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as held at le chair. had been ear, about Ice on the der chiefly “ions. It ,he above ary period of Janu , the leg- examine icement of ules to be motion or that corn be board. 184,6221., balance of f points of mid for by oat the union vvisl le by th eir s in a good itisfactory. which had Ling body ess of the must raise d Nortua dividends r 19,0001., and the iare. The t with the ssible, snd share par other al doption 0 . 1 ied usaal• of Dud• t of March terest at 5 ance upon ne time. f this cow on capital incltiding per cent. preference preference xpenditure . subscrip - Lgainst the , al account and the ig the 31st red, includ. 87, 85514 expenses, supply of 'o this Brun t, 2131. re` dividend ration fees, the South rear's fixed ompany At 'O/. From s, 27, 8441 ' bases, and t Western of March, een Grange ivieg a do' is deducted 01. shares, it cent. per Impany en• Dt 11,04 11 . meidered 2,5 ompany AS ) rent gun' red within ,he line W to the 31 41 to the half . r (Wedoes t amounted k. Bd. Ti r amounted 0 15,591/. ral revenue be added half-year of 16,1601. [lend at the 51. 15s. id. heir report, ;factory in' 54, though ) cent per • about cora ops, etc,, .ig s and sere revenue-is mut on the linary and . to be car. st of Deo. ipared with The net n loans and out of this of 335. 9d. ad. on each r cent. per ,8331., and ENT. lecided the ,venot boa rmitted t' AND Wig' anding et' Parties be orders *r dition that nes CRAY)• ith in this Ate for . tb• tse for cos• :ray is esti' arainiOners )posed rail ren to the .osfer their Day.) W.N.W. ; -Niger (e.), 3aldnr, t . "f lysses, St. on ; Feli.%, Ll—SamUe I a ; Jamea :verthorpo, psy Queen, rma, frora m Trieste. a Berbiee; lalifax an Leti s, froril lael's. &ming. , Duke 0 1 sub Marl , ; George; Mellicont• , steamer, Oporto. Despatch, dornin g• ID/; Lair' ia. Feb. 25. B.) 15 a.m. I; Dian*, .51 a. m. Ethiope , p au goon d Nelson :ongkong ; de Cabs tth; Al4ll from Os tw York, ~=~*~ MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed With an improving tendency. Compared with Friday's rates prices of American were firm. Other kinds were unchanged. • The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales (of which 1,500 were taken for Ixport, and 2,000 on speculation), including 430 Forum and Maranham, at 60. to 61d. ; 300 Egyptian, 6d. to 'lid. ; 1,500 Surats, C i d. to 41d.; and 120 Sea Islands, 11id. to 15d. per lb. La the Railway Share Market there is little alteration to note in prices compared with Saturday, and the amount of business was to a fair extent. Mercantile advice from Belgium continue to State that the solution of political complications l low pending causes great reserve in commercial operations. The animation in the import mar kets at Antwerp has subsided, excepting in cotton, for which the demand has been con siderable, and holders of supplies are demand ing higher prices, which, for the time, paralyses the dealings of the manufacturers. . About 1,200 bales of American have changed hands at the fol lowing rates :—good ordinary 301 to 31 cents per kilogramme ; middling 331 to 341 c., and good euddling from 341 c. to 35c. In coffee 2,389 bags of Brazilian, sold for 48i to 661 c. per s kilo., and 6 36 bales of St. Domingo at 59 to 70c. Batavia, ordinarytO good ordinary 351 c. to 36/c.,andCheribou White and green 370. to 38ic. The market for nugar is quiet. At a 5410 by auction, 3,500 cases of Havanna of good quality brought 32if. to 39if. Per 50 kilos. Sales by private contract are limited, , 41 (1 prices nominal. For refined sugars the market le weak, and the demand is limited. The addition to the stock on hand during last week was 190,000 kilos. The Bavarian Government have addressed a eir tolar to the other states of the ZolLverein, relative to the reduction of the existing duty on iron im- Ported from foreign countries. This circular re quests that the question should be discussed at a conference of delegates from the several customs 114 Partments belonging to the Zollverein states. In consequence of the disclosures made of the „ fr auds of the late John Sadleir, and particularly 44 reference to the Royal Swedish Railway Shares, the Committee of the Stock Exchange have come to the following resolution : . . I. :` Under the pecular circumstances that have been wrought to the notice of the committee regarding the Position of the shares and obligations of the Royal iSwedish Railway Company, the committee is of opinion that it would be detrimental to the general interest of the Public and the Stock Exchange if any settlement in out- I tanding bargains in those shars and obgaions took Placeat present, and thesettling e in the same li is t postponed !‘ecordingly." Also resolved,—" That ne new transactions 111 the shares or obligations of the Royal Swedish Rail flaY Company will-be recognised by the committee until tirther notice." The Funds continue very buoyant, and a further Blight advance has taken place, principally in con liequence of a statement that an armistice had been Il igeed. Until something is known of the manner in which the Conferences are proceed thg, the speculators are disinclined to ope rate largely, and the market consequently rules quiet. Consols for money, after being 921, r eceded to 91/ I T , and the account prices have i ven way per cent. from their highest point, h aving been 921 1, and since 91 i to 92 1. This flatness was occasioned by a delay in the arrival of t he quotations by telegraph from the Paris Bourse. As the Conferences are in the French capital the °Tements on the Bourse there may be expected to li diuence the values of ()insecurities, The New Scrip °43 , been 2 to 2k prem., and the Exchequer B ills ditto premium. The New 3 per Cents. have been " 3 to 93i, }A and the Reduced 921 Bank Stock 1 , 3 risen to 215. Exchequer Bills are 2s . for the Zareh, and par for the Jane descriptions. Tile 'uncle are 97i to 981. Most of the Foreign Securities are firmer, but there is an absence of active dealing. Turkish 6 Per Cents. are per cent. higher, being 95k, ft, fld, for the 4 per Cents., the prices are 1001 Spanish 3 per Cents. rule firm at 43. Russian 5 Per Cents. have been dealt in at 1041 to 105, Por tngnese 5 per Cents. at 521, Chilian 6 per Cents. St 1021, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 1021. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6171; Mexican, ; Peruvian, 801811; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; P ortuguese 4 per Cents., 47 4 9 ; Russia n 5 p er Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 3 Per Cents., 42} 43 ; ditto Deferred, 23124 ; ditto C ertificates, 41 5. Railway shares are quiet, at previous quotations, althou g h in one or two instances a slight advance has occurred. Great Northern have risen 5•. to 1 ° 3 ., and the A shares 11. to 2t. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull. Tile Mining and Banking shares are dull. Canada 'land have risen about 11. aarnim FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONS O'CLOCK, ( From the Oficial Lilt.} Busities: done. }l ank Stock 3 3 per Lout. Rodxced Animates. . l eer Cent. Console Annuities 9 21 1 i i 2 11 i I t e 3 per Cent. Annuities ~v 2 i per Cent. Annuities 77 -11 g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 ... - 1G ~, 'Atte 31 Years, expire sth Jan ,-1860 3 t - Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apiii, 1885 l6 13-16 i Ind -is Bonds £lOO9 r , Ditto, under MOO 6 2 d ‘fonsols for &cconnt Ditto scrip kitchequ e r Bills, 20. March. June. £lOOO . .......„„ ....... 2 4 par 400 — i d knall , . DM* Scrip Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per (lent 9B Ditto, 1859 tltiell OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Ceit. ;hilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lo2i ~°rtliguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1 8 41 52 . Vissian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £St lOl 5 Osrim .1_ 4 I ,.