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8 THE TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1854. to five the Frtrch people knowledge of tbe benefits to be nv.d fr. a mere extend pd intercourse ith this country, bo one would bavs ctw to complain of the expenses which Ltd been incurred. Mr. BRIGHT Ltd no desirt to reduce the role by a tingle if it were conaidered necessary for the object in view but be (till thought that, while the really useful part of the expenditure ni until, (Ad he might eren ht BtiDgj, that which ni to be incurred for the cost of official management, for the staff of clerk, and for tending a peat rniny persons to lire luxuriously at Paris, was too large.

The French Government were laid to bare ipeot CS.OUW. on account of the Exhibition of 1851, but it must le remembered that there were not then associations of manufacturer! and otheri at Lyons or Rouen, for instance, ubaciibirig 3,000. or 4.000J. for these expenses. If that tad been the cae, the French Govern meet, in all probability, would not hare had to epend ao large a ram.

Colonel SIRTHORP said, the riewi which he had expressed with regard to the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park were perfectly well known, and he must say that be entertained exactly the eaine views with regard to the Exhibition at Syd'cn'iaui. (Lanjrhter.) He had nerer been to the Exhibition in Hyde Park, nor, with all the lore that he had for article of rtrtu, did he mean to go to that at Sydenham, A langh He stood perfectly free from haring encouraged the foreigner, though he fully admitted hit capabilities and his rreat ingenuity but he had nerer sanctioned any ex penditure of this sort, which ra not for the encouragement Bent for the efficient state in which the army was no placed. Colonel DUNNE uked the Seen tary wl War what ar rangementa had been made with respect to the clothing of the troops Mr. S. HERBERT replied that, with respect to the regiments of line, the contracts were for a year in advance.

Consequently, there were contracts exiiting for the supply r.ir io v.I lor irwM, ikuu iu pfiui iui c.j, wujcu no vnangee could take place, but the changes that would hereafter take place were under consideration. He had had specimens of cloth sumittei mm, aoa nopea tntt be rnouJd be able, at the same time that the was of a better deecriD tion than heretofore, to effect a considerable saving in the ouuay. i The rote was agreed to. On the voU of 10,000. (supplemental) for the probable charge for retired full pay, Colonel IJNDSAY asked whether there would be any imitcuim gnimg 10 inose omcers wno naa retired on full pay many whom had done good aerrioe during the Peninsular war the fame boon that had been granted to mow wno migr.i nereaiter retire on lull pay Colonel DUNNE asked what was the intention of the (overnnient wih reference to the recommendations of th commission He considered the subject alluded to by the nun.

niermter (i oionei uneasy) worthy or consideration. Mr. NEWDEGATE expressed hU fears that justice had of uitive indutry. He wished to kcow from the hon. not been done towards the colonels of regiments in the com 1 If 1 A 1 1 1.

tn IT.J. member for Manchester whether be had ever been to Hyde Park, and whether he meant to go to Sydenham (Loud laugliter.) Mr. RROTHERTON aaid, he had received representations from the manufacturers of Salford which were the same as tboe which the hon. member for Manchester stated he bad received from his constituents. Mr.

V. SCULLY thought a sufficient sum had not been devoted in this estimate to the transport of articles from different parts of the united kingdom. For instance, be did cot see that one single larthing had been apportioned to bringing articles from any part of Ireland, The Exhibition in Dublin had been of more advantage to the united kingdom than the Exhibition in Paris would be, and yet no vote hid een proponed to Parliament to farther that tinderUViqz. With regard to the present rote, it was only right that a fair proportion of it should be devoted to Ireland. Mr.

RICH said that there did not appear to be any objection to the vote, and although there were some difficulties with regard to the' appropriation of it, it would be satisfactory to the committee if the right hon. gentleman the IVeoilent of the Board of Trade would give some intimation a to what officer would hare the control of the inert) voted, and whether any member of the Government would be responsible for its exenditure. S.r SHELLEY believed that if exhibitors had been left to themselves the whole affair would hare been much better arranged than it would be if any charge were made upon the public funds. He could perceive that the general feeling of the committee was in favour of this rote, but he, for his own part, entirely objected to it. The report which had been referred to by the hon.

member for Manchester appeared to him to be very absurd, for the greater part of the vote would be eaten up in printing and other expenses, and in enabling a staff of jurors to pass a very agreeable time in Paris at the public expense. Mr. SPOON'EK thought it rery desirable that the com mittee should be informed what was the meaning of the item jr case and fittings and general decoration. Mr. CARDWELL aaid that all that it was intended to do was precisely the same that had been done by the French JorcrnmeLt in I1.

It was not intended to rurnisu exhibitor with cases, but, after all had been done by the exhibitors, it lwcame necessary to do something still more. In the case of raw product, persons would not care to send It over for exhibition, but the Government would do so, and the exientes of the cases would be defrayed out of this item. With regard to general decoration, also, it was proKwed Only to do what had been done by the French Government in 151, and he must say that if the textile fabric of this country were to be exhibited, in his opinion it would not be advantageous to place it in a part of the building which, from its appearance, would be the part leaat likely to attract the French people. Colonel SI BTHORP aaid that the whole proceeding would Lave the effect of encouraging foreigners, the result of hich bad already been that tradesmen in this country could not their wares unless they chose French fabrics, although English fabrics in his opinion, possessed much more durability and solidity. Mr.

LOCKE did not intend to oppose the rote, but he thought that if the manufacturing industry of this country bad been left to itself there would hart been no necessity for it at all. The rote was then agreed to. On a rote of IOO.OiVY. for civil contingencies, Mr. W.

WILLIAMS wished to call the attention of the committee to rarious items in this rote. Among Other Items which he objected to were for the I ord Chancellor's outfit, in addition to his salary of lO.OOD!. or 12.001V. 1,2007. for Episcopal clergymen in BcotUod; and to Lord St.

German's on taking the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. There were many other items that he might point out, all of a most objectionable nature, but it was of no use to more the omission of any of theae, as nothing could be sained by it. He mieht move the reduction of the rote by 10,000., but as the sum extended would perhaps be only 70.000!. out of the lOO.Ostf. here asked for, nothing would be gained by such a motion, as the Government would still have as large a cum xj they required.

