The Express. — London, England, 1863-03-06 00:00:00

4 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tir. I.• ('IT, MARCH L. Their lordships mot at a quartor before five o'clock. ROYAL 00XMISSION. - - Toe royal meat was given by cummiodon to the Prince unt ,•rincess of Wales' Aannities Bill and the Bills of Ex elev.ue sod NOUN (Metropolis) Bill. I:.e Lord Chancellor, the Duke of fluxion* Earl of St. Cerniun... Lord Sydney, and Lord Stanley of Alderley took Ho+ wits in front of the throne as Lords Commissionen. 1.. ,oesiker, accompanied by :event' members of the .e of Commons, appeared at tLe bar plummet to the of Meek rod. ▪ rd CHELMSFORD, in the abeenx of Lord Dowough a-, , !mid upon the table a bill having for its object, to ▪ e landed prourieton in Ireland charged with fee farm roil • or rents on Haan to contract with the holders of cents for the purchase of them. The bill was Lead a first time. ITALIAN DISPATCHES. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that be bad given nat.ce in writiug to his noble friend the Minister for Foreign Affairs that he intended to call attrition to the circuits. stanew connected with the Italian iks retches, which had beer recently presented to the iwuse, on • former er cr irg. He would be glad if the noble earl wonid explain why the despatA published in 1849. which wee presented to parliament in 1851, was mutilated by the omission of the following words. having immediate reference to the state of Europe at the time : "When the social dangers saddle political excesses of the List twelve months are feat forming in every settled government, and in the majority of instances in almost even people, a strong feeling against any reforms which partake of the character of revolution." There bad been • full stop substituted for • comma where the despatch as presented.broke off, and this made the omission the more rertuirkable. et Earl SEWELL admitted that the words alluded to by tlie noble marquis had been omitted, and that • fall stop was substituted for a comma. He believed that the person entrusted with the preparatioa of the despatches had omitted the words under the impression that they ware of no importer/ca. Several yearn had elapsed since that occur. lance, and he did not think the omission of any im portance. TheNarel Clout Volunteers Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at 25 minutes pest five. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—ThrEsDAY, MARCH G. The Smarms tech the idsair at 4 o'clock. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. FERRA.ND gave notice that, as soon as he could after Easter, he should call the etiolation of the house to the cotton Ueda, with a view of seeing whether measures could not be adopted to remove the unemployed operatives of the manufacturing districts where they bad been so long living ki unwilling idleness. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS AND REGISTRIES. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of her Majesty's government to introduce, this session, any mea sure for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts and registries? Sir G. GREY replied that a bill was in preparationon the subject. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS. Mr. H. SEYMOUR wished to know if the Chunk Building Acts had been consolidated • and, if so, when her Majesty's government would introduce a bill upon the subject. Sir G. GREY said a bill was in course of preparation, and he hoped to bring it in before Faster. ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAWS. HIBBERT asked the President of the Eoer-law Lcard, whether it was his intention to move for the reelE /ointment of the select committee on the administration of the poor laws ; and, if so, whether he would defer the intro duction of the bill to continue the Poordaw Board until such committee should have reported to the house. Mr. VILLIERS said it was his intention to re-appoint the committee on the poor laws, and in deference to the expressed wish of the house in a former session be should present their report before he introduced his bill. REMOVAL OF HOUSES IN BRIDGE-STREET. Sir J. SHELLEY asked the First Commissioner of Works when the bowies left standing on the south side of Bridge-street were to be entirely removed, and whether or not amngements had been made with the tenants in pos session for giving op their Interests ; if not, what was the course the Office of Works intended to pursue with regard to that portion of the property' Mr. CO WPER said all the houses on the south side of Bridge-street would be cleared away before the close of next year. Agreements bad been made with all the tenants except two. Ove was a leaseholder, wham lease would expire next year. Feedall's hotel was a place of great resort during the sitting of parliuneet, and he should be unwilling to put persona sung it to inconvenience by pulling it down before it was required for the public service. It seemed right not to im pose epos the public funds the °exult' , of paying the amount of compensation awarded by a jury, which might possibly be very great, it the compulsory powers of the act were put in force. He had therefore not thought it necessary to apply the powers of the act to that particular tenancy. (Neer, uar.) THE ROYAL PROCESSION. Sir G. BOWYER asked the &eatery of State for the Home Department whether, having regard to the desire of the citizens of London to show all possible respect to her Royal Ilighnesa the Princess of Denmark, sod the wish of the public outside the (11,y to see the full solemnity of the procession oext Saturday, arrangements would be made for the Lord Meyer and the City procession to attend her Royal Iliglmess as far as Paddington. It appeared the object of leaving the City authorities at Temple Bar was to enable the procession to proceed at a rapid rate to Pad dington. Captais STACPOOLE wished to know whether any pro vision luid been made for the members of that house to join in the procession. Sir G. GREY said this was the lint time be had heard It stated that the procession was to proceed at • raped rate from Temple-bar to Paddingtes. He thought he had ex plained himself dearly on Friday night that the City se thoritits would take precedence up to Temple-bar, and that they would then give place to the other loud anther rities, who had so equal right with the civic authorities to take precedence in their own districts. (Hear, hem.) The Lord Chamberlain, through whom the communications with the City had been chiefly carried on, had informed him that he had received a letter from the authorities of the Ci i ty expressing their satisfaction at the arrangement! that had been made, and they had been finally made with the concurrence of all persons who from their local consexioes were entitled to take part in the procession, and to make any cheap now in the order must, he thought, only lead to disorder and confusion . (Hear, hear.) He begged to state, in answer to the boo. and gallant member (Captain Stac. poole), that no place had been astigned to members of that house. Except those in the carriages forming the royal corfkge, the only porous who would take part in the procession were those who, from some local authority or other jurisdiction, were fairly entitled to have their wishes complied with. (Haar, hear.) Sir 0. BOWYER wiebed to know what arrangements had been made with regard to the civic procession, whether it was to go bared Temple-bar. Sir G. GREY—It is not to go beyond Temple-bar. There the other Authorities will take precedence, and conduct the royal piety to Paddingtoe. Mr. WALTER wished to ask another question in ron nexion with this subject. He was anxious to know what arrangements would be made for the regulate* of the pas senger traffic in the streets during the night of the illumina tes". (Hear. hear.) Sir G. GREY said that carriages would not be excluded from the streets on the night of the Illuminations. He had communicated with the Chief Commissioner of Police on the subject, who had said that be was endeavouring to make arrangements