The Express. — London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESSi SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1862. -4, cover their expenses was not calculated in awarding pen. 1 owns. With regard to the question whether that sum was --- • -- chargeable with moms tax, the assessor of the Poor Law HOUSE OF LORDB.—FaxDAY, MAY 23. Board thought that it was, but the Board of Inlandßevenue stated that the point had never been referred to them, and The LORD CHANOILLOS took his seat on the woolsack at that they w • • that 1 t h e 30 0 4 ww , wflu ally were o f opium°l ire o'clock. __ _ .......... I spent, as intended, it would not be liable to biome tax. _..--- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IL atu NOTICEI3.—THIS DAY. ECCLESIASTICAL 0./CUTS. Camel to be beard at the Cow t of Probate, without juries, will be lamae Wedneeday, May SS: Thineday 29: Rlday, 86; and Saturday, 31. Divorce races, without juries, will elan be taken on the above days, provided the probate causes are con cluded. The fell Court for Divorce will be on Wednesday. Jane 4. Divorce reams, without juries, will be taken as Than day, June 6: Friday. 6; Saturday, 7 ; Thursday, 12 ; Friday, 13 and Saturday, 14. Probate causes, with Julies, on Wednesday, June .8 Thursday, 1d; Pritleg, 10 ; Saturday, 21 Wedneeday, Thursday, 26 ; Yriday, 27 sad Saturday, 28. Divorce causes, with juries, will be lane after the probate cause, have been hoard, and until furtivr notioe, except oa Mondays and Tees days. The Judge will sit In Chambers at 11 o'clock and in Court to hear motions at 13 o'clock, an Tuesday, May 27 : Tues day. June 3; Wednesday, June n , Tuesday, June 17 • and on every succeeding Tuesday during the sittingn Papers fur motions must be left with the Curb of the Papers before o'clock on the Thursday before the motion is heard. *cod the bag of gold. sod then came on the other side and asked him if he knew whether they changed Irish MACs at that bank. Witness told him he did not know, and was then about to go on courting the silver, but on turning his head round he missed the bag of gold, and the p ri soner was gone. He immediately communicated his km to on of the clerks, sad shortly afterwards went to the outside of the break, bat could an see any one. There was only one gentleman in the beak besides the prisoner at the time he took his Indmowusy, so one but the latter could have taken it. He sTer a l; at Bow-lane station, on Wednesday last, and =rniaridentified him. In newer to questions put by Mr. Wontner, The witness maid be sou, of course, very much alarmed when he found that his money was gorse, sad the mean he did not rush out immediately after the pause' was, that he was afraid be might be suspected by his master of having committed the robbery himself, and thought it better to tell the lank clerk what had happened. By Mr. Mullses—He mind the bag of gold immediately atter the prisoner spoke to him. Mr. Thomas Crowder, of the firm of Ron sad Crowder, shipwright/4 Wapping, oeed that he was in the Unity Bank at the tints referred to, and heard the prisoner ask whether he could get some Irish bank notes changed at that beak. Witness thought he addreseed himself, and told him Ise thought not, but the clerk would Worse him, and the et Om elude said that they did not sheep Isiah notes, bet be meld gel them changed at Mews. Brnethiann's, the bullion edam Is Lombard-street. When the primmer went out wham followed him, sad thinking that he was • stranger, dined to show him the way, and they walked together • shed distant,. aloes Canseaotent, aid he pointed cat the way to Loaabud-street to the prineasewho thumbed him in rather an abrupt manner and then walked off in a mu tiny directian. Another ease was tees gone tato. Mr. John James Goodehild, • dealer in beiges is Shaer ditch, deposed that on last Tuesday week he received frets • friend outside the bank of Mews. Smith, Payee, sod Co. a sum of money in gold and notes. 11 mosey eon lined of three 1001. notes of the Bank of &Arland, 11101ia wall notes and gold, and it was is • bag. At the time the lag was haled to hiss he saw the prisoner Harper Sanding close by. Witness, after monving the money, went to the beak at Merin. in Nicholas-lane, wham he had to take up a bill for Be went to the end se the emir sad barna to poem oat the money ter the bill, •d laid ante of the net s by his Ids. While he was se eugeged some one tondos& him, as be thought, atm rudely on the shouldisi and his Naming Feerpfp mind he saw the primmer Weldon Glom to him.with • piece of paper in his right hand, and the left apparently behind him. - Weeks said to bin, he • sort of foreign soosnt, " Can yes tell me yen I on. get change for one adv . Witness aaewered him anther quickly, and said se the oast desk, sad thin, epee leads( at his mosey, he found that a 1001. moth wea one. The prisoner was at this =meat in the ant of leaving the beak, and while witness was sominblieg op the rest of his mosey be sue aoudad in getting clear ME The witness Meted that he saw the pillow Weeks egsia at the Itsimierhome ea Wednesday, and reougaised him isestediately. In answer to question tit Ewers put by Mr. Weidner the tritium said that at he was quite paneled at missing the 1001. note, and • looked into the bag and shook lb out thinking it might have remised at the boliess.' (A hash.) He 'add net at all make out how the isse had esecil i sad be' fiat fit his waistcoat pocket, Virthat be t bare pet it accident. alless said thine mai evidence, but ha I did not propose to iii sinews epee this me aloe, as inquiries was ell gat; s:d ni. he thereto,* sbenht ea kis loaddlip smeesit ise T A h =bl e seac =S 7 Nalaadad. mind Jana Seffe7 and d • well a r broeght before mil Lord lls e i b lim or re-sajda . atm met a Merge of uttering ei tamed mem km • ammo. _bask. Poem 4lse oehlsoco addeeset epee the tosser oesszies, it appeared Mat ea the leim OM, Nth ink the paimeee mat a lad named Predis KWh's, in Oidemassitrest, and asked him if he would *semewliere, and on readving an answer in the the precast 'pm Mu a piece of papar, sad tehthim be kt o the Ifeieslkok dLan dau in Prinsieultree% emi they would give him • small book, which he was to take to the primmer at the White Swan, in Coleseametreet. The lad look the pines of paper to the Union Bank, and it turned out to be ea order fora cheque-book„ purporting to be signed by " 111- ward Stokes, jeweller, of Spemice , street, Clericesweil." There was no 1111100111114 kept at the Vaasa Bask in Mei same, and eeelog that the paper was not addressed to floe ' Union Bank, the orbiter asked the lad where be GE from, when he explained how the paper came into his swain, and stated that he was to take it to the W Swan. Mr. Harkin, the chief mbar, iminedistely lowed the boy to the publio-house, but the phew we Nth ' there and he left. It appeared, however, has the wilimme ' of the hadlord that the primmer had been there oaths Is the afternoon, and after calling for • glass of beer told ion landlord a boy would all presently and leave • mai book for him, aced would he be kind mole to give him • penny, and left a penny for that ;argon. The lad stopped after Mr. Rankin had left, sad shard/ after saw the prisoner farther down the street, sad apse pointing him out to Mr. Davis, of the White Swan, he with his brother went to the prisoner, and took him to the Bahia Bank, and he was given into custody. From inquiries that have since 110110 made. it appears that the prisoner's caner has been most extraordinary, and there is no doubt whatever that be has victimised a pest number of tradesmen by means of forged el=l i s k . s l r n the instance it appears