The Express. — London, England, 1865-03-17 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT s KllVlol3.—Tharing the storms G ift s poet year, 11166, the beide at the National Lisboa Inglikalke saved 6fft from different wrecks on oar made. The Inglitation .119,651 14e. sd. in the game pined cm its LUeboat la addition to granting Al Ale is rewards toe saving hie wrecked penman Its Mime& and other magma. The Wee of the mum* APPIAL to the mall° toe ASSISTLN mai& tine to eta the evatineed heavy demands on the Limitation's 160 lifeboat eitablidinsente. Contributiona aro received by Mara Willis and Co.. Harriet and Co.. Cootie and Co., and by all the Landers and country be nitnker% and byJottootreot. the emo lazy, balutst Livia, En., at the In @liate, H. 1.4•101. VPUBLIC COMPANIES. - REGIBTRA- TlO2l MOWN sad DOOM, required by OcemPaske 4 Act, INS." t n Mock by AIM sod /LINT, moo •m Make% A. Mest+fteet. iC. wed Loudon -brie" LX. 'ORN BROODIN. ORIGINAL GOLD GRAIN MANUFACTO RY, vi. iiraNszErwartm. oovirmiailmi. OHN BROGDINI GOLD CHAINS. .OHN RICOGDENS GOLD GUARDiC FUME'. 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Nelms. ionedir, sad 5. Wallow W. Monks. mim elambi mad Einar. —AAA AN AMPLE APOLOGY. LYCX7.III mm mama. A DAY AFT= TIM WRDDINO.—TRIL 17TRANORR. Messrs. Ryder, Hoesisaa,Widdlooesb, Fitzpatrick : Mille. Beatrice sad Mrs. Horsmaa.—And FHB ROAD-SIDS INN. Mr. Many sad Mir await by.—Oommaises at 7. BRITANNIA. Ms STUMM THE WEDDING EVL—MIDAR. Wu Ether Tiboobs—Daaelug by NMI& C. Atophaa.—Aad TWENTY ETBAWB—Cesmonce at ball-poll HIGH WATER AT WNDOLBRIDGE. TWO DAT Rankin& th. 600.....After5004 Sh. &IL TO-NOARaW Kongo& 4k 20a.....Ati4nb00t. Gai. 37w. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17. TIM Z order, and they ought not to need it for dime against foreign aggression. U fes Admiralty would only give us an efficient fleet, over colonies would be safe from descent. If the War De partment would WPM to build enormous works, needing hugs garrisons to maintain them, • small body of troops could serve all the purposes of effectual defence against • roving corsair or a chance vessel of war which might escape our cruisers. Reducing by such sounder system the demands of the colonies, we oould afford to dispense with the home reliefs, without imposing hardship on our soldiers. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. (From the Morning Post.) The first vote on the estimates, and that which the Usder-timestary for War nubmittod to ths house at the °molasses of his statement. is that providing for the memorial"' strength of the army for the taming year. The satire mrsagth last your was 146.768 men, whereat for past yes, it will be 142,477, showing a decrease of 4,289. Of the native Indian troops employed by the British sowers meet, only 178 will be reetsind of the 1,532 for whom a vote was takes this time twelvemonths, and coasmasatly the total redaction in the effective strength of the 'rigid home and ►broad will amount to upwardeof 5,500 moo. The postal condition of affair now is so little differeat from that of a year ago, that the redaction may be regarded as consider able, whilst the more peaceful aspect of what is termed the political horizon will prevent the more cautious from ob jecting to what they might doom an unwise rsdnotioe of ear military strength. The army estimates, unlike those Ise the navy, afford to the minister who explains them lest opportunity for exhibiting striking changes, or of interesting kis harm by pointing to work dose or week in proper. The wavy is in proses of isonversioa, and the mod effective weirs of Lord Clarence Paget's moat statement referred to the progress which bad been made during the past twelvemonths. TM army of Great Britain, eines its amalgamation with the fermi employed by the East India Company, bas practically remained unchanged. But, although as regards the regular forms there is but little in contemplation which merits particular notice, the votes for the auxiliary foram cannot fail to attract the stiontioa of the House of Commons and of the country. The auxiliary forme are command of the disembodied militia, yeomanry, volunteers, and the enrolled pensioners; and it is observ able that the throe former votes show an estimated increase, whereas those for the regular forces, without any ex ception, exhibit a redaction. Is other words, the ten dency of past years baa bean to strengthen that portion of the military resourtme of the country, which will only bs called into operation in the event of war, and by this mesas to provide for the 'scanty of the state without depriving it of the services of its citizens in their civilise capacity. The volunteers have become more than ever a national institution. The vote foe the ensuing year for their support is est down at 334,9001., showing an excess of more than 6,0001. on that of the preceding one ; bat this additional item which the establishment of the volunteers has given to the army estimates is more than compensated by the sense of security with which their existence inspires the nation. The volunteers are provided with arms and ammunition, the cod of whit& is included in the vote for military stores. Ooe•half of the amount of the vote is expended in the form of capitation grants. (From the Morning Herald.) Lord Hartioston boasts that in thin, the lad year of the parliament's existence, be has brought the expenditure for the army back to about the point where it stood in in first year—to a sum 'lightly below, in fact, the esti mates proposed by General Peel in the financial year 185960. The noble lord is too rudest by half. To do full justice to his achievement be should have dwelt on the