The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-16 00:00:00

lEbtrZi I.3Vition SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. EPSON RACES.---(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] RAILWAY PLATE. peter Flat Saxe Weimar Accurate Eleven ran. BALACLAVA STAKES. 3 Queen of Scots . 1 Bird on Wing 2 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Telegram 1 Borderer 2 =Worcester Thirteen ran. TVirO•YEAR-OLD STAKES. Zitella Meg Merrileie 1 2 Eighteen ran. CITY AND SUBURBAN HA.NDICA.P. Mdlle. Chantilly ................................................ Barbarity.... .. . ........ ................... 2 Wouvermans ................................. ............. 3 Twenty-six ran. Tournament and Barry Stanley were scratched. __•••••••••1111M.... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) Their lordships mot at 5 o'ol. cIE, Lord REDE3DALB, deptity Speaker, presiding. Viscount Dungannon and Lord Faversham presented petitions against the admission of Jews to Parliament, And Lord Talbot and Lord Berners presented, petitions ilgainet the abolition of church-rates. SALE OF POISONS. Lord CAMPBELL asked the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's Government whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministry to introduce a bill this session to regulate the sale of poisons ? Earl DERBY said the Secretary of State for the Home Department had put himself into communication with the Pharmaceutical Society with a view to lear❑ their views on the subject. (Hear, hear.) The introduc tion Of a► bill would very much depend upon the nature of the answer to Vie communication which had not yet been received. On Monday next he hoped to be in a position to give a definite answer to the question, CUSTOMS BILL. On the motion thu Earl (A DERRY the Customs Bill was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The fallowing private blls were read a third time and pmred :—Cheeter Gas ; Knighton Railway ; New p ort (Salop) Market Town-hall, &c. ; and Nottingham Gas. The Barnstaple Now Water Works Bill was further considered and ordered for a third reading. PAID COLONIAL AGENTS. Sir JAMES GRAIIA.NI said that on the late dis cussion, on the motion of the honorable baronet for Tavietock (Sir J. Trelawoey). he (Sir James Graham) !dated that the late Sir James Mackintosh was a paid agent of the Canadian colonies. He had reason to be lieve that statement was erroneous, and he expressed big regret at having been led into the mistake. (Hear.) INDIA. Colonel SYKES gave notice of a motion relative to the number of letters and despatches forwarded by the East India Directors to India during the years 1853 to 1 5 357 inclusive. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN. Mr. Sergeant DEASY asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether any definite arrangements had been wade for securing to the public the benefit ~f improved communication between London and Dublin ; and, if not, whether there was any immediate prospect of any ouch arrangement being concluded ! Mr. HAMILTON said he had every reason to believe that a few days would not pass before the draft of a contract for improving the communica , ion be tween the London and North - Weitern Company, the Holyhead and Chester Railway, and the City of Dublin Company, would be ready. Large and powerful vessels for carrying it out were being constructed. DEMAND OF COMPENSATION FROM NAPLES. THE C.IGLIA.RI. Mr. 11EA.DLA.1t asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether he had as yet received the opinions of the law officers of the Crown on the subject of the Cagliari ; and if so, wh Aber he could state to the house what course the Government intended to pur-ne The CHANCELLOR of Cis EXCHEQUER said, in the matter of the Cagliari there are two distinct ques tions involved. One is what I might c ill the national question, and the other the international question. The first concerns the treatment of our two countrymen, Park and !Watt ; and with respect to that part of the question, we have received the opinions of the law officers of the Crown, and they are unani mously of opinion that the detention of our countrymen, Park and Watt, are illegal— (loud eries of hear, hear) —and in consequence of that, and after giving them ourselves all that deliberation so merlons a matter requires, we have ad dressed a dispatch to the Minister of the King of Naples, in which the Secretary of State for War has demanded compensation for the grievances that. have been expe rienced by our fellow-countrymen, Park and Watt. (Cheers.) The international qnestion, as the hon, and learned gentleman must be aware, is one quite distinct rom the other, and that it is one in which Eng and has only an interest like other maritime nations. On that we have not yet received the opin ions of the law officers of the crown, and in explanation of what might otherwise appear unaccountable, fairly remind the house what I stated on a former occasion, that on Saturday important documents were received by her Majesty's Government bearing on the question, and whio% were submitted to the Attorney General and hie o .lleagnoi ; bet his time has been so completely ab sorbed lately in conducting the state trial, that he was unable to give the papers that consideration which they absolutely require. • Mr. HEADLAAI asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer if he would lay the documents referred to on the table of the house The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined now to comply with the request, but he would do ea at , the right time. (Hear.) THE PROCTORS OF THE PROBATE COURT. In rep'y to a question from Mr. HADFIELD, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, according to the claims sent in, the Treasury had estimated the claims of the proctors fir compensation, Roder the late act, at 250,0001. per annum fur some years. (Cheers, and oh, oh.) NETLEY HOSPITAL. Mr. WEGUELIN asked the Secretary for War whether the Government had appointed a committee to investigate the report made by the Barraok Hospital Commissioners upon Netley Hospital ; and, if s he whether they were prepare d to present to the house the report of this committee at the same time as they laid the report of the Barrack Commissioners upon the table of the house ? Mr. TITE asked if there were any objections to de- posit the plane in the library of the house ? General PEEL said ho intended to send down a beard of medical officers to examine the locality and report thereon, and he bad suspended the works. The plan 'Should be deposited in the library. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. On the motion for adjournment till Monday Mr. DUNCOMBE asked the noble lord the member 1. for Tiverton if he would have any objection in the pre lent position of the question of parliamentary reform to lay npan the table of the home a copy of the bill for the amendment of the laws relating to the r3presenta tien referred to in the speech from the Throne at the commencement of the present session. The hon. gentleman referred to the state of the represen tation and the reform that had been proLaised. In refer s= to the India 811, that of the late Government had been the rea=mn of prbdchnug one feurn the present Government ; and if the noble Icrd introduced his bill, it would no doubt etimnlate the present G )vern men tto introluce Ars ; (but he despaired of their tieing /113 ytbing tosi'arie Parliamentary Reform, when the sob!' lord the member for Llndon would nu doubt come forward and spread a feather bed before the right boa. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which his bill might safely drop—(laug,htei),—i n the shape of certain resolutions. laughter.)(R:newed is.on fntent Lord PALM Ens - roN said it w to bay, introduc ed a p arty reform bill‘ h this session if he bad been permit ted, The late Government h a d two subjects of importauc e to deal with—viz., the Goverrment of India and Parliamentary reform. Ilrr r .N ig l h Aj t r y ty h ' o s Otto Government thought it ad visable ( 4 1*, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL IG, 1858 has been antedated to 3d March, 1854, the antedate not to carry pay. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Fitzroy Stephen to be Adju tant, vice Jeames, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain Henry Basil Houson, from the 51st Foot, to be Captain, vice Her rick, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Oliver Goldsmith, from 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant ; Sergeant-Major David. Miller to be Ensign, without purchase, and Ad jut ant ; Ernest C. Wilford, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class George Stewart Beat son, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, upon full pay and attached to the 22d Foot. William Michell Trestrail, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Power, resigned. BREVET. Lieut.