The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAILIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given this evening to the follow ing bills by Commission :—The Officers' Commission ; Mutiny; Marine Mutiny; India Stocks Transfer; Bl e achwork (Women and Chil , ', A renEmployment) ; Industrial School Acts Amendr!aent ; Australian Colonies Government Act Amendniert ; Sir John Soane's Museum; and Great Neztlirn Rai_l way (N o . 1). The Royal Commi:ssione7B are the Lord Chancellor, Earl St. Gern'.ans, and Lord Monteagle. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Tl'Ae South Molton Corporation bill was read a second tizr.e. The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, and Shard Bridge bills were read a third time and passed. THE REVISED CODE. Earl GRANVILLE said, in fulfilling the promise he had given last evening, Iv:: would proceed shortly to state the alterations the Govflrnment proposed to make in the Revised Code of Education. The substance of the alterations pro posed was that 4s. a-year was to be given on the average yearly attendance of each pupil. The west 'alteration was that with respect to reading, •writtng, and arithmetic, Bs. was to be given for every pupil /who had attended 200 times subject to a deduction of one , third, in case they failed in these attendances. The modifica tions, in regard to the examining children in books was, that the pupil would be examined according to the standards laid down by the committee of the Privy Couneil, in the man ner that the managers should consider most reasonable, and 'with regard to pupil teachers, the noble earl repeated what had been stated in the other house, to the effect that there should be a lien on the grant to the amount of their stipends; and in the event of that grant being found insufficient, Go vernment would make up the deficiency. He did not look upon these alterations as improvements, but they had been made with a view of meeting that which appeared to be the general wish in another place. He thanked God they did not live under an absolute Government, and that they were able to make these concessions, although he did not entirely approve of them. He thought that ',I any further concessions were made the whole scheme wr,•uld be entirely worthless, be cause there would be a very, great outcry without any ade quate return. Her 1 1 Isfiesty's inspectors had appealed to him to defend them 'against any aspersions that might be made against ther ja , but as far as the discussion had pro ceeded he did. ',Lot recollect that any words than those of praise and approbation had been used, and he bore his tes timony t r i these able men who had faithfully acted upon the in?.tructions that then existed. Lr,rd BELPER repudiated the idea that he intended to ca.v.t aspersions on those valuable and able public servants. Earl STANHOPE said he should refrain from any re marks until he had the alterations before him in a printed form. CROWN SUITS (ISLE OF MAN) BILL. This bill passed through committee. THE FORTS AT SPITHEAD. Lord VIVIAN asked whether the Government had or I had not abandoned the intention of proceeding with the forts at Spithead, or whether they intended to proceed with the construction of iron ships ? Lord DE GREY AND RIPON said it was not desirable - that her Majesty's Government should take any hasty ac tion founded upon a single event, nor abandon too hastily a course adopted by Parliament after full discussion. Al though the foundation of the forts at Spithead had been al ready contracted for and commenced, the Government had decided to suspend the works going on at these forts, and to refer the matter for reconsideration to the Defence Commis sion, which would then report on the subject. It must not be imagined that out of the money voted for commencing these works there would be any surplus for building iron vessels. The Government would, no doubt, when the De fence Commission had made their report, apply to Parlia ment for the necessary funds to carry out their suggestions and would then state what course they proposed to take. He then proceeded to point out the exaggerated opinions which had been based upon the engagement between the Merrimac and Monitor as to the invulnerability of ships and the inutility of forts. The recent experiments at Shoelriry ness had sufficiently shown a steady average superiority of the gun ever the iron plates. At the same time, it must be remembered there was a limit to the thickness of armour plating for ships,;while the power of artillery was capable of much greater development. He therefore thought it would be unwise entirely to suspend or abandon the erection of forts, especially as forts, in combination with floating de fences, would be of the greatest value. He believed, how ever, that the result of the experiments would be to leave the relative qualities of ships and forts very much where they were previously. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE agreed with Lord De Grey and Ripon that it was only by combined defences of forts and ships Spithead could and ought to be defended, and that after the experiments at Shoeburynese we ought to con tinue the course of defence originally laid down, as those experiments had fully shown the power of guns of heavy calibre, when heavily charged with powder, to pierce the thickest iron pieces. He thought her Majesty's Government had acted wis,'ely in not giving up the original plan, but in pausing for further consideration. He hoped, however, the pause would not be a prolonged one. Lord ELLENBOROUGH hoped the forts at Spithead would be proceeded with at once, as they would not cost more than three iron ships, would carry some 300 guns, and he a permanent defence. The result of experiments had established the fact that ships' sides, however plated, could be perforated, and though it might be possible to strengthen a ship's sides, such strengthening was limited, while the power of artillery would more than keep pace with improved plating. In conclusion, he urged the necessity of redoub ling our efforts to increase our iren fleet and to place the corintry in a better state of defence. The Duke of SOMERSET said that there were two great objects to be attained—the defence of the country against attacks from abroad, and from panics at home. He repelled the charge of Lord Ellenborough, that the Government were not moving sufficiently fast in building iron ships, by recounting the steps that had been already taken for that purpose. He also stated that he had given orders that one plated ship, at least, a year should be built in each of our dockyards, and had done all in his power to further the construction of these vessels. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. • ROYAL COMMISSION. Colonel CLIFFORD, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the members to the Upper House to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to different bills, for which see Lords' report. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Ra:hmines and Rathgar Improvement; rent, Ancholme, and Grimsby Railway; and Woolwich, Plumstead, and Charlton, Sce., Gas. The following bills were considered and ordered for the third reading :—Edinburgh Roads and Streets; and St, Giles-in-the-Fields Disused Burial Ground. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Merchants Shipping Act, the Clergy Relief Bill, and the Parochial Assessment Bill, by Mr. R. E. TAYLOR; praying for the Go.. vernment of this country to use their influence with the French Government to withdraw French troops from Rome; against the Thames Embankment Bill, &c., &c. HALIFAX, CANADA, AND NEW BRUNSWICK RAILWAY. Mr. CRAWFORD moved for copy of memorials, with the signatures attached, and of any other representations, recently addressed to the Lords Commissioners of her Ma. jesty's Treasury, with reference to a proposed communica tion by railway between the Port of Halifax and the Pro vinces of Canada and New Brunswick—ordered. HALIFAX AND CANADA, &c., RAILWAY BILL. Mr. CRAWFORD moved an address for copy of any official communication between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Commissioners representing the pro .7i .,.„ 4 "'s of Canada, New B runsw i c k, an d N ova S co ti a , on " "Nett of a proposed c o mmun i ca ti on b y ra il wa y be °e4 the port of Halifax and those provinces. —Ordered. I‘T A GRICULTURAL STATISTICS. by the Setr.r. CA IROD moved an address for a copy of ci r c u lar sent tart' of St a t e t o th e c h a i rman o f Quarter Ses sions in England and Wales with reference to the collec tion of Agricnitnral-Statistica : of the resolutions adopted thereon : and, of an y correspondence relating thereto.