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aennot, therefore, follow the honourable and learned gen tleman through the details he has read—all I can state is that it was the desire of her Majesty's Government that nothing should be done in any way at variance with the Isms of the United States. The honourable gentleman has stated that giving information to persons who should be willing to go to our provinces that they would be enlisted if they thought fit was an inducement held out in violation of the American law. Bnt, sir, the United States is a free country like our own. The American citizens are not under the Rus sian system, and no power in the United States can impose any restraint upon any man within its boundaries Who thinks be can quit with advantage to himself. When the papers are before the house the question can be discussed, but this I will say, that during these transactions repeated offers were made to her Majesty's offieers in the United States, the only object of which was, without question, to entrap them into a viola tion of the municipal law of that country, and I trust when the details of this trial are known, the same importance may not be attached to theta as the hon. gentleman seems to give them now. The hon. gentleman has suggested further, that the apology made by this Government was insincere. That assertion I utterly deny. (Cheers.) We gave instructions that the proceedings which gave umbrage to the United States should be discontinued. We have since been informed that they were nevertheless continued, and that is what re mains now to be ascertained. If they were, it was clearly contrary to the intentions and knoveledge of this Government. But I must impress upon the house that the statement of regret (not that we had violated the law, for that we do not believe), and that we had revoked the offensive instructions, was received by the American Minister here with an expres sion of opinion that it would be satisfactory to his Govern. ment. In proof of that, when, shortly after, ho received a se cond despatch, requiring him to make still farther remon strances, he put that despatch in his pocket, and said no thing, because he believed the apology he had received from us would be satisfactory. Sir, I am bound to make these statements prematurely owing to the extraordinary conduct of the hon. member. The question now stands in the un guarded position. I have described, and it is very difficult for p erso ns placed in my position t o d ea l with an hon. member who pursues the course which the hon. member has dons this evening. Ile knows that this question is still pend ing between the two Governments, and that communications have been received from America, calling upon her Majesty's Government to de certain things which none but the most valid reasons can induce them to do. Even the grounds upon which those demands are made await the reports from officers in America. The hon, member knows that a very short time must elapse before those reports arc received and a final ans wer one way or other given. He knows that this is a question deeply interesting to the feelings and interests of two great nation.s. He must know that to trifle with such feelings and interests is most dangerous and unbecoming a man accus tomed to assemblies like these. (Cheers.) Yet the hon. gentleman gets up, rushing with hot impatience to interpose between the two Governments, and possibly to prevent that explanation which might otherwise take place. (Hear, hear.) These explanations are far more likely to be made satisfac torily by the two Governments themselves left to their own action than if they are subjected to the swaying influence of Popular clamour and national feeling. They are differences that can osly be settled by calm and dispassionate discus sion. The hon. gentleman, however, rushes forward to de liver himself of opinions not founded upon any knowledge of the facts, when if he had waited for a fortnight or three weeks longer, he would have had the whole of them before hint. Instead of this, he gets tp in his place holding a brief for the antagonists of his own Government— (hear)—and makes him self the mouthpiece of calumnies that have been uttered in the United States by interested parties against her Majesty's officers in that country. Not content with that, he calls on t h e house, forsooth, to express an opinion upon that of which they are ignorant, and upon premisesthat they havonever had sub mitted to them. Every man in this house is entitled, as a mem ber of a free assembly, to his own opinion, and if any one be imbued with the idea that his country is in the wrong, why, he must judge for himself, and if he think proper to condemn the Government, I am bound to consider that he thinks it his duty to himself and to thostewho sent him here so to do ; but I must say that if there be anything which no opposition in this house, from whatever quarter it might come, no vehe mence of antagonism to the Government of the clay, no motive of any kind, would induce tae to do—it is to step in between this house and the facts of an undecided question, and call upon the members to pronounce a verdict that might lead to dissension with a country with which we are on amicable terms. The hon. gentleman concluded his address by stating that he was expressing a feeling shared by the whole country, of the horrors of a war with the United States. Sir, I do not allow the hon, and learned g entleman the monopoly of th a t feeling in this house. That feeling is shared by the whole country, and by myself also ; and I will venture to say that no American can traverse these islands in their length and breadth—from Wolin o'Groat's house to the Land's End, Red from one extremity of Ireland to the other, without hearing from every man whose opi n i on i s worth having, the most friendly sentiments towards the United States. (Cheers.) But it is one thing to entertain friendly sentiments towards a kin dred people, and another thing to lose self-respect ; and in cir cumstances like these, it is incumbent upon those who are charged with the public interests to consider, not whether we appeal to the most kindly sentiments towards the mother country only, nor whether the interests of the two aro equally bound up in the continuance of friendly relations— equally, I say, because let it be clearly understood that the responsibility of maintaining this feding on either side devolves upon both of us, and the consequences of not doing so would be equally felt on both sides of the Atlan tic. But what the Government have to she is to consider the justice of the case, and what is right and most be fitting the dignity of the country with whose interests they aro charged. That feeling also, lam persuaded, is reci procal on both sides of the-Atlantic. Notwithstanding all that we have heard and read, I feel persuaded that that senti ment of mutual friendship which prevails in this country is not a stranger to the breasts of our American cousins; and I am satisfied that, in spite of all these ebullitions of feeling, such as we have had to-day (and which I must say have anything but a conciliatory effect), I firmly believe there is that right feeling in the United States, that her people attath that ale preciation to the friendship of the people of this empire, that they feel the interests of bcth to be bound np so strongly in the maintenance of friendly relations, that I cannot but per snade myself that when these matters are laid before the Con gress of the United States, as they will be before the Parlia ment of Great Britain; they will receive that friendly consi deration which will le td to a settlement of all differences, and that the intemperance of individuals either on one side of the Atlantic or the other, will not be permitted to plunge the two countries into the calamities of war, (Loud cheers.) hfr. DISRAELI had hoped to avoid addressing the house until these papers bad been laid on the table, because it was moat important in disputes with foreign Governments to ex- I press no opinion until th e h ouse was i n possession of all the Stets. For that reason he should not support the motion o the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Roebuck,) but he must protest against the principle laid down by the noble lord with respect to the conduct of member sof that house. He consi dered that if an hon. member believed the Government was not doing its duty, in its negotiations with other Governments, it was the duty of that hon. member to call the attention of the house to the subject, and demand docansente and explana tions. It certainly was not becoming a Minister of the Crown to charge an hon. member who did so with holding a brief for the enemy. He considered the noble lard had spoken with considerable indiscretion the last time this subject was men tioned in the house, and which was not compensated by the tone of his address on the present occasion. The noble lord talked of the danger of trifling with national feelings, but was his speech to be taken for a model of discussion wherein he more than intimated that there had been a conspiracy on the part of the American Government to entrap. (" No, no.") He would only say he collected that as the noble lord's messing. Lord PALMERSTON explained that lie said certain persons had endeavoured to entrap the agents of the British Govern ment, not the American Government itself. Mr. DISRAELI would accept the explanation, bat the cir cumstance was thereby rendered so trifling that it wouldhave been better not to have brought it before the house. He hoped the papers would be presented soon, and until then he would refrain from expressing any opinion. The fact of an apology being made however was an admission that our representative had acted illegally. Loid PALMERSTON—No ; allegations were made to that effect, and that is what the inquiry is waiting for. Mr. DISRAELI said—An apology ' founded upon an up!. vocation, was the most d angerous a Government could use, but he trusted it would be found that we had not been com mitted in any way when the papers were produced. He joined fully in the hope of the hon. member for Sheffield, that there would be an expression of opinion on the part of the people of this country in that house, which would assure the people of the United State; that the question would be discussed with out prejudice and without animosity S that we should not willingly g ive ear to st a t ements circulated with or without authority (though the authority was said to be high in both countries), which could be made pretexts for misunderstand ings between the two nations. He hoped the hon. gentle man would not persist in his motion, as it might, if persisted in, lead to considerable misinterpretation of the motives of the house. The hon. and learned gentleman had, no doubt, only done what he considered to be his duty as a member of Parliament, hut, at the same time, he (Mr. Disraeli) should feel it incumbent upon him to oppose the motion, not by that vote sanctioning the conduct of the Government, but because the papers were not yet before the house. 