The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PA 11.! JAMENT. HOOSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The Lo' an CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'c Jock. THE REVISED CODE. Peti l .ions against the Revised Code were presented by the 13idh'op of WORCESTER and several other peers. IRISH. LAW COURTS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE complained that a return he moved for on the 6th of August last, and to which no objection was offered, had not yet been made. It related to the courts of law in Ireland, and he had been informed that as the return had not been made previous to the pro rogation of Parliament last year, it had been looked upon as a lapsed order. lie wished the return should be made forthwith, and if it should be necessary he should move an address to the Crown to that effect. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Tha Norwich Corporation, tte Ross Turnpike Trust, and the Tranmere Improverent bills were read a second time. PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS AND DESIGNS 1862 BILL. This 'bill was read a second time. EMT2LOYNIENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN BILL. This hill passed through committee. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill also passed through committee. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. IRON PLATED SHIPS. _ The Earl of HARDWICKE rose to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty what number of iron plated ships were afloat and building, and what was intended to be done with the ships of the fleet that are built of timber, The earl commenced his remarks by referring to the late maval action that had taken place in America, in which - the contest between weed and iron vesseLs had been most indisputably settled. He did not think there was any occasion for alarm, because he considered that the navy of England was in as good a position as any nation in the - world- He thought the time had arrived when there should be no more nibbling at the question on the part of the Government, but that it should open its jaws wide and swallow the whole at whatever cost, and for the future that none but iron ships should be constructed for the purposes of warfare. The late en gagement between the Monitorand Merrimac had settled the question. As far as regards cruising ships, they could still ;be constructed of wood, adopting, of course, all the modern -improvements; but, as for men-of-war, they must be made of iron. The navy was very different from the ships of the merchant service, where everything was sacrificed for speed and stowage room, but that was not so in it man-of-war where strength was everything. A question would naturally arise as to what was to be done with the stock of ships now 'on hand; that would have to be settled, but the thing that appeared to him certain was that the time had now come for the ccesation -of constructing ships of wood for purposes of warfrare. - It was to give the noble lord an opportunity of stating the opinion of the Government on the subject that he '.aid the motion under the attention off their lordships. The Duke of SOMERSET, having thanked Lord Hard wick° for having brought this subject before the house, stated what steps had been taken by the present Govern ment to build iron vessels since 18 5 9. The late Govern ment had proposed to build two iron-plated vessels, but from information subsequently received he had advised these two to be increased to four—viz,, the Warrior, the Black Prince, the Defence, and the Resistance. Not being contented with these vessels, the Government had ordered eie Valiant to be built on improved principles, for, as the - whole system was in a state of uncertainty, there were ne cessarily defects in the first experiments. At the present moment we had four iron ships afloat, another to be launched in August, and five wooden ships in course of plating, two of which will be launched in the autumn and three in the ensuing spring. Not satisfied with this, he had caused experiments to be made with Captain Coles's cupola, the results of which, both in regard to the revolv ing of the cupola and its power of resistance to very heavy firing, were entirely successful. A vessel of this class of 2,000 tons, and drawing only 20 feet water, would be shortly laid, as money had been taken for the purpose in the esti mates. At the same time it was intended to apply the principle of the cupola to wooden vessels, and these, he believed, would be the best vessels we could have for the ilefence of our coasts. There were now building six different kinds of iron-plated ships, but he was not satisfied with any of these, as the means had not yet been. •discovered of making the iron plating contribute to the strength of the vessels. In reply to Lord Hardwicke's question, he stated that we had the frames of five line-of-battle ships, seven frigates, and eight large corvettes in progress, and these frames could be easily adapted to bear iron plates. Of our present wooden vessels we could easily cut down 20 line-of-battle ships, and by fitting them with iron plates adapt them for the de fence of our coasts and the Channel, still retaining a fleet of 40 ships to oppose to any-wooden fleet which might be sent to attack us ; and if it were necessary to tight iron ships against iron ships we were able to meet any navy in that arm. In regard to the question of expense, he did not ihink`it would be so great as anticipated, neither did he think the inferences drawn from a recent engagement as to the invulnerability of iron ships, especially in the face of She very great improvements being made in the speed of ships and the force of artillery, correct. He then entered at length into the merits and defects of the Merrimac and Monitor, pointed out the alterations which the new system of iron -plating would introduce in our navy, deprecated un due precipitation in building vessels of iron, confessed that we ought to refrain from building more wooden ships, and concluded by slightly touching upon the propriety of not discontinuing to build forts, as the arguments drawn from the i ecent contest on that point were by no means conclu sive, Lord hIALMESBURY, having thanked the Duke Somerset for his valuable statement, Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The house was rather full, but not so crowded as is usual on Budget nights, and contrasted strongly with the appear - ance whieb..it presented last session on the night when the 'r•ha - nceller of the Exchequer made his Financial Statement. ---- • PRIVATE BUSINESS, - ---- The following hills were read a third time and passed : --The Cirencester 11istriet Roads, and the Dollow and Kil ai re Ineleenre. PETITIONS. us w,:re preunted. in favour of arctimentl .la Irish Poor Law, for the reduction of the hop ii the modified ReTind Code, against tho.un . conditional abolition of church rates, against the Local As. thzty, ti iesnicnt BT , GREAT GRIMSBY ELECTION The f(AlQwing :i.ambers, nominated to servo on the elcc Eon committee appointed to try the pijition against the rttutn of Mr: Claaprean, were summoned to the table, and the committee obtained leave to 'sit to-morrow at twelve :'(chalrman), - Mr. G. G. Glynn, Sir A. W. Buller, •14. Liddell, and Mr. Lon field. HOPS. On the - motion of Mr. LOCKE, returns of the quantity of British hops ext orted from the United Kingdom were .miered. MEXICO Mr. S. FITZGERALD gave notice that he would draw attention to our relations with Mexico after Easter. MONUMENT TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Lord LOVAINE asked the First Commissioner of Wotks how soon it VMS expected that the monument of the late Duke of Wellington, in St. Paul's Cathedral, would be finished, and whether the surplus of the sum voted for the duke'§ funeral would be sufficient to defray the whole cost of the work. Mr. COWPER said that an order had been given for the making of the model three years ancia half ago, and ho supposed the artist was preparing himself for his work by Preliminary study. (Laughter.) UPPER STEPHEN-STREET, DUBLIN. Sir E. GROGAN asked the Secretary of State for * War why the ground at the corner of Great Ship-street anal 13 Pper Stephen-street, in the city of Dublin, which tho War-office purchased several years ago, is per -I:dtM to remain for so long a time in its present ruinous c,` , l (11141)1dated state ; if it Jo still in contemplation of the an addition to the Ship-street Barracks on that '.gz caire , 4cd, If so, when the works will ue corn- Xnelle , 24. . ADJO,UR - NR EIIT F p OR . THE EASTER In reply to Colonel RECESS. 