The Express. — London, England, 1861-05-31 00:00:00

rtettio vothl st 4 e..ty thew ices the artaa/ewML• w be trrsed itato siffet. M•rdildio atilowsed at 6aN•prt tete*. HOUSE OT COMMONL—TaysmAT, MAT 30. , ir.".% 1..4. tbo chair at fear o'clock. N. 1,4 Oas wen adraaco4 ► stage. cIU►NIAI. SOVEREIGN. M.. 4 %LI MONS naked the rode, So.:ze•..ery • . 1.. L... 1 I :WWII whet sterol h.el been Llcen, if t 1 •:. the soveretin, e .iued Ey th e I▪ t . 1. • t'. r ~.1 Mint at : 4 !tbeez, Now South WaJte, a ▪ t.„:. •-. ••1,1,04.t her MAjallty a &Milli .12.1. ).: t . •-• piled that no et. l a hel been t.. .e. e •leurel sovereign • kial Umber through .- • r 4 00.•••••••fte. With respect to India and t!.. :••• •e• •:. • t.iplutew el their eurresey ala wimp w • : •• t • •'. • 1..41 leAssletwee. I...irt-NBAxcEs AT MILAN, 11 . `• i•lSl'[ "Am.! the llae►etary .•f Scat.. f 7.... at. the► ha would lay tiros the table any at, aught have received rolative t. lLr 1.t. , die teat. v• at ]11.15.. 1.. I: 4 •4:LL said there hail been SAMe oorrosta•a• tl.ll 1.. h • .b 4 not think it of aafticwat conanntruco to tat I SL • .441, of the MMus. PYROPIt I ATII tN . OF SE - - ►I•. A. t. E.rrox naked the ilea•retnry .i►.te f..e the H.en Pepattutest whether It wen hie intention to procee.l entity the pt 4Yt .e-lion with the Appropriation. of Seats x,..11.-nw nal ttt. A. (. v. LEWIS repiteol that it waa hie intention to • tel*. the hill at the earlwat .lay .rotitattnt with the th-.. H.%31P14►V (r►GRT. Me. C. TWAT! MCK Waal the Vint o , omi...hover of Work% at whoa* meat, and for what peeper, certain MY raeatal irou gate+ Mil Wady hiss rierneeeal from Ilartiptort 11.:orwt PhLirie tiorrissra, anal whether it wss is tou.l•el to res.., • wseh ogee to their original polities! r. tW ttAll at Hampton 'oe/t Khoo t Moles *on ar.o. to.. richly ervaglit iren r.alings pet up is the Mar al %a, or anal Mary. Theo,' rather, were ;molly a.4-Yroaleal In mg,. sad wen periohing fast. in unler to pe -.iv • th0..,,e-r laratiful specimen. of Kuglinh inaiwurk ela .; h. I I. ia r te Ivies, sh..o. tle.y 1..41 he re d... •I. - 1.. y r..oilat them he exhibit...l in the keaaingtua Le thert would forma very imretaut Getup• in the English ironwork. owl ultitnetely curb Frei - no wo. 44 to re.tsp..l t.. Hamphm Inleet Palace as m . . 1.1 he 11,...,ht ,leArahle, but thr, 0..ut0l Is pieced is ▪ p0...ate..4 slur. they °oda be Wt.,. v.ml from decay. lit. • tl.l...toraeal to &Girl them altogether,. Ti,. LWAY CONTRACT. pr. L 1N "I; aeioel the Vint [oral of the Trwavery t revrewatetesa male to her Majeatie govern sec.! us 16.',.11 .1 the Royal Atlantic !areal Narigatios to a recent letter of the l' rettnaeter th,..l.4 le a fervors to the I :Away coatruct, had bean ow l" 1.• ea. u I wet, what result. - _ L soot P. 1 IetibILATISH mid the only emitrouniwition which Or, g•neron..sit Sul hail with the company in quedisei siaee the 01111IW6.:•stwe *sole to them Ly the I•monmater- Oeueml wt. a very long end elaborste statement, of 1.. t. rez., of closely printed tastier, dated yestordav, wh.ch he tee dyed Irk estenlay afternoon. That •tatement Inv has •to h.r cousalerwl, with regent to the statement al tine whir'. enetvined, by the PuatinesitertSerevral, amt whyse•er so *mower we. prepared and given to that, that sourer awl too • Matenirot wicihi be laid before purliament irm • I lo the other papers no the anhjert. Hr. 157.1111 , 11 srid, were they to umletatan•l from the 116.40 O c tai, r noble lord that it way the intention of her X il•dy'egoi'lrunseet to withdraw the subsidy now paid for pod ilenortsretimlats between Ireland sal Americt. I. P.\ LIIKILATON—I have nu limit itiou in saying it Maur opinion that it would he advantageous to the eom• misecial int.:tests of the United Kingdom that v un nerapid eolutaUsicat.ole --a• rapid as perils - -vhould Ito eu.sliliebed hot weve the United I. imploin and North Interica with ✓efereese to the ce wit/len:hi tranaseti , vet of the whole of the United Kingdom. kit belief is that Ireland Iv the put of am rutted Kimeloin from when's) that cmcmuniastion to 0.1 lied and most surely he evtabliabed- (heir, hear) — and her Majesty'. government will nut he isdimpumd to take that Mt , evivilenitiost if they vlosibl thick St to submit to the horse tiny pitisod for establishing that communication. wit ch founded upon open competitiou may 1111111,lir well cal culated to twe'immeds the purple.... l'o!onel Pi:PAC/I Theta, we are to understand that the got ernment hate determined not to continue the subsidy to the issalssy company. Lmal \ OIENATI iN —The hong. iv already in pommel.). of all Cue leas 'swat between her Majelty • government awl the ti.lway rimpaay. Mr. K Pint sibs' whether the noble lord was aware that nientonal, le.l ivies sent from the mayor and corporation of th e c i te of lodthe, from the mayor and corpnratin. of the tnen of Liuseri^k, and from the e..unty of (Solway, very numerously size.), us favour of maintaining the communica• lion lateen, I:.oway sal America. Lord PALM Et:KroN mid that he bail received one me morial Mt day. ag.., he could nut tell from what quarter, signed by a saintlier of gentlemen. He was not aware of any other motional having been revived by the govern. int tit. BRITISH SUBJECTS IN THE STATE.... I' rcpey to a eiterteo• which had Leen ptit no Tuesday Lot Ly tlr how reetnier for Fio.bury (.Mb. T. buncombe.), wel J. IW.°$hLL mid that he h.a tio information before lint at Ore time tie go... Lion relative to British subjects is the likedesletatell States was asked. Hu lead, ho revert. re arrived that asoweiag a deeputch from our cous:Al at New 1 Other who add that Enghaltusen heel been captured— I seined ad takes away to eerie is the talitm—tleat he had immediately tondo repreestatioes to the governor, who said he would give redress, aid awaseres were bane. dt dolt tat on to Erect that object. It appeered that seve ral other. 1, I L -eta afterwards captured, hut by the gorse uur's oekr., they had hew all bberated, sod nor consul Lupel toe eirnilor owe of violence would heppea is future. 111..,. hear.) • CUSTOYD4 AND INLAND REVENUE BILL —THE Allil►l~(trLl) flu the intl. r of the thiy for gniui iuto committee ou the Coetom• eirl lubtoie Verrutic Bill. .......... Mr. SIELLVIIt resioneil the !shale. He pr t e es t,,,j, g ,i no t the ceselusises .l,.wu be hie hoe. friend the 00mph.... for lbsrselakire, and the boo. masher for the Welt Riding. who hand their olumsition to the paper duty repel mainly ..s the giouad of being no surplus, sod who sno t .nded that if the position of the country would jai. lift' say reductiou ef taaslim • preference should be shown to tea mid w e er over ;epee. lint both of those hoe. gem thrown hied voted for the medallion of the paper duties. however, they believed there wan 'no turplut how we. it that tiny bOW asked for • remisaios of the tea mil eager duties to • larger mount than the paper duties? It had lees ...id that the government would be by the Inds eimilers uovesoquence of their on& nverd to the Galway contract. lie did not beltere it. U !Sow geetleme had a quarrel with the govonmemt, he be lieved they woold fight it out manfully sad ispnalnand out eyrie. thro ois mach • queintim at the preempt. If, hew ers,. the eeeee ent were defeated by such • emehlealies, it would Los .Ktuiy quite independent of the merits of the quest we bef••nr the eoutoitter, hot should the molt be that they were to go heck to their eoliditiposte, he should hlo. eel he too happy to meet has imittituents iu so good • sere. 10.10f11 from the oppuedite.) Ile imaeludril by asking the lions., be the ietermts of track, of eds.:mash sod of liters. tore, to reveal the papur duty. (Hem, hear.) Mr lildltAIKLI rupliested the oppositior• Irma the 'her r which had hem made apilast am.. of wanting the poWL time and ohetrueti.g tlos public Moises. 11, semi tiesieleg the data mow whirls the surplus estimated by the Osasseefler of the Fieheepter was (misled ; and dimmed et mime kerle the question whether tho procedure with this form .4 hill was plat as respected tho privilege either ul the House of Lords or of that boa.,'. 