The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-13 00:00:00

1L PARLIAMENT. HOUSE LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) The LORDC ! I;~ NL ET.,Loit took his seat en the woolsack at five o'clock. TRADE MARKS. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill which would prove of ?slue to the mercantile community. It afforded protectiorr. not from competition, but from fraud. The object of tho bill was to provide a remedy for the forgery of trade marks. According to the law a s it at present t stood, it was very difficult to proceed against the perpetrators of the offence, but in place of the present expensive and dilatory process, the bill now in his hand declared the forgery of a trade mark a misdemeanour, and punishable by fine or imprisonment. Another kind of fraud was the labelling articles as of greater quantity than they really were. The new bill made that also a misdemeanour. Then there was another false mark in which a well-known artist's monogram was imitated on works of art. That species of fraud, like those he had already referred to, was made likewise a mis demeanour, a ri d punishable as the other cases he had men tioned. The bill was read a first time. FICTITIOUS SAVINGS BANKS. Lord MONTEAGLE moved the second read ing of this bill, whic h wa s to punish as a misdemeanour all parties establishing banks called savings banks, which were not properly certified as such. He had heard there was a Government bill now before the other house, in which there was a clause which would meet the object he had in view, but that was a por tion of a very comp li ca ted measure, and he thou g ht it should not prevent their lordships from reading this bill. Earl GRA.NVILLE said a bill affecting Savings Banks was before the other house, and he thought it would be the better course to pass the present bill through the house, in order that it might be sent down to the other house, where it c ould be either agreed to as a separate measure or in. cor porated with the bill now in progress. The bill was accordingly read a second time. THE COUNTY OF LEITRIM. The Earl of LEITRIM presented a petition from the farmers and inhabitants of the southern part of the county of reitrim, praying for protection and that the laws might be properly administered. The noble earl was of opinion that, if the law was fairly administered, the evil of riband societies would be put down. After a short discussion, their lordships adjourned• HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ . The following private bills were read a second time : Alcester Railway Bill. Berwick, Norhaass and Islandshires Roads Bill. Bishop's Castle Railway Bill. Bishop Stortford, Dutusow, and Braintree Railway Bill. Blackpool and Lytham Railway Bill. Blyth and Tyne Railway Bill. Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway Bill. Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Bill. Cleveland Railway Bill. Cockermouth, Keswick,. and Penrith Railway Bill. Cradlay Heath and Dudley Railway Bill. Dewsbury, Batley, and Heckmondwike Water Bill. Dublin Corporation Water Bill. East Suffolk Railway Bill. Edenfield Chapel to Little Bolton Road Bill. Great Western Railway Bill. Hereford, Hay, sad Brecon Railway Bill. Kilkenny Market Bill. Kingston-upon-Hull Docks (Capital) Bill. Kingston-upon Hull Docks (New Works) Bill. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Branches to Shaw forth, &c.) Bill. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension to Settle) Bill. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (New Line dec.) Bill. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Wigan to Clifton, &c.) Bill. Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Bill. Liverpool Cemetery Bill. Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Bill. Ludlow and Clee Hill Railway Bill. Lynn and Hunstanton Railway Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Addi tional Works) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Man chester Extension) Bill. Mid Devon and Cornwall Railway Bill. Midland Railway (Ashchnrch and Evesham Line) Bill. Monmouthshire Railway and Canal (New Lines, &c.) Bill. Monmouthshire Railway and Canal (Purchase, &c.) Bill. Much Wenlock, &c. Railway Bill. Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway Bill. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Derwent, and Weardale Rail way Bill. North Eastern Railway (Blaydon to Conside) Bill. North-Eastern Railway (Extension to Otley, &c.) Bill. Oswestry and Newtown Railway Branches, &c.) Bill. Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway Bill. Sherbome Railway Bill. Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Bill. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ellesmere Railway Bill. South Eastern Railway (Capital, &c.) Bill. South Eastern Railway (Folkestone Harbour, &c.) Bill. South Wales Mineral Railway Bill. Sowerby Bridge Gas Consumers Bill. Stockport, Timperley, and Altrincham Junction Rail way Bill. Stockton and Darlington Railway (New Railway at Musk° and Skelton, &c.) Bill. Stockton and Darlington, South Durham and Lancashire Union, and Eden Valley Railway Companies Amalgama tion Bill. Swansea and Neath Railway Bill. Swansea Harbour Trust Bill. Tyne Coal Drainage Bill. "- Ware, Hulharo, and Buntingford Railway Bill. 'Vaveney Valley Railway Bill. West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway (Capital, &c.) Bill. West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway (Running Powers, &c.) Bill. Worcester, Bromyard, and Leominster Railway Bill. Wrexham and Miners Railway Bill. The standing orders were deelaredito have been COM. plied with in the case of several railways and other private bills. PETITIONS.' Tetitions were presented against the abolition of church rates ; for an alteration in the present mode of :charging the duties on wine; for an amendment in the mode of taking the corn retains, &c. NAVAL ESTIMATES. Lord C. PAGET laid on the table the Naval Estimates, RAILWAYS. On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON, returns by each railway company of their authorised share and loan capital, and of the sums received in respect of their ordinary capi tal and preferential capital, and debenture stock and funded debt, en the 31st clay of December, 1860, were ordered. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the m =tion of the JUDGE-ADVOCATE, leave of absence for a fortnight was granted to Mr. S. Beaumont on account of ill-health. BANKRUPTCY. On the motion of Mr. MURRAY, a number of returns from the several assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy were ordered. TRAMWAYS. Sir T. COLEBROOKE gave notice that he would move for leave to bring ina bill for the formationof tramways. CRINA. Colonel SYKES gave notice that he would ask for the production of certain papers in reference to China. CAVALRY VACANCIES. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Under Secretary for War bow many vacancies of comets of cavalry were now exist ing in the cavalry of the line, and also in the cavalry of the household troops, respectively ? Mr. BARING said that there were eight vacancies in the household troops, and 24 in the troops of the line; but as there were several persons prepared to undergo exami nation, no doubt the vacancies would be shortly filled. WARRANT OFFICES. Sir M. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty, whether he had received a memorial from the war rant officers of the Devonport division seeking an improve ment in their position as officers in the Royal Navy, and whether their case had been taken into consideration by the Admiralty Board ? Lord C. PAGET said that some of the demands in the metnorial could not be entertained, but others would receive consideration. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. Mr. BENTINCK asked the Under Secxtaryof State for War whether the ages of the candidates for admission into the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich would be Published in the next report. Mr. BARING answered:the question in the affirmative. 