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THE SUN, LONDON , TIUDAY EVENING., MARCH 16, 1155. been rather Lsinesa done is Western, Mid ian have been ,res have been have further , are higher, the 'alace is better. ISING PRICES• Bwines. don , 93 iii 80 79 225 11 14 933 69 69 69 99 TFIIB DAY. 1011 . 101 ~ 5i 201 1 ~ 701 18k .. 804 80z4 I ~. 81 221 3i ... 23 Lon.inn ~ 69 Si BEE 0' CLOCII. 931 1; • NT AILht FOR AUSTRALIA. ---GENERAL POST-OFFICE, It r, e b•—Th e next mail for Au stralia will be forwarded ‘ 4O ctippa r ship Marc) Polo , under a contract made Y th f r e P ostre as t e r-General with the owners of that vessel purpose , — The Marco Polo is appointed to be de 'ram Liverpool on the sth April next, and all letsouth 'Led' newspapers for New South Wales, Victoria, I:014h Anst 'calla, sand Van Diemen's Land, posted in 4(1 cl u up die evening of the 4th April, or posted or receivedApiiain LiveiTaol up to the morning of the sth b nvnt, addressed to be sent by any other vessel, of e forwa idea by the Marco Polo. The packet rates stage ill b e chargeable on letters , hu t news p a p ers Will Whose be I lable to any postag e. Those postmasters s e inetri lotions direct the m to forward letters to Liverpooltil y tress-post will send in the samo manner, ou itcld press at occasion, letters p osted at their offices r eamed to Australia. 1 nienee °filo existing state of thinge. ,There were 44, 0 00 embodied, and 130,d00 to raise. He fsitincl'that the country was paying for the charge of the officers for the 130,000, while the country was only receiving the services of the number of miltia embodied. The militia was costing the country an enormous sum, and, in addi tion, interfering with recruiting for the regular army. Inconveniences of every description were experienced. Labour was interfered with, and country gentlemen would refuse to come in or to allow their sons to officer regiments. The departure of Government from the ori ginal plan was bad, and it pursued the result would be to make the militia more expensive than the regular army, without being as available, and in addition to in terfere seriously with the enlistment cf the regular army- His idea was that the two forces ought to be kept en tirely distinct, right or wrong—that was a clear and an iutel igible policy—that policy had been departed from, and no other had been adopted. The militia was now neither one thing nor the other. It was not the militia of 1852, nor was it formed on any in'elligible principle. He trusted that the whole subject would soon have the On the motion that this bill be now read a third time, Earl GREY rose. to inquire on what p rinci p les first commissions in the army were granted. The noble earl said that be would be one of the last to wholly abolish the practice of granting commissions by purchase ; but, on the other hand, he was also certain that such a sys tem could not be maintained unless that in the public mind there was perfect confidence that it would be im partially and fairly carried out. Lord PANMURE said he found it had been the prac tice to grant commissions without purchase to those cadets who bad distinguished themselves at the Military College at Sandhurst. It had also been the practice to grant commissions to the Sons of those officers in her Majesty's service who had distinguished them selves, and who, he thought, their lordships would con sider had a right to those first commissions without purchase ; and, in the third place, he was informed by the Commander-in-chief that the next class of persons whose claims to commissions were recognised were the seni of poor deserving clergymen. When the claims of all these classes were exhausted, commissions were given to those gentlemen whose names had been placed on the list of applicants for commissions, and many of those commissions had been recently distributed amongst the last class in order to meet the demand of the army. The age to qualify for those commissions was now ex tended to 32 years. He had failed to find out any ground for the supposition that those commissions had ever been given away without due consideration. After a few words from Earl GREY, Viscount HARDINGE said the noble earl must be aware that in case of commisssions granted without purchase, consideration had always been given to the propriety of reducing the half-pay list, and there was an injunction upon the Commander-in-Chief that a certain proportion of money received for commissions was handed over to the Secretary of War, to be applied to the reduction of the half-pay list. After some observations from the Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH, The bill was read a third time and passed. TEA DUTIES DECLINE SUSPENSION BILL. The bill was read a second time and passed. SECRETARIES OF STATE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of GRAN VILLE this bill was read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM this bill was read .a second time. THE MILITIA. Earl MALMESBURY rose to put a question to her Majesty's Government respecting the militia, as to fur lough to be given to married men ; and also as to the maintenance of their wives and families. The noble earl in asking this question took occasion to enter at great length into the hardships inflicted upon the men who had entered the militia in failing to get their free discharges, and also to the dissatisfaction ex pressed by those men whO had entered only for a short period at finding that the militia was to be permanently embodied. He wished, therefore, to know whether such an order had been or would be given, to what extent it would be carried out, and whether the Government in tended to provide any fund for the maintenance of the wives and children of militiamen who had been embodied in the manner he had pointed out ? To make the cost of such maintenance a charge on the locality would operatd as a check to all recruiting for the force. Lord PANMURE admitted having stated to the noble earl that a question for information with respect to any one county would be better addressed to the War Office. If, however, the question were of a general kind and rested on public grounds, perhaps the better way was to take the course the noble earl had done. With refer ence to the question itself, he thought the noble earl could not be in possession of a circular, issued from the War Office in November, 1854, addressed to the com manding officer of each militia regiment. He was sorry that an impression existed that a breach of faith had been committed towards those men who had engaged. to serve in the militia, for he was quite sure no such breach of faith was intended. It was true that under the act of 1852 the men were engaged only for training and exercise; but he could not admit that under the act of 1854 they were forced to continue their services. In the circular issued to each commanding officer, he was instructed to call only for those men who had no claim for exemption on the ground of the original enlistment, and to report to the War Office those men he considered not compe tent to serve. With respect to the embodied men, the custom was if their wives and families became a burden on the parish from the absence of the husband to allow such men to return to their homes: If any blame ex isted in the matter, it must rest, not with the War Office, but with the colonels of militia. Lord BATEMAN said that he had no knowledge of the circular :n question. He did not complain of the authorities of the Home Office, for the noble lord the present Premier, when Home Secretary, frequently granted permission to the married men to return home. He had written to the colonel of the Herefordshire Mi litia on the subject, and was informed by that gentleman that it would be exceedingly inconvenient to carry out the instructions given by the Home Office as to the dis charge of those men. A communication was then sent to the War Office, and, in reply, the colonel was directed to transmit the names of the men whom he could recom mend for discharge on payment of the enrolment money. According to a return made by the Wer Office 28 mar ried men had been released since the receipt of that letter, and 42 were at that moment in the regiment who hae not yet been released. That colonel had informed him that he bad made a point of granting discharges only to those married men who could prove themselves to be the fathers of two children legally born. (A. laugh.) If out of a regiment of 500 men 100 were discharged be cause they were married great difficulty would be found in replacing them. (Hear, hear.) Lord PANMURE (in answer to the noble lord) said he could furnish him with a return of the names of the men discharged, but not of the names of those who had applied fora discharge. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said as far as lie could understand the question, there appeared to be two classes of militiamen—one enrolled before the act of 1854 and the other after. The first were to be drilled for 21 days, or by an order in council for 56 days, and were not liable to be permanently embodied ; but those enlisted afterwards were liable to be permanently em bodied for 5 years. Now, he thought it would be con ceded that no person who enlisted before the 12th of May, 1854, ought to be compelled against his will to serve for the period named ; and he thought Government would act with impropriety if they did not insist upon HOUSE OAFS OMMONS--YESTERDAY. this class of militiamen serving for the whole period to L OF SUCCESSION. which they might be made liable when they enlisted. „ air. L. KING moved for leave to introduce a bill for He did riot see why the Government should not issue the better settling of the real estates of intestates. The an order in council that the men who enlisted before the measure which he proposed to provide was that where a 12th of May should be called on to serve for 56 days. If p this course were adopte d there would be, among other person diedpossessed of landed prop ert y , the law should m ake for him a just will pr ecisel y in the same way as it advantages, a chance of many volunteering ieto the would make it if Thehe died posse.ssed n of p. ed personal instead of hoe. gentiema cit many cases to army and remaining there. He ho p ed, therefore, that real property nothing would induce the G overnment to depart from s how the injustice of the existing law, and declared that the strict rule of law, which g ave power to compel he had no intention t o assimilate the law with those who enlisted before the 12th of May to serve fo r r ightparties will 66 or to inte rfere with the of to of that 66 days. He would also call upon the Government to make the most earnest exertions for the purpose of raising the militia to the full extent of the establish- Mr. MASSEY seconded the motion, which disci' their real property in any manner that they might desire. merit. At present there were 44,000 embodied, where- simply proposed to extend to land the statute of tri as power was given to raise 136.00 0 ; so that at this bution, which for more than a century and a half moment the militia force was 92,000 below its comple. had successfully regulated the successions in the cases recut. t,Hear, hear.) At the same time a vote in the of personal . and leasehold property. This law of army estimates had been taken for 60,0 00 additional succession applied to at least one half of the real men to the army. Allowance, however, must-be made property of the kingdom, for casualties. So that there were required not fewer he advocated its extension to the other half, believing and as a practical man 182,000 men, or, with the addition of at least 6,000 or as he did that such a change would in no respect be ad -7,000 artillery, nearly 200,000 men to complete the .verse to the existence of arietocraoy in this country. force. He hoped the Govern ment would look to the Amid general calls for a division, condition of the country in this re s p ect, and take prompt Tho SO LICITOR GENERAL rose.