enormous sum to which his wbig prsdonsamora had raised it. What he declined to do, at least to its fall ex tent, for himself, however, General Peel did for him, and at the same time set forth in detail the wasteful expendi ture of his summers and the wretched inefficiency of this result. Taking the army and the navy together, it appears that since the defence of the country has been in whig hands there has boon spent a sum approaching to 175 millions sterling. We include the estimates for the present year, but we exclude, as General Peel does, the votes of credit foe the China war and the loans for fortifications. It will sot be denied that there is here ample provision made for the defence and armament of the country. No one ran ray that the House of Commons has grudged the cost of providing for the protection of the honour and in terests of England. What ministers demanded they gave, their one condition being that the money should be so spent as to secure efficiency. And what is the result? The Commons, baring fulfilled their part of the agreement, how have the ministers held to theirs' The !newer is to be read in every debate on the army or navy ; i s the indignation of every officer, military or naval ; in the execration of the country at large. Having spent as much in the last five years as might have provided us with arma ments twice over, the result is confessed that webers no ship', no guns, and now we learn that we have so men for the army. Our iron-clads are constructed on no system, and the best models are as far to seek as ever. It is admitted on all hands that not only have we no efficient guns, but we do not see our way to obtain them. And now we have the humiliating confession that our recruiting will net supply us with the required number of men, and the only mole lation offered to us is that there does not appear to be any immediate prospect of employing them. And this, too, after lowering the standard for recruits, and the invitation given to all the blackguards of the country to enter the force by the statement of ths Marquis of Harl ington the other evening that no other clue was to he expected in the ranks. We ask the country calmly to ponder the important statement thus brought under its notice by General Peel. Tux House of Commons, in voting the Army Estimates of this year, has a task of rare and pe culiar delicacy to perform. Having the fear of the constituencies before its eyes, it has at axe to profess economy and to avoid a confession of past extravagance, while it naturally desires to maintain as many as possible of the good things it has managed during its stewardship to secure. Her MAJESTY'S Government, however, and her Me- Jurx's Opposition, have special difficulties to en counter in their respective parts. The Ministry must hold out a pretence of retrenchment, while they resist the reproach of serious reduction ; the opposition must criticise them at once for actual waste and for dangerous economy. All parties last night performed their respective tasks with as much dexterity as could be expected. The House was pleased with a modest diminution in the sum total to be voted, which will just suffice to bring down the expenditure to what it was in the first year of the present Parliament, and which will not too distinctly shame the exuberance of the inter mediate period. The Marquis of HARTINGTON was able to boast of a reduction of 490,0001., or, by computing repayments, of 800,0001., while maintaining, within four thousand men, the same strength as last year. General Pm had the satis faction of demonstrating that the present Govern- ment had exhibited • continuous extravagarne during its whole term of office, and now signalised its last session by saving money in precisely the point in which saving is objectionable. Perhaps, however, the country may think that on all sides the ingenuity was a little too apparent, and that the art displayed fell just short of the perfection by which art is concealed. The reduction in the amount of the Estimates, though it happens to be in a considerable degree made up from a saving in stores, happens also to be almost commensurate with the reduction in the number of men. Four thousand men in the ordinary computation is just equivalent to 400,0001. • year. The reduc tion of men is effected by certain depot changes, and the disbanding of a West India regiment. But in whatever region it may affect our safety, it at leant will not expose our shores to periL Five battalions are to return from New Zealand, two from India ; so it is estimated that we are to have this year a force at home of 46,000 infantry, actually 2,500 more than we had last year. This is the tri umph of Government over General Pan.. For not only does it strengthen our home army, but it gives us precisely that number of battalions in England which are enough to furnish the reliefs on the principle of five years at home for ten abroad, • proportion which, till the abandonment of Corfu and the cessation of the New Zealand drain, has never been established. But, on the other hand, when General PEEL is able to retort that the whole of the Government economies and arrangements are based on the imagination that New Zealand is subdued, or the determination to abandon the war without securing a peace, he certainly places them in an unpleasant light. But through it there can at least be perceived distinctly by the public that neither the renunciation of a fortress nor the pacification of a war is intended by one or other of our great parties to afford any sensible re lief to our domestic burdens. If these happy events take place, the result is only that our gar rison and standing camps in Great