• h ••b Boucle, 3 per Cent 43 "Litt( Bonds, 6 per cent 9si i Ditto Account " ' • 95t Ditto New Scrip 4 per Cent - Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK, Consols, money Ditto Account 9li 92 100 i MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. • SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 la to 6/ 6s; clover do. 41 15s to 61 15a; and straw ' 11 4s to 11 9s per load. A moderate supply, aid a fair demand. eIIMBRULIND.—Meadow hay, 41 4s to 618 s •, clover do., los to 61 12x; and straw, 11 58 to II 10s per load. "T,2ly tolerably good, and trade rather dull. RrrEcHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 41 58 to 61 6s ; clover `"). 4i 1.58 to 61 15s ; and straw , 1 / k to 11 9 s per load. Trade slow. COLONIAL. • TEA.—The market has been very quiet, the trade show -IA 6 but littl e disposition to purchase , an d the merchants h ?►vo net pressed sales. Common Conon, 9d. per lb. SUGAR.—No change has taken place in the value of either raw or refined, and little business has been done for home co nsumption. Shippers still continue to operate for ex. Portation. The public sales of colonial this week are ex pected to be large. uonrnE.— This article has been in limited demand. folantation Ceylon of the better qualities has been inquired but ordinary sorts were dull of sale. Native cont inues VT, and Mocha has been in demand at fall ra tes. for mer rice there has been more inquiry , a nd for r prices have been fully Maintained. p a ßUM—Only &trifling business is roorted in this article. , ir D emerara b rown so ld at 2s 5d per proof gallon. TALLOW.—A speculative demand has arisen am on g 3 a under contrac to deliver between this and the "4rtiaa prom., and prices ts have advanced to 58s 6d and 593 for !telive r y in Februar and March. The market for home "asuraption continues dull. SUICIDE 01' A. CABMAIL—ILifOrIrIatiOn has been for- Warded to Mr. Wakley, the coroner, to the effect that Il i eebman named William Beal, residing at 8, Coram- Place, Little Coram-street, Ressell-square, had put an e nd to his existence yesterday by hanging himself in a cupboard. It appears that in consequence of some irre gular conduct on his part, the authorities at Scotland yard susp e nded his licence for nearly nine months, and he had been in employment only about a week. - I :he Fremden Blatt learns from Bucharest that on the 21st January (old style), the freedom of the press was proclaimed in Moldavia, and laws for its regulation pub lished. On the 7th February, the question of the eman eiPatien o f the Wallachian gypsies was decided by 11 voices against 10. There are 70,000 gypsies in Wallachia, and their present proprietors will receive an indemnifi cation for each of them from the State. From Varna we learn that the inhabitants of Abasia and Miugrelia dis lay - great hostility to the Turkish arm. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. tr. irSId.I RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yasterday lil, lberut•eik ........ ..... A 4mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Janet.. all s3•llfast k Balymena. all 3lrraing. Wolvo rh %. Stour Valley .....<.. 29{ iirli eihd. Lancet,. d Cheshire Junet all )o. Chesh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons 19 Do., £2O all Rlyth t...-Tynsorigina £25 (issd. at .£4i; 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 100 jaledonian ls. 'Gann. and Cal digtu All Chester di Holyhead. all Jork and Bandon . ill Cork, Black, sk Past, 18 Cornwall all Do. A ............. • 8 Do. B 25j 26i - 4i - 8i 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 87 09 56i b 7 ••• •N woo 1i 'clic T Junction.— 45 Dubln&BelfastJutte all Dun. P. ik Ah.ir. Jnc 100 East Avgllan all Eastern Counties.. 100 c`Ast. FTuion, A Steels....loo Dr., B. Steels.... : Si Do., New A 10 East Kent 100 r;ast Lancashire ... , , 100 FAinturgla &Glasgo., ; all dinb. and Peebles 100 din. Prth &Drrad.i 9 .ilorth & Clyde Jon all Furness . all Do. Extension. 100 Glasgow &LI West all Great N. of Scotlnd. 100 jUreat Northern..,. 100 Do., A. Stock 'OO Do., B. Stock 1.10 tit. Sth. &West. (Ire. 10) Treat Western l, >i. Do. Stour Val. Ra: Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eas: , ort , . all Lancaster & Carlisi4 ‘ 14 ~, Do., Thirds ..... , : . '!I 8 ,Do. New Thirds...... Irk t - ....neastt.andlreork.3 l, 4 r_in. Wst.RidingUh all Liv:Criny . &Sou th all London k Black wail 100 :olid. Bright & S.Cst, 100 Lond. and N. West:. 16 i)o. Fifths ...... 5,; Do .101.13 h. ,Trikß...( '. ) .1 Do. Eighths , 100, London and& Wo-r:'. , all I Do., R.&) all I Do., £4O all Lnduarry& Col ()rain all Invindr7. & Ennisk 100 Haneh.Shef.& Lincl P I i2s. Do., Mar. & Lin. lin 1 Metropolitan In Midland ... 100 1)o. Birmng. &Dart. , all Midld. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. all 'Nwpt.Aberg. itHrV 3; Nowry & Enniskillet all Newry Warrenpoin' ' and Rostrovor :.100 Norfolk 3i Northn.Countios Un 100 North British... Nth Devon Rai'. & 100 Deck Stock . . 100 Do., A Stock... nil no., B Stock ... all Do., i B Guarantee . 100 IN. Eastern—Berwic! 21 flDo. do. Extension .. 15 I Do.do. (..N.E. :enroll 1 all Do. Leeds 100 'Do. York 100 North London 1 i? 1F , N.&S.Wstrn.,Harn!. • stead, and City Jn„ I 17 i , North Staffordshire. , I al , -North Western I all N. &S. West rn. June, I I Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 1 10 Ox, Wore.. & Wolv, i S Portsraouth ~, i.OO %Wish Central LO( ,Scottish Midland 100 Hiropshlre Ur i in .. ) a'l 'South Devon I ),) South Eastern 100 South Wales ) I. S. Yrksb . & ltiv. Du! „i ' S Do ) :0 Ctnino., Wok k'Wol: a' , !Stockton & Darli I,W I StA,..:lxten & Hartlep! 1, ):, \ Taff Vale 1 In I Do. Pref., No. 1 5 ':2 i'mlnacs Hay. D.& R. 0 .... jUlverstone & Lance J all !Vale of Neath all !Waterfd. 24; Kilkenny 0 all Waterford&Limerie'B, all West Cornwall. 0 all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. 5 all ' Do. A .. .. 5 3 Do. B .... 1(1 ail (`?Vest London .0 all jWinahledn &Croydon 4 - 2 12A - 13 9$ 94 32 - 3t 22 - 24 72 74 51 56 9* ►a 25 27 85 - 87 6i - 7 95 - 96 80 - 82 123 - 125 106 - 108._ 59 -- ,67 • 60 73 - 76 6i - 7i 6 - 82 82. 7k _ 7 i 9' 98 101 i 102 td t 92i —93 i ii/ 2511 id 7o 71 41 43 -10 i 49- - 51 34 30 29 30. 76i -77 t 6 - 56.1 4 - 13 - 150 52 53 90 - 92 - 9i loi 22 - 24 04 - 106 74 - 76 4.6 4$ 11 - i :24 654 - 66 72 - 74 4 - 21' - id =5 -- 37 •. 20i - 21 34 - 44 .6* SI .11 LO 140 O 10 5 4A FOREICkN. krivurtir,L.thott -rtAM Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes Eagtn. Junu 4eziers to Gra v ssonsa Bombay, Baroda, an ' f! , lntral Tndia,Scri! Do. t )emerarts IV:astern of France Do. Now Ilgagt Indian, g. 5 p. o Dc. • _ D 0.41 p.e.Bnds.,'s7 Do. (10. CIO.. d".. Gee ong 1L Melbourne guar. 5 per o nt... Do., Lon. allot., do. !Gd.Tkof CanadaAis Do. Do. Cert. of Deben eon. into Stk. till'6A Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Franc , 'Gt. Indian Peninfer Great Lnxembouril Constituted Shares Do. Obligations._ Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. at. Western of Cane al Shares Do. New Do. Me., payablo's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Dc,. do., '73, without l option Hamilton it Toronte Do. 6 per cent. Lake Corset. & Baal , Liorre and Turnhout Lucca, & Pist. sp. c.p Lyons and Ocneva Lyons & Moditerran IMadrae, gua^. 4 p.c Do. Now 0., SP. 0 Do. 4/ p. c. Exton Maria Antonia Do. do. New ........ Namur & Liege (wit' interest). Do. (ex interest) ..... Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shs Do. 201. 3p. Ms (fray . B. la Ams. Shit. NorwegianTrunk.Pro Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans. Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish Do. Obligations Sambre and ?dense._ no. 51i p. cont. Pre, &hide, guar. 5 p. c D 0.... Southern of France.. St. Andrew's any' Quebec (A). 4/est Flanders Do 5A rlor c. Pref... a t isT. W. of Franc* West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand Business done I s t this day. I s 7i -- a 1(1 1 p 2i— 3 3i 2if d pro § iF - zgy • .39 12 -14 p 21} 211 A - 00 ''''. 1100 • 10i - 14i - 73 - 76 82 - 86 5 - 6 201 - 201 1 41 - 6 3 - 33 ••• - ••• 251 - 2 6 i 31 - 3ip 99 - 100 120 - 125 120 - 125 107 -- 1(W 75 -25 i 120 - 125 2 n 9i 10 19 -19 I 7 _ 5 2 - 3 5 - 6 sf i - 39} - 361 11t 12.3 • 8; - W ... 7 i - 50 •-.. gp # 52 -- • ••• ."'" 1 - 9 ... --- i -- 1 ••• ..... pm 3i : - 4 iii - ii ••• ."'.". iii 7 iei' JOINT-STOCK BANE& knstralasix .. Bank of London ... Bri. Col. 13k.&14n. liritish N. American 10hartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Loud gng.Scot. & &us. Cht Loud. Chars. Bk. of A.ustralla Ditto Now (.tendon and County Lnd. &E. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock London and Paris Lond. Is Westminster National Pro.of Bug Do. New ........... c National of Ireland New South Wales.... 'lriental Bank of ' Corporation 7rGvineial of Ireland Le. New R Aus B &Go Im Ct Royal British ;oath Australia Union of Australia Do. Now troip V. Londoil SPY 92 - 94 64 -- 66 p &r - 1 p 4 - 67 - 69 •••• ..... ••• 16i -- in 151 -- 161 3 i -- 2d 1 ..• „. Par 243 ..id ::: p..ar .M N• ~ ."" 10 , • 37 - 39 39 - 41 . 0 . ps• ••11, ... -"' ••• -- 33 40 71 - 72 74 29 8i Rll LV, ail 21 1 'U 10 i all :0 I 16 /01 •22 E 5 - 1 1 )1) 9) A 14 CI +►ll ;6 14 4 , Lll 'I 11 :OA all 0 all V all P4:l 17 °A all 5 .11 O all O 10 !O 5 114 all .0 all !O !AI :0 all L 0 all 20 all to all .o I 5 5 all 4 all lu ?al . o 5 20 all tO all 10 all Il I all 6 all () •u 100 50 i 0 all 20 /0 all 0 all 0 20 DO 50 i 0 10 )0 10 )0 20 )0 35 10 10 .o \ 1 all 5 LOO 50 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING T ,P,WD itENTALB, Compan Mitt erica. yesterd , y q ”einess this dap. LINES L. L ITERATURE. The Divine Comedy • or, The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri. Rendered into English by Frederick Pollock, Esq. With Fifty Illustrations, drawn by George Scharf, jun. Chapman and Hall. An exquisite gift book—the very jewel of a library—being, as it is, one of the grandest poems ever penned by mortal, faithfully and gracefully translated from the original Italian into our Eno. lish vernacular, and adorned by a most delicate pencil with a profusion of classic and imaginative illustrations. Again we say, an exquisite gift book, being all this, as it actually is : the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, embellished by the crayon of George Scharf, and rendered into Eng lish by the pen of Frederick Pollock—the artist proving himself to be no less ingenious and fanciful than the translator_ shows himself to have been faithful and competent throughout. Perused in any form—in the melifluous terza rima of the original—in Cary's prose translation—in Pollock's recent version of it in blank verse—how wonderful it that Divine Comedy, that threefold and celes tial epic—the Paradise, the Purgatory, the Pande monium ! If, as Lord Byron said in one of his re pentant notes to " Don Juan," one can almost hear the footsteps of the elder gods resounding through the sonorous verse of Keats while reading his sublime fragment of " Hyperion "—how truly may it not be said that while reading the "Divine Comedy " of Dante, one can hearken to the howlings of the damned in the "Inferno," hear the sweet and solemn harmonies of repentant life-in-death through the "Purgatorio," or watch the gleaming features and the glowing robe of the angelic Beatrice floating for ever and ever in the glorifying at mosphere of the Paradise. What marvellous visions of beauty and horror they are, crowding upon us with aspects so weird arid awful for the most part as we follow the shade of Dante and the attendant ghost of Virgil through the regions of the after life—" down to Hell," by Acheron, by Styx, by Phlegethon—up, up, from the „sea, beyond the flowery valley, past the successive regions of the Proud, of the Envious, of the Angry, of the Sloth ful, of the Avaricious, of the Prodigal, of the Gluttonous, of the Luxurious, even with the limits of the crowning garden of the Earthly Paradise— " higher still and higher," beyond the " Sphere of Fire," successively more and more heavenward to the Moon, to Mercury, to Venus, to the Sun, to Mars, to Jupiter, to Saturn, to Gemini in the fan cied regions of the fixed stars, onward, outward, upward, further and further, beyond the Primum, Mobile into the infinite and ineffable Empyrean of " Paradise." 0 the wondrous flight— the most daring ever essayed by mortal imagination ! And to follow the dauntless poet in this his flight of audacity the merely English scholar finds, as it were, wings given to him by Mr. Pollock's transla tiou. A translation most remarkable for its faith fulness. Insomuch that we might pronounce in regard to these 580 pages the dulcet panegyric uttered by the bard of the " Paradiso "in refer ence to the faces seen in the beatific vision recorded in the third Canto of the third division of the " Divine Comedy " : " Quail per vetri transparent' e tersi, 0 ver per acque nitide e tranquille, Non si profonde che i fondi sein persi. Tornan de' nostri visi le pastille Debili si, che perla in bianca fronte Non vien men forte alle nostre papilla ; Tali vid' io pia facce a parlar pronte." Yes ! tali—tali—yet non si profonde che i fondi sein, persi : though Debili si, che perla in bianca fronte non, rim men forte alle nostre pupille ! Ind many pearls of great price there are, dropping ever and ever from the lips of the glorions poet as he speaks—pearls so reflected through the truth fel and transparent medium of Mr. Frederick Pollock's fanciful and eloquent translation ! It was Coleridge, if we recollect rightly, who some where about 1818 first awakened public attention to the merits of the prose version of Dante given to the world some time before by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary—a version which had, nevertheless, remained wholly unnoticed until thus spoken of iu earnest terms of praise by the authoritative voice of the author of " Christabel." This justice was done, moreover, by the genial and discerning cri ticism of Coleridge through the opportunity pre sented to him for so doing by a lecture he delivered upon the subject of the sublime poetry of Dante Alighieri. Whereupon the reviewers of the Edin burgh and Quarterly " followed suit" immediately, and the reputation of Cary as a Translator was in a manner instantly made and permanently esta blished. Mr. Pollock, in his turn, deserves pre cisely such an appreciative lecturer to give the key note to after poeans in his honour to be chaunted by the critical Boanerges of the blue-and-buff and the stone-coloured old Whig and Tory quarterlies. Happily the time may yet come sooner than might be anticipated even by those dubious lookers on who pin their faith exclusively to the poetic prose of Cary. When it does —among the admirers of the charming volume under notice may we take rank, as numbered in the category of its prophetic appreciators ! Honour, meanwhile, say we, without, waiting for any such lecture, honour to the scholarly hand that penned this strictly accurate, and yet gracefully rhetorical English version of the "Divine Comedy"—a ver sion beautifully embellished by the classic limnings lavished upon the letterpress by the Flaxinan like pencil of George Scharf, the younger. Alto gether the volume may be accepted as a tributary memorial to the genius of Dante not unworthy of