The Express. — London, England, 1861-03-06 00:00:00

It tweed so much es the subject of the ramrod sesirak He thought the order in award, which had bees teesewed bo, wee ambiguous. but that a strict sad Gtr esembassika of k was in of of the oilcan who nab has sad he was wry (the Admiralty had ad lakes that view of it. (Hear, hear) fle retained the °plaice whisk le expressed LA nee that sone. *ex ought le be greeted upon ttos wahlect. eras . great that the oaken of the British am amid 1.. di...oiliest...ll. These officers ought to bare an cars of ilissetisfsetioe, and this was mot a moment when somplalata ought to he beard. His renew for the apint meet of this ci %tee were that the present board bad taken into consideration the aratisfactory state of the captains, aid that their rules were so drawn up as to Ore Hem is ao better position. He thought these were addl. Weal meows why a committee should to granted. Lord C. rAaer said he could indentaal his bon. friend the member for Portsmouth advocating the claims of the offieers rf the navy, sal he could understand the h o e. and gallant nieniker fee Devonport doing so, but he could not understand lime it was that the right hon. gentleman who had been a minister of the crown should encourage them. (Hear, heir) Could they leave out the sister service--the manses, who were worse paid than the navy! (Hear hear.) The army also could not be left without inquiry. The right hon. )*roost was perfectly aware that what he I could not possibly be doge, namely, increased pay. H, hear.) He felt as a nava l officer that the pay was nalequate, but was it proper that a late minister should come down to the house and make these complaints when he had had epportunities during the time he was respondble to the house to remedy them! (Hear. hear.) It was not sight that the right hon. baronet should day after day come down and foment the feeling in the navy, and endeavour to throw discredit upon that branch of the government which bad to administer the affair. of the navy. The board under whom he had the b o r r o w to serve had endeavoured to im. prove the pay of the officers, and he felt sure that the rules which had been issued had not been studied by his hon. awl —.Bent frivol tho member for Portsmouth. (Hear.) If this honourable member reed the rules which the Ad =inky hail iSSUeII, he would find that the effect would be that officers who comniseded line-of.hattle ships would rea eels. about 100 f. a year, and that officers in command of fri:oitot would receive alsoit lie. a year, and that com manders and lieutenants would receive command money. He would not ask there right honourable gentleman (Stir .1. P.skiegton) to look at these rules, because the right hon. gentleman hail done .11 be could to damage the Admiralty in the eyes of the "Ricers. Sir J. PAK INIMiN appealed to the Speaker whether the noble lord war justified in imputing motives to him. lie emphatically denied that he was actuated by such motive.. Lonli'. PAGET ermined—The fact was that the right boo. baronet was continually pouring forth to the public the wrongs .4 the navy, which of becessity fomented die. content in the service. They had to deal with between li a ised sail ottioers of the trey, irrespective of warrant officers, end if they were to benefit them officer. to the amount of even luf. a yew eacluthat would adillso,ooof. •year to the estimates. Was the bones prepared for that great increase? Within the last two rears they bad increased the baffle r of :ilnerit all cleans the Navy. They had pensioned the warrant officers' widows, and they had in various wos benefited the service. They bad not done it to the eilret that he wished, because the expense w.wld lc eu..noi•og. This mistime had two distinct bear• lap- on with regard to promotion. He hoped there would be an ..ppoitutitty d coesidering that in the committee which he )v1441 would be nominated in • few days. Then, with regard to pay and pension, if they had • committee to bet, three pathetic stories of the wings of individuals which existed in every service, the mesh would be that the committee woul.l make a mart taking for a general in crease in the I.y of the navy. _Was the house prepared for that' All hien& looked to him to improve the position of mtietra of the navy. The hon. gentleman said be (Lord e. l'Aget) wail not to look upon himself as a Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but what would be the opinion of the House of Commons if he did not act with regard to the general interests of the country—(bear, liner)—aodhe were to look solely and simply to improving the condition of his ' , rather officers. Day by day be was obliged to decline the memorials and appeals of officers for bonne of pay. An hon. gentleman had made • remark about political influence, but he asked the boo. gentleman beams a single case in winch an officer hail hero promoted boomisquence of political influence by the Duke of Summ ed sine he had here in office. H. ISTRACEY —With great tlefereoce, l di.l Dot apply It la tlaa prmcat Admiralty, bat to all Adrotraltim. Laid C. PAG KT I take the rstractatioa. Sir It. iri ii ii:ii v : Fr7r;iraZii7;7. Lord C. P.tr :Kr said various complaints hail been made by hen. gentlemen opposite which at that time he could sot ester upon. All he could do WM to refer to what had hear done in the last two yeses in the increme of the pay of the officers to whom be bad referred, in giving command massy not slaty to captaiss, but to lieut.:lasts sad cominsaders throughout the sarvies, by which they had gives an earnest of their intention la every poi.able way to improve the condition of the officer. if the Davy. U this committee were granted It wieild he an invitation to every officer in the service to bring forward his claim, and the result would be that whoa the report came before the hiie it would be impimible to marry it oet, and they would then break the hearts of all theme offices& Fist this ream' be entreated the house Dot Se epee to the adios. Lord L 'LIMNERS felt tbe greatest 'uprise as to what was the view of ministerial responsibility, or rather es ardsisterisl resprimilality, just Meted by his mkt. and "Oast friend op (Lord C. Paget). Accenting to what be (Lord J. Manlier.) uaderstood his noble and gallant friend to my, that rule should he that every gentleman who bed bees in office iihmeld bold kis tongue for ever after he left cake. He could well remember that the lawman which kin noble and paint friend held before he took once was very different from the glrim • which be laid down tomight ; and he they were not to sederstand that if hi. noble and t friend was ever out of office again his tongue would isruieterally sealed. His noble and gall