The Express. — London, England, 1860-03-31 00:00:00

1 .... , P of thin set it shall sot be ersamiey isr ray la agile to take the degree of Neater of is 17aimalig of Word. Nor for say pence, in order to became a sayer of the male la the Univenity of Oneeddlget to mho eery do ctstiaa, ur toeubscribe to the sin /Weir of the Audi at Englaod, or to ths Geddes caolairml la my ammo; and nick degree or manbunkip Nair the *lit of voting in the eleetica of beepenes to wee le per- Bement for the mid universities repadively, bat shell set wider any other power, right, or privilege whatsoever mina all oaths, declaration., and subecriptioes by law reqtdred shall tare beep first duly mode wad taken." THE 00EYERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS wrrs FRANC& oriHtacr. y E. EGERTON asked lie mak lard the Foreign 13o whether toy soppimerld treaty the bon ronged booms lido .f mai limos on the enbject d the dodos cm poi similkid flea lido country into Frames: sod if ec% Whether ba bed say objection to lay it upoo the Whip of the bows? Lord J. RUSSELL said there was no inch supplemental treaty. Mr. E. EGERTON asked whether each treaty was in Lord J. RUSSELL rid the government had no intention at present of miming into say such treaty. THE WI JUAN QIJENTION. Mr. LONOPIILD asked the Secretary of State for Poirot Affairs what progress had been nude towards a settlement of the flan Juan question, and to produce (if Mere shoed be on objection on public fir ,unds) "j 11011111.0111411M0 which right have recently ta k en p iece between the llntieh and American governments on the L a rd J. SELL rid that the only program that bad Men min lewneis Ye settlement of the quart= was ea =l"upon each side, which had not yet been cos. The last despatch went from the country, and be expeehed Yet an eseunt would be given to it on the part of the Untied Maim ppeerumeet. With regard to the pros peel el a rildaskory settlement of the difiSculty he could only ammt thegibtilakent which had before been made, that the misibst of General Scott on the par of the United States imeessammt Lad been most conciliatory. On him arrivals* the imbed be found there • body of 800 trailed Sears mama ani • battery of gum. He had reduced that sembse to 101 sod he bed eethely removed the battery of LI.LIt was new speed Yet 100 marines should oomq7 deed en the pert of the gmerernent of this me, r that there elleaH he a joint occupancy pending the wont el the memtion. THE ITALIAN QUINTION.-IRISH BUSINESS. -- - - -- - . _ _---- ---- Mr. P. HIMIDUNISI said he ram to move that the hos; at Ito Meg Amen mei M• 11161 1 .7, in order th a t h e m i g ht haaa as °M l = k ot main t he attention of the govern. to two meet with mord to which he had pieced sotiesses the melimajapor He bed, in the first place, to sok the 1111111.ffig at wait for Tomo Affairs whether the govermant hal advised bee Majesty to setteethe ea. a , Xaliall al Stleams. Tammy. Noires, ead to the kingdom of thedmia; mad if whether he woe preparad to side the mum whisk hed the government to tender mock rhino to Isr Najoslq. He wished, in the nest place. to advert to the stela of the Irish Wither in the house at the pelt moment H. found that the right bun. gentians theJlewtrf for Ireland had only brought forward one irieh 1111, sad that of • purely political nature. Tim , AIM credal had made no attempt m vet to remsilkea grimaams of Ireland, imbue the 'tenant Lig ME Ms be 8s telffeded is that light. but he Ms boa mentherladem mow the hems that that measure had met with It . i dinamesol tif y, the Irishzer d members. Hs the Agit ban. hut he was hosed shoo to add i gn= QM these sot meepemato for him inevitable imeamme beim* mid the Iris/ Whoa the right hoc geedlemmi wed he Diddle be we eorcreaded by • clique of via wee es impel& of ooptag se i tio Z wires be"." sehle the fammtary Ice loreigs Alkali to he at copes with lie diplomacy of Vieasa and na sred ria I Laughter a 'With to the Irish Reform Bill, to white he had already asadod . he would mastics that only four potatoes@ were premented in its favour. The het ash signed by a mangle person: the mooed was abo by or pees —as Irish pser—(cri es of ' nalni - =e id Mooch. The third petition was from the students of the queer's Usiveresty, and yam signed by 185 members, who played that • representative might be aDowel and se fourth was softies else but the first, which by was preemated a second time. (Laughter.) In conclusioa he would Mows the adjournment of the house at its rising %mid Moadav nest. Sir 0. C. LZWER said he would sat at that time enter data the gmetion of Savoy or the state of Irish business is that basso Thos, who remembered how large a portals of the mimics used to be occupied • few years ago with bib basins= to the exclusion. to some extent, of English and Scotch berisses. would perhaps bs iselined to agree with hint, that the alto/allot which had taken place recently ia that respect afforded oo but augury of the improvement in the Stend state of Ireland. (Hear, bear.) His object is ming, however, RSA simply to object to the motion that the house, at its riming, should adjourn until Monday. It would be secraary that they should meet to-morrow (this day) Is order to bear the royal meson given by commission to eertaan bills. It might perhaps be convenient that he should then inform the bowie that it was not the iatention 4 bio. =tie Woad the Secretary for Forego Affairs to wo rse the reoemption of the adjourned debate as the Reim. BM that evening. (A laugh, and aim of "Wheal', Hie alble fried would state on Houk/ as what day sifter Baster he propreed that the Mato thoold be reamed. THE LORD. LIEUTENANT OP LONDONDERRY. Mr. WHITSSIDE drew attention to the recent appetite sad el Hr. Lyle, at at Receiver Master of the Court ef Chimer, in to the dignity of lord-lieutenant of the anon of Lerkearry, and to the eirtounatthoee under which sae I appeiralawat wee made, expatiating at wake length nee Ni iseideats. Mr. CARDWELL explained the circereethmeee under which the sprelataneet of Kr. Lyle, a =Nee se on liemishell character and of conaiderable ProrrytY, bed bees nob by L or d C ar li s l e , w h o , h e A id , led exer cised the lentoet rare in selecting a pone to El the yummy. He undo a short reply to Mr. Hennessy on the 'abject of frith fathead The discuesion way continued by Sir F. HETGATII and Lord F/LIIIOT. WAKEFIELD. Mr. E. ELLICE inquired the intentions of government with referenoe to the report of the eonimitsioners appointed by her Majesty to inquire into corrupt practices at elections is the buruisgh of VValteield, stating the salient points in the neParlo and suggested dud a different course should not be taken in this caw. where the wealthy principal. bad been detected, and in that of Beverley. where two humble indi viduals had been onlerod to be proe•euted. Kir OBEY said that the report had been referred to the law °Miters of the crown, requesting them to give an opinion whether proeneutioas should be instituted against tU persons named by the commissioners ell guilty of bribery. It was the opinion of the government that nu sew writ should iambs for i'ais borough during the present praliatnent. THE COLONIES. —POLISH REFUGEES. Mr. ADDERLEY inquired the Intentions of the govern ment as to a batter apportionment of enemas+ for the de form of saduates between the imperial and colonial trea suries, obosnin that, bolds, the unequal louden borne by lit finial govemosat for the protection of the colonie*, the Mims, arising from the mattering of our forces. and from air in the colonies not to look to their own re- BMW; all being Mina at the merry of an enemy, there were asimmlien a the system calling for remedy. Mr. MAGUIRE called attention to a petition from cer tain Polish refugees, who, Laving served under the Britoiti vveroniest in the ern:nano war, complained of injustice being dooe them, and asked fur inquiry and Maws. Mr v HERBERT, in reply to Mr. ADDMILiT, said he stated his opinion upon the .stone, which oc cupied II.) &Muslim of the