the literary and artistic enterprise of this nine teenth century—a monument nobler than cue of brass or marble, and more durable, according to the familiar boast 'of Horace Commemorative of the heroic student-life ' comprised between the memorable dates of 1265 and 1321, the dates of the birth and death of that grand old Dante Alighieri of Florence, whose name his colossal masterpiece of the " Divine Comedy" has securely immortalised. Men of the Time. Biographical Sketches ef Emi nent Literary Characters. One Vol. David Bogue. - - - - • A biographical dictionary of eminent contempo raries—hastily collected together, it would almost seem, for the purpose of puffinge' certain sixth-rate names into a spurious sort of an artificial celebrity. The original germ of the work appeared three or four years since in the form of a small squab vo lume of 400 and odd pages—now extended into a little unwieldy monster of nearly a thousand. At the outset the production bore evidence from preface to finis of the merest book making. Snip pings from country newspapers, and all sorts of little rags and tags of information, for the most part worthless, were the raw materials out of which this veracious instructor appeared to be chiefly fabricated. The article devoted to the biography of Dickens, for example, was eked out through some eight vapid pages by about the oily good thing in it—viz., the bodily reprint of a letter addressed by that glorious no velist to our contemporary, the Times, giving a description of the rabble congregated outside Horsemonger-lane Gaol to witness the execution of those horrible wretches the Mannings. The omia sions ,observable in the work, even in its second edition (1853), were something preposterous. And. with these errors of omission there were errors of commission, if possible, yet more preposterous. There was an especial little glorification, for example, of George Dawson of Birmingham and not a word, good, bad, or indifferent about Samuel Warren, author of " Ten Thou sand a-Year" and the " Diary of a Late Physi cian." So with regard to many another idol of some obscure little clique, and many another world-wide celebrity. As the compilation has grown it has, as a matter of course, given signs of very considerable improvement. Numerous men of mark previously overlooked have been at length remembered, and their names duly inscribed upon the long catalogue of eminent contemporaries. But with the really distinguished, other persons have had their lives emblazoned upon Mr. Bogue's scroll of fame, whose lights are still hid away in darks corners under bushels, and by this premature ex posure to the winds of heaven are threatened with being more effectually extinguished by means of the very puffs designed to blow them into a blaze of renown—a " conflagration of genius" expected, of course, by the puffer-general ulti• mately to set the Thames on fire. The uninten tionally destruetive influence of these same mis rtaaktheenrifffireffeslywbilyl t b h e e a b id u e r d stsof moreover, we conjecture, laughter certain to be provoked by their extravagance, from every reader blessed with a keen sense of the ridiculous. Pane gyrics, some of them are, kindred in their preter natural absurdity with that which has just led Mr. Ruskin into the ludicrous gaucherie of mentioning quietly, and, as a matter of cours e in the sam e breath, as sages (vide Vol. lll.of " Modern Painters ")—Plato, Carlyle, and amazing little demigods in Noah' Helps ! Such s-Ark-coats and all-round collars as are here strutted out r to the astonished gaze of the multitude and pelted with sugar plums and bouquets, like the punchi nellos of a carnival, or the debadeurs and pierrots of a masquerade. 0 the wonderful little emulate of insignificance who are here vaunted into a kind of angelic men-mountains ! Figures shown to us through a magnifying medium of infatuation until they assume to themselves the apparent dimensions of colossi. Nevertheless when the compiler lists he can so contrive that his information becomes at once instructive and entertaining. Several of the more important biographical sketches contained in the new and enlarged issue of "Men 9f the Time " x d x d Paid. SLILWAY t Z, Bedford and too , t.llOO 6 I all it. too 5 all st. too it. 100 15 all i 0 all :5 all 12 all L2i all 20 - 1 all St. 100 St 0.00 st. ROO 5 1 all It. too 3# 54 ie all :5 all 21 all 3t. 5 !83 ISO all .2 i 0 all 25 1 all St. 100 Blotchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jr Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. li. Sh. Ulas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glatt. Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference , Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. I3xtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Braclid Newmarket Bury E. 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But then again in the mid: t A our consequent satisfaction at these moments we sud denly come plump upon some one that might really as lief have been left out—say, for in stance, a provincial parson like the Rev. F. Close, a name of utter indifference, we presume, to every one out of the limits of a zmall division of Gloucestershire. Vainly, too, while stumbling over name after name, equally unimportant in its way to the ens we have just particularised, may the reader look for the smallest scrap of informa tion about a delightful writer, such as Peacock of the India House, the author of Nightmare Abbey, and the friend of Shelley. The vofinne, indeed, is glaringly incomplete in several particulav, and as glaringly replete with obscurities instead of celebri ties who are in its pages 7-y scores and by shoals for mally proclaimed to be fitting objects of our admi ration. Altogether the book would have been much better if many of the memoirs in it had been left out, and if several others, nowhere discoverable from first to last, had been introduced in their proper places alphabetically. No doubt the com piler of a work of this very novel character is la bouring under a variety of difficulties while carrying his design into execution. He has to gather his particulars together from sources the most uncer tain and the most scattered. He has to exercise his judgment in his selection of the proper themes for attraction. He has to take as much care as possible to give enough, and at the same time not to give too much. And in doing all this he must necessarily he liable to overlook what ought never to have been over looked, and to chronicle what ought never to have been chronicled. It seems ridiculous, par example, to find in the notice of George Cruikshank not a whisper about his famous little drollery of Lord Bateman and not a syllable of reference to his etchings illustrative of such gems of fictions as the masterpieces of Henry - Fielding and Tobias Smol lett. Appended to the volume are some hundred and odd pages, giving biographical sketches of celebrated " Women of our Time "—a supplemen tal portion of the work, from which we could spare nothing, though one to which we conceive a good deal might be added with consider able advantage. A compilation like the one before us, relating to se many persons of all ages, is obviously liable to be rendered at any mo ment obsolete here aid there as the record of men and women bat just snatched from among us by death, and to whom we have become consequently rather the posterity than the contemporaries. As the editor of the book has been himself compelled to notify apologetically by announcing as " de ceas3d during the passing of the work through the press"—such men as Bishop the com poser, as Silk Buckingham the traveller, as Count Mold the statesman, as Samuel Rogers the poet, as Bruat the sailor, and Markham the soldier, as Leon Faucher, and Robert Montgomery Besides, a famous novelist - like Henrich Heine dead since the actual date of the book's publication. Notwithstanding its scarcely numeral le flaws both of omission and commission, the book cannot fail to be very uselul in its way, while to all those who are really and accountably curious as to the salient poiits in the career of the eminent men and women of our times it must necessarily prove exceedingly entertaining. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack M five o'clock. LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE . HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord LYNDHURST gave notice that in a few days he intended to call attention to the judicature in that house, with a view of supplying a suitable remedy. Lord DUNGANNON gave notice of his intention to morrow to put a question to the Government with re spect to the ticket-of-leave system. THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. Lord REDESDALE having brought up the report of the Committee of Privileges upon the Wensleydale peerage, Lord GRANVILLE said it might be convenient for him to state that her Majesty's Govern ment considered it unnecessary to say " not content" to the resolution of the Committee of Privileges, yet it was not their intention by any division to try to reverse, in a comparatively thin house, a decision taken in a very full one, and by a large majority. He had authority to state that Baron Wensleydale had put himself com pletely in the hands of the Government, and would not attempt to take his seat until the whole subject had been considered. Her Majesty's Government found them selves in some difficulty. Her Majesty believed she had the power to confer a life peerage, but this house had come to a contrary decision. If time were given he could only say that her Majesty's Government were most anxious to approach the consideration of the subject with a feeling quite apart from perslual and party feeling. He thought that spirit would be met with similar feelings on all sides of the house. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his deep satisfaction at bearing the observation of the noble lord who had just sat down, and expressed a confident hope that the house would come to the consideration of this subject in a cor responding spirit. The Earl of DERBY also concurred in reciprocating the same feeling as now actuated her Majesty's Govern ment, and proceeded to defend the course which he and the party with which he was connected had discussed ,he subject. He submitted, that viewing the way in which the subject was pressed upon them, the House of Lords, i❑ defending their own privileges, could not cake any other course than that which had resulted in the resolution adopted by a very large majority on Saturday morning. The noble lord then pnceeded at consider able length to discuss the merits of the whole question, contending that the Government had acted most hurriedly in advising her Majesty to exercise her pre rogative in the creation of a life peerage. fie concluded by observing that he had sketched out a resolu tion on the subject, and it his noble friend did not press his motion he should bring it forward next Thurs day. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said be believed there was really an eseantial difference on this question bet wean the parties who sat on the opposite sides of the house. The noble lords who sat or the opposite side of the house had no objection that the appellate jurisdiction of the house should be strengthened, and he could firmly say for himself and her Majesty's Government that there never was the slightest intention to create an immense number of life peerages, and by that means swamp their lord- ships' house. (Hear, hear.) He was convinced there was a prerogative that would override the prerogatives of the Crown, which would override the privileges of that house, and that was public opinion, which would prevent such an abuse of the lower. He was not prepared to advocate the creation o f a number of lite peerages without such crea tion should embrace members of both the army and navy ; and as for the supposition that a life peer could only bold a subordinate position in that house, he for one could not entertain such an opinion. Did their lordships believe that had General Wolfe survived his victory at Quebec and received a life peerage, that his merits and Lis talents would not have raised him to a pre-emilence in that house. He could name many persons, it it were necessary to do so, who had refused the honour of the peerage because they did not wish to place their families in IA position which might be attended with inconvenience and embarrassniekit if it was not accompanied with opulence. But that objec tion would lose all its force if they could be made peers for life. It was a question at one time whether the Crown had nut the power of compelling persons to ac• cept peerages ; and when Lord Chancellor Cowper was asked whether the King had not such a power, he gave lef a opinion that he had not, because the King ought not to be enabled to ruin the families et his subjects. (Laughter.) It. had been raid by one of the greatest of orators and statesmen that the ancients placed the temple of Virtue in front of the temple of Fame, to show that the latter ought not to be entered except by the former ; but ►uen could not be expected to place their farniliee in a situation which would be inconvenient to themselves, unless the passage from the one to the other temple were made easy and acceptable. He believed that the longevity of the existence of that house, as compared with other hereditary institutions of a similar kind, was in great measure owing to the circumstance, that so far from repelling great genius, great talents, great merits, and great cervices, that house, under the sanction of the Crown, had been made to attract genius, and talents, and /services, so as to strengthen and fortify that posi tion which it now occupied, and which he trusted it would lone. continue to occupy. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of MALMESBURY said there was no one in the holies) who was not fully convinced, supposing that life peerage.; were accepted by their lordships, that in the hands of the noble marquis the power of making such appointments, as far as numbers were concerned, would be safely lodged, but there was no security for the future. (Hear.) He considered that the peerage would lose one of its most valuable appendages, if it was unsc companied with the privilege of transmitting to.one's children the honour acquired for personal merit. He should consider it a reproach and an insult to be offered a peerage and to be told that it should not descend to his children. He did not believe that such peers would be on a par with their lordships who were heredi tary peers, nor were they so considered in those coun tries where the two kinds of peerages existed. Dignities for life never conferred equal privileges with hereditary dignities, and he could prove that by what occurred in the reign of King Stephen. That king, who was only a kin g for life, conferred a charter for certain privileges on the Bishop of Lincoln, but when in subsequent times, in the reign of Edward 111., the Bishop of Lincoln was called on to show by what authority he exercised those privileges, and he produced the charter granted by King Stephen, the lawyers of those days decided that he being only a life king could not make a grant in perpetuity. The bishop had to give way in consequence. The noble earl then quoted the opinion of Talleyrand in 1315 in favour of an hereditary peerage, and confessed for Lim self that he looked on the creation of life peers with great