The Express. — London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P. HOUSE OF LO EDS. —Tr saps; FAL 23. Their lordships met at Ave e'elook. ALLEGED FEDERAL RECRIIITC4O IN IRELAND. The Earl of CORK, on behalf of the Marquis of Clanricarde, postponed hie motion on this @object till Friday evening. Ha also gave notion that the noble lord would on Thursday instil ask whether the arbitrator in Colonel Melville White's case had given his award, or was likely soon to do so? PENAL SERVITUDE. The Marquis of SA LISBURY eves to move that • bumble address be presented to her Majesty for returns of the num ber of convicts wider @eateries of penal servitude confined in gaols other than government prisons in the years 1862 and ; and to ask the government what steps had been taken to carry out the recommendations of the Commis- Mears on Pearl Servitude. The noble lord addressed the house at considerable lenth, but the purport of his re marks did not reach the gOery. Earl GRILNVILLE assented to the motion. Maly of the recommendations of the recent commission bad been embodied in • bill which had been introduced into the other house, and be thought it would be well to abstain Irons dis cussing the details of that bill until it was before their lordships. The Earl CARNANVON said he quite agreed that the best time for discussing this matter would be when the bill which had been introduced into the other house was before their lordships. He very much regretted this sort of SWUM to which they bad been accustomed on the subject for the last few years. He therefore said let them adopt the one system or the other—either adopt the system of ticket-of-leave coupled with its only safeguard, strict police supervision, or on the other hand abolish it altogether and adopt some other system which would be practicable sod effective. The right hon. gentleman had been trying to please every body, but his efforts would only end in giving satisfaction to no one. He did not disagree with many of the changes which he proposed in his bill ; but, on the other hand, IN bad omitted from the measure that which was necessary to make it really useful. (Hest.) Lord WoIIEHOUSE thought that a simpler and safer plan than the remission of sentences would be to reduce the periods of sentence', and let • prisoner remain under punishment the whole time, at the end of which he should be an entirely free man. (Hear, bear.) Earl GREY mid that in his opinion if convicts were dis !barged upon tickets of leave there ought to be some super =tendon°, over them, but he admitted the extreme diffi- Milty of making it effectual in this wintry. What, how ever, he wished principally to do was to remind his noble friend opposite that to hold oat no hope to a prisoner of a remission of his sentence in consequence of his conduct would be to go back to a system which had bees unanimously condemned by every single officer who had had charge of convicts from 17Sit up to the present tiros. Since true prtation to the American OA:Min war abolished it had been the uniform practice in this country, in some mode or other, to grant convicts a certain remission of their sentences on the ground of their conduct. The motion was then agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, FIB. 23. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a mooed time :—Bristol Central station and Railways; Dumfriesshire and Cumber land (Sol wa I Junction Railway ; Glasgow (City) Union Railway ; Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Cross Keys Bridge' : Neeth and Brecon Railway (Extension, ac.); North Eastern Railway (Leads Eztansion); North Eastern Railway t Leeds New Central Station) ; Reigate and London (West R od) Junction Railway ; and Wolrerhanaptoa and l3ridgnorth Railways. SUEZ CANAL. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on Thur•lay next be would ask the Coder Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether the government would be willing to produce the following tiorreepondeoce .—All letters between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Sir H. Bulwer SUMO the 9th of January. 1660, on the subject of the Sues Canal ; the cone. epoodence between the Secretary of State and the Ottoman Porte for the same time ; all letter, sad coriasPo*delt be tween the Secretary of State and all diplomatic or other agents of ours in Egypt; and also all correspondence between the Secretary of Slate and the Pecha on the same subject. PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS. Mr. ADDERLEY gave Deface that on Thursday be would move for leave to bring in • bill for the consolidation of the Penal Servitude Acts. SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS OF DUBLIN. Mr. GREGORY gave notice that after Easter he would move for • committee of inquiry into the condition of the *subsidised scientific institutions of Dublin. POLAND. Mr. B. JOHNSTONE gave notice that on Friday next he should move the following resolution :—"That in the opinion of this house the conduct by her Majesty's government ia of recent negotiations respectiag Poland has to diminish the just influence of this country." (Hear, hear.) PURCHASE OF BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR BY CHINA. Colonel SYKES gave notice of his intention to ask certain questious respecting the alleged sale of the Africa and other easels as well am warlike stores to the Chineee etweromeat. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir J. WALSH gave notice that on going into committee of supply on the navy estimates he would call attention to the inadequacy of the state of our naval preparetions in the Prompt exigency of political affairs, and that ha would move the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this Lon,, the great chimps in naval wart as, and the witi. ail state of our foreign relations, rendered it necessary that the most vigorous efforts should be made on such • scale as I was calculated to =attain our maritime supremacy.* VACCINATION OF SHEEP. Sir C. JERVOISE wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the experiments in vac. einatiog sheep were yet concluded ; and if so, when the results wookl be laid before Parliament. Mr. Li 'WE regretted to state that the experiments bad pawed entirely unenceessfuL They were concluded last Michaelmas, and the report would be ready by Easter. The experiments were of two kinds. In the one the sheep were vaccinated with lymph taken from the human subject. That method had partly succeeded. The ghee, took the disease, though in au irregular sod abnormal form. (Laughter.) When they came to test the use of the vaccination they found that the sheep took freely the variola by inoculation or contact. The second experiment related to the Macula tics of cows. Cows were inoculated with matter taken from sheep sulfuring under smallpox, in order to produce • ne vacci disease which should steed in the same relation to sheep as cow pox to the human subject. They had entirely failed is producing that disease io the cow. (Laughter.) THE COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. L. KING, who rote amidst some cheering to move for leave to bring in • bill to extend the franchise to counties in England and Wales to lilt. occupiers, said he did not think any apology was due to the house from him for introducing this question once more, the principle of the bill having been admitted both in the country and in the house. But he felt that some apology wee due to thescountry that either this bill pure and simple had not been passed or incorporated into a larger sod more comprehensive scheme, acid so become the law of the land. He washold to say that the circumstauces of the country demanded an extension of the franchise, that the state of the county constituencies especially demanded it, and that justice which ought never to be lost sight of in that house demanded it also. (Hear.) It was expedient to be unjust, and the longer this measure of justice was delayed the greater would be the in justice. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to show that the question bad gained in strength between 1814) and Irt:i9. In the former year be was supported by 100 members, and is the latter by 179. The measure had not oily palm' strength in number', but had obtained the support of f 01330 of the wet eminent members of that house, amongst whom he might mention Sir J. Graham. That right boo. baronet stated that the right of voting ought to be given to holm numbers who had not that right, bat were entitled to the pommies of the franchise. It had been asserted that • difference existed between the interests of the rural :tad the manufacturing districts, but such argu ments tended to set clam against clue ; their interests were identical, for aviculture was one vast manufacture. If the home adopted the measure he now staked leave to introduce he believed it would he highly satisfactory to the great body of the community. (Hear, bear.) The motion having been seconded. Sir C. GREY, on the part of her Majesty's government, snouted to the introduction of the bill, the general discus sion upon which, he said, could more conveniently take place on the motion for its mimed reading. The motion was then agreed to, and leave given to intro. duce the hill. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. Mr. H IBBERD rose to call attention to the demoralising effects of public executions, and to the disgusting displsy which took place in the City on the preceding day, which he considered • disgrace to our aviliatioo. Ho might be asked what would be his proposal in place of carrying out public executions. and for this be woad refer to the report of the Lords' committee. The evidence of the Prussian and American iunbae. enders was taken, and it was strongly in favour of carry. Nog out executions within the gaol ; and they said that so evils had followed that plan ; the public feeling was so much in its favour that a return to the old mode of puoishnient would be condemned by all clams. Re had recently received • letter from Mr. Adams, the American minister in this country, in which be stated that the people of America were quite satisfied with the system as carried out io the present manner. In Australia also exec.:Coos were in private, in the presence of certain officials. He 'wished in conclusion to ask the right hon. ;mailman the Secretary for the Hoene Department whether it was the intention of the government to propose any alteration of the law and to move for a copy of all the memorials which had bee n addressed to the right boo. gentleman on the subject. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Prizefights and public execution' were the two thiop which attracted the largest crowds to witness them, and he believed that if • prize-fight were to take place within 200 yards of the Home of Commons the house would be coastal out is order that the =where might go sod no it. (Lood feefghter.) TEE EMPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, Tat The fact was that the country would never stand these private executions, as there would always be a doubt whether some sort of execution by proxy might not have taken place. (Loud laughter.) He challenged the right bon. baronet, who was about to speak, to give any proof that capital punishment acted in deterring persons from crime. . . Sir G. GREY asked were there not other circiun dances which collected great crowds, sod did not such crowds exhibit equally revolting incidents. All great crowds had in fact the result of stirring up society to its lowest depths, and bringing into public view manners which at other times were hid in obscurity. That, however, did not show that executions had not salutary eft sets on other, sod perhaps the most numerous, persons in such a crowd. (Hear, hear.) His hon. friend had quoted the report of the Lords' committee. He (Sir G. Grey) had read that re port sad the evidence upon which it was founded, and he must say that is his judgment no committee had ever come to its conclusions on more unsatisfactory evidence. Only four witnesses were examined, and they contradicted each other, acd the great fact relied on was that several persons who were known to have attended executions had subse quently committed crime. That might be true in some cams, bet who was to reckon the number of persons who might have been deterred from crime by witnessing axe cations. (Hear, hear.) He thought that perfect publicity was an indispeolable element in these executions, sad that anything like privacy would be wholly repugnant to the ge neral feeling of the country. As to compelling a jury to attend the execution of the criminal they had convicted, it would be utterly impossible, and the suggestion of ad. milting the first twenty or thirty persons who pre muted themselves at the gaol door would only lead to a eorasuble which would aggravate the horrors of she seem. Theo se to the public exposure of the body and the hoisting of a black flag, they would collect as many people about the gaol as the actual execution, sod be utterly destructive of the privacy for which the hon. member cootended. This moth must be said for the execution of the previous day, that the arrangements were excellent, and that the crowd dispersed earlier and more quietly than was usually the rem. ender all the circumstances be trusted that the house would not accede to the motion of his hon. friend. One warden to the state of public opinion with respect to the execution of these five pirates. He has been asked whether be had re ceived any consmunicatioos on the subject. He had re -1 calved one, but it demanded not privacy, but greater pub licity. As an hoc. baronet had stated, he bed received a letter from the under sheriffs of the City of London, suggesting that Wetted of having the execution of the whole of Clem criminals take place at the Old Bailey they should be distributed throughout the country, and that the impression to be produced should be distributed over a wider surface. This appeared a °ambition on the part of the civic authorities that salutary effects were to be expected from the publicity of capital punishments. There were always certain iIiCOUVIMA4IIOOI attending the admiais triton of justice, and they were not absent in this one. Nevertheless, he was not prepared to entertain the proposal of the hoe. member for Oldham. ialernaanBlDKlYcomplaitied of them executions folder place in the midst of a busy city, and collecting 30,000 persons within a limited area to look at fire forgiven* dangling like lop in the air. Another point to which he wished to call attention was, that in Newgate between 200 and 300 living pencils were confined within a apace of half an acre, end that the interment of five full-grown young men within the wells was calculated to have an lop' loos effect on the health of the living inmates. He asked whether this was consistent with the law of extra-mural interments. Lord H. LE-NNO.Xwas not ashamed to say that, ac tuated by motives which perfectly justified his conduct to himself, be was • member of that vast crowd which had assembled in the trout of Newpte on the previous morning. (Laughter.) He went there very anxious to ascertain whether the picturesque accounts he had seen in the public papers of those soarer, and the amnions respecting the decorous bearing of the crowds, were folueded on the actual facts, or whether it was one wild wipe of blasphemy, materna% and obscenity. It was not for him to describe what had been so much better described in the morning papers, but this he must my, that anything more disreputable be had never interned than the demeanour of that crowd. There was the most shocking levity,bounettiog throwing hats into the crowd, and amilar practices. Nor did they stop when the ant of the unhappy men was rained fainting to his doom. They still went oa swearing, hustling, and crying "bats off ;" in abort, any thing more isderent, more devoid of moral feeling, he bed wintered. One of the daily ppm, which was most ad mirably conducted, theLteilyzNews (that morsing,contrised a wage which completely bore out assertion,Sl34 there fore, with the permission of the house, he would read it. The writer rid—" While these inconceivably disgrace