The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack $t five o'clock. THE EDUCATION CODE. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Gloucea ter against theßavised Education Code. GARDENS IN TOWNS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord REDESDALE moved that it be referred to a select committee. Lord ST. LEONARDS took objections to the bill, -which he said proposed to take away the fee simple of the interior of Leicester-square from a gentleman who had a right to it. Lord OVERTON said if the bill was referred to a select committee all private rights would be carefully considered. Ile complained very much of the present state of Leicester square, a place not one hundred years ago selected as the resort of royalty, and which was then an ornament to the metropolis. He wished to know what had become of that ornamental garden, and, by whose authority it had degenerated to its present Condition. They were about to invite foreigners to their shores, yet, in the very centre of the metropolis, they would find a spot which was a disgrace to it. He hoped the bill would be referred to a 'select committee. Lord QtIELMSFORD read an advertisement which had been drawn up by the late George Robins, the auctioneer, offering the space in Leicester-square and the iron rails by which it was surrounded, for sale by public auction. He looked upon this as a cireumstance which showed the square was private, and not public property. Earl GRANVILLE thought, if the bill was referred to a select committee ) all private rights would be well consi dered. After a short discussion., in which Lord St. Leonards, Lord Crag worth, and Lord Redesdale took part, the bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee. CONSOLIDATED FUND (£973,747) BILL. This bill was read a second time. LAW OF PROPERTY AMENDMENT BILL. The bill was read a third time and passed. TRANSFER OF LAND. The LORD CHANCELLOR nominated the committee to which the whole of the bills relating to the transfer of property was to be referred. Their lordahipe then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTEIMAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented from Roman Catholics and other religious bodies in favour of the rejection or modification of the Revised Code of Education; against the Highways Bill ; is favour of the Parochial Assessments Bill ; against the Abolition of the Church Rates Bill. NEW WRIT, On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the North Riding in the room Of Mr. Cayley, deceased. ARMY (SOLDIERS) INSTITUTES. Captain JERVIS moved. an address for a return of the reports of Captain Jackon, R.A., to the Secretary of State for War respecting the present state of soldiers' institutes in Engl and.—The return was ordered. TRANSPORT SERVICE. Mr. CHILDERS moved for a copy of any communica tion between the Colonial-office and the Emigration Com missioners relative to the recommendations of the select committee on the transport service.—Ordered. REVOLUTION IN GREECE. In reply to Mr. B. COCHUANE, Mr, LAYARD said that no information had been re ceived to show that the disturbances in Greece had exten ded beyond Napauli. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. WHALLEY gave notice that on an early day he would move for a committee to inquire into the description of edugation at Maynooth College and the allegiance of the students and professors of that institution. (Laughter.) MR. WHALLEY'S TOWER. Mr. B. OSBORNE said that he had to correct errors into which he had fallen the other evening in reference to the hon. member for Peterborough. He stated that that hon. member had given a tower on his estate for the use of the Orangemen of Liverpool. He was informed by the hon. member that he had given the use of the tower merely for plc nice and purposes of festivity. (Laughter.) He Was also in error in stating that the hon. member had erected the building in question, and instead of being on household land it was on fee simple estate. (Laughter.) With respect to what he had stated relative to the speech of the hon. member at the Rotunda in Dublin, he certainly thought he heard him quote the line— " A smile in the lip and a tear in the eye," but it appeared he was in error, and he hoped the hon. member would never make a quotation again. (Renewed laughter.) THE MILITARY COLLEGE AT SANDHURST. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. SELWYN asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of the Government to enlarge the Military College at Sandhurst, and to insist upon a compulsory residence there of all candidates for commissions in the army, or whether the offer made by the University of Cambridge for establishing military educa tion at that university would be accepted ? Sir G. C. LEWIS said—The vote taken last year for Sandhurst was £15,000, which had not been expended, and it would merely have to be revoted. In reply to an hon. member he said that the vote for fortifi cations in the colonies would be merely to complete those already commenced. The fortifications in Nova Scotia and Halifax had been rendered necessary by the apprehen sion that was entertained of a collision with the 'United States. ._...... r._ ~.:-_ --- CLOTHING FOR THE VOLUNTEERS. Lord A. V. TEMPEST asked the Secretary of State for War, whether Her Majesty's Government would sanction the issue of clothing, at contract price, to regiments of Volunteers; also, whether they will consider tho expedi ency of giving a contingent allowance, per man (according to the strength of the corps at the annual inspection), in aid of renewal of clothing and equipments. Sir G. C. LEWIS deferred answering the question until the house went into committee of supply. EXPENSES OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. ------ - On the house going into committee of supply, Sir H. 'WILLOUGHBY objected to the amount £209,901 for the above department, which was an increase during the last two years of £15,000. Major KNOX also objected to the number of messengers employed in these departments, and thought these offices would be best filled by soldiers on half-pay, - Mr. 'WILLIAMS thought a naval captain was not a very fitting person to have the charge of the clothing of the army. Sir G. C. LEWIS explained that the increase under the heed of law expenses arose from the acquisition o: land by the Government for the new fortifications. There had been an increase in clerks, but that was more apparent than real. He considered that the gallant gentleman referred to by the hon. member for Lambeth was an exceedingly valuable and efficient public officer. The suggestion of the gallant major should receive attention the first time that he (Sir G. C. Lewis) had occasion to appoint a temporary messenger. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought the explanation of the right hon. baronet very unsatisfactory. He considered that the expenditure on these enormous fortifications was very unwise—(cheers)—but at any rate the legal expenses ought to come out of the special fund provided fer the fortifica- tions themselves. He moved to reduce the vote by £4,000. Sir G. LEWIS doubted whether it would be legal to ex pend the fortification loan on any object other than the works themselves. He promised that if he were in office when the works were completed there should be no attempt made to render the situations held by the persons employed under the vote permanent. After a few words from Col. Dxcxsoii and other mem bers, The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. WILLIAMS pointed out an extraordinary item in the vote —£5,985 for chimney sweeping. (Laughter.) Mr. CHILDERS thought that the right hon. gentleman should give some more distinct assurance that the a nnual increase upon the vote should be arrested. He showed t hat there wa s of an additional sum voted for the staff to the wuttts We £5,000 since the year 1856. The auditors' ac crease 1,3. the number at a much larger expense, and the in „aces wa t s h fro number of clerks since the consolidation of the explanation m 115 to 120. He thought that this required Sir G. c . 1 . 4 121 7 5 r.) sat on milita ry orga !aid that about a year ago a committee That committee we auT.tion, presided over by Sir J.Graham. _wimp-mud° the whole question of the consti.