The Express. — London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY, MARCH 1. mat lordships met at Beaks& PRI VATS BUSINESS. The Hatton Cok6ew Corporation Estates Rill, the Cale donian liallways piaaaaellocana Swatch) Hill. and the Glas gow awl Milaagaire Junction Hallway Hill, were wort a Named time. - Lied N BY, in moving for a nnmlier of dorm er:lda Covering light upon the wens Ouse, which the a tt a in" of Italy have ~we through dining the list two yesue euhsral in detail into the various circun.stance. which Ind tea-send in Itais ',nice the pence of Ilavius elargal Sir .1. limb° with having been duped in tho smatter .4 Savoy awl ice, he turmoil to the present e 'edition Of Italy, cod scouted the idea of a united Italy—se idea of very recent growth, and in uppoitien the sentiments id the greatest autherities. Indulging in • mien, criticism of the couiluct of Victor Ememuuel, for hi. duplicity ei supportiug Garibaldi le Sicily and f krwa .14 to. oiling Neples, be pewee. lal ti review the poi ey of the Sardiniau goverument in the Papal Settee, the intrigue.. batters the King of Sardinia aril the Illeublicin party the atrocious cruelties of the Sanliriau troop■ in th e .thrniai, the prvelanatione of General Pinelli, mud the Lite of the reactioeists who had Jared o, rains that newhitel for Fraecis 11., and on one and all of thee., p.-rion. cod things peened forth a torrent of reprobation. In coeclienoo, he communed the mode be which Slit elec. 0004 had been conducted, and oleerved that the universal steerage pra:thial in then saes sham, and that the electors lend been inti 11l i . label hr the presence of revolutioeary intake. lie ilclaitued against the inouasisteecies of Lord John Knoell, the whole of whose policy he never* ate tacked, u,.1 besoiedit the house not to be led away with the the that the Italians eared asythine for English sympathy. Lor.l 'NE said that it appeared to him the spveti of the noble marquis required seareely air - reply from ens lied representing her Majesty's government, tor the 'edit. marquis had said almost nothing ma to the uonduet ..f the mivernment. If her Majesty'. government veined that the Italians might succeed, it was simple be muse the elate of Rely awe the treaty of 1815 hal bra most diegenius and uasatisfactory. They bad not niter fend, pat tly because they bed not wen their way toe better settlement, and partly because they had not thought it nen to meddle with the internal concerns of another country. Hitt now that that treaty was disturbed by the war which France had male, their wish was that a more satisfact. iry arrangement might be come to. bleoilas, had there hero no intei fetters before! Did n o t the grad power in len deteriiiirie on nuuNhiog an army into Naples for the purpose, as was said, of restoring order? And had that result bees anisfactory ? Her Napery's government hoped that if the Italians were left to settle their owe affairs, the result might be to remove the peril which had menaced Kirov., 1. or So many years. (Hear.) It might be said that the prineipk• of independence had been interfered with, sail so doubt there had beat exceptions, such as the CUM' of Belgium and that of Greece ; hut, notwithstanding thee. eeceptions, be believed that the doctrine of every govern. meet in this weary was that there should be no tote:fur once with the internal repetitious of other powers— that we should not easstitute ounalves into ma Areoipagus, and, seder the plea of restoring ceder, prevent the settlement by each satiate of its owe Wham (Heim hear.) Whether we should plea, the grained, of the of Italy it was not for him to say, thatch he believed the policy of the country was appreciates! at the presest moment in Italy; but he did honest that the noble marquie should look without • mark of sympathy upon efforts which he be lieved had never been surpassed by those of any people or at any period. (Lend chairs.) The Earl of HALMb.IHtIiY mid the lad words of the noble lord hail emanated the sprains be had long enter tained, that it we impassible for any tooth lord to express his opinions on the abject of Italy if those °pinned did not agree iu every tittle with whet was commonly said on the subje ct , wi th out runnin g th e r i s k o f b eing c h arge d w i t h • want e. sympathy fur the efforts which the Italians were making for the recovery of their independence sod their liberty. IHear, hear.) He (the noble earl/ boil the liePri• ems of ltd. , quite as mach at heart sow as when be was as sethusisetie youth travelling is that country just after having left school. But ha must loth at the fact. as they were. He meat regard them in a poli• tical and not in a poetical light ; for they were sot sitting on the 'tinny slopes of Parnassus, but as the dewy benches of parliament. (laughter.) It was somewhat unfair to Marge the noble marquis with lack of sympathy with the Itriliane. He had panted many years in that country ' • he was intimate with noisy of its principal statesmen ; he bail teen employed by her Majesty as envoy in cue of its courts, and he h ul naturally • peewee! predilection for many of the faniiiiee which bed suffered. The noble marquis's hel ixes, therefore, were quite *Notifiable ; and the complaints be bed made of • want of septicaemia in the papers which had bees laid no the table were equally so. It was said that the *obi' lord at the head of foreign affairs hail latterly diecouniged that redundancy of papers which seed to prevail ; bat the noble lord might here put bin veto on despatch writing altogether, to judge from the Mee book on the table. Wei there, for instance, no owes speedist• ea the siege of Gaeta, either with the Sardinian ens the beech governnact ? Really, thus *obis lord seemed to have thisseil the papers in • manner the revers.- of that is which they thinned their woods—be seemed to have cut set ',scythe*" that was large and important, sad left only the soma and insignifisent timber mewling. (Laughter and ' sheen.) It was strange that there were no despatches from Sir J. Hods= and Mr. Elliot on the subject of the election., the morel feeling of the people, mid the like. He spoke ' from experience when he said that the complaint used to be that those gentlemen went too much, rather than ton little, into detail upon such subjects. The noble lord said that he wished the Italians to chose their own government and to father their owe acts. If by that he meant that the independence of the peninsula should be established, he perf e c tly agreed with him ; but be could not agree that dt should be done by the formation of one Italian nationality. The fact was there were no two nations in Europe MOTO opposed to each other in tastes and feelings, and eves in race, than the Neapolitan, awl the Piedmontene. (Hear hear.) The cobra lord said that Lord John Rut sell MIS not for the unification of Italy • hut that be thought two kingdoms would be more desirable thee the. Bet whatever might be the noble lord's views, there was no doubt that, willingly or otherwise, his policy Ind led to a diametrically different result from that of which he proposed to approve. From the beginning Sar dinia had shows the cloves fool He (Lord ilarsesbury) did sot teeth •eyti • y uncivil to Sanlinia—(laughter)—but what he math was, that while the talk was of patriotism and libmathea, the eie,ea e&lefambitioo end annexation hadpeeped out. In 185 d, wilMi (Lord Mahnesbury) had th them theta niailL tithe Weems e_Faidiaioopenl front yshowed ta ttint evpr Laded on the Yet so en.deitinv G ed ana, •• village. and small I • I 1 rt. was no donbetant Shell eilFelifildM • r 1. . • • • • ant erre the begins* of he • wry 1 , .11 so akimbo's the dream of """ I •,_ t i I ref- • A talibinipt was made to ""` n g'"' • !'ire • I) s••• Int fariessitoly that was pra.eut k .. . failitaram to eummenee • war prick • . • I sided • Austria, beginning at the t ll staillbas happened two years rater. Ailed elated that he had no intentions of seperdii. meet. tut that hie Nora object was eyrie I viol Italy. Their lordships knew, 3 what followed, whether Count Caviler hod Itemise. Their lordships recollected bow w relent • Europe trembled at the im peril ect of • great and enamel war. The la "everyman did what they could to prevent. or to at least localise it, by persuading Gernonly not to involve herself ton early. Then the Austrians broke the peace, soil the war followesh He (lard Malrombury) believed the battle of Solferino we for Europe • most providential vic tory if victor.. it could he called. It waa a most fortunate inspiration which impelled the Emperor of the French to select that moment for negotiations. His uncle, or a km wise man, would not have takes so prudent a step. He therefore called the peace of Yillafrinea a most providen tial event; fuel if Austria del not do all that some amid have Impel, tie' treaty at least secured the happier." of the north of Italy. But Sardinia wee disappoieted of what it expected would have been its prey, and left so means untried to prima the airsneeme.nt firm being carried out. It put all W sovereigns of Italy ins dilemma, or rather • trilernms. (Laughter.) Either it said, "You are foreign.