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SPIIT OF THE PRESS.   r, <• flair* of    llttillnt k, ,? I" i ?, /? -i ""?'" ,1 11 -m « OP "I" t,, 1/, T FG \LISING Tlir; O .XVEYANCK <" KI.KCTOKS T< I THK '• POLI. [From the Mf>n>nij rStar. Is A iuemt>ev of the LcuUtuturc the sCiVaM o. tiK* j master of the public? Was the Parliament iiui.V t.;r the people or the people for the I'nrliumen'. the "rcatest estate, the Country ov the Commons'; The-c are iji(iitii-ics that flash upon the intelligent min i when a prf»po<al i> made to legalise the payment, by candidates, of conveying electors to the poll. Hitherto it l,a< been done all over the country; but there was no act of Parliament to render the practice legal. The Govern- ment, however, proposes to make it SII, and has '0 far succeeded as to have carrie I it, proposal in Committee, with the iiht modification that the vot t i-not directly to be raid his travelling expenses, but that somebody else is to be paid for conveying him to the poll. No matter, the money is to come out of the pocket of the candidate for whom he votes. if there are re- tainer- iu a borough, or "i.oooin a county, ready to goto poll for :t particular man. it shall lie lawful for that man to "et them carried thither in cabs or omnibuses, in g'S», waS„0|.« or rV.bvav vans. Ileis the individual whose interest is to he served, the affairs of the nation being a vcrv Mib'irdiimtc consideration, and so the law is to permit hilll to till til) the market s.piarc with cartloads of patriots, just as a farmer would bring up cartloads of pigs. It is'reallv toodegradinsr—degrading tfl this fit'rand Hoii- riaViij: tsncli a practice should ever have been tolcraTci. but doubly so when it ;s to receive the sanction and lie Upheld hv the fiat of imperial legislation. The spirit we want "diftV.-ed among constituencies is that of a poor bat honest elector, that we remember to have seen at a < nunty contest. who bad walked a dozen miles to the poll whiie lie could have ridden in the sipiire's carriage, and whü ale his own crust at a beer-shop when lie c(Jul,1 have been entertained at all hotel. This man was on the same side as the squire; he voted with those who dined luxuriously; and 0:1 being asked why lie acted in such a manner, he replied that as an English subject he never had and ne,i er could give a vote that would cost his representative money, and place himself in a.1HtlU grovelling predicament. There are multitudes in this, as in all other countries, whose only notions of right and wrong are derived from the written law, and when these multitudes conic to know that it is their legal right to be arric I to the poll, as cattle are conveyed in railway trucks, they will lie less than evr di-poscd to regard their franchise as involving the exercise of a great duty, to be fulfilled with 1I\;lI\lines5, with independence, and with courage. If we hail not a high estimate of the character of the Queen's present (J,dviers. we might he disposed to ima- gine that this great and scri ins piece of retrogression has heen secretly designed to counteract the repeal of the property qualification for Members of Parliament. The proposal stands, indeed, directly in the teeth of thc principle which induced the Legislature to abandon the property llualiflcation. The argument against that qualification was, that it afforded no security for getting a higher class of members, while it made the right to ,it in the House of Commons a question of money and not of patriotic feeling. Yet, in the same session, aiid if it had been surrptitiously designed, a clause is slipped into an old bill which, if passed into law, will, while the money qualification is removed from the table of the House, create a monsy qualification at nearly all the polling booths of the United Kingdom, and one worse than the other, because involving the necessity of large and immediate casl, payments. It is as if an anti- Reform party in the Commons had determined to make a virtue of giving up the property qualification while secretly contriving that money, move than before, would be made the (est of fitness to enter Parliament. THE SLAVE TRADE. From the Observer.] We cannot take upon ourselves the universal police of the seas. We cannot force other powers to carry out thoroughly the humane principles upon which we act ourselves. It was wise in the Government to re- move what was likely to become a cause of dissension with America, by abandoning formally any pretensions to the right of search, a right always doubtful on one side and always repudiated Oil the other. But to re- move our preventive squadron from the African coast, and to leave the field open to the slave dealers to re- establish their trade at all the points from which we have driven them, would be too great a violence to the moral sense of the country. That would be indeed to render all our former efforts ami sacrifices useless, just when the prospect of complete success is attained. The ultimate extinction of the slave trade will not be accomplice I by forcible measures, but by leading the natives to appreciate the superior advantages of peace- ful industry and legitimate trade. Much has already been accomplished towards this desirable change, but if the slave dealers were permitted, through the immediate wltJllfrawal of our cruisers, again to have free aeee..s to all parts of the coast, there would be an cud to im- provement. and the humanisation of the African tribes would he indefinitely postponed. It would be pro- claiming free license for the revival of the slave trade along the length of Western Africa. Persevering in our present course, there is a good prospect that before the lapse of mall)" years we may dispense with the eUl- ployment of a gieater force than will he wanted for the protection of our lawful commerce. That result would be close at hand if. whilst the American Government take upon themselves to prevent the prostitution of their own t!ag by the Cuban slave dealers, Spain should be brought tofulfd her own solemn and repeated engagements with this country. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. [From the Daihi Aeics.l General notices of the last American mails tells us tl1at there is no particular news. Yet we have rarely know so interesting a set of newspapers and political letters from that quarter as those which arrived la-t week. They exhibit the rebound of the conversations ill Parliament and the discussions in our newspapers on the events in the Gulf. Wc su-pect thc surprise in America at the way in which the matter was conducted and ended here will be rivalled by the surprise in England at the way in which the news was received in the United States. The whole vocabulary of amazement, vexation, perplexity, ami indignation seems to be ex- hausted by the y.ai?t?j?rtica in the Great Hepuhlic who were expected to unite iu a shout of trinmph and wtio IN (?.?e ti- iiiiitk! izi I of' saM?.cdtL?.n.t.t?at<'?p<)[im'.? 