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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE 01? COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. EAST KENT RAILWAY BILL. On the order for the second reading of this bill, Mr. MACGREGOR moved its second reading that day six menthe, in consequence of the standing orders not having been properly complied with. Mr. WILSON supported the second reading. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the bill read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Colme Valley and Halstead Railway Bill was also read a second time and ordered to be committed. Petitions were presented in favour and against the abolition of Church rates. VALUATION (IRELAND.) Sir It. FURGUSON moved for returns showing the counties in Ireland in which the tenement valuation has been completed, udder the Acts of 9 and 10 Vie. c. 110, 15 and 16 Vic. c. 63, and 17 Vic. c. 3, the name of each county, the acreable contents, the annual value, the cost of the valuation by the acre, the cost by the 1001. of the valuation, the whole cost to each county, and the date when it first came into force in each county ; of the whole cost of the townlancl and of the tenement valua tion in each county, and the total cost of these valua tions in all tke counties valued under them respectively ; of the number of revisions in each county or poor-law union, and the cost acacia su:h revision, in each of the years ending the 31st day of Dec.,18,53, 1854, and 1855 ; and statement of the progress and prospect of comple tion of the tenement valuation of Ireland. SPIRITS (IRELAND.) Sir R. FERGUSON moved for returns of the number of gallons of proof spirits on which duty was paid for home consumption in Ireland, in each of the years 1853, 1854, and 1855: of the number of detections, of per sons prosecuted, of persons convicted, and of persons confined, for offences in Ireland against the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation, in each of the years 1853, 1854, and 1855 ; and distinguishing, in columns, the number of such detections, prosecutions, or convic tions made by the constabulary from those made by the revenue police : and of the number of persons confined in each gaol in Irelaeld for offences against the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation in each of the years 18;3, 1854, and 1855.—Agreed to. CIEURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Sir W. CLAY proposed the second reading this bill, which was, except in one particular, the same as that be introduced last session, and which was read a second time. This was a question bearing more on civil and religions liberty than on the amount of pecuniary relief involved. After referring to his former arguments in support of the bill of last session, he said he thought the arguments in favour and against it had been exhausted, and that it was beyond the reach of human intellect to discover anything new to be said upon it. The recent decision in the House of Lords in the Braintree case had altered the aspect of this question by deciding that a good rate could only be made by the consent of a ma jority of the rate-payers. The law was, therefore, vir tually abolished, and in many towns since that decision a church rate had been refused. In many places the rate was submitted to, but sooner or later the levying of a rate in those places would be contested, and those ill feelings and heart-burnings that had existed in other places would be the inevitable consequence. From a return of 238 rural parishes, he found that in 109 the rate was opposed, and in 129 it was carried. Out of that num ber, in 99 cases the payment of the rate was refused. In 66 instances where a rate was levied, only 23 places submitted to it, and 14 places where it was en forced. Therefore-, out of 99 places where rates had been agreed to, there were only 47 places where the rate had been really paid. 'The hon. member then alluded to what had been attempted for a change of the law, and said that he was right in assuming that there was a large portion of the people who considered the levying of church rates an injustice, and a con viction in the minds of all that the law could nct remain in its present state. He considered the change proposed by the bill of the Marquis of Blandferd, and also those by convocation, neither of which he thought would have the desired effect, and said that nothing would satisfy the public but the abo lition of church rates. Having referred to the heads of the bill, he said that the cry raised of the Church of England being the national Church he looked upon as idle words, because that Church was not empowered, in a national sense, in any way to levy a tax on those who differed from her. It was not a national Church in the sense of the word that there was no other Church in the country. If the Government admitted of no other form of religion it would justify the Church in deriving her revenue by force from all those who were not her mem bers, bat net otherwise. The Church of England was a great and venerable institution of the country— dear to the people for many reasons, and she had been re spected through many ages. The hon, member next proceeded to remark on the statements of the opponents of the bill, that if the church rate were abolished, there would be no means of keeping up the fabrics, which be combated, and read a statement show ing the large sums that had been spent in building churches from the voluntary contributions of her members. The Church of England was one of the richest ecclesiastical corporations in existence, and pro bably her members were the richest class of any. If the members of that church could not maintain the fabrics that had been handed down to them by their forefathers, by contributing a small sum to maintain them, but must force a paltry contribution from those who never entered within the walls of that Church, then, Churchman as he was, he felt that the Church of England was unworthy to exist, if she had but so slight a hold on the feelings and affections of the people. (Year.) Toe hon. gentle man referred to the opinion of Lord John Russell on church rates, which he enunciated in a speech last session, and in which he expressed his fears that an injury would be done to the Church by the abolition of church rates, and cautioned the house against any great changes. He (Mr. Clay) thougbt these words of caution were unnecessary, because they bad been used en all occasions when any great change was about to be made, such as during the discussion of the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, Catholic emancipation, free trade, &c., yet the constitution never rested on a firmer basis than now, nor was the oonntry ever more prosperous. (Hear, hear.) The motion having been seconded, Lord J. MANNERS moved the second reading that day six months. He considered the bill before the house did not merit the approbation and support of the house for the remedy of the grievance complained of, and he based his opposition to it upon the fullest and broadest acknowledgment of the grievance that had been stated to exist by the hon. mover of the second reading of the bill. There was nothing in the bill or the preamble making reference to the grievance complained of, whilst its enacting powers would impose a real grievance on all Churchmen. (Hear.) The bill pro posed to make provision in lieu of church rates, and he took provision to mean something that should exist ; but it was impassible to call voluntary contributions a thing on which to depend. The grievance complained of in the continuance of this law was no greater, if so great, than that which existed in reference to the support of the other institutions of the country. The noble lord then examined the clauses of the bill, and in the course of his remarks said, that of the 700,0001. levied for church rates, 600,000/. were paid by Churchmen. He looked upon this hill as one more applicable to pepuleue towns than to rural parishes. Sir 8. NORTHCOTE seconded the amendment. He admitted Dissenters and Churchmen had grievances to complain of under the present system, but the bill of the hon, baronet did not provide a satisfactory remedy for these grievances. This bill was not to apply to Scotland and Ireland, and looking at the present state of the law in Scotland, he WAS of opinion that this bill had been introduced not for the purpose of providing religions freedom, but if possible to obtain peace. So far from that being accomplished, he (Sir S. Northcote) considered the bill would introduce discord into parishes where it did net at present exist. The taunt had been thrown out, were your wealthy mem bers of the Church, if church rates were abolished, not ready to come forward to maintain the fabric of the Church. Of course they were, but it would be done by the organisation of some central association, who would have a control over the distribution of the funds, and that would tend to the denationalising of the Church, by shaking the confidence of the parish ioners in the Church, from their having no voice in its management. He objected to their having recourse to voluntary contributions and then putting their manage ment into the hands of certain auditors for distribution. . He also expatiated on the evils that would result to the parishioners and the Church by relying on voluntary contributions instead of church rates in parishes where the landowner was a Roman Catholic. Sir G. GREY sa i d that the house had a right to know the course the Government would take in refer ence to this bill, He said it was surrounded with sufficient difficult y to ' permit its beingconsidered separate from th e l aw with reference to in Scotland, but a s it affected th e noble lord had omitted to notic e the existing state of the law with reference to church rates' and th a t th ere was no ground for the aboliti on of this rate being consi dered spoliation or confis ca t ion. If these rates b were abolished, th e Ch urc h o f England would be found to rest on ties stronger than that connected with church rate that would entitl e h er t o the deneeenst.i a Of being the national Church. He considered that the recent decision of the House of Lords had virtually abo lished this rate, but that was not such a remedy as those who approved of church rates thought sufficient. That state of the law was unsatisfactory. Of the variou s schemes that had been Propounded for the modification of church rates by the friends cf the Church, in almost all of them there was that radical defect that they might go to those towns where a compromise had been come to, and make a rate that might reconcile the opponents to it, but which he thought would ho foaled