The Express. — London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

"T" IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. iIO I ..SE OF LORDS.—Fai Env, M %gra 21. Th. 1../w Cuaacswas took kis seat 00 the woolasak at o'clock. PETITIONS PRESF-N;TED. Lord DELVER presented a petition frotu Derby against lb. reti.ed code of (4111112tiltAL The Duke of 11.%ItLIXWOC011 promoted petitions iseind the re, lad rule .4 alue.ition from managers of National gehoole to Ow pond., of Ituer.l.o, Cheshire ; Het• 1w•Ir tilde, Durham ; rathleveu., au Cornwall ; Hslotessi (Rely Trinity). Lams ; Katistou, iterefordshirs ; N lute• &taped Society, Loudon...al Dealitigtoo, Oxfordshire ; also =runs Dom Dan chatty of the waders division of the rt .4 Burford. in the diuccee of Hereford, apiust the eholitsua of church rates. • - •- • The Kiri ELLENIJOHOUGH presested o petition agitin.t tlir reri.iiitt mato of *domains from the of tie it , v • wh.ol of Torrairibury. His kadabili mid 1W he eoul.l nos c•wicur in lb* prayer of the pennies, ..d that be lop , ' M r )I.,:esty's goveniment would do their duty is en drAyouring to redoes the already enormous expesdnure for sj,.,•,tiri. or at hest to procure for the country some re sults eanniewoirste with that expenditure. The Earl In TI F. presented petitions against the re• e i 5 ,,,4 co de .4 o d iu .,,tio o from managers of national schools M ScA. Ctutlford, Iseirhurst, Brinuicuinbe. Cheltenlusin, and Westbury ou-Tiym, ;10ticestershire ; and from Calliogton and Trur,. iu Cornwall ; from the managers of the Wesleyan schools at Welon, in Cornwall ; Fastington, in taouces tsviliire. sot the British Whouls at I.l4eanl ; also from the managers ut Cheltenham Normal College. Ili, lordship observed that though the revised cone ought require some moditioitioas, like every other large scheme, is his opinion it you'd be attended with bosedei , .l results. The Ifarnais of ?ORMANBY presented a petition from ■r. It. tinpahart against the Officers' COM11111401:11, HIS loedslup minuted that the bill as it at present stood wendsl cot lead to the evil consegoeuers which the petitioner apprehended. BRIAN IRIWN BARBA /Ili, ke., BILL. Ws bill was resit • third time &DJ pima. EAST LONDON WATER BILL. Ws bill was ma • third USN sod pima Wit OF HA SEAS CORPUS INTO HBB.IWESTI"S POSSESSIONS ABROAD BILL mi. hill was nail a third time sail poised. CONSOLIDATED FUND (114,000,0001.) BILL. This bill was read a thinl liras and pawasil. Their lowishipsties &disarms& at a ~ow posh S deloolc 1101:1131 OP 0012120N11—Fund, 32Aseg 21. The Mrsmaga took Übe &West 4 eakeit. PRIVATI BUSINESS. The Bradford Corporatism Water Dill _• the Manchester, Shediekl. and Lincolnshire Railway (adatiemel ;screen) Bill ; Trana.ere Improvemest end lie Weekmauper-Mare Pier Bill. were road a third time and pusod. The reports of the committees on the Berwick-upon- Tweed Harbour Rill ; the Dundee and Perth and Aber dee n Railway Juuctioe, aed Dundee and Newtrle Railway Bill ; the Proiterly and Stanhope Railway Bill ; and the London, Tilbury, and *.utbeed Railway Bill, were moldered. THE PRCENIX PARK, DUBLIN. Si, E. GROGAN Athol the Chief Secretary for Ireland if say sad what gape had been taken, or were intended he be taken, by the government for carrying into Oat the prayer of the memorial presented to the Lord Lientenaat on the 10th of May, Itltil, relative to ale pleating of ornamental and other trees sod shrub; and the making of walks and pleasure-grounds, in the Ptimeix-park, Dublin, es had been done in Kensington gardens and is the Victoria and Batteries parks. Sir K. PEEL said that the 'object had been under the nom ideration of the I r.ah government, and they had had submitted to them a plan for planting the park with Gems mental timber, but the proposal was out yet finally decided apse. ROYAL COMMISSION ON MINES. Mr INGH AY asked the Secretary of State for the Horne Department if he would lay upon the table of the hour a sopy of the royal commission recently issued to inquire r to crrttio classes of I.llloeB. Sir G. t: REV said that the oornmession did not at all re fer to colliene% minima ironstone, or any other mines which were now subj. et to inspection. There would be no objec tion to lay on the table a oopy of the commission, if his lioa. Mood moved for it. COLONIAL FORTIFICATIONS. On the motion foe plug isto committee of supply, Mr. B iXTEIt rose to call the attention of the house to the subject of colonial fortifications ; and to move the fol lowing resolution :--That, in the opinion of this house, the multiplication of fortified platten in distant pcssessions involves a oarless expenditure ; and that the coat of erect big and iitaintaming fortifications at places out being great naval stations, in sell-governed colonies, is not • proper charge in the imperial treasury. Admiral Enthuse thought that our colonial fortifications might be de stroyed with groat advantage. Lord Herbert said he was against them altogether; and certainly it seemed rather extraordiony iu the face of them opinions to foul the house voting sums foe the fortification of the Canaries, Jamaica, Newfoundland, and the Cope, who ought to pay for their defences themselves. The colony of British Guiana paid far its own coast defences, so did that of New South Wales, mil for a park of artillery besides, whilst the colony of Victoria paid sot only for Its fottificstions, but for ordnance sent out from this country. Is couclusion be (Mr. Baxter) thought that bis resolution would not only lighten the estimates, and eeecentrate the strength of :he country, but have this ed. iiitional advantage, that it would encourage in the colonies that spine of self-reliance which wee their beet security. Mr. CH I L IrEIN, who seconded the resolution, saW that the first fart of it was word for wool a repetition of a =e in the report of the select committee, whilst the was taken from the Laugnege of the late Loral Her bert, and the only ouject of the resolution was to establish, sea matter of fact, that the government were prepared to fellow the steps which it had been proposed to them to take. My CAFE wished the government had met the metros by mono, the previous question. Bat feel * that the faiteratiao of these &amnion was ealeslated to do harm in the colonist; baba log that the capture of a single rock on which the lb, of England floated would create a deep sensation is the eonntry, and mewl to the downfall of any ministry ; and thiuking. also, it might be interpreted as a confession at orlona in their minute depeadencies if the mutton wise earned, he should record his vote against it. (Hear.) Coptaia JERVIS said the hon. member foe Yastrow rie Imes would sot he induced to vote for abstract reeolutioss sorb as that submitted by the hos. member for Matinee. ta. LEWIS said the questmc of the fortification of the admii . was part of the more peered question of the mili tary ,L-f i• sees Of the colonies. It was impossible to die • associate one from the other. The military defences of the admit" were lately the subject of debate. sod the house, he thocght, came to the cosclasion that the subject must be mounted partly se a colonial sad pertly as a military one. Therefor% before tic boom could form any °pions on the rmolittleo, it was necessary they should makeup then minds, first, what view they took of the military defences of the eoleaice ael tele far they thought it desirable that the im perial army Amid waist in defending tlo, colonies from esters! enemies. Having made up their minds upon that, the ties' ionetion to be coandend Welk how far it was •11. , 1. est to make colouial fortifications part of the colonial delete,. Now, with regard to the view ehioh the Emu • might de icelinal to talcs on the georral suldeet of the defence of the colonies, much would depend so the view formed of the reveal rela buss is which the celestes, according to the more recent opsoions. s4.dd towards the mother artistry. Them were two great slalom at prima ia the world which aimed to subj.-et to their role as tarp s portion of the madam of the s• it was poesihit for them—linist Britaie and the United Steles of Amens. 