11 E1( ICO—SAN JUAN AND THE FUGITIVE ANDERSON. I*. A. MILLS asked the Secretary of State for Foreign tru whether the disputes concerning the respective rights Greatitititain and America in the Straits of San Juan d° Yuca, under the Ashburton Treaty, had been ad ated I ` 4 ° whether any correspondence had passed be tween her Maiest7's Government and that of the United States, on the cue of the fugitive slave Anderson, as affected by the of of the same treaty. Mr. BRISTOW asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what rneasurciA had b een taken, or were in contem plation, to protect Britigh interests in Mexico ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that in the resent state of Mexico there were many difficulties p to be ,but s teps were adopted for the purpose of obtaini ounteredng justice for British subjects. A communication had been made to the American Government by her Majestra, which was so fair and reasonable that he believed it would have been accepted but for the unfortunate dissension s th at at pre sent prevailed in the United States. There was no addi tional correspondence respecting the fugitive slave A. derson. THE INFIDEL WITNESS. The SFEA„liga ritildi with respect to the motion of the hon. member for Tavistock relative to the refusal to receive the testimony of a witness on the ground of her disbelief in the scriptures, that he had taken the liberty to make some verbal alterations in accordance with the fin ms of the house. Sir J. TRELAWNY then asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he had I een informed of a recent decision in the County Court t Rochdale by the Judge, Mr. C. Temple, who was alleged to have non suited a plaintiff on account of the inability of the witness to affirm her belief in certain speculative propositions ; and whether, on the assumption that the Judge ruled properly, the Government would deem it necessary to amend the law applicable to such cases. Sir G. C. LEWIS having stated the case at Rochester, as stated in the newspaper, which he said was correct, said that he did not propose to introduce a bill to alter the law on this subject. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, that the house should net meet to-morrow (being Ash Wednesday) until two o'clock, Sir J. TRELAWNY expressed his dissatisfaction with the statement of the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State. Mr. CONINOLIAM also objected to the present state of the law. The motion was then agreed to. CONVEYANCE OF VOTERS. Mr. COLLIER, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to prohibit the payment of the expenses of conveying voters to the poll in boroughs, said that he did not consider the noble lord (the Foreign Secretary) was epen to censure for not having reintroduced his Reform Bill this session, but if the grounds for the non-necessity of such measure previously expressed were correct, the same prevailed at present, for there was no demonstration of any kind out of doers on this subject. He believed, however, that state of things was not owing to any indifference on the subject amongst the reflecting portion of the community who saw the necessity of reform, but from the fact that public attention was absorbed by foreign affairs. He contended that a strong feeling in favour of reform existed, and though it had not yet come to the surface, it would before long fully develope itself. • The change that had taken place with re spect to the sigitation of this question was attributed to the alteration in the manner of the people in regard to public demonstrations, and he did not consider that a hurricane was necessary* to induce this house to adopt a reform bill, but that a breeze would be quite sufficient for this purpose. Mr.-HADFIELD seconded the motion. Sir G. C. LEWIS did not intend to follow the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Plymouth (Mr. Collier) into the general subject of reform. The hon. and learned gentleman seemed to consider the bill which he asked leave to introduce a small reform bill; but, according to the manner in which the word " reform" was generally under stood in that house, a bill which merely related to the con duct of elections—to the manner in which votes were to be taken—was not a measure of Parliamentary reform. It was his (Sir G. Lewis's) intention, within a short period, to ask the house for leave to bring in a bill to amend the present law relating to corrupt practices at elections ; but if he ima gined that such a measure would be open to all the objec tions which might at the present time be taken to a general measure of reform, he certainly should not press it on the attention of hon. members. They already had a comprehen sive enactment on the subject of corrupt practices at elec tions ; and a committee was last session appointed to con sider its provisions. It was his intention to bring forward a bill framed en the recommendations of that committee ; and one part of it would deal with the subject to which his hon. and learned friend's bill was directed. Indeed, he believed they had taken their respective plans from the same source —the recommendationsofthecommittee of last session. He should not, therefore, enter into the question of travelling expenses when the motion before the house was merely for leave to introduce the bill ; but in answer to the observation of an hon. gentleman that nothing could be more inconsis tent than to allow payment of these expenses in counties, and not to allow such payment in boroughs he (Sir G. C. Lewis) would observe that counties were in general much larger than boroughs. In the next place, no one was qualified to vote in a borough who was not resident within seven miles of the borough in which the vote was to be re corded, while a person might have a vote for a county and yet reside in any other part of the United Kingdom. Therefore, there were reasons for those payments in the case of counties which did not exist in the case of boroughs. Whether they were sufficient to induce the house to make a difference was a question which had yet to some under discussion. If the house wished this fragment to be laid upon the table, he had no objection to make to the motion of his hon. and learned friend. (Hear.) Mr. GRIFFITH would suggest to the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Collier) that there would not be much use in making the payment illegal if he did not make it penal, by treating it as bribery. Mr. T. SCULLY said that under the present system it was a serious thing to contest a county in which some 2,000 or 3,000 would have to be conveyed to the poll at an ex pense of perhaps £1 a-head. There would be closer voting if it were understood that there were no vehicles. Mr. STEUART wished to guard himself against being supposed to concur in the proposition of the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Plymouth. Had a nega tive been proposed he should have voted against him. His experience of Cambridge had led him to conclude that the payment did not lead to any illegal expenditure in the borough. The hon. and learned gentleman said that the bill of Lord Derby's Government contained a similar pro position. That was true, but in that bill the proposal was accompanied by another, affording a new mode of voting— namely, by voting papers. (Hear.) The measure of Lord Derby's Government would have led to a great increase in the franchise, but some of the bills brought in by hon. gentlemen on the Liberal side of the house were for its re duction. Mr. JAMES said that when Alexander died his lieute nants struggled for his empire. A somewhat similar strug gle appeared to be going on among the lieutenants of the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) for the bill which had been supposed to be in his charge. (A laugh.) His hon. and learned friend the member for Plymouth said that his mea sure was the first small modicum of reform. Now, that seemed to place the question of reform in an awkward posi tion. He agreed with the right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary that the proposal could not be called a measure of reform, because it was one to carry out an existing fran cilia() rather than to confer a new one. The introduction of reform bills by private members of that house only relieved the Government from the responsibility they had under taken. In 1859, when Lord Derby's Government was in office, the noble lord the member for the city of London said Lord Derby was pledged to bring in a reform and ought to do so. The noble lord now at the head of the Government twitted the Derby Government with having taken office with all its engagements, a sporting phrase which Lord Derby would well understand. He told them they were bound to go on with a reform bill, and went so far as to say that the Government of Lord Derby " could not in honour resign and should not resign," but must proceed with a measure of reform. (Hear.) He would apply the same prin ciple to the present Government, and say that the proper course was to leave the responsibility of introducing a mea sure with