The Express. — London, England, 1863-02-24 00:00:00

4 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.— MoNoAT, Fla 23. The Lou, CUANCILLOI took Lis sou an the woolsack at 5 o'clock. PETITIONS PROISNTMI Lord FEVERSHAM pigmented several matins from the eguaty of York praying that public-hooves might be ordered to be closed between the hour■ of eleven o'clock on Satur day misfits mai six o'clock on Monday mornings. OOKRFAFON DERCK BETWEEN MR. MASON AM) HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. Lord STRATHEDEN, who had given notice that he would move foe copies of all despatches or letters from the hoe. Mr. Mastic to her Majesty's government on the claim of the Southern Confederacy to be acknowledged as an independent power by Great Britain, said he bad received a letter from the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the effect that he would not be aide to attend in hia place that evening, and requesting him (Lord Stratbedeo) to postpone the motion of which be bad green notice. In accordance with that request he begged leave to postpone the motion until Mo nd ay, the 9th of March. THE IMPROVEMENT OF GARDENS IN TOWNS BILL. _ . On the motion of Lord RIDZSDALE this bill. which was stated to 1.0 the same that received the sanction of their lcrdshire last session, was read s first time• THE Id_ETROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.—FINSBURY CIRCUS. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from persons connected with the Roman Catholic Chapel, in Moodields, and the schools in the neighbourhood, praying, that Ras bury-square mi g ht not be allowed to be turned into a sta tion for the Great Eastern Railway. The noble lord said that although the parties bad not prayed to be beard by counsel against the bill, yet, as the matter was one of vsy gave iniportance, be would move that they be allowed that privilege. The Earl of DERBY said he had several petitions against the scheme of the same railway company, and which he thought deserved the serious attention of bar Majesty's go vernment and of their lordships. The bill referred to pro posW to take for a central terminus in London the whole of Finsbury-circus. The petitions which be maid present were from the owners, lessees, and occupiers of the pro perty in the circus—the owners and occupiers of the wo rdy io the neighbourhood—from a Mr. Jackson, a reddest in the oeighbourhood, and from the Loudon Institution for the Advancement of Literature and Useful Know ledge. He would venture to mggest to the govern. ment that there should be an alteration in their lordahips standing orders, and be earnestly hoped that the Board of Trade would be called upon for a special report —not merely as to the merits of the ahem— tut as it regarded the outwork of the railways projected, and as to their eonvenieme for the public. (ilm, beer.) Be would oleo ask whether it would not be Isis 'Role to group the railways which were 00111/etPd, and seed them before the same committee, so that they right be able to form a sound judgment on the whole scheme. He confessed he felt spry strongly spinet the scheme of the Great Eastern Termini", and on the is;oe of taking possession of Finsbury-circus under the cuenm steam which he had narrated, and also inclined to ask their lordships to reject the bill on the second reading. He had not heard a word in favour of the bill, but on the other land he bad been overwhelmed with applications from _ . parties who would be great sufferers if it were phased into law. He thought the least that their loidahipa ought to do would be to postpone the secure for the period of ten days, is order so suable the Board of Trade to fully ounaider the lustier, and to make a report to that house. (Hear.) Earl ORA NVILLII said it was no doubt true that, if the bill received the approval of parliament and was carried out, a number of persona would be inconvenienced; bat their case was similar to that of all persona from whom private property was taken for such a work. With respect to the sta ndin g order of the Hones of Commas, by which the Belropelitau Board of Works obtained a locus standi Were a ementittee of that Maas, on the part of the public, be would be glad to seem& a standing order adopted hero. It would be attended with great *threatens if the dell 'ram of the two houses were oompletely 11111iMal (Hear, hear.) With respect to the present bill, be did hot think their lordships would at that stage be disposed to reject it. The sable earl opposite admitted that he had mot heard the arguments is favour of it, and the promoter, of the bill were *stilled to have it considered. He agreed with the noble earl that it would be desirable to have • report suck as that which be suggested from the Board of Trade. It would be unfair to the promoters, and possibly to the public, who might derive peat advantage from the line, to reject the bill, but on the other heed, be would not object to the second reading being postponed for • short time to admit of farther inquiry. (Hear, hear.) Earl GREY concurred with the noble earl that it would be more satisfactory to postpone the second reading than summarily to come to a conclusion adverse to the bill. Lord REDESDALE said be had more than 01108 urged upon their lordships the importance of constructing an efficient railway board. It was impossible that the enormous expense &them:Ting the prosecution of railway bills could be reduced, or the interests of the oompanies or of the public adequately protected, without the existence of some such tribunal. The Earl of HARDWICK E approved of the construction of underground always, ma they did sot interfere with the traffic which crowded the streets. The Metiepedifien Rail way was, he coosidared, owe at the least that was ever formed ; they had both the braid and IaITO, gauge, and excellent stations, and the hoe being ensued in from the effects of the climate, was likely to he very durable. In his opinion parliament ought to lutist that all railways in the metropolis should be ooristructisl usdargroand. (Laughter.) The questions raised during this discussion were of the utmost importance, and be trusted that such measures would be adopted as would secure that a fixed polity in the disposal of railway business would be pursued. lb did sot, however, agree with the suggestion that had bees thrown out at to the construction of a new rail way tribunal, as it would create the necessity for a court sad a alit of offieialt Re did sot see why railway business should not be referred to a branch of the Board of Trade, under the imuisiiiits *bergs aid diuretics of the board Heed. Lord RRDESDALE said that as these lines must inter fere with lines of drainage and other matters they ought to be made upon a general plan and system, and not upon such *mud schemes as might be proposed from time to time. The Earl of DiRBT mid that though he bed • eirong opirion on the subject, he eras not disposed to pone the question, but would cement to postoose the consideration of the mooed reading of the bill for a fortnight, and is the mean time the government might obtain from the Board of Trade a report which would enable them to form a definite opinion upon the merits of the milk The Board of Trade a =skim their report, might consider the subject in 000611i00 with the general scheme for the metropolis. Perhaps during the fortsight they might be able to devise some tribunal which would act as a check on the variety of project,, and inter pose their deliberate lodgment between the different per tier, thereby giving a more effective guidance and assistance to parliament than they could now get. Perhapi by xt meson of parliament the government would be abl e to arrive ate decision as to the possibility of creating inch • tribunal The second reeding of the bill woo then postponed for • fortnight. . . lihottas adjovamad at a quarter-part mix. BOJSE OF COMMONS. -MONDAY, Fn. 23. The Sexam took the chair at tow o'clock. Several private bills were admired a siste. NEW UMBR. Mr. J. A. SMITH took the oaths and his seat u number for Chichester. - 14B8ONAL KRPLANATION. Lord C. PAGET—I have to apologise to the house for alluding to a matter personal to myself, and I will do so in a very few words. I have likewise to apologies for having spokes with regard to this affair on Friday night, when the noble lad to whom lam about to allude was absent. I was informed oa Friday feet by several gentlemen whom I met in the street, that a very personal attack had been made on my nubile character by the noble lord the member for Hun tiogdon (Lord B. Montagu). I went home and read the paragraph in the . paper, and it certainly a pp eare d to me to require ruin, answer. Them was not only an attack upon the lord lieutenant of the county, but an attack upon me in my public capacity as Secretary to the