The Express. — London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT. atm= ortolan. -310NDAT, MAY 14. lb. LO.) auscuica lose him net os tie waft& seSehlemis. s. aw r in u a 0 I'S EXPEDMON. I. no b to tb. y e i e nik MUNDY, Ins( WODEHOOSE dew eas no objection to My eft Nee table, if the wade weak! MOTS foe them sepia or retracts from tip o f th e B r i t i s h emm i aidlesos ; but there wee, cm the subject hone Sir J. Modem He I ) h o d oot t i, ae ons reams to Wilma tbat Wee wee any foundation in the mewled failure of tbe expedition. tso the noble lard wee em e hrstond, but he wee even lees distinctly heard dim lewd Nona/ashy.] The noble menial was not pule retest ma th• •tatement which be had Attributed to ht. uohle friend the N.-ciliary .4 State for Foretop Affairs. W.,...t. he (Lord W.l.bouse) had endentood hr not.le friend to have void, aft! what actually took place. WAIL. that w ere *maths ago, when there way a rumour about an expedition .4 a •orilar lead. bee Majesty's governmsent remonetrated with Sardinia. Lad NORYANBY then moved fur the papers. which were ordered. PRIVATE BILLS. The Coln River Water RD was read a second tun*. 'e loll...ring bills wm roar third titr;;;iiPaimi : Midland Great Weetsra Railway °, Ireland, Gnat Bouthern et India Railway Coo , Chard Railway, Mialaad Rail way (llartarapowTrest Rn.rhr and Deviations). Widnes (1 sad Water, Midland Railway (Rowsley and Bailee Lana), and Midland Railway (Statics in St. Pancras, ke.) THE GUNBOATS. The Earl of HARDWICKE moved for a return of all the womb' or guabost• below 1,000 tom burden built by ma tract since the year 1862, with the names and residences of the coutracton of each vemel ; showing at the same time the icier of their cm -Munson,. the price contruted for, kgether with their pressed ioa as to seaworthiness. The Doke of SOMERSET said be had no objection whet. ewer to gore the iIIIORDWOIN which had already been moved ter and granted is the ether house of parliament H. multi not. however, give the information which was called for in the latter part ol thermotion with moult to the sea worthiness of the meek T'We were tio less than 164 of them, and, in order to INDITIDiII their seaworthiness, it was seamary that they should he taken into dock and me. seined, and that meld ant well be done with regard to all these weasels so as to serve the purposes of the return. Of these newels there WWI in the differen t , there wore hauled up at Healer 43 ; making to iB. Thee, were in oummission oe the home service ; then were 24 in China, 3 in North Amore s, 3 in the Mediterranean, 2 oa the aouth -east ooaat of America, 14 connected with the coast. guard, and then wan 10 more at pigment building. Now, with regard to those that had been examined, first he might state that when the present Board of Admiralty none into office, having heard • pest deal about these gentsate, he was amines, sod so were other member' of the hoard, to have them inspected, and they sent down an inspector, and a considerable amount of decay we. found. He believed that had beep found to some ex tent some months before sod some workmen were engaged in repairing them. Other workmen were put on in the sunnier, and there were 100 men employed in repairing these boats. Of the gunboats at Healer, 29 were either repaired or in a state of forwardness. With regard to others that were afloat. some of them were quite as much decayed as those that ware in port. It was thought by some that it was a mistake to keep gunboats drawn up in that state, but a far as expenence went they had nothing to show that one class wax more decayed than another ; there had been a great many came of decay in both. With regard to three in commission they had heard no complaint ; they had had some of them in China, and others in the coast guard With regard to those in China they were all efficient as fur ad they knew ; the state of these gunboats therefore was not quite so serious ea the noble lord seemed to suppose. Rut he admitted that emir party was to blame for the meaner in which these gunboats had been built. At the mane time they must consider the eircumstaleces under which they were built They commenced the Russian war with no gunboats. sad the moment the pressure was experienced the price of timber roes. Under these circumstances not only was • coutract given, but • boom was offered to complete the gunboats within a certain time. The contractors, however, did not get the advantage of that, as the shipwrights re. Ruffed sad obtained an advance of wages and what with that and the nee in the price of timber he believed that nasty of the contractor' were rained by their contracts. Be se vs told that in many of these shipyards there were two inspectors, , one chief inspector and another man under km, but there were nos working in those yards day and night. the mow was on the ground, and the work being time under pressure, opportunity was afforded to dishonest workmen to commit frauds by cutting off the halts. What made the matter wone wee that the copper was sepplied by the government He must say that there had not been more than two or three cams discovered of the infamous practice of cutting off the bolts. He should be sorry to think that say shipbuilder would be guilty of such an act. He attributed it to sums inferior workmen who were beeeiOt ie at • time slim there was peat pressure, and irks, therefor, there could not be an effec tual inspection. The matter was brought before the notice of the Ailmindty tyre menthe ago. They immediately instituted inquiries, which had since bees going on, with • view of taking lepil momentums to bring out the whole cam, and if possible punish the guilty parties. Court &nog the rate at which they were building last year, it must be obvious that our sock of timber was limited in onsiparisoa with the demands epee it, and efforts were therefore beteg mete to °Mani timber from all parts of the world. UM year there were added to ore csant wry, by launching taw vessels or by the coavenion of wiling into steam weasels, seventeen slope of the line, nine frigatea, three somethee and seven stoops, which would form almost • Pet of themselves. If the Admiralty went on building ait that eats, it would be impossible fur them to obtain the quantity of welloemesd bailer that would be required ; bat their aorta may mow nether directed to putting things into a teak far aaarmary °meatiest heeafter, than to k.an g saw nook at mash a rapid rate. The returns to be produced mold soya the sable earl all the other infor lustros that be dsisd. With regard to the mortar Meta, half of them were of ins, awl it would be the euileayour of the Admiralty to replace the wooden ones by inn ow n, sad mew* to repair them which were worth repair. He was not yet prepared to say in whet state the wooden n.. r ear hosta actually were. TIDO of TOWNSHFSD hoped that a thorough inst.ay would be made into the dreadful heeds said to have hem peached by some contractor, sot only in using null wood. bet petting in copper Mita which wan too short to hold the timbers of the marls together. If anything couhl make our seamen tremble d would be the Insowlesh;e. the fear, Of the suspicion that they were es beard rook oi impoperty commorteel. It would be better to go hock to tie oil fasterniag by tenor, than to risk putting in such copper bolts as he alluded to. .after a few words from the Earl of Bsaximacar, the WOMB OIRIOSIKL. ROM) ACROEIS HYDE PARK. harl DCCIE presented a petition from Imlay inhabitants of Wee derbies north and mouth of Hyde-park, to the weft of Briperare-rced in the former ease, end of likene•strest in the fatter, hearing for some new, direct oommunicatko than et exalted between the districts lynx? to the moth month of Hyde-park. Lord F.BURT thought everybody would concur that thin road amen Hyde-park was abointely ammerry • and with the weemity el a more direct comareernistion be tween the north and south aides el Bt. Jamme's Park wad alas, quite evident. At presses the whole traffic whi c h cunt front „Piccadilly or Oxfordetreet, and went to Belgravia, had to ge mead by Charing-cram, and there to easiounter all the Indic comas from the earn end of Lamina, 68d all that vaa going over Weetnaineter•dge. lie repotted that when the footb ri dge was made i n n 84. James's Park, two ..r three years ago, a carriege-rod was not minetrocted, which mom have been done without injury to the gardens. Lord LLANOV ER said it must be admitted that then were hardly any of the great thoroughfares in the .netto pniis eapabli at present of accommodating sal meetly the traffic that had to paw through them, and serious inconeeniewc was felt from this mime. But there were great ilia:WU,. in the way .4 exteusive metro politan improvements. On the OW hand, it waa often er a cal that parliament ought not to grant money for such oh" 5•t....