The Express. — London, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

4 IMPERIAL PA: AMENT. ROM 01 LOAM—Mom DAY, Aram 2 . Th.•tr lordship. mot is by Shied. FRIANDLY worms. Lird STANCLiT pressated • ps•itios from the Odd Fellow. Societ d Manche ter praying that a measure might be introduced prohibiting the dinohrtion of • frieediv society cm:opt with the omment of foux.fifthe of it rrenitier• BOOK OF COMMON PRATHR, 1.0..1 ERItaY pro notion for ak fairly day after Easter att AoB 4. .lone for so oddness to tlos crows to a commiamos ha the renswo of lb. Book of Comma I)W ELL' NOE! FOR LABOURIN G ES plate" This boll wee read a third tires sad pained. UNREPRESENTED TOWNS (IRELAND). The Menris of CLANRICARDE moved for a " return of all towns in Ireland, exclusive of parliamentary' b!unen, waving", a population of 4,000 or upwards, specifying the coo nty which each such towu in situated, 1112li showing the number of occupier* feted at above 41. and under 6/. and upwards, but under fff. and at EL" His lordship said he del not think that the girlies of parliarnen_tary reform kid at present riseek inters* for the peopas of Ireland, but WI there were a number of basoughe In that osentry so small that they were kept ender proprietary and corrupt influenoes of every kind, and whir& should have leer con sidered is any measure of reform There were in Ireland no less than 16 boroughs, not one of which had mare than 300 registered electors, and of these, seldom more then ME the number actually voted. Of the 16, sin had is thee 100 electors, and it appeared that under the alterations preh paved in the Irish Rlrrm Bill not one would remit 4 , 40 ek.tont, whilst 12 would have under 300, and four less then lad Surely these were constituencies to continue which it was not memory to disturb our present parliamentary sys tem. Such a scheme as was proposed was, in fact, not but a mockery of reform. and it would be much better to 'etre theme as they were. The Duke of NEWCASTLE declined entering into this controversy until the Irish Reform Bill should be before their lrdships. He admitted that it was not a measure of much magnitude—nothing to take • mares breath away— hot a• they were not goring to disfranchise any of th , small boroughs of England, to deal with there of Ireland might fairly have been deemed an M. je , tice by the people of that country. With to p.opulatioe, irelued weedifferently situated from or ricotlaW, espesially the latter country ; for whereas to &Aland, out of a populaties of two millions, one half wen erten; is behead, with upwards of six millions, there were not more than anominiee iehebibmis of towns. Under them cirmmstances the noble moot ese that there wield be considerable in the Scotch system tare kind. Themecieldbeito tot wluchtlessolik suirquis had mend far sods. The noble mem& of e..unie meant that the retinue should be based upon the lot ecusa, [The Marquis of Clanricnnle aerated.] Other Inge there would be very great di/Beaty in the preparation id them. The returns wen, agreed to. THE SITE OF OLD surnrririn MARKET. Lord EMORY gem to inquire whether it wee ths inten- Coo of brir Majesty's meat to allow any port of the site of dd Smithfield Market to spirropriated for building pompom ? The ma ono why he had asked the question el which he had given edam was beemise M wedenlood a plan had been sehlbillnd by metals Innis, for midge • great railway leonine, re the eine el IlmlthilelL The ems piny was mot in hot in Nee, fermi est bed been oh- Mimed trona for molds. a soklway whine should lirßni the (Hit Werlhera and the Leedom end North Wera save g s le that part of the teem and the com pany hadpsepesed to the government • plan ander which they weisM Maw the greater pert of Smithfield. He walked le bee whether the government would persevere =the epees mink and farther, they peeeemien_ Mla the name el ehs OWL The Dirif NIWCANTLII rid Mit so iambi the noble Bird me seem Wash 11111 lad oat restimed it, that the Cor 'Bl:d Leaks fad • bill helm Ye Haw lirh they repreil to apregeter Sina f ira63 4:3 == ea mt market A remaseicedies led been es better the Corporatiom sad his scar hard far Foreign Affairs sod hie right ho ll fr iend at Ma head the Homo-rite. The peetia. hed not yet been *added. No awry bad bees sire whir senbl ia ass my the govereler. sod the emir of the crows, abie=ol hies gives, would he reeseetry before the bal seri pate the other house of pardeesset. He did not knew at whet stage the tall Mood at that moment, bat he believed that •.11/11 arrangement mud shortly be come to, in order that it might maks prevent THE STAMP DUTIES BILL The Duke of riewoesni, i• miming the mama read mit of this hill, sad that the Steadies Orden Noe. 37 and :101 should be considered, ia order to their being dispensed with, said, d he rightly undsouteed what on • former ocan mou re the Mr of the area it ma that the house should w 4 sew ester epee say dietaries of this bill or the Income Tax Dllt, bat that the etionteriou should take place sites the Emir Esser , elms the whole financial scheme J the giwermand eaaY be &hated If that wee the trel'im of Noble lords, he should be acting MOTO in con formity with it by armadas at this time from going through the clauses of the bill. He would ther-fore merely state, in explanation, that this hill generally proposed to carry out the principle of disc:um coliain articles with • penny and other small stamp duties, and it wt. found that, though the rm. were mall, they brought in a considerable revenue to the Exchequer. The principle was first adored isrespect of the Post-dice. and then extended to receipt marois. It was afterwards carried another step by the right hr 'gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the late imernment, who promised to charge bankerediequee with a sail stamp dety. The hill before their lordithips pro mised to impose stamp. from Id. to 6d. upon those arti cles and retittres which would be (ouzo' in the schedule. He mid nitwit that some .thie.3lolt• would be raised to the bill as the pound that it would interfere with the operation of Wade. He thought, however, that when the financial scheme ef the goventirat should be carried Into effect it would be folcal that it would greatly relieve the trade of the einstry from so reetrainta, and that would be dose to • great entail this system of small stamps. The hill was then read a second tune. The LORD WEAKER (Lord Redemble) then moved that the 'tending orders should he considered and dispensed with, sad the motion haring been agreed to, the bill primed through committee, anal was read • third time sad pearl. THE INCOME TAX BLLL. -nu Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading of this bill. The amide duke .wig it would be only taking up the cm., of their lordships if be entered at this time into any diet-union os the two, points of the the additional Id. which bad been unposed, and the peeing of it f , r one year only, as he oedema...l his noble friend new bum (I , rd Montragle) intended after Easter to raise • full diwussio• cm the general financial scheme of the govern ment. The hill was thee reed • second time. The LORD SPEAKER (Lrd BedewWe) then moved that the standing orders Not. 37 end 38 should be consi dered sad dieted with, and the motion having been agreed to. the bill pawed through eomnottee, sad was read • third time mid tamed without further comment, mal is the case of the Stamp Duties Bill) without the noble tort leaving the wookack. The house solJounted at seven minutes to six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, ArtlL 2. The Srussa took the choir et 4 o'eloek. NEW MEMBERS. Tyr W. Rnsontt sad Mr. WAINIM took the oaths and their marts for Norwich. Toe Monson Don took the oaths and hie seat for Roscommon. PRIVATE BUSINE&S. Th e following Mlle were read a third time and passed lend 1/..1411 and Improvement Company ; Liam& Heath and Market (hoping Road. ; Mid Wake Railway ; Stock ton and Darlington Railway; Btourbridge Railway; Tea bury and Bewdlcy Railway; Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Rsilway FRENCH NAVIGATION LAWS. Rir G. C. LEWIS brought up her Maje.t'. answer to the vlilress on this subject, in which her M ajesty said '*l 'Ave received your address praying that I will enter into negotiations with the Emperor of the French with the 'sow of making a treaty for the reciprocal abrogation of ell rharriminating duties levied on vessels and their cargoes by oriel Detain upon mitering the porta of the other, and to moors such alteration. in the navigation laws of France es may tend to facilitate our commercial intercourse sad resvugthen our friendly relations with Prance. I shall not fag to give such directions as may appear to me beet den laird to promote the object you Lave is view.