The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

.~ •- ~~~ rch 12. Highness its morn' o'clock. Harting- ueen. Mortimer in Wait- r and the )ruing• des. irive yes' It to the )'n. ;emeterY► on o f the vhich the removed y a coin' -Governor and e%- contain r the last , and the the fo" y mortal icial oue, the board being to ce of the i throug h er strata e name d ' the rug thel s i gn et of was sub: 3hre and parted t) canner ag E the or- [ t ill the 3d, wh en ag _ p i s ce, ns are n° .cely dig; e offere', i rrient c'' court O 1 • cr uission i s charge' ieir t ° 3 3 put t ° coun sel fore th e has be en ght Pr e- Dt bef°re raade , jesiro to Day V IS charg e , w hile Mount- he wo r t; prison. Aniitteq, le of 111'4 belo oo ofi s 1, Gov his own boy hi JJl 'd ar a goo • the Ln, Anger, ° Jr. TYr master. 3 eni plol 10 to priS° ller -foster' an d 01 , a u L i he he g3Y ,at tiar over, "'"e„ n i ti ` t i Lt b y e 113 0 er of I not Xll )ner 0' lot kn °s gale tip Ja me! er C orn 0 04 wet° . ' e ' y: t Jo r ;SOD, O 311 11 -i s ' Ail e solo Qn thel% the h ° of to ;pre 3( '• e liedPiffs • orlt•' prl. or. ut3 /. cool pi and h:i r a ant e - • oper ps . t o iven oo l P,b l3ii l:r , a t t 'o heir $(3 ' 0 ,4 neT a 1 ,,,t0 laine P 0 0 t a useci sa ki a all but 310135 341 Rge tl , & il' ; a st, 1 ,• 01 ; Nun's' pr er Lr the ~s s . to I , ‘ n d [arl:,fC°ili the 0 00 o ' 3 cl a i n o, ,ciset a. a secu re er is oo Pr stA r ice i ea rli d 11 ,e- FIL" - . s t ,nd jt wer • Or 111 0 e ig p, 00 1110NEY MARKET Al 1) COMMERCIAL 11\; LELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The report of the Delhi and London Bank, for presentation at the annual meeting on the 29th inst., shows a clear profit for the year of £27,176, out of 'which two dividends have already been declared, a mounting to 9 per cent. per annum, and the sum of _£4,676 is carried forward. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap- Pointed Thursday, the 15th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the London, Asiatic, and Ame rican Company, which " are not to be marked at Present." The money market continues to present a favour able aspect. There is only a very moderate demand for accommodation, especially at the present time, When the revenue collection usually causes a large i nquiry for assistance. The quotations for bankers' three months' acceptances is 6i per cent., and for Paper having two and three months to run 61 and 6 i per cent. The amount of gold taken to the Bank of Eng land yesterday represented £50,000. The City Offices Company have issued their re- Port, which states that the amount to the credit of Profit and loss is £5,430, and the directors recom- Mend the payment of a dividend of ss. per share, free of income-tax, leaving a balance of £347 to be carried forward. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets durin g the last few days there has been very little animation. Sugars have remained inactive at about Previous rates. In tea the transactions have been at quite a retail character ; while a good demand has prevailed for coffee and rice at fully previous t ates• Tallow has been in request, but the opera tions have been mostly of a speculative character. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 75c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has been rather depressed to-day owing to a few sales for realisa tion of profits, and Consols have receded to 87 / for money, and to 871 8 for the account. In the °reign and share part of the house principal attention has been devoted to the preparation for the settlement. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 85/ 85 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 253 ; India Stock, 208 ; do. 5 per Cents., 1021 8 ; d o , 4 per Cent._ Debentures, 1001- 1011 ; do. Bonds, 10 s. prem. ; and do. under £lOO, 13s. 15s. prem. °reign. Stocks have been well supported, at I 'M prices. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 68 a ; Mexi can, 22 1 ; do. New, 191 20 ; Greek, 15 1 1; Spanish Passive, 27 1; the Certificates, 161 171 ; Italian, 611 4 ; the Confederate Loan, 6 8 ; Chilian S crip, 24 31 prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 2/ 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Loan, 1 1 prem. United S tates Government 5-20 Bonds are 701 1; Erie Shares, 55 1; and Illinois, 78 /. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, the chief operations having been in connection with the settlement of the account. A firmer tone, however, has prevailed. North-Wes nn' and Metropolitan have each advanced £1; l idland and South-Eastern, each 10s. ; and Great Eastern and Great Western, each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little c hange of importance. Grand Trunk of Canada nave declined to 351. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet. Bank of Egypt are dealt in at 31k- 32; 4 , ll iance at '27i ; London and County at 754 ; G eneral Credit and Finance at 4? ; London Finan cial at 9 101 ; Joint Stock Discount at 12 11i dis. ; rational Discount Company at 121 4 ; and n ational Discount Company at 12 ; and vverend, Gurney, and Co., at 16i I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols 8 Do. A ccoun t , A pr il 5 ti rr Cent. R e d uce d Bs* * W 3 per Cent Bs* i 5 1 Nei l 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 1:10 - 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 A— -.llnulties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 . 7 ..,De. for 30 yrs , ex pi re sth April 1885 — L° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — zchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent, 6 2 dis Do £5OO — Do £lOO and £200 B ankof England Stock, 5 per Cent 11 q ) IA.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , `ll(lian Stock, 10+ per Cent., AprillB74 2OB D °. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 T ,"°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ",e. Certificates — . r ," O . Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — "/,°. per Cent., Jan. 1872 —O. 5 Per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent" Aug. 1866 D,O. Bonds, .£l,OOO lO 12 17 "0. und er £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4r gentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd l+ 01 pm us trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — B razilia n 5 per Cent — 1)0 . 4+ per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 " 0 Account 731 xd „ Do. Scrip, £35 paid D 0 .£ICO Bonds Do 1 p er Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) %ili a , n 3 per Cent 761 , 00 .4+ per Cent ri t' 4 . lo nabian 6 per Cent. üba, 6 per Cent. alaish 3 per Cent, 1825 , D anubian Principalities 7,7 1)0 Account 'claador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... 1; 130 .7 Provisional Land Warrant — g,Ptian 7 per Cent — D04)7 Second Issue — 4100 Bonds Do. Do £lO O Bonds 1864 921 931 O. Government Railway Debentures. (11)e0. £l5 paid — pm l ij k 5 p Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .11°0: ACocucoerpuonnts ttnao. Account it, i !eraala 5 per Cent. — jai l 5 per 1865 DO . Cent, Account — li e c!. Maremmana Railway — U l ean 3 per Cent °. Account 1 . 1 Dn 1864 2O IC ° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French °llte videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid N °°r ish Imperial 5 per Cent °Nr Granada — DO, 2 p er Cent o ',.-1, Deferred b" 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Per Cent, 1864 — pe Guaranteed, .4 per Cent " I, ll vian 5 °. Accountpernt Cent., D 1865 _ 0 3 . _Per Cent. (Uribarren) — - p;-:.° 4 cper Cent:, 1862 D ° l lls 3 Cent., 1853 3 per Cent. 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 45i 4 0. Account Il h ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — - " II ° 41 per Cont. 1850 1) -3 l i Per Cent., 1860 i •, - ° 8 per Cent. 1859 — h" -° 5 per Cent. 1862 B9l 90} r aa .--„0, 5 per Cent. 1864 . 921 irmulian 5 per Cent • 72 1 ; 1 , 11 i811 3 per Cent Ae" Account ° New D e f erre d — 0 Account B o . „ Passive .- 4 0 Account 271 t'hattish C'ert. of Coup not funded l6l i 17 /sw"o Account l6l 17 it 4 per Cent. — T , i ,„ ° •li perent. 1861 '-11:13-. Asfece6oo peruAccount Cent. 1851 — -o I k e Da ° Per Cent. 1858 — I) £lOO Bonds — ° 3 per Cent 1862 4-'0 Accou”' . - - - . _ T., omit Do £lOO Bonds ",-,° 6 per Cent.,1863 — DoLk) per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip —3Bi 1 Account v,°. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed ...._ "rr z licla 3 per Cent. — DoVtto account — . 6 per Cent 1862 — Do. Account ” 1 , Do. 1864 — .Jo. ii. per C en t --• 4,lis,riii..livsidends on the above payable in London. l .. -, - Par Cent., Ex. 10 Florin _ . 1.) gla, 41 per cent. Ex. 25f. 4 -n te ll 2 i per Cent Ex. 12 Guil ...J o 1 ~ pi, per Cent. Certificates _,, cO.ch Routes 3 per Cent. — DoAtalian 5 per dent., 1861. Ex. 2sf. .6.ccoun . Consols for mon THREE O'CLOCK. DO 41 .ccount e y 10r. Share: SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. -4b----- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 93 95 29 ?31 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 (11 118 121 38} 391 . 6) 123 124 14) 14 83 90 Of GO 60 6 40 12 34 38 102 804 1191 120 86 88 95 96 36 38 44 18 120 122 92 /3 63 68 132 133 2j 2115 1 97 98 121t} 1231 37 1 - 92 v 4 60 6t t 8 30 109 110 70 72 107 108 35 37 1 10 11 p, 122 125 14 2p 14 2p , 73 75 10 12 148 149 68 70 112 114 St 53 75 77 8 9 141 144 3 !p 102 104 51 53 13a i P Ni Paid.l Closing Business Price. done. 121 1 201 92 lESSIONS, 63 60 102 W 3 id ID • i 7 10 11 76 80 96 08 65 7u 100 102 101 102 105 106 31 36 83 90 65 87 60 63 59 61 45 49 42 45 34 36 83 :5 109 1 0 1i 21 14 2! 99 100 91 93 16i 16; 31 31 , 91 96 86 E 8 1 4d 100 102 92 94 88 CO 62 64 8 . 82 98i 99 98 99 4 , 93 99 Railways. 'Bristol and Exeter .... lCaledonian 111.0 •11 Cambrian ••••• Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E.London, berip Certi, Do. Glasgow do S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl: st. No. 21 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 put Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. vat. hail. gua. DO: South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lou., Chat., and Dover Metiop. Ex. A .; Lon. at North Western Lon. dt South Western 'Man., Shut., cc Lincolu Metropolitan. Do. New . . Do. Extension..., Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £D Share Birmin.. & Derby Kid Kent North British Do: Ed., Pth , & Dun i Nth. Eastern—Berwicil Do. G.N•E purchas Do. Leeds Do. York De. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-G1 North London Do. do. 1804 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenu Waterloo & Whiteha IWest Cornwall BRITISII POS Atlantic Liz St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu..5 per cent... Do. /` eh area Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 8 p.c. 87-3- '.. • • • Calcutta & 8. E., lira.. _a; e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Ben , zall, gu , 5 20 1 East Ic4i!i_c,. gu. .5 p.c.l Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Po do. deferred ... • , 2,1 J. 3.. Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k.... Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred .. • Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c !so. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent Da. 4f per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5 y do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 43 do .. . . Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 111.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs. Scinde .... "‘ Do. Delhi Do. do ci Do. Punjaub.... Do.lndus St. Flo: COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR ,ITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1372 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lOO 94 96 94 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug luO 93 96 D. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 95 97 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 t 0 82 Do. sp. r. Inscribed sk 100 79 31 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 137:, 100 102 114 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do: 1880-9., 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 11.4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 0900 lOO 90 82 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. ( 100 1( 2 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 106 1 8 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. It 10:) 103 (05 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO0 _ 112 (04 Natal , iov. o per cent nu 10u (02 M.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja. uly 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c., 186. 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1871, 100 92 94 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 874 88; 88 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 102 Do. 5 per cent lOO 8 2 84 -- Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 28 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 98 10 0 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards l4 0 104 106 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1061 1074 106 f 7 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consul. Gold, liin. 1 Chiverton C 1 i fro r d Amalgamated 3O 15 17 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 560 580 Drake walls 2.1.0 I 1 East Bassett (Illo,gan) • 294 18 20 East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 East Carn Brea 3l 34 41 East Grenville 2.14.0 34 1 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 4 East Loved 3.9.0 94 104 E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.0 3 31 am.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Lixey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 11 2 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 3 3 / 4 G. Wheal Vor (llelst ,, n 40 28 29 Grenville 8.18.0 3} 54 flerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 33 40 Hingston Downs ..... . 5.10.6 44 5 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 4/ 4 liwyndy Iron Ore, lim 2f 24 14d New Sewn 4B} 35 40 North Roskear N.Wlfl Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.6 Providence ,Uny Lelant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 21 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park . 5.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, Jim all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 8 10 West Chiverton ll 75 80 West Seton. Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 821 874 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 15 17 P EFE ENCE SHARES. Great Northern 5 per cent., irred., 105 Great Western, 4 per cent irred,, B'¢ North British 5 per cent., Ditto E. and G. 4 per cent., 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 94i FOREI GIN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 1111 Belgian Eastern Junction, 2 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Si San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 161 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 FOREIGN HINNIta. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, it 1 rontino and Bolivia (old, lim., Scottish Australian, lim., BANKS. Alliance, Rm., 27i Anglo Austrian, 61 Anglo Egyptian, Inn., 12; Bank of Egypt, 311 Bank of Queensland, Bra, 19 • Charles Laffitte and Co , 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 24 Chartered tiler. of India, London, and China, 451 6} Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 8i Colonial, lim., Imperial Ottoman, 13 Ditto, new, 1 I London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22f Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 15 16 Oriental Banx Corporation. 53 Oriental Commercial Bank, lira., late N. F., 2} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, bin., 5} DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73 lIISCELL &NEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 26 Berlin Water Works, Um., 101 Colorial, lim, 4, 5 Hudson's Bay, 17 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 12 111 11 London Financial,:Association. Jim , 10 1 National Discount Company, 14 13 Overend, Gurney, and Co, bra., X 76 6 161 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 4 The Price of Gold. 0- By advic:s from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 atcrlinz. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, there:bre, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. The couree of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 107 k per cent. At these rates these is no profit on the importation of go'd from the United States The quotation of gold a t Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25. per .