that he went to an Hi g h g ate Cemetery and pee an order for • gave. It should be stated that the prisoner bears • very genthiminly appear ance, and by this means seems to have thrown trades men off their guard. Having given the order for the nave be presented a cheque in payment, asked for the differs's*, and received 31. or M. Not content with this, he appears to have gone to • mason, produced • long inscription from his pocket, and given an order to have it engraved upon a grunions, which was to be mat elabo rately executed. He gave a description of the preceded deceased, and in this one also succeeded in obtaining the balance of • cheque. He then appears to have gone to well-knows uoderteker'a, where he gave an order for • styylish funeral, which was to come to 351., and gave the addrer of the alleged deceased in Russell-square. In this in stance he succeeded ire obtaining the change for a5Ol. cheque. It need hardly be stated that the whole of the cheques given by the pprriusoonoesrr turned out to be forgeries, and the result of f *Curies has led to the discovery that the cheques were all takes from books that bed beer obtained by means of forged order of a similar character to the on sent to the Union Bank. The additional evidence that was adduced yesterday went to show that the prisoner seems to have abandoned the funeral trade, and directed his atten tion to persons in the woollen trade ; and it appeared that about the 12th April he went to Mr. Gilpin s, • woollen draper, No. 142, Highotreet, Borough, w her e he selected some cloth, he., to the amount of 31. 19s. 6d., is payment for which he gave • cheque for 41., which he took from a book which he bad in his pocket, and wrote in the shop, as the goods were to be sent to Trinity -gaare, the address he gave. A few days afterwards he at the shop of Mr. Wray, a woollen-draper, in Surrey where be selected goods to the amount of 41. 12X, and ordered them to be sent to an address which he pee, and upon their being taken home be took a cheque-book from his pocket and wrote out a cheque for Si., which he ten dered in payment for the goods and received 8.. change. He signed the former cheque in the name of James Wilson, and the latter in that of James Harris, and both cheques were drawn upon the Union Bank of Leedom Mr. Rankin, the chief cashier of the Union Bank, slated there were no such accounts as those kept at list bank, and also that the cheques had been taken from the name book. The prisoner appears to have acted with great ingenuity In each case he haa given an Wren somewhere in the I neighbourhood, where the goods have been sent and deli vered to the pr isoner, but upon the frauds being discovered and the parties going to the address, the prisoner is found to have decamped, the person belonging to the house stating that he only went to look after apartments in the morning, and engaged to take poseemon of them in the evening, but had never since made his appearance. Moss, the detective officer, who bad the Fenner in cus tody, said he believed there were other nags of • similar character which could be brought spurt the prisoner if be were again remanded. Banyard, another detective, produced • ebequi, also on the Union Beak, which he had received, and which had been paned in • similar manner by • prawn whose description the answered exactly, but the parties were not present C ia identify him, but they would be present if he were remanded. The cheque appeared to be in • similar handwriting, and it was taken from a cheque-book which was the result of a burglary at the shop of Mr. Williams, in the Miseries, and was stolen from as km ate with • goon tit, of other thins. The Lord Mayor said there was quite enough without re manding the prisoner, and he was committed for Irish —e— SALISBURY RACES.—FRIDAY. HANDICAP PLATE of 50 son., for all egos. Three-quarters of • Mena lessatort's Syn. est (Tordhain) 1 Mr. W. Day's t by Voltigsur-Bpringirslrs dam, 8 rs, 7st 410 Mr. Bryyys IRIEMOTIIEr. 4 yrs, tit iMb (rugs) : 7 to 4 apt Budhill, 2 to 1 apt Knightsbridge Wrn ig 4iy, a length between second end third. TEE LONGFORD CASTLE STAR= of 25 son. each, for 2-yr olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies, !Jet 61b ; half a mile. (16 gabs.) Mr. J. Martel oby Windhound—Loot's deem, est 100 M . gmwdea 1 Mr. Capers Bright Cloud, Sat lib 2 Mr. Taylor's Overture, est Mb (T7O=! 3 Mr. Hill s The Knave of Trumps, eat 7lb (A. Day 4 11r. W. Day's Iby Vidette—Pannlstry, est alb (J Adams 6 : 6 to 2 each sp i.e6 t the Eloot's dam colt sad ve d= i l i s, 3to 1 mat Overture. An excellent ram coded in boom at the Eleofs dam colt by half • length ; three-qmsr ties al • length between second and third. Pas LONGLZAT STAILBS (Suidiesp) of 10 son. each, with 60 added, for 3-yr-obis and upwards ; mils and • half. (22 sobs.) Mr. Payne's Boater, 6 yrs, 7e' 7lb (Deow') 1 Lord Anglesey's Canedoo, B yrs, est 210 (J. Plumb) 2 Mr. J. Clarke's Springbok, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Cannon) 3 Betting : 3 to 1 each apt Higbdyer and Waco. 6 to 1 apt Avongrove. Beckley laid in the rear till they entered the rails, when be improved his position, and heading Oak don, won by a neck ; length and a half betwese second and tan WILTON PARK Snug of 10 son. each, with 50 added for3r:Loolia, Bst 101 b ; fi llies, list 61b. Bk furtive. 7 suba —Leo index. B. —aturella, ati lelb (J. Adams) l 1 Mr. Wysille:in's Toen.Tom, Bsl bib (ottlh D eln y i Mr. Merle's Bethany, est lelb (A. 4 Mr. Bewley's The Dictator, rat ISM P 4 ') 6 Betting : 6 so 4 on the Aurelia colt, 4to 1 apt To m- Tom. The favourite won by • heed, two lengths sepsesting the mooed and third ; sled fourth. Tan BouTn Wnernim B.sm.w•T Pun of 95 eon., added to • sweepstakes of 5 son each. Three quarters of • mile. Mr. Sediar's e by Tadmor—Matin Bell, 2 yrs (WI.), 141 10Ib 1 Lord Westmoreland's c by Lord of the IM Teak yrs moth 651 10tb r a j 2 Mr. Webers eby rellon—Homily, t yrs Mt), Hi• Mew 3 Betting: 7to 4 apt Tutor, 7to apt Makin Bell l* colt. The latter made all the running, mid woe by half • Leith, the Homily celt a length from the second The winner was bought in for 20 guimea. Tau QosNn a Plan of 100 pinata. Three miles. Mr T. tares Dusk, &yrs, 7e' sib (Mesa 1 Lord Wastaiorelailds Schism, ens, last Auras) Lard Portsmouth's Fighting Cook gyms, Tat ilb (Fannon) 3 Mr. Wstkins's Portland, 6 yrs, lest (IL Bell) 4 Betting : 9t04 on Dusk, 10 to 1 apt any other. Dash laid in attendance on Schism to the turn for home, whoa he drew sway and won in s caster by 16 lengths ; half • Leith betwaso sewed, third ad fourth. TIM EITONERINGI nark of 50 son., far two-yr-olds colts, Bat 101 b ; fillies, Be' 61b. Half a mile. Mr. Ladd's lack Alive, Bsklelb DISTRESS IN THE COUNTY OF CORK. Mr. ILAGUIRE called attention to the amieteoce of serious and increasing distress in the western sod south western districts of the county of Cork, and asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention bad been directed to the coodition of those localities ; and If so, whether he had taken any stem himself, or had advised any steps to be taken with a view to their immediate or prospect ive relief. Sir R. PEEL said the government could only interfere by urging on the boards of guardians to take everyMejo thq could to meet the distress. That government hod deem and great charity had been exhibited by the local godly and by the poor towards each other. lie believed hat the statennests which had appeared is the Cork Exam t iner of the 14th of May greenly exaggerated the distame that ex ited, and the board of guardians of one of the oaken in the district had passed a resolution that these statements ware gross exaggerations, soil a lleg ing that they had had Media of erceureging idleness and discootemt. He wee happy to say that be had lust received a Mailmen from Use county of Cork that both the areal and crops gave the promise of peat alinsimos. K e r government, acting t hrou gh the poor law, had done their duty. From the month of September to the present time he had inquired into every cam, and he was we that the hon. gentleman would not penusda the poor of Ireland that the government had been neglectful of their interests or unmindful of the duties entailed on them by the position they held. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Miy 23. (Before Xr. Cormiramor Holroyd.) trLD).—PSTMON DIPIIIIWID. This was t day which had been fixed for hearing a petition which had been presented against this company, Etof theogthatit might be wound up under the suportotes aoark TM Pala is dated the 9th nit NV, and the petitioners are Masora Baxter, Book 61141 Marten, of Victoria-street, Westminster, attornim. The in the petition are that the company was incorpoi&i:= the provisions of the Joint Btock Companies Act of 1856 and 1587, on or about the 26th of July, 1860. That the objects for which the company was established were the making, working, sod maintaining telegraphic comma:mations be tween Tarim' planes in Great &ham and Ireland, and the purchasing sod carrying out of the system of one Thomas Allen in electric telegr: p t e t sod the making, working, maintaining, purchasing, and performing of all other Shiny necessary or inciden 'to the attainment of those objects. The registered offices of the company were situate at 237, Gresham-house, Old Bared-street. The petitioners were creditors of the company for the sum of 681/. 24. Id. for business done and monies expended on account of the company on an amount agreed between them. That a demand had been served on the company, but they had neglected to pay, secure, or compuuud the same to the satataation of the pentimers. That the said company was unable to pay the debts, and a windiag.ap order was, there for*, rayed. Mr. Bargood appeared for the company ; and Mr. Link- Wm for the pentagon. Mr. Commisimer Goulburn said as the debt had been paid there was an cad of the matter. The petition would be dismiesed. Mr. &mood said there was the question el costs. The Commusioner—That follows the result. ha th ii c tition has bean dismissed it will be with costa. aomintingly. 1 —11721.141;M,T0ZT8it , .40 (if.= 2 Mr. W. Div's o by Vidette—Miso Prey, BA 1012 (J. Adam) 3 Mr. J. Ws Raptors, Set 1011) A. DAY) Betting : 6 to 4 each apt Jack'shlive sad the Ellen Percy colt. Woo by a Ls& and a half ; a Beck between second and third, a good fourth. • HALTON &WM.-FRIDAY. TS3I WIGTON, Queen of Trumps All sight 1 s Trust ems as. Mamma' Psis Tleay/Ulke II Paaiiiroba Obese et Tramp Swim no. War.zaz Cur. = Yellow Bering IFtve ma. Manilal.l. Pugs Bonner and Blitz earatrix Millie or Oa Aye Mee raa. CIMPY. _ Karr v. Suss= COL7B. —This match was brought to a conclusion yesterday sat the Oval, and it will be wen that Keot won by 93 rune. The wore stood es follows : Kant, first inninp, 74 :.Dead innings, 110 ; total, 184. Surrey, first laming, 38 ; second inniap, 63 ; total, 91. DNINILING FOUNTAIN IN KINNINOTON-PLIL— Thie fountain was opened to the public yedere.y, 23rd indent. The bowl is of highly polished red Aberdeen gra nite, upon a flight of grey granite steps, and summated with a handsome bronze me. The fountain is the gift of Mr. Felix Slade, of Waloot-place, lembeth, and hen cost between four and five hundred pounds. The design is by Mr. C. H. Driver, architect, of theMester•buildhe West minster. The mason's work was mantel • Bart and the bronze me by Menus. Blkiligtoe Vi r m water supplied gratuitously by the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company. The meet, arms, and manage= of the donor, with the date of the ereettoo, appear in coloured marble medallions on the bowl. RAILWAY PIWORENI IN THE EAsT.—The require mots of the Board of Trade having hem complied with, a further portion of the Colne Valley Railway will be °posed for trafk between Castle Hedingham and Yoldbeat an Iliot day. The company will then bare 13 man it les in ape. ratio,. The Ramsey Railway is about to bad aft OFO. doodad with. Sir Charles Fox in eaghiesr, adHr MiplieNl has contracted for the works, which meet • light' awl adir °hamar. Da. Ds Jmicat's Lairr-Bsoint OOD Livia On. —it fa s ew coachnively einablhhot that mother au e. s perm wow r• Err teaserm sad.. Dr s de dental 011 en tie cenanwees . Inated. A. Cialftway, Ist, amesanot Laandnelor, i., liar: Nava** mew submadvetr nod Dr. de r = War both is rabies sad istraas titir wa leftraart al I hare no hadiatlan In stadia Its efee_tafidy tea Di de Owe or =7 cite Codi al 2 OD.' DM cub la WOK U. IL, Y. ,and Oa. 4 Bx de Asegtiej a ===il. and Oa„ 71, Loshem, and 11 6,, "I VIOLENT APBAULTS. Sir M. PETO called Mantic. to the very insufficient pu 'Maynard which wes coastantly awarded for means of ea sr granted character. Oa 20th ApS a violent attack was made apes a barman, who wee &shied by the niferim he 'waived, and the cdfender was simply fined 10a. Oa the 24th of April a souse assault was committed upon a respectable young woman. Sloe received a blow on the faro, which cut it open, and she was bleeding the greater pert of the night ; yet the prisoner was mly sea tanned to 21days' immonment with bird labour ; whiny a perm manta at the mote public cies at breaking a pane of glees, valued at Ms., was senteneed to 42days' int prisonmeet. On the 20th iostaat a men eseviMed of dabbing a poneeman wee seateacad to a irmatles hard labour ; and on the 22nd instant another gam, convided at the Middlesex tiondoes of violently samultiag two police men, was ordered aim mouths' hard labour. At the sass time, a pram footed guilty of *Miming Ba. worth of goods under Wee JIMAIUMMIN wee neatened to three yams' panel aervitude. It appeared to him (the hon. barest) that such light sentence were insufficient so check the perpetration of these ofence.lu the metropolis. He was aware that in some was, he had cited intoxication was pleaded, but he submitted that that could not be admitted as any palliation of the offence. If it were, life sad limbs woad no looter be ode. (Hear.) -•- • Wu. G. GREY said that with the exception at two, sous of the cane referred to by the boo. baronet bad been brought tinder his satin ; and in those he did net find any reason to all on the Load Mayor for • justification of hie conduct. No doubt the Lord Mayyoarr had awarded ouch sentences as in the exercise of the discretion which the law had confided in him he thought right, and it would be my dangerous, on manly reading • test ia • newspaper, to assume that • judge, who had head all the evidence, and had had all the parties before him, had acted incorrectly. Of course the law gave the liome-cakte no power to Morena • sentence, though H the paaiehment awarded were thought too severe it had power to dimiaish it. He (Sir G. Grey) had no fence to suppose that the large discretion vested is the megietntes had not in the ones quoted been properly esereimei (Haar, hear.) THB MINCH ARMY AND NAVY. Sir E. CLIFTON called attendee to the increased expee diture for national defames in lime of peace. He believed, be said, that our amnion war expenditure was rated, and that the armaments el Piano. win tot whit= bad been represented to be. The goverament, he thought, might give the house some acomat of the stingth of the united services of Finn ; arid he moved for " papers roe penClthe anserneate of France." PALMERSTON said the government bad delibe