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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(YEsTERDA - r). Their lordships assembled at a quarter before five. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the following bills :--The Exchequer Bills Funding, the Annuities, the Consolidated Fund (1,631,0051. ls. 5d.), the Joint Stock Bahks (Scotland). The Royal Com missioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Amyl', and the Earl of Harrowby. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Mon day next he should move for returns relative to the commission of the peace in Ireland. The Earl of ALBEMARLE gave notice that after Easter he should call the attention of their lordships to the system of torture within the presidency of Madras. THE PROPOSED PORTRAIT GALLERY. The Marquis of BREADALBANE brought up her Majesty's answer to the address presented, by their lord ships, praying her assent to the erection of a National Portrait Gallery. Her Majesty's answer was as follows : —"I have received your lordships' address, praying that I may take into my consideration the expediency of forming a gallery of portraits of the most eminent per sons iik-British history. I will direct inquiry to be made how the IThject you have in view may be best attained." ,CHURCH RA-TES. The Archbishop.of CANTERBURY, in presenting a petition against trinal3olition of Church rates, took the opportunity of referring to the circumstances attending the introduction of the bill upon this subject. He had placed that bill last year on the table of the house with the full intention of proceeding with it ; but after it had been read a first time he was informed that, inasmuch as it involved a subject of taxation, such a measure could not originate in that house. He therefore bad no alternative but to withdraw it. It was quite impossible that he could support any measure which would have the effect of depriving the Church of a re venue from time immemorial. But with the knowledge tbat the collection of those rates had been virtually abolished, in many parts of the country, and that in many plaCes where they were collected they gave rise:to unseem ly disputes and animositiesarnongetreligions sects, he thought that those persons were the hest friends of the Church who would assent to some conciliatory measure. AIERCANTILE L.tW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill was read a wecand time. MERCANTILE LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was also /1.e.,' a end time. TURNPIKE TRUSTS BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord HARROWBY, was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. A number of petitions were present ~..d against the opeoinz of the Crystal Pataes on Sundays. Sir DE L. EVANS gave notice that he intended to postpone the motion that ho had given notice of with respect to the refusal by the Government of the offers of respectable parties in Canada to raise troops for ear ice in the Crimea. THE ROAD THROUGH ST. JA.MES'S•PARK. Sir B. HALL brought up the report of the select com mittee upon the Yiti'ject of the road through St. James's. park of which the following is a copy : —• "Your committee have considered the best means of communication between those parts of the metropolis which lie north of St. James's-park and those parts which lie south and south-west thereof, and are of opinion that on the whole thh best means of ,00mmulaie cation enay,he found - throtigh area, of SL:Jeules'a pasic„thengh year committee euggeit that to any,consi, derable increase of traffic in the royal parks thtre are grave objections. Your committee have to report that they have considered the two plans referred to them by an order of the house of the 13th of February last. Plan No. 1, is a road commencing in Pall-mall at the present entrance to Marlborough-house, passing through the bnibling now need as a German chapel, and running along the centre of the paved way leading to the Mall, between the garelens of St. James's-palace and Mar:- borough-house. It crosses the Mall upon a level until it reaches a point about fifty yards within the railing. Thence the ground fails eight feet to the water's edge, and the road is carried on a rise of 1 foot in 50 feet, which give'; a headrdsm of 18 feet 9 inches over the walk now existing near the water, thus allowing access from one side of the roadway to the other. The road is carried over a bridge, and is continued on the south side of the water, much in the same man ner 3,4 on the north side, terminating in the Bird cage-walk, immediately opposite to Queen's-square. Plan No. 2 is a line carried through Cleveland row, by widening it on the, north sole, so that the road may be taken nearly cur the north side of Pall-mall. It passes in front of Bridefewa,ter-house, and thence into the Green-park. It thence makes a curve to the north west angle of the Mali, and passing in front of Bucking,- ham-palace, takes its course to Buckiugham-gate, neer the Duchy of Corn wail-office. Your committee have also considered expediency of opening a road from Waterloo-place at a point marked F in the plan, pro ceeding southwerds to the Mall at a point marked G, near the base of the steps of the, mound on which the Duke of York's column stands, and thence again south wards to another point a eroirked N, near Storey's-gate. They have further considered another plan of an open ing from the point marked G to another point marked K, which is the site of the Globe Insurance office ins'' Charing-cross. Although. Plan No. 1 would undoubtedly offer much facility of Communication between those parts of the metropolis which Ile north and south of St. James's-park, your committee are of opinion that it would not be desirable to intersect the ornamental gar dens of the enclosure by that plan. (Cheers.) With regard to Plan No. 2, your committee are informed by the evidence that the expenee of making such a line would be very great, the proximate estimate being no less than 163,2501., and they are also of opinion that the Green Park would be mach damaged if a road was made through it, as that road must necessarily be railed in on each side. (Hear, hear.) Your committee, therefore, venture to recommend that it would be desirable, in order to effect a communication between Pal'-mall and Pimlico, to make so much of the road which is proposed in Plan No. 1 as lies between the entrance to Marl borough-house and the Mall ; that. the line should be continued along the road now used on the north side of the Mall, to a point marked 1 at the western end of that road, and thence to Buckingham-;ate. This line is coloured black upon the pia% The road thus opened for the use of the public might be enclosed in the same manner as the drives in Hyde Park are now fenced. The probable cost of the opening from Pall-mall, and the necessary works including the taking down and rebuild ing the German chapel, exclusive of purchase of site for the new chapel, would be about 25,0007„ ; but the actual cost must depend upon the sums which may be awarded to the Commissioners of Land Revenue, the trustees of the property on which Marlborough-house stands, and the lessee of the house No. 66, Pall-mall. Your com mittee would also recommend that a footbridge be thrown over the water in the inclosure, so as to form a commu nication from one side to the other. With regard to a road from Waterloo-place to Storey's-gate, your com mittee are of opinion that a line of communication should be made, and that the Duke of York's column should be removed. (Hear, hear.) The cost of this line, in cluding the removal and rebuilding of the column, will be about 30,0001. As regards an opening from the Park to Charing-cross, your committee are not prepared to recommend that such an opening be made at present, but they are of opinion that an opening for carriages should be made from Trafalgar-square to the Park." VICE-PRESIDENT OF EDII CATION. In reply to Mr. HADFIELD, Sir G. GREY said it was 'not hie intention to take the second reading of this bill till Monday next. If not on that evening, certainly on a night previews to the Easter recess. METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then rose to call the attention of the house to an act of Parliament, entitled, "An Act for the Local Manag'ment of the Metropolis ;" but he contended that the abject of the bill was directly con trary to its title. The hon. gentleman was proceeding to make some remarks on the bill, when he was called o order by The SPEAKER, who said that in order to discuss the merits of the bill, the order of the day should first be read. [Mr. PULUIN, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table of the house, and summoned the speaker and the membera present to appear in the House of Lords to hear the Royal aaeent given by commission to various bills.] Mr. DUNCOMBE, in coatinuation, laid that he 'pro posed to r e f er t o th e l aw o f th e land and the con duct of her Majesty's Ministers; thereon. He directed the attention of the house to the pr.:amble and several clauses of the Act of last session, whereby pro vision had been made that the act should not refer to Church property or poor rates. It appeared now, by the amenament bill, that the former bill had been brought forward and passed under false pretences, and the hon. baronet had acted in such a man ner that his bulling legislation was called " Benjamin's Mess." (Laughter.) He urged upon the right hon. baronet to refer the bill n the orders of the day to a select committee, and not bring it on that night probably between I`2 and 1 o'clock. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Govern ment only wished to relieve the parixilei from expensive litigation in consequence of great difficulties arisin g on the construction of the clarre of the act relative to the new or old vestries having the power of making the rates. If the question was not set at rest by the enact ment of the hill, the various poor-rates might be dis puted, and an immense amount of litigation would result from it. If the parishes had no wish that this bill should be pacteed, the Government would not pas it. THE BUItINL PLACES (E" TEIE ENGLISH IN THE CRIMEA. Sir J. FERGUSSON called the attention of her Ma esty's Government to the neCC:'Qity of taking steps for obtaining a pledge from the Russian Government to secure that the graves of the officers and sol diers in the Crimea should he respected, in the event of the positions at present occupied by the allied a rmies being evacuated. Lord PALMERSTON said that the subject would not escape the attention of !the Govern ment during the present negotiations. Ha thought no difficulty would be offered to it by the Rus sian Government, and which would be in accordance with the practice of civilised nations. Russia had shown n o want of consideration for the living at Kars, and he had no fears but that she would respect the graves of he dead in the Crimea. UNION OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF ABER- DEAN. _ Mr. LAYARD asked the Lord Advccate whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure this session for the union of the Universities of Aberdeen ? The LORD ADVOCATE said not at present ; but ho hoped to do so as soon as the universities had come to an unanimity of feeling on the subject. THE NAVAL SERVICE. Col. HARCOURT asked Vile First Lord of the Ad miralty whether an order of the Admiralty existed that prevented boys from union workhouses from being re ceived into the royal navy ? Sir C. WOOD said that no such order existed. THE FIRktAN OF THE PORTE. In answer to Mr, LAYABD, Lord PALMERSTON said that at present the late firman of the Porte had not been received, but that as soon as it was it should be translated and laid on the table of the house. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON moved that, on and after the 10th of April next, orders of the day should have prece dence of notices of motion.—Agreed to. SUPPLY. On the motion far the house going into supply, Sir D. L. EVANS asked the noble lord (Lord Palmer ston) if he bad any objection to lay on the table of the house a copy of the telezraphic despatch that had been received from Major Dowbigging, denying the truth of his (Sir De Lacy Evans) statement on a former occa sion. He was induced to ask the question from a report being current that the denial was couched is very am biguous language. Lord PALMERSTON . said he was unable then to give the hon. and gallant officer an answer from his not Laving bad notice of the question. Sir DE LACY EVANS said he would repeat the question on Monday. APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. On the motion for the house going into committee o f supply, Mr. BOWYER, on thing to move the resolutions of which he had given notice, proceeded, amid expressions of dissent, to point out the evils of the existing state of the appellate jurisdiction. He exemplified this by a re ference to the case of Stewart v. Fullerton, where, from a want of knowledge of - the Scotch law, a very serious evil was committed, and it was found that the Scotch law courts could not carry their lordship? decree into execution; and it was found necessary to have recourse to Parliament to get rid of the difficulty. There were certain inconveniences attached to the appellate juris diction of the House of Lords, a hich he feared could not be entirely got rid of, but only palliated. They had two courts of appeal—one that of the House of Lords, and the other the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which latter was a most important court, and exercLeing jurisdiction over millions of her Majesty's subjects. One objection to the House of Lords as a court of appeal was that it only sat for a limited period during the year when Parliament was sitting, which was a manifest irjustice to its suitors, and an absurdity that could not be justified on any :4):tract principle of jurhe prudence. The hon. gentleman then alluded to a remedy which the Government hat suggested to the defects of the House of Lords as a court of appeal by the creation of life peers, which he considered otjectionnble as creat ing two claeses of peers in that house, which might be likely to create jealousy, and destroy its present unity, and also give too great a power to any Minister of the Jay, of swamping that house by the creation of any num ber of life peers. Rewarding retiringjudges in that man ner would be forming a court of appeal in which, compa ratively speaking, worn-out judges would preside, and re view the judgments of men who had but recently left the bar, and were in full possession of thciv•facultiee. They could.only cifectually i"prove thegotese of Lords 'ee a ,c otappral by rettirning toits: ancient ceeetitu,tion, eend'reseere the judges to the - peviee of - votingiri ell' appet'S and writs of error ; constitutiuz a court i • which all the judges of the various courts of the king dom should be members. The members of the Privy Council should also be summoned on that court. He would make it a rule that no judge should sit on an appeal from his own court "; nor the Lord Chancellor on an appeal from hie own court ; for it was a scandal, aid ae absurdity, that any judge should sit, mach mere decide, on an appeal from his own court. To make ti is court of appeal complete, it would he necessary that an officer should be appointed to the House of Lords under the title of Deputy-Speaker, and who should be a judge of the highest rank and attainments, whose business it should be to sit regularly in that house on the hearine of appeals, and who might or might not be a peer according as the house might enact. Two or these Scotch judges should be ayided to the court, who should be compelled to reside in London (the country defraying their expenses) during the sitting of Par liament, and assist the court in all Scotch cases. The greatest grievance was that of having two courts of ap peal—the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The latter had been of the greatest value since its establishment, and it would be an in justice to its suitors in seeking to have but one Caurt of Appeal to transfer its power. to the House of Lords', Willth did not sit for six months in the year. It was of the utmost importance that there should he but one supreme court of appeal, fur then the country would know that what that court decided was the law of the land, and not likely to be afterwards disturbed. Unity of appeal was of the greatest importance for the forma tion of a system of jurisprudence, especially in a country like this, where the law was so uncertain, and it was useless to talk of codifying their laws until they had but one supreme court of appeal and a more complete system of jurisprudence. He then referred to the evils .hieh r , sulted in the disposal of cases in the Court of Chan cery, arising from the Lord Chancellor being removed by a change of Ministry, and so England was the only country where there was but one supreme court of appeal, and whore the state of the law was so uncertain. He'thought the court, formed as he bad suggested would answer the object he had in view, that of remedying some if the defects of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, and would boa court to which Parliament and the Government might apply for assistance in remedying any defects in their jurisprudence, and refer to for deci- sions on points of law. The members of such a court would not be overworked, like the judges of the land were; but would have leisure to direct their attention to such points and matters as might be referred to them, and stand much in the position of the COurt of Caseation in France. They should also form the court of appeal in criminal cases only, which would relieve the Home Secre tary from the unpleasant duty he had often to discharge with reference to deciding in cases of life and death. The hon. gentleman then sat down amidst cries of " divide," which had been very frequent during the delivery of his speech, without moving his resolution. He roseagain and moved the following reo'ntion :—" That the prezent state of the appellate jurisdiction, in tke last resort, is unsatisfactory ; that a supreme court of appeal ought to be constituted, presided over by permanent judges of appeal." No honourable member seconding the motion, the subject dropped. Mr. WILLIAMS then rose and asked a question of the Under Secretary to the Treasury, relative to the amount voted last year for the militia. 