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LONDON MARKETS. CORN-KXCHANGE, MONDAY. For this morning's market there was but a scanty show from Kent and Eisex, but the damp weather had allected condition, and good runo were offered at 3s. pi r quarter less Inoney, without ready placement. Foreign was also much neglected, and rather cheaper. Of flour from the country there were 20,061 sacks from abroad, 715 eack., 6,820 barrel. Norfolks were a dud sale and Is. per sack lower. American difficult to quit, and somewhat in buyers' favour. Of barley there were 5,479 quarters of home-grown, and )9,344 quarter- of foreign. Business was very slack, and Taies generally fully la. to 2s. teduced, excepting on u»e low eastern soits, Malt wa. also plentifully offered, and rather cheaper. There was again another good supplv foreign oa s Russian, viz., 38,006, quarters,* with 2.320 quarters, and Jrish, 2,125 qu*rters of Scotch, aud only 180 quarters of Lnglisb; gales were slow, and a general reduction 01 GII. per quarter was accepted.. „~r Ot beans there were 2,358 quarters of foreign, <■ quarters of English. Of peas, 838 quarters ol Englisn, anu 2,275 quarters ut foreit: Hog peas and beans were 1. per quarter cheaper, and boilers very difficult to place at decline.. There was a large supply lin»eed—viz., ^ith only 200 quarters exported. The quantity o e „ forced the market further down Is. to 2«. per quar e cakes, from the soiall stock on hand, fully maintained their value The seed trade remained neglected. As the sea on is "earing, holders of cloverseed, as well as buyers, seem uis- I'ose.l to wait for it. Canary was du 1, at former rite? Mmtardseed, hempseed, aud other descriptions ieuia n a '»st quoted. 8 S. S. !f. Wheat English. 43 55 White Peas 40 ..44 Kye 30.. 34 Gray Peas 3J ..41 Barley 25 40 Oats (Potatoe) — f Malt 55 07 Ditto ( feed) -0 ••• Beans 33 37 Flour 34 — 4/

LONDON CATTLE-MARKET.—MONDAY. The supplies of meat to-day were small of evary kind, but the siate of trade wa-i not so good as might have been ex- pected, but prices were firm. Of beef the supply comprised 3 7()0 head of beasts, which •old steadily, Scots making 4s lOJ, and other kinds from 3, 8d to 4s 8d. The supply of sheep was considerably under the usual number, those on offer to-lay numbering only 18,680, the sale of which was slow. Downs sold at 5<. Calves and pigs were also in very limited supply, and did not meet with a very active sale. p-.+'0 There is rsason to believe that the Show of Pr.ze Catt.e this year Mill be very good. Beef 3s 8d 4al0d I Veal 3s 8d 4s 10d Mutton 4s 2d 5s 0d | Pork 3s 61 4s 81

THE METAL TRADE.—SATURDAY. COPPER.-No change in fixed quotations baa taken Place; the market still remains without animation, and buyers evince very little desire to effect contracts at cur. rent rates. The market exhibits many signs of great Weakness, but, if reports from smelters are to be believed, there will be no alteration at present at the same time, great caution should be exercised in purchases. IRON Foa rails there is a better demand for the Lome lines: the Great Northern Company have given out an order for about 7000 tons, and the Eastern Counties re- quire about 4000 tons. English bars have also been in better request, and several orders have been execu e a £ 6 per ton f.o.b. at the works. There are rumours that even E5 las. per too has been accepted for delivery here it conld be bought at £ 6 15s. per ton. Stattordshire de. scriptions are gradually declining in price, and many or the makers of best qualities have made concessions rather thaa allow orders to pass by them. Swedes Jars are dfii- cult to sell at the moment. In Scotch pig there I, tie Or no change mixed numbers are quoted at bd. be. jond ordinary shipments there is Dot much doing. TIN.-To.day smelters have issued notices of a further decline of E6 per ton in English block, bar, refined, &e. Foreign lias slightly risen from late quotations, Strat* having been sold of £ 110 per ton, East India Company a having been sold of £110 per ton, East India Company a conditions; Banca is quoted a little higher from Holland, and holder* here evince more firmness in prices, TIN-PLAVES.—Makers have reduced their prices Is. per box for ICcoke; quotations for charcoal are unaltered, but, lor a good order, it is not imarobabl.. lunWeie might make a slight concession. STEEL Swedes keg steel rolled is now procurable at 218 per too. I HON—Bars, Welsh, in London ..ton 8 0 0- 8 r, u ^o.lrrriVe 8 0 0- o J 0° Nail rods ° liars, Staffordshire, iu London 9 0 0 n Nail Rod. ditto 9 0 0- 9 0 0 "oops ditto 10 7 6- 0 5 0 Sheets (single) 10 r „ Pig, No. l,iu Wales 4 °c °"~ 4r I n Helined metal, ditto 4 15 « n »,<* r» 15 0— 6 •■> U li:trs cominon, ditto Ditto, railway, ditto & 10 0- 6 0 0 Ditto, Swedish, iu London 13 0 »• X.. f.1 2 13 0— 2 1J o J ig, ISo.I, Clyde „ Ditto, in Tyne an«l Tees J o— 0 0 0 Ditto, forge • n Staffordshire l'orge l'ig ..••.•• 4 Welsh Korge l'ig 3 0 3 0 ° Stirling's Nou-laminating, or Hardened Surface Kail 9 0 0-9 2 0 Stirling's Patent) in Glasgow. 5 5 0 0 0 0 Toughened Pigs ? in Wales. 4 0 0— o o 0 Indian Chareoal Pigs iu London 7 10 0- 0 0 0 Wetterstedt's Pat. Metal.cvvt. 2 3 0— f 0 0 a**BL—Swedish keg ton 21 15 0-22 0 0 Do. faggot ,0 »-" » EugUsh,Spring. 18 —Sheets,slieathiiig& bolts..lb. 0 1 la— « = T„„ei'c.k, j-; j T Yellow Metal Sheathing lb. 0 0 11i- 0 0 0 T»K—nia..k H4 0 0— 0 0 0 n.r H5 0 o— 0 0 0 Re^edV.V. 0 0- 0 0 0 BancT. 1,0 0 0-H2 0 0 Straits 109 0 0-H0 0 0 PI.ATKS—IC Coke .box 1 0 0 — I 7 0 IX ditto 112 6— 1 13 0 10 Charcoal 1 13 0- 1 14 0 IX ditto 1 19 0- 2 0 0 Canada plates ton 15 0 0-15 5 0

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. AMV HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The House met at 5 o'clock after the opening of the sfssioti, when Her Majesty's most gracious Speech having been read by the Lord Chancellor, ° Lord Portman moved tiie Address in reply to the Speech fiom the Throne, recapitulating at length the various subjects referred to. He vindicated the conduct of Ministers in reference to tl.e recent suspension of the Bank Act, which he contended had at once relieved and checked the progress of the commercial panic, producing the bcneficial etfects of an augmented currency without incurring the danger of an excessive paper issue. He adverted to the necessity which existed for an alteration of the laws relating to real property, a:id also to the para. graph in the ltoyul Speech which pointed to a new Reform Bill. For this last paragraph hectaimfdthe serious and most impartial consideration of their lord- fhips' House, not as to the nature of the reform required, but to examine whether the necessity for the alteration 01 the law existed. Lord Portman then proceeded to dwell on the outbreak of the rebellion ia India, which he characterized as a purely military movement, which the general mass of the native population, so for from parti- cipating in, looked upon with dislike and fear. He con- sidered that Lord Canning had done all that coull possibly have been expected with the small forces at his disposal, and he deprecated the censures which in some quarters had been thrown upon him. He briefly referred to the gratifying announcement in the Royal Speech with regard to the peaceful relations which existed between this Government and other countries, and con. cluded by moving the Address Lord Cnretv seconded the Addrpss, and adverted at length to the principal topics mentioned in the speech from the Throne. He congratulated tiie country 011 the fact thnt the commerct- and induatry of the sister island had not been inconvenienced at all to th.; same degree by the commercial distress which had prevailed on this side of the Channel. The Earl of Derby said that, after a p.nliamentary experience of 3(5 years, he had never known a session commenced under such a complication of anxieties and misfortunes as those which now called Parliament together. Almost the sole paragraph in the Royal Speech from which any satisfaction could be gained was that in which allusion was made to the peace which prevailed though, unfortunately, even that was so worded as to convey almost a tone of disappointment, as if Lord Palmerston, following out the remark he made some time ago, was almost sorry that nothing ehoull disturb that peace. The immediate cause it was alleged of Parliament being called together was the recent suspension of the Bank Charter Act. He was not prepared to say that Aiinisleis were not jos:in.