1:e ionsidered that the ioloptim a that forte was milerrraMM. awl ; ma its object was really v. n 4. I 04...2. It. temiency was blialifthet to m Ceatl4, r••••1'.... There was WO litlaTol halms• the two 1ea.... sod he should be epode willies be make any ..oce....sis the shrilly .4 the loose to prevail sev's au atirUrtUnAte ix.- ..weenier. Awl d there weer us each e or.:•.•••r, owl the lerils had i... 1/ .loss what the law mad u.. 4., parliament testified, sod wheel, "Meters themaelvet tail sieetiowel liv their mesulos, r.. dotioes mad eves thri• nmizeud e2/1-4, why *book! Cies this year bb110.1,4 .41.4111/.. their Main., alai pins lire collision, m i l real er ou t o f the qinsf...l.? \Vet:, retard to the .m. 1.1% hr het never eied ite 'ablaut.% hut led comae-110d re:Menem of Lee, Gus fieueoled elm ii, awl he sow Leid it iliwn :64 e 4 our daisural system. that is mai TM:lift...Li of taxatim war bare—tin iierm•e wit mad the War Jostle Up..., tea and sugar Moult remove the drat attention. The ' fore the house ••••re so grave sad so ietWiately lemed up with the interest* of all elear of the community--for qieetiona which esurbt give such w 3stWrt L. n o r social corehttoes g•werally an them upon wh i eh Ih. taasal,a of the imutry was established were really the graved .toosUons that could be brought before them and he re. ;;.rotted that the lam gentleman should li.se thought it sereseary to imprimis epos the boom and %slue a great party the fo t that they hail a duty to pert.... ; h o (Mr. Itisrach) sire that every lionouratdo gen tl e . man word.' perform hie duty with a full mime of the emporia of of it. (Ileer, bear.) He did not think, slut ire might have been the r,tui ,l'. beard in kWh..." or eit riviwiolirre -le laugh) - that the bee. gentle "..n who, li.ivieg movesl the adjournment of the debate, had on doubt spoken with fuller oriustd••ration thew might .4 lore., has•• been the ease, would hive introduced such t•il.: .. lie iinhembiel the hoe. gentlemse to say lb it the m••tion was brought forward in cons*ivueece of ..".,u mini tvriai a.iti.ll4.lr. (Hear, hear.) That WY the stetement which the bon. sal harried goothsloorh tiler intense reties tine, hail thought it right to mike All that he illr. could say upon that subject was, th it aim &cajun to ask the opinion of the lonise "tins he policy of the govern emet wise ampoinced seeks lotion, those rumour. MOM. Kimmel Niir did be know how it was powiible to have imbed the minim of the house epee that policy at II more moveeieet ic on earlier stage. Rut it warn MK merely these allure abet weer brought a.44lnst a greet party who Wore WI **visible .4 the respousibility of their decision, as the gm:atoms • mild be who sat opmalt• to them ; hot they w ere c h em .) with hints' taken the roam they had, from nnworthr Red aeititlrf motives. He ithe right limy regimen) !mad it I that he had had as interview with as hal. 'ideal who was deeply interested in this mitscpriee, and that be had promised the support of those gentlemen who honoured Lim with their ounfidiroce, to that individual in his squabble with the government. He (Hr. Disraeli) had had oo Inch interview whatever ; it was an impudent fabrication. (Cheers.) He war bound to say that • must respectable gentlenisu, whose name had been mixed up with the telegram. that had palmed between England and Dublin, had, unsolicited, offered to him to state iii the most solemn manner that befitted a gestleman of his sacred calling, that he had neither directly nor iudiroctly sanctioned such an iiiiprea.Ms. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Ninth) knew nothing of this questa*. When the pipets wen placed before the house he should read theta, as matters of that kind required to be read, is a perfectly impartial spirit ; and he shouhl decide upon any question of that kind is the mine spirit in had sleeve derykd lino them - namely, with • desire to meet the just claims°, others and the pueral ad. vantage .4 the country. (Hear, liear.) He had now placed before the how's as clearly as lir couhl tl:e course which ho intended to take. The question was one of the greatest intpurt.inc.., !ow it involved not only eonsider.itioes of pa lice, but the question of keeping Lath with the people who in the time of emergeucy had traded and supported them. It Wrolv,sl .snother question, scarcely lees important, namely, whether they would pursue a financial policy which io ha opinion would render it inevitable for them to aubsti lute for indirect taution en equal amount of direct, and thus disturb the proportion who h ought to exist between the two great worms of supply. With these views, and feeling that the committee would decide upon the great quesithee before them, and not upon the matters which had lean so improperly inland up with it, he should oppose the elause. ((.heers.) Lord J. RUSSELL- Before I enter upon the subject which is more immediately under emeiderstion, I feel bound to say a word or two respecting the last topic which hee been alluded to by the right bon. gentleman. I do not do so fur the purpose of making any charge agaistat the right hon. geutlemaa, I make uu charge, because I heard from memos rumour, and I believe it to be true, that in conampeoce of the weintiume of the but majority on the paper duty it was the intention of the right hon. gentleman to take the me .e of the boom once more on another stage of the question. I therefore make no charee against him of reviving the dieeneioo, in the hopes of gaining the eupport of some gentlemen who were demon. meted with a recent decision of the gov e rnment. But., sir, it is neoremery tu vindicate the goverument to which I belong. !believe that my noble friend at the head of the go vanireent. sod all the other member. of the government, are perfectly clear of all imputation on this subject, but imputable:3a have been made, and having been referred to in a minimiser of thin day, they enema now be passed over. (theera.) The deco nes which was come to by the govern ment the Galway cootrriet was communicated to the mace's:mi. My noble friend was asked by a Crawho seemed entitled to ask the gumlike), whether would receive a deputation of !nett members on the sub. jest on Moodsy morning. My noble friend atoolutely re futed to remise that deputation. (Cheers.) My uolile friend sew at once that, although nominally en the subject ef the Galway contract, much misunderstmeling and fade acessatios meet erase from such an interview, anil there. fore he refused te receive the depilation. The company with respect to which that decision was come to has nom nael• a long representation with regard to their cam. That representation will be answered by the Postmaetereienend, and the eerreepondeoee will be laid before the house ; but as to the imputatieo that government intends to pest peep for six months the decision on this question with a view of giving the 36,0111.11. which his been mentioned for the performance of the termer, that imputation is totally devoid of foundation—(ahem)—and I ct once refute it as a celumuy on the character of the government. (Heir, hear.) With respect to another questios which my polite friend wee aged, namely, supposing this contract to be termi• sated, and that afterwards it was considered that Ireland was the nearest 'vend for postal communication with Ante. nee, was the question to lie coneidereil as summarily con. eluded without looking into all the eircumataoces that affected it, including the public money, commercial in. femme, end transport of mails to America ? Now that was a totally different question from the Galway con. tract, it was one upon which the government would act coolly and deliberately ; but with respect to the Clalway con. tract iteelfil would say, rather than that any government should make conceseioas on that question for the purpose of obtaining voteeou a division, better that ten minietnes should resign er that ten Houses of Commons should be dimelved. (Ministerial cheers.) But even after such a emir:anion the dreaded camequencee would net be avoided. If any severe went were to net in such a profligate manner, it be not to be supposed that such demaude would be coofine4 to one single quarter. There would be Galway contracts springing up in every pert of the United Kingdom, end It! or 20 members might, by selecting a critical time, find the means of were mg a ministry. (Hear, bear.) The minister who obtained office by such aid would sons find his public honour impe rilled, and another dissolution or resignation would be the secemary consequence. (Hear, hear.) It was therefore impeesible, without a sacrifice of public honour, that any preprint! respecting this contract could have been listened to with a view to the division list. (Hear, hear.) I repast again, that 1 make no imputation spirit the right hon. pellernau opposite or against the great party to which lie belongs, but at the same time 1 thin t tis a matter for the emaiderat:on of that great party bow far they should directly or indirectlygise any support to an attempt loch as that to which I have alluded. 