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10,000,000/. so that the effect of the blockade had only been that we had paid 9,000,0001. sterling for two-.thirds of the quantity we generally got for 10,000,030/. (Hear, hear.) There could be nothing more monstrous. Now, as to the question of the means of putting a stop to the war, the course proposed by the hon. member for Plymouth would pretty nearly answer. To advocate it was contrary to all the princi ples of political economy ; but political economy could not be carried on in thq midst of war. Inconvenience must fall on all parties. Consider how many thousands of lives had al ready been sacrificed. If, by inflicting a slight injury on certain merchants, the largest possible injury could be done on our enemy, by all means let that slight injury be inflicted at once. His hon. friend had stated that from two-thirds to three-fourths of the trade of Russia came to this country. He believed we had even a larger proportion of that trade. The English merchant confided money in October, November, and December to the Russian dealers, to enable him to make pur chases in the interior, and bring them down to port in the months of June, Jufy, and August. It war a trade that re quired large capital and a great knowledge of the character of individuals on the spot : A striking proof of the value of English capiral was afforded immediately after the proclama .tion of war, on the 28 th of March. The price of goods in Riga immediately fell 15 per coat. On the 15th of April, 18 days after, another proclamation appeared, allowing English subjects to trade with Russia, and prices at once advanced even more than the 15 per cent. they had before fallen. But, assuming the prohibition to trade with Russia to be again re pealed, and English subjects to be no longer subject to the penalties of high treason for having transactions with Russia, then he followed it up by the next measure of his hon. friend, certificates of origin; but he was firmly persuaded that the withdrawal of British capital alone wotld have a most impor tant effect. The consuls at the shipping ports should be able to prove that goods are of Russian origin, and the parties applying for certificates should be held liable. Of course a great deal would depend on the manner in which the consuls did their duty. He trusted that they would justify the opinion which the noble lord entertained of them. 17p to the present year no tallow was ever shipped from Prussian ports, and the consuls would have no difficulty in judging, that if applica tions for this article were made it would be of Russian origin. The shipments of hemp from Prussia were almost nil. There was certainly a small quantity of flax sent from that country, and his impression was that due vigilance on the part of the consuls and of those directly interested in the trade would pre vent any smuggling to an extent which would assist the trade with Russia, and would materially assist in bringing the war to a conclusion. With respect to the interests at home, there was no disguising the fact that it might do a slight injury : but we had shown that theinjurywas not to be compared with the national benefit of bringing the war to an early conclusion. Ho had a statement of the stock of hemp and flax in London on the Ist of February, 1855. On that day the quantity of hemp was 9,844 tons, on the same day 1854 it was 4,823 tons, in 1853, 2,455 tons, and in 1852, 4,900. The quantity of flax on the same day in 1855 was 39,536 casks, in 1854, 39,624 casks, in 1853, 33,102 casks, and in 1852, 37,847 casks. There never had been such a quantity in the market of these arti cles as at the present time. The repeal of the soap duties had led to the substitution of a great many articles in lieu of tallow in the manufacture of that article. The price of tallow in London space the declaration of hostilities had fallen 3/. per ton, whilst the price of palm oil had risen 3/. per ton. With respect to the substitution of German tallow for Russian tal low in this country, the Russian tallow would be sent to Ger many, and the German tallow would be sent to this country, for no German tallow was shipped forthis country at the pre sent time or was comparatively a a very small quantity. The expense of these operations would be enorm•us, and consider ing that the price of tallow was failing, and the price of palm oil was rising he did not think that by stopping the trade of Russia they would create any such differential value in its price as would pay for the substitutionof German for Russian tallow. Again, taking the case of hemp. the stock at present was double the stock of any previous year, and if the intention of Government ware known, and the state of uncertainty which prevailed was at au end, arrangements would be made for the production of a much larger supply. He believed that the deputation from Dundee had made a great impres sion upon the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but they omitted to state that their stocks were now larger than they had ever been, and that the price was as low as it was fifteen months ago. He had only the day before recaived a letter from Ireland in which it was stated that, in conse quence of the prices they were only going to sow half the quantity this year in that cnnntry. Now the insatiable de sire in Dundee to reduce the price of flax would lead to a re duction of the produce in Ireland. The fact, as he believed, was that there was too great a quantity of machinery at work, and that the markets all over the world were over stocked, and that the calamities ascribed to the Russian war were really owing to the markets being overdone. It would be useful to the trade to have a short supply of the raw ma terial, instead of !cutting their own throats in the way in which they had been doing. He would also ask was it con ceivable, if the prohibition of the trade with Russia created only a fictitious differential value of 12 or 15 per cent., that the flax-spinner in Belgium or in Prussia would order exten sive machinery in those countries for the purpose of spinning tax—machinery which would require a twelvemonth to bring it into operation—knowing, as he must, that a sudden ter mination of hostilities would annihilate his capital at a month's notice. Ho, therefore, conceived that this was a complete bugbear on the part of the Dundee spinners, and ho believed that no injury would be inflicted upon them com pared with the benefit to the country from an early termi nation of the war, to procure which it was his solemn opnion no means would be so efficacious as the stoppogo of the trade with Russia. Mr. CARDWELL—Sir, the motion brought forward with so much ability by my learned friend is a motion, for papers which Government has no indisposition to lay on the table ; with so much ability, and which excites so much interest but probably the house will consider that, on a question raised both in the house and out of the house, it is right that I should make a more general statement than would ba con tained in a mere reference to the terms of the motion. Sir, when unfortunately at the expiration of a peace of nearly 40 years", we found ourselves once more involved in an European conflict, it became necessary to consider what ought to bethe commercial policy of the country—with regard to the circum stances of the particular case—with reference to the enemy with whom we were about to engage with reference to the ally with whom we were about to be united—and with refer ence also to the neutral powers whose good feeling it was de sirable to carry along with us in the contest. (Hear.) Sir, the consideration of these circumstances naturally leads to these oonclusions. The enemy with whom we were about to contend was in peculiar circumstances, inasmuch as his ports are situated in land-blooked seas, and peculiarly exposed to the consequences of a blockade. The ally with whom we were about to be united had differed with us in former years as to the laws of maritime policy which ought to prevail during hostilities, and the neutral powers would naturally sympathise with us as we adopted a maritime policy less unfavourable or less prejudicial to their interests. Sir. the declaration of war was accompanied by a declaration of policy on the part of her Majesty, who, not waving any of those belligerent rights for which wo had contended in former wars, but suspending the operation of part of them during the continuance of the pre sent conflict on motives of policy arising from the considera tion of the circumstances to which I have referred, and which it is not therefore necessary for me to pursue any further. Sir, it naturally followed as a consequence that the order in Council of the lllth of April, to welch the hon. member for Bridport (Mr. Mitchell) had referred in terms of disapproba tion, should have been published, for if it had not been, the consequence would have been that the enemy in neutral ships—the property of neutrals having been left free—would find his trade left open through that channel, to the exclu sion of the subjects of her Majesty. (Hear.) However de , drous we may be to carry on the war with vigour, and bring it to a speedy conclusion, we might agree with the reason of the honourable member for Plymouth (Mr. Collier) and engage in a conflict which would cost us two sovereigns for every one of the enemy's. But, sir, to adopt that course, the consequences must be to bring injury on ourselves, and not upon those whom they were intended to reach, would be inconsistent with the dictates of common sense, and not in conformity with our desire to bring the war to a speedy con clusion. But, says the hon. member for Plymouth, you have adopted a course the results of which are totally ineffective. I took notice of some of the phrases whilst he was so con tending before the Rinse. He says your operations have sig nally failed. He says the exports from Russia have materi- ' ally increased, at least from certain ports. The statistics of the whole trade quoted by the hon. member for Bridport, and those which it may be necessary for me to trouble the house with, lead to a totally different conclusion. But, says my hon. friend, the result of the proceedings by blockade have been ineffective. Sir, with that conclusion I must most respectfully join issue. I shall be able to show the house that they have been far from ineffective under the circum stances under which they have been conducted. But what are the circumstances ? He tells us, and truly tells us, that the trade with Russia is peculiar, and in times of peace is carried on by advances of English capital. Sir, it was so car ried on ; and it is a natural corollary from that system that when the war first broke out you should leave to those whose property, invested in Russia, was on its return home, to those) who were the subjects of the Crown, an opportunity of bring ing their property from the hostile porte; otherwise a block ade rigorously enforced would only have been an injury to ourselves, and not to the enemy. Time was given in the Baltic and White Sea ; and I • shall not hesitate to acknow ledge that, with regard to the Black Sea, the blockade was not enforced in so satisfactory a manner as might be desir able. I shall make this avowal frankly, and accompany it by a statement of