The Express. — London, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

penes of the Trr:nch was the eleven of the Fritsch people. They trusted. Admired, and oheyol h to, thinking him • met henefa r ; and. from a Veen rn.et of view, he was entitled to gratatmle Mil respect Aid therefore, se resealed the permed character of the Errperor and the ntrrwl miierinient ef Frame, he thought .n the Home .4 'minnow they had no Wine. to make any remark. But a. to the Emperor's aztotiel polity, the Home of Ora. POW, should Dever take it. eye. off that. He (Mr. Honenr at i deticribed that es • policy of war e aggrossina. Tw o of theme led alsomiy a W a f kulink iddlled; the wa n pleas, the aggrandhethent wee now I s iu g sod oithl teeddawn era the tear In the peculiar ant untie...relented relation. existing loth. en the hop r ic e of the French aid the Prime Minister .1 'aghast a .1. trine hail been hod down that the speed... hi that &NW eught to be fratierti two for the interest of Eng. howl. but to oht the taste of the rider of Prance. He hoped I -e beev es would redid and reject that doh-bine ne et resolutely. So :oh; as the klmperor of the French refrained from active eviph it was but renimeabie to impute to him lionsturehle e a g i e e j; but when it wen antivirus to all the world -ea rapt. I..rhana„ the members of the Britieh oth.net that he e a . pr mediae to the 11[ CCelehlTlett of his desiena, it o c e nemeasty critiche as it deserved the peley he ata r c i rsisian, far silen ce either mem ot t iir nla the perliameist id England there • h 'aid to hefree and the Attrtill4 vippreies the et , rt -wen of their °peah ens degmded them to state of moral welskeese which was dryad a, unworthy sy oithe nee% • The foci witthdleet, tkmafara pose... W.l from the Treasury Bench, the more truth might to be hmr.l free, , t her quarter.. It whe for that reeeon. and with a view to vinditate in that lowa the right white he t there hod leen an attempt to fetter, that he the Fwhey of the Emperor ' of the French in Italy as a lolicy of deceit. He said that the Emperor of the Frehth had deceived the &Old Binftary, and made then, tl e trees. of &mewing the Engtieh parliament ; that be hail treated them with a duplicity which they had not the eardeur to avow, and with a outilempt which they hail Dot the spirit to regent. And. eeedthig In. proleohngs in KM.y and in Switser kande and of de manner an which he bail annonseed his =he mid that be had addol for It. to aggression, and to injure kw. Was be to Le rebuked fee that l i was he to he releiltel from the Treasury bend T g u Ory he looked along that bench. and he saw such an array of ministers as had never befoie been asociatesl with such an Demount of party censure, awl aud heartrending dmemr (Opponent eleven.) In leehh them was • cabs. wet occupying that hooch, apparently a stronger .me than the pigment, with quite a. reliable a majority, although he we think it wee quite en tol eran t ea th a t which e at belied them now ; hut one night • storm ..f Milignatinn atom sail that cal.inet was censered, iced eimeed to exist. la IMO the noble viscount was at the head of a still *huger government, but he, a. wan stated, truckled to Proem, ail letzten he did s, he ILLS censured, and his cabinet was swept away. Anil now he wo u ld w a rn those who would attempt to fetter the freedom of speech in this len., that the spirit which on two icca.hos the rescue mid vindicated the honour au, interest of the nation was still alive, and might yet inflict • thel penalty a. sodden Mil more severe than any that hal preceded it. (Loud ..pp • it ion cheent. ) Lord J. RUMELL --The right hoe. gentleman hot raised up a gnat many spectre. with which tie Lie fi 4(.1. In the fret place, he suppose that we have been C . 1...1121:1411Y COM. plaining of the freedom of speech in tnishiines - [:ear, hear) and have bete endeavouring to suppress th..t fr. olom. It an entire imagination of the right - hinourahle gontiernan. (Cheers.) I think he has given us to-night a telemide sped. men of that liberty of speech, whether it be of minister. at home or of sovereigns atm.]. (Cheers.) The right lion. (heti-ewe has heave,' that we have leen continually re buking this house for the freedom with which they "pod on foreign affairs. Ido not think that we ham no presumed w ith regard to the freedom of speech in this house. I think that, on the contrary, with regard to gem tlemen oppioite, we have every re :.on to be satisfied with the forbearance which they have .i.tiern, and the sett of miwillingsea which they have generally di yd to enter into any general dil•C:1101010 on foreign again, or. at all event.., to impede the action • Degotiateta which might be going on. I thought the Isugua m of the bun. member for Horsham, the late 'hider etivretare foe Foreign Affairs, unbecoming the position that he held; but on a subeequeut night he matte a speech full id moderation, and if he will allow me to my aq full of jiulgenent, and I have no reason to Evil fault with his sperahni en this subject. Hut I must say that I think the right hon. gentleman the mender for hteind 'the given ns ass newt. warning and so much advice that I may give hi m o n e it i ece of advice, that, seeiog the in disposition there is on the other site to any fac tious imphition, or any faction. misrepresentation— (cheer+) I vrowler he does not himself take his place on the (tont seat of the oppaition--(looil cheersh•-and endeavour h. show, to the shame of the right hen. mole. m e n orpo. tic, what faction can effect. (More ce eho i e l Lei w ge a The right hontleman bait rtaiuly imagite mmir inc ..lores with which I was perfectly oinaqaeititatt He 64 imagined that we have refused to tonduce some of which I have not read, some of which I nay hare mem. Sot he tells us that, with regard to Morocco, we did intend to lay paper s ma the table of the hous e w hich we never did lay on it, and that there was • eery animated dia. roman between my noble friend the pint Lied of the Treasury and, I think, • foreign herd...hid. r. I can stove the right bon. gentleman that I rev. r heard of the Allell.4i , M. nor do I think there was ally disousion at all between this merernment and the g,:vernment o f FMK* with regard to the Spanish expedition to. Morocco. We thought that that war was unniemeary on the part of Spain, anh that opinion of ours was very ill.taken on the part of Spain ; but it gime me great pleasure to my that I believe we are now approaching the termination of that war. (Hear, bear.) Thea with regard to China, the right bon. gentleman tell, us that we asked for the assistance of France JO China, sod that we were told France would only give us atoutence if we would aid Frock policy in Italy, and that a bantam was made between ma That is another imagine bon of the right boa. geatleumm whether it be his own, or whether be has picked it up from tome of them irk-gnaw, that fly inns{ the world, and which really have very little troth in them, I do not know. Bin I think this house ought not to take for certain .-•ertheag that the right Imo. gentleman my.. Then, with regard to this great and important sabjeet of Savoy, I have taore than ewe told the home the state of oar rela twee with France on the subject. I have told the house what our ands...dor in France had said, aid what our mummer at Tur.n had reported of his conversations with the saltier of France. Idu not consider myself bo un d, how ever, to vouch foe everything that was an reported by our =juicer a. t.. the Ivey in which the project wo u ld b e ca rri e d out. The right bon. gentleman says I had wound the house to its very great mtisfaction not only that the Emperse of the French had mondial the vein "-over. of Europe, lot that he wookl abide by the torah of their opinion. Now, the mile lord opposite, the member for Leicust..nhim, rah-tweeted to extract from rne an opi• mho at to whether the Emperor of the Preach jemmied to ✓esult the net poem* is the sense of exposing t.. them awl espanitne to them his views with regard to tfavoy, er whether he would abide by their apron. Now, I haver, 11.4 ;Wing certain myself, meld state in what tease th e Emperor et . AO to oasinalt them ; hut the moment that I ovothel a de-pitch .13 that eubjeet, which convinced me whet sense the conciliation was to be made, I came down to this theme, and I told the house, in answer to the rot hogionsable gentlemam that 1 th eight it was inteedisl in the ammo of • • phase; the roma. 4 the Ls of the Free. h. hut et the same tune not supposing that the plat powers were to decide oft the iiestioo, but Yet the lheiperee of the French we. hinted( to decide upon it. lot with regard to that sub }, I, I maid, however, that I thought if there was an uaaai. wens disappronil of the peat powen of the mane which Eraperlw of the French Mont le ponce with reeird to the anacaatein .4 Savoy -if tile, felt it tem alarmiug step for Frame tit take, sad alt Wain future aggro...oho think -- I did mat the would be proceeded with. Whether I era. right ire wrong in that uptake motion now he ascertained. iecatiee we hams with is rpiril to th em pleat power. die .tiothian swerialnent in the tint 'vitae°, that the anneisteinft of Savvy was nut worse at ill event. than the ansointie• el the Climad Deeby at Tommy to Soohnia, and that it Der • ipmetion which hod intersect for .tontrin daft the gmedieftail the aanexation v. We know besides that the Emperor of Rai tea mid that it is free to the Slag of Sadists to give away Wows reeler,. and that it le fair to the Emperor of the Pima I. mei?' it, and that It is is le that nay teoip eserendign me n to the treader el • number of oilt hete from otse to seeder. 