The Express. — London, England, 1861-03-01 00:00:00

1 NIPERIA L l'A 11 LWIENT. 110I:SE OF LORDB.—TurksuAY, Fug. 28. 'flair localakips mot at 5 o'clock. NEW PEER. SA•PT • . f.rmetly leuril Marro* Rill!. int:Weevil by F„l e , aa..l leml I.vveden, took the oaths and his .% L aw of tor . ti . tion + were ereseated fres voices scznino the abolition of church atm. be the Bishops rem,•l $t Olivia's. Lincoln. Vaushalf, and I. 11 1./ Lont thur,r.usnon, Lod Colville, sad the 31.firtn• of !lath. CAS: OP MR. TURNBI'LL. The Marini NORRANIBY gave settee that be nliould after the term. of hie oaths he Memo) to the raver of TurolealL He wee hawed to do this in easII.O.IIIVIICP od mtain pmreetrlllp ill renews to the raises which 1,. bad roved for. !meted of the Lotion of • lad, h., 1.a4 o n. en re he ititesaled to neve for a committee to in. joire into the eireneastabees oewasetod with the that ;entlernan. /11!.InA OFFWERS;. i'i reply to the Earl Of Donotuation, howl HERBERT of LEA said that offiries of tie em bodied milititiif 1 , 4 twoathsweiaid he admitted to the regular 3 , nl yor ruititia eliminations rata 30th June next, ander the miss of th:tober last. BETH' E3IENT OF NAVAL OFFICER& Lord I'HELMSVORD moved an address to her Majesty praying for a copy of the arrangements of the Board of Ad miralty (under the teller in council of 25th June, Itt'sl) for the retirement of naval othives ; red also a copy of the minute of the Board cm the wow subject of May, In6o. The ratans was ordered. _ ISTATETE LAW REVISION BILL The LORD CHANCELLOR, io moving the second read itui of this hill, observed that although it was very short it rtforreil to a schedule coutaining u vast amount of statutes and part+ of sLktitte,4. It w..s admitted that the statute law was in a moat uhsati.factore state. Since Magna Chartathere hail been upwards of li.OOP public arta reamed, and of that ponderous collection easy bad been repealed and many had become obsolete. By our law, although an set of parliament might become obsolete it was not thereby repealed—desuetude did not effect repeal, and any obsolete act might at any time be brought into emotion by any person. The object of the present hill was thad to etpurgate this Montrone maw of statutes and parts of stetutas, expressly repealing those that rare no longer enforced. After a few word' more, the bill was read a second time. METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS. The Earl of DERBY had given notice that he would call attention to the inconvenience inflicted oo some of the ',emulation of London. of the poorer class, by certain public works now in propene. He had also to present a petition foie, occupiers of property in the with of Padding ton. complaining, of the apjustice to whichtbey were esposedl by the opention, of the Metropolitan Railway Company, under the powers of the act of parliament, and praying that so further powers might be granted to that compaey until it should have given them redress. That. however, was not exactly the subject on which he now intended to addrers their lordships, and he would simply move that this re siti ee should lie on the table, without entering into say detail of the grievaocee to which it referred. Of the other three petitions he bed to present, one was from the London Institution, another from the principal inhabitants of Fins ben-circus, said the third also from inhabitants of that neighbourhood, praying to be heard by counsel against the bull now before parliament for the construction of a railway station in Fizabtuy-circus. Now. he did not tutted to T any specificremedy for the grievances complained orZ: he would state the MO, which was one vitally affeetem the welfare of a very large portion of the popula tioa, who were ettarly amble to obtain for themselves any protection against, legislative acts injurious to their islands. It was • alb** which deeply contented the moral and social coaditien al the metropolis. He had • retreads° to present tram as individual who bail been for eleven mare incumbent of ems of the poorest and most densely peotded parishes is the heart of and who might, therefore, claim to pommies a tolerable knowledge of the feelings. wants, and wishes of the population around him. But, in the tint place. he would call their lordships' attention to the ampsitade of the mmilertokings now before parliament, and the extent of the railway bills submitted to their 000sideratien this maim fle believed he had been informed that the total length of matey, now in opera it. the United Kingdoms was betimes 9,000 and 10,000 miles, beside whisk them was already sanctioned by par liament a length of 3.000 miles more, which was mew in or approaching to completion. This year, he believed there ware 240 sew railway schemes before myths seenkcif which 117 were wheels brought forward by new com ic. and 1W were brought forward by old companies, for hnmohes or reetemeines. The old companies extension linen scskeseed a datum, of more than one <boomed miles, and the sew amputee' about two thoasandMiles. so that par liament was now asked to madam three thousand mile* of additional railway this semis., an amount equal to one third of existing railways is the United Kingdom. Of coarse, only • smell parties of these railways were in the metropolis. From as Mlicial document preparid by the Board et Trade. it appeared thatemompt them nilway schemes, some of which bail prelim* been abandoned, or would be alsamktried, there were Olio*a traversing the eery heart of the nietropoiM sad comprising a total lewd) of up wards of 24 miles, besides which in the suburbs, sot in , eluding Greenwich and Woolwich, there were seven or eight other schemes, involving 40 or 50 miles of railway. la the metropolis sued suburbs, therefore, there were 00 or 70 miles of sew railway maimed to be mastaieteill, paw lag through the most crowded parts of the town. Now it IMO laid dews be • royal 00[11011410' O. in 146, that if at any time hereafter it should be advisable to admit Milways 'Mini the limits there stated, namely, a hat has the Edgware-rod to Grosvenor-place on the west, mod cue from Finsbury square to Loodombridge on the mei, it should be done to conformity with some uniform plea, carefally kid down wider the authority of government. and sanctioned by the wisdom of parliament. Now be would rider to a map annexed to the late report of the Board of Trade, which showed the railways sow proposed to be made in Pill. The large spot narked red was the reposed deduct is Viesharyeamos,and he wadd call attention to a very short line, extendieg ally half am' from Finabory circus to Smith& Id, and called the Metropolitan Extension. Binds. this, there was • line from the North 'London Rail way, which connected the London and North Welders line with the docks ; it was a line of two sad a half miles, from leieple e d to Finsbury-circa ; and there was smother scheme for a gigantic railway station occupying the whole space of Finsbury-circus and something more. Now, the parish of St. Bartholomew, Meer- Uhl; Crippleorite, through which the Metropolitan Extenaion would psis, contained a population of 4,500 per sons by the last census, now exceeding :"..000, while the number of halms did not exceed 500. There were nine, ten, or eleven persons in each house, and net a single gen tleman's house in the pariah. They were all of the poorest and lowest clam of shopkeepers, costemiongers, or dock labourers, and there were not ten families who occupied • single hones to themselves, though the homes were of three or four motile only. The incumbent told him (lord Derby) that the aristocracy of the parish were Woes who could indulge la the luxury of two rooms, the great balk of them having but one room. and that room sometimes divided between more than one family. Now the railway would sweep away more than ounhalf of the houses, and nearly half the inhabitants of that parish, who were of course utterly helpless to tam steps against such • scheme. There were melons suggestions—amoupt them that a trust should be sown toted, and that the railway company shookl advance