government, and he would sot ob;evt r.. producing a report ,on the sub He ii4d A the ,rcurestasose of the case referred to he Yr. re,' eiteerviug that ill sight be • o••• of bauaiity, but rt was sot one of Poetise. winid to o;11tre Sir It. PHIL• n toa 'abject in which he tad; • pent beterest, and he trusted the bone would beer with kin in the satenien be was about to Make: kr tbeeght that iu the preemie ember ressiug of foreign affairs it wee rat dear. age that Wee lisa eiljournmeet for the Liner venation sem* eznanin A epaai.in 'bond be pre with nifeence I. the main A land. the nenteslity of which he believed he be eery seriously threaten& (Hoer, beer.) Hie ebbe& mew Is madenewer, he night mu% to save Switzerland by • ezventen _tsympathy which he wee sere the bare nil the country felt for if; for he Ad Nib that liwitendend wee meet gravely me naced he the peeilien of Abbe in bar immolate* neighbour hoof As se indliriand be inn admit that he took the lonia,' Mewed in the widen* of • country is whisk be hail hood Me =ley your., at • very inveve marl* paned of ►his (baghter and Aver.) hut he pet that nide. He stood the,. as an ..Milikass, ia the free pertinent of • free pin to ad... 4e the nine:pl.. of liberty wherever they be found. and I. earnivo .zr t.. maintain threw they_ Might be imperilled. (Her. beer ) He ehoeld hentieded and happy if when he reneened his mat he • roma-ion of he fwen able to draw forth from the Ir..- as ezprianoei of that empathy which he thought novo tan at then noctom. Is al* dratviten then Int we. .le •• oar ef repugnant the inieranninia smile by the lea aronlier for Dirmingliaza (Mr. bright) against those who n. Is ..soled the intenent of inreve 'pint the wee- , 1 en M v pdiry Phone. The lies. member wee very severe ia knee oft theme who ventnnill ki differ frees hint • Jodie,. .1 anatinre. Tin all knew the reader of hie ; het he ventured to any that Amen ei=ewe in the bone. deemed he.. hire is th e an.ffnglielli which ee be would seszensen her Majwity' • timiremsog to porn.' thus Womb Moot Atom / Ta• bis member re mhos.' O m at tbe hen, alone for Dridgewater lkl r. K..alb i ea mein ea those which baitbeen In , and by two or throe able members of tii= d ; but Soar ninon wen sow the opinions .1 her Majeety'. pen eraa.4.l. (Hear. hear.) The mender for Ing sg b ani roil h.. repudiated thou. ape.iefi because he wee the rept, peat li d li.h cartitipm. 7 , 'men" wen all ~ I a.. r r..lkrtm cepecity repreeeneati.e. of th e ereatiaraeut Ito try ; mad the boa. member, in iog the wk..% Iwz Maywity's governmeni, re • sine new • 4 teethe of those by whoa. he was returned. This, hewenr, was the bon. gilltlrnamt . . ow', he bail better bait to it, for :1 the Reform Ili Pulled bea so preltably led Mme& mesh in the mon ' eoatid as the boa ineedeir for Aeldoss-Me the reeder p=ll,o WU. the this sedeneeed to the house that we lad me direct intend in the vegan hossiitel otimononnthod 1111 rai l ed Wig d the sentry. ( Hear ham) this anion before nriturds he far M. Peel) as s admen log any nhe rellei friendly to to her Mejrnieli govennent. He could only wish, se his boa. hied the member Horabere mid the other eight, to stregthen the heads of her Ma jorty's ministers m the need anuipmey-he we ld rady wish that her MajestAreenementeliodd adopt =worthy of this crony. They had shirr peat oe several omen= is arowesing question put to then co the subject of foreign erne ; bet he ' that • generally differed knowledge ey nag *air pefky duriag the last few weeks really had hese would not bliss ha__- jurioas to them. He certainly behoved that the views ex pired by the noble lord the Fridge Seeneary bed had a per effect in this country, and that those views had im measurably enhanced the opinion which this country enter tained of the straightforward policy of the noble lord. (Hear, hear.) Why, then, not let them know what this answer to Y. Thounnel really was ! They had been promised the document, and why was it not produced ! They bed been led to indented that it was a very seined newer, and that wee sII they could low about it. Aa to the fif cif Bleeps ng cippeeed to • consideration of this ion, he Id only torment that Rada was at the mensal neeplid with a poi guselaa of dombedie policy • bat Prernk, with her assay aad tr in t i zelhlmmilt e• greahme " =- tenet is 8 • led toga wilij uniim eapremei is the despatch of Brew flinlelmile (Mama. Nee wee it likely that Gomm veil ewer kept the smiths withwere heeled Ipso lew by Prune uma from there l a t:e . menu of Wellington and die sword if Illeieler. Beer, Uer.) The (lemmas meat feel deeply whew the was threatened. They were told that Austen would sot men berme soling bad bee dose for her when tar provisoes were taken from her. It was tree that Adria had suffered a heavy calamity ; but those who had followed the Italian compaign would admit that =nag could be more heroic than the conduct of her Winn. (Lewd elm.) Of erns the sympathies of the house were with the ham ; but they must admire the miner in which the Amnion troops had fought Oder the dkeeles el Aloes who Were, perhaps, to • erten extant, unequal to the emergency. There were two greet rinse el the en harranneut of Adria-religion ad lions Of the 35,000,000 of Arena sehiseeN 3,000,110 wore try and their feelings bed neessesrily by the concordat of 1886. The fiamaral difteeddes of Ave tria were still more serious ; for they dirsolly_ affected the news of war. Within the last 10 years her debt liedgrown ao lees than 150 per cent., and more than eight time her an mml Her loans had proved failures oe bourse a Mamma ; and rich being the difficulties with she had to goateed was it likely that she would take say active part to reeler the warren of Frame! Nevertheless, her sympathise were sea* in favour of Switzerland ; as, l t believ the hasp of Germ a ny generally . to b i they aske ed d what it was that now sing down Switzerland, he bad no difficulty in glowering it was the unhappy policy of France. (Cheers.) He was one of those who at first thought, ae everybody else did in this country, that France was acting a noble and disinterested part by Italy ; but thee ram e this "ware penis,"--this dean to obtain " use terriloire de tea. pen Mendowi." But however small that territory might be, it was of the greatest imporemos to Switzerland, both strategetically and politically. It was absolutely necemary to the salvation of that country. Ike the list 230 years those provinces had been considered essential to her welfare; and as to Savoy, why that was the territory which Cern !weigh, Cbuicarty, Capo instria, and Poem di BOIXO - ii fact. England and Rusais-had refused to allow Faros in 1814 to take. In 1814 France desired to have Chablais, which abetted on Switzerland, in order to give her • foot ing on the Lake of Geneva ; but England and Russia were thee absolutely determined that she should not have it, and she had now taken it without asking. He endured if the Emperor of the Preach ever read the Bibb! (Loud laughter.) This was • very serious matter. (Hear, bear.) Well, but if ever he did rea d the Bible, he (Bkßobert Peel) wondered that it did not bring back to his recollection that very small territory which Ahab, King of Israel, wanted to take from Naboth, the Israelite. That, too, was "use territoire on tree per Mends." He wanted it for mosey--(laughter)--and he took it with blood. And what was the conseque nce TI,. cry of the weak arose like a seerillos to the hty, mid the expos tonne/ this rich ma were bloated a nd disappointed (Loud eners.) 