1,,0rd PALMERsT o r's , iith :aid that it was proposed to ad journ on Friday, the ing to the state of busine ss, o a r Monday, the 14th, accord nxi the 28th. lad to re - assem bl e on M on d ay, - - . THE Rub orET. . . The house ha , , i-.;tz g - one into ttee n a of ways and , means, The CHANCELLOR. of the Excuirs,... the state mvivottaracter forward his financial statement. .14, ,sair `i'. u t ,E a lt , brought ..ntht he was about to submit was of a etim i ,j er t than those which he had delivered on recent Anna. Nevertheless, it wee not his intentie r , t ,, e a : r :T i n: 'himself to the mere,. baitmee-shect of the year, but ~ we ' u: lay before tom a:full and impartial view of the general financial condition of - the country. Referring to the exp el , diture of last year, he bad estimated it at .09.875,000 ; e v et he then stated that there would be issned of Exchequer balances between - £2(l)p9 and . E 300,0 0 .0. They hnd amountod to £275.0 00 ; bet they represented money spent, and were not providod .for in the ways and means. They we praVided by anticipation for the respective departments until they v. , ere Provided for in . the coming year by the house. The real "etPajdlturnOf the year was'in fact much grcal-,r t:t-uA f,ll. k44.zjg.o by orx..ns of • suppicrneut arY grants in ,166.1. - ancl7 1862,Trincipalry in reference to the d , t , tiatelt of.troops to Canadaan,i a s;oallatheunt for China so L7,-411•aAku,tik,:'twa , (,:4-P.64-I,d,itiire of th,l past. y par wa _______ _ rs ..,.,•Aoparing ibid. oxpenditurerwith that of for ", rA . ,It atptin, x 6 0 , 74 s; 00 0: 1;eiii ...- o. 7 ,l ). i t.l ff l!tt in 18.59-0) the expenditure was pz - Q6oit year a ti,000,0 _ . o , o roe between that year and the 'tea - total expenditure of the a year 1860.61 was L 72,504,000, and that of 1861.62 was £70,838,000, being a difference of £1,666,000. Turning to the revenue, he stated that last year it was £i9,670,000, and there would have been a deficit of £1,164,000, and with the supplementary grants it would have amounted to £1,489, ( 2,00, but deducting the supPlemmtal grants there was a small surplus of £3 3,000. Com paring the revenue of 1860-61 with that of 1861-62 it app€ared that in the former year it was £70,380,000, and in the latter £69,674,000, being a decrease of £609,000, but from circumstances connected with the financial year it was, in fact, £809,000. This must be considered satisfactory *hen it Was remembered that in 1861-62 we had parted with three items of revenue—by reducing the income tax a penny in the pound, making a loss in three quarters of the year of £850,000 ; and the paper duty had been abolished, the loss of duty on the last six months of the financial year being £665,000 ; while no malt credit had been taken up, as was the case in 1860-61, to the extent of £1,122,000, which had not been available in 18'31-62. There had been a loss in this latter year, as com pared with 1860-61 of a sum of L 2,637,000; so that afterde ducting from that the real decrease of revenue in the last year of £809,000, there had been an improvement in our sources of revenue last year of Z 1,828,006. In the face of a diminished trade with America, which amounted to „-C12,609,000, our exports having sunk from £21,667,000 to £9,058,000 ; the depressi on arising from tho want of cotton ; and after a harvest eirb:ch, though good in quality, was de ficient in quantity, there had been an increase in our sources of revenue of a sum of £1,828,000, It was not the fact that the revenue had not increased but was in reality declining. In the Customs, on the first three quarters of the last year there was an increase of £168,000, but in the last quarter there had been a decrease of £lOO,OOO. Although the gross revcnne had fallen off £609,000, yet the Customs had ex ceeded the estimate by £464,000, the stamps by £130,000, taxes by £lO,OOO, the income tax by £15,000, and the mis cellaneous by £Bl,OOO. The Crown lands had fallen off by £5,000, and the Post-office by £lO,OOO. In the Excise there there had been a falling off amounting to £466,000; th ere had been a loss on spirits, hops, and paper—in the latter case partly from the repeal of the duty and partly' from drawbacks. Referring to the estimates, he stated that of the China indemnity, which was placed at £750,000, the whole receipt had been only £478,000 up to September, but when the two quarters due in March were paid there would be a gross receipt of £658,000. There had, however, been an arrangement by which an addition was made to the compensation paid to the merchants in anticipation, which by so much (that is, £193,000) would diminish the receipts to the Exchequer. The whole stem actually received this year would be £266,000 from this source. The expenditure for the coming year was thus estimated—For the interest of the public debt, £26,280,000 ; the consolidated fund would stand at £1,900,000; the army at £15,300,000, and the mili tia at £700,000. This included a charge of £700,000 for Indian effectives, which appeared for the first time in the estimates, and deducting this, the amount of the estimate would stand at £15,270,000, as compared with £15,481,000 last year, being a diminution of £275,000. The navy was estimated at £11,800,000 as compared with £12,276,000 last year. The miscellaneous estimates were estimated at £7,819,000. The revenue departments were estimated at £4,750,000, the packet service £916,000, and a vote for China would be asked of £500,000. The total estimate of expenditure was £70,040,000. The estimate of revenue for the coming year ran thus .—Customs, £23,550,000; excise, £18,340,0f 0 ; stamps, £8,625,000; land and assessed taxes, £3,180,000; income tax, £10,100,000; Post-office, £3,650,000; crown lands, £300,000; miscellaneous, which included for the first time a payment for Indian effectives and non-effec tives, £2,275,000, and the China indemnity, £170,000 The estimate of total revenue would be £70,190,000 against an estimated expenditure of 270,040,000. The question, therefore, arose whether new taxes were to be imposed. Not many months,ago he had entertained the hope of being able to remit taxes, but subsequently there appeared a proba bility of heavy expenditure, and there was the prospect of additional taxation. In looking to our resources everything was favourable, except that portion of them which de pended on America. So far as trade was concerned there had been an improvement for our exports to America which in September were £483,000 were in October £709,000, is November £739,000, in December £860,000, and in January £1,253,000.. But it was in reference to cotton that anxiety must be felt, and the prospect in that respect was not im proving. But looking to the state of trade with France since the treaty had come into operation it would be found that whereas in the six months between September and February, 1859-60, our exports to France were £2,196,000, in 1861-62 they amounted to £6,910,000. There had been an exceptional export of corn to France of about £BOO,OOO or £900,000 in value in 1861.62, and deducting this the real amount of increase was £3,039,000, although the gross in crease had been £3,895,000. There had been also another increase from this source, for there had been an increase in foreign and colonial exports, in connexion with the treaty, amounting to £4,572,000, so that the real increase in 1861- 62 was over £10,000,000. In the single article of woollens there had been an increase from £134,000 to £1,181,000. This was to be taken into consideration in connexion with the increased good. feeling between the two nations, for which result it was not necatsary again to congratulate the author of the treaty, whore services would become matter of history. Referring to the question of a surplus, he showed that if he bad one it would have been demanded of him ; but even looking to the important question in volved in the supply of cotton, the Government had come to the conclusion to do without a surplus and to impose no new taxes, reserving to themselves the privilege of taking the necessary steps to meet any exigency which might arise. As to the remission of taxes, it was plain that there could be none on the figures which he had brought forward. Nevertheless he must refer to demands for re mission which had been made on the Government. It was urged that the duty on spirits should be reduced, that the sugar duties should be modified, that the malt credit should be remitted, that the small duties charged on imports and exports should be removed, and else that some alteration should be made in the duties on wine, and that the hop duty should be repealed,. As regarded alterations he pro posed to make, it was proposed to lower the duty on play ing cards, and the duty on what was called the Inventory Duty in Scotland. It was proposed with retard to Foreign and Colonial Bonds or Loans to make a charge of 8 per cent., which was charged now on loans in this country, and there would be created a