The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF LORDS—LAsT EVENING. The LORD CRANcraLott took his seat ou the woolsack at five o'clock. PARTNERSHIPS AMENDMENT ACT BILL. Lord ST. LEONARDS presented a petition from the . Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, praying that provi sions for the registration of special partnerships be in cluded in the bill. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Barry Railway ; Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway ; Carnarvon shire Railway ; Drayton Junction Railway ; Dumfries shire Roads; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Dee Valley Branch); Newry and Greenow Railway ; Port Glasgow Police and Water . ; Skipton and Wharfd a l e Railway; West Riding and G rimsby Railway; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway : and Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway. The following bills wore a third time and passed :—Rat tray's Estate ; Cromford and Belper Road ; Manchester Corporation Water ; Heysham Pier; Rickmansworth, Amersham, and Chesham Railway ; Sutherland Railway ' • Barnstaple Roads; Crays Gas; and Belfast New Streets. RAILWAY DEBENTURES, etc., REGISTRY BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, and the different clauses were agreed to. The house then resumed. PUBLIC HOUSE ACT (1864) AMENDMENT BILL. The report of the amendments on this bill was brought up. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that the bill would act with great hardship on a very large and indus trious portion of the community, including the market gar deners, who had to rise unusually early, and who neces sarily required refreshment at the hours when public houses would be closed. He considered that the bill was most arbitrary in its character, and vested the police with a judicial authority which was never contemplated when they were originally constituted. He referredto large towns to show the injurious operation of certain provisions of the bill, and moved that clause 5 be re-inserted, so as to give the power of granting all licences in special cases to magistrates sitting in Petty Session instead of to the police. Earl GRANVILLE said there was no doubt as to the principle of the bill, but the clause in question would natu rally affect its operation. The Earl of DERBY said that there was more objec tion in fact to the form in which the bill was presented than to the principle.' The act of last year was intended to apply to London alone, and he believed it had effected much benefit. It appeared from the statement of the noble marquis (Clanricarde) that there was a class who suffered from the power vested in the police, with regard to whom it was desirable that the licensing power should be entrusted to the magistrates. He had great respect for the police, but he did not consider a chief of that body a person to be clothed with the powers given him under the bill, and he knew a case in which a chief constable had announced that he would not grant a special license under any circumstances. No doubt that was an exceptional case, but it showed how authority might be abused. Earl GRANVILLE suggested that the license in Lon don should be- given to the police, and in the country to the magistrates. The clause was - then reinserted, with an understanding that another clause would be inserted embodying the suggestion of Earl Granville. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS BILL. This bill went through committee. ADMIRALTY ACTS REPEAL BILL. This bill was reads second time. DOCKYARD PORTS REGULATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-L%ST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 20 minutes past 12. FIRE. BRIGADE (METROPOLIS) BILL. In clause 11, Mr. BARING moved to add tho following words to the clause :—" Provided that any insurance company which at the time of the passing of this act contributes to the ex penses o: the said fire engine establishment may, in re spect of all payments to be made by it in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, but not after wards, contribute after the yearly rate of thirty-five pounds in one million pounds of the business in respect of which it contributes to the said fire engine establishment for the present year according to a return which has been furnished to the chairman of the said Metropolitan Board, instead of in the manner in this act provided." The motion was agreed to. Mr. AYRTON objected altogether to the clause. He believed it had been slipped into the bill by some of the companies in order that they might escape their just amount of taxation. The committee divided upon the proposition. Ayes Noes Majority The amendment was then agreed to ; and the clause was also agreed to. Clauses up to 15 inclusive were then agreed to. -57 On clause 16, Mr. BLACKBURN said by the clause it appeared that the quota to be paid by the Government offices was £lO,OOO. Instead of that he thought that the Government property should be assessed at tI rate of one halfpenny in the pound levied upon all property rated to the relief of the poor. Mr. BARING opposed the amendment. After a short discussion the amendment was rejeoted. _ On clause 17 being proposed, * Mr. CLAY moved that the following words be added to the clause :—That the proportion of any such payment by the overseer of any parish which shall be attributed to rates paid by any water company in respect of their pipes or works may be deducted by such water company out of the next payment of rates demanded by such overseer, and shall be allowed by him accordingly. Mr. BARING opposed the amendment. Mr. H. LEWIS also opposed the amendment. He said the water company lv.td got acts of Parliament such as they never would succeed in getting at the present time, and they used the public most mercilessly. Ho for one would be glad of any opportunity that would lead to the breaking up of the monopoly. The amendment was negatived, and the clause was or dered to stand part of the bill. Mr. AYRTON moved thefollowing clause :—The Board shall maintain as many steam fire-engines on the River Thames, within the limits of the metropolis, as may by them be deemed necessary as part of the said Fire Brigade, the Conservators of the River Thames paying out of the funds in their hands, to the said Board, the sum of £3,000 annually, provided they had a surplus, The Conservancy Board, ho believed, spent all the re venue they received; but if their accounts were watched by the Metropolitan Board they would soon have a sur plus instead of deficit. They kept a steamboat to go up and down the river, and he did not see why they should not be called upon to contribute to the fund. Mr. BARING objected to the additional clause, because there was no surplus or fund out of which it could be paid. The proposition was negatived without a division. The preamble was then agreed to, and the bill was re ported witb, amendments. HARWICH HARBOUR BILL. This bill passed through committee and was reported. CARRIERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee without amendment. ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Lord ELCIIO moved that the Chairman report pro gress. After a short discussion, in which Mr. BLACKBURN and Mr. STIRLING took part, the bill was virtually withdrawn. The sitting of the house was then suspended. The house resumed at six o'clock. BRIGANDAGE IN ITALY. Mr. 0. STANLEY asked the Under Secretary of State if any communications had taken place between the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Italian Govern ment with regard to the detention of an English gentle man by the brigands. Mr. LAYARD said the accounts which had appeared in the papers last week wero an entire fable. There was not the slightest foundation for the statements which had been made public. Her Majesty's Government had been in con stant communication with the Italian Government on the subject, and the Italian Government wore doing all they could to procure Mr. Moens's release. News had reached the Foreign-Glace to-day that the camp of the brigands had bean captured, and that the chief himself was among those captured. CHINA. Mr. LIDDELL asked the , Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any communications had passed between the Foreign_ o ff i , c and her Majesty's representa tive in China, relative toth ePermission said to have been g iven by the Chinese Government to its subjects t o own foreign vessels and sail themundere the Chi nese fl ag ; an d w h e th e r, with a view of affordinli at protection to the crews Government an d cargoes of such vessels, her flag be its and an ticipates the necessity o f any increase Y , of s our naval forc es in Chinese wa ters, or whether the protecti on of left exclusively to the Chinese Government, all risks attending such trade, coastingorotherwise, left to be borne by such Chinese owners. Mr. LAYARD said he had seen a report to that effect in the newspapers, but no official information on the subject had been received by the Government. THE TRUCK ACT. In reply to Sir R. CLIFTON, Mr. M. GIBSON said it was not his intention to intro duce a bill to remedy the hardships said to have been in flicted by the Truck Act, as he hadnot received any repre sentations on the subject. LIEUT. JOHNSON AND THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. _ _ Admiral WALCOTT asked if any particulars had be en received by th e G overnmen t respec ti ng th e arre st of Lieut. Johnson on the south-east coast of America. Mr. LAYARD said the occurrence to which the gallant admiral alluded took place at Buenos Ayres. It appeared that Lieut. Johnson heard screams issuing from a house which he was passing, and on entering the establishment he found two men in mortal conflict. lie im ned'ately in terfered, and wrenched a pistol from one of the men. Some watchmen then came in, and seeing a man wounded, and another standing near him, they seiz3d Lieut. Johnson, beat him severely, and carried him off to p risen. A complaint was at once made to the Argentine Government, who ad mitted that a gross assault had been perpetrated, and expressed their regret at the occurrence. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION (IRELAND). The O'DONOGHITE moved an humble address to the Queen, respecting that conscientious objections to the pre sent system of university education in Ireland prevented a large number of her Majesty's subjects from enjoying the advantages of university education, and praying that such steps might be taken as would remove this grievance. The hon. member observed that the Roman Catholics of Ireland numbered four millions and a half, yet they had no uni versity of their own, or any institution for education of a high order. Their position in this respect was, indeed, one of grievous inferiority ; but they had no desire to deprive their Protestant countrymen of the advantages they en joyed. They only asked to be placed - upon a footing of equality with their fellow subjects in England, and their follow subjects and co-religionists in the colonies. At pre sent there were only two great educational institutions in Ireland—the one being Trinity College, Dublin, the other the Queen's University. But the former was restricted to the education of Protestants, and the latter had turned out a lamentable failure ; for at Belfast it was only of use to the Presbyterians, and at Galway and Cork it merely supplied a third-rate medical education. He called upon the house, then, to respect the rights of conscience, and to remove disabilities which were at once injurious to the Roman Catholics, a blot upon the reputation of England, and un worthy the generous and enlightened spirit that had governed the legislation of modern times. Mr. BAGWELL secondOd the motion. Sir G. GREY complimented The O'Donoghue upon the moderate tone which ran through his speech, and expressed the readiness of the Government to assist in remedying any well proved grievance of any portion of her Majesty's sub jects. With regard to the Queen's Colleges, the object of their establishment was to afford the best secular education irrespective of distinctive religious creeds, means being provided, however, for the voluntary instruction in reli gion of the students ; thus bringing together young men of different creeds, who had previously been separated by strong animosities, in honourable rivalry and emulation. He regretted the decided opposition which those colleges had received from the Roman Catholic hierarchy, and that some Protestants also looked upon them with distrust, because the system was an enlightened one, that was cal culated to confer very great benefit on Ireland ; and he thought the hon. member had considerably exaggerated its failure. To grant a charter for a Roman Catholic univer sity, with power to confer degrees, was objectionable on the ground that by multiplying these bodies they ran the risk of having different standards and that the degrees would lose their value. The best course would, in his judgment, be to enlarge the powers of the Queen's University, amend its charter so as to remove the restriction which now pre vented it from granting degrees to any students but those who had passed through one of its colleges, and so place it upon the same footing as the University of London. Mr. WHITESIDE believed that if the views of the mover of the resolution were carried into effect, it would reverse the whole policy advocated by the late Sir Robert Peel, Sir J. Graham, and every person who sat on the Treasury bench for the last 15 or 20 years. There was no doubt that the Queen's Colleges were condemned by the head of the Roman Catholic Church is Ireland, Dr. Cullen ; but before they were founded as eminent and learned a man as ho, namely, Dr. Crony, the Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, endeavoured to persuade the commissioners, when they were in search of a site, to establish a college at Armagh, on the ground that it would prove most useful and beneficial to the Roman Catholics. Disguise it as they might the motion pointed clearly to a charter for a Roman Catholic college ; but as sure as that charter was granted so sure would the threat uttered by the Archbishop Legate be fulfilled. The sacraments of the Church would be with held from all who sent their children to any other than to that college, which would then be completely under his control. The object of the motion was, in short, to separate the youth of Ireland into two classes ; the Protestants would be sent to the University of Dublin, and the Roman Catholics to the newly chartered college. Believing, there fore, that it would introduce a dangerous principle he should vote against the motion. Mr. MONSELL accepted the compromise offered on be half of the Government. Mr. HENNESSY supported the motion, and expressed dissent from the view taken by Mr. Mousell. The motion was supported by LordDusKELLis, and Mr. O'REILLY, whilst approving of the principles of the motion, was, nevertheless, - willing to accept the proposal of the Government. Mr. NEWDEGATE was amazed at the announcement made by the Home Secretary, that the Government were in favour of establishing a Roman Catholic University in Ireland: If they really entertained that intention he hoped they would furnish the house with the details of the ar rangement which they contemplated, for if concession was inevitable the house ought at least to know what was to be conceded. He apprehended that it would only lead to further demands. