The Express. — London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

IMPERLth PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP LORDS.—FAIDAY, Fix. 21. Their lordships met M 5 o'clock. PETITIO!.iS PILINF.NTED. The Biehel? of WOIICESTER presented several petitions f !vat places to his diocese against the Revised }Anastasia Minute. . Tho Earl of MALIIESBURY promoted a petition Iran• SLctfiekl, riving far the litmeateoe of Poked. GOVIRNMENT AU) TO VOLUNTURR. Lord TRURO postpoeod aim die be motes. 011 tbs above subject. THE BRIMITON REVIEW. Lord TRURO brought forward the alibied of goverammt interference is regard to the proposed volunteer review at /lrialitoo at Easter, and urged th at the principle of non interference by the war department which hail been laid down was departed from in order to compose the rivalry which muted between two noble lords commanders of width -1111•1 corps • and it wee on account of the success of the review y MIT that the present movemeet to prevent Syr, swept snider government auspices, had beau ini tiated Every volum. er would be proud to serve under Lord Clive, tit ho ea. sorry that that tickle lord had allowed himself to be nook the instrument of the govern. meat to get them out of an unplewsaitt position. Earl lON awl RIPON declined to follow the noble lord into the perwmal quieten he had raised. In dealing with amimblies of valueless, the goverment divided them Into two clown those who did not exceed and those who dot et.neil that number. In regard to the firth the sanction .if the lordelieuttheat of «maths was secemary to an allowance of their meeting; and xv regarded the latter. it wee • rule that besides that of the booth-lieutenant the sanction of the Secre tary for Wu had to be °blamed, who wee to appoint an officer to take the esemead. As to the proposed review at Brigistoo, se sidaly MOHO eplasation bed bees feoelVoll. and so ietimatim of le bed - hem gums to the Lord L,euteuaat of Suarez ; bet the War-eilles bed beta informed that Lord Itatielegh was in memmedeeliee eta the lord lieutenant on she subWiet, mid if it wee footed Mat llkikm or AMU voluuteers wins assembled, it wen the intention of the goveroneret to appoint Lord Clyde be Lake the roirmaial. and that gannet came had aseepted Lord HA it DIN ti E behaved that the answer whisk IL just been peen would be perfectly satiefectory to the poet body of the voluothers. and be would venture to say that the volunteers would feel an especial Fide la servals seder any military luau. Every one who was sequaiated with military allure knew the great &Realty of moonlike, bodies of troop., and therefore the go.enme.t were mite right in selecting for the command at Brighten the WA man they could get. The noble lord opposite bed bald about the Herten Muds having the ouotrol of the eider teeni, bet that could not be. became all the Hammetembs had to do in the matter was to supply an ulkee. Tie War-odhe appli.•.l to the Hoese-Ousirds fee eadi an earner to the command on • malleable occaasom and the volunteers were no more ender the control of the Hone Guards lb:in the embodied militia were. He nimbi not see why • volunteer alter should be called epee to rehearse a part that be would never be called upon to perform in the twee of an invasion. In that are the volneteere ...old be employed se • separate napes darer. r, to be commanded by a volunteer general la ovahis comity there bed bees the review, sedan that case a voluoteer °nicer did aid .seemed. He hoped that this question would pow be es. M 1811, fee it was throwing dune the apple of dienomi t and meat* • • rivalry which motasuly was to depiored. {eve, bear.) Their lordship. adjeemed Mot member to 7. HOUSE OF COMMONB.-711ADAT, Fat. 21. The Srr*rn took lb. chair at 4 eds.& PRIVATE BUSINEB3. The Middle Level and South Level Drainage and Teri• pupa, ae.. Hi U. aml the Drama Markets and Fairs Bill were read a .scowl time. SHIPS OF WAR. l'poo the motion Mr. COURT a return was ordered of the names of the shim of war of which it is intended to reduce the armantect, showing thew:mu:neut. the weight at armament, the weight of broadside. and the complement of each ship under the old and ILDLIOf the profaned eels. Liniment. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA. Mr. V. SC LT.I: gays notice that upon an early a g should mil attrot too to the importance of eatriblwhien commouication botweco Europe and North America Wes times in each week. REM( iVAL OF TOLL GATES. Mr. WHITE asked the Secretary of State for the flow Depsrtrueut, if he 1.u.1 received any plan or propneitioe treat the Metropolitan Conitnissionen, for the rentowil of toll gate, to and round Lona ; and, if not, whether the Saki comonssimer, Irad I.•ea called together fur the special tabarct of removaug the emoting oletructious. Sir G. (Min' replied that be had nut received any plea or propowtioe of the kind referred to from the Metropolitaa Road Cueurnissioners. lu a commission had reported seta the beet memo of relieving the burden inflicted by the metropolitan toll gates, and in Februery,lB6o, his right hoe. (moil, the preseut :k...rotary fur War, who then presided at the flume Depurtitteur, addrewed a letter to the commis- Moyers with reference to that report to which an answer was given, het it could hardly be said tomatein any plan or proposition fur the removal di the tell bon, wed rums that lion maims had taken pines. AUSTRALIAN COAL. Lord A. CHURCHILL asked the Secretary to the Admirelity whether the covet orueut bad received ray cram tatteicatio• with respect to the Australian mei ;.rd, if so, whether it would order that her Majesty 's ships in those waters should make trail of it ; sad, if any slight alterations were requisite is the mils:hieem to adapt it better for the use of this coal, whether the Admiralty would direct these to be made is steam ships DOM on the Australisu station. Lord C. PAGET replied that the Admiralty had lately ' received • report from the Colosial-office as to the merits of Australian cold, and he should be extremely glad if that coal ould he male amiable for her Majesty's ships as the Australian station. He wee sorry to soy Um report was not very sathhictory, for it had been found that this coal choked up the Sue,. of the boilers, abet the °ekes* wen, therefore, uot Iwtttculerly partial to it. lie was out, how ever, without Lope that the cool relight he made of use to vessels while in the .tustralian waters. With respect to altering the boilers so ns to adapt them for the consumption of this coal. no particular objection could be made to that alteration, but it would not du to woke such au alteration as would reinter the ramie swam on other stations. THE ECCLEXIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. Alderman COPELAND asked the Secretary of State for the Hume Department if it were the intrusion of the goverameot to omelet • select oommittee to iuquin into the state of the Emlesiadical Commission, and the managerneet of the relates LOW vested in the commiestom Sir G. GREY said that when en the lee day of the last seosioa the lion. gentleman brought under the Deice of the hones • certain branch of ezpeoditure with regard to the Ecclesiastical Cuoimissice, he (ffir O. Grey) had stated that he thought the subject we tree far inquiry by a committee. Ma boo. member for Poole had gine notice of his lawn. tioo to nime for • committer. and If the home would agree to it, this subject would nest. within the scope if such committee. THE ISLAND OP SAN JUAN. Mr. MALIBU lITON eked the Under Secretary et Stele for Foreign Affair. upoe what terms, if soy, the Americans retailed peneesion of • pertain of the Island of Son Juan • whether there was ruy essetintion peediog'pe the subject s fed thesauri: thereof and, whether there were any oli =ki rodeo, the paws and earrespondence referring lard PALMERSTON—The footing upou which the secsptis of the Island of Sae Juan sow etude we ea se arrange inset made is 18.50, &owns Gemmed Seat; who was seat out for the perpuse to Veamiever's Wend, sod Governor Douglas, who at that time ism the