'That, however, is a matter entirely for their own sense of what is due to the public interest. and their own sense of the principles of honour which should rule in all Public assemblies. (Heer.) As to the immediate question Mr. bench had thrown quite a new light upon it, by suggesting some ether disposal of the surplus than the repeal of the piper duty. The welds lord then Proceeded to argue the matter in haat In its various phases; and in reference to the question of privilege between the two houses, pointed out that when that question was fairly raised by Mr. Kewdegate's memo the other night, the course of the 'imminent was viorliaited by a majority of 190; while us to the repeal of the paper ditty it would be clearly a relief to the industry of the coestry, and with the reduction of the income tan, showed a fair apportionment of remission between direct and indirect taxation. Referring to an ex posit°. of Sir J. Itamsden es a former evening, that the "republican halide in America had buret," the noble lord administered a serer* rebuke for such an unmerited attack on the inetitutines of a great end free pewit.. Sir J. RA MeDEN ruse to *via* but wan prevented doing so by loud enee of "Order. Lord J. RUSSELL—indeed, I think nothiag has been morehonourable to , his house than the geoeM pain and grief which have been evinced at the prospect of this groat and hoe peoplt, being about to null to artm to destroy each other's happiness. (Hear, hear.) I have but a few words more to my but I think it is neeemary I should add that neither with ' regerd to America, nor with respect to France or any of the peat European nations, do I see at . present any prospect that our peaceful reletions will be dtsturhed. (Cheers.) The whole world te in a state of change, and far be it from me to make say prophecy. but all I cu n say is that, as far as I know, the feelings of all states towards this ementry are friendly—(►ear, hear) ;—tlwt there are no ques tions pending apse which a conflict is likely to arise, and that as far as my humble means ran promote the cause of Feu and goodwill on earth, it will be coy object and my en. &savour to do so. (Loud cheers.) Sir J. KIMODEN said he felt MMer that the house grout support him in the 'amnion that no words bed ewer fallen from his lips which could be construed into exultation over the unfortunate events that were now taken place in America. lie did contrast the constitution of America with that of England in order to draw from it th• lima that it was mar duty to he thankful for and to strengthen these iostitutiene which were the pride and glory of lughini. (Hear, beer.) Hat as regarded America. Isis noels friend well do hire the favour to recollect that he had referred to the recut ostbresk in America el:web &ally is the terms of **calamitous events which we must all of as deeply regret." (I Ipposition cheers.) Mr. PEACOCKE said if this duty should be repealed the house would have to Menem the income tax, and aug ment the duties on tea and sugar. He wished the eovm mittee dearly to undentaml that, sail to mender the pro tweets of sent year, and that they would plum before they remelted to the remission of the duty on paper, which could only tend to benefit a few persons. (Hear, bear.) Captain TA LBOT said he saw there wee very little chem. of the expenditure of Use country being resluceel this year. and be wished to ask the committee whether under the premat state of theme in Femme with bee large army, awl the position .4 affairs upon the enetinent generally and is Antenea, this was a proper time to repeal a duty which produced eo large a portion of the revenue of the country. FtfiF.I,LEY said t h i s , debate had lieen prolonged Ay hon. geoll,mt o opposite no the hope that montething to their adviudege would tarn up. ('• No., no." and "Hear, hear.") He had no hesitation in stating that even sap. posing the duties on tea nod sugar should be reduced in preference to the abolition of the dotty on paper, still as be did not wish to see the two nohle lonbi now at the head of affairs removed from office, illl should give his vote in favour of the dense. sir w. JULLIFFE opposed the retention of the clause, and referring to the imputation that the opposition had not seoeptel the surplus of the Chancellor of the Exche silmitted that It was no part of their duty to chal lenge the ststement of the right bon. gentleman, hut re cep t experieecii had shown that the right be.. geotleman's estimate. viol., not be always relied upon. It was not cur prising, therefore, if hie estimate. on the present occasion had been received with some hesitation. Dlr. LINDSAY described the cooservative oppetrition as waiting on chances and socideuts ; the dispute about the Galway contract, therefore, was s perfect windfall for them. If the government MK* defeated, it would not be on the merits of the paper duty, but because they had refused to make 00000111601.11 to certain gentlemen baring seats in this hams. Ili, a OSBORNE said that the question of the paper duty bed Limned ea different an impect since last that he treated it as one apart fawn the (Meal point of view ; sod it wee because he wialird to get rid of en embar rassing coostituticiaal questino that he accepted the direct issue which was raw raised. He pointed out that there had he.. • prat reduction in the number of paper mills i n Ireland ; and that antintry would especially heoefft by the repeal of the duty. In thnt country th in wee, seinsral counties and Dome/nue tows* where there was not • single brekeeller. ass readable( library. He bed not been able to ssderelad ab a *set of the oppoitine, unless it woe the enable of Mr. °Wakes nen the govarameat. Ha expremed bin belief that some of the opposition were taking advantage of the conduct of the Iriah members with with regard to the Galway contract, and protested apiinst a local squabble bents nude the Dimon of putting a govern. mnt out of aloe. _-- Mr. MONSELL expressed • wish that Lord Palmerston would make this question • purely financial one, on which everyone might vote as they pleased, irrespective of party motives ; hut as it was he must vote against the repeal. Mr. BENTINCK, assuming the existence of a surplus, the reality of which, however, be denied, maintained time considering the general aspect of foreign affairs, • duty Should not be repealed that could not be reimposed. The turning-point of the question was whether the present state of affairs in America would not uecessitate an increase in our armaments, and be likely to derange our revenue. Sir J. P.IXTON, in supporting the clause, showed, by the exhibition of samples, the manlier in which the paper duty affected the manufacturers of Coventry. Mr. COBDEN (who was received with much cheer ing) rose and sell that the real question was whether the paper duty should be repealed ; and no t whether there was a surplus, or whether the tea and sugar duties should be remitted. It was strange to see • party united and persistent in opposing the repeal of • tax, however such • thing might happen, for the retention of a protective duty. In whose interest outside the horse was this opposition made ! They were large paper manu facturers and large paper printers. As regarded the French government, in reference to the question of rags which had been raised, they hail acted in perfect good faith ; and they retained the export duty in order to ob tain reciprocity from countries with which they were shout to make commercial treaties, and with his (Mr. Cole:tete.) full assent. He denied