136,000 men were then voted, and 4,233,0001. for their requirements. The number of men embodied had been far short of that voted, and he wished to know what had become of the money also voted at that time. Ho asked the Clerk of the Ordnance a few nights since what had become of the unexpended portion of the above large amount, and he replied that he thought it must be in the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but from the statement of that right hon. baronet on a former night, that the whole of the money voted last year had been expended. Mr. WILSON said that by the Appropriation Act powers were given to the Government to transfer sur plus sums of money voted for a particular branch of a department to another branch of the same department, and as the whole of the money that had been voted by Parliament for the militia had not been expended, the surplus bail been expended on some other branch of the department. SUPPLY. The house then went into committee. On the vote of 420,000/. for establishments at home and abroad, Mr. WILLIAMS said that this vote included the ex panses of 55 establishments, while there were only ex planations with respect to three. More explanation was required. In reply to a question, Mr. MONSELL said that the recommendations of the committee with respect to the accommodation of married soldiers in barracks were under consideration. Improve ments had been made with this view, but he feared that the expense of completely carrying out the recommenda tions would be very considerable. Mr. STAFFORD could not allow the occasion to pass without paying a tribute of gratitude and praise to Lady Alicia Blackwood for the care she had taken of the sol diers' wives at Scutari, and the improvement she had effected in their habits and morels. _ _ _ Mr. WILLIAMS repeated his demand for further explanation. This vote was for 112,000/. more than last year, and it should not ba agreed to without some fuller details. Colonel NORTH said that the increased expense of barracks was not the fault of the Government. For ►nerly hon. gentlemen had complied Government to pall down barracks which existed, and now a large part of the public was compiaining of soldiers being billetted. The soldiers must be quartered somewhere, and the only thing that could be done was to erect erhire new barracks. Mr. M. CHAMBERS complained that the surgeons at the dockyards were not on duty until ten o'clock in Ithe morning. The result was that if an accident took place before that hour the patient did not receive pro per attention. He understood that the artificers in the dockyard contrilarted a certain suci to the Falary of these surgeons. He wished to know how much was thus raised? He thought arrangements should be made that an efficient Surgeon should always be in attendance while the men were at work. Mr. MONSELL said that the new appointments had been inado i❑ the medical departments lately, and the arrangements were now of a more satisfactory character than they had been previously. On the vote of 450,0001. for wages of artificers, Mr. NEWDEGATE asked what was the total Funs which it was proposed they should now vote tlr the establishment at Enfield, in addition to the 70,0001. al ready voted in 1854 and in 1855 ? Col. DUNN asked if the number of men employed at Enfield was to be reduced one-half as well as theexpense. It, was notorious that, notwithstanding the expense of this establishment, not a single musket lied yet been ma de there. Nor was that all, for not a musket could be made there for another year. Mr. MILES wished to know distinctly ;what was going on at Enfield ? Arr. MUNTZ said it appeared to be supposed that the Enfield ride was made at Enfield, but the fact was that this was merely a particular pattern, and all the THE SUN, LO DO SATURDAY Enfield rifles used in the Crimea had been made at Bir mingham. Mr. MONSELL admitted that nothing could have been better than the conduct of the Birmingham arm manufacturers during the pa,t year. Tiny had supplied 100,000 stand of arms, and would be able to supply even more in future. He believed, however, that rifles could be ma le cheaper in the factory at Enfield ; while it would at the same time enable the Government to exercise a control over private manufacturers at critical times. He must say that he expected they would have been able to commence work before now. Some unavoid able delay had arisen in getting the requisite machinery. But it had now nearly all arrived, and he hoped they would be able to begin in July or August nest. He did not think that eighteen months was a very long period to be occupied in the erection of a large factory of this kind. As to the amount of the estimates for the present year, there would be 15,3731. for machin ery, and 19,0921. for works and buildings. In that was included quarters for two officers, and other expenses. Col. BOLDERO said that the result of the experi ment at Enfield had proved the correctness of the course adopted by the select committee which sat upon this sub ject in refusing the Government power to build at Wool wich. In answer to a question, Mr. MONSELL said the Government had received between 10,000 and 12,000 muskets from Liege, and had found them of very excellent quality. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that 70,0001. had been al ready voted for Enfield. Now, what he asked was this, that G )vernmett should state to the house what they had done with that annu it. tow much they now wanted, and how they i iterde Ito dispo-e of it. He hat no objection to a Uovernment facto, y to (heck trade, but he feared that if the trades we r: DOG encouraged during peace, when• ever a war broke out there would be a deficient supply. He believed that in such a case there would be found the same deficiency as there unfortunately was when the late war (he hoped he might call it) broke out. He trusted, therefore, that the Government would tell the house how the money bad been expended, and that the house would from time to time require to be informed what was being done at the Government factory, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote. There were 75 establishment; scattered all over England and the co lonies, and no information as to what was performed in them. A vast number of persons were employed, but it was impossible to collect what their duties were. Mr. PELLATT said tbat.last year the house was told that London and Birmingham were fully equal to the work of the supply of arms, provided the orders were given them a': proper times, so that their works should not be disorganised. He thought this vote should be expunged from the estimates. He had no doubt that if the money granted bad been laid out in- stores from London and- Birmingham, there would have been an adequate supply at the tame they were wanted. As it was, he fancied the Government factory would get to work when the war was over. Like Kneller Hal!, which was pro vided for the instruction of taachers, it was an utt:r failure. Mr. •MUNTZ thought there ought to be a distinct and detailed aec.,unt, as a guide to votes in future. Mr. MONSELL said the sums ear - marled, or which would be expended, up to the end of the present finan cial year, were as follows ;—For buildings, 51,0001.; fni machinery, 49,0001.; for additional ma&iinery, 15,0001.; and for additional buildings. 19,0001. He believed they would be able to produce 50,000 muskets a-year, at a very much less expense than they could be provided by the trade. He believed the factory would be eminently successful, and many practical persons who had seen similar works abroad confirmed this opinion. He 1:e -lieved the faetnry would be in full work early next year. , Col. DUNJE,tiad doubtj,heifActory would suc ceed, butt - WoUld be wi1 , 311 - the waft wt oyer,,and when no morelninketS tvt-ia Wanted. .(Laughter.)- • .-• • Mr. M. CHAMBERS believed that nothing could be more useful than to have a Go*crime:it establishment to check the outrageous demands of the trades when Go vernment required a large quantity of stores, but to bring about this result the establishment must be well superintended. He wished to direct the atteatfon of the Government to the fact,- that income-tax had brew de manded from the artisans in the dockyards who received casual wages, a course which be contended was not jas , tifiable under the Income-tax Act of 1853. Mr.D.O rCHIN S requested toknow upon what ground the Clerk to the Ordnance came to the conclusion that cheaper muskets could ba male at Eafield than elsewhere. Mr. MONSELL said the prise paid to the Birmmg• ham manufacturer Wag 3/. 43. He believed that in the Government factory they could b 3 made for 2/. each. He came to that conclusion from the stat3ments made to him by gentlemen of great professional Tne East India Company had determined to arm the whole of their troops next year, and the demand for muskets would beyond doubt be enormous. Mr. SPOONER asked whether the estimate included the interest of the money laid oat, and the wear and tear of machinery ? Mr. MONSELL said it did. Mr. NE WDEGATE wished to correct a misapprehen sion in reference to the Birmingham manufacturers. They received 31. 4e. for each musket, while the Ameri cans received 31. 