some of the causes which led to this circumstance. At the outbreak of hostilities the blockade was to be carried on by our vessels in conjunction with the vessels of our ally-. It necessarily followed that communica tions must take place between us and oar ally with respect to the terms of the blockade, and the vessels with which it was to be conducted. It unavoidable happened that time was lost in these communications before a blockade could be established. At a later period it will be in the recollection of the house, every vessel which the allied powers could com mand was engaged in the great expedition which took piece in September. Up to May time was given in the Baltic for the reasons to which I have alluded, and a longer time was given in the White Sea on account of the difference of latitude, to bring home the French and English property there which it W as important should be brought home,; pnd I am going to press it into rod e argument, there was a remissnessof blockade in the Bla c k the y ear 1 855 wh a i i You will not expect that a comparison of with Russia, shouldthe Preceding year, as regards the trade vigorous operations would a return which the defects of you may expect for future not lead you to suppose, or which making this preamble by years. Do not think that I am results of which, when you V a 4 apology for any returns the un satisfactory. The hon. member for 'a ß rn before you, been paying dearer for two-thirds ofrtildie'may be ort says that we have Russian exports than honan.e,rwier coupled that we used to pay for the whole. m y with an argument which did surp r i se so acute au economist as himself. What has'en I t e cam f e l, from ac tual result of the operations up to this time ? "vh--: mercantile navy Russia possessed may be said, for the tever pose of commerce , to have been annihilated. (He ar.) I Vi i t l :l - 1 regard to our ships, they ride unharmed on every sea, and e do not think there is any owner of ships or consignee of flier _ chandiee who would give much to be insured from the risk of capture by Ilussia. Russia had taken greate) are ams str on gly to becom e On a manufacturing country. H er manufactures protected by import duties ; b ut to believe b I have reasonthat her ruanufacturcs have suffered mate riall y on account of the pressure of the blockade which our friends who insist . upon a rigorous blockade would induce us to put ou the .sube raw ee s o ate f Great Britain, namely, to prevent the suppl of y m rial, with which our manufactories are condueted • Sir, I hold in my hand, and perhaps I ought on an occasion like this to trouble the house with figures, because everything in connectiou with the war is of groat interest. (Hear, hear.) I will therefore state to you the facts of the case in figures. With respect to the year 1854, as compared with the year 1853, I will take the three principal articles of exportation to this country from Russia—flax, hemp, and tallow•—to which the hon. member for Bridport has directed particular atten tion, and I have already shown that much more may be ex pected in future years. In 1853 Russia sent us 1,287,000 cwt;. of tallow; in 1854, directly, very little ; but if I take the Prussian increase to account for the Russian decrease, you will see that Russia has been able to send overland much less than would be expected by means of Prussia. In 1854, the Prussian increase is 425,000 cwts., making an apparent Rue- Sian de trade.n! easeof 676,000 cwts., or 52 per cent , of the whole With regard to hemp, the diminution of 1854, com- • Cii THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21. 1855. pared with 1853, is 53 per cent. ; and with regard to tallow it is 62 per cent. Now, sir, under these circumstances, if the blockade_has not been effectual, I think it is surprising un der the circumstances that such great results should have been produced in so short a time. Now, sir, with respect to cotton, the exportation of raw cotton from this country to Russia has fallen 54 per cent. My honourable friend has said that there are sources from which the vacuum created in these trades may be supplied. He has told us that it is quite futile to suppose that new manufactures will be esta blished in Germany. He either has not travelled in manufac turing districts, or does not know how rapidly manufactures spring up, when money, corn, and labour are plentiful ; and I hope that this country, neither in war nor peace, will be led into a fancied security that it can trifle with the position of its trade. Competitors spring up where they are not expected, and you find out, when it is too late, the formidable enemy you have created. With regard to the prices, it is notorious that the tendency of war prices has been to raise the price of those articles at London and to depress them at St. Petersburg. I hold in my hands extracts from the two circulars published by eminent merchants at St. Petersburg, which show the de crease in the prices of hemp, flax, tallow, and linseed at St. Petersburg between the end of the year 1853 and the end of the year 1854, and the corresponding rise in prices' at London— Mr. MITCHELL—Do they account for the increased cost of carriage ? (Hear.) Mr. CARDWELL—I will read what they state. These gen tlemen state that the expense, risk, and delay attending the overland trade have caused much discouragement and dissatis faction, and that there is little disposition to continue it. They state in explanation that the cost of conveying hemp, flax, and tallow from St. Petersburg to Memel or Konigsberg, has been as high as 251. per ton, and that goods have been frequently three or four months on the road. Prices in the interior are said to be low, and there is an absence of the usual demand ; but, it is added, a change from war to peace would soon alter the present state of things. Now, that is the result of a block ade which, we are told, has been utterly inadequate, - and has produced no effect whatever on the trade of Russia. But then we have an argument based on the price of the rouble. It is difficult and always hazardous to argue upon the ex changes, because there are so many disturbing circumstances, and where other indications are accessible I think it is gene: rally safer to rely upon them. When the honourable and learned member for Plymouth told you that the rouble had risen from 32 pence to par, he doubtless intended it to be in ferred that no pressure had been produced upon the trade of Russia. What is the fact ? In times of peace the exchanges are usually favourable to Russia, but ever since the declara tion of war they have not once indicated any movement of bullion from this country to Russia ; on the contrary, they have hitherto indicated the export of bullion from Russia. It is manifest, therefore, that the blockade has already pro duced a considerable effect upon the trade of Russia. Her mercantile navy has ceased to exist for commercial purposes —her manufacturers have been prevented from obtaining their raw material—and her producers have been put to a much greater cost in bringing a smaller quantity of articles to market. (Hear.) Here I must notice a fallacy that crept into the argument of the hon. and learned member for Ply mouth. It necessarily followed from the system of advances that a considerable part at last of the expenses of transport ,of Russian produce should at first fall upon the British mer chant, because it was his interest to get home the goods for which he had paid ; but in future years, when the advances are put a stop to, and contracts are made upon anew footing, the expense of transport will always fall upon the producer, who, coming here, will have to meet other sellers in the open market. That being the case, the next question for considera tion is, was it in the power of the Government by further mea sures to inflict still greater injury upon Russia; and would the effect of the measures which have been suggested this evening have been to injure Russia in England? It is admitted that the trade of both parties will suffer to a certain extent by a block ade, but the blockade which we have established has the effect of putting the maximum amount of pressure upon Russia, and the minimum amount of pressure upon England. Customs regulations, on the other hand, would have had an opposite effect, and that was the reason why the Government hesitated before adopting a system of commercial restrictions at home. Take the tarticlo of flax, and see how that system would have worked. What would be the comparative pressure produced upon two countries, where one grows the raw ma terial and the other manufactures it ? If you keep the raw material in-the country of its growth, or, rather, if you pre vent it coming to England, you take from the producer his best customer ; but then he goes to his second-best customer and disposes of his property, though I admit at a diminution of profit, having, however, a constant tendency to regain itself. What would be the effect upon the manufacturer ? Tho hon. member for Dundee, if ho were to address you with that ability and knowledge which he possesses, would tell you more accurately than I can what is the exact amount of advantage between the Scotch, Irish, or Yorkshire linen manufacturer and his German rival. I believe in an open market that advantage is small, and if it were to be trans ferred from the ono side to the other it would cause the orders for linen manufactures to go to Germany, and not to Scotland or Ireland. (Hoar, hear.) The English manufacturer is now fighting an equal battle, and he can bear no load. But the hon. member for Eridport says that there are too many flax mills in England, and his remedy is to make the raw material dear to the English manufacturers, by way of enabling them to compete with their rivals in Germany. The manufacturer is also told to go India for his raw material. What prevents him going to India now ? The difference in price. But what is to be done with the Russian flax which you say must not come here I It must go to the German rivals of the English manufacturers. In short, your proposed system would cheapen the raw material to the foreign manufacturers, and that, too, without inflicting any injury upon the pro ducer, beyond obliging him to sell his goods at a somewhat reduced price. What does history say upon this subject ? In 1811, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who entertained the opinions now advocated by the hon. and learned member for Plymouth, brought in a bill for laying a duty upon the cotton of the United States of America ; and, as if in whimsical parallel with the argument made use of to-night, when the late Lord Ashburton objected to the measure on the ground f the injury it woule do to England, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that our own colonies and the East Indies would yield a sufficient supply of cotton in case we might get none from America. (A laugh.) The Board of Trade was of tile same opinion. How were we saved from that deplora ble ooneequeoce i By the wisdom of shis• house. The first Sir Robert Peel, Colonel Stanley, the member for the county of Lancaster, and the late Lord Ashburton, did not • think that the manufacturers of England should be obliged to go to India for a supply of cotton, and the house agreed with them and rejected the bill. Now the