The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-08 00:00:00

IMPERL4L. PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAsT EITENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—Consolidated Fund (£15,000,000), Perth Provisional Order Confirmation and Affirmation (S cotland), Election Petition Act, 1848 (Amendment), Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland), Provisional Orders Con firmation, the Marine Mutiny, the Mutiny, the Bank of Ireland, Colonial Naval Defence, East India High Courts ; Collie Valley and Halstead Railway ; Glasgow City and Suburban Gas ; and Whitechapel and Holborn Improve ment. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Monteagle, and Earl St. Germans. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Shrewsbury and North Wales Railviay Bill, the Hastings and St. Leonards Gas Bill, the Oswestry Local Board Bill, and the Ross Improvement Bill were severally read a second time. The Ayr Water Bill and the Carmar thenshire Railway Bill wore read a third time and passed. NON-PRODUCTION OF RETURNS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that he had moved for certain returns which ho considered of im portance, but they had not been made, which he consi dered was treating this horse with great disrespect. When returns were moved for in the other house they were punctually supplied, and he thought the question should be taken up by Government. THE CITRRAGH OF KILDARE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to transfer, by lease or otherwise, the care and management of the Cur ragh of Kildare from the office of the Woods and Forests to the War Department, and to abolish the office of ranger of the Curragh ? He said that very strong national feeling prevailed in Ireland in regard to the Curragh, and though they might not be very logical, still he thought they were entitled to be considered. Earl DE GREY said that there was an anomaly in the present state of the management of the Curragh, and the proposed transfer was in accordance with the wishes of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. It was not intended to abolish the office of ranger during the tenure of office of the present official. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Earl GRANVILLE moved that the house, at its rising, should adjourn until the 27th inst., which was agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following billswere read a third time and passed : Lancashire' and Yorkshire Railway, and Lancashire Union Railways Companies ; Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock; Dundee Roads and Streets ; Exeter Gas (No. 1) ; General Terminus and Glas gow Harbour and Caledonian Railway Companies ; Glasgow and South Western Railway (Kilmarnock Direct) ; Glasgow (City) Union Railway ; Glossop Water; Llanelly Local Board of Health ; Luddenden Valley Rail way; Neath Water; North London Railway; Runcorn, Weston, and Halton Water; and Sunningdale and Cam bridge ToWn Railway. METROPOLITAN SEWAGE AND RECLAMATION BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill tho Usher of the Black Rod appeared and summoned the house to the House of Peers to hear her Majesty's royal assent, by commission, given to certain bills. On the return of the Speaker, Mr. AYTOUN proceeded to call the attention of the house to the proceedings of the contractors for these works with respect to this bill, and said he had no objection to the passing of the bill, providing the ratepayers were not made responsible for all the losses that might be incurred in carrying out the bill, providing the contractors were not able to complete the works. He thought it was his duty to ask the house to adjourn the further consideration of the bill after Easter. The hon. gentleman concluded with a motion to that effect. Mr. KNIGHT hoped the house would not allow the bill to be postponed. Mr. HEADLAM, as chairman of the committee to which the bill had been referred, said so far as he could see it appeared to bo the desire of the honourable gentle man to get the house to insert two clauses into the bill which had been rejected by the committee. The Metropolitan Board of Works were the guardians of the ratepayers, and as they were well acquainted with the whole matter, ho thought the house would be of opinion that the interests of that numerous class of persons had not been overlooked. He did not think there was any reason either for the insertion of the clause, or for the postponement of the bill till after Easter. Mr. HENLEY thought there were some very grave con siderations with respect to the bill, that the house ought to take time before it sanctioned such a measure. Sir G. GREY had 'serious objections to clause 15, which made the Secretary of State for the Home Department the sole arbiter as to the forfeiture or non-forfeiture of the whole of the caution-money of the concessionaries in the event of the principal culverts not being completed within the time laid down in the bill. He thought that if the fur ther consideration of the bill was postponed until the 25th time could be given to all parties interested in the bill to confer together and endeavour to get rid of the objections urged against the measure. Mr. H. LEWIS said the arrangement was that the bill should be carried into effect without the ratepayers being made responsible for the work in case of failure. He thought the bill ought to be further considered. Mr. W. PATTEN was of opinion that the bill had better be postponed till after Easter. Sir W. RUSSELL said after the expression of opinion by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ho would at once consent to the postponement until after Easter. Thu second reading was accordingly postponed. NEW WRITS. On tho motion of Mr. BRAND, a now writ was ordered to bo issued for the election of a member for Rochdale, in th e room of the late Richard Cobden, Esq. A new writ was also ordered to issue for Wigtown, in the room of Sir W. Dunbar, who since his election had accepted the office of one of the commissioners for auditing tho public accounts. A new writ was also issued for the election of a member for Clackmannan, in the room of Mr. Adam, who has ac cepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury. STAGE CARRIAGES. Mr. HUNT moved for a return of the number of persons licensed to let horses for hire in Ireland, and of the total amount of duty received from them in each year since 1857.—Ordered. PRINTED PAPERS. Mr. H. SEYMOUR moved for a return of the cost of printing all reports or papers presented by command of her Majesty to the Houses of Parliament, from 1860 to the present time ; specifying number of copies printed of each paper, with name of the public department which autho rised the same (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 344, of session 1860).—Ordered. TITLES TO LAND. Mr. MONSELL asked the Home Secretary of State when the bill for recording titles to land in Ireland would be introduced ? Sir G. GREY said the bill had been laid last night on tho table of tho House of Lords. THE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. Mr. ONSLOW asked her Majesty's Government whether they had considered the propriety of placing ves sels from the Baltic in quarantine, with a view to prevent the introduction of a contagious fever said to be raging in those parts ? Sir G. GRRY said no such step had yet been taken by this country. SALMON FISHERY. Mr. KNIGHT asked whon her Majesty's Government intended to introduce the bill for the amendment of the Salmon Fishery Acts. Mr. T. BARING said the bill would bo introduced after Easter. PARK-LANE. Mr. SCULLY asked the First Commissioner of Works if his attention had been called to the report of the referees on the Piccadilly and Park -lane New Road Bill ; and also whether he had given a distinct intimation that a portion of the crown land, valued at £6,577, would be given up to the Metropolitan Board of Works without any payment. Mr. W. COWPER said no obstruction had been thrown in the way of the Board of Works by the Crown. The Board had preferred prolonging a narrow rather than making a wide street. None of the rights of the Crown had been surrendered to the Board of Works. AMERICA AND CANADA. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign -office had re ceived despatches, or any information, relative to state ments lately published in this country, to the effect that encouragement had been given by eminent political indi viduals in the United States to a confederacy of Fenian s designedito attack Canada, to invade Ireland, and to make war, when required, upon England ? Mr. LAYARD said Mr. Seward had been spoken to on the subject by the Government. Colonel Lemon and the Attorney-General for one of the American States had at tended these meetings, but the Colonel had obtained leave of abscgic on furlough, and therefore he only attended such a meeting as a private individual. With respect to the Attorney-General, he was only accountable to the State in which ho held office. THE DEFENCE OF CANADA. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Mr. CARDWELL said he had received official intima tion that four members of the Council of Canada were about to wait on the Government to confer oil the mat ters relative to the defence of Canada. In that conference, however, the Government had not the power to enter into any arrangements that would be binding without the full consont of Parliament. When the conference was ended he would take care that a full statement of the proceed ings should be laid before Parliament. WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Mr. CARDWELL said a telegram had been received from Gen. Cameron, stating that war had broken out in New Zealand, that there had been an attack, and that three officers and 15 men had been killed and 30 wounded. The enemy, however, had been repulsed with great loss. THE OFFICE OF POSTMASTER-GENERAL. In reply to Mr. GnnTrrit, Lord PALMERSTON said it was not the intention of the Government to introduce any measure for the purpose of enabling the Postmaster-General to sit in the House of Commons. • EASTER HOLIDAYS. The motion of Lord Palmerston that the house at its rising do adjourn until the 24th was agreed to. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that on the 27th he should make his financial statement. 'On the order for going into committee of supply, Mr. MONSELL moved an address to the Crown, praying that the commissioners appointed to inquire into the rail way system of the United Kingdom might be instructed to direct their inquiries, in the first instance, to the Irish rail way system, with the view of ascertaining, with as little delay as possible, such facts as might enable the house to determine whether the provisions of the second clause of the General Railway Act of 1844 should be applied to such Irish railways as were subject to its provisions. Comparing the railway system of Ireland with that of Belgium and certain parts of Germany where the population was less numerous than in Ireland, he contended that experience proved that a reduction of fares by one-third would still suffice to remunerate the companies, and at the same time give an enormous impetus to the trade and commerce of the country. Having also mentioned several instances of unintelligible obstinacy on the part of the Irish railway companies, and of dogged resistance to reform and the adaptation of their management to the English system in the matter of fares and quick trains. he suggested that the Government should put in operation the act referred to in his motion, possess themselves for a limited number of years of the Irish lines—not, however, as absolute owners but temporary lessees—and delegate to others the duty of con ducting the traffic. If the question were put to the Irish people, whether they would prefer cheap travelling, or th e abolition of the income tax, he believed they would unani mously prefer the former as the best and most certain means of restoring prosperity to the country. Mr. WHITESIDE, in seconding the motion, said the question was not that of the state taking upon itself the management of the railways, but of exercising that control over them which was intended by the admirable act of 1844 at the end of 21 years from that time if Parliament should think fit. By the abolition of four-fifths of the companies in Ireland, the creation of a central management, and the adoption of a moderate scale of fares, a saving might be effected of £200,000 a year. Mr. SCULLY supported the motion as being of equal importance to England and Ireland, but incidentally com plained of the absence of the Irish element from the com- mission. Mr. ENNIS opposed tho motion, and contended that the cases of Ireland and Belgium were not analogous, the rail ways in the latter country being subsidised by the Go vernment. As an Irish railway proprietor he should be delighted if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would take the railways under his protection, as, owing to keen com petition and the depressed condition of the country; they were now the reverse of prosperous. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, although unable to give his assent to the motion, assured its sup porters that such measures as the Government could pro perly adopt should be taken to secure an early investiga tion of the condition of the railways in Ireland. He did not approve of placing the railway system in the hands of Government, but readily admitted that there were various modes in which Government might intervene to secure the advantages of cheap railway conveyance. The commis sioners recently appointed to inquire into the railway sys tem in this country had already entered upon their task ; but it would be possible for'them to direct the collection of facts relating to Irish railways. If, therefore, the motion were withdrawn Government would cheerfully undertake to avail themselves of such means as were at' their com mand to institute an examination of all the facts of the Irish railway system without delay. After somo observations from Colonel DICKSON and Mr. LEFROY, Mr. MONSELL expressed himself satisfied with the assurance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and con sented to withdraw his motion. Sir H. VERNEY put a question to the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs respecting the construction to be placed upon the despatch of Earl Russell to the English em bassies at Berlin and Vienna of the Bth instant concerning the recognition of the provisional flag of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. The lion. baronet, in drawing attention to this subject, complained in bitter terms of the conduct of Prussia. Sir F. GOLDSMID said it was impossible for thellouso of Commons to view the state of things in the duchies with anything like satisfaction ; but the hon. baronet ought to have known, when last year he advocated their separation from Denmark, that the idea of a despotic power like Prussia coming forward as the friend of oppressed nationa lities was the merest delusion. Prussia had throughout but one object, and that was her own aggrandisement. Mr. LAYARD also twitted Sir Harry Verney with hav ing been the earnest advocate of the state of things which we now had the pain of witnessing. Government had not interfered, however, and had nothing to say with regard to what was passing in the duchies. When Schleswig and Holstein were separated from Denmark they were placed in an anomalous position, for they wore no part of the territories either of Prussia or Austria, and had ceased to form part of Denmark. But it was necessary that they should have a flag, and in provisionally recognising that flag the Government had not admitted the rights of Prussia, Austria, or the Germanic Confederation. In reply to remarks by Mr. Wmn and Mr. F. POWELL, Sir G. GREY stated the objections of the Government to the severance of Cornwall from the diocese of Exeter, and the erection of that county into a separate see, and in timated that there was at present no necessity for any general revision of the boundaries of dioceses. Mr. H. SEY3IOUR called attention to the recent news respecting the operations of the British expedition to Bhootan. Mr. GOSCHEN inquired by whom the war had been initiated, the local or supreme Government, and whether the Government or the commander-in-chief in India was responsible for the manner in which hostilities had been conducted. Sir C. WOOD offered a detailed explanation of the cir cumstances which had led to the war, and said that it had been determined upon by the Indian Government after communication with the commander-in-chief and with the sanction of the Government at home. The only other question discussed on the motion for supply was the works at Holyhead, the progress of which towards completion was described by Mr. GIBSON. The house then went into committee on the navy esti mates, and agreed to