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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Mops" Ann 23. Their lomliMp. met et 5 Aim& MVOS= BILL Cron the motion the Lotto CitaiseithOlt the order of the day for going into commitiee upon this bill wee post poned main Thursday next. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE ARMY. Lnid VIVIAN maid that se a elmilar question to that of which be bed given =tics had been put elsewhere and fully sneered, it wee uneestesary for him to detain their lord ships by adverting to the subject, especially as business of much greater importance was coming before them. He, however, might express a hope that the =justifiable fraud 'thief' had recently been detected would lead to a reconsideration of the subject of the examination of candidates for commission,' in her Majesty's service, and that their examination would be so s i mp lified as to render it improbable that such • fraud could be repeated. He could not but think that the present system of examination WAX more prejudicial than beneficial to the interests of her Majeetz's sense, ANNEXATION OP SAVOY TO FRANCE—THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBYS RESOLUTIONS. The Marquis of NORMANBY rose to move the bellows , iag resolutions • That it appears by the papers Web laid. before garbs. meat. and especially by a despatch from Earl Cowley to Lord John guasell, &tart Sti February, that the French mtanter bad ttaled, aad truly, that the intestine of the Mnperer of the Prince to take poseemion et Savoy under certain °millineries had been malt knows to her Majony's *inbreeds at Patin ad by hie emenrimkated to her Majesty's Sseereary of State on mere than use scrim between the lllk elf July, 18610, sad the SOY of January, HMO, is private letters : That while this hors fully reocipsisee the reerity of • private corrsepondesoe between the Secretary of State and her Majsetja reproseatatives abroad, it is of opinion that all facts of nnernational importance ought to be snide mat ter of official correspondence, and as such to remain on sword, foe the use Dot mily of the goverment of the day bat of their thoessoon ia ogles, to be produced to or withheld from parliament by the ministers of the sown es their res • ity That the aroma of any such record, mere 'especiaUy if such private onereepeelence is referred to in public despatches,' le iaiunous to the public minim. unjust alas to the I Messmer who amide the communication sad to official cobusgesa at home, and calculated to withhold important matter from the full and free control of M b ra a i lei nnse; any onsition of hostility towards Lordoowley, be stated that the object of his motion was to awed cr isis well understood owl greraDy recognised _prhacipbee the conduct of the diplomacy of th e country. He conteeded that if the government had oily takes suillcieet trouble they might have discovered that negotiatioas for the transfer of Balmy and Nice between France nod Sardinia were being carried .on at a period when they deedered them selves igooraat of such a fact The eresersenes of this ignorer had been that the whole country had base kept in simpeasm mid the time fur effective action bed by. Alluding to the speech of Lord John be thought it coatinael met unjust accusations against the Simperer of the French, who had not acted with the bad faith imputed to him, as Count Walewski had clearly pasted out to Lord Cowley that the caste of iserlais non tiageseus in Italy would be followed by the annexation of Slavery sad Nioe to France. Great allowances must elan be made for the Freed' Emperor, who, notwithstanding the eggreseive policy he had punned, had been placed in • peculiar politics by the meddling policy of this country in Italy. He hoped that the house would agree to the reso lution he had brought forward, u a refusal to do so might be construed into an approval of • police which had re sulted in the present unpleasant relations between France and this country Earl COW LEY, who, *joke in • very low tome aeons, said, that before atteroptingaey argument on the resolution he must first thank their lordshipa for the courtesy shown person ally tobinnielf in putting the discussion off from Friday until Monday, in order to afford him the opportunity of being resent. He was sure that none of their lordships would be astonished that he should wish to take part in this dis- MIAMI] on a resolution which, when he first mid it, struck him as being a distinct vote of censure on himself. The charge was that he had been instrumental in keeping back from their lordships matters°, great importance, and he had dl permission from the Secretary of State to present himself lo them in order that be might answer so important a charge. (Hear, hear.) It i i z s zoerfectly clear that something which he was sun t o have done, or rather to have left um one, had =laced the alibi.. marquis to move this resolution—a resolution which, is spite of whatever might have been said to the cootrarv, oonki not appear to him (Earl Cowley) in any other light than ad a vote of :elm aru . The hest way in which he could meet the charge was simply to state what had actually taken place. lu Mash, lAN), his noble friend then at the head of the Foreign Department sent him an intimation that information had been received to the effect that nego tiation* were in pairs... between France and Sardinia for the celeion of *Toy to the former country, and instructing him to make 'equines He did make inquirim, and he WOO told (so we undentsel) that no such negotiations bad taken, or were taking, place. On the 4th July a de spatch arrived to him of • contrary tenor, and without waiting for instruction, he went to Count Walewski, when for the first time the Latter told him that there had both discu•sione between the governments of Prance and Sardinia to the effect that if the war should result in giving to Sar. damn:, a large addition of territory in Central Italy, France would deem it right to c l a im some equivalent on the side of Hans. This information he forwarded to London, and received instructions in reply; Out in the nieantinie he was informed by H Walewski that any such intention'on the part of the Fresh government WWI at an end. Just thee information of an amnesty arrived., am! on the 11th the preliminaries of peace were signed at Villdreoca. Their lordship were aware that theme preliminaries found no acceptance with the people of Ital., who would have much preferred an entire annexation to Sardinia. Their lonlahips were also aware that from the moment these preliminaries were signed, the French government was most anxious to have them carried out, rid it was also perfectly true that in the various coeversatior which be had between the 25th Joie sal the sth November Count Walewski stated as his private opinion that if say maim of ter ritory in Italy took place to Sardinia, it would be followed by • demand for territory in 15avoy on the part of France. (Hear.) This was sot an official decla ration, it was rather an observation made in common con. yereation, and be certainly did not take it so an official in tim:atom which he was bound to fora mil to hi. government. He was a possess of the sol*W.ll 4...Lanition of Count Walt witi, made in July, and he considered that would only bare involved hie government in frisks discussions, whilst he should give up the declaration which had been made to him without any qualification. (Hear, hear.) Benin., lie ceekl never have 'knout that the hint of Sardinia would crest to give up a temtor y which was truly c.alled the cratEe of his rac e , an d which con. Steed oleo the last fasting plan of his ancestors. The resolution sated that it was not usual to allude to pri vate correspoodena in a public despatch. He admitted this this. was irreTular. l• it he thought he could given satia te-tory reason why this tint taken place. When the change took in the Fresh Cal out be was absent from Pans, sad he found on his retarn that the queation of Savoy, which lie imagined had fallen to the ground, was in everybody's mouth ; their lordships wouhl recollect that a sings. VIM also then spoken of, and under tree circumstances.. It became secssary to speak to the new Minister for I...ride Affairs. Y. read toll him hts rood not give any informaticia until be bad time to look through the papers, and it was ant until the sth February that be (Lord Cowley) say information I,l* the intentions of the French Government. Is noting his re orta to the Seminary of State for Foreign Affair.. it aeaad to him that he ought not to state any. deur; which was irregular or unfair. He thought he had set enough to show their lordships that what he had done WA. tusiitable sad peeper. (Haar, bear.) His noble friend the noble marquis, who had bees so long in the diplomatic service of her country, himself knew that if a Foreign Mi nster ended to make • communication to • foreign go verment, be did an through the minister sending at that sent, and one of the proofs that there was Do intention that be i Fart( 'owley )ighou'el make snyoffieial communisation was Haat no intimatsos had been given of the matter to the amboaaolor is Leonia so far se be knew. He had no in teethe, of making may motion en this subject. He was =Ste unacquainted with the wages of the house, and all he wiehteilto do was !imply to make their lordships understood that be had withheld en cosunuaicatioa whatever fool, tier Majeety's goveresesst duriug the time of th ose important traisistiois. (Hear. lour.) He believed that in making those coaronotioas with Coast Walewski private letters unwed dollesal repose he bed acted for the best interested ' Ms rousts. