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' ` / .'-' • ' r - / a fair e occasion- ations have donian has Chatham , ern i ; but trict i, and td w ithout reign have D-Venetian ; but with ?rices have slight inr been firm• Per Cents and Peru d i; but lave been lien and 1 there has een doing. en i and i :alta have lest, at an contract. )ber have there has no quota- s that the Austrian Le paid-up to-day, r cent. the Bank ,o be pre mlance of per cent. is now Phis will Je carried has been Pately the :n scarcely fined sugar ►e transac- has been ne month, ;traits tin, ;tab have has been i firm, at sales of ttendance ions have l has been lARKET, lied with English regents, ATTIRDAr. has been low hay, • to 653. : s. ; prime 90s. ; and e market es; sales, /7 firsts, ths, 565. its, 1303. ; is an ence at 'own as athema- Liversity de that air Ivor nself of st estab are the coney is e been !aptaing , C. 8., Napier, In the ons will rig last ring the sir W. a possi seoond to the use of ter his ;er was )ject of tdrid is Mont ig con- mk of ding to L at St. course we was oint of w who round a Ara- [b 22$ 4 cups at 550 re sent 1; and N°. 24,291. KIXIIIIAN'S LL. IN'llisliY. DUBLIN. o, , E .HIBITION . , 1865. ha e r" Red Seal, Pink Labe,, and vork Branded "Kine- LL, the . 11 118 BlO.. Pri ze , ~,,,eie lp ratect OLD IRISH . WHISKY gained the Dublin N ili Pure, mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. the A iii 13( tt:es, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lor.doia, by ge ras In Itie principal towns in England; or wholeaale at .........._ 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. „, iviuTuAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), kLUS SELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, DQ ANC And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON. 11 MONEY upon personal secur!ty, Bills of Sale, Free able L easehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay- Po t a a r e klY, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. tree receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. 34}t W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTIETH WEEK " AT HOME," WITH his Famousand Original CARPET-BAG yooi n ~,,n , ..cI S KETOH-300K ENTERTAINMENT in the Large tardn'''"riPTlAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Apa red .3o at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodu:i has t krai s h i n 2 erense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously ge cu g 11 1 h salon for the comfort of hls patrons." :- . eats may at ki t red inadvattee, at the liox-office, open from 10 till also etiell's Royal Library. Old Bond-street; and all the principal Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Balcony, la. gamily Private A , it, 0„ ' 4 7 Two, and l'hree Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. 111 OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. ZA,tr i) , Unprecedented Novelty! • .4. every evening at nine on a wire no thicker than a inau's finger, Mr and Mrs WEST. Mr and Mrs R NDALL. Miss KATE PALMER. Mr J. H. MILLBURN, Mr A. G. VANCE. The MATH EW S FAMILY. " 4 A. LLOYD. Mr G. LEYBOURNE. Mr HENRI CLARK Mr H. COLLARD. Miss LOUIE SHERRINGTON W INRATTA. li la COURT MINSTRELS, and thers, are engaged and will shortly appear. New Overtures.—Full Orchestra. •v ~talee ` -4 nyßox-, 6d o; ffice Stallope ns, Is from Orchestra 10 to 5. Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, Aprahe . P roprietor's Grand Complimentary Concert, THURSDAY, 28. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, n o _Baker-street.—A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPMASIN otyadded.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the dee e ,„:‘,' Lunette and Knife of the actual G u ill o ti ne use d fo r th e 2 2,00V a tion of Louis XVI., M ar i e A n t o i ne tt e, an d upwar d s o f ex ac i' Person s of the best land worst blood in France. Also an roo t , B ' 6ll Open from 11 a.m. till 5.30, andfrom 7 till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Thilly. et thee er,traextraordinarysuccessP icca whic d h has attended the production the e l ee '..t,dow Dance, with the brilliant and 'varied effects . of . Pate rl ,. a light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici tlaie h, Combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance ha.,. Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, Ye had 410 8 t the gratifying effect of making the ; r sent . one Thethe oelebra'lttensively patronized season since its first opening. chef s i `ed Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient NRitl e „g n er Luigi C ur ti, p er f orms the c h o i ce st and latest corn tsai of ad disting u ished composers—the solos in which are V r e d emi nent to th e Tholea lrea nent euphonionist, Signor L. Mona ; Messrs. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. 416 . Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Bid cELL, Proprietor. 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ASTER EGGS.