-re, and therefore you meat turn out." Or it said, " You have rimmed Lolly." Or, lastly "If von are neither a iOSSIMMT 1101 have governed ill - -which was the awe with the Ouches. of Parma, them whom nobody had %overeat better " if you are open to neither objective. you meet goo . or there veal i.e n, unift.stion." Muir, beer.) He must say that althouth the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs may have wished is his own mind to divide Italy into two rarts, he found it impossible to accomplish that object- He (Lord Malmeshury) had said that the fording in this country was very strop; on the inilijeet ; he did sot weeder at it —he did not weeder that the feelings of a people so food of liberty as ours should he with the Ita lia..., but, as he mid before, aidepencleary from foreigners was a prieriple always to be supported. (Hear, hear.) As to the iiiimitien of Italian unity, many peewee, hal bees most extbusiatic, wed many misitakea, in thinking thin the Italians were oat awl the same race. He hal seen politician., pkibuthropists, and moralists a i l s l rejoicing at this Italian clapped their n et,i; end th...."Pa" of C u l: t o r ra y ld ask t i e Philos to the same thee : th • te whether they thought it would add to the happi sae of mankind to form another of throe great military camps which in his opinion were the of the greet pests of thit age. After his thislefrised (Lard Wodshouse) bad told the bone that be eine not defending all the sets of the King of Sardinia as te what may probably have he beaches of international law, he should say nothing no that point. A. he said belary, teethe could feel • stronger sem. pithy with the Italisa thou he did, but if la might say nee weal to them "Trust yourselvee, end au other remake.. (Hear, hear .) They would never he imiejendeet if they beat wpm foreign aid. They might =I upon it that if lealy was to be an iodependeet • it would he as esethery fur her existence that she Anna have a_poererfal °enemy es one side se Frame as the ether. (rasa hear.) Lewd LLANOVER mid. as far ac he could judge, set ally from hie visit to Naples on the oceaoon referred to. but else from having hem frequently anion them, earl hearing the feeling , of the Italian people generally, he meet ray his noble treed wee embody wrong in shoo;; tint their feelings were violated in any way waterer on the ramie* alluded Mt es the eestrary, them were grog re joicings on that occasion. With regard to the presence of the French Beet at Gaeta he felt perfectly certa‘n that were it not for that circumstance, Gaeta must have fallen at a much earlier periml, and all that great effibion of blood and that reactionary movenieut which was spreading through the country, would not have taken place. With reference to another paint, the confiscation of the propert• of the royal family of Naples, the noble lon I the Seer for Foreign Affairs protested as far as be could against that act, and wrote a despatch to Turin expressing a hope that no proposition of that kind would be carried out. The noble lord said ale, that there wait 110 feeling wliiit• ev e r for Euglantl existing in Italy. Ile (Lord I.lanover) never saw any feeling more string from Naples to Turin in favour of Great Brit du. The people of Italy did not wish us to rush into war, but they knew very well we hail sympathy for them, and they knew also that the expression of th o se feelings, whether within the walls of the Euglish legislature or throughout the collet; v. would have great effect in Europe. He wohed at thin moment there was no int ion if there was not, depend upon it Italy would soon settle down and be quiet ; and he hoped now, from circumstances which had taken place within the last few days, that an illustrious personage wool,! see that it was impossible to please two portico so opposite to each other, awl that be must either go with the ultnimontane party or o with his people. But of this he was quite sure, that if they left the Italians to themselves, and allowed them to manage themselves, they would make use of those benefits which Giel Almighty had given them, but of which hitherto thepoto heti deprived them. (Hear, bear.) The Marquis of NORMANBY briefly replied. He wanted to know if his noble friend, who wished there was no inter vention at Naples, had not °boomed any intervention there in the shape of the English Legion, an d did he not know they were encouraged by the English government. [Lord LLINOVEIt- lam not aware of it. Then he must say his noble friend's knowledge of Napa was not worth much. Perhaps his noble friend was not aware either that though there were 500,1.00 inhabitants in Naples, all that came for ward out of the number to show their sympathy for Gari baldi by joining the legion was just $O. The noble marquis concluded by sayieg that he should accept the papers in the modified form agreed to by his noble friend (Lord Wode bowie). The motion, as amended, wee agreed to. Their lordellips adjourned at 8 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FaiDAY, MAILCH 1. The SPLICE' took the dud: of Are minutes before four o'cluck. PRIVATE 817111N1216. The Bristol Cheenel Pilotage Bill was read a wood time. THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Sir W. GALLWEY opposed the motion. The Westmin ster Improvement Commissioners were originally an un common huikliogsocietv, who had got their affairsiotoa most disgraceful state ;and iaterreinairung in that state for • Qua. sidenible time thin bill had been introduced to put an end to it; but the :ation referred to in the measure ought to be dealt with in a public bill, and not in a private one. The commissioners were appointed to make these so called improremeuts. but though the object was a public cos tie act was passed to confer private profit and advantage : After years of mismanagement, a billwaeia lifillpassed,minng the Cuiumissicaters power to hese beads i. 4 - am - oust they might think proper, and resting on no security whatever, be under' the ma embalmers had exercised their power of issuing boo& to a large extent, both by public auction and otherwise. The bill before the house recommended that the bondholders should appoint twol commissiooers, and that Moment commissioner, should select two; but that would be like tandem two dogs and two cats ioto one room. They amid set agile. It was very desirable that the present dimpoodial state of things should not exist any longer, and he lisped the government would do their best to put an end to it. He begptl to move that the bill be read a wood time that day six mouths. Mr J. SHELLEY thought the bill should be read a emceed time, and then be referred to a select committee up stairs. He feared the bondholders bad lost the whole of their money ; but it was of no use looking back. The question was, what should they do