The Express. — London, England, 1860-04-20 00:00:00

,amity of rejecting any measure sent up by the Holum of Cumulous, but ho must confess that if he EOM the danger of the government bill coming up to their lonlakips' home in its present state and with its present simple, but at the mine time met dangerous provisions, be should think its rejection by their lordships, for the purpose of further consideration of the subject, would be infinitely preferable to the adoption by the® of a measure the most unsatidactory, the meet no statesmanlike, and the most inconclusive of any ever sub. mated hr any government on this vest end importaat subject. It was a measure which, whether for weal or woe. was one of the most important that had ever hrn 4,..,1412t before parliament, and was one which, in his oinw..n. was likely seriously to damage the balsam of the con. atautso. It was likely to_ produce a Hare of Canino= ireconcileahle with the fee ling of their lordships' house, and the mull would be collision when it was the bounden doty .4 every one to preserve hammy. That home must be either a perpetual obstacle to democratic measures or be aurnmanly swept sway, and with it the monarchy and all that was most valuable in oar ancient institutions. (Hear 1 He did not say this as against, the adoption of the measure, but he thought it afforded good grounds foe hanog in the first instance the best possible data and information. Fad t/ R-kN Y I LIE regretted that no information had been given as to what they were to do in the committee DOD PMLODA. He revered to hear the noble earl ex hope that a nosey from which his own party place had 'Abbeys all opposition might be delayed for ass se two senores, and he trusted that the noble end's week be dimkPond 44 - Oa the noble he that uncle lords would see the aneenity of &pains of this worawere wheel the werkmg Aran were end eanienaeg, end would thee lie able sot to Ina= to stsmagthea cur institutions. He should go into the tam slitter to .14 Inforintioa; but he retested against theMea that the Made of tbeirserarnent were to be tied up is ni prdad the Reform 8111 during any time which the com mittee might think proper to sit. Earl GREY, in reply, said that the noble earl who spoke last bad nude some refer nee to the part which be took in Tepid to the bill of 1862, and it him the resit of explaining that reatter.V a i a haro p hlained from her Majedy the newermy penalties to state to the house what bolt plane in the cabinet of that tine, and hie ex-ph antom would he • simph one. He felt Monet ro 'tat e that the ongiaal difficulty upon this subject of reform arms from the fact—which he believed wee well tams to all their loid . sh om im though not so well knows to the public y, an d it was this, that Lord J. Rummell, as t head of the cabinet, without any previous concert with his colleagues, committed himself by stating in the House of Occsnioes that the time was eonse when a change might be mode in the measure of 18.12. That statement was made without, so far as he (Fail they) knew, any communication being made to anyone of his eolleaguss ; but it was certainly made to the house without previoea consultation with the cabinet. He (Earl they) certainly did not approve of the statement, nor was it approved by the cabinet, except by one or two members of it. Indeed , the statement met with his entire damp prima, and the feeling which he entertained won not can sealed from Lord J. Rainall, for that noble lord most cer tainly knew of et. (Hear.) He (Earl (hey) deeply deplored the asesseity which stop of the government returning to eller when the noble earl opposite (the Earl of Derby) could sot succeed in forming a government. It was with extreme relactanoe that he did so, on account of the pledge given by Lord J. Rana by the opinion which be had expressed. He did not desire to esentene • member of the administration, Ist he thought, leaking at the circumstances of the time, that it we ids duty to do an, though be did so distinctly ~rein be himself the right not to be hotted by any mea sure of !ekes until he was fully aware of the peopontions, sad he did net roaceal hi. uninion from his coUsgues that the time was sot come for making an alteration. When the session of DIM wan near at hand, a mea sure of reform was submitted to the cabinet, but for hei part he Dever agreed to it, though he woe induced to allow of its b e ing laid lief,,r e parliament and to remain • seemlier of the cabinet for two masons, Ant, because he felt convinced the government was on the eve of falling, and secondly, became he knew that the principal attacks sweat the government had been directed against the de. pertinent with which be was eatrusted. He did not think it would have been honourable towards his colleagues or right towards himself that at sub • moment he should appear to run away front the mat which he held: and espeemlly an he knew the bill had sot the slightest chance of passing, he agreed to its being brought in. He now felt that be had made a risme* mistake. He would observe, in conclusion, that he hairini.t undoubtedly out moved for this committee with the intention of delaying the passiag of the Reform Bill tht might that house—) hart—for he thought the committee world bare time to consider the reference to them sod report to the house before the measure came before their lordships. But if the bill should come up earlier than expected, and before these inquiries were completed, then he thought that their lonlahiro ought not to proceed with it—the hill ought sot to he forced forward, without first considering the report of the committee. (Hear, hear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR then pat the enextion in the yowl manner, and declared that the contents bad it. The house adjourned at a few minutes before half-put o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONB.—THintwAy, Ann 19. The fiettria took the chair at four o'dock. The itradfont Wakefield, and Lod Railway Bill wee red a thinl time sad pared. THE REFORM BILL. ►[r. E JAME 9 gave notire that this evening he would ask the noble lord the tote:ober for the City of Loudon whether, in the event of the Rearm Bill being reed • se eped tune this sermon, it wu, the intention of her Majesty's government at our to procee" with ft, or to agree to any motion the effect of which would be to rider the subject to • select committee. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. HEN NEMY a•tked the Chief Secretary for Ireland what reply hal been ramie by the government to the meet letter (Pan the Romeo catholic bishops in Latakia on the subject na to mat education! Mr. CARDWELL6I77I: reply Ind tees east except a pr,per acknowledgment of the receipt of that letter. FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Lord J. RUSSELL brought up and kid on the table wine bather correepoodeme reeting to the affair. of Italy. the motto for r..ug into committee of supply, Mr. HORSMAN called attention to the state of our :editions with foreign morels, and &eked some explanation oo the subject, to show, he said, that the parliament au I the government of the country were of one mind, ILA I ron1•11: united in a direct, clear, mod unsuistabehlo Alluouu,itieut of the policy which England, from A regard to her own Mterest end honour, was ileternoued to pursue. He eugicestill certain points upon wh:ch he desired specitic information, especially the evict state a the question respecting the enne•iiion of Savoy. Ile commented upon the despatch of M. Thouvenel awl the reply of Lunt J. Russell, contending that this rep c iLshould have embodied a prot es t, on the part of Ya i .1. against the pri nc ipl e t h at a small state Its a right to nuke a cession of territory to u. aboorbin; neighbour without European sanction, awl affirming that the trmties of 1613 hod been us:T.-Tablets and trampled uti.ler foot by an act of Pure aggression. He referred to indications of • policy on the part of Fiume calculated t 0 umpire apprelle•- ••• In Germans, and urged the whokworne effect which • protest lir En4bind would have upon that policy, with ri fe-ewe to France on the one hand, and the German powers eau the other. If the government of this country 'Wen not prepa red rouse themselves and adopt • manly Euglis policy, we must expect, be said, to. see Europe maks its own terms with the con. quernr o! the world. The in of Switzerland wan an Lang..