ful trams were being enacted, the obscene and blasphemous cries of the crew engaged in mock ing the preachers in the crowd, the Gem cheers with which the constant fights were encouraged, the screams and whistlinp, the hideous groans and inde cent songs, formed as accompaniment which, OM an open *zonation of abandoned depravity and rampant sin, km probably . not been exceeded since the world began." (Hear.) He was In • position to witness that sea of upturned faces, but is vain did be attempt to light upon any eountessees showing signs of eadnees or pity. On the contrary, they displayed every evidence of mirth and jollification. (Hear.) He wished to ask the right bon. baronet if he would not exercise the power he undoubtedly passaged over the aw tborities of Navigate to induce theta to fix wens other day than Monday for these disgraceful traps. He lived in • county where the mactity of the Sabbath was respected. Some permits might think that these scenes were confined to Monday • but whet would bon. members my when he told them th at on Senday, from 11 o'clock in the monis& the place is front of Niragate gaol was surging to and fro with the scam of our populatioc. In the hours during which the law allowed I the publinhorns to be open they were crowded and I thronged with this population, eager not only to quench their thirst, but to keep up their spirits in order to enable them to stay the night through and behold the terrible sight of the wonting. Not only that, but • large body of individuals, whom he could scarcely call men, were greedily wishing to Ist seats at their window. for sums varying from • few *haling up to 11. and Sl., aooording as they were convenient and near enough to see the white ceps of the criminal. And this went on on a Christian Sunday in a Christian land, in the metropolis of the Christie. world. He could not help thinking that if the right hon. gentleman would oommu ei cats with the authorities of News** they might be induced to consult the feelings of the re spectable portion of the it:habilitate of that neighbourhood. He had that morning received a letter from the respected minister of St. Sepulchre's —e gentleman who, be might mention, was strongly opposed to any idea of the abolition of capital punishment. He said that the scenes which the execution reduced, not only on the morning, but on eit previous Sunday, were two only moat offensive, bet were `moat injurious to the morals of tame esseenhled, ape • ( ra lly of the young. He was only speaking the nu. timenta of every respectable inhabitant of the parish when he said that the greatest conceivable relief would be afforded if something could be done to mitiga.e the evils of such exhibitions. There was only one other remark. He did not know whether it would succeed in London, where the traffic was so much greater, but in some parte of the country no public announcement was given I either of the day or hour of an execution. At Warwick, the authorities of the gaol never announced the day, except to the Home Secretary, and he was informed that when the last execution took place about a year or sixteen months ago, the crowd only num• ! bored about 2(0 persons, tested of 40,000. (Hear. bear.) He thought that so simple a plan as this might be tried elsswhsre, and if it had no other effect it might I prevent railway boards from running excursion trains or eternize trips to enable people to see their fellow-creatures strangled—(hear, how)—nod it would prevent those memos is the neighbourhood of the gaols from getting 50 or 75 guineas for wiodows, enabling people to see the straggling features of dying criminals. (Hear, ham) He thought it was high time that the Home Secretary should interfere in this matter. (Hear, beer.) )Ir. BONHAM•CASTEIt raid he thought no slur ought to be thrown upon the feelinp of the noble lord the tom. Der for Chichester for having given the bows the results of what be had is... (Hem, hear.) It was not a question of privacy and publicity, or whether the omnanunity should sell together a mob of the lowest character, acted ea by a peedy end craving curiosity of the most mirage nature, but that the last solemn act of the law should be per formed with solemnity. gravity, end decency. Hitherto a crowd had been assembled cm these owe , eons only by verbal ootioe, or by Matilde° hooded from ore to the other. But they had now got rid of the necessity of a peat aggregation of numbers. As the eloquent writer in the Daily News had observed, sae Gould not but me that the miserable class of people brought together by these executions, not for the purpose of wit nessing the sickening details of • last sat of justice, but of males none new sensation, was not the sort of assembly on which such au exhibition could have any good effect. At it was. the crowd were iodipant at Wog depri redid nomsof the horrors which they expected to see. There was a partial moan plead before there struggling bodies, and the crowd complained, as if some &hackney is the horrid ceremony had taken place. (Hear, hear.) The great argument ia favour of publicity was, that it produced certainty. The Home Secretary had said that he had received no expreedoo of public opinion spinet executions taking place in this public way ; but he (Mr. Bonham-Carter) was happy to say that there was hardly &aegis newspaper. of whatever opinion or degree of publicity, which had not raised its winos against the horrors which were elected, and had not published ertidee which carried conviction to the mind that wooer or later people would secede to the principle of private execu tions. They existed in Australis,— they existed in America ; and he thought it was only right and decent that this blot end stigma should be removed. This was a deed "to shudder at, not to see" (Hear, hear.) He could only hope that the effect of the present motion would be to put en end to the system whereby people were "butchered to make a ruffians' holiday." (Hear, bear.) Lord GREY DE WILTON said be agreed with the noble lord (Lord H. Lennox) in his remarks against the running of special railway trains for cosveying people to see these executions. But be would call upon the Mess to adopt the maxim of "Audi alters= pertem." He himself had some years since witnessed one of them mesas, oa the ciecimice of the executsou of the murderer of ao unfortunate woman is the Hoye/mks' ; and be those* making all allow's** for the aeon that *marred and the expressions which were Demmarily heard wheomer mem. Wee of this clam of the people met t oge th er , that a very peat oast was produont. He same away in;praieed with the identhatthough the Moon might be kat upon scam few, yet upon the majority a very striking effect was maimed. Mr. HIBBERT, in withdrawing the motion, said one of his principal motives had been to induce the right hon. gen tleman to institute some inquiries ea to the worldly of the system of private executions in other countries. He wee convincad that a change of opinion in this country on the subject was now only a matter of time. The motion was this withdrawn. in neutral porta to take part in war between belligerents, we should benefit the commercial oammuaity. (Cheers.) What community would suffer more than the mer. audits osmininnity of this country if that system is eapported and that Principle Is adopted. (Load chines.) What would take plaid in the event at a war 1 hitless') us and another country? An 7 country, whether it had or not a port, a navy, or any trading oommunity at all, might in any neutral country build and arm vessels as pirates to poly upon our commerce. We are sot unin terested as merchants in this muter. (Loud cheers from theminiderial benches.), We are interested to the mainte nance of that principle which we propounded and supported ourselves when we were engs, in war. We are interested in the principle adopted by President Jefferson at our re commeedatioe, &adorned upon so recently sa during the Cri• mean war, and which, rely upon it, if we break through now, will be maintained as a principle to our injury hereafter (Ministerial cheers.) My right hoc, friend says that nem- Vela are authorised to trade. Yes, but there is a law that says you are not allowed to equip. (Mr. WALPOLI—"Hear, hest.") Dods my right hoc. frigid mean to say that these vessels, armed with rams—(ministerial cheer.)