system of supplemental li censes running for three days, during fairs and markets, for publicans. As to the spirit duty, there had been a falling off last year below the estimate ; but as it was proved not to have arisen from an increase of illicit distillation, but from a diminished power of consumption combined with the increased sobriety of the people ; it was not proposed, therefore, to deal with the spirit duties. With regard to the sugar duties, being classified duties, they were unequal in_their pressure; but th e di ffi culties of removing this clas sificatiou were such as to preclude any such change with out a compl e te i nqu i ry into the subject, and he would bo prepared ore dt ito r ae i se s r 2t ri te. ° such a committee h e,o, n hi s r th: had been , made cut as to justify any change, especially ,) as any alteration would deprive the revenue of ,II 300, 000 a year. As to the minor duties on i imports and exports, they entailed an amount of labour in collection which gave them a claim to repeal; but they amounted to ,E 1 8 9,000 a year, and with a surplus of only £150,000 it was not possible to deal With thorn, besides which they afforded the means to the Board of Trade of obtaining valuable' statistical information. Still he was willing to grant an inquiry into the subject.. With regard to the wine duty, comparing the two last years of the old system, from 1858 to 1860, the mean deliveries in those years amounted to 6,552,000 gallons, bringing in a revenue of £1,697,000; and in 1861-62 the deliveries were 9,732,000 gallons, being an increase of 3,180,000 gallons, and the re venue under the reduced duties was £1,105,000, being a decrease of £592,000, showing a favourable increase at least in the trade. But on the whole it was determined to retain what was called the alcoholic test, but altering and modify ing it, by reducing four scales to two, admitting all wines from 18 to 26 degrees of alcohol at a duty of ls., while from 26 to 42 the scale would be raised from 2s. sd. to 2s. 6d. ; and above 45, an additional duty of 3d. on every additional rise of strength. The financial result would be that there would be a net gain of £15,000 a year to the revenue. As to the hop duties, it was not possible to part witn duties which yielded £300,000 a year on the average. It was, however, proposed to do something in the way of commutation; by readjusting the s/stcm of brewers' licenses and including in them a charge for the hop duty; while, at the same time, relief would be given to smaller brewers in respect of the . charge for their licenses. In this way the revenue. would get nearly as much duty as now, while it would cause a complete free trade in home and foreign hops. There would be a general average addition of ad. on each barrel of beer brewed to the charge for the licenses of brewers, though in the case of smaller brewers it would be smaller in amount per barrel. The customs and excise duty on hops would be repealed from next September. ' It was also proposed, as regarded private brewers, to exempt from license all brewing carried on by the labouring classes. In all cases where the house occu pied by a private brewer was more than £2O a year, or ill the Case of a farm above £l5O a year, there would be a license charge of 12s. 6d. ; below those amounts there would be no license. The financial results would be, that whereas the receipts from hops and brewers' licenses were now £345,000, the receipts in future would only be £300,000. The right han. gentleman then proceeded to take a review of tho financial results of the last three years. Tho impression that the public expenditure was growing, he argued, was er .: c u i r‘in,:tet i°4o:iits:::,t, h o a r t 0 0 , f ,_ ela.::413:7000r :arsathleosues 5 ,17 1 '! . before, while in the year ensuing there was a decrease h than rna t n h y a i t tep of ls th o e f b7et'iso ire:vete included in the estimates which had never level of our attention comfort and , includesthe before; and putting those items out of cal actual diminution was £1,700,000. Still the , forexpenditure was such as ought to meet with s Vigher level than could Weber= with patiblc with a soum l e " - on :!Y the people, or than was com expniditure was paril y ~,,:n1"11 of finance. The growth of country : in the country , thin 1 -,. ; , ~..i isQ 0 .2 , " the growing- wants of the c u s co . of the establishments and C - •xpiriditure 'l(:'fltotthontre(ifirie:"Y which had prevailed dr mends which had arisen out of (. 4 , T ,V: a . tl Y' to S p ecial h had sprung up. There was alearful race in esp eed ' i s tu w : ic o `amongst the nations of the world. France in the last 20 ygeare had added 250 millions to her debt, of which 180 millions was not attributabld te - War,eiPend4ttre. Austria Itussia had added to their debts, and the ft/tineid year of 1861 alone had added to the state debts' of all the great countries 200 mil liens of money. We had not added to our d ebt, bu t among extraordinary expenses, there was the cost of the w ar with China, which had been £7,054,x 0 .. In the last three years, what might be called war expenditure, including Chin a , New Zealand:and the despatch of troops to North America, was £8,600,000. Showing the state of our extraordinary expenditure and the extraordinary resotuces, such as bal ance's in the txchequer, which had been used to meat it, he pointed out that the lncome-tax had risen since 1859 by 3 millions, and including the spirit duties and other imposts, there had been taxes imposed exceeding five millions. The . taxes re d uce d amounted to over four millions, the amount imposed being more than a million of taxes over those re duced. The extraordinary resources were now at an end. Altogether about 11 millions had been devoted in the last three years to extraordinary expenditure, of which six mil lions had been met by extraordinary resources, and five millions by taxes drawn from the people. As regarded the revenuo of the last three years it had increased since 1858-59 by over four millions in 1861-62, showing an ave rage increase of one million per annum derived from ordi nary sources. We had passed through exceptional years without going into the market for loans, but all other ex traordinary resources were now exhausted, and to meet casualties which might occur, it was only to ordinary sources of revenue we had to look, and any difficulty which might be anticipated was only to be met by the application of the principles of true and strict economy. He con cluded by proposing a resolution•relating to the alteration of the wine claies. Mr. HUBBARD said that as the income tax for last year was £11,000,000, and this year it was estimated at£lo,ooo,oo o , it could not be an unimpottant matter to the Government that the tax should be levied upon something like equitable principles. As the right hon. gentleman had said nothing on the subject of the present inequalities of the tax, he should take the earliest opportunity of asking the house to pronounce an opinion upon the proposition which he would have to submit to it on the subject. Mr. BUXTON said that as one of the fraternity affected by the changes proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche- quer, he thought it right to say that they were left very much in the position in which they stood before. As the re- presentative of a Kentish borough he had no doubt the pro posal made by the right hon. gentleman with respect to hops would tend greatly to the prosperity of that borough. He•looked upon the proposal of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer as an admirable compromise, which, while it would not increase the obligations of the brewers, would tend ma terially to the benefit of the hop growers ; and he must at the same time congratulate the Chancellor of the Exche quer on having brought down the country gentlemen to the level of common brewers. (A laugh.) Mr. CRAWFORD considered the proposal of the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer as a fair and honourable one, and it was equally honourable in a gentleman affected by the scheme to getup in his place and express his approval of it. He believed the proposal of the, right hon. gentleman with respect to foreign wines was also a fair one, for the class of wines to which the alcoholic test would have to be applied would be limited in its supply in this country. As the re presentative of the West and East Indies and the Mauri tius, and of the refiners of sugar, he must say that nothing could be more fair to those interested in respect to the sugar duties than the proposition of the right hon. gentleman, that they should have an opportunity of coming before a select committee of the house and having their case heard and inquired into. He offered his congratulations to the member for Rochdale