with this matter ; and he believed the object of the bill was to enable certain com missioners to deal with the property, and to put an end to the pressat state of things. Mr. T. MILLER thought if this bill were not read a woad time it would be a public calamity, and therefore be trusted the house would not object to do so. Mr. COWFFIL mid the hon. barooet bad stated no rea son why the bill should not be read a second time. It was tree the government advanced 50,000/., the object of the ecomininiorrere being a public improvement, but no control over tbe fund was reserved to the First Commissioner of Public Works. If the whole worse of proceedings of the Impeovernont Commissioners had been a series of blunders it might be natural that the bondholders should be glad to make other persons responsible to them ; bat he did not see that any other course was open to the parties than that pro posed, to read the bill a 'wood time and then refer it to a select committee. After some further cooversation Sir W. GALLW EY withdrew his amendment, and the bill was read a mood times PUBLIC BLIMPS & EXCLUSION OF HINDOOS FROM OFFICE. _ _ Colonel STEIN asked the first Lord of the Treesnry whether the goverment considered that the 87th section of the Act 3 end 4 Will, 4,0.1 E% which enacts "That no native of the said territories (India), nor any eatural.born subject of his MajesaFaident therein, shall, by reason only of hie religion, of birth, descent, colour, or any of them, be disabled holding any place, office, or em ployment under the said company , " was applicable only to the eimiamoo of natives into the service of the East India Company, and not into the service of the crown; sad whether her Majesty's subjects residing in India bed or had net the same rights now as they had under Use East Judie Company, and which her Majesty's subjects polesend residing elsewhere. Lord PALMERSTON—My opinion la, that the claims of her Majesty's subjects in India for employment in the public service have not been in any way affected by the transfer of the govcrnment from the East India Company to the crown. (Hear, hear.) UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM. Mr. FLN WICK naked the Searetary of State for the Home Department whether the attention of her Maiestv's government had been turned to the eodowmenta to the hands of the (*Diversity of Durham, and the educational reaulta,shown by a return recently presented to that house ; and whether it wee intended to take any steps in con sequence. hir G. C. LEWIS said be should be prepared at an early day, and before Easter, to ask leave to introduce a bill smiler to the act pained for the reform of the Universities of Orient and Cambridge. DPWRAHOHISED BOROUGH& Berl . State for the Hesse Department whether her Majesty s government were prepared to recommend parltameet to visit any conati- Miseries which had been aI late or might be hereafter con victed of gross bribery and corruption with the same pun ishment as bad already bees awarded to the now dndran ebised boroughs of Sudbury and St. Albans. Sir G. C. LEWIS add that with regard to Gloucester mad Wakefield he bad alreedystated the house bad made an order that so writ should he Wiled for either of those borough. withoet a week's motto,. Therefore it would be competent for any hoe. gentleman who wished that those boroughs should proceed to elect members to give wiles, in order that the writs might be issued. In the abeeeee of such notice the franchise would remain suspended. With respect to the borough of Berwick-on-Tweed he had referred to the law officers of the crown, to ascertain their opinion whether they would recommend any prosecution founded on matters contained in the report of the committee. FUNDS OF THE COURT OF CHAN CERY. Mr. DMIRAELI said that he washed to ask ■ question relative to the royal commission recently appointed to in. quire into the custody and management of the funds of the Court of Chancery. The question was one which concerned • very large amount of private property, and respecting the appropriation of which no communication bad been made to parliament. The commission consisted of two cabinet ministers, • member of that hones—highly honourable, but an unflinching supporter of the present government —a registrar of the l'ourt of Chancery, a clerk of the Treasury, and Sao solicitors. Were it not for the same of Lewd Kingsilosrn that commission might be looked at with unmodified apprehension. Ile ssisbed to ask the go verameet whether th.v could inform the house of theobject of this royal commission which her Majesty bad been ad "toed to inn*. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER raid the right hon. geutleseas had inserted into bin question by • skilful coeetruabie• of language a strong opinion, which might carry a note at intern relation ut the cud of it ; and in that opinios he 3tated that were it Dot fur the name of Lord kingalown the communion might excite feelings of nom°. apprehension, including as it did the names of two soliciton, and denting with matters undoubtedly at for dis cussion at an opportune moment by the House of COIN. mom, but which could not he dealt with at the present time. The general object of the commission had • twofold source. in the first place, there were questions of public interest and importance connected with the custody and management of the funds of the Court of Chancery which hid formed the subject of inquir e before committees of the House of Commons at pre vious periods. He saw before him • right hon. gentleman who bad been • member of • committee which =We impor tant recommendations with respect to the management of those fund. The recommendations of the committee had remained in great part without effect, hut they appeared to the government to be very proper subjects for further con sideration. But besides that full inquiry there was the re port of &nether commissioe, on the concentration of the law coolie as • BIN mar Lincoln'n inu.fields. That report emleaced an exceedingly important recommendation with respect to the appropriation of certain monies which formed part of the funds of the Court of Chancery. The govern ment were of opinion the appropriation of these foods could hardly take place without entailing certain public liabilities. There would be other guarantees or liabilities no the consolidated toad in more than one form connected with the erection of these new law courts. It was, there. for., evidently in the public interest as well as is the in terest of the suitors to ascertain, and the present appeared to be • desirable time for secertaieing, whether the maisage mast and custody of the funds were on the best footing. :XPREI3B, SATURDAY EVENISTO, MARCH 2. 1861. MTERNAL AFFAIRS OF ITALY. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Sorrotorf of State for Foreign Affairs whether her Majesty's govarassat were of opinion that, sow that the first Italian parliament had assembled for the transaction of business and had unanimously voted to the King of Sardinia the title of King of Italy, there was any reason or necessity for the eppointment of any congry., as had been suggested by Frooch government, to settle the internal affairs of Italy. Lord J. RUSSELL said that there was no proposition before the Fuveroment, emanating from any of the govern meats of Europe, fur a congress on the affair of Italy. When any such proposition WAS made it would be the duty of her Majesty's guverumeut to consider it. (Laughter.) fff.:(3l , ATioN WOOSI NG, SHANGHAL Mr. WHITE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether be had received intelligence by the last China mail of the occupation of Wowing fin the port of Sbanghae) by the rebels; and whether such occupation would induce her Majesty's government to modify its policy, and cause it to adopt and carry out the principle of non•mter vention as between the insurgents and the imperial govern ment of China. Lord J. lICSSELL mid that her Majesty's government had not received any