—that theme were merely innocent commercial yeses* which might be used for commercial purposes, and which would be mistimed if adapted for belligerent purposes. (Renewed cheering.) Will be not allow that the very fact of the construction of the meals, and arming them with rams, proves the object for which they were intended. My right hon.friend says the Solicitor-Generalshoeld sot answer the questions which were put to him by the hoe, member for Belfast, but there is one question of the Solicitor-Gene rare which be did not answer. Does he believe that these venal" were built for innocent purposes, and that they were not armed for war ? (Cheers.) lam sure I need not appeal to his sincerity to allow, as every man most allow, that they were intended and destined for war purposes. (Cheers.) I speak for my individual interests as a merchant, and I re tizinthpat my own intoning are identified with the of peace and the mainteasnce of amity. (Chests.) I believe that in the blessings*: peace rests not only the progress of civilisation, but the greatness of this country ; and when I hear gootlemea on this side of the house taunt ing the government with not precipitating the country into war, I confess I have no sympathy with them. (Great cheering from the ministerial benehea) I advocate my own interests, I allow, but I am advocating at the Fame time the interest@ of my country end of the community. (Cheers.) If the speeches of my right hon. friend and the boo. and learned gentleman are to form the ground of our division tonight, they come, in moving for these papers, to a moat lame and impotent conclusioa. (Loud ministerirl cheers.) Let them at once bring forward their measure. Let them at once censure the law officers of the govern ment for the course they have plumed. For myself, I thank the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and those gentlemen who have deliberately and not rashly taken the measure into their consideration. I think the government are open to very grays censure in not being more active in preventing the departure of the Alabama, bus I thank them for adopting in this case what I raped am statesmanlike conduct, tending to a great national object, and conducing to the welfare of this country. (Loud Ministerial cheers.) . . Mr. SEYMOUR FITZGERALD said there was use point in the speech of the hoc. gentlerese who lied just eat down which gave him great satisfaction and pleasure, and that was that in the views he had a:premed he did not seem to represent the mercantile community of England. (" Oh, oh! and cheers.) They all knew the great and dis tinguished position the hon. gentleman held amongst the merchant princes of the country, bat he had admitted that on the present occasion be expressed only his individual opinion. What bad been said by say one speaker on that side of the house to jus tify the hon. gentleman in saying that they were the advocates of wart (Cheers.) The discussion that bad taken place was most important, for it was the first time that • minister had ever yeetured to stead up in that boom and t i= i y , in the face of the House of Commons • deliberate of the law. Responsibility was a very eleatic tato, and capable of a wide interpretation, and if the government could arrest ships upon their own responsibility, why should they not also arrest men ? The attorney-general said these ships were detained upon grave suspicion, until sufficient evidence was obtained. and he announced that such wriderm had been obtained. But what would have been the effect if the government bad discovered, after they had com mitted a violation of the law, that the object of these vessels was lawful and innocent? (Hear, bear.) A great deal of advantage had been obtained from the dis canon that night; and be was glad that the principle bad bees vindicated from that side of the house, that nothing would justify on the part of the executive a deliberate breach of the law, or the principle the government had enunciated that night, that the end justified the means. (Glisiere.) Sir G. GREY wished it to be clearly understood that the papers asked for in the latter part of the monon would be granted ; sad that in voting against the resolution the itera tive of the government most be understood as applying only to the papers mentioned is the former part. The home divided— For the motion 163 Against The announcement or the samisen we. received with cheering. The motion was consequently lost. HY POTHEC (SCOTLAND). Kr. CiFtNEGIE mid that at the request of the Lord- Advocate sod other Scotch members, he would postpooe his motion for s select committee on this subject until after Easter. COPYRIGHT. Mr. BLACK moved for leave to bring in a bill for the consolidation of the acts relating to copyright in works of literature and the fine arta. Leave granted. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, • copy of two report' mad* to the Esilanimatioal Commimioners on the 4th and Bth February, 1864, wia ordered. WAREHOUSING OF BRITISH SPIRITS BILL. Th. aboy• bill was reed • mood time. BILL TO CONSOLIDATE ACTS RELATING TO COPYRIGHTS. _ This bi 11... brought na - a n e — fuet time. The house adjourned at 12 o'clock. ILato inttlilgrita. COURT OP PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Pea. 23. Wore the Jody Ordinary.) 1101 MI O. B AND MUM _ . DOW --- -. In this case a decree niai had been pronounced, and the three month. expired on the 13th inst. On the 17th, howe►er, the Queen's Proctor filed affidavits and 'joked for leave to intervene. Dr. Spicks, on behalf of the petitioner, now moved that the decree nisi be made absolute, contending that the Queen's Proctor had no right to interfere. At the end of the three months named in the decree nisi the right of the ' petitioner to his divorce aecraed, and the court was bound ex debit* justitia to make the decree absolute ; just as the right of a wife accrued after two years' desertion, and she WAS justified in refusing any offer subsequently made to her by her husband to renew cohabitation. Mr. Searle, for the Queen's Proctor, said that what his learned friend argued for could not possibly have been the Intention of ►he legislature ; otherwise the statute would have provided that at the expiration of the three mouths the decree nisi should become absolute on the filing of affi davits showing that there had been no intervention. It was clear from the words of the statute that any one, and espe cially the Queen's Proctor, had a right to intervene at any moment until the decree had been actually made absolute. The Judge Ordinary did not propose to give any directions at present. It seemed clear to him that the intention of parliament had been to withhold divorces while there re mained the slightest ground why they should not be granted. The Queen's Proctor would, no doubt, consult the Attorney-General, if he had not already done so ; and would in a short time apply for leave to take some definite step. If he did not, the ciurt would know what to do, bat in the meantime it would not maks a decree absolute. COMMTON r. CODILLYGTON AND ILNDINION. In this case Adjutant Oodringtou bad petitioned for a divorce on account of his wife's alleged adultery with the co-respondent, and with other ip:i l r f so f n o s r notown. The application Was Sic' t s hen i s nforml on tha h t sr oor of the Ps unknown was Lieutenant Herbert S. John Mildmay, of her Majesty's Ritle Brigade. Mr. Searle mow applied for a commission to examine Lieutenant Mildmay, who was to the Punjaub. Dr. Spinks observed that the granting commissions was wholly within the discretion of the court. The present application was obviously for the purpose of delay ; and it was obvious that all the evidence LieuAmint Mildmay could give would be to deny the adultery imputci to him. On behalf of the petitioner he was willing to admit that he had denied it. Sir J. Wilde said the petitioner must siopt one of two coursed ; he must strike the charge against Lieutenant Mildmay out of the petitioo ; or he must allow him to to examined as a witness. _ _ _ The cornmeal= wee therefore granted, but it was directed not to lame for a week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING—TcraiDAY. THE Taxis 13TLEss of 5 NOM each, with 25 added, far 3-p-olds and upward.; penalties and allowaucis. Oae tilde. MT. J. Lowe s Angloaszon, by Ethelbert—Gtiselds, 3 yrs, 64131 b 'J. Imam 1 Mr. G. W. Morrie's Siva, 3 yrs, eat 131 b kNYbltaley) 2 Luke as Mairey's Panama. 