The Express. — London, England, 1864-04-08 00:00:00

4 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDIL—TaumaDAT, Aran. 7. The Lou) CILLICNILOS took his wee as the wager* Si 5 o'clock. THE BOMBARDMENT OF BONDEREtORG. In answer to • question upon the above subject from the Ent of SHAPITILIWIT, Earl RUSSELL said—My lords, in answer to the question el my noble friend, 1 may say that I saw in the newspapers the account of which he ha. spoken, and that I sent • telegram to our minister at Berlin, with • view to =cer tain what had been dons in this matter, but I cannot find that Sir Andrew Bachman can give me any intelligence at present on the subject. It is quite possible that io • few days we shall have • statemeat of the actual fedi of the ewe, and Ido sot think I shall be warranted in giving any opinion until we have all the real fade before us. THE AFFAIRS OF DENMARK AND GERMANY. Earl GREY said he wished to take that opportunity of =kin the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs • question, of which he had given him private notice, and it was whether the noble awl intended on Monday next, when the question of Denmark and Germany would come coder consideration, to make the same objection to the discussion coming on as he did on the day preceding the holidays ; and if be did so intend, whether his objection would apply to the transactions which preceded the occupation of Sieswig by the Prussian sad Austrian MOW, or only to the transactions which had meetly taken place. Emil RUSSELL—In answer to my noble friend I beg to state that when it wee proposed to brio] this discussion en before Easter 1 took upon myself the responsibility of =king that it should cot take place at that time ; sod there were two reasons for my doing that—first, that I was ready to present papers by command of her Majesty, sad which =stained • further discussion of these affairs, and secondly, that negotiations were going on with a view to • conference. I cannot say now that there are further pspers to be produced, or that negotiations are going on now upon the subject of the conference, because all the powers which signed the treaty of 1832 have accepted • con ference, and the only question that remains is with regard to the Diet of Frankfort, which body received an in. viten= to send a representative to the conference, but there has not been time to lay the communication before the Diet. I shall, therefore, not be warranted in taking on myself the responsibility of making that the dis cussion ahall be agida postpooed, but whether there should las a protracted discussion on these a ff airs is a matter for the discretion of your lordships. With regard to the last question of my noble friend as to separating the correspood wice, I do not think it will be possi le to enter at large into these transactions without referring to all the corm spoodence. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Workington Harbour, the Clifton Hampden Bridge, and the Cows. nod Newport Railway Bills were road a thad time and pawed. PUBLIC BUSINESS. THE SETTLED ESTATES ACT AMENDMENT BILL The above bill was reed a seocrnd time. The Malt for Animals Bill, and the Conveyances (Ire land) Bill were severally reed a third time and passed. The house adjourned shortly after ball-pest 5. HOUSE OF cOMMONa—Tacasn.T, Arta. 7. The house met at 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND • new writ woe ordered for Fifeshere in the room of Yr. Warne'., doomed. BRADFORD RESERVOIR. Mr. FERRAND pre aotioe that to-morrow he should ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether be had received Mr. Bewlinson's report on the state of the Bradford reservoirs ; if so, whether he bad re ported them to be safe ; if not, which were reported onside, and in the event of any of them being unsafe, whether the government would take immediate steps to protect those parsons whose lives were endansered, and whether he would lay the report on the table of the house. THE CASE OF MIL BEWICK. Mr. 11. BERKELEY gave notice that on the 29th inst. be should call the attention of the house to the unfortunate ease of Mr. Bewick. DAUNTS ROCK. Mr. MICUIRK gave notice that on Monday neat he should ask the Presi&st of the Board of Trade whether it was intended to have D►unt's Rock blown up, or to place a light ship on it immediately. THE BrDGET. In committee of ways and means, The Ciuncunoit of the P.ICHSQUIE brought forward his financial statement. He urged that by a comparison of the revenue of the country for one year with another there war afforded • test of the growth of the prosperity of the people. After deducting the miscellaneous receipts and the China indemnity, the revenue of 1862-3 stood at 67,850,0001., and that of 1863-4 was 67,173,0001., being a decrease of 677,0001. ; but when it was re membered that the reduction of taxation last year amounted to more tban three millions, the actual increase of the revenue had exceeded that sum in the last twelve months. Going back to the year 1860-61, shim that year no new taxes having been imposed, he showed that there was a gross receipt of revenue of 70,283,0001., and the receipt of 1863-64 was less by something over a million. But since 1862 there had been re ductions in the income tax and the tea duties, Ico., showing altogether a diminution of taxes of more than 6,000,0001. The real diminution of taxes in the three last years bad been 6,638,0001. The revenue had decreased by only 1,760,0001., so that, takiug reduction of taxation into consideration, it had actually increased by more than 5,000,0001., or at the rate of about 1,400,0001. a year. Since the year 1859 the revenue bad grown at the rate of 1,200,0001. ; and since 1853 it had grown full a million a year on an average, so that it might be taken that the revenue increased on the whole at the rata of over a million per annum. Referring to the liquidati3n of debt over the last year, he stated that a million of Exchequer Bonds had been paid off, and other liquidations of the capital of the debt had been effected, which amounted to above three millions. The sum paid for terminable annuities in liquidation of debt was 1,400,000/. The account of the debt showed that 4,146,000/, had been applied to the liquidation of debt. Perpetual annuities had been con verted into terminable annuities to the extent of above 400,0001. Turning to the consideration of the national debt, he stated that the actual capital was 791,574,0001. In 1853-4 the lowest point that the debt reached was 769,082,0001. The Russian war increased it to a large extent, but since that it had decreased by above 16,000,0001. The decrease in the debt since 1856 was above 69,000,0001., and the charge for interest had now decreased by about 6,000,0001. a year. He then entered into a consideration of the general trade of the country, showing that in 1861 the imports were 217,481,000/. ; in 1862 they were 225,216,0001. ; in 1863 they were 248,980,0001. The exports in 1860 were 125,000,0001. ; in 1861, 124,000,0001. ; in 1863 they stood at 146,000,0001. Including foreign and colonial ex ..rts, the total exports in last year were 195,000, ~ while the exports and imports together for bat year were 444,950,0001. This movement of our trade represented nearly a million and a half of money for every working day of the year, and the great increase bad taken place since that period wheu the removal of tramme►s on trade bad been the policy of parliament. These facts nut only showed the vigorous prosperity of the country, but were a pledge that England was to be the champion of peace against all the world. While referring these great improvements to the change