562 
THE FIELD 
prlinmwtiirir. 
MONDAY. Loros. — The Exchequer bonds (£6,000.000) Dill was 
rC The TacdnntTon Act Amendment Dill also rawed the second 
reading. 
Honking to the F.arl of EllenborouRh, 
7 l,c Earl of Aberdeen stated that the Government did not intend to 
introduce any bill for altering the statute of Qnccn Anne, which pro- 
ride l that not more than two Secretaries of State should sit simul- 
taneously in the lower House of Parliament. 
The Railway Canal Traffic Regulation Bill was read a third time 
ATltl 
Some other bills were advanced n stage respectively, and their lord- 
ships adjourned. „ 
Commons. — O n the motion for going Into committee on the Stamp 
Duties Bill, . . „ .. 
Mr. Huine moved an amendment for the purpose of abolishing 
the stamp duties charged, or to bo charged on foreign drawn bills of 
exchange. ... T 
After a few words from Mr. Gregson, Mr. Thornley, and Mr. J. 
McGregor, 
The Speaker then left the chair, and the house went into committee 
on the bill. 
On clause 4, which related to foreign bills, 
Mr. llumo renewed his opposition to the duty on those securities, 
and threw out a suggestion that sonic uniform duty, say of Gd., upon 
all bills of exchange, inland and foreign, would ho found convenient 
for commerce, and profitable to the Exchequer. He moved the omis- 
sion of the clause. 
Mr. Glyn supported the Government proposition, remarking that 
the duty’ nttnehed to foreign bills would remove an anomaly which 
had occasioned much Individual loss and sutTcring. A multitude of 
bills, purporting to be foreign but in reality drawn in this country, 
w ere constantly in circulation, whose holders were left without remedy, 
and compelled to lose the whole amount, if the Irregularity were de- 
tected In a court of law. This source of Injury would be estopped by 
the clause under discussion. 
In the course of a brief discussion which followed, 
Mr Wilson defended the clause, submitted that the duty upon 
foreign bills occasioned no renl embarrassment to trade, was levied in 
most foreign countries, and should be maintained In England for 
the sake of uniformity as well ns for the purpose of revenue. 
Mr. J It. Smith reminded the committee Hint England had lost the 
monopoly of the marine Insurance business, which she once enjoyed, 
through the operation of a stamp duty, and w ould now run the risk of 
losing her superiority as n centre for monetary transactions by a similar 
blunder. 
Mr. T Baring also feared that the tax would destroy or drive aw ay a 
considerable portion of the bunking business now transacted in this 
country. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer contended that the Imposition of 
the rllity on foreign bills of exchange menly effaced un exemption I 
which there were no Just grounds lor defmling. Upon all Inland I 
transactions a heavy tax was paid, omouu login many casas to an 
absolute prohibition against llie adoption of the bill sy,tem. lie 
wished to diminish the tariff of till* duty, and upon the question of : 
policy ndmitted that the bill stamp ought to he reduced to the lowest I 
possible amount. Not being able, however, to afford any sacrifice of j 
revenue, lie was obliged to relieve the homo dealer by imposing a tax ! 
on foreign transactions. 
Upon a division there appeared — 
For the clauso ., 173 
Against 110-63 I 
The clause was then agreed to, and tho bill, after some further 
discussion, passed through committee. 
The House afterwards resolved Itself into Committee of Supply. 
The vote of £371,938 for the expenses of prisons and convict estab- 
lishments having been proposed, 
Mr. Spooner moved us an amendment, that the veto should be 
diminished by the sum of £650, the item included on account of Roman 
catholic chaplains In the dlffereut establishments. The vote was pro- 
posed this year for tho first time, contravened the protoatunt spirit of 
the constitution, and Infringe tho coronation oath taken by the 
Sovereign with so much solemnity. Roman catholic prisoners might 
with propriety be allowed the ministration of priests of their own 
faith, but those services should not bo recognised ns forming a por- 
tion of the prison system, nor be paid for out of the public revenue. 