36. ROEBUCK-11y object has been attained by the dia. melon that has ensued. Mr. M. GIBSON said he had heard that a formal offer of arbitration had been made with respect to the Central Ame rican question, and he wished to know when that formal offer was made. Lord PALMERSTON—.I cannot trust my memory with the dates, but the whole of the papers will shortly be laid before the bowie, and then the hon. member will see all the details. PPLY. tjPea the mtio ea ut i liat the SU Speaker leave the chair, on the house p into e doin gmittee on the estimates, Mr. WILLIA MS said he had gives notice '' of au amend ment to refer those estimates is a select comm itt ee . H e complained that members had_ only one day and a-half to He ' consider those estimates.l himselfout gwohneethtehrrou those gh them, and he confessed his inability i to o find items were what they ought to be or uot. The increase ih the expense of collecting the re a v a e c ir ;s o of the three depart ments of the Customs, Excise, office, in the year 18.55, was 313,0001., anti the increase for st- this year over last , we had officers was 202,000/. In the Post-effice department, island at the called packet agents, all over the we t r u h e l e a-year for carrying Jamaica, public expense. He found that, for there was an expense of 10,010/. the Post-office. There were for that deputyislandararYi: postmaster, with a salary of 1,000/. a-year, besides 1,.. clerks and officers under him, with salaries amounting to 4,4 8 In the West India Islands, also, the expense was g reat. Again, at Hong-Kong, there was a postmaster, ;with a salary of 6001. a-year; and at Canton, one at 300!. a-year. He was very sorry the estimates for Crown lands did not ap pear with the other estimates. Why they were always with held he could not say; but it was alleged that more corrup tion was practised in the department of the Crown lands than in any other branch of the public service, and yet they were as much public pro perty as any other depart men t . H e h oped they should have the estimates of those Crown lands before the house, Fre had known 111,0001. F t0 be expended in that departm e nt which was unaccounted fcr ; and with regard to the three departments he had previously named—the Cus toms, Excise, and Post-office —more than half-a-million sterl lag had been added to the cost of their collection within 3 years. Mr. WILSON said there had been so h many investi gations of lat e years, th at the wor k w hi c h the on. member wished to be done had already been performed by .muaissions. In 1848 a comm i ss i on was appo i n ted to th es e coin quire into the C ustoms, and their labours were at t en d e d with great success, There was also a committee of this Douse; i n consequence, great changes had been made. With resrort to the P ost - office, there had been laid upon the table of the house the results of a careful inquiry into that estab lishment, and great improvements were being made. Under these circumstances, Parliament would scarcely be willing to I consent to another inquiry. It w-as true that there was an in crease •f 500,000/. in the estimates, but that was due to the additional services that were performed, and especially to the great increase of postal communication throughout the United ki n ,, 4 1 002. They were now en gaged in increasing the postal service th r oughout Ireland, whi c h would add to the estimates for next year; but he was sure th at the house could not com plain of the n i creased expenditure, With regard to the Cus toms, the basiness bad grown to to enormous an amount, 4 tt f , During the last session ho had been asked whether he intended to submit a bill on the subject, which he found almost ready for introduction when he acceded to office. The business of the session did not allow its being proceeded with then, but he was now about to - fulfil the promise which he had given to deal with this subject by the introduction of a bill which was as nearly as possible identical with that to which he had re ferred. Every member of the house would admit the great importance to the due conduct of the Government of the per manent civil service, and it was therefore unnecessary for him to dwell upon the importance of the proper regulation of their salaries and superannuation allowances. The present superan nuation had grown up within a short time, but within that time important changes had been made in the system on which the civil service had been treated. Duringthe last century nu merous sinecures were in existence, and were called in aid to provide for persons whose time of service had been such as to give them a claim for retirement. There was, in fact, nothing deserving the name of a system. But towards the sad of the last century remarks were made as to the necessity of providing a regular system, when a pension of liberal amount had been given for the best part of life to the service of the public, and time came when it was for the public ad vantage that he should resign. No Government would consign such a gentleman to poverty. The result inevitable would be, if no system of superannuation was in operation, that a large number of inefficient persons would be kept in the public offices, performing scarcely any duties, but receiving high salaries, and excluding from promotions their juniors who really discharged the duties of the office. About the begin ning of the present century the foundation of the present system of superannuation was laid by a Treasury minute, dated August, 1803, which provided for the retirement of officers in the Customs. The first act of Parliament passed on the 'subject was the 49th George 111. There was one pe culiarity in this act. It recognised the making of deductions from the salaries of excise-officers to raise a fund for the pay ment of superannuation allowances. The next legislation on the subject was in 1810, which fixed certain limits for allow ances, somewhat less than were fixed by the minutes of 1803. This was the first act relating to the civil service, the act 49 Geo. lII_ relating only to the Excise. In the year 1811 au act was passed to abolish the Customs superannuation fund, amounting to 163,5211., to the consolidated department, and aethorising the payment of superannuation allowances out of the general revenue. On the 10th of Aug., 1821, a Treasury minute was issued recommending that those who enjoyed the benefit of the superannuation allowances should be called upon to contribute to a superannuation fund, The Treasury minute led to the passing of the act of 1822, which superannuation feud was authorised to be laid by percentage on the salaries of civil servants. This was the origination of the system of deduc tions, which was one of the main causes of complaint. Salaries under 100/. were exempt from the operation of this a d Salaries between 1001. and 2001. suffered a deduction of 24 per cent.; and salaries above 200/. 5 per cent.; while if any civil servant received an increase of salary above the rate of the previous year, he was to be taxed at the rate of 10 per cent. ; and it was provided that half the superannuation allowances should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and half out of the su perannuation fund raised under the provisions of the act. The act also introduced a new scale of pensions, and also provided for a return of what had been paid to the executors of a civil servant if he died in office. In the following year complaints were made that the superannuation allowances had been made applicable on servants already in office, and the result was, that the payments already made were returned, and the su perannuation allowances were charged on the Consolidated ntud. The question, however, again came before the corn eatSee'e, presided over by Mr. H. Parnell, in 1828. That com mittee recommended that a fund should be created by annual deductions from the salaries of persons about to enter office, and that the superannuation allowances should be exclusively derived from that fund; and accordingly Mr. Goulburn, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced a bill to carry out the recommendation of the committee. It was, however, rejected, on the ground that it was not fair to subject to the same deduction the salaries of persons who had entered the civil service on different conditions. But in 1829 the Go vernment issued a minute, which was the foundation of the systeut now in operation - ; and which, while recognising the object of the house to give any deductions a retrospective operation, imposed a deduction of 24 per cent, on salaries of more than 1001., and of 5 per cent, on salaries of more than 200/. of persons entering the service after that date. In 1834 the act was passed under which the present system was esta blished, That act enacted that there should be a deduc tion of 24 per cent, on salaries under 1001., and of 5 per cent. above that sum; but it did not enact that these de ductions should be carried to any special fund, Beyond altering the scale of superannustions then in force, this act did not introduce any new principle. It merely copied the previously existing Treasury minute. It was, however, declared that every person in the civil service in 9.829 should be exempt from any deductions. During the first year after the system came into operation, the number of persons sub ject to deductions was small, and their complaints were not much heard. Now, however, about two-thirds of the civil service were subject . to deduction, and as they felt the effect of these deductions in their salaries, their complaints had reached Parliament. Their complaints were distributed under various heads. In the first place, some of them ease. ted, in a paper which bore the name of Mr. Burnley, the accountant general of the Admiralty, that there had been a distinct breach of faith on the part of the Government in an illegal appliea thm of the funds obtained by the deduction, and in an at tempt to withhold from the civil servants, by the non-crea tion of a fund, those accumulations of the deductions which should have accrued to them. He had, however, looked through the whole series of Treasury minutes and accounts applicable to the subject. But it appeared clear that the po licy of creating a fund was abandoned in 1829, aad that in the act of 1834 there was not the slightest trace of any inten ton to create a fund ; and the absence of any enactment to that effect, coupled with the positive enactments on that sub ject in previous