alarm. (Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said that lie entirely approved of the course taken by his noble friend oil the part of the Government. He was sure that his noble friend Lord Weesleydale would not have taken any other course than that announced by the noble earl, which was quite iu accordance with what Lord Wensleydale communicated to himself, namely, that he should come to take his seat as soon as the state of his health and the law—the law allowed. He hoped the lususe would never consent to give up that flower of its privileges, the appellate juris diction, but it was worthy of consideratioti how far the services of that court might be obtained for themselves. He could only say that he should willingly give any assistance in his power to promote the object in view. The Earl of HARROWBY considered that indepen dence and the hereditary quality were essential charac teristics of the peerage, but they ought not to make the peerage too exclusive, and should make some con cession to personal merit and services when not accom panied with great opulence. They ought to be careful that, in clinging too much to the independent principle, they did not lose the opportunity of introducing into that house men of sterling talent and ability. They should beware of closing the doors of that assembly against the rising talent of the country. Lord CAMPBELL must protest against what had been thrown out by the noble earl who had last spoken. With his sentiments he ought to say "no" to the resole tiois,;and to divide against it. After what had passed, no one would contend that Lord Wensleydale could take his seat in that house. If lie attempted to do so they would be under the disagreeable necessity of requesting him to retire. The Earl of CARNA.RVON expressed his satisfaction at the way in which this important question had been disposed of, by Lord Lyndhurst announcing his inten tion to move a series of resolutions upon it. Ile thought there was a great difference betw een a limited applicea tion of the principle of life peerages, and its unres.tbriasinutd use by a minister. While acknowledging the p i p i r t ey principles of h a i s m n i e n n a in s theuitries formas t o e d i hostility guardeds w ti h li i t c a y h n to the restricted, incttreodd he c musto f the ex fs b ti e i.nc e ent.hp binding,r Ti o e p ha o es s t ebdou. resolu tion and he was Earl GREY did not b y the no opinionw before e t h houserLeoou consider d w C t e oo r b u i h rl e d'efms remaineJi d H their tid e l o n r t d t s h h a i o bjecte H d e to sh t e h u e m re a s v o a l i u lh tion were tPsthsenyviwould soon do so. He did not think himselfi his protest f confident boundhe r t t li o at those divide a gwhoainst it. the ag .n c s o t n i s t t o it n u constitutional privilege ot p e r s i v o i t le t g h e e of ho recording use. Lordai CA.MPBELL explained. He bad merely meant to say that, so long as that resolution remained on their votes, Lord Wensleydale could not claim his seat. Earl GRANVILLE thought he should act most en tirely in the spirit of the resolution proposed by not going further into the question, though sundry provo catives had been thrown out by noble lords opposite. The course to be taken by the Government would de pend on the form of the resolutions to be proposed Ly the noble and learned lord, and on its appearing that they would out lead to any unnecessary delay. The Earl of DERBY then moved that the house do agree to the report of the committee of privileges. The LORI) CHANCELLOR put the question, and declared that the " contents " had it. Lord CAMPBELL moved " that it be ordered and adjudged accordingly." After a few words from Lord DENMAN and the LORD CHANCELLOR, the motion was agreed to. The Earl of DERBY gave notice to move, on Thurs day, for a select committee to inquire whether it was ex pedient to make any and what provision for the t more e ff ec tually securing the due administratioi4 ?f h,e p. t ter.:-._: The Coldstream and the 31:usqueteers. By Thomas Litchfield. 3 Vola. Newby. This novel presents many stirring scenes and striking adventures. Although the time is one which has been so often chosen for historical ro mance the plot has principally reference to events of a private nature. A great deal of ingenuity is displayed in the complicated and intricate working of the narrative. Those who delight in the mar vellous will be pleased with the production of this book. It bears reference to two distinguished regiments who were of great repute at that time— " The Musqueteers" and " The Coldstream." The characters of several of the men are described with vigour ; and Bernard, in particular, is a likely instance of how far brutality and greediness may sink a man. The craft and cunning of the Jesuits Chalfont and his friend are also ably depicted, and the scenes in which their deep plans aro devised and their wily purposes unfolded are the most powerful in the work, although not so interesting as those of a lighter class. Andrew Molvil, who was compelled to secret himself in the cavern under the disguise of a gipsy, is rendered attrac tive by his resolution in facing dangers and his spirit in submitting to inevitable misfortunes, while he rose above all trials that could be sur mounted. His daughter's melancholy state com pletes the mournful picture of his existence ; and although harmless in her derangement, and even at times engaging from her sweetness of dis position, it is not to be regretted when she falls a victim to her deyotiou to the perse cuted Wilfred (the hero), an gives her l►fe to rescue him from his crafty foes. Of Wilfred him self we do not see so much as might be, expected ; but it is consistent with the arrangement of the plot, as more is done in reference to him, and his friends and enemies endeavour to confront and cir cumvent each other more than to draw him into the contest openly. Where ho does appear, how ever, he distinguishes himself with a zeal and energy, and displays a spirit of boldness and daring that render him worthy to ho ranked among his order of the Cavaliers. Agnes Monkton is a very worthy heroine. She is not of the romantic style that generally belongs to romances of that period. Her strong sense and decided demeanour were the secret terror of ber enemies ; and so much did they fear her straightforwardness and courage, that they employed every stratagem rather than be baffled by her. Forgery, that ever-prized device of the cunning, was resorted to, and thus for a time did they attain their object. It is impossible to follow out in detail the course of the involved and elabo rate events. They are, however, well worthy of perusal ; and the introduction of military ma noeuvres into the descriptions imparts a life and spirit to di., style, and accords with the mode of existence at that troubled period of history when warfare was the order of the day. " The Cold streams" will doubtless obtain consideration from its dashing sketches, its clever details of character, and the skill with which its story is devised and executed. COUNT TVA LE TVSKI. The Debats says of M. Wale wski, who is the President of the Peace Conferences—" He has qualities which pe culiarly qualify him to pre , ide over a small assembly of eminent and able men. lie is himself a most distin guished man of the world, of amiable disposition and manners, at all times benevamt and courteous. In his presence there is no reason to dread that the bounds of debate will be transgressed, or the orator be carried beyond propriety by strong love of right and the legiti mate ardour of patriotic zeal. Though still young, Count Walewski is quite a veteran in diplomacy. Twenty-five years ago he represented at Paris and London the provisional Government of Poland when in