The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLLkMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. PETITIONS. Earl DE GREY and RIPON presented a petition from the grand jury of the county and the town of Drogheda in favour of a bill for the registration of titles to land in Ireland, Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Bucking hamshire and Hampshire in favour of a repeal of the malt tar, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Aber brothwick Harbour, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and South Yorkshire Railway. The Chertsey Gas Bill was read a third time and passed, THE RESERVE FORCE. The Earl of LUCAN moved for a return of the strength of the reserve force. The noble earl referred to the discus sion which had taken place a few evenings ago on the sub ject, and said it was of the greatest importance that the matter should not be lost sight of. In the year 1854, o wing to the Crimean war, about 33,000 recruits entered the army, and, according to the terms of enlistment, a very large number of these men would be entitled to their discharge. He had heard it said, and he believed there was founeation for the statement, that upwards of 10,000 men intended to take their discharge, and not, as had been stated, that 10,000 men were merely entitled to their dis charge. Now that he thought a very serious state of things. Again, in the year 1855, there were 29,000 men entered, mad next year between 7,000 and 8,000 men would be entitled to their discharge, and this would go on year after year until things were brought to a very alarming point. The army of the country amounted to over 210,000 men, but then a very large portion of that force was in India, and the casualties of course would be very great. He must confess that he had heard with alarm the Secretary for War state that the Government did not intend to take any steps in the matter. It was said there was to be a lowering of the standard, but he thought that would be a very unwise proceeding, because a man of 51t. Sin. had not the strength and muscular power of a man sft. 6in. Then, with respect to the army of reserve, in his opinion the whole thing had been a failure, and the best thing the Government could do was to break it up altogether, and to get the Akers to join the Militia. The Limited Enlistment Bill had been productive of nothing but bad results, and the only thing it had done up to the present was to drive men out of the army in order to save the pension which the Government had after all to pay in the shape of extra expense incurred in inducing men to serve for an in creased term. The act was looked upon as one of unadul terated mischief without ono single redeeming poist to re commend it. Whatever might have been the object in view of those who framed that act it was not in consonance with the opinion of the late Duke of Wellington, who always laid it down as a principle to keep the old soldier in the army as long as he choose to serve, and certainly not to drive him from the service before he was 40 years old. Earl DE GREY said, from the best information he had been enabled to receive from the Horse Guards, 10,000 men would be entitled to their discharge, but only about 4,000 men, it was estimated, would leave the service during the present, year. The question ; therefore, they would have to consider was how to supply the loss of that 4,000 men. What he had done was to hold out extra in ducements to old soldiers to re-enlist, and the Government were not at all disposed to avoid tho effects of the Act of 1817, the Government were quite ready to meet and accept its consequences. He did not think the act of 1817 was a failure. Lord DALHOUSIE, as a member of the Government of 1847, by whom the present Enlistment Act was passed, stated the reasons when it was proposed. At the time it was introduced the old term of service had become un popular among the classes from which recruits were drawn. The enlistment was, in fact, for life, and some change in the system had become necessary. The measure had the assent of the Duke of Wellington, who, having satisfied himself that it would not have the effect of inducing old soldiers to leave the service, both spoke and voted in favour of the enlistment for 10 years. Private employments now competed with the Government for men, and Ireland no longer furnished such number of recruits as in years past, If they reverted to the old system or greatly extended the present term of service, he was convinced they would com mit a grave error. The returns were then ordered. The Settled Estates Act Amendment Bill was read a read time. Their lordships then adjourned, HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. , Mr. FXYWICK. took the oaths and his seat on his elec tion for the borough of Lancaster. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Hamilton and Strathaven and Caledonian Railway Companies Bill, and the Llanidloes and Newton Railway Bill were read a third tilLe and passed. THE BOROUGH OF BELFAST. Sir H. CAIRNS moved that the copy of the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the affairs of the borough of Belfast, with the minutes of the evidence be referred to the committee on the Belfast Im provement (No. 2) Bill. Mr. MAGUIRE objected to any such reference. He said that for some time the corporation of Belfast had been charged with a malversation of the funds entrusted to their care, not for the purpose of peculation, but to exclude Liberals from the corporation and from the representation of the borough. They now wanted to obtain indemnity from their responsibility to the Court of Chancery in their administrative character, but their claims had been twice rejected by Pailiament. Using the influ ence they possessed with the then Government, they ob tained a commission to inquire into the circumstances con nected with flask position, but it was of a limited character. Sir H. CAIRNS, in support of his motion, contended that the hon. and learned member (Mr. Maguire) was not acquainted with all the facts of the case. Mr. BUTT supported the amendment, and Colonel W, rATTEN the original motion, which was agreed to. LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. Mr AYRTON moved that it be an instruction to the committee on group 1 of railway bills to allow the promo ters of the London Main Trunk Underground Railway Bill (ordered not to be proceeded with in the present session) to be heard upon petition against the following bills,with which such bill would. if proceeded with, have been in competition: Metropolitan Railway (Trinity•square Extension), East London Railway, Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Station and Railways), Metropolitan District Railways (No. 2), Metropolitan Grand Union Bailway (No. 2) ; pro vided that such petition shall have been deposited within the time prescribed by the standing orders for depositing petitions against private bills. Colonel W. PATTEN moved an amendment to the effect that the motion be negatived, but after some observe. tion from Mr MASSEY in support of the motion, and Lord J. MANNERS for the amendment, the latter was withdrawn, and the motion was agreed to. THE BAIINSTAPLE ELECTION. Mr. HOWES, the chairman of the committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of Mr. Thomas Lloyd, presented the report of the com mittee to the effect that, in some cases instances of bribery had been traced to the agents of the sitting mem ber, some of the electors having been proved to hare ac cepted bribes of .C 5. They therefore decided that Mr. Lloyd was not duly elected, and that Mr. Bremridge was returned. At the same time, the committee did not con sider that bribery to any considerable extent prevailed at the election in question. (Laughter.