1\dr5: the IHat- rials before bS, however, exhibit nothing of the sort, but. oil the other Land, every eo::eein.1Jh: fLlnn of LiL- satisfaction. We direct attention to this, not becamc we see any necessity, or feel any inclination to spy into the n,:('y I1llJoL1s ot our neighbours, caused h inei,jellt, which are gone ty. but becausc ill the diycnu¡c,1 for. of the uneasiness generated by one aiVair we see more 1101,e than WI: have ever seen before of obtaining our object. Any thinking man. experienced in political afVai.. who would take the tl"Juh!e to re,.d \\hat is said by all parties in the United States about the reported colli ons ill the Cuban Wateis nnl their consequcuces in tl.c respective Cabinet- and Parliaments would, we thiLk kdarc tLnt there i, more prospect at this n11). mei i .-I the ictcicval of; A"riean Ihig. and of tile rele i e <>t the Federal 'I u; from the dishonour of 1. the: c :■ !>. .> from the day when that InstO'ii! 1\ hi, O ,v:i»:;» v [I) hi: peril the union. I'OES CiiKRl'OUKG MENACE ENGLAND I "I 1-\ [l'rem the It 's by no means neecs-ary to consider any amount of pieparation 0:1 the French coast as an intentional menace to orf thcl1"c: but nevertheless we are con- vinced tl .it our concord with France w ill be only the firmer it we take a hint to the efficiency c f o-.r Channel fleet. All who are anx- is felt throughout the kingdom. nui>t he gratified to think that the Queen will see with her own eyes the ii, glilv efforts of France tu rival 115 a- a madtinle puwer, The lesson, though given as a will surely not be lost upon a proud and intelligent Sovereign of Eti»lnud." Alld It will uf course make all the deeper imprcsaion when her Majesty recollects that a great navy i, not to France the necessity of life that it is to Great Britain, whose wooden wall- not merely defend her coasts.but arc indispensable tu her ,)\UIl¡cl\i11 consequence and colonial cm¡irc O: all people on thc face of the earth.' says Mr. liriglits daily organ, '-we have the least reason to affect indignation at the "z-e--e of the ::t i':l \t:t !1¡i. lsi; ll; 1 tI;(:¡ larger than that of any. perhaps than that ?i aU other nation* put together." Ti,e "Titcr, vi th; more peae> ful than patriotic school tind it convenient to overlook the fact that out- navy has grown up with our trade, to which and to the extent of our foreigu dominions, it bears a proportion that divests it of an aggressive cha- racter, and thereby distinguishes it broadly from the navy 01 France. So fur aie we from keeping up a superfluous force at sea, that the inadequacy of our fleets for any emergency of danger is acknowledged by all but those in whose eve- a single ship of war would be a ship too nwdl. Wc are phased to observe from Sir J. Pakington's speech at the Trinity House that lie scarcely requires a trip to Cherbourg to teach hill. the duty of & naval Iilliter of England. WH[G CONSERVATISM. [Fn.c tL, P"J 11C motley aggregate of Parliamentary dupe., and expectant-, who still i a the restoration of a 1'"Lner"tl)\Ù.n despotism, or languish for the reviial of a Kus-ellite oligarchy, are just now in a pitiable plight. 1 he: have rung the changes on Liberal. semi-Liberal, and ¡;ltm.Liheral combinations—have drawn post-obits on the existence of Lord Derby's Government till Hen the exchequer of corrupt promises was exhauste,l- have forgotten old pledges and "bolted" new ories-ill brief, have gone the entire animal in faction, yet all iu vain. As the session draws near and nearer to its close, hope sickens within them an,1 doubt settles into despair. Rather would they endure for a month longer the blended sweets exhaled from the recking banks of the Thames—" the dregs of Liniehouse, and the tribulation of Tower-hill," than realize their defeat and retire to fresh breezes and ever-springing regrets. The inevitable recess oilers no rest to tlieni-otily a pillow of thorns or bed of torture. They will be hag- ridden by the memory of adverse majorities-appalled bv menacing spectres from the haunted chamber of ni t t e e roo Highland moor nor Norfolk stubble-" shall medicine them again to that sweet sleep that they owed "-it seems but '-yesterday"—on the Treasury benches, with CorncwaiI Lewis on his legs and quarter-day in vievr. We could really pity their distress, if they would prescne a little dignity, or even decency, in its mani- festation. At the present time, the praises of Whig Conservatism" are not only absurd, but insolent; they are at once a futile attempt t. falsify the history of a generation, and an affront to the common sense of a now awakened people.
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AITI.MITI.il SUcIDE.-()n Tuesday morning a most determined attempt at suicide was committed by George Smith, agell 70 years, who resided in Rotherhithe. It was found that lie had deliberately drawn a razor across his throat, inflicting a frightful gash. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where 1111'. Vcnour, the house surgeon, attended by the medical staff of that valuable institution, afforded prompt attention to the sufferer. lie remains in a dangerous state. No cause is assigned for the rash act. Tiir. CHURCH IS THE KITCHEN'.—At Colchester, the house of Mr. Catchpool, an old gentleman of 72, has been rifled of a quantity of kitchen utensils, to satisfy the demands of the Established Church. The rate and costs amountell to £4 !>s. Old., and the goods seized are supposed to be worth £ I 5. Among them were stew- pam, kettles, dish-covers, a mcat-scrcen, a plate- warmer, two jacks, and four candlesticks. One of the names of the magistrates who signed the warrant was singularly enough, that of a Nonconformist. THE VAI.VE OF THE SEWAC.K.—In a published letter to Mr. Coningham, M.P., Mr. F. O. Ward writes:—I would remind you, that to throwaway the ammonia and phosphorus of the London sewage is vir- tually to throwaway bread. Town sewage, which tuany engineers look upon as refuse to be discharged, I regard as property to be administered. The proper out- fall for the London sewage is not this or that point of the river, or of the sea, but a suitable tract of land growing exhausting crops. Fifty farms of 1,000 acres each, might be raised in value, at least £10 per acre per annum, by irrigation with the London sewage. This would produce £ 500,000 per annum, equivalent at 5 per cent. to Z 10 01)0,000 of capital. This ought not to be thrown into the sea. A CURIOUS STORY.—Some nine years ago, Mr. Wat- sou, bookseller, in Newcastle Market, sold a copy of Goadby's Family Bible, in three goodly folios, to a cus- tomer who presented the appearance of a hard-working decent man, and had several times before that picked up a volume, as it suited J,im, from Mr. Watson's stall, always paying for it very honestly. On this occasion lie remarked that he was unable to pay at that particu- lar time, but he would pay. The price was X2 10s. The bookseller liked the appearance of his customer, and let him have the volumes. Three years afterwards Mr. Watson was taking a walk one day, when the person that bought his Goadbv recognised him, and mentioned with some regret that he had not been fortunate enough to be able to pay for his Bible yet, but," said he, "I am an honest man, and I will." The next thing tr. Wat- son heard of him was that he had gone to Australia, and from that period all traces of the purchaser of his Bible disappeared. A few evenings ago he was in his usual place in the market, when a sunburnt stranger made up to him, in a pleasant vioce, with the salutation, "I'm come to pay you for thc Bible I bought nine years since, it was £ 1 10s., I think, He had arrived from I ;.tv \tl ;t" fh,'ikrrâd i/: only ten minutes after five when he thus wiped out his debt.