—The continentil custom of offering Eggs to Friends at Easter. having been recently introduced in fashiOnable circles in rngland, E. RIMMEL has prepared a series of FANCY EGG., . containing terfunacry, at pricey varyingifrom One Shilling to One Guinea. E. RLMMELL, 96, Stratcl; ;23, Regent-street; and 24, Cornhill. E.C. UILDHALL, 24th MAncil, 1870.—The Corn- X iniitee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guild hall, on WEnNzsuAY, the 13th April next, at half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive proposals for Leases in Lots of the several Houses, Nos. F , 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14, Butcher-row, and Nos. 2,4, 6' 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, and 36, Whitehorse-street, llatcliff. Plan of the Property may be seen, and further particulars and Forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, FERDD. BRAND, Comptroller. (ABRIDGED CIRCULAR.] EIGHT PER CENT. DES MOINES VALLEY RA ' LRO AD BONDS, Secured on 247 miles of Railroad, Plant, and Equipment, and on 465,000 Acres of Land in the State of lowa. Or, at the option of Applicant, 71 per cent., payable in Gold in London, on amount of purchase. PRESIDENT. D. W. Kilbourne, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT. C. H. Perry, Esq. TRUSTEES. W. S. Gilman, Esq. (Messrs. Gilman, Son, and Co.), Banker, New York. N. A. Cowdrey, Esq., Barrister, New York. Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co. beg to announce that upwards of $3,000,000 having been privately subscribed, they are authorised to offer to the public $1,300,000, the balance of these Bonds, bearing 8 per cent. interest at the price of 95 in American currency, and have arranged to secure the payment of the interest in cash in London, to all who on purchasing now prefer it, at the rate of 71- per cent. per annum on the purchase price. Each Bond of $l,OOO bearing 8 per cent. interest in American currency will be sold for £l7B 2s. 6d., and if specified in the application the interest will he made payable in cash in London, at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. every half year, being at the rate of 7-1 per cent. per annum. These Bonds are thus made a First Class Land Secured Railway Bond, bearing 7 per cent. interest on the cost price payable in London free of all charges and free of American Income Tax. _ , _ The Bonds aro a First Mortgage on 85 miles of Railroad, from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, of which 77 are already completed; on 365,000 acres of land or •thereabouts in the State of lowa, already parcelled out and granted by the State to the Railway Company, and on 100,000 acres of land granted by the State to the Rail way Company, on condi tion of the completion of the Railway by the running of trains into Fort Dodge before the end of the year 1870 ; and are a Second Mortgage on 162 miles of railroad from Keokuk to Des Moines. The Terms of Repayment are at par on the Ist October, 1898, or at any time by optional purchase by the Company at market value not exceeding 120 per cent, by means of the proceeds of sale of surplus lands, or by drawings from time to time at 120 per cent., so often as $50,000 shall be in the hands of the Trustees of the Deed from the same sources. The numbers of the Bonds drawn for payment are to be ad vertised in New York and London Newspapers. The Trustees have power in the event of default being made for six mouths in payment of the interest to foreclose and sell the property after three months' notice. The Bondholders are privileged to purchase any of the surplus lands comp, ised in the security at a minimum price, fixed by the Company and the Trustees, and the bonds or coupons are receivable in payment at their par value. The title to these lands is derived by direct patent from the United States Government to the Ftats of lowa, and conveyance from the State to the Railway Company for railway purposes. • The present value of these lands is estimated to be from $5 to $lO per acre, and their rapid future increase in value is considered certain. _ . The net earnings of the Railroad from its first opening throughout have been sufficient to pay all interest, and the operating expenses have averaged from 50 to 60 per cent. of the gross receipts. The Share Capital of the Company amounts to $3,904,400, which was subscribed for bona fide at par by owners of property and inhabitants of lowa and the adjoining States, and is all paid up. Further information, with full Prospectus, Map, and copy of the Deed of Trust and Land Grant, may be ob tained of Messrs. John Stuart and Co, Bankers, Manches ter; or from Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgato-street, Loudon, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. Applications for these Bonds, in tho annexed Form accompanied by a deposit of £lO per Bond, will be received up to Three p.m. on the 15th instant by the London and County Bank, London, or any of its branches ' • by the Con. solidated Bank (Limited), London and Manchester; or by the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, London and Branches. The balance of £l6B 2s. 6d. per Bond will be payable within 14 days after allotment. FORM OF APPLICATION. To Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, London, Agents for the Des Moines Valley Railroad Company. I request you to allot me 8 per cent. Des Moines Valley Railroad Bonds of 51,000 each, issued at 95 per cent., or £l7B 2s. 6d. each. I have paid a Deposit of £lO per Bond to the Bank, and I engage to pay the balance of the amount of issue within 14 days after allotment; and I request that the inte rest thereon may be made payable in London at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. half yearly, or 7i per cent. per annum. Name Address Description Date GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN— Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq . Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq, ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at LADY DAY must be renewed at the Head Office, or with the Agents, on or before the 9th of April. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemen` of the Asset+ and Liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALC PREVENTIVB and REFORMATORY IN STITIITION. President—Rev. CANON DALE, CONTBIBUTIONB for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, EX.; Francis Nicholls ksq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. 0 0 1, a L , G he HOSPITAL, A earnestlyL v t UpgEaAiL ( the heavy current expenses. Assistance is FUNDS e s e S t t L d i e n C f r a y urgently needed.. fiorF; 3. W. WALDRON, Secretary xrATiONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, Corner of Threadneedle-street, London, E.C. /2'm APRIL, 1870. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England Hereby Give Notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MrETINO of the PROPRIETORS of the SOCIETY will be held on THURSDAY, the 12th day of May next, at' the hour of Twelve precisely, at the Comp., n 'es' Bank premises, Bishopsgate-street (corner of Thread needle-street), in the City of London. E. ATKINSON, Joint GeneralW. I W. HOLT, Managers. N. P.—The Nair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely (not Twelve for Op o'clock). ) 0 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OCTAVO'S WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMS STEWART HIDGSON, Esq Suh-•Governor. CIIABLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIREOTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Oattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Willi9.-n Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, William Tetlow Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J oseeline Wm. Percy. (Merles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. fuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARMING STOC S.—No Extia Charge is made for the use, of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on ono Life. This Corporation affords to the Aseured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Mess's. Barclay, Coutts, Cilyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MOORGATE-STREET, CITY. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and to der gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring ease and comfort unsurpassed -detections impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The "Times" of March 6 says So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, sto 30 guineas. Consultati on free.—Only addresses, 312. Regent - street, exactly facing the Roya l Polytechnic ; and 23, Moorgate-street, E. C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. IMPERIAL PA RLIA Al EN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -MONDAY. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter before foul o'clock. The attendance at prayers at the commencement of the ?roceedings to-day was very great, but immediately the Speaker's chaplain had concluded the service the greater part of the members quitted the House, but left their cards in the small frame at the back of the seat they had occupied, signifying that the place was taken. The Speaker's and strangers' gallery was completely filled, and in the gallery appropriated to the House of Peers were the Lord Chan Cello; the Earl of Derby, Viscount Ebury, Chief Justice Whiteside, Lord Lawrence, Lord Lyveden, and the Duke of Richmond. THIRD READING• The Blackburn Corporation Improvement Bill and the Ilebden Bridge Gas Bill. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL. On the motion that this bill be further considered, Mr. CRAWFORD moved that the further considera tion of thi s bill be deferred until the 26th of A p ril, and th a t i n the meantime the evidence t a ken befor e th e se lect committee b e p rinted and circul ated. The hon. gentleman then stated the circumstances that had led hi m , on the part of the corporation of Lond on , the merchants and trader s therein, and the Metropolitan Board o f Works, to oppos e the p ro p o sition of the direc toinakea great station in Q ueen said, would be a di rec t ac t o f v to i r c s to o ri f tah-sistrereati which, he vandalism. He contended that the carrying in effect of the proposition he had mentioned could not be termed a public improvement, but, on