Admiralty. I thought it my dot... at the request of the lord lieutenant, to come downs to the house at four o'clock on Friday. Unfortunately the noble lord was not in his plum bat I thought it my duty to deny altogether the stater:pante the noble lord had made with refereoce to the appointmeat of Mr. Badding to • captaincy of volunteers. Therefore I will my no more about that sow. But on the mme °endow. lam given to understand that the noble lord impreseed to the home that I, as holding au important official appointmest, had on more then one occasion attended political mistime at Chatham, with a view to induce the electors of Chatham to vote fora brother-M.lm, of mine, Mr. Otway. I was informed by several gentlemen that that was the tone and Mixer of the noble lord's observations. If that is not so I shall be extremely glad to hear it. I eras also informed that upon an occasion on which I went to Chatham the noble lord had alluded to the fact of my having taken a special Main to go down to Chatham, hinting at the same time that I had charged that special train to the government account. I will state in a very few words what did take place. Is the month (I think)) of No vember last I was invited by the high constable of Chatham to meet • large party of naval and military officers, amongst whom was my gallant friend the member for Chat ham (Sir F. Smith). I took a return ticket and went down to Chatham, and attended the dinner—and a very good dinner it was. (Laughter.) It fell to my lot, se being the senior naval officer present, to return thetas for the navy. In doing so I expatiated upon the agreeable nature of the company. remarking that there no politics happily had been introduced or were to be introduced, aed I like wise congratulated them spew the feet that ease day or other Chatham would he the fineet arsenal is the world. That was the whole of the speech. My gallant friend the member for Chatham returned thanks on that oeca. Mon for the army, and did me the honour to pay roe a much higher oompliment than I deserve. The evening wore on, and that part of the company that had to re. turn to Inn-ion were about to return by the latest train, when this worthy and magnideeot mayor informed tie that • special train was at our disposal, and we took advantage' oft he cam. I west down with Sir H. D. Wolf, Mr. Ohm , THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1863. land part of the guests, and returned with them to London. No politics weft ihiroduced, and that was the only mat &ion on which I visited Chatham. I appeal to the house whether under those circumstances I deserve the onsure which the noble lord has thought fit to cast upon me. I(Cheers from the ministerial benches.) Lord R. MONTAGU—The noble lord has certainly defended himself without any rancour, but if he will permit me to say so, with considerable rashness. I think, however, a tl p ia p t ea b red e hw eia s um left y o to ut le ma t any ... points res ti w .r h n ie w h h. l a t l l lu . He did or did not event, sod what I might have said or might not have I said concerning himself. It appears to me that that is not at all a question that ought to be brought before the house. The only question of interest to this house is whether the noble lord did or did not act in • legal and constitutional manner. What does it matter to him or to the country whose business we are here to transact, whether I said certain things of him or of the lord-lieutenant of the county ? (Oh.) The country will not care one farthing what has been mid by a member who has not been three years in the borne, who never held any office, and is of no account either m the country or the house. The whole question is whether, as a 1 member of this house, the noble lord did or did not act in a legal and constituti onal manner, and that is the question to which he should have directed his attention. I appeal to I my hon. and gallant friend the member forChatham whether , 1 what I say is or is not the case, and he will correct me if I am wrong. But the colds lord has trotted very lightly over my assertions, like Is man walking over sharp flints with bare feet. as if he did not care to bear upon them for fear of committing himself one way or the other. (Oh, oh.) With regard to Lord Sidney, what I said was this—and I carefully guarded myself—that appli cation had been made to him by Mr. Budder, who became afterwards high constable of Chatham, for • captaincy of volunteers, and that Lord Sidney had, I understood, refused the application, on the ground that Mr. Boddie was a canteen-keeper. It has been said that I used the word " costarmonger," and as the reports are usually very accurate, I suppose that I did so. All I can say is, that it was a mistake—a mere laps= Hogue. (" Oh, oh" and laughter.) However, that did not apply to Lord Sidney. He refused the captaincy, the dinner was given to the noble lord, and after that Mr. Budder received his captaincy. (Hear, hear.) I merely state the facts. (Hear, hear.) I never for one moment said that those facts are *inserted together. (Oh, oh.) Here are the words as reported, " The lord-lieutenant he was informed refused, observini that the person in question was a mere meter monger. The SPEAKER—The noble lords not in order in read ing from • newspaper extracts from the report of a speech in this house. lam very sorry to interfere in • matter which appears to be of a personal nature between two hon. gentle men, and requiring personal explanation. But the noble lord having to oiler matter of explanation with regard to a single point in reference to himself, that does not afford an opportunity to the noble lord to address the house further upon the subject. Lord ROBERT MONTAGU—I will put myself in order by concluding with a motion for the adjournment of the house. The noble lord may attack me in this house, and I do not care about it. But what I do care about, and what the noble lord does not appear to care about, is whether be has acted legal and 000stitu tiredly ; that is the point upon which I wis h the house now to judge between as. The noble lord 00111200 ill the two facts, the dinner and the appointment, and thinks it necessary therefore to coine down to the house to contradict what I said. Unless he thought there was a connection between the dinner at Chatham and Lord Sidney giving Mr. Budden the office he desired, why should he have come down to the home to raise this tempest in a tumbler? But it is clear that he was conscious of some influence. I do not say the noble lord himself applied to the lord-lieutenant, hut he was naturally interested for his brother in-law. I never said that Mr. Bidden was not a respectable individuaL lam quite aware that he is so; but he has this disadvantage, that he was a moat etreneoes sup porter of the conservative member for Chatham. And when one sees these civilities done to him by another party one may suppose that there was some object in detaching him from this party he has nerved oolong. (Oh, oh.) The noble lord has said that I asserted that on several meadow he went to Chatham on political matters. I did not understand that he took his inspiration from any newspaper, and I saw two newspapers, in neither of which were the words be put into my mouth. I merely said that he went down to the dinner, and what I stated with regard to the special train was that the noble lord did go by • special train, and I wondered how it was paid for. I did not say it wu charged to the public accent. I asked whether it was taken out of the civil contingencies, but that was only said as a joke, and with no intention to im pute to the noble lord that he would defraud the govern ment in any way whatever. But the noble lord has passed over the gravest part of the charge, that be went to Chatham, and promised the electors of Chatham that it should be made the largest arsenal in the world. (Lord C. PAGNT : " No. no,") Well, he said Chatham was about to become one of the most important of our naval stations; that it was sleuth:roman the lorgeet arsenal that Europe— ' nay, that all the world together would power; ad that the basin accommodation at Chatham would surpass the boasted basin accommodation of all France together. I pot it to the house whether that was not mak ing a premier' to Chatham involving a large expeedithre of money. Would our forefathers have al lowed even a king or queen to promise a large expenditure of public money on any dockyards? Yet the noble lord goes down and makes this procaine to Chatham. (Hear, hear.) Of course he was received with cheers, and of course warmly welcomed when be made such a promise of the expenditure of public money to the town. He said our navy was Dever in a better condition for entering into war or (or fighting the French. The hon. member for Roch dale is not here, or he would, I have