Britain are to be proportionately reinforced. We cannot think that this system will give satis faction to the country. The anomaly that the re turn of peace in our dependencies and our reso- lotion to abstain from intervention in Europe are to be followed only by the consequence of our having a larger force quartered in England, is too startling to be permitted to endure. If, indeed, it were absolutely necessary for the purpose of permitting our soldiers to have the reasonable pe riod of • stay of one year at home for every two of service abroad, it would with little grumbling be submitted to. But it is not necessary. The proposition that we must have 47 battalions at home is founded on the assumption that we must still maintain 41 battalions in our colonies, and 53 in India. But our colonies do not need anything like this force for the preservation of !Me gent. WINDSOR CASTLE, MAaca 16. The Queen drove out this morning in a carriage and four, accompanied by the Primus Helens. Lady Augusta Eltardey was in atiendenos.l Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Buff, also took a earriage drive. Prince's Loci,' rode in the Home Park. . Lady Fanny Howard arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. This being the 4th omnivore ry of the death of the lamented Donbas of Bent, the Queen and royal family repaired to the &tamed manscl•nm at Frogmore. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the PriDOOM of Wales, at Marlborough House, yesterday. Despeteisse were rt ceived yesterday et the C ,loniel•oMes from the Governors of the West India Wends, the Kenai tins, Malts, Hike!Ur, and Heligoland. Despatches were mot to the Governors of the West India DMA*, British Colombia, aad Canada. TR' KING OF Tll6 BISLGIAFS.—His Majesty the Itieg of the Belgians is expected to arrive in England in the early part of next week, on a visit to the Queen. PRINCE ALTRI/D.—Hill Royal Highness Prince Alfred left Bonn yesterday for England. His royal higi - nem is expected to embark at Ostend this morning, ftr Dover, on his way to Windsor. . . . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Chartres have left the Clarendon Hotel foe Woodeorton. Eveelsam. Viscount Palmerston bad a parliamentary dieser on Wedneeday evening, at Cambridp House, Picca dilly. Lady Palmerton will have evening p LAIN to. morrow, and Saturday, the 25th. The Earl and Countess Russell entertained the following 'elect circle at dinner yesterday evening at their reeideoce in Chesham-place :—His Excellency the Italian Minister, hie Excellency the United State' Minister, the Doke and Duch, of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Counter of Airlie, his Excellency Lord Lyme, Lord Edward St. Maur, Hen. alr Frederick Bruce, Hon. Frederick Lewes, Mr. sad lady Charlotte Rumen, Sir Rutherford sad Lady Ake*, Osionel Koppel. The Counter bad an eveeing party after dhow. idy Moleeworth received at dinner last analog his Elmßemy the French Ambassador hie Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Comities Benistorff, the Earl of Abiogdoe. the Dowager C.rantras of Westmorland and Lady R3llO Fsoe, Mr. Beam,'ot, M.P., sad Lady Margaret Beaumont, Lord Harris, Lord and Lady Delman, Lewd sad Laity Lyvedea, Lord de Tslaley, Lard Llthever, the Hoe. Evelyn Ashley, Sir Ralph sad lady Howard, and Kr. sad Mrs. Petra !Et3T [GRIM RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATER WITH MEXICO. It will be seen by the telegram, brought this morn ing by the China, that the United States Consul at Matamoros has been expelled by the Mexican government for refusing to recognise the new dynasty. The New York Tribune, of the 2nd, anticipating some step of the kind, said : "There is some speculation in the journals as to the truth or probability of the Havana report that the satellites of Maximilian at Matamoros hay. expelled our Consul and refused clearances to all vessels bearing the flag of this country. Without poring opinion upon the question mooted, we sincerely hope the report may prove true. Mata moros is a Mexican port, but its trade is substan tially Confederate, and tends to nourish and sustain the slaveholders' rebellion. The less there is of it the better for the national cause ; and the fewer of our ostensibly loyal countrymen engaged in it, the better for their own reputations. We wish Maxi milian would shut up the port of Matamoros ; failing that, we will thank him to drive our flag thence, and keep it away." ITALY. A Turin letter of the lath says : The unity of the bank in Italy is et length an a000m• pliahed fact. The N►tional Bank of Sardinia and the Bank of Toomey have maze to terms, and the Minister of Masts hes presented to the Chamber of Deputies a bill approving of the amalgamation, as well as of the statutes of the sole Beak of Italy. This is one of the Millllllllll to be disclaimed and voted by the present Chamber before It. dheolution. The yearly allowanoe of 500,000 fr. to Primo Humbert is to rue from the 15th March, the day on which he commonest, his 2 2 2nd year. An the bureaux have declared in favour of the pro posal, and in east of the marriage of the prince the sum is to be doubled. The transfer of the capital is is active preparatios. Two ministries have already mad* arrange ments to remove their utilises, and the others will shortly imitate them. The foreign legations also think of taking up their residence in the new capital, and to morrow, after a dinner to be given by General LatiliTololll, the heads of the foreign Wall= ere to leave for Florence in order to make arrangenteuta for their defieitive hastsiletion. (aura% mum FRANCE. PARIS, MARcg IT. AMERICA. . 1 (1111371:11 . 