The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) - -- - There was a large attendance of stra,nc. , ,ers again this evening in their lordships' house. The Earl of Aber deen and the Duke of Argyll occupied their usual seats. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE BLACK SEA FLEET. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed their lord ships that since they last met he had received a letter from Admiral Dundas, enclosing another from Admiral Hamelin, expressing on behalf of himself and the officers of the French navy their thanks for the vote that their lordships had transmitted to them. His lordship then moved that the letter be entered on the journals of the house.—Agreed to. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. The LORD CHANCELLOR announced that the Fisheries Bill had been up brought from the Hours of Commons. A oonversation en the subject of convocation here took place, in which the Earl of Shafteshiary, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and tho Bishop of London took part. MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Earl of ABERDEEN said—My lords, I am under the necessity of movint the adjournment of the house ; but I think it right to inform your lordships that my noble friend the Secretary of the Home Depart ment has been commissioned to propose to her Majesty a new Administration, and he being en g a ge d in that work, he (the Earl of Aberdeen) could only move that the house, at its rising, adjourn till tc-morrow. Agreed te. CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS CONTINU• ANCE BILL. This bill passed through committee. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. This bill also passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE ,OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time and '3rdered to be committed :—Aberdare Valley Railway ; Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Doak ; Colonial Life Assurance Company ; Glasgow and South- Western Railway (Steam Boats) ; Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh Railway ; Halifax Gas ; Inverury and Old Meldrum Railway ; Nottingham and Loughborough Road ; Regent's Canal (Hertford Union Canal) ; Royal London Militia ; South Staffordshire Railway; Stainer, Wokingharo, and Woking Railway (Reading Junction) ; Staines, Wekingharn, and Woking Railway (Alterations, &c.) ; Swansea Vale Railway ; Taunton Gas ; Torquay Market and Slaughter-houses ; Vale of Neath Railway ; Wadhurst and West Fssleigh Roads ; Wolverhampton New Water ; Wolverhampton Water. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received a report from the Examiner of Recognisances, stating that the recognisancea in the Cambridge case were unobjectionable. PETITIONS. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from the stage carriage proprietors of Wrexham, praying for a reduction of the stage carriage duty. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from a tempe rance meeting, praying for the immediate and total abo• lition of the sale of intoxicating drinks. (A laugh.) BALAKLAVA. In reply to Mr. DUDES, Admiral BERKELEY read. two letters from Admiral Lyons, to show that steps were being taken to improve the harbour of Balaklava, so as to enable free ingress and egress to transports. APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. There was a tolerably full attendance of members at this stage of the proceedings of the House, which pre sented an animated appearanoe. The Peers' boxes and the strangers' gallery were fully occupied, and the whole of the members of the late Government were present, with the exception of Lord Palmerston, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. Sidney Herbert. Amongst the Peers we no ticed Lord Panmure (the new Minister at War), the Earl of Carlisle (the new Secretary for the HOll3O De partment), Earl Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. MIN ISTERIAL STATEMENT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said— Sir, in consequence of a message which I have received from my noble friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, I wish to propose to this house that the orders of the day, with the exception of that relating to the Fisheries (North America) Bill, should be read, for the purpose of being postponed. My noble friend has also, communicated to me that the same reasons that induced the house on Friday last to waive all pro ceedings likely to lead to discussion are still in their full force, and that is why I wish that the order should be further postponed. The adjournment of the house will take place as usual until to-at_orrow. Lord EBRINGTON.—I Wish to ask the right bon. gentleman whether by the stattmassitt. which has just been made—namely, that the ' r6sions for postponing public business continue in full force—ho intends to con vey to us the fact that no progress whatever has been made towards the formation if a new Government t The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—Sir, I have received no communication from say noble friend on that subject. (A. laugh.) The orders of the day, with the exception mentioned, - were then read for the purpose of being postponed. FISHERIES (NORTH AMERICA) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S EXPLANATION. 1 On the motion that the house do now adjourn, Lord J. RUSSELL rose and said that he had been very anxious that there should be no necessity ler any further statement on his part with respect to his resignation of the high office which he lately had the hoaour to hold. He, therefore, in the debate of Monday last, refrained from replying in any way to the statement of his right hon. friend ;he Chancellor of the Exchequer. Although none of these statements were calculated to produce an effect injurious to himself, and the only statement which he added to the one which he had previously given related to the correspondence which took place on the subject of uniting the two offices of Secretary at War and the Se cretary of State for War, yet there had since appeared a publication purporting to be the report of a speech of the Duke of Newcastle, made elsewhere, which he could not refrain from noticing without allow ing grave errors to .settle in the public mind. (Hear, hear.) He Need not say that he thought that speech rather too much placed this question as a question of dispute between the Duke of Newcastle and himself, and not on those broad public grounds upon which he had thought it his duty to resign. It appeared to me at the end of last session that the propositions of the Govern meat .were such, that not relying upon party sup port they did not meet with very general approval, and defeats frequently attended them. Under ordinary cir cumstances he should have thought these defeats a suf ficient reason to allow him to state to the Earl of Aber deen that it was not advisable that such a Govern ment should continue, and that he could no longer: attempt to conduct the business of the Government in the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) Bet there was a great question then pending, and still pending—namely, the prosecution of the war ; and since the house had given its confidence to the Government on that subject, he stated what he thought he was justi fied in stating, that so long as be thought the war could be prosecuted in a vigorous and efficient manner, that ministers would be justified in holding office in spite of the defeat he had mentioned. (Hear, hear.) There was another consideration forgeneral notice, which he wished to place before the house, namely, that it was of the utmost oonsequence in whose hands the conduct of the war was placed. (Hear.) His belief was that if Lord North had conducted the seven years' war, we should not have had to boast the conquest of Canada, or il LerdChatham had not conducted the war of American 1114ePendence, we should not have had to deplore the capitulation of Saratoga, or suffer the humiliating toP"t4cridet j 1 whi ch _rt. allowed the enemy's fleet triumphantly i Ilh waters. Hear, hear. ) Now , if that werewas o f the house , he Was sure, ( w 7 ouldnot think ' that it ber of the Go,:" him, .being the principal mem ber the utmost erns. ment in that house, to watch of the war. (Hear : e h : s u r d anxiety the prosecution particular statements Which Re came now to the h by the public prints to the DukeoafaNewcastle. been a tt r ibuted In the first place, the Dake of Newcastle objecate:d to a t the state ment which he had made that-there w on his part to hold the office of Se cre t ary a s ta ro t n e g fo w r i t s h e War Department. He made that statement from the language which ho had heard from various member. of the Cabinet who had so stated to him, and he considered, he must say, that it was natural that the Duke of New castle, having fitted out an expedition with verycon siderable rapidity, should wish to see what he believed they all expected, namely, the iriumphant issue of the expedition while he held the seals of Secretary o f ! State for War. (Cheers.) But upon this subject h e left to mere g enera l belief, because in a letter wh ich's net he received from Lord Aberdeen there occu rred this pas- i sage :—" But I must observe that at the formation of the Government no such office as the War Department existed, and when the subject of the separation of the Colonial-office from the War Department took place, no objection whatever was made to the R itvhoi nr of the War Department by my noble friend the -- '7.s i re.,,aulie bi.liewcastle.” Now, those words appeared to 1 b . . 41 . 