8o it would be in abs present case. We were sot living at a period of time for them miracles, but be hoped that the cry of the week bed still an echo in the govern ment of the country, and be was sure, at all events, that it would in the House of Cceamons. (Cheers.) We ought not to disregard national feeling ; and, indeed, we never had dens so in this country. He recollected the saying of a peat parliamentary orator, when a number of per son were teeing to jewsuade the hone to urge the govern awed to adopt a policy of cowardice. of which he hoped they would have no example at the present day. (Hear.) When people were contending that Bonaparte could govern the Speen& better than they could govern thwasidves, Mr. Caring. with that eke for which he was remarkable, declared spinet trampling on the instinct of nationality. He (Sir R. Peel) trusted that now this national feeling cif Switzerland against the aggression of France would be con sidered worthy of some attention from the house and the country. (Hear, hear.) What was the basis upon which N. Thouvenol rested his qualification for taking these pro : eine& He said, first, "We will consult the popula tion ;" but the population declared against him. He then said, "V. e will refer it to the mu= ties;' but the municipalities voted for Ind by large majorities. He then " It shall be referred to the great powers:" but before the powers could give an answer, he went in and took the province. It was impossible to avoid contrasting the conduct of the Victor Emmanuel of 1814 with that of the present sove reign. In 1514 the great powers went to Victor Emmanuel to try and induce him _to yield up this province, and they hodgreater thmesit7 in doing so; and Mese gratify he would only give them up on the con dition that Chablala and Faucigoy should be cow bind in neutrality. The plenipotentiaries of the day said there was the greatest difficulty in malting ea im pression on the King, wh o objected to giving up "8o phis anciene et plus Melee sujeta." And these were the ancient and faithful subjects which the Victor Emmanuel of the present day was so ready to sacrifice. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir R. Peel) said that the sovereign who could do so was unworthy to reign over such subjects. The hon. mem ber for Birmingham said, "Perish Savoy. The industry of Lyons will double your income, and therefore you can easily ' shunt your loyalty." (Loud laughter.) Mr. BRIGHT -I did not say it. Sir It. PEEL-Eh! (Loud laughter.) Why, in this ease it was the loyalty of the sovereign that was at stake. The hon. member sail, " Perish Savoy ;" but he (Sir R. Peel) should say, "Perish the future destinies of that country which sought to increase its power by *medicine the liber ties of half • million of people who for eight centuries had been the mainstay of its defence." The ambassador of FROM said that :.(aeoy was a barren rock, a sentence which he could net to often stigmatise, became the people of that barren rock were as worthy of consideration as the most powerful nation. Even their loyalty made them more happy than the enjoyment of the Industry of Lyons or the duplication of their incomes. (Laughter.) He wit. almost afraid that Savoy was gone. In fact • deputation had gone to the Emperor. It was recorded that they came-it was really most amusing to read the account-no one could tell where from they arrived in can in the Place Vendome Mooed in the national costume. They dined with the Emperor, and received photograph s s i gne d "I n me mormin"--(laughter)--of the 24th March. (Continued laughter.) Since that time they had net been beard of. (laughter.) It was a very curious thing, as connected with his name, that when the Emperor was taking leave he made one remark to the deputies from Chablais, which was close to Switzerland. Hi. Majesty said,' Are there any barracks in your reentry !'"llie deputise answered, " Oh yes, sire," when the Emperor observed, "Je vain von envoyer dee troupes ; ca donne de Is vie et de )'animation au rye' (Laughter.) He (Sir R. Peel) thought that was charming ; that was the way In which a people were to be riden over that was the sort of encouragement which the people Were to meet heel the empire. It was a curious point to oh. wee. that the family of Napalms were always talking and Illterty. A letter had been published the other day from the OM Emperor, and that letter showed that the proud isssperor was following emery the same policy, folent Wig& we should always be upon our guard. la that better to his brother Joseph, who wee a slid is., the Emp eror " Lod you favour the naticeal feeling ; but in private he said, " (melt the national feeling-Brulez Moque ou six grog bump, ra donee' de l'annatiou et de la elite mut solar.* Savoy would have to undergo the raw suffering. Bwitemiseel was now is anger ; and let him tell the hoes* that the " Question Mies " was quite diffenet hem the " Question &MOW." H. could not help here remarking with whet sagacity the Preaident of the SwiesConfederation foresaw ail that bad ear takes Are. He rid to Harr* "Intone her Majesty's government that C iM al o a f vital isspertance to the refry and idependencs of Switzer- Mad that flaunt-especially Haute flovoie-shoeld never he aromoird to Vranc e. In that came the flank of Switzer lead would be open, and the insure of Gears would in. .= follow." He laid further, with • perfect know n whet was to par before- Reuillini - h• me•at , in Fifer aselogy to what subsequently averred, " In 1792 AIMS elinele4 Kivn .• • in 1716 she annexe d G eneva .° The bee. member for Birmingham mid that the posersioa ef Savvy was politie.dly worth7w . Now, let him correct that errommus Im p ression of the how member with • refu tation whielt be was enabled to give. The President of the Swiss Ciderieration said it was of vital importuner to the safety NA independence of Switzerland Lens N said, is ass of his letters, " Not only will Savoy give le Urn dee -Ups to the French territory, by maws if the greet read of the Simplon, but it would give ea or de gnome no inagnilique champ de basins pour use Inn offensive on defensive." The hoe. memberfor thee, hid made an reertion which was witlioet= T o Fire Napoleon east, For military mums the raw patios of Switzerland is absolutely sererary, and on polities! growl& I come to the sine exichrion ; therefore, on political and military ground, it is important that Savoy should heirs se Frame." In the same year Napoleon took Olnere, and demanded two military roads, ore by Conniea and the other over the Simples. He robbed the town of Bern at ore of 42 sullen d franca, sad Switserland had or as • " " f 7Xli •88, AA+ORDAY E , MARCH 31, 1860. . • • pd the barren MlMei gag her by the !math me_ tiagrahr . Hat the Iteileat west aa Bwi g ue :Fartelit HAW, ber great the be ar et Geptain Hartle te ll bia ed not be alarmed, as there would he as ____dine of neutral territory until Um soment d the rowels eignitaries of the hasty of lift hell bees eldeiegil. fbr it might be sass thet • previa°, ems immieff without that consent. Aiwa, on the 19th Jwarisry, Captain Harris wrote to the noble lord the Minister beffeesips Affair!, had ▪ "The Praident has come to me spit, sad, Warm to the idle Tampa of annexation, mei fna spit to im press the geperlame ci the ore es bar Illajney's Bttel to the He added that it wadi be meet beleyemlease at the emedry." let there was greet eatieteetion Pima by be avower of the noble Iced the reember for Lades, gives be him pir IL Peel) when he asked the question, and which he peemiianto Ned to Axe home. He (84IL Peel) sak i = noble lord ifbe wereriady to iscrifce the neutrality of sedan& The noble lord replied, in langerge worthy at him, " The Swim government has asked whether, in see id the annexation of Savoy, we are prepared to meint•in the nee trelity of Switzerland, and we have sheep replied that we were determined to do so. The districts of Cita bilge and Faurzigny are part of an arrangement which guaranteed Switiertand, and if we consent that Savoy should be annexed, it would be on condition that thane districts were given to Switmerland." (Hear.) It was curious that M. Theoreml should have also made the same assertion. He told amour in a written document that if the provinces were =mixed to Frames, Mulish sad Isaeigny should go to Switzerland. Here was a sentence enbesquently written by the same gentleman, an extinordi nary principle for the nineteenth century—" The right of alienation belonged to every soverefn c