acts, showed that it was not the intention. of the Legislature in 1834 to create any fund as that to which the civil servants now referred. Now as to the disposition of the money which had accrued from these deductions. In the revenue departments, the deductions from salaries are made when salaries are paid, and amounts are carried to the account of superameaatioas, and never paid into the exchequer, With respect to the other departments, the practice was simi lar until the year IS4S. Since then the deductions are paid into the exchequer, that the Parliament shall vote the full amount for superannnations, He believed the house would find that there was no ground for the charge of breach against the Government for their application of the deductions since 1834. And it was impossible for any civil servant engagedsince 1829 to say that he had any reason to complain of a deduction, of which he had full notice. Let the house, however, look at the nature of these deductions. When they voted the salaries of the revenue department, any salary they voted was subject to a deduction according to its amount, if the person receiv ing it had entered office since 1829. The person who entered since that time never could receive more than the nominal salary, less the deduction. Those who pleaded the cause of the civil servants against these deductions said, first, that if the deductions made since 1829 had been funded, and had been accumulated at compennd interest, the Government had achieved a most profitable bargain, and the civil servants had lost a large sum. The total charge for superannuation allow ances was now 767,6391„ and 75,0001. on account of artificers. The deductions were 61,0007. per annum ; and, therefore, taking the most sanguine view of the result to be derived from funding the deductions, it could hardly be expected that the time would ever come when the deenctions would cover the pensions. But then it was said that the present system spared the very high officers of state aid also the lowest class of officers, such as the lowest class of clerks and the artificers employed in the different departments. He believed, how-- ever, that there were now only only four pelitical pensioners iu existence, so that that head of complaint fell to the ground. Then it was said that the diplomatic servants should be sub ject to the deductions. But these pensions were charged in a peculiar method ; and the same result applied to the Indian officials. The judicial officers had also always stood on their own ground ; and had always been considered as standing apart for this system. That was so far au anomaly on the question. Then there was a number of inferior officers in the Naval and Ordnance departments, who were also exempt from deductions. In the Ordnance there were, in 1854, 9,872 artificers entitled to superannuatious, but paying no deductions ; in the same year there were 12,000 persons employed by the Admiralty in the same position ; and there were 2,398 in a similar position in the Post-office. Then there was another serious complaint made. They slid that out of the persons who paid deductions a very small part received superanuuations. Dr. Farr - had calcu lated that if the present system was brought into full opera time that out of 100 persons entering - the service and paying deductions, not more than 6 or 7 per cent, 'would be super h r d d p annuated t n iy tahse u a i e. t nsa e tesl do; service, e n l2ee d h, difference,e a2u dBstbeen had receive any emaesdnldbi edeepei benefitdischarged ut:amnrdetnedtt discharged,if therei r oa o nt m gtd. gratuities, t e ani leddint,Be retiredia2 t v i ep o o deductions, usna, had voluntarily died orl t i d left, The total numbers he had given were not quite fair as regarded the present system, because they included th ose w h o entered before 1829, and who were entitled to the old scale of pensions, which wore more liberal than they were in the present scale. There was another objection, which was some times on behalf of the civil servants, namely the double ope ration of the deductions, and the income tax ; and he was bound to say, that that combined operation did sometimes in volve considerable hardship. He would state to the house one case which exemplified in a strong manner the hardship to which he adverted. When a clerk was promoted from 105/. to 1101. a-year he became a loser, On a salary of 110/, there was a deduction for superannuation payments of Si, lOs , which reduced it to 1041. 10s., and the income tax fur ther reduced it to OW. Os. ld. The calculation being applied to the 1051. would show that by such a promotion a cleric lost 55. ld. a-year. (Laughter.) Now that, it must be admitted, was a ease of considerable hardship, and it operated severely not only upon persons with that low class of salaries, but upon the chief clerks in the various departments, and made a great iuroad upon their income. He had now, he believed, stated as fairly as be could the objections made by the civil servants of the combined system of deductions which he had esplained. The house would, perhaps, expect that he would propo - ic to abolish the deductions and to substitute the old se de of pensions, which were more liberal than the present. in answer to that representation of the civil servants, he would di st remark that the notice which was given to all per- that the only wonder was that the expenditure had not in-. creased even ten times more. He could allude to one case iu illustration. In 1820 the cost of collection was Si. 19s. per cent., and 2,115,000 tons of shipping were cleared; last year the cost of collecting was only 5/. 145., and the ship ping cleared out amounted to 9,151,000 tons. Complaints had been made of the expense of foreign agents in connection with the Post-office, and that there was no necessity for the agent at New York, for instance; but the hon. gentleman must remember that our Canadian letters went through the agent at New York, and that it was also necessary to have some ono to receive our despatches. The accounts of the Crown lands, including income and expenditure, had been. placed before the house for many years. He had not gone fully into the question, as the hon. member had not made any motion upon the subject, although he was perfectly pre pared to do so. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY quite agreed with the hon. mem ber for Lambeth, that it was perfectly impossible to do ins. tice to the votes, on account of the short time they had to consider them. He remembered that in 1854 the whole estimates were voted in eight minutes. Ho did not alto gether approve of the system of separating the cost of col lecting from the general estimates, because it cast the respon sibility upon the house ; and, in fact, the result was that' there was no responsibility at all. He knew that there were complaints that some of the Government employes were un derpaid, while, undoubtedly, with others the reverse was the case. He was confident, however, that no good would be done unless the estimates were brought under the considera tion of a smaller body than the whole house, and he would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government had taken the subject into consideration ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if these estimates had never undergone any investigation —if they had never been submitted to a commission—it would have been very proper not only for an individual member, but for the Government also, to have considered the expediency of a searching examination. It was certainly the interest of the Government to collect the revenue in the cheapest and most economical manner, and with that view the numerous com missions had been appointed. With respect to the Post office, the great pressure en the House of Commons bail always been not to diminish the expenditure of that depart ment, but to increase it. The complaints constantly made to the Government were, that the Post-office did not give suffi cient accommodation to the public—that the delivery of letters was not sufficiently frequent or rapid, and that railways were not more extensively used, instead of the ordinary vehicles, for the conveyance of the mails. These complaints and sug gestions all implied increased expenditure, and diminished Post-office revenue. Having made this statement, he could only express his confident opinion that there was no part of the public expenditure which could bear without discredit a ' more searching or hostile examination than tho -charge for collecting the revenue. If the home really thought that a select committee could introduce improvements in this de partment, he would offer no objection : but in-the absence of any proof that such a measure of success was likely to attend the labours of the committee, he did not see that any benefit would result from its appointment. SUPPLY. The house went into a committee of supply. On the motion that a vote be taken for 840,000/, for the Customs department to the 31st of March, 1'57, Mr. WILLIAMS observed that there was a medical inspec tor to the Customs, which he thought unnecessary. . Mr. WILSON replied that the corps consisted of a large number of persons, and it was absolutely necessary that suci, an officer should be appointed for the purpose, amongst other things, of examing persons who were candidates for admis sion into the service. Mr. JN. MACGREGOR believed that they ought to have a different organisation in the collection of the customs and other revenue. In many places the collection was carried on at starvation salaries. He believed that the revenue was col lected at less than that of any other country. It was surpris ing that there were so few frauds in .connection with the re venue, considering the vast amount that was collected. Dr. IVIICHELL complained of the inadequate remunera tion given to the junior clerks in the customs. He thought seine of the higher officers should be reduced for the pur pose of increasing the junior. There were 34 clerks receiving 38,000/. a year amongst them, while there were 1,800 junior clerks amongst whom 300,000/. was given. Such an unjust discrepancy ought not to be allowed to exist. He also com plained of the manner in which the duties of these clerks were apportioned. Money was paid for extra time in the lo , g room, but such money was most partially awarded, some.get ting nothing, while the more favoured ones got a great deal.