them, seeing that they also took office and re ceived the support of the Liberal party under a solemn en gagement to take up the question of reform. (Hear.) No doubt the Governmen t would rejoice at seeing small mea sures of reform brought in by private members, as it shifted the responsibility from their own shoulders—a responsibi lity they incurred when they removed the Government of Lord Derby from office. (Hear.) What had they now before the house? A motion for one kind of reform, and no doubt a very proper measure. The hon. member for Southamp ton had given notice of a bill for a £6 franchise, and the hon. member for Leeds had a resolution on the paper for a £6-borough franchise. The hon. member for East Surrey had a notice for a £lO-franchise in counties. The right hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department had a species of bit by bit Reform Bill, by which he in tended to give the vacant seats of St. Albans and Sudbury to two other places. The hon. member for Salford had like wise a motion to appropriate one of the vacant seats ; and the hon, gentleman the member for Middlesex sought to give representation to Chelsea and Kensington. These might be all very proper bills, but their iatroductioa only had the effect of relieving the Government from the respon sibility that rested upon them, and they referred to reforms which the aoble lord at the head of the Government and the noble lord the Foreign Secretary had both said ought to be introduced by the Government of the country. (Hear, hear.) There was a very extraordinary motion of which notice had been given by the hon. member for Norwich ; it was to refer the whole question of reform to a select committee. (A laugh.) To:send the question of the representation of the people of England to a select committee I (Hear, hear.) Had the hon. member for Norwich thought for a moment what would take place before that committee ? Who were the parties whose business it would be to be present ? There would be the advocates of universal suffrage, ballot-men, old freemen, and all persons struggling for an extension of the suffrage, to whatever extent; and who would be the wit reuses ? They would be so numerous, and the proceedings would be necessarily so prolonged that long before the end of the session the committee would become wonderfully select, and but few would remain to take part in the inquiry. Among the witnesses would be all the advocates and all the i opponents of reform who chose to attend. Perhaps the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be there to tell them that close boroughs were the salvation of the country, while the right hon. gentleman the member for Ashton (Mr. M. Gib son) and the right hon. member for Wolverhampton (Mr. Villiers) would be called to say that close boroughs were the disgrace and degradation of our political system. (A laugh.) In short, they would have before that committee every thing that was contradictory, not to say absurd. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to blame the noble lord the Foreign Secretary for withdrawing the bill of last session. On the hustings the noble lord said he would introduce a reform bill and submit it to the criticism of the mouse of Commons. The bill was introduced, criticism was bestowed upon it, and under that criticism the bill withered, (Hear, hear.) But the Government were not on that account absolved from the responsibility of introducing another bill. They were responsible to the country for not having done so, and 1 he repeated that the introduction of measures by private members only served to shift the responsibility from their shoulders. (Hear, hear.) I‘lr, D, szynQuit observed that the Aboeuve of all re. • ference to reform in the Royal Speech made it imperative on the Liberal members to take some steps towards the vin dication of their principles. He, as a member of that party, felt himself bound to give notice of the motion which he had put upon the paper, in order to give the house an oppor tunity of considering the important question of the fran chise. He agreed with the hon. member for Marylebone in thinking that the duty of introducing that question be. longed to the Ministers of the Crown, but if they failed in their duty the house was bound to take measures to main tain its own position. (Hear.) The noble lord the member for the city of London had a great deal to answer for, and could urge no reasonable excuse for his conduct. There were no peculiar circumstances connected with the present session such as occurred in the last to prevent a Reform Bill being introduced, and the calm which prevailed was peculiarly favourable to the consideration of such a measure. The noble lord had told them last session that a time of peace was a fitting time to carry a Reform Bill, and con trasted the period of the riots at Nottingham with the peacefulness and loyalty of the present time, which he thought gave a good opportunity of introducing his measure. They all remembered the lines of Canning in the "Anti- Jacobin " " Now these and more, a phrenzied choir, Sweep with bold hands confusion's lyre ; While madding crowds around them storm For one great radical reform." (Hear, hear.) The very contrast of the present to those times indicated that now was a fitting opportunity for dealing with a measure of reform, and after having been six times announced in royal speeches, and after a Parlia mentary history of 15 years, he could not help thinking that it was time this important question was disposed of. (Haar, hear.) He had put a notice for a bill on the paper, but the hon. member for Leeds having given notice of a motion on the same evening, he had thought it right to give way to one holding so high a position in the country and possessing so much more experience than himself. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MACKINNON wished to correct a mistake made by an hon. member in a former debate with respect to his motion of last Session. The SPEAKER informed the hon. member that it was out of order to refer to that debate at all, unless on a mat ter of perional explanation. Mr. MACKINNON would bow to the ruling of the chair. it had, however, been said that he had been put forward by the Government to oppose reform last Session. Now, upon his honour, as a gentleman and a member of that house, he had no communication, direct or indirect, with the noble lord at the head of the Government before oppos ing that bill. (A laugh.) Nor had he any communication either with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs or any other member of the Government. He might be asked why ho took it upon himself, not being in office, to oppose the Reform Bill of last Session. He happened to be chair man of a committee which sat for two or three Sessions to inquire into the best mode of settling disputes between masters and operatives. This inquiry gave him an oppor tunity of knowing the feelings of the middle and lower classes on the subject of Parliamentary reform. The middle classes were jealous of such a bill, fearing that their power would be swamped by the lower classes, while the working men, who it was sail would be enfranchised by the £6 franchise, were totally indifferent to the measure of the noble lord. (Hear, hear.) He, therefore, thought it right to oppose the bill, and the attitude both of the middle and lower classes sinee the withdrawal of the bill had convinced him that he had come to a sound conclusion. (Hear, hear.) If the noble lord had brought in a bill this year, he would have acted in an injudicious and imprudent manner in going against the feelings of the middle classes and the perfect apathy of the lower classes. (Hear.) _ Leave was then given to bring in the bill, which was read a first time. COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE. Sir J. TRELAWNY moved for leave to bring in a bill to establish county financial boards for the assessing of county rates, and for the administration of county expen diture in England and Wales. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he felt bound to oppose the motion. Sir G. C. LEWIS said this subject had already been referred to a select committee, and underwent a strict in vestigation, and he believed the magistrates of coun ties were anxious to promote economical finan cial administration in their respective localities. However, he would not oppose the motion; but, at the same time, , ho did not think that any benefit would result from referring the subject to a select committee, as he understood the hon. baronet proposed. The motion was then agreed to, and leave given to briNg in the bill. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 13, 1861. clauses which he put on the paper last year, as amendments in committee on the Reform Bill, and he did not anticipate any opposition, as it would leave it optional for voters to transmit written papers or to poll personally, whichever they preferred. With respect to the machinery of the bill, it would be as simple as possible compatible with protection against mistake and fraud. The motion was agreed to, and the bill was subsequently brought in and read a first time. OFFICES HELD BY MEMBERS. Mr. WHITE did not believe that any objection existed to the production of his return, which the hon. gentleman moved as follows :—" Return by every member of this house holding any civil, military, naval, diplomatic, or other place, officers, or pension to which he has been nomi nated or appointedby the Crown, Government, Ministers, or chiefs of departments ; stating the date of his nomination or appointment and the emoluments ho receives, and whether the same be temporary, permanent, or progressive." Sir G. C. LEWIS said it was his duty to oppose the mo tion. The hon. member had not stated any ground why he desired that the return should be made. There was this ob jection—that the information sought for by the hon. member was already accessible, and that he proposed to incur unne cessary trouble and expense in preparing and printing it. With regard to all civil and political offices held by mem bers, the salaries were voted by the house, and could be seen by any one who would refer to the Estimates. With respect to the military officers their ply could be easily ascertained. He understood that their salaries stood on a different footing from the salaries of civil servants, as in mostcases they had been the subject of purchase. He could not see any advantage that would arise from laying on the table a return of the pay received by military officers in that house. The same remark applied to naval officers, and so with respect to diplomatic servants, their pay could be known by reference to the finance accounts. Under these circumstances he could not see s any advantage in hav ing this return presented to the house. It appeared only to be wanted in order to save trouble to the hon. gentleman, who, instead of referring to the different sources of infor mation, desired that the clerks in the public offices should make out the return for him. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WHITE said that in moving for the return he had not thought it necessary to adduce any arguments in favour of the motion, but he considered the reasons assigned by the right hon. gentleman for refusing the return most un satisfactory. In reply to the imputation that he made the motion in order to save himself trouble, he might observe that his constant attendance in that house showed that he did not grudge any amount of trouble which he thought might be attended with advantage to his constituents. (Hear.) The right hon. gentleman had stated that the de sired information could be obtained from documents already on the table, but the same remark was applicable to almost every return which was granted. He would not say that the votes of members of that house were influenced by being connected with the Government, but some people, when once in office, seemed to evince a total oblivion of all their former principles. With regard to military and naval officers, the small stipends they received for their services appeared almost like ingratitude on the part of the nation —(hear, hear)—and, looking to the scale of personal ex penditure in these modern times, no man could say that the Ministers were overpaid ; but there were cases of men in the civil service who received pay and did little or no work for it, and it would be satisfactory to the country to obtain a return as regards those men. Lord R. CECIL said that if the house divided on the motion he should vote with the right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary. Still he hardly thought it prudent for the Government to refuse this return. A short time ago the hon. member for Birmingham accused all on that (the Opposition) side of the house of receiving more from the taxes than they paid. The . charge was ridiculous, but nevertheless it was believed by some of the simple ad mirers before whom the honourable member spoke, and therefore it was desirable that every opportunity should be afforded for the public mind to be rendered clear on this point. (Hear, hear.) If the return were granted, it would be seen that, besides officers in the army and navy, and persons holding Tpolitical offices—all of whom the hon. gentleman admitted to be underpaid—there was scarcely any member in that house receiving anything from the public. Mr. HADFIELD thought that the noble lord had stated enough to induce the house to order the return, and in case of a division he should take a different course from that which the noble lord announced it to be his intention to pursue, and should support the motion. Mr. BASS teu3ted the noble lord would not discredit his admirable speech by giving a negative to the motion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CONINGHAM said that the hon. member for Bir mingham, in alluding to the receipt of public money by cer tain persons, referred not to members of that house alone, but to their friends, relations, and followers ; and the in tense violence of the contests for the possession of the Ministerial benches arose from the knowledge that they were contentions for the division, not only of political power, but of the enormous patronage at the disposal of the occupants of the Treasury benches. Seeing 'how the pre sent Government was constituted, he was not surprised at the determined resistance offered to the production of this return, for the Treasury benches' were wholly occupied by the most exclusive clique that ever ruled the destinies of this country. Ho was surprised that the Home Secretary should refuse a plain statement of facts, from which the country:might learn how the taxes, raised from the hard working classes, were divided among the possemrs of Places and their followers. Both sides of the house resisted any attempt to reform the institutions of the country, be cause it was felt that as soon as the franchise should be largely extended an end would be put to abuses and to the wasteful manner in which the people's money was squan dered. The house then divided — For the motion Against it Majority -59 The motion was therefore lost. UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS. Mr. DODSON, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to provide that votes at elections for the Universities might be recorded by mous of yotilag papers, oftid it wottisi embody CHURCH-RATES. Mr. HUBBARD, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of church-rates, said it was, in fact, a counterpart of the bill of last session, though it was calcu lated to carry out more entirely the purpose which ho had in view. He should best explain it by passing in review the provisions of the measure. It would remove the difficulties which were found to exist with regard to permissible ob jects by defining the purposes for which church-rates might be lawfully lavied. It would remove the objections which churchmen had to church-rates when, being attendants in district churches, they had also to pay church-rates for parish churches, by giving district churches power to rate themselves. Another clause would be directed to the assimi lation of the law of church-rate to the law of poor-rate, which would remove the extreme difficulty in the collection of very small sums divisible on very small tenements. Another clause would have the effect of removing jurisdiction in all dis puted cases of church-rate from the Ecclesiastical Courts, but would accomplish it without removing the proper juris diction of the ordinary and his officers, for inspecting and superintending the repairs of the church. The next subject was very important, and was perhaps, the only part of the bill which would provoke discussion. It was the mode in which he proposed to deal with the scruples of those who had an objection to church rates, and he approached that part of the subject with two distinct provisions in his mind —that the national church should bo maintained in all its prerogatives, but that, as the general principles of religious liberty were the accepted ruleof government in this country those who objected to church rates should be