who could cede any part of his state to another power." This was establishing what was called the divine rifOt of kings, which he B. Peel) for one could not give his assent to. He souM not agree to the doctrine that this people who had been seems towed to liberty, should hill into the hands of a man al the most severe despotion, and the most over bearing ambition of conquarts. H. Thauvesel said that this neutrality also bed not been weed with a view to the protection ei the Swim frontier, W easce it wan guarded by an impenetrable barrier. He wanted to see England take a stand worthy of her. The bon. member for Birmingham said that England always isnominimuly failed when she interfered in the affairs GI foreif countries. He, however, was not of th a t opinion. Did Mr. Pitt ignominiously fail in hie foreign policy , or Hr. °Assisi, or Lord Aberdeen, or Lord Oaatleresigh I (Haar, hear.) Or to come down later, had the foreign intertwines of Lord Paheseeton ignominiously failed? Had not that =pea to emirs 30 years of freedom end under the rule of • wise and enlightenTlV (Hear. bear.) Had the noble lord's policy failed in 1 1830, and 18.0? What they wanted now was • generous and Timor protest spinet the annexation of those pro vinces to Prance. He recollected the protest which was made by the noble lord the present Secretary for Foreign Affair. in the year 1847, aganst the conduct of the three powers, when they combined to suppressz the freedom of the town of Cracow, mad he hoped the ministry of which the noble lord was • member would pursue a similar course in the present Instanoe. Upon that occasion the noble lord said that we held ourselves bound by all our nta to keep the fame and the name sad th e h onour , el g E ni c:own of England unsullied, and to guard that sullied honour as a jewel which could sot be tanishod. He I hoped that the government ot this country led no. deigns- I rated since that period. We were not, as • foreign paper lately stated, the " Conyers," or the chamberlains, or be nominees of any ix: court. That was a tree puha meet of a five pen e. We had always bees battling with France, and our e orts had been directed to cheek the e policy of that nation. We bed seconded in that tent in the reign of Louis XIV., hi thetas, at Lola, XV., sad in the time of the first Napoleon. He taristed the pre sent Napoleon would not imitate that bY white ba uncle had desolated Europe irt e r =him in such :rimy our quarrel would be ' be just, sad, as Shah. " Thrice is he armed who hath hie quarrel just." He believed corruption now tainted the imperial policy of France, and he thought that injustice would in such a case sooner or later bring down the bitter fruits of retributive condemnation. Be called upon the holm to join him in a protest in vindication of the liberties and interests of Swit serlead. He asked them to allow him (Sir R. Pee l) to be their interpreter upon that occasion in favour of an ancient and loyal republic. He asked them to allow him, by anti• to give expression to their wishes and to say, intim ei ne Pa nn public opinion and public feeling, that on every principle of justice, of honour, and of right, it was abeolettely necesemy that those provinces should be 'a imed to Switzerland, otherwise they would inevitably see that republic rook into the lowest depths to which it could descend, and which would certainly be the conse quence of its annexation to France. (Cheers.) The motion that the house at its rising should adjourn until Monday next, was then negatived without a division. THE INCOME TAX BILL. The adjourned &Woos the Income-tar Bill, u amended, Irma thee nonineet. Colonel DUNNE entered upon a long argument to show that helloed was unfairly taxed ; that she paid more than she ought to pay to the• imperial treaeury. He oontended that the material condition of Ireland had been overrated ; that direct taxation was peculiarly objectionable in that country, which would denve no advantage from the re minnow of duty to compensate for the additicsal income tax, which, in his opinion, should not be ►pplied to Leonid. He moved to reduce the rate of the tax from 10d. to 9cL at* views, es b s vesendenstion of the income tee, than the peneent Aiken &own happened to be. no Nina et Oareinene vim not in the same position as the =Zes ti p l u ton, aid if there was a strong ia , or is the house, to inetitute ge lolly id this the t h e object, lbe et the midis, tia, being ad nits& might be that mush a titild w b e ild/X st ye mensittee should tad ; these etromenuiess her Majesty's tMi t 1 erMlea der set oppose the appointment at Itear.) - nem were two paid Illentlerer In is nNh Amy mell buidee ths WM* qnsiime sereim Om was that al the AdillMinteni SS sisidem miespft_e• the a/ tie WlZ j eliektbese respestine me ted;rigeseen and mte Sat of enemplime, or _Plead mstoptiour, Pliselisenr became from tagelles. The question ci the Willat of the eaheides was one which so would come within tite view et the oom siillse, Gni wadi he MO at Ow yelaciptl objects el fie ed • aseemftese. He had discussed fitfi Isesthm en former oacesions, sad would not spin maw now. The other Nab** was that at the moved by the hoe. sober for Lunbeth, tor mogdno ell incomes seder 1501. • year. lb Wiens iSsdosigemperly, whet dill MOW this would t he In the mom* ell Sir receipts frost the income tax. The Mimes Ada Sri rimadment of the hoe gentlemen Om kr Lemibraminkl make would amount to be times end 11110,41111116 oat which, if sutract tooln do wadi gitoo .o a baron on the wro b ed og ado et esessmi. He had se mime of stating the exact 411 1 11= oonld estimate what it would ease to D and E, andialging by that, he feared the be are then 000,011 S 130 that if the amend -1111110 WINO Mhe sigied there would be no alternative but SEA midi he ma gm* atria he mention—ea Maraud Imams team. Thln win not • metter to be &peed of by somilodig me* ton g ornry 1111nnitir, for he admitted it al times Err owe and a w parshal ormiderstions. Tin liblerjerthe ems win ohm* thie—hial Int be would erg s list all the peeper& the most dasgeross wee a tax ipso ineedersasser to a graduated seals. On the other bottlian lion that, to a limited extent ? it now contained sled eth dld 'attain principle pernel redid on behalf d wdoefOtli dalifi of the country. The bon. M OMS the meneber for Buckinghamshire desaibed the between skilled and unskilled labour as tles of tesation and non-taxation. He thought it *Waren= jot to say that the point which divided lbws ewe elmsase was the weekly of labour sad the =lsdertord from property and in other forms. et the labouring classes, it was true, received the mpg of labors to the amount of even more than 2001. yew; but these were only exceptional, cases. When the benne tax was fret y introduced b Mr. Pitt, and down to MIA although M had undergone many changes, the prin dgbe fri resoled= was applied to a point higher than it was new applied-2001. a-year. Prescription and experience were, in his opinion, better guides to determine the limit than abstract reasoning. When the tax was first introduced, in 1842, by Sir P.. Peel, in lieu of the old system which admitted gradations up to 2001. a year, Br B. Peel proposed that there should be one fixed limit— via., 1501. a year. That plan was recommended by the simplicity of its operation, by the circumstances under which it bad been introduced, and by the promise that at the end of • certain number of years it would be wholly dimmed with. In 1863 cireemitanose had materially adost Then there was noprobability that the tax could be dlignood with, ad it was clear, upon • careful examina tion GM, expenditure of the different classes since 1842, hs oonsionon ef the a lmre retnimions of revenue which the inimo to had porch , that that duo of income between MK rd Mk which had been previously exempted should soiled upon to bear its share of the national burden. In donsdn, that proposal still stood good. It would be beffietleg, not remitting an injustice, to go back to that to in the form in which it was introduced by lir IL PeeL Whether the present form was ar we not the best mode of levying the tax was • notner which he admitted was perfectly open to inquiry, dank it could not be well entertained at the present time. As to the proposed deductions from the lower incomes of • certain amount, and laying the tax upon the remainder, that proposal too deserved careful consideration should they decide upon adopting any change in the present form of levying the income tax. It would indeed be very satis- Autrey to the man of 1061. a year that the tax was to be levied upon only the 51. ; but it would be anything but satisfactory to the revenue. He doubted if such • tax would pay the expense of collection on surpluses such as those of 11., 31., he. Wherever they fixed the point the diffkulty would be sure to occur, whether of 100/. 