Mr. PELL ATT asked an explanation as to the charge included in the rote for certain tours made by colonial bishop. Mr. WILSON said, the charge was not new one. For tnu.j rears the colonial bishops had been paid a sum to meet the expenses of their maintenance while making peri'tilical visit to diotant parts of their dioceses.

The outfit to the Lord Chancellor on taking office, and also to the Lieutenant of Ireland, had always been allowed by Parliament. As to the payment made to Episcopal clerCTtuL'i iu asotiano, it was in ueu oi a sum ionneny paid from the ciril list. Mr. PELL ATT was not at all satisfied with the explanation a'tout the visit of the colonial bishops, and would more that the vote he reduced by 7s. 0 1., the sum paid for their xenscs.

Mr. W.WILLI AMS would remind the hon. gentleman that, though was now asked for, probably not more than would be expended, so that it was of no use to more a reduction of or eren 10, The tact wa they were in a fix and could do nothing. Mr. MURROl'GH thought if this was the case, the hon.

member for Lambeth had been wasting the time of the Ilou e. Wh was the use of discus ung the rotes if they could come to no result regarding them Mr PEEL said, the allowance referred to by the hon. er for South wark was made to the bishops to enable them to nay the expense of their riiits to the remoter parts of their diocsss. Hitherto it had been the practice to pay this tnce. as the small salaries of the bishops hardly enabled theiu to bear the exjienae themselves.

Mr. PELLATT would not divide upon the question if the bon. Under Secretary promised that the items would not be repeated next year. Mr. MAGU IRE thought the hon.

member for Lambeth bad eu himself cruising about the whole evening in a rery unsatisfactory manner, and without coming to anr result. After criticizing sereral items, the hon. member had concluded by doing nothing. Mi W. WILLIAMS said that whatever opinion the bon.

meoJter might entertain of his conduct he regarded with rfect indifference. He had divided committees on a great many items of wasteful expenditure, and he never (succeeded yet in any division (laughter) and he therefore, after pointing out what he conceived to be items of extrara ranci, thought it better to leave the matter rather to the Government than to the House. Mr. HA I) FIE LD protected against these constant claims foi colonial purposes connected with religion. The amendment was rejected without a division, and the Tote was agreed to.

On the vote of for the Post office packet aerviee, Mr. ITORSFALL called the attention of the Government to the inefficient service between Fernando Po and this country. The mail packet due on the 6th of April hut did not arrive in this country until more than GO days after the proper period and that due on the Cth of une was 4' dsvs behind time. The steam packet due on the Cth of the present month had not yet SLRived. He believed that the First Lord of the Admiralty had remonstrated on the subject, but without rucces.

The outward service was performed likewise with inefficiency, and last month no packet had been despatched from this country to Fernando Po and yet the country was called on to pay money whether the service was rformed or Lot. A petition complaining of these irregularities had been sent up from Liverpool, and would be presented to the House tomorrow. He had no hesitation in saying that the loss occasioned to the merchants in the African trade by these delays and irregularities was most frightf uL Mr. COWTER taii that the attention of the Admiralty bad been called to the complaints of irregularities in the rervioe referred to but the extreme difficulties of the particular service ought to be borne in mind. The vessels had to touch at different ports on the west coast of Africa, and, from the nature of the rivers, there was a difficulty in procuring pilot.

The Admiralty had done what it could, to assist the contractors in the perfonnaaoe of the duties intrusted to them but he did not think the Admiralty would be exactly meeting the public convenience if it were to close the contract altogether and compel the contractors to cease the service because they were unable to perform it with perfect regularity. There was no way of enabling the contractors to perform the service just in the manner in which the bon. member desired it to be done but, no doubt, it would be better performed when better vessels were got, Mr. HORSFALL said that when the lerrioe was commenced the company had most efficient vessels, but to suit their own convenience, or that of others, the oom pany had sold those vessels, and chartered inefficient vessels in their stead. Mr.

J. FO ESTER was understood to tar that the exigencies of the war in the East had occasioned aome of the inconveniences complained of. The vote was then agreed to. On the rots of VM.OW. for the expenses of the embodied and disnnhodiad militia in Great Britain and Ireland, Mr.

WTLLIAM3 aaid that, as only 30,000 men had been tant to the East, could not account fifths Urge increase that had taken place in the standing army of the country, and wished the Government would give aome explanation as to this. Colonel SI BTHORP thought that the hon. member did not understand this subject, as be was no soldier. Whatever bad been the exteues of the war, they had been moat ne ceasrJy incurred, and he thanked Her Marty's Govern penxation given to them in lieu of the emoluments ther de rived from clothing their men. When those emoluments were first given to them, they were required to gire up cer tain pensions and other sources of income.

However much the country might condemn the system of making colonels derive advantages from clothing their regiments, he was quite certain it would not be the public wisn that men, n.sny of whom were distinguished officers in the service. should be prejudiced in their income by any new arrange n.em nngni ie idougni expedient to introduce. Mr. S. HERBERT said that, with regard to the clothing I oi trie army, he toougut the alteration which bad been in I trod oced wa nuite necessary, and that the chances would be iconoinictl, not because the colonels of regiments would I futlerlrora it, which be believed would not be the case, becauhis opinion was that the whole fault of the existing system wm on the part of the clothiers, and not of the colo nels.

He rery much doubted whether such a sytem could I bare existed lor so long a period il there had been any mal' 1 rersatiou. He thought, howerer, the system to be most objec: tionable in principle, and therefore he proposed that it should be abolished. It was quite true that the officers did give up their good conduct rewards, and that they were exposed to this inconvenience, that during the fi st year they held their regiment they got no emolument from the clothing, as that went to the executors oi the predecessor. I'nder these cir i cumstanoes, he had offered to the officers to pay them at once for the year, which he thought was only fair. Further than this, where the officer provided cape which i would have been paid for by his mooes tor, in that case he considered that the public should stand in the same position as the successor would hare done, and should pay the value of one year or of two years, as the i case migni oe oui in no case wouia me omcer ne entitled I to more than a year.

