The Express. — London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Finuy, )(Awn 11. The LORD CHANCRLLOE took kis seat upon the woolsack II 6 o'clock. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES. The Earl at MA UMW:SURE laid on the table a bill to Sneed the Lairs and Wee of Settled &Wee Act. BRITISH CONSULS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES. The Earl of CORK gave notioe, on behalf of the Marquis Clanricarde, that on Friday next he (the noble marquis) weald move for a copy of any oonespoodeoce between her isaty's government and the Confederate States of North America relating to the removal of British coasula frog or Mhe cessation of the functi ons o f B r itish consuls in th ose 111 Wm. CHIEF RENTS (IRELAND) BLLL This bill was read a third time sad paned. TURNPIKE ROADS BILL I%ia MB was rood a wood ties. Thar lardeleps adjourned at a gamer-pest 5. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY, MARCH 11. The Siscuma took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed ; Wee Railway Bill, Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, Chartrey Gas Bill, Dover Gas Bill, Folkestone Water Bill, DartsHy Railway sod Dock Company (No. I) (Capital) Bill, Matlack Bath Water Bill, Newry and Greenore Railway Boothwark•park Bill, and Watford and Edgware Jane• fie Railway Bill. THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. Lord HOTHAM gave notice that on Tuesday nett. on flee motion of the bon. member for Aodover (Mr. Forteetnig, be would move two amendments having for their object the prodection of papers in addition to those which the hon. member had given notice that he would move for. OHINA. - Lord R.. MONTAOU, on the — of the boo. member for Northumberland (Mr. • ), gave notice that the hen. lientleman noakl bring on his motion in reference t. Oluna is Sheikh of ApnL OBSERVATIONS ON THE WEATHER. Mr. AUGUSTUS SMITH hiked the President of the Beard of Trade whether any observations had been made far the purpose of recording the actual weather correspond ing to Admiral - Army'. daily foreeseta and oocesional warn ing signals ; and if so, whether there would be any objection to lay the results before the house. Mr. M. GIBSON mid he had to state that observations led been made daring the past year with a view to corn pariag the actual weather with the predictions which had bees made by Admiral Fitzroy, and the Board of Tradewere eedeavouring to digest that information, and to put it in • Asps which would be intelligible to the house, and when that had been does, and when Admiral Fitzroy had hadan opportunity of seeing this information, and of making his remarks upon it, he hoped to be able to lay it before the house ; and he might also state that by the kindness of the French authorities the Board of Trade had received a simi lar comparison which was made at Brest, and if possible that information would be laid ea the table of the house at the same time. (Hem, hear.) THE MHOW COURT-MARTIAL. Sir J. FERGUSSON asked the Coder Secretary of State fur War what opinion of the Judge Advocate-general on the subject of the Mhow coart.martial was cited by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief in his memo !sedum of lath December, 1861 What was the date of the epiniou in which. se stated by the I:oder Secretary of State Men th e th and 30th Jaw, 1863, after coesiclesation of the *bole of the proceedings, the Judge Advocate. General Oviaed that the sentence of the Mhow court-martial was lap]. and in consequence of which opinion Paymaster Illesales was, "after a time," garotted out of the regiment. Whether be will lay upon the table the evidence upon which ii was determined to bring Colonel Crawley to • court martial. Whether that evidence was previously sub mitted to the Judge Advocate-General for his approval. And whether, before the court-martial was ordered, any statement was received from Colonel Crawley in answer to ea parte evidence. Mr. HEAI)LAM said he would answer the questions of the hoe. and gallant gentleman. le the first place be was sorry to have in appearanee to contradict anything which the bon. and gtlant gentleman bad stated, but he had found on referring to the draft of his opinion that the word " legal" was not in it. What he stated was, that after the proceedings and evidence were laid before him, and he had considered them, he came to the opinion that if such a trial had occurred in this country, and he had submitted the proceedings to her Majesty, he oould not have advised her to approve of them. But he did not upon that opinion advise her Majesty to grant • pardon, sod although in point of fact he stated that the proceedings would be submitted for revision, yet they were legal. The date of his opinion was the 27th November, 1862. A subsequent opinion was given upon which a pat doe was granted, as be had stated to the home on a previous occasion. The papers and evidence were laid before him before the court-martial was ordered, and be gave an apioion that in the absence of a satisfactory explanation they would sup port a conviction. (The boo. gentleman was very India- Strictly beard in the gallery.) lord HO THAN salted for the date of the letter to which the right hon. gentleman had referred° Mr. H EADLAM. —The 23rd June, 1663. THE " PROFESSIONAL AND El ROPE t N " SOCIETIES. _ _ Mr. WICKHAM asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether. in his statement on Monday last on the Govern ment Annuities Ea he had any intention, when alluding to the transactions between the Professional and European Societies, to impute any dishonourable or improper aoudad to the European Society. The CHANCELLOS of the EXCHEQUER—I have great plea/lure is answering the question of my boo. friend. I had no intention whatever of imputing dishonourable or improper conduct to the European Society upon the facie maids I referred to. The facts were to this effect, that at the time of the amalgamation, which I believe should be more strictly called a transfer of liabilities from the Pro fessional Society to the European Society, there was registered on the policies the difference of value between the sum which was assured and the amount at which they stood at that period, and I described that transaction by the strong phrase of " wholesale robbery, rather than by that of fair mercantile transaction." My Munition was to deal exclusively with the relations of the hofeesional Society with its own policyholders. It was not to be expected from any other society that they would take those obligations at other than their value. I had no intention of referring to the European Society as being, so f►r as I could ascertain the facie, in any manner involved in the matter. In regard to the other suggestion that I ventured to make, I should be very glad if any statement can be forwarded to me on behalf of the Prolessioual Society, which would enable me to qualify the application of that phrase to that society. (Hear.) HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Sir S. NORTHOOTE asked the President of the Board et Trade what steps had been taken by the government, lace the reports of the select committee of 18.57 end the royal commission on harbours of refuge, fur the construe. lion or improvement of harbours ; and whether he would lay upon the table any correspondence that might have taken piece between the several departmenta of the government on the subject! Mr. M. GIBSON said that in ISdI a bill was introduced into the house by the government, and afterwards into • law, for the purpoie of authorising M r ia:from the public fonds to be made to harbour authori ties for the construction and improvement of harbours, cad that was in accordance with the recommendations of the committee and of the commissioners. Under that act Le believed that a sum of, in round numbers, nearly • million, bad been agreed to be lent for the improvement and construction of