cotton trade is a very great trade in comparison with the flax trade ; and during the interval which has elapsed it has immensely increased; but let me solicit you to consider what the consequences would have been if the doctrine of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in 1811 had prevailed. Do you think there has seen no advantage to Manchester in the fact that Liverpool has been the cheapest cotton market in the world ? (Hear, hear.) What would the result have been if that market had been removed to Hamburg or some other continental town I -Would not the German manufacturer have gained by having the market brought nearer to him, and would not his Man chester rival have suffered from being obliged to send to a distance for his raw material ? It was with surprise that I heard Ireland pressed into the case as an argument why we should reinstitute Customs prohibitions. Let me appeal to the Royal Society, who devote themselves with so much advantage to the improvement of the cultivation of flax in Ireland. In their last report they say that when war was de clared against Russia, it was at once apprehended that the interruption of our commercial relations with that empire must seriously affect the supply of raw material to the Bri tish and Irish linen manufacturers, as well as of the seed, which had hitherto been obtained from Riga for sowing in Ireland. When it was remembered, they continue, that of an annual average of 80,000 tons of flax from all sources, nearly 60,000 are brought from Russia alone, and of the yearly importation of flax for sowing in Ireland from two-thirds to three-fourths come from Riga, it will be seen that the cessa tion or diminution of the supply of this article in consequence of the war must be productive of serious injury to the linen manufacturers of the United Kingdom and to the flax growers of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) But, supposing we were resolved to prohibit the importation of Russian produce into this country by Customs regulations, how are we to do it ? Are we to resist, of all things in the world, the certifi cates of origin ? (Hear, hear.) Not that I would not resort to them if they were efficacious, but surely universal experience has proved that they are useless and absurd. (Hear.) Sir Archibald Alison, the historian, in reviewing the course of the last war, says that the suffering experienced by England dur ing the continuance of the continental system was almost en tirely owing, not to the Berlin decrees of Napoleon, but the operations of her own Customs regulations and Orders in Council. (Hear, hear.) I repeat, it is impossible that we can revert to certificates of origin ; that is to say that, Prus sia being a great exporting country of flax, you would ask your Prussian consuls to say, in the case of every consignment, whether it was raised in Prussia or in Russia. Do you be lieve such a system is practicable Would it not give rise to a great amount of perjury ? Experience proves that if you want an affidavit of origin you can easily get one for not a very large sum ; and the consequence would be, that you would have to pay au increased price for the Russian articles and for the affidavit of origin besides. (A laugh.) • But what is the law upon the subject I was astonished at the con struction which the hon. and learned member for Plymouth put upon the authorities whom he quoted. It is not my in tention to follow him into that part of his statement. Suffice it to say that the law of the land, as well as the law of com mon sense, is that partial manufactures are considered the production of the country in which they were partially manu factured. (Hear.) Chancellor Kent, in his " Commentaries," says that it would not be just or legal for neutrals to avail them selves of the pressure of war to engage in any new species of traffic not permitted in peace, and which the necessities of one of the belligerents may oblige him to grant to the detriment or destruction of the other. Would the hon. and learned member for Plymouth revive the right of search ? If so, may Ibe permitted to suggest to him that the responsibility rests upon those who have the charge of such great undertakings to consider what is duo to our ally, and also the operation upon powerful neutral countries of the re-institution of the right of search ? With regard to the right of search, I think it would not be prudent to institute it in the harbours of Prussia. If flax be opened in Prussia, it becomes Prussian flax. If tallow be melted in Pruss ait becomes Prussian stea rine. Will you who so gravely condemn the policy by which inevitably, from the circumstances of thcacase, the benefit of the transit trade is conferred upon Prussia—will you contend for a new policy which shall create manufactories in Prussia —which shall make Prussia a comber of flax and a boiler of tallow, knowing as you do that the Germans are your great rivals in the linen trade, and that the countries which inter vene between this country and Prussia aro celebrated for stearine. (Hear.) You may depend upon it, if we want Rus sian raw materials and prohibit partial manufactures, unless the Prussian consul will certify that no portion of the manu factures emanated from Russia, can you prevent its coming from Holland and other countries in the neighbourhood ? Evasion will follow enactment. (Hear.) As fast as you stop it in one place it will break out in another, and expense will not be an impediment, because there will be a clear gain to Russia. We had some experience in the last war on the sub ject, not exactly of certificates of origin, but of licenses, and we know that the system tried by Bonaparte partly failed. But in the commercial policy which we have pursued there has been one signal and conspicuous advantage. It has been Carried on by universal rule, openly published. There has been no benefit conferred by licenses upon favoured traders i (u e, the Privy gi anted b c' i l e * o ruunsc nse. p . ulous trade rs . I n th e l a te war we h a d a s y s t em o f whether th at woul d Council, and I submit to you have been as free from objection as our licenses in the y ear present system / 1 2 1 What was the case with regard to B licenses that they led to Parliament, and to the stro ngest .e peated debates in both houses of Lansdowne, and before t So great was the abuse of those liatnd most indignant denun ciations. The matter was in3iig before the House of Lords House of Commons ,by Mr. Brougham, and I will quotehave ainfeerweuSeTtdos by Lord Lansdo t f h rom e mo o s n t eof those speeches :—" Licenses un paralleled extent, whichh them at system of immorality, fraud, and Perjury, pervade he whole trade of the And then the words of Lord Stowell , e , e T un h t e ry- whole system of the commerce of the country is one of were used ear, hear.) If that was simulation licenses granted by the Privy Council the result of the of of . what and dissimulation." ( origin ? (Hear, hear.) late and it ' war, was said But it was said during hear.) Bu member for Bridport to-night, " These are not would have been the effect certificates by the hon. account of the pressure of the adopted on trines, necessarily I it accurate or inaccurate ? the doctrines of sound political economy, but exceptional doe war." But the true test is this-- s_ Does it lead to a right conclusion or a false conclusion ? If these doctrines be true, then the more important the crisis, the more serious the consequence of departing from them, the more you are bound in reason and prudence to adhere to them. What might you expect to be the consequence on the mind of the Emperor of Russia or of neutral Powers of adopt ing a course calculated to injure us more than Russia? Do you think it would produce a discouraging effect on the mind of the Emperor of Russia, and hasten his disposition to con clude a peace ? It seems to me it must lead to the opposite result. (Hear.) It is said that Prussia is encouraged in her neutrality because she derives a benefit from the transit trade. Would she be less encouraged if she derived, besides, the profit of having your manufactures transferred to her ? What would be the consequence upon the population at home ? I believe the capitalists and the working men of this country are prepared to make any sacrifice for the sake of a vigorous prosecution of the war, but they must be satis fied that it is reasonably and thoughtfully done ; and when the hon. member for Plymouth talks of our losing two sove reigns where the Emperor of Russia loses one, I think they will require some proof that that is the case. (Hear, hear.) I think our trade has kept up most remarkably, considering that we are subject to the disasters of a war. It is astonish ing to think that as 1853 was beyond all precedent the greatest year ever known in the British export trade, when there came upon us, in 1854, a European war, a crisis in Ame rica, and a crisis in Australia, the falling off of our trade in 1854 was so small that, although it was two per cent. below the year 1853, it was far beyond any comparison with pre ceding years. (Hear.) You are aware of the temporary check which has been given to our trade in the manufacturing dis tricts on account of the pressure of the war ; but do you think that in furnishing the ways and means for a vigorous prosecution of the war it will be any satisfaction to you to find that you have (hied up some sources of revenue without inflicting injury on the Emperor of Russia (Hear.) Do you think, if we were to approach the state of things which ex isted in this country in 1812, when great distress pervaded the manufacturing districts, and the price of food was high, we should find that any advantage in the way of a vigorous prosecution of the war ? It appears to me a most remarkable circumstance that at the end of the first twelve months of the war you should have been able to inflict this serious injury upon the trade of the Emperor of Russia, with every pros pect of inflicting a severe blow in the coming year, and that you should have sustained so small and disproportionate an injury yourselves. (Hear.) I submit to the house that it jus tifies the course which we have pursued in adopting that mode of repression which was calculated to inflict the maxi mum injury on the enemy and the minimum injury on our selves, and in refraining from those overt acts of aggression which would have inflicted slight and temporary injury on the enemy and permanent injury on ourselves. I have dealt with the course of events during the past year, and the results which that course of events has produced. I think I have shown you that a vigorous prosecution of the war has been the desire of the Government, and that if they have refrained from adopting the measures which the hon. members for Plymouth and Bridport have suggested, it has not been from any other belief than the belief that these measures would have been injurious, not to the great Emperor against whom we are contending, but to the manufacturing population of this country—to the agriculture of Ireland—to the revenue of this country—and, speaking generally, to the domestic pro sperity of this kingdom. (Cheers.) Mr. RICARDO said he could see no difference between the propositions which the right hon. gentleman had done him the honour to consider and those which he