and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the successful result of the French treaty. This budget might be termed by some an immoral budget, seeing the facilities it afforded to card players and for tippling at fairs —(a laugh)—but, upon the whole, he believed it would give satisfaction to the country. Sir S.NOR HICOTE said the best wish that they could express on behalf of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was, that this would be the only budget which he would have to bring in on this occasion; but the right hon. gentleman's expressions showed that he felt little at ease as to the retro.. spect of affairs. The house had already voted £5,200,000, and had spent about £4,608,000, leaving about £500,000 more out of what had been voted. They were now told that they were to have another vote of £500,000, and with that he understood the whole expense of the China war wa s to be concluded. The first question he wished to ask the right hon. gentleman then was, was he correct in this view? He also wished to know the grounds on which the right hon. gentleman estimated the Excise. As to the Customs he had taken a very sober and moderate estimate, and he thought the right . hon. gentleman had rather understated the sum it would amount to ; but with regard to the Ex cise revenue, the right hon. gentleman estimated it at more than it produced last year. He wanted to know on what principle the right hon. gentleman expected the Excise this year to exceed the amount of the two last years, seeing that he did nothing to increase it; indeed, the reduction of the hop duty would diminish rather than increase the revenue in this respect. Mr. BALL wished he could join hon. gentlemen in congratulations which they had expressed in reference to the budget of the right hon. gentleman, for the right hon. gentleman in that budget wholly overlooked the interests of the agricultural classes of this country by declining to reduce the duty on malt. The right hon. gentleman says he cannot spare any portion of the duty in the present state of the finances of the country. Well, he did not think that this was an omission to the case put forward by the agricul turists for a reduction of the tax in question. He did not think that the result of the commercial treaty with 'France would tend to perpetuate peace between that country and England. (Oh, oh.) Well, that was his opinion. The right hon. gentleman could not understand the' bus" that was heard in the house when he proposed to impose a licence duty of 12s. 6d. a-year on those who brewed their own beer at home. He could tell the right hon. gentleman that that buz was the expression of surprise that he pro posed to add to the pressure upon the agriculturists, by im posing this new licence duty for brewing their own beer. Mr. DODSON would offer his sincere thanks to the right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) for the way in which he proposed to deal with the hop duty. It would be a relief not only to the hop grower but to the con sumers of beer, and of all concerned in the growth and man facture of hops. He must also observe that the proposal as regarded the licence of brewers was a fair one, and that he had no doubt it would not be objected to by them, He would repeat that the proposal of the right hon. gentleman with respect to the reduction of the duty on hops would be a benefit to the consumer, because it would necessarily lead to the greater use of hops in the manufacture of beer. Up to June last it was supposed there would have been less than half a crop of hops. Several bitter ingredients it was proved before the committee, were introduced into the making of beer, and while the legitimate articles used in that manufacture were taxed the deleterious ingredients were admitted duty free. He thought the abolition of the duty on hops would give great satisfaction. Sir W. JOLLIFFE also thought the cornuWation of the hop duty would give great satisfaction to the - country. As regarded the income tax he knew that the present mode of levying it gave great disiati6faCtion, and that it operated especially as a great pressure on the agricultural interest. Sir J. PAITON ventured to say, with regard to the budget, that the statement of the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be received with satisfaction in xlaLy respects. He (Sir Joseph Paxton) had a very strong opinion last year of theadvantages that would result from the commercial treaty entered into by this country with France, and to his knowledge, great exertions were making in that country to carry on an enlarged trade with this country. There was, however, a general reduc tion taking place in the amount of the manufactures in this country, and looking at the very small amount of cot ton now on hand, he was very much afraid that the present financial year would not be as prosperous a one as that I which they had just had. The CHANCELLOR of the 4 EXCHEOUER, in reply to Mr. Hubbard, said that it would be competent to him to move any resolution on the subject of the income tax he thought proper in committee. ' Mr. HUBBARD intimated that ho would adopt that course. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. The resolution proposed by tho Chancellor of the Ex chequer was then agreed to. The house then resumed. SUPPLY. On the motion that the house do go into Committeo of Supply, Sir J. PAXTON expressed a hope that the house would not consent to go into supply at that late hour, and parti cularly so after the long discussion which thoy had had on the Budget. Mr, A. SMITH also objected to the house going into Committee of Supply at that late hour. Lord PALMERSTON hoped the house would not object to going into supply. The house then went into committee. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. On the motion that a sum of £32,647 be granted to her Majesty for the decoration, Ow., of the New Houses of Par liament, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know whether. this large sum of £32,000 was likely to be continued every year. Mr. COWPER, in reply, said he thought that it future years they would require to come to Parliament, and that no great reduction could be looked for in the vote. Mr. AYILTON said that last year they had a discussion in the house about the merits of four of their kings,namely, Charles 11., George 111., George IV., and 'William IV., in whose honour, and to commemorate whose rnemory,four statues were propose:a to be erected as part )f the decora tions of the hous6, 'and as to the four best lings that this country had over been reigned over ty. (A laugh.) Ho should like to know what two kings in their history were equal in merit to George the Fourth. and William the Fourth? (Laughter.) Sir M. RIDLEY could not but sabmit that the councils sion'which.had been appointed to inquire into and direct the decorations of the Houses of Parliament had not exer cised that right discretion which it seemed to him they should have done in directing the decorations, in relation to considerations of high art. If the public money was to be voted for works of art., it should in his opinion be voted for works of art of the highest order. There was doubtless abundant talent in the country; but genius, which was T HE , STMT, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; comparatively rare, ought to have been sought out. He found tha►( a sums of 1800 was set down for each statue ; and he certainly did not think the sum too much for a highly finished one but when he saw works that could only ha regarded as'thedioere, he considered that the vote ought to be reduced. He should therefore move that the rum of £1,600 set down in the vote for two statues be struck out. After a few words from Mr. A. SMITH, Mr. WHALLEY wished to know why the period of Oliver Cromwell was not to be celebrated by the statue of the Protector of England being erected in some part of tha house. Mr. COWPER said, in reply to an hon. member, that oil was in use in some of the passages in the hous3, but the contract would terminate in six months. The right hon. gentleman then went on to to say that previous to last year money had been voted for four statues out of twelVe to form what was called the Royal Gallery of . Statues in that house ; and last year votes of two additional statues had been agreed to by the house. The first of these two last statues would be that of King William 111. (Hear, bear, from hon. members on the back Conservative benches.) The other would be that of Queen Mary—not that Queen Mary which the hon. member for Peterborough would ob ject to—but Queen Mary, the wife of William 111. He thought the history of England could not be better illus trated in that house than by erecting statues of tlp sever al sovereigns of the country in it. But the hon. baronet (Sir