The Express. — London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSZ LORDIL—Trio•DAY, 31 %it' it lit be LOW CWINCWAS look bia mut ou the woaloook at gecko& PETITIONS I'itir.s4ENTED. Loral A-ERmii)NE, in preaenting -outlier Vetdiou spited the Termed rode, said he would take the iippertnnity et expressing frt. cirnest hopv that this intpot tant cult questi. would continue to be the temperate binnt which had lurked the avachwton , that had hitherto taken place 1114 :I It. lle ran tot-II tAttttiegl tt.th the roper whit% born mad.. in the discussiou. Vi the measure eras fist brought fer•ved. previous I. the netting of par- Ivanvest. tittle 11.1. xll unit et,al outcry agiiinst it. Vint there was :he ndtgorn. obje. tion, but that appeared to hays bet u eutirelv 411.1uthoteL tither °Ner times which had been made had been eit her showiest,' or n.oditied, nod he therefore anticipated that if the discussion ern• continued in the owls calm and dist part...ate writ which bad hitherto characterised it, they would be able to rurise at some measure calculated to Iwo dove the dewed revolt. Lad ffT. LTA IN.llta3 pee notice of his intention to propose a series of msointicies on this subject. OF HABEAS CORPUS INTO II ER MAI ESTI"S PIassESSIONS ABROAD BILL. The above Lill was read seemed time. OFFICERS' COMMISSIONS BILL. Pawl DE ORET end RIPON proponed the second reeding ef this ball whit* bad come ap from the Commune, and triely explained its provisions. The bill was road a snood time. CONSOLIDATED FUND (1:18,000,000) BILL. This bill was also mad a second now. OFFICERS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. Lori CHELMSFORD called the attention of the home I. the tees of the clerks mad dicers of the late Insolvent Court, who hail been tmusferred to the Court of Bank ruptcy under the act passed in the last *elision of parliament for loncoditig the law relating to bankruptcy end insolvency in England. The outdo and lamed lord said he felt it his duty to brisg the matter before the public, because be felt most strongly either that the rights of the officer; of the late Insolvent Court had been improperly withheld, or that • breach of faith bad been committed towards them which aught to be repaired without delay. If wrong had been committed the government alone were responsible for it. Be, is somewhat pointed language, expressed an opinion either that the Lord Chancellor, who when Attorney- General was the framer of the measure, had neglected to !supply himself with information relating to this matter which was within his reach . • or if he had obtained it, had aeglected to avail himself of it, and thus caused a great in. insure to be dne. The Li 'RD CHANCELLOR did not desire, having re ferred to the character of his position, that the noble lord should hare used any different tone, or exhibited any dif ferent ta nner, from that in which be bad introduce d this questiou. It must be evident to all who had beard him, that if he pitied the clerks much, he hated the Lord Chan cellor mom. l Logliter nod " Hear, bear.') The noble sad harped lord brought forward his attack, not shrinking from charging the Lord Chancellor even a ith falsehood; sad this was a man with whom he had been for several week. In confidence' intercourse, Land yes the noble lord had not before mentioned cos word of his present disclosure. be had fait muck any communication with respect to this malignant maault, not eves to the extent of enabling the Lewd Chancellor. 'op itspary, to ascertain the fact', or eyes to ens,. ptirdied with the correspondence upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) Such was the nature of the attack, sad their lordstuie would gather from what palmed on a former occamon what was the feeling that had given rise to it. la the first place he would ask what motives he could have for envie...pit or throwing obstacles io the way of these poor men" It would have been a pleasure and oath. factious to him, whatever the noble lord miebt think, to have iudolged their utmost expectations. He spoke with ailment, mud truth, which he cared not whether the wigs lord gave him credit for or not, when be said that when be disco wined the circumstances it was to him a matter of deep regret (Hair, bear.) He denial that h., had ewer seat aseurancim to the clerks that their &dimes weak! be paid or that the few thee reamed were enmeshed by the 30th clause. He bad bees desirous that should receive the ainenat of salaries that Lad bees ebsged ea the parliamentary rote, and the words "as merely as may be " referred to the salaries paid by parilemene. He thee. with peat it dignation. repudiated the dialp that is Mating a ere for the law Alms of the seem lee had laben peas to prevent the deem in the statute Wog ewes* seated. dedsslsg that he weld scare* fed word, to atria the eoetewpt be hit foe the insiauetion. Proceediag to reply to the doubts =saabout the officers being trans/wed, he explained sons.. that the ditikelty azme from the question wheeler the clerks could be demised transferred till the Men was closed. Having stated the decision at which the law *Acme of the crows had arrived in the matter, be rod the Letter. he hod addressed to Mr. Lew, to show that he bed fairly stated the pashas. of the case of the aide* mad had eimeenid his walloper to tel them in having the eels** investigated. He explained that he had suggested the polities to parliament, became then the matter would b e referred to • select eceendelse.whi•b erivild report on the ease le the loom been. and that the House of linumesee *mid thew peetelay grant cunipmeation, a tome which they woad sot feel &Towed to *dime without such • repeal. ho immune had he felt for Um, bud raw. .4 these gendsoieu that he had procured theme to be filled ap by the Treasury for their eakries,but they, harks( to compromise their tights, had refused to weep& them. He had amend them that co rights would he eseqweesieed by receriviag the cheques. He regretted mach the chums bed bees welded under a misconstruc tion, which be thought ought to have to-en pointed out at the time by the ofecera of the lambent Court. He had, Leveret, dose all is his power to remedy that error, and could do so mace than leave the ease in the heads of their lordship& The Earl if DERBY said, bearing in mind the warning giren trim by the ouble abed learned bird the woolsack the other amid, he had refrained, and Ms no'.le (need near hint had ref raised, trim' iuterruptiog the wibte snit Learned lord oleo when be wee using language which ;hey were certainly see acs-meowed to hear in that place. (Wear. bear.) He cook! really understand that the noble :mil tainted toed felt oessidemble irntation at the charges made against him, the etatemmits that were made. supported by evidence, in the powerful speech of the noble and learned lord beside him flairil 4:helmeted). But the noble wed learusil lord must oid, Le eurprised if persons bolding a high statiou iadulged tbenmelves by speakieg in the mildest end calmeet manner, but sinking use of expressions attributing to noble turtle malignant feelings, and feelings of rankling irritatiou, and ascribing motives, language which they were out wen-turned to bear in that house, and which he believed was equally 11111COILINICIS he the other house of podia. nient - i llear, boar)-- if a molds lord could make use of such enpii •-1”1"10 in this house, end could speak of a gentleman as sad as highly respected as Cinemissiocer Law a. :I person who was utterly unworthy-- (Hear.) Thn LIMRU CHANCELLOR.—The cheer prevented my heartug the word which fell from the noble earl. The Earl of DERBY said the words ehivh Le understood the noble and learned lord to make use of .errs, that Mr. Commie-ice's law was a person unworthy of entering into say arritmosit. The 1.4 . Oftl) CHANCELLOR—Iaid the manner in which that correvundeoee had been used was unworthy o f fur. —.