had just laid before the house. (Hear.) He did not think there could be any policy in letting in a little of the Russian trade and not decidinc , to stop it altogether, or in admitting that the raw material is what we want, and giving every encourage ment to thole who will furnish it for the purpose which had been so well described by the right honourable gentlemen. No one could attribute motives of self-interest to either the mover or seconder of the proposition now under considera tion, but he thought they had done well to disclaim such motives, and to show that they had no self-interest mixed up with the cry for a stringent blockade. He viewed with great suspicion the source from which that cry had come. He could not believe that the Russian merchants were anxious to stop the Russian trade, and when he heard it said that Prussia was infringing her neutrality by allowing goods to pass through that country and come to England, he must be allowed to observe, that if Russia wanted to sell, and Prussia found it to her interest to let goods pass, Englishmen would buy, whether this country was at war with Russia or not. That alWays would be the case, and such decrees as the Berlin de crees would not prevent such transactions. The great evil inflicted on us by France was not inflicted by the decrees by which she endeavoured to deprive this country of bread, but by the country itself in meeting them half way, and by the Orders in Council in 1807. The arguments which had been used to-night were rot the most conflicting nature. (hie honourable gentleman had taunted the right honourable baronet at the head of the Admiralty with not effecting a stringent blockade, and stated that the only place where there was such blockade was at the Danube, and that no corn had been imported into this country in consequence of that blockade. This was a matter worthy the consideration of the house. Tho hon. gentleman said we ought not to allow Russian produce to come here, and the Emperor of Russia said the same thing, for he was not anxious to feed the people who were fighting against him. Thepion. member for Brid port said that no tallow came from Memel or the Prussian ports, and, therefore, the consul must know that when it was shipped at a Prussian port it must be Russian tallow. Now, if the Russian ports were stopped to prevent Russian tallow coming out of those ports, or out of Prussian ports, it was natural to suppose that Prussia would keep the Russian tal low and send its own. Besides, it was only necessary to mingle a ladleful of Prussian tallow with a ton of Russian tal low and it became Prussian tallow immediately. He would not mind taking the oath himself; and if he had a ladle in one hand and a pot of Russian tallow in the other, he would make it into Prussian tallow in five minutes. (Laughter.) When an article was in the slightest degree manufactured or mixed with other articles it was no longer the produce of the country from which it came, and no certificate of origin would prevent such things being done. The hon gentleman said it was perfectly idle to suppose that we should have any competition for the linen trade even if we excluded all the flax which comes to this country, and that no person would choose to build a manufactory when the war might be over in six months. But it was a very dangerous thing to teach people to have another market, and it was well known that when a market was once lost it was not easy to recover it. (Hear, hear.) The great argument which had been ad. vanced on the present occasion was this, that we could, by shutting up the produce of Russia, so coerce, and intimidate, and impoverish the Emperor as to compel him to make peace upon such terms as we might think fit. Now what did the ex port trade from Russia to this country amount to? Why, only to seven millions, and supposing the profit to be 10 per cent. the actualprofit on the whole trade could not be more than 700,0001., or he would say at the utmost 900,0001. Now, was it likely that the people of Russia would turn upon the Emperor merely for being deprived of that amount of profit ? The argument was perfectly contemptible, when it was recollected that by one stroke of the pen the Emperor had shut out the export of six millions in corn. Of this he was quite sure, that if we returned to the Orders of Council of the year 1816 and 1817, and to the economical and fiscal doctrines which we held then, we should also return to the same poverty, the same pauperism, the same misfortunes, and the same ina bility to meet the exigencies of, and to raise the supplies for, the war by which the country was then embarrassed. (Hear, hear.) Lord DUNCAN said the honourable and learned member for Plymouth had thrown out some most unworthy taunts against the manufacturers of linen, and be must therefore ask the house to recollect the conduct of those capitalists, who were so ably represented by the hon. member who bad se conded the motion. From the time of the declaration of war in March to the end of autumn, nothing was heard of a blockade; everything went on smoothly, and a very large amount of flax was brought into this country. Then certain gentlemen were seized with a sudden fit of activity ; they found out that the blockade was not enforced, and deputations, not of manufac turers, but of merchants, waited on the Government to induce them to enforce it. He (Lord Duncan) subsequently waited on the noble lord the Sec etary of State for Foreign Affairs with a deputation of millowntrs, and he stated to them that whatever might be his desire to give all possible facilities to the commerce of the country, he felt it to be his duty to use every means in his power to vex and annoy the enemy with whom we were at war. And he must say that, consi dering the difficulties which attended this question, he thought the course which had been pursued by the noble earl and the Government reflected the highest credit upon thorn. They had heard a great deal of the state of matters in this country, but he had received a letter from a gentleman largely connected with the linen trade, than whom no one knew better what was the state of Russia at this moment. That gentleman, on the authority of correspondents in that country, stated that the war had already produced great dis tress there, that business was at a standstill, that numerous failures had taken place, and ihat if the war continued the merchants there would all be ruined. Of course there could be no doubt, on the other hand, that the population of Forfar shire, of the West Riding, and of the north of Ireland, em ployed in the linen trade, had also suffered considerably by the rise in the price of flax. It had been said that they should stop the Russian trade. But how could they stop Russian flax coming through Prussia ? or even if they did, could they prevent it going down the Elbe and coming by way of Dussel dorf ? They might depend upon it that if flax was wanted it would come through some channel or other. No doubt, in deed, if the war continued other sources for the supply of flax would be found, and the importation from Russia would be gradually diminished. But seeing the suffering which had already resulted from the war, he must ask the house what would be the effect of at once cutting off the supply of flax from the linen manufacturers of this country ? His consti tuents in Forfarshire were as willing as any men could be to share in the sufferings necessarily resulting from the vigorous prosecution of the war, but they did ask that the Government should not capriciously aggravate the difficulties of their posi tion by embarking in a goose-chase, and attempting to shut out all trade with Russia. He was glad to find that the Go vernment had no intention c$ doing so. Mr. WATSON said that he did not distinctly understand the policy of the Government; for while they avowed au intention of carrying on the strict system of blockades which had been pursued in all former wars, the argument of the President of the Board of Trade, if good for anything, went to show that blockades should be done away with, and that free trade should be allowed in time of war as in time of peace. Now he could not assent to this, for he believed that blockades, bycrip pling the trade of Russia, were the most effectual means of de priving her of resources for carrying on this war. What he complained of was, that the Government proclaimed their intention in that house to adopt a system of blockade, but did not in fact carry it out. The linseed trade with the ports in the Baltic and Black Sea was the principal one of the town which he represented—Hull. Now it was stated last year in that house that orders had been sent out to the Black Sea to enforce a strict blockade of the Russianports there. The re sult of this was, that our merchants were prevented from en deavouring to import Black Sea seed into this country, but embarked their capital in the attempt to procure supplies from other sources—the East Indies, Africa, and he believed Austraria. In consequence of the blockade not having been enforced, and linseed having been imported from the ports of the Black Sea, their enterprises bad failed, their capital had been locked up, and they had suffered enormous losses ; while certain Greek merchants, who were more knowing than they, and who, disregarding the announcement of the intended blockade, had imported Black Sea seed, had made large gains. He could not understand why the blockade of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof, which was announced in July or Angust last, was not enforced. Surely, from our large fleet iu the Black Sea two or three steamers might have been despatched to the Straits of Kertch, when they might easily have pre vented any ships leaving the Sea of Azof. (Hear.) The hon. member for Plymouth bad read a statement put forth in December last by the Hull Chamber of Commerce. In a subsequent document, dated the Bth inst., it was stated that ships had since continued to arrive at Constantinople, in con siderable numbers from the Russian ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azof ; that from May to December last 452 ships and 770,000 qrs. of linseed had thus arrived, being in fact a larger export than had taken place in a previous year—and this to the prejudice of the English merchants, who, relying on the professions of the Government, had turned their at tention to other sources of supply. In fact, the last year's crop of th e li nsee d grown on th e s h ores o f the Sea of Azof, and which w h i a i d ich e w nm as o u t a n ua t l i l l y is ex ce p un ort try ed in te Sept.,Sep had t e exported compete been h with lin seed\vy!lich ou r own merchants had brought from other places. li c heti also to call th e a tt ent i on o f the house to another point.r The mouths ot.the Danube, from which a large supply of corn might, have been drawn for our own army, , bad boon blockaded, while the port of Odessa, from which the Russian army drew its supplies, had been left open. Certainly, the way in which the city of Odessa, had been dealt with from the beginning of this war was one of the most sickly pieces of 'sentimentality con tained a large quantity of corn, and was, in fact, the granary which he had ever met with. That port of the Russian army, and yet, with an amount of inconsistency hardly