With respect to the question whether the recommendations of the commission would be made law, he should say that they would be embodied in a warrant. He had been for some days employed in drawing up minuTes on toe subject, and nad bad a communication with the Commander in Chief respecting it, but he would not now give any opinion upon it. He confessed that his knowledge of that House and the bad results with regard to promises wu such that he did not think they could pledge themselves to make any measure have a retrospective action. However, he would promise that the subject should i lecrire uie imiest powoie consideration. The vote was then agreed to, and the House resumed, THE CUSTOMS ACTS.

The House haring gone into committee upon the Cos turns Acts, Mr. DEEDE3 objected to proceeding at that hour i (half past 12). They had been sittins since 12 o'clock. and were to meet again at 12. He moved that the Chairman I report progress.

I Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Mr. WILSON said, that there was only one dnele item in the list which was anything more than a mere alteration of terms, lie hoped tbey would be allowed to go on. Mr.

W. M. SMITH objected to proceeding, particularly as there must be a discussion on the proposition with respect to nope. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped that tuey would go on as xar as tne article hops, at all events. At length Mr.

cedes withdrew his motion, and the pro posed duties upon the rarious items in the schedule were agreed to, with the exception of those upon hops, which were postponed. The House then resumed. STAMP DUTIES BILL. Mr. WILSON moved that the aborenamed bill be read a third time.

Mr. HADFIELD moved that the following clause be added to the bill "And whereas doubts hare arisen whether, under the provisions of the said act of the 13th and 14th years of ner present Majesty, chap. VI, leases, whereby there is reserved a peppercorn, or other nominal rent, are subject to the stamp duty of Cd. by the said act imposed on leases where the rent shall not exceed or to a stamp of some other and greater amount, and it is expedient that the said doubts should be set at rest be it enacted that, where, by any lease or tack of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or heritable subjects for any term of years, there shall be reserved the rent of a peppercorn, or any other nominal rent, such lease or tack shall, in repect of such nominal rent, only be subject to the mid stamp duty of and no more." Mr. WILSON opposed the clause, on the ground that a valuable lease ought not to be exempted from payment of duty because it was granted for a nominal consideration.

The clause was negatived without a division. Mr. G. HAMILTON, in the alence of Lord Naas, moved the insertion of the following clause The stamp duties now payable on matriculations, degrees, and certificates of degrees in ea and every university in the united kingdom shall be abolished so soon as provision shall have been made, to the satisfaction of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in lieu of any moneys heretofore voted annually by Parliament for any of the aaid universities." The Commissioners of Oxford, of Cambridge, and of Dublin had recommended the abolition of these duties, and be hoped, therefore, that the House would agree to his proposition. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped tho House would leare the Government to deal with this subject, which was one of considerable complexity, axd with which they certainly ought to be prepared to deal.

These degrees divided themselves into two classes, and the duties upon some of them were certainly taxes upon education. Others such, for example, as the medical degree were degree conferring a franchise which opened the door to a lucrative profession and, if they remitted the duty upon the medical degree, tbey must legislate in a similar manner with respect to the colleges of physicians in the three countries. There were also the Inns of court, and they must deal with the duty paid upon the admission to the degree of barrister, and then they would also hare to consider the claims of their old friends the attorneys and solicitors. He hoped, for these reasons, that the hon. gentleman would be induced to trust the matter in the hands of the Government.

Colonel DUNNE supported the clause. The clause was then withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the following clause was agreed to and added to the bill And whereas, by an act passed in the 13th and 11th years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 97, certain reduced rates of stamp duty were granted and made payable under the head or title of Duplicate or Counterpart' in tbe schtdule thereto annexed; and whereas by an act passed in the hvt session of Parliament, chapter 63, certain stamp duties were granted and made payable upon conveyances, charters, dijositions, and contracts, described under tbe head or title of 4 in the schedule to the said last mentioned act, but no provision is made for charging the duplicates or counterparts of the said conveyances, charters, dispositions, and contracts with the said reduced duties and it is expedient to girejsuch relief in that respect as hereinafter mentioned be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for theCommissioners of Inland Revenue, and they are hereby required, upon production to them of any such conveyance, darter, distortion, or contract, duly stamped, and of the duplicate or counterpart thereof stamped, for denoting the amount of duty chargeable upon a duplicate or counterpart under tbe aaid act of tbe 13th and 14th years of Her Majesty, to stamp the said duplicate or counterpart with the particular stamp directed by the said laetmentioned act to be impressed upon a duplicate or counterpart for denoting or testifying the payment of the full and proper stamp duty on tbe original deed or instrument and if tbe said duplicate or counterpart shall be stamped with any ad ad raon stamp duty of greater amount than the amount of stamp duty so chargeable as aforesaid on a duplicate or counterpart, tbe said commissioners shall allow and repay such excess of stamp duty, land rectify the stamps accordingly, and thereupon such duplicate or counterpart shall be deemed to be duly stamped." Mr. HADFIELD knew that he rose under great disadvantages at such an hour (half past 1), when the Treasury bench was the only bench that contained any considerable portion of occupants.

Hs moved an amendment, ill leases beyood 3." years liable to per and no mors. Mr. WILSON declined to argue the question, since it had already been decided by the House. The House then divided, when the numbers were, For the amendment 8 Against it 74 Majority (j The bill then passed. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL.

Upon the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. MAGUIRE thought the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for Ireland ought not, at that hour of the morning (10 minute to 2 o'clock), to persevere with a bill wnich be really did think, under the present circumstances of Ireland, involved both an insult and an outrage. Sir J. YOUNG aaid, the bill was simply directed against the Riband lodges an 1 secret societies in those counties in Ireland where they existed.

When they looked at the operation of these societies in the county of Monaghan, and in part of Armagh, some repressive law must be considered as absolutely It was impossible to exaggerate the evils whi the system of terrorism, as it prevailed there, produce 1, au no Gsvernment could safely dispense with the pwer given thea under this act. (Hear.) The powers conferred upon the Government by this act were einiiJy them: Incw attocioni crimes were trequentand numerous in any di trict, the Lord Lieutenant had power to proclaim that district, and to station there a certain number of constabulary, which formed a charge upon the district. The main power, however, was the restriction placed upon the possession of arms. Any person who wished to possess arms must come forward and ask for a license to hare them in his house but this license was nerer refused unless a satisfactory reason could be assigned, publicly and in open court, why the applicant should not be allowed to hare it. Dr.