6 yrs, est bib .... (A. Wattles( 3 The toUosag also ran :—Backland. Madcap, Guerilla, East munster, and The Sapper. Betting: 100 to 30 apt Bnekland, 4 to 1 apt inglo- Baron, 9to 2 apt Punt n, 100 to 13 each 'gat Biwa and Redcap, and 10 to 1 apt any other. 1 111 BROCKLIBBT &ZAMA of 4 soya. each, with 40 added, for 2-yr olds ; colts, 8d 10th ; fillies sad geldings, list 71b ; winners extra. Half a mils. Mr. licalirmaa's Unica; by Wlndhourid—Ds Makers dam, Flit 7lb Fr. Bam?ert Black:erd. eat 71b (A. a= 2 nsylleS La alechat7te. lkn 711 (CM&seri 3 The lollowlsa raw Mald, 2131, Lovelace, Water baby, Itrltaaroa,=Ze, a eel " brown broad. Betting : 3 to 1 apt Water Baby, 4 to 1 apt Bleekb' - d, 5 to 1 apt La Meclumito, 7 to 1 eget The Grappler, 8 to 1 apt Brown Bread, and 10 to 1 apt Viaios. Tar Cult FlAwntcar of 3 son. each, with 40 added; winners extra. Six furlongs. Mr. F. Fisher's Reindeer, o yra lg. by Maintain Deer— Sultans (llalthaent) I Mr. T. Cliffs Orlon. 4 yrs, eel Iry (M. Taylor) Mr. J. Abets Camper:town, gym it (Reeethry) The follow log aloe ran Jinune. Cronsvads, Lady of the Isles, sad Wendey c. Betting : sto '3 apt Chelan, 3 to 1 apt Reindeer, 4 to 1 apt Rise Emma, and 7 to 1 opt C lis a i r d Ewn. Tax GRAND draxesscaexx ( ) of 10 move. ash, 'S ft, and only 3 if declared, with 80 ; winners extra. About four mike over a fair hunting country. Mr. Moffitt's Rook the Gardener, 0 yre, 10d lIIb (W. Whale) 1 Mr. Newarta's Maecten, aged, lit 10Ib.. (Mr. G. Welker) 2 Mr. W I M III 33 - aldelPw o al. by Polol o e7 r). eked. list Mb (Mr. Ilarbusda is. The following oleo raa:—Red Hobbs. Harkaway, hoe Map" Malta, Cadet, Creole. and Baron of Aron. Betting : 3 to 1 apt Baron of Avon, 4 to 1 aged nee Apple, and 6 to 1 apt Book the Gardener. There was no betting on future events. THS SEIZURE OF THS STEAM RAYS. Mr. S. FITZGERALD rose to move for an 'Admen far copies of all correspondence between 'the various depart ments of her Majesty's government, or officers in her Majesty's service, and Messrs. Laird Brother., relating to the two iron-clad vessels, the El Towson sod El Moosera, building by that arm, and seised by order of her Majeity's government; and of any papers or correspondent* that had teased between her Majesty's government and the govern ment of the United &Mee, or than representative, Mr. Adams, relating to the said meals. No urn would more deprecate any different* or hostility between this country and the United States then himself. He believed that such • war would be most dreadful for both, and a most unnatural war, and he hoped he should never see the day when it was entered upon ; but if he was told that the English government, is order to avoid such a war, wee to tramper the law , and seise the property of • British subject without any curl& cellos, them be said he could Dever approve of the conduct of • minister who would take such • course, bat, on the contrary, was prepared rather to accept any sioneequences. (Hear.) He asked the house to give him these papers, to enable the public and parliament to judge whether the government had done their duty, whether they had overstepped the Law—whether they had strained the law, and if so, for what reason and under what circum stance, that had been done. The hon. gentleman opposite, he was told, would decline the papers Oa tbefgronod that they referred to matters still under judicial inverigatioo. He had already mid that If the question of the legality of the leisure of these rams—for they had now been seised— were involved, there would be great fora in the objection. But that wss not the ground he took at all. The ground he took was whether the preceding step of the government with reference to the detention of the rains were legal or not. That did not form in any way the subject of legal in vestigation, and as far as regarded that he thought the ob jection would fail. (Hear, hear.) But he took still higher ground. He thought that in the interest of justice them papers ought to be produced. There was nothing that the people of this country were more remark able for them, their respect for the law. There was only one thing of which they ought to be still prouder. With all their respect for the law there was a feeling dominant in every cloak and that was a eslousy of the powers of the execative ever being • or the law over being over stepped to the is*, of the rights or the endangering of the privileges of the maned of her Majesty's subjects, , (Chasm) He wanted the correspondent* between her Majesty's government and Messrs. Laird. All Rho letters were in the hands of Mr. Laird, who hod only to send them to the newspapers to have them published at once, and he did not moo why the House of Onntmoos should sot have placed in their poems aim an authoritative version. (Hear, hear.) The other primes he required were the correspondence between her 'Majesty's government air the gorse nment of the United States, and be did not think there could be any °birdies to that. Half • dozen members had copies, the principal letters had been published in every newspaper in the Uoited States, some had been quoted in newspapers here ; and why should the House of Commons be prevented from inquiring into the conduct of the government by the withholding of papers which were already in print ? (Hear, hear.) rpm trees pounds he hoped the house would enforce the production of the papers for which he asked, and thou they would know whether her Majesty's government had or had Dot behaved in that way which alone entitled them to the support of the people of this country. (Cheers.) The AITOffNEY-GEN:ERAL argued that the production of these papers while the question was wider judicial in vestigation would be as interference with the coulee of justice, and that in the conduct maned by the government they bad done no more than redeem the pledge given by this country to observe a strict neutrality. Alluding to the note of Mr. Adams, he contended that it was the right of a foreign elate to represent the injury it apprehended. and to call upon a friendly power to enforce its laws and fulfil its obligations of mentrality ; and further that it wee the duty of the latter power, not oversteppine its own laws, but acting firmly, boldly, and eourageously up to the exte n t of those laws, to pay attention to such repreeent•tione and put the law into effect The house might be assured that her Majesty's governmeat had good ✓oue& for what they had does. They ware engaged in rrting inquiries ia the awe, which, though imperfect, o i n u tbeir mod Aron remota to believe that the result of those inquiries would prove to be that the rams were in tended for an illegal purpose. They, therefore, upon their own responsibility, detained them ; and he held that they would him been grossly wanting in their duty if at ter their experience la the ease at the Alabama they had Dot taken the responsibility of saying that they would not permit jetties to be evaded until they could judge whether the ships ought to be seised or not. Throughout they had been actuated by so other motive than that of vindloatiag the law end at clew that by other countries that we should ex pect them to do by vs. 11r. HORSFALL said that every shipbuilder had a legal right to build ships, and they ought not to be de prived of that right, for it was the wise policy of this eenstry, not may as regards its commercial, but its political interests, to encourage the building of vessels. The eyes of theeeestry were upon the government watching the policy which they pursued. He considered the course they had takes