--- The Karl of I iElt 11l raid be certainly re . ,oieed tabour this corre,ki4. of the noble amd learned krd, but these who Nat tear him certaialy esanniented on it at the time as strear,; language. Rut he was shout tuck:, viol be repeated, that the noble and !carted lord, if he was ill the habit, not with sedrat feeling, hoz in the most Ivac :•I 111.1113 tr, of at. trobsitio.. the most sordid motives to th•ee .110 were ano atisMl him in this house and elo. is here, the noble sad learned lord must not be autprisol at molt a alarm proceeding leading to corresponiLog irritative, Dor sweat he he eurierietcl to hear those wad motives attributed to himself. The woge and learned lord had read a letter which he had sent to Mr. Comm/dome low, giving ma assurance that if they rcmived their sala ries. that act should sot prejudice their other claims. All he (the Earl of Derby) could say was that, if after t h at lIIISUNIICO they refused to draw their poiliiries, they acted unwirely. H. was, Lowiiser, else cf opinion they would hay. s c ud winii. ; it they ahatilloortt ViLeir legal eL,iw altogether, sad tzu.te.l wholly to their moral unit equitable claim Wag iscoupod by the law officals of thee - rev:a. The motile mad learord lord asked what elm could the govornoimat hairs dace for Corm. He would tell him. They might havers, to leri..o tot end ?Ad that a moss cousins:lima had bees *wed on the act—a riestrudioa which was ucoer is. Matted- that they, lout chiedy the I.onl Chancellor, were re pousthle for have/ caused • tier tow. pectuti.iry loos and great Forecast jib. niveuit tit e to • usttoter getatrinee, Fiendnai of whom htol Ittog • sett ..t A it l p, a that tho ugh they hail so legal claim yet it wa s foe their hamar, a more especially fur the imnioial honour of the sable .tsrl learned l..rd, juntas should lho drne to those men. (Hear, I.ear.) The amuse which the gmersaisat ought to hare pumped—sad which Iw h.. rd they would pumas, after what had taken Naos, wetting aside all irritations sad moos] feeling, sad looking may to the matte of the case—MlS to come down to the :bon with a declaratory Lill, or 0001111 ether mourage, to remedy the defect is tho /kaki aisprey Act. He fat confidant that io the cam of justice sad hiiinabity the Home of Commits would with ens mace meant to a clans which the govermunit admitted to be founded, if sot on strict leual right, at hat as a slows ram of tweet sad squitalble right. (Hear. hear.) Earl h; AN VILLE mid he weer recollected an oteraiou is which • lectors such as ant glees by the noble earl to hie N oble mail loused Mood as tM wooloick was mere ma orierred. (Hoar, best.) The peat couvirmatins was brims Ly a speech of the Debit sad learool lord opposite. He would not cbandwriso it as violent, hit h a eertaiely did sot mime with the betas earl that it wee powerful. (A_ laugh.) It was a speech of comidemble length whisk we difficult to follow, aod it was deliepred is a toes of baster sad mow, before • huger washer of gore than o f atiemlvd, who wand to hare seam dews for the rupee lmaging it. It was • speech which, if adlrereed to him Marl OntaLinl i te would hare somidersd siaristiv offeasies. Hs not feel eat which he otherefTes ' ;ojd hare dune, ketither that the arcane of tbsoille eid harped lord . ow the recheck would he thoroughly cod perfectly reinitiates. Set say less the sobas and learned lord's toss of haateroad sneer n.ist undesirable to be introduced iota the olisenenien, I but hi, hole speech conveyed to their lordships that a ' (!:17id hostility existed on the part of the Lord Chan t.trsotssilly toward. them officers, which he knew did • not to the aligbrest extent prevaiL Lord CPA:WORTH said that he bad listened to • great portion of the debate with the greatest possible Fain. (Hear, hare) It was always a matter of regret to hear expreseions of penned serimeny between two noble peen, and especially when them noble lords sat day by day administering _imam in that , „bnonn together In such a case the exlidotteos we. extre mely Inn"l deeply to be deplored. He, however, treated that all these feelings would pass away. Whoa the dales of these unfortli nate officers was brought ender his belies he said he would support it. because he coundend that Joni°e ought to be done to them ; but he thought that V the governumat mired for the appointment of a mien eastralites of the House of Commons to consider their ease, that was all that could well be done. It would bee mendsl to their legisla tion if the House of Commons bad a moment's hesitation in setting the batter right. Earl RUSSELL soul—l rise merely for the porpose of answering the observations of the noble lord opposite who appealed to the government to say that these acts have been e acts of the government. They are acts for which the government are responsible, and it is unjust to charge my noble and learned friend, the Lord Chancellor, with pun ' cular acts where he is supposed or represented to have acted harshly. I beg you to consider what was the question whim the go% mimetic had before them. It has been said that the late Lord Chancellor stated that the clerks were secured the whole of their fees which they had before received. But, supposing the Treasury had been asked to pay as amount equal to those fee*, and found that the fund was wholly iosudicient, it must have obtained some legal authority. We should have had to ask the law officers of the crown if they were justified in paying that money, and it the law officers said that there was nothing in the clause to justify us in that course, would the Treasury have been justified in paying it? Then it would have to be considered, was the government to bring in another bill in order to give them the power to pay the clerks ? The government thought that that course would not be soccer/Jul, and that the clerks would not ob tain what they expected. Another course then remained, namely, that the clerks should state their case, state their grievances, state tliassurances thee had received, and the expectations they had entertained, on the matter being :nought before a select committee, and the government would have said that although we could not, after the opinion of the law otßcers of the crown, consider this a legal claim, yet we considered it • moral and equi table claim, and would have asked you to go into all the circumstances with a view of Nabs. fyiog that moral and equitable claim. The noble and learned lord assumed that this committee would be called upon to consider this question of law, but that is not so. The question of law would not be referred to the committee at all; for d this was • legal claim the Diener ought to go ton legal tribureal ; but if the clerks decline that course and consider this • moral and equitable claim, then it becomes a question fee emsiderstion by • committee of the House of Commons, and I believe it on be better thus considered than by any east body. I have always been. of opinion that the claims of lours by any legal reform were best consulted by a committee of the }louse of Commons. But before the imposition of • charge on the public, the House of Commons most be 'abided of the justice of doing so. I hope that the clerks will be in duced to take the course pointed out by the government, which is prepared to support them in this as an equitable rod mural claim. Lord KLNUSDOWN was satisfied that in proposing this coarse it was the intent)on of the government to support the claim of the clerks, and he entertained the greatest hope that what the legislature intended to do iu the matter would be done speedily. West./ Lord itEDESDALE said that if there were any doubt as to the equity of the claim he could easily understand the proposition to refer the matter to a select committee of the other house of parliament. There appeared from the con versatswas which had taken place no doubt on the subject, sad if similar explanaticies were made in the other house the artist could be settled without expense or the waste of the namable time of members of parliament. For his own put, be thought no further explanation was required. --- - - The Duke of SOX ERSEfoould assure the noble lord (Lord Rodeo& le) that the other house was not likely to be se restilly satilled oe this subject se his noble friend isseolsed. Mr/ would require to have sow further infor matics as to the out to which the country wee to be put, and thecirewastanses under which it was iocurred. The fun of these bast two different returns se to the amount of fens hitherto received by cjarks would ill4hloo the House a Omani to look closely into the matter. The LORD CHANCELLOR could easily understood that be himself was in a position of some difficulty when he saw the two returns to which reference had bens made. The one prepared in Much set forth the amount of fees as 3,001 X. and the suheequeut return as 4,0001. After a few words from the Earl of Dans; the matter was allowed to drop. Their lordships adjourned at km minutes to doe o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMON--TuesDAT, Mica 18. I I The Brum took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. 