(f in the step which they had taken, and in asking Parliament for an act of Indemnity, but, at leas', they roust be prepared to show that the act was necessary and required by the 1-ading banks and commercial men of London. He.wasnotsurprisedthat Government should require an indemnity for an Act of Parliament, but he was surprised that after viola- ting it twice in 10 years they should ask for another Bill of Indemnity without attempting to amend the provisions of the Act. Alter alluding to the causes which had giveu rise to the commercial distress throughout the country Lord Derby proceeded to speak of the rebellion in India, entering iuto a most luinute detail of the gladlJ,,1 rise and development of the mutiny from the first individual cases of insubordination to the accumulation of horrors at Delhi. He greatly binned the conduct of Her Majesty's Government in not sending reinforcements sooner, and when at last they did despatch a turdy aid of troops, in sending them by the long sea voyage, though the Sultan had granted a firman for their ptssege over-land, the Pasha of Egjpt had offered his own carriages and horses to convery them across the Isthmus, aud the Emperor of the l1 rench had oltered to allow the passage of any Dumber through France. His Lordship passed a most glowing eulogy on the conduct of the officers in India who, alone, outnumbered, and believing themselves abandoned, iieverth-1 ;ss maje head against the savage hordes by which they were surrounded, and with their own swords had saved the Indian empire. After depre- cating the inierferance by the Indian Government in mat- ters of religion with the natives, Lord Derby proceeded to that paragraph of the Royal Speech which referred to a measure ot retorm, an 1 to which measure, lie said, lie was prepared to give his most anxious and seri »us cosider- ation. He did however hope that Her Majesty's Government would be ready to lay before Parliament early after its meeting in February a distinct outline of the measures they intended to in order that those who either preferred a large or sm.n measure of reform might have an opportunity of seeing how far the intention of the Government corresponded with their views. Her Majesty's Government might rely that in any measure calculated to advance the country's good they would meet with no opposition either from him or the noble lords who acted with him on that side of the House. Ea I Granville, in reply, defended the course pursued by the Government in regard to the suspension of the Bank Act as a step which he declared had only been taken when its urgent necessity had been shown, and by which only the commerce of the country had been saved from thfi mod au,1 daugcroiiti etubtm assmentr. As to any change in the Charier Act, he could say that it was not the intention of Her Majesty's Government to pro- pose any altelation of the law, thought! would be submitted 10 a committee of the House of Commons, who would also inquite into the causes which had led to its present suspension. lIe defended the course adopted by the Government in regard to the mutiny in India, anil denied that our empire there was now in peril, though he most ueartiiy joined Lord Derby in the eloquent eulogium which he had uttered on its miLtaiy servants, a share of which praise he also claimed for the civilians. As far as regarded the proposed Reform Bill lie could only say that as soon as Parliament met in February the Government would be ready to give a most fiee and ample account of the details of their intended measures. 'Ihe Earl ol Ellenborough reproached the Government with their want of energy and the loss of time they had occasioned in sending out the troups to India. Due diligence in this matter had not been shown, neither was the faith of the Government, pledged to the Parliament, kept in this matter. If Lucknowfdihc should consider Her Majesty's Government responsible for that loss of honour, and for the atrocities which might be committed there. The Duke of Argyll denied that the Government had shown any want of energy, or that any distinct pledge had been made by the Government as to the time when the fust troops were to quit Engltnd. After a few words from the Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Grey spoke strongly against the recent suspension of the Bank Ac'. That Government should require twice within 10 years a Bill of Indemnity for vitluing an Act of Parliament, without taking any steps to alter that Act, was manifestly wrong. The Act hiving been thus twice suspended its moral power was at an eud, aud in any other time of pressure which might arise its suspension again would naturally be looked forward to by the mercantile clissef. Lord Overstont was quite prepared to support the principle which would separate the laws reining to the dealing in money from the laws relating to the issue of money. The principles of the Act ol 1844 were founded entirely upon the principles of free trade—a free trade in money, which provided for the supply of the country with money as it did for the supply of the country with food. The Government must look to the causes which had led to the recent suspension of the Bank Act. and not go 011 merely applying palliatives to a practice which was in some parts so wrong that, if not checked, it woull at last overpower.our whole monetary system. After some further observations, in which Lords Grey, Eglingtoun, and Monteagle took part, their Lordships adjourned. FRIDAY. After some preliminary business had been despatched. The Bishop of Oxford asked whether Lord Shaftesbury intended to proceed so soon as Monday evening with the Religious Worship Act Amendment Bill. After considerable discussion, Lord Shaftesbury consented to defer the second reading, intimating his intention of explaining the objects of the measure on Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. .MONDAY. Their Lordships met at 5 o'clock, when Earl St. Germans, as Lord Stcwaid of the Household read Her Majesty's gracious Answer to the Address of their Lordships in reply 10 the Speech from the Throne. EJlI Granville begged to cur, ect an error into which the Earl of Derby fell ou Thursday, when his Lordship spoke of Major-General Hear.»ey having been reprimanded by the Goveruor-Geoeral for promoting a Sepoy for distinguished conduct in aiding the General in suppressing a mutiny wiih- out first consulting the authorities at Calcutta, and obtaining their approval of such promotion. The LId was simply that Lord Canning had communicated to General Hearsey that it was against existing regulations for any officer to promote a Sepoy without first consulting the authorities at Calcutta, but, so far from his having given General Hearsey any reprimand, lie even confirmed the promotion. In re- ference also to the accusation that the Government had taken no step to disabuse the minds of ;the Sepoys of the notion that they intended to interfere with their reli- gion, it was quite without foundation, as the authorities in India lost no time in issuing a roctamation 011 the subject, recalling the greased caitridges, and giving the natives per- mission to use their own ammunition. The Earl of Derby contended that if the Governor- General, without inquiry