MICH ELL observed that In the north of Ireland no man could employ a servant except with tbe permission of a Riband society. With respect to the murder of Mr. Batesoa, he might stats that that gentleman had received no less than 33 Riband notices previous to his death. Mr. O.

A. HAMILTON was acquainted with the north of Ireland, and knew there were many exceptions to the assertion of the hon. gentleman. Mr. R.

M. FOX mored that the bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. MAGUIRE Said, he had not come forward as the defender of Riband societies, but be thought that all Ireland was not to be placed under a ban for the offences of a few misguided men, who, he thought, could be put down by public opinion, without haring recourse to such a measure as this. The House then divided, when the numbers were, For the second reading 50 Against it 11 Majority 39 The bill was then read a second time.

USURY LAWS REPEAL BILL. This bill was read a second time. COURT OF CHANCERY (COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER) KILL. This bill passed through committee. MARRIAGES (MEXICO) BILL.

This bill, as amended, was considered and ordered to be read a third time this day. PRISONERS REMOVAL BILL. This bill passed through committee. The Duchy of Cornwall Bill was read a third time and pawed. The House adjourned at five minutes to 3 o'clock, till thu day at 12 o'clock.

Mr. WiLKIN'sov was prevented by illness from votine on tbe third reading of the Bribery Bill on Friday last. Colonel Biddulph paired all night, on Friday, in favour of Government, with Mr. Jones against. Mr.

1. L. Mosty.n bs paired, for the remainder or the session, in favour of Government, with Lord Galway against. Air. rrriH has paired with Mr.

i iujimiart. Lord Van Tkmtest has paired with Mr. J. L. Rit Altuo for the remainder of the session.

Mr. M. T. Smith has paired with Admiral Walcott for the remainder of the session. Mr.

S. Datiks has paired with Sir C. Lemon for the remainder of the session. Lord Bective has paired with Lord Uxbripge for the remainder of the session. Mr.

F. Dun DAS has paired for the remainder of the session with Mr. II. Montgomery. Mr.

Brockman paired, all nicht. in favour of the Government, with Mr. Evelyn against. Mr. WlCKHAM paired, in farour of the Government, on Monday evening, with Colonel OlI.riN against.

CONVERSION of the PORTUGUESE EX TJCRNAL DEBT. BocmIs. Debentures, will he asaln received for Oon Torsion into a Three per Cent, Bines, to terms of the Dfcrre of tb lSlfc of Deosmtnr. 1S53. evsrr Toetdar tod FriUr.

between II aod o'clock 'o mmeane 03 Tnesdir. th of Aufu it. Ooapoo th ls.rf Janatry and July, 1S5L, tbe 1st of Jaooary tod July. 18JJ, will abo bs reeeivod on thw days for cartUllikUoc rxmufiMM rinaaoiai aseocy, nnsbajT ch Bbrf, Jair z. issi.

GV. BROOKE and the DRURY LANK COHPAXT. This eminent actor Is nerform'ni his FARE WELL In Birainsbsra. at Tooti'i New Theatre, suoporud by a mirl rowrrfal compear, in stadias alr. Oeo a.

Youocs, Belton. a. Barns. Mr Ckthoart. Mrv Wasfcn, Mri.

a ttalhy. aod at as Eliza Ardes. M.B. NotwltlutaDdloc th ettraoadnukry soa ea which Is eveirwher atteodios Uww farewsll performance of Mr. G.

V. Br lots, be can only vtrit Whitehaven, Dublin. London, and Liverpool prtvioui to for Amenon on the lTh or Nov em ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARD KM. Madame GrWi Last Two Nlrhti Ths lwt two ctfhts on whloh Madame Grist will arwetr in Knsland leionrt on the renrnc of her henaflt) will he THIS EVENINO (Tueay. August I), In Li EAVORITA aod on Thonlay.

Anfnst 3. In Lucrtz uorgia. n.B. to upm win pod a rely dose next week. Last Nlfh or Locrrt'a Borsia.

La Nlsht of Madame nrisL Xxtra Nlcot. On Thnslay div, Aofust 3. will tx performed Hot the last Urn this season) DonixetU's Optra, LUCRK3IA BOKUIA. Prtnotptl haracters by Madsm OrU rroritirslr her ltrt socearaioe Kociaoa. sxeept on th erenliui of br besflt.

Hail, n. uan (tenor Roaxrai. Risroor fortloL Hraor Met. and Scoot Mario. Wi Koasliils days.

bet Entertain nact. opera, Comti Ory, will be produced Is tbe ewrse of a few ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDUr. KadaBM CMsfs Firewall BtXMfll Madam GRISI bsss most respectfully to tnJbna tbs noblnty, gantry, aod the mbUs that, Um Directors of th Royal Italian Opera harlot kindly placed their tbstr at bey disposal, so has, taerioo to her dprnr let Lb United States, imml to nr FAKE WELL BENEFIT. The waning ftxd on Is Mooday next, Aoput 7, which oooasioo will bs th last on whloh Madam Grlat wul liavs tb mat honour of a isartns before an Knsilih aodtenea. Tbe eotertalnmsut on tb a oooanioa will mbro to fir it s.t of Bellini's op rv NORMA nd tb wbol of Meyerbeer's grand opera, LXS HUGUENOTS, TQTitior ian ao xicxeis I or um doim.

stain may bad at tb box oOo of th theatre, which hi sUlla, or th pit ores from 10 till o'elook and of tb principal mnsiaellers and librarians. nmlartorij ti Whs nit by tickets only, tb amber of which will United. OPERA. COMIQ0K Last Night of tie Season. Bt.

Janet's Tbaatr. To morrow Rvealnr. Last Annaaraoc of Madam Marl Uabtl, and Farewell Pnforaoa by th eu'ir ttoqps rron Tnaacre Lamina, ran, in wnica ncoas on si taa nt Mart Cabal wUl perform th last time) in Li FILLE DU BfcUIMJSNT. Bb will also slni tb Trio from T.irraaior, tb French air, Partant poor 1 Syria. aod a couplet in thi National Anthem, God Sara tbe Queen." Rxa and stalls at Mr.

leu's Royal Library, 33, Oil Bond ttraM aod at the hox orac ROYAL OLYMPIC TH ATRE. Last Weak hot Oat of tbs Season. TO XIOTIT and dorlus the we. TO OBLIGE BEN V1N THE FIRST NIGHT and TUK WANDERING MIN4TRKL. (VTARYLEBONE THEATRE.