governor of l b . island. The co...lamas of the arraugegente wen that without prejudice to the el ems of either party to the whole of the Weal. there should be provieinally • joist occupation, to.onsie of not • greater aundor than 100 inn on each side— either soldiers or cerium --to be etaticeel in different ;arts el the island, so us wet to ovine (ate muted, awl each party to esereise cootrul over the sedusliateate Whinging to its goveremeet, eel to repel any attache of the Indians. From that time negotiations have beer carried on botween the Meet government awl that of the ('oiled States with • view to a fuel mutinied .4 the deputed (mention with respect to the .dunned l..tweeo Vaucouver's Island *ad the tuandsed --a dispute which of coeds involved the prim sessioe of Sea Juan. That 'Negotiators had med. •senate decoct, of prattle. eine the civil war Woke at, but in tom mimeses of such evil war the orgaistlines lies bees sum preiled, sod that befog the mess I de net thigh it wield be useful to ester into a nestemeett et tbs aegatietiuse up to the pest at which tbey ewe suspended, sod of coerce I eannot lay any papers en the subject mart the table of the boom THE TRAFFIC OF CABS. Mr. MUNE oohed the ilearetaly ad Kam for the Hem Kowtow% wheelie. ba bed it ta oestmaelatioe to bore dom • MR Wt meges to mead the how regulate's the Wile isle ma remismo thivesh the street. el the melorpolie ; aid II se, oboe it might be mewed to be laid epos the t ibia si Ho hew SSU GILT gridMd .p ia se bigwig°. of brig*. Y' • bill am the WOM ...pages alteragoa el the law. corium' OK THE POIST.OIrFICE. Or 0. BOWYER aided the Chancellor of the Roberti.. Mee the wort of the emewittow is the Poet-once would be hid epee the obis. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER maid that hie beer isereol Wed hod met a wogs' of a imam 'Mare is go get sember et parilAsosot, WINS be (Me Chrowellar of the EarlimeorY Aged that the weremeet would oosseter the wo Newt. TI. report 41 lie memuttee on is Poo-ago mimed toebewmege tfolltals litigable* tLo notopelitne etteldiebetee. isr the swrowestent 01l times Oriiiieet.• Thing tileim bed Wen eamMeed kin • hogellee is ewsWeelee ellieree et li the Ina, my. Them Wm ellwe 1111.4444 d *Wes manes them officers as to the costes to be takes. sad order such circum stances It Demme t►e duty of the govemenent to assume the responsibility. Curtain couchtiose had thereupon been made which were sow iu force, but he did not think it would be favourable to the discipline of the service to lay the papers spec the tibia of the house. CO! _JIIMUNICATION BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO. BRITISH COLUMBIA, A.ND VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER maid he would take that oppertuaiy of stamp( that be had fallen into an error yes r.daj with respect to the packet communication between Sao Francisco, British Columbia, and Vancouver's bland. He stated that the amount for the contract pa)- able by the govertunent for the six months' contract was 10,0061., and for the twelvemonth, 20,000/. The amount should, however, have bean stated as 5,0001. and 10,0001. DISTRE9B IN IRELAND. On the motion for gang into committee of supply, lb. MAGUIRE, wished given ounce that he would call attention to the existienise of serious distress in Ireland, pre mixed that he wished to &lead himself, and to show that certain stateroeute made In Ireland, aod repeated in that bons% were not founded en accurate information. His re rarity, he said, had bees Impeached, and he asserted that all he had stated wee tree, and that what had been repre sented on the other side was not justified by facie. He then entered very largely into details, supported by stair meets derived from various sources and by returns, whMk, he contended, were utterly incoesistest with agricultural y in Ireland, and which showed that the pressure Zart,by all classes, but especially small farmers, shop keepers, and labourers, the extent of workhouse relief brag uo test of the amount of real psuorriem. He imply stated facts, be said, and left the resplasibility to the go vernment to act for the mild of the distress he had shows to said, instead of endeavocriag to dupe the minds of the people of this country. He moved that certain Irish poor. law return he laid upon the table. `Stir It. PEEL said he believed the house was always ready to listen to statements which engaged its sympathy, but thealarm suggested did not come from the lauded proprietors of Ireland, as in 1846, 1847, or 1848, nor from the talent farmers, nor trees the parliamentary representstives of popular coaetitneocies, nor from the people themselves, nor from persons who had an opportunity of knowing the con. ilium' of Ireland ; but it MOM from a few persons in Ireland who bail their representative in Mr. Maguire, whose knowledge of Ireland was of the moat limited said subordinate character. The scrim in Ireland, M 1:11;;;T, hadbeen 'wet oaf 'Monate ; the quantity of ride had bees unusually large, sod there was a scarcity of fuel ; but from the earliest period, appre hending that there might be a connderable amount of due teem everything had been done by the Irish government to mese any unusual premium so that the accuesticee robed ' tires were most unfounded. Observing that the eanitery eendilies of the people of Ireland had never bees better, be preisesisd to reply is dieted to the ststamesis of Hr. Merle. reeding sewn nu icat iose be bad received is ref a. Woos el those eleteneste. The q raised and the repre esetetkee me& of post distasee is bthad he weeded to be met tree ; es the sesteary. the elate et that essielvy see sound sod istiefeetary, es "visaed Ivy the dimialebed amount of arise, 'gravies estesgee, sad erristione He had had sauces has lissesesste cd cesaties„ Itir said, entirely corroborating the elotemenie be bed Mid% end be indig seedy desessiced the setempe to soojure up imaginary griernoors is Ireland, 'blob ma sow happily changed, and when the pledges of prosperity were becoming daily more Observations epos the 000dition of Ireland and the con duct s 1 the gewereerient, more or lees conflicting, were made by Mr. Dame" Mr. Hafwell, Mr. Scully, Mr. Y. Urquhart, 'ideas, bib assists. Mr. WHALLEY Mk sums strong remarks upon the readmit d the Ream 111116111 lit priests in lreland. MAUULII2 withdrew hie motion. THE REVISED CODE. Lord ROBERT CECIL called the attention of the house to the cam of Derby- read School, Nottingham, to which the provisions of the revised code had been par tially stiplied. notwithstanding the aneouncemeot that those provisions would be suspended until they had been submitted to the judgment of parliament. Me LOWE. said that with retard to the matter of pee aims the amble lord was under • mistake, and if be had given notice of the question he would have brought the papers and entered into all the details. Pensions were not given but in exceptional circumstances, sad the time for allotting them would not come until after the period for the revised code to come into operation. There had, therefore, been es postponement of any claim, and indeed be led eatertehied rainy applications during the pressed year. As to the book grants, they were useful in the leginaiag et the educational system, but they hail be come lairtheasome and employed a great many clerks, and as the royal oxotnission had reported against them, the committee had, on their responsibility, refused to grant them. I. fact, however, they employed agenda— the Mesas. Leagman—in this matter, and the ar rangement with them warn that they should have a long notice. That noticebad been given, and part of - the minute had done away with • port of the grant. It had been found impossible to pursue • different course in musequence of other persons in the trade having some of the books in their bands. This matter had nothing to do with the revised code, and it was not an annual grant. if the house should decide that the grant should be coutinued, these manager, of the Nottingham school would be entitled to the books. The Committee of the Privy