to that trust • NM, the interest of which would be euffieleat to provide decent dwelling.houses for the parties who bad been displaced—the trust paying over to the railway company regularly • stipulated interest for the money advanced. its object was—before infinite evils were produced, by numbers being thrown out of house and borne, and by the overcrowding of the dwellings that were left—that their 'ordains' should very seriously consider the gravity sad On portanee of the question, and that the governmest should take into their consideration whether any and what means could be adopted to mitigate those evils. He was not prepared to move anything; hut he could not kelp thinking that the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the effect upon the population and social coutlition of the metropolis of the great extension of railwars through it, would not be found to be • waste ef their lordships' time — (bear, beard— and be was quite sore that such an appoint ment would he received with gratitude by those who were prevented front corer's.; forward in any other way to oppose those 'chimes. (Hear. hear.) The Earl of EIHA}TESBUBY said be was glad that the subject had been taken up by the noble earl. lo 1403 he bad introduced it to the notice of their lordships, by pro vosts,/ that the parties who undertook those great works should be responsible for providing accommodation tend to that which they destroyed, so that all the benefit should not he on one side, and all the suffering on the other. He could not obtain the sanction of their lordships to this, but had obtained the standing order which required that the ourohard houses to he destroyed should he recorded is every railway bill. Those reports hail now been made pe riodically for seven yenta, and anything more frightful than the devastation thus disclosed had never been eidatiittal to the house. lie was surprised when he observed the calm and orderly way in which the working classes submitted to changes which they must consider great acts of oppression. Another thing was this—that seven-tenths of the pauperism of this country, arose from habit* of intoximtion, and the disorder, recklessness. and want of health, arising from in dulgence in these habite. During the laid few months, and particularly during the fearful front of the winter, this was proved , n the most indiputable manner. He felt certain, from inquiries he had ma de, and he should have felt equally certain without inquiring from hie loop experience of this subject, thane very large proportion of thole who appeared at the einem and received the bounty of the country were persons who ought not to have bees io that position. (Hear, hear.) They woo often in the receipt of its,, :Vie, or 40s. • week. Men with these wages ought to be able to make provision against na evil day ; but habits of drinking had brought them down to that Watt, that ho . I MtUr.I to say, if many of these men, earning NW. or 40s. • week, hail been searched on Friday they would he toned without half•a-crown io their To what was that owing' fa • great measure to = s tf intoxication. He admitted that • large number of peaces would always be found ready to rola their characters. for tunes, health , and friends by indulgeree hi ardent worries; but still they were booed to improve the condi- MOO of the poor. IA the. have a %porta pity of living in a decent house, consistently with habits of order and comfort. Let them be toed from evils which disgusted and contaminated them socially, morally, at.: physically ; and let them ge to the r sit .4 the evil, soil introduce • system of things which would be far better than any improved administration of the present poor law. Let them make the working man able to maintain himself, to stand up in his own cause, to depend mem his own right., and not to become a pensiener upon the public puree. The poverty of Loudon and the poverty of the country was not a necessary and inevitable condition of things. The wages that were ichl to the "reeking poll,: if this country, and the labour required were such, that the people of the country, he verily believed, and he spoke fr.in long experience of the subject, if they were prudent, careful, and thrifty in their habits, blight be the must affluent anti independent working class in the ; world. (Hear, bear.) Nine-tenth' of their misery arose from habits of intoxication, and be (the Earl of Shaftes bury) traced those habits to a great extent, if not altogether, to the vile and miserable domiciliary condition of the work ing clams in the great towns and in the country. He was extremely glad to find that his noble friend bed taken ap the question, because he sow hoped that the subject would receive that atteation which it imperatively demanded. The Bishop of LONDON said he must express his grati tude to the noble earl for bringing a subject with which the amp( the metropolis were so much connected to their lo • attention, and also to the noble earl who made a proposition that theirlonishipe should summon • committee of their lorsLihipa' house to consider the subject. Their lord ships might possibly think that the east end of the town was in the most poor and wretched condition but he be lieved it would be found that near their own doom, in many home having decent outsides, greater squalor and misery I would be found than in the east end of London. Near the place where they were than sitting he had been that evening informed by the incumbent of St. John's, Westminster, that when Victoria-street was con structed five thousand persons were displaced. Of these one porter took refuge on the other side of the river ; but the ren.aining thremfourthe remained in the panel); an that the same dwellings received three or four times the num ber of inhabitants. Their lordships had not honed any exaggerated amount of the misery that was produced by these changes. When the Blackwell Railway was brought before the House of Common., the committee entered into practical details, and it was found that the gentleman who wee the " for of the houses to be taken, being fully aware the responsibilities of his position, wee not content to receive the rents of these dwellings only, but he provided • surgeon to attend upon the people, and& City missionary to provide for their spirituel wants. The committee resolved that without his consent the houses should not be pulled down. He believed that this subject had on to be venti lated, and the owners of property would un derstand what was required of them in this matter. There was, however, not wanting proof to show that the clergy of the metro polis were loot. active arid watchful in the interests of their parishioners than of their own private convenience. It only remained that the owners of property should see whet was their duty in this matter, and the appointment of a com mittee would no doubt have great effect in remedying the evils complained of. Earl GRAN V IL LF., after remarking upoc the able manner in which the subject bad been introduced by the two noble earls, and the right rev. prelate, said that one of the difficulties connected with this subject was the un willingness of • great portion of the popula tion to pay for better lodgings than they had. He was informed that the inmates of the model lodging-houses were in many respects people of better means than those for whom they were constructed. It might be mid, if this evil be so great, why aggravate it by the introduction of new railways ? But, in the first place, a great number of these railways, be understood, were to be underground railways, which would take only a house or two here and there, and leave others untouched ,• thus offering to the per a minimum of disadvantage. The destruction of small houses occasioned by these railways would be as nothing compared with the denstatios effected by the construction of • new street, which without affording any compensation whatever, removed • far larger number of small teeementa. He understood that • certain number of trains were to be run every day at fares so low, that, joined to