into the facts of the case, told an officer without further comment that he had dune that which he ought not to have doue, it was something so like a reprimand that any officer in Her Majesty's service would so receive it. His Lotdship also generally repeated the charge of the want of energy bhown by the Government in not issuing their proclamation sooner. Earl Gianville, believed that the noble Earl had been misled, and intimated that public men should be more cautious about receiving information 011 which they after- watds founded grave charges against other public func- tionaries engaged in the discharge of most arduous duties. Hi* Lordship also twitted the Earl of Derby on the simi. larity not only of the arguments, but even of the jokes used by the noble Earl and his colleague in Opposition in another place, .1 After some further discussion. The Duktf of Argyll pointed out the inaccuracy of other statements of the Earl of Derby relating to the refusal of the Government to avail themselves of the repeated offers cf the Peninsular and Oriental Company to take out troops overland to India, which offers had not been taken advan- tage of by the Board of Contro1. Since that statement of the noble Eatl had appeared, be (the Duke of Argyli) had received a letter from one of the directors of the Peninsular and Oiiental Company, in which it was stated that at the time refetred to by the noble Earl no such tender for the conveyance of hal.,ps had been made by the company to the Government. The Earl of Derby reiterated his statement, and averred that the Inct last mentioned was published in the Penin- sular and Oriental Company's report to their shareholders. file subject was then dropped. The- Lord Chancellor read a Message from Her Majesty, announcing her gracious intention to confer a pension of £1,000 a-year upon Major.General Haveiock, which, on the motion of Lord Granville, was ordered to be taken into consideration this day. The Eirl of Ellenborough, in moving for a copy of the Arms Act lately passed by the Legislative Council of India, also a return of all licensed native and European Indian newspapers, and for copies of all letters of warning addressed to the editors of any such newspapers, said, the Arms Act, as he understood i', adhered to the principle, recently at- tempted to be introduced into India, of placing Europeans and natives on the same footing of equally disarming both, when our position in India at this moment was like that of the Normans in SHan England. We tiu,l be armed in order to protect ourselves, or, at least at times, be in a poii- (ion to assume the appearance of an armed militia. His Lord-hip then, after showing the vast difference which existed between the press of this country and the European press of India, and the uecessity which drove the latter to advocate the interests of the governing classes, stated the provisions of the l iw restricting both. Upon the European portions of Indian journalism he considered it to be in a high degree severe and restrictive, Ii# penalties were ex- cessive, and he thought that the Government would have acted more wisely in establishing a censorship which would have prevented the appearance of any objectionable articles, raiher than in devising punishments which could riot or ought not to be can ied into effect when the mischief was 0 done. The effect of the measure, if fully carried out, woul.t be to deprive the English public of the Indian news, and, what was more to the purpose, prevent the Europeilns in India from knowing what we thought of them here. His Lordship, in conclusion, while condemning in the siron«ieet terms the Sepoy atrocities, and the necessity for pub ic vengellnee on the perpetrators of those diabetic.) act-, Faid that, on the other hand, nothing should be neglected which could secure to u. the confidence of the natives in India. Jj >iu Granville could not (or a moment agree w ith the notion that we should keep such a position In ludia as it, this country the Normans once held to the Saxons. Neither could he agree with the noole Eul that the Arms Act wa* a grievance to Kuropeans, since the law simply required the Englishman to come forward and give notice to the magis- trate of the arms he wanted to keep or carry, to enable him to do eo legally. lie vindicated ihe operation ol the law 1 restricting the Indian press from the censure which had been cast upon it, and stated that it was only owing to that law having been impartially enforced that Lord Canning and his administration of the all'airs of India had been so reckle-sly attacked. Up to Ihiee weeks before that law came into operation there was scarcely a European in India who did not coincide with Lord Canning and sympathize with him. lie quite agreed with the noble Earl that no effort should be spired to secure the coulidence of the natives, and he was sure that when history shoul.l pro- nounce its verdict upon these transactions in India its high eu.'oyium would be passed upon Lord Canning tor having ■ existed the pressure to put the Europeans and natives upon a different fooling, a measure which would lead the whole mass of its population to regard the Government as a par- tisan and a violent hater of their race. Lor I Grey cordially agreed with the impartial policy of the Arms Act, which he intimated had been lesoited to from sheer necessity, and to prevent a trade which mi/ht, and there was no doubt would, have been carried on between the natives and s ime bad European?, had the latter Leen allowed to possess arms to any extent. It was a paramount necessity that the Government hhoutd be so conducted as to secure the confidence of the natives in India, for the days of our empire there would be numbered if eier its vast population should know that our rule was inconsistent with their interests. After a few words from the Lord Malmesbnry, who de- fended generally the remarks made by Lord Ellenboiouyh. The Maiquis of Clinricarde expressed his ai)o.' -J' both of the Arms Act and the restrictions on t' 'Je lndiui press, The free sale of arms to a:1 persons and a free press were totally ino.unp 1 tible wit h c urving ou properly a civil war of such magnitude as that in Irdv. The Duke of Argyll deprccated further debate upon the subject at the present time, and made an eloquent defence of Lord Canning, whose leniency had more tended to check the spread of mutiny than tin most severe sentence had done at the outset. After a few further observations from Lord Derby with referenca to Lord Granville's statement in the early part ol the evening, Their Lordships adjourned. TUESDAY. After explanations between Lord Derby and Lord Granville, Lord Granville moved an addres* in answer to her Majesty's message, recommending the grant of a pension of £I,OUO II year to Sir Henry Havelock. After some observations from Lord Derby, who, without disparaging the services of General H lvelock, called dlt, attention of the House to the way in which Colonel tngiis had fulfilled his duties as commandant of Luckuow, the address was agreed to unanimously. Lord Sljafteibtiiy, when the order of the day for the second reading of the Religious Working Act Amendment Bill hill been read, after stating that he did not intend to pi ess the second reading on that occasion, explained the object of the measuie as affecting the lights of incumbents to prohibit Church of Lnglnnd Services in their parishes The services in Exeter Hall last summer were intended to meet the wants of a large portion ot the community which w>.s viitually excluded horn public worship; they had been eminently successful, and had produced a deep effect on the mindset the working classes; but they were now at an end in consequence of the prohibition of the incumbent, though they had been sanctioned by the Uishopof London. In his own mind he had strong doubts of the legality of the step