no doubt, take up the cudgels upon that point What right has the noble lord to go down to Chatham and say things that are in sulting to the French nation? (Hear, hear.) It may be said that this was only a little indis cretion. But if so, it is only another instance of what we heard so much of lan year, and which was known as "ministerial mwilarking." I" Heir, /maxi and laughter.) This house is most jealous that • minister should not use his patrousge to turn the votes of electors, and yet I appeal to the home whether those words of the &obis lord were not calculated to bring over the electors of Chatham to bis side. It may be said that a general election was not imminent, but I ask whether every hon. member of this house did not entertain the opinion that • general election was a ve ry probable event at an early part of the present session? (Hear, hear.) And it was just previous to that that the noble l ord went down to Chatham sad made this promise to the electors. I will not detain the house any further. The noble lord has not defended himself upon the only point upon which he was open to sneak—namely, that he acted unconstitutionally and ffiesta/ly ; sod I think it is the duty of some of his colleagues to defend him, if he an be defended upon that pelat. I move the adjournment of the house. -- laid C. PAGET seconded the moth*. Sir P. SMITH hoped that as he bad been alluded to he might be permitted to offer souse observations upon the subject before the house. la the fiat plane with regard to the appointment of Mr. Buddea as captain of volunteers, he believed Mr. Sudden was one of the most respectable men in the county of Kent ; be was a most charitable man, and he had contributed very largely to the volunteer movement. One company in fact almost owed its existence to him; and so popular was he among the oorpe that he was recommended to the appointment of captain. Bat the noble lord the Secretary to the Admiralty was wroog when be supposed that when Lord Sydney made the appointment, Mr. Sudden was in the position of high constable. Mr. !hidden had been two consecutive year, high constable of Chatham, and when he occupied that position his name was brought forward for the captaincy, but lard Sydney refused to make the appointment. When, however, Mr. Bodkin was going out of office he, as usual, gave a dinner to the court leek and a fortnight or so afterwards the lord-lieutenant appointed him the captain of the company, when be was no longer high constable. It was for people to draw their own inferences why he was appointed. (Cheers.) It was the practice at the high constable's retiring dinner to invite those who were of his own party, and he confessed it was with surprise that he heard a few hours before the dialer that the Secretary to the Admiralty would be present. He our p to meet his noble friend almost anywhere, and rly the company of his late opponent, sod pro. rbiThrs future opponent—("hear, hear," and a laugh)— but be was quite sure that if the invitation came again the noble lord would sot accept it. He was quite sure that on the last occasion it had been accepted by the noble lord is hie usual off-hand, good-natured way, without reflection , upon the consequences. (Hear.) But the consequences were that there was hardly • man at that meeting who was an elector of Chatham who did not believe that it was a political move. (Hear, bear.) The noble lord came down with his brother-ie-law by his side, and as the Secretary to the Admiralty he would have the dockyard patronage. But, however, that did not appear to bier to be of much importance because he believed the constituency of Chatham to be so pure that it would resist all entreaties even coming from the honied lips of his noble friend. (Laughter.) The house laughed at the ides of the parity of the electors ; but be had sat for Chatham three times and his brother once, and he could not lay his finger upon the name of a Jingle voter on the list who had changed from the one side to the other. He waled the noble lord had not gone down to Chatham on the recent occasion, though it was a very good dinner. (Laughter.) He thought his opponent would have appeared with better gram to fight fairly at the host imp, sod that it would have been as well, instead of the course he did take, bad he in returning thanks for the House of Commons, said that the electors were very lucky is having such a more as be (Sir F. Smith) to represent them—for he might with very great justice have said so. (laughter, and "hear, hear.") He thanked the house for haring heard him, and had only to express hie hope that the noble lord would not go down to Chatham again. (Laughter.) The motion for the adjournment of the house was then put and negatived. CORRESPONDENCE WITH AMERICA. Mr. S. FITZGERALD gave notice that on Thursday nest he should move for papers in condonation of the papers of last wasion, in reference to the dance between her Majesty's government and the UM States, and also the oorrespoodenee with ordain persons here re• presenting the Southern States. THE RECENT PROCEEDINGS DT BRAZIL. Mr. LA IRD *shed the Roder floseAry of Ithato for Fo• reign Affairs whether bee MaJeety's goverentent wane in posteseien of the data apes whisk Mr. (ley* in hi , de . spangle to Earl Resell of die IS Nosnibir, ISOR founded hit statement that it was "known to the Brazilian govern ment, as well as to his lordship," that Mr. Consul Veselmr. when be left Rio Grande dd Sul, " was in a state of nervous excitement, with a delusion - about attempts to assassinate him," and upon which the Marquis of Absentee, in his note to Mr. Christie of the 20th October, was led to question Mr. Vereker'e " infallibility respecting the diseovery of crimes?' and, if so, whether there was any objection tie lay the dose moots ocotaimeg such data upon the tobh, of the hones, is continuation of the correspondence relating to Brazil just presented to parliament by her Majesty's COMIZADI Mr. L4YABD replied that be sae not able to give any of the docnthents asked for. The illness of Mr. Veteker was a subject of notoriety. Be was a very zealous public correct, and had made great exertions to obtain redress in the case of the Prince of Wales, in the coulee of which he had to encounter every species of misconduct on the part of the Brazilian authorities, and he left Brazil last year in • state of great nervous excitement His health, however, was now restored, and he would return as consul to Rio Grande. ; the omission he notices in that treaty does not in valve any neglect of that which we all know 1 to be the fundamental principle of the dritish constitutiou, that the sovereign and royal family aboold be of the pro testant religion. The treaty of marriage of the Prince of Wales was founded precisely on the treaty of marriage of the Prince of Wales who afterwards became George IV. There was no mentiee in that treaty of the article to which the hon. member alludes, and it was not thought necessary to insert it in the present treaty. It was in the marriage treaty of the Queen, but my hon. friend will see a leading g ri va n t o . :tl d e h o . f . d t ts i t a inction.. ii It is well degree d knieowb control at over the education of the children, and where the husband is • , foreigner it may be right to have a special article with ni -1 prd to their education ; but where the husband is Prince of Wales it ie not necessary to insert that condition. My hon. 1 friend may be perfectly assured that there is not the slightest chance of the children of thin marr s end I hope they may be many—being educated in any other way than conformable to the laws o f the country and in the pro. testant religion. With regar d t o t h e rat by the question hop. member opposite, I have t o i n f orm hi m th a t the pin comes of all the royal family are subject to the income tax. There is no exception to that. The bill was then read a second time. LAW OF LUNACY. Upon the motion for going into so pa, Mr. BUTT asked th e Secretary of - te for the Home Department whether his attention had been called to the recent case of Hall sad Semple in the Court of Quese's Beath, and whether it was his intention to propose any alteration in the law relating to certificates required in came of alleged insanity. Sir G. GREY said he bad communicated with the Com missioners in Lunacy on the subject, and asked them whe ther is their opinion the ease of Hall sad Semple showed any necessity for a change in the law. Their reply, in which by entirely concurred, was, that it did not. In that case there bad not been an observance but s violation of the law ; aid if the proprietor of the licensed asylum ten done his ditty the case would not have weaned. The commiasioares badman:red the keeper of the asylum for culpable neglect, and addressed • circular to the proprietors of all the