1 The Deride Railway Bill was read • third time and mend. The reports of the committees on the following bills ! were wandered :—The Bradford Corporation Water, the Yearibeater, Shefilekt, and Lincolnshire Railway (additional i powers), and the Westonouper.Bare Pier Bills. 1 THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTI!! ATE& Mr. A. SMITH gave oinks that ou Friday next, oe going into committee of supply, be should move that the civil ! service estimates, with the exception of those for civil con tingencies, should is future be laid on the table of the house within one manila after the meeting of parliament; and the estimates for civil eoetiegescies one mouth after the 31st of March, the cad of the Anemia' year. SLAVE TRADE PAPERS. In answer to a question by Mr. W. Foaming, . Mr. LAVABO said that the slave trade papers for the year were being printed, and would be laid on the table in a few days. EXAMINATIONS ON ENTRANCE INTO i WOOLWICH. Mr. OONINCHAM. asked the Secretary of State for War why admissions to Sandhurst were not placed on the same footing as those to Wuolwich, namely, competitive examitsatice. Sir G. C. LEWIS said the answer to his bon. friend's question was this—that Woolwich was an academy for the education of °dicers of the Engineers and Artillery, and it was thought desirable to obtain greater securities with respect to the scientific attainments and intellectual ability of the candidates fur those two services, than of candi dates for the line. FOREIGN IMPORT DUTY ON SALT. Mr. J. TOLLF-iLiCHE asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps had been taken by the government to put an end to the virtual prohibition against the impor tation of English salt into France ; and whether there was& warped of the trade in that article being . placed, at an early period, on a more favourable footing, in conformity with the spirit of the French treaty. Whether instructions had been given to her Majesty's minister at Brussels to exercise due vigilance in obtaining from the Belgian government the measure of justice of admitting Brithh trade to • full participation in any advantages granted to the trade of any other country • whether it was not the fact that English vessels were still excluded from the conveyance of salt to Belgian porta, whilst France had acquired, under her late treaty with Belgium, the right to carry salt to Belgian ports, in French vessels, and that they also enjoy • diax,uut of 7 per cent. on the duty of 2711. per ton levied on French marine salt so imported into Belgium ; and, whether the government had instructed Mr. Mallet, of tie. Board of Trade, who is now at Berlin, to ob tain permission for the transit of salt through the terri tory of the Zollverein, with building facilities in the Zoll verein ports for salt, so as to mashie this country to send that article up the large rivers into Poland and Russia, which °gastrin are now, to a great extent, supplied with Austrian salt. Mr. GIBBON said in answer to the first question, which related to the reduction of the duty on salt to be imported into France in conformity with the spirit of the French treaty, he wad only say the government had been led to hope for souse tins, past that the import duty would be eeriderahly diminished; but sonic delay had arisen, as they bed been told, in consomme of en inquiry which was being made with reference to the excise duty on salt made in Erases; bed that it was seminary to regulate the import ditty ea salt according to the result of that inquiry. That vas themes, of the delay as the government were informed, hat he (Mr. Gilson) would make further inquiries and en deavour to ascertain what prospect there was of a speedy settlement of this question. With regard to Belgium, at present the Belgian government had not agreed to grant the same treatment to Disliked that it had extended to many ether amber, and at that moment no doubt our trade with Belgium was not to so desirable a position as it was with France and other countries. The government bed not failed to urge that we were entitled to equal treatment with other countries, and they hoped they should succeed in obtaining that favoured-natio. ! clause which was the subject of consideration. With re @tact to the British deg being aensodated to that of Fame to Belgium for the carrying of salt, that, he would take place when the favoured-lattice cCiTa s e u r k ese granted Ly the Belgian government. With regard to the Yet subject of inquiry, be Waved that Mr. Mallet had not /waived as such ioatructioos. There was no opportunity SW is make any representations which would be useful with regard to the gramma al salt. EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND ART. Lord H. LENNOX, pursuant to notice, moved the fol. , lowing resolutiou :—" That this house is of opinion that, tor the preparative of aey animates, and for the expeedi , tars of my masks voted in aid of the British Museum, the National lasing, and all other institution having for their object the promotion of education, science, au d art, one I lanlitOT of the crown should Ire reeponsilde to this house.* 1 Hs might mention, to appease the minds of the more i timid representatives of those gentlemen in that house, I that he wished to respect vested rights and to leave the body ~f trustees where they were, confident that growing I , ace. ratelli„i fa ene tal e a t :cl t v em prog tha rees . of .y et h m in mno be ee c n ou se ki wou i 2d , o p r ro do ve . (Laegliter.) Of the property which the British Museum now THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1862. subsists upon, the public fuses are to the private as 30 to 1. The boost had, therefore, a perfect right to deal with the matter is the way be proposed. and to apply the remedy which he suggested. That remedy was to put all those bodice under one responsible miuister of the crown. (Hear, hear.) It was of course for the government to . carry out the details. He would be sorry to be understood as having used a personal or offensive observation, or as wishing to say a word to stay the progress of real art io this country which was the natural result of the growing intelligence of the people arising from the spread of education. Above all, be would be sorry to do so at a time whoa public sttention had not recovered from the loss of a great and illus. triune prince, whose mind directed and whose band helped forwa rd many of the institutions established in the country for the promotion of art. (Hear, hear.) The people no doubt eujoyed a visit to the national imtitu- Dons, but the house must consider the amount which each of the museums cost the country. For ev visitor to the Kensington Museum the country paid is. 2d. To visit the British Museum the cost to the country, including the board of management, was no lees than .is. 2d. each person, and each person who went to the exhibition in George street, Westminster, omit the country the enormous sum of from 16s. to 16e. (Laughter.) In making these observa tions he had no wish to mar the progress of art, but he could not think that the institutions were managed efficiently or economically. What he desired was, that when these enormous votes were asked for, the House of Commons should require farther responaibility in their administration. He could not accept as an answer to his statement that the time for bringing it forward was inopportune. The house had been bamboozled over and over again. Committees had aat, commissions had reported, and inquiries were ex. hinted, sod further proceethogs in that direction would be useless. It was quite