* !TALI AN AFFA MINISTERIAL EXPLA- NATION. Lord J. ittlintELL having laid upon the table some sew. wespoudesior relating to the drain of Italy, said--81r, wish to state shortly the general coatente of thaw papers, owl the preweat state of arfairs, as far am, constetanUY with INT polar duty, 1 can do so. We have thought it right to lay epee the table the correspoodmios which IL ThouveneL je azi/Wer to the despatch with has already apprized is the Ptiblie p.leru. Ne% Tilet ten eetherepoodence closes with a despatch of and the reply % p m O W part that we intend to beep the question of the nentealised part of %troy separate from the general qrsestio• of th e athesation of Ream.y. „. ho „ .) Th en , rats likewie Apes Ira" rietteerlaaL, cuetaining an appeal to the great payees who signed the treaty ,4 Vienna, upon behalf of the nestrahty of Motherland, uol asking those powers to that he senferettoe avail the soinet. We have espreweel as alie.loo to en late coofersnes if that should he thought t. Wig mode of mating the question. Then is likewise salons thole /Mien the tre..ty .4 Turin, which hes been tthainaanalmi both by Lout Cowley and Sir Jaws. Madam. The wooed article of that treaty mays that it will be for the Emperor to come to as onderstandiog with the powers with respect to the to utralised portions of *sits :' trl. We 00IftlUde. the. • f •:e, tbnt ti ate rdl ior serious • %emanatin of Lida important plats* —that it THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1860. win he discussed with reason on all sides—said that web proposition. may, we hope. be made as may • bekeatidealey to Ewa/eland, sad as may meet the views geberally al the peen of Earope. (Hear.) with tepid Is their good wines. and that whet I wart d was to get rid of the bad vintages. (Heir, he i r.) Not a dim* petithia bad been laid upon the table In favour of the bW, and in his opinion the present facilities for the sale of spirits sad wines were amply sufficient and he trusted the house would pause before it thru s t up on the plater temptation.lt appeared that in ceder to carry o i tTg: treaty with France they must thrust these wines down the throats of the public. The bill was as clumey i l i t m es of legislation as he ever law, because under it b greengrocers, tailors, and In fact any other shopkespir might take out • license for the sale of wine. Then team clause 4, which contained • most dangerous Every place of refreshment, every oyster every shop for the sale of buns, or biscuits, was obliged to lake est • wine license. That was licensing with a vangesned (Hear.) But this was not all—with the French Wain they aloe introduced French police. (Hear, hear.) By a kW dame of the bill constables had diLvetionary power to miter these places, however respectable, at any hoar of the day. As • lover of constitutional freedom he pro- tested against this inquisitorial system. (Haar, hear.) The man who gave or lent • room in which his neighbours or • picnic party might come and eat their food must take out • &ease. The 12th section gave an extraordinary power to the aegis rates. If, after • wake for the Dame, Gay objection was o ff ered within 3fldays by • inegistrate, the excise were not to great the license. The was 11/0110 them the French system- Here was • bill which deprived the men of the license simply on the objection of a magistrate that he did ant consider the house a honk fide eating-boom He should like to know what was • bond fide eats g-hour? There I was no de fi nition of it in the bill. The was to be given on' on the ground that a man when he ate wanted Hs (Ir. Seymour) agree d with this : bat, if the cement won good for sc ything , the man aught to he slowed to choose what he world drink—he ought to be allowed to drink beer, if he close, as well as From& wine. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—He may. Mr. SEYNOUR—There was nothing to show that he might in the bill. Then as to the clause relating to adul teration, it struck at the small shopkeeper, but left the adulteration by the shopkeeper unchecked. He objected to the bill on every ground, financial, political, sod moraL The Beer Bill, which was introduced to give the working man cheap beer, was • failure-end this would be more so, grime. like that bill, it would increase immorality and Mr. LEE SEYNER considered the proposition to grant wine licenses to refreshment houses the bed part of the ; but hewn not surprised that it should - be an imi ct; two parties. He expected, too, to Er 421 the Waogset apposition would be from the Louisa de- tusllers, or moral opposition was nicely so effectual as a selfish a ppos ition. The positions of the linseed *Arsenics was who ly selfish, and he did lope the parka mein of this country would sanction this nessoare. Mr. HARDY said he would not impute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer any intention to corrupt the morals of the country. The course taken by the hon. member for Dorset. shire did not touch the question, which was whether it was necessary or advisable to increase the places fur the sale of intoxicating liquors—(bear, hear)--sod whether to do so would unease the revenue without injury to social order. He was quite clear of brewers and all other persona, and therefore he might say that he did not believe in the my against them, nor did he believe that the licessed victuallers would suffer to the extent el 50,000,000 i., as alleged in their memorial ; indeed, he did not think they would be affected at all .at present. The present system of licensing he could not defend ; it wee open to improvement, and the justices should have the fall control over all places where persons assembled to- gether for the purpose of drinking. The system of appeal, as it now existed, ha was not satisfied with, for it had heroine • mere form, and generally the magistrates in gqaamariicr sessions affirmed the decision of the jastbes below. He was opposed to the doctrine of the United Anion°, Society. The use of the thing was good, the abuse bed. Nodoubt these drinks were harmless in their use but prejwidial in their abuse, and it was the duty of the house to check the abuse of them. The object of the bill was to raise • revenue, and be bir bayed it would be a failure. The loss from one sources would not be made up by the admission of French wines into this country and to bej sold by refreshment houses. It was a remarkable fact that, as the Secretary to the Tres. sury bad told them the other night, nearly the whole of the indirect revenue of the country was made out of nervous stimulants. No doubt the community required a good deal of stimulant to rase its spirit from the depression into which a temporary income tax was so well calculated to throw it. (A Of liquor the consumption was DO less than 684,000,W0 gallons per annum—a quantity to which he di d not think any addition, even if addition were possible, would be an advantage. (Hear, hear.) The his tory of legislation with regard to the sale of drink was briefly this:—Down to 1496 the trade was entirely free, and the restrictions which were then introduced were prompted by a conviction that the unlimited sale of intoxicating beve rages was a serious evil. In the reign of James I. an act was passed in the preamble of which it was stated that the drunkenness which then prevailed led to stabbing, fornica tion, and almost every other crime. The reign of Charles the Second was a period when light wines were in fashion ; but De Foe stated that drunkenness prevailed very exten sively after the