harbours, and at the present time there were other applicatioas which amount in value to between 200,000 f. and 300,000 f. He would refer to some of the places, and woull mention the case of Wick, which was making its own harbour—not as suggested by the C 00311116- sionera, but one which would be aatBcie•t for the local trade. and for the saving of life in cortimxioa with the fishing trade of that place. lit Port Patrick (as we understood) a harbour was also befog constructed by metre of a loan, which would be good both for trade and refuge, though not as recommended by the COMMiSINOCATIL The Tyne wee making its breakwater by means of • loan, and no the Tees • breakwater was being constructed which woad afford facilities far refuge. He might mention other places, but generally he would stater that • gnat deal of use Lad been made of the powers granted by the act of 1861. STARVATION IN BETHNAL GREEN, Lord R. CECIL asked the President of the Poor•law Board whether his attention had been drawn to the case of starvation is Bethnal-green, allepd to have taken plats through the neglect of the relieving officer : and whether any investigation into that officer's conduct was to be insti tuted h6.VILLIEILS—I beg to state that this caws arrested my attention on reading a report of it in the newspapers, and I did what is usual in my aka is cum of inquest■. I applied to the coroner fur • copy of the depositions. and I further directed an inspector of the Poor•law Board to proceed to the authorities of the p►riah to ask for information upon the subject. Those authorities stated that they were per• fee* ready to make any inquiry into the mutter, and with respect to the cue alluded to it may be satisfactory to the noble lord to hear that the man whose wife bad been, as stated, starved to death, was in the receipt of 15a. a week, and had been so throughout the winter, sad that the unfortneate woman herself was being attended b, the medical officer, and that he had made no application for nutriment, notwithstanding that it was stated she was starved to death. TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL. Major O'REILLY asked whether there was soy rule pro. hibiting prisoners on trial by court martial from having free comroaniration with their witnesses? Mr. HEA I 'LAM said that there was no difference in this respect between martial law and common law. In both eases prisoners bad hes access to their witnesses. INSPECTION OF NIGHT SCHOOLS. In answer to Mr. ScLer►it•BooTH. Mr. LOWE and that there was no special provision for the iaspection of night schools. The sight schools morel THE Pi:PRESS, EATUT , DAt IVtilll4l, MARVA 12, 1864. 000sidored to he part of the day schools, and so inspected. 7'he appointment of a special sta ff of inspectors would b. espied's, besides which the inspectors so appointed would be without employment for one-half the year, seeing that the eight schools were only held during the winter months. BANK ACT (8001'LAND) BILL. Sir A. AGNEW asked, as was unientood, when the above bill woe to be brought on. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER segthat the shareholders of the Waters Bank of Socitland had made an application respecting their note', in which the government could not concur. In order, therefore, to give time for ex planations, he would Si the bill for Mo nday next, and on that day would state whoa it would be proceeded wink. lkor• a Item cumber of poor sal ho reduce the rains. Be limed "That That the home was of embalm that it was just sad expedient to extend to Ireland the beneficial provisions of the Hagfish poor-law." Themotion was seseeded by Mr. Blake, mid opposed by Mr. Vanes, who contended that the intrude:this of the English poor law into Ireland would be a virtual °estima tion of the land of that country. It we aho opposed Sir F. Rs gate and Mr. O'Reigy, the latter of whom said that, however much the decline of population in the sistmr island was to be lamented, if the English law of settlement were transplanted there the state of things in that reapoot would be even worse than it was at preseot. Air H. BEUGE contended that the workhouses of Ireland Wit. well-managed institutioes, and mid that the land there wm rated in Mumma sertion ain this country, end that the yearly amount act expended in the 'minimal's* of the poor was upwards :87,030‘. He complained, bow ers', of the solarise of offieers, some of whom were esss o 7 llol for imperial purposes, and the expenses incurred for ringetra ties of births, deaths, and marriages, which had alimi whatever to do with the relief of the poor, being cha r ged upon the poor rates. After some remarks from Mr. Dcxwr and Sir P. O'Baus, . . Mr. H. HERBERT said that if the motion meant any thing, it meant the introduction of outdoor relief into Ireland, as a means of checking the rapid emigration of the people. But his belief was that the causes of the exodus were each as would reader any legislative measure totally inoperative. As long as there was such a vast difference in the rate of wages between America and Inland it would be perfectly idle to attempt to stop the tide that was now flowing, and not °sly would the proposal be inoperative, bat it would tend to increase and encourage rather than to arrest emigration. Sir R. PEEL pointed oat that it was not the came that out-door relief was wholly unknown in Ireland, for by the last returns it appeared that no ler than ten thousand per sona were in the receipt of that kind of relief. He contended that it would be a great social error to Windup, geoarally system which would teed to elevate those who removed ' poor-law relief above the independent allover. He showed that the system of out-door relief is Scotland bad proved so demorslising that a stand had been made against it, sod the workhouse test extessively established. The adoption of suck a plan as that proposed by the metros would largely increase the expenditure for poor relief in Ireland. He dad not deny that emigration from that country had greatly inc eased, but he did deny that it was attributable to social, bat mainly to natural mama and the obvious temptation to the peasant of better return for his labour than he could obtain at home. In refereace to an assertion that discontent wee so rife in Ireland that secret societies and brotherhoods existed, the right hou. gentleman gave • very amusing account of the sect called the Fenian, [which he showed to be the name of an ancient body, who were the militia of the country. There were, he ventured to say, few members who knew what Yemen meant. ("Hear, " ad a laugh.) Perhaps he might be allowed to exp lain. (Cheers, and laughter.) In Ireland they dealt in potatoes and romance. (laughter.) The Fenians were a very ancient body. In • note to one of Moore's poems " The wine cup is circling is Arras's bells." there occurred the words, ** Fenian Fenn , the ancient national militia of Ireland." (laughter.) It wee ion long ago when the condition of Ireland was one of per fect contentment—about the third century he thought. (Laughter.) It was as well they should know what the history of the Fenian. was. (Renewed laughter.) In the third century there was • king called Cormack, who had ten daughters—(laughter)—aW one of these married Fioni tt Crnhthall • man of inde pendent mean—(laughter)—who took an immense liking to hie father-is-law, and determined to establish • national militia, which he called after himself, Fawn or Feenii. (Laughter.) He believed that the Fatima then were very mediae what they were supposed to be at present. They were moo of considerable distinction for a long period of time, gaining all the battles of their king& At length the time came when they squabbled amongst themeless, they became divided into two meta and theism attacked the other. (laughter.) At last the sovereign of the time, whose name he forgot—(a langh)—could no longer tolerate the dimensions in