to fail, and give rise again to strife and dissension, which now had happily ceased in those towns. Th ese being abolished in those towns, the law might be con sidered to be virtually abolished ; but the Government would not give their consent to the immediate and total abolition of church rates throughout the king dom, but that the principle of abolition, as the principle of this bill, should be recognised and sanc tioned, the abolition of church rates in all those plaees where they had been discontinued for a limited period—Gies of " Oh, oh")—but of sufficient time to indicate that the parishioners had decided the rate should not be levied in future, and which was in accordance with the principle of a bill introduced last Session into the 4.fouse of Lords by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. Cie thought no objection would be raised to the admission of the noble lord who moved the amendment, that Dissenters ought to be relieved from the rate, but that if be took advantage of that ozoreptiois he ought not thlreafter to be permitted to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1856, interfere with anything connected with the levy- versant with thishubject who say that there has hitherto been in , of a fund, or its application. for the main- no q uarrot ordiseensionsalmutchurchratesie thetrreepective tenance of the fabric. They ought not, how- localities, but that the ra t es h ave b een peaceably ordered ever, to be denied participation in the ordinances and collected ; but when y ou h ave a certain slumber of men of the Church. Nothing could be mores suicidal on the objecting to the rate, and thereupon released from its pay part of the Church than to refuse all tee come within its ment, do not expect t h at peace will any longer prevail. (Hear.) Instead of living in their present state, parishes, where no rates aro paid but where peace exists, another portale. Admitting this prospective a bsolition of church j rates in the manner be had stated, the Government parishes where rates are paid, and where harmonyewise would support the second reading of this bill, and in corn- prevails, my hon. friend proposes to introduce a new ele mittee bring forward amendments to meet their views mont of dissension and disunion, and, in fact, to disturb on this question, and remedy what cbefects there might that very peace which now exists, and which it is the be in the details of the bill. Church r a t e s now were as object of any measure on this subject to promote. For uncertain as voluntary contributions, but it was desir- thes n e reasons I do not think the proposition which has naheentstiisbr=ed t 0 0 0 t l b ea e d ho t u o s a e s o l a ti t s k fa e ct p o a r rt eottflemtheenGt of this able a substitute should be provided in voluntary con tributions assisted by a" fabric fund," cihargeable on the estion. (C y heers.) I should be very satisfactory were able property of landowners within the parish towards making to point out to the house any plan for its immediate settle 'up any deficiency that might arise. Elie did not look merit which, in my opiuiou, would be satisfactory. I have on voluntary contributions as being so capricious a stated, on former occasions, that church rates are a charge source of income as many hon. members imagined. He upon the laud, and that I think they ought to remain referred to many of the anomalies of the present law with chargeable upon the laud. (Hear.) In my opinion, if reference to town and rural parishes. landowners were to consent to the immediate abolition of Mr. DRUMMOND said the amendments proposed church rates, although they m i g ht ma k e some immediate by the Government to this measure would so alter it that pecuniary saving, they would adopt a short-sighted policy. Hear.) I therefore, most unwillingly, but very decidedly, it would be but fair if it were withdrawnandth t e o G a o ll - ( vernment to bring in another. He objected must give my vote against the second reading of this bill, of the proposed alterations in the law of church rates.because I think it w ill no t m iti ga t e th e ev i l which it seeks (Hear,) He referred to the establishment of church to remedy. I must sa y, h owever, th at i f this bill really carried into effect the object professed in its title, " to rates, which were as old as the establishment of Chris- abolish church rates and to ta co other provisions in lieu tianity in this country, and that of churchwarden s , which thereof," and if such substitute could be found and such dated so far back as 1147. . A national church was that other provision were made, I should be ready to vote for church which a sovereign supported, and the reason why its second reading and to consider its details in committee. the people had dissented from the Church was I find, however, as the noble member for Colchester has from the heads of the Church depriving them of well pointed out, that the bill will only place the alms and voluuteey offerings of memb ers o f th e Ch urch under the the necessary accommodation by the introdu c ti on o f contre't of persons who may or may not b e mem b ers of that pews. The heads of the Church were the enemies of Chnrch Suppose any m em b er o f t h e C hurch . of England the Church, and not the Dissenters. The Braintr ee case were was now settled by the decision of the House o f L or d s, to say :—" I thi n k th ere i s great danger lest the chapels of Protestant Di ssen t ers s h ou ld fal l into decay for who had reversed the judgments of !e arne d j u d ges on the question. The House of Lords wou ld no t allow want of adequate repair s , an d I t h ere f ore propose a bill which will place the voluntary offeri electedthee and to be called pull down their own. (Laughter.) Every owner auditors, who shall see that no abuse takes place, but that of a house held it on the understanding that it should the money be properly applied to the maintenance of contribute towards church rates, and if the Government dissenting chapels ;" I think the Dissenters would net thank abolished church rates th e p ro p er ty s h ou ld b e va l ue d and the gentleman who made such a proposal, but wo u ld sa y : compensated accordingly. "As you, the State, co n t r ib ute no th ing to us, and as we The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed th e h ouse have the means of building and rep a i r i ng our c h ape l s, w© beg you to leave us a l one ." I say, then, with regard in consequence of the noble lord, th e mover o f the to those parishes in which church rates have been amendment, saying, in the course of hie speech, that the abolished that Churchmen will be better off if you leave Lion, members who voted last session in favour of a them alone than if you meddle with them. With respect similar measure were headed by a " reckless Attorney- to other parishes in which church rates are collected, it General," and defended his conduct from such a personal may be necessary in some cases to provide that the contri attack. butions of Church men s h ou ld b o app li ed to the purposes Lord J. RUSSELL—I have listened with great att en - ' for which they we re given churchwarden app o i n t e d by • him might take c are th a t such but the incumbe n t an d th e tion to the speech of the Secretary for the Home Depart- fund.; were properly applied, and this object could be mint, and I had hoped that, when there were measures be effected by a much less complicated scheme than that pro fore the house on the subject of church rates, my right posed by the hon. baronet. lam exceedingly sorry that hen. friend might have been enabled, on th e p art o f t h e we do not seem m uc h nearer th an we were to the settle ment of this long-vexed ques ti on. C erta i nly I for one can- Government, to indicate some course which, if it did not net assent to the pri nc ipl e pu t f orwar d b y the Protestant meet with general or universal assent, mi g ht a t l eas t have Dimentera that, as a matter of conscience, church rates satisfied the majority of this house, and have smoothed the ought to bo abolished. When it was proposed in former difficulties which attached to the question before us. That days that Dissenters should not be compelled to attend church, and that they sh ou ld no t b e prevente d f rom h av i ng tartly must be one of the f oremos t t o a d m i t, b ecause, hay there are difficulties connected with thi s quest i on I cer- chapels of th e ir own , it was very properly argued that it was a principle of r e li g i ous lib er t y th a t t hey s h oul d b e ing often endeavoured to fram e a measure w hi ch would allowed to worshi God according to their own fms ; satisfy others as well as my se lf, I canno t say th at I have ever it was not then co p ntended that they should not be co b i ut been successful successful in the attempt. With respect to the propo- pelled to make any payment to the national Church. That m has arisen iu mhre modern times. It seeins to me to sal which my right hon. friend the Home Secretary has bo a a art, but only a part of the voluntary principle; but made on behalf of her Majesty's Movernment, he has oho- I cannot believe with the hon. member forthe Tower Ham sen the inconvenient course, as I think, of not bringing into lets, that complete and universal peace would follow the this house a measure founded upon the principles ho has enactment of the bill which he proposes. On the contrary, indicated—(cheers from the Opp os iti on )—b ut wh i le pro- I believe that hiving carried this measure, m sure, having ding a sane posing to sanction by his vote and b y th e votes of his col- tinned the abolition of c hur c h ra t es without pro leagues a bill framed in a v er y diff erent sp i r i t—(renewed substitute,fresh attacks would be made, an d, not bein gcheers)—he holds out the h o p e th a t h e w i ll b e able to i n- counte na nce or favour those attacks, I s h a ll op wi willing to op troduce in committee, not some simple alt era ti ons mere l y, pose the second reading of the bill. (Cheers.) but material and somewh a t comp li cate d provisions. I Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, aft er th e censure my noble must say that, however I may object to the bill introduced friend has passed upon the course which her Majesty's by my hon. friend (Sir W. Clay), I think -the course he has Government have, upon full consideration, determined to taken and intelligible. the (C pro he p ers.) osal hI have underst oo d my hon e has made are in themselves friend very pursue with reference to this subj ec t, I f ee l i t my duty to . address some observ a ti ons t o th e h ouse. This question is and other hon. members, wh ose names are upon the back of his bill, to have said repeatedly that