rately, calmly—foe there bad been no panic in the country— and he thought wisely, arrived at the conclusion that the amain should be placed in such a state by we and land as to be able to defend itself in case of stink. He had no objection to produce tenons of official document. pub lished by the Preach government respecting the state of the naval sad military forces of the French empire. Confides'. tul communicationhe declined to gives After some remarks by Yr. Gairirrs, Sir B. Currow withdrew his motion. THE LONGFORD ELECTION. Colonel OREVILLE moved for copies of certain reports on the subject of the Longford election, or circumstances connected therewith, mad, previous to March 7 last, pre facing his motion by • statement of the occurrences at the election, in which lie inculpated the Irish government, own plaiuiug that a stigma had been thrown upon the electors of Longford at the late election (which, he maintained, bed been conducted in the most orderly manner), and he celled upon the reeponsible minister of the government in that hoes* who had made the charge to substantiate or retract it. Sir R. PEEL said be had stated that electors had been prevented by intimidation front ?Ming for Colonel W an one case by a party beaded by • priest. Whet lis li t Mated was from information communicated to him, and he honestly Wined and still believed it to be true. It wee never usual to give cesAdential per from subordinates of the government, end be hoped the motion would be with drawn, otherwise be end oppose it. Mr. MONSILL Malted that it war the practice of the house that, when • =Mister of the crown referred to • document, hilwas boned so produce it. Lord PALMERSTON did not deny that, when • minister of the crown read a document and founded an argu ment upon it, the document ought to be produced, but Sir R. Peel had need no document, and the public interest, moreover, would be prejudiced by the production of these in :he course of a somewhat protracted discussion, Mr. LEFROY read letters (Firing the names of the writers) detailing acts of intimidation and outrage towards electors in the interest of Colonel White, adding that he had a host of letters of the same !dad. Upon a division, Colonel Greville's motion was negatived by 114 to 32. MOUS SUBJECTS. A discussion wee originated by Mr. Smollett, in which Mr. Vanaittart, and Sir C. Wood took part, on the subject of the plan of the Governor-General India authorising the sale of waste land, and permitting the redemption of the land revenues, in which the importance of the plan on the colonisation, and its bearing on the development of the resources of oar Indian empire, were debated, and it wee stated that the whole question wan under the consideration of the Indian department. Sir F. SHIM asked whether any experiments had been triad to ascertain the effect of the most powerful smooth bore and rifled guns on the section of the Warrior or say other target at ranges about equal to half the interval between the proposed Spithead Forts ; and if not, whether I orders would be given to have such experiments made ; and, in either ors, whether the results would be communi cated to the house. . . Sir E. C. LEWIS said he had that day laid the report of the Defence Commission on this subject on the table. Than had not been any experiment at a thousand yards, ben It ' might be desirable to make some experimeote at that nage. The discussion was continued by Mr. B. Osborne, Sir J. Hay, sod Lord C. Paget, who declared that he had beers from the first an ardent supporter of the plan of Captain Coles. The house then went into a committee of supply upon the Civil Service Estimates, and was occupied during the re mainder of the evening in debating the first vote, of 290,9041., for education in Ireland. Mr. WHITESIDE, in a long and energetic speech, called attention to the alleged grievances under which the sup porters of scriptural education in Ireland laboured, with a view to its redress, suggesting a plan for that object. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. Whiteside, observed that hie proposal was not new, nor bad it been supported by new arguments. The effect of the proposal, which the house had always negatived, would be to break down the fundamental principle of the national system—to give the public money to those who inserted upon teaching the Scriptures in school hours to the children whose parents objected. Sir H. CAIRNS, remarking that the adherence of the clergy of the established church to the national system was • great object to be secured, said he thought the proposition of the Bishop of Down and Connor to meet the con/cies. tioua objections of the clergy ought not to have been refused. Lord NAAS expressed his dissent from the opinions of Mr. Whiteside. The vote was ultimately agreed to. The Crown Private Estates Bill, with amendments, passed through committee up to the 7th clause inclusive, sad at that stage the chairman reported program. The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill Tweed through committee. The Univawitise (Scotland) Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill was read • third time and pissed. CHLIRCH RATES VOLUNTARY COMMUTATION Mr. ALOOCK moved the mooed reeding of this He mid it wee purely • permissive bill Biz G. OW proposal the postponement of the ball, sad ultimately the motion was adjoersed to Monday. The committ ee ou Musbees Divorce Bill was named with the substitution of the name of the Lord Advocate fee Sir C. Wood, sad The home adicansed at • few minutes pe4 two. Dowirata-etaser, MAT 21. —The Queen hat beta *Ned to appoint brae Faringtoo, obert Grime Fodder, tad Ebareser Brantkipb, to be d non-ebetire ambits • the LpgblitireConatil dA* Virgin laisids.—Ossotte. FORLION•07110111, MAT a—Th. (Nam us his, pasieesly te appoint Frederick C. now Raub toooslot wet et to be vies-coral at Ibrale.—fiestaa RN TAR GREAT NORTHERN AND MIDLAND GOAL OONTANI (LIMITZDDIIIECVOIRA, POWS= £J TRUE ABM. This was day fixed for settling the list el costal's. tories. The company was formed is May, 1850, and the Mikes were at No. 49, Skinneratrest. The nominal maid of the oompany was 50,0001., divided into 10,000 abates a 51. each. The winding-up order was made on the 30th of December last. Mr. Roxbeergh appeared for the °Melia liquidator • Mr. lawman, for other parties ; end Mr. Joseph Hat as Brothels, and Bayles) accountant to the liquidator. The prospectus states, "the company was estabilihed for the purpose of tarrying on an extensive rode in the par ches, and rale of kale from the Sandorkad, South Yolk shire, and Derbyshire Collieries. The directors hit maned that the uadertakiag cannot be otherwise than moceesful." In order to suctruadully carry on the business an 'moment I was entered into with Mews. Butcher, noel-mouts, of Scow-hill, and an arrangement made for the ppurchase of their wharf and premises, and Mr. Hatcher was 'pointed manager. A question aow arms, in settling the Mt of contributories, whether five persons who avid the memorandum of association for 21 stares each ought to be pat on the list. Butcher had received 1,9001., but had paid 4001. or 5001. towards the expenses of the motheny out of that sum. He has since been bankrupt. Mr. Roxburgh contended that the five persons were liable to be pat on the list of oontributories for 100 shares, which were to qualify them for directors (which they were), for 100 shares more as transferees from Hatcher, and for as many more shame as they had reesived, or rather taken to themselves, for their services as diresion. Mr. Lawrance, on the other hand, cockaded that the five gentlemen were only liable for 21 shares, which