at friend asked, would Ow Home of Commons grant an Mermaid expenditure of rio,offff. a year ; but probably if the con. mittee found at the easelados of their Inquiry that the present pay of the easy yes set enough, they might recess. mead sa 'scrams of that pay, and remedy that injustice. (Hear.) But surely the whole of that was irrelirrast to the proposition now submitted to the house. The noble sad pillage tool said he knew the navy were underpaid. Well, surely if the Secretary of the Admiralty made that statemest, how mull the boom hops he bad satiated the sines of the nary •. (Hear, hear.) How could he as a meal officer, sal the . responsible adviser of the govern meet is this matter, rise in him piece and object to inquiry Into thie sohject! (Hear.) Lord PALM Elt..4Ti iN said the noble lord who had just sat down had misrepresented hi. noble soil gallant friend (Lord C. Paget). What his noble and gallant friend said was this —that be wa...orry to see • distinguiabed member of that boom like the right honourable berme' (Sir J. Pekington), who had occupied the re. spomible situ d ion of First Lord of the Ad miralty, not haring when in office practised those opinions which he now proclaimed when out of office. (Hear, hear.) Hi (Lord Palnsenton*.) noble and pliant friend mated his opinion that the Atoms of the navy were underpaid. (Hear, bear.) Now, be (Land Palmerston) should extrod that circle, and my that all branches of the public service, military as well as naval, were meteoroid. (Hear, hear.) He would go through the army and the navy, and an tbe civil service, and say they were underpdd, Dal they would tad that those men had • fair claim to hove their reward. increased. He said that was applicable to all the departments of the civil service, mil if they west into all the establishinests of the country and inquired whether each officer. each man, each clerk, received as much as the generosity of the country was disposed to allot to them, he said that would lead to • great menage of the expenditure of the country. This motion won ceifined to the naval service ; but could they confine it to that brooch of the public service and not ex tinct it to the military branch as well! (Hear.) He only warned the Motu. to avoid an inquiry which might lead them a great ilea] further than they originally kneaded Sir .1. ELPHINSTONE istaisiled the noble bird that the pay ,if a tiffew.oto t. was jamb the gay of a isimmoriar is the navy. The 11..,..• then divided: Ayes Nose nis r -..11 Into reciewl with bed ehrwriss NEW TItIALS IN CRIMINAL CARE 4. 97 On the ?notion of Mr. Burr, leave was given to bring In a bill to mike more effectual provision for the setting aside erroneous verdicts and granting new trials in criminal DIMS. COTES FOR DISQUALIFIED C.t.NDIDATES. On the motion of Mr. BCIT, leave wm Rive• to bring ib • bill to declare a•d amend the law relating to votes give• foe • disqualified candidate at parliamentary election*.. - . Icebllls were afterwards read a firrt time. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. o. the was given to being is a Lill to atnetel the 16 and 17 Vie., e. :10, for the brine, prevention met puoiahmest of automated assaults. CRI'ELTY TO ANIMA'S. 0. the moticaof Visermat RATNNAM. kayo was Ores to lbrioa is • IHII for des ours effectual prevention of cruelty to aainiak The bills were afterwards real a Med time. CONSOLIDATED FL'ND AND EX lIEQtER BILLS ACT. The CHANCELLOR arti; EXCHEQUER broagbt op the n•part ea this INVIAISURE BILL. . _ This bill as. real . i . .; third iI. a — o - driaaird. M t RRI 1 11;ES VALIDITY BILL. This hill r. v. read a third time and Famed. The heti...adjourned at 20 minute@ Pot RIIIIE , ENTATIOII OF ROUTH LA`U•A4RIRE.-1 rnmtmg .•f the Italian: liheral electors of South Lancashire was brill at the Royal Ilotnl , Mancheeter, yesterday tnorn• log. with 1k view d eneeidefieg the propriety of selecting a liberal c■wl:date, in the sweat d ParlianOVllc conferring a new mg .{ this division of thav county. The nieetiag wee pri vatr, sod In undenitonal te hays arlionrued for a fortnight, without rooting to any &stigma reverviii 4 a candidate. The rOOO riativrva sleet for a slenitar ..Lj.- t at Newton•le- W this day. when the name. of M.. E. Loa .1, of Man• rhe.tee, and of Mr. J. A. Tobin, of Liverpool, will he sub mitted r orrirem THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1861. SECOND-HAND PIANOFORTES. CILUilt/t. ISLAM sad Co. bay, • lame selortment et weeaddmad Plaaefortea. by the wet esteemed isaken. at inelay reduced prima-201, Itegastatreet. menta Already, indeed, the old soldiers of the Russian army display a spirit unknown to it before the Crimean war. We have heard from those;who have mingled in its ranks that there exists no longer the same adoration of the Czsa, the same prostration before their officers, the same humble contentment with their miserable fare. The eman cipation of the serfs must be followed by regulations doing for the serf soldier some thing tantamount to what is done for the serf peasant. Most of the plans proposed would increase by one-third the expenses of the Russian army. Its needy Government is not prepared for such a change, and whatever it may intend, it cannot reckon, even in a Polish war, upon the same devotion on the part of the soldiers which wan shown at Sebastopol. But these and similar considera tions, whilst they lessen the chances of Russian success in forcibly putting down insurrection, will, no doubt, also suggest the necessity of averting or extinguishing it by milder, or perhaps by in sidious means. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. DEFEAT OF OF THE OOVERNMENT.--ORIEVANCEB IN THE NAVY. HOUSE OF 00311IONS—M*ten 5. NAVT (PROXIMION AND RITIREMENT). —Motioa made and question put, "That a select committee be appointed to consider the present system of promotion and retirement in the Royal Navy, and the present pay and position of the several chases of naval officers, and to report what changes therein are desirable, with a view to the increased efficiency of the naval service"—(Sir James Elphin stone). The house divided : ayes, 102 ; noes, VT. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. gbe ervretifs. yo . op*mroNDintrs. Averelsweinta IntWdad for "Ti;liPre;s" London Prettied roper. moat bs M lb* oars, 10, bourorio-Krest, by Two Vilma cm the day of publication. 11l A nu RI R. Tins EvritAo. THE ;VW AND 'nil WIND.—A DIKE IN DIVED:ELVES. News Howe. Villiers. Rosters, Clark. Compton. and Huikstnw, Mrs. :4tlrling, Mrs.Wllklas, Miss Fanny Stirling, Miss Y. kloydoo.