authentic information by the last mail from China of the occupation of Woosiug by the rebels. The only letter received from Shanshae was from the Hon. Captain Foley, and it dbl not mention the occupation of Wooeing by the insurgents. With regard to the latter part of the question, whether her Majesty's government would modify its policy in order to try out the principle of non intervention between tho insurgents and the lioperial government of China, he had to say that her Majesty's government never varied from that policy, and did not in tend to vary from it, but were determined to remain entirely neutral. ABOLITION OF PASSING TOLLS. Mr. FEN WICK asked the President of the Board of Trade if her Majesty's government were prepared to bring in • bill to give effect to the repeated recommendations that have been made for the abolition of passing tolls. Several committees had sat upon this subject, but nothing practical had yet been accompliabed. In 1852 the matter came under discussion in that house, and • very general opinion was then expressed in favour of doing away with passing tolls. A royal commission was afterwards appointed to inquire generally into the local charges upon shipping. They visited the different porta and made a report recommending that paring toile should be immediately done away with. A bill was subsequently introllaW, but it did not ►meet with approval bemuse its object had not been confined to the subject of passing tolls. A second measure, however, was brought in in 1837, which passed a aecond reading and was supposed to 1* referred to a select committee, bet no committee ever sat upon it, sad there the matter now rested. Mr. If. GIBSON said the bon. member for Sunderland had, on a former evening, asked him whether the govern ment intended to introduce any mount* to give effect to the recommendations of the merchant shipping committee which eat last session. lie stated, in reply, that the government bad prepared the bills, one of which would deal with many of the recommendations of that committee, and the other would deal, among other subjects, with the question to which the hon. member now referred. This was not a fitting occasion to discuss either the justice or the policy of passing tolls, or to explain the provisions of the bill about to be in troduced on that subject, but at the beginning of next week be would give notice of the day when he would ask for leave to bring in that hill. COLLEISILY ACCIDENTS. Mr. DILLWYN tow to call iliiciitTnatOn of the house to the frequent recurrenceand magnitude of colliery accidents. and to the importer= at the fittest persons being on all occasions selected as colliery inspectors ; and to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the candidates for the inspectorship. of coal mines were subjected to a competitive examination as to fitness for such oaks ; and. if so, whether Mr. J. P. Baker, the recently appointed inspector of collieries for the district of South Staffordshire, was subjected to such examination, and pronounced qualified for the olio, by the examiners. FELLOWSHIPS AT TRINITY OOLLEGX. Mr. POLLARD ÜBQUHAST the. row pnr a uaot to notice to call the attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the circrumetanees under which Mr. Stirling, the senior wrangler at Cambridge in the year 1860, haddeclined to compete for a Trinity fellowship. He said be believed only one single instance had occurred in which a senior wrangler had faded in obtaining a fellowship, but Mr. Stirling wee prevented from competing because he happened not to be • member of the church of England, but • member of the Presbyterian church, of which his father was • minister. Mr. Stirling, however, frequently attended church, and had actually communicated, but he did not acme to be tied down by formularies, more swe atily when by so doing he might be supposed to be actuated by interested motives. A Trinity fellowship was looked upon not as • means of obtaining a stipend, but as • reward for past attainments, and he might mention that Lord Macaulay, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wensleydale, the prment Chief Baron, and other eminent men, had held it. But he did not call the attention of the house to the matter so much for the sake of Mr. Stirling as to point out the in justice of the law. Mr. STBI7ART said, before the right hon. gentleman answered the question, he trusted he might be allowed to state what he knew of this case. After the hon. member for Westmeath called attention to it last year, he made it his tattiness to inquire into the circumstances, and he was informed that for years Mr. Stirling had been a communi cant, and had regularly attended service in the church, and it was believed by his friends that he would come forward for a fellowship ; but the hon. member for Westmeath having called the attention of the house to the subject, Mr. Stirling, although he was a member of the church of Eng and, and did not wish to leave its communion, yet con sidered that if he came forward under such circumstances, it would be said that he did so from interested motives. APPOINTMENT OF MR. JEPP AS DISTRIBUTOR OF STAMPS FOR ABERDEEN. Mr. STEUART proceeded to say that be would now call the attention of the house to the appointment of Mr. Andrew Jepp to the office of distributor of stamps fur the Aberdeen district. It appeared somewhat remarkable that on the motion fur adjournment it should be the dutyof two private members of the house in one night to call attention to the mode in which in two recent cues the Treasury bad exercised its patronage. The appointment of Mr. Jepp as distributor of stamps for Aberdeen appeared to him to be a stronger and more objectionable cue than that men- Mooed by the bon. member for Swansea. Mr. Andrew Jepp was • young man, and was re markable for no peculiar qualification. He was employed in the office of his father at the time that this valuable appointment of MO/. a year was conferred upon him. It appeared that two gentlemen of expenence in the Inland Revenue-office were candidates teethe appointment, and as one of them was of the same political opinions as hon. gentlemen opposite it might have been supposed that he would have had the appointment. The county of Aber deen wee agitated for no lees than from six weeks to two months on an election question, and he had occasion last week to ask whether government had received any inform,- ties of no lees than three riots at polling places, at which a number of persons sustained serious injuries. In con nexion with the election Mr. Andrew Jep p, was an active and zealous partisan ; be addrewd meetings, and, without saying that he countenanced riotous proceedings, he was certainly mie of the party in whose favour those riots were got up. His father was the head , 1 election agent of the district, and the only inference he (Mr. Steuart) could draw was that it was out of gratitude for the services of the father that the son hail this valuable office conferred upon him. Sir G. C. LEWIS said he was ignorant of the circuity striates to which the hon. member for Westmeath (Mr. Pollard-Urquhart) had alluded, and, supposing the case to be as the hon. member had stated it, be merely gave an example of the operation of the suiting law. Under the existing law a person who was not • member of the church of England could not be • fellow of • college. The house Lad recently legislated on the ques tion of the University of Cambridge, and a commission had recently sat which had mode lawtent changes in the con stitution of the colleges, and some in the constitution of the university, and it was open to the hon. gentleman or to any other hon. member to bring the question before the house with • view to alter the law, but he did not see that any thing was to be pined by merely calling attention to the opemtioe of the law as it stood. With regard to the colliery inspector of South Staffordshire, he had been recom mended by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, and was, he believed, a at and practical person, though not • scientific or literary man. The LORD ADVOCATE defended the appointment of Mr. Topp, whose family held a high position in the county and who was • fit and proper person for the office. He took the opportunity to deny certain statements connected with the late riots at Aberdeen. THE ASSMISED PROPERTY AND INCOME TAXES. Sir M. FARQUH AR—in asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether be was aware that a document headed. "The immediate payment required," calling for payment of armed property and income taxes, due at Christmas last, and suggesting the discharge in advance of taxes due on the 20th March next, bad been issued in certain districts in London ; and by whose authority such a document had been I circulated—said the day before yeaterdey this singulardocii meat was left at his house. It required the immediate I payment of three quarters assessed taxes, and suggested that it would save trouble if they were paid up to the 20th March. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was much obliged to his hon. friend for giving him this oppor. tunity of answering the question in the bowie. His hoe. friend mentioned the matter to him in the course of yesterday evening, but he had not been able to obtain *be fullest information in the short time which had elapsed. Of the document referred to he knew nothing whatever, but under the present system of law the direct taxes of the country were not assessed and levied—with certain exceptional cases —under the authority of the Queen's government, but under thatof local and independent authorities. and it was under the immediate instruction of the local and independent authori ties that the circular mentioned by the hon. gentleman hail been issued. His hoe. friend bed required an explanation of the document of the collector, and he. no doubt with per fect propriety, said he had received it from the secretary of the tax.oltice, in Red Lion-square. If the hon. gentleman wanted the exact information it could be obtained, but it wee clear that it had been issued by a local officer, and not an offices sating wider the me ren's government . (Hear, hear.) As to the &mad for a collection of a quer tor's income tax under schedule A (which fell due in Deeem- I her) in the present quarter, instead of waiting until the half-yearly collection in April, his hon. friend would remember that that was a proceeding taken un der the instructions of the revenue department, those instructions being in conformity with the law passed last year. It would also be in the recollection of the hon. gentleman that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) in his statement to the house showed that he required a certain amount of money to be raised to square the accounts of the country at the end of the year. Two methods were sag gested to obtain Oat end. The hon. gentleman said it was not agreeable to be required to pay a quarter's taxes three months earlier than usual. No doubt that was so. (Hear, hear.) But, as be had stated, two methods of proceedi ng were suggested ; one was, whether th e gove r nmen t s h collect the income tax at the rate of TA. in the pound at the end of the half-year in September; and the other was whether it would not be better to collect it in three quar terly payments. The three quarterly payments were adopted instead of that of one half-yearly payment. Now, although it was not agreeable to pay in January what was usually paid in April, yet it was agreeable to pay in January what might have been required in O c t o b er (Hear, hear.) As to the invitation given by the notice, to pay • quarter's tax in 'denim, he begird leave to declaim all re simnst.ibtility whatever , and h e the author iti es iestb " knew no th ing of m ol B 7t. He objected to any payment being required in advance, because it would entirely disarrange hisetaliaions for the year. He greatly regretted that such instructions had been issued by any local officer, and it, would lead to some difficulties if it were acted upon. He strongly deprecated the proceedings. (Hear, bear.) The notice might have been sent through a esire to @see trouble. It was sometimes done in country districts in the collection of the poor-rate. It was no doubt in perfect good faith, and without any intention of coin-. mitting an irregularity. It would be seen, however, that the notice had not been sent by any officer acting under the Queen's government, and he would endeavour to pre vent such a document being issued again. (Hear.) Lab) inttlitgaut. —.— HOUSE OF LORDS.-MARCH 1. APPEALS. BROOK B. BROOK. In this appeal, involving the question of the validity of a roan with deceased Wife's sister in a foreign coun• try, the arguments were brought to a conclusion, and She further ceusideration of the case postponed. EQUITY COURTS.—lehaul 1. (Before the Master of the Rolla.) F. FORD. The question in this case was whether, under the circum stemma stated below, the defendant, one of the executors of the testator in the cause, was entitled to retain a legacy of 1,0001. bequeathed to him by the will. The testator died in 1652, having nominated two persons, of whom the de• fendant Ford is one, as executors of his will. The other executor obtained probate, but Ford renounced. Seven years afterwards the latter changed his mind, and proved the will. At that period the estate was in the course of administration, but before it had been completed a hill was filed to administer the estate under the court, and to that bill Ford was made a defendant as the executor of the tes tator, and as such be now claimed the legacy in question. His claim, however, was opposed, on the ground that his formal renunciation of the executorship precluded him from all title to the legacy, notwithstanding the probate subse quently obtained by him. Mr. Jesse! appeared to oppose the claim, and Mr. South gate to support it. His Honour decided in favour of the claim. The ques tion, be said, depended on the bona•fides of the defendant's mourning the office he had once renounced now. He had proved the will before the duties for the discharge of which he was nominated had been completed, and having fulfilled the obligation in respect of which the legacy was gives, he must be held entitled to retain it. THE RIOTS IN ABERDEENSHIRE. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE wished to explain that be had re ceived a letter showing that Mr. George Murray (the per sou referred to by the Lord Advocate) did not die from diph theria, but from the effecter of injuries inflicted by a brutal mob at Inswery, on the 13th January last. Mr. C. BRUCE said be bad received a newspaper from Aberdeen which gave two certificates of the medical mee, and which actually contradicted the statement of the don. and learned lord, that the death of Murray was occasioned by diphtheria. Doctor Davidson said he considered it to be his public duty to declare that he did not die from that complaint, and Dr. Mitchell stated that such a rumour was utterly untrue. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. C. Brace) would merely observe that they were pro mised a bill this session for the purpose of potting down bribery and corruption, and they should also endeavour to prevent these brutal attacks, and put an end to unmanly intimidation, which took place at elections—in this ease by the party who started a ministerial candidate against h is own consent, for they could not get any one else to come forward. Such conduct as that which took place ought to receive the severest reprehension of parliament. Now as the gentleman appointed to the office of distributor of stamps—an office worth SOU a year—was a eon of the principal agent of the party who had resorted to this gross intimidation, his appointment, to him, smelt very much like a gross job. (Hear, bear.) THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. Mr. BENTINCK sailed attention to the appointment of a commission to examine into the subject of the embank ment of the Thames, and protested against the outlay of general public money on purely metropolitan improvements. Mr. W. COWPER said that the subject on which the commiasion bad to inquire was one of general importance. It was the result of the inquiries of the select committee of last year, which had recommended an embankment of the Thames, but had not entered into the details of any plan, which it was the object of the commission to do. SYRIA. Mr. MONSELL asked whether the noble lord the Secre tary for Foreign Affairs was prepared to lay on the table any further papers relative to the affairs of Syria. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the last paper he had received relative to the affair, of Syria was the convention entered into by the fi ve powers with the Ottoman Porte, sod which had been laid on the table at the commencement of the session. With regard to the negotiations, he could not consistently with the interests of the public service we any information at present, as disci:Woos were still on at Beyrout, Constantinople, and Paris. He ha however, that before Easter, or immediately after, ha should be able to lay oa the table further papers relative to the affairs of Syria, and these papers would metals the reports of the consuls to Sir H. Bulwer. He would take that opportunity to answer part of the question which had been asked him on the previous evening by the hoe. member for Horsham, with regard to the part which had been taken by the French government. The bon. member had asked whether any representation or note had been addressed by the Russian ambassador to the Porte, and whether that note had been supported by the French ambassador. He had no means then of answer ing the question, but Lord Cowley had received from M. de Thouvenel information that the French ambassador had not interfered in any way in the matter, either in seconding the proposal or in giving has opinion. The only thing that the French ambassador did was to express a hope that the re forms promised by the Sultan would be speedily introduced, and that thus the necessity of the meeting of ambassadors which had been proposed by Sir H. Bulwer might be obviated. The motion for the adjournment until Monday was then agreed to. TRANSPORTATION. Mr. CHILDERS raw to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the present system of transportation—its utility, economy, and effect upon cofo• nisation ; and to report whether any improvements could be eflected therein. The HOME SECRETARY assented to the motion, maintaining, at the same time, that the system of se condary punishment now existing in this country was, on the whole, as satisfactory and worked as well as could justly be expected under the complicated difficulties with which all such questions were euvironed. After some remarks from Mr. Hors and Mr. Bunn, the motion was agreed to. BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. Admiral Diiii&iiiiiiroset7,;;;; for • select com mittee to inquire into the constitution of the Board of Admiralty, and the various duties devolving thereon ; also as to the general effect of such system in the navy. He said that the lengthened dismission of last night had in a great mesure foresouled the debates which might otherwise have taken place upon this motion. Admiral WALCOTT seconded the motion. He mid he understood it would not be opposed. He thought it would be impossible to oppose it, without substituting some other inquiry. Discontent had risen to an alarming height in the navy, but he trusted that in the end it would - be found that truth would be made plain, and would prevail, in this question. Lord C. PAGET observed that the present Board of Admiralty had always courted investigation, and intimated that the present motion was brought forward not only with their concurrence, but, to some extent, at their special instance. He challenged the courtesy of Sir J. Pakington in [having interposed • notice of motion on the subject, couched in terms implying • censure on the Admiralty without previously giving to the government the usual in formation of his intention. He vented to the motion. Sir J. PAKINGTON denied that, according - toiL;prae - lice of the house, any independent member was called on to unlike the government acquainted with his intention to bring forward a motion for a select committee, or on any other subject. The charge was preposterous. Regarding the motion before the house, he considered that the principal point of inquiry by the proposed committee related to the very unsatisfactory position of the First Lord as the head of ills Board of Admiralty. Sir F. BARING expected little benefit from the appoint ment of the committee, and contended that in many cases the Admiralty had been unjustly and ignorantly assailed. It had become a habit to drag into public notice every real or supposed fault which the Admiralty committed. Quite as many errors and blunders would, he was persuaded, be found in the management of the French navy, or of private establishments, if they were scrutinised as remorselessly. Mr. HENLEY said that the great object to be attained was to secure in combination a maximum of efflcieocy and responsibility in the Board of Admiralty. Many of the schemes proposed for reforming the system were, in his opinion, delusive, and many of the blunders laid to its charge had not been mortal ; but as the representatives, both of present and defunct boards, concurred in recom mending inquiry, he presumed that the existence of some faults was admitted, and that a reconstruction of the ma chine was thought necessary. The discussion was continued by Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Coniogham, and Sir C. Wood. Mr. DISRAELI deprecated any change of the system which might take the control over the Admiralty out of the House of Commons. After aome - oiecTrTratioos In reply by Admiral BUN COMBE, the motioo wa. agreed to. SALARIES AND PENSIONS. Mr. WHITE moved for a return of all pence. in England, Scotland, and Ireland receiving salaries, pensions, pay profit, fee., emoluments, allowance*, or granta of public money, in the year I WO, the amount of which ex. nods 1501. (the form and particulars to be in conformity with Parliamentary Paper, No. COI. of session 18-19). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested that u the expense of printing the return would he very con siderable, the boo. member should limit it to incomes above 400/. or 509/.. . . . . Mr. WHITE objected to do en, as such a limitation wnuld in his opinion destroy the comparative statistical value of the return. ill; return wu then agreed to. TRAMWAYS (IRELAND). Leave wu given to Mr. Burt to bring in a bill to amend the Tramways (Ireland) Act. The second reading of the Post-office Savings Banks Bill was postponed until Tuesday next. LAW OF FOREIGN COIIIITRIZS BILL This bill was reeds third time Rod paned. The other orders of the day helot; disposed of the home adjourned at twelve o'clock until Monday. CRYSTAL PALACT..—ONZ SHILLING Ala.-FRI DAY, MARCH 1.-AtllitinioDA 00 payme➢t, I,rs9 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,141; total 2,399. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. MARCH 1. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) ROWLAND V. ROWLAND AND PRACOCIL In this part•heard case, which sou reported yesterday, some additional evidence was given, and The Court dissolved the marriage. BRODIE D. BRODIE. Mr. Brodie, a Scotchman, after marrying the respondent, an Englishwoman, went to Australia, in which colony and Tasmania he lived with her for many years. After • time, however. a separation took place, and the petitioner brought his children to England, but Mrs. Brodie remained in the colony. Whilst in this country he heard that she was mis conducting herself, and he therefore went back to Australia to make inquiries in the matter. lie found, as was alleged that the report was true, and, returning to England,heita the present petition. Upon these facts, Sir C. Creswell intimated that a very grave question of law arose, namely, whether the court had jurisdiction. Ultimately the case was directed to stand over in order to enable Dr. Phillimore to produce evidence to prove the petitioner's domicile, and to allow the question of jurisdic tion to be further discussed. DAVY r._ DAVY AND ATVPIELD. The petitioner wee a beaker at Dartmoth, and in 1847 he married, at Gretna-green, the respondent, the daughter of a clergyman in th e seine neighbourhood. He subse quently cohabited with her at Dartmouth and Exeter ; but in March, 1859, the parties executed a deed of separation. After this the respondent went to Bath, and took lodgings, where she received gentlemen. One of these wee stated to ho named Attfield, but no evidence was given to prove his identity with the co-respondent. Dr. Wambey appeared for the petitioner. Dr. Spinks, for the co-respondent, prayed that he be dismissed with costs. _ . _ —..--- ---- --. The Court dissolved the marriage, but directed the peti tioner to pay the costa of Mr. Atttleld. ROBINSON V. ROBINVOR, onnavnse ROBINSON TOWIRS. This was a petition fora diiiolution filed by • wife on the ground of her busheod's adultery and bigamy. The circumstances were somewhat singular. The parties were clandestinely married at Walsall so long ago as November, 1834. The petitioner was then a Miss Fenton, and resided with her friends at Birmingham. The union was never, however, eonsummnted, and there was consequently no issue. The defendant opened • chemist's shop at Birming ham, but he did not stay there very long. In 1836 he filed a bill in Chancery, with a view to obtain pomerrion of his wife's property, but be was defeated because the Master reported that the object of the suit did not appear to be for the benefit of the lady. In November, 1841, he married Mrs. Harriette Bates, • widow, at St. John's, Newcastle upon-Tyne, and he lived with her twelve years. She then human aware of his previous deflexion, and separated from him ; after which she bad married • Mr. Wilaber, and had died a few hours before the muse was beard. The evidence against the petitioner consisted chiefly of the identifi cation of his handwriting in the two marriage re- He had, however, written • very important firer . to Mrs. Wilsher, defending himself from the blame which had been cast upon him for his former mar riage, and alleging that from the first Miss Penton had without the slightest nuns refused to bold the alighted communication with him. He dwelt upon the ruin which the affair had brought upon him, and alleged that for two nights he had not slept in • bed, and that he had been without food for • longer period. Finally he appealed to her to save him if with the approbation of berlatheind. from dying from drier want of the common necemaries life. The court dissolved the marriage. FRENCH r. FRENCH. Mrs. French, the wife of a tallow-chandler in London, sought for a dissolution on the ground of cruelty and adultery. The parties were married in 1847, and the coha bitation lasted till 1853. Long before this date the re spondent had become addicted to habits of intoxication, which induced a series of brutal, unmanly, and disgusting acts. When drunk be would use very bad language towards Ida wife, and sometimes would vomit over her and her child. On one occasion he seized her by tl e throat, and, lifting her off her feet, threw her out of the room. When her child had died and her mother had given her 5/. towards it. funeral, he took the money and spent it on skittles and drink. At length she left him ; and he then wrote to her letters couched in very pious terms, begging her forgivtnees, promising amendment, and reminding her that it was a wicked thing to put asunder those whom God had joined together. She declined, however, to go back to him, and had since supported herself by dressmaking. Mr. Kennedy •ppeared for the petitioner. The court dissolved the marriage. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. - - - HOME CIRCIIIT.—HERTFORD, Menu 1. Both courts sat this morning, Lord Chief Justice Erie presiding in the civil side, and Mr. Justice Wightman in the Crown Court. The cause list was a very meagre one, only gee being entered, one special and four common jury cases, and one of the latter was withdrawn. The OAIIOI tried today were of no public interest. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —NORTU ASIPTON, MARca 1. Mr. Justin Crompton took his seat in the Crown Court at 10 o'clock this morning, and proceeded to charge the grand jury. His lordship then removal to the Nisi Prius Court, and went on with the trial of causes. The Lord Chief Justice arrived from Louden at Dime, and at once commenced the trial of prisoners in the Crown Courts. No case was tried during the day of a nature calling furareport. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—ReADINO, MARCH 1. The commission for these f 1.34811 WWI opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Justice Blackburn and Baron Wilde in the new County Assize Court■, in the Forbury, which have been erected with due regard to the convenience of all baring to attend on busineru. The nisi pries court is rather small ; still all the arrangements appear to be good. The first issue of the (slender shows that there ares 4 prisonersfor trial. A number of Cattle, involving no general interost,were disposed of mu the crown court. The nisi pries business was also devoid of interest except to the parties (=corned. WESTERN ClRClllT.—Wmclitraza, MARCH 1. The commission for holding the anises for the county of Southampton was opened yesterday, in the County Hull, by Mr. Justice Willer, who attended divine service at the cathedral, accompanied by the High Sheriff (Mr. W. 11. Deverell), the corporation of the city, kc. Mr. Baron Martin arrived subsequently. This morning business com menced in each court, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Baron Martin presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Willes at Nisi Priem. The calendar contains the names of 61 prisoners for trial, including Lacey, for the murder of his wife, in the Isle of Wight ; Wildey, his niece, for assisting him to conceal the fact of the murder ; several cases of burglary, and others of wounding. In the Crown Court nearly 20 prisoners have been tried, but there was no case nquinng a report. OD the civil Isiah Mr. Baron . hfarein has been occupied nearly the entire day in trying au action for false impruion. meet, which had not concluded when the court adjourned. THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. Richard Corrie Bache, an elderly man, formerly repre senting the ward of Lan bourne, in the Court of Common Council, was brought before Sir It. Carden, charged with embezzling aeveral sums of money aninuoting to nearly 7,0001., the monies of Mrs. Tull, who carries on an extensive business es rope and twine manufacturer, in Fenchurch.street, under the name of Tull and Co. There was also a second chair against the prisoner, viz., that of stealing a warrant relating to ten tons of hemp, also the property of Mrs. Tull. Mr. Lewis again appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the prisoner. The facts of the case have been already fully given. On the last occasion the prisoner was remanded until yesterday, in order to procure the attendance of all the wit nesses, and after the depositions bad all been reed over and rifted, the primmer, after the uaual caution, was asked if h wwhed to say anything. He replied that he left the case entirely in the hands of the solicitor. Ile was then committed for trial. MARKETS. SUGAR.—The average price of brown or Meacovado sugar, the produce of the Rntish Possessions in America, for the week eliding Feb. 26, is 265. Oil. per cwt., exclu 'leo of the duties of customs.—The average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, is 245. 11 id. -The average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, the produce of the Earns Indies, is W.