they ad mitted having accepted, and for which they had signed the memorandum of associattre ; bat, ea spirt this, he con tended th ey might set o ff their rerviem m directors, which would only leave them liable for five shares. Mr. Roxburgh said it would be a monstrous thing to allow persons to hold themselves out as directors in these babble companies, and when the bubble exploded let them say, " Oh, we were not directors at ell," sad walk off un scathed. Another most mischievous thing was that such pigeons should be allowed to help themselves for so-called fees for attendance as "directors," or diminish their liabi lity by allotting to themselves shares on such a pretence. Directors must be held to be trustees, sod ought therefor* to be prevented helping themselves at the expense of thane whose affairs they purported to manage—a principle which was affirmed in the well known case of George Hainan before the Master of the Rolls. Mr. Lawrence said Butcher's bankruptcy was mused by his unfortunate bargaia with the company, when he sold Lie bushier to them for 8,5001., which they paid him partly in cash and may in shares of the company. After hearing Mr. Lawrence at some length, the court de ferred judgment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the Aasistant-Tudge.) !Vita Constable, aged about 30, was indicted for dealing a rosewood wort-box, • 51. note, some gold and 'aver money, &c., the property of Edmund Constable. She pleaded guilty. Mr. Poland appeared for the prisoner. This was a distreming family case, the prisoner being the wife of the prosecutor's brother, and it appeared that she ' committed this theft while on an afternoon Twit to tea. The parties lived at Highgate. The possession of the Pl. note was traced to the pruoner, who changed it at a linen diaper's, and porticos of the miming articles were found in a dust bin where she lived. The Court sentenced her to three months' hard labour. Frederick James and Rase James were indicted for keep ing a disorderly house. The male prisoner pleaded guilty, and was esatenced to 12 months' hard labour and to pay a fine of 1001. No evidence wee offered against the woman, and she was Acquitted. This was a most atrocious came, the pr•soners having lived upon trafficking in the proouration rec erls of 11 . years of age. After the 12 months have expi the pneoeer will have to remain in prison till the floe is paid. The home was is St. Hartia's-street. Mr. i7BretZproseented, Mr. Sleigh defended. George Goodoug* and Ace Eyre were indicted far a like offence. Mr. Le Breton prosecuted, Mr. Best appeared for the defendants. This house was in Queen's-street, Bt. Martin's. They pleaded guilty. The male defendant was sentenced to sin mouths bard labour, and the female was discharged on her own recognizance to appear for judgment when called upon. Janes Miami was convected upon his own confession of keeping •• brothel in Dean-street, Soho. The court sen tenoedlim to four months' hard labour, and to pay a fine of 1001. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, Mr. Sleigh appeared for the de. fondant. _ Another case, of a similar description, in which Williams Henry Tennant, a clerk, and his wife, wore defendants, stood over for judgment. THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION•HOUI& Yesterday hay ingl;;;;;Poinleilior the re•araininationci the two Americans, John Weston and Widths' Harper, who were charged with being concerned in • eyeless of robbery at the London banking houses, the court was crowded by officials from the principal banks, and by persons who bed been robbed, many of them to a very large want, far the purpose of seeing if they could identify the prisoners ; and the proceedings appeared to create very great interest. The Lord Mayer presided ; and Mr. Mullen', the aoli citor to the Bankers' Association, appeared in support of the preset-lithe ; Mr. Wontner at tended on behalf of the prisoners. The accused are stylishly.dreased men, and both wear a wofusion of whiskers and moustaches. They took • sharp look round the court the moment they were placed at the bar, apparently for the purpose of seeing 1.1 they weld recognise any one among the crowd. It appears from information obtained by the police, that during the last two months most extensive robberies have been committed at the principal banking houses in the City, the sum stolen in two instances alone being 1261. The mode adopted is somewhat novel, and although dmple, required a good deal of tact and conlidenc• oa the part of the operators. It appeared to be this About two or three o'clock in the afternoon, when a good deal of business iv going on at the banks, tbe prisoners went into different banking establishmests, and when any one was engaged in paying in or receiving money at the counter, while he was engaged in counting it, one of the prisoners would touch his elbow, or ask him souse question, and while his attention was thee attracted the other had a por tion of the money off the counter in ao instant, and ow seeded in getting away with the booty before the ices was discovered. Repeated oomplaiets having been made of the lord large sums of money in this way, Haydon, who is well known for his knowledge in these sort of affaira, re ceived special instructions in the matter, and the result was that be imeeeeded in apprehending the prisoners, by whoa then appears to be no doubt the greater porcine if not the white of three de robberies have been cowniitted. The folio_ Fin °eel 'lranian' use adamant yesterday. Gawp Neal" • pews nea in the service al Mr. Meyer, • elpr isanniasteser - inPressoWstrwt, stated that on the 17th inst. be went to the Unity Beek, ID Ceneee-corset, and received am& ter • cheque for 401.4' Ild., 251.1 w end the reel la silver. Re counted the gold fink sad pined it is a In& whisk be averred up sad put on the 000lia, and he we VW *Mt to want the saver when the lei ! ewer Wales Peened wee bins as the midi where be coal NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY ' ILLY 23.-IPsomorzorm arm AP POINTICZNTS.—Masters G. 8. AlWrithe, to the Can:barked, for *ernes in the Severn ; T. Bowen, to the Wellesley ; F. N. Okild, to the Saturn, for Derek* io the Lightning ; and J. Roosts, to the Russell, for oceet =: niles. ervios. G. V. M'Donogh, to the AaeisMol-Surgeon A. Robertson, to Basler Hospital. Midshipman J. B. Haye, to the 10•1111/ ; and V. B. J. B. Voss-Dooop, to the Bacchante. Clerk K A. Dyer,ta the Nile. Esifiliests O. A. Dewar, promoted to fitstolses resistant caggineer in the Primate' Charlotte ; and J. A. Dicks, con firmed me esoood-class assistant esemese is the Cumberland. DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZZ-NONTl.