'rare were in forum times two other which model's. attempt to arrive at striver. ml monarchy. or at all meets to • =anarchy tif very great intent. Thee- were Bons awl Prelim But they abut domed Cie pesieet r.f " neeeitinq any great surface of the world. and moo coehneal . thenielves to goversing the terri tone. directly sebject to their sceptre. Now, the way in wahwit the Veiled Mate" attempted this wee by aggregating tertitairy under use Federal goversinest, but allowing each separate Mate certain State righta. Until a recent occur rence. it wee port of the policy of the United Sham, 111•0•4114 to the Monroe dectrie. to extend their limits to the Swath , awl to itedwa, perhaps. the whole of Mouth America iii the of the United State. That eystent woulit have the effect of making the central government at Wadtington the centre of a great federa tion, aimpowd of semi-independent states. F.nglend adopted a different course. The territory which was an marl to the Bran di crown was not incorporated with the central government. The cambia did sot read represents time ta the House of Commons. When we created new colonies we did not occasion SOT disturbance is the impend ✓epresentation. In that respect we differed essentially from the U n it e d states, who as they annexed or created new mew, always disturbed the relative propene'se of the re C7tidies in Canvass, thereby disturbing the constitu -1 the *mind sometime'. We adopted a different sauna sod gave to each colony a la-al legislature. The affairs of marked empire were adminiatererl in such a eraser as to promote the contentment end prosperity of this people, and they looked to the mother country to adopt such measures as might be secomary for their unto -111•111101 sad Maas. U the otdosies asked themselves what benefit they derived Irmo their cossezion with the mother cosstry• the answer would bo this, that the latter, bring the stringer sod the wealthier defended them spine t minimal tamale by it. army mid miry. 1< that advantage were withdrawn. uoquestiosa ra t u r desire a the editions to remain in their present to the moths/ weary would be materially diraisiebed. (Hear, bear.) It be bored the hoes., therefore, to be east ieee hew they laid down any general funnels sired* the Assestiose el the executes. gurernrosot with For to the 'military defence of the carmine. h birs. Mond the member for Montrose rid they irotglt oat to Maur impasse ter the fortification ol distant colonies, Masi:ouch as they were alreadyddended by thelleet. Everybody sliuuki admit that in timed car It we d tie prated moment to the *mote, Mat the CheiNnel test be poem ful, and that we on:saves ohm& be eite,tually defended against any amig.r of invasion. It woe therefore impossible to lay down any abstract principle which nonid render it necessary to scatter our fleet over the wholo world, in order to defend each colaoy by a separate squadron. (Hear, bear.) He did not mean to pute the propo•ition that, as a gems! Ma, oar distant and scattered colonies most be principally dependent upon naval defence. It was, however, impossible to do more than to assent in general terms to rich a proposition. To lay down in inflexible terms the principle that in no case should we resort to fortifications for the defence of our distant possessions, would, as it seemed to him, be an incautious and unwise step on the part of the house. (Hear, hear.) There wa. also this view which should be taken of the matter, that sub respect to the safety of small detachments sent out to a colony great hazard would be incurred if they were entirely undefended by forts or batteries ; and, on the other hand, it might be very inexpedient and expensive to strengthen those detachments—a measure which might be rendered necessary by the unfortified condition of the place. Looking, therefore, at the number and position of the cola pies-- tie number of stations thief contained—the complicated position of the country with respect to other zalous, and the variety of hostilities in which we might possibly be in volved, it became almost impracticable to lay down any general formula upon the subject which it would lie tare for the executive government to act upon. He could, therefore, only say in general terms, that he concurred entirely with what his honourable friend had stated, that it was inexpedient for this country to exact new fortifications in countries where they did not exist, or to enlarge . existing fortifications or even to incur any great expellee in maintaining those white hays already been constructed, but be could easily esessin that circumstances might arise in which it would be • prudent and an economic expmditure to incur a car ' kin amens& el expense in fortifying our colonies. There wee pest difficulty in laying down rule' to be applied to all am" and he objected to general formulas as to which doubts inW arise afterwards and questions of good faith be raised. (ilmor, ker.) It we mid that the house should go on from year be year wells are to complete works and fortifica tions, but tint minneent failed when used in support of the reacilatins. for it was net intanded to apply to works in program The walks bed veleresoe to the coin. mencement of new works, not the completion of works already commenend, and as to the former the house bad complete control over them by refusing to agree to any vote which might be proposed far the purpose in the army estimates. V 1 ith respect to the question of the Mau ritius, he could only say that Sir John Burgoyne had pre pared sauna,. pines as en engtmeer—f or the fortification ' of the entire blend, bat they were never entertained or adopted by thseasentive government. He (Sir G. Lewis) bad preprandial the stay adanates a sum of 15.000 for the completion of wake that bad been began, and it was not his intention to ask ler any Geer veto in addition to that sum. Having gone ikon& the different oases that had been adduced, end having 4oers that so far from any wish being entertained by the linseed t to adopt any extensive system of colonial they am opposed to any such principle, bat tint nevertheime it Ina ex tremely difficult to lay down say ebeinet Mei as to the military defence of our coke*, er to define the precise circumstances in which it wield be safe to adopt • particu lar course of action, he trusted ids boo. friend would be satisfied with the assurance he bad received, and with the expression of opinion which his ',lotion hod elicited. (Roar, heat.) Mr. ADDERLEY said—ll the motion went to a division he should support it, believing that the extension of colonial fortification ought not to be sanctioned by the house. Lord H. VANE expressed a hope that his bon. friend the member for Montrose would—after the insurance gives to the bran by the Secretary for War, sod after the discus sion that bad taken plans—withdraw hie motion. The rat hon. baronet had stated that it wan not the intention of lbs government to prepare a grant of additional BM= for efeeting fresh fortifications, or making a larger expenditure than that anus in existence. He (Lord H. Vane) was very glad to boar that promise made, for it seemed to be ex. &Agfal whether the fortification of the Mauritius was desirable. He agreed with the right hon. baronet that it IMO impassible to lay down any abstract rule to be M rs. rryamid with respect to the defence of our colonial • • Mr. HALIBURTON said he fully concurred In every- Wog which had been said by the right hon. gentleman the Ileesetary for War upon this subject, and he would not have troulded the house with any observations but for the per. aossal appeal which had been made to him by the right hon. gentleman the member for Staffordshire (Mr. Adderley), and to whom he would have listened with very great plea sore had he thought that the right bon. gentleman under stood what be was talking about. (Laughter.) But be be. lieved the observations which the right hon. gentleman bad made in reference to Canada might have been omitted, as they were very ill•timed, for if they wen reported in the newspapers and conveyed to Canada, they would do more harm than the absence of fortifications. (Bear.) If it was not expedient to grant a large sum of money to fortify the Mauritius, let that be considered at the proper time, but it should not be made the foundation for reject. log a grant for the defame of Curds after the recent ex