The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-07 00:00:00

Nos. fi•••••••••/ routine 0 tmeuts in is another Lccept her ing on the its proper not giving showing 4 remorse, tion of en' jars upon dance to spoken of anent is 3 so name' Itionshige pito per and Ow• mediable , of a firs t from the vith Via- Bryon. ()lame ar at war it 's tent be largely essions, ag ic - Aowledg e *the lall' ationil at' late strlg- From 1. . 5 e Russian, 1, and dia" es, as well ied for the also a co' 'nation on nteresting more than a valuable nay safe l A Y litary an Liverpo ol r of vessels iacipalitie s• irkish Luao )0/. a . we ek, of about prospect of t the u300e9 7: OIL in' iamenced oat deaS ei r itiSt, aro, of the WO' her a larg e marked at. and Ratte r : tiainaga 91'7, operatiaa! there was ; " a gre a t tired hig beir 'esa activitf ;as had °QS ' 1-Geners, is tent to ee . " . n til Russ' a l ets requir" ".o and frn i f, f e usuellY ° An ~ t 5; i oul bs r c ool , respe I m erclA ntg :c hange) i br o r respect °, s on bis re o f Heisted !stal, gratifiedcival cornoner _ .eted for the tion on tb l P cted 995. ow Cu Ar, l ; e of ono , the 11°13 ; a sseroblag, h is erec te d y le, from Lincoln, e• tudk in, the ;ton -squa re ' and i-cboolii amount nol got occurr ed corrupt - [2 men al it is fe' b a i i, toe tour or drilling d a o verb gate ition 9f t he ffereli were [llBn on the l uan ce inar, te m u 3e Board he OW a ' 9 , - seo to a dduc e Wee i u siOn ran t for s: ) visit SO L , pot int) .1:311 reirr p re anot h l mild be fai r )ald be cf. ties of t's" —Yesterdo re l a ting t ° an. , l i l t'. Hanin3 oo ` .P extendioN st of Jae'' n tion re' ,r Wi° Jaan irs p tbot tb ° t officer i n ataactorff, be Gover n ; reea ble fa e' - whom th e be, and 11/1 MSSAGE." ' b Parson* , den repa ir r. Green, la descen d 1 . R o bert! ) butcher ! ,ed by g l. ; The P° ° ! ege HOP!' great Bur dy injure"' !ER.- - I reg occa sional' ; professionpie, on , te rd, of the about 130' lean, that' ,ne of the fetch hie t very ill' I Dr. Far r found hills krned gen' ;.)t wove, 12 in the brass caw rhitvfortht Liverpool, )1. Griffie , hroughotA ;hots were first 81 3 °' . ,d the er elevation periments city of the ,e average )00 yards obtained. ure dal the• latter is for the rneinoratc Woolwich ecedented iwarclg of he works the car the train ;onveying once war re of CO el design'', some 01 ly require ations Of ibably be ;e are in• I one on e designs each way' )xer star imerable As it is the pre the rem oolwich• 7:4 E Its "46 E y - DIO AND C VIERTAL iNTMLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoox The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and compared with Friday's range prices of American and Surat were higher ; other kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation, including 200 Egyptian at 6kd. to 7d ; and 1,500 Surat, Odd. to Sid. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, but prices were advancing. Accounts from Hamburg state that the easy state of the Money Market there has exercised a fa vourable influence upon trade generally, especially in purchases of coffee. Rio has been in demand at full rates, and sales of 5000 bags Brazil realised from sch. to 4,1 sch. ; and 4,000 Laguayra from 5i to Gi sch. The imports of coffee during the year up to the close of April was about 31,500,000 lb., and the stock on hand about 30,500,0001 b.; against 22 millions and 17 millions respectively in 1855. At Amsterdam the coffee market was apparently quiet ; but the stock on hand was diminishing from day to day, and the result of the sales during the month of April showed the large quantity of 271,571 bags to have changed hands. There was not iinuch alteration in prices ; but the demand for Brazil of ordinary quality was good. _ . Trade reports from Antwerp show that there is not much variation in prices in the principal arti cles of import, but a very steady business is doing. There has been some large sales by auction of coffee, which have rendered private trans actions unimportant. The latter included 1,500 bags Brazil, and GOO bags Saint Domingo and Java ; and. at the former the lots knocked down comprised 3,175 bags Brazil, from 47c. to 60ic. per half kilo. ; 1,065 bags San tos, from 5240. to 614 c. ; and 122 bags St. Domingo, from 68c. to 60c. Cotton maintains its improved quotation of last week, although the business trans acted is unimportant. For good ordinary Ameri can 31c. to 32c. per half kilo., and for good mid d!ing 354 e. to 361 e. It is stated that the preliminaries of an agree ment between the representatives of the Great Luxembourg and the Eastern of France Railway Company have been arranged, but the sanction of the respective shareholders has to be obtained before the terms can be finally settled. The latter company will, it is alleged, undertake the working of the Luxembourg line, and pay its proprietary a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum, provided the earnings are sufficient, but will not guarantee a minimum dividend of more than 3 per cent. All profits above 4 per cent. will be equally divided between the two companies. The Southern of France Railway Company . is about to issue 49,500 New 3 per Cent. Obligations. Accounts from Berlin state that the Bank of France has reduced the rate of discount from 5 to 4 per cent. No movement of importance has taken place in the market for public securities this morning, but the quotations are steady and the dealings limited. Until after the settlement of the account inactivity is likely to prevail, and it is not expected that any material increase of business will take place until the Budget has been submitted to the House of Commons. In the meantime, should the present comparative ease in the money market continue, the bona fide purchases of stock on behalf of the public will, no doubt, give support to the market. Consols for transfer have been 922 to 93, but they have since advanced to 93k, while for the Bth instant (to-moirow) they are about 92i to 93. The June prices are 931 The New 3 per Cents. have been purchased at 92 to 921, and the Reduced at 04 -a. Bank Stock is 40i, being heavy. The Unfunded Debt is firmer, the March Bills being par to 23. premium, and June ditto 4s. to 2s. dis count, while the Bonds rule at pvl to 98k. East India Bonds have been dealt in at Gs. to 3s. dis count for those under 1,000/. Very few transactions have been recorded in the Foreign Stock Market, and many of the quotations are merely nominal. Turkish 6 per Cents. are dull at 98, and the 4 per Cents. firmer at 1011 Sardinian Bonds are 95. Spanish 3 per Cents. 44k, and Belgian 44 per Cents. 95. Dutch 4 per Cents. remain at 91. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Daferred Bands, 61 71 ; Mexi can, 221 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Rus sian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Ditto De ferred, 241 51; Ditto Certificates, 51 ; Ditto Pas sive, 7 Railway Shares rule quiet, but tho prices are a shade firmer for most of the English lines. The Foreign are steady, arid the Italian Junction, CH meant and. Toulouse, Lombardo, Venetian, and the Riga are well maintained. French lines are quiet. Great Luxembourg are flatter. London and County Bank are I higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the °Fetal Litt.) Business done. Bank Stock .... 