—He said t here were some subjects on which it behoved the house to pro measure? to supply the deficiency. Bounce no hesitating opinion. Anti this somewhat stale Earl GREY was extremely glad the subject had been subject of primogeniture was o ne of them. (Hear, hear.). brought before the house by the noble earl (Moires He hoped the house would not even allow to be read a first bury), as it was one of very great importance, and the time hav a bill which had for its object, or at all events would existing state of things was unfortunate, as it interfered effect, the alteration of one of the most impor with the enlistment of the regular army. He had taut of time established institutions of the country. (Hear, heard with great regret the noble marquis opposite, Ih ear .) Ho drew a distinction between measures for the who, he believed, was a colonel of a militia regiment amendment of the law, and measures to destroy or shake and a lord lieutenant, say that he thought it was no the institutions of the country. (Hear, hear.) To measures breach of faith to call upon men who had enlisted for the amendment of the law the house would always lend for ono period, under an act of Parliament which a ready ear, but as to measures which would remove land distinctly provided they should not be permanently marks and root up the foundation -stones of the constitution embodied, to serve beyond the time for which he hoped they would always say with their ancestors of old, Notionus Anglice legennutare. (Hear.) The house had, they had enlisted. In his opinion this was a flagrant indeed, upon the present measure already more than once breach of faith, and he was afraid that the fault c ot e i c e la . r a et o llt b s o vi i n b iot; last b session by a division of three to lay either with the Government or the colonels of mili oasion, except l a f .ep ae e tlitieoeon of f rg t ee e in r its in fa e vo t u s r boenfotrhois oc- tia ; but certainly he believed that many men who bad ad enlisted before May, 1852, were not aware that they ducod. Appeals had been made to thea a r guments of the house were entitled to demand leave of absence or discharge, has the public upon certain isolated instances of supposed when they had fulfilled their time of service, which at dships, as, for example, myosin which personspurchased g e t , o t f b the la personalod itself descendingestate distributable heirs. am oßutng the most was 58 days. He hoped this discussion would land and died without paying the purchase money, which make it generally known that every such man who en twthbaeeirbilfanimd member t r b w e ho b s a ts.te n d ot te n s:easAt o s seemed ignorant listed before the 12th of May, whether married or not, c: with children or not, or earning better wages than in of the fa . et that they with nwd t oh thatre ic; net, upon primogeniture, but arose out of 1. to ie of l the militia, had a right, which no colonel of militia or every contract whether for the purchase of land personal property was first liable in the hands Government could set aside, to demand leave of absence i of t n he ' e t e aster the time had expired for which he had stipulated 1 to serve. He agreed with the noble marquis that when miters or administrators of the contract before the rxeeal this was generally known, one inconvenience would property could be touched. That might or might not be's most likely ensue—namely, that half of the militiamen state of the law fit to continue; bait would not be altered would walk off ; and that the further inconvenience I tent and self-destructive arguments were urged in favour by removing the law of primogeniture. The most inconsis -lof the heetasnre . . Ono hon. member stated that the subject would be experienced of not being able to fill up their places, for no one in his senses would enlist in the mi litia and perform any services if without any chalice of landed w as oi property little un r t r i t i a e n o c l e t r ile the masses, as most of the I re n t o r t cal.led for s ee: were leasehold. If so, then it was adiuitted that this c e i V a a s pension. He was quite sure that the risk of fighting I w as ne discouragement to men to culi,t, for he believed by the interests of the community, but only affecting the that it was the hope of fighting thet pro ei the strongest a7 igtocracy. (Hear.) On the other hand another a inducemeat to enlist. What man would serve five years bar said that the property of the loran arscracy couldu.nmotollone continuously when he could get greater tele autag,es in the affected, es it was mostly fee eimp d held in tail under regular army ? He thought that a'l this showed the ex- t settlements. But the hon. member forgot that if the law of primogeniture was done away with, under which all settle treine impoliay of &parting him the original scheme o! coin _ :fleas welt; drawn in favour of the first and other sous" in militia. It wee intended to be a reserved farce, ( t h , e r ertiVti t rested entirely e i ntirely on the principle of Oil elate, the whole system of settlements would be de posed of men who, in consequence of their avocations, i could not permaneatly enlist, and not when enrolled to !t.,tt'''Yed oef l t r e s egor n enan s te t ic a )tr t eo e s o ew f re t t rho law f t r e h scon t ofe present state it formed be permanently einboditel. If you permanently ern - ' time foundation. (Hear, : hear.) vo bodied the militia, you exeinde all this elas;4 of recruits. \ was aseocnaed with the upholding ar d you will find that recruiting fix time militia will , e ee enes of time kingdom. So intimately en eterially interfere with severs.recruitin fur the r e g ular arm y, I w ith the manatee:thee of an ancient monarchy like o u r e s t • 'lr e He had seen letters from l officers who told lif this nicesure wore to pass, estates would be inderinit a e n l him the system had seriously interfered with recruit- I divided to the infinite disadvantage and detriment of the Y ing for the regular army. They had been told by I country, not only agriculturally, but politically, socially, the noble earl that 60,000 men were still wanted ! economically, and morally. (Hear.) A great deal was said on this subject about " natural justice, and it was said to be for the army, and a larger number for the militia. i sue and ! con t r ary to natural j ust i ce that the elder son should - ni s was a very serieas state of things, ,eatl to all the freehold e states of . his ancestor. But, in one which Gover nment ou g ht to look after 'without ' f ac t, th er e was a fallacy in supposing that considerations of delay. His advise to Government was to return , natural justice. entered at all into the question ; for the in to the original principle of the militia, and not to keep e titution of property , e s p eciall y as re g arded reality, was a the men permanently embodied. Loo k . ' at the inconve- creature of positive law , and was moulded and regulated serious consideration of Government. The Earl of MA LMESBURY, in reply, was not sorry the subject had been brought forward. He trusted the noble lord would not say that it was the intention of Government to make the men who enlisted under the ant of 1552 liable to the provisions of the bill of la-t year. He hoped the noble lord would state that he was really to adopt the principle so well laid down by the noble earl (Ellenborough), and would allow those men to have their discharge who bad served the 21 days, or 56 days, as originally stipulated. With respect to the question of married men with children, that was a question of policy, and he to 1 brought it before their lordships in the hope that it would receive considera tion. The noble earl had not received an answer as to whether Gov: rnment intended to maintain the wives and families from any other fund than the parish rates. The e'reular issued by the Horne Office relative to the exercise of the power of granting discharges to married men by colonels of regiments was obscure, and he beg ged to ask for a further explanation of its meaning from Government. Lord PANMURE said that the debate bad taken a wider range than was anticipated. Grave questions had been raised by the noble earl (Ellenborough) and his noble friend (Earl Grey), which would be felt through out the country, and would be clamed by all to be of great importance. It had been said that after the notice relative to the right of militiamen to their discharge that many militiamen would take advantage of the circum stance, to the great inconvenience of the public service. Neither for that nor for this discussion could he hold himself responsible. His endeavours would be, as an administrator of the War Department, to avail himself cf the services of as many men as the exigencies of the country required. With reference to the circular re ferred to by the noble earl, in his opinion it was per fectly clear. That circular was addressed to the orderlies and the clerks of lieutenantcies, and no doubt that cir cular would be found in the hands of the sergeants of militia. The last paragraph stated (as we understood) that if any reason should exist why, in the opinion of the proper officer, a man should be allowed to be free on re payment of the enlistment fee, or without repayment on the recommendation of that officer, the man should be discharged and relieved from service. In the case of mar ried men who had enlisted for five years, and who had thrown their families on the parish, and who were liable to contribute to their support from their pay, it was intended to give their discharge, but not on furlough, as it was considered far better not to have men in the militia so burdened as to make militia duties impossible. It was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to take any step with regard to the wives and families of the married men, further than to discharge the men from the burden of serving. If the colonels did not recommend the men to be discharged, then the responsibility rested with the colonels. If they did recommend men to be discharged, the discharges were granted in all cases. He trusted that one effect of this debate—which he considered to be advantageous—would be to let colonels of militia know the power they had in this respect ; but another effect of the debate he could not approve of, as, if the recom mendation thrown out were adopted, they would reduce the militia 'sulks, and impair the efficiency of that body. The Earl of DERBY wished the noble lord to state distinctly whether the power of discharge rested exclu sively and solely on the responsibility of the colonels ; for however unpleasant and awkward it might be to raise the question at this, or indeed at any moment, still the amount of inconvenience was not to be compared with the consequences of leaving an impression on the country that an act of Parliament had been tampered with by which men were to be deprived of their