the cheaper rate at which lodgings might be procured at a distance, the operation of the proposed rail ways would really be to extend the area surtsb:e for the dwellings of the labouring classes. Besides, some of the districts over which these lines would pass were of so disre tenable • character that it would be doing the lower classes a senile to destroy the existing houses'. (Hear, hear.) He did sot wish to leegthen the debate, but he was sure that nothing could be more useful than that the subject should be ventilated ; and he shared in the hope which had been expressed by the right rev. prelate who had just spoken. At the same time he very much doubted whether any great advantage would arise from • committee of the sort pro posed. He did not think, after the great desire which the public had expressed for some means of relieving the street traffic of the metropolia, that it would be possible to delay the paring of the bills, while an inquiry was going on by which they could see no result. Be would suggest that the bills should be referred to one committee, or should be divided into two or three groups, each of which should be Maned to • committee oompesed of lords who would Nally attend to the subject. (Hear, beer.) Berl GREY admitted the Nineteen of the railway sys tem, but regretted that the goverment had no plan for the relief of an admitted evil. Aftera;Tne ren;;Cusir;a the Marquee of Barn, Lord REDESDALE observed that 'mitten could set cs a much longer without the establishment of a railway Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY deprecated opposition to the peat works of improvement because they involved displacement of the poor. The proposal of the late govern. meat for the erection of new law courts would have de molished ten times the camber of houses more than those which would be destroyed by the present railway 'themes. After some remarks from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the pe• tition was ordered to lie on the table. The subject then dropped, and their lordahlpe adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. EOrSE OF COMMONS.—THURISDAY, Fix 28. The SIMAILIS took the Asir at 4 ethic& NOTICES OF MOTIONS. PIEDMONT. Mr. HENNESSY postpesed hi question on this subject. l NEW ZEALAND. Sir J. TRELAWNY gave notice of a question respecting New Zealand. CONVICT EiTABLIBMIYNTS AT BERMUDA. Lord NAAS caked whether any alienation had recently fakes place in the arrangements of the convict establish ments at Bermuda, whether the treatment of the convicts bed bean improved, and whether the hulks still existed. Also whether there was any truth in the report of • mutiny bawd recently taken place amongst the convicts. Mr. FORTESCUE replied that there had been no change recently, except that one bulk load been abolished, but the other was retained, there sot being sufficient aoxoinmoda tion for the prisoners on shore. No report respecting • mutiny had reached the Colonial-office. He believed that the account' which gave rise to his noble friend's question were greatly exaggerated, awl that the chaplain had been imposed on by the statements of the convicts. There bad been some thought of sending • eeial commissioner out to inquire, but that had been abandoned. A distinguished 'officer of engineers was going out as governor, and he had promised thoroughly to investigate the matter. The office was now waiting for his report. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). In answer to Mr. Sta.uvss, Mr. CARDWELL stated that it was sot intended to in troduce any grand Jeri bill for Ireland during the present , swim. THE RED RWER Sir L PALK aall7ti the Under Se cretary for the Colonies whether any steps had been takeil by her Majesty's =meat to open the territory on the Red River and the bewail, in British North Anwritu, to colonisation in pursuance of the recommendation of the select committee ei MU. Mr. FORTESCUE sali it was not no ouy to open up a aim 'nips like that of the Red River settlement. The drat thing to be done was to effect a treader from the Hud son's Bay Company. A bill was in preparation, and would be brought in when the negotiations with Use Hudson's Ray Company had been completed. It was rather a difficult matter to arrange, but most probably a bill would be brought in before the close of the eessiou. DURHAM ENDOWMENTS. Mr. TENWILFIES;k;ithe Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the attention of her Majesty's government had been turned to the endowments in the Ms& of the University of Durham, end the educational results, shown by a return reoently presented to this house ; sad whether it was intended to take any steps in oon ftrattivE said be believed his right hon. Mead the wry for the Home Department had taken SOON Map is the matter. What they were be did not know, but he would answer for himself to-morrow (this day). THE LATE HARVEST. On the order for committee of supply, Mr. CAIRO rose pursuant to notice to can the attention of the holm to the serum. deficiency of the late harvest, and the consequent necessity for iocreaaed economy in public ex penditure. Within the last Nix months more corn had been imported than In the ten years between 1820 cad 1830, and each was the socertainedshundatice of corn abroad that coo ground existed for apprehending but that the supply would be quite adequate to the demand in this country. We had paid for corn from the United States this year mearlytwenty times as much as last year, or in the mpg's* from various what-producing countries, 12,200,0001. in excess of what was pad last year. The season of difficulty wood sacs pass over, because other countries had not suffered is the same manner as we had ourselves. The cost of the bread food of the country was this year sixteen millions more than it wee in 1839.01), but the circusseaseees of the (*witty were sow Ivey different from what they were during the previous ieIIiVIIIIIOII.IIIII. Having maid to all these circumdences be thoughts pester reduction thee that proposed ought to be mule Is the public expenditure. and he besought the house sot to pm one ilea of the .Bastewhich was not is itself quite iodispemble. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1881. for remiss Affairs at Constantinople, commenting our the report made by the Grand Vizier to the Sultan of the re sult of his inquiries into the complaints of the Christian atiej,,cta of the Porte ; whether that note bad received the suppoit of the French Minister ; and whether the subject of that note, and the demands it contained were to be brought under the notice of the conference at Paris. That note, he conten.lea, wan not only inaccurate, but COD titled an unwarrantable interference with the internal affairs of tbe; Turkish empire. to much discontent Lad arisen in conesquenee of former notes in the European pro vinces of Turkey, that serious consequences were appre hended, and the government was prevented from sending sufficient forces to oittell the disturbances in Syria. Ad verting to this subject, he declared that the fiuther occupation of Syria was most perilous to the pence of the east, and might affect Arabia sod even India itself. The note now in ques tion added to the difficulties of the position, and weakened the Sultan'. authority at the very time when it was most netemary to strengthen it. He urged on the Foreign Minia tar to persevere to the utmost in the long-continued policy of the country, and not to vacillate for a moment in a • and defending the independence of Turkey. Sir J. F USSON robe to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the event of the French oc cupation being prolonged beyond the period fixed by the convention of July, IMO, her Majesty's government were prepared to act upon the right reserved to the other powers by that convention of uniting bodies of their troops with those ~f France in the occupation ; and whether her Ma. jetty's gcternment were in possession of further information upon the subject which it would be consistent with the interests of the public service to communicate to the house? The