2001., or 3001. • year incomes. A case had recently . come before him, where a person whose employees had given him 1491. a_ year in order that he might not be liable to the tax, thought himself in conscience obliged nevertheleu h tpatt intax, and not only paid the tax which but also added interest. (laughter.) He hoped the house would, in dealing with this tax, be guided by expo risme Lod tradition rather than by abstract theory or by an endeavour to lay down new and arbitrary rules. Mr. DISRAELI said the whole subject of the income tea had been exhausted by a committee which bad sat for two years, and modifications had been made in it, recog nising the distinction between permanent and casual in comes. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer had de nounced the tax as an immoral enormity, and called for its termination, and the government of 1852 had been turned out of office because they did not deal with this fix properly. Yet, in spite of a kind of compact he had entered into with the country, and with zomoool. at his disposal, the same minister had ostentatiously applied it to other purposes. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer had termed this a tax of gigantic proportions ; but who made it so? He bad stig matised the tax as immoral and intolerable, and proposed that steps should be taken for its gradual abolition, and. now came forward, in 1880, virtually to double the tax. Upon a division, Mr. Williams's amendment was nega tived by 174 to 94. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed Use motion, pleading, as upon previous occasions, the exigency of the Exchequer. The motion was nerstivel Mr. W. WILLIAM. moved an amendment to exempt incomes under 1501. Sir IL WILLOUGHBY urged the unequal pressure of the tax on swan incomes, and asked whether the govern ment contemplated the appointment of a committee to In quire into its inequalities. Mr. HUBBARD asked for information respecting the future policy of the government in regard to the tax. Mr. ROEBUCK complained of its pressure upon poor clerks and poor gentlemen. The diemiasion was continued by Alderman Salomon', Mr. Barrow, Mr. P. Urquhart, Sir AL Farquhar, and other member The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would Week notice the chief points which had been !lased in this oenversation. There was first the appeal made to him by the hon. member for Buckingham, who said he would absolve the government from the duty of fore shadowing the tinaacial policy of the next seven years to come, but he hoped that they would not re fuse to sketch out • Impend view of what they would propose in 1861. Now, if they were in • condition of affairs which would permit of any safe anticipations as to what would be done in 1861, they might not find it very difficult to go farther ; but the truth was this. In times when the expenditure of the country was in • stable and normal state, and when, from the state of political affairs, or from the state of the public mind, there was no reason to anticipate any great change in the scale of expenditure, nothing could be more reasonable than toendeavour to form plans for a more extended future than twelve months only in respect of taxation, and to sketch out the probable finan cial operations of the government, for it was the expendi ture of a country which must regulate the amount of taxes to be raised. Those who thought the expenditure of this country was in • normal state might therefore think it reasonable to serum° it as • fixed quantity, and make =at supply for it ; but that was not his opinion. He t e t7hink the present ezpeediture of the country ought to be assumed as its nominal amount in peace. He doubted the wiadoni, the safety, and almost the possibility of main taining that expenditure in peace, and therefore the go ' vernment had not thought it wise to attempt to sketch out at the present moment the future of a dm the most im portant elements of which were necessarily involved in un certainty. He thought it impuesible, then, to veil ' tare on any definite indication of what might be the views of her Majesty's government if they should hold office twelve months hence. Another point of peat importance which had been diecussed was, that of the thequahtees of the income-tax, and in the main he admitted what bed been stated with respect to those inequalities , thenglit, however, would be found, upoo a counts cad Mined examinatick that other taxes likewise had many pons inequalities in their operation which were per haps veiled and covered by those of the income tax, the latter being tolerably patent. But he did not deny that there were may inequalities in the in come tax over and above the great and vital question of whether it was just to tax incomes at an uniform rate, without any reference to their being ' either permanent or precarious. To take the mingle case of schedule A : there were great inequalities within schedule A itself as between house property on the one la= sad landed property on the other ' • and house pro perty, no doubt, was much more severely t axed than landed property. Taking house property, again, by itself; there were different classes of house property,. sad the repairs of homes, varying according to the madame in which they were, the materials, the building, the climate, the exposure, sad many other circumstances, would cause the property to vary from 5 per cent. to .25 or 30 per cent. The question had been asked whether the government were prepared, oe their own responsibility, to propose a committee of inquiry into the income tax, with • view to a removal of those 1110.• qualities. He was bound to say that her Majesty's govern ment were not prepared to propose such a committee, he. mum be did not thank it was the duty of the government to =beak, on their own respunailehty, the subject of a pest, a muck tax like this, to the scrutiny of a conwisit tee of the House of Commons, with a view is, the removal of eerie= =Deana defects, unless the government were conscien. kinselypirsualed that itwaa iu theirpower to make proposals to the anamittee, and to lay plans before the committee, wide k we, likely, after uniiesioing the ordeal of examina tion there, to hem in • removal or great mitigation of the defeels mad evils of the tax. If the government could see :irß i t is oLoch • remit, nothing could be more rational mil • than to invite the attention of the hoos • select committee, to the subject, but they did sit me their way to such • result, and it would be se unwisr thy attempt to evade difficulties, mid to catch popularity, if they =re to eneourage expectations with regard to their own AVM and powers, with respect to the income tax, which they did nut see mben their of w y e to ho be nes ab w le ho to we fel p . there of 11/0111 MO] ine ntlaman =perique* and ability in these natters, and who, rupee. mein large bodies of the people, were more sanguine in kitty Inte['Janne. ____...._ COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. XAwn 30. (Before tie Judge Ordiory.) MOLD c 1131. D This was a testamentary suit. The testator died in July bet, leaving property to the amount of 6,000 L, which he had saved out of his