£1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. LONDON SCOTTISH V. CIVIL SERVICE VOLUN TEERS.—The first match of the season between these corps took place on Saturday at Wimbledon, and resulted in the London Scottish being the victors by 19 marks. The London Scottish were under the command of Cap tain Flood Page, and the Ciyil Service under Lieutenant Lombard. too 103 all 100 100 109 81 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1866. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] WARWICK RACES—This DAY. RACING STAKES. Sutton Cockchafer Cotillon 1 a Seven ran. TRIAL STAKES. 1 Saccharometer Attache Kangaroo Five ran WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP. 1 Beadle . Flying Horse Cutaway Five ran. STAND PLATE. Gordian Knot 1 Tom Coke 2 Mongrel 3 Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES. 8 furlongs. 1 2 3 visers of the Privy Council the diseaso was considered to be identical with the rinderpest in cattle. There was, how ever, hope, that it would not spread as rapidly as that ter rible disease. Professors Symonds and Brown were the gentlemen who had given their opinion on which ho had answered the question. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WARWICK RACES—Tins DAY. HURDLE RACE• Ace of Hearts 1 Acolyte Ibox 3 _... . Eight ran. HANDICAP PLATE, (Five furlongs). Skirmish 1 Pantaloon ...., Tom Cooke.. . The Extraordinary Charge of Forging the Countess of Bellew's Will. Mrs. Anne Casse, a lady, 80 years of age, of Winterton House, St. John's Wood, appeared in discharge of her personal recognisances of £l,OOO, to answer the charges of having forged the signa- ture of the late Caroline Countess Bel!ew to awill or deed of gift ; of having likewise forged the Big- nature of Esther Simmons to the same will, or deed of gift, and further with uttering the same as the genuine document. Mr. Piffard, barrister, prosecuted. Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, defended. Upon the defendant being placed at the bar, Mr. Lewis submitted that no offence had been committed. By the 24th and 25th Vic., cap. 98, sec. 21, it was necessarily to be proved that a will was to be forged with intent to defraud. Bequests to attesting witnesses were void, and there could be no interest for Mrs. Came to defraud, as she could have no claim, and nobody could be de frauded. Mr. Arnold said could not the next of kin be defrauded ? Mr. Lewis contended that she could not defraud herself. Mr. Arnold—lf there were no will the property would be divided among the next of kin, and her forging the will might defraud those persons. Mr. Lewis—The next point I submit is that the alleged testamentary paper is not a will at all. It merely purports to be a copy of a will made by the Countess. The will itself is headed August, 1853, and the will before you bears date 1863, and begins by the words—" Copy of will or deed of gift." It bears no date except August 5, 1863, and at the end it states that it is a copy merely of a will made in August, 1853. Mrs. Casse didn't attest this as a will, but as a copy. Mr. Arnold held that it was in substance made and attested as a genuine will. Mr. Lewis—The jury didn't find it was a will or not. They only found that there was no evidence to prove that it was the last will and testament of the Countess. Mrs. Casse didn't propound this as a will of the Countess ; she only gave it over as a paper she had in her possession, and was in duty bound to give it up. In point of fact and law there was no intent to defraud, and no forgery to intent to defraud. I only do it to save time, considering my objections are well based. Mrs. Casse produced it under a subpoena. If I forged your name to a bill of exchange, and kept it in my possession to look at, that cannot be said to be a forgery in law ; or if a man have base coin in hie possession and does not utter it he commits no offence, because there is no intent to defraud. A person who made a false signature to a will to defraud any parties, would, on the death of the party, produce the instrument and set about the fraud. Mr. Arnold —lf these arguments are raised when the case goes for trial: they had better be raised in a superior court. I shall not decide them to stop the case. Mr. Edwin Dove—l am a cashier in the London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall. I knew the late Countess Caroline Bellew. (Looking at letters produced.) These are her handwriting. I don't profess to understand her general handwriting. To the best of my belief all these are her handwriting. (Looking at the signature.) "C. Bellew" to the will. I should say it was not in her handwriting. .Cross-examined—l said I would not pay a cheque upon the "C"in a letter produced. Upon all sig natures in the letters produced I would pay cheques. Mr. Arnold—Look at the two documents pro duced at the trial. Would you pay upon both of those signatures ? . Answer—l would upon the one and question the other. In all probability the latter would be de cided to be her handwriting. By Mr. Lewis—l remember the entire bundle being put into my hand in court. Mr. Arnold—You looked at them just now, and swore only two were shown to you. Witness—Allow me to correct that. By Mr. Lewis—l am well acquainted with Miss Bellew's writing. This I should think was not like her usual signature. Mr. Lewis—lt was one of those very letters he was handed on the trial and swore to. Witness continued--That is her handwriting to the best of my belief (looking at the signature to the will through a piece of cartridge paper, the body being concealed and the signature only visible.) Mr. Lewis—That is the will I showed him. 'Great laughter). Mr. Arnold—You may stand down, sir. Mr. Lewis—A witness in our favour. Some further evidence having been adduced, the case was adjourned until to-morrow. THE CUSTOMS CLERKS, Mr. BLAKE asked the Secretary to the Treasury whe ther it was the intention of Government to increase the salaries and alter the classification of the outdoor officers of Customs, as has been recently done in the instance of the clerks of the indoor department ? Mr. CHILDERS said there was no intention to make any alteration in the arrangements at present existing. THE BUDGET. Sir F. KELLY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was able to inform the house at what time he proposed to bring forward the budget? Tlae CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the intention of the Government, supposing the adjourned debate on the representation of the people was finished that evening, to take the second reading of the bill on the 12th April, which was the first Government night after the Easter holidays. The Government pro posed to go on with that bill night by night, without albwing other business to interfere with it— (hear, hear)—until the measure was completed as far as the second reading was concerned. The budget would be taken the first Government night after the second reading of the Reform Bill. THE NEW REFORM BILL.—ADJOURNED _ DEBATE. The adjourned bebate on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for leave to introduce a bill to amend the representation of the people was resumed by Mr. LOWE, who snid he was of opinion that the alter ing of the present law with respect to representation was of a most serious nature, and therefore to deal with it lightly, or to tamper with it strongly, was extremely dan gerous. (Hear, hear.) He was not prejudiced in favour of the state of things that at present existed, and he only inclined to the £lO franchise, but adhered to it until something better was done. He did not see the good that was to be got by the proposed reduction of the elec tive franchise ; it would increase electioneering expenses, increase bribery and intimidation, and bring about a state of things at present very little ex pected. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) He was of opinion that eventually the bill would lead to the work ing men obtaining a monopoly in the constituencies, and then what would be the constitution of a Parliament elected under such circumstances. He denied that the working class had demanded a new a new reform bill, and if they had not, he should like to know who had. (Loud cheers from the Opposition.) [LEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WIIITEIIALL, MARCH 12. The Queen has been pleased. by Warrant under her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, to institute a new decora tion, to be styled the Albert Medal, to be awarded, in cases where it shall be considered fit, to such persons as shall, after the dale of the Warrant, endanger their own lives in saving, or in endeavouring to save, the lives of others shipwreck or other peril of the sea. COURSE OP EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam . Short. 