Lord Palmerston justified the grnnt proposed. 
Mr. Scholefield also supported the vote. 
Mr. New il. gate argued that the grant Implied a nnlionnl sanction of 
the Roman Catholic religion, and In practice would compel the 
prisoners in gaols to attend mass. 
Mr. Drummond, upon principle, objected to anv public provision for 
religious purposes, except in behulfof the state religion. 
The amendment was supported by Mr. Adderley. 
Mr. Crossley deprecated all state provision for the support of re- 
ligious sects 
Mr. Horsfall remarked upon the inconsistency of maintaining 
an established church, and yet supporting priests whose doctrines were 
entirely opposed to those recognised by the establishment. 
Mr. W. J Fox could not support the voto. 
The grunt was supported by Mr. ,1. Hall It was opposed by Sir J. 
Pnkington, because it favoured n single class of disscntcis; and by 
Mr. Iliidtlcld. becuusc it impngnod the voluntary principle. 
Mr. Miles declared that the question Involved llio practical donega- 
tlon of our national protestantlsm. 
After a few words from Mr. Miall and a reply by Sir. Spooner a divi- 
sion was taken. The numbers wero— 
For the original voto .. .. .. 13C 
For the amendment 158—22 
The vote, reduced according to tho effect of the amendment, was 
then ugreed to. 
The House then resumed. 
The report from the Inst Committee of Supply was brought up and 
agreed to. ’ 1 
Tho Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill was rend a second timo. 
1'lic Holyhead Harbour Bill was read a third time and passed. 
Tho Luudlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, and Leasing Rowers (Ire- 
land) Bill, were respectively read n second time. 
The House amounted at ten minutes to 2 . 
TUF.'DAY— Loans.— The second reading of the Divorce and Mntri- 
monial Clauses Bill was moved by the Lord Chancellor. The measuro 
was Intended to facilitate divorces for the cause uf adultery, to transfer 
the Jurisdiction over matrlinonlul suits from the Ecclesiastical Courts 
to Chancery, where a Court of Divorce was to be constituted, con- 
Tw-n .“n. ,hc , chief J " s,lce of «».o Queen's 
nnd«r ti . .1 f Uo nnd t "'° otlu, >' members appointed 
Ho use of Lords S ' ' From C ° UTl au would lie to the 
A discussion of considerable length ensued. 
The bill was ultimately read a second time, 
passed H,gh TrC “ on < Irclnud ) 1»<1 "’as also read a second time nnd 
The Exchequer Bonds (£6,000.000) Bill was rend a third time and 
passed after some opposition fron Lord Montcngle. 
•r Tb ® KttiIw,1 >' «nd Canal Traffic Regulation Bill and tho Income 
Tax (No. 2) Bill wero respectively read a third time nnd passed, 
f heir Lordships adjourned nt half-past 0 o'clock. 
Commons.— Mr. H. Berkeley moved for leave to lu lng in a bill to 
provide that all votes at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom 
ahould be taken by the ballot. Combating tho argument against the 
ballot founded on the assertion that the electoral franchise was a trust 
and not a right, lie contended that tho privilege was, in truth, a 
,0 evarjf vo,cr > "h°w> exercise should 
be limited only by two conffillons-namdy.tliut it should be mipur- 
chased and unforced. For fulfilling these conditions lie urged that the 
ballot offered the best If not tho only effectual contrivance. The hon. 
member then cited a multitude of examples from America, Belgium, 
Switzerland, Frunco, and other countries, testifying to the success 
with which the system had been adopted for the purpose of rendering 
ejections peaceable, orderly, and honest. Open voting he argued 
resulted In an airuy ofhorrora, and he culled upon tho Houso, without 
considering it a party question, to voto for the ballot as being the sole 
conscience ^ ar ,lg l ° • ccctor " of ,lic country perfect freedom of 
Lord I). Stuart seconded the motion. 