'Theo I say with regard to any opinion twe might give we could net ee oect it would Lave the samie r =l:t as if it hod been the of the four powers exp if out a the ease term., Is term. of depeoratioe as strong as we used. Iles right host gentleman ...nu to think that we are ashamed .4 the my!. that we aont to the despatch of M. Thou .. ael I can ~.one him that the 'sweetmeat ere rat at en frhanted of out reply to that dispatch, and I believe the home will le idopiniou that we have no riahm to he %shooed of it lint tbe.e are matter. which are connected nth other subjseti, witi:neWhjeTt that iTSTai of peel imp stance t, Europe, and to thin country as a trot country, :aid this parliament a. •free parliament, most he "tie of • Iriussiu4 difficulty -I swan as it is robots:tad with the indepemience and sentrality of Switzerland. (('bees.) N.nie dev• after we received the de spatch of M. Thouvenet, we received a re. Critati..o from the government of Switzer complaining of the dieponthm that wee about to he 11111.4 e Well, this is a question th.it is of different salute Irmo that which ... , urs with regard to Savoy, be came with regard to Savoy it may _be mid, as with repail to Tomenv. it was en• of throe inaOstethat was settled at the timed the •sittlement of Europe in 11i14 and 1815, that It•voy should Woes to Savoy and that ?nanny should belong to the Grand Duke if Teecanv, but there war no guarantee on the part of the ether P.wers with reipnl to the po.mseion of Toomey by the Gmnil Duke, mid with regard to the pmeemion of Savoy by the King of Sardinia, end therefore the ece.i.ni by the King of &Ann d his nchts to Savoy is a question on which Eamps may, if it think Ilt, zer nay not, remonstrate; Lot with marl to the indeffiendence of Swan...hind, tiat is a matter of Interest to all Eurepn, midis piar...teol 17 , the gist p.wen 4 Eur o pe ; end rat way Is the territcry the territary beloadsg Jo the confederation, gustudoid, but then, p part of Savo/ which ea de :Axed to he aeutraliaed, and lirla 14.111‘1 it n provided that if war 'wend( nut vl the neighbouring powe:s the, tr..p of the King at airdiaia shall vacate the territory, soil that the Swim terry authorities shall hold it to thir I 1 termination of the war. Now it is t the trans fer of that pr o vio n from the King o f to the Em peror .4 the French is a dangerous midi*, ot that tern ( tory, and though not in the treaty it beanie en important , respeo. it may be indirectly, but it does tneich in an im• I portant respect on the indepiocleoes of Switzerland. Fur Tho thatreast4e ps. rdfle, . Bwi th r i tisnd has a sleds as M. uv h. part of the Benperor of the Freovh. to the Canoes powers of Europe, and the French government have niceived—as they say—favourable answers Aron; seven! .4 those powers. GE the other head, Sent• serlen.l has appealed to the , power of Europe with • view ho III:W.02 li,r neutrality intact, and with a Mew to her haul , ludependeisee. Now this is • question which does not roiiiire merely an answer on our part to the despatch of 1 M. Tie iuvenel, but it doe. require —and it requires in the ' ommou of her Majesty's government—that we should en ! deavoo r to ma-getout what is the o pini on a t I Vienna. what is the opinion at Berlin, and what likewise is the opinion at St. Petersburg on this subject. We have ascertained so far, that without : coming to any coocert, without any decided course being meee ,i up on , or hardly piopossi, the court of Berlin and the curtof Vienna do attach the highest importance ', to the neutrality of Switzerland. (Cheers.) And accord keg to the treaty which we raid of in the newspapers of to day, the powers of Europe will be called upon to say whether the 'entice of Switaerland will be safe. Ido nut think this is a negotiation that can be canted on by this house. I do not think that the members of this house, ati i i i i6 by majorities and minorities, could decide what he the communications made to Berlin and to Vienna, and St. Petersburg, and whether we m igh t sod get some co-operation nu the part of Russia. The (light hon. gentleman despises our abilities ; he thinks that We are an object of contempt, and therefore so far as he is 41.108TOCA, be gives us at once a vote of want of confidence. list this house her not taken away its coalkience from us, Mid till there is a vote that they have done so, we shall think ourselves entitled to men on this • tion, end to plow before this house, when it acne' the result of it. it I for this mason, with • view of giving more information te the house than las do at present, that I have hitherto withheld the :Inner that has been gives to M. Thouvenel's ilimrtcli. I .bo not wish to follow the right hon. gentleman In Ls depreciation of the character of the Emp e r o r o f the Trench, but it is obvious to me that the course which has been pursued, as I expected from the nom and as I have said frankly to theFreuch government. has already produced • great deal of dentist. I believe myself that if when the war was berm but year the Emper.o of the French and the King of Sardinia had said plainly to the world, "The 1 King of Sardinia has to sustain a great war against the Ems rem of Austria, he cannot sustain it alone ; the Emperor of the French has determined to help him, but the Emperor of the French experts, and ha. stipulated by treaty with the King of Sardinia, that if the territories of the king are very much in..reamil in Italy, a portion of the territory of the king neighbouring cloudy upon France and the French side of the Alpe, shall be given to the Emperor of the French "—I believe if that opinion had been de. elated—it being • bargain Dot so unlike others that have occurred in the history of Europe--ii great amount of indignation would have been laved. But I must say that the circumstances which have occurred, the meaner in which the question has been brought forward, the tone taken by the Sardinian government, the rape/mime which it used, that it meant neither to sell, nor exchange, nor s . orenler Savoy—(hear, hear)—that con duct. taken torther with that of the Emperor of the French, has poshiesel a great distruat in tliis country. I believe it will produce a great distrust all over Europe. I very much doubt wheth.y strong resolutions or even strong language on the pro t of this hoise would have induced a greet effect 500u_ the ultimate issue o f this question. We have been Mid that the passionate language held in this house trade it necessary for the French nation to insist upon what their Emperor was doing, and that it would he a loss of honour to their country not to support him. Ido not attach aluell importance to that re rmentation. It is evident it is a plausible pretext. But be that as it may, therAu.ve been declarations from the *timing of these discussions. Immediately after the first discussion that took photos in the Howe of Lords it was tie • red in the French newspapers, and through them all over Europe that although strung language might be used en this subject we had no intention of going to war. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Horatian) in one of his speeches said we might lie quite sure there would he no one in this louse who wished to go to war about Savoy. Now, if there had been an entire liberty to her Majeety'srmernment to negotiate on this subj ec t, a lth oug h certainly they would not have threatened war, although certainly they weuld still less have pledged the government and the eonntry to go to war, still it is a very diffe rent thing not saying anything on the subject, and ilecLulog at the commencement of the negotiation that whatever might be the issue it would not lead to war. My opinion,as I declared it in./eau:try and afterwards, awl whia I have no objection to repeat now, is that Buchan set as the annexation of Savoy is one that ill lead a nation so warlike as the French to a l l ou its government from time to time for other acts of a similar nature, and therefore I do feel that, however we may wish to lire on the most friendly terms with the Fresh government, we ought not to keep ourselves apart from other nations of Europe—(loud led long continued cheers)—hut that when fut ure ijuestione I may arise, s future question, may arise, we shall b. read,' to act with others, and to declare, always in the most mode , rate terms, always iu the moat friendly tennis, but still firmly, that the settlement of Europe, that the peace of Europe, are matters dear to this country ; and that that settlement and that peace cannot be assured if they are liable to perpetual interruptions—(cheers) —to abstain foam to doulst awl rumours with regard to the annexation of this country, with respect to the anion or junction of that other country, but that the powers of Europe, if they inMod to maintain the peace, must respect each other's eights—(cheers!--must respect each other's limits, and mud endeavour to restore, and not to disturb—to restore list commercial confidence which is the result of peace, width tends to and which ultimately forms the hap ' pious olf natians._ _ (Livid cheers.) Lord J. ILILNIfEIe said that the ready cheer which ran through the home when the noire lord bomn the conclud ing port of his speeeh must have been very gratifying to the nght hon. gentleman who had commenced this decumbia. That pert of the noble lord's speech bail certainly given him (Lord J. Moaners) very great pleasure; because be hailed it as an augury of a return on the part of her Ns jolty's government to those alliances, nod to those friendly feel.nr which ought never to have been interrupted. (Cheers.) He (Lord J. Manners) could not sit down without tendering his sincere thanks to the hon. member for Bridgewater (Mr. Kinglake), the hon. member for Tarnwurth (Sir R. Peel), and the right lion. gentleman (Mr. Horsmnn) for the patience, the perse verance, the ability, anti the thoroughly English indepen dence with which they had brought the subject wider the consideration of the house. (Cheep.) The noble lord, also, had touched in his concluding observations a chord that would vibrate from one end of England to the other. (Hear, hear.) He (Lord J. Manners), trusted that, if ever they hail to discos., these great quaellons again, they would do so in the spirit of those observation. ; and that the coun try would hereafter feel that its foreign policy was safe in the Ningbo of these ministers to whom fur the time being it had been entrusted. (Loud cheers.) Mr. BRIGHT observed that the question what was the direct sad e' - - ' ' • hope I have on inch occaalons done sonisthing to render their pesitimi implement — ( " beer, hear ' and laughter) —but 7 have always acted upon this plan. Every govern msot—even that of Lord Derby—scomtimes does things that are right (laughter)—and then I have always been happy to give them my support. But on the other hand, even such 'overarming as that of the noble enema are apt to make peat mistakes, and my course has been to attack them upon those mistakes. ( Cheers, and laughter.) But the right boo. gentleman not only meltes war moot the go vernmett, but upon all the party with whom t ee th e Lot 20 years it is supposed that be has been acting. The right hon. gentleman makes war upon all the part of his own life • sad for a gentleman of his power of debate, Of comprehending questions, and of being useful both to the Howe of Commons and to his country, it is • lamentable thing to see him committing, as I think, so great a mistake. (Cheers.) With regard to the main object, as new, I am to the home placing iteelf in the humiliating posi n which it has so often of late been invited to occupy— tof barking when it sloes not intend to bite, and of making itself, not the guardian of the powers of Europe, for that would be foolish and imposs i ble enough—but making itself the common scold of all Europe. (('heers and laugh ter.) Nothing can be more humiliating, nothing more hopeless than such a position. I am not sure that some of our debates, pernicious as they have been in other respects, have not ratheraffected the judgment of the poble lord at the bead of foreign affairs. Ido not perhaps quite understand the observations with which thin noble lord closed his speech— (oh, oh)—but the aoble lord opposite (Lord J. Manners), always glad to ally himself with that which civilisation is day by day departing from, namely, privilege grid despotism --(renewed MN " oh, oh ")—rose ievwdiaWyfto ooaipli meat the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Mike, and to say, whet I have never heard him say before, via, how grateful he felt to the noble lord for the opinions he had ex and for the coarse which the government were about to take. The house are aware that I have more than once expressed en opinion that a close pensonal alliance between the Sovereign of this and the Sovereigns of other countries is not, in my opinion, silvan. Lamle to England, nor indeed to Europe. I think the noble lord means to take that coune which, in the impar tial opinion of every one, must be admitted to be wise and good—he intsods, namely, that the policy of England shall in future not be such as to estrange England from any of the governments of Europe—that it shall not be each to France on the one side, or to Austria on the other, as shall make one of those powers the embittered enemy of NM. land ; but such as will enable England to i ta g, an mpartial position among the governments of giving her opinion, as she is only hound to give it, coy the question does not immediately affect her own interest— only when die is asked for it If this were the peeper ore moon I should take the noble lord to task for Use emus which has been taken with regard to Naples. Moe is nothing which I believe is more firmly and more established than that the pest policy of Engler: w et:= to various matters connected with the governments et emir tinental Europe has been a policy not Wading to bar honour, not good for her 'people, diesistroes te her I finances, needlessly meddling, and of no advantage he liar whatever. (Opposition cheers.) I am not asking for h pay of entire and absolute isolation but I believe Mist a policy of isolation would be better than • policy of bow sant meddling. (Cheers.) I hope the noble lord tab this course--that Ise will move with France, when be he. to move with her, clearly, frankly, honourably, and is a manner that cannot be mistaken. I know the maids lord will never truckle to any power in Europe, but I hope bowel so conduct the policy of this country that all the nation of Europe may my that which! believe they have heretetwe not said, that England is a power that regards its own great interests, namely—that it interferes not in Europe wham interference can be avoided, and that when it does interfere it interferes, not for the sake of de,lrading one power or of exalting another, but in favour of those great pnaciples of justice and moderation which it is necessary to °Mena it the peace of Europe is to be preserved. (Cheers.) Alter some observations from Lord C. HAMILTON, Mr. A. KINGLAKE stated that Mr. aiOt's apse* was characteristic of the man, showing, as it &d, reliance in the infallibility of hie own opinions his total ignorance of thew of other men, and as reprint the latter especially so of his, in attributing to him a leanbig to and indeed a patronage of Sardinia, while the had patio. man was equally at fault in declaring that Savoy as a province was politically worthless. He expressed his heartfelt gratification at the statement of Lord J. Boma Sir H. WILLOUGHBY recalled the home to the ques tion before them, which was the report of the committee of Ways sod Means on the