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl spoke is so low a tots throughout hie speech, that his obse.-vations were very moserfeetly heard in the_pillery. Tile la ill CHANCELLOK rose, and wen about to pat the queens that the ree4utton be agreed to, when KANV ILL I'4 ahu had been absent, returned to hi. plc.. e, and mud tin wished to make a few , dmer- Tat.ou, The answer made by his noble friend who had pout ••t down was ordeal% s aeslidl and perfectly satia fse4ss these, hest - - that not one single peer had risen to eoppot the metros of the noble marque, (Hear.) He should therefore ask tiara loralahige to agree to the previous 411/.144..41. Tb. MONO Ones OWN reviewed the speech of the mottle marque in uorodsciag Usenet:on, and remarked that it most have less paidol to the noble marquis that during this Aloft newel be .1..11.1 hare been compelled I..ryxtri of public duty to attar; the two um who had . yd sued hini in the tw o L as t diplomatic pets which ii=dY hell. One of them was • ' , inn man, sod it woukl be for the ool•be mortis to say irtnAlier the attack was fair or not m 11111.1imace ; but as to the other, the whir earl who h ..I rot eat down, be mail at speak ,if his good violinr a. he was prIWINIC excerpt so far as to say that those naa fi, lam bad obtained foe him the coilfid k , of every m inister who had presided over the foreign elf.ors of this sentry sal of every foreign minister with whom ha h a d h a d env orniusinicatiou. With regard to as nha i x th a t b a g Joh., Knoell had imeourageol the .popuber he would appeal t o the noble earl as to whether he hed reaSed ear istnictions en that point. Earl COWLEY replied—Nuns whatever. Earl OR.ANVILLE expected See aohle earl would give that asuranee The results of file earths were so doubt olioststeful to the ride marquis, who so coandabuy THE EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1860. -slaked that if eaivenal suffrage were resorted to, the go veseamat would not be c The Marquis of NORZi a gY explained that what he rid WY this, that if the Sardinian agents were withdrawn. and the population of Tuscany was out of the power of forts peewees, then they might deliver their opinions freely, end that such would be the result. Rad GRANVILLE said he could not accept the explana tions( the noble because a few Saribtuan agenta could aotoverturn the established government of the country. What the Debbi marquis distinctly stated was that her Majesty's government had favoured the annexation of those provinces to Piedmont, and that it was the direct cause of Savoy being taken by trance. He denied that, for her Majesty's goverment went no further than to say that the Italians ought to be left to themselves to select that mode of distri bution of revitory which they should think mart agree. able. (Hear, lwer.) _ _ The Earl of MAL. HESBCRY said he was anxious to an. press the feekies es that (the opposition) side of the house on this question, sad to say that there was no intention whatever to cast say censure upon the noble earl who had come over from Paris to be present this evening. For him self he might say that he was perfectly conscious of the ability displayed by the noble earl in carrying ea the i=it affairs of his mission, and no Malt bed a tea If those Anion than hisnsall. Still, C li nt say that the speech of the noble earl did not re move the tairession that the noble marquis was justiffedin this eddied before the house. Th e noble owl did t ao kil Z that he had had some conversations with Count Wolewski ke tl that be east them t o this co u n t r y, no t i n se oilleil . but (a private letters ; and the 'wide earl • ankle& Ise, that such a comae might be irregular. It was elm the result of this irregularity had been to en able the gweenmet to 'tete by • sort of quibble that they lad not resolved any official information. (Hear, hear.) It was perhaps, tottate that they had not received *Skiml hut it was a quibble, and they de ceived the hem they said they had received no in. fortnatioe at aIL (S r.) Fad ORAPtVULS was understood to say that he had never doled the bet of there having been private letters. The Hem* of NORMANBY made an observation assess the tails wholly inaudible in the gallery. The But of HAI.IOIIIII WRY said he understood that, by the same ewers the_paversonent had pursued, they had deastred the hewn. (Bear, n..,.) fiid not the govern ment melee intorsositioa such as to excite an aeoreheoei ne , la their Wade of the results which, in fact, bad bees brought AM? (Sear, hear.) But, whatever result there wili4ht have been, a peat injustice had been done to Count Weleweki, became he always spoke and acted as though he hed communicated to the noble earl the intentioes of the government of France, and there fore he had not the least hesitation in saying that his noble bird in Paris ought to have wade his toet sairestiens in the form of public despatches. Lard WOW:HOT/SE denied that there bail been any at tempt on this part of the government to meshed the house. The Marquis of NORM ANBY, in reply, said that it was clear auffieseet grouse existed to justify him in bringing the matter before the home ; end he was quite surprised to hear that noble lards who differed so entirely with one of their col- Inger sore pars ago on this veFlit: f t o of private corn. spender:is should sow justify the • to which he had allied their lordships' attention. Noble lords opposite might And illesemisatteforget that circumstance, but he was quite we that it was remembered by every foreign niiuister and t abroad. He disclaimed all private motives in forward the matter, stating that he had been ac tuated solely by public motives and a desire to see our foreign correspondence conducted in a reguliir manner, and through the medium of recognised public despatches. The noble marquis concluded by saying he would not with• draw his neolutiuns, but would accept the previous question. He was only anxious to shoe to Europe that their lordships did not approve of the proceedings to which those resolu tions referred. The previous question was then put and screed to, and their lordships adjourned at 25 minutes to d o dock. HOUSE °POOH/JOWL—MONDAY, Ann. 23. The house met at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. CAt.corr took the oaths and his meat on his election for Clare county, in the room of Colonel White, unmated on petition. PRIVATE RUSIN &•48. The Central Wales Railway, and the Great Southern India Railway Company, Bills were read • third time and passed. The Dublin City Steam Packet Company, the Keith and Dufftown Railway, and the Torquay Gas, Bills were read • second time. Those cheers came from the opposition side of the home, who of comes would argue from the fact he had stated that the measure weeds dangerous character. He derived no such argument from it, because he had no fear of the extension of the franchise. He thought, how ever, it was abeolutely essential in any measure of reform which was to adjust this great question for a quarter of a century—and be was not one of those who thought they should be continually having amended suffrage s—that they should know the numbers they were going to admit to the franchise. The fallacy of these returns arose from the fact that government took the numbers from a return of all male persons assessed to the poor's rate in parliamen tary boroughs, but in consequence of the effects of the compounding act, there were many