iu the commercial policy of the country, he del nut deny that other elements had been at work towards the attainment of that end, but it was a remarkable fact that at those times when the legislature acted in the direction towards the libe ration of commerce the greatest results bad fol lowed. Such was thecae°, in the three last years when changes of this kind were made ; and in 1853, when a similar policy was pursued, the exports as compared with those of 1852, a yearof unexampled prosperity, increased by a large amount, reaching the sum rat 98,000,0001. A similar event occurred in 1860, a year of a bad harvest and general depres sion, as compared with 1859, one of great pros perity, when the exports increased by 900,0001., while a like result followed in 1862 and 1863. Touching on the question of the paper duty, he admitted that there had been a great increase iu the import of paper, but there were no means of ascertaining that there had been a proportionate decrease in the product of the British manufacture. But there had at least been an immense increase in the demani for the materials for paper-making, while there had been a considerable increase iu the export of British-made paper ; the price had been mimed beyond the amount indicated by the duty ; the diminution in the number of paper makers, which was steadily going on until the repeal of the intafFfS, FIRMLY EVFIIIiO34 APRIL 8, 1864. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQVIER mid, with regard to the observations of the hon. gentleman who had Let spoken, by passing the resolution is committee they did not come to • final judgment, aid it might be consi dered afterwards whether it woe desirable to Male those weds. The debate bad presented lees of a ecamnational character, sad had bees rather wider is its range Mae was comma on these mossions. He bad no reason to complain of the whole or my portion of the dtrominos, which he thought had been very satisfactory. Hs should object to tho reduction of the duty on fire insuranoss by fld. is his opinion if the house were notable to effect a reduction of room then ad. it bad better let the duty stand. A right hoc madame opposite said that the votes of the house on the subject of fire Mammae would not he satisfied by the proposal which be (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) bad made. But be contended that those votes would be far better satisfied by dealing effectively with one particular branch of the subject than by making a general reduction so small sa to have no material operation in the way of =trading imurame, aed thas in so degree to replace the loss of revenue. Whether there was any force in his (the right hon. gentleman's) distinction between the tax upon property and the tax upon trade sod industry, was a matter forth, committee booneader; but he trusted that they would sot eoesent to any leeffeceive reduction such as bad been suggested. He now begged to move that the chairman report prover. (Cheers.) The motion wee agreed to. General Pin and Colonel Inciusoy appealed to the government not to proceed with the estimates at that late Mar. Lord PALMERSTON consented to postpone the com mittee till to-morrow. NAVAL AGENCY AND DISTRIBUTION BILL. Lord C. PAGET, in moving the second reading of this bill, sip Weed that it was one of three bills proposed for the =of consolidatiag the acts foisting to naval prize. ply point in which it was proposed to alter the law was with regard to ransom of merchant reseals in time of war which the bill would legalise. Sir J. RAY thought it would be desirable that these acts should be embodied with • fourth act, making the statute law complete, and repealing all the laws previously in existent* with regard to prize. The bill wu then read • sewed time, as were also the Naval Prize Acts Repeal Bill, sad the Naval Prize Bill. The Iscue then adjourned at ID isiostm to r 2 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. TIMUMAT. I duty, had absolutely stopped ; while the expense .248 2 , 0001 i while the relief from taxation would of manufacture had greatly decreased • and all" teach to above 3,000,0001. The surplus would these circumstances must be taken as inch that remain only at 238,0001. He 000cloded by stating the trade had not suffered to the 'extent which thet t rthese deductions would, be hoped, be deemed 1 had been predicted. With referee*, to . the alibaiwitm'y by the house and the country. high export duty on foreign rags, he an - ME CRA.ORD sald 4 after the imeopreheesive epee* nounced that an arrangement for a reduction t c : kb a d ch-- 9 lor „,„,:mt . '7•4 chaps 7,: c .a i tl honli ff a mi thout P r ' ln h a h l of the duty by France was in progress. Taking up holds the y ha d hard would be mos i Te d th owig h oo t the the spirit duties, he stated that a rionsiderable pare country with great satinfasUoa sad a, tholght that on the don of the revenue was obtained from that source. whole the model= width the Ohmeeller el the Exchequer In the years 1859-60 the duty raised was had dealt with the morphs would be viewed with approved 12,301,0001., but a portion of that really ha. ! .11;:( o thi l i ae hon. gentleman) sated. and be doubted not thl he fin l d ri ct longed to 1860-61, so that the notion that there had , that , ( the m wet w bowd e o r th e h.. es m y r m , a ma t been no segmentation of the receipts on British • missy hoc members who would be disposed to think with i spirits since the alteration in theduty was mane- ' him that the mode in which the duty was proposed to be ous. The real amount for 1859-80 was 11,758,0001., I s td with Ima na la • If a° other t w o °iambi' in 1860 it was 14 I ' 168,0001., in 1861 it was I bake up the matter be should be prepared to elate on a ,_ future occasion fromws for &settlement ol the 12 , 26 7, 000 /, in 1862 it was 12 , 102,0001 ., an d In doe at vanishesthese of the right bee. gentleman! 1863-4 it was 12,638,0001. ;so that there bad been I Mr. CAVE had hoped that after the lecture of Prof an increase in the receipts of above 800,0001. I Leone Levi. which had hem extensively eircukted wooer , ' The spirit duty had varied in England, Scotland, I hoe. member, and which had succeeded in making • dull and Ireland respectively exactly in proportion to , subject al .'" ilter "'"g` th is wi th vwfad ar ti " al th e sager duties w have been set at net. hoped thst • the prosperity or distress of each country. While 1 t h e r io t hom gentleman would d„.„.b., some mode of • considering the question of the spirit duties it was describing those who were to be excluded from the benefit In to take into account the change which was 'of his new tea license. The constituency which he repro + muted (New Shoreham) was called • borough, but it wee as • taking p in the national taste for milder liquors. l_armee the county of Rutland, and it bad within it many The export trade in spirits had, however, increased. which were as well entitled as any in the kingdom ; As regardedtbe wine duties, the imports had risen in t= ea n a d coun t ry p h ew. respect of the wines from Portugal by 25 per cent. ;1 Mr. HUBBARD was sorry to have to make any remarks • those from Spain by 75 per cent. ; and on thoseerom that might appear an exception to the general feeling of . satisfaction with which the statement of the right boo. France the increase of imports amounted to over I gentlemen had been received ; but he could not hal sr -300 per cent. The import of colonial wines had wing his extract, that the right hen. gen tleman p considerably diminished, as might have been ex- ih ca ldi a „,„„ e g oe d w i t hi n t h e limit. be wes the is. petted. The consumption