The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. —Monnmr, rEn. 25. The Lowy l'ii.tsciat"h took Lis seat n the woolssck at Seth**. 1111I'Lt/YMKNT OF CIiII.DIZEN 17: A 4 ;RICI'LTI ' RE. The Karl of Sll.ll.ll.lilltitY 'c0..., their lurdahips that about a year and a hall ago I.e .. :ea for a c•mm.ia• aiou to inquire into the employment of children, with a view of extereEng the Factory A: to t„ .4: ieultural It appeared that bodies of children ice., I.:red out to work like slates in Luoulushire :end the to..i.ties adjacent. The 001.1111114100 was appointed, and i.e wanted to know wheti•er the report would soon he e n uteil. lie was told that it contained facts which throw great upon the question, whether the pi .I,elple o f th e Fact o ry Acts might not, with certain mislint..tions. be applied to children in the agricultural district... The Earl of liklLlloltE rephcii t. the report had not yet been received at the tionie.c :bet . I ..t there was etery reason to e.,pcct it shortly. The ..elay had oceui rad in ounsequence of the nature of the it..,utry, and the very attentive held over which it raniell. RAILWAYS AND BURIAL -ROUNDS. The Earl .if I:ELMORE propoo .1 . iteration Vat Anal. ing oiler In 9, that in all ce-es r a railway company ?maimed to int,rfere with a krial Lio notice be lieTVO , .. up.r. the Houle Secret...ly the lianae may a, upon any owner. and thr.t The Horne Sect...Lary should he ',Towered to onlar ii.•l.-ction, and to report the rewnit t., committe- I•. 1411. The rea , on for thi, w:is that the Company. under the Whit Is a, which anthori , ol thi , ••i to snake a tunnel toiler Mt. l'An_ras churchyard, with the previa., that the top should not be nearer the miurf...:c !halt 19 feet, ILA for the putpuae of the work 11113 , 141 “11 op fi cutting, thereby rtonovirg. ocronlit.g to Mr. MarEtoy s tottioutte, tho re- In.tiri of Hurl pet won.. The ~tteotion of the Itishop of London, tl!r• medical officer of the 1:,..:d0f Health, and the government had men directed to the matter, but the company contended that what they done was within tk_puwers of their act of parlian ant. Vie !notion w.e. agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS SCSPEN,ION 'IRELAND) ACT 41•NTINUAN4 E 1:ILII.. The Ell! of DERBY moved the rcessiel rendine or the Ilshrist!orpto. Suspension lirelanill Act 'ontinminer BB!. He said if the government had only to deal with the re•i• dent 'rids population this hill would he wholly unneee+. el y, for they w.•re its the main thoroughly loyal, but the Fenian leader+ hod not hese. dinned' t! eir instance ist-eatco: they had a gte.a sLhOlie to the eisar.i.i:er of informer.. Earl I:IJSSEL,. gave a cordial :writ to the hill. con• aidering that circlinigtoincenremiereti it imperative. The Earl of KIMBERLEY also c..t.curred in the neca• sift of the Hu:Aare. The bill was then read a second time, and, the standing milers having been suspended, was read a third thus and pawed. ......----. VOLUNTEERS IN CASE OF RIOT. Lord ST. LICONARDS, adverting to the position in which the eolonteers at Chester were recently placed, cited eeveral authorities, defining the legal position of soldiers and other armed forces in connexion with riots and other domestic disorders, aml enunciated Ito own opinion th. t volunteers, as such, coie.d not be called upon to quell riots, but were not e‘empt from Acing summoned as citizens to act in defence of the public peace, and if thew opposed to them were armed there was no legal iapediment to the volunteers actint: as special constables and using the arms furniehed to the: i lv the government. The IAHtD CHANCKLUM generally concurred with the opinions exprmsed by Lord St. Leonard'', but upon ewe point differed from him. holding that volunteers acting as special constables in ease of riot might legally avail themselves of their organisation in the former cha racter. _ Lord DE GREY thought the question was still in an unsatisfactory position, and doubted the expediency of 'employing volunteers in civil tumults, except as ordinary special constibles. Lord HARDINGE said the volunteers had felt con siderable anxiety in consequence of their uncertain posi tion, but they hail now hada full expositionof the law as it now stood. In his opinion, volunteers should not be al lowed to use their arms on the requisition of the magis trate., or by any less authority than that of the Secretary of State. A clause had been intert,d in the Volunteers Act permitting the interference of volunteers in local disturbances, but it was withdrawn by the Under-Secre tary for War. The Earl of LONGFORD mid that the proper depart ment was being consulted, and the fullest and clearest instructians as to the cases in which volunteers might be employed would be circulated. Earl GREY thought the magistrates who, in such a case as that of the recent Fenian attempt in Chester, should neglect to accept the aid of the volunteers, would commit a very great mistake. He thought that the law was not at present in a satisfactory state. Earl RUSSELL believed that the House of Commons bad refused to discuss the expediency of employing volun teers in case of insurrection, and he thought there would be difficulty as well as danger in substituting them for the troops of the line, who, under the command of their officers. had always shown the greatest discretion on critical occasions. He trusted that It would not be found necessary to alter the law. Earl of BELMORE thought that a distinction should be drawn between a simple riot and such an occurrence as had taken place at Chester. ALIMONY ARREARS BILL. On the motion of Lord larroui, this bill was read second time, and the committee fixed foe that day fort- MASTERS AND OPERATIVES BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Lord CRANWORTH moved the omission of the clause giving to councils of conciliation the power of using the wages of operatives for twelve months. Lord ST. LKONARDS opposed the Amendment The committee divided : For the amendment—Content Non-content -8 Clause omitted. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. The house adjourned at 25 minutes to 8 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY, FAB. 25. The Snacks took the chair at four o'clock. The galleries were completely filled a few minutes after four o'clock, and the seats reserved for members of the other house were almost all occu pied. Among the peers and distinguished st r angers present were Prince Christian, the Duke of Argyll, Earl Granville, Lord Stanley of Alderky, Earl Russell, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Halifax, Lord Belpsr, Bari Stan hope ,Lord Lyveden, and the Earl of Clarendon. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered the chamber at 20 minutes past four o'clock, there were large vacant spaces in the body of the house ; the side galleries, however, devoted to members, were unusually crowded. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Blackfriars and Southwark Bridges ; Bristol and North Somerset Railway ; Cambridge Gas ; Carnarvonshire and nuitlle Railway Companies ; Chichester Harbour Em bankment ; Crickhowell Gas and Water ; Great Western and Bristol and North Somerset Railways (Sale or Lease) ; Horsey Island Reclamation ; Loudon and North Western Railway INew Lines) ; Sheffield W.ster (New Works) ; Southport Improvement (Water) ; Ssvuisea Vale Railway ; Widnes Gas, Water, and Improvement ; and the Newry and Armagh Railway (Sale in Chancery) LIRA were ad vanced a stage. IMPULIONELENT OF A NEWSPAPER REPORTER IN IRELAND. Mr. O'BEIRNE gave notice that on Thur.(lay nett he would ask the Secretary for Ireland by what authority a reporter employed by the Cork Herald had been arrested for attempting to send a telegram bearing the heading •' Disaffection amongst tho Military." THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that on resolution 5 of the Chancellor of the Exchequer he would move to keert the word " intimidation" after " bribery" and to omit resolution 11 and substitute the following :—" All votes for members of parliament shall be taken by way of ballot." (Laughter.) ENGLISH JURORS AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Lord AMBSIILZY gave notice of his intention to ash whether the sum of 521. 