M. Ridley) objected to the expense, on the ground that they were going to erect mediaeval statues—but they were not going to do anything of the kind. They were going to erect statues similar in character to those in St. Stephen's Hall, which he looked upon as creditable to art in this country. Sir M. PETO said they ought to have a statue from one of their best artists, of the Prince Consort—(hear, hear) — as he was sure such a mark of respect to his memory would . give great satisfaction to the country, (Hear, hear.) Sir W. RIDLEY said, in the entrance hall the statues of Pitt, Grattan, and Burke were as bad statues as works of art as ever were produced. They presented no speech, they presented no mind, they presented no thought ; and he was of opinion that the money had been wasted which had been so spent. He mould not, however, press his amendment, and with permission would withdraw it, and it was with-. drawn accordingly. Mr. )AIRD said he was of opinion that a Scotch sove reign should be introduced. (A laugh.) Mr. W to a A L stela© E Y of saidOliver ho Cromwell, had expressed though no opinion that w wit a h respect s an event in their history which he thought should be illus trated. There was a fresco in the House of Lords which he objected to—that of St. Augustine baptising a Saxon King. People would imagine that that was the first intro duction of Christianity, whereas it had been introduced 500 years before. After a few words from Sir J. PAITON. Mr. COWPER said the Victoria Tower was intended for the reception of records. The racks were intended to be fire proof. The House of Lords was encroaching very much on the space, but at present only two rooms were filled up out , of 64 rooms in the tower. He would not enter into the his torical discussion raised by the hon. member for Peterbo rouga as to St. Augustine. It was an historical fact that was presented in that picture, and while an inference might be drawnfrcm it, it was an interesting fact. As to the statue of Cromwell, he should be very glad to see a statue erected if the money was voted. The vote was agreed to. On the next vote of £5,400 for the maintenance of British embassy houses abroad, Mr. MokSELL drew attention to tho embassy house at Constantinople. He found a sum of £2,000 set down for keeping the house in repair; and that there was in the vote a considerable item for a clerk of the works. Why need they feel surprise that repairs were constantly needed when they found that a clerk of the works was constantly kept to look after the house. He disapproved of such a system, and moved that the proposed vote be reduced by £l,OOO. Mr. COWPER, in defending the vote, said if economy were to be studied, it would be far more advantageously so under direction of a clerk of works attached to the embassy than by trusting to a foreign architect. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against Majority against the amendment —27 The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the house resumed. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, when clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to. The reniaining clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. • MOVEABLE PROPERTY (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. MARKETS AND FAIRS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to. SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. INDIA STOCK TRANSFER BILL. The Lords' amendments on this bill were agreed to. SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM BILL. This bill passed through committee. CHANCERY REGISTRATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BILLS OF EXCHANGE (IRELAND) ACT (18G1) AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. VANCE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend ;he.stunmary procedure on. Bill of Exchange (Ireland) Act ;1861). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the resolution (31st March) relative to public accounts, be read ; that the said resolution be a standing order of this house. After some discussion, in which Col. French, Mr. Hen nessy, Col. Dunne, told Lord R. Montagu took part, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proceeded 'to nominate the committee as follows—Sir F. Baring, Mr. E. P. Bouverie, Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Peel, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Cobden, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Howes, and Mr, Walpole `—which, after some discussion, was agreed to. THE THAMES ZMBANKMENT. Sir JOHN SHELLEY, in moving for a return of the estimated expenditure to carry into effect the provisions of the Thames Embankment Bill, distinguishing the cost l of the filling-in and the masonry of the embankment, the gross amount of the compensation for wharfage and river frontage, the cost of each approach to the embankment, and of each of the other streets and improvements men tioned in the bill, including compensation and all other 'expenses; also the cost of the low levei sewer, the length , of the embankment and of each street, together with a plan of the embankment, streets, and improvements, said that he understood the return was to be oltected to, but he :could not understand the reason why. He thought the amount of the expenditure for the embankment oughtto be stated to the house, and also the various items connected with the undertaking. He believed the scheme would not be carried out for a million and a half. Mr. CRAWFORD seconded the motion. Mr. COWPER said the information required by the hon. member was already before the house, and as the bill, which was to be read a second time on Monday, would have to go befor.) two committees, who would inquire into all details connected with the undertaking, this was all that was ne cessary. He objected to produce the return. • After a few remarks from Mr. Cox. and Mr. Ay wrosf, the house was coanted, and there not being 40 members pre sent, the house adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock. THE HENDON TRAGEDY. Upon inquiries at the Middlesex Hospital yes terday afternoon, the reporter ascertained from Mr. Marshall, the house surgeon, that the wretched young man, James Lawrence, the alleged murderer of Anne Cox; and the attempted murderer of him self at Mill-hill, Hendon, on the morning of Satur day last, was progressing favourably, notwithstand ing the unusally extensive injuries sustained, which renders his case a remarkable one. Mr. Marshall stated that he was admitted to the hospital shortly after the'dreadful occurrence with a compound com minuted fracture of the upper and lower jaws, to such an extent that they were literally smashed to pieces, the tongue much lacerated and cat up, the pallet bones broken, a portion of the base of the skull smashed, all the side of one cheek blown open, and in fact the whole of that side of the face shat tered, and suffering from severe collapse, from which however be was soon recovered, and his pro gress had been remarkably favourable ever since. At present there appears to be every probability that he will entirely recover, but this is only an as sumption, inasmuch as there is a long course of dis charge to go on yet before he can be pronouneed out of danger. He is perfectly sensible, and up to the present time has evinced an anxiety to recover, and persists iaa statement to the effect that Anne Cox shot herself in his presence, which so distressed him that be shot himself immediately afterwards. Mr. Marshall, however, thinks it impossible that he could have shot himself before shooting the girl, as was stated in some of the journals on Monday last, but that he must have.shot himself last. Although inclined to be tolerably communicative, no one is allowed to speak to the unfortunate man more than is absolutely necessary, it being of the utmost im portance he should now be kept as quiet as possible. [ADVEIITISEAIENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Gout, Rheumatism,. Sciatica.—These maladies are always more or less connected with disorder or disease of the digestive organs ; h en c e the facility with which they yield t o lfolloway's remedies. Temporary alleviation responds immediately to the proper application of this wonderful Ointment to the pained or inflamed part, while the Pills inebmally reduce the digestive functions to order and arrest inibleilnatory tendencies. Nervous invalids will derive etas( and consolation from the influence of these medica ments. Holloway's celebrated Ointmentand Pills present at a trifling , outlay the 'means of preserving the heath or u prooting diseases which have assailed the body through accident, luxury, indolence, or other CallpetS. 