10e. for each musket. Mr. WILSON said that Parliament had extended the income tax to all persons who received 1001. a year and upwards, and it would be unjust if the Government ex en3pted their own servants from the tax while other per sons were liable to it. In the case of the artisans referred to, it was impossible t) say whether the receipts would be above or below 1001. a year, and the only way there fore of assessing them was to take an average of three years—a course which was taken in reference to persons in all other employment... Mr. M. ChliM - BERS expressed a hope that the mat tar sr.uld be r.ferred to the Government law advisers ; for if it could be shown, as it undoubtedly would, tnat persons in private eatablishtnents• bad been assessed noon a year's income, instead of on an average of three years, it was clearly a violation of the last Income-tax Act. At Devouport the artisans appealed to the local commissioners, who held that they were exempt, while at Oiathain and elsewhere they were held to be liable. Mr. WILSON said that Government were convinced that there was no difficulty in the act, but if there were, it should be referred to the law officers of the Crown. After some remarks front Mr. HENLEY and Mr. M'Gaxnou, the vote was agreed to. On the vote of four millions on account of clothing, barrack service, forage, fuel, lighting, &c. Mr. HENLEY wished to ascertain who was the officer who was responsible for the cloth which he under stood was at Weedon. The next point on which he sought informetion was as to the officer who inspected the clothing, when it was delivered to Messrs. Heyter and Howell, the Government factors. He presumed that the inspectors considered it to be their duty to as certain whether it was the same cloth that was given out to be made up. He should also be glad if the clerk of the Ordnance would explain to the house what was the principle of the charge en which the packing was carried on. He collected from the advertisements in the news papers that the goods were to be delivered in Birchiii lane, which was an inland situation, having no access to the river, from which of course they would have to be be carried. (Laughter.) Mr. MONSELL said that by the new system, which would be at work on the Ist of April, all cloth required for the army clothims would be sent to Weedon, which would after that time be the head of the department. It would be carried on under the direction of skilled in.pec tors, who would be under Mr. Elliott. The different branches of the service would make up their own cloth ing, and it was estimated that a saving of MHO/. a-year would be effected by the new system, and it was proposed to appropriate that saving to improving the quality of the cloth used for the soldier's clothing. Mr. HENLEY said the scheme which the right hon. gentleman had sketched was a satisfactory one. He wished to know if the Government inspectors would in spect those goods that were to be sent to Messrs. Hayter and Howell, in Mark-lane, who were, it seemed, the Government factors. He asked this question, se that they might know, if bad articles were supplied, who were the parties responsible: Col. GILPIN said that very inferior clothing had been supplied to the militia. Nothing could be much worse than the boots which were sent from the Ordnance at the Tower. These boots were made of bad leather, and the soles were not solid. They wore made of lea ther shavings. He had seen hoots in London at a shil ing more in price that would last six times as long as those now supplied. He had heard that the German Cavalry Legion had been supplied with clothing which could not be used, and that the men were in consequence to receive 21. each to purchase fresh clothing. That was a most expensive arrangement to the public. Sir J. PAXTON did not think the Government would save much by becomieg waken of clothing themselves. He found that the cavalry cost about 9L per man, and the infantry 51. per man. He did not see how they were to get two snits a year cheaper than - that. Col. DUNNE sail that as long as he had known the army the regiments hael made up their own clothing, but not in the manner proposed by the right hon. gentleman. He did not think the proposed system would effect any saving. The hest inspection was the inspection of. the officers of the different regiment.. Ho would be glad to know whether the clothing supplied to the Land Trans port Corps bed been conerneed, and by whore it had been supplied. He would be glad to have an answer with respect to the German .Legion, whether the ultra were to have comoen7ation for their bail clothing; Lord EBRINGTON was glad to find that steps were at length being taken to improve the clethir,g of the Bri tish army, which had hitherto been a disgrace to the country? He trusted the Government would leak lee to econo.;:y than to iinproviug the quality of the clothing. It was a matter in sshieh the efficiency of"thl V?rvic, , was concerned. How many marches had b-en airssted by the want of a proper supply of shoos ? What was the viiue of a shilling or two on a p dr of times, compared with the comfert and efficiency of the soldier? Ho trusted that tl,e) Government would turn their attention specially to the quality of the article supplied. Cel. NORTH said, Meeere. Isaac and Campbell had supplied the regiment which he coinruandc,l, and it was but right to say that the articles s> supplied gave per fect sr.tisfaction. C , I..BOLDERO congratulated the Gcvernment on the stees they bad taken, and he honed they would go further, and remove the stores nt Woolwich to Wee don, and make that the great military storehouse of the country. Lord W. GRAHAM inquired if any arrangements were in progrfos for any repayment from the SArdinlan Government for the supply of provisinns and forage fur. nished to the Sardinian army by this country ? Mr. MONSELL said that no arrangements were yet in pregreal. Mr. MILES said they had taken credit for a larger number of ani , nale than were in use. Mr. MONSELL said the estimate included provision , for c natinfiencios. Mr. PERCY was glad to find that the clothing of the army violin be improved, for hitherto it had been V E mere slop•wor'k. The great coats usually dropped to pieces in two days. The vote was then agreed to. A sum of 2,500,000/. was then proposed for the stores for land and sea services. Colonel BOLDER() said that on reading this vote he did not observe anything about huts ; but in another vote ho found 250,0001. for huts. This he complained of, because the items were improperly separated. Why was not that 250,0001. for huts put under the same vote as last year ? Colonel KNOX complained that the huts were not sent out in sufficient number to hut one•half of the army. Many of the huts were not sent until December and Ja nuary, and that, too, the greater proportion of them. The thing was notorious, and he intended to move for a re turn of the number sent, when sent, when they arrived at Balaklava, and who was the contractor. The huts, too, were of such shad material that the planking would not hold the nails, and the waste that had occurred was enormous. If we bad not taken Sebastopol when we did, the army would have been in a worse condition than they were the year before. Why, the army was not hutted at this moment. How were the serjeants butted ? why, they had butted themselves out of the debris of Sebastopol. At the end of November two-thirds of the army were under canvas, and he defied the right hon. gentleman to deny this. Nothing but the great exertions of the officers could have saved the army. He would All attention to the accommodation for housing troops in the metropolis. He believed that that accommoda tion was so small that they would have to come for a vote ere long. The Por.trnan-street Barracks were a dis grace to the country. The Duke of 'Welline,ten had laid it down that there should always be a barracks at hand for the use of the metropolis. If the troops were taken to Battersea-park they mould not have a drilling-ground. There were sites to he got north of London, near Bays water, and sites might be got for infantry purposes on the south-western side. He trusted the Government would pay more attention to barracks. Mr. MINTZ called attention to the vote for gun foundries, and demanded an explanation. _ _ • Colonel DUNNE could net understand the votes. What was the meaning of the large sums for small arms ? There were sums for iron ordnance. Was this ordnance to be procured on the old plan, by contract, or on the new plan, from a Government foundry . ? If the latter, it was his intention to make a motion on the subject. What was the meaning of the enormous sum fir miscel laneous stores ? Surely some details were required. No former votes had ever been so confused and wanting in detail. Were the rights on the river Lea abandoned ? He saw RUMS received by Government put down as fdr abandonment of rights on the Lea. What did this mean? and what was the meaning of the large sums spent at Waltham.abhey 1 Sir J. PAXTON said that the Government used a wise discretion in building the huts which had been com plained of. It would-have been impossible to build bar racks in the time. He rose to ask what the hon. mem ber for Northamptonshire meant by his obeervaticn that the Crimean huts were rather for the benefit of the Army Works Corps than 'of the soldiers. Mr. A. STAFFORD said that it wasibecanee the sol diers seemed more attached to their old huts than to the new ones. I] Sir J. PA -. XTON said that it was a pity that the hon. gentleman, who. had done so much good last year, should now Pet the soldiers aga'nst those who were'sent out to assist them. Mr. STAFFORD said that he had seen the soldiers without huts, when tho Army Works Corps had huts su perior to those of a brigadier-general. He had not writ ten to the newspapers, but he had raised the question by telegraphing to the Horse Guards, giving tho general impression that ..to much care- was expended ,on the villaot the chief - AA.; the:Army Works Co'rpY;'" Sir J. PAXTON said that ifalit hon. lumber had written to Mr. Doyne, he would have told him that these buildings wera used for officers for the business of the corps, while the officers lived in huts. Col. BOLDER() observed the confusion in the items for waggons and harness, of which be asked an explana tion. Mr. MONSELL said, in reference to what had Wen from the gallant member opposite, that the form or the estimates was precisely the samo this year as it had been in the last—there was no difference whatever. The votes were dlferently arranged, and he thought that the ar rangement might be very much amended, and he should be very glad to attend to auy suggestions that might be offered. 