2101 3 per tient. Red Iced Aunuitie3 9ll 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3l Ditto .30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 1-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account Ezchequer Bills, 21d. March. June. £1000 .2500 peall3 p 4 d kaDitto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent.. 974 6 8 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian Bon:1s, 5 per Cent. brriFt , Bonds, 3 per Cent 44i Ditto Account 451 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 pir cent Ditto Account • 93 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lOl4 end. on the above • ~ , aolo ui Londop. Belgian, 21 per Cent., ex. 25 francs Ditto 41 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs 95 Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Money 9 I Ditto Account (Bth May) ~. 99 ~.. 224 ... 22. DOVER, May 6.—His Highness Aali Pasha and suite arrived at Dover this afternoon by a special steamer, and, after stayine at the Ship Hotel for a few hours, proceeded to London by the 7.30 p.m. train. Tas AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Black Ball mail clip per ship Lightning, 111'1Cirdie master, sailed from Liver pool for Melbourne yesterday (Tuesday) with the bi monthly mail, a large cargo, and nearly 400 passengers. The Prince Henri XIII. of Reuss and the Baron Art im have taken their departure from the St. James's Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, for Paris. Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour and General and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murray. have arrived at the same establishment, the former from Portsmouth, and the latter Wimbledon Lodge. • ROYAL MUNIFICENCE —Her Majesty the Qneen and the Prince have made the munificent donation of 1001. in aid of the funds of the Model Establi-hment of Baths and Washhouses in Goulsten-squaie, Whitechapel ; the high price of coals during the last two years having raised the expenses of that most useful establishment above its ine.orne. UpwarOs of 150,000/. of the recently arrived Austra lian gold is stated to have been taken to the Bank. SECOND SOMERSET REGIMENT OF MILITIA.--We are informed that the names of the L , ix captains who have resigned their commissions, in consequence of Mr. Stan ley's appointment to the majority in this regiment, are : —Pickwick. Hon!ditch, Sawyer, Richards, Strode, and. Irrstt.— Cork Reporter. MR. ROGER'S SALE.—The celebrated drawing of the Entombment, by Raffselle, an original design for the picture in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, and the most important work of art in Mr. Roger's collection, was yesterday knocked down to Morris Moore for the sum of four hundred and fifty gxineas. This drawing is erwraved in the Ciozat collection. TIM BAND IN VICTORIA•PARK.-It is generally under stood that the band of the Tower Hamlets Militia will play in Victoria-park on Sunday next, and an agitation is being got up at Bethnal-green to endeavour, if possi ble, to prevent it. A circular has been issued, purport ;rig to come from the churchwarden of St. John'r, Bethnal-green, inviting attendance at the parochial Bebop's, Church-row, on Thursday evening next, "to c•nsider wbat steps can be taken to °pose the contem pitted playing of a mili'ary band in Victoria-park on the Sabbath." SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day 251 - 26 4 - 41 •••• ... .., 8i - 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 87 —8) 60 co; i : 16 • es - .., 16.4 - -- 10 33 - 33 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 271 - 28. - 81 - 127 -- 104 62i 67 - 70 5 i - 6ip 5 64 88i 89 , 7 - 71 101 103 1001 - 101 Ad- ip A d - - 94 - 8v j ... '"" ... 29 - 39 - 741 - 75 13 - 45 • 13 -- 13 53 - 55 34 - 34i 35 78 - 79 6 - 5A 3i - 3 151 - 16 55 56 85 - - - 101 - 10. 26 - 23 03 105 75 77 46 - .18 14i 15 1 3 71. 72 71 73 4 2 Ad, 9 7 :6 - 37 . 19 - 20 -• 5 - 7i G - 8 -- 21 5 -- !Sip, •Q --- *,i Shr. !Paid, s t.l io IborG.L. ork Oi Smbg. Idottug. Bost. and Hutu. Jur.ct... .11 Belfast k Baapnea. 3irndng. Wolvorh Stour Valley Ta lirkoand. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Yo. Cheap. es Birk. £5O and 225 Cons 19 De., £2O all iiiyth AtTynt origina £25 (iced. at £45 •iiistol and Exeter Yaledonian. ...... is. 'Yam. and Cardigan al %ester ez Holyhead 611 York and Bandon al York, Black, es PAS LS 30141Weil 01 Do. A. 8 Do. B - riel Junction.,.... 15 )ul:llindtilelfastJunc. Inn. P. & Aber. * Mc. )0 Oast Anglian......, al Eastern Counties 'last. •;.rniou, A &I 0( Da., B. Stmt.- 83, Do., New A .0 ga,st Kent 10 ~ ast Lancashire 10 , ;:dinturgh&Glasgo , di Odinb. and Peebles )0 Alin.Prth dtDur-le 9 , 'ortb & Clyde AU L al Furness di Do. Extension )0 Glasgow& S. West., al Great N. of Scotlnd. )0 Great Northern * Do., A. 5t0ck...... O Do., B. Stock )0 It. Sth. &West.(lre • ;4reat Western 10 :)o. Stour Val Ra! - Gua. Stk di [rich South-Eastert .11 ranea.ster At Carlisle 0., Thirds 8 Do. New Thirds )0 faancash.andYorkeh. :)3. Wet. Riding Tin f.iv.brsbydz.Southr .11 London & Black wall 03 Load. Bright & B.Cet X) Gond. and N. Weste 16 Do. Fifths 54 D0.101.3h.,M&8 ( 24 Do. Eighths,. LOO London andS. Westn. tll Do., .£§o. al Do., .C4O dl !.4ndndrryti Colerain. i,ndudrrr. & Ennisk. 11) itauch.Shef. At Li ncl , 2s. Nan. & Lin. Un 1 Aetropolitan )0 liidland 10 )o. Birrhug.&Derik dl %did. G. West. (Ira al Do. Half Shares ill Newcastle & al Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfil 83 Newry & Enniskill al Newry - Warrenpoin and Rostrevor.... St.ll i 0 31 I 21 22 1 25 I al St. 10 St. 10 1.0 61 5) a] 53 Ed 20 al 20 11 10 al 10 1 50 4 '5 al St. 10 90 St. 10 dt. 1 25 ll St. 101 St. 101 St. iv 50 a 20 a: St. 10 10' a' St.' 10 St; 10 St 1 0 St. 1) St. 10 St. 101 1 20 si MI al 20 1 11 St_ t !i0 40 al 25 al 25 %1 St. 11 {T 2F if St. ILO St. 11.01 , Torfolk 3 Northn.Counties Un 10 North British._ th DAvort Rail. & 10 Dock Stock )0 , 0., A Stock. 611 ' l o. , B Stock al Do., B Guarantee N.Eastern—Berwie al Do. do. Extension 15 Do.do. G.N.E. ?web ill Do. Leeds )0 Do. York 00 North L0nd0n..... N.&S.Vistrn.,Haml • stead, and City Jn 17 North Staffordshire li North Western • g. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, , and Leicester )2r., Wore., k Wolv. .1 Portaulouth a) Scottish re Aral 10 Scottish flidland 10 Shropshire Urhn 611 South Devon 10 South Eastern 10 South Wales .5 3. Yrksh. & Ely. Du? 5 Do i 6 •-ituineh, Wck. &Wol , an Stockton & Darli to Stolkten & Al Tell Vale P 1 Do. Pref., No. !2 Hay. D.& R. Inverstone & Lanes all Vale of Neath all Waterf6l. & Kilkenn• all Water ford &Lime r all IWcot Cornwall. I'd 'West End of London and Crystal Palace.. 11 Do. A .. 3 Do. B .„ all iWest. London all iWimb/odn &Croydon it. 11. St. I St. 1 8 it) St. 101 25 2: 25 1 50 al St. 10 , St. 1( 10 3s 20 1' 20 &1 10 al it- 11 1 1 20 1: St. 1.0 30 a', St. St. 101 20 11 20 I I St. 11 St. I' 25 ? 2) 2) 50 2 5 1 .1 FOR: 10 *1 40 20 5 20 18 18 LL 176 a 20 1: 20 al 20 11 20 9. 