Turkish government, with a view to the internal
improvement of that country, as, while it may on the one
hand add to the strength of the Turkish empire, may,
on the other hand, contribute to the happiness and
prosperity of the people under the rule of the Sultan. I am
glad to say that those endeavours have been attended
with most beneficial consequences, and that wherever
our consular arrangements have been extended in the
Turkish empire we have seen tranquillity increased,
justice better administered, oppression cease, and those
benefits conferred which it must be the anxious object
of the English government to promote in every country
where its advice may be considered worthy of attention.
I am convinced that if that system be pursued, and if
England, united with France, shall say that Turkey
shall not be molested by any other power, their dictum
will be enforced. I am satisfied that Turkey has within
itself the elements of life and prosperity, and I believe
that the course adopted by her Majesty's government is
a sound policy, deserving the approbation of the country,
and which it will be the duty of every British government
to pursue." The debate was closed by Mr. H. D.
SEYMOUR, who expressed his satisfaction with the
proper spirit shown by Lord Palmerston.

On Friday, August 19, Mr. AGLIONBY drew the
attention of the Home Secretary to the reports which
had recently appeared of Outrages upon Women, and
expressed a hope that the necessity which existed for the
adoption of Mr. Phillimore's recommendation of corporal
punishments for such offences would be fully recognised
next session.—Lord PALMERSTON replied generally that
it would be the duty of government, if the measure
passed during the present session had not the effect
anticipated, to see what further steps could be taken to
check these outrages, which he had read of with great
regret.

In reply to a question from Lord D. Stuart, Lord J.
RUSSELL could hold out no hopes of a further mitigation
in the sentence of Edward Murray, who was now
confined in the vicinity of Rome.

In reply to another question from Lord D. Stuart,
Lord PALMERSTON stated that Phillips, the Cabman
who was fined by Mr. Henry, had had his fine of
40s. returned to him, with another 40s. for the
inconvenience to which he had been exposed.

The lords' amendments to a number of bills were
agreed to.

On Saturday, August 20, the house met at one o'clock.
Many notices of motions for next session were made,
and returns answered. Various questions were asked
and answered. Among others, Sir De L. EVANS
inquired Whether the Materials at the Camp at Chobham
would be set apart for the Use of Militia Regiments?
The militia being dispersed in public-houses were a great
interference with their improvement and discipline.—
Lord PALMERSTON said he was quite aware that
inconvenience had been experienced in the metropolis by the
present mode of billetting the militia, and the attention
of government would be directed to the subject.

In answer to a question by Mr. BULL respecting Post
Office Arrangements in Ireland, Mr. J. WlLSON took
the opportunity of stating some facts relating to the
Post Office which are interesting to the public. He
informed the house that, compared with 1846 which
was five or six years after the penny postage had come
into full operation, the daily number of letters at present
passing through the general Post Office was 146,000
additional, and of newspapers upwards of 40,000 more,
daily. Taking the three periods of 1841, 1846, and 1853,
the number of letters which passed through the Post
Office in the last week in June in each of those years
was; In 1841, 3,773,000; in 1846, 5,053,000; and in
1853, they had increased to 7,700,000; so that since 1846
the number of letters had increased 2,200,000 a week.
Then take the registered letters, which required no less
than four separate entries for each letter, and the
signature of two clerks. In 1846, the number was
27,000; in the present year 61,000. Then there was
another department, the money-order department, upon
which there was a great pressure. In 1841 the whole
amount which passed through that department was
£960,000; in 1852 it was £9,400,000; and this year it
would be upwards of £10,000,000 if it went on at its
present rate.—The house was then summoned to the
House of Lords, and parliament was prorogued in the
usual manner.

PROGRESS OF BUSINESS.

House of Lords.—July 26th.—Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill
passed.—Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill read a second
time.—Customs Duties Bill read a second time.—Missionary
Bishops' Bill committed.

28th.—County Courts Bill read a first time.—
Succession Duty Bill passed.—Missionary Bishops Bill passed.
—Stamp Duties Bill read a second time.

29th.—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill read a second time.—
Elections Bill read a second time.—Customs Duties Bill
passed.

August 1.—Baron de Bode's case.—Entails (Scotland) Bill
passed.—Stamp Duties Bill passed.—Sheriff Courts (Scotland)
Bill committed.—India Bill read a first time.