—ANlTll6 HAPPIEST DAY OY IIY LIFE. fft/SCIllf& . rats mono. CAiSAI DE BAZAN. Mears Shore and Ischia,: Mks U. Dania Kn. Wed.:es—And TUC JOLLY MELEE, Moaa Enemas tbe Ladles of the Corps de Ballet. n. JAMES'S. poi Mamma. MY vium JOURNAL—THE ISLE OR ST. EMOTIEL Mamas. A. Wigan aad Emery : Mn Buckingham Wlllta. ILEDYMION. Mean. C. Young sad belmon . Masao SL Cane,Merban and Amer.—Comma:ace at haltput 7. HRITANNIA. ..... Tzts Et - rsoon, KATHLEEN . or, The Maid of Munster. Mrs. R. Lam- —MIDAS. or, Olympia, in an Uproar. Mr. Elton. Miss Father ..lac,hs and Miss A. Downing.—And THE CONSCRIPT MOTHER, Nilo& Clayton, Mr.. E. YarnokL HIGH WATIM AT LONDON NRIDOL MO DAT —Korvin, IL N 5..... Afternoon, 10h. 24m. TO4MOBOW—Noriebs Ilk. Afternoon, lib. ,Jru. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH G. Ir would indeed have been a strange anomaly, if, at this epoch of national resurrection, that country which more recently than any other was blotted from independent existence, but which still retains most vitality, population, and importance, should not have risen up to claim once more its rights and its name. If there! are special circum stances which might lead ono to regret the recur rence of a violent military struggle between the Polish nation and the Russian Government, even this, perilous and disastrous as it might prove, would be preferable to total self-oblivion on the part of the Poles, at a moment when all Europe is in the throes of regeneration, and when its monarchs stand before the tribunal of public opinion and popular power. Most happily the events thus fortuitously called forth, this great manifestation of the inhabitants of the capital of Poland, took place at a time when the gentry and the intelligence of the country were assembled. Had there been none but municipal or police authorities to interfere be tween the soldiers and the people, the momentous collision must have rankled into continued war, and the serious contingencies of successful or un successful resistance would have had to be dealt with. It is now otherwise. Although the voice of the Polish nation has been heard once more, and its eagle made to float amidst popular accla mations, still the Ruisian flag has not been humi liated, nor have the victims of the Entente been numerous enough to excite more than a passing cry for vengeance. Even Polish patriots rejoice that this should have been so ; not merely on prudential grounds, but from the knowledge that Ai.xlmeora the Sa,OND is not a prince to halloo the thousands of the Russian soldieriupon Poland, and re-enact the dreadful scenes of 1831. The CZAR has made formal promises of restoring the nationality and freedom of Poland. And if he has several times failed in the fulfilment of these promises— nay, if he has not even enforced the observance of the amnesty which he proclaimed—the fault is to be attributed to a certain party and a certain class of councillors about him whom the Sovereign is anxious to control and to shake off, though at times compelled to bow to their representations and adopt their advice. The Poke are also aware that the Russian monarch is menaced in his own capital by the for midable opposition of the chiefs of the territorial sobleser, who are moving heaven and earth to avert the promulgation of the Ukase emancipating their serfs. The noble Russians of this party who frequent the other capitals of Europe and use the freedom of speech which travel gives, do not hesi tate to avow the necessity and duty of setting aside a CZAR who is as philanthropic as his namesake ALISANDRR 1., and utterly devoid, they allege, of those stern qualities, so indispensable to Russian rule, which marked the character of NICHOLAS. It is not desirable that a Polish revo lution should come to procure the triumph of such , a party sa this, and drown in civil war the peaceful aspirations of liberal men in both countries after laws and institutions framed to confer free dom and a certain degree of independence upon both. Such sentiments as these may prevail at Warsaw, and actuate the majority of the Polish gentlemen assembled there for the ostensible pur pose of an Agricultural Society. But the popula tion and peasantry throughout the land are repre sented to be in a state of the greatest excitement. The political fever which rages in Hungary, has long since passed the Carpathians, and agitates the whole of the Sclavonian race with de sires ardent, though vague, and breathing all the enthusiasm of nationality. A speedy and generous answer from St. Petersburg to the Warsaw petition may go far to allay this. And yet such an appeasement, such a quenching of the flame in the Duchy of Warsaw, cannot but have the effect of kindling a conflagration in the neighbouring Polish provinces of Galicia and Posen. There is thus almost as much prospect of wide @Feed disturbance, and of consequences most serious to the great German States, as there are hopes."' a pacific and liberal solution. The latter we shall hail, however it may tend to leave undone what must be the full object of every patriot's desire. The complete restoration and independence of Poland within its ancient limits is not a wilder dream than would have been that of United Italy two years ago. But can the three guilty copartners of Poland be checked AG effectually as Austria was in Italy ? Is France, so ready to war for an idea, chivalrous enough to grasp at this one ? France, yea—but NAPOLEON ? Should the etas listen to the suggestions of irritation, rather than to those of moderation, the eventualities of an insurrectionary war will then have to be faced, and it may prove a wide one. For Austria to furnish help will be impossible ; she will soon have quite enough to do at home. A civil war in Poland will but give force and opportunity to the separatists of Hun gary. Will the North German be ready to aid the Prussian Government in a crusade against the Eastern province 1 Wo doubt it. Finally, there is the consideration of the Rus- sian soldier. The army of the empire is at the present moment greatly reduced in numbers. There has been no recruiting for some years. To reinforce it now would necessitate the raising of conscripts from the serf population, according to the old system, the new one not being inaugurated. Would the proprietors, at the serfs themselves, obey T or, if they did obey, with what spirit would such re cruits, agitated by promises of emancipation said plied by its failure or withdrawal, join their regi- AS:KR. Adderisy, C. B. . —.. °mon, Sir IL Palk, Sir L Arnott, .1. H. Hassard. M. Papillon, P.O. Astell, Sir J. Hennemy, J. P. Parker, Major W. ' Bantle H. J. lintlgkinson, G. Pollud-Urquhart,W Barttelot, Ksior Holmeidale, Vinci. Quinn. R. Rathiust, P. H. Hood, Sir A. A. Rowley, R. T. Reach, W. W. Hopwood, J. T. Rusnell, Sir W. Rewash, F. R. llumberston, P.R. Ralionone, Akira. Beecrott, O. 8. Hunt, O. W. Scott. Sir W. Rosana, a W. Jervolse, Captain Selwyn, c J. Bridges PA: I& W. Johnston., H. H. Seymour. Sir M. Huller. H r A. W. Jones, D. Smith, S. U. Burghley. lewd Kekewlch. S. T. Rouen, J. Cairn. Sir H. Kelly, Sir V. Stewart. Sir M. R. Carnegie, C. Kendall. N. Stuart, LL.CoI. W. Close. M. C. Kennard, R. W. Sullivan, H. Cochrane. A. D. Karr, Colonel Talbot, W. C. Coningham, W. Lacon, Sir E. Taylor, Col. Cubitt, G. Leathain, L. A. Thynne, Lard L Darner, S. D. Lennox Lord O. G. Torreon, I. Deedes, W. Lenile. W. Trends, C. H. Duke, Sir J. LiddelL If G. Upton, Own. Dunne, Col. Iniulasy, Colonel Valletort, Viscount Edwurds, Major Lecklo,rt, A. E. Vance, J. Kgerton, W. MicEvoy, L Vanaittark W. Parnitinr, Sty M. Mackinrion,W.