of wine in the last about ' elective of the duty on fire insurances. Hs (Mr. Hubbard) ' as compared with 1859, showed an increase of about thought that the distinction the right hon. gentleman had 55 per cent. In regard to the tobacco duties, there i weds between itodeiletiwto and other property was wholly had been a considerable increase in the imports of i o ua l" a st i t c ‘ rta t • I t alia a ti l t tb ,, L - Waee fa " suf w •a tt :7 o : l 2 u " t r e • s t manufactured tobacco, such as cigars and cavendish, I ir r 7, e the risk o f a g m. ''''' a result caused by the alteration in the duty I Sir J. FERGUSSON complained that the right hon.gentle last year ; but this had not interfered with . man bad sot stated to the committee the basis upon which th e i mpor t o f raw t o b acco, f or th a t ha had mode his calculation respecting the ineocnetrix. had increased from 25,000,0001b5. to above i ',l,hehirrAtclaided that thenl h _ .6:....b be • f•-"a sesaos r" a o ! at 60,000,0001b5., while the revenue had increased I th at lb. malt would h e to .4d - - ,,,, - 0 ,',,,,w, to the y i e l d o f by 290,0001. Speaking of the trade of this country the tax. Had the right hon. gentleman token that =cum with France, he showed that since 1859 the imports Mame into amount! from France had more than doubled, while the ex- Mr. WRITS shared in the latisfaelloo with which the esmnu t a lt t eLg• orally had ., a board the able an d state ports from this country thither had risen from oar. apparently about 9,000,0001. to above 22,000,0001. With all paradoxical y e w hi o h t h e r o t he .. ',Wawa, bad set this favourable condition of the country it was to himself. namely, to take nothing from the rich, and yet to be noted that, excluding Lancashire, the pauperism of give a good dad to the poor, was one that had already to a the country was decreasing, or at least stationary. great extent been Performed i and lodged no government Coming to the animates for 1864-65, he stated that ld take up a nobler problem. Mr. DUNLOP mid he thought the right bon. gentleman the charge for the funded and unfunded debt h a d e dh ere d t o th e r i g h t principle I. dealing w i t h t h e might be taken at 26,400,000 h ; the charges on the swat duties • and be applauded the right honour- Consolidated Fund were estimated at 1,930,0001. ; able gentle man for having stripped off the the estimate fur the army was 14,844,0001., for the Protionded disguise of free trade which had navy, 10,440,0001. ; for the collection of rho revenue, °P"r rise a l d a c ' e y".": d oi ar t aa " t y "detraritraywiNhereby the d I°2:- 4,692,0004 ; for the packet service, 883.000/. •• the f le d if three h e d hem no d ot , at a m H e m i g h t he e a anew.; miscellaneous estimates were taken at 7,628,0 ' 001.; to doubt whether the proposed mono, of the bon. member and the estimated expenditure for the year stood for the City (Mr. Crawford) would seriously interfere with at 66,890,0001. Having pointed oat that the in- •b•—•ashr 7l l. l. l .E tte w ritht hon. gentleman. (Hear.) would crease of expeoditure since 1869 might be taken at ' I ._ reduce the scale of dty wh'i hoped the r sly to t hoe he g" tlmn ' t at which above 4,000,0001., he proceeded to state that the it stood la 1858. It duty be • boas to the distilling and estimate of receipts from customs, for the coming manufainetrieg interest of Ireland, and would not ultimately year, was 23,150,0001. ; from the excise, diminish the release. 18 , 4i0 , 000f . . from stamps, 9 , 320 , 0001, . f rom Mr. MORRITT mid the right hoe. gentleman having pealed to him to withdrew his motion on the mound that taxed, 3,25 0,0001. ;from Income-tax, B,6°6 * CPWI • ; T.Ti.d, it would benefit En h Ireland and gland more tau from the Post-office, 3,950,0001.; from crown lands, fk ot j aw d . h e b egge d m ay ,„ to s a y that a m amma. o f t h at 310,0001. ; from miscellaneous receipts, 2,250,0001.; Mod would not lasso his aorta on behalf of Esglead. He and from indemnities from China and Japan, therefore *Mold not be able to forego hi moth's. It was 600,0001. The total estimated revenue was hi fail lailgiii" to Mooed with it, and B li could mime 69,460,0001. ; and the probable surplus of income e .„, the tai baua L i t t wat og its"af that pry e y b i nw f ww ". cw to awls political mid d so but over the estimated expenditure of 66 , 890,0001 . th o ught it was right and just in WWI ° . (diem.)bees he would be 2,800,0001. With regard to the Kr. KIN NAIRD loped he right has, friend would sot disposition of the surplus it was proposed secede to the seggestim of the nght boo. and lea rned gene to narrating the diminution of y on to reduce the duty on the corn imported Vi t tli( i. = the ts re n isisg of the rit t itz i Mid bees Weeded from a shilling a quarter to threepence a hundredweight. A change would be made in the Lord C. HAMlLTON"believe moral rtrat oa Zeal considers- duty on licenses for the sale of tea in the rural dis- riots the duty ought to be redoced, because the peaches of tricts from 11a. 6.1. to 2s. 6d., leaving a loan to the illicit distillation to which the high duty had given des in revenue of 10,0001. The duty ou licenses for ____ladaad had • mat injurious effect the oa • seoula al the hawkers having two horses would be reduced toe!. I"'" .. Mr. NORRIS wished to throw out • hint for the con- There would be an equalisation of duties payable sideratim of the ng' lit hoc. gentleman in relation to homers. on entering into ecclesiastical benefices under 3001. Under the 9th of G• 3. HI., is. 61, megidretes gave their a year to about 51., the scale diminishing gradually =3•l for licenses to certain booms so sell beer, and to nothing in the use of benefices of the value of h the madam of the make the beer Losses so the obta i n ing been ob- tain was, or at Wet had been, the key te of 501. a year. The duty on proxies for voting on a license go , the este of spirit and beer . subsealto joint stock companies would be reduced from 6d. to the poising - of that act the Ist of WO= IV., c. 64. :Led Id. There would be a reduction in the duty on the Beer Ace, creme into marabou. That act imposed • ' letters of attorney for receiving money. He pro- payment of SA, with 5 per 00 0. for • beer license, while under the old set of Geier lIL the charge wag 11. 2s. 6d. posed to legalise the practice of marine re-insurance The result was that in bail the boroush towns of England on the payment of a shilling stamp; and he proposed there were some pereoes ob . peas 63u far tbets some. whilst to extend to refreshment houses the power posemsed t h ere ~ oth er, living i. the vary same street who paid by magistrates to license them which was now appli- only It 2s.