hibition of loyalty and good feeling an the part of the in habit Ants of that colony. The hon. gentleman thee read the resolution, and said that if it moult anything it wee this- that where fortifications were sot make& it would be very Analog to have them—(laughter)—sad the house ought to feel indebted to the hen. member for Nemirow) for h►ving ao admirably and perspicuously elucidated that prin ciple. (Laughter.) He was pot aware that our North American adages had ever asked for fortifications ; and it should be remembered that they would have to defend a war brought about by this country and sot by themselves. Mr. ADDERLEY explained that what he had said with reference to Canada was borrowed from the hos. gentleman himself, who said that there were no thanks doe to this country for laving sent troops to Canada. Mr. MILLS said that as the government had disclaimed any intention of carrying out inch a scheme aa that hinted at by the bon. member for Montrose the would do well to withdraw his resolution. Sir G. GREY wished merely to observe that the resole- Hoe of the hoe. member for Iforstrue was enewitially dif ferent to that adopted by the eldest owwwities. The resolution vu then by lean withdraw& THE CASE OF THE RESERVED CAPTAINS OF THE NAVY: Sir J. HAY asked whether it was the intention of the Board of Adadesity to continue to withhold from the captain on the reserved list the pay to which they were intitled ander the order in council of 1851: and moved an adder .her Majesty to take into consideration the nee of the sesseved esptains of her Mslmty's navy, explaining the q llO spa.which he argued that these oilers had • si=setkough they had no means of enforcing it. wag seconded by Admiral WALCOTT. Lad C. PAGET said he bad no doebt that the cairn in Vrbelieved that they had bees weeps!; bet they i a rnality no fair cause for complaint (as lie glowed by • detailed exposition of their caw), though the order might be ambiguously worded. Sir J. PAKINOTON said the question related to the construction of an order in council, sod it was most dan gerous to construe • public document, admitted to be am higuously worded, with reference to its intention. After some remarks by Mr. B. COCHRAN', Sir F. BARING, who was the First Lord of the Ad miralty at the time, stated the circumstances connected with the hens of the order in council, expressing his belief that these officers had no claim. Sir F. Kelly, Sir M. Seymour, and Sir H. Lemke spoke in favour of the motion, and Mr. Whitbried spinet it. Upon • division, the motion was negatived bye to 66. TRIAL OF HAMILTON CONNOLLY. Mr. WHITESIDE rose to call attention to the facia pruned on the remelt trial in Dublin of Handhoe Connolly, a clerk in the thdnance Department, and of John M'llvaine, a contractor with the government, and to ash the Chanoelkc of the Exchequer, or the Secretary to the Treasury, to ex pLiin in what manner the Ordniooe moonlit, were kept sad audited which allowed the proccediogs by the parties con victed at such trial, and whether any and what clumps bad been effected in the mode of keeping the public ac counts calculated to prevent a repetition thereof. Sir G. LEWIS mid the frauds commeeced in 1848. and, though he had a difficulty is stating their extent, the amount considerably exceeded that proved at the triaL He stated the mode of keeping the accounts, and the manner in which the frauds bad been effected—by forgery and Goa apiary. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. Mr. A. SMITH moved the following resolution :—" That all the civil service estimates, except that for the dvii eon tingeseisa, ought to be laid upon •the table of title house within *es month after the meeting of parliament, and the estimates for civil contingencies within a month after the close of the einactal year, the flat day of March. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped that so attempt would be made to bind the house or the government in this matter by • stereotyped resolution ; becense, if the house were to lay down • fixed Me that the Treasury must present the enimellaneous estienales within three or four weeks after **opening of the swam the instruction would be acted upon, but the effect would he that the estimates would be presented in an incomplete form. • THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1862. r . SUPPLY. The boon west into committee pro forme, end imme• diately afterwards resumed. INCLOSURE BILL. (rpm the 'notion of 8. W. DUNBAR, the Lamm Bill was read a mood time. BLEACH FIELDS (WOMEN AND CHILDREN EMPLOYMENT) BILL. mg bilLas minded, was a:maiden& IERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS, ke., AMENDMENT Mr. M. GIBBON. in aOilsoales et the whole boom mowed for leave to introduce • bill to speed the Nerebeet Shipping Act (1854), the liercheat chi p Act Atmesd sleet Act (1856), and the Clitetono iftneondeMos AA (1863). The object at the bill wee to give tilted to same of the ripeonameilatioa• of the Mereirot ighippion CeinagGen sod 10 Areeed the mole sustiosed i. the miles ea se to meet the requkeeneste of the eidipti Wawa. rad .Gds pointed est is t e g e i v r. The 1:1=1 to wend sephonees the same or el ei esopeteser sad eeniee which was now GAG eepinine mad mese at aneelautt ehipe end home lab pressope sildpn A. the eicoest al swim LONDON GENIRAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. The half-yearly report of the directors of this company states that the debts and liabilities, inclusive of loans, on 31st December last, amounted to 96,070/. sa. 9d., being keg by 6,9961. Se. 3d. than at the corresponding period of 1860.) 'The value of the buildings and stock was 336,8061. 12s. &L, or 2,8311. 19s. 6d. more than at the close of the previous year. The balance of the loan from the bankers of the company amounted at the claw of 1860 to 29,430/. It was considered undesirable that that' loan should amuse a permanent character ; arrangements were therefore made with the bankers for its gradual liquidation, and the sum of 6,2001. was paid off during the year. The amount of the loans from other parties show an increase of 2,500!., arising from an amount temporarily obtained to enable the company to make the requisite provision for the Exhibition traffic. This sum is in come of repayment. The -item of leases and buildings has been increased 1461. 7s. 7d. by the purchase for 22:51. of the lease of premises at Black well-the erection of new stables in Earl-road, Kent-road, at a nest of 4281.-the enlargement of stables at Rotberhithe, Shepherd's Bush, Notting Hill, and elsewhere, rendered re quisite for the better and more economical accommodation of the horses ; other stables of a greater aggregate rental have been given up in consequence. The lease of the premises, 136, Chespside, has been disposed of, and the amount re presented by it has been deducted from the amount of this account. The usual provision for renewal of the leases as they fall out has been made from the revenue account, and the amount will be found carried to the credit of the ' Leases Renewal Reserve Fund, which has now reached the sum of 7,637/. 4s. 10d. The omnibus facto u• established at Highbury has been productive of very considerable economy to the company, but it has necessarily absorbed a large amount of capital; of the 601 working omnilmess, 466 are new repaired and maintained at the factory at a cost of 15e. per omnibus per week, or 2s. 6d. per omnibus par week lees than the price paid to the contractors who maintain the remaining 135 omnibuses. During the year, in consequence of the death of one of the contractile, end the dia. continual= of badness by another, the directors had to take under their charge at the factory the omnibuses for ' mirly maintained by those persons ; the differences of valuation paid to them on delivery of the stock amounted to 1,465!. 