taken by the incumbent, but, assuming that it was legal he had felt it to be his duty to introduce this measure, and thus re'cue the Church of England from a disability under «hich she at present laboured. Lord Shaftesbury concluded by saying that he was willing to postpone the Bill for a lime on account of the representations which had been made to him that the bench of Bishops were opposed to it he therefore begged leave to move that the 13111 be read a secolI,1 time oil ti,e 8th of February next Lord Derby expressed his satisfaction that the Bill was to be postponed. lie waS not competfatto say whether the Exeter-hall services had done good or not, but he was a>erse to legislation on thi-t particular case, involving, as it did, un alteiation in ihe whole parochial system. As the Bill was to be postponed to a fixed day, lie hoped there would he no premature discussion of its principles on the present occasion. The Bishop *>f St. Davi I'; was one of those who depre- cated the undue haste with which this measure had been pressed forwaid. He concurred with a good deal of what had fallen from Lord Sllaftesbuty, but he doubted whether the success of the Exeter-hall services had bom so great as was staied, and whether the working classes did attend in such numbers as was supposed. Willi regard to the present measure, he sympathized heartily with the effort to extend the inlluence of the Chuieh among the working classes, but tie hoped this object might be effected without any irn- poitant innovation on the parochial system. The Bishop of London had no charge to make against the incumbent who had piohibited the Exeter-ball tervices. He had no doubt acted conscientiously, but at the same time. as he, the Bishop of London, believed, without the exiivi-e of a sound discretion. The Right Rev. Prelate then entered into an explanation as to the a ipposed opposi- tion ol the Bench of Bishops to the Bill, and went oil to express his satisfaction that there were to be services in the nave of Westminster Abbey; but even when Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's were thrown o;)t'n there would still be need of fuither Church accommodation, and he hoped that the right of the Church of England to have services in other places would be recognized. JIe could not believe that it was ever the intention of the law to give an incum- bent a monopoly which should stand in the way of the teachitis of the Gospel. The Bishop of ltipon, having preached at one of these special services, was anxious to tes-tify that the congregation was mainly composed of the working classes. Lord Campbell believed the power proposed to be given to the Bishop might be safely granted, and that it would be exetcised most beneficially for the church and the peop).. Lord Paumure expressed his regret that the-e Exeter- hall set vices had been suspended. He had been present 011 sever.il occasions in different parts of the hall, and lie found himself surrounded by operatives and mechanics dis- tinguishable by their dress and by every sign by which the position of men can be known. He could also distinguish the effect of these services in the attention paid and the evident piety of the congregation. He could Dot help remarking also that a vast proportion of those present were men. As a sincere fiicud of the Church of England, he desired nothiug more than to see such congregations as those wh'ch assembled in Exetei-hall last summer as- sembled in Westminster Abbey. After pome explauations from Lord Shaftesbury, the second reading of the Bill was postponed until the 8th of February. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS THURSDAY. The Address was moved by Mr. Mai tin, who com- mended the course taken by the Government in submit- ting the decibioll by which they had authorized a viola- tion of the Bank Act of 1854 to the judgment of Parlia- ment. Although the main provisions of that Act were satisfactory, the recent panic, in his opinion, justified the Government in issuing the letter which sanctioned a departure from the existing law. In rcdewing the other topics of the Royal Speech, he eulogized in warm terms the heioism displiyed by the services in Indin, civil as well as military, and congratulated the House and coun- try upon the promised fulfilment by Lord Palmerston cj the pledge he had given to deal iu the present session with the great and complicated subject of the representa- tion. The motion was seconded by Mr. Akroyd, who dis- cussed at some length the policy of the Bank Act, which he regarded with less fervour than Mr. Martin, and who was of opinion that the Government would have done well had they interfered with its operation at ail earlier period. Mr. Disrap), after pointing out what he considered to be the inconsistency of Ministers with reference to the commercial and monetary system of the country, ob. served that the House should not agree to a B 11 of In- demnity for an infraction of the Act of 1844 without :1 well weighing the circumstances under which the infrac- tion took place. It would appear, he said, t;.at the Bank bad not applied to the Government, but that the Govern- ment had recommended the Bank to outstep the limit prescribed by the existing hw. He recommended the House, therefore, before th"y passed a Bill of Indemnity, to inquire the reasons which h-a 1 induced the Govern- ment to take that course. to ii ii-.tice g:veii by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of a motion to reap- point the Bank Committee ot last session, he condemned these frequent inquiries. The Government ought, he said, to have made up their minds upon this question. Were they going to stand by the Charter Act of 1854, or not 1 If they were, he should demur to a Bill of Indem- nity for they were not justified in depalting from the let- ter of the Act. But if they announced that they were prepared to recommend a new measute that ivoull iellic(i) acknowledged grievances and make a satisfactory settle- ment of this gteat question, it would be the duty of the House to accord an indemnity. Passing lightly over the subject of our foreign relations Mr. Disraeli adverted to the events in India, dwelling upon the striking fact of the total unpreparedness of those who were responsible for its condition, and insisting that the annexation of Oude, which in July, he suggested, had Something to do with the mutiny, was now acknowledged to have been oue of the chief causes of the wide-sjiread revolt. The consequences of not ascettaining the causes of the revolt, he remarked, had been serious. Our communications had been cut off, and our means of moving the army had been deficient, owing to the policy pursued towards Oude. He complained of the ambiguity of the paragraph in the Speech from the Throne which recommended the affairs of India to the earnest consideration of the House, aud called for a frank avowal of the intentions of the Go- vernment with regard to the future administration of India. On the subject of Parliamentary reform, the scheme of which mus', he thought, be perfectly matured in the Cabinet, he urged Lord Palmerston to introduce Ihebil forthwith, before the Christmas recess, in order to afford ample time for its consideration. Lord Pulmerstou maintained the propriety and con- sistency of the cou-se pursued by the Government, which had been compelled to do what he admitted no Govern- ment ought to do without grave reasons. Referring to thll heroic deeds of our commanders in India, he an- nounced his intention, at an early day, to bring down a Message from the Crown upon the subject. The motion was then agreed to, and the House ad- journed at a quarter to 8 o clock. FRIDAY. In reply to Mr. Crawford, Lord Palmerston stated that the negotiations with the Austrian Government respecting a telegraphic line had been biokeu otf, owing to the condi- tions required by that Goverllfllenl; but he was not w ithout hopes that the Government of Austria woulo establish that line, and the Turkish Government proposed to establish a telegraph line from Constantinople to the ii. ud of the Per- si.m Gulf, ON the motion (hot the House at its rising do adjourn until Monday, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. M. Milnes, Lord Palmerston detailed the measures adopted at the in- j stance ot her Majesty's Government for communicating with the two Eng ish engineers taken in the Cagliari steamer, observing tint under the circumstances there were no just grounds of complaint against the Neapolitan Government wiih reference to their treatment. The motion was agreed to. The report upon the Adoress waslikowisc agreed to, after a few words from Mr. Packe, who complained that ihe Government were not sufficiently explicit as to their inten- tions regarding the reform in the representation of the people. 