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the borough of Pon tefract, Mr. Childers, the member, having been appointed ono of the Civil Lords of the Admiralty. POLAND. Mr. lIENNESSY gave notice that, on going into com mittee of supply, he would move that the negotiations relative to Poland had not given satisfaction, and that the conditions on which the dominion of Russia over Poland was agreed to had not been complied with. (Hear, hear.) THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. Mr. KINGLAKE gave notice that he would move as an a mendment to the motion of which the hon. member for Liekeard had given notice on this subject, to the effect that the treaty in regard to that matter had not been carried out, and that the First Lord of the Treasury had, in the statement he had made on this subject, gone further than the circumstances of the case warranted. PENAL SERVITUDE (IRELAND.) Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he was aware of the fact that th e operation of one of the provisions of the Penal Servitude Bill would be to abolish the refuges for female convicts in Ireland ; and, if so, whethe r the Irish Government had been conlulted upon the matter, and had approved or other wise of the abolition of said probationary institutions ? Sir G. GREY said there was no intention to make any alteration in the system in operation in Ireland, which worked very advantageously. NEW MUSEUMS AT SOUTH KENSINGTON. Sir S. NORTHUOTE asked the First Commissioner or Works what number of plans had been sent in for the pro posed New Museums at South Kensington ; where, and when, he intends to exhibit them; and who are to be the judges to decide upon them. Mr. COWPER, in reply to this and some other:ques tions, said that there had been no decision come to as to the actual use to which the building should be appro priated, and the subject could be brought forward by any hon. member. THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. Mr, BERKELEY—As the Armstrong breech•loading guns, constructed by Sir William Armstrong, and now under trial at Shoeburyness, are made chiefly of solid blocks of mild steel (tempered in oil), and consequently totally differen.; from the service guns which they are con sidered to represent, asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of the War cillee to in stituto any and what trial of the Armstrong guns as at pre sent employed in her Majesty's service, it being evident, from Admiral Kuper's report, that some trial 1, urgently needed. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that, when he proceeded with the army estimates he wo ild be in a position to make a full explanation on the subject. He might, how ever, then state that there was very little difference between the guns on trial at Shoeburyness and those which have been in use in the service, but they were undergoing a practical trial. LABOURERS AND PUBLIC DOCKYARDS. Sir A. BULLER asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Government intend doing anything towards the relief of the labourers in the several public dockyards, who are at present paid at a rate considerably below the ordinary market value of labour. Lord C. PAGET said that it was not proposed to make any alterations in reference to this subject. By the prac tice in operation in the public dockyards shipwrights em ployed there could earn very good wages, and the labourers could participate in their benefits. SECRETARIES OF STATE, &c. Mr DISRAELI drew the attention of the house to the fact that the offices of Principal Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries of State had been given to no less thaa five sitting members of the house, in contravention of the provisions of the existing statute which limited the number to four. This was a constitutional question in re spect to which he wished for some information. Lord PALMERSON said that the distribution of the officers referred to was at present the same as it had been for some time, and the question was too important to be discussed off-hand. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI wished to be informed by the Speaker, whether this question was not ono of privilege, and whether as such, it could not be brought on at any time.: The question of the right hon. member elicited no reply, and the subject dropped. TRADE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr W, FORSTER called the attention of the house to the arrangement between the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade in reference to trade with foreign nations, and moved for a select committee thereon. In the course of his speech, he adverted to the success of the French treaty, which he said was wonderful, and taught a lesson to the nations of Europe. Mr. LAYARD observed that there had been a misap prehension as to the relations between the Foreign-office and the Board of Trade, both of which departments co operated in promoting the policy of free trade in foreign States, where that policy encountered obstacles arising from jealousy and suspicion, Commercial questions were some times so intimately oonnected with political questions that they could not be separated. He showed the impediments which the Foreign office met with in negotiating commer cial arrangements. With reference to the motion, he in sisted that the complaints made against the present system, which he explained, were not well founded. The duty of the Foreign-office was to carry out the commercial views and policy of the Board of Trade, and there was no divided responsibility, as there would be under the system suggested by Mr, Forster. The machinery of the Board of Trade could not be imported into the Foreign-office, already over worked. He did not, however, oppose the motion. Lord STANLEY said, if the motion was pressed to a division he should vote for it. The motion only called for an inquiry ; a prima facie case had been made out for an inquiry, and he could testify that a strong feeling on the subject existed among the mercantile community, He wished Mr. Forster had enlarged his motion so as to com prehend the whole machinery of the Board of Trade. After some remarks by Mr. BAINES and Mr. Bess, Mr, HENLEY said it was very desirable that the sub ject should be inquired into ; the question, difficult as it was, should be locked into, and he was not without hope that the system might be amended, and some arrangement made more satisfactory to the mercantile community. Mr. NEWDEGA dwelt upon the sufferings inflicted upon our silk .nanuracturers by the French treaty. Mr. M. GIBSON, observing that there was no objection on the part of the Government to the appointment of a committee, noticed a remark of Mr. Henley upon what he had supposed to be a divided responsibility between the Foreign-office and the Board of Trade, which seemed, he said, to imply that there ought to be but one department for all the functions of the Government. There was in reality no divided responsibility. He also vindicated the course pursued by the Government of this country in the commercial negotiations with foreign Powers. _ _ Mr, CO BDEN corrected the misapprehension which, he said, existed as to the objects of our commercial policy, the reward of which was to be found in its success, as shown by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The question was whether, irrespective of commercial treaties, it could not be possible for the Government to diffuse Free Trade prin ciples among other countries, which would be a legitimate course of action. But we had two departments connected with this operation, and the object of the motion was to de vise means whereby the Foreign-office could be inspired with the spirit which actuated the Board of Trade and an appreciation of true commercial principles. After a few observations by Mr. BAZ LEY, the motion of Mr. Forster was agreed to. CRIME IN IRELAND. Mr. WHITESIDE moved for copies of the lists of all indictable offences laid before the judges at the late assizes for the counties of Roscommon, Cavan, Longford, Lime rick, end Westmeath; the names cf the parties made amen