—Durham Advertiser. A LOVE TRAGEDY.—FATAL MISTAKE.—A family in Belgravia (says the Court Circular) has been plunged into great grief from melancholy and most singular cir- cumstances. When Sir Colin Campbell left England, many brave and manly hearts accompanied him, among "hom was the eldest son of a reverend prelate high in the Church. This young gentleman left a lady behind him. to whom he was passionately attached, and who he had promised to marry. Her fortune being small, the cle- rical dignitary threatened to disinherit his son if he did, and to alienate his affections from the party in question lie was sent to India. His father charged him never to think of her more, if he wished to be remembered by him. The lover got safe to his destination, but his heart heat with undiminished affection. He could not avoid communicating his constancy, and wrote to his boloi-ed, assuring her that no threats or anger of his unfeeling parent should ever banish' the tender recollection of their reciprocal passion. Having occasion at the same time to write to his father for additional sup- plies. he demanded them on the ground that he had renounced his mistress for ever. By a most unfor- tunate accident the two letters came to England misdi- rected-tlie one intended for the parent falling into the hands of the lady, and that intended for the lady into those of the parent The latter, on receipt of his epistle, sent back such an indignant answer as fully awakened the son to the consequences of the tatal mistake he had made in the direction of the letters. Fully alive to the finest sensibilities, and not able to combat a feeling of shame for the unintentional error he committed, he shot himself. CHINESE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF PIRATES.—The Chinese people, in every direction, as far as can be heard from, are preparing themselves in all the various drills of warfare. Within ten miles of Shanghae and Woosuug they have erected foundries, in which hundreds of hands are employed in the construction of arms, etc. In the Chinese barracks at Woosung there arc now three thousand Chinese troops, and they are increasing daily. The war fleet in these two parts consists of the frigates Confuro, the Imperialist (propellers), mounted with six thirty-two pounders each, and an old ship called the Glendion, rigged into a ma1<-of-war, and mounted with sixteen guns, ten-pounders. They are all officered and manned with Chinamen. The Confuro is the Chinese admiral's ship. The Chinese waters between here and Hons Kong, and around all tlie.se islands, are infested with Chinese pirates. On the 24th May the Confuro, after a hard battle, captured off the islands of Formosa three piratical junks. containing forty men each, and brought them into Shanghae; on the day following the whole of tt Iiciii were tried by a Chinese court, condemncd and sentenced to death 011 the 26th, two days after their capture. The wdiole forty were publicly beheaded in the public grounds of the city, in the presence of a largo crowd. The heads of the pirates, with their tails attnched to them, have been placed in cages, and hung up in trees a::c1 other public places in and around Shang- hae. This is done with the intention of deterring others. At Woosiu.g, opposite where our ship now lies, may be seen hanging in the various trees, cages containing the heads of those who have been beheaded for piraey.- Shanghae correspondent of Xev York HerabU THE Er.t.LNnoitoiGH DESPATCH AND THE PUESS OF INDIA.—The Bombay Times thus comments on the famous despatch of Lord EUenborough to Lord Canning, —"Letour readers mark the following paragraph: 14. Wc must admit that, under these circumstances, the hostilities which have been cnnicd on in Ouile have rather the (Ílar:1cter of legitimate war thtn that of re- bellion, and that the people of Oiule should rather be regarded with indulgent consideration than made the objects of a penalty exceeding in extent and in severity almost any which has been recorded in history as üi- flicted upon a subdued nation. Legitimate war! A war carricd on by whom, and under what leaders? Is it already forgotten that the Bengal army and the Oude interest are oner—that they have been identified from the first ?-that the leaders in this legitimate war' are miscreants reeking with the blood of our women and children?—while its subordinate actors are the sepoys 0\ our own f.rmy, am! their brothers anl kinsmen? Separate the sepoy element from the Oude war, and w liaMvirams? There is no need to remind lIS that the j.ccq.ic of Oude stand ;on a different footing from the revolted ,c>1dier. We know it, and are ready to act tip1''i it. it it becomes possible. But they have stead- r",r! i .entinc.1 themselves with the cause of the se- I'?tt? file cause of the se- !'O> from he "rst' a"d belcaguereù our women and children for months in Lucknow, seeking a bloodv rtv airy :n their atrocities. Legitimate war-on the pre- tence Ll1t they are fighting for their nationalit! As much so as Lord EUenborough was consulting the good 01 his country iu this precious despatch. The leaders in Oude are not fighting for their nationality, nor for the;v king, and it is only ignorance as profound as that of the Minister which dreams of such follv. It is a war of extermination against ourselves that thev wage, and that not without hope. Cross the Gauges, and leave Oude to the crew which now infests it, and they will follow Oll, if they dare, to repeat the massacres of Bit boor and C'awnpore in every station of India, j Publish an amnesty, and they will laugh in your faee- tml-ss you have first broken the right arm of the rebel- l lion, and each man feels the grip of \h hangman round I V, throat," PARLIAMENTARY. Ilot's!: or LOK:>S.—Friday. July Mi. INVOCATION OF YORK. Lord Redesdale moved for some papers relating to the Convocation in the province of York. 