other asylums, calling their attention specially to the require ments of the act of parliament. He hoped that the verdict in the case, assemble it stood, and the measures taken by the commissioners would effectually prevent • recurrence of such cams. DEPORTATION OF NEGRO REGIMENTS FROM EGYPT TO MEXICO. Mr. BUXTON called the attention of her Majesty's se' imminent to the purchase and deportation from Egypt of iii. negro regiment by the Emperor of the French. The hoc. member said the Emperor of the French applied last year to the Peels of Egypt to band over to him one or more- battalions of negro soldiers—he believed about I,soo—but that only • portion of them had yet left Egypt. He added that it was intended to carry these pogrom to a most unhealth part of Mexico, to perform d u tie s which the French so ldiers scald not discharge without certain destruction to themselves, and characterised the proceed ing an an exceedingly base and cruel transaction, and little less than the slave trade, which the Emperor of the French had declared in one of his speeches France would no longer encourage. Lord PALMERSTON—My bon. friend has adverted to • transaction which certainly was very irregular and very unfortunate, sod the execution of which in some details was liable to greater amours than my hoe. friend has applied to it. The facts of the case were these :—The French govern ment, finding that the climate of Mexico and the exposure of the French troops to that climate occasioned exertions which was attended by great sickness, thought that by enlisting • certain number of Africans they might get persons more able from their constitutions to undergo the fatigue of service in Mexico, and they sent an officer to Egypt to endeavour to enlist 1,000 Africans for service in Mexico. The late Puha of Egypt was a very easy-tempered man, and very much disposed to go beyond the demands made upon him ; and there is also still, I am sorry to say, a system of administration in Egypt tainted in many respects with the barbarous wages of times gone by, while at the same time there is • practice of compelling forced labour and wising people, whether they would or no, for the purpose' of em ployment. Well, the Pasha of Egjpt, without a moment's de lay, ordered • regiment of 450 Nubians to be marched down to Alexandria and marched on board • French frigate, with out knowing why or where they were going. That was sufficiently irregular, because Egyptian troops were troops belonging to the Saltan. He was the sovereign of Egypt, and the inhabitants of Egy pt were his subjects ; and it was not competent for t vassal of • sovereign to dispose of any portion of his military force without the authority of the sovereign himself. The Pasha bad Bo right whatever to send a regiment of Nubians to serve under a foreign sove reign without the express esoction and consent of his own sovereign. That was, therefore, perfectly irregular. That was perhaps not the intention of the French government, because the instruction was that an endeavour should be made to enlist freely • certain number of Africans for a particular service, of which they were to be informed, and only according to their will. But not content wish that, the Egyptian government committed an act which was exactly similar in violence and cruelty to that which has lately been committed in Warsaw. They sent people into the street,' and quays of she tewn to seise every man, whatever hie employment, for military duty or hard labour. They tore him away from his family, friends, and home, and immediately put him on a tender, which conveyed him on board a French frigate booed for Mexico. [Here an HON. MEMBER made an observation.] lam not speaking of whites ; but negroes base families as well as whites, and have great attachment to their families and homes. I cannot help believing that the French government, which has expremed so strong • condemnation of the cruel operations which are being performed in War saw and other places in Poland—wiring people to serve in the Russian army—will, when they Bud an act of the same cruelty, or perhaps even worse, has been committed in Egypt, feel disposed, and have the power to repair it. The got arnment had expressed their opinion to the French government that the arrangement was quite irregular, that it was a violation of the rights of the Sultan, and that the Paths of Enypt was not entitled to disposeof the subjects of the Sultan without the Sultan's consent. THE CASE OF THE sur IENTS OF DOCK- YARD POLICE. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE moved that the house will to morrow resolve itself into committee to consider of an bumble address to be presented to her Majesty, praying that the three superintendents of dockyard police who were superannuated on the abolition of their offices be restored to the scale of pension which was originally awarded them. He said these officers had served in the dockyard 26 years, and before they were placed in that position they had 'tweed in the navy, one having entered the navy in 1808, and another in 1805. These dock yard appointments were to all intents and purposes life appointments, and when these gentlemen were deprived of them, which they were in consequence of some new organi sation, they were entitled to the most favourable considera tion of the government, and the government of the day accordingly gave them each a pension of 1741. In addition to that they were each entitled to their half-pay as naval officers, amounting to 1271. 15a., making a Meld 3011. 16e. This they enjoyed from October, 1860, to Juns,lB6l, when they were soddenly reduced to one half. He believed that the Admiralty were convinced of the justice of the claims of these officers, and bad applied to the Tree miry to grant them, bat the Treasury refined. Mr. LINDSAY said he believed these officers had served their country faithfully, sad their daiwa ought to be favour ably considered. But what be wished to call the attention of the house to was that the charge for the conveyance of troops was 100,0001. more than last year. The SPEAKER observed that it was not competent for the home to discuss individual votes. Sir F. FRITH seconded the motion. Mr. F. PEEL said be thought be should be able to satisfy the house that the course taken by the Treasury in this matter was strictly conformable to the act of parlia ment relating to superannuatioos. The appointments held by these officers were abolished in consequence of an act of parliament which tranderred the duty of the dockyard po- lice to the metropolitan police. The claims of _persons en titled to superannuation were submitted to the Treasury on printed forms, and amongst the questions asked wee one whether the officer who claimed the pension had received compensation in half-pay or any other allowance of public money at the time. He had referred to the forms filled up by these officers, and found that the answer in each case was that they were not receiving anything in the shape of half-pay. They were entitled to a pension of one-sixtieth of their salary for every year they were in the service. They were in service 26 years, and ten years were added as compensation for the abolition of their offices, thus making the pension 36.60ths of their salary. The salary was 2801. a year, to which was added 401., the estimated value of a house. That was in December, 1860. About five months afterwards a Captain Jay, who bad been superintendent of telegraphs, and who had received a pension in 1848, wrote to the Admiralty, and his letter was forwarded to the Trea sury, asking for a reconsideration of his we, on the ground that the Treasury had allowed those three officers to re ceive a pension for their civil service irrespective of the halt-pay. That statement took the Treasury en tirely by surprise, because they had been under the impression that these officers were not en titled to ball-piv. They asmetaieed on inquiry at the Admiralty that these eaten were in the receipt of half-pay. They did not receive it at the time they made their claim, but when their office wee abolished, their claim to half-pay revived. The anpersanaticm set distinctly pro vided that no officer receiving half-pay should receive • pension in respect of his civil service exceeding, combined with his half-pay, two-thirds of the salary of his office, and the pensions of these officers were accordingly reduced to that amount. If the proposal of the hon. and gallant gentleman were agreed to, these officers would be receivin more so peplos this they were entitled to when in full employment. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty whether the Admiralty had not pressed on the Tres. aury to allow this claim ? Lord C. PAOET made no reply. The house was then cleared for a division, but none took place, and the resolution was negatived. FLOGGING IN THE NAVY. Mr. W. WILLIAMS referred to the great increase of flogging which bad taken plaza in the navy daring the last year. fle foetid that the number of men flogged was 1,076, and the number of lashes was 36,463. Last session a peat deal was said about the impropriety of allowieg seamen to billboard without seuteoce eta wart inertial, bathe repelled eiled the rule bad net been adopted. la the previous year the number of men flogged was only 764, sad the number of Lakes to which they were seoteoced wu only 26,000 odd. In 1652 there were only 575 men Bogged, and the number of Lulus wigs 17,500 odd. lie hoped the attention of the government would be drawn to the increase that bad taken phloem this degrading punish- ment. THE POLISH DIFFICULTY. Mr. ORIFFITM asked the First Lord of the 'rreasury whether it wee true that three young Pollak students of the French college of St. Cyr, whose names were given, when travelling lately from Paris to Poland, through Prussia, were arrested by the Promise police at ILore and delivered over to the Mansions. Lord PALMERSTON—Her Majesty's government have no information as the subject to ethical the question refits. THE ALLEGED CONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA. In answer to Mr. BM WS; Mr. LAYARD said he had not obtained the text of the convention, and had only hearsay widows as to ita contact'. PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES' ANNUITY BILL: On the order of the day for the msooad meg of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY maid he had always thought the house ought to have full information before it was called pan to make say allowance out of theconsolidated fund. ' H co He had n ow looked through the report releting to the duchy of Corn wall, and he contained it was highly creditsde to all concerned. They had been faithful trustees and discharged their duties honourably. This was not a question of a few thousands, either one way or another. Having permed the documents he had come to the conclusion that the pro position of the noble lord was a very fair and reasonable one. (Hear, hear.) His objection on the previous occasion had not been to the proposition itself. What he contended was that they ought to have had information before the vote was brought before them. Under these circumstance* it Was a source of great pleasure to him to give a cordial absent to the bill, end to express a hope that the Prince of Wales would long live to enjoy the vote. (Cheers,) Mr. WILLIAMS said the report showed the accumula tions were 600,0001., which did not seem to be accounted for in the statement as to the probable revenue of the duchy. Sir W. DUNBAR said there was a very simple explana tioa to this—the saving bad been paid over partly to the treasurer of his royal highness, and partly to trustees on his behalf. These moneys belonged strictly to his royal highness', privy puree, and therefore the council of the duchy felt they had no further concern with them. The amount in the hands of the trustees was 593,0001. in the Three per Ceuta., the value of which on Nov. llth . was, 547,7501. Mr. WILLIAMS said, that if the Prince of Wales was to keep theme savings that ought to have been stated when the vote was brought before them. He thought it was not prudent to entrust so large an amount to his royal highness, although he had the highest opinion of his character and qualities. Mr. WHALLEY begged to call attention to the remark able omission of the word " protestant . ' in the marriage contract in places where it bad occurred in the contract of her Majesty with the late Prince Consort, but which had been satisfactorily explained to him by the courtesy of the noble lord at the had of the government. There was, however, another discrepancy between the two contracts. In the contract of her Majesty with the late lameuted Prince it was provided that the children of the marriage should be brought up according to the laws of the United Kingdom, which of course meant they should be brought up directly in the protestant religion, and that none of them should be married without the sanction of the Queen or the monarch of the United Kingdom for the time being. He trusted uatidactory explanation would begiven on this point. While indulging in feelings of loyalty they ought to be careful of precedents and of the landmarks of the conatitu tion ; and at all events the Prince of Wales should not be led to suppose by their silence on a matter of this kind that the country was lass protestant than heretofore, or that it was disposed to forego those guarantees of the protestant in tonate which were secured by the Bill of Rights. Mr. HOPWOOD inquired whether the allowance for the Prince of Wales would be paid without any deduction for income tax? Mr. T. HANKEY said the hon. member for Lambeth was mistaken in supposing that the Prince of Wales would receive from the duchy of Cornwall 60,0001., and that this sum, added to the 40,0004 granted by the house, would eve his royal highness a total income of 100,000/. a year, and that this was totally 'irrespective of the accumulations. Se far from that being the owe, the income of the duchy was not more than 46,0001. or 47,0001. He thought it was an error on the part of the government in giving so little. With regard to the accumulations, he said it wee n that hie royal highness should have an outfit, furnish ece ld e l7 borough-homeand purchase plate befitting the dignity of his position. These exposer, together with the purchase of the Sandringham estate, would come out of the accumu lations, from which the country would therefore benefit. Sir J. TRELAWNY said if the boo. member thought that the Prince of Wales was hardly need, it was open to him to propose a further grant. The Prince had the hand ling of 600,0001. in the shape of accumulations; bet the proper course would ham been to ham settled them um. mnlations on the estate. It ought to be known that the property of the Duchy of Cornwall, on the death of the Wait son of the king, devolved upon the mown. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when the boa. baronet roes be hoped he was going to qualify the very strong statement he confidently made the other day. It was necessary to notes that statement as it impute d a breach of duty on the part of the govern ment which was utterly groundhog. He would not at tempt to give a full explanation of the circumstances with regard to the inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall. According to such information as be had been able to obtain ft was a much more difficult matter to understand than appeared to has hon. friend ; but one thing was quite certain, that his hon. friend was not right bet wrong in the positive statement he had just repeated—viz., that on every occa sion when the Duke of Cornwall, being eldest son of the king, died, the revenues of the duchy reverted to the crown. It was not difficult to confute that statement. He would not undertake to explain everything which bad happened on these successions ; they did not appear to hang together on any consistent ;rinciple, but certainly no conclusion could be drawn from the facto consistent with the statement of hie honourable friend. This, at any rate, was quite clear—that in the Oetobsr following the death of Arthur Prince of Wales, the son of Henry VII., a commission was issued under the great semi, Dot to deter mine, but to examine the question, and that commission found that Henry, afterwards Henry VIE., the second be gotten son of his father, was Duke of °seawall. This was a complete contradiction of hie hon. friesid's statement. C Sir J. TitELAWNY—head the charter of the duchy of ornwalL The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not speaking of the charter of the duchy, whisk was not the enormous authority. The succession to the duchy wee affected, not merely by the charter, but by an act panted in the reign of Henry V., and like wise by the course of practice in different periods of our history. The charter itself came under examination at • more recent period because, on the death' of Prince Hairy, eldest son of James 1., it was judicially considered. The authorities of that day, sitting judidally in privy council, mime to a cosolusion precisely opposite to that of his hon. friend. In "Collins' Proceedings" the words wee--" In 1613 thequeetionagainbecanietheocciudon of solemn inquirybefore the privy council, when it was resolved that the words of limitation peaseseed the more extended meaning of (dins primogenitus existet ; that upon the death of Henry Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, Charles Duke of York had, both by reason and precedence, become entitled to the honour, style, and dignity of Duke of Cornwall." There were other cases on which discussion might be