'As for the particular vote—be must say, in re ference to the objection of his hon, friend, that he could assure the house that the huts sent to the Crimea were for 60,000 men—that they were asked for in September and sent in October, in an interval of 14 days— and that the exertion used did credit to tilos° on whom the duty devolved. There bad been two sort of huts sent out— ono of them the Gloster hut, and the other description of hut erected under the immediate direction of Sir J. Burgoyne. The Government bad at the time a demand for 200 mortars and 200,0095h0115, and it was the duty of the Government to supply this order first. which was of vital importance to the iege of Sebastopol. It should be re collected tbatthe weight of the h nts was above 100, 000tnns, and it was extremely difficult to find immediate mode of transport for so large a weight. With regard to the huts at home the necessity was urgent, and there was ne other way of supplying it. There had been already a great outcry throughout the country, and what would have been said if they had waited till they could have built huts with bricks and stone ? The real evil lay in the way in which for many years they had been getting rid of the accommodation for the troops. (Hear, hear.) NVith regard to barracks in London, the necessity of re inovirq the Guards from P.irtinan•street was strongly felt by Lard Hardinge, who was most anxious to get a proper site. They had been carefully looking for a site ; but had nob as yet been successful. As for the sugges tion of the hon. members with regard to the Knights bridge Barracks, he should refer them to the proper au thorities. In answer to the question of the hon. member for Portariington, as to the works at Waltham Abbey, the sums charged on that account were for extending the Government powder mills, and a large part of the money had been expended in remunerating the River Lea Com pany for the water they bad taken from the river. The money had not been paid till the matter had been refer red to arbitration. With regard to the question of the hon. member opposite (Col. Boldere), he begged to say that the whole sum charged was for carts and waggons. He had, he believed, gone through all the questions asked. [Mr. Mentz—The machines ?] The sum of 30,0001. charged for machines was explained in the vote for the royal gun foundry. Captain VERNON said he saw a sum down in the estimates of 572,0001. for the supply of iron ordnance shot and shell. Re had last May moved for a return of the number of Lancaster guns issued for service, the number which had become unserviceable, and the cause thereof; he had witladiawn his motion at the request of the Clerk of the Ordnance. Having understood that the results of the employment of that description of oei nance were of a most unsatisfactory character, he wished t i know the iesults of the experiments carried on with these guns— whether those experiments were carried on under the direction of the committee at Woolwich—a body which had not given much satisfaction to the pub lic—and whether it was intended to retain the Lancas ter gun in the service ? Mr. MONSELL could assure the hon. and gallant member that be had been entirely misinformed with re gard to the committee at Woolwich not working well. It had been greatly improved, men of the highest scien tific character had been placed upon it, and since that period it had given the greatest satisfaction to the pub lic. .Mr. Lancaster had wished the experiments to be kept secret ; they had therefore been placed under a separate committee. The result of those experiments were of a singular character one day the gun was emi nently successful, the next day they had accounts of its having totally failed. As the Government, therefore, could not tell whether it would ultimately answer, they could not adopt it as any large portion of the regular armament, it would only be used for special service. Col. LINDSAY saw a sum of money down for the purchase of ground for new barracks at Chelsea, but no thing for the barracks themselves. He trusted, as the question of London barracks accommodation was so im portant, the Government would never allow the site of the present National Gallery to go out of their bands for ;Ley other purpose, suet', for instance, as for the erection of a large hotel, of which he bad heard something very lately. Mr. MUNTZ saw 9,00e1. down for machinery for the gun factory. They had no gun factory, and there was a motion to oppose its erection. If the vote were passed they would have the machinery and no factory. Mr. MONSELL—The vote is inerely a vote on account. Mr. WILLIAMS—As there were such largo sums for machinery, there must be a great consumption of coals. He, therefore, called the attention of the Go vernment to the fact that an efficient system of smoke consumption had' been discovered, which, if adopted, • would be a source of great economy. Colonel DUNNE thought the vote for machinery should be postponed also, became if the factory were done away with, the machinery would be useless. He wished to raise the question whether it would I.le worth while for the Government to manufacture their own ordnance ; he would also remind the Clerk of the Ordnance that he had not answered hit inquiry with respect to the large item. of one million and a quarter for miscellaneous stores. Cob -- m.l SOMERSET complained of the character of the huts supplied from the contractors ; they had been spit by tke sun even before delivery. Any one could see through the silos of almost every hut. He was mpeaking then of the first huts supplied. There was a descripcian of hut supplied afterwards of a much supe rior kind. E3e wishe I to a: , ,k what what was the con tras;, price of the Port' north huts ? Mr. ?.,lON SELL—The Portsmouth huts were much tilt! cheapest. Ile coed net answer, however, as to the precise amount. Th vote was then agreed to. • On the motion that a vote of 1,70t7501. be granted for defraying the ch.rges of buildings and repairs at home and abroad. Coicnel DUNNE thought that the house hal a right t o demA,nd that a committee should be appointed to in quire into the mode by which cannon were manufactured on the Continent. He denied that English iron ord• mance were inferior to tho,o of foreign States ; the siege of Sebastopol they had undergone trials which no foreign ordnance could stand. Only 11 guns hal burst before Sebastopol. If it were thought necessary to have a better description of gun, let them pay contractors a higher price than 131. or 201. a ton. They he] the authority of the hon. member for Birmingham (slr. Alurtz) for the fact that every artiste ma , utacturecl by the Government cost the country 50 per cent. more than if it had been obtained by contract ; that he thought a sufficient reason for opposing the esta!ilislnent of an ordnance factory. There had bean much talk lately of charcoal iron as a material for ordnance, he did not think it could be obtained. It would never be of from Nova Scotia. As he had before suggested, it was use less wasting money in estabtielling a Government fac. IN'G, MAIICII 8, 1856 tory ; let them send their scientific artillery officers to the factory of the contractor,- and pay him a higher price for an amalgam of charcoal and ordinary iron, and they would have no reason to complain of the character of tbeir iron guns for the future. With respect to the vote for scientific purposes, which he H aw upon the estimate, he thought the experiments made, and the decisions come co, were not so satisfactory as they should b'. Mr. PIGOTT hoped some explanation would begiven as to the mode in which these estimates had been ob tained, and the way in which the woi ks would be exectv.ed. Col. LINDSAYhad hoped that more infermation would hare been afforded as to the erection of the new barracks. A committee tad reported last year upon the inferior ac commodation afforded to the soldier, who had been kept in crowded barracks almot unfit to go into, and were a disgrace to the country. The system had been altered of late. Formerly soldiers were ruled by compulsion, but that system had been changed, and a method of encou ragement introduced in the shape of schools, public libra raries, and additional good conduct money. He was cer tain it was not the wish of the country that they should have the inadequate accommodation hitherto afforded. The hon. and gallant colonel then read some extracts from the report of the committee of last year upon the state of the barracks, which were described as being in ferior to those places in which convicts were confined. The accommodation afforded to married soldiers was ex tremely improper—(hear) —and their being compelled to live in barracks with unmarried men was contrary to all rules of decency and rnora►ity. He further recommended that spirits should be sold again in the barracks. He had formerly assisted to