viewed in an indulgent and liberal spirit. He proposed that persons should be exempted from the payment of rates on the simple • declaration that they were Dissenters. Ho then moved for leave to bring in the bill. Mr. HADFIELD pronounced the measure of the hon. member no concession at all ; and asserted that the Dissen ters would never submit to the proposed declaration. Mr. D. GRIFFITH supported the motion for the intro duction of the bill. Leave was given and the bill was afterwards brought in and read a first time. PUBLIC OFFICES. Mr. W. COWPEltobtained leave to introduce a bill to enable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works to ac quire additional land for the purposes of the Public Offices Extension Act of 1859. The bill was brought in and read a first time. The house adjourned shortly before 7 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FEB. 12. OFFICES HELD BY MEMBERS. Motion made, and question put, " That there be laid before this house, a return of every member of this house hold ing any civil, military, naval, diplomatic, or other place, office, or pension to which he has been nominated or ap pointed by the Crown, Government, Ministers, or chiefs of departments; stating the date of his nomination or appointment, and the emoluments he receives, and whether the same be temporary, permanent, or progres sive. AYES-53. Ayr+on, A. S. Hubbard, J. G. Smith, J. B. Basley, Thomas James, Edwin Stacpoole, W. Bouverie, P. P. Langton, H. G. Stansfeld, J. Briscoe, J. I. Lawson, W. Stirling, Wm. Bruce, H. A. Lennox, Lord G. G. Sykes, Col. W. H. Butler, C. S. Liddell, Hon. H. G .Tite, Wm. Carnegie, Hon. C. Locke, John Tomline, G. Cayley, E. S. McMahon, F. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Clay, James Morris, D. Vandeleur, Col. Collier, R..P. Norris, J.T. Vyner, Reginald Coningham, Wm. Padmore, R. Warner, Edward Dalglish, Robert Peacocke, G. M. Westhead, B. Davey, R. Pilkington, James Whalley, G. H. Dodson, John G. Scholefie,d, W. Williams, W. Douglas, Sir C. Selater-Booth, G. Willoughby , Sir H. _ Freeland, H. W. Scully, V. __. Griffith, C D. Seymour, Digby TELLERS. Hadfield, Geo. Shelley, Sir J. V. White, Jas. Henley, Lord Sidney, Thomas Bass, M. T. NOES-112. Acton, Sir J. Fortescue, Hon. D. Mills, A. Anson, Capt. Gard, R. S. Noel, G. J. Atherton, W. Garnett, W. J. Northcote, Sir S. Bagwell, J. Gavin, Major Packe, G. H. Ball, E. George, John Paget, Lord C. E. Baring, Thomas Gilpin, Colonel Pakington, Sir J. S. Barttelot, Major Gladstone, W. E. Palmerston, Visct. Beaumont, W. B. Gordon, C. W. Pigott, Francis Beecroft, G. S. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Powys, L. P. Bentinck, G. W. P. Gray, William Puller, C. W. Bentinck, G.C. Grey, Rt. lin. Sir G. Raynham, Viscount Biddulph,;Col. R.M. Gurney, John H. Repton, G. W. J. Blencowe, J. G. Hankey, Thomson Rothschild,BaronL. Bonham-Carter, J• Hardcastle, Jos. A. Russell, Lord J. Botfield, Beriah Hassard, M. D. Russell, Hastings Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hayter, Sir Wm. Selwyn, C. J. Bunbury, Capt. W. Headlam, Thos. B Seymour, Sir M. Burghley, Lord Heathcote, G. 11. Sibtliorp, Major Bury, Viscount Horsfall, T. B. Smith, M. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Horsman, E. Smith, S. G. Cavendish, Hon. W . Hotham, G en. Lord Smollett, P. Cooil, I-ova 12 .Truhrisa4,-...., lion 11. Somerville, Sir W. Cholmeley, Sir M. Jones, D. Spooner, R. Clive, George Kennard, R. Steuart, A. Close, M. C. Knatchbull, W Sturt, Capt. C. N. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Tollemache, Hon.F. Corry, H. L. Lacon, Sir E. Turner, J. A. Cubitt, George Leeke, Sir H. Upton, General Denman, G. Lewis, Sir G.C., 13t. Valetort, Lord Disraeli, Benjamin Lovaine, Lord Verner, Sir:Wm. Drax, J. E. Lyall, G. Whitbread, S. Du Cane, Chas. M'Cormick, W. Whitmore, H. Duff; Major. Mackinnon,W.(Rye) Winnington, Sir T. Egerton, A. F. Malins, It., Woodd, B. T. Egerton, W. Marjoribanks, D. C. Farquhar, Sir M. Marsh, M. 11. TELLERS. Fergusson, Sir J. Martin, P. W. Brand, 11. B. Forester, Col. G. C. Martin, J. Dunbar, Sir Wm. THE OUTBREAK AMONG THE CONVICTS AT CHATHAM. CHATHAM, FEB. 12. For several weeks past the most mutinous spirit has prevailed among several hundreds of the in mates of the prison, and although very severe mea sures have been resorted to by the authorities removing a number of the worst characters to Mill bank and Pentonville, yet all attempts have proved comparatively ineffectual to restore order. On Friday afternoon an alarming outbreak of the convicts employed on St. Mary's Island occurred, and the insubordination which then prevailed con tinued until yesterday, when the culminating point in :these disturbances appeared to be attained a scene of riot occurring within the prison which is described by the prison officials as being of the most appalling character. Immediately aftea the outbreak on Friday, about 20 of the principal actors in that mutiny were chained together and placed in one cell, to await an order from Captain Gambier as to the punishment to be inflicted on them. Throughout the whole of Saturday and following days these men kept up a continal disturbance in the prison, which was taken up by the other convicts in the cells, and at times the noises made by their hootings and yells were completely overpowering. Captain Gambier, the Inspector-General of Convict Prisons, arrived at the establishment yesterday for the purpose of in quiring into the recent mutinous outbreak, and his presence at the prison soon became known among the inmates. During the morning the men were marched to their labour as usual in the dockyard, on St. Mary's Island, and at the other public works, although from the manner of most of them it was apparent to the officials that there was an under-eurrent of mischief at work. The convicts returned to the prison at the customary hour for their dinner, which was served to them as usual, when several again complained of the badness of the food, although it should be remarked that the prison diet is greatly superior to that given in any union workhouse. The convicts, however, finished their dinner without mfiking any disturbance, but on being ordered to resume their work numbers of them declared that they would not, and dared the keepers to interfere to make them. At this time it became known that several of the convicts con cerned in the recent outrage had been ordered by Captein Gambier to be flogged, and afterwards sent back to Millbank and Pentonville, and this cir cumstance is believed to have greatly exasperated the convicts. On the usual gangs being formed in the prison yard, several of the convicts again refused to go to their work, and some of them com menced assaulting the keepers and warders who had them in charge. At a preconcerted signal about 50 convicts made a sudden rush on the keepers whom they quickly succeeded in overpower ing, and almost at the same instant the other con victs, who were out of their cells waiting to com mence works, turned upon their keepers, assailing them with fearful oaths, and threatening to mas sacre the whole of them. At this time several hun dred convicts were free from all control, and the keys of the cells having been forced from the warders, those who were in the cells were quickly released. The wildest uproar now ensued, the whole of the prisoners being loose within the prison, and ready for any excesses. Capt. Gambier, who happened to be within the building, together with Captain Powell, the governor, Mr. Measor, deputy governor, and the other principal officers of the establishment, were soon among the convict, whom they endea voured to induce to proceed to their cells. Having, however, to contend with epwards of 1,000 of the most depraved ruffians, and the guard only num bering 150 men, their efforts were entirely useless, and from the fierce threats used!towards the officers there is little doubt that murder would have been committed had any attempt to interfere with the convicts been resorted to. After overpowering the keepers a large body of con victs rushed to the office of Captain Powell, where they commenced destroying all the books, papers, accounts, and other official documents connected with the prison, smashing the whole of the win dows, and dsstroying every article of furniture on which they could wreak their vengeance. An attempt was then made to set fire to the prison, and the building was actually fired in several places. The wardero, however, at great risk to tkonisolToth got out the hose and also the fire engine, which is ' always kept ready at the prison, and