The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARTITAmENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. __ -. THE EPISCOPATE. Lord LYTTELTON said that he would postpone his petition, which stood on the paper for this evening, until Friday next, when ho would present it. FINAL COURT OF APPEAL ON CHURCH OF ENGLAND DOCTRINE. Lord LYT TEL TON said that he had a motion on the paper for Friday next on the subject of a court of final appeal on cases of doctrinal differences in the Established Church. In the state of business, and at that advanced stage of the session, he did not think the subject would receive the full discussion to which from its merits it was entitled. He would therefore postpone it till next session, but he hoped to be able to bring it on at a very early stage of the session. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills wore read a second time :—Halifax Extension and Improvement Bill ; Cheltenham Water Bill ; Toos Valley Railway ; Forcet Railway ; Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway ; Millis and Eye Railway ; Great Eastern, and London and Blackwall Railways ; and Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford Railway. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Clonmel, Lismore, and Dungarvon Railway ; Waterford, Lismoro, and Fermoy Railway ; Waterford and Passage Railway and Ferry; Burnley Water; Westminster Im provement: Newport and Pagnell Railway ; Brierly Hill Gas ; Neath Water ; Preston Gas ; and Littleborough Gas. THE CASE OF JOHN AND CHARLES HANNIGAN. Lord LIFFORD called the attention of the house to the case of these lately prisoners in Lifford Gaol, and moved for a copy of their petition to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, dated the 28th November, 1864, and of his Excellency's reply thereto. He said that it was always a painful matter to call in question the ac tions of gentlemen entrusted with the commission of the peace, and to whose services the country were much in debted. It appeared that the Hannigans had been applied to for county alas, amounting only to 3s. 6d , and the money not being immediately forthcoming, the collector seized a horse on the farm of the parties, and it ap peared one of them struck him, without, however, inflicting any great injury, and they were both sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. The county of Donegal was free from disturbance, and he considered that the per sons in this case had been treated very harshly. The Earl of GRANVILLE said there was considerable difficulty experienced in the collection of the rate in ques tion in tho county of Donegal, which would account for what otherwise might be regarded as rather a secondary proceeding. Tho subject then dropped. The Oxford Vinerian Foundation, the Customs and Inland Revenue, and the Public Superannuation Bills passed through committee. METROPOLITAN HOUSELESS POOR .... This bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC OFFICES SITE AND APPROACHES BILL. This bill was read a second time. INDIA OFFICES SITE AND APPROACHES BILL. This bill was read a second time, and after seine discus sion, The house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. THE MILITARY RESERVE. Lord 110THAM gave notice that on Monday next he would ask the Under Secretary for War whether he would undertake that the accounts of the military reserve fund shall be made up to the 31st of December in each year, so that they may be laid on the table with the army esti mates. He would also ask by whom those accounts were audited. THE BREAKWATER AT ALDERNEY. Mr. BAXTER asked the Secretary to the Treasury if it was true that damage had been done to the breakwater at Alderney, which it will take at least .£50,000 to repair, and if serious apprehensions were entertained for the safety of a larger portion of that valuable structure ? Mr. PEEL said there had been some damage to the masonry, but there was no apprehension of further danger. The cost of the repairs would be £15,000, but that amount would not fall entirely upon the public, as the contractor was liable for any damage before the completion of the works. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH. In answer to Sir B. BRIDGES, Mr. MONSELL said he would proceed with this bill on Wednesday next. MEDALS.-THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. Mr. W. MILLER asked the Secretary of State for India if the officers and men of several corps, regular and irre gular, employed in the Deccan and elsewhere, and who wore actually engaged against rebels and mutineers, had not received the medal. Sir C. WOOD said he was not aware that there wore any persons who were entitled to those medals who had not received them. AMERICA. Mr. D. GRIFFTH asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention had been drawn to the proclamation of the President of the United States offering $lOO,OOO for the arrest of Mr. Jefferson Davis ; and, whether her Majesty's Ministers were prepared to make any representa tions to the Government of the United States in reference to the treatment of the Southern leaders. Lord PALMERSTON—The only answer 1 can give to the question of the hon. gentleman is that her Majesty's Government have no intention to attempt any interference with the internal affairs of America. (Loud cheers.) ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS' CERTIFICATES. On the order for going into committee of supply, Mr. DENMAN moved that in the opinion of the house it was just and expedient the annual duty paid by attorneys and solicitors on their certificates should be abolished. This tax of £9 a year in London and £6 in the country, he de nounced as unjust, anomalous, and arbitrary. lie examined the history of the duty to show that it was imposed by Mr. Pitt as a war tax, on the suggestion of certain members of the house, in 1785. The whole amount produced was only £90,000, and he contended that, for that sum, it was not fair to retain such a tax permanently in the present condi tion of the country. Mr. VANCE seconded the resolution. Mr. HUNT objected to the proposal of the resolution at this time. Many members of the house were largely in debted to the services of attorneys for their seats. They wore now within a few weeks of a - genera.l election, and he thought it an improper time to discuss such a question. Mr. HUMBERS TON supported the resolution. Mr. BLACK and Mr. CLAY briefly addressed the house, which appeared impatient for a division. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained the present Parliamentary position of the question, and again protested against an attempt to pledge the future action of the house by an abstract resolution with regard to any tax. The time to have proposed the removal of the the duty was when the resolutions of the Budget were before the house. Then some substitute for the tax might have been suggested, or the amount of other remissions reduced. He was no groat admirer of such duties, but there was a great difference between imposing a duty of this kind for the first time and abolishing it when it had been paid for several generations. He denied that the case of the attorneys could be separated from those of all the other callings paying an annual duty for a license to carry on a business. Why should attorneys be excepted, and not auctioneers and pawnbrokers ? They ought not to make an invidious selection of the most wealthy and power ful profession. He had never declared that the duty should be permanent. He declined to speculate on the perma nency of the duty. Some taxes must be maintained ; but this duty was fairly open to the consideration of the house, though nct under present circumstances. The house then divided. The numbers were— For the resolution Against it 143 Majority A short discussion was raised by Sir J. HAY, who called attention to the petition of the widows of warrant officers in the navy, and moved " that the cruel exception which deprives of any pension those who became widows prior to 1860, is not approved by the house." Sir J. ELPILINSTONE and Admiral WALCOTT spoke in sup- Port of the resolution. Lord C. PAGET admitted there wore cases of hardship, but could not undertake to apply to the Treasury to grant a °, O. ?to of money for thorn. of 2 '-'n a division, the resolution was rejected by a majority lir. , GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT. '''' DUFF the informationcalled attention to the manner in which required to be laid