that the paper trade had a right to pro tection because of the export duty on rap, according to the commercial principles which were now accepted by this ecuatry. This duty on paper was condemned by Sir Henry Parnell in Deil, nod now every other excise duty, except those oo spirits and fermented liquors., having been abolished, this still remained. The lion. member continued : —We are told that the repeal of this duty will do no good, and we are asked how can the removal of this 1,200,000 f. ref taxation be appreciated! Why the same argument might have been used in favour of every excise duty that we have repealed—of bricks, of glass, and of leather, all of which were items much smaller than thin. But it has been by the successive removal of these restrie tious in the way of our industry, one by one, and not more than use generally in a year. but each year a removal form ing au epoch in our finance—that the effect has been pro duced upon the industry of the country that has produced that state of content, that state of greatness which him. gentlemen opposite are constantly vaunting as a proof of the conservatism of the age. (Loud cheers.) lam old enough to remember when your etreete in London were periodically swarming with multitudes of violent men, calling out for some impracticable measure of reform nearly allied to revo lution, and every three or four veers the north was thrown into • state of anarchy and confusion by some failure of the crops or the closing of some market. But as new markets have been opened, mill freedom of manufacture and labour has been given in these various articles, you have placed yourself, humanly speaking, almost in the petition that it is scarcely possible to conceive any great calamity happening to this country, from any particular quarter, that is not more than compensated by the IMISILD uges of the prosperity you have derived from these repeals. Is it a hard or difficult thing for us to govern people who ask only to be ultimo.' to work—who are contented if you will allow them to labour and earn moderate wages! Do not tell me that the people have not clamoured for these reforms. We are here bemuse we are m u to know better than they, and that is our only title to be here. And with this long experience, can there be any doubt but that it is the tare policy for us to proceed in the path which ha. been marked by such a career of prosperity. (Cheers.) It is at tempted to frighten us, by saying that there is some impend ingadamities threatening us from the western hemisphere. (Hear, bear.) There in that deeper, but it is the only danger that threatens this country. I can conceive no other great danger or calamity but that which may arise from the short supply of the raw material of our industry—from all others we are guarded by the number of our markets or by the variety of our resources. The calamity from this source will not, I believe, be so had as some hon. gentlemen suppose. But, admitting the danger to the full extent, you can do no better under those circumstances than follow the path pointed out to you by long experience : remove the shackles from industry, and there will be a better chance of the people finding employment in every possible way. (Hear, hear.) We are told that instead of taking the duty off paper we engirt to have removed the duty from tea or sugar. (Hear, bear.) I have no objection to either, or both. I can even hope, with the average prosperity that we have seen for the last few years, that io another year we shall materially diminish these duties ; but I ant not so rare that the argument made use of with consider able steer by the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucks will be realised with regard to the market for our manufactures' in China. We were greatly disap pointed with the " opening up," as it was called, of China in 11440, and I think that in less than three or four yeses we had • committee of this house sitting to inquire why our manufacturers were so disap pointed. I may say, in passing front this subject. that I have no faith whatever in the opening of China to English men. From what I can hear, it seems that the Chingos merchants are quite as clever as our own, and we are told that they are superseding us at Singapore, and that they have all the liminess between China and San Francisco, and I believe that if China is opened up at all it will be opened up by the Chinese and not by Englishmen. (Hear, hear.) But whether this will be the cue or not I shall be happy to see • reduction of the to duty, though not with the certainty that it will produce the same ex pansion of our manufactures ea the repeal of the excise duty which we are now discussing. Have hoe. gentlemen considered what is to be the end of the present struggle I fancy I see boo, gentlemen opposite arraying themselves very much in the same way that they did It or le years ap ; for they are opposed to much the same influeooes, and I fear their opposition may lead to similar disasters. For what are you aiming at! You are aiming et preventing the Chancellor of the Exchequer from taking* course which he lies not chalked out for himself, and which he has not originated, for I cannot give him credit for the least ori ginality io his proposition—(laughter)—and lie cannot be accused of uctang with any precipitation—sod you are pee. venting hint from going on in the path that every govern meet must follow, I do not care whether they cull themselves whig or tory. (Cheers.) Now, is it to the advantage of honourable gentlemen opposite that they should plaes themselves in this petition! If you succeed by a majority in overturning this government anal coming in yourselves, you must instantly adopt the very policy which you are opposing now. (Cheers.) There is no alternative. These are principles which are rooted in the public mind of England. You must remove the leer rien which impede the progress of commerce and manufac tures sn as to give a chance of employment for the increas ing population. And you yourselves have the greatest inte rest in that policy, and in nothing more than in the repeal of the raper duty by giving employment to • superior clue to thaw which are affected by the operation of any other exch.° duty. If I were • young men just fresh from college, with nothing but education in the world, there is nothing going on that I should look to with more interest than the making perfectly free of the press of the cuuutry, by re moving all the taxes which tend to render dear and scarce literary productions. (" Oh, oh," and cheers.) I should want employment with my pen, and when there are more editors, more newspaper contributors, and more shorthand writers required, niust it not lee an advantage to the rising generation cf educated young men ! Do nut test this as • light matter. I am not going to ineence hun. putlemen impusite ; the last way I should think of in fluencing them would be through their fears. But it must wit be forgotten that there are .100 daily papers at Id., almost all of which advocate this repeal ; while the 70 or 80 dear papers issued daily are all trying surreptitiously oropenly to prevent the repeal. But if it came to a struggle, ouuld it be doubted what the result would be iu the country, with MU daily papers and an almost innumerable weekly press supporting the measure We mint regard this as a political question, and no member am go into the lobby without seeing that it is so regarded. I say, therefore. this course will set against the opposition the party who desire the emancipation of the prem. This is not • fiscal gamete-en—it lime bear male a political meet tine ; and I ask the house as politicians to take thie view of it, and see whether this course can lead to a successful issue for hon gentlemen opposite. I have been so little in this house of late that I am unable to enter into any nata tion as to the rival strength of parties. I like to see an op position with some principle, belonging to it, and which would make it desirable that the country should have resort to them if they wished to have better measures ; but I tell you candidly the course you are taking —at whose instigation I know not, certainly not of the wise heads of the party—re such as cannot poem bly give the country the benefit of your rerviges, even if you succeed in putting the present government out. The course you are taking an only lead be a Ineg anal protracted struggle without imue, which cannot bring you any benefit. Therefore I entreat luxe gentlemen to let this question pass —(laughter from the opposition)— let us have thie budget settled, and then let hon. gentlemen consider whether there was a prospect of their getting better measures than the present administration can give; a nd w h e th er the present opposition could could into power without falsifyteg their own principles, air b e i ng themselves turned out. (Cheers from the govern. meet benches.) I am not going to trouble the house at peat length on this subject. lam not sufficiently conver seat with your deletes of late to enter fully into the dia mmidoe, but I have thought it my duty to express my views is this lame manner. 