-Col. A. S. L. Hay, C. 8., 93d Foot, having com pleted three years' actual service in the rank of Lieut.-Col., to be Colonel in the Army under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. Brevet-Major Wm. Wood, retired full pay, Royal Ma rines (Staff Officers of Pensioners), to have the honorary rank of Lieut.-Col., under her Majesty's Order in Council of 13th Sept., 1854 The undermentioned promotions to take place, conse quent upon the death of General Sir Ralph Darling, Colo nel of the 69th Foot, on 2d April, 1858 : Brevet-Colonel C. Gascoyne, upon half-pay as Lieut.- Colonel 17th Foot, to be Major-General. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Leonard Morse Cooper, upon half pay as Major Unattached, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major Edward Adams, upon half-pay as Captain Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Charles Durie, upen half-pay Unattached (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to be Major. MEILORANDUM.—The Christian names of Surgeon Richard ! son, late of the Turkish Contingent, are " Charles DU 'ER. of the law operated oppressively, especially in re. gard to cheap newspapers. Mr. INGRAM said the present law was most in jurious to our foreign trade in the article of paper. This country stood alone iu respect to a tax on paper, there being no other country in the world where such a duty existed. The Emperor of the French had tried to impose the tax on the French nation, but with all his power, ho was not able t ) do so. A deputation of the association for promoting the repeal of taxes on knowledge, and also of the paper manufacturers in the West Riding of York shire, waited on Lord Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street, to memorialise his lordship on the subject of the total repeal of the excise duty on paper. The deputations were intro duced by Mr. T. M. Gibson, M.P., and amongst those present were—Mr. Ayrton, M.P. ; Mr. H. Ingram, M.P.; Mr. E. H. J. Crawford, M P.; Mr. John Bright, M. P. ; Dr. Watts, of Manchester ; Alderman J. Towle, late mayor of Oxford ; Ald. Baldwin, of Birmingham ; Messrs. T. Fletcher, of Newcastle ; W. Kent, of London ; T. Bentall, of Halstead ; R. C. Rawlins, of Wrexham ; W. Wick ham, T. Wilson, R. Moore, C. H. Elt, C. D. Collet, J. Hyde, E. Wolhouse, M. Garnett, Mellor, Waddington, W. Wilkes, W. A. Smith, J. Morris, solicitor, F. Fowler, and Murray. Mr. GIBSON said the reason the deputations waited on his lordship as the head of the Govern ment was that the question was not merely one of taxation. If that had been the case, they would have gone to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but beyond its financial bearings the subject on which they sought the present interview involved an im portant question of public policy, the tax on paper having a most injurious effect not only on the ma nufacturing interests, but on the educational con dition of the country. He would go no further into the question himself, because the secre t ary h a d prepared a memorial which treated the subject very fully, and which he would now read to his lordship. Mr. COLLETT then read the memorial, which stated that the objections — "To the paper duty, and to the other restrictions re maining on the press, are not so mach a eues ti on o f reve nue as an interference with the literature, the manufac 'urea, and the commerce of the country. We have I bsen gradually abolishing restrictions on foreign - i mpor t a ti on —the paper duty is a restriction on our internal trade ; we talk of the freedom of the press, and we tax its raw material ; we pay money out of the taxes for schools, and we tax the books which co nve y instruc tion. The paper duty imp edes instruction, it hinders the extension of the manufacture, and ruins the small manu facturer. In 1838 an addition of three-tenths of a far thing per lb. was made to the paper duty. By the end of the year 1840 63 mills had become extinct. The paper made in 1838 was 93,464,2401 h ; in 1856, 171,209,295 1 b. Tee !lumber of mills in the United King dom in 1838 were 525 ; in 1856 393. The paper duty is also a loss to the revenue. In the 11 years which elapsed between 1841 and 1852, there was a balance of taxes repealed 7,284,3751., the remaining taxes increased in productiver ass 12,410,6071., leaving a permanent im provement of 5,125,712/. A return of exemptions showed in what a hopeless condition any financier would find himself who aimed at continuing the paper duty. The drawback on envelope cuttings made by the dome-tic envelope manufacturer is granted, because the mill owner, who is charged 'vita duty wily on the fluished ar ticle, has an unfair advantage over the man who buys his duty paid paper, and thus pays on his waste. But since this concession a similar one has been refused on the waste cuttings of writing paper, though the case is precisely the same. " The most remarkable ground of exemption is that assigned to papier-mach6 boards—namely, that ' it is important that no restrictions but such as are absolutely necessary for the protection of the revenue should be imposed upon the manufacture of an article already so largely used as papieronach6, and one of which the ap plications are likely to become so numerous and so valuable.' We have only t o rea d paper for papier-macbd; the duty is not neces sar y f or th e p ro t ec ti on o f th e re venue, since the revenue would ultimately benefit by the abolition of the duty. " But there are other restrictions which affect the press exclusively, and which have no connection with revenue. It is now five years and upwards since we . had the honour of add ress i ng your l or d s hip on thi s sub• yet. Oa that occasion you expressed your concurrence with us so far as that the law ought to be defined, and that it ought to be enf orce d . At t h a t ti me th e press was labouring under three restr i c ti ons —th e news p a p er s t a mp, to which was added the inability to know what was a newspaper, the advertisement duty, and the security system. In 1853 Mr. Gladstone brought in a bill which repealed the advertisement duty, and all the provisions which protected it. In March, 1855, he brought in a bill which repealed the newspaper stamp and the Regis tration and i>scurity Laws. In repealing the stamp Ms. Gladstone proposed to repeal all the provisions far pro tecting the stamp ; and, as the security system bad never been enforced without the stamp, he proposed to abolish the security system. But Mr. Gladstone having retired from office, Sir G. Lewis brought in a bill to rep-al the stamp, leaving unrepealed all the harassing regula!j , ne whose object was to protect the stamp, and retaining also the security system. "The Act of 60% Geo. 111 , requiring recogni ances in the sum of 3001. from printers and publishers was for 37 years enforced only upon newspapers tak ng out stamps, and so brought under the cegnisaree of the Board of Inland Revenue ; but in April, 1857, a notice was sent out to several unstamped newspapers, desiring them to register and give security, and stating that this was done under the authority of the law offic re of the Crown, who had advised the Board that it was their duty to enforce the lase agaimit riewfwa.pere. "The discrimination in favour of pamphlet( by the Board is an unfounded in reason as it is in law. No bet ter illustration can be given of the anomalous system et present carried on than that the pamphlet on tyrannioide now under prosecution, althoug strictly within the Ac', and precisely of the kind against which the Act was aimed, is one of a class from which securities have never been defrauded. " We call upon your lordships either to rep e al the 60 Je H Geo. I, or else to enforce it, not against newspapers only, but against all pamphlets and ot h er papers. ' 'B ut ' r Gov Government T h e:t cannot statute book iu t e (o use the words with which we c onc l u d e our a dd ress to your lordship in 1e 52 ) , whatever you r d ec i s i on may i be, there is one opinion n which all l oya l su bj ects and good citizens must concur , and that is, that ob e di ence t o the law is a habit which ought to be inculcated upon a ll classes of t h t h i s e d c u o t n y i Y' while tfle a and thatre laws book which it has neither the firmness to enforce nur the grace to repeal.'" Mr. GAnNETT then read a memorial from the paper manufacturers of the West Riding of York shire seating forth : Thc fact that the present Excise duty on every dee scription of paper is 1y1• per lb., and 5 per cent. addi tional, which practically is unequal in its operation— being equivalent to a charge of 20 per cent, on some kinds of paper, and mole than 100 per cent. upon many other descriptions. "That during the last few years the pric4of paper has gradually decreased to such an extent that writing and printing papers, which are the staple product of the trade, have fallen more than 20 per ce nt. in value, exclu s i ve altogether of the Excise duty ; and, notwithstanding this great depreciation in price, the cast of materials and the expense of manufacture have not lessened in any percep t ble degree. "That other fabrics, without restriction, are now allowed to supersede the use of sheathing and roofing paper, made [cern precisely the same materials, and ing, in their manufacture, through very similar proce s see viz.