income-tax, against which as it stood he still protested. Sir J. PAKINGTON egishal to know what was the exact estimated amount of the income-tax. Mr. DEEDk took that opportunity of expressing his dissent to the financial policy of Mr. Gladstone. After a conversation. Mr. GLADSTONE sail the short discussion showed how difficult it was to adjust the inequalities of the income-tax. The amount expected from the tax was 10,722,000/. The system of poundage to collectors of the tax required revi non, sad it ought to be attempted when the house imposed the income-tax for a term of ten years ; or it might be in. eluded in a measure which would be proposed for the pur poses of bringing the system of collecting ameseed taxes more under the centre! of the government. Mr. DISRAELI entered into a somewhat general cri ticism of the financial scheme of Mr. Gladstone, and took occasion to observe that that gentleman had adopted some of the very principles which he had fiercely denounced in his (Mr. Disraeli's) budget in 1652. He did not think that, as had bees said, the Emperor of the French had any complaint against the house, which was doing his work as ex peditiously as his own minister could have done, and at the lam time introducing a new and dangerous scheme of midst the revenue. Mr. LAING showed by figures that the bulk of the revenue was derived from indirect, as opposed to direct taxation. After some further conversation, the report was agreed to, as was that on the other resolutions. REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES BILL Mr. Haorm.n, Mr. Anew, Mr. Caoog , Mr. Kra fermi, Mr. J. Ewan?, Mr. W. Wn.Ltios, and other ban. members, presented petitions against the proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as regarded wine licenses and refreshment homes ; that by Mr. Ewart, from licensed vietnallers in Liverprol, said the government plan would lied to absolute confiscation of public-house property. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to move the second reading of the bill. Mr. Maros two or three times row to address the house before the Chancellor of the Exchequer proceeded, but the right bun. gentleman continued to stand at the table ; and at length The SPEAKER ruled that the Chancellor of the Exche quer was in powesion of the house. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then pro. welled to say that there were two fundamental propel. boos on which the bill was founded. They were, M the first place, that tie channels for the distri bution of wine were most improperly, and even ludicrously restrained, and it was highly im portant that they should give facilities for the retailing of wine, not to he consumed on the premise., but for ordinary family we. The other funilanieutal u•- that 'es channels • - ... . --- ---- -- -- . -- - --- „.._ proposition was, 0... .__ __ —. eisar interest uf this °angry in the 'abject of the .. u ._ . i i i - ty, - ,. - 4. - 0 1 wi ne war e und u ly restricted in dim-maim wee always evaded. He stoat there for the in• •to the sale of other descriptions of strong tared. of Beglauil ; he _repudiatal altogether the pert takes S ar . "3. A g erm e e te en by Sir It. Awl and Mr. Kinglake on behalf of Switzerland of the hi eased victuallers milted 1101111 him to show the sufficiency of the pre. and ''enlial‘ ut i ....- e "re -at esisted a geese English Wralitga " . est ebeemels A i the sale off droll g liquont, Yid there wen and had so ---.......ea Ws gilletioes except so f a r e s it sus illemed matte louse& The beer houses brought up respected the bosom and intonate of _ _ ,En -land. Sardinia the „ m a w te agAge B eer wee t h e na ti ona l d r i n k, sea agreed to the treader of Savoy ; politically, he considered there amid be • eidlciency of houses hemmed for the Mb ti • worthleme province, and she had cob noted France of i t. igen to beer th e gree t e d f ac iliti es should be gime by this transfer for what she had done for h er , for the wale of wine ; be what was the Mate et t o kw et a t h e t h e e k e e c ltai ed iaa e . n waz in ' for Th e : e e h . iaL eiren mem in be znt r knd ruwi l ha m 77 . this moment? No me could have a hems fer Ike min el wipe unless he bed • license for the male of spirits aim, bed wally deeply intereltel in 'the matter..., The , r-aglidi press a man might haves license for the sale of spirits without has certainly tort evinced shy consideninse alarm. There is, hie i ng a Lk.. f or th. aide of w i ne . H e appealed to the ed ge be sure, a newspaper in Loudon that is celebrated, or , inmates of temperance and sobriety whether it WWI possible rather, is notorious, for something like a mixture of piety t o justify a date of things like that :I On to of the 63,000 and rufilanant which has never been equalled in the press houses t h at were li cense d f or th e sale of beer, oaly before. (" Name, name.") That paper eradeavours day ow ,„, ik on .' f ur th e sa l e of Wine. It was after day to stir up the ill feelings of this country by vitu perating everything connected with the French people and under them cirmunstancee that with the esinfullent anticipation of the favourable judgmelht of the house, he their goveresneed ; bat beyond that lamat a le as - t o and asked them to join i t considering this measure. He wen any that agree" say serious alarm about the question . I bound to my that with regard to the quality of the who do not hesidele le ettprms a sustoieion that ha. filled my which was supplied to the public he thought it flail is mind. It slinald be remembered that at this moment enlarge the channel. of supply, so as to produce the leis there is is Prams ao there was in England 150 years ago, a riple of competition. They would thus improve the ... r , q-41-. at a ` nmetY " The P erth* " 4 deposed that was eollt They all knew what description of me yeasties as realise earl imscrupulous ; and lam not at sold for wine in this country. With the eremites of an certain that mesas have not been taken ley those peril- wY hotels of • certain class, where at a very high peas ea mina who had so frienbl. p for England while they anent wines were obtained, no pen or tongue could adz. ware conceded with the government of Fraace--means quetely describe the_ liquor that in onlinary public-hawse which do ad come to the light of day- for the purpose of wee sold as wine. Why, the white wine was a mixture el influencing the press and pahhe opinion in general through. Are and water, and the red wine which was sold as oat England against the existing government of France, wee a emp ,,,, e ,1,4 ,g ee h e mi c , e ,i,,th er b en i es . cm g And this is done not with any good antentioes towards Est ly not so harmless, with a certabi I land, but for objects good only to a family or a faction,who, i g al e !, e ,' ~e d te .,, pee e t t ee h e also laid downqrjrneseur It when they were in mower, war not able to maintain them- I an y useful and salutary measure was this--thell wbstever wolves in at, sad who have no claim whatever upon the in- 1 they might do with regard to the control of the par mid of Own! of this country to replace them in the 1 300- 1 the magistracy, Boyer would out he re=dife for ties they here feet Ph, oh.) I,_ ennrelts I en„,...Y. producing in a newilermthat which at premed mai lad any on in England who reillY fee' alarm upon '''. licensing system. m. present licensing system lespased C. sistio' ri, and the only people who I believe are really in a duties on magistrates which ie was unpomilde for me allite of peat immidat:on are the right bon. member for . eldidactorily to discharge. It made them judgee of tie bed Mr. lienmae). the bon. member for Bridgewater uautity of liquor which human beings ought to ceesemt ei ri. .. z i one or two ur) oll i t l is e rs. rig i l lo h :o .. .) Wel l ; : ? h i: some am sh tar i i ! , h a ey fix d: i te s rainzd r t l i t i l i tt . thz h n er um pl bz: t e l l s ' F ife= ' for Streslhea this evening touched upon a gumlike' which dered that with aeasing population there shooldbeemite• II it • great pity that he did not further explain. It ex- creased number n o nce ceneed houses In Manchester time mei • wed in the right bat. gentlenian's defe nc e of freedom of smaller number of hemmed homes at the foment time time speech. New, lam Dot about to contest that point. The thee was tweety y ..n ago . i n Li„, poo t . on t h e ie .., hems aims me to use freedom in my spee.M. I shall n ar y, th e magistrates