8 TZLIGILAIL) ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA. (via Recta's Fast) NEW YORK, Kiwis 8, liournra. Sheridan commenced moving down the Shenan doah on the 27th ult. Grant reported on Monday that dela:era concurred in stating that he bad cap tured Charlottesville, taking Early and nearly his entire force, numbering 1,800 men, prisoners. An engagement occurred between Stanton and Charlottesville, in which Early was totally defeated. Sheridan was reported to be pursuing the remnants of his army. Four regiments bad left Richmond to reinforce Early. Four brigades have been sent in the direction of Lynchburg to en deavour to reach there before Sheridan. These reports have received no confirmation, beyond a statement from Winchester that Early's forces had been defeated, but that Early himself bad not been taken prisoner. Sheridan will not return to Winchester, but will co-operate with Sherman. The reports respecting Sherman are conflicting, and consist almost entirely of conjectures. The Tribune considers the news of Sherman vague and unsatisfactory. The only thing certain is that he was at Columbia on the 17th ult. His movements since are lost in obscurity. A Federal naval expedition captured Fort White and fifteen guns below Georgetown, South Carolina. The marines and sailors afterwards landed and occupied Georgetown. The Confederate cavalry charged them in the streets, but were re pulsed. Admiral Dahlgren's flag ship, the Harvest Moon, was sunk on her way down by a torpedo. All hands were saved. After the capture of George town, Commander Creighton proceeded up the Black River, and prepared to open communication by army signals with Sherman, who was reported to be twelve miles distant. Admiral Dahlgren report' that he gave attention to Georgetown, as it was likely to be preferable for communication with Sherman, in case it became desirable before he entered North Carolina. The negroes are largely enlisting at Charleston. The Times says that the Savannah garrison has been reduced to the smallest number compatible with the safety of the town, and attributes this to the planters not responding to Sherman's invitation to bring in produce. Grant is compelled to remain inactive by the con dition of the roads. Deserters continue to come in and they reiterate that the Confederates are preparing to evacuate Richmond and Peterabo-g. Canby is reported to have returned to New Orleans, after inspecting Mobile Bay, and the adjacent defences. Palmer's fleet at Mobile is ready for action. An important expedition left New Orleans on the 22nd. MM. Devienne, Mellinet, Henri, Chevreau, and General Fleury have been appointed senators. The Constitutionnel of this morning denies that M. de Sartiges, in an interview with the Pope, made the communication which has been spoken of, and says the pretended reply of the Pope is, therefore, equally unfounded. Guerilla outrages continue outside the lines at Memphis. The guerillas captured the Federal steamer Nangatuck between Cairo and Memphis. Admiral Porter has arrived at Washington to give evidence before the war committee. Some report Sherman to be at Fayetteville, where he had been joined by gunboats sent by Schofield. Others report him to be at Camden and Florence ; while the New York World states that finding further advance northward impracti cable he had fallen back from Columbia to Kings ville and Branchville. The battle of Tadkin river was merely an en gagement with Sherman's outposts. The Tribune says that Grant credits the repot ied junction of Schoheld and Sherman at Fayetteville. Wilmington advices to the 23rd ult. announce the arrival of a portion of Sherman's advance at that place, and that the junction of Sherman and Scho field is untrue, since the latter is about 10 miles from Wilmington, and meeting with frequent re sistance, the enemy appearing alert to pick up stragglers, and actively endeavouring to cat off supplies from Wilmington, where nothing was known about Sherman. Terry is expected shortly to co-operate in the campaign in North Carolina. The Herald says that Sherman's advance bad reached the Cape Fear River 60 miles above Wilmington. Raleigh papers believe that Haygood's brigade, with the exception of one battalion, had been captured near Wilmington, on the west bank of the Cape Fear River. Great indignation has been aroused at Richmond by the execution of Captain Beales. Threats have been made to lynch some paroled Federal officers. The Virginia Senate has adopted resolutions recommending retaliation for Beales' execution. A joint resolution has been reported to tbe Con federate House of Representatives, and referred to the military committee, approving Lee's appoint ment as commander-in-chief, and recommending that he be clothed with power to treat for peace. The amendment, confining the trial of civilians to civil courts, has been defeated in the Federal Senate. The Senate assembled in extraordinary session on Saturday, when Mr. Macculloch's appointment as Secretary of the Treasury was sent in and con firmed. The inaugural speech of the Governor of Ten nessee states that a free constitution is certain to be adopted. The inauguration of President Lincoln and Andrew Johnson passed off quietly with the usual ceremonies. The City of Baltimore and City of Limerick have arrived out. ' i r litt FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 17. 