business of cowkeepbg. Ha had been twice married. His AM wife died in December, 1815 ; and M married the defendant a few days afterwards. This mead menhir was sot a happy one. The deceased used to employ the defendant to collect his rents, and he was not satisfied with her conduct in that capacity. The disputes which arose out of these money transactions led to two or it,.. separations. In May, 1855, the deceased executed a will, depriving both her and her daughter of any share in his property, and dividing all he possessed between the ix other children whom he had had by his farmer wife. Tbe defendant ret urned to him after this; hot although he made a codicil in October, 1858, he did not substantially alter the will he had executed. That instru ment was now propounded by the executors ; and it was by the widow, on the ground of undue *aerationWprdty. opposed by The evidence of this incapacity was said to be an insane delusion under which the testator laboured, inanely, that his wife and daughter were cheating him. A peat amber of amounts were produced to show that she had always been &mutate, but on crosmexaminatioo she ad mitted that when the tenants were in swear aim bad her towed mcnay to pay them, in order that her husband might not complain. Wir'husband had MOO ems-toyed an old man to look over her books ; and he was not able to say that they were correct. Field was himself unable to write his name. Di DOOM, C. Dr. Swabs-, and Yr. Prentice, appeared for th. plaintiff; Mr. Serjeant Shee and Dr. Spinks for the defendant. _ _ _ The opposition to the will was eventually abandoned in consequence of an intimation from the court that it could not be sustained after the defendant's admissions. The jury therefore found for the plaintiff, and The court refused probate, and refused the defendant her costa out of the estate. THE STAMP DUTIES BILL. On the onnsnleratton of iheille;ni p Duties Bill, BENTINCK moved the cenlation of the 17th clause, which repealed the act 7th Oeo. IL passed to prevent gambling in the funds by time-bergain:; and, although the act had fallen into dexuetude, if it were repealed, he con tittthet it would be unjust to interfere with any deecrip gambling. lie insisted, in opposition to tire Chan 011.110r of the Exchequer, that time-rgains were immoral as well as mischievous. Yr. JAMES observed that the be utterly inoperative. It repealed the 7t►.ae IL, which was self-repealed, and did not repeal Ss NW Gawp 11., which made it perpetual. The Act 7th and Bth Victoria applied to all wagers and gambling ; it was, tterefore, ridiculous to P such a clause. r re " SOLICITOR-GENERAL admitted that it would have been better to refer to the perpetuating act, and the defect would be remedied. A diacussion which tamed principal upon the object, =Hey, and the effect of Sir John 'e Act, wee on by Sir H. Cairns, Mr. Hubbard, and Mr. Butt ; in the sok • Tle CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented to the cenieskie of the clause, designing to introduce it in the for= of a separate bill. After some further discussion the clause was excluded from tie bILL 'The Itaukrupt Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill pared through committee. Leave wee given to introduce certain hills. The home adjourned at a quarter past 12 o'clock. NORWICH ELECTION. NORWICH, MARCH 30. The official declaration of the votes polled yester day wu made this afternoon by the under-stseriff, Mr. G. Jay. The newly-elected members, Mr. Warner sad Sir W. Russell, on making their appraisals." were received with great cordiality. The conservatives did not attend, and the crowd being all on one side, the proceedinp were of a very harmonious character. The UNDER-SHERIF) stated that he food the numbers polled to be as follows : Warner Sir W. Rimed 2,045 Lewis 1,631 Re, therefore, desired Mr. Edward Warner, of flisra ! hall, near Woodford 11*sex, and Sir W. Rnm ell, of Mut ton-park, Charlton s, Gloucestershire, duly elected members to serve in . ent for the city and county of Norwich. (Loud shaves.) Mr. WARM, in expressing his acknowledgments, said, while he would firmly maintain the political principles on ' the strength of which be had been elected, he should never forget the responsibility attached to the representa tives of Marwick, end he should always csdeavour to main tain inviolate the historic privileges of such an ancient and illustrious city. (Chem.) Sir W. RusagLL announced his intention to give a steady, general support to the liberal party, and at the same time to endeavour to act fairly towards ell sections of the con stituency. (Cheers. A vote of thanks to the Under-Sheriff concluded the pro ceedings. Rumours have prevailed with reference to a petition the return of the new members, but the conserve elagtoandidates in addresses isms,' this afternoon do not in timate any intention to adopt such a course. Mr. Lewis attributes his defeat to the apathy of the conservative party. Ustvzzarry lIITELLIGENCIL—CAMIEDOII, p1a302 30.--Then will be couipaptious on the following days of the ensuing Easter teem :—Friday, April 13, at 12 • Thus day, Apra 16, at 12 ; Thursday, x7lO, at 12; Tiureday, May 2C at 12 ; Thursday, June 7, at 12 • Saturday, June 111, at 12 y Manly, June 18, at 12 ; Th;rsday, June 21, at a. [Advertisement. I—HouzwAY's ODITNINT AND PULA —Nara winds are noted for producing great distarbenee fa taw eikAiAq whence proceed bronchitis, sore threat. dipb gberia awl islos of senta resalthag from variable tow pwsawres. A shaft cell abound always have Wield attentkon, re mime eiwastpieness Mg web( bap siglish AI ray nib MoNnries allNinua es DAMN over Ow MINN pr•111h the eertaluty l grpang perdmiselholegiird OA DeDwg danger. doinsoll porINANI Imp di NM mires Ye fesiA• eirvubdito biss4 ANION every tartillsr i tri l lr2 lll Z =NM Misanqrs pay (taken wiEst obluss. Y Deft mud) NepeNN NNI more speedy cirA which is and ismorein M limpsri mI and Doan. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. BOMB CIRCIIIT.—Knionow, Mißcu 29. (Before Mr. Justine Wightm•• and • Common Jury.) Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. WDonnell were for the miff; and Berjeant Ballantine appeared for the dr fondant. This was an action for false imprisonment, the case in volving Chancery proceedings and a great many complicated matters. A suggestion was thrown out by the teemed Judge that the case was a very fit one to be sattled by • reference, aad it was arranged, after some discussion, that • verdict should be taken for the plaintiff, subject tea reference to embrace the whole of the matters in dispute, and to decide the amount of damages, if any, to which the plaintiff might be entitled, the fieleadent at the same time agreeing to withdraw all imputations upon the character of the plain tiff in reference to the transactions in dispute. NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Nozwica, Itasca 30. CML SEDl.