prevent this, but he was convinced there was more crime resulted from the prohibition than befo re. Capt. STUART complained of the wretched construc tion of the huts at Aldershot% thegeneral bad accom modation affirded to the men. Some of the huts were so ill-ventilated that the men must open the &ors, or run the risk of suffocafiin ; while others were neither wind nor weather proof, and let in the snow and rate in all direc tions. Up to last Monday morning there was not a stool in the camp, though the officers had comfortable and well-furnished quarters. Mr. LIYARD wished t) ask whether the plan of fortifications proposed by Mr. Fergusson, and alluded to in the other house last night, was to receive any con sideration from the government ; and he should move that the sum proposed in the vote for fortifications should be postponed until the question was introduced. Lord EBRINGTON called attention to the sanitary condition of the barrack accommodation. In a pecuniary point of view, nothing could be more extravagant and wasteful than the present state of barrack accommoda tion. It was considerably worse than that given in union workhouses. On some future occasion he would bring the question under the notice of the house. Sir. G. TYLER said that some time since he called the attention 'of the Government to the necessity of their erecting coast defences in the Bristol Channel, and he wished.to know what had been done towards it. Sir J. PAXTON was ,opposed to carrying on great public works whilst the country had to incur the heavy expenses attendant on tbo war. He called attention to the large sum that would be wanted for completing a large ho.pitiil at Portsmouth, which he thought was not required. He deprecated so much money being laid out by the Government at Woolwich, and their becoming shell and ordnance manufacturers. He hoped shortly the war would be at an end, and tlan there wont.? he no further use for these factories. The contract system Was the only right and proper system to ho adopted, and he instanced railways and other works that bad been cen struoted under contracts. All they had to do was to get their articles well specified in Abe contracts, and afterwards see that they were properly manufactured or constructed.-:. Aptberreason t ;he, had against toe ,)- vernment beconimi rnanufaCtiniera•itai, G- that the great and advancing improvements in the construction of maohinery prevented them keeping pace with private manufacturers in producing a superior article. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that the votes had been brought before the house in -such an unwieldy state that it was impossib!e to understand them. He hoped this would be the last time the estimates would be produced to the house in such an intricate mannqr. He con demned the present barrack system. He a:-flitted some improvements had been made in them by the establish ment of schools, &c., hut there were no places of recrea tion for the men, and it presented a striking contrast to the barrack system in France. In many garrison towns the recruits bad no accommodation for musket practice. Col. BOLDERO said he thought the house had got into much confusion with reference to the question before the house, the amendment of the gallant member for Portariington. And all this confusion had arisen from the unsatisfactory manner ill which the estimates had been presented to the house. Mr. MONSELL resisted the appointment of the com mittee moved for by the hon. and gallant member for Partarlington, on the ground that no good would result from it. He said that the Government had been able to manufacture guns and mortars of a superior charac• ter, and at a much less cost, than they could purchase them. The guns and mortars that had been supplied by one house had been of a very had quality indeed. (Cries of "Name.") He declined to name the firm, and added that the guns and mortars supplied by two other houses had not been much better. Experiments had been made at Woolwich with' iron, produced from various parts of the world. The American iron had been found to bear a pressure of from 35,0001b5. to 45,0001b5. ; whilst the best iron they had been able to oht Lin fr.qn other places would not bear more than a pressure of 27,5001 b.., and averaged only 22,0001b5. A per,on io Nova Scotia bad offered to contract with the G•ivorn ment to supply iron that should stand the pressure of 30,0001b5. The ordnance that had been supplied by the persons with whom the Government had entered into contracts had been found so defective that instead of using a charge of 15Ibs. necessary to effectually pro pel the missile 131 b. and 1.41 b. charges could only be safely used. It was of vital importance that guns and mortars should be manufactured of the very best possible materials, and be considered it would he unwise of any Government to depend on any firm for the pro duction of an article of a quality,for which there was no other use than that of manufacturing heavy ord nance. The cost of shells had been reduced one-half by the establishment of the shell factory, and he believed that there would be a similar reduction in the cost of guns. Col. BOLDERO hoped that the firm to which allusion had been made by the right hon. gentleman bad been mulcted in the largest fine in the power of the Govern ment-to inflict. Since we bad been a military power, the Government had never cast a single iron gun ; and if they adopted the ,suggestions of the Government, they would be in the same position in which he told them two years ago they would be with respect to gunpowder and muskets. It was then proposed to take the whole manu facture of powder into the hands of the Government. But he deprecated doing this, because in time of war the resources of these private establishments would be available. The same remark was applicable to the case of cannons. If they ceased to take guns from the pri vate houses which now supplied them they world in a , future war find themselves without other resources than in their own establishments. Lord PALMERSTON agreed that in articles required in large quantities, and wlich were the ordinary articles of produce in an industrial community, nothing could be more absurd than for Government to manufacture 'hew. The defects of clothes, .fer instance, could be detected and exposed at once, but the defect in a cannon could only be discovered in action. Now it was important that our warlike implements should be made as good as pos sible, and that they were proper exceptions to the rule of obtaining articles by contract. And even suppose that we obtained the greatest portion of our supply by con tract, it was of importance that we should have a factory where experiments couli be tried and new inventions tested. He hoped the house would not assent to the mo• tion of his hon. and gallant friend, for he beloved that nothing would . be more detrimental to the public service than to prevent the establishment of a factory for casting iron guns at Woolwich. With respect to the barn ick ac commodation, he thoughtit was quite certain that it was insufficient in quantity, and not of such a ersality as it ought to be. It was also a great evil that soldiers should be Whetted. But these evils could only be remedied by the liberality of Parliament in providing means for the erection of additional barracks. Then reference had been made to the propriety of adopting in our fortifications the system of Mr. Ferguson. No doubt there was inuch worthy of attention in that system. But he thought that it would be rash to inter from what toak place at Sebis topol, where there were virtually tw.. armies opposed 'o each other, that earthworks were suited to the defence of a limited furtific•ition defended by a limited garri , on. The system of Mr. Feruion world , h , )vvever, receive from Government t'm consideration it de,erved, and thers could be no doubt that L. hal been sho.an that earthworks were of great use in the covering and strengthening a stone r.3vetment. (Hear.) Mt. HUTCHINS opposed the vote. Mr. L. DAVIEi said that if tho Government now established a factory, they would have none of the expe• rience which had been obtained by the two great h.mses which had hitherto supplied those ir-n guns ; and they would consequently undergo all the failures which at- tended on infant undertakings. IL would be better to stimulate the production of the houses which had hitherto mad'e the iron guns. He thought the name of the firm which supplied the defective cannon should be made public. 