1865. Canadian parliament that, notwithstanding the defeat of the confederation candidates in New Brunswick, and the consequent check to the general scheme of confederation, the govern ment would nevertheless peas resolutions in favour of the proposal as soon as possible, ask the vote of the supplies, and adjourn par liament immediately. The members of the govern ment would then proceed to England, to confe with the home government regarding the ques ti on of defence and other pressing matters. The result i of the mission will be submitted to parliament in an extra summer session. SPAIN. MADRID, MAAca 16. A meeting of the deputies belonging to the mo dorate fraction of the chamber WA been held at the residence of the Minister of Finance ; 140 members were present, including all the ministers. The majority decided to introduce a modification of the rule of the house according to which questions can only be put to the government one day in every week. ROME. ROME, Mum M. The Giornale de Roma contradicts the assertions of the Me/goad Diplomatigue relative to the pre tended bases of an arrangement resulting from the mission to the Pope confided to s Belgian diplc =fist by the Emperor Maximilian, before his accession to the Mexican throne. REPORTED REVOLUTION IN PERU: MADRID, IdAßce N. The Correspondencia of this evening publishes a despatch from Peru announcing that a revolution had broken out in that country. President Pezet bad been arrested. The treaty between Spain and Peru is alleged as the cause of the outbreak. EXPRESS FROM PARIS (ism ova owl oolaserinnoin . .) PARES, THURSDAY EVZIP(O. The Journal des Ville& et C:impagnes has received a warning for an article on M. Rouland's speech in the Senate, which is held to be an " authorised report." Only yesterday a Paris journal oongra tulated itself on the tolerance of the administration this year in permitting the newspapers to describe the debates. There is no doubt that the Paris press, though with fear and trembling, breaks the law every day. Any summary, analysis, description, or extract of what a senator says is illegal, and may be punished at the discretion of government. And this discretionary power is no dead letter, but is very sure to be exercised if the journals tranagrees, except in the way of praise of government speakers—an undefined line of toleration, within which a very little comment is often, but not always, permitted. The pamphlet called " Les Propos de Labienus," which was seized yesterday, is a most outrageous satire upon the author of the "History of Caesar." It is now impossible to get a copy of the pamph let in Paris, but it is sure to have a large circula tion abroad. It proceeds from the pen of M. Rogeard, a professor of some eminence, and who writes in a very good style. There are only four teen pages in it. From what I have beard the ai-eat offence consists in a suppositions dialogue be tween Libienus, a writer of the time of Agustus, who —on account of his extreme opinions—was called Rabienns, and a literary contemporary, in which frightful libels are insinuated against Crews who write books to excuse crimes. M. Rogeard is to be prosecuted, and the police have made a domiciliary visit at his house. It is true, as stated by a morning paper, that the Emperor asked the Duchess de Morny to remain in the palace of the Corps Legislatif as long as might suit her convenience. But abe has declined the gracious offer, and bag accepted for a time the hoe pitality of Count de Flahault, in his official residence of the chancery of the legion of honour. The in ference drawn from the supposition that the Duchess de Morny would continue for a long time to in habit the palace, namely, that the appointment of president would not be filled up this session, was not, I believe, well founded. I have little doubt that a new president will be appointed before the debate on the address begins in the lower house. The favourite names are now those of K Baroche and the Duke d'Albufera. The former would, no doubt, be the best qualified in point of talent and parliamentary experience ; be is, moreover, a man of good presence, affable manners, and aooommoda ting principles. The Duke d'Albufers (a son of Marshal Sachet) is personally liked, but his principal recommendation for the high and envied office in question is that he is Vioe-President of the Suez Canal Company. The latest news of this dazzling speculation is, however, as I can state on sure grounds, so very bad as to discourage even the most sanguine supporters of the scheme, and I doubt whether this caral which will not float a cockboat can serve as a conduit pipe to the chair of the Chamber of Deputies. A petition is now being handed round for signa ture to the deputies, praying the Emperor to pur chase (at the state's charge) the Duke de Morny's gallery of pictures, in order that they may remain permanently in the president's official residence. I The Bourse was firm, without much change ex cept in Lyons shares, which rose in consequence of M. de Rothschild having concluded the Italian loan. Reute is quoted ex div. at 67fr. and 67fr. sc. Mg% ICO . The American Consul at Matamoros has arrived at New Orleans. The reason for his expulsion is said to be the non-recognition of the French and Austrian authorities in Mexico by the United States. It is reported that the American flag was hauled down from the Matamoros Consulate by Union parties. General Hurlburt, commanding at New Orleans, has ordered the temporary suspension of permits to vessels with merchandise bound for Matamoros. The New Orleans Bee publishes private letters from Matamoras to Jan. 30. Mejia and his staff had visited Brownsville in full uniform, and were received by General Slaughter with en artillery salute. Mejia and his staff saluted the Confederate flag. Mejia said that the Confederacy would soon be recognised, and invited the Confederates to Matamoras, promising to salute their flag with 21 guns. New Orleans papers say that Croajal (I) and Cortina' were