Last Week of the JLTj Bsison. Mr. McKEAN BUCHANAN, hiving returrel frmn a suocesful provincial tour of IS months. Is engagrd for fix nlgbts at the tbeetra, aod will appear roar of hl principal Hiatsearlan actors Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and RkturJ HI. Boxes, pit.

Is. rtllerv. M. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The only English Opera London, and tb naareit Theatre to th London brV)i Terminus of th Crr tel Palac Railway.

Second AnDearaios of Mr. Aogrutn Brabam aod Mr. Borranl (nreviont to his departure for Amatvai this kv iipio, ta ravoorit opera, uo MAM HULA, Rrlnn, Mr. Aognttns Brabant Count Ridolpbo. Mr.

Barranl Aieisio, eoncrnde with THE WHITE OAT MUt Julia St. Ourge (from tht Ltceum Theatre), air. Flexmora, and Mdne. Aunot. Ou Monday, The Prophet, with entirely new soscery, drams, ds i rat ons, machinery, military band, chorus, aod J00 aui l'larlet.

Characters by Mr. ugustns isranam, sir. rjorrani, Jr. uom, jn im naoaoaa iiacca, ani Itaa Roanr (her Ant aBoeanocel. Stall 3a.

(bonnt admitted) boxes, S. pit. Is. gallery. 6d Private boiec "ITAUXH ALL GARDENS.

Shilling Nights won lay, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Tnnraaiy, ant ai st tht Crystal Palas. all the attraotioos will bs givan. Doors pan at S. storming or Kargcoo ana uoau ii pur or nrewort i at i. Adrnisaon.

la. On Friday a reneSfUoo of tb Grand MUlta Concert in boooor of th llano of Franc aod England tk most brijiaot ret of tb aaon Four Military Bands Including tht sn'eod'd Rand of th Uii Guards, under th direction of Mr. Gratian will take place and, as tb Uoanwd Vicraalleri' Atrium har rolvednot to bold any ftte or faocy fair this year, but to aid In srtry way UfTthnmlMM behalf of th SehooL it it baUcvedthat toe atteodaoo will literally a moctr oo. From tb treat vartety of th entertainments th doors will be opened at 6 o'clock, and th rh'Uran of the School will ba pratept each day. Arlmwrlon.

Is ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, CO VENT GARDEN. Lart Week but One of the faaaon. La.t Nifht but One of Madame OruL THIS EVENING ltuelar. Aujnist II will be Perfumed (for tbe laat tuna this teaton) Doniictti't opera, LA FVVOKITA. Leonora, Malme Ghsi (her larit appearance but one in Englanl.

except on the evening of her Itenetit) Inez, Mdlle. Bellini Baldaare, rUguor Taglianco; Don Gatparo, Signor Soldi Alwi Sigvor Hart lini and Ferdinanio, Signor Mario. Comrer, Director of the usic, and Conductor Mr. Costa. Oonunence at 8.

Boiea, stalls, pit ticket! to be had at tbe box oSo of tb tbaatr and of tb principal librarians and muticaellert. THEATRE ROYAL. BAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucivtnn.

THIS EVENING. THE OLD CHATEAU. By Mr. Buckrton. Mr.

H. Marston. Mi ReynoliU. Mr Fitrwilliam. After which, TUK STAR OF ANDALUSIA, in which tbe Spaaub uancen wiu appear.

And AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Under tbe Management of Mr. iliaiie Kean. TTII8 EVENING will he nreMnted MARRIED UN MARRIED. After which, FAUST AND MARGUERITE Priiiapal characters Lectercq.

To conclude with TUE liALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL. ADEI.Plf 1 Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B.

Webster. Directreat. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING will be prearnted THE DISCARDED SO.V ctert by Manrv C. 8elbT.

L. Murrar. ParseUa Kreley, G.Lee. Way; Mn. Keeley, Muwe W.mixir.

Ctithbert. anl F. Maakell. After which. THE CAMP AT CHuKHam T.i dude with TIlECOURIEROFLYuNS.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Winn THI3 EVENING will be nreMnted "To (Htl KiR nrvanv" Mr. Benson. Mr.

Emery; Mr. Trotter Southdown, Mr. F. Rln Mr. John Meredith, Mr.

Lealie Mrs. Trotter SoutM.iwn, Mi Maraton Mrs. Benson. Mi E. Turner.

After which. THE FIRST IGIIT. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. OPERA COMiqUE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE To morrow Evening will be presented LA FILLE DU REGIMENT.

Mans, Madam Mans Cabal. And a Ballet Direrusemeot. STRAND THEATRE Sol Learn. Mr. F.

W. Alicroft, THIS EVENING will rreernted CHARLES THE SECOND. After which. FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephutophelea, Mr.

Halford Faust, Mitt G. Hodaun Marguerite, Mus 11. Gordon. Tocoociud with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Under tb Management of Mua Romer.

THIS EVENING will be pmented SONNAMUt'LA. Characters by Mr. Augusbu Braham. Mr. BorTani.

Mr. Yaraoid. Muu iv.n, Him Schotte, aod Mist R. Isaacs. To conclude With THE WHITE CAT.

AST LETTS ROYAL AM PH (TH EATRE. Leawe aod Manager, Mr. William Cvke. THIS EVENING will prerented THE COSSACKS or. Tire la France.

After which. Scene in tb Circle the Bmthen Fraocivo and Mtrr Chrutoff. To cooctud with TH KNIGHT AND TUX WATER LILY or. Tbe Love of tb Mermaida. TORRESPONDEXTS.

cannot nndsrtaks to return rejected coram onicatlons. gsTTBepahlieatioa ofT he Times commenced at a luarter to 6 o'clock yatterday morning, and Anubad at a quarter to 11. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 14. In the House of Lords la.t night, The Bribery Bill was rend a hrst time, after a lengthened discission as to whether the House could entertain the coniideration of the bill after its resolution to receive no new measures after the 25th of July.