After a few words in support ol the motion by Mr. Warner, 
Lord Palmerston resisted the proposal for introducing tho ballot on 
the ground that It would be ineffectual in securing secrecy to the voter- 
Vf* 1, 7 e " ,f r r a ' red P' rfect ln ,l,nt reject. It would be altogS 
discarded by the great bulk of tho electorate, who prefer the open and 
5“"{£ proceeding of public voting; and that it would be available only 
for the few degraded voters whose whole life was a tissue of conceal. 
duplicity. Upon abstract grounds also he denounced the 
\ 11 would destroy the open enunciation of opinions, 
h » Ul l6cUM, on °f persons and measures which formed the vital 
principle of our political constitution. The vote. lie contended was 
essentially a trust; its use was at once the exercise of .right and 7“ 
performance of a duty ; It was given to each Individual, partly for his 
tTfho&M » n, thC 5 ene J? t of i ho ni * t, o ,l » “Ud should be recorded 
Hi™ ? ubU t - ■* nd u,ulcr “ f“d svuse of responsibility. Mein- 
"V** ** J"* * ** St 
Mr. Bright remarked that the existence of undue influences at elec- 
tions was undeniable nnd universal. That the ballot would furnish a 
hnrrier against these various Influences all the constituencies of the 
country werorfttlly convinced. Two hundred of them had returned 
advocates of the measure to that House, and the rest would have fol- 
lowed the example if their free expression of opinion had not been 
repressed nnd thwarted by parlies who wielded the very powers which 
the ballot was designed to destroy. 
Mr. Whiteside denounced the ballot, contending that the charges of 
vlohnt interference nt elections, brought against ti e landlord class, 
wore much exaggerated, and that public opinion was n sufficient check 
upon iholr conduct. Tho ballot, ho remarked, would offer no pro- 
tection against the priest, as all secrets were unveiled at the con- 
fessional. 
Sir W. Molcsworth denied Hint the arguments produced by Lord 
Palmerston, and which he characterised ns consisting merely of tho 
stock-in-trade of the nntLballot partisans, lmd effected any change in 
(he opinions ho had heretofore held on the subject. He proceeded to 
examine the character of the electoral evils which they wero called 
upon to cure, nnd of the remedial measures proposed on different sides 
for their repression. Everything approaching In n penal enactment 
had utterly failed, ami must continue to full. In the ballot alone ho 
recognised a tangible remedy. It might not be n complete one. 
Mr. Phinn remarked that members of clubs, the benchers of inns of 
courts, nnd directors of the East India Company, were elected by 
ballot, and Insisted upon tho Justice of extending tho same shield to 
the voters for members of parliament. Tho speech ol a cabinet 
minister (Sir W. Molcsworth) in its favour marked an era in the 
question, and gave assurance that however delayed, tho ballot would 
eventually be carried. 
Mr. Maguire, amidst Impatient calls for a division, interposed a few 
remarks In support of tho motion. 
Tho house then divided— 
For leave to bring in the 1 ill 157 
Against 101 37 
Mr. .Serjeant Slice moved for leave to bring In a bill to alter and 
amend the law s relating to the temporalities of the church In Ireland, 
nnd to increase the means of icllgious Instruction and church accom- 
modation for the Irish people. 
The motion was seconded by Mr. Pollard Urquhnrt. 
Mr. Rrotherton moved the adjournment of the debate, which was 
agreed to. 
After a few words from Mr. Napier, Sir J. Young, Mr. Ncwdegute. 
nnd other members, 
The house adjourned Immediately afterwards, nt half-past 1? o’clock. 
WEDNESDAY — Commons.— O n the order for tho second reading of 
the Church Rates Bill 
Mr. Pucke announced his Intention to withdraw tho bill. At tho 
commencement of tho next session, lie should ask leave to introduce a 
bill on the same principles as the present. 