able, and the offences for which they were severally in (Feted ; and asked for an explanation cf the causes why so large a proportion of undetected crime prevails in the said counties, and what course the Government meant to adopt in order to lessen the same, He read remarks of the judges, and commented upon the apparent failure of justice, sug gesting what might be among the causes. Sir R. PEEL said he was ready to give the returns moved for, and, with regard to the questions asked, he gave the desired explanation, replying, as he proceeded, to the comments of Mr, Whiteside, and showing the unwillingness of parties suffering from violence and injury to assist jus tice. A vast improvement, he observed, had taken place in the feelings and character of the people in Ireland, and if irritating causes ceased to agitate them, there would be year by year, a sensible diminution of crime in the country. The discussion—as to the amount of crime in Ireland, the nature of the offences, the number undetected, and the causes of their non-detection, which some members attri buted to the inefficiency of the constabulary as a detective police owing to their military organisation—was continued by Mr. M'Mahon, the O'Connor Don, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Bagwell, and Mr. 0' Hagan. Lord PALNIERSTON interposed a suggestion that a very important subject stood for consideration that evening —namely, the sugar duties—and that it was then past ten o'clock, After some pointed remarks by Mr, OSBORNE, the motion was withdrawn. NEW LAW COURTS, Mr. A. MILLS asked whether the Government have abandoned the intention of introducing any measure for the concentration of the courts of justice. Mr. COWPER replied that the Government had not abandoned the intention. The subject was under conside ration. The house then went into committee pro forma. SUGAR DUTIES. On the report of the committee of ways and means, Mr. CRAWFORD moved a resolution, that it is not pos sible for the officers of the Customs to ascertain by inspec tion the quantity of crystallizable saccharine matter con tained in any sample of sugar, and that a law which seeks to effect such an object is unjust to the producer, while it excludes large quantities of fine sugars from the mar ket, and thereby injures both consumers and the Re venue by limiting the supply, observing that the subject was one of great moment, involving most important prin ciples, he assumed that there were four parties interested in the question as to the mode of as-easing the duties on sugar —namely, the consumer, the producer, the revenue, and the refiner : and he argued that the refiners, who have no locus standi, were the only parties that could be prejudiced by a uniform duty. He then proceeded to establish the propo sitions upon which his resolution was founded, remarking that the objection to a system of differential duties upon sugar was not new, and that it had been opposed as con trary to the principles of political economy. The motion was seconded by Mr. POTTER. Mr. CARDWELL said he hoped to satisfy Mr. Crawford that the three propositions contained in the resolution were not, collectively or separately, worthy the adoption of the house. He insisted that the officers of the Customs would be as competent as the trade to test the quantity of saccha rine matter in a sample of sugar ; that experience had shown that a graduated scale of duties was not injurious to the producer, nor a discouragement to improvements ; and that the statistics of the sugar trade proved that the scale had not limited the supply. On the other hand, he showed that a uniform duty would operate unfairly upon sugars of different qualities, and the Government was of opinion that the principles of free trade would be best carried into effect by a system of classified duties on the article of sugar, which would be fair and just to high, medium, and low sugars. There were interests that might bo benefited by a uniform duty; but the great interest of the consumers in this country and the doctrine of freo trade were in favour of a graduated scale. Upon a division, Mr. CRA.WFORD . S resolution was nege. tived by 133 to 17. The report was then agreed to. In a committee of wave and means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a resnlotion imposing an excise duty of 3s .1d per cwt. on sugar used in brewing for sv.le. The remaining orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned. 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GENERAL GARIBALDI, (7imes) have received the following telegram from Bergamo : " The representatives of the Society here, in the name of Garibaldi, send their thanks to England for the reception given to the Father of the People. " Bergamo, April 15. " GILTSEPIT DILANI." Yesterday General Garibaldi left Stafford-house at half-past 9 o'clock for the Great Northern Rail way station, en route for Bedford. He was accom panied by the Duke of Sutherland, Menotti Gari baldi, his eldest son; Lotd Albert Leveson Gower, General Eber, and Colonel Peard (Garibaldi's Eng. lishman). The object of the visit was to see the steam plough at work. It becoming known in the neighbourhood that Garibaldi would pass through the principal thoroughfares on his way to the eta tion, crowds had collected in great numbers before 10 o'clock. A special train, consisting of four saloon carriages, belonging to the Midland Rail way Company, was in attendance to convey the distinguished party to Bedford. Among those pre sent to welcome the General at King's-cross station (the platform of which was crowded with ladies) were Major Amswick, Captain the Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., and Mr. Faber, directors of the Great Northern Railway; Mr. Ellis, Director of the Midland Railway ; Mr. Seymour Clark, general manager ; Mr. Walter Leigh, sub-manager ; and Mr. Oakley, secretary, of the Great Northern Rail way ; Mr. Allport, general manager of the Midland Railway, and other officials ; Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., and Mr. Alderman Mechi (by whose recom mendation Bedford had been selected). Mr. M'Con nell and other scientific gentlemen were also in wait ing to accompany the party. Garibaldi arrived at King's-cross at 10 o'clock, having been greeted with loud acclamations outside the station from the assem bled crowds, and he was received with scarcely less demonstrative feelings on the platform, where many ladies pressed forward eagerly to shake hands with him. The train, propelled by an engine gaily deco rated, started at 10 13 a.m., and ran the distance of 50 miles to Bedford in one hour and five minutes. Slacking speed before approaching the town, the traia was brought to a stand opposite the Britannia Works—the great depot for manufacturing agricul tural machinery, carried on by Messrs. J, and F. Howard. Here a temporary platform had been erected, decorated with daps and evergreens, upon which the Mayor of Bedford (Mr. James Howard), Mr. Whitbread, M.P., and all the other leading resi dents in the neighbourhood awaited the arrival of the General. On alighting Garibaldi was intro duced by Alderman Mechi to Messrs. Howard, with whom he cordially shook hands. The Britannia Works form a conspicuous object from the railway. They are in the form of a square, and have been constructed with considerable architectural skill. Their magnitude may be understood when it is stated that Messrs. Howard employ daily nearly 500 men. Garibaldi, conducted by the Messrs. Howard, first proceeded to the smiths' shops, where the various parts of their steam and hand ploughs are manufactured. Thence he passed to the foundry, where an opportunity was afforded him of witness ing Messrs. Howard's ingenious method of mould ing, by which much labour is saved, and better cast ings secured. The admirable discipline observed by the workmen was shown in a remarkable manner in this shop, where when the General entered up wards of 200 