11 181 Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 25 Ditto 3 Months. 25 52} Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1211 Vienna — 10 571 Trieste — 10 60 ..._. _ 11 19 12 2 1 2 25 60 25 60 13 101 25 35 25 60 25 60 121 1 10 65 10 65 29i 6 29k 46 471 25 671 25 67i 25 671 25 70 ?etersburgh Berlin 6 29 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 25 62} 25 621 2 - 25 621 25 62,4- FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST SEVER O'CLOCK. Fivo ran. Won by a length. The above aro all the telegrams received up to the hour of going to press. SHIPPING INTELLIGE NCE— This Day. LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLTmouTu, March 12.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived--- Fruiterer, screw steamer, from Arklow for St. Serval' to coal. QUEENSTOWN, March 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Aus. tralian, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and then pro ceeded for New York. PORTSMOUTH, March 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Frede rick Wilhelm, from Berbice. • LIYERPOOL, March I.2.—Wind E.—Arrived--Blazer, steamer, from Islay. IBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning. The Russian corvette Bogatir, 17, Capt. Baron Brick holty, from Japan, last from the Cape and St. Helena, ar rived in the Souud this morning, bound for Cherbourg. GRAYESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 12 . —Clara Catherine, from Nesvig ; Elite, from Arrived, March 13.—C a ldb ea k , f rom Si ngapore ; L ou i sa Jane, ane fromS t . Michaels Guernsey. uern Memento, from Oporto. s 0 ; y DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Alida, from London, for Rio Janeiro ; Seaton, screw steamer, from S un d er l an d , f or B or d eaux ; El eanor Isabella, brig, and Alfred of Arundel—both from north, for west. Sailed—Berwickshir e , Lady Octavia, Queen of the North, with most of the outward-bound, for westward. L'AFRICAINE.—The hundredth representation of the " Africaine" took place on Friday night at the Paris Opera. The bust of. Meyerbeer was on this occasion crowned with laurel, and a cantata sung in his honour. CAPITAL PUNISHIIENTS WITHIN PRISONS. —Mr. Ilibbert's bill, to provide for the carrying out of capital punishments within piisons, has been printed. The exe cution is to be witnessed by certain officials, and their cer tificates of the fact are to be exhibited outside the prison, and afterwards transmitted to the Secretary of State. , The Government intends to bring forward a measure on the same subject, and also to adopt the recommendations of the Royal Commissioners. TILE ORE TRADE WITH SWANSEA. An effort is being made by the more enterprising of the Swansea firms to attract the ores obtained from the Lake Superior copper mines and other United States mineral products to their market and smelting works in S o uth Wales. The c h ea pness and completeness of the reduction of ores at the Swansea works, and the ready sale and profitable market for the metal extracted, are the inducements offered. California has already availed herself, to a limited extent, of the advantages offered by Swansea, and we believe that the results have been such as to warrant the expectation of a large in crease in the shipments of copper ore from that and the produce of other Nevada silver mines have silver has been extracted port.also b twenty-fivee ei ar s g e e pn e q t r u t c a o en nSwansea,quantities and it is estimated that than there would have been had the ores been re duced on the spot. We recently learnt that a quan tity of rich silver ore sent from one of the Nevada districts to Swansea was found to contain a sufficient quantity of othervaluable metals to defray the whole expenses, including carriage from the mines. This, and probably 25 per cent, of additional silver ob tained, constituted a good profit to the exporter. The rapidly growing importance of those mineral States, whose natural outlet is the Pacific, will no doubt lead to the construction, in some central part, of large smelting works, which, in their extent and importance, will surpass those of time-honoured Swansea ; but for the present South Wales offers adv can b advantages se ofcheaper and more per f ec t re d uc ti on than found within the States. During the month of December last, as we learn from the Circular of Messrs. Richardson and Co., the fol lowing vessels from California arrived at Swansea laden with copper ore :—the Barracouta, with 772 tons ; Viscata, with 1,243 tons ; the Gipsey Queen, 584 tons ; the Derby, 1,200 tons ; total for the month, 3,799 tons, which, taken at an average value, would be worth over £40,000, forming another of those small items to the credit of the United States which were omitted by the Times in, its recent international balance-sheet. It is difficult to estimate the value of the Nevada silver ores shipped to Swansea via San Francisco, as they are sent to a number of consignees, and are sold to the smelting firms by private contract ; but we are in formed that the amount is considerable, and that it is rapidly increasing. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS_LAST EVENING. THE NEW REFORM BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—Mr Deputy Speaker—Sir, if in order to estimate the difficulties of the question which I have now to bring before you it be right, as I suppose, to take into view not only its own extent and complexity, and not only the strange fluctua tions of circumstances which have attended and marked its history, but also the weakness of the hands into which the treatment of it has fallen, then perhaps I may well say that few Ministers have risen iu . recent years to ad dress the house under greater difficulties than at this moment attend my position and task. Sir, these difficul ties are difficulties which affect, in the first instance, her Majesty's Government, and they are perfectly sensible of the weight of responsibility which attaches to them. But although they be concentrated in their greatest weight upon us, yet they are not ours alone. The interest in the solution of this question is an interest common to the whole House of Commons, and to every party and section of a party that sits within this house. (Hear, hear.) For let me remind you, sir, that those :paragraphs which you have heard read are not the only paragraphs in which, under the most solemn forms known to the Constitution, the subject of the representation of the people has been brought under tho notice of Parliament. By no less than five Administrations, in no less than six Queen's speeches. before that of the present year, the House of Com mons has been acquainted by the Sovereign, advised by her constitutional Ministers, that, in their judgment, the time had come when the representation of the people ought to undergo revision. It is need less to refer to the terms of those speeches, but it will be recollected they have not been delivered exclu sively at periods when one side of the house was in power. (Hear, hoar.) In 1860 and 1859, by both parties those so lemn pledges were given in the face of the country. And having much to state to the house, I shall not Unnecessarily occupy their time on this occasion by discussing the gene ral grounds of the question, whether there ought to be a revision of our electoral system, and whether the franchises of the people ought to be extended. With such an accu mulation of authority from every quarter in my favour, I hold it would be superfluous for one moment to debate that general question. (Hear, hear.) I will assume that by these declarations, so repeatedly and earnestly made, the general ground of justification is established under which her Majesty's present government are warranted in laying before you a proposal relating to this important question I venture to request from the house, not only for myself, the patience and indulgence which I have received at its hands time