- Those who were required to attend before 8 o'clock in the morning got nothing for overtime, but those who remained after 4 o'clock in the afternoon were those who were paid overtime. He trusted the whole system would be looked into and improved. He could bring forward circumstenoo3 connected with the Customs which would astonish the house. He knew of a case of an officer in the Customs who was so aged and infirm that he was carried out of a cab into his office, and had to sit in a chair every morning for half an hour be fore lie could proceed with his duties. In answer to a question from Mr. SPOONER, Mr. WILSON said the Government were compelled to pro vide wareliouses'sufficiently large to contain the largest quan tity of tobacco at any one time, while they could only charge the merchants rent for . that which was actually in the ware house. This would account for the large amount for the wa ehouses of 28,000/. Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought the officers might be paid better by making the officials work longer time. If they were paid by time it would be ranch better. Mr. L. DAVIES thought an expenditure of 28,000/. to get an income of 8,000/. was an astounding fact. Either there MIS a great want of judgment in the expenditure or of vigi lance in collecting the income. After a short convereation the vote was agreed to. 486,028/. for the Coast Guard was then proposed, In answer to Sir C. NAPIER, Mr. WILSON said the coast guard in Ireland now received the same pay as those of England. Sir C. NAPIER thought the coast guard men ought to be young men, and men acquainted with the sea, and such men as could be at once taken into the service if the necessity for their services should arise. Mr. WILSON said that every effort was made to select a proper class of men. The vote was agreed to. 1,459,2071., for salaries and expenses of the Inland Revenue Department, was the next vote. Mr. HANK EY wished to know if any steps had been taken with regard to the poundage for the collection of the income tax. The poundage was the same under the higher income tax as it was under the lower. From a return which he had moved for last year, it appeared that one collector in the City of London received 5,0031. a-year, and this year it would be greater. He was also a collector of land tax, for which he ra ceivecl a per tentage, and he had private duties besides, and there was one gentleman, whose services were of the most valuable kind, and he received only 450€. a-year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the collec tion of the income tax was different to that of any other tax. The system was this :—The collector, from the peculiar na ture of the tax, was appointed by the commissioners, who were not officers of the Government, and he was paid by a poundage. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think the system was a judicious one, for lie thought the collector ought to be the same as for the other taxes, and lie had undo* his consideration a plan to that effect. He thought it was a subject well worthy the consideration of Parliament. Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to an item of 10,003/. for copies of wills for probate duty he presumed. This sum was, as it appeared to him, enormous, and ho understood that an officer of Doctors'-commons was making as much as 8,000/. a-year by these copies. He (Mr. Williams) thought that Go vernment clerks might be appointed to make the copies. Mr. WILSON said the Board of Inland Revenu3 wau'd have no right to said their clerks to Doctors'-commons. From inquiries which he had made, he had reason to believe that there was as many as 100,000 wills deposited in- the year. A copy of these, therefore, would amount to about ss. each. Mr. L. DAVIES thought a different scale of charges ought to be adopted, and then the charge of 10,000/e would be much less. men were o;. cient, but he also believed they were well paid, and had no just grounds of complaint. -(0h ! and hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI thought that, after the intimation of the right hon. gentleman, it would be improper to enter into a discussion of the details of this question. The right hon. gentleman had gone into a Ling history of the affair, but its real history was very short, and might be summed up in i single sentence. They had promised a fund, and had exacted a tax, and there was the fatal error which was the origin and cause of the whole of the difficulties which they had to en counter. He was surprised to hear that this was the great. eat measure of Administrative Reform that the right lion. gentleman and his colleagues were prepared to carry out; for, after all, this was but, coatparatively speaking, an infe rior question, a secondary subject, and even it was a question not to be solved at once, but referred to a select committee. There was no doubt but this important matter which had been alluded to in the report referred to by the Government, would be afterwards referred to in that house. It could not be supposed that a matter of such importance would be allowed to pass over in such a trivial way. He had himself, on a previous occasion, called attention to the matter, but on that occasion he was assured by the Government that there was no intention of intr,,duciug a measure such as the pre sent measure indicated. Mr. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE affirmed the necessity there was for the measure, and pointed out the necessity for it by referring to the bad management which existed in most of the Government departments. He was quite prepared to give a calm and indulgent consideration to the claims of those public eeevants whose salaries were small, and whose incomes were taxed in addition' to the deductions from those salaries, but he should be tsceedingly sorry if the right hon, gentle• man the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by reason of any pres sure from the civil service, should give way or consent to that which would be an equivalent to a direct augmentation of their salaries, and which, indeed, should be considered not only an increase of salary, but an increase of pension. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was evident there was a gene ral disposition to have the subject investigated before a com mittee. He had himself been one of the individuals concerned in drawing up the act of 1834, and he had for one of his col leagues the right hon. gentleman the member for Portsmouth —then one of the Lords of the Treasury—and the exact pur port of that act had been examined by them both. He (Sir J. Graham) had then some knowledge of the value, industry, and integrity of the services of the civil servants. He had had greater experience since, and every year had confirmed that experience, that they formed the most valuable portion of the community serving the state, and they should be liberally re• warded by the public which they served so honestly. Nothing could induce him to take part against them. But as to the act of 1834 promising them a fend—it did the exact contrary. In 1816 and 1819 a fund was created, and then withdrawn ; in 1828 the question was referred to a committee, a report was made, and in 1829 a Treasury minute was issued, founded upon that report, which, so far from promising a fund, laid down the very principle of deductions : and the act of 1834 only gave a legal sanction to the Treasury minute, thus estab lishing the principle of imposing a tax, giving the parties pay ing it a limited interest in their own contributions, of which they might be deprived under certain cases, of which the Treasury was to be the judge. He denied that a fund was ever technically promised ; and he could not believe that a body of men so subtle, so acute, so versed in business as the civil servants, would enter into the service of the state without fully understanding the conditions offered to them. Persons were certainly not unwilling to accept these conditions— on the contrary, there was the greatest pressure to obtain thorn. The only point which really required consideration was the impo. sition of the income tax on small salaries. Here were hon. gentlemen opposite who in 1849 and 1850 had voted for the reduction of 10 per cent. in the salaries of those very offi cials who were now said to be treated unjustly—and the motion having been rejected—the salaries maintained—the sweeping deduction of 10 per cent. having been refused—the right hon. gentleman now talks of the history of superannua tions being a history of spoliatious. Since 1828 the house had acted on a fixed principle, and believing it was most desirable to give this important body of the servants of the State an impartial hearing, ho was willing a committee of inquiry should be appointed rather than that the Chancellor of the Exctiequer should give way to pressure without a full inquiry first taking place. Mr. DISRAELI, in explanation, said that he did not state that the act of 1834 was au act of spoliation, but that, speak ing gene ally of the history of the superannuation fund in this country, he said it was an history of spoliation, andin making that statement he referred particularly, but not entirely, to the statement of Cie Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the superannuation fund of 1811. That was a period of war, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made that an excuse for that act of appropriation on the part of the Government. Mr. M. CHAMBERS said he could not concur with the right hon. baronet, the member for Carlisle. The true system of legislation, in his opinion, was to call things by their right names, and when the house voted a salary of I,OJO/., or 1001., there ought not to be deducted from that salary a sum of 51., or 501., or 5004 It seemed to him that the act of 1854 was founded upon that false system of legislation. The civil ser vants were under the impression that when a certain sum was substracted from their salaries, it was carried to the superan nuation fund, and they believed that having contributed to that fund they would he able to draw front it in proportion to the amount of their deductions. Now, the right hon. gen tleman, the Chancellor of the Excheque r , had given a different version of the matter, and h e (Mr. Chambers); suggested to him that there possibly had been such au error in the deduc tion from the sWarlea of civil service officers as has led to the belief that that deduction was carried to a separate fund. In stead of salaries of 1001. with 51. deducted, the salary shauld be really what it was, 951., and then the immediate result might be, that those having only 951. per annum would not be subject to the payment of income tax. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The income tax is not charged on the entire salary, but on the reduced amount. Her Majesty's Mr. CHNNIBERS—It was very desirable that every per son in the civil service should know the precise amount he was to receive, for at present ho could not understand what was the actual amount of his income. With regard to the exclusion from the civil service of the relatives of those who were in power, he could not agree in that sentiment. He was iu favour of that which was justly called Administrative Re form, but ha did not think it formed any portion of justice or policy to exclude from theoivil service men of rank and posh tion. (Hear.) Leave was then given to bring in the bill. CATHEDRAL CANONRIES. Mr. FERGUSSON moved for leave to bring in a bill to appropriate the income of such one of the canouries of the .cathedral church of Carlisle as shall next fall vacaat to the augmentation of certain ecclesiastical incumbrances in that city. Petre's, lion. F. Atherton Badsworth Bellew's, Mr. F. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE said, that as this bill had been al ready three times before the house, it was most desirable that the Government should make up its mind on the im portant principle involved in the measure. Er. LIDDELL hoped the motion would not be assented to. If they encouraged the principle advocated with respect to the canonries of the cathedral church of Carlisle, they would have similar applications from other cathedral cities. Mr. INGHAM conceived the opposition to the introduc tion of the measure both unfAr and inconsistent. The bill, it was true, WAS before the house last session, but it had never received an adverse vote, and wasnot persevered with, simply because of the late period at which it had been introduced. • Mr. LASLETT spported the motion. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the object of the bill a very excellent one, and also had no strong objection to the prin ciple of the bill, which was, that where available, the cathe dral revenues of a city should assist the parochial service of that city. He, therefore, hoped the hon, member opposite would not divide the house of the question of the introduc tion of the bill. He did not pledge himself to support the bill on its second reading, but he thought it was inconsistent with ordinary Parliamentary usage to refuse to allow the in troduction of a bill. Itlackmoor Vale Bramham Moor Cambridgeshire Mr, KINNAIRD supported the motion for le we to intro. duce the bill, believing that this bill would lead to advance. went in the right direction. Cheshire Sir C. NAPIER inquired if the large buildings at Somerset house were intended for the Inland Revenue ? Mr. WIL SON said the department was all under one building now. Sir C. NAPIER thought the Admiralty might be removed there also. • The vote was agreed to. 63,0251. was proposed for the salaries and expeneos of revenue police in Ireland, and agreed to. A sum of 1,740,483/. was then proposed for the Post•office service and the collection of the revenue. Colonel DUN NE complained of the salaries that were paid to the subordinate Post-office officials in Ireland. He did not see why the Chief Secretary in Ireland should have his salary increased to 1,000 a-year. He would be glad to know if the committee on the postal communication in Ireland would be re-appointed. Mr. WILSON said there wis no change of salary to the secretary to the Post-office. The salary commenced at 7001., and was annually increased to 1,0001. It was impossible for a committee of that house to eTect any change in the postal conunniiicatiou, it must be done' by the Post-office officials themselves ; still if it was thought desirable to have the 1 :0131- mittee re-appointed he should offer no objection on the part of the Government. He would, however, suggest that it would be better to wait and see the result of the changes which were under consideration Mr. DUNCAN complained of the paucity of letter-carriers in Dundee. Dr. MICHELL thought the letter-carriers were most in ideqtrately paid. He was surprised there were not more defaleations than there were. It was a disgraceful thing to the Post-office to pay letter-carriers only 19s. a-week. The carriers, and the post-office people in borough towns were paid double what they were in ether places, and the rea sen was, that the pressure of the borough members wee in those cases, brought to bear on the Government. Talk of the days of Walpole, the corruption was nothing then to what it is now, • The Post-office system was a disgrace to the coun try. In the hamlets and vill-ges throughout the country, the -postmaster had to provide a room and attend to his duties in the delivery of the letters, for 3/. a-year. Mr. L. DAVIES thought the subordinates were most wretchedly paid. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. B kIiKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENOY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. FITZGERALD obtained leave to bring in a bill to con solidato and amend the laws relating to insolvency and bank. ruptcy in Ireland. DELLMERE FOREST. Mr. WILSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to make pro vision for the management of certain lands belonging to her Majesty within the former limits of the late forest of Dela mere in the county of Chester. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERA.NNUATION BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in this bill, which was read a first time. The IrJuse then adjourned at 20 minutes to twelve. Durham County RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN& TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Essex, South Esser Union Essex and Suffolk Fitzwilliam's, Earl Garth's, Mr, .., lialsclon suns entering the civil service by the act of i 834 was plain H. H. Capt. SCOBELL said it was astonishing the regularity with which the postal service was conducted. Mr. WILSON said that in many of the large towns an uni. form had been given to the carriers, which, was tantamount and explicit, as it well could be, and that everybody who accepted office after that time knew, or might have known, that his salary would be subject to these deductions. Al though it was true that salaries voted by that house were not diminished by such deductions, yet everybody who en tered the civil service was well acquainted with the fact that lie would be liable to those rateable deductions, and if his (the Chancellor's) view of the subject was correct, that act must be taken to be a contrast between the civil service and the 'Wie.. He therefore could not admit as having any validity, the argument that any breach of faith had been c3minitted either by the Government or the nation. It ap peared to hie, that great objections existed to the inconsis tency and vacillation which had been exhibited by Parliament on this question, and he was afraid they could not look to Parliament of late ye u-s as affording an example of steadiness of principle upon the subject. He should not, therefore, in his measure propose to make any a'teration in the system of deductions. The amendments in the bill he should propose to lay upon the table would be limited to an alteration in the s,!alc of superannuation allowances ; and he should propose to make it more liberal thah it was under the existing scale. It would be nearer the old scale, and it would be accompanied by several other changes, all of which would be more liberal tolthc civil service than the terms upoi which they now held their offices. He should not trouble the house with detals. but if the house should permit him to introduce the bill, and to read it a second time, he should propose to refer it to a select committee, giving that committee the power of calling witnesses. In that manner the subject, which was essentially one of details, would be thoroughly sifted. He wished to submit to the committee a series of Treasury minutes upon the subject, and they would have an opportunity of examining the civil servants, of ascertaining what sort of case they made oat, what arguments they had to substantiate their com- to an increase of salary. As to the small places in the country unless they , paid the officials small sums, they could not pay them at all. Although the sum was small, there was great _ _ Heythrop competition for the offices, because they gave a kind of status to the holders. They gave a respectability to the shop, and brought an increased husiness. It must be recollected that the Post-office revenue was very little more than the ex penditui e, if they itibluded the 800,0001. for the packet service. The whole receipts, including the foreign letters, were 2,700 ,000/.; the expenditure was 1,700,0001., and the packet s erv i ce was upwards of 800,030/. There was no great fund therefor e , for largely increasing the payments to coun try ost-offices. Mr. WILLIAMS called attention to the great expendi ture en the West Indies. First of all, the charge for the Post-office in Jamaica. .Re would be glad to know what they had to do with the post-office at all there. There was one deputy-master with 1,0001. '-year, and the whole ex penses were 4,480/. Now, what did wo get for that ? Then at llong Kong there was a postmaster with 600/. a year. Mr. WILSON said that although the expenses of the post office 'n Jamaica were 4,4801. the revenue was nearly double. Mr. WILLIAMS said the conveyance of mails was 4,0001. more. Ile thought it was much better to let these places manage their own affairs. The vote was agreed to. 80,0001. was then voted for the deficiency in the votes of 1856 and 1857 for defraying the expenses of the Mint for the medal services, . . The house the n resumed, and the Chairman reported pro gress. SUPERANNUATION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose, and said that the subject cf administrative reform was deserving a very portion of th e attention of that h ouse ; az,dhe:(3,l)n,slji( le e i s ei ty 2 ' b eGovernment fully entered into the import- 1 ante of that subject, and were desirous of contributing to the fall extent of their power to the reform of the administrative dap trtment, by a just apportionmentsf the re munera tion in the several services. That remuneration consisted partly in a salary while they were discharging the duties, and partly in a retiring, allowance when he ceased to perform his duties. Holderness ... Hurworth ~, Hursley Kent, East ... Ledbury Lumley's, Mr. Monmouthshire plants, and what remedies they propcsed. The tight bon. geutlenahn having briefly referred to various propositions which had been made, said the present was not the proper time to discuss them, and be then concluded by formally moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act relating to the superannuation of the civil service. Mr. RICH opposed the measure; ou the ground that it was not advisable to disturb the present arrangements. He was sorry to see the Chancellor of the Exchequer yeilsling to the pressure with ou t . Ho did not, however, wish to cast the slightest reflection on the Civil service. He believed the Morpoth THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1856. Sporting Intelligence. P,ytehley BETTING AT MANCHESTER -FRIDAY For the Liverpool Steeplechase Sir Peter Laurie was much out of favour, as much as 15 to 1 being offered against him ; 25 to 1 was taken, to win a few hundreds, about Jean du Quesne (late Augustine) ; 20 to 1, to 25/., was taken about Jemmy the Black. For the Chester Cup, 500 to 30 was asked for in vain about Yellow Jack, 14 to 1 being the highest offer. Epaminondas, for this event, may be considered priceless. In other respects the following quotations will suffice : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 aget Harry Lorrequer (offered) 100 to 9 agst Escape (w.) 100 to 7 aget Emigrant (take 100 to 6) 15 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (offered) 20 to 1 agst Jemmy the Black (taken freely: 20 to 1 agst Seaman (takeb) 25 to 1 aget Jean du Quesne (taken freely) LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 6to 1 on The Field offered TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAUB. 3to 1 apt Yellow Jack (w.) 4to 1 agat Fly-by-Night (take 90 to 20) 50 to 4 agst Enchanter (taken) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (offered) 20 to 1 aget Yorkshire Grey (taken) 20 to 1 Imogene (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mishap (offered) 25 to 1 agst Coroner (offered) 40 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (offered) 400 to 9 aget Warlock (offered) Any odds aget Epaminondae. DERBY. 