men were busily engaged. Not a man ceased work, although all were evidently interested with the General's visit. Garibaldi asked many questions as to the wages earned by these artisans and by the agricultural labourers of the disttict, and expreesod his great satisfaction at the remark able ingenuity displayed in the construction of many of the machines shown to him. From the foundry the General was conducted through the stores, where the admirable order in which everything was preserved attracted his atten tion. Havieg concluded his inspection of the works Garibaldi entered the Mayor's carriage, and, with the members of his suite, proceeded with him to his residence in Bedford, where an elegant luncheon was served to a largo party. The whole population of Bedford was out, snd the town was in the highest excitement. Flags waved from every window. In one instance the national Italian flag surmounted the old Neapolitan standard, w` el ieh was hung upside down, and mottoes of " Garibaldi the Good and Brave," "The Liberator bf Italy," Saa., were observed on every hand, At the luncheon, which was attended by Messrs. Whitbread (father and son), and all the local cele brities, the Mayor proposed " The health of Gari baldi," expressing the great pride he felt at the honour his visit had conferred on Bedford. Gari baldi said he was much gratified at the opportunity afforded him of viewing the works carried on by Messrs. Howard, calculated, as he could not fail to see they were, to further the improvement of the science of agriculture. Mr. Howard, senior, father of the Messrs. Howard, next expressed his grati tude for the compliment paid to Bedford by the visit of Garibaldi, who had been the defender of liberty throughout his life. He sincerely hoped every happiness might hereafter attend him. After the luncheon Garibaldi and all the company left the Mayor's house for the Hoo Farm, that of Mr. James Howard. On their way it became necessary to pass under a triumphal arch, which spanned the principal street of Bedford, and here the carriages stopped to enable the Mayor to deliver an address voted by the corporate authorities of the town. Garibaldi received it graciously, and bowed his acknowledgments. On reaching the Hoo Farm Garibaldi first in spected the homestead and stock, and then mount- ing a pony, accompanied by the Duke of Suther land and Messrs. Howard on horseback, and a long cavalcade of carriages and mounted ladies and gentlemen, proceeded to a fallow field of several acres in extent, where Messrs. Howard's steam ploughing apparatus was ready for operation. Gari baldi first examined both the plough and the sta tionary engine, and the word having been given to put the machinery in motion, he rode up and down the furrow a with the steam plough several times, and then went across again to examine the engine. Returning to the plough, the operations were re newed and kept up for some minutes, and until the General had expressed himself perfectly satisfied. As Garibaldi retired from the field, the assembled crowd of ladies and gentlemen gave vent to their feelings by loud acclamations, which were followed by three cheers for the Duke of Sutherland, in which the ladies heartily joined. Garibaldi returned to Stafford-house at 5 o'clock, and a couple of hours later proceeded, in company with the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Albert Leveson Gower, and General Ebor, to the residence of Mr. Panizzi, at the British Museum, where he dined with that gentleman. The following were present to meet the General :—The Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chancellor the deh o se Exchequer, and Si r J. Romilly. The preparations for the reception of Gee. Gari baldi at the Crystal Palace were completed last night, barriers being erected fur the various classes of reserved seats across the nave and centre transept, the whole of the Handel Orchestra, except that por tion occupied by the sand and chorus, as well as the greater portion of the area in front of it, has been filled with reserved seats. The concert will commence at half-past two ; the Italian presenta tion immediately after the concert, to be followed, half an hour later, by a grand display of the foun tains. Gen. Garibaldi will arrive at the Palace by a private route, and ample police prepara ion has been made for the arranrment of carriages. The Addresses Committee for Monday sit en permanencs at the Palace, and late last night intimated they would be prepared to receive addresses, if furnished with notice before four o'clock this day. Tickets for reserved seats for Monday on the great orches tra will be issued this morning at Exeter-hall only. The whole of the floor of the building, except a small portion in front of the dais, will be open to the public. The princip a l ra il way com panies will run'excursion trains to the Palace, and extra trains from the metropolitan lines leading to the Palace. WORKING MEN'S DEPUTATION TO GARIBALDI. Yesterday morning, at BiX o'clock, Messrs. Hart well, Greater, and Ddgers, deputed by the Working Men's Reception Commitee, waited by appointment on General Garibaldi at Stafford-house, for the pur pose of inviting him to a soirée intended to be given by the working men of London, and to which Sig nors Mazzini and Saffi would also be invited. The General received the deputation in the most warm and affectionate manner, and heartily thanked the working men for the reception they had given to him on Monday last. He said nothing would give him so much pleasure as to be able to accept the invitation given to him ; but, unfortunately, the whole of his time was filled up to the date of his leaving London on Friday nest to fulfil his provin cial engagements. If, however, he was able to return to London before departing from England, he should be delighted to accept the invitation. The General then entered into a long conversation with the deputation on various subjects, and con cluded by expressing his strong desire to visit the brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins and see the workmen employed in that establishment. The deputation at once offered to place themselves in communication with that firm, an offer which was accepted by the General. The deputation then left, having thanked the General for his kind reception, and proceeded to the brewery, where, having cum municated to the manager the desire of the Ueneral, one of the partners proceeded to Stafford .house for the purpose of giving him a formal invitation, and it was arranged that he should visit the establish ment this morning, at an hour when the majority of the men would be on the premises. The General appeared highly delighted with the prospect of the visit. He a ill be accompanied by the Working Men's deputation and some members of his suite. Yesterday a deputation from the Reform Club, consisting of Mr. Guildford Onslow, M.P., Mr. Otway, and Mr. Adams Smith, waited upon General Garibaldi at Stafford-house, in order to invite him to a banquet at the Club, when he was pleased to accept the same for Thursday next. A meeting was held in the Committee-room of the Town-hall, Birmingham, yesterday (convened by the Mayor), for the purpose of obtaining the co-ope ration of the inhabitants generally with the Gene ral Purposes Committee of the Town Council in making the necessary arrangements for the recep tion of General Garibaldi on the occasion of his visit to the borough. The attendance was numerous and influential; a strong comtpittee was nominated, from whom eight are to be selected, who are to co-operate as above stated. A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the !promptitude displayed by him in obtaining an interview with Garibaldi, and convey ing to him the invitation of the Town Council. Tne General will be the guest of his Worship while in Birmingham at Chad Valley, Edgbaston. The rival parties at Mancieste:Tanxious to honour Garibaldi have both reason to be satisfied. While the Goneral told the deputation from the Corpora tion that he had previously accepted the hospitality of Mrs. Schwabe during his stay at Manchester, he accepted the invitation of the Corporation to a de jeuner at the Town-hail. The Reception Com mittee wl - :o forwarded the first invitation were to have a meeting yesterday evening to determine on a programme of the proceedings for the public re ception. He is expected to arrive on Saturday week, and stay till Monday evening or Tuesday. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the limes Special Correspondent with the Alited Armies.) BROACKER, April 11. It was a very onesided fight yesterday, for the Danes scacely fir e d a t a il i n re ply t o th e i ncessant cannonade, occasion a lly s l ac kening f or a f ew m i nutes , bat only to revive more briskly than before, which the Prussians kept up till nearly dark with unabated assuidity. After I had sent off my yesterday's letter by man and horse to Gravenstein—for there is no regular post from this poor Broacher, and every body seeds in his letters as he can—the weather il cleared a good deal, bl ue s ky over h ung us , an d a bright ra ng u sun a shone out. r ppromontor yoSntiil, whichto the tne Trent, over going ertha t on, dense masses of smoke lay low, and would not pass away, renewed as they were by the constant um of the Prussian batteries, to which the Danes had then completely ceased replying. Still, it was clearer than it had been in the morning, and when I walked out of Broacher, soon after 3 o'clock, and swept the horizon with my glass as I paused by the churchyard wall, I could discern, although somewhat dimly, the familiar outline of the high ground on which stand the Duppel forts; but a change seemed to have come over it—something was wanting to which the eye was accustomed; it was Duppel mill, which had stood so long, a prominent landmark, braving the storm of projectiles that descended in its vicinity, but which at last had mot its doom. It was a very bad sort of grist that had been going to that mill of late, and at last the Prussian shells had furled its sails for ever. The stump of the tall edifice alone remained—a low dark object, with white smoke around its base, proceeding apparently from scattered straw, or from the sraouldering nuns of its upper portion. We have so long been accustomed to watch the mill, and to use it as a point of depar ture in our estimates of the distance and relative positions of the forts, that its downfall becomes quite an event, especially when one considers the nume rous escape s it h as h a d, an d w hi c h seemed almost to betoken a charm e d lif e . If the Danes are super stitious they will l oo k u p on th e fall of the mill as an evil omen, and indeed it is not unlikely to prove to be the beginning of the end—and of an end very near at hand. striking across the fields, now again tolerably dry, and passing just in rear of the 24- poumkr battery at the head of the Yenning Bund, which was diligently pounding No. 2 Fort, I entered the Boffel Koppel at the foot of its most sloping por tion. The sun shone warm on the banks under its fringe of trees, and in their shelter the first wild flowers I this year have seen were timidly opening their petals, primroses and daisies, and a small white anemone. There was coming, too, a tint ofgreen over the earth, still chilled by the winter's frosts, and brown with last autumn's fallen leaves. The sunny calm of that woodland nook was in striking contrast with the deafening roar of war a little to my right. Passing further into the Boffel Koppel, I came upon a semi -bi vouac o f t h e P russ ian Guards. Iwo long wooden hut s serve d th em as sleeping quarters at night, b u t th e i r lif e b y d ay was al fresc o. Fires were burning, s t raw was sca ttered to lie upon, the soldiers sprawled in picturesque groups around the former or stood in small parties leaning against the thickly planted trees. I paused by a fire at which age, was officiating as cook , w hile ei g ht or a slender bea r dl ess you th, who did not seem 18 years of ae, ten of his co mra d es stoo d b y , w atching the culinary process. In a t a ll ova l t i n , black from exposure, were water and s li ces o f b rea d, to which the young military Soy er was a ddi ng pieces of lean bacon, partly cut, partly t orn cif w ith a dull hack knife, and fing ers th a t certa i n l y we re not so clean as those of a cook ar e suppose d g enerally to be. I cannot say that th e mess prom i se d to be a very savoury one, still less wou ld i t b e a dapted to refined palates, but the air of the Boffel Koppel was likely to pre pare those young appetites to do its faults. Pro ceeding along the road to Sonderborg, I struck off into the trench es , w hi c h had been made more pass able sin ce my l ast v i s it by spreading branches in the dirtiest places, with straw laid above them. The first battery I entered was No. 11, close to the road, for 12 pounders, which were then firing chiefly at No. 6 fart. It had received no fire from the Danes yesterday, but close by it were the traces of several shells which had been directed against it on Friday. In a field on its right, rather further forward, was a shell hole, evidently recently made, and ono of the largest I ever saw. A full grown man might be buried in it. From a staff friend whom I met, and also from the offieere in the batteries , I learnt that the Danes had en ti re ly ceased firing—in fact had hardly fired at all even in the morning, when the bombardw, nt had only just commenced, but had quietly given their whole attention to protecting themselves and their guns from the deadly precision of the Prussian fire. Owing to the smoke, which, soon after my arrival in the trenches began to be reinforced by a, damp vapour arising from some neighbouring marshy grounds, it was not easy to investigate what passed in the Danish forts, even when one got to a very short distance from them, but I was informed by officers who had been there all day that the Miles had witbdreven most of their guns. Two had been knocked to pieces by the fire of the batteries on the left of the road. There was not a sign of life about any of the forte that my observation reached. Nos. 6 and 4 were much dilapidated; No. 2 was said to be at least as much so, but I could not discern it, owing to the fog and distance. Profiting by the cessation of the Danish fire to prolong my ramble in the trenches, and proceeding along the second pantile!, which the Prussian engineers call the half parallel—why I can not say, unless it be because it is nearer than usual —I again, after a time, came out upon the high road, which I had been assured I could safely follow as far as the Prussian advanced sentries. The ground was low here and the fog thick. I walked on, ex pecting every minute to come upon the sentries, but found none, when I heard shouts from a high field on my right, and saw two Prussian soldiers scam pering down towards me. Whither was I going ? The Danish sentries were only about 80 yards off, although still invisible, owing to the mist and to a slight rise i❑ the road. I know not whether the idea of the Prussians was that I was going over to the Danes to share their falling fortunes, and to correct some of the mistakes they make as to things and numbers upon this side of the lines, but they were easily satisfied that this was not the case, and upon the whole I felt grateful to Lieut. von Richthofen, who commanded the outpost, for having, by his vigilance, prevented my walking up to the enemy's sentries, whom I should have supposed to be the Prussian advance, and my reply to whose challenge would probably have obtained the re joinder of a couple of Minie bullets. I came home both surprised and puzzled by what I had seen and heard in the trenches. The conduct of the Danes is difficult to explain. Although they may be de ficient in rifled guns, we know that they have some, and