restoration. In more modern times a jug of claret might be bought in the streets of Leith for 6d. ; but they w oul d see from the " Memorials of Lord Cockburn's Life and Times" that people got drunk on that which was now put forward as • certain MOODS of stopping intoxication. la the reign of George IL gin was a new drink. and led to • frightful amount of intemperance insomuch that an set was period forbidding it to be carrie d about in barrows and sold in the streets ; for at that time people used to as. seance that they kept clean straw for their customers to lie cm when drunk. (Laughter.) An enormous duty was laid on gist is the hope of chesidng its sale, but it only led to its vended ander a variety of different names. Then came Wes Beemng which lasted until the passing of the Bear Act. syste m, was one of those who did not wish to put any restrietion on the male of beer, provided that polsi Wok it to their homes and drank it there. He thought that any means which tended to keep people at home would be • public good ; but he really eould not see what advantage was likely to accrue from any msaopn the effect of which would be to teed people away ham their feanilies. (Hear, bear.) It was • remarkable circumstance that everything that was now said in favour of the bill was advanced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of that dal . Is favour of the Beer Bill. Never bad prophecies been more signally falsified. So far from the Beer Bill having improved the quality of the beverages sup plied to the humbler classes, or tended to ameliorate their morals, it was admitted on all hands that it had proved one of the greatest curses of the present day. (Cheers.) Some years ago a brewer wrote to him to complain of a measure which he had prepared on this subject ; but he said, " The whole system of beer•houses is rotten and demoralising." (Hear, hear.) Free trade in beer had, in fact, had nothing but a demoralising influence. The committee which bad sat oti the subject had very justly reported that the multi plication of drinking houses was of itself an evil of the greatest magnitude ; yet his hon. friend (Mr. K. Selmer), who had himself put his hand to that document, now sup prated a measure the avowed object of which was to multi ply them still further. (Hear, hear.) If this bill pared any beershop might take out a refreshment license, and would then be able to obtain an excise license for the sale of wine. At the present time there ware 121,326 public. bowie; so that it was impossible to contend that there was [ any need for an extension of the number of drinking houses; r sad he asked the house to pause ere it gave its sanction to • project for increasing the facilities that already existed for the supply of nervous stimulants. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for Southampton must have noticed that per sons brought before him charged With crimes committed in • state of intoxication did not get themselves into that state at any one house. No, it was as they were stagger ing away from one house after having already drunk I to that they were tempted into other houses which they had to pass, and in this manner they worked themselves up to a state in which they were ready to commit almost any offence. (Hear, bear.) As for what had been said about the magistrates, he (Yr. Bard ) could only reply that the bench of justices which any disorderly house to retain its bead gross) gatdtheir duty. He would only ask his hoc itilymer) whether he would allow his own tenants bade in liquor ! (Hear, hear.) Don't let the holies I thin legislate under false pretences. Don't let them take assents to repress drunkenness on their own estates and refuse to show the name are for the rest of the country. (Cheers.) The bill, they were told, was to secure the sale of wine. Well, what had the free vintners of London sold ! Look at the evidence of Sir IR. Mayne, and they would find that the free %intim' sold "spirits under colour of wine. (Hear, hear.) And what semi. city had they that the same thing would not occur, when they placed beershop-keepers in a position similar to that of the free vintners? Indeed be shouts like to know on what principle they could allow wine to be sold, and not extend the same privilege with regard to spirits ? Depend upon it, they were opening a door which they could never again shut • end when this measure failed—as fail it would—they world have no choice left them but to grant free trade ID intoxicating drinks. The right hon. gentle man said be wished to join eating and drinking together; but people drank min after dinner than they did at dinner. (No, no.) Well, they need to do. (Laughter.) Besides, mman did not eat except when he was hungry ; whereas he drank for many other manias. People drank with a friend, or bemuse-- " The wine was good, or they were dry— Or else they might be by-and-bye— Or any other reason why." (laughter) No one would wish to see persons who ROW dined at home with their families frequent eating-houase ; aed therefore the class to whom the bill would apply wee oompamtively limited. But a man who had caws been to an eating-house where liquor was sold would find his way there again when he wanted to drink ; and he would net think it necessary to eat first. Thus, eating-boom or no eating-house, it would be all the same. If that was not so, how corm it that all licensed victuallers had gradually come to be keepers of drinking houses ? The fact was drinking paid them beet, and they naturally pushed that part of their business which yielded them most profit. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hardy) contended that the sale of intoxicating liquor was not a matter to which the principle of free Mule could be the object of free trade being to extend a busiest', wlsssas the object of all their leguilation was to curtail the made in drink. (Hear.) The right hon. gentlemen (Mr. Gladstone) had in Liverpool a relative who thought that tree trade in liquor was a good thing, and at length he succeeded in carrying by a majority of one a resolution to the effect that hums &mid be stinted to anyone that asked for them. The malt was thnt Liverpool had 1,510 pidde-Isom while Mordsesier hed col 450. The been, es Mr. Robereson himself =ea in sane competition for banner; and notwithstabding that =rnwere failing every day, persons pressed into the al And what bed been the result on the public morals? Why that whereas in Liverpool one person in 29 bad been drunk, there was only one in 400 drunk in Manchester. The statistics of some other large towns were even more favour able ; for in Bradford the proportion was only one in 952. It was quite true the police were more strict in Liverpool than in other places ; but the difference would not account for the difference in the numbers he quoted. [Mr. Glad. ethos here made a remark.) The sight hon. genthanan would never hear saybody to the end, though there was no COO that complained more than himself if be ever interrupted. He Me Hardy)) was going to say that there were between 1400 and I,soolserhouses in Manchester; but still the statistics showed that beer had not so tad an effect as spirits. Some years ego there was • comparative free trade in Dublin ; and the result was that in the year 1851, out of 24,443 persons taken up, no fewer than 23,014 were persons convicted of drunkenness. (Hear, hear. The right hon. gentleman was going to thr ow upon the magistrates • much harder task than the impossible I care that he said they had now to perform. The right hon. gentleman seemed to think there could be no difficulty in saying whether • person was • bond /de eating house keeper ; and he asked what could be more inno cent than that they should be able to get • glass of light wine with their biscuit at a confectioner's? But who ever went to the confectioner's counter in the lobby (where they had a wine license) and asked, or even thought of asking, fur • glass of light French wine ? (Hear, hear Besides, confectioners were not all eoefectioners of that dais. What would the right hon. gentleman say to a men who kept a little shop and sold cakes and buns? If he was