the votes of £1,158,797 for wages of artificers and labourers in the naval establishments at home, £72,585 for wages in the establishments abroad, £64,800 for medicine and medical stores, and £103,925 for miscellaneous services. The Pilotage Order Confirmation Bill was read a third time and passed. The General Post-office (Additional Site) Bill was read a second time. Other bills were also advanced a stage, and the house adjourned at five minutes past one o'clock. • ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ROCHDALE. Mr. William Baliol Brett has offered himself as a candidate for Rochdale in the Conservative in terest. In his address he states that he, if returned, will give his support to the political views or Lord Derby. He is a member of the Church of England, but is favourable to the relief of Dissenters from the payment of church rates. He is prepared to add to the franchise, but would not give exclusive power to any one class. He is in favour of a policy of peace, but hostile to a constant interference in words, accompanied by an ill-concealed intention of not acting. He thinks the colonies should be defended with the whole strength of the empire from foreign molestation. He would have the present laws of settlement abrogated. He states, in conclu sion, that he has invincible objections to the Lord Chancellor's proposed Bill for doing away with the power of imprisonment for certain debts. CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS. Mr. W. P. Adam, member for these united coun ties, having accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury, vacant by the resignation of Sir W. Dunbar, has issued an address announcing "the unsolicited " and " entirely unexpected " compli ment conferred upon him, which necessitates his making a new appeal to his constituency. He says he believes that in accepting office under the present Government he is following out the principles of progressive reform which he has always held. He adds, " Whether, as an individual, I am right or not in my present course it is for you to declare ; but I believe that I may appeal to the general voice of the country to say that Lord Palmerston's Govern ment have served it well ; and in trying times they have kept a steadfast course, undeterred by clamour, unprovoked by menace ; and that under their rule Great Britain has enjoyed a prosperity hitherto unknown to the world." DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. BURN __The Hon. Mrs. Goulburn, wife of Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, died on Thursday. The learned commissioner will not sit next week in the Court of Bankruptcy. rum SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1865, Mr. Cobden's Funeral. On a steep hill-side in Sussex the remains of Mr. Richard Cobden were yesterday laid to rest in ac cordance with his own expressed desire. Like his great political contemporary, the late Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Cobden might have counted on the an xiety of the nation to mark by a public funeral, had he wished or sanctioned it, the general gratitude for his public services. But those who knew him inti mately were aware that his heart had long been in the grave of his only son, a lad of much promise, whose death some years ago in Germany, at the age of 15, and curiously enough upon a 6th of April, caused a shock which Mr. Cobden never wholly surmounted. Distant, therefore, from St. Paul's or Westminster Abbey, still more remote from centres of manufac ' turing industry, his ultimate place of repose was fixed ; and though at first sight there seems to have been in the career of the late member for Rochdale little that was in common with a strictly agricultural district, and one so unsympathetic with extended ideas of the franchise that it was once said of Midhurst " the very stones appeared as voters for Members of Parliament," it must be remembered that Dunford was not merely the house from which Mr. Cobden was buried. The Dunford estate was formerly farmed by his ancestors; here he himself was born ; and when a suitable acknowledgment of his unwearied exertions and great personal sacri fices, the purchase of this property and the erection of Dunford-house proved the most acceptable form which their offering could take. In the busy world, either of politics or commerce, the greater portion of Mr. Cobden's life may be said to have been the property of the public. At Dunford the few leisure hours !which; he; could call his own were passed, and a photograph, happier than many which remain of public men who have passed away, represents him sitting on the lawn in front of this house, with a little grandchild clinging to his knee. Except to their own immediate connexions and inti mate friends the family of Mr. Cobden issued no invitations to attend the funeral ; and taking into account the distance from town and the difficulty of access to Midhurst by railway, it would have been no matter of surprise had the funeral proved a mere family gathering, instead of including among the mourners three Cabinet Ministers, two other mem bers of the Government, the American Minister, nearly a twelfth of the House of Commons, and representatives of the principal commercial cities in the kingdom. The first ordinary train by the South Western Railway started at an inconveniently early hour, and the second would not have reached its destination in time to enable passengers by it to take part in the funeral ceremony. A special train, therefore, was despatched from Waterloo at 9 40 a.m., by which not only members of the House of Commons, but gentlemen from the manufacturing districts, to the number in all of some hundreds, proceeded first to Petersfield via Guildford, along the direct Ports mouth line, and thence to Midhurst by the un finished branch which is to connect the South- Western with the Mid-Sussex line at Petworth. The train reached its destination shortly before 12 o'clock, and the members of Parliament and others on alighting were met by a numerous deputation composed of the principal residents of Midhurst, headed by their bailiff and town-clerk. The shops in the town had been closed from 11 o'clock. Keep ing together in something like processional order, the large concourse, all attired in deep mourning, walked from the railway station to Cocking-cause way, the point at which the road traversed by them falls into the road leading from Dunford-house to Lavington-churchyard, at which, therefore, it had been arranged that they should meet the funeral. Cocking -causeway is a sort of miniature common, affording a favourable mustering ground ; and as the sombre gathering descended at a slow pace the hill immediately overhanging this causeway, it may be said to have thrown a shadow dark and unmis takeable of the coming event, arrangements having been made that the carriages approaching from the opposite direction should not come in sight till the mourners from London were in readiness to join them. A procession was accordingly organised, headed by the members of the Legislature. It must, how ever, be premised that, owing to the numbers pre sent and to the perfect unanimity of attire, there was considerable difficulty in distinguishing exactly who were and who were not in the assembly, and the list of names must be taken rather as an indica tion of the nature of the attandance than as a list purporting to be accurate in all its details. Lord Kinnaird was the only peer present. The members of the House of Commons included the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Poor Law Board, the President of the Board of Trade, Lord Clarence Paget, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Sir M. Peto, Sir J. Shelley, Sir P. O'Brien, Mr. Mitford, Mr. Otway, Sir J. Clifton, Mr. Weguelin, Mr. Brown-Westhead, Sir F. Crossley, Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Bazley, Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Mr. W. E. Forster, Mr. Cheetham, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Baines, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Potter, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. S. Gurney, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. W. Lawson, &c. The local deputations comprised the following gentlemen : Prom Manchester—Mr. George Wilson, formerly chair man of the Anti-Corn Law League ; Mr. S. P. Robinson (hon. secretary), Mr. J. Hicken (secretary), Sir Elkanah Armytage, Mr. Abel Heywood (ex-Mayor), Mr. Henry Ashworth (chairman of the Chamber of Commerce), Mr. Malcolm Ross (vice-president), Mr. Hugh Fleming, Mr. Mark Phillips, Mr. R. N. Phillips, Mr. Samuel Pope (bar rister), Mr. Thomas Warburton (secretary of the Liberal Registration Society), Mr. Fox Turner, and Mr. F. Royse. From Rochdale—Mr. Tatham (Mayor), Mr. S. Stott (ex- Mayor), Alderman Ashworth, Mr. Pagan, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Thos. Bright, Mr. Richard Hunt, Mr. Heap, Mr. Alderman Moore, Mr. Hoyle, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Booth, Mr. Maunsell, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. T. B. Williams, Mr. J. Ashworth, Mr. D. Whitaker, Mr. Petre, Mr. R. Mills, and Mr. R. Ashworth. From Blackburn—Mr. W. Poulding and Mr. Richard S hackleton. From Edinburgh —Mr. Duncan MTaren. From Bolton --Mr. Thos. Thomason, and Mr. Thomason, jun. From Oldham —Mr. Joseph Ratcliffe, jun. From Stockport—Mr. Escregg (Mayor), Mr. Alderman Walrusley, and Mr. H. Coppock (town clerk). From Liverpool--Mr. Robertson Gladstone and Mr. J. R. Jeffrey. From Salford,—Mr. Wright Turner (Mayor) and Mr. Alderman J. W. Weston. From Ashton-under-Lyne.