raised—the succession of George Prince of Wales, afterwards George IL, and the non-imootesion of George, eon of Frederick Prince of Wales, afterwards George 111. These cases proved that his hon. friend was a good deal too trenchant in the con demnation he pronounced, and that his rumen:hes were not so complete as bethought. Sir J. TEELAWNY said he bad looked at the matter very closely, and the statement he bed made was founded on the authority of the celebrated decision of Lord Tenter den. Lord PALMERSTON— I wish to answer the question which by been put to me with regard to the accumula tkins. It has beet stated by my hoe. !riled near me that the total amount of the sccumulatioes is 540,0001. Of that sum 220,0001. was invested in the imams of the Norfolk estate, which produces a uorouial metal of 7,0001., but pro bably with the momeary deduction, only 5,0001. • year. The outst of his royal highnom was reekaaed a t 100,0001.. which would make TAM. Then it was calculated, that to enlarge the house at flaisebieghem, so as to make it suit able to dignity of the Prince, a sem of 60,0001. et least would be required. Thus 350,0001. out el the 540,0001. is disposed of. There are also • great numbered firms belong ing to thedochy which have been let for long periods, sod the legate of which fall in from time to time, when the buildi op upon them will require • bum sum to be put in proper repair. A sum of not leer than fro m 100,000/. to 120,0001. will be required for that purpose. This amount, together with the others I have mentioned, will go • great way to absorb the 540,0001. of accumulati on . I t i s quite true that 120,0001. laid out on agricultural improvements would probably produce an inerease of the income arising from the fame, but that will not be immediate. Therefore I think that the aesumulanies of 540,0001. will give a very idiOt addition to the ordinary revenues of the duchy. The difference between 46.0001. and the sum of 160,000/., which in round numbers I assumed would be received frees the derby, is made op partly of the aunt of the fisedrimileme estate and some MU, ar i a d e t a ils into which it is eenisesseary to enter' but, me th e w h o m, the income may be maid to be about 60,0001. • Malley) My boo. nd frie the somber for Peterborough (Mr. Whalley) takes • view with regard to the marriage twisty. ais the guardian of that interest, and it is quite right it should be properly attended te, but I ma mere him that SUPPLY.-NAVY ESTIMATES. The house went into committee of supply on the navy estimates. Lord C. PAGET proceeded to explain the naval esti• mates for the coming year. In doing so the noble lord said he should carefully abstain from entering into a 'com parison of our navy with that of France or any other powers, which he thought was calculated only to excite imi tation and ill feeling. The votes for the current year amounted to 11,794,3061., whilst those for 1863-64 were estimated at 10,736,0321., showing a decrease of 1,038,2731. There was only one item upon which there was any im portant increase, and that was for the transport service; upon all the others there was a decrease, with the exception of the vote for the pay of the seamen, upon which the decrease was apparent, not real. The diminution in the vote for arti ficers was chiefly caused by the great redaction which had taken place in the construction of sailing ships. With re gard to the progress made in armour-plated ships, we had now 21 under construction and at sea. The Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and R4 . 1111i111)00, which were all at sea, bad been tried under various circumstances, end he was happy to say that they had proved to be good sea bosta. The Resistance, however, which was of the smaller clue, was the fastest of the whole, having steamed 1l knobs at the measured mile. These ships would be followed by the Royal Oak, the Prince Consort, and the Hoo ter, which would be ready for sea in July. The Caledonia would be completed in September, the Enterprise in October, and the Royal So one of Captain Celee's turret ships, io Novemberveovret camber. By the end of the year, therefore, we should have altogether nine heavy armour-plated frigates and one small one ready for sea; and by the spring of next year be anticipated having a still farther development of iron- plated ships by the completion of the Ocean , Valiant, Prince Albert (another of Captain Cole 's turret shine), Achilles, Royal Alfred, Zealous, Fa vourite, and Research ; making altogether eighteen ar mour-plated ships reedy for sea. Then came the ships of the Leviathan claas, which were to carry five masts, and were of 6.800 tone burden—the Agincourt, ?Cooties., and Northumberland—but he was unable to may when they would be ready. That depended upon the contrectoes, who, it was right to state, were making great exertions to get them ready. It was also proposed to convert the Repulse into an iron-clad chic .. . F inn:Raz to the Zealous, and to make frames for five more armour-plated frigates. Having mentioned the distribution of the ships, the noble lord spoke in high terms of the character and conduct of the men, than which nothing could be more satisfactory. Nearly all the loose characters who bad helped to swell the returns of corporal punishment in the navy had bees got rid of. Three-fourths of oar seamen were continuous service men ; 87 per cent. belonged to the Bret clams, and only 13 per cent. to the second. It was the intention of the government to establish naval barracks, and • beginning would be made this year at Portsmouth. And with the view of increasing the usefulness of the veval reserve, whose services were at present only available within 100 league' of the English coast, he should shortly ssk leave to bring in a bill for the reorganisation of that body, and toes tend the sphere of their employment. The noble lord also notice in paring the several improvements that had been introduced in the ventilation of the shim the dietary . of the men, and the discipline of the crews, and in condoms moved a vote of 76,000 seamen and boys, including 18,000 marines, for the service of the year ensuing. Sir J. PAKINGTON was happy to find that then was nothing either in the eatimates themselves or In the speech of the noble lord to induce him to raise a serious objection to any part of the proposals of the government. It must be satisfactory to the house and the country to hear that the estimates were lees by a million sterling than they were last year ; and he thought the government were justified in claiming credit for hiving effected such • reduction without impairing the efficiency of the navy. The determination, nevertheless, to maintain the num ber of men at the former figure was equally wise and prudent. He commended them also for com mencing the establishment c 4 nasal barracks, but was sorry the vote for this purpose wee so small. He hoped, how ever, that no onneoreasry delay would take place in prose cuting the work. The right hon. baronet further expressed his regret that the Admiralty should have taken such • step as to place Mr. Reed over the heads of efficient met) like Mr. Oliver Lug and Mr. Abethel as constructor in chief of the aim. Mr. BAXTER, though regarding the number of men proposed as based upon • war estimate, accepted the aggregate reduction in the votes as • proof that the govern ' meet were in earnest in their desire to retrench the public ' expenditure. He hoped they would continue in the same comae, arid effect still further reductions next year. Sir J. ELPnuierroza and Admiral WAtcorr having ad. dressed the committee, Mr. OOBDEN mid none could dispute that England, as an insular nation, unable to communicate with other coun tries except by sea. sod having the largest commerce to pro tect, had a legitimate right to have the strongest navy in the world. But the effieiency and strength of • envy did not DOW necessarily depend upon the number of men. It was no longer a question of brute force and numbers, but one of science, skill, and intellect. When, therefore, 76,000 men were asked for he took exception to it. He objected because they could not be employed is the ships we had so as to be of say use to the country. What, thee, must be done with them? A large proportion most be held es applicable to those large wooden line(-tattle ships, the days of which the secretary to the Admiralty told them seven years ago were gone, and which the gallant member for Harwich once said would be mere idanghter.houses in an adios with iron-clad ships. He thought it would be much better to have 30,000 fewer milers and our finances in better order, than have Um men floating about the world in vessels which the highest naval authorities admitted we should never use in actual warfare. We were mow rumbles into the manufacture of iron-plated