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon. member had . put an erroneous construction upon the speech of Sir G. Grey, who had distinctly stated that the Govern ment did not intend to charter a Catholic university. All they proposed to do was to remove a positive disability on account of religious opinions under which Roman Catholics laboured; and he denied that the Queen's Colleges were founded as a perfect system. On the contrary, the late Sir R. Peel had brought them forward as an experiment, and justified the step by the peculiar and unfortunate character of the religious differences which existed in Ireland. The proposition glanced at by his right hon. friend would simply place the Roman Catholics of Ireland in the same position of facility and advantage with regard to academical degrees as that in which the Roman Catholics of -England had been placed for many years, without exciting alarm or dissatisfaction or doing injury to their Protestant fellow-subjects. Mr. HENLEY expressed ahope that the scheme sketched out by the Government would be well-considered, in order to see whether it would meet an acknowledged want. He rejoiced at the probability of the denominational system. Mixed education meant education without religion, and he hoped the day would come when the mixed system would be swept away altogether. Sir G. BOWYER regarded the proposal of the Govern ment as a step in the right direction ; but argued that as a Catholic country Ireland was entitled to have a Catholic university of her ovrn. Ni other system would give satis faction to the bishops and clergy of that Church. Mr. Moore (Tipperary), Mr. Btacpoole, Dr. Brady, and Mr. Lefroy also took part in the debate. The O'DONOGHIJE, in reply, admitted that the scheme indicated by the Government, if properly developed, might be worthy of consideration, and, thanking them for the candid manner in which they had met, his motion, he con sented to its withdrawal. SECRET SERVICE MONEY. Mr. D. GRIFFITH moved for a return of the sums which had been paid out of the secret service money by the Treasury to each of the Secretaries of State on his declaration in each year during the last ten years, together with the amount of the balance of such secret service money remaining in the hands of any department of the Govern ment at the end of the year. He observed that he did not wish to know anything about the appropriation of the vote, which amounted to £32,000, but that it had come to his knowledge that the greater portion of it passed through the hands of the Foreign Secretary. Mr. VANCE seconded the motion, and urged that in these days of frank and honourable diplomacy the vote should disappear altogether from the estimates. Mr. F. PEEL replied that the financial accounts would show the balance of the vote which remained in the Ex chequer year by year, and that with regard to its principle they either should have secrecy in its application, or have no grant at all. The law which governed its application was the bill of 1782, which was drawn by Mr. Burke him self, and they had the declaration of the Secretary of State that the provisions of that law were strictly observed. Mr. D. GRIFFITH having submitted that there was no analogy between the circumstances of 1782 and those of the present time, The house divided— Ayes lB Noes 45 Majority against the motion BANK NOTES ISSUE (SCOTLAND). Upon the motion of Mr. BLACKBURN, and in com mittee of the whole house, the chairman was directed to move the house that leave be given to bring in a bill to amend the laiv relative to the issue of bank-notes in Scotland. COMPOUND SPIRITS WAREHOUSING. Upon the motion of Mr. F. PEEL, in committee of the whole house, the chairman was directed to move the house that leave be given to bring in a bill to permit the ware housing of compound spirits. The Local Government Supplemental (No. 5) Bill was read a second time ; and the Salmon Fishery Act (1861) Amendment Bill, as amended, was considered. TURNPIKE TOLLS ABOLITION BILL. Mr. WHALLEY moved the the second reading of this. Sir G. GREY said it would be impossible to pass the bill through Parliament during the present session, and he therefore would advise the hon. gentleman to consent to its withdrawal. Mr. WILALLE - Y having consented, The order for the second reading of the bill was dis charged. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ACT ( 1864 ) AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. WHALLEY, in moving the second reading of this bill, said th e object of it was to repeal a clause which had been surreptitiously introduced into a Government bill which passed towards the end of last session. The clause as it originally stood provided that if a landowner should desire to make a railway through his own estate he should not be compelled to apply to Parliament Owing, however, to the railway interest, a condition was inserted to the effect that, in case any existing railway company should deem themselves affected by any railway projected by a landowner, he should still be obliged to go before a Par liamentary committee. The object of the present mea sure was to repeal the latter part of the clause. Mr. M. GIBSON said he could not support the measure. He hoped, considering the late period of the session, that the hon. gentleman would withdraw it. Mr. WHALLEY assented, and The order for the second reading was discharged. The Falmouth Borough Bill went through committee. The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill and the Turn pike Acts Continuance Bill were read a second time. The Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act (1856) Amend ment Bill passed through committee. ULSTER CANAL TRANSFER BILL. This bill passed through committee. COLONIAL DOCKS LOANS BILL. This bill was read a second time. WAR DEPARTMENT TRAMWAY (DEVON) BILL. This bill passed through committee. INNS OF COURT (RECOMMITTED) BILL. rHE SUS', LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1865. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. AYRTON said the matter was of too much import ance to be considered in so attenuated a house, and there fore he would move that the house be counted. Forty-five members not being present, the houso ad journed at 25 minutes past 12 o'clock. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE• --........--- CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday six gentlemen who have come forward as candidates for the city of London issued addresses to the electors, which will be found in another part of this paper. Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Mr. Robert Wigram Crawford, Mr. George J. Goschen, and Alderman Lawrence offer themselves in the Liberal interest, while Mr. George Lyall and Mr. R. N. Fowler come forward as Conservative candi dates. To promote the election of the latter a com mittee of influential men in the city, with Mr. Thos. Baring, M.P., at its head, and Mr. Alderman Cope land, M.P., as vice-chairman, has been installed at the London Tavern for canvassing the constituency. The constituency is composed of free liverymen and £lO householders within the old city limits and its liberties, and the registered electors number from 18,000 to 20,000. Ordinarily only about a third of them vote at a contested election. At the last con test, in July, 1861, for the seat vacated by Lord John Russell, 5,747 voted for Mr. Western Wood (Liberal) and 5,241 for Mr. Cubitt, th?, then Lord Mayor, moderate Conservative. BOSTON. Mr. J. W. Malcolm, the sitting Conservative member, arrived in Boston on Monday afternoon, Mr. E. T. Gourley, Mayor of Sunderland, is ex pected to come forward as a Liberal-Conservative candidate. Mr. Staniland, the Liberal stitting mem ber, discussed on Monday evening with his sup porters the " present peculiar position of the Liberal interest" of the town, which is now embarrassed with three candidates—viz., Mr. Staniland, Mr. Sergeant Pulling, and Mr. Parry, of Sleaford. COVENTRY. " The " nomination" to supply the vacancy in the representation of this city, caused by the death of Sir Joseph Paxton, took place yesterday, the candidates being Mr. Eaton, of London (Conserva tive), who is extensively engaged in the silk trade, and Mr. Mason Jones in the Liberal interest. At a very early hour in the morning the population began to fill Broadgate, at the head of which the hustings had been erected. Mr. Eaton's supporters were evidently the most active, his men gathered in great force about the purlieus of the King's Head, and a great number of placards were displayed bearing the words, " Eaton, the Working Man's Friend." The friends of Mr. Mason Jones were also present in considerable numbers. A few minutes before ten o'clock, the hour fixed for the nomination, there must have been fully 10,000 persons in Broadgate. A new means of annoyance was introduced on this occasion, from that part of the crowd which consisted of Mr. Eaton's friends. There were thrown up to the hust ings onMr.Jones's supporters hundreds of small pill boxes, one of which struck Mr. Jones on the eye, though fortunately without inflicting upon him more than temporary inconvenience. The Mayor (Mr. Minster) came upon the hust ings at 10 o'clock ; his worship being escorted by the fown crier and the mace-bearer of the city, each dressed in black robe and wig. The grotesque ap pearance which these functionaries presented and the air of