment to the last she has pre-
served that undaunted, defiant attitude of perfect
repose which has struck every spectator with estop.
ishment. She passes from th e cab to the court4oom,
or, rather, to the cell beneath the dock, with the
air of a belle entering 'a ball-room. She ascends
the' arrow stair case leading into the dock wit's a
cool jaunty air, an unveiled countenance, the same
perpetual smile—or smirk, rather, for it lacks all
the elements of a genuine smile—the same healthy
glow of colour, and the same confident ease. The
female turnkey at her side looked much more of the
prisoner, for, while she is still, and scarcely ever
lifts her eyes, Miss Smith never ceases surveying
all that goes on around her—watching every word
of every witness, returning every stare with com-
pound interest, glancing every second minu4e at the
down turned eyes in the side gallerie', and even
turning right round upon the reporters immediately
behind her, to see how theyget along with the note-
taking, which: s carrying her name and deeds into
every British home. When judges and jurymen re-
tire for lunch, she refuses even so much as a small
packet of sandwiches. Others may be thirsty amid
the hot excitement, but when the attendant offers
hera glass of water she will not have it. There she
sits, refusing meat and drink or a moment's retire-
mentin hercell, with asmelling bottle in her dainty
little hand, which she never uses—a splendid speci-
men of physical power, and of such endurance as
only a will of terrible strength could attain. When
she is called up to plead, she says, in a clear, sweet
treble—no trace of huskiness or emotion perceptible
in the voice, no trembling on her tongue, " Not
guilty." The Dean of Faculty, her counsel, bids her
good morning, or says a word to her when the proceed-
ings close for the day, and she smiles so cheerily that
you listen to hear her laugh. Whoever speaks;
counsel or witness, must be sensible of the fixed,
penetrating glance of her large dark eye. Her head
is perpetually turning from the gentlemen of the
long robe to the responsive witness box, as the ques-
tions are put and answered. She has a well culti-
vated taste—that is evident. She is elegant with-
out show. A rich brown silk gown, v;ith a large
brooch, low set in the breast ; a white straw bonnet
simply trimmed with white ribbon, awhite cambric
handkerchief, and a bottle of smelling salts in her
kid-gloved hand ; such is the inventory, so far as I
can furnish it. Her hair, of which she has a rich
profusion, is quietly arranged in the fashion pre-
valent before theEngeniestyle, although the small-
ners of the bonnet, which is of the most fashionable
make, necessitates the leading of two ebony.
braids across the crown of her head. Miss Smith
is about five feet two inches in height. She has an
elegant figure, and can neither be called stout nor
slim. She looks older than her years, which are 21,
I should have guessed her age to be 24. Her eyes
are deep-set, large, and some think beautiful ; but
they certainly do not look prepossessing. Her
brow is of the ordinary size, and the face inclines to
the oval. Her nose is prominent, but is too long to
be taken as a type for the Roman, and too irregu-
lar to remind one of Greece. Her complexion, in
spite of prison lite, is clear and fresh. Her cheeks
are well coloured, and the insinuation that a rosy
hue is imparted by artificial means, made by
some portion of the press, does not seem well
founded. The scene in the court-yard is such as the
High Court of J nsticiary has never preseeted be-
fore in the present century. The whole of the
Faculty of, Advocates would seem to be there, fill-
ing more than their own gallery.; a goodly array
of writers to the signet appear in their gowns ; up-
wards of a score of reporters for the press ply their i
busy pencils ; the western side gallery abounds n
mustachioed scions of the aristocracy ; ministers of
the Gospel are there gathering materials for dis-
courses ; and-civic dignitaries are in abundance. A
few women, who may expect to be called ladies,
are mingled in the throng. Among the clergy we
notice Principal Lee, Wm. Pulsford, the celebrated
Independent preacher ; Dr. Andrew Thomson,
Professor Harper, and Mr. Hibb., an Episcopalian
priest, who " goes in" for preaching about Earner
and Dove. Lords Cowan and Ardmillan, after
they are relieved from their duties elsewhere. come
and sit in undress on the bench ; so does the Vener-
able Lord Murray, and Lords Wood, Dens, and
others. /he fee given to the Dean of Faculty, the
senior counsel for the defence, is said to be a hun-
dred guineas, butthis retainer will be supplemented,
likely, by a daily "refresher" during the trial. It