—that the one is madei a wet and th e other iu adr ; state. The latter the Excise authorities have deemed it right:to exempt from the payment of any duty whatever, while the former is subject to a duty of 14s. 9J. per cwt., or 80 per cent. on c ,st rice• "That, were the duty ou paper totally repealed a largely increased production and conturnption would re sult, at the same time additional employment would be given to many thousands of the working classes. "That it is a notorious fact that the existing Excise regulations have beer, fiend insufficient to prevent the revenue being defrauded and the memorialists ask for a total abolition of the duty and restrictions upon the trade." Schofield. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Stafford—The Hon. Wm. John B. W. Vernon to be Deputy-Lieutenant. 3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Major Richard Byrd Levett to be Lieutenant-Colonel Comman dant, vice Bagot, promoted to the rank of Honorary Colonel. Royal Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Captain Frederic Courtenay Trower to be Adjutant. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia —John 11 Awkeaworth to be Ensign. East Kent Regiment of Militia —Ensign George Edward Arthur Holdsworth to be Lieutenant, vice Wrench, re signed, and appointed to the 17th Foot ; Ensign William Tatham to be Lieutenant, vice Michell resigned. BANRUPTCY ANNULLED. Samuel Bennett, commission agent, Manchester. BANKRUPTS. Bohtlingk and Company, merchants, Liverpool, to sur render, May 3 and 31, at the Liverpool District Court. William Yozall, saddler, Ashton-under-Lyne, March 4, and June 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John D. Dickinson, draper, Hastings, April 28, at eleven, and June 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Wild, carman, Counter-street, Southwark, April 26, at one, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Patch, grocer, Northampton, April 27, at half past eleven, and May 29, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Thomas Barnes, builder, Stratford, April 30 and May 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Wor6ley, coLtuu Apium,L,l;,:x..: , fea, Lancashire, April' 30, and May 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Spilsbnry Butler, Christopher Baker, and Chas. Edward Baker, wire-drawers, Birmingham, April 26, and May 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Joseph Sullivan, tavern-keeper, Bristol, April 27, at twelve, and May 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Charles Henry Steward, corn merchant, Tothill-street, Westminster, April 30, and May 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Taylor, flint grinder, Moddershall Mill, Stone, Staffordshire, April 29, and May 20, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christopher Py bus, spirit merchant, Catterick, York shire, April 30 and May 28, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Charles Williams, ship smith, Cardiff, April 26, at twelve, and May 25, at eleven, at the Bristol Dislrice Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Muir and Company, manufacturers, Glasgow. Robert J. ffrey, innkeeper, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. Archibald Weir, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 14th day of April, 1858. ISSUE DIP•ETMIENT. Notes issued Government debt • . • . 11,015,100 Other securities .... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,437,650 Silver bu11i0n........ -- £31,962,650 . £31,962,650 S. M ARK:I,UL, Chief Cashier 8. IPARTME NT. Dated the 15th day of April, l& BANKING D] Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest ...... Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commtssio•.ers of National Debt, Say- Government securities (includg.DcadWeight Annuity) .. • • Other Securities• • Notes ...... • • Gold and Silver Coin 819,679 Mr. Fovrler, Alderman Baldwin, and Mr. J. Cassell severally dwelt upon the injurious operation of the duty, showing that it caused the misapplica tion of capital, which, instead of being invested in profitable labour, mechanical and intellectual, by which cheap publications might be largely extended in their circulation for the benefit of the people, it was now forestalied, as it were, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the shape of a most obnoxious tax. ----- The Earl of DERBY said this was not at all a new subject. It had often been discussed, and had again been gone into very fully on the present oc casion. Of course, the deputation could not ex pect that he should at that moment enter a discus sion of the various points that had been brought before him. Two very different questions had been raised by the gentlemen whom be was then addressing. One was the security required by law from newspapers and other works, and as to whether it was possible or impossible to draw a distinction between the two descriptions of publi cation. Now, as to that question, and as to the policy of requiring any security at all, he did not at the present moment wish to make any observa tion. The other question which had been brought before him regarded the disadvantages and the injuries suffered by and inflicted on the manu facturers of paper by the Excise laws. He was qu to prepared to go a long way with what had been said on that subject. Ile thought, in the first place, in point of principle, that a great deal might be said against a duty upon paper, and he thought that the securities required to be taken by the Ex cise against fraud did afford facilities for throwing great disadvant3ges in the way of the manufacturer, and had the effect of increasing the pressure of the tax itself. fie had one observation to make in re gard to what had been stated as to the effect of these disadvantages on the manufacture of paper in this country. It appeared by the memorial which the deputation had preseuted to him, that, however inconvenient might be the tan and the mode of col lection, there had been within the last 20 years, under the operation of that tax, a decidedly large increase in the manufacture of paper. It was stated in the memorial that the quantity of paper made in 1838 was 94,464,2401b5. weight, and in 1856 the quantity was 171,209,2951b5. weight. It was also stated that there had been, during that period, a fAling off in the runatei: cf the Dallis ; that iu 1838 there were 525 mills, while in 1856 there were only 393. That diminution in the number of mills, si multaneously with a large increase of paper mane , fictured, might he accounted for on the principle that large capitalists had an advantage over small capitalists. At all events, it was clear that, notwith standing the disadvantages of the tax, there had been a considerable increase in the quantity of paper manufactured. He could hardly suppose that the manufacturers were in so utterly ruinous a condition as some were disposed to represent them to be. If the present Government had suc ceeded to an over-abundant exchequer, and if they could see that they had a prospect of making a considerable reduction in the public expenditure inste td of having, as they would have, to provide for a considerable increased amount of what he hoped he might call extraneous expenditure, he should have felt disposed to look favourably on a measure for re ducing or even for taking off the duty on paper alto gether. He child not anticipate the budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, nor was he so san guine as to suppose that his right hon. friend had such an overflowing exchequer as to enable him to make any reduction of taxation. Of course, such a state of things must stand in the way of a reduction of a tax that was so productive as that of the paper duty. He did not exactly know the amount which that duty yielded to the revenue. Alderman TowLE—lt is 1,200,0001. The Earl of DERBY was afraid the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he came to consider how very gre ttly such a duty added to the amount of revenue, would not be able to encourage the hope that dur ing the present year, at all events, he could hold out way prospect of taking ofl that duty. But if it should please the country to retain a Conservative Go vernment in power for two or three years (a laugh) —and if, as some members of the deputations had been pleased to say, a Conservative Government managed affairs more cheaply than a Liberal Go vernment, they might possibly at the end of that period be able to do what the deputat ions required; but he felt that at the present moment they could not take off the tax. At the same time, he was ready to admit that it was a tax both in principle and in detail open to very serious objections, and if there was an opportunity for repealing it, he, for l on-, should be very glad to see it repealed. After thanking hie lordship for the courteous re ception he had given them, the united deputations wiihdrew. ing3' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,989,489 Other deposits ...... 