'He ac- j companied this motion by various statements, which elicited explanations and comments from the Bishop of I liipon and several other prelates. The motion was ultimately withdrawn. Several bills were advanced a stage. INDIAN GOVERNMENT UILt.. On the motion of the Earl ot tJerby the House went into committee on the Government of India Bit!. Clause 7, appointing the Council, underwent con- siderable discussion. Lord Broughton moved that it should be rejected, wishing to get rid of the Council; but the amendment was ultimately withdrawn. On clause 11, Lord EUenborough proposed an amend- ment reducing the period during which the coun- cillors were to holtl office, from" dnring good behaviour" to five years. After some debate the amendment was put aud negatived without a division. On clause 12, Lord Granville moved that 110 persons engaged in trades or professions should be eligible as councillors. The amendment was pressed to a division, but negatived by a majority of 50 to 5-1 5. Several other clauses were discussed and ""As?ed, and tlicir lordshij)s adjotirne(l. their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Friday. July lti. The House met at noon, aud proceeded, in committee, I to discuss the clauses of the Corrupt Practices Preven- tion Act Amendment Bill. The bill went through com- mittee before the sitting was suspended. THE LITURGY. On resuming in the Colonel Forester, the Comptroller of the Household, brought up the Queen's reply to the address from the Commons, praying for certain alterations in the Prayer Book. The Queen promised to take the subject into her careful consideration. j THE TURKISH MEDAL. In reply to Mr. B. Osborne, j General Peel stated that some additional medals, promised two years ago by the Turkish Government for distribution among the officers and men who served in the Crimean campaign, had not yet arrived in this countrv. THE SLAVE SQUADRON. Mr. Ilutt, alluding to the recent debate on the slave squadron, said that, notwithstanding the large majority against his motion on that occasion, he should bring forward the subject again early next session. SALE OF POISONS. Mr. Walpole stated that, in consequence of the numerous 'petitions against the Sale of Poisons Bill, which had just come down from the Peers, it Nva? not intended to proeeed with the measure this session. THE MILITIA. The Chancellor of the Excheqner announeetl that on Monday he should ask leave to bring in a bill continu- ing the Act for the Embodiment of the Militia, and another bill empowering the Crown to accept the service of militia regiments out of the United King- dom. THE iilw BILL, Lord John Hussell moved thc second reading of the Jew Bill. Mr. Newdegate moved as an amendment that the bill should be read a second time that day three months. He traced the complications in which the measure, when passed, would involve the several estates of the realm, and the further surrender of constitutional principle to which it must inevitably lead. From this beginning the ultimate separation of Church and State appeared to be only a question of time. The question was being put without a remark, when 3fr. Spooner protested against the attempt to pass in silence so important a vote. He apprehended that by consenting to this compromise Lord Derby's Government would lose a large amount of the support it had pre- viously commanded in this country. Mr. Bentinck also protested against the silent passing of a measure which, he observed, had not even been ex- plained in an introductory speech. Mr. Adams objected not so much to the bill itself as to the way in which it had been carried out. Lord John Russell replied to the criticism passed upon his own conduct with reference to the question. Mr. Drummond agreed that the present bill was merely an item in the series which begins with the repeal of the Test Act, and would hereafter lead to further changes, of which no men as yet had any idea. Believing, however, that the bill presented the least mischievous mode of settling the question, he consented to accept it for that purpose. Mr. Walpole briefly announced his determination to vote against the bill. He objected to the admission of Jews to a Christian legislature, and also to the patch- work settlement which was devised for the long pend- ing controversy. Lord Pahnerston agreed that the mode of settlement was unsatisfactory. Feeling, however, the importance of securing justice to the Jews, he accepted the bill as an instalment, feeling assured that a more complete and constitutional measure must ere long be enacted. After a few words in opposition to the hill from Mr. Mallins, the House divided, when the second reading was acrried by 15G to 65. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered for committee on Mondav. SUPPLY. The report from the Committee of Supply was brought up. On the motion for going into Committee of Ways and Means. Sir F. Baring called attention to the report from the Select Committee on Public Moneys, and pointed out many anomalies iu the system under which money voted by the House for various branches of public service was paid out of thc Exchequer, and dealt with in tic?ec Pay-office. Further remarks on the subject were offered by Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Wilson, Mr. A. Smith, and other mem- bers. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, and passed some formal resolu- tions granting a supply to the Queen for the public service. The remaining bU3ne:s was dispose d of. and the House adjourned. (,r J, 1 1 THE MASSACRE AT JEDDAH. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe inquired what te". had been takcn by the Govcrnment to obtain redre.?s for the late massacre at Jeddah; asking also whether, in case of any denial of justice from the Turkish nu- thorities. Her Majesty's Ministers were prepared to adopt forcible measures against the perpetrators. The Earl of Malmesbury, after recapitulating the circum-tances of the cas', which have alrcady been published, stated that prompt mea"urcs of rcùrč had ,?ii-ead,- b?'t?tch-eii bv the Pci-te; ?i Paclia liaviii,- liceii sent to Jcùdah, anùcd with full powers of life and death, and supported by a considerable force. He doubted not that in the course of a few days intelligence would arrive that ample reparation had been exacted and obtained for the atrocity. THE CHURCH SERVICE. The Duke of Marlborough mov»d an address to the Crown, praying that if the special services appointed for Nov. 5, Jail. 30, and May 29, were removed from the Liturgv, some form of thanksgiving acknowledging the mercies vouchsafed to the nation by its deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot, by the restoration of King Charles II., and the landing of King William IlL should 1.Je included in the service appointed for June 20. being the anniversary of Her Majesty's accession. In supporting his motion, the noble duke contended that the events in question were of such vast and pro- minent influence on the destinies of the nation, that it was fit to retain some recognition of them among the services of the Church. The motion was opposed by Earl Stanhope, and sup- ported bv Lord Dungannon. Lord "Eburv having spoken against the address, which the Earl of Derby explained his renOllS for also The Duke of Marlborough withdrew the motion. THE INDIA BILL. The House went into committee on the Government of India Bill, which was resumed at the 34th clause. All the remaining clauses were discussed aud agreed to after a prolonged debate, and the bill, having passed through