The Towns Improvement Bill (Ireland), was read a third time and passed. The Real states Charges Bill passed through committee, after some opposition from Lord Sr. Leonard's. The Drainage of Lands BUI was thrown out on a division, in which the numbers were For going into committee on the 13 Against it 23 Alsjority 10 Several other bills were forwarded a stsge, after which their Lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons, at the morning sitting, Lord Palm erston moved the second reading ot the Public Health Act Amendment Bill, the object of which was to continue for a limited period the acts which established the boards of Health.

The act of 1818 was introduced by Lord Carlisle for the establishment of a general board, which, by dififus ing information and promoting local organization, might improve the health and comfort of the people, 1 in connexion with the Government. Its duty was to take cognizance of tbe public health, to collect facts, and to afford advice but the ultimate purpose of its labours was to create local boards to carry out the propriety of instituting an inquiry into the beat means of promoting I. ish manufacturing industry by training or apprenticeship schools and other similar establishments. His proposition was, he aid, that tbe Legislature should deal more directly with this object than had hitherto been attempted either in Ireland or England, and enable the people of Ireland, out of their own funds, without any charge upon the consolidated fund, to do for their own benefit what had been done with the greatest advantage in Belgium. Lord J.

Russell declined giving a decisive opinion respecting what had been done in Belgium, without more information as to the circumstances of the population of that country and the mode in which the measure had been carried into effect. After some further discussion the subject dropped, and the House went into Committee of Supply on the remaining Civil Service Estimates, when certain votes were airrecd to. after discussion. The' House then went into committee on the Customs Acts, and rt solutions were adopted for the repeal and substitution of duties of Customs, wnich were ordered to be reported. On the third reading of the Stamp Duties Bill, amendments were proposed by Mr.

Had field, Mr. to the termination secure one of its has ever asserted Russians from St. of the war, would in itself principal objects. Nobody that the retirement of the Petersburg is a necessary the object of securing, as far as possible, the health of! A. Hamilton, and hir u.

orreys, wmca were theirseveraldistricUSuchboardshadbeenestablished negatived; otners, dv jit. j. uilson, were icm tk V.O anA acToed to, and tne bill passed. this session, and at the present moment, more espe cially, he thought it peculiarly unfitting that the arrangements made under it should be suddenly dropped, when that terrible disease the cholera prevailed in many parts of Europe, and was beginning to show itself in the metropolis of this country. Experience had proved that if remedies were ap plied in the early stages of this disease it might bo mastered in almost every case but the arrange I ments required discretion and combination, and one of the most effectual methods of preventing its ravages was the system of house I to house visitation, suggested by the Oeneral lioard of Htalth.

He thought Parliament, if it de prived the country of the advantages of those medical arrangements which it was the province of the board to provide, would incur a serious 1 responsibility. A question arose, however, as to the condition in which the board should be placed and he thought, although the arrangements made by Lord Carlisle had, in many respects, worked well, yet, on the whole, they were not such as it was desirable to continue. The board was, at present, prac'ically independent, not being under the control of any department of the executive Government, or represented by any responsible organ 1 in Parliament He thought this a mistake, and the object of the present bill was to continue the board for a limited time, and to connect it with the office of tbe Home Secretary, as a branch of that department so that thebiard would be placed under the direct orders and control of the Secretary of State, who would be answerable for the personal composition of the board, as well as for its acts. He had proposed that the act should lc continued for two years, but he would not object to limit its duration for one year, nor to an inquiry next year into what had been done since 1848. Objections had been made to the persons of whom the board was composed.

All that he could say on this subject was, that the members had placed their appointments in his hands, and were ready to retire if tho Government required them to do so. It was proposed to bring the board under the general scope of retired allow ances. 1 1 mua t. tiiucui.iv cuumwu liio xxuuso pass this bill, which was of the utmost interest to I U1 V1 the great masses of the people. Lord Seymour, in moving that the second reading of the bill be deferred for three months.

observed that tho act of 1848, the working of which came now properly under review, contained two principles one, the introduction of certain sanitary measures the second, the constitution of a board to administer the powers it conforred. The first he did not dispute, but its value depended upon the manner in which the powers of the board were administered, and he should show, he said, that they had been so administered as to be a misfortune instead of an advantage to the community. Those powers required caution, judgment, and forbearance; out the nowconsti uted, hadevincedneitherquality. The wo chief functions of the board, according to Lord Palmerston, were to advise the Government, and to administer the Public Health Act, neither of which had they discharged satisfactorily. Their advice to the Government oa the subjects of metropolitan interments, the supply of water, drainage, and nuisances hail been useless, or worse than useless arid was it worth, he asked, keeping up such an advising department, whose reports, which cost an enormous sum for printing, were valueless Considering the Board of Health as a subordinate administrative department, he detailed various instances of their proceedings, in doing which he noticed certain remarks made upon him by the Karl of Shaftesbury in the other house.

Ho regarded 1 the bill as objectionable, because it gave great powers without proper responsibility. He admitted I that the act of 1848 must be continued for another year; but it should not be continued, he said, under the present board, which had entirely lost the confidence of that House, and a board which i had forfeited that confidence could not properly execute their duties. It was absolutely necessary for the House to show that it would have a board properly responsible to it, by rejecting this bill, order that the Government might bring in another bill with a better constituted board. Mr. Milnes spoke in defence of the bill, and replied to Lord Seymour.

I Mr. Henley observed that the board was not only unpopular, but was condemned by the executive Government, otherwise this would have been a simple continuance bilL The board, having such large powers, ought to have the full confidence of Parliament and there should be discretion at headquarters. He thought Lord Seymour had taken the only wise course. Lord J. Russell said, it had been admitted that some body should have a control in this matter, and, with regard to the powers to be given, there was no great difference of opinion.

The only question was, whether these powers had been exercised with discretion, or whether there had been so much indiscretion that they could not be committed to the board even for a year longer. Upon some points he agreed with Lord Seymour that the board were mistaken in the advice they gave but upon other subjects their advice had been of great importance, and their merits with regard to them hail been overlooked. In respect to the cholera, a public board could hardly have rendered a greater service. One ground of opposition to the bill was on account of the persons conqiosing the present board. The Earl of Shaftesbury required no eulogy no man had laboured so disinterestedly for the benefit of the working classes.