staid decorum they assumed were in curi ous contrast with the excitement displayed by the mob beneath the hustings. As usual at Coventry elections, no speaker was permitted to be heard ; at other places there are occasional lulls in the storm, but nothing of the kind takes place at Coventry ; the orators go on for a few moments moving their lips, but not a word reaches the ear. Such was the case yesterday with Mr. Eaton. Mr. Jones did not make the attempt to speak to the populace ; he turned to such of the reporters as were near him, and said a few words to them. Mr. RATIIERIII3I proposed, and Mr. CALDICOTT, weaver, seconded the nomination of Mr. Eaton. Mr. lIIC KLING, bookseller, proposed, and Mr. L. Bo OTII, weaver, seconded the nomination of Mr. Mason Jones. Mr. EATON attempted to address the crowd, but no sentences he uttered could be heard. Mr. MASON JONES said he had good reason to en tertain the confident expectation that, on the poll ing-day, he should be returned to the House of Commons as their representative. He denied that there was any Conservative reaction in the country; the strong feeling was in favour of the principles carried out by the Liberal Government of Lord Pal merston, which would have his cordial support. He was in favour of a substantial measure of reform ; also of the ballot as the only means of protecting the voter. He was (he said) in favour of a redis tribution of seats, and opposed to church-rates. The Union Chargeability Bill would have had his support had he been in Parliament. He was in favour of all such measures of improvement in our laws and general reform as were necessary to pre serve the greatness of England, to enable us to maintain our position at the head of nations. As to this contest, he suggested to Mr. Eaton to with draw at once ; that gentleman must know that he had no chance of success, but that he (Mr. Jones) would be returned by a triumphant majority. This contest was between advanced Liberalism on the one side and ultra-Toryism on the other ; on Wed nesday the former would prevail by the place he would occupy at the head of the poll. (Cheers.) The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Eaton. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Mason Jones. GREENWICH. On Monday night a public meeting was held in the Lecture-hall, to hear an address from Captain Douglas Harris, a new candidate for the represen tation of the borough. The large hall was most densely crowded. Mr. Davey was voted to the chair. Cipt. HARRIS, on rising to speak, said there were three political parties, and he belonged to the Liberal. The Whig and Tory parties for the last six years were very similar, and had played a game of shuttle cock. The present Ministers had come into office pledged as Reformers, but had never produced any measure of Reform. He would support Mr. Baines's Bill, or a further extension of the franchise. He came f•rward as an independent candidate, unfet tered by any dependence on or connection with Government. He considered the present Govern ment extravagant and profligate. He then entered upon the foreign policy of the Government with respect to Italy, America, and Denmark, which he strongly condemned, for it had made Ministers the laughing-stock of Europe. The address of thegallant gentleman was received with the most marked satisfaction. In answer to questions put to him, Capt. Harris stated himself to be opposed to church rates ; he objected to flogging in the army and navy except in extreme cases or before an enemy, and was in favour of the equalisation of the poor rates. He did not think 13s. a week sufficient for labouring men with wife and children, as paid in Woolwich dock yard. A resolution was moved by Mr. BOLBEN, and seconded by Mr. FLOYD, in support of Capt.llarris. An amendment was moved for postponing the deci sion of the meeting. The amendment was negatived, and the original resolution adopted by an over whelming majority. FIFESHIRE. The prospect of the coming election is causing no commotion in the county. Sir Robert Anstruther has given the highest satisfaction to the constitu ency generally, both as to his attendance on Parlia mentary duties, and his votes on important ques tions which have come before the House during the short time he has been member for the county ; it is, therefore, believed in the best-informed circles that he will be returned without opposition.— Scotsman. HERTFORDSHIRE. The Hon. Henry Cowper, the Liberal candidate for the representation of Hertfordshire, has just issued his address, in which he says : " The large number of electors who supported me last year, and the determination of the Liberal party not to rest content without a share in the representation of the county, have induced me upon this occasion to present myself as a candidate for your suffrages. Affairs are but little changed since I had the honour of appearing before you, and my opportunities of acquainting you with my opinion upon public matters were such as to leave little for me to say now. Should you return me as your representative, I would give an independent support to the Government, which has by is various measures, so effectually contributed to the ma terial well-being of the country, and I look forward, in the next Parliament to seeing a further development of the principles which have shaped the policy of the Liberal party. In future discussions of financial measures it would be my anxious desire that the interest of the agricultural classes should not be overlooked, and that they should obtain their full share in the increasing prosperity of the country." The sitting members have not yet issued their addresses, but they have published a joint announce ment of their intention to offer themselves for re election. KIRKCALDY BURGHS. It is generally understood that the sitting mem ber, Mr. R. S. Aytoun, will again offer himself for the honour of representing these burghs in Parlia ment, and that his address will soon be issued. It is not expected that any opposition will be offered on the present occasion. Mr. Aytoun has always shown himself most attentive to the interests of the consti tuency, and he hasfully justifiedthe confidencewhich his friends have all along reposed in him.—Scotsman. LANCASHIRE (SOUTH). A meeting of the Liberal electors of South Lan cashire was held at Newton-le-Willows on Satur day, when it was resolved to bring out three candi dates at the next election. It is rumoured that one of these candidates—and one who has earned a good opinion by his services on the Central Relief Com mittee—is to be Sir J. Kay-Shuttleworth. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is also spoken of. MANCHESTER. The most influential section of the Liberal party in Manchester is still unable to find a colleague for Mr. Bazley. Mr. Milner Gibson has written to de cline their invitation. Mr. Miall also declines, and, alluding to Mr. Abel Heywood, who is sup ported by the manhood suffrage advocates, says A resident of Manchester, well known to his fellow citizens, has already issued an address, offering his services as future member. I cannot consent to divide the Liberal constituency, and by so doing furnish an incentive to contest the seat." There never was such a dearth of fitting and competent men to represent the city before. The fact is that all the Manchester men of any mark have got seats elsewhere—Mr. Bright at Birmingham, Mr. Edmund Potter at Car lisle. Mr. T. B. Potter at Rochdale, Mr. G. Hadfield at Sheffield, Mr. Barnes at Bolton, Mr. _render at Totnes, Mr. Watkin and Mr. Smith at Stockport, Mr. Cheetham at Salford, Mr. Westhead at Knares borough, and Mr. Hibbert at Oldham. A meeting of Mr. Heywood's supporters was held at the Free Trade Hall on Monday evening, when he addressed them, and said he came out at the last election at the request of the working men, and polled 5,500 votes at a cost of only £351. Ile came out then in consequence of a pledge he gave in 1857, rather than the Liberal party should remain stricken down as they appeared to be in 1859, afraid to venture more than one candidate. " Let justice, then, be done to the simple truth—that the electors of Man chester themselves declared by their votes on his behalf that he ought to be in Parliament." In stead of promises, he would refer them to his