55., and wee necessarily a charge es the capital The directors have, however, no reason to regret the cir cumstance, seeing that an economy in maintemam equal to 14 per cent., iromedmtely ensued es an minimised for the extra capital invested. Considerable outlay in the pew parities el omnibuses for the coming Exhibition trees tar also been made; the mite of the stock is therefor% maw riellf e llneemetd. perinea., year 69 sew omnibuses wise pelt weelt. seeking a WO s less the establishment the Aka ,of AL The "umber of hem on INA Dammber wee rtiSpi. big II Ism then at the ebes d Ihe its.beer wombs d melba= et week me Thesis* isislinbeeknedittse. The tt r u esedege the esemay 1861 wen 597 IL ; is ISA 5138,9511. being an Memo cd a n, 11. The gm mpeneee-In 1861, inebehe alto mem I es lISDNI mewal m 1111,7881. Vb.-Ith; le 1180. 581,8611. 10a. Id.: being a deems of 8,0724 10e. 3d. The increased rerielpte and demos& on. peWittwe therefore give a comparative real et 16,1311.125. Bd. in favour of 1861. Battersea& as en* the flat six mouths of the year UK de pleat was 2201. lls. Id. only, it results that the elhors• pied was attributable almost exclusively to the lad lie useehe of the year. The health of the honer during the pi year was • sgl y good, and the saving in the amid mam mon' (eir allowing for the &mew of 61 harms referred to) =mulled to 9,0161.45. 9d. The profill be saes : t on the of the company during the year, as wi e Zet a me to the revenue account, amounted to 13,2241. 7d. ; to whisk has to be added the balance flculth•Pr B T lBBl l.. .. Bl4 account, 9321. Os. 6d. ; making a total of 14,1561. Id. Before arriving at the ennui at the disposal of the general meeting, it becomes requisite to make the following deduc tions, vie. :-For interest on leans, 2,9961. 2s. 6d. ; on ac count of the first establishment charges, as determined at the general meeting on 15th December, 1859, 2,0001. ; on account of bed debts, as per same, 1,500/. ; 6,4964 2s. 6d., laming a balsams of 7,6601.10 a Id., out of which thedirecken propene to declare a dividend of la per share, free of Weenie tax. INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA. The re pai of the directors of this company has been lased. It will be remembered that In oessequeses of the accident to the Stanley passenger steamer, b:11,1 Kr. Scott Rummell and tested on the Thames, it wr c nearesary to used machinery overland to India, so as to save time and replace the vessel in of working order as soon as possible. Clifitail Wood, the agent and superin tendent, on the Bth February, reports the departure of the Staeley on the 29th January from Kotree for Mooltan, tow lag two barges with 150 tons of cargo. The proper of the six manager steamers erecting at Burracbee, on contreet, by Messrs. Richardson, Duck, and Co., has been greatly delayed by a defective ar rangement in connexion with the boiler'. So serious was this difficulty considered by Captain Lidbetter, the agent of the contractors, that he desgrimied their chief engineer to England to confer with them ea the sub ** The result has been that after coneelling the most eminent authorities, they mint out, oralsad, the asesmuy =to remedy the defects. The alterations are cos. the Sir Charles Wood, and it is axpected that she would be by this time ready for melee. The Sir Bartle From is far advanced, and the engineers are engaged in erecting her engines and adding the supplementary bailers. The Sir Johe Lawrence is afloat, sod the carpenters are engaged in putting up her cabin fittings. The Sir Chaska Napier is ready for launching ; the John Jacob and the re maining steamer ars in course of erection. The levee ' " nate of 150 tons each are all completed and Two of these vowels have been altered at for serriOe: Forarsilarid their a;oommodation and gweend erreage. moats are remildered well adi.pted for the object in view. The tug steamer built by Mr. John Hamilton, inn., of Liverpool, as formerly reported, are unequal to stem the current of the male dream of the Indus ; and Capt. Wood is now negotiating for the transfer of these vessels and the smaller barges either to the Punjab government, or to the Punjab Railway, with the view to their employment on the upper rivers, for the navigation of which they see recoiled to be well ada : M a iii. end e. In the meantime, two of them e several of the are being usefully employed in the conveysoce of n' way material, and for other purposes. The directors have the satisfaction to announce that they have entered into an arrangement with her Ma- May's government for the purchase of the four best steamers of the government fleet now on the Index, for 46,0001., and an application has been made for the transfer to the Indus Steam Flotilla of the workshops and other pro perty at Kotree and elsewhere, belonging to government ; the - price of the steamers the Secretary of State for India has agreed to take in shares or stock of the company. With the view to give effect to the above arrangement, for com pleting the purchase of the workshops, if decided upon, and for other purposes, a resolution will be submitted to the meeting for authorising the directors, under the sanction of the Secretary of State for India in Council, to raise the sum of 1137,0001. additional capital, as and when the same shall be required, guaranteed 5 per cent. interest under the terms of the contract with the goverument, for or on account of the Indus Steam Flotilla, by the issue of shares o 90L, to be converted into stock when the full amount of 201. per share shall have been paid. It was mentioned in the last report that the sum of 83.0001. was being raisedj by the Niue of debentures bearing 5 per oat. interest for five years, with the option of renewal fee a further period of five years, or of conversion into lodize Steam Flotilla shares or capital stock, at any time previous to the expiration of these periods, and the directors have now to report that the whole of this awn has been subscribed, and the amount paid to the credit of the Secretary of State for India in Council. The financial statement shows that hem the commencement the sum of 283,8551. has been re ceived, and that 257,8041.65. 9d. has been expended, leaving an available balance of 26,0601. Us. 3d. to the credit of the undertakieg. CONDBIENED MURDERM—The Home Secretary l e i= had under his consideration the oircumatames of the Ishmael Jones, who was convicted at the recent maims at WeL6poel North Wala, of the wilful murder of his wife, the verdict, it may probably be rememband, helot accompanied by • remmmin to mercy, thought fit to advise the extendoa of the mercy of the crown, sod the capital sentence will therefore be commuted to penal servitude for life. A. notilication to that e ff ect be, forwarded to the governor of the comity gaol at Moat. gomerv. The sentence of death peered upcm Hall tor the murder of a gamekeeper near Oxford, aad upoe the slaw boy, Patrick llevereux, for the murder of the crimp in HAWK-highway, and in which cases the Home Secretary »- spited the execution, will be commuted to penal servitude for life. With regard to Clark, the murderer of Mr. Prater, the tax collector of Newcastle , the special circutastanoss al hie alleged insanity, as ascertained by the government medical iaspeo or, leave it at present under harem catahheation as to what course will be adopted in his agosaial come. [Advedieement] itowawar's Prat The Pas, who bare a doe wed for their More well Utter eseell now adept gene suer!lrrexpeltre many hapaitelat lora laws liewit eaten Me during lid WWII% ha Inewarames et object an beer rapier wYt Nallewere Ifay "haw red eseteleie temeleih sahib awl Oda seam aseerma. row late tie diaalelite. Wiser* the aleTello led Midi idd EMI dank PIO* CA= the matarties et the aae fildbi* eneehtite eggestolisa ll ts 11111.111110 •dit no s kr the wad/ relief Oho sherd le goas, r sinew. ilai= es. kaadeelleo dad ilbsid/sPePtic quetelasylith ease as exempted classes of ships, tYe llinffiffise clauses of the fo rmer act were estended to them, and they included fislaiug-boate, lisle/ vessels, and others Some time since the French government made • coniniuoi- COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. cation to our government to the effect that it wee very de' MARCH 21. arable some rule of the road should be adopted at sea by srraarement, so that the chance of collision might (Before the Judge Ordinary.) Cavoided. Her Majesty's government thought such an THOMPSON v. THOMPSON AND STORMISCLS. object highly desirable, and roles had, therefore, been vie- (Continued from yesterday's Express.) tually agreed upon by both government., which it