—Air. John Glazebrook. The general attendance included Mr. Adams, the Ameri can Minister; Dr. Hook, Dean of Chichester; Mr. Brig den, Mayor of Brighton ; Mr. Alonzo G. Grant, from Bel gium ; Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Elihu Burritt, Rev. New man Hall, Rev. W. Brock, Mr. T. Rawlinson, C.E., Mr. E. Miall, Mr. H. Fawcett, Mr. Samuel Smiles, Colonel Solway, Mr. E. W. Fannon, Mr. Holyoak, Mr. Evans (chairman of the Emancipation Society), Sir C. Dilke, Mr. J. Hamble ton, Mr. Morland, Mr. C. Westerton, Stc. When all the gentlemen intending to take pars in the funeral were ranged in order there could not have been less in the aggregate than 700 or 800, and the local spectators probably doubled that num ber. As the hearse approached, containing the re mains of the man whose memory they had travelled to that spot to honour, the members of the House of Commons all uncovered, and those, to the num ber of six or eight, including Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. M. Gibson, who acted in the capa city of chief mourners, took their . station imme diately behind the vehicle. The mourning coaches, in addition to the brothers of the late Mr. Cobden, contained Mr. William Sale (his brother-in-law), Mr. John Williams (brother of Mrs. Cobden), Mr. F. Hogard, Mr. C. F. Kirk, Mr. W. Sale, jun., and Mr. Rhoades (relatives of Mr. Cobden), Mr. Fisher, sen., and Mr. Fisher, jun., Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P. When these had driven past, the deputations from London and the provinces, headed by the members of the House of Commons, joined the ranks, the procession closing with some 12 or 15 private carriages. The local deputation from Midhurst went on in advance of all. From Cocking-canseway to West Lavington church the road lay through one of the picturesque gorges so common in the southern counties. To the right of the road is a belt of fir trees, beyond whir'- in the extreme distance, the South Downs -- such a height as to form the bound-- that direction. To the left / 4 - crest of which the clp- .wells to Way of vision in ..es the steep hill on the .ach of Lavington is built, a Lill fringed at 4-' .ne base with groves of hazel, merg .4 the summit into strips of heather, with oc- 111 g ne-- casional clumps of fir trees. As the procession wound at a foot pace through this narrow pass the haze, in shutting out from view the outlines of the distant hills, threw into bold relief the church itself, and caused it to stand out with the distinctness of a beacon on some commanding promontory. A little history worth repeating is connected with this build ing. At the time when Dr. Manning was fast tend ing towards Rome,but had not yet quitted his earlier faith, a former curate of the parish, the Rev. C. J. Laprimandaye, was led to interest himself mainly at the instance of Dr. Manning, in the erection of this edifice, which, with the parsonage-house and school, were built from the designs of Mr. Butterfield. By the time the building was completed Dr. Manning had progressed so far along the path to Rome that his last public act in connection with the Church of England was to take part in the opening ceremony. It may therefore be called his legacy to the Church he has forsaken. A more lovely site it would be diffi cult to select; the range of views commanded from the upper level is most extensive, and though it is said, since the interment of his son, Mr. Cobden could never bear to visit Lavington, it is a spot of all others to which the mind might turn as a tranquil, cheerful resting-place. The interior of the church does not disappoint the expectations raised by its quaint and graceful exterior, with its stunted tower of oak shingle, worn by the atmosphere to the hue of slate. The font and screen are fine specimens of marble found in the Petworth quarries close at hand, Mr. Butterfield's principle being always to avail himself, as far as possible, of local materials. On the same ground the pillars are con structed of chalk from the Houghton quarries. There are some good stained glass windows by Hard man ; and in the stone carvings the workman has allowed his graver to produce something different from heads and bosses of the ordinary type, and to trace with happy effect the leaves of fern, wild hops and other plants indigenous to the district. The procession wound its way to the gate leading to the church grounds, from which access is gained to the higher level, where the building stands, by a suc cession of terraces, bordered by hedges of fir trees, clipped into sharp lines resembling walls. As the party with their mournful burden passed the school the children, in their uniform of blue bonnets and blouses, were drawn up outside, and added their sad but respectful greeting to the universal tes timony of affection and regret entertained for Mr. Cobden. The Rev. J. Currie, M.A., incum bent of West Lavington, the Rev. Caleb Collins, M.A., rector of Stedham and Heyshot (the parish to which Dunford properly belongs), the Rev. W. Elgie, M.A., assistant curate of West Lavington, and the Rev. J. E. T. Rogers, M.A., Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, awaited in the porch the arrival of the procession, and, as soon as the last flight of steps had been mounted, led the way into the body of the church. The solemn burial service was then begun, which always impressive, in thin case appealed with peculiar force to every one who - heard it; and on quitting the building to perform the last mournful duty of the day there were few eyes which did not exhibit traces of emo tion. When it is mentioned that the parishioners of West Lavington are less than 200 in number, it will be evident that the church could not contain a tenth of the persons present. The remainder there fore placed themselves at various points of the churchyard from which a view of the further pro ceedings could be gained, the terrace in which the vault had been constructed being reserved for mem bers of Parliament and the immediate friends of the deceased. When the coffin was laid down and the pall removed preparatory to the final ceremony it was seen that some loving hand had strewn the lid with violets and other flowers of spring, and that a small but exquisitely arranged bouquet had been affixed to the head of the coffin. To this was added, in the same spirit, just at the conclision of the ser vice, a floral wreath by some friend of the deceased. When the coffin was lowered down everybody bent forward to look at the short and simple inscription— " RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., M.P. DIED 2D or APRIL, 1865, AGED 60 YEARS ;" ' —and as instinctively every one drew back at the solemn words, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," which the Rev. Mr. Currie accompanied by dropping with his own hand the customary fragments of mould upon the coffin, where they lay in sad suggestive contrast to the cheerful flowers. Many of the friends and fellow-workers with the late Mr. Cob den, Mr. Villiers especially, were perceptibly agi tated at this point. Many carried their glances on towards the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but his is not a face on which emotions can be traced like clouds reflected on the surface of a lake. Save that his features were of a corresponding hue, they might have been marble for