— Ordered. INDIAN MED ICAL OFFICERS. Mr. BLAKE asked tal t z u w h a t arrangements had Secretary of State for India sition of the medical ofli ceve. with regard to the po amalgamation with late East India Company,. artn tl a: medical officers of the intended that the the Queen's force,s; whether it v as o' : term " service in India," used th rou t T Itricted to actual thu 13th of January, 1860, should v °l e i t the warrant of residence in India, exclusive of leave ; senior medical officers of her Majesty', irdZhether the be considered entitled to promotion to the ra n k il ot a 'my will and deputy inspector-general, and inspecto r . te P ue ria ciPal hospitals, as heretofore, or we re these app o i nha Zi ts of future to be filled by the medical offic ers of her M ale , t: ' , y Royal Army ? Sir C. WOOD, who was very imperfectly heard, was understood to say with respect to the first question, that a report on the subject hurl not yetheen revived ; and with reference to the other questions, that he was not in a posi tion to answer them. LOCOMOTIVES THROUGH 'THE STREETS OF THE METROPOLIS. Sir G. MONTGOME RY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he was aware of the fre quent passage of locomotives through several of the thoroughfares of the metropolis, more especially in Gros venor-place and Eaton square ; and if he considered it con • sistont with the safety of the public to permit of their so P assi ng t lu'ongh the streets loth day and night ? Sir G. GREY said that his attention had been drawn to the passage of locomotives through Charing-cross, but not through the thoroughfares mentioned by the hon. baronet, The police had been instructed to communicate with the parties running these locomotives after the accident which had occurred at Charing-cross, and it was arranged that they should not run until after 10 o'clock at night, and should go only through the less frequented thoroughfares to the Internatimal Exhibition. CHELSEA BRIDGE AND BA,T. TERSEA PARK. Sir J. PAXTON as k e d v.O First Commi sAoner of Works if there was any t r uth i n th e rumour t h at t h e tra ffi c over t h e Chelsea tu' l tsponsion Bridge was restricted by the police, on account of some defects in the structure : and, if the bridge would furnish safe accommodation for the traffic arising from the Exhibition and the Royal Agricultural Show shortly to be held in Battersea-park ? Mr. COWPER said that the obstructions alluded to, in reference to the Chelsea Suspension Bridge, had not arisen from any defect in the structure of the bridge. It was considered unnecessary that the heavy traffic should go along the heavy iron trams. With respect to the second question, as related to the traffic arising from the Exhibition and the Royal Agricultural Show, ' which was arranged to take place in Battersea-park, ho believed that the bridge would afford ample accommodation. Mr. Page was quite satisfied that the bridge was adequate to sustain any pressure arising out of the extra - ordinary traffic which was expected, but he did think that the bridge should be strengthened for the particular occa sion alluded to, but at the same time he thought it would be quite sufficient for ordinary purposes. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. In reply to Sir J. SHELLEY, Mr. COWPER said that the returns which had been moved for in reference to this subject would be laid on the table this evening or after the Easter recess. THE INDIAN CONTRACTS BILL. Mr. SMOLLETT asked the Secretary of State for India, whether he bad received a copy of an act, intituled, " The Indian Contracts Bill," now pending before the Legislative Council of the Governor-General of India; and, whether he was prepared to sanction this.measute in its present shape, if passed by that body? Sir C. WOOD said that the bill alluded to had been re ceived, but th'at it was not at present in a condition to be presened to the house for the consideration of hon. mem bers. SUPPLY. In reply to Lord R. MONTAGU, Lord PALMERSTON said that it was proposed to go into committee of supply on Monday, the 28th inst. THE REVISED CODE. In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTON, Lord PALMERSTON said that the papers relating to the Revised Code which had been required by hon. mem bers would be placed at the disposal of hon, members to morrow. THE STATE OF ITALY. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON that the house, at is rising, should adjourn until Monday, the 28th, Sir G. BOWYER called the attention of the house to the affairs of Italy. He repeated, the statements which he had made on a former occasion as to the atrocities that had been committed under the new rule in South Italy, and he strongly deprecated the intention avowed by Lord Palmerston, on the part of Government, of non interference in the affairs of that part of the continent. Having adverted to different details in con nection with the recent events which had taken place in Italy, and which he argued from his peculiar point of view were not the developments of popular feeling, but the result of the insurrectionary sentiments of a minority of disaffected persons, fostered by foreign influence, to which the noble premier and certain members of his party had contri buted, to a considerable extent, with a view to obtain ing political capital. He vindicated the conduct of the King of Naples, and contended that the Government of this country was chiefly responsible for the invasion of Sicily and the revolutionary movement in South Italy, and that they had violated the principle of non-interfering in re ference to Piedmont. Her Majesty's Government were thanked by the Piedmontese Government for the course which they had pursued in the insurrection in South Italy, and he would ask what had been obtained by this country in consequence of the violation of the prin ciple of non-interference in regard to the affairs of Italy. He utterly denied that they had succeeded in securing Italian unity, and he reminded the house that with the exception of England and France, no countries of Europe admitted that the kingdom of the Two Sicilies had ceased to exist. With respect to the brigands in Piedmont, he contended that they were in reality the population of the country, or they could not have maintained their position. And yet it was thought by some politicians that all that was required for the settle ment of the affairs of Italy was the possession of the revolutionary party of Rome. (Hear, hear.) He desig nated the expedition of Garibaldi as an act of piracy, and the means to which he had resorted in carrying out his views as the most foul and dishonest recorded in the history of modern Europe. He ridiculed the preten sions of Victor Emmanuel to the title of the King of Italy, and he told him emphatically he would never get possession of Renee. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The hon. and learned baronet then proceeded to condemn the policy of the Government in allying themselves with France against Austria, our ancient ally, merely to promote the views of the Emperor of the French, and the interests of Victor Emmanuel. He insisted that the people of Italy never could be reconciled to the Piedmontese, who were not Italians, and did not speak their language, and that the British Government were, to a certain extent, responsible for what had taken place in Southern Italy, which had been the result of their policy, and of their gross violation of the principle of non-intervention. And what had been got by it ? The kingdom of the Two Sicilies still existed ; that of Italy, recognised ex animo only by this country, was not acknowledged by the public law of Europe; Nice and Savoy had been given to France, which had been made the preponderating Power in Italy, while the influence of England had been impaired, and the British flag was re garded as the harbinger of revolution. Mr. LAYARD said he had no doubt Sir G. Bowyer was honest in his opinions and spoke from his own convictions ; but he (Mr. Layard) had never heard a speech in that house which had met with so little sympathy. Sir George must have been grievously misled if he believed the things he had stated ; and it was time that this question should be set at rest. He would prove, by documents and the testi mony of facts what he was about to state, which was due to the Italians and just to the people of this country, who had given to the Italians their moral support, as well as to her Majesty's Ministers, whose policy had been proved to be wise and just. He then described the state of the Neapo litan provinces under the late Government, and the condition of Southern Italy under the present rule, remarking, in con tradiction to the assertions of Sir G. Bowyer, with respect to the Roman provinces, that, up to that day, in the Marches, is Umbria, and the Legations, there had not been a single insurrectionary or reactionary movement, though the people had been left entirely to themselves, there being not a single regiment there. He read details of the social improvement of the people since the change of g Government, the e x t ens i on of education, inclndin Sun day-schools,—and the great di m i nut i on of crime. The people, he said, were satisfied; if not, they could have ex pressed their dissatisfaction. In the Neapolitan provinces, jthe habits of the people could not be suddenly changed ; I their vices had been created by a long period of bad govern ! ment under a former state of things, which had corrupted and brutalized them. He did not justify certain proclama tions that had been issued without the sanction of the Go vernment at Turin, and had not been acted upon, but he protested against the habit of Sir G. Bowyer of asking questions concerning imaginary crimes, and matters in which he had been mystified. The bands that were deso lating the Neapolitan provinces were not composed of Italians nor led by persons of rank ; they were foreign bri• gands, and their inroads—of the cruelties attending which he read details—were confined to the provinces adjoining the Roman territory. The Italian "Parliament deserved the highest admiration of this country. (Hear, hear.) It was a house of which the Speaker of that house might not dis dain to preside over. All parties were fairly represented in it. There was the sober, sensible citizen, the somewhat canny Piedmontese, and the gentleman from Naples, ex citable in temperament, great in eloquence, and great in grievances. (Laughter.) His right hon. friend the member for Wells(Sir W. Hayter), who had lately been to Turin to examine for himself,and who was a great authority upon con stitutional Government (laughter) —said that the Houses of Parliament at Turin would be perfect if they had only that institution which he had himself so ably represented in this country—he meant effective " whippers-in." (Continued laughter.) He did not wish to make disparaging comparisons between different Italian Governments, as the Italian* ;tete the best judges of their own affairs, but he could not help expressing his deep sorrow for the loss which Italy had sus tained in the last year, and which would be felt more and more every day. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, this was the time of all others when that calm, ready, and skilful pilot was required; but, nevertheless, he was sure that the Italian Government would do its duty as it had hitherto done, Although 22 millions of men were released as it were in one day to enjoy the full flood of liberty, there had been no outbreak and no crime committed except by brigands. There had been no reactionary movement except at Parma, and that was an aggravated case on both sides. Tho Government had to weld together seven States, with seven different systems of administering the law, and seven dif ferent systems of finance and currency. He trusted his hon. and 'canted friend would bo satisfied with the facts he had stated. He only marvelled that with all these great changes there had been so little crime, and no political Nkengeance. (Hear, hear.) When the hon. and learned gentleman referred to Count Christen being imprisoned for r h ta e l' a l a t , hs, he seemed La overlook the fact that, probably, taot. at bad been in any other country he Nould have been •' of y order of a court-martial, He was engaged fomenting insurr • . 't r ea d e d , not a re g ul ariinprisone ee „ twate army, but a band of brigands. His 4 proof of hur ea , iit. l. ...fore, under the circumstances, rather taken if b e imagined that hon. and learned friend was mis her Majesty's gover nmen t t ,:he views, opinions, and policy of d to Italy would be changed tldence in the fate of Italy, biy these events. They h ad "r la r and a ra t h o u ra ti i me when they should air. a they thought that now a , y z a l:e asi r to profit by liberties twilolvo her their sympathy they should g offer her friendly advice, and 6‘,',;tr- when' —when his own experience. The position of Ital 1 unpre cedented. No nation had ever r. covered her lilae i going through great suffering . and great trials, and it:I:, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY _EVENING, APRIL 12, 1862. might hate hers. It wan possible that a vast conspiracy against Italy might be raised, and that she might return to priestly rule or to a despotism, but people who had enjoyed fur three years the inestimable blessings of liberty were not 'likely to return to the old state of things. (Hear, hear.) He sincerely trusted that the Italians would not be discou raged by anything which had passed in that house, When Italy became, as she would become, a great, united, and prosperous kingdom, when she took her place among the family of nations, to which she was entitled by the genius, wisdom, and virtue of her children —history would record— if history would condescend to record such things —these vain and futile attempts which were made by the enemies • of progress and of human freedom to frustrate and to retard; the development of the liberties of mankind. (Cheers.) ; , Mr. HENNESSY read figured statements in order to show that the representations of Mr. Layard as to the ma terial progress made by Italy since the change of Govern ment were directly the reverse of the facts. He argued that the trade and commerce of Piedmont were crippled, and that it was on the brink of financial ruin ; and he adverted to other ill effects, which he attributed to the Italian revo lution and the policy of this country in regard to it. He complained that Mr. Layard had quoted despatches not be fore the house, and private letters, and that the Govern ment had not furnished it with recent despatches. In the absence of official information as to the state of Italy, he referred to the letter, published that day, of the Times' cor respondent at Naples, whose testimony he opposed to that of Mr. Layard's witnesses, and supported his statements by citing a Piedmontese newspaper. Mr. SLANEY could bear testimony, from personal ob servation upon the spot, that the statements made of the condition of the Neapolitan provinces ha : been greatly ex aggerated ; that the people were contented under their pre sent rule, and that things were fast improving. In Lom bardy and Northern Italy the people were contented, united, and happy. Mr. COCHRANE considered that our Italian policy had not won for us the confidence of France or of the Parlia ment at Turin, and he pointed out dangers likely to embar rass that policy in future, The true policy of this country, in his opinion, was an alliance with Austria. Mr. DUFF said, admitting, for the sake of argument only, Sir G. Bowyer's right to call attention to the internal affairs of another country, what authority had he for the atrocities he spoke of ? If Italian newspapers, they were generally in the hands of unscrupulous persons ; if private letters, they might be from the accomplices of the brigands. After mak ing allowance for the influence of mixed motives, he believed that the intentions of the Emperor of the French in rela tion to the affairs of Italy were fair ; in the Roman ques tion he had great difficulties to encounter. Mr. M. MILNES thought there was nothing in late events in Italy that called for any observation or any inter ference on the part of that house, and that Sir G. Bowyer hal failed in furnishing any plea to authorise such inter ference. He hoped the great Italian question would be allowed to be settled by the Italian people themselves, and that this and other Governments would interfere as little as possible. The Roman question, he believed, was capable of a peaceful solution. Mr. WHALLEY put the question upon a simple issue. If the Pied montese had committed acts of severity, they had acted against the orders and principles of their Government; if the brigands, in the service of Francis 11., had done what they were charged with doing, they had acted in accordance with the principle of their Church. He thought that France should be called upon to withdraw her troops from Rome, or be held accountable for the outrage. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that there was a great deal of force in the objection to a discussion in that House on the internal affairs of Italy, which was scarcely consistent with the respect due to a friendly Power, provided with an arena of its own for such a discussion. He expressed his surprise at the marvellous credulity and strange pardoxes exhibited in the speech of Sir G. Bowyer, and at his simplicity in expecting the House to manifest the same degree of credulity. He commented upon the extraordinary doctrines and views of Sir George Bowyer, who, he said, regarded the improvements in the laws, the free institutions, and the social ameliorations in troduced into the kingdom of Italy, which others considered demonstrations of freedom, as nothing. The revolution took place but two years ago, and what had been the result in that short period ? As regarded two-thirds of the Italian kingdom, Sir George had practically renounced and aban doned the case; and as to the other third, Mr. Layard had shown that things were improving, and the lucid details he had given disproved the allegations of Sir G, Bowyer. With regard to Rome, Sir George required the House to believe that the people were perfectly satisfied; but there were some 20,000 French troops kept there for some pur- pose which Sir George Bowyer had not explained. Speaking as an individual, he could not but regret, he said, the continuance of that occupation; and he most earnestly hoped, for the sake of the name and fame of France, for the sake of humanity and the peace of Europe, it might soon be done away. With respect to the temporal government of the Papacy—one of the questions involved in this discussion—Mr. Gladstone, in a powerful argument, urged the impolicy, as well as the injustice, of prolonging it. Mr. LOCKE said there was one point to which he de sired to draw attention—namely, the absence of any expres sion of opinion from the opposition bench upon a question respecting which so strong a feeling existed in the country. Mr. PEACOCKE considered that the principle of cen tralization had failed in Italy ; but if that of federation was adopted Italy might still be strong and united. Mr. STANSFELD observed that two questions were in volved in the debate—the condition of Italy and the Italian policy of the Government, which was accused of being par.