they think it is a undoubtedly surrounded by the greatest possible difficulties. great hardship to compel Dissenters from the Church of If that had not been the cams it wenld long since have been England to centribute to the maintenance of the fabric of a settled by seine legislative enactment. Having seen the church which they do not attend, and to pay for the support . () us plans which have been pr o p ose d b y diff erent mem of a form of worship from whi c h th ey consc i ent i ously dis- van sent ; and that from such a hardship Dissenters ought to hereof this house with the view of effecting a settlement, and be relieved. Ido not agree in that propositi on ; b u t th e h av i ng fully considered a great variety of suggestions which proposal itself is a perfectly clear one, and one that I have been made to us from other quarters, we prepared that should be prepared, if necessary, to argue at this mement sch with my hon. friend. But then comes th e S ecretary of eme which my right ho n , f r i en d th e S ecretary for the State, who wakes, on the part of th e G overnment, a prope- Home Department h as t o - n i g ht exp l a i ned. Our opinion sal which places us in this position :—We must consider was that this plan would be most conveniently submitted whether it would he advisable to accept, as it at present to the consideration of Parliament by being proposed in stands, the bill of my hon. friend, to which, as I have said, committee as an amendment to the bill of my hon. friend I object ;or to accept the proposal of the right hon. the the member for the Tower Hamlets. Although my noble Horne Secretary ; or, lastly, whether it would not bo bet- friend has been abinulaut in his censures and in his condom ter, rather than accept either of those proposals, to leave nation of the course we are prepared to follow, I did not the law in its present state, even admitting that state to discover from his speech that he could suggest any other be unsatisfactory. (Cheers from the Opposition.) I con- plan which he thoeght more deserving of the approval of cede-0 that the case as it stands at present is this:—Hero is Parliament. (" Hear," and cheers.) My noide friend an ancient law, declared to be so by the most eminent maintains that the church rate is the property of the judges of the land, which impose s on each parish the legal Church by ancient prescription and by thelaw of the land; obligation of repairing the fabric of the parish church, but when ho endeavoured to show that the existing law of and providing for the celebration of divine worship in the land enabled the Church to avail itself of this property, that church. Chief Justice Tindal and Lord Truro, among he utterly failed in doing so, for he was obliged to confess other learned judges, have maintained that this legal obli- that the law, as now declared by the highest authorities, cation exists ; but they have said at the same time that it is impotent for his purpose, and that practically the is an obligation which could not be enforced against the church rate is a voluntary contribution in each parish of will of a majority of the parishioners. They have asserted the kingdom. I say ''a voluntary contribution," because, not that the obligation ceased or that the law was abro- according to the law, as it has been declared to stand, it gated, but that the obligation is ono that can be evaded. depends upon the voluntary act of the ratepayers in each (Cheers.) Well, it appears to me that the persons who parish whether they will or will not raise this particular have a grievance en this subject are, in fact, the members rate. It is, then, a mockery to tell the Church that it pos of the Established Church—(Cheers f rom th e O pposition)— senses a property of which it is unable to avail itself, of ' because they may say—here is an ancient law imposing an which it may be deprived by the vote of a majority of obligation, which was confessedly intended for and neeen- the ratepayers, and from which we know that in a great sary to the sustentation of the Established Church, but that number of the most populous parishes of the kingdom it obligation cannot be enforced. some persons may say, as has been unable to - derive any benefit. The course we in my right hon. friend has said to-night —" If we were to tend to pursue is to recognise the existing state of things attempt to give force and validity to the law and to cone- in parishes where church rates are levied, and to provide pet persons to fulfil the obligation, e hide gro a t j u d ges another arrangement for those parishes in which a different have said attaches to th em , we should di s t ur b th e peace of set of cil cunettauces has arisen. But my noble friend says the country, we should create a great deal of ill-feeling. that part of our plan lays the foundation of peereteel and we should provoke hostility to the church itself." I strife. Whir proacut crate of tee law? Why, you think the church may fairly anewo r , That is a question are liable to have in every perish every year that battle in for Ministers of State; we accept your allegation; we aro the vestry which any noble friend wishes to aveid—thet e willing to acquiesce in what you my ; we will not :Attempt struggle whether a rate sh a ll or shell not be i m p ose d, an d to enforce obli gat i ens, w hi c h , in your opinion, might a ff et the recent decisions of the courts are au encouragement to the peace of the community; but do tell us in what other the continuance of such contests. Unless some other ar way you propose to provide for the maintenance of the rargernent is adopted it is perfectly plsin that the peace church." (Cheers ) My sight hon. friene asys, we propose aud harm soy which it i-- the object of my noble friend, a measure which will legalise what is admitted to be a and I trust of every member of this house, to establish, practical evasion, a successful defeat of the law, and we ask cannot by any possibility be expected to prevail. Then I for this resistance to the law the sanction of the Legislature. say the course which we propose to pursue is one which in in my opinion, this proposal increases the claim of the reason ought to recommend itself to the approbation of church to some stibetitute for that which you propoxe to take Parliament. What says authority on the subject ? away—(ehoero—hut does my right hon. friend go on to pro- My noble friend, indeed, di-darns authority. With pose that substitute—does he attempt to do what the hon. all hie eespect and veneration fer the Church, he member for the Tower Hamlets proposes to do, and I have throws over, without the slight nt hesitation, the opia no doubt sincerely believes he will accomplish, though I ions of the head of the Church, sanctioned by the dig think he may fail—with the view of effecting complete nitaries of the Church, and ferm illy proposed to Parlia and universal peace on this subject ? My right hon. friend meat in tho shape of a bill submitted for the consideration does uo such thing. (Cheers.) I understand that he pro- of the other house. We have heard, on the continent. of poses to continue this impost in parishes where the majority people who were more royalist than the king. My noble of the ratepayers chuoie to carry the law into effect, but friend is a (Teeter Churchman than the heal of the Church he says to the opponents of the impost :—" If you call get himself. (A laugh.) I think the house will be m ore di s • a mujonty • if by contest, by r e p ea t e d ag i tat i on, by discus- posed to give its favourable consideration to a measure sions in the vestry year after year, by hot and vehement which, upon full deliberation, the leaders ea the Church and even riotous debates you can make it unpleasant to have thought not inconsistent with the interests of the aga Churc inst h the men to attend the vestry, an d so ga i n a majority Church than it w ill b e t o li s t en t o th e arguments of those rate, then you will h ave your reward." Is this who want things to remain in their present state. We have proposal one that is likely to satisfy the church? Is it one been brought into a condition in which there is no alter that will meet the claims of those who allege their con. native between that which hon. gentlemen opposite wish suientions objections against the payment of this impost ?to do—to make the levy of church rates compulsory upon Is it on. that is likely to establish peace? I venture to every parish and upon every rate-payer in every parish— say that it will do no one of these three things. If we give or coming to some arrangement such as that which we have up the rights of the church, let us satisfy the Dissenters thrown out for the consideration of Parliament. To revert and gain the peace they promise us. If we refuse to satisfy to That which was believed anciently to be the law is what, the Dissenters, then let us in some way or other provide I think, the house will not be prepared to do. In the pre fer that which is a fair claim for the church. But that a sent state of religious differences the house will not, I am Government should do neither of these things, but should sure, adopt a measure to make a church rate coinpuleery— in the midst of a conflict interpose with a measure which compulsory upon every perish to levy, and compulsory would not still the waves, brit add fresh violence to the upon every parishioner to pay. That is entirely out of the storm, is a course which I think will hardly receive the question, and if auybrely were rash enough to propose it sanction of this house. My right hon. friend, in order to there would not bo the slightest chance of such a measure make tie matter still more complicated, proposes that receiving the ,:sent of-Parliament. What, then, are we to those persons who object to paying church rates, and who, do ? Shull we allow things to remain as they are? That being the minority in the parish, might be coerced by the would be to sanction the abolition of church rates in a vote of the majority into such payment, shall be at liberty, great number of parishes, and to lay the foundation of dis when the rate-book is carried round, to state their objec- cord and strife- to use the words of my noble friend—in tions thereto— all those parishes in which they have hitherto been levied. Sir G. GREY—No, to state that they are not members I believe that the course which we propose to pursue is tho of the Church of England. only rational and safe one. We propose that where the Lord J. RUSSELL—I was coming to that. When the rate has not been levied, or where it shall not be levied, rate-book is carried round, they are to say, not that they there it shall be voluntary in one sense of the wend—that are Dissenters of a particular