marching upon Matamoros, where Mejia, with 4,000 troops, was awaiting attack. Semi-official advises received at Washington state that Juarez was undisturbed at Chihuahua. Official Juarist journals announce that the French prisoners captured at San Pedro are kindly treated, notwithstanding the rights of the Juarez government to make claims for retaliation on account of the atrocities committed upon Mexican prisoners. In future, prisoners will not be ex changed, and their treatment depends upon the treatment of the Mexican prisoners by the French LORD AMBRRLEY AT LEEDS, _o__ LEEDS, UMW MGR. Another meeting of Leeds electors was held this maim. Mr. Fredrick Beinis in the chair, at the Mui r hall, which wee crowded. Lord AMBOLIST, in hie address, said that in hie 6 rough °Mame of hie politial °plaice', much bad been isit partially incomplete, which had bees 'gamma* dffil by the criticism of arils loursalits. Ili aphis' mg, am previously outlined, that he hoped the day would Oft when it would be posibie for every intelligent and hail man, whatever the due to which ha belonged, to be ag. milted to the trembles. The suffrage at pressat smds so discrimisation, provided persons inhabited house el _ _ _ Telt laiwite value. He wee in favour of some edocatimil quallbeatioa, and thought that this qualification should be within reach of all, but he would not edam eafraaebieement upon a body of people miles they desired it. This principle, he thought, ought to h taken as the fuodamestal idea of a new Mira bill. As to honesty, in the preparation of any sew mews of reform, he would exclude all pusses who comply bribes or who tampered with voters. Why be hesitated on Wednesday night about the 61. bill of Mr. Bailees was be. mime be did not feel prepared for the moment to giro th e pledge required. Moos then be had seen ambers of the werkiag dames is Leeds, sod wee so satisfied with tbsie intelligence that if returned to the House of (hamar be should sow vote for Mr. Balsas' boil. (Apulian.) Rh IseL ship thus deromsetrated his reams for linty* at this era. chubs, and his remarks were warmly applauded. Air. wards, as the ESOPS of Aldan's& KANO Lad Aar bindery's views stem approved by the meet*, sad he me invited to stand nee g with Mr. Baines at the sent elm*. In the liberal interest. The feel* la favour of We lerthilp wee eathnalastis. tWe extract from the report of his lordship's .; 1 speech which appease is the Leeds Mercury of today GS pantie which refers mere particularly to Mr. Balsa's Mr Lord Amberlay saki :—lt was not my wish to speak at GI MI the present occasion of those points of difference which exit ;', between myself and your member, Mr. Baines. I shouldlave .; preferred to my nothing at all about them had it Id bum for the questions that were asked last night, sae* the aspect this matter has assumed. At present, hover'', / it is incumbent upon me to tell you fairly why I hesitated to give the pledge which was thee demanded. (Chest) ':i Especially is It incumbent, because I em maul= thatGis miscmdereGarling was really due to so inadvertence ad mg own. (Bear.) The electors naturally expected, they ells entitled to expect, that I should not imitate in giving thd pledge. Indeed, it hea always been my intention—it ic my istestion at the meant moment—that if I eireid be elected to the Roue of Common I would support Mr. Bainee's bill. (Enthusiastic and prolonged applause.) At the mine time, ia 'eying that that is my iateatioa et the present moment, I cannot positively say that in the use. time my views might not undergo Dome slight chugs. (laughter, sod " hear, hear.") I have the dimduatme, le your chairman has said, of being young. It is is MN respects a disadveatsge, sad especially in out way, bum, it is impossible for a young man to have studied all phial questions thoroughly sad completely, sad to have fused deckled opinions upoa them. (Cheers.) Now, although I approve in the main of Mr. Baines's bill, there were cable objections I entertain to the mauve which raised mai* that amount of doubt in my mind which rendered it dd. cult for me to eve a positive promise. (Hear, bear.) I have beea to-day in some parts of this town, Gait* its houses of those who would be ad :anted under Mr. Bainefee. franchise —(cheers)—and they appeared to me to be, as tat es I could judge.very respectable and excellent people, andnek as I, and I think every other reasonable man, would batik welcome as an addition to the list of electors. (Reseed cheers.) But there were others among them inhabilieg houses below the limit which Mr. Baines's bill would fa, and I was not prepared to say that even those inhabiting 51. houses might not be perfectly fitted to be added to the list of electors. ("Beer, hear," and applause.) Ilevisgthel view, it was a question for me to consider whether its adoption of Mr. Baines's bill, supposing it to le adopted, might not render it more difficult le any sate as extensive and complete measure as 1 Gould myself bite, (" Hew, hear," and cheer%) No doubt, d there were no other way of aofranchisinjg the labours daises, I should bs very glad to waive any persosal objca time I might feel to that bill, and, rot thinking it mash the best mariner of fixing the suffrage, I might still sch in favour of it as the only practical mode of settling flit question at present. Still, there is no doubt that I do foal very grave objection. to the kiud of suffrage which now exisa and which is proposed to be continued in the magas et Kr. Belies. There are, as I have endeavoured to explele, very grave reasons why that particular suffrage is nese& factory, and it would perhaps be the effect of this bill le confirm that particular