ships, and he called upon the government to stop building any more wooden vessels coated with iree until they had seen the results of Captain Coleit's experiments. It was the opinion of scientific men that ships built entirely of iron 5 or 6 inches thick would be indestructible. Let them build their ships, them, of iron, and no more of them than was warded, and they would not have occasion to vote such an enormous number of men. _ . . . bir. LAIRD believed that the wooden ships cased with iron which Mr. Reed was building would turn out to be failures so far as their strength and durability were concerned. Be agreed with Mr. Cobden that it would be better to suspend operations. and see the results of Captain Coles's experiments before they constructed any more of these ships. After some observations from Mr. LLIIIMAY and Mr. BM/M Lord C. CI, PAGET replied to the various objections urged by some of the preceding speakers. The vote for the number of men was then agreed to, as were elan the votes for wages, victual,, and clothing, and the Admiralty Of The home then resumed. THE TOBACCO DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mowed the second reading of the Tobacco Duties Bill, to which Mr. ikyrtou propoeed, u an amendment :—That a select com mittee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of alter ing the law for raising a revenue on tobacco. The lion. member, who addressed the house at great length, armed that the state of the manufacture at home and abroad MA unknown; and that the effect of the bill would be to throw thousands of British workmen out of employ, introduce an inferior article for home consumption, and give an undue advantage to Imperial monopolists and Cuban slareowners. Mr. MARSH differed from Mr. Ayrton with regard to the effect of the bill, which be believed would prove of great benefit to the working man and the unrepresented classes. _ . . . . Mr. Cox moved the adjournment of the debate, which was opposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Upon a division the motion was negatived by 90 to 46. Subsequently, with the consent of the Cuancgt.l.oa of the ExcHrquza, the debate was adjourned till Friday. The other business on the paper was disposed of, and the house adjourned at 5 minutes past 2. CRYSTAL PALACL Preparations of befitting splendour ate being made at the Crystal Palace, to mark the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The great musical resources of the Crystal Palace will he folly brought to bear on the series of weddingtftes, which are to be given. A torchlight prevision on so on preeedeuted grand male, winding round the 'mike and ter races, will take place on one evening. The Goitre series of fountains are being rapidly got in order thus early in the season, that they may be in full operation at the time of the wedding. The pekoes has sever been so fall of wird and permanent attractions as at the present time. The clues of the International Exhibition transferred to it a large num ber of the beat exhibitors. The Art lJuion of the Crystal Palace is in a highly flourishing condition. The principal presentation object in this year's guinea subscription is a beautiful ceramic bust of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra. which has already met with the most marked success. Though only very recently published, many hun dreds of copies have been secured for the first issue of the work, which takes place early in March. A photograph of the bust is liberally sent free by the council on application with enclosed stamped envelope, to the secretary of the Art Union, at the Crystal Palace. Public notice having been g iven bthe Rev. W. Rogers, of the St. Thomas Charter. house Schools, that the children of these echools are to be treated to a holyday at the Crystal Palace during the wed ding fetes, it has been followed by numerous similar applica tioas ; the directors have therefore resolved upon affording other schools the opportunity of sending their children at the lowest summer excursion rates. CUITON FROM CIIMILEgTON. -- Yesterday the schooner lonia') Belle arrived at Liverpool from Nassau with 300 bales of Sea Island cotton on board. The cargo is consigned to Mown. Fraser, Trenbolen, and Co., of Liver pool, and was originally curried to Nauru by the blockade runners. TMs BRIDESMAID'S WISR.—PIESAE AND LUBIN'S WEDDING PgAMER! for the Sena% 1813. Emblematic Orange Plower. Myrtle, and Lily of tba Valley—three bottles la a use. TS. ore. ..eh.-1. New Deatelreet, W.—(Advertiaemeat.l NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, FEL 23.—PROMOTIONA AND AP - - J. C. Boady, to tho Fi - rid, he service in tine Royal Osk. Eogineers & Swa n , to the Victory, for sorties i n th e Sprightly ; and R. B. Desisas, el Wm Petal, promoted ea reconci.Class Aseiatent Eagleson W. B. Trenwith, to the Megora ; and W. Crichton (acting), to the Rama PORTSMOUTH, Fmk 22. COURT•MANTIAL. —HADEN Siorrgrece.—A court. martial assembled on board the flagship Victory this more. ing, to try Mr. Alexander Wilson, boatswain of the third. clan, borne on the books of her Majesty's ship Asia, Le d doing duty on board the Eurydice in this harbour, ou charge of having absented himself without leave, from th e let until the 7th of February. A. Cumming p ee . aided ; and Captain H. prosecu ted . It appeared in evidence that prisoner west on s hoe, the 31st tilt., Le d that his leave expired on the 2nd instant. He did not, bee. ever, return to his ship, but went to Woolwich, and w ee brought on board the Asia on the 18th innant by the muter. at-arms of her Majesty's ship Fisgard. In defence, pri mmer stated that when he went on shore from the Eurydme, h e was troubled in mind about family affairs, and that he mat have become light - beaded , for where he wandered be could not tell, until he found himself an inmate of Wool w i c h Hespital, where, as he was informed by the doctor, he had remelt:Bd three dais in a state of insensibility. He further stated that on the sth of Ma .1 858, at the battle of Alm on he received • sun stroke (while in the set 01 carrying Mr. Fowler, soosta master, who wu mortally wounded, t o t h e rear), from the effects of which he suffered when tumbled ce , excited. He had been In her Majesty's service 19 year. m i d previous to that in the Honourable Fast India Ca m p o ?, service, and had served through the first China war. He had also served in the Baltic and Black See, and in th e batteries oo shore during the Russian wee. He bad been is the Naval Brigade through the whole of the Indian rautiay. Prisoner, who wore five medals, threw himself on the rem, of the court, pleading his long services and previous go o d character in extenuation of the offence. He produced several certificates which bore testimony of his /dog, seal, dilipace, and obedience. Be called two wite ei a, who proved that be bad been a total abstainer from drink, and that he had suffered from sunstroke. The court found that he had been absent five days without leave, and or d ered him to forfeit 26 days' pay, sad be dismissed her Majesty'. service. _ MARKET& LONDON WEEKLY DOCK RErtraxs.—ft. import. Deliver& l Pr. _ Bus —R. I. Wide* taas MS UPI ndia NamWu ti= IVO eiam bade — Z rat H a oi. Cobs6.= tut M s/iagmaiado Do. 7- 00m2,—W.1. Do.. * tab.* bap MI: Yo .116 Other S. India UN Do. do. .. Brunt Coats Las Ooooa tap Fonda — U 411 Do. Ahdi Rim LI.. tone Lae smarm= AITLATIt or POTASII tong SW ;471 IMN ,iii 9,219 117,871 13402 1,670 • 11014711 43,821 1140 kill •70 727 1,646 WS 16,640 7,143 13,173 9,1131 87.137 18,481 17,44 - 31,619 11,186 6,71 e !mss lb*Art 4682 sn,se rs.osa if 16,0% TALLOW.—The tallow motet has been steady tedsy, without, however, any peat amount of busman doug. Speculatively—in some measure on account of the aspect of continental stain politically—there was more deemed for distant periods, particularly for October to December. Our dosing prior are—Spot i new, 44.. 3d. ; old, 44. ; March, 441. 3d. to 44a. Ad. ; April to Jane, 44e. €4; October t,to Doesotber, 47.. buyers. Australian beef, 42a. 91 to 42.., Sne. North American, 43 1. to 43.. South American, 43 1. 3d. to 435. Pd. Town tallow, 44a, net cash. Cocoanut oil is quiet. Cochin, 545. ; Ceylon, 51a to fie. Bd. ; Sydeey 51. e. Palm oiL— Fine Lagos, 33.. to 38s. lid. ; Accra, S7O. Palm nut oil, 425, fine. Hone zaMs. Rough fat, 2s. ILL —(From the circular of Smith and Diaries, ivied Monday evening.) COTTON.—Lirraran, Pie. 23.—We have had a mods rate business today in cotton, with rather a dearer market for Surat, and with Id. per lb. advance in All2eliCLll The mien are 4,000 bales, Manilla( 500 American, 214 d. to 224 d. ; 3,390 Surat, llid. to 184 d. ; 250 Egyptian, 2DPI. to 2 1 / 1 1. ; 100 Pernam, 20d. to 72.1. ; 190 Bahia and Mimic; 19d. ; 20 Maraahatn,'2l.d., ofiwhich 2,000 are kr speoulatiou and export. The week's import is 6,646 bales. CATTLE —LnterooL, Fm. 23.