Council bad derided this point upon their own responsibility, but se to breaking faith with the house, or with any samasgers, it never eve intended or done. The right hoe. gentleman mid, in answer to a question put by Mr. liTtiON, that notice was given to Messrs. Longman in the spring of last year. be believed in the month of May. Mr. DISRAELI mid the question was whether one minute or another was in force. The right bon. gentleman admitted that under the existing system this application for books would have been complied with, and then he de. feuded himself by stating that rime unsatisfactory arrange ment existed with the publishers. But the notice to the publishers ought not to have anticipated that the revised code would be adopted by the house. The question might not be one of very t importanoe —sot so greet as many which were inel in the revised code. But what was more remarkable was the want of tact and the want of con ciliation no the part of the right hoa gentlemen in briegiug those ameednieuts before the notice. As the right hon. gentleman was pre pared to make considerable de nim& upon the forbearance of the public, it was desirable that the new orders of the council should be made clear to their understandings. Su far as the law was concerned, the right boo. gentleman bad not a leg to stand on. He bad given no answer to the complaint of the noble lord, nor bad he proved that there bad not been • total want of discretion. The privy council was is a position in which the utmost discretion was neces sary, and they had shown • total want of it, as well as of cosciliatios. It was wrong that the public feeling should be offended, and in offending it, the right lion. gentleman had shown • great want of administrative discretion. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ioe sews from** practice of placing, at that early d thie Mire the bills of private members upon Jr as grenineet tights. CUMIN& regarded the present as essentially a MUM semben . session. He did not know bow the em ail veno M be get through, unless they permitted the hon. siamilmir (Meashil to bring io his little Improvements, ball= AO were evidentlly intent upon what woo GAM ipso their oars. (Laughter.) They all lihnilmarines would be op ea the let of June— (ll 111 is hon . member postponed his bill for sullies mak be would have no chance of carrying it threggli..fire peement intended to do nothing, and they were meting ormy wisely, fur they could do nothing. (Laughter.) liiietesse circtunetauose he appealed to the hos. rib* tor North Warwickshire to let them have the qfit Ws genies. reform thaqthey might gay they had done so m genies. (Laughter.) Moe the. mat into committee. Mr. NZWDMOATE hoped that the next stage would be taken um a Wednesday. The &me having been weed to. Mr. HADFIELD Azad Wednesday next for the third reading of the 111 KENSINGTON-GORE AND BAYSWATER-ROAD. The boos* having resolved itself into a committee, Mr. COW PER moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend is London Oval and Wino Duties CooUnuance Act, 1861, and to authorise the formation of • road between Kenning tea-gore and Bayswater, and to apply the proceeds of the Metropolis Improvement Fund Account towards defraying the cost of the construction of such road. He explained that the road proposed to be constructed with • view to improve the approach to the Exhibition would eke the place of the pathway across Kessingtoes-gardens from Manchester-gate to Rotten-row, and it was proposed, in order that no incon venience or annoyance should arise from the carrying out of the plan, that the road shoukl be a subway, with avenues upon each side for foot passengers. The parishes which would be benefitted by the new road had no power to tax themselves to met the exposes of its comdruction. The Commissioners for the Exhibition had no power to appro priate the funds in their hands for the purpose, and the Metropolitan Board of Works', after considering the ques tion, determined that they would not recommend • rate for the purpose. The surplus funds from the London coal and wine duties were, however, available, and the amount, 34,4941., amply sufficient. These funds were intended by the act of last year to be transferred to the Thames em bankment sod metropolitan funds account, but owing to , some defect in that bill, or some arrangement of the . Bank of England, the money had over, and it was, therefore, still standing in the name of the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings. He now, therefore, proposed to introduce a bill simply to give power to the Commissioners of Works to sell their stock, and hand it over to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the construction of these works. He thought the m could not be better employed than in making this (Hem, beer.) It woald, to all intents and purposes, be • public highway, and would be eeparatal from the park and gardens by a Amos. Sir M. PETO pledged his practical experience that the marks in question could not be executed in time for the opening of the Exhibition. He suggested that they should ea the existing road across the park, making a slight junc tion at the back of the powder magazine. Lord FERMOY concurred in the remarks of the hen. member who bad jest sat down. He thought the proposed mark reed through Keneingtomgardene would be a regular leap for maidservants' and children—(a laugh) —and would be an injury to the gardens themselves. He trusted W sight hoe. gentleman would re-consider his plans. Its J. SHELLEY also objected to the proposed scheme. Ms iiisiOt that for this year, for the purposes of the &- Min t Ibsy should allow the traffic to go over the TM were the roads were formed. They would then get over the anealty at once. He thought that the scheme of the right bon. gentleman was one of the wildest schemes that ever was formed. This was • national work, and ought to he paid for oat of the consolidated fend. (" Oh.") He quite agreed with the bon. gentleman, but he hoped the hon. gentleman who felt so much for the consolidated fund would permit him (Sir J. V. Shelley) to feel for the pockets of his constituents. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS said his constituent, paid largely to the income tax, and they lived • long way from this proposed road, and he was sore they would all bear with astonishment that the most wealthy district of London should be the district selected as the one on which thin fund should be expended. He was sure it would tend to make the government exceedingly unpopular. Lord PALMERSTON said there were two thee which almost every( body admitted. One was that a bettor MOM to the Exhibition, which was to be open at the Wooing of May. should be made, and that • perine um& esnratunkation should be made between the town on the north and the town oa the south of the park. His eft bon, friend proposed to bring in a bill for this purpose. MM. friend (Sir IL Pete) said It could not be done within the time. Well, that was a gnosis between the Metropolitan Board of Works and the contractor. If there was • contractor who wee willing to complete the work by the Ist of May, or the let of June, which would probably be little time enough, they all knew that work could be sa eemplished in • much less time than those who were not aecustaned to works of this hied might expect. However, the question was that leave be given to bring in this bill, sad he hoped that the house would agree to t. The matter was of importance, and ought to be dimmed in a fuller bootee. He trusted the house would give leave to bring in the bill, reserving the tuture discussion It was said, " Why not take advantage of the present roads." Bet the present reads did not exist.