rights. (Hear.) No inconvenience that might arise from raising this question could be equal to the permanent injury that would take place if engagements entered into with any class of her Majesty's subjects were not rigidly and ho nestly carried out. And a great mistake was made by not fulfilling to the letter and the spirit the declaration that was made at the time of the introduction of the act of 1854,.that, as the time and terms of the service were to be changed, individual option would be given to every single man who enlisted before May, 1814, to say whether lie would or would not enter into a new engagement. If every one had been re-attested under the act of 1854, these perplexing questions would not have arisen, and we should have had men coining forwarl to enlist vo luntarily. Had this been the case you would have bad a wiitia embodied on a well-underetood plan of wagree ' ent, and . whether the man Was married or single , he would have had no cause to complain, or right to withdraw from his engagement. But it was of the last imprn lance that men should know the rights they hal practically, and he would be no party to conceal those rights from the' servm. He said that every man who \ e nlisted for 21 daysice, or by an order in council for 56 days' service, should not be compelled to serve 1 for a longer period or under different arrangements, or that the term of his service should depend on the will or the caprice of his colonel. Lord PANMURE would be the last man t) adopt or advocate a course of policy calculated to keep men in ignorance of their rights or engagements. He believed every militiainan who enlisted in 1852.3 knew when his term of service expired. If the original terms were in tended to be varied, it must be done by enactment, as in the case-of volun teerin g to g o abroad. With respect to the power of discharge, if the colonel withheld the. recommendation for a means discharge, be must take the responsibility of the act on himself. Whenever the reconunendation was given it would he complied with. Lord GREY said—Let the amen know their rights. He wished to have an express assurance from Govern ment that, though the act of 1854 gave them power to alter the original agreement, the power would not be exercised. The subject then dropped, and their lordships ad journed. according. to the other institutions of the country, imams i which required consideration, and, when the proper leeeen larly with 1414 ion to-its politiebe AstithttieftS. But wee, eaerived, be.. would submit it to the bowie ...t. ~ there no Rectal advantages resulting freen this institution I - Mr:-.WILIKIWISON did ricrithiuk that the Chancellor of which made its retention desirable? The effect of property the Exchequer had answered the arguments of Mr. Wil going to the eldest son was, that there was not a profession, hams. . calling, or occupation in the country which did not swarm Mr. PEA.COCKE said it was the policy of our free coin with industrious, intelligent, and earnest younger sons, mercial codethat personal property should change hands as whose industry was stimulated, and whose intellect was freely as possible, whilst the policy of our territorial con excited, by the knowledge that they roust depend on their stitution was, that the land of this country should change own exertions. if the whole constitution of society had hands as seldom as possible—should rest in the possession been formed in reference to this institution, he could see of certain families, and be identified with certain names. no reason for considering even the propriety of uprooting The late Chancellor of the Exchequer showed, in his fintax foundations and and altering principles and rules by w hich the cial statement of 1852, that whilst real property paid a whole community had had their views an d ex p ectations of 9d, in the pound, personal property paid a tax of 7d. in regulated. The observations he had now thrown out wore , 31. The landed interest had submitted to free trade, but desultory, for he had not considered them before entering they wotild not quietly submit to the exactions proposed the huuse ; but ho should not be discharging his duty if he - by the hon. member for Lambeth. (Cheers.) This was not did not express his °Pinion that the present motion had thotime, when we were engaged in a great war, to open been unaccompanied by any new argument, and that as the question of agricultural burthens ; but when peace it was opposed to the majority of those best informed in came, it would be the duty of the Legislature to review and nut of the House of Commons, it ought not to be en- the whole of the financial system of the country, and to do tertained. its utmost to relieve the land from that inequality of bur- Mr. EWAR'P denied that the proposal Contained in this theirs to which, as compared with personal property, it was motion was in any degree calculated to shake our institu- confessedly now subject. (Cheers.) tions. The bill sought to do by peaceful means that which ' Sir Cl. STRICKLA.ND was not prepared to give a de might hereafter be accomplished by popular impulse. cided opinion upon the resolutiou unwed by the hon. While ho was opposed to the French and Norwegian eye- -:niember for Lambeth, but considering the very candid manner in which the Chanc e llor of the Exchequer had terns of compulsory division of property, he was decidedly in favour of freedom in the distribution of property by promisee to tre a t that part of it which releted -to ecclesi will. Ile should support the motion because ho thought astical corporations. he would advise the hon. member to it would effect a wise and gradual c h a nge iu an institution rest satisfied with that promise, and not to press his reso lution to a division. which required revision. (Divide.) Mr. WARNER, amidst loud calls for a divisi on, corn- Mr. CROSSLEY denied th a t th e b ur th ens o n land were, plained that the Solicitor-General had failed to specify any in every instance, greater than those on personal property, one institution which this bill was alleged to be likely to and asserted that, in some cases, the contrary was the fact. destroy. It might be right that a man should wish to keep Horses that were employed for commercial purposes were up his name by a family descent o f property, but a mere ( subject to taxation, but when used for agricultural par imperative dote required of him was that Lis y o unger c hit- poses they were exempt. Again , insurances of corn iner dren should not be suffered to want. chit or personal property were subject to taxation, but Mr. L. KING replied, expressing his astonishment that insurances of agricultural produce were free from duty. the Soliciter-General, who stated Lis desire for a general He was not in favour of the abolition of probate duty on amendment of the law, should have opposed the present personal property. He thought that wben a man came motion. into possession of property, to obtain which he had not The house then divided, when there appeared — had to lift his little finger, it wa s a g ood time for an For the motion. ............................. .... M officer of the Chancellor of the Exchequ er to ste p in and Against it .................................. . ....... 156 demand something for the support of the State. He thought, Majority .. .. . ............................. —72 too, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to feel obliged to the hon. member for Lambeth for having brought PROBATE DUTY, forward this motion. The Government, most probably, Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved, "That, in the opinion of would have been .grad enough to have supported it, but, the house, real property and irnpropriate tithes should be f ear i ng th a t they had not sufficient strength to carry it, made to pay the same probate duty as is now payable on they had thought it prudent to withhold their support, in personal property, and that property belonging to corpora- order that their tenure of office might not be cut short. tions, universities, colleges, bishopries, and deans and (Laughter.) Mr. MUNTZ thought that the tax was a bad one, and if chapters, should pay a duty equivalent to the probate'and the hon. gentleman had made a motion for its total aboli legacy duties levied on personal property." In submit- ' tion, he should have supported such a proposal. ting this motion, he ought, in the first place, to, observe Mr. WILLIAMS replied. that, in the year 1796, Mr. Pitt brought in a bill to sub- • ' The house er divided— For the motion ject all descriptions of property to legacy duty, but the Against it all-powerful landed ,aristocracy compelled Parliament to Majority against divide that bill into two separate measures—one having The motion was consequently lost. application to real property and the other to personal • FACTORY LABOUR. Mr. COBBETT, in asking leave to bring in a bill to property. Mr. Fox opposed this division, but his exer- limit the hours of work of females and young persons in tions wore unsuccessful. The measure imposing legacy the factories of the United Kingdom to ten in the day, and duty on personal property soon passed, with little or no to provide the means of more perfectly inspecting the said opposition ; but the other measure was successfully op- factories, said that his object was to have the bill printed, laid before members, and circulated through the country, posed by the landed aristocracy. The question remained and at some convenient opportunity after the recess dis in this state for a period of 57 or 58 years ; but a short time -cussed on its principles and details in that house. The ago the right hon. gen tleman the late Chancellor of the factory question was one that had possessed great interest Exchequer (Mr. Gladstone) applied a partial remedy by not only for a large body of the working people of this the enactment of it measure imposing on real property one- country but the Legislature itself. For many years efforts half of the legacy duty imposed on personal property. He were made to reduce the hours of labour of children in (Mr. W. Williams) was at a lose to conceive why r eal pro. the first place, then young persons, and lastly all females porty should be exempt from the sante duty which was levied in factories, to that which he considered was a reason on all ether descriptions of property. He hoped that his able extent of labour—namely, ten hours in the day. motion would meet with the support of the present Chan- In 1847 Parliament acceded to that principle, and a bill ' cellor of the Exchequer. When he (Mr. W. Williams) was passed regulating the hours of labour in factories, and ' brought forward a similar motion some years ago, he was enacting that no female or young person should work more told that real property was subject to heavy stamp duties than 10 hours a day in any of those establishments. But on conveyances and mortgages, but this argument could unfortunately there existed a flaw in another act to which now have no force, for five years ago, at a sacrifice of the act of 1847 had a necessary reference, which gave the 450,0001. a-year, the stamp duties on conveyances and Manufacturers an opportunity of evading the act of 1847, mortgages wore r educed. If h is p ro position were adopted and the consequence was that by the adoption of a mode the Chancellor of the Exchequer, without increasing of working called the shifting system, they kept the people the amount