10s. to be allowed to each ling juror for travelling between E.tgLnil and Paris was the whole be would receive, or whetkr he would receive any further payment. SPECIAL JURORS. Mr. WHATMAN asked the Solicitor-General whether, seeing the frequent inconvenience and lose occasioned to suitors in the civil courts by the insufficient attendance of special juors, any steps would he taken either to remedy this, or to insure more oorrectuess in the lists returned by tt a respective parishes. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that as far as counties ard cities, other than Midd;esex and London, were con eased, he did not think any inconvenience arose, but in convenience was caused to suitors in the latter places by the non-attendance of spotlit! jurors. When the Common Law Procodure Act was mussed, Middlesex and London were excepted as regarded the provision for summoning jiaors, in consequence of the groat opposition then offered, and their jury lists were still with under an act of the 6th of George IV. In the greet majority of instances the inconvenience complained of arose from the parties not taking due steps to 441111:+1U13 the jury, and also from the lists not being properly rendtred. No doubt much ru.glit be done by way of improvement, but the subject had not been under the *moderation of the government. tiERVLIN FORTRk2i.tik:S. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Raton Drust, du...enlister of Aus tral, had issued a circular dir:omatic note to the great powers stating that Austria had advised the Porte to awry out the evacuation of the Servian fortresses, bring convinced that England and France bhartd the opinions of A.odria on this subject. And whether the English govern ment Lad gives a favourable recepuou to that note. Lord STANLEY said that a document of the nature referred to h.. 1 been baited, and as far as serail" wan con cerned. her Maje-ty's government entirely concurred in the recommendation. As to the other ',art of the question he was trot in a position to give any reply. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1867. perhaps he will quarrel with me for telling him so—is a wiser speech than any I heard him make last session --(hear, hear, and laughter)—and if he advances 11.nd improves at the pace at which he is evidently tra velling, I have no doubt that before this question is settled we shall have something very lucid from him in favour of a substantial parliamentary reform. (Hear, hear.) Bat hon. gentlemen opposite have become reformers. The right hon. member for Huntingdon (General Peel)—l see him there (laughter and ministerial cheers)—the right bon. gentleman nods aseent—(renewed laughter)—he is a reformer now. I would not charge him with wearing a mask. Eight or nine years ago, when the present Chan cellor of the Exchequer came to his seat on the opening of parliament he had two colleagues by him, one of whom sits near him now, and at the end of abort a fortnight or three week., when the Reform Bill was introduced, those colleagues retreated to • back bench, and one of them told the house that during the period since parliament met he had worn a mask, and if he did not say it lam sure he wished the house to believe that it was a very unpleasant process. (Laughter.) Well, the right hon. gentleman the member for Huntingdon has not worn • mask. The noble lord the member for Stamford has not worn a mask ; the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade has not worn • mask ; they have all shaken off the uncom fortable and impossible habiliments of last year, and have come before us as reformers, and all the honourable gentle men o pp osite are prepared to follow them. If lam disposed to say a word of ridicule upon that, do not for • moment believe that I regret it. lam very glad that you are reformers, and what is more you will be very glad of it hereafter—(cheep)—and your chil dren, when they look upon the records of this parliament will judge you the more favourably, the more honestly and generously and completely you do the work which you now apparently are permitting your ministers to try to do. Last *mien I took the liberty of telling hon. gen tlemen opposite that though they got rid of the bill and of the government they could not get rid of the question of reform, and that they would have to meet and settle it with the people of the United Kingdom. And now they have come clown to parliament and are attempting to settle it. Do not try to settle it upon • hocus pocus which men in this house may agree to without reference to perilous outside. People outside know that this house is not in favour of a far-reaching or any complete measure of re form—(hear)—and if it had not been for the pressure from outside neither the government now in, nor the government that was turned out, nor any government for the last fifteen years, would have undertaken to deal wi'h such a great and dangerous question. But if there be this pressure, why, in the name of all that is sensible and wise, why should we not attempt to step at least as far forward as we can to meet the views and the honest sympathy and desires of the most intelligent and most resolved portion of that great body of the people which is now excluded. (Hear, hear.) If you tinker this little bill—(laughter)—if you stick to this 6/. rating franchise, you but " touch the lips, bat leave the palate dry"—(cheer.)—the great body of the people will repudiate your measure, and I venture to say that the very first session of parliament which is held after an election upon that bill, you will have further opposition from the house—certainly with regard to the franchise, and I believe also with regard te the distribu tion of seats. Now the right hon. gentleman some years ago, just before he was leader of your party, made a very remarkable 'speech upon another question, and he showed how very awkward, and almost how impossible, it is fora member of this house in office to undertake to carry great questions which in opposition he had been con intently opposed to. I will read to the house a quotation from his speech, and it will give them and hon. gentlemen opposite some idea of what the right hon. gentleman would have said if he had been sitting on this side now, or, as I am, standing here and discussing the present position of the borne. It was on the subject of the grant to Maynooth, for which Sir Robert Peel had introduced • bilL The right hon. gentleman said he opposed the bill on account of the man by whom it was brought forward—(laughter) that he did not think the gentlemen who were then seated on the Treasury bench were morally entitled to bring for ward such a measure. " This measure, Sir," he said, "in volves a principle against which the right hon. gentleman and all his colleagues have all along signally struggled. When I call to mind all the speeches, and all the motions, and all the votes which have emanated from the present occupants of the Treasury bench on this and analogous questions, I consider that it would be worse than useless," said the right bon. gentleman, "to dwell at any length upon the circumstances which induce them to adopt that opinion and are we to be told that, because those men who take the course to which I have adverted have crossed the floor of the house, and have abandoned with their former seats their former professions—(ironical cheers)—their measure is to remain uncriticised and un opposed, because they tell us that we are to look to the merits of the measure, and forget its authors and their former protestations." The right hon. gentleman added that he believed the noble lord (Lord John Russell) who then wit near where I now stand, the hereditary leader of the whip, would not withhold his concurrence in the principle thus laid down. "The noble lord," he added, "the re presentative of Mr. Fox, will not gainsay the motto of that great leader—men and not measures—and," said the right hon. gentleman, addressing the hon. gentlemen who now support the government, or such of them as were then in the house, "how has the opposite system an swered? You have permitted men to gain power, and enter place, and then carry measures exactly the reverse of those by which they conducted the opposition, and by which they gained power. There is the minister," said the right hon. gentleman, pointing to Sir R. Peel, " who repeatedly brought for ward as his own measures those very schemes and pro of which when in opposition he always avowed Untlf the bitter and determined