public career for the last 33 years. In 1832 he began a public career as he believed few men in that hall or out of it could lay claim to. There was not an institution for the benefit of the poor or to assist the progress of the people that he had not taken some share in, in season and out of season, and when it was dangerous even to speak, and not a time when men could come on platforms with coloured gloves and beautifully equipped by the tailor to tell an audience some fine story. Mr. W. P. Roberts moved a resolution in favour of Mr. Heywood's Price moved an amendment in e ff ec t d e p r e ca ti ng a division in the Liberal ranks, and recommending Mr. Heywood's withdrawal to await the decision of the selection committee appointed at a former meet ing. The original motion was carried by a great ma jority. NOTTINGHAM. A monster meeting of the electors and non-elec tors of Nottingham was held on Mondly evening in the Great Market-place, to hear an address from Mr. G. A. Marten, the Conservative candidate for the borough. Upon the whole the assemblage was orderly while Mr. Marten expressed his sentiments. In alluding to Reform, he said if the franchise was lowered to £6, he could not see why it ought not to be lowered to £5, £3, £2, or even to household suf frage. If they were going to argue the question of manhood suffrage, he was ready to meet them but they should not deal withthe question in a half-and half way. He would give the vote to a man who proved that he was fit to exercise it. The Conser vativestThey were the first party measure of reform, and their which m a d e th e b es t b as i s o f a mtheaatsurev eer w wp o as u ro ld pthoes d e o odn t ae ha bill on this subject. A resolution pledging the meet ing to support Mr. Marten was carried amid accla mation. Great exertionr are being made by the friends of the other three candidates, Sir R. Clifton and Messrs. Paget and Morley. Lady Clifton is canvassing for her husband. The contest bids fair to be one of the most obstinate that has been seen i n N o ttingham for years. POOLE. Captain Bashford, of Spring-grove, Middlesex, a justice of the peace for the county, will contest this borough on Conservative principles. There are four candidates in the field. STAFFORD. Mr. M. A. Bass, of Burton-on-Trent, one of the Liberal candidates referred to in The Sun of yester day, in his address to the electors promises them, if elected, to give a general and a generous support to Lord Palmerston's Government. He says he is a member of the Church of England, but that,* in justice to conscientious Dissenters, and in the in terests of the Church itself, he should be ready to assist in the total abolition of church-rates. Regard ing the franchise as a trust, he thinks it unneces sary to resort to secret voting as a means for secur ing its unrestrained exercise. THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE WEST RIDING. The announcement contained in The Sun of yes terday that the Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam and Sir John Ramsden are to be the Liberal candidates for the southern division of the West Riding is prema ture. SELKIRKSHIRE. The Hon. W. Napier, who unsuccessfully stood in the Liberal interest against the present member, Lord Henry Scott, has again offered himself to the constituency. In his address, after an eulogium on the conduct of Government during the last six years, he says that in the new Parliament he should urge " the Government energetically to continue in the career of peace and retrenchment, of the reform of the taxation and the development of the revenue." He should be prepared to support a Reform bill similar to that introduced in 1860 by Lord John Russell. He also undertakes to support an exten sion of the parochial school system in Scotland, and a relaxation of the law of hypothec and of the game laws. He adds that since he was defeated by faggot votes in 1861 he has been preparing for the " coming struggle, and endeavouring to qualify himself as a good working member of the House of Commons. WORCESTERSHIRE (WEST.) Yesterday the two sitting members for the western division of WorBestershire—Mr. F. W. Knight and the Hon. F. Lygon—issued their ad dresses to the electors, soliciting re-election in the next Parliament. The senior member, Mr. Knight, says : " I need hardly say that the principles I professed when you first called upon me to undertake the distinguished position of your representative remain unchanged. You have never asked a pledge from me, or attempted to direct my votes,and although no member of Parliament can hope to represent the individual opinions of all his constituents, yet I trust that my public conduct has been in general accordance with your views. The interests of agriculture have always received my careful attention, and will con tinue to do so. I have steadily, although not with uniform success, opposed the centralising tendency of modern legislation, and endeavoured to preserve for the local authorities of town and country a proper control over their local expenditure." The Hon. F. Lygon, who, it will be remembered, was elected on the death of his father, Earl Beauchamp, and the consequent elevation of his brother, then Viscount Elmley, to the peerage, re ferring to that event, says : "It has been my desire to give effect to the promises I then made, and I trust I have in no respect forfeited that confidence which you so generously reposed in me. lam of opinion that the conduct of a member of Parliament should be judged by his actions rather than by the abund ance of his political pledges; and I believe that I shall best fulfil your wishes by limiting myself to an assurance that, should you again confer on me the distinction of being your member, I will endeavour to the best of my humble power to repay the constant kindness you have so long shown to those of my name by a steady discharge of my Parliamentary duties, in the maintenance and improvement of the Constitution, and by a sedulous attention to every thing affecting your local interests." At present there are no signs of an opposition to the re-election of the two members. The Fatal Railway Accident at Staplehurst. Joseph Gallimore, district inspector of that por tion of the South-Eastern line lying between Ash ford and Tunbridge, and Henry Benge, foreman of the gang of platelayers who were engaged in repair ing the viaduct on which the accident to the tidal train occurred on the 9th inst., were yesterday brought up in the custody of the police before Mr. W. H. Pattenson, Mr. R. Tooth, Mr. A. Oakes, and Mr. G. French, magistrates for West Kent, sitting in special session, at Cranbrook. The charge pre ferred against the prisoners was one of manslaughter, and evidence in support of that charge was gone into at considerable length. Mr. Minter, of Folkestone, appeared on behalf of Gallimore, but Benge was unprovided with professional advice. The witnesses called were for the most part ;hose who had already been examined before the coroner, and their testimony was in substance the same as they had previously given. Benge himself confirmed before the magistrates the statement that he had made a mistake as to the hour at which the tidal train was expected ; and John Wiles, the signalman, in addition to his former evidence, stated that he had never received instructions to put down fog signals except in foggy weather. He mistook, he added, the tidal train for a ballast train when he first saw it on the Friday, and he did not therefore run to meet it with the red flag, as he should other wise have done. The evidence of Mrs. Tunstall, a new witness, sister-in-law of Mrs.Condliff, who was killed, went to show that the deceased lady had met her death by suffocation, as there was no trace of a wound upon her person. Edward Coleman, one of the carpenters employed- on the repairs which were being carried on when the accident occurred, said he could not swear that he had ever seen Mr. Gallimore ab solutely inspecting the works, although he had fre quently seen him pass up and down the line in a train, while John Dawson, foreman of the gang of carpenters, deposed that he saw Mr. Gallimore on the works more than once or twice during their pro gress. Mr. Ashcroft, the engineer of the line, who was examined on Monday before the coroner, stated to