—(laughter)—because what was wanted was a communication from north to south. He trusted that bin right hon. friend would be permitted to bring in the bill, when it could be subsequently dis cussed is ita details. Mr. OSBORNE would prefer taking the consolidated fund rather than the parochial view of this question. They had heard the boo. member for Finsbury, who bad made the Baladav•-road, and knew something about earthworks, tell that skeleton of a house that the estimate was ridiculous. Wby the road was to be two miles lour. Mr. COW PER —Three quarters of a mile. Mr. OSBORNE—The right hon. member undertook to make the mad for 30,0(01., and in two months ; but would be bind himself to these terms? Besides, what necessity was there for this road! They had not any extra road for the last Exhibition, but the right hon. gentleman said that the one new propresd would be a sheet cut from Anatrale (Laughter.) He (Mr. Osborne) could not explain the into rest which the right hoe. gentleman took in that distant colony, but his cry was, " What will the Australians sa if this road is not leader (Laughter.) He beti etad the right bon. gentleman knew it would sot be made in the time or for the money, and therefore the best way would' be for the house to reject this vest goveruniest earthwork, which he supposed was to be the great thing of the maim. He called upon that attenuated house, if they bad any spirit, to throw out the billet once, and let the. have a temporary road for the exhibition. The committee divided— For the resolution l7 Against l2-6 The above .umbers not being sufficient to constitute a house, the house resumed, and was counted, when, forty members not being present. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock. THE KINGDOM OF ITALY. Mr. GRIFFTEri roes to;;;Irih; Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the English roioistor at Turin had lately bees directed to communicate to Baron Ricasoli soy remonstrance oe the part of the English government against the late popular dentoostratiou in Italy against the contiousoce of the temporal power of the papacy, or who thee, is point of fact, he bad made coy commuoication of that charseter to the Italian minister, either alone or is conjunction with the French and Prussian ministers. Lord PALMERSTON—It is quite true, cc the hoe. member states, that it almost every part of Italy there have been strong manifestations of the earnest desire of the people that Roam should be the central capital of the Italian klegclorn, and that the temporal power of the Pope should mere. (Cheers.) And nowhere, 1 believe, re the feeling so atrweglhibited as in the city of Rome itself. (Hear.) But her Ma st y's government part ent bad taken uu with regard te this ( .sha g , nor have they given any iostroctiooe to eh James Hodges to make remonstrancee to the government of Turin. So farce we are aware, Sir James Hodson bas taken no such step on hie own authority, and thereto,. we believe that there is no truth in the report that Sir James Hudson went to Baron Ricasoli to remoestrate ea the manifestattoos of hellos that had taken place. (Hear.) LEICESTER SQUAR E - - - Sir W. JOLLlTWilveetOaak the First Commissioner of Works whetrier these moan, prospect of en early improve meet in Leicester-square . Some time Mace, he said, the creme was oseepied with a large building, but recently the " crack of dome" had ameba( the alibi*, end the square was tilled with envy hied et klth, rare, ebaviup, end other disgusting matters, so that when the (cashmere come over to see our exhibition they would hardly believe that we bed base doing musk le the way of sanitary improvement. Such ▪ stateof urines masa sessions nuisonos. &Wile thought that SOW* remedial emenerse shield be tam. He wanted to know (tom the Chief Ossossionosor al Works whether it was the Mutation et goirsrement to Interfere. Hr. /WPER— I quiteepee with the bon. baronet that the foreigners visiting I.owdon nett summer would be shocked with the appearance of Leicesterequare, which was at present the stigma ash opprobrium of the metropolis. The ram was, however, rather mysterious, and be was afraid ha weld sot give say seliifactory amount of it. It appeared that there was some doubt as to the lead estate in the soil, and all the partite concerned in the owDerehip of the square agreed Si, allow a building, which they wean told would be temporary and ersensental—(a laugh) to be erected. It had untied oat, however, to be more permanent than they hail ezpected. He sho u ld certsiuly be glad if anything could be done to reaped, the present *tete a ibis.. He maid oily y that if he saw Ins way to may mom am : MO.O square as ornamental as other squares et the ...0 he wade! be yet, glad to adopt tt. The teat this' that say am would wish team with respect to say of they *loam wee that they should he built epos. It was Mir/ desirable that the example et the beechen et the Temple should be followed, and greeter hoilithe even to the public& by the throwieg upend theorems. (Hear.) 111131 , TL1f. - rrobeese tbiie meth proilenalato oonunitteir of asp* immairdierely reamed. PAIRS AND JIMMIES (IRELAND) BILL. Th. slime bill sem reed mound time, era the commithim mimed fur the Mb Nara. POOR RIIIJEF (IRELAND) (No. 2) BELL. ?be three bill the reed • secori4 time. QUALIFICATION FOE OFFICBE ABOLITION BILL Up.. tm order of the ay for vier into emeraitith the this llr NZWEDIGATZ oomplethed that great thew RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE ow? 1171H'IRN. At the half-yearly nioeting of this company, held yesterday at the Paddington station, the Pori of flmnanisni in the chair, the dividend net the rate of 3 per cent. wan bee dared, and the outgoing directors were re-elected. The meeting was then made special, when it tree re. solved to convert all or any of the Cheater or Birraingbans shares of the company. whether guaranteed or preferientkd shares, into stock of the fame desentioation ; to empower the directors to contribute a sum not exceeding 10.0001. towards the Warlock Railway Act, 1861 ; and to make an agreement for the appropriatioo of the said amount; and to confirm an agreement with the Wye:iamb. Railing Company, for the me and working of their extension these to Oxford sod Aylesbury, outer the provisions of their set of last gamine. At the name rinse, the common anal el the cosepeey wee ailed to the Booth Wake loam sod deed of arreagement, in pursuant-e el the reeoletleee of the meeting held on the Nth of Janson' ; mid the proceedings terminated in the real manner. SOUTH WALES. Yesterday, an extraordinary general meeting of this company. adjoureed from the 16th of January bet, took place at the Greet Western Hotel, Paddington, for the purpose of considering sod determining with refereace to certain arramernente which have been minimally nods between the directors of the South Wales Railway Corepay and tbe director , of the GreattV estern Railway Company, and , for the ultimate amalgarnotiou of those companies sad the West Midland Railway Company, as therein mectioced, sad also for consider* and determinism in respect to the ex tended lease deeds sad other &enemata aenerry for carry ing those arreageransta into effect—Yr. C. B. TALBOT in the shair. Major COURT moved. mid Mr. Braxx sesseaded an mew& swot directly opposing the system cm which it was proposed that the arrangements should be carried out. The anwradasset was however aegatived, sad the *demi readetion speed to. The CHAIRMAN next proposed • resointiou, es sugpetsil by • committee appointed to wafer with the board, to the elect that some remuseratioa be awarded to certain odkon of the company, ea a aubstaatial recognition of their ser vices. in Willem about the sgreeneete with the Gloat Weston Railway Compay. After mere little discerns, in the mine of which the elletrows paid. oompliaseat to Mr. Frederick Satadem, the eservAary for the great ability as well as urbanity be had displayed throegliost psossediegs with die other "W Y' "a weed that that pedalos° should mein . mad lb. F. clubs, the he. manger, BOW., • um of 1,0001. beets' already bees yowl to him by the Great Western Company. By sootier resolution it was agreed that a farther seas of 3,0001. Orkin is all 6,00 W., the oisowet eopemited by the etrawitiae oppotetei tea= bite the steUed Aral he awarded for SIAM. Sher et , ee , and appor it4 tioned in swat wienter se the ifireete Wok emir* that all the odium het lowl NNW's.' from *hi weepay wed taken foto the employ di the °red Waimea Ocageey, with the except. of Mr. Clarke, who had lost his appointment altogether, sod had the refor, received the compensatory sum re hared to. The busiodsi of the half-yearly ordinary meeting was then proceeded with ; the report wee adopte4 and a divi dend of 31. per amt. per annum &ahead, ma resormended therein. The retiring directors were then rerelected; and Colonel tillelected in place of Mr. Lever, who had diaqualilled for sitting at the board, by reason of the fact that be had parted with the whole of his shares in the under taking. A vote of thanks to the enigma terminated the proceedings. EASTERN COUNTIES. The report of the directors to the fifty-first half yearly meeting of proprietors to be held on Than • day next has been published. The directors in their last half-yearly . report caramel a hope that the pres sure in the sencultural districts, which had for some time no seriously affected the receipts of the railway, wouid shortly terminate, and that the traffic would exhibit more elasticity. Their anticipations have now been realised. The revenue account for the half/ear exhibits an increase of 37,1011. 