1 t 100 a] tOU I a 20 I a 1 25 ,+ tOO 9 too I al 20 I al 26 t, Autwer;....y.Kett r:i'rn 0 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con in Sli. atpar till '64 10 Ardennes all Belgian Egan. June 14 lezi ere to OraissPrsa 44 Bombay, Ilaroda, an Central India,Scri 1: 8f - 81 par 2 p 7 —7.3 p 2 2i 4i 5 1i - 11 11 Do. ,11 Demerara .1 Dutch Rhenish 11 Eastern of Franco 9 Do. New 611 East Indian, g. sp. e .5 Do. Elr tension .. .11 D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 I no. do. do., ds' .6 Gce'ong t Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt. . 31 Do., Lon. allot., do. !2 t (i. Tk of CanadaA 11 -1A PI 41i - 42} 22i - ?RI - 23 11 9 d 14 16 Do. ..................... I) Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6? AI Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do 4 Gt. Ceutral of Franc(' ill Gt. Indian PenincnlA 4 Groat Luxembonr. Constituted Share all Do. Obligations... 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. all GFt.WestornofCanadal 65 75 75 - 85 9 - 101;' 21 -22 i 61 - 31 - 4 Shareg , .......... 26 - 26 3i - siDo. New Xll Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 dl Do. do., '62, p. '56 M Do. do., '76, p. '6O Xll Do. do., '73, without, option dl Hamilton k Toronto ill Do. 6 per cent. 1. Lake Conet. & Basle ill Morro and Turnhout Xll Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p .6 Lyons and Geneva .4 Lyons & T.fediterran Aadras, guar. 4 p.c [0 Do. Now 0., sp. c. 0 Do. 4i p. c. Exten Karla Antonia ~... dl Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) all Do. (ex interest) , all Northern of France. all D 0.201. Shs. Do. 20T. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B.4t AMES. Shs. all NorwegianTrunk.Pre all Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ...... . all Paris and Orleans.: 5 Rome and Frascati %.11 Royal Danish dl Royal Swedish__ al Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse Do. 5§ p. eent. Pref 5 Sednd,;, guar. sp. c al D 0... ill Southern of France L 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). :I! West Flanders al Do 64 ner c. Pref., LS W. &N.W. of Penne, West. of Switzerland al Wiesbaden .. .11 Zealand 99 - 101 109 - 102 125 - 130 108 109 25 - 26 124 - 128 IDO • • - ...~ _ fit 121 201 - 2 r iP 7 - 7i 51 - 61 - 441 12i - 121 - 58 t 5 57 - 20 I al 111- 12 91 2 - 2ip 11i 12 20 ql 20 a] 20 1 • .1% . .. NO - pm 8 r.! al 20 it 20 Al 6 Al 20 11,1 4i - 37 -37 i 37 1 i i , . an. ... JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. 0 11 lAnstr..la4it,,~ 25 1 4 0( 0 I 5t) l Bannß. sr 3 i. fkeooofl London 63 —65 '' C. 60 411 3ritis:ll N. Amoricau 25 5 (lhartd. Bank of Asi; p 20 4 Chrtd. Bult. of India, Australia, & Chins ... 4 100 50 City 63 —. 65 1 0 0 25 colonial 100 20 Conuaorcial of Loud 2c, p.il Eur.inot.&A.llP.Cht l5l 20 all Lond. Mart. Bk. op Australis l7i -- 181 1 26 5 Ditto New 3 2 1 5 0( 0 5 2 0 0 li:ennad.s,tona.BndukCgo.neno• Ep par... 2.. p. 33i 3 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 10 Loudon and Paris 4 -- 2 d 100 20 Lond. & WeAminstoi 47 100 35 National Pro.of Bug 20 10 Do. Nsw 50 22.; National of Ireland •• • 20 all Now South Waler • 41 43 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 4l 4 3 20 5 Ottoman Bank — 1 p 421 10( 50 Royal British ..• 25 all - lonth Australia 21 all Union of Australia 69 71 70/ 4 71 —n 8 4 i 50 11 TJnion of London ••• NO 3 Western Bk of Lou' '4i 2 3idi 4vl 0N , ......--___ . ',ION. Business done this day RAILWAYS. 25 al 100 Al if a] 20 a; 2N WO Al [OO a] ILO al WO al [OO a, 20 1 20 al 5 al 20 - .1( 20 t 20 a] 20 11 20 11 311 10 al 20 al Als tEi 20 t,O 9 10 024 2 831 1 101 l 2 1001 i 11 i 9.1 i 29 i 78 .1 15 56 5 15 Tl 4 I 221 61 61 6 Si Si 4i 5 26i i 91 1271 19 THE, SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD,AY EVENING, MAY 7, 1856. UNES L,.;I;ASSI) z•f FIXED 4,4 4, t n I 6 7 yi* The clergy who suffered most from the injustice com plained of would not derive much relief from the deduc tion of the land tax ; and as regarded curates' stipend but few were kept in the rural districts, and the relief would be but email, and the same applied to the relief the deductions of the payments to Queen Anne's bounty would give the clergy, and besides that would be an additional injustice to many, a por tion of the clergy only having to pay towards the bounty. The fourth clause. for deducting rates and taxes imposed after the c..)mmotation of the titheß, he could not approve of, and he denied the proposition of the hon. and learned gentleman on this point. There was one point the hon. and learned gentleman had not mentioned—viz., that the charge for the main tenance of the poor throughout the kingdom had been redaced 1,500,0001., and to that extent the clergy had been relieved with which to meet any increase of taxa tion that had since taken place. With regard to the present mode of appeal be saw nothing objectionable in it, or that a clergyman should not avail himself of it as well as a layman. He (Slr. Bouverie) objected to the clause making it compulsory on the Justice to see the rate was properly made. He should not oppose the second reading of the bill, but should rece►ve his opposition till the house went into committee on the bill. RAE& RAID, La tetra Clioin, this daT. .trAiness this lay, 95 97 94 b 8 11 - 13 132 131 4/ 104 _ 166 121 -- 131 lib -7: iis 21 - 2i Sir J. PAKINGTON, in addressing the house, asked, "Where is the Chancellor of the Exchequer ?" (laughter) —seeing that he had not been present at any time dur• ing the morning. No doubt the Speaker would answer he did not know, but considering the high authority the Chancellor of the • Exchequer was on this question, he should have been present. He (Sir J. Pak ington) was glad to find the Government would not oppose the second reading of the bill, and he regretted that from the tone of the hon. member's speech (Mr. Bouverie's) led them to believe that the Government would resist the bill in committee. (The right hon. baronet was proceeding to address the house on the great injustice of the present system, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered the house amidst much laughter.) He supported the bill, and said that the house and the country were much indebted to the hon. and learned member for Tavistock for attempting to remedy the evils complained of. The Government was only asked to do an act of justice to the clergy. Mr. HENLEY was glad the bill was to be read a second time, because it was an admission on all hands tc, at an evil and an injustice really existed. The real question at issue had nothing to do with the pecuniary position of the parties interested, but resolved itself into whether an inequality existed or not. He, how ever, was afraid C: at the present bill would remedy the admitted grievance ti7.:at existed. Sir W. HEATHCOTE also addressed the house on the necessity of au alteration in the present mode of assessing rent charges. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER after stating that his absence in the early part of the day was occasioned by his attendance on one of the Committees, said that the clerical tithe had a real and substantial grievance to complain of in the rating of his tithe from the simple fact of the assessor who makes the rate in each pariah being a farmer, and, consequently he assessed those of his own class somewhat below their full value, whilst the mount of the rent charge being an ascertained fact, the full amount was entered on the rate, and the clergyman had to pay on the full assessment. Tithes had always been considered as property and not as an income. Toe right hon. baronet having stated his objections to many of the clauses of the bill, and the deductions proposed to be made, said that he considered the deduction for the payment towards Queen Anne's bounty was tenable. The clergyman was only a tenant for life, and occupied his house as an official residence, which was different from that of an ordinary tenant for life, and therefore ho thought it a fair ques tion for consideration, whether the clergymen should he a►lowed to deduct that amount from the asse-snient. Mr. GLADSTONE said it was gratifying to him to find, from the general tone of the discussion, that there was a desire on the part of the house to relieve the clergy of the inequality and injustice of which they com. plained. The admission of the grievance on this occa sion had been universal, and so emphatic that he thought it not altogether creditable to the house to allow small dificulties of detail and small differences of opinion to interfere between it and the proposed cure of the grievance. Let them not fold their arms and idly stand by and not attempt a remedy for a griev ance that was plain, palpable, and even scandalous. It would be better to apply a remedy to which there might be some objections (though not of a vital charac ter) than to allow the grievance complained of to remain in that neglected state in which it had already too long rested. As the feelings of the house was so universal in admitting the grievance, he hoped the bill would not be lost from any difference of opinion as to the remedy, and therefore he sug gested that the bill should be referred to a select com mittee, not to take evidence, but for that committee to closely and carefully consider the various modes of re medy proposed in juxtaposition to each other, and re port thereon to the house. P 43 - 94 i - $p 56 - 58 45 - 47 1. - 32 - 134 '4 :id iii 1 iii - Mr. HADFIELD condemned the present power of appeal against assessments to poor's rates. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time and ordered to be referred to a select committee. AGGR I.VATED ASSAULTS BILL. Mr. DILL WYN moved the second reading of this bill, which was one he thought was well calculated to repress those fearful cases of assault upon women, which so frequently appeared in the public newspapers. The clauses of the bill propesed the infliction of corpo real punishment, which he thought was . the only thing calculated to do so. It bad been sug• Bested that solitary imprisonment should be in flicted. He thought that solitary imprisonment, and a longer term of it, would be good in some cases, but he maintained that solitary imprisonment was not calculated to act sufficiently active on the mind of man to prevent him, through fear, from com mitting those brutal assaults upun defenceless wo men, which was a disgrace to the country. There had been also a suggestion that a cheap law of divorce should be passed. (Hear, hear.) He would go heart and hand to obtain a cheap law of divorce, but he did not wish to mix the law of divorce up with this measure, and, under all the circumstances, he thought that the only way by which the evil would be abated was by the infliction of corporal punishment. When a man committed a robbery, he, generally speaking, weighed well the consequences of the act if d.- tected ; but, in the case of wife beating, such was not the case. But if the knowledge that corporal punishment would surely be administered, the hand of the savage would be stopped by the dread of receiving suchpuniehmen., for it was generally found that the greater the bully the greater the coward. It had been said that such a mode of punishment as was proposed to be inflicted by this bill would degrade man. He believed a man who habitually assaulted his wile could tot be degraded for he was a brute, and a brute could not be degraded, but he ought to be pre vented from repeating aggravated assaults. The hon. gentleman having referred to the meeting lately held at Leicester, hoped the Government would not oppose the second reading of the bill. Sir G. GREY said every person must wish to see the cases of aggravated assaults diminished, yet be thought the bill of the hon. gentleman ought not to be agreed to. The present law had bean very beneficial and it had worked mush good. He believed the punish ment of the existing law was much more calculated to effect an improvement in the conduct of the man than the infliction of corporeal punishment. When a man was sent to prison his wife generally interested herself and obtained his discharge, and be went home again under circumstances more calculated to make him act in a kinder and better manner towards the woman, whom he was bound by all the ties of honour and affection to protect. He thought that a law liberating from prison after four teen days solitary confinement, and a smarting back, was not half so likely to effect an im provement in the behaviour of the man as the present law. He thought the act which had been lately passed was not a failure, and for these and other reasons he must object to the second reading of the bill. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR thought that it was going back in civilisation to inflict corporeal punishment for cases of assault. The present law had not been a failure, and, therefore, he should oppose the bill. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Bentinck, and Mr. Barrow took part, Captain SCOBELL said the house was arguing this question on a very narrow ground. By the present bill, if any member of this house met a saucy boy in the street and corrected him, he was liable to fourteen days' im prisonment and to be flogged. Flegsfing in the navy had greatly diminished, and the consequence was we had a superior class of men in the service. He agreed with some of the suggestions that had been made during the debate. Compel a man to do any sort of dirty work, to any sort of degradation, but don't flog him. He believed that if the wife knew her husband was to be flogged as a punishment, for an assault committed upon her she would not come forward to prosecute him. Mr. MUNTZ thought that a cheap law of divorce was the best measure that could be adopted. Mr. S. WORTLEY opposed the bill as it would tend to increase the repugnance cf wives coining forward to prosecute their husbands for habitual ill-usage. The house then divided, when tberc appeared— For the second reading Against it • 135 Majority against the bill —33 The bill was consequently lost. . SLEEPING STATUTES BILL. This bill was read a second time. SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY SOCIETIES BILL This bill WAS also read a s:clnd time. The second reading of the Maynooth College Bill was understood to be postponed till t , : -morrow. The house then adjourned till 2 o'clock to-morrow. TEE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.—We are requested to state that the name of the artist who has exhibited a work of sculpture entitled "Love," in the Exhibition, is Woolner, not Woolmer, as printed in the index of the official catalogue. WIFE BEATING.