the magistrates, in reply to questions which were put to him, that he did not believe it possible that the signalman could have been unacquainted with the rules requiring the laying down of fog signals at the distance of 1,000 yards from the point of danger, inasmuch as he had been employed upon the line for twenty years. He further observed that the district inspector ought, as a practical man, to have kept a careful look out over the thirty-six miles of line under his charge ; adding, that he thought the foreman platelayer might very fairly be held to be capable of laying down a rail when necessary without, in the first in stance, applying to the inspector, and that he, under all the circumstances of the present case, regarded the work to be done on the day of the accident as the simple taking up and putting down of a rail. He did not think, he said, that it was absolutely requi site that the inspector should read the rules of the company to Benge, inasmuch as he could himself read and write, but it was no doubt the duty of Gallimore to ascertain as far as possible that those rules were carried into effect. Mercer, the guard of the train, and two or three other witnesses were then examined, and repeated their former testimony. When it was concluled Mr. Minter briefly ad dressed the Court, contending that the only evi dence against Gallimore was that of the engi neer, Mr. Ashcroft, which in reality did not establish in his case the existence of any culpable neglect of duty. His client, as had been proved, had 20 gangs at work under him,—the foreman of any one of which might break up the rails when he thought fit, in the same way as had been done between Staplehurst and Headcorn. It was therefore impossible that, he could in every in stance be present when the work was actually being done, and it would be just as fair to convict Mr. Ashcroft, the general manager of the line, or the directors themselves, as to lay the blame on the shoulders of the district inspector. The man who ordered the road to be taken up was the person re sponsible for seeing that the work on which he was employed was protected, and that person in the case under consideration was Benge. At this point of the proceedings it was intimated to the prisoners that they might make any statement which they pleased on their own behalf, but the suggestion was responded to only by Benge, who said that he had been employed as signalman on the line for three or four weeks on one occasion, and that the only signal which he had ever received was a flag, with which he was required to go back not more than about the same distance as that at which Wiles was standing ou Friday week. He had never known the rules to be carried out to so full an extent in respect to signals as it was stated in evidence the regulations required all the time he had been upon the line. The magistrate, after short consultation, committed both prisoners for trial at the next assizes at Maid stone, but accepted bail for their appearance. TRIAL TRIP OF MR. COXWELL'S GREAT BALLOON. —This new and magnificent aerial machine, which has recently been exhibited at the Crystal Palace, inflated with atmospheric air only, made its first and successful trip from York on the 15th ult. in the presence of 25,000 spectators, the occasion being the Yorkshire Gala, which takes place annually. The christening and launch of Coxwell's Research was an interesting ceremony. The Lord Mayor of York was in tho car ready to accompany Mr. Coxwell, and his daughter, Miss Wade, broke a bottle of champagne over the anchor and car, naming the giant bal loon Coxwell's Research. Besides the Lord Mayor, Mr. Coxwell was accompanied by a party of officers belonging to the Royal Horse Guards Blue. An altitude of two miles was obtained, and a good descent was made at Knotting ley. Mr. Coxwell expresses himself, as did the Lord Mayor of York and the rest of the party, in every way pleased with the balloon, which is beautifully formed and ornamented. 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Torus.—A curious declaration of Frederick Prince of Wales is preserved in " Smollett's History of Eng land," whereby his Royal Highness engages, in the event of his coming to the Throne, " totally to abolish any distinction fo r th e f u t ure of parties." As Providence had decreed that he should not survive his father, this remarkable experiment was never tried during the last century, and it has been reserved for our own generation to witness what an economist would call a "stationary state" of party politics. It is not that parties no longer exist, or that England " loves coalitions" any better than heretofore, but that the one party had been compelled, for the pre sent, to adopt almost entire the creed of the other. The difference between them consists mainly in this that the one foresees more or less distinctly, while the other studiously ignores,the coming problems of the future. This difference, however, can hardly show itself in Election Addresses, which are scru pulously confined to the questions which happen to be uppermost for the time being. Scarcely a word is to be found in any of those hitherto issued about such topics as the codification of our law, or the re form of charitable endowments —topics of the greatest importance in themselves, but for the pre sent dormant and unexisting. Even the abolition of capital punishment, on which public opinion has lately been very much excited, has not yet, we are glad to observe, become a hustings question. The hustings questions of the day, in fact, are not more than about half a dozen in number. Church rates and the extension of the franchise are the only real chevaux de bataille, and even on these there is no shibboleth or formula accepted by either party col lectively. The Conservative thinks it highly desirable to settle the former controversy with due regard to the rights of the Establishment; the Liberal thinks the same, adding only that he believes the Church would be strengthened by an opportune concession. The Conservative is fully prepared for a well-consi dered measure of reform designed to admit the most intelligent of the working classes, while he protests against the despotism of numbers; the Liberal pro fesses confidence in the people, but even Mr. Glad stone advises him to qualify it by prudence, and he evinces no practical intention of going much further than the Conservative. Such, at least, is the im pression which we derive from the perusal of the Election Addresses hitherto, and if it were trust worthy the benevolent resolutions of Prince Frede rick would appear to be almost realised. The les sons of history, however, forbid us to anticipate the extinction of party spirit, and justice compels us to attribute its temporary suspension in great degree to the moderate and successful policy of the present Government. Perhaps the most controversial ad dress that has yet been published is that of Mr. Goschen, who, with Baron Rothschild and Mr. Crawford, solicits re-election for the City of Lon don. Baron Rothschild and Mr. Crawford do not spare the Opposition, but Mr. Goschen handles them with much greater severity. During the last two years, he says, " the country has been divided less on questions of principle. The best measures brought forward by the present Government, or from the Liberal side,have been opposed by the Con servatives, not, indeed, from any factious desire to overthrow the Ministry, but from a deep-seated difference of spirit and view, which Conservatives often disguise in their Election Addresses, but almost invariably display in their Parliamentary Votes." - He then reviews the home and foreign policy of the Opposition, andinveighs against the inconsistency of obstructing every reform successively, and the accept ing it with perfect self-complacency. Altogether this address contrasts rather curiously with the studied mildness of those put forth by Messrs. Lyall and Fowler, the two Conservative candidates for the representation of the City. Two very outspoken professions of a Liberal faith are to be found in Mr. Morrison's address to the electors of Plymouth, and Mr. Brassey's speech to the electors of Devonport. This constituency, owing to the course taken by Mr. B. Osborne, is invested with a kind of " prerogative vote," which will