committee, was ordered to be reported with the amendments on Tuesday. SClOO TRUSTEES BILL. On the motion for the second reading 01 this bill, the Lord Chancellor opposed it, and moved as an amend- ment that it should be read a second time that day three months. After a brief discussion, this amendment was carried, without a division, and the bill is consequently lost. MISCELLANEOUS. The Reformatory Schools (Ireland) Bill, the Indem- uity Bill, and several other measures were brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. On the motion of the Earl of Derby, and for the purpose of facilitating business, it was agreed that their lordships should sit on Wednesdays until the end of the session, upon the understanding tliat only unopposed bdJ were then to tIe n'oceeded with, The Police (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, and the Lunatics (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, were rc. s1 oeetively read a second time. The Universities (Scotland) Bill went through com- mittec. ;ni,. J?!'tt Stock Compauie- Bill was reported, ,,itli and arrlcrd to stand for third r(>\diu. Hocsu OF Co!,moNs,-Jlon¡Ju!f, .July ¡"tho THE SECOXD TOWEIt HAMLETS MILITIA. In answer to questions from Mr. T. S. Duncombc, General Peel said Lord Combermere had sent to him a letter from Lord Wilton, containing the charges against Lient.-Colonel Dickson, and had expressed an opinion that the charges were proved by the evidence. He (General Peel) did not come to the same con- clusion, but considering that the evidence showed that the manner in which the affairs of the regiment were conducted was contrary to regulations, he had thought it risht to call upon Lieut.-Colonel Dickson to resign. Colonel Dickson had declined to take this course, claim- iuft to have his case investigated, and it was therefore infeuded to appoint a certain number of officers to take the matter into consideration. METROPOLITAN LOCAL JtANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENT BtLL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill Sir H Willoughby inquired as to how far the 3d. in the pound, to be levied for the purification of the Thames was to cffect property ? Mr, Akroyd thought that, previous to passing this bill, the drainage scheme should be before the House. Mr. Lowe would like to be satisfied that the hoard were worth of trust before he consented to hand over £ 3,000,000of money to tlicru. Mr. Headlam should wish to see some security that the hoard performed the duties which would devolve upon them. Mr. Stuart Wort'ey opposed the bill, and thought it could be postponed for another year. Lord J. Manners repudiated all delay. No question had been more thoroughly examined by scientific men than this. The board first wanted power before they could decide on any main drainage plan. In answer to the question of Sir J. Willoughby, he had to say that the rate would be similar to the present sewer rate, and. unless a contrary agreement were entered into, would make the landlord the responsible party for its payment. Mr. Gladstone, from a fear that the House had not a sufficient knowledge upon this matter at present, hoped the House would pause before coming to any decision. Mr. Alderman Cubitt thought that the Board of Works would, if invested with sufficient power. carry- out the purification of the Thames in a proper manner; while Mr. Coningham was of an opposite opinion. Mr. Joseph Locke could not see any occasion to spend £ 3,00^.000 in the construction of intercepting sewers. Mr. Henley believed that the pussing of this bill would lead to a settlement of the question. Mr. Stephenson said that, unless the House wished to leave the question entirely as it had stood at first, this measure would be agreed to. Some further discussion took place, in the course of which Lord Palmerston expressed his conviction that the outfall at Barking Creek would be found too near London, and that much more than three millions would be re- quired to construct the works. lIe anticipated a demand for more money before the arterial drains were com- pleted. and believed that a claim would be made on the national revenue, on the ground that Parliament had sanctioned the scheme. The bill was read a second time without opposition, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. In reply to Afr. Wilson. Sir J. Pakington stated that a royal commission would be issued to examine into the proper sites, &c., for har- bours of refuge. CHINESE PASSENGERS. To a question from Afr. Labouchere, The l'hancetior of the Exchequer replied that the Chinese Passengers' Act Amendment Bill, the Police Force (Ireland) Bill. and the Superannuation Act Amendment Bill, would not he carried further during the present session. SUBMARINE MINES. The motion for going into committee on the Cornwall Submarine Mines Bill was opposed by Mr. A. Smith. but after considerable discussion, the opposition was not pressed, and the bill went through committee. THE JEW". On the motion for going into committee 011 the Jews' Bill, Ir. Ivnightley commented upon the absurdity of the compromise which had been contrived by the pcers on the question of admitting Jews into Parliament. He was opposed to the bill. Mr. Gilpin also considered the bill a miserable com- promise and subterfuge, but accepted it as a little better thal1 nothing. Mr. Bentinck remarked upon various anomalies and inconsistencies which, as he believed, were exhibited in the measure. Mr. Spooner denounced the bill as unconstitutional, all,1 challenged proof to the contrary. Lord J. Russell briefly vindicated the constitutionality of the measure. On a division, the ruoti r was carricd 40. The bill then pas; through committee, without amendment. MISCELLANEOUS. The Government of New Caledonia Bill also went through committee. The Civil Bills (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill was considered in committee. The other orders having been disposed of. the House adjourned. Clr The Title; to Land (Scotland) Bill passed through Committee. TRANSFER or LAND (IRELAND) RILL. The motion forgoing into Committee on this Bill gave rise to a protracted discussion, in which the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lord St. Leonards, and other peers participated. The House having gone into committee on the bill. The clause by which a parliamentary title was ren- dered attainable by the owners of unencumbered estates underwent considerable discussion, but on a division the provision was affirmed, by 23 contents against 10 non- con tents. The bill then pa,c-Í thl\J\:gh committee. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' BILL. This bill W:l5 abo p:tsseJ. through committee. INDIA BILL. The Government of India Bill was reported as amended and ordered to be read a third time on Mon- day. Other bills having been advanced a 5tag. the House HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tuesday, July 2 ). AMNESTY TO THE REBELS IN INDIA. Mr. Buxton having i:1quirecl whether, in the opinion of the Queen's Government, considering the great number of executions that iiad already taken place, and the "reat sj,¡llghter uf the enemy in battle, it would not now be desirable to offer a complete amnesty to all who would lay down their arms, unless they could be proved to have been present at the murder of the Europeans. Lord Stanley replied that the sentiments of the Go- vernment had been sufficiently manifested by the in- stltlciOi1 nlicady tl.1.U"lUÎUcÙ lei Iiuiil Canning. If nu more peremptory commands on the subjeetofan amnestv in the Indian community ha,1 been sent out the oill" reason was because it was felt that the Govenor-General required no "d,1iri,JlIal stinnIn' for the adoption of a merciful and conciliatory policy. THE HUDSON'S BAY C0IPAr;L Mr. Roebuck, after explaining the legal, politicaL and commercial position of the Hudson's Bay Companv. moved a series of resolutions to the following effect:— That the privileges of the Hudson's Bay Companv, about to expire, ought not to be renewed; that the le?al validity of the excImi,'e rights claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company, nnder their charter, ought at once to be determined by proccss of law; and that so much of the territory hitherto held by the Hudson's Bay Company as may be needed for the purpose of colonisa- tion 0ght, without delay, to he resumed by the Govern- ment of this country. The lion, and learned member, in justifying his resolutions, stated that one part of the Anglo-Saxon race were rapidly extending over the Western Continent, threatening before many years had elapsed not only to monopolise all power in America but even to overshadow the old nations of Emope, As a counterbalance to this growing power, he saw no element of strength except that which might be created by the development of wealth and population in British North America. Within the region occupied as British territory the Hudson's Bay Company held proprietary rights, under a royal charter, over an enormous district, much of which was fit for colonisation; but where the policy of the Company had hitherto been strenuouslv op- posed to any attempt at settlement. As this charter would soon expire, he urgell the expediency of refusing its renewal, and if the Company claimed any vested interests in the soil, their rights ought, he considered, to be brought up and extinguished. The motion was seconded by Lord Bury. Mr. Gladstone said that the public hail hitherto been kept much in the dark on the subject, since almost every one possessed of special information on the subject was personally interested in the maintenance of the Hudson's Bay Company monopoly. He doubted whether the royal grant on which the Company rested their claim would prove valid if strictly scrutinised, believing that the rights thus enforced extended no farther than to the littoral of the sea, lakes, and rivers, with which the region in question was intersested. At all events, the public rights should be weighed against thc Company's rights, and as it was impossible to concede that a large area of cultivable surface shonld be pennanently closed to colonisation, the only conclusion was that they ought to throw open the territory to settlers from Europe, while liberally compensating the Company for any pecuniary damage they might sustain. Before obtaining any practical measure on the subject, he thought that the local and legal circumstances of the case should be minutely investigated. lIIr. Labouchere dcprecated any interference with the chartered rights of the Hudson's Bay Company. Citing, on this point, the opinion of the late Attorney-General, lie. stated that before leaving office he had corresponded with the Canadian Government on the subject of assign- ing to that colony the responsibility of dealing with the territory now held by the Hudson's Bay Company, with the view of extinguishing the claim of the Company and opening the district to colonisation. Sir E. B. Lytton observed that the Hudson's Bay territory was divisible into two very distinct portions, one fit for cultivation, and the other condemned by nature and climate to barrenness. Over the former district the license of the Company woultI certainly not he renewed. The whole question of the Company's charter would also be submitted to the consideration of the law advisers of the Crown, and subject to their opinion. Should the offers submitted by the late Colonial Secretary to the Canadian Government be rejected, as was understood to be the case, Ministers would be prepared, in another session, to submit a com- preheusive scheme for colonisation in that part of the world to the consideration of Parliament. Lord J, Russell remarked that the question involved various matters of fact-what portion of the territory was fit for colonisation, who were the best colonisers, and what private rights would be claimed on behalf of the Hudson's Bay Company. Until these questions were answered it would be premature to legislate on the subject. The public interests involved were so extensive that no time should be lost in determining the legal rights of the Hudson's Bay Company, and re-organis- ing the political condition of the vast districts under COll- sideration. Mr. A. Mills enforced the duty of protecting, in any scheme of colonisation, the rights of the aboriginal Indians in the territory. Mr. Lowe apprehended that every improvement which might be effected in the Hudson's Bay district would ultimately prove profitable only to the United States, through which, in case of war, lay the sole practicable route to the region in question. The debate was continued by some remarks from Mr. Christy, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. J. D, Fitz- gerald, aml other members. Mr. Roebuck replied, and withdrew the resolutions, being quite satisfied with the result of the discussion which his motion had elicited. PROPERTY DESTROYED DURING THE RUSSIAN WAR. Mr. Crawford moved an address to the Crown, praying the Queen to appoint a royal commission to inquire into the complaints made by certain British subjects of the destruction of their property by tl,e British forces at Uleaborg, in the Gulf of Bothnia, during the recent war with Russia. The motion was seconded by Mr. Adams. j Sir J. Pakington observed that repeated applications on the subject had been made by the owners of the property in question, successively, to the Treasury, the Admiralty, and the Foreign Office. The answer innui- ably returned was that no claim for compensation could be established against the English Government, and the law-oflicers of the Crown, to whom the question had recently been submitted, completely concurred in that opinion. The property adverted to, and which had been burnt by Admiral Plumridge at Uleaborg, distinctly belonged to the category of articles contraband of war, w hich by the law of nations were legitimately destroyed when found on an enemy's territory. Mr. M, Gibson contended that whatever might be the legal interpretation of the case, the merchants in ques- tion had a moral and equitable claim for compensation from the Government. Si C. Napier insisted that Admiral Plumridge had only done his duty on the occasion. ilr. Weguelin snpportcd the motion, which was opposed by the Solicitor-Gencral. After some further discussion, the House divided- when the motion was rejected by 105 to 40. JEWS' BILL. Lord J. Iiu.