persuasion, or Roman Ca- is to say, those who do not mg and themselves as members tholics, but that they are not members of the Church of of the Church of England shall not be liable to have the England, and thereupon they may claim exemption. Now rate forced upon there ; liut, on the other hand, we provide this proposal seems to :no to embarrass the question still fur an organisation for the proper application of those sums further. I have on former occasions stated my objections which, either by voluntary coutribution or by the payment to such a proposition, and I certainly think that the ex- et a rate, shell be available for the repair of the fabric of emptien of persons who merely eay that they are not Church- the church and the maintenance of divine worship. That r men would have a tendency to create great discord in pa- is a plan which, lam sure, the more it is considered the rishes. I arty be forgiven fur saying that upon this subject more hon. members will feel it to be admirably calculated I have always been afraid of two classes of men. The that to obviate the difficulties of the case. If any hon. gentle class are those who, saying Tory fairly that they object to man can suggest a better wo shall be ready to consider it— an Established Church, and that they do nut think it right (laughter from the Opposition) ;—but I eel that a strenuous that the church of a p o rti on o f th e people should be called and sincere effort should at length be f reads to settle this a national church, wish to resort to the voluntary system question, to which we have gevun the best consideration in and propose to attack this work, thinking it to be, as it our power. (HeAr, hear.) We believe that the arrange certainly is, much weaker than the citadel, in the hope meets which toy right honourable friend has explained that in time they will carry the citadel itself. (Cheers.) will be calculated to accomplish the object in view, and we There is another class of men to whom I fear that shall be prepared, when the bill goes into committee, to most reverend prelate the Archbishop of Canterbury has ley those arrangements in greater detail [mama the house. listened rather too ranch, who, bein g no t only Church . We are told that wo ought to have brought in a separate man, but very high Churchmen, are must anxious to sopa- bill—(cheers from the Opposition)—that we ought to have rate the clergy and laity of the Established Church from the rejected the measure now before the house, because it went community in a "emeriti, to cut eff those who are P ro t esteut further than wo were prepared to go, and that we ought to Dissenters, and whose doctrines theydo not deem orthodox, have gone into the same lobby with those who differ from from any concern in the affairs of the ch arch, and thereby us as widely as hon. gentlemen opposite do, for the par. in the end to create a sectarian establishment, which I pose of voting aminet a bill whieli in part we approve, in think would not long maintain the dignity or the pos• order afterwards to bring in a measure of our own. That sessions of the national establishment. My rightkon. friend course would not have been at all consistent with the pur profsses that men shall be exempt from the payment of poses we have in view. (A. laugh.) We agree with the church rates because they are not Churchmen, and that present bill in regard to those parishes in which church such persons shall not have a voice in the parish vestry rates have hitherto not been levied. We agree with the whenever any question a: hies in which a vote is taken. I principle of the bill as app kaiak, in future to parishes in think this proposal, which would fix a mark on these per- which the rate may be refused. It would, therefore, have sons, and in all probability on their children and descend- been inconsistent with the opinions we entertain to simply ants, as not belonging to the church, is calculated to give reject the bill. We believe that we can make it a good a sectarian character to the Church of England, which I ineasare, and I flatter aneself that when our alterations and trust will still continue to he the national church of the amendments shall have been submitted to the considera great mass of the people. There is many a man who at one tion of Parliament, they will inset with general approba time of his life doss nut much like the Church of Eng!and, tien. (Cheers.) who entertains objections to the chur c h cervices, and who Mr. MIA LL, who rose amid loud calls fora division, was will not a- tend church, but who, perhaps some three or sure the house would not be guilty of the injustice of coma Ifour years later forms different opinions, who becomes an I attendant at church, and who maintains his right to attend ing to a vote without listening to one of those Dissenters the vestries. New, I think it is not desirable to put a mark whose interests were chiefly affected by the bill. The noble desirous that th e a n eth o eryio,haoli.eindataottt,tedmthferovaistthiec3h.unrdeitia.kenl77,;h lord the member for Colchester had professed to discern in part in the proceedings as they may think t a therefore, object to that part ofmy aightllo r . “- f o rt e r r i:i' a e aiLeal! the bill a machinery intended to encroach upon the liberty of Churchmen to manage their own affairs. He could as sure which might affect their right to do so. But, let us suro the noble lord that the Dissenters wore not only will consider this rate, in itself of very ti i thee amount, in the ing to give up the entire machinery, but would.prefer to have light in which it is regarded by the farmers in country the two abolition clauses pure aid simple. The machinery parishes. They say that this rate is levied hoes a ver was constructed by an eminent friend and professor of the ancient law, that the fabric of the church is mucp cted Y and that everybody who has property should pay towards Church of England, not with a view to please the Dissenting the repair of that fabric. The rate may be a half-penny, a body or to accomplish their objects, but to remove certain penny, or perhaps three half-pence in the pound, and it is legal obstacles which were referred to in debate two or three paid by the great majority of the farmers, but then they are years ago by the right hon. gentleman the member for told that Farmer Such-a-one and Farmer Such-another, Oxford University, and t o p rov id e f or th e app li ca ti on of jand the baker and the t a il or i n th e v ill age, have all ob- voluntary contributions in the safest and most practicable ected to pay the rate, on the allegation that they are act manner. He must be permitted to refer to one fallacy which Churclinsi n with nit maki ng any particular declaration cf ran through the entire argument of the opponents of the faith, and that therefore the payments of these who con- bill, and Which was not only popular in that house, bat pre tribute to the rate will be proportionately increased. Of veiled widely out of doors. To telk of " our Church," con course if there are 200 persons in the parish liable to the ; tributions merle to "our Church," property settled on " our rate, and i 0 object to its payment, it will fall so much more Church," wan to speak as if the Church of England were a heavily on the other 150; and in thi s way you will cause ; community separate from the nation at large. He did not Mean dissensions in parishes. I " l av e h a d l e tters without understand that. He stood there on his right as a British ens, franc clanent puts of the country, from persons con• subject to regulate a national institution in which he 11l as much interested as any other member of the house ; and ' although he might sustain the disadvantage of being un able to avail himself of the religious services of the Church, yet he claimed all the rights and powers with respect to the maintenance and regulation of the National Establish men which belonged to the strictest Churchman in the country. (" Oh, oh !") He understood those cries of "Oh ;" they meant how was it that he desired, holding such views, to escape from a national tax for the support of the Church ! That was a fair argument, but one easily answered. The members of the Established Church, un like the Dissenters, enjoyed the free use of all the churches throughout the country, and it was only fair that they should be asked to maintain them in an efficient state of repair. (" Divide !") He knew that hon. gentlemen oppo. site were anxious to go to a division, and he, too, was de sirous that the question should be decided by a vote before the house adjourned ; but he thought that upon an occa sion like the present, when all previous speakers had been members of the Church of England, some indulgence should be extended to one who wished to express the sentiments of a very large portion of her Majesty's subjects. The noble lord the member for the City of London had stated that, if he saw any substitute for the church rate, he would he willing to vete fur the second reading of the bill. It had amused him—it would amuse any Dissenter ac quainted with the operation of the voluntary principle -- to witness the perplexity of noble lords and hon. gentle men to find a substitute for the church rate. It reminded him of the old lady who searched every room in the house for her spectacles, and found them at last on her nose. (" Divide !") He would tell the friends of the Church that they had an excellent substitute, if they' would only avail themselves of it, in the zeal and liberality of their own members. In Wales, a poor country, the Dissenters maintained all their own chapels, and in Ireland, a poorer country still, the Remelt Catholics did the same. It was only in England, a rich country, where the groat body of the landowners belonged to the Estabdehed Church, that any difficulty was felt in providing for the sustentation of religions edifices and the maintenance of divine service. But he believed that if they were to open the vein of libe rality and benevolence which he had indicated, the result would astonish themselves ; and certain he was that if the bill were carried it would do more to advance the church in its spiritual power and influence than all the rates ever levied. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS—I am informed that, having left the house for a few minutes, the hon. and learned Attor ney-General commented on my absence, and expressed himself displeased with some expressions which he alleged had fallen from me in debate. I can assure the hon. and learned gentleman that I had not the faintest wish in any way to offend him, and if any expressions dropped from my mouth which did hurt his feelings I am most anxious to retract theta. I beg leave, in conclusion, to assure him that, whatever opinion he may entertain of me, I enter. tain towards him no feeling but one of the highest re spect. (Cheers.) The house then divided ; the numbers were : For the second reading Against it l7B M merit — —43 The announcement of the numbers was received with some cheering ea the Alinisterill side, in the midst of which Mr. WALPOLE rose and said that, the division having been mainly taken upon the amendments announced by the Government. he would like to know when those amendments would bo laid on the table? Sir G. GREY—Some day before the Easter recess. I have only to remark that last year the majority for the second reading of the bill, when no such amendments were announced by tho Government, was considerably smaller than upon the present occasion. (A. laugh.) Mr K. SEYMER inquired whether the bill would now be regarded as a Government measure, and taken on Go vernment days ? Sir G. GREY replied that it was not a Government bill, and could not take precedence of Government business. But the Government would in future give facilities for its discussion is case its introducer, as a private stemher, should be unable to effect a satisfactory arrangement him self. When the house weut into committee the Govern ment would be prepared to submit their amendments. Mr. DISRAELI—I do not intend to enter into the com parative statistics of different sessions ; but as the right hon. gentleman has referred to the division of last year, I raay as well remind him that on that occasion I believe he voted with those who now sit on this side of the house. Sir G. GREY—Allow me to state that the right hon. gentleman is mistaken. I was hot in the division, but I stated, in reply to a question, that the Government did not feel themselves in a position to supports the bill, he cause they had not an r y amendments prepared. (Hear.) Mr. NE WDEGATE said that, if the right hon. bart. was not in the division last year, it was certain that the noble lord at the head of the Government both spoke and voted against the bill. Ho confessed that ho was ranch surprised at the result of the division which had just taken place—{laughter from the Ministerial benches)—but he rejoiced that they would have another opportunity of considering the principle of the bill, which at present could not be understood, owing to the elements of uncertainty introducer) by the Government. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK—The difference between this year and last shows that we are advancing. (A laugh.) DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES BILL. Mr. A. PE LLATT moved the second reading of this bill, which was, in effect, the same as the one which pa.sed a second reading la.t session. After a few observations from Sir W. Heathcote. Lord Palmerston, Mr. Henley, and several other honourable member►, the bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on the 11th of April. _ _ _ The ether business baying been disposed of, the house Adjourned at half-past 5. Mr. H. W. WicKffam paired in favour of Sir W, Clay's bill, with Sir M. S. STEwAIT against. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COIINIONS.—MARat r. CHURCH•RATES ABOLITION BILL. Order for second reading read ; Motion made, and question proposed, " Tdat tho Bill lx) now read a second time :" Amendment proposed to leave out the ward " now," ;Lila at the end of LILL, quoLiLion Lu add Lho aurds " upon this day six mouths Question put, that the word `now' stand part of the question :"—The House divided ; Ayes 221, Noes 17$. ATES-22 1. Acton, Joseph Fitzroy, henry Muntz, G. A. , air, IL Foley, J. 11. Murrough, J. P. Adair, It. Fonter, Chaties Napier, Sir C. Agnew, Slr A. Forster, John North, F. Alcock, T. Fortescue, C. S. O'Connell, D. Anderson, Sir J. Fox, W.. 1. 011ye'ra, 11. Antrohns, E. Freestun, Colonel Osborne, R. Bagshaw, J. Gallwey, Sir W. Otway, A. Bailey, C. Gardner, B. Palraersten, Viscoun' Raines, Rt. Hon. M, Gibson, M. Paxton, Sir J. Ball, E. Gil' ad, Earl of Pechell, i-.'ir G. Ball, J. Glyn, G. Pall .tt, A. Barnes, T. Goderich, Viscount Perry, Sir E. Baxter, W. Gower, F. ,Pigott, F. Beaumont, W. Greene, John Pilkington, J. Bell, J. Gregson, Samuel Pinney, IV. Bellew, T. Grenfell, Charles Pollard-Urquhart, W Berkeley, Hon. H. F. Greville, Colonel F. Ponso , ,hy, A. Berkeley, G. C. Grey, lit. Hon. Sir G. Power, N. Bethell, Sir R. Grey, It. ' Itaynliam, Viscount Blddulph, Col. R. 31, Grosvenor, Ld. R. !teed, J. Biggs, W. Hadfield, George Ricardo, 0. Black, Adam Hall, Sir Benjamin Rice, E. Bonham-Carter, J. Hankey, T. HMI. y, George Bouyerie, lion. E. r. Hastie, Alex. Robartes, T. Brand, H. B. w. Hastie, Archel. Roebuck, J. A. Brockleharst, J. - Ileadlam, T. Russell. F. C. Brockman, E. IT, Ileathcoat, J. Schotefleld, IV. Bret herton, J. Heneage, Geo. H. • Scobell, Capt. Brown, H. Herbert, H. Scrope, G. Brown, W. Hervey, Lord A. Scully, F. Bruce, H. A. Heywood, J. Seymour, W. D. Buckley, Gen. Heyworth, L. Shafto, It. Butler, C. S. Hadley, C. Shelley, Sir J. Byng, G. B.C. Horsman, E. Sheridan, R. Cardwell E. Hutchins, E. Smith, J. A. S,'avendisli, C. C. Hutt, NV. Smith, J. 11. Challis, T. Ingham, R. Smith, M. Chambers, T. Jackson, W. Smith, R. Chaplin, W. Johnstone, J. Somerville, Sir W. Cobden, R. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, Lord Cockb rn, Sir A. J. E .Keating, H. Stanley, W. Coffin, IV. Kennedy, T. Steel, John Cowan, C. Kershaw, J. Stirling, W. Cowper, W. King, L. Strutt, lion. E. Craufurd, E. H. J. Klngscote, Capt. R. Sullivan, Michael Crook, J. Klimaird, A. Swift. It. Crossley, F. Labouc',cre,R.t.llon.ll Tailored, H. Cuhitt, IV Langston, .1. H. Thompson, G. Currie, Raikes Langton, li. G. Thornely. T. ' Denison, J. E. Laslett, IV. Thornhill, W. Dent, J. Layard, A. 11. Tile, IV. • De Verc, S. E. Lee, W. Tomline, G. Diilwyn, L. L. Lewis, Sir G. C. Vane, Lord 11. ' Divett, E. Lowe, It. Villiers, C Drumlaurig, Vls. Lace, T. Vivian, 11. 11. Duff, G. Mac Evoy, E. Walmsley, Sir J. ,i)uff, J. Mackie, .T.'i Warner, E. Duke, Sir J. Mackinnon, W. Watkins, Col. Duncan, Viscount M'Canx, J. Wells, W. Duncan, George Maguire. ,r. F. NVhatinan, J. buncombe, Thomas Mangles, It. Whitbread, S. Dundm, F. Marjoribanks, D. Wilkinson, VT. Dungarvan, Viscount Martin, J. Willcox, B , unlop, A. Martin, P. Williams, IF. Ebrington, Viscount Massey, W. Willoughby, Sir H. Ellice, E. Milligan, R. Wilson, J. Ellice, E., jun. Mills, T. Winnisgton, Sir T. Elliott. J E. Milner, W. M. E. Wise, A. Ewart, W. Moffat, G. Wood, Sir C. Ewart, J. Monck, Vie. Wyvill, M. Fenw.ek, li. MoncreifT, J. Ferguson, J. Morris, 0. Fitz Gerald, Sir John Mowatt, F. Fitzgera:d, J. Mulgra , e, Earl of TELLERS, Clay, Slr W., Bt. X all, E. NQES-175. AcJand, Sir •IF. - Gladstone, Capt. J. Morgan. 0. kiderley, C. B. Goddard, A. Mowbray, J. R. Aunesley, Earl of Gooch, Sir E. Mulllngs, J. It. Arbuthnott, Gen. H. Gore, W. Mundy. W. Archdall, Capt. M. Graham, Sir J. Newark, Viscount Bagge, W. Graham, Lord M. Newdegate, C. Bailey, Sir J. Gri•ene, Thomas N,wport, Viscount Saline, H. Guinness, R. S. North, Col. J. itankes, Rt. Hon. G. Gwyn, Howol Oakes, J. Barrington, Vist.. Haddo, Lord Ossuiston, Lord Barrow, W. Hale, Robert Packs, C. Bennet, Capt. P. Halford, Sir Henry Pakington, Sir J. Beresford, Rt. Hn. W. Hall, General John Palmer, Robert Bignold, Sir S. Harcourt, G. G. Palmer, Roundell Blackburn, P. Harcourt, Col. Parker, R. Blaltemore, T. Hardinge, lion. C. Patten, Col. Bond, J. Hardy, G. Peacocke, G. Bramley-Moore, J. Haye., Sir E. Peel, Gem Braraston, T. W. Heathcoate, Sir W. Percy, J. Buck, L. W. Heneage, Geo. F. Philipps, J. Buck, Col. Henley, J. !kill more. R. J. itunbury, W. B. Herbert, S. Portal, M. Burroughes, U.N. Herbert, Sir T. Powell, Col. W. Butt, G. H. Hildyard, H. C. Pritchard, J. Cecil, Lord Holfo, d, IL Robertson, P. Chelsea, Viscount Hotham, Lord Russ.-11, Lord J. Child, Smith Hume, W. Sandars, G. Christy, Samuel Jermyn, Rt. Fin. Earl Seymer, H. Cobbold, J. C. Jolliffe, Sir W. Sibthorp, Major Cocks, T. S. Jolliffe, IL SmUth, sir W. Cole, H. A. Jones, Admiral Smith, W. Coles, 11. - Jones, D. Smith, Abel Colvile, C. R. Kell , Sir F. Smyth, John Compton, H. C. Kendall, N. Smollett, A. Corry, H. T. L. Kerrison, Sir E. Spooner, It. Davies, D. Kim:, J. Stafford, A, Davies, J. Knatchbull, W. • Stanhope, J. Davison, R. , Knightley, R. Stracey, IL Deedes, William Knox, Col. B. W. Stuart, Captain Dering, Sir E. Langton, W. H. P. G. Thesiger, Sir. F. Disraeli, B. Legli, G C. Tollemacbe, J. Drummond, H. Lennox, Lord A. F. Tyler, Sir G. Duncornbe, Hon. A. Lennox, Lord H. G. Vance, John Duncornbe, 0. Liddell, 11, G. Vansittart, G. Du Pre, C. Lockhart. S. E. Waddington. D. East, Sir .T. Lovaine, Lord . Waddington, H. Egerton, W Lushington, C. M. Walcott, Admiral. Esteourt, T. Lytton, Sir E. Walpole. S. Evelyn, W. J. Macartney, G. Walsh, Sir J. Farnham, E. MacGregor, James Warren, S. Farrer, J. Maddock, Sir H. Welby, Sir G. Fellowes, E. Malins, Richard Whiteside, J. Ferguson, SieJ. Dimmers, Lord G. Whitmore, H. I I Filmer, Sir E. March, Earl of Wigram, Loftus T. Floyer, J. Meux, sir H. Wyndham, Gm. Follett, B. 5, Miles, W. Wynn, Lt.-Col. Forester, Cot. Mimes, R. Wynne, W. Freshtleld, J. Michell, William TELLERS. Gilpin.. Col. R. Iktoutgoayry, S 4 G . Manners, Lord J. Gia4StAls, W. Moody, i.; . YOrthoo,oi p If:: . ;_;7`,_;;;, 40th Regiment, have also received officers to embaik with the detachment of the 12tH Foot :—Lieutenant E. BUDGET OF RECEIPTS, H. M. T o d, Li eu t enan t F. W. o,,borne, and En s i gn D c The fortunate results of the y e a r 1855, t o w hi c h are N• , ufville Lucas, joined the hopes of peace which it is n ow p erm itt e d t o : Large nu m b ers o f recru it s are arr i v i ng a t Ch at h am • entertain, would perhaps seem to autho r i se a hi g h esti. Barracks to join the d e p o t s o f th e prov i s i ona l b a t ta li on. mate of the receipts. But the Gov ernmen t h as no t On Tuesday eveni ng a cons id era bl e num b er arr i ve d f rom I thought so. Contrary to the course f o ll owe d i n th e 1 London, chiefly for the depots of th e 20th, 43d, 64th, latter times, and though events- have thu s j us tifi e d th e , 84th, and 86th Re g i men t s . B es id es th e a b ove, a party hopes of our budgets, it has considered th a t it wou ld h e ! of recruits joined the h ea d- quar t ers o f t h e Medical Staff proper to confine itself within the limit of th e rece i p t re - ! Corps at the Casemate B arrac k, alised in 1=455 and of the estimates admitt e d by y ou f or , An order has been r eceive d b y C o l one l S tn dh am, th e director of C.a Rep t! Engineers' establishm en t a t Brornp -1856. The indirect taxes anti revenues, on w hi c h i s con ton Barraoke, directing that 320 non comm i. s i ene d 4E centrated almost exclusively the question of the estimates, cere and priva'es of the ~ orp., of Royal Sappers and ficured in the budget of rec e ipts f o r th e y ear 1855 at 891,756,050 f. The budget of 1856, voted by you last Me ere, with 10 offi,:ers of the Rascal E.