• tial and inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention, But if non-intervention meant indifference, or even neutra lity, it would be a negation of all policy. He approved their policy, as being founded upon correct principles. Sir G. Bov67er had drawn a dark picture of the condition of Italy; but he was the advocate in that house of a foreign temporal power which was the cause of all the evils he affected to deplore. Mr. MAGUIRE reproached the Government with taking part against the Papacy because it was weak. He believed that Providence, which had watched over the temporal power of the Pope in the fiery ordeal it had passed through would raise up human instruments to baffle its enemies. He arraigned, in very strong terms, certain acts of the Em peror of the French. After some remarks by Mr. O'BRIEN, Lcrd PALMERSTON said,—l think the hon. member for Dungarvan, when he reads to-morrow the words he has spoken to-night, may, on cooler reflection, regret some of the expressions he has let fall. (Hear, hear.) There is in this house perfect freedom of speech; every member is en titled by the rules and privileges of Parliament to express in any manner he thinks consistent with the decorum that ought to prevail in our debates, his opinion of the acts of any foreign Sovereigns. But I think the hon. gentleman, on reflection, will feel that his zeal for the head of his Church has led him somewhat t• , o far in his expressions. (Hear.) The vehemence and passion with which he has spoken remind me of a story of a North American Indian, who, coining to England, a tt en d e d one of the courts of jus • tice and heard a trial. He was not familiar with the English language, but when asked by a friend what was his opinion of the proceedings, he said it was quite clear which of two lawyers who had spoken was in the right. One, who went into a violent passion, was evidently in the wrong ; the other, who kept his temper, must have been in the right. (Laughter.) Now, the vehemence and passion the hon. gentleman displayed in the course of his remarks have clearly shown an internal consciousness that ho was de- fending a bad cause, and endeavouring to make violence and passion the substitutes for argument. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman has also, I think, treated very un justly the services which the Liberal party have rendered to the Roman Catholics of Ireland. (Hear.) Tho hon. gentleman said, we thank nobody for the emancipation of the Catholics ; we have only to thank ourselves for it ; it was the Irish who carried the question, with no assistance. from England. I think the hon. gentleman has mistead' the history of his own time. (Hear, hear.) He has de voted great pains and study to the history of the Court of Rome ; if ho had bestcwed equal attention on the events of his own period in the United Kingdom, I think he would come to a somewhat dilferent conclusion. (Hear.) Un doubtedly, the Liberal party had not the good fortune ac tually to carry the question of catholic Eniaticipation. It *at Carried by the party which had systematically resisted it when proposed by others. (Hear, hear.) But it was owing to the exertions of the Liberal party, and the press ing reasons they brought tla bear on the case, that justice was Ultimately done, and the question carried in a satisfac tory manner, (Hear, hear.) I do not complain of the course the Roman Catholic Members have thought fit to pursue with regard to her Majesty's Government. I am willing to make full allowance for the strong religious feel ing and natural attachment to the head of their Church. They are mistaken, and acting under a delusion; but that mistake and that delusion are to be respected. And 1 as sure them We feel no resentment towards them ; we are willing to trust the course of events, which, I hope, may lead them to take a sounder view of their relations to the party by which Catholic Emancipation was supported and gained. With regard to the hon. baronet Who brought forward this motion, 1 not only respect his motives, but I tender him both my thanks and compliments. I compl ... meat the hon. baronet on this renewed proof he has given of the fidelity of his attachment to the Church to which he belongs. I think this does him honour; now the temporal power of Rome is in danger, the more assured it is of his vehement support. The more likely it is to lose the small remnant of the authority it once possessed, the more hon. ourableis the zeal he manifests in its defence, Like Cato he prefers to choose the falling cause,— " Yietrix causa Deis placuit, sed victa Catoni." The temporal power of Rome is a falling cause. (Hear, hear.) It is, therefore, a fair subject of personal compli ment to the hon, baronet that in spite of the calamity that surrounds it he is still its friend, champion and advocate, as he was in the days of greater prosperity. (ti ear.) I think however the hon. baronet has not done that cause much good by the manner in which he has brought it under dis cussion in the house, because, whatever service he may have thought he was rendering to the temporal power of the Pope and to the cause of the fallen Sovereigns of Italy by the statement he has made, I think, if he had known beforehand what replies would be made by my hon. friend the Under-Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, his own prudence would have ‘counselled him to be silent and to abstain from bringing down a descrip tion of the real state of the Italian question. (Cheers.) Sir, it is manifest that Italy has been greatly benefited by the changes that have taken place. I will not now go into a repetition of the immense advantages Italy has gained by the change in its Governments. I do not on the other hand, want to dwell on the enormities committed by the Govern. ment of Rome under the sanction of the head of the Catho lic religion, and in Naples under the sanction of its unhappy and exiled Sovereign. I will not go into these atrocities; but they were such as ought tt deter any one from ad vocating a cause stained by such cruelties. If 'the Southern part of Italy is disturbed, it is disturbed not by internal insurrection—not by the people themselves— but totally and entirely by emissaries, the scum of the earth, sent there on purpose to murder, to plunder, to destroy by fire, and even to burn people alive. (Hear.) The hon. member for Maldon, if 1 understand him, says he does not wish that Italy should revert to its former condition, but that there should be a federation, and a federation no doubt was the plan proposed originally at Villafranca and after wards at Zurich. But it has been stated that the people of Italy were of opinion that a federation would have been im possible—that if it had been established it could net have held good.. However that may be, the time for it had.gone by ; it was now an impossibility. (Hear.) Italy is now united with the exception of Rome and the small portion of territory attached to it and of Venetia. The hon. baronet says that the King of Italy will never get Rome, that the Pope will continue there for ever, and the hon. member for Dungarvan, the expounder of the decrees of Providence — (a laugh) —says it is destined by the Almighty that the Pope should be for ever the Sovereign of Rome. las a humble individual—l as a simple mortal, not being a prophet, not being an expounder of the Divine intentions--humbly think it is impossible that the temporal power of the Pope can continue. My opinion is that, sooner or later, his rule will come to and end; and, depend upon it, every year, every month of its continuance will alienate the people of Italy more and more from his spiritual authority. (Hear.) It is the interest of the Head of the Church to divest himself of that temporal power which has been so grievously abused by those who have exercised it under his authority and in his name. (Hear, hear.) The two events are not incom patible. The hon. member says that the Pope will for ever remain at the Vatican. I say chat the temporal power of the Pope will cease, and that Rome, sooner or later, will become the capital of Italy ; but the Pope might main tain his dignity as head of the Church, occupying the Vatican, and Rome at the same time being the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. There is nothing incompatible in the two prophecies ; and it is possible that we may see the realisation of both, (Hear, hear.) It has been stated by one of my hon. friends that the destinies of the Pope, as regards the temporal power, are in the hands of the Emperor of the French. (Hear.) There is no doubt of the fact. No doubt the temporal power of the Pope, such as it is, depends entirely on the presence of the French troops in Rome. I have heard it said by Catholics that it is essential that the Head of the Church should be an independent Sovereign. Is the Pope an independent Sovereign? (Hear.) He is maintained in his temporal authority simply by 20,000 French troops, against the will of almost the whole of his subjects. Is that the position of an independent sovereign? (Hear.) Why, it is the most dependent position that an unhappy sovereign can possibly occupy ; and, depend upon it, that condition of things cannot be permanent. I will not say that the occupation of Rome by French troops is a vio lation of international law ; because it exists at the desire and demand, and with the consent of the sovereign of what remains of that country ; but, no doubt, it is a violation of the principle of non-intervention, which hasbeen