before Parliament by the Gov ernment Mr. KlNNAntri India Act was supplied. thought the spirit of the law was not complied with, and suggested not draw up a sn that if the Gove r n m ent could thee Indian documents, it might at least order a largernnuary lbr of copi es o f th e reports pr i n t e d in India to be laid on the tabl e of th e lib rary. Sir C. WOOD was understood to state that, for use, the text of these documents Was better thanßo a mere summary. ARMY OFFICERS' Col. NORTH asked if the Government SE had B arrived at any decision as to the exemption from I L ous es occupied by officers of the army in local taxation of the performance of their official duties. Mr. F. PEEL said the officers' houses in Chelsea Hos pital were rated under a local act, and the onl y question was whether the rate should be paid by the Government or the officers themselves. On the whole it had been thought better it should be paid by the resident officers. LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN InELAND. In reply to Mr. M'EvoY, Sir R. PEEL stated that the Government was building additional asylums in Ireland for the reception of danger ous lunatics and insane persons now confined in gaols and workhouses. The first v o t e Pproposed was for £76,000, to defray the expense of the construction of certain harbours of refuge. Mr. A. SMITH asked for some oxplanations respecting the state of the works connected with the harbour of re fuge at Alderney. Mr. F. PEEL said the works had been dam , . dto the extent of £15,000 in a recent storm; and that moiety of the damage would have to be made goo 1 ' y the con tractor and the other by the Government. Tho vote was then agreed to, as was next vote of £49,930 for works at Holyhead Harbour ald Portpatrick, and a vote of £70,677 for the erection and maintenance of buildings in charge of the Public Works Commissioners of Ireland. On the vote of £3,000 to complete the construction of the new records buildings at the Four Courts, Dublin, Sir C. O'LOGHLEN, understanding that it was only intended to complete a portion of the interior of the building at present, urged that it would be much more economical to complete the whole at once. Mr. F. PEEL said it was only deemed necessary to com plete four-tenths of the interior at present. The vote was then agreed to, as was a vote of £Bl3 to complete the works at the National Gallery, Ireland. On the vote of £19,474 for erecting and maintaining cer tain lighthouses abroad, Mr. H. SEYMOUR complained that the Indian Govern ment made no contribution to the maintenance of the Basses lightship which was stationed off the Island of Ceylon, and did good service to all ships passing up to the Bay of Bengal. The vote was agreed to. On the vote of £4,000 for the erection in the Isle of Man of a building for the reception of criminal and other lunatics, Mr. A. SMITH reminded the committee that the vote was rejected last year, and asked for explanations. Mr. F. PEEL said the vote was justified by the assur ances given by the Home-office in 1850, 1858, and 1859, to the authorities of the Isle of Man, that the Treasury would boar half the expense of the erection of such a building. Mr. FINLAY said this was a local tax, and he did not see why the Isle of Man should be put on a different foot ing from Scotland, and why it should be exempted from the payment of this sum, and he therefore moved the rejec tion of the vote. Lord J. BROWNE said they were building a lunatic asylum in Mayo, and he should like to know why there should be any difference between Ireland and the Isle of Man. Sir G. GREY said that, independently of the expectation held out to the island, the committee ought to bear in mind that this asylum was for criminal lunatics, a class of lunatics which wore not provided for either in England or Ireland from private sources. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS thought the difficulty might be met by a partial reduction of the vote. Mr. O'REILLY said that if individual members of an administration could pledge the faith of the Government that a vote should bo passed, that committee might as well abdicate its functions at once. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the late Sir G. Lewis, and subsequently the Government of Lord Derby, had promised to recommend the vote to the house ; but, of course, no Administration could presume to bind the house beforehand in regard to any vote. After some further discussion, the committee divided— For the vote Against Majority The vote was then agreed to. A vote of £20,000 for defraying the charge of erecting court-houses and offices for sheriffs' courts in Scotland was also agreed to. A sum of £27,000 having been proposed for contributions in aid of local assessments for the relief of the poor in re spect to certain descriptions of Government property, Mr. M'MAHON objected to the vote, as he thought it was an objectionable practice to supplement the rates of tho metropolis by public grants. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS supported the vote, as he saw no reason why the Government should not pay rates for the ground they occupied. Mr. F. PEEL could assure hon. members that, with re gard to the present vote, no distinction was made between England and any other part of the United Kingdom. Their first object was to indemnify the parish for any loss in the transfer of property from private hands of the Government. The property in respect to the present vote had long been exempt from rating, and to assess it now would only be conferring advantage upon persons who had acquired their property under the existing state of things. But whatever the Government property was in the proportion of one sixth of the rateable value of the property of the parish they contributed a proportion. Mr. LOCKE remarked thaf the sum of £27,000 was per fectly ludicrous as a contribution of the Government to the poor rates of the parishes in which the property was situated. They ought to be rated lik. any other owner of property. Mr. J. JERVOISE contended that Government property ought to be rated to the poor relief like the property of any private owner. Admiral DriliCol l / 4 1.8E said that if the Government wore called upon to pay poor rates like private owners it would probably be necessary to reimpose some of the income-tax which they had this year taken off. After some further discussion, the vote was agreed to. On the vote of .£51,0G1 for the salaries and expenses of officers of the two Houses of Parliament and for allowances to retired officers, Mr. AYRT ON complained of the mode in which the ventilation of the house was conducted, and remarked that he thought they could not be called upon to vote anything for the services of the gentleman who was charged with that duty. Mr. WHALLEY said that, according to the laws of nature, the upper stratum of air should bo cooler than the lower, in order that the impurities of human breath and other impurities might be carried off. (Laughter.) But in that house they had created an artificial heat above. (Laughter.) Nothing could be contrived more deliberately ruinous to the health of independent members. (Renewed laughter.) For his own part he could stand it no longer. (Cheers and laughter.) The vote was agreed to. On the vote of £39,488 for salaries and expenses of her Majesty's Treasury, Mr. HUNT objected to the charge for messengers. He thought a great saving might be effected by reducing the number of messengers in all our public offices. He did not see why letters from public offices to different parts of the metropolis could not be entrusted to the post instead of being delivered by hand. The cost of messengers in the public offices in London was no less than £34,497. He had no doubt that this might be reduced by two thirds. The vote was agreed to. A -rote of £21,118, for the expenses of the Home-office, was agreed to. On the vote of £48,885 for the Foreign-office, Mr. D. GRIFFITH thought the time was coming when we might dispense with a groat part of the expense of the Foreign-office. There could be very little occasion for diplomacy if we resolved, as we seemed inclined to do, to abandon all interference in the affairs of other nations, and if we refused for the future to do anything to help our friends, or to prevent the commission of wrong. The office of Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs in that house had become a complete sinecure. He (Mr. Griffith) had not had to ask him a single question during the present session. (Laughter.) Mr. WHALLEY said the hon. member was quite wrong in saying that we had no interest in foreign affairs so long as Protestantism—(laughtet)—had arrayed against it the animosity of foreign countries. So long as we maintained our pre-eminent civil and religious liberty, and provided a refuge for those who maintained those principles, it was necessary to keep up the Foreign-office. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of £23,858 for the salaries and expenses of the Colonial-office was agreed to. On a vote of £13,842 for her Majesty's Privy Council Department, Sir J. JERVIS called attention to the medical depart ment of the Privy Council, the experiments and reports of which were very empirical and unsatisfactory. Col. DUNNE said the officer who had presented the report referred to in tho debate on the Union Charge ability Bill showed such slight regard for truth, that the amount of his salary ought to be deducted from the vote. Mr. BRUCE said that the report referred to had been prepared by a gentleman specially employed. He was not prepared to accede to the justice of the criticism of hon. gentlemen opposite ; on the contrary, he should on Mon day have an opportunity of conferring with Dr. Hunter, and he should be able to show the house that the criticisms had been directed against that gentleman under entire mis apprehension. Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought that the medical reports wore beneficial and useful to the country, but that they re quired to be super?isod by the Privy Council, to prevent their exciting sometimes the laughter, and always the cri ticism, of the house. Mr. F. POWELL was not prepared to join in the criti cisms as to the domiciliary condition of the agricultural population, but ho was convinced that if the report of the medical officer had been directed to all classes of the labouring population, it would be found that the condition of the labouring population of the manufacturing districts would prove more disgraceful to our civilisation than that which had been shown in our agricultural districts. He wished to know where the expense of those medical reports appeared in the estimates. Mr. BRUCE said the expense referred to appeared under the head of contingent expenses, and explained that in the very volume which contained the report on rural habita tions there was a report on the outbreak of a fever in Liverpool, and the state of the town which had led to it. Out of the seven volumes already in existence there was not one which did not contain reports on the state of the important towns of England. Mr. RUNT thought there should bo some sort of notifi cation to the neighbourhood when any such inquiries were going on. The vote was agreed to. • On the vote of £50,523 for the salaries of the officers of the Board of Trade, Mr. A. SMITH complained that two gentlemen, one being Mr. Edward Bowring, had been allowed to retire on superannuation at the early ages of 38 and 40 years. gr. X. GIB SON explained that it was occasioned by the abolition of certain offices in the department ; and that, as regarded one of the gentlemen referred to, his services were available whenever required by the service. The vote was agreed to, as was also a vote of £1,000,000 for the payment of Exchequer Bonds falling due on March 31, 1866. Sir C. 010GHLEN then moved that the Chairman bo ordered to report progress. The committee divided— For reporting progress l2l Against it Majority —77 The house having resumed, The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland) Bill was read a third time. ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH BILL. Mr. MONSELL moved that the house go into committee on this bill. Mr. VANCE objected to the bill being proceeded with at that late hour (it was a quarter to twelve), in the absence of the hon. member for North Warwickshire (Mr. Newde gate) ; but more especially did he object to the bill being proceeded with because it was believed by many hon. mem bers that the Government would have taken the question up, and would have prepared an oath that might have been taken by all members of the house, while at the same time it adequately protected the Church Establishment. Ho moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir B. BRYDGES seconded the motion, and appealed to the hon. member who had charge of the bill to postpone the committee until a more convenient opportunity. Mr. MONSELL declined to do so. He had not the con trol of the business of the house, and all that remained for him, after the concessions already made to the opponents of the bill, was to bring it on when he could. Mr. WHITESIDE said they had a right to know whether the Government were willing to take charge of so important a question. Sir G. GREY said that the bill before the house, to all intents and purposes, did introduce a uniform oath to be taken by all members of Parliament, the only difference being that the oath to be taken by Protestants contained a declaration that the Pope had no spiritual power or do minion in this country, while the Roman Catholic oath left that out, and greatly to its advantage, as he believed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT said that although he cordially supported the bill, he was under the impression, after the declaration made on Wednesday last, that the Government were about to take the matter in hand. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entirely agreed it would have been the duty of the Government to have charged themselves with the responsibility of legislating upon the question, if they had not believed that they would be limiting the number of the objections to the proposal by leaving it in the hands of his right hon. friend. This subject had been introduced by Lord John Russell, under the Government of Lord Aberdeen, but the bill had failed—a circumstance which showed that, if a subject of this kind were taken up by a Government, there was a danger of its being treated as a party question. Lord John Russell had failed in passing his measure, whereas the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Monsell) had suc ceeded in carrying his by a large majority on the second reading. He thought the success of the right hon. gentle man went far to show that the Government had acted wisely in forbearing to prosecute at the present moment what might indeed be a more perfect measure, but which would obstruct the more limited, but valuable and benefi cial, purpose of his right hon. friend. After a few words from Mr. VANSITTA.RT, Mr. HEYGATE hoped the Government would bring forward a measure which would put all Christian members of that house on the same footing. If the present bill passed, Protestants would be less favoured than Catholics so far as regarded the oaths they would respectively have to take. After a brief discussion, in which Lord J. Browne, Mr T. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, and Captain Esmond took part, Mr. WHALLEY expressed a hope that, as tho member for North Warwickshire was prevented by illness from attending to propose the amendment of which he had given notice, the house would not proceed at so late an hour (12.15) with the bill. Several alterations had been proposed in the oath, and there were some expressions, not intelligible to ordinary understandings, which the right hon. gentleman proposed to omit. (Laughter.) Were they at so late an hour to enter upon a critical examination of the words now proposed with the words for which they were to be substituted ? (Loud cries of " Divide.") Sir F. HEYGATE thought the bill should have been introduced by the Government ; and although they might obtain some advantage at the elections by their present course, yet it was possible they might arouse the Protes tant feeling of the country. Mr. G. DENMAN had heard the same sentiment before that night, but he trusted that neither the Government nor the house would be influenced by such a cowardly argument. Mr. WALPOLE felt convinced that when making so important a change as this bill proposed it should be un dertaken by the responsible advisers of the Crown. If the Government endeavoured to frame one uniform oath for all the members of that house, he would cordially unite with them in effecting that object. Mr. GRIFFITH thought that in framing a uniform oath it would be necessary to consider another class of gentle men lately admitted to that house, as well as Catholics and Protestants. The house then divided— For the adjournment of the debate Against Majority —7l Mr.