the contrary, it would be a very great p ublic inconvenien ce. The point at which it was Proposed to disgorge the traffic w as a l rea d y the most crowded portion of the City, and the adding to the immense traffic that of a large number of railway pas. sengers would produce an amount of confusion that it was a l mos t i m possible to conceive. He denied that the sub way would at all tend to remedy the anticipated evil, and therefore he hoped the House would agree to the proposi tion he had made. Mr. CMGs, the chairman of the select committee to which the bill had been referred, said that many of the statements that had been made to the House had not come under the consideration of the commission. He thought the course taken by the hon. member an exceed ingly inconvenient course, in raising the question at that time and in that House, the more so as it was certain the bill, before it became law, would have to go before th 3 Committee of the House of Lords, where all the evidence of the Corporation and other persons could be heard. He denied that there would be any station in Queen Victoria-street, but said that the entry and egress to and from the railway, would be in the houses at the corner of Bucklersbury. Nothing like the station as stated by the hon. member, would be visible in the new street, end therefore this great act of vandalism, of which the hon member complained, would not be committed. Mr. DODSON appealed to the bon. member not to perse vere with his motion, as if the bill was considered that day it coull not be read a third time until after after Easter There would, therefore, be ample time to have the evidence printed, and then he would also be in a position on the motion for the third reading to move the rejection of the bill if he felt it his duty to do so. After a few words from Mr. Beresford Hope and Lord Elcho, Mr. CRAWFORD adopted the suggestion of Mr. Dodson on the understanding that on the motion for the third reading he could move the re-committal of the bill. The motion was then withdrawn. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. KENNAWAY took 'the oath and his seat for East Devon. The hon. gentlemen was introduced by Mr. Kelowich and Mr. Scourfield. THE SEA QUEEN. air. Mart= UMW= askgsl tho_ BecrotAntiQ tb.o rSoard of Trade whether any inquiry had taken place oy the Board of Trade respecting the loss of the Sea Queen off Yarmouth on the 13th of February last, when the captain, officers, and a - crew of twenty-four hands all perished. The ship left Shields laden with coals and bound for Mteasra, her registered tonnage being 677 tons, and actual tonnage 903 tons ; but it is believed that she left Shields with more than 1,110 tons. Mr. LEFEVRE said in consequence of the communication he had received from the hon. gentlemen he had ordered an inquiry to be made. DEPTFORD DOCKYARD. Sir Jomic FIAT asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Mr. Austin whom he had stated to have pur chased a portion of Deptford Dockyard for £1,500 was the same Mr. Austin whose name appears as security for the contractor for the extension works at Chatham dockyard; and, whether the purchase money has been paid, and if he could state to what industrial purposes Deptford yard has been applied by Mr. Austin to afford employment at Deptford. Mr. CHILDMIS said he could not see the precise object of the question, but he might say that Mr. Austin was the same person who had been accepted as surety for another person four years ago. The purchase-money had not been paid, but thdagreementhad been signed, but not the final contract. He did not think he should be justified in asking to what purp o s e se had been turned. FACTORIES. Mr. BAINES asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he had received a memorial from the Associated Chambers of Commerce, requesting him to collect and print, for the information of Parliament and the country, returns of factories and workshops, with the numbers and classes of workmen and children employed, the principal machines, &c., more full and complete than those heretofore made to this house, and to cause them to be printed yearly instead of occasionally as heretofore. And whether it was his intention to comply with the request of the memorialists. Mr. BRUCE said he had received the memorial, and in tended to comply with its request. The information that would be obtained would be printed. FREE LIBRARIES. Mr. BAINES asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the return of free libraries established under Act of Parliament, for which an address was voted by this House during the last Session, may be expected to be printed and circulated among the members. Mr. BRUCE said the paper was laid on the table last Thursday, and would be distributed in the usual course. HABITUAL CRIMINALS. Mr. HUNT asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the police authorities of any district had any means of ascertaining the number of persons in their district who were sub ject to supervision under the provisions of "The Habitual Criminals Act, 1869," or of identifying such persons ; and if