„ but that they should be wholly provided for out of the local taxation. That might be fair if the metropolis w. tr on the same footing as the other great towns of the miters. But this was not the are; for while in other ens and boroughs the municipalities had large funds, sierv..l from various tolls Anal due., applicable to the improvemente of the town, here the whole of those coal does and revenues' fmru other artielea was levied by the Corporation of the City of London, who expended that vast mark of moo r , within the Pity, leaving to the rest of the metropolis no - other resource than to impose a local rate. )le Jul not know how them matter was dealt with m the bill now 1 store the Home of Connives for the reform of the i a md 00111.OritkAi, but it we. a point to which the anem ia se of their lorathipsought to be directed with a view to ea.J.l.og metropolitan improvement to be carried out. The wdening of the south end .1 Park-lane, only as far ea from Piccadilly up to Holdernes-hnuae, would cog no ben than 100,0001.. sod it was impo.A•le that each hsproveniente could be effected out of a local rate. The Earl of POWIS hopal that this matter of the de li/We commemiontion hetween the northeide awl south tide of the parks wouldsot have 1.. wait until thequestion of the mform of the City of London corporations was settlesi jamb remonable scheme for a rued scram Hvde•pork or Kenaiug km gardens ahead be coubtved, and se it concerned the mal put", he thought parliament would not be so un• wffheg to allow it to be aided with public irooney. BBLLING AND HAWKrNO OF GOODS ON SUNDAY BILL dr mike Ihr tie nreoransittal of thia bill, lard ` WIfiLAK implared their loolship• not to pro. gee d MIL on the pound that they ought to we b.•w kr cabbie wad private effort. couhl succeed in putting down isseases !lauds) trading before they attempted to legiente upon the subject. He presented a petition from a person • surname la Bt. Lake's wish in the metropolis, complaining fist the eakeks kw, under which hs had außereil, wan far two severe, earl /eaten that the bill coetaiued many en ion. ino.naintearie. % awl that, if rimmed into law, it wotild sperat. with hardihr. 0/1 , 1 0N.1.161 Clll.Ol, and 7.eee rat to eery iti—sitiafian al. Thu noble li.rl the 111111111 P THE EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, asWiatios for preventing Sunday ha arIA. waa bet** up by its mho hand Skil they 001111 not carry out =telmamats t l o wilkiat lafileng greal d. raisa s s a y a o G na t h a * poor " by . 111000 01 ass of the aims ainnseted with it, to the effect 64 Illailbsisztow bit bad ham pat down not by an act of bat butha kat maw sod cdhar civic authorities svogdg ik willows alshmlitkat bi • report which he proardeill to the explatakik he Mood the kid mayor wet to go he olds to span the kfr, and not to let ground foe booths, wiblinest dram and other exhibitions, and that when he (whom) weak ASPS IR 1850 there were scarcely assure meow sangragatel on ordinary days. A commis f pokes, who wasamakkad before their UMW' pa' . oom =Wee inllloB, said tbat Swop tradiag in the artropolis wee essnasing, sad in mum el lie peonat diskisky and this bit attributed to the insamikg mai* al the people. He aho rid that the worichesinwei had aroaistsd tbantmelves together for the purpose d indssiljt k rr vikfir ) u Pal their wages on Friday, or al an hoer ow Ot*ery, and that in some Instwitees they had accomplished that object ; and he thought it would be better to legisbitou until the swoon of these and similar dlfli had been fully ascertained. The witness further added Wt there were many poor persons who did not know cm bandy sorting what they would be able to get to sat 4R MO* and that it would be manifestly hard upon t= the emit of their getting money for food, to pram* fink pashas t l i t beams wee Sunday. Looking* wput kWh had taken piton, it watahlia batik, the am person oohed. to leave the strioter obarrinansa al the day solely to the blame of public feeling, believlas that sampakice was mews likely to the sill. The amble lord said in entirely with the witness that Bow* treats slasald be putdown voluntarily, and not by tit iron bind d tag kw. Lord CIESUISFORD said that, on a former occasion, the principle et the bill was folly discussed, and upon a division. at the inhume of the noble lord, was recognised to by de us • jiwity. Oiler this. circumstances, bm ov e felt he ought Boom cm the mass! occasion than that the brass should rushy NNW bite committee. Their lordahipe then west into committee upon the bill. Upon the Brit clause, Lead TEYNKAII said the noble sod learned ioni prohi bited ibedodauptableson Sonday, while he permitted ikalk, bread, ad trait to be sold ; and observed that if he left out of the list of exceptions anything material which was required by people on Sunday, the want of it would be felt by the community until parliament met again. He might mention that many horses were kept in a very unna tural state in London ; and if, for instance, bran happened to be absolutely required for °Mathes* animals oa Sunday, the selling of it would, under the bill, be treated as a cri minal act. But he also objected to the bill because it was at mend in its application. Sunday trading was carried as both in Liverpool and Birmingham, and what was good for the metropolis was surely also good for those towns. He also objected to a fine not exceeding 10s. nor less than fia., believing that in nine out of every ten cases it could not be recovered without levying a distress, the result of which would be to deprive many poor persons of all the property they possessed an the world. (Hear.) Lard CHELMSFORD contended that the noble lord had treated him unfairly by saying that he wished, by the bill, to mimes the poor trailer. He had endeavoured to explain on the second reading that the bill was a bill not of re straint, but of liberty, to enable persons to keep Sunday according to their wishes and feelings. He had a strong impression, in the first instance, that he ought to introduce an exception in favour of vegetables, but the representa tions be received induced him to give way upon that point, especially as he found that if he did not, grocers would re quire a similar exemption in regard to their goods The noble lord could not be aware of the great difficulties he had to encounter in considering the various in terests of the parties affected by the bill. He believed that in all the peat towns throughout the country, except Birmingham, there was no Sunday trading earned on. If, therefore, Sunday trading was confined almost entirely to our metropolis, Wee was a very good reason why he should endeavour to confine these regulations to that particular spot He had introduced the bill with no other object than to meet the wishes of thousands of tradesmen who had petitioned their lordships' house upon the subject. Earl i.:RANVILLE could not see why the metropolitan districts should be subject to two laws having confficting jurisdiction, while all the rest of the country had only one law. How was it that the old law was not sufficient for London, and yet was considered perfectly sufficient for the country '' Lord CHELIISFORD said he bad received a communi cation from a stipendiary mogistrato of Birmingham, who exported himself most anxious that the present bill should be extended to Birmingham and all other large towns, and who stated that by adopting the spirit of the bill with re gard to promeding against tradesmen who kept open shop on Sucdsys, he had produced a great improvement among them. The clause was then agreed to. Os clause 2, The Duke of SOMERSET thought that it would be • great hardship if poor people were not allowed to buy a loaf of bread after aim o'clock, while Dewspspers could be pur chased up to The Earl of BGILLNTOUN suggested that the hour should be tea instead of Wee for closing all shops. The aramsdneent was adopted, and the clause as amended agreed to. Clause 3 was agreed to. On clause 4, Lord WODEHOUSE said it seemed to him a Lush mea sure that people haw4frult in the streets should Dot be allowed to cry their Lori CHULMSFO said that in the particular part of the metropolis where these cries mostly oocurred they were resprded by the inhabitants se one of the greatest 114111101Cee pounible. The Bishop of CARLISLE said, that having had ex. of Loudon for some fifteen years, and knowing how t ri these public cries affected commotion", he felt bound to say that ou !luny ocoa•Mas be had had to send out of church during the administration of the Lord's supper to stop the cries of fruit. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 5. Lord CHELMSFORD maid that his noble and learned triad (Lord Wensleydale), who wee not now present, wished to introduce • closes after the stb, to the effect that the term for which a person guilty of a first offence against the act should be imprieoned should not exceed one month. He saw so objectiou whatever to the clause. Fe The e cause was accordingly inserted. Clauses 6,7, 8 were agreed to. On clause 9 , The Archhishop of CANTERBURY feared there would he greet difficulty in dealing with certain branches of Sun day tradiag. If they permitted newspapers, for instance, how were they to ideal with pm-iodic:els! Lord CHELMSFORD defended the exemption. It had been his desire to steer a middle course betweiii those who thought that no Sunda trading should he allowed at all sad those who oh to any interferon,* with it. The Earl of LLANCARTY submitted that the police *bockl haws greater powers to enforce the hill Lord CHELMSFORD aid the original hill had given the police authority to seize articles exposed for wile ; but, in conformity with the suggestions of noble lords who thought that that would be • dangerous power, he had now mash modiled the measure, if those who wished to en large the ohnarveace of Suaday (whom be believed to be a majority of the retail traders of the metropolid requested the police to lay an information, It would b e th eir duty t o de so, — The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the clause as it deed mold sot prove objectionable. From the numerous =be led promentat he inferred that there wer e hundreds uP very respectable persons who were most maxims to keep the Lord's day, but who toned it impossible so long as rival tradesmen refused to close their shops, The clause, with the rest of the bill, wasthen agreed to. Lord TEYN HAM gave notice that he should take the aeon of the house upon the third reading. BANKRUPT LAW (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT BILL la committee on this bill, Lord CHELMSFORD expressed a hope that their lord ships would resist the temptation which the abuse of the gamut law held nut to them to make the hill retrospective. With a view to prevent such a step, ha would move to omit the words "has ben or." The LORD CtiAlCliELLOßldefendedlthe clause in which these words oe , urrid a ll fte committee dirided— Colligate Noa-comiteats 6-1 . . _ The words were therefore retained, and the house resozn eaL THE COMMON LODCI2I:I . C! HOUSES (IRELAND) This bill was read • mooed time. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON BILL. The above bill was read • third time and pleased. The Lemony Bill, the Forgery Bi 1, the Nalickno Injuries to Property Bill. the Coinage Offences Bill, the Memories and Abettors Bill, and the Criminal Statute Repeal Bill were read a third time and pared. The Exchequer Bills Bill and the Customs Bill were read • third time and passed. Their kedahipe adjourned at 20 minutes past 9. HOLTIM OF OOMMONS. —MONDAY, MAT it The SPL►aaa took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' sumeadmenta to the Great Western Railway Bill were considered and agreed to, with other amendments. The Abergarenny Improvement Bill, the C.nisett DiAtriet Water Bill, the Leeds Township Hill, and the Sovereign Life Amu:arms Company Bill, were read a third time and passed. GUNBOATS. Sir C. NAPIER pve notice tbat to-mn row (this da)) he should cove for a return of the names of the gunboats which had been found to have been constru :led with short bolt , , awl of the =Mel of the builders. Yt'If4CRIPTIONS IN AID OF THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION. Mr. BENNE:MY mkt that oo Friday next he would call attention to the siatentent recently made 1y the Solicitor- I leurral with referee°e to an advertisement which bed ap peared on Co .o roes. with the view of raisin.; money in mil of the titeoli.an expowittinu. and to a deeisi-u of the Court of tOiniiion Mean as to the legality of such a proceeding. QUBEIVE4 BIRTHDAY. Sir F. SMITH asked the noble viscount the Fast Lord of the whether the have would sit on Friday next, Wig her ]Zajesty a birthday ; and if not, whether the ad journment of the house would be moved on Thursday Lord PALMERSTON said that it was unusual for the home to sit on the Queen's birthday. NEWSPAPERS CONVEYANCE., de., BILL. Mr. BAINES asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the esocad reaftual the Newspapers Conveyance Bill would be prooseeted with that sanag The CHANCELLOR of the EICHEQUNIS said that the lieweppere Conveyance 818 wee net yet printed. It hod he oseerved for the purpose of watedMft to the bonne soma meobations to be made by the asthosities of the Tmagenr, which the adoption of any nth bill would re quire. But he wee obliged to hie hen. friend for asking the qamtion, became it enabled him (the Chancellor of the eggs what appeared to be the convenient allermetal le teheivhb mimed he lie measure. The reasons os labia thememearemea headed were departmental and admi airtrative regions, and a maker of the parties affected by it were diepoeed tooontart t.remeess, and to urgethat &stamp Ran • eggradeies lashed d• amp gm weight, upon aeleammehelem. we memaymid by metal imeldente which mad melee it • handehl end memmirel mita= for the c=nenTbat opinket, homage mama by She Post-office t, _was yst a fair allegaillen (or vagary ; and he sheuld not Ma to dhpeee el Semites wilibeit listening be the adhodieme milli we for those parties to mdm amd he the = M oe Com mons to item Dal Ildixtuardidx bland Hill, the easheary to the Pretaillos, had recently been isles! mg mmiler e very were We.., and mcdicalauthori- Mut Mimell OM it INN 11111111111111* feritate, in order to Yeah hie valuble movimme GM hhave leave of abeam, he an ism then Mg mega He thought that it would of khd in the be igIMIGht he lie a pt to state its case on a subject of Sir Rowland as he had been the Vie mil led d all the Poet-office ar rangements in tide segmhy for the lea twenty years. Under these eircumetanme then seemed to be no alternative left except to peetpcm• the *airy, and se Sir R. Hills recovery at any period al the meeks seemed uncertain, be (the Chaaadisa all the rrejliregehit it beet to drop the bill for tide essiser Orsaisel ebeenj— and to renew it after a full patio inquiry had Deem made. He therefore begged to move that the order of the day for the second reading of 1 the Newepapar Conveyance Belle cancelled. The moan was agreed to. RECRUITING FOR THE POPE _ _ _ Mr. A. STEUABT row to ask the Chef Secretary for Ireland whether government had termed their attention to collections of money being made, there chiefly, as well as in other parts of the empire, for the nee of the Sovereign of the Papal States ; whether they believed that such might be or mime adopted otherwise, for enlisting subjects of het for the army of that foreign power; and whetter, if such were illegal or irregular, government would take arewurer to check any agents in