thousands of per sons in boroughs occupying houses of 61. a year and upwards who were not assessed to the poor rate, the owner who paid the rate being the person who was assessed. There was a return which would have given the noble lord a nearer approximation of the effect of his bill. That return was moved for by the hon. member for Lambeth in August, 1857, and it gave the number of houses rated in six metro politan boroughs. Those houses must, of course, be occu pied order to their being rated, and making the necessary deductions from them thee got at the number of occupiers ekes would be enfranchised. Take St. Pancras, where the noble lord said he would merely add 500 to the consti . In St. Pancras 3,766 6/. tenants would have the franchise. He was delighted at it. The noble lord, he be lieved, would be startled at it, though he would profess to be pleased with it. He would now take Finsbury. There were 39,621 houses rated to the relief of the poor in Ifinsbury. How many of those were under 61 . houses? Not one. The total number of electors at present was 20,951; and accord ing to the returns of the government the estimated increase would be just 558. (Hear, hear.) Why the idea was ridi culous. (Cheers.) Take, again, the Tower Hamlets. The number of voters now on the register was 28,843 ; sad the increase was estimated at 5,488; but the number of 61. houses rated to the poor was no lees than 88,327. (Hear, hear.) The present number of voters in Marylebone was 21,001, and the number which it was stated would be added to them by the bill was 406; but the number of rated housee was 43,885. (Hear, hear.) The total esti mated addition of voters lathe metropolitan constituencies— Finsbury, Marylebone, Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark, and Greenwich, was 13,992 ; but the number of rated IN. houses (deducting 27( per cent. the deduction made by the government for insufficient ' residesece, female tenancy, Ann tn. like) was no lees than iou,eoo. (Loud abeam and counter cheers.) But he did not stop at the metropolitan boroughs. He had caused inquiries to be made in a great number of other towns with similar results. For instance. the government calcu lated that the addition of voters at Blackburn would be 1,100, but the town clerk estimated it at 3,796. At Maccles field it was considered that there would be 2,760 more new voters than was Mated by the government ; at Blackburn 2,074 more, and at Ashton nearly 2,000 more. His corns spmdent &tithe last town, who was a strong supporter of the right bon. gentleman (Mr. M. Gibson), said that if the government had asked for • proper return—viz., a return of the number of 61 houses—the w ould have obtained in formation that might have beender ailed upon, bat, as it was, their return was nothing but a series of the grossest blunders." (Laughter and cheers.) Under the 30th sec tion of the Reform Act the occupier of a house, the rates for which were paid by hie landlord, had nothing to do but to tender his rates, and be could claim a right to vote, for doing which considerable facilities were afforded by the act of Sr W. Clay. It had, moreover, been legally decided that if • Landlord charged ins hie rent anything for rates, even if it were only • shilling, that payment would inure to give the tenant a qualification ; for as the Reform Act did not say anything about the rates being paid by the hand of the tenant, the landlord was treated as his agent. (Hear, hear.) He (the hon. and learned member) now mine to the readjustment of the constituencies. The government had not had courage to deal with this question as • great question ought to be dealt with. In his opinion, if public opinion did not back them enough, the, had better wait till it did, rather than pas, a bill which unsettled • great deal and settled nothing. The public had certainly expected a more satisfactory measure from the noble lord, who might be called the parent of parliamentary reform, and who had taken so great a part in defeating the bill of her Majesty's late government. (Hear, hear.) The bill of 1854 was a much bolder and better measure. In that bill the noble lord proposed to disfran chise 19 nomination boroughs; and, in all, he obtained the disposal of 83 seats. Besides, in determining which seats should be abolished he was guided by • much better role than that he hail since adopted, for he took into consideration not merely the number of the inhabitants, but the number of the present constituency. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had defended nomination boroughs ; but their speeches carried the house back to the times of Mr. Croker. Mr. Croker, who was the creation of • rotten borough, and who had never ventured to breathe the pure air of a liberal constituency—(loud opposition laughter)—Mood up to de fend Alborough. Mr. Croker established • great reputa tion under the system of rotten boroughs ; but he expired with his system, and he was embalmed in the undying satire of the author of "Coningsby." (Laughter.) The noble lord had revived the argument of Mr. Croker, and had invoked the great names of Burke and Macau- lay. Certainly the noble lord never made a greater mistake than when he cited the example of Lord Macaulay. Surely he must remember Lord MaCAU lay's own eloquent denunciation of the system of rotten boroughs, which he said closed the door to men of ta lent, and openWtothemonlyabye.way, alwayslow and often filthy, through which they had to creep on their hands and knees. (Hear, hear.) As for the noble lord himself, did he not quit Caine and obtain a seat at Leeds and Edinburgh? The noble lord would certainly never have dreamed of being quoted in support of rotten boroughs. (Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer had alluded to the example of Pitt, but what were Pitt s own words? "1 avow myeelf the enemy of close boroughs, for they are the stronghold of eor ruption, to which 1 attribute many of the calamities of the country." (Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer would nevertheless preserve them ise nurseriee for statesmen, and as harbours of refuge for them when they were ostra cised by the caprice of larger oinetituencies. But what sort of of refuge were Harwich, Ashburton, and Thet ford, or which of them since 1532 had introduced • great statesman to the house? An Hosr. Mares—Tiverton. Mr. JAMES—Tiverton, a nursery! (laughter.) Surely it was not an infant statesman who was nursed at Tiverton ! (Hear, hear.) The system of disfranchisement which the noble lord had adopted was • very extraordinary one. For instance, Tiverton was still to return two members, but it had only 750 electors ; while Guildford was to lose a seat, though it had 936. (Opposition cheers.) Again, there was a borough in which the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) himself was supposed to take an interest—Tavistock. It was to keep its two members, though it had only 467 electors, but Hertford was to low a representative, notwithstanding that it had 803. (Loud cheers.) Once more, Malta', in which the whig interest predominated, and which was to keep both its members, had only 789 voters ; but Maldo a, which was to lose one of its sesta, had 1,213. (Renewed .) Lastly, Wycombe was to keep two members titriZi voters, and Dorchester was to loos one with 551. (Cheers.) The proper mode was not to regard population alone. but to see which town bad in it the largest number of inhabitants likely to grow into voters. However, this at least might be said for the noble lord's plan, it was a most fortu nate one for the whig boroughs. (Great opposition cheering.) Further, let the house observe the absence in this bill of any lodging franchise ; there was nothing but a 61. rental. But there was a very large body of intelligent persons who ' lived in apartments, some of them for seven, eight, and ten years, and earning from 501. to 100!. • year and more ; and they had no vote. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord would not, it seemed, condescend to the adoption of what he (Mr. James) might, without adulation, say he thought a most valuable part of the bill of the late government—namely, the lodger franchise. They might stigmatise it a fancy franchise, but it embraced a largo and intellectual portion of the community, which would form an excellent counter poise to the large popular element which was about to be introduced. In the bill of 1864 the noble lord had declared that the payment of rent was a sufficient test of solvency, and that lie would not demand the payment of rates. But now Ow noble lord had changed his principle entirely? and if • 8/. rating franchise be established with a KC in counties, let the house only consider how many of the constituencies would be dis franchised in consequence of the non-payment of their rates. A bill with such ditbculties as these in its way surely could hardly be called • settlement of the question. But the bill, they were told, was to go into committee ; and what fate was reserved for it in another place it was im possible to say. He thought, however, that parliament would pause before it incurred the deep responsibility of re. jetting the bill. There were • number of persons who were dimatudied with it, but who were offering to it no turbulent or factious opposition ; and both parties in the house, he thought, were deeply interested in peeing some bill to amend the representation of the people. Twice bad the house been warned already by the fate of • minister • let them be careful how they interfered between the people and the ob taining of their jun political rights. With regard to her Majesty'e government, he thought their treatment of this question had not been satisfactory. They were bold in their commercial pulley, whilst in questions of the highest do mestic importance they were feeble. (Cheers from the op position.) This session was likely, In thank, to become memorable 111 'natters of social and leternatencil progress, but it seemed to him that her Majesty's government had blot a great "pportunity ; and he regretted that they had so far disappointed the expectations of a forbearing and confiding peewit,. (Cheers.) Mr. HARDY *barred that nobody had spoken in favour of this bill. Kr. James bad shown that it would not be a settlement of the question satisfactory to the party he re presented, while on the conservative *de it was believed that it would not be a safe measure. Its object was avowedly not to improve the constituency, but to increase the num. ber ; it was quantity, not quality. Mr. Bright and his party supported the bill, not bemuse it would he a satisfactory settlement of the franchise, but because they hoped it would afford standing ground for an increase of the consti tuency that would over be ar property and intelligence; it was supported as a depping.stoue to a further extension of the franchise. By its extension in the direction proposed by this bill, those wbo did not pay taxes would be suable' to control those who did pay, w►ile it would open wider the door of corruption. He conineed the representation of Mr. James of the fallacy of the returns adopted by the government, Melding that, in a majority of indent's, the gross estimated rental did not show the actual rent ; so that ' he bill would not merely add to an existing constituency, but would create a constituency of which nothing was known. In reviewing the details of the bill, he condemned the giving a third member to large towns as a step in the wrong direction, and regarded the omission of any scheme of revised registration ea an important defect ; since, if there were to be large constituencies, there should be a cheap and may system of registration. In the conclusion of his speech, If.r. Hardy made an animated defence of the aristocracy against the strictures of Mr. Bright, who, he observed, was dragging after him a government that could have no sympathy with his views. Sir G. LEWIS observed that when the government un• dertook to frame a reform bill they employed the interven tion of the Poor-Law Board to obtain correct data ; and the returns laid upon the table contained correct and complete information so fat 11111 the rate-books, the only basis up= which the returns could be founded, furnished such infor mation. Mr. James had stated that the government had made important errors ; but he (Sir (eorge) maintained confidently that the returns were substantially correct, and that the government bad not made any scrious error in the inferences they had drawn from them. He pointed out sources of error in Mr. James's argument on this point, which he in turn accused of fallacy ; and he then proceeded to state the grounds upon which he supported the bill. The object of the Reform Act of 1832, he remarked, was to remedy evils resulting from the representation of decayed and almost uninhabit ed towns, and the non-representation of populous counties and large manufacturing towns ; and the effect of the measure and subsequent experience had made him think that the time had come when it was desirable that some further pro gress should be made in the same direction. The defects of that act were admitted, and the present moment was favourable for the introduction of • measure, framed in the same spirit, which was • precautionary one, to guard against evils, slight at present, but which were increasing ; and the government were satisfied that it was • safe and moderate measure. It was objected that the bill con tained no revised system of registration; but the govern ment bad studiously avoided the introduction of subordinate matters into the bill, and this subject might be more con veniently dealt with in • separate measure. The objection that it omitted the lodger franchise could be discussed in the committee ; and with regard to the complaint that the bill was deficient in disfranchisement, he argued that cumstaines bad altered since the year 1831, th - at the nomin- A tka borcepas IMICON the Reform set stood upon • different footing from that on which the borough. with =all constituencies now stand ' • and the go ' tent had determined not to propose disfranchisement epos a large scale, but to follow the principle adopted in W till of the late government—that of population, which they thought was, upon the whole, a fair one, and prefer able to that of the number of electors. He explained the reasons which bad influenced the government in proposing the transfer of seats, observing that it was a fair subject for consideration, and if the house deemed the reasons in eisScient, their decision could be altered in the committee. H. impressed upon the house, in conclusion, that there could be no sound system which did not to • peat extent recognise the principle of local repre sentation. It seemed to him that the present moment being one of unexcited public opinion, and being fitted for cairn deliberation within those walls, and for • reasonable estimate of the measure throughout the country— was peculiarly suited for the consideration of a wholesome measure of parliamentary reform. He trusted that, whatever might be the fate of the bill, it would at any rate be fairly met in front, and that the have would have • fair stand-up fight upon it. (Cheers.) He hoped that no attempts would be made to defeat it by in imposing delays, by seeking to obstruct it by dilatory mo- tions, or by attempting to debate other measures at unne cessary length. Although rumours of an intention to adopt that kind of tactic, which he would not dignify by calling it a "Fabian policy," had reached him, he could not believe that any large number of members would combine for the purpose of carrying out a policy so ignoble, so little suited to the dignity or the character of the house, and so little fitted for the consideration of • measure of such first-rate import , saes. Although the session had now made some proper, let fibs observed that even if the bill should not go into commit tee before Whitsuntide, the whole month of June would be Wt for its consideration, and if the devotion of almost every I government night would not be enough for its subsequent it would be scarcely possible to conceive any time sedacient to enable a manure even of its simplicity to receive the assent of that house. If their discussions were gabbed by July there would be sufficient time for its consi deration by the House of Lords ; and it was therefore im possible hir any gentleman who looked at the state of the session to say that there was not ample time for the due consideration of the measure. He trusted, therefore, that all dilatory motions would be avoided, and that the house would give to the merits of the bill its most careful and deliberate attention. (Hear, hear.) Lord R. MONTAGU said, though not opposed to reform, be was averse to revolutionaryjchanges that tended to subvert the balance of the constitution. He complained that the deference which powerful constituencies exacted from their representatives interfered with the action of principle, hampering and tyrannising over them, leading to shifts and compromises, and this he ascribed to the Reform Act, which, he contended, had not fulfilled the lavish promises of its framers. There was no need of this bill, since there were no particular evils to be remedied, or anomalies to be rectified ; and the bill would confer the franchise upon an entirely new class—a class exempt from income tax. Be dwelt upon the preponderance of the towns in the repre sentation with reference to property and numbers ; and argued against the numerical theory, irrespective of intelligence, upon which the bill was constructed. By the present mode they were saying that members of parliament were worth • certain number of votes ; then why not have equal electoral districts at once? He further contended that the small boroughs always selected the best members. (Much laughter.) There might be • few excep tions ; but those proved the rule. The large boroughs generally elected declaixoere—men conspicuous for their long speeches. (Hear, hear.) For this purpose Ledru Rollin in the year 1848, at Paris, said, "By all meansavoid returning men of ability and education." That was the case with the large constituencies ; they liked men of medio crity, without originality or intellect. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord (Lord J. Russell) was quite right in his remarks on this subject. He showed that large constituencies had rejected Burke, Macaulay, and Sir J. C. Hobhouse. The latter was made War Minister, and immediately the consti tuency would have nothing more to do with him. It was true, at any rate, that the constituencies of Birmingham, Ashton, and Roch dale did not at the present day return War Ministers. (Laughter.) But every man who had brought himself into notice was liable to lose his seat for • largeoondituency. The hon. member for Ashton lost hisseat for Mancheater in 1857 ; the bon member for Birmingham in 1857; and the hon. inember for Rochdale, our great ambassador, lost his in the amine year. Lord Morpeth lost his election for North Northumberland in 1852 ; the right hon. baronet the member for Radnor had lost Lis ; and the noble viscount himself had, he believed, once sat for Routh Hampshire. He (Lord R. Montagu) had made a list of thew numbers whom he thought the most distinguished in the house— llaughterl—and he found they almost invariably sat for amen boroughs. There were Droitwich, Durham, Halifax, Horsham, Huntingdon, Leominster, Lyme Regis, Stamford, and others. He excepted, of course, the =Avenges, be. cause they consisted of educated men. Mr. H. BERKELEY said the noble lord who bad just sat down had made • speech with his usual ability, declaiming very much against the bill they were now discussing, and the opinion of the noble lord was confirmed by almost every other hon. gentleman who had spoken on the subject in his (Mr. Berkeley's) hearing. It seemed very extraordinary to him that so many able speeches should have been made without any result whatever—(hear, hear)—without any hon. member putting on the records of the house • denial of the bill altogether. It seemed that after all the speeches against the measure, the house was going to agree quietly to the second reading. (" Hear, hear, " and • laugh.) He thatfound himself in this position,i he could not look upon the measure as • reform bill. (Laughter.) It had no pre tence to be called one &wordily to the common acceptation of the word. It was a forward measure, and as such he was compelled in consistency to give it his support. (Hear ' hear.) But while he did so, he entered his protest against its being considered a measure of finality— against its putting • stop to all questions of reform for the next five-and-twenty years, as had been rid of it. Again, he objected to this bill simply from its deficiencies. It might be called a measure of progress, but as to reform it was the most infinitesimal does of reform ever offered to the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) He took it as such, and swallowed it, like the globule of the hoinceopathic practitioner, in the belief that it was calculated neither to do him good nor harm. (Laughter.) But he thought it right to state there were three strong objections which he took against the measure. There were three questions of reform it ought to have dealt with. The first was, that there was an extension of the franchise made to a class of men lees calculated, if possible, to bear the effects of intimidation and corruption than the present class of voters--(oppoeition cheers)--and that, while they offered those men the franchise, they denied to them the obvious remedy against intimidation and corruption, namely, the Lallot. ("Hear " and a laugh.) The objection he took to the bill was exact objection taken by Lord Macau/ay and Mr. Grote to Reform Bill of 1832. They considered that bill a failure because protection was denied to the elector. The house had just heard the noble lord opposite (Lord It. Montagu) descant upon the absence of electors from the poll. How often had he (Mr. H. Berke le)) complained of that to the house? In short, anything which would give them • real remedy for intimidation was denied in the bill (Hear, bear.) The next point to which he now turned was the absence of any dealing with the no mination boroughs. The third defect in the measure as a re form bill was its failure to deal with the tribunals of the house as regarded election petitions. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved there was no greater abuse existing than that system. Nu system required more alteration and hail less the confi dence of the country. (Heer, hear.) The noble lord who had commenced his reform career by bringing in the first Reform Bill had ended it at (Milani. (Great laughter.) The noble lord's sun rose with much promise ; his noonday sun was brilliant; but his evening sun was now setting watery and dull, and in the most disastrous manner for himself. (laughter.) titill it WM Impossible to forget the claims which the noble lord hail on the coun t • and he only regretted that the noble lord at th e en d of his career did not retain the position with which he had commenced it. Lord R. CECIL said that allusion had been made to voters staying away from the poll in small boroughs ; but the aast sinner in this respect was the borough of Maryle et7(Hear, hear.) He admitted he was an elector of that borough ; and he believed that no intimidation or influence was exercised except by the public-houses. (Laughter.) The Home Secretary had referred to the representation of ,localities • and the whole question was involved in that in the boundaries c boroughs. At present county voters in Middlesex, Yorkshire, and Lancashire, were swamped by the inhabitants of boroughs. He hoped that this point would be considered in the committee on the bill. The first Reform Billjoaly enfranchised 88,000 persons ;,the pre sent bill, on the lowest calculation, would sive the franchise to 200,000 so that it went twice as far in • radical direc tion as the former Reform Aet. That act contained checks and compensations—he might instance the Chandos clause ; but there was nothing of the kind in this bilL It upset the balance established by the former act ; and it would give such a predominance to the poor that it would be impossible for the rich and the intelligent to struggle against them. He had no doubt that the present members for Marylebone represented that borough accurately. But would anyone say, after walking through the borough and noticing its splendid squares and the great wealth of the inhabitants, that that dam of the voters were represented? (" Hear , hear," from the opposition.) This bill altered the legislating body itself. How, then, could they say that they would make a stand' and would not go further? Next year they would not be there to make • stand. It would be a different House of Commons ; and they might keep moving the stone the present house set rolling. He did not believe that the democracy Would seek to take the crown off the Queen's head, they would pursue some thing more substantial ; never had he any apprehension that they would seek to abolish the House of Lords. So long as the upper house persevered in the innocuous course they bad followed for the last few years, contenting them selves with minor legislation, and in major quietly register ing the behests of the Commons, he did not believe that the hon. member for Birnunghern would seek to disturb them. But there was one question upon which the democracy would unite for purposes of aggression, and that was taxation. (Hear, hear.) The