145. LA.YARD paid that Mr. Ferglgon's syAem did conskt of earthwork... Lord PALMERSTON said that Mr. Ferguson's system essentially consisted'in earthw:)rks. He armed them with three tiers of guns, with a view of brineing upon the betiegrn a great?r amount of direct fire than they cou;d ti , n.:et upon the town. But the system was: based upon hav:r.:.; moundA of earth. • Lord Ei3RINGTON had not so much faith as some hon. gentlemen in the honour of the trading chivies. He should support the vote. Mr. MUNTZ oppoeeci the vote, and contended that it was perfectly posilile to tag guns, and find• out before going into action wheat r they were good or not. r ri , Govrrament could get Tuns up to any amount of proof they chop 3 to demand it s.peciticalnns, and they might thereft , re ~b tain from contractors as I )cd an article as they could make themselves. The more he considered the subjee', the more firmly was be cluvinced that the Government was taking a mistaken courAe upon the., matters. In'the long run, Vie manufacturers would heat the Government into fitS• L.,rd PALMERSTON thought the hen gentleman had edvauced very strong arguments ava . n.t I is own case. He had implied that it was!mroßsib!efor ~ o tractors good things or bed be,,,,u.e to know whether they gave they were sometimes deceived by their workmen Then the coulary was at the mercy of these men. It was in vain to say that the Government must rely upon the contractor when it was shown that his workmen might cheat him; and that thus this country would ,uff,r in. jury. If Government must not make anything, as the lion, gentleman seemed to assert, they must give up their dockyards and leave off building ships. All that the Government wanted to do was to deal with their cannon as they had done with their small arms, namely, to have them under the control of the Government., which would be a cheek upon the trade, while it would enable the Government to make things they knew were good. The hon. gentleman said the Government might try the cannon, but was that a test of the goodness of the cannon ? Tiiey might not burst after the first discharge, but they did burst after a certain number of discharges, so that unless the Government got cannons and fired them off as many times as they were tired off in action, they could not tell whetleer they were round or not. Many f the mortars and cannons which had been lately taken bur-t after a few discharges. Sir C. NAPIER agreed with the noble lord than Go vernment should have factories of their own. During the whole of the last war it was a very rare thing to hear of a cannon bursting, and the reason they burst lately was that they were fired too frequently. He was at the siege of Martinique, which was taken by mortars, and he never heard that they were fired more than once in a quarter of an hour. At Sweaborg they were fired as fast as they could be loaded, and the consequence was that they burst. Mr. Si' OONER said it frequently happened with the greatest possible care that workmen found that their work had gone wrong, and then they had patched it up to prevent the loss of money which otherwise they might sustain. L , rd PALMERSTON said that in these cases the Goveripnent w*-re the fir-t to discover the faults. Mr. SPOONER —Ye.. bu' the. guns burst fir. t. Lord PALMERSTON said that it the contractlr Ird discovered the flaws, he Would not have sent Weir wok in 1,1:t of respect for his own character. Mr. B. CARTER put a question to the Clerk of the Ordnance in reference to a large military hospital to be established at Southampton, the cost of which he under stood would he 150,0001. Mr. MONSE LL— The Government had taken a great deal of care about the hospital, and had seleCted South. ampton as the site, it having been recommended to them by hirh medical authorities, namely, Sir James Clarke and Dr. Middleton. The Inspector General of Fortifi cations had received instructions to report generally in reference to branch hospitals. The vote was then agried to, and the house resumed. Lord PAL M ERSTON said the Government would proceed with the Police Bill on Monday. • METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT. Tlie ATTORNEY-GENERAL postponed this bill until After Ea-ter. Lord CHELSEA. Eaid that the bringing in this bill had given strength to all the doubts which bad arisen upon the ac: which this bill wag intended to amend. The ATTORNEY GENERAL eaid his object in postponing the bill was the impossibility of proceeding with it before Easter in the face of the formidable oppo sition with which it was threatened. The Out-Pensioners (Greenwich and Chelsea) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marine Mutiny Bill and the Mutiny Bill were read a second time and passed. The Consolidated Fund (26,000,0007.) Bill was read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at twenty'five minutes past one. Snorting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCEIESTER.—FRIDAY. • NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 11. agst Winkfield (taken) 14 to 1 agst Be-ika (taken) 14 to 1 agst Palsetot (take.) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 9to 1 agt 13oer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Ft§herman (taken) 14 to 1 apt Fulbeck (taken) 15 to 1 agst Paninure (taken) 20 to 1 agst Posthorse (taken) 20 to 1 av,st Ariosto (taken) METROPOLITAN STAKES. No betting. THE TWO THOUSAND. 7to 4 apt Fly-by Night (take 2to 1 freely) 3to 1 agst Yellow Jack (take 7to 2) Bto 1 agst Porto Rico (offered) 110 to 10 agst Enchanter (taken) 400 to 20 agst Milton (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Warlock (taken) 400 to 12 agst Pumicestone (taken) THE DERBY. 8 to 1 agst either Ellington or Fly-by-Night (offers to take) 20 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (offered) HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. (Weather permitting.) &AI:MOUNDS. Her Majesty's Tues. Maidenhead Station 11 30 Fri. T wyford Station 11 30 Kent (Mr. Roborts's) Mon. Kemsing 12 0 Fri. Plexhoe ... 12 0 Rothschild's, Baron Mon. Eyethorp ... 11 0 Thurs. Bonsham 11 0 FOXHOUND% Atherstone Mon. Barton-in-the-Beans 10 45 Wed. Shuttington Bridge ... 10 45 'ri. Ullestherpe Station 10 45 Sat. Anuesley Hall lu 45 Badsworth Tues. Scansby Bar ... 10 3 , 1 Thurs. Wentbridge 1 ; 30 Sat. Brampton Bull's Head 10 Bedale ... ....Mon Blows-hall,Hutton-moorll 0 Wed. Tanfield ... 11 0 Fri. BrOugh Hall 11 Beaufort's, Duke of Mon. Swallatt's gate ... 10 30 Tues. Hawkesbury, Upton... 10 3(' Fri. Northleach (by iuvitatn. )10 3 Sat. Yate Rocks ... 10 3 Berkshire, Old (Mr. Morrell's) Mon. Longcot 10 30 Tues. Curbridge 10 30 Fri. Shriveuham ... 10 3t, Sat. Steventon Green ... 10 30 Blacknioor Vale Tues. Black Dog Inn ... 11 ()- Thurs. Anuis Hills ... 11 0 Sat. Stalbridge ... 11 0 Bramham Moor Mon. High Harrogate 10 3.. Wed. Church Fenton ... 10 30 Fri. Wild Man ... 10 30 Sat. Peckfield-bar 10 30 Burton Hunt (Lord H. Bentinck's)... Mon. Skellingthorp... 11 0 Tues. Linwood-by-Rasen 11 0 Wed. Normandy-by Stow 11 0 Thurs. Tile-Louse Beck 11 0 Fri. Burton 11 0 Sat. Magin-moor 11 0 Cambridgeshire Mon. PottOn Wood ... 10 30 Fri. Megre Wood 10 30 Cheshire ... Mon. Dutton Hall ... 10 30 Wed. Tho Gap for the Peck forton Hills... ... 10 30 Fri. MinshullVernon-station 11 0 Sat. The Smoker, Tabby 0 3/.; _ _ Cottesmore (Sir J. Trol lope's) ... ... Mon. Irnham Park. ... 11 Tues. Tilton Wood. 11 0 Thurs. Col sterworth ... 11 0 ' Sat. Gaston 11 0 Craven (Mr. H. P.Bost's) Mon, Sound-bottom... ... 10 45 Sat. Tinker's-corner 10 4 Crawley and Horsham Mon. Norfolk Arms, Worth 10 45 Fri Warnham , 10 45 Durham County Mon. Bnrnopsido . • ... 10 30 Wed. Branspoth ... • ... 10 30 Fri. Easington ... 10 3t, Essex, the (Mr Ureave's) Mon. High•lawr ... 11 0 Wed. Blackmoro 11 0 Sat. Olives 11 i; Essex, East (Mr. Marriott's) Tues. Oxley Wood 11 I Thurs Thurs D'Aiey street 11 0 , ... Sat. Moor aerderis 11 0 Essex, South Tues. White's-bridge 11 0 Sat. Kennel - 11 0 Essex Union Wed. Purleigh-wasli ... 10 3(t Sat. Hoekley Bull 10 30 Essex and Suffolk Tues. Ardleigh Park 11 1-• Fri. ElmsPtt green._ „, 11 0 Fitzwilliam's, Earl Mon. Long Orton 10 30 Wed. Bek worth ••• 10 3 1 Fri The Kennel ... ••• 10 3 ' . Garth's, Mr. Mon. Warren House ... 10 :30 Wed. Horse Shoes, Warfield 10 :41 Fri. Sherfield Gate ... ••• 10 0 3 Mon. Edge Mill, Littl e ham ••• 10 3 s _ 10 30 - - Halsd Dn Thurs. Buckland Filleigh flambledon (Mr. Wall's) Mon. Swanick Cato 10 45 Fri. The Bold Forester ... 10 45 Haydon ... Wed. Four Stones Station .. 14 0 Sat. D3tland Park ... 10 0 H. 11, ... Mon. Hartle Park ... 11 , Tiles. Chilton Old-housa ... 11 0 Thurs. Bighton Wood. ... 11 0 Sat. The Golden Pot ... 11 0 Herefordshire (Mr. Sat. Creden - hill 10 30 Stubbs)'nes The Bache Hill ... 10 30 Heythrop Mon. Heythr , op ... 10 : , 3 , 0 Wed. Sturdys Castle 10 40 Sat. Wilcote ••• ... 10 30 Hanley DR:oteakaira Crook anger 1445 Fri. The . ... 10 - 45 Hurworth Tue s, Crof-briO ge .. 10 30 Fri. Cotcliff Wood ... 10 30 InoTam's, Mr. Meynell Mon. Chartley Park ... • 10 45 Thurs. Staunton arold ... 10 45 Sat. Drayeolt-elitl .., 10 45 Kent, East ••• ... Tucs. B r id ge 10 30 Fri. Posting Lees ... ~. 10 30 Ledbary • •• Mon. Hethel Pit Turnpike 10 30 Fri. Ham-bridge ▪ 10 30 Lewis, Capt. Hampton Tues. Rhosfrances • 11 0 TI !ars. Tregay nu- cross ... 11 0 Sat, Round -table 11 0 Ludlow (Mr. Sitwell') Mon Hopton Warers 10 30 Thurs. Little Hereford Toll-gate 10 30 Sat. Bit terley ... 10 0 Lumley's, Mr. Mon. Malpas Hill 10 30 Tues. Fineingler-pork 10 30 Thurs. Barlborough 10 30 Fri G rove ••• 10 30 Morpeth ••• Tues. Chevington Moor ... 10 45 Fri. Nunykirli.- 19 15 N. F. 11. ••• Tues. Mo , xl es-court ... 10 45 Thurs. Shutield Hatchet 10 45 Sat. Beaulieu Village 10 45 Pembroke (Mr. L. Phil lips's) Mon. Stepaside Bridge 10 0 Thurs, Fern Hill ... 10 30 Portsmouth's, Earl of Mou. Wherwell-wood ... 12 0 Wed. Worthing-house ... 11 0 Ours. King,cclere 11 0 Fri. Saddler's Farm ... 11 0 Puckeri Igo (Mr. Parry's)Mou. Blake's Ware ... 10 30 Wed. Little Chesterford ... 10 30 S.A. Great Munden ... 10 30 PStehleY Tucs. Stow Nine-churches 10 45 Wcd. North Kilworth-house 10 44 Fri. Thornby 10 45 eat. Badby Wood 10 45 Raby, Duke of Cleve land's •10 . • Mon. Second mile-stone from Bishop Auckland. 11 0 Wed. Hamsterley 11 0 Fri, Caldwell m „, 11 0 Mon. Clipstone Vil!age 10 45 Thurs. Ley fields ... ... 10 45 Sat. Rufford Abbey ••• 10 45 Rutland's, Duke of Mon. Landyke lane 10 3 0 Tues. Lentos Village ... 