7 4 - - '" •A.,,: ceedingly clear ; they had a definite mean -9i, -- 1:7 berdeen did not say that no objection was i:; - , 714 hoice of the Duke of Newcastle but he * I F . ; 1 Alef - -: ion was made to the choice seethe War -.llaa polui srl:lf - -- 4 .y the Duke of Newcastle. (Hear, hear.) a e.Sket ,7t-, ./.14 .tly true, as stated by the Duke of N ew . . - ---eifr E , e .. " 7 " when the two departments -were divided, ' T 1 irWr.'i; fki.T.A.-it THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1855, he declared himself ready to take either or none, I the facts connected with his resignation did not stand as it should be thought best for the public service ; but ! fully and fairly before the public, to make a statement in his noble friend at the head of the Government, who addition to that. Le Lad . 21oly .itibmitted ; hor w0 , .. - .1,1 it had great confidence iu the abilities of the noble Duke, . become me to complain, even 9-lough it be true that my proposed that the noble Duke should have the choic e of n.,ble friewl, in inal:ing that et Lt.nlQui , , 11.7.. s not zdtoge the two offices, and there was no opposition to his wish. ther confined himself to matters of fact, but likewise has (Hear, hear.) The next statement was this }ho had ' intimated opinions and has entered into partial discussion imputed errors to the Duke of Newcastle, but he referred of great and important subjects with reference to the in his letter to the error committed in regard to the 97th late Government and theproceedings of its members, which Regimentt, not for the purpose of censuring the noble it would be impossible now to discuss in a satisfactory Duke, but in order to show that there was manner. If I feel it my duty to refer to certain observe not full efficiency in the administration of the tions made in the course of the noble lord's speech, I office—(hear, hear) — and he stated to the noble duke at shall do so, in the first place, with a feeling of the im the time that if he required additi ona l p ower t o i ncr ease portance due to matters of fact ; and, in the second its efficiency he should immediately apply to the Prime place, with a conviction, which I feel the noble lord Minister to supply the defect that might exist. (Hear.) shares, of the inconvenience of discussions of this nature, His impression was, not that the Duke of Newcastle continued from period to period, between persons of was unfit for his department, but, as he had already great eminence, who have recently stood in the confiden stated, either the Prime Minister must be con- teal relations of colleagues to one another, and who do stantly exerting himself in making the necessary not meet on the floor of this house, or of the other house preparations for carrying on the war, or that the War of Parliament., where our discussions might be brought Minister must have extraordinary authority and judg- to a speedy issue, but who must reply to each other ment. (Hear, hear.) His opinion was, however, that without the advantages which personal encounter un had the Prime Minister been a man whose pursuits and doubtedly confers , . sir, my noble friend adverted first disposition would lead him to hasten the necessary pre- of all to what took place at the peried of the asnump parations for the war, the Duke of Newcastle would time of office by my noble friend the Duke of New have been found perfectly competent for the department castle. On that point I think it is not necessary he held ; but with Lord Aberdeen as Prime Minister, or just to carry the matter further than this—that the the affairs of the department could only be conducted assumption, or rather the retention, by the Duke of by a Minister having extraordinary energy and authority. Newcastle of that office, was a retention which was made Under that belief, he had no hesitation in admitting with the full, unqualified, and unhesitating sanction that the Duke of Newcastle had done all he could in of the entire Cabinet; and that, under those circura the circumstances in which he had been placed. (Hear.) stances, it would not be fair or just to lay the responsi- I now come to a more important question, namely, to bility of that retention anywhere except upon the entire the statement that I had withdrawn altogether my pro- Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. I have heard to-day from position. Now there were two questions which I had my noble friend that if it had happened to be proposed incorporated in the letter which I wrote to Lord Aber- to him that he should assume the functions of the War dean ; the one was as to the constitution of the War De- Department, he might have been willing to listen to such partment —whether the offices of the Secretary of State a proposal. I believe that such a nomination would and the Secretary at War should be consolidated into have been quite satisfactory to the country, but I am one, or administered separately; and the other related sure at the same time the noble lord will say Ido no to the efficient direction of the war, and the person into more than justice to the late noble Secretary of State for whose hands the department should fall. The house will the War Department when I say that he had no means at once see the two questions were wholly distinct. atithat period of knowing from my noble friend that (Hear, hear.) With regard to the first of these ques- such a willingness existedj The noble lord has said be tions I consulted a noble friend of mine, who long held, did not think the combination of the Earl of Aberdeen with the respect and the satisfaction of this house, the as first Minister of the Crown with the Duke of New office of Secretary at War—Lord Panmure. (Hear.) I castle as Secretary for War, was a combination adequate thought I could go to no better person, as I had some to the emergency. No doubt that is the opinion which my conversation with him on that subject last year, and I noble friend has made known on a former occasion to the wished to ascert a i n his opinion on a question of some house ; but, at the same time, it is to be remembered importance. My noble friend told me in reply that he that the question is material at what date that opinion thought there should be a Secretary at War, charged was made known. Ido not think my noble friend in with the finances of the army, but that lie should also be tends it to be understood that he had made known that a Secretary of State ; but with respect to the other opinion to the First Lord of the Treasury or to the question - I have mentioned, and in this I have been Secretary for War, or to the Cabinet at large , until the confirmed by my noble friend (hear, hear) I middle of the month of November. [Lord J. Russell never stated to him anything relating to the offices was understood to intimate assent.] If that is so, the held by either the Duke of Newcastle or Lord Palmer- matter stands quite clear. (Hear, hear.) Sir, my noble ston ; that was a question which I never touched on friend refers to a note quoted in the publication to which with him, for whilst I thought that the constitution of he has referred, and in which he wrote to the Dake of departments in the Government was a question on which Newcastle, " You have done all you could," and then he I could not ask an opinion out of the Cabinet, I should stopped, as if it had been the termination of the see have thought it highly improper if I had asked an twice, " but you have been obstructed and overruled by opinion out of the Cabinet relative to the persons fit to other departments." I mean where my noble friend hold them. (Hear, hear.) What I stated on the 16th did not purport to quote, but the words were remark of December, therefore, had reference to the distinctness able, and I think it obvious they were general in, of these departments. I know I stated more than their application. That may be a matter of opinion ; once, and I may have stated to Lord Aberdeen. but, at any rate, it may be well that they should be at that time, that after the noble lord had said borne in presence—" You have done all that could be that he could not. honestly recommend to the Queen done, and lam sanguine of success." Well, then, that the office of Secretary at War should be trans- sir, my noble friend comes to the supposed change ferred from the hands of the Duke of Newcastle to those of opinion, which, as I stated in this house, had of his noble friend the Secretary of State for the Home been announced by my noble friend on the 16th of De- Department, that it was not my intention to bring that cember. He states truly that there were two questions question again before the Cabinet, because if it were to be decided—the arrangement of the departments, and decided adversely to Lord Aberdeen, it would have been the choice of persons to fill those departments. This equivalent to depriving him of the Cabinet over which latter question the noble lord says he never opened in he presided. (Hear, hear.) Now I was very likely in conversation with Lord Panniure ; and if I understood error in coming to that determination ; and it is also him aright it appears he had changed his opinion at that likely that having formed the opinion I have mentioned, date on the subject of the arrangement of the depart it would have been for the welfare of the country if I meats, but not with respect to the alterations he had bad pressed it on the Cabinet, and if it had decided con- proposed should take place as regarded the individuals trary to my opinion, at once to have resigned my office. filling those departments. Of course it is not for me I own, however, I wasadverse to bringing the question to to say what was the state of the noble lord's mind at such an issue, for I wished, as long as possible, particularly that time. The statement of his own mind on this sub