for an open space to be kept in the centre of the street.. which weak' enable carriages to pus from one part of London to another. Petunia wishing to eft the Blumioatioas in carriages would have to gees on either side of the med. Mr. PAULL could not, even yet, clearly nederstancl whether the civic authorities were to atop entirely at Temple-ter or follow is the rear. Sir G. GREY said that would depend very much upon the civic authorities themselves. There would be so ob jection to the Lord Mayor following, but he believed, how ever, it was not his intention to dc so. Wear, hear.) Th e Sheriffs of London being also Sheriffs of Middlesex would retain their places in the procession. and accompany it to Paddington. He had just received information that an offer was made to the City authorities that they might follow if they pleased, but they replied, if they could not precede they would not go say further than Temple bar hear.) CARRIAGES IN THE PARE. In answer to Mr. Borrow, • Mr. COWPER said it bad been settled that only the royal crariagee would be allowed to pass through the centre of the park between the lieu of the volunteers. It was expected that a large number of persons would be there on foot, aid it was thought out desirable to allow persons on horseback to ride an the grass, with the exception of officers on duty with the volunteers, or other persons im mediately connected with the royal procession. THE DISTRESSED OPERATIVES AND THE COLO. NIES. Mr. HIBBERT asked whether it was true that MOW vessels were being prepared et Chatham to convey the die teemed operatives to our eoloniee at the expense of the goverment. Lord C. PAGET replied that be was not aware of any such intestine on the pert of leer Majesty's government. TELEGRAPHS BILL. In reply to Sir J. aIIILLEY. Mr. M. GIBSON said the committee on this bill would be token on that day week. SUPPLY—TREASURE TROVE. Clue the order of the day for going into committee of so ply being reed, Sir J. C. JERVOISE called attention to two circulars addressed to the chief constable of the twenty of Hants. dated respectively Whitehall, 27th August, 1860, and Whitehall, 9th Jan., 1861, on the subject of tremors trove. The first order was for the police to put in force an anti quated and obsolete law, and tie second order annulled the first, us not being the most convenient Way of dealing with the matter. and concluOcd Vir tual promise that the public should receive full information as to the course the government would plume in regard to the question. Unfortunately that promise had not been fulfilled. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir Augustus Clifford, black rod, appeared at Coe bar, and summoned the house to attend the House of Lords, to bear the royal assent by 001:Mi811101.1 given to certain bills, far wilieh *es Lords' report. The SPEAKER, on his return, stated that the royal minunission to the Prince and assent had been given by Princess of Wales' Aunuity Bill. Lord PALMERSTON said he wished to offer an implant ticn ill regard to the statement made by his hon. friend the member :or South Hampshire. It was quite true that about tat , year, ago some workmen engaged in digging a drain in some meadows forming part of a farm which he bought a few years before found what was technically called a torquise—that ass, one of those British circlets which ware worn round the neck or arm, and made of gold. He got it back from the person who purchased it from the ILA) who found it. The value of the article was about 131. Dui he had an investigation made of the original grant of the farm several centuries ago, and he found that that grant contained a right to the grantee to all treasure trove on the ground. He therefore obtained the circlet, and his hon. friend had perhaps seen it in the South Remington Museum (A. bingh.) • • • - Mr. F. PEEL said it was by no means an obsolete or absurd law that where articles of gold or silver were found • -- toccealed. and the owner wee not known, or no grout was made by the crown of the treasure trove on the land to the owner, the property belonged to the crown, and formed • branch of the royal revenue. But, in fact, this was • right of the crown not exercised ins stringent manner—the usual course being to return the article to the person whe bad the best claim to it, or in the event of its being of antiquarian or historical interest to present it to the Bntiah Museum, or some local museum, in which case the intrinsic value of it was given to the tinder or the person who had the beat claim to the relic. A circular was issued in 1850 instructing finders of such articles how to proceed to make known their discovery, but it was recalled in consequence of being open to some objection. last year 110 stated in reply to the bon. baronet that • new instruction had been prepared, but under all the circumstances it bad not been thought advisable to mane it. It was not easy to determine whether the finder of the article, the employer of the tinder, or the owner of the land, had the best claim to the property. He was not, however, aware of any practical inconvenience on the sub ject, sod until that arose he did not think it would be ac cessary to issue any fresh instructions. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. andnpain in the dockyard', was agreed to, as were the f vs .45 ouor. fo u r medicines and medical stores. 05.3iW. for miscellaneous , service. 719,3411. charge of half-pay. 486,1051. military maims and allowances. 194,9001.. civil pensions, and 270,1501. for ceoveyance of troops. The whole of the estimates having been taken the house then resumed. TOBACCO DUTIES BILL. Upon the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he proposed in committee to-morrow to cull upon them to pass • resolution to the effect that in future the duty on unmanu , factured tobacco imported into Great Britain and Ireland. if contaiaing lees than 10 per cent. moisture, should be 3s. 6d. • pound instead of 3a., and rive per cent. Sir G. BOWYER wished to know whether the right hon. gentleman was prepared to take into consideration use important point, namely, the ingredients introduced into Cavendish sad negrobead tobacco. He was informed that the foreign manufacturer was allowed to introduce a quantity of saccharine matter and spirits into the tobacco., which rendered it more agreeable to the consumer, whereas at present the English manufacturer was not allowed to do so. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the bill would establish a perfect equality, and the English manufacturer would therefore be allowed to intredese the ' sweetening ingredients is question. MALT DUTY BILL. This bill paused through committee. UNION RELIEF All) ACT (1862) CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a third time and peened. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS BILL The house went into committee an this bill. On clause 1, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the addition of the following words :—" But, in the case of minors, the money so transferred shall not be withdrawn. except with the consent of the Postmaster eneral, or of any two trustee, or managers of the savings bank to which the transfer is made, until the minor shall have attained the age at which it might have been withdrawn under the roles of the savings bank from which it was transferred , • note whereof shall be made on the said certificate." The amendment was agreed to. The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses up to 4 inclusive. Upon clause 5, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as soon as the system was well on its legs he proposed to bring it under the review of the house by moving an annual vote for the expense of carrying it oat, sod it would be the business of the haus. to see that the receipts and expendi ture were so Dearly balanced that the public was not unduly burthened. He believed that the system would turn out to be entirely self-supporting. This clause, as well as the remaining clauses, were also agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER next moved the addition of the following clause, which, after a brief discussion, was agreed to :—" The trustees of any savings bank, at • meeting called for that par pose, may appoint any number of managers to sign transfer certifiates • and the signatures of any two of such managers to a transfer certificate shall be a sufficient authority to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to transfer the amount set forth in such cer tificate : provided, that • list of such managers, with their signatures, certified by two trustees, shall have been pre viously deposited with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt.* MARRIAGES, he. (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. VANCE, in the absence of Sir E. Grogan, moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to place certain churches, in Ireland on the same footing as Presby terians, the Society of Friends, sod Jews. The measure would relieve united Presbyterians, Covenanters, Indepen dents, Baptista, and especially Wesleyans—in all nearly 500 charcbse—from a disability under which they now laboured by being obliged to send a notice of marriage through the registrar to the poor-house. It would also enable minors to obtain the necessary certificate for mare rage, in the case of guardians being unwilling to grant it, by applying to the consistory judge at Dublin and Armagh instead of to the Court of Chancery. Sir R. PEEL admitted that • certain class in Ireland suffered • coosiderable grievance under the act of 1844. The bill would not bear on the Presbyterian body, but upon Independents, Moravian, and dissenting mes hy tartans, and it contained several provisions which required the serious deliberation of the government. In clause 2 there was an important novelty, namely, •• provision obliging persons about to marry to state in thekr application the names of the places of worship which they habitually attended. There was nothing like this in the present law, and he certainly was not inclined to accept the novelty. C lause 12, in his opinion, vitiated the whole bill, for it provided that nothing in the act should give validity to • marriage which, under the predate law, would not have been valid. He trusted the bon. member would give this clause his particular attention. He hoped they would be able to alter the bill in committee, but be most say. as an individual member, that he thought many of its provisions most objectionable. Mr.' BUTT would offer no opposition to the second reading. Captain JERVIS would, in committee, move certain alterations in the bill. In smear toe question from Sir 8.. PEIL, Sir E. GROGAN said the fi fth clause, which provided that the Registrar-General should send printed forms to the ministers of the chapels, was the a: me provision se that in the Giantism Marriage Act with regard to ministered the established church and presbyterians. The object of the bill ens simply to put the protestant dissenters in Ireland on the game footing as their co-religiouista. Thy bill was thee road • seoood time. REAMER OF VOTERS BILL. This bill was reads third time, and pawed. SALE OF HARES IN IRELAND. Mr. HASSAB.D obtained leave to bring . in • bill to amend the law relating to the sale of hares to Ireland. BURIAL OF DISSENTERS. Sir M. PETO moved for leave to bring in • bill to make further provision with respect to burials in England and Wales. He said he brought in a similar bill last year, and it wee referred to • select committee, and the present bill eyeballed the alterations proposed by. that committee. Leave was given, and the bill was brought in and read a first time. The house then adjourned at 25 minutes to 11 o'clock. On the order for going into committee of supply, Mr. COBDEN cdled attention to the large number of obsolete needs of war in the B:itish navy, and offered some observations on the conduct of our naval administration, which had prude eel this state of things. The hon. mem ber observed that, by obsolete ship* of war, he meant that portion of the Neat which consisted simply of wooden tenets. At the present moment we bad 558 of that description of ships. One hundred and six of these were either line-of-battle ships or large frigates, the remainder, about 450, were of • smaller kind, and ranged from corvettes down to the smallest gunboat. With the latter he did not mean to deal on that occasion ; but his remarks would apply strictly and exclusively to the 106 wooden line-of-battle ships. Of them 66 were steam line-of-battle ships, and 40 steam frigates ; 14 were up wards of 3,000 toes, and 33 upwards of 2,000 tons each, the average being • larger tonnage than the 'Victory in which Nelson perished at Trafalgar. In the existing state of naval architecture and the science of naval warfare, he contended that these vessels ought never to have been built, because experience had those that vessels rising out of the water with three decks were nothing better than so msoy targets for the enemy to fire at. Such ships, there fore, not only gave us no strength against an enemy, but were actually • cause of weakness lied danger to the country ; for if we went to war to-morrow he did not believe we crould avail ourselves of any or all of them to oppose a single iron need belonging to France or the United States. We were in this dilemma then, that during the last eight years we bad spent some 30,000,000/. in the material of a wooden navy which was now altogether useless. The 106 line-of-battle ships cost about 20,000,0001. of which he held that the naval administration of the Earl of Darby was fairly responsible for 10A/0,0001. The rest of the blame must be divided about equally between eaoh side of the house. He then ed to review the conduct of Admiralty affairs by the E r and ed the pres ent government, severely taunting Lord C. Paget with his abandonment in office of these pledges of naval reform of which he had been so lavish when out of office. He hoped the noble lord would now make a clean breast of it, said tell the house with • frankness that became ' his profession how it was thatat the Admiralty be had been administering to • state of things which was altogether contrary to his own judgment, and which he himself ' had utterly condemned. These large wooden ships being useless and even dangerous in the event of war, the question which suggested itself was, what was to be done with them! At this moment 47 of them were in commission, manned by 30,000 out of the 76,000 men voted for the service of the year. Was the country, he asked, in such • state as to look calmly upon such an expen diture? The govsrument called themselves the friends of reform and retrenchment ; but wee the house doing justice to the people in allowing them to take • vote of 76,000 men when it was demonstrated that such • force could not be employed except to the danger of the country? What would become of it? Surely, as mere statesmen, ministers ought to be ashamed of themselves, and statesmen who could pursue such a policy as to say, " We will have 76,000 men this year, because we had the i same number last year," were as obsolete, wooden, and no reasoning as were the vessels of which he bad been speak ing. He was ready to incur any amount of expenditure to make the country invulnerable at sea, but not to waste the public resources in the coestroction of ships that were utterly useless upon the showing of the Secretary to the Admiralty himself, in 18.7.9. True, it might he impracticable to throw all these vessels out of commission at once ; but he did my that the pro posal to vote 70,000 men to be employed in such ships was an insult to and an outrage ethos the common sense of the country. He contended, therefore, that parliament might, eonsisteutly with the misty, honour. and iotegrity of the country, e ff ect • considerab'e reduction in the number of men that was demanded by the government this year. Lord R. MONTAGU questioned the force of some of the issues which Mr. Cobden had raised, and objected to his attempt to reduce the number of men and ships before a complete