suffrage and render it more satiabla tort' to the people, and thus rather to retard than 'dream sny of the future changes which both you sad I would pee. bably desire. (Beer, bear.) However, them chisellere grave as they are, are not and need not be entirely eta. elusive. ABOLITION OF ARREST UPON FINAL PROCESS. THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S BILL. The following is the amended bill introduced into the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, intiteled, "An act to abolish arrest upon final process in England, and for the amendment of the law of bankruptcy in certain particulars." Whereas it is expedient altogether to abolish arrest ripen final process in England, and to amend the law of bank ruptcy in aertaie particulars : be it enacted by the Quest's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Lards spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament aresubled, and by the authority of the same, es follows : 1. From and after the of this act no perm= shall be taken or charged in execution or detained upon any judgment, decree, or order obtained or made in any of her Majesty's superior courts, or in any inferior court, in Ragland for the payment of any stun of money or damages or costs : provided always, that this act shall not affect the remedies given to creditors under the Bth and 9th Victoria, chapter 127, intituled " An Act for the better securing the Payment of Small Debts," or eider the 9th and 10th Victoria, chapter 96, intituled " An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England." 2. The remedies gives to judgment creditors by sections 78 to 85, both inclusive, el " The Bankruptcy Act, 1861," shall extend and be applicable to the case of every judgmeat creditor who would have been entitled to sue out against a debtor a writ of sepias ad satisfacieodura, or to charge the debtor in execution in respect of any debt amounting to 901., exclusive of costs, if this sot had sot pared. 3. The debt of a judgment creditor for 201., exclusive of oasts, petitioning for adjudication of bankruptcy against • debtor, shall be a good petitioning creditor's debt, and tuff .. dent for the purposes of such adjudicatioa. 4. Sections 98 to 107 of the "Bankruptcy Act, 1861," in clusive, are hereby repealed ; but each repeal shall not affect any proceeding pendieg, or say right that has arisen or may arise in respect of any transaction, act, matter, or thing done under or by virtue of any such sections. 3. No order of discharge in any bankruptcy shall be granted, nor shall the same if granted protect any estate, property, income, or salary which a bankrupt may acquire, possess, or become entitled to after the date of such order of discharge. unless the estate of the bankrupt shall have paid or AMR be sufficient to pay, in the bank ruptcy, a dividend or dividends of Cie. in the pound upon all the debts proved in such bankruptcy, or unless creditors who have proved and whose debts are equal to 3-4tha •of the whole amount of the debts proved shall, by writing under their hands, consent to such order of discharge : provided always, that nothing herein con- Mined shall affect , any power now rated in the commission s= of the Court of Bankruptcy and judges of the County Courts of refusing, snapsoding, or anaexiog conditions to any order of discharge. 6. This act shall apply only to England. 7. This act shall be cited for all purposes as " The Aboli tiou of Arrest Act, 1865." 8. This act shall commence and take effect on the 20th day of Jab* ses.t. Sir William Gallwey, on the 4th of next month, intends to move in the Rouse of Commons, "That it is the opinion of this house that the safety of the public requires that, pooling the report of the royal commission, some immediate provision should be made for compelling railway companies to make arrangements for establishing a proper oommuoioatiou between guards and passengers." Mr. Neate has given notice, that if, on the first day of the meeting of the home after the Easter rooms, or before that time, the house bas not received some satisfac tory assurance that effectual provision has been made for the custody and treatment, in a manner conformable to the law, of the insane inmates of monastic and conventual establishments, he will, at the earliest convenient oppor tunity, move a resolution calling upon her Majesty's govern ment " to prosecute say panacea who may already appear to have violated the law made for the protection of real or alleged lunatics." A young man who travelled by the Midland Great Western Railway when the train was upset on the 29th of October last, and the ourisp in which he sat was smashed, injuring him seriously, claimed 1,0001. damagee at Galway Assizes on Wedemiday, sad obtained 3001. and eosin. In a Convocation held yesterday at Oxford it was agreed, amid considerable applause, that the honorary de gree of D.C.L. should be conferred on Professor Lobegott Friedrich Constantinue Tischendorf. The worthy Professor was presented by Dr. Travers Tarim, Regius Professor of Civil Law, in an elegant Latin speech, and took his NM by the Bide of the Vies-Chsecelior amid acclamation. A Paris letter in the Nord says :—" The last (Idiom between their Mslaties sad the Duke de Many were extremely torching. It is said that the duke, feeling himself growing weaker, said to the Emperor, who was weeping by the side of the Emprees, ' Come, size, we must part.' At these words the Empress, bursting into teen, threw herself at the foot of the bed, and the Emperor could not repress his Doha The Archbishop of Perin and M. Roche, had some difficulty in withdrawing him from the spot, sad supporting him till he reached