in the cams of the Alexandra. and in the case Of NMI wee an act of cruel injustice and an act of prorli pie ex nof pubbc money. (Hear, hear.) Lord R. CECIL - mud it was clear that I. detaining these vessels her Majesty's government had acted in the interests of the Federal States, and It might therefore be supposed that they had so acted in cosmogonies of the threats of the Federal'. The present Howe at Comma's had been called the tamest and the humblest that had ever existed. (Chem.) They were told that they sneaked into their plates and allowed the govern ment to page for them whatever niessares they thought 61 ; and the hoses would really deserve them nvproaclies if they allowed the govarnmeat to act as they had acted, and thee to avow that they had done so at the instals* of a foreign state which threatened thou with war. (Rear.) I He traded that they week) have a tome satisfactory defence al the government than had yet been made. (Hear, bear.) Bat if so such dehisce were offered, the house would not be doing its ditty if it did sot formally record its censure of this smaraptioo of a sew dispeasing power—(cheere)—this new power of somending the rights of the coliject —this new establishment of despotic claims which might ant per baps be out of place at Si. Petersburg or Waablegteni, but white were wholly unsuited to the atmosphere of Loadcm. (Chaos.) Yr. W. FORSTER remarked that same of the questions raised in the debate should have been made the subject of a specific motion that would test the opinion of the house. The government alleged that they bad obtained information ae to the destination of these rams, had taken upon them selves the reepoosibdity of acting as they had does, and the question raised should have in view to test the propriety of that act. Sir H. CAIRNS said the object in asking foe the latter papers was to know what it was that Mr. Seward to be an infringement of international law ha lin g:ll 6 4 leaving thin country, and what was the answer of our government. Referring to the cases of the Alabama and the Oreto, he complained of Lord Rueseirs having stigmatised them as a scandal to our law, which he con , treated with certain declarations of Lord Palmerston with reference to those cease. Raving stated what he thought were sufficient reasons why the house should have a full account of the tiorrespondence between our government and that of the United States, he entered upon a severe criticism of the proceedings of the government in relation to the seizure of the rams. end, as aground for calling for the pro duction of the correspondence with Messrs. Laird, he c the government with having dons, on their own conteassou, what wan illepl and without excuse, as well as without law or constitutional practice. The wretched pre tence that it was don, by them „ on their own responsi bility" had been pleaded in former times for the most violent breaches of the law. In the ease of the rams the govern meat had taken a course which, in that of the Alabama, they had distinctly declared to the American government they could not take, as it wee illepl and unconstitutional. The SOLICITOR-OEYERAL observed that the corret sposdenee with Ms re. Laird would be imperfect without explanations. U the ofileen of the crown were to wader. government proseentioes they must °abduct this use like others, and it wee never permitted that a part of the eel. deuce io a cans should be produced. lo the came of the rams, which was not one of ONTO suspicion, the government had information upon oath, and the course they took—and ' this was the charge against them—wan the milder coarse. He admitted that they must prove their caw ; but the house would not desire to see all their evidence. The law cams of the crown had endeavoured to pursue the straight path, without turning to the right or the left. They would never advise the government to submit to emit or indignity. Mr. WALPOLE said the Solicitor-Crenersl hod con (=tided the obligations of municipal law with those of in ternational law, which were entirely aad essentially distinct. Another fallacy, which bed appeared in the debate, was that of confounding the duties of a neutral state with the duties of the subjects of a neutral power. If the municipal law was run into the international law, the prerogative right pet forward by the Attorney. General on the part of the government—that of acting on their own respoasibility— was of very serious import. When be heard Sir IL Corns showing whip by step that the government had been acting without any authority (for the act of parliament gave them no such power as that they had exercised), he put it to the great merchants in the bons. whether they were to be frightened by the arguments of the Solicitor• General, though they were notviolating international law by budding ship, for sale. They did ft at their own peril ; but they were not more wrong than in selling guns or ammunition, or In eadeavoaring to break the blockade. Mr. T. BASING-4 had not intended to address the home co this eocasioo, but as the right boa. gristlier:me has appealed to the merchants of the country, as as humble member of the community of merchant., though eat 11111111Mi0C to myself to reptant them, I cannot bat agaisst the minim of my boo. and right hon. (ministerial eheers)—that by the sanctioning of meserares whisk wield Mime! Me anabgal privatises war numb PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. HOUSE OP COILHONS—Tsui DAY. ORDERS Or THE DAY. Rents (Ireland) Bill—.sound reading ; Imided Property Im. prominent (Ireland) Act Amendment BUl—secood reading Malt for Cattle Em ) Supply—committee. NOTICES OP MOTIONS. In Committee on Malt for Kettle RM. Mr. Puma—Clause I, Une alter "meal' Meat "or cotton cake or rape cake :" Clams 6.11 m le, after " meal " insert "or cotton cake or rape cake ." Clams S. Ime 96. after " meal " In. emt "or melon cake or rape cake." Hr IL Dianna, to more the following clause ;Permission to Agriculturist& to Malt Barley)—That it shall be lawful for all persons engaged m agriculture to malt barley )according to the provisions of this act) for the consumption of their own stock. without taking oat a ssaltensis Srri or Sr. THOMAS'S Hoerrrau—The question between the corporation of Loodoo and the governors of St. Thomsa's Hospital is now directly raised by the Sling, yesterday, of a bill is Chancery by the governors net the corporation of Loodoo. jcintly wi th Mr. Scott the chamberlain, to restrain the corporation from usiog a cer tain retainer to the City echelon. sealed by the corporation, and from affixing the hospital seal to any instruments with out the previous consent of the governors. This proceed ing involves the whole question of the power of the cor poration to interfere in their corporate capacity in the matter of the futon mite of this invaluable charity. The sealing of retains' without the intervention of the do nation is said to have been done at the suggestion of the tioroey-GeneraL Conti or ALOSsmior. —A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall ; the Lord Mayor presided. Alderman Wilson brought op a report from the general wpm' committee, which stated that, having been in communication with Colonel Frazer, the commissioner of the City police, and by his recommeodation, after fully considering the subject, the committee proposed to make considerable alteration in the pleadings of omnibuses in Bishopsgate-street, Graoschurch.street, and other crowded thoroughfares in the City. Some of these standiup will be entirely dose away with ; and Alderman Wilson moved that the proposed altera tions should be made public by advertisements in the newspaper. Alderman Outer said that a good many of the inhabitants of Bishopagate-street considered the omnibuses coming to that neighbourhood & removed, gr eat COUTO nience, and they objected to their being and a good I many persons bad applied to him upon the an net. The motion was thou agreed to, upoa the auderrianding that ample op unity would be afforded to the inhabitantsto make ob seliona to the propond alterations. RAILWAY Commirrise.