not, whether it was his intention to provide some remedy for this omission in the Act. Mr. BRUCE said a form of return was issued to the police containing a full description of the persons discharged from prison ; but as there were certain omissions in the Habitual Criminals Act, these could be remedied when the amehdment of the bill was under consideration. NEW LAW COURTS. Mr. GEORGE GREGORY asked the First Commissioner of Works when he expected that the plan and design for the New Courts of Justice wonld be completed. Mr. AYRTON said he was unable to say when they would be completed. MODEL OF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT WORKS. Mr. SIIERRIFF asked the First Commissioner of Works whether any authority has been given for placing in a committee-room of the House a model purporting to be that of the works proposed by the Metropolitan District Railway Company in Queen Victoria-street, City, but different from the model produced before the committee on the bill for the said works ; and, if so, whether be fore such authority was given, means were taken to ascer tain whether the railway company admitted the correct ness of the said model. Mr. AYItTON said that such authority was given, but added that those who had prepared the model were respon sible for its correctness. TRADES UNIONS. Mr. WINN asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he proposed to introduce a bill on the subject of Trades Unions during the preseK session. Mr. BRUCE said it was his intention to introduce a bill on the subiect this session. THE EDUCATION BILL. t In reply to Mr. TALBOT, Mr. FORSTER said he could not say when the amend. mcnts to the bill would be printed, but they would cer tainly be in the hands of members before the provisions of the bill were under consideration. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then at a quarter to six rose to make his financial statement, at which hour every seat in the body of the House was occupied, except ing that of Mr. Disraeli. The right hon. gentleman commenced his statement by alluding to the original estimated revenue from the year 69-70, which was £72,850,000, and then having given the details, he pro ceeded to allude to the receipts for the year 1869-70. The Customs had fallen short of the estimated amount by the sum of £121,000 ; the Excise had increased by £E63,000; stamps had also increased by £398,000 ; the Post Office had fallen short by £210,000; the Crown lands hadreturned the amount expected. The decrease in the Customs duties had doubtless fallen cff in consequence of the expectation of provisions for a free breakfast-table. The amounts received from tea, coffee, sugar, and molasses had not been as productive as could be wished, tea alone shewing a falling off of £140,000. He had no doubt, however, that after the statement he had to make that evening that the revenue ordinarily derived from the sources he had mentioned, would soon recover itself. The receipts and licenses had proved to be very productive, as they had already been productive in the present year to the amount of £1,050,000. Tak ing the whole of the income and expenditure into account the gross income of the year 1869-70 exceeded that of 1868-69 by the sum of £2,742,000, a statement that he thought must be highly gratifying to the House and country. One reason of the elasticity of the revenue was the cheapness of corn, the excess of which he compared with the previous year. It was expected, as he had said, to collect, in respect of license duties which were substi tuted for assessed taxes this year, £600,000. They had really collected £1,145,000, and this had been done without the slightest pre ssure, and this fact led him to suppose that the system was not unpopu lar. The direct method of paying once for all was more agreeable and made shorter work. Although they had not by any means collected all that revenue, it al ready exceeded their expectations. No doubt they got the benefit of what they lost so much by before, deaths, removals, bankruptcies, and evasions. The estimate for the whole year was £1,113,000, and it had already pro duced £1,145,000. The income, too, had exceeded the estimate by £684,000. His estimate last year was that it would yield a revenue of £3,350,000, whilst the fact was it had yielded £4,484,000. Coming to the question of expenditure for 1869-70, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that at the time of the financial year he estimated it at £68,223,000, but in consequence of the charges connected with the Court of Chancery, the grant was raised to £68,408,000. The interest on debt was estimated at £26,700,000, and the estimate had been exceeded by a sum of £353,000. In respect of charges on the Consolidated Fund, the estimate was £1,700,000, and that had been exceeded by £30.000. In the army the estimate was £14,230,000, and the expenses had been £664,600 less than the estimate. The expenses for the Navy were esti mated at £9,979,000, and they had fallen short of that sum by £229,000. The Civil Service estimates were £9,715,000, and they hail fallen short of that sum by £411,987. The