innumerable, but likewise for the question I have to introduce, that grave and earnest attention which belongs to a matter of such a serious order. (Hear, hear.) It may be said with respect to the origin of this question, that it is emphatically the work of the House of Commons Let me remind the house, as the timo has now long gone by, and as many have taken their seats on these benches for the first time—let me remind the house of what hap pened in the beginning of the year 1851. And I must say that the event which then occurred was of a nature to saddle the responsibility connected with the introduction of thisquestion, in a high and peculiar sense, not on one or another government, but upon the body of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) It was an independent member, the hon. member for Surrey (Mr. L. King), who; on Feb 20, 1851, moved for leave to bring in a bill to grant a £lO occupation franchise in counties. The sole opponent of that motion was my noble friend at tho head of the Govern ment. Every other speaker, either approved or was silent on the occasion. (Laughter.) Every other usual speaker every other authority of this house—either approved or was silent on the occasion. Tho Government wore beaten by a majority. The minority consisted of 52 members, and among these 52 there were not, I think, more than 12 or 15 who sat on the benches of the party opposite ; so that it cannot be denied that the first initiation of the subject, in the form in which it now comes before us—having begun as to extending the county franchise only, it was perfectly well known that a change in the county must cause a change in the boroughs also—the initiation of the subject was in a peculiar sense the work of the House of Commons —and therefore, in inviting yeu to co-operate with us, the advisers of the Crown, in endeavouring to bring it to a solution, I am inviting you not merely to relieve us from a difficulty, but ho)v to work 4 pubject that is of common ill terest to yourselves. The election of a new Parliament naturally made the Government feel that the time has arrived when it was right the sense of the representative s of the people should be again taken with regard to the laws which regulate our electoral system. The duty of the Government was a very plain one. No doubt they had before them the record of former failures ; no doubt they had to deal, as was obvious, with the state of the pub lic mind—not clear, definite, and resolute, but rather bewil dered and indecisive. But their duty was plain. It was to examine the materials of the case, to cast aside every consi- deration narrower than those that belong to a great public and national interest—not to inquire what would be for the benefit or convenience of this party or that—(hear, hear)—to be more studious of the substance than of the shadow or the _ _ need of their own constituencies- 7 tOWil;TheWinincl; and the best powers at their commands to the framing of a prudent and an effectual measure, and then to await the issue at the hands of Parliament ; but so far as depended on them, having framed that measure, to sustain and sup port it with all the energy and decision in their power. (Cheers.) The first question we had to consider was a most important ono ; it was whether we were to attempt legis lation in the present :session, or whether we should be content with mere inquiry. It was beyond all dispute that a careful examination of the facts of the case lay at the very threshold. It was want of information, definite and authentic information, which formed the greatest matter of contention during the debates in the year 1860. It was scarcely possible in that year to get clearly at the points in issue. Such wore the doubts, such the misgivings, such the scepticism, with regard to the figures on one side and the other, we felt that if we were to come to an issue upon the merits of the case we must endeavour to make both ourselves and Parliament masters of the facts of the case. (Hear, hear.) Well, we did not delay. I believe at the first Cabinet meeting after the funeral of our lamented head, but certainly before approaching any other domestic question of a public character, we applied ourselves to i con sider and to frame heads under which the necessary nfer- mation may be obtained. As soon as these could be framed, the necessary measures were taken for obtaining that in formation, and I am bound to say that the assistance re ceived from the Poor-law Department, and in particular the labours of Mr. Lambert, who has been the person prin cipally concerned, were, in point of ability and assiduity, everything that we could desire. (Hear, hear.) And I think that if members, whether they sit on this side of the house or that, will institute an examination of the volume which has been laid on the table, they will admit that in the collec tion of that volume tho time has not been misspent, and they will likewise admit that they have found the advan tage of approaching the consideration of this important question with such a knowledge and such a mass of facts as was never before collected. (Hoar.) We, therefore, can truly say that no time has been lost. Had we found that it was not possible by the means at the command of the Government to obtain information which should. be full in its scope and range, and authentic and trustworthy in its character, we should have no hesitation in seeking the aid of Parliament, and postponing legislation until such infor- mation had been obtained. But when we saw what could be done, and when, as materials had begun to grow in our hands, we perceived what could be done, we had no doubt of satisfying both branches of the Legislature with regard to the sufficiency of our knowledge, and therefore we had not the least hesitation in pledging ourselves so early as the commencement of the session to the introduction of a measure on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, I have been anxious to explain how it is that the time has been spent not merely for the reason —comparatively of secon dary importance—that there had been, here and there, not unnaturally, some indications of a disposition to murmur at the delay in the production of these papers, or to ascribe it to hesitation, or want of purpose on the part of the Go vernment. Sir, undoubtedly that has not been the case ; and so anxious have we been to give the House of Com mons, so far as we could, the same means of judging with ourselves, that 1 can truly state that on Friday evening, I for one could not obtain for my own use a complete and finished copy of these . papers ex cept the copy which was laid upon the table of the House of Commons, and which of course passed out of my hands. But the question of time has an importance very different from that which it derives from its connec tion with vague rumours or vague imputations. It has this importance, that it is now the 12th of March when I make to yon the first proposal, and that, adverting to the approach of the Easter recess, it would not be possible for us to ask you to read the bill a second time until the second week of April. Therefore, sir, we have felt, as prudent and as practical men, we had to measure what our powers might be with regard to the legislation in the pre , sent session, and of course the question arose for conside ration, Are we to have what is called a complete measure, or aro we to have one that is incomplete ? Now, sir, I would ask members of the house to consider what is meant by a complete revision of our representative system ; and I must omit from the idea of a definition of a complete re vision, or from the explanation of it, some branches of legislation which are favourites, or which have been favourites, with some members of the house, but which we as a Government do not admit it to be necessary or de sirable to take into consideration. Ido not refer to such questions as secret voting or the question of the shorten ing of Parliament, but I allude to what would strictly be admitted to belong to a complete revision of our represen tative system ; for we, like every one else, aro sensible of the immense advantage which would attend an operation by which you are enabled to deal with the whole range of the question at a single stroke. (Hear, hear.) But, in the first place, there must be a consideration of the franchise in England and Wales, and