(Lym) Walcott. Admiral Yellowee, L Manners, Lord J. Wallington, J. W. FltsGeraid, W. B. Maxwell, Colonel Wemyan, J. H. Renter, sir U. Milford, W. T. White, J. Gard, R. 8., Monson. W. J. Wyld, James George, J. Monis, D. Wyndham, H. Gore. J. R. Mowbray, J. E. Wyndham, P. Greenall. G. Mare, D. 1111.1.131. Greene, J. Ogilvy, Sir John Elphinstone, Sir J. Grath, C. D. Psklugton, SIrJ. Stracey, Sir H. NOM. Agar.Ellls. L G. Poijande. Y. J. Moffatt, G. Agnew, ar A. Forster, W. E. Paget, Lord A. Antrohus, E. Fortescue, F. D. Paget, LortlC. Atherton, Sir W. Fortesene. C. 8. Palmerston, Viset, Ayrtim, A. 8. Gavin. Major Pease, H. Banes, E. Gibson, T. M. Peel, F. Baring, Sir F. T. Gifford, Earl of Pilklngton, J. Baring, T. G. Gilpin. C. Pritchard, J. Berkeley, IL Y. Gladstone, W. Proby, Lord Naga I. Glyn, G. 0 Pugh, D. BonhaM•Carter, J. Goldsmld, Slr F. H. Puller, C. W. Bouverle, P. P. Gower, Y. L Bonham, Viscount Buckley, Gen. Greenwood, J. Ricardo, 0. Bury. Viscount °region, 8. Russell, H. Butt, I. Grey, Sir G. Bt. Aubyn, J. Buxton. C. Danbury, R. Shelley , Sir J. V. CardwelL E. Hanley, T. Smith, M. T. Castlenwse, Visct. Rapier, Sir W. G. Smith, Augnstus Childers, H. C. Heaillam, T. K. Btacpoole, W. clay. J. Henesge, G. Y. Btansfeld J. Clifford. C. C. Healey. J. W. Thyane, Lord H. (live. G. Hersey. Lord A. Trate, Colonel H. Carper, W. P. Hutt, W. Vane, Lord H. traufned. E. H. Jennyn, Fist Villiers. C. P. Dalglish. A. Kershaw, J. Vyner, R. A. Davey, It. Elugstote, Col. Watkins. Colonel L. Davie, Colonel F. Kinnard. A. Y. Whitbread, S. Douglas, Sir C. Lawson, W. Wood, Sir C. Dankellin, Lord Lewis, 81e G. C. Woods, H. Irma, T. W. Locke, J. Iwo% J. C. Lowe, H. mufti. Ca. MaekM, J. Brand, H B. lerno irul Plattlis, P. W. Dunbar, Sir H. Raley, A. S. Korth; J. EDt Court. OSBORNE, MARCH 3. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. The Royal Family drove in the grounds. A deputation from rhelsenand Kensington had an inter view yeaterday with Viscount Palmerston. The deputation consisted of, from Chelsea—Dr. Diplock and Mr. Calib Collier, churchwardens • Mr. T. H. Walker, chairman of the of beard guardians ; an d Manors. W. Hall , J. Perry, B. W. Jones, Newton Finch, J. Barry W. Whitehead., W. Living. don, E. Newman, J. Burnett, W. Foy, Martin W. Cady, —Jones, J. H. Leete, W. Cox, W. Davis and J. Delany, chairmen of vestry board' and Mr. C. lithos, vestry clerk. Prom Kensington—Lord Enfield, M.P., Mr. Robert Han. bury, M.P., - Messrs. Tones. teCullagb, Noy. dwell, Bridges, Blue, Ball, Danford, Freeman, W. H. Heat, Richardson, W. Adams Day, C. Collier, Thomas Watkins Arcbbutt, and R. Green, vestry clerk. A deputation from the Chiswick Improvement Commis. dopers had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Bit (i. C. Lewis at the HOlll4l-offiCO on the subject of the re amendment of the Metropolis Local Management Act se to the reapportionment of the Rock Loan by the Metropolitan Board of Works. A deputation from Burnley, Lan,ishire, transacted busi ness at the Home-office yesterday. A deputation from the Board of Guardians of the Town ship of Leeds had an interview with the Poor•law Board yesterday. Despatches were sestaiterday from the Colonial-office to the governors of the of Good Hope, Natal, and St. Helena, land to the Land igh Commissioner of the lonian Islas& The funeral of the late Lotri Braybrooke took place at Littlebury, near Saffron Walden, on the anniver sary of the death of his grandfather, the second baron. Among the mourners were the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Wenlock, Lord Lyt eltoa, the Earl of Norbary, Sir Stephen Wynne, Sir Henry Vavasour, the Hoe. C. C. Neville, the Hon. and Rev. Latimer Neville, Vice.Cbaacellor of the University of Cambridge, &a. The Hon. Maria Liddell, eldest daughter of Lord Havensworth, will shortly be united to Colonel Sir David Wood, K.C.B. Wo (Peat) are requested to contradict the state ment that Bishop Spencer had refused the Dessery d Exeter, except upon certain specified conditions. Sir Lawrence Palk, to-morrow, will ask the Se cretary of State for ladle whether he has received a copy of a statement made ly Mr. Ling in anticipation of his departure for India, in his own vindication, to a committee appointed by the Great Western of Canada Railway Company, April 4, leio, to investigate certain charges impugning his character ; and, if so, if he will lay it on the table of the house. Major Gavin will to-morrow rusk the Under-Se cretary of State fur War whether his attention has been called to the ease of Thelwall r. Yelverton ; and whether the name of Major Yelverton is to be retained in her Ma jesty's Army List. In the event of the Irremovable Poor Bill, and the Removal of Scotch and Irish Poor Bill, being read a second time, Mr. Edwin James will move that those bills be referred to the select committee to inquire into the sidmi nitration of the relief of the poor now sitting. _ . The Dublin Er tting Paekt a Conservative jour nal, calls attention to the fact that, while there are eight Ronan catholic judges on the Irish bench to four Pratte taste, the respective merits and claims of the Protestaet and Roman catholic portions of the by are tested by the Yelvertoo trial. It would he impossible to magnify the in terests at stake in the estimation of the parties, yet there was not a single Roman catholic barrister employed cm either side. Mr. Severn,the newly-appointed British Consul, has wired in Rome, sad on the 24th ult, had his fiat official interview with Monsignor Berardi, under•secatary of state. " Mr. Severn's loos residence in Rome twenty years ago," writes a correspoodent, " renders it peculiarly agreeable to him to revisit the Eternaleity,and to renew his habits of intimacy with the artistical celebrities who have survived from that period." FRANCE. PARIS, WIDNISDAY. The Monikur of this morning announces that the interest on Treasury bills has been raised to 3}, 4, and 4} per cent., according to the length of time they have to