time that the House of Commons should act upon the reports made to it. If the house would support him it would have • responsible manage ment for the institutions of the country. The noble lord concluded by moving the resolution, of which he had given notice. (Cheers.) Mr. GREGORY said he had very peat pleasure in seconding the motion of his noble friend, and be thought he was justified in Raying that not only the House of Com mons, but all those who felt interested in the promotion of education, science, and art, out of the house, must thank the noble lord, not merely for the intrinsically good object which he bad in bringing forward this queetioa, but also for the care, industry, and admirable manner in which he had put it before the house. With raped to the public works and buildings of the metropolis, nothing could be more melancholy than the whole management of these things nothing would strike a stranger more than the mean. nen, the weakness, the incongruity, and the mismanagement which he would see on every side. He had been much amused by • letter which he had teed that morning in a public journal, from a sensitive foreign gentleman, who wrote from the Sablonliire Hotel, in Leicester-square, and who expressed a most sincere hope that if the Emperor of the French were invited to the opening of the Great Ex hibition, he might be taken into the building blindfold in order that his Majesty might escape the shock which the inconceivable uglions of the building would necessarily give him. (Laughter.) Suppose you met this foreign gentleman in Pallmal4 and wen MUM to give him a sight of the handsomest part of London as you conducted him to his hotel. Suppose that to maps the bad company and the shell-fish houses in Piccadilly you took him down Pall-mall and through Tiafalgarequare, the first thing that would meet his eye would he the hideous statue to the Guards, with its mythological female— whether Virtue, or Valour, or Sorrow, Heaven only knew—who stood apparently pitching quoits into the space between the Athenaeum and the United Service Clubs. (Cheers and laughter.) Next you would have to show him the pepper-castors of the National Gallery, and the soda-water bottles of the fountains below them. Then he would see the unfinished statue of Nelson ; then that of George IV., stand* solitary in one corner; and then the statues of two peat warriors, which, as the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Cowper) told the house last year, his predecessor had allowed to be erected, and which, though they spoilt the elevation of the National Gallery, the right hon. gentleman said must remain where they were. Then, taking this sensitive foreign gentleman up those mean, narrow steps into the National Gallery, they might convey him to the sculpture den •, and by that time he would be in a state of mind that, notwithstanding the proverbial politeness of Lis nation, he would give vent in no me surd terms to the bitterness of his feelings. (Cheers and laughter.) Something ought surely to be done to remedy the present state of things, and he (Mr. Gregory) could not help thinking that if we had an officer similar to the Directeur des Arta in France, his counsel would be found of great service by the Pres ident of the Board of Works, who was rarely chosen from among his colleagues to fill that particular situation on account of the excellence of his taste or the correctness of his eye. He (Mr. Gregory) hoped he should not be rebuked as he was the other night for meddling with matters that were beyond the province of an Irish member. He hoped he should not be told that he ought to employ himself in wrangling g over some grand jury bill or in some pleasant religious squabble, and leave the improvement of the metropolis, and the constitution of the British Museum, to the metropolitan members. If he were, he should e ndeavour to receive the rebuke in • proper spirit, but he should nose the lees give his cordial and un hesitating vote to his noble friend, if the noble lord pressed hie motion to • divides. (Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR elf the EXCHEQUER said that a new arrangement wee made is 18110 with regard to the National Gallery, which it was open to the hoses to have questioned at the time. As veserdid what he sight call the indictment which bad bees bad wised the British Museum, he denied that the sharp of psend mismanage meat was sustained by oxidises. Me oestesded that the mere fact of that institution bob, represented in partht meut by a private meadow at the hem did not detract from the responsibility el the • and production of the estimates to it, while the government was also responsible for He stated that shortly • proposition would be laid before the house relating to the British Museum ' which would bring that institution under discussion sod enable the house to decide upon that which was proposed. He moved the pro vious question. Mr. LUNLNOIIA3I concurred in the proposition to place the oostrol of then who had the expenditure of public money under a minister of the crown. After some remarks by Mr. BLAKE and Sir J. BIMILIST, Mr. DISRAELI said he thought Lord H. Lennox would do wisely in not pureeing his motion. After the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, confessing the general justice of his views, it would be imprudent to run the risk of • division. He (Mr. Dierieb) concurred generally in the resolution, though he dissented from some of the opinions Lord Henry had expressed, and in regard to the manage ment of the British Museum hie views were not in accord ance with Lord Henry's. The vesting the control and responsibility attached to the expenditure in a minister of the crown was compatible with the prerogative exercised by those who had hitherto managed the national collections of the country. Lord H. LENNOX withdrew Lis resolution, believing that he saw in the speech of the Chancellor of the Exche quer • vista leading tothat consummation which heso much desired. The motion wee then withdraws. BRITISH MERCHANTS IN CHINA. Mr. GREGSON rose to call the attention of the house to the position of British merchants in Clime, and to move that due protection be afforded to them and their property in the treaty of that empire. They had conducted them avocations to the great satisfaction of the Chinese govern ment, but in certain of the treaty ports they were iu great peril of property and life from a cLuo as to whose true character there was much misconception in the public mind. He had recently had much communication with gentlemen recently returned from China, and had read many letters on the subject, from which it clearly appeared that the Tee =;:ithe national party, as they wens called—were in fact and murderers. Mr. Ward, the late American em broider, told him that the Taepiugs should rather be called robbers than rebels. Missionaries in Chine were formerly disposed to think them reformers, but they now formed a very different estimate of them. He wished to show from the documents in his possession that our relations with China urgently called for the atten ties of her Majesty's government. By the 18th article of the treaty it was agreed that at all times British subjects should have the fullest protection for their persons and their property. He did not know whether thegovernment intended to require that protection, but they ought to du so. He thought it must be apparent to the Louse that the were utterly unworthy of support. Theyctend T e s ett Christians, and, under the cloak of , committed barbarous acts and minden. He thought he was justified in asking protection for their fellow people in China who were carrying on commerce there in a peaceable disposition, and, as he believed, in perfect honesty. He felt sure that the commerce of this country with China was of the utmost consequence to both countries. The Chancellor of the Exchequer received four-and-a-half 'Milieus of revenue from the duty on tea, and if the Taepinp were allowed to interfere with our commerce, they would cut this revenue off altogether. The exports from this country to China amounted to no leas a sum than 7,000,000/. sterling. In conelluico, he would express a hope that the government would declarei that British subjects in China should be pro tected horn lawless violence, and that all interference with trade at the ports meutiosed in the treaty should be pee vented. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. A. TURNER semoded the motion. Colonel MYKES denied that any single instance had been given of any injury done to any British subject ; but it was the fact that there was a panic at Shanetuse about the Taepinge, which be contended was ill.foundeil, although when they came to take peaceable possession of the city they were received by the French end English with volleys of shot and shell, in rehire for which they did no injury to the usigisbounes country, and were generally peaceful in their conduct. Mr. LAYARD said that all the information re solved by the government tended to show that the Twinge were a rebel rout of marauders and men, and the hem gentleman read a number of demi- Meets to thow the tree cha racter of these persona, end the &tuns el their proceedings, which were inch es to desolate the orreotry into which they came. Mr. Pukes had stated to him the effect ea a populous city of the Yangtse-kiang width the rumoured advance of the Taiping§ can namely, the evarmatiou of the city by the whole populatiom This city and the district in which It stood, which bad af forded au opening for our trade beyond the most sangutne ex pectationa, was liable to utter desolation by the Taspings. On the other hand, the conduct of the Imperial govern. meat was favourable to increased intercoms, end coin romnial dealings with Europeans, while the people were Inclined to trade. The value of the trade of Shenghae had now reached thirty millions, and directions had been given to defend that place and all the other treaty porta, and to preterit British life and property spinet the Taepings and this could be does by the few troops in the couutry and by the travel force in Show waters. Mr. WHITE stated that the origin of the rebellion in China was to be traced t 'the destruction of the prestige Of the imperial government, which followed the victories of the British in that country. He should have been glad to know if it was intended to drive the rebels from Niogpo, which was one of the treaty porta. As regarded Shanghae from his knowledge of the state of thisgs, he could state that there need be no fear of injury to British life or pro- perty there. Be advocated a policy of strict non-interven tion between the contending parties in Chins. Mr. BUCHANAN expressed his gratification at the statement that the government would take steps for the protection of British interests at Shanghae and the other eta po Mr. MARSH said that, while we were insisting on pro tection for British subjects in China, he thought that at tention should be drawn to the unjust treatment of the Chinese in Australis. The motion was withdrawn. THAMES EMBANKMENT (NORTH SIDE). Mr. COWPER moved far leave to bring in • bill for embanking the north side of the river Thames from Westminster-bridge, and for making new streets in and near thereto, and from Blackfrianebridge to the Mansion-house. He said that one of the principal wants of the metropolis was freedom of passage along the great thoroughfares which led from the east to the west of London. At present that great artery along which there was a constant flux and reflux of business was almost impassable in certain parts. Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, and Temple liar, no longer served the purposes for which they were intended, whilst the project of widening the streets was, from the value of the property, almost impracticable. The construction of • great thoroughfare from east to west migh t at the same time supply another great want in the shape of • low level sewer, which might be made without breaking up the pavements of the Strand and Fleet-street. These two objects might be accompanied by another result— namely, the improvement of the navigation of the river Thames ; and as a fourth advautage, it might contribute to the embellishment of the banks of the river, and thereby provide a place of recreation for the inhabitants of the town. The main advantage of this plan was that it did not attempt to maintain the wharves, which all the earlier plans attempted to retain. Those wharves could only be retained by the purism. engineering ingenuity, as they were mainly k• tended for the reception of the coal barges, and ea kiss were less necessary now than formerly in consignees, of the existence of railways, the inconvenience of doing away with them would not be felt so much as formerly. Another feature of the plan was the extension of a thoroughfare from Bleck! riars-bridge to the Mansion-house, which would give great ease to the traffic in this crowded locality, and betides the narrownesa of the river below IBlackfrian-bridge would not so well admit en embankment there, looking to the interests of the navigation of the river. This plan therefore would consist of a many commencing from Weetmioster-bridge, passing along the bank of the river till it reached Blackfruirs-bridge. It then proceeded by • street across Cannonstreet, till it reached the great centre of the City, surrounded by the Mansion-house, the Baal of England, and the Royal Ex. change. The funds by which this work was to be executed were the funds appropriated by the Wine and Coal Conti nuance Act of lest year, and it was calculated that the work would absorb the whole of the duties during the period for which that act was passed, namely, ten years. He did not think the coal duties could be appropriated to a better pur pose. It was proposed to entrust the execution of this work to the Metropolitan Board. He knew there existed an objection to that board in some quarters on the ground that they were too lergea body and too much occupied already. But the bi ll provided that the work should not be entrusted to the whole body, which consisted of 40 members, but to • committee of nine elected by the whole body for this special purpose, two of the nine being representatives of the City. It was thought only fair as the road would pass through so mach of the city, that • provision should be introduced to have it sufficiently repro slated in the committee. It had been imesidared desirable Uri the embankment should extend not merely between Bleektriare and Westminster, but that it should extend u fires Vauxhall or Battersea If this bill were carried hen iffiest, the small space between Westminster and if would only remain to be acme, and that, he had no doubt, would be executed in • few years. If this were done, they would have a noble street of four miles in length, extending from Blackfriare-bridge to Chelsea. It was not proposed at present to do anything with the southern side of the river. A committal= was now sitting on the subject. They bad been hearing a good deal of evidence, but had not yet agreed to a report, and it would be premature to determine on what should be done till they hid that report. He need ally say that among the advantages which would be pined by the embankment of the north aide of the Thames would be the throwing open of spaces where the inhabitants of the metropolis could promenade and breathe the fresh sir, as be hoped that by the im proved drainage and the &melon from it of the sewage which now polluted It, the river would no longer exhale the odours wM* it now did. He trusted got when this week was completed the people et London would find recreation and enjoyment by disporting themselves on the banks of the river, and that we should see handsome terraces and fine stresta growing up opposite the river. The powers of con atructiog the work would be committed to the Metropolitan Board of Works without any interference beyond that which arose from the feet that they would receive the fund from the Treasury, Into which the coal and wine duties were now paid. Mr. AYRTON submitted that it was out of order to bring in this bill in this way. It was • bill affecting • tax, and resolutions on which to found a bill ought to have been first submitted to a committee of the whole home. The right honourable gentleman submitted toe precedent of that