10 30 Thurs. Stoke Rechford le 30 Fri. Weaver's Lodge ... 1 . 30 Shropshire ... Tues. The Fox, Albrighton... 141 30 Fri. Cound • 10 30 Somerset Subscription Tues. Brincombe-hill 11 0 Fri. Willett-hill ... 11 0 Southampton's, Lord... Mon. Stowe Nine-churches... 11 0 Fri. Whitfield •• 11 0 • •• Southdown (Mr. A. Donovan's)... Men. Seaford 10 45 Wed. Clapham ... 1 0 45 Fri. Offham gate 10 45 Smith's, Mr. A.. Mon. Crawlboy's Farm 11 0 Tues. Care Hill 11 0 Thurs. Chute Lodge 11 0 Sat. Winterslow 11 ° Raiford Sonthwold (Mr. G. Cook's) Mon. Autborpe Station 11 0 Tues. Tattk:rshall Cross 11 0 Thurs. Hainton hall 11 0 Sat. Welton Wood ... 11 0 Staffordshire, North ... Mon. The Loggerheads 10 30 Wed. Whitmore Station 10 30 Fri Croxdeu Abbey 10 30 Stamford's, Ea.rl of ... Tues. Banton Abbey ... 10 30 Thurs. Woodcote 10 30 Sat. Summerhouse-inn 10 30 Tues. Honington Fox 10 45 Thurs. Bradley Fox ... 10 45 Sat. Barton Village ... 10 45 Surrey Union Mon. Epsom Windmill 10 30 Thurs. Hampton Lodge 10 30 Sat. Effingham Hall 10 30 Elussex, East ... Tues. Hove Windmill 10 30 Fri. Black Horse, Battle-rd. 10 30 Sutton's, Mr. Francis Tues. Fix Hills 0 . Fri. One Barrow-lodge 11 0 Sutton's, Mr. Richard Mon. Rolleston 11 0 Thurs. Marston 11 0 Sat. Barkley 11 0 Thomson's, Mr. A. Mon. Chi1t0n ....... 11 0 Tues. Ch trndon Common 11 0 Wed. Stratton 4udley it 0 Sat. Sollern Gate 11 0 Mon. Kennel... 10 3 4 Thurs. Key-street 10 SO Sat Stone Stile 10 33 Moo. Paddington ... 10 30 Thurs. The Stag's Head ... 10 30 Sat. Pound.down; Si lverton 10 30 United Pack Tue.. Affeott 10 0 Fri. . Radnor Forest-wood 10 0 Suffolk Tickham Tiverton V. W. ,H. (Lord Gif ford's) Tues. Ready Token 11 0 Thurs. Cr udwell 11 0 Sat. Kempsford 11 0 Warwickshire... Mon. Faruboroug h 10 45 Tues. Idlicote 10 45 Thurs Ufton Wood 10 4 5 Fri. Broughton Castle 10 45 Warwickshire, North Tues. Cubbington Gate ... 10 45 • Wed. The Clock, Bickenhill 10 4 5 Sat. Henley-in• Arden 10 4 5 "Wheatland., dr. Lloyd's Tues. Spoonbill ... 10 30 Fri. Meadowley 10 30 Willoughby's, Mr.. Mon. Scampston House 10 0 Wed. Castle Howard 10 0 10 0 Worcester:hire Fri. Flaxton _ ••• ••• Sat. Elvingten 10 0 Mon. Blanop's Wood 10 30 Wed. Plymouth Arms Inn, Hewoll 10 30 Fri. Persliore 10 30 Mon. Carden... .... 10 30 Wed. Bryn-y-pys 10 3 Fri. Llanforda. 404 ••• 10 30 Sat. Hope Station 10 3 0 HARRIERS. Mon. Patcham 10 45 Wed. Race Course 10 45 Sat. Dyke......... 10 45 Mon. Nevvmarket Hill 10 30 Thurs. Telscombe Tye 10 30 Mon. Roborough Gate 10 3 0 Wed. Withiel Post 10 30 Fri. Leigh Farm, Winsford 10 $O Tues. Crankstou Grange ... 1 1 ° Thurs. Pike Hall 11 0 Sat. Taddington 11 0 Tues. Over . 11 0 Mon. Colborn 10 30 Fri. Hedley ... 10 30 Mon. Mr. Baker's, Hendring ham ... Fri. Barwick Farm Wynn'a, Sir W i W.... Brighton Brookside Dulverton High Peak ... Huntingdonshire ... Newcastle & Gateshead West Norfolk SEABORNB MAILS. 0 0 0 0 - (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General root Offee the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) - , - Day 771nn made up prom villa. Want COI7NTRIE6. lr, Genera! Post- Fort due 0 Wilco, London.* DlspAtcht. . I En.(larld. A.merica(byßrit.pack)N Every Fride.l. .. • • Liverpool Mar. 14 A.mericp. tby United Sts packet) ..........N •.. - •••.. Liverpoo, F eb. 27 tmerica (by U. States packet) ..........N -....- •• • Southampt. ;M. 21 &nstralla (via South ampton) .........M .......... - !Southampton! Ditto (via Marseilles) N 1 • • ....• . • • • •'l)orer .. Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hope) ...• ........Ni ... Uncertai tfrica (West Coast) . asi'l3d of the menu . Plymou tb • . Mar. 6 klcaandria........ ~N 8,9, 24, &30 of ic; • Dover .. .. k kleaandria ........ -X 4th & 20th of mi..; South atny-Iteo •lahamas ... .......M 17th of the mops' ;Southant.,.tor. deigium ...........N patty •••••• • • • • • • 'Dover ...... Dail) drazil ............ - Nl , 3th of the month.. Southampton (Mar. 16. 3uenos Ayres ........m 9th 01 too month .. southamo, ton Mar. 16 lane of Good Hope .. N Various port Uneort...n • ;ape of Good Hope - N ' also do Verds ......N 9th of the month Southampton Feb. 26 :eylon (see India) leylon ..............N !hatmel Isles : . .. , ...N Mon..Wed.,&Frid. Southamp too Tu.Tb.Sa 'hill. - .....••• .; TS 2d & 17th of monti Southamp .o 'him.... `onstantinople .... !,,N 3,13,18,23,1x2501 n Dover ....... !onstautinople lont. of Europe M & 1t; Twice daily .... - Dover ... Twinedall e.kypt (see India) ~ orance .... ••.. M & N (Twice daily ....._ Dover ..., Twined, k. iibralter ..........31 4 , 7, 17.20. 27 ,f n - • Southamptoss • .lreeco (see India) I rv .," ..........3c2nd &17th of mon. South= prow lamimrth ..........NTuesday & Friday London ... t; „ anna t, .. ..... ... m and of the inontts Solana= p ,ss Mar. • Tolland ............MsDailY•• •••• . • • ... Dover .. „ it.m.PY lonclares ..........Mll7ta tithe month. Southern pto 1 16thomuss ;ndia (ylaSouthampt.)M ;4th t 20th of mon. Plymssuth .•'4 & 20 in Mlle (via MarSeilleoM 9th&26th of month,Dover ..... tonian Isles (see India)l7. 17, & 27 of monlDover..... .. , Ireland ........M & NiTwice daily ..".... ; HolyinEed ;Twltedati , Li5ben.............. 7.4 a, 9, 17, it 27 of mitlouthampto,.lFeb. 26 • %declaim sl 9th of the motith'gouthamno, tiodcira ........, . L 233 01 month .... Liverpool ~ delta (see India) Malta 4, 8,18. &28 of mon. Dover . ..4 & 10M qauri tins (see India , I lenritius ........ Nl l4 th of the mouth( 10,a. 0 .........,,,,,,m,2nd of the mont' . :Sontb.an,p . reb.,,26 ' , Topic; .. - - ...., .. ,N - A thlAth2Sthofmon !Dover -., 1 few Granada ..... , .2 1 1 e 17th of moot' Southam,bl- ¶ew Z ealand ....... ~ : 'By orivate skip ..'Various no - ; 1710erobl Dover .;... . , : , ? n a i n t s S u t t teg a , „ .":....,... : 7,'1 i lh 7 tthh 15 1711'2 112 5 t 7th " o f fln m o ° n l. .• South anipt. ni ~,n , .......... ;_, .; M 2d A 27th of men.,'Southampb .n :'art Natal ...... . N By Privet° shin.... Various p o t to 1700.112 1, . ~ e il, ~ .. .. .. ~ , N g sth I r.th2Mhofmon,' Dover .. „ , I 'uscany .. ...... .. Othl s o.2sthefirion.•Dover .. 1 • anezueir ... , ~ , , ~ 54 2d le 17tb ofniont. , .:Southaritn, ..,!1 &16nu It •on Dioman'eL•nd(le, . . i . I skustrelia) ~ w . ... i . elt Indies ~.,.1 1 20 vz i 7th 0 rtion+l• Bout/tar/4h , n 1& 16 me? Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the matt' mill ' d e ' patched on the following day, with the excepti on o f the 'ln ',* (T IP enthampton),and tNe 'Malta. both of which will he ~ , eopAtch, • , eceding day &HARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAROH 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been better to-day, and the prices generally have. advanced. Lancashire and Yorkshire. 83) i—Midlands, 70—Lon don and North Western, 994 Ditto, shares., new, 13s. 9d. dis.-21 , snchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 244 5 Dutch Rhenish, 16s. 3d. p.—South Eastern, 20,1- -Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed, 723—Great Western of Canada, 2 / 5i —Ditto, new shares, 34 p. — Luxembourg Constit., 8. d. MANCHFSTER. MARCH 7. f4TOMC EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull to-day, an d prices are not very well sustained. Mid lands, 70 — London and North Western, Dovers, 20 —Leeds, 81a—Sheffiolds, 25—DittO, Pref., 11I—Great Westerns , 60i —North Stafford% 64 dis. BIRMINGNIM, MARca 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was fire to-day. Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Stock was done at 72—Birmingham Banks, 33j. A QUATICS.—SCULLEES' RACE —A great 'cullers' race hAs bmsn agreed upon h , tweea John Mackinney and Henry Kelly, two first-rate ;gateman, who are to row nn Thursday, the 22d May, from Putney to the ship at Mortlake, for 2001. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 6th inst., at 2, Leinster-gardens, Hyde-park, the wife of George Barnet, Esq. On the 6th inst. in Nottingham-place, Marylabor" the lady of Lancelot inst., Esq. OV A DAUGHTIM. On the 7th inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. Stephen Spurling. On the 7th kat., at Oak-hill, Hampstead, Mrs. ltanley Hopkins. MARItIED. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Cho.* Raleigh Knight. Esq., only Ron of the late Lient.•Genera lirnry Rllcigh Knight, to Julia Sophia Sadleir Vickson second surviving daughter of the late William S. Bruere and relict of the late Robert Hickson, Esq., of 881 liataggart, co. Kerry. DIED. On the 7th inst., Mr. Wm. Rivett, sea., of Crown-street l Finsbnry , quar,, aged 75. On the 6th inst., at Great Malvern, Thomas Attwood, Esq., of Birmirgham, aged 72. On the sth inst., at Cheltenham, General Geo. Wright, Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers, avid 76. On the sth inst , at - Southampton, Edith Anne, third daughter of Coptain Adam Kellock. On the sth iust , Matthew Heath, Esq., of Hammer smith, aged 81. On the 3d inst at Harley Rouse, Brunswick-place, R e ' gent's-park, his 'Excellency Don trancisco Luciano de Murrieta, one of the principals of the eminent house nt . C. de Murrieta and Co., of Adams -court, Old Broad street, aged 62. On he 99th tilt., atWeymouth, Dorset, the Rev. Ralph Lyon, D.D., rector of Biehop's Cauudle, and vicar of Hay don, Dorset, aged 61. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO TM:TN ( ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th Sun Office, K., 111, ..4trand, u th 4 Precinct of the Savoy, in the county o Middle■aa, Saturday, March 1806. 2u Pm iv P 4,