-an question. The Swiss were true to them selves owl Europe. A. yet they were free, and they hid reoolvel V..at if they loot their freedom it should nut he by their own act. They had appealed to Europe, hut they had •Lai startle! Europe by the declaration that if Europe aletoiliewil them, in their own cause they were determined, thiogh single-handed, to brave the colossal power of France rather than sutler I stint-thin with ou t a s t rugg l e . ((,'here.) They had the spent of our ow:i poet, who mai— " This land we from our fathers have in trust, %Oa our children we transmit The is our maxim. and this our Sat, "'luau which we um perform in arms we mast. 'V,' read the dictum ILI the infant's eye, In the virifis mule, and at our feet detiesth the silent dust of those that were." Switzer! mil me impede 1 ta tin— that little citadel of free st es that had a.. Ins, sh e - e d with Englandt: .e honour at erf.ealiug a refuge to the persecuted awl the proscribed. Sim we. ready to seed forth her little band of patriots and Mem., wish a devotes not surpamol in hirtorv, to fight for that came which the gest and the pest a all times led mid was tine first prase eion which • people °odd ham. lkoiskl Eagles.' forget her word, wad let them ter ri tories which why had swors to defend be the scene of • enigedy whirl would darken the age in which we lived, mil make the mom of Logien,' dmboaawrable in after lime! He knee it was aoel we could ilo loathing in the ems ad Switarrleed &slime the intervention if others. lie rod that in this en.. a.. such intervention 1••• seeded. .11 we wine tree to oinee:ves we were sore of Prussia rod liwitorderid ; and is such • cam as this thong allies were euttiesere„ set to make, but to pervert • war, because the Emperor of the heath afire not, he loth • cam, make war. The Pohitr •Maito of Euro:. would sot let him. They knew that he the Isle war Austria weis • wrouiraioer, and mihhe opiates sosinised France le that war. ILIA 10 the one of tlwttaer is would he mainly different. eltableis was soh eardisin's to give away. It eras Dot pre. Seeded it was required fox the security of Frame. It was so art et pure end be use ...minket that Frame would taut be nlles that her nem, her mosey, and her ealisliaefee should he merinos / I a each a nese. But thee it wee mid that we skald to pod risk , that we were inceming the Asses of wa r, r mi a ;h a t war ww a very dreadful this& last i wee expeeeiee, that it wee iejerioue to trunk, ••11 that MIMI& was • long way off, ant that it was of so rusweqWlol4 ti mium jh...... who sad it war ito rue 'meal England's the Rhin e wee nocou. errs of Eiris ; . they woad sty th a t Belgium en e on am mo .4 .anal s ; god if Kest and Murex were itivedel they would say that Kent mat ' , owes were DA 011,111 of the niamilseturies (Opposition etieer• p The.- Were set the adviwe t , . liatan to too • gor.t.soi eh'. lied There ins a maxim that roan who : THE EXPRESS. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1860. which they should meet, sad the time at which they should assemble, my be mattes for future discussion; but to the confirms idelf, sad to the very principle upon which that continues should meet—namely, the reconciling of the treaty of Vienna with the present state of things and the treaty which has been lately concluded between the Emperor and the King of Sardinia—there cannot be the Wet objection, and the French 'Remnant declare themselves ready to enter into it. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, I say it does not depend upon En g l an d a l one, or upon our boasting declaration, as I should call it, that we are reedy to go tower with Frame— r (hear , hear)—it requires that all the powers of Europe sh ld, in • certain manner, be agreed with tamed to the guarantee which should be re quired, and the precautions which should be taken in order to give Switherland a future guarantee for her security. (if this the right honourable gentleman may be assured, without speaking of other powers, or of what m.y be their dopes of regard for the interests of Switaer land, the government of her Britannic Majesty do feel the utmost desire to preserve to Switzerland—that free and independent nation, that refuge for the politically I pro seabed, thatof liberty old and classic land berty—(hear, hear)— we do wish to preserve to the Swiss people the guarantee which they have received for the security sad the mainte nance of their liberty and independence. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman asks me whet course Fontanel means to pursue with regard to her treaty enpganeds with the other powers of Europa That is certainly a very general I question, and I should be • good deal embossed if I were to go ery over ev one of the separate treaties which we have with different Fern d Europe, and what course would be taken with regard to estli. We have • very critical question before us. We have already partly entered into negotiations upon it, and the powers of Europe will no doubt consider it. The eiglt powers who were parties to the Treaty of Vienna will very probably meet, and it would therefore not only be unveils, but it would be • positive dereliction of duty in me if I were now to go farther into details. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman seems to think that out location is One of great disgrace. He considers that this coun try is the slave of France, and that we are too cowardly to stand by our guarantees. If that is his opinion, the present government must in his eyes be unworthy to continue at the head of affairs ; and it would be the duty of the right hon. ggeenntlemen to veil for hosul hue of policy, and for a decaration that mane more decided course should be taken in the manage ment of affair, in which the government had made the country a bye-word in Europe. (Hear, hear.) But the right hon. gentleman has proposed no such thing. He has only made • speech which had no practical end or pur pose. (Hear, hem.) At one time the right hon. gentle man somewhat inconsistently represented this country, and especially those engaged in its manufactures and commerce, as having been bribed by the advantages to be pined from the late treaty of commerce with the French government. Why, it is not six weeks ago since I heard the right hoc. gentleman, with many others, complaining that we had been the complete dupes of that treaty • that so far from gaining any advantage from it, w e h a d dade ourselves the slaves of France, and that all the benefit would accrue to France, and all the disadvantages to ourselves. (Hear, hear.) But now it appears that the treaty offers us a bribe, and • bribe so valuable, that for the sake of it we have for gotten the independence of other nations and the honour of our own. (Cheers.) That is not very consistent in the right hon. gentleman. (Hear, hear.) But in spite of the hon. gentleman's referenoe to that treaty, I do con that while these matters concern one of the nations of Europe in whose independence we must take much interest, while other questions may arise with regard to the independence and safety of other nations, and while they will no doubt require imme diate attention, Ido think that the extension of our com mercial relations with the advantages that France will derive from being able to obtain the manufactures of Eng land, and that this country will derive from being able to obtain the produce of a country inhabited by an ingenious people, possessing a fertile sod and blessed with a fine climate—l do think that the mutual interchange of them advantages must tend to bring the two nations nearer to each other. (Cheers.) Those advantages have a tendency, when questions arise not involving the forfeit of good faith or the sacrifice of honour, to make men think how great will be the loss to both nations if they rush into war. They make men consider not only the brilliant and showy parte of hos tile operations, but also the miseries and losses which war entails ; and they therefore dispose them to find out peace ' able means of adjusting their disputes, and endeavour to see whether their differences are really so wide as they thought. These are the benefits of a commercial treaty ; and I hope that when the questions between the govern- I marts of both countries have entirely lost their interest, I the treaty which has been entered into will still be found to unite the peoples of the two countries, and will prove a more close alliance than any which could be entered into between cabinets or governmenta. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman asks me whether any despatch has been written in answer to the last despatch of M. Thouvenel ? The despatch of her Majesty's government was one detailing our reasons for not agreeing to the statement made by France on the subject of the annexation of Savoy. M. Thouvenel did not answer that despatch. He took a note that it was not • protest, and contented himself with that. There was therefore no further argument to be inaintained. We had each stated our can. We had gone fully into it; and there wee no need to continue the controversy any further. Our notions were entirely different. The French thought, I believe, with their government, that the annexa tion of Savoy was an advantage and a defence to France, and they were glad tome that their government had put forward their claim, and that their claim was mental to by Sardinia. On the other hand, her Majesty's government— and I believe the people of England—took • different view of that question ; sod they could cot believe that there was any geographical necessity for the annexation. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the future, this is certainly not the time to enter into that. If this house leaves us to conduct the negotiations, I trust we shall not be unmindful of the honour of the country or the interests of Europe ; but I trust the right hon. gentleman will find, when the papers relating to those negotiations are produced, that has done that which becomes her, both as the British nation, and as part of the general European system. (Cheers.) Mr. CLIFFORD, having known Lord Cowley for many years, wished to state his conviction that the country had never had a more useful or more intelligent diplomatic agent. Viscount PALMERSTON—I do not rise to add anything to the answer which my noble friend has given to the right hon. gentleman, so ably, and I hope so satisfactorily to the house and the country. But I wish to advert fur a mo ment to sonic remarks which have been made by an hon. gentleman behind me (Mr. Duff) with regard to the cha racter and conduct of Lord Cowley, our ambassador in Ririe Having known the noble lord for many years, having N- I lowed him through his course of duty In the various sites tious in which he has been placed, and having had the honour to be his superior in °nice during a period of great Idifficulty, when the duties which he had to perform re qnired all the qualities that en ambassador ought to —I am bound to say that the dame made on him rt: hon. member was founded upon the most complete mis take, and upon the greatest terror , as to the character and conduct of the person to whom his obeervation p Lalied ; and it was as ungenerous a censure as wee ever upon • meritorious and deserving public servant. (Loud theses.) Lord Cowley, upon all occasions which he has had to perform the duties of an ambassador, has combined in • I most remarkable degree that spirit of personal conciliation which is so necessary to the due discharge of his functions, with a strict regard to the interests and dignity of this country. (Cheers.) lam sure that those who sit on the contrary side of the house, and who had an opportunity during the period for which they had the conduct of the public affairs, of marking his conduct, and of examining the manner in which Lord Cowley performed his duties, will agree with me, and will bear that testimony he so fully deserves to his transcendent merits as a representative of England in • most important foreign country. (Cheers.) Mr. KINOLAKE admitted that he thought a protest • I mark rather of weakness than of strength, and would not press any such course on the government, as a peened would he the termination of whet he was not anxious to terminate. He commented on the last despemli of hi. Thouvenel, which he characterised as greatly deficient in consideration to the British government, and denied that the Emperor of the French had fulfilled his promises of consulting the great powers of Europe, and the wishes of the population of Savoy and Nice. He entered at length into the late votes of the people of those countries, contending that they had in every way been sub jected to undue influents. A third promise had been made that if Savoy was annexed to France, Chablis and Faucigny should be annexed to Switzerland. The fulfil ment of that promise was still incomplete, and yet in it wee involved the independence of Switzerland, and, in con sequence. the safety of Euro THE DISCOUNT HOUSES.—INCOME-TAX COL LEcroRs—INLAND BONDING, ke. _ . - Alderman SALOYONh Aid he had given notice of the following question, which he wished to pat to the Chan. eellor of the Exchequer—" Whether his attention had been directed to the Bank of England return, publiabol in the Gazette of Friday last, in so far as regsnls a diminution of notes in the hands of the Bank, and en addition to tbcoe in circulation ; ,-nd whether he could give any information as to the report that thi. has not been produced by the onli nary reqrements of trade, but by some concerted a c ti o n on the Bank's reserve, to produce a disturbance in the eurrency of the country." Sird.NORTHCOTE wished to put the following question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer:—" Whether persona who may have become sureties for income.tax collector, at a time when the rate of the income tax was sd. or 7d, in the pound, are liable for any default made by the collector when the rate of the income tax is 9d. or 1011. in the pound ; and If they are not, whether in the event al • col lector making default, the taxpayer will be held liable to make a further payment to cover the deickincy." Mr. HADFIELD wished to ask the Chance/1a of the Exchequer when he intended to bring in a bill for estab lishing bonding warehouses in inLuel towns? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would an. ewer the last question int. The rousse to he taken on the subject of inland bonding depended a good deal on what the house hest voted or right vote in connexion with the Customs Duties Bill. As won as that hill had pseud the house, which be hoped would be very he would state what he proposed with respect to Wend bonding. As to the liabilities of income-tax .41...eters and their sureties, the house was aware that the appointment of colle-tora and the arrangements in general. were not seder the direct control of the execeitiv• government, but under ' were indifferent to the Merton of others would never de fend their own. It was not the intend et England, which might be a mere territorial interest, be* be believed it was the commerce and the trade of OM were more than anything else affected by the of this ag gressive po li cy of France. They could not now be deceived as to what that policy meant. They knew that Franca would support the Emperor am long as our hedtating ma ' duct made his policy a successful policy ; but we had good ' ream to believe that she would an it if it were not soocessful. The question was, should we oppose him in Switzerland, or wait till he had subjugated it; till be had overrun Belgium, till he had only England to o=him ? Should we confront him while the voice of was against him, or should we wait till Europe—humiliated and disgusted—turned with him against us? He might be told that what he was stating led to war. (Opposition cheers.) He was sure there was no gentleman in that house who bad a right to monopolise to himself a hatred of war and a love of peace, and those who had the least right to do s were those advocates and supporters of the Emperor of the French, whom he believed to be the great enemies of peace. But there was a state of peace that was worse than war. It was that mere adjournment of war to a more convenient season, when the enemy who was determined to mike it might strike with the moat deadly effect. He pasted that the minister who pronounced the word " incurred a fear ful rorpousibility; but lie incurred metro much more fear ful ono who conscious of an saiint danger, hesitated to mast it She a mesa — who shraM builds duty, and in a and