these corps, and al called in the national army and annihilated every man. (Load laughter.) Nis, one man he believed escaped, and lived up to the time of St. Patrick—be moat have been a very old man then—(laughter) -and this man recounted toSt. Patrick the glories deb ancient Fenian* It was interesting to see what strange people these were. Their duty was to defend the country, but in the winter they were billeted upon the inhabitanta. They must have been very nosey customers if they were as noisy as the }Mans of the present day. (Laughter.) During the autumn and summer, , however, they had to look after themselves—they west out fishing, ad boiled the fish they caught in big pota. (Laughter.) They only wore • sort of pocket-haridkerchief, which they stripped off, and bong upon a tree while they bathed themselves. They also slept in trees .like the gorilla of the preempt day. (Laughter.) They were obliged to marry, not from any mereentry consideration, but merely to get a virtuous wife. They were bound not to insult any woman ; they were boned to relieve the poor, and not to turn their backs or refine to fight with nine men of any other nation. (Laughter ) There was a most remarkable point with regard to the Fenians which he hoped the present brotherhood did not follow— they were obliged before they enlisted to show their ex treme skill in running. Their hair was long, they plaited it round their he and were obliged to run through a wood, the whole corps mooing after them, and if they did not succeed in getting up a tree at • certain distance before the rest of the corps gut to them, they could not enlist with the Fenisas. (Laughter.) That was an authentic account of the ancient Pecans. They bad at the present day • brotherhood who called themselves after the same name. and he hoped that the modern Fenians would ratifies themselves to the amusements of their predebssors, and would not enter into those dispute. which in the time of Cormthal led to the annihilation of the corps. (Laughter.) He must oppose the motion of the hon. and learned option:lan, became he thought it would do considerable mischief, and add three. fold to the burdens of Ireland. The poor law of 11838 and 1847 answered the moot sanguine expectations which had been formed of it by Sir C. Lewis and Lord J. Russell. He had held his present office much longer than it was usual in recant years to bold it, and be had sees much of the country. He had Warped to admire not only the character, but the leathern)°, and industry of the people. He was able to appreciate inferences in that country arising from distinctions in locality, race, sad rah gioo, which he was sorry to say carried the mad back to times of impreesiou and animosity to the British government —to times of insecurity and uncertainty, arising from the absence of that closer political connexion sad that freer is tercourse which happily now subsisted between the two countries, and which were calculated to dispel that 104110- sitter, of prejudice which bad too long prevailed. (Hear, hear.) The differences and difficulties of the past, would yield more and more to the influence of circumstasses, which were visibly tending at the present moment to develop the national remotes and enterprise, and which, if carried on, as he hoped they would be. with spirit and determination, would unquestionably result in the substantial improvement and permanent benefit of that country. (Hem, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT urged that if the not distant future of Ireland should present an aspect such as the chief secretary had depicted, where the demand for labour would exceed the supply, and high wages and general prosperity would bs the rule, the question the home ought to put to itself was, whether we had not arrived at • time when the law in Ireland should be assimilated to that of Eng lard. There were two arguments, however, against that—namely, that the humblest classes of Irish had little disinclination to accept the relief of paupers, and, as the right bon. ;aroma feared, that the proprietors of land could sot be trusted with the administratioa of the law so usefully and advantageously as the same clam could be entrusted with it in thia country. That might be so, but Eugliahmen need not be indueoced by those arguments ; and he did not think there was any conclusive use in favour of maintaining the differ epos in the law between England and Ireland. The 000dition of Ireland was deplorable, and her position in relation to England not dissimilar to that of Venetia towards Austria, and of Poland towards Russia. Is fact, it was admitted by both proaestants and catholic* alike that the country was now more disloyal and disaffected than at any period in her history ; sad to illustrate the temper of the Irish mind he stated that he bad been assured by a large landed proprietor medal in the south of Ireland that if the Freoch were to land in Bantry Bay to-morrow they would be received with open arms by the surrounding population. Sir J. WALSH said that the debate had been carried on with singular moderation until the hon. member for Birmiogbam had risen to sow dimension in the house. He regretted to find that after every Irish member bad spoken in • conciliatory spirit, an English member should stand up and speak as the boo. member for Birmingbati had spoken. He (Sir J. Walsh) would characterise the speech of that hon. member as the most inflammatory and the moat marked by the 'pint of d son he had ever heard in that house. (Oh, oh.) He coo d remember the late Mr. O'Connell, but he had never heard bim use such inflam matory observations ; besides, which be had begged the ques ting from the beginning ; as he should recollect that wham 25 years since we reformed the poor-law in England we had had long experience of it, whereas in Indeed it was introduced for the first time. He was sorry to find the boo. member using his eloquence to widen any breach that might exist between the two countries. Mr. MAGUIRE raid that the boo. member for Birming ham did not require any defence from him, but be must say that he differed very much from the hon, baronet who had just at down as to the character of that hon. member's speech, or the intention of the speaker. He (Mr. Maguire) believed that there were times when men were bound to speak the truth, although when they did so their accents sounded harsh to thou who wished to have the truth veiled over. He wu sorry to 'spree, his opinion that there was very great esaspera• than amongst the people of Ireland at the pretest moment. The right boa baronet opposite had made light of the emigration, and bad pointed to Germany, to Western Europe. and to Great Britain as also having their emigre doe. Bat what were sixty thousand a year from the mil lions of Englaed to the 120,000 from Ireland out of the five-and-a-half millions which were still left la the entotry? The stream of emigration wee flowing on day after day with a stringer sod more impetuous current, and it was carrying away not the idle and dissolute, but the strong and energetic. He wished his boa. friend. embed of the vague roulades obi* he bed pat to the house, would withdraw hie ososebooat mot trios la a bill to using tits Wolin poor-law in Ireland. He should be sorry to bring the law of removal from England to Ireland, bemuse it destroyed paseperty sad eireumscribed the liberty of the working man. He could wish to see is Ulster aid elsewhere the same system introduced which elated in the North of Ireland. The tenant right system of the North of bedewed wee is his opinion the salvatioa of the farmers of that country, wed was the cense of the perfect agreement between the leadlord and tenant (Haar, hear.) Is justice to those who administered the present law he was bound to say there wake great improvement in the conduct of the board of guardians in Ireland. Out-door relief, however, was not Weeded with