A discussion of the subject w as stopped by tho Speaker ns irregular, 
and tho order was discharged. 
Tho Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill was committed pro forma. 
The Ecclcslailcnl Courts Bill passed through committee. 
Tho report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed 
to. 
The House then went Into Committee (a second timo) upon the 
Public Revenue nnd Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, tho clause* of 
which underwent a fresh discussion, occupying npwmdsuf throe hours. 
lu a Committee of Ways and Means, 
Mr J. Wilson moved resolutions, the effect of which w«s to permit 
brewers who desired to use sugar ln breweries to do so on payment of 
n duty equivalent to the difference between the duties on sugar and 
malt, and on the condition of taking out n license of £1 per unmun 
for the purpose of registration, to call the attention of the Exotic to 
the fact. 
The resolutions were agreed to after some discussion, nnd tho House 
adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock. 
THE METROPOLIS. 
From the London OastUe, Tuesday, June 13. 
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12tli day of June, 1854. 
Present,— The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty In Council. 
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right 
lion. John Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell) Lord Presi- 
dent of Her Mujrsty's Most Hon. Privy Council, nml his Lordship took 
his place at the Board accordingly. 
Tier Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Most Noble Ilenry 
Felhnm Duke of Newcastle and the Right lion. Sir George Grey, 
Bart., to be two of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, they 
were this day, by her Majesty 's command, sworn two of her Majesty's 
Principal Secretaries of State accordingly. 
FOREIGN-OFFICE, June 13. 
It is hereby notified that the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of Slate for Foreign Affairs, has received 
a despatch from Vice-Admiral Dnndas, Commanding her Majesty's 
Naval Forces in the Blue.. Sea, addrea-ed to tho Lords Commissioners 
of the Admiralty, nnd dated the 1st of June, announcing Unit the 
Danube was blockaded hy the combined Naval Forces of her Majesty 
nnd of the Emperor of the French. 
Tint City Election —Lord John Russell, who re- 
cently vaeuted his s<at us ono of the members for tho City 
of London, by bis uccaplunco of the office of President of 
tbc Council, was on Wednesday re-elected without any 
opposition. 
Review on Saturday. — Tho E>sex Ilifles Militia, 
Colonel Loid Jocolyn, now in garrison at the Tower, huve 
a grand fluid day in Ilyde Paik, on Saturday the 17ili insl. 
Extraordinary Suicide by Burning.— Mr. W. 
Payne held un inquest on Wednesday, at St. Bartholomew's 
Hospital, on the body of Mary Jane Pringle, who committed 
suicide under very extraordinary circumstances. Mis. 
Jane l'ringlo, of J5, Albion- terrace, Canonbury-square, 
said the deceased was her daughter, and she bad been 
in such a desponding wny for about three months tliut 
they hud a medical man to attend hor. Ho told them to 
be very careful of her, us sho appeared to have given way 
to despair in consequence of extreme religious opinions. On 
Sunday morning sho appeared to bo very restless, nnd about 
eight o’clock sho entered a closet in the yard, anil shut her- 
self in. Witness immediately full in ed her, as they did 
not allow her to he alone, hut the door of the closet was 
fastened. She culled to her to open the door, and she suid 
that she Mould do so in u minute. Witness turned round, 
nnd in about a minute her daughter opened tho door, with 
her dn-.-s all in flames. Witness screamed out for assist- 
ance, when her luiher came down stairs and extinguished the 
flumes, by putting a rug over her. She safil she did it her- 
selt by u Inciter mutch. A medical man was nut for, who 
n«l vised hor removal immediately to i lie hospital. Site 
appeared to ho puUering under a delmion, nml suid sho 
had boon so wicked that hor friends would pot forgivo 
her. About threo months u go >bc loft tlio house without 
saying a word, and did not return until three o'clock in the 
morning. On inquiring whore she hud been, she sajiJ sho 
intended to huve gone uway aliogulher, and had got u long 
way into the country, when sho suddenly thought of her 
mother, and ran all the way homo. Mr. Janies Pringle, 
father of Iho deceased, corroborated Ibis evidence and »uid 
Ids daughter told him sho set herself on tiro. Dir. 