9to 1 aget Ellington (taken) 20 to 1 aget Coroner (offered) DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. APRIL 1 AND 2. Rufford Shropshire Suffolk Acceptances for the Doncaster handicap Stakes. St. Leger Course. 60 subs., 16 of whom pay three sove. each. Surrey Union Yrs at lb King of Trumps a 8 8 Saucebox 4 8 6 Alonzo Wild Huntsman 5 7 13 Ivan Ariosto Border Chief 4 7 0 Roscommon 5 7 0 Little Davie a 6 13 Cardsharper Lady Palmerston 4 6 12 Gamekeeper Saraband Bolton New Brighton Cook of the North 4 6 9 Mary 4 6 8 Bracken 5 6 7 Palmerston Coney Freddy ' 4 6 2 St. Clare Yrs et lb Virtuous Johnny Taft 4 5 12 La Victime Hospitality Preston 3 5 7 Diego 3 5 5 Sacrifice 3 5 2 Greencastle Lady Florence Sbeiah St. Arnaud 3 5 0 Gaudy Squire Watt 3 5 0 Bobby Taft Prince of Orange 3 5 0 Napoleon 111 3 5 0 Omer Pacha 3 4 12 The Caledonian 3 4 12 Adam 3 4 12 Midhope Pollux Village Cock 3 4 7 Tiverton Tynedale United Pack Warwickshire.. THE POISONING OF AURIFER-2001. REWARD. Mr...Tohn Scott has offered a reward of 2)0/. for the discovery of the parties implicated in this infamous transaction, which has created the greatest sensation in sporting circles, as it is pretty generally believed that the dose was intended for Fly-by-Night. The reward will be paid to any person who shall give such informa tion as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the perpetrator of the crime ; or if the party who actu ally administered the poison will furnibh the necessary information to lead to the apprehension and conviction of the parties who incited or procured him to commit the offence, he shall receive the said rewari of 2001., and an application will be made to the Secretary of State to re cAntnend her Majesty to grant her most gracious par. don. We heartily hope that the scoundrels may be dis covered, aid all parties concerned brought to condign punishment.—Bell's Life. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. (Weather permitting.) STAGHOUNDS. ... Tues. Burnham Beeches Fri. Iver Heath ... Worcestershire Brighton Cheltenham (Capt. D. West's) ... ▪ Tues. Tadington Thurs. Cleve Hill Sat. Beeehe Pike Kent (Mr. Roberts's) Mon. Hever Fri, Half-moon, Tonbridge• road ••• ••• Wed. Willingale Mill FoxuouNns • ▪ Mon. Bradgate House Wed. Congerstone Fri. Shilton Village Sat. Kingsbury Wood ▪ Tues. Marr Village ... Thurs. Wentbridge Sat. Purstone Bar Beaufort's, Duke of ... Mon. Trouble House Wed. Lower Woods Fri. Hullavington Sat. Lacoek Mon. Bish Mill .. Wed. Withypool Sat. Exebridge Berkshire, OM (Mr. Morrell's) ... Mon. Charney Tues, Curbridge Fri, Buscot Park Sat. Basselsleigh ~ 10 30 . 10 30 ,„ 10 30 . 10 30 Berkshire, South (Mr. Wheble's) Tues. Stamford-street ... 11 0 Fri. loglefield 11 0 ... Mon. Longleat ... 10 30 Tues. Pennard Cross-roads... 11 0 Thurs. Stock House ... 11 0 Sat. Brewham Common 11 0 Mon. Garforth Bridge 10 30 Wed. Pool ... 10 30 Fri. North • Deighton ... 10 30 Sat. Wothersome ..„ 10 30 Dulverton High Peak ... Somerset Ward Union Burton Hunt (Lord H. Bentinek's).., Mon. Wellingore 11 0 Tues. Cainby Hall . 11 0 Wed. Normanby by Stow 11 0 Thurs, Sudbrook 11 0 Fri. Midge Inn . 11 0 Sat. Linwood by Rasen ... 11 0 Mon. Downing Arms 10 30 Fri. Dinnington 10 30 ... Mon. Warmingbam ... 10 30 Wed. Wrenbury Village 10 30 Thurs. Cholmondeley Castle.. 10 30 Sat. Hurleston Village 10 30 Dennis's, Mr. Eyrecourt Galway Blazars Kildare Cottesmore (Sir J. Trol lope's) Mon. Irnham Hall 11 0 Tues. Roeart 1/. 0 Thurs.Holywell Hall 11 0 Sat. Brook Hall .. 11 0 Craven(Mr. H.P.Best's) Mon. Chilton Bridge 10 45 Wed. The Kennels 10 45 Sat. Little Fawley 10 45 Crawley and Horsham Mon. Russ Hill 10 45 Wed. Belle Vue, Tilgate 10 45 Fri. Slinfold ... 10 45 Mon. Embleton ... 10 30 Wed. Woodham ... 10 30 Fri. Great Stainton 10 30 Kilkenny Meath Queen's County Route Palmerstown Essex, the (Mr. H. Groove's) ... „. Mon. North Weald . Thurs. Dagenham . Sat, High Easter . Wicklow ~ 11 0 .. 11 0 . 11 0 Essex, East (Mr. Maui o t t's) „,, Tues. Paul's Belchamp Green 11 0 Thurs. Felix Hall ... 11 0 Sat. Panfield Green ... n Tues. Dunton Blacksmith's 11 0 Sat. Dog and Partridge, Stifford 11 0 ▪ Wed. Stock Brook ... 10 30 Sat, Southminster•street ... 10 30 ~. Tues. Little Bentley. Hall ... 11 0 Fri. °Ron Church ... 11 0 Farquharson's, Mr, Tues. We=tcomb near Hook We i, Burton Turnpike Gate ▪ Mon. Conniugton Lane 10 30 Wed. Stanwick Pasture ... 10 30 Fri. Barn Well Wold ... 10 30 Mon. Shottesbrook Park 10 30 Wed, White Hart, Primlay 10 30 Fri. Greywell Hill ... ... 10 30 • Mon. Burrington Village ... 10 30 Fri. Beam House, 1 orrington 10 30 Hambledon (Mr,Wall's) Mon. Basin Park 10 45 Fri. Marwell Hall 10 45 • Mon. Windmill Hill._ 10 45 Tues. The Kennels .. 10 45 Thurs. Nutley Church 10 45 Sat. Sutton Common „. 10 95 Herefordshire (Mr. Stubb's) ... ... Tues. Panks Bridge ... ... 10 30 Fri. Aconbnry Priory ... 10 30 ... Mon. Heyth , o) ... ... 10 S 0 Wed. The Fo x , No r th Aston 10 30 Fri. Farmington Grove ... 10 30 Sat. Kiddiugton Gate ... 10 30 ... Mon. Beeford . ..• 10 45 Tues. Bainton New Inn ... 10 45 Thurs. Burton Constable ... 10 45 . Fri. Beverley Grand Stand 10 45 ▪ Tues. Neasham .. .•• 10 30 . Sat. Oak Tree Village ... 10 4 3 5 0 .. Mon. Wech Downs .. 10 45 Fri' ..... 10 45 Ingram's, Mr. meyneu Mon.Octlitaeir.tboleyurpnaerkVillage Thurs. Eton Woods ... ... 10 45 Sat. Wichnor Park ... 10 45 Mon. New Barn ... „. 10 30 Thurs. Barham-street ... 10 30 Sat. Swing-field Park ... 10 30 ▪ Mon. Feather's Inn, Staunton 10 30 10 30 Fri. Stanley Hill ... ... 10 30 Three H o o e i e - se Hill Shoe . s . , Ludlow (Mr. Sitwell's) Tues. Fri. Hope Court ... ... 10 30 ... Mon. Jockey House ... ... 10 30 Tues. Swiunow Wood ... 10 30 Thurs Bromley ••• ... 10 30 Fri Dorlton Bar ••• ... 10 30 ... Mon. Landewy Court ... 10 30 Thurs. Penton Wood ... ... 10 30 ... Toes. Bolam ... ... 10 45 • Fri. Thorp Hill ... ... ... 10 45 Oakley ••• ... No account rece i ved. P em broke (Mr. L. Phil lips,s) ... ... Mon. Minwear ... ... 10 0 Thurs. Williamston .. ... 19 0 Portsmouth's, Earl of Mon. Cork engroen ..: ... 11 0 Tues. Three-Legged Cro3s ... 11 0 Fri. Beilwyn Broils ... 11 0 Sat. Hannington ... •.. 11 0 puckeridge(Mr.Parry's)Mon. Brent Pelham ... ... 10 30 Wed. Peverills ... ... 10 30 • Sat. Aston Village ,„ ,„ 10 30 Tues. Stow Nine Churches 10 45 Wed. Stanford Hail ... 10 45 Fri. Maidwell 10 45 Sat. Badby Toll Gate 10 45 Raby, Duke of Cleve laud's ▪ Mon. Ca'd well 11 0 Wed. The Kennels ... 11 0 Fri. Manfield ... 11 0 • Tues. Lound Hall 10 45 Wed. Ossington 10 45 Fri. Hockerton Toll bar 10 45 Sat. Langwith Lodgo 10 45 Rutland's, Duke of Mon. Stonesby 10 30 Tues. Caythorpe 10 30 Wed. Piper Hole 10 30 Fri. Leuton Village 10 30 Seale's, Sir Henry No account received. Selby's, Mr. ... Mon. Ingrain ... 10 30 Fri. Denwick 10 30 • Mon. Lee Bridge ▪ 10 30 Wed. Acton Burnell... 10 30 Fri. Sundorne ... 10 30 Mon. Quarley Hill 11 0 Tues. Oare Hill ... ▪ 11 0 Wed. Hurstbour Tarrant ... 11 0 Smith's, Mr. A. Thurs. Ham Ashley ... Fri. Netheravou ... Sat. Rohe Court .. Somerset Subscription Tues. Cleeve Hill .. ... 1 0 ... 11 0 Southdown outhwold (Mr. G. Cook's) Fri. Holford Mon, Old Sbip ... 11 0 ... 10 30 .. 10 30 . 10 45 ... 11 0 ... 11 0 ... 11 0 ... 11 0 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 Mon. Burwell Village Tues. Tumby Swan .., Thurs. Hairston Hill Sat. Welton Mill ... ... Mon. Sugnal Hall ... Wed. Draycot Fri. Turistall, near Market Drayton ... ... 10 30 Stamford's, Earl of Mon. Plough Inn, Weston Staffordshire, North Heath Tues. Burnell Green ... Thurs. Belbroughton Sat, Smestow Gate... • Tues. West Harling Hall Thurs. Worsted Lodgo. Sat. Walsham Hall • Mon. Hazle Hall Thurs. Chantry Down Sab. Fair Mile • Tues. Westfield Down Fri. Ewhurst Green Sutton's, Mr. Richard Mon. Gumley Thurs. Eillesd on ... ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 45 ... 10 45 ... 10 45 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 11 0 ... 11 0 Sussex, E,►st ... • Sat. Kirby Gate .., 11 0 Sutton's, Mr. Francis Mon, Belton Village ... 11 0 Fri. Wartnaby Stonepits ... 11 0 ▪ Mon. Kirklington Rouadaboutl l 0 Tues. Barton Common ... 11 0 Thurs. Edgeot Village ... 11 0 Sat. Farthinghoe 11 0 Mon. Brichleigh Bridge ... 10 30 Thurs. The Stag's Head ... 10 30 ▪ Tues. Ivybridge ... 10 30 Sat. Lee Mill Bridge ... 10 30 ▪ Mon. Dilston... ... 10 45 Wed, St. Ossvald's ... 10 45 Fri. Short Flat, Gower 10 45 Tues. New Radnor ... ... 10 0 Fri. Soudley .. 10 0 Thomsou's, Mr. A. Trelawney's, Mr. V. W. H. (Lord Gif ford's) .., Tues. Preston Toll-bar Thurs. Minety Station Sat. Kempsford Mon. Charlecote Park Tues. Mitford Bridge Thurs. Billesley Hall Fri. Gaydon Inn ... Warwickshire, North Tues. The Kennels ... Thurs. Murton ... Sat. Hay Wood Wheatland, Mr. Lloyd's Tues. Billingsley ... Fri. Spoonbill Willoughby's, Mr. Mon. Givendale Wed. Kexby Wood Fri. Ganton ~, Sat. Wiganthorpe Mon. Copcut Elm Wed. Bransford Bridge Fri. Grafton Wood Wyndhiun's, Colonel... Mon. Pallingham Quay ... 10 45 ▪ 10 45 ... 10 45 • 10 45 • 10 45 • 10 45 ▪ 10 45 ... 10 45 ▪ 10 45 • 10 45 • 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 Wed. Adsdeitn House 10 30 Fri. Goodwood Kennels 11 30 Wynn's, Sir W. W. ... Mon. Allan Sadler's ... 10 30 Wed. Hawkstone ... 10 30 Thurs. Styche 10 30 Sat. Grindley Brook ... 10 30 Yarborough's, Earl of Mon. Blyboro' Hall ... 11 30 Wed, Normanby Clump '. . 