—Notice Is gives in yesterday's Gazette that preparations are now being made for the intended distribution of tonnage bounty and proceeds of sale of a slave vessel, name unknown, car tared on the 19th of November, 1860, by her Majesty's ship Fspoir ; and of the slave bounty and proceeds of sale of the slave nun Clara Windsor, captured on the 14th of Daum berLlB6o, by_ber Majesty's ship &noir. COURT MARTIAL trred A VOLUNTEER OFTICRIL— Yesterday an inquiry, conducted by order of the Earl of Sefton, lord-lieutenant of the county, was held at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, into certain charges preferred by Major 'Haley, who commands one of the volunteer regiments in the town, against Captain Maxwell, an offioerin his oorps. It appeared that upon Major Tinley going out of town he wrote to Captain Maxwell, requesting him to take com mand in his absence, which Captain Maxwell refused to do, as he had sent in his resignation to the colonel of the batta lion to which be belonged, and therefore considered that until he received a reply be was honourably debarred from acting. It was this refusal, together with noneom pliauce with an order for attending drills, that formed the subject of inquiry , which the lord lieutenant deemed of great importeoce to the service. Captain Maxwell, with much vigour sad eloquence, yesterday defended himself before a court, which was ocon weed of Lieutenant-Colonel Gamble, Major Mellor, and Major Brook (Volunteer ()Moen). Captain Maxwell, while 'vindicating his Olin honour and patriotiom as a volunteer olker, mid that he felt bound, in the peculiar positioo in which be stood, not to carry out the orders of Major Tialay, as when he received those orders he was awaiting • reply Irom Colonel Gladstooe, the chief offieer of the battalion, imputing his (Captain Maxwell's) intended resignation. Me submitted that oo military offence had been committed by him in the present case ; and he felt confident that the result of the inquiry would not only be personally favour able to him, but sash es would promote the good of the service. The inquiry then closed. The presiding officers will forward their report to the lord-lieutenant. TEA ELEVENTH H usBARAL—The Court-martial on Veterleary-Surgeon Paul Anthony, of the 11th Hasson, was continued on Thursday hat Dublin. Captain Tempest deposed—l was president of the mese of the 11th Human on the 29th of April last. Mr. Anthony did not report to one what occurred at the mess. He ap,tr-. excited. I asked him what occurred. and he me what Mr. Holzman had said to him. I told him be ought to make Mr. Delacour retract that erroneous statement. I asked him to leave the matter in my hands. I prevailed upon him to do so after a few minutes. Before he was placed under arrest he authorised me to apologias to Mr. Delacour on his behalf. On reporting the matter to ma, I considered that Mr. Anthony should apologies to Mr. Delacour if Mr. Delacour would retract and apologhe for the words be had used. I suggested this after having inquired into both sides of the case • this apology wee refused. On the same evening I apolo gised to Mr. Saundenon, sating for Mr. I)elaoour, without any reservation. I told him I was authorised to make this apologi which was accepted by Mr. flaunderson. A few days r afterwards Lieutenant Anneoley said in my presence, that he reeolleated nothing of what occurred at the mess, but it was in a chaffing way. I know Mr. Anthony in the regiment about five years. In my opinion he has always, tl i t t LericoLdszsaosd himself as a gentleman. e the court was adjourned till Saturday (this day), to give the prisoner time to prepareeny remarks be mig ht wish to make on the evidence. HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COYPANY.-011 Wed parlay last the members of ilia oompany gave soother sae. woeful dramatic performance. The entertainment open mewed with Dose on Bort Sides, in which Mega. M. F. Whits, Collard, and F. Everitt appeared. My Wife's Daughter followed, and the principal characters were ably sustained by 04Ptaiu Field, Surgeon NiV. end Mmes. Tingle, Everitt, and Chaplin. The ereelhis mire. was Tunes the Tables, the principal aleareetem d which IMO u by Menne. Jawed*, Tuner, Spiess, sod Mat. thews, aadSwa Oapta n" in Field. The Ge l or ad ige,es enzg ai. wiere Mims Julia St. A Illevems, Laurette.ad After the theatricals. a took pleat in the Albert Room. [eidWaiMeMeiet.)-410LLOWAT's OINTIMM, AND Mu* An actieri Brae embellose wOw want win. A a bum a est orase 161 ,1 1Pbe es bai • meeft sad am MP way be eiftimil br as at tab laeitenebb. libeftwa• It lanwelkeily M• ge" polars We Imbibe mewls, prevails*. abbe MilliagOlig le the eat of tiger,. lens lay pordes e = ig bemmiles sad Ow hawks se akewee• ler bob ids Obi weld peroseire ma lblawal li Ziew. eit aderailles. It name imsadwaes be Me Me .1Z .41 1 . 1.11111•10 ; * an E a red of aelis• ease moo teleselal sad Arabia isiparain t rill M **se* as laerisle i a wiseepsweraig seliss. MARKE 1 D. SUGAR.—The sewage price of bream or Mue , ne k sugar, the produce of the British posseaaious in A1+...14. for the week ending May 20, is Ms. ld. per cwt., d of the customs duty. Bniuroi, Mar 23.—There has bens a better deinat. I this week for all kiuds of sugar, sod sales of paiod, ;,,,. spot have bees needs at stiff prime, about 600 hide . W., India, Bertiedoes, end Demerara bsviog cheoged Lod., throne produce sells steadily and at prices not obtaiv a l,l, week. Rum dull end rather lower. TALLOW. FRIDAY Eviinuio.—The naming was qWeit to-day. Spot, 465. 6d.; June, 465. 6d. to 4fia 3d. ; July to September, 475. ; October to December, 49a , sellers. Australian sheep, 46a. 6d. ; do. beef, 44,. s ou th American, 47e. At the public isles of 687ceeka offered, 240 were sold. Delivery to kat evening, 780 casks ; arrivals, 1,953 casks. Sydney cocoanut oil, 48e. to 51s. ; Ceylon ditto, o 2 a. to Us. 9d. ; Cochin ditto, 53e. wain oil, 435. to 425. ; horse grease, 38e. ; rough fat, 2a. OOTlON.—Linatont., Mac 23. —ln the early part of the week the market we cagy unsettled, mod sales were made at Id. to Id. per lb. decline on last Friday's rev, On Wednesday a reaction took place, sod the busieerc clone was at 6d. to fd. advance no the low mks of the previo,s day. The tone since tiles has bems quiet, but steady, and we now quote about id. per lb. below the rates current last week for all kinds. except Egyptian, which am 6d. per Ito. dearer. Speculators have token 3,740 balm of American, 70 Perman, 50 honchos, 50 Smyrna, 50 EgyPtisn, 6,4 u Sarah and Madras. Exporters, 570 American, 170 Egyp tian, 2,530 Smut mid Iladms, sad 50 Bengal sad the trade 20)00 bales of all Wads. We have a quiet but steady market today. Salm, 4,000 bales. Fair °rime'. 136 d. ; middling, 12N. ; fair MAdle. 136 d. ; mliaDiof. 111 ; [au uplands, 12g ; • COTTON GOOD3l.—Mnicaserza, NAT 23.—1 s ygr iir we bad rather room Minnow oa Wednesday and Thank, the sudden movement is the Liverpool market inelneie; same few baysn to ones forward rather more freely. The operations were to supply cram which had been lying over meetly, and were sot musidemble, but they gave some ea t=sBt, and epicure be.. been endeavouring today the rise is cotton at Liverpool by asking higher prism The attempt, hiserever, hr bees to some extent • Mum Burin show a went el eindldenos is the maint.2- seam of eves premed rater, end the higher quotation' have &seed business. Then has bean very little businea effested Joky, bat spinners are kw., and there is les irregulanity than on Teseday. It is the name in cloth al in yam ;masideeturees hem been irking 3d. to per piece some 12Fmgsge el the rise is cotton, but meals sad senses ham bees =Mk to obtain dm abeam During Wanda, end yesterday a little sae business was done at the turn in favour el saline, but the Inv =nest hen dieappsend today, sad dime is bat lads 00107.—BI1ITOL, MAT 22.—At oar market this ate: soma thane wan • Wks supply of English wheat than for scene weeks past, and _vales pve way ls. to 2s. per qr. ; foreign is slow demand, end fully le. per qr. cheaper. The moiling barley sous is nearly closed, and there ie little or nothing doing in the article; grinding very slow, sod tie turn cheaper. Oats about maintain their valets, but there no disposition to pusher beyond immediate waits Beans and peas without allesilm. Arrivals :—Whew, oesetwles TS qrs.; foreign, 5,660 qrs. ()Ss, Irish, 3,E1 qn• sassy, foreign, 4,260 qrs. Floor, !sign. 25 terra. OinINIVORD, MAT 2g.