Customs Department was estimated at £2,363,000 ; and the expenditure had fallen short of that sum by £47,000. The packet service estimates amounted to £1,090,000, _ and the expenses had been exceeded by £131,000. They had received for telegraphs £lOO,OOO, and expended £60,000. The result Ina that the revenue was E7h_sl36.lloll—aucl tha arnAr.M. PRICE STAMPED. ~..4d. ...sd. Lure tot,ool,cutt, leaving a surplus upon tn.. year of £7,807,000. Out of the surplus they had expended, £4,360,000 in liquidating lia bilities incurred in the Abyssinian expedition, leaving a net surplus of £3,570,000. The claims in respect of the telegraphs against the Government amounted to £5,750,000, and of that amount £6,327,000 had been paid. The money was raised by the creation of stock. The unfunded debt had fallen to £6,761,000, and a smaller amount was not within the memoryof man. The public debt had however been increased by the works going on in fortifi cations, and the cost of the Government acquiring the electric telegraphs, and had it not been for these causes the reduction of the public debt from the time of the Crimean war down to the present time, would have been no less than £60,000,000. The right hon gentleman than pro ceeded to allude to the expenditure for the current year, and compared the present estimates with those of the preceding year, and stated that the amount esti , mated for the army was £12,975,000, which shewed a re duction of £1,556,000. The navy was estimated at £9,251,000, which skewed a reduction of £746,000, and, although the remaining items of expenditure shewed most favourably in the present year, yet the reductions in the two great services—the army and navy were the most The right hon. gentleman then went though the cstithates for the present year, and said that the entire result had been to give him a surplus of £4,337,000. (Hear, hear.) And it _the House_ would accord,him its attention, he would suggest a plan by which a little increase could be given to that surplus. He alluded to the accidents which frequently arose from the practice of carrying dangerous weapons. The practice of carrying a gun for the purpose of shooting small birds was the foundation of poaching. For all the reasons he had named he proposed a £1 license for enabling persons to carry fire-arms. This would apply not only to guns, but to all descriptions of fire-arms. He proposed to abolish the game license and the financial effect of the new license would be that a sum of £150,000 wculd be gained over and above what was derived from the first-named license. With regard to the surplus of £4,487,000, he could not agree with the proposition to apply it to the reduction of the National Debt. He admitted that it was their duty to keep an eye on the debt, and go on gradually reducing it. The idea of a sinking fund, he believed, had been ex• ploded, but there was some good in a sinking fund. He proposed that the Government should become pro prietors of its own stock, and convert them into termin able annuities. They had seven millions of Post Office Savings Bank stock, and he proposed to convert it into annuities terminable in 1885. at the same time as the twenty-four millions of terminable annuities created by the First Minister of the Crown: In the year, 1885 the then Chancellor of the Exchequer would be in position to make a remission of income tax to the amount of £3,376,000. He proposed to appropriate a sum of £190,000 towards the terminable annuities, and that would leave £4,297,000 to be disposed of as the House should think fit in the remission -of taxation. There was another claim upon the revenue. He had received many applications from the brewers in different parts of the country on the question of the brewers' license. They strongly re. presented to him the unjust charge upon them. but after mature consideration he was compelled to say the me.tter must remain where it stood. He then proposed to remit the duties charged on hawkers, sellers of playing cards, soap-makers, paper-makers, watch-case-makers, and dealers in plate ; to equalise the duties between foreign and inland bills, and to abolish impressed stamps on newspapers, substituting for it a postage rate on newspapers of one half penny up to six ounces, and for other printed matter of a halfpenny for every two ounces, and every fraction of two ou , ces. The combined effect of these two he put at £370,000, half of which only would come into the present year. The duty on railways he proposed to equalise at a cost of £107,000. Atter all these minor remissions, Mr. Lowe had still between three and four millions to dispose of ; he then proposed to reduce the Income-tax to 4d., by which he would sacrifice £1,250,000, and to halve the Sugar Duties, which would cost £2,350,000. The whole amount of remis sions included in the Budget is £3,966,000, which leaves a surplus of £331,000. Mr. Lowe concluded his speech, which occupied two hours and a half, by moving the Resolution relating to the Sugar Duties, which provides that as to refined sugars the reduction shall not take effect for three weeks. The resolutions