11 0 Sat. Ravendale Cross Reads 11 0 York and Ainsty Mon. Aldwark Bridge 10 30 Tues, Goldsbore Hall 10 30 Thurs, Ripley Station 30 30 Sat. Shiresbar 10 30 HARRIERS. • Tues. Dole's Ash Clump 12 0 Fri. Crown Inn, Marnhull 12 0 ▪ Mon. Pateham ... 10 45 Wed. Thunder's Barrow ... 10 45 Sat. Dyke 10 45 Broolcseud, Thanet Mon. St. Nicholas .. ... 10 30 Brookside ... Mon. Ne wmar k e t Hill .. 10 30 Thurs.Telioombe Tye 10 30 ▪ Mos. Wiusford Hill ... 10 30 Fri. Gutter Hole 10 30 • Mon. Four Elms Hill ... 11 0 Wed. Lower Stoko 11 0 Fri. Marsh Gate 10 0 ▪ Taes, Waterloo Inn ... 11 0 Thurs. Grange Mills ... 11 0 Sat. Parsley Hay Wharf ... 11 0 • Tues. Abbots Ripton 11 0 H. H. Rochester Huntingdonshire Fri. Warboys ... ... 10 0 Merry North Huish ... Wed. King's Arms, Ivybridge ... Newcastle & Gateshead Mon. Frenchman's Row ... 10 30 West Street ... Williams's, Mr. E. Fri. Tan field , ::10 30 ▪ Tues.. P,ye Corner, near Brymp ton 11 0 Fri. Ailer 11 0 Tues. Martin Hill ... 10 0 • Wed. Meavy Village 11 0 Sat. Redgate-ou-the-Moor, near Liskeard 10 30 SCOTCH. FOXHOUND9I, Womyss's, Earl of ... Tues. Plough Inn .., 10 30 Wed. TuglTall Fri. Belford IRISH. IRISH STAGROITNDS. ... Wed. Dunboyne Sat. Kih•ue Gate F•xuOUND9. . Tues. Oulart Village... Thurs. The Fir Treo Sat. Ratinucro Cooper's, Mr. Charles Tues. Moyne Carlow and Wand ~ 10 30 ~ 10 30 ... 11 0 ... 11 0 ▪ 11 0 ▪ 11 0 : 10 0 Fri. Delvi❑ ... Tues. Wills Grove, county Roscommon._ ... 11 0 Sat. Kilelooney 11 0 ... Mon. Ballymore Castle 11 0 Thurs. Kennel... 11 0 • Mon. Moyne... 11 0 Thurs. eastleambert (Hunt dinner at Athenry at 7) 11 0 Sat. Itahasane Park 11 0 Tues. Dunlaviu 11 0 Thurs. Bles,ington 11 0 Sat. Castletown 11 0 • Mon. Bennett's Bridge 10 45 Wed. Freestone liill ... 10 45 Fri. Club House • 10 45 Tues. Corbalton • 11 0 Thurs. Carlanstown 11 0 Sat. Duuboyne ▪ 11 0 Men. Tirnooney ▪ 11 0 Fri. Sheffield 11 0 Tues. Croagh 11 0 Fri. Ballymoney ... 11 0 Timmins. Mon. Pearuount Confy Castle Tues. liarrindarrig Coulbeg- 12 0 12 0 11 0 ,„ 11 0 BANK OF FRANCE. The following was the situation of the Bank Thursday, Feb. 14: Fr. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 496,377 1t Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 82,328,977 fr. 26c. are from the branch banks 227,030,052 9E Bills in the branch banks - Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 6 0,577,736 10 Do. in the branch banks D o , on railway shares and bonds 33,279,200 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills R en tes of the reserve fund ............... 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds ............ 52,188,783 88 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .... 4,000,000 Real property of branch banks ...... 5,064,731 Premiums on the purchase of mati4es 1,064,434 20 Expenses of administration 438,070 98 Sandries 947,829,962 39 DR. Capital 91,250,300 Reserve fund • 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 96,480,450 Do, to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 59,020,252 81 Various accounts -current 58756 -- Do. bran c h b an k s 2, Dividends to b e p a id ,611 25 675 Disccunt, inte res t, an d expenses 5,622 Charge for safe k ee pi ng o f secur iti es.— 1,738,733 02 20,661 , 95 60 Re-discount s o f th e l ast h a lf- year .... Overdue bills - 16,121 57 Sundries 94 7,829,962 39 It appears from these returns that the metallic reserve has increased in the Paris establi4unent 13,1 and i❑ the branch banks somethi og over 1 million. The account current of the Treasury has advanced miilions, The whole amount of the metallic reserve at present is 2141 millions to 627:f millions of notes in c:r culation. The Duke of Portland is having a great number of hares netted alive on his estates in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, for the purpose of being sent to France as a present to the Emperor. Upwards •of 130 were netted at Clipstme Park on Monday last.—Woteinjhani Journal. Miles opened, 1856. NAME or RAILWAY. 1 BILITIIIR. Aberdeen Belfast and Ballyinena .......... Belfast and County Down.• •• Eirkenhew.: Lancash i re, and Cheshire Boston, Blackburn, and West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter •, • • • • .. ............ Chester and Liolyhead • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •••• •• Cork and Bandon • • • • ...... Dublin and Belf as t Junction •• • • • • •• Dublin end Drogheda.... • • • • • • • • •• Dublin and Kingstown •... •... Dandee and Arbroath •• • • • • • • •• • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and East Anglia/L....." •• ••••• • •• • East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .. Eastern Union.-- • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • •• .• .... • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dandee•• •• •• Exeter and Crediton" • • Furness Railway •• • •••••••• • • • • " Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western • • *•••••• • • • •• Irish South Eastern • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • •• • • • • • . • • • • Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Leeds Northern .. • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western London and Blaekw all• ••• • • London, Brighton, and South Coast Lonlcrs and South Western. •• •• •• •• Londondwrry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c Manchester, Sheilleld , and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction liaryport and Carlisle ••• • •• ••• • .• Midland .... • • Nfidland Great Western (Irish) ..•• •• Moliklands ••••••• •• • • • •••• • • • • N e ,- eastle and Carlisle.... ........ North British •• •• " " • N orth Staffordshire • •• • • • •• • • • • • • • • •• • • ••• • • • North-Western •• ••• '• •••• • " ••• • • Scottish Central •••••• • • •• •• •• •• •• • • Scottish Midland ••• • •• •• '• "• • ihre wsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union ••••**'• • • • • *"• tlouth Devon...• • • .. •• • • " " •" • •• • South Eastern• • •• ••• •• • • • • • • South Wales ... .• .• •••••••• • • • • • • •• South York., Doncaster, and Goole Waterford and Limerick •• •• • West Cornwall ••• • .• •• ' • •"• • • •• • W hitehaven Junction •• • • • • • • • •• • • •• York and Newcastle. and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. roarlax. Dutch Rhenish •• •• •• •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troyer •••• •••• •• •• •• Namur and Liege .• •• •• • • •• •• •• •• •• Northern of France •• •• •• •• ***** Orle.tris and Central .. Paris and Lyona • •• •• " "•••• •• •• Paris and Rouen. •• •• • • **" •• •• •• Paris and Strasturgh •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ftouen and llavre •• •• '• "• • Western of France•• 1856. 1855. Receipts. 3 144 826 1,735 5,49 t 10,234 9g3 1,294 643 473 848 875 5,254 20,791 4,443 5.167 1,n48 5,522 20,312 6,367 23,885 5.127 19,G05 49,998 1,194 9,696 12,317 497 8,1.25 c , 45 2i,513 2,699 4,4+1 G,417 1,261 2,407 693 2,143 13.961 5,595 1,756 3,551 ,1„202 997 496 345 2,478 633 1,775 4,650 10,216 t 434 1,093 493 400 774 252 670 4,544 18,167 4,228 4,824 731 4,851 17,763 5,217 20,150 4,946 15,154 41.036 1,010 8.105 9,982 492 7,323 806 24,445 .2,371 4,197 4,418 842 1,071 1,745 679 1,757 10,263 4,652 1,071 2,787 1,107 710 382 306 2694 117 191% 904 65. i, 20 67% 93 417 183 X 21 , 3 233% 365 25% 90 226% 161 65334 54i 18334 267 173% 2S 498 N 126% 37 78% 57 3 4 289 162% B. V. 11 30 11 30 12 0 12 . 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 11 30 County Mark-eta LIVERPOOL_ FEB. 12. There was a fair attendance to-day, but a very moderate business w as d one. Th e middling descriptions of Ameri can red wheat, of which the bulk of the samples consisted, declined about Id per bushel from last Tuesday ; but from the extreme scarcity of prime qualities of froth red and white wheat, holders were enabled to command ld per bushel advance. There was a nominal reduction made on every other article, viz., Gd to 9d per sack and barrel on flour, is per load on oatmeal, Gd per qr. each on Indian corn, beans, and peas, and 2d per bushel on barley. WAKEFIELD—FE➢. 15. At the commencement of the market factors asked ra ther higher prices than last week, which checked the sale; ultimately a limited business was done at last week's cur rency. Barley slow sale, and Is per qr, cheaper. Beans, oats, and shelling again lower. EXETER—FEB. 15. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from 8s 3d to 8s 9d. Malting barley, 4s 6d to 43 9d ; grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. Oats, 32 Od to 3s 6d. Beans, Os Od to Os Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLoun..—Fiue, 48s Od to 50s Od ; seconds, 46s Od to 48s Od per sack. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs Od per score ; cows and calve. 11/. to 151.. —s; butchers' calves, 6d to 60 per lb., rearing calves —a to --s each. Sheep, 50. to 6d. Lambs, —d to Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, 45s to 55s each ; slips , 18s to 26s ; small, 8s to 12s. Rough fat, 4hd per ib. Pork carcases from 9s 3d to 10s 3d per score. INVERNESS.—FEB. 5. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 76s Od to 77s 61. Bar• lay, chevalier, 36s Od to as Od ; ditto, common, —s Od to —s Od. Oats, 29s Od to 2.08 Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 24s Od to 25s 6d ; ditto second, 00s Od to Os Od; barloymeal, Us 6d to 1.68 peasemeal, 16s 6d to 20s Od ; bran, per stone, Os 9d to 10c1; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 60s Od to 62s Od ; 2d ditto, 53s Od to 55s Od ; oatmeal, best, per at. of 141 b imperial 2a 6(1 to 2s Btl ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barlepneal is 81 to 00s Od ; peasemeal, is 8d to 2s 041; Ist flour, 3s 64 cash, 3s 9,1 credit; 2d ditto, 3u 4d cash, 3s 6d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRB. 15. The market still rules dull, and the tendency of prices IN downward. The manufacture of tefined goods is restricted to a very low point, manufacturers not feeling inclined to increase their stocks to any extent until some more native inquiry shall have set in, and grocers buy with caution. Rums are still neglected. COAL MARK: Prices of Coal per ton at B. d. Bate's West Hartley 16 0 Buddle W. Hartley lB 0 Holywell l7 0 Longridge's Wet Hartley 17 Ta n 6 old. Moor l6 wylam 15 ( Haden - l5 Wallsend, ke. Harvey Wylam 15 0 Hedley 15 0 Eden Main 16 0 BraddylL 16 6 Haswell 18 0 Hotter:l lB C Shipa at market... 11: COURSE OF EXC Amsterdam ...... .• n 18;4 Dittt, three months .. 12 0% Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 0% Antwerp . ......... 25 60 ktrussels 25 60 Ilamburgh .• • • .• • • •• • • 13 11 Altona Paris ...... • • .... 25 45 Ditto, three ;oaths 25 8234 Marseilles ............. 25 82, t Bourdeaux ... ........ Frankfort-on Maine 120% Berlin ................ Vienna— •••••••• .... 10 44 TrIcste•••••••••••••••• 10 46 Petersburg ............ Madrid •••••••• • •. 0 • • • 49% Barcelona •• •• •• .• •••• $eville.