Mr. Chadwick, an object of so much obloquy, was a man of the greatest energy, who, by labour, zeal, and unremitted appuca Oiher bills were advanced a stage, and, the re maining business having been disposed of, the House adjourned at minutes to cloclc The last debates of the Legislature, the state ments of Ministers, the votes of credit, the em barcation of troops, and the unceasing despatch of every kind of munition, prove that on our side it is resolved to prosecute the war with vigour. At the same time, it is announced as certain that the Emperor Nicholas is neither dismayed by the array of Europe in his front, nor disheartened by his repeated disasters on the Danube, but that, relying on the inaccessibility of his empire and the numerical strength of his legions, he has resolved upon resisting to the last. Perhaps it is but too necessary to infer from these conditions that the struggle, however conducted, must be protracted, but it may be serviceable to consider its most probable features, and to form, if possible, some estimate of the results contingent upon success in tho several fields of contest. The forces of the belligerents will come into collision on three principal scenes in the Baltic, in the Black Sea, and in the Danubian Principalities.

The Principalities form not only the original field, but the original subject of the quarrel, and it cannot be denied that the credit of the allies is in a high degree concerned in the expulsion of the invader and the restoration of these territories to their lawful Sovereign. As long as the Czar maintains himself to the west of the Pruth he is defying the decision and the forces of Europe, and the "material guarantee" which he so wrongfully seized still remains in his possession. It is not to be forgotten, however, that such possession costs him sacrifices and credit. Though he persists in his illegal occupation he does so at the charge, of almost daily discomfiture. The Turks, though not strong enough to drive the Russians across the Pruth, are nevertheless able to repel their attacks, to disconcert their operations, to defeat them in regular engagements, and to inflict on them a succession of ignominious losses.

All this while the Russians are deriving no kind of advantage from their position. The territory is desolated, without supplies and without strong places, and is open at any time to an irruption of Austrians from the rear. It is not to bo doubted that junction of the allied forces with the Ottoman troops might clear the provinces of their invaders, but the invasion might be constantly renewed, and, if the Czar were not brought to reason by other operations, the only result would be an endless succession of campaigns between the Pruth and the Danube, with this advantage on the side of Russia, that she would be close upon her own resources, while the allies were far removed from theirs. Under all tbe circumstances, therefore, it can hardly be said that the employment of the ADglo French army beyond the Danube would be attended with any commensurate results, though such a field is peculiarly marked out for the operations of Austria. In the Baltic, our squadrons already blockade all the ports of the enemy, menace his capital, and command the waters of the Gulfs up to thtrvery mouths of his guns.

The expedition recently despatched from France may probably enable us to convert the presence of our fleets into a more permanent species of occupation, and to effect some formidable lodgment in these parts. Looking broadly however at the question, we must needs confess our belief that the most influential strokes of the war must be delivered elsewhere. Russia has no vital part in the north. Even the capture of St. Petersburg would hardly terrify a Government which survived a capture of Moscow whereas whatever destruction might be accomplished there would, ba accomplished for no purposes but those of terror.

There is no object of the war to be answered by the mere demolition of St. Petersburg itself. Nobody is damaged by the existence of the Russian capital on that spot, or even by the fortifications which defend tho approaches to it, nor is it in the least degree likely that tho terms of a peace would forbid the reconstruction of the Cronstadt batteries, supposing them to have been destroyed. As no means of injuring an enemy can be omitted in war, the Baltic fleets will of course be actively engaged in their proper duties, and a successful blow against any of these redoubtable fortifications might convince the Czar of his weakness, and operate with great effect on the opinion of Europe. The chief object, however, of this expedition is answered already.

The allied squadron in the Baltic is sealing up every port and outlet of the Russian condition of European tranquillity. But tha demolition of Sebastopol is plainly indispensable, and, even if the Czar were at this moment to offer the evacuation of the Principalities and the withdrawal of his demands upon tha Porte, the peace concluded on such terms would be illusory and insufficient as long as the strong, hold of the Crimea remained intact We cannot say that the capture of Sebastopol would at once terminate the war but it would bo more likely than any other operation to produce this effect and apart from such an achievement there can bj no prospect of any true peace. For these reasons we should rejoice to see that the chief efforts of the allies had taken the direction of the Crimea in preference to operations on the other side of the Danube. In that quarter no Power can act with such effect as Austria, and a single straightforward resolution on her part would terminate the present state of inactivity and suspense, would give each of the belligerent Powers its fitting duty, and would at once bring the war to something like a final issue. dominions, is defying the whole power of the tion, had endeavoured to find remedies for various Czar within cannon shot of his own coasts, is social evils.

In respect to the Poor Law, crime, exposing the utter helplessness of his navv. ana imprisoning nis snips and his soldiers so I securely, that iuropo has nothing to fear from their doings. The Baltic fleets relieve England and France from the trouble of defensive preparations, and enable them to prosecute the war with no duties beyond those of attack. But the case is very different in the Black Sea, There all the aggressive designs of Russia are symbolized and exposed. Sebastopol is the material expression of that very policy which, after keeping the Powers of Europe so long in alarm, has at length driven them to war.

The main and the public health, there was no man to whose inquiries and exertions the country was more in debted. At the same time, he was one of those who were apt to overlook objections to their plans, and he dared say that Mr. Chadwick had not dealt with them always in a conciliatory or judicious manner. Lord Palmerston had, however, staled that all the members of the board had placed their appointments in the hands of the Government, and he thought that after 20 years' labour Mr. Chad 1 wi should have a retired allowance.

With regard to Dr. Southwoo Smith, he believed it was absolutely necessary for the good working of 1 the board that there should be a medical member, and no objection had been made to him. The only difference of opinion, then, wa, as to whether a new now f1" tted, is security tor me lumre. oecunty ior me iuture can oniy be obtained by the reduction of Russian power sTstem should be adopted without further inquiry, or the present system should be continued for six months only or whether, as the Government proposed, the existence of the board should be prolonged for another year, and next session there should be an inquiry. He considered tbe proposition of the Government preferable, and that the rejection of this bill would be unwise, Mr.

Heywood supported the bill, and defended Mr. Chadwick, whose medical advisers, he said, had recommended him not to continue a member of the board. Upon a division the amendment of Lord Setmocb was carried by 74 to 63 so the bill is lost. Certain other bills were forwarded a stage. In the evesing, in reply to Mr.