in the relation in which I stood to Lord Aberdeen, and ject, whether in this house or in any other place, must having accepted office under him to maintain his Ad- be conclusive. But what I wish to point out is this, ministration as long as I consistently could. (Hear, that the head of the Government and the colleagues of hear.) As events progressed, various questions arose my noble friend had not the means of ascertaining the with respect to the war, and in regard to them all I nature of the distinction thus drawn. For, in the first endeavoured to give my assistance to Lord Aberdeen, place, there was a material connection between those the Duke of Newcastle, and the Cabinet in improving two questions. I need not enter into details, but it i s the condition of army, and in providing for the means of known to those who hear me, and will be perceived by its future operations. I must say, at the same time, these who refer to the arrangements of the Government, that with respect to some of these questions—such for that the question of the arrangement of the departments instance as the question raised in this house by his hon. was not an abstract question, but necessarily involved a friend the member for Aylesbury, as to the danger change of men ; and, on the other hand, that a change which might be incurred if the Russian army was in- of men could not be separated from the arrangement of creased on the land side, - and the necessity of providing the departments. It is not for me to argue with my some force to meet any invasion of the Russians on that noble friend whether he was correct or not in supposing side. That was a very important question, and occu. these questions to be separate and distinct, but as he has pied my attention considerably, but I cannot say that it described the state of his mind, so in venturing to ad met with that sufficient attention from Lord Aberdeen dress the house I think it was but just to describe to which I could have hoped. However, I still continued them from an authentic source the state of mind of the a member of the Cabinet. My noble friend the Secre- Prime Minister, and the impressions he had received tary for the Home Department, the other day, said, in from my noble friend, he (Lord Aberdeen) being the answer to the statement which I had made melium of communication between my noble friend and here, that I had not taken a right time, •or the the Cabinet. Now, sir, in that respect I have nothing right mode of resigning, and. 'that I ought to_ bare to change or modify in what I stated to the house. It . brought before the Cabinet, before Parliament met, the did not appear to the Irirst - Lordof the Treasnrythist there question of how any motion for inquiry was to be en- was any such distinction between the views and listen countered, and Ito have stated the deficiencies which I tions of my noble friend as he has described to-night. I still thought existed with respect to our military ar- have in my possession, from having received a very early rangewents connected with the war. I think my noble communication on the subject, within two or three days, friend was entirely right in saying that I ought to have having received a communication on the subject from the ' done so. (Cheers.) lam quite willing to admit that, noble lord at the head of the Government—l have the and I perceive the error into which I have means of speaking with the greatest confidence as to fallen. It was an error on my part not to that which the noble lord supposed and believed he have fully considered the position I should learned from the mouth of my noble friend ; and it was be in if a motion for inquiry should be made after the the fact whisk I stated that Lord Aberdeen took an op opinion I had expressed and the dissatisfaction I felt ; pertunity, on the 16th of December, in conversation but be that as it may, having committed an error, I felt with my noble friend, to refer to the correspondence that I should be guilty of a still greater error —of an error which had taken place, and to the notice that had been in morality, and there can be no sound politics given by my noble friend to his colleagues of his inten without sound morality—(cheers)—if I stood up in tioa to make his remaining in the Government contba this house and opposed inquiry, and told this house to gent upon the adoption of certain arrangements, or, at be perfectly satisfied with regard to these arrangements, all events, in consequence of their non-adoption, to with whilst, at the same time, my own mind was not satisfied draw from the Government. Now, the noble earl at the with regard to them , _ and I did not feel that they were head of the Government said at that period that my satisfactory. (Loud cheers.) It had been said that I noble friend admitted at that time that he had changed might have stood by my colleagues,_ and that if the Go. his intentions. It was not stated by him or me. The vern ment had been defeated I should have resigned with statement was that he had changed his intention ; and I them. I cannot say that that proposition is at all satisfac- so far as the recollection, the impression, and the written tory to my mind, for it is pressmed that I was to take a testimony of the noble earl the First Lord of the Trea course which I was conscientiously opposed to. (Cheers.) sury made at that period is concerned, he certainly was But there was another alternative to be considered : the not cognisant of any such arrangements as those stated event might have been different, and a majority might to-night, arrangements of departments, and of persons to have declared in favour of the Government, and what fill those departments ; and I think my noble friend will course could I have taken ? (Hear, hear.) After all, I feel that, supposing those intentions to have been eater am very glad I did not run that risk. (Hear, hear.) tamped by him, up to the 23d of January he kept my But I must say I have been much struck with a state- noble friends and the Cabinet ingeneral oompletelyin the went which is totally new to me, and which is princi- dark. Matters of all descriptions—matters military, pally contained in the speech of the Duke of matters civil, matters legislative, matters Parliamentary Newcastle, viz., that he some days before the —had been discussed in the Cabinet, and upon no one meeting of Parliament, had placed his resignation i n th e of the days of these meetings did there appear the hands of Lord Aberdeen, and had stated that if any slightest symptom of an intimation on the part of my censure was passed on the conduct of the war, and noble friend to make any proposal, or of any wish that even if that censure was resisted successfully, a change should take place in the persons to whom the he should still retire from the office he administration of the War Department was consigned. held. Now, I was totally ignorant of any such My noble Mend has referred to a speech made by resignation having been offered. (Loud cheers.) With the honourable member for Aylesbury, and what he regard to my own resignation, I must say that I calls the interesting position in which he stood with re think, under these circumstances, the advice of my ference to the new campaign. It appears that my noble noble friend (Lord Aberdeen) to her Majesty to accept friend is of opinion that certain provisions should have it without any further communication with me was been made, acrd measures adopted, in proportion for the somewhat hasty. (Hear.) I think it was but due to me new campaign, which were not made. Well, sir, my will acquit me and my c olleagu e s of any to have informed me of the communication he had re- noble friend ceived from the Duke of Newcastle, and we might then have considered together whether the motion for inquiry could be resisted on good and sufficient grounds. The noble lord then proceeded to advert to the obloquy which had been cast upon him for the step he hal taken, and observed that if his past public life did slot justify him from the charge of selfishness .or treachery, he would make use of no arguments for the purpose of defence. After a few further remarks with regard to the reception of his first letter by the Earl of Aberdeen, the noble lord went on to say that her Majesty was pleased, on Friday night last, to call upon him to undertake the formation of a Go responsibility in that matter. It was impossible, in de• ference to any suggestion of his, to take such measures, because we had no notice or hint whatever from him to the effect that he desired such provision should be made. (Hear, hear.) Sir, my noble friend has adverted again to a point I must mention in the publication to which attaches more or less the authority of the Duke of New castle. He says he finds from that publication that his grace, a few days before the meeting of Parliament upon the 23d of January, placed his resignation in the hands of Lord Aberdeen, and stlted to that noble earl that if his conduct were defended by the Government, and if no vote of censure were passed, he then intended to make vernmenti He felt that there were two reason; which made it incumbent upon him to obey her Majesty's com mands. The one was that he had been instrumental in tke decision of the house on Monday night last, in consequence of which the Government had resigned, and the other that it had been attributed to him that he that resignation pbrolUte, and to retire from the depart ment ho then held. Sir, I must confess I think my noble friend has not correctly gathered the nature of the statement made by the Duke of Newcastle. The words I have found imputed to him, and which I believe to be those be employed, are as follows :--"The noble lord in