enti tle d to the appe7l•taoa, who would be rlisenti tled ? Whoever wished fora license to sell wine had only to stick up • few canisters of biscuits he his window, which were never intended to be eaten, and thus the ost im moral houses might have the oppor tun ity of selling wine. Again, what was the definition of an eating-horse ? The act spoke of whoever should "keep open such • house as an eating-house for the sale of animal food or victuals, with which wine or fermented liquors were usually drunk. " Now he (Mr. Hardy) was not acquainted with any victuals with which wine or fermented liquors were not usually drunk. (Hear, hear.) Then he asked what check they were to have? What justice of the peace, if he were celled upon to my whether • man who had pork pies for sale, which certainly contained animal food, or mutton pies, biscuits, gingerhread, cakes of ell kinds kept an skiing-house or not—could lately tell the excise whether that was an eating-house or not ! This would apse the door to every sort of house to get these Iloenees. How were beer-shops to be checked? They could not represent them as disorderly houses ; there was no mesas of fixing upon them that opprobrium. A beer-shop keeper might have • disorderly house; but be might shift his residence to • few doors off, and that house be no longer disorderlx. The right hon. gentleman bad provided no means of =Airbag the character of a man. Re refused to admit the fitness of particular prem i ses , or of a partiodar locality, so that houses might be provided with back en trances and other oantrivanass to prevent the inspection of the polies. He refused to take notice of the question of loesMy of the howls, so that they might be opened in out of-the-way places and be frequented by people who wished to keep out of the way of the police. The bill therefore did not provide any *heck as to the nature of the house itself, or as to who was a confectioner. There was no cheek upon disorderly houses, and anybody might get • licence if he so wished Then the bill gave no power to the magistrates where the locality was wrong, or the promises unsuitable, or where the character of the occupant was at stoke. But supposing the bill did all these things, were they about to do them in a way which Englishmen would stand? What was the mode? Was it in harmony with the other legislation of the country? (Hear, bear.) They were putting into the hands of the magistrates • secret irresponsible power which would render them odious in the eyes of all Englishmen, because they were exercising their veto in secrecy. (Rear, hear.) But was it only the magistrates who received this power? From whom would they receive their iuformation ! What enormous power did this bill place in the hands of the police? (Hear, hear.) They were the persons who informed the magistr a te s of all that was going on in the neighbourhood ; and they were now putting into the hands of the inspectors of police an Irresponsible power. (Hear, hear.) They would say to the magistrates—this is • man of lied character; the house be is about to open is not • real eating house ; he affects to sell povisions, but it is really a house of another description ; " and thus • house would be condemned as disorderly before it was opened. Thus the license would be refused in secret, aril the man would be unheard. (Hear, hear.) Thee questions now came before the magistrates at every petty sessions, where they were watch by the reports of the public press. Thus • check was placed upon the magistrates, and he ven tured to say, that if the government were to put forth a little of their pressure upon the magistrates, and make the licensing system a reality and not a sham, they would find the magistrate* stepping in, they would put down the disreputable houses, and wo ul d have decent and respectable places of entertainment throughout the country. He knew that at every petty sessions the polies came forward with • list of places, and said that they had not heard • report against any of those places during the year. Still this was a most important check. But the plan proposed by this bill was an arbitrary power, for the exercise of which the magistrates would not be responsible to any man ; and, moreover, it would be throwing power Into the hands of an irresponsible police. Thus in the case of an honest magistrate they were putting • burden upon him such as no gentleman in England ought to bear. (Hear, hear.) At present magistrates acted freel y and honestly, because they acted openly. But by this b . they were leading them into temptation—(besr, hear)—en so odious would the system become in a twelvemonth, or even lees time, that it would break down the whole of the guards of this bill, throw everything into confusion, and sweep away the licensing system, without the legisl ature having duly considered what they were to substitute in ice plac e . In this country there had been • steady de mise in the consumption of spirituous liquors, along with en increase in that of coffee, tea, and cocoa. Was the bonze prepared to supplant the latter by light wines from • foreign country? (Hear, hear.) Besides, what proof was there thut a taste for light wines would be created here? The re olsibility was that the most highly alcoholiaed wines would be most in demand, which would he only spirit drinking in another shape The Chancellor of the Ex chequer had told them that 1860 was to be a memorable year. Did he mean, with Jack Cede, that con duits were to run with nothing but claret? (A laugh.) He would recommend the nght hon. gentleman to build him fiscal reputation on measures which would improve the morale of the community, and not on founding new houses for the sale of intoxicating liquors. If be added to the 120,000 debauched houses already existing, he would be doing that which was against the sense of his constituents of the house, and of the country at large. (Hear.) Mr. AYRTON moved the adjournment of the debate. (" No, no.") The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented. (Cries of " When I") The adjourned debate was fixed for the 19th of April, amidst much cheering from the opposition. FLSHERIEB (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. Commune, leave was given to bring in • bill to extend the art of the Bth and 9th year of Viet., chap. 26, intituled, "An Act to prevent fishing for trout or other fresh-water fish by nets, in the rivers and waters in Scotland." The bill was read • first time. POLICE AND TOWNS IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND). On the motion of Lord ELCEIO leave was given to bring in • bill to amend the Police and Towne Improvement Act, ,so as to enable towns and populous places in Scotland to avail themselves of its provisions for sanitary and other im p.rovementa, without at the same time adopting its previ sions as regards the establishment and maintenance of • police force. The bill was read a first time. PUBLIC CHARITIES. On the motion 4167 was given to bring in a bill to facilitate the appointment of new trustees to public charities. The bill was read • first time. The house adjournedat 20 minutes putl2, tall 3 o'clock to morrow (tkds day.) and Ascot rscseacausc He had, it appeared, left a quantity of beer after the Epsom Races last year, which he ordered to be forwarded by the company to Ascot, and to be kept by them for him in the meantime. A beer merchant from whom the plaintiff bad bought the beer went to the oom pany and claimed it, and a portion of it was delivered to him, and it was for this, and the damage resulting from the plaintiff being without a supplyfor his customers at Ascot Races, that the present action was brought. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 25/. Three cams concluded the assizes, and brought the Home Circuit to a etmclusioa. NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Nozwica, Itiesca 31. ova fkm—(Bafore Mr. Justice Williams.) BTAWFORTH v. ' AFTON. -11112ACH OF rsoartmi. This WSs --- aiaZ-tiMi alleged breach of promise of Yr. Power, Q.C., rird 6e. Keane, appeared for the *Mtiff ; and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Evans for the defendant. Mr. Power, in opening the case, said the plaintiff, Eliza beth Stanforth, was the daughter of respectable people, living at Besthorpe, near Wymondham, /Norfolk. She had lived for many years with her father and mother, who had attained an advanced age. The defendant, Mr. Ayton, had since the death of his father come into the possession of considerable property, and the engagement was en. tered into in 1849. For ten years he had been accepted sa the plaintiff's suitor, and generally spent his Sunday' with her and her parents. Lathan had not peeped between the parties, because they were near neighbours, but the engagement was a notorious one. In 1858, after his mother's death, and when his means had somewhat increased, the defendant fixed Mi. ehaelmaa as the period of his marriage with the plaintiff. The plaintiff's sister prepared the wedding dress, and other members of the family were shown some furniture which he had purchased. The engagement was not performed, however, at the time appointed, and the marriage was de. feared till the following spring. In the meantime the defendant met with a person younger and more attractive than the plaintiff, and had sines married her. Mr. Justice Williams, in summing up, said the jury must not act upon the principle of p • the defendant, but of compensating the plaintiff. Verdict for the phuntiff—damages, 1001. NORTHERN ClRClTlT.—Lniarooz, An= 2. NIM PIMA Doom.—(Before Mr. Jurtios Blackburn.) MAHAR AND AMIN= (ABIIKINUN) o. LIM AND ANOTHIIL The hearing of this action was resumed this morning. The principal defendant, Simeon Sampson, was examined m =of his own case, and denied in all the material the statements of the bankrupt M'Clure. He de preset that the bankrupt solicited the defendants to ldpur shale the goods, and not vice versa ; that they had • the full amounts represented on the invoices ; that t ey had never prompted, far less dictated, fictitious invoices • that the prices were legitimate nide* for the good s purchased, and that on some parcels the defendants bad attuaily been ormadersble losers ' as they had been com pelled to sell at a lower rate than they had paid. The wit ness was subjected to a prolonged cromexanunation as to his dealings with bankrupt, and also as to irregularities in entering those transactions in their account boob, the dates not being in any order. In the course of the case it was agreed that, the whole goods sold to the defendants by the bankrupt amounted, according to the invoices, to 1,9701.; and that these goods had been re-sold by the defendants at 2,2001., showing an apparent profit to them of shout 2301. The defendants' case was concluded in the afternoon ; bat the cause bad not terminated when our parcel was de- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. William Stuart, 37, a respectable-looking nain, pleaded guilty to • charge of misdemeanour, in obtaining money by him. pretences. There was also a charge of felony against Mr. Sleigh, who was instructed, with Mr. Poland, to con. l duct the prosecution, said that Meets. Nicoll, the merchant tailors of Regent-street, were the prosecutors, and the pi oneer was in their service in a confidential capacity. It ap. pared that he had misappropriated between 601. and 1001., and the offence had been committed by means of false entries in the books. The prisoner, however, had evinced his contrition by pleading guilty, and the prosecutors, therefore, did not fee that they were called upon to proceed with the charge of felony. Mr. Metcalfe, who appeared for the prisoner, addressed the court in mitigation of punishment, and urged the facial that he had been eight years in the service of the prosecu tors, that he was exposed to great temptation by large 'wail of money passing through his hands, and that he had a wife and eight children, and that he had already been four teen weeks in prison. The Common Serjeant postponed the judgment until he had had an opportunity of reading the depositions. The prisoner was subsequently brought up with a man named John Brooks, who had also been in the service of the prosecutors, and who was concerned with Stuart in commit ting the offence, and pleaded guilty to it last session. This last mentioned prisoner was recommended to mercy by the prolocutors. The Common Serjeant sentenced Stuart to be imprisoned for 18 month. and Brooke for 6 months, both to be also subjected to hard labour. Jot,' Yeo, 25, pleaded guilty to two indictments, charg ing him with stealing various articles the property of his master, Charles Wi ll iam Hutton. Mr. Robinson,who appeared for the prosecution, stated that the prosecu tor carried on business in Newgate-street, and the prisoner had been for some time in his service, and had charge of the premises on Sundays. He had a key that enabled him to obtain access to a portion of the house, but it appeared that this key opened other rooms in the ware house, and the prisoner took the opportunity thus afforded him of taking away • good deal of property. The worst part of the calm wee that the prisoner had written inside one of the caps he had stolen, " Presented to me by Miss —," a young lady in the service of the prosecutor, his ° evidently being to make it appear, in ram of discovery,= this young lady was the thief. The Common Serjeant, in passing sentence, said that the conduct of the prisoner in endeavouring to cast suspicion upon an innocent person was most diabolical, and he or- dared him to be kept in penal servitude for fouryears. When the grand jury came into court the Common Ser leant maid he had been informed that an indictment for per jury would be preferred against a vounggirl at the instance of the Rev. Mr. Hatch, who was convicted upon her evi dent* al as indecent assault on a previous occasion ; and if I they fait say diSculty with regard to the case, the court ' wadi be happy to give them any assistance they might make. THE POLICE COURTS. GUI DgALL. Mr. William Crakea, a solicitor, of Castle-street, Hot. born, appeared before Alderman Humphery to answer the following complaint. Mr. Woutner said he appeared on behalf of Miss. Emma Johnson, the complainant, who was the daughter of the landlord of the house in which Mr. Gresham 's offices were situated. The case was one of a peculiar character, and he regretted that he should be compelled to bring it before this court, but the annoyance Mr. Johnson and his family suf fered at Mr. Gresham'. hands was such that they found it impossible to put up with it any longer. Mr. Gresham bad occupied a set of chambers in Mr. Johnson's house since June last, but some time ago the family became con siderably annoyed by what took place in the cham bers after the clerks left of an evening, and Mr. Johnson accordingly remonstrated with Mr. Gresham, and from that time a system of annoyance had been continued to an intolerable extent. On Thursday last the servant told Miss Johnson that Mr. Gresham had been emptying slope from his window into the yard, and scarcely crediting that such should be the are, Miss Johnson went into the yard to ascertain the fact, and upon looking up at the window, she there saw Mr. Gresham, and heard him exclaim, " Now then !" At the same instant a man at hie side emptied a scuttle full of cinders and ashes over her. Immediately afterwards Mr. Gresham shouted out, " That's it! that's it!" and closed the window. That the defendant intended by his conduct to annoy the complainant it was quite clear, and if the magistrate was of opinion that the ashes were wilfully thrown over tie complaivant by direc tion of the defendant, then it amounted to a common aasult, for which he was amenable. Miss Emma Johnson said—l live with my father and mother, at 10, Castlestreet, Holborn. On the 29th of last month, between eleven and twelve o'clock in the morning, I went into the yard in consequence of something the servant had told me, and I noticed that Mr. Gresham's window was closed. While I was there I heard it open, and looked up, when I saw Mr. Gresham looking at me. I could not see any one else with him, but I heard him may " Now then," and immediately a quantity of cinder ashes mine through the window and fell upon me. He looked me full in the face before he said " Now then," and after the cinder. were thrown he said "That's it, that's it," and closed his window. Aldermen Huniphery —What quantity of ashes were thrown? Complainant—Not much, sir ; hut there was more than a shovel full, they covered my head and dress. I imme d iately informed my mother, and she sent for a policeman, who came and saw the state I was in. Mr. Gresham never made any apology for what had occurred. Cron.examined—l know nothing of my father refusing Mr. Gresham the privilege of putting his ashes in the proper place. 