necessary as the•preliminaries of the bills required to carry out the proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were agreed to. Whoa the House resumed the Lord Advocate obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the game laws in England and Scotland. Mr. GLADSTONE moved the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the law affecting persons who had been roportrd guilty of corrupt practices by a commis sion, and who are now members of the House. lfr. J. LoWTHER moved an amendment, seeking to extend the inquiry to other topics, but the resolution was agreed to as proposed. AftOr transacting some other business, the House ad journed. TUE FATAL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEr. MONDAY. This afternoon, judgment was given at tk,s Greenwfch Police -court, in the inquiry as to the circumsta'ces of the collision between the Normandy and the Mary. The fol lowing is a verbatim report of it. " The Normandy, a paddle-wheel mail steamer of great power in pro portion to her tonnage, was proceeding full speed across the Channel, steering S.W. by S., on her voyage to Jersey, when the weather, which had previously been fine, sud denly became foggy. The officer in charge of the deck deemed it necessary to send one of " the look-out men "to call the captain, who was in his cabin. Before the mes s3nger returned, a red light was seen about three p Ants on the starboard how. The helm of the Normandy was immediately put to starboard and hard-a-starboard. While this was being done the masthead light of the approaching steamer was discovered, and in two and a-half or three minutes both vessels came into collision. The engines of the Nor mandy were not stopped till after the collision occurred. The Mary was a laden screw steamer of 895 tons and 90 horse power bound up channel, and steer ing East by South, half South going dead slow against the tide at the rate of 2 or '2i knots an hour. She hadbeen in a fog for some hours, and was so to speak bringing the fog up with her. Her whistle had been sounded throughout the night at short inter vals. About 3.40 a.m. a steamer's green and mast head lights were seen about two points on the port bow, and about three ship's lengths off. Seeing a collision inevitable, the engines were reversed full speed, and the helm put hard a port ; but before she had felt the back stroke and lost her headway, the two ships came into collision. The effect of the collision was to stave in the port bow of the Mary, and to carry her stern-piece over to starboard. The Normandy was cut down three feet abaft her starboard paddle-bcx, and shortly after foundered with a deplorable loss of life. On behalf of the Normandy it is contended that the Mary's Butand th th er e e y is u d u id uuu n t o eu t tiu k u nv oN mast-head light was not i n its proper place, with respect ct w to as the a Mary'ss t e a m r e e r a . light being on the Normandy's starboard bow. Therefore, whether the Mary was a sailing vessel or a steamer it was equally the bounden duty, under Articles 14 and 15 of the Regulations for Preventing Col lisions at Sea, for the Normandy to have kept out of the way. It is clear from the evidence that both vessels were in close proximity when they simultaneously discovered their danger. The Mary was enshrouded in fog ; the Normandy was just entering it. It is the duty of the court to notice when it became necessary to call the captain of the Normandy in consequence of the fog it was unquestionably the duty of the officer in charge of the deck to have chewed the signals, and not to have entered the fog at high speed, and across the track of both inward and outward bound vessels. That this pre caution was not taken is obvious, as it is clearly proved by the evidence that the engines were not stopped till ; after the collision. Hence the Normandy violated the 15th article of the regulations which enact that ' every steamship when approaching another ship so a s t o i nvo l ve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary,. stop and reverse ; and every steamship shall, when in a' fog, go at a moderate speed.' After carefully considering the evidence that has been adduced on this inquiry, the court is of opinion that the Normandy, by a breach of the regulations for preventing collisions at sea, is solely to blame for this disastrous collision. The court is further of opinion that the master of the Mary did all that lay in his power to avoid a collision and to save life, and therefore adjudges that his certificate be restored to him. The court cannot pass over without comment the irresolute conduct of the second mate of the Mary when despatched by the master to render assistance to the Normandy. There seems to be no valid reason for his return to his own ship without carrying out the orders he had received from his master. Had he obeyed these orders in the first instance, Lis requested to do by the Crews of the Normandy's boats—although the Normandy had disap peared in. the fog—morelives mijiLltssibly pose have been saved.'! Com- -ougii illiam Diciest lifted tag est Ash- To. 2, Brier c , of ,ra d. ,ez.—'