irma-clad fleet was established. Mr. LINDSAY drew attention to the neglect with which the masters of the navy were treated, and the denial of promotion to that valuable body of men. He asked if it was intended to carry out any plan for the amelioration of the position of the meters. Lord C. PAGET said that the subject had been con sidered, and there was a plan devised by which, without abolishing the grade of master, the position could be improved. As to his annual scolding from Mr. Cobden. which he expected, be denied that the present Ad- ' miralty bad had anythieg to do with the building of line-of-battle ships, except so far as adapting five that were is course of construction to carry armour plates. The only advice or recommendation given by Mr. Cobden was to reduce the number of seamen employed. Instead of 30,000 men employed in wooden ships there were only 9,000 ; and he would contend that whether you had iron or wooden ships the number of men afloat could not be much reduced. Be pointed out, from the very documents which Mr. Cobden had used, that the Admiralty of 1858 was not really blamable for the course they took in the re coostruction of the navy, but would have been blamable if they had sot taken steps to put our marine in an efficient state. It would be most unwiee when there bad been got together a magnificent body of seamen, to break it up, just when the problem of meaning the navy was solved. Sir J. PAKINOTON complained of the unexpected attack which had been made on his administration of the navy. As to the speech of Mr. Cobden, notwithstanding his well-earned reputation, be would advise him to avoid diecuesiog naval matters, as one of the things which he did not undentand. All the statementa of the hon. gentleman with regard to his administration of the Admiralty were 017 . 01160118. sod it was unjurt to charge that and subsequent administrations with having built anima and obsolete ves sels of war. Sir M. PESO said he would rather refer to the future than to the past, for that was the question really before the house. Some of the main points in the speech of his boo. friend the member for Rochdale had received no reply. An important report of Admiral Robinson, as to the iv-impera tive value of iron and wooden ships, had been placed in the hands of government that morning. and he hoped that lion. members would encoder It with attention. The noble lord at the head of the government gave a pledge that the house should have ample time to discuss this question, and con sidering the apprehensions justly entertained in consequence of the experiments already made, he hoped that full time for consideration would be given. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BENTINCK said if the object of the bon. member for Rochdale was to reverse the vote already passed for the number of wee. he trusted the house would not listen to • soggeetios which was armies, impolitic, unpopular, and which would, if adopted, prose • source of increased expen pesditure. Mn. BERKELEY expressed his belief that the number of men voted for the navy was sot greater than was seee ir s C,S WOOD sail be beli-vad the hon, member for Rochdale had fallen into mistakes with respect to naval matters. Mr. LAIRD considered the etatement just mule as to the non ships having proved theinaelvr s able to stand all weathers mm'. .itisfactim7. A very important document, signed by Admiral it , ibieson, had been delivered to hon. members that morning, and he hoped to hear • renewal of the pledge given by the noble lord at the bead of the go vernment a few evenings sines, that • special day would be set &tart for the discussion of this very important subject. Sir 0. WOOD said that the pledge given by the noble viscount would be strictly observed. No step would be taken until the subject had been telly discussed by the bowie. (Hear. bear.) The motion was then agreed to, and the house accord ingly went into committee of SUPPT.V.—NAVAL ESTIMATES. The vote for 4342984, for new works, improvement& THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6 i 1863. min intdligence. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Munoz (Before the Judge Ordinary sod a Spacial Jury.) ficscuusir ism WINN D. COLLINS AID HOLMAN (Cosoladed from yesterday's Express.) Evidence having been liven us support of the defendant's st.tement, bl r. Collier withdrew his opposition. • Sir C. Cromwell then pronounced for the win, and as there was not a tittle of evident* to support the plea of undue influence, he condemned the is is the meta. mulct's. r. LAVIN), ABB 07B1:118. Mr. Serjeant Ha'Undo° and Mr. Kelly for the plaintiff ; Mr. Cleasby, Q.C., and Mr. R. C. Turner, for the de• fondants. This suit was one to determine the validity of a will made by Mr. Thomas Murrilts, late of Redo. Essex, on the 27th of July, 1859. The testator died at the age of 65, oa the 29th of the same month, leaving property to about 7,000 f., the balk of which he had bequeathed to his second wife. He had a:premed a wish to make a testamentary disposition of his estate, but when his attorney came to him on the 25t1t he was in so lethargic a condition that nothing could be done. He afterwards recovered so much, however. that two days later the rector of the parish, the Rev. Mr. Tamer, consented to draw up the instrument in question. After Mr. Turner's evidence the defence was abandoned, and the court pronounced for the will. WESTERN CIRCIIIT.-WINCIIESTER, M.UICH 5. (Before Mr. Barjaint Slue.) A penal servitude convict, named Le,ix Franeix, 25 years of age, was put upon his trial, charged with feloniously at tempting to kill and murder Omega Dean, at Portaea, on the 19th December last. Mr. koulden, with Mr. H. T. Cole, appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner, • resolute looking fellow ? who showed considerable assurance, defended himself, holding in his hand a copy of the depositions ; during the trial be ap peared to be taking numerous memoranda on which be crate examined the witnesses. The prosecution was instigated by the government, the prisoner having committed a most violent and outrageous attack upon of the officer of the convict establishment whilst in the execution of his duty. The prisoner is an old and hardened offender, and was last from Bermuda. The jury found him Guilty of assault with intent to wound, and he was sentenced to penal servitude for 20 years. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Jostioa Williams.) William Rigby, 24, greengrocer, was indicted for • cri • mind assault on Elizabeth Maciartby. Mr. Oppenheim prosecuted ; Mr. Collins conducted the defence. . _ It ap that the prisoner is • married man, with a wife three children, hying in Gurney-street, 1 , oplar ; and the promentriz, a girl of 19 years of age, was their domestic servant ; and the assault was alleged by her to have been committed on Sunday, the Bth February last, during the absence of the prisoner's wife, and after the children bad been put to bed. The details were utterly unfit for publication ; and after a very disgusting inquiry, The jury, after a few momenta' consultation, returned a verdiot of Not Guilty. James Kingston, 19, gsafitter, was indicted for bur slarionaly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward George Chapman on the 12th February, with in tent to steal therein. Mr. Grantham conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was not defended by oouriseL The prosecutor is the landlord of the Buck's Heed Tavern, Stucley.terraoe, Hampstead-road, and it appeared that in consequence of • previous attempt to break into his promises the police were on the alert, and on the morning of the 12th February, about four o'clock, the attention of two active officers named King and Woolnoth was attracted by the sound of the smashing of glass in the rear of the premises. One of them called up the landlord, while the other kept watch at the bar ; and while doing so he saw the prisoner come from the back door and hide himself in the dust bin in the yard, where he was found and taken into custody. On being