danger, bull/nth beneficial results, sad he Goad vie b to see the boards of guardians give that relief more liberally than it was now given, Let sot the right hoc. baronet (Sir B. Peal) in future, when there was dis tress in Ireland, poirkto the poor-law, and say the small number of pauper+ in the workhouses wan • proof of no distress. He knew there ware numbers of fieople who would actually rather die in • garret or • ditch than enter the walls of • workhouse. He thought that Ireland would he better governed by Irishmen ; but if that could not be the case, be trusted that legliebnien would endeavour to govern the country io • wise, just, aid gammon spirit. Mr. W. S. KNOX complained of the intemperate and offensive speech of the boo. member for Birmingham, and denied the truth of hie statement, that if a French army landed in Bantry Bay it would be received with acclama tion by the in the south of Ireland. Mr. RIG HT said he did not make that statement. but had quoted it from -to Irish protestant gentleman of large Pr r. ItNOX said be was satiated that if such an army leaded in Bantry Bay the people of Ulster would rim as one man to expel! the invaders. Lord NAAS said that the hoe. member had gone back to the history of Ireland 100 years ago, and raked up old grievances. He depicted the country se being in a disloyal state, and said that the feeling of the people was alienated from England and their natural leaders, but notwithstand ing the long time he had been • member of that house, he had proposed a remedy fee that state of things. No ooe regretted more than he (Lord Nam) did the emigration from Ireland, but he did not find that any summation had bees made to stop it. The hoe. member for Dungarvan rid " adopt tenant right r but where tenant right existed animation was most rife. (Hear, bear.) The fact was that emigration depended oa causes far beamed the reach of par liament or any laws, and moil those causes be included the higher rate of wages and the greater certainty of obtaining • competency on the other side of the Atlantic. He thought that gentlemen who like the hon. member for Birmingham declared before the face of the people, many of whom ware ill-educated and illiterate, that the true cane of to emigration was the apathy of the British parliament and its indsposition to do anything for the poor distressed po pulation of Ireland, incurred a heavy responnbility. No member who had spoken during the present seesioo, he was satiated, had incurred • deeper or more serious responsibi lity in that reepect than the hon. member for Birmingham. No doubt it was a matter of notoriety that a great amount of disaffection existed in Ireland, but it did not arise from anything which was done in this country, but was caused by paid emissaries from America, who came over to that country and endeavoured to delude the poor people that they could saisoessfully re. sistthe power and might of Ragland. He was far from saying that improvements could sot be made in the Irish poor law ; but after the full inquiry into the whole subject by • committee two years ago, he took it that the leading principles of that law would be maintained. He was of opinion that they could not take a course which would more certainly crush the people of Ireland and encourage emigre eioc than by extending the principles of the English poor ' law to thatcoontry, and adopting • system of outdoor re lief. (Hear. hear.) Mr. HENNESSY then withdrew his motion. ROAD ROUND ST. JAMES'S PARK. Sir W. FRASER celled the attention of the First Com missioner of Works to the state of the road round Si. Jaime's-park, at present and for many years past, sod ex pressed • hope that the right hon. gentleman would take some measures as soon as pomade to improve that thoroughfare. He knew it was said that country members were averse to the country at large paying for metropolitan improve ments, but this was an appanage of the crown, and as the crown had 0000eded the right to the road, the least they could do was to keep it in repair. Mr. COWPER said, es far as he was aware, considerable care was taken to make the road • good oat There was a great dad of traffic upon it and it bad been in • bed state owing to the amount of traffic and the wet weather, bat • quantity of granite had been placed on it, and when the roller had baba used it would be in • good condition. The house then weal into committee of supply pro fermi, and immediately resumed. - 1413 — *AttUirnes• HOUSE OF LORDS.-HASCH 1L APPIALt The Lords present ;may the Lord Chancellor, Lord Crap worth, Lord St. Lemards, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelms- ford, and Lord Kiwis/we. THE ATIOENIT•OENEILLL b. NOMA= JAM HENRY HESTON ?IMO; JACO* WILLIES. DAVID WILSON, ADD WILLIAM THOMPSON CLAIMING THE SHIP ALEXANDRA. This is an appeal from the deoisiou of the Court of Ex chequer Chamber, arrived at es tlio Bth of IfisMnery, dismissing au appeal from the Court of Exchequer. The mat ters which go to the anhetanee of the case are riot mailer eon sideratioa oo the present ocoasica, the only poet for argument arid decision being the competency of the Court of Exchequer to mote rules by which an appeal was per mated from the revenue Nile of that court to the Court of Exchequer Chamber, and by oorteequence to their lord ships' home. The Attorney-General. the Solicitor-General, the Queen's Advocate, Mr. Locke, Q.C., sad Mr. Thomas Jones ap peared for the appe llant; Wu H. Cairns, Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, C.C., and Mr. Kemplay, were for the respondent. The Attorney-General opened the arguments on the part of the appellants. The Solicitor-General followed on the same side, and at the conalusion of his arguments the further bearing of the cue was adjourned to Monday. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. MAId 11. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) CARSTAINS V. cAsyrens, WILLSON, DIGGS, AND DICIENNBON. The counsel for the respoadeuta couteoded that the seri. dews did not substantiate the pleas ; but Do attempt was made to prove the countercharge against the petitiorier. Sir J. Wilde having summed up, The jury found that the allegations of adultery with Dickenson bad beau proved, but that the others bad Dot. Sir J. Wilde thee proaounaed a decree nisi with costa monist Dickens," bat le Mend Gonne against the other 00-respoodants. BUSLVESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to Mr. W•LPOLE, Sir G. GREY said that the Petal Servitude Bill would be prooreded with oa Thursday text, provided the dims sit* on the Government Annuities Bill did not occupy the Douse till too late an hour. DANISH BLOCKADE. In answer to Mr. Daunts% Mr. LA YARD promised to give the earliest information respecting any exteirlion of the Danish blockade of the German porta. WHITECROSS-STREET PRISON. Mr. DENMAN asked whether the attention of the Home Secretary had boo sailed to the Cif 0111111A111100 of . . 