The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-08 00:00:00

liIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY, Iho LORD CDANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TILE REVISED CODE. The Earl of DERBY presented petitions fr , , , m Glouces ter against the revised code. The Bishop of WORCESTER presented similar peti tions. The Earl of ROMNEY also presented petitions to the same effect. The Earl of DERBY asked the noble lord the President of the Council to answer the question he had sent him pri vate notice of his intention of putting, relative to the 2d, 3d, and 4th articles, in the second page of the revised code, which he looked upon as worded in a very extraordinary manner. Earl GRANVILLE said the code was propounded in the middle of the financial year, and therefore there was fear that the propositions would come into operation. The new state of affairs would come into operation on the Ist of April next, so that all examinations between that time would be conducted under the former code. Se did not think that managers of school or pupil teachers would suffer any peculiar hardship. PROSECUTIONS IN PIEDMONT. The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that that day week he should move for copies of all correspondence with Sir J. Hudson, her Majesty's Minister at Turin, bearing upon the state and number of prosecutions of the press in Piedmont. Referring to the proclamation which had been under discussion in that house the other evening, he perceived in a French newspaper that no less than four persons had been shot for the great crime of having too much bread in their house. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord REDESDALE, was read a first time. THE REVISED CODE OF EDUCATION. Lord LYTTLET ON then rose for the purpose of sub mitting the resolutions which stood on the paper in his name, relative to the revised code of the committee of the Privy Council on Education. He thought that, after the report of the Royal Commission on the subject, the Gcvern ment could not have allowed that report to fall to the ground, but were bound, as far as they could, to carry out its recommendations. The faults which he more particu larly found with the new Code were—that the equitable claims of the certificated teachers and Queen's scholars were not sufficiently considered ; that the giving of public aid to elementary schools according to their success in perform ing their work, although good in principle, was objection able in the mode proposed; that the provisions according to which the capitation grant was to be paid in respect of the attainments of the children, and the provisions for bidding grants for child en above 12 years of age, were both unsatisfactory; and that the diary and logbook were not simply or fully enough explained. In addition to these defects, he considered it desirable that any system of public aid to schools should include some specific advantage to schools in which the branches of instruction above the ele ments were successfully taught, and that, in the event of the Government abandoning its direct connexion with pupil and other assistant teachers in schools, the managers of schools ought to decide whether or not they would have such pupils as assistants. It was, he thought, of impor tance that the house should give their opinion on these points, and he hoped that the substance of the above objec tions and recommendations, embodied in the resolutions, would be adopted by their lordships. Lord GRANVILLE stated that, although the Revised Ccde had been modified, no change from the original inten tion of the Government had been introduced, but only cer tain portions of the code rendered more clear. He declined to follow Lord Lyttelton into the question of the Training Colleges, but assured him that, although the special cer tificates might carry no pecuniary advantage, yet the de mand for the holders of such certificates would cause an augmentation of salaries to obtain their services. With regard to the equitable claims of certificated teachers and Queen's scholars, it had been decided by the Com missioners, after receiving evidence, that no such claims existed. Having premised that he thought the diary and logbook would be of the greatest use, he proceeded to ex plain certain misapprehensions which existed in regard to the inspection of the schools, and stated that there was not the slightest intention to alter the present system of in spection, as an examination into the moral was to precede the examination into the scholastic training of the scholars. Having dwelt upon the advantage of making elementary instruction the chief point, he explained the reasons why no grant for children above 12 years was to be made, very briefly adverted to the other details of the resolutions, and hoped, in conclusion, that the whole question would be dis cussed for the interest of the public. Lord BELPER thought the withdrawal of the grants from the teachers and pupils without a longer notice weal harsh and unfair, and that it was unwise to discontinue the grants for children at so early an age as 111 years. He also objected to the placing of the day and night schools under the same teacher, as it was not physically possible for one man properly to manage the two. Lord LYTTELTON, having said a few words in regard to the non-existence of any claims whatever on the part of the pupil-teachers, withdrew his resolutions. The Consolidated Fund (£973,747) Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. . HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The order for the second reading of the Hull and West Riding Junction Railway Bill was discharged. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of the repeal or reduc tion of the duty on fire insurances ; against the Revised Code of Education, &c. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS, &c. Mr. DEEDES asked for a return of districts assigned to Churches under the provisions of " The Church Building Acts" and "The Parish of Manchester Division Act (1850)," from the termination of the Church Building Commission on the 31st day of December, 1856, to the 31st day of October, 1861 (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 557, of session 1861).—Ordered. INCOME TAX APPEALS, &c. On the motion of Mr. HUNT, returns were ordered showing, in a tabular form, the number of appeals against the last assessment of the income tax in the different divi sions of the county of Northampton. EXPENSE PROSECUTIONS BILL. In reply to Mr. HUNT, Sir G. GREY said that he would postpone the second reading of this bill until after he hal received the depu tion which he understood was to call on him on the subject, CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION. In reply to Mr. 11. BERKELEY, Sir G. GREY said that a bill on this subject was in pre. paration. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION. - - Mr. B. COCHRANE gave notice that he would move a resolution to the effect that it would be inexpedient to adopt the principle of competition in every department of the public service. LUNACY IN SCOTLAND. Mr, LESLIE asked the Lord Advocate whether or not a measure in reference to lunacy in Scotland would be intro duced by Government during the present session ; and, if so, when F The LORD ADVOCATE said that such a bill would be introduced on Tuesday next. ROADS AND BRIDGES AND SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. LESLIE asked the Lord Advocate whether the Sal mon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, and the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill, would be brought forward during the pre sent session ? The LORD-ADVOCATE said that there was so much 'UM° lty and difference of opinion on the first subject, that he did not propose to introduce any bill in reference to it. As regarded the second subject, it was not improbable that a bill respecting it might be introduced. _ In VAGRANCY (SCOTLAND). n -P•Y to blr . CARNEGIE, The LO RD ADVOCATE said he thought he would bring forward a bill on the subject. THE REVISED CODE. In reply t o m r. ly . Mr. LOWE said tiA:eLE, mar t during the year that would elapse from the 31st of c a h n ,_lB62, to March, would be examined 1863, all schools code. But afte r that date d a naid on the principle of the old either receive grants for ; l e the managers of schools could them themselves, they would l teachers, or, if they paid be entitled to capitation grants un der the revised code. THE RIOTS AT LO ,„ Mr. LEFROY asked the c hie r G FORD. the Government had received full Zeoretary for Ireland if re sults of the riots alleged to have tak or e mation as to the election for Longford, and if that information at the late to alleviate the anxiety produced in the minds n a was calculated sons whose friends and tenants were rep ,rteadoil many dangerously wounded wounded by the mob, in consequence been net' out against them i if they exercised their p riv i lege vo ting for the candidate the y wished to suppo rt vlege of such was the cas e, if the Government proposed to take an d e any i meas ures to prevent a repeti tion of such proceedings on any f - future occasion ? Sir R. PEEL sa id that this wa sae uestion which ex. cited a great de al of interest, and g arise, no doubt, t o strong feelings in the minds of hon. members on both sides of the house. (Hear.) He was not surprised tha after tbe s scenes that had taken place at Longford hon. t member should express strong feelings on the subject. He believed that seem ton of violence had taken place at the Longford election which had not been Witnessed for a long time in Ireland. He believed also twat the election—the mockery of election .he would call it—at Longford would form a jest of of par.liamentary inquiry, and that no freedom of opinion was exercised. - - Mr. lIENIsTP...SSY rose to order. Ito said that % as la.:. subject was to be brought before Parliament, he thouqht tho right hon, gentleman should not go into the question pending that inquit y. The SPEA,Ii.II4I, said the hon, member was right as re- garded a matter of order, but whether he was right as a matter of discretion was another subject, _ _ Sir R. PEEL said that the Government had tt ken mea sures to prevent; disturbancea, and those ptrsons who had been guilty of riot at the Long?crd election would be prosecuted if they were detected. (Hear, hear.) CLOTHING OF VOLUNTE' RS. In reply to Lord A. VANE TEMPEST, Sir G. C. LEWIS said that it was intenled to issue clothing to the volunteers on the terms contracted for by Government. --- BLOCKADE OF THE PORTS OF THE CONFEDE- RATE STATES OF AMERICA. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. GREGORY called the attention of the house to the blockade of the ports of the Confederate States of America, and to move an address for any correspondence on that subject subsequent to the papers presented to this house. The honourable member, in the course of some preliminary observations, stated that his sympathies were not with the States which were struggling for dominion, but with those who were striving for independence. (Hear, hear.) Having adverted to the im portance of the subject not only to this country but to the world at large, he cited the authority of Chancellor Kent, the celeberated American jurist, and other writers on international law, and inferred from their dicta that the present blockade was illegal, and it could be shown that it was inefficient. (Hear, hear.) Ho referred also to the statement of Lord Lyons as to the inefficiency of the blockade, and said that the withdrawal of the blockade of the port of Charleston was a breach of all those principles of international law, which Lord John Russell said was necessary to con stitute an effective blockade, and ridiculed the explanations given by Mr. Seward in reference to the abandonment of that blockade. He quoted also the opinion of Con sul Burnet as to the inefficiency of the blockade, and his statement that if large vessels approached certain ports, and of his subsequent assertion that vessels of a certain size entered and departed from the port of Charleston in the month of September at pleasure. The blockade had been described by M. Hautefeuille as wholly inefficient, and he accused England of conniving at its in efficiency and illegality with a view to availing herself some day when she was belligerent of the precedent of such a paper blockade. The Southern States had assented to the declaration of the Congress at Paris with regard to the strict- ness of a blockade in order to make it legal. This being so, the acceptance of the Federal blockade was, in fact, a vio- lation of neutrality, and this country was doing an injustice to the industrious class, which was deprived of the raw material on which their prosperity and even existence depend. He did not intend to attack the Government, which had had a very difficult part to play, and they hal played it to the satisfaction of the country. The hon gentleman, having traced the principle of international law relating to blockades from the time of the declaration by Russia in 1780, contended that the idea on the subject on the continent was more stringent than that which obtained in England, and he quoted the American authorities, Kent and Wheaton, who laid down the rule of perfect efficiency of blockades, which meant that no vessels could run into the blockaded ports. The opinion of the majority of the neutral Powers was decidedly that the blockade was illegal. He then proceeded to state that up to the Ist of November upwards of 400 vessels had run the blockade, and since then it had continued as constantly. Ho read a number of documents to show its general entire inefficiency, while in termissions of that which was affected to be kept up were frequent. In strong terms he condemned the act of sinking a stone fleet in the harbour of Charleston. He urged that it was necessary to act towards the United States Govern ment with strict justice and no more, for we owed them scant courtesy, and to keep them to the strict letter of in ternational law, lie had seen in the Southern States the deepest attachment to England; and if the South should co,it to secure her independence, events might occur which would cause England to repent that she had not a friend on the American continent. Mr. BENTINCK seconded the motion, which was for correspondence subsequent to the papers presented to the house, and urged that, on the principle laid down by Earl Russell that every people had a right to choose their own form of Government, the Southern States were entitled to recognition. Mr. W, E. FORSTER sail that the blockade involved a question of law and one of fact. He should deal with the latter ; and he fully agreed that if the blockade was proved to be ineffectual and illegal, it was a breach of neutrality to recognise it. He accepted the definition of a blockake as laid down by Lord Russell in the correspondence, which im plied due notification, no undue preference, and due effec tiveness. The first two conditions had been observed by the Federal States, and as to the last, the hon. gentleman read the statement of the vessels said to have run the blockade, and showed that many of them left the Southern ports in the time allowed them before the blockade came in force ; he reduced the alleged uumber of 320 down to 122, of which 106 were coasters and scarcely appeared in the open sea at all; so that the real evasions were 16 in number, of which 15 were Americans, and the one remaining was bound for Liverpool. If the interpretation contended for by Mr. Gregory, namely, that there must in no case be an evasion, there must be an end of all blockades. The last official ac counts showed that the blockade was much more effectual than he could have hoped it could have been. Another proof of the effectiveness of the blockade was, with all the temptations of large profits if it could be broken, yet no cargoes of cotton or other articles, the profit of which would be 1,500 per cent., passed from the Southern States. Not withstanding the distress in the manufacturing districts, the cry for breaking the blockade did not come from thence ; and it was only used for their own purposes by those who desired to aid the Confederate States. He expressed his belief that the feeling of this country was in favour of a strict neutrality in the affairs of America. Sir J. FERGUSSON contended, and quoted documents to prove, that the blockade was ineffectual. Mr. M. MILIsTES argued on the other side of the ques tion Mr. LINDSAY observed that reference had been made to the Bermuda leaving the blockade on a dark and stormy night. Now, he had received a letter from a gentleman who was a passenger in that vessel, who stated that it was per • fectly well known that the vessel was laden and ready for sea—that the weather was fine and clear—and that she went out without meeting any obstruction whatever. (Hear, hear.) This morning he had seen three gentle men who arrived in this country on Tuesday last in the Carron. That vessel found no blockade whatever, and had been in and out of Charleston at least twenty times since the paper blockade had been established. He could furnishth the noble lord at the head of the Government with esof6 since theoOvessels wh p i r c e h el h are ad at p ie a n sse e d f outth the blockade. Con federatehthleeekede. enames portse MercantilethelV blockadede than e k t y 95 R eport r ports stated that since etw between no less vessels had been te t Southern States and Cub a . A n d that paper added of thath since the statement was in type four vesselshadarrived at Matanzas from the Southern ports. (Hear, hear.) By the declaration at Paris it was laid down that a blockade must be effective. Now, it might be said that the American Government were no parties to that declaration, and that it was in fact rejected by them. That was true, but the Ame rican Government had acknowledged the principle laid down in 1856, and it was admitted in our despatches that they would not respect blockades unless they are effective and sufficient to prevent access, not only to the ports, but to the coast of the enemy. The American Government had not only acknowledged that principle, but acted upon it ; and if we should unfortunately be thrown into war with any country no person would be found more ready to maintain that principle than the American Government. (Hear.) It was evident from the reports made by our own officers that the blockade was not an effective one. Commander Lyons, in his despatch of Nov. 21, alludes to the disgrace ful expedient resorted to of sinking vessels filled with stones. He said it was a disgraceful proceeding, because it was