•B. STANHOPE (amid loud cries of "Oh, oh") moved the adjournment of the house. Mr. WHITESIDE, in reference to what fell from the Secretary for the Home Department, contended that, as far as Protestants members were concerned, they should retain the oath which negatived the spiritual jurisdiction of the the Pope. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL expressed his surprise at the doctrine laid down by the right hon. gentleman, who would retain an oath for Protestants in which they denied the spirital jurisdiction of the Popo as the bulwark of the constitution, while he would exempt Roman Catholics, who really did believe in that jurisdiction, from the obliga tion of such an oath. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The house then divided— For the adjournment Against it Majority Mr. WHALLEY then moved the adjournment of the debate, proceeding, amid much laughter and interruption, to defend the oath that was proposed to be abolished, and to criticise the oath to bo substituted. After a few words of explanation frOm Mr. WHITESIDE and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. MONSELL agreed to the motion, and the debate was adjourned to Tuesday. Tho County Voters Registration Bill and tho Commis sioners of Supply Meetings (Scotland) Bill worn read a third time and passed. Tho House adjourned at half-past ono o'clock. MR. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P., ON THE CO3IING ELECTION.—The Carlisle Examiner gives a corre spondence which has just taken place between some of the radical electors of Carlisle and Mr Bright, M.P., on the subject of the duty of tho advanced liberals towards the Government. Mr. Bright's letter is as follows :—" Roch dale, May 15.—Dear Sir,—My opinion is that the proper course for the liberal members is to withdraw their sup port from any Government which will not bring in and carry a good measure for the extension of the suffrage. Fortunately, your members are well disposed on the reform question, and would do anything that was thought wise in the matter. Lord Palmerston is the real difficulty. He is not a liberal, and the failure of the bill of 1860 was owing entirely to him. When he is out of the way, no Govern ment can exist on one side of the house which will not deal with the question of reform. I hope, at the coming election, the radical electors will endeavour to 'bring their members up to the point of refusing to support a Govern ment not willing to fulfil the pledges of 1859 and 1860. When it is a question of reform or expulsion from office, the Whig statesmen will decide in favour of reform. This is the only effectual mode of dealing with them, and I hope it will be adopted. I hope the electors of your city will not think it needful to make any change in your re presentation.—l am, &c., JOHN BRIGHT." SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN ROTTEN-RONV. —• On Thursday morning a young lady named Miss G. Millard, one of the riding mistresses in the establishment of Captain and Mrs. Walton, Glocester-crescent, Hyde Park, met with a serious accident while riding in Rotten row with ono of the lady pupils. Miss Millard, who is said to be one of the most accomplished horsewomen in London, was giving some instructions to the pupil, when, unobserved by her, a watering-cart came lumbering along, and her horse dashed with full force against it, all but killing himself on the spot by the violence of the collision. At the same instant, through the breaking of the saddle girths, Miss Millard, with the saddle, was thrown upwards into an adjacent tree. The young lady's face came in violent contact with one of the branches, and she fell head long into the roadway, sustaining further injuries by the fall. Mr. Harry Mitchell, of Hyde Park-gate, and some other gentlemen, immediately ran to tho unfortunate lady's assistance. She was unconscious for a moment or so, but soon rallied, and was able to walk to a carriage, which was placed at her disposal to convey her to St. George's Hos pital. The lady was mostly injured about the face and head, her features being much disfigured and mutilated. 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They can be used with gaiety by both 80X05 at all agar 4 La, any climate. rHE SUN, LONDO.N, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20, is6a, The Dante Festival, (FROM . THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.) FLORENCE, May 15. The impression made upon the public of Florence I by yesterday's festival seems to be in all respects quite as favourable as that which I myself received from it. There was no hitch of any kind, not the slightest disorder; the best feeling prevailed among the Florentines, as well as among the foreigners and Italian strangers whom this great occasion has brought together, and whose numbers I have heard roughly estimated at 100,000. This may be a mere guess, but it is quite possible that it is not over the mark. Every nook and bed in the town has been taken up, and numbers of the lower class of visitors slept in the street. Provisions threatened to run short, and the bakers had to work day and night. The arrivals in Florence by the Leghorn line alone amounted to 8,500 persons yesterday and the day before. Considering that the main ob ject of all these strangers and of a great part of the Florentines during the three days of fes tivity is to move about and amuse themselves, it was obviously judicious to provide outdoor entertainment. in spacious localities. A better behaved and more gentle multitude it would be im possible to find, and during two hours' ramble last night through the crowded and illuminated city not a single instance of rughness, not the slightest rude ness came under my observation. As regards yes terday morning's ceremony I have little to add to what I wrote immediately after its conclusion. Italians and foreigners all seem to have been alike delighted with it. It is looked upon as a national jubilee, and as a pledge of future harmony among the people of Italy, and the papers to-day are loud in rejoicing and congratulation. Besides the banners and deputations of the Venetians and Romans,which I find were applauded all along the line of the pro cession as warmly as by the throng in the Piazza Santa Croce, those of Turin received similar marks of respect and good will. It is to be hoped the good feeling thus manifested will soon come to be shared by Milan and some other places now accused of jealousy and unjust dislike of the Piedmontese city to which Italy owes more than she can easily repay. If Italy completes and preserves that unity and in dependence to which she aspires,and to which nearly all Englishmen earnestly desire that she may attain, she will owe it in a great measure to the sacrifices and struggles of Piedmont. Many marked with plea sure the kindly feeling yesterday testified to the dele gates of the former capital. As to the beauty of the sight afforded by the square of Santa Croce all who were there are agreed, and those who saw the pro cession in its passage through the streets are equally loud in admiration. The effect of the great number of banners was extremely fine. There were upwards of 700, all, as far as I saw, of silk, and as the breeze waved them their folds mingled and blended and formed a continuous line of gorgeous colours and gilding, the whole permeated, as it were, by the sparkling sunlight. A great many of these banners have been offered, and others probably will be, by the provinces, communes, associations, and corpora tions to which they belong as presents to the munici pality of Florence, which will treasure them in memory of a day of general gratification and good will. I omitted yesterday to mention that with the municipalities of Florence and Ravenna, which closed the procession, there walked a descendant of Dante, Count Sarego Alighieri. Also that the Gon faloniere, Count. Cambray Digny, who yesterday, in accordance with time-honoured tradition, bent his knee before the King, was attired in the costume worn by that high dignitary in the days of the old Florentine republic. The statue of Dante, which is in white marble, is not yet finished, especially as regards the pedestal, and; when the fetes are over it will be enclosed from public view until completed. The King appears to have been pleased with it, for, by his own impulse, he conferred the