opponet, and let me ask the admirers of the minister if they would have sup ported those measures if they had been introduced, not by him, but by the noble lord"—or as I may now may, by the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone)? (Cheers.) Do not let hon. gentlemen opposite imagine for a moment that if their government is anxious to carry a real, substantial, conclusive, and satisfac tory bill, and if they are ready to support it, that therefore I should factiously oppose their bill. But having turned round—having become reformers— having concluded at half-past two to-day that they would allow the right hon. gentleman to appear in • new character as a reformer in this house—(" No, no," and hear, hear)—l auk them for their own lake, and for his sake, and for what is worth infinitely more than their reputation or his official position—:o r the interests of this great question, ar.l for the satisfaction of an excited and an anxious people—(" oh, oh," and opposition cheers) — that this measure, if it be passed this session, should be one at least which will release me, and every other man who is in favour of reform, from any further opposition and agitation of the question during our parliamentary life. (Loud cheers.) Mr. WALPOLE urged that instead of the govern ment taking a course which would in the least degree impede the settlement of the reform question or prevent hon. members from putting their views before the house, they had taken the best means to scoots plish the end generally desired by introducing these resolutions instead of a bill. With regard to what had fallen from the right hon. member for Caine. he might observe that the very principles which the right hon. gentleman urged upon them were the very principles on which the govern ment measure was based. He ahould forbear entering into any discussion on these resolutions, because the matter was not distinctly before the house. When it I was, he ventured to say that in point of principle the measure of the government would be found to meet the full requirements of the people, and to embody in its provisions a liberal and free extension of the franchise, based upon considerations which would insure permanence to the constitution. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LAING said that he felt very strongly the force of the observation of the right hoe, member for Caine, that if they once departed from the 10f. line, they would in evitably come to household rating. There could be no practical resting half-way house between the two. He therefore certainly did hope that • conservative gorern meet, in bringing in • measure of reform, womb' have recognised that fact, and proposed such means as they thought necessary to prevent the mere ascendancy of number ; and it was evident to him, from the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that if the right honourable gentleman was unshackled he would have done so. If a large, liberal, and comprehen sive scheme, coupled with duality, had been brought for- ward by • conservative government, and supported by the conservative party, he believed it might have been accepted by • large number of liberal members ; but he could not help feeling that with the solution now proposed the country might fairly ask the house this question—" If you are ready to do this now, why did you not do it last year?' Without oommitting h imself as to what course be should take if they arrived in committee on the resolutions, he thought it only right not to conceal the opinion he enter blared, that with regard to the redistribution of seats, the proposition was very imperfect ; and with respect to the franchise, the opposite resolution to that proposed would be the wiser and more entirely conservative. Mr. GLADSTONE having disputed the accuracy of the returns upon which the estimates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were based, observed that his proposition would not have any appreciable effect upon the working classes, while it might be made the means of manufactur ing" faggot votes" to an immense extent. The measure would not admit to the franchise more than one half of those whom the bill of the late government would have let in, and could not be regarded in the light of a final settle ment While thus expressing his dissatisfaction at the principal portion of the scheme, the right hon. gentleman spoke in terms of warm approval of their bold proposal for the punishment of those corrupt boroughs which had been reported against. With regard to the course of prom. dure, he suggested that the consideration of the subject should be adjourned until Thursday next, and that the government would in the meantime reconsider their de termination to proceed by resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply, suggested, amid general laughter and repeated cries of " ithdraw," that the last resolution should he taken first, so that, if agreed to, the boundary commissioners might get to work at once. He was, however, quite will ing that the further discussion of the series should be adjourned to Thursday. Sir G. Grey and Mr. Roebuck recommended the with drawal of the resolutions in favour of a bill containing definite propositions, while Mr. Warner and Mr. Serjeant Couple° commented upon the scheme as eminently un satisfactory. JAMAICA COURTS MARTIAL Mr. CIIt.PIN asked the JudgeAdvocide General whether the judo.eirt of the court.tuartial in the case of Ensign Uulleu and Surgeon Morris, uu A charge of putting to death two negroes by shooting them without trial, had been received in this country ; :JUL if so, whether it would be Lid before the house. Mr. MOWBRAY said there had been sepamte courts marti.tl upon the two persona mentioned. That upon Ensi,pi Cullen commenced on the 2nd of 4 ktober. and did not end until the 4th September. The proceedings were .ieliseted at his office on the Ist January, and on the tth J.keeary he submitted them to her Majesty. The court nattti! on Surgeon Morris commenced on the Ilth De taauth.r. awl INA not concluded when the last mail left, but be r..ther expected to hare the proceedings nest week. CARDINAL CULLEN. In n"ply to Mr. NCWDEGATE, The t!FDLNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was altogether ignorant of the political or religious opinions of th•• Lonl ?.hyor of Dublin ; that not only Cardinal Cul l..n. but the Archbishop of Dublin, the President of the Presbyterian Assembly, and the more distinguished mi te:s of valious denominations, hod he n invited to the r:-cent chic banquet there ; that be could not understand th.vt any precedence was given to Dr. Cullen on the ocea .'am otl,r than would be given to him in any society in %Lich h.• might mix ; and that there was to foundation for assuming that be was present in sap official or dilate :..atic capacity. THE GREENWICH SIXPENCE. Mr. TREVELYAN asked the Presi•lent of the roan' of Trod.. whether the survivors of those seamen who paid the sixpence per month, commonly known as the " Green wich sixpence." which was discontinued iu the year 18:14. Cot a cl.tim on the hospital on a•xount of that pay ment ; and, if so, what was the extent and nature of that :•11- NORTHCOTE said that if these men had any cl.dn. it was a moral, and not a legal claim : but he could not then state what steps would be takcn on the subject. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE. When the first order of the day, " Representation of the People—committee to consider the Act 2 and 3, Wil li au IV., c. -17'—was read, all parts of the house were crowded, anal his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and ti•e Duke of Cambridge sat on the benches reserved for di4ingninheal visitors under the gallery. Tte CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on rising, wv, received with cheers from his supporters. If. said it was the desire of the government to restore the rights which the labouring classes had lost in P'32. After a brief defence of the course of procedure by resolutions, chiefly by the necessity of coming to some understanding on principles before proceeding to details, Mr. Disraeli proceeded to unfold the government scheme, commencing with the franchise. It was proposed to create four new franchise., applicable both to boroughs and counties—an education franchise, somewhat wider than that proposed 18.19 ; • 30f. savings-bank franchise, requiring a twelve month's retention of the deposit ; the possession of funded property to the Amount of 501., and the payment of 20s. a year of direct taxes. The first would create 10,000 new voters in boroughs and 15,000 in counties, the second 35 .7 000 in towns and 25,000 in counties, the tided 0000 in towns and 32,000 in counties, and the last 30,000 in towns and 52,000 in counties ; in all, 82.004 voters added to the borough and 121,000 to the county constituencies, derived from Lateral extension ,• and these numbers , Mr. Disraeli added, were not merely of persons qualified, but of those who would be likely to come to the poll. Before proceeding to touch on the reduction of the present franchises, Mr. Disraeli intimated that the government did not intend to insist on the "plurality of votes" resolution, explaining this it had been mis understood, and that its intention was simply that a person enjoying any of the four new franchises should have one vote in addition to his occupation vote. The government would be ready to propose the reduction of the franchise to W. rating in boroughs and 20f. rating in counties, by which 130,000 practical voters would be added to borough and 82,500 to the county constituen cies ; in all over 400,000 new voters would be created. As • remedy for electoral bribery and corruption, the govern ment would propose, on a petition being presented from a town after an election, to send down two assessors to conduct a local inquiry, with an appeal to a select com mittee (the costs in both cases to be guaranteed by the complainants and the appellants) ; and when • successful candidate was convicted of bribery, the unsuccessful can alidate, if he were proved pure, should be seated in his place. These proposals might be embodied in a separate bill. Passing to the redistribution portion of his scheme, Mr. Disraeli announced, eliciting loud and general cheering, that the government would propose to disfranchise the four boroughs which had been recently convicted of bribery. This would place seven seats at their disposal, and by appealing to the patriotism of small boroughs with populations under 7,000 (which he declined to specify, though repeatedly urged by loud cries of Name ") to part with their superfluous representation they would obtain 23 more. These 30 seats would be die: posed of in this way :-14 to new boroughs—vu, Hartle- ' pool, Darlin gto n, Burnley, Staleybridge, St. Helen's, Dewsbury, Barnsley , Middlesex, Croydon, Gravesend, Torquay, a town in the " Black Cou ntry," which he could not now name, and the division of the Tower Hamlets into two districts, with two members each ; 15 to counties, by the division of North Lan cashire, North Linco lnshire, West Kent, East Surrey, Middlestu . South Staffordshire, South Devon, and South Lancashire (which, having now three, will only have one additional member). The thirtieth seat would be given to London University. Over the last resolutions Mr. Disraeli passed very briefly, promising that the bill would comprise carefully drawn and practical clauses for improv ing county registration, assimilating it to the borough system, and for diminishing the expenses of county elections by subdivisions of districts and multipli cation of polling places ; and on the last resolu tion he pointed out that, as it was to be • royal and not a parliamentary commission, it might com mence its labours at once, and no delay need occur. Having spoken for little more than an hour, Mr. Disraeli con cluded by claiming for the bill which he had sketched out the credit of being a sincere and practical measure, which, if candidly received, might terminate the controversy. Mr. LOWE (who for the first time spoke from the front opposition bench below the gangway) took advantage of what lie termed Lis position as a political "outcast" seriously to warn the house of the dangerous position in which it would be placed by the course recommended by the government. I hone (he said) that anxious as the house is fora settlement of this question, they will not think it ne cessary to act in a spirit either of panic or precipitation. Nothing of the kind is needed. There was never less excuse for such feelings. The meetings that have been held through out the country have died away and left very few echoes behind them. (Cheers.) Though organized at conside rable expense, and supported by the most unspar ing misrepresentation and abuse— (cheers) —they have failed to take hold of the mind of the nation. As for the " metropolitan demonstrations," they have demonstrated nothing except the impotence and vanity of their authors. (Renewed cheering from the ministerial benches.) It is not by ribunds and scarves that the foundations of ancient monarchies are shaken. I believe that the mind of the public at large, of the posses sors of property at any rate, is singularly well disposed towards settling this question. The agitators who go about the country preaching manhood suffrage, nothing that we can do, or that any set of reasonable beings can do, will satisfy ; hut the great mass of the country would, I believe, be satisfied very easily indeed. Let us then give up this miserable auction, this miserable competition between two parties which can bid the lowest ; this suc tion, at which the country is rut op for sale and knocked down to the person who can produce the readiest and swiftest elements for its destruction We have this matter still in our own hands. Let as bid • long adieu to shams and pretences. Let us deal with the matter frankly. Let us call upon the government to withdraw their resolu tions, to introduce a bill, and to bring the matter to an issue fairly and plainly in the old English fashion, and deal with it in our own downright way. There is no danger— there is every safety in such • proceeding ; but there is enormous danger in throwing the question loose before the house. Every member will be pressed by his consti tuency, and we shall he hounded on by those who will point out one member after another who seems to hang back in the race for bringing down the institutions of this country as speedily as possible to the level of democracy. Therefore I ap peal to you to act firmly and decidedly. Touch the nettle timidly, it stings your hand and you let it drop ; CiAit firmly you are unhurt, said can tear it at your s s irre. (C h cern. ) Mr. BRIGHT—I am sorry that the right hon. gentleman who has just spoken has not taken some definite mode of bringing the proposition that he has made to *decision by the house, because I believe that there never waa any proposition—l speak of his observations with reference to the resolutions—which was in more entire harmony with the almost universal feeling of the house. I will not :teatime to say what is thought on this side of the house, I speak only of what is thought on the other side ; and I do not believe that amongst the ranks opposite there is a single member off the treasury bench who really thinks that the course which has been taken by the go vernment is a wise one, or one in which they ought to persist. Hon. gentlemen opposite show it in their faces. (Laughter.) They feel beyond question that 'heir principal minister in this house has led them into a ludicrous posi tion, and not led them only, but is in danger of leading the house into it. It is clear enough that if the speech which we have heard to-night, and which hem shown how much easier it is to make a speech which contains some thing than a speech which tells nothing—two hours to soy nothing a fortnight ago, one hour to-night to say a great deal—it that speech Lad been delivered a fortnight ago, we should during the whole of that time have had an opportunity of fairly canvassing the propositions of the government. The right bun. gentleman the member forCalne was almost certainly correct in his assumption, that pro bably up to Saturday lust the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and his colleagues Lad not decided what to pro pose. They came forward now with a statement which clearly makes the resolutions entirely out of place. (Hear, hear.) The officers of the government to whom these matters are usually entrusted could easily turn the speech of the right hon. gentleman into a hill, and lay it on the table this day week. Therefore, to go into discussion upon the resolutions would be to waste