'meal peieown being dienbxged^by the polio. from Wham:cgs-street Prison, the Middlesex magistrates having refused to discharge them. He wished to know whether any steps would be Wow by government in the matter. Sir G. GREY maid that the circumstance had mina in consequence of a difference of opinion between the mop- Oslo end the authorities of the City of Loudon reepeeturg the custody of prisoners arrested for penalties. It was not a matter on which the government could interfere, but must be decided in the Court of (,fuse's Bench. TILE OONFERENCE. Mr. S. FITZGERALD wished to pat the question to the noble lord at the bead of the government of which he had given petite. It had reference to the reply given by the noble lord respecting the proposed conference on Danish affairs, and, at the same time, to the statement made by the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in another place. TM noble toed at the head of the government would recollect that oa Tuesday last he stated that proposals had been made for • conference oa Danish affairs, there being no cessation of hostilities in the meantime, the only basis being the maintenance of the independence and integrity of Denmark ; and, further, that the proposal had been made with the concurrence of Russia and France. At the seme time the noble lord at the Mad of the Foreign-cdfloe, speakiag in another place, gave an account of the present condition of affairs, not only in consistent with, but totally contradictory to, that mode by the noble lord. The noble Seontary for Foreign Affairs stated that there had been apropoiallaidbefonber Majesty's government, which bed been communicated by them to the Danish government, and that that proposal was that there should be • suspension of hostilities, sod that the belli gerents should retain the positions they at present occupied, conditional, however, on the acceptance by Denmark of certain manta as bases, namely, • personal anion between Denmark and the duchies, and an indissoluble union between Sleswig and Holstein. At the same time, the noble lord said that he had not communicated shoes facts to France and Buena, as it would be necessary in the first inseams to obtein the opinions of the belligerent powers. He (Hr. Fitzgerald) seed hardly point out the in convenience of haring different information given in the two house., sad in order to clear up the roisuodsr standing he should ask, on what bases had the proposal far • conference been really made, whether it was to he un derstood that there was to be no cessation of hostilities, or whether there was to be a aeration of hostilities coaditional on the acceptance by Denmark of °erten points ; whether the noble lord would commenicate to the house what those points were, which by the two powers bad been made conditional, and whether in the opinion of her Majesty's government those points consisted with the maintenance of the iodependenoe and ia togrity of Denmark! He wished further to know whe ther the noble lord (Palmerston) still adhered to his statement that the proposal had bees made with the amen* of France and Russia, or whether, as the odds lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had stated, the points had not been communicated to those powers. Lord PALMERSTON—I am not at all surprised that in so complicated a matter as the Danish question, and in answers given to questions which I must my had much better not been put, the bon. member shouM have been led to mix up together matters which were is themselves distinct. What I meant to state was that we had vainly tried to obtain the consent of the UM , punts to an armistice as preliminary to • conference, be cause each perty insisted upon conditions to that armistice which the other parties would not agree to. I stated, there fore, that her Majesty's government felt it to he so im portant that negotiations should be begun, that they pro posed there should be • conference without an armistice, and that Austria Lod Prussia had agreed to the proposal, but that from Denmark we had not as yet received an an swer. I stated that although we had good reason to believe that France, Russia, and Sweden would agree to such conference, no proposal had been made to them until we knew that the belligerent. ware agreed. Until that agree meat was obtained we felt there would be no use in gay further. Then I stated that, inasmuch as England, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Swedes all concurred in admitting the validity of the treaty of 1852, and in the obligations which that treaty imposed to maintain the in dependence and integrity of Denmark, the powers, when amembled in cordon/ion, would stand an that basis No formal bases had, however, been because we bad no knowledge that the t powers would sgree to the conference. It would be hereafter, when the conference met, to arrange the bases of discusioa. That which my noble fried stated, sad which the hon. member has mixed op with other mitten, was the opinions which front time to time bad been expressed by different parties, and which were well known. At different periods of the negotiations Prussia has intimated its opinion that there should be an administrative union between the two Duchies, and that they should both be connected with the rest of Denmark by the link of the crown. That, however, was not • bases of negotiation, nor wee it a point epos which the British government had given an opinion, yea or no. All these points would be discussed when the negotiations commenced. but we knew that Denmark objected to such an arrange ment. Ido not apprehend that there is any substantial difference between what I stated sod what my noble feud stated, if the hon. member will look attentively at the re pmts, which I have not as yet been able to do. My noble friend and I are perfectly in accord as to the facie, and therefore it is utterly impossible that we could have made statements which were at variance with each other. (Hear.) MALTA. DOCKTAR . Is answer to Sir J. HAT, Lord C. PAGET stated that the vote for Malta Dockyard would not be taken until after Easter. THE BROMYTON ORATORY. Sir G. GREY asked the hon. member for Korth War wieJuibire whether be intended to mare for Mr. Smee's cor respondence with the Home-office respecting the banal. ground attached to the Brompton Oratory. If the ho.. member would move. the papers would be given. Mr. NEWLEGATE mid he bed deferred his motion in the belief that the motion which stood Wore it would occupy the whole evening previous to the committee of supply. He should be much obliged for Mr. Smile's cor respondence, but wished to add that he did not wish to out say imputation on the right boo. berocet. His emu plaint was of the law, which he wished to have altered. NAVY ESTIMATIM h answer to Sir J. EL/111E37'0Ni. Lord C. PAGET stated that the navy estimates would not be taken until Monday eveolog, when rote 8 would be recommitted. THE CONFERENCE. Mr. S. FITZGERALD said be bad examined the news paper report to which he hail referred in his pre►ious quo-dim, and he found that the noble lord at the head of the Foreign-office had aid that the bases of the cadence* were that hostilities should be suspended, the belligerents ooeupyiog carious points. He wished to know whether that was or was not the case. Lord PALMERSTON—What the boo. member refers to must have been some statement baring reference to the general proposal of an armistice, but the present proposal is • ooefereoce without cessation of hostilities, it being reasoe. able to think that if the conference were once assembled round • table the first object of inquiry would be whether an armistice might not be agreed on, and I should hope that sock inquiry would lead to a favourable conclusion. (Hear, hear.) _ _ FIRE INSURANCE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Seeing by the notice paper that the boa. member for Dudley ham given notice, for Tuesday next, to move for leave to bring in a bill to reduce the duty on drw insurance. I h►ve to give notion of the following resolution :—That this house is un• willing to proceed with any motion respecting the surrender of any amount of the public revenue in so far as the duties on fire insurances are concerned until it has learned the amount of receipt and charges for the year, and until it learns whether it is likely there will be say surplus Moors* available for the reduction of taxation. Further, until it has had am opportunity for considering the several claims for reduction with a view to the beet arrangement for the relief and welfare of the country. SIR ROWLAND HILL. Lcrd PALMEItSTON--Sir, Ibelieveit is well known that that valuable sod deserving public servant, Sir Row. land Hill, is about to retire from the public service, and that in the ordinary course of Minty he will bs entitled to • pension for life. I beg to move that this boles resolve itself into committee