16,9 , 5,987 Seven Day and other Bills ...... • ... 836,310 £34,453,092 i £38,453,092 DIARSII ALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 15th day •f April, 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending April 13, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid cr payable thereon, on the impoi tation thereof into Great Britain : e. d. From the British Possessions in America 27 3 1 , Muscovado, the produce of the Illauritins 26 3.f Average of the above descriptions. Dr. WATTS then proceeded to point out various instances in which the Excise laws operated preju dicially to the manufacturers of paper, One great impediment was that the manufacture of paper must take place in a separate building. The paper, as it came from the mill, was in a fit state for the printer, and yet it was illegal to use it for printing purposes on the same premises. Indeed, so nu merous were the hindrances of the law that not an hour passed at any day when some of its provisions were not broken, and it was only by the conniv ance of the exciseman that the manufacturer was not at any moment ruined. Mr. GARNFirT said he was a papermaker, and he mentioned a case whi c h h a d occurred to himself that illustrated the hardship under which the trade auffe,rqd. He, in Sept em b er l as t, so ld a quanti t Y c f paper. for 3001., for whi c h h e rece ived a bill fo r ex change. One half of that sum—namely, 4001. —had been previously paid by him to the Govern ment for duty on thit pape r , an d ye t up t o the present Ille mut ho had not r ece i ve d one f a rthing of the pur chase mone y . He calcula t ed his loss in the shape o f interest on capital p a id f or duty in adv ance a not less than 5001. a-year. Alderman TOWLE said he had made paper from s traw for manyyears b u t it had alm ost ruined him, for if the paper happ en ed not to b e worth its duty he was not at liberty to lisp se of it as he co uld, but he must burn it, otherw ise the excise man would demand of him 151. a - ton for that use less paper. The Whole of the tra de in Oxfordshire had Leen ruined by the operation of the Excise 1 tws. There was a description of paper manufac turer' on which the Excise officers would not ullect the revenue, and this worked those who made paper on w hich the duty was levied. mos t injuriously to Lord DERBY—Then your purpose would be an swered if the Excise-office were a little more active ? Ald. TOwLE—It would he m. , re fair, certainly. Mr. Moßms called his lordship's attention to that part of the memorial which set forth the injustice of enforcing the security from newspapers, and suf fering pamphlets to escape. , Lord DERBY—I understood y o u to say t as hat the statute is applicable as well to pamp newspapers ? - hlets to Mr. MORRIS.—Yes ; but it is n ot enforced in the case of pamphlets. The regulation w as Co existent with th e newspaper s tamp, and then no difficulty was experie n ced ; but the stamp duty ' having been abolished, the retention of this portion LORD CAMPBELL'S PECULIAR POSITION " A Liberal" writes the following letter to the editor of till Morning Advertiser : " Sir,—By what right, and on what ground does Lord Campbell invite the Press to mntisen (luring these State trials? What plea does he put forward for leaving a pri soner to brave, under all circumstances, without public aid, the whole legal power of the Crown ? If this preten sion is founded on solid reasons,llet us hear what they are ; and, if it is not, let not blind submission to it establish a dangerous precedent. " In ordinary cases between man and man the propriety of Lord Campbell's recommendation can admit of no die pule. The judge is there to expound the law, the jury to weigh the fact, and both are responsible for Xeciding con scientiously according to the evidence before them. As that evidence can be beet, sifted by those before whom it is brought, the interference of the Press is not only needless but it would be positively mischievous, for arguments or declamation would supplant the data on which verdicts she uld be based. " A prosection by the State differs tote ccelo from an or dinary cause. In the latter, if a judge is upright, there is no danger of partiality, and at the present day no suspi cion of corruption taints the Judgment Seat of England. But in a prosecution by the State it is not its integrity, but its impeccability that is involved in the issue ; preju dice and party feeling biassing men whose honesty is un impeachable. " Under a Despotism the Magistracy is servile, how ever personally honourable, and in a free country its Ma gistrates, like other citizens, are not exempt from the s pirit of f a ction. What is there in the social condition of England to make that unlikely now? There is everything to favour it. The judges mix with the Oligarchy and im bibe its sentiments and prejudices; and history proves that they have often played the part of its reckless partisals. Human nature is always the same, like causes pr o d uce lik e effects, and the re vival of political prosecutions will revive political judges. Th e people, then, should look with watchful jealousy on Lord Campbell's dictation to it. • To what does it emount ? To its allowing him to do what he likes until tee mischief is done. Let the trial be over, let sentence be passed, and then lot the Press, when it is too late, take exception to this or that iniquity ! That is a capital joke. " What credentials cm Lord Campbell produce for this Bill et Indemnity, for this carte blanche to say and do as he pleases ? Is it his recent conduct in the House of Lords, or on tie Bench itself? Is it the trial of the directors of the BriV.sli Bank, with its equanimity, impartiality, and dignity ? Is it his declaration on the 4th of February that an offence was a misdemeanour, which on the 22d of February hs affirmed to be a felony ? Is it denouncing a Conspiracy :Bill and pronouncing in its favour? Is it his ruling in thievery case, where by a fatality, every point, as it arises, is decided against the prisoner ? " Whether tee country sees fit or not to endorse Lord Campbell's assumption, that country, at all events, cannot shut its eyes to his indecent position. 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Important Caution ag c a a b i n n A d t the"fear sncollor Sir fear ful dangers a spurious imitations. —The Vice- Williara Page Wood granted an Injunction on t . he . 10th March, ,, 1854, 4gainst Alfred Hooper Nevill for imitating Du BarrY'6Revalenta Arabica Fc od." must leave it to the house to decide—laughter) to de. vote their attention to the former, and introduce that bill first, and then to introduce the other. Circumstances however had " cut short"—(laughter)—their official ex istence and they had not the opportunity of Introducing it. His answer to the question was that the subject had not so far advanced as to have been embodied in a bill, and even if the late Government bad thought I it expedient to lay the draught of the bill on the table on censtitutional grounds, he thought it not desirable to do so, because it was the duty of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill of so much importance. From the quarter in which the late Go vernment had officially communicated with the public, via, through their c)nstituents on the hustings — (laughter)—it appeared that they bad for some time before taking office considered the question, and there was no doubt that, daring the present session, her Majesty's Government would pre sent to the house the bill which the learned Attorney- General had so fully shadowed forth. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LOCKE RING expressed a hope, as there was no chance of their having a Reform Bill this year, that the house wou ld support his motion for the introduction of a bill relative to the county franchise and the quali6.