1 liellouse having resolved itself into a Committee to con. sider the Bank Act of 1844, The Chance.lor of the Exchequer, in moving for leave to bring iu a Bill to indemnity the Bank of England ill respect to ceitaiu issues of their notes, began by calling attention to the existing state of the law under the Act of 1814. He then proceeded to explain the objects of Sir R. Peel iu introduc- ing this Act, premising that the note circulation of the United Kingdom amounted, in round numbers, to about £ 3$,OOH,000— namely, £ 20,000,000 of the U ink of E igland, anil X'18,000.000 of the 8t:o*a, Irish, aud provincial banks, 1. 1. j oi wnicii amount <V U U,u0U only a portion was covcred J by b'J.'non. One of the main objects contemplated by Sir Irk.. 1 e d, he ob-ei v et!, w as to provide a security against the excessive i?sue of paper, and to guard against the recurrence of commercial panics; at Ihe same time Sir Robert express'y stated ttiat I'IC- did not propose the measure as an infallible panacea, or a complete guarantee agaio»t commercial crises, and when, iu 1 8 i7, a crisis occurrr-J, he declared that the Government ol that day were justified in sanctioning a de- parrure from the limitation prescribed by his Act. Sir C. Lewiri then adverted to the c icnmstances attending the late crisis the immediate cau-e ol which was, he said, wholly unconnected wrh the management of thc Balik; it aro-e a'mo,t exclusively out of the derangement of the American trade. He reteired to tha successive failures of the Borou»h Bank of Liverpool (which was not a bank of issue), of the Western Bank of Scotland, and of the City of Glasgow Back. The circulation of ihe two last-named banks was £ 800,000, their deposits being £ 9,000,0110; so that it was not their note circulation, but the rn. gmtude of their other liabilities, which led to their stoppage. These and other f»iIiires, accompanied by the diminution of bullion in tire Bank of England from £ 10,0 0,000 to £ 6.000,000, and of the reserve of notes from £ 4,000.000, to £ 1.500 000, created great alarlll. He cCHupared the amouut of bn'lion, tlH' IC- servv of notes private deposits, and securities in the Bank, o in 1617 and 18.r}7, observing that the turning point; had been' gained in the turiner year before the issne of the Go»eru- ment letter, whereas in the present case the worst had not uee., readied. I tie Course taken hy the Government ill 1S17 had been maturely considered and deliberately ¡¡p- piovad by Parliament, including the promoters of the Act of 1841; it theicfore constituted a Pariiunentary precedent. Adverting to a question put by Mr. D.sraeli on the preced- ing night, lie stated that the issue of the.late letter wa. the spontaneous act of her Majesty's Government upon a deli- berate and conscientious view ol the c rcumstances of the case^ without any urgency by mercantile bodies or the Bank of England. Under that letter the Bank had transferred .£2,OIJO,OOO frulII one department of the establishment to allottlcr, but tlw issue to tile public had not reacherl that amount. IJe fully ndmiited the gravity of ihe step, although it only enlarged the issue of paper upon securities beyond the £ 14,000,000 allowed by the Act to meet a momentary ex- igency but he denied that it deprec ated the currency, as had been allege 1, inasmuch as the notes is.ued under ttie authonty ot the letter were still payable on detnaud in gold. After stating fhe, grounds upon which he proposed to move for the re-appointment of the select committee of last tea.ton, he entered inlo details to show tint the policy of the Acts ol 1844 and 1645 had 1Jc'l'iI perfectly successful, and that our paper currency was in a sound condition. Panic-, he remarked, might happen, as at Hamburg, it our circula- tion wera purely metaIlir; and iu ouch crl-is, any limit to the paper circufatiou must create alarm. At such a moment there must be a power of relaxation, and it would be a ques- tion for the select committee, among others, whether it was preferable to leave that power in case of etner^r.cy, in the Executive Government, to he exercised on their responsi- bility to 1 arliaineut, or to adopt the conclusion of the Lords' Committee, that such power should be eog.afted upon the ° Mr. Gladstone did not nppo.c the Bill of Indemnity, and thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was entitled to argue from the transactions of 1847 in justiifcation of the course pursued by the Government. But he wa, not con- vinced by his argumants in favour of the reappointment of the Bank Committee, in preference to legislation upon the subject, believing that it wotld be an overburdened c"m- mil tee, the House being called upon meanwhile by its vote prllclicaJJy to suspend the Bank Act He predicted that the inquiry, exhausted in 1857, wouid be left unfinished in 1S58. 1 ne Chancellor of the Exchequer he observed, had not distinguished between the questions of banking and issue, and the House ought to recognize that distinction. The Act ot 1811 touched the question of issue only, le.ivinj; that of banking untouched, and he thought the preseut was a fit time jor ascertaining the view of Parliameut upon this subject. Instead of directing the Com mittee to j-o round agrtin the circle of iuqniiy into the cuireucy and the law of issue, it would be better employed in investigating the eommereial causes of the late panic, and bow far they were connected with the state of banking. The effect of referring [ a heap of suojects to an overburdened committee would be to postpone legislation and obstruct inquiry in:o the causes of the lecent panic and the-present embar- rassment. Mr. Spooner attributed all our present monetary de- ranAcmenls dud commercial embarrassments to the Act of 1844, which he declared to be a delusion, It had auswered, he said, none of the expectations held out by its promoters it could not be amended, and must be abolished. Mr. G!yn differed tram Mr. Spoouer as to the clfect of the Act of 1814 upon the present commercial crisis, the causesof which were identically the same as those which produced the crisis ot 1847. He had mixed up the ques- tions of capital and currency. But, although, he observed, the pressue was not caused by the Act, the limitation of issues by the Link became in the time of pressure tha prima!y causes of the crisis. At every time of violent ,.re- rare a letter must be issued, for ho hoped no individual would have the hardihood to carry out what w.n termed the first p.iuc.ple of the Act. But he thought the power ot relaxation should lemaiti, not w.th the Government, but with the bank of England. Mr. II en lev argued that'the Act of 1814 had failed in its mam objects. S.r It. Peel had admitted, he obsa-ved, that it did no prevent panics. He CUr. IKmiey) maintained that it did not secure convertibility; the lima in times of pressure decoyed confidence, ami the authority given to the B.nk to usue £ 14,000,00,) of notes