--Committees have been appointed, to commence their sittings on Tuesday, March 1. A committee, osasisting of Mr. G. Hardy, chairman, Mr. Bellew, Sir J. Acton. Mr. Walker, and Svc IL Brun, to niosider and decide on UM moils of the blowers, Highgate. and London Railway ; Finchley, sod Acton ; Hammersmith and city; Hammersmith and Wimbledon; Kew, Turnkam-green, and Hammersmith ; Crystal Palace and South Junction ; Crystal Palace new man ; Kings ton. Tooting , and Laudon ; Leaden and South Western Railway (Koanington, tot ) ; Ruth and South Western Junction; Tooting, Marne, and Wimbledon Extension ; Tottenham and Hampstead (Alexandra Park &Union); Watford and Fillmore Junction ; Wood-green and Enfield Railways. Also a committee. coosistiag of Mr. Homard, chairman ; Lint-Colonel Stuart, Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. Hol ford, and Mr. Mills, to coosidar the Great Northern and Le : Bradford and Halifax Amalgamation • Lancashire and Yorkshire (addition! powers); Halifax and Onaden Joni:tics ; Halifax, Haddonfield, and IC/Ashley ; Leeds, Brisdford, and Halifax (1, New Works, a. ditto No. 2); North Eastern, Lancoshire sad Yorkshiro, an West Yorkshire Ftailway•; North Fasten (Leeds Extension and New Central Station) ; South Yorkshire; ditto and River Dunn ; Wed Yorkshire, Weld Riding and Grimsby Railway&.. An old foar-boree stage-comb will ere long be ley • novelty than pretnattue grey balr, which IN that vet alder the effects of Herrtes'e Magnette Bruer and Coots, whilelt motet tmproystnente have niodtved shoe* In reetorin the colon, to any Intr, and also In rennevtas the agony et tie oreux and nervosa headaehe.-11.8. Counterfeits are betas tnde.—olles•l2. 11~•114trsak Lade—{AdverVar HIINGERFORD RACES.—TauzaDAL Tan Taw, STAKE§ at 5 Dove. mat, with 20 added ; 3-,r-olds, ist ; tour, Set 41b; five and upwards, est 10Ib; mares sod goblins snowed 31b ; winners anis ; asses. One stile sad a distance. (1 . 1 subs.) Ago Teed Burial& .. 6 Anglo-Saxon ... .. I Bloodln Ago a Vlndleta by Leamington Surkeoue 1 Duke de Oates .. 4 —gutty yucca.. 3 The Perinmen Wolfhound THE BgliiB AND WILTS STAKES (Handicap) of 100 lova, added to • sweepstakes of 10 move. each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared; winners extra; the secoed to mare has stake. Two miles and • diamoce. (27 subs., 15 of whom pay 2 *ova. to the fond ) Age at I A Costa 7 lb 8 Earl of Surrey Turn of Luck Lavender kvenhand Chan _._ 4 7 lngssinua n .1 Tea CRAvni HANDICAP of 5 moss. sea, 2 ft to the feed. if dm issed by 8 o'clock the evening before running, with 50 added, for all ages ; Wieser. ems. chre nr.le sad a &s -team (26 tabs.) Agee 4 lb Age lb Lord Budelgh 0 arimaton Woman i.e Slarichal 4 4 Arras 3 6 0 lialivanse Ittiwbus 6 0 Victoria Caws 8 510 111111 HEMS Deception Nut leaner 6 12 = 10 . I li 7 4 The Dictator 3 a 7 Surbiten 5 10 Ventenoy The Reserve 4 8 cby Daniel Yltourke Quick 8 sand 4 —ll4sNyces dam pald Tine, .. s_ 3 Till iICSIGLRYORD emus of Seen, each, with 50 added, for 2.yr•olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winos's' extra. Threirquarten of &mils. (17 aube.)—Hope, Brother to Srciuman. mai* Sim* maid. St. Vinesat, The Crow, f by Saunterer—MN. Garter, Black Strap, o by Oulston— Vest, Monmouth, Maodonalil. Qv* &Mud. 1 . 77 * -1 44 1 4 7 , f by Ku* Tom—Lady Aline, Brain. Tax WOODRAT tYranna of 5 son. each, with 30 sided; 2-ytokls, Est 71b ; three, list ; (oar end upwards, 9st 121 b ; m and g allowed 31b ; the winnow to be mold. Five furloop. To clam and nuns to the Clark of the Corn's, at the Three Swans Hotel, Hungerford, before 8 o'clock this (Wads's. day) evening. Till LLDIZIe PLAT/ (BlOadiCap) Of 50 DOM, for all spa, winsessortra. Thrlarguortare of a mile. Age Alb Age 11 lb Lord Burkigh Walloon Oreruue Safeguard The MOWN 4 to 4 7 te 4 8 .I.:cas Peigaar II T 9 tassel% Reinclbw lady rimy 6 7 4 nmo Pear Itabud 4 7 2 Ewa 4 0 0 Cog Oottan laegtard ETr iry el;; 6 6 Tux Hoar Cur, value 40f., for horses which bees been v hunted with the Craveo, South Barka, Tedworth, Old rekattire, or Vim Hounds during the preset mason, and that have not bees in a training-Mehl' mace the Ist of November last ; four year olds, lOst 10th ; five, 1 Ist 71b ; six and upwards, 11st 121 b ; thoroughbred; 71b extra the winner of any stake value 501., 71b extra ; to be ridden by (milkmen, farmers, or their roes ; professionals, 71b extra ; entrance, 2 mom each, to go to the fund. About two miles and a distance. To close sod name to the clerk of the course, at the Three Swans Hotel, Himprford, by seem o'clock this (Wednarday), evening, mad certificates of quell. (cation from the respective masters of the haute to be pro duced if required. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TLISDAY. LINOOLN HANDICAP. 3 to 1 apt Anglo-Simon (t) Bto 1 Beoi►mio (off) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 so 1 apt Bantam (a 5,5 100 to 12) 10 to 1 Emblematic (of) 20 to 1 Emblem (5) 20 to 1 Woroastor (of) 20 to 1 Jerusalem (off. t2sto 1) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAYER. 20 to 1 apt &arida. (t) TWO THOUSAND. 6 to 1 Go the lad (off ) 8 to 1 apt CLumnamt (al, t9to 1) CHEST= OUP. 100 to 6 apt Goldoo Plodp (ad) 20 to 1 BlaelEow (t) 20 to 1 Asiaid (o( ) DERBY. 10 to 1 apt 800ttialt Obiat (t) 11 to 1 Ommboista (t) 26 to 1 Uszoimost (t) Hosirowes Ms is choies and strong, maddest' to prim, sal wholeness to us Thom Mombasa bon mowed for UM Tommyrot prolormoo It Is mid la yoolorio br IMO assisis.-04m1YeareLl NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 23.—PitomoTioga.—To be Fir.t Class Aristant Eagisson B. B. Turner, of the ?nu e Gowan; J. A. Shalom of the Pyladas ;A. H. Spars, ,f the Prince= Royal ; and E. Mambas, of the Ham, To be Acting First-Claes Assistant Engineers W. of the Styx ; and G. Duncan, of the Princes Charlotte. PORTSMOUTH, Fi. The Champion, an old sailing hulk, Lae betu slung with chains, and is to be taken out of harbour ter perimeutal purposes, under the direction of officers of the War Department. The experiments, we understand. .re to teat some new method of blowing up vessels, and tle chains are slung to raise what remains of her. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 23.—With reference to t!,,. L3ndoes Go:Weal the 16th inst., Retired Captain itegiu:l Yorke has been advanced from the 9th inst. to be t r•• tired reer.edmirat, under the provieione of her Meleeti'l Order in Cowell of the Lt of August, 1 860.—Gvitle. Mr. J. D. Alleroft, of Wood-street, has fiber presented to the National Lifeboat Institution the cost of".. lifeboat and it. transporting amine, to be stational Grimenosetle, neer Loadooderry. MARKETS. TALLOW.—TVIIBOIX Eceintro. The market was s u ss o today. Spot, Dew, 40s. 3i. ; old. 40s. ; Marcia 40s. 6d. ; April to Japli, 41s. Delivery to Let eveso ki: 3dB maks ; DO arrivals. COTTON.—LiwkaPoox, Fie. 23.—We have had a dill striped market to-day, without &soy in prices. The vales ars 4,000 bake, of which 1,000 are for export and specula. tios. OOTTON GOODS.—KINCHZIIII3I, Fri. 23.—1• ship. ping yarns we learn that there is litetally no busbies' 4010 g, for say market, and that to offset sales lower prices would have to be takes. Telegrams from Calcutta are considered favourable, but they have led to DO basins here, end the market closes very quiet. The demand for home trkle yarns bee been very languid. Prices are easier, but not quotably lower. In clothe the demand has been quite as languid sa that tar yams, sod to effect sales manafacto •en would have to give way ta price. This, as a rule, they are unwiltiog to do, but &allots holding stocks have shown some disposition to meet the wishes of buyers, and in such cases some few sales have been effected. The ag exegete business of the day, however, is under- stood to have been of • very limited character. A telegram from Calcutta, two days later than that brought by the last mail, speaks of a rather improved market, and of Wattage selling at rather better prices ; but these mini:cc have led to no bunnies is Manchester today. From Shanghai the news brought by this mail speaks of • money WOO ; exchange 7s The winds of Cotton in this country are likely to increase, sad Nam Whitworth and Co. have put oat • drearier giving the total arrivals is L iv er pool lest week at 45,938 bales, sad in London at 14,623 bales. They estimate the total arrivals this year at 226,356 bales, and state the quantity at sea from Ind* Obiaa, sad Japan. to Feb. 21.1, at 566,661 bales, of which 456,967 had been shipped for Liverpool sod the remainder ter Leaden. Of this quantity, however, upwards of 190,000 wen from China and Japan, which ere rather small bales. There NOM to be some disposition here to eater on time bargain; and it is said th►t one manufacturer has contracted to deliver 10,000 pieces of cloth per moon till September, at • de. coded reduction on current pries. WOOLLEN.