of supply on Monday sett for the purpose of considering whether that pension should not he extended for the life of Lady Hill should she survive her husband. (Cheers.) STATE OF IRELAND. On the order for going into committee of supply, Mr. EIENNESSY called attention to some of the canoes of the &clime of the population of Irelaod, and especially to the difference between the laws for the relief of toe poor is Ireland, and the laws for the relief of the poor is England sod Scotland. He was of opioion that this &Minnow of law was the chief cause of the , limiuutioo is the population, and that if the poor-law is Inlaid Inn the same es that which exiled is this coaalry, the ant would be at coos to SUPPLY. . The report of supply wee brought up arid agreed to, ex cept the vote for the wages of &tidiest.' in the dockyards, which was recommitted. LAND SECURITIES COMPANY. The bowie haying resolved itself ioto committee, Sir J. FERGCSSON moved that the stamp duty payable oil the m • debentures transferable bv delivery issued by the Isod Securities Company (Limited) shall be the ad valorem duty which by the act of the session of the 16th and 17th years of ber pr ese nt Majesty, chap. 59, sec. 14, is prescribed in the case of mortgages giver' by public com panies, as therein expressed. The resolution was agreed to, and the house resumed. FISH Ti.INDS (SCOTLAND!. On the notices of the LORD ADVOCATE, leave was given bo bring io a bill to provide for the oommniation of vicarage teinda on Sqb in Scotland. The house adjourned at half-past 11 o'clock. ----- Lord Fermoy was prevented by an attack of inflames from voting for Mr. Ooze two motioos on the Mutiny Bill report and west Mr. Lawson's Spirit Ball. MR. RANTING'S CURE FOR CORPULENCE. TO TIM ZDITOI OF THE ELP2IIII4. Sta,—Most unfounded reports have lately been industriously and extensively circulated that I hare been ill —daagerously ill—laid by—indeed that I hare died— through practisiag the dietary system to cure oorpalsoce, on ',Ceti subject I have published • pamphlet ; reports which are calculated to distress my friends at • distanoe mid to bring the dietary into disrepute. I beg to say, not only that I am not dead, bat that I have not been ill, and that continue to enjoy the same perfect health that 1 hare ever had since I adopted the dietary.—Wur.Law B•h^rnio, 4, Th• Terrace, Kensington, March METROPOLITAN BOARD or WORKS.—The weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday at their offices, spriag-prdens, Mr. Thwaites presiding. Mr. W. Tile, P., moved "That the letter of Messrs. Bircham acid Co., with a proposal for leasing and purchasing the plots of land remaining unsold in Southwark•street, sod for purchasing all the plots in the new street from Blackfriars to the Mau -1 sion.houes, be referred to the streetal committee for con sideration, and report that the proposers be allowed to at- teed the committee to explain in detail the nature of their I proposal." He said the company Irma composed of highly respectable French capitalists, and their object wee to pur deem land in large quantities sad re-sell it by smaller portions. The proposal had been before the streets committee and rejected, but he thought there would be an advantage gained in sending the matter back for remosideration. Mr. Freeman said he could not understand why the matter was brought forward, because it bad been referred to the streets committee and re ported upon, sad there was no reason why it should be referred back to them. The Chairman said this, was a mistake on that question. It was thought that the com mittee reported against it because they objected to selling the land wholesale instead of in lots ; but that w as no t th e memo why the committee reported against the proposal. The sole reason was that the offer made for the land was totally insufficient, and therefore it had been rejected ; but if they were disposed to edema* os their offer the committee would entertain it. He thought the ques tion might be referred to the committee. After some dis cussion as to the terms offered the motion was agreed to. The Chairman said the time bad arrived when the board mast consider the subject of raising • loan for the Thames Embankment, and he thought the question was of inch im portance that it ought to be considered io a committee of the whole board. He therefore suggested that the matter should be referred to the Thames Embankment committee (wleh is a committee of the whole board) for consideration and report. This was agreed to. The streets committee brought up their report, submitting the report of the engi neer of his interview with the engineers of certain metro. politan railways, and recommending that he be instructed to attend the further confereoos of the engmws with • view to the maintenance and protectiors of the works of the board and local bodies and of the public intereus gene rally. The report was, after some discussion, adopted, and the board adjouroed. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA MEWL —Yesterday, in the committee of the Lords, the bills for the Buigor sad Ilanbens and Carnarvon and Umbria, No. I, were thrown out, and those for the Cimarron aod Llanberis, No. 2, approved of and poised. The case for the Shrewsbury Bridges = was opened by Mr. Rodwell. In the Commons committees, the bill for the West Riding and Grimsby Railway Bill was passed. that for the West York shire witbdrawo and the cue for the Halifax, Hudders field, and Kaiihley opened, and evidence given by the promoters. The mu for the North and South Western Junction was continued ; and that of the Shef. geld, Chesterfield, and Manchester Railway taken in Mr. 1 Elsowlield's oonuaittee, who are engaged upou as investiga tion (adjourned until Moeday ) into - the legality of the pro. sent mode adopted by railway companies of payieg deposits into the Courted Chancery by the of railway bills. "A.MILNITINS or DIMATZ.—T e New York Tribune, 1 after emoting some axtraote from the Earl of Derby's highly eersoaal remarks upon Earl Rummell on the first night of the umiak says:—" Having been led to believe, with dm mei.- Canticle, by the English press and _speakers, that our Con grim had the monopoly—as it certa inly has a liberal miry ment—of aorinemioas pereamlities in debate, we mielean plate the foregoiegapechnen with sentimeate we shall not attempt to express. We roproduee it, indeed, with diffi dence, end we beg that to member of Congress—and espe cially no oas of the opposition—will think himself bound to regard it as • model for imitation." llonninan's Ti* is choice and strong, moderate la prior, and wbotisomo tow Th om advoatoiros Yew secorod for OM Teo • peril pokier*. kle kr k poder by is apar-4/41verekeroort ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exuaz, MARCH 11. (Before Mr. Boron BrasowelL) __ Harmed jaw Harrison, • girl 13 years of age, was trwith having committed wilful wad corrupt perjury ilitos„ on the ?Jed of October. Mr. Carter and Mr. Turner prosecuted ; and Mr. Cole rifts, Q.C., and Mr. Bore defended the prisoner. The prosecutor, Mr. Poole. is • schoolmaster living at lioniton, and the prisoner was a pupil of his. She that he had taken liberties with whilst giving hel e t bums, asd • prosecution was instituted against Mr. Poole, and he cm tried and acquitted. The statements which Miss Harrison made with reference to Mr. Poole were alleged to be false, and on these the charge of perjury woe based. Mr. Coleridge made • very eloquent address to the jury is dehisce of the primmer, and his lordship having summed up, The jury acquitted the prisoner. ME. CANTER AND THE JUDGE. During the hearing of the above cue Mr. Carter made • personal attack ou Mr. Coleridge, the learned counsel fa the defence, and in a previous case the following scene occurred The Jadge—You hate no right to make that statement, ![r. Carter. Mr. Castor—You hare no right to interrupt in this ws►. Jodge—l