—At the Clerkenwell police-court, yesterday, William Catharn was committed to prison for six months for brutally assaulting his wife. The magistrate informed the fellow that at the expiration of his term of imprisonment he should require him to End bail for his future good behaviour for another six months. REPRESENTATION OF LANCASTER. The Lancaster Guardian states that Mr. Robert Baynes Armstrong has expressed his intention of appea,ing to the suffrages of the electors at the first opportunity. Mr. Armstrong, who comes for Ward on the liberal iutersst, will be op pesed, as has been already intimated, by Mr. Robert Gladstone, of Manchester. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MoitNlNa. TIIE MURDER OF MRS. KELLY. The informations in the case of Mr. George Stre • rens, who standa charged with being accessory to the murder of Mrs. Sarah Kelly, having been re , turned, his counsel will apply to-morrow to the Cuurt of Queen's Bench to admit the prisoner to bail. It is understood, however, that the applica tion will be :strenuously resisted by the Crown, on the ground that the evidence already obtained is sufficiently strong to warrant Mr. Strevens' further detention in custody. As yet the public are in complete darkness as to the nature of this evidence, the press having been excluded—perhaps properly so—during the two days' magisterial investigation at Moate ; but it is thought probable that the secrecy which has been so far observed will be partially broken by the proceedings in the Queen's Bench on Wednesday. THE MURDERERS OF MISS HINDS. The Attorney-General has refused to give his fiat for the bringing of a writ of error in the case of the convict Duane, convicted at the last special commission of Cavan for inciting and hiring others to murder Miss Hinds. 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THE SEDA.STOPOL AND AZOFF CLASPS. We are authorised to state, in reference to the notic3 published in the Gazette of the 21 inst., that though every exertion is being made by the Admiralty for the issue of the clasps for " Sebastopol" and "Azoff," they cannot bc ready for issue before the end of the present month. The following is a literal translation of a letter from the Russian officers on board the Iwperatriz to Captain Cox : "Steamer Itnperatriz, Libau, April 26, 1556. "We, the Russian officers returning to our native country, are desirous of expressing the extreme satisfac tion we have enjoyed on board her Majesty's steamer linperatriz, on her voyage from England to the Ru-sian port, Libau, not only from the hospitable treatment and attention to our comforts manifested by Capt. Cox and all under his command, but from his c.induct to all the prisoners of war, 1,136 in ❑umber, on board, which has been universally courteous and obii ding ; and we sin cerely take leave of him with earnest hopes of his future welfare. " Signed in the name of Prince Corosoff and 40 Rue eian oEficera. "GuSTAF GrII,AHN, Lient.-Cul. " To CAptaic Henry T. Cox." THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET. An imperial order, dated St. Petersburg, April 7, lays down a new constitution of the Baltic fleet, which will henceforth be composed of three divisions, two corn prising three squadrons each, and one comprising four squadrons. The first squadron of the let division is composed of a vessel f the line, the Emperor Nicholas, 120 ; Vyborg, 84 ; Constantine, 84 ; and the Rouvik and Kamschatka (-team frigate.). The second squadron consists of the Relvisor, 84; Oret, 84 ; and Mango-head, 84 ; Otvaschni (steam frigate) ; and the Voll and Bouivoll (corvettes of 10 guns each). The third consists of the Palkan (frigate), 70 ; and the Marie, 60. The three squadrons of the 2d division are as follow First brigade—Vladimir, 84 ; Imperatrice, 84; Vila gosti, 60 ; Constantine, Gremaschtchi, and Sineli (steam frigates). Second squadron—The Lefort, 84 ; Pamiar Asova, 74; Borodino, 60 ; Grosaschtschi (steam frigate) ; and the Amphitrite and Castor (Railing frigates). Third squadron, Netron Mena, 84 ; Krasni, 84. The first squadron of the third division comprises —The Pierre 1., 100 ; Volta, 84; Susoi Velikoi (sailing frigate), GO ; Klirabry and Olaf ( , ailing frigates). Second squad ron—Pultava, 84 ; Grand Duc Michel, 74 ; The Eric Morromez (ailing frigate), at Archangel ; and Bogatyr (steam frigate). Third squadron—Tne Fere Champe noise, lima, 84, and liesekiel, 75. Fourth squadron— Prokhor, 84 ; Brienne, 75 ; Ichora and Vladimir, steamers, and the Abo, Amerique, and Niemen (trans ports). Five vessels of the line, the Bereeino, the Ingerrnain land, Saint Georges, Le Victorieuz, Andre, and La Rucsie (this last suffered severely at the bombardment of Sweahorg by the allies), with the frigates Narva and Tsezarvitch and the corvette Smolensk, have been ap pointed for the service of the ports, not being any longer fit for any other. Lastly, the Emperor has named his son, the Grand Duke Alexis (aged six years), chief of the 27th crew of the fleet. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 7.—Wlnd this day at noon, N.B. ; strong breeze and squally, with rain. PLYMOUTH, May 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Bermond sey, for Australia ; Chanticleer, Balaklava. FALMOUTH, May 6.—Wind S.S.E., fresh gales—Arrived —lntrepid', from the west coast of Africa; Duchess of Leinster, Monte Video. CowEs, May 6.—Arrived—Stade and Secret, from San. toe, the latter for Hamburg. BANGOR, May 6.—Sailed—Cape Breton, for St. Do mingo. CiiooKHAvEN, May 4. —Arrived—Lavinia, from Moul mein, for Queenstown; Ada May, coast of Africa, for (PRE XLECTRT(i TELEGRAPH.) SOUTILLMNIPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Susannah, from Newport; Rapid, Swansea ; Elizabeth, Scotland. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E.N.E. Sailed—Hersalia, for Parnell ; Broughty Castle, Ham burg. QUEENSTOWN, May 5. Wind S.E. Arrived —Sorrano and Atlantic, from Alexandria ; Sir James Ross, Pernambuco; Luther and Electric, Mauri tius ; Minerva, Matanzas ; Fidente, Ibrail ; Raglan, Saffi; Galavidian and Catherine, Mazagan. Parlton, for Harbour Grace, Newfound. land. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10. 9 0 a.m. Wind E.N.E., strong; tide, one hour's flood; raining. Arrived, May 6—Flora, from Marstrand. Arrived, May 7—Hero, from Oporto ; Cadiz, Cadiz ; Leonne, Gravelines ; Commodore, Seville. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. by N., a gale, with heavy rain. Passed, 6th—Dorothy Jobson, from London, for Swan sea. The schooner Gale, of Whitby, from north to this beach, with coals, was knocked alongside during the gale of last night. Should the weather continue, she is likely to be come a wreck. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day,) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. Although the demand for that grain was not to say brisk, Monday's improvement in value was well supported. Foreign wheat, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly, yet prices generally were firm. Floating car goes commanded extreme rates. There was very little doing in barley, at Monday's quo tations. In the value of malt wo have no change to report. The oat trade ruled dull, but no change took place iu prices. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. ARKIVAIA TUTU S'll)=E. Malt. i 1 0 3 a ,4 t5 1 . 0 t , Flour, i, ~:ngush .. Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 270 ' 2. 30 i 620 f rish .... I 660 1 3,120 Foreign BOROUGH HOP. There is a goo d demand for all kill(16 of hop s , a t f u lly 'e late improvement in the quotatiortc. WHITECHAPEL Beef, from 35 Od to 4s 2d ; mutton 34% 6d to 4s 41 ; lamb, Od to Gs 01; veal, 3s 8d t o 4 s 1 0d ; pork, 3s 21 to 48 * GI per Ms., by the carcase. A slow trade. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LITERPOOL, Tuesday.-- Th e Royal mail-ship Lightning, Captain Enright, of the Black Ball line, sailed for Melbourne, at noon to-day, with the usual mails, 370 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. THE LATE ASSAULT AND "DUCKING" AT THE CAN TERBURY CAVALRY BARRACKS.—Some further steps have been taken in this matter. The young man (Steer) having addressed a letter to the Commander-in-Chief (Lord Hardinge), fully detailing the particular? of the treatment he was subjected to on the occasion in ques tion, his lordship has transmitted the communication to the commandant at Canterbury, for the purpose of hav ing the allegations therein contained inquired into. That inquiry is now going on, and the affair is beginnir, g to assume a somewhat serious complexion. The c bief object, therefore, of the investigation is, to assert. sin who the parties concerned in the "ducking" are, a to what extent, if any, culpability is attachable to Lie ut. An ierou.—SoutA-Lastern Gazate. all all b. 0 18i,1 St.! St. St. e. 5 1(X) al l 100 1100 100 100 100 100 100 1 100 100 1.0,0 all all 10 t.o.e D 0.., Pin Pml2l 108 1102 3 11101 191 P 15 m SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. AMERICA. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) FOUR DAYS LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. (FROM OUR, OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. This morning, at 8 o'clock, the United States' Mail Steam•ship Baltic arrived off Holyhead. She was to leave New York on the 2Gth, with the usual mails for England, and may be expected in the river this afternoon, in time for her letters to be delivered by first post to-morrow morning. CHESTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER CIIP. One Act Yellow Jack Typee.. Thirty ran. HELTER SKELTER HANDICAP. Teddy.... Ten ran. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Heir of Lynne.. Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. sto 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 7 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 8 to 1 agst Imogene (taken) 12 to 1 agst Stork (taken) 15 to 1 agst Typee (taken) 20 to 1 agst One Act (taken) 20 to 1 ag , t Lady Tatton (taken) 100 to 3 agst Simony (taken) 100 to 3 agst llungerford (offired) CHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The Chesterfield Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, with 100 added by the Great Stand Proprietors ; for 3 year olds. Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, Bst 51b (Wells) 1 Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, fist 101 b ...(Fordbam) 2 Lord Clifilen's Melissa, 7st (Crouch) 3 The following also ran :—Thames Ditton, Bubble, Van Dunck, Gaudy, LittleTibby, Pretty Boy, Knighton, Minie, First Fly, and Sacrifice filly. Betting-2 to 1 agst Prince of Orange and Pretty Boy, 5 to agst Bubble, 6 to 1 agst Van Dunck, 8 to 1 any other. Fisherman went to the front soon after starting, and won by two lengths. The Wynnstay Handicap of 100 sovs, given by the Grand Stand Proprietors, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Admiral Harcourt's Ellermire, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Neoptolemus, 4 yrs, 6:t 61b (Creeswell) 2 Mr. I. Walker's Dame Judith, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Quinton) 3 Mr. Williams's Ather.,tone, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Speight) 4 The following also ran :—Little Davie, The Trapper, Miss Hatch, Bandalore, and Kitty. Betting-5 to 2 agst Ellerznire, and sto 1 agst Dame Judith. Won very easily by a length; a head between second and third. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKBII took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. MILFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreeri to. THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTII. Mr. SPOONER presented 14 petitions from various parts of England for the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant. One of the petitions was from Manchester, and was signed by 20,000 persons. SLIGO ELECTION COMMITTEE. The members of the Sligo Election Committee were called to be sworn to serve on it, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. Lascelles, from illness, the proceed ing was deferred. THE TREATY OF PEACE. Mr. E. DENISON brought up the report on the address to the Crown relative to the Treaty of Peace, which was read and agreed to. It was also agreed that the address should be presented by the whole house, when her Majesty's pleasure had been ascertained thereon. TITHE COMMUTATION RENT-CHARGE BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, ,Mr. R. PHILLI MORE called on the house to sup port this bill, to remedy an unintentional error com mitted by the Legislature with reference to the assess ment of tithes. The Tithe Commutation Act had changed the tithes into an hereditament or rent charge, and these hereditaments were subject to a more exces sive assessment to the poor rates than any other heredi taments, and he called on the house to alter the assess ment, and instead of estimating it en its actual income to do so on its annual value. By the Tithe Commu tation Act the incomes of the clergy had been re duced in many instances at least two-thirds from what they received when paid by tithes. The repeal of the corn laws had had the effect of further depreciating the income of the clergy by at least 10 per cent., and on the whole, their incomes by these changes bad been reduced 40 per cent. The poor rates and the new rates in the rural districts were eating up most of the small livings of the country ; and although so much was said about the large incomes of the livings in England, he assured the house that they averaged nearly a hundred a-year more in Scotland than they did in England. The Tithe Commutation Act had produced in its workings practical injustice on the ti-he owners which had gone on gradually increasing. He no doubt would he told that the clergy had the right of appeal against excessive rating, but that they did not exercise it. That was true, and the reason they did not appeal was that it was a legal mockery, the remedy being costly, uncertain, and odious. If adopted by a clergyman it bad the effect of placing him in hostility with those with whom he ought to live on friendly terms, and rather than do it, the clergy as a body submitted to the injustice. The tithe com mutation rent charge had been fixed on the principle of giving an unimprovable hereditament to the Church, on the calculation of the rates then in existence ; and as he read the law and