to be conceived, while we destroyed property at sea, we spared this town, and made a merit of merely firing on the batteries. Let us have either one thing or another. Either let us have free trade, or let there be a blockade, and let it be strictly enforced. Mr. HEA.DL A.M said that the constituency which he repro sentedriha,d suffered severely in consequence of the statements made by members of the Government during the last session in regard to blockades. In reply to a question put by him in the month of May, it was stated that an effective blockade Would be immediately put in force. Acting upon that state ment, many of his constituents obtained from different quar ters, at exorbitant prices, the materials necessary for their manufactures. Afterwards, in consequence of the blockade having never been effectively carried out, such materials were by the Greek merchants introduced into this country at com paratively low prices, and consequently great losses were sus tained in the town which he represented. If these evils had arisen from the natural and necessary consequences of the war, his constituents would have borne them most cheerfully and without a murmur; but no sufficient reason had yet been given why the orders for a blockade, which were, he pre sumed, given by the Government, had not been carried into effect. Sir J. GRAHAM—I have had some hesitation whether I should break silence upon this subject or not, because I am conscious that I sinned during the ,last session by saying too much with reference to our intentions as to a blockade, and somewhat indiscreetly from time to time, with an honest desire to give information to the commercial inte rests of this country, answered questions put to me in a searching manner, and as I think answered them somewhat prematurely. But, sir, as the matter now stands, I have been taxed, in eterms not intended, I am sure, to be disre spectful, but somewhat harsh, by the hon. and learned mem ber for Plymouth. I haye been pronounced incompetent and incapable— • Mr. COLLIER—No. Sir JAMES GRAHAM—I understood the hon. and learned gentleman to have used terms somewhat of that description. lam very sorry that I should have incurred displeasure in conducting myself in an official capacity upon this question, in which I feel that great interests are concerned, and great caution ought to be observed. The hon. and learned gentleman did me justice when he said that he was certain that, at the time I gave the answer, it was intended by the Government that a rigid blockade should be instituted in the Black Sea. Orders to that effect had been issued. My right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade, in the admirable speeeh be has addressed to the house this evening, stated correctly to the house that it was necessary to remember that we were conducting this over in alliance with a maritime rival, and that it was not possible for us to adopt any policy, in regard to a blockade either in the Baltic, the Blace Sea, or the White Sea, except after full discussion with that power. The order to institute a blockade was issued in the month of May, after consultation with the Government of France. The order to the English and French admirals was express that a blockade should be instituted. The mode in which the order was to bo carried into effect was left to their discretion. The house will remember that this order was conveyed to the authorities 3,01)0 miles distant. The French and English admirals re ceived this order, and, after consultation as to the mode in which it should be exeeuted, they came to a decision as to a mode which would have been most effectual, and which, if contrary to the law of nations, was by no means inconsistent with that which common sense would suggest. They thought that the most effectual place at which to institute the blockade would be in the Bosphorus, at the entrance into the Black Sea ; and to give effect.to their intention, they prepared a notice, declaring that, from a time fixed, a blockade should be instituted in the Bosphorus, and that vessels should be stopped at the entrance into the Black Sea. This no ice was communicated to the French and English Ambassadors at Constantinople. They entertained the gravest' doubts as to the validity of the notice, and it was sent home to their Governments. After full consultation with the highest authorities, and after duo consideration, it was held to be an invalid notice, and no effect was given to it. The consequence was that nearly three months were lost. After the expiration of that time, the great movement from Varna to the Crimea was undertaken by the naval forces of France and England, hav ing to convey an immense army—one of the largest naval operations of modern times—and the whole naval force of France and England in the Black Sea was for some time occu pied with the preparation and execution of that expedition. At the investment of Sebastopol it was thought necessary by the naval and military commanders that the whole naval forces of the two countries should be present. I have now accounted for the various delays up to the month of October. After that period the English force was available, but it was necessary that the blockade should be a blockade instituted by the Oresence of the combined forces. Circumstances into which it will not be necessary for me to enter, and into which I am sure the house will not press me to enter—(hear, hear) —rendered it inconvenient that the combined forces should be so employed. I have now, without disguise, and with a strict adherence to exact truth, explained to the house the circum stances under which that blockade so promised and so in. tended by the Governments of France and England has not until a very late period been carried into effect. (Hear.) At the present moment I have no doubt that a blockade de facto does exist both at the mouth of the Sea of Azof, at Odessa, and in the offing of every port in the Black Sea, with the exception of the mouth of the Danube. Now it was held to be most important, with reference to the military opera tions, that while Russia occupied the Principalities, all contra band of war should be anticipated in its passage from Odessa through the Sulina passage to the Bessarabian branch of, the Danube occupied by Russia. It was of comparative indiffer ence to the mercantile interest whether that blockade were or were not instituted, because ; as I stated on a former even ing, the military 'occupation by forts and batteries of the left bank of the Danube for about forty miles above the Sulina passage, does give to Russia a complete command of the navigable portion of the Danube, the deep water being on the Bessarabian side. Therefore, while Russia occupies in force that position, sho does, whether or not th e S u li na mouth be blockaded, cornmeal the passage of the Danube ; and• the blockade was hid to be necessary to interrupt the military communication between the Principalities and Odessa. Circumstances have altered, and it is no longer ne cesstry to maintain that blockade for military purposes. It is quite sufficient that a force shall be present at Odessa and the Sulina mouth to intercept contraband of war. The block ade of the Danube has been raised. I hope, and am confi dently persuaded, that at this moment every other Russian port in the Black Sea is closely blockaded. Then, sir, with respect to the White Sea, the circumstances attending the first declaration of war as relates to the mercantile interests both of France and England, have been most accurately ex plained by my right hon. friend. The course of trade bad always been that large advances were made in the antecedent year, for Russian produce to be exported both to France and England. In the course of trade, these advances had been made in the autumn of the year antecedent to the last. If France and England had determined to institute a strict blockade from the first moment that the White Sea was open, the only effect would have been, the French and English merchants having made their advances, that Russia would have been in possession both of their money and of the pro duce for which they had paid. (Hear, h• ar.) Acting upon their common interests, and in obedience to common sense, France and England did not think fit to institute that blockade until their merchants had secured the whole of the produce. In the Baltic, it is not alleged that any possible precaution in reference to the blockade was omitted. Hence forward France and England are completely of one mind, that from the earliest moment at which it is possible a blockade shall be enforced in the White Sea. The blockade will be repeated with the same rigour in the Baltic ; and I am convinced that at the moment I am addressing the house there is not an open port in the Black Sea which France and England have not effectually blockaded. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DUNCAN felt bound to return his thanks to the right honourable baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir James Graham) for the admirable manner in which he had promoted the interests of the mercantile classes this country. (Hear, hear.) Many of his constituents having remitted money to Archangel for goods, he at an early period waited upon the right honourable baronet and the President of the Board of Trade to inquire whether their goods could be brought away. The right hon. baronet (Sir J. Greham) stated thot he could not authorise a direct trade with the enemy. He (Mr. Duncan) s a id he should not ask ?or anything of th e sort, and explained the c i rcums t ances under which he m a d e th e appl i cation. On the 10th o f M a y he received from the hon. baronet authority to intimate to his constituents that they mightAbn'og away the goods. He asked him if he could give any time, and his answer was, " Get them away as fast as you can." The result was, that large freights were given to neutral vessels, and the goods were brought away. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that, after this, any of his const it uents pa i d a sh illi ng t o Russia in the way of direct trade. Mr. COLLIER replied. He contend d that the blockade of the Baltic had been substantially evaded, and if we could not institute a right of search, and take effective measures for enforcing it, we should abandon it altogether. The motion was then agreed to. IRISH FISHERIES. Mr. M`MAHON moved for leave to bring in a bill to assi milate the law of Ireland regarding sea-coast fisheries to that of England. Mr:NAPIER suggested that this subject ought to be taken up by the Government, as it had been repeatedly under the consideration of the house. Viscount PALLMER,STTON saw no objection to allowing the hon. member to bring in his bill, but could say nothing fur ther at present. After a few words from Mr. WHITESIDE, Leave was given. PROMOTION IN THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. On the motion of Capt. ARCHDALL, an address was or dered for a return of the names of all officers of her Ma jesty's army who have been promoted for distinguished ser vices since the commencement of the war in the Crimea, dis tinguishing between officers on the staff and officers serving with their regiments ; stating also the respective ranks to which they have been promoted, the particular services upon which they were employed during the battle of Alma, Bala klava, and Inkerman, and whether they were actually en gaged in any, of the above actions. PURCHASE OF COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY. On the motion of Mr. EIZADLAII, returns were ordered of the regulatimt price for the purchase of a commission in the line and in a cavalry regiment ; of the regulation price for the puphase of each subsequent step in the service ; of the an nual pay of reg i men t a l o l eers o f all grades ; whether any, and if any, what portion of the money paid by an officer on the purchase of his commission is returned to his representatives in the event of his death either in action or under other cir cumstances ; whether the whole of the money paid by an officer for his commissions is sacrificed by him when he attains the rank of major -general.; of the annual pay of a major general and of other officers of higher grade ; and of the number of commissions given away since the Ist day of January, 1853, and the rules and practices in force concerning the gift of commissions ; and, whether an officer to whom a commission is given is by the rules of the service entitled to sell his commission for the regulation price. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock, until two o'clock to-day. THE GRESHAM FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SO CIETY.—A. public meeting and ballot of this society took place at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, on Monday evening. Mr. Alderman Wire took the chair, and ad dressed the meeting on the subject of the advantages derived from such societies. The " Gresham" was strictly an economical society, and while no on could lose by becoming a member, all might in turn become possessed, through its means, of a house of their own, and among some peculiar and advantageous feature, which it possesses, one was that the member in time of sickness or adversity may postpone his payments with out losing his property or suffering a fine. Within a few months 681 shares had been taken, and 935/. paid in subscriptions. A ballot for 12 rights to advances for building houses then book place, whioh terminated the proceedings. OFFICIAL DESPATCH ?Ram . FIELD- .IdABIIAL IZAL;LLIN. (Prom last Night's Gazette.) WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 2'). Lord Panmuro has this day received a despatch and its en closures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G. C. B, Before Sebastopol, Feb. 6, 1855. My Lord Duke,—l mentioned to your Grace on Saturday that the weather had•broken. The frost was very severe on that night, and the thermometer down at thirteen, and the wind was very high and piercingly cold. Sunday was rather milder, and yesterday was fine. To day the glass has fallen, and there is every appearance of rain. I am happy to state that the medical officers consider' that the general condition of the men has improved, although ap parently there is no diminution in the number of the sick The enemy has made no movement of importance, but great convoys of waggons have been observed to go into Se bastopol laden either with ammunition or provisions. I enclose the casualties to the 4th instant. Lieutenant-Col.nel Collingwood Dickson, of the Royal Artillery, an excellent officer, whom I have befcre had occa sion to bring to your notice, was slightly wounded on the 4th instant, when makinc , a reconnaissance in company with some French officers.—l have, ° &c., His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &.. &c. Enclosure 1 RAGLAN. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM 26TH OF JAN. TO 4TH OF FEBRUARY 1855, INCLUSIVE. Royal Artillery-1 officer, wounded Ist Regiment of Foot-2 rank and file, wounded 7th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed 30th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 44th Regiment —1 rank and file, killed 49th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 97th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-L-1 sergeant, wounded Total-2 rank and file, killed ; 1 officer, 1 ser• geant, 5 rank and file, wounded J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. RETURN OF OFFICERS WOUNDED FROM THE 2u TO 4rxi FEBRUARY, 1855. WOUNDED. FEB. 4. Royal Artillery. Captain and Lieutenant• Colonel C. Dickson, slightly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 3, NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FE .031 29TH JANUARY TO 4TH FEBRUARY, 1855, IN CLUSIVE. KILLED. FEB. 1. 44th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Greenfield FEB. 3. 30th Regiment of Foot. Lance-Corporal Charles Douglas . J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFI CERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 26Tri JANUARY TO THE 4TH FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLU SIVE. JAN. 26. 7th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Kelly, severely JAN. 27. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Seijeant George Voke, severely JAN. 29. 49th Regiment of Foot. Private Owen Morrison, slightly JAN. 30. 97th Regiment of Foot. Private John Mullaly, slightly FEB. 4. Ist Royal Regiment. Private Bryan Silk, severely Private Peter Mc Oweeney, severely J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST. NIGHT. WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Cleghorn, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriffdom of Argyll, in the room of Edward Francis Maitland, Esq., resigned. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 20. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Augustus William Travers, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Fitz gerald, promoted, Feb. 19 ; Lawford Andrews Richardson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sir E. S. Hutchinson, promoted, Feb. 20. 7th Dragoon Guards—John Lorn Stewart, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Withington, promoted, Feb. 20. 2nd Dragoons—To be Cornets, without purchase—Troop- Serjeant-Major Samuel Leggie, Feb. 19; Cornet John Lorn Stewart, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 20. Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Edward White, Gent., to be Solicitor, vice Parkinson, deceased, Feb. 20. Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. G. F. Upton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice the Hon. A.. Upton, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Lord Francis Paulet to be Major, without purchase, vice Upton ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major the Honourable Arthur Edward Hardinge to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, Tice Lord F. Paulet, Feb. 20. Ist Regiment of Foot—George Gilbert Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 9th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Charles J. R. Bedford, Gent., vice Vibart, promoted, Feb. 19 ; Henry Gipps, Gent., Feb. 20. 10th Foot—Brevet-Colonel S. J. Cotton, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Welles ley, who exchanges, Dec. 14, 1854. 14th Foot—George Money Bright, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 17th Foot—Win. Presgrave, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 18th 'Foot—Ensign F. Fearnley to be Lieutenant, with out purchase; Richard, Wm. Erskine Dawson, Gent., to be Ensign, witnout purchase, Feb. 20 ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Crawford, M.D., from the 51st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stewart, appointed to the Staff, Feb. 9. 19th Foot—Ensign A. W. Kirby to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jackson, deceased, Feb 14 ; Walter William Young, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 20th Foot—Lieutenant W. D. S. Dickins to be Captain by purchase, vice Lutyens, whose promotion by purchase on Jan. 19 has been cancelled, Feb. 20 ; Frederick Lockwood Edridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Feb. 19 ; Wil liam David Nunn, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 21st Foot—Ensign Thomas Vauxden to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Beaumont, appointed to the Seots Fusilier Guards ; Edmund Prideaux Chichester, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Vauxden Feb. 20. 22 d Foot—Brevet-Col o n e l W. H. C. 'Wellesley, from the 10th Foot, to he Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Cotton, who exchanges, Dec. 14. 28th Foot—Morres Guard, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 30th Foot—John M'Dermid Allardice, Geat., to be En sign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 32d F oot — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. W. Inglis to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Markham, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain James Dodington Carmichael to be Major, without purchase, vice Inglis ; Lieutenant Robert Stacy Coils to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Carmichael ; Ensign A. D. Kirkwood to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Coils, Feb. 20. 33d Foot— To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Ensign Birchall George Graham, from the Royal Berks Feb. 18 ; Frederick William Benwell, Gant., Feb. 19• ; George Augustus Vaughan, Gent., Feb. 20. 34th• Foot—James Lindsay Stack, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 38th Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Masign A. A. Wilkie, from the 30th Foot, Feb. 18 • Alexandor Walker, Gent., Feb. 19 ; Rob e rt Ch ar l es Franks, Feb. 20. 39th Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase.----William Osborne Smith, Gent , Feb. 19 ; Arthur Robert Nutcombe Gould, Gent., Feb. 20. , 41stFoot—To be Ensigns without purchase— Ensign Thos. F. Boddington, from the Royal North Gloucester Militia, Feb. 18; Augustus Dixon, Gent., Feb. 19; Guildford Macray Onslow, Gent., Feb. 20. 42d Foot—Murdoch Macleod, Gent., to be Ensign., without purchase, Feb. 20. 44th Foot--To be Ensigns, without purchase—F2iliott Ar thur Raymond, Gent. ' .Feb. 18 ; James Kay, G en t ., F e b . 19 ; Azim Salvator Bi rc h, Gent., Feb. 20. 50th Foot—Thomas Turner Murphy, Gent., to in) Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 51st Foot—Captain James Brown Young, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vice Marshall, appointed to the 92d Foot, Feb. 20. 61st Foot--Lierttenant H. G. A. Vicars to be Adjutant, vice Reid, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Feb. 20. 68th Foot--Lieutenant Herbert Vaughan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Croft, who retires, Feb. 20. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Boilers to be Captain , by pur chase, vice Mitchell, who retires ; Ensign A. C. H. Tovey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bellers, Feb. 20. 73d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Grey, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeou, vice Poole, promoted to the Staff, Feb. 20. 77th Foot—Charles B. Knowles, Gent., to be Ensiign, with-' out purchase, Feb. 26. 82d Foot—Lieutenant S. Slater to .be Captain,. with"ut purchase, vice Collings, deceased; Ensign Edward Perey Thompson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vEice Slater, Jan. 31 ; Ensign P. Thorp Dickson to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Thompson, whose promotion ou the 2d February, 1855, has been cancplled, Feb. 2. 