run. PARIS, Toransr. MM. Jules Fevre, Darimon, Picard, Emile °Dialer, and Dr. Henon, members of the Opposi tion, proposed to-day the following amendment to the address : "The hour has come for applying to Rome the wise principle of the system of non-intervention, and, by the immediate withdrawal of the French troops, to leave Italy mistress of her own dee tithes." In to-day's sitting of tho Senate, paragraphs 5, 6, and 7of the address were agreed to. An amend ment of Senator Pietri, referring to the annexation of Savoy and Nice, was also adopted. On the paragraph relating to Syria being read, M. Billault stated that negotiations on the question of the prolongation of the occupation having com menced, it was impossible to enter into any expla nations. The Conference would shortly re-assemble, and there was reason to hope that the mission of pacification would be continued by France. The discussion of the amendments relative to Rome was adjourned until to-morrow. ITALY. NAPLES, XAECH 2 (vii Marseilles). The Mint and some other former royal establish ments have been suppressed. Placards, secretly printed, demanding the auto nomy of Naples, are being much circulated. Tranquillity has not however been disturbed. ROME. ROME, DIARai 2 (vli Marseilles). Francis 11. and his Queen are making pre parations for departure to Bavaria. They are selling their eamages and have dismissed their household. General Bosco is about to proceed to Spain. Placards have again been posted up bearing the worda, "Long live Victor Emmanuel !" A fresh demonstration by the students of the University has taken place. The works on the Roman railways are being con tinued. The funds for the next half-year's pay ments have been deposited at the Bunk. THE DISTURBANCES AT WARSAW. YOSEN, TUESDAY. All Polish noblemen holding offices throughout the kingdom of Poland have tendered their re signation. Their example has been followed by all the Poles in the Russian service. BERLIN, Kum 5. The Krett-neitung says :—" According to private advices from Warsaw, Prince Gortchakoff is said to have telegraphed the address of the inhabitants to Bt. Petersburg, and received an unfavourable n ply from the Emperor, which blamed the clemency of the prince, and, it is asserted, commanded him to proclaim a state of siege." THE UNITED STATER. OtTEENSTOWN, TuserDAT Emma. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's screw-steamer City of Baltimore,Captain Petrie, from New York on the 23rd ult., has ar rived here, and landed the Irish mails. She brings 17 cabin and 85 steerage passengers. The difficulties between Georgia and New York were still unsettled. The Governor of Georgia had seized three New York vessels, and had declared his intention to retain them until the arms seized by the New York police should be given up. An impression prevailed that a plan of adjust ment would be adopted by the Peace Conference. Arkansas had declared for union by an over whelming majority. President Lincoln continued to be welcomed everywhere en route. A demonstration against him was, however, ex pected to be made at Baltimore. The Southern Congress had declared the navi gation of the Mississippi free. The Indians were ravaging the territory of New Mexico. Application had been made at Washington for troops to assist in suppressing hostilities. The 129th anniversary of the birthday of Wash ington was celebrated on the 22nd nit. The New York papers are filled with accounts of the celebration and also of the progress of President Lincoln and the inauguration of President Davis. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange was firmer and rates were advancing. Bankers' bills were quoted 106 j to 106. Commercial, 104 f to 106 f. Stocks were somewhat firmer. New York Central were quoted 771 ; Erie, 31f ; Illinois, 78/. Bresdetuffs were unchanged. Cotton and coffee were firmer. Provisions de pressed. Freights unaltered. SOUTHAMPTON, Msacu 6. The Hamburg and American Company's steam chip Teuton* sailing hence to-day for New York, takes out specie 31,000/. in sovereigns, 270 passen gers, and upwards of 700 tons measurement cargo on freight. The United States mail steamer Arago, nailing hence to-day for New York, takes out 20,0001. specie iu sovereigns. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, TUESDAY. The Royal Mail steam-slip Magdalena, Captain Woolward, has arrived here from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton at 5 p.m., with 81 pusengers, 28,9511. in specie, and 4,076 bags of coffee. She ex perienced very bad weather on the enrage. At Rio Janeiro on the Bth ult., Exchange on London was quoted 26 to 261. Coffee, good, firat, 5,500 to 5.600 veil. Shipments since the departure of the last mail, 127,700 bags, including 56,000 for the Channel. Stock, 40,000 bags. Freight, 655. to 75e. BAHlA.—Exchange on London, 26i. Cotton, 8,000 to 8,200 rail. PICREASSOCO.—Exchange on London, 2Gi to 26i. Sugar, whites, 4,200 reia. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Haytinn war steam corvette Twenty .Second December, Captain P. Depurv, from Newcastle, bound for 13t. Domingo, bas put in here for cads. The gramme rotfrrier of the let Faye :—" The Primer Gortchakoff, wife of the Lieutenant of the King dom of Poland, left Warsaw yeetenlay, with her daughter, to go abroad." The Princess Clothilde, haring been born in March, 1843, has just completed her eighteenth year. Baron Piazza has been arrested at Naples for having posted up seditious placards in the street.. The Pongoh, of Milan states that the bombard ment of Gaeta has cost 25 millions of francs. Riedel, the fainona German colourist, has just completed a magnificent picture, at Rome, of one of his f►vourite subjects : half a dozen pretty rontadine of Gen zano—whose toilettes indicate different stages of prepara tion for a dip into the clear waters of the lake, from which two charming beads already emerge in great enjoyment— are partly revealed and pertly shaded by a rich cluster of foliage, through which the sun dart. hie golden rays with real Italian vigour. . . . . The Society of Acclimatimition has knit been in formed. by a letter from Vice Admiral Chamer, addressed to M. Drouvn de Lhuys, its secretary, that a fine collection o f chi ne , bi r ds and quadrupeds will shortly be forwarded for its Zoological Garden in the Bois de Boulogne. The fine Caledonian ox, presented to the society by the Duke of Hamilton, has just arrived. This breed, descended from the wild herd, of Scotland. is now to be found only et Chilling ham-park, the seat of Lord Tankerville, and at Hamilton. park. The eves, eyelashes, and points of the home are black, as are also the nose and the inside of the can ; all the rest of the body is white. The form of the animal is extremely elegant ; the legs are short. the back straight, and the horns of a very fine texture. With the exception of some few hairs on the neck, the male, have no mane. The bellow of thaw oxen is more like that of wild animals than the lowing of the common breols. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, aocompanted by M. and Mme. Dronyn de Lhuys, wto have taken irreat interot in procuring this fine speci men, have visited tho gardcu to see that Its new guest is properly lodged. XPRESS FROM PARIS. (mos ous owe PARIS, UZIDAT EVICRING. It is really wonderful to see the rapid progress of plain speaking, now that it has come into fashion. It is commonly said that the propensity of French men is to go to extremes in everything. In 1848 " liberty" went a great deal too far, and the " autho rity" inaugurated in 1851 has been carried to such an extent that even its author got frightened at the consequences of his work, and on Nov. 24, 1860, spontaneously and unexpectedly invited criticism on his acts and those of his agents. After a slight hesitation, caused by a doubt whether the imperial word really meant "go" or "no go," the nation has fairly taken a start, and it is • most amusing thing to see how official personages press forward lest they should be left behind in the race. Law officers, who any time these ten years have curried favour by prosecuting the most petty misdemeanours of the press, now write flaming articles in magazines in favour of liberty, which they swear was always near to their hearts. The Prince Napoleon delivers a speech which might have been made by Victor Hugo in 1848. The Minister of Justice proclaims in the Moniteur that all Mires' accomplices, if he have any, shall be prosecuted without fear or favour, and M. Procurour-General Dupin, following up this idea in the Senate, lets his new-born zeal for the liberty of the press run away with him so far as to reproach the Paris newspapers with a failure of their duty, because they puffed Mires' undertakings, which promised 10 or 11 per cent., but forgot to warn the public that such high interest meant bad security, and thereby encouraged a host of small capitalists to " lend money to the seraglio which the eunuchs will never pay." Now, although the Senate laughed very heartily at this joke, it was a very unfair one on the part of M. Dupin, who, unless he be much worse informed than the generality of the public, must know what is perfectly notorious in Paris—that it was considered unsafe for any newspaper to say a word against the Otto man Loan. The Opinion Nationale, alluding to this notoriety, calls to mind that the loan in ques tion was puffed by the Moniteur, and that it (the Opinion) therefore feared to criticise its prospect', "lest we should be thought to interfere with some great international interest to us unknown." This anecdote strikingly shows the progress which virtue is making in official circles. It is rumoured that the Emperor is about to make a military inspection in thejeastern depart ments, and that he may, perhaps, take the oppor tunity of paying a visit to the King of Prussia. The rumour which I noticed on Friday last of a note from Prince Metternich is contradicted by the Patric, which attributes the origin of it to the Cologne Gazette. I believe, however, that it was concocted in Paris. The Bourse was again heavy, with scarcely any business doing. The Rents fell 10c. and 5c., closing at Mfr. 95c. for cash, and 68fr. for account Mobilier fell 7fr. 50c. The Lyons Railway fell 6fr. 25c. ; Western, 3fr. 75c. ; and the other lines, lfr. 25c. The Mires securities remain without much change. REPRESENTATION OP CHELSEA AND KENSINGTON. A requisition, numerously and influentially signed by the inhabitants of Chelsea: and Kensington, having been prmented to Mr. Tot ems 51'Culligh, late M.P., calling on him to become a candidate fur the representation of the new borough, that gentleman has returned the gl o atg reply : " Brompton-crescent, March 5, 11161. Gentlemen,—Accept my last acknowledgment: for the kind expression of your wish that I should allow myself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the honour of repre senting in parliament your expectant borough. " Having long and earnestly laboured in concert with you to obtain those rights to which you are so justly entitled, I should feel especial pride and pleasure in becoming your first representative in the House of Commons, and in being enabled to advocate in your name those liberal principles to which I have always been attached. I have sat long enough in that assembly to know that the distinguished posliaon you design for me will be no sinecure ; but I am persuaded that by a faith al and fearless performance of hie duty • man may retain the confidence of • just and gene rous constituency ; and in the retention of that confidence be must look for his true reward. " If I dud not believe that I should prove myself worthy of your preference I should shrink from incurring the re. 'possibility your kiudnels would impose ; but believing as I do that experience already gained in parliamentary life, and a sincere devotion to the intonate el our new borough, will enable me to vindicate your choice, I shall not hesitate, should the pending Enfranchisement Bill pass this session, to place myself at your dispoeal.—l have the honour to be your very faithful servant, " Tossass WCutuoll." REPREMENTATION OT BODKIN. —The transfer of Mr. Gower, one of the present M.P.'s for this borough, to Sutberlandshire, being anticipated, Mr. E. W. Cox, re corder of Falmouth, has offered himself for the expected vacancy. lie states in his address that he is warmly attached to the principles of civil and religious liberty, and opposed alike to the tyranny of an oligarchy and the despot ism of a democracy. DULWICH Coueoa—Yesterday a deputation from members of the vestrieed St. Betel ph, Bishopegate Without ; St. Giles, Camberwell ; St. Luke's, Middlesex ' • and St. Sa viours, Southwark, being the four parishes interested in the management and cootrul of the abovecollege, had an in terview with Sir George Coruewall Lewis, at the Home office, for the purpose of urging upon the government the necessity of taking some measures for the alteration of the system by which it is now governed. Mr. H. Potter, in re ferring to the object of the deputation, said that though there was an set of parliament poised three or four years ego for the government of the college, there was scarcely any Improvement in its managenieut Having entered into several details of the evils complained of. he read a memorial on the subject, praying that her Majesty's government will cause inquiries to be made, with a view to