his carriage. It is affirmel that the Duke de Morey has left to his heir' • fortune of lb mailer." Tat &introit's SCANDAL—The committee of the Roues of Lords appointed to isgaw iota the drones stems§ of the appoistment, the alleged defalcations, and the resignation of Mr. Leeward Mims& of his odes se reading clerk of the Rome of Lords, met yestentay, and CANADA. irealivad avid's° , ea the abject el their investigatise. The QUEBEC, Yawn 7. ocimintlase is sot feessidly act worse eneus hx ittem . h het, ia war. The counties of York, Westmoreland, and St. und "r" 68 16 MT sotour John's, New Brunswick, have elected the entire the promsdiep, SOS IS asy report of Mis miasma peezaftzad anti-confederation scheme ticket by a large ma- ,gotal the i• • • •g l a wi t u t is pa • •• * ••• ii fr h i l lis• • fl,ll report of iority- fort:. All peen are adodtted as of right to Gi of The Attorney-General has announced to the the emainittes. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. Mews 8, MORIIING. Money easy. Gold, 197. Exchange on London, 213 f ; on Paris, 2.604 to 2.63. Stocks tending downwards. New York Centrals, 1081 ; Illinois, 118 ; Erie, 674 ; 5-20 Bonds, 1114. Cotton heavy; Middling upland, 800. to 810. Flour declining. Wheat heavy. Corn steady. Provisions tending downwards. Coffee quiet. Sugar depressed. Molasses very dull. Petroleum quiet ; crude, 43 ; refined, 674. SOUTHAMPTON, Hamm 17. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxonia, from New York on the 4th inst., arrived off Cowes last night. She brings 44 bags of mails, 118 passengers, and 1,000 dollars in specie for Hamburg. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 17. The Inman screw steamer City of Boston, from New York on the 4th inst., arrived here at 6 a.m. to-day with 136 passengers and 2,0651. in gold, and proceeded at &30 a.m. Her news has been fully anticipated by the Nova Scotian rid Greencastle. TEE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATE& CLASS 6. This morning were issued the estimates for the superannuation and retired allowances and gratuities for charitable end other purposes for the year ending Ilarch 31, 1866. The sum required is 339,1071., which is a decrassel 8,3721. on the estimates last year. There is a decreem cd 4,00 W. in the amount for the relief of distressed WWI seamen, 3,8981. in the superannuation and retired anon, 5001. in the merchant seamen's fund pensions, 1704 in the sum for Polish refugees and distressed Spaniards, 671. in tha amount for Toulouse, and Corsican emigrants, ht., and 491. in the Conoordatum Fund and other charities and al. bowsaws in Ireland. On the other hand, the misnaming charges formerly on civil list are increased by 1731., sad the sum for nonconforming and other ministers in Ireland is is. creased by 139/., the amount now required being 40,8001. Another return issued this morning gives the several et• time for which votes "on account" are required for the coming year, the total amount being 1,748,0001. -- ----- STOPPAGE OP THEBAN BIR MINGHAM PENNY K. - _ (From the Birmingham Gazette of this day.) We have to make an announcement this morning which will be nag with sorrow by every inhabiteatot Birmingham, sad which will unfortunately bring gni sod dinappointaiest into the homes of some of the mat deserving, hooest, frugal, provident, sod industrious at the poorer portion of the population in this great tom We refer to the failure of the Birmingham Peen Bank, an institution to which the poor have his. is the habit of resorting with their small ravings for the lot Moen years. In the outset, however, it is right to my, is order to prevent needless alarm, that the domino will probably not suffer severely, if at all, in the sod, as we believe the trustees of the bok are responsible to the full extern of their props* for the amount deposited with them. The illr• Brindisi Penny Bank was established bllOl. sad its broncos has bees carried ors in Union Pareells, sear Bull-street. Deposits were made in very small sent' varying in amorist from a peony upwards. There are saw 14,000 or 15,000 depositors, and the amount doe to then between 5,0001. and 6,0001. A panic was caused this wok by the failure of Moors. Attwoods, Spooner, and Marthelli , sod there Ms bees a ran upon the bank since Yoe* lag. We are informed that this is the sense of the sopa. elm of payment. The money is " locked up," being 1 ' vested in landed and other property, and there were est available (soda to meet the sudden demands of the depositors. Notice, hes bees given for the withdrawal of 1,2001. this day (Phonday), whereas the sum ordinarily withdrawn is •01•7 near ant exceed 501. If the money of the deposit o rs MI bees properly dealt with—sod we have no infornotioe the eestrary—end if the property on Dew be inns. tageorsely disposed of, a dividend of Ms, in the pound ought to hemline& Thee, as has been previously intimated. au • uoderstaei, as we are at menet informed, the trustees Si. i responsible to the full Erna of their private prowl) le r " the tkliehesey. A St. Petersburg Whir says :—" The atutagios i malady which las beer for wee time Tagleg la the Realm capital is aufnitlaS Natal propettirms. Ewenl beads* am betas carried off daily. The hygienic measures ptestand by the comadttes of public health hare bees thus far 4 little avail. The sum epidmate fever has appealed at mar row, sad there are fears that, from the prompt commenter Una whisk et the premat metziest Bads Wyse' Et. Pe. Umbers sed Warsaw, the mislay may rah the Wier city, sad thews speed over the test of Europe." II& Warie, owes be do* dr 441 ;WO apflam V 641 w+ oat visa = WOO WOO _ 00 MUM MOM re Oak Mr we bar 64 era ;x 1 C