85th Foot—Captain R. C. Bruce, from the 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice Young, appointed to the 51st Foot ; Lieut. W. Ashe to be Adjutant, vice Rooper, promoted, Feb. 1:0. 86th Foot--Lieutenant C. Darby to be Captain; without purchase, vice C. G. Butler, deceased ; Ensign C. Fraser to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Darby, Dec. 19 ; En sign J. Creagh, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fraser, Feb. 20. 90th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase- —Ensign H. J. Haydock, from the 85th Foot ; Ensign H. ldelyoake Goodricke, from the 85th Foot, Feb. 2'l. 92d Foot--Captain J. G. Don Marshall, from the 6 . lst Foot, to be Captain, vice Bruce, appointed to the 85 , 1,1 Foot, Feb. 20. 95th Foot—Ensign John Henry Waterfall, from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, Feb. 20. Rifle Brigade—To be Lieutendnts without pure) Ae—En signs James Singer and Richard. Tryon, Feb. 20. T.' obe En signs without purchase—Watson Stott, Gent., I? eb. 17 ; Charles George Slade, Gent., Feb. 18 ; Freeman 1 , " rederick Thomas, Gent., Feb. 19. To be Ensign by purchase- —Walter Richard Lascelles, Gent., Feb. 20. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Hurl )e, from half-pay Recruiting District, to be Lieutenant, vice 3 sanders, appointed Payma s t er o f th e 6th D ragoo n Guards .; Ensign D. B. Davy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hype, who retires, Feb. 20. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. To be Quartermasters of Brigades—Edward Poiti or, Gent., Jan. 28; Alexander Watson, Gent., Feb. 11 ; Joh. a Sewell, Gent., Feb. 12 ; Thomas Soady, Gent., Feb. 13. BREVET. The following prouiotions to take place conseque tit on the death of the undermentioned officers , viz. : General the Honourable T. E. Capel, died 3d Feb.,' General the Honourable Sir Patrick Stuart, G.C.M.G., died 7th Feb General W. G. Eustace, C. 8., died 9th Feb. Lieutenant-General Sir John Grey, K.C.8., to be General, Feb. 20. • Major-General the Honourable John Finch, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-General, Feb. 20. Colonel the Honourable Arthur Upton, Qoldstream Guards, ;to be Major-General, Feb. 20. 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Corbet Cotton, half-pay Unattached sistant-Adjutant-General, ou the Staff', to he Colonel, Feb. 20. Major William R. Preston, 45th Fooz., to be Lieutenant- Colouel, Feb. 20. Captain John James Grant, Commandant of the Ambulance Corps, to be Major, Feb. 20. HOSPITAL STAFF. —To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class -T—Assistant-Surgeon Wellington Pooh, from the 73d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Jenkin Homfrav Llewelyn from the 7th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 9 ; Surgeon James Stewart, from 18th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon St. George Williams, of the Madras Service of the East India Company, to be Acting Surgeon, Feb. • 0. MEMORANDA.—The surname of the Ensign appointed to the 13th Foot on the 13th of February, 1855, is spelt Bond and not Bonde, as previously stated. The Christian names of En sign Bayntum of the 57th Foot are Charles Bathurst. The removal of Lieutenant Richard Clancy from the 98th to the 88th Regiment, as stated in the Gazette of the 9th February, 1855, has been cancelled. The promotion of Second Lieu tenant G. Mann Parsons, of the Ceylon Rife Regiment, to a Lieutenantcy in the 30th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 9th inst., has been cancelled. The Christian names of Ensign Milligan, 68th Foot, aro Harry Robert. For Captain R. D. Barrett, of the 19th Foot, to be Assis tant-Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, read, Captain Richard Barrett, dtc. Errata in the Gazette of the 9th Feb., 1855. 'For Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wilson, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon in the 6th Dragoons, vice M Grigor, promoted on the Staff, read, Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wil son, die., vice Mouat, promoted on the Staff. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 19. ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Second Captain Stapylton Robinson to be Captain, vice Lefroy, seconded, Jan. 26. First Lieutenant, George Allix Wilkinson to be Second Captain, vice Robinson, Jan. 26. Second Lieutenant, Wm. Rooke to be First Lieutenant, vice Wilkinson, Jan. 26. Brevet Colonel Wm. Fraser to be Colonel, vice Furneaux, retired, Feb. 7. Captain Charles James Wright to be Lieutenant-Colone] vice Fraser, Feb. 7. Second Captain Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph to be Captain, vice Wright, Feb. 7. First Lieutenant William Windham Augustus Lukin to be Second Captain, vice Biddulph, Feb. 7. Second Lieutenant Sidney Augustus Bazalgette, to be Firl Lieutenant, vice Lukin, Feb. 7. Brevet-Colonel Charles Gostling to be Colonel, vice R. G, B. Wilson, retired, Feb. 7. Captain George Augustus Frederick De Rinzy to be Lieu. tenant-Colonel, vice Gostling, Feb. 7. Second Captain Henry Arthur Vernon to be Captain, vice De Rinzy, Feb. 7. First Lieutenant Charles Edmund Walcott to be Second Captain, vice Vernon, Feb. 7. Second Lieutenant Charles Donaithorne leyan to be First Lieutenant, vice Walcott, Feb. 7. Second Captain Charles George Arbuthnot to be Adjutant, vice Phelps, retired upon half-pay, June 24, 1854. Second Captain Charles Henry Smith to be Adjutant, vice Green, promoted, June 29, 1854. Second Captain Archibald 3iotteux Calvert to be Adju• taut, vice Williams, promoted, July 5, 1854. Second Captain O'Brien Bellingham Woolsey to bo Adju. taut, vice Cannon, promoted, July 10, 1854. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Stafford—The Right Honourable Thomas George, Earl of Lichfield, to be Deputy Lieuterant, Feb. 11. Ist Regiment of -King's Own Staffcrdshire Militia—John Philip Dyott, Esq., to be Captain, vice Challinor, resigned, Feb. 14 ; Henry Alexander Graham, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Neve, resigned, Feb. 14. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia —Ensign Arthur Charles Nelson Goldney to be Lieutenant, vice Barnard, resigned; George H. Lynch, Gent., to be En sign, vice Goolden, promoted, Feb 14. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Sir Velters Cornewall, Bart., to be Major, vice Major Sir John Walsham, Bart., who retires, retaining his rank, Feb. 10. West Sulefolk Regiment of Militia—Wm, Julius Marshall, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 15. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Fred. Schlotel, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 12. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Ensign Percy Charles Smyth to be Lieutenant, vice Cholmondeley, promoted, Feb. 12. West York 'Rifle Regiment of Militia.—Frederic James Stanger Whiteside, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 30 ; Edward John Cooke, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 3 ; Arthur Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 13. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—Lieu tenant Thomas Marshall to be Captain, vice Baxter, resigned ; Ensign Robert John Bell to be Lieutenant, vice Marshall, promoted ; William Augustus Tighe, Gent., to be Ensign ; Andrew James Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 1. 4th Regiment of Weet York Militia—John Douglas Willan Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 8 ; Arthur Francis Marshall, Gent to be Lieutenant, Feb. 13. sth Regiment a West York Militia—Edwin llewgill, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 2; Charles Masterman Smyth, Gent., to . be Ensign, Feb. 13. 6th Regiment of West York Militia—William Gillmore, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 1; Edward Francis Boultbee, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry James Noyes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 6. East York Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Henry Baines to be Captain, vice Hildyard, resigned ; Ensign Jonathan Wynyard Haynes to be Lieutenant, vice Baines, promoted, Feb. 14 ; William Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, in aug mentation, Feb. 12 ; William Kerr, late 28th Regiment, to be Ensign, in augmentation, Feb. 13. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Oetavius Gibbon, Esq., to be Captain, vice Tupper, who retires, re taining his rank. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—The Honourable Henry Leslie Pepys to be Ensign, Feb. 14. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Marston, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 14. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Charles Bury Cradock, ° Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 16 ; William John Chambers Martin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 17. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Fleming Malcolm Martin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Waters, resigned, Feb. 10. Hertfordshire Militia—John Rice Newbold, Gent., to ho Ensign, Feb. 17. Edinburgh, or Mid Lothian Regiment of Militia—Ensign Fowler Kemp to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter, resigned, Feb. 9. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Azim Salvator Birch to be Lieutenant, vice Holloway, promoted ; Ensign William Constable BrovAn Constable to be Lieutenant, vice Field, appointed to the 49th Regiment of the Line, Feb. 17. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 13th February, 1855.] Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia —Frederic William Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Graham, resigned, Feb. 10. MEMORANDUM. Ist Rifles Regiment Royal Cornwall Rangers—The appoint ment of Glanville Gregor, Gent., to a Second Lieutenantcy, '2 2 d Sept., 18 4 6, has been cancelled. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 13th Feb. : Royal North Lincoln Militia.—Henry Augustus Burton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 30. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Edward Wright, draper, Welwiek, Holderness, East Riding of the County of York. BANKRUPTS. Stephen Grantham, commission agent, Connaught-terrace, Middlesex, to surrender, March 1, at eleven, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Baker, Ruck, and Jennings, Lime-street, City. Matthew John Goff, bookseller and stationer, Well's-row, Islington, March 2 and 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Kightley, Hol born. Victor -Bauer, merchant, St. Martin's-le-Gra n d, F e b. 27 and March 20th, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Richard Ashby, baker, Cheltenham-place, Lambeth, March 2d and 30th, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Moss, Gracechurch-street. James Bishop, builder, Caroline-place; City-road, March at half-past one, and April 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Wright, Chancery-lane. William Johnson, grocer and draper, Deeping, Lincoln shire, March 2, at twelve, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnsen, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Parker, St. Paul's Church-34M. William Harrison, baker, 12, Clyde-terrace, Caledonian road, Islington, March 3 and 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; G. and E. Hilleary, Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchurch-street. John Bailey Sergeant, wine merchant, Portsmouth, March 2, at eleven, and April 5, 'at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Low, Chancery- Thomas Bell, alkali manufacturer, Jarrow, Durham, March 8, and April 17, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Robert Jacob Hills, tailor and draper, Ryde, Is'e of Wight, March 3, at eleven, and April 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee. Aldermanbury; Law rence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread-street, Chsapside. Thomas Salmon, ironmonger, Kettering, Northamptonshire, March 7, at half-past one, and April 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Williams, jun., draper and grocer, Talysarn, Car narvOnshire, March 2 and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Ander son and Collins, Liverpool. -- John Roper and William Mitchell, worsted spinners, Keigh• ley, March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Weatherhead and Burr, Bingley and Keighley ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Dancaster, plumber, Saint Mary Church, Devonshire, Feb. 26, and March 29, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell. official assignee, Exeter ; Carter, Torquay ; Stogdon, Exeter. Sarah Ratcliffe, Benjamin Ratcliffe, and James Ratcliffe, manufacturers, Halifax, March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. Antoni Forrer, jeweller, Regent-street, March 2, at twelve, and April 13, at elevelb at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can nan, official assignee, Aldermanbuu ; Jerwood, Ely-place, Holborn. Joseph Edwards and . Edward ldwards, jewellers, &c., Truro, March 2 and 22, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stokes, Truro; Stogdon, Exeter. James Cartwright, factor, Birmingham, March 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Francis, Birmingham. George Porteous Roby, fishmonger, Leamington Priors, March 5 and Ap r il 2 , a t th e Bi rm i ng h am District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Nicks, Warwick ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Joseph Clever and Caleb Stanger, builders, Haggerstone, Middlesex, Feb. 27, at eleven, and April 3, at two, at the Court of Bank ru pt cy. Graham, official assignee ; Morris, Stone, Tounson, and Morris, Moorgate-street-chambers. David Lloyd Williams civil engineer, Cannon-street, City, March 2 and April 4, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Weeks, Hungerford-street. Francis Behrens, merchant, Birmingham, March 5 and' April 2, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Powell and Son, Birmingham. Richard Brawn, lime burner, Daw-end, Staffordshire, March 3 and 17, at twelves, at the 15irrainghani District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Barnett and 1110 1°1 ; . William Randall ßiraiinghaw Barrett, ironmonger, Folkestone; l'l‘ez,t: March 7, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Banitral Stansfeld, offieial assignee ; Morris, Stone, Tounseil, Morris, Moorgate-street-chambers. Charles Henry Harben, cheesemonger, Cam( loway, March 1, at two, and April 13, at der of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, 131 Goole, Lime-street, City. DIVIDENDS. Mach 13, H. Saopp.rd, Salisbury; grocer Isaacson, Strand, printer—March 13, S. Harris upon-Thames, ironmonger—March 15, W. Surrey, grazier —March 15, C. E. Reinhard, merchant--March 15, W. J. Buck, Quen'i dealer—March 14, H. Martyn, Bishopsgate• woollen-warehousemen—March 15, H. T. Bayi.. linendraper—M irch 15, J. Scott, Trinity-square , ship-chandler March 15, R. Gray, Big , ' Southampton, and Southampton, corn merch: , J. Bavin, Wisbeach, draper—March 14, L. Gol street, Cheapside, merchant—March 17, J. W Partridge, and E. Lewty, Wilden, Worcestey tin-plate workers—March 20, R. White, Th( Sunderland, Durham, merchant—March 16, Stockton-on-Tees, shoe-dealer—March 22, M. Launceston, gas-manufacturer—March 22, H. linen-manufacturer —March 22, R. W. Wyk' Devonshire, flax seutcher—March 16, NV hatter. G. and W. S P C O O r t T e r C , II b r S e kE buildeSr s T , R G A . 1 a s T g I 0 0 w 11 . . Thomas Hood, upholsterer, Airdrie. John Brinkley, seni or Garrooh, Glasgow, deceased' COUNTRY VARIBTS. Ll VE RPOOL— -FEE. 2 0 . rirael Prime white wheat, 12 s 3d t o 12 s 6d per 7 01 1 b r s i ii r ed, 0 1 `, new Baltic, 10s 94 t o ll s 44 per 701bs; new " 421 0 A I to 103 'td per 701bs. P r i me o ld A me rican flour' A I newt new, 38s to 40s p e r b arre l. S pan i s h and Yren to 62s per 28,1 lbs. IPSWICH—FEB. W. , . i . stipP l i; The attendance to-day is not large. A `aelolt.,b,,i4ell wheat, and no one eager co buy. Sales is ;# aga: 7 "; a last week's rates. Barley is quite neglects(l.,„. s nd'. k ivi , hold off from buying, because the demand,:; - o os 'l s e - e lls° malt are so wretched that theyare a fraid "'''i r 0 b ee ry, Hence the trade - Was very dull, nn d we el p e el , of is and 2 s per qr. took place. Bean' sty - t ' .0 o ' l and cheaper. i s% Q to 319° 440 PER QTJARTER. pd... 4 2 3 t° ja , Wheat, red (old) 668 to 69s Berle grill' — ' to— y, Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 70s to 746 Peas ........... .... 0 ,. to 0 (1/ Ditto (old) Barley, malting AVERAGES FOE THE WEEK ENDING FO• 1 " sa f 301 Wheat Oats l2 „ / - Psas Bears Barley HIILL—Fus. 21 There not having been a single arri nected with the trade, and the intent of snow having stopped all traffic bour, there was but little business : of which there was a small show, f: sellers at any decline. Nothing doi corn of all kinds very depressed in for linseed cakes, but prices rather are last week's quotations : 5 Wheat, English, red 68 to 70 Ditto white 72 to 76 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 6B to 70 Russian and Odessa 60 to 68 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to 36 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 30 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 40 to 441 COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam . . 11 161. i Ditto, three months .. 11 18 Rotterdam 11 18 Antwerp 25 32% Brussels 25 32;6 ilamburgh 13 634 Alton* .........• ...... Paris ........ •• • • ... 25 12% Ditto, three months .. 25 35 Marseilles 25 35 Bourdeaux . ....... F ankfort•on sine •-. Berlin ..... Vienna.. ... Petersburg •• •• •• •• •• •• Madrid .. Cadiz Barcelona - 118% York, 6 ° - New • • 04 0 I Philadelphia 3 • 00 6 12 50 12 52 35% ...... 49y. .. 50y, . America (by U. States soutbv"' packet) N to Australia (via • South- thang •, Soil ampton) 5,1 Ditto (via Marseilles) N ........ • ..• Ditto (via Cape of . Good Hope) .......... N ..... ••• • • • •• Africa (West Coast). .N 23d of the month , Alexandria....... N 4, 9. 24, &30of m. Dover ~awtfl, Alexandria.. 4th & 20th of mon. 50n1f,c,(..,,'1)04, Bahamas ... _At 17th of the month Sea t " Belgium „N Daily.. ........ Dove r , Brazil ..............M l 9th of the m on th.. South t ;„,t ,, ' Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Seat" eft' Cape of Good Hope ..N Valias . Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the mouth Smiths ° it Ceylon (see India) 1 .1 Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles Chili., 24 Ashy, of montl , China . Once a month.... Constantinople 8,13, 8,23,x28 Of in Dover .1 Constantinople 4th Sc 20th of mon. Sou , " Cont. of Europe M & N'Tivice daily ...• • • Doves 5 ' I Egypt (see India) France & N Twice daily.-- Dove; If Gibraltar ..........M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of tn. South,'" Greece (see India) Greytown ..........lid 2nd & 17th of mon. molly. Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday LOU Havannah ........ _ Ai 2nd of the month South . Holland _34 Daily.... •• . .... Dovors'iorl Honduras 17th of the month. Souill t p ' India (vlaSouthampt.)lll4th & 20th of mon. , India . (via Marseilles)lll,9th&2stb of month Dov e ' lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon 1 2 °v „ er i e ' d;:r Ireland ( M & N Twice daily ~ , Li5b0n.............. m 7, 9, 17, &27 of fif .!SJl ll ',"„"mr''' 1 , Ifadelra ',A 9th of the month IS0II"-,001.'', Aadeira , ^, 23d of month Malta (see India) Malta ............ NB. 18. &28 os men. Doc -I{ituritius (see India 7 Wand tius _N 14th of the month nit, 4 Mexico .... ....M 211,1 of the /Ilona% 5 0 ' Napier • •, N sthi s th2sthofmor. , Doveo4 u• New Granada 2d & 17th of monti• So d i ,o „ • New Z•eilani By private skip .•:pa r Papal ttltateg sth 1 sth2sthotinoli. Do . fool, M 7thl7tll27thorlnon. 'earn ht .74 At 27th 0, molt ,r4outhug • 0 Port Nata1.........,N,8y private ship.. 11. :„4 Do' - ..';#' ruscany •.N .M's D° ./ I f t 1 0 Venezuela 1 2d & 17th of nionth,ele u° Van Diemen's Land (sec: Australia) — . ut p, cast Indies .... 2d & 17th or month So- d e 7,4 , When any of these dates fall o i a -4 , ,0L1al tto fg spatche . l on the following day, w ith th e elccrtili r southampton), and the AURA. both of which e' Preceding da Og i fo l e t tbeg . l, A - i 1 0 ,, 1; The Home Secretary declines sannr c : ' •- a , tl°' ° 1 , tion of a volunteer rifle corps at Glase r . or‘ ,T,v s advises the gentlemen with whom the P . i Tlt' 4.- 4 te; rimed to enter the militia, riA jv i e 1 v 3 14 l i,be bet ~ I , STEAM COMMI7NIOATION WITH Vl.' , 4 ,1,' til ' 01 1 ' 1 ,0 Government of the Mauritius has re -e' i0 n ,," 0 o i ; 0 packet service to carry the mails once ° l l ' t" o' ll o' that island and Ceylon, in connexion ` lit oo tll9 ll lii° India mail despatched from London ile h of ec 7 / the 20th and via Marseilles on the 2,'"" ~.0„/ BIRTHS• OF A SON. delly yrsA On the 9th in s t., th e wife o f J o hn o° ' Privy Council Office. OF A DACfaTIVB' this O• Wi On the 20th inzt., M rs . Ri c h a rd Phi l place, Claremont-square. 03 ( 1 03 ' 0° 0 MA RR/SP• byte cieotoo°,l On the 6th inst., at St. Peter'sjt er ts47o', ,1 0 1,1 Rev. Monsignor Talbot, Richard Laion.b e in , fol:p Joseph Lamb, Esq., of Atwell-park, rql`fatel;o/.. Elizabeth, daughter of the late Stephe n of 1 1 J ,0 0 , 1 ' sister of Charles Ormston Eaton, itie bilvir jol o Rutland. v• AR O, os On the 17th inst., at Ampthill. the -- /j3Ol. - o f ' youngest son of James Bryans, r ef mere, to Eleanor Elizabeth, thira,,“, .„ 6 40 • 9!„ 1 Lient.-General' Sir James Lyon, Dor e ' 4ert f vo . , a 0 Oa the 20th inst., at St. Georg e 'G e orge ODP G. Boyer, Esq., youngest son of Sir o nly / of Radley, Berks, to Katherine BleSfolk• Rey. G. 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'4 !' o(1,1 Oic t n • 41) N qitic C l 2 Ot „eit .ctt z t"Dar, PC 0 1) tp, :ip. ti I Jei i" DIED . keleY 01 B ar Po On the 17th inst. , at 19, sill-street' shat, .0, the Lady Colborne, aged 69. upp erside° ii• ' On the 19th inst , at Park-end, Gibson, Esq. of the Stock Exchange, s g,i,e fte' e tl 4 r.etill On the ith ' inst , at Nice, PiedinOntt l' e '_.A 5i3, 0 1,, Clarke, rector of We tB, borough , Segl ' i-'l4/31 • -44' On the 13th inst., s at Bath, g Robert Ora' 0ie..7,00 aged 6S. ore, I v Ou the 16th inst at 5, Wellin g ton " ti t er t ) Chelsea, Wm. Russell , .' Esq., ag ed 8 6 . ding' Ou the 17th inst ,at E Jane Ann" , odo s. lir' Ewe l, thrs ter3, Rev. Sir George L. Glyn, Bat., e. , Broe 3 P / On the 19th inst., at Sydney-streev, Sadler Dolton, Esq. -, 0 ir /g' -10 f.