—The average price of the three [ongoing descriptions of sugar, jointly, m 2.55. llid. per cwt. BRISTOL, MARCH I.—The sales on the spot have been limited, and the market closes with a very quiet appearance at rather lower rates. Refiners' produce sells slowly rat about 6d. decline. Rums : Mauritius, Is. 9d. to la. 191. per proof gallon. Molasses : uo sales to report. COTTON GOODS. Mascusirres, MARCH I. —The complaints are somewhat loud of depression in trade. There are some few sales from day to day, but mostly of a very limited character, and wholly inadequate to relieve producers, who are now very large holders of stocks. There have been some few gala of printing cloth on French account, and this is the only new feature in the market. For long cl o th s and T cloths there is no demand worthy of mention, sad prices continue to decline. Printing cloths are very low is price, and irregular. In India 40-inch shirting', and also i n 36. inch shirting', the business bears a small proportion to the production. and prices are weaker even than on Tuesday. The prospect of a renewal of the turn-out at Blackburn is looked to rather with satisfaction than otherwise, the dad. rability of reducing the production being very generally re. cognised. Yarns are still much depressed. Spinners of capi. tal too limited to enable them to stock have become more importunate to sell, and are willing to make some reduction to secure sides. The depression is felt more or less in all descriptions of yarn, and the business done for some days past is regarded as insignificant in amount. So general a n absence of demand for all markets can scarcely be remem. bered. CORN.—CHILIISPORD, MARCH I.—We had a Rain supply of wheat at market to-day, and much out of condition ; such was very difficult to sell ; there was a better demand for good new and old at rather over last week's rates. Fine old white, 70s. to 745. ; new white, Ms. to 63.; red, 50s. to 6th. Beaus rather dearer. inteour, MANCH I.—We have had a fair amply*/ wield to-day , and a very dull trade. Beet samples were take, io retail at last week's prices, whilst other qualities hung on hand and were unsaleable. Barley about the same as lag week. Wheat, red, new, 4435. ,to 1555.; old, 67a. ; white, new, 55.. to 61s. ; old, 795. Barley, Ns. to 40s. Bates, 435. to 455. LIVERPOOL, MARCH I.—There was barely an avenge attendance of buyers at this day's market, and the bonen passing in wheat and dour was onlyon a moderate scalsovith. out quotable change in value, though prime were irregular. Indian corn attracted little attention, and the quotation of this day sennight may be repeated. Bata and edema were both dull at sale. Beans steady at full price. Pen and barley little dealt in. The market closes without eat. mation. WARIFTELD, MARCH I.—The better descriptions el wheat were held for late prices, with a very dull trade. tor see English scarcely anything done, though prices are weaker. Oata, beans, aid shelling dull, and rather lower. Average. for the week ending Feb. 25:—Wheat, 1,451 qrs., at 59e.; barley, 1,139, at Via. b jd. ; beans, 21, at 44e. 91d. COALS. —LOIDON, MARCH I.—Bell's Primrose (he, 14s. &L ; Bower's West Hartley, 17s. ; Huddle's Wed Hartley, 17s. ; Byase's Betside West Hartley, 17s. ; Cart's Original Hartley, 17e. ; Clark's West Hartley, 16L 3d.; Davison's West Hartley, 17s. ; Heatinp Hartley, 17s. ; Lambert's West Hartley, Dia. 9d. ; Straker's Wed Hartley, 17s. ; Tanaleld Moor, 18a. ; Tanlield Moor Bates, les. ; Walker Primrose, 14a. 3d. ; West Hartley, 17a ; Wylant, 17e. ; Walls End Byron, 19a. ; Wa ll s End Geier*, 18e. 9d. ; Walls End Hadley, 19s. ; Walls End Framwell gate, 19s. ; Walls End Haswe ll , 21s. • Walls End South Hatton, 21s. ; Walls End Hartl i eool, 20s. 9tl. ; Walls End Kelloe, 20a. 3d. ; Walls End i orth Hartlepool lw. ; Walls End South Hartlepool, 19e. &I. i Walla End Thorpe, 19.. 6d. ; Carway and Duffryn Malting, 243.—Ships at market. 132; sold, 88. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Wales Pos. Yet , Sold, Total, RAILWAYS open sewers c.bandlee 1851 1860 Week ending leb. 2. t Z I C Grand Trunk of Weide 970 2.787 7,148 9.080. 10,990 Caisdoelas 2191 &WO 10.009 18,871 13,031 • Trak Interrupted by heavy mow drift& WEATHER REPORT. 1114ThAT, Knee I. I TO I A.X. m.lb m.n 29.34 2176 29.34 19.33 2942 29441 1111021 19.711 I~ ~i ii im:osi 6.Q. W. Q.B.W. B.W. NAIRE RIGHLDRIN Chum= Maw= COPRNHAORN ARDROSBAN Ponsout SMUG GALWAY SCARBOROUGH HALL Irrizroot. glirrerows IR NARBOUTII WIDOW HigAt Extreme NNW DOTER Ponsmorra Pumourm Myrna ...? 'waxy Barr BAYONNE LIBBON R.B.W. W.S.W. R.W. &W. B.W. W. R.W. B.W. &W. W.N.W. W.B.W. 8.8. W. B.W. &&W. S. W. A. W. W.A.W. W. W.S.W. R. W. S. W. A. N. W. ao.su ~0.37 =PLANATION. /I.—Dareeneter corrected and reduced to *I deg. at U sd asa level : each 10 feet, of vertical rim, coming about mob th of an Inch diminution: and each 10 deg., above id JOS 'Canaing nearly three hundredths Increase. IL—Exposed the*enseter In M 11 Made. . .—Molattned bull ) (for evaporation dew point). D.—Direction of wind (tone—Dot magnetic). Y4—Form (I to 12—estimated). C.—Cloud (I to 9). I.—l : b, bhs sky; c. clouds (detached) : f, fog; h, hall; I, lightning; (hazy): 0. overcast (dull); r, rain ; s, anon ; t. . 3. sea-disturbance (1 to 9). VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Caroline Nesmith (ship),Couslns,frons New Orleans for Llierpool, Feb. 10, lat 21.18, luu 79.28 Cumloden Castle barque, 14 47.41 N, lon 9.40 W. Globe s 4llllll. Baker, horn Liverpool for New Orleans, olt south 111110 of Cuba. Ifort!nsls, from Liverpool for San Bias, Dee. SO, Ist 1D 9, len 79 W. Hull, from Newcastle for Bombay. Jan. 16. lat 7 N, lon 25 W. Josephos ,ship;, Holbrook, from New Orleans for Liverpool, eight days, lob. 5, Key West. Nuecos. Eldridge, from Galveston for Liverpool, Jan. th off Cope Florida. FynaMouth Castle, from Japan, Feb. !7, lat 49 N. lon 7 W. OFFICE or Cointormoitnta nr LUNACY, FEB. 28. —The COMMbiIIiODM in Lunacy have this day (with the approbation of the Lord Chancellor) appointed the Hon. William C. Spring Rice, barrister-atdaw, to be their secre tary. on the resignation of John Forster, Esq., appointed a cominismoner.—Casette. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. GOW.—Feh. 22, at Camden-road-villas, the wife of W. Cow Emu. of a sou. lIINCIILIFY.—Feb. 2fl, at Pentlow Hall, Ewen, the wife of i r a te C. 11. Hlncidllf, of a p IL- Feb. 24. at Staplegrove, Taunton, the wth of B. Pearce, Fort, of a daughter. POWN ALL —lreb. tit, at Hower.strcet, Bedfordoquare, the site of F. H. Pownall, Foil., of a daughter. BOOTH.—Feb. 25, at tn. Paurs-villas, Camden-town, the wife of O. Booth. Fey.. of a son. SAMURISON.—Feb. 20. at Argyle Hall, Torquay, the vile of H. Sarnuelann. Fag., of a son. SMITH.—Fiib. the wife of Mr. 3. A. Smith, of Mil -court Ashtn•under-I:yne, of a ann. WHITE—Feb. 20, at Argyll-road, Kensington, the wtliof E. F. White, Fog., of a daughter. • MARRTAGFA. DRVRY- PRICK —Feb. 26. at St. Marie,. Reigate, by fir Rev. A. Casenove, N.A., W. Drury, gag., to Maria. daughter of tho late T. Prim Fog.. of Reigate. LACkt KTELLY —II t" NT KR. —Feb. M. at the Church of the )hot Holy Trinity. Hamm...meilb, by the Roe. V. IrKeadi, E. La eretelle. Ea., to Ilnebe Lydia,daughter of D. Hunt:et:au io PHILLIPS—LAWTON.—Feb. tr, at St. James's, ann. Ch• shire. by the Rev. J. Wilson, M.A., Mr. E. 110. of Cheetham -hill. to Patinas, daughter of Mr. J. Inwaraff Wait H. Ain Mill, Congleton. W A LCH —MAN.— Feb. V, at Halstead, Kent, by the Rae. T. K. Bowyear, C. F. Wald'. Esq., to Emma ElLubeth, dagghter et the late 11. S. Mau, R.N. DEATHS. BRADLEY.—Feb. 17. at Bishop Coalns Hall, Durhaa>r lien:}, eon of H. Bradley, Rol.. aged 20. BRCOB7 II . -Feb 15, at I pryer Georgesdreet, Bry W. Bruges, by., aged 67. F.AMI64.—Feb. t 7 at Coellatreet, Strand, Marriott, of Mr. T. Raines, aged 47. LtiND.—Feb. ID, at Button, Mr. J. G. 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