did not entertain that view, and thaw e ll awas." of 50Y one el" using it. But the the number of public•house., although the populatise was Immourakir gentleman has intinisksi by what ne e very different, was threefold Mays what it wee is ' iiii - eald s est having failed, parliament h a d power mancherters There was an inequality in the irystem which MI6 segiesthing that iplornacy bed not Well, what has ought sot h e ma w" h oes ., if th ew thi ngs wise to h e gedlament power to do under such circumstances! It mud I regideted by mithiority there "sight to be one intelligent Mbar seccausb, or proceed to a mode of macrame which . pr r he t p k, ee d ger...thi ng la ce univernity in diefeeent part e 111 dillsrast from that of diplomacy. Did the right hoc i o f the country, It was Dot only that the premed liereing glegimmeg re f er to that latter °nurse ? I system was %wettish but it eamedered the greats* heart. , - fir. . MNIIAN said he did Dot to burning. He tel not wish eater into it, bet he mew Kr. HIINOHT-No ; because he Ina told the home that . tamed that as .me of the ressees why they were 20 4 MO' 11.6110. SA mean to make war upon France. But the right ' posed to reproduce the system. Moreover, they heliered Item gendemse is determined to make war upon those who that for moral purposes the pre set system was sanely altos the Treasury beeches ; and I have not the least ob. imacient. Anal s here he .. .A i bt refer . to the La= jellies le his deisg so, though, if th e rig h t h on . gen tl eman ' of the licensed victualer* of of in oppomks upon the f firs him a wof wines' Wha t lid they tell them of the mend teedeeity eel se e Perraie cos, I will ,uP w 'w nes ' When he hl / 1 * ' tows of the pudic-houses that sew sat test make war rwsury bench, he should operation in this isst begin his ammult when they are iu the right. t Mad? In their printed statement theY actually soda** Pallener.) I have beta opposed to government', cud I declaration "That then are in LirerlMel lASI Seemed McPiESif u lllrEsDAY EihtNl*G, MARCH 21', 1 '1660. esiblielsousee, and that there are public-houses known to the police to be a resort of thieves and prostitutes, but still annually licensed by the magistrates, in uumber 178." That was • state of things which they were requested on moral pounds not to with ; the present licensing system had • tendeneey to create monopoly, and where there was monopoly, proprietary Esterests, which were called meted interests, spring up in the license to the public house. 1 There was • property in every public house in respect of the Hamm • apart from the value of the p,. miss and the existence of that property formed • formidable impediment to the exercise of police and magisterial control. Well, then, when it was proposed to them to rear up • new ekes of houses having licensee gives in • similar manner, the answer was obvious, that if they were to rear up a new olio of houses licensed in that manner, Hume 119/01/4 would awn become the nucleus of • new mess of vested interests, and those vested interests would effectuelly impede the control ,if the police and of the magistracy. Short of these two propositions—the one that they should rest contented with the present licensing system, and the other that they should create • new licens or; system dependent simply on the discretion of the nia pstracy—then was no popontiou tending simply to give stringent powers of control =dor punishment,botia by way of prevention and by way at penalty, for the maintenance of good order that they were not ready to entertain with a desire to adopt. He would now describe the main objects i of the bill. Those objects were three. One was to give ealarged means for the We of wine not to be consumed on the premises whim it was said. He thought there could be no doubt that the mle of wine in the form where ' it would merely enter into family use, was both unexcep tionabie and most desirable. They should require such parties to be subject to the payment of a =dente lionise duty. Retail shopkeepers would he entitled to take out licenses forth* sale of wine not to be consumed on the pre- , mime. The bill proposed toattain one great and import a nt , object of police control, which hail no connexion whatever with strong liquors. They proposed that all houses in which . an description of refreshment whatever was usually end 1 ordinari y sold, should be liable to the payment of • small license duty. The ground on which this proposition was made was that many of these houses were both the reoep- tacks of disorderly characters and the scenes of very disor- I Arty terminations. It was likewise state.l, and with some probability of truth, that in many of them strong liquors were surreptitiously sold. But he did not thiuk it neces sary to enter on thispoint of thequestion, locause he thought it was the public opinion that the whole of this elms of houses should be brought within the same of police control. He proposed to exempt all houses below 101. rental in plasm below a certain population. In villages and small towns there were several houses where they sold ginger-beer, oranges, and other trivial articles, but the sale of which did not constitute • trade sufficient to subject them to polies interference. As to where the line should be pro- perly drawn might be • question of some doubt, but the propriety of the exemption itself he thought, be generally admitted (Hear, w a i rt The third portion of the bill me that which referred to the Beeman of eating houses for the sale of wine, and here he had drawn a very important distinction, because the idea had gobs abroad that all refreshment houses were to be licensed for the sale of wine. There could not be a greeter mistake, for it was a fundamental principle of this bill to distinguish between refreshment houses generally, and those which were really eating houses. In licensing eating houses for the sale of wine they had contemplated the creation of • system more healthful, more sane, and attended with less of even the contingencies of evil than any part of the present system. It appeared obvious that nature intended the functions of eating and drinking should be carried on together— (a Magil)—but the existing system did everything short of absolute prohibition to separate them from each other. The 000 sequence was that there were at present 70,000 or 80,000 drinking houses in Eng land that were not eating houses at all. Not only so, but there existed • monopoly in the sale of drink, and those who enjoyed that monopoly possessed no monopoly in the We of victuals. The consequence was, that the trade in drink had been fostered and favoured by those who con ducted it to the comparative neglect of the trade in victuals. His proposition that the functions of eating and drinking should be carried on conjointly might be open to dispute, but it wee the fact that the upper classes, who had the power of making provision for themselves, took care to do so through the medium of their clubs. (Hear, bear.) All that he was about to ask for the people was &similar provision. The upper classes were not con tort to be dependent upon wine purchased of the licensed victuallers. They might pay thew 4d., Sd., or Is., for their des, half-pint, or pint, or whatever they wanted, not alone in Loudon, but in Manchester, Liverpool, and other towns, in whichthe upper classes enjoyed advantages beyond the reach of common people and the middle classes. Now, with re spect to these eating houses, was it not perfectly obvious that separating eating from drinking was the most unwise system that could be established, if it were desired to pro mote habits of sobriety! People who went to eating-houses were not permitted to drink there--at least there was • complicated machinery of sending out to the nearest public hoses for the juagg or glass of this or that, which in Met imposed, peacfimllj, almost a prohibition upon the supply. Thin was the case, in reality, excepting in inns and hotels. The consequence was,d not that the desire for drinkingeres ex tinguished—that was unquenchable—but it compelled a person to go to a place where drinking was the sole trade carried on. (Hear, hear.) Was it possible to devise a better scheme for promoting drunkenness' (Hear, hear.) Then, he had been told that this bill could not be supported because the Beer Bill had failed. ' But that argument could not apply, because the Beer Bill wee one of a totally different