closing up harbours given by God to man for the use of mankind. If any British ship had been captured and con demned during the time of the pretended blockade when there was in reality no blockade, he hoped the owners would insist on the Government demanding compensation for the ship so condemned. We had a right to interfere with the States if they interfered with us. By their blockade they were injuring our commerce, and we had a right to remon strate. He should like to hear from the Government their views, or some indication of what their views were, as to the recognition of the independence of the Southern States. Were Government of opinion that a people numbering some six or eight millions—a people who had proclaimed their independence—raised an army—and established a Govern ment—were not entitled to be considered as fit to govern themselves. He wished to hear the principle by which the Government would be guided in recognising the indepen dence of the Southern States. If the people of America in 1774 had a right to rebel from being over taxed, the people of the Southern States of the present day had a greater right to rebel. Two-thirds of the exports of the United States consisted of the produce of the Southern States. These exports were paid for by imports, and the principal part of those imports came from England. These imports were heavily taxed for the benefit of the Northern States and Central Virginia. Tle abominated slavery as much as any man could, but it was a mistake to suppose that the North was opposed to slavery. Two of their most distin- enished generals who had uttered opinions against slavery I had been recalled. He believed that nine out of ten people in the Northern States did not desire to see slavery abolished. Th e N or th were boasting what they would do with . England w h en th e y h a d se ttled their differences with the P..outh, If we showed any sympathy at all, it ought to be With th e South what th e e ppressed. Let not Government do to the would have.e4w . ould not have done to the North. He shed be contsinueaavinshtic e done to both. Why should blood tion ? (Hear, hear ) en T it could have no end but separa- South, the .North hough double the strength of the instru ments of destruction not f ro m means of obtaining instru- South were not aggressiverabEngllsh or other ports. The ; and it was a rera'arkliatbwlere fighting for indepen dencebeen defeated till some gunboataef fact that they had never at their fortifications. Ile hoped the. river threw shells insist that ir mere welt, 4. o 'b v e aTlG:fernment would effective, according to the treaty of Paris. .t ( ilt- should be The SOLI CI I' alt- GE NE RA.L thought it W a a r ; n h o e slight at) inconvenience that a motion which tendered no definite pro- "TIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY! EVENING, 1 MAROII 8,1 ISM position for their acceptance should lead to the introduction of acrimonious and irritating topics calculated to wound the susceptibilities of either of the parties in the unhappy con test now carried on in America. 11e did not blame the hon. gentleman who had spoken for giving way to his sympathy for the South, but he could not h el p noticing that while he and others called on the Government to recognise the inde pendence of the South, they in the same breath declared themselves advocates for the strictest neutrality. To pre. cipitate any decision on that point would be wholly incon sistent with the neutrality to which we had pledged our selves. He could not say the observations of the hon. gentleman who had just set down were conceived in a spirit of neutrality. (Hear.) But as we had preferred a strict neutrality from the beginning, it was our bounden duty to observe it to the end. We should deal with the North as we would with the South, but we must remember that they (the North) were placed in a position of peculiar difficulty and trial, and we should show towards them in word and act a generous and disinterested forbearance. We should exercise a sympathising judgment towards them, doing that which was right and just to ourselves, and trusting that peace might soon be restored to them and to the world. Now came the question on what principles were we to judge the question which had been raised as to the efficiency of the blockade. We must judge that according to our own principle, and according to the principles of international law, which had been recognised, not only by ourselves, but by the United States, prior to the time of the recent conflict between the States of America. These States had pro duced great jurists, who had borne testimony to the prin ciples of law laid down by the English authorities, amongst others Chancellor Kent, whose decisions had given great precision to the law of blockade, and whose testimony he (the Solicitor-General) was willing to set against all aspersions cast upon the law of this country on the present subject. The hon. and learned gentleman the member for Galway had brought forward, though only for the sake of saying that he did not accept it, the authority of M. De Toqueville, who in his work and with the dates before his eyes, did not hesitate to say that the Milan and Berlin decrees were retaliations for the conduct of England towards France, whereas those decrees had been made in 1806, and the first of our Orders in Council on the subject was not issued till the year 1807. With regard to the Northern and Southern States, Eng land was doing nothing inconsistent with her previous practice; but that writer might very well think, though his own Government did not sympathise with him in the matter, that it would be convenient in certain conditions that Eng land should have made herself a party to his new-fangled notions of a blockade which would render it impossible for any blockade to be maintained, and would so destroy the su periority of our maritime arms. Was it necessary to con stitute an effective blockade that no ship should run that blockade ? If so, there never had been, and never could be, a real blockade. According to the decision of 1780, a blockade by a force such as would make it evidently dan gerous to enter the port, was considered a legal blockade. The hon. gentleman said that what was laid down by Lord Russell in the stipulations of the treaty of Paris had been unaccepted by the American authorities. But the fact was, that Mr. Dallas had said that those principles, as he under stood, were consistent with what had been long laid down, and, in point of fact, contained nothing new, though he (Mr. Dallas) also said that as to the treaty itself, it was only binding upon those Powers who were parties to it. In order to establish a blockade two things were necessary; first, there must be a bona „fide blockade, and next a sufficient notification of the existence of the blockade. No matter what writers on this subject might lay down, it was impossible to say precisely what force was necessary to establish a blockade. For the change which recent improvements had led to in the mode of warfare, much must be left to the judgment of the naval officer in command. In a judgment delivered in 1809 by Sir W. Grant upon appeal it was held that the blockade of a port was sufficient, although maintained only by one vessel, which had also to assist in the blockade of another port a few miles distant. A blockade might even be intermitted and resumed, and as soon as you have know ledge of it, it is the same as if it had not been intermitted. Some gentlemen seemed to look at this question as if the blockade of the whole coast was one, and that in the absence of a sufficient force at any point to maintain, the blockade at that spot, the whole blockade was gone ; but it had been laid down that one port could bo effectually block aded though others on the same coast were not, and even that one entrance to a port might be effectively blockaded though vessels could still enter by another channel which was not properly guarded. In 1804 and and 1806 we had allowed the Custom .house vessels to pass our blockades, though other vessels were still excluded. It was decided that those vessels which had been permitted to pass could not be treated as prizes, but that this did not justify other persons in breaking the blockade, as if it had ceased to be enforced. The hon. and learned gentleman also referred, in support of his view, to the blockade of Havre, 1798-99. This was all that he thought necessary to state to the court (much laughter)—all that he thought was necessary to state to the house. He did not state whether those decisions were right or wrong; but this was the law as it had been laid down. From the first, the President of the United States had declared that those ports should be, and were blockaded according - to the law of the United States, and to the law of nations, and that a competent force should be provided to maintain and enforce the blockade. There was no indication of any intention to establish a paper blockade, or to do anything contrary to the rights of nations. Lord J. Russell had raised this question in a conversation with Mr. Adams in May, 1861, when Mr. Adams declared that his Govern ment had no intention to institute a paper blockade, against which the United States had always protested. He (the Solicitor-General) offered no opinion as to whether the blockade was sufficiently