1 know that two days previous my father prevented Mr. Greshain's man from throwing the ashes in the dust bin, and they were efterwards thrown through the window. Ido not play the pianoover Mr. Grusham's head. My sister plays. We do not have children jumping over head to annoy him. We had a juvenile party one day while Mr. Gresham was in his 040 e: I 11801 , me brother has said lie would have hurdy-gainhes in front .if the house, and children jumping about above, and rolling downstairs, to annoy Mr. Gresham ; but Ido not know that he has done those things. We have had to com plain frequently of Mr. Gresham, and he has complained of not getting the attendance included in the terms for the chambers. After slime further evidence, Alderman liumphery said—There can be no doubt that the ashes were thrown by Mi. Grcelicm's direction, and that Is an assault fur which I must fine him 20s. . . Mr. Atkinson was sorry the worthy aldermen had takes that view of the case, as it afforded a triumph to the other party, which would eally.tirnd to eniliitter the quarrel be. tween them more tlaa . ever. Alderman Humplsery— Why does Mr. Gresham stay there? I would leave, if I did not find myself comfortable, were I in his place. Mr. Wontner—We only want him to leave our premises, and if he will go at once we will forgive him his quarter's rent. . . . . Mr. Atkinson was about to reply, when Mr. Greehiou said he would not abate a single day of his notice. The fine was paid. MARKE! , LONDON WEIZLY DOCK R Importd. tivoaa—West India maks 1,e61 Mauritius. bogs 30,1188 Bengal aad Madras bags 3,00 Penang — Foreign ............pkgs 1K668 Conan—W.L casks LS Mocha pkgs Ceylon bags 3,618 COOOa—W.L bags Foreim casks 2'737 'TS. ITCII,4B.—MARCH 31 . Deliverd.ll.9. Stock 1859. 1,333 7,490 0,421 9,233 111,903 94,140 9,503 113,700 ,153,029 10,954 379,282 251,000 8 194 349 124 COW 8,735 2,720 20.715 40,186 320 2,120 7.064 84 8,977 8225 489 21,283 20.478 TALLOW.—The decline in the price of tallow on the spot and for delivery in all March continued last week, and the settlements of outstanding contracte on the last day were made without difficulty, in consequence of the quan. tity of Y.C. tallow offering out of the hands of the Russians. The demand from the trade continues light, and is chiefly supplied from the home production. This will in all pm. lability be the ease until prices on the spot and for the last three months of the year are nearer. Our quotations are Y.C., spot, 565. 6d. ; all April, 565. • May and June, 555., sellers ; July to September, 5St. ; October account, 525. 6d. ; Oilcan sheep, 565. 61. to 595. ; beef, 555. 6d. ; tallow Blaine, 52.. ; town tallow, 545. nett ; palm oil, 465. ; woos nut oil, Cochin, 445. to 445. 10d. ; Ceylon, 43 to 425. 10d. ; rough fat, 2a. llitl.—(From the Circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles, dated Monday evening.) OOTTON.—Livimeom, Aram 2.—We have had a small demand to-day, with prima in favour of buyers. The salsa are 6,000 balsa, of which 1,000 are for export and speculation. CO/TON GOODS. MaNctriorrsa, A PIM 2. —The monthly circular of Messrs. G. Fraser, Son, and Co., just issued, reports that the market during the last month has been upon the whole less active perhaps, and rather more chequered in the details of demand, but prices have for the most part been maintained with firmness. Where any reduction has taken place it has been in those articles which previously commanded the highest relative value. The decline in such articles has in part been compensated b the lowering tendency of the cotton market at Liverpool '"On the other hand," the report proceeds, "the general oat of production is being more permanently increased by the constant advanced in wages demanded by, and in part conceded to, the operatives engaged in spinning and weaving, whilst it is almost univenally complained of by the employers that the production is seriously decreased upon these successive advances of wages, by the apathy they engender amongst the hands to produce the customary amount of yarns and goods. Thus the cost of production is unnecessarily and most provokingly increased beyond all comparison with the advantages gained by the operatives in their ac- tually realised weekly wages. And it is evident that there would be far lees disinclination to meet the demands for higher wages, in the present condition of the spinning and manufacturing trades, if the advantages thus conceded were met by the operatives in the same fair spirit, and if the latter would honourably devote themselves, as they received higher wages, to keeping up the looms and spindles under their charge to their maximum rate of production ; but the verb reverse of this has been the usual practice." The goods which have shown most weakoems during the month have been 9.Bths printers and shirting'. The season of the year is rather against them, and the trade are not much under contract beforehand. The present circular quotes a decline, since the last, of 2d. to 3d. per piece fur 60 to 66 reeds ; and about 4id. per piece for 72 reeds 25 yards. Madapollama are lid. per piece lower for all qualities of 32 to 34 inch makes. With these exceptions the quotations of piece geode are unchanged. Save for India goods, manufacturer' are probably leas deeply under contract now than they nenaDy have been ohm the beginning of December last. CATTLE.—LrezarooL, Arlin. 2 —The supply at market to-day was about the same as on last Monday ; of sheep much larger. The demand very good, at much higher prow for cattle. No change in the value of sheep. Beef, sd. to 71d. • mutton, 81d. to Bid. Number at market : Cattle, 2,013.3 ; sheep, 6,044. COALS.-Loirnos, Ann -Ituddle's West Hartley, 16s. ; Bebside West Hartley, 16s ; Chilton Hart ley Steam, 15s. 3d. ; Davison's West Hartley, 165.; Hoo ting', Hartley, 16a. ; Howard's West Hartley, 16a. ; Lam bert's West Hartley, 16s. ; Taafteld Moor, 19.. 6d. ; Taa field Moor Butes, 12s. 6d. ; Walker Primrose, 13a. ; Wylam, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End Acorn Close, 19s. &L ; Walls End Eden, 19a. 6d. ; Walls End Harlon, 19s. ; Walls End Whariacliffe, 18.. 9d.; Walls End Bell, 18s. fat. ; Walla End Braddylls Hatton, 19s. 6d. ; Walls End Framwellgate, 19a. &L ; Walls End Hatton, 20a. 9d. ; Walls End Roarer. Hatton, 19s. 13d. ; Walls End South Hatton, 20.. 6d. ; Walls End Hartlepool, 20s. ; Walls End Heugh Hall, 19s. 6d. ; Walls End Kelloe, 19a. 6d. ; Walls End North Hartlepool, 15a. 6d, ; Walls End South Hartlepool, 19s. ; Walls South Durham, 19s. 3d. ; Walls End Trimdon Thornley, 17s. 6d. ; Carway and I/tarn Malting, Ships at market, 57 ; sold 45. GOVERNIIHN7 fitr_f_3lNp39 AFTER RASTER. .