&L This wia so meg eand unjust, that he thought cable to public-houses. He did not intend to deal with it demanded the ecosiderstioo of the right hon. gentleman. Mr. M•MABON said he represented a comity in which the taxation of charities, but inquiries were being made with a view to future action. With „, perhaps more barley and oats were grove than in any other county in Ireland. These kids of groin were formerly the remainder of the surplus, deducting th e los s of largely used for the purposes at distillation, but th 10,0001. on tea licensee, there had been this year Seely high duties imposed co spirits by the Chan:da of an unusual number of claimants upon it. The the Exchequer had reduced the cultivation of both barley largest and most important reduction he proposed and oats, and thrown the land out of smite and the people was in the article of sugar, which he conceived had °at of employment. The result was emigration. or • °°l4i * tioo of mimeo's and diseceteet at home. the first claim for consideration. Having pointed Mr. BENTINCK emplaned of the meaner in which the out the difficulty of dealing with the question of a Olieneallor of the Exchequer had, in the course aline 'yeah, reduction of the sugar duties, he stated that at alluded to the subject of Prolealian- He treated its • Min' Wile which was mooted in every part of the world, Mt he present there was a classified scale of duty, and be proceeded to show the development of consume- P a t ad ßt i u ra tiDak ) T a t "" ed i t t r 4r t abladaur"at tlems t b e half lion under that system, and argued that under all th at f r . irodo hland ad eve , ma te d ati om e boa g r or .. y b o d y r,,rd the circumstances opinion and authority were in he palled upon the right boa endemism to give credit at favour of • classified duty in preference lout for sincerity to them who had oonsisteetly supported to a uniform charge. Ile detailed the budge t` neP°W.,._Wrirlpi_°. that t he ww_,lwft„ta the,„_d"aill,_____af the plans of classification which were mooted, refus ed to T. .7,z, - z , ,: . —Zirg" h onoura ble Ire= the first of which was the imposition of one pourable gentleman Id that d u ties . .eglish farmers aloe. duty for refined and smother for unrefined sugar; would beeefit by repeal, and that Ireland and ScootlL e i d . another was to have one rate of duty on refined would have to beer tbe increased taxatioo. But what were and unrefined, but another on liquid sugar ; a third the facts at present ! Had not England been loos bearing more than her share of the malt duties ! As to the paper tail] was a uniform duty on all sugars ;and a ,_ duties, he believed that Char abolition vase most naneoes fourth was to have a clarification of duty On eacn wry wer d we ; and h e h op ,' that the fi n ' bo t, o f a really kind of sugar. He utterly threw aside the first of patriotic government would be to re-enact t thoweduties. these plans, and expressed himself in favour (lenthter.) of a scale something on the basis of the present CHILHe4,3 thought that, , taking the budget as a wholi; oct on o nt f us h t e be ipoorne system. He desired that the form of the duty the a l u m :l nuit % a r t ta s n ee. red ise should be adopted which should least interfere ....fm ory . with the natural course of trade. The present Mr. HENLEY had no wish to make any observation. dnty on sugars was—on refined, 18s. 4d. • and on upon the general character of the budget oa that occasion, others of different qualities, 16e. 4d., lii., 10d., I C ) " wiritd to refer " the argument used by the of the Exchequer with regard to the and 12s. &L It was proposed to adhere to the i rn p . biii ty according to hie reasoning, of any i ncrease in dividing points of the present chasm, but to th e consumption of malt if the duty were reduced. The reduce the amount from lea. 4d. to 128. 10d., from right boo. gentleman came to that conclusion from the fact 16.. t o lia. Sd., f rom 13 8 . 10.1. t o le e , ed. ; that since the repeal of the beer duty 35 years ego malt had not recovered what malt and beer Ono produced. It was from 12s. Bd. to 95 ., and a new class of duty impoesible that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could have on inferior sugar would be created at Bs. 2d. misondentood the question, but be had certainly mist* The effect would be to place the sugar duty at Is. seated it. (Hear, hear) Those who were anxious for a per cwt. lower than it ever had been. This alters- repeal of the malt duty were not those who grew the high tion would cause a diminution of revenue at once set quality of barley, and unquestionably not the brewer amounting they were those who, sot wishing to drive the people of the amounting to 1,701,9001., but the net actual loss for the coming year would be 1,330,0001. The :::11 1 ; as th „L h a ad tc l een d ,t iv a e N:l y b o r a h° c; , a b t a v i l d surplus would thus be reduced to 1,250,0001. quality that could not bear the high duty, but which wool; Addressing himself to the demand for a reduction be malted if there was a lower duty upon it. end which in the malt tax, he asked if the house would allow would enable the humbler classes throughout the country him to appropriate the remainder of the surplus to in brew th ei r ewe beer. (Hear, hear.) He could not see bow the beer duty could bear upon the question, for the that object. Having argued with great minuteness beer duty was paid, not by private persose, but by the the case for and agaiust such a reduction, he meant, announced that tbere was no intention of proposing Mr. MAGUIRE observed that if there bad been any any reduction in the malt duty. Taking up the victim of the present Chaileellor's ' , MMUS , ' Inland had subject of the income tax, he reviewed its history, bee t n o s f elect fo r t that distinction . With regard to the so th t the policy on which it was established, and tr *Pi to L ela d, and he belie ed this main ly we ' 4 cc ttri ita operation on those on whom it was imposed, hatable to the adulterated character of the 'pinta whic h the taking occasion to state that the alterations present high rate of duty compelled the poorer claws in made last year had greatly relieved its severity. that country to have recourse to. He was glad to hear ,ben was to be something like yielding on the part of the He stated his belief, from long experience, that the French government with regard to the duty on rags • but existence of the income tax as a permanent duty, was that example to be followed by the othergovernme nts ' was inconsistent with the acbievement of a judi- a E urope s - - cious public economy, an object towards which, Mr. BASS said, considering there was scarcely an despite the great and growing prosperity of the article the consumption of whichhad not M.:reseed on 1 country, con sidering the co - existence of l arge the duty being reduced , he did not see the justice of retain ng the malt tax on its present scale. It was a mistake to pauperism with that prosperity, it was the duty of sup pose that the brewers had any tworsoual interest in the parliament carefully to direct its attention and its intim of the tar, and be believed that so fa r they i efforts . He did not, however, now ask the house were comereed they would prefer remaining as N oy were to remodel or to abolish the income tax, but to or having an increase to a lerailliioC of the duty'. Mr. HALMS wished to refer to two part, of the bu dge t, address itself to the reduction of that tax, and • of which gave him entire satisfaction and the other • therefore he proposed to take a penny in the One • him great dii . p .. m . tmea. The put with which be pound off the income tax. The ultimate logs was th oroug hl y sa tia4 - ‘ ,7,,, the proposal f or t h s re d uct i on by this reduction would be 1,200,000/., and the ,of the income tax, and though at present it was to be re immediate loss would be 800,0001. This would timed only by a penny, the mune adopted was xcheque . the Cluinov of Er's leave a surplus of 430 , 0001. Adverting to the duty r: ten earn est af tion to annihilate a tax eell which on the every principle on fi re insurances, he said that the government did was obLectionable. The other proposal of the right not think that any large reduction of that duty honour. • geetleman which related to the rpm ' should interfere with the other reductions in tax- I tics of fire insure:se duty was as uniatidactary ' onion he bad proposed. The duty on fire insurances as it could P.M, be. was 1,700,0001., two-thirds of which was levied on I Bir F. OOLDBMID and the right hon. gentleman had property, and the remainder on