kind when he submitted to a committee the resolutions for appropriating pert of the produce of the coal duty to the making of • road in Kensington-gardens. Yr. COWPER said the bill did not impose any charge on the public in regard to rates or duties, and consequently he thought he should be departing from precedent if he intro ducedthe bill in committee. He never heard that the mare appropriation of • charge already created should be in trodemed in • committee of the whole house. With regard to the case of the road in Hyde-park there was this dif herniae that it indirectly imposed • charge on the public. Sir J. SHELLEY said perhaps the right hon. gentleman was right But last year these duties were continued for ten years, and if this bill were not peeled, the tax might be appropriated to some other purpose. He thought it better that the motion should be brought on in committee. Lord JOHN MANNERS said the bill was an appropria tion of public money, and he thought ought to he intro duced in committee. If the right hon. gentleman pro posed to hand over the work to the Metropolitan Board of Works, he should have great pleasure in supporting the bill. The SPEAKER, with reference to the point of order, said that as no new burden was proposed to be put on the inhabitants by the proposition before the house, and as it was only sought to appropriate funds already voted by parliament, ho did not think there was anything informal in the motion of the right hon. gentleman. Mr. WILLIAMS was sorry to hear that the right hon. gentleman did not include in his proposition the embank. uncut of the south aide of the river. He trusted that the improvement of the southern bank would not be neglected, as he believed it was much more required than that of the north side. • Mr. J. LOCKE also urged the necessity of having the south aide of the river embaoked, and expressed a hope that the plans of the proposed works would be lodged is the house so that hon. members might have an opportunity of inspiriting them. Mr. BRADY supported the bill, believing that the im provements proposed were much needed, slid that if they were carried out, the embankment of the south side would soon follow, the necessity for it would become so apparent. Mr. CON (eared that the grand road spoken of by the right hon. gentleman would be effectually blocked up by carts running constantly between barges on the river and the merchants' stores and yards. One firm alone loaded from barges in one part el the river 50,000 tons of coal in the course el the year and at that point the carts engaged would shut out an ything like traffic. It was very desirable before the bill was read a mooed time that an opportunity should be given to hon. members to make themselves roasters of the details of the proposal byan inspection of the plans. He feared that the new road in continuation of the embankment would be found much more costly than useful or convenient. He was in favour of metropolitan improvements, but he thought the proposed one would in fact be • nuisance. (Oh, oh.) At least that was his opinion of ft as regarded the southern side of the Thames. Mr. CONINGHAM looked upon the project as owe( the greatest of metropolitan improvements. (Hear, bear.) He could not understand why the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets should oppose all metropolitan improvements, except it was that his scheme for the government of the metropolis had not been adopted. (A laugh.) He hoped that all the bridges scram the river would soon be open to the public. It was absurd to treat the capital of England as if it were a provincial town. Mar, hear.) He treated that the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, after the lesson he had received that night, would lessee his violent opposition to these improvements. (Laughter.) Mr. KINNAIRD thought that the proposed embankment would be most useful and bemficial, and thanked the. First Oommissiener of the Office of Works for the trouble he had bestowed upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) Leave wee then given to bring in the bill. THE LNNS OF COURT. Sir O. DOWYFA in Tieing to ask for leave to bring in a bill for the better government of the Inns of Court saki that at that late period of the night he would not wimpy the time of the house by explaining at length the object of the measure, bat would reserve his detailed state ment until the second reading, which would be put off until the members of the bar h►d returned from their circuits. OOLLEDE OF PHYSICIAN (IRELAND) BILL. Sir R. PEEL moved for leave to bring in • bill to define the powers of the president ad fellow' of the Xing and Queen's College of Physicians, in Ireland, with raped to the election of its fellows. The bill proposed to pet the physicians in Ireland on the same footing u the pbyelebee is the colleges in London and Edinburgh. Leave was given. BASTARDY (IRELAND) BILL. Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a bill to render paten', fathers of bastard children in Ireland liable for their maintenance. The right hon. gentleman said that the bill assimilated the low of Ireland to that of England. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE moved far leave to bring in a bill to make further provision for the education of the people in Sootlaed. After some coevereation, leave was Oren to bring in the 'AIL SMOKE NUISANCE (METROPOLIS) ACTS AMENDMENT. Mr. AYRTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the acts for abolishing the nuisance arising from the smoke of foliation in the metropolis. He said that the bill was intended to apply only to a Bangle Isaiah of the metropolis. FISHERIES (IRELAND.) Mr. M'MAHOMobtained leave to bring in a bill to asaimi late the law of Ireland es to see coast and inland fisheries to that of England. He said that the object of the bill was to extend the act of last seasion to Scotland. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL. On the motion of Mr. VILLI2IIIII the toUowisg members were nominated a select committee es the Faroohial Aaar menta Bill :—Mr. Pottle., Serve, Mr. Puller, Colonel Gilpin, Mr. Beach, Sir William Baylor, Mr. Humberston, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Perry Watlington, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Levee°. Cower, the Judge-Advocate, Mr. Km Seymer, and Mr. Beaumont. The other orders were disposed et, and the house ad journed at five minute; past cue. BPORTIIIO INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT ILiNCHESTER.—TrraDAY. NOHTHAMPTONSHI p RE STAKES. nto 1 mat Rap/re (t) 15 to 1(t) 15 to 1 Prism Hausllo (t) 20 to 1 Apg (t) TWO THOUSAND 017.1NEAS STASES 9 to 2 apt Old Calater (t) to 1 Marquis (t) 10 to 1 Wiograve (t) CHEBTF.R C Hadji UP. 20 to 1 Bkdi Prince ( 20 to 1 apt Mame (toS)) 25 to 1 Awl (t) 33 to 1 Fairwater (t) • WARWICK SPRING RACKS.TUESDAY. MATCH of 95 sows. each. Leamington Rtakee Coarse. Mr. Parks Mansion, by npring Jack list (Owner) I Mr. Formbrs Adamant, 124 (Owner) 0 Betting : 10 to Bon Marmiou. Wore easily in a canter. Adamant fen, and an objection was made by his owner against Mr. Park for crossing him and forcing him out of by track. 14inarer•sma of 20 son. each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; Blues, Bst 61b; maiden allowances. About three furlonp. (6 subs.) Lord Stamford's Livingstone, by Fandango, Bet 101 b _(A. Edward s 1 Baron Nirlire's Dirt Cheap, Sat Olb (H. Orlinsbaro 2 Bening : 5t02 on Livingstone, who jumped off with • slight lead, which he increased at the diatoms, and won is • canter by three lengths. Tan Tam. Snows of 10 son. each, with 50 added by the tows of Warwick, for 3-yrmida sad upwards; winners extra; maiden allowances. The Mile Course. (13 subs.) Mrs. Osbeldeetcois Camerino, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, Net 9lb Fordhon) 1 Mr. Hamilton's Aurelian, 4 yrs, Set 9lb (J. Goat/ 2 Baron Misters's Cosmopolite, aged, 94 41b (H Orlanhaw I Lord Stamford's Blackooek, a yrs, 7st (Roper 4 Mr. W. Bestirs Audrey, 6 yrs, Bet 4lb (Owner) 6 Betting : Even on Cosmopolite, 3to 1 apt Blackoook, 4 to 1 apt ()merino, 6 to 1 apt Audrey, and 10 to 1 apt Aurelian (off). The winner got away with • alight lead, was never headed, aced won by half • length. Three 'maths between the second and third ; the others were beaten off. Tar Rsonso STARES of 5 sons each, with 25 added, far two and 3-yr-olds ; maiden and selling 'Bowman. Fire furlongs Mr. W. Brown 6ol.) cad Queen Ill:06k by Autocrat. 