Maurice and Lazarus decoration upon the sculptor Pazzi. The general application of gas, while increasing the beauty and brilliancy of illuminations in cities, has given them a sameness of character from which it is rather refreshing to meet with a deviation. It is now some years since I described to you the illu mination of Turin, on occasion of the festival of the Statuto, when the whole of the Via di Po is converted into a huge parterre, where flowers and globes of brilliant colours float, seemingly unsupported, in the darkness, their light reflected on crimson draperies above. It is a business of several days to prepare these illuminations, which are got up with extraor dinary care and completeness, and the effect pro duced is hardly to be surpassed. Equally beautiful are those of Florence, but in a style so different as to forbid comparison. The means here employed are simpler. The effect is quite as striking in its way. Flat clay saucers, and glass vessels resembling very large wide-mouthed oil flasks, or, a better simile, like goldfish jars with a capacious neck added on and tall in proportion to their contents, are the unpre tending apparatus here employed. A tin collar round the neck and a tin loop, like a pail handle, facilitate suspension from hooks driven into the wall. Within each jar is placed an oil lamp, thus thoroughly protected from the wind, and they are usually suspended in clusters of three, five, or more. The flat clay saucers are rather apt to be puffed out by even a light breeze, such as last night extin guished a few of those in elevated situations. The Palazzo Vecchio was well lighted, and the effect both from distant points and from the square of the Sig noria was very fine. From the square the specta tor, standing near the building and looking up, did not see the flame of the lamps, but the portions of the wall and architecture close to it, and upon which its most vivid light fell. The effect was peculiarly beautiful, almost that of transparency, and as if the light were within the stone. Next in prominence to that massive and magnificent structure came the lofty tower of the Bargello, the upper part of which when gazed at from below seemed saturated with light proceeding one knew not from whence. The illumination of the cathedral was rather indicated by a few lights than fully carried out. There was a good reason for this ; the municipal authorities are naturally unwilling to sully by the smoke of so many lamps the delicate materials of that wonder ful edifice which has bestowed a well deserved im mortality on its architects. The whole gigantic front of the splendid Pitti Palace, now occupied by the King of Italy, was illuminated in a most remarkable and effective manner, all the principal outlines of the building and the arches of the win dows being thickly set with the large glass lamps above described. The great regularity of the deco ration and the immense surface thus covered com bined to convey to the spectator an impression of grandeur and vastness, and he felt that the style of illumination was in perfect harmony with the general colossal character of a building of which the walls contain blocks of stone, or, rather, masses of rock, such as Titians might have shrunk from hand ling. The light, although only that of oil, was so dazzling that it was a relief to look at it through smoked glasses. Striking as this spectacle was, a still more attractive sight was afforded by the illu mination on the river. Three bridges, the Vecchio, the Trinita, and the Carraia, as well as the adjacent banks of the Arno, were profusely lighted up, and the effect, especially when viewed from the centre bridge, was very novel and beautiful. Along the parapets, close to the water's edge, and in covered arches just over the stream, the flaming cups were ranged in rows, the light from them and from those upon the bridges reflected threefold upon the placid Arno, which scarcely a ripple stirred. It fell upon the surface of the river in long and brilliant lines, in effulgent cones and blades of light, which shone the more each time the stealthy night wind ruffled the tranquil water. Crowds assembled on bridge and bank to view the fairly-like spectacle ; in the principal streets and across the bridges the strings of vehicles seemed interminable, and although the do,y had been very hot and fatiguing, and nearly ev cry one had risen soon after dawn, midnight was no• t far off when the multitude began to disperse. Even after 12 the streets were noisy, and many of the lights still held out and music was heard upon the squares, and the cafes drove a roar ing trade until some hour of the morning which I cannot _of my own knowledge particularise. Although not all the houses were lit up, the private illuminations, in addition to those of the public buildings, were very general. Several of the palaces of the wealthy Florentine families made a brilliant display. The official residence of the mu nicipality on the Piazza di Trinita was a blaze of light, and the Post-office was gorgeous in garlands of lamps:of the three:ltalian colours. Orchestras had been erected, and strong bands played on the squares of the Cathedral, Trinita, Manin, Signoria, and others ; and so the amusements and sights of the night formed a worthy conclusion to, the festivities of a very joyous and happy day. On Saturday afternoon the King, attended by the Ministers of Public Instruction and of the Royal Household, and by Generals Rossi and Cucchiari was present at the inauguration of the Great Dante exposition in the Palazzo del Postesth. When he entered the hall the Gonfaloniere, Count de Cam bray Digny, presented to his Majesty, in the name of the Provincial Council, and as a memorial of the Dante Festival, a magnificent sword, made for the occasion by a young workman named Guidi diPescia. On one side of the blade are the words " Dante to the first King of Italy," and on the other the fol lowing three lines from the sixth canto of the Pur gatorio, selected as an appropriate inscription for the sword of the foremost champion of Italian inde pendence : " Vieni a veder la tua Roma the piange, Vedova, sola e di a notte chiama, Cesare mio perche non mi accompagna ?" On the two sides of the hilt are allegorical figures relating to the Inferno and the Purgatorio, and on the guard, allusive to the Paradiso, are those of Dante and Beatrice. The King is said to have been much gratified with the present. Among the curio sities of this Dante exhibition is said to be the muster roll of the Florentine army at one of the battles in which the poet took part. His name appears upon the document. The following is a translation of the speech made yesterday by the Gonfaloniere of Florence at the inauguration ceremony : " This concourse of the represenatatives of so many illus trious cities and distinguished institutions at the foot of the statue which we to-day inaugurate and the august pre sence of the King of Italy in this solemn assembly have a great and sublime signification. From Alighieri Italy re ceived her language, the first element of unity, and also the national idea which for five centuries has worked within her until all obstacles having before our eyes been overcome by the agency of a magnanimous King the idea has become a fact. If, then, the memory and the lessons of that great man, jealously guarded in Italian hearts during times of oppression, were the germ of the events which we have witnessed and been actors in, it was a reason for free Italy to celebrate with singular honours the first secular anniver sary of his birth that has occurred since her emancipation. It is not, then, only to the first of poets, to the eminent philosopher, and to the great citizen that we to-day render a richly-merited homage. No, gentlemen, we all here as sembled from the remotest districts of Italy, we all from the august monarch down to the representative of the humblest municipality, we have come together to affirm again, in presence of the whole world, the glorious resur rection of the Italian nation, our indissoluble unity, our independence. And affirm it we do in the best and noblest manner, by revealing to the astonished nations the first work of our regeneration, which, although not yet com pleted, is henceforward assured. Let it, then, be recog nised by Italy, by Europe, and the whole civilised world that this festival which the poet's native city to-day com memorates, that this act which we are accomplishing are nothing less