•gilieers, are to prepare for immediate enobarkatbn. It is understood year, estimated them at 929,699,0001. Th e rece i p k s o f 1855 attained for the old duties only 929,474 0001. The that they are to act in the Baltic. Captain Ogee N company ef the Royal A r till er y, eta new taxes voted in your l a c sess i on , b u t ass t emporary tined it Baliineodig, got•the r .ute o n S atur d ay to pro measure only, ha v e p ro d uce d f or p ar t o f th e year 1855, 33,100,0001., and will give for the whole ce,ed from Cork le.rnour direct fur the Crimea, to be at year 1856, 83 000,000 f. It is on this certain tached to the sth (Hialilaud; Division, under command oampbell, K C.B. T oe company cons i sts basis that the e s ti ma t es w hi c h are propose d t o you of Sir C din C of Captain Ely,ee, Lieutenants W a lk er , S tep h enson, for 1857 repose. It h as , h owever, appeare d r i gh t aid, and Assistant-Surgeon Clarke. It. comprise-. 140 to increase by a fa voura h, e est i mate t h e y i e ld o f ~.,unriers and drivers, a n d 183 h or s es . Th ey were l ately the duty on potabl e li quers , rema i n i ng h owever b e l ow the estimates admitted by the budget of 1856. In fact .erveif with new horse appointments. we may hope that the accidental c.,tueit which have lowered the amount of that: tax will not he reproduced in 1857. A similar observation has caused an increase to be set down in the receipts from the duty on the ma nufacture of native sugar. Finally the normal increase in the proceeds of the tobaoco duties has been taken into account, but without exceeding for 1857 the estimate of the budget of 1856. Time, the total produce of the in direct taxes and revenues, for the whole of the old and new duties, will be set down ha the budget of 1857 at 1,031,010,000 fr. WE FRENCH BUDGET FOR 1357. BUDGET OF EXPENSES. The budget the year 1857 presents an increase of ex penses of 96,770 636 fr. The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Ministry of the In terior share unequally almost the whole ef this increase. The credits accorded to the Ministry of Finance for the year 1856 are on the whole 771.793 OltOti. The credit, demand e d for 1857 amount to 848.228.064 fr. Titer-- re sulte for 1857 an increase of expenses of 77,861,749 f , partly compensated by a reduction of 1,432,585 f. ; thus the increase is in reality 76,429.164 f. In this augmen ta•ion the public debt alone is 52.762,211 f. The eestitu tions, negative values, arid premiums eu the exportation of merchandise are set down for a cum of about 18.000,000 fr. ; it is the ex ,ct amount of that expense, which, however, is not a real expense ; but it has been thought rieht, from the experience of the last few years, to put it down at once at its veritable amount, which has never been done before. Then come the surveil lance of the cultivation and the increase in the manufac ' tare of tobacco for more than 4,000 000 fr., end finally a small augmentation in the expense of collecting the taxes and revenues. The Ministry of Public Works re ceiver; a erant superior by 14,491,5591 r. to that of 1856; and 14,478,001 fr. of the increase arise from the engage ments contracted by the State w!th the railway com panies. The credits of the Ministry of the Interior in crease by 3,979,140 fr . viz , 2,507,6001 r. for the depart mental, and 1,471,540 fr. for the general service. The first of these expenses is the necessary consequence of the special laws which have authorised extraordinary taxes The second results principally from the augmentation in the ordinary expenses, and the cost of conveying prisoners condemaed by the courts of law, and likewise of the extension of the telegraphic service In fine, gentlemen, the comparison of the receipt„ and expenses presents a surplus of receipts of 15,417,3481. That amount may appear small, when conaeared with the total of supplementary cre.tits which each year has seen produced ; and against which the faculty of transfer from one ministerial department to another has not been hitherto, perhaps, a sufficient re medy. But the Government of the Emperor hope., more and more to restrict the , supplementary credits, and to confine them to rare cases, that is to say, to wants really urgent and which could not have been foreseen, We may also hope that the reel amount of the expendi ture of the year having been at once truly stated. as ie the cave in the present instance, will enable us to make a still greater reduction in the supplementary credits. Finally, gentlemen, the strict evaluation of the e•tt mates, as regarls the receipts of the year 1857, warrants our belief that the resources of the year will, in point of fact, exceed the estimates, and lead to that final balance of income and expend,ture which is the desired object of your efforts and of ours ; a result, nevertheless, ilit- ficult of attainment, especially when our annual expenses comprise considerable 811,113 devoted to great public works, fruit'ul inve•tinent , , in fact, ensuring future wealth, but weighing without compensation on the pre sect time. E. BOINVILLIERS, President of the Section of Finance CAMILLE GODELLE C uncillor of State; AD. VUITRY, C , uncillor of State. Th. budget of 1857 inq b- thus briefly summed up Ordinary and extraurdulary ex- penses . . . . 1,695,057,164 fr. Ordinary and extra , rdinary re- ceipts Surplus of receipts Tile ordinary lexpesses are Tire ordinary receipts ~ Leaving a, surplus of . Ezirstor3ioary 1,710,474.512 . 15 417,343 . 1,541.493 164 . 1,709,345 226 67,852,052 LORD E NFL 111,D AV 1) MR. AYA RD. work. Extrv.rdinary receipts . 53,5t34,000fr, The following corre,ponderwe has been published : " Wrotha,m-;ark. March 1. "Sir,—You are represented in tbo papers nf this date to have applies .1 the svords one of the gr J.sest jobs ever brought before this 12 , m4e, to the forinatiso of the corps of officers in the regi.nent u , ,der my command. " If any job has been perpetrated I alone am respon siOle for it, fur every app,intment in the regiment, with the exception 4,f the senior captain, has been made at my Nripestion. 1,529 286 "The. gentlemen who have done me the honour to serve under my command are, in character, position, acid independence. as superior to t4is up wormy insinn , - tioo a 4 they are un-urpa,ssed ny any other c .rp. in t to re , ;tiiar or militia .-rvice, for zeal, activity, and inteHi gence in the discharge of their duty. " Ooe .fficer only is related to me. "If you were ignorant of this fact, commoa decency should have caused inquiry before you calked of a family party.' _ " I hope that you may be able to say that you were mis-reported, or that you will retract this gr,,u n dl ess and insulting charge before I stigmatise it as it deserves. " ENFIELD, Colonel Commanding R , yal Middlesex Rifles. " A. H. Layard, Esq., M.P." " 9, Little Ryder-street, March 3. " My Lord,—The expression of 'job,' which I made use of in speaking of the regiment of militia of which you are colonel, dil not apply to the formation of the corps of officers, as you will perceive by the report of what I said in the Daily News, but to the fact of the re giment having been left 16 months without having been called out in a time of war, and while the county had been saddled with a Wm amounting to nearly 10,0001. for barracks, &c. "Nor in making use of the words ' family party,' (lid I mean actual relationship, but political connec tion, as is evident from the context, as I mentioned the names of Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Russell, and Sir Erskine Perry. " I am misreported in having stated that Mr. Gren• fell way Lord Pau►nura'a nephew ; I said, private secretary.' " are at liberty to make any use you think fit o. this letter. •' rho Lard Enfield." " A. H. LAYARD, CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. The commission Met on Tueeday, being the first meet ing after the appoint•oent of the new membert4, and the right hon. the• Lord M,yor took the chair upon the occasion. The commisBion having. been read, aputy Peac,ick was unanim)udy electld chairman for the ensuing year. Af , er sow preliminary business, the cnitrictor was summoned for not cle;►nsing Nicholson's Wharf, accord ing to his cin tract, and Mr. Nicholson attended and was heard upon the subject. The c 'ntractor wai ordered to cleanse the streets leading down to the wharves in question. Mr. Haywood, the engineer, laid before the Court a I tter which he bad received from Mr. Bazalgette, in quiring why a sewer was at th t time being r,built in Fetter-lane, without harine first communicated with the Board of Works, agreeably to the 69th section of their act. Remainder Mr. Daw, the clerk, stated that the 69th section of the:Metropolitan Local Manage►nent Act referred only to district boards and vestries, referred to in the schedules A. and B in that act ; and that the city of Londen was not mentioned in such schedules, and that Court was rit-ithera district board nor a vestry M r . Haywood explained the nature of the works •vhich wera being. done. v:z , the reconstruction of a part of a dilapidated sewer. It was then ordered by the court that the engineer .hould explain the matter to. Mr. B.zilgette. The Skinners' Company were sum,..ned as freeholders ..f certain small tenements •in Skinner street, Bishopi. Sale, upon the ceitificate of the medical officer of health that they were u for 1411 , 11311 habitation. The law, ill 52,431,714 thA ,;AmpAoy Atien(Ld, And, at fits request, was al lowed one week within which to take steps for pulling down the objectionable buildingß. Mr. Morgan attended on the certificAte of the medical officer of health, which chat , ,ted him with carrying on, in Peter-street, a trade injurious to the public health, and was ordered to di-continue the trade forthwith, which he promised to do accordingly. Sundry cases of dangerous buildings were laid before the Court by the chief clerk, who was instructed to l;rect the legal proceedings to be taken in reference thereto immediately. The Court then adjourned. Laving a surplus of . 