• tution of the conclusion that any great economy and if they had come to the no doubt they w 0.04 haveer runny could have been effected, branches they recomLeraewindaVuanat recommended it In some increase rather than a dimi nution. He (Sir G. those e ally enough compared the estimates of this year with back, as his hon. friend did, t o th °t e la at , instead of going 1856. The new duties thrown upon the War D e p o . rt year at w he i first place, the increase of the estimates necessa r y. n l l i r t t had rendered an great manufacturing establishments field had been almost entirely created °° e i n wl : ll ,,,,, an r . a En added a large proportion of business to the they went. Then there was the conversion of the In ar di -liepart into the Queen's army. Although the India n ?e a : a rmy were paid out of the Indian treasury, yet there war: a g e : B deal of additional business incidental to the change. The correspondence connected with the volunteers formed a large branch of bu.iness, and there was also a new subject of fortifications. It had been his (Sir G. C. Lewis's) busi ness to inquire into the staff of the War-office. The num ber certainly seemed large, but from all the information he had been able to gather from the heads of departments, he believed they were all employed, and that the office was by no means overhanded. The audit branch of the department was very extensive, inasmuch as it was the great establish ment for auditing all the details of the accounts of the army, a work which could not be accomplished without a tc) th e emmnittee; but if his hon friend or any other mem ber• " 44 t "? Undertake a rigorous . investigation he (Sir Q. LONDON, • FRIDAY E-VENING, MARCH 7,186 g. ~sa."~ F'i.~ IRt C. Lewis) should be most happy to give him his assistance. The vote was then agreed to, meOnnts, engineering g ve ee te ri o n f e D34,lsl for man u f ac t ur i ng es tablish civil establishments, barrack masters' lodging money, rents, &c., Sir G. C. LEWIS said he thought he shag 1d best dis charge his duty by offering to the committe a short state ment of the present condition of our manufacturing seta , - blishments. We had at Woolwich a royal gun factory; there was also at Woolwich a carriage factory, a laboratory, an inspector of artillery's:LlT - artment, and a chwhital de partment. At Enfielft there was an tatabliShment for the manufacturt of small arms ; at Pimlico, a small establish mett for the repair of arms ; and a similar establishment at the Tower. At Birmingham we had an establishment for the examination of contract small arms; at Waltham Abbey, a factory of gunpowder; at Portsmouth, a small laboratory, and another at Plymouth. The number of small arms manufactured since 1863 was 1,093,000. Of these there had been issued to the army, militia, navy, and volun teers, 501,000 ; to the Indian service. 192,000 ; to the colo nies, 20,000; making together, 713,000. There were in store besides 601,000 stand of small arms ; and the number rendered unserviceable from various causes was 22,000. That was as to the small arras. The committee were aware that a great change had been introduced into iron ordnance in consequence of the improvements made by Sir W. Arm strong. The whole amount appropriated for the manufac ture of these guns during the current financial year will have been £521,000 ; out of which sum 1,489 guns had been constructed. Two -thirds of these were of heavy calibre, 681 being 100-pounders and 341 40 -pounders. These, with about 900 guns previously supplied, would make up the number of nearly 2,400 Armstrong guns. Much interest had been expressed by the statements as to the failure of the Armstrong guns; and he (Sir G. C. Lewis) was in a position to say, from all the information he had obtained, that he was able to give an entire denial to the repre sentations which had been made as to the failure of these guns. (Hear, hear.) If necessary he could lay before the committee evidence as to the particular points on which dissatisfaction had been expressed. But he thought it better not to trouble the committee by going into de tails. He might say that everything he had heard convinced him that the statements made as to the failure of these guns had been either erroneous or grossly exaggerated, and that on the whole, with the exception of some small defects which had been remedied by subsequenfexperience, those guns had answered all that was expected of them. There was also the case of the Whitworth ordnance. Mr. Whitworth was a very ingenious man, and he professed to have made certain improvements both in the larger guns and in the regulation Enfield rifles. There was a discussion last session on the Whitworth rifle, and the Government then undertook that the subject should be carefully consi dered. A battery of six guns, complete for the field, had been cast at Woolwich, according to Mr, Whitworth's pattern, and had been bored by himself. That battery was intended to be used for the field, and would then be tried by the experience of actual service. In this manner we should best arrive at a knowledge of the comparative merits of the Whitworth ordnance. Then with regard to the Whitworth rifles, 1,000 Whitworth rifles were to be made at Enfield according to a pattern supplied by Mr. Whitworth; an in fantry regiment was to be armed with them experimen tally, and he was to manufacture 500,C00 rounds of ammu nition himself at the public expense. He had also permitted Captain Boxer to manufacture shells and fuses for the guns. In this manner we should have actual experience both of his rifles and his heavy ordnance, He (Sir G. C. Lewis) trusted the committee would see that the Government had thus redeemed the promise they had given last session. The manufactories at Woolwich were undoubtedly on a very large scale, a scale which, although he believed it was gainful to the public, by reason of the saving thus made as compared with what would have to be paid to con tractors, could only be maintained at a large actual cost to the country. Be might assure the committee at the same time that the results were important, and that the reserves at Woolwich were in a very satisfactory condition. A siege train was in readiness there, consisting of 105 mortars and 750 rounds of ammunition a-piece, which was fitted for operations against a fortress of the largest class, and might be shipped in 48 hours. He believed there nevet was a time when the country was so well prepared in this respect. Great exertions also had been made towards the re-arma ment of the fortifications ; not only abroad, as at Gibraltar and Malta, the old ordnance had been replaced by new and improved guns, but there had been a great addition made to the ordnance in various parts of the United Kingdom. The armament of this country bad been increased from 2,247 guns to 3 , 472, and when the committee bore in mind the expense of these guns, they would be aware that this change could not be accomplished without a great outlay. It was also necessary in this estimate to insert a large provision for gunpowder. The consumption of gunpowder had greatly increased, chiefly inconsequence of the extent to which expe rimental firing was carried on, so much as to make the ex pense nearly as heavy as in a year of war. Considerable improvements had also been made in field artillery, which in the modern system of war was of great importance. He thought he had now placed the committee in possession of a general outline of the vote. He wished he could impress upon them the conviction which he felt as to the ne cessity of the large expenditure they were now making on these objects ; but he could assure them he thought the money which was now being voted by Parliament for the war estimated was being economically applied to the pur poses for which it was intended. He was quite aware that the impression on the public mind was that it was possible to have an equally efficient,er even a more efficient military system than the present one, at a diminished expenditure, by an improvement of our organisation. He had endea voured to test the soundness of that view since he came into his present office, and he had arrived at this conclusion, that unless they diminished the numerical strength of the army, or the military stores, or the provisions made for the comfort and health of the great bulk of the army, it would be impossible to make any material reduction in the amount of the present estimates. Unless the progress of invention was arrested—if they were to go on constantly re-arming the troops with a succession of new arm, new rifles, and new guns, to be discarded three or four years hence, he could not hold out to the committee any sanguine anticipation of a reduction in this large vote. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that several millions of money had been laid out on this vote, and it was extremely doubtful whether these millions had been wisely and pru dently laid out. He should like to know what was the whole cost of these establishments. What means had the right hon. gentleman of knowing the cost of them ? Who kept the books and accounts, and how were they kept ? The com mittee on military organisation, of which the late Sir J. Graham, the hon. member for Coventry, and the right hon. member for Huntingdon were members, found fault with the way in whiCh these accounts were kept, and said that f. 40,000 per manth was paid away without any general ca shier of general paymaster. The money was also placed in private banks. They recommended that various changes should be made, and he wished to know what changes had been made since their report. Mr, Godley, who was examined before that committee, stated that the system had been carried too far, and that-they did not trust sufficiently to the efforts of private individuals. • The evidence went to show that there was no balance-sheet in the carriage de partment, and he believed Sir B. Hawes had no power of rejection. Had the right hon. gentleman any means of knowing the amount of stores and munitions in stock ? The witnesses were asked over and overagain if they could show a profit and loss account, and they replied that they could not. They did not sur el y want to add stores upon stores, but having once ascertained what an article could be pro duced for, they should go to the private manufacturer for it. He believed that this was one of the points in which the House of Commons could beneficially step in to reduce ex penditure. He did not believe the right hon. gentleman had. more power to stop the expense than he had. Sir G. C. LEWIS soid the hon. baronet had referred to the report of the committee on military organisation, but he ought to have referred to the report of the committee on the stores department, which was presented on the 19th of March, 1861, which was signed by Mr. Anderson, the repre sentative of the Treasury, who was an exceedingly acute accountant. All the points to which the hon. baronet re ferred had been rectified according to that report. The in quiry into Weedon and Woolwich was quite satisfactory. Each of the Government manufactories sent in a balance sheet fur the year, and every other security was taken for the purpose of seeing Ithat the Government manufactories were remunerative, and that the system was conducted on the principle of profit and loss, The plan on which the Government proceeded was to manufacture one-half the supply themselves, and to get the other half from private manufacturers; so that the cost at which the Government could buy the article would be a check on the Government manufacture, and the cost at which the Government could manufacture would be a check on the price of the private maker. lie could only say that hitherto the facts went to show that the manufacture by Government, as at pre sent conducted, was economical, and that the persons em ployed acted honestly. The contractors complained that the Government did not make sufficient allowance for the cost of plant. No doubt it was difficult to ascertain what was the precise allowance to be made on that account, but cn the whole they had reason to believe that the present system was good. As to the taking of stock the heads of departments took the most accurate accounts of the stores, and he never found any difficulty in getting a distinct answer to any inquiry on that point. Mr. ELLICE (Coventry) se id that what the hon. baronet had stated was perfectly true. The committee of which he was a member found fault with the mode in which the ac counts had been kept, which were in a considerable state of confusion. They also found that the money was kept in different private banks in , tend of being kept in the Bank of England and paid through that establishment. But he had of c sstook; i no doubt that an improvement had been made since then in Dixone respects. The department at En fi eld under Colonel tain the detail s were kept very regularly, but in all the Government been sent down departmentsjarnththeye should be so kept that you might ewer both I reported that they lir: re gularly and so well. to which the hon. of expenditure and receipt, the amount las test of the different manufactured articles. to i sa n id that the three gentlemen who had into the department at Woolwich With ver regard any accounts kept so made. tar To he t o materials the depart meat,c.sahrrouialdgebeofthe;fberered, it was essential to the efficiency of the artillery;th a r t ages should be well and efficiently best quality, and every part of them should be made under inspection. Mr. MONSELL quite agreed with the hon. and gallant officer that the carriage and also the gun department should be under the superintendence of Government. But it ap peared to him that the clothing department stood upon totally different ground. There was another vote in the estimates to the amount of £40,000 for increasing the build ing of this branch at Pimlico, anti for the machinery for army dlothillg. He believed they should have a small esta blishment for the purpose of checking the private trade, but nine-tenths of the army clothing was made up not by private traders, but by Government establishments. He believed there was no analogy between the manufacture of guns for the army and the making of coats and trowsers, and there fore when they came to the items to which he referred, he should take the sense of the house upon it. Sir F. SMITH thought the house and the public were entitled to more information with regard to the Armstrong guns. According to some authorities, a great number of these guns would become totally useless in course of action. He hoped the right hon. baronet would appoint a commit tee of competent officers, to ascertain whether the weapon was faultless. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the manufacturing establishments at Woolwich, and to no one were they more indebted for their present state of perfection than the right hon. gentleman the member for Limerick. Re was glad to hear the right hon. baronet express his sa tisfaction with the Weedon establishment, because he had entertained a different opinion with regard to it. Sir G. C. LEWIS said he had alluded to the statement of the commissioners with respect to Woolwich. Sir F. SMITH hoped the Government would never em ploy private establishments for the manufacture of gun carriages. Mr. B. OSBORNE said the right hon. gentleman the member for Limerick had stated that nine-tenths of the clothing of the army were made by government establish ments. This extraordinary statement had taken him and the committee by surprise, and he thought that some answer to it ought to be given. If it were true, the house ought to come to some direct vote on the subject. In the exceptional cases of gun carriages and ammunition there might be some reason for the Government becoming manufacturers, but there could be none for their conducting a great clothing establishment. Mr. A. TURNER admitted that nothing could be more disgraceful than the mode of keeping accounts at Weedon, but at Woolwich the store accounts were almost perfect. Nothing could be more improper than that the Government should compete with manufacturers in regard to articles which formed the general trade of the country. Major PARKER believed that gun carriages might be quite as well made in India, where the best materials for them were to be found. Sir H. VERNEY did not see why every article of cloth ing for the army should not be made in barracks as in foreign countries. He believed that by the adoption of such a system a great saving might accrue to the country. With regard to rifles he thought that means ought to be adopted to see whether the rifles of volunteers were in a perfect state. Sir G. C. LEWIS said he was not aware of any intention to increase the proportion of articles of clothing manufac tured by the Government as distinguished from those sup plied by contract. The vote for Pimlico was not for the purpose of increasing the manufacture of articles but for increasing the stores. The number of battalions of infan try supplied with clothing from Pimlico was 39, and the number supplied by contractors 46. Mr. MONSELL asked if that included the whole cloth ing, or only the tunics or trowsers ? Sir G. C. LEWIS apprehended that it included the whole clothing. Mr. WARNER expressed a hope that a satisfactory answer would be given to the question put by the hon. member for Chatham (Sir E. Smith) in reference to the charges which had been made in Captain Holstead's pam phlet against the Armstrong guns. The answer given by the right hon. bart. (Sir G. C. Lewis) had been taken from the letter written by Sir W. Armstrong in reply to Capt. Holstead, but which had been met by the latter with coun ter statements. Grave doubts existed as to the danger arising from the gun, not only to those who fired it, but to all who were within reach of it. (Laughter.) The matter, he considered, required further explanation than that which had been offered. Lord PALMERSTON—The defect of the Armstrong projectile to which my hon. friend alludes was very much felt in the earlier use of the gun—that is to say, that the lead, a strip of which is put on the iron in order to make it fit the groove, stripped off soon after the projectile quitted the muzzle of the gun. That defect has been corrected. (Hear.) The lead is now fastened in such a manner that it cannot slip off until the shot strikes the ground, ricochets, or enters the object against which it is directed. It is there fore satisfactory to know that a defect which was attended with great danger, has ceased to exist. With respect to the splitting of the vent piece, that has been pretty well cor rected by an improvement of the metal of which the vent piece is made. As to the blowing out, that arises almost invariably from the improper placing of it in the gun, not allowing it to drop freely into the place for which it is in tended ; by which means, when the screw forces it upagainst the breech, it is forced into a position by which a vacuum is created between it and the bottom of the bore. The