19s. ; the receipts bang 727,206!. lie. Bd. sa against 690,1011. 13e. Bd. foe the corresponding period of 1860, and as this Monism in the receipts has been earned at a less per osntage of expenditure than for the cor responding period of last year, the 'malt is a source of much satidaction to the directors. In addition to the sum of 50,9611. 15e. AL added to the oapital for the new plant, as stated in the lad half-year's report, a sum of 47,6171. 17s. lei. is charged to this account for rolling stock since delivered and placed upon the line. A further sum of 2,3091. has been paid in respect of pro perty at Harwich purchased of the corporation in 1855. The result of the nedertakins as regards the Eastern Counties Company is that there is a net sum applicable as revenue (after deducting the working expenses, which amount to 358,6381. 24. 9i, as will be seen by reference to revenue account B), of 246,1901. Ils. 10d.; leas interest on guarantees and locos , 146,623/. Ik. 10d. ; balance, 97,5671, - 11 s. ; add sum carried over after paying June divideed, 1861, 6,9841. 91x-101,5521. ; deduct on account of the deflated parmansat way and other accounts debited in the general revenue account, as en ;er page 12, 8,5001. , leaving 96,0521. available for divid out of which the directors have de clared a dividend of /. 10s. per cent. for the half-year, being after the tate of 31. per cent. per annum an the anti. nary share capital of the company, which will abeorli 87,5051. Is. Al., leaving a balance of 8,5461. 18s. 10d. to be carried forward to the succeeding lsaltyear. The working ex mem for the half/ ear are 471. 91. per amt., against 491. 18e. per cent. for the coorrespouchng of 1860. The actual expenditure on this amount during the past half-year has been 57,7651. 3s. 9d. There has also been debited to this account for the rimiest half year the sum of 15,9951. 16a. 5d., which was expended in the re newal of the line between Stratford and Colchester, making a debit to revenue in respect of maintenance of way and works this half-year of 73,761/. Os. 2d. The permanent way and works continue to be maintained in • mast ell cient state. Every attention continues to be_ given to the efficient maintenauce of the rolling stock. Five engines • have been renewed during the half-year, at a cost of 8,4601., and charged to the revenue. The report of the locomotive superintendent is annexed. The directors are taking measures for carrying out the hues for which parliamentary powers were ob i Mined in the last sessioo, and their beat endeavours will be I used to insure the completion of them with as little delay as possible. NORTH AND SOUTH WEITZRN JUNCTlON.—Yettor darafternoon the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Loudon Tavern; Mr. Reary Toestal in the chair. Mr. H. Chubb, the secretary, read the report, which has already appeared. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the Cupola, congratulated the proprietors on the prosperity of the company, and recemniendod the pay ment of a divideod at the rate of 51 per cent. per MINASIL Mr. Allender seconded the motion, which was agreed to without discussion. The chairman, in reply to a gnostic's, said that the expellees bad lac:sued to a large =tut during the half year, owing to the morrows amonut of tams which had been imposed on the company. They must resist this assessment ae far ae possible. A resolobon was then passed, declaring it expedient that the two vacancies at the board should be idled up, and Meson. A. Cox and O. Allender were elected. SETRNOAKA.—The fifth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday, at the oMoss in Victoria street, Westminster, Earl Amherst in the °hair. The Secre tory read the report, which his already been published. The chairman moved its adoption. He mid the hoe was in a satisfactory state of progress, and there was every ex pectation of its being open for Who in May d this year. The board had introduced a bill into parliament for a line to )(oldster's, and also for an extension to Tonbridge. By these extensions important local districts would be seecensiodated now altogether without railway accommo dation, which must prove highly remunerative to the,ooto pony. The directors had felt it their duty strenuously to oppose the projected line of the South Eastern Company from Lewisham by Seveneeks to Tonbridge, as injurious to the interests of t i h rc iszany. Mr. Hilton seconded the motion, which was a to. EMI Amherst sod Lord oodre were re -e u directen, and Mr. Weiss am auditor, of the company ; and a vote of thanks having been proposed to the chairman and directors, the meeting terminated. tale Entdltgcnce. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-FEB. 21. SEOOND COURT. littiap at Niel Priu;7- I (Beforeili. - 4 - tiatice Blackburn and • Commas Jig.) MINIS O. THN NORTH LONDON RAHMAN OOIQANT.- ACCNOR• Thieves an *dims brought by the plaintiff,alittle (triaged 10 years, by her next friend, her father, to recover comers cation in damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defeauts' servants. The defendants ad mitted their liability, but questioned the amount of damages the plaintiff wu entitled to. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Hooymnn were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Duman, Q.C., and Mr. J. Browne for I the defendants. It appeered that the plaintiff was a passenger by the ex cursion train, which, it will be remembered, met with as accident at t he Hampstead Station on the 2nd of September lut. She was Nitta( in the lap of a female who was killed, the plaintiff being discovered in a state of insensi bility. She was taken to the University Hospital, where she remained an in• door patient for four days. She was formerly an active intelligent child, and was being educated es a governess. Since the accident, which bad lamed her, she was not nearly so active, and the accident seemed to have affected her brain. Mr. Marshall, surgeon of the University Hospital, was called, with Mr. Bloomfield, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Oan- DOD, who attended to the child, and gave a lengthened ac count of the injuries that she received, and which went to show that she wu injured in almost every part of the Mbi. . Denman having &dammed the jury in mitigation of damages The jury returned &verdict for the plaintiff—Damages SOOl. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Fn. 21. Sittings at Nisi Prise at Guildhall.—(Before the Lord Chief Bares and figiseial Juries.) UMW AND ANOTEMS V. TSB tikILIVAT RANCID COMPANY.