induetry or stock *hoses nook in trade as °fierier the best chance of recoup- Leg the lose. He thought that description of insuraace in trade ; and it was proposed to reduce the duty ' wired the least chance of making good the lose. from 3s. to ls. Gd. so far as stock in trade warn con- I Colossi SYKES said be had voted in the majority for the corned. With a view to test the principle of recovery reduetron of the duty on fire insursoces ; but his impressive always was that the reduction was to be general. The of the revenue after reduction of duty, which had been so strenuously asserted, the reduction a P rzr . t d fl ty t a i rg,: u ' d the humbler., elle: fro m . ainroraring to take place from Ist July. The financial result of of reoupetstlon whiL w the ethical pro;owel °° wou7d not. De' • this would be a groin lose of 283,0001. Mr. CAIRD said the right ken. gentlemen proposed to The result of the proposed reductions would on the I eher under the new regMatiams Ennis and millet , which bad hitherto not been charged with duty. He trusted sia• whole be a loss of revenue which would amount to right hoc patlessaa would ressaaks that poist. The meetings at Liverpool, Northampton, and elsewhere suffered materially from Bold and rainy weather, bet the Epsom gathering was fees amen fortunate, as the air was comparatively genial, end the inaugural day passed off without any pluvial visibatioa. During the past few years the Epsom Spnag Meeting has taken an additionally important mak in the racing 111- Mum, the City and Suburban being sow regarded as one of the most interesting handicaps of the season. Although heavy rain fell in the course of Holiday and Tose , day, and the preapects of agreeable sport were somewhat remote in oomequence, the ground was in capital order, and there was nothing to inter fere with the thorough recreatice of the many Maimed' who travelled from London to the Downs. We cannot remember when • greater number of people were present at the spring meeting, but the railway companies appear to have received the chief patronage, se there was a decided falling off in the number of vehicles, the recent wretched weather having probably damped the ardour of those who usually patrooise " the road." The betting enclosure wee densely crowded, sad io the " inner ring 'perdition was carried on in the most spirited manner, notwithstanding the general murmur as to the " ex clesivenem " of the arrangement. A large number of pers ons arrived by road from Leedoe, and the . smart •• trap " of the hewed victualler, sad the "clever tits" of the more Mumble beer-house keeper rattled late Epsom from an early hour in the morning. The racing commenced at 1.30 with the Trial Stakes, only one animal —Jarnicoton--of the twelve entered overnight being an absentee ; but the interests of the Trench stable were re presented by Vivid, whose miming was, of eouree, watched with great curiosity, as it was said that Jandeoton was greatly superior. Caroline who ran • reel good filly last memo, was made the favor:rite, but the field were defeated by 001111116-0011 of the " bought in " hones at Lord Stam ford's eale—James Mean riding with extraordinary pitiless and brilliancy, and beating Vivid by • head. The ram the French mare made gave an immense impetus to Jaraicoton, and after • very Meet period ea little as 6 to 1 wee taken about him for the big race. The City and Suburbia Handi cap was appointed for 3.40, and the 25 runners were weighed out is et:cellist time, but the delays at the poet wen most tedious, and the pedlar, of the spectators was sorely tried. During the period that elapsed before the competitors were got off, a Dowel incident occurred. On • coach in treat of the stand, • oorsopeen player performed • solo so satisfactorily the, a unanimous encore was de manded, and the amateur, nothing loth, soon responded with a fresh air, to the infinite amusement of the multi tudee of liniment. The mos will be found fully described below, but we may state here that the result was, as in the Northamptoushire Stakes, a rare "turn-up," all the favourites being beaten by Mary Hart, • rank outeider, the mood end third also, Bradamante and Lon! Beirleigh, having been equally disregarded in the Veterinarian ran most dangerously up to the turn from ittteehsai Comber, where he died away, evidently lacking staying ability. His owner was, however, sur prisinglysanguine, and offered to bet 2,00 W. level that his horse _would be one of the first three Merry Hart, it will be ransuibered, was wood to Catch-'em-Alive in the Oambridgeshire last year, when the memorable "piece of lead" dispute out But his Debbi owe's. the Earl of Westmerelaod, who is so deservedly popular in the racing world, bee now had some recompense for his great disap pointment and inconvenience upon that occasion. The remainder of the sport, together with every particular, will he found in the subjoined details of the naming . _ _ _ THE TRIAL Bran= of 50 son., added to • sweepstakes of 5 son. awl, for Syr-olds and upwards ; certain allow ances. Os* ntlia . _ _ _ Lord Stamford 4 Gems", by Wonsertley—Garenne (bred m Frame). 6 yre, an lib (J. Mani I C4u44 Di dranll 4 • VIT4d, 4Pk list Lb (A. Edwards 4 ma y [ Dr. Brayley's Golden Dv" 4 yrs . Ent 21b A. Cowie) II The folios Liao raa :—Carollue, Tlypier, General /Mirky. V ittle Oat,ino-S Direerve, Cilenorehy, nano" Lauda the West. end L &Wog : 5 to 4 apt Conlin*, 5 to 1 apt Gomm', 7 to 1 ept r:i filoooralty, and 10 to 1 opt Load of the W«t and Tss FIZATICOTE PLATI at 50 aays. (Handicap) for all sea. Winaars extra. New T.Y.C. Tersaquarters of a mile. HuQals of Bastlets Ramp. by King of Trumps—Odes dam, 4 yrs, 71b 10et (carried let IMb) (Judd) 1 Mr. Saxon's Virginia, 3 ms, get bib (H. 2631 P) 2 Mr. Nayloes Tailor, 3 yrs, est , 0 Sayers) 3 The &Iberia' also :—Lady Derby, Comet, Etna, Knkrkt Templar, Balderdash, IMMO& Tax LONDON-B=loi STozza, of 5 son. oath, with 50 added, for all ages.. Selling and other allorsaces. Three gamier's of a mile. Mr. H. Joloe's Jessie, by Cortes—Toy, 3 yen (SOL), Set (I.lnohl 1 Mr. Grevllle's Verdict*, 3 yrs (3 , 11.), Elst 71b Orlmshaw) 2 Mr. John Dawson's Village Belle, 4 lye (30L ) rtt ,t.'ustance) 3 The following also ran:—lda, c by Vedette—Spasms, T. P. Cooke. 1 by Teddington—Balhant's dam, Mountain Laid, St. Thema'. TELI CtTT AND SC•DIBAN HANDICAP of 15 soya. etch, 10 ft, a•d 5 if declared ; winoars extra. last mils and • quartar. (148 sobs., 55 of whom declared 5 soya. ft.) Lord Wistaioriand'a Yam Bart, by the Fallow Buck— loVal, re, fat 4lb (Motion) 1 Mr. bie — villiiiirmlama_ to, 3 tn. 6d Gaii;b l7 l Mr. B. J. Angell'. lard =sleigh, 6 ps,_64 _ - 10:Fordham) The talc... Lag also ran :—Rxchequer, Tom Fool, Ring of Utople, Cadiz, Trumps, PAD( Fish, Juliet, 84immerelde, Fiancee. Jarni meson. Vo!unto", COOotorsign, Count Carom, Weathenpy, Lord Zetland, lady Emma, Gordian Knot, Brindisi, Monkey, Aunt Judy, 1 etminarlan, lee 'the Phemy filly,. Betting : 7 to 2 apt Vetoriounaa, 4 to I art Jarniooton, 7 to 1 opt Cordials Knot, 100 to 8 apt Lord Gotland, 100 to 6 apt Flying Fish, 20 to 1 each apt Merry Hart, Vole's. tat, Brindisi, and Juliet, 30 to 1 each agst Mm isey and Exchequer, 100 to 3 each o pt Bradamante and Coast Carom.. 