character to this, the main object of which was to unite drinking and eating, while the practical effect of that cos to create new houses of • ' different description to those which existed, but still houses essentially and almost solely for drinking purposes. He might here mention a fact be had learned with respect to what had recently taken place in Sweden. They ell knew that the Swedrt were a people of very high intelligence with whom Englishmen were glad to claim kindred blood but they were also • people among whom the vice of drunkenness very extensively prevailed. Of late years great efforts had been made to restrain that vice with very consi derable success ; and one of the principal measures adopted for the purpose had been • plan which, as be had been told, had become universal, providing that spirit* should not be sold in any house where victuals were not also supplied. He was glad to be able a touote an experience of this kind in support of the prin ciple of the present bill. (Hear, hear.) But besides the renew to be gained from uniting the businesses of eating and dridog, there was. lie thought, a great advantage in the substituting of milder for stronger drinks. He did not believe that the extended use of wine would act very powerfully in limiting and restraining the use of spirits, still lees that of beer. The population of England wax increming, not only the population but the wealth, which alone would enable an increased consumption of wine and beer, quite apart from other liquors. But still there was this advan tage, that the bill would give much maim access t, a milder tam of liquor then they bad previously enjoyed. With tteeppsscctt to the use of wine, he had read that day a long letter additesed to him, complaining that them were a great many drunk= persons in Paris. lie should be very glad to ex change the drunkenness of London for that of Paris. In fact, it was a universal principle that in countries where wine was abundant drunkenness was rare, and the converse principle was equally true, that where wine was scares drunkenness was almost universal. Another advantage to be gained by the bill wee, that it would give a more effective system of control than any at present in existence. The leading provisions of the bill with respect to that control might be thus stated. All persons who kept re freshment houses would be compelled to apply for • wine license, and became subject to the control of the police. Having made that application the officer of excise would make it known to the magistrates, who had a large power under this bill—perhaps a power that might be called arbi trary—who would have the power to forbid its issue if he could assert that the house was not an eating-hones within the meaning of the act, or that it was • house kept or frequented by disorderly persons. The reason why he had given that power to the magistrates was, that if they entitled parties undertaking to sell bread and cheese, or some such article, for the purpose of qualifying them selves as estinghouse-keeper,, to take out a wine license, he thought they would be gi • liosnee to drinking-houses under the name of eating•homs. The object of the bill woe to give • wine license only in clue the business of drinking was so far subsidiary to that of eating that the house could be declared to be an eating-home within the meaning of the act. An equally stringent power had been given with respect to any thing disorderly in the character of the house, which must also correspond with the value of the rental prescribed by the act, and a license could not issue to a pees= who had been disqualified In some other place by misooaduct. As to the provisions for the subsequent management of the house, the license would be renewable from year to year. It would not be just that the person applying for • renewal of his license should have to go through the Name promos again. Still the bill only requir ing magistrates, to take the initiative, gave them the same power, if they thought fit to exercise it, as in the first instance. He wished to state this strongly, because he waa aware that they had placed In the bill such exceedimly stringent powers to be exercised by magistrates, that he did not think the house ought to confer these powers without having its particular notice drawn to their nature. But he thought they were justified from the nature of the case, especially in making the first trial on the foundation of • new system of this kind, in being stringent to the hist degree. Besides these powers there were clauses in the bill providing for penalties, into the details of which it was not for him then to enter ; but amongst the most important of them was the 25th and 28th clauses, which were espied pesnally from the beer acts, which contained vorr sic- dame= but which had been made mere workable by (beiges of various kinds. There was, how ever, we ameadamst which he intended himself to propose in thole& ekase, the necessity of which would be at once recognise/. It perked that persons permitting drunken- Men in their homes or disorderly conduct should be subject be_ tam Oddly sawagb the original clause, which was below from the best acts, provided penalties against persons cal= i bat not against those guilty of drunkenness. t he proposed cured this defect. He also =V permitted to carry this bill into committee, to deem he the purpose ofmualifying the home up wells the Th is provisi on would uadoubtedly be attended wi h.esmidsmble &amity,. because it might happen that • landlord might do • positive good in . 9 p* fz,where a bed Vammil bid been miseneelacting himself in • by pedkag a seed team et late it to carry on the trade the same hew wow shay be would have another house opened. But, on the other hand, there was so much evil attending the substitution of mew of straw for persons of known stability, that it might render the operation of that clause somewhat difficult. It was also provided that the penalties should be without appail. The penalties would not err on the aide of laxity ; they might possibly be thought too stringent, but that might be corrected in committee. He had now explained to the house the general tone and scope of the bill, and of the principal provisions which it contained. As he commenced so he concluded by saying that he proposed the measure with no intention of making it the precursor of an attack upon the privileges --if they were pnvileges--now enjoyed by licensed victuallen and the keepers of beer-houses. That question stood upon entirely distinct and independent grounds. No doubt it would ! call for the attention of the house at some future time, ; but it formed no part of the present bill, which he rearm , mended as one that would have a decided tendency to pro mote habits of sobriety amongst the people. It would have that effect, both by establishing a better system of control than any that now existed, and by affording to the people ' the means of obtaining a reasonable amount of liquor with their meals—a conjunction in which it was infinitely less liable to abuse than when taken separately. He submitted it to the house as an alternative to a system that compelled a vast majority of persons in the middle and lower classes, who were obliged in the course of their I business or their pleasure to seek their meals in eating-houses, to resort, if they would obtain even the most moderate supply of their accustomed beverage, to professed drinking-houses, to houses where drinking was ' the business, and where it consequently existed in its most dangerous form. He offered the measure to the house not only as a wise and judicious fiscal regulation, which he trusted would receive the sanction of parliament, but also as a bill which promised to confer benefits of no slight amount, both social sod moral, upon the community. (Cheers.) Mr. WYLD moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. AYRTON seconded the motion, on the ground that as the bill was a taxing bill, it could not be conveniently dimmed until the house had considered the tax itself in committee. It was hardly possible to imagine a more im portant question than that which the measure involved • for it was really whether the house should impose a MI upon a particular class of shopkeepers; and at the proper time he should be prepared to state at length the objections which he entertained to it. Mr. WYLD moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. AYRTON argued that, as this was a taxing bill, there should be a resolution in committee, which would afford an opportunity of discussing its fiscal merits. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that it was a taxing bin. Upon a division, the motion for adjourning the debate was negatived by 110-to 122. . Ultimately, however, the debate was adjourned. A propoes.Vtocliscuss this bill at a morning sitting on Thursday provoked a sharp discussion, and was in the end abandoned. The boom then went into committee on the Customs Acts, when certain resolutions were agreed to. The other orders having been disposed of, the house, after some further business, adjourned at 1 o'clock. lath Int,Uigatu. EQUITY COURTS.—MAxam 26. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) HARI r. THE LONDON AND Norni-wranuut RAILWAY COMPANY. In giving his judgment in this awe the Vice-Chancellor last week made some observations disapproving of the course which this company had taken in their defence. Mr. Itolt mentioned the matter, and produced evidence to show that Mr. Stewart, the company's secretary, was justi fied in making the statements he did in his answer in sup port of the plea. The Vice• Chancellor expressed his satisfaction at the ex. planation given. THE PATENT TYPE YOUNIHNO COMPANY T. WALTER. This came tame on upon a motion, the substantial object of which was to obtain an inspection of the type used in the print ing of the Times newspaper, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it was an infringement of the plaintiffs' patent. His Honour granted the applic►tion. LUMLEY T. EARL OF DUDLEY ASO BIRTH. This suit was instituted for the purpose of having it de clared that the plaintiff was entitled to certain properties in and upon her Majesty's Theatre, and it now came on upon a motion to restrain the defendants from dealing with or using those articles. The facts of the case have all recently been before the public in the proceedings which latel l T u t , o4 place at law between Mr. Lumley and the Earl of (then Lord Ward). It is, therefore, unneeeseary to repeat them in this place. The only new feature in the case was the letting of the theatre by the defendant, the Earl of Dudley, to Mr. E. T. Smith, of Drury-lane, who was the wooed defendant in the suit. The plaintiff alleged that he was entitled to the properties in question under mente between him and Lord Dudley, and he insured irretrievable loss would be caused if the properties were used in the forthcoming operatic season. Bolt and Mr. C. Swanston supported the motion; Mr. Giffard and Mr. Renshaw, on the other aide, were not called upom The Vice-Chancellor said that the case now pre sented to him was not one in which he law his way to • decree for specific performance, and it also appeared that the delay which bad taken place was a sufficient answer to the motion, which most, therefore, be refused with costa. (Before Vice-Cbaheeßor Sir R. T. Kinder.ley.) CROSSZ r. C110881..-AN ABSCONDING moucrroß. Mr. L. Machmon moved on the part of the plaintiff, under the sixth rule of the tenth consolidated order, to enter an appearance for the defendant on the ground that he has absconded to avoid being served by the proem of the court. The defendant, he stated, was a solicitor, for merly carrying on business at Mitre-court, Temple, and he was trustee under a vumage settlement of the plain- tiffs. It had been ascertained that he had sold out two stuns of government stock to the amounts, respectively, of 1001. and 1,39 W., and he had absconded with those sums, tMy, with a bill of exchange for 100/., which be had also applied to his own purpose* firming the whole of the funds to which the marrises settlement related. He absconded in September, 1866, and it was recently that it had been discovered he had gale to New and now it was not known in what part of New Zealand he wee. His Honour made the order as required, plaintif plaintiffs to ad- vertise in the London Gazette and the New Zealand PaPet% ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-lEngoerow, MARCH 26. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie ands Common Jury.) PICRCIVAL AND WIFR r. LZVT. This was an action against the proprietor of the Daily TelegrapA newspaper, to recover damages for a libel. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a justification. Mr. Ribton and Mr. IVDonnell appeared for the plain tiff ; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. H►wkins, Q.C., were counsel for the defendant. Mr. Ribton, in opening the cue to the Ivy, mid that the plaintiff, although he was in humble circumatances, and gained his livelihood by working as a porter at the different wharves on the river nde, was a respectable person, and be brought the present action sgainst the proprietor of the Daily TeinfrapA newspaper to recover damages for a libel that had been published in that journal which cad serious imputations upon the character of himself and his wife. He then proceeded to state that the case arose out of a charge of rape that was preferred by the daughter of the plaintiff, Hannah Percival, against • man named James Powers, in December last, under these cir cumstances. The plaintiff's daughter, it appeared, was em ployed, with several other girls and women, at a bed stead manufactory in Thamee-street, and Powers was the foreman in the establishment. The charge that was made against him was that he had taken advantage of his position to commit the offence imputed to him, and he was taken into custody upon that charge on the 7th of Deem bar, was examined Wore Mr. Alderman Abbiss, at the Mansion-house, and was remanded for two days. Upon the second hearing, the Lord Mayor being present, and concurring in the proceeding, he was committed to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court, when the jury ignored the bilL The libel complainen d f consisted of reports of the examinations sad comments upon the evidence in leading articles ; the material portions being that the plaintiff and his wife were accused of having made the charge against Powers for the purpose of extorting money from him, and that he would not have been given into custody if he had agreed to the proposition that was made to him by a woman named Davosoi, with the sanction of the plaintiffs, that he should pay a sum of money to hush up the charge. The article alai contained some very strong comments upon the magistrate for having sent so serious • charge for trial upon such weak evidence as had been adduced in support of it. John Percival, the plaintiff, and his wife were examined in support of the facts above-narrated. Both swore positively that they never authorised Mrs. Dawson to make any proposition to Powers to settle the matter by the payment of money, and that their only object in taking him before a magistrate was to obtain redress for the injury which they believed he hail indicted upon their daughter. The father, in crams-examination, said that he did not employ an attorney to conduct the prosecution, but a policeman hail recommended him to the gentleman who was conducting this action, and all the money he had given him was 41., which he had paid him that morning. Mr. Edwin James, in his address to the jury for the de fendant, said that they bad nothing to do with the charge of rape, or whether it was well-founded or not ; and the ' only points they had to consider were whether the reports of the different cimminatiims before the magistrate, and the comments that were made upon them, were fair and just, and whether it wan for the interest of the public that they should have been published ; and if they should be et vision that they were so, the defendant would be en titled to a verdict. The conductors of the Daily Telegraph knew nothing of any of the parties, and could not have been actuated by any malicious motive ; and he sail it was quite clear that the object of the articles which were the subject of the action wee tamely to call attention to the mode in which Notice was ' administered in the city of Loudon, and to the improper facility that was given tit fblimmking of chargee ed thi. ecriptton. With regard to the charge that the plaimid and his wife were willing to forego proceeding. aping Powers if he had consented to give them money, th« fact was publicly stated before the Alderman, KW th e witness, Mrs. Dawson, who to one of the witnesses for the prosecution, stated thatYra. Percival directed her to make