than the solemn confirmation of the compact that recombines the scattered members of the ancient mother of modern civilisation. And since official duty has called upon me, unworthy, to be the first to raise my voice in this solemnity and in the midst of you, may his Majesty the King deign to accept from my lips the homage of fide lity of this land, which only aspires to devote itself entirely to the fulfilment of Italian destinies, and may the popula tions of the kingdom accept a fraternal salutation from us, who ardently desire the opportunity of making every sac rifice for the glory and prosperity of our common country!" These words seem to me sufficiently earnest and weighty to merit reproduction, and all the more so as they give to the celebration of Dante's 600th birthday a significance which probably few in Eng land have thought of attributing to it. Naval and Military Intelligence. The iron screw ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. Lord Fred. H. Kerr, left Plymouth Sound on Thursday evening, to join the Channel Fleet. The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Francis H. Shortt, left Plymouth yesterday (Fri day) with a gang of riggers, under Commander Paul, to proceed to Pembroke, to navigate the new screw steam sloop Amazon, 4, to Devonport. Her Majesty's screw corvette Scout, 21, 1,402 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. J. F. Tlight, fitting for the Pacific station, is being rapidly pushed forward for sea, and her stores, guns, &c., are being placed on board from Chatham and Sheerness dockyards. The following officers have received commissions in this vessel, and most of them have already joined : Lieuts. W. R. Kennedy, E. J. Jermain, W. E. Fitz - - gerald, and W. H. Jocelyn ; Sub. -Lieut. P. Aldrich, E. R. Miall, paymaster ; J. Sproule, surgeon ; W. Carmichael, assistant-surgeon ; C. L. W. Lagrange, assistant paymaster ; J. Morris, chief engineer ; N. Farrant, engineer ; T. M'Farlane, first-class assistant engineer ; A. W. Fitzgerald, second class assist.-engineer ; E. G. Whitmore, clerk ; W. O. Bedford, assist. -clerk ; the Hon. D. O. Murray, C. F. Naylor, E. D. Maud, E. H. Bayley, E. Bayne, and J. N. Hurt, midshipmen ; H. W. Saville, A. H. Coker, and E. H. Genn, naval cadets. The guns, shot, and shell have been des patched from the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham. During the past few months a number of the junior officials, chiefly from the class of inspectors at Chatham Dockyard, have resigned i their appoint ments at that establishment for the purpose of en tering at Lloyd's, where their pay and position are considerably improved. From the number of offi cials who have of late left the establishment under the circumstances stated it is understood that some regulation will be adopted by the Admiralty to pre vent the services of this class of mechanics being lost to the country. Several of the established workmen belonging to the joiners' department have also taken their discharge from Chatham Dockyard during the past week, and entered the service of private firms, on account of the low wages paid at the Royal Dockyards. Information was yesterday received at Woolwich by Major-Gen. Sandham, Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military Academy, announcing a sad calamity which had occurred at the gunnery range, Shoeburyness, on the previous day to Mr. Hannay, a cadet of the A division, senior class, who left Woolwich on Monday last for a week's practice there. During the experimental firing with steel shot the cadets were ordered to be in attendance. They were stationed at what was deemed a safe distance, and it is stated that Mr. Hannay was lying on the'grass upwards of 500 yards in rear of the gun, when a fragment of the shot rebounded and struck him on the thigh, lacerating the part and leaving a very severe flesh wound. The sufferer was promptly attended to by the medical officer on the spot, and at present he is pronounced in a fair way to recovery. Major-Gen. Stransham, Inspector-Gen. of the Royal Marines, yesterday resumed his half-yearly inspection at Woolwich. Having examined the men's necessaries and the detachments under rifle instruc tion on the previous day the General went over the barrack department yesterday morning. After the men's dinner hour, he repaired to the review-ground on Woolwich-common, where the division was brigaded in three battalions, Capt. Bunce acting as Major of Brigade. The General was attended by Capt. Travers, A.D.C., Col. G. B. Payne, the Commandant, commanding the whole. The three battalions went though a variety of field movements from 2 till 4 o'clock, and at the conclusion the General informed Col. Payne that he was glad to see his old division again under arms that, in re ference to their present discipline, he had never seen a line better formed in his life. The rudiments of drill, he said, were well attended to. Some of the officers he could not speak so favourably of, but the causb of his complaint, he added, would be remedied during the summer, after which he hoped to see them again. The 16th (Queen's) Lancers are held in readiness by orders from the Horse Guards to embark for Madras between the 20th and 30th proximo, to relieve the Ist Dragoons. They have been inspected this week by Major-Gen. Lord George Paget, C. 8., Inspector-Gen. of Cavalry. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOU'RNALS TiisfEs.—The attorneys have received a gratify ing proof of the close regard which is given to their interests in the House of Commons. Their cham pions have gained one of those victories over the Chancellor of the Exchequer which are made doubly sweet by the gallantry and obstinacy of the enemy. After one of his most emphatic speeches, Mr. Glad stone was informed last night by a majority of 146 to 143 votes that it is the opinion of the house that the annual duty payable by attorneys, solicitors, and proctors in England and Ireland, and by writers to the Signet and others in Scotland, should be abo lished. It is a question, we fancy, in which the public will not take much interest. They will cer tainly not feel any profound commiseration for the wrongs inflicted on lawyers : nor, on the other hand, will they sympathise with the protestations made by Mr. Gladstone against the principle of dictating the details of future Budgets by abstract resolutions of the House of Commons. Mr. Gladstone's reason ing would deprive the house of all originative power upon financial matters. He thinks that no member ought to bring forward a proposal with respect to the revenue of the country except when the house has the Ministerial Budget before it, for then as he declares, it can either adopt the plans of the Minister if he deem them the best, or substitute any other for them. It must be evident, however, to any one who knows the course of public business that this would amount to a practical abdication by the house of its financial control4There is nothing, indeed, in which authority must be so closely conceded to official , persons as finance. Whether it be a nation, :or a company, or a club, or a charitable association, the management of its money affairs must be entrusted to a few. The only way in which the public opinion of the country with respect to taxation can be ex pressed without giving grievous shocks to the ma chinery of Government is by such resolutions as Mr. Gladstone denounces, for they indicate the sense of the House of Commons, and act as an instruction to the Cabinet in its future delibe rations. Mr. Gladstone may desire to resist the interference of the house in his financial pro jects, and to maintain his own independence and originality ; but he cannot expect that the country should put such implicit faith in even his practised ability as to refrain from expressing its disapproval of obnoxious taxes. Though, however, we can see no reason why Mr. Denman should not move his resolution for the relief of the attorneys, or the House vote it by a majority, yet, as far as the public is likely to form an opinion on such a very small matter, it will, we think, be on the merits of the question in favour of the Chancellor of the Exche quer's arguments. At present attorneys pay £9 a year in town, and £6 in the country, while engaged in the practice of their profession. This duty their friends in the, House of Commons denounce as an unjust and intolerable impost. It will, perhaps, be indecorous to give any heed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's