-sell moved that this bill be read a third time. but the debate was adjourned to Wednesday e\ emn" I The Appropriation Bill was read a sccond time,after some remarks from Sir H. Willoughby. The Clerk of Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill passed through committee, nnd, the l'emain¡n bu.,jncss being disposed of, the House adjourned I flouse OF LORDS.— Wednesday, July I.,t. THE 11ANCLAGII SEWER. Viscount Torrington moved for the following returns by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, showing how much above or below Ordinance datum was the Ranelagh Sewer, before the alterations were commenced under J,eah"s contract; what was the caractity of the outlet before the alterations; was it free to discharge at all hours of the tide the sewage, storm- flood, and waters, and the overflowings of die Serpentine river; was the outlet tide-locked by iron flaps; how much was the altered invert of the sewer above or below Ordnance datum under Leahy's contract; what was the capacity of the altered outlet sewer per foot lineal for 3,250 feet above that outlet; what is the capacity at present per foot lineal for the next 3,250 feet above the preceding; what is the capacity per lineal foot under the Knightsbridgc-road; what is the capacity per foot lineal of "the tunnel sewer across Hyde Park to the junctions of the upland sewers of Paddington, Marylcbone, Hampstead, and Willesden; and what is the capacity of the Ranelagh main sewer about three miles above the 3,250 feet of the ontlet sewer in Gloucester-road, Paddington. The motion was agreed to. LEGITIMACY DECLARATION BILL. Lord Lyndhurst moved the second reading of the Legitimacy Declaration Bill, the object of which was to remedy a defect in the law of England which did not exist in the law of Scotland. In Scotland legitimacy might be substantiated by parties making a declaration before the proper court, intillic thought that a similar relief should be provided under the English law. The bill was read a second time. MISCELLANEOUS. On the motion of Lord Redesdale. the Chelsea Bridge i Amendment Bill, New Caledonian Government Bill,and Detached Parts of Counties Bill were read a first time. i The Hotu-c then adjourned. IIOCSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday, July 21st. NATIONAL GALLERY. i'"i\ 1. Duncombc said, that for .sometime past the I tradesmen of London paid their workmen at an enrlv hour 011 the Saturday, and asked the Chancellor of the | Exchequer whether an arrangement could not be made by which the National Gallery might be opened from 1 or 2 o clock until o o clock on Saturday eyening, to enable the working classes to visit that institution. i' The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted that such an arrangement would be desirable. He assured the hon. member he would give the subject his attention, and sroultl coo :e ;t culil De carried out (hear, l.earV THE COMMITTEE ON THE TRANSPORT OF TROOPS i.oru uodcricli callcd attention to the unprecedented character of the course taken by Sir De Lacy Evans in publishing a pamphlet impugning the conduct of the committee upon this subject. Sir De Lacy Evans proceeded to explain and defend his conduct, exprcssing his regret for the course he had pursued, and was proceeding to go into the evidence as to the system of transports, when The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to order and saio, the bon. and gallant general had expressed his regret for the course he had pursued, and he trusted this conversation would not be prolonged. After a few words from Lord Godcrich. the subject dropped. u MEMBERS' FREEDOM FROM ARREST BILL. :M1. Hunt sam, owing to the lateness of the session, he thought it was not practical to proceed, and therefore he would withdraw this bill. Orders of the day for going into committee dis- charged. The Cornwall Sllbmarine Mines Bill was read a tbird time and passed. ti The Detached Parts of Counties Bill was read a thirud tune and passed. JEWS' HILL, Un the order of the Jay fbrrcsumiag the aùjourned I debate on the third reading of this bill being rea? Mr W arren moved that the bill be read a third '"? that day three mouths. Mr. Hopwood seconded the amendment Mr. Hoebuck was wining to accent the h;n u u SSc'SS. « ™ his respect for the House of I,orlls. Mr. Spooncl' defcndcd the vote hc had givcn on a roiSSLSt.iiT SL" en^mc"f,or of his honourable and learned friend, the ,??.d g..eu.u hurst. ?M i d contemptible" liK'l   the bill was not so contemptible a bi[t '?i Some members considered; the quired njUia ^a»jW»vr. all ^tli,#,?f Tthe MTHrouse re- Mr. Newdegate defended the House of Lord f'o¡1i (i „ aspersions of Mr: Roebuck, lie supported the aniciil ment. (Divide, divide.) After some discussion, the House divided, W11'1 Ii". third reading was carried by 219 against 55. The Bill was then read It third time aud passed. The announcement was received with lo:i I an ),JV) longed cheerinsr. OATHS BiLt. IOn the order of the day for the con.-idera:i j:. or I!p Lords' reasons for insisting on their amendments. Lord J. Russell, in a few brief words giving his re* sons for not proceeding with the consideration of t" Lords'amendments, proposed to move the followia-. n: solution 1. Thatthis House does not consider it Ii' cessary to examine the reasons offered by the Lords (I insisting upon the exclusion of Jews from Parliament, by a Bill of the prcsentsession, intituled All .\et:o pro. vide for the relief of her Majesty's subjects profcssii, the Jewish religion,' their lordships had provi kl f0 the admission of perso; s professing the Jewisii reh- gion to seats in the legislature. 2. That iiiis House doth not insist upon their disagreement wit!, the lords in their amendments to the said nilL" Mr. Spooner would move an addition tJ \1.' resolution, to the effect, that the amendments "'e, against the reasons which they had assigned fT >; ,j admitting Jews into Parliament. Mr. T. Duncombc also moved an amendme:a. I, he thought would more clearly place the facts on the journals of the House. The hon. member did not, how-, ,'1 press his amendment. After some remarks from Alr. Ifeiilev and h. W.ilp >!e as to the terms of the resolution, Sir J. Graham said if the word "means" were in- serted after" provided" it would meet any ,lifficn¡,? Lord John Russell assented to the insertion <e" t' word proposed, and sai,l he would consent to 1 Spooner's amendment, if he would substitute f, '• cogent reasons" "insnfficient reasons" (laughter) The resolution of Lord J. Russell was then c,m i;d without a division. Lord John Russell then moved that the objection t.) the Lords' amendments should not be insisted ()II, The bill as amended then passed. The House adjo urned at four o'cloc k.