aaven spirit bequeathal to his successors d his osemery the isansalig mashies of an an estahol. geodes elerhich the darpraigla bs ouravated by his tialsky, aid the disasters mulligied a nund fold trLelty .: He did not believe that the agile lord the lad Wgar Foreign Affairs was Mei a usta. The noble hom called upon to conduct the foreign affairs d this arentry at a most critical moment ; he believed at the most Mika period of our history. It was his solemn con viction that the next few years would be most momentous and aesseenkle in the history of England, and would leave their mark hr good or for ill on successive generations. He bad lewd speeches of the noble lord in that house Mat would indicate that he was not insensible to the darpr, and believed that he would not alba from lat duty. He bore a name that was aaaociated with the pm& greatness of Englaod ; he trurted that he ...Id aver allow it to go An.n. tu watenty linked with the darkest bear of her &show& and diagram. Mr. DUFF said he rose early in the discussion to call attention to one point. He was of opinion that at this moment our government was not adequately represented at Paris. He thought Lord Cowley was not strong eaough for the pace. (Laughter.) The truth was, he had been too long in Pans, the atmosphere of which had unfitted him for his duties. Lord J. RUSSELL—I do not well understand what pm pose the right hon. gentleman had in view in making the speech that he has. (Cheers.) It is no doubt his privi lege to address the house on any part of our foreign and dose-die policy. At the same tune the privilege is acoom panied with a deep responsibility. (C hee rs, and " Hem, hem "1 And I moat say I think the right hon. gentleman hail net sufficiently weighed that responsibility when he mole the speech which we have just heard. In the tint place I must say, before I advert to the ques tion upon which 'the right hon. gentleman has dwelt, that while he appears to be preparing the house for war—while he seemed to be endeavouneg to raise a feeling in this home in favour of a contest with the government of France —he never laid down what was the object for which that war should be undertaken. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman seemed to suppose—though the mistake both in politics and geography would be considerable—that Chab. ' Ws and Fauagny were • part of the Swims territory, and that the French government were about to invade that ter ritory and take 'on of it contrary to the rights of Switserlaod. Bat whatever dangers we may have to en counter, and whatever may be the future po- 1 sitioe of affairs, that at least is not the pre. I sent situatioo. (Hear, bear.) The right hon. gentleman asks me what is the present state of the Savoy question; and in order to explain at least that p or ti on o f th e su bj ec t (for my duty forbids me to go into details with mud to what has recently, and what is now happening), I must ob. serve that the question of Sardinia andits minion of Savoy, and the question of the neutrality of possessions of Strey, sod their relations, fi rst to Switzerland, and then to the great powers of Europe, are two totally distinct matters. The right hon. gentleman asks roe why we did mot ' , mien against the cession of Savoy ? Now there may no doubt be cases in which it is right for a neutral power to protest. I don't think that there are many, but there are undoubtedly some. Fur instance, where a treaty was in our "pillion manifestly violated, such as was the cave at Cracow, and where we did not think our interests were so endangered, or our boomer so concerned, that it was Demo eery for us to take up arms—that, I think, was a proper case for a protest. There are, undoubtedly, other cases. For instance, when the late Grand Duke of Tuscany and the late I hike of Modena found their territories violently taken provenion of and another sovereign claiming the right to rule over them, not having power to resume their sovereignty, they very properly protested, meaning thereby that they did not acknowledge the right of the present ruler, and that if ever power came to them to resume their possessions they would e- rn.idor themselves entitJed to resume them. But what is our position with regard to the cemion of Savoy? When we lira braid. not that it was a matter intended, but that it wean matter which might be intended, and which might he carried into effect, we stated that such a transfer of tern• tory world have injurious consequence, both to France and to the general peace and tranquillity of Europe. But we were not entitled to say to the King of Sardinia, " You .hall not yield your territory to France," nor were we en. titled to say to the Emperor of the French, " You shall not accept the territory from the King of Sardinia which he has a right to yield." So much was this the view of one at least of the courts se Europe that the Emperor of by his minister, Mil that this was entirely a matter that concerued the two sovereigns —that the Em peror of the French had a right to ask for the cession, and the King of Sardinia had a right to make it, and that with regard to the cooties, there could he no farther question shout it. I do not understand that any of the powers of Europe have said even so much as we have upon the subject. They consider that the Emperor of the French might have this territory if it was yielded to him. Some el them considered, as we have done, that it would be a most injurious example, and pregnant with future con. semences of evil, but they have not said, "We are en titled to protest agairst it." So far, therefore, we have not oaly acted in conformity with the laws of natives, but we have acted in conformity with what has Loco the general sense of the other powers of Europe. (Hear, hear.) There is a .luestwn intimately connected with this, and one of some complimo.ll, which has already been pertly discussed and which roust be still further dis• cum"' ; for it is at this moment occupying the cabinets of Europe. It was agreed in 1815 that certain portions of Savoy—namely, Chablais, Fauciatty, and part of the Geoevoise in cane of a war between the neighbouring power,, should :-,ve all the advantages wilich belong to Switzerland herself—that Ito say, the King of Sardinia should have power to withdraw his troops through the Valais and the neutral territory of Switzerland, and that there upon the only military authorities that should have power in that district should be tbe Moor of the Swiss Conte. devstion. Well, there his been a discussion (and some of the diplomatic despatches have appeared in the newspapers): there lees been in the fist place a dircussion as to what was the origin of this particular provision which is con tained in the 92nd article of the trot y of Vienna, and in the Act of Guarantee to Switzerland, of the ilDth of Sept., lels. The French g overnment have contended in mere than one very able des patch, that the provision was entirely made for the benefit of the King of Sardinia, and for the protection of his troupe in the case of war. 'lt has been contended on the other side that the deputies of Geneva obtained this provision for the sake of the security of Geneva and the benefit of Switzer land. Whatever may be the result of the discussion, it will be sufficient for me to may that in the view of her Ma ' Jody'' , government the provision was one conducive to the I morel security of Switzerland, and to the safety of that , neutrality which was declared in 1815 to be a part of the general policy of Europe. (Hear, bear.) That being the ' ease, a new question arises with regard to th e c h ange w hi c h Ism lately taken place. The Emperor of the French anal the E , Z e of Sardinia have concluded a treaty at Turin , by an sn ide of which the neutralised part of Savoy is transferred with the Mgt of Savoy to the Emperor of the French, and hywhich it is declared that that territory is transferred with the same 01:0ditiODS under which it was formerly held by the rag of %Minis. That provision naturally geveoccasion to demands for elewitiona, and it has been stated, most hooky as I Yak both by the French government and by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the King of Sanliuia, that the meaning of the article is that the Emperor of the French takes the territory with the obligation of neutrality I to which