lion. member then reviewed some of the cir cumstances which preceded the outbreak in Syria, ob serving that up to the present time we had not thorou g hly looked into the origin of the disasters which had occurred. By Fusel ?ache'. vigorous action at Damascus a great num ber of guilty parties had been brought to justice, and active measures were taken for their punishment. Had the French remained at Bsyrout to support the Turks, as war expected from the terms of the convention, and had England given her moral support by keeping • fleet along the coast, the Turkish government would probably have base enabled to maintain peace in the country ; but the French, as soon as possible after their arrival at Beyrout, advanced into the interior of the mountains, and took into their own bands exclusively the pacification of the country. He was afraid that their passage through the mountains was accompanied by pillage, murder, and atrocities of every kind, committed by the Maronites, who followed the French army and avenged themselves under their protection. He was marry to my that in many instances the French soldiers, far from Wag free from blame, had acquiesced in some of the atro alien. The period of occupation bad now expired. Was the aspect of the country such as to justify the with drawal of the French troops ‘ ? He believed that every day the French troops would remain would diminish the prospect of peace. Their avowed predilection for the Maronites prevented their oc cupation being conducted on the principle of justice. Mr. LAVABO mid there had been so much in the foreign policy of her Majesty's government which he be limed fairly represented the feelings of the larp mass of the English people that he should be sorry at this moment to say anything which might induce her Majesty's govern ment to believe that he differed from them in their foreign policy. Moreover, on the question of Turkey, the noble lord now at the heed of her Majesty ' . s government bad always pursued a policy to his mind wise and consistent, and as he believed in accordance with English interests. He traded. therefore, he should not be misunder stood in the remarks he was about to make, but he thought the question was of peat im portance, and he should therefore armee himself frankly upon it. He looked upon this couvention for the occupation of Syria to be most diratrous—dieastroine in the pimples and precedents it had established, disastrous in the effect which it bad already produced, and disastrous in the results that were likely to ensue. He said disastrous in the principles and precedents it bad established. What were those principles and precedents? The representatives uf the peat powers met in Pada, and laid down a principle that they could interfere in the internal affairs of a fm date, and not only interfere but occupy a part of that state with an army. He might be told that Turkey was a eassesdlng party. Now it appeared to him that the dement of Turkey was very like tie ausseet of the individual whom Dr. Johnson likened to the Cordelier who was thrown out of window and recommended to fall soft. Was Turkey really • consenting party, or was she forced into compliance? He knew the gentleman who represented the Porte at Paris, and knew from his opinions that he would nevercoasent that his country should be occupied by a foreign army. Should we have pursued the mine policy with other countries ? If so, why did we not occupy part of Austria? Why did we not occupy Venetia, where he hesitated not to say there was more cruelty, oppression, ' and injustice than In any part of Turkey ? (Hear, hear.) H. trusted that what bad bees said was not true, but they bad heard from no lee a poem than the Under Secre tary of State far Foreign Affairs—his word' read as if it were under Use sanction, or with the concurrence of the French army—that in one place 120 Drone were put to death, among whom were 25 women sad six children. If that were the cad, if the French troops had sanctioned the destruction of these people, we should distinctly declare that we were no parties to this deed, and let It be clear that our Christianity was something better than such a Christianity aa that. He should be glad if the ideas in England about Christians it the east were somewhat en. lightened. They had hard that when the Marmites were diced how many lives would satisfy them, at Ant they said 5,000, and then, by a Mad of Dutch annum, they come down to 1,200. And who mode this deemed? Why, the bishop, whom he had beard some in this country looked upon as representing the Fasters church. The convention appeared to him to be the must die. estrous political measure which had been known in Europe for many years past. He be to assured the noble lord that he had not made these orvations in any spirit hostile to the government or to himself. But he hoped and believed that, supported by the opinion of the house and of the country, the noble lord would put an end to this convention. (Hear, hear.) Mr. D. GRIFFITH rose to put • further . mwetion to the noble lord, but being received with cries of Oh,' oh," sad groans from all porta of the house, the hon. gentleman enured his seat. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Flingersld, detailed the successive proposals made by the Russian government in reference to the investigation into the alleged ill-treat ment of the Christians in its European provinces. These proposals had bean rejected as dangerous to the indepen. deuce of Turkey. The note of Prince Labanoff contained grave charges, to which our government had recommended that of Turkey fully to reply. With regard to Syria, the arrangement, of 1842 and 1.815 had established jurisdiction in the Lebanon virtually independent of the government. Theeswere natandly objects of jealousy to the Tarkith autho rities. Hence arose a confusion of administration, which led to misconduct on the pert of the Turkish governors. Hence evil occurrences were liable to arise, which it was impossible to prevent. He admitted that foreign in= had long been rife in Syria, and had been used for =by the various parties is the country. He traced the history of the conflict, in Syria, and reminded the house of the atrocity of the massacres there perpetrated. He stated, upon good authority, that foreign Interference aloes preyentedsimilarmassacres at lispladandJerusaleni. Head witted that the consent of the Sultan to the occupation wee • reluctant one, but if the massacres had spread, acme Christian power would have interfered—not in Turkey alone, but throughout the empire. The oceopatiou of Syria wen, doubtless, • calamity, but it was intended to prevent • still greater calamity. The French government from the first had declared themselves ready to permit the troops of other nations to share in the occupancy ; and he believed them to be perfectly sincere in their declaration. He explained the reasons which had induced him—so far as England was concerned—to decline the offer of a joint occupation. As to the atrocities reported to have been committed by the Maronites, all accounts concurred. He was sorry to say that these last took advantage of the French advance to wreak their vengeance on the enemies— murdering both old men and young children. "Thu is one of the reasons (continued the noble lord) which makes me wish to see this foreign occupation at an end ; for the army is placed in this dilemma, either it sees these atro. citiesgoing on, it knows thepersoss who committed them, and if it does not interfere it is accused of sanctioning or of promoting such murders. On the other hand, if they seed • corporal's guard or officers to take the offenders *Ad bring them to trial ; then they are liable to the charge of taking the administration of a Turkish pro vince into their own hands, and that no longer Turkish authority, but French authority prevails. (Hear, hear.) That is a serious dilemma, and it is not oue for cautioning the occupation but for discontinuing it. I must add, how ever, that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs has different accounts