1 call upon hon, gentlemen opposite to let this budget pass, and then to proceed to some other business which they can prosecute to greeter advantage. (The boo. member was loudly cheered, especi al)y by members below the ministerial gan gway. ) BARINO said that Mr. Cobden (whom he was happy to see in the house spud showed that his absence had been lengthened float this emintry when he asked who were the opponents of the repeal of the paper duty. They were the majority of the country, aid, apart from party feeling, the majority of the house.who objected to that repeal instead of others which would give greater relief to the people. As to the surplus, them were two arlditirms to the expealture of the year—namely, the increased int erest on Exche quer Bills, and the payment of the Searle dues, which had not bees in the original estimate of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1861. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Sir, the committee haajust heard declared the opinion of two gentle men who are amongst the most distinguished and the ablest of its members, of men both of whom have • high charac ter in this house, and one not lees remarkable for ability than for experience. Oae of them, mybon. friend the member for Rochdale, recommending the repeal of the paper duty, as a measure at once wise and politic, and ea being calculated to prove acceptable to the community ; the other, the hoe. member for Huntingdon, recommending you to reject that measure, as being neither wire, nor politic, nor acceptable. Well, sir, under these circumstances it is na tural and proper to examine into the comparative authority of these two gentlemen—(load cheers and counter-cheer.) — and to seek for the sources of their authority by • recur rence to the advice which they respectively have given on other occasions. In the hon. member for Rochdale we see the man who, more than any other man, living or dead, contributed to the destruction of the corn law—(hear, ' bear) - -and to the repeal of the navigation laws—(cheers) — the man who, in any point of the struggle of the last 20 years, has taken the most active and powerful part in recommending that legislation which not only augmented the wealth of the country, but has done more for the con servative principle than all the exertions of the conserva tive party. (Cheers and counter cheers.) The hon. member for Huntingdon, on the other hand, opposed the repeal of the corn law as a national calamity, and declared that the repeal of the navigation laws involved the ruin of the country. In every case and on nearly every occasion when it has been proposed to amend our commercial laws and to relax the restrictions of our system he has been found amongst their most ardent and most steadfast defenders. (Cheers.) Then, sir, I say there is the same likelihood that on this occasion also the man who has over heretofore interpreted rigidly the interests and wishes of the country, will be the more likely to give sound advice than the man who on every previous occasion has been proved to be mistaken. Was there anything strange (the right hon. gentleman pro ceeded to ask) in the proposition of the government to re peal the paper duty This was the only excise duty for the repeal of which which • constant de mand bad been made by the country, backed by members of parliament. The reduction of the customs duty on tea would not be attended with advan tages to trade equal to the relief afforded by the removal of excise duties and of restrictive regulations which not merely burdened the manufacture, but in some of its branches absolutely prohibited it. Bat it was said that the tea and sugar duties were war duties, and that par liament was pledged to remove them. Was it true that these were war duties! They were imposed in time of peace, and not for the purposes of war, and the remission of the tea and sugar war duties (so called) would Bacrifice 2.500,000 t., or twice the amount of the paper duty. The doctrine of engagement set up by Mr. Dis• :soli was • pure and perfect figment. Mr. Glad stone then explaieed the motives which had influenced the government in deciding upon proposing the remission of the paper duty, and called upon the committee to keep faith with the country, and especially with the trade, which bad relied, and was justified in relying, upon the vote of the house that the duty should be repealed: After protesting against the manner in which the question of a surplus had been dealt with in the discussion, he referred to an imputation repeated by Mr. K. Seymer. that the proposition he had submitted to the house was made to conciliate Mr. Bright. He presumed that it was meant that he had • covert intention to change the burden of taxation, and that this proposition was an insidious be ginning of this project. Not one act or one syllable from him had been cited to sustain this imputation, and, whether or no this was the object of Mr. Bright, it was not his. The proposition he had submitted to the house was founded upon sound principles of finance and of political economy. Sir J. RAMSDEN, whose speech had been strongly animadverted upon by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ex plained. Sir J. FAKINGTON said he trusted he should have the attention of the committee for • few momenta, as he believed he was almost the only member of the house who had not yet spoken on the budget. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had put a question which he thought deserved an answer. He complained of their speaking of tea and sugar as war duties. He seemed to imagine that that phrase commenced on that (the opposi tion) side of the house during the present debates ; but he found that during the debates of 18117 language used by the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in which he stated that, ea a matter of good faith, the duties upon tea and sugar should lie reduced, which were in fact war duties. (Hear.) He would also say he heard with ex treme surprise any reference on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Flintshire election. The right hon. gentlemen took part in that election two years ago, and he had take. part in it now, and he was not the man from whom he (Sir J. Pakington) expected to hear any reference to the Flintehire election. (Hear.) He had listened to those detail' from first to last, and he had heard euthing to change his opinion that there were three fatal objections to this budget. The first objection was that it was unwise ; the second, that it was no better than a party manoeuvre, arranged for the interest of a party, and not for the interest of the country; and, lastly, that it involved unnecessary offence, if not insult, to the House of Lords. (Hear, bear.) He maintained that the House of Lords never objected to the repeal of the loner datim. Lord Derby two years ago said the repeal of the paper duties was only a question of time, and when the finances of the country allowed of it he should Le prepared to accede to it. (Hear, hear.) Viscount PALMERSTON (who was received with loud nieces)—l cannot begin the very few words which I shall feel it my duty to submit to the house without expressing the satisfaction which I feel, and which I am sure will be partaken of by all present, at seeing again within these walla my hon. friend the