proclaimed by France as well as by England; and it is also at distinct variance with those declarations with which the war in Italy was commenced, the object of which war was stated to be to restore Italy to herself, and to make her free from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic. (Hear.) Italy has not been restored to herself ; Italy is not free from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic—(hear, hear) ; but on the contrary, a most important part of Italy is occupied by foreign troops keeping from it that government which it wishes for Italy, and maintaining a system repugnant to all the feelings of the people and inconsistent with the principles of political and civil government. (Hear, hear.) Well, Sir, I cannot think that will last for ever; I cannot think the policy of France requires it ; I cannot think it is for the interest of France that it should be maintained. (Cheers.) There are persons who say—l think I heard it stated in the debate to-night—that it would be against the interest of France to have a united Italy. On the other hand, I have heard it said, as a reproach to England, that in wishing for a united Italy she wished for that which would be beneficial to France. It has been urged by those who are opposed to the policy of her Majesty's Government, that a united Italy would be an advantage to France. IV ell, it would be an advantage to France ; not that a united Italy would be an ally of this Power or that; but as a country which would take a leading part in the extension of civilisa tion and commerce, it would be the friend of all European Powers and the enemy of none. As to France, a united Italy would be useful to her not only . as a friend, but it would also serve as a barrier to France against any hostility from Powers on the other side of the Italian frontier. Therefore I say it is a short-sighted policy of France to view with dis like or apprehension, if she really does so, the consolidation of Italy as a united kingdom. (Hear, hear.) Then as to Eng land, it must be an advantage to this country to have know ledge diffused, commerce extended, and commercial rela tions established as far as possible among the various coun tries in Europe. (Hear.) I must say, therefore, that I think the hon. baronet, with the best possible intentions to serve the cause of which he is so devoted an advocate, has made a mistake in bringing on this discussion, and giving my hon. friend the Under Secretary, my right hon. friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and others an opportunity of so completely demolishing the fragment of the case which he has made against the existing state of things. (Laughter and cheers.) Nevertheless, as I before observed, I com pliment him on his fidelity and zeal ; and i also thank him, on the part of the Government, for his compliment to us e which I feel is greater than that which we deserve, in respect of those, as we think, important and advantageous changes which have been effected in the condition of Italy. (Hear, hear.) If those changes be of that character, lam happy to accept the compliment. We are proud to be thought to have contributed in the way the hon. baronet says we have done to an event which every person may con sider a happy one. (Hear, hear.) He overrates our merits; but I am not the less thankful for the kindness which he has shown us. (Cheers.) We have preserved a strict neutrality, and adherad to the principle of non-interven tion. As has been well said by one of my hon. friends, that principle' does not consist in apathy and indifference, in having no opinions, no sympathies. Non-intervention con - szsts in abstaining from action—in not interfering by force of arms in a contest in which, notwithstanding, you may feel a deep interest, and in which as between the parties you may feel a partiality towards one rather than the other. (Hear, hear.) We never disgtiffled our sympathy with the Italians in their struggles to ain liberty and independence. We are proud of our feei;n: in that respect, and, so far from considering it as any reproae:: which the hon. baronet feels it to be—that we should have contributed by our advice, as the organ of the sentiments and sympathies of the British Ration, to bring about the re sults that have been achieved, we are proud of any success that may have attended our efforts in that direction, and should be happy to see them still more successful in contri buting to the perfect consolidation of Italy. Therefore, so far from feeling angry with the hon. baronet for making what he considered to be a charge against us, weare proud of that charge. (Hear, hear.) I think we have given ex pression to what are always the feelings of the people of this country towards those who are struggling for their in dependen e, for their liberty, and for their political free dom, when those struggles are conducted—as the sttuggles 4f the Italian people have been—with moderation, without violence, with wisdom, and with a most happy attainment of the objects in view. (Cheers.) Twice in the history of ate world Rome has exercised most extensive sway over a large portion of the human race. In the days of the old Romans that influence was exerted by military conquest, and the nations were subdued by the force of arms. At a later period the Pope, when his authority was at its height, exercised a power almost supreme over the minds of men in nearly every part of Europe. The military rule was annulled by the force of the barbarians. The spiritual power has gradually waned under the influence of Euro pean enlightenment. (Cheers.) I trust that Rome, when it becomes the capital of Italy, will again be destined to exercise, not a commanding power, but a great and distin guished influence over Europe, by the development of in tellect, the progress of arts and sciences, the commercial activity, the political wisdom, and the general tendencies towards improvement which will there be witnessed. (Hear.) When that time arrives—and I trust it may not be so distant as hon. gentlemen opposite expect—pcsterity will judge between those who may have contributed to that iac Y the wisdom of their counsels, by their ad vice, knowledge, and their influence, and those who h resisted all improvement, and have been champions doggedly resisted defenders of everything that was corrupt, t yrveae result t dnhig b tyrannical, al g , and oppressive in the former institutions of Italy. Posterity will judge between them, and we shall fearlessly appeal to that tribunal for a decision in our favour . (Loud cheers.) The motion of adjournment to the 28th inst, was then agreed to. THE REVISED EDUCATIONAL MINUTE. Mr. LOWE brou;ht up tho revised minute relating to Education. Tho papers Were ordered to be laid on the table. DOCKS. Mr. CORRY gavo notico that on the 13th of May he should move the appointment of a select committee to; in quire into the adequacy of the accommodation for docking her Majesty' s S 3 hips at home and abroad. INCOME TAX. Mr. CRAWFORD on the part of the hon. member for Buckingham (Mr. Hubbard), gave notice that on the 13th of May he should submit the motion standing in his name with regard to the income tax. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. In po6tponing the second reading of the bill until after Easter, The LORD ADVOCATE (in answer to Mr. CAnt,D) said, the impression which had prevailed, that the financial results of this measure would be to put £1,000,000 of money into the pockets of the 'ended proprietors was an entire mistake; on the contrary,"the bill would raise from £35 to £BO, the absolute burden on the heritors. Mr. HOPE said the landowners objected to the parochial schools being made stipendiaries of the Government. The second reading of the bill was postponed until the Bth of May. The Exchequer Bonds (L 1,000,000) bill was read a third time and passed. The Protection of Inventions and Designs (1862) bill was read a third time and passed. The Bills of Exchange (Ireland) Act (1861) Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to bring in bills to amend the Weights and Measures Ireland (1860) Act, and to con solidate and amend the law relating to the registration of assurances in Ireland. Colonel SYKES obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Metropolitan Building Act (1855). Mr. HENNESSY obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable grand juries in Irelaner to alter the remuneration of, secretary of grand juries. The bills were brought in, and severally read a first time. The house adjourned at 20 minutes to two o'clock until Monday, the 28th inst. >--~;:- „ COMMITIBE _POP PRIVILEGES. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 11. Their Lordships nat this - morning as a Committee for P:ivileges, Lord Granworth, in the absence of Lord Redesdaie, in the chair. - - THE INCHIQUIN PEERAGE. This was the claim of the Right Hon. Lucius Lord Inchiquin, in the Peerage of Ireland, on his claim to vote at the election of Representative Peers for Ireland as the 13th Baron of Inchignitt. It appeared from the petitioner's case that the family of O'Brien was for many generations pos sessed of extensive estates in the south and west of Ireland, and, in the reign of Henry VIII., were styled Princes of Thomond, the Chief, succeeding each other by the Irish custom of Tanistry. As it was the policy of the Government of England at that period to conciliate the Irish, Murrough O'Brien, the Tanist Prince of Thomond, who was induced to !abandon his title of Prince, was, by letters patent bearing date at Greenwich, the Ist of July, 1543, created a Peer of Ireland as Earl of Thomond for his own life, with remainder to his nephew, the representative of the elder branch of the family, and 'by the same patent he was also created Baron of Inchiquin, with a limitation of that title to the heirs male of his body. The dignity of Baron of Inchi quin descended from father to son to Mur rough, the sixth lord, who was created Earl of Inchiquin, and the two peerages descended to Wil liam the fourth Earl and ninth Baron of Inchiquin, who died without issue. James the third son of William, the brother of Murrough, succeeded to the titles, and his son Murrough was created Marquis of Thomond in Ireland with a limitation to the heirs male of his body, and in default of such issue to his' brother Ed ward and the heirs male of his body. At the union of Great Britain and Ireland he was created by letters patent a peer of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Thomond of Taplow-court, in the county of Buckingham, with a limitation to the heirs male of his body. Mur rough died in February, 1808, without leaving any male issue, when the title of Lord Thomond of the United Kingdom became extinct, and the titles of Marquis of Thomond and Earl and Lord Inchiquin devolved upon his nephew, William, the eldest sur viving son of his brother Edward, who was after wards created a Peer of the United Kingdom by the title of Lord Tadcaster, and who died unmarried. He was succeeded by his brother James, who also died, unmarried in 1855, when the eldest branch of the family became extinct. The petitioner claimed as the eldest male descendant of Donough, the second son of Murrough, the first Lord Inchiquin, to be entitled to the dignity of Baron of Inchiquin. The evidence on behalf of the petitioner, a part of which was laid before their lordships during last session, was completed to-day, and, at the conclu sion of the case, The Committee agreed to report to the house that the petitioner had made out his claim. ASSIZE IN TEL LIGEII , CE. HOME CIRCUIT.-KINGSTON, April 11. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury. LOZANO AND ANOTHER V. M MURRAY. The plaintiffs in this action are foreign merchants, carrying on business in London, and the defendant carries on a very extensive business as a paper manufacturer at Wandsworth and other places. The action was brought to recover a sum of £4,000 upon a contract for the delivery of 1,000 tons of esperto, or Spanish grass, to which the defendant pleaded that the plaintiffs were not ready to per form the contract, and also that the quality of the article was not according to the sample. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Honeyman, and Mr. Inder wick were counsel for the plaintiffs ; and Sergeant Shee, Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Horace Lloyd were for the defendant. It appeared that the article that was the subject of the inquiry was a peculiar description of fibrous grass, growing in the wild districts bordering upon the Mediterranean, and that while in a green state it was principally used to feed the bulls that were kept for the purposes of the bull-fights. When, however, it became older it became of a very tough and fibrous nature, and was made use of for the manufacture of rope, mats, and artieles of that de scription. Some of this esperto was exhibited at the Exhibition of 1851, and it appeared that it attracted the notice of paper manufacturers as being an article likely to be useful for the manufacture of paper, and the defendant, who is very extensively engaged in that business, tried an experiment with it ; and as the price of this article, when all expenses were paid and it was delivered in this country, was only £4 per ton, while the price of rags was over 120, it was thought if it could be made to answer the purpose of the manufacture of paper the result would be very advantageous. The defendant ap peared to have entered into a contract with the plaintiffs in Sept. last for the delivery of 1,000 tons of the grass at the price above stated, and the case on the part of the plaintiffs was that he had refused to carry out that contract, and the present action was brought with a view to compel him to do so. Sergeant Shee addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and the case he endeavoured to make out iu his behalf was, that the article was not of the quality it was represented to Tao, and it was upon this ground that the claim was resisted. He called several witnesses with a view to establish this fact. Mr. Bovill made a very able reply on behalf of the pi „ - Lntiffs, and the learned judge having summed up, the jury ,Tturned a verdict in their favour upon both the issues raind in the pleadings. This cause concludec; t he business of the Surrey , I , assizes. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 11. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) THE APPROACHES TO THE SESSIONS HOUSE. The Court intimated that the solicitors for the county would be instructed to indict the parish of Clerken well for a nuisance, unless the approaches to the Sessions-house were at once placed in a proper state of repair. Bridget Falbey, milkwoman, was indicted for stealing and embezzling three sums, small in amount, received by her in the capacity of servant to Charles Glover, a cowkeeper in Eccleston-square. It was the prisoner's duty to take the milk out to the cus tomers, and, of course, to account. The charge against her was, that she had misappropriated the money she had received. The prosecutor had not his books with him, and upon some legal technicalities taken by Mr. Pater, w ho was counsel for the prisoner, she was acquitted. Mr. Warton was counsel for the prosecution. Silas Likfield, 26, carpenter, was indicted for an indecent assault upon a girl named Sarah Cutjohn, Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted for the Associate Institute for Promoting and Enforcing the Law for the Protection of Women. Mr. Langford defended. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but assented that he was innocent of the charge. His lordship, after making some remarks upon the frightful enormity of the prisoner's conduct, sentenced him to hard labour for one year. Joseph Jones, a marine-store dealer, 3, Montague street, Whitechapel, was indicted for feloniously receiving a bale of jute, the property of Messrs. Howie, of Watling-street ; Thomas Mann, dealer in mats, 28, King Edward-straet, Mile-end-road, was also charged as a receiver; -William Taylor, 24, and William Taylor, 19, (not relations), were in dicted for stealing the property. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Poland prosecuted ; Taylor, sen., was defended by Mr. Cooper; Taylor, jun., ,by Mr. Ribton and Mr. floldsworth ; Jones by Mr. Tayler ; Mann by Mr. Best. The prosecutors are carriers in an extensive way of business, and the two Taylors were in their em ployment. They were ordered to take some jute from Shad Thames to Lower East Smithfield, and on the way one 'bale was abstracted from the bulk and left at Jones's sill). Mann received it from Jones. The learned counsel for the defence addressed the jury for their respective clients. Mann was acquitted ; the three other prisoners were found Guilty. The sentence was postponed, to allow of feeble, the officer in the case, to supply the Cou r t with further inforn, a ti on . , The following gentlemen have been placed in the Commission of the Peace for this county :—Alexan der E. Miller, Esq., Ashford House; William Fowler Mountford Copeland, Esq., Henry Green , Esq., Poplar ; Hear-Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, C. W. Faber, Esq., Northaw ; Jonathan Rashleigh, Esq., 3, Cumberland-place ; Sir Frederick Arthur, Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq,, St. Duestan's, Regent's Park; John France, Esq., Bloomsbury-square ; Benjamin Sharp, Esq., Hanwell ; Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 76, Sloane-street ; Robert R. Robinson ' Esq., of Westbourne - terrace ; H enr y Robarts, Esq., Stamford-hill ; David Bigg, Esq., Cannons, Edgware ; Mr. ex-Sheriff Abbiss, Pon der's. end ; Mr. ex-Sheriff Lusk, Westbourne-ter race ; J. W. Hallet, Esq., Little George-street, Westminster; Lauchlan Mackinnon, Esq., Bellamy House, Mile-end ; Sir Richard Charles Kirby, Har wood square; George Morley, Esq., Clapton ; George Martin, Esq., Clapton ,• George Banks, Esq., 30, Abingdon-street ; Patrick Douglas Hajcno, F.sq., Sunbury Park, Harrow; Captain Dedman, ficisize Park, Hampstead; Henry Edwards, Esq., 53, Berkeley-square; Charles White, Esq., Lime-street ;ai"dEdward Shephard, Esq., Aberdeen Park, Highbury. POLICE INTELLIGENCZ.--April 11. SOUTHWARK.