3 Yre. 7st (0. Fordhal Mr. T. (. ]fat's Southerly Wind, In, 7st Sib (6 0f.(FL Orimahaw 2 Mr. Onkkires Peru. a Ms, tit Mb (SOL) . . ( I.r. Basonton) Mr. T. atevenes liantlpole. II yrs, 7st Mb (6111.) ..(Pennon) 0 Mr. H. keys f by Bwmton—Slisa, 2 yrs, Ist 101 b 4010 Whiteley) 0 Mr. Cl. ) Lambert's by Banton—Romany, 2 yrs, Bet 10lb .50L Cirinishaw) 0 Mr. Modes Cygnet, ins, Tat 51b (SOL) (Mr. Hobson) 0 Count Brathysays The Tempie,2 yrs, list 101 b (car.let lrlh (601.) Betties : Brea on Qum IMiunsbeth, 5 to 1 apt Sou y Wind, mid Bto 1 apt the Bilmeny 611 y. Won by • head; a bad thisd. The winner was bought in for 140 guineas. Mr. Meek claimed Southerly Wind. ii•EDICAP PLATR of 50 son for all ape; whmen extra. Threrquarters of a wile. Mr. Anese's Lard alibi Manor by Touchstone. tlYnAst Sib _ (2setane) 1 Lord Staratord's ?Merton, 4 yrs, 7st Sib (Al —.4'" Edwardi Mr. W. Goiter's ledependsnee, 6 pie; To7st lEb . rdbans Mr. Barber's Aiwne, sued, 7st nib (Entwistle) Major K. Hope Johnstone's Misty More, awd, 1116 Mr. D. Smiths Ban Avis, 6 yn, Tat Mb „CIL drri .e isa as zi " Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 4 yrs, 444 1111 b (W Mr. Heenan 's Arab, S yrs, Ost 41b ..... (E. Mr. J. Day's Naiad, 3 yrs, tat 1315 (Deacon Cantata M. Ithys's Caren* 6 ps, tat 715 (11. Joins Mr. Godfrey's Annan. 3_Yis, adig fiL E*lloiL Betting : 9 to 4 apt =grim, 4to 1 apt Abram, sto 1 apt Lead of the Manor, 8 to 1 apt Arab, 12 to 1 awl apt Bars Aria and Indepeodenoe. Won by a length and • ; the mime distance between the second and third. Tll3 WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP of 15 Dore. each, with 40 added ; winners extra ; to be ridden by gwotlemen ; pro fessioarde, 61b extra. Two miles. (15 sae.) Iliz. Capers Werssianter, by Newnslnster, i , get Ma. ti . nntra; . (G. yrs Pentium) 1 a Giant s loiterer, 6 yrs, l et 41b ' (Owa s si -r 6 Lard 13 , s Prior* LaysriaL 6 all- 14, I -", II oft. leTraris) Mr. Pratt's Romeo, aged, Set gib (Mr. W. Berth) 4 C 6 14616 H. 311 .7 15.8 Vesper, 6 yes, get 4lb (Mr. Wood) 5 Betting : 8 to 1 sash against Romeo and Prince Imperial, 7to 2 eget Loiterer, and 4to 1 apt Warminster. Loiterer lay in front to the distance, where Warminster got up to the Count, and after a few strides had Loiterer safe, and went in an easy winner by two lengths ; Prince Imperial was beaten from Loiterer by a head ; Romeo a bad fourth; Vesper was beaten off. Tan STAND HANDICAP of 6 sovs. each, with 25 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile. Lard PA. Vincent's Necromancer, by Astrologer. 4 yes, 7i4 Mb (Hibbard) 1 Mr. (Harpoon's Rosaaaore, 5 yes, Bst (Wheatley) 2 Hawkeoley's Arab, 3 yrs, eat 12th (II. Taylor 3 Mr. Heath's Reverie, 4 yrs, 7st ..... Taylor 4 Betting : 7to 4 apt Arab 2to 1 apt Necromancer, and sto 2 apt Rossmore. After several failures Roesmcse jumped a in front, having Necromancer second, Arab third, and Reverie last, a couple of lengths separating each. On reaching the distance Necromancer began to draw up to Enamors, but opposite the enclosure the latter was beaten, and Necromancer won cleverly by nearly a length ; three lengths between the second and third. THE FA/1111118' PLATE of 50 Dors. (9 attn.) Mr. W. Oultnets Once Darting (h b), 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (ear. 10441 b) (Mr. J. Etch) 1 Mr. W. Ooopses b g by Windhotted—Mlte (1► b), 4 m llst Mb (Mr. J. Ori) 2 Mr. Bsweutt's Cat'sgew ih b), 4 yrs, llst Mb ....i th Owzar er i 3 Mr. !kashmir's law, , 4 yn, 114 Illb Mr. Umber's Th e Mold of the 11111 (b b), IS yrs, Mt 91b0., (iir.'l*. Rams) 0 Betting : 6 to 4 apt Grace Darling, 2 tiofaggiihe'Mite gelding, 4 to 1 apt Cat'spaw. Won by s length; a bad third. Sir C. Mordaunt, after hearing the evidenos respecting the objection in the match between Mem:ion and Adamant, decided that the match should be run over again this day (Wednesday). LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 apt 011M011110 (t freely) CHRISTER CUP. 100 to 0 apt Hadji Stance (t freely) RIO to 3 Fainrater (t freely) MARKETS. TALLOW."TUMMT Eve:ctn.—TM tallow market was fiat today at the following rates i—Spot, 46a. ; all this month, 48s. ; April to June, 461. ; July to ber, 475. ; October to December 48s. to 48a. 3d.—L S t e ettry 2l to last evening, 306 asks ; arrivals, none. OOTTON.—Lnintroor. Ibsen 18.—The American ad viose are just to hand, but too late to effect this market, which manias firm at yeeterday's prices. The sales are 15,000 bales, including 3,370 American, 944. to 1344.; 1,500 Surat, 54. to 100. ; 100 Peznam, 124 d. • 30 Marin ham, 1214. ; at which 2,000 are for speculation and export. The week's import is 4,000 bales. COTTON OCODB.—MANceenren, MARCH 18.—There bee been very little business in yarns to-day, but Ithe market is exceedingly firm. There is no change at all in =Many people regard the accounts received to-day America, by the Niagara, as having a tendency to i the market still further. At present there are ntrs eD making to test what prices spinners would now be willing to accept, but it is expected that bnyers will soon be compelled to operate, and probably to a rather considerable extent. The accouets from India are better, and are thought likely to produce more activity in the counts and qualities of yarn usually shipped to that market, but at pre sent therein nothing doing worthy of mentiors. The market is very inactive in yarns muted to the hometrade, and forother sources of demand. The improvement in the cloth market which we noticed on Tuesday continues up to the present time. There is again a better demaand for fabrics suited to India ; and menufactoren are able to do better than they were last week by about 1141. per piece. Many of them, however, are asking a little more than that, and this checks business. From this cause there is not much doing. The India somata as regards cloth are rather unsatis factory. The Culcutta accounts up to the Bth February show no improvement but on that day or the day When news had arrived from London down to the 10th January, giving details of the settlement of the American difiloulty, and there was an exportation of improvement. But tole -- graphic advioes now to hand of a later date than the letters of the Bth of February (above rofered to),, state that no improvement had yet taken place. Buyers iu Mau chester are therefore much discouraged, and some of thew me holding aloof from the market. WOOLLEN CLOTH.—Lanns, MUCH 18.—The market this morning was one of the worst among the many q pet ones we have meetly had to report. Very few buy ers made their appearance, and their purchases were limited to immediate requirements. Only a very smell quantity of goods changed hands. Prices are decidedly iier. Weal maintains its firmness. The bicklings yesterday at the London sales were as spirited as ever. MANCFACTURES.—HunDtgannAbfAscHlB.—Th ere appears to be some little improvement in the market today as compared with the last two or three weeks, a little room business having been done in black doeskins and low.pries unions for shipping; but the cautions manner in which merchants transact their business gives no confidence in trade as regards spring goods. WOOLS.—IinDDEURTIZLD, MARCH 18.—Them is more doing in wools, but with the uncertain prospect before them, manufacturers cannot be prevailed upon to purcbsse more than a few weeks' consumption, being certain that the next sales will commence early m May, towards which a large quantity has already arrived. CORN.-Hutr., MARCH 18.-At today's market a smell supply of English wheat, which is taken off by local Indian at about last week's currency. Foreign neglected, but oat flu much depressed as during the week._ Barley of choice quality fully as dear ; grinding unaltered, with very retail demand. Beane and peas fully la. cheaper. Oats, 64. to Is. lower, with little inquiry. The foreign imports last week are as under :-Wheat, 467 qn. • barley, 3,011; beans, 3,000 ; tares, 17 ; li nseed and apese ed, 2,669 ; bona, 291 tone. Lune, MARCH 18.