time ; but to go into a discussion with a view to treat them ea we were invited to treat them it fortnight ago would do much more than waste time—it would be to throw this question of reform, which, after all, is a question of some seriousness, into • parliamentary chaos, and at the same time it would depreciate to an immeasurable degree the cha racter and power in future times of the executive govern ment in this house. (Hear, hear.) A fortnight ago the right hon. gentleman Battered us by telling us how supe rior we are to certain legislative houses in other countries, and referred, among others, to that which sits at Wash ington. I undertake to say that during the 24 years that I have had a seat in this house no proposition has been made which has tended so much to Americanise the House of Commons, as the chief legislative assembly of this country, as the proposition which the government has made on this question. (Cheers.) In America, Mr. Seward, Mr. Staunton, and the other eminent men heads of departments under the President, do not make their appear ance either in the House of Representatives or in the Senate. The two houses discuss and pass what measures they like, without consulting either the President or his ministers ; and as I understand the plan now submitted by the right hon. gentleman, it is that they sitting on that bench shall act upon the suggestion of a newspaper which has been doing its best to lash the consignee of the right hon. gen tleman into some obedience to his views, and which re commended that lie should stand at the counter, as if he were in a very decorous garb at Swan and Edgar's, and ask, "Is there anything more, gentlemen, that you would like ?" (A laugh.) In my opinion the views expressed by the right hon. gentleman the member for Cake ought to he adopted by the house, and that the government ought to withdraw these resolutions, bring in a distinct and definite bill by this day week, and submit it manfully to the decision and discussion of parliament, as was done last year. What becomes of all your arguments against the right hon. gentleman the member for South Lancashire? (Loud cheers.) Was it not one of your first arguments I that the plan submitted to the house was what you called crude and ill.digested ? (Cheers.) Was there ever any submitted to parliament by • minister of the crown so ludicrously crude 1111 the propositions which the right hon. gentleman Las submitted by the resolutions which are upon our table? Did you not bear nearly every speaker whom I see before me say (either of his own invention, or what is more likely, following the lead of some body on the Treasury bench), that the bill intro duced by the member for South Lancashire was fragmentary to the lust degree. and that it was quite out of the question that parliament should decide what should be done until they saw everything? The noble lord the member for King's Lynn made a speech which I presume gentlemen opposite, who have great credulity, thought to be unanswerable—(cheers)—but if it was unanswerable, it only came to this, that parliament would not agree to a certain thing on the invitation of the minister until they saw precisely what the house would be likely to agree to in regard to some other proposition affecting the general question of reform. Well, then, I think hon. gentle-1 wen opposite must find themselves in a very ' curious position. You have been kept in the dark, we are told, until about half-past two o'clock to-day. What was told you at half-past two of course is not publicly known, but you have heard from his speech to-night what are the propositions which he is willing to make to us if the house will pass a certain number of re solutions, which have really almost nothing to do with the Cproposals which he wishes us hereafter to discuss. Not o P il u g what the house will do with regard to those reso lutions I shall take the opportunity of saying a few words with regard to the provisions of the measure which the right hon. gentleman has shadowed forth. Let me ask the house what is it that is asked by the country—and if the right hon. gentleman the member for Caine objects to that phrase, I will diminish it so far as to say, by those who really do ask parliament to grant some considerable measure of franchise extension. It is not denied by any man—the right hon. gentleman will not deny it—great meetings have been held, at which many hundreds of thousands of persons—l speak in the aggregate—have attended, and it is known to every man living in the districts in which they were held that the uni versal sympathy of the working classes in every district was with those persons who were present at the meetings. (Hear, hear.) They asked the House of Commons that the barrier which was put up in 11132 should be thrown down— some that it should be thrown down altogether—in fact the bulk of those who were disfranchised—so that all may come in. But multitudes of others asked that it should be lowered so far that a large portion that shall sensibly affect the borough representation shall be admitted. (Hear, hear.) The bill that was introduced by the government last year was a bill that proposed —I say by an extravagant computation. which no man can prove to be true—to admit about 204,000, and they were to be admitted by the abolition of the rating clause in the Reform Act as it now stands—by having no rate-paying clause with respect to ratepayers from 10/. to 71. And assuming, as the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) did assume, his calculation to be correct, his bill would have admitted 204,000 working men to the borough franchise. What does the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer propose to do? Instead of 71. rental he proposes 111, rating, which will vary accord ing to the system prevailing in different boroughs. (Hear, hear.) Possibly there may be a few persons to whom it may be about the same u 71. or 71. 10s. rental ; but it will vary from 71. up to 10/.--(" No, no," and " Hear, bear") —and I undertake to say that it will not be equal in all the boroughs of England to an 81. rental franchise. The right hon. gentleman argues that it will admit 130,000, and he proposes other franchisee, of which I will say now ' no more than this, that generally speaking persons who are investors in the funds, and who pay direct taxation, and who possess education according to the scheme of the right hon. gentleman, nearly all of them and some of those who have investments in the savings banks as a matter of necessity and notoriety must have votes at present. (" No," and cries of "Hear, hear.") The right hon. gentle man's computation, like that which he made in 1859, is founded on nothing better than the loosest guess, and in my opinion is not worthy of consideration as a scheme to admit the working classes to the vote. (Hear, hear.) The ' right hon. gentleman said that the house had decided the question of rating last session, and therefore he took that as his beds. But the right hon. gentleman knows that it is not the best franchise. It served to destroy the bill of last year. It served to overthrow the government. It served the minister who now preaches • total absence of all party spirit—(loud opposition oheers)—and he proposes to aosept it as a thing definitely settled by par lia ment. But when he came to the county franchise, why did he not accept the vote of parliament last session? (Renewed cheers.) After great debate on • division on an amend ment moved by the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Cambridge (Mr. Walpole), the house decided in favour of a 14/. county franchise. Why had not the right hon. gentleman the liberality and the manli ness to accept the accidental, if he so chooses to call it, certainly the vote of the House of Commons, which was favourable to a lower franchise throughout the country in regard to counties—when he accepted the vote of the house with respect to boroughs? Bat, sir, the influence of the county vote was in favour of an extension of the franchise. (Cheers.) The right honourable gentleman proposes to admit 130,000 additional electors to the boroughs, and 82,000, I think, to the counties. He extends to the counties those most childish qualifications of the navies* bank—the 301. investment, and the investment in the funds of, I am not sure whether the sum is 38/. or 501.