have the right, for you ere stating taut which is incorrect. Mr. Carter—l have it on my notes. The Judge—Hear me out, sir. You, air, know that the only bieding record of what a witness says is what appears cni the judge's notes, sad I have not got It dews. Mr. Carter (sharply)—Theo you ought to have it down. The Judge—lf you repeat that expression to aura send you out of court, sir. Mr. Carter—You're at liberty Lo do it. The Judge—Behave yourself decently, or you shall be sent out. Mr. Cuter—Your lordship has no right to address me in this way. The :I udge—l bare the right, and shall exercise it very uopleametly for you, perhaps. Mr. Carter—You may exercise the power ; b7t I don't know whether you have the right or sot. I protest gamiest being interrupted and addressed in this manner. Thproe Judge—Go on with your address, and conduct your self y. Mr. ter l then continued his address to the jury. THE POLICE COURTS. MANBION-HOLTBP- John WhiWaver, Daniel Roes, and Charles Hodgson were brought op on remand, in custody of Detective-officer Bull, before Mr. Alderman Gibbons who sat for the Lord Mayor, to undergo • final examination upon • charge et forging and uttering three bills of exchange, one for 984, and two for 1001., with intent to defraud. , - a ppea red --- Mr. Abram= to prosecute ; Mr. Lewis ap peared for Hadpou sad Ross, sad Mr. Beard appeared for Winttkeerer. TIN prisoners were committed for trial. Mere was another charge agaiost the posin Hodgson, for obtaining the sum of 60/. from Mr. Gibson by means of a false pretence ; which wan gone into by Mr. Bishop who appeared on the pert of Mr. Gibson ; and the primmer wan alao committed for trial upon that charge. Bow-STILKET. Giles Edwards iind — Ste -- I.Drai; were brought up on remand, charged with a cloth. the property of Mr. Blurtou, of High Holborn, woollen draper, by whom Edwards bad been employed as sanietent. Drake had purchased two lengths of sloth from Edwards, who had only entered one length as being sold. The two were afterwards pledged, mid the duplicates found upon Drake. - Icnail named Gilpin. who mid be was a woollen draper's assistant out of employment, said he had been for the last year in the habit of pledging goods for Drake. When the sum obtained by pledging the goods amounted to 5/. he got 21. from Drake, and when 4914 he usually received 24., sod for smaller amount le. He had seen the primmer' together at a public-house. In croimexaminatiou by Mr. L Lewis, the witness said that for the last twelve months he had bee, out of employ, sod had no other mows of living than what be earned from Drake. Was all the while under the impression that it was a perfectly honest transaction. Mr. Weaken for Drake, suggested that the witness ought 'to be placed in the dock with the premiers, as having pledged the property knowing it to be stoles. The magistrate did not think there were ground s f or suc h a charge. The two lengths of cloth were produced by the pawn brokers and identified by the prosecutor. The prisoners were committed for trial. SOUTH WARK. —— • • George Biaostk s tio;iclootor one of Mr. Wood's omni buses, No. 6,759, attended before Mr. Bureham to pr.:recut* • sumosoos obatioed by him on Saturday last agmost Alder. map Wilma. for »fussing to pay him the sum of one one, justly doe to him as the rerogodee of his fare for riding m tlis . eekl carriage. . . Whoa the case wee called on the chief clerk informed his worship that the alderman bed eckeowledged the error by sending the penny. with 2.5. the mists d the summons, and Zie. for the complainant's low of time. The 000dustor Armtek protested against the worthy alderman's conduct His time waa worth ss. a day, aad be had lost ocerly two days by his obstinacy. The alderman how very well when he got oat of hie omnibus that his fare was 3d., baying gone beyond Cornball. The clerk tdd the defendant that the alderman had paid into court all the law entitled him to. The oonductor thought it WIIS very hard that he should only be allowed three shillitigs for his lose of time. The alderman was vindictive against him, for he had actually obtained two sommoneme for him to attend Guildhall police-court to-day to answer complaints made by him for loitering. James Oriffithe, • pater in the employ of the London. Brightoo, and Booth Comet Railway Company. was placed at the bar before Mr. Borehole, charged with sealing • pith. of itewlioen sheets, the property of the oompaDy. Deem. Reardon. the &silvery (orgasan at the Brick layers' Arms station, said that the prisoner was em played with others about the warehouses. On the pro chum afternoon he directed him to secure some hampers of linen prior to their being sent by train to Brighton. I Witness had occasion to leave the place foe • short time, and on him return he looked at the hamper and was satisfied that some of the property had been abstracted. Perceiving something bulky under the prisoner's frock he challenged him with having some of the property weaseled there, but the prisoner denied that. However, on • con stable being sent for, he picclooed from under his frock the linen sheets produced, worth lOs. In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he was sorry for what had occurred, but there were others as bad as hi was. ODe of his fellowhervants told him to help himself,andactoally staid before hint while he took out the 'theta. _ . _ Oue of the isispectors iolornted hie worship that the premier had been some years in the company's employ, and hitherto bore a very good character. Such robberies, however, were so frequent that the company felt bound to prossonte Mr. Burghs= sentenced him to three ingethoe bard labour._ CAorka FiteA, another labourer in the same employ, was charged with Keehn a &Ms chair from the warehouse. The chair, a very old owe, bad bass w► rata &Yin about uselainied, and t►e primmer took it away, believing it to be worthless. The isepeetor raid the chair was sot worth mach, bat the prieower had go right to take aeithies out withowt as order. _ _ - lir - . Burnham, believing that the primmer took the chair under an Idea that it was of ao wawa discharged Lira, bet at the mate time cautioned him sot to Mite antiwar for the fatal, liaises he bad Lave to de so. MARKETS. RUC A R.-BRNTOL, MARCH 11. —There is left dolor it tt. sugar market, sod the soles of the week here howl ter, small; prices remain unaltered. Refiners' Produce - deemed se quiet, sod were* any business doing hs ether crushed or mimeo . Rum—No wake to report. TALLOW. —Fon:lov EOlomo.—The motet wo. stead, to-day. Spot, sod for Idareb, 41.. to 41.. 31. ; Apui June, 41s. 6d, I Janis 425. ; October to December, 44a. to 441. 6d. ; old Y.C., 41e. Delivery to last evasion, !v: : coin ; amivolA TACNA.. At the public sales of me i (easily low Seiko') o ff ered, 70 nooks were s o w _ Australia, beef, 40.. 3d. ; ebeam. 41.. 6d.: South An,.. riots, 41e. 6d. offered, bought in at 421 ; North Mn., so doe, 40a. ed. to 41e. ; low mod impure. 36.. to Tows tallow without choir, at 401. 6d. net. Coron a • ail was ed.lowitt ismalice ; Coebio, at 42.. to 42a. dal Ceylon, 38... 3d. to 361. ; Sydoey„ 39.. to 395, 6,j,, Ming to dee. Alarm oil steady, a t 36 1. , hoe Lagos Ae„. 345. to 3SL Palm mat oil, 33e. good quality. Rough fat. 12.166. carrow. —LivisPoon, Menai I I.