searched there were found upon him a piece of candle, • quantity of inciter matches, six keys, and • pair of broken scissors, which corresponded with marks found on the par lour window, which bad been forced. The interior of the parlour bore evident mark' of • burgiarious visit, and that the intruder had been disturbed in his operations by the alarm given to the prosecutor by the police. The prisoner protested his innocence of the charge, and stated that being out of work he bad gone into the dust shed to sleep, being without the means of laying for • bed. The jury found him Guilty, but recommended Dim to mercy. Mr. Justice Williams sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for one year. Catherine llama, who on the previous day bad been acquitted of the wilful murder of her child, but had bees convicted of the minor offence of concealing the birth, was brought up for jodgmeot. Mr. Justice Williams said the court was ready to act upon the recommendation to mercy with mhich the jury bad accompanied their verdict, and the sentence war that she be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of six weeks. . . . . . . John A !drill , 50, draper, whobad been convicted of having unlawfully concealed and made away with his property after he had been declared bankrupt on his own petition, with in tent to defraud his creditors, was also brought up for judg ment, sod sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 15 calendar months. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) William Goodland, who was convicted on Wednesday of an attempted burglary, and of • violent assault upon a police-constable, was again indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of John Crowder, and stealing therein two watches and 401. in gold coin. Mr. Horny prosecuted, and Mr. Pater defended. In this instance proof was given of the commission of the burglary, and also of the fact that, when the prisoner was apprehended on the previous charges. one of the watches which had been stolen from Mr. Crowder's house was found in his possession. The jury found him Guilty. The other prisoners, Crane and Laurette', who were con victed with Gondland yesterday, were then placed at the bar with him to receive sentence. Mr. Baron Bramwell, in a most impressive manner, ad dressing the prisoner Goodland, said it was utterly impel'e Bible to allow • man like him to be loose upon society. The offence of which he had been convicted yesterday was most serious, cowardly, and brutal, and be could no more permit a man like him to be at large than • ferociona animal, and he should therefore order him to be kept in penal servitude for 20 years. With regard to the other two prisoners, they were both known to the polies, and on Crane he passed a sentence of three years penal servitude, and on Laurence 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Johan Maize, 53, stoker, was indicted for feloniously and maliciously casting upon Helen Metre, his wife, • quantity of sulphuric acid, with intent to burn her. Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell prosecuted, and both parties being Germans. the whole of the evidence had to be inter preted by M. Albert, the interpreter to this court. The prisoner, it appeared, was a very desperate character, and lived on very bad terms with, and had been separated from, the prosecutrix, asserting that she was false to him. On the day named in the indictment they met and were drinking together at a public-house in St. George's-in-the-Fast, whets some words ensued about a fur boa she was wearing at the time. The prisoner immediately threw the sulphuric acid over her, and she was so mush injured that she bad to be taken to the hospital. The prisoner in his defence said that the prosecutria taunted him about the boa being the gift of one of her paramours, and that he, without any intention to injure her, had thrown the acid to destroy the fur. The jury found him Guilty, and Mr. Baron Bramwell sentenced him to live years' penal servitude. THE POLICE COURT& MANSION-HOUSE. Four pri.oners were irotii;tiefoeethe Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Finn* charged with stealing watches at the foot of London•bri4ge is the crowd which is caused on account of the pi e*rations for the reception of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Three of the prisoners were committed for trial, and one was re manded. _ . . . . . The Lord Mayor said be thought it r4ht that be should caution his fellow-cititeus and the public generally, and recommend them not to carry money or any valuables about them oa the day of the forthcoming public procession through the City, which might be a temptation to dishonest persons and bad characters who will be present from all the provincial towns, for the purpose of picking pockets., and it wee very desirable, upon such an occasion, that all tempts. lion should be taken sway. His lordship further requested that all she inhabitants in the line of the procession will take particular care that the parapets of their houses are made secure, in order to prevent the occurrence of accidents. His Lordship added that be had received so large a number of applications for sesta at the Mannion-house to view the procemioe, that it was totally impossible to reply by letter, and he trusted that the applicants would not deem his silence an act of discourtesy on his part. The amount of labour had beeu so much increased that at that moment he had not received the tickets or the number of the seats. RETIREMENT Or MR. PAYNTER OF THE WIRT MINtirEIt POLICE COURT.—We have to announce the resig nation of Mr. Nyder, one of the magistrates of the Westminster police court, who has just completed a term of twenty-two years in the commission of the peace, the first fifteen of which were passed at the Wandsworth and Ham mersmith police courts. Oa the retirement of Mr. Broderip, Mr. Poynter wureutoved by his own desire to Westminster where he has remained for the last seven years. MR. Poynter, who is 70 years of age, has been for a loog time past in very bad health. PAINFUL CASE OF POISONING BY NITRIC ACID —The following melancholy accident happened on Tuesday afternoon to Mr. Thomas C. Stewart, one of the masters of the Edinburgh Institution :—Mr. Stewart was engaged in • small private laboratory preparing some chemical experi ments. He was aloes at the time ; and while he was carry ing • large vessel of nitric acid across the room, he acci dentally dropped and broke it. In endeavouring to save some portion of the liquid, he appears to have almost unconsciously inhaled some of the Tunas. He left shortly after the occurrence, without any idea of the injury he had received, and without feeling any beyond the slightest inconvenience. But in the course of the even ing Mr. Stewart began to feel severe pains in the chest, Medical aid was summoned, only to prove unavailieg, for he sank rapidly, and expired shortly after two o'clock on Wednesday morning. The janitor, whom he called into his assistance, is lying dangerously ill. Both cases are , in the opinion of the most eminent physicians, almost, if not quite, without parallel.—Scoteman. LONDON GINERALOMNIBUS COMEANT(LDITTED), Traffic receipts for the week ending Much 1,10,433 i. sa. 7d. [AdVOTtinettiellt.)--110LLOMAT ' S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Experience before authmity.—tor nearly the third of a century have these remedies stood in the foremost rank for over coming ulcers, soma gwellitigs, realms, and all descriptions of skin illnesses. At first the faculty denounced these medica ments, hut the experience of sufferers soon overthrew all in. terested opposition. Those whom Holloway's medicines bad cured told other Invalids the benefit they had derived from their use ; these in their turn tried them, found equally satisfactory results, and thus are these admirable curatives used and prized throughout the habitable globe. The Ointment has ale ays been applied with the most marked swoon in bad Inge erysipelas, earl wee VelDll, swelled 'mica and nominators other infirmities by slash these's& around us an ear* omens& ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—tigitTFORD, MARCH 5. Both courts proceeded to business this morning, the Lord Chief Justice presiding on the civil side, and Mr. Justice Wightman in the Crown Court. Only nine canna were entered for trial, and one of those was subsequently with. drawn. Of the remainder two were marked to be tried by special juries and the rest were undefended. _ . • • (Before Mr. Justice ightman.) Amur Collins, 20, was charged upon two indictments with the offence of arson. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Codd were instructed to prosecute. The first case taken was that on which the prisoner sou charged with wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a stack of barley belonging to a farmer named Phipp, in the neigh bourhood of &Mock. It appeared that the fire took place about twelve o'clock at night on the 4th of January, and from the evidence that was adduced, it seemed that on. the same evening the prisoner, who is a labouring man, bad been drinking in a public-house in the neighbourhood, and when be left, he stated to one of the witnesses that he intended to set fire to some stacks that night, and asked for luoifer matches. He was subsequently seen to go in the direction of the field where the stack in question was placed, and very soon afterwards the stack was found to be on fire, and it was totally consumed. The prisoner, it appeared, was at once suspected, and when he was apprehended he told the constable that be had set Are to two stacks, that he had been employed in threshing, for which he was paid 10s. a week, that he was tired of that sort of work, and his object in doing what he had was, that he might be sent sway. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, sad he was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. Thomas Dorsett, 13, a respectable-looking lad, sur•endered to take his trial for misdemeanour in having unlawfully placed a piece of iron upon the Great Eastern Railway, with intent to obstruct the passage of the trains upon the line. Mr. Sleigh conducted the prosecution on behalf of the company ; Mr. Taylor appeared for the defence. It appeared that the defendant was in the service of a gentleman at Ware, and that on the day named in theindict. meat be was upon the railway near that statios, and was seen to pick up a piece of a broken coupling chain, which be shortly afterwards laid upon one of the rails. A man who saw what be bad done, gave information to the station master, and the piece of iron was immediately removed, and the defendant was given into custody. The defence that was set up was that the boy bad thoughtlessly picked up the piece of chain, and feeling that be bad done wrong, he had laid it down upon seeing that he was observed, and that he had not the slightest intention of causing any mischief. His muter gave him a •ery good character. The jury, alter a short consultation, returned a verdict of .Not The cases that were disposed of on the civil side were utterly devoid of public interest. OXFORD CIRCUIT.--Oxyouo, MARCH 5. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) TEI IHTFORD MURDER. Noah dustily 26, butcher, was yesterday morning put on his trial for the wilful murder of Mr. James Alleo, miller, of Upper Heyford, on the 13th of February last. The t rial commenced at 9 o'clock in the morning and continued until 9at night. The counsel for the prisoner having addressed the court on hie behalf, the trial was adjourned until nine o'clock this morning. The trial was resumed this morning. Mr. Davis awl Mr. Sawyer appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. A. ritaveley Hill for the prisoner. The opening of the case by Mr. Davis occupied an hour. and Mr. Hill's defence extended over two hours ; the sumn.ing up by the learned judge lasted nearly three hours. The jury were just two minutes considering their verdict, which was that of Guilty of wilful murder. The facts of the Ws* have been no recently before the public that a brief recapitulation of them will suffice. On the 13th of February last Mr. James Allen, of Upper Heyford, went with his horse and cart to Moister market ; the prisoner also went with his father in a gig, but did not return, with him, having excused himself by saying it was too cold to ride, and that he should walk home. Instead of doing so he went to the inn where Mr. Allen put up, and asked him to give him a ride home, both living at Upper Heyfmd. He agreed to do so, and they started about five o'clMck calling at one or two places on their way home. Not far from where the murder was committed two men who knew them well passed them, and shortly after two report, at an interval of half a minute, were heard by them as they were creating a field. A few minutes after the pri soner Austin was seen running away from the direction of the report by a boy named Buckland, who knew him well. Austin made his way to Heyford Mill, about • mile and • half from where the reports proceeded, and told the miller that his master wanted to see him on the road, as two men had stopped him on the road and wanted to pay him for some barley meal and flour. The miller proceeded to the spot and found the horse and cart tied to a gate. and his master lying dead oe the road from a wound on his head. Other persona came to the spot, sod it was then discovered that Mr. Allen had been shot, and his purse and money taken from him, and his pockets' turned inside out. The body was removed to the mill, and ori • post-mortem exami natioa being made it was discovered that he had been shot under the left jaw and at the bark of the left ear. Two bullets were found lodged in the skull. The wounds were lacerated and blackened, and the hat and whiskers of the deceased were singed, clearly showing that the man who committed the murder was very close to the demand. Austin was taken into custody, but denied any knowledge of the murder, or even having • gun or pistol in his posses sion. On searching, however, his father's premises, where he lived, a six barrel revolver and • box of caps, which the prisoner had purchased th e previous Wednesday at Banbury, were found in a gag in a hovel. In his desk were found a bullet mould and 12 bullets, purchased at the same time, and the purse and key of Mr. Allen's cash-box, both of which he took with him to Bleeder market. No money was in the purse, but nine movereigne and some silver were found in the desk. There was evidence to show that Mr. Allen bad received between 71. and 81. in gold and silver that day. The prisoner was seen coming out of his father's premises when he was making his way to the mill after the shots had been fired and the murder perpetrated. Mr. Watkins, ' , unmake?. of Banbury, identi fi ed the pistol, bullet, and caps as th ose sold by him to the prisoner, and spoke to the fact of his wrapping them up in part of the Banbury Herald of Jan. 29, in which they were found. The daughter of the deceased (Elizabeth) identified the purse found in the prisoner's desk as her father's, she having made it and marked it with the initials J. A. It was also identified by Mr. Allen's carter (Wolloff), who had it in his hand the morning his master went to Bloater market, and at that time the key of the cash-box was in it.. Mr. Hill made a very ingenious defence, and suggested that the deceased might have been stopped and murdered by two London cracksmen for the sake of him money ; that the purse might have been given by Miss Allen to the pri soner to whom she had been long attached, having probably made two panes when she gate her father one, and forgotten that she had given the prisoner the other ; that although the prisoner bought the pistol and caps at Banbury, there was no evidence to show that he did not go there in a gig, and left the pistol and caps in the gig, because his mother was known to have a great dread of firearms. Another point upon which he dwelt, as being strongly in favour of the prisoner's innocence, was, that there were no marks of blood upon him, while there was blood bespattered on sod in the cart. What weight was attached by the jury to this line of defence, was, that after two minutes' deliberation they found the prisoner Guilty of wilful murder. The judge missal sentence of death on the prisoner, and held out no Dope of mercy. The prisoner appeared perfectly cool and unmoved. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lziets-rER, MARCH 5. Lord Chief Peron Pollock arrived bore yesterday after noon front Northampton, and opeeed the commission. This morning be commenced to try the prisoners, but the eases no far have been but of ordinary interest. kir. Justice Wiles in Nisi Prins Court, has dispond of the business to-day, 'ha consisted of but one case. MORLEY V. THAI MIDLAND RAILWAT COMPAWL-1111 MANKNI RARDOROUGH RAILWAY ACCIDENT. This wee an action for damages brought by Mr. Morley, jun., Leioester, ou account of injuries sustained by him in the collision between the two excursion trains whirl occurred at Market Harborough on the 28th August last. The defendants admitted their liability by paying into court 7501. for injuries done to plaintiff, and 2501. for injuries sus tained by his wife at the same time. Mr. fferjaust Hayes and Mr. Cave for plaintiff ; Mr. Fiskl for the company. After the hearing of evidence, the jury awarded plaintiff the 1,0001. paid by defendenta into court. To-morrow the charge of asaalsagittor wink an nigher driver concerned in this masks win be baud. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIAMENT. Yeaterdaythree more committees of the Commons commenced their inquiry into the groups of new railways I proposed to supply the Somerset and Bristol distrivte, trie Brighton and South Coast, in conjunction with intended termini in the West-end and City centres of the metropolis, and also in the Welsh Coast district. In the first, Mr. Scholefield (chairman), Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Hopwood, lir. Lawson, and Mr. Leader, had before them the following undertakings :—Bristol and North Somerset, Elanterset Coed, Berke and Hants Extension, Bristol and Exeter, Bristol and Portishead Pier, Stonehouse and Nailswortb, Teign Valley, Bristol Junction, Midland (new lines in Bristol). Mr. Phinu, Q.C., opened at considerable length the case of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway, by which it is proposed to con- strict aline from the &menet and Dorset Central Railway at or near Rommel to the Midland Railway and the Great Western Railway at Bristol and Radatock, with bounches therefrom toCamerton, in all eightdistrict extensions on both the broad and narrow gauge, to raiae 300,0001. in shares, and to borrow 160,0001., with power to make egreementa with the Somerset and Dorset, and traffic arrangement' with other railways. Evidence in favour of the promoters of the measure was taken by Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., and Mr. Clarke. I The second committee coosinted of Mr. A. Mills (chairman), Sir E. Grogan, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Caird, and Mr. Blake, the bill before them being that proposed by the London, Brighton, and South Coast, for their proposed extensions in Surrey and at Battersea, the abandonment of certain lines, sad diversion of St. Thomas-street and Nest-street, South wark. Mr. Merewether, Q.C., hating opened the case I and adduced the evidence, the committee passed the preamble of the bill, and will resume the consideration of the clauses to-day. The committee on the Welsh Coast lines consisted of Lord Stanley (in the chair), Mr. Collins, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Babies, and Mr. Some*. They took the case of the A berystivith and Welsh Coast Railway, for the construction of a variety of local lines sod other works too numerous to mention, to raise 240,000 f. and borrew 50,0001. Mr. Denison, Q.C., and Mr. Phinn, Q.C., stated the ease in detail for the promoters of the measure, which is op posed by Mr. Serpent Belles* Q.C., Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Webster for the Fcetiniog and other railways ; and ' General Tottenham, far. Piercy, the engineer of the line, ' and the Lord• Lieutenant of the county of Merionethshire were the witnesses examined in its favour. In the corn ' mittee of which Mr. Scholefield is chairman the bill of the Cleveland Railway was passed, and the consideration of the clauses adjourned until Wednesday next. Mr. Denison, M.P., chairman of the Great Northern Railway, and Mr. Leith, its deputy manager, were examined at considerable length upon the merits of the proposed extension of the Midland Railway into London. Mr. Mammy, chairman of ways and means and of unopposed bills, sat for the first time and passed the preamble, of the Berke sad Hants Bail nay Extension; Newtown and Machynleth Railway (for further capital); Vale of Llangollen Railway; Inverted. and Aberdeen Junction Railway; Glasgow Gas; Leeds Gas; sod Dungarran Harbour, Markets , and Improvement.. In the committee on miscellaneous undertakings the preamble of the Accringtoe Gee and Water Bill, sad that of the Sowerby-bridge Loed Bard Bill, opened by Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., were mused ; and the bill of the Wlaittledean (New castle) Water Company was passed on condition that there should be no alteration in the present rates. Mr. Pagut, Q.C., summed up the whole case of the Norwich Poor Amendment Act, and after the reply to-day the cam. mitt*, will give their decision. TH2 BRIDEAMAID'S WISH.—PIE. 392 AND LtBIN'S WEDDLIMEICRIO22II for the maim, 1231. Emblematic Orange Mower, Myrtle. aid Lily of the Valley—ttave bottle. hi • cue, ar b. Od. rech.--1, New Boadatreet, W. —Lt.drerthemenL] MARKETS. COTTON.—Lreraroot., MARCH s.—We have had more demand for cotton to-day, with a rather dearer teodency. The mho are 7.000 balm, including 500 Americas, 19d. to 24gd. ; 5,670 Burst, 10d. to 1614. ; 500 Egyptian, 190. to 20d. ; 150 Perham, 1941. to 19all. ; 180 Bahia, 171 d. to 18d. • of which 4,000 see for sloculation and export. The week's import is 18,263 Wm. WOOL AND WORSTED.—BIADFORD, Mauch 5. There im a fair business in wool of the finer qualities, and prices are not so firmly maintained. In come cases wool may be had on easier terms. The possibility shadowed forth by the news per the Etna of a rupture between Primes and the Northern States, and a readier and better supply of oottoo, operate unfavourably on prices. There is more doing in yarns. Spinners are tolerably busy, and many new orders are given out. Prices remain am firm u ever. There is no improvement in the piece trade. Rather more business has been dome in the warehouses, and some little demand has set in forums of the continental markets. Arlything which can be bought at a low price finds a ready ale. The demand for America is now conlloed to a few &Kielce, but pf these fair quantities continue to be taken into consumption. The old stereotyped phrase. "between the seasons, seems to have been set amide for the present. Orders are arriving at all times, and are now dependent on the real demand for the clue of articles which may be first in request. There is no change in prices. An improved feeling seems to prevail, owing, no doubt, to the firmer tone of the cotton market, and the very ebeeriag weather. LACE AND HOSIERY.—NOTTINORAY, desca 5. W e are usable this week to report any substantial im provement in the staple trades of the district. The pre parations for the approching royal celebration are neces. eerily engrossing a large share of the energies of all sections of the community. This restricts business in some depart ments, while on the other hand it had caused a demand upon several kinds of silk and fancy laces and trimmings. Some houses, however, say they are not doing so much this week for the higher priced goods of this description, and that for foundation and Brussels nets there is rather more inquiry, though but few orders are placed, and what little improvement there is, may be traced to the requirements of London houses ; but as we have stated, the amelioration is far from general. A few small purchases are being made for the Continent. It is feared that the Polish in surrection will have an injurious effect upon the great Leipsie fair.