the matter, or to warn those who might enter into inch engagements. Mr. CALEDWELL—So doubt the Foreign Enlistment Act prohibits ailiWwwwt is this country for the service of a foreign power, and the Irish government have turned their attention to the subject, and will take all necessary mastores for upholding and enforcing the law. (Hear, hoer.) THE NEW BRONZE COMMA. Mr. BLACK inquired d tieChasrll7.;:oitie Earhews when the new brines pew would be re* far isso ; and, if the distribution heels innieln lleend and baked by the National Paolo id tbsee Ly whit inlelthir, the distribution naiad ltele Scotland The CRAM:ULM VER—llas Ago of the arrangements he *ahem the hemp was this. The arrangementi, chignaienl the Mkt for striking the edema, leseetnovery but there had ben awe Iday as hoodell_ that pord i tt the osier Adel She withhaillatin of art, strictly so caned— ations that wee Wier, werifint I. poriodor . of the dies ; but the Maw d the Mb eqllllaod to receive them, at the futbset e within a her speaks, when the issue of the omega would Immillaitely cruises The distribution of Os oohs se wen a somewhat serious matter, and would tabs a long time. They would begin by issuing from lie lint direct, then when the coinage was so far estabßiesd that the people be came accustomed to it, and a demand was aran, they would resort to the presses of the contractors as well as to the Mint presses, and when the supply from these sources became inadequate arrangements would be made with the various branches of the Bank of England throughout the country, and with the Bank of Ireland, sod the principal Scotch bank. in Edinburgh and Glasgow, to forward the coinage from the Mint to them r centres of distribution. The collection of the old copper coinage would go on simul taneously with the issue of the new. It was thought better not to have any expensive machinery for that purpose, but to taut to people Waging it in, allured as they would be by some allowance for the charge and trouble of collecting. In reoy to Fir S. Noniron; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER added that a Email ern would be taken in the animates this year towards troomsoses of the new edam°, bet it would be merely on Bat the him would in fact, Ise believed, Inv for itself, as thee would be a profit in favour of the public. SAVINGS BANES AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES INVESTMENT BILL. In same, to Hr H. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER fixed the committee for this bill for Friday week. WINE LICENRIES.-IRRECIULARTTY OF PRO _ _ . IN°. _ . Lord PALYSRSTONcalledditention to the irregularity which marred on Thursday night, when a resolution agreed to In a committee of ways and means had been reported " forthwith," indeed of on a subsequent day ; and he moved that the proceeding be null end void, and that the resolution be reported to-morrow (this day). After a brief discussion the motion wee agreed to. BANKRUPTCY AND LNBOLVENUY BILL. Mr. BOUVERLE *lilted when this bill was income on The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the on • very cruel one to put to him. (" Hear, ear," and a laugh.) At present be saw no prospect of being able to Az • day, bet be had urged hi noble friend at the heed of the govern meat to allow him to bring it on that day week, la the hope that they would then make such pragrer in commit tee in the one night that afterwards they might proceed with the clauses at a morning sitting. HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES BILL. _ _ The house then resuraeatieConsitleration of this bill In columkthee. On clause 24, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed an amendment, the object of which was to assimilate the hours of opening and closing wine-houses to those which now re gulate the opening and closing of beer-houses. Hr. SPOONER asked if the right lion. gentleman in tended by this clause to authorise the opening of refresh ment houses on Sundays, which were not allowed to remain open at present. He thought the clause • most objection able one, and trusted that the right hen. gentleman would seriously consider the effect it was li kely to produce. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no intention to alter the present law, or to authorise say house to open on Sunday which was not authorised to be opened at present. The clause as it now stood would impose all the restraints upon wine-houses which were now applicable to licensed victuallers. Mr. SPOONER wished to know whether these parties were liable to penalties for following their calling on Sunday. (Hear.) What exempted these pastry-cooks and others from prosecutions ! He thought they were now liable for follow ing their calling on Sundays. Hut if the committee agreed to the clause, they would give • legal right to all parties to do that which they could not do at present. Sir G. GREY said that practically the act of Charles 11. was inoperative. The fact was • number of refreshment house* and others were open on Sundays, but the parties were not prosecuted for following their calling. There war so doubt a law In exidence, but it was not, or only very partMllrmimixed. (Hear hear.) Xt. BAD= ' mid ik see med to him the committee should auks a stead against that sort of legislation which would had to a desecration of the Sabbath. It was of the utmost possible importance, both to religion and to labour, that they should not allow these new places of entertainment to be open on Sundays. He might be permitted to observe that at • meeting lately held in the borciegh of Leeds special attention was drawn to the Wine Licenses Bill, and it was shown that it would lead to the opening of a large class of houses upon the Lord's-day. Now, what ever might be the case in London, be believed that in his own town and many others in the provinces, psstrv.cooka and refreshment houses were nut open on that day, and if the proposition of the right hon. geutleman the Exche quer was 'greed to the power of competition would vim the to open their houses. Having paid • sue ,b iltr ee = licenses they would feel themselves compelled to open their doors on that day. Hs was well aware that many persons who had peti tioned the house against tine bill had dons win consequence of its tendency in an obvious and certain manner to the de secration of the Lord's-day. This was en anti-domestic as well ran anti-religious clause. The legislature ought to do that which should induce persons to remain at home rather than to go abroad on Sundays. He begged now to move, after the word week-day, the addition of the words, " Nor on any Sunday." Mr. B. MTCOURT hoped the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consent to alter the clause in such a manner as that the oommittee might lave the satisfaction of knowing that while they had acted is ac cordance with the right hon. gentleman's recommendation in opening new places where persons might obtain refnah meat, they were not going to open • new class of refresh ment houses on Sundays. The next question was this :—Was it the intention of the government to open new places of entertainment on Sundays, es i well as on week days, or not! He felt persuaded that the public generally by la w = majority would object to this propoeition, and not consider tU bill an adva ,n if it led to the result pointed out by the hon. member for Leeds, that a new class of houses would be opened on Sundays. Everybody knew that there were numbers of houses open on Sundays which were fruitful in all sorts of disorder. In the beer-houses in the country all kinds of evils were concocted. He believed that a majority of members were averse to a new class of places being opened on Sundays, and therefore he hoped the tight hon. gentleman would act ill accordance with their wishes, and give them an opportunity of expressing thew upioions upon this matter. . _ Yr. W. if ARTIN thought these houses might ressiotutbly be closed on Sw L.ys, u there were plenty of places MAY 15, 1860. ed to be open where spirituous liquors could be obtained on those days. Sir J. SHELLEY said he could not help thinking that if the licensed