—Tbe supply of both aside and sheep was much lees than on last Monday. Ths demand very good for each, at much higher prices. 00.1LII—Lorixos, Fla 23.—(careen Hartley, 14a. 61; DIIIViO3II . II West /11, 14s. 6d. ; Holywall Main, 15.. &L; lambert's West 14e. 3d. ; Nord Felton Gas. 134. ; Manisa Moor 12s. 61; Ilassfield Moor Was, 1.2 a. &L; Wert Hadley, 14a. Id. ; West Wylaw, 14. 3d. • Walls Bed Godara, 13e. 6d. ; Walls Red Ridde ll . 6.. td.; Walla Zed Wttsrecliffe, Med. ; Walls End Batton, 17& • Walls End South Harecie, 17s. 3d. ; Wells End Hartlepool, 16s. 3d.; Walls Zed Haugh HMI, 155.. Walls Tiad Hellos, 134. 6d. ; Walls Zed South Hartleposk Ha.; Walls Zed Routh Kell" 15s. 6d. ; Walls Zed Tree doo Hartlepool, 16e. 3d.; Walls Red Hamnolt, 14i. ad. Walls End Whitworth, 14a. IM.-13blps at market 12t , mold, 62. TRAFFIC RICTIJRNE3. unximt . ][flee Pea- ller- 1011, Total • open sougara Mandl/Be 1886 1412. Wish ending Feb. 6. A A, A i Oita* end Milwaukee lB6 2,900 3* West mem Feb. & Ineldo and Lb Huron.. 1111 2,313 3 0, Great Western of Canada 816 14,969 10,31 West ending Feb. 8. Ottoman Week ending Feb. 18 Belginie Baleen Junction . see 102 144 248 Week ending Feb. 21. London, Brighton. sad 8. Omit 8621 9,894 4,168 14.010 12,611 flouth ImMes MAI 16,228 189,164 11411 • RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIENIN PARLIAMENT. —The following is a list of the bills that have been der doped since the 0003M50C411111104 of the seem) : —Hammer smith, Kew, and Richmond Railway ; Isle of Wight Valley inaction Railway ; Leiceirerequars, Hammennsith, Kee and Richmond Railway ; Dower, Deal, and Sandwell Hall way ; Marton and Barbary Raillery ; !ennead and Epee Dowse Railway ; Gemmed sod Fieningleoproad Juno. Lion Railway ; Lytham and Preston Railway ; Kensington. Knightsbridge, and Metropolitan Railway ; Sharma, Nor and Norton Bridge Railway ,• Burton-on Trent and Booth Leicestershire Junction Railway ; Greenwich and Woolwich Railway ; Market Harboroogh and Melton Mow bray Railway ; Great Southern and Western, and Midland Great Western Jauntiest Railway ; Aylesbury and Buck ingham Railway ; Loadmiderry and Lough Swilly Railway. Lad Fulham and Hammersmith Railway. The bills fur 'lABo'llll'l6.3l'2 purposes abandoned include the Ito „ ! Arcads, Fleetwood Docks, Lough Neagh Drainage, Eow Docks and Quays, and Fergus 'Rim Navigation Improve. meat ; Dunganu Harbour Radaination and Embankment: lendport Wlarva, Cambers, Wirework; Newoutle.oc• Tyne Town Moor and Park, Glasgow Polka, and Nation) Provided Institution. _ (Advertisement.)—A LADY =lemur, To EE os ?FIR POl/77 07 DEATH WIRD PT NOLLOWAT'S ODITIIENT P11.18.-11rs. Doom, of Grundy-MU, Emrich, certiltes ou Feb. !. 11003, that she was literally covered with some from brad foot, and that her case was so and malignant that 1 , 1 dearest Meads dared ICIIXVIO toe bee for fear she should a' whilst under their hands. After every likely means of 0 ,1 4 relief had been tried In vain a believer In the 'Mese) , of HA way's remedies proposed the adoption of them, but was rid, e' fur her pains. At length, however, hie ointme - nt and pill , used, and to the SUMAS, of herself and relatives a el , 1 amendment appeared, and perfect recovery ensued. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTH& -- DONALDMON.—February 20, at Aberdeen-park. HighbarY. dd wife of J. S. Donaidion, Seq., of a mu. M11241131.—At liouthampkin, ou the thid Inst., the wile .4 J. Young Messina, Esq., R.N., of a daughter. STARK El—February 19, at Woodhouse, near II uddered:ld. l h wife cA L. R. Starkey, Esq.. of a daughter. WALDY.—February 20, at Cbelteoluus, the wife of the Rev. 1. L Wakly, of a eon. MARRIAGES. BAILY—ADDISON—February 11. at Bt. George's. limn. er• square, by the Rev. 0. Badman. T. F. Rally, Fog, of Ilan. place, Tunbridge, to Gertrude Sarah, daughter of the late). Addison, Fay. GRCMYRNOR—BABEY—February 17, at St. Johns. Meeker!. by the Rev. I. K Shelford, Mr. 9. Grosvenor, of Edinoutos in Rachel, daughter of the late Mr. R. Ilabey, of St. Marto , " Guern ROW sey. ORTII -RlDGE—February 21, at St. John's, Southicet. by the Rev. H. Vaehell, Alfred Thomas, son .4 W. Kos. , tb. Nay., of Nottingham. to Emma Annette, daughter . 4 J. J . Ridge, 12w., M.D. DEATHS. BONNRY.—Febrnary 19, at Momenta: Rectory, Rutland, 'W I ' Melts, daughter of the late Rev. IL K. Bonney, aged 70. musurm—Yebruary 91, at Jewliwareet. City, Mr. G. ClusieL COV 6I. IML—February 20, at Rytres, nom Toulon, Mr. W. s. RAW fted ebruary 20, at Kensington. Mr. 0. Eakie, aged l ) sr 19, st Lorm, G. W. Martin. )44 ' M.R.C.S., aged 26. WlLLlll.—February ID, at Perk-road, Stockwell, K Welsh. ix'. aged 14. - - - Printed end ?abashed b waLux Km 'um et :" . 0 , Lombard-Week ID the Cetir et Leeedoe. Printer. " we.., Lotaberdatreek d the realms ag Whitetregl. TV/MAT. YWCA= S. la& 1.4 No. 5,161.] UTTA Direct (6 le magollicent sew 2 =Lt u ngliat er, oeorgv Smith ■ rivaled vire, built In 184 e mooso out from the Clyde to BAffircity to shappen oi l u and SKWELL, 2T , L powr PHILLIP Di shWping day nol„ oil Al, 901 tons realger, R. 111 the Bast India backs. This I special survey In 1080, and pi to shippers of tine goods—A 9, Inltheratrest or to OSLLA 27, loadenhall street, KC. TO Barn= cfc NIVKLY STEAM A K I C W YORK Dtroot.-1 PICILADILPELI S a TRAN do G. fag 111de toll-mwend b Ml ot enomotom to em WIRCKLY FROM LTYU KANGAROO, Wednood CITY OF JAI rawag, AM every MOON OMR preige, 11, 17. sad 111 modottoo. /armed 8 1 ortekod. ?smarm or Canada Colsolik booked throogb co OEMs, partkalars only to WIG lAveapool; or to QV= and 11 asy. Tag_ SUR AT jiiii 1017 LAND-A-HALF PER Cl _ lb Great Postern itallway ANSICATIONS for some of STOCK, boorlog a flied proton atom& Interest commencto tr cation to In made, "WA: parr gli C t oposate Terminus, Februr THE MUTUAL L IFE. .11. (A..D. ISM), le, Kingstree Mr. AK DALIN Ts. rwrwry-xurru Ilaktiebolteet for the year 18M, Yd by a written or persona e to any of the Society's Kent& IMPORTANT SA MJ. C. STEVENS at big Great Room it S 0 , Ifeb. IS, at halt pas mast at PLANTS, casopristag aoalkes, vtoista. lIoUMo. lets. la Mbarramas, Macs, roses stra Mats, *shard roof ask,starl bed. PRINCESS ALEXAIi of WALE& The new CA Conspsnion !WU. is &L ear tree co reetdpt et stsraps.-11 street, London. P HOTOGRAPHIO A mecEsral s zer ci ", 11l £I&R S 3 DE VISITE NJ AS MICH! aad BAZIN Csiidagass af razes free au egg RW I L L I ars Doer DISPOSING 0 last yeaes patisrasoa pi= It A 1•0 upwards of SW which they hare red 10 sad 14 Ludgate. soar doors from Si " A FAor wog MILES REMO lei U 73. BROOLSTRZET, LI Ostabia., MA no 10A Troll Own ever. talidaglal lIIROUSEREL—GentIes IDS 11 felt prior for • goo lllKeusaterlal and patterns, thal 11.611ILTON and KJ 106, Ilirszid (oppo CtOBBIP ON DRESS ,• ‘..JI AMINIMINT tot oar 1 %aye — tried - 7o fll - 11, — witinirch alone as can be brought round I the superior merits of Messrs. the mat and doubted super' Drab through un the literary veil superiority was a matter of cot thoroughly for granted, that wit! conviction must now and then London Renew, Jan. 17, 1865 The ready win think it a ye work, and would Unto imagine i of an advertleenseut."— Court Cl " This brochure is really who went'—the author might ham declare we have read every won lion." . 7l:enuy Newsman, Jan. 11 L MOM 31tesdy-made and Bes To be lied, gntlt, poke Taft pay tatt ers, 11011k111, Boot cai, ra. Ifs, iss, 154, ucy, imiOries7 ifs Oilord4tri 11. w Orford. 606. Ell, 1.1/. 138, Comb" IM SWUM and Bra RUPTURES. —The ADJUST' NO GERMAN oat any complications, ta recce cam and relief of hernia. The Y an efScient resisting power, the part affected, which daelrabl trims unencumbered with +traps J. Oa and Co., 1, Pucaday,ll WHITE and SOUND to Personal Attraction, the ir doper masticatloo of fon L DE-171YRICE, eon:moo ad Mashie value Ingams, prmeset% eumg the and in breath. U ersamtes tartar of incipient decay. and polishes which It imparts a pearl-like Sorties have obtained the patro seam of Europe, sod It Is mai • 9d. per box. Sold at 20, If and Pertanara Ask lor .11os . By Mr. E which be h the sole pate ARTIFICIAL =CHI to last a • Few boars, enthout pain or an =re:and detection kapok treatise. which fully expl Memo. Consultations free. T. tratorAtreet. Bond-street, and 31 NOTHING IMPOSSI moot useful invention of Mowts. 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Dr. Hawn. anal) natation of the " Lancet," sal Borstive nerrine esaence, I am I . well calculated. from It. coot Impolite and phosphate of man yens, the dyspeptic, and the 41 or four quantities In one for Lorton and Co., 620, Oxfued.a+ street, LC., Leaden. DR. CIILVIRWELL tiwata Lesilos. km just publicl No. 1. 0 No. 2. RIALTO. HAN'II No. It LOVE, • Moe No. 4. THE oath : poet Is i To be bad of Mean. De, 4sl No. L Great Mat r