I have alluded, and to which the King o f Sardinia was eebjeot. According to Sardinia the Emperor takes it, • to si o. the phrase of Count Cavour, " with the obligation of an efficacious neutrality for Switaerland." There being, however, by common cement, a great change in the con di. I tiers of the neutrality that was formerly provided with reo,anl to a territory which was then a territory of the King of Sardinia, but which is now a territory of the Emperor of the French, it bowmen a grave question, a most interesting and important question, how that neutrality is to he efficiently maintained - in the sense in which the powers of Europe wished to establish it. (Hoar, bear.) But this question. let in. observe to the right hon. gentleman. I. not at all like the question with which he seemed to confound it—the queetiese of the Emperor of the French seizing the territory .1 Owitaerland, as independent state, and main- Minim: that territory. (Hear, bear.) It ia • question upon which we may argot that this change of coalition is such that the neutrality of riwaseriand cannot now be pieced in as secure a position as that in which it has hitherto been. in and the question of what peteclion you will provide fer it may be frankly and carefully examined and cashiered. But that is a meetisin which, so far from h aft 'pasties of war, is one that deserves to be coed : aired by the eaolsol hands, by the greatest experience, end with the moat neenere judgment. (Cheers.) Well, then I has been no objection made by the French government to the ezasnizatice el this question. It is in general terms stated in the tasty of Turin that the Emperor of the French will cesseas as eaderstandia with the powers of Europe epos the subj.,* The Swiss Confederation, through their Federal t Vaned. haws rkel that thereshould boa &safe e'en upon it; and the Frenehgevernmeut, through their minister. their charm d'Arfaire• In London, have stated that the,. have uo objection to make 10 that conferee,. (Hem, hear 1 The powers which should 1, railed to tho confer ence, the 11.11110 t in which it should Ie sailed, the plain at the superintendence of local authorities. Bat there was some misapprehension in the hoe. baronet's question. The appointments of collectors were not permanent appoint ments, but made from year to year ; the bonds were taken from year to year; and consequently the liakelitiee of the sureties maid not be carried forward from year to year. A great deal of attention was requisite on the part et local authorities to see that the bonds were kept up, and that the sureties were either renewed, or new ones appointed. Still this might be a fit subject for the house to consider ; and he hoped they would have an opportunity of doing so this session ; for the liability of taxpayers to be called on for second payments was a most serious matter, and the state of the law was not satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) Ac to the order of business, he proposed to take the committee on the Customs Bill if be could do so by eleven o'clock. If not, he would not that night premed with any of the measures under his care, except the bill for repealing.&r John Bar nard's Act. The Refreshment Houses and Wine Licenses Bill could not come on ; he would place it for Monday, and then state when it would be brought forward. Ha was asked if his attention had been directed to the Bank return in the &se- Ise of Friday last. It had ; for as Alderman Sa lomoncorrectly state that return was regarded by the whole mercantile community as an index to the state of the country, and undoubtedly it was the duty of a person in his position to keep it in view. The principal facts re lating to that return were well shown in the parliamentary paper published that morning, by which any one would at once see the most material facts. The list page of that paper showed that the diminution la the Bank men's was almost entirely mated by the with drawal of notes of LOOM each. The notes of that descrip tion held by the Bank at the last return amounted to 1,947,0001. only ; while on the 11th Amil, the date of the previous return, they were 3,875,0001. (Hier, hear.) So large • difference as that having occurred in • single deno mination of notes was of Beall a demonstration which sup plied the answer to the latter part of the hon. gentle man's question, namely, that the diminution of the reserve was not produced by the ordinary requirements of trade, but by 1101:1111 special operation. (Hear, hear.) The latter wt of the question seemed, however, to imply that it had been produced by some concerted action on the Bank's re serve, and with the view to produce a disturbance in the currency. He was not prepared to give any decided anew°, to that, further than to say that he did not think it was • concerted action in the natural interpretation of the words, namely, an action deter. mined on by • combination among • variety of parties. There was no variety of parties; for it was entirely owing to the proceedings of • single ho use of great eminence and enormous transactions which had thought fit, in the exercise of its own discretion, to adopt that measure. There cer tainly was intention, though perhaps it did not amount to concert. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman asked if this was done in order to produce a disturbance of the currency of the country. He should go beyond his duty if he gave an opinion on that subject. (Hear, hear.) THE ANNEXATION. Mr. S. FITZGERALD re-introdnoed this question. The Swine Confederation, be observed, had applied to the powers of Europe, and required the meeting of a confe rence to consider the position of the neutralised provinces ; but they required, at the same time, that until the deci sion of the conference was given, those provinces should not be occupied in • military sense by France. He wished to know from the noble lord (Russell) whether he intended to convey to the house that the matter would remain in meta quo, and that the neutralised provinces would not be occupied in • military sense by France until the decision of the conference was given. Upon that question the whole matter depended. If the neutralised territory was in the military occupation of France, the stipulations were not worth the paper they were written on. France would have the power of throwing in legions without the chance of resistance on the part of Switzerland. _ _ THE NAVAL RESERVE. Sir C. NAPIER said there was such a wide difference of opinion on the subject of the coast guard between the Se cretary to the Admiralty and himself, that he must again refer to the matter. The number of the coast guard was stated in the estimates at 9,500. Seven years ago, Sr C. Wood had informed the house that they had a reserve of 8.500 men. The exact strength of the coast guard at the present mo ment he found was 576 officers, 5,631 seamen, and 655 boys, who, together with the 800 naval volunteers, constituted the whole reserve force which the country possessed. And out of those 5,631 seamen, only 3,200 would be ready for the defence of the country in the event of anything unpleasant taking place on the continent yet the Manning Commission reported that • reserve of 70,000 men was necessary for our protection. If he were wrong in these figures, he hoped he should be corrected, but he had obtained them from head quarters. In the present posture of affairs, the house would surely not be satisfied with so small a reserve as he had mentioned to fall back upon in any emergency. Lord C. PAGES said that a return frorathe Comptroller ' General of the Cunt Guard showed that we had a force available for immediate sea service of 6,862 men and boys . The hon. and gallant admiral said we had no reserves beyond the reduced force of coast guard, the 6,000 coast volunteers, and the 800 royal naval volunteers, but though 800 of the latter force had only yet been enrolled there was very unnecessary alarm both in and out of the house as to the probable failure of that scheme. (Hear, hear.) From the first he (Lord C. Paget) never felt that men would flock to that reserve force all of a sudden, but so far from thinking that the progress of enrolling was unsatisfactory, be was beginning to think that it promised well. (Hear, hear.) The number of men was increasing weekly. It was only since the beginning