2nd.—Entry of Seamen Bill read a second time.—Stamp
Duties (No. 2) Bill passed.

4th.—Royal Assent by Commission to a number of Bills.—
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill passed.

5th.—Combination of Workmen Bill withdrawn.—India
Bill read a second time.—Entry of Seamen Bill read a third
time.

8th.—Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill committed.—
Naval Coast Volunteers Bill read a second time.—India Bill
committed.

9th.—Irish Tenure Bills read a second time.—Naval Coast
Volunteers Bill committed.—Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill
passed.

11th.—Courts of Common Law (Ireland) reported.—Assessed
Taxes Bill read a second time.—Naval Coast Volunteers Bill
passed.

12th.—Pilotage Bill read a second time.—Merchant Shipping
Bill committed.—Government of India Bill passed.—Universities
(Scotland) Bill read a second time.—Hired Horses Duty
Bill committed.—Assessed Taxes Bill committed.

15th.—Royal Assent to a number of Bills.—Pilotage Bill
committed.—Thames Embankment Bill passed.—Universities
(Scotland) Bill committed.—Courts of Common Law (Ireland)
Bill passed.—Assessed Taxes Bill passed.—Transportation
Bill, Commons Amendments, agreed to.—Vaccination Bill,
Commons Amendments, agreed to.

16th.—Lunatic Bills, Commons Amendments agreed to.—
South Sea Dissentients Bill read a second time.—Betting
Houses Bill read a second time.—Merchant Shipping Bill
passed.—Universities (Scotland) Bill passed.—Smoke Nuisance
Bill committed.

18th.—Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill passed.—
South Sea Dissentients Bill committed.—Betting Houses
Bill committed.—Pilotage Bill passed.—Smoke Nuisance Bill
passed.—Customs Tariff Act Bill passed.

19th.—South Sea Dissentients Bill passed.—Metropolitan
Sewers Bill passed.

20th.—Prorogation of Parliament.

House of Commons.—July 27th.—Lunacy Regulation Bill
committed.—Lunatic Asylums Bill committed.—India Bill
committed.

28th.—South Sea Annuitants, Mr. Gladstone's Resolutions.—
India Bill considered as amended.—Entry of Seamen Bill
passed.—Duties on Horses Bill committed.—Hackney
Carriages Duties Bill committed.—Crime and Outrage
(Ireland) Bill committed.—Customs Bill committed.

29th.—South Sea Annuitants Bill, Mr. Gladstone's
Resolutions.—India Bill passed.—Stamp Duties Bill passed.—
Scotch Universities Bill committed.—Transportation Bill read
a second time.—Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill passed.

August 1st.—Juvenile Offenders Bill read a second time.—
Naval Coast Volunteers Bill committed.—Landlord and Tenant
(Ireland) Bill passed.—Merchant Shipping Bill passed.—
Hackney Carriage Duties Bill considered as amended.—
Missionary Bishops' Bill postponed for three months.—Duties
on Horses Bill passed.

2nd.—Charitable Trusts Bill committed.—Case of Parsee
Merchants.—Universities of Scotland Bill passed.—Colonial
Church Regulation Bill order for second reading discharged.

3rd.—Capitular Estates Bill withdrawn.—Expenses of
Elections Bill thrown out.—Lunatics Bill committed.—Naval
Coast Volunteers Bill passed.

4th.—New Writ for South Staffordshire.—Charitable Funds
Bill considered as amended.—Office of Speaker, Sir R. lnglis'
Resolutions.—Jamaica, Statement by Lord J. Russell.—
Committee of Supply.—Education Bill, order for second
reading discharged.—Betting Houses Bill committed.—South
Sea Annuitants Bill read a second time.—Smoke Nuisance
Bill committed.

5th.—Pilotage Bill committed.—South Sea Annuitants Bill
committed.—Committee of Supply.—Assessed Taxes Bill
passed.—Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill passed.

8th.—Committee of Supply.—Customs Bill committed.—
Charitable Trusts Bill passed.—Lunatic Asylums Bill passed.
—Ministers' Money (Ireland) Bill withdrawn.—Smoke
Nuisance Bill committed.—Lunatics Bill committed.—New
Writ for Cork.