—Lam Fix 23.—The markets this Isom ing presented no new feature ; they ware tolerably well attended, and for Tuesday fully an average amount of beds= was transacted. la the eoloured hall, the chief inquiry was again for light fabrics of the nailed Melton dam ; for plain goods the demand was only indifferent. The white ball was wet. Thin is no perceptible change in rates. X.L.NrFACTURES. Hotoncannun, Fu. 73.—The buyers attending oday km been numerous, including some from Scotland ad Ireland *swell as the prorin,-‘e, but no heavy buyers from Loodon &poured. No one seemed to make heavy peroltmes individually, but a good number of small parcels have bete made up, which has canoed the aggregate So reach a good average. Light co. loured fancy. and low goods for shipping sold the reediest. WOOLS. —HCDOII6FIZLA F. 23.—These baa been an improved deemed far nearly all sorts of wool. particularly colonials, in which some rather heavy transactions here Oakum place daring the week. Prices continue firm, and Lewin salsa, ememeeciag seat week, are looked forward to with Rash lateral*. CORN. —11c1.4 21.—A tetla's mast slaw' ripply at English wheat. which sells alowlyat barely last Turley s currency. Fanign aialered. aad ears quire nerd. Syrug ore el all deseriptior reusing unaltered se vales. but ries limited. Foreign arras for the week :—Wbort, 258qm ; barley, 870; bras, 240; peae, 1,498 ; tares, 1,006. Lino Flo 23.—Holdos of wheat will not gire way in prico and sa baron cannot pnrobass on Boar own tows, rely little boom has taken place. Barley an before. He... are slow se* sad prises seareaky,equal to last weak. Oats and other artialas othout alteration in oho Livenrool., Fa& 23.—At our market to-day t h ere was rather more disposition to buy chest, sad a very fair Imainoss wee effect= in red American, at about the currency of this day week. Flow was very dull, end prior tended is favour of buyers. Oats unchanged. Barley, beans, and peas only saleable is retail at lon quotations. India corn was lees pressed, and a mcdgeote bashing or do= is Americas, at 295. per 48011 n. Oatmeal the tern cheaper. Mitt, Pm. 23.—The weather chaos Friday his been cold, with frequent sociwrionns. To-day's market wag well attended, but not much wheat showing, consequently buyerg had to pay fully last week's prices. Barley, prime firm for both malting and grindirig samples. Beans sod per, each slow sale. Wheat, white, sew, 631ba. to 641 be. per =- portal bushel, 45a. to 465. ; ditto red, 631 be. to 611 M., 41s. to 425. ; ditto red, old, 821 b.. to 631b5., 40s. to 41a. Barley, beet Chevalier malting, 54th.. to &Us., 365. to 375. ; ditto, rune Chevalier ditto, 531 be. to Whs., 335. to 345. Oats, 361bs. to 4211 m, 225. to 265. Beans, old, 6.31 be. to 651ba., 40a. to 44a. ; new, 631bs. to 641b5., 38s. to 40s. NIWCASTIA Fah 23.—The weather dill continues trusty. At our market this morning we had a moderate ahoy of wheat/rem the growers, amid fasters bete/ imps waved, great 81111041011 pervaded the trade, and um the *spas transacted rather over previous rates were ertablishodi extra sew south country yellow teaching 435. ad. In foreign very few Was occurred, lian not nil. ling to sell at preseot quotations. Fleur without Malting barley steadily supported its value. Malt drooping. In other articles there is little variation to note. CIIIIINTRE RAILWATIL —Yesterday a meeting of the Stockport. Tinsman, and Ahead/am Company was held at the Sheffield Railway station, Manchester ; Mr. James Marshall in the chair. The report stated that 58,2251. bad been expended to December 31, making a total outlay on capital account of 156,9291. Five miles and • half of single line of permanent way had been laid, and it was hoped to complete the works by autumn.—A meeting of the Stockport and Wadley Junction Company wee held, at which lir. Marshall also presided. 75,1921 . had been re ceived, and 65,272/. expended to 31st December. The re• mints as the line were increasing satisfactorily. A dividend of 4i per rent., payable on let of March, was declared—A meeting of the duple. New Mills, and Hayfield Junction line was also held at the same oMses as the above ; Mr. N. Buckley in the chair. 3971. had been received, and 105,4241, bad been ex pended, leaving a balance of 10,027/. due to the bankers. • report said the works were pro ' ending slowly. The tanned at New Mills was nearly corn , Maid, but several all bad occurred in the cutting near ffirines. Notice had Issa given for a deviation in the Hayfield branch, and for as extension of time. The were adopted at each neetiag, and the directon re. [Advertisement.}-Homow•T's Pam mai M asan itnthir.—lnditreetion gives rite to a large share of the maladies of maLkind : R occasions more miseries than the doctor knows names for. Indigestioa springs from many causes over which Mollowaya Pith exercise the moat ect controL They act at game on the stomach. liver. and 'Kidneys. and correct their torpid, defective. or disordered ilatiloo4 They restore the waning appetite, strengthen the feeble stomach. and spare the dytic ack•hesdathe, and many nameless tor ments. They every organ to a true sense of ha dutiea Holloway's Me have, with facility, cared cases of bad digest ton which had misted for a long time, and baffled touch medial skill. They are reliable remedies tar all varieties of Imbibition. BINTHf3, ht&R.ltLiolo3, AND DEATH& BIRTH& _ _ _ DOlSHlL , —Febreary et Yams Court, the wife cd J. H. Hoene Ise.. of • dasethter. CElJUClL—ifebruaft ft, at Alblowreed. bt. John'e-wood, the wife of C. W. CMosch. Tap., of • daughter. HOW MM.—Telma, 11, at Hampstead, the trite of Mg C. Howard. of a 0011. BIEVILINO.--rebruart ft, ft Iftzether Dr. Ifieftldag, of a ems. MARRIAGES. the wile of HIDOCOCC—IDWARDS.—Febesary JO. at St. Glees, Camber well, by the ter. T. S. Gaeta. mate. A. C. . Bp of Aar'land, New Zealand, to &arab Amt daughter of hi. T. H. gdwarda, late al Southampton-etre* Camberwell. ROWLITT—DICHINION.—Irebnory HA at 11. ?aura charch, halftime& by the lee. J. A. Coelho, A. C. Rowlett, M a IL% ot Yalta. to Holly, daughter of the late T. I. of W RIGHT—CB V Wit—February NA . L o iSelcambe gm* near atilmoutb, Devon, by the R. W. it, Y . A ., J. H. Wright. Hey ,of Wham, urn', Zierseor Aline, daughter of Lieut. • Colonel W. J. Church, of her Itajeatre Madras army. MATHS. CLAlRX.—Febnlet 22. at, It. Johe'retreet, Wert Smithfield, Lacy Juba, rof W. sad Clark, aged 6. KlLNlLL—February 21, at Harylead Point, Stratford, Kam, 1. Ulmer. aged de. Pa ELLIN. F.bvnazT 21. at Wood -eon:neon, Tottenham, I Vary relict of Belli., Mr. J. PMllfpa, aged 72. /MAMMY. —l4We:try 21. at Qtteea's-terrecie. gegrota-Pot. Frederick ithidletno, child of ter. F. Stan.by, aged 6. 1110111211031.—Febettary 21, at lenewood.house, Leamington Mazy Anse 'Wow of 0. L. Thompeoe, Zoo., aged SO. W 'l'MLZY.—Febreary 2t, at Redford agnw, lama, widow M peL L Wmatalev. &weal am), aged 6L Pratte/sad ?Welded by wawa Ise Lus o t Ma e. laemberdatreet. la the OW Loaelee. Prather, the OM.. Leeelmatetweet. la the Predate di ileattear 311.1,41. ~~ _ -. S IN 4 be wain. §ab - 1 :71,1M H o. Toni rei Docks. and SOU Zil si Ue *Om vessel 0 sod VC Appky sti•cd• w 4th. sad tn Used bens cd Co add.ris TI Isom C Jinn I. ad Mat Antic 66 a Mt Mow. Mew. Teri Abel C Web !'team Meas. IBM z. COI Pre Ma Mobn Con John] the Was, Noes. Rea effec b 71,1 att aad I-' WO rot wiu Cr a m r X open upo sod tom tho