all the expression he allowed them to assume. In Mr. Bright's case no repres sion of sentiment was possible ; it is doubtful whe ther he would have acted wisely in making the at tempt. He fairly broke down and sobbed bitterly. There was scarcely any one, even of Mr. Cobden's own family, who seemed to feel his loss so acutely. The proceedings ended as they began, worthily. Not a single incident occurred to detract from the force Of this mute but most eloquent testimony to the worth of him whose place is vacant. And when, in time to come, the history is written of " the greatest political character that the upper middle class of this country has yet produced," it will also be written that the representatives of the middle class flocked from all parts of the country to attend his obsequies ; that the governing classes vied with those whom they govern in showing how much they felt his loss ; that no inconsiderable section of the House of Commons undertook a journey with the sole object of manifesting regret. And the histo rian no doubt will add that in burying Mr. Cobden, within sight almost of his own roof-tree, English men buried at the same moment all recollection of errors or prejudices on his part, remembering only his devotion to their cause, his unsparing labour, his unselfish love for the land of his birth. In connexion with the funeral of the late Mr. Cobden the following letter from the Bishop of Oxford, who owns an estate in the neighbourhood, will be read with interest : My dear Mr. Fisher,—l am much obliged to you for your note. It would have been a sad satisfaction to me to have been able to pay that mark of respect to the great Sussex Englishman who has been, for us, so prematurely taken away. But lam barely recovering myself _from a severe bronchial affection, and am only allowed at present to go out with precautions and conditions which make me quite unable to venture to Lavington on Friday. Would you let any of his friends who would care to know it know the reason of my absence ? "I feel his loss deeply; I think it a great national loss. But my feelings dwell rather on the loss of such a man, whom I hope it is not too much for me to venture to call my friend. His gentleness of nature, the tenderness and frediness of his affections, his exceeding modesty, his mas ter love of truth, and his ready and kindly sympathy— these invested him with an unusual charm for me. 4ow deeply I feel for his wife and for his daughtersl—l am, my dear Mr. Fisher, ever most truly yours, " April 5." " S. ()sox. ness was entirely suspended. A muffled peal was rung at the parish church. All the banks, ware houses, shops, and inns were closed, and at the hote s the blinds were drawn down. On most of the public buildings flags were suspended half-way down the staff. Many of the Warehouses and shops remained closed during the rest of the day. MANCHESTER. A great number of places of business in Man chester, although it was a market day, were closed yesterday after 2 o'clock in respect to the memory of Mr. Cobden. Many of the shops in the leading thoroughfares had a portion of their shutters up all day. Flags half way down the staff were hoisted on the warehouses of the following amonga great num ber of mercantile and other firms :—Messrs. West head, S. Mendell, A. and S. Henry, Kershaw and and Co., J. and S. Watts, E. and J. Jackson, J. and E. Waters and Co., T. Potter and Co., Ry lands and Co., Bannerman, Fletcher, Son, and Co., Pender and Co., Chamberlin and Co., Frith, Slings by, and Co., Hargreaves, Reid, and Co., J. Brown, Son, and Co., Kuslack and Co., R. Barbour and Brother, Thompson, M'Kay, and Co., J. and J. Veevers, M‘Laren and Nephews, Golding, Swain, and Co., Hickson, Lloyd, and King, Sharpe, Stewart, and Co. ; T.'.nd on the Exchange, Town-Hall, and on the fo lueen t B an d Waterloo Hotels. Many people 1 7,00 mourning, and th ere seeme d t o b e a genera l desire throughout the city to show some mark of respect on the occasion. BRADFORD. Yesterday the respect shown to the memory of Mr. Cobden was most marked and general at Brad ford. Between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock busi- LEEDS. The feeling of sorrow for the death of Mr. Cobden is little less deep than it is universal in Leeds, which has not only benefited greatly from that freedom to industry and to commerce which the late mem ber for Rochdale did so much to accomplish, but which was the scene of some of his most forcible orations, as well on the war with Russia as on free trade. One or two private subscriptions have al ready been entered into for the purpose of erecting some memorial in Leeds of the deceased statesman, and it is probable that a public- movement in the same direction will soon be made ; also that boththe Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce will express their sense of the value of his distinguished labours, and their sincere regret for his somewhat sudden and unexpected death. Yesterday, during the time fixed for Mr. Cobden's funeral, the great bell at the Town-hall was tolled half-minute time, the Royal standard on the tower of the hall was lowered half way down the staff, and many of the tradesmen closed or partially closed their places of business, in testimony of their feelings towards the great man whose noble spirit had passed from its clayey tenement to the Great Creator by whom it and all things were made. BIRMINGHAM. At Birmingham, on the suggestion of the Mayor, many of the shops in the principal streets were par tially dosed from 11 to 1 o'clock and bells were tolled. SOUTHAMPTON. At Southampton yesterday every mark of respect was paid to the memory of the lamented Richard Cobden. The corporation flag was hoisted at half staff on the Bargate, and flags also floated at half staff all over the town. With very few exceptions the shops and business establishments had shutters up after the funeral was over, and the bells of the parish churches rang muffled peals at intervals dur ing the day. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The name of Colonel Sykes is not a good omen for an attempt to draw attention to a substan tial evil. That gentleman is in the habit of promul gating such eccentric notions as to the virtues of the Taeping robbers, and he has sometimes shown him self so careless or credulous as to the authenticity of the stories which are from time to time told him, that we shouldnot have much hope of getting a hear ingfor a grievance which comes only from the sources whence Colonel Sykes derives his information. Yet the question which he put to the Attorney- General on Thursday night is one which must sooner or later, receive very serious consideration. It is necessary that it should be thoroughly under stood whether crimes committed by Europeans in the interior of China are or are not punish able, and adequately punishable, by the European authorities in that Empire. We have insisted upon the Chinese recognising the sacredness of European life. We will not allow a Chinese magistrate, how ever far from any consular establishment, to take cognisance of a crime committed by a European. Whatever may be his malpractices, if a European brigand be a thousand miles up the country, plun dering, burning, and slaying, still the magistrate and people of the distant province can do no more than overpower him by a gentle resistance, bind him firmly, and send him d own t o Sh ang h a i. It is true that popular feeling has sometimes proved too strong for treaty rights, and that European robbers in the inner waters have been put to death summa rily. It is also true that in extreme cases, where the offences have been very heinous, the mandarins have tied their captives so tightly with sharp strips of bamboo, and have sent them down so slowly and in such narrow cages, that their revenge lost little by their observance of European rights. In these instances of breach of treaty, however, re clamations were always made, and the too excitable populace or the too careful mandarins were always punished. It is looked upon as the most important birthright of every European in China that he shall not be accountable for any offence he may commit to a Chinese magistrate. His character as a foreigner is an immunity from Chinese law. The question put by Colonel Sykes is, whether he thereby becomes absolved from all law and all punishment. The answer of the Attorney-General is correct so far as it goes, but is far from satisfactory. His explana tion was that " Europeans who