hon. membe r for Birmingham was going to throw the responsibility of taxation on the lowest and rudest of the community, and they had already had a specimen of how indirect could be changed into direct taxation. Mr. M. MLLNES said he should vote for this bill, with the feeling that, so far from having the revolutionising ten dencies which had been attributed to it that evening, it walked in the ancient paths of the constitution, and was in fact nothing more than • development of those constitu tional principles of ahoy hail seen, under Providence, the marvellous effects in a combination of liberty and order in this country which the world had never witnessed before. The noble lord who had just spoken said this was a scheme for transferring the government to another stratum in society. He (Mr. Manes) did not believe in the social geology of the noble lord. (Cheers,) He thought both the noble locals who bad addressed the house against the bill would have done so with much greater effect if they had not talked so much about the upper classes to which they belonged, and the lower classes, which they treated, be would not say with contempt, but certainly with a considerable amount of disrespect. (" No, no," from the opposition.) It was treating Englishmen with disrespect to assume that if political power were placed in their hands they would wield it for political purposes, with out regarding the interest of those around them, or of the community to which they belonged. (Hear, hear.) If any proof were needed that the evils of revolution were not so impending as some supposed, it might be found in the fact that this question of reform excited so little interest in the country. He believed that was agood sign, showing as itdid the ' general contentment of the people with the government under which they lived. It was, he believed, the feeling of the mass that they were living under • good Sovereign and tolerant religions institutions, and that parliament was in the main obedient to the will of the entire people. In the year 1880 the house ought not, in his opinion, to attach much importance to political prophecies. (Hear, hear.)ll Mr. PEACOCKE cited some of the many instances of eminent men returned for small constituencies, asserting that these same men, when they became members for large boroughs, became rather delegates than representatives, and were unable to act in accordance with their own con victions. Would the tone of the debate—would the capacity for business—would the character of the house be improved by the abolition of small con stituencies? These constituencies were the representa tives of a most numerous class, and their abolition would throw the house into two great divisions, without any in termediate body to soften and reconcile them. He would prefer electoral districts to the unequal proposals of the bill ; they would, at least, be fair, logical, and final. Mr. THOMSON argued in favour of the rental franchise as the only real test of the class fitted to exercise political power. Mr. NEWDEOATE said that the reform question had been for years the football of faction—the topic of an out-door parliament—which had decided the proceedings of that house. He entered at length on the effects of the bill on the county con stituencies, respecting which the delusion was as great as that which prevailed on the subject of borough constituencies. He showed, from returns already presented to the house, that the addition to the county constituencies made by the bill would be from 210,000 to 300,000, and demanded that a fuller representation should be given to the counties, so as to balance the power of the boroughs. Unless this was done, the House of Lords would incur a grave responsibility if it consented to pass the bill. On the motion of Mr. BLACK, the debate was adjourned till Thursday. 'PAPER DUTY REPEAL BILL. • The report upon this bill, as amended, was considered, and agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read • third time. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PROFERSORMUP_OF MODERN HISTORY AT cAratiitia . Mr. STEUART gave notice that to-morrow he should ask whether there was any special canes for not filling up the Professorship of Modern History la Cambridge University, and whether the vacancy is to be filled up. MR. MASSEY'S MOTION ON THE REFORM BILL. Mr. B. OSBORNE said, perhaps it would be for the coe venience of the house if the hon. member for Belford would state the course he intended to pursue with regard to his motion, to refer the Reform Bill to a select committee. Mr. MABBEY—I have only to say that ss the noble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs announced the other evening in answer to a question put to bins by SW hon. member that he should consider my motion fora select com mittee as • motion to reject the bill, and as I had no such object or intention, I ND left without any other alternative but to abandon my motion, and I therefore beg to gins notice that I shall not proceed with it. (Hear, hear. THE REFORM BULL—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourned debate ou the Reform Bill was resumed by Mr. E. JAMES, who said be would just make a few re marks on the speech of the right hon. gentleman the mem ber for the University of Dublin. The tendeney of the right hon. gentleman's argument appeared to be that the extension of the franchise to the occupiers of 61. bonen in boroughs, was calculated to give a great preponderance to the democratic element, and to be of a &aprons and revolutionary character. If it were, it be hoved the gentlemen on the opposition side of the house to have met the motion for the seems i reading of the bill with a direct negative. The right hon. gentleman's speech fol lowed that of the hon. member for Leeds, who gave them statistics proving the provident habit. of the working claws, of their intelligence, and of their increased aluintion. But the right hon. gentleman met the whole of that speech with a sneer ; aal he was the more astonished at that, be cause he found on referring to the debate on the bill of the late government in 1450, the right hon , gentleman solo gne& the bill as calculated to enfranchise the working dames, and he mei a letter from an intelligent elector of the borough of MArylebooe, which stated that the bill was entitled to the support of the working classes, because it would add 15,000 of the skilled artisans of the borough to the constituency. Why then had the right hon. gentleman now this dread of the admission of the working classes to the franchise! He appealed from the right hon. gentleman to the right hen. baronet the member tor Hen fonlshire (Sir E. B. Lytton). No one would ever forget the eloquent speech uttered by the right hon. baronet, in support of that bill. "We are not likely," the right hoe. baronet said, " to fear the working man, awl for my part lam proud of the English workman, whether it be the simple English peasant with hie homely virtues, or the more agitated, hut amid all his faults that noble human being, the skilled mechanic of our manufacturing towns, with his thirst for knowledge, and kin dreams of some political Utopia quite as ration-it as th a t which Plato himself dreamed.'" The right lion. baronet, he presumed from his writibgi, had a better w - quaintance with the working people of thin country than the right hon. gentleman, and he had no fear of them, and yet they were told that this bill was revolutionary. The right hon. gentleman the member for Bucks (Mr. Disraeli) spoke 'spinet the franchise pro posed, because it created what he called • homogeneous con sistency. He (Mr. James) did not undentand the argu. meet, but the bill of the right hon. gentleman himself pro po•ed a UV. constituency for counties. In conferring the franchise they must have some political status, and he could Dot understand the objection turbos the bill were defieient in not havin g other frit...lines, and waless the right honour able gentleman had in his mind some mythical awl celestial constituencies that lived in houses not made with hands. He would now revert to the speech of the right hon. member for Droitsich, who omitted no opportunity of having a fling at metropolitan members. The right hon. baronet related an imaginiry conversation in which a sulky elector of Marylebone told hint that he never interfered in the elections of that borough. Sir J. PAILLNGTON remarked %heel what the lion. sad leurnzl i Cleman was quotin g was an extract from a PalloPki be Sir doh s w i a,,h. Mr. E. JAMLSL-But it was some