Shelton, houso surgeon, suid the deceased was brought 
into tho hospital on Sunday lust, burnt exlcnsively all 
over tlio body. Sho was i‘u n stuto of collapse when 
brought in, ami lomulmd so until death, which occurred 
at nine o’clock the mine evening. The jury returned u ver- 
dict of *’ Temporary insanity. ’’ 
crystal Palace, sydenham. 
II kh Majesty’s Toilet Taiij.k at iho Puluee, on tho 
occumou ol tho inauguration of the season, was furnished 
with the choicest perfume*, supplied by Mr. Higgins, the 
perfumer, who had tlio honour to be appointed solely for that 
purpose. The perfumes— lavender water, Kensington per- 
fume, and Eau-de-Cologne — were contained in admirably 
fashioned bottles, fabiirntod for tho occasion. Tho illustrious 
party wero pleased highly to commend the scents, and more 
especially the lavender water, which, wo understand, was 
distilled by moans of a new process lately completed by 
Mr. Higgins. 
The number of visitors to tbo Palace on Mondny was 
4,800, 2,01)0 of whom were season ticket holders; tlio rest 
paid an admission fto of 5s , which was tbo charge during 
the pre-cut week. 
The Duke of Devonshire, who was unable to attorn! iho 
opening ceremony on Saturday, has presented a very elegant 
candelabrum to Sir Joseph Paxton, with an npproprialo 
inscription commemorative of tlio event, accompanying 
his gift with a magnificent diamond nnd u turquoiso bracelet 
ns a prerent to Lady Paxton. 
Wo understand tliut upwards of £3,000 was tuken in the 
refreshment departments on Saturday. 
In one day, in tho lir t two hours after the doors openod, 
Mr. Mechi, tho well known agriculturalist, culler, nnd 
droasingcasc manufacturer — w ho also 1ms two stands in the 
building and pays n heavier rent than any other single exhi- 
bitor — -old enough to cover a wor k's expenses. 
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury 
having received an application from the Crystal I'alaco 
Company for the admission duty free of several ohjueta 
the produce of the Imperial manufactories of Sevres, the 
Gobelins, nnd Beauvais, Svhich have been graciously lent 
by his Majesty the Emperor of Hie French for exhibition 
in the Crystal Palace, their Lordships have been pleased 
to authorize the Commissioners of Customs to permit tho 
several objects to be forwarded free of duty, under official 
seals, direct from the port of importation to tho Crystal 
Palace, there to be examined by an officer of the Cus- 
toms, who will take an official account of the same in tho 
usual manner, on condition that the goods he held to be 
in the custody of the Crown, that they be not removed 
without the sanction of the Lords of thu Treasury or the 
Commissioners of Customs, and that bond Vie given for the 
re-i xportation of the same articles within the period of 
two years . Their) Lordships have desired it to be under- 
stood that they have granted these facilities on the dis- 
tinct understanding that the articles in question are tho 
produce of the Imperial manufactures of Sevres, tho 
Gobelins, and Beauvais, and that they are the property 
of the French Government, and have been lent by the 
Emperor of the French for exhibition in the Crystal 
Palace. 
Nature, moie liberal than the Lambeth Water Company, 
has supplied the Crystal Palace with plenty of water this 
week, uMiough n««t in such graceful jets us may ho oxpcctcfl 
from Sir Joseph Paxton’s fountains, many of which will be 
at work in about u fortnight. The rain cumo down in tor- 
rents, but the roof boro up bravely, with ihooxception of a 
few small leaks hero and there, which caused not i he slightest 
inconvenienco to tho proimnadurs. It was highly credit- 
able to tho contractors that t-o vast an expanse of glass roof 
should prove itself substantially wutir tight. The ffito of 
S.ituvduy the 17th iiwt., takes place in a portion of tlio ma- 
chinery court f icing (holuu n, which is now being conveniently 
Hti-d up fur the purpose. So p ipular is this demonstration 
of hospitality to our foreign viritois amongst the share- 
holder.- that there hove been many more applications than can 
he receded to for tickets, nt two guineas each, to participate 
in the festivity. 