—(Before Chid Justice Cockburn.) NIX V. NUM This case, which was reported yesterday, was concluded after the despatch of our parcel—the jury, after a rather honed consultation, returning a verdict for the plaintiff ges M. THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. A. N. Wilkins, manager to the British Hong Kong and North and South Wales Tea Company (limited), 16, St. waa summoned on the complaint of Samuel Lovell Price, " For that he, on the 16th March inst., did unlawfully refuse to the said complainant, he being then an inspector, duly . appointed by the said company for the pur pose of examining into their affairs, all or any of the books and documents of the said company, then in his custody or power, contrary to section 51 of the Joint Stock Companies Act, 11156." lir. Gammon, of Cloak-lane, appeared in support of the summons, and Mr. Angell, of Guildhall- yar d for the defence. -- Mr. e.ammon, in stating his case, said the company was incorporated in 1856, and went on quietly until some dissa tisfaction arose among the shareholders, sad at a meeting held on the 12th inst. a resolution was carried appointing the complainant an inspector to examine into the trading again of the company, and report thereon to the chairman and directors, and send a copy of his report to each share holder. Mr. Price subsequently applied to the defendant for the books and documents in hu possession, which the defendant refused to give up, and hence the present pro ceedings. Mr. Angell took • preliminary objection, that the resolu tion appointing Mr. Price inspector was not regular, inas much as due notice had not been given of intention to sub mit it to the meeting ; but as the resolution itself wee re gularly entered in the minute book and property signed by the chairman, m having been carried by a majority of nine to three, it was held that the entry admitted the legality of the resolution, and the objection am therefore overruled. Mr. Price was then examined, and deposed that he at tended at the ofßcce of the company on the 16th instant, and demanded the books, tint of Mr. Baker, the chairman, and afterwards of the defendant, and that both declined to produce them, upon the ground that the complainant's appointment had been made informally. This was the cam rested upon in support of the summons; and to this case _ _ . Mr. Angell objected that there was no proof of all the books of the company being in the possession or under the control of any individual member of the company ; and that the meeting at which the resolution appointing an in spector was passed was an "extraordinary," and not • " general meeting," as defined and required by the Mat section of the act; but the first of these objections was overruled, as being invalid upon general grounds ; and the second, more specifically upon the ground that the meet ing was both extraordinary and general. A final objection urged on behalf of the defendant was, that the notice of resolution for appointing a committee did not contain the name of Mr. Price, but merely the letteis "A. 8.," mad that the strict form of the notice could not be departed from in the resolution itself. The Lord Mayor, however, held that the resolution was in substance consis tent with the terms of the notice, consequently that his decision must be against the defendant. There was no wish to enforce the penalty of 51., to which the defendant had rendered himself liable, the object of the summons being simply to compel the production of the books; but aa the act gives power to the magistrate to in flict • penalty, without enabling him to make an order for production, the defendant was convicted and ordered to pay • fine of 20s. and costs, with seven days imprisonment in default of payment ; upon which Mr. Angell gave notice of appeal to a superior court. hi ARYLEBONE. A young man named Samuel Sands, late footman to Mrs. Samuels, No. 30, Gloucester-plaa, Portman-square, was charged with having attempted to murder George Matthews, butler to that lady. The prisoner was brought up to this court a fortnight ago for disorderly sod abusive conduct at the house, and was then fined 205., which he paid. Prosecutor, who bore marks of injury upon his person, deposed that on last Monday week, after the prisoner was discharged from his situation, a robbery of plate was effected on the premises, and he (prisoner) was suspected as being the thief. Yesterday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, be (prosecutor) heard a noise in the area which proceeded from the water-closet. Having looaked at the door of it without receiving any answer to his ques tion " Who's there r he towed his way in, when the pri soner, who had a black mask over his face, presented • c=at him, at the name Jone threatening to blew out his . _ Mr. Hammlll—How near to your person was the pistol placedT Prosecutor—Within a foot of my head, your worship. I throttled him and held him firmly in my grasp, keeping him down, when he swore that he would shoot me in my leg. I hallooed out for assistance, and continued to keep secure bold of hit o nti n i the arrival of a polioe constable, for whom some had gone in guest. Mr. Hammi ll — ow do you suppose the prisoner got in ? Prosecutor—Everything was secure between 10 and 11 o'clock last night. He bad no doubt climbed over the area Sergeant Bedford, D 29, stated that upon being called to the boom he found the butler struggling desperately with the prisoner. He (witness) called out, " What's the mat ter upon which prisoner exclaimed, " I've not stolen anything, but I'll give him something ; I'll do for him." Mr. Hammill—You searched him, of course? Witness— I did, your worship. He had with him a large carpet bag, and in addition to the pistol taken from him he had in his possession a rope, a belt, a mask, a flask, with powder in it, a bullet, and seven percussion caps. (These were produced.) Prosecutor, in reply to Mr. Hammill, he was living in service with me he threatened to stab me, and he swore that he would knock the coaclunaa's brains out. He made a pull at the trigger while I was struggling with hint in the watercloset, hut the pistol fortunately was half cooked. Had it been otherwise I should doubtless have been killed. Mr. Hammlll (to the sergeant)—ls the pistol loaded? Sergeant--It is, your worship. Mr. Horatio S. Samuels stated that when be gave the =into custody a fortnight since be swore that he ) would do for Matthews, who had attended as a Titans against him in the case. Witness had also under deed that ' er had threatened to stab a butler in 18104blif y where he bad been living. The primmer was committed fur trial. PALACI. ONI SHILUNG DAY. Funk; )Lac M.—Adulating on valiant, 781 &to by "won tick** 380; total vintovs, 1,110. MARKETS. 8170•11,-The &maw price of brown or lf imoovado guitar, the VI:of Abe British Pear ca esbus in America, for the week to • I eh 117, 1a 8!a µd, per cert., exclusive of the duties of e US tam paid pan Uienea.—The average price of brown or lercevado wegar, the produce of the Mauritius, computed u Owe, is MU UK —The average price of brown or !tumoral° sugar, the produce of the Feet Indite, to the week eudiug above, la I. lled.—The average price of the three foregoing d e . acriptioas of sugar, Jointly, la 28a. ed. per cwt. market lias again assumed • very quiet tone, and prima are only with dUlcally supported Tho first cargo of isew Barbadees has been brought forward this week, and has Mond buyers, chiefly tram Os. to Us., with • flue hoe a t Os. 6d., and some dabs MM. toils. A few psroels of crystallised Demerara. have aim bees disposed of at • decline of fat per cwt. In Scaling argue we hare not heard of any transactions. Reapers' prudent has been dull of sale, and lower rates would now hare to be submitted to. tam c ontinua neglected. 0011 . 014 . .—LnriarooL, blame 70.—Then ha. been mor e gloom about the market this week than has been apparent for acme time, and prices are irregular, still It Is diflicult to make any material change in the quotations. la consequence of the Indifferent quality of the bulk of the supply, much of the cotton landing is at the moment unsaleable. The luridness in Bruit has been moderate, et steady prices, and laptian Is in fair demand, without change. The quantity of Surat ediedogoweatinues large, sad prices generally have declined ad. par lb. 3Pemtialors hare take. 1,110 American and 30 a : and then are reported toe expert 1,6110 American, 40 Perna., and 3.100 Bust. The Widow today amounts to 7,000 bales, 1,000 for export, with. oat draw COTTON 00004.—Miumzern, Head 30.—Although It might not be quite correct to say that the market for manufac tures is generally In a better position than os Tuesday, there ill no doubt that some of the uneasiness from political canoes, which on that day interfered with business, has now given piece to a more hopeful feeling. There Is still a great deal of caution on the part of purchmers in g some of which may be ascribed to the advance in the rite ofdterest. However, there is elan grant firmness, owing to the extent to which manufacturers are Killengsged with previous contracts, sad to • tolerably con fident anticipation that the demand, hitherto checked from week to week for some time past, must noon become more pressing. In yarns there Is a more manifest improveaseut, in various branches: there is more activity than on Tuesday, more stiffness In the Quotations, and Worsened hope of atebility in the trade. CORN.