succeeded in extinguishing the flames. Numerous bands of convicts then proceeded to destroy every article within the prison on which they could lay their hands, valuable clocks being smashed, and several costly " noctaries," which are used at night to register the visits of the warders, being smashed to atoms. Searceiy a pane of glass was left whole in the prison, the most terrible havoc being com• mitted on everything which came in the way of the infuriated ruffians. The large stove placed in the centre of the building for the purpose of warming the prison was turned bodily over, and much injured. The amount of damage done is estimated at £lOOO. As soon as it was ascertained that all hope of restoring order, without the assistance of the mili tary was at an end, messengers were dispatched to the garrison for a strong body of troops, and also to the dockyard for the Metropolitan police and the guard always on duty at that establishment. Im mediately on receiving the order, a strong body of police, under the direction of Inspector Pethers, quickly proceeded to the prison. A party of the Royal Marines who happened to be engaged in rifle firing near the prison, also proceeded to the convict establishment, under the command of Major Rodney. On receipt of the order for the military at the garrison, a body of 400 of the Royal Marines the 4th and 35th Companies of the Royal Engineers, together with upwards of 500 troops of the Line, were quickly despacthed to the prison ; Colonel Jervis, Colonel Harness, C. 8., and the other priucipal officers of the garrison, also pro ceeding there to direct the operations of the soldiers. Each of the troops had with him 10 rounds of ball cartridges. On the arrival of the military at the prison a considerable time was permitted to elapse before they were allowed to enter, the reason for which could not be understood, especially as it was evident from the noise and uproar, which could be distinctly heard outside, that the mutineers were in full possession of the prison. After some time the military were allowed to enter, when several hun dred men were ordered to charge the rioters within the prison, about 300 of the troops being judiciously posted outside to prevent any of the convicts escap ing. The moment the convicts caught sight of the soldiery they set up the most fearful yells, and chal lenged them with oaths to " Come on," The order was then given to charge the con vic.s, the keepers driving the prisoners before them with their trun cheons, which they used with great effect. The troops continued to drive the prisoners before them, but no attempt was made to fire on them, although the soldiers repeatedly requested their officers to be allowed to do so. In a very short time after the arrival of the military the whole of the convicts had been driven into their cells, where they were securely fastened. A portion of the troops were then sent back to their barracks, but several hundred men of the Royal Marines, the Engineers, and the Line remained on duty at the prison all last night, and also to-day, in case there should bel any attempt at another outbreak. About forty of the ringleaders in the revolt were seized yesterday afternoon, and, each having been heavily ironed, the whole were chained together and placed in one cell, with a strong guard over them. This morning Captain Gambier, having ascertained the names of the principal par ties concerned in the outrage and mutiny, directed that 40 of them should each receive three dozen lashes. An order was at once despatched to the Marine barracks for the halberds and cats, which were immediately sent to the prison, eight of the strongest drummers being at the same time despatched to administer the punishment, which was inflicted in the presence of a strong body of troops. The whole of the convicts have been kept confined in their cells to-day, and no repetition of the disturbances has been attempted, a strong body of troops being still at the prison, where they are expected to remain to-night. LATEST PARTICULARS. During the height of the disturbances yesterday one of the convict-keepers, named Goad, was severely injured by the convicts, and now lies in a very precarious state. On the outbreak occurring the convicts demanded that Mr. Kinch, the chief warder, and Goad should be given up to them, as they intended to hang them. Goad, had he been recognised, would no doubt have fallen a victim to their fury, but after being severely treated he was forced into a cell, where he was locked in. This morning Major-General Sir Joshua Jebb, R.C.8., the Inspector-General of Prisons, arrived at the prison to institute an investigation into the outbreak, in conjunction with Captain Gambier. The result of their investigation was made known this evening, 90 of the ringleaders being ordered to be flogged, and afterwards sent to Millbank and Pentonville. Twelve men have been flogged at the prison this afternoon, including Bassett, who was the ringleader in the outrage on St. Mary's Island, a notorious convict named Butt, and 10 others, each of whom received three dozen lashes. The ringleaders in the mutiny yesterday are still securely chained together, awaiting their punish ment. A guard of 100 soldiers, with loaded rifles, will remain on duty at the prison to-night. THE CHARGE AGAINST A CITY 11BRCHANT. Mr. Robert North, a partner in the firm of Nickoll and North, Russia brokers, who stands committed upon the charge of stealing a large quantity of tallow value nearly £9,000, was yesterday again placed at the bar of the Mansion-house, before the Lord Mayor. Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, and Alderman Rose, in order that the depositions in this particular case might be completed, and also that further evi dence might be adduced in support of another charge of defrauding Messrs. Goss and Co., Russia brokers, Old Broad-street, of £1,497, under similar circumstances. Mr. Giffard, the barrister, instructed by Messrs. Freshfield and Co., the solicitors to the Bank of England, again attended on behalf of the prosecu tion. Mr. Metcalfe, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Baylis, solicitor, of the Poultry, appeared as on the previous occasions for the prisoner. Mr. George Goss disposed that ho carried on the business of a Russia merchant at 98, Old Broad street, and in November last the prisoner purchased of him a quantity of tallow, at the rate of 60s. per cwt. The transaction took place on the 26th, and he gave the prisoner a contract note, a copy of which he produced. The contract was put in. It was in the usual form with this exception, that the bargain was expressly stated to be for " ready money." Mr. Goss then went on to state that this trans action would have come to a conclusion on Jan. 30, and he sent the prisoner the usual notice that he was ready to deliver the tallow on the 16th, and on Jan. 28 he met the prisoner at the Baltic Coffee- house, and he asked him whether he would be in clined to advance money on tallow ? Witness in quired whether he referred to the tallow he had purchased of him, and he said he did not, he meant to pay for that, and they parted. On the following day witness received from his clerk a cheque for £1,497 14s. 11d., signed by prisoner, which was the price of the tallow, deducting one day's interest. The witness said he should certainly not have given an order for the delivery of the property if he had not believed that there was money at the prisoner's bankers to meet the cheque. It was paid into his own bankers, Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., and was returned unpaid the following day. Mr. Goss was subjected to a severe cross-exami nation by Mr. Metcalfe, and in answer to various questions that were put to him, he said that in the Baltic trade it did frequently happen that at the time the cheque was given in a transaction of this description the money to meet it was not at the mo ment at the bankers, and it was understood that the cash would be provided in the course of the day and that some arrangements would be made for that purpose. In the ordinary course of business the broker would give the delivery order to his princi pal, and he would hand him his cheque in return. The witness also said that it was a customary ope ration in thetradetoborrow money upon the tallow that had been purchased, and use that money to meet the cheque that hadbeen paid for it. Witness's firm only acted for principals, but he said he was quite aware it was customary for Russian brokers to speculate, and he also said it was quite common for principals to ask