.A WAGES CASE AT DErmy.
.A WAGES CASE AT DErmy. On H ednesday, July 14th. the case of Du'> v Bridgett and Company came before the Recorder at the Derby Court of Record. Mr. Briggs stated the case for the plaintitf:-Christophcr Dale, a weaver, is the plaiiitiff, and Messrs. Bridgett ami Co. are defendants. The action is for the recovery of wages, and the stun is E3 0". 6d.; that is for four half cuts of work at Lis. ljd. In weaving you are doubtless aware that the plaintiff, a weaver, has to work in a loom, and in working up silk, whet; h. has worked up what is called a halt cut. it is carried into the warehouse and paid for. Xow. this action is simply for work and labour donc, and it is brou°ght as laid down by Lord Denman in the ca?° of Chawner v. Cummings." The defendant I t, pleaded four pleas-the first, that he has paid the sum of (is. 4]d. into Court, as being all that is dt.e to the plaintiff. The second plea is the ordinary pkl of payment; the third plea is the plea of the set-off; and the last plea is the plea of the tender of the (>.■ 4d., and, of course, paying it into court. No-v the set-off, as I suppose, is what the defendant relies q., in this action he sets forth certain fines which i,e wants to deduct from plaintiff's wages, and i:i 1m particulars of set-off he mentions gas a shilling, gti a shilling, gas fourpence, and gas a shilling. Tht. singularly enough, is not pleaded, and therefore it i: not in your province to inquire into. For tli security of workmen, and for the payment of their wages, you are doubtless aware that on the 15th of Oct., 18:31, an Act of Parliament was passed which prohibited the payment of wages in goods or other wise than in the current coin of the realm. Then there was another Act of Parliament passed, called the Ticket Act, for regulating the employment of these weavers. I shall call before you the plaintiff, and he will tell you that he went to work at H Bridgett's, and that young Mr. Bridgett set him ov,. The loom was not an original one, as it is called, hut it happened to be one on which Joseph Pepper hid done two half cuts, and part of this was left whet; plaintiff was put upon it. ()n the I 3th of February last. Dale did half a cut, took it in, and was paid for it. When he carried in the second half ci,,c, nothing was then said to him, but after two days viz, on the 1.5th of February, Mr. Bridgett refused to pay him what was due, but offered to pay him half; plaintiff declined to take half, sayiir" >- lie wanted the full amount of his wages, 1.3s. lid. De fendant would not pay him, and told him he mr-f 20 on with his loom or lie put in gaol. Iledids i and did not get paid tor it, and a third time th¡., wn the same. The man not being able to get his wage-, applied to me, and I wrote to Messrs. Bridgett on the subject. After that. Dale did two othl-r half cuts, and there was. I believe, part of a seventh half cut left in the loom. Not being ahle to et hi J wages, Dale then enlisted for a soldier; his em- ployers followed him, and put him in gaol for eight days, for neglecting his work. We therefore chum .t'.S Os. (id. as due to him as wages. The defence set up, I suppose, will be bad work, gas, and fines but this deduction I will show to you is contrary to the Truck Act. Mr. Briggs handed up a copy of the Truck Act to the Recorder, and then called th" plaintiff, his wife, and Edward Swan. Mr. Simmonds, the barrister, then addressed tl Jury for the defendants. lie said, the fact that a weaver is on one side, and .Josiah Lewis, Esq., (i Mr. Briggs called him) is on the other, will not, I am sure, weigh with you, and I am quite willing, on my part, for the case to rest on its own merits. Mr. Briggs told you that the plaintiff had been sent to gaol by the defendants. Cientlemen, I beg to remind you that the plaintiff was committed by the magi trates, and that Mr. Lewis has no private gaD) under his factory to which he can send his men at pleasure. If the plaintiff in this action succeed the interest of every good and true workmen wiU be sacrificed for the sake of the idle and careless workman. Our answer to this action is, that the work was badly done, and that we have paid all that is due. The contract under which plaintiff worked, specially defines that the work is to be done in a workmanlike manner, that there were to be 10) picks to every inch, and that plaintiff was to lie paid is. 9d. lor it. r shall call before you witllco,.e; to prove that the work was done in an unworknuR like manner—that though plaintiff had good the ribbons which he made up were almost worth less. The other deductions which we claim are for filling, picking, and ,is It is for the interest of all that good faith should be kept between master aud man. and I shall show you that good faith was not kept by plaintiff 111 this matter. The work wi, under contract, and the plaintiff having wovl-"l there before, knew what he was about. The fact i- this is not the plaintif)"" c"c at all, but it i- hroui.: by the Trades I num. It is time these Trades' Unions were put a stop to. lor thev do not benefit the workman, but are means bv which workmen vpph to bind masters down, and make flood and bad workmen all alike. These arc the rules and rcg-v lations of the ribbon factory, which are hung up i,; every room, and it is ridiculous for the plaintiff to say that he knew nothing about them. You must be aware that whil-t looms are standing, the master suffers an absolute loss, which ought to be provided against, and I sball prove that the plaintiff was fr" quently absent from his work. Not only that li-I time ?one3, to masters. They tell you th? »V piamtin was soil ) from being hungry that he co' t plaiiititl ,a 11- beiDg huno'r3% that he could not work. Why, if he wanted hi?a? he ?u) have gone at the end of the week and demanded them from his master. This action, as I remarked J%n^ broySht by the Pl?'?in.bur by 3 for the "?' of persecuting a N?cr?- oo-I Son' ? 'whol ? am sure, has always sought to pi? iit t w a* said f tUe-v have earned. Thcn It was smd Mr. Bmlget-t would lot arhitrate. a? L-- Pro? lWalBf ri• d,get* would "? ??'t''?<- ? h* ,hw*wCOr^r You need not double ?- about that. Thr,' was no arbitration and no o?r of any. j arbitratin8^ = U ° ?'? men for the PurP°* o? I aritrating. The Recorder That is not the way in which it should haye been done. The Act (the 8th and 9th 01 ictona) provides everything which should be done in such a case. [After reading the provisions of the Act his Honour said:] I don't like these actions. What is the result of them but to put money into the pocket of the attorney They benefit no mechanic, If your client, Mr. Briggi. thinks he is entitled to some wages, he should go before the Justices, and the Act provides they shall order the payment of such sums as shall appear to them to be justly payable, together with such costa for loss of time as they think proper. TlieJustice4 have to inquire whether anything is n, au] what.—I'tomtitf was then nonsuited.