an application for sassy to Powers, and her evidence appeared to be costumed fry another witness named Sewell. He submitted that arm their evidence the. defendant was justified in pidlehtng the articles th a t appeared in the Daily TetegrapA, and that he was entitled to • verdict. Mr. Justice Erie, in summing up said the law ttn , doubtedly was that a fair and correct report of proceediags in a court of justice, if published bunk fide and without malice, could not be made the subject of en action for libel ; but with reganl to the publication of comments upon those proceedings afterwards, that wan another natter, upon which he should not at pre.,,, t , give any opinion. With reference to this p ar t,. eular ease, however, he should state that it appeared to him that the defenbuit was not justified in appeared the com ments be had done in the articles that after th e proceedings before the magistrates, and • the jury should think that they were of • libellous character, the plaintiffs were entitled to a verdict, with such realsonable darnag t , they should think they were entitled to under all the eir ;matinees. be jury after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages Of. Mr. James tendered a bill of exceptions to his lordship's ruling in point of law, upon the ground that he should have left it to the jury that if they believed the statements were made bong Me, and without malice, and were founded upon the facts, the defendant was entitled to a verdict, and upon the application of the learned counsel execution was staved, until the question raised by the bill of exceptions has been argued. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—MONMOrTH, MARCH 2i. The commission was opened here today, their lordship, having arrived from Hereford. The calendar contains the DIEM of 16 prisoners, and although this is not heavy a, regards numbers, the business is expected to laid longer than usual, on account of the serious nature of the offences with which several of the prisoners are charged. THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. Sidney Dyer, who gave his age as 16, but looked much younger, was charged with forging and uttering a cheque f.r 124!., and thereby defrauding the City Bank. When naked what be had to say in reply to the charge, The prisoner, who had till then preser►ed an ammrance of sullen indifference, said "Nothing—only he hoped nothing would happen to his father and mother in consequence." He was then fully committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. ?mares Leek, 20 years of age, was charged with uttering a forged cheque fur N. 65., purporting to come from the Dowager Lady Hardinge. Plunk Berton, assistant to Mr. Joseph Haslam, linen. draper, in Queen's-buildings, Brompton, said that on Wed. nesday last the prisoner came to the shop, and, after making mine small purchases, inquired if she could have the cheque (produced) changed. Nut knowing her he refused to com ply with her request ; she then said she wanted to purehose 21. or N. worth of goods. Witness consulted with another assistant, and told her to leave the cheque, and call on Thursday. On it being shown to Mr. Modem, be did not think all was right ; and on sending it to Cocks and Co., bankers, it was found to be forged. Viscountess Emily landings, 1, Prince's-terrace, Prince's gate, Hyde-park, identified the cheque produced, sign e d Lady Hisre," as having been torn out of her banker's book. The writing on the cheque was not in her band. writing, and she always signed her name " Emily Her dinge.” The prisoner had been in her service not more than two months, and was housemaid. In answer to Mr. Payuter's inquiries, Her ladyship said the prisoner had access to the hanker+ book, owing to her ladyship having left the book about indeed of locking it up. Prisoner wrote exactly like the writing on the cheque, and had admitted to her that the writing was hers. John Whicher, inspectoiof detectives, Scotland-yard, mid that on the matter being known he was entrusted with the care of it. On going to her ladyship's, from a description given of the prisoner by the witness Berton, he thought the accused to be the culprit, and made her write. He noticed the word eight written on the cheque, and on ask ing her to write the word she wrote it in the same manner. She also wrote "Lady Hardinge " exactly as on the cheque. He then told her to put on her bonnet and shawl, and placed her with three other servants, sod on sending for the witness Berton he immediately identified her. Prisoner, who declined saying anything in answer to the charge, was fully committed to take her trial at the Old Bailey. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mlles Par M. Total. Total. ZAILWATL egs. osagers. &whoa WU. WO. Week ending Muck 24. B & 3 4 London, Brighton, and 3 Coast 2234 4448 3000 12,000 12.746 Mouth Eastern — 10,061 16,652 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. ai r J o hn icastnope of London, Bares. from Newport to Ali cante, with railway Iron, got on Breslow& Point last nights tide about 9 o'clock.—Cardiff, March 211. Volta ;Trench ship from Liverpool to Hong Kong, baa been wrecked to the N. of the Inland of Bangui ; crew arrived here. —Manilla, Feb. 7. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Amethyst 'ship% from Singapore for Liverpool, Jan. 20, lat 3955 g. lon 36.60 L Alice, from Mauritius for London, Jan. 21, let 19 A. lon 3 W. Dem, from Liverpoorfor Calcutta, Ist 7 N, lon 23 W. Lancashire Witch ship, of London, steering north ,troops), Jan. 9, lat 10.20 N, lon 66E, Marlborough , shlp, from Calcutta for London, Jan. 29, off the Cape of Good Hope. Relief , 96 days, from Bombay for Liverpool, March 6, tat 31 N, lon 40 W. Sardinian, from Liverpool for Singapore, Feb. 0, let 3N, lon 23 W. Warreit "Hastings, from Shanghae for London, Dec. 9, lot 265, lon Eal Id. W. F. Williams, from Liverpool for Shanghae, Jan. 21, lot 3.40, lon 132.12 E. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BARNARD —March 24, at Chem, Surrey, the wife of Mr. F. Barnard, of a daughter. GAMBIZIL—March I. at the To ft , Sbaruhrook, Bedfordshire, the wife of the Rev. C . G. GaMhier, of a tiULI. GLABOOW.—Latch !I, at Bloomfield, Torquay, the wife of W. J. HOM—Match a att u ifi l lro r d-atreet, Ruaaell-guare, the wife of J. HOU* Fay.. of a daughter. KINNZDY.—March 23, Lady Nigel Kennedy, of a non. KlNCl.—March 24, at Batt's-hilt Ited.hill, the wife of 1. J. King, Kan., of a daughter. LEVY . —March 22, at Oullford-street, Russellaquore, Mn. M. Levy, of a am MORLKY.a-March 21, at Bromptondquare, the wife of W. H. Morley, Esq., of a dauchter. SCOTT.—March 22. at Woodford, Iwo, the wife of .1. Scott, Jun., Hag., of a daughter. BYlNK.—March 21, at Lower Clapton, the wife of D. Splak, icy., of a eon. MARRLiOES. ANTROBTS—HOLLAND. — Iitsrch 22. at St. Saviour's. Liverpool, by the Rev. O. W. Warr, M.A., Mr. W. Autrohus, of Cheet ham.hill, to Elisabeth, daughter of the late Mr. J. Holland, of Northwieb, Cheshire. EDTE—DENN Y.—March 21, at Trak.. Church, by the Rev. A. Denny. Commander A t 0. E dg e , R. to Bessie. daughter of W. Denny. Raw, Dcpuy.Lieutenant of Kerry. EVA NS—MUZRAY.—March 22, at St. John the Baptista Liver nol. by the Rev. J. tlessalt Mr. J. P. Evans, of Bangor, to tharine Elisabeth, daughter of A. Murray, Eaq. PARTRIDOL—OARIIAN.—Marcb 21, at St. Mary, Stratford. Bow. by the Rev. 0. T. DritSeld, M.A., S. Partridge, Esq., of Dirigssee, gsfyforeabire, to Martha Cornelia, daughter of the late H. V. Garman. Req.. of Bow, Middlesex. RAINY—BINOSTON.—March 22, at St. (levees, Hanover square, by the Rey. H. Howarth, RD.. O. Rainy, Ew., of Enemy, N.H., to Isabella, widow of the late Rev. G. C. King ston. Bailor of Queenstown. Cork. WARREN—DIXON.—March 22, at St. Bartholomew's, Salford, by the Rev. P. C. Nicholson, Mr. E W. Warren, to Anne, daughter of Mr. J. Dixon, of Hawkahead. Lancashire. WHITWORTH—JOWETT.—March 23, at the parish church. Bradford, by th e Rev. Dr. Barnett, J. R. Whitworth. Esq., of Blackburn*. to Lydia, daughter of lts Jewett, Esq. DEATHS. ALLEN.—March 43. at Surrey, Mary. wife of J. Mks, Zara. aged 79. A.PFLITON.—March Mr. D. Appleton. of London.road, Nan• eise7o;r,;ied 75. -- - - - RILLAMY.—March tn. at Bagent'aparixtermee. Gloucester. poet Martha Martha Bellamy, widow of the late J. Italian*, Eat, Maimix.—lllarch 21, at Baldendroad. Gamdelslown, the Rer. C. 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