beyond its bullion unwarrantably inflated credit. None recommended that the Act ihould be maintained in its integrity, and the question was whether it Was safe or desirable to le^e the relaxation of the law to the discretion of the Government, or whether there should be some other mode of eflectinj; the object. He he lived that there ought to be no limit; that carrying the limit up to £16,000,000 or £ 17,000,0(<0 would do no good whatever. Since the Act passed there had been a wonderful development of a queer sort of se- curities, and o a system ot trade fouDded upon re-discounts and inflated credit. Lord J. liussell said he was in the singular position of being satislied with what had been done by the Govt-rumeat, with the Act of 1844, and with the proposal to re-nppoint the committee of last session. Bit the manner iu which the motion for a Bill of Indemnity came belure the House raised the questions—whether, Hie Act of 1S14 having been twice suspended, could be, or ought to be maintained; if so, would it not require extensive alterations, and ought the suspending power to be vested in the Crown or the Bank of CiU^lnitd III tile iiiseussioti the national currency had been erroneously confounded with c mimercial credit. It, believed that thi-formfr had been preserved by the Act of 1844; but commercial credit would run its course, and all that Parliameut could do was to prevent its damagirg the national currency, which, he believed, had suffered no de- preciation. la his opinion, the act ot the Government had saved the general interests 01 the country (rom great disas- I ters, ami with Mr, Glyn he hoped never to see a Minister ot tins country so infatuated with a principle, found j., it-ei' as to teluse to reUx the Act of 1644. That Ac! i.e d-d n t think required exiensive alteration, and he thought that the re-appointment of the committee ofhst fe-»ion was ev;ct v the manner in which the Government ought to deal with this question. The great object of the Act of 1S14 was to preserve the convertibility o! the nation*! currercv, at the same time to give help in time of disasters and the Act 's naving fulfilled those object since 1847, it ought to be maintained. Although the Act was more restrictive than it appeared, he doubted the necessity of a change h, the limit. If, however, it W85 made clear to the se; t committee thdt there ought to be a change, it should be effected by Act of Parliament. Mr. Disraeli compl lined of the vague declamation in which speakers had indulged while discus-ing this ques- tion. The immense disasters of the present time origi- nated, he observed, not from the mismanagement of the currency, but (If tbe of the country. The Act of 1844 was pa.-sed to regulate the currency aud establish the convertibility of the flank's notes; yet it had b en so framed that it forced those who regulated the currency to aggravate distress and distrust by applying- to the domestic trade the same treatment applied to the foreign trade, although it should have been exactly opposite. He admire I tha object of the Act, the securing the con- vertibility of the Bank paper, and lie would pass over one crisis, when the provisions of the law were suspended by a wi«e indulgence Lut it became the Home to consider whether it would sanction a chronic interference, and con- fiiie the dispensing power to the discretion of a Miaistei. Between the 7th of September and the 12th of November (the date of the letter) 85 firms of no incousicierable 1'"J'1or'ance fallen, their liabilities amounting to £ !•000,000, and nearly all those firms fell before the letter was writleo. If the law was to be left in thi= state, the tlcpuse s!iould seriouslv consider whether a power so great and so totally alien to the constitution of the country should be left to the aibitrary discretion of a Minister. He was for supporting the spirit of the Act of lfi-14 so far as re- garded the convertibility of the notes cf the Bank, but Uf- lievillg that its enactments, by treating the domestic and the foiei^n trade in the same manner, aggravated distress and distrust, the Act. in his opinion, should be altered in that respect. He w..uld as.ent to the Bill of 1 ndemuity but he thought Miuisters took an erroneous cour". in re- commending the reappointment of the select committee, and if the Chancellor of the Exch.q.jer would defer his motion for the appointment of the committee until Friday he (Mr. Disraeli) would move as an amendment that it is expedient to legislate on the subject without further inquiry. 1 iie Chancellor of the Exchequer assented, and, after some furtjifr observations, the motion was agreeii to and reported to the House, when leave was given to introduce the Bill. Some further business was disposed of. and the Ilout-e ad- journed at a quarter to 12 o'clock until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. — MONDAY, In reply to Mr. M. Milnes, Lord Pa'merston made a state- ment regarding the two engineers taken on board the steamer Cagliari, somewhat modifying that whch he had made on Friday. He was s.^rry to Bay Hint by accounts he had received on Sunday from the acting Brititb Consul it appeared, although the engineers had not been subjected to actual torture, they had been routined in a dark, damp, gloomy cell; that they had complained of their food; and one of them, iu a fit of despondency, had node an attempt upon hi- life. Ihere had been also an endeavour to falsify the evidence against llietii. There was uothirg in their pre- sent treitment, he said, nmteriaU.i to complain of, but the government were expecting furiher accounts. Lord Palmerston brought down a message from her Maje-ty, recommending the House to enable htr Majesty to confer upon General Havelock, as a m-irk other approba- tion, a pen-don of £ i.UO0 per annum for his life. Upon the motion of the noble Lord, her Majesty's most gracious Message was o.dered to be taken into consideration this day. On the order for the second reading of the Bank Issues Indemnity Bill, Mr. Gladsioue objected to the wording of the first clause, which, he said, indemnified the Bank for ac s of which Pnr. liament knew nothiug. He likewise asked for explanations respecting the profits ou the issues already m«di — whether they were to go to the Bank of England or to the Govern- ment; how they were to be computed—whether they were to be profits ot the issues or of the discounts; and, lastly, whether the profits wete to be calculated on the amount of the issues made to the issue department of the Bank or on that portion only which would go to the public? Sir 11. Wi ilough I y hoped that before the Bill went through the committee some explanation would be given as to the necessity for suspending the law, and how the pres- sure came upon the Bank of England whether there hud been any unfair action, by combination or conspiracy, upon the cui leucy i-f the empire. Me. Cayley entered at considerable length, and somewhat ddlustvefy, into a general criticism upon the monetary system of the country and that of the j >int-stock banks, and their operation upon the home and foreign trade. He con- demned the existing system as imp victicable without peri- odical collap.es. Mr Coningham regretted that the Government had no- gone further, and declared their intention to abrogate the law of which, although not the cause of the recent commeicial panic, in his opinion had seriously aggrava-ed its severity. It attempted to carry out a theory based upou a fallacy, .Mr. Malins conli illy approved the Bill he only regretted that the interference of the Government had not been much eatlier, and that they had not armed themselves before the close of the lute session with the power to t.ke measures for the relief of the then approaching t-trli geacy. Mr. Cto-sley thought that credit was due to thp Govtrn- ment fur their interference without pressure. The Art