-The demand for wheat today is even more restricted than on Friday last, and prices must be quoted nominally , the same as on that day. No altera tion in the value of barley. Oats and beans, with other articles, slow, at late rates. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.-We had a fair attendance oft millers and dealers at our corn exchange this moan ing, and a healthy consumptive inquiry was experienced foe wheat, which sellers met by making a concession of about ld. per central, and a fair amount of business resulted. Flour must be quoted 6d. per barrel and sack cheaper, with still a dull sale. Indian cora was in improved request at an advance of 3d. to 6d. per quarter. Oats and oatmeal are held firmly. Beans have again given way 6cl. per quarter. has. and maintain late rates. By private telegram reosived Niagara at the close of market, its announced that Use Amerkarr government have impreadan export duty oa flour of 10 cents per barrel. LYNN, MARCH 18.-Weather continues favourable for lapwing. At our Corn Exchange this day we bad a small supply of wheat ; best samples maintained late rates, damp qualities lx. per quarter cheaper. Bailey, both malting and grinding samples, fully as dear. Beans and peas each lc per 4. 1k lower. Prices per immial quarter to the grower :- white, new, 6 . to 64Th.. per imperial bushel, 575. to 636. ; ditto, rod, 6llbs. to &alba, 565. to 60a. ; ditto, old, 5811 e. to 621 be., 46e. to 56e. Barley, best chevalier malting, 531ba. to babe., 386. to 40e. ; ditto runs chevalier ditto, 521 1 5. to 531b5., to 375. Oats, Nibs. to 4211 n., 241. to 275. Beans, old, 6311*. to 651b5., 424. to 48s. ; new, 631 be. to &Jibe.. 42a. to 46a Newmurrts, MARCH 18.-The weather continues harsh and wet, so that the condition of all grain is much affected. At our market this morning we bad a moderate show of wheat from the growers, for which a slow sale was ex perienced at rather under Setarday'm rates. South country and foreign varieties were offered at a reduction of ls. per quarter without exciting attention. Flour inclining cheeper. In other articles little chars* of moment occurred. Samminav, Maacii 18.ZOnr market thin morning was moderately supplied with grain, with a very thin atte nda nce of buyers. Business in wheat was slow ;in some inatancei late quotations were maintained, but the trade generally hada eight downward tendency. Flour unaltered in value. Beet manlike of melting barley were in fair request, ned fully maintained former quotations. Malt was a dull sale, but prices remain nominally unaltered. Very little busi ness doing in other descriptions of grain, with ► slight downward tendency. Wheat, 50e. to 64e. Barley, 275. to 40a. Oats, 225. to 30e. Beans, 40e. to 435. Peas, 40a. to 45e. Bye, 30e. to 35e. per qr. near, 425. to 48.. par amok. Mali. 7s. Pd. to fia. 3d. per bushel. OATTLE.-Bationtiar, 11.tricH 18.—Our market to day was tolerably well supplied, the mason conaidere4 and generally of a useful quality, but the attendance of buyers was somewhat limited. Bmineas,therefore, for this description of stock was by no means quick, yet late in the day • clearance was effected, prices on the whole de. dining about 6d. yer wore. Sheep ware rather scantily supplied, the remit of which was everything on offer found buyers, and former quotations were fully maintained. was a good 'apply of calves, which met • tolerably good demand, prices re maining unaltered. The pig market was heavily supplied and with a large demand, a deal of basins's was done, bat pries ran very high. On beef, 10s. 6d. to 12a. per wore; cow and heifer ditto, 10a. 6d. to lls. • beat lldwu mutton, Bd. per lb. ; other breeda, 7d. to 7Lrenl, 7d. to led. ; freak pork, 7d. to ; salted , 76d. to Bd., undies. 6d. to 11s, per score; green bacon, Bd. per lb. ; dry ditto, 10d. ; sweet pickled hams, 10d. ; quarter old store pip, from 164. to 2in. ; cows with eaves, 121. to 151. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Miles Pan. Mee- Total, 7olel RAILWAYS open eeniers chandlse 1882 1561 Week endhis Peb. 27. A a A Detroit end wankee lB6 1,686 1,816 Week ending ?ob. Vs. Great Western of Canada 146 9,802 0,068 Week ending March 16. Olearow it Sonth Western —.— 7,233 7,151 London, Brighton, and S Comet 24l} 8, 660 1.111 16,701 13,104 !loots yeatern Week ending Karel le Orme Luxembourg North Loudon Oevestry sad Newtown SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTY. Anna (barons), Captain /Sullen, of and from London for Want River, in bollain, struck on a reef, supposed to be the UM burgh or Cockburn Reel, on the lith &January, and became • total wreck ; crew saved—lien Juan del Norte. Feb. be, VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Deploring, from Kurrachee for London. LA 23, lon. I. Joshua (ship), from Liverpool for Bomb ,y, lat. fa K, lon. 33 W. artr i nt.o l , 4 7 f or v tl'a 3 Loo2nB._olironilUml W. Alb N., ton. 79 E. ( cli ppe r P" A GOOD WATCH AT A MODERATE Palm.—" The stranger In walking through the City of London most In: astonished to see so many establishments whose whido,., , re tilled with watches and Jewellery of the most costly descrip t ion Among those there is one fast rising Into celebrity for the beauty and excellence of its productions—we mean the establishment id Mr. J. W. Benson, watch manufacturer, of :3 and 31 Ludgate hill, and 46 and 47, CornhilL As • good watch is admitted es all sides to be indispensable to the man of busines., we hate great pleasure in pointing out a watch manufactory 'dew , ar friends can purchase the article without payiug MI exorbitant price."—Dally Telegraph. Benson'. Illustrated Pamphlet, pot use for two stamps, is descriptive of every construction of wath now mane. Watehoi safe by loot to all parts of the globe.— [Axlvertilament.] BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BAILEY.-11arch 1 at olantes kTiTark, the PM cf Sir J. C. Bally. Bart., of • daughter. BODDINGTON.—Larch 11, at Guildford, the wife of E God. a laq., of a daughter. B EM. ' XF , ch 11, at Brandon Lodge, near Coventry, the ado of J. Beech, Esq., of a son. BUNDOCK.—March 16. at tleathfleld.park, Sussex, the wife of F. Murdock, Faq., of a daughter. CAMERON.—March 13, at tipper Parliament-street, Liverpool. the wife of Mr. J. R. Cameron, of a daughter. BATON.—March 11, at chutes...l:rect., Ben kelci.sonare, the sift of C.O. Futoo, ~ of a daugater. OllEEN.—March 10, at Chetwyr, I.place,lLee, Kent, the wile of D Green, req., of a eon. HALL.—March 15, at Orove.plaee, the wi:e Captita W. g• Halt, C. 11., ICY., of aeon MARRIAGES. BUTTERFIRLD—VEASBY.—March is. at Christ Church. Ponot• hilt by the Bey. J. M. Clarke, 1ir.. 1 14g. $ uttertiebl, to Mane. youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Veuey, boat of Northampton. HOLLANIA—NOY.—March IS, at the perish church, Anangh. Buse; by the Rev. M. E. Btenbrnngh J osrph , on of du . 1510 Mr. John Hollands, of Ardingly, to Hersh Elizabeth. delight , / of the late Mr. IC H. Noy, of lietchworth. Surrey. • - M'CLXLLAND—BALL—March 14, at St. Antos's, 'Safest by !Ili' Rev. R. S. Gregg, It. B. M'Clelland, Esq., to Christaute t toeta, daughter of the late R. Ball, Feq. BCOONMI—CRY.—March ft, at M. Attu's, Rew, by Ito R. Sir W. Dauber, Bart., W. B. Scoonce, Esq., to tisn" Ita&Fof J. Boy, gm., of Kensington. eoe RARVEY.--March la, at St. Ones' e Catliberw d . l :a the Rev. D. Moore, M.A., J. Train, Esq., of Orkney, to: , Mlen, daughter of the late J. Harvey, Bag. DEATHS, rile WITON.--Marelt 16, at Noeßaton-square, lOWA 11111Tleit , of Mr. H. M. Cotton. agog 19. CUNNINGHAM.—March 14, at Southcoer, Lewes, Mary." l° a J. ClWElnghain. • 73. DOUGLAR.—Maroh I E 4, aq Susa aged n, uifo of C. Douglas, goi Diadah-hlll, Norwood, aged 62. DRITMIKOND.—March 16, at Pembroke-nad, Dublin, J. Praß' weed. Rag., aged IN. Ifitt/1101.—Ilarch 16, at tit. Catherine's, Guildford, T. T. retake; Eaq., Nodal. ROBINNON.—March 16, C. B. Robinson, Rag., of The Shoddy*. ladotater, aged M. Printed and Published by WILLLAX HMG HALES, of N.. Lombardutrest, to the City of London, Muter. ht the Office in Lomberdatreet, In the Precinct of 11 ititetrx ,— WIMAIIIIMIT, MABCIII9. 7 4