—the payment of direct taxation. Why, air, under the bill which has just been sketched a ratcatcher who keeps four doge—(great laughter)—because be pays for them in direct taxation—l believe the amount is 20s.—will of course come in to the new constituency of the right lion, gentleman which is to save the country from destruction. (Renewed laughter and cheer.) Now, I ask the house this simple question—whether they believe that the project of the right hon. gentleman affecting the franchise—and at present I am leaving out of view that distribution system which he has expounded—will settle, or do anything to settle, the question of reform? (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman assumes—and I I think the right hon. gentleman below me (Kr. Lowe) made the same assumption, that the house is almost unanimous for something, and is willing to puss a Reform Bill. There may be a great and essential difference, and a perilous difference, between a Reform Bill and a reform— (cheers)—and I ven ture to say, and I tell hon. gentlemen so in all honesty—l never speak to them under any subterfuge, as they know— I tell them, in all honesty, that if you will permit your minister to go as far as this, merely unsettling what now exists and settling nothing—(cheers) —you permit him to do whatever mischief may lurk in his proposal ; and if you will not let him go further—if he were so disposed—you cripple him and prevent him doing an act which, I venture to say, twenty years hence every man then living would rejoice that there were ministers this day to do. (Hear, hear.) Have you not read what has been written in the public papers universally during the Mat six months? Have you not heard or read what has been said at public meetings of every kind—(ministerial cheers and counter cheer)--and that the unanimous vote of all those meetings has been in favour of something much larger and more complete than the proposition of the right hon. gentleman ? There has not been, so far as I know, during the whole of that time, • single real public meeting which has asked for or even hinted that it would like a proposition like that the right hon. gentleman has now submitted to the house. (Hear, hear.) lam appealing to hon. gentlemen opposite in their new position. (Laughter.) You are not anti reformers now. (Renewed laughter.) I believe the season of transformation is almost over at the theatres, but it appears to extend so long and so far as the House of Commons. Lest session there was no language too violent for you to use against the moderate proposition of the then government. (Hear, hear.) Now you will have to get up and unsay all that you have said, and to try and say the exact opposite in support of the right lion. gentleman and his colleagues. But I will not quarrel with you about that. You have as much right to change your opinion as the right hon. gentleman the member for Caine has to change his. (Laughter.) Hia speech to-night The further consideration of the subject wu then ad• jammed until Thursday next. The Criminal Lunatics Bill mas read a second time. The Trades' Unions Bill paned through committee. The Buser Duties Bill sa amended was considered, ►nd the Odessa Marriages Bill was passed through committee. RAILWAY DEBENTURE-HOLDERS BILL. Mr. WATKIN nominated the select committee on this bill :—Sir 8. Northcote, the Attorney-General, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Ling, Mr. T. Baring, Mr. Kirkman L. Hodgson, Mr. Graves, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Scoudeld Sir P. Heygate, Mr. Leeman, Mr. Goldney, and Mr. Watkin. 4,1 - SIR R. INGLIS AND CARDINAL WISEMAN. Mr. NEWDEGATE referred to the answer of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer with respect to the attendance of the late cardinal at the Mortmain Committee in 1,451. It appeared from the proceedings of the committee that Mr. (now Justice) Keogh bad moved that his eminence be sum moned by the title of " Cardinal, " but th a t th e comm itt ee had resolved by 9 to 1 that he should be styled only "Dr.," so that it was impossible to contend that the committee had in any way recognised the rank of the deceased pre late. The house /tee at 20 minutes before 12. *parting intritignue. TATTERSALLIL—Mompar. The gathering in the Subscription Roma was pretty numerous, and business to a large amount was transacted, although it was confined to a few hones. The Nottingham Handicap, like 'WO ler events of its class, having resolved itself into a post betting racv• tail.' to attract aught tint the merest notice fu the course of the afternoon, ..our the three horses mentioned in the quota tions being backed for ti Ming amounts. The Grand National was invested with some little interest, and Shakespeare, who has been so freely pot about within this last day or two, found sup porters at as little as 11 to 1. Neither Columbia nor Stoney seemed to be greatly fancied, although the former did succeed in flecting occasional customer. at WO to 0 ; thaw odds were, how' ever, freely offered to the close. Mr. carew's " second string,' Dermot Asthore, was frequently Inquired after, but the price offered appeared gen era lly to be considered too short. and the business transacted at this quotation was but limited. Globule and King Arthur were each supported at the same price, 1,000 to 30. None others were ineutiourd. For the Northamptonshire Stakes la "proles" were taken about John Davis, but the city and suburban and the cheater Cup were never once brought on the carpet. The letting on the Two Thousand quickiy elbowed that confidence in the favourite was once more restored, for as ran, as 4 to 1 was offered against Plaudit It was snapped up, and backers would have gone on at the price, but in a very brief interval it was no longer to lie hail. The supporters of Julies seemed for the than being chary of their support, the oilers of e to 1 failing to tempt them . but the concession of a shade of Mile would have brought his friends to the fore. Two small commissions were executed In favour of Vauban and Marksman at 100 to 8 each. Both Hermit and Knight of the Garter were friendless, and a stray puny was Invested on The General at n to 1. Speculation on the Derby dial not evoke much solicitude for the favourites ; it was a long time before the name of either of them was mentioned, and after the offer of Sto 1 and 9to 1 respectively had been extracted, they Lined to make any further alp. A bet of 1,400 to 100 was laid against Dragon, and the horse was backed Pie several smaller amounts at the same price. An offer of 1,000 to 70 against Plaudit was met by the preposition to invest £5OO upon him at 15 to 1, but beyond this expression of intention on each side nothing was done. The candidate who came in for the greatest share of support was Hermit, who was supported again and sgslu at 1,000 to 60, and in the aggregate was backed to win little short of £15.000. J anus war befrieuded to a limited extent at 25 to 1 ; but Vauban was another horse in great force, all the I,ooo's to 30 bents( indus triously hunted up, and the total outlay upon him must have readied a very respectshie sum. The big bet of 10,000 to 100 was laid against Lord Allesbury's Splltvote colt, and at this point business closed. In the course of the afternoon Admi: al Rona intimated that the question of the bets on Soiled Dove will be pane into on Monday next, and the decision of the committee will, in all probability, be made known on the same day. Ap pended are the clueing quotations : NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 7to 1 mot Duke of Hamilton's Beadle, 6 yn, Out gib (t) 7to 1 Lord Stanford's Brick, aged, (Ist 10Ib it) to 1 Mr. Jos. Dawson's Numa romptlius, 3 yrs, fist 71b (t) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL 11 to 1 opt Mr Carew's Shakespeare, 6 yrs, plat lib (t) 100 to 6 Colonel G. W. Knox's Columbia, aged, led 12Ib it and off? 20 to 1 Mr. J. Nightingall's gurney, 6 yrs, ltlet Sib ,off; 20 to 1 lir. Carew's Dermot Asthorn, 8 yea, lOat 121 b and 1000 to 30 Mr. T.V. Morgan's Globule, aged, list 71b it) 1000 to 30 Captain Braley:ode King Arthur, 6 yea, lust alb It) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 aid Mayor Elwou's Plaudit it mad w) Bto 1 Duke of Newcastle'. Julius off, tl3to 2) 100 to 8 Duke of Beaufort's Vauban it) 100 to S Mr. Kerry's Marksman ;ti 1000 to 70 Mr. (haplin's Hermit elf) 20 to 1 Captain Medicare Knight of the Garter (off) Et to 1 Mr. R. Sutton's The General (t) DERBY. Ito 1 egg Mr. H. Savile's D'Estournel (of, t9to 1) 9to 1 Mr. F. Pryor's The Rake ;off) 14 to 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Dragon 3) 1000 to 70 Major FJwon's Plaudit MI, tl6to 1) 1000 to 80 Mr. Chaplin's Hermit f) 25 to 1 Duke of Newcastle's Julius (t' 1000 to 30 Duke of Beanfort's Vauban it fl 10000 to lOU Lord ABsehary's tiplitvote colt it) BETTING IN LONDON.