was disposed, from mere cowardly feeling, to shrink from encountering a vote of that house on the conduct of the war. Therefore he thought it incumbent on him not to shrink from a task the most honou-able, but at the same time the most arduous in the present situation of public affairs. He found, however, that there were insuper able obstacles to his forming a Government. He was not surprised ; on the contrary, he concurred in some objections which his friends urged, and he submitted to her Majesty that he could not succeed. his lordship con cluded by excusing his omission to notice the heroic ao tions of the Second Division at Alma and Inkerman, referred to on Friday by Sir De. Lacy Evans, on the ground that he never professed to give a detailed narrative of the achievements of the army, to whom he paid a feeling compliment. His lmoship sat down amidst loud cheers. Tne CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER—I do not think that the last remarks of the noble lord call for any observations on my part. I would only venture to say that it required no assurance from the noble lord to convey to our minds the most distinct conviction that if there had been any incompleteness in any portion of the s'atement in which he, as a civilian, was charged with describing military matters of great importance, the very last motive to which that incompleteness could be ascribed would have been indifference on the part of the ncoabuleedlourpdo.n to And tak again, sir, with respect to what. pre ceded that portion of the remarks of my noble friend— voifza., thea ov p er a ti lw en h t ich, as he informs us, he has lately been that my noble fri:endi ex cept to strengthen th e this particular and important crisis, of t persons charged with the dutierial the other hand, I believe that general rule, in these references, there is no responsible and efficient': n the transaction of the formation t o h b a v t io th u e s r , e :think, to the house Government,durinincQonrviPenerii ofho wh,roeenvlmereniliif! bad h no object in that endeavour obheeten the executive e l o h nn td o Ec t oo w e b tuw, w e e thha : i a t 1 seo h a a pnnat e - t may or may not happen, or what since the time a period has Posed, • put to the Par. liamentary existence of a f o rmer Government. I sh a ll, therefore, think it no duty of mine to follow with any remarks on that question. I cannot wonder, when w e consider the freedom, the attention, and the license with which the conduct of public men is discussed in this country, and particularly with regard to matters which sob should have thought it ri g ht, if ho thou g ht seem to involve personal fe elin g or even honour, my his statement in reference to the course he had taken said, that until the notice was given by Mr. Roebuck he had not fully considered the course he ought to take. My lords, I had. (Hear.) I had maturely considered it—(hear, hear) --and whilst I had made up my mind that my official career was practically brought to a close, I made up my mind also that I would subject my self to the ordeal of censure in your lordships' house, and submit my conduct of the administration of the war to the judgment of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) But I thought it was right to pronounce my determi nation ; and a few days before the meeting of Parlia ment I told my noble friend at the head of the Govern ment—l did not tell any other of my colleagues, because I did not think right to do so ; and I think, my lords, you will appreciate my feelings in taking that course—(hear, hear)—that whatever might be the result of the discussion in this house or in the House of Com mons—whether the Government should succeed by large majorities i n overcom i ng res i s t ance an d reproac h, or whether th e y s h ou ld not— l woul d equa ll y ten d er my resignation as soon as the judgment should be given, and the verdict of Parliament had been pronounced." I think it must be that my noble friend in his version of the affair has fallen into two errors.. In the first place, that he has unconsciously represented it as if the Duke of Newcastle had been making some bargain with his colleagues, by which he as to be def en d e d i n any case . (Cries of " no, no.") TIT is not my noble friend's im pression as indicated in his speech to-night, but that was the impression received. (No, no.) Ido not impute it to my noble friend ; I speak of it as a misapprehension which I think one might naturally be placed under. (No, no.) Well, I am perfectly satisfied. (Hear, and a laugh.) The other point I wished to notice is this. My noble friend said that the Duke of Newcastle placed his resignation in the hands of Lord Aberdeen. If that noble earl bad had that resignation in his hands, it would have been a very great responsibility for him to assume; it would hardly have been a justifiable act on his part if he had concealed that resignation from his col leagues. But the Duke of Newcastle did no such thing as place a resignation in the bands of the rfoble earl. He gave the noble earl no choice and no option whatever as to the course he should follow. He intimated to Lord Aberdeen—whether ho was right or wrong —an intention on which he proposed to act at a future period. You may think he had done better to have kept his intention to him self, position o vernra towards in rds a or else t o ma k e it more widely known ; but I thi n k his Judgment was soun d. I thi n k to have made kn own his intenti on wou l d have placed the no bl e d u k e i n a f a l se sthe imilar p yer os n i m tio en n t t rd Government, and thaveheppalralci Parliament e t n h t e . toward r four books. At the lod g i ngs o f Wi t h ers I foun d f our books, between three and four buivin? , ..l 111114rn - p9.11' proenutors wonY, use in '.ha ir bu,:ness. ol i(lo,t1 . 1:1e: most of Lhe property founC. at the lodgings of the prisoners as belongity; to him. Hyland declined making any defence. Withers said that most of the articles identified by the prosecutor had been given to him by the foreman as being useless, and that he had taken them home piece meal. 3ueit a, This statement was denied by the foreman. The prigoner3 were fully committed to take their trial at the next sittings of the Central Criminal Court. CLERKENWELL.—Edward Davis, 19, was charged before Mr. Corry with stealing a large quantity of gold and jewellery, the property of his masters, Mr. Inspector Brennan, in asking for a remand, said the prisoner had been apprentice to the Messrs. Collins, wholesale jewellers, of Lower Ashby-street, Clerkenwell. For the last two years and a half a most extensive sys tem of plunder had been carried on, despite the con tinued watchfulness of the firm. The prisoner, in whom was placed the whole control of the business, was fre quently advised of the loss, and told to keep a strict watch en the apprentices and employes in the business, which he consented to do. His conduct appeared so honest that he was above suspicion, until within the last few days, when Mr. Collins received information that goods were constantly manufactured privately in his shop, taken away, and disposed of. At the same time the name of one of his apprentices was given, as having made a ring from the gold of the firm, and carried it away. The party named was called into the counting house, and eventually admitted that he had made various articles in conjunction with the prisoner, and also that he had taken with his cognisance seven and eight penny weights of gold at a time. The prisoner was sent for, and on being confronted with his fellow-apprentice, he admitted that he had been carrying on an extensive system of plunder for a long period. , Remanded. LAMBETH.—Mr. Bent, the inspector of police at tached to the South-Western Railway Company, ap plied to Mr. Elliott for a summons bgainst Mr. Sawyer, a gentleman residing in New-Bond-street. It appeared that on the Ist inst. Mr. Sawyer rushed from the west or arrival side platform, crossed the line of rails, and, though warned by a constable, jumped on to the narrow side board of an out train then in motion, be lieving it to be the Richmond train, by which he wished to travel. The train was in such rapid motion at the time that it was found difficult to stop it, and the conse quence was that the gentleman, at considerable peril, clung to the aide of a carriage, the door of which was shut, as far as Vauxhall-station, where he got off, and was removed in a state of nervous excitement that he pro bably will never forget. Had he, through the same thoughtlessness jumped on the east side of the train instead of the west, he must have been dashed to pieces, and it was to make an example in this case, and there by prevent a recurrence of the dangerous and ha zardous offence, that the application for the summons had been ordered by Mr. Scott and Mr. Young, the company's officers. The summons was granted. WANDSWORTH.