not be without effect on the result of the forthcoming election. Mr. Brassey is fortunate enough to combine with other qualifications one of which he makes no secret, and which is a sure pass port to the favour of a borough accustomed to pat ronage. " By the accident of his birth he happened to be intimately associated with those who were en gaged in great and important works in this and other countries, and this connexion might, he trusted, enable him to render great and valuable services to the electors of Devonport." It is unlucky for him that his opponent, Mr. Fleming, is able to boast of a similar claim on their esteem • but Mr. Brassey does not stop here, and justifies his motives for coming forward in a way which does him honour. " No young man," he. says, " could have a more splendid opportunity than he of engaging in com mercial pursuits, and he paused gravely to consider whether he should adopt a line of business before him, or endeavour to become a useful and indepen dent citizen by representing an English constituency in Parliament. He chose the latter course from a desire to serve his country as a useful citizen, and as Providence had been so gracious as to place it in his power at a comparatively early age, and when he had time before him to make a study of statesmanship, it was his duty to waive personal interests and adopt that line which Providence, if he might humbly say so, had been pleased to put before him." This language argues no little self-reliance, and it will be for Mr. Brassey, if elected, to show that he has not mistaken his vocation. In the meantime, we are willing to give him credit for sincerity, and to welcome him as a hopeful recruit into the Liberal ranks. There are very few young men in the same position who can say as much with any approach to sincerity. The sons of great capitalists seldom display any Parliamentary ambition, and there is no part of England where good candidates are so scarce as where large fortunes are most rapidly made. In the great boroughs of the North the choice too often lies be tween some resident manufacturer of mature age and a stranger despatched from London to fill a gap. The young mill-owning aristocracy indulge very different aspirations, and see no particular advantage in toiling gratuitously for the public ser vice. Comparatively few of them have enjoyed the benefit of a University education or felt the stimu lating breezes of intellectual rivalry. The conse quence is that the House of Commons draws its young blood chiefly from that class which is least acquainted with business and most addicted to " country pursuits." Elderly men who have made their money and heirs apparent to peerages furnish too large a proportion of its members, for neither have an adequate incentive to sustain exertion. Messrs. Morrison and Brassey are exceptional in stances, and represent a section of our youth which will form a new element in Parliament. It is to be feared that the metropolitan boroughs will do little this year to repel the charge of returning political nonentities. We observe that Mr. Mill's Committee have felt the necessity of making common cause with Captain Grosvenor against the redoubtable Mr. Smith. This, no doubt, is good strategy ; but it seems to imply that the publisher is gaining upon the author in the estimation of Westminster elec tors. Finsbury has been " open" until very lately, if it is not open still ; but the Islington wire-pullers think they have discovered the coming man in Mr. Torrens. He was duly heralded by a resolution, " That the great and varied interests of a metropo litan constituency peculiarly require that its repre sentatives should be men of tried ability and known experience in public life." Thereupon Mr. Torrens addressed the meeting, pledging himself to vote, " not only for household suffrage, but for anything better that might be proposed." Skilfully taking advantage of the Duke of Wellington's manly letter, encouraging all his tenants to vote according to their conscience, he actually em ployed it as an argument, not against, but for the ballot, holding that remedy to be neces sary " until all gentlemen of position " did the same. He was also for the ultimate abolition of the income tax, a sentiment which appears to have been received with loud applause by the Finsbury taxpayers. We believe they are perfectly right in preferring Mr. Torrens to his competitors as the col league of Mr. Cox, but there seems to be some radical source of mismanagement in the conduct of metro politan elections, which we suspect may be traced to the entire want of municipal pride. A city or town, however corrupt, is a real thing ; it has an indivi duality of its own, and is bound together by com mon interests, perhaps by historical associations. Finsbury and Marylebone are mere electoral dis triCts, and the consequence is a fatal weakness for the purposes of representation. POST.—On. Monday night Mr. Cardwell laid before Parliament the papers explanatory of the arrangements which have recently been concluded between her Majesty's Government and Canada with regard to the future relations of that province, and we may say of British North America, with the mother country. We trust the public will be satis fied with the manner in which so important and difficult a question has been solved. With reference to the confederation of the provinces, we have always looked upon their eventual union as a matter of time, and we believe that the result of the late conferences will very materially aid in bringing about the accomplishment of that project on an early day. It would be an injustice to our fellow subjects in the several colonies of British North America to believe that they are incapable of appreciating the advantages which must flow from their union under one strong central Government, or that they are really unwilling to sacrifice mere local interests for the common good. The principles upon which .the proposed consolidation of the colonies is based appear to every disinterested person well calculated not only to do justice to all, but to secure for the whole of British North America a prosperous and brilliant future. The question of the proposed defences for Canada no doubt presented an aspect of difficulty, an d without the intervention of a conference betwee n the colonial deputies and the Imperial Govern ment much misunderstanding could not fail to exist. It is satisfactory to know that a mutual understanding has now been arrived at, and that the larger question of a comprehensive scheme for the future defence of all British North Amerieaß! T he debates arranged between the two Governments. " debates in Parliament on this subject seem to 1 1 1 had a depressing effect upon the loyal sentimen ts the people of Canada, especially in the western p3'_; of the province. This arose simply from the fact' that they could not understand the principles 11 1 3° . ° which our Government proposed to confine their share of the defensive works to Quebec and go, 11 1 ; treal. They claimed in their character of Britt% subjects their right to be protected with all the to forc.a of the empire if necessary, and were willing al t with their means and lives to the utmost. But tha it should seem to be the policy of the Imperial Gl3" vernment to defend Quebec and Montreal Imperial could be to them no cause of satisfaction. 