conse quence was that gas got into that space, and closed the vent up. But if the vent-piece is dropped freely into its position and then screwed up, and the screw is allowed to act freely, the vent piece cannot be forced up. There were two causes which frequently prevented the vent piece from being pro perly screwed up. One was in the marine guns, which is elevated by quoins, and not by screw, as is the case in field pieces. The quoin frequently stopped the handle of the screw by which the vent piece is closed up, and left a vacuum be tween it and the part which it ought to join. An arrange. ment is now being made to remedy that inconvenience, and whenever that vent piece is properly screwed up it is quite impossible that any accident can happen. (Hear, hear.) Major PARKER thought the charge of £6,000 for sweeping chimneys—(a laugh)—was a monstrous one. The produce of the chimneys being a valuable fertiliser, ought to repay the expense of its removal. Sir G. C. LEWIS was under the impression that private individuals incurred expense for sweeping chimneys— (laughter)—and that the soot was not a source of profit to them, but the contrary. There was an item which had been passed over without observation, but which, had he been in a position to criticise the estimates—(a laugh)—he would have taken some notice of. He alluded to the sum of £12,600 charged for emptying cesspools. (Laughter.) So long as the buildings were under the control of the War Office sums like those alluded to would require to be voted. The vote was then agreed to, as was also the vote for £766,091 for wages, &c. On the vote of £597,264 for clothing, &c., Mr. B. OSBORNE inquired what object the War-office had in changing four regiments of Light Dragoons—viz., the 3d, 4th, 13th, and 14th—into Huzzars. The regiments were proud of being called Light Dragoons, and had done good service to the country—on many a field. The change did not promote economy ; oh the contrary, it increased expense ; and he considered tho change bad in principle, and calculated to have a bad effect upon the newly created huzzars. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the measure alluded to did not in any way originate with the Executive Government. It was a matter which they considered mainly belonged to the discipline. The Military Commission had recommended the change, and also further alterations, which were agreed to. The alterations were in the names of the regiments, and a slight change in the dress, which was almost nominal, Mr. B. OSBORNE observed that the alteration made a difference of £l5O in the cost of the officers' dress. Colonel NORTH considered that the change referred to was a step in the wrong direction. The troops looked with great disgust at the alteration. Last year it was proposed, in compliment to a foreign neighbour, to take from his (Colonel North's) own regiment the eagle button which they had won upon the field. He hoped that the proposition would never be carried out. Colonel SYKES also expressed an opinion adverse to the change of the light dragoon regiments to hussars. Lord PALMERSTON—I can quite understand objections to unnecessary changes, but really the objections taken in the course of this discussion if followed out would go to this estent—that our cavalry ought now, as in the olden time, to wear pigtails, plastered heads, and cocked hats. (Laughter.) The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of £1,634,317 for provisions, forage, fuel, light, barrack furniture, bedding, &c., Sir G. C. LEWIS explained that the increase in the vote of this year over the sum required for the same purposes last year was in consequence of extra fuel and light being required for the troops sent to Canada and those serving in China. Mr. W. W ILLIAMS complained of the great increase in this vote, being nearly £200,000. After referring to the charge of £5,004 for table allowances, &c., to officers serv ing at St. James's Palace, the hon. member moved that that sum be struck out of the vote. Sir H. VERNEY denied that the Guards had any pe culiar privileges. It was true they were exempt from colo nial service, but then were they not always the first sent to the post of danger ? (Hear.) He could also testify that there was no jealousy of the Gitartls in the line. Colonel BARTTELOT said that the dinner was not for the Guards specially, but for any regiment that might be doing duty at the Palace. It was the same at the Castle of Dublin and at the Banks of England and Ireland. Colonel NORTH remembered the 6th (Royal) doing duty at the Palace and getting the allowance. After some further conversation, Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew his amendment. Mr. WILD wished to call attention to the state of the canteens throughout the country. These establishments were now all in the hands of great contractors, and some individuals were making £B,OOO or £lO,OOO a year out of them. He trusted that before bringing on the estimates next year the matter would be attended to. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the matter was under con sideration. Tho vote was agreed to. £2,060,276 warlike stores for land and sea services. Mr. W. MARTIN deprecated the enormous and continu ous accumulation of warlike stores, in the face of the new inventions which were coming out every day both in arms and projectiles. Wo had made, and were making, immense stocks of weapons, which would most probably in five years become obsolete. Re had, a few days since, seen Ivo) very fine small-bore carbines, which had been bought at Os. the couple. Here must have been an enormous loss to the pub lic. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the stook of rifles in store did not exceed 301,000, which could not be called too much. Mr. DILLWYN was rather sorry to hear that a whole regiment was to be armed with the Whitworth rifle. He thought the long t deld was a good enough atm for any service. He deprecated having different arms with diffe rent gauges, which was likely to create confusion on the field of battle. Sir G. C. LEWIS said many persons thought the Whit worth rifle a superior arm to the Enfield, and that the En field should be discarded and the Whitworth substituted. Government were not prepared to go that length, but they had determined to arm one regiment with the Whitworth. This measure had been taken in deference to the opinion of the house, and of scientific persons out of the house. The Government was not in any way pledged to any general measure. Mr. B. OSBORNE said the house had a great many stria to answer for, but he was not aware that the house, in its corporate capacity, had expressed an opinion in favour of the Whitworth rifle. He believed that they would be ob liged to come, as continental armies had done, to the breech loading principle. Sir G. C. LEWIS was not aware that any continental army had a'. opted a breech, loading arm. The French army had not. The American army was armed with a rifle closely resembling the Enfield rifle. The vote was then agreed. The next vote was £163,491 for fortifications at home and abroad. Sir G. C. LEWIS said £30,000 of this sum was for forti fications for the defence of commercial harbours. Of this, £6,000 was for the fortification of the Mersey ; £3,000 for the Severn, which would defend Gloucester and Cardiff; £5,000 for the Frith of Forth, and £2,500 for Belfast. Mr. DILLWYN said he was going to move that the vote for the Severn be omitted, but first he would ask what was doing with regard to Alderney. Sir G. C. LEWIS said £2,000 was to be applied in com • pleting the purchase of land. Mr. B. OSBORNE—Why is Alderney called Guernsey? (Laughter.) Sir G. C. LEWIS said if the hon. member would look to the top of the page he would find the word " district." Captain JERVIS thought it was most important to de fend Harwich, which was a very open harbour, and was opposite Antwerp. It was a matter of just complaint that votes were taken every year for fortifications which were never erected. In the case of Hull money was granted for many consecutive years before it was actually spent. Sir G. LEWIS said the votes in committee of supply were in the nature of a maximum, and there was no com pulsion upon the Government to lay out the money granted. It was the opinion of military authorities that the three points refer red to would be very proper sites for defensive works. He could not Undertake to say whether the sum !proposed would be expended this year, but he thought it was probable that it would. Viscount PALMERSTON observed that till the esti mates were voted neither drawings could be made nor cou• tracts entered into, both of which operations often took a great deal of time. The winter would come on, and the works would be interrupted, so that it was often impracti cable to spend the money within the financial year. Mr. DILLWYN was of opinion that neither the British Channel stood in need of land defences, nor that the pro posed defences were judicious. He begged to move that the vote be reduced by £3,000. Sir F. SMITH thought the Government had come to a wise decision. In the last French war a French frigate actually entered the Severn and caused a great deal of alarm. Besides our gunboats would need apoint d'appui to retire upon in case they encountered a too formidable force. Major KNOX, felt bound to expostulate with the Go vernment on the shabby sum of £2,000 appropriated to the Irish harbours out of £163,000. (Hear, hear.) Lord FERMOY suggested that, instead of setting up on isolated rocks batteries that could either be captured by the enemy or avoided by him altogether, they should take all the prominent parts of the coast and erect on them tele.. graph stations communicating by a submarine wire to our naval stations, where a fleet of gunboats might always be kept ready to start a moment's notice. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the suggestion of the noble lord were worthy of attention ; but it could not be consi • dered an economical mode of defence. It would obviously be cheaper to have batteries, which could be manned by the volunteers of the neighbourhood; and he was sure the vote would not be grudged by the commercial communities, to whose protection it was intended to contribute. Sir G. LEWIS would ask the noble lord how much sub marine telegraph he thought could be laid down for £3,000? He (the right hon. baronet) knew from recent experience what alarm the commercial ports felt at the state of their defences. If he had paid attention to a tithe of the applica tions which had been made to him, orally and in writing, by many extremely frightened people, the proposed vote would have to be very much larger. (Laughter.) Mr. MONSELL said that if an effectual defence could be provided against privateers by the vote, there could be no doubt that the money would be well laid out. The plan suggested by the noble lord would be costly, but it would be effectual, and he did not think we should be long at war of o f we h e 1. , t without n t rt h e t h c e o m G m o r e e r i c n i a m e l t n o t w n o s f f w :r t c h ing an t y he m a a d ri op ti t m ion e the day, whether the defences now proposed were executed or not. (Hear, hear.) He would therefore venture to pro pose that the vote be postponed. Viscount PALMERSTON observed that mere floating defences could never be so applicable at a moment's notice, or so effectual as defences on shore. During the Uanish war the Duke of Coburg, by means of an earthwork battery which he had erected on the land, and armed with field pieces, succeeded in destroying a frigate and a man-of-war, and certainly he did not think that the people of Bristol would feel very comfortable if they reflected that their de fences were in Cork Harbour or Milford Haven, cr at Ply mouth. (A laugh.) A fleet of gunboats stationed at a dis tance might be delayed in the hour of peril, and when it came it might prove less powerful than the force against which it had been summoned. (Hear.) If in the opinion of military men an efficient defence could be provided by the vote, it was not reasonable to take exception to the small ness of the amount. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. NEWDEGATE and Colonel STITES, The committee divided— For the amendment 36 Against it Majority for the original vote —6o Mr. ADDERLhY said the house passed a very import ant vote two da3 s ago, and he wished to know whether the Government were practically going to act on those resolu tions, and if so, how they could reconcile asking that even ing for a vote which seemed to be in contradiction of a vote made the day before yesterday. Tho most objectionable item in' this vote was that of £15,000 for the continuation of a work which had already cost £140,000, he meant the fortification of the island of Mauritius. He might also glance at the vote of fortifications for St. Helena. He called upon tho Government to defend these votes, or he would support the hon. member for Montrose if he fulfilled his intention of taking the sen,e of the house on the second part of the resolution be moved the day before yesterday. Mr. MONSELL wished to call attention to another vote, that for the lonian Islands. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer had given most important evidence on this subject. He said that at the time of his visit he had made a point of inquiring p.rticularly into the state of defence of the lonian Islands, and his deliberate opinion was, that they were worse than useless; that they would require an immense body of men to defend them, and that they were within only 30 hours of Malta, from whence, if we had the command of the sea, they might,bo defended by our navy. He wished to ask whether this vote ought to be inserted, Mr. COX said that the same question might be extended to Newfoundland, for which there was a vote of £1,000; and to New Brunswick and Neva Scotia, for which there was a vote of £lO,OOO. Sir G. C. LEWIS wished to relieve the Government from any imputation of unfairness. The resolution of the 4th March was to the effect that whilst the house fully recog nised the right of the colonies to receive aid from the mother-country, it was of opinion that the colonies, having the right of self-government, ought to furnish the means of providing for their own security. But as to the latter part of the resolution, the Government distinctly said they could not agree to it. With regard to the Mauritius, he wished to say that it was not the intention of the Government to ask the house to vote the sum of £49,000, included in the sth column as the sum required for the further defence of the island. That was inserted merely that the history of the transaction might be complete, and the vote would not be asked for. With respect to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia those defences were agreed upon at a time when there was an alarm of hostilities with the United States. It was re presented to the Government that these places were very inadequately defended. The immediate urgency had no doubt passed away, but the Government still intended to ask for those votes, unless any hon. member expressed any good reason to the contrary. Sir S. M. PETO moved the reductien of the vote by £5,500, the amount proposed to be voted for the lonian Islands. Sir G. C. LEWIS explained that there had been a re • armament of the fortifications at Corfu ; that larger guns had been brought into use, and had necessitated larger ma gazine accommodation. Sir S. M. PETO withdrew his amendment, and the vote was agreed to. Upon the next vote of £158,118 to defray the charges of civil buildings, Mr . NEWDEGATE remarked that there was a great desire on the part of the manufacturers of arms in Birming ham that their manufactures should be inspected by a per son independent of the Enfield establisbment. of S th ir e G E . as inspector of Birmingham manufacture d arms, but would n e fi . e I L d LEWIS f a h e a t d o ry no r e e x a e s r o c n i s e t o d b a e n l evei y un t d h u a e t i t n h fi e u h e n e a c d e bear in mind the remark of the hon. gentleman, ;and take care that the matter received proper consideration. The vote was then agreed to. &c being put, On the vote of £677,955 for barracks, Mr, SELWYN m oved the reducti93 l ci estimate by ~ the slim of £10,787, the araoturt proposed to be expended on the enlargement of the college at Sandhlitst. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that last year a sum of '16,6'00 had been voted for the purpose of providing accommodation at Sandhurst. Of that sum £953 hadbeen actually expended, so that the sum now asked and the sum already laid ott would not in fact atoonnt to the vote agreed to last year. Mr. BRUCE observed that the. rote of last year was carried by a very narrow majority. He was also of opinion that the system of compulsory education adopted was bad in principle. Mr. WALPOLE thought that the education of young men at the various universities ought not to be interfered with, as it would be if the system condemned by those Who had preceded him were carried out. It was calculated to be eminently useful to young men intended for one profession tO mix with those who were intended for their calling. After a few words from Sir H. VERNEY and Sir M. Ritittf, For the amendment.. . Bl 53-28 Against it ................. 