—Mr. John Church, the landlord of the Nelson public-house, in the Wandsworth-road, appeared to answer a summons for ha,ing unlawfully harboured Joseph John Wall, a police-constable of the V division. It appeared that Sergeant Murphy, of the same division, while visiting the heats in the Wandsworth road, saw the Constable Wall inside the defendant's premises, be fore the bar. This was about a quarter-past 11 o'clock, and the constable did not come out till a quarter-past 12, being then in a state of intoxicatien. The police constable, when examined by the magis trate, made very contradictory statements, and Mr. Beadon said it was clear such a man could not remain in the force. The defendant, in excuse, said that he was new to the public -house business, and the night being very cold, he did not think there was any harm in letfing the police man have a little refreshment. Mr. Superintendent Fenn said the constable admitted to the Commissioners that he was intoxicated. Mr. Beadon said that if it bled been proved that the defendant bad kept a► house before, he would have im posed the full penalty. It was necessary to put a stop to such a practice, as it was likely to lead to very serious evil. Ho fined the defendant 40s. and costs, and he hoped be would be more careful in future. The defendant paid the money. SPRING _ASSIZES, 1855. COMPLETE LIST OF THE SPRING CIRCUITS AS FINALLY FIXED BY THE JUDGES. OXFORD CIRCUIT. BEFORE LORD CAMPBELL AND MR. BARON MARTIN. Last days for Commission Full Notice of Trial. Days. Reading Oxford Wed., Feb. 21... Sat., Mar. 3 Worcester. and City Stafford Shrewsbury Sat., Mar. 10 ... -Tues., Mar. 20 Hereford Monmouth Gloucester and City NORFOLK CIRCUIT. BEFORE LORD CHIEF BARON POLLOCK ♦ND MR. JUSTICE WIGHTMAN. Aylesbury Bedford Huntingdon Fri., Mar. 2 Mon., Mar. 12 Cambridge Bury St. Edmunds Sat., Mar. 10 Norwich and City Wed., Mar. 14.. Sat., Mar. 24 Assize Town. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. BEFORE MR. BARON PARKE AND MR. JUSTICE CRESWELL. Lancaster Tues., Feb. 6 Fri., Feb. 16 Appleby Carlisle Sat., Feb. 10 ... Wed., Feb. 21 Newcastle and Town Wed., Feb. 14... Sat., Feb. 24 Durham York and City Liverpool Sat., Mar. 10 ... Wed., Mar. 21 MIDLAND CIRCUIT. BEFORE MR. BARON ALDERSON AND MB. JUSTICE COLERIDGE. Northampton Leicester and Borough Wed., Feb. 21... Sat., March 3 Oakham Lincoln and City Nottingham and Town Sat , March 3 ... Tues., March 13 Derby Warwick Mon., Mar. 12... Th., Mar. 22 HOME CIRCUIT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE MAULE AND MR. BARON PLATT. Hertford Chelmsford ...... Fri., Feb. 23 ... Mon., Mar. 5 Maidstone Lewes Kingston-on-Thames Fri., Mar. 16 ... Mon., Mar. 26 WESTERN CIRCUIT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE ERLE AND MR. JUSTICE CROWDER Winchester Sat., Feb. 17 ... Wed., Feb. 28 Salisbury Sat., Feb. 24 ... Wed., Mar. 7 Dorchester Exeter and City Mon., Mar. 5 ... Th., Mar. 15 Bodmin Taunton NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS. Welshpool Bala Tues., Mar. 6 ... Fri., Mar. 16 Carnarvon Beaumaria Rutkin .... Wed., liar. 14._ Sat., Mar. 24 Mold Sat., Mar. 17 ... Wed., Mar. 28 Chester and City , Wed., Mar. 21... Sat., Mar. 31 SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CROMPTON. Cardigan Mon., Feb. 19... Th., Mar. 1 Haverfordwest& Town Fri., Fob. 28 ... Mon., Mar. 5 Carinarthen Mon., Feb. 2G... Th., Mar. 8 Swansea - Wed., Mar. 14 Brecon Tues., Mar. 13... •Fri Mar. 23 Presteign Mon., Mar. 19... Th.; Mar. 29 Chester and City Wed., Mar. 21... Sat., Mar. 31 Lord Chief Justice Jervis will remain in town, to attend Chamber business. . Nothing would have been so incompatible with the cha racter and feelings of Lord Aberdeen as to have made tbat r.:: ,•. to any of his colleaguef-.. There is only' ore other p' , :et nit Ni - Lich I wish Lo ray ,r w.)3 (1. 7.1 i I , ble fricnd referred to the later of the Earl of Ripon, and has be- Aowed on the character of that noble call a eulogy which I for one, and not only I but the whole house, will be lieve to have been well deserved, because the conduct of the Earl of Ripon in regard to the arrangement which then took place was in strict keeping with his high honour and public virtues. But I demur to the contrast the noble lord has drawn between the Earl of Ripon and the Duke of Newcastle. The Earl of Ripon, if I read that letter aright, did not say the arrangement in which he acquiesced was one altogether agreeable to him ; he did not say it was one he bad pressed. nor that he had volunteered. I think he said he had made no provision whatever to give it up to be bestowed ; that there was no profession whatever of a readiness to have his office dealt with according to the combinations of the Govern ment and the exigencies of the public service ; but when the proposal was made to him by the proper and respon sible party, then the Earl of Ripon, like a gentleman— (hear, hear)—and the party politician, gave way to that proposal, the whole proceeding being perfectly straight forward and above board from beginning to end. Well, would my noble friend the Secretary of State for the War Department refuse a proposal of that kind ? Did he differ from the Earl of Ripon ? Is he anxiously to be exposed to an invidious contrast with the Earl of Ripon, as if he had for one moment hesitated to accept a pro -1 posal made to him by the head of the Government ? No , such thing. The Duke of Newcastle went further than the Earl of Ripon, because Lord Ripon made no pro posal at the time to the Government, but only acceded to that which was proposed to him. But my noble friend the Duke of Newcastle, in a letter addressed by him to the Prime Minister, requessed the Prime Minister, on his own part and on the part of the Secretary of State for the War Department, to make such a disposition of his (the Duke of Newcastle's) office as might be best for the advantage of the Government and of the public ser vice. I must say that I think my noble friend behind me, the member for the city of London, in his anxiety to do full justice to the Earl of Ripon, has done scanty justice to the Duke of Newcastle. Sir, I have felt that if possible, this controversy should be confined to mat ters of fact. I hope that I have kept my promise in that respect. I hope nothing has fallen from me that can make me in any way, by connivance or otherwise, a party to the charges of selfishness and treachery, or any other charges which have been made against my noble friend. The man deserves contempt who can make such charges ; and from the colleagues of the noble lord they will never receive any countenance at at all. (Cheers.) Viscount EBRINGTONrose, but was nearly inaudible on account of the rush of members from the house and galleries, which had up to this moment been densely crowded. His lordship was understood to deplore the effect which the present state of affairs with respect to the formation of a Government would have on the army and the country at large. He expressed his hope that such a Government would soon be formed that would bring the war, which now constituted almost his only politics, to a speedy and successful issue. . The house then adjourned at a qbarter to six o'clock. SPOBTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S.-hiONDAT, LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.—The current of favour brought Trout to the top. At Btol he was backed for some money, and was steadily looking up at the close. Bastion had apparently the call of Miss Mowbray. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.—Pharsalus and Fan dango were the only horses in demand for this event. Each was backed at improved prices. CHESTER CUE—Andover's position was considerably strengthened. After 1,000 to 60 had been booked twice, various sense were invested on his at 15 to 1. Bright Phoebus was backed for upwards of 2501. at 40 to 1 ; and 1,000 to 25 and 1,000 to 20 were taken abort Weathercock. Nothing occurred to determine the rela tive positions of the same leading favourites—the Reiver, Rotherham, and Arthur Wellesley. Tu Two THOUSAND.—St. Hubert was backed for upwards of 3001. at 3 to 1 ; and Lord of the Isles was in great force at 9to 2 and 4to 1. The latter odds were not obtainable at the close. 4 to 1 was taken to some money about Bonnie Morn ; and 10 to 1 and 9 to 1 about Polydore- 900 to 100 was booked in one bet. THE DERBY.—Notwithstanding a -heavy investment on St. Hubers at 15 to 2, he was still unable to maintain his ground ' • 8 to 1 was repeatedly laid in hundr e d s , an d the present layer was desirous of going on. Lord of the Isles was decidedly second favourite, 12 to 1 would hare been taken freely. Grmculus Eeuriens declined to 15 to 1, taken to 3001., and Cruiser was backed against him for 2,000 even ; subsequently several other sums were laid out in the same way. The odds against the Cruiser at the close were 100 to 6. The opposition which Oulston encountered was partly in jest, partly in earnest ; it was, however, so well mixed up that it was a task of no slight difficulty to draw a line between the two ; a bet of 4,000 to 200 at last quietly settled the question. 6to 1 was taken to 2001. about him and St. Hubert coupled. 750 to 50 was taken about Riflomasi. 1,000 to 45 twice about Bonnie Morn. 1,000 to 20 each Vexation colt, and Clementina colt, and 2,000 to 30 Rotherham. CLOSIN( PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 agst Trout (taken) 12 to 1 agst Bastion (taken) 12 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken) 15 to 1 agst Dalkeith (taken) Taffy and b g by Turcoman are struck out. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Pharsalus (taken) 13 to 1 agst Fandango (taken) CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Andover (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Weathercock (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. 3 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) 7 to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (4 to 1 taken freely) 4 to 1 aget Bonnie Morn (taken) 9 to 1 agst Polydore (taken) DIEM Bto 1 agst St. Hubert (taken and offered) 11 to 1 aget Lord of the Isles (take 12 to 1) 12 to 1 aget De Clare 15 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 100 to 6 apt Cruiser (taken) 20 to 1 apt Oulston (taken) 22 to 1 apt Bonnie Morn (taken) 45 to 1 agst Rambling Katie (taken) 50 to 1 agst na cby Surplice, out of Clemintina (taken) 50 to 1 agst cby Venison—Vexation (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Rotheram (taken) 6 to 1 agst St. Hubert and Oulston coupled (t.) 2000 even between The Cruiser and Grxcuius Esuriens (taken) The room was numerously attended. 