victuallers and beer-shop keepers—in whose houses so many evils were conooeted—were allowed to have their places open on Sundays, there could be no memo why a better class of houses for refreshment should not be open on Sundays. If the t wai good as it a ff ec t e d the refreshment houses of t e lower and middle classes, it must also hold good as it regarded those houses or places, such as the Reform Club and other dubs, where gentlemen could always obtain what they desired on Sundays. They ought to show that these new houses would be tippling end used for other purposes than for refreshment, before they rejected the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. ILER SEYMER said everything depended upon the character of these houses. There could be no doubt that those who believed the bill would do mischief would be glad to close these houses on Sunday. He thought, however, there could be no objection to keep them open durite same hours se heer.ses were allowed to keep their open. It was all very well for those who were ena bled to take plenty of exercise every day in the week to stay at home on Su nd ays, but he could not ask the two millions and a half of people in London to stay at home on Sundays, and then if they did go out, he thought they should have an opportunity of taking some refreshment (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SCULLY said he voted against the bill. But if these houses were to be opened on week days, they ought to be opened on Sundays. He supposed that if thin clause were rejected, a gentleman wbo wag An the habit of drink. bag Ms botile of old port at his club every day in the week would not be able to obtain a suppl on Sunday, but be compelled to obtain sprits instead. (Laughter.) Mr. SPOONER said tie argument in reference to clubs had no foundation whatever, bemuse they required no licensee. Gentlemen who took refreshment there took it at their own houses. They did not require the authority of parliament, and nobody but themselves were guilt of desecrating the Sabbath. But if licenses were granted to these refreshment houses they would hays the authority of parliament to enable then to desecrate the Sabbath, a mat ter which all were earnestly desirous of putting down. He could not subscribe to the doctrine of the right hon. gen tleman the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaater as to his construction of the law of Chula the Second, and he thought the committee ought to exert its power and pre vent these houses being opened on Sundays. (Hear.) - ---- • - - - - _ Mr. BAINES said be had only • few words to say by way of explanation—first, that it was his intention to press his motion to a division ; and, secondly, that he did not pm pose to alter the law of the lend. His amendment had reference solely to the wine shops and drinking-hours which were to be established by the new law. Mr. LOCKE said he wished to call attention to the existing state of the law. The beta under which Sunday trading was at percent regulated wise an act, of Charles 11. for England and Wales, and an act of William 111. for Deland. By the former statute it was provided that its regulations should not extend to prohibit the dressing of meat in families, or the droning and selling of meat and wine in inns, cookshops, and victuallers' houses, nor the selling of milk before certain hours, of mackerel, he. The spirit and beer houses were not to be closed except during the hours of divine service. It was quite obvious, therefore, that if the hon. gentleman succeeded in his amendment, he would be altering the law, for he proposed to make it illegal for any meson to go into one of these refreshment houses, buy and drink a glass of wine. He (Mr. Locke) could hardly conceive that the house would come to such • con dusk@ as that. This was taking a puritanical view of the Sabbath indeed. Aecording to hon. gentlemen who took this view, people wise to get up and dress them selves. He did not know whether they were to wash or not ; in some very strict watering places bathing ma chines were not allowed to go out on Sunday. In abort, the country was to revert to the religious observances of the days of Oliver Cromwell. (Divide.) He would only add that if thehon. member for Leeds wished to go fully into this subject, there was • bill coming down from the Lords which would apply not only to these refreshment homes but to the clubs abo—(hear, hear)—when the whole questiont be agitated, debated, and settled. HA Mr. upon those bon. gentlemen who wished to see the Sabbath more strictly observed the desire to abridge the comforts and happinem of the working classes. (Hear, hear.) The proposition before the house was whether the country was to continue to observe the Sabbath day, or whether it was gradually and progreseively to relax its efforts and do nothing whatever either towards keeping the Sabbath or not. He should support the motion of the hon. gvntleman. Mr. JAMBS said that there were groat anomalies in the hon. memher's amendment. The effect of it would be to give an entire monopoly to the licensed victuallers by completely closing the refreshment homes. With these motives, which the home well knew that the honourable member entertained, did he think that lby this means of promoting the better—or rather the bitter"—observance of the Sabbath, that he was really diminishing its desecration ? It was very well for those who lived in luxurious houses, surrounded by comforts and relaxations, to say—Stay at home on the Sunday ; but it was a very different thing for the poor, toiling, working millions, whom they saw abroad on that day. By whom, be wou ld ask, were the clubs frequented ? Why, to extent, by those who bad domestic ties ehowhere. what miserable, wretched hypocrisy was it to talk of dese crating the Sabbath, when they saw four-in-hand clubs going down to Greenwich to dine on the Sunday! (Hear, hear.) If they wished to commit the country to such a course of asceticism, the question ought to be brought be fore the house in • definite manner. Mr. FELLOWEIi said he fullyy believed there was no country in which there was lon deserration of the Sabbath than in England, and that wee the very ration why he supported the amendmest. He had no wish to take a puritanical view of this question. He would not dispute with the hon. and learned member for Southwark whether these houses could or could not be kept open by law. If they could be kept open by law, all he would say was, why make the state of things worse than it was at present? By opening these new refreshment houses they were only en couraging drunkenness to the fullest extent. If there was mischief already in having victuallers' houses and beer open, why extend the mischief further ? He hmed ti hon. member would press his amendment to a division. (Divide.) Mr. SALOMONS said he should support the amendment. (Hear, bear.) He felt an important interest in this sub ject, which was common to all hon. members, namely, the Erof expediency. He thought it would be inexpedient, g the spirit and beer houses opened already on the Sunday, to extend the right of opening to refreshment houses. (Divide.) Lord J. MANNERS (who rose amongst cries of " Divide ") suggested to the hon. member for Leeds as amendment in the form of his motion. With regard to its merits, he would only say that this question of the due observance of the Sabbath had already per plexed Christendom for 1,800 years. He always extremely regretted the introduction of this sort of discus. lion into the debates of the house—(bear, hear}—but as the amendment bad been proposed by the hon. member, he supposed the house must come to some direct decision upon it. He would, therefore, on the present occasion confine himself to the coniparatively narrow issue raised by the her. member. No one could be more opposed than he (Lord J. Manners) was to any attempt to diminish the comforta of the poorer classes by any puritanical or pharisaical legisla tion on this subject. But he could not shut his eyes to the fact that, in the interests of the poor themselves, some check ought to be placed upon indiscriminate Sun day