• cation of members. (Hear, hear.) CHINA. Mr. W. EWART inquired of the Chancellor of the Ex hequer, whether advantage would bs taken of the opportunity afforded by the negotiations with the Cbineee Government at Pekin, for opening a way fort British and Indian commerce into Thibet and other countries under the Chinese dominion beyond the Himalayale Mountains. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that at present this country bad no negotiations unfor tunately with Pekin What might happen he could not say, but the house might rest satisfied that her Majesty's Government would give every assistance towards de veloping British government. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. Slr. MONCKTON MILNES put a question to the Government respecting the effect of the New Passport Regulations in Belgium on British subjects, and called the attention of the house to the inconveniences of the , present system of the delivery of passports by the Fe reign Office. He expressed his regret that Belgium had adopted the French system. Mr. SEYMOUR FITZGERALD said that at pre sent, under certain circumstances, passports were granted by the Foreign-office without recommendations. Negotiations were going on with the French Govern ment relative to altering the restrictions in the case of English workmen and on some other points. Agents would be appointed at all the English ports where the traffic demanded it, and the French Government would have agents at ports to which they would arrive. RECORD OF THE NATIONALITY OF PRI SONERS CHARGED AT THE METROPOLI TAN POLICE COURTS , Lord R. CECIL asked the Secretary for the Home Dopaitinent, w hewer there wuul I be any objec tion to giving directions that a record should be kept of the nations to which each prisoner charged at the Metropolitan Police Courts belonged. He was induced to ask the question because he under stood crime in this country committed by foreigners was on the increase. I Mr. HARDY, under Home Secretary, said he would inquire if such a record could be kept. • THE GREEN PARK. Lord ELCHO put a question to the First Commis• sioner of Works, relative to the intended alterations in the Green Park, and called attention to the erection of the Suspension-bridge in St. James'-park, and asked the noble lord the member for Tiverton if he was gratified with the " Catenarian Curve" he so eloquently described when the motion for erecting a bridge over the lake was before the house ; aid if the suspension bridge presented that line of beauty, and was of that light gossamer form his speech on the above occasion led the house to believe, and if its erection met with his approval. lie considered the name of the architect and the noble lord should to inscribed upon it. Be contended the house ought to know what works were to be carried out before they sanctioned them. He referred to two circles marked out in the Green park, lor, he believed, two shrubberies; but he cmsidered shrubberies were an abomination in the London parks, and ought not to be sanctioned. They were anything but orna mental, and their removal from the parks was a great improvement. Above all places they should not be plmsted on one of the pleasantest sloping spots of grass in the suburbs of London. Lord J. MANNE RS said the proposed shrubberies originated with the late President of the Board of Works, but he had no intention of carrying them out, or of planting shrubberies without the con sent of the house. (Hear, hear.) With respect to Finsbury Park he had little to do with it, but he had communicated with the Metropolitan Board of Works, who had replied that no measures had been taken for forming a park. The laying out of two roads were now occupying their attention, and until they were carried out the consideration of the formation of Finsbury Park must stand over. Sir B. H&LL rose and was (LEFt /SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 14. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Barnard Byles, Esq., one of the Jnlges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre deric Doveton Ornae, Esq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul ; General to the Republic of Bolivia, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Venezuela. BUCKINGLEAII PALACE, MARCH 23. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort has bean pleased to appoint James Moncrieff Arnott, Esq., F.R.S,, to be Surgeon in Ordinary to his Royal Highness, in the room of Benjamin Travers, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 16. 2d Regiment of Life Guards— Lieutenant the Hon. Charles Spencer Bateman Banbury to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smile Savile, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Francis Woodgate to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haubury ; Cornet and Sub Lieutenant John W. 11. Cunninghame to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice the Hon. T. H. G. Fermor, who retires. 4th Light Drapous—William Norris Franklyn, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice E. Simpson, pro- rooted. sth Light Dragoons-Robert Mather, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase ' • Richard Jacob W. Birch, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. 10. h Light Dragoons-Charles B. Hartwell, Gent , to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Gore, promoted. 13th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant Henry 0. Mann to be Captain, by purchase, vic e P ur cell, who retires. 18th Light Dragoons-Edward Goldsmith, Gent., to bo Cornet, without pnrehase. Grenadier Guards-Brevet-Major R. N. C. D. Lowe, from the 74th Foot, to be Lieutenant and -Captain, vice the lion. J. B. J. Dormer, who exchanges. Coldstream Guards-W. H. Phipps, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Rogers, who resigns. 3d Regiment of Foot-Sergeant-Major Andrew Jackson to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hurst, appointed to the 12th Foot ; Joseph James Boardman Hayilock, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. sth Foot- Lieut. Jon Barnett Barker, to be Captain by purchase, vice Palmer, who retires. 6th Foot-Ensign I. S. A lfrey to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Ensign J. T. Nugent to be Lieutenant, with out purchase ; and Lieutenant J. L. O. Mansergh to be Adjutant, vice Bartley, promoted. Bth Foot-Lieutenant Joseph Hamilton, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster, vice Walker, whose appointment on 18th Sept., 1857, has been cancelled. 9th Foot -Ensign P. W. Hackett to be Lieutenant, by rchase, vice Hussey , who retires. 11th Foot - Joseph Mothers Gilbert, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. The name of the Lieutenant ap. pointed Adjutant on the 13th inst. is F. W. Osborne, and not G. T. Osborn, as then stated. 12th Foot- Ensign W. H. Crawhall, from the 28th Foot to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Leeson, promoted; Ensign C. E. Hurst, from the '.3(.1 Foot, to be Ensign ; R. W. Desanges, Esq., to be Paymaster. 15th Foot-George . Luck, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Fitzmaurice, who retires ; George William Hayne, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase; Robert Savery Rouse, Esq., to be Paymaster. IGth Foot-Sergeant-Major James Bell, from a Depot Battalion, to be Ensign, without purchase; Syd ne y Herbert Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James Richard Ffen nell to be Surgeon. 19th Foot-Robert Biscoo, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 20th Foot-Wm. Glencross, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 21st Foot -Ensign James Browne, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign ; Wm. Thorburu, Gent., to be Ensign, with. out purchase ; Quartermaster Patrick Francis Foley, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, t o b e Quartermaster. 22d Foot-William S. Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 23i1 Foot-Lorenzo George Lysons, Gent,, to be Ensign, without purchase. 21th Foot- -To be Captains, without purchase-Lieut. James Stewart, vice Bazalgette, promoted ; Lieut. Richard Henry Holland ; Capt. Richard B. T. Thelwall, from sth Foot ; Capt. Thomas Clark, from the Ceylon Rifles ; Capt. F. C. D'Epinay Barclay, fro n half-pay Unattalcvhieidii, Lien William naß. .Rchrd Barter, G i oo a dison,rro from 75th from 6th 6th Foot; Foot ; Lieut. Lieut. t f h r ot t . h F o t ; b L e i e ti L t e T u h t e o n m a a n s t s G_. Lieutenant Henry J. tputn,TirosTmonlesst, West f a o ,, n e to Hitch withouta e k e, no purchase Lieutenant n w h n a 33 0 00 , Franklin, from 26th 3I nl — f lo r to e etg uL4 L : le : h ut ;t . } EE ' ondostiganrldsi.wo Trevortenan from 55th Foot ; Foot; Ensign James LE rueism J. C. Thomas, Ensign Lucas Waring. Moore G. Tongue, vice Stewart, - fe f o l m . L4.4lstd.F"o'ot ; Ensign John vice Holland. 