there must be—and perhaps it is still more urgently required—a con sideration of the franchise in Scotland. The subject of the Irish franchise, too, must be considered, although that is in a simple state, because the nature of the present electoral arrangements is much more perfect as far as the machinery is concerned. Then comes not one question, but the whole group of questions, which aro included in the common phrase of "redistribution of seats." The question between the three kingdoms—the question between town and country—the question between total extinction of the capital punishment such as was inflicted in schedule A, between the milder method of amputation administered in schedule B, or that mildest method of all, which was that adopted by my noble friend at the head of the Government in 1852—1 mean the method of grouping towns together. (Cheers.) All these are matters that must go under careful considera tion. Then there comes another question that can never be avoided when you review the electoral system, namely, the consideration of whether in all cases the present boundaries of boroughs are such as the exigencies of those boroughs naturally require. To meddle with the boundaries of boroughs for the sake of affecting the question of town and country representation and the balance of interests would, in my opinion, be a gross abuse ; but, on the other hand, what aro called the natural boundaries of each borough, as determined by the public convenience from time to time, is not only natural and useful, but it is an essential part of any complete review of our electoral system. There is, I am sorry to say, another matter belonging to that review which I do not believe to be less urgent now than at any other period— that is, to consider the state of the law with respect to corrupt practices. (Cheers.) We do not intend to make any promise upon this subject ; it is as difficult as it is im portant ; but I am afraid the urgency for it is in no degree diminished, and undoubtedly it cannot be passed over by any Government attempting io make a complete review of the representative system. Then, clearly, there is the important question of the provision—no doubt of a less arduous nature, but still fairly a question—for the ad ministration of all machinery connected with the work ing of the proceedings at elections. Well, Sir, these sub jects, great in themselves, and complex in themselves, have been further complicated by the speculations of many men of great ability and great authority, who have thought that the time has come when, taken on the one side, the demand for the extension of the franchise, and on the other side the difficulty which we have to encounter with respect to an undue distribution of power among the different classes of the community—the, time has come when, introducing propositions in one form or another which are of importance, one or other or several of them may be supported by arguments most ingenious, and by authorities most weighty—propositions of which it may be emphatically said, that they are in the old English sense innovations, and which as being innovations never came under the review and criticism of this house without a careful, searching, and jealous examination. (Cheers.) Was it possible for us to suppose that as we now stand we could expect that Parliament would give itself to the com plete review I have described in the present session ? It is very good, it is very much conformable to the habits of this country, and to our constitutional practices, to enter tain a high idea of what we call the omnipotence odfevon Parlia ment. Time and space cannot yet be annihilatewhatevetro. make lovers happy, or for any other purpose command, and the position in w w h ith these subjects. Nei therknowatourre- gardsourcommand, of these queslions is very difficult I o think, ans w s e o r iar A a as we fronr the house for the in propose the second reading can r eekon, of if t i h v i e s o t rno thedu tli2o t n h April, and supposing the measure to live v n o l e s a h v a e l 1 be tween the 12th April and the middle of July, which I think will be the latest period at which such a bill could be sent up to the House of Lords, I find the Government nights would amount to twenty-four, and one-half at least of those must necessarily be occupied by the financial business of the nation and of supply, and beyond that we shall have nothing to depend upon but the charity of private mem bers and the crumbs , which may fall into our lap. (Oh ! oh !) What have we found in former years ? In 1860 we spent months, I may say, in trying to do nothing, but there is one example, the great example of the Reform Act, which may give us some idea of the time occupied by a complete review of our electoral system. One single bill of the three out of which the Reform Act grew— one single ono of those three bills—occupied in one of its three forms 50 nights of the House of Commons. I believe I should under state the case if I said that 100 nights at least were requi si_ h for the complete review of the electoral system which was achieved in 1831 and 1832. It may be said, and said . very truly, that at that time there was a political heat and excitement and apprehension that does not 11Q1Y exist. I do not suppose anysuch review as I have indicated would require a less amount of time in the present day. Then let me point out the time occupied in passing that act, which was not loss than six or eight times the extent of that which is now even the most sanguine estimate of our timo You did then completely review the electoral system ; but then, in order to do so, you turnedday into night and sum mer into winter, and you called upon man to sacrifice all his domestic obligations, and you made every one give way to your resistless and determined will ; and you sacrificed unjustly sacrificed, but you were compelled to do it—all other legislation which required debate and serious discus sion for two years. These are not tho circumstances in which we now stand. We may now reckon, I have no doubt, upon very fair and indulgent treatment with respect to the progress of a measure of this kind. Do not let It be supposed for a moment that I am apprehensive of what is called obstruction. The other day my eye fell upon a pas sage uttered a few years ago by the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli). In 1860 he said we should treat this subject without delay, but with that deep and deliberate investigation of a great subject which was in accordance with the freedom of discussion for which the Parliament of England was characterised. And the right hou. gentleman was justified in that observation, and we should be guilty of a breach of duty if we should now follow any other course. We do not doubt for one moment that the first point of importance is that which re lates to the enfranchisement of large masses of our fellow countrymen, who aro now excluded from the electoral suf frage. When I use the words large masses do not let me be misunderstood. I mean large numbers. We have thought it right to lay upon the table such a bill as that on which WO could ask the judgment of Parliament, and not that which would add to the discreditable failures that have already occurred—one which would be still more disastrous and discreditable. A question from an hon. baronet oppo sito has already given me an indication as far as the Scotch franchise is concerned. We must not suppose that we can support this question of England without being prepared to deal with it in Scotland. We admit that the present plan is incomplete, and perhaps it will be asked, will you com plete it 2 I have ever been averse—and I think it is an aversion justified by general observation and experience— I have ever been averse to deal in pledges for future periods. Because such is the number and variety of circumstances which must affect the position and duties of the Govern ment of an empire like this at future periods that, in my opinion, we must leave it to the future to determine the opportunities to deal with important questions. But lam free to say—while I am convinced that the question, the group of questions, included in the complex idea of Parlia mentary Reform is beyond the power of any one session, and that which remains of the present—l think there can not be the smallest doubt, if the Government find it their duty to take this subject in hand, we are convinced that the present Parliament is perfectly competent to discuss and decide it. (Laughter and cheers.) Having arrived at the conclusion that we ought to deal with the question of parliamentary representation, it was obvious to us that if we did not revise the bill for which we were certainly respon sible as a Government, and one the greater part composed of the same individuals of 1860, at least it formed for us the natural starting point of inquiry. I will first of all take the question of county representation. That question is happily set, I will not say with intrinsic difficulties, but with much less jealousy and much less apprehension than the question of representation in the boroughs. In the bill of 1860 a proposal was made that we should adopt the bill of my hon. friend the member for Surrey, to reduce the occupation in counties from ..