—"A 1111111121008 INOSAPPILMANCI." The caire on behalf el the defendants was summed up by Ir. fierjeant ItaMardis*, and Mr. Hawkins replied gear rally. His Lordship was proceeding to sum up, when a juryman asked if it were too late to mak a question of a witness. The Lord Chief Baroa--Cartaialy • not, sir. It is is tbe provisos of the jury to ask any question during the progress of a cams. Charles Waster, who bad fined the clothes of the alleged dierred, was then recalled. The Juryman—Were there any other permits on the ma side of the bathing machine, when you found the clothes? Wituns—Yes, there were two, one about 40 yard. distant On one side, and the other about the same distance on the other side. The Lord Chief Baron—Were there other penises walk ing about? Witeem—Not on that side of the machine. Charles Vines, re•called and examined by the same jury man—lf any plasm had walked along the beach, and had placed a bundle of clothes on the steps of the bathing. machine, should you have noticed it ? Witness---I should have taken no notice of n pence with a bundle under hls arm, as people who come down from Leyden often carry bundles. (Laughter.) H. lordship then went on with his summing up, minutely commenting on the evidence, telling the jury the question they had to decide was whether they were satisfied that the person who had effected the policy with the defendants had been drowned on the 15th of September, then the plaintiffs, as his representatives, were entitled to recover; but, if they believed that any reasonable doubt could exist as to the drowning of the person whose repremotatives the plaintiffs were, then they should give their verdict for the defendants. His lordship mid, in commission, he was de sirous of leaving this matter entirely in the bands of the When they were about to retire the foreman sated where the photographic portraits bad beets found, end received the reply that they were in ohs carpet bag. The jury retired at 20 minutes to 4, and at 10 minute. past 5 were sent for by the learned judge, when the fore. man said there was no possible chance of their agreeing. His lordship said that he knew other judges were el • di/Tenet °pinks, but when a jury had deliberated tot a nameable time, to look them up without meat, drink, or dm was a mere relic of • bedtime age. He should, them tore, dined them to he The jury were acoordiegl a rged without mean; to • verdict. His lordship then observed that be hoped nothing he had old bad infineocod the just enis 'w . ay (*Abe ether. He cembiamt see that either of the parted were to blame, bet he snit observe that this was ems of the mat ritramettl-, my ors he bed ever bong or mai at 11111W.AND ANOTILER 11. ?VI 1111111ILLIffile'LWID stun . ASStell#Ml oortorr, do Clibt Bosom iiisietel as = MOSAi do ali& la do flaw. Posi 111 111. 22, 1862. like policy of 2501., end which depended en the ems state of facts, should be made ■ nsenanet. SECOND COURT. op at Ni.i Prim after term at Oldldhall.—(Bodate Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jam) Or 21101111111 ELTSAORDI- PART. This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage, Ip= by the plabitifs Beat friend. The defendant about • dozen pleas. He first denied the promise ; then that a reasonable time for his performing has promise bad not yet elapsed ; that the plaintiff was not ready and willing to marry him ; thee, that she bad, after connexion bad taken place between them, been unchaste to other men, whose names were set forth in the pleas ; that the plaintiff had exonerated him from his promise ; lastly, that • written agreement under seal existed between them, whereby the defendant undertook to marry the plaintiff at his mother' death, which set aside the after promise, and that his mother's was out yet dead, and that the defeudant bad paid • sum of money to the plaintiff, which she had accepted in satisfaction of her claim upon him. Mr. Huddlestoo, Q.C.,Juid Mr. Dowwell were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hawkins, Q. C., and Mr. Prentice for the defendant The learned counsel, in stating the plaintiff's case, cha racterised the defendant's conduct as the most profligate and heartless that had OD= before a jury. The plaintiff was the daughter of a farmer residing at Beacon-house, Great Totham, Essex. The defendant, who was the son of a clergyman, was also • farmer in the immediate neighbour hood, and farming about 170 acres of land. The plaintiff and defendant became acquainted in 1857, which resulted in courtship and • promos to marry in June, 185'8. He was introduced to the plaintiff's parents, and received as her accepted suitor. About this time be wrote her as follows : " My dear little Love, my dear little Dock—(laughter)-- I hope you are alive and kicking—(mars of laughter)- and looking as well, as fresh, and as pretty as you always do. I shall be delighted tobsar from you, but much more to see your lovely counteuance. (Laughter.) I hope you will not desert your Charlie." The letter concluded with sending her lots of kisses. In the autumn of 1858, after his introductioa to the family, he seduced the plaintiff, and in the May of 1859 he ooln muoicated it to Mr. Copeland, the plaintiff's brother-in law, sod promised that be would immediately make her' his wife. The day was named for their marriage, and every thing was provided, but he did not keep his promise, alleging that he was too nervous. (Laughter.) She was afterwards confined in London of • child, which was now living. The parties appeared to keep on intimate terms, and in Decem ber, 1860, he said he could not marry her till after hie mother's death, but afterwards wished it to take place im mediately, and arrangements were made for the marriage taking piths in London, because be did not like to be mar ried in his own neighbourhood. The license was procured, and he cams to London, and saw her the night before the day appointed at her sister's. He left and promised to be early to breakfast the following morning and thee be married. The morning came but not the bridegroom, who again ex cused himself on the ground of nervousness. She after wards received from the defendant the following letter, which, it is almost neediest to may, created roars of laughter. "Dec. 21. Green Dragon Hotel, Bishopegatestreet Within, Loodon. " sfy dearest, dearest Loo,—Heap, if you like, 10,000 mama on my head. I had a fearful night and never closed my eyes. My life is to me truly and really • hell upon earth. lam again in this fearful, nervous, excitable state. I thought I should have cut my throat last night. Do pity ma, Leo, and pray for me. I do, indeed, love you and your heavenly babe, though Dot lawfully begot. I do indeed truly love it. Bin it for its father% sake. Now do, pray my deer girl, wait till my mother's death. The poor old lady won't, in all probability, live very long. You have my word and honour and every surety of my marrying you then. 1 swear to act by the agreement which you have. I dare not see your dear face, the dear little chicky, or your poor old mother. lam like • bunted devil this morning. I imagined my poor old mother last night paying to me next Christmas-day, "Charles, are you married?" I could not have maid, "No," if we had been, and then all must have come out. Thank God, I gave you the Si., so that it will cost you nothing. 41. 41. will do for your next Christmas quarter, and with the rest pay your fares, have • Ay from Witham, and buy dear chick), aod get self • bat. Now, pray dear Loo, do not write blowing me up. I thought I would try (so help my God It's true) if I had the moral courage, to marry you, in the face of what I have last promised my dear mother, you, and Mrs. Copland. I can't do it, dear Loo. Cheer up, my old girl; you have plenty of good MOB and nerve. Nothing on earth prevents ray having you now but my mother and the losing of 3,0001. or 4,000/. Take care of my carpet bag and the things in it, great coat, and blue rug for me, and I will either send for them at Bowes House or call for them when better. Now, do not form a wrong opinion of me. One day I will have you; Cod, I believe, has ordained It, but not yet. First kiss chicky, and your old mother, and a thousand for yourself.—Bellsve me one day your future husband, and devoted and attached "C.. 1. DRIFTIILD." Mr. Baron Martin—ls there not • postscript? (Laughter., Mr. Buddleston—Yes, my lord. (Renewed laughter.) " P.S.