0 4 PR I L 4, 1862 THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASHING'I'ON, Mencre 21. tast Tuesday morning the embarkation of Hein ztleman's corps commenced tit Alexandria; and by 2 o'clock in the day about 8,500 men were on their way to Old Point Comfort, Fortress Mcneroe, They Were carried in 12 large river steamers, some of which tugged scows for horses and artillery. On the previous Sunday, as I related in my letter by last mail, the aspect of the troops after the march , and rain storms of the day before was not very cheerful, and the want of organisation which was observed by my companion could not be disputed. But it was wonderful to see how speedily they had got all right again. Monday was fine, and the good weather restored the spirits of the men. The regiments embarked in the best spirits, and as the swarming masses of human beings sidled off into the stream, moved by the great beam of the engine, they with ringing cheers again and, again evinced their enthusiasm. There is, however, one great de fect in the American army which will no doubt be remedied if field operations continue. The unparal leled luxury and excellence of the transport depart ment in horses, mules, carriages, harness, and ex penditure have not secured its efficiency because the drivers are not an organised military body. In the United States there is no power, unless the Presi dent orders it, to enrol men for the baggage and commissariat trains under martial law. " Team sters," as they are called, are picked up at a great cost—from 15 to 20 dols. a month—wherever they can be got, and are attached to the various regi ments, instead of being under one head responsible for the carriage of all the army and its stores. The drivers are under little or no control, and their superiors have neither authority nor strength enough to keep them in order. Time and labour are frittered away, and idleness is indulged in by the lazy men whenever they can find oppor tunity. For four days I was amused by watch ing a group who had settled down in a field—one of the open places of Washington—near at hand, with waggons, mules, &e. They made a regular bivouac, lighted with watch and cooking fires, fed their mules from the hay in the cart in which they slept at night, smoked their pipes, and were as jolly, they averred, as " sandboys," wherever those beau tiful youths may be, till some passing official espied them and broke in on their Elysium. But, with all this, and with other drawbacks in the absence of an organised and trained staff and in deficient provi sion for details, which will be found out in the field —the army has, as long as it has help by sea or river sufficient powers of locomotion. It will scarcely be credited, however, tliat there is no system for sup plying men with ammunition when engaged with the enemy. There is no small arm ammunition train, nor pack mules to carry it. An officer, to whom the deficiency was pointed out, said that " they did not expect men to be closely engaged for more than 15 minutes. When they had fired away all their am munition they must only retire and let other regi ments come up and,take their places." The way in which the men were enabarked:onTuesday was rapid and orderly. The quays of Alexandria present faci lities for the purpose, and the large steamers can lie nearly alongside. A host of tugs is massed in the stream, and from the capital a forest of masts appears to spring out of the Potomac. For the first time for many months white sails gleam against the wooded banks or stud the stream. Gen. M'Clellan was in the town, at the electric telegraph office. The ever-active, hard-working Duke of Chartres was dashing about with orders, and the roads from. Alexandria were crowded with waggons, cattle, horsemen, and soldiers. The camps are left stand ing, so that as the regiments march in from Fairfax and Centreville they can take up their quarters in the Lents. The headquarters are temporarily re moved to a hou'se on the hill which rises at the back of Alexandria, crowned with the Seminary, and the staff has nearly all moved out there. On going through the camps again, the contrast be tween the drenched muddy soldiers of Sunday and the five bodies of men on parade was very re markable. A general was handling four fine regi ments on an open plain near the Seminary with vigour; he never gave them a moment's rest—chang ing line of contiguous battalion columns at quarter distance, changing front to the right flank, deploy ing on centre, advancing and retiring in line of quarter distance column at deploying distance, changing front on the flank of first line, &:c., andthe men marched well and quickly without much noise in the ranks and very steadily. They do not throw out points, and the simpler commands are given by mounted buglers in attendance on the General. This was a portion of Sumner's division, I should think, but all the camps and regiments are so changed no one can tell where he will find any of his former acquaintances. We had seen one of these very regiments at parade on Sunday, with some 150 or more men short, owing to their falling out on the road. These men had now all returned to the ranks. On Wednesday the embarkation of the Artillery of M'Dowell's corps d'armee commenced, and eight batteries were got on board. This will be a very powerful force, and will be commanded by the Ge neral in person. They are still embarking the rest of the Artillery, and some regiments.; but until the transports which have gone down to Fortress Mon roe have landed their freight and returned it will not be possible tcedespatch the bulk of the force. A constant current of tugs and steamers runs up and down the Potomac, and a whole fleet of small pro pellers and paddlewheel river boats is lying off the Navy-yard and below it. The politicians believe the Federal flag will wave in Richmond in a fort night from this time. Mr. Sumner and others are of that opinion, and will be disappointed if there is any greater delay. However, it does not seem quite feasible. The two corps -which are going will number about 90,000 men, and they must take stores and supplies of all kinds with them. As far as I know, there has been no change made in the programme of operations sant over by last mail. They are keeping a bright look-out at. Fortress Monroe. All eyes are straining for, all thoughts are turning on another sortie of that tremendous destroyer, the Merrimac. Neither the fortress nor the Monitor could save the flotilla of wooden vessels from destruction, nor the camps from being shelled. Mysterious movements are going on about Sewall's Point and Norfolk, which attract attention, but nothing can be made out. At night small vessels steam, out of Norfolk, appear near the Rip Raps, are fired at, and retire. From the front here there is nothing new. The recon naissance made by General Stoneman on this day week did little or nothing to add to the knowledge of the enemy's position. His force, which consisted of the sth United States Cavalry, 6th United States Cavalry, 3d Pensylvanian Cavalry, the MdClellan Dragoons, and 57th New York Infantry (no guns), only got as far as Cedar Run, which the Confede rates were burning, and which they tried in vain to save, encamped on a ridge for the night, and fell back on Manassas in the morning, having heard that the enemy was preparing to cut them off. There was some very insignificant skirmishing across the stream. Blenker's division remains at Fairfax Court-house. Centreville and Manassas are held by some 15,000 men. The controversy about the wooden guns continues, but it is pretty well estab lished that there were a number of dummies in the embrasures. However, General M'Clellan is so strongly sustained by the President, and by the regular officers, by the Democratic party, and by the moderate men in the country, that he can afford to he indifferent to further attacks till time has been afforded him to do some brillant action and vindicate the good opinion of his friends. Although many violent assaults are made by inuendo, in and out of Congress, no specific charge has been preferred by any responsible body, and General Burnside's express declaration in his despatch from Newborn, that he has endeavoured to carry out the instructions he had received from his chief, has strengthened General M'Clellan's position, and is considered good evidence that lie is a guiding mind, and has a plan of operations embracing the whole country. I have heard evidence which leads me to think the recent combinations in the West and those in the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers were planned if not:cairied out by him. From all sides comes- news of successes ; St. Mary's, Fenian, dine, and Jacksonville are, as was reported by Com- modore. Dupont in time for the last mail, in the ba:ndinf thelederal forces. Pulaski is surrounded, and a recent attempt to relieve the place made by Comnaedare Tan all from Savannah