4• • • The vote as reduced by the above decision Was agreed to, and the Chairman was ordered to report progress, the eon sideration of the army estimates to be resumed on Monday , next. NEW ROAD THROUGH HYDE-VARIC-. Mr. COQ nut moved the estimate for £2,000 for iii§ construction of a temporary road through Hyde-park. The road, which he said would use as little Of the park as was absolutely necessary, would enter the park at the Vittoria gate, and cross the bridge over the Serpentine. The road would proceed down Rotten-roW, from whence it would pass into Prince Albert's-road, and thence to the Exhibi tion. It would be 35 feet a ide, eicept oil the bridge, where it would be 30, and the expense of metalling, &c,, would be 3s. 3d. a yard. Taking the length of the road at 1,100 yards and the width at 35 feet, 3s. 3d. the yard would make exactly £2,000. When the temporary necessity for it had ceased, it would be taken up, and the materials would sell for a considerable amount. It was proposed that all carriages, including cabs and omnibuses, should have free transit, but not waggons laden with gocds. Me plan he proposed had the merit of not interfering with any existing roads or boundaries or with the grass of the park. The surface of Rotten-row would be merely hardened at the part crossed by the road, in order to adapt it for car riage traffic. The right hon. gentleman concluded by mov ing a vote of £2,000. Mr. B. COCHRANE said of all the plans suggested for getting over a difficulty of making a communication between Bayswater and Kensington, the one now proposed by the right hon. gentleman was the most absurd. (Oh, oh.) Well, that was his own opinion. If the narrow bridge across the Serpentine were open to carriage traffic, riders in Rotten row would clearly be cut off from all communication with the other side of the park, A better, simpler, and more eco nomical plan would be to convert the broad walk across Kensington-gardens into a carriage road. This could be done at an expense of about £3OO, and without causing any inconvenience to the public. (Hear-) Lord FERMOY said that as he was the feather weight which on a late occasion broke the camel's back, he might be allowed to say a few words in favour of the right hon,, gentleman's scheme. (Laughter.) It could not be expected that the interests of the few would be sacrificed for that of the many. He thought the line proposed by the right hon. gentleman was in the right direction, but he would suggest that the whole of the bridge should be open for carriage traffic, and a small pontoon bridge thrown across the water for foot passengers. Sir M. PETO said the other night he suggested to the right hon. gentleman the plan he had adopted, and he thought it was the best under the circumstances. He did not agree in the proposal for a pontoon bridge, but a sub stitute could be :found by Captain Fowke, who bad sig nally succeeded in the Exhibition building. (Oh.) He (Sir M. Pete) spoke with regard to the construction of the build ing, and not in reference to it in an arehitectu6l sense. (A laugh.) Captain Fowke could easily make a footway of timber 14 or 15 feet wide at the side of the bridge at a trifling cost. No practical inconvenience would arise to riders in Rotten-row from the road crossing it in the way suggested. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) Sir J. PAKINGTON did not think that the right hon. gentleman's plan was either the best or the worst. His worst plan was that which he had wisely abandoned, for making a subway across Kensington-gardens. (Hear.) He agreed with the hon. member for Honiton, that the least costly, the most direct, and the most convenient mode of meeting the requirements of the Exhibition, was to allow public carriages to use the broad walk across Kensington gardens. (Hear.) Mr. PEACOCKE was in favour of the road across Ken sington-gardens. The right hon. gentleman's plan was, in his opinion, the worst that could be devised, as it would spoil both Kensington-gardens and Hyde-park. (Hear.) If he received any support, he should certainly move that the vote be postponed, to enable the committee to take the subject into consideration. (Hear.) Sir H. VERNEY thought there could not be a more direct road than that for which the vote was asked, but saw no objection to opening a much larger portion of Hyde-park for public vehicles during the Exhibition. Why should not the whole road from the Marble-arch to Apsley-house and to Queen's-gate be thrown open to omnibuses and cabs ? Why also should not equestrians be allowed to ride on the grass as they had done formerly ? (Hear.) He would fur ther suggest that Hamilton-place should be opened to Park lane, to obviate the dangers attending the traffic at the cor ner of the latter thoroughfare in Piccadilly. (Hear.) Sir J. FERGUSSON, as the representative of a provin cial constituency, objected to the vote on the broad ground that its object was not of a national character. Ho saw no more reason why a road for the improvement of access to the Exhibition in London should be paid for out of the pub lic purse, than that the cost of improvements of access to the Manchester Exhibition should have been so defrayed. Mr. J. LOCKE Gould understand the noble lord the member for Marylebone favouring this measure, because:his constituents lived on the North side of the park. But he thought Marylebone could get as well to the Exhibition of 1862 without this road as they got to the Exhibition of 1851. There was no necessity whatever for a temporary road for the accommodation of visitors to the Exhibition. If they threw open the carriage ways in Hyde-park for general traffic, that would afford all the accommodation that was required ; and for a twelvemonth at least they might try here the experiment of following the example of France, and discontinue to regard cabs with horror. Lord C. LENNOX objected to the temporary road,'be cause he was sure that after the constituents of his noble friend (Lord Fermoy) opposite bad found out the conve nience of the arrangement, they would come down next session for a rattling sum to make the road permanent. After a few words from Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, Lord ELCHO said he sympathised with the people who lived in Tyburnia, and who would have to go to the Exhibi tion round Hyde-park either by Park-lane or by Kensing ton. This was not a temporary question. (Hear.) He thought a permanent arrangement ought now to be seriously considered. But he objected to a gentleman who had turned out so remarkable an architect as Mr. Fowke fitting out outriggers in one of the few pretty things they bad in Lon don, the bridge over the Serpentine. (Hear, hear.) Of all the plans proposed he should support that of his hon. friend the member for Honiton. Mr. STANHOPE thought that under no circumstances should a permanent road be permitted through Kensington Gardens. Mr. PEACOCKE moved that the chairman should re port progress. The committee then divided, and the numbers were— For the motion 3O Against 7B-48 The motion was then negatived. Sir J. FERGUSSON thought that this was merely a metropolitan improvement; it was only a temporary im provement, and he thought the expense ought to be borne by the receipts at the door. He begged to move the rejec tion of the vote. Mr. COWPER said he had not thought it necessary to reply at length to the proposal of the hon. member for Honiton (Mr. Cochrane), because it was obvious that the road he proposed would be quite unsuited for the traffic of cabs and omnibuses, it would be quite a quagmire. It was also a much longer road than that proposed by himself (Mr. Cowper), and would cost a great deal more than £2,000. Everybody, he thought, must feel that a carriage road on the level through Kensington-gardens was not a thing to be desired. All he wished to propose was that carriages should go where horses went now ; and it must be remem bered that this was a royal park, and no metropolitan funds could be devoted to the construction of a road through the park. Mr. B. COCHRANE wanted to know how it was pro posed that pedestrians should reach Kensington-gardens at all when there was a stream of carriages blocking the way ? Mr. COWPER reminded the hon. member that there were pathways for foot passengers under the arches of the bridge on either side of the Serpentine, by which Kensing ton-gardens might be reached without any interference whatever from the carriage traffic. The committee divided : For the vote 28-50 Against The vote was then agreed to. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. '1 his bill was read a third time and passed. COPYRIGHT (WORKS OF ART) BILL. This bill was read a second time. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ACTS. On the motion of Sir G. GREY leave was given to bring in a bill for the purpose of extending the operation of orders made under the Industrial Schools Acts of 1861. The bill was afterwards read a first time. TRANSFER OF STOCKS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. PEEL, leave was given to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the transfer of stocks and annuities transferable at the Bank of Ireland. The bill was read a first time. The house adjourned at a quarter past one. • MALT BONDED.—A return to the House of Commons shows that in the year ending the 30th of Sep tember, 1861, the number of bushels of malt made in bond for distillation was 3,600,449; made in bond for exporta tion, 214,438 ; allowed a drawback of duty for exportation, 147,110. There is no drawback of duty allowed on malt nod fur distillation. !inn SUN, ASSIZE INTEL LIGEIV CB. HOME CIRCUIT.--HERTFORD, March 6. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) George Falstead, 14, an intelligent looking lad, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a shed and other farm buildings, the property of John Davis. The jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner (who did not deny the charge) guilty, but strougly recommended him to mercy on account of his youth. The learned judge directed that the prisoner should be confined in the House of Correction for 14 days, and that at the expiration of that period he should be sent to a reformatory for the space of three years. Joseph Wm. Chatfield, 25, was placed at the bar to receive the judgment of the court. The prisoner, who is a person of gentlemanly ap pearance, who was described as a commission agent, was in a state of intense excitement when he was placed in the dock, and when he was called upon to state why judgment should not be passed upon him, he clasped his hands and entreated the learned judge to deal mercifully with him for the sake of his young wife and children, who were entirely dependent upon him. It appeared that he had pleaded guilty to three charges of uttering forged cheques upon bankers at Royston and other parts of this country. lie was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months. John Watts, 34, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of setting fire to a stack of straw, was next placed at the bar. It appeared that when the prisoner was taken into custody be admitted that he had committed the offence, and said that he had done it because he was in distress. lie was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. This concluded the criminal business, and the Crown Court was shortly afterwards adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENC E.--March 6. GUILDHALL. Richard Mandineau, a cashier, in the employ of Mr. Samuel Sames Baker, a meat salesman of Newgate market, was charged before Alderman Besley with embezzling £l5 155., £ll 7s, 3d., £l3 is. 11d., and other sums, amounting in the aggregate to between £4OO and £5OO, the moneys of his master. Mr. Wontner, for the prosecution, said this was a case which, from the peculiar system of fraud at present disclosed as having been practised by the prisoner, would require the most careful investiga. tion. Apart from the three sums mentioned in the charge, there were a series of defalcations of a totally different character, which required explanation. It appeared that the prisoner had been between three and four years in the prosecutor's service, and that it was part of his duty to keep a separate set of books for a Mr. Bennett, another salesman, who carried on his business in. Mr. Baker's shop, the prisoner in addition to keeping the books, also re ceiving the money for all cash sales effected by or for Mr. Bennett, Mr. Baker being responsible for the money and the due performance of the prisoner's duties. In January last, however, Mr. Baker found it necessary to call in an accountant to examine the books, upon which the prisoner confessed that he had been in the habit of taking £1 and £2 per day for nearly eighteen months, and that he concealed his defalcations by an ingenious system of falsifica tion of the accounts, which was done by entering each day's ready money sales £1 or £2 short, and the credit sales a corresponding amount in excess, so that the cash and credit sales when added to gether balanced with the whole of the day's sales in the day-book. In order, however, to prevent application being made to the customers for amounts not due, which would have led to the discovery of these frauds, the prisoner cast all the totals so as to agree with the amounts of the bona fide cash and credit sales, and of course at variance with the false entries, and carried those totals into the ledger, so that any reference to that book would not discover any irregularity in the accounts between Mr. Ben nett and his customers. There were twelve charges of a very intricate character, upon which he would ask the magistrate to commit the prisoner. Since this case was first brought before this court there have been three examinations, on each of which evidence was given at considerable length, which fully confirmed Mr. Wontner's statement in every particular. On the completion of the depo sitions the prisoner was cautioned in the usual form, and upon reserving his defence was committed to take his trial upon no less than four indictments, each containing three charges. CLERKENWELL.—CarI Frederich Maximilian Reuter, a fashionably-attired man, aged about 40, but who is better known as Carl Reuter, who de scribes himself as a general merchant, and a native of Saxony, Germany, was charged before Mr. D'Evicourt with obtaining, by means of false and fraudulent representations, 41 gold chains, 19 brooches, 15 bracelets, and other articles , of the value of £2OO, with intent to cheat and defraud Mr. William Stoner, wholesale gold chain manufacturer, of 98, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell. The court was crowded to excess by trades Men from all parts of the metropolis, and owing to the publicity that had been given to the apprehension of the prisoner, parties were in attendance from Sheffield and Birmingham who had been defrauded by the prisoner. Mr. T. Beard, of Basinghall-street, attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Wavell, from the office of Stubbs' Trade Protection Society, attended to watch the case, Mr. Beard, in opening the case, said that the pri soner had for years been obtaining goods under false pretences, and in the parish of Clerkenwell alone he had succeeded in defrauding the watch and chain manufacturers of over £2,000 worth of pro perty. Since the last examination the prosecution had obtained information that the prisoner had, in payment for some goods had of a Mr. Braman, manufacturer of saws, &c., at the South Works, Sheffield, amounting to £36 odd, given a bill of ex change, purporting to be the acceptance of a Messrs. Samford and Co. Upon the bill becoming due this firm denied its being their acceptance, but in the absence of the bill he (Mr. Beard) could not then go into that case, and must ask for another remand for that purpose. In addition to the above the pri soner had obtained about £5O worth of brooches, pins, and lockets of a Mr. Culver, making use of a similar pretence as that used to Mr. Stoner and to Mr. Oliver, and fram the documents t ha t were found on the prisoner there was no doubt both the goods of Mr. Stoner and Mr. Culver were pledged by the prisoner shortlyafter he obtained them. A portion of Mr. Stoner's goods would be produced by a pawnbroker and identified by Mr. Stonar, and as police sergeant Evans had not suffi cient time (through being at the Old Bailey all the week), it would necessitate a further remand on those cases to summon the pawnbrokers, and pro duce the necessary witnesses to prove the false pre tences, and by that time he (Mr. Beard) had every reason to believe there would be numerous other cases, as the prisoner prior to going abroad had been very industrious in swindling persons out of their goods. With regard to the silk which the bills found at the prisoner's house referred to Police sergeant Maverty had not yet completed his in quiries, but hoped by the next remand to have done so. Another act worthy of notice, to show the system the prisoner had been pursuing, was that since his apprehension several samples of goods had arrived for him from different parts of the country. Mr. Culver, of 11, Pulteney-street, Barnbury road, manufacturing jeweller, said—On the 19th of April last the prisoner came to me and asked for some gold chains. Finding that I had none the prisoner selected about £5O worth of brooches and pins. He said he was a traveller for Mr. Walker, of Birmingham. He said he was sent from Mr. Oliver, and had done business with a number of jewellers, of Clerkenwell. The Prisoner—l never said I was a commission agent for Mr. Walker, for I was never in Birming ham but once in my life. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did he say he travelled for Mr. Walker ? • Witness--No; I entered the goods to the pri soner and in his name. I let him have the goods because he said he had done business with other manufacturing jewellers of Clerkenwell. Mr. Robert Oliver, diamond setter and mounter, of 5, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell, said he had done business with the prisoner, but had never re commmended the prisoner to Mr. Culver. The prisoner asked him if he knew Mr. Culver, and he (witness) said he was a good workman and a re spectable man. There was not the slightest pre tence for the prisoner saying he recommended him to Mr. Culver. Mr. Beard said Mr. Walker, of Birmingham, had been written to, but he had taken no notice of the communication, consequently he would have to be served with a summons. Mr. BOSS, wholesale jeweller, of Seckford-street, said the prisoner had obtained over £5O worth of property of him under false pretence. The prisoner had had only two transactions with him, the first of which be was paid for; the second lot of goods the prisoner had obtained from him he had not been paid for. The prisoner, who declined to ask the witnesses any questions, was remanded for a week. Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to transmit through Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps to the Rev. Edmund Brownrigg, curate of Walsing ham, the sum of £3, being Her Majesty's bounty to Mrs. Reeves, of the above place, who has recently given birth to three children,--two boys and a girl, INSII. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOS TUTION". Yesterday a meeting of this institution was hem. at its house, John-street, Adelp hi, Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Admiral Gordon , George 41111, M.P., Admiral McHardy, Alexander Boetefeur, Esq., Admiral Bullock, and Capt. De St. Croix. The SECRETARY read the minutes of the previous , meeting. I A reward of £34 was voted to the crew of the Caistor lifeboat, belonging to the institution, for putting off on the night of the 26th ult., during fearful gale of wind, and rescuing, at much risk of life, the crew of nine men of the brig Sisters, of Whitby, which had sunk on the Barber Sands. The case was reported to have b een a very gallant indeed. A reward of £ l4 was also gi ven to the crew of the Lowestoft lifeboat, in connection with ti,e B °' ciety, and £3 15s. to the crew of the harbour sfe am tug, and the thanks of the institution inscribed on vellum to Captain W. Rivers, the harbour mast ext for rescuing four of t he crew of the brlgantine Matilda, of Stockholm, which, during a heavy gal e of wind, was wrecked on the Corton Sands on th e night of the 26th ult. When so.ed lhe poor foreigne° were nearly exhausted, and declared that they cot-tla not have lived another half hour. A reward of £7 was likewise voted to the crew ef the Drogheda lifeboat of the institution, for going off in stormy weath er and savin g the crew of f°l2t men of the brig Minerva , of Workington, &lie' had stranded on Drogheda bar on the 7th ult. , A reward of £ l7 was als o voted to the crew' 0 the society's Buddon - Ness ( near Dundee) lifeboat, for going off in the night and saving the crevf of six men of the schooner Eliza beth Hannah, of NB° burgh, which, while en terin g the Tay, had cone' dered, during a gale of w ind and very heavy sole' on an outlying sandbank, on the 21st ult. Captain Speedy, of the steamer Hamburg; xeceived also the thanks of the institution for his Yaluable services on the occasion. also vote d d Rewards, amounting to £ lO 10s., were to the crews of the instit utions lifeboats si;:ati°llo at Ferryside and Lossiem outh, for putting butcff vessels which had signa l s of distress flying/ f which did not afterward s re q uire the assistanc e ° the boats. The Redear lifeboat, belonging to this in,stitution; succeeded, on the Ist inst., in bringing the scYlo ee Banff, of Harwich, which was in a disabled 01 into a port of safety. This lifeboat is the e1d 13 . /9 „ one in the kingdom , an d has been instrumental I" saving scores of shipwrecked men. ;so Rewards, amounting to £2l 10s., were likely - 0 granted to the crews of shore-boats for rescuing tb crew of three men of the sc hooner Dili g ent, of Car' crew n arvon, which had sunk off A bersoch, near PWet hell, on 23d January ; 27 me n from the ship Tige of Bath, United States, which was wrecked Templetown, near Waterford, on the 22d Jannarit: 7 persons from a fishing-boat which had drifted evo the rocks near Spiddal, on the coast of GalwaY , the 30th January ; 4 men from a boat which het struck on a reef of rocks n ear Dunree, on the °to of Donegal, on the 29 th Januar y ; and 13 per ei/ tt 1 from a boat which h ad ca p sized off Belli:011e county Mayo, on the 19th January. A letter was read from the Lord Mayor, gal that he would take the chair at the annual meetteo of the institution to b e held at the London Talef on the 18th inst. During the past month the institution had Ol t : new lifeboat to Plymouth, where a grand detnel stration had taken place on the arrival of the 1 1," which was the gift of Miss Burdett Coutts. 'e", other lifeboat was ready to be forwarded to DT h er e' The Shipwrecked Fisheimen and Mari e j c h Society had sent to the institu tion £l5O, into had been chiefly collected in threepences troei or sailor members. G. J. e nwick, Esq., of No rtll F 5 0, berland, had also presented to the institutionn the to enable it to plant an a dditional lifeboat o north-east coast. fit 4 P a y men ts amounting to upwards of £5O O h 00 been made on various lifeboat establi ohments, proceedings terminated. COUNIRY KAREL 2S. MANCHESTER —MARCH 6. English wheat sold rather more freely at late rate 9 American wheat, being held at ld to 2d per 1001 h lot , was taken slowly. Beans rather cheaper. Oats an meal were dull. Indian corn 6d more money. BIRMINGHAM —MARCH 6. sclO titf At to day's market there was a limited supply 0 - iDg! which sold at an advance upon late prices at the 0pe1 . 3 . a 0 but closed rather lower. Barley, beans, and peas we'" held for late piices. LYNN—MARCH 4. Wheat of the best descriptions and in fair condition 601 aotthaebrouantifgesmefirrtrs. Barley scarce, at full rst s ' n 36 5 A 7 Old white 58s to 628 I 8ar1ey...... .... : 2 - 2s to i'sg R‘d.. . .5 4s to 57s Oats ..... Ake . to Beans .40s to 44s I Peas ........ EDINBURGH GRAIN—MARCH is 4d 5 i l d li de P ; ol Wheat on the top is Od up ...average Barley on the top is 6 d up. avera ge Os up . Oats on the top Cs 6d down avera g e Os 241 c i a doe Beans on the top is Od down ...... avera g e Os ° Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1928 qrs Sold 718q,r6 qrs Oats - Oats 2564 qrs Sold 1563 (1 11 Beans 215 qrs Sold 215 V° Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat £2 15 0 7-12ths ' New wheat -120 Bar l ey 1 12 0 4-120 Oats 1 6 1 10-12010 Beans . CORK—MARCH 5. ,_.„..,f i e t; The following were the quotations this mornl ,ll ._b..ief ' wheat, 20s Od to —s Od ; white, 28s Od to —s Od; va* 6d to —s Od ; oats, 9s Od to 15s Od. DERBY :SMITHFIELD—MA.II.M 4. d v There was a good supply of fat beasts to-daY,',, 01 4 er ti demand was good. A clearance was effected. 1 :"" e 0 of sheep was moderate, at former prices. Fat cal ° pm plentiful, and sold well . ' The show of fat pigs vie's 63 with a brisk demand. „ i d to Ad Beet 6d to 61d I Veal . .......... to"e, Mutton .. . 7id to Sid Pork ........ . . o to l3 Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 4s 3d P e ' Hides, 3d to 44d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. - - The Emperor of Austria lately visited the y, 1 chine manufactory of the Western Railway C00p953.000 Vienna, to inspect the articles which the directors 104 to send to the Universal Exhibition in London• li o de r° them is a locomotive of great speed, with four 6 0 .0 4 (a new invention), and another engine for ascendil3' inclines and for very sharp curves. 0 34 TAp r ,0 4 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's e 0 0, 1 0 Stomach Complaints.— On change of weather el. or „ exertion, or mental trouble, a distressing pain often p o ; in the side, shoulder, or elsewhere. Its known &lof t congestion of the liver. Its infallible remedy is Holl( .4 0 0 fr . ; Pills. Mr. Roberts, of St. George's-square, Litlle r , states that after trying countless means for relieviegoot ?. oppressive pains without receiving the slightest ben t i l att, commenced a course of Holloway's Pills, ameliorated his sufferings, and in a short w t h im ic e ll f fra h from them altogether. All disorders of the soma t a 1, readily dispelled. Occasional doses of these P A " - 0 0: t il Pills will prevent the liver becoming enlarged, at.., 1' quently will stave off bilious sickness and diartn" p r eserve the complexion from un h ea lthy sa llowne b >/ _ DARTMOUTH. On the 4th B I Ri inst., t H , S at. the Countess of Dartmouth, Of a son. STURGESS.—On the 4th inst., at Hull, the wife ° „ f a bt ,64 : ‘ ,4 . 40, Grosvenerd; W. Sturges, Esq., H.M.S.Cornwallis, of a da" re' . TETLEY.—On the 3d inst., at Claughton, T. W. Tetley, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. de illi Acs,o 6 MILSTED—BULL.—On the 6th inst. at at Heaton. - 1,0"1119 Chapel, Mr. William Henry Milsied, of 39, ir - ii of within, to Rebecca, eldest daughter of Mr. J. P li ' f°' Kingsland-crescent. Ind seO e f t ale ' WHITE—BUNNETT.—On the 4th bag. at St. , `" -- o f PI, ef dington, the Rev. William FarrenWhite, vi caf ,i - aoP' t house, Gloucestershire, to Hester Mary, eldest - of Thomas Bunnett, isq., of Paddington. 0 0°. DEATHS. BELL.—On the 4th inst., at Sandymount, ntl bito ' 0 Bell, Esq., aged 74. i ,. Viri fi iiii le BOUENE.—On the sth inst., at Dublin, the Ite, ; ' ; b , ' ll Bourne, for 60 years vicar of St. Andrew's P 3 ' - ' lin, aged 85. ` ll' rt f ' COOPER. ~— On G the 2d inst. suddenly, JJames C° ° p t e GO' ge C.E of The rove, Kentish-town, an d 23, Gre a t g 1 street, Westminster. 0 bri Ar DASHWOOD.—On the 4th inst., at West NAY Is „e Sir George Henry Dashwood, Bart., M.P. , 43 1 P".,01 PALMER —On the 6th inst., at Rossholme, ClaPito-P park, William Palmer, Esq., formexly of Dr' s ' 0, aged 78. n W ill° WILLIAMS.—On the sth inst., at Cla h ni -* p ft t „ Esq., late of Stroud-green, Hornsey, aged 8 1 ). —...--• I‘llJllP° .7 . 0 10 LoNn ox : Printed and Published by /40. / 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN °Meer 01 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the Middlesex,—Friday, March 7, i 862.