£5O to £lO. What we now propose is a modification of the plan of my hon. friend. My statement is not precisely accurate in saying reduce ; but it is sufficiently accurate for general purposes. We propose to reduce the county franchise in counties from .C5O toXI4. (Laughter, and cries of "Hear, hear.") This franchise will not precisely correspond with the £5O franchise as it now casts. We leave the £io franchise precisely as it now stands. The occupation franchise which we propose be tween £5O of value and £l4 value will be an occupation franchise, not cf land alone, but of house or of house and land. (Hear, hear.) That is the nature of the plan. Ther© is no great difficulty in estimating from the papers which have been laid upon the table the amount of enfranchise ment which these changes will produce. It would corres pond as nearly as possible with the effect of a £l2 rating franchise. If hon. gentlemen will refer to the volume of statistics furnished with respect to the£l2 rating franchise, they will find that its effect, after making a proper deduc tion from those who do not claim, and for those who do not occupy a sufficient time, that it would add to the present list—present number of county voters—about 171,000 per sons. Now, it maybe asked, why do we not go down to the limit of £lO ? Ido not know. I certainly cannot say that there is any danger as far as 1 am able to discern. But, upon the whole, what we think is this, that by the change which is now recommended we shall obtain not only a very large but a very independent addition to the county constituency. At least we think this, that by going from £l4 to £lO we should probably render it not more but less independent. We do not anticipate the existence of jealousy or apprehension with regard to this considerable enfranchisement, bcause I think that it will be held on all hands—l certainly entertain the opi nion strongly—that it must be viewed as a middle-class enfranchisement, in the same sense, or rather more strongly than that in which the present franchise is a middle-class franchise. We have looked further into this matter to see whether, under the present law, there were interests of a strictly proprietary character connected with tenure belonging to the county which was not provided for. And wo found this state of the law with regard to the county franchise derived from property within the limits of boroughs—l mean cities. We found that a man possessed of a 40s. freehold within a borough drew for the 40s. a county vote, but if he had a copyhold or a lease hold—which is rather common, but which is just as true a proprietary interest as the 40s. freehold—he was not en titled to vote for it in the county. We therefore propose, by a clause in the bill, to place the possessor of copyholds and leaseholds within the limits of the boroughs, and sub ject exactly to the same definitions which now govern the right of voting beyond those limits. We propose to ex tend it to them, and so exactly, under the same conditions, to come upon the county voting. 1 cannot estimate the numerical effect of this. It would not be possible to ob tain materials for the purpose, but it cannot be large. I think it must be good as far as it goes—(hear, hear) —be cause it is a kind of representation thoroughly germane to the nature and purpose of the county constituency. I comp now to another topic, and the only other I need, affecting the county. I allude to the subject of those franchises other than those of tenure and of occupation, which have been called special franchises and bye franchises. [An Box. MEMBER —What franchise ? J Special franchises and by© franchises. A number of these franchises were proposed by Lord Aberdeen in tho bill of 1854, and I think the last was even extended in the bill of 1859. We have very care fully considered the motive of those franchises, and the question that bears on their introduction. There is one of these special or bye franchises which we shall recommend to the favourable consideration of Parliament—the savings bank franchise. As far as it goes, this franchise meets a feeling prevalent in the country, and one to which we are disposed to give way—that it is desirable to include within the constituent body, by a method of spontaneous selection, men who could not be included by any kind of franchise founded on the old principle of occupation or tenure. It was true, without doubt, that provident habits enable many persons in early youth and in humble circumstances, net having any holdings, to amass little stores by the time they came of age, and thereby to entitle themselves to take part in the choice of those who are to govern the country. A savings -bank franchise has this advantage—that it is not attended with any complication of tenure or title. An in spection of his savings-bank book will tell you at auY moment whether a man is qualified as a savings-bank de positor. We, therefore, propose that all adult males who are depositors of £5O or upwards in a savings-bat?kie, and place have passed that deposit for two years, shall be entitled dt() be registered for the place where they reside would reside would commonly be outs l i d de he admitted by where the voters who would come in un t d h o o r . t t o h T w is n o s, la b u e set , number of per cause in towns the bulk of them .could be other franchises. With regard to this franchise, it il sons who would bo admitted _ i o n depositorss of £5O, and that there are 91,000 true that tho recent sa a iv g %auk returns show that adult m eld their deposits for two years. of these 87,000 have ecohllect that a large number of these But then we iu mind the deduction that is to be made must also bear in nt effect of any provision for the exten mbousatdiuitted by other franchises ; and we franchise re when that franchise is accompanied condition of making an annual claim, which is f p; o r nm s o ott n fhh s teeh W ea_ i i l pa l with inevitable in this case. If this franchise adds 10,000 or 15,000 to the number of voters, I believe that it is the out side ; but it is good so far as it goes, and we believe it will have a tendency gradually to extend itself. That completes what I have to say as to the county franchise. The en franchisement of the counties will be a middle-class enfran chisement. It will not give the working classes an irlr d er d. ... share in the representation ;on the contrary, 1 dimi— nish that share proportionally, because the rep i of the working classes, which in counties is grolortion of c t r o e l s n v e l fi n n t t o t d t i o t u o come to the the smaller freeholders, will form a smalnlcorif the county voters than it did before. btiotants of towns., for borough franchise. It will conduce call attention to the fact that the inhrao to be dealt with in. 'clearness if 1 first the purpose of enfranchisement , rented building, in habit a separate house, or otherrseepthe proper objects of the :o.aftetihyose men who four distinct classes. One consists and pay their rates; thosethose are who inhabit their owa householders. Nest separatelycome those rated, but who do not pay house, or who are by their landlords, under Reform Act of 1832, and lose I shall call ratepaying their own rates, which are paid under local acts ; those I s hall the Small Tenants' regard to whom it appears that they class of persons withl law claiin to enfranchisement, but whose have now in I mean those who inhabit a part of designate - compound householders. Thirdly, there is a rates, andwhose house, but who do not pay their own a not separately rated. Lastly, there are habitations are properly so called—that is, persons who hold and lod h g ah el t s, rooms of their own, but who are inmates of the claim is rarely valid. .house and family of another man. The two first classes: we think, are properly householders ; the two latter, wer think, must 10 regarded as lodgers, and dealt with as' Ruch Misfortune.. Prodigal kescue 1 Four ran. HANDICAP THREE-QUARTER MILE. Clotilde . Rustic Beauty Triangle 1 Six ran. DONCASTER RACES-THIS DAY. TRIAL` STAKES. Lochiel.. 