such modifica tions in the present act of parliament as they shall think ne cessary. In reply, Sir G. C. Lewis said he would take care that the matter should be inquired into. HEALTH OF LONDON. —The weekly return of births and deaths in London, issued by authority of the Registrar-General, indicates a very favourable state of health in London. In the week that ended last Saturday the num ber of deaths was I,Zei t showing a considerable decresoe on the return of the previous week, which was 1,318. The average number of deaths obtained front corresponding weeks of ten previous years, 18:4-60, and corrected for in crease of population, is 1,387 ; and the result of comparison is that the number of persons who died last week was less by 149 than it would have been if the average rate of mor tality at the end of Fehrnary had prevailoL The births of last week exceeded the deaths in the renteperloil by 718). Zymotic diseases wore fatal in the week in IN. cases, whilst the average for correspondar• weeks, corrected, is 3i6. The most fatal dismiss in this clue at the present time is whoop ing-cough, which carried off 86 children, 51 of whom were not two years old. Seven children died from this Com plaint in the subdistrict of St. John, Westminster; 7 also in the west sub-district of Islington. There were 31 deaths from scarlatina ; 6 from diphtheria ; 6 from sy philis, all of which, except one, were those of infants. Three deaths were referred to delirium tremens ' 3 to intemperance. Bronchitis was fatal in 147 caws. the corrected average being 183. Ten nonagenarians died in the week, of whom 7 were women. The two oldest were widows, aged respec tively 93 and 98 years. Three children died on the 17th, 18th, and 26th ultimo respectively at 0, Hare-walk, Hag gerstoae West Of 7 deaths by burns, 3 are stated to have been caused be the clothes taking fire ; the wife of a labourer was killed by an explosion ot gunpowder. Besides these, there were 3 fatal cases of scald. Seven infants were suffocated in led, mind 3 by means not stated. One person was choked by food Two infanta were murdered_ Last week the births of 1,020 boys and 1,008 girls, in all 2,028 children, were registered in London. In the ten cone spending weele of the years 1651.60 the average number wag 1,762. ROYAL INniTirrimg OF GREAT BRITAIN.—The following arniugeineete for the lectures after Easter, 1861, have been announced :—Three concluding lectures on fishes, by Richard Owen, Egg., D.C.L., P.N.S., Fullerian Professor of Natural Physiology, R.L ; three concluding lectures on electricity, by John Tyndall , Req., F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, R.I. ; six lectures oe modern music, by John Mullah , Fag. ; six l ec tur es on th e Devonian age of the world, by William Pengelly, Esq., F.G.S. ; nine lec tune on the science of language, by Max Muller, Fag., Taylorian Pmfessor, Oxford ; two lecturer on musical aeons. ties, and on the phyniologienl and peveholo-neal causes of musical harmony and disc o rd, by Professor 'Hehuholtz, of Heidelberg. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) THE LORD MAYOR, &C., Or LONDON, AM GOVERNORS OF ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, a. THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY COMPANY. The Attorney• General moved this morning in this suit to restrain the defendants, the railway company, from taking proceedings for the summoning of • jury to asses the value of a piece of land and premises forming • portion of St. Thomas's Hospital, adjacent to the railway ter minus at London-bridge. The object of this motion was to prevent the carrying out of the Charing-cross Rail way scheme so far as it interfered with the hospital and so far as its promoters proposed to take a portion of the land or property thereof, unless the company should take the entire hospital. It appeared that the company had given the common notice requiring the hospital to treat f or the sale of a portion of land and premises situate at the corner of the hospital property. Upon this the hospital governors gave a counter-notice requiring the court to take the whole of the property. The plaintiffs' case was hissed upon the well-known class of caws resting upon the section requiring a railway company taking part of a house or premises to take the whole, it th e owners were desirous that each be done. The governors had opposed the company's bill before the committee of the House of Commons, and in consequence of that opposition, clauses had been inserted in the bill binding the company's trains to peas the hospital at a rate of not more than six miles as hour, and also binding them not to use the whistle within certain fixed limits. The value of the entire hospital was put by the plaintiffs at 7150,0001. Mr: Holt: Mr. Giffard, Mr. Baggallay, and Mr. Mac. naughten were with the Atterney•General. Sir H. Cairns and Mr. Osborne on the other side contended that the governors of St. Thomas's Hospital were not "able," even if " willing," to convey to the company. The conten. Lion on the other side that they were able to convey was illusory, because the Charity Commissioners, upon whose consent they relied, had not any authority to give an assent to the sale. The Vic plaintiffs. granted the injunction sought by the COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN Ili LAURENCE, NORTDIORE, AND ECURADER.--THE GREAT MATS= FAHAJRZ.--JUDGIIVITT OF THZ COVET. This was the day appointed by his Honour for delivering judgment on the certificates of Thomas Laurence, Willi a m Mortimore, and Francis Benjamin Schrader, leather factors and merchants, of St. Mary-axe, and of LiverpooL The discussion of the case had already occupied the court during twelve long sitting". The bankrupts, it will be remembered, were opposed, on behalf of the assignees, by Mr. Kanlake (instructed by Mews. Murray, Son, and Hutchins); by Mr. W. Williams, on behalf of the London Joint Stock Bank and the Bank of London; and by Mr. Linklater, on behalf of Messrs.Leyland and Bulling, of Liverpool. Mr. Lawrence defended the bank. rupt Laurence, and Mr. C. E. Lewis the other bankrupt.. His Honour took his seat on the bench at half•p:ut 11 o'clock. The court was at that time densely crowded, public notice having been given that the judgment would be delivered at that hour. The bankrupts were all in ist tendance—Mr. Mortimore and Mr. Schrader oocupying seats near the table, the other bankrupt 'Unsling in the crowd et the back of the court. His Honour said the case was an extraordinary one, and he felt the importance of the duty which devolved on him. The cure more particularly involved the considers. tion of the use and abuse of negotiable paper. No doubt the late failures in