4 b to 1 apt Cadiz, 50 to 1 each apt Lord Bur. leigh, Fiances, Tom Fool, and Effie, and 100 to 1 apt King of Utopia. After numerous breaks away, marches, and countermarch's, the twenty-five (who went to the post at 10 minutes before 4 o'clock) were despatched at 21 minutes last, Sammerside leading the way, but she was quickly pared by Moulsey, wbo was followed by Juliet and Veterinarian, Gordian Knot going cot fourth, Summerside fifth, Brindisi sixth, Fiasco . * beading the suc ceeding lot, which comprised Bradamante, Merry Hart, and Effie. Descending the hill towards Tottenham Corner, Moulsey took • commanding lead, and Veterinarian fol lowed mooed, but dropping bock half way in the straight, Cadiz, Bradamante, and Lord Burial& joined and Merry Hart, the latter of whom ran up to Botany at the dietanoe, where Lord Burleigh and Bradamante challenged him. The three ran home an ex citing race, but Merry Bart, from the half distance having the best of it, won by • length. A bead only separated the second and third ; Mooleey, beaten two lengths from Lord Burleigh, was fourth ; Exchequer fifth, Briodisi sixth, sod Flyiog Fish seventh. The next two were Aunt Judy and Lord Zetlaod, the hut lot being Juliet, Count Oavour, Trumps, and Voluptas. Tot TWO-YEAIVOLD lIITAKZO of 10 sous. each, with 80 added ; mite, Bst 101 b ; Mee, Sat 71b. Half-a-maw (37 subs.) Mr. R. Sutton's Gardeeleure, by Vidette Paradigm, Set 716 Lord Coventry, Tennyson, ant 1olb Baron bliriereS Gastrin, flat 101 b (A. gdwardsit The following also ran :—Mooey Spinner. Corporalvi; Panay, Ilthant, Theodore, Chesterfield. end ShrapnelL Tin 18 ILIRMAR FLATS of 50 eon. (Handicap) for all ages. Wiaoen extra. Half a Toile. Captain Cluittitiiiiioeription, Wilt; Curs—Lady Tal ton, S gra, list Mb Mr. Payne 's Alebymibt, 4 yrs, Bat 011 t.. .. (H. Oranshaw) Maroon of Hastanges Attraction, S vs, 74 121 b. iJudd) 3 The following also ran Mtn Emma, King Oonton, Japan, Tailor, Inverness, logy Warwick, Aurora, and VIOL LATEST BITTING ON THE COURSE. MILTIOPOLITAX HANDICAP . I to II to 1 sad Lard &timid (t) I Ito 1 tot thigCbal .1 Jaw (4 THE POLICE COURTS. lU*LI!OR9UGH-STBEET, Varna, Heerard, the keeper of a night refreshment bones, He. 51, Haymarket, was brought below Mr. Knox for final examinatioe, charged with taking Minnie Wilson from the custody of her parents, she beiig then under 16 years of age. Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, from the offioe of Mr. E. Lewis, Great Marlborough•street, attended to prosecute on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children ; and Mr. Orridge attended for the prisoner. Mr. E. D. Lewis stated that the charge, which it will be recollected cossisted In the statement of ifinaie Wilson, to the effect that when about 15 years of age, while seeking • situation, she was accosted in the street by the prisoner, sod induced to accompany ham to • house in Repert-irtreet, on the pretence that he would get her • situation, that she wee there drugged, as she supposed, and the n ruined ; that she remained away from her home with the prisoner until she bore • child ; that the prisoner refused to contri bute to its support ; that she got as affiliation summons, and then when it was beard, having stated the above par ticulars, the magistrate granted a warrant against the pri soner for abduction. The father of the complainant was now hated in evi• dance, but be pee a very mdiffereat account of hie daughter. character. The complainant, on the other band, maid that her father bad not treated her well at home, and bad threatened to turn her cot of doom if Ate did not get a situation. James Hider, waiter at the Raglan Music-hall—l have been in the prisoner's house at different times. I received this letter. Ido not know that it war written by Howard, but it is signed Howard. The paseenttrix, on looking at the letter, said she be lieved it was in Howard's hardening/. The letter we. to the following effect:—" Dear Sir,—Will you tell Minnie that if she is sorry, and does cot biased being there, she mast writs a letter to-night to the magis trate, so that he will bare it early to-morrow. In this letter she must retract all she stated up at the court, and say in the letter that eh* is sorry for having said so, but that s►e did it out of spite, and that it was sot true, sod she can say that she has left leindon, end she must not post it anywhere near when she is stayieg, or else they will arrest her for perjury. Mind th►t you do see that she writes at axe, so that the court will have it to•morrow, or else I shall be kept in prison for God knows how long, under the plea of want ing evidence. If lam not out to-morrow, I shall probably take a final leave of this mese or. long, so if you want se to exist you will lose no time in earrying out my wishes. JAMES Thomas Howuw. To James Hider, waiter, Raglan Mnsie-halL" Mr. KSOT, after the above letter had bees read, mid he must leave the cam for a jury to decide, as there was doubt is the matter. The iriaoiserW:siheu committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Knox consenting to take two bail in 1001. each for the prro Deis Precienct T iptaj, one of %l i rwarden at the Hones of Correction, was then brought up, charged with atteniptieg to compound a 1:12WOIDINU1002% The prisoner, it will be recollected, was charged with offering 501. to Minnie Wil son to keep out of the way in the above case. Mr. Miles, one of the visitiag magistrates, wished to date that Tiptaff had not bees fifteen yeses a warder ; he had not been more than as many weeks on probation, and his appoistmaet am warder bad not yet been confirmed. Mr. Maynard said the error occurred entirely through a mistake on his part. Mr. Mille wished also to state that the present charge was the only use that had ever been made against a warder, sad he wished this statement to go forth to the public, in order to correct an erroneous impression which otherwise would be entertained. There being no additional evident*, the prisoner was /re manded on bail as before. ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. An alarming accident happened near the town at Pen Worcestershire, yesterday morning , to the up express train oa the West Midland Railway. The train Wt Worcester at 7.15, and does not atop at Perdu" ex cept to take up Loudon paseengeni. It had strived to within eight of the distaste ',goal, which was against the train for it to stop ? sod had begun to slacken speed, when soddenly the swim sad Wader ran off the rails, sod tcutibled down • steep embankment, the driver and stoker falling with it. At the same time the shock smashed the guard'. van and first passenger earrings, • escoodclass, and some of the peanengeni either fell or threw them. selves out, and also rolled down the embenkmest. The supsednver was found buried under the coke, sod on being got out was (mod to be bat slightly hurt. Two passwagen who were travelling together in the wood-alum carnage were rather badly hurt. One of these, Mr. d'Egville, of Worcester, bad one of his Enos fractured, his fellow peesenger, Mr. Gruhger of the Worcester porcelain works, beiag she mach shalom sad bruised. Carnage' being *biased they were at thee con veyed back to Worcester, sod the tug* driver was sent to Dudleyorhere he lives. His right leg appeared to be U jung!. The stoker sad guard also were healed sod scratched, but happily no lives wen lad. The elegise now lies in • told at the foot of the embankment. The line was blacked up for about two hours, whim the wreck was removed and the traMc proceeded as mina The ewes of the accident is unknown, hut of cause will be *thud into. There wasp, obstruction oil the lies. A railway accidental a very alarming charms:der oocareed sear Ponte fract on Tassday moue/ The acme cif the accident is on the Methley branch of . the Lanaeahim mid Yorkshire Railway, aid about two aid a half miles frOta Pootefract. The lino at this point is raised about six or seven feet from the ground, and is generally ogles H i zt too Carr embankment. The train conseted of ea and four • with ffrat, mooed, and third-clam