was hoped The case on behalf of the wife was • denial of the adul would be ultimately adopted by other maritime powers. airy, and a further plea that her husband had been guilty Those rules would he found in the schedule to the bill. One of the most important recommendations of the Merchant of wilful desertion. On the first point Dr. Waddilove con tended that the evidence given by the petitioner wee not Shipping Committee had reference to the question of pilot- sufficient to sustain the hypothesis of his client's guilt. In age. The present system was very much complained of so deed the idea of charging her with adultery did not seem far as it was compulsory on the pilotage districts of tido to have entered her hurbaud's head till the failure of • previous attempt to get rid of her by means of a suit for country. The question of pilotage involved • variety of considerations, which made it convenient to s judicial separation on the ground of cruelty. (There had deal with all the pilotage districts in one been craw suits on this ground, both of which had been distinct enactment. By the machinery of the bill, parties unsucouifuL) Mrs. Thompson had Ooze filed a petition interested in pilotage might petition the Board of Trs4e, for the restitution of her conjugal rights, which was waiting and that board might make a rovisional order for the pur- t o b e t r i e l pose of exempting any particular class of vessels from cop- I Th e principal witness for the defence was a man pulaory pilotage, but such provisional order must receive named Hartley, who described himself as • candle the sanction of the houses of parliament. The bill deo maker. He said he had been employed by • proposed to abolish compulsory pilotage in some cue' by Mr. Johnion, a friend of Mr. Thompson, to watch Mrs. distinct enactment. It was proposed that a vaned Pining Thompson. For that purpose witness took a lodging in the through a pilotage district, but not bound to any_port in it, house where M rs . Thompson was lodging. Saw Thompson should be exempted from pilotage charge. Shields, Hartle- I himself on the subject, and he asked witness if he could not pool, and Sunderland had grown from mere villages into introduce some smart dashing young fellow into the place, important centres of oommerce, and the government to get into his wife's company. He told witness to take had thought fit that they should have an UV her and Mrs. Bellew, the landlady, to the Crystal Palace mode of tranderring to themselves the jurisdiction and other places. He gave witness 31. for that purpose. over their own plots. It was further proposed He said he had employed en actress to lodge in the same to extend certain provialosse in reference to salvage of life. hour to watch his wife, but that Mrs. Thompson had ma- The bill would oleo repeal certain clauses in the Customs wed to persuade her that she war a virtuous woman ; and Consolidation Act relative to timber ships, as they had been he cautioned witness against being imposed on in the same found perfectly nugatory - reference to the lishaitY 01 way. He said he had also employed an Austrian detective, shipowners, he might observe that at present the personal but that he could make nothing of her. He remarked that liability of the shipowner was mrsared by the value of the he had been rather surprised at that, for he had always ship and freight. This, however, was a premium on bad understood that the Austrians were pretty good spies. ships, and government maintained that the owner of the ca oss . elan g ue d_u witness h a d said that Mrs. good ship and the owner of the inferior ship h ouse wee a b a d one he had told lobe and wicked lie. Would should be on the same level se to responsibility- not swear that he had not said so. Would swear that he They, therefore, proposed to limit the liability o f a ll to the bad never told Johnson that he could 'educe Mrs. Thomp al:solute amount of IN. a ton. In the case of steam shies, son. Was not satisfied with Mr. Thompson's settlement of Wane, the renPeneibilitY would be on their *an:maitre - with him ; and Johnson refused to give lam anything. Did meat not tell Johnson that if he would not give him 31. be would Mr. LINDSAY mu very much gratified with the state- go over to the other side. Johnson said. " There are the inset of Ws_OA! ben.tgeatleman as far as it went. ga te s —go." Replied, '" Very well, sir," and went. He did Mr. G. BENTINCK said that may theories upon the not Bay that witness was a base fellow to make sail • pro subject d the bill, which looked well on paper, would sot pad to him. The letter produced was in witness's writing. bear the test a exPerisites, and be boit the bonne, before The letter was put io, and wee found to contain the fol d came to a derision upon the ride el read at sea, would lowing passages : tithe care Not it did not onion thipow•••• te th• risk of "Sir,—Not feeling satisfied with your way of settling with losing their mesas or foefelit c ad' hieurencet- He me, I have seen Mr. Johnson, and I lave had the honour of thought it was unfair to outdate 'um to cemPulsorl being ordered to leave his place. It is not to be supposed Pilotage in cases whore shine nom • battioat away for that I will stand that quietly. . . . I hold Mr. John the purpose of shelter. It wag also ea unjust elate of the son's written authority to take them (the apartments) ; and, law that the pilot, who was generally amen of straw, should more than that, if • proper settling is not made with be the col y responsible person for dump done by the me on or before next Saturday , I will go there with MIL vessel of which he has the charge to other vessels. What H., who returns to town to-morrow, and then and there he wooled was freo trade in Pllotage, in ceder that a ship expose the whole affair; and I dare say Mrs. T. and her might have the beet possible chance of obtaining a com- so li c it or (lik ew i se Mr. Bellew) will be most h a ppy to see patent pilot. me. Thinking you will see the necessity of coming to a Sir h. STRACEY thanked the right hon. gentleman for proper settlement, I am, lac." introducing the bill. Received no answer to that letter. Mr. J. C. EWART observed that the bill, so far as it By the Judge—Only went twice to the apartments. west, would give general satisfaction to the shipping Could not feel satis fied in his mind to be a spa y upon the interest. actions of anybody. (Laughter.) Could not tell when he Mr. A. SMITH expressed his approval of a system of went to Mrs. Thompson's solicitor. it was after he had voluntary pilotage. given up the apartmenta. After • few weeds from Mr. Cava, who said he believed A Juror—Have you not been employed at races with a that the change proposed by the bill would be well received thi m bl e ? by the body of shipowners, Witness (emphatically)—Never. I have never associated Leave was given to bring in the bill, end the house rei- with such characters, and I know nothing about such things. sussed. (Laughter.) I have received about 6/. from Mr. Thompson The billwas subsequently brought in and read a first time. a lt oge ther. POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. By the Judge—l have never given up the apartments at all, but I did not go near them again. Sir W. DUNBAR obtained leave to bring io • bill to re- Mr. Woollett. to rebut this evidence, called gulate 11)1147 of towns and P°P•kam place! in B °Miandi Mr. George H. Johnson, • potato salesman, at Cotton's and for. Pt lighting, cleansing, sod improving th e alum" wharf, Tooley-etreet—Was • friend of Mr. Thompson and The bill wee brought in by the bon, meager, and read a hie mother, fa d emp l oye d H ar tl ey to watch th e respondent first Haw beaw the petitioner!' mother sod sister Mee drag of her, The bones adjourned at nine o'clock. for she had Weatimed their life ; ad they dared not go out knew where she es? Hartley said !het the lUttu intelligence. unless they IL.. place where Mrs. Thompson was lodging was a bad house that he had taken liberties with the landlady ; and that he could do what he liked with both her and Mrs. Thompson. Reminded him that be was a married man, and said that witness did not wish him to do anything of the sort. Re came to witness and asked him for 31. Refused to give