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LAW INTELLIGBNCIE.--Feb. 5. !er first edition of ?feet 'r'~~„ (!, ) TN( Zit th.. t .Nl5l Pri.---Befora Lord Can' aud Special Jury.) COOKE AND ANOTHER V. WILDES. This was an action fur libel in which the plaintiffs, who are printers at Maidstone, sought to recover da mages to the amount of 5001. for an alleged libel by the defendant, who is deputy clerk of the peace fur the county of Kent. The jury returned a verdict for 501. Sir F. Thesiger asked for leave to move to enter a non suit ? Lord Campbell—Oh, certainly. Verdict for the plaintiffs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CLAYTON AND ANOTLIER V. JOB. The plaintiffs in this case are advertising agents, in the Strand, and the defendant is a wholesale stationer, in Cannon-street, City. The action was brought to re cover a sum of money claimed by the plaintiffs against the defendant as a provisional director of the General Indemnity Insurance Company for advertising the pro spectus of that company in the daily newspapers. Mr. Serjeant Byles, Mr. J. H. Hodgson, and Mr. Josiah Rees, were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. .Athertou l •O Q.O aid Mr. H. James, f or th e defendant. The pfaintiffproved that the defendant was present at a meeting of the directors of the company on the 16th of November, 1853, when the plaintiffs were appointed advertising agents for the company, and also that he was present at subsequent meetings, at which resolutions were come to authorising plaintiffs to insert advertise ments on behalf of the company. On the other hand, the defendant was called, and deposed that he had op posed, instead of sanctioning, the authority given to the plaintiffs. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—Da mages, 1881. 15s. lid. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. EVANS V. ROBINSON.-CRIM. CON. This was an action for trim. con., tried before Mr. Justice Crowder, at the last Liverpool assizes. In sup port of the plaintiff's case three women were called, and deposed to having witnessed the commission of the act of adultery through a hole in the door, previously bored by a gimlet given to one of them by a detective police man, engaged to watch Mrs. Evans and the defendant by the plaintiff. The evidence was not contradicted, but was rejected by the jury, who found a verdict for the defendant. A rule was subsequently obtained to set aside the verdict, on the ground of surprise, and that it was against evidence. Wr. Watson and Mr. Rew, in showing cause against the rule, contended that the doubt entertained by the jury as to the credibility of such evidence as was given by the three women was not only rational, but well founded, and that this being a quasi criminal charge, the court could not without a violation of the established rule send the case down to a second trial. There had been no suggestion that the learned judge who had tried the cause was dissatisfied with the verdict. The ques tion was simply one of credibility, and that was for the jury alone. Mr. Baron Martin said that Mr. Justice Crowder had neither reported his assent to, or dissent from, the find ing of the jury. Mr. Baron Alderson observed he had spoken to the learned judge when the rule was moved tor, wken he said "he saw no reason for disbelieving the witnesses," but as to the verdict he added he " was rather glad of it than otherwise." Mr. Watson thought that after such an expression on the part of the learned judge it would be quite impos sible to send the case for a second trial. Mr. Baron Parke—lf the case were one involving merely a question of damages, we should not interfere; but a very serious question is involved, for without a verdict from the jury, the plaintiff could not apply for a divorce to the House of Lords. Mr. Watson said the evidence was quits incredible. The family of the lady did not suspect anything wrong, and her father countenanced her conduct by ap pearing at the trial as a witness for the defendant, who was an old friend of the family, and had known the lady from her birth. Mr. Baron Parke—lf the defendant be guilty, that fact may make his conduct worse. I will not give any opinion on the facts, but I wish the case to be sent down for reconsideration, being satisfied, from the report of the learned judge, that the jury were greatly influenced to give a verdict for the defendant from their strong dis approbation of the employment of a detective policeman by a gentleman in such a case. The rule for a new trial must be made absolute. Mr. Watson—On the usual terms, my lord—payment of costs ? The Attorney-General (with whom was Mr. Knowles and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins) in support of the rule, hoped that proposition would not be acceded te. The Court held that the rule should be made absolute without costs. The new Procedure Act especially pro vided that in all cases of new trials being granted against evidence the costs of the first trial should abide the event, unless the court should otherwise order, and they would not in this case do so. Rule accordingly. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. GRAHAM AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES OF A BANICIMPT, V. THE VAN DIEMEN'S LAND CO3IPANY. This was an action to recover the value of certain shares, to which the bankrupt had been entitled. The defence was that he had forfeited the shares, and that the plaintiffs had not claimed them within a reasonable time. The jury at the trial found a verdict for the de fendants on the direction of the Lord Chief Baron that there was not evidence to go to the jury. On that a writ of error was brought. It appeared that at the time of the bankruptcy the shares were worth nothing, but when the assignees made their demand they were worth 191. a share. Mr. Hogging argued the case for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Bramwell for the defendants. The Court delivered judgment, holding that there should be a venire de novo, as under the circumstances reasonable time was a question for the jury. Writ of error allowed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The sittings of the court for the Adjourned Qaarter Sessions were resumed yesterday morning at the Guild hall, in the Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, before the Assistant-Judge and a bench of magistrates. The calendar contained the names of 76 prisoners for trial, of whom 70 were charged with felony, and 6 with misde meanour. . James Henry Pattock, 32, described as a clerk, was indicted for having feloniously embezzled several sums of money, amounting together to about 500/., which he bad received on account of, and in the capacity of servant to, Stephen Garrard and another, his employers. He pleaded guilty. The prosecutors are solicitors, and the prisoner was in their service as cashier, and in that capacity he re ceived rents of estates, of which it appeared he had ap propriated to his own use near upon 5001. Mr. Ribton appeared for the prisoner, and said that the course his client had taken in pleading guilty was perfectly voluntary ; but he wished to say a word or two on his behalf. Hitherto he had been a highly respect able man ; he was son of a solicitor, and had been nine years in the service of Messrs. Garrard. He had to re ceive rentstof property of which Messrs. Garrard had the management, and he (the learned counsel) believed that be was empowered to retain the money in his hands some time before he paid it over ; and if that were so, it would seem that unfortunately the temptation was too great for him, and when charged he at once admitted that he had used the money for hie own purposes. For the offence he had committed he expressed the utmost contrition, and, having confessed himself guilty, threw himself upon the mercy of the court. Mr. Bodkin, for the prosecution, said it was not cor rect to say that the prisoner had any authority to retain the money for any time in his own hands, it being his duty to pay it ever as soon as he received it. It was true that when charged the prisoner admitted that he had embezzled money to the large amount of 5001. His salary was 1501. a year. The Assistant Judge, after reading the depositions, sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for fouryears. Thomas Deverell, 19, described as a soldier, was in dicted for frauduleatly obtaining by false pretences from Waiter Yonge, a gold watch and thre e gold chains o f the value of 261. his property, with intent to defraud him of the same; and also for obtaining by false pretences, with like intent, three sets of gold studs, Scc., from Edward Whistler. He pleaded guilty. The prisoner was in the service of Mr. Glenny, of 152, Strand, outfitter, as shopman, and on the 19th of Jan. he was sent out on business, but did not return. He procured the property mentioned in the indictin ent by representing that he had been sent for it by Mr. Glenny, which was untrue. The prisoner was apprehended at a recruiting depot in Duke-street, Westminster, on the 26th, by Pocock, a detective sergeant of the F division. Mr. Hardingo Giffard, for the prisoner, having men-' tioned the circumstances, urged that it was not a case for full punishment. The prisoner gate one of the chains to a young woman, in whose possession it was found, and since, he bad enlisted iu the 17th Lancers, and was anxious to join his regiment. The prosecution was dis posed to recommend him to mercy, and if the court would sentence him to a short imprisonment, he would, after that, be more efficiently employed in the service of his country in the Crimea than by undergoing a punish ment in prison here. The Assistant Judge said the court regarded the case as ono in which some lenity could be shown ; but still there was a rule from which it would not do to depart. The sentence was that the prisoner be kept to hard labour for six calendar months. POLICE ENTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 5. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Withers and Fre derick, Hyland, two respectably attired young men in the employment of Messrs. Rock, wholesale manufacturing stationers of Walbrook, wore brought before the Lord Mayor on a charge of robbing their employers. Mr. H. Rock stated that in consequence of informa tion he received, to the effect that the prisoners were plundering him, he gave them into custody. R. Wardle, City constable No. 6, said—l took the two prisoners into custody on the 27th alt. Hyland told me that he had robbed his master of one valentine, which I should find at his mother's. On my proceeding thither she told me that her son had brought home three valen tines the night previous. I searched her house, and amongst other things found a blotting case, a map, and RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, FEB. 5. STOCIS EXCIUNGB. — The market this morning has been dull, and closed very quiet, without change in prices from Saturday, except in Loudon stock, which is 4 per cent. lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire , 74 / ; London and N.- Western, 100 a ; ditto, shares, cd ; Midland, 69i ; S.- Eastern, 17 11-16; Dutch Rhenish, 2ge 2d. MANCHESTER, FEB. 5. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather flat, but prices were unchanged. Leeds, 75; Man., Sheffield, an d Lincoln, 24i ; Dovers, 17i; Eastern Counties, 11i , • Ca ledonians, 31; Shrews, and Bir. Pref., 104. FEB. 5. STOCK EXCIANGE.—The tone of the market has boon brisk to-day, with an advance in prices. Birmingham and Stour Valley, £3!; Midlands closed at 69i 69J; London and North-Westerns closed 1001 101. LEEDS, FEB. 5. STOCK EXCEANGE.—The market was less active, but prices show an improvement. Midlands, 70; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75; Leeds Nol therns, 12i. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.—At the ge neral monthly meeting, held yesterday, Mr. NV. Pole, F.R.S., treasurer and ♦ice-president, in the chair, Mr. Edmund Macrory, Mr. Henry Mau&lay, Major-General James Stuart, C. 8., Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood, and Mr. John William Wrey, M.A., were duly elected mem bers of the Royal Institution ; and Mr. Henry Pemberton and Mr. Richard Hoper were admitted members of the Royal Institution. 'Thanks were voted to Professors Faraday and Tyndall, and to the Astronomer Royal, for their discourses on the evenings of January 19 and 26, and February 2. The presents received since the last meeting were laid before the members. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Gland, and their connection with the Ganglionic or Great Central System of Nerves ; being a reprint (considerably enlarged) of a series of papers bear ing upon the more important and prominent sympt , ms, and the most sueces , ful mode of practice in the treat ment of diseases of those organs— in the press, and will be speedily published, by Dr, Denis Cronin, :35, Bruton street, Berkeley-square, COUNTRIES. COUNTRY MARABTS. YLII::,MSFORD—TEP. t!. • ly a wheat en u;I:r to -day Ails is ! -trade nunA ha reported very dull , last week'.. barely maintained. Spring corn also expel, dull demand, and to effect sales lower P" to be submitted to. Second-rate hazier/ than last week. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr. 56 new 56 red, old 52 new, 52 7 , Barley 3 Chevalier 29 37 Grinding 23 Malt 70 • 74 Chevalier 72 76 A. 81 Oats, 81 I Peas, per p a rtri dC Boiling Beans, 11 'rick •• o°,l I)ittOr COLCHESTER— FEB. 2 ' The past week has been very winterl3s:o4l the wind has veered to the south , and we to rain. The supply o f wheat to t his small ; farmers did not press their sau ] limited business was done, at is per ( I_ l :,* was rather easier to buy. Beans and P turn cheaper. AL Prices to-daywere as follow :—W ll ' 0 red, GGs to 72s ; barley, 30s to 3Gs • oats, its Mazagan, 3Ss to 40s ; mithlle ands ' ma ll ' white, 5Us to GOs ; grey, 40s to 425. Official Stntemen t of the Qual ix the port of London, fro] the Uth to the 3d Feb., bol ntities of 014 in the 011° th inclusive. ti -j Colchester . Harwich Leigh lialdon 49 14, 1861 596 KIRBC.A.LDY' j c iods' We had liberal supplies to-day of offoil demand was good, and the whole c 0„ , r qr. of 2s per qr. on wheat, and 6d to lir ' oats. Wheat. Barlei- 303 1 First Second 703 Od I 33a 6d Of Third CO3 Od COAL MARKET...A°. Vie' Prices of Coal per ton at tho 6. a. Fuddle W. Hartley 2O 6, Walk° ilastiug's Hartley 2. 6; W'ilao lii , llolywell. 21 O. Hartlepool West Hartley 20 3 Killings' South Tau fiel d 16 0 Northu ° Tanfielcl ISloor Butes 17 9' Cais•P• ' ; k i i . '.. Tyuo Main LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN A'6 turn for the week ending Feb. 3, ~,, ~ Corresponding week last year ............ Decrease iu L- • : 5............••• ''' FebLONDON, BRIGHTON, Q(111 AND v Traffic return for the week ending ... .. 1855 .......................................... Corresponding week last year .......• Total of the half-year to this date, 1 .451,.. , ' Total of the half-year to this date, SEABORNE IllAgs' (N eignifles that the malls are sent frolDs ay the night—and 11 by the morning— e'er Day when tnwie" in General Pa,: Office, London.' Every Friday •. " ‘merica(by itrit.pack)N kmeAe2. (by Unitod S. packet) ••....N ‘merica (by U States packet) • N .netralia (via South-, ainpton) Ditto (via Siru•seilles) Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...NI Africa (West Coast) ..N I Alexandria.......... N Alexandria.......... Bahamas ...........2d Belgium .......... Brazil ........ Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (soe India) Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles China Constantinople Constantinople . .. • • •„; Cont. of Europe Egypt (see India).. France • • • 2 k l Gibraltar ...• • •• • Greece (see India) Harabtirgh ..... ..N ilavannall Holland Honduras ..........M1 [ndia (viaSouthampt.)Mi India (via Marsedlles)lM lonian Isles (see India)' Ireland & NI Lisbon ..............M Madeira Madeira 1.; Malta (see India) ..... •• 23d of no tron.h 8, 9, 24, & 30 of 14th & 20th of Illo n ! 17th of the MOW Dai1y............ !9th of the month •• !9th of the month • • 9th of tho atone ii Dr n Wed !aril. ti , 1 2d sl7th of mon o ,Jonce a month.. • • '8,13,18,23,&28 of M 'l4th Sc 20th of =Loh. •rwice (laity ...... Twice daily ...• •• ;4,7,11,20,27° hp 12nd & 17th of mon. , Tuesday 2nd of the mc ..... 117th of the.tnom 14th St 20th or P!;,. !9th&2sth of 7, 17, & 27 Twice daily fSp 17, 9, 17, & 27'01 I9th of the 23d of month Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .......... N Mexico ...•• • O ..M Naples N New Granada ...... Id New Zealand ..... Papal States N Peninsula , Port Natal ..........N Sicily .... .......... N Tuscany ............N Venezuela Van Diemen's Land (sec' Australia) .. West Indies .... 1 8,18, & men' 28 of 14th of the To ° 1 1 „\ 12114 of the roon t mt . sthlsth2sthof lo s 1 2cl & 17thof 111 , °° By private sthl 5 Lh2sthorn l ". Tthl7th27tho lo° ' fl eic '27th of / I "° ° ' By private ship''' 15thl5th25tholra °11 ' 511 1 15th25thofOlO n , 12d& 17th of Wool O r" r ~q~ 2d& 17thot montl3l , vo, 1 “ When any of these dates fall on a S" epatched on the following day. with tho, , Southampton). and the Malta, both of Vo' 7oo preceding day. WIND AND GVE.ATIIP . ! sr Fart' Stations. Course of Wins. G reauwich „. Calm Lothbury Boston N. W Great Grimsby W Harwich W... Cambridge Liverpool Holyhead .. N.E Dublin N.E. Yarmouth S. Manchester Carlisle Lancaster.... ..... Whitehaven Maryport . Stoke-on-Trent ... N. E. Sheffield g. E. Ipswich Bristol E. Plymouth Exeter ... . Gloucester Cardiff S.W Southampton S.W . Cowes S.W. Portsmouth Winchfield......... S. Brighton E. Rugby. Hague S. Swansea N.W Aberdeen Dundee Perth Edinburgh N.N.W Glasgow Sunderland Newcastle Berwick N. Darlington N. Whitby Scarborough York Hull N.E. Derby N.W Leicester N. N. W Nottingham Tunbridge N. E. Stroud W I . ll ] W TO•i t ilf • t .33.. . Dik e ' e ,r e ea, 23 18411 , Pict: °TED e ind n ti:ra: te,, 9°B fro 3 4 e ,,,:'• the g, as sui from -ref, Ci 11 t o 3, • t,„4. tts al °P PS .41 /4 8 an,ipeciailv k tti —ll4ll, ---- Ch ar P e 4 . 1 t h by tlat e t wi th e late ti Qua, tio t o Yro n s 'Plll47(tet 44 ,A4 4 Str t , d. 4,, X l ot I kti t „ ... o. - N'to t 1 4148 de g i i , the n a :111 4:4 s i t t-Q, w 9 !t Attit. lit i Itiq 0 ',Zei ve lhe A ct l ock T 1 oiti ° ' the r e tla tt osl, 4 bae ee , b tt ti: to to i l 's Kei I tODItel " " 4; th e !I_llll o .44 4 ('47 411 It'eti,Z forties 02 th, \14 3 t v l4, al t A h ro l 4 . A tbe Zi„ th 1 L. ,51e, blilll 4 retT ai l t b e _ooi 4 4;41e 2 1 7 tP 1p b„, 'll4le -ter, CON , 1 1' (*D a h , kr tale hi144 , 11t 1 4t d i ,gh „ 4 ere ,5 44 1 /4j kay b e °ll e w , tatr Evi, • k itNitt • . bt flo bt4 it t t kl " a t taktit tilerk tlaa=pid 11\l ai t w Nt, 4ll er ZIY be ei tfOr d Tai 1 4 '44 4E, Nt ' . l'tl etti *LI N ri ttale a , -t k iZn th, r nti%t tee 1441111;---- P 1 4 ;;;'\el i el14.4e 1 P oik Ttt la N k an fit r „ L 4 Zta, the ,110ttli 4'ico urt l ) , t'4lo4ean'elee I . AI? 11 T 0 . ,,,. ''''' i' l Git iv' ''ea, 23 • e7er.,, ~, H ui, y .ice. c .. —,,,-.