32 1 1 .0 F 0 0 t 0 , t t - o - b L e ie L u i t e e u n t a e u n t an H t e . nry Gilby, , from the 8 3 th 51st Foot-Captain Williams Henry Herrick, frony v t i li c e e Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, Ronson, who exchanges. 69th Foot-Major-General Ernest Frederick Gascoigne to be Colonel, vice General Sir Ralph Darling, deceased. 74th Foot-Lieutenant and Captain the Houourable J. B. J. Dormer, from the Grenadier Guards, to be Captain, 81v st ic F e o Lo ot-nl w en h r o y e M xc a li tu an ri g n e , s. Ge n t., to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant E. F. Foster, pro t. 83 m 1 o F t o d t i_n m, 19 . a l-; n o o lathwayt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in successi on to Lieutenant Dickinson, pro 91st Fosot-The Commission of Surgeon M, W, Murphy COURSE OF SXCHANGE.—Zurs DAT. kmsterdam•• es •• •• •• •• 11 153: Gibraltar •••• •••••• •••• Ditto, three months 11 17 1 4 Leghorn ..... 29 72 Rotterdam 11 17 Genoa ......... • ...... 25 57 1 4 Antwerp •• •• .• •• •• •• •• 15 375 y Milan •• •• •••••• •• •• Brussels .............. 25 37,4 Venice.••••••••• Bamhurgh 13 6' Naple., •• .. 42 kltcna •••• .• •• .. Palermo .... ...... .... 125 • • 25 12 Messina ... 125% Do. three months .. ••25 37 Lisbon ....... ••• •••• 5134 Marseillu 25 40 Oporto 51' Bourdeaux • Janeiro Frankiort•on-Maine 118% ,Buenos Ayres..... „ .. !New Y0r1t,69 days' sight Vienna .• •• ...II ••s•• • • • •• I 0 36 Philadelphia frie5te........•• 10 Mi ?SLOES OF BULLION. PER oz: i'etcrsburg ............ 35!4 Foreign Gold in Bars £5 17 9 lfadrid .........., .... 49 Portugal Oold Coin 00 0 Cadiz •, ••. •... 49• N 15frxie.0 0 0 0 P. sreelona •• •• •.•• .. • • New Dollars 00 0 . ........ 'Silver in bar" •. • ( 1 0 0 - LAMM NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Two battalions of Royal Marines, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Fleming, as well as the Oxford Militia Regi ment, in command of Lieut.-Col. Fane, were yesterday morning drawn out on Woolwich common and were put through battalion exercises. A number of Artillery recruits, who have passed certain stages of gun and position drill, were likewise mustered on the parade-ground for the in spection of Col. Bloomfield (in temporary command of the garrison), and having performed various evolutions they marched past in well-disciplined order and regularity. The freight ship Cordelia has commenced shipping war stores from Woolwich arsenal for Halifax; and the Flying Foam, laden with war materials for Hong Kong, is under orders to sail for her destination to-day. The launch of the large line of battle screw steamer Hero, 91, took place at Chatham dockyard yesterday after neon in the presence of several thousand spectators. The Hero has been on the stocks nearly four years, having been laid down on the Bth of June, 1851, and was built from the designs of Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, under the direction of Mr. F. J. [Aire, the master shipwright at Chatham dockyard, and his assistants. She is one of the finest vessels of .her class ever constructed for the British navy. Precisely at 25 minutes after 1 o'clock Mr. F. J. Laire conducted Mies Jones, daughter of Mr. H. T. Jones, storekeeper at Chat ham, to the bows of the vessel, and she performed the cere mony of " christening" the Hero. The supports having bee❑ knocked away the slender rope which held the ship was severed, and the Hero glided into the Medway amid the cheering of the spectators, the band of the Royal Marine Light Infantry playing "Rule Britannia." The following are the proportions of this splendid vessel : As ordered. As built. Feet. In. Feet. in, Length between perpendiculars 2:34 3 231 4 Length of keel for tonnage 199 11 199 3.i Extreme breath 55 4 55 4 Breadth for tonnage 54 6 51 6 Breadth moulded ••• 53 8 53 8 Depth in hold Burthen in tons .......... She is to be supplied with the following powerfu armament : Guns. Weight Cwt. Feet. In. Lower deck 3t 8-inch 63 9 0 Main dock Upper deck 22 32 „ 45 8 6 Ditto (pivot) After the launch, the Hero was towed to Sheerncssby the African and Lizard steamers , for the purpose of bei n g taken into deck to be supplied with her machinery, which will be of 609-horse power. Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 8., the superintendent of the dockyard, entertained a dis tinguished party at his official residence after the launch, and the whole of the workmen were granted a half-day's holiday. The next vessel to he launched at Chatham dockyard is the large screw steam-frigate Mersey, 40, which is very nearly completed. Her Majesty's steam block-ship Blenheim, 60, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., having been completely refitted for her new coast service, went to Spitheal on Wednesday, where she was inspected officially yesterday by Admiral Sir G.:,orge Seymour, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. She was fol lowed to the anchorage yesterday by the Arrogant, 47, Captain Heath, which went out to try her machi nery and speed, and afterwards returned into harbour. The ImperieuEe, 51, screw-frigate, is being got ready with all despatch for commission. The Vnlcan, 6, troop-frigate, Commander John Seccombo, will embark her troops for Malta, +Ade day. The Madam, 31, Capt. Moorsom, C. 8,., made another trial of her speed yesterday in Stokes's Bay. Yesterday about 500 men of the 2.1 battalion 7th Fusi leers and Bedford Militia, under the command of Major Ilibbert and Capt. Ledger, visited the Crystal Palace. The men con lucted themselves in a most orderly manner, ,ho Tin; by their ccnduct that they appreciated the kind ness of their officers The mail which will bring full particulars of the c tore of Lucknow ard the flight of the 50,000reabpei Sepoyß, wi ll be dues in London on Monday next. D E ATH OF MR. . COBDEN —Mr. F. Cobden, brother of Mr. Richard Coble!), has died at Dunf..)rd, ITdhurst ' ag el 58. The afli etion (f his brother, and a desire to be wish him during those sufferings which have now been terminated by death, was, it is believed, one of the reasons for which Mr. Cobden ba, )at,ly withdrawn from public; life. LAW INT. !.-Aprit . ls. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir T. Kindersley.) As the Lord Chancellor gave his usual breakfast, which in this case was fully attended, the Court did not sit till nearly two o'clock, when there being no business of public interest to be disposed of the Court shortly after rose. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Stuart.) The Vice-Chancellor took his seat on the bench shortly after half-past 1 o'clock, but no case of any interest came before the court. BROOK V. BROOK.-MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The Vice Chancellor stated that be should give judgment in the above case on Saturday, the 17th inst. It will be recollected that the question in it is whether the marriage at Altona, in the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, whore by the lex loci such marriages are legal, of a British subjest domiciled in England with the sister of his deceased wife is valid according to the laws of this country. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Crompton.) This being the first day of Easter Term, their lordships, after breakfasting as usual with the Lord Chancellor, took their seats on the bench at about 2 o'clock. SHORT V. THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. H. Hill, Q.C., said this was an action in which the plaintiff sought to rec )ver damages from the North-Eastern Railway Company for an injury sustained by him while travelling in oue of the company's carriages. At the trial, which took place at York, before Mr. Baron Martin, it appeared that the train had run off the line at the Bel mont station, and thus the plaintiff sustained the injury complained of. The plaintiff himself was examine], and he also called two other witnesses in support of his case, and certain printed regulations as to the rate of speed at which the train ought to travel were put in. At the close of the plaintiff's evidence the learned judge expressed his opinion that, but for the printed regulations which had been put in there would have been no evidence of negligence, but his lordship thought that by them the burden of proof was changed, and that it was incumbent on the company to prove that the rate of speed had not been exceeded. The defendants then called several witnesses who proved that the steam had been shut off, and that the train had not exceeded the proper rate of speed. The jury, however, found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 809/. damages. The learned counsel contended the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. The Court grAnted a rule nisi. Several motions for new trials were made, after which Court took the enlarged rules. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. This being the first cl:►y of Easter Term, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Justice Byles took their seats on the bench shortly beforo '2 o'clock. LEADER V. HOMEWOOD. This was an action of trover and detinue, tried at West minster before Mr. Justice Byles, in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff —damages 1171. The action was brought by the outgoing tenant of some premises at Lambeth, to recover the value of some fixtures to which he claimed a right. His term having expired, the tenant in possession refused to allow him access to the premises to take the fixtures away. Mr. Wordsworth, Q C., now moved for a nonsuit, or for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against evidence. Rule nisi granted. DALTON v. SOUTH-EASTRRN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as adminis trator to his son, who was kiiled by an accident on the defendants' railway. This action was tried last term before Mr. Justice Byles, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 14 ',I. Mr. Hill, Q.C., now moved to set aside the verdict, or to enter a nonsuit, or reduce the damages. The question was whether plaintiff showel pecuniary loss. The plaintiff, it appeared, was an agricultural labourer. The deceased, his son, left homa nviny years ago and became servant in a gentleman's family, after which he was apprenticed to a carpenter, and had latterly earned good wages. He visited his father about once a-fortnight, and was in the habit of taking him presents of groceries, clothes, and money, to the amount of abort 201. a-year. This question had re ceived a j edicial construction in the case of " Lake v. The Midland Railway Company," IS, Queen's Bench Reports. He submitted that the father, nutter the circumstances, had not sustained a pecuniary loss within the construction put en Lord Campbell's act. Rule nisi granted. KERSLEME V PICARD. This was an action tried on the 24th of February last in the Lord Mayor's Court before the Common Sergeant, when a verdict was enttr el for the defendant, with leave to move to enter it for the plaintiff for 261. 12a. Mr. Powell now moved accordingly. The declaration was upon a false warranty of some gold chains. There was a second count for deceit, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff, it appeared, was desirous of discounting a bill of exchange for 1501., and took it to the defendant, who transacted such matters, and who also dealt in jewellery, and the defendant agreed to discount the bill if the plaintiff would take a certain quantity of gold chains, which he warranted to be ofl4 carats quality. The plaintiff agreed to this, and took 571 . wor th of g old chains. Some time after the plaintiff was induced to get the gold of which they were made tested, and it was then found that, instead of being 14 carats quality, they were only 9i carats, the difference in the value being 261. 10s., which he sought to recover. The jury found that there was a warranty, and that it was false, but added they did not believe any fraud was intended by the defendant, On this verdict, the counsel for the defendant drew the atten tion of the Court to the scienter adeged in the declaration, which, he contended it wa s necessar y sho uld be proved, and claimed the verdict. The judge directed the verdict thereupon to be entered for the defendant, giving the plaintiff leave to mo v e . The case was identical with ‘ Williamson v. Allanson," in 2, East's Reports, and on the authority of that case the learned counsel asked for a rule nisi. Rule nisi granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sitting in Banco.) EX PARTE SMITH. Mr. Scotland moved for the discharge of one Smith under a rule for a habeas corpus, ho having been com mitted to Kingston-on-Hull Gaol on a warrant charging him with aiding, abetting, counselling, and procuring one Thompson to desert his master's service. The return to the writ having been read, the learned counsel took several technical objections to the proceedings against his client. Mr. P. Thompson, who appeared in support of the war rant. was not called upon to answer the case put forward on behalf of the prisoner. The Court was of opinion that the prisoner was not en titled to be disehargoct." Judgment accordingly. ' HOGG V. WARD. Mr. Hill moved to enter a verdict for the defendant in lieu of the verdict for the plaintiff for 51 damages, which passed at the trial before Mr. Baron Martin on the Nor thern Circuit. The action was for false imprisonment, and it appeared that the defendant, being a superintendent of police, was told by one Johnson to take the plaintiff into custody for stealing some traces which had hem stolen at the " peace rejoicing" in 185 ti. The plaintiff, on being in terrogated by the defendant, said ho had bought the traces for is. from a stranger, who hail picked them up, and, this account being unsatisfactory, the defendant took him into custody. The question now sought to be raised was whether, under these circumstancss, the defendant was justified in taking the plaintiff into custody. Mr. Baron Bramwell thought that the bare fact of a charge being made was not a justification for an officer to take a man Imo custo iy without any further inquiry into the matter. The rule, however, would go. The Court granted a rule nisi. TRIAL OF BERNARD. [The following is a more extended report of the latter part of the trial that appeared in our impression of yes terday The Lord Chief Justice asked Mr. James whether ha wished to postpone his address. Mr. James replied that he did. There was the evidence of 70 witnesses, and it was now very late. The Lord Chief Justice —lt i equires no apology. You will go on then in the morning? Mr. James—Yes. Would your lordship wish us to state the points which we shall bring before the judges? Tho Lord Chief •justice—That would be convenient. Mr. James— I have prepared them on paper, and I will state them shortly, and hand your lordship the paper. Thero are nine points. Of course the questions to some extent are doubly stated. I do not propose to address any argument to your lordship now, but will simply state the points. The first question which we propose should be reserved for the consideration of the fifteen judges is, that the pri soner as not one of her Majesty's subjects, within the moan ing of the 9th Geo. IV., chap. 31, sec. 7, which is the act under which your lordships have jurisdiction to hold this special commission. The second point is, that the prisoner was not an acces sory before the fact to any murder within the meaning of the aforesaid statute. The third is, that there is no proof of any murder having been committed within the meaning of that statute. The fourth is, that the murder for which the prisoner is charged by the indictment to have been accessory before the fact, is proved to have been committed by an alien upon an alien within the kingdom of France, and not by any of her Majesty's subjects, nor upon any of her Majesty's sub jects. The fifth is, that ne evidence of any acts done by the pri soner on land out of the United Kingdom, and without the Queen's dominions, nor of any acts done by any person in pursuance of any authority from him on land out of the United Kingdom and without the Queen's dominions is properly receivable in evidence in this trial. The sixth point is the principal offence of murder charged in the first three counts of the indictment was not alleged to have been committed by any of her Majesty's subjects. Then I propose to ask your lordship to reserve the question about the letter, which will bo the se venth p oint, that the letter of the Ist January, 1857, signed I'. Allsop, was not properly received in evidence spinet the prisoner. The eighth point is, that by the terms of the special commission the court is only authorised to inquire aud the try accessor before the prisoner on the charge of be in g y fact of the murder by Orsini and others of persons whose names are not known, and they have no jurisdiction to try the prisoner on a charge of wilful murder as principal. Ttio ninth point is that the fourth and fifth counts, which charge the prisoner as principal, allege that the alleged murder was committed in Paris, outof the Queen's dominions, and the prisoner being an alien, cannot be tried as a principal on Such a charge. The Lord Chief Justice - Thera can be no objection to the reception of any of these points, but that is one which has already been argued and determined, and an unanimous opinion given upon it ! they have arevaried ior. ai etthat substancee ol s it, z de m. the of Mr. James—lf your lordship says it is not right to re serve that point, of comae we are in your hands. Turso s, ybut tiicnet— raisinghe jh r e l differentChiefJustice—You same,im portance, oitati and ce ,h as e they court are w ipoints adopt o the h e novelty, course n we will take the opinion of the fifteen judges p before pro . : nouncing sentence, should there be a verdict upon the fact u ab rt le th th en th a e dj P o l u i rn n eTuntil this m orn i ng . u n T f a h v e o cuor COLLISION IN THE MERSEY.