from the Lebanon, and does not believe one word of the statements which have reached us. The Corot de Flahaot, a man who had dis himself in the wars of the first empire, was natr shocked at such an imputation. He could not bear that the honour of the French army should be called in question, and he was naturully and justl indignant. I erne only say that I don't thin k that whilst the French occupation continues we can have any remedy spinet acts of individual vengeance, and that the only remedy for thee murders of the Drums would be an aban donment of the occupation. The boo. member for Ayrshire has mentioned the case of Seyd Bey. I believe that that man is innocent of the atrocities with which he is charged. Lord Dufferin has used every exertion to secure for him a fair trial, and, I have no doubt, will continue those efforts, se that I expect that man's life will he saved. (Hear, bear.) This case discloses the peculiar defects of the Turkish mode of administering justice. They know nothing of our system of bringing the accuser and the accused face to face. Such this*, as eresseiarnination and other means used by IP for eliciting the truth are unknown is Turkey. They say "• crime las been committed, a life has been taken, and a pri soner has been secured. It makes an matter whether the sammed is guilty or not, we shall have • life for • life, and public will be satiated." (A laugh.) Let it be remem bered also that with regard to the Drums and Marmara the Turks would not willingly see either independent of the other, and therefore when the French say, " Let the Drums be punished," the Turks are rite willing ; and if en the other had the English eV. "Them Maroniths have committed serious offences and must not be intrusted with toWer," the TIMM era eAsally willing, for their opinion is that hi the Lassos the Turkish authority should over-ride bath. (Hoar, bear.) Ammer& all these eosflieting in. fluesima, it is very hard at any time to obtain justice. (Hear, hear.) I tea say bat little respecting the conference NOTE OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTER TO THE PORTS Mr. FITZOERALD rt;eltoiak the Secretary of Mate whether be had received say information as to a note said to bays boos pressatod by Prime Lobiooe to the Mialatos of Paris ; I can only add to what I have already stated that whoa the conference met the French Minister for Foreign Affairs on the authority of his official despatches, stated that serious apprehensions of another outbreak were entertained in Syria—of another outbreak the moment the French troops were removed. That statement having been laid before the conference, the Turkish ambassador mid, on the other baud, that he believed the tranquillity of the district to have been restored, that the Turkish power was quit* suS cieut to maintain it, and that be saw no reason why the occupation should not end at the time ap poi nted. At • further discussion the ambassador of Austria, wishing to maintain the independence of Turkey, said that some time might be fixed when the Lebanon was more tranquil, until which the French troops should remain, and suggested that the let of May should be fixed. The Turkish ambassador received the proposition, and was willing to transmit it to his court for consideration, and there the matter rests ; the proposal has been transmitted, but at the Turkish court nothing has been decided. I quite agree as to all that has been said of the expediency of an early evacuation. (Hear, bear.) We must, of course, act partly for ourselves, but partly in combination with the other great powers, more especially with Austria, which in these and all former dis cussions has shown • sincere desire to maintain the inde pendence of Turkey. I say nothing of other powers, but I believe that Austria is sincere in her good wishes. I will certainly use my beat endeavours to put an end to this occupation . I believe it was useful at the beginning, not only in the places I have mentioned, but in other parts of the Turkish empire, when there was a notion that but for it MSSllilereS might have occurred which would have dreadful boon atteadod with .... cwlequeneee to Turkey Now, however, the clangor and the mosaics& have puled away, sod I wish to see the commotion at an sod. Mr. & FITZGERALD explained that the podia to whom he alluded was the present, not the late Governor of Damien,. ItiaiitTINGILLM said that the explanation of the noble lord opened much wider gnostical; than the occupation of the Lebanon. He believed if • policy of non-inter vention bad been followed in the case of Turkey as in that of Italy, the Turks would have been quite able to manage their own affairs. The real European question was which power should have the initiation in a scheme of European policy, and the French Emperor, in seeking to obtain that initiation, was only maintaining properly the honour of his nation. He (Mr. Coningham) complained that bar Ma jerky's government pursued • timid and paltry policy, aiding with liberty in one place and despotism in another and he trusted they would change it for • bold and straightforward one, not only in Italy, but throughout the weld. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVY. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE rose to move the following rem. lotions : "1 That the mismanagement of naval affairs is due to the inefficiency of the present means of naval administration. " 2. Th►t no efficient administration can be hoped for without direct personal responsibility. " 3. That to obtain direct personal responsibility, it is essential to abolish the Board of Admiralty, and to sub stitute for it a minister of marine, with a secretary in this house. "4. That the minister of marine shall be directly teepen. sible to this house for the conduct and managameat et naval administration. _ _ _ be misled by a council of not than four naval officers, whose opinion he may ommult, but to whom be is not bound to defer. _ _ _ —" t . That the member of council be appointed for Ave years "7. That each department of the navy shall have a known and acknowledged head, appointed also for Ave aura. 8. That the heeds of departments shall be directly re sponsible to the minister of marine, and that be shall be retpooMble to the country that e ffi cient men All than. ' 9. That all promotions and appointments be the act of the minister of maim in council, submitted to him through the ptopm heeds of departments, but for which he is m y remissible. " 10. Theta naval commanders-in-ehief be empowered to mime, wed be reepormible for, all questions of detail re lating to their command. " 11. That the following departments are, in the opinion of this house, of sufficient importance to require the special superintendence of separate heads :—The discipline and training of the navy, and general superintendence of the fleet in commission, and the submission of the appointment and ppromotion of elloess ; the manning of the fleet; the eesatruetlw dila navy ; the victualling of the navy ; the ming of the navy ; the controller of the coast gaud ; the Royal Marines ; the medical department ; pensions and re wards ; the store deportment ; the department of wain ; the hydregraphwr ; the transport service." The hon. herniae alemmed the saldeet at some beg* in timating, however, that be did net area to pees the raw lotions toadivbies. It the nee thee herqrseeedhbeee victim that they eswiebeed the pewee spier which Offend the only mode ot getting out of oar preesst wad • solution of the question. Mr. BAILLIE, in seconding thisamendment, drew atten tion to the late appointment of Surveyor to the Na”', sad to the manner in which the dugs, of the office had been performed. He went very minutely into the doings of the dockyard department, and into the enormous expenditure for ship-building, insisting that this department must be remodelled. -- Mr. iniiiDSAY, is calling attention to the expenditure upon the navy, argued that we had not received value for the large sums voted, and this excess of expenditure be conascied with the present constitution of