of the present month that they had been prepared to enrol, the training ships not being previously in • state of preparation for exercise, and that was • fact well known to the men themselves. At the beginning of April they commenced by enrolling between 30 and 40 men • week, but now the number had increased to 100 per week, and if it augmented upon a proportionate ratio, there would soon be a respectable force of royal naval volunteers. (Hear, hear.) lie must, however, say that the course taken by the gallant admiral in constantly making statements in the house as to the deficiency c 4 our naval forces was most unreasonable, and tended neither to his own credit nor to the good of his country. At the commencement of this year we had 11,000 more men than last year, and there was no difficulty in getting men to enter the service, he would not say freely, but in a satisfactory way, and it should be recollected that lately they did not enter any but able seamen in the navy, unless it were men who had be fore been in the service, but had left. He thought it right to tell the gallant admiral that be was visited daily by officers of high and low rank in the Channel squadron, and that one and all said to him, " Cannot you persuade the gallant admiral to cease from the continual encouragement he is giving to a feeling of discontent among the marines in our ships . His brother officers disapproved of his re peated complaints about men not having suffi cient leave, when they had more than they ever got in former years. (Hear, hear.) It was the continual system of breaking leave which had led to all the recent dieuters, but tive of that one subject, the fleet was never in a more healthy or satisfactory state than at the present time. (Hear, hear.) The men were making great progress, and general contentment prevailed in the fleet. The gallant admiral also complained of the paucity of petty officers, but when • fleet was created in a mar vellously short time that would naturally be the case. But he made a still more unreasonable complaint, because he said the men were overworked, that their drill was ex cessive, and that gnat discontent prevailed in the fleet in consequence. Admiral NAPIER slid he complained of the system, nit of the quantity of work. Lord C. PAGET understood the gallant admiral to say on a former evening that the men were overworked, and had an undue allowance of drill. That very day he received • visit from Admiral Elliot, the captain of the channel fleet, who felt very much distressed at the statements which had gone abroad, and who stated that the greatest amount of drill in any one day in that fleet was two hours, and that the weekly average was not more than one hour's drill a-day, which the gallant admiral, the member for Southwark, would surely say was not executes for gallant seamen. He (Lord Clarence Paget) fully admitted that the gallant ad mind honestly desired to improve the service, but a strong feeling prevailed at the Admiralty and on board the ships, that his speeches in that house were doing incalculable mischief to a young fleet, which was now well. disposed, because they led the sailors to imagine grievances which really had no existence. He would not enter then upon the question of ship-building, because • notice had been given by an hon. member on the subject. He hoped that when it came on the whole matter would be thoroughly sifted. Mr. DIOBT SITYOUR and Sir J. ELPHINATONZ pressed npon the government the expediency of extending the MOROI of naval instruction by school-ships. Mr. WHITBREAD made a short reply, awl the house went into Committee of Supply on the remaining navy estimates, when the following votes were agreed to, after discussion : 172,7781. for establishments at home. 36:9531. for establishments abroad. 1,440,6811. for wages to artificers at borne. 83,8861. for the same abroad. 3,204,4341. for naval storm, for builiding and repair of ships. In moving the lest vote, Lord C. PAGET gave a detailed reply to a charge made on a preceding night by Mr. Henley against the government of neglect in not keeping up a proper stock of seasoned timber in the dockyards, stating reasons why, in his opinion, it would be unwise in the Admiralty to increase the estab lishment of timber. SIR JOHN BARNARD'S ACT, Re., REPEAL BILL. On the order for the 4.-cond reading of this bill, Mr. BENTINGIC opposed the further provress of the bill at that late hour. — The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt bound to prime the mooed reading of the bill. Mr. BENTISCK moved the adiournment of the debate. The house divided, and the numbers were: Far the adjournment Against Majority The motion was wisesopessitly leek. Mr. BOA ILL Mien moved the adjournment of the on the ground tame We was a most important measure, wd that the principle had not yet been explained to the house. }le hail beard already three statements descriptive of the bill, but the house bad not had any collected statement of it, principle, which he I•lieved to be a most important one, namely, whether gambling, and that gambling of the worst description, was to be sanctioned by the house. (Hear.) ThigIOLICITOR-GENERAL mid he hoped his lion. end leaned bind would not persevere with his motion, after the unmistakeable proof they had just heard of what was the senile of the house on the subject. His hon. and learned friend bad complaihedthat he hadheard no statement on the subject ; but he really thought his hon. and learned friend was exaggerating the importance of the measure. The act wee so mischievous in itself that it ought to be re. g:l:and there wee no reason why it should remain on t d statute-book any longer. With reference to the gam bling portion of the act, it had been already stated that by a later act prevention, against gambling and wagering had been sufficiently taken, so far as they could be provided. By the law of England it was lawful for any merchant to contract for anything, except for British funds, to be de , livered at a future time. The hon. gentlemen who opposed this bill ought to go further, and propose to extend the provisions of the act proposed to be repealed to every other kind of transaction. He did not see why there should be a difference between this kind of property and any other, and therefore he hoped the house would proceed to business, sod pass judgment on the measure, instead of interposing these delays. (Haan) The house then divided : For the adjournment Against it An HoN. lingaza again moved that the debate should be " I )9°T 4 -- • iSir J. TRELAWNY said it appeared to him and would appear to the public that these divisions were for the pur pose of throwing over the Churoh•rate Bill which stood lower as Yr. OOLLINS protested against any such interpretation Wag put on these motions. lie had voted in the majority on the last two divisions. _ _ Mr. BOVTLL said that he had thought it right to move the adjournment of the hones in order that a full discussion might take place upon Sir J. Bernard's Act, and not to discuss church rates. The statement of the Solicitor- General was entirely different to that given before. After a few words from Mr. LOCKS, Mr. MALINS should be sorry if it was understood that in voting in the last division he was giving any opinion in favour of Sir J. Barnard's Act. He had voted in the minority simply because he wished to Five its supporters an opportunity of expmaing their opinions on it fully. The CHAISCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was quite a mistake to suppose that no opposed business was to be brought on after 12 o'clock at night, because if such a principle were adopted it would delay a large amount of the government business. The hon. and learned gentleman was perfectly willing to go on with the Church Bate Bill at this hour (a quarter past one o'clock). (Cries of "No, no.") The attempts of large majorities to force on public questions of great interest were properly resisted, but, at the same time, the attempts of small knots of members to obstruct public business ought not to be permitted, especially when tho business was of a simple character. The present measure was one simply to legalise transactions on the Stock Exchange which had long been virtually legal. After some further discussion the debate was adjourned. CHURCH RAM ABOLITION BILL. Sir J. fitkidiilifEiovea the third reading of this bill. Lord J. MANNERS declined to discuss so important a measure at that hour of the morning (half-put one o'clock), and moved the adjournment of the debate. After some remarks from Sir J. TRZLAWNT and Mr. BENTIBCIL the house divided, when the numbers were : For the adjournment of the debate 76 Aping' t Mr. LYGON then moved the adjournment of the house. The home immediately divided, the numbers being— For the adjournment 73 Against 124-51 Yr. HUME moved the adjournment of the debate which was agreed to without a division, and stood adjourned until Friday (this day) week. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house ad jotumed at five minutes after 2 o'clock. tato intent sena. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Aram 19. Bitting' in Banco.--(Before Lord Chief Justice Erie, and Justices Willem, Byles, and Keating.) RICHARDSON r. MINN.-FALSE rATIoN. The plaintiff in this awe had purchased a public-hoose of a Mrs. Clifton, upon the representation by the defendant that a certain amount of business was done in the house. Subsequently the plaintiff sued Mn. Clifton, upon the ground that the representation was false, and on that occa sion the plaintiff failed, because it appeared that the defen dant bad no authority from Mrs. Clifton to make the repre sentation in question. Thereupon the plaintiff rued the defendant to recover the loss which he had sustained by purchasing the house, and also the costs of his fruitless suit. At the trial before Mr. Justice Byles the jury found for the plaintiff—damages 5811. Bs. 6d. Mr. O'Malley now moved the court, pursuant to leave reserved, and submitted that the plaintiff could not recover at all, or, at all events, could not recover the costs of the suit against Mrs. Clifton. The Court granted a rule in reference to the point as to the costs Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(Fiefore Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) MOON P. TOWERS.-THE PROPERTY-MASTER AND THE MASALOCE. The plaintiff had been property-master at the Victoria Theatre, and he sued the prop rietor of that establishment im prisonment. Mr. mover damages for false Mr. Prater appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Lewis for the defendant. It was stated that it was the duty of the plaintiff, as i master, to purchase articles used on the stage, and among other things fireworks and coloured fires. Last boxing-day a pantomime was produced, called Harlequin King Pippin ; or The Enchanted Chickens, and in one part of the piece there was a representation of several large fowls with fire issuing from they mouths against the Clown and Pantaloon, setting fire to some fireworks about the clothes of those performers, and enveloping them in smoke. On the 16th of January it was deemed advisable to bring out a second piece in which more fire works were consumed. Ttis consumption of fireworks of course produced extra cost, and possibly led to the de fendant's son giving the plaintiff into custody the next day for defrauding the defendant. The plaintiff was locked up, but afterwards admitted to bail, and ultimately the charge against him was dismisacsL The defendant pleaded not guilty, and set up the defence that he had not authorked his son to give the plaintiff into custody. Evidence was given on both sides upon this question, and also in reference to the accounts between tho parties. The jury found for the plaintiff—damages 201. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Apftn.I9. Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Wilde.) MABERLT r. CLEMENT.-TRE RULV4 Or TUE "P.R." Mr. Phipson (with whom was Mr. Griffits) moved, pur suant to leave reserved, that the verdict found for the de fendant should be entered for the plaintiff, or for a new trial. The action, which was tried before Mr. Baron Bramwell, was brought to recover from the de fendant, the proprietor of Betr. Life, 251., the deposit made on a prise fight fixed to take place between two men named Price and Goes. It ap peared that Price's father, being unwilling that his son should engage in the fight, caused him to be arrested. The conditions wore that the combatants should fight at ten stone weight, and Price declined the contest on tie ground ii, that in consequence of the arrest his training been in terfered with. The defendant had, in accordance with the rules of the prize ring, paid over the amount deposited with him as stakeholder to Alec Keane, and hence the action. --. .. Mr. Baron Martin suggested that the matter might be referred. The court granted a rule for a new trial, subject to an ar rangement between the parties. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Aran. 19. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN RE CHARLES FITZGERALD. . . . . _ This insolvent, whose case was reported on several former occasions, appeared fur adjudication. Mr. Dowse opposed for a number of creditors, and Mr. SaCt(with Mr. Robertson Griffiths) supported. mplaint was that the insolvent had incurred debts on account of • private lunatic asylum at Hayes-park when greatly involved. The debts on the schedule were upwards of 7,060/., and there were more than seventy creditors on the schedule. He had taken the place from Dr. William Conolly, whose daughter he married, and it was stated that the property had been returned to the family. On the part of the insolvent it was alleged that 'he was an object of rommiserntion. He had Laboured for seven years for hie creditors, who bad received large sums, and the insolvent had obtained no benefit. The court deferred giving judgment to the 21st May, sad extended the discharge on THE POLICE COURTS. WESTMMTER. Martha Kerr, a womanabout 30 years et age, was charged with stealing 100 f. Miss Vincent, of :113, Denbigh-street, Pimlico, said that on Wednesday morning she gave the prisoner, who was her housemaid, directions to take 2001., which s he gave her in bank notes, to Sloane-street. She told her to send the cook for a cab, and go in it from the house to the place directed. After • very long absence the prisoner returned, and said she had lost ten 101. notes. Finding upon inquiry that the prisoner had not had s cab fetched to the door as ordered, and had been guilty of some falsehoods, her suspicion was excited, and she gave the prisoner into custody. A cabman proved that the prisoner engaged him at the Compasses, Chases, to go to Sloane-street and beck to Denbigh-street. On her way home she stopped him and told bun to tell her mistress that ho had been hired at Ecckston-bridge. Sergeant Huddy, 28, said that on questioning the pri soner she said she had walked from her mistrees's boon over Eocleston-bridge, where she had taken the cab, but upon being closer ire Med she said she went oveTillizalietit. bridge. She positively denied that she bad stopped sod spoken for some time to a man, but it could be proved that she haul been seen in Gloucester-street, which was far out of her way, so engaged. Prisoner was remanded. MARKET S. CORN.—Blgtagarwr. Aram 19.—At Gloucester rea r . ket, on the 14th, wheat was 2s. per qr. dearer; at Wor. caster, the same day, all kinds were ls. to 2s. per qr. higher. Barley and oats advanced 41. to la. per qr. Beans and pear tending upwards. During the present week the few transactions in wheat reported are at an improvement of fully la. per qr., and the millers rose the retail price 4 flour 3s. 4d. per sack. Oats up Is. Barley and bean., on. altered. Yea held for la. per qr. more money. At verhampton yesterday the beside in wheat ruled dull, nt ere advance of 2e. per qr. At this day's market there was Loge im supply of English wheat both from the farmer s sa d and the trade closed at little over the rates of this day se'unight, but we advance our quotations ls. to 2*. per qr. Maine( barley unaltered ; grindiing barley, oats, bea u , and peas, all held for le. per qr. more money. Drama, Aram 19.-We had a fair supply of whet, too great an advance having been Baked caused a slow sal e , but a good trade was ultimately dune at an advance of fau n 9s. to 3a • qr. • 28s. 6d. a sack was given for one lot, b ut the general to p price was 275. a sack. Barley was in short wooly, and sold very freely at an advance of a qr. Wheat t best, 50s. to 555. per qr. ; ditto middling, 445. to 50a. ; ditto inferior, 365. to 445. ; barley, 355. to 475. ; oats, 235. to 335. ; beans, 40s. to 48s. ; pea ; 495. to 465. ; flour, fine, per sack, 40s. to 43e. ; ditto seconds, 345. to 38s. bLizimarres, Aram 19.