also that they have a large number of heavy ship guns. Why do they not avail themselves of these, now that the distance between the hostile batteries is diminished to a few hundred yards? One can only suppose that they have become so con vinced, by recent experience, of the superiority of the Prussian fire, as regards correctness of aim especially, that they despair of opposing it with success, and think it best to save themselves and their guns for some better opportunity. The Prus sians say that they saw many wounded carried away yesterday, but this has more than once before been said on occasions when the Danes deny that they sustained much loss. So I would not attach much importance to that, the less so as the Danes, since they did not fire, had no occasion to expose themselves, and may fairly be supposed to have kept snug under cover from the bombs and shells that yesterday rained upon them. But is it their inten tion to continue giving way before their enemy without offering any serious resistance, or making any determined attempt to damage him? They have allowed him to open two parallels with scarcely any loss. To be sure, I see a telegram from Copen hagen, headed, "Engagement before Duppel," but the said engagement (in the night of the sth) was so trifling that it was scarcely ever spoken of here, and was in fact a mere skirmish, attended with hardly any loss to either side. It is not by such petty affairs that the Danes will prevent their opponents from going ahead to their final object. They neither seriously resist the Prussians when they seek to extend their works, nor attempt to molest them when they are busy with their construction and completion. This strange forbearance and apathy strengthen the belief which has lately grown up that they will not await an assault in their intrench mcnts, but when they see that one is imminent will retire from them into Alsen, or at most offer but a slight resistance. Such a course would be far less intelligible than the evacuation of the much vaunted Dannewerk, on which such large sums were spent by a Government that conla not hope ever to have an army capable of defending so ex tensive a position against the only foe who was likely to assail it. The Duppel heights are a corn. pact fortress, behind the formidable redoubts of which every man ought to be worth three. It is true that if they resolved obstinately to defend it they might lose more men than their small army could well afford, but they ought to be able to in flict double the damage on their opponents. Per haps this may still be the course they intend to pur sue, but at the present moment the other looks at least as probable. If the forts were so deserted as the Prussians in the trenches yesterday afternoon believed them to be, it is a question whether, had a strong body of infantry bt ca brought forward, under cover of the fog and smoke, fire suddenly suspended at 4 or 5 o'clock, and a dash then made, the position might not have been carried. That the Danes would show themselves so inert could not have been anticipated, and the contingency therefore was not prepared for; moreover, it is more prudent, in the case of such very strong works, and without knowing what may be behind them, to carry out the siege in the regu lar manner, and complete the approaches and bring the batteries nearer before venturing an assault. Against such defences the numerical superiority of the besiegers' infantry goes for little. I observe that the Prussian official account of the affair of the 28th of March is so worded as to be likely to convey an impression that only three battalions of the Bth and 18th Regiments were en gaged, and it is true that they had the most to do; but the whole six battalions of those regiments, pre babiy 4,000 to 4,500 men, took part in the conflict, and were more or less under fire. According to what officers of the 18th have told me, the Rolfe Krake took them completely by surprise. She steamed into the Venning bund at about half-past 4, at which hour at that date only the first faintest gray of dawn began to dapple the darkness, and the gloom was quite deep enough for her to pass the Gammels mark batteries unperceived by the sentries,who then alone occupied them. At the first shot she threw an officer of the regiment exclaimed, "That comes from the water ;" others doubted; but all doubt was soon dispelled by the succeeding discharges. The Rolfe Krake is stated to have remained about an hour in the Yenning bund. If she comes in again she will find plenty of guns ready to welcome her, and probably she knows that, and will confine her, incursions to less perilous nooks of the coast. It appears she did steam up towards the Nubel Noer early yesterday morning, acid exchanged a few shots with the batteries at Alnoer, and that was probably the cause of the turning out of the troops here. Very early yesterday morning, too, some small Danish vessels (boats, they seem to have been) ap proached the shore a little south of the Gammels mark batteries, with the intention, it is supposed, of a coup de main—probably intending to spike the guns. They were described by a soldier, who com municated with a non-commissioned officer, and the latter quickly got together a few men and opened fire with rifles upon the boats, which, finding them selves discovered, thereupon made off. There was firing during the past night and early this morning, and I have just been told that, at an hour not yet exactly ascertained, the Prussians ad vanced and drove back the Danish outposts, esta blishing their own in the places from which they ejected them. Thereupon, it is further related, the Danes sallied forth in some force, but were re pulsed, the Prussians retaining the ground they had conquered. Up to the present time this news has for me only the value of a report, since I have not yet been able to seek its confirmation or contradic tion. The only way to get accurate information in cases of this kind, now that I am at a distance from both head-quarters, is to see persons who were en gaged in the affair, or at least eyewitnesses of it; and as they have often to be sought for in the front, it involves considerable loss of time. The bom bardment has been resumed to-day with vigour. No. 6,2, and 1 were getting it very hotly about half an hour ago. The Danes fired some shells in reply. Two of them did not seem to come from the forts, but from batteries established in their rear. THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,—The largest block of granite ever cut in Cornwall, weighing more than 40 tons, was drawn by 50 horses to the Penrghn railway station on Wednesday, and is intended for conveyance to Strathfieldsaye, where it will form portion of a monument to be erected to the memory of the late Duke of Wellington by the present Duke, Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and lialilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solic tors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830), 12,1 iatton-garden. city branch-6, Moor gate-street, Bank,—Apyr. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMEB.—There never was a more eager or volu minous controters7 that that carried on now for many months between the iespticti7e advocates of a uniform and an ad valorem duty on sugar;. It has beaten off our tables the whole literature of Schles wig-Holstein, and several theological and Biblical questions thought to be of some importance half a year ago. An immense variety of facts and opinions have been laid before the public, and some of the writers have supplied very remarkable accessions to the popular stock of knowledge. But perhaps the most remarkable feature of the question is the very strong belief of the different sides that their own view is the only one which a reasonable man can take, and that will besupported by results. But what is all this about, and what is the real question ? It is simply whether there shall be the difference of a halfpenny a pound between the duty on the very best and the very worst sugar, or no difference at all, but the same duty for all kinds. The latter is the alternative loudly maintained to be most in harm mony with the principles of free trade, and is in favour with the merchants. The former is the new tariff proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The difference between them is neither more nor less than a halfpenny in the pound. The proposed duty on the very lowest quality of sugar that can be made and imported is seven eighths of a penny a pound. It then rises four steps by one-eighth of a penny at a time, till the highest duty in the scale is a penny and three-eighths—that is, one halfpenny above the lowest duty. The different qualities of sugar sold by the grocers vary in price as much as twopence or more. The proposed duty, then, is only one-quarter of this difference in the selling price. This must be borne in mind, and is necessary to a fair consideration of the matter. We all of us see the greatest difference between the pure crystal line cube we drop into our tea and the heaps of dirty brown stuff we see piled in shop windows for in ferior uses or humbler customers; and when we are told that the new tariff is still ad valorem, and only a slight modification of its predecessor, we conclude at first that the difference of duty may be nearly equal to the natural difference of value. That,however, is very far from the case, as we have said. The difference of duty is just that halfpenny in the pound between the very highest and the very lowest qualities. It certainly does cross the mind that a tariff so approximating to entire uniformity cannot work so very differently from one quite uni form. The tariff aims at justice by taxing, not the rude mass, but its saccharine value. It proposes to tax sugar, not the rough material containing sugar among its ingredients, and minus the value of its ingredients by the cost of their separation. The tariff assumes that the sugar comes over in the forms adapted to the convenience of the producers and consumers, anart from fiscal considerations, much as if it were naturally produced in that variety, and we therefore received the various qualities direct from nature's own hands. Were this the case, there could be no doubt as to an ad valorem duty. But the supposition is only partially and incompletely true, inasmuch as art has tampered with the mate rial and arranged the varieties to evade fiscal laws. So we are told very positively that, there is a world of cheating going on, and that vast quantities of sugar are and have been adulterated or purposely kept down at a low mark, in order to come in, as it were, m jornza pauperis. But all this mass of sus picion and downright accusation shrinks into a very small compass, and falls itself under the suspicion of not being quite truthful, when we find that while the actual difference of the selling value of sugar ranges over 2d. a pound, the differential duty, said to be so mischievous by creating a premium on bad cultivation and bad manufacture, is only just a half penny a pound. If the rise in duty upon each step of supposed value were equal to that step, or nearly equal, or half that step; that is, if the duty rose a halfpenny for the penny of higher value, then we might imagine a good deal to depend on the discern ment of the officer of toms. in that case Mr. Crawford's motion would ha v e been important. It puts before us an officer unabl.? to tell by the most delicate tests, or such tests as he can apply, whether the pound of sugar before him is Worth a penny more or less. and whether it is to pay, we will say, a halfpenny more to the Queen. But the successive increments of duty have not that ratio to the increments of value, for while the value rises a halfpenny the duty only rises an eighth of a penny. Will Mr. Crawford tell us that these men, long accustomed to examine sugar by the eye, the touch, the taste, and the weight, cannot tell so wide a difference as a halfpenny in the pound? The only mishaps that we can see likely to follow from their want of infallible discernment is that they will be occasionally wrong by half a farthing a pound. We are quite at a loss to see how the ordeal of this tariff can keep any fine sugars out of' the market, for the worst evil that can befall them is that they may possibly have to pay half a farthing a pound more than they ought. In theory, a tax upon quality is a premium to inferiority ; and what is true in theory has, no doubt, some truth also in practice. But a careful and systematic keeping down of qualities just below certain standards, in order to come in at a lower rate of duty, is no such great injury to the manufacture or loss to trade. In each case it is only the question of half a farthing a pound. We have yet to receive more positive and exact information than we now pos sess as to the large quantities of fine sugar excluded from the market ; and Mr. Crawford has not contributed much under this head. What are they ? Where are they ? On the other hand, it is unde niable that a uniform duty, by charging the duty on the weight, and not on the quantity of crystal lizable saccarine matter, would keep out an im mense quantity that now comes in under a more indulgent and accommodating system of duties. Mr. Crawford could not convince the House that any great harm was likely to arise from a con tinuance of the ad valorem tariff, and, with all this world of talk, only carried with hit, t 17 members. After all—and Mr. Crawford may detive from it consolation for his very poor following—tile great argument for this tariff is that of a just and gentle policy. In these matters it will no do to advantSe by too violent changes. Legislation must walk ; it cannot jump; it must not run. It must always reserve the command of its movements, and even the power to recall them if necessary. It would not do to leap at one bound from the tariff under which many classes and interests have made all their arrangements for many years past, and came to a uniform duty, the evident tendency of which will be to restrict the importation to those qualitie3 of sugar that give the most value in the least weight. We hope that the prophets may turn out as wrong in this case as they have in many others, but they assure us that a uniform duty would prevent im mense quantities of interior and inconvertible stuff from competing with the best qualities, and that it would all perish in the plantation, just as mountains of small coal are destroyed at the pit's mouth because it will not pay for carrying any distance. POST.—Mr. Horsman has given notice that on the first open day he will move four resolutions, the terms of which he has already announced. He cannot be in earnest. He has been too long in Par liament not to know the relation in which an Ad ministration stands to the Crown on the one hand and to Parliament on the other, and it is impossible that he can seriously intend to ask the house to affirm what his resolutions express. It is not to be supposed that he has no object in moving the re solutions, but that Parliament should accept them cannot be either his object or his hope. He may wish to create an opportunity for a debate on the foreign policy of the Government; he may wish to have the command of the occasion for the expres- sion of his own opinions; he may wish to raise some questions, or draw out some information ; he may, in short, have a variety of objects ; but to get the resolution passed cannot be one of them. He will make a speech and provoke a discussion, after w hi c h 1 1 ,; will avow himself to be entirely or par. tially satisfied with the result, and then withdraw the resolutions, ,;:hich so far will have served their purpose. 