-1 am afraid it is the mind, lam, my dear old mother." (Laughter.) After this it appears that the pieties occasionally met and it was again arranged that they should be married in 1861. Again everything was prepared and ready, but again to be disappointed. The defendant was staying in plaintiff's father's Lowe, and the following morning left, having fixed the wedding day ; he made an excuse that he must go home to receive some money for some cattle, and he accordingly vent home, and wrote a letter putting off the marrisge. Voder these circumstances the premed action had been brought, and the learned couosel urged that it was a case for exemplary damages. The plaintiff's mother woe called, and deposed to the main facts in the ease. She believed the defendaut Lad 3,000 f. in the funds. He made a will providing for the *kalif and Ler child. In cromexaraination she said—My daughter is in her 21st year. Ido not know that she is a high spirited girl. She was at one time an apprentice at Malden, and came home once a week. About August, 1859 she left the Haunch et Venhoo, Teruple•bar , where she had been bar maid about six weeks. After she came home, Mr. Pell came down, by the defendant's invitation, to have • day's shooting. He dept on the couch, and I know nothing could have happened. The defendant did not come the next day for her, and Mr. Pell left. (Several letters were pet into the wituess's hands, but she was unable to say they were in her daughter's handwriting.) I never saw anrthing wrong in my deughter's conduct. I don't know that she wee toed of Mr. Pell. Mr. Hawkins—l suppose Mr. Pell had not a Mn. Pell to look after him? Witness—No. No more has others. (Laughter.) I don't know that my daughter was a dressmaker at Horton. She has worked at dressmaking with her sieter-io-law, in the Old Kent-read. I never asked my daughter where, when. or how she became acquainted with the defendant. Children don't always tell their parents everything. (Laughter.) My daughter never said that the defendant was not the father of her child. Witnesses were called to prove that the defendant always behaved affectionately to the plaintiff. Mrs. Dickinson, residing in Pimlico, was celled. She stated that after the action was brought the plaintiff was staying with her. The defendant celled and saw the plaintiff. He asked her it she was going on with the action. She said, " Yes." He said, " Then lam • raised man." He afterwards said to ler, "Louise, will you make it up?" She rid, " No." He asked, " Not on any conditions?" She said, " What conditions?" He replied, " Why, I'll marry yon." (Loud laughter.) She said, "I don't want any more of year promisee. I want action. La ughter. I have had enough rd your promises already." Laughter.) He replied, "1 will marry yon next week, sod 's Mn. Dickinson as • witness." Y Yr 13aro;iistiin:1wish he bad. (Laughter.) Witness--He said be wesdd marry her the next day if he thought ha could get a liana. WAD.= said she thought be could, se she Maw • triad of has who bad been mar ried at a day's modes. (Laughter.) He asked the plaintiff to go sad dine with him, aad afterwards go to the theatre, but the &slimed. At this dare of the proceedings, Mr. Haw kiss said the parties had come to an arrange. went. There would be a verdict for the plaintiff for 200/. damages. Verdict by egament far the plisialiff—Damages 2001. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the Assistant-Judge. Widlease Taylor, 51. shoemaker, sod Meaner Jock, 40, a married woman, were indicted under Bisieis Act for unlawfully and corruptly taking from a lady mused Hood the 'urn of 101., on account of aiding_ leer to recover • Pomeraotan dog, her property, the said deg having bees stolen. The promentrix was • widow lady, living in Mayfair, and on the 2nd of January she lost a favourite Poiresaidan dog. She issued handbills offering a reward of M. for its realms. tins, and the reward was afterwards hemmed to 51. She deposed—On the gib Jas. I seat my servant to the male prisoner, sod be celled es me es the following day. I told him 1 bed lost my dog and described it to him, sod asked him whether ouuld get it bock for 54 He maid I was very foolish to offer 11., as they always requited double. On the same nicesieg I offered, 51. reward by handbills. The male primmer told me he would inquire of two men in Half Mooe.street, who wage is waiting at • public.house, whether they would take the 51. He had previously told me who bad got the dog. He came beak and informed me that they would not agree to take 5/. I then staked if they would take 71. He mid be Quark not, adding that if I would sot Ste them WI. I might give up all hope of seeing my main. He also mid, "If you doe% give that sane refsain from pretecutieg. they will out the dog's threat sad throw It down the area. Upon bearing that I said "Myra have the mow/ this evening me I have midget." Ho ma." Ob, yes, certainty." I then appointed to or him on the following dey at four o'clock, and west accordingly to 1, SWI°IIE4)I6OI4 Naomi. street, Edgware-read. I saw the primmer mid told would give the 101. He thee took me to a public.houee Nehoe-streel„ and the female primer mum were just alter him. She said to me to the male priemeses peeseeea s " Have you gat. the 101. ?" I replied that they might to telke9f.. phi. she told me they topald set lobe my 9L. ledl them gave kora the 101. The toele prisoner was stameliag by, batik took the mousy. klO saimitos the door was opened and my dog was let in, and I tout pw.. sitar of it. I afterwarth when to Worship-skeet, and ob tained a warrant against the prisoners. The prisoners were apprehended by Butcher, 137 c, on the warrant. The male prisoner said be did not take the mosey ; it was Jack 13ariett's wife (the female prisoner). She was taken at 13, Prospect-terrace, Green.street, Beth nal-green, where the lived. He found in a kitchen 1. num ber of dogs, which she said belonged to her and her husband. There were one pug, now a scarce breed ; two black•and-tan terriers, two Scotch terriers ; two dog-collars, from which names and addressee bad been tiled off. She said the dogs were her own, and that she had bought the collars. Both prisoners were found Guilty. Lockyer, the prison officer, and Sergeant White, 1611, proved that Taylor had been once convicted of dog-stealing and receiving rewards for the restoration of dogs that had been stolen, and sentenced for those offencee (Taylor not later than these months ago.) The Assistant-Judge said it was a very bad offence, and no doubt was one carried on to a great extent in the metro. polls. However, the law was strong enough to reach the abraders, and the sentence upon Taylor was lit months' hard lemur, anti on the woman ulna months' hard labour. MARKETS. SUGAR.—The average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, for the week ending Feb. 114, is 245. 2id. per cwt, exclusive of the customs duty.—The avenge price of brown or Muscovado sugar, the produceof the Mauritius. for the week coding as above, is 29a. lid.—The average price of brown Or Muscovado sugar, the produce of the East Indies, for the week ending as above, is 235. 101.1..—Tbe liVeraffe price of the three foregoing descriptions of sugar jointly is 255. sd. per cwt. BRISTOL, Fa& 21—The transactions of the week have not been large in raw sugar, on the spot, but several large parrots to arrive have been sold at very high prices Re. Bed sells steadily. Ram—About 50 puns. Demerara have been sold at Is. 93. per proof gallon. Nothing doing in Jamaica. TALLOW. - FRIDAY EVESING. - The market was steady today. Spot and lamb, 465. ; April to June, 46a. ; July, 465. 6d. ; October to December, 48s. to 46e. 3d. ; August to Sep tember, 47a. Delivery to last ease -1,,4u casks ; arrivals, 300 casks. At the public Naha of 759 casks offered, 420 sold. Town tallow, 45e. gd ; Australian, sheep, 46a. ; ditto, beef, 455. ; fine, 44a. to 435. Gd. ; low quality, North American, 44a. 9d. to 45e.; fine quality, South American, 465. 6d., ant pipe. Cochin socoanut oil, 50a. to SO. 6d.; Ceylon, 495. 