PROVINCIAL. 
The Conservative Land Society. — Tt will be seen 
from advertisements inserted elsewhere, that the Oatlamls 
Grange, Wnybrnlgc, formerly part of the domain of the 
Duke of York, some time ago purchased for the members 
of the Conservative Land Society, is to he allotted to tho 
members on the 21-i instant. This line estate will qualify 
nearly one hundred freeholders for the western division of 
the county of Surrey. A public meeting will bn held in 
Guildford on Monday evening, when Viscount Ranciagl), 
the chairman, and a deputation from the Executive Com- 
mittee, will attend to explain the plan of the Society, and 
iho allotment of the estate. 
RACKETS, 
Grand Match at Birmingham between JonN 
Mitchell, the Champion op Rngland, and Samuel 
Young, the Birmingham Champion, against George 
Krwood and Frank Eiiwood. — The event in chronolo- 
gical order apd degree ol importance next to the recent ex- 
Iraqmlinary match at tho Dclvidero, b.-twocn Mitchell and 
the London Apiutonr against (icoryo Knvund and Mr. Mor- 
ris, was the play at the Buth-siiort Court, Birmingham, 
upon the 6th and 7th instants, «t the farewell bom-lit of Mr. 
Brazener. There is, perhaps no town in Epglnrpl wltero 
rackets rank so 'high in popular estimation us jp Birming- 
ham. It was not surprisng, there loro, that ihe admirers 
of the p|ay on the preceding Saturday should have excited 
much controversy among the men of that town ns to tho 
u lutivo qualities of the inctftl nut of which Mitchell und 
(iuorgo Erwood, i s well as Frank Krwood and Samuel 
Young, wero respectively composed; more o.qiectnlly us tho 
first und two lust of these players wero the prinios in tho re- 
cent performances at Dill It -street, The first. day’s play at 
Birmingham was exceedingly good, but was pot character- 
ized by unylhing nl it mmkublu intciest. At its close some 
gentlemen, who, notwithstanding their predilection in favour 
of their own townsman and local champion, Samuel Young, 
and iho world-wide champion, M'tcholl, were m>t blinded to 
“foreign talent,” proposed a match between iho tiboYO- 
natm-d players and tho two Erwnods. The offer was accepted 
by Frank on behalf of his brother und himself, und hy 
Mitchell and Young in propria jivrAoncc. A t olographic 
message was despatched to London, und the mull train 
brought with it to Birmingham tlio racket-muster of tho 
Bulvidoi'Q. The terms ugreed upon wero, in tlio first pluee, 
that iho mulch should mum nil’ at Bath-street — a closed 
court. Tlio positions n| Mitchell uml George Krwnnd wero 
tint.- Iho reverse qf what limy were at the Brlvnlerp, Mitchell 
having in London tlio disatlygniago of playing in un open 
court, contrary (o his usual practice; nt liinuiugham Er- 
wond labouring under tho vi/ic versa disadvantage. This 
may have been one mi-on which induced sqeli confidence ill 
tho minds of Mitchell, Young, and their supporters, of their 
superiority over Iho Erwnods, that they magnanimously 
gave them threo aces out of thu game of fll'toen, or an ud- 
viinlago ol twenty per. cent, in tlio pluy. Tho fact becoming 
known in Birmingham tliut tlio second day's play would bo 
between i Jin four boat players in the kingdom, exalted tbe 
most lively interest, end Ihe court waa crowded to oxcess. 
The betting was carried to an extraordinary extent, the odds 