—CHMASTOLD, MAWS 30.—The supply of wheat was moderate, farmers asked very high rates, which scmewhat checked Wainer: however, ultimately sales were made at an advance of Is. to 2s. on teat week's rates. The supply of barley small, and prism rather dearer. beam scarce, and U. to ts. dearer. LetOote. Mance 30. —With a small supply of wheat to-day and a moderate demand, the farmers were ebbe to obtain a further advance of U. over but week's rates. Battey, oata, and beans Oem, at former prices. Wheat, red, 47a to 60a.: white, Ste. to Si., : bartey, grlndbeg, Eft. to Sea ; roaltest, ites. to {Y.; oats, 255. to Us. ; bans. Ma to the. WAMIELD. MARCH JO. —There Ira& a fair demand for wheat, aagetssolatimue were 21. higher than they were a week ago. Other onnlinee very arm. 00A13.—Como!, Mabee 70.—Beaton'. West Hartley, 158 : Chilton Hartley Steam, lea.; Davison's West Hartley les : n l Hartley, lea. : Howard's Went Hartley, lea.. Lambert's 9 a sfs t : W A s artley, : at. Cuthhert's Hartley, Tantteld Moor Bates, 12a 6d. ; Walker Primrose, les.. Weans, les ed.. Walt. End Acorn Clogs, lea ; Walls End Eden, lea. ed. ; Wall. End Wharnedllk Iba ed. ; Wall. End Framwellgat 19s. ed. : all. End Haswell, SI& ; Walla End Hatton, D e, a. Walls End South Helton, Da. ; Walls End Camp, 110 s. ed. , Walls End Haugh Hall, 13.. ad : Walls End Hellos, 295. bd.. Wall. End North Hartlepool, 1.5 a, 9d. Walla End Thorp, Pea.—Ships at market, 513. sold, ST. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Ma Pio. Mar- Total. Total. lIAILWATI. WA. rua elosullss. I 8&). 18SS. Week ending March 17. E 8. Aust. & Lombanio.Veu. _ _ 7,110 11,170 mor 48.753 (Lombardo Line; Week ending March 18 Royal Danish — 574 422 Week ending March 2.6 Caledonian SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. Aln, of Myth, from Odessa to this port, is on shore at hie° Tyre. near this place, but It to hoped she may be got off next tide without much damage.—Westport, March. Hermine, Lexowe, from Odessa to the United Kingdom, passed Constantlnople on the gth November, and has not since been heard of. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Corporation, from West Coast of Africa for London, March 21, lit 43 N, ion 27 W. LordHaVo, from Tutocortn for Liverpool, March 17, Mt 42 If, lon 29 W Lucy and Harriet, from Foo-choo-foo for Falmouth, March 15, Ist 40 N, lon 34 W. Newton, from Mauritius for London, March 18, tat 43 N, lon 28 W. MAIL TO CAPE DE VIED AND VMPARAISO.—• Today (Saturday) the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Guayaquil will sail for the West Coast of South America, carrying a mail to Cape de Verd and yaw raise. Letters and newspapers will be received at the Liverpool Poet-office till 10.30 a.m., and with a late fee till 11.45 a.m. PACKET AND TELEGRAPHIC CONTRAGTB.—This committee reassembled yesterday, Mr. Dunlop in the chair. Some further evidence having been given by Mr. F. Hill, of the General Poet-office, and Mr. Lever, M.P., the committee adjourned, and will not resume their inquiry till after the Raster recess. TESTIMONIAL. TO • STRAII-BOAT CAPTAIN.—A handsome silver snuff-box, subscribed for by gentlemen who are frequent passengers in the Woolwich and London steam veine i l it a las esterday presented to Mr. B. Wheeler, captain of the as a mark of respect for his uniform urbanity and TKLEOKLPH IC OPERATIONS AT THE LIVERPOOL Dacca. —The Magnetic Telegraph Company have received instructions to fix instruments upon the new line of dock telegraph at Liverpool, and operations will commence forth with, so that the system may be opened for the use of the ' Dock Board and the public early in April. The plan iiA by the London District Telegraph Company, of • messages at low rates, will be adopted ou this line. A TEON OP A WORKHOUSE KILLED BY A LUNA TIC.—A painful sensation has been produced at Bristol, in consequence of its having been made known that Mrs. Hunt, the matron of the Clifton Union Workhouse, which is situated on the Stapleton-road, near that city, had been killed by a young woman, an inmate of the bowie, during, it is believed, a paroxysm of madness. The unfortunate de ceased, who was between 40 and 70 years of age, bad been matron of the house for a number of years, and was much The name of the female who perpetrated the = cted. ct was Ann Richards; she was 23 VOW'S of age ' and native of Weetbury-on-Trym, and she had been living as servant in the establishment of Dr. Francis Fox, of Bris lington, but her health compelled her to relinquish her situation, and to return to her home, but she became worse, and at length displayed symptoms of affected intel lect. As she grew violent, the relieving officer of the pa rish had to be applied to, and be gave an order for her ad mission into the workhouse. The master being ill, she was admitted ly the porter at about half - past 8 o 'clock on Thursday night, and was placed in the receiving ward. where there were two female assistants to look after her. The matron was not at all cognisant of her having been ad mitted, but hearing a great uproar in the ward where the young woman hail bemuse violent, she went to it, accompa nied by the deputy nurse. No wooer had they shown themselves at the door, than the girl Richards made a vio lent rush at them, grasped hold of the deputy nurse, seised her arm between her teeth, and bit her very severely. The nurse screamed out, and Mrs. Hunt interposed to rescue her from the infuriated girl's clutches, when the latter released her bold of the nurse and aimed a violent blow at the unfortunate matron, striking her just under the ear immediately over the jugular vein. The blow produced a mortal effect. She fell to the ground insensible, and upon being conveyed to her own room almost instantly expired. After the committal of the sad deed, the young woman became more calm, and it was yesterday stated that she was quite tranquil. laureation of the fatal occurrence has been forwarded to the county coroner. Mr. W. Gaisfonl, and an inquest will be held as scones possible. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BOULT.—March 28, at Holly Bank, Bowdon, Cheshire, the wife of A. Bowl', Eau., of a daughter. BURDON.—March 27, at the Inner Park - reed , Whubledon, the wife of C. Bunton. Esq.. of a ion. BURY.—March 20, at Park-terrace, Weatbourne.park, the wife of Z. Bury, . of • daughter. CHOLNIONDELEY.—Itarch 28, at Adleatrep Rectory, the wife of the Hon. and Rev. H. P. Cholniondeley, of a ion HEYWoott—March 27, at Hanover-villas, Kenalngtoo.park, the wife of J. A C. Heywood, Req., of a sou . HUDRON.—March 2d, at Leeson-street, Dublin, the wife of the Leo. T. Hudson, of a daughter. MAItRIAGM. FISHKR—MILLER.—Mareh V. J St. 1111101/ 4. Pieced'My, by the ley. & Leath." Mr. H. Fisher. of Duke.street, St. JaiMil, to Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Mr. J. Miller, late of liocedllly. FORD—FALLOYYJLD.—March 29, at St. George's, liloonts bury, by the Rev. R. Bayley, C. Font. Req., of Rusaeli.squarv. to Sarah Ellen, widow of the late Rev. W. Fallofeild, M.A. PASILEY—RARIL—Marsh 27, at Stoke Damerel parish church. Devon, by the Rev. C. W. Bingham , H . S. Peak y , H.ll a Cape Mounted Rides, to C a thetine Anne, daughter of Lieut.- Colonel the lion. R. Bare. DEATH& BARRY.—March T 7, at the Paragon. New.road, Blackheath. F. CA S"TI LLADIa.-3Lareh !7, Mr. R. Calladlnc, of Yord.strect. HIV. awed BB N.—Dlarch IS, at Ciower.btr , et. Derby. the Bar. J. Hut. kn. U.D.. aged it. ----- Printed and Pnbli.tbed by WILLIAM Knee HALES. of No. 8. Lombard Street, hi the City of London, ?stil s, et the office. in ininbani Street. in the Precinct of Whitetriare.... 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