—There was • fair show of what at today's market, the condition of white was good. Trade ruled very dull, at • decline of Lt. to 2e u w quality. Beans sus, sad quits as dear. Barley nos offering. LimoOter, •NAT 23. —Very little wheat on offer at our market today, but quite soficist for the dernead ; the trade very Isgaid, as L. decline. Nothing paining in wring corn. Lssiros, NAT 23. We have bad • very doll aortal tole morning, and prior are spin in buyer's faros Whist mut bs mimed 3d. pre sate; and dour 66. to It per barrel Nedra on the week, bat in some instances 8110 greater comanians have bees made. ladies ocen i far c halal, sad lower, with few Wyss. Oats are down Id. sad sisal Id. per load. New Egyptian been ree declined 1a per quinsy. Peas awl barley the ton cheaper. Wax:grass, NAT 23.—Vnalat MSS oaring la. pm sip is les than bat Friday, with HSU bossism There wu ra Ml* tiabg barley. Other articles elow al leis, lit within* asp of pars. Avenge far week mbar Nay 19 Wheat, 3Y3 qrs., at We. Bp. ; Parlay, 132, u 395. 9td. 00ALL—Loaligrit, Y&TU.--OrtWe W.A Hanley, 15s. 6d. ; Hartlepool West Hartley. lb. 3d. ; Haft. Hartley. Us. 9d. ; Nardi Mica Gas. Us. ; Qat= West Hartley, 14a. W. ; Walker Priarcas, lb. 3d.: WM Wylara, 14s. ; Wyk. lb. 6d.; Wall. Fad Braddylls tan. 16s. 3d. ; Walls Sea Harwell, 16e. ; Will. End Hsi ten, 14s ; Walls Fad Itrail's Hobos, 15a. ; Walls Bel South Hatton, 16e. ; Walla Had Tonsta ll , 14e. ; Walls Bat Casio% lb. • Walla Fad lb. bl. Was FA Hartlepool. ifs. 3d.: Walla Had lb. 3d. Had South Hartlepool, 14.. 6d.: Walls Booth lia6 15a. ; Walls End Triad= Thoroley, 14a. airway , sal Darya Anthracite, 2lr ; Camay and Darya 1416‘, 113 e. ; Ootrpan Hartlay, 16a. 9d.-Bhips at market, 60 ; TRAMO =TIM re. lOUs Paa- Naa- Tolol, Toli. MIMI= open wagers abseallito 1S MI Wink maw Yob.= A. A a lig lad= : =Divides 3634 3,817 I 11,175 7,15 Willi Italia:4B- MI 1,1117 1.711 2.117 UN Week wan Ng IL Mara _ di 328 56 724 II ... 1191 4,PU 9,971 1092 13,30 ~iF ~ ;~ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills:Wereread --- athitd tote and nomad Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Junction, and Dundee and Newtyle Railway ; Uxbridge and Rackmansworth Railway; Stockton and Darlington Railway aowlaw and Crook/ ; lad Edinburgh Roads and Streets Bills. - - THE CLAIM OF AZBEI(-JAB. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said a petition had bon placed in his hands, which purported to be from the inhabi tants of Bolton, signed by a person named Witherington, on behalf of a committee, in reference to the claims of Prince Amiens-Jab. The noble earl said it was to him a matter of aurpriae that the inhabitants of Bolton should be so well acquainted with the subject, but be would venture to sag. gest to the inhabitants of Bolton, as well as to the inhabi tants of other places from which similar petitions had been presented, that it might be convenient to appoint a com mittee to inquire into the manner in whiob petitions to the house were got up. (Hear, hear.) There could not be a greater breach of privilege than the manner in which peti tions of this character were got up. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. Lord REDDIDALE rose to premot eighteen petitions from landowners, road trustees, and others, praying for general legislation on this subject. Lord ATHERTON stated from his own knowledge, living, as he did, in the centre of England, where a peat number of these road lines passed, that there lied been the greatest complaints of interference with private rights in the erection of telegraph posts. . . . Lord STANLEY of r ALDERLXY was quite ready to admit that the powers given to electric telegraph com panies had been most extensive, =I had operated in many instances most injurionely. Up to a very meant time telegraph companies had been entitled with laying their wires along railways and canals, and is those cases no dif ficulty was experienced, but recently powers had been con fired upon them by private bills of which the public were . not aware, which gave rise to very great inconvenience, and created a very strong feeling of surprise and animosity on the part of persons whose property had been injured by them. Petitions had been seat to him of the some nature as those which the noble lord had presented, from persona in the neighbourhood of towns, com pinining of the injuries they bad 'attained by the manner in which telegraphic wires were permitted to be laid. The fact was that the powers given under private bills bad been extremely varied, and, in some mass, very eccentric, sometimes giving power to *roes private property without the comsat of the owners or occupiers, and to peas along roads without the consent of surveyors or trustees. He concurred with his noble friend, that it would be most desirable to have, if they could, a general measure, laying down some principle which might not deprive the public of the advantage arising from thekootapstition of visions com panies, and which, at the same time, would not violate or interfere with the rights of property. He would undertake, on the part of the government, that the matter should be taken into consideration, with a view to legislation if practicable during the present 11.16011. After a few words from Lord RIIIIBIIALZ, the petitions were ordered to lie on the table. PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND). Upon the order of the day far the second reading of _this bill, Earl DESART referred to the recent anmesinationa in Ireland, and those agrarian mimes which in peat times had disgraced that country, and which appeared to be reviving in all their form. Ha expremed - hia conviction that the Roman catholic priesthood might, if they pleased, do much towards preventing such acts by exercising their inSuence in aiding the authoritiee to bring the offenders to justice, but he had little hope that they would do so, seeing that the • of heretics was a principle of the Romisla church. The Earl of CORK was not surprised that a noble lord connected with Ireland should have called attention to those outrages which had lately occurred in Ireland, but doubted whether the present was the moat fitting time to enter upon a dimension of the subject. He denied that the Roman catholic clergy were in any way chargeable with sympathy for the CAMS or the criminals, but on the oon trse was satisfied that they detested them as as the noble earl, or any one else, mach were ea wises to Wag the perpetrators of such diabolical acts to justice. The bill was read • second time. COPYRIGHT (WORKS OF ART) BILL. This bill was postposed to Friday next. CHANCERY REGULATION BILL. The report of the amendments in this bill was brought tip and agreed to ; and Their lardehips adjoureed at 10 edictal to 6 o'clook. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FinDAy, MAT 9& The BMX= took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The billowing bills were read a third time sad posed : Ashborne and Helper Road, Cheadle Roads, Dundee Water, Hatfield ad St. Alban's Railway, Beat Water, North Rastern Railway (Blaydoa sad Coaside), arid the Vale at Clwyd Railway. CHURCH RATES. Mr. S. ESTOOTIRT gave notice that soon after the Whit. santkie holidays be would move the foUowing resolution : •' That this hoses is of opinion that the law relating to church rates may be beneficially settled on the principle that the jariedietiou of the Ecclesiastical Dour* and the existiog legal process for enforcing payment of such rates, should cease; that in parishes where a substitute for a com pulsory rate, by means of an annual appropriation of a por tion of the *eats to those who assume the burden of defiay ing the expenses, has grown into use or may hereafter be adopted, additional facilities should be given to church wardens for carrying such voluntary arrangements into effect ; and that in case voluntary contributious shall have been tried and shall have been proved insufficient to enable the churchwardens of any parish to discharge their duty of maintaining the parish church in a proper condition for Divine service (the particular, of which should be defined and limited), power should be given to the vestry (in which owners as well as occupiers should have a voice) to vote a special rate for this ;moose, to be levied exclusively within the soclesiastieel districts attached to such church, to be re covered as a pear or highway rate, and to be charged wholly Or in part upon owners." PUBLIC - _ Mr. HO/MILAN gave notice that when Mr. Eliaaafald brought forward his motion oa the subject of public expen diture he would move, as an amendment, " That this home, while deeply impressed with the necessity of greater economy in every department of the state, and especially mindful of that secesaity in the present condition of the country and its finances, is of opinion that the sums voted under the present and late administrations for the military and naval services have not bees greater than were required for the security of the country at home and the protection of its intermit abroad." NAVAL OFFICERS AND THE EXHIBITION. Mr. COCHRANE asked the flecreirry to the Admiralty whether the same privilege would he conferred on °Moire serving in her Majesty's navy as bad been conferred on offioers serving in the army, namely, of ten days' leave of abeam to visit the Exhibition. Lord C. PAGET aid he could not pledge the Admiralty to giving every office ten days' leave of absence to see the Exhibition, bat they desired to afford them every possible facility for that purpose. (Hear, hear.) SEIZURE OF THE BERMUDA. Mr. MILDMAY asked the I:leder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any information that the British steamer Bermuda was seised on her voyage from one British ooloey to another by a ship of war belonging to the Federal Matte of America ; and if it were true, whether the government had takes any steps in coosequence. Mr. LAYAILD said the government had received infor mation of the mime of the Bermuda. The case had been referred to the law officers of the crown, and at that moment he was unable to give the hon. member any further reply on the subject. THE CHAPTER-HOUSE. WESTMLNSTEE. Mr. C. BENTINCK asked bar Majesty's government whether the Chapter-house of Westminster Abbey was public property ;if so, whether her Majesty's government were about to restore it to the Dean and Chapter of West minster, and under what conditions. Mr. F. PEEL said that the Chapter-house was un doubtedly public property, but no plan for its restoration had been submitted by the dean and itapter to the govern ment. MIDDLE-LEVEL Di UNDATIONS. Lord STANLEY asked the Home Secretary whether he proposed to lay on the table • cop/ of any application made by the Mayor of Lynn for the interference of the govern ment to prevent the further extension of the floods, and what was the nature of the answer he gave to such nom. maniastion. Sir G. GREY said he had received a letter from the Mayor of Lynn, and aim from the incumbect of a parish in tire immediate neighbourhood, and both stated that suf ficient semearee bed not been taken by the Middle Level Gommitakerses to arrest the further progress of the sett miry, and to prevent its recurrence on the something spring tides. He forwarded the letters to the commie-' mown, sad he received • prompt reply, enclosing the re 'met of lir. Hawkshaw. the engineer, which was read to the bones yesterday. He bad no objection to lay the °ens soondeses ea the table. He might mention that ► about sa hour ego he received a deputation of member tosaethed with the divide* and ol gentlemen resident had tber;tqui= Mid* several imponset muggestienk widt he them to pat in writing, fa order that they alight be Nab witted to the commissioner& SALARIES OF POOR LAW INSPECTOR& Sir & NORTHOOTE embed tie Orataary d lie Tor miry whether poor law iazS ms mar* Weeks a 1 7001. • year and commuted a lilitt u ; iw ar i t= boosts tax upon 1,0001. a year, 700/. • year only ; and if so, spa Wad peiadple Ws dMiee • woe seam Mr. F. PEEL add that the 30W. a year AIM URI W 4 , X I, Royal Danish Week coding Ils,y le. Cakdoolea Week ending May St Belgian Beata= Jima= illi 104 100 007 01 Soutar ros TIM Rsuir or Durnissa.—The anneal meetieg of this moiety took plass yesterday it Willies Booms, St. James 's ; the Bishop of London in O. chair, supported by the Fad of Ellesmere, the Karl of Bela borough,lesed Wbarodiffe, the Hem A. Egerton, the IiCIL GeneralAebbornham,ke. Mr. Daveoport,thebooorsrystor terry, reed the report, whisk Mated that th e works in white the society were espied bad taken deep root, and to Dumber of almoners now engaged in dispensing the relit given months to 68, *solitaire of those ladies and geotin men who do not take charge of any particular &stmt. The public oestribeilions received during the past year bad been 2,8621. 4.. 10.1., while the amount pasted in mid to the poor had beset 3,6001. 6a., beteg an increase of newly 5001. on the amount so expended in 1880. This result then the increasing machinery of the society. The society bad made during the year a grtht of 2501. to the Fiat Loodor Weavers' Emig ratite Aid Association. The report went cc to state that the entire expense* connected with the no segerosot were paid out of a special fund coetributed by the guarantee committee, and that the whole of the contra* tithe of the public, without any deductions, were ape. petted direct to the relief of the deserving poor. Ito gross receipts of the year bad bees 4,7631. 10s. 9d., lAA after deducting the expenditure, left a balance on the year of 4961. 7s. 7d. Ilse report was adopted. Du BANAT'S delicious health-restoring Revalents Ambles Food saves My times Its met In other remedies. re Ilurvri7d en tho s c tr tio n nt I aeries, .i r r, land lunge, e p h i . i n it most - enfeebled, and r removing speedily and err, t u a l lf toalimminraenala), habitual coostipation, diarrhea all grids , fevers, bannorrboids, liver coarlSP athroat sula latoloway, saiweasisoss. biliousness, fevers, sore , catarrhs. odds, hidleenza, noises In the head and ears, rheum* i ck ik tines, Impertliim, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia irritsbi• II oddity. oddity, patintatioa, heartburn. beadathi , debilit nausea and sickness, *lnas die mak ....Merfres: consumption. A few oat of 60,600 gam s—Onrie to. 46,314: Idlas Elizabeth Yeoman, illCar tombseer*, net Liverpool, a core of ten years' emends. 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L Ladle, DLL, a a daughter. XARRIAGRIL ALaziwisia—OrsaiL—stas so, at Sidiaeuth, Devon. bY Rev. Y. L /gamy, 0. Alerander, at the Illeslm..tb: to 11.016•204 diaalbter of the Rev. Dr. Gibbon locinnbea AR tlatMe, Illatmoath. KLLIOTT—LDITZR.—DIay 21, at the parish chnrch, Ltacolashim. W lb* Rev. E. Plcktora, C. P. Xiliott.l. o . ol 01,111 IWO" de Herb 1 , 11110014 daughteg Oi L a, al Gawp. °RA —G°4I.IIII.—MAI dt. at Hearltree. FOUL in On ' Betta _a• arc L thy, to leabella Emily, dinghy' ' 4 INhas Pad, ad Paola j tor Devon. MATHS. BILIDOL—May 11, at Wimbledon, Surrey, T. Bridge , Nei O. 6. H . C o l on el S lIIIWITT.—Nay at Woburn-square, IC Hawaii, Hut.. IL /ad BORNI/L—May amaxpswirdly, at Vlorence, Anne .6u.' Ws Horner Um amd In. LZDWAR at Leonard . D. —May 10, Mr. ward, of Ashton un der L)se WAIL It at Idwadowawiansoa Wog R 151 ' 4 Mazy, widow se Pfbud &Da Pomba IN wiuum I Ewa. el e r t :, it.datbrusnes, as ow a usage, . nom ta tambermagook or mesa gr aw. UMW, MAT N. VIA