suggestion, that the approach of a General Election may have had some effect in sharpening the perception of hon. members as to the sufferings of the lawyers. Undoubtedly the Divi sion List will be eagerly scanned to-day by several thousand influential gentlemen in town and country, many of whom have no little power in determining who shall be our legislators for the next few years. But we will be content to believe that the 146 really thought in their hearts that to mulct the poor attorney of six or nine pounds annually was an in justice that demanded remonstrance even at the busy close of a Parliament. If the Government, indeed, had shorn the lawyers till they were as bare as their own parchments, their friends could not have been more in earnest in demanding the aboli tion of the Certificate Duty, which "presses with the utmost severity" upon them. How they are led to this conclusion it is not easy to see. In the first place, the taxation of trades is part of the financial system of England. As Mr. Gladstone justly asked, why should an auctioneer or a pawnbroker —the latter of whom lives on the contributions of the poorest class—be left to pay his annual im post while the attorney is freed from his ? Then there is the duty on licences for the sale of spirits and on refreshment-rooms, and that paid by brewers and distillers, by postmasters, by dealers in game, in tea, and tobacco, making up altogether nearly £2,000,000 a year. As Mr. Gladstone stated, the amount paid, exclusively on the licences on the sale of spirits, is not less than £600,000 annually. While this large revenue is collected by taxing trades, why should so lucrative a calling as that of an attorney be exempted without some general change in the system of taxation ? Should a greater economy in expenditure enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to dispense with a part of his resources, it may be that these attorneys' and auctioneers' and pawn brokers' duties might be properly diminished or abolished. But to relieve the first-named class with out respect to the others is certainly not demanded by justice. There is no more prosperous body of men in the country than the attorneys and solicitors. Numbers of them make large incomes, very few fail to obtain a competence. With the immense progress of the country their progress in well-being has more than kept pace. They transact the most important business between man and man, and are well remu nerated for it. There is not one in a hundred to whom the payment of these few pounds yearly is a hard ship. Indeed, the duty may be looked upon simply as an outlay which any man entering the profession takes into account, and with respect to which he makes his calculations. Nor can we believe that the effect is injurious to the public. The attorney is not a mere private person, selling his advice or assist ance in competition with the rest of the world. He is a duly recognised functionary, an officer of the highest courts in the country, and his profession en joys a monopoly in the conduct of his branch of all legal business. The most respectable members of the profession are said to approve the maintenance of large fees on admission to practice, on the ground that they insure the rejection of an inferior body of persons. Without entirely assenting to this view of the matter, we must admit that it is of advantage that the profession should not be filled with very needy men, and if the payment of the duty has any effect in sifting the profession, the result may be rather beneficial than otherwise. But, whatever de cision Parliament may come to on the subject of taxing employments, the various businesses so taxed ought at least to be considered together. There are many worse imposts falling upon limited classes of men than the attorneys' certificate duty, and those who pay it may certainly continue to bear the bur den till the national finance can bear a more com prehensive measure. POST.—Whatever might be the feelings entertained by her Majesty's Government, there was virtually but one answer which would be given by the First Lord of the Treasury to the question put by Mr. Darby Griffith last evening in the House of Com mons. The English nation have made no secret of the light in which they regarded the great contest which has for upwards of four years raged on the American continent ; and now that that contest has to all appearance come to a close, no diversity of opinion can exist in respect to the course which should be pursued by the conquerors. There may have been, and doubtless was, a considerable, though not an influential, section of the English people which sincerely believe that the North was fighting with no other aim than the extinction of slavery, and the South with no nobler object than its perpetua tion. But even those who adopted this view did not fail to recognise and to bear ample testimony to the gallantry and the heroism with which the Southern population struggled for the preservation of what they considered to be their rights, against odds so great as to make that gallantry and heroism appear to some but little different from madness. This is not the fitting time for drawing invidious distinc tions; but when the history of the great American civil war comes to be written, justice will be done to the chivalry with which, from first to last, the Confederates waged the unequal fight. Never was a war bloodier proportionately to its duration than that which has now terminated—few have been sig nalised by deeds of such terrible atrocity ; but in none has it ever happened that the vanquished were entitled on more just or more ample grounds to sue for unconditional mercy. It is a curious, but an in controvertible, fact that on no occasion, from the com mencement of the war to its close, have the bitterest enemies of the South ventured to charge one of its generals with an unsoldierlike act. A similar obser vation may be made in respect to the Confederate Government. Of the ability with which Mr. Davis and his Ministers husbanded the resources of the Confederacy, at the same time that they were en abled to offer a successful resistance to the aggres sion of the North, the events of the past four years bear ample testimony. But their sole merit does not consist merely in having been successful admi nistrators. The Confederate Government evinced on all occasions a spirit of moderation which, perhaps more than anything else, gamed for them the sym pathy of strangers on this side of the Atlantic ocean. They fought out the bitter fight which was forced upon them, as became men who were "equal to either fortune ;" and it is not surprising, there fore, that now, when they have been compelled to bow their heads before inevitable destiny, their pos sible fate should awaken the anxious solicitude of those who have been the spectators of their past struggles. The announcement that Mr. Johnson had not only excluded the President of the Confe derate States from the provisions of an amnesty which it was believed would have been extended to all who took part in what the North regarded as an act of rebellion, but had set a price upon his head, accordingly excited the astonishment and the in dignation of Europe. It was difficult to believe that the Government of the United States could seri ously contemplate the idea of sentencing to a felon's death a man who was the recognised head of Six millions of people ; and assuming such a contin gency possible, it was equally difficult to believe that the world would witness the consummation of s° great a crime without entering its protest against so gross a violation of those principles of justice and humanity which are supposed to govern the actions of civilised States. It was therefore not unreasonabl e that a member of the English House of Commons should ask her Majesty's Government if it was their intention to notice officially the proposed conduct of the Government of the United States, and to e mploy such influence as they possessed to induce the latter to abandon what would seem to be their 0 1)- vious design. But, however intelligible and how ever generous might be the sentiments NV hich prompted such a question, there could be but one reply. r binets cannot permit themselves to be swayed by sympathies, and must regulate their conduct by the stern rules of international law. The Govern ment of the United States are sovereign within their own dominions, and are entitled to administer their