member for Roclelale—(cheers and "oh ")—returned from the valuable services which he has so well performed —icheers and "oh")—and restored to that health which even those who differ with him in poli tics will be glad to witness. (Cheers.) The hon. member for Norfolk (Mr. Rentinck) has repeated for the second time • question which I presume will be put to me every fort night till the end of the session. (Laughter.) lam happy to be able to answer it in the same words as those in which I answered it before. (Laughter.) The hoc. member asks whether there is anything io the present state of affairs on the continent of America on account of which I shall think it to apply to the house for increased Kerne mente by or Ha! I stated to the bon. member on the former occasion that I saw nothing in those events that was likely to lead to such unhappy consequences. The hon. member else asks whether those events are in my opinion likely materially to affect the customs and excise of this country. The hest reply I can give is to state a fact. During the eight weeks which ended last Saturday the pro duce of custima, excise, and stamps, forming the fixed re venue of this country, was hell a million more than it was in the corresponding period of last year. (Cheers.) Judging, therefore, of the future from the past, I dm, not think that this house need be under any anxiety on that score. (Hair, hear.) The state in which the house now is certainly pre ' sent a remarkable contrast to that which the right hon. gentlemen the member for Buckingharnehire stated to have been its condition when a vote against the paper duty was formerly taken. This is certainly not • languid house, and the vote to which we shall come will not be a sleepy one. (Laughter.) We are told that hon. members have come down to give freely, and without regard to party considerations, their votes, which upon mature reflection in their studies they may be led to give upon this question of the repeal of the paper duty. Why, sir, that uodoulit edly, I dare say, is the case. (A laugh.) At all events, the vote this night will be a very remarkable one—one in which direreut and conflicting opinions have, without any party object, been brought to concur in a single vote. We are going to have voting against the repeal of the paper duty those who on former occasions have voted against it, and those who have decidedly and enthusiastically voted for it. (laughter.) We are going to have the same vote given toy those who deny the existence of • surplus, and by those who have wished to diminish the surplus which my right honourable friend proposes as the result of his finance We are going to have the same vote given by those who have voted for diminishing the duty upon tea, by those who have pledged themselves for the abolition of the excise duty, and by those who prefer a rednction of the income tax. We are going to have the same vote given by fres traders and by protectionists. We are going to see every variety sod shade of opinion upon finance merged in one common act, and we are told that this is not • party vote. (Hear, hear.) We are told by the right honourable baronet who has juit spoken, and who has sneered at " party measures," that there is nothing of party about this vote. (in the contrary, we have been assured by every gentleman who has spoken upon this occasion that there is nothing which the gentlemen opposite have more at heart than to maintain and support the existing government. (Laughter.) Well, sir, at last we have come to the evil of this long debate; sal if I wanted any authority for the opinion that this debate has lasted an unusual time, might quote what was said Icy the right hon. bsronet ; for in the fiat sentence of his speech he assured us that ho believed he was almost the only member that had not spoken upon the budget. (laughter.) I may he excused, therefore, for saying that it lass been a long debate, and hon gentlemen have had • full opportunity of making up their independent minds and combining in One harmonious whole this fortuitous eoucurreoce of Iliocuidaot atoms. (Great laughter.) I hope, however, that him. members in deciding upon these important questions of financial sr rangemente will bear in mind all those arguments which have been refuted by those on this side of the home, and will not be led awry by the conflicting, and I must say by the unfounded arguments which have been urged by those who sit opposite. (Laughter.) Almost everybody is agreed that this excise duty upon paper is vicious in itself end irritating in it collection. (Hear, hear, and so, no.) Even gentlemen on the other' side have argued that it is • tax which ought to be repealed upon the earliest occasion that the finances of this country will admit el. (Hear, hear.) It has been proved and is admitted that it is • tax which not only imposes a burden epee existing industry, but which is productive of impediments in the way of introducing new once. (Hear.) This, an my right hon. friend has already reminded the house, is time last remnant of an excise duty of this kind. It is not the beginning of a new system of finance ; it is only completing a system which bas been sanctioned by many of the most competent authorities of former and present times in all that relates to the commercial transac tions of the country. I trust therefore, that, no extraneous matter —no question separate from and independent of the matter in issue—will affect or influence the votes of gentle. men in the division which is about to take place. (Hear, bear.) Relying, therefore, on the assertion made that hon. gentlemen would give their votes free from party motives, rad on • full and rasters consideration of the merits of the cease—and being convinced that the merit■ of the case are as clear as the sun at noooday—(laughter)-- I confidently look to the result of the division which is now about to take place. (Cheers.) The committee divided and the numbers were : Ayes Noes Majority for the government 15 The position of the tellers revealed the fact of the ma jority being for the government, and the announcement of the numbers was delayed for more than a minute by the deafening cheers of the ministerialists. When order was at length restored, The remaining clauses of the bill were passed through committee. Upon the motion that the bill be reported (which was also greeted with cheering), Mr. F. FRENCH said that before the house agreed to the motion, be wished to call the attention of the house to a statement which had been made by the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs—a statement which he (Mr. French) considered to be prejudicial to the honour and in ,' dependence of the house. The statement, be was told, was, that a deputation of Irish members wanted to have an in terview with the Prime Minister on Monday last on the subject of the Galway packet contract. He (Mr. French) bad asked every Irish member he hail met, and on the part of every one of them, and on the part of himself, be wished to may that there was no foundation for such a statement ; and that the Irish members never thought of having an interview with the noble lord. Such an interview was not asked for by the Irish members, but by • certain Judi vidnal who was not concerned with Irish intereate in any way, and who was a clergyman. The proposal for the in terview was made by him ; and the statement that he was authorised to ask for it by the Irish members was wholly and totally untrue. Lord PALMERSTON said he hoped the house would allow him to answer the question instead of the noble lord, because what the noble lord had stated was founded entirely upon a communication which had been made to the noble lord by him (Lord Palmerston.) The real' state of the case relating to that interview he (Lord Palmerston) would state to the house exactly as it occurred. There was no use in concealing names. (Hear, bear.) The Rev. Father—Mr. Daly--called upon me on Saturday and urged upon in. reasons why the decision of the government with regard to the Galway packet line should be recon sidered. Well be (Lord Palmerston) stated to Mr. Daly that he did not consider him authorised to represent any body on the subject, and he declined to enter into • dia. cession