of 1844, in his opinion, had fulfilled its main objects; but he suggcs-ed that some self-acting machinery might be devised whereby its operation could be adapted to the fluctuations in the value of money. Mr. U. Philips tommeuded the conduct of the Bank of England, and pomied out the manner in which, he said, the action of the joint-stock banks and London bill-broker? kept up the price of raw produce artificially, so as to injure the m.ir.ufactuiiiig classes. Mr. Newdegate thought the Bank of England ought to be supported in the conduct they had pursued, aud that the Government should devise means to avoid the recurrence of panics, and the giving of undue power to large capitalists. Mr. Buchanan defended the Glasgow Chamber of Com- merce, which, he said, had always maintained the converti- bility of paper, and that nothing couIU be more injurious than an excessive issue of notes, which was incompatible with their convertibility. The late panic, he observed, wag connected, not with curiency, but with er. dit, and in his opinion credit and confidence had been very much injured by the Bmk Act of 1854. Mr. K rk argued that the Act of 1844 had failed in ac- complishing its essential objects; it had not prevented undue speculation and overtrading, which were the onuses of the panic, The convertibility of bank-notes was secured by the Act of 1S19. The great fault of the Act ol 1844 w:i- applying au indexible rule to so fluctuating a thing as the currency. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to Sir M. Willoughby, said he l ad no knowledge of any combination or couspiracy to intimida.'e or inilaetiee the Bank of England, and he did tu t believe any such conspiracy ex. isted. He ausw.rod the objections ot Mr. Giadftone, and with respect to the application of the profits npon the is-ue ot notes under the Government letter, he said, as :he mat- ter was still ill progress, lie had not thought it his duty to come to any detinue conclusion. He thell replied toother objections, and rea-selled that ihcie was no depreciation of the currency, in the ordinary tense of the term, by the is: ue of the extra .ij'2,0o0,0o0. Mr. Spooner, in defending hb theory, denied that he was an advocate of a large issue of unconvcr ible paper. After a few words from Mr. Ingram, the Bill was rea l a second lime. Mr. H. Herbert obtained leave to bring in a Bitit" nmeiiu the ls* s in fi rce for the relief of the destitute pour in Ireland, and to amend an Act providing for the better distribution, support, and management of medical charities iu Ireland. The Hous", after some further business, adjourned at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock. TU ESDAY. In reply to Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Y. Smith stated that it was not intended to include in the papers on Indian Hthiirs, promised in Her M aj..>stj's Speech, a memorial from Calcutta praying for the recall of the Governor- General, that memorial not having been transmitted through the usual channel. Mr. Headlam movud a resolution, "That the unlimited liability of shareholders in j tint stock banks gives rise to a species of credit injurious to the interests of the pubiic and that the present law enforcing the adoption of this principle requires alteration." In bringing forward this motion, he said he was not inlfuenced by any slight con- siileration, but by a rooted conviction, which he had long entertained, and which was confirmed by recent events that the principle of ihe unlimited liability of sharehol lers operated as the moving cause of the management of joint- stock banks and precipitated and aggravated a national crisis. lie explained the particular mode in which joint- stock banks were abie to produce the effects he attributed to them through the unbounded credit they obtained by pledging the property of their shareholders, the enormous evils which resulted from their mismanage- ment. He illustrated his argument by reference to the case of the Liverpool Borough Bank, and observed that it was found, whenever a gteat fail-ire of one of these banks took place, that it arose from the paid-up capital, having been wasieu and squandered through mismanage- ment, though it still continued to obtain credit in the money market, owing to the un limited liabilit) ofitssh are-holders. In support of the piitieiple of limited liability applied to joint-slock banks he appealed to the recorded opinions of Lord Liverpool, Mr. Huskisson, and Lord Altiiorp, aud to tiie expeiieuce of foreign countries; and he asked the House, which had decided in favour of limited liability in partnerships in general, to apply the same principle to joint-stock banks. Mr. lJowan opposed tie motion. Mr. Coliier said it the resolution had been based upon the principle of lluu-interference, leaving patties to do as they pleased, he should support it. Mr. Eivart aud Air. Wyld shortly supported the reso- lution, which was opposed by Mr. L. King. Mr. Wegueliu rematked that there was a dislinclicn between parluership concerns that traded with their own money, and banks trading wi'.h the money of olhet?. To limit the liability of banks would be to liniit their credit, which was their sole capital. He opposed 'he motion. The Chauceiior of the Exchequer said, he concurred iu the objection of Mr. Collier to the form of the resolu- tion, and protested against being bound down to a formula that the ulllimiteÜ liabilit), of joint-stock bunks was injurious to the interesis of the public, the inference being that it shoul.l be prohibited. These banks had twO functions-, one the issue ()f notes, another the re ceipt^of deposits and there was a distinction n — t to liability between these two function. NVIeu a c.i bank issued notes, although they were not a legal tender they did practically disch a "z the function of money therefore the notes of a country bank circulllteC: upon the credit of that bank, and it would not be just to de- prive the holJeis of the security of unlimited liability, which was not. in that case, injurious to the interests of the pubiic. The whole question would, however, fall within the scone of the ir.quuy of the committee the re- appointment of which he should propose on Friday, and he was under the nece.-sily of opposing the motion. Mr..upirns was ofopiijion that limited liabilitv, should be appiied to banking as well as to other branches of trade. Mr. Hankey moved by way of amendment, tha fol- lowing resolution That the present law, enforcing toe umlimited liability of shareholders in joint stock banks, requites alteration." After a short reply by Mr. Headlam the original motion was negatived, and upon a division Mr. Hankey's resolution was likewise negiiived by 118 to 47. Colonel French moved thit Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant for the electing a knight of the shire for the county of Mayo, in the room of George Henry Moore, Esq., whose election has been determined to be void,— The motion was agreed to. Ihe House having resolved itself into a committee on the Message from her Majesty respecting Sir Henry H avelo-k. Lord Palmrrstcn, after paying a tribute to the distin- guished services oi the gallant officer, and a passing eulo- gium upon the n,erits of other members of both the services in India, moved a resolution granting Sir Henry Havelock an annuity of £ 1,000 during his natural life. The motion was warmly seconded by Sir J. Pakington. Mr. Briscoe suggested that (he annuity should be con- tinued to the next successor to the title. After somere- marks by Admiral itic.'tt, Sir E. Codringtnn, Mr. J. White, and Mr. Crossley, who thought the amount of the annuity too sm;Ti, the resolution was agieed to. The House then went into committee upon the Bank Issues Indemnity Bit!. The clauses of the Bill were agieed to, after discussion,— The House adjourned at a few minutes before 10 o'elock.