was not 7..tc eessful.. The news of the attack on New Orleans is hourly expected. Gen. Butler left Hilton Head on the 14th for Ship Island. Porter's mortar flotilla has been probably off the mouth of the Mississippi 13r some days back, and the attack was to have been itti the day before yesterday. At Beaufort all is quiet. The preparations for an assault on Savannah are being completed. The action at New bern is most creditable to the Federal troops and to their General, as it certainly is the very reverse to the Confederates. But there is somethlng going on about Island No. 10 which one cannot quite under stand. On the 17th the flotilla under Commodore Foote engaged the batteries on the island, while Gen. Pope, from New Madrid, made an offensive movement against the forces on the mainland cover ing the island. Night came on before the long range fire of; guns and mortars did its work. The bom h)treln3ent was to have been renewed next day, but there are no precise accounts up to th© moment of writing of the effect of the fire, though it was stated Pope had repulsed an attack of the Confede rates who tried to cut their way through, and that he bad them hemmed in between him and Foote's flotilla, had sunk one of their gunboats, and da nitaged several others. The position is said to be strongly fortified. Gen. Beauregard had been at the place, and was probably in command. On his arrival he issued the following : " Head luarters of the Mississippi, Jackson, Tennessee, March 5, 1862. " General Order.—Soldiers, —l assume this day the corn , . wand of the Army of the Mississippi, for the defence of our homesteads and liberties, and to resist the subjugation, spo • liatic. , n, and dishonour of our people. Our mothers and wives, our sisters and children, expect us to do our duty, even to the sacrifice of our lives. " Our losses since the commencement of the present war, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, are now about the same as the enemy. " He must be made to atone for those reverses we have lately experienced. Those reverses, far from disheartening, must nerve us to new deeds of valour and yatriotism, and should inspire us with an unconquerable dotermfnation to drive back our invaders. " Should any one in this army be unequal to the task before us, let him transfer his arms and equipments at once to braver, firmer hands, and return to his home. " Our cause is as just and sacred as ever animated men to take up arms, and if we are true to it and to ourselves, with the continued protection of the Almighty, we must and shall triumph. " G. T. BEAUREGARD, General Commanding." Bat, if the Confederates do not behave better than they did at Newbern, these are but vain words. Under very great difficulties the expedi tion proceeded up the Neuse from Roanoke, landed below the place on the 14th, passed the night un disturbed in the rain, and next day, after a most fatiguing march, came upon the enemy inside strong intrenchments, and in a formidable position ; engaged them, and after taking some sharp encoun ters routed them utterly, taking six forts, 54 guns, and five steamers, as well as the city, and suffering a loss of less than 500 men. Gem Burnside's de spatch, and the accounts in the New York 7ribune and Times will be read with interest. The opera tion must distress the 'Confederates most grievously, and places the Federals on their lines of communi cation throughout the country, rendering Golds borough and- Raleigh and Norfolk alike unsafe. With the exception of Nashville, however, there is no trace of Union sentiment detected by the Federal iron in the places brought under the sway of the Union. The hoisting of the Stars and Stripes by the authorities at Jacksonville may be taken as an equivocal act, for the flagstaff was cut down that evening. Everywhere the women are said to exhibit the most intense hatred to the Federals, and the recitals of their bitterness would be amusing if they did not prove how deeply-seated, how " national" is the animosity of those w ho form the minds of the young to the Government which is forcing itself upon them at the point of the bayonet. In New Mexico, the Texans were carrying all before them, and it was, admitted that in the action near Fort Craig, on the 21st of February, they had de feated the Federals, taken six guns, and had sur rounded Col. Cauby, the United States commander, near that place. On the Tennessee River there have been no moxements of any consequence. The Confederates were assembling at Corinth, on the road from Jackson, Missouri, to Memphis, and at Decatur, Alabama. They have destroyed the rail between Florence and Eastport, and have learnt to keep out of range of the gunboats. They have abandoned their batteries on Acquia Creek, and de stroyed the railroad. As they retreat they carry off the ablebodied men, according to Federal accounts. The Potomac may be considered now open from Monroe to Washington. General Shields occupied Strasburg, in the valley of the Shenandoah, and the terminus of the Manassas Railroad on Wednesday last, after a skirmish with Jackson's rear-guard, which destroyed the bridge over Cedar Creek. The magnitude and severity of the action' at Pea Ridge are shown by the official returns of the killed and wounded on the Federal side, which General Curtis places at 1,400. It must have been a picturesque combat, and is well described in the World, Sigel and his Germans behaving nobly, and saving the baggage train and rear-guard by determined hard fighting, against which the wild Texans and In dians, with shot guns, bowie knives, and scalping knives, could not stand. Their batteries ran short of ammunition also, and the loss of the leaders—the so often slain Ben M'Cullough, as well as Mackintosh —accelerated their headlong rout under Price and Van Dorn. The Indians acted as savages—scalping dead and wounded on the field. In Congress the debates on the President's Mes sage and on the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia still continue. The President is not well ; his incessant labours are too much even for his powerful frame. The White House has been visited by severe sickness, and Mrs. Lincoln is in disposed, and sees very few persons. The weather is exceedingly variable. Last night a heavy fall of rain covered the roads with mud, and drenched the troops in their bivouacs at Centreville. There is a story this morning that Mr, Yancey, disguised as a sailor, was captured in a schooner which was endeavouring to run the blockade on the coast of Florida, and has been taken to Fort Monroe. The question of the Labaun is, perhaps, the only one which now exists between the two Go vernments. In all other matters there is a cessation of eontroversy. The Labuan will no doubt be sent before a Prize Court for adjudication ; and as, to our minds, there is not the least ground for declaring her lawful prize,' she will be let go, with an award against the captors for damages. The troops in many parts of New York have not yet been paid for the two months due on the 28th February. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST, MAILS DUB. April 18, Australia and Mauritius, via SouthamptonAp Marseilles ... April 12. " April G. idrazil and Cape Ver ds, by via pritisb. packet. Hope, A sc ension, , t ii n a d s S o t u . t l h i ti o n l l e p n t a o . n AAppryiill 4. Cape of Good 4. China, Penang, and L via Marseilles April 12, Falkland Islands ... April G. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 4. via Marseilles April 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton April 10. via Marseilles April 4. Lisbon •.,-I.pril 1. Malta, _Egypt, and Adcn, via Southampton April 4. via Marseilles April 4. Newfoundland April 2. Oporto and Vigo .. .. April 1. U. S. and Bridal N. America, by Brit. packet April 2. by - U.S. packet by Canadian paeket A.pril 2. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle April 10. Bahamas, via New York .... A pril 10. Mexic0...... All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Ap r il l4 Calif or nia, and British Columbia.. . Despatelcs wore received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Malta, and the Mauritius. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and Canada. _ BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS..—" Perfection of mecha n ism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto 100 guineas; silver Watches, 2 to b 0 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphld,free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of Watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittapce.—J, W. Denson; 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, 40 and 47, Cornlifil; London E.C.