brokers to advance them money to meet the engagements they had made. Mr. Metcalfe inquired whether a fall in the mar ket, or the circumstance of the tallow purchased not turning out as good as was expected, would not materially affect the position of any person who wished to borrow money upon the article ? Mr. Goss said no doubt it would, but an honest man could at all events return the property to the parties from whom he had received it, or if he had pledged any portion of it he would not keep it, but would hand it over to the owners of the property. In answer to further questions, Mr. Goss said that at the time the delivery order for the tallow was given to the prisoner it had not been transferred to his own order, but this arose from the fact of the prisoner pressing to have the order very early, on the day before the transfer could be effected. I he transfer was, however, sent to the wharf (Scovell'a), where the tallow was lying in the course of the day. The Lord Mayor inquired of Mr. Goss whether he was to understand that at the time he gave the delivery order to the prisoner there was no taliow deliverable under the order. Mr. Goss said that was the fact, but it arose solely from the prisoner pressing to have the order so early, and before they had time to get the pro perty transferred to their firm. Evidence was then given that upon the receipt of the delivery order the tallow •was transferred by a fresh warrant to Mr. Dalton, a solicitor, the same gentleman who name was referred to in the inquiry that took place on Monday relating to the other transactions. It was also proved, as in the former case, that on the day the cheque was given, the whole amount standing to the credit of the prisoner at his banker's was £8 13s. 4d. The Cord Mayor (Mr. Giffard having previously stated that this was all the evidence he proposed to adduce on the part of the prosecution), intimated his opinion that the case was one which ought to be submitted to the consideration of a jury. Mr. Metcalfe then addressed his lordship, and said he was certainly surprised that his lordship should have come to such a determination, as it appeared to him that there really was no legal evi dence whatever to support either a charge of lar ceny, which appeared to be the present form of charge against the prisoner,or one of obtaining goods by false pretences. In order to make out a false pretence, within the meaning of the statute, and according to all the case that existed upon the sub ject, it was necessary that there should be a false representation as to some existing fact to support such a charge. If the prisoner at the time he gave the cheque had stated that it would be paid, and there was money at the bankers to meet it, it would have been very different ; but it was admitted by the manager of Mr. Hubbard on Monday, and by Mr. Goss to-day, that in these transactions it was understood that at the time the cheque for such a purchase was given the money was not ready to meet it, but that some arrangement would be made in the course of the day to provide for the cheque. He then proceeded to argue that there was no pre tence for charging the prisoner with larceny, and he said that if such a course could be taken upon such evidence as had been produced in this case, any broker engaged in the Baltic trade, as it was termed, who, from the failure of his principal to provide the necessary funds, or from the inferior cnaracter of the article rendering it difficult to obtain an advance of money upon it, was unable to meet payment, might be placed in the felons' dock upon a similar charge. The learned counsel con cluded by stating that if, as he gathered from the the course that had been token, the prisoner would be charged with stealing tho order for the delivery of the tallow ; he would remind his lordship that at the time it was given Mr. Goss had none of the tallow in his possession, and upon this technical ground he submitted that there was no foundation for such a charge, and that upon all the facts there was not the slightest probability that any jury would convict the prisoner, and he therefore called upon his lordship to dismiss the complaint. Mr. Giffard, in reply to the address of Mr. Met calf, said that with regard to the technical point that had been raised by his learned friend as to the delivery order being of no value, he would merely state that in a very important case that was argued before the Court of Criminal Appeal, where a per son named Watts, a clerk to the Globe Insurance Company, who was charged with larceny in steal ing a piece of paper of the value of one penny, that piece of paper being a cheque that had been returned and re-issued by the prisoner, the court decided that the count charging this offence as lar ceny was a good one, and that the prisoner was properly :convicted. 'With regard to the other topics that had been urged by his learned friend, or with reference to the morality of the speculative transactions that had been suggested too place in this particular trade he had nothing to address to his lordship ; but he might be excused for observing that in most cases where people were inclined to speculate, they did so with their own money and their own property, whereas the prisoner appeared to desire to do so with that of other people. The Lord Mayor then left the court for a short time, for the' purpose of conferring with Mr. Good man in refereree to the case. His lordship upon his return said that the result of the deliberation with Mr. Goodman had been to confirm him in the intention he had before formed in his own mind to commit the prisoner for trial. He had looked very carefully at the wording of the original contract under which the transactions took place, and he could not fail to see that the bargain that was made was one for " ready money," and the evidence given by Mr. Goss was distinct and clear, to the effect that he would not have parted with the property if he had not believed that he would have got the money. With regard to the technical form in which the charge would ultimately be made he had nothing to do ; that was a question for the consideration of the gentlemen who would have to draw the indictment, and all he had to do was to commit the prisoner for trial. The charge upon which the prisoner was formally committed was that of stealing a piece of paper of the value of twopence, and in answer to the usual formal question whether he desired to give any an swer to that charge, he replied that he had nothing to say. M. Metcalf made an urgent application to his lordship to allow the prisoner to be admitted to bail. The Lord Mayor said he thought he should not be doing his duty if he granted the application. Ho should be sorry to give any reasons for this de termination, which might be painful to the prisoner, but he had quite made up his mind not to take bail. The prisoner was then fully committed on both charges. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London New.) The will of the Rev. Dr. Croly, LL.D., rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, and late of Queen square, Bloomsbury, •was proved in the London Court of Probate on the 4th of this month by the acting executor, Frederick William Croly, Esq., the testator's son. The personalty was sworn under £B,OOO. The dispositions contained in the will are exceedingly brief, the whole being confined within four folios. It bears date the Ist of September last, and at the commencement has words usual in these documents but not often so closely brought into operation, " being sound in mind and body, yet aware of th e uncertainty of life, make this my last will and testament," and then proceeds by bequeathing his plate and some family paintings to his son Frederick. His furniture and books he directs to be equally divided among his three sons. To his son Pelham he bequeaths a legacy of £3,500, and leaves the residue of his property between his two sons, Frederick and Julian. There are no other bequests or directions con tainedin the will, which was attested by Clement U. Price, solicitor, Bedford-row, and by G. P. Wright, his clerk. Dr. Croly was the rector for a period of twenty-six years of a parish which is decorated with one of the finest specimens of Sir Christopher Wren's church architecture, and maintained a high reputation as an author and was equally distinguished and popular as a preacher. This eminent man, whose death, on the 24th of November last, was so sudden as to have created a great shock at the time, had attained the advanced age of 76, and was in the enjoyment of good health and strength up to the period of its termination. The will of Sir Richard Puleston, Bart., of Em ral-park, in the county of Flint, was proved in London on the 2d of this month. The personalty was sworn under £lO,OOO. The executors nominated are Lieut.