GENERAL NEWS. EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON THE HEALTH.—Those per- sons whose health and constitutions have been effected or enfei bled hy a residence in tiopical or unhealthy climates wiil he interested in the information that Dr. tie Jonah's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil has been extensively used on the Continent, in India, in the Colonies, and In this country, with tne greatest benefit in cascaot extreme de- bility, exhaustion and prostration, where all oilier medical treatment h id entirely failed. Its peculiar restorative an I reparative properties and ac'ion, according to TaufHieh, Brefeld, Dr. Carey, aod other distinguished physicians, appear to be ditTerent from lbuse of the ordinary" tonics, and, in consequence, have been remarkably and most bene- ficially m-inilested where the whole range of these had been vainly administered. The effects described by these authorities is a speedy improvement in the nutritive ami reproductive systen), a revival of the natura! appetite, re- storation anti regularity in the functions of digestion and assimilation, and entire recovery of health and vigour, even in the most feeble aud deteriorated constitutions. The celebrated physician, Dr. Carey, remarks that "ill a short peiiod, the extraordinary effects of Dr. de Joneh's Light Brown Cod Liver Oil will be exhibited by un ap- pearance of health and strength before uckuown; ani where the powers of life are iowittifiordsnourishmfnttu the body when no other can be borne." The subsei iptiona for the Indian Mutiny Rélief Fond amount to upwards of a quarter of a million. Hamil on Cunningham, a notorious writer of love letters to young ladies of Kilkdale, has been committed to prison for three months for sleeping in an outhouse. A Society Las been formed under the pationage of Lady Byron, and several noblemen and gentlemen, for providing [I Y-gtounds for poor childreu in populous places. Another case of horrible cruelty on board ship is now under investigation at Liverpool. The captain, and mate of the barque Elizabeth are charged with causing the death of aSpanish seaman, naraedFrancisco Redrietuez. The convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury continues prorogued, pursuant to the Queen's writ, to Friday, Dec. 18, no writ having been issued by the Crown to call it together on an earlier day. The Plenipotentiaries met on Thursday in conference for the ratification of the treaty on the limitation of the Bessarabian frontier. The ratification, however, did not take place. The Coiifersnce will meet again for that purpose. Between Blanlford and Salisbury there is a public- hous callod the W'oodgates Inn," the parlour of which is built on land situated in three counties; the table used by the guests tree legs, each leg resting on a stone, and the three stones are so placed that each is in a different county, so that the table is said to stand in three ditferent counties. A leport is in circulation that Mr. Scott Russell, the builder of the Leviathan, offered to launch her for dg.50 000. This was thought extravagan', t-nd Mr. Brunei un iertook to perform the task for £ 10,00J. It is said that the un- successful efforts to set her afloat have aLeady cost upwa ds of £ 70,000. POST OFFICE MISDEMEANOURS. —James Baglev, a n John Embleton, have been found guilty of forging a Post-office order for £2. The former has been sentenced to four penal servitude, and the latter to imprison- ment for eighteen months. Richard Bell has had the sentence of four years' penal servitude passed upon him for stealing a letter. SIZE OF FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND RUSSIAN BONES.- M. Baudens states that, examining the multitude of bones at the foot of the mountain at Inkermaun, down which the Russians had been precipitated, he found that they were those of men of no great staturp, but ex- hibiting lemarkablc stiength of fettucture. The size of a femur or tiLlia at once enabled him to the bones of a H.uRsi!111 from those of a Frenchman or Englishman. — Medical Times. Vice Admiral ir F. Berkeley, on quitting the Admitalty, has bestowed the promotion, as in the case of an admiral hauling down his lfag, on his relative, Com- mander Maxe, serving in the Ariel 6team-sloop, at Gibraltar. Captain Maxe is the officer who, when a Lieutenant,, traversed a forest some thirty miles in ex- 11 nt, thickly inters pet sed with Cossacks, in ordertocomey intelligence to and from Lord llaglnn and Lord L)ons after the t)atil- of Alma; tor which he was specially pro- moted on completing the necess-ty period of servitude. POST-OFFICE PILFERING. — Edward Collins, a letter- carrier, has been remanded at the Bow-street police- office, on a charge of stealing a newspaper in its progress through the Post. The Magistrate, Mr. Henry. "ery propeily obseived that postmen should bear in mind that they were liable to be indicted if they delayed a news- paper for only an hour. They might not iuleud to kfepi, but that made no difference. They had no business to take papeis at ail. Letter-carriers and newspaper bor- rowers" would do wdl to pander ou this excellent coausel from the Bench. To HOU^EKLEPEUS who are aware of the great im- portance of having wholesome food, the very idea of adulterating it with p,).v¡1ered mineral substances wiil np- pear both objectionable and absurd but, as its quality be- comes really injured in proportion to the use of such filti- iicial appliances, the public should at once unite to abolish the pruciice. Very much of the tea now imported from Ciliua, is covered with colouring powders for the pur- pose of rendering the wintery brown leaves capable of being passed off for the Costly early growths, the bad be. ing made to resemble the good very closely by the colour- ing process. The pubiic fully appn ciate the remedy pro- vided by llol-IiiW,%U &' CU'S PrrFECrLY PURE TEA, rich in flavour, and especially strong. Supplied by Agents, as advertised in this parer. Cure of a Distressing Cough of Three Years' by DR. LOCOCR'S PULMONIC WAFEHS—Fiom Mr. H. Wooliey, Giocer, &c., Moulton, ntilr Spalding. Gent'emeu, a rematkahle cuie hns been «.3ecteil by Or. Loci.ck's Pu'- mouio Wafers. Mrs. II. \> atson, of this \iilage, had a uis- tresMDg cough, which, Jor three year?, destroyed ail com- fort and prevented her following any out-door occupation after dying several medicines in vain, she was cured by Dr. Locock's Wafeis, and lestored to strength aud health, tiiougli advanced in yeals.-Thrse Wafers give instant relief, aid a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders 01 the breath and lungs. To singers lIad public speakers they are invaluable fur clearing aud strengthening tiie voice. They have a innst pleasant ta»te. Price Is. l^d., 20;. 9J,. ami lis. per box. Sold by all medicine venders. We are happy to quote the following interesting informa- tion from Du Carry's lepoit on cures of Indigestion, (Dys- pepsia) Flatulency, Coustipation, Nervous, Bilious and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption and De- bility without medicine Ly Du Barry's iievaleota Atabica F.iod Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with s alid nausea for which my servant had con. suited the advice of many, have been elFectuaily removed by 1)1.1 Bariy's Revalentu Arabica Food, in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. lilavell, Ridlingtoe. Rectory, Norfulk.-cure 52,612.-Rosr. trevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9 Deceriiie,, 1854,-TtiL- DowHger Countess of Castlcstuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to sta!e that Du Barry'? ex- ceticnt lvcvmentu Arabica Food has cured her, after all Mediciues had failed, 01 Indigestion, bile, greit nervousness and irritability of many years standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all eufleieis and may be considered a real blessing. Enquiries will be cheerfully answered "—Cure No. 1609.—" Three years excessive nervousness with nains in my neck and left arm, and RPnciatdebiiit). which ren- delc.! my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry s kevaferita Arabica Food. Alex. Stuart. Archdeacon of hoss, bKibl>e^*■'erV, Suppoi ted by testimeniataftom the celebrated Professor Chemistr y L> Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. H rvey, D Campbell, Dr. Gatttker, ])r. Wur2er> Dr. Ingram; LorU uai t de Dectes, the Dowager Countess of Castle Stuart, ilajor-Gen. lhotnis King, and many oiber respectable persons wbo-e health has been restored by it, after ail other lneans of cure had failed. l'or further paiticulars respect- ing this invaluable FCIOd, our readers are rt-ft-rred to D^l Uariy s advertisement iu another part of our paper. l' ..A. ;r