—ln the hosiery trade flatness is still the prevailing feature, and some of the largest houses com plain that they were never so quiet at this season of the year. As usual at this period there are a few Canadian orders, but to nothing like the amount of former years. Yarns have given way very alighay in price, since our last, and inquiries am made for various classes of goods, but the prices asked preclude anything li k e animation in any branch.—Notringhant CORN.—BramNcgaw, MARCH 5.-At this day's iuseksk there was again a short supply of wheat from the War; but the Wee anis were at a decline of Is. per qr. Forum Is. to 3. pee gr•ohceper. Oats firm. Beans and peas tend ing downwards. The millers reduced the retail price of dour Is. Bd. per mask. • • • BRISTOL, Marra s.—At our market to-day English wheat was in moderate supply, and sold slowly at la. per sr. reduction. For foreign scarcely soy Inquiry, with values in buyers' favour. Malting and grinding barley commanded last. week's prices, and a fair trade doing to each. Oats full, as dear, hut without much pawing. Diva" MARCH s.—Our market to-day was well at tended, and the supply of wheat about an average. di though the weather is boo the condition is still indifferent. The best wheats were decidedly easier to purchase, and other qualities from le. to 2s. per qr. lower. Barley in fair supply, and commanding about last week's prices : one or two lots made 425. per quarter. Oats for seed were purchased more freely. Beans and peas in large supply, and a beery trade at former rates. Best red wheat, Zk to 245. ; inferior sorts., 17s. to 225. ; malting barley, *ie. to 42a. • inferior Norte, 265. to 325. ; oats, 2L. to 23e. ' • beans, ' 2135. 'to 22e. 6d. ; peas, 18s. to 2L. ; tine flour, 465. to 42a; other flour, 375. to 395. MANCRRAITIR, MARCH 6.—Our market this morning was of the most lifeless character. English wheat met a slow sale at a reduction of ls. per quarter, and foreign was offered 3d. per , loolbe. lower, without leading to more than a very insignidcaut amount of business. On flour we note a de oboe of 6d. to Is. per sack, with scarcely any inquiry. Oats and oatmeal were difficult of sale, and prices ware in favour of buyers. English beans receded Is., and Egyptian 6d. per quarter. Indian corn was likewise 6d. per quarter cheaper. NNWARC, MARCH 4.—At this market there was not a large show of wheat, and the business done was at Is. lees money than last week. Barley without change. Oats L. 6d. and beans Is. per qr. lower. NIMBI:HT, MARCH s.—We had a small supply of wheat, which far exceeded the demand. Both buyers and salmi showed a total indifference to operate at present prime. Good barley fully as dear ; secondary rather easier to buy. Oats, beans, and peas dull. Ilixanimoe, Yams 5. —The supply of wheat is beyond the demand, and sales are only made at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley sells readily, and sampke for malting and seed obtain more money. In oats and beans there is not much doing. --.- W•rEnroßD, MARCH b.—With limited supplies of grain from all sources, no have only to report • ab,w &anis t trade for all articles, at barely last week's prima. •••-- EDINBURGH, MARCH 4.—As compared with lest week wheat WWI 4a down on the top, and 9d. down on average. Barley was Ba. 13d. up on the top, and I.ld. up on the average. Oats were 16. up on the top, and 2d. down on the avenge. Brans were is. down on the top, and 2d. up on the average. Wheat, 31s. Od. to ties. Od. Barley, 24a. Od. to 445. Od. Oats, 13a. Od. to 345. Od. Beaus, 345. to 495. Od. CATTLE.—Normicus, Xs. CH 4.—The supply of beef wee of good quality, bat small. Demand slow for all liesetiptiotis. The animals were principally from the north country. Beet beef mode rather better prices, ranging from 84. to Bs. 6d.; inferior, 7s. to 84. There was a short supply of mutton, and trade ruled dull. AU kinds of sheep fetched good prices. Best small woolled made 80. per lb.; large, Bd.; inferior. 7d.; brat small clipped. 7d.; large and inferior, 60. per lb. Lambe, 35a. to 465. each. Calves of the best quality made 80. per lb.; inferior, 70. to Bd. Best small pocket pigs, Cis. 6d. per stone ; large, 60.; bacon be. 6d. to 6s. 3d. _ EDPSBUROZ, MARCH. 4.—The number of cattle this morning WY 647, being 5 more than last market. Sales were also slowly effected at prior rather in favour of the purchaser. Top price, Ba. ; current, from 7a. 3d. to 7s. 6d.; middling and inferior, frem 6s. to fr. 6d. par stone. The supply of sheep was larger than hut week, the number being 3,325, or an increase of 339. Bales were dull, with little variation in prices from those obtained last week. Top price of the best mutton, 81d. per lb. ; current price, from Bd. to 84.4. ; ewes, from 7d. to 74d. Fad pip, from ss. to ss. 9d. per stone ; six to eight weeks old do., from 7s. 6d. to 10a. a head. TRAFFIC RETURNS. RAILWAYS. Week mdlni Feb. ei?s l "° ° al!!I ano n Mika Pas. Met. Total, Total. open 'engem &audios 1803 Ist! . 185 758 8,920 9,878 7,968 Week ending lisr - i - ,h 1 Greet Western PM 20,966 36.410 61,426 49,6111 Lon.,Chathein, end Dover 72g 2,143 ig33 2,7.8 1.611 Metropolitan - -2,16 S - 111dIstad Importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chums ;taming off Interior brown home es in &be usual kinds . Hornunsns Tea to uncoloured, therefore always good *Ake Sold in pickets by 2.100 suento.-{Advertisenteut. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BOLTON —March 3, at Wastbearaesark. Paddlagtoa, the wife of T. Bolton, Esq., of CHALK.—March 1, at Mildew Rectory, Bede, the wife of the Rev. R. G. Chalk. of a daughter. HENSLEY.—Mach 1, at Grove Rectory, Notts, the wife of the Rte. A. Hensley. of a daughter . HERBRRT.—March 1, at Taviatockwriume, the wile of G. Her. bort, 60., of a daughter. GARDINEII.—March 3, at The Grove, Camberwell, ►he wife of Mr. J. Gardiner, of a daughter. BIMMONR.—March 1, at Crouch Home, Wrotham, Rank the wife of H. Simmons, Esq., of a eon. STAN HOPS.—March 1, at Llaricyetrect, the wife of Mr. W. S. Stanhope, of a .on. WHlTE.—March 3, at 1, Langharni.lace, the wife of C. C. White, Lai., of a aon. II ARILIAGUi. BARFORD—FOWLER.—Mareh --- 3rat Baubury. 1 , 5 the Rev. IL Back, Mr. J. P. Barford, to Mary, daughter of tier Lek, Mr. C. W. Fowler, of Banbury. LAVINGTON—HASSELL—Mareb 3, at Holyrood Church. Southampton, by the Rev. J. Bird, Mr. G. li Larinuton. Owsletinry, Hants. to Goorgiana Hassell, of Westeruft-lo4ri Cbobham, Surrey. 31.1.1UTCHAN—BOWEN.—March S. at St. Olken Camberooll, by the Rer. B. A. Collie, A.M., William. so.. of I. 11 . 011,11. w, Eau., of 12m4odge, Dulwich. to Frances, daughter of the Late IL Bowen, Isl., of Banteribba Furden, Montgomeryshire. WHITAKER—CLAYTON.—MmtIi 3, at St. Johns chant. Worsthorn, near Burnley, Lancuzbire, by the Rev. J. Rbiky. J. Whitaker, Eq. , of Hampton-hall, near Shrewsbury. Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut...Culonel E. Clayton, of Motley, war Burnley. DEATHS. ANBTEL. —March 4, at Fulham, Mary, daughter of the 4te Muted, Esq., aged 101. BENNE t.-11 arch 1, at Mountatreet, Vihltechapel.matl, L _ . Bennet, aged 138. BOOlL—klants 1, at Illacketplaoc, Edinburgh, W. Bogie, M.D., Bengal Medical Service. CRlSP.—March 2 at Gloucester crescent, Resentapar l , gllra bath, relict of the late Mr. J. Crisp, aged 81. JlNlCll4B.—March 1, at Wilton Boum, Meetings, F. Jesotist Nag., of Westbourne•park. WHICOLL—Mareb 1, at Crown-street, Liverpool, T. M•Nacolt "6.14.11C.5. aged 41. ROB TON.—Mareb 4. at West Smithfield, Mary Anne, ode of Mr. J. R. Roberto's, aged 17. hinted end Published hp Wu.o KM 5 %1 Lounterd-strivt, in the my of leudon, Mete; " Mee. in Lombard-street, In the heeled of Wlalletruee .• PittliAlf. }ULM 0. L. / IVI_ 0 N J singdo Den. C binas ?nada R oat an sate an i f .Ti the par truss m J. WIG TE: £RTIF a few b nth; Estelra stamps. 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