maintained or not. Professions had been uniformly made to that effect, and tho due notices had been given. There had been no false assumption in principle. If there had been, under pretence of a blockade, 'and under colour of accidental remissness, a real absence of proper force to maintain the blockade, that would, no doubt, be a case in which we might interfere. The Govern ment could only form its opinion upon the reports of its own officers. Those reports were that, under some circum stances, and at some places, there was a great remissness in enforcing the blockade ; while at other times and other places there was great strictness in enforcing the blockade. The question, therefore, became one of place, and time, and circumstances with reference to each vessel said to have run the blockade. The member for Bradford had shown that there were only sixteen cases in which vessels could be said to have run the blockade; while in every case but one the vessel so escaping was owned either by citizens of the Con federate or Uaited States. From the reports of our Con • suls and our cruising officers it appeared that the blockade was efficiently maintained in September and December last, in all the ports of the Gulf of Mexico. Galveston was ad mitted to have been strictly blockaded from Juno to Octo ber, and there was no reason to suppose that the blockade had since been less effective. Then as to Savannah, the report of the Consul showed that, although there was a short intermission after the institution of the blockade, yet that it was immedis.tely resumed, and continued so strict that up to the time of -his writing only one ship had run the blockade. With respect to Charleston, it was true that Mr. Brunel, writing from a distance, and relying upon the reports of others, did speak of the laxity of the blockade of this port. But it would be found that he referred to laxity so far as coasting vessels went ; and Commander Lyons and other naval officers reported that so far as sea-going vessels went, the blockade was effective, while all ac counts agreed in saying that no intentional relaxation of the blockade had taken place on the part of the United States squadron. We had, therefore, satis factory evidence of an efficient blockade of Charleston from June to October last. That some ships had entered Charles ton and Savannah was accounted for by the nature of the coast. Intersected with bays and lagunes, and with an inland navigation connected with them and ramifying throughout the interior, the sea entrances of Charleston and Savannah were by no means the only channels by which small vessels could reach those places, although large ves sels could only enter through the channels opening directly out to sea. But it could never be maintained that there could be no efficient blockade of Savannah and Charleston unless the enemy could intercept the inland navigation for some GO or 70 miles. The blockade of the main channels opening out to sea, if effective, would not be vitiated by the fact that coasting vessels could enter through these lagunes and the inland navigation. It then came to this that the question was one of times and circumstances with reference to each vessel. The validity of each case of seizure was to be decided by the prize courts of the belligerent power ; and the neutral power was bound to acquiesce in that decision, unless it was obviously unjust. Then, no doubt, we had a right to demand redress for the particular act. But there was here no question *of breaking the blockade. lle could not make out what the member for Galway wanted. Ho referred, indeed, to an armed neutrality. But were we to dictate to the United States what they were to do ; and that, if our terms were not accepted, we would send our ships with armed convoys to break the blockade. What would that be ? He said it would be war. An armed neutrality was a species of war not more honourable because it was not avowed. But such an armed neutrality as this was ono never heard of in the history of the world—not oven in the days of the Empress Catherine, or of the mad Paul. For a country professing to be at peace to set at nought the re ceived usages of nations, to say, " Our ships shall not be subjected to prize courts ; we will enforce our trade at the point of the sword"—that was a thing which any nation doing would not only do at her own peril, but would incur the consequences of war. It might, indeed, happen that the country whose rights were thus invaded might at the time be unable to resent such an aggre sion by force of arms. But did they think the injury could be forgotten, or that peaceful rela tions could ever be re •established between the two coun tries ? And was it desirable that such should be our con duct towards our brothers in blood, language, and religion, the children of our forefathers, those to whom we were u nited by all the ties which could bind men to men ? Even in the holiest of causes, even in such a cause of war as that which lately seemed imminent, we should enter into it with f ee lings that he could not describe ; and if, on that occa sion, we had been forced into a contest—although we should have had no alternative, and were not the aggressors —it would have been a great addition to the bitter feelings which sub a contest would have occasioned, that it might have been imputed to us, that, having made such sacrifices for the sake of liberty, wo wore obliged to be bound in, ac- tive co-operation with a country which was still one of the last strongholds of slavery. And it would have been, if possible, a more bitter aggravation,that we were compelled to meet our brethren in the United States in arms, they would have been compelled to meet us with their hands tied down and overburthened pith the weight of a domestic calamity. But if the necessity had arisen we should not have created it ; we could have looked Europe in the face, and have appealed to Europe and posterity, knowing that our course, as it was without fear, so it was without re proach. But how would it be if, for the sake of selfish objects, for mean and mercenary motives, in order to obtain a supply of cotton, we were the first to break through the established law of nations, and to say that the United States, as a belligerent, should not exercise the ordinary belligerent rights. In such a quarrel we could not have looked Europe in the face, nor appealed to the verdict of posterity. If any Government had entertained the idea of such a policy, there was a power in this country which would have prevented its being pursued. Who had been the great losers by this war? The capitalists and artisans of Lancashire. Had they demanded that we should take steps to break the blockade ? No ; justice and honour were better estimated amongst those classes who suffered most from these calamities than any objects of per sonal interest which might lead them to provoke an unjust and unnecessary war. The Government had determined to maintain our rights, but to respect those of others, not only because such a cow se conduced to our interest, hut because it was the course of generosity and justice, and was the only one cons - stent with the great moral law, that we should " do unto others as we would that others should do unto us." (Cheers.) Lord R. CECIL disputed the doctrine laid down by the Solicitor-General, that the continuity of a blockade might be interrupted without affecting its legality. He contended that, according to international law, the intermission of a blockade was a fatal accident and that the recognition by us of an illegal blockade mould create an ill-feeling in the Southern States. After a few words from Admiral - WALCOTT, the motion of Mr. Gregory was negatived. RELEASE FROM THE SUMTER. In reply to Mr. Ci Ru-rrrn, Mr. LA.YARD said the information he had received led him to believe that the parties who had been landed from the Sumter at Algiers had been released. WAYS AND MEANS. The report was brought up and agreed to. TRADE MARKS BILL. Mr. ROEBUCK moved that the following members be nominated as the select committee on the Trade Marks Bill: —Mr. Roebuck, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Crum-Ewing, Sir F. Goldsmid, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Crossley, Sir Hugh Cairns, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. Hassard, and Mr. Warner, with power to send for persons, papers, papers, and records ; five to be the qdorum. Mr. MOFFATT objected to the nomination on the ground that there were not less than six gentlemen representing exclusively the manufacturing interest. After a short conversation the motion was agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter past 11. ASSIZE INTEL LIGEIV CE. HOME CIRCUIT, HERTFORD, March 6. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) George Felstead, a boy described as of the age of 14, was indicted for maliciously setting fire to straw in a farm building a Ware, with intent to injure the owner, hi s master. The boy looked younger than his age in the calendar, and it appeared from the statement of the gaoler, he had only reached 14 while in gaol, where he was received into custody on the 13th of Ncvember. He sobbed and cried bitterly during the trial, and it turned out that he was an orphan, and that his parents had been dead several years. It appeared that on the 7th of November, his master sent him to the Post-office, his way to which lay down a lane on which the building abutted. Within a minute or two of the boy's starting (a little after five o'clock) smoke was seen to come from it, and it was found to be on fire. The prisoner duly posted the letter, and was back so soon that his master said that the boy could not have loitered by the way. The only evid ence o f importance against the prisoner consisted of cer tain statements made by him to the police, while in their custody, to the effect that he had put a lucifer match through a hole in the shed among some straw, and some lucifer matches were found in his pocket. Mr. Woollett defended the prisoner. The learned Judge pointed out to the jury that, in the case of children under 14 years of age, there was a presumption in their favour that they didinot intend to do malicious injuries, unless their conduct clearly led to the conclusion that they did so ; and the que3tion was whether, when the prisoner put the match into the shed, he was fully aware that the necessary or natural consequence would be to set the building on fire and so to injure his master. If the jury were satisfied of this they must convict him ; if they doubted it they might properly acquit him. There did not appear to have been any mo tive for the act. The jury consulted a few minutes, and found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy on account of his youth. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said that such cases were, of all others, the most embarras sing with reference to the punishment to be inflic ted. The sentence would be that the prisoner be imprisoned two weeks, and then sent to a reforma- tory for three years. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DuttIiAm, MAncir 5. Mr. Justice Willes proceeded to try common jury causes. WALTON V. ARMSTRONG. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Jones were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Davison for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was a young woman of about 27 years of age, whose father had been a respectable farmer at Rackwoodside, near Lanches ter, in the county of Durham. The defendant was a young man, 31 years of age, living with his father, also a farmer in the same neighbourhood. The plaintiff and defendant had been acquainted some three years, and since the month of March, 1860, the defendant's visits to Itackwoodside had been constant, usually occurring in the evening, and he spoke to Mrs. Walton of his intention to marry her daughter. They were then considered to be engaged, and the young lady began to furnish herself with wedding clothes, when a coolness arose, and the defendant married a Miss Wilkinson who had previously sworn a child against him. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages £l5. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—LEICESTER, MARCH 6. At half-past 9 this morning Mr. Justice Williams took his seat in the Borough Hall, a long low build ing built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, open from the floor to the cross-beams and rafters of the roof, and ornamented with paintings of Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Hastings, and Hungerford, Knight of the Garter, and of Sir Thomas White. It is long since the assizes were held in this ancient halt, the date of which, as shown on a part of the old carved pannelling, is 1586. George Robinson, charged with having forged and knowingly uttered at Leicester, on 17th Aug. last, an order for the payment of ;£5, pleaded not guilty. 11. Ir. O'Brien conducted the case for the prosecu tion; the prisoner defended himself. Mr. Cooke, a corn factor, proved that the prisoner, who was altogether a stranger to him, came to his place of business on 17th Aug. and said that Cooke's name had been mentioned to him (the prisoner) as being a likely person to undertake an agency for the sale of Baltic commodities, and that he (prisoner) was one of a firm engaged in chartering a vessel for the Baltic, At the same time he showed witness what purported to be a bill of lading. Cooke gave no positive answer to the proposal, and the prisoner went away. He re t ur n e d at 9 p.m. of the same day and stated that he was placed in unpleasant circum stances, as his landlady had sent up the bill to him self and a companion of his for payment, and that it had only just then occurred to him that he had ne glected to get cash at Poterborough for a check he had received there, and asked Mr. Cooke whether it would be too great a favour to desire him to cash it. Witness said, not if it was a genuine check ; he was then called o u t, an d saw the i 0 boots" of the inn at which the . prisoner had been staying. On returning to the prisoner he presented a check on plain paper, purporting to be drawn at Peterborough on the Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Bank, the writing being, as the witness noticed, in the same hand as that on the bill of lading he had seen in the morning, and he gave it back refusing to cash it. The prisoner alleged that he had received it in Peterborough from a Mr. Clayton, to whom he lent £5 when they had niet in London, but who he stated was a stranger to hie l , and whose residence he did not know. Mr. G eorge Cl ayton , th e on ly Clayton who could be fou n d i n P eter b oroug h, p rove d that the check was not in his writing. No one bearing the name of Matthew Clayton (the name signed to the check) could be found. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Lord Chief Justice took his seat in the Castle at half-past 11, on t h e C rown s id e, and having c harged the grand j ury proceede d to t ry pr i soners. The majority of the cases were such as are triable at the quarter sessions, and of little general interest. Mr. Justice 'Williams, having cleared the borough gaol, proceeded to the Castle, ancl took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court to try the only defended cause. PARIOL'No AND WIFE V. SCOTT AND WIFE. Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Cockle were counpel for tile plaintiffs ; Mr. Sergeant Hayes and Mr. Field for the defendants. _ The action was brcnght to recover damages for slanderous and defamatory words malicioasly spoken by Mrs. Scott of Mrs. Parkyns imputing unchastity. The declaration stated as special damage that Mrs. Parkyns's husband had left her in consequence of the slanderous words and had since lived apart from her. Mrs. Parkyns was somewhat over 30 years of age, and had been 10 years married to her husband, who was of the same age, and by whom she had four children. Both, it was stated, were in a respectable position in life, Parkyns being the manager of a business the conduct of which took him from home for long intervals. Mrs. Parkyns and he resided with her mother, and the defendants were neighbours who had been in the habit of using a passage near the plaintiffs' house. Some dispute arose on the 28th of December about damage done to a wall, and this led to altercation and abusive language, in the course of which the words complained of were spoken. On Mr. Parkyns returning on a Friday his wife in formed him of what had been said of her. He was much disturbed, and on going to his work on Mon day morning said he would not live with her until the matter was cleared up. She had since been to him several times to entreat him to return, but ho would not do so. On cross examination, Mr. Parkyns stated that he had seen his attorney before leaving his wife. He had seen his own brother, but had not left his wife on account of any advice that he could not other wise sustain his action, Mr. Sergeant Hayes, on the part of the defendant, submitted that there was no such special damage made out as was sufficient to sustain the action. The damage alleged was the loss of the society of the husband, which had never yet been held to be such as would support an action of slander. There was this further objection, that the damage, if sufficient, did not flow directly from the defendant's slander, but from the wife's repetition of it. " Ward v. Weeks" (in 6 Bingham), was an authority for that position. The learned Judge said that, although that had been decided, yet it was otherwise if the communica tion of the slanderous words was made in the per formance of a duty, as in " Cantillon v. Maltby," where the communication was by a magistrate in the discharge of his duty. He would not therefore stop the case, but would reserve leave to move, in the event of it being necessary. Mr. Sergeant Hayes then addressed the jury, contending that the words used by Mrs. Scott in the course of a violent quarrel between angry women were not intended to convey the imputation supposed, but were merely angry abusive words ; and that Mr. Parkyns' conduct in leaving his wife was with refer ence to rendering the contemplated action sustain able; and not because of his believing that the slanderous words spoken were true. The jury must take care, also, that they did not make Mr, Scott responsible for the abusive words which it was proved were spoken by his stepson as well as his wife. He concluded by calling a number of witnesses, all, indeed, who were present at the brawl between Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Parkyns, who denied that the words sworn to by Mrs. Parkyns were used by Mrs. Scott, who herself also denied them. Having summed up this evidence, Mr. O'Brien replied, and The learned judge having summed up the evi dence, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 40s. damages. FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 5. An address of condolence on the occasion of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, from the British residents at Rome, has been received by Earl Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to be laid before the Queen. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, C. 8., to be Captain-General and Governor in-Chief in and over the Island of Tasmania and its Dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to create a distinct Settlement on the Western Coast of Africa, to be called " The Settlement of Lagos and its Dependencies," and to appoint Henry Stanhope Freeman, Esq., to be Governor and Commander•in-Chief of the aforesaid Settlement. DOWNING. STREET, MARCH 7. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint John Smale, Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council, and Francis Chomley, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council, of the Colony of Hong Kong. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Austin Saunders to be a Member of the Execu tive and Legislative Council of the Island of Nevis. CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Canterbury—Henry Alexander Butler-John stone, E.lq , in the room of the Honourable Henry Butler- Johnstone, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. INDIA OFFICE, MARCH 4. _ _ _ Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned promotions and alterations of rank in her Ma jesty's Indian Military Forces:— BENGAL ARMY, INFANTRY. Major Henry Ramsay, C. 8., from the late 53d Regiment Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Abbott, deceased. LATE 53D REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Captain (Brevet Major) Richard John Edgell to be Major; Lieutenant Edward Hanson Paske (Captain in the Staff Corps), to be Captain on the Cadre, vice Ramsay, promoted. LATE 60Th NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieutenant (Captain in the Staff Corps), Peter Stark Lumsden to be Captain on the Cadre, vice Brabazon, dis missed. GENERAL LIST OP INFANTRY OFFICERS. Ensign Albert Fitzwilliam Taylor to be Lieutenant, vice Paske, promoted. Ensign Arthur Frederick Jones to bo Lieutenant, vice Paske, promoted. Ensign Walter Frank Shaen Perry to be Lieutenant, vice Lumsden, promoted. Ensign David Clapham Andrew to bo Lieutenant, vice Christian, deceased. ARMY RANK. Lieutenant (Unattached) Stephen Douglas to be Captain, by Brevet, having completed fifteen years service. Lieutenant (Unattached) William Sheffield to be Captain, by Brevet, having completed fifteen years service. ALTERATION OF RANK. GENERAL LIST OF INFANTRY OFFICERS. _ _ Lieutenant Albert Fitzwilliam Taylor to take rank from 28th November, 1861, vice Grant, late 45th Native Infantry dismissed.. _ _ _ , Her Majesty hag been pleased to permit the undermen tioned officer to resign his Commission : Captain Courtenay Gibbs Thorp, of the late G9th Bengal Native Infantry. MADRAS ARMY. ARTILLERY. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Brice, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Sherriff, deceased. Captain Alexander Tod Cadell to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Second Captain Wm. James Bradford to be Captain. Lieutenant Charles Johnson to be Second Captain, vice Babington, retired. Second Captain James Blair to be Captain. Lieutenant Thomas Ignatius Maria Hog to be Second Captain, vice Cadell, promoted. _ 6TH LIGHT CAVALRY. Lieutenant (Brevet-Captain) George Herbert Murray Aynsley to be Captain, vice Mayne, deceased. IST REGIMENT NATIVE CAVALRY. Ensign John Chadwick Doveton, from tho 29th Regiment Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Forlong, promoted ; Lieutenant (Brevet-Captain) Charles William Cox to be Captain, vice Fullerton, deceased. 9TII REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Ensign Edward Persse, from the 32d Regiment Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Carr, promoted. 13TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Ensign James Poleglass James, from the 38th Regiment Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Warden, promoted. 20TI - 1 REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Ensign William Octavius Foord, from the 47th Regi ment Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Robson, pro moted. Ensign Arthur Yelverton Brooking, Loin the 12th Regi ment Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vico llutchison, promoted. 42D REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Ensign Alexander S. Grove, from the 36th Native In fantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Dun, promoted. Ensign William R. E. Fullerton, from the 28th Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Roper, retired. 43D REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieutenant Arthur Drury (Captain in the Staff Corps), to have the regimental position of Captain, vice Campbell, deceased. GENERAL LIST OF CAVALRY OFFICERS. Cornet Augustus Henry Asgill Colvile to bo Lieutenant, vice Aynsley, 6th Light Cavalry, promoted. • - - GENERAL LIST OF INFANTRY OFFICERS. Ensign Charles Bean Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Bar well, 19th Native Infantry, promoted. Ensign Elphinstono Waters Begbio to be Lieutenant, vice Playfair, 34th Native Infantry, promoted. Ensign Charles Rawson Oxley to be Lieutenant, vice Godfrey, 10th Native Infantry, promoted. Ensign William Lancaster Ranking to bo Lieutennt, vice Cox, Ist Native Infantry, promoted. ARMY RANK. 13TII REGIMENT NATIVE INEAN'IRY. Lieutenant Augustus Hall Cooke to be, Captain, by bre vet, having completed 15 years' service. 21ST REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieutenant William Masterman Williams to bo Captain, by Brevet, having completed fifteen years' service. Assistant-SurgeonMEDICAL Frederi OFFlCEßS ck Fletcher to be Sitrfr,,Con, vice Whitelock, retired. ALTERATIONS OF RANK. ARTILLERY. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Hutchinson av' tain John McKenzie Maeintyre, to take rank ' September, 1861, vice Bice, promoted, Captain John McKenzie Macitityro 13th September, IS6I, vice DesUoroio-* t ake rank from Captain George Gmlning JO— ? a, eteceased. Captain Robert Pope, to tat' " I'.pbell, and Second 1861, vice Itutchinsort • rank fr cm 25th September, - , promoted. a Cap -tom 25th BOMBAY ART Ay. INFANTRY . ~T. . -ajor Ch ar l es R o b ert Whi te ' - -• ment Native Inf a ntry, to be Sock, from th e 11th Regi- Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Stuart, promoted. Major (Brevet Lieutenar A-Colonel) Thomas Tolfre Christie, from 17th Nativ e , y . Colonel, vic e Hornier, prom .01 ,, i. Infantry, to bo Lieutenan t 11TH REGIMENT , '''''' Captain, (Brevet-Major` j NATIVE INEANTEV, Lieutenant Mossem B Daniel Boyd to be Major. promoted , oyd to be C a pt a i n , v i ce Whitelock , 17TH REGD. mNT Captain (13revet-1' Major) NATTVE INFANTRY. Major, Honry Lloyd gyans to be Lieutenant Henry Vaughan to be Captain, vice Christie, promoted. 18Tn urcrimENT NATivi] INFANTRY. Lieutenant (Captain in the Staff Corps) Frederick Tor- Ilan() Ross to be Captain on the Cadre, vice Burton, struck off, GENERAL LIST OP INFANTRY OFFICERS. Ensign Cyril Hugh Pennycuick Ducat to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, 18th Native Infantry, promoted. Ensign Alexander Wood to be Lieutenant, vice Sandwith, 3d Native Infantry, deceased. Ensi g n James Ketchento be Lieutenant, vice Ross, 18th Native Infantry, promoted. ALTERATIONS OF RANK. INFANTRY Lieut.-Colonel Edward Baynes to take rank from 2d Sept., 1861, vice Hobson, promoted. 20TII REG ;31ENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Major Wm. Edmonstone MacLeod, Captain Edmond Lewin. Taverner, and Lieut. Charles Coombs Paul, to take rank from 2.1 Sept., 1861, in succession to Hobson, pro moted. GENERAL LIST OF INFANTRY OFFICERS. Lieutenant George Frederick Bryant to take rank from 17th September, 1861, vice Boyd, 3d Native Infantry, pro moted. Lieutenant Cyril Ilugh Pennycuick Ducat to take rank from 17th September, 1861, vice Vaughan, 17th Native Infantry, promoted. ADMIRALTY, MARCII 6. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Hawkins Gascoigne to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Walsh, retired on full pay. Captain and Brevet-Major William Francis Foote to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Gascoigne, promoted. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Frederick Augustus Foster to be Captain, vice Foote, promoted. First Lieutenant Charles Sidney Williams to be Quar termaster, vice Foster. Second Lieutenant John Holland to be First Lieutenant, vice Foster, promoted. Captain William G rigor Suther to b 2. Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hadfield, retired on full pay. First Lieutenant and Adjutant Philip llarrington to be Captain, vice Suther, promoted. First Lieutenant Arthur Charles Joshua M'Keekan to be Adjutant, vice Harrington, promoted. Second Lieutenant Henry Luxmore Stirling to bo First Lieutenant, vice M'Keekan, promoted. Colonel Second Commandant Thomas Lemon to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Rea, retired on full-pay. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert John M'Killop to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Lemon, promot d. Captain William Ramsay Searle to be Lieutenant-Colo nel, vice M'Killop, promoted, First Lieutenant and Adjutant Francis Worgan Festing to be Captain, vice Searle, promoted. First Lieutenant Charles Ready Colomb to be Adjutant, vice Festing. At Second Lieutenant Edward Benjamin Steele Perkins to be First Lieutenant, vice Festing, promoted. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the:week:ending March 4, 1862, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per. cwt. From the British possessions in America 2ss. 64d, Mauritius East Indies 24 s . lid, Average price of the three foregoing 2ss. 6.1 d BANKRUPTS. Pantaleono C. Salvago, merchant, Manchester William hart, baker, Hackney-road Elizabeth Davies, licensed victualler, Swansea Alfred Wall, surgeon, Cardiff John Bentley, shopkeeper, Halifax John Horsfall, cabinet maker, Halifax John Yeo, rope manufacturer, Plymouth William Edward Smeathers, hatter, Liverpool Thomas Vernon, publican, Ashton John Sewell, butcher, Higher Bobbington Frederick Ueorge Fraser, jeweller, Wrexham George Brown, poulterer, Reading James Cornaby, publican, Aylesbury Thomas Roulston, basket maker, Nottingham John Leavesley and John Elner, sawyers, Nottingham George Emsley, labourer, Thornton, Yorkshire William Allen and Thomas Allen builders, Ovington Josoph Harcourt, brassfounder, Birmingham James Coney, coal and sand dealer, Birmingham Thomas Millner, cabinetmaker, Hansworth, Stafford Sarah Stonall, beer seller, Birmingham Roland Griffiths, gun maker, Birmingham Wm. Barr, draughtsman, Coventry Henry Faulkner, farmer, Bretby Wm. Broughton, beerhouse keeper, Litchurch, Derby henry Brice, carpenter, Portsea John Monkraan, plasterer, Leeds James Bearman, innkeeper, Braintreo Samuel Cocksedge, cooper, Bocking John Franks, grocer, Swansea George Tyson, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne Alfred John Croft, City-road, Hulme, Manchester Richard Tattersall, butcher, Salford James Leyland, joiner, Warrington Samuel Stevens, tailor, llatherleigh, Devonshire Edward S. Bird, confectioner, Fort Cumberland Joseph Rogers, innkeeper, Aldershot Richardßutler, jun., publican, Lindridge,Worcestershiro Zacheus Spittle calciner, Dudley Samuel Major, broker, Sheffield John Powell, grocer, Llanyre, Radnorshire Charles B. Marshall, coal merchant, Newport Henry Snook, fly proprietor, Bristol Wm. Fear, jun., and J. Parsons, timber dealers, Bristol Harriett Turner, gentlewoman, Taunton Wm. Wellington, clerk, Upton Hellions, Devonshire James Sowerby, gamekeeper, Pockthorpe, Yorkshire Selina Bailey, hatter, Bitchin, Hertfordshire John Brearley, butter retailer, Stourbridge John James Lawrence, licensed victualler, Bermondsey John Lightbourn, watch manufacturer, Coventry William Smith, builder, Leominster Francis Robbins, jun., miller, Birmingham John Beckley, grocer, Brockmoor, Kingswinford Wm. Hallam, provision broker, Liverpool James Booth, tailor, Bury, Lancashire Christopher Brockbank, innkeeper, Ulverston, Lancashire Thomas 11. Armstrong, lead merchant, Manchester Joseph H. Bennett, surgeon, Sheffield George Bristow, horse dealer, Duke-street, London bridge William James Hills, bootmaker, Tottenham William Coffee, cabinet maker, Marshall-street, Golden square Edward llayter, farmer, Kiatbury, Berkshire George Bailey, grocer, New Charlton Robert Bradley, 4, Montague-terrace, Southwark George Chart, licensed victualler, Betcbworth, Surrey William Syer, builder, Chelsworth, Suffolk. William Abbott, 118, Cambridge-street, Pimlico Samuel Ward, baker, Chertsey, Surrey George Sinclair, painter, Boston William Smith, builder, Nottingham Richard Pearks, farm bailiff, Romsley, - Worcestershire Thos. Doorbar, wheelright, Bradley-green, Staffordshire Thos. Wells Thorpe and James Grant, brewers, Boston Henry Bisshopp, surgeon, Hazlemere, Surrey Joseph Edwin Townsend, mattress maker, St. Luke's George Frederick Dietz, baker, Bethnal-green. William Ilaynes, cheesemonger, Drury-lane Stephen Rodman, jun., iron dealer, Vauxhall-bridge-rd Alfred Ebenezer Jones, tea dealer, Kentish-town John Flawn, boot and shoe manufacturer, Higham Fer rers, Northampton Jane Geddes, baker, Albion-place, Hyde-park, Middlesex Wm. Arthur Payne or Arthur Lockse,y, vocalist and teacher, Trafalgar.terrace, Hackney, W.ddlesex Charles Gould Morgan Homfray, S'crand Thomas Dreweatt, yr., miller awl baker, Havant, Rants Melville Robertson, law clerk, late of Shackewe],l. Henry Gault, cab driver, Maida-hill, Middlesex. Thomas Houghton, grocer, Hartley-row, Hampshire. Thomas Whitby, merchant's clerk, Upper Thames-street. William Curtis, innkeeper, Oundle, Northamptonshire.. Walter Butler, wine merchant, late of Broad- P!reet buildings, city. - Abraham Harris, publican, Bear-street, Le;, cester-square Robert Kennedy, yeoman, Queen's-road Ch e l sea. Richard Crick, shipowner, Albion-st r eet, Rotherhithe. William J. Thompson, milliner, Cambridge-terrace, Francis Thorley, schoolmaster., NormanbY-by. Islington. Spittal Northamptonshire i u John Brown, tailor, Chelmsford Geo. Humphris, backsmith, J. J. Covereale, wood carvi,r, lEiyindgostit,on_upon G. C. Gee, pianoforte-nutiter, Kingston-upon-Hull. Henry Lampert, plumber, Sheffield. Samuel Tyas, grinder, Sheffield, David Hempsell, baker, Sherr.eld. Edward Layton, boot a d h n shop Sheffield. SINGULAR C OINGULAR ASP, Ok POISONING AT LIVERPOOL. —A mysterious case of poNoning was investigated by the Liverpool coroner on Thursday. The facts of the case are these :—Ellen Fairclough, aged 5 years, the daughter of a labourer, and a little boy raamed John Spencer, on Tuesday afternoon wore in the Y.icighbourhood of Walton. When near the church at tliat place they were met by two young n, one of whom told the children to open their mouths, and then placed in each a piece of something that looked like " white soda," making the children swallow it, throw ing the little boy down, to make him accede to their wiehes. Immediately afteraards the latter became unwell, and vomited, but he I :eltivoately recovered. The girl e.iso became very sick, and, on reaching home informed her mother of what had taktbn. place, when the latter went to a druggist in Scotland-tod, and procured an emetio, which she ad ministered I' o the child. Warm water was also given to her, by which , the vomiting was eoutinued.. Tho child, how ever, l'srew worse, and died the following day. A post mort.em examination of the body showed the cause of death to 'b e congestion of the brain, but whether from natural causes or the administering of a narcotic poison, Dr. Ayr ton, who made the examination, was unable to say posi tively, unless there was an analysis of the stomach and its contents. his opinion was that death was caused by a narcotic poison. The scoundrels who administered the stuff to the children are being looked after by the police. Tho verdict of tlie coroner's jury was, " That death w A ,E4 caused by narcotic poison, but by, whom administered t/aere was no `,-feidence to show." POTITECARIE H.ALL.—The following gentlemen 0 820 _ their examination in the science and practice of and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, March 6 :—Joseph Todd, Selby, Yorkshire ; John Huddle Milsome, St. Bartholomew's Ilaspital ; T. Howell, Bristol; Wm. Davies, Froodvale, Camarthenshire • Chas. F. Long, Barham, Kent; Llewellyn J. Summers, Ramsey, Isle of Man; John Dustan,. Jersey . Henry S. Gale, Hemp alilahni3eLETlihasa,lirasn.D, aorley, Lancashire. On Dodd Milburne, Dents-hall, Newcastle-on -Tyne. The following gentleman also, on s m te a a n d d ; ay a , n m d Thursday, the 6th, passed his first examination :—Wm. John Morgan, Charing-cross Hospital. [AnvEurrisEnt E NT.] — Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Remarkable Recovery. —Mothers and nurses should read the testimonials to the efficacy of Holloway's remedies in subduing scarlatina, diphtheria, bronchitis, and those inflammatory complaints which are now committing such havoc both amongst children and adults. A wife writes, 46 I had only ru bb e d your Ointment on the throat two days in a case of bronchitis, when my husband in a most re markable manner and in less than a week was quite well." Such testimony should be known to persons liable to throat affections, and all families generally. The worst ulcers, sores, and wounds become clean, and soon grow up under the application of Holloway's Ointment, which always rrevent2 the spread o ihllithluAtio4 and wAwaltUY actim COUN2RI MARKE2S, ~_.,.... ,4. LIVERPOOL—MiIIen 7. • With a bare attendance of dealers to-day both wheat and flour met a dull demand, the late advance being with diffi culty maintained. Indian corn had few buyers, and the slight improvement made on Tuesday was quite lost. Oats and oatmeal slow. Beans declined 6d per qr. WAKEFIELD—MARcH 7. The show of wheat to-day was short, and business was steady, but unaltered in price. Fine barley rather dearer. Beans dull, and prices tending downwards. In oats and shelling no change to note. Averages for the week : Wheat . 1,695 qrs., at s9s 9/a Oats 8ar1ey......... 850 Peas .... 