__. L„',. t i J. imailgLl., in the 'Memos of Lord Palmerstoa, moved that upon Thursdays aftee Faster, and till. Whitman• side, government oniers of the day have precedence of *Mims of motion. — Colonel W. PATTEN observed that it was Man grnlY in the union for such a proposal, which would 1 / 1 1 a nekint upon private member., though he acknowledged that the curtailment of the time at the command of the on Fridays by the debates raised on the mo ti on IF:=.l meet :. lied for some regulation for the better condsiet of the public business. The motion was opposed by several members, ineladieg Dv Disraeli, Sir J. Paldnaton, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Walpole, who, however, thought the time had come for oono.!ering some new mode by which the public bodasse could he better arranged. Mir (:. GREY moved, as an amendment, to said to the moti , ,i the words, "and that notices of motion have pre. owleoce of orders on Fridays." After a rather protracted diacualion, the house divided upon this arnendmeat, which was carried by 150 to 126. Seam further discussion ensued, and the house spin divided apes the original motion as amended, which wee meted_by_l4llo 117. Bit.thMAILI--Sir, in consequence of the vote to which the isms I* ilia arrived, considerable changes must take phes is the seednet of public business. In the course of a kw blob the home wM adjourn ; and it would be ones *en d the noble lord will give as some information as to, the mode in whisk the public business will be conducted after Easter. I would tended the house thlit there are two subjecta of great importance generally, sad particularly' to the great liberal party, namely, the measure for the abolition of charch•rates, and the measure for the reform of the House of Commons. Now it so happens est by the chenge which has taken place in the order of Isminms, it is Impossible for the church.rate question, which is a notice of motion, to come on on Thursday, which has now biome an order day, and the noticegiven by the noble lord the Secretary of State for the resumption of the debate on the second reeding of the Reform Bill cannot now come on on Friday, the 20th—{Oppositien shone)--beraese that order day is transformed into a notice day. Now, it would be very mach to our COO Vellillloll if the noble lord would inform es when the tbacussiou en the ascend realm of the Mena Dill will be resumed ; and abo, should the hen. baronet the member for Tavistock (Sir J. Trelawny)be in the bone, If be will favour us hv stain what are his Mention wt h mod to the third reeding of the Church Bat. Abolition BM. (Hear, hear.) Lard PALMERSTON—Sir, the arrangements proposed are, that weshould take the navy ultimates on Monday after the re.eserrealating of the home ; on Thursday the Seance ; and on the Monday following the mound reeding of the Reform Bill. SARDINIA AND THE DUCHIES. Mr. HENNESSY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the government had advised her Majesty to recognise the annexation of Bologna, Tee ' my, Modena. and Parma to the kingdom of Sardinia ; and I if so, whether he was prepared to state the reasons which had induced the government to tender such advice to her Ir t : e i s lJ. RUSSELL—Sir, in reply to the question of the hen. gentlemen, I beg to state that the Ring of Sardinia has not taken any new title, but his dominions have teen enlarged by the annexation of Lombardy; and I hav e lon huutation in saying that we have advised her I Majesty to consider the new pert of the Xing of Sardinia's dominions as form* part of his kingdom. The honourable gentlemea= know/ am that anon as the Austrian troops left Bo Paps authorities left it likewise, sod the country was left with out any gummiest. In Tuscany, as soon as the Grand Doke left Florence, the greed-ducal authorities also left. At Modena the same thing occurred. The Duchess of Parma showed more courage and determination than the others—(bear, hear)--but still she was obliged to leave her dominion+. These different states have re-constituted themselves of thew own accord, and annexed themselves to the dominions of the King of Sardinia. If the hon. gentle man wishes to go further into the matter and inquire into the tames whish induced the people of those states to leave their former sovereigns, and their motives for so doing, he will have to give notice of a motion on the subject. kr. IL COUNRANE asked whether the noble lord oh jested to ley as the table any eorrespoodenoe between the peewasount and tie eland trashes at Rams. Lord J. RUSSELL mid there was no cheer d'effsires at Rare; the,, wee only as attachi to the legation at Florence. He had laid on the table from to time several lettere *Admired by this gentleman to the home govern. meat, and ha did not think therivwere any others. CUSTOMS ACTS. The house west ifto committee on true Customs Acts. The UfLANCILLOR of the FIICCHNTIER moved the following 111114•411 d resolution : " That in aid of the charges of customs istablinhanente incident to the conduct of trade and to the statistical accounts thereof, there shall be charged as follows, upon all article', except corn, grain, or flour, and timber sad wised ‘ goods, upon the importation thereof- -per or pined, ; animals, per head, Id. ; goods, in L ic lltl e or each unit of entry, Id. ; with power tothe Lords of the Treasury to frame regulations for adjusting the amount of such payments in certain caseis .„. tr i altertaii the unit of entry, or quantity, or number of w hi c h as to form the unit of entry for the purpose this charge, so that the charge shall, as little as may be, exceed one quarter per cent. on the goods of the lowest value usually imported under the denomination ; and every person enter mg goals for exportation at the custom:l4lmin be required to prosiest to the proper officer of customs a copy of his bill of lading in respect of snob goods, with a correct endorse ment thereon of the particulars and value of the goods com prised in such bill of lading, and that such copy of the bill of lading so presented shall be deemed the entry ootwardsfor such goods, and be charged with a duty of Is fid." The right hoe gentleman stated that alterations had been made in the first resolution, which caused the amount to be derived from it to be 70,000 f. lees than the 300,010. ori ginally expected. He proposed to postpone that relating to chops on operations in warehouse., as some objection was made to it. Altogether there would be a diminution of rerveooc expected on the three chugs' of 100,0001., owing to the modifications which had been made in them. Some debiste of a desultory character ensued on each of tho resolutions. On that relating to charges on good" removed under hood, Mr. LGLIBH moved an amendment, which would have had the effect of preventing the unpositioo of the duty oo" removaL" A divimon was takes, when the amendment Iriu lost; the ourni,ers being—For the amendment, 50; against it, 64 ; rw.jority, 14. The re..lutioas were &pally agreed to and the house resumed. HOMES AND WISE LIOENSES Upon the malice far the smeunption of the adjourned *hate on the seemed MAN( SI this bill, Mr. CROOK nwried thetas bill be road • second time that der six sioatha The hon. member said the Chew cellor of the Exchequer bad informed tle house upon • former occasion that two parties objected to this bill. He confessed that he had no sympathies with the licensed via. wailers. He appeared simply as anadvocate of the opinion@ which the various temperance eocieties of this country bed explained in their petitions to the bouae. They did not ask the government to prohibit the introduction of foreign whine Mb England. They waived their peculiar views on the present occasion, and took issue with the Chancellor of the' Exchequer on his own conditions. That right hon. gentle•. mama bed characterised the bill as • wise and good meimenre‘ and laid be believed it would not very powerful 4 affect the use of epiritst, or even the use of beer. The ea of the large section of the community which he (Mr. Crook) repro. seated was, that having congested to the introduction of foreign wines, they believed the facilities for it. distribution sow mating wore amply sufficient. There were 106,000 pension st the present time set up by law specially to adinianter to the eamfort, or to corrupt demoralise, and &Mee tbe people, and this bill wou ld add I;zgely to th a t num ber. Th e hill was is direct opposition to the report of the committee of UN, which was presided over by the present President of the Poor-law Board, with the exception of the provieion placing coffee-shops and refreehment-houses under the supervision of the police. The bill made the labours of the committee quite melees, and would prevent the horse acting upon their report at any future time ; and he won dered wry the right hon. gentleman had not proposed to allow salient spent@ to be sold by every shop. The com mittee ..f 10Vel recommended that no intoxicatieg drinks should be sold without a license of not !en than ; but under the present bill • shop could be opened for the sale of wines with • license which would not cost more than twopence • day. The result of the committee's report was that the facilities for the distribution of intoxi cating dr. uka should he largely reduced ; and in the face of that au.l the other fade he had mentioned he appealed to these 1. .