insurrection against the dominion of the Rus sians ; in 1840 be ' was sent to Mehemet Ali, the Paella of Egypt, on a mission , entrusted to him by M. Thiers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Council of Ministers under King Louis Philippe; after which, M. Gnizot sent him on another mission to the provinces of La Plata ; in 1849 be was the French Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tuscany ; in the following year the French Government charged M. Walewski to represent it in the same capacity at the Court of Naples, where he remained till 1852, when he was named Ambassador to the Queen of Great Britain. The pedigree of Count Colonna Walewski is a most illustrious one, which is always an advantage in a diplo matic assembly ; he is descended from a branch of the Italian family of the Colonna, which has given to the church one pope and some cardinals, and has supplied the Court of Rome, and the Kings of Fra.nce and of Spain with celebrated generals and skilful negotiators. A Colonna, in 1507, was Grand Constable to King Fer dinand the Catholic." LORD CARDIGAN IN THE CRIMEA.. A writer in the Morning Herald of yesterday makes the following distinct assertion respecting Lord Cardi gan :—" On the 27th Sept., 1854, the day the Allies ar rived at Balaklava, there was sent to Lord Cardigan, by tke Commander-in-Chief, a written official condem nation and reprimand of his whole conduct from the time of his landing in the Crimea. This conduct regarded both the management of his own brigade, and his con duct from the time of his landing in the Crimea. This censure regarded both the management of his own bri gade, and his conduct towards his superior officer— Lord Lucan. In fact, it wasonly by .the interference and intercession of Lord Raglan that Loi - d Lucan was pre vented pushing the matter further. irrord Cardigan is bold in his denial, because he knows well there is no offi cial record of this stinging rebuke to b e found at the Horse Guards, as his lordship was alwal,vs a favourite with Lord Raglan (why, all the world Troy openly talks ot), and he, therefore, made it a private consure, as be did in the case of the sth Dragoon Guard' at Varna. Will Lord Cardigan deny that he ever received this censure Will Lord Cardigan deny that be ,made petty e9rnplaints to Lord Raglan, which (in spite orthe marked favour shown towards him) were dismissed art frivolous.' THE RECENT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LIV tRPOOL.— The causes assigned in a London p a perjfor the ittempted suicide of Wm. Tathen are, over-speculation it r the palm oil and tallow trades, and the failures in Live :rpool and Bristol of houses for which he bad entered into serious liabilities. We hare been requested tossate that no suck failures have occurred in Bristol.—Bro/ Mercury. THE SUICIDE IN THE EXCHANGE.—LTERrooL, Feb. 25.—The unhappy gentleman, fir. W. Tatham, w h o attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat in a vault under the Exchange Reading-room last week, died this day about noon in the Northern Hospital, to which Is place me 104 been coneYed 1 F 9 Frida y night __ pellate jurisdiction of their lordship,' house, and port their opinion to the house. The house adjourned at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—(YEsTERDAY.) The SITAREtt took the chair at the usual hour. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex appeared at the bar of the house, and presented a petition from the Cor poration of London against the bill for the abolition of the loeal dues npon shipping. Colonel FREISTUN presented a petition from the medical and surgical practitiontrs of Weymouth in favour of the bill now before the house to alter and amend the law's regulating the'medical profession. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed :—Cleobury, North, &c., District Roads ; Isle of Wight Stearn-bridge and Approaches ; Stockton and Warrington Road ; Stockton and Darling ton; and Newcastle and - Carlisle Union Railway. A number of petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of local dues on shipping, and also against the opening of the Crystal • Palace, British Museum, ani National Gallery on Sundays. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered to he issued for the county of Rutland in the room of Sir - Gilbert J. Heathcote, who has accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the conduct of Sir Henry Young, in abruptly proroguing the Legislative Assem bly of Tasmania, pending the sitting of a committee appointed to inquire into the working of the convict system in that colony, had received the approval of her Majesty's Government, and what steps had been taken in censepaence. Mr. LABOUCRERE said the papers that he would shortly lay on the table of the house, would fully explain the transaction. The hon. gentleman then entered into a statement of the facts of the case, in the course of which he stated that he thought the Governor had acted wrong in not allowing the officers to attend and give evidence as was required' of them. He trusted the new constitution under which the new legislature was assem bled would merit all the good that was expected of it. Mr. KER SEYMER asked the Government whether it was their intention to sanction the establishment of a dead meat market on the site of the late Smithfield market ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government bad come to no decision on the subject. They had submitted the matter to the President of the Board of Health, the Under Secretary for the Hense Department, and a Lord of the Treasury, who would report. upon the subject. Mr. SEYMER—When the report of these gentlemen was received, would there be any objection to lay it oa the table of the house ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could give no promise about the report until he had s9en it. He did not think there would be any objection to lay the report on the table. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that in going into Got". mittee •n Friday next he should more the following re o ution " That to appoint a commission of general officers to report on the report of Sir J. M`Neil and Col. Tulloch s to substitute an inefficient for a very efficient means of investigation, and that such appointment will tend to strengthen the opinion already prevalent, that the real purpose of such a proceeding is to shelter incompet4ney and excuse the misconduct of those by whom the various departments of our army have been subjected to the command of proved incapacity." In reply to a question from Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY, Mr. MONSELL said that of the sum of 175;0001:. granted in , a supplemental estimate the year before last, between 40,0001. and 50,0001. bad only been expended. 