15 417.343 as .tated above. It mu 4 he h irne in mind that, in the above figures of the ninlg,t, the excepi,i ,, nal ex enses which the war eeessintates are not incliffied, ouch outl 4 y being covered only by mean' , of extraordinary resources. The resources in question are not set d.swn in the re ceipts, any more than the excep.,i inal outlay is amongst the expenses. Only a cr,dit of 2,000,0001 r. is to be opened to the Nlinister of War to pay the military pen sions of the year 1857. Naval and Military Intelligence. The steam-transport Europa, Capt. Leitch, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Kazatch, Constanti nople, Malta, Gibraltar, Lisbon, Corunna, and Ferrol, with the steam•battery, Glatten, 14, Capt. Cumming in tow all the way. She brought, as passengers, Mr. J. Huntley, master, late of her Majesty's ship Resistance : Mr. J. Andrews, as.sistant clerk, late of her Majesty's ship Glatton ; Lieutenant Sir C. F. W. Cuffe, of the 6Gth Regiment ; 25 men of the Glatton, from Constan tinople, 12 invalids from the fleet, one sergeant of the Turkish Contingent, one officer's servant of ditto, two men from her Majesty's ship Sirnoorn, 11 passengers from ditto, two invalids from her Majesty's ship St. George, at Lisbon, and stores, &c. Her Majesty's ship Hawke, 60, screw.blockship, Cap tain Ounanoey, left Spithead yesterday at noon or Plymouth with marints. The General Screw Company's steam-skip Argo, Cwt. Hyde, transport No. 81, embarked at Southampton yes terday the horses and troops ~f Royal Horse Artillery previously enumerated in The Sun. The Hydaspes transport, No. 87, will, it is expected receive on board Horse Artillery t -day. The Argo wil pail fir the Criolea some time tiii , Alernoon. The Pe ninsular and Ori-nral C onpany's steam-ship Candia screw transport No. 213, !Ailed fir the Crimea pester day rnerning. The Comet steam-vessel towed the Ringdove despatch gun-boat from Cowes to Portsmouth yesterday morning The Bustard and Banterer steam goo-boats e'er , taken into dock yesterday for repa 7 rs. and the Forward and Beaver taken out. Toe troop-ship Resistance, Master- Commander Hall, was paid wages at Portsmouth yester day, and her crew granted leave. The Glatton, floating battery, is orders i into harbour. Her Majesty's go.-hoats Ntvily, Magnet, Mastiff, and Mistletoe, built by Wiloain Brigs and Sons, left Sun derland for London yesterday. The Pelter, 2, screw steam gun-boast, Lieut.-Corn mand,r Wm, F. Lei-, left 'Ati ,, rtiess yesterday morning for Pirtsin.iuth, to j the squadron at Spithead. The Amphion, 34 itni,Q, screw steam-frigate, Captain Henry Chad, left Shren;esm yesterday morning to pro ceed on a trial of her machinery. Captain Otter, of her INlajt,ty's steam-shin Firefly, re ceived instructions ye,:terd,y morning to prepare hastily for sea, so aq to he ready to leave Woolwich imm-diately for the Baltic. She will proceed to Portsmouth to-day to coal. a le c n h , ine sa ry il , ed ztc. f , rr i i7 r win'ow:cnieD h ee yte , eBriaym Master-commando rgwith P m ul ni n Resrnouth and Piytnouth. The exterior walls of the new foundry and shell f s tory at Woolwich are fast rising towards complei ion, and such is the exoedition with which the works are earri,d on by the contract , re that, although it was only a few days since teat the foundation stone was laid, the building has assumed a very forward state. The window frames base been adjusted and fixed, the walls being about 14 feet high. The paper factory is likewise pro gressing rapidly towards completion, and it is expected will commence operations in the early part of April. The engines and machinery are being delivered, and are from the firm of Messrs. flick, of Bolton. It is calcu lated that immense facilities will be obtained by that acquisition to the Royal Arsenal departments, which will supply not the paper alone, but likewise provide the pulp with which the cartridge. are prepared. The transport Norman left Woolwich yesterday morn ing for the Cri'.nea, with the troops and horses men tioned in The Sun of Tuesday. About 140 men, and the same number of horses, of the Royal Artillery, embarked on board the Sarah Sands at Liverpool, yesterday, for the Mediterranean. The Admiralty have conveyed to the storekeeper of Deptford dockyard an expression of their lordships' , ati-- faction and approbation of the exertions of that officer and the two senior clerks of his department, and of the manner in which the responsible duties of providing and shipping stores during the pressure occasioned by the war was conducted. Mr. Evans Evans was yesterday appointed surgeon to the Cormorant, and Mr. Richard Itlemferd, second mast-r to t! e Perseverance. . _ THe Cemonssartat-office and staff, which, since its separation from the Treasury, have had their offices in New-street, Spring-gardens, have removed to the War Dep , rtreent, in Pall-mall. Orders have been received by the Commandant of Chatham garrison, directing him to hold in readiness a detachment of the 12th Regiment from the depot of that corps, under orders to embark for Australia, to j. in their liead.cpiarterE.. The detachment will consist of seven officers and 90 non-commissioned officers aid privates. The following dim% Woman to the depot of the METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A goneral meeting of the Metropolitan Board o Works was geld yesterday, at the office, in Greek-street —Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The meeting was specially convened for the purpose of issuing and hearing irmatinses against defaulters i❑ the payment of sewer rater. A great number of summonses were applied for by the collectors against defaulters On the Regeat-street and Regent's-park district. Several su , nnionses for small arrears in sewer rates were heard, the parties in nearly all the cases urging po verty as the reason for non-payment, and asking for fur ther time to pay the amount, which was allowed, Tee London Gas Company was summoned to sh,w cause why they refu.ed to pay 27/ 13.., charged upon tkst company for sewer rites, iu respect of the Hokorn and Finsbury di.trict of sewers, as the contribetion for their pipe. and other pr - perty passing through the pKtrishes of St. George, Bloom bury, and St. Andrea, ILO born. Mr. Hind, the secretary to the London Ga., Compar:y, appeared to answer the summonses, and requests I, a their liabilry to sewer rates was very doubtful, that th, matter sliould be posiponed to the next Court, to ascer i , ome arrargeilieiit could not be come to. Tice CHAIRMAN said that the property was n t °id% rateable, nut ,va, actua , !y rated to toe poor, and, as such, was liable to he rated to the se , er rates. The rate was ordered to he paid tore h with. The Secretary said they would pay the amount, but it would be under protest. A quirsti.di arose as to the Commercial Gas Company, whose works art, equate at Ratetiff, sto what should he the ultimate decision on h, long-litigated matter between the compaey arid the sewers Commissioners. Ever since the year 185 C this c.impaey has been assessed to the cower rates, of 6d. in the pound, in respect of their mains and pipes passing through the following districts e _.... Spitalfields, Finsbury, Poplar and Black wall, Lirnehouse and Upper Limeheuse. The company have hitherto disputed their liability, and no comm:ssion ni sewers has enforced payment of the amount due. although strength, coed by the opinion of counsel that the company were clearly chargeable with the payment of sewer rates. Tee rates, however, have been regtearly charg e d against them from time to time , and now in the aggregate ,mount to the sum of 435/. 15 , . 3 e it was deetmti de siralee, now that the oritstaudieg sewer rates are being collected, that this account shooed no longer reniair• un elere d, and ye-terday it was ordered that summonses ~hoard be issued upon the company for the recovery of the outstanding rates, and that they sliculd appear to answer the same on the 24th of the pre.ent month. After warrants had been signed against defaulters in other districts, the Court. adjourned RAIL IVAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND 80 IITEI-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending Marcia. 1856 £14,246 310 c!(.rresponding week last year 12,011 4 3 Increase in 856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— ['raffle return for the week ending March 1, 1856 £10,234 4 5 Corresponding week last year 8,209 8 5 Total/of the half-year to this date, 1856 81,324 10 11 rota/ of the half-year to this date,lßss GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 21, 1856 £20,')19 15 4 Corresponding week last year 17,917 4 3 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. -Traffic re turn for the week ending March 2, 1856 020,728 19 6 Corresponding week last year 17,928 7 6 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traftic return fo the week ending March 2, 1856 , i9rresponding week last year 4,038 14 2 Increase in 1856 . t'lB9 1 9 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for tha week ending Mai ch 1, 1856 .....C5,584 2 1 " , ori - espoudiug week last year Increase in 1856. CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for 7.70 , k en,ing March 1, 1856 • CorrE;pooding week last year GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March 2, 1856 £2ls 15 0 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY —Traffic re turn 4 fn- the week ending March 1, 1.56, -(Avaragn nurn her of ouvaibuses v.orkiug throughout the week, 315)i OW receipts, 5,522 t, 17i. walbiend, tc flosforth ....Ate Jam • ...... o g 14 9 BireligroveGraigola ..... 17 0 14 9 Derwentwater. Hartle, 17 I 14 9, Wayne's Merthyr ......... 14 3 . Whitworth ............ 1 5 6 . ,14 6 1 West Kelloe ...... ....... ihipe at market._ 21 L I Sold Hamm] Heaton . Redley Hilda Riddell SEABORNE MAILS. Jigninet, mat the mail* are .ent tram the general rat •y the night—and Al by the morning—despatch.) Day 'aft.; nma . • pr o ,,, ~ a ' 4 . r dt, i i,s, COUNTRIts to Genera; Posl- Por Office, London.' imp , tai, . O••,,, .....•••••••"' krnerica(byltrit.pack IN Every Prides Li verpoo l • t••••v—ide"11 kmeriv. (by United 80. packet) N Liverpoo. . ',ENO . el l imerica (by U. Stags . ; • . 1 packet) .. : N •• • • . Southampt.- lig s i. . 2 1 tustralia (via South ampton) ..... . Ditto (via Marseilles) N ••• • • Dover . - Ditto (via Cape of Good 11 041 1 Hops) .... .. .. . I 4.frica (West Coast). • N!33d of the moita. • Plyrnoutl , ga r ' - kiexandria N . ,1.. 9, 24, & 30 of n .!D o „, „ ~ , l, klexandria 3114th & 20th of m0 1, .1S Bahamas ti 17th Of the man' : Belgium ......... N'IN I IY ••••• • • • • • - Dover .... '_R 4fl ' 16, r Senthanvioqi Brazil ..........., .1119th of the month . • Southampi , loa f • if i9tb os the moot - .. Buenos Ayres M Nar . . ,vir cape of flood Hope South arni,d' , Cape of Good Hope N JO 'ape de nerds ..., . ,; stn o' if.. month So u th am pt o , Feb. Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ............ t 4, ,„,, 4 Channel Isles ——. .N IMon.,Wed.,&Erl4. Southampton I.'" Chili.. .. _ _ _ „ m IV ect7t.T• of month go o tg an *,o, China ... . Constantinople .... -- .8,13,18,23,t28 of o , Dover- .. ~• •1 • Constantinople ..... ;4th Mc. 20th of mor, Southampton 4 11, Cont. of Euro?,c M , i• ' Tule, daily ~ Dover ~, .. 