justice of the case, that compact had been practically violated in two ways. First, by im posing now taxes on the clergy since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act ; and, secondly, by imposing on unimprovable property rates for the purposes of improve ment, and it was contrary to the whole theory and prin ciple of taxation to enforce it. The question was how this was to be remedied ; and two modes presented themselves—first, a new law to cause an assessment to be properly made, and the other, the scheme of the Government, proposed in 1850, but aban doned, probably from the Government finding them selves unable to carry it, from the feeling of the coun try being against centralisation, and of the parochial system being disturbed. He could not expect to carry a measure for a new assessment of the country, and the only mode he could adopt to remedy the evils complained of, by throwing a little compensation into the scale, by allowing certain deductions, not now permitted by the law, but which were admitted in some counties whilst not in others, and by that means he proposed practi cally to adjust the balance. He proposed that the as sessment should bo on the annual income only, al lowing addition to the present deductions, the lanti tax, curate's stipend where one was kept, and the sum a clergyman paid towards Queen Anne's bounty. By the third clause he proposed to make an alteration in the schedule relative to the gross and rateable value of the rent charge, and prevent the evils that had arisen from the rateable value of the rent charge having been returned for the gross amount. The fourth clause provided that the rent charge should not be taxed with the payments of rates and taxes) imposed by law after the commutation of the tithes, but if ob jected to by the Government he w uld not press it, be cause he did not consider it essential to the bill. The honourable and learned gentleman then went through the other details of the bill, remarking that by one of the claims he proposed to make it compulsory on the justice, before they allowed the rate, to ascertain that it was properly made ; and by another, that all the assessments should be open to general inspection. Lord A. HERVEY seconded the motion. Mr. BO UVERIE admitted the principle of the bill, and said there could be no doubt that the working of the present system of assessment to the poor rates had resulted in the injustice and inequalities complained of, but he objected to the remedy proposed by the hon. and learned member for Tavistock. The Parochial Assessment Act introduced no new principle. (Hear, hear) An attempt" was made in th e H ouse of Lords by the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the time of the passing of that act, to exclude tithes from its operation, but the house successfully resisted it, and parliament decided not to make any difference between rating tithes and mating tee land to the poor. (Hear, hear.) Then came the Tithe Commutation Act, under which the present hardships were said to have arisen, and in considering this question they must not be led away by their feelings for the sufferings of the clergy. The commuted rent charge was 4,050,0001., of which the parochial clergy, to whom the injustice applied, received 2,410,0001., the remainder, 1,639,000 e, belonging to clerical and lay in proprietary schools and colleges. The remedy proposed. by deducting from the gross amount the land tax, a curate's stipend and Qusep. Ann's bounty was abstractedly admissible, but the remedy, in his opinion, would not meet the grievance, 113 12 13 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT 110LTSE OF LORDS—(YEsriztuA.r). I the LORD CaANar,Lon took his seat oa the woolsac ?,! five o'clock. Lord RAVENSWORTIJ presented petitions from places in Yorkshire and Herefordshire a g ains the abo lition of Ch urc h rates. Lord COLVILLE presented similar petitions. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a gen tleman, who stated that ho was placed in a very painful position owing to the faithlessness of his wife. He had brought an action against the party who had injured him and obtained damages. He had proceeded by suit in the Ecclesiastical Courts, and had obtained a judgment in his favour a mensa et thoro, but that his circum stances would not permit him to come before their lordships for a bill of divorce. Under these circumstances the _ petitioner prayed that the house would enact such a measure as would enable a man in humble circumstances to obtain a divorce. The Duke of CLEVELAND bore testimony to the respectability and honour of the petitioner. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that be would move the second reading of the Divorce Bill that day fortnight. It would no doubt be in the recollection of some of their lordships, that in _spacial cases persons were allowed to apply to that house for a bill of di vorce in forma pauperis. COUNTY COURTS. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented two petitions from certain trade associstiims in the vicinity of Liver pool, suggesting certain alterations in the bill for the amendment of the County Courts Act, which stood upon the paper f ,r that evening. Lord BROUGHAM F al,' that while be was moat anxious that the bill should be as efficient as possible, be objected to the introduction into the bill of any provisions which could have the effect of interfering with the local courts already in existen.•e. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose to move the second reading of the County Courts Acts Amendment. Bill. One of theobjects of the bill wasto throw the burden of the cost of an appeal to those courts as far as it was possible upon the person against whom judgment was given. The bill would have the effect of reducing the amount of fees levied i❑ those courts, which in many cases was wholly disprop.rtionate to the amount sought to be recovered. The average amount of the fees ex acted by these courts during the last two years amounted to 278,0001., out of which were paid the salaries of the judges and the Court ex penses. He proposed to reduce the fees nearly by one•half—that the Government should pay out of the consolidated fund the salaries of the judges and the expenses of the court-houses. He con sidered the arrangement as to the salaries of the judges at present highly ohjectionable. That arrangement was that the salaries of the County Court judges should not be less than 1,2001., nor more than 1,4.100/., which salaries were paid out of the fees of the court. This bill proposed to retain the salaries at 1,2001., excepting in the twenty cases where that amount had been increased by the additional 3001., in consideration of the great amount of business in the courts of those judges. He pro posed that their lordships now read the bill a second time, and on Thursday he would move the committee of the bill pro forma in order that certain amendments might be presented, and immediately after the holidays he in tended to proceed with the consideration of the bill. Lord CAMPBELL cordially seconded the second reading of the bill. He objected to a clause suggested by Mr. Pitt Taylor, which would close the superior courts to suitors in actions