'M ei n fears on this account, however, have since been allayed, and they now have reason to believe that l b ' is the deep-seated feeling of the English people th.s_v not one inch of Canadian soil should be lost to t", empire. The question is certainly one of n ationl as well as of provincial importance, and it is b a n just that the expense should be fairly shared betwee,„ the colony and the mother country. I t m ight urged, indeed, by the colonists—inasmuch as En S, land cannot provide the requisite garrisons for suc extensive fortifications as those proposed, and thauo Canada must be at the charge of keeping 1 W a efficient militia for this object—that a larger propor' tion of the cost should be borne by the Imperial Go; vernment. The arrangement, however, no w cod , to on the subject appears likely to give general satin faction. The Canadians will no doubt gladly 11 , 11 ; dertake the defences of Western Canada, with to understanding that England provides the necessaq armament in addition to fortifying the whole the Lower Canada. Should the province obtain tl l Imperial guarantee for a loan, the proposed jfortifi cations will no doubt be immediately commen t ' both in Upper and Lower Canada. The adval,,,, - tages to the colony will be immediate as well permanent in their nature. All the money I ' B ,l, quired for carrying out the defensive scheme will u" expended in the province, and it is of consequel that the works should be begun simultaneously., all the vital points along the frontier, and carry to completion without any intermission. This would require a large body of labourers, and elc ' rate as a direct stimulus to immigration , above all things, is the great desideratum in North America. When the defences shall have b een completed, the militia and volunteer foices suf a ,, ciently trained, and the extensive frontier as wouoa, the important centres of commerce so thor ou g i ff guarded as to prevent an enemy from perma nen " occupying any portion of the country, the a d le; tages which such a state of things would 0 0 °:,i, upon the province can hardly be exagger atc "f Secure against foreign aggression, a new era ~/ prosperity will dawn upon the colonies, capital vilP flow into the country, and its varied and ineirhati; tible resources become rapidly developed— in fac x' every material interest will be advanced to a n the tent hitherto unknown. The deepening of ip existing canals, and the reconstruction of a pg., canal somewhere in rear of the present settlemen,o removed from the possibility of being seized 1 1 1°: t by an enemy in case of war, will be a work of gr act commercial and military importance. With reap to the Reciprocity Treaty, we trust that the eff° tivl of the Imperial and Canadian Governments prove successful in restoring the former, on an, j o a proved understanding between the colonies an d the United States. It is gratifying to observe, in .0, _ meantime, that the trading community of Am er. f and particularly the great producing states_livi the West, are at this moment energetic'of co-operating with the leading mercantile roe t , c l Canada in endeavouring to establish a fly improved international commercial treaty. for in July a convention is to be held at Detr°" .. te d this object, for which the province has been in 1 , to send delegates. The Western States are a c , s t mined to have an unobstructed and the / I °a' t ho communication with the sea-board, in spite a , 0 monopolists in the great Atlantic cities, bY w h nt i influence and exertions the Reciprocity Tre'iv was abrogated. This they can only o btain cc. t way of the Lakes and through the St. Lawr et ell ,. e at The friendly relations now existing between "`.0,.. Britain and the United States, and the aekil° o ledged benefits which reciprocity has conferredo America and the British Provinces lead us to licTi that this matter will, without difficUlty, and at,, early day, be definitively arranged between the 1.00. countries. The difficulties with regard to de finl :o the western boundary of Canada have not b% found to be insuperable. It is in every way g r , b "; tifying to know that perhaps the finest part Of to North American continent is likely before long a be opened to British and Canadian enterprise , 3- to that the claims of the Hudson's Bay Compaq r e the valuable agricultural part of that territory in a fair way of being extinguished, to the tan t i -,`,` satisfaction of the company and the people oft k.llO nada. In conclusion, we cannot but think tha,Ye.. people of this country will view with much satisro_ tion the results of the negotiations between tile 1 perial authorities and the Canadian delegate' , „ jii . that the latter are well entitled to the hearty c" mendations of their constituents. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERP OL—T UESDAY. f i" At this day's market there was a thin attend ? o f town and country trade, and, the weather being brdittall fine, the business done was limited, and mostly a v be character. Wheat and flour, with a slow sale; ~ta;31.01,! quoted nominally as on this day week. Oats a nd ° - 0 tig' slow of sale, but prices fully supported. Barley, b° 3 " 11 1 ' peas were scarcely inquired for, and prices irreguit' x ' r iele than corn firmly held, and 29s 3d to 29s 6d paid for r b. Danubian. Mixed American brought 288 9d per 48° SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. WI° To-day the show of wheat was moderate. This,il le „ 6 o o 0' limited, and quotations generally as last week. Peieo. ther in favour of the buyer. Peas unaltered in P r o , 03. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....lsB Od to , s , od White do do , „ ,16s Od ; 70 Od New red do do ....los 6d iso til New white do do ....178 Od i cs Co Beans do Peas, per qr 408 Od q2O u' Grinding ba ley, per qr 308 Od 'is,' 04 Maltinebarley, eo 320 Od m „ls Od Oats, do 238 Od F10ur....1s 6d to is 9d per 141 b. LEEDS—TUESDAY. The arrivals this week are small. We have ter.vrapil" firm wheat trade to-day, with prices rather ton ' ". O a wards for good qualities, but there has not b een business passing. Oats and peas rather dearer. go The average prices for the week ending June 194- oat'' Wheat, 43s 101,-d per qr. ; barley, —s Od ; 24s 6d. MELT ON MOWBRAY.—TuEsDAY . s tone' .-,pt White wheat, 41s to 46s ; red, 38s to 4 3 s P"3 psi 6 g s r ot, Barley for malting, 32s to —s per qr; feed, 2515 30 stone. Oats, 18s to 255. Beans, old, 41s to 36s to 43s per qr. MONMOUTHSHIRE—MoNnAY. „{1 le 4 4 The following are the average quotations :- -1111 0 1,57 . 3 , ° 9d to 5s 4d per bushel ; barley, 2s lid to 38 6cl ; 10d to 2s sd. y NON-ARMOUR PLATED VESSELS.--.YeSteir-:-10 return, moved for by Mr. Laird, was issued, sii° lv f„ (I '4 there are twelve non-armour-plated vessels a wa-rhey or ordered to be built in the year 1865. Five of thes",or already been launched, two are to be launched in Sep e the - one in December, one in March of next yeo , date of the launch of three cannot be fixed w ith i n di the The cost of hulls up to March last was X139,37u m . , ry =h. +" estimated expenditure on hulls up to next £154,080. fte RAVAGES OF CATERPILLARS.—EXtenSive r - / io have been made by caterpillars in the Lake district '`led Upper Furness. Both forest and fruit trees hav e f3tl severely. •••••••• Births. 00' 4 BARRY.—On the 18th inst., at Sandgate, Kent, , -ll° Major W. H. Barry, 73d Regt., of a daughter. , f ool' , CARSTAIRS.—On the 19th inst., at Hailes House, 'B,lo' near Liverpool, Mrs. Drysdale Carstai rs, of ''' ter. l r A fr oa LAFONE.—On the 18th inst., at Denmark-bill, 3. 1.5 " Lafone, of a son. Marriages Old HALSALL—BATTERSEEE.—On the 19th inst., at f St i3riW o l i Magdalene, Peckham, Edward Halsall , ° EL t ni E sd_ l e e n a ß- n gE O r oE r, vv e Ee l : d —p e elder dau ghter h tahmee o t h. f Thos. Battersbeol T. , et , George Alexander Lewis, Esqln. inst., adthaArslohl°olr-'l,reociOtr°-71t the late Mr. LoWls Ambrose Reeve, both of fol. Kent. BIRKBECK.— On the 17thDinesat.t, hMS: rgare t, widow, of til °l6te John Birkbeck, Esq., of Anion Sett l e, aged 75 CAMPBELL.—On the 18th inst., at Edinburg'' , wife of Major-General John uam pbell. .0 101 ' CRACKANTHORPE.—On the 19 th inst., at Newbigg ill 11°1' o f Miss Crackenthorpe. Chi r T o c w H i E s ir sci T. u — ar O o n , BthrieghlBtothn,inagste.,dßBi9e.hard Critc hitt, °4. " —On the 17t inst , at El m Lho odge,.rtifine FITZROy ot Lord Ch ar l e s Fitzroy h second su n of t fouli Grafton, aged 75. 7 J ci.40111 STANTON.—On the 20 th inst., atPentonville, ohn Pv - Esq., aged 77. .o, .„, v oltrO r- London : Printed and Published by WILLI/kg 12 i . of No. 112, Strand , Plinter, at Via SUN Offlee, il v t/ p - o Strand, in the Prec inct of the Say, in the CO/ Middlesex.—Weduesday, June 21, 1865. !il ri , Ci , REDIT Pc hi conjuncti( AssocunoN SCR IPTIONS fc B ALANCE of 1 "IRE ATL Not 3 41,000 Preferel r.)Pr:pzit.2 I l i:: r.. Each SubscriNbi of Parliau MI FOLLOW - 6 Right Hoi nor of tho (Liited), 4 irtis m M. Lam n London, Vi c Peabod tancis Lo B • lE ou Ponder, plioh and Iris ivard Moon, a mUet Gurne I,(,Uessrs. ' , ward Cropp 0 of the Britis ( 1 4 P „tain A. T. • Bidder, (Director of and h B.girteers). 1 r Edward C. /CI. 'II. 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