of the national debt, would have 2,500,000/. occupied not only 10 hours a day, but 12, 14, and in some additional a-year wherewith to pay the army and cases even 15 hours a day. (Hear.) This system had been navy, and if he resorted to a system of loans with- acknowledged iu this house to be an evasion of the law, out endeavouring to raise this sin by a legacy dirty and there could be no doubt whatever that it was. (Hear.) on real-property he would incur a serious-responsibility. In point of fact the Ten Hours Bill of 1817 was abrogated He could not understand upon what ground such a by that flaw. Then came the time for Parliament to re motion as the present could be opposed. It had been said mosey this wrong; entitle° question arose as to whether thero by same hon. gentlemen that land was more taxed than should be alO consecutive hours bill or an infringement on any other species of property; but such an argument had the principle of the act of 1847. The working people be been long since disposed of. The industrious classes paid came afraid at this point, and they applied to Lord Ashley much heavier taxes than the richer classes, on the subject. That noble lord asked the right hon. gen- An HoN. GENTLEMAN moved that the house be counted. tleman which was the case ; and in 1818 a letter was re- There were only 32 members present at the moment that ceived from the present Chancellor of the Exchequer stat the motion was made, and very little more than that num- iug that it was not the intention of the Government to bar for air hour previously; but when the bell rang for the propose any bill infringing on the spirit of the Ten Hours "count," Mr. Murrough rushed iu, as On Tuesday night, Bill of 1847. Upon this the workpeople rested qtiet, and for the purpose of being reckoned, and some few members thought the principle was secure. On the 3.1 of May, 1850, afterwards dropping in, the requisite number of 40 was however, the right hon. -baronet the present Home eked out, and the debate was resumed. Mr. Murrough, Secretary stated his intention to introduce a bill to and some other members, retired the instant they were extend the term of labour to 10 hours and a half in counted. the day, and to give the workpeople a limitation from six Mr: WILLIA.MS felt very much obli g ed to the" whips" o'clock in the morning to six -o'clock iu the evening as a on this occasion, and he hoped he should have an oppor- boon. It was, however, no boon, for the working people tunity of paying them off. He would. not detain the house, had it before; and the •manufacturer would necessarily but, in conclusion, he must say that no one could oppose take his labour in those hours to avail-himself of the light this motion w ho called himself a just man and a Christian. of the day. The right hon. baronet explained the advan- Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. He thought it tages to the workpeople of half an, hour in the morning, was high time the distinction made by the law between from half-past , five to six, to themselvee, as well as the real estate and personal estate should be put an end to. whole of the evening, and the Saturday from two o'clock, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed Tenheiig,l as he said, a half hour more than was given by the Yours Bill. At present, however, they were worked his regret that the lion. gentleman should have adop ted the on the Saturdays to three and half-past three, which was course of stating his views in the form of an ale - street re- more than they worked under the Ten Hours ill. A con solution. It was competent for him to have brought for- siderable opposition was raised to the bill of the right hon. ward any plan for maintaining, or continuing, or exteud- baronet, those who opposed it advocating the principle iug the probate duty, and i t would then have been in the of the Ten Hours Bill. Nevertheless , the bil l was p assed, the Ten Hours Act was nullified, and the labour of power of the house to judge as to the exact nature of the women and children was extended half an hour each day, proposition before it, but it was extremely difficult, from and half an hour added on Saturday. There were orly the term selected be- the hoe. e ggnetenwn, for the_ house to sixteen petitions in favour of the act, which was not form any clear jnagment as to the plan he would wish it observed atikost - from the thus (it its passing, and the fac totory inspectors—principally Mr. Romei—cornplainA hit pursue. The hon. member a pp eared, in the course of telly of its constant violation, and called for an amended his speech, in many oases, to have confounded the legacy Itw on the subject. This was in May, 1852—not half a duty anti the probate duty—he had applied to the pro- year after the passing of the act. There was also a memo bate duty arg uments which a pp lied exclusively to rial from manufacturers in Yorkshire and Lancashire, the legacy duty. But the honourable gentleman had omit- complaining of the violation of the act, and culling for a batter ted to state th e p recis e nature of the p robate dut y , and btiftt mode of inspecting factories to prevent this viola en. A deputation of these manufacturers even came to the distinction betweea real and personal property, upon London and memorialised the Earl of Darby en the sub which the present probate duty was founded. The prat- ject. From that time to this there were continuous cons tice of proving wills had grown ou t o f the jurisdiction of plaints of the violation of the act. In Octuber, 1852, the the ecclesiastical courts. From a very ancient period of his- inspectors made a joint report on the violation of the act, antito 1834, tory the eccle s i asticel co urts had juri sdiction over the p er- all also ef other whiche au ed reports fe t for ano the am sameendm effect, entofhe dw e o xi n :ting law, soua lty of deceased parties, whether testate or intestate. and more restrictive powers to prevent the infraction That jurisdiction, however, by the nature of those courts, o f the act. The question next arose as to. what were was limited to personal property. The p e „f E ng l an d did the feelings of the workpeople ou the subject of these not require that wills by which. real property was devised infractions. He (Mr. C) would not confine himself, as should be proved in the ecclesiastical court, nor had that the right hon. baronet the Home Secretary would, court any power of deciding upon questions affecting land to the factory inspectors ; he would state facts which or realty. The consequence of that state of the law was , . probably the factory inspectors . could net ascertain. that probate duty was necessarily confined to wills which Last session 1,083 petitions were presented in favour affected personal property. If they proceeded to extendpro- of the principle of the Ten Hours Bill, all complaining of bate duty to real property, it would be necessary not only the violation of the existing law. Ho (Mr. C.) had also pre to take the course proposed by th e honourable member vented a petition from some of the largest manufacturers for Lambeth, but also to alter the whole of real property of Oldham in the same session, stating that the violations law which exempted that description of property from were notorious and systematic, and that they could only the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical court ; and it be met by the bill which he (Mr. C) then had before the would be further necessary to alter the jurisdiction and h o use. If that bill had been hostile to the interests of the powers of the ecclesiastical court, so as to make them ex- m anufacturers, such a petition would not be presented. tend to questions affecting realty. That was the diffi- The whole of the petitions in favour of his bill last session culty which suet them at the threshold of the subject. If amounted to over 200,000. That was a proof of the fact the hon. gentleman had, in a committee of ways and of the violation of the law and the necessity for an amend means, submitted a distinct plan for the consideration of ment of the present act. There had been two elections the house, they would have been able to form a judgment since his first bill was introduced, and in the manufaetur as to the manner in which he (Mr. Williams) proposed to ing boroughs the pledge put to the candidates was the sup overcome that obstacle, and to deal practically with the port of these bills. The hon. member for Blackburn had difficulties which surrounded this mode of taxation. With been returned on that promise, and he had kept his pro regard to the more general vi e w of the question, he (the mire. In Clitheree also, the same question was raised at Chancellor of the Exchequer) must be permitted to refer the election, and the candidate who promised to support to the extensive measure affecting the legacy and succes- his bill was returned. These were proofs that his bills sion duties, which was introduced by his right hon. friend were acceptable to the public in the manufacturing dis the member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone). tricts, and the bill he now wished to bring in was nearly In proposing that measure he went most extensively into identical with them in all its provisions. The Ten Hours the question as to the suc cess i on t o rea l an d personal pro- Bill was a groat advantage to young people in f actories ; petty, and the whole subject was thoroughly exhausted he (Mr. C.) knew it, and that was the reason he was so by the debates of the house, and an adjustment of the strenuous on the subject. Before the Ten Hours Act respective claims of those two classes of property was ar- was passed the condition of the workpeople was as rived at, which he (tire Chancellor of the Exchequer) was had as it could be. One of the effects of the long hours not prepared to advise the house now to reconsider. It VaS to unfit the workmen for enlistment in the army. must be bon in mind, if th ey came t o cons id er the equity Sir J. Elley said that the number rejected in the manu of the case, that the transfer of real property was subject factoring districts, as compared with those rejected in to many .charges to which the transfer of personal property the agricultural districts, was something enormous. A was not subject in an equal degree. No person could deal large body of evidence was taken before t h e Health of with laud to any great ext en t without being constantly Towns Commission to prove that the factory workers were subject to the payment of stamp and other duties, and for the most part crooked ; and in Rochdale, out of 30 men although there were certain cases in which personal property o ffered for the army, only one was tit for service. The was, upon its being transferred, lialee to taxation, yet they same rule obtained in France. In 1853 Mr. Redgrave, a were infrequent; and it Wright with perfect truth bo said factory inspector, made an examination iu Prussia, and it that a great inequality in the practical working of the wa s found that in 1828 the manufacturing districts could laws affecting the transfer of real and personal property not supply their contingent. This proved the physical de existed in favour of personal property. There were, be- terioration produced by the factory system. He (Mr. C.) sides, as it had been often stated in that house, many local had stated, on a former occasion, the astounding mortality charges affecting