••••• ...... • • ~ SEABORNE MAILS. 1 0 1 0 E3outhamptett I&1( Ma When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be do' 'patched on tho following day. with the exception of the India CO ~ 'outhampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched tbs preceding day. {ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's delicious Revslento. Arabica Food cures indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, and diar rbcoa, dys,mtery, nervousness, biliousness, and liver com plaints, flatulency, distension, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains in almost every part of the body, tie doulo reux, face-ache, chronic inflammation, cancer and ulceration of the stomach, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, eruptions of the skin, biles and carbuncles, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spasms, cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of memory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction and many other complaints. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nar interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthY relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of diges' t:on, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. In canisters, 51bs. 11s. ; 19.1b5., 228. The 12Ibs. carriage • free, on receipt of post-office order, Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Grace church-street ; 33a and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 65, Combat ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford -street. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 13th inst., at 9, Grosvenor-square, the Lady Louisa Milli , . On the 15th inst., at Colney Hata, Middlesex, the wife of the Roy. }Whoa R. Hutton. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 14th inst., Mrs. George Berkley, of 5, Glocester- Maida-hill west. On the 12th inst., at 13, Curzon•street, Mayfair, Mrs. George Jolley. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. James's Church, Paddington, Albert George, eldest son of George Glas Sandeman, Esq., of liyde-park-gardens, and Chislehampton Lodge, Oxon, to Maria Carlotta Perpetua de Moraes Sermente, eldest daughter of the late Viscount de Torre (le Moncorvo. At St. Peter's, Eaton square, Astley Paston, son of the late BransbyE. Cooper. Esq., to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Thomas Croft, Esq., of Kingstown, Dublin. DIED. On the 12th inst., at Blithfield, Lord Bagot, aged 82. On the 13th inst., at Harrogate, the Hon. Montagu Henley Ongley, aged 46. On the 14th inst., at Bath, Miss Colnagbi, the youngest (laughter of the late Paul Colnaghi. On the 13th inst., at ChHpel House, Egham, Surrey, the Rev. George Adolphus Hopkins, M.A., aged 55. On the 14th inst., at Wanstead, Essex, Fred. Bartleet, Esq., aged 54. On the 15th inst., ut 2, Canterbury-row, Newington, Alfred john Ireland, eldest son of Mr. John Ireland, of the Master's Offi ce, i n t h e Court o f B an k rup t cy, aged 20. On the 11th inst., at Bedford, Mr. John Alexander Grove, aged 41. On the 13th inst., at 11, Lansdowne-road north, Eliza, widow of Major Wilkie, formerly of the 92(1 Highlanderg, aged 57. LOITEON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNO, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of rzliddleses, Saturday, February 16, 1856. (251 signifies that the mails aro sent from the General Post OW ly the night—and M by the morning--tlespateh.) Day wheurnade m From what When 001INTICIER. iu General Post- Port 411 e t o Office, London.. Dispatched. Engles.' ......----•"" A morica(byttrit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool ... Feb. 14 merle?. thy Unitod Ste. packet) .. .••• • • • •If ••.• •... • • Liv er p oo l .. Feb. 111 41 merica (by U. States packet) ........N ". • • • ••• Southampto: Fob. 21 Australia (via South ampton) ..........34 •••••• .• •• • • South? tot. Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • Dover .... Ditto (via Cape of Good • ....... .. • • ... UneertelP m ii r i o ca P6 ( ) WW,:e * V a V t ) • :,,T i l 23d of the month.. Plymouth .. Var. 6 s, 9, 24, & 30 of ni. Dover .. „ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton L Al le ex x a an ndri dri a a ::::::::::M N Bahama , ...........ht 17th of the month seumoopt o , Belgium ...........N Daily •• •• •• ••• • • • Dover .... Daily Brazil ..............M 6th ofthe month.. S lut b ampt of Feb 16. Buenos Ayres ........ M 9th of the month.. Southamrio) Feb 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various por , Uncortaill Cape of Good Hope ..Ii Carle de Verde ....N I .. 9th of the month Routhampto, Feb. 15 Ceylon (seo India) Ceylon ........ ...... N Channel Isles ........N iMon.,Wed.,&Friel. Southamptot T11.Th.9 11 Chi1i................mi2d & 17th of monti Southampto• China • • •• Constantinople ..„ „is 8,18,18,23,&28 of n Dover .• .. . 4th & 20th of mo n Southampton TWiee 11 417 •• •• • Dover •• •• • . rwtowaY C eo an n s t t . al of it E ln u o ro pl p e e .. m .. i . 14 Egypt (seo India) France ........ rd &If Twice dallY• •.• • . Dover ..... Twieedla Gibraltar ....... „ m 4, 7,17, 20, 27 .f m fieutkamptot Greece (see I n dia) Greytown .......... Ai 1 2rtd & 17th of mon f3outhamptot Hamburgh ..........N TnesdaY & Frith* Loudon ..... Havannah ...........ht 2nd of the mouti Southampton Feb. 1 6 . Rolland ..f..... ..... M I Daily— ••• • .. Dover ....... Daily ... Honduras M 17 ta tithe month. Southamptor 1 etbotle.• ....... I India (vlaSouthampt.)3,oth k 20th of mon. Ply mou th .. 4 & 90 zoo 9th/625th of month Dover ...... India (via Marsellles)2.l 1 ...... lonian Isles (see India)l7.7, & 27 of mon D over Ireland ........BI & .NlTwioe doily • • .... Hoij head ~. Twleedegf Lisbon .............. z it 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southamptco Feb. 1 6 liaceira ........... ad 9th of the month Southampto) Madeira ............ N 23 d of month •• • • Liverpool ... Malta (see India) gaita ..............N 8,18, & 28 of mon: Dover .. a ., a ., 4 & 20 0 1 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .......... N 14th of the montl mexiw ...........a d 2rl of the month. Southampton Feb. 16 i 2 5 t h ia lS i t h 7t 2 h rth f o n i f m o n o t u b . (Dover tha ni . Ntleawl"'Gr.an...ada'...::::ltTi In flew Zealand 7 private stip .. Various port traiorialu ; to' ; ViPapal States ._......24 Sthl s t ll 2sthollnon. Dover ..... ePnZia'u'il —...:......3.! 7 thi 7 th 2 7thotinon. Southampton Peru .............. m Id & 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal ..........14 .ly private ship... Various ports, 1:111119Fell n Gielly ~............Nlsthlsth2sthoimon, Wover ...... Tuscany ............bothlSth 2s thonnott. Dover ...• .. Veneznels .........1.1 2d ,` 17th ofmontb Sorthans,ptot. 1& 16 ino Van Diemen's Lan d (sot' Australia) .......... 1 , WestWest!nines .... ~..3d 2d& 17t1+ o I rnonD 1 6outhamptenti kl 6 Mel C.-FEB. 15. the close of the market. Wallsend, Sto. gh, d$ lletton Lyons Main ..,.15 9 Kepler Grange l7 S Lambton l7 6 North Hetton 16 6 Russell's Hetton 16 6 south Hetton 17 v Stewart's 18 ° Cassop 15 6 Hartlepool l7 9 Heugh Hall 16 0 South Kelloe 16 9 Tees l7 9 g Derwentwater Hartley lB u .3 I Sold [ANGLE.-YESTERDY. Gibraltar •• •• •• •• •• •• •• , Leghorn .............. 30 22 ,1 Genoa ........ •• 26 e 2,0 Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• .••• Venice................ Naples 444 Palermo lA 3 Messina . l 3 5 3)4 Oporto .• •• •• •• •••••• •• 53 % Rio Janeiro . -- Buenos Ayres.... •• New York, 60 days' sight -- Philadelphia • . PRICES OF LIIELICN, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 , Silver In bars 0 0 5 1* A•i4a, THE e( INDIA lEJARTET:LY bald at their illth March ne A TO-11 O'clock, and 81111 s, 35. ; arc: RGYL: A. NOW a Ilston, M. MI Leirent's new ' MR. W. Fifty ikk Costume, ( Castilla in " Le ant stalls may I traphic-hall, K. ._, IVIA.DA3 It is respect wil IfISCELL ANT on TUESI Which will be pr On this occas tid Reserved, p Alation n 0:d B pp o ic nd-streei The places wi and tickei [arch 3. Royal Librar3 T HEATI kat Appearanc *ill Haig' Profeasor AN t hence that he 1 Of the av a il a bl e THIS EVEN be performs L e Merican Prim Theatre); Thad Desrance in Le Arlthchn, Mr. D To-morrow, F j 'LleY. Escott ; h • 41 rand. Each male, the whole , the metropol The mise en suer the boards of 11 114 chorus. The opera to t Itehised) of WHA 111 Quiries). The NebXrat refteff fac-it X ed s keen. ...Tte Perform s lECOSSAIS 41 rnes, Mr. Chs Will make her tit tile role efJosep Private boxes, ti nier boxes 2s P rivate boxes an us secured on np 1 & 1 , under the -mot e I 9 p n t tond price at ever: It A N tertles deslro ;:iildne the Plat r °Petting Aces LAW L uNOTICE IR A 7&tTINO of the at the SI : 4, 29d day of Fi 41 ' 1 ' the purpose o ' r tGeneral Noel r et.ruary lusts "it Society's Dee Q.ENER comp) 21 0 1f T mol: I re ci ii at 3CH : rn : a itEtmr. L OMen, Feb. 1, tASTER NOTICE inn have notlfle tot the Dire Z 4 reholder., 'l7 Instant : D lei Goods or gaVid Wadding C harles Horton James Packe, "ePh Robert I Robert Orr, Est R uh Williar .`LiPh Welters, 4 Mehael Reilly, 40 Asgate Te ONDON lt ,-41 CHESTER - ` 4O L AND RAII 141Otlntiham• • 7.7' '"°,l • • l ' i nr ft ol r rt k •• • " 1 1 1 : 1 ,. Wc . 0 . 11 . 1 Victorir teaekl : fleld, 171 A, N, radford Pty. 7, 1856. 1.14!ONDO 4171 0 ,1 ,, P o n 2 n 11 : ‘t : ) ,: 11- : n il:1 1 t:e l e : 'rl First Chute .. Station. I G. 3 ,) a 9.15 10.30 2. 0 P 5.45 Genera M anz Fe tbITRSUAI q r .. Chancery, Ct ti rittz. and ill o r Manton Boost' , 1 7,f No 22, M CY,. e%enticzna Mt ° died on or eitor s , on or t e o ° Drove their d .,"n Stuart, Na 444 thereof, th 5 ' t he said Order. i ft ` , hureday, the I e ' r ,." o on, at the I..4ing noon the ) L atod this 12th /I E !',TRY nuire NEW LA' I t .„ variety ot t h 4 -AgiA 01E nriginal emit +i Feat those emit S t r eat cost, and ;!prOducing from Zt_la cotnpose4 of Z'in ctred and thirl Poll Which is eng 41 F ob THE GRONS trader which is Re , ld by them a Winners. STAR PA GRAVESE k i r , " islB WICK tl 44 °W ing Trains The Packets Zo North Wool . O r ( -on Gravt 'iravesond F.rith and Frith and I ravefo October 23,18 ,TOZEATT ~„_t CAPSULE essfully ad,nl rl'!nu . %fledged by ' Lancet" of flt;ton.—Price pc the principal IN T: p n Inhinctior 1 1 , Ilth t 1 ofJu a nklin aril oth It t ,., Pounds, fro V e zTi Letters P N: 13 11 . e rh urns i i g s o r e t c q:u eiennd eY3e,olfuostrc,ll, Prevented er t Or3 It to invalt ectu a n %N o , y, In thi h o calms all tri Of : so long beei .v "t Portion Is tinFc;r7titreat Cont evl t .,, L ingtely th, 1 41 ,..vie destruct il l t p i arill a In th tro _ESEMAR m u se tr us, let lr rAfAR sea in ene ;42.! I S a sayi ng terod FY Vai n .0 w ,em, Cornh i " u had W ford ; "hums I,,'` r cc;; It. t T r T t ,,. r adhary . hog „Ate. cot, Live