with him on the Galway packet contract. He (Lord Palmerston) did not consider him an ambassador of the Irish members or of the company in particular. He said it was a public question. It was a matter which should be discussed publicly in the House of Commons, and not in a private manner is his (Lord Palmerston's) room. (Cheers.) Mr. Daly thereupon said, "If you won't discuss it with me, will you discuss it with a deputation of Irish members r' He (Lord Palmerton) said be did not see it was a matter between him and the Irish members, but between the government and the Galway company. The Irish members would do no more than take part in the discussion on the subject. " But," said Mr. Daly, "you are mistaken, because the Irish members must take some action upon it." He (Lord Pal merston) said that action would he upon the discussion. " But," said Mr. Daly, " that won't exactly do. I wish to bring von a deputation of Irish members on Monday." " Well but," said he (Lord Palmerston), " Monday is the day appointed for the budget. The Galway contract is a different question. (Laughter.) There is no discussion coming on on Monday about the Galway contract. There ts no reason why I should twelve a deputation upon that day, and if they came to me they could tell me no more than I know already, and ! could only say to them it was a public question, to be discussed in the Home of Commons. " " Well but," said Mr.Daly—(laughter)—" I am anxious you should see them on Monday, because they must take action upon the subject, and that action must be taken on Mon day evening . (Laughter.) " Well," said be (Lord Palmer ston) " I now understand you ; and when it is put to me in that way, I must, with all deference and respect to the Irish members, entirely decline receiving any deputation at all." This was the whole of the conversation which he (Lord Palmerston) had mentioned to his noble friend and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. lie did not know what authority Mr. Daly bad to bring to him a deputation of Irish members ; his noble friend dial not say that Mr. Daly was so authorised, and it was for Mr. Daly and the Irish members to settle the question. daughter and cheers.) Colonel DUNNE said that he denied that any man bad • right to go to the noble lord as a deputation purporting to represent him or any other Irish member. He should have "gthe budget in any case. e et s l s ubject then dropped. The Consolidated Fund (10,000,000/3 Bill passed through committee. The Drainage of Land Bill was read a second time. The Volunteer. Tolls Exemption (No. 2) Bill passed through committee, and The house adjourned at twenty-fieo minutes to two o'clock. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. The following is the report of the directors to be presented at their twentyßftb yearly general meeting, on June 4: " The improvement in the business of the North Ameri can colueirs, referred to in the reports presented to the pro prietors last year, scarcely realised the expectations which the directors then entertained. This may be accounted for from the time required fully to recover from the very severe depression under which their trade had laboured during the two preceding years, sad from the fact that, though the crops of all roue in Canada were the meet abundant ever gathered in that colony, • very large proportion of them was not got to market previous to the close of the season, consequently the beneficial effects of the last harvest will tell more upon the business of the present than of the rest year. The statements of account show the position of the bank on the 31st December last, and on comparing the business, of the first four months of the current year with the wane period of 1869, the directors have the pleasure to state that the present year exhibits an important improvement. The lamentable events occurring in the United States have not hitherto injuriously affectel the interests of the bank ; but in view of these, and of strengthening the position of the bank, and to enable the managers to take full advantage of any favourable opportunity for the purchase of exchange or otherwise. the directors have added considerably to the amount of specie held at the branches. It will be seen that the sum on hand at 31st December was 301,107 f. 3e. 24., against 194,160/. se. 10d. at 31st December, 1859. Your directors have made. as they conceive, ample provi sloe for all had and doubtful debts; they have also deemed it advisable at this time to write off the whole of the preli ' misery expenses eoonected with the opening of the branch at Victoria in Vancouver's Island ; the above deductions being made, the available net profit for the year amounts to 61,8971. fts. ld., out of which they have declared • half-yearly dividend, payable on and after the sth July next, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, free of income tax. This will leave the sum of 1,8971. 9s. Id. to he I carried to the rest or balance of undivided profit, which, includieg this addition, amounted on 31st December, 1860, to 125,766 f. Is. after providing fur the dividend that was mad on the stl: January last." MARKETS. WOOL AM) WORSTED.—BIADenaI), MAT 30.—The wool market is remarkably quiet to-day, and has manifested no sign of life during the past week. There is undoubtedly a giving way in price, consequent upon the absence of demand, and buyer. are induced on this account to hold off, even more than they would otherwise do, judging from the little that has already been bought. There is likely to be a good yield this year, and it is thought the stapler', with the experience of last yea, will not show more caution in buying. There is no new faiture to report in yarns. There is just a "mall quantity of yarn selling both for borne and export. Instances are not wanting were spinners will take rather leas, though there is no general giving way in price. There is nodieposition to speculate. The foreign merchants try to induce spinoers here to make offers, which they send abroad for approval, thus selling before they actually buy, ' and removing risk from themselves. More frnmes are stopped to curtail production. There has been rather more doing in pieces for the home trade. Merchants are in the market, and give small orders for both fancy and plain goods suitable for the fall tnole. Spring goods are moving off pretty well. The foreign buyer's hove also bought a few rarity goods for autumn. Some of the German merehanta have reserved some good orders for future delivery. Manu facturers, however, loudly complain of the unsatisfactory character of their ;malaria. Curtailment of production is general. Umbrella cloth is the only article that meets with • ready sale. Prices of goods are nominally the same ea last week, though some irregularity exists. TALLOW.—TaussoAv Evirmxn.—The market ix quiet, Annexed are the last pricy.—Spot, 5Gs. ; May to June, 565. lid. ; October to December, 54a. 6d. ; Old Y.C. re-weighed, 525. Gd. to 55 . Deliveries to last even ing, 570 teaks ; arrivals, 504 casks. CCYITON.—LmnrOOI., MAY ;10.—We have bad a ;mini business in cotton to-day, without change in prices. The males are 10.000 halm—including 7,100 American, at 41d. to nd. ; I,roo aunt, it 54d. to 60.; 6.50 Egyptian, at tied. to 91,1. ; and 20 Bahia, at 9{d.—ofwhich 2,000 are for speculation and export. The week's import is 91,00:0 hale*. CORN.—Bilmintnnn, MAT 30.—At Clonender and Worcester markets the wheat trade ruled dull, and to effect males a reduction of L. per quarter had to he submitted to. Barley unaltered. Oats quite as dear. Beans firm. Peas neglected. During the present week, the continuance of splendid weather has caused tramaactioos in the trade to be on • most limited scale, and the value of all kinds of corn is nominally unaltered. At Wolverhampton, yesterday, wheat was again rather lower. At this day's market there was a very short supply of wheat from the farmers, but all quail ties sold slowly at • decline of fully Is. per quarter. Barley firmly held for quite as much money, Oats, beans, and peas tending upwards. DITTOS, NAT 30.