commit in China what would be crimes in this country, if they could be caught and the facts proved against them, are amenable to the Consular authorities in China and also to the Colonial Court at Hongkong." No doubt this is so, but probably no one in the House of Com mons knew what the powers and procedure of these consular authorities are, or what is the uniform issue of a prosecution in the Court at Hongkong. We know nothing of the case quoted by Colonel Sykes; but we do know of a case, and a very much stronger case, which was recounted in our columns a few days ago, and whi c h i s i n many respects more in structive than the robbery mentioned in the House of Commons, It will be remembered that a European, well known, as it would app ear , a t Sh ang h a i , was proceeding in his boat up the river. This river, which is notvery wide, was crowded with market boats, and no doubt the passage was also impeded by the floating residences which the Chinese moor upon their waters. The European was in haste as Europeans usually are ; he would brook no delay, he fired off his fire-arms, loaded with ball, to give warning of his approach and to signal the market people to get out of the way. One woman's boat was more embarrassing to him than the others. Very likely the woman, with the stolid obstinacy of her race, would not give way till the last moment. The European went on firing his signals. Here the evidence is a little doubtful. It is affirmed that the European lost his temper and fired directly into the boat which had angered him. Certain it is that he wounded the woman, and that the woman died of her wound. We will not believe that the man committed a ruthless murder. Enough that he was firing recklessly close over theheads of a crowd of market people with intention to terrify and not to kill them. But he does kill one of them. In the eyes of every one of those Chinamen he has com mitted a wanton murder ; in the judgment of the calmest European he has certainly committed a very aggravated manslaughter. In England he would probably have been punished with five years' penal servitude. What happens to him in China, where it is all-important that the people should have confi dence that we act with justice ? This man is, as the Attorney-General says, " caught" and the facts " proved against him." He is summoned before the Consular Court at Shanghai. The Consuls, upon occasions of this nature, take to themselves, we believe, two assessors, who are always merchants of the place, and the ju r i s di c ti on i s limited to im prisonment for twelve months. We are not in formed what the proceedings were.upon this occa sion, but the result was that the man was fined 1.00, and sentenced to be deported from Shanghai. This was the justice which the Chinese population got at the hands of the Europeans in Shanghai— a fine of £25 and an injunction to go away for a time from the neighbourhood where he had made himself so obnoxious ! Really it would seem as though there was so me thi ng more t h an a lawyer ' s periphrase in the Attorney-General's expression, " Europeans who committed in China what would be crimes in this country." There are consuls and we are 'glad to sa y th a t some o f th em are British consuls—who have acted with promptitude and severity in cases of this kind, and have put forth all their power, such as it is ; but the case we have now quoted is a s p ec i men case o f th e c l a ss ; this is how such offences are generally heard and decided by European Consular authorities and their assessors. The Attorney-General, however, rightly tells us that this man might have been sent down to the Court of Hongko ng , w h er e he might have been tried either for manslaughter or murder, and, if convicted, adequately punished. This is a remedy, no doubt. A Chinese market-woman is shot either in wanton ness or in recklessness by . a European. Her own magistrates are not allowed to punish the criminal ; but her relatives may carry him before a Consul,— we have seen with what result,—or they may gather together the witnesses of the transaction and go with the offender down to Shanghai, and thence may take the next mail steamboat, if there should hap pen to be room, and steam, at costly charges, seven hundred miles down to Hongkong, where they may institute a prosecution against the offender in the Queen's Court The Attorney-General states the law as it is, and this is what the law is. But even if we were to suppose this a case in which not a mar ket-woman whose wealth is all contained in a string of copper cash, but some rich Chinaman, Had been murdered and that his relatives were determined to follow up the matter. Let us suppose the case to be proved at last before a Hongkong jury. We believe there is no insta nce , an d cou ld be no expectation, of a full convi c ti on . S ome y ear s ago the Chinese Cus tom-house officers attempted to stop a sailing vessel in the Shanghai harbour which was leaving con trary to the Customs'regulations. The master fired his revolver into the boat and killed one of the Chinese Customs' men. This case was carried to Hongkong—the master was tried, the facts clearly proved, and the prisoner was immediately acquit ted. The jury, no doubt, thought they were quite right. They were members of a mercantile body re sident in China, and it was very natural that nothing should suffice to convince them that any Chinaman, no matter under what pretence, should be allowed to interfere with a square-rigged vessel. It wasno doubt their honest conviction that the master was acting in his right in shooting the man who would have boarded him. So they would probably think to-morrow ; but whether we blame them or not, it will not alter the facts or the practice, past or future ; and, although we do not care to blame them, we cast much blame on the system which makes them the judges in such cases. We cannot believe, with Colonel Sykes, that the Chief Justice of Hongkong has ever de cided that he has no jurisdiction over crime committed upon Chinese territory, but we think we have shown that, practically, his jurisdiction can have very little terror to prevent the commission of crimes there. Is it not time, then, that our Law Officers should be able to tell us, not what a mocking burlesque of justice we have establishedin Hongkong and Shang hai to cheat the Chinese with a semblance of pun ishment for crimes committed upon them, but rather that some plan really has been adopted for protecting these poor people and for vindicating our own good faith ? There has been a general expec tation for some time past that something was about to be done. We were told of a travelling consular judge, who was to be armed with large powers—a scheme which seems rife with difficulties. It would be perhaps more feasible to get the Chinese Govern ment to establish by its own authority a European court for the trial of Europeans according to fixed and civilised laws. Or, perhaps, the marauders who commit these offences outside the limits of the Treaty Ports might be made subject to martial law, and subject to court-martial on board the ship of war on the station. We have no special plan to push or favour, and, indeed, we see great difficul ties in forming any scheme which shall be effective and free from great objections; but we owe it to ourselves to make some attempt to remedy the utter powerlessness to do justice which the Attorriey-Ge neral so naively admitted to the House of Commons on Thursday last. One of these homicides will rankle in the memory of a Chinese province for scores of years ; and if we had no higher motive to induce us to suppress them, we ought to think how expensive they are, for they have been at all times the raw material of China wars. HERALD.