-The attendance at this morn. log's market was about au average, and holders generally required a considerable advance for both wheat and ihIU X , but buyers acted very cautiously, and only a moderate Lai. new was done at the improvement above noted. Oats and oatmeal were in steady request and realised a little more money. Beans and Indian corn were firm at late rates. NEWARK, Amu, 18.-At this corn market to-day the show of wheat was only middling, and buyers operated to a tolerable extent at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per qr. ; white realised 54a. to 595. ; rod, 50s. to 55a. per 36 stone. Barley of fine quality came slowly to hand, and was disposed of at its full value ; while inferior sold slowly at recent rates; malting, 401. to 46a. per qr. ; grinding, 31s. to 32a per 30 stone. Oats moved off at the currencies of the week previous-old, 28a. to 30s. • new, 25n. to 275. per 24 stone. Beans in request at high ra tes, the quotations being 425. to 48e. per 38 stone. Peas, 38e. to 425. per qr. NEWBURY, Area. 19.-We had a moderate supply of wheat, for which there was a quick sale at an advance of 3s. per qr. Barley very scarce, and fully as dear as on last week. The trade in oats, beans, and peas continues dull. Ulatunce, Aram 19.-The supply is short and the nude active, at an advance of 2s. per qr. on the prices obtained for wheat, and le. per qr. on oats and beans. Wheat, alis. to 525. Barley, 32x. to 38s. Oats, 225. to 30a. Beans, 384. to 465. Peas, 40e. per qr. WATERFORD, APRIL 18.-The weather continues very harsh and severe,and supplies of groin to our market ar e most trifling. rices, in uence are again higher fur all articles, with a considerabl ness passing. EDINBURGH, APRIL 18. —Wo had in the market today 877 qes. wheat, 460 barley, 1,904 oats, and 177 beans. There were sold—Wheat, 762 qrs.: barley, 213; cats, 1,249; and beans,lo2. fklesbrisk. Asoompared vrithlastwe.ek—Whe a t was 3s. up on top, and 2e. 4d. up on average. Barley was 2s. down on top, and 11d. down on average. Oats were ls, upon top, and 3d. up on average. Beans were Is. 6d. up on top, and ls. 4d. up on average. Prices per impe rial quarter—Wheat, 48e. Od. to 575. Od. • barley, 30s. Od. to 46a Od. ; oats, 21k. 6d. to 355. Od. • beans, 441. 01 to 511. 6d.Weight of top—Wheat, 66114.; ' barley, 56j1bs.; oats, *fibs. ; beans, 69115. CATTLE.—Ennrm.•scH, APRIL 18.—The supply of gheep this morning was larger, the number, 2,528, taring :r..+; more. Demand fair, and last week's prices fully maintainwL Top price of the beet mutton, 10d. ; current price, Al., and down to Bd. per lb. Lambe from 20s. to 30e. a head. A good clearance. The number of cattle was 859, being 21 lees than this day week. Demand also good, and late rater also fully supported. Top mice, Bs. ; current from 7.. 6d. to 7s. 9d. ; secondary and inferior quality, from t'is. to per imperial stone. Fed pigs, from 6s. to 6e. 61. per Imperial stone ; six to eight weeks old do., from 10s. 6d. to 16s. a head. Numbers in market—Sheep, 2,528; fat cattle, 852 ; mikh cows, 142: pigs, 353. WOOL AND WORSTED. -- BRADFORD, Amu. 19. The business during the week has been exceedingly limited. Prices are accordingly firm. Buyers are very reluctant to operate, and holders of wool are by no means willing to operate, except at the rates current. There is only a scanty a pply of wool in the market u well as in the coun try, and this circumstance no doubt causes the peat stiff. ness in prices. There is no change to report in °oils or broke,. The yarn trade continues to the same state we have reported for some weeks past. There is a oteady busi ness doing for home consumption. The export houses are doing very little. There is no change in pnces. The piece trade is somewhat in the same condition. The home nice. chants are hardly doing an average amount of business. The cold weather tends to check operations. The foreign houses are doing little or nothing. TRAFFIC RETURNS. IIIAIMAYS. Mllee Pass Mer- Total. T.W.O. 1814 Week ending April 8. open. 'T''' chasi 1 diss. 188 Z London, Tilhu ry, & South end Extension Bristol and Esoter Emit Anglian Week ending April 11. Samlon. and Ilcuse Week ending April 14. West Flanders 8e11,i4 unit Ballymena— . 770 745 1,521 1,163 North Eastern' Londonderryk Ennblillen 60 396 499 885 781 Waterford and Limerick 77 6 . 16 677 1,263 1.195 Limerick and Foglia . South Wales Week endink April 15. Pastern Counties Scottish Crntnit. -- Lai 1,814 3:OJG Birkenhead 1,1116 1,669 2.544 .X.. 1 North British 154 1,1178 1,487 &465 4,90 Shropshiro Union 294 285 780 1,00 911 Midland 6144 18,993 24,038 38.031 33.502 London & South Western 12,385 5,254 17.659 Stockton and Darlington — 840 0,074 7.914 7, 113 Ulster • The above includes the receipts of the Bull and flolderness Railway In both year. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. Dispatch.—it is reported that the Disputa, from MatuilleA td this port, has toundered,after being in contact with Ilmothrt teasel.—Glasgow, April 1& Fanny flohurs, for Antwerp, loading at West rms. was biernt to the water edge last night : cargo on hoard all hales of cotton nothing laved.—Apalarhicola. April 4. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Avon, outward-bound. April —, Mt. 40 N., len. 6 W. Copenhagen, from Melbourne kw London, lat. 439. lllmbeth Yen, from New Orleans for Liverpool, April 7. 1at.44 100. 36 W. Salads, from London for Rhumba() 03 days, lat. 26.16 S., lon. 32.54 W. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIItTELS. CAMPBELL—ApriI 17, at Inpdon, Devonshire, Mrs. Campbell. of Balliveolan, of a eon and heir. St. Joluiswood, the wife of GRZY.—April 11, at Abbey-place, J. B. Grey, Eau., of a daughter. HlNllB.—Apall7. the wife of W. Hinds. Esq., of a son. HIICIOINS.—ApriI 17, at Kentlsh.town, the wife of Mr. H. Huggins, of a son. KlNO.—April 17, at Bedford-street South, Liverpool. the wUe of C. J. 11. King, Etat, of a daughter. LONG.—April 16, at Hampstead, the wife of A. Long. Ewt , of a daughter. LYSAGIIT.—ApriI 15. at Mewbray Lodge, near Ripon, the title of J. R. Lystaight, E.t. of a son. TRIIMPKR.—ApriI IS, at the Warren, llanwell, Iliddiesex, the wife of Mr. J. H. Truroper, of a win. WALLIB.—April 15, at St. Jameinsplace, Fertnoy. Ireland. the wife of Captain A. IL Wallis. Sard Regt., of 11 daughter. WILDEY.—ApriI 17, at Coahuila, near Portsmouth, the wife of Dr. W. W. Wlltley, 11. N., of a son. MARRIAGES. BAROLY—MACKNERB.—AprII 17, at the Independent Cnareli Wootton liaanott, by the Rev. J. 11. Hinton. A. n Londou, Mr. Edward Ilrovniing Barely. of Woolwich. ti sti“h Willadou, elder daughter of Mr. Ifacknesa, of Woottiin nas.tt. BRAMISH—DIICOAL—ApriI 17, at Bt. James's, the Rev. It. H. Donnish, M.A., E. 8. kleainish, Eat., BombayArtiller2;,lo Elizabeth, daughter of J. Dougiii, L-. 1. of Oleliftman B. _ D'ALILKIDA—PENNINGTON.—ApriI 17, at !tauten Church. Oxon, by the Rev. L. T. Pennington, W. B. IVAlmeolo, 4013 of 21, J. ' , Almeida. to Anna Harriette, daughter a 8. Pennington. Esq., of Stoke House, Wallingloni. BHAW—THOMAR—ApriI 17, at 110111nabourne, by the La. H. 11. Goulburn, D.D. the al in e J. Shaw. lnmulan! .4 Danehlll, unisex, to . 1121* de daughter of It. Thom" ,Esq., of hyborne House, in the sae county. WORMS—DE SAMUEL—ApriI ls. G. Worms. Esq.. of lark" crescent, Portland-place, to Luba. daughter of Baron d. Samuel, of Susses-place, RegenCapark. DEATHS. HANTON.—ApiII IT, Mr. G. Banton, of Wilton.terrace, NOV North-7A Islington, aged 74. COOK.— April 17, U. W. Cook, Esq., of Chiswick. ag ed 77, XDWAR .—April IT, at ACAelibrOad, lire. Edwards. aged ea. li HODBB.—April 17,1. Rohl* P.R.C.S., of SouillamP . row, Rnsiell-square, aged SS. 1108KASON.—April 18. at Howley-place.Malda-111 1 We . t. r^t• della Townsend, daughter of the late Mr. J. G. Hosea , " ed 20. JON ag lM.—April 17, at Church street, Spltainelds, Mr. E. Jeer.. aged 81. KlDD.—April 17, at Ilttshy.beath, Hants, Psiwin libeuerer... l, of the late Rev. Professor Kidd, of University Celina. I , don, aged 17. ROWSKLL —April 16. N. H. Roweell, EN., of vendatubuild• 80Gray's -Inn, aged 42. Old 111.11 .—April la W. 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