trading. But this whole subject was likely to be brought before the house shortly. As to the comparatively short point before the house, he confessed he did not see that a case had been made out for the extension of Sunday trading. Hs should therefore vote for the amendment. _ _ _ Mr. BAINES accepted the suggestion of the noble lord with regard to the alteration of the amendment. Mr. VILLIERS wished to remove an apprehension. One hon. member had said that the house wise about to divide on a question of observance or non-observance of the Sab bath. The noble lord had pat it as a case of the extension or non-extension of Sunday trading. He would wish the house clearly to roe the sane before them. They were nor, be it remembered, going to close the public haoaea - mid beer-houses. They were not going to prevent wine and 'spirits being seat fey to be coemumed in these refreshment homes ; or to prevent a man from ordering a dozen of wine Into a refreshment house and drinking it there. Then what difference was there between the ease of a man who bought the wine in the shop, or ordered it into the shop frees elsewhere ? The argument seemed to be this, that because there were now placed before the people temptations in the shape of spirit and beer houses, which it was acknowledged they did not give way to in any immoderate extent, there fore they were not to offer them the far is injurious temp tation of the refreshment houses. Did not the people act at present like intelligent beings and good Chris tians, without making beasts of themselves, even although public-houses were open on Sunday ? The hon. member for North Stafforishire had talked of the increasing tendency to the desecration of the Sabbath. Where was that increasing desecration to be met with— (bear, hear).-how was it shown to exist? (Hear, hear.) The hon. member's recollection must extend over • longer period than his (Mr. Villiers's) if he remembered the people more sober, more frugal, more decent, in their observance of the Sabbath than they were at present. (Hear, hear.) , How was this result best effected ? - Why, by offering to the public some innocent recreation. But there were hon. members opposite who were ow: wood to evert rocroatioo. They would stop every steamboat, every steam carriage on the Sunday, when it was shown that as their use in creased, thankenness among the people diminished. He trusted the house would not be misled to vote on • false issue. 11;. SPOONER said that hon. gentlemen had so (directly appealed to him as toeing one of those who wished to de. prise the poorer classes from having really good and proper recreation, that he most trouble the home with a few weeds He challenged the right bon. gentleman to produce a single instance in which he (Mr. Spooner) had over stirred an iota to produce such ► result. The subject was a very Moult one ; but his opinion was the more they couhi give good and innocent recreation to the poor, ever. on Sunday, the more they would lead them to a proper improvement of the day. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned member for Marylthooe had sensed him (Mr. Spooner) of having taken that course. But what lie felt was this.. There were a number of places open on Sunday which he felt to be h4bly crinntinl places, nod led to a great deal of immo rality, and this number it was proposed largely to increase. If they went into Westminster, Lambeth, and elsewhere on the Sunday they would have proof enough of the increased desecration of the Sabbath, for there they would see shops of all kinds open nearly all day on Sunday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would state the conclusion, not to which the government had come, but at which they remained. It appeared that the hon. gentle man approac he d the question frem this point of view—that all these licensed houses were n • y places of immo rality, and that being the case, he naturally thought it would be better to have them opened six days in the week only instead of seven. But that was not the view upon which the house had sanctioned the bill. The view upon which the house had proceeded was that it was desirable to allow the people greater facilities for obtaining wholesome refreshment under conditions which would favour tempe rance and sobriety than they had under the existing law. Up to the present time the law had restrained trading on certain days, of which the Sundays were the most promi nent and important, but which also included Christmas days, Good Fridays, and other days appointed for religious observance. But this amendment overlooked these latter claws of days, leaving them to be devoted to that intem and riot which it was said the opening of then ro r ir ' on Sunday would occasion. The act of Charles 11. excepted public-houses and inns from the prohibition which applied to other houses to trade on the Sundays. That ex emption had been continued by subesquent legislation. But if this amendment were adopted, these refreshment houses—ea eating-houses and pastry-cooks—would be placed in 4 worse position than the mere drinking-shops. He WA not insensible to the inconvenience of allowing these places to be open on the Sunday, but upon the whole he thought it would be still more inconvenient to establish as excep tion as against a class of houses in which certainly the evil would be lee than in the case of the mere drinking-rooms. He hoped the house would reserve this question of Sunday trading, and deal with it in reference to all these several classes of houses alike. Mr. HENLEY complained that so important an amend ment was brought forward without notice, and s that it should now be withdrawn and brought up on n tCre d . port. The question involved was a large one and &difficult one, and it was not usual to bring forward such a question without notice, that all who took an interest in it might be present and tab a part if they chose in the discussion. No doubt the step they were now taking would render any further dealing with the subject the more difficult. He re gretted that they had departed from the recommendation of the committee, in having three descriptions of these houses instead of one, the consequence of which he thought would be a competition between them which would conduce to intemperance. He thought there should be the same law for these different classes of refreshment houses. Mr. PULLER urged that the refreshment houses would be on a different footing to beer-houses and public-houses, inasmuch as they would not be compelled to close during the time of divine service. (Divide.) Mr. BAINES had had no intention to take the house by surprise. He bad been prevented from giving notice, partly from the hope that the right hon. gentleman opposite would have brought the resolution forward, and partly from the numerous notices of amendment which the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself had given. He did not feel justified in complying with Mr. Henley's suggeetion. (Loud cries of "Divide.") Mr. PACKS, who was interrupted by loud cries for a division, remarked that in the committee which eat two or three years ago evidence was adduced that in one district of London the number of people in the public-houses on Sun day evenings outnumbered those who were in the places of worship. Mr. MALI'S also spoke, but was so moth interrupted by the impatient demands for the division, that he all but failed to make himself heard. He was understood to say that if the refreshment houses licensed under this bill were to be closed on the Sunday they ought to shut up the public houses on that day also. The committee then divided on the question that the word Sunday be inserted : For the amendment B2 Against Clause - 25 was agreed to. On clause 28, Mr. AYRTON suggested that fie refreshment houses having wine licenses should he dosed during the hours of divine service se well as the publitilioness and beer-houses. Mr. Griffith, Mr. Crossley, Mr. James, and Mr. Hardy supported the same view. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said the clause as drawn ran upon all fours with the words of the Beer Act. The schedule at the end of the bill restricted them from the sale of refreshments and wine. He had no objection, therefore, to introduce into the clause these words : "Nor shall any such holm be open for the sale of wine or any article whatever." (Hear, hear.) The clause se amended was agreed to. On clause 27. EENTINCK drew attention to the neer:dimity of baring the provisions in this bill against adulterating wine very stringent A trade had lately arisen in wines, which were called South African wince, which were found to be made in this country, and therefore publicans were com pelled to adulterate their porta and sherries in order to meet the competition created by these adulterated wines. if some such provision as he suggested was not introduced into the bill, lie should move an amendment to inflict penalties upon persons who should knowingly sell, mix, or expose for sale, any adulterated wines. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had himself prepared an amendment which be thought would meet the case. The words he proposed to insert were, "or shall knowingly sell or offer for sale any wine so mixed, di luted, or adulterated." Mr. G. W. BENTINCE (West Norfolk) said it was per fectly notorious that from the moment the scheme of the government became known a system was established in wire for buying up the worst description of wines and adulterating them for the English market. He believed that the poisonous compounds which would be sold under the name of wine when the bill came into operation would be far more dangerous to health than the cheap wines now retailed. He hoped some restrictive measures would be adopted for preventing the wholes►le and public poisoning which wouli otherwise take place, and he was of opinion that the clause should be made much more stringent than it was at present There ought to be some regular constituted authority to examine the compounds likely to be offered for sale under the name of wine, and to prevent adulteration as far as possible. Mr. A. STEUART suggested that the amendment should be, "or shall sell or offer for sale any wine which to the knowledge of such mesa has been so mixed or adulterated." Mr. E. JAMES ;minded the house that the wines now sent to the English market were adulterated before they left the countries in which they were grown, and stated that in St. Petersburg alone more champagne was sold than was ever grown in France. Mr. AVItTON said be had recommended the licensed vic tuallers who had complained to him of the scheme of the government to indemnify themselves for any injury they might imstain by watering their gin. (Laughter.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, was actually going to make it an offence to sell weak wine. He (Mr. Ayrton) thought it would be the greatest bleasing to the public to weaken both wine and spirit ; and under these circum stances he hoped the word "dilute would be struck out of the amendment. . ---.—.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the languageof theclause was not simply "chlute,"but "fraudu lently dilute." He would not enter into the grave question whaler wine and water was better than wine, nor did he desire to interfere with those publicans who wished to sell wine and water, but what he did object to was that wine and water should be sold under the name of wine. He would even go so far as to say that if a man professed to sell gin he ought to sell gin, and not gin and water. No person in his real and ardour for the prosecution of virtue ought to be allowed to defend the eobriety of the people through the medium of fraud, and to give en article which was different in fact from that which it professed to be. He thought the extent to which the adulteration of wine was carried on in the metropolis was greatly exaggerated. The committee on the adulteration of food and drinks inquired into the sub ject, and ascertained that in about twelve cases the wines sold were unadulterated ; in seven or eight other omen they were adulterated with Cape wines ; and in a very few cases adulteration bad been carried on by means of very objec tionable articles. Ifr . ..loll3lfalE observed that where • warranty was given that the wine was pure, and it was proved to be im pure, a remedy could be obtained by simply proving the warranty, babe thought it would be very di cult to prove is any awe that the person who sold adulterated wines "knew" that they were adulterated. After • short conversation tho amendment proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was agreed to. On clause 35, providing for the exemption from the general operation of the MU to oertain places, Mr. AYRTON said he was surprised to see the exemption of Oxford and Cambridge. The theory upon which the bill was founded was that the consumption of wine would pro mote temperance, and therefore if the bill would be good to the rest of the oommunity, it would necessarily be good for the youth resorting to tdre universities. But the fact was the committee did not dare to apply the provisions of this bill to those places where their own sons were sent to be educated. (Ob. oh. The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER said the hoe. and learned gentleman bad made • slight mistake, for the bill was to be applied to Oxford and Cambridge as well as to all other places; but In order to retain the jurisdiction now in existence at the universities, this clause had been inserted . . Mr. HARDY said he did not see why the free vintners of London should be exempted from the operation of the bill. They ouirht to be obliged to take out licensee'. It wee a great MIMICS that they should be permitted to open • shop and allow another person's name to be placed over the door without being compelled to sake out • license. Nor did he see why the mayor and burgemee of Bt. Allmon should be exempted from the operation of the bill, Per haps it wee to compensate them for being disfranchised. Sir G. C. LEWId said the beet thing to do would be to lean the free vintners to be dealt with in the London Cor poration Hall. (Laughter.) That lardy possessed mivileges in reference to the opening of public-houses which could not be dealt with on this occasion. Mr. HARDY said the Vintners' Company could, without taking out • license, open • place for the sale of wine, end that ought not to be allowed. He would then-fore move an amendment to the effect that they be not allowed any exemption from the operation of this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that as regarded St. Albans the Mayor and Corporntiou claimed under an ancient ch arter to enjoy the licensing power which was ordinarily lodged in the hands of the justices, and consequently it was now proposed to exempt them. Then, as to the free vintners he thought at proposition of his right hon, friend .. the Home Secretary should be acceded t o . T o adopt tiU doeadment of th hon. member for Leominster (Mr. Hardy) would be grant. ing too much or too little ; and the effect would be to leave the law in a state of ambiguity. It would be much better to deal with the matter substantively by a separat e bill, and he confessed he thought it was a matter which pal. Bement should deal with. Mr. W. MARTIN said it would be hardly fair to take away the privilege without notice to the free vintners. The committee divided— For Mr. Hardy's amendment 9O Against it The announcement was received with laughter. After clause iii, The committee proceeded with the postponed clause , . Clauses 12 and 12 were negatived. Oa clause 12, one of the reserved clauses, Considerable discussion took place on the proposal b. give the power of granting licenses to the metropolitan police magistrates. It was urged that this p o w er w as g i ven to the county magistrat es in other counties, and there was no reason why there should be a special excerption in Mid. dews. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ultimately said that as the feeling of the house was in favour of the Middlesex magistrates, he would undertake to alter the clause to that effect on the report. The clause was then agreed to, and after some further debate, the house resumed. The house went into committee on the Nuisance , Re moval and Diseases Prevention Bill, the object of which is to appoint local authorities in every place, under whose charge the health of the locality should be placed, but es the fret clause a motion was made to report progress, and the house resumed. The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad. journed at a quarter after 1 o'clock. MARKETS. - - LONDON WEEKLY DOCK RETURNS.-MAY It !nipped. i DsUrerd. Pr. Moak 18517 139042—West India caska 2,744 2,900 10,188 9,009 MA61621159. Bengal and Madras bop tea 4,818 91.571 non Penang — Foreign .... ..... ...p 6,118 15,278 104,601 194,969 COYFFM-W.I. Mocha Ceylon C0006.—W.1. bogs 274 448 2,199 8,944 Foreign — 1,003 10,721 5,861 ILIIM—W.I ~.... 867 468 140,606 1 18,861 TALLOW.—The decline in the tallow market made fur. ther progress het week, particularly on the spot and foe May and June delivery, and until the prices on the spot are more equal, either by an advance for Oct. to Dec. or a fur. they decline on the spot, it is unreeeenable to suppose that the trade will take, at this time of the year, a cask more than they require from day to day. From St. Petersbur; the market is n oted quiet, at 47 to 48 re. for August. Er. change, 35 3 to , costing about 50s. laid down here. Town tallow declM Sd. on Friday, and is to be had to-day at 51s. Sd . net cash. The market closes Sat for June, but with symptoms of firmness for Oct to Dec. ; spot, 525. 9d. ; May and June, 525., sellers ; July to September, Ms. ; October to December, 50s. 6d.: 50s. 3d. was taken for this period in the course of the day ,• Odessa sheep, 53a. to 52a. 6d. beef, none on offer ; South American held for 555., the dock of this kind being very small ; palm 011, 465. ; Cocoa nut oil, Cochin, 441. 15e. to 451. 10a. ; Ceylon, 435. 6d. ; Sydney, 425. to 435. 6d., lees 21 per cent. discount ; rough fat, 21. 10d. —(From the circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles, dated Monday evening.) COTTON.—Liewarom, MAT 14. —The sales of cotton to-da e a g re v ratimated at 8,000 bales. A fair demand, without any in prices. CATTLE. —LrricarooL, MAT 14. —The rup ly of cattle and sheep to-day was unusually small. The demand slow, at very high prices for each. Numbers at market—Cattle, 799 ; sheep, 4,780. COALS. - LowDoN, MAT 14.-Bell's Primrose, 13s. ; Betide West Hartley, 15s. 9d. ; Davison's West Hartley, 16s. 9d. ; Howard's West Hartley, 15.. 9d.; Tanfield Moor Butes, 13s. 3d. ; Walker Primrose, 13.. 3d. ; Wylam, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End Aeon Close, 16s. 9d. ,• Wall. End Eden, Hs. 9d. • Walls End Marton, 16 s. •, Walls End Hilda, 15s. 6d. ; Eden Main, 17s. ; Wall. End %idylls Hatton, 17a. 3d.; Walls End Pramwellgate, 16s. 9d. ; Walls End Haswell, 18s. ; Walla End Bettor, 18s. ; Walla End Raiser' Hatton, 17s. 3d. ; Walls End South Hatton, 18s. ; Walls End Haugh Hall, 16s. 9d. ; Walls End Hamrick, 15s. 6d. ; Walls End Hello., 17s. iitl. ; Walls End South Hartlepool, 17s. 3d. ; Walls End South Durham, 17s. ; Walls End South Whitworth, 15s. 6d. ; Walls End Thorpe, 17s. ; Carsay and Duffryn Malting, 225. 6d. ; Llangenneeb, 21a.-Ships at market, 91; sold, 56. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Wee Par Met* Total. Tend SAILW/Tll. egeo. miters. elenake. I. MA Week ending May 12. .d. 6 6 E South Pastern — 19 1 076 18,940 London, Brighton, and S Coed US} 11412 3,227 UMW 13,9t6 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CAB Cr ALT lES. Batenth* OW, Captain Boyd, sailed hence on the of May tor Melbourne, but has put back, haring been on o n.dt. May 14. _ Benin WAS ashore at Benin on the sth of Aprll., ifilcutei — Z, - .7rOrTLiverpool - to 11. - adVWXcd Calcutta, went ashore during a heavy fog on Arklow Bank; crew saved, also • great portion of the cargo. Diana ,brig,, of Diuiee, from Minnie* to Liverl, corn laden, is on shore in Little iblound, near here, end Is Weed: the crew have abandoned her, and the coastguard have her In charge.— Ballyootton, May 12. Trafalgar % barque', f n.m Manilla to London, was abandoned on the 20th of April making 30 inches water per hour, and foun dered the next morning in Ist, 29 14., ion. 42 W. ; crew saved. —Dover, May 19. VESSEL'S SPOKEN WITH. Cinderella (shipl, for Calcutta, May 7, lat. 48.29 N., lon. 8.9 W. Duncan Dunbar (ship), from Sydney for London, April 10, lat. 14 8., Lon. Si W. Euphrates, from London for llongiCong, March 28, lat. 24 S., lon. 30 W. General Nowell, from Calcutta, Starch 25, lat. 10 N., lon. 88 E. Jobs Wood (ship, from Liverpool for Bombay, April 8, on the Equator, lon. gi W. Lady Eyre, from Bombay for Liverpool, May 4, lat. 99.40 N., lon. 82.22 W. Malvin& Vidal (Hamburg ship). from London for Melbourne, April 10, Ist. 3.26 N., lon. 21.25 W. Mauritius iss', steering east, lat. 35 8., lon. 22 K Mary Hall, from London for Point de Onlie, May 10, lat. 49.12 N., lon. 8.24 W. Spence (barque`, from Singapore for Liverpool, 30 days, Feb. 4, lat. 21.15 S., Loa 71.28 E. Sebastopol ship;, from Calcutta for London ad days, April 10, lat. 2 lon. U W. Travancore .ship), from Batavia for London, April 9, Ist 2.40 N., 100. 20.50 W. Triumph ',barque), from Mauritius for Queenstown 10 dap, Feb. 96, lat. 36.20 N., lon. 21.40 E. Ulriot, from London for Hobart Town, March 14, lat. 25 8., lon. 32 W. Zebulon, from Calcutta for London 45 days, Feb. 93, lat. 55.19 8., lon. 21.91 E BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BRADBRAW.—Ida 10, at Alfred-street, Liverpool, the wife of Captaiu L > w, of a daughter. CHOLidONDILEY.—May 11, at Kirtlington.park, Oxfordahlre, the wife of C. 0. Cholatondeley, Rau., of a daughter. CRAVEN. —May 13, at Hope lodge, Higher Broughton, 3lan. cheater, the wife of F. Craven, Req., of a sun Broughton, 9, at King.street Bowie, Dundee, the wife of W. Crosthwaite, Fol., of a daughter. GAlignY2l.—llay 11, at Cliestaraquare, the wife of F. Caumen, Eau.. of a eon. JONES —May 10, at Bruusertek•terraee, Brighton, the wife of Captain J. Jones, Bombay but - Innen, of a daughter. LATTER.—)fa y 10, at Fulham , the wife of the Rev. A. B. Latter, . of a daughte'r. LEDOER.-Ifayl2, at Oxford.terrace. Middleton - road, Llltton the wife of H. H. Ledger, HO., of a daughter. BTSIGOALL.—May 10, at araftonatmare, Clapham, the wife of Dr. C. Rena of a daughter. WOODHOVAL—May 11, at the Cedars. Hampton Wick, the wife of L. L. Woodhouse, Eau., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. IMSLEY--GATUHDR—Muy 10, at the parish church, Leeds, by the Rey. W. C. Bellhouse, 14. A., M. Emoley, Jun.. Me., of Leeds, to Busman, daughter of B. Gamble, Fag., of feeds. GRATTA.N—HUNTI.II.—May 10, at Christ Church, Luton-vale, Kent, by the Rev. H. Falrbanka, M.A., E. A. Grattan, Req., to Mary Cawthorn, daughter of the late J. A. Hunter, Feu., et Orraeley Lodge, Ham Surrey. HILDYARD—MORESBV.—Mny 10, at All Saints', Soothamigon, by the Rev. R. Iliklyard, M.A., Heavy Charles, non of H. Mild. late of Rio de Janeiro, to Jane, daughter of the 1W Captain B. Moresby, Indian Navy. 1.311,1107 101 ' NT AlN.—May 12. at St. Georgea, Hanover. square, by the 11ev. Dr. H lain, P.D., Colonel J. H. Leßoy, Royal Artillery, to Charlotte Anna 51.nuttaln„ widow of Colonel A. !fountain. Adjutant-General to H. Sl. * . Forces In Indio. MALSH—JALLAND.—May 10. at Holy Trinity Church. West minster, by the Rev. A. Borrulalle. M.A., Mr. H. Marsh, of Rochester, to Ada Frances, daughter of Mr. J. Jalleud, of St. 1/eorge'seguare, Belgraveroad. DEATHS. RONYELLOW.—May 10, at7l3eTkeietreet, preepool, Captain J. Route How, aged M. BOWLEY.—May 10, at Elm svenue, Mansgekl.roail, Nottingham, J. Rowley. Esq., sled 54. COOR.—May 10, at Albertetreet, Morningtoneresoent, the Rev. W. Cook, M.A., aged M. HtilniON.—May 11, at King's-road, Mama, L T. Hudson, Esq., XO3. INNER—May 11, at No. 4, Lovaine.plime, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from the effects of having been severely burnt on the 2nd Instant, affectionsteV lamented. Harriet Her tones. second surviving daughter of the late Captain Alt:minder R N. and Ann, his wife, daughter of the late Rev. 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