land from which, it was true, the Crown of children under two years of age in the factory districts, derived no benefit (as they were not Queen's taxes) but because they were deprived of tire care of the mother. Dr. whichoneVertheless,. were charges that could not be left Fletcher stated the ago of death in our factory district at out of consideration in a discussion of this subject. He was, eight years. The ratio of deaths of children under two therefore, not prepared to accede to the first branch of y e ars of age in factory and in agricultural districts was as the motion of his hon, friend in the form in which he 63 to 33. At a late meeting of the British Association for had presented it to the house. He (the Chancellor of the the Advancement of Science, .a Mr. Ashworth made gauateconrtl himself on refer- Exchequer)hay might, p erha p s, enco to the strike which lasted for six winter months—a ing found so a ble a c oadjutor as his hon. friend the mem- rigorous winter, during which the workpeople on strike bar for Lambeth, who proposed to pour no less than were stated to have undergone great privation. Mr. Clay, 2,590,000/. into the Treasury ; 'but, notwithstanding the prese nt state of the p ublic finances, lie could rot accept the however, the chaplain to the Preston g aol, stated that about 1,000 of the women on strike were mothers, anti that donation on the terms on which it was offered. His hon. the number of infant deaths was 497 iu the six months, friend said th at he wished to make wills of real p ro p ert y while in the six p recedin g months the number was 594. subject to probate, but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) 'The inference therefore was, that by the care which these begged leave to say that he saw nothing in the resolution women were enabled to bestow on their children these 100 which bore any such meaning. The resolution did not lives were saved in six months—months also of privation propose to alter the law with respect to the probates of and suffering. Was it not, consequently, in the face wills o f rea l property ; it merely provided to alter the law of these facts, too bad when called upon to redeem these with respect to probate duty. His hon. friend bad cone- blunders, that Parliament should inflict an additional half 'flouted upon the inconsistency_ of wills for years being hour, at tho least, upon these poor people? He (Mr. C.) subject to probate duty, and wills for lives being exempted proposed to restore the ten hours ; to give the factory in therefrom. That inconsistency was necessary cense- specters some chance of enabling them to enforce the law queues of the general law © of the country, which said by placing a restriction on the motive power after a certain that leases. for years were chattel interests, while leases period. He knew that was the rock on which be would f lat lives were freehold interests. As long as the split on this matter. But a large number of manufacturers distinction between realty and personalty, with respect to themselves admitted that that was the only effectual mode the probate of wills, lasted, the distinction of which his of securing an adherence to a fixed limitation of hours of lion. friend had complained must continue to exist. The labour. In other portions of the hill there were causes for sam e remark applied to the inconsistency of which thehon. cars ing out the suggestions of factory inspectors ; .such, co mplained as existing between houses held on member had for instance, as a clause for increasing the penalties of a revision l e ase and freeh old houses. Freehold houses bein g real pro- violation of the act. The only other important p party were necessarily exempted from probete duty, which it contained was one which would enable a person lease lI 1 houses being a chattel interest were ne- to proceed for Penalties under the law before a county whereas ease o , thereto. His bon • cessarily s ubject the _ . friend made a remark , tans action, after having court judge, in the shape of a qui . y .0 intention. as to the scale of the probate duty. On that subject he , given the inspectors three slays' notice of hi lodtliat (the Chancellor of the Exchequ er ) would on l y sa y that, if ; These were the provisions of the bill, runi c i hop i 41 ~,, his lion. friend had subinittee a eistinct articulate propo- ', the house would assent to its intnehickion, hul,.etails s'tien for the consideration of the house he (the Chancellor . themselves a future opportunity of con- . 1, ningdetails its class.--a of time Exchequer) would have b2ori ready to consider it ; ' and of doin i s justice to it large maul t a i l m i ,, ii 4 iffo o . f t , ,ln about g 25 :). (1 but %Nile!) his hon. f.iene's argument upon that subject 'class i nere ,ing. it wou ld a ppear, t a ' time 'were undenia , lile, was f oun ded on a, unae, abstract proposition, it was dial- a yea r. The evils of the presau . s 7 . l ' l t 'be removed b cult to nicet it. The sates reinerk would apply to his amid he believed that those evils Lou Dilly . . lie friend's °bonveto," „, so the e vasions of the time interference of the Legitlat .ire. (Cheers ) honottra i.t.ire rose for the purpcs) of briefly t• e• oeiliape were premised. with respect to pro- Sir G. GIIEY said. .. . . law, w iit..., .the ' t v • .11 induced him to eplo,e EI lU . ' ^ 1 for the preventiou of which wecautions stating the reasons i h,e bate duty, a re until , 1 t: of time bill. If there we; e arty atirtrieuity ill the might be taken, bet some definite proposition was duc ion . submitted to the house upon that question, it was useless incitsui, an if . 3 ~,. and an . adva•ita , e could be e•iierel‘ by their not : to ' decision''' upon its enerits, Ire could tto i e . wo wiated tithes, they i m mediately coming a to discuss it. With respect to - ft r ) l 1 and thus hav- 'I A object to the proposal that it snould be brought in, and i were frequently belch ttentutPrests, leases fur w r e L ea s i i l i b ; ject to probate ei t i at it should become the subject of their future considers ing become claa ithrespect to the latter part of the proposi- lion. But there was no ambiguity whatever in the case. duty. AV-- - The hon. etl himself had distinctly stated the pro pertyten —name y, drat lions of his hon. ft • g to corporations, universities colleges, v i s i ons of the bill, and he had further told them it was belongiu s and chapte'r's, he believed that a bill identical, or nearly identical, with one which he had be bishoprics, dear o i l' that subject had been already brought fore brought under the notice of the house. Under those upoa the whole turity by his r ight hon. friend who pre- circumstances it appeared to him (Sir G. Grey) that they to considerable in a ofilce which he had the honour to hold. ought not allow the measure to be introduced unless they ceded him in th l e ie (the Chancellor o f the Exchequer') had were prepared to assent to its principle. He considered (I{"r, hear.) not bad time to ma ke himself master of the details of that that any inter ference on their p arts in such a matter as tha t . that it was a suei nutted bject which would be e xtremely mischievous uuless an d . bl bill, but he will in g l y ake n ispensa e . 61 84 . -23 1 1 - 1 _J .1 1_ N I NIP L ' HIM PI I T HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved for returns showing the various stations of the militia regiments, also the number of men who have voluntaered into the line, and also the number of the militia regiments who have ❑ot yet furnished their quota. MUTINY BILL. ay was The which com ,o bid. ; ;9 70. ; The ,rd ten- ~ there ;ar, but las been ied for 475. to in rice, inquiry. more in ly ruled )er cwt. per lb., \rld fine should g of the morning e morn- in time General :6 home, 7. We lam can s. The outline more not be as the time to ,na Aus mdsvich ,he has 'ers have lata for migrants ry dwell. 'rum 30/, iitable to upwards. • disposal 'rants ? .e relief of fly voted, Board. in request Tod domes- st quarter safely in- ;nce to the migration. ay be use . building ease." accord- Son, and Ilut with ;ock and ma Rail ;nt prices Per Cont. 98 99 .06 107 .05 106 90 92 78 80 81 83 102 103 91 92 83 84 85 85 80 87i lot 103 83 69 70 921 931 83 90 100 101 82 84 74 .76 78 canting to with that aoyancy to ,f increased •ovided the ,he accumu- Ile, and the aofitable ern , year 1854. ;n to attract 'rovernmeut again pass ;xpenditure, afforded by or by new which the d afford an .curity, the 6s. 4d. for vanced rates cent. Cou lee 931 1 for :e have been at 79 and 80. wt 225. Ez• La Bonds Ils. ~ re 99k. are generally Spanish .n bonds have Greek Stock S 6 to Si ; ,es of foreign to 6 ; Mexi ; ditto Three ,r per Cents., , 99 to 101 ; 89 to 91 ; ditto Three icates, 4 to 5 ; 87A .. 11 1, 0 I,if o o l Drle' bcoo,, ot o has e 001)0(1 .0 1 )1 0P 'reOPPO'f4 the J d 0, rO O ri o ° ol o je to bolli: b p teP o r s ji the e / ,o j 1 o 1 4 i ll ° P$ ing Pl , :f ,1 4. rf si t eSas:4 a, oecetalty for nosh interretabee MtheOhi he batkUtshevt. n 4 4 1%4 1 .114 3 44' • • - r the hon. gentleman had not found the exiateime of any such The LOR ID -0C o t _ *to brier, necessity. They all remembered the intense agitation to bill to regulate intramural interments; inaScofland. which the ten hours question had given rise in former THE ARMY IN THE'!CIitTMEA.. years, and the deep interest felt in that question by a large Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, who had given riotionlo Isms° for portion of the people of this country.. At present, hew- , the production of correspondence betweenLoriMatlYben and ever, there was no such agitation , and .there was no indi- the Government as to the wants of the army in the Crlidea s - cation of the prevalence of, any such feeling. The hon. said he had been requested to postponeit '-• liot.did not gentleman himself, in attempting to establish his case ; had know why he shoald do so, as he might, if he did, fail to gone ba c k t o f ac t s w hi c h h a d occurr ed b e f ore th e passing obtain another opportunity. The other night he had asked of what was called the Ten Hours Bill. He said, and said a question as to its production, and the answer he bad truly as h e ( Sir G. G re y) believed , th a t gr e a t b ene fit had received was extremely unsatisfactory. He was told that been derived f rom th e s hortening of the hours of labour iu factories for women, young persons, and children ; but it was not right that detached portions of the corres pondence should be produced, and that the house must that benefit had been secured, not inerelz by the Ten wait until the Government--could produce the whole. Hours Act, as it was called, passed in 1841, but by the But when would they be prepared to produce it ? (Hear, operation of that act, combined with and strengthened by hear.) Who might be the Government on any future the act of 1850, which the honourable gentleman then day was quite uncertain. (Hear.) He asked only for sought to set aside. Let him remind the house what such portions of the correspondence as related to the wants Were the facts of the case. By au act of William of the army, which formed a separate subject. He did not IV. the hours of labour in factories were limited; for want all the carrespondence which might have passed be young persons, to twelve hours - a day - ; and these tween the Commander-in-chief in the Crimea; and the Geo twelve hours might be taken between half-past five vernment, but