10 Rye — .. Beans EXETER—MAucu 7. Wheat, white is Gd to 7s 9d I 8ar1ey...... 3s 10d to 4s 6d Ditto new .0s Od to Os Gd Oats 2s 9d to 3s 311 _ . Flour, fine, 45s to 47s ; seconds, 43s to —s per sack. CATTLE. The market to-day was moderately supplied with stock. I Fat becf,p score,9s6d to 10s6d Ewes, per lb ....6d to bid Pork carcases, 9s 6‘ Ito lOs 6d Wethers, d 0...... 7,1 t o —d Lambs, per lb —d to —d Fat calves, d0...61d to 7L I . Rough fat, 31d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARCH 7. We have had a fair business in our sugar market during the week, and full prices have been paid for the parcels sold. Refined in good demand. In rune nothing doing—' prices quite nominal. COAL M (rrioes of Coal per Ton at ARKET. t the close of the market s. d. Bell's Primrose ... .. 12 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 14 0 Wylam ..15 0 Lambert's West Hart- Walker Primrose 11 9 Holywell 15 0 West Hartley 14 6 Eden Main ..... 15 6 ley l3 9 Davison's West Hart- Walls End. South Kelloe Hetton .. l7 0 South Hetton 17 0 Cassop ley 14 0 North Pelton 12 6 Taufiehl Moor 12 3 Tanfield Iloor Butes 12 3 Ships at marks t, 62 ; sold, 41. RAILWAY IN 2 ELLIGEN CE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. I Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. , /- 1861. 1860. 1861. 1860. ----4 - X X Ballymena and Pert Rush - - - Belfast and N. Counties 13G 136 1,800 1,573 Belfast and County Down 49 394 533 6 86 Birkd., Lane., &Ches. June - - • - Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1,572 1,96 7 Bristol and Exeter lO6l 125 5,363 5,862 Caledonian 2l9# fag 14,084 13,1 00 Cockermouth& Workington 81 186 1 59 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 302 321 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 4 198 1 9 1 Cork and Youghal ... 26 26 221 29 0 Cornwall 531 531 1,075 1,110 Deeside l7 17 224 221 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,106 1,29 0 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,584 1,6 01 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 481 401 1,684 1,9 50 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 666 65 0 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,155 1,147 East Anglian 6Bl 681 911 980 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 23,006 22,826 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 85 85 3,234 3,395 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1834 7,119 7,59 6 Great Northern 330 330 23,521 25, 324 , Great North of Scotland 2 5 9 t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 329 6,947 7,3 24 Great Western 7921 7711 49,648 48,771 Inverness & Aberdeen June. 55 55 791 742: Irish South-Eastern 25 25 201 2 34 " Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3951 29,860 34,821 Leominster and Kington Limerick and Ennis... 2 4 61 241 152 18 0 Limerick and Foynes 26 26 4 120 1 31 Llanelly 4 461 540 510 London & North-Western . 10301 1004 74,552 78,755 London and Blackwall 5l 5 1,320 1, 1 9 5 London & South-Western . 400 3944 16,007 15,0 0 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 2411 2211 12,630 12,56 5 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 561 1,511 796 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 45 45 951 96/ Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 1 2311 23is 13,557 15,2 15 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham, 91 1,0..0 9 96 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 35,903 38,63 1 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1921 1924 5,135 4,917 Monkland 56 56 1,579 1, 5 11 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,364 2,1 3 : Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,117 3, 975 North British (incl. Selkirk 224 1991 6,223 6, 94 and Galashiels) North Devon 35 35 440 L, 25 N-Eastern(BedalekLeybrn) 789 764 32,897 3 5, °, 4 ',1 North London 9 9 2,353 2, 3 _f"„; North Staffordshire 246 246 7,201 7, 5 ,?,1 Oswestry and Newton 3O 20 442 2 ' - Rhymney l9l 191 651 693 St. Helen's Canal & Railway' 52 52 1,911 1, 932 Scottish Central 531 531 3,202 "'ogc Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 4,215 3,." Shrewsbury ...-- & Birmingham - - 48 Shrewsbury and Chester - --, Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 291 715 866 South Devon .... 751 72 2,768 2,81 5 South-Eastern 306 306 15,225 16,30 South Wales l7ll 1711 - -- S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - -- Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 5l 54 4875 ' 4,508 Ulster 5l 51 1 , 99' 1,701 Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Clwyd.. lO 10 - 141 Vale of erfor Neath 36 36 139 1 85 3 Watd and Kilkenny 3l 31 2,161 , - 2 3 v Waterford and Limerick 19 4 West Cornwall 271 27" 1,193 -WI W.llartlepool Harbr.&ltaiL 39 r 4 681 A 507 0 4,417 - i , West Midland. - W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 - 42 1 391 Whitehaven Junction l2 715 12 582 ' 0 46 Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 579 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam I 6 . 2 Austrian 62 927 93 11 • ' '''' 828 673 29,447 38,." - 16 2 1 6 1 2, 2 9 4 5 3 6 lig Belgian Eastern Junction.. 264 Buffalo and Lake Huron... 1611 Detroit and Milwaukle ..... 185 Dutch Rhenish lB5 2,099 1, 1 ,‘" 1 04 1081 2,506 2, 4 4 i 1 2434 0 43 3 45 2 n 1 231 0 492 3 573 2 4 4 145 7 1 1 0:819 15 691 48 48 : :: ; ...,z.: Eastern of France East Indian . Grand Trunk of Canada..., Great IndianPcontinCsaunlal 970 970 17,674 ' 8, 0 , t4 " Great Great Western Luxembourg l2B 128 3 592 2,,- - „ t Lyons and Geneva 1 42 142 A 12 1 4,147 - , ,, 3 0 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 12,203 11,1 4 Northern of Canada - 6 Northern of France N Pa ° r r i w s, e t i y a o n n 'i s, r & un M k editerrn 87 9691 8 62 7 3 9 86,9 65 9 5 0 81 45 ,7 1 ,, 5 -44 44 44 48,197 5 0 Paris and Orleans 922 922 14,973 4 6 '; Pernambuco 36k ._ 618 450 Royal Danish e r r 69 478 - / 11 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,341 1.- 4 South Austrian Southern of France I W Ve . l a l n an d d N.W. of Fre --- West Flanders .. dee :: : lig ifig s - VOg •• • 75 75 917 34,554 :... 750 750 33,994 2 4 3 8 : 9 09 63 1 241,0 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET MST. 45 0 4 1, 31 ' 41, 181 21,57/1 ilog a 4,554 MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauriti us , v i a Southampton . .Mare -N. 1 6, • via Marseilles Mar , 6, Brazil and C apo V erds, by British packet Mare , l. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, an d S t. Helena—April 4. China, Penang, and Sin ga p ore , v i a Southampton.AlaY. 3.66, via Marseilles M ar., l , , Falkland I s l an d s M •• .. .. arl, Gibraltar, via South am pt on ...MO' 4. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southamptor,..Marlb, via Mnseilles, ...Mar. il. India (Bombay), vi a Southampton via Marseilles mar. 1 Lisbon % .... ... Malta, E ► g ypt, and Aden, v; ,a Southampton..... • M ar ' 7 • via Marseilles ... ..... Mar. 6, Newfoundland .... , Oporto and Vigo .. . U. S. and British S. America , ty Brit. packet:: ....At a r i : 10' . by U.S. packet i g, by Canadian packet Mar. , o , W.C. of Africa, Madeira and Tonoriffo Mar. ' e Bahamas, via New York M 1 " •• .. ar. , Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru., 1 itA . r , California, and British C01umbia .......... . . 1 - ' 0 o f Photographs are simply the effect of li g ht on i o di de silver. Defects of manipulation have been 'remedied , 1 146 perfection produced. The same with Ilerrtng's lgag l e y Brushes and Combs, Which a re now so perfected tha t are unfailing in restoring the colo ur t o grey hair, wad er f ' b e, eating the agonies of tic do loreux and nervous he ad r, f ul', —N.B. Counterfeits ar e b e i ng made. Offices Bar' • 10P - - street, London. BIRTHS. 11 18 CRAIG, —On the sth inst., at the Governor's Halis e ', g . opt wife of Capt a i rA N . Cra i g, Gov. of ILM.'s Convict rr- Pentonvilla, of a daughter. sr' CAILTHEW.—On the 6th inst., at Kensington Palace - ° dens, rho wife of Peter Carthew, Esq., of Q, son. ae , of _ • WEBII.—On the 3d inst., at Stoke Nersington i the W ll George Webb, Esq., of a daughter, MARRIAGES. Cha rles TIEcTon—WHITE.—At St. Gabriel's, Belgravia,Dorf Wallis, second son of John Fiector, of Blandfotu7, tge set, to llelen Durell, eldest surviving d au ghter 01 late Eales White, of Taunton, Somerset. Clls' AUNT—APPLETON.—On the 6th inst., at Denmark Es( pel, Camberwell, Edward, third son a Wm. Ilan," 0 of Mount-pleasant, Upper Clapton, t o Jeminia, ( daughter of henry Appleton, Esq., o f 'Sictrlo ,lii lemere, Surrey. DEATHS. Wa d' CvnTis.—On the 6th inst., at Salwar 'House, Str grove, Thos. Curtis, Esq., aged 68. gr• lIAWKINS,—On the 6th inst., at CAttnden-toWn, Hawkins, late of Oxford-mar.ket, aged 59. f Wig Dt' LLOYD.—On the 4th inst.. at Ventnor, Isle 0 „- „dfor- A ' Eusebius Arthur Lloyd, .F.R.C.S late o f 14, P c row, aged 68. yen'' LENNOX.—On the sth inst., at Brie o t on, L o uisa 01 1,0' Georg o Lennox, eldest dmv_ i hter of Lyra and Lady nox, aged 43. L AnCt PARTRIDGE.—On the Gth inst., at Forest-hill, he No r relict of William Partridge, aged 91. , 4 the of North Walsh aw ' - WALKEn.,—On the 4th inst., at Holly Lodge, n' t4 e l ailte r t re idence of his brother-dn-law,Williara Charles 1 ' Esq. sth Lorrnox : Printed and Pubtished by MUBDC / 2 ' i of No. 112, St ran d , Printer, at ME SUN Ofli Ce n , n oty °- Strand, in the P rec i nct of the Savoy, iA tli o Middlesex,—Saturday, Much Sp 2802, t