Milnes, Lord Palmerston said, the law officers of the Crown had recommended legal proceedings against the governor and the surgeon of the Birmingham borough prison, and directions had been given to instituti proseedings without delay. On the order for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Lvcas directed the attention of the House within its proper limits, and it is in the Black Sea most especially that these proper limits have been exceeded. Sebastopol is the type as well as the instrument of Russian aggression. Tho capture of this fortress would put the Ottoman empire, the Asiatic coatts, and the Mediterranean Sea out of all danger for many years to come, perhaps for ever.

Its results would be almost instantaneous. As soon as Sebastopol and its fleets had fallen into I the power of the allies, the whole Black Sea squadron would be disposable for other operations, The Turkish capital, the Circassian shore, and the mouths of the Danube would all then be safe without any further protection. The Principalities would become the battle field, and the Czar might be deprived of his material guarantee' without much risk of his renewing the seizure. Such a success, too, besides conducing directly If there is such a thing as a political certainty among us, it is that nothuig autocratic can exist in this country. The British nature abhors absolute power, whether in the form of a Sovereign, a Bishop, a Convocation, a Chamber, a Board, or even a Parliament.

The Board of Health haj fallen. After an irregular growth of six years, varying between too forward developments and sudden checks, it has finally withered like an exotic unsuited to this soil or clime. We all of us claim the privilege of changing" our doctors, throwing away their medicine when we are sick of it, or doing without them altogether whenever we feel tolerably well. Tho nation, which is but the aggregate of us all, is as little disposed to endure a medical tyrant. Escciupira and Chiron, in the form of Mr.

Chadwick and Dr. Southwood Smith, have been deposed, and we prefer to take our chance of cholera and the rest than be bullied into health. Lord Seymour has liberated us from this new and strange dominion. He is the William Tell who has overthrown the sanitary Gesler. The operation consisted in a forcible and humorous history of the Board.

Its office was twofold to introduce sanitary measures and to carry out the Public Health Act. In its execution of the latter difficult and delicate trust the ruling genius, unfortunately, was too plain. Everywhere inspectors who should have done their spiritings" as gently as possible were arbitrary, insulting, and expensive. They entered houses and manufactories just as an improving English land lord might enter an Irish cottage, and insisted on changes revolting to the habits or the pride of the masters and occupants. There is nothing a man so much hates as being cleaned against his will, or having his floors swept, his walls whitewashed, his pet dungheaps cleared away, or his thatch forced to give way for slate, all at the command of a sort of sanitary bombailiif.

It is a positive fact that many have died of a good washing, as much from the irritation to the nerves as from the expo sure of the cuticle, no longer protected by dirt. All this shows the extreme tenderness with which the work of purification should advance. Not so thought Mr. Chadwick. New mops wash clean, thought he, and he set to work, everywhere washing and splashing, and twirling and rinsing, and sponging and sopping, and soaping and mopping, till mankind began to fear a deluge of soap and water.

It was a perpetual Saturday night, and Master John Bcll was scrubbed, and rubbed, and small tooth combed, till the tears came into his eyes, ansl his teeth chattered, and his fists clinched themselves with worry and pain. Certaiidy cleanliness is a beautiful thing, but then mortals must be won tot the ways of cleanliness. History tells us, indeed, of whole tribes being conqnered and baptized in a day. England, however, had not been conquered by Mr. Chadwick and when he sent his priests to take us by force we resented his compulsory ablutions.

The Board of Health has been still more ungainly, still more unhappy in the discharge of its other functions. Its advice to Government has been singularly unfortunate. Tho truth is, that Mr. Chadwick, having seated himself in office, and having dexterously contrived to secure a chief who should be a shadow, and a majority always in his favour, conceived the modest project of constituting himself undertaker general for all or most of our affairs. The Jcfiter of antiquity was a modest God.

He was content with the sky, leaving the sea to Neptune, the infernal regions to Pluto. Mr. Chadwick grasped at all three dominions, and air, earth, and water for a time obeyed him. He first entered the realms of the dead, and at one fell swoop laid claim to all ther cemeteries in tha neighbourhood of the metropolis, which he proposed forthwith to augment by extensive purchases. The proprietors of the cemeteries, delighted with the novel prospect of making their fortunes, "riz" upon him, and no man can say how much it would have cost the country to establish Mr.

Chadwick in the empire of Hades. The Treasury stood aghast at the prospect, and took courage to refuse. Mr. Chadwick was amazed at its presumption, and resisted but, as his resistance was necessarily confined to letter writing, and the Treasury simply withheld the money, there was soon an end of that matter. The result is that parishes have now to buy their own burial grounds, and bury their dead, rather expensively it is true, but not at the cost of the nation.

Nothing could be more complete than the dominion hat Mr. Chadwick had sketched out for himself over our poor remains. He purposed to lay his hands on every corpse, and carry it to the grave, with the assistance of the police, if necessary. Like the founders of cities, ha had already begun to lay out his domains, and to adorn them with buildings and Landscape garden ing. All these Castles in Spain" fell under the Treasury blight, and Mr.

Chadwick has now the mortification of seeing a score or two humble imitators establishing their dark reigns in the distant suburbs. Lord Seymour gives an amusing account of his introduction to Mr. Chadwick and his colleagues at the Board. On taking his seat for the first time, having given up his holydays to drudge for the public good, he asked what was to be done, and found that the first thing to be done was to take a trip to Paris at the cost of the nation. They went to Paris, enjoyed themselves, ran up a very long bill, and came back just as wise as they went.

The other projects of the Board have been equally ambitious and equally unsuccesafuL All the existing water companies were to be superseded, and the Thames deposed from its timer honoured office of supplying us with water. With the map of England before him, the Wizard of Whitehall boldly carved out a large district, half a county, to be a vast water bed for the metropolis. It was a tank and filter some twenty miles every way, from which tho rains of heaven were to be collected and distributed to the metropolis. If the scheme was not one to set the Thames on fire, it would have gone some way to the preliminary process of running it dry, seeing that the river derives no small part of its supply from the district in question. On this point, whatever was the value of the advice, Government recoiled, from the magaituls.