6d. to; 50a. ; Sydney, 475. 6d. fine, 465. 6d. to 465. 9d., fair, tos. in ferior. Palm oil quiet, at 49a. to 425. 6d. ; fine Lagos palm mat oil, Nis. to 36a. COTTON.-Li Frs. 21.—There has been an improved tens in the market during the week, with a cinch better demand from the trade, and the current qualities of American have advanced about id. per lb. Bina continues difficult of sale, without change in prices. For E gy ptian there has been a good demand at ao advance of fully id. per lb. Surat continues in great request, and large Wes have also been made in Madras, and prices have advanced id. to id. per lb. since the close of last week. Speculators have taken 22,060 balm, viz., 4,490 American, 1,390 Egyptian and 16,180 Surat. kr. ; and there are reported for export. 13,610 balsa, viz., 1,620 American, 30 Bahia, 120 Egyptian and 11,840 iiurat, ho. The market opens with a good in quiry ; probable sale' 8,000 to 10,000 bales, including 4,000 on speealatios and for export. 001 TON GOOD.—ldastcsinemm, Fee. 21.--Since Tues. day the cloth market appears to have been gaining strength, and there has been rather more disposition to give the higher prices for which manufacturers have been holding back with more or less 'Mmes.& Where purchases are not made out of stock, and orders have to be placed for cloth to be made, buyers have to pay • rather " long price." We bear of order. to make given out in which manufactures' have obtained • decided advance on anything hitherto paid, A good deal has been done in 40-inch sbirtinp for Indio, at a shade better pima than those of Tuesday. The business is dill very small, compared with what it should be to eve anything like buoyancy and fair, or even romans. relive, prices, but the market looks more cheerfuL It appears now pretty evident that the production has fallen somewhat below the demand, and but for the larp stocks held by and for manufacturers (under advances), it aeprobsble that prima would take appriog. There is mean tohelieve, however, that stocks are being rapidly reduced, and though they may have been large, it is said the state- meets long current as to the goods on band have been tee, greatly exaggerated. A rumour has been current that out house hers sold as many as 90,000 pieces of r cloth cm Saturday last ; but rumours like this should be received with caution, though there is little doubt that buyers have been cautiously laying hold of stocks for some days peW where it could be done at moderate rate,. Spinners are again seeking an advance on yarns, and are asking higher prices than they were on Tuesday. This upward move ment has rather checked business today. Cousideriug that prices are so high, a fair sale Wu taken place for moat of the leading markets, home as well as export, and it is pro. bable we should have had a rather active business if pro ducers had been more reasonable in their terms ; bat of course they are endeavouring, as far as they can, to follow up the advance which is almost constantly taking place in the raw material. It will be perceived that the demand at Liverpool continues to run a good deal on Indian staples of cotton, the sales for the week ending yesterday being 36,500 bales of Swats, aping 111,760 Americas. CORN.—MITSTOI4 Fre. 20.—At our market to-day there was a fair supply . of English wheat, which sold steadily at last week's prune. Rather more doing in red Americo, which was quite as dear. Black Sea qualities altogether without demand, although offered at less money. In malting barley better trade, at full y . last week's values. For • • • limited retail inquiry, without alteration in price. oats the supply . is more than equal to the demand, and the tendency i n still downward* Arrivals:—Wheat. comatsisa, qrs. ; fwwga, 5 ,7 96 9 111 - We, Irish, 3.195 qrs. ; coastwise, 10 qrs. Barley, Irish, 919 qrs. ; coastwise, 150 qrs. ; foreign, 370 qre. Indian corn, coastwise, 50 qrs. Flour, foreigu, 31)0 sacks. • - CHIBLI(81,011D, Fix 21.—The business transacted to-day was of she oast limited character. particularly far wheat, whioh wee mach out of condition ; such was almost swam. ahle. Barley. best eum Without alteratimi, 38a. to 41a. ke malting. • Beans soft and rather easier. Lumpur, Pea 2L—Our market was very slow far all kinds of "rain, with 'prices in favour of buyers. lu the abeame of business, we quote prime nominally the same as last week. - " ••••" ^ •••-• WAIMIELD, Fes. 21.—The trade remains dull, an 4 prices are lower where sales are pressed. Fine barley un changed, other sorts neglonted. Oats and shelling ea before. Beans are to limited demand. Average, week siding Feb. 17 :—Wheat, 2.13 5 qrs., at G. 3d. ; 1,081, at 36a. 014. ; oats, 10, Us. Gd. ; beans, at 41a. Id. COALS. Lo tino% FEL 21.--Biam's Babside Wert Hartley, 14a. 6d. ; Davison's West Hartley, 14s. 6d. Tesilleld Moor Bates, 13. 6d. ; West Wykam. 13c ; Eden Wan. 14e. 6d. ; Walls End Ittodsivils Hate" 14e. 9d. I Wells End Hetke. ; Walls End Rimer. BOA" 14a. 6d. ; Walls End death Hatton. 166. ; Walls End Hatt.'-epool. 15s. 6d. ; Walls End Beim, 15a. 3d. ; Walls End South Rartlspeel, 148. Isl. ; Canny mid Whin Anthracite, 21a. 6d. ; *nay sad Duff vy n Malting, 248. Mips at market, 101 ; BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIBTIIS. BRlBCoK—rebrnar7 18, — ailka;;llings HAL near Wolver hampton. the wife of R. H. Briscoe. Y.su.,of a daughter. BBUCK—Febwry 19, at lans.lown.place West, Bath, the wife of W. A. Bruce, BW of a daughter. GlBBONlL—Februsry Id, at Rlakebrook, Kidderminster, the wife of the Rev. B. Gibbon% of a daughter. HlNNAH.—February 19, at Clifton Villa, Clifton-hill, Brighton, Moo T. N. Ifettoals, of a daughter. IRCRlLL—lrebruary 18, at Forefleld.place, Bath, the wife of the Inv. J. J. 'eaten, of a daughter. PATER.—Vabruary 17. at Mulford Howe, Hartford, Chenille. Mn. J. Pater, of a daughter. BRARSON.—Yebruary 17, 4 Carnarron, the wife of C. Beam" Req.. of a ion. THOMPAON.—February 17, at New Park-toad, Stockwell.** wife of J. Thompson, Hug., of a daughter. VERNON.—lrebrsary ta, at Upper Belitravemtreet. &Imam. square, the Boa. Mrs. 19. Verson. of a son. WAlTT.—February 18, at the Friars, Bamborough. Northam. berimid, the it ife of T. Watt, Req., ot • son. WRlSTALL.—Februarr 19, at Great Cm-am-street, Russell-minare, the wife of H. Westin, laq., of a daughter . Wooo.—February 18„ at Tethury. Gloucestershire, the wife of H. G. Wood, t i t., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BELLAMT-GOODRIDOIL-Irebruary 18, at Paiguks. Devon. by the Rev. Y. W. Poland, P. L. Bellamy, Ertl i esitnain bith Befit to Janet, daughter of I. J. Goodridge, BOMB-PRILLIPIL-February 19. at At. And s, Plirmordli„ by the Rev. If. R. Tracey, IL A.. R. Bone, De.. Paymaster R.N.. to Beads, daughter et T. Phillip*, Req., of Plymouth. MEATS -THOROLD.-February in. at 'toughen+ Chantal, Um min, by the km J. A. 11.1. W. R. Keats, Esq., to Lacy Elisabeth, daughter of the %IV. IL B. Thorold, Rector of Heasharn.eum.Mersten. Lincoln. LEVY - WEBSTER.-Yebrtury 20, at Bt. Mark's, Kenntngtaa. • LaW, Req., of Doughtyatrert, Meeldenburgequere, to Harriette. daughter of P. Webilter, lug, of itenningtoo•ParlL 1113111KLD-W EBETZL-Fehmary 111, at the Cathedral. Manw cheater, by the Rev. H. R. Westmere. /LA.. S. Newfield, bag. of fltretford.road, Maachorter, to Mary, daughter of Mr. No Webster, of Sedgiey. park, Prestwich. DEA.THS. ADDY.-Ifeheaary it at Wrote, Fire:, Jane, widow of the late T. Addl. Bab mad 14. "Zillwa• — rahmtaff if, at tho Close, Salisbury, W. Andrew% sea 74 AlialliltultY.—February 18, at Exmouth. J. IL W. AylestaLl. cotitagett Oa. - -Pshotsa7 lit, atCroydon, lalrabeth, wife of the Rey. O. Oar, awl A& DOUGLAlL—Febrasey 111. typer Parlismattetreet. 1410 " pot. J. aged re Baltltlahl t r."-th 14. at Mabee-villas, Cheltenham. aZitt r ardsomj LW. and ft .—Fatry 10. at Bradley House, near Blatant. 41kmassearahlre, Boatel Gooey, sou of O. Hewlett, Emi.. asset W. Mated sat Published by venue■ Knee Sum. el 140. 4 tombasd.senelk , the City Madan, Meese, li g 0 .4 e leeeliselleleeeli le WA !twine{ el Nbitedrekee .. • IlerespeT, MI/VW Ilk VAS.