—There is a report afloat about the re lations between this Government and that of Mr. Lincoln, which, for all we know, may be well founded, but which really seems so absurd that we can scarcely credit it. Mr. Seward is supposed t 3 have gathered courage from the seeming pusilla nimity of Lords Palmerston and Russell, and to have put a strained construction on the alarmist speeches which have been published to the world in the course of the debates in the House of Commons on the defences of Canada. Imagining that Eng land just now is in a yielding humour, and disposed to make almost any concessions for the sake of peace, he has chosen the auspicious moment to put forward demands whichbut a short time since would have been scouted with indignation, and which at any time are ridiculous. He urges, we are told, that as the South has no seaports left, the Confederate navy is a fiction; that, as the majority of the S Southern States have been overrun and conquered, it is preposterous on the part of any European Power to recognise the South any longer as a belli gerent. Mr. Seward, we are informed, has de manded that henceforth the common privileges of refuge, repairing, and coaling, shall be refused in all the ports of Great Britain and her colonies to such vessels•as the Shenandoah and the Stonewall, which are to be treated as pirates, and regarded as common enemies. We trustthat no English states man would entertain for a moment such a sugges tion as this. In the first place the Confederate States are not yet utterly cut off from communica tion with the outer world along their thousands of miles of coast line. The greater part of the Florida shore, with its numberless inlets, is open. There are harbours on the Alabama and South Carolina coast, with which ocean cruisers and blockade-runners can still communicate. The seaport of Mobile is not yet in the possession of the Federals. In the second place, if the whole coast of the Confede racy were hermetically sealed, there would be no reason in law why she should not have a navy. Switzerland might have one if she were so inclined. Ownership, and properly commissioned officers, are all that is necessary to authorise ships of war. And there is nothing, moreover, to hinder the Confede rate Government from issuing letters of marque to any extent it pleases. By the new international law of Europe, " privateering is and remains abolished," as far as regards the maritime powers of this Continent. As the Americans refused to agree to this article of the Convention of 1856, privateering continues legal as between American belligerents or in any contest between Americans and Europeans. There is no reason whatever why, as long as this civil war lasts, we should refuse to recognise Confederate vessels of war. If we concede this principle we must be prepared to go much further. We must admit that we are fairly respon sible for the depredations of certain ships which were notoriously launched from British ports, and fitted out by British merchants. We must refund the millions that were sent to the bottom of the ocean by the triumphant cruises of the Sumter, the Alabama, and the Florida. These were. either Con federate ships of war or they were " British pirates." It is impossible to characterise them by any inter mediate designation. If the demand respecting Southern cruisers seems opposed to the accepted principles of international law, how shall we desig nate the modest proposal that the Southern States shall no longer be recognised as belligerents on land ? We suppose that no one in his sober senses would presume to moot such a question, unless he had the strongest reason for believing that the Go vernment which he addressed was reduced by its fears to such a point of abject apprehension that it was disposed to make any sacrifice of prin ciple for present safety and future immunity from attack. The Southerners, forsooth, are not belli gerents, because their enemy has overrun a large portion of their territory, and cooped up their chief armies within a space of a few hundred square miles. By the same rule the Americans of the re volutionary war were never belligerents until they had compassed the surrender of Burgyone. The French in Spain were not belligerents after Vit toria ; nor was Napoleon a belligerent when he drew up by the forest of Soignies and bade defiance to the world. Lord Russell, for all we know, may be frightened into refusing to recognise the belli gerent status of the Confederates in the field. General Grant cannot ignore the fact that General Lee is in front of him, nor can General Sherman be oblivious of the existence of General Johnstone. The battle is pending, and the future is undecided. To attempt to throw a weight into the scale at such a critical conjuncture would be something worse than ridiculous, it would be infamous. Even sup posing that the British Government consider it con sistent with their dignity, and becoming their posi tion in the world, to be " ever strong upon the strongest side," it would be as well that they should wait until it is clear which side is the more likely to win. As well tell Galileo that the sun went round the earth, or issue another "Pope's bull against the comet" as tell 300000 men who are struggling man fully in the field, and have not yet been beaten, that they are not regarded as belligerents. If the Federal Government has really preferred such absurd demands we cannot suppose that even Lord Russell will yield to them. He will have an opportunity of writing a letter in reply, and we trust that he will not be slow to avail himself of it. His letter-writing powers are a cause of terror to sobermmded people when they are called into play on some subj ec t i n w hi c h Lord Russell has placed himself so egregi ous ly i n the wrong that the long-winded rhetoric with which he attempts to furbish up the blunders places him and his country on a more ambiguous position than before. In reply to the arro gan t d eman d s of a Fede ral Minister he has an opp or t un i ty o f reta li at i ng which a statesman of polemi ca l i ns ti nc t s m i g h t b e eager to seize upon. The b urn i ngs an d ravages o f Sherman , s victorious progress might g i ve o cca sion for a homily on the amenities of civilised war. It might be asked whether there is any reasonable prospect of conciliating the Southerners, and wooing them back into the Union, but the process of laying waste their property, ruining their townships,. mas sacring their citizens in cold blood, and ravishing their women. It might be urged that a drunken stump orator as Vice President of the Republic, a mad Methodist preacher as Governor of a State, are not exactly the kind of functionaries to whose rule the South is likely to submit without a murmur. It might be mildly insinuated as a clincher to the ar gument, that the religion, or morality—call it what you will—of the Unionists has developed into a phase in which ferocity has become a cardinal virtue, and a thirst of undiscriminating vengeance taken the place of the Decalogue, in w'hich the gentle maxims of Christ have been supplanted by a code to which the theory and practice of Attila and Genseric may pale, and the angel of mercy has given place to a demon of the pit. With regard to such a war, so carried on, E ng li s hmen can exp ress no feeling but one of utter abhorrence. JEWEL ROBBERY.—Yesterday morning, when Mr. Walker, jeweller, 321, High Holborn, proceeded to open his shop, he discovered that a robbery had been committed on his premises. Examination proved that a number of articles had been abstracted from the shop win dow, where they . were arranged on show. The police wero at once communicated with, and active steps taken to trace the burglars. • MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-April 7. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Enos Arnold and Henry Sugar, two very respectable looking men, were indicted—Arnold for stealing 8 qrs. of black oats, the property of Messrs. Rumford, and Sugar for receiving them, well knowing them to have been stolen. They both surrendered in discharge of their bail. Mr. Ribton (instructed by Mr. Goodby) prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe (instructed by Mr. Beard) defended Arnold ; and Mr. F. H. Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis) appeared for Sugar. The prosecutors are Messrs. Mumford, millers and corn chandlers, in an extensive way of business, having an office in Newcastle-street, Strand, and a warehouse where the stock is kept in Clare-street, Clare-market. Arnold had been in their service as foreman for some years, find he took care of the business in Clare-street, and the prisoner Sugar was a customer of Messrs. Mumford. The course of busi ness was, that when any person wanted to order a supply of corn he went to the office in Newcastle-street, paid the money for what he required, and then he obtained an order which was taken to the foreman, and then he gave from the stores an amount of corn corresponding with that named in the order. Supposing that there was not a sufficient quantity of the particular article in the stores, it would be the duty of the foreman to give what ho had, state that fact on the face of the order, and then obtain a fresh order for the amount that would have to be sup plied to make up the original order. In the course of time suspicions fell upon Arnold, and an investigation led to the fact being discoVered that Arnold was himself keep ing a cornchandler's shop in the Hackney-road, and Sugar, who there was strong reason to believe was in collusion with him, was also keeping a cornchandler's shop in Cro mer-street, Gray's-inn-road. A search at both places led to the discovery of many articles which it was strongly sus pected had been purloined from the premises of the prose cutors. Numerous witnesses were called, and the case was pro ceeding when this report left. (Before Mr. Payne.) William Montague, 18, hawker, and John Rigby, 82, costermonger, were indicted for stealing a purse containing id., and a writing called a bill, the property of Benjamin Dodge, from the person of Amelia Dodge. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. Isaac Quincy said he lived at 70, Sherrington-street, St. George's, and was a stevedore. On March 21 there was a conjuror performing at the corner of Sutton-street, St. George's. He saw the two prisoners place themselves on either side of a young woman, and after fumbling about he saw them leave. He saw Rigby with something in his hand, which he showed to the other prisoner. Montague then stooped down and put a purse through a grating in the sewer, and afterwards joined the other prisoner. He gave information to the police,, and the prisoners were taken into custody. Amelia Dodge, 56, Richard-street, St. Georges's, said she was standing in a crowd looking at a conjuror, and while there she lost her purse. Ralph, 214 K, said he found the purse in the sewer, which the prosecutrix identified as her property. The jury found them guilty. George Agar, warder, City Prison, Holloway, proved several previous convictions against the prisoners. Mr. Payne commented upon the carelessness of people stopping to look at crowds in the streets, and sentenced the prisoners, Rigby to two years' hard labour, and Montague to seveh years' penal servitude. Mary ihirke and Mary Gleeson were indicted for rob' bing a sailor at the East end of London. James Chapman, the prosecutor, said on the 80th of March he was a little the worse for liquor, and went home with the prisoner Gleeson, and when he woke up in the morning he found his coat and money, about £5, were gone. _ _ The prisoner Burke was seen by a constable walking away with a coat, and suspecting her, he took her into custody. The jury found them guilty, and Mr. Payne sentenced Gleeson to 12 months', and Burke to eight months' impri sonment with hard labour. Mr. Starling prosecuted ; Mr. Montague Williams and Mr. Warner Sleigh defended the prisoners. COUNTRY MARKETS - LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. Since last Friday the weather has been more genial in US character, and farmeis have been busily engaged in the prosecution of field operations. There was a seasonable show of wheat at to-day's market, sales in which pro gressed slowly at rather less money. New white wheat, 40s to 44s ; new red, 37s to 40s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 338 to 35s , per qr ; grinding, 27s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, 20s to2is. Beans, 385 to 40s per qr. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. At this day's market there was a small attendance of the town and country trade, and the business done was small, and quite of a retail character. Wheat, with a limited de mand, declined id per 100 lb. Flour was also easier to buy, particularly French, of which there was a good deal offer ing. Oats a.ncroatmeal, with a fair sale, were each the turn dearer. In barley, beaus, and peas there was no change in value or demand to note. Indian corn met with a slow sale, and best Danube was not worth over 26s 6d per 4801 b. WAKEFIELD.-FRIDAY. Wheat is held for last Friday's prices, but millers buy sparingly, and to effect sales to any extent some concession would have to be made. Barley meets a steady sale at last week's rates. In beans and oats no change. DERBY—FRIDAY. New white wheat, 41s to 458 ; new red, 36s to 40s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 31s to 34s per qr. ; grinding , 26s to 29s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 245; old, 23s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 418 to 445; new, 36s to OS per qr. Et TAMFORD.—PRIDAY. 6 New white wheat, 40 s t o 42 5; new re d , 35 s t o 38 s per - A stone. Barley, malting, 31s to 335; grinding, 27s to 300 per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 225; old, —s to —s per 24 stone. Beans, 368 to 40s pe r 38 stone. Peas as heretofore. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FnIDAY. There has been a better demand this week, and a steal business has been done at full prices. Refined goods se more freely at late rat e s. R um —th e d eman d con tinue° quiet. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. - -_... 0,, : s. cl:, Buddle'sWestHartley 16 0 South Hartlepool lB Cowpen Hartley l6 3 South Kelloe Carway and Duffryn Heugh Hall l9 0 Malting 22 0 Cassop Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Hetton 2O 0 South Hetton Tunstall Hartlepool Hetton Lyons l7 9 W a lk er P r i mrose l2 0 Ships at market, 50; sold, 83. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles April 12. Brazil and Cape Yards. by British pao.et May 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... April 23. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton —April 18. Ditto, via Marseille& April 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton • ...April 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. • April 11. Ditto, via Marseilles . April 20. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil:ei. May; 6 . Newfoundland April 12. Portugal ., r. ...... ..... May. 4 * Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, byßri tish packet 4 . -4. ~.. . ' . ....April 11. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ten • • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian 'packet, via Londonderry, . April 14. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife. April 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Bahamas, via New 1 ork. Bermuda, ditto April 12. Cuba and Mexico April 28. Births. BoYLu—On the 26th Feb., at Kurrachee, the wife of Col' W. Boyle, 89th Regt., of a daughter. RoumrsoN.—On the 7th inst., at Red-hill, the wife of 1 3 ' • A. Robinson, Esq., of a daughter. SILLEM.—On the 7th inst., at Clapham-park, the wife °I Richard Salem, Esq., of a son. WiLxiNs.—On the 7th inst., at The Poplars, Leyton , Essex, the wife of F. G. Wilkins, Esq., of a son. Marriages. CAIRD—DICKSONT.—On the 6th inst. at Hastings, Jare o Caird, Esq., of Cassencary, Kircudbrightshire, I n Elizabeth Jane, widow of Charles P. Dickson, Es+, " Gothenburg, and daughter of tho late Robert Dudgeo n, Esq., of Cleveland-square. CARR—Wumarr.--On the sth inst., at Stoke Newiugt on t Thos. Carr, Esq., of Park-road, to Hannah, the youug e daughter of the late Matthew Wright, Esq., of Albi on " road. Deaths. Cnouor t —On the 6th inst., at Shefford, Beds., A. Crouch, Esq., of Ridgmont'Park. LowNDEs.—On tho Gth inst., at 48, Westbourne-terr ace, Win. Loftus Lowpdes,,Esq., Q.C., aged 72. MACLISE.—On the Gth inst., at 4, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea' Miss Isabella Macliso. MAXWELL—On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Colonel Sir William Maxwell, Bart., of Calderwood Castle, Lanall' shire, N.B. PARKINSON.—On the sth inst., at 36, Sackville-street, Pic" cadilly, John H. Parkinson, Esq., aged 68. PEEL.—On the 4th inst., Reginald Peel, of Hanburi 1144 Staffordshire,taged 44. pt. WEBBER.—On the sth inst., at Lawhitton Rectory , G.W. Webber, R.N., late of Hexworthy, Cornwal l, Age 68. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AN DR of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at Tun Son Office, 116 1;0i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coun t y Mickllesex.—Saturday, April 8, 1865. T' `J The Irak Negi netis, Croe T" Ineory Intore; strth each B. N tinents Jam of Con Nevi tiague Edvir Gas c c Fred Master Jana ( Mom Sir J The Al Meaars, Gentle and Mas a depopi t Corop n each ian l I hereby be r you .£4 per at on the I allotted 1 CITy NOTIC TIONS I llth hist 2 '9, Tlr To th 1,1 Fit No Pro Ch TV Fir] Chi natcd arbi u comp PrO Chi The Every tranK Full Moore Apr ----.