our Dave' admi nististkm. Having lately visited France, be had made inquiries touching the extent of the French navy, and gave some copious results of these inquiries, which had convinced him that the British naval force in every class and branch of vends was incontestably superior. Sir J. PAU-NOTCH mid be thought he might say that the great object they wished to see attained was comprised in the terms of the essend resolution--namely, the necessity that wee felt for inimmeni responsibility Money part of the tandaffininintentlen of the royal navy. It wailes (the hi hoe. liseemsre) Wend= whoa the prm was made, to give it IS ampere Ia fact, •• t left his me allurnative. The righ t mods of with once • peados uadosbeedly be for the government to endertake it thesomives. Ix his opinion it would be for the petite service that the duties of the Ad miralty should be Investigated and improved, but such an inquiry before a committee of the house would be very laborious, and would probably occupy more than one ses sion. A commission would be more preferable ; but as the government would neither reform the department them selves, or advise her Majesty to appoint a commission, there was nothing left to him but to support the motion for • committee. Be assumed, from what he had heard, that ie was the Wien Hon of the government tommede to that and he wished therefore to know whether it was l = B l l -. termination that Sir Baldwin Walker should leave England before be had given his evidence? Sir Baldwin, if not the most important, was certainly one of the meat important witnesses that could be examined; and if Sir Baldwin sailed for the Cape on Saturday next, as he had beard with some surprise eras intended, the neevoidabie impression it seta produce on the public mind would be, that the Ad miralty did not desire the pliant edesisars evidence to be given. (Hear.) Lord C. PA ET bad eonferred with the pliant admiral who was about to move for the committee, and had been informed by him that as Sir Baldwin Wilkes's evidence bad already been given before the royal commissioners, it would sot be to detain him in Dreamt Sr Baldwin had also told him t at be could add math* to what be bad already stated. With regard to the question before the house, he was not prepared to do justice to all the important toPat which had been darted in the ooune of the discussion. The house had, in fact, a little anticipated the navy estimates. The hon. baronet the member for Portsmouth had couched his moieties in rather strong terms, and in terms not ex actlyoonsistent withfairplay ; but he most dohim the justice to my that that remark did not apply to his speech. The views he had put forward were very valuable, though he (the noble lord) could not say that he was prepared to agree with them all. There were, for instaaos, some rather im portant omissions in them ; for example, they did not in clude any notice of the accountant's department. (Hear, hear.) It was • mistake to suppose that the Admiralty ware unwilling to forward that great national movement, the marine volatiteer artillery. They were considering how they could give the artillerymen some practical though not very expensive support, for it must be remembered that it would involve • great outlay if they were to supply ships all round the coast ; because those ships would have to be fitted with hammocks, mess traps, and all other appliances for a voyage, inasmuch as gales would sometimes blow, and the vessels might not be able to return to port for many days. The government, however, were fitting up as rapidly as they could butteries armed with ship guns, at which the volunteers might practise. The hon. member for Sunderland wished to know why they had not appointed volunteer office's. Well, the Admiralty had intmiled to do so, but they found that an act of parlia ment would be osemeary. He (the noble lord) would accord ingly bring in a bill which would enable them to accept the larder of tuft en in the mercantile marine. (Hear, bear.) The boo. member for Inverness had given the house • wary interesting history tit the Admiralty since the time of his (the noble lord's) worthy predecessor, Mr. Pepys. Clever and houust as Mr. Pepys undoubtedly was, it was clear that he had a great prejudice against naval men. It was perfectly true that the surveyor of the navy was once a civilian, but then he had a naval man over him. The fact was that the building of ships formerly required two dis tinct branches of knowledge—that of the shipbuilder, and that of s t rike! seaman. Nov a third Was equally re. quirite— t of the engineer. The question was which of these three should be the chief ; and as the whole he sub mitted that it was beet that it should be a naval officer, because what did a shipbuilder know, for instance, about repairs aloft? He submitted that the noble duke had appointed • moat valuable and silkiest officer. To be sore it was said that it was not respectful, when a oom mitts* was going to report upon the *abject, to appoint • navel rasa for vs pan ; but that was quite • mistake. It was • great advantage in impieties; naval men that they were always at single anchor, and mild never be said to be permanently fixed ; besides which the gallant officer had Meted his perfect readiness to give up the situation at any time if it were thought desirable to snake • change. He "add now refer to the statement* of the hon member for fieudeiland (Mr. lAndsay), who seemed to have been in the conlidoece of the officals of other Rations. He felt much obliged to him for the infermelion which he had given to the house. The boa ussether aid the French government had very few skips—ealySlL (Mc lAadeey— These were screw ships &Scat.) Weil, he (LordO . Fa got ) could maks • rstura el me many more. (Hear, hear.) He had looked to the return of the Preach government with a considerable amount of interest, for it included all the ships on the reserved list, all paddle ships, and all tram irate ; and he wished the house remark that they were magi lament vessels, and would do good service in tane of war. The return made might be • perfectly honest return, but it was not his (Lord C. Paget's) view of the French navy. The horn. member talked about being alarmed. They were not alarmed—they bad nothing to be alarmed at--fer their fleet was ie • very satisfactory state. (Hear, hear.) But there was cause for making some in these novel arms which had been introduced upon t e waters, and that was what this country bad to do. (Hear, hear.) The bon. member said the Magenta and Solferino would not be ready in leas than two years, that La Gloms only had been launched, and that the others were in their infancy. Well, that was • matter of opinion ; but he had reason to think that they were nearly ready for sea, and that them ships could, if the French government de- sired it, be afloat this summer. He had bad the curiosity to go and see these things for himself, and he found that the Irascible bad been launched, and that the plates of the others were in a forward state of preparation, and he could say that the French had 15 iron-cased ships—two of them boon 52 guns of a large clam, fear of them sister ships to La Gloire, and four of them were of a most formidable cha racter. That made ten, and then they had five iron-cased gun boats, making 15 in all. (Hear, hear.) Now in con. treat to that we had seven only under construction. It was true they were finer ships, and of • very superior character. lie would state that if they should find any more progress being made is the construction of these ships it would be the bounden duty of the government to come to the house and tell them frankly and fully what their views were, and to state that it would be necessary to have • corresponding increase. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the other questions, be would when they were an committee give • general state ment r them. Mr. BENTINCK celled the attention of Lord C. Paget to various points in relation to naval matters. Sir C. WOOD gave an explanation respecting the nibility for the reboot. which had been the subject quAerlset year, in answer to • remark by Mr. Bent lock. some observations by Mr. W. TALBOT and Sir M. Sergotre, Sir M. PETO said that it could not be dialed the time had come when the government ought to meow at once from constructing any more timber ships? What had been ' the case with regard to France! She had ceased for some time in building a single timber ship, and there was no doubt whatever in the minds of all scientific men in that country that this determination had been • wisemetieel, and properone. France was alsobuildingirom sheathed I It was well known that all the persons employed in all dockyards in the kingdom, from the highest to the lowest officials, had been trained up to building wooden shippsa,, sad that if • man's mind were always directed to one partieahr lime, he could not see beyond that line. If he went over to Park tomorrow and had anything to prances tope Preach Admiralty which might be for the good of the country, it would be received with the most calm sad attentive coed deration, which was what he should never think of receivisig from the Admiralty at Whitehall. (Hear.) The govern. ment ought pa be aware that every shilling they were spcodim upon wooden ships was so much mousy thrown &Sway. He believed that Lord Cowley did not know aay- Odom of the real sentiments of the French people. I ts habitually mixed with &particular class of that people, but sever went down to the lower strata of society. He (Sir M. Pete) had been in the habit of employing sometimes 2,000, sometimes 10,000 of the French people, and he could assure the house that their feelings towards this country ware of the most friendly and cordial character. (Hear, bear.) Be had often talked the matter over with then: sad also about Waterloo, but they firmly believed they won that battle—(a laujib)—but they were no rapidly becoming • commercial people that they laughed at all these matters. (Hear, hear.) With reprd to the Emperor of the French, he had received great kindoess from him, and had possessed his confidence far many years in respect to public works in France, and o he believed that there was not • sovereign in Europe who so well understood the interests of his people. Mr. WHITBREAD, on the part of the Admiralty, gave an unqualified denial to the statement that the discipline in the navy was not in • good state, and he believed that when the remaining men who had entered the service merely for the bounty left there would be no reason for any complaint on that subject. The resolutions were then withdrawn, and the house, at 10 minutes after 12 o'clock, went pro format into committee of supply. The Issuance Bill sad the • Validity Ball were read • emend time, the Bank of land Payments Bill read • third time, and the Law of Foreign Countries Bill moskiered, mai ordered to be read a third time next day. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend and eensoLklate the laws regulating the salmon fisheries in Scotland. Thu LORD ADVOCATE also olitabsed lean to bring in a bill to amend the laws relative to the public roads in Scot land, so as to enable counties to abolish tolls and statute labour, and to maintain their roads sad bridges by awes ment. LABOURERS' OtYPTAGFJA Sir L. PALK obtained perinkdos to bring in a bill to fad. litate the bonding ci improved cottages for L►bourers. The house nee et 25 =butes put 12. wheat sold slowly at barely previous raise, and seeoadary kinds were Id. to 2d. per 20lbs. ch . English, being generally wanting in condition, was and its value irregular. French and Spanish dour was taken to a male. rate extent, without change in prices ; American was lid. per barrel lower, except for extra eerie ; and English was hardly saleable, although offering at less money. Oats and oatmeal were in limited request, at about late rates. Beans and Indian corn ruled firm. Nmatur., Fen. 27. —The best descriptions of what were Arm at our market to-day, at last week's prices. More foreign barley was offering at la. to 21. per qr. (io dine. Oate for seed were taken at rather more money. Beans without cbana. Wheat, white, 60e. to 765. ; red, 52.. tc 70s. per 36 atone. Barley, malting, 375. to 445. per qr. • grinding, 31s. to 35.. per 30 stone. Oats, old, 33. to 36e. ; new, 245. to 325. per 24 stone. Beans, old, Hs. to 58a. ; new, 40s. to 435. per 38 stone. Feu, 43. to 50a. per 36 stone. NEWBURY, Fen. 28.—We had a fair supply of wheat ; good, useable qualities maintained late rates ; inferior sold slowly at very irregular prices. The demand for all second. ary qualities of barley was without hfe at late quotations ; c o l t malting fully as dear. Oats, beans, and pee. very UnarnisF, Fen. 28. —With moderate supplies of gain, the trade is very dull, most samples being in bad con dition. Wheat is 2s. per qr. lower in value. Barley la per qr. lea. Other grain without alteration in value. WATERFORD, Fan. 27.—We have had fair arrivals of foreign gain since Saturday, but the supplies of our own growth continue on a very limited sale. Prices of all asticles may be quoted about the same as last week, except oats', which have deelieed 3s. per barrel. The amount of business panel is not large, but there is rather an improved feeling gener yin the market. . . . . Eniiiinsaa, Fix 27.—We had in the market to-day 1,366 qrs. wheat, 1,622 barley, 3,081 oats, and 339 beans. There were sold—Wbeat, 1,000 qrs.; barley, &JO ; oats, 1,333 ; and beans, 222 qrs. Am compared with last week— Wheat was 2s. up on top, and 10d. down on average. Barley mulls. 3d. up on top, and 4d. up on average. Oats were 9s. up on top, and 6d. up on average. Besse were same on top, and 4s. 24. up on avenge. Prices• per imperial qr. :—Wheat, 29e. Od. to 80s. Ott ; barley, Bla 6d. to 525. ft; oats, 20s. Od. to 445. Od. ; beans, 365. fkl. to 645. Od. Weight of top Wheat, 6411 a.; barley, 6711 w. ; oat', 4201.. ; beans, 66ilbs. CATTLE.—Exemaracw, FA. 27.—Tbe 'applies of cattle and sheep much the same as last week. Tim& ex ceedingly dull, and prices lower for all deseriptices ; lot a few ofbokb thactipdartnimained unsold. Top price al best beet, Ba. • currant, 7e. 9d. per stone. Top price at beet muttoned, , 'Bed ; .; amok Bd. per lb. Number al add* is mark 87'9 sheep, 4,436. COLONIAL WOOL SALES. The colonial wool sales commenced yesterday. The catalogues comprised the following : 227 bales Sydney, 959 bales Port Phillip, 32 bales Van Die men's Land, 81 bales New Zealand, 1,557 bales Cape of Good Hope. There was a fair attendance of buyers, but the prices realised show a reduction from those of November and December as follows : —Sydney, ld. per lb., and Port Philip ld. to lid. per lb. For wowed there was less demand, sad about 400 bales were withdrawn in consequence. Cape, hand washed and scoured, were lid. lower, and a portion was withdrawn, whilst the greasy and other descriptions were id. to id. lower. New Zealand realised nearly former prises. The wools, however, were mostly a very indifferent selection, which even in good times would be difficult to sell ; consequently to-day's sale can hardly serve as a cri terion as to how prices are likely to rule generally throughout the series. The quantity to be brought forward in the present sales le—Sydney, 6,191 bales ; Victoria, 24,498 bales ; Van Diemen's Land, 469 bales ; Adelaide, 8,451 bales ; New Zealand, 1,129 bales; Cape of Good Hope, 14,693 bales; total, 55,421 bales. WOII 211.11 29A11 m.nl 0:41 m:~i 12asiI ma ItSO te.9l tr. 70.19 70.711 6.6. W. S.W. MARKETS. COTTON.—LiwkarooL t Fla. 28.—Our market is ex tremely fiat today, with limited males ; the fear that the Bank of England might raise the me of discount checked business. The sales are 5,000 bales—including 3,9eloAnieri can, .51d. to 9d. ; 800 Sarah, 4fd. to lied. ; 200 Egyptian, Aid. to 9d. • Al Parson. 80.-4 which 1,500 are for specu lation and export. The wears import is 96,939 bales. WOOL AND WORSTED.—Etuoroao Faa. V.