it him }isomers Mr. Thompson had told him that be bad paid him. He said that if witness would not give him the mosey be would turn round to the other side. Told him to go out of the stable where this conversation occurred. He refused, sad was saucy. Told him that if be did not at once go, witness would knock his brains out. The learned counsel on both sides having addressed the court, and his lordship having summed up, The jury found the issues for the husband ; and The court made a decree nisi, with costa. ACCIDENT ON TM! GRAND TRUES RAILWAY sTi The Tovrio Leader reports an alarming accident n tiro Grand Trunk Bailey : About five o'clock on Monday moraine an raidant of • somewhat extraordinary reareler occurred on Ur Grand Trunk Railway, near Part Wes *dim shoat eseenteee miles east of Toronto. A opera paristipit Ira* with the Beer\ mail by the last Orrin ateraer on bard, left Iketted on Saturday and Kingitee on flunday for Toronto, having attached timer • "dinettes' ear; brides • mailuar, , first and eseenduiste sere, and • eleepi4-car, sakimg seven in all. About eighty peanigers ware on board altogether. On coming to Pon Thies station—which is not • stopping-place for =trains —Ur train wr running at • rate of about five mile an hour. At this 'mat there is a siding, on which an empty freight car had been rending for two or three di, e previously. The high wind that prevailed from the east during Sunday night, amounting at this par ticular place almost to • hurricane, carried the empty car along the switch to the spot where it joined the main track, where it remained and formed • serious obstruction. It was quite dark when the parrager thin came up and the 0001 m-driver did not see the empty car until it was too late to stop the locomotive. The cousequeoce was that ft came into collision with the car. The smoke stack of the engine fell off with the shook, and the empty ear wee carried • distance of twenty or thirty feet tea cattle-guard; where the engine and tender fell off the track down ea erobeakment on the south side, and almost into the lake. The empty car rolled down with the engine and finally reeled partly on top of the furnace. The and firma mewed almost by • miracle, the [farmer I only remain; • slight watch. The train became detached ' by the collision sad pawed on until the directors' oar, which was at the end, reached the locomotive, when it was brought to a stop by moor two of the can getting off the track owing to • displacement of the rails. The shock of the collision was sot very severe, sad the passeoger, were not therefore seriously darned. They kept their thinking the delay was rely temporary, and man of in the sleeping-oar ware DM awakened at ell. The empty car which had - bees thrown ppm' the locomotive caught are from the furnace. The wind fanned the flame', and in an inaedibly short space of time they communicated with the directors the sleeping, sad the first-class can, all of which were enveloped is fire before it was possible to remove them out of the reach of dieser. They burnt almost like tinder, and in the course of half ea-hour were completely consumed. PM IN • SUGAR RILFINIIIT IN LIVERPOOL.— Yesterday, • fire occurred in the extensive sugar refinery cif Manna Macfie and Co., of Liverpool, and at one time the coeflagration threatened to be much more merlons than the result shows. The fact, also, of • fire occurring on the pre mises of Mesas. Meek, alarmed most people, in coos,- quence of the fires which have already taken place at these works. In the present luta:ice the diameter occurred in • suck of sew buildings situate in Bacheloystreet, and io proximity to the large beiWlags is which the sugar boiling and reaming prolamin an carried on. The fire was first observed about 9 o'clock in the morning, and on the alarm being given search was made, when it was discovered that the own story of the new premises was os fire. Simul taneously with the first alarm, notice was passed on to the different fireamigima stations, and in • short time the corpo ratism anise, the West at England, and an immense let of lire reds IMO in stamdeace. The most energetic sees sums were at owe taken. sad is a short time the fire wee gee wider—mot, however, until a large quantity of refined sugar sod other articles bad been destroyed. The 'moues of dump does is at present unknown. Hal the fire com menicaled with the sugar boiling portion of the buildings, the ceasequssoss might have been of the most serious asters. RNFORTID Loss or • PLYMOUTH ,SCHOONER WITH ALL HANDL—A report has reached on to the effect that the sekeemer Ormteet, the property cif Mr. Sing, grocer, Quay, Plymouth, hes goes down with all hands. A viral which wits passing up the Channel sent the news ashore by one of the pilot-boats belonging to this port. The crew of this VIIMINII stated that the Ocalset was lost at St. Michael's, is a tmeseedione gale of wind, and that all hands perished. Ohs was 134 tons burden. The captain's name is Belk* sad the mew were eight in number. She left Plymouth ea the 19th of January, and arrived at Si. Michael's en the !red ef March. Mr. King, although he in afraid that the rem: oat / I t rove correct, bogus it will be hood Mearreel. It is ales t to say that there was another vessel aimed at St. Michael's at the same data, which pow sibly might bare been mistaken for his vessel.—Western . Yore*, /Cars. AWKWARD MINTALL The Otago (Now o Zeltdj Witness reports :—" A mot Isdicrous affair has o at Waitehnna with the new Bank of New Zealand. The manager or inspector, determined not to remain idle whilst his premises were being oompleted in Dunedin, wont to the aiirsip and purchased 10,0091. worth of gold. after which be took hie departure, probably very satisfied with his abysm. Unfortunately the notes of his own hank, which he awed is payment, were dated is advance, the Ist of Dr ra gra g g, sag as thisday fella on • Sunday, they are Ina legal upset worthless. swept In a court at equity. The other beaks, with sztreate iserrowraindedases, taking adwatiage of the war, relmei to accept them, and then such • row eastad am has seldom essamod briars. The miners thought they bed bees esped, sad sae Ihera, who had issued a grist amber ef the metes of gold, was ammted ebleining es Wes sreanam He was claimed to a bed-mat, aid in the lambi marched to Tar peka„ with ether primes. Of isms the CYO VS/ die mimed. Other ellerelaspora bed to lad smik to hike up the scam they led parebesed geld with, and the storekeeper with whom the mesags stayed was threatened with having hie promisee palled Nora It didlenit to say which was the wen ardcmiim tbe sionidower of the mistake, or the Mlkeseli=eilier hemliain taking advantage of it" The from California during lech was 40,= " ildlans, sad the ,two of the 9,11111.1111 edam Flom to the value of 2,071400 was upend to Great Braila daring u m Ter ; gum poramagem bided at California is 1861. g m A lsorir y - at rid to California, upwards of 110.00) Clime have bads* these, of whom 25,000 have gems heck to Ohre. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DszsY, MAaca 20. CaowN °oust —(Belon Mr. Justice Williams.) THE FORGESISS ST A HIRST summon. Joseph Show, solicitor, Derby, was placed in the dock to reedy* sentence for the eleven forgeries to which he had pleaded guilty last nit. Yr. 0'&i01), who led been retained for the prisoner, having addressed the court on his behalf, The learned Judge, addraning the prisoner, said—The eloquent, affecting, and able appeal which your learned counsel has made on your behalf cannot fail to make me, as a man, feel deep compassion for you as one who has fallen from a station tel respectability and apparent prosperity to such abject shame, disgrace, and misery. But, sitting here disc my duty to the 'public, I am bound to look without shrinking it the Licts of the case, and at the heinous nature of the offence to which you have pleaded guilty. These facts appear to be, that you, from your high character as a respectable solicitor, enjoying the confidence of the public and of your &seta, abused the trust reposed in you, and, in the desperate effort to maintain your pool. Non in society, entered upon sad persevered in a nuns of froldj dou dishowitolyi and forgery that has bat few parallels in the of nune—a caner which you well knew, a few Lean ago, must have closed by your death on the scaffold. The sentence of the court is that you be committed for 15 years to penal servitude. The prisoner, who did not appear to be very much af fected, was then removed from the dock. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BURY ST. EDMUND& KARON 80. CROWN COURT.—(Before the Loyd Chief Baron Pollock.) I CRAIOI or MURDER. Witham& Batley was indicted for the wilful murder of R. Mullett. Mr. Stephenson appeared for the prosecution : and Mr. Cherry for the defence. It appears that on Friday, the 14th inst., the prisoner, • lad of 15, was " keeping crows " for his =aster, a nd i/.= dinner-time he, with his brother, • lad Revitt, and the deceased were playing together in a cart-shed, when the deceased—• lad of 14— wished to have prisoner's gun to shoot • bird with, but the latter refused to let him bare it, which pre rise to • scuffle, and the prisoner was beard to may "D— you, l'U shoot you." The report of the gun immediately followed, and deceased cried out, " Oh, I'm shot," and presently fell into the arms of his father, who happened to be at work in a place close by, and who rushed into the shed on hearing the report. The prisoner appeared to be much distressed, and on being apprehended, said that deceased had got bold of the muzzle of the gun, end it went off without his being able to help it. Deceased died the following morning. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The prisoner was sentenced to three months' hard labour. NORTHERN OIROUIT.—LIVEUPOOL, MAIM 21. Mr. Justice Mellor presided is the Crown Court to-day, owing to the ma-arrival of Mr. Justice W ills from York, but will take chugs of the civil business on Saturday. In deliveries his charge to the grand jury, Mr. Justice Heller ' alluded to the very large number of stabbing cues whist the calendar contained, and tiongratabited the Liverpool authorities upon having issued a placard remiuding bead ing-house keepers, captains, and all persons who bad say Influence over 'adore, to prevent, if possible, their carrying knives about with them. His lordship also alluded to two cases of murder, is one of which a husband I was charged with shooting his wife at Rochdale, under some motive of jealoury. The 'aimed Judge explained that, so fares he could understand the depositions, ; these were no motives of jealousy in this cue which would at all mitigate or palliate the crime. The jury were, therefore, bound to return • • true bill. The other can of murder was that of • child, the murderess being its own mother. The prisoner, after having attended to the child for some three or four weeks, suddenly, and from no anis:t able motive, ended its life by throwing it into the river. The learned judge mid that though there were other cues of • very serious nature they were very simple in their de tails, and did not require notice. The criminal bugloss' was then proceeded with. THE POLICE COURTS. THAMZ§.. Frederick Wells Widge,l;iee. labourer in the employ of the North London Railway Company, at their factory in Bow, who boa been in custody since the 4th lost., was brought op on remand and for goal examination and coin. mitts', charged with the commlesion of several burglaries and robberies in Bow avid Bromley, and with attempting to enter the premises of Mr. Bundley, a merchant, in the Yew gum, Bow-road. Mn. Abraham, an elderly woman, sad Charles Benjamin Abraham, her son, late steward of the Earl of Auteland steamer, trading between Rotterdam and London, were charged with feloniously receiving a pos. Moe of the stolen property, they well knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Willies Taylor, aged bO, a table-cloth masa factarte, of Croydoa, was charged at this court, ea the 10th lastest, with visedving four pleas of cloth, which him wife had bought of bee sister, Ire. Abrahams, and three of which Mr. Taylor ordered to be burnt in his Name on herring that Jibs. Abraham sad be. visa was in custody. Mr. Taylor, who is a very respectable and wealthy manufacturer, was discharged, the magistrate remarking that be had acted very foolishly. John William Redray, a watch jeweller, of Rose-court, Toweostreet, City. and formerly a police constable, was arraigned with Taylor on a charge of receiving some of the stolen property, and remanded until Friday last. He was then admittd se a witness teethe crown, and gave evidence yesterday implicating Mrs. Abrahams, to whose daughter he is married, and her son. White is also married to another daughter of the woman Abrahams. Inspector Kerresey of th e K division, eaid,he had now twelve cases of burg lary to prefer against White. Mr. Self. decided on committing the prisoner White for trial on four charges of burglary. The depositions having been completed by Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, the prisoners were committed to Newgate for trial, and Mr. Selfe ordered the property of those witnesses not bound over to prosecute to be delivered to them. MARKETS. SUGAR.—The average price of brown or M UACOVatiO bugar, the produce of the British poasCASlOnd in Aintri,4, for the week ending March 18, is 2.1 e. tild. permit., exclie, Ae of the customs duty.—The av price of brown of Muscovado sugar, the produced the 'tins. for the we e k ending as above, is 245. 6d.—No return of brown or Mu.. covado sugar, the produce of the Pest Indies, for the week ending as above.—The average price of the two fortpio; descriptions of sugar iointly is 235. 101 d. per cwt. BRISTOL, Maraca 21. fhe market has been very qui , t this week, and the few sales effected have been at h." 14. to Is. per cwt. decline. Refined rather quiet, and but htt:e doing. Rum still neglected, and prices are nominal. 00T1ON.—Imar00L, MARCH 21.—We have 1.4 steely but quiet demand throughout the week, and priers ef American descriptions below fair ate advance! perlb. Surats of the better classes may be quote' MON.. Euptian have gone off at very full num, elute Brasile have been very heavy of sale, and prices not *4 supported. Speculators have taken this week 1,9701511 of American, 580 Egyptian, and 1,680 bales of Surat. Exporters, 210 bales of American, lU Euptian, and zn bales of Surat, and the trade 24,140 es of all kind, Then is so America's cotton at sea this present time. There are 198,447 bales of Surat at sea for this port against 119,600 bales of American, and 190,816 Surat, wa r I time but year. We have a quiet but steady market tirda,. Sales about 5,000 bales. The following are the '.held quotations as determined by the General Brokers' AssoM, Lion:—Fair Orleans, 1301.; middling, 121 d.; fair Ifsiile 13d. ; middling, 12jd.; fair uplands, 12N.; middli4,l2,l: ourroN GOODS.—Murcagesrga, Maui' 21.-- rg 'Tuesday the yarn market was firm, but there was very hitt business doing. To-day the market is in much the woe position, without change either for better or worse. Lut still there Is an expectation that an accession of loototif must come very shortly, from the fact that buyers Lor. been bolding back till their stocks are low. It a,: believed on Tuesday that the advioes from India would led to an improvement, but no demand bat sprung up for that quarter yet. In the cloth as in the yarn market theta has been no change since Tuesday, when hu.iiess was checked a little by sellers taking a sloe advance. This market is still very firm, and vs far as producers are concerned there is no disposition to make any concession. We bear of a little business hre and there for most markets, and in nearly all kinds of dyth, but there is nothing doing on a scale worthy of seine. There are offers mating from shippers to India and Clots, but mostly at prices which do not lead to say result. The letters from Calcutta's., to the 16th February, when then was no change in goods, but yarns were rather higher. From Bombay the data ars to the 27th, but the kitten ir t not encourag ing There has been a report of a telegram is anticipation of the coming mails, but we can trios it to w reliable source, nor is it generally believed in. The tne. ber of operatives out of employ in Manchester se greater last week than it had yet been, la a slight improvement is observable this week. lla &strew among those out of employ is showing steel mars decidedly, in an increased demand upon the pour'reei, end the number of non-settled poor reported as ham; received relief this week is given at 9,200 persons, d e tangent number reported is any return that Mu yet been booed. In this rupee! Manchester may be taken so so indkation of the stew of the oaten district generally, sad there is little doubt but that ea the savings and other means of the unemployed operative become exhanoted the de mind on the rebid boards will league, and that the returns for the onnust month will show discouragingly, although there Is reason to believe that the data of employment has not umbers* much change as comPind with February. TALLOW.