'M . :. Egypt (see India) I ~•,, France ........ 1%1 ~.• .ITwici. daily .. . Dover „,, _ „ Two.' - libraltar ....... ,14 v 1,7,17.50. 27 •f ' Softthamu• - or ' • .lreece (see India) I . ironown .. __ „, , , ............141210 & 17th of moo soo t :, r opy. ,0 .1, mburgh _ ~ , , „N 'l l •lesday & Fria :. iLoadon ~. in vannah ........ _ %I 2nd of the moot Isouthamp• .... Mg. ' 9olland ......... _.. m Daily_ Dover -,. Pal' +' c - tonduras .. ——.. M I I 7 t . tithe month. Southaninto- 164h 0 4 , ndi a (viaSouthanipt. fM ' 4th , 20th of up..,. piy m ,. o th .. 4 & lv ndia (via Marseilles; 31i 9 t 11 &2 5 th of loon t I . lDover .... .! lonian Is'es (sec indio)l7, 1 7, & 27 of , n , 0,D0ver.... • • (reland ....•. •.11 t Nit Twice daily .. , , „ , 1101.3 head .. iTlvi• I A i•i5h0n..............14 7 , 9 , 1 7 , & 27 of 3 .!Southampt.i• 'Feb. , " Madeira ............ at 9th of the mow'. I southampto , I Madeira ......., .., , ••-; 123 d o• month Liverpool ... Malta (see India) I *l l Malta _ ........., ~ 'B, 15, &28 ni ni,, n . Dover —.—. • 4 Mauritius floe India t • I • Mauritius ........ .N Ii to or the moo !. 1 6 Mexico ......,,,....ml2nil of the moat' . Seattiampt,Areb , Tap i„ „ , ,„ „ ,I 4 'sth Ilith2sthof mon ;Dover .....• • New Granada ...... s. , 21 & 17th of moor' ISouthamptor , „is Now Zealand ....... By private skip .. ' Various port . - 12 . 11 011 Oapal States .. . , /.., ith 1 hth2sthormon. Dever ... • , ?„i ngu i, .......... , 7,4 Ithl7th27thofinon.,Southampto•i ?oru ~ ~, _,_ ,Ifld qi 's7th nt - trio.. ~!outhampt, ,T i t Port Natal ...... , . N By private ship ...,Varioits ports HMI. — _a ..pony „„* ~, ~„ „ ~. , N sth I a th2fahotraon,lDever ..., .. Tuscany ........ ~ ...N ith I sth2sthefmoh. Dover . .... •• ,d Oi l Venezuela ..., .. _ _ m 2d lk 17th ofmoni , , a ou th emp t on 16 .- van Diemen's Land (se kustralta) . 1 Eto we.. t,.,41,,,, . 1 - 2 ' ' 7 " .. olo"'• ;Southampton 1 &I 6 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails .patched on the following day, with the exceptien of the I 'onthampton), and the Malta, both of which will he despite.'" preceding day BOSTON ELECTION.--BOSTON, Wednesday Beall —Lieut.-Colonel Sl e i g h, w h o or i g i na l ly introduced 111: self to the electors as a Liberal in its most ample Pelt. an l after vards altered address , declaring himse lf . Liberal Conservati ve, ending that all prospects of cote , ing the election w ere f ut il e, left Boston on Tuesit morning, ar,d in the evening an address was issued,. , rs :; ti which he,recom men d s th e votes to support the o tP hon. Conservati ve can did a t e, " M r. Adams. In 0, meantime Mr. Ingrate's friends hav e b een ex tremely tive, and numerously-attended meetings have been from night to ni g ht , w hi c h h ave been addressed not ce ll by the candidate, but by o th er gent l emen from L o ndo n In the meantim e th e C onserva ti ves are working in (1111,,; and the general opinion is that Mr. Adams will ap t ,: r to the poll upon the pr esen t occas i on, being nearly /0 tale of being returned should a general election "II place, it not being expe c t e d th at M r. B ond Ca bb e ll 11 0 . 0 again offer himself t o th e constituency. The nowanstivi takes place to-day. O w i ng t o the Bribery and Trea t 0 Acts being most rigidly adhered to, the town prese! . l none of the exciteme n t usua ll y a t ten d ant on contesw elections. Pta h [[ADVERTISEMENT.] —HoIIoway ' s Oi n t men t and "i P bist astounding Remedie s f or B a d L egs. — E xtract of al", from Mr. Charles Saore, of Church-street, Woolwich. To Professor Holloway.—Sir, I beg to offer yon et my sincere thanks for the miraculous cure which lj g g, invaluable ointment and pills have effected on DIY „ .- 7 For four months I was in a London hospital, and " lr fef out afterwards as incurable, with very little b0Pe . ,,," saving my leg, but I am happy to say that your r j ew bf dies have effected a perfect and speedy cure. St, t all medicine vendor • throughout the world, at Pro w " - C1 Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, Landon, 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. Stamps, ConstO nople ; A. Guidicy, Sinyrna ; and R. Muir, Malts' [Aevnarisnenyr.]—The distinguiehing c h arac t er i s tic o' , Barry's Revalenta Arabic Food is succinctly described by 5t of the sufferers who have been relieved by it, as b A ., 11 ,..0 " done all that medicine failed t o e ff ect. " Without ree °" , to clystcr - m r bolus, it affords a p er f ec t cure i n the roost 'n o . % terate and distressing cases of disease connected with nerves, stomach, liver, kidneys, and intestines, as exhibPor in an innumerable variety of malignant forms. The list if those who have taken th e t rou bl e t o ac k now l e d ge person't, the benefits they have derived fr o m th e F oo d now cons Wei. ably exceeds fifty thousand, and incl u d es persons a allolsti from the peer to the artisan. Hon es t S ergeant Neels, o f Majesty's ship Crocodile, who declares that ho has be en ot stored to health and life by it, an d " wishes (miry P",el creature labouring under di sease could become sequain"ra with the Food," is as explicit in his thanker as j ', l ° . • Stuart. do Decies, Maj or -G eneral King, the yen; Arch .; con Stuart, tirc , &c. Mr. J. S. Newton, of P4lllOlO , " 0 clares to the same effect:—"F , T the last tea y ears have b!te suffering from dy s p eps i a, h eadaches, ne.vousness, low sleeplessness, an d delusions, and swallowed an i nc redi.: t amount f medicine without relief. lam happy to say tbth your Food has cured me and I am now enj oy i ng b e tterhsw „ at e than I have h a d for many years past." Er ono mins." In every instance, the report is the samie—Pe r ly cure health, ease, and happin ese , a ft er years of vain "of periment, and the outlay of continuous sums of o l o s in physic. At n o e p oc h i n th e hi s t ory of human i t y such a mass of indisputable, incontrovertible; av id.° t been brought to bear upon a topic involving the 1 1, momentous consequences to the well being of ago In canisters, 51bs. 11s.; 121b5., g2s, The 121bs. carr i free, on receipt of post-office circler. Barry du lliarrY!" Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and v e . 4 Purveyors to. her Majesty, Piccadilly ; a l so a t lie, Gradci, church-street; 333 and 451, Strand; 4, Ch eaps id e ; 4, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-civet; ; Upper Baker-street : 63 and 150, Oxford -street. = BIRTHS. Or A EION. On the sth inst., at Waltham Abbey, the wife of Lev er ton Jessop, Esq. O❑ the 2d inst., at Meggincb Castle, Perthshire, i be wife of John Murray Drummond, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 3d inst., at 6, Auiley-up:tare, the riadY C O/2 ' stance Maidstone. On the 4th inst., at Up Ottery, Devon, the wife of t b° Hon. W. W. Addington. MARRIED. ocr\On the 4th inst., at St. Botolph, Bishopegate, W. Moxhay, Esq., of Reading, to Emma, th,o young!, daughter of the l a t e Ed war d M ox h a y, E sq . , o f Stansfer" hill. e coua On the 4th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Henry, 8 to son of the late S. W. Stevenson, E sq ., o f N orw ich, f Eliza, daughter of the late Henry Dargerfield, Etop, ° Barking, Essex. DIED. On the 4th inst., at Tulse-hill, Arth ur R un t, EA*, I° of Greenhithe, and formerly of Dartmouth, aged 87. On the 4th inst., at 12, W es tb ourne - crescen t, ITY"" . park, Edward Humphreys, Esq. On the 3d inst., at the Rectory, Northiam, Sitasexo the Rev. William Edward Lord, D.D., raral dean, rector of Northiarn, aged 47. 0,1 the 3d inst , Robert Wilson, Esq., of Shag-stre et ' Liverpool, aged 70. On the 2d inst., at 27, Middloton-road, Dalstoz, Mr. T ' Taylor, aged 53. Killed at Sebastopol, by an accidental explosion, on the 2btli ult., Major Geo. Ranked, Royal Engineers, aged 27 :, On the 21th o f D ecem b er l as t, a t sea , on hi s ross i g" home, Lieut e n an t C o l one l Fr e d er i c k C oven t r y, of the 6t l ' Bengal Light Cavalry. LONDON: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNCit of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N^• 112 ', Strand, in the Precinct. of the Savoy, in the eountr f' fi logez i Wiariday, Mardi 6, Mat - Co uatry rireu. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Manes There were in the market, to-day 16 sacks oatmeal, 001 weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 425. Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW' MARSIVT--- MARCEL 2. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. . 0 Oat stra w , f rom 9 s Od to Ils Od per kemple of 1 6 stl, trop; wheat do., 7s 6d to 93 Od; barley do.. 74 6 1 t . 6d. Hay from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—M %Rai 1 a. Oatmeal, per sac k o f 2801b a First . Second. -- Tbsr dimperial Barleymeal, per ditt o —s Od , ' 0 0 j Poasomeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —B Od --a Od - I d od Pot-barley, per ditt o COAL MARKET.—MARCH 6. of Coal per ton at the dose of the war%ist Wallsend, Rate's West Hartley 15 01 B W , syass's , est Hartley .. 17 0 Ed en M a i n 15 Davison's West Hartley 17 6 Bell l5 .. ' 5 Hasting's Hartley Holyvrell 17 Howard's West Hartley Haswell Netherton l7 6 Fletton .... _ . .......... 1 7 g Longridge's Wet Hartley 17 3 Hatton Lyons Main .••.1'••;'," North Percy Hartley Tautield Moor l5 o i Plummer . ............... 15 Tantield Moor flutes 15 oRussell's HAton .......... 16 Tyne Main .. l5 0 ,South Eletton ......... " 17' 1 7 Walker Primrose l4 0 1 Stewart's West Pelton l5 6llartlepool ................1 7 West Riding Hartley l5 0 Hough Hall ........... • ... 15 Grey's West Hartley l6 6 Kelloo. ............... . ....... 1 6 Wylam 14 6 South Kelloe ......... . .... 15 . a , 'Tees ..................... •. 1 ... 14 Evenwood .. ........ . ... „„ 14 91Antbracite Step ...% 8. d. TH 8 :Victo Capital (The ho IiA.NAGE] R. MeL, pally. Cutup I aONSULTI Eagin e(naciTol The of from Eu fitted, it the Turl complete subjects elapse b 4 Cages of The p titue unc in Count deprived the copal i ng the qUiromei Unknowf duetion private 1 Depulati , likhtene( Calcul; mode of to state 1 lk) (LWOW Power Of any h liability The di are Beek , if from s from Pro 14 Pital bot exec, . APplio Inst., at Threadm ?FEE Mg Irela t he 18th 1 tich p e r * ' 0 Tons ( A form No teal for w i ll a 441 1 duly Fiery Lid beer a bY 'eat With the if the con INTOT th e " E.-kV Co missi Act 16th 44_QULAT b _Cour A "Qtamy. 1, h.„ 2, It y ZOltg of 3, B y %ad be 4: Rv ,The "vit qu ;,, 411 1Der "Tripai Will pe r V 4lOll t All a biecliza they Us Ciety All a iadta ti u ottitli kited i ti lls re l . A co altst .1 ~~..,,