—The screw steamer Kangaroo, for New York, while lying at anchor in the river, was run foul of by the Wyoming, from Philadel phia, and lost bowsprit, &e. The Wyoming had her starb:;ald quarter stove in,- SPORTI, 'GENOA TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. The York settling for some time delayed the renew* of operations upon races to come. When the old ac counts were closed new ones were not cpened with much briskness, and for the eve of two such important events as the City and Suburban Handicap and Metropolitan Stakes speculation was never pursued with less spirit. Mdlle. de Chantilly was supported with increased confidence for the former race, and for the latter the de monstration which has been recently made in favour of Wrestler was well sustained. With these exceptions tions the investments relative to the Epsom events were unimportant. The proceedings in reference to Toxopholite for the Two Thousand were most perplexing ; the horse seemed to have no settled price, and it was difficult to deter mine whether his supporters or his opponents were in a minority. 6to 1 were the highest odds against him at the close. That price in " ponies" was betted once against his stable companion, The Peer, about whom, however, 11 to 2 was afterwards " wanted." The other transactions require no especial remarks. CLOSING PRICES. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Madlle. Chantilly (taken freely) 14 to 1 agst Schiedam 100 to 7 agst Flying Englishman 15 to 1 aget Terrific 20 to 1 agst Little Sam METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 11 to 2 agst Wrestler (taken freely) 7to 1 agst Telegram 9to 1 agst Monarque 100 to 7 agst Minnie 100 to 6 agst Black Tommy TWO - TEAR-OLD RACE (EPSOM). 3to 1 agst Stockham 4to 1 agst Fusee TWO THOUSAND. 7 to 2 agst Clydesdale (taken) 5 to 1 agst The Peer. (take 11 to 2) 6to 1 aget Toxopholite (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cotswold 12 to 1 aget Happy Land (taken) ONE THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Perfection sto 1 agst Governess 7to 1 agst Botany CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Physician 100 to 6 agst sweet William 20 to 1 aget Riseber 25 to 1 agst Adamas 25 to 1 agst Botany DEBBY. Bto 1 agst Toxopholite (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Sedbury (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Fitzßoland (taken) MALTON RACES —THIIESDAT. LTwo-Year-Old Stakes. Basilisk Prediction 1 Five ran. Union Cup. Toni Ball Prattler Five ran. Malton Handicap. Gorsehill Hegira Attorney-General 3 Eight ran. Won by half a length. Waltham Cup. Chance Tom Ball. Enielia Ten ran. Members' Plate. 1 p G e T o cul ..... .... ..... .. ..... .... tileavy 3 Ten ran. Won by a neck. Country Markets. MANCHESTER — APRIL 15. There was a poor att.ndance this morning, and th e demand for wheat and flour limited. Holders, however, were very firm, and prices fully as high as this day week. Oats and oatmeal much inquired for, and being scarce, were sold at an advance of Id to 2d per 451 b and 18 per load. English and Egyptian beans were held for more money. In barley and Ind , an corn no material change from last week, LOUTH -Arm, 14. At our corn market to-day there was a small attend ance, and wheat and flour met a slow sale at barely the last week's prices ; an advance being asked, which tended to check sales. No change in other articles. Wheat, red, 40s to 43s ; mixed, 45s ; white, 48s; barley 33g to 33s ; oat , 20s to 23s ; beans, 38s to 41s. - BOSTON—APRIL 14. A good supply of wheat to-day, which meta slow sale at a slight decline on last week ; a mere retail business doing. Spring corn in demand, and dearer. Prices :—Wheat, red, 38n Od to 44s Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 42s Od to 46s Od ; extra, 475. Barley, Os Od to 36s Od. Oats 18s to 2Gs. Peas, 40 to 453 Od. Beans, 36s Od to 40s Od per qr. NEWARK-A PRIL 14. This day's market was very well attended, and a large supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat met with a ready sale, at is to 2s over previous rates. Beans is higher. Other grain without change. Wheat, white 56s to 575, red 46s to 50s; barley, malting 40s to 425, grindin g 34s to 365 ; oats, 24st. 26s to 30s, 22st, 24s to 26s ; beans, 43s to 45s ; malt, 66. to 721; peas, 40s to 42s ; tares, —s to —s per qr. GLASGOW-APRIL 14. We had a good attendance of buyers to-day, and a fair supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat met a free pale, at the last week's extreme rates ; some descriptions realised an advance of 6d per boll. Flour, 6d to is per sack and 6d per brl dearer. Oats 6d and oatmeal is per load over previous rates. Barley scarce, and held for more money. Beans, peas, and Indian corn steady. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-APRIL 14. A limited supply of grain to-day ; sales were ready, and prices the tur❑ higher. Wheat, on the top, 4s 6d up, and on the overage 1s lld up. Barley, 28 Od up on the top, and Os 101 up on the average. Oats on the top were 2s 3d down, and on the average 0.4 3d up. Beans on the top 04 G I down, and oo the average Os lld up. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat .£2 3 5 0-12th. Do. new -12ths. Barley 1 14 1 10-12ths. Oats 1 8 1 4-12ths. Beans -I2ths, Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 992 qrs sold 1382 qrs Barley 698 qrs sold 577 qrs Oats 1202 qrs sold 958 qrs Beans 26) qrs sold 243 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.-ArBIL 13. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day, the most part being from the north ; sales flat, and some few left unsold. A large number of sheep, at previous prices. A less supply of fat pigs, and a good show of fat and store calves. The following were:the quotations :—Beef, 51d to 00: mutton, 7d to V i d ; to Od ; veal, 64 to 74 per lb. ; pork, 51d to 51d per lb ; rough fat, 63 oito Oa per 141 b.; hides, 2/d to 3ild per lb ; calf•skins, 4d to 5d per lb. Yesterday a Court cf Directors was held at the East India House, when three directors who were re-Elected on Wednesday last, viz., Mr. Wm. Butterworth Bayley, Mr. Russell Ellice, and Mr. Henry Thoby Primp, took the prescribed oath and their seats. Sir Frederick Currie, Bart., was chosen chairman, and Mr. William Joseph Eastwick deputy chairman for the year ensuing. FIVE-SHILLING GOLD COINS.—On account of th 6 In convenience experienced by shopkeepers and others, In the bulky nature of the crown plebe, a memorial has been promoted, with the view of soliciting from the First Lord of the Treasury the coinage of eve-shilling pieces in gold. The memorial has been signed by all the bankers in this city, by many members of the city coun cil, by some of the principal merchants, and by nume rous shopkeepers.—Manchester Examiner. BIRTHS. BUCKLAND—On the 10th inst., at Laleham, the wife of the Rev. Mathew Buckland, of a son. ELms—On the 14th inst., at 75, Mornington-road, Mrs. Edward Ellis, of a son. KING—On the Bth inst., at 21, Chapel-street, Belgraye• square, the wife of Charles J. King, Esq., of a eon. M'KEratELL—On the 15th inst., at 15, Inverness-terrace, Mrs. Robert M`Kerrell, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BARBER—PINKETT—On the 15th inst. ' at Old Charlton Church, John Abram Barber, o f C orn hill, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas Pinkett, Esq., of Old Charlton, Kent, formerly of the Temple. lIARDING—WILLIAMSON—On the 14th inst., at the Ca thedral, Ripon, Ed mun d H ar di ng , E sq ., o f Basinghall street, London, an d S nr bi ton , S urre y, t o Mary, youngest daughter of Thom as Willi amso n, Esq., Borage House, Ripon. DEATHS. BARNES—On the 14th inst. a t the Rectory, Brixton De vetill, Wilts, the Rev. William Barnes , M.A., F.S.A., rector of that parish, aged 62. BouvEnTE—On the 14th inst., at Delapro Abbey, Edward Bouverie, Esq , aged 01. CAPPEL—On the 7th inst., at the house of his father, at vl, Assembly-row, Mile-end-road, William Bishop Cap el, representati ve of the house o f P. Margetson and C o ., Bermondsey, aged 26 . FRACKFLTON—On the 13th inst., at 8, Nowgate-market, Mr. G. Frackelton, aged 51. RAWLING4 —On the Bth inst., at Islington , M r . 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