cow partmeets. be engine got o ff the li ne seer • level crossing, and mooing the rails • few yards fur ther, breaking from the carriages, fell down the en benliment, of course plongiung up the lies sad tear ing up the rails on that side. The four carriages appear to have goo* • little further, and thee the guard's van, which was next the segue, followed the coons of the engine, bat did sot get down th e embeakenent. The front part of the guard s van was completely smashed. AU the four carriages did not become detached, but re mained orminected sad nearly upright, and appeared is the form of a snake, the shattered fad of the fist arnage bolas ou one aide of the boa, the second "irises nearl y level with the rails the train was rumen 00, and the last carriages partially turning down the =beak. meat on the cootrary side of the line where the engine lies, and in • eloping direction. The rails as the dde the train was running on were completely displaced for many yards, and the rails ea the opposite side where She engine crossed are also destroyed. Fortunately very few macros were injured. The scene of the accident was visited by hundreds of people from Pontefract, Castlefard, and neighbourhood. The engine lice on the aide of the embankment, with tin chimney broken off. The upper part of the tender lies a short distance from the engine, leaving the lower part of it attaidaed to the engine. The stoker, who is mast hurt, was taken to the Railway Hotel, Pontefract. Both his legs an broken, and be is very mach injured, and is not likely to live. His name as Joke ilioglsy. The guard was conveyed to his home at Dow caster. His name is John Mocker. Thomas Child, the driver, was taken to (Mole. He ie muck *tired. A al! man, whose thigh is broken, has bees meet to the Infirmu7 ; the rest of the passengers were able be go to their homes. SCHOOL POE HaungrzitS OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY. A public meeting was held yesterday at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, for t►. purpose of taking steps to establish a school for the daughters of army &Boers of limited means. His Royal Higher@ the Duke of Cam. sgpos occupied the chair. . . . . It is propOseci that while the school should be supported mainly by voluntary contributions each pupil should pay • small sum, about 121. per emus, in aid of the funds, bat that as the funds increased such payment should diminish. Among those present at the meeting were Lord Cal. thorn, General R. Aim, Ceara M. G. Oust, Major Sir R. Dame., Caporal Sir J. Forgeries, Rev. G. R. Oleic General Sir W. Oarra, General Aabbuntham, Colonel Aylmer. Major Campbell, Colonel Chapman, ko. The Rey. J. Trauma, one of the winterise, read • short statement of the ohject of the society, which he said was to establish a school for the purpose of 'meg to the daughters of ollimrs of the army &sound pncio lr eious duration. Th. committee had already succeeded is raring 1,0511. in donations sod 3051. in sanual sabieripticus, making, eltogether, 2,2561. ; bat 5,0001. wee required to adapt, fit up, sad furnish the cones, which Whim pur chased. for the seoorazoodatioool 100 girls, with their Deem. vary teachers and atesndenta ; and something bke 2,0001. annually wee required for their maisteoanoe and support. The object was • noble one, and (by God's blearing) it would saTeed. (Chasm.) . General 'Sir Ww: LONG thee moved the following resolu- Moo —" That, looking at the nature of the military ser vice sod the social modifies of the officers of the army, it is desirable that steps should be takes to establish a school in which the daughters of omen of limited somas should re *Wee, at the least possible *spews, a good prsatiad and religious *dualities in accordatme with the doctrines of the church of &gland. "The resolution, which was seceded In an eloquent speech by the Rev. G. K. Gl*, Cbspkin. General to her Majesty's Farms, was tarried unsaimonady. Oa the motion of General Sir E. Cast, ssecieded by Mr. Colqullono. a committee of managerneet was fotd, sad it wee announced amidst the cheers of the .sting, that his royal highness had accepted the office el president. Addresses were made is support of the bmititestee Mr. C,olquhotin, Sir .1. Ferguson, M.P., General Ash burobsin, Gen. Sir IL Airey, sad other gentlemen, and the proceedings terminated with swots of thanks to the noble duke in the chair. Wneneniersz-Bnitent —Consequent on the great traffic over this bridge, it lass bee' fouled le re pave the aye way, which was yesterday by the wariuues employed. Mots THAN NV= AND lIITTIIII THAN ITIAL—This man to the lamest sad beet stook of spring and ssoisser patterns ever submitted for public approval The werktiumett tee, trouser. at Allred Webb Mlles; the originator's only eets blleh sst , Ts, Brook-street, Hanover-square. istatailehed nal •—tAtt MARKET& TALLOW.—TausadAY Eystrara.—The market Wu fiat to-day. Spot, and April, 41.. 3.1. to 4 ; *pow., 44a. 3d . ; °tuber to December, 44e. 6d. Dgivery to tut evening, 523 cab; no arrivals. 001TON.—Lrvicazoot, Ann 7.—We hare had a fait demand to-day and • steady market., partscuhule , which are hardening in p r i ce . The sales are 7,04) of a which 2,500 are toe export and speculation. WOOL AND WORSTELD.—Baspron, Ann. There is • steady business doing in wool, at the extreme quotations which have prevailed for some time past. For bright-haired err there is still a very good demand, nod almost any quantity might be sold. Hogs are most in de maod, though wedeln are also sold rather freely. Nt'.. ) ;. staplers keep their stocks low. Considering the high quo. tetras current they deem this course one of Wiry. There is still • fair business doing in worsted yams, and the tea. dewy of quotations is upwards. The advancing tendency of wool tends to iodate caution on the part of the spinner, who, on amount of the upward tendeocy of wool, will not accept orders which will occupy him longer than two months. There is • good demand for 40's, and also for twofolds, especially genappe k A steady trade is also' doing for home and f or La m , shire. The trade for Germany is very quiet. Ilantif.c• turas are generally well employed, sod prices have au up. ward teodF . There is oonsiderable demand f or nove l t i es in fancy s for autumn, and • considerabl e briar ' doing in 'ti goods for hoar use. There is • steady bu.i. nrs doing for America, and for Francs, but very hula doing for German y and the continent. LACE AND 11081EFLY.—Norrnonsait, Area 7.—wc are amble yet to report any general or decided improve. meet in either of the trades. The home trade is or. favourably infinenced by the gloomy weather. Tama are still firm, and the prime of plain net. neremuserative to the maker. One' r two haulm report • rather active de mand for sulk goods. In the course of another week we shall bear sews of the great Linage fair, and know what demand is likely to arts on the eestineet for Nottingham fabrics. The laceiary trade is generally in a healthy state, and the improvement noticed last week has bees fairly maintained. We are sorry to hear that the large failure in the Nottingham trade, recently reported, has involved in a similar catastrophe a hosiery firm at Loughborough, s o d that one or two more boasts than and in this town ant also lows by the same failure to a oosaidorable amount,— N01144061* Journal.. DORIC—B111(01011AN. Arun 7.—At this day's market than was • full supply of English wheat. which sold skink at rather soder the currewcy of this day ae'antgi,t - . Amariosa folly Is. par quarter cheaper. Fine barley dearer; asoondary uasalaable. Oats and beans quite s hish, with ware demand. Peas only taken in retail. Ilikorot, Area 7.