—MONDAY Arrnsoos. This being the first important settling day of the season, $ considerable portion of the afternoon was devoted to the adjust ment of accounta. Between whiles, however, some betting took place, but it was nut to any great amount, nor did it possess any remarkable feature For the Liverpool Grand National, Shakspeare, who advanced and receded with such astonishing rapidity on Saturday, again came in for considerable support to-day, and was at one time backed at as little as 10 to 1, but towards the close symptoms of decline were observable, and 100 to 9 was offered without a response. The stable companion of "The Bard"—Dennit Asthore—was, In the meantime, freely invested upon at 25 to 1, and these conflicting proceedings seemed somewhat puzzling. Doctor was in sonic request, and found friends at 20 to 1, and Columbia was made the medium of a few investments at 20 to 1 and 100 to 6. Nothing was done on either the City and Suburban or the Cheater Cup. For the Two Thousand Plaudit appeared to be in slightly better odour, 4 to 1 being the highest offer against him, while 9 to 2 would have been accepted freely. The furore about Julius seemed to have entirely subsided ; 6 to 1 was taken in two or three quarters, but these odds went begging at the finish. The offers against Marksman and Vauban were identical, namely, 1000 to SO, and Berndt 1000 to 70—all friendless, Knight of the Garter was backed for twenty-live ponies," and 1050 to 10 was laid against the outsider, Dwain Glendwyr. Six fifties were taken about Marksman and Hermit coupled. For the Derby 9to I was offered against The Rake, but neither layers nor hackers seemed desirous to operate, and beyond this offer his name was not mentkmed. Repeated offers of 1000 to 60 were made against Berndt without dick ug a noon's.). Julius would have found supporters at 1000 to 30, but t 5 to 1 was the limit of offers against him. Vauliau was in considerable request, being backed several times at 1000 to M. Gerais Glendwyr was also invested upon fur this event, 1000 to 5 being taken thrice. The elusion quotations were as folluirs: . --- LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 9 apt Shakapearu (t 20 to 1 apt Doctor (t) and 0) 20 to 1 Dermot As -100 to 6 Columbia (t & tboro 3) o) 20 to 1 Sarney (o) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 alt 44 Ploodii 10 00 to is apt Th. General (L( to 2 25 to 1 Knight of the oto 1 Julius (tit 0) Garter t) 1000 to 90 Vauban (o, 1000 to 10 Owato Mew 1000 to 80 Markman (0) I dwyr (t) 1000 to 70 Hermit o) . _ . 0 to 1 apt IleimP and liarksaaus coupled (t) DILRBY. 9to 1 aget The Rake (0) 1000 to 30 apt Vauban (tf) 1000 to 00 Hermit o) 1000 to 5 Owaln Olen• 1000 to 40 Julius o, t 1000 dwyr (t) to 30) BrITING AT 3IANCHESTER.—KONDAY. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 6 to I on the Field off) LIVERPOOL ORAND NATIONAL II to 1 agst Shakespeare (t 20 to 4 aipit DermotAsthore to AAA. it and off) 100 to 6 Columbia (off, 20 to 1 Doctor (off, ttol) v. to 1 ran AI 20 to 1 Silver Star (t 25 to 1 Sarney off) and off , 33 to 1 The Miller (off) TWO THOURAND GUINEAS. to 2 &gat Plaudit ,off, t 4 to I) Non AND SOUTH WENTZEN JUNCTION RAIL WAY.—At the half-yearly general meeting held yesterday, at the company's offices at Euston-station, Mr. Henry Tootal in the chair, resolutions were passed, adopting the report, confirming the dividend of 31. per cent. for the half-year, or at the rate of Gt. per cent. per annum, payable on the 4th proximo, for increasing the capital by a 1,600/. for the purpose of paying off the mortgage debt, and au thorising the creation of new ordinary shares to that amount. The chairman congratulated the shareholders on the dividend which he hoped would be considered satis factory. There was a slight increase in the expenses prin cipally on renewal account. It wa. _proposed to make a new bridge at Acton over the Great Western, and there would be • slight deviation, but the existing line would be utilised as aiduigs,fic. Thisimprovement and the extension of the stations at Kew junction and Acton were necessary to meet the increased traffic which, when the new line to Kew and Richmond was completed and the Midland effected their contemplated junction, would unques tionably come upon the line. He explained the advan tages of paying off the debentures as they fell in by the creation of new shares,which would be allotted rateably to the existing shareholders at par, and the calls would ex tend over four years, the last falling due in 1670. It would be necessary to go to parliament for the deviations and new works, and a bill would aooordingly be introduced. The directors and auditors retiring by rotation were re elected, and the usual acknowledgment to the chairman and his colleagues, concluded the business. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 25.—The Cunard extra steamship Malta, from New York, arrived here at 9.40 p.m. to-day, with 63 passengers and 160,357 dole. in specie for England. She landed the despatches and 9 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 9.50 p.m. All well. [Advertisement.}—HOLLOWAY'S Pius. Worn out sufferers may hope for remedy from these purifying sod strengthening pills, after ph y si c and physi c ian have failed to effect a cure. In all disorders of the stomach, Immilaritics of the bowel*, derangement of the liver, and diseases of the kid nom these pills will be found specially useful In reinstating order and restoring health. Holloway's pillselear sway obstruc tions, remove poisonous particles from the blood, secretions, and system generally, give purity and regularity to the circir latlng, tone and power to the stomach, suera and vividness to the Main. Holloway's pills can be confidently recommended as restorative, of constitutions spattered, broken by excessive mental labour, intemperance, or the various hardships which I maks the young old men. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) Ihnry Brown, William Newman, and Thomas Charles Cuthbert surrendered to take their trial fur receiving quantity of silk, the property of MesstaTaylor and Stokes, warehousemen, of Friday-street, Cheapaide. Mr. Bailey and Mr. Collins conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C. specially retained, with Mr. Macrae Moir, defended die prisoner Brown ; Mr. Met. calfe and Mr. Streight appeared for Newman ; and Mr. Warner Sleigh appeared for the prisoner Cuthbert. It will be remembered that this case, which has been a considerable time under investigation, came on for trial at the last session, and upon a technical objection taken by Mr. Straight, that the indictment did not allege that the property represented to have been feloniously received, and which, upon the facts, appeared to be the only charge that could be relied upon, was the same property that had been stolen, the prisoner, were acquitted. The present in. dictment, on which the legal defect was cured, was then preferred against the prisoners, and to that indictment, in addition to the ordinary plea of not guilty, they also pleaded one of autrefois acquit. The facts of the case have been so frequently before the public that it will not be necewary to do more on the present occasion than to give a brief narrative of the circumstance under which the charge was preferred against the prisoners. The prosecutors carry on an extensive business an silk warehouse. men in the City, and they bad in their ser vice a young man named Morrell, who admitted that be had been guilty of robbing his employers to a ve y large extent, and upon whose evidence the charge against pri Ropers undoubtedly mainly depended. It appeared that Newman was the manager of a mablic-houee called the Swan, in the l'ortland-road, which the witness Morrell was in the habit of constantly frequenting ; that Brown kept a marine store dealer s shop in the same neighbourhood, and