—GAROTTIN67 A YOUNG LADY. —John Lambert, a tall, powerful-looking man, wos placed at the bar before Mr. Combe for further ex amination, charged with seriously assaulting Miss Catherine Mann, a young lady, residing in the City, and robbing her of a valuable gold watch and chain, in Blackman-street, Borough. As soon as the ease was called, a gentleman, carrying on business as a stationer, near the Royal Exchange, informed his worship that Miss Mann was so seriously injured from her encounter with the ruffian who attacked and robbed her, that she was unable to leave her home and give evidence that day. lie must therefore ask for another remand. Mr. Lewis, son., who attended for the prisoner, objected to anything of the sort. His client had been in custody now three weeks, upon the weakest evidence ever offered in a comt of justice. In fact there ,was no evidence whatever to implicate the prisoner. Mr. Combe wds not of Mr. Leavigla opinion. According to the evidence given by Miss Mann, when she attended on the 25th ultimo, it app Pared that about half-past seven o'clock on the previous evening she was proceeding from the City towards the Elephant and Castle, and when nearly opposite Lant-street and Blackman-street she was seized by the throat and nearly strangled. She struggles violently with the ruffian, who eventually robbed her of her gold watch and chain and made his escape. The prisoner was seen to run from her up Lant-street into a house in the Mint, where he made his escape, but he was apprehended on the following morning in the Mint for riotous conduct, and when at the station-house Miss Mann picked him out from several others as the man who at tacked and robbed her, and she was corroborated by the lad who saw him run up Lant-street. He (Mr. Combe) considered that there was quite suffi cient evidence for him to detain the prisoner until the young lady was able to come forward and com plete her evidence. Me. Lewis observed that ho was in a condition to contradict the testimony of the young lady and the lad. He was instructed to say that his client was not in Blackman-street at the time of the robbery. Not only that, his warship would not surely further remand the prisoner unless there was medical testi mony as to the young lady's inability to attend. His client was a respectable young man, and inno cent of anything of the kind. A city detective here stepped forward, and said he had known the prisoner some time as the asso ciate of thieves, and he had been convicted of pick ing pockets. Mr. Combe further remanded the prisoner until Thursday next, when he hoped the young lady would be able to attend and complete her evidence. WORSHIPS STREET.—THE GAROTTING CASE. —Lydia Hartley, charged frequently with being concerned in the robbery of jewellery from a Mr. Richard Pearce, and his subsequent death resulting from the violence consequent thereon, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Knox. Mr. Beard again attended in defence of the pri soner. At the last hearing it was understood that the police would on the next remand bring forward testimony that should implicate the prisoner, on her own admission, of participation in this frightful outrage. It was not, however, forthcoming, and Mr. Beard strongly pressed upon the attention on the magistrate the several points tending to show that his client stood perfectly apart from any par ticipation in the actual outrage, even admitting that she was cognisant of the persons who were in her company when she left the Spread Eagle, Kings land-road, with the gentleman since deceased. Mr. Knox, after running through the previous evidence, again, at the request of the police who have the conduct of the case, remanded the prisoner for a week. THE RETIREMENT OF MR. KNOX FROM THIS COURT.—It was not generally understood that Mr. Knox, who has prominently taken his stand as a magistrate at this Court for a comparatively brief period, retired officially this day, consequently the adieus were far between. Mr. Beard and Mr. Heritage were, indeed, the only attorneys in court on the occasion who had the opportunity of taking leave. All persons attached to the court were highly complimented, in accordance with Mr. Knox's well-known courtesy, upon their general efficiency in the several duties upon which they were engaged. But few gentlemen will quit their magisterial position more respected here than Mr. Knox. TILE CHARGE OF THRE A TENING LORD S.HAF2BASTU.RT. Mr. William Cole, charged with threatening the life of the Earl of Shaftesbury, was again brought up yesterday at Bow-street Court, in custody of Sergeant Brown, of the A division of police, and placed at the bar before Mr. Henry. The Earl of Shaftesbury was now in attendance, and occupied a seat upon the bench. A solicitor, whose name was not stated, appeared for the defence. The following certificate from Dr. Bainbridge, the medical officer of St. Martin's, was produced by the officer, and read by Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk : " St. Martin-in-the-Fields Workhouse, April 10, 1862. " I hereby certify that I have carefully examined William Cole as to his sanity, and am of opinion that he is of perfectly sound mind. " WILLIAM BAINBRIDdE, M.D. " To the officiating magistrate, Police-court, Bow-street." The Earl of Shaftesbury was then sworn. 'Mr. Henry—Lord Shaftesbury, you have heard the expressions deposed to by the witness, Mr. Storer ? The Earl of Shaftesbury—l have, Sir. Mr. Henry—From those expressions, and from what you yourself have seen of the defendant's con duct, do you think you are in danger of violence at his hands ? The Earl of Shaftesbury—l should say that, judging from what I saw myself of his violent conduct and manner, from what I have heard of his antecedents, and from the statement of Mr. Storer, that the defendant said he would smash or slay me, I really believe that in a moment of excite ment he would be capable of using personal violence to me, and I think it desirable that you should give me that protection from his violence which the law affords. Mr. Henry—l understand that there are present some members of his family—his brother, I think. A gentleman, who was understood to be the de fendant's brother, here rose and said he was deputed by his father and other members of the family to request that they might be protected from insult on the part of the defendant. while he could announced himself, here said that The defendant's attorney, who had not hitherto not Lord Shaftesbury, after the charge preferred by in conscience offer any observat l ons on the been gi ven, he must protest against the introduction of family matters. Mr. Henry—l had not the slightest intention that fam ily matters should be introduced. But I did not know the defendant had a solicitor —as you did not say that you appeared for him. I wished to give his friends an opportunity — not of intro ducing family matters—but of saying anything in his behalf. With reference to his threat against Lord Shaftesbury you must see that I am bound to protect him and the public. The Attorney—Certainly, sir. The threats which are so distinctly sworn to are such as clearly ought never to have been used , and I feel that there is no answer to the case , though having known the de fendant for years, I am sure that with all his exag• Berated man ner, he really Would not injure any one. The defendant—Lord Shaftesbury no more goes in fear of violence from m e , sir, than you do. Mr. Henry—You certainly made use of threats which were calculated to excite alarm in the mind of any one. After what has been proved, 1 must call upon you to enter into recognisances, yourself in £lOO, and to find two sureties in IN each to be bound for your good behaviour for twelve months. I shall require 48 hours' notice of bail. The defendant received the magistrate's decision with perfect equanimity, merely replying, " Cer tainly, sir." Then gathering up his blue cap:and particoloured rug, which he had placed on the floor of the dock, he bowed to the magistrate, and was remoyed in custody of the gaoler. - - CO U . AT B 1 31 ABE :LASt P- LIVi 7.lll3ooL—Apvir, 11. had to-day a e 'ood attendance of dealers and mil lers, and wheat commas tded a moderate inquiry, at about last Friday' extreme r, ttes. Flour met . " a very good de mand, but litt?o offered, It an improvement 01 6d to is per barrel. Oats an,:i oatmea 1 steady, at firmer prices. Peas 6d dearer. Barley and be ns sold at late grit :es. Indian corn in better request;at ha te quotations. ner in wheat, and 5 ales were of . last F. Barh y rather dearer. Beans, oats, a nd O WAKE_ VIE: LB — APRIL 11 . Business here is rathel - fin steady, at fully the p ric s aa m hug very ridaydull. -- EXETER-- Arun, 11. Wheat, white..7s Gd t o7s 6d Barley.. 3s 9d to 4s 4d Ditto new .0s Od tc , Os Od ,Oats .........2s 9d t3s Od Flour, fine, 43s to 4t.ls ; sneo,uds, 41s to —s per sack. CAT'T'LE • The market to-day WAS :) 00 1 1Y supplied with stock, mad little business done. - w e thers, do 7d to 7-id _ d } - a t calves, do 6d 'Jo 6 Fat beel,p score,9sod to 10s0d I 1 7 ,Nces, per lb 6ld to 7,1 Pork carcases, 9s 6d to lOs 6 d Lambs, per lb —d to Rough fat, 34d pa r lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—AI -nu, 11. ' A cargo of Barbadoes , the first of the few Cro p , has)een on the market, and abou t three-fourths of it have beemold At s eady prices. Itefined goods experience. ' a steady stoat late rates. COAL MARKET. irrioes of Coal per Tort at the close of the marker s. d. 1 Walls:End. Byass's Belaside West A • , Hartley ......... ...16 3 Cassop Howard's West Hart - Hartlepool .. 17 C 16 3 1,7 .... sCaradoc ...Pi 6 N or t h ell ............ 15 6 S:9uth Hart1ep001......16 3 North 1-',°lton ... 12 6 South Kelloe.. 16 6 Hastings iTartley ....16 3 Heugh H a ll 16 0 Tanfield Moor. ...... .13 0 Whitworth 14 9 Tani:Jew M oor i:utes.. 13 0 South Hetton ...17 6 Walker Primrose ..... :i 2 0 Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 0 Carway and Duffryn 24 .0 Wylam . .1, i 6 Trimdon Thornley....ll 6 A. K c e o ll rn oe . . . . . . . .. .. Malting • .16 9 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Hat= .. 