—We had a small supply of wheat ; there wee a better demand, and the best quality sold more readily, but without any advance in price. In barley little or nothing doing awl prices nominaL In mode, &c., hut little doing, and no alteration in p rior . Wheat, beat, 535. to 61n. ; middling, 40e. to 48e.; Werke, 30 at* 36e. Burley, 30a. to 42a. °ate, 23e. to 335. Beane, 46.. to 50a. Peas, 42e. to 46e. Flour, fine, 47e. to 50e. per sack ; seconds, 42e. to Cs. MANCHEaTEII, MAT 30. A very fair attendance at our market this morning. The best descriptions of English wheat were not obtainable on lower terms, while common sorts were unsaleable ; foreign must he noted Id. to 2d. per 70 lbs. lower, with, however, • firmer tone at the de. dine. English dour was offering at a reduction of 13. per sack ; in extra qualities of foreign there was no Di:atrial change, but secondary sorts were Gd. to Is. per wick and barrel cheaper. In oats or oatmeal no alteration was observable. English beans were steady, but Egyptian receded Is. per quarter. On Indian corn we reduce our quotations :a per quarter. NEWARK, MA% ?J.—Then] Wag an improved demand for beet English wheat at market to-dav, at last week's price+. The weather having become warm, malting barley was l s . per qr. lower. Oats barely supported previous rates. Beans also a dull sale. NUM:MT, MAY 30.—The supply of wheat for this day's market was mostly of inferior goslity for which there WWI no demand. For wheat tit for consumption there was a fair demand at nearly the prices of last week. trIDRIDGX, Mar 30.—The weather continues fine and as the grain trade is consequently dull the maniples on offer are not many and but few of them change hands. Only the best parcels of wheat are saleable. Spring corn is a slow sale without change in value. EDINBURGH, MAY 29.—Wc had in the market today 1,125 qrs. wheat, 416 barley, 1,065 oats, and 159 beans. There were sold—Wheat, 850 qrs. • barley, 264 ; oats, &57 ; and beans, 157 qrs. As compiled with lad week— Wheat was 2s. 9d. down co top, and 9d. up on average. Barley was 2a. down on top, and 2s. bd. down on average. Oats were 3d. down on top, and 4d. up on average. Beans were 6d. up on top and Is. 3d. down on average. Prices per imperial qr. :—Wheat, 365. Od. to 63e. 9d. ; barley, Ms. 0,1. to 43e. Od. ; oats, 25e. Od. to 345. Od. ; beans, 325. al. to 50s. Od. Weight of top—Wheat, 64i11w. ; barley, 5741 be. ; oats, 4511:a. ; beans, 67}lbe. CATTLE.—EDINBUItGIi, MAT 29.—Supplies of cattle rather less, and of sheep more than last week. Demand much the same, with no alteration in prices, and a clear ance barely effected. Extreme top price —Beef, Ba. per imperial stone ; cunent top, 7s. la to 7s. 9d. ; secondary and inferior, 6s. to 7s. Top price best sheep in wool, 84d. per lb. ; °arrest, 841. ; top price best clipped, 74d- ; current, 7d. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Noes Pas- Mer- Total, Total, RAILWAYS open senors thandlas 1061 1860 Week ending May 10. E. E E C Antwerp & Rotterdam — 176 47 1,063 le.l East Anglian London, Tilbury, & South end Extendon - 1,102 178 1,2E0 1,130 Week ewt117.151fti....0. • • • S. Aust. & Lombanto.‘ eft. Month Anat. Line) (Lombardo Line) Central Italy Branch Plalsance to &login:— 91 1,810 910 2.756 2,835 Week ending May u. Seifert & N. Counties.. Cork and Yonghal Week ending May 25. North Eastern Sambre and Meuse Stockton snd Darlington — 1,417 0,439 7,6111 7,1.35 West Flanders Week ending Ma) 26. Bristol and Euter Eastern Counties Lon.,Chothani. and Loner Midland North British Scottish Central Shropshire Union Week ending May 27. Belgian Eastern Junction .1004 14,849 28,356 48,108 27,196 . IS6 2,914 1,933 4,/57 3,121 136 1,129 785 1,914 3,913 24 166 70 146 - 4,317 2.736 7,053 7,369 ne 11,496 12,704 28,200 26,(..4 601 1,143 102 1,416 :00 6144 16,952 26,265 43,617 41.315 11/o2 2.405 4,107 6.612 6 . 3 78 1.464 2,025 3,479 3,2 29k 340 630 1,U70 201 123 l7 300 310 WEATHER REPORT. THURSDAY, MAY DO, BTO A.M. D. N. D. I D. 1. C I. B. DAMN 29.90 97 54 B.W. 3 3 b 39.04 67 II B.K. 1 11 • 1 Liars 29.9: 69 64 W. 2 1 b 1 Baawic6 29.90 67 55 W. 2 9 0 I .110966669 29.90 50 66 N. 1 6 c 2 IPo9nwsm 50.02 53 62 W. 3 3 b S Samba 29.145 2.9 64 8.0 W. 2 1 m GALWAY . 30.06 69 67 W. 4 9 o 8038946867 . 82 . 29.20 68 54 W.N.W. 1 7 o 1 01T905009 30.0167 63 R. 1 9 0 1 VALMITIA.. 30.11 60 66 N.N.W. 1 6 b 4 Q 17110411701111 10.06 69 67 N. 1 6 c 1 Y 8930020 Lamm 29.91 10 63 N. N.K. 1 1 b Dorn —. POILTSWOOTI MVO 61 bs N.W. 3 6 in 1 10.00 16 63 N.W. 1 1 m 1 Psn3oorl 80.05 00 66 W.N.W. 2 3 c 3 34.07 33 66 N.W. 1 9 o 3 J 11597 10.04 64 68 W.N.W. 3 4 e 1 COPF2IHA6III 2910 AS 56.8. 1 3 b 1 Hawn 29 98 67 16.8. • 11 u 4 BIM 3007 66 N. 1 4 c 2 168201ne 29.97 W.P.W. 2 9 0 6 1.16901 30.00 63 N.N.W. 6 6 c 2 ItIIPLANAIioN. E.—Barometer corrected and reduced to 112 deg. at mesa see level : each 10 feet, of vertical rise, causing about ono-hundredth Ot SO Inch diminution: and each 10 deg., 69026 d5g., cawing . MaLAN WS. 8.. _ _ correeted aud reduced level : Nicht° feet, of vertical rise, catudns of on Inch diminution : and each 10 deg., above 32 sourly these hundredths Increase. —Exposed in dodo. IL—Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew point). D.—Direction of wind (true—two points k/i of Etas ustio). I.—lota (1 to 12—estimatetil. C.—Cloud (1 to 0. InitUU: h, blue sky . c, clouds (detached) .f, fog; It, ha il; I, lightning: to, mist, Mary): o, overcast vial) ; r, oslu;s,snow, t, thunder. 8. Bea-disturhanc• (I to 9). VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Bruce, from Calcutta fur Liverpool, April 10. lat. 7 8 . len. 16 W. Bury St. Edmunds, May 27, lat. 40 N., lon. 7 W. Chill, from OMR,' for London, April IL lat. 30.20 R., lon. 16.20 W. Derwenf._froin Moulmein fur Falmouth, March 18, lat. 25 8., lon. 00 11, • . . Lira Steward. from Manilla for Queenstown, April 1, lat. 35 S., lon. 19 E. Ercline, from Bombay for London. March FL lat. M V., low 3 4 E. Francis ilents, from Portland Bay for London, Match 19, 15t.:... 30 5., Inn. 92.40 W. liolyrood, from Calcutta for London, March 13, lat. 10 S., le. _ e4l._ _ _ _ _ . . _ . . _....._.... Threl:f the Sonth, from Tasmania for London, April I°, lat. 30. 2011.. lon. 14120 W, Ivanhoe, from Calcutta for London, May 10 lat. 40.10 N., lou. 20 W. Jabez Snow. from Calcutta for I.nn,lon. tat. MI ft., ton. 14 K Morn . l . ol4ton, from London for Bombay, March 20, lat. 1 N., b.o. 21 W. - Owen Glendower, from Melbourne for London, April 12. La. %0. - 90. S., ion. 1020 W. . . Trent, Ones 21441m4 for Lnudno, April 23, lat. 4 N., inn. ti W. Wilhelm Kirehner 'Oldenburg barque;, from Rangoon for ni• mouth 45 days, March 24. THREE YOUNG WOULD-DE ASHASSINA. —The SewGlom Mercury states that a few days previously three pupils disappeared from the gymnasium at Munich. It was known that they haul expressed their intention of assami• tutting the three "oppressors of the Pope." vie-, the Em peror Napoleon, Victor Emmanuel, and Garibaldi. They wrote to their relations from Verona. but there they were stopped and brought back. The leader of these young con spirators had run away on a similar errand a veer before. None of them was more than fifteen years old, but they had funds amounting to 100 florins to assist them in canying out their simple and amiable little project. 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Esq., to Maria, daughter of T. B. Duprey, Esq., .4 Frye. CLUTTERBUCE —LU ARIE. May 27, at St. Ilan's. 11.,1 BYl,llllllOn. by the Per. D. Oiletidge, the Rev. J c. Clutl ,l * buck. in Julia Mary. daughter of the tate C. F. Laurie, 1". ILEI.C.'s Sashay Military Service. DEATHS. BATTY.—May 24, at Great Malvern, Worcester, the Rev. V. BItADDOI.—May in, at Lewes crescent, Batty, aged 911. Sue. daughter of W. Bradlah, Esq., in the fourth / r.l. her ago. "RIBIL—May ft at Wlckdroad. Hackney, Mr. A. freq.. ancil'l.• HATIIICRLT.—May 26. at Thomaa-street, Stoke's Croft, 1.:04 01 . Elisabeth, wife of Mr. J. 'fatherly, aged G.S. JOHLS.—May at Eldon Luslre. I moduli" S. Jones. Esl• ard 79. MO RON.—May of Sarah Ann, wife Mr. W. Robson. of Mate cheater, a & ged V Brighton. Fanny' r.dhel Mated sad Publishedby waataarilicriAiies.ol_.s°-el• lausbsel-street, In Um aq a imam. maw. 'WM"' r"mhard•struet, la She ?mind a %%lactase. 7910•3, MAT 31, 1801. / P. rap Pa • far Ock, 1P PZ MI win R 22; eabli ton. 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