—The matisned sc certainty whit& lump over the future of cootinentalK tics has bad a very &premiss influence upon the ro.rle. throughout the whole of the peat week, and the went .4 holiness has eeaaaassssgqneatly been very limited ; prices Lar, shown great triage American descriptions are 4 ,1 par lb. easier. Brazils have been moderately dealt in it redaction of about id. per lb. Ecyptian have been (relit offered, and to effect sales holden haws submitted to aM. cline of fully id. per lb. In Sum* better qualities mum scarce, sod prime are osly id. lower, whibt the conawisei grades cautions very unsaleable, even at a reduction of IA. per lb. China is gd. to fd. leek, ; Beads sad Besra, jd. to ld. pr 16. Speculaten have takes 13,190 bake ; 3,920 bales; and the trade, 20,010 bales of all km, ruri rt rg the week. We have had i fair demand to-day, witi *quiet market. The sales are 4,000 bales, of which I,Otsi am for export and speculation. The I followios are th e official quotations Middliog Wears, 26gd. ; middling 1:p. Janda, raid.: middling YebiM, 260. COTTON GOODS. ancHeerea, Ifaacst market continues very flat and drooglag. In shippiti yarns only • very limited business has been done. There have bees some offers, bat at prior too low to meet sith consideration from spinners. We have heard of one or two contracts for 40's, for delivery this month and in April, at • moderately fair price, but generally buyers appear more disposed to operate where there are available storks than where goods have to be produced. There are a good namber of orders in the hands of merchants, which they have not conlidenoe enough to place at present prima. fi they could be sure that yarns lad reached the lowest pount they would no doubt give out such orders, but an impression gat prevails that all descriptions of eottot =V I continue to decline, and purchasers limit their to mach only as are more pressingly re. (mired. Home trade yarns are quoted the same is on Tuesday, and if there is any change it in favour of buyers. In cloth the same doll feeling prevails today as on Tuesday. There is almost a total absence of business for all mulish& ; and though et continued decline of prices is attracting the attention of buyers, they appear quite &I disinclined to do business they have been at any time during this month past. Tot consequence of this inactivity is that prime are again acme what easier, though in the atomice of busing.' to test prim it would be difficult to give reliable quotaticns. Ileum Ponder and Co., in their semimonthly circular for India ti Wednesday, say the dulness reported at the close of lac month "has gradually incased end during the past see, has amounted to positive stainatios.” They add that "quotations are more irregular, and rather lower, Maui comparatively little affected in coesequenoe of the small. nem of stocks and the moderate extent of productioc." They report that in Calcutta goods during the past fort. night only a few sales of light fabrics are reported, while the sales for China are trifling. For Bombay bemuse limited. 39 inch 5411 b. grey shirting% its. 9d. to 134.3 d ; 7111., 17s. to 18a. ; wide shirtincs dull, at 2a 6d. to 2a 7nl. per lb. ; longr.loths nominal, at 2e. 3d. to 2a. 4d. per lb, India yarns Id. per lb. down in the last fortnight. CORN.—CM.IIIIIOIID, Make 11.—Thera was • very small supply of wheat at market today, sod coaditioe very poor ; best dry samples about maintained their value, damp unsaleable. Wheat, red, Ms. to 40a; extra, ; white, 445. to 46e.; extra, 475. Barley, best malting, without eis. Bases very much out of coaditioa, is. lower. samples made last week's mime. Lamour, )(Aiwa IL—W• bad • abort supply of wheat at eer market, the trade dull at last week's rates. Barley about the SIMS as this dav ee'unight. Wheat, red, 394. to 40a. ; white, 425. to 44a. &thy, 24.. to 355. Oats, 19s. to 225. M ARM 11.—To hy'a nastiest was only poorly atten i ded vizr ,: wheat sold to • fair extent at the full prima of this day week. Flour bed a somewhat better inquiry. The demand for oats motioned on a most limited scale, mid bad kyle' of quantity appeared, they might hare put. chased on easier terms. Oatmea l unchanged. Indian corn inactive, bat no lower. Egyptian beans obtained rather bitprices. Irish grinding barleydulL e A r KIMILD. MANCE 11.—A good show of wheat. Factors gsmerally ask last Friday's pries', but the demand is confined chiefly to secondary sorts, and to effect sales s slight 000ssesion has to be made. Barley slew of sale, and rather chmper. Is beans, oats, and shelling no chaste. Average for the week mediae March 7 :—Wheat, 2,72 i qra. at, 41a. Ogd. ; barley, OM, at ark. ; oats, 61, at 21s. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mlles Paa- Ma , Total, Total, PALLWATS. open. 'engem ohmage. UM 175'2. Week maw Noe. 29. C E L C Lill Lam: =Division o76i 7,196 1666 16,069 9. , 1 Di Won Provisions Stsa 3.3.14 3,791 7,11.6 Week elution Jan. 9. ___ 1666. 1663. ... n. d n i F ti m i Jae. - a. Week ending ha. 14. Greed Indian Pentads Week wading Feb. 17. loot/lab North %amiss Week ending Feb. 28. &artery & Rotterdam Week ending Marsh 3 %igloo Eastern lonetioa . 164 1111 217 315 %0 Week ending March 4 Ombra sad Moue N la 1,184 &la 1. 16 8 & Amt. * Lognbeede.V ma. 1,911 4.4/7 430 517 1.347 LC% 9lesillaiaLlineT — lOB2 9,987 26,960 18,0117 e 0,113 (Lombardo Lee) Lien of Ceutrel Italy 167 2,169 1.420 3,269 2,327 Week ending March 6. 561.6.1 and 'tsetse Caladandsa 246 6,1171 12,446 16,817 16,76 e Owning — 766 649 1,324 1.30 Great Malan& OW 10,800 11,879 27,7211 28,21 Greet Nartlewn 563 16,177 20,661 30,788 17,;11 Loltuolt Ran.wAr.—The half-yearly gene ra meetieg woe held yesterday, at No. 16, Toksaboues. yard; Mr. fi. Bird in the chair. Mr. ?argues:id reed the directors' report, which Mated that the arrangements with the Extension Oempuiy, ia which the West Loadaa was aow absorbed, bad not bees yet completed ia regard to the final registration of charm, but the directors hoped the =t would meatually be carried out om the basis of gl a nd proposal. The report further e, Mt. regret of the board at the loss of their late e, Mr. Cubitt, and intimated that they had elected Mr. G. who bad been long cueseseed with the company, to All the v ocamimMl by Mr. Cabal's death. The accounts ehc=recemte to the extent of 317,0001. odd, which wee met by dislxusements, with the exception of a West* in hand of 7161. The report waa unanimously adopted, the directors retiring by rotation were re-elected, and after the traasactios of some further formal business, the proem:t inge closed with the usual vote of thanks. It was stated in the sours, of the proceedings that the arrangement with the Extensioe Company would probably be oompleted daring the current half.yeer, in which case the present would be the lest meeting of the West London Company, MORE THAN EVIOI AND BRIT= THAN applies to the largest and beet stock of spring and summer patterns ever submitted for public approval The world -famed lea trousers at Alfred Webb Mimi; the ortginatoes only cite bilthamot. 73, Brookairestjtimoveraquare. bitablished —(Ativortliemeat. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BI RTHIL BRANDRAM—March 9, et Chapraore-end, Ware, the wife of J. B. Drandram. Lg., of • soo. LATION—Marok 9, as,,,The Grove, Slough, the wife of E. A. La). Mu, ef a sea. MONK—March 9, at Torquay,l the wife of Charles .1. Mont. Reg , of • daughter. ...yip WHITEHRAD- March 9. at Southwood-ball, Highgate, the wife of Jeffery Wldt•head, kiss , of a daughter. WILLICOMSI—Mardt 9, at Tuubrhigewells, the wile of Mr. thecae Willicombe, of • sou WlLES—March 9, at Mill bank, Anfield, Liverpool, the wife el W. G. Wilke, laq., of a daughter. ithJULLADM ANDREWS—LOCI.—March 10, at AU Saints', Norfolk-anusre. by the Rev. N. J. Balchlu, H. Andrews, Lq., of Seat Mouber. Surrey, to Lodes. daughter of U. Lock, L 9., Talboteguan. Hyde-park. SULYIL-11YDL—March 10, at St. Saviour's. Paddlegtce, by the Rev. G. C. Rego, T. C. Rolfe, Het., of Pourt.gark, Pastured, Imes, to =imbeds, daughter of the late C. J. Hyde, keg . 11.R.C.5., of CUttotedllas, Warwick-road, Malda.hill H est. STAFFORD—POWER-S.—March 0, at St. Jobak Church, West minster, by the Rev. H. W. Hunt, M.A. Mr. R. D. sistrord. of Medford. to Loma, daughter of the `ate Mr. J. Powers, Bitinhma, Beds. DZATHL CARR.—Lerch 4, at Tugionise s eW, Jobs Carr, Ma}, late of Rewiring, Sousse, hi the ittth year of his age. HOLLAND.—Lam 9, Anne Shepley, dauoter of the Rev. C. D. 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