(111 hero who were fathers of families and justices of the peace, whether they could conscientiously give their support to such • measure. He implored the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the grounds of propriety and tempenuice, to withdraw so fatal • measure out of regard fur th e into nate of the poor; but if be did not d o so h e believed that the wisdom of the house would reject it. He moved that the bill be read • second time that day six months. Mr. IMOBY SEYMOUR, in seconding the amendment, disclaimed being the representative of any temperance ems. cialios er other body, and sail be oppoiseil the bill be cause be thought that upon many grounds it would not tend to the welfare of the community. Experience proved that threiefo,rthe, if not five-sixths, of the mess which came lame the criminal courts of the country were referable to the temptations, the seductions, sad the degrading in flamer* of licensed public-house. and beerohopa (Hear, bear.) He submittal that neither upon fiscal, sanitary, nor mond grounds had*. Chancellor of the Exchequer made out a case m twee, of thebell. Mr. M'Cnlloch mid he doubted whether infederwim, Mintroduceet into this country for of duty, would he very melt drunk ; sod that he thought beer would continue to be drunk by the balk of the population. The Benooesiee newspaper, ia as article upon the sub net. said that there were a t ireat many weak wines produced in Prance which t be made sufficiently strong for the Engli s h p a l a t e by o introduction alcohol in the shape of brandy. This woe the cloves foot of the a frau. sod vemild let the people know what they had to expert. A French gentleman examined before one of the 111109 come:Ames also mid that the French producers had no ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HONE ClRClJlT.—Bugoerox, MARca 31. (Before Mr. Juetke Wightraan and Special Juries.) SCOTT RWISELL r. THE VIACOM? NA DA DANDZIPLA. _ - . _ . Mr. Bovill, Q.C., sod Mr. Guth werefOrTie — plaintiff ; Yr. Lush, Q.C., sod Mr. Wornum were for the defendant. This wasin idiot Draught spinal the defendant, as the representative of the Portuguese government, to recover the sum of 3,5001., for spare made, sails, and other articles sup plied to the steamship Donna Maria Anna, which had been built by the plaintiff and equipped for the Portuguese government, under a contract, fie 10,4001. The contract provided for penalties if the ship was not completed by • particular (ley, and extras were to be paid for, if made under the orders in writing of air George Sartorial. The plaintiff claimed for extra mists and sails and other rigging, and the defendant contended that he was bound to supply those articles under the contract , and further that they had • large claim as a set off for petudities for delay in delivering the ship. The learned judge said it appeared to him that there were several questions of law upon the construction of the agreements,' to the various chines ol claim, and that the detaihi were simply • matter of account, and accordingly directed that the questions on the construction of the contract should be left to the own, and then if upon the result of that construction any matter of detail were considered material they should be referred, leave being then given to the defendant to move the court on the construction of the agreement. A venlict was then taken for the plaintiff -Damages 3,5001. subject to the terms above stated. DIM r. THI SOUTH MISITIMI RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lloyd were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Brown re presented the company. The was an action to mover tlanagea fur the non.delivery of a quantity of bottled beer and ale. The plaintiff, it ap peared, wee the proprietor of a refriiihatest booth ►t Epsom TRAFFIC RETURNS. SAILWATS. Mika Pi. Nor- TAW. TAW even. roger.. etualln. -lir. VA& Week ending March 16. A A C A uffalo and lake Huron.. 161 1,222 9112 Week ending March 25. Mast and County Down Week ending March 31. " Brighton, and S. 223 i 9,247 3,692 12.899 12.363 10,954 15,34 315 In 507 480 South Eastern SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CABUA LTIES. Havering, filckaby, from London to Hoag Bong, which pat in here on the 10th March, parted her cables during the gale yesterday, and drove ashore on Batten Reef, where she bilged, and has 15 feet water in her hold : the cargo is being dis charged into Ughters.—Plymouth, April 1. Otto (Basilan ship', Blomquist. from Moulmein to Queenstowu, with teak, drove on Strop' Point es the 111th January, sod be came a total wreck ; crew saved.—Cape Town, Jan. 27. Sumo Emil)), from Cardenas to New Orleans, was in collision with the Shatemuc. from New oMians to this port, and the former became a total lose—Liverpool, April 2. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. FIB,SW., oren e c all Nig well iht ngaFebe. l. 22, from 4.14 London for Singapore. steering bg N, lon 2:3 W. Fortitude ship), from London for Ceylon, all well, Feb. 21, sat 6.8 N, lon fall W. Patrician ,ships, from . London for Hong Kong, all well, Feb. I. tat 30 lon t 7.20 W. Stephen Crowell, from Liverpool for New York, March 25, lit 42 Is, lon 34 W. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BENHAM.—March 29, sift.= Lodge, leleworth, the wife of L Benham. Esq., of a son. BINOHAM.—March SS, at Upper Parliament-street, Liverpool, the wife of Mr. W. Bingham, of a son. COLF.BROOK.—March JO, at Southutrret, Lady Colebrook, of a daughter. COLE SlAN.—March 29, the wife of Mr. M. Coleman, of York street, Covent -garden, of a eon. ELWOETHY.—March 30, at Fordown. Wellington, nolnereet , the wife of F. T. Elworthy, Keg , of a son. HlSO.—March 30, the wife of Dr. King, of Bavilerow, of a MA d t a gi te l r e.—Marelt 31, at Bow, the wife of J. Maddock. Fig.. of a daughter. PLUUL—March at Wirewoods.green, near Chepstow, the wife of R. PeAke, Esq., of a eon. POWNALL —March 29. at Lusa-square, the wife of J. F. Pownall, Eaq., of • daughter. MARRIAGES. AlRD—NOAltgo.—March 29, at the parish church. Level the Bev. J. 8. Wilkins. M.A.. C. Aird, Euy., of / Targi3oEllenLiocukihilLeattuglitcr of W. Noakes, ATHEaIUCH—MANNING.—March 28. et Clifton Church. BristoL by the Rev. W. W. Gibbou, Mr. F. Athersucb, the Helena* to Lobelia. daughter of the late Mr. J. Maiming. of Clifton. COCILISLL—BIiGHIB.-31archh), at Mt. Philip's, Dobbin, by the Bev. T. P. Wright, T. (locket', Fay., of Dolston, to Marls. daughter of the late T. Hughes, koi., of Heckney. DAVIIII—PHILIPPS—March 31, at Abergwilly Church. bi the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St David's, A. H. $llllll4lO , Davies. Esq.. of Pentre, Pembrokeshire, to Frances. fourth daughter of the late Grisaiond Philipps, Eat., of Ca togsilly. datum. by K , EN.. DEATHS. BIONOLD.—March 30. at Cheltenham, Lady Blgnold, wife of me B. Etignol.l. of Norwich, aged 03. CHAMBERLAIN.—March 30. at Wlvenhoe, neat Colchester. J. G. Cluunherlain, Esq., age t d 0 0 CHAMBER/I.—March 29, a B ourne mouth. Mary Isabella. daughter of Captain W. W. Chambers. R.N., aged 17. CLABL.—March 29, xi% W. Clara, of Woudhouse.hl ll , Ballasts Leeds, aged 75. COOPKIL—March 31, at his residence, I. Green.terrsee, Nor Myer Head. Clerkenn e w i fe , John Faulkner Cooler, aged 77: deeply lamented by his sorrowing children, and a host friends. DOWN L—Marck 29, at the Terrace, Kennington-lark, Marl Lloyd, mild of T. L Downe. BW., aged at. FINDLAY.—March td, at Cringle.bomk Lodge, Butner, near Manchester, A. Findlay, Req. 1. .12198.—Maret IV, Jane. daughter of Mr. J. Boykin'. Of Woburn-place, Russellesiumo. aged 38. Printed and Published by WILLIAM ICLeo HALM, of Na lauabord Street, le the City of inn,len, Printer, at Me Oaks in Lombard Street, In the Prosiest el Whit , blare! 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