17 6 Bell's Primrose l2 0 I: aswe r li t ti Bate's West Hartley..ls 0 Ste, wa-j- •' '' Frain u' ell g atu Sheriff ' • H-ill 16 0 Walls End. 14 6 Eden 16 0 Eden. Mal u .). ..15 6 Ships at market, 68 ; sol 3, '''' - - - RAIL WAY INTELLIGE.I,vu• TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WOEX• R eceipts. Miles Opened. R et:, ..._-_, Railways. ,-_-.. ,..-- 1861. 1860. 18 61 . -..- ----- - ----- X Ballymena and Pert Rush.. •_7 - 136 1,916 Belfast and N. CountieS. •• . 1,_ 16 Belfast and County Dowri . • 4 9 ' 49 598 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June. - - -,,,,, Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1, 879 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian g64 12 1 5 1 g : 7 0 .7 5 , 212 Cockermouth& Workington Si 20 372 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Pass a g e 6l 26 - 380 Cork and Youg-hal. . .• 26 Cornwall 53/ MI 1,158 Deeslde ea. • 17 11 261 63 1,239 Dublin & Belfast Junction . • 6 3 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,46 7 Dub, & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 484 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l il 2,2641 31 ,1,0112 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3 184 684 925 Eafst Anglian 6 EEdi.Cnobunurtgiehs,aNuridkaiiStaEsfowni.o.n 4 1 9 6 904 416'60:4 23..,:7/910v6,, Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 85 05 Forth & Clyde Junction .. •30 30 270 Furness 8,181 Glasgow & South-Western' 1831 Great Northern Great North of Scotland ''' , 7 1;7 : 1 0 '8 2 . 58 1 .07/. 'it.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 829 320 ,' .. 5 Great Western 9614 9134 ,:50, 3 . , Inverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 71K Irish South-Eastern 25 25 256 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 054 29: 4 ) 59 Leominster and Kington Limerick and Ennis... 24d 244 176 Limerick and Foynes 2 26 164 Mandl) , 4 4 503 1 London & North-Western . 10614 1007 82, 237 London and Blackwall 5/ 51 1, 93 London & South-Western . 400 3944 17,201 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 241/ 2244 15,029 London, Chatham, & Dover 724 564 1,738 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 45 45 927 Man.,Sheffield, &Llncolnsh 1 234 2314 12,815 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 4 0 1,30 Maryport and Carlisle r2B 28 942 6 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 144 6144 37,468 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1924 1924 4,315 Monkland 66 56 1,588 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,426 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 8, 136 North British (incL Selkirk and Galashiels) . . North Devon 35 450 N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 789 764 33,768 North London 9 9 2,425 North Staffordshire 246 246 7,53 7 Oswestry and 424 Rhymney 194 802 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,974 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,935 Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - 'Shrewsbury and Chester - Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 29i 930 .South Devon . 73 754 3,072 South-Eastern 306 306 .17,267 South Wales 1714 171/ - S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - Stockton and Darlington 8,310 Taff Yale 5l 54 5,274 Ulster 5l 51 1,937 Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 254 Vale of Neath 35 35 2,102 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 291 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 274 274 840 W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 39 89 3,831 West Midland - - W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 380 Whit e haven Junction l2 12 529 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 518 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 3 1, 054 Austrian 828 873 36,612 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 - Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Xilwaukie lB5 185 2,251 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franck), ...• • ••• . East Indian - Grand Trunk of Canada. •• • 1090 1090 - Great Indian Peninsula... • 4374 2974 6,068 Great Luxemboure , 1 134 128 4,296 Great Western of Canada ' ‘ 345 345 1 0 ,2 3 3 Lyons and Geneva I 14.2 142 4,803 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 11,655 Northern of Canada - Northern of France 7Ol 623 48,436 Norweoian Trunk 44 ,t 4 804 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 179 93,216 Paris and Orleans 922 922 49,328 Pernambuco 364 -- 1 821 Royal Danish 69 69 - 267 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 ' .y South Austrian Southern of France . 777 773 25„ 80 " Welland.... - - West Flanders ... 75 75 866; 1 W. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 33,156 ) 1860. __-! 2,2 0 72'Z'• 2,01 2 6,461 15,18 9 216 387 380 262 12 1,158 /,,....', 261 27 5 . 1,239 1,377 1,467 1,876 2,264 2,783 1,507 1,5 53 576 628 ,1,0112 1,128 926 908 23,790 23,97 1 6,619 6,739 3,476 3,754 270 264 2,479 2,290 8,184 8,324 . 4 '4,718 26,686 1 ",841 1,722 . . 6 7 0 •, ,: i , t 9 . 2 5 8 1: 6 7364 1 99 1 8 2 12 9 ~ .4 11152 1 46373 1 , ' 6 3 41 6 : 55 i: it93e. 7 27 i.89_ 36 8 ' xt 19,18 3 ' 17,2 t. 16 1: 0 7 2 38 9 18 1 : 8 0 0 4 927 I, IV Y - 12,815 ~ ; '',..3 6 1,030 Yr / , . c,,. 942 1,. = 37,468 3 8 ,ra 4,315 4, i ° "' 1,588 1,550 ' 2,426 2,12 7 3,136 3,601 6,05 i FOREIGN .21141 L PACKET LIST. 6,130 426 35, 865 , 2,6 „ .!. 7,46 , ? 441 746 1,982 3,563 3,035 1,951 I,mo 3,600' 21,165 7480 5,014 2,00 s 14 0 1,90 37t 1 75¢ 4,279, 1,601 36,3 36 1. 72 . 5 3,10 ~.% 48,116 4,6 4 2,7 0 10,7 82 4,0 15,3 815 46,076 84,9 6, 53,869 1,234 40,282 23,378 1,04 5 35,340 , _....- MAILS DUE. Auplralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. April 18.. via Marseilles April 1 2 . 43razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 3 . Q China, Penang, and Singapor e , v i a S ou th am pt on Ap r il lf,' via Marseilles April l‘'' Falkland Islands Oa Gibraltar, via Southampton .. April ' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton APril 1 :7 -- via Marseilles April 1... India (Bombay), via Southampton April 1; via Marseilles April V l '" Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 1 0 - via Marseilles April 13 *,.. Newfoundland . .Ap ly, Oporto and Vigo. April 11 U. S. and British N. America, by Brit, packet.... April 1 0 ' by U.S. packet.... _ , by Canadian packet. April v:. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April W' April 10. Mexico.. Bahamas, via New York .., .. April 18. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia. } April i 4. _ -- The flowers in Covent-garden surpass those of every aler country, for the reason that every improvement in their cul' cur m g e th an e s' or f: t ture is instantly adopted. From the same cause Herring '4 magnetic brushes and combs surpass every other restoring grey hair to its original colour, and in inveterate cases of neuralgia and nervous headache. The/ do this with almost undeviating certainty. N.B.—Count er feits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, L °ll. don. • BIRTHS. AUSTIN—On the 11th at Fairmile House, C0b125124 Surrey, the w if e of R. Cecil Austin, Esq., barrister law, of a son. CußzoN—On the 10th inst., at 46, Charles-street, the lion' Mrs. Curzon, of a daughter. EVEREST.—On the oth inst., at 14, Westbourne-terr ace ' mad, the wife of Henry Everest, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BROWN—SEELEY—On the 10th inst , at St. Jam es ' s,Pir o - cadilly, Henry George Brown, Capt. 100th Regt. , sou of t° Arthur Browne, Esq., J.P., of Newton, Roscommon, Annie, youngest daughter of Charles Seely, Esq., I \ l .'l of Heighington, Lincoln, and Brooke House, Is le RAE—RAY—On the 9th inst., at the p ar i s h church Radipole, William Maples Rae, Esq., of Cheltenham , t° Ellen Maria, youngest daughter of Commander J. Ray' R.N., of Weymouth. DEATHS. BEAUMONT—On the 10th inst., a t 144, Piccadilly, 'Violet Augusta, second daughter of Wentworth B. Beaumont , Esq., M.P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont, aged three years and eleven months. DARLINGTON—On the 6th inst. ' Joseph Darlington, Esq. , of The Grange, near Cherley, Lancashire, aged 81. PEMBERTON—On the 10th inst., Thomas Pemberton, EN., of Warstone House, near Birmingham, aged 73. WESTERN.—On the 10th inst., at 47, Harley-street, Caven dish-square, Edward Western, solicitor, of G rea t James street, Bedford-row , WooD.—On the 7th inst-t a ‘ t Horning, n ear Norwich, Thee. W oo d, Beg. , l ate of 24, Milk-street, Cheapside , aged 64. aged 53, and d Published by JOHN cHAPL IN7 Lo NU 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, N 0 .112, of No. stra nd, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of 1802. giddlepex.-4turclay, April 12, perfo: had a Mr. Morn p. TEI Who m In such 30th Nc tation( Form tained tween t Fend and and Big marked Knead,' Obtaine ►r Fr n who ma in sw,h 30th No eta lion( Separ ta ined rOr ni tW een t 1 Tenth and sigi marked arc' no tala ed 1] ^-/ God toatic he twelve E lions, if tight, fo A ddre and p Post oil l'ayab swallow DR.] f IVEAKIO 'rapidity germane doubled _force co] Dottie 4E ents, chemists 11 OY. 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