1 Eakring Coramiquo 3 Five rtu. DONCASTER HANDICAP. Eakring Miss Haworth Lochiel.. • . Dead heat. Six ran. HOPEFUL STAKES. Montagnard Sister to Kinghorn Easby . Eight ran. MUNICIPAL STAKES. Chesman 1 Viper Starcross 3 Five ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 4to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 100 to 8 agst Scamander (taken) 100 to 6 agst Pintail (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 35 ngst Sandal (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDIC.kr. 7to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 33 to 1 agst Morris Dancer (taken) Very little doing. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE LORDS-THIS EVENING. ROYAL COMMISSION. _ The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—The Consolidated Fund (£1,137,772), and the Savings Banks and Post-office Savings Banks. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Beesborough, and Viscount Sydney. The house suspended sitting at a quarter past four and resumed at five. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— The Cashel Junction Railway, and Bray and Enniskerry Railway. CHILD LABOUR Lord KINNATED presented a petition from certain in habitants of Sheffield, praying that there should be an in quiry into the circumstances connected with the employ ment of juvenile labourers, and that the report should be laid as soon as possible before the public, in order that this very important subject should be carefully considered. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. ; The Earl of CARNARVON drew the attention of the house to the alarming extent to which the cattle plague, had extended, and impressed on the Government the ne cessity of obtaining accurate statistics on the subject with a view of the malady being dealt with in a scientific way, iu order to prevent the progress of the disease. JAMAICA GOVERNMENT BILL. Lord RUSSELL moved the second reading of the bill. He said that there was a large amount of misunderstanding on the part of certain portions of the public in reference to the circumstances connected with the recent events in the Island of Jamaica. In considering this subject, the cir cumstance of the relative proportion of coloured and white persons in the colony was to be taken into account. It was desirable that the affairs of such a place as Jamaica should be satisfactorily arranged, and to accomplish that object legislative action was necessary. The principle of the bill had already been discussed, and he believed that public opinion was in its favour. He considered that it was calculated to effect the object of placing the affairs of the colony in a satisfactory condititm. Lord DUNSANY made some general observations re lative to the position of the colony. Lord TAUNTON expressed a hope that the course of legislation that would be adopted in regard to Jamaica would be of a nature calculated to develop the resources of the colony, the value of which was great to this country. Both the interests of civilisation and pecuniary incentives were involved in this question. Earl GREY supported the bill, and expressed his ap proval of the appointment of the commission. He contended that the interests of the West Indies had not been dealt with by the Legislature of this country in an enlarged and proper spirit. All the evils with which they had now to contend with grew out of this contracted legislation, and the time had arrived when there should be an alteration in the legislation with reference to the Island of Jamaica. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING. ch M air r. a D t o fo n u s r oN o , ,c i l n oc t k h . e absence of the Speaker, took the PETERBOROUGH WATER BILL. - ----- On the motion for the second reading of the bill, Lord BURGHLEY opposed the motion on the ground that it w as a scheme not at all required, that it was mainly promoted by a few persons, and that it would interfere with rather than promote the supply of pure water in the places mentioned in the bill. He moved that it be read a second time that day six months. The bill was, after a short discussiou, rejected. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to issue for Louth, in the room of the Hon. C. Fortescue, who, since his re-election, had accepted the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. On the motion of Col. TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to issue for Tewkesbury, in the room of Mr. Dowdeswell. ELECTION PETITIONS. The petitions against the return for Frome, the North Riding of Yorkshire, Canterbury, Kidderminster, and Lon donderry (city) were announced as withdrawn. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Earl Granville, Earl Grey and Ripon, the Duke of Argyll, L or d Ebury, Lord Chelmsford, the E ar l o f Romney, the Earl of Bess borough, Lord Colville, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Stanhope, Lord Taunton, the Earl of Albemarle, and a number of other peers occupied seats in the peers' gallery in the house. The attendance of members on both sides of the house was again very numerous. ARMY CLOTHING. Colonel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for War what reports had been made by commanding officers of regiments to whom Merritt's Ventilating Gussets were issued with the regimental clothing in 1864, and whether he will lay them upon the table of the house ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON sa id t h e art i c l es h a d been issued to six regiments last year. The report of the commanding officers of those regiments will not be received until the end of the present month. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any bill in the present session with referenco to the public schools ? Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of the Govern ment to bring forward a measure in the other House of Parliament soon after Easter. THE SUEZ CANAL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the agreement or conven tion recently entered into between the Porte and the French authorities on the subject of the Suez canal, there was any security taken against the employment in future of forced labour on those works, and whether such forced labour is in fact altogether discontinued. Mr. LAYARD said forced labour had been altogether abolished some time SAVINGS BANKS Colonel W. 1 3 ..A.1"rEN asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether his attention had been directed to private bills introduced during the present session, giving powers to corporate bodies to establish savings banks on the se curity of corporate funds; and if so, what were the inten tions of the Government with respect-to them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the attention of the Government had been directed to the matter, but nothing definite had yet been decided on. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had been in com munication with the authorities of the corporations referred to, viz., Bradford and Manchester, but the negotiations had not yet been completed. In a few days he would state what course the Government would adopt. Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether the right hon. gentle man would say whether it was a public or private bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no authority to answer such a difficult question. Ho should have preferred personally to have had the bills considered as public bills. THE CATTLE DISEASE. Mr. LONG asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Goverment was taking any steps to ascertain if the disease resembling the rinderpest, which had recently been observed amongst sheep in dif ferent parts of the United Kingdom be really the Rinder pest or no. Mr. BIWCE said in the opinion of the veterinary ad- Dap• 100 et I 20 20i 10 too 16 f 1