the leather trade had engendered much distrust in other branches of commerce—for trade h.ul been likened to the sea, which could not be lowered in ore part without affecting all the others. Two of the leo:- rupte in this case had been in business 30 or 40 yeal a, the house at Liverpool having been established upwards of fifteen yarn. It should be remembered what was the tun use of bills of exchange ; they were bottomed on real valae, and tended to increase the commerce and wealth of the country. Of late years, the abundance of money in the English market, and the competition in trade, had given rise to • departure from this wholesome prac. Um. Good bills could always it, discounted, whe ther drawn, accepted, or endorsed by • well-known house. But the practice of drawing accommodation bills, concocted for the purpose of raising money, was most injurious, though not absolutely illegal. The system of cross acceptances, or mutual aoaammodation, was most objectionable, • double liability being thereby created. The inducement to fraud was great, and sometimes even to forgery. The practice of drawing and redrawing was well known; and its effect on bankers was most pre judicial. The system was sometimes carried on for years, and its evils had been well pointed out by Adam Smith. The practice was difficult of detection, when the parties had various channels of discount open to them, and varied the names of the drawers and acceptors of the bills. The pre sent case had brought to light an extensive system of accom modation, and • glaring abuse of the facilities of credit, though the bills were originally founded on the trade dealings between factors and their customers. After citing some remarks from the " History of Banking," his Honour said it was much more dangerous for a bank t discount accommodation paper than real paper, in the latter case there being bona fide acceptors to look to ; while in the former ease there was only ono person to meet the engagements of the whole, and the chances of disaster were much greater. The position of principal and surety was re versed, and the bank was deceived as to who were the real sureties. In advancing cash on bans there was greeter safety, because a certain limit was established. Discounting a bill of exchange was the same thing as buying the bill ; if it were endorsed, it was a sale with a war. rarity ; if not, it was • pure sale. Every bill imported two things—value received, and an engagement to pay the amount on specified terms. Though the words "value received" imported little more than the ordinary fact, that might form one of several circumstances which induced the discount of the bill. If a person made a knowingly false statement, the contract entered into on that statement might be said to be fraudently ob tained. The misrepresentations might be by deeds and acts as well as by wands—that is, by tho suppression of facts which ought to be stated. Where bills were transferred as valid, when the transferee knew that they were worthless, the suppression of that fact was &fraud. An untrue warranty was fraudulent in law, either with or without knowledge of the fact. If a party pros cured the discount of a bill, knowing or suspecting that the acceptor could not meet it, it was both a legal and moral fraud. He might intend to meet the bill himself ; but the banker ought to know this, to elect whether he would accept the sole responsibility of the drawer. It would be well that banking companies should be more careful in opening discount accounts. Printed forms might he used. anal ,other motto Sloes might be taken. No person could complain that too much faith was placed by a hunker in his own assertion. The bankrupts had bought hides ou commission and sold lea ther ; taking acceptances at three or four months for the far. liter class of dealings, and paying in cash or cheques for the sales made for their customers. Had they confined them selves to this elm of dealing, making advances on consign ments, no harm could have arises. But the charge was that they had carried on • reckless and unjustifiable system of trade for years, making advances to houses not worthy of credit, drawing accommodation bills, and obtaining the dis count of those bills by misrepreacritatiou. They we.e in the habit of making loans to their sustoment, taking bills for the amount, sod then renewina those bills when at ma turity, charging interest and cenirabalion. This system had gone on for years, the bills being always met by drawing others ; and the funds for meeting the bills haul always been supplied by the discounters. Advance% had been made in this way to 17 firms by the beralou and Liverpool houses. There had been accommo. dation transactions with Ryder, Mundy, and George Schrader—means being adopted to irevent the Intakes , from suspecting the real nature of those trio:roc. tions. The accommodation with Ryder had amounted in one year to 45.000/.. and was 114.0001. at the time of the suspension —with Mundy about 50,00 - 25,000/. being out at the time of the suspension —and with G. Schrader to the amount of 27,501. F.--of which 1:1,750/. had been proved against the estate of the Liverl home. The acceptances of the failed firms had Man drawn for ma sums, so as to give them the ale : a:armee of regular mercantile transactions ; but iu snail cases they were for even gems. In the four years mit,: to 1e57, the Lambe and Liverpool houses had an average • apital of 1110,00 1 / a the largest amount. being 14 - O,OIXV.on the Ist January, Vasa. The London house had I,goOcustonima. the Liverpail hare 1,000. The average trade transaction:4 the London house the four years prior to liti7 was 017,001/. per annum. :awl 312,0001. in respect of the failed homes ; of the Liverpa"t house, au average of 450,000/. ' and for the failed haelas• 50,0001. For the same period the nett profits of the Lon don house averaged 25,0001. per annual, aial of the Liverpeel house,. 16.000/., showing that th e bankrupts bad then carried on a large and 11144t411.10 business. Tlw v had a fine connexion, were in high repute, and were deeroad men of great wealth. Had they confined themselves to their legitimate business anal not become great lenders of money, or rather raisers of money, they might have cata• tinued so. Laurence mid that they had borrowed at 3 Per cent. and lent at 5 per cent. anal 2 per cent. comnaiation but if the bankers had known this they would not have lent themselves to such practices, which tended only to a simulation and di ss i mu l a ti on. I t was o b serva bl e th a t I bankrupts bad given credit to the failed houses in more befa to t' for t abso take - rt h&.~ td: • 11 ) 111 ject i Mi cretli Ith sake a tut Jo MUM anal 6 Ku who auto, a p