—PIUDAT RwMaga.—The market was quid today at the following rases :-Bpot and all this mooth, 465. ; April to Juwr, 465. 3d. ; July to September, V* to 475. ; Ostober to Namable', 48e. ; Odessa sheep, Cu; mixed melt, 46a. 6d. ; Best, 45e. to 465. &L ; Austram beef, 43a. to 4fw. 3d. ; &Path American, 475. to 465. Town tallow, 465. ; Ooehhi cocoanu t oil, 60s. ; Ceyloa data 494. ; Sydow', 475. 61. to 48s. 6d. ; Palm oil, 420. ; Psis ant oil, 36e, to 37a.; Bough fat, 2s. 51& —Delivery to hit evening, 889 casks; arrivaLi, 89 casks. OORN.—Betrrot., Num 20.—With a moderate 311 p ply of wheat at to-day's market the trade ruled very 110, "slew Pa* way lu4y_la. per qr. Foreign quiet, a; , reduction. Keen barley same, and con. minded an advance of la. per qr.; grinding sold a retail at a reduction of 6d. per. qr. Ota moved off doer, and previous prices were about supported. Arrive' foreign, 7,050 qrs. Oats, Irish, 251 qrs. ; wise, 14 qrs. Barley, coastwise, 88 qrs. Flour, 1 mob ; foreign, 300 brls. CIELWORD, Nance 21.—The weather yesterday today bee been exereediegly wet and cold, which en' erudition of wheat. The supply was most limited ' but enough for the req . 111/1111111110ill of millers, who bitterly of the trade; beat dry samples were withou. tuna. Barley sad bear, beet qualities, firm, at last prices. Litrome, Name 21.—We have had a fair . wheat, sad WC week's press were fully rupee. demand was, however, only limited. Wheat, red, 844.; white, 64e. No change in the value of barley. to 37e.; eats, 20a. to Ma. LIVERPOOL, Nance 21 The market this has berm fairly beaded by town and country and dries, but the demand for wheat has been most retail scale, and holders have had to give way lg per issetal, making 2d. for the week. Floor mar the leer haprovement, and must be quoted' ppseir barrel and eack lower since Friday. A fair an basisees was done in Indian oorn at an advance of quarter. Oats and oatmeal steady. Pease a shade Beans and barley very dull. The market closes any new feature whatever. WRIIPIELD, MARCH 21.—Arrivals short. Wheat slowly, and prices are rather lower. Barley firm ; beans, and other articles dull. Averages for the =deg Minh 17 :—Whest, 2,203 at 130 s. 4d. ; 1,434, at 375. 91d. 63, at 2de. Oid. beans, 365.; pear, 30, at 31s. 44. &i, 00AL5. - Lowbow ; Kant 21. -Byass'a Beholds IP Hartley, 115 s. 3d. ; Haistlap Hartley, 160. 3d. ; Hol 14a. 6d. • Lisbon's West Hartley, 16e. ; North On, 12s: ; Taskeld Moor, 12a. ; Unfold boor Butes, Walker !Simon, IL. ; Wait Hartley, 16s. 3d. ; Bides Hanky, 14a. ; 14a. 6d. ; Walls Br/ Close, 14a. 9d. ; Walla Bad Byron, 15s. ; Wane T 14a. 9d. ; Walls Fad I.k. 9d. ; Walla Bad , tl6a. ; Walls Bud nmwellgato, 14a. 9d• ; l ki titton, 16s. 9d. ; Walls Paid South Holike, 16s. 'Walla Rod Stewart's, 16e. ; Was Fad Walls Fad Cando*, 15s. W. ; Walls LS Walls Bad Hough Hall.l4a. 9d. ; Walls BEd Bello% 16 Walls Bad Saudi Hartlepool, 16a 3d. ; Will. Tt- Bello., 15e. 9d. ; Walls Lid South Whitworth,' Fad Thorpe, 14a. 6d.; Walla Bad Belinda 16a. ; Wa ll s Rid Whitworth, 14a. ; Walls Bad • 14.. d.-Ships at market, 118 ; sold, 69. WiLAINGTON Nzw ZEUAND.—This settlement ma we learn from the Welli tonSperlator, means to lilt', its head in Captain Powke's Pa and the collection s had prepared was exhibited previous to shipment aril e January. Twenty one kinds of ornamental woods are we timed. No attempt ha been made to exhibit their effed when manufactured. A place of a wood called Hines d extolled as having the " mottle" and lustre of tortoise:Jul The Ake-rautangi also having a peculiar crimson hue. , r , unususl in wood, is mentioned. One or two others' golden yellow presented the ap of matinee , perhaps still more of the Poona o the East ladies. specimens of wool, combining great fineness with' staple, a little flax very easily cleaned, ironund deo. be equal to Taranaki, tallow tanning bark, and golf, ig enhoog the specimens. Wellington, unfortunately, is xi 400 of the most forward of the New Zealand settlemeno; ht it seems inclined to do its bout. Ws find Do BARRY'S FOOD the safest remedy foe, 400111.141041sittigestion 'dyspepsia), consumption, diarrb ,, ,,n. eall as. illsrders, actdtty, heartburn, paipitation. Mils 9l - 41 • giddiness, flatulency, phlegm, congestion, mails Ms, bronchitis, dysentery, nervous, bilious, sad debility.—A. Ora M.D., F.R.S.. Dr. Hersey, Dr. dh , ' Makr/d. Campbell, Dr. Bed. Worm. It eaves 60 Items its ne la m es. In tins. Lb, la 9d. ; LIN true of arrow ▪ = ot remedi do Barry and 00., 77, Itegeut-street., Londwi; st. To t' e, Paris : SI, Montage de In Cour, Ilmesela—{Adi* tinned. BERTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BAGGALL&Y. —Binh 19. at Bedford-Tom', Clapham. the sdk It.Begg•Usy, Zig., Q.C., of • daughter. BaLTON.—klarch 19. at Grafton Lodge, geutish.town. the o of Ye J Belton, of a *on. ILLCILDIN.—March 18, at Quorndon, Derbyshire. the ed , C. Meade:a, IR., of • son. 000[L—March 18, at Woklugham, Berke, the wife T T Cooke, R. of a daughter. VILLIKIB.—March 19, at Ba s h o p w e a rmoutb, lady " Villiers, of • &ashler. MARRIAGES. raiNcs—wainm.D.—Meech 19, at WeetburTur ul TP Olotseedessidre, by the Rev. R. G. Lawrence, Nan lies* le Rua ffieMeti, daughter of Mr. S. Bii l9o ` , ' Bristol. IRIDALB—MITCHILL—March 17, at Highflrld Inl e P 6d l Huddersfield, by the Rev. R. Bruce, Mr. A. he =to Sarah, daughter of Mr. J. Mitchell, of IA ogroP Bridge, Huddersfield_ DEA ANO:Olt.—llareh 17. Sell Anne .THS. , daughter of Ilr. / z War. al Wldtebareh, ' Slop, aged 21. B MY.—M•reh 19, Mr. W. Bellamy, d Splesal-ala" Bo 1(u17, IT, at Cowfteld, Sumer, lial °6 l=rat W. Berm. Baqeed 18. —htamit N, eller ng through all the sad daft_ =corguaggisa, otrtek, sou the late Gra` a., Msg., fig Llase)es•bus. Mated ea Pabilited 1,7 WnAtelt Mae RAM lashart 44l fleh hi the Chy of London Priem Oiler ht LeetbrirddliMt. 12 the Precinct' of %Vendee> SAMMY, NAM ft; 1111 L September, 4fit lam sheep, ffs.; 6d. ; Austram as. to Otis. bd. ; L ; Ceylon ding oil, 42a. ; Pala -Delivery to hi s moderate sap ruled very flirt quint , tares, and coo. *ding sold a moved off slowly, tad. Arrivals:- 251 qrs. ; omit Flour, MAIO er yesterday sal which affects th it limited today, s, who ample: re without altar rm, at last week's a f l attlirly ti sop 'heat, red, 56a to of barley-21h et this more; oountry milks has been on tie give way anode • Flour does ea e quoted fully Li A fair amount d dvanoe of tid. per sea shade et closes wales: ort. Wheat soli 3arley firm ; ash gee for the ma 60s. 4d. ; Wier, L ; beans, 311, use Betaide Wed s. 3d. ; Holynl, LA 240orth Pella War Belts, lfa; r, lbs. ; . Aen • Walls Rae WeS FAL all Beady& i, 141. 6i ; Welh I Hel m,l6a &Li Com 3d.; ad Kellae,lsL 94; Walks End Sad ;worth, l i tti th W .L ill imdoo i Rod Fermi - toe; This settlement, Pr k means to lift I I nd the collective 1 shipment early e 1W woods are no exhibit their effect od called Haas S re of tortoni:dna crimson hue. Om or two others of ea of satinwood. g East ladies. Son moms with length , ' •onesnd &eland w island d s and p br afi ,pu fort u na t e ly, eatjoiron. " :ten.l.7 ° dur ;;. fx , Ur. HOINey, Y5O limes od WM, tfte of came , rect. Loudon: 52, ris • lirussils-ihd t t , Mt DEATHS. , Clapham, the e' , A 4 :utialFtown, the rbyehlre, the , the wife of T. outh, lady Weetburr-uru'rj: sinews, hr., Mr. S. Whit so * MOW,' InlePed' r :; uce, Mr. A. Iretia , limed!. et 1 ^ 147 ` 1 ow of Mr. g /* cd Sploesl-etreet el" teen, ligrim sit all the i ts 'Ott., m of the is 4e'r HA I i 0 • i pe us LM - ion, Printer, At act of Whitetror. •