'To perseve :_e in pressing them, and to divide the house upon the: would be to ask for an interpretation of the position of Ministers, which would be perfectly revolutionary, and would give quite a new reading to our constits." ti " . Mr. Horsman cannot seriously think of this, - ,:nless he has taken leave of his senses or has unread a.. 1 his political and Parliamentary experience. The firs, resolution is in these terms :—" That this house, animated by sentiments of loyalty to the Throne and respect for its prerogative, will be anxious at all times dutifully to give effect to any engagements by which her Majesty, iu the exer cise of her prerogative, may bind the country." Mr. Horsman is not happy in the choice of words, or he would have spared us the awkward ness of its prerogative, as applied to the throne. It is correct to speak of the prerogative of the Crown or of the Sovereign, but the Throne is never so used, but is the embodiment of quite a different idea. But let that pass. The resolution in itself is otherwise unexceptionable. But it is wholly un called for and unnecessary. 'Why should the House of Commons affirm its loyalty and its determination to back the Crown in the exercise of its preroga tive ? Who doubts it ? Is there any screw loose— or any weakening of the links that bind the Queen and her people together ? Was the country ever more loyal, or more affectionately devoted to the Queen than at this present moment ? Does her Majesty for one instant dream that the country would not support her to the last in any demand which she might make upon them in the name of honour and duty ? The resolution therefore is, in itself, wholly superfluous. But the second is much more serious, and involves a principle not only un known to the constitution but subversive of it. It is in these terms--" That While it is the duty of her her prerogative, it is no less the duty of Parliameny Ministers to advise her Majesty in the exercise or to advise Ministers as to the couns el with 'schlep. they shall approach the Sovereign." This, we arm, is an entirely new reading of the function s of Par liament. The rationale is this—the Crown must Zee advised by Ministers, and Ministers by Parliarae_ite There is only one step further—Parliament by t h e people. The theory of our constitution is the othe s way, The Queen acts on the advice of Minister; Parliament, if necessary, passes its iudg that advice, and the country, if necessariri passes its judgment upon Parliament. Parliament is not satisfied with Ministers, Ministers go out. if the country is tt satisfied with Parliament, it has its r emedy u..f . petition in the first instance, and at the hustings 117 _ the last. But that the country should dictate VO meet 0 policy to Parliament beforehand is about as reason able as that Parliament should advise Ministebrst what they shall advise the Crown. No abo ut Ministers cannot govern without the consent 0: Parliament, nor Parliament exist again st the for_ex of public opinion. One of the great duties of Minister is to read aright the course and bent the public mind ; to know clearly how far it svl_'..` support him, and where his risk begins when . ,7 feels bound to go forward on his own ree p ontuul : lity. If he miscalculates he will have to p ay cter .- penalty. He is responsible because he hasa tain freedom in deciding his policy. Take swar that freedom, make him the mere channel of no t ; veying the decision of the House of Comreees the Crown, and he is no longer responsible --td responsibility rests on Parliament. He is a n in ; strument, a vehicle, a delegate, but he is no looge a Minister or a statesman. He may have geei ug e .' experience, sagacity, all the grand qualitiee 6 ! make a great administrator and patriot ; but t hes e tb qualities are in abeyance if Parliament takes power of original action out of his hands. But it to DP useless to go on arguing apriors'; it is enough say that the whole practice of Parliament is a g sins a Mr. Horsman's theory. Ministers have not, 1 0 4 matter of precedent and. practice, been in t", habit of taking their instructions from Parli amen" They endeavour to interpret the Parliament s , rl mind ; when they have done this to their own l" 0 06 : faction they act upon it. If Parliament apP re their conduct, they are glad of it; if it disappref' they resign. But in no case do they go to Pal: went to ask what advice they shall tender to the" Sovereign. Mr. Horsman speaks of P ar liament if it consisted of only one House. He seems te get that there is a House of Lords, and that, if 1 ; 1 ; resolutions affirms a constitutional truth , h P'. Houses must agree in the advice which they gi n; to Ministers, and which Ministers are to give tote s Queen. By the third and fourth resolution s We s„ what Mr, Horsman is aiming at. He wishes t; limit the discretion of Ministers in dealing with tb .,, Dano-German question. The resolutions are ; :i these terms :—" That this House has heard vc". regret of the violation of their engagements by see?: of the Powers that signed the Treaty of Louder'!" 1852, and that a Conference is about to m eet 1 1 which the questions supposed to have been settle by that treaty are to be reopened." Again,,r; Horsman is clumsy in his wording, and the DA% may well ask him whether the expression of re g r % is intended to apply to the meeting of the Confet ti ence as well as to the breaking of the engage nleet of 1852 ? This, however, by the way. The st i l of the whole is in the tail—i e., in the fourth OA last resolution—" That in the opinion of this iletls; her Majesty ought not to be advised to gi ve 13 ,, e ; consent to any new arrangements affecting tut) integrity and independence of Denmark until the ,, engagements have been made known to Parliame et 't Was such a resolution ever known jn Parliamen before ? According to it, not the plenipotentia rlw of the English Crown, but members of the g el° of Commons, are to bit at the Conference ! COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY. There was a thin attendance of the town and c0u11., 8 trade to-day, and wheat again met a limited constui3Pl'ea demand at a further reduction of ld per cental conlP sr oi with last Friday. Flour was neglected. and last we e ,' prices declined 6d per sack and barrel. Oats and o aten ; in better demand, at the low prices current. Indian et; offered sparingly, with a firmer trade. Beans and 13"" steady. WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. The wheat trade was dull, and although factors We ff concede a decline of ls, there was little doing. Barley °- easier terms. Averages for the weeic: Wheat 593 qrs., at 39s lad Rye — —B Od 8ar1ey......... 36 Beans Peaa Oats STAMFORD—FRIDAY. 4. di White wheat, 40s to 425; red, 36s to, 40s per 36 0 0- Barley, malting, 33s to 35s ; grinding, 29s to 32$ pet tl,r' Oats, 18s to 22s per 24 stone. 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BOLTON. —On the 14th inst., at 37, Westbourne-part' the wife of Thomas Bolton, Esq., of a son. ERsxINE.—On the 13th inst.. at Smytham, Little Torrilin ton, the wife of Major the Hon. E. T. Erskine, °' Tuolet6oN.—On the Ic7th inst., at 40, Belgrave-004rej Mrs. 1 bomeon, of a daughter. Marriages. EARLE—VILLIERS.—On the 14th inst„ at St. ral e , Knightsbridge, CharleaW. Earle, Captain Rifle Brig ß A to Maria Theresa, the daughter of the late lion. V W-- Villiers. ROOKE— A.M,S AD.—On the 14th inst., at St. John' s ' ting-hill, Captain Willoughby Sanilands Rook° , c b. Fusilier Guards, to Constance Lawson, youngest ter of Henry Adams, Esq., of 19, Hanover-terrace, sington-park, Deaths. oi3 BOSWELL.—On the 11th inst , at Iver, B ucks, John well, Esq., aged 73. Cha s. CH.OULER.—On the 11th inst., at Newark - on -Trent, Chouler, Esq., aged 85. OOP HENNIKER.—On the 15th inst., at 51, Leins ter-s r„r A. F. Bridges, the only child f Aldborough Senn Esq., barrister-at-law. $ HERSCHELL,—On the 14th inst., at Brighton, the Rev' H. Herschel!, aged 59. n e v, MESURIER.—On the 12th inst ,at Barnstaple, N. a Lieut.-Colonel W. f 1 G. Mesnrieur, C.B. Royal Artillery aged 33, TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1864.