-Gen. Sir Richard England, G.C.8., K.H.; Henry Bailey, sen , Esq., of Nant-y-glo ; G. Barker, Esq., of Stanlake, Berks ; and the Rev. Theophilus G. H. Puleston, the testator's son. The estates of inheritance situate in the counties of Flint, Chester, and Denbigh are entailed on the issues of the eldest son, Sir Richard Price Pule ston, Bart. To his second son, John P. B. Pule ston, the deceased baronet has left all his other estates and disposable property, real and personal. The will, although of great length, contains no bequests to other members of his family. It bears date the Ist of June, 1855, and was attested by Frederick Peake, Gray's Inn-square ; and Henry Penlington, coachman to Sir Richard. The de ceased baronet, who was twice married, died a widower, the late Lady Puleston having prede ceased him in 1847. He has left three sons and three daughters. Sir Richard died on the 19th of December last, at West Kirby, Cheshire, at the age of 71. The will of Sir Matthew Edward Tierney, B,art., of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square , was proved in the principal registry, on the 28th of last m onth, by Lady Tierney, his relict, the sole executrix. It was executed on the 21st of March, 1857, and attested by W. Watkins and i F. P. Hooper, solici tors, Sackville-street , and s very concise, the Baronet having bequeathed the whole of his estat e , real and personal , over which he had a power'of disposition, to his wife, for her sole and absolute use. Sir Matthew died on the 28th of December last, at the age of forty-two, and has left no issue. The deceased Baronet was the only son of the late Sir Edward Tierney, Bart., and the nephew of Sir Matthew J. Tierney (the first Baronet), Physician to King George IV. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gi avate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the " INVALIDS' OWN (intim" or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex wnse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaint/3 nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation , cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears. rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, Palpi tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, sinking, fits, bronehitis.—"linqueetionably the exteet Guide tv health.;' HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The rate of !.mortality in London was higher last week than it usually is in the first week of February; but since by a grateful change fine weather has reigned, the weekly number of deaths has rapidly fallen. In the week that ended last Saturday 1,459 deaths were registered ; in three preceding weeks the numbers were 1,926, 1,783 and 1,544. In the five weeks ending January 19t the mean weekly temperature ranged from 25.9 deg. to 32.4 deg. In the last three weeks it has been about 42 deg. The average number of deaths obtained from the returns of the weeks corresponding with last week in the ten years 1851-60, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,360. The present re turn, therefore, shows an excess of almost a hun dred deaths over the calculated amount. The deaths from pulmonary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, decreased from 447 in the previous week to 362 last week, which latter number may be compared with the corrected average for ten corresponding weeks, 321. The mortality from bronchitis is on the decline, though it is still above the average. This disease numbered 210 deaths last week, pneumonia 94, sstbma 32, whooping cough 81. There were 10 deaths from small-pox. Seven nonagenarians died in the week, the oldest of whom was a man aged 97 years. and two widows aged respectively 97 and 99 years. Six deaths are referred to murder or manslaughter, 4 of which are deaths of infants. Nine deaths [(6 of infants) are ascribed to syphilitic disease. Two persons died from privation, viz., the son of an ex-' cavator, aged 6 years, who was brought to West minster Hospital from Dacre-street, Westminster, and died on the 3d inst. of " privation, tuberculous disease ;" and the widow of a wine cooper, aged 65, who died on the 18th ult., at 19, Rushton-street, St. John's-road, Shoreditch, from congestion of the heart caused by want of food and exposure. There were also two cases of privation in which verdicts of murder or manslaughter were returned. A jour neyman wood carver and his wife died, the latter on the 7th inst., the former on the Bth inst. of typhoid fever, at 99, Mansfield-street, Tlaggerstone. A female servant who had been brought to the Smallpox Hospital, where she died, had been living in a family in Kensington where there was small pox, and when she was attacked by the disease it is stated she was turned into the street. A state ment of so grave a character requires investigation. Of 15 children, who died by suffocation, 12 were suffocated in bed. Last week the births of 1,067 boys and 999 girls, in all 2,066 children, were registered in Loudon. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,774. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL-FEB. 12. At our market to-day there was a large attendance of country buyers, who were more anxious to buy than for some time past ; a fair business was done in wheat at is more money on the week. Grinding barley 6d dearer. Beans, peas, and oats firm. To-night it has commenced to snow, and it looks likely to continue. LEEDS-FEB. 12. Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, but business was of a dull character. Wheat must be noted at the rates of last market day. Good barley was quite as dear. No change in other articles. LIVERPOOL-FEB. 12. There was the usual attendance of the town and country trade at this morning's market, and we had a limited sale for wheat, which may be quoted at the currencies of last Tuesday. Flour was aleo a slow sale, at last week's prices. Indian corn was in fair request, at 375:6d per 4801bs for best mixed American, and 39s to 39s 6d for white. Oats and oatmeal were slow of sale, but unaltered in price. Beans 6d to is dearer. Peas and barley a retail sale, at about previous rates. NEWCASTLE-UNDER LYNE-FEB. 11. At this corn market there was a moderate supply of wheat. The trade was active, and prices were at the extreme of late rates—white making 608 to 765. red 56s to 665. The demand for barley was limited, but at no reduction in value. Oats were in fair supply, with a steady sale, from 24s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans steady, fi om 40s to 50s per qr. LYNN-FEB. 12. A moderate supply of wheat to-day, which was in brisk demand, and prices again in favour of the buyer. Barley fully as dear. Oats scarce. Beans firm. Old white 56s to 60s I Old red 50s to 54a Barley. .... 40s to 44s I Oats .2os to 26s Beans .40s to 44s I Peas 48s to 54i NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was very good, and as buyers were more numerous, business was animated, last week's rates being supported. Soots, 4s Cd to 5s Od ; shorthorns, 4s to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3a 6d to 4s Od ; Devons, 4s to 4s net (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a small show, and sales brisk, at 8s Od to 8s 64 per 141 b. Sheep—There was a better supply of sheep in the pens. Fat sheep, 9s Od to 9s 6d per stone ; prime, lOs Od Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 20s to 255; fat pork ) 7s Gd to 8s Od per stone. TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • . .. Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Mar. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. .. Feb. —. Cuba and Mexico .. .. Feb. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. Feb. 13. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. March 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Feb. 18. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Feb 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. India (BoMbay), (via Southampton) .. .. Feb. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Feb. 20. Lisbon Overdue. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Feb; 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 12. Vigo, and Oporto .. Overdue. United States, California, &c. Feb. 14. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Feb. 13. 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