of libel who did not recover a verdict of damages above 20/., by precluding costs. Lord BROUGHAM said that Lord Campbell was under needless alarm. The question was merely whether the action in tort (damages) should he raised to 20/. in these courts, as in contracts. He thought it should be so. The competence of the judges to try such cases was acknowledged. As far the salary of 1,500/., it was not too much. Lord ST. LEONARDS agreed entirely with the principle of throwing the expenses of justice on the pub• lie funds. The hill was then read a second time. JOINT STOCK. WINDING•UP ACTS AMEND MENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. CHANCERY REFORM. Lord ST. LEONARDS, after vindicating his claim to the practical carrying out of the original suggestion of Chancery reform, inquired whether it was the inten tion of the Lord Chancellor to introduce any measures founded on the report of the Chancery Commissioners I The LORD CHANCELLOR said much of what had been suggested could be carried out by orders of the Court, which were in preparation. As regarded the giving the Court of Chancery the power to grant damages, he had ordered a bill to that effect to be drawn up, _ Lord BROUGHAM and Lord ST. LEONALRLIS erchang.rod compliments on law reforms, and The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bilk were read a third time and passed : —Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company Amalgamation (new title), Coventry (City) Gas, Edinburgh Water, Gravesend Improvement, and Leicester and Welford Road. The following bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Antrim and Coleraine Roads; and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement (changed from " Stotfield and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement") ; Middlesborough Extension and Improvement ; and Scot tish Drainage and Improvement Company Bill (changed fro s m "Lands Improvement Company of Scotland"). The order a the day for the second reading of the Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company was discharged, the bill havinz been withdrawn. Lord H. VANE presented a petition from the Stock ton and Darlington Railway Company, and moved that it be referred to the Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shippin4.—Agreed to. Sir P. EGERTON moved for an account of the quan tities of cheese imported into the several ports of Groat Britain in each month of the year 1855, distinguishing the European, United States, and colonial produce ; and of all European cheese, exclusive of British cheese, xported from England in the year 1255 (in continua tion of Parliamentary Paper, 239, of Session 1155). — Agreed to. THE IRISH MILITIA. Mr. DAVIDSON asked the Under-Secretary for War whether the Government were disposed to recon sider their decision with respect to an immediate dis embodiment of the Irish Militia, with the view of post poning such disembodiment until the approaching har vest, in order that the soldiers might thereby earn a temporary subsistence, and be induced to return to their ordinary avocations I Mr. F. PEEL said the Irish militia would be dealt with precisely in the same manner as the militia of this country. It was proposed first to disembody the corps in billets, and after that those in barracks would be dealt with. He thought that by the time the men reached their homes employment would be as abundant as at any other period of the year. THE IRISH NIGHT MAIL. Mr. L. MONTGOMERY asked the Secretary to the Treasury if any steps had been taken to forward the night mail from Mullingar to Longford by rail, instead of by coach, as at present carried : and also, whether he would lay upon the table of the house any correspond ence that had passed on the subject between the Post office authorities and the Midland Great Western Rail way 'Company ? Mr. WILSON said the Post-office authorities bad been in communication with those of the railway com panies but the demand of the companies was so large, and the advantage so small, that the Post-office autho rities thought they would not be justified in acceding to the demand of the railway companies. There had been some correspondence on the subject, to the production of which there was nbt the slightest objection. It was the intention of the Government during the present ses sion to bring in a bill to give the Government more power than they possessed at the present time over the Irish railways. DULWICH COLLEGE. Mr. PELLATT , asked the Secretary cf State for the Home Department when the bill for the reformation of Dulwich College, founded upon the report of the Charity Commissioner s, would be laid before the house Sir G. e GR E W could said the subject was still un d er consi deration. o uld not tell the hon. g en tl eman at w h at period the bill relative to the reformation of Dulwich College would be brought in. A tt h D h ea 3 rdOeeaUbcaßet debate. that HeDh had aD saidEb e ß e nh A ec T foe E nl TREATY laNn O dp F ssaAt P i Ts PE resumedtei oEn . — at t Ly because it had a ccomp li s h e d th e great o bj ec t s f o r c b l o a t 3 d h l e r j d . o , which we went to war. The treaty certainly contained more than he had expected, and he confessed he had had for some time a misgiving that we should not have an honourable peace. He was, however, agreeably our prised on reading it, and it afforded him great pleasure in expressing his satisfaction of it. (Hear.) He was glad to find that the right of search was to be abolished, and that neutral ships carrying contraband of war were not to be seized. He highly eulogised the abilities of the noble lord at the head of the Government for the manner in which he had conducted the war, and bad concluded a safe and honourable peace, and he trusted the country would not forget his services. Members opposite might think he wanted something for his panegyric—(" Hear, hear," and laughter)—but he begged to assure them such was not the case, his only desire being to record his honest, though humble, praise of the noble lord's conduct. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE asked for the indulgence of the house on the great importauoe and mag nitude of the subject he intended to bring before the house, and to giro vest to the earnest and irre pressible conviction he entertained of the great sacri fice of the maritime rights of Great Britain by the declaration that had been framed at the Conferences, that au enemy's goods in neutral vessels should not be seized, which was contrary to the usual practice and laws of war. After some lengthened remarks in favour of his opit,iee, he moved the following additional paragraph to the address, v:z.:—"To expre.s, neverthe less, the regret of this house that the immemorial and undoubted belligerent right of the Crown to capture enemies' goods in neutral ships, should have been re nounced by treaty, without an opportunity having been aff,rded to Parliament of expressing its opinion upon so grave and extensive an a lt era ti on 'if public and interna tional law." He contended that the neutral who carried ordinary merchandise to an enemy was in principle an assistance to the enemy just as much as the carriage of contraband of war was. Ile denied that a eextfiscation