- ) f illup..rts u, rate COUNTRY 111A.RO-r& et.. ."and nbelTEl,apper, ✓ .2 iI::,MSFORD—TE,- . ~,i , • Thf3 .11,; iy 4,f -,, - heat ,;1.1 (.2"..:r to-(1:-Yw_ 33 6. i OOR il. ado niubt b reported vory dull, last Iv lc m_. ; ' ..s eit"r_.l No trely maintained. Spring corn also e 17_ 1 . . 0 4_ o all demand, and to effect salon lower p o rif e , :,,-_, i ., t . e . g l u i, •be submitted to. Second-rate barleY " . o. ll s -str e 7 t, "Q O lll t , O l , tan last week. wheat, white, old, per s. sh i Per cli'''' 11 ........ qr. 56 81 Oats, __,. r dge 1.6 new .... 56 81 Peas, Pa.; .„ '.m's rr. white- . , 47 t '''', , ci red, old 52 74 Boiling ' .:•Ilii kaile t , new,.. 52 74 ... breek arley . ?,7 3 : Dun ..... ''', ive t t . . Chevalier GrindingDlsz s g , i,opp s [alt 70 •74 Otte, t 4 4 3gp teiall Chevalier 72 76 tk iti aim t , Y 2329 37.,,,0 Beans, lictrrof •.-............______1,1„. ICH, _—_-- . 4.1. e ~‘,e n, COLCHESTER — FE B ' WO iFtill; - 11.kl t k r The past week has been very winterlhho ~ ---,„:411. LOnd, ho wind has veered to the south, and W e : 0 , A I, ------...... to this o 4 :r t a rain. The supply of wheat 00 010, 0 i bttitle Xi( mall ; farmers did not press their r. jo i ... ..ba rter.....t muted business was done, at is Per., 4 ,, 5 s * l ' 17: 4 ,1t 1 1 , 1 2 f a p late ' tan rather easier to buy. Beans and i-- bi; , lt't i i ' t ,the l ate .. ,,,..,.. t,ww "• , NE tor4" . t a goa' urn cheaper. Prices to-daywere as follow :--- Iv u__:; 4s Os ' , ks b t ,°„selel t " , , ed, 668 to 728 ; barley, 303 to 36s ; s o ! it '4o9o `‘.lit tm qt 'Alt dazagan, 38s to 403 ; mithlle and sw.." rhite, 53s to 60s ; grey, 403 to 425. 4 4,1" P . . "t %I % -------7 . of CO' Hlicial Statement of the Quantities „ 0 , 6 4 ix the port of London, from the fb. ii „ the 2&th to the 3d Feb., both incluil v ''' I I It A $ 1 .........______ r t14144 : 4 4, g a f A' $ , .ts ot Tklia t & ..._.-- .0 are cti' l 'a, .- ----- - -1 r .,, ~,... , 444 r .. 'loleliester larwich ' 10 --- ----t 4 v I'll'tti e est i° , .ieigh kialdon 1 6549 L 4 6 1) 5 Y 189--96 -3°7° 0 6 ' ..... 1 - 1 1:: fr th ee ° X.IRICC I FIB. ,„ 3 * ci Op t ,.._ f ell ifo We had liberal supplies to-day of 0 0 • 4 1tva t „" ( -4 lemand was good, and the whole 0 27 0 r. qr. ~, a lt °I )f 2s per qr. on wheat, and 6d to or { - toL t 4;4 4° )ats. .. 00. 1 4 1 ._0 4 -.et I a t 16 - .tk olvli Wheat. 1 Belief. 3' ed I %clip(' for th First Second fhird 7os Od 1 3:12 6d 04 I N„lieu o ,74 8 , 311 t 6021( ._ 1 1 . 22 ...... 0 . , ...... 1, it4 Vt2 lo er e i ii 1 " , 44 the Itoth, COAL MARKET: A f or kAttwki s ir. ,„ 111 3 11 , O,,JZS i s 1 1° Prices of Coal per ton at the clo.- . 40 i i t ; p t -, 44t, kir til e r " °Oh 8. cl. _,,forl` , N' l o,_ er ° , Bo bth ~,,r Yr°' 4 "tt 4 theesitil Huddle W. Hartley 2O 6, W 1 1 . 1.— .0 .11 1• 8 0 , 1 , Pass e . ilastiug's Hartley liolywell.. ~ VA 1 ,, , h Iv a ? N ales .21. 0. 4 ... o rti , i ~,,' ) 4•till , 1: 1 4/ 4f Rai Hartlepool West Hartley 20 3 Killings" 0 10 ,,, , ' cat Roc, „ , South Tau fie] d 16 0 North uw .. '4.,441 1 "0 re o '../ ` 4 e 27 th Tanfield Moor Butes 17 9' Cass o P• . iiii . . ' 1411 be 1 Tyne Main... ......_ 12 2 .,.. =... ... /f° ' i . , I , „ t ttt " 4 44 e-te RAILWAY TRAFFIC 141 if 4, ( j " i ----.4.--- -- ":„ r" .. oft. - , ,, Ctli LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTER , a o ~..' , 11. (* DLrtra turn for the week ending Feb. 3 , 1-° " - . '''')/ %p ort Corresponding week last year........h P t 4k t. ,_ ~.' y r Ir e jtd g "'it Decrease iu I''i - 5 ............... ...",e ii • L0m i ,34,,, ICI A T o e° ) , , ;7 4 k4, 4 it'. 1 : He ] LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOU . 0 ,,b, .." i i, 11,, 4 trir 0 n Traffic return for the week ending •"" „,..' ,i t V 4 3, 8 43 ', be , 1855...................................... •••' A 1 41 I'll ... ‘.. f tt t4th Corresponding week last year ....... ..,145...' ), I- N 4, Total of the half-year to this date, -r„.." 4 d4N tl i t ;teles Total of the halLeLltl2 . 2 I'l.t,tt:;',ltil thy, 41 Ng lit t ,' Orth e e l l , ._____ T , A OS. 1 ; ,, tp k ,:trit:: o o4l, SEABORNE 1 1, ' J 1 ,.t,,, 4 4(1e r tuty _ .---- -__ : 7' S o ' .evt, 0 , ° 1 k, 4'l ' t' ''let. j (N signifies that the malts are sent fro esti. l,lkt i - win )y the night—and II by the morning e'' i 0 ' 4 -` unie il , ---- e t i P, N' L tti t ,_ Day when m ale: , j' . r 1 koi t 'Lp ,37 11 4 5r . r 0u COUNTRIES. in General Po , i.; o r , ....,.....,. len Office, London. i , cieb . „ 1. , ,merien(bylifit.pack)N Every Friday •• " big 1441:111,b5_ :mead. ,by United Sts. go 1 1: 1 ` , 1ii; c3 tI g i fl packet) .. .. .. ....N ••.• •••„.• fi 1 rt,i, l 'oi At s 7, ‘inerica (by 1J States lZ ‘ i e a 'l l . ll ' \ I P' packet) ..........N sog li I,4•Al4 a ,te s s',' kturtralia (via South- ... ..,,,,, a t , e t „ ',i t. ,I ampton) ...... ....AI •••" •" Or / /N' ell 1 . unto (via Siat•seilles) N, ........ • Oitto (via Cape of Good .6 , p oik t% ,N, Hope) •• •• •• •.....N ! •' " fit l 'tratl 4 ' I.4'i: Africa (West Coast) , .Ni 23d of tie ., iv...011:h - „„fel ~ lc t _. c o ktv t1exandria..........N,8, 9, 24, Ii 30 of in • i v o lo1 1 ; th e , l u alcou rt D , Alexandria .. .. .. .. .. 1114 th & 20th of mon! 002 ,, toltti ke u n 'le r ep , Bahamas ...........31 1 17th of the month pol v t li e ° at t i ; Belgium ............N.Dai1y.......• •• ''. 4 0 0 1 Brazil ..............ml9th of the montb.. 3 0 1 , Buenos Ayres ........M l 9th of the month • • o p, Gape of Good Hope ..N 04, 01 , 4 )41 Cape of Good Hope ..N os 6 . k, c T i 4 Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the month A ottik Ceylon (see India) k ki, tied Ceylon ..............N N 1 114 . 1, Channel 151e5........N1 Mop ~Wed.,&Frn i t l : 98 4° 0 k i n t l i iti st. , I a e t ~bt , Chili.... .. .. ~. .. ~, .. Ai ,2d $ 17th of mo / ,14, 'Al t „ •,.. China ;once a month ~.,•_•,. D ear Z . tl 4 : 4 oleiri Constantinople .. .c , ' B,l3oB ' 23 ' B ' 2B°l' 30' ) "' N t qed ' 3l '4 '• • ' 4th 8, 20th of mo.I. , a . . ~. ~,,,,, Constantinople . ... •.4 ~,,,,c . da i ly .... '.. Doi :t :z . ,: ::: : ill Cont. of Europe, • lii k ' sild Gibraltar ...• ••• • • • 14 ' 7 ' ' ' sm.. (see India) • i sot , ,0 kril a ss r Errganypcte(s.e.e..ln..6l..)M So I N_ l i lf , ,vic i e l d 2 a 0 i1y 2 . 7 . o . f . m .. s o o o i r t' 1 4 1 54 :, 7; ;;v 65r i i.h, Greytown ...... .. ..14 i2nd & 17th of sea , - 1 , ,, ,t , , .„..., In] Harriburgh ... ..... ..N Tuesday Ss FridaY ' 1- . 0 V t,'''%l.tj. ilavannah .........:1 2nd of the month p ole , h i ~,,l i riii, 1 Holland .... .. .. .... Id 1 Daily .. .. ..... ... ~.-`",,, IA " ,k 1.1 ,4 1 1 , „ 5 t 4, Honduras ..........Mll7th of the.rhon • fef " •• \ I I„lealir s e 1 81 India (vlaSouthampt.)Ntl4th& 20th of vel:fa,.. Te 1 ,, 1 . , 1,4 i India (via Marssilles)W9th&2sth oily?, 0 'C A il!, i 'lpi.ivi ilt I,* 1t,,,, lonian isles (see India}l7, 17, &27 0 ''',, ° ,tb" . .41 0 1 111qi{,',,or ti, - ' Ireland ........M & N Twice daily •''ila .. .r i i fe lp,•• 'i1i5 . 232,, Lisbon ..............3417, 9, 17, & 27 unto Dr, Madeira ............m 1 9th of them .41 Madeira ............Ni2ll of month ". 1 ( .4" P lia .., Malta (see India) .. ,„ • 0. Y. h._ 1...... t Malta ..............N 8,18 , .5y 28 of ,-. , -- , % 44 , - ,;- , A. , Mauritius (see India) acit n oth i'' 6 . Mauritius ..........N 14th of the 10 - , of *0 I " rea l ,, MeXICO ..... . ..31121id of the re o n - c i. 01,1 "hten, - " Y rnr lA e aPies , • • • . • .... .. .. IN sthlsth2sthon n „ E D _ A O 0 , TO t ' 'Meth tit h ° B o ci tew w2}: a a l n a a n cla ..... .. Nii2d & 17th of pr .. " , , iirw i ir .10 e mae per, Zealand .. By private slaw,. ~t teen, Papal States ........N sthls th2sthorn'', l'a, " VL. ' Peninsula .......... TA 71117th27thofr .10 '' 31:0_;0 ,..0 0 .",TWAl,._,'v in Peru .......... „.. NI 2(1 is 27th of 01 ' °°. irP , , itle,'„ - ;.11 Port Natal ..........N By private shlir." pel t ,;.' v't soi" ' l ll Sicily .........• •• • • Ni s th 15th25thotr000' pef , , ktkeliZ b, t Tuscany ............2,llstlilsth2sthofiro,h°' pi' , ' h Port o , Venezuela ..... ....M 2c130 17th oin3 o u w k t lio ,Nitt Van Diemen's Lan . d (sec Australia) .. o nto - %h e 4 3' ti West Indies ........Ni 2d& 17th 0111 10 n Ne astrt, 01 0141111, 1 c al , t ies NI St m n i When any of these dates fall on a San d 0000 : te,u At spatched on the following day. with the • 11 . ost,,bites Southampton). and the Malta, both of rr'' . 4 . SYlili2gtir ti , preceding day. -•'4 in ktkte 4 ca , WIND AND W EA.Ti-i- 00 t - ttt44:l 11 0 i . qt anti .---- 46 , i 4: 0007 4kblii;:rr, I, Stations. Course of ;vital. rt ov N,; h. : ........... ,, Lti Greenwich .. Calm Pa , ti Lothbury Boston N.W Fogel' 4 • k_ •1 MARR , On the 3d inst., at St. G eo rge's P .- S I P.)/ 10 Rev. H. G. Williams, rector of Pro:0%00'0e feesor of Arabic in the University of ~C ga itb, ti ces, daughter of the late Charles 3,l°L" Cli .1,1/ center. , ,; 2 0 On the 4th December, at St. .M l ' ll ll6, o o l _l Henry A. Merrett, Esq., 4 • Merrett, Esq., Inspector Surgeon -13illia'" Ann Euphemia, second daughter Of solicitor. V ie, I DIED. , or (1 1 On the 3d i ns t., a t Ch ar les•stre o Lieutenant-G enera l th e H o n. Tl l ° l° aged 85. ;f e lts , On the Bth ult. at Funchal, Ata - rr - w icY ° t' - Esq., of th e St oc k Exchange, an d el se; aged 46. 13°1 On the 13th December, a t Lucknone. /.t. • $6 Lieut.-Col. Richard Angelo, 31th R° fi e, On the 2d inst., at the Nouaille, vicar of Ditchling, Susse x, bt Es o q. n ( t f h o o rm 2d erl i y nst o , ap a t t ai 7 n , o S n le g a i n e ;: t sb aged 79. --- KO° l e, 0° , ,4 LONDON: Printed and Published by so t i of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 11 ,, s e i, Strand, in tke Precinct of the ca Middlesex, Tuesday, FebruarY , ri ' ll";"i t'rr il k It )'%,„ N I), ti, 4 ..I . i ttl :Z i . ), `1: i i 1 , ~ N .4 -,' --, 41, , , .. , tsl . 'ltt.e, RAILWAY TRAFFIC