—To day the market is, from mayoral camas, ex ceedingly There is an utter Assoc* at speculative demand. Spinners, though hired stook, buy only for immediate requiremeuts, which are very =la They know not what classes of wool they may Deed next. The abatement in price, though substantial, leaves wool still high, and does not induce speculative parching. Then wools lose weight as the season advances—a circumstance which makes buyers more tardy than they otherwise would be. There is also a dispo sition to wait the result of the colonial wool sales, which commence this evening in town. These muses, with the exorbitant price of mooey, all affect to-day's market un favourably. The sales which are effected are at a slight concession upon the reduced rates uflast week. Accounts from the country, notwithstanding. speak of DO reduction in price. There is no improvement in the demand for worsted yarns, either for export or honie consumption. Speculation is almost unknown, so little inducement exists at the seat unremuoeunive rates. Prices are somewhat i rregular, but, as a whole, firmer than could be looked for, owing probably to the suudl quantity of yarns producing. The working classes feel severely the effects of short-time work in reduced circumstances, but we believe there is not as yet much actual distress. There is no improvement to notice in pieces. The demand continues very dull in nearly every department, and manufacturers are meetly placed under the necessity of further curtailment of production. There is less ground for complaint on the part of makers of fancy goods. The American houses buy next to nothing, and continental Mayers do but little. Altogether the aspect of the trade is unsatisfactory. Prices, however, have under gone no material change. CORN.—BIRMINGHAY, Fr u. 2R. —At Gloucester market, on the 23rd, wheat was le. to 2s. per quarter lower ; at Wor cester, the same day, the supply being small, no reduction was generally submitted to on English. Barley down la per quarter. Oita rather cheaper. Beans firm. Pas neglected. During the present week the sales reported iu wheat ere rather under previous currency. Barley only taken in tail.ro- Oats difficult to quit In quantity. Beam quit* as dear. At Wolverhampton, yesterday, the wheat trade ruled dull at a decline of la per quarter on moat kinds. At this day's market there was a small supply of wheat from the farmers, and no reduction was submitted to cn any description. More doing in foreign. Barley offering cheaper. Oats gave way 3d. to lid. per quarter. Beans quite as dear. Little doing in peas. Thema": Fia. 28.—We bad • very good supply of wheat, but although it was in somewhat improved °audi tion, there was not say of the finest quality at market ; the very best lots Nearly maintained last week's prices; but all middling and secondary aorta were easier to bay. There was • good supply of barley, and • fair business was done at slightly railed Mee. Wheat, best, 565. to 64..; middling, 435. to 56a.; iaferior. Stis. to 435. Barley, 30s. to 445. Oats, tie. to Ms. Beans, 46a. to 50a Pees, 44. to 411 s. Floor, fur, 495. to 525. per sack; emceed', 465. to 475. MANCHISTIL Via. 28.—At our market this morals( the atteedanas was tolerably fair. The best qualities of forum NAnui Linn OWN= BRIM= cormuciii AILDBOOSAII. POATIATIW... : 1 Minos GALWAY Ruu, = 1 :1 1*WIL Yazusoutil WED= MOW EM MY KIW Dona 1'0113111110912 t PLYMOUTH JIMMY UM ZATOlin Los= TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mee Pas- Mel , Teta!, Total, RAILWAY, open sensors thandlse 1461 lteo Week ending F. 17. L L a a Mad Amelia Imam Illbary, 46 Beta end Xxtension Antwerp A lothardeaa Week ending Feb. It Cork and Yeantud Week seem Fab. IL North Eastern Belfast and County Dews 367 177 644 478 South Wales 65 186 - McNeil 664 Dirtlagtes 629 6776 7,874 7, West =fob. U. 490 9,067 24,108 113,198 21,141 . Ol4l 12,00, 27,136 07,637 60,146 ririqz LW? trio 1.789 5,641 1. 263 6.8 4 3 4460 713 =12 . 0181381 no boo 982 842 122 Lot i zi k = s teroo oo l i 111 m 118 00 2, 2, 232 125 llastan Eastern JanetSas lei 104 159 263 229 wzATHza REPOUT. MIMS" IiSfaIAST 29. 8 TO • AM. 10.411 1 Wai air. &LW. W.N.W. A.W. W. W.B.W. WA. W. N. W. &W. N.W. N.W. r.N. W. N.W. )T. W. NRIL =PLANATION. I.—Barometer cinched and reduced to t 9 Vs 91 lama sea level : each 10 bask of smutted rim carrestg *been acaltaadeedth at ea lash dbetaullea sad each 10 deft., above is des, esesiag Nee* three hundredths lacresse. IG—lntweed tbensoaseter la shark 11.—Mobtened bulb (tor evaucealloa and dew pdat). D.—Dlrectloa of sled (true—sot magnettc). P.—Tares (1 to 19—esthastedt. C.—Cload ( 1 to 9). I.—lnitials : b, him a. clouds (ileAueb•l) I. tog: hail; Ihfiltaing t i u M e n overcast (am ; Nola: Mow ; 0. (1 6011). SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. emblem from Nw fork to Queenstown, has been abandoned at sea crew sarset.—Boston, Feb. 15. Siam. Captain Stafford, capatted at sea ; crew saved.—St. John's. N. 8., Feb. 15. V 1121811.8 SPOKIIN WITH. Cmus4leul.„ tout Plymouth for Hong Kong, Soy. 20, in the INsults of (hlbs. _ _ _, Beton Douglas ,barque), from Liverpool for Sydney, Jan. No, lat. 0.41 N., lon r. 1.10 W. Louie& (brig). for Bong Hong, Dec. It Neurmahal, from Liverpool for Calcutta 87 days, Doe. 14, Ist. DI IL, lon. Si E. Neptune, hum London for Port Natal, Jan. 19, Ist. 1 N., lon. E W. Oshawa Alp). from Liverpool for Bombay, Jan. 16. Lt, 2.28 8.. lon. 20.4 W. Pomona, from Greenock for Bombay 106 days, Dec. 18, lat. 20.1$ . _ _ . &, lon. 73.15 K Richard Thornton (barque, from Batavia for London, Feb. 15, laL 35.50 N., lon. 33.43 W. Victor Emanuel, from liverpool 112 days for Shanghae. THE MURDER OF AN ANIELIOAN CAPTAlN.—Yes terday the inquest on the body of Captain I'yke, who was murdered on board the American ship General Parkhill, off Point Lynes, on Monday evening, as reported by us yester- day, was opened before the Liverpool borough coroner, P. F. Curry, EN. Mr. Deightoa, solicitor, appeared to watch the case on behalf of the American Consul. The coroner, in opening the proceedings, explained the difficulties which be laboured under on account of international law, and nand that he had consulted some of the most reliable authorities on that question, and they were of opinion that it was his duty to bold an inquest, and he had accordingly determined to do so. He should, however, only ask the jury to view the bail that day, and then adjourn the One until Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The case was then adjourned. The hnt mate (Cunningham Campbell), who was stabbed so severely, is progressing favourably to con valescence. likaver11•01110D1 , OLLOWAY'S Pisan AND OlNT itinr.—Antidote to .—A lady, limiting from India, on June Mind, 181 w, fora further supply, says I her to address you on the subject of your invaluable Pill. and Ointment. I would not pronounce a hasty opinion on any nawlione unless I had really proved its efficacy. Members of my family have given your Pills and Ointment , fair trial in cam; of fever, colds, sore throats, piles, niusculur rhemustitm of the heart, awl general debility, and in all these cases your remedies have always proved effectual." Can any testimonial he more gratifying I'hooghin India the considerate writer ennmeratte many of the diseases prevalent In Lualantl, and those which usually require early medical and domestic treatment. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. ANDIADK—Feb. V. at Brunswick-square, the wife of D Andrade, Esq., of • daughter. BENCE —Feb. ZS, the .ife of E. S. Bence, Esq., of Kentaell Hall, Suffolk, of a daughter. BROWN.— Feb. 56, the wife of Mr. E. K. Brown, of Farkfleld Lancaahlre, of a daughter. OOPM.L—FeII 20, the wile of C. Hoeuell, Esq., of Farnham Rows, tessbarproul. lower (laptop, of • daughter. HATEIDION.—Feb. SS at Blackheath.park, scut, the wife et Ilse Nev. C. Matheaos. ILA., of a daughter. KAB,MIA.CigIi 011.1317fAWAY—FALLETT.—Feb. 27, at Bt. Mary Abchurch. by the Bre Itoht. B. Dobson, M.A., Rector, Mr. 1). Orvetuis.i) Moncton's, to Illeabeth, second daughter of Robert FaHat, of Cannooetreet. City. LEDGER—B;YANT. - Feb. 24, at the parish church of Wod bory.upea.Tryva. 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