imaginary conversation that took pine at the sea side. Sir J. took fact. Mr. JAXIB—WeII, he said such was the peeponder ancient the liberal electors that he to vote at all. Well, perhaps be did not. But might they not have an imaginary converse/Son with a liberal elector of Weinrich, whom they could easily imagine saying that be never interfered with the elections of Droitwich, because stir John Pakington returned the member for Weinrich, and that it was no use lighting against him ? They might mul tiply Wens of this kind, and they might take ciunties, and ash what chance had a liberal elector * North Essex' He would now make cue or two obeervatimis on the defects of the measure. He thought the bill was defective on ac. want of its nos-chiefranchisement, and cis account of its non enfranchisement, which was the consequence of the non diefranchibenset He thought also the bill was defective in its not giving a lodger franchise, by which they lost a great deal et the intellect of the country, which would, to a certain deem, be a safeguani and balance of the vessel of the state against wiled appeared to be too democratic an element. He thought the bill was defective by hampering the fran• chime exacting the payment of rates. The bill, which to be ea adjustment of a great question, was a =WO ellalike bill, because it contained no amended system of ragtime and registration which was essential. A great deal bad been said as to the extent to which the bill would inertia' the franchise. The noble lord had stated that the inter*, of voters in boroughs by admitting lit. h ouse h o ld ers would be somewhere between 157.uun and ltiO,ooo, and that he could give them no notion of the increase that would be made in the county easetituencies He believed that the noble lord's statement was entirely fallacious, and that government WIN not in peenession of the means of affording t o the house and the osantvy anything like a C 111101111• lion of the extent of the measure. (Opposition cheers.) SUPPLY. The report of the commit tee was bro!Ot mad agreed to. _ BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLYRN BILL. On the motion of the Arroarrer-Grsuaat., this bill pulsed through committee pro forma, for the purpose of certain alterations being introduced. The bill was then postponed until Monday week. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &c. (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was nod a second time. COMPANIES BILL This bill was committed pro forma. FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Thas bill was read a second time. The other order. were disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to 1. Lab) intdligcnce. EQUITY COURTB.—Ann. 23. ( &fort, Vico-Chancellor Sir B. T. Hindersley.) HANSI:WI r. WATSON. This cue, which was partially heard in December last, and was then postponed to give an opportunity for a com promise which was proposed, came on again for hearing on &tarslay and again to-thy. The bill was filed by the trus tees of certain charities which were founded nearly a hundred years ago by the Rey. W. Hanbury, who was then rector of Church Langton, in flomerietehire. That gentle man was a great botanist, and he planted • piece of land with rare plants and shrubs. He conceived the idea of found ing magnificent charities out of the produce of his plantations, sod with that view he executed 16 deeds, all of them dated the 14th March, 1767 By one of these deeds be assigned 1001., which was to accumulate till the funds amounted Winch a sum that the income from it amounted to 1,0001. a year, which was to be applied to the foundation of schools in dif ferent parishes, by which, as the founder said, there would be "schools for ever;" another deed directed the accumu lation up to 2,000/. a ear to establish and endow churches, and thus as the foun der said, there would be "churches for ever ;" another deed directed a similar accumulation for the maintenance of an organist in every parish, and other deeds provided for endowments for a professor of botany, of ma thematics, of antiquity, and of poetry ; the special duty of the professor of poetry being to write verses against those who opposed the founder's schemes, which venue he directed should lie sung at fairs. In every case the fund was to be derived from accumulation, until from the original 1001, 1,0001., and in one or two canes 2,0001., • year was derived as income; but this accumulation did not satisfy him, fur he directed that the charities should not come iuto operation until the whole of the various funds had ac cumulated to such • sum, and the interest amounted to from 10,0001. to 12,000/. a year, and then the church was to be built at Church Langton, costing "at the least, with the greatest economy, 100,000!. When this object had been accompli shed the founder further directed his trustees to build a temple of religion and virtue," with lodgings for the professors, with a museum, printing-office, picture room, rod library. The expense of this establishment he calculated at 3,900/. a year, and the remainder ho directed should be applied "to universal charity." The trustees have from time to time applied the funds of the charity in the purchase of land, the rents of which now amount to about 800/. a year, and in 1844 they filed a bill in order to take the direction of the court as to • scheme for the charity. The matter was referred to the master, and Ls now in the office of the chief clerk, who has reported that the whole of the property is devoted to charitable and scientific purposes. The heir at law, Mr. Hanbury, and his next of kin, however, claim ed the property on the ground that the first deed, which was the foundation of the others, was not enrolled, and that the gift to the charities was void. The matter now came on on an adjourned summons, the question being whether the chief clerk's certiliode should be confirmed, or whether the court would hold that the property was not properly dedicated to charitable purposes. Mr. Schomberg appeared for the trustees ; Mr. Glasse and Mr. N. C. Ward for the heir-at-law ; Mr. Ware for the next of kin ; Mr. Bally anal Mr. C. Hall for other parties inte rested ; and Mr. Wickens for the Attorney-General. The Vice-Chancellor said the trustees hd from time to time applied the fund as directed by the testator, and no one could now recover it from them. The question was not whether the lands were originally properly dedicated to charity or not. He considered that they were so now, and the decision of the chief clerk must consequently be confirmed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-Arm 23. Sittings in Banoo.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron, sad Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Wilde.) RRAIJIMOLDERS OP THE LIVERPOOL LIBRARY T. THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BUMMERS OF LIVERPOOL.- 6th and 7th Vie., c. 36, which exempted from laud and borough rates scientific and literary societies. hi this case the shareholders numbered W 3, and the shares, which had been originally a guinea, now sold in the market at 9i. 10s. The act itself only exempted societies for the encouragemeut of literature, science, and the fins arts, if supported wholly or in part by voluntary contribu. Lions, and where there was no division of profits. This ins a circulating library, with this addition, that it was ► joiut• stock company. The Lord Chief Baron—But there is no dividend. Mr. Milward—No, but there was an express power that the company might be wound up at any time, uud they might alter the rules sou to enable the proprietors to divide the stock. They had, moreover, a personal adult !age in being permitted to take home the books, and to introduce their friends. There was moreover a rule by which any propridor could assign or bequeath his or her " benefimal interest," and there were cases to show that, where a beneficial interest existed the society could not be exempted. If the society took in the Saturday Rerkw or the Araminer it would not be exempt. The Lord Chief Baron—They cannot take in newspaper,. Mr. Milward—No. He would contend that in this case there was a beneficial interest, and that the society was not exclusively for the promotion of literature. Suppose the society circulated such a class of literature as found a sale in ► street off the Strand. _ _ _ Baron—ltThe Lord Chief would be very obscene, no doubt, but we cannot sit here as critics. Mr. Milward—l will put a case of a society which Cihal Wed a record of all the prize fight& The Lord Chief Baron—Well, a record of prize fights would be part of the history of the country. (Laughter.) Mr. MllWard proceeded to say that when a person bought a share he would stillhave topaz lt. ls. as an annual subscrip. tion, or his share would be forfeited, so that could not to regarded as a voluntary subscription. He submitted that the Exemption Act could not override acts passed subse• quently, under which several of the rates appealed against bad been made. The Court were of opinion that the society was clearly within the meaning of the act, and gave judgment for the plaintiffs. Judgment accordingly. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—APRIL 23. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) M an JOHN WHAION.—APPLICATION TO REMOVE AN INNOLVENT INTO Tat COUNTRY. In Ws am made to remove the insolvent into the country at the expense of hie creditors. His debts in the aggregate exceeded 4,00 W., and out of 42 creditors 31 resided at Sunderland and the neigh bourhood. The actual debts were under 2,0001., and had been principally incurred on account of a brig called the Westmoreland and a barque called the Aden. He attri buted hie insolvency to having been arrested before ho completed his undertaking with regard to the latter vessel. He had in November made a settlement on his wife of his furniture at Sunderland. Mr. Dowse appeared for several creditors, and applied to remove the insolvent to Durham, to be heard at the district county court at Sunderland, and read an affidavit that the expense would be paid. The creditors considered that the caw could be fully inquired into where the insolvent had resided. Mr. Sergood, for the insolvent, said the application was entirely in the discretion of the court. Of the creditors, eleven resided in London. _ _ _ The Chief Commissioner was of opinion that the creditor, were entitled to remove the insolvent, and ordered his re moval to Durham Gaol. Mr. Sergood asked that the insolvent, who was on bail, might remain at large. The Court decreed otherwise, and sent him to prison, to be removed by Saturday at the expense of the opposing creditors, which expense, it is anticipated, will amount to considerable sum. MARKE7 S. LONDON WEEKLY DO C K XErIIRNS.-APIII. 21. LINO OP LITERAni INKTITUTIONS. Mr. Milward, on behalf the defendants, said this wan special case, stated by envier of Mr. Baron Bramwell, in order to obtain their lordships drcision whether an insti tution known as the Liverpool Library came within the Importd. Booet—Weat India casks 2,104 Mauritius. bags 38,767 Bengal and Madras bags 8,552 Penang Foreign pkgs 5.088 Corrrx--W.L mks 250 Mocha Ceylon bags 4,359 Cam—Wl bags 1,067 Foreign hairs 4,834 casks 687 1869. 2,079 1 8,15! 8,830 11,477 175,294 80.456 6,1130 112,530 129,90 12,197 402,017 290,941 698 432 113 3,643 5,489 1,826 23,545 40,233 397 2,438 9,336 219 1,374 6,031 611 20,918 19,607 iDeUverdj IPr. Stock' TALLOW. —The tallow market was firm in the early part of last week, and the demand from the trade improved. On the announcement, however, of an auction of 500 auks of Y.C. tallow for Friday the orders for consumption almost entirely ceased. When, on Friday, it was found that there was no present intention on the part of the Russian holders to force sales in the way that the advertisement of Y.C. tallow by auction suggested, some few parcels of Odessa found buyers at about Cal. per cwt. below the prices of the earlier part of the week. Te-day the market is quiet, and our closing prices are—Spot, 565. 3d. to 565. ; May and June, 545. 9d. to Gd. ; October to December, 52*. ; Odessa sheep, 555. &L ; beef, 545. Gd. to 555. ; town tallow, 545. lid., net cash ; tallow Blaine, 52a. Cocoa-nut oil : Cochin, 445.104. to 455. 10d. ; Ceylon, 435. to 6d. ; palm oil, 4435. to 6tl. rough fat, 2a. 11,—(From & the Circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles, dated Monday Evening.) COTTON.—Lrviirom., Amts 21—The advices per Arabia show a dearer tendency on the other side, with de creasing receipts, but shipments for the week are large. Our market to-cloy is freely supplied, with an active demand at previous prices, but with a little feeling. The sales are 14,000 bales, including 10,880 American, at 4p. to 81a. ; 3,000 Surat, at 2 1. to 44d. ; 20 Egyptian, at 7d. ; 100 Pernam, at Bd. to 9d. ; of which 5,000 are for speculation and export. The week's import is 12,979 bales. CATTLE—Lnzarom, Ann, 23. —The ly of beef is very small, the demand very good, at higher prices. Sheep in larger syy, prices without eh inge. Beef, Gd. to 74d; mutton, 8 to 10d. Numbers at market :—Cattle 1,464; sheep, 5, . COALS,—LowDow, Aram 23.—St. Cuthbert'a Hartley, 15a. ; Wylam, 16a. ; Walls End Hatton, the. 6d. ; Walls End Russers Hatton, 21s. ; Walls End Keller, 21s. 91.; Walls End South Hartlepool, 21e. ; Walls End Thorpe, 21e. Al. ; Camay and Duffr) n Malting, T.Ja.—Ships at. market,S; sold, S. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. Havering, ILlckaby, from fondon to Hong Kong. which drone ashore on Batten Reef on the 31st March, has been 0441.1 off and brought into the harbour, where she uow kits on soft ground.—Plymouth. April 21. Warburton ;barque-, Liddle, of and from Liverpool fur St. John's. NMI., with salt, is ashore at Baltimore Ireland leaky.—Sitlb berten, April 20. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Mame 'ship'. from Bombay for Liverpool, 49 slays out, Feb. 16, lot 35 8, lon 19.30 E. Blue Jacket tahip., from Sydney, Dec. 24, with troops for Loudon, March IS, lot 15 N, lon 45 W. Chimera, from Calcutta fur London. Yeb. 20. bit N 8. lon 11 E Itinnehaha .Brltish ship , from London for Negapatani, days, March 10, tat 1 n, Inn M. Northern Bride, from Bombay for Liverpool, March 2, lot 11.10 S. lon 10.25 W. Royal Mixon, from Bombay for Liverpool, Feb. 15, bat 38 8, lon 21 IL Virginia 'ship from Mauritius for Cork, 14 days, Feb. 18, lat 35 S, lon 19.30 K BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATH& BIB.TII§. CRIRP.—April 20, at Boundary.rold, St. John's-wood, Mn. A. Crisp, of awn. DAWKINS.—ApriI 20, at Mosteerharkger House, St. Neet's. the wife of IL H. F. Dawkins, nat, of • son. 21. at Caritwi-villas, Maids-vale, the wife of Mr. H. F. Diekina, of a son. GORSET.—ApriI 21. at Lee. Kent, the wife of F. H. H. Genet, Fag., of a daughter. HOPE April 21, at Arklow House, Conmenght.pinee, Lady liiildred s ßeresford Hope, prematurely of a daughter, who only survived s short time.' LE MARE.—AE t iI 20, at Oloceeter-rowl, Holloway , the wife of MJ. Le are, ~ of a son. LEEMAN.—Aprt 19. at St Paill'a.place, Canonbury, the wife of J. Leeman. EMI., of a daughter. MILDMAY.—Aprd 19, at Lnpworth Rectory, the wife of the Ser. A. Bt. J. Mildmay, of a son. MARRIAGES. GORDON—CREALOCR.—ApriI 21, at St. John's. Paddington. by the Rev. 0. M. Prescott, A. Gordon, Ea,.. M.D., C.R. Deputy. Inspector-General of Hoopitab, to Mary Preston, dm:Morel the late W. B. Crealock, Nag.. of iltanhope.pluee, Hyde part LOWNDM—ILASST.—ApriI 19, et oaltinliy, by the Rev. 1:. Massy, Lieut. -Colonel.l. H. Lowndes. tate MA and 41th Regis • to Eliza Mary, daughter of R. Massy, Loy., of Rberolde. Limerick. SWAINSON—WRITEHOCSR—AmiI 19, at St. George'll. r. pool. by the Rev. J. H. Swalnson, K saninvon. Roor. of the Admiralty, to Helen Charlotte. daughter of T. L. Whitehouse, Rm., of the Branch Rank of England, Liverpool. lILLATHORNE—PEACOCK.—ApriI 19. at St. Mary's rall ero:adsodie Chapel, Kensington, by the Rev. C. Woullett, and Ot at St. Anne's, Wandsworth. by the Rev. C. Ilaggord. Nttinc• ion of the late W. lillathome, Esq., of Mound R oils-. hill, to Ada Anne loahella, daughter o. the late Y. 11. W. Peacock, Rog., of Wall'send, Northumberland. _ _ DEATHS. BAOCI.EY.—ApriI 19, at Ityded.ark.gardena Mira Sarah Baguief. aged Sr. FRENCH. —April 19, at Warwick-villas, Maids-hill, Mary Skin. ner French. aged RILL —April 20, Louisa. wife of A. Hill, Eq., of Busioie.los re • aged st 2. HOPKINS.— Ilopkina. Eat ~ April 20. at the Crescent, Birmingham, Mary, wife aged 00. KERRISON.—ApriI 10, at Norfolkwtreet, 'Ally Kenton, w i d o w of I.4mM-tient:rat Sir it Kerrison, Bart., aged 75. LEIGH. —April 10. at Newman-Street, Mr. J. M. Leigh. age.' 5 3, LOFT.—April 19, at Louth , Lineolnabire. Margaret Boos widow of T. C. Loft. FAQ.. 9...M.1 Highlanders. MAYOR. —April 19. at the Rtx.ig.el:l,the Rec. J. Mayor, M.. L, Rector of South Collingham, . Printed and Published by Wisdiess into BM" ". Lo Street, in Um MI et London, Printer , at OM Mee. In Loninard Street, la tbe Precinct of 4% hitarlarm • 'MOAT. AVM 24, lade.