—At ear mariet today there war a fair supply of &111 a wheat, which sold slowly at about the rates of this day w' Foreign exceedingly dull, and where males are a reduction of Is, per qr. has had to be coked . Higher prices 'eked for salting barley, which checked the wale. In grinding a moderate retail inquiry has berm experieeeed at unaltered value,. Oats more is favour, and in the absence of supplies an ad. ROOS of 6d. per qr. has occasionally base established. Beans and pearl Gd. to Is. per qr. lower. Indian corn in fair demand, and quite as dear. DMUS, &Pm 7.—We had a fair supply of wheat at our parka today ; bat the trade still keeps very depressed, and In some instances le. per qr. lower, with much unsold. The top price of red wheat was 20a. lid. Barley in fair avenge supply, sod there being a demand for used the malting qualities roads ea advanorof from la. to 2a per qr. Betas in less supply sad the trade firm. Oats aid pees as before. Vetches were Ia request, sod made man mossy, Bast while wheat, 20a. to als. ; bin red ditto, Be. to 20s. 6d. ; inferior meta, 17s. to 20s. ; best barley, 365. to 375. ; sersadary ditto, 38a. to 341. ; inferior ditto, 20a. to 117 a. ; oats, 18s. to 275. ; beams, 18s. to 20s. ; pees, 16a. be 19a. ; spiky vetches, 23e. to 27a. ; fro flour, 30a. to 31s. fkL; other kw:, 36x. to Ilk MANCEZINTIL Arm 7.—At our market this messing the demand for wheat was esteedir.gly dell, mad prime were in favour of buyers, on both English sad foreign. Flour was more premed for sale, and &thaw! 6d. per Bark. Oats and oatmeal gold slowly, at barely late rates. English beam were the torn dower, sad Egyptssa ruled firm. Indian earn was without material abeam. Nrwszu, Ann 6.—Hero atent we • dull demand for wheat, aad Is some ores • small decline had to be sub muted to. There was • fair inquiry for barley, which wu quits as der Other currencies sold at arrow curries. Wismar, Arm. 7.—We hue this day to report • very moderate supply of wheat, but fully equal to the dared, which was only of • local cherecter. Barry • moderate newly, the trade extremely dull, at rather lower rues. Oats, bear, sod pre retinue dull. Usmauncis, Aria 7.—The martin I well supplied, hut the trade heavy. Wheat, 38s. to Os; barley, 'lie. to 36e. ; oats, 18a. to 375; bras, 335. to 38e.; pie., 34a. to 40e.; rye, 35a., per quarter. Flour, 35e. to 425. per 2801bs. XDOIIOIIOII. Ann 6.—AS compared with last week, wheat was the sans os the t 0,,. sad L. 11d. •p as amigo. Barley was se. down on the top. and 11d. down ou the airing& We were ls. down as the top, nod 4d. down on the averaire. NUM ware le. 6d. up as the top, and Bd. up os the average. Wheat, 30s. 6d. to 465. 6d. ; barley, 20s. to 40a. ; oats, 15e. to 275. ; beans, 30e. to 38s. Tares, 60s. to 60s. per qr. CATTLE.—Baulareaum, Aram 7.—We had oily • moderato supply of haute cm offer this day, the general quality good. The trade was firm, at Tueeday'a quotations. The supply of sheep wsseztensive—oooditios prime. There woe • steady deemed ; prime light sheep realised Tuesday's raise; heavy sheep sold apes easier firma Tbe supply of calve. was large • a fair demand. Fat pigs • Isar supply ; demmed good, at ' higber prima. Beef, sgd. to 7d. per lb.; welter mottos. is wool, Bd. to 9d. per lb.; ewe mottos, in weal, 7gd. to Bgd per lb.; mutton, shorn, 6d. to 7fd. per lb.; reel, 6d. to 70. per lb.; been pigs, Bs. to M. per score; pocket ditto, 9a 6d. to lib. 6d. Norriwonau, Aram 6.—A large supply of beef of &d -eltas quality, principally from the north and the immediate Neighbourhood of Nottingham. The demand ruled slow at prices. Best bed, es. 6d. ; reams and inferior. fim The supply of sheep wan large, and Mad; dull. Belt small slipped, 60. to Td. pat lb. lama, 6d. Lambe from Mc to 36e. each. The supply of calms was hogs, and trade doll. Bent, 70. • somas and inferior, 6d. to 7d. The demand for mall p ' ork was dull at previous rates. Beet small, 6s. to 6a. 3d. Barre, fis. to 6.. 3d. Eresnuses, Aram B.—Thera was a fir supply of both tat rattle sad sheep at market today, but the sheep were sot so law is number as kat week. The trade, upon the whole, was Mbar dull; but queasiness remsan unaltered. Best, 7s. to Ba. 3d. per dome el 14111. ; mutest, Bd. to 9d. per lb. TRAFFIC RET URN& mum Her 7'ooll. Tagil. RAILWATIL opsm. mon. dauadlas. 1864. Week ameba Jaa. 211.. a Irma flostires of ladb.. 711 IMO 139 $79 Week sede Feb. 7. . Inas Irllso 5511 4,138 13.460 16.813 10,003 Walk asidtag Aril 3. on..Chatleam. sad Dever ni 8.172 11.4 4.8911 3,850 a li. at Ices, sad Dover .. 1011 1.100 100 1,300 330 MANCHINTIN, SHzmz.D, AND LINCOLICRHIRE RAILWAT.—The total expenses of this company's railways, including rents, tolls duty, km, from Jan. Ito March 27, 1964, 'mounted to 75,8061., as spurt 77,1741. for the corresponding . period of 1863 . The proportion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from Jan. 1 to March 27 amounted to 7,9451., as against 7,0621. for the cornispoodmi period of 1863, and the espouses to 4,0211., as against 3,0961. [Advertisement}—HouawAy's Pius AND Ourr mire. Unparalleled Populartty.—The woaderful carts allected by them unequalled remedies to ell parts of the world have won for them their present favour. Both plu. and ointmeat are composed of ingrmilente which purify sa the taros thee Shea they strengthen. No one me deny that health depends pure blood and the eataral action of the salami organs. Both objects are effected without risk or danger by Holloway's midi temente, which are as Innocent as they are potent. Internal disorders and external blemishes succumb to their power. These remedies, so appikable for the relief of the commonest emphasis, are no lees adequate so deal safely with the most formidable and &wrens diereses which can &Mkt mankind. A sad let le taws boos so& t/ be Col moo .arips ▪ r ONE Prima nY.." fila nyder 7:4 yenta QUOIM QUeer -- TWI Mid I 11 4-6,14 sigre adit raP On" a• 1 die sad 1 as leas ant! ri tr:as unit! rd; WSW ; soma Bova sad I wino P' ra mitt 30 L Fa don OLT. Sim d an Zii stem earl" = 11. ft BIRTHS, MAItRIA.GINS, AND DEATHS. BRISOOL—AprII 4, at Old l'slUngaball, near Wolverhampton, the wits of B. B. itimant, Iq., el a daughter. CAMPRILL.—ApriI 4, at Clutrietatreet, BerbOrpequare, itlav Rom WI% R. 0.7be11, of • daughter. PRITCHARD.—A 6, at New Brompton, Chatham, th• wife of Captain 0. tabard, Royal Engineers. of a son. RYLAND.—ApeII 6, at Th• Bill. Putney, the wife of .1. H. Ryland, /64., of a mom MARRIAGES. BIOLAND—MORCIAN.—ApriI tt, at the Church of SR Mary Ilagdsksa, St. Leseards-oudea, by the Rev. C. M. Ramus, assisted by the Rev. W. W. Hume. Samuel Henry Biglaad, of Suareabrook, Eases, second sou of the late Amos Wald, Au., of Liverpool, to Julia, eldest daughter of Om late at !100 , Faq of Liverpool, sad grauddaughterarrt: 1043.phes Mori" Seq., d flarvileld-grove, Middles's. cards. BLAGULN-111CASSIGHT..-April e. at Christ Church, Padding ton, by Übe Bev. W. C. louOton, vicar of Harrowden, the Rev. SI. Blapien, sward of Christ Church, St Leonard's-ob its', to Isabella Catherine, daughWr of Searight, Esq., of Upper Hydeperk-perdsee, W. DEATH& ANDCBSON.—ApeII 6. etßrldieese, Brechia. N. 8., J. Ander. A.RI KIL W I tar d .- 87 Ageil . 6, Prawn Alice, daughter of the Bev. 0. Arkeright. BRKIT.—ApeII 0. Marla Charlotte, daughter of Mr. Z. Brett, Stoke Newington-green, aged 24. CNIORT. -.MAI 6, at Halnault-boum. Chive.% Lem .1. Knight. Zee., egad 71. ISTOBEY.—AgeiI 6, M Bournemouth, En l 7 Ellen, daughter of J WAB . P.ILYN.— Mersymp. 6, at Sheilleld-terrace, Kensington, Moe. M. Printed mod Tablifted by KM RUM. at Ma 8. 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