125,0001. was voted last year, out of which 10,0001. wore for lodging the militia in Ireland, and 250,0001. were taken in the army estimates for last year for lodging the militia, making together 335,0001., in addition to the 390,0001. voted. Increased accommodation had been provided during the year for 45,000 reen and 3,000 horses, and in a month or so accommodation would be provided fir 5,000 men and 3,000 horses. WAYS AND MEANS. This report was brought up by Mr. Finn(); anti was agreed to. THE M'NEIL•TULLOCH REPORT, Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that to-morrow, on going into supply, he should move that the names of the commissioners appointed in consequence of the re port of Sir J. M'Neil and Colonel Tulloch be laid on the table, anda, copy of the report be laid on the table. Mr✓ Watson, Mr. Hewllatn, Lord Hotham, and other hon. gentlemen presented petitions from various places affected by the bill against its second reading ; and Mr. Hadfield, Sir J. Duke, Mr. Lowe, and others in favour of it. LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING, &c., BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir F. THESIGER said, in asking the house to refuse its consent to the second reading, ho felt justified in taking that course, by the absolute refusal on the part of the Go vernment to listen to the just claims of those whose Inte rests were affected by it. It was a bill which shook to its very foundation the security of the whole of the corporate property of this country. When he listened to the speech in which the right hon. gentleman the vice-presideut of the Board of Trade (Mr. Lowe) inti educed his bill to the house he had been stattled by some of the doctrines which he heel propounded ,• but when ho came to look into the provisions of the bill he confessed to have been struck with utter amazement. The right hon. gentleman had based hie measure upon the principle that the corporate towns of this kingdom had no property exclusively their own, that they held all which they possessed at the will of the public, that they might be stripped of their possessions at pleasure. When he(Sir F. Thesie r) heard such doctrines as these mentioned he could not help being reminded of those discreditable periods of English history when the charters of corpora. tions were rescinded. But the difference between those measures and the present violent preceoding was this— that at lewd, in times past, some pretence was made of de. relic tion of duty on the part of corporations ; that at least some semblance of a judicial proceeding was gone through; but in the present case they found a liberal Government, without any reason assigned, purposing, by the endue exercise of the power which Parliament possessed, and with out one single allegetion of improper application of fuude,to confiscate the property of corporations to the use of the state. (Opposition cheers.) Happy it was that the corporations had this protection, that they could not be despoiled unless Parliament became the instrument of the in• justice. He (Sir F. Thesiger) was indeed surprised at the infatuation which the Government had raecelly shown. The house had seen them reviving an obsolete and ques tionable prerogative for the purpose of impairing the here ditary character and privileges of the House of Peers. (Op position cheers.) And in this matter they were found arm ing their Vice-President of the Board of Trade, as their champion, with maxims and principles snore arbitrary than the most arbitrary portion of English history had theretofore brought forth. (Opposition cheers.) The Go vernment seemed anxious to make applicable to themselves the words of an tumoinpronsising opponent of the former malpractices against corporations, who described the then offender " as masking the charters of corporations fall down before him like Jericho, and as carrying away their spoils like the spoils of Gaza. " The bill before the hosts., was conveniently divided into four parts. The first portion referred to the question of passing tolls. Had the bill gone no further thau this question, he (Sir F. Thesi ger)—though lie thought its provisions were open to some observation—would not have been found amongst its opponents. The fourth past related to various mis cellaneous matters, and matters of detail, with respect to which it was not noeussary then to trouble the house. To the second and third portions only therefore would he direct the attention of hon. gentlemen. The second part proposed that all rates and duties leviable, on ships or goods carried in ships, within the United Kingdom, and which were possessed by corporate towns, should be trans ferred to the Commissioners of Customs, and be applied according to the direction of the Board of Trade. The house should know that there was nothing (whatever in the bill determining the dues—(hoar)—and, for all that ap peared in the measure, these duos might be continued to the end of time. (Hear.) The third portion of the bill re lated to thedifferontial duties. The house was aware that the former policy of this country was to impose a higherdnty upon foreign than upon British vessels. In 1810 and 1815 reciprocity treaties were entered into withPortegal and Ame rica, by which the vessels of those countries were placed on the same footing as those of Great Britain. In 1819, when the legislature abolished these differential duties in favour of these two nations it was considered that the corporations en titled to these increased tolls would be deprived of the ad vantage which they had derived, and the legislature previa whichweould arise from corporations abolitioniosadd eocfl thoset a t t hduesdifference s hould be, made-up to the rp others entitle to receive them out of the consolidated fund. This state of things was continnwedhebnyaontyhenrataicotias receivedo f Pa r - liantent in 1838 and 1852. In the latter la t t h te e r ir ye o a w r u po wer s r e w e a was the hisprhivseplae: ports. But the same t.shgivennegmli English ships nshhieliarpr.Moanj privilegesy. s i a n mien f Council, oetin g British principle of compensation was observed, and payments e hart taoll from lhoel oc attentionat l i md duos, e t o s time fi hwe a sh been ontheee from the coneolida ie t ts e hp cl er f ce u irga n al d lrya t to the fa ri ct e t w ha o t,w l intention of the Government to take them from the coreoe ration and convert them to its own use—(No, from Mr. Lowe) —while they abolished the differential dues. The right honourable gentleman said No; he (Sir F. Thesiger) should like the negative to be pointed out in the bill. (Hear, hoar.) The ground upon which the Government proposed to take this step, as set forth by the right hon. gentleman, was that corporation property was public pro perty—that there was a clear distinction between private rights and possessions and corporate rights and possessions —that the latter belong to the public. It was necessary to consider the different classes of corporations, to which, of course, different observations applied. He would not take into account those corporate bodies the members of wb of joined their funds for the purposes of trade ; the propert that it was so clearly of the nature of private property that which was self-evident. The other classeso it was not necessary to detain the house in order t f o c p o r r ove . rations were two : those which were estachblisabsd simply were hno createdright t e i o n r panuyblcieorppuotreamteseps,rotpheertinyd; ivainddutahlsosoef.wwhhL.h nd privileges on eges on individuals by a general description, a prevent property of the v i c d o u r a p l oi gr at a io n n t s to as e t a h ch oße me to mb w e h r ic o h f order to be the medium of conferring rights and rifl ,e g oc e ih s , and individual _member possessed a he had last referred, each ..1 the th e corporation. necessity o f n n d c The sight boo. gentleman hied classed toge corporation. in introducing this ther all corporations, and had applied the same rule to all. vested The interests; but right and share to and in over and over again this house has decided—and I think it bill, will not go back from that decision—that iu this matter rightami said : _h 0 . fg courseen t the s.o shalli ei there is the widest possible distinction between corporations or public bodies and private individuals. Mr. Hallam, a high authority on such points, says, iu the first volume of his Constitutional History of England,' that Parliament, although bound to respect the legal interest of private per. sons is not withheld by any such rule withregard to corpora tionF." The right hon. gentleman did not give any Vifereno • to this pane in fir, holism's work ; and he (Six F. Thep if , L 8 I 4 4 1041 VOf 51 I 2? DI