only.those parts which related to the wauts o'clock iu the morning and half-past eight o'clock in the of the army anti the causes of the disasters wliielt had evening. By the act of 1847 the 11 hours were limited to occurred. (Hear.) His reason for asking for the produe -10 ; but the 15 hours between half-past five in the morning tien of that portion of the - correspondence was this—that and half-past eight in the evening were still left as the the greatest interest and anxiety existed on the subject, margin within which the ton hours might be taken. The n o t on ly in this country, but in the Crimea. (Hear, hear.) consequence w as, th a t a sys t em of re l a y s h a d been adopted, He knew that complaints and representations had been and there was nothing in the act to render that system made to Lord Raglan there as to the wants of the army ; illegal. He (Sir G. Grey) had been at the time Secretary as to clothing, food, medicine, and the ambulance depart of State for the Home Department, and be h a d received , ineut: And some persons supposed that these representa innumerable complaints of the operation of the act of 1817, tious had not reached the authorities at home. Now, ho in consequence of the mode in which it had been carried did net believe that Lord Raglan was wanting in sympathy into effect. In the year 1850 the subject had undergone or humanity, 'and he knew the noble lord bore a very dif long and most anxious consideration ; and with the consent ferent character, and had heard it from those who had and concurrence of the ac knowledged a dvocates of the fac- served with his lordship in the Peninsular war. (Hear.) tory operatives, the act of that year had been adopted as He believed Lord Raglan had made representations to the the best settlement of the question which could be effected. Government at home. Lord Raglan must .has'e known By the act the hours of labour were reduced to 10 during that when the Duke of Wellington wrote Lorne from the the - first five days of the week, and these hours should Peninsula for certain comforts for the army, and when be selected between six in the morning and six in the even- they were not supplied as expeditiously as they ought to ing, while a half holiday was given on the Saturday, so have been, that the duke wrote that if the Government that th e total number of hours of labour during each week did not send out what. he wanted he would come home could not amount, for women, young persons , and c hil- immed iatel y . He believed Lord Ra g lan ' h ad made repre dren, to more th an go hours. Generally speaking, the act sentations, and he did not believe that the Duke of New had worked very satisfactorily, and had been productive of castle bad not attended to them. In justice, therefore, to great harmony among the owners of factories and the peo- the character of Lord Raglan and the Duke of Newcastle pie in their employment. The hon. gentleman said that it the papers he asked for should be p roduced . He be was evaded, but he (Si r G. G rey ) should liketo know what lieved that the papers would show that the commissariat, act was not evaded ? The hon. gentleman proposed to the quartermaster-general, • • and the adjutant-general prevent the evasion in question by extending the restric- were to blame in many particulars. He wished to know Lions on the hours of labour from what were known as whether Lord Raglan had reported to the Government at the protected classes to the whole of the adult factory home the obligation's which he had incurred to the French population.`: He would shut up the mills altogether except for the supply of great coats and arnbolthices, and the facts during 12 hours each day. But was the house prepared, connected with theloss of the Prince and its stores. He for the first time, and contrary to the opinion which had knew for a fact, that when that vesssel lay for four or five been universally expressed, to say that no adult male ope- days at single anchor off - Balaklava with_ attires, the men rative should work in a factory after six o'clock in the on shore were living on half rations of rum and biscuit. evening? That was a principle they had hitherto refused If he had been a member of the committee now sitting on to recognise, and he hoped they would continuelhat re- the state of the army before Sebastopol, those papers were fusel. It would be a dangerous pnneiple for them to adopt, among and one which might fetter our manuf acturin g industr y in the first he should have moved for. I f thb Govern ment would consent to lay them before the house, their a manner perilous to the prosperity of the country. He first step would be to refer them to the committee. He trusted that the house would not upset the act of 1850, begged to move for copies of any despatches or correspon which had worked very beneficially, and that they would - dance that had passed between Field-Marshal Lord Raglan not apparently sanction the principle of limiting the hours and the Minister for War, relative to the wants of the army of labour for the adult labouring population by allowing the in the Crimea. bill to be brought in, and creating in expectation that it Lord PALMERSTON said that when the Government might be passedast a subsequent period of the session. The consented to the appointment of the committee it of courss case was fully before the house ; they were' s well able to had no intention to withhold from Parliament any infertile decide -nison it at present as they would be after Easter ; tion that might be necessary for investigating the matters and he hoped they would agree withhim in negativing the .referred to that committee. But the house would see that motion for the introduction of the measure. it (=lama. be.useful to carry on two inquiries parallel to • Mr. W. J. FOX supported the bill as a means of securing t o eac h other, If the house were to adopt the course sag. to the labouring classes a boon which this house professed gested by his hone friend . - viz:, •to take the inquiry into to give them eight years ago, but which they had failed to its own-hands, each member would ,have to move for such enjoy, through no fault of their own, but from the mistakes documents as were thought desirable touoltine the matters of Parliament. He argued that the preeerit - wits a favour- to be inquired into. But the h ouse had d etermined to able period for trying the experiment, as the cotton trade appoint a committee, and to delegate to it all the powers was not brisk at any rate and could not be injured by ossessed by the house in this inquiry. The committee had the proposed further restriction. He denied that the work- power to call for these or any other documents, and be ing classes were bound by Lord Ashley's consent to the pre- should submit, therefore, that it would be better to leave sent law, for they had withdrawn their confidence from the committee to u j dge what information was necessary. him as soon as that consent was given. He hoped the They should only beg et ting into two conflicting' inquiries house would not refuse the introduction of this bill. if the house called for these documents on the one hand, Mr. NEWDEGATE was surprised at the course taken and the committee pursued its inquiry on the other. It by the Government in refusing to allow this bill even to be was competent for the committee to call for these papers, introduced. It asked no more than the house had already and whatever papers were called for the Government would promised to give, and he hoped the house would' take the of course furnish, if they did not involve matters incou matter into its own hands and give the measure a calm and venient to the public service. The substance of the papers deliberate consideration. moved for by his hon. friend being extracts, would, of Mr. ELLIOTT, Mr. CROSSLEY, and Mr.WiLicINsON seve- course, be given when called for. rally opposed the bill, the tendency and result of which Mr. M. MILNES demurred to the doctine of the noble they considered would be most injurious. lord, and protested against the supposision that, the house Mr. BRIGHT said that he regretted to find that the were to take no proceedings in this matter so long as the hon. member for Oldham had, in the course of the obser- committee were sitting. The correspondence ought to be vatious which he had offered to the house, made a proposi- produced in justice to Lord Raglan and the Duke of New tion upon a question which he hoped had been settled for castle. He hoped the noble lord would reconsider the ever. The hon. gentleman sought to diminish the amount matter. of labour in the factories by two hours in the week; thus Mr. PACKE said he had voted for the committee. The making the number of hours 58 instead of 60. Now, in the course adopted by the noble lord was most fair and year 1850 the whole question had been underst. od to be straightforward. settled, and he for .no should regret to see the excitement Mr. BUNCOMBE would not trouble the house by di aled the disturbance, which had existed upon the subject vidiug if any member of the committee would say that the previous to the passing of the measure of 1850, again re- papers would be sent for by the committee. vived throughout the country. One of the parties to the Mr. PHILLIMORE thought they had no right to as compromise of 1850 had been LordAehley, while, upon the sumo chat the committee would not ask for the papers. other side, there had been a considerable number connected The motion was then negatived without a division. with the manufacturing interests; and notwithstanding The Purchasers' Protection against Judgment Bill and what had been stated to the contrary by the hon. member the Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill were read a for Oldham, he believed that the best-educated portion of third time and passed. the factory population were by no moans discontented with Adjourned at twelve o'clock. the settlement which had been made upon the occasion to which he referred. None of the manufacturers had en deavoured to disturb the bill of 1850, or to interfere with its operation in any respect whatsoever. And now ho would ask if it were not better to leave in operation the bill fixing the period of working at 60 hours a week, than to endeavour to obtain a measure fixing that time at 58 hours, and by that endeavour, which might or might not be successful, to disturb all that harmony which at the present moment happily existed upon the question between the capitalists and the employed? In his opinion, any per son who looked upon the subject devoid of the feelings of a partisan, must feel that it was infinitely better to leave the question as it stood than again to light up the fire of dis cord iu the manufacturing districts. But the hon. gentle man the member for Oldham had put forward another pro position, to the effect that the steam-engines should be s'opped at a certain hour in the evening, so that not even a grown man should be enabled to work beyond that hour. 1,,T,e.V, there were many cases in which different trades were carried on in the same manufactory, and many instances in which the machinery in a particular portion of such manufactory was worked entirely by adult 1.13C11, and, so far as he could see, the hoe. member for Oldham had made out no case why they should fix a certain hour beyond which a class which embraced thousands should not be per mitted to, work. (Hear.) There were many cases in which, in consequence of the decrease of demand in the Australian, the American, and the home markets, the adults in those factories did not work longer than six hours in the day, and it certainly could not be deemed an act of paternal legislation to prevent those men from contributing, as far as possible, to the support of their families. (Hear, hear.) For his own part, he regarded both the propositions of the hon. member for Oldham as highly objectionable. He was himself prepared to assert that, so far as the employers were concerned, they were disposed to pay the utmost obedience to the law a.s it stood, and ho did not think that the slightest service could be done by re-opening the question. Mr. E. BALL said the house ought not to hesitate to take into its consider ation a question which intimately concerned the well-being of numbers of the poorer classes in the community. To do so would be an insult to the poor, a disgrace to the country, and would cast a stigma upon the house itself. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said that one of the many grounds upon which the house was asked to accede to the motion of the hon. member for Oldham was, that the law relating to labour in factories, as it at present stood, was grossly vio lated. It had been his duty when Secretary of State for the Home Department to watch the . enforcement of that law, and he was bound to say, that although many trifling infractions of it took place, yet those infractions were but trifling, and that its observance was strictly looked after by the inspectors. Now, in what did the violations of the law of which hon. members complained consist ? In the circumstance that the steam-engines were set to work five minutes too soon in the morning, or were kept at work five minutes too long in the evening, and that in that manlier little odds and ends of time were illegally gained by the employers. Now, he did not mean to say that those minutes did not constitute time unduly gained by those parties, but he maintained that the infractions referred to did not involve such a violation of the existing law as to render it necessary that the proposed alteration in that law should take place. In his opinion there was a very wide distinction between restricting the , hours of labour in 'the case of young. women and children, , and restricting the time daring which adult men should be employed. The principle upon which the Legislature- bad , acted was, that it was desirable to step in to the aid of those who, in consequence of their age or condition, could not be regarded as entirely free agents, and to restrict their hours of labour. But in the case of adult men, who were perfectly competent to judge for themselves, there could be no more vicious principle adopted than that which pro posed that Parliament should. interfere between the la bourer and. the capitalist—between the employer and the employed. (Hear.) When Parliament had come to a settlement of a great question, involving the interests and feelings of large classes, and a system had become estab lished, founded upon such arrangement, it was unwise to disturb it, unless on stronger grounds than existed in this case. Ho therefore should vote against the introduction of the bill, objecting to it as he did, not in its detail only, but upon principle. Mr. COBBETT utterly denied the allegation of any " compromise" or " settlement" of the question by the mea sure of 1850, to which the working classes not only did not assent, but actually and positively objected. The hon. member here read a minute of the committed of working men, May 8, 1850, repudiating Lord Ashley's bill. (Hear, hear.) It was the masters, not the mer, who had accepted I that measure as a " compromise" or "settlement," and even they had presented a petition to the house against it at the time, so that it had never been adopted on either side. There had been a memorial to the Home-office against the bill froth all classes of society—clergy and laity, gentry and artisans —strongly objecting to the. addition of the two hours to the week's work . The workmen neveL could find out who had entered into the " compromise " with the Government, and Lord Derby had in the other house asked the question as to the parties who had pro fessed to enter into it—(hear)—but could get no reply. (Hear, hear.) It was curious that on the 12th of June, 1852, the hon. member for Manchester (Mr. Bright), at a meeting of his constituents, stated that he had entered into the compromise with Lord Ashley. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT desired to explsin. He never meant to assert that any express compromise had been entered into. He had merely meant to say that he had acquiesced in the arrangement. Mr. COBBETT—The lion. member spoke so positively as to a " compromise," that it was strange he should now repudiate all knowledge of it—(bear) —but as the hon. member seemed now to shrink from the statement that there had been a compromise on the part of the workpeop'e ho (Mr. Cobbett) ventured distinctly, to state .that there had been none. (Hear, hear.) As to the restriction on the waive power, it had been the opinion of many persons competent to judge, that uo measure could be effective without it ; but he would accept a ten hours bill without it—(hoar)—and it was purely matter of detail. (Hear, hear.) The lion. member for Manchester had ale ays curl tended that to restrict the hours of labour for children and women would be to stop the mills as to adults. If that werb so then there could be no harm in doing so directly. (Hear.) As to the renewal of agitation and a nimosity he saw no occasion for it, and if the hon. member fo r M o an chester would abstain from such a course as tended_ ea r ' ) With t ex cite it--(hear)—no such result would arise. (H these observations he ventured to trust th at the house would allow of the introducti on of the bill. ( ear.) The house divided— 101 Aye 5............................................... . 101 N0e5............................................... 109 . Majority —8 The result was received with loud cries of - hoar, hear., from the Opposition. PAIRS ON MR. LOCKE KING'S MOTION - . FOR. AGAINST: Mr. J. Pilkington. , Lord Cheleea. Sir J. Shelley. Sir F. Baring, Mr. Moffatt. Mr. Robertson. Mr. Stanley. Mr. Corry, Mr. Base. Sir G. Berkeley. Lord R.' Grosvenor. Lord W. Graham. PAIRS - ON MR. N'iTILLIA.MS'S MOTION. FOR. AGAINST. Mr. C. Forster, from 7 till 9. Colonel Harcourt. Mr. Jackson, till N. Sir It. Bulkeley. Mr. Pilkingtop. Lora Chelsea. Mr. H. Russell, till 9L • Sir Joseph Bailey. Air. Moffatt. Mr. Robertson. Mr. Stanley, all night. Mr. Corry. Erratum—Sir Joseph Bailey paired with Mr. o,niai Ricardo on Mr. Heywood's motion, and nut Mr. Bailie. Mr. Lceke King paired in favour of Mr. Heywood's motion With Colonel Howard Vyse•against. lik ~ i,u N k 4 ,4 N. . - - ; • ..- 4.- - s naval se d , 0 , crue . , co, the ~e d # ' vo 70, tN deePa ll ke t 0 ."..rd FRC 'AL I.NT ELL I 0-.E.A CE. much Pp" 6 10: - - -4›- re cautiee,i CITY, TWO o'CLO. ital, S 6Srli t skr ,liis Cotton .trwise 1 10 Nit t a,, market at Liverpool yesterda: aor th . J ei d oil :,,,. and there was no alteration in prices. 1 a nd 7 ,..,_ 0 '",,ere estimated at 8,000 balsa (1,000 of est t° . . 4 1 , ' • for export, and 1,000 on speculation), 3e Getic o •fa t, : `"" Pernam and Maranham, at 61d. to ices, ":: )4,14,ta, at 6fd. ; 400 Egyptian, at 51d. to bosr atl o k tr i e uu Surat, at 3d. to 4 7-16 d. per lb. i g 013 I ,‘ L. N _ Alarket closed firm, with an upwar „ et a ea fo y iii . , is rail' 'Ai Al th e P ri ces. ge was reri it lk be _ colonial produce markets, this week ; Ibe d o it a limited business done in suga l oil Wi tt i' r Prices have been obtained. Coffee ha beck /AO ktati but full prices have been realise Cress' , WO ilk A A Qll Ceylon, and native has ruled at 4 The "101; ,44 r o • per cwt. Not much has been done i thead 1 8 ° te, itt2 spices there has been very little in , e ts, rr e .,4,1 0 -ta k ey're has been firmer, and cochineal m i . ina elen4l l i itett. Russian staples have generally 1 8 °P er ne *k a k am t. tallow e ~,, , 4ow has receded 3d. to 6d. pe , nt 0e.., l e . Leon c o , ter w oe, ' , Kw, ngou tea has remained at M. p `L attot ioe7 o 4..Niti ea r ates have been current for good at e a oell*.,,ot# TIN it . 60, an apLoo 4 di._ eninsular mails, which in due order with t o hatched from London on the morning s t oo p, C' t i di tft,... 11.18 t., will not be made up until the m yeetelpoek.., §g o r„claY, the 20th. Letters posted on the edet l "%ia, l " 1 U - lee 20th will be in time. lye Ail° t the taya b ou Ist SPlj t red to-morrow, Saturday evening. arbour:ill 1/4 steamer Argo, belonging to the C of the ti t ! a 1 4 , w Company, hoe in has made a rapid passage " ail agg!, , thus Melbourne on the 9th January aer. ' , , uns another proof at least of what stea o oa . ;kir z i ,p,,,_ e re plar; r o huh, even in such distant voyages Dou glas! (43. t ile accounts, judging from the I Y k ik , : , telegraph, are not encouraging, ea. 3 e ptaio ,, li t , * ye 8 having occurred. The letters will teiene* for • ' ' r ed until to-morrow morning, but, ode/ rat" is detained, there will be just t I l b s 17,71 edge them. and r i t '!' arrivalof a to t . „ the ship Swarthmore, floe sum ~e . i after a. long detention at the Sal est e:P .lo j 112 000 :14 1 affords great satisfaction, as sl bet e--40,. , 1 Bete'i 4 it z, _ , • on board. -45 following official queries and answer Z a n ll' - th e r eceived from Adelaide, and afford cb roee eftr •I. nth as to the prospects of em nevi op o f 10'Ith Australia : ~.,_ a , ilt ;'.What thew' Or a is the expense of erecting a countr ,:al His ntt a bi 1 11.- a s p , ' ',,. 701 eto an agricultural labourer l—Fr Iste n. „ r ti o , i ii 2. „... or 1 - 1 ,0 4 1, 4, w ...w hat is the rent of a town lodging sui 11. it at o!:4 , 4 et_nk and his family I-103. a week and u 111 1 501 A. tl t i,' what funds have been placed at your 1d DPiae4 , 4l hi ke ll the past quarter for the relief of immigi lliael,o ro'o; ''woi krtilr, f ro s 111 1 , 4 , 1 s there any fund in the colony for the 64P ' r os t de stitute poor ?—A sum of money is annual] te aset hi o d o , 61; 14 under the charge of the Destitute Poor Vtriee o ;l o o. o o ls. It t 4. State the description of labour which is it ° b el t , 3 k ~..colony !—Agricultural labourers, and goo ) Q • . Tants, also mechanics. a ride! : ) ;", % ft Would the rate of immigration of the lasi U. i'dor ., ' %.: I ,the demand for labour ?—lt might be E ith t he i; C l l 17 4 • e ilef f I''' iltp p4 ' Could it be safely increased with referen ;Ad', ' 4 8 "°1 food in the colony ?—Quite safely. .1 1 . Pto B. It i ogi kr': demand for labour which you think ma o ho it . ' tk, -I "atterly the demand for mechanics for ei ri , ellee hag been great, and is likely to increal the I v cie ill, - United States Securities this week, le n 96th e 1 ,' q. l° ,the statement of Messrs. D. Bell, S i l op brslit it k s i there has been a steady market, b : 11 2 re(e,d os 11 44r e - b r it:ins limited in Government' Stc aq , 1 6 ihe Ite l Ei - uo t , ads. The Illinois and the Patna' eg ued ef oter f ke tus uarea were in request. The currei foil b e ad 4. O. u . follows :- 0 4 1 ° 4 0 Z4i . Redeemable. ft , 00 w o otli, ,iii States :tides 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862... I 0 , 00 11.,,,, ill ' .h lit z it i States 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1863...1( epi too u Stat es 6 per Cent. Inscribed nt 0' 4h,,, 1867-1868...1( pts. P e 'f or i r . b ipr i 1, ki ln ,. State a per Cent 1858 to 1860... : to. o •10 It Z e 'Anis 5 per Cent erse' for Vh. • .1.. A D O c i il: emit 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... ] ,vere I,and 5 per Cont. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...1 D 0 0 .. 4fi r i, ;; (1 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... ] 007 , , v ,U•6 1 , 1 :,,, 5 per Cent. (Stall. Bonds) 1858•9•66... , r t. OP 1 .,rgi,,,i. °Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —1388... ~e a b 1 i , At k i k ",, 6 Per Cent. Bonds 010 , ' ~' .. " Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876_ Lbe . W IIIP- P ','' /744 W 6 LOANS OF CITIES. tea , o . 41 19 ori__ per Cent 1857-1865... teas er, ~ 1) 0. ° 448 6 r Cent. Bonds 1893... . 4 C. bo. d o. do. 1874... do. do. 1834.•• 00 ,4 ; h k ill a' _ I , bi . . RAILROAD BONDS. 0 131 AP ail h ' l e Central 7 per Cent. .. . 1875... t d Ili °. i l i l aule. 7 per Cent Ist Mortgage (Star- ... fir It eli b li g Bonds) ., 1859... .„ r e su.; ~,t o , f k e tevania Central R. ltd. 6p. Cent 1880... n " es, ba e li , i tt v York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort. the °l9 l. 4 Sage e Yoxk and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- -1883... ll heat' . /t 4 gage 1883... t, o 'lso° 4 v •York and Erie 7p. Cent. C onver tibl e ..lB7l... va rd.3°' , "Jerk and Eri e 7 p er Cent. Sinking 0 1: .e and n ee' o ll,3i , p i large arrivals of bullion, amen e for rl5 ""t 001 • ; occ oP . 10 pi 1 . , ~ including the Argo's freight 'Com 193°6111 t it the Swarthmore, gives increased bu ne re liel if le %„,! money market, and with a prospect of r oil° , leather although the war should go on, pr( is auspicious. For some time th len of capital has been very perceptibl ri ricers will not be likely to find such pro ' to Os ° •` o* '. ' b s3 e Yine . ntfor theirsurpluses as during the the ",• e 'l ti blo _re is scarcely any speculation going or to ''" of f ka ge3r• and except the loan which our GI . _ l ee ~,„3:., have to raise, and which will g o be of 11° 0 •tht.." tdY Into circulation for the war ex )041.ietrtie:0 other are not the usual public channels t 1 0 :1 1 : i te ~,_,uer the borrowing of foreian states 1 Tunstrial undertakings. The price at ) I • l ' °l 7er'e ?atiaa• 0 0, 0 ,1, . Idea Ica loan was yesterday taken will , ly Ber, ll 71 1 .4 ' , 11: 4 of the value of money on good sec our,t;i l. 1 ak il kof England having given 1011. 0 1 ' f y k uukg. at 4 per cent. ,' the 1,..,." English Funds have been at adv r itio e '",, i r e te 1 4 1 111 ,, the improvement being . per. c '" to he a ;r t° i k have beeu quoted 931 g, and sin( r. y o b e < and 93i i• for account. There t he - It..." 4l iaotions in the New 2i- per Cents. a ' 109 eh • Wel t h India, Stock has been dealt in al ! ey ., to° , , t, 4 6 4u s er Bills are Os. to 95., and India ii o gt°, l7 l ; o o l S. premium. Exchequer Bonds ar Cie 00', .4' 4 the Foreign Stock Market prices a diearitol, 'h ill „Land Turkish have advanced to 80i be '% 11, , , teen have been done at 37 ; Mexican e i te ..i i h io o' i f-: l it e : l l, _at 201, and Brazilian at 101 k. see d bo tne' °eon uoted ai ; Sardinian is at let P".. Ve nezuelabrings 22k. 'oot• i 0 Th c. As teii 0 % o following are the nominal price 3e" o f tA eks'Q . jail .. .a 0, 0 1 ', .—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 '. o rde',, t o' pep' 20a to 20i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; s goo", ai Z Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Foui oil Zo 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., ,00 laie r o d° ' a._t° Four-and-a-Half per Cents., tgl 0 rri° ° - Mish New Deferred, 18i to 188 1 tg s tice 0 I l er Cents., ,13 o c _Ai., v i 361 to 37f ; ditto Certifica rar ir reer'S Passive, 4i to 4f. -t °A ' b a The Railway Share Market has ,_ :O3 . ',so,. ~, 'l' v e rye , tier, although the amount of bus e ti A "1 ' 4/(4 large. Great Northern, North-V JO • f r 1 4t ,, T b 1,8 ..d• 'it North British, and Caledonia 0 •p- o t• . trtoe in re ortl'o , 'wady_ t request. The Foreign Shar loeuldtrothoi°4; it:aclY.aAntwerp and Rotterdam l' e , t trf :b y s , , , t a The United Mexican Mine Shares a 3 1 ° 0 fol 4 4s are nominal, and Crystal Pala O a old 0: llar... ---.....r....-- 10t 8 VII "" 14 :1SH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOF. 1 Ara P. ~, J a _., t ' (Bros the Offal List. ) ..s. N - senu o ro i. , Cent. Consols Annuities t oe' 0t 0 .4 , 1 1 : c ii.r 2 i per Cent. Annuities oe .ors ., , India 14 Stock f CoP IP A Bonds, £lOOO . ' t O , O l el To itto, under £lOOO ee 00° to ' Ileols or; Account, April 1 1 mA iti pi ' . Itacheq uer Bills, lid. 4 " fi° l'k £lOOO , • il. 0 1°9 . 1 I , moo era cii d o 6... Small t oc•'" o r, r f pr " i t'hequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. Ourti s fl d, fr ' Ditto 1859, ~ ..... Or t ' A l l3t il orr ' , PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS 'I s o- ti o to r , . bell, e %titian Bonds, 5 per Cent TO • 0 Y Ilil ia a fre itlto ' t) , Bonds, 6 per Cent ....... ... ...... e el:t: op r • k lseel-: Bonds ;te as e d ~,,'„,i, 4 ,',' i cox: 3 per Cent. io • t y P oi r to i b uit't,o _for the Account ier f ' "l'uvi . 1 0 i 4, i t „ , Nut Bonds, 4i per Cent. 3 oe , 8 0 s 4) , essian Bonds, 4i per Cent 5 ,1 ijli,j'of i° „d 7e.,(l.itt a , t Bonds, 5 per Cent. , 03-47, , ' s "ate f. r the Account jo i fr • 113.niEli It gado. 3 per Cent in re oi f % D itto N ‘,Nv Voferred, 3 per Cent. of 1 0 :%*, hricish ‘ ibisS' 'O O 0 0 b. Bo aids, 6 per cent nec ti _ A ~ • Ditto for the Account f0r° 3 7.3 . 10' V„"itto be p ls Jo . - „, 4 ezuela Bonds, 34 per Ceat. . ....... cm' be° ' Ditto for the Ae,...ount I de a te l. io r I , oividends on the above payable in 1, crvo o ; 4, 11 „,,, ) 0 7 4 .,• s rj 4 o o —.lan Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu. 2. ••• • Till o f ow it 0 c mi., is Ditto , April k.ceonnt ...... ... • M 4RKAT 1V1; Wls-(Tillzi DAY.) CORN EXII Il A NGF.. Very moderate supplies of Erglisb wheat have come to hand coastwise this week. Fresh up to-day the receipts were very limited, and the show of samples was, cease quently, small. All kinds sold readily ; and, in some it.- stances, prices were rather higher than on Monday. Holders of foreign wheat were very firm ; but the business was small, on former terms. There was a slight improvement in the barley trade at very full prices. The malt trade was in a sluggish state at barely late rates. We had a good inquiry for oatsi the prices of which were fully id higher than en Monday. Beans, peas, and flour, sold at full quotations. summis Tuts WM. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 3,239 4,760 2,210 1 530 2,990 - 40 )2119skii. 250 brls. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 16, 1865, made up from Use Returns of tl • In.pectors in the different Cities and 'Towns in England and Walt s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BAELET. OATS. RTE. BEANS. 1 reit. 68s 01 lOs 61 25s 21 , 38t 71 i 408 81 f 393 4.1 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLI:T, OATS. BYE. BEANS. PEAS. G 93 aa 1 uls 61 25s gd 418 lld 42s 104 40s C,l QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLI) LAST W.F.EIC. Wheat, 92,979; Barley, 67,711 ; Oats, 24,908 ; Rye, 192 ; Bean?, '1,355; Peas, 1,280 quarters. Wheat. 1.020 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 1,420 SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts hero, to-day, was' bet moderate; yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and, in some in• stances, prices were 2d per 81ba lower than on Monday. We had a good sale for sheep—the show of which was sea sonably good—at very full prices. The best shorn sheep were worth 4s 8d per Sibs. We had a dull inquiry for calves, at a decline in prico of 2d per 81bs. In pigs very little was doing at late rates. Lambs sold slowly at from 58 to Bit 8d per 81bs. Mitch cows were dull, at from W. to 191. each, including their small calf. • Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' s. d. s d. Inferior-Beasts....3 4to 3 tiPrimeSouthclown 5 0 6 2 Second quality.... 3 8 4 4 'Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime largo oxen 4 4 4 6 1 Prime small d 0..". 4 8 5 2 Prima Scots; Ps. 4 8 410 L a rge hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 316 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 1 Suckliug calves.. 94 0 28 0 Primeerse.-wlled.4. 6 4 101Quartor old pig! 20 • 24 e WEAL SUPPLY. - FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep .•• ••.. •• 3,540 Sheep — Calves .. • • ...• .......... 1 25 Calves.••• •• ••.. • • 49 NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHA.LL. Each kind of meat moved off slowly, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. v. d. e. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8. Po., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime large .3 11l 4 0 Do. , p rime 4 2 4 6 , De do. 5ma11....4 2 4 4 ` Veal 3 8 4 8 rusk, large 30 3 8 ) Pork, small ~,3 10 4 4 COLONIAL. TEA..—There has been a quiet market for common congou, at 9,-id to 9id per lb • but other descripti o ns have b ee n taken to a fair extent at full values. SUGAR.—Not much has been done this week in British Plantation. Barbadoee, of the old crop, has realised, st auction, 31s to 31s Gd for brown, 32s to 37s 63 for low grey to good yellow, and 37s to 38s for crystalised yellow. Bast India—Bengal has not been in much request, and at auction white Benares sold at 3d per cwt decline, viz., at 35e to 37e Gd for mid to good, but low yellow date liattritius kind was taken in at 28s per ow t. , I ) )l s a s dras - to °is was taken in at full rates, viz., for low to mid Native brown. tsa per cwt for yellow. Maurities t pu_ prices, low mid black sellin g low to good grey at 31s t0_34 i 5 e.0......0. grocery at 363 Gd to 375. .l 1 brought 318 to 33s for low , for low grey and"-'at went at full '4s Gd to ")61 6(1, 3'` lid, to good blight at 4 .., 22s 24,..m ystalised Demerara toniid broWn, and 3;13 has to 40s . Clayed Manilivaloat has sold in fine Y '' ll 7"3, bi.own ditto at 19s Gd, and at ws cd white Bahia a ...• .. . _ . tt . . r. • . . ..,....„ . 3 ,1. H3v.(nnah .. u( ,xon went at brown Paraiba at 1., and a t 3/ ,;,Gd for florettesi. Java Reid , 378 to 3Ss for . ~. . . i . t . tab t 0 3, I b sold :.t (A ~,r ) &lieu , ato a 0 • la or Town. • t 31s 641 to e , 'limps have been taken fretl : , at 4 . .)), Gki to Retitled blown . 43s per cwt. F. ~ COFFEE.- - PlantationCeylon .as ruled at:oak'. At auc tion t tine, ord, sinull to good utid iusld cul?ny realised 54s thl to 6.15, tiiage 36s 6d. to 49:, aria pe . i. be-ty colory 61s to o,. Nave good e re pale has b een a t. 47 s t o 47 s Gd per cwt. Mocha has ben firm, 'llontb..y brought 72s 6,t to 80s I r mid clear garbled, and Aleiandria 6G3 for mid pelt garbled. itlCH.—The dealings have been limited. Good and white Bengal has be en so ld pr i v ately at' 144 9d per lb -1 , and at lls Gil for good mid white at auction. COCHINEAL—There has been' an advance of Id per lb., bright pea green Honduras silver s , low foxey to good selling, at 33 4(1 to 4e. ' 'TALLOW—The market has ruled heavy, P.Y.C. at 483 6(t. ',SALTPETRE—FuII pmes . •• ‘ have been current. Bengal ` , 3s for 21;, , to 12', per cent. went at 22s to - 28s for 5 per ccut• r efraction. and at 27e 61 to • . E T M UI I I! t!, it k I