laws-with rigour if they feel so inclined. If th e y think proper to deal out the full measure of the lay , / to an individual whom they look upon as an " arch rebel," and the chief originator of a movement whien brought in its train a great civil war, they are legally entitled to do so, and it is not for the Governm ent of any other State to say them nay. Howeve r shocking such a course of proceeding may be to the English or any other people, they have no right t° dictate to the American Government an act of cle mency which the latter appear unwilling to exer cise. And thus it was that Lord Palmerston had no choice but to tell the House of Commons that it NO not the intention of her Majesty's Government t° interfere. We entirely dismiss from considerat ion the flimsy pretext advanced by President Johnson for the course which he intends to pursue. It is in possible to prove a negative, and we will not there: fore attempt to demonstrate that Mr. Davis was not privy to Mr. Lincoln's assassination. But we venture to say that there never was an accusation advanced which was so grossly improbable. When Mr. Lincoln was slain the war was virtually at end, and Mr. Davis a fugitive, without the hope of re-establishing the Government of which he is; been the chief. It is inconceivable that he conk' have been actuated by motives of paltry revenge Under these circumstances one is tempted to incitlir? cui bono so atrocious a crime. Mr. Davis knew that Mr. Lincoln would be suceeded by Mr. Johnson, or, , in other words, that a man who was inclined to a" , s generously and humanely would be replaced by t representative of a party whose sole ideas of condi" were identified with confiscation and exterminat..io n " But when the circumstances under which Mr. 1 0- coin was murdered and the character of his assay i _ ll e are taken into consideration, the notion tha t !; ci Chief Magistrate of the Southern Confederacy ec' w eo ' have become an accessory to the crime boom simply absurd. It is to be hoped that, on refleetw l e l d Mr. Johnson and his advisers will become asbain he of the subterfuge they have adopted to compass the death of a great political opponent, of whom, ~ honest truth, the American nation ought to be res 4 ' l o proud. At all events the English Government hi° exercised a wise discretion in declining to inter fel l if for no other reason than to avoid the danger - awakening the jealousy of the American Goy, ment, and thus mayhap ensuring the evil which tu e a hoped to avert. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL, r.—FRTDAY. We had a fair attendance at our market to-dan „„a wheat experienced quite an average consumptive de*o at the full price of this day week. Flour quiet, and P o re inquired for ; price unchanged. Holders of Indian ch generally required an advance of 3d to 6d per qr., w'' as a checked business. Oatmeal inactive, with a dovri lW tendency. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. A good show of wheat, which is held firmly for the, ... 1111 2: prices of last Friday, but the demand is less exten sl " barley slow of sale. rages, May 8 :—Wheat, 2,947 qrs, at 42s Old ; 1)1" ley, 100, at 33s 9d ; oats, —, at —s Od. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. Par 36 p New white wheat, 42s to 45s ; new red, 38s to 41 0 r di o ' stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 34s per qr • grill oo to 27s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 255. 8ea 115 7 46s per qr. DERBY-FRIDAY. o cr New white wheat, 468 to 50s ; new red, 39s to 4 40 . g stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; bn l 2sy to 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 21s to 255; old, 410 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to 455; new, 38s to per qr. T AMP ORD.—FnmAy. 36 New white wheat, 41s to 445; new red, 36s to 390 P e 3 p9 stone. Barley, malting, 31s to 33s ; grinding, 28s to ~e , per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 265; old, —s to —s per 24 st ° • Beans, 36s to 40s per 38 stone. Peas as heretofore. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. GO :1 There is a steady business doing in raw and root sugar, and prices lave advanced Gd per cwt. Rum in demand. COAL MARKET. Price por ton at the close of the market. a, s. d. 6 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Heugh Hall ............ ig 5 Hartlepool Eden Main G. Cowpen Hartley l6 3 South Kelloe ......... ;/ Tunstall Walls End Haswell lB 3 Ships at market, 31; sold, 31. Foreign Mail Packet List. • l 9• Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton ... ••„A T 12. Ditto, via Marseilles Ja e Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pachet J anu .o. Ditto, by French packet gal „,,,/ 2 5 * Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... • 19. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton. • In' s ' jun e Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands • • • MAY 19. Gibraltar, via Southampton I , India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton—•••'`' e i D ..• • Say itto, via Marseilles Jun • 2r• India (Bombay), via Southampton. un A; 1 1 0 0 0 Y e e 2 l, 6i Ditto, via Marseilles Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via lltlarseille3 J 2 4 ' Newfoundland .......... . gal" 6 • Portugal n Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ............ United States and British North America, by Bri - Bisi 24 tish packet ........ . • • Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork . .101 Ditto, by Canadian packet, via LondonderrY• • West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, Oh gaf and Mexi oa Bahamas, via New York. JJOle i. sY e Bermuda, ditto • Cuba and Mexico ..... A CHELTENHAM MISER.--Mr. Richard I lk better known as " Dicky Bastin, the miser, ' o io Cheltenham a few days since. H e carr i e d on bus h ° tile' Cheltenham many years ag o as a manufacturer a li,ro breeches and gaiters, and retir e d we ll-t o -do. After (14° tirement he contracted parsim on i ous h a bits. vr i , t ° f e together, though possessed of p ro p er ty t o the am £20,000, he sustained himself upon a pennyworth . . 0 : f 0 .4 biscuit and a pennyworth of porter. The prop" been bequeathed to his nephews. TREASURE TROVE.—In forming a new ,09; Grantham the workmen have come upon a jar Of e l.o. O c i ware containing about 180 silver coins of the r gO O . , Henry VIII., Elizabeth, and James I. They aro 10 4 oh state of preservation, some of them in what collectD*o a fine state. They were found buried about a foo t c1 ;100 8e1 the paddock of what was long known as Castle Gat° ,ito . the grounds of which are being laid out as bui ldfil 'tom The coins are in the possession of Mr. peallin ° clerk, to whom they at present belong. . l BAILEY.—On the 16th i ßirt nst , th hs e wife of Ed,"ll.‘ ote Esq., of Streatham, of a daughter.. d e 0/ g la COCKERELL.—On the 18th inst , at 15, Onolovr.; South Kensington, the wife of . Captain J. Co— tbg a daughter. EGERTON.—On the 16th inst., at 8, Onslovr - b Hon. Mrs. Seymour Egerton, of a daughte r ' a, vor; PEEBLES.—On the 17th inst ,at 46, Ilereford-ros eo t, 0. water, the wife of Major ' Peebles, 11th Eel son. Marriages. JO° co, HOPGOOD—CHAMBEREL—On the 18th inst., .-i t * 10 119e 1 Hackney, Joseph Hopgood, Esq., of vvl c rogli te t a r D. Sydenham, to Clara Susannah Emma,sowl iu „r COP ,l, George Chambers, Esq., of Park House, LO N ''',a- Cla; SCOTT—DEELEY.—On the 16th inst., at Cir°`creteief W. F. Scott, eldest son of Wm. Scott, (44 " ugbte friars, and Regent-terrace, to Sarah, second .1.--- Joseph Deeley, Esq., East' India-road, pop lar. Deaths. lye ty CARSWELL.—On the 15th inst., at his residence, /op ° park, Robert Carswell, Esq., aged 49. narel DEIN.—On the 18th inst ., at 23, Bloomsburr s e l .. et, fort William Dean, Esq., slicitor. EDINGTON.—On the 18th inst., at 80, 8 . 1 1 . 01.43tre to' man-square, Mr. Wm. Edington, aged ix. , a t v i T o f, HUMPHRY.—On the 18th inst., at Dr. IluluPbrff'''Suclb dol l bridge, William Wood HumphrY, E s 1 " t . ' Suffolk, aged 78. , ilO , O , SY RICHARDS.—On the 15th inst., at 2, Clifton v 5 8, ham-park, John Richards, Esq., aged 66. ,_„,,,f, Of WOODROOF.—On the 16th inst., Thomas Woocuv - __ ......0 Worship-street, Finsbury, aged 83. ,gvs. London : Printed and Pnbliehed by WILLLat INio • a of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tuv Stirt Otticed,ol9 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo'', lii Bilddleaex.—Saturday, May 20, 1865.