---EStaiitibed 174% t 4.4.4 4, A .770t.21TAL MEMO R.L4 L TO THE • _PRINCE COIV FORT. Th e et iun (tit of the F..locietv of Arts, taking a deep interest in ethe success of the proposal to erect tna national if iemnment to the Prince Consorie their lamented p re.eident, and considering that it is due to all the an bjekts of the Queen that every individual amongst th em, however humble, should have the opportunity of contributing his mite towards this object, have agreed to the following report The sub, gcriptions hitherto have been limited almelst exclusively to those of the wealthy and mer cantile classes, whilst a very small portion has been the people generally. The nobility subscrih'ed by and gentr.v) the' city corporations, banks, mercantile firms, muni, i Pee ' corporations; and the Like have been l addressed by th e committee presided over by the Lord Mayor o. the City of London. No steps , however, have b e an taken, nor does it appear that any are contempt%it'd, to make known to each indi vidual mad and w, linen constitut in g t he bod y of the people, and resin' lu either in the parishes and hamlets of the Unit. Id Kingdom or in the colonies, the memorial which it is proposed to erect, nor has 1 any opportunity hee,u hitherto afforded them of adding their contribritionS to the general fund. If this were done bl l would affectionately unite with their Queen it , ' raisin g a monument to the memory of the Priit tee who neglected no opportunity to promote thet, " welfare. It is only through very extended paroche'al and other agencies that the necessary inforrnati &et can be generally given, and the council has, tfeeeefore, determined forthwith to invite influential porsotes, representing all the great interests of the country, the Church of England, and other religious done mina.tions, as well as the great employers of labour, to unite with them as a Cownlittee to convey this information, and to m ake wch arrangements as may afford to every one of her Ma,; e? ,:ty's :subjects throughout the United hem ble, in promoting the memorial. Kingdom and ale colonies the opportunity of taking a part, however by subscriptions, .4oweever small. "The Queen, b 'ello wing the movement of her eople,' has asked to b 6 allowed to take part with p ' ,her beloved Prince ;' and them in doing honour to . the council, believing that ,he women of England in concert with their o be members of the especially will rejoice to work Queen, intend to invite ladies t s proposed committee. 2, Should more funds be realised than will be required to carry properly into effc et the monument on a scale of sufficient grandeur,' as stated in the communication made by the Queen's' command to the Lord Mayor, it will be for her I‘4ajesty, who has already pointed out the character of tllieintende4; monument, to decide on the application of any sul plus to some object of compxchensive utility whift the Prince Consort had at he art. " By order of the COUB'CiI, "P. LE NEYE FOSTER, SeCretary." BRITISH NIISB MIL • In order to give the public genez:ally the utmost facilities for seeing the British Muse\ lin during the time of the International Exhibition at Kensing' ton the trustees have laid down the folio wing sPooita regulations : st 1. That the Museum, instead of beiing closed from the Ist to the 7th of May next, be dosed on Monday, April 28, and re-opened on the .following Monday, May 5. 2. That from the sth of May to the 30th o f gust inclusive, the reading-room be kept open for readers, as usual, daily, Sundays only excepted; 3. That the Museum collections, imlinding but not later than five o'clock, those scripts to which visitors are now admittek parts of the library of the printed boob.' and m atrw days, be kept open daily, Thursdays and Sundelg excepted, from ten o'clock in the morning ti o'clock in the evening, during the months 01 7 1 ". 7 ' on pnblio June, July, and to the r6th of August inclusivei but till half• past seven only for the remainaW that month. 4;, That during the same months and day 01! reading-room, and a small portion of the libraries' annexed to it, as well as the whole of the north, library, with the exception of its western extremity's be open for the admission of the public general: l TP only from five o'clock to eight. or half-past save as before mentioned; and that from nine to fiv e , o'clock none but readers, for the purpose of study' , be admitted to the reading-room, or to any of the libraries, except such of the rooms as are usually' accessible to visitors thre:Thout the year on public days. 5. That after five o'clock the reading-room and: the libraries generally be not used for the papas ce of study. 6. That Thursdays be reserved f or cleaning the several departments, and that no vis;tors, excepting readers, bo admitted into the 7.lluseun; A. PiiNIZZI, Principal. Librarian. British -Museum, March 2 4 . on that dap COUNna MARKL2S. ...._-.. _,_.u-~------_ MANCHESTER—ArueL 3. We have had a languid market. The bed samples of English wheat could not be obtain ed for less mone y , whil°, American was offering at a reduction of 2 d p er 100 lb, Po' the demand was slow. Flour dd to is lower, and also slow'. Oats and oatmeal in limited request, at late rates. Beer y and Indian corn as before. LYNN—APRIL 1. The supply of wheat was moderate, in poor condition, and the trade ruled at last week's prices. Barneycool mands very full rates. Oats, beans, and peas confirm rtn.A altered in value. 56s to 6Os Barley. Old whiteo2sto 260 . .54s to 65.; I Oats. .... "` '''' 37s o 39s Beans .428 to 48s I Pea 5...... . ' A • • • 34r to 365 NEWARK—APRIL 2. There was a fair amount of business d one to-clah will e t numerous attendance of farmers at market. WheataN barley realised late prices. Other sorts of grain are rattig: lower. White wheat new, 60s to 63s Barley, grinding 2.9 s toll , Red do. 55s to 51s Oats, old, .. OOO te:5,1% Old white 6 os to 63 s New do.. 23st° 1..,(5 Red do. 46s to 56s i Beams.. 45s to ' t e Barley, malting 32s to 39s 1 Beans. new,. 44s to - 6 ••••• Peas, ....48s to 545. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Arun, 2. Wheat on the top Is 6d down Oats on the top is Od down average Os id Y. Beans on the top Os 3d down .. average Os 5d 11P. averageaN Osos u tIpt):0: . Barley on the top is Od up. _ Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1218 qrs Sold? 809 qrs 8ar1ey........ 809 qrs.... Sold 674 qrs Oats Beans 196 qrs Sold .142Ars CORK—Arum 2. •-•-•lte a The following were the quo tations this morning • 1 , 2 , 4 wheat, 22s 9d to 24s 6d ; white, 31s 6d to —6 0d; barley Od to 13s Od ; oats, 12s Od to 15s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—AP= 1. There was a good supply of fat beasts to -da y , and prices were unaltered, with, plenty of buyers. The supPl: of sheep was also good, and higher prices were asked. ••-:";: r ; and store calves were a largo sh ow, but the doraanj flat. An average show of fat pigs. • Beef 6 d to bidd Veal Cr, Mutton .... ....... 71c1 to 9R Pork - 6 d to Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 4e 3d per Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d- • BIRTHS. BERESPORD.—On the 30th ult., at Londonderry, Egon of the Rev. William Montgomery Beresford, of a o f COUSINS.—On the 2d inst., at Upper Norwood, the y , " Stephen Cousins, Esq., of a,son. Hoon.—On the 2d inst., at St, Andries, Lady A. 11°„— ' a daughter. IA 014 MILLAE.—On the Ist in s t., at Oak House, Enfield' wife of Dr. Samuel Millar, of a son. MARRIAGES. IND $ DENISON—KEATOR.—On the 2d inst., at Christ 0 11 ,:e Lee, George Rickards Denison, Esq., of Lee , to ."'"- Keator, of Park Lodge, Lee, Kent. KENDERDINE—HANNAFORD.—Qn tho 3d inst., at John James's, Piccadilly, Isaac John, younger son of tho Kenderdine ' Esq., Brook House, Stafford, to Emm a, • only daughter of Mr. Hannaford; itegont-street. , DEATHS. ADLARD.—On the Ist inst. James,' eldest surviving 1 ,s°ll of Mr. Henry Adlard, of ll a tt o n-garden, and Isling"l7 in his 36th year. BRANDON.—On the Ist inst. , at Torquay, wi Colonol.robeth, widow of Lord Brandon, an d dau g hter of the late David La Touche, of Marlay. EDWARDS.—On the Ist ins t.. at Clifton, the Bey. John Edwards, Canon of Durham, and Greek Profes3or Durham University. THOMPSON.—On the 2d inst., at his residence. Waltner,' • Kent, Edmund Thomp son, Esq., J.P., aged 71. Wurrmou.E.—On the 2 d i nst., at ' Charlton, Kent, General Sir George Whitmore, K.C.H., Colonel Comn,sa.lant Royal Engineers, aged 87. WOUMAN.—On t h e Ist inst., at Islington, Phoebe, w ile a John C. Worman, solicitor, aged 56. ourme 21st ult., at Vet - 161er, Isle of Wight,:ll.°- Ro sins Frances, .—On th t h e wife of Lieut.-Colonel H. Young, of Y Seaford. • --- LONDON: Printed and Publish e d by JOHN CHAI).O-I`T: of N o. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 1 16 . ! Stra nd, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ConutY ° Xiddlcovx,—Friday, April 4, 1802. _ V .._. 1