that Cuthbert was represented to be a commission agent ; and the rase on the part of the prosecution was that they bad all been concerned in the purchase of a quantity of valuable silk dresses, the wholesale price which was between 80/. and 901., for about DC, and that they were all aware that the property had been dis honestly come by. There was a good deal of confirmation of the evidence given by the young man Morrell, and it transpired in the course of the inquiry that he had left a parcel containing the stolen property at the Golden Last public-house, in Cannon-street, kept by Mr. (is. mond, and this gentleman was highly complimented by I the counsel for the prosecution for the information lie had given, and the assistance he had afforded to the prosecu tors in reference to this matter. • Several respectable witnesses were called and gave excellent characters to the prisoners Brown and Newman. Mr. Commissioner Kerr summed up the whole of the evidence to the jury at considerable length. The jury after an absence of nearly an hour returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners, recommend ing Brown and Newman to mercy on account of their good character. A previous conviction for felony was proved against Cuthbert. Mr. Commissioner Kerr sentenced Brown and Newman to 5 years', and Cuthbert to 10 years' penal servitude. THE POLICE COURT& STMTMINSTER. Jam Halted, IllizabdA Hafted, his wife, and Mail, Ana Hosted, their daughter, were fi nally examined, charged with conspiracy and fr aud under circumstances of a most extraordinary character. In the middle of 1865 the prisoners took furnished apartments in the house of Miss Dobbs, an aged maiden lady, at 72, Lupus-street, Pimlico, who had just had 5001. left her by a deceased sister. They pretended they were coming in for a large amount of money. Believing these statements prosecutrix sold out at a great sacrifice, and from time to time advanced the two female prisoners sums in all amounting to nearly 4001., besides which they owed her 601. for rent, and left her penniless. The whole account was a fabrication. Mr. Selfe committed the whole of the prisoners for trial at the Central Criminal Court, both for conspiracy and fraud, but offered to take bail for the man. .RIERT& LONDON WIZICLI DOCK RRITTILITS.—F®. 23. 'lmpart& Deliverd. }4.Btock. 11:46. Suosit—W. I. laid& &Meal Do. Drs. & bags Mauritius bags' East India bu Siam HanUle bags Havana boxes F li o r rmsMosoovadoamks packages Boat Root ..... auks Do. bogs Conran—W. 1... packages D 0.... . brig. a c = Ceylon Do. ....be's. et begs Mocha packages Other AL India Brasil & Costa package COOOA bags Foreign kaa Rtrg Do. bbds. Sad R Haat Indis flaming tons NT 1,164 L 6 %NO 104 1.710 113 528 1,101 8 8 701 1,162 2.337 111,806 I 1.106 6,479 5,926 74,938 11,1133 tr. 14.11 13.!1S ' 6,10 155,7±1 0.27,t1ta ' 6 1 ' 9 5,326 820,446 .512,409 1,798 17,036 I 47,367 760 13 1 ,070 2I,M 367 22,986 1 84,334 80 2.3116 2,931 1,471 4.901 11.781 123 767 I 1,398 - - 10,449 111,.•,48 90,332 44,412 1.669 1,300 29,974 34,921 27,4444 92,11141 11,315 10,061 29,829 795 2,204 2,821 2,881 1.214 - 1,312 - 29,f56 13.591 $0,716 10,083 I 7,14 TALLOW.—MONTAT Evggino.—There hag been but little spe culative action in the tallow market during the past week, and the demand from the trade having decreased prices have ruled in favour of buyers. The market dour quiet. spot and Ilan* 43 6d. to 9d. ; June, 43.1. ; October to December, 43a. 6d. to 9d. Town tallow, 42e. 6d. net cash. Odessa sheep. aka. to bd.: beef, 425. tist to of Australian beef, 421. to 9d.: South Amer. can, 44e. Cocoa-not oil quiet; Cochin, 56e. , Ceylon, We. ; Md. ney, 4da. to 47e. One ; 4.5 a. good : 43e. 6d. inferior. Palm oil, bee Lagoa, 41e.—Irma the circular of Mean. Smith and Charlea.l COTTON.—Lrvitaivol. Vim 25.--tior market has been rather irregular, with prices in favour of buyers. Estimated sake to- day S.Ouo bales, including 1,500 speculation and export. 3,5 M American, ltid. to ; ESO IPernam, Ac ., 1344. to ISd. 50 karankam, laid. to 15d. ; 100 Macelo mei Bail s . 134 to 15d. : 500 Egyptian. 104. to 1044.: 150 Smyrna, 10td. to 12.4.1.: 3.400 Surat, Ad. to 134.: Madras, 111 d. ; Bengal, &lode, dc.. fed. to 044. ; China, lop. ; 50 Pero, lOid. to 144 d.: fair Moth:rah. : fair Oomrawuttee, 114 d. ; fair Broach, 114 d. tau Len. gal, Sid. far i Egyptian, 160. ; fair Persians, 15d. ; koweds, ; middling Orleans, 141 d. WOOL AND WORSTKlY—Blabetiaw, FIB Ls.—The wool market is very quiet to-day. The amount of leydness transacted today has not been large, but the tone of the market Is more cheerful, and prices are steadier. Stoat Dith in the hands of spinners and staples are small la worsted yarns a few Ardent have been placed for shipping since tut week In other respects there is no change. The home trade le very gat, and when con tracts expire manufacturers are not W a position to renew them. Export merchants are receiving offers at vet" low mit.s from their customers abroad, but they are too low to result lu buJ ueee. The demand in pieces continues quiet. Stocks In many hands are sociumulating, sad production will have to be further curtailed. CATTLE.—I mmaroo7., Fira. 25.—The supply of cattle was less than on lad Monday. The demand was very •l. w, and prices were much lnwer. A fate demand for sheep at full prices. There were LASS cattle and 4,270 sheep at market. Beef, eid. to 74.1. ; mutton, aid. to Bid. per lb. WALK—LOUDON!. Pee. 23.--4urrs Flartley,lss. dd.: 16a 6d. ; Walls End Braddylls Helton, Ha ed. ; Walls End Haswell, 18a. dd. ; Walls Rod Helton, 18a dd. ; Walls End ll,ttos Lyons, 16s. ed.. Walls End Fauber Primrose, 15a ed. : Walla End Rumors Hottnn, 16s. 3d. ; Walls End south Belk& Inn 34 _,: Walls End Tunstall. ed. ; Walla End lassuP. 17 . — bb4 4 .. market, 111 ; sold, 78. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mlles ran Iter. Total. Total, WILWILT3. open. 'engem amebae. 18e7. lred Week ending Fob. 7. L Grand Freak of tUnada ..1377 6,813 11,729 18.:42 Week ending Feb. 7 Detroit end Milwaukee.... 189 4,621 4,471 Week ending Fah. & Great Western 01 Ountda 349 Week ending Feb. 17. Breton and Merthyr ... Week ending Feb Ss. London,lirighton,d&t.Smst 310 12.836 5,400 15,346 10.54 South hoiden 330 14.405 6,05 d 50,46.1 193't Ihe Erie litalliray Company, for the month of January ' , Thai 11906,759 4_; ditto, 1906. 12,7:4 12.Sa 08 284 8:8 1.110 4.102 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTH& AGNEW.—Fehroary St. at Emma upper N o rwood, the wife of J. de C. Agnew, of a win. BlLBarn. " — retmlarY 22. at Bridgefleld, T• htenham. the wife of A. Bilbrough, Req., of a son. BRADSHAW.—Yehruary V, at Amo'age wr. Southgate, the %do of Commander R. Bradshaw, R.N., of a daughter CH 111111—Fehroary 22. at the Rectory, Ilaugbton-le.Skerne, the wife of the Rey. E. cheese, of a daughter ELY.—Velsruary 22, at Berryniesd Priory, Acton. the wife of T. Ely. Esq.. of a son. TODD. -February 12, at Rublalaw.terrace, Aberdeen, the wife of .1. J. Todd, of a inn. MARRIAGES. CROMBTE—RANKIII.—February 21, at Pt. Anne's, Wands worth. by the Rey. R. T. Chore. A. Cmmlile, ls.t. late )hint 72nd Highlander., to Realist Scott, lei tow of the late J. A. Rankin, EN., of Regent.terrsee, Edinburgh. KNAPP—BR—February 11, at cliftou parish ehunh. by the Right Rey. Bishop Anderson, Matthew Grenville menyval. eon of M. Knapp. Eau , of Linford.hall, Bucks, to tatherlee Elise Stwittimmode, daughter of the late Lieutenant R. K. Bruce, of the Bengal Horse Artillery. NORWOOD-BTV ART.—February 21, at the (lurch of the 11.4 y Trinity, Cork, by the Rey. .1. Eftke. W. Nommel. hisa • of Ballybahriek-house, in the county of Cork, to Ictitia..lanchier of the Venerable A. Stuart, A.M., Arelnleamu of Item and Viewed Kinneigh. DEATHS. ADAMSON.—Yebenary atCamberwell New-road. Jane, wid°W of W. Adamson, wed 06. BUNTlNG.—Fiiirisarr Igt. at Cloadialey-street. Islington. N.. Elisabeth, widow of the late Rev. J. Bunting, , aged 76. CLAKK.—Yebruary 11., at Hampstead, Mary, Mkt of the take J. Clark, aged 77. HAMMOND.— Velematy 22, at Mildma) mad, Stoke Newington. Mr C. Hammond. LE YOLESTIEJL—Februarr 22, at. Sarre) street, Croydon. taiss beth, widow of Mr. A. Le Yorestier, aged d 6 MARTIEB.—Fe=2,, at Hyde-park gardens, Harriet, the wire of Sir W. Printed and Published by WILUAX LING lIALKS, of be. 1. 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