The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-06 00:00:00

MIPERT AL PARLIAMENT ---1 ----1 ROTM OF LORDS-- Last Evening, The Lo CIIANCELLOU took his seat upon the woolsack at five o'c lock. RAILWAYS IN THE METROPOLIS. Earl POWIS seeing the noble earl, the President of the Cornell, in his place, begged to ask whether he could state the course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the projected railways within the metropolis. He thought it waa absolutely necessary that some control should be exercised over the numberless projects about to be brought under their consideration. Earl GRAN - VILLE said the question was certainly one of great importance, and it had frequently been under the consideration of the Government during the recess. They had arrived at the conclusion that the best way of dealing with the subject would be found in the recommendation of the committee which was appointed by their lordships last year. One of those recommendations was that the Board of Trade should report on the subject, which had been done, and another was that a committee should be appointed by Par liament to further consider the subject. In accordance with that recommendation it was proposed to move for a committee in the other house, and in the event of its being done, then he proposed to move for a similar committee in their lordships' house, and supposing there should bet no objection, the two committees would act as one, and by that means the subject would receive the best and most careful consideration. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION, The A rchbishop of YORK_ moved for copies of two re ports of committees of the Ecclesiastical Commission. Hi s object was to remove from their lordships' mind the im pression that the Ecclesiastical Commission was receiving much and doing little. The Earl of R AVENSWORTH complained that the right rev. prelate had altogether omitted all reference to a largo item set down as the cost of management, which he believed amounted to something little short of £50,000 per annum. lie thought the time had now arrived when it should be fully considered whether the Ecclesiastical Com mission, as at present constructed, was the best body for dealing with such large sums of money as came under their control. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY defended the committee from the charge of extravagance. There was the cost of three large establishments included in the charge for management, and ho did not think their lordships would consider £50,000 too much, when it was considered that they had to deal with property valued at £30,000,000. The Earl of POW IS objected to the large amount charged for management. The Bishop of LONDON said the ecclesiastical members of the Commission were not responsible for the financial arrangements of the Commission. They were con ducted by that portion of it which was presided over by the noble earl (Chichester), who ho saw in his place, which was termed the "estates committee." The Earl of CHICHESTER defended the course taken by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Bishop of ST. ASAPH said that the house was not sufficiently aware of the complicated nature of the property which came into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commis zioners. This entailed heavy expenses, which were, how ever, in great part incurred only once, and ceased when the arrangements of the property became simplified. He be lieved that the disappointment which had been felt in re ference to the Ecclesiastical Commission arose from the exaggerated expectations which had been entertained in respect to it. He believed that the entire ecclesiastical re venues of the country wet e inadequatefor the payment of the clergy as they ought to be paid. Nothing satisfactory could be accomplished without the aid of private liberality, In reply to Lord CHELMSFORD, The LORD CHANCELLOR promised within a few days to lay on the table returns showing the working of the Act for the sale of the poor livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, He had been fortunate enough to sell nearly 40 livings. But in consequence of some clauses in the original bill, which enabled him to augment small liv ings, having been re jected, he had been unable to sell a single living under £l2O a year in value. The prices obtained for tie livings sold had exceeded his most sanguine expecta tions. Twenty or thirty more sales were in progress, and, upon the whole, he considered the working of the act had teen most satisfactory. The motion was then agreed to, and the house ajourneel at a quarter past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS— Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir Roundell Palmer, the Attorney-General ; Sir R. P. ec,Nllier, the Solicitor-General; took the oaths and their seats on their re- election respectively for Richmond and l'lymouth. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COL. CRAWLEY, Mr. FORT ESC UE asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether he would lay upon the table of the house the proceedings of the late court martial on eeknd Crawley, together with the plans referred to in the evidence : and whether, with a view to the elucidation of such plans, an oppe►tunity would be aff)rded to members of the house of inspecting . the models produced before the court martial. The Marquis of HARTINGTON slid it was not desir able generally to lay proceedings of courts-martial before the house, but under the peculiar circumstances of the present case, if the honourable member would move for the production of the documents in question, they as well as the plans would be laid on the table. MALTA Sir G. BO WYER asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Government had received a petition from Malta, praying for r,forms in the constitution and government of the island ; and whether it would be laid before Parliament ? Mr. C. FORTE SCUE had not heard of any such hav ing been received, or being expected to be received. Sir L. PALK askei. the President of the Board of Trade whether a cargo from a Prussian port, consigned to an English merchant, on English account, would be respected in case of capture, so that it might be reshipped in an Eng lish ship ? Mr. M. GIBSON said that the case referred to a cargo on board of a Prussian vessel. He supposed Denmark was a party to the declaration of the treaty of Paris, by which goods of a neutral country under a foreign flag would ho respected by that country, THE ADDRESS TO THE ROYAL SPEECH. Lord RICHARD GROSVENOR brought up the report on the Address to the Royal Speech, which was read. Mr. WHITESIDE objected to that portion of the econder's speech which spoke of the internal prosperity of the empire, although he bore testimony to his high ability. ,How could that apply to Ireland ? He quoted the words of Lord Macaulay as to the vast importance of Ireland to the Imperial interests, before which dwarfed all our colo nial possessions. He alluded to the statements of the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year relative to the state of Ireland, which he described as couch depressed as it was painful. He cited the state meats of other gentlemen to show that the prospects of the country had undergone no improvement. He described the legislation of the right hon. gentleman (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) on two important branches of production which affected land, namely, distil leries and paper, as most injurious. He quoted statis tics famished by certain paper manufacturers in Ireland in support of his argument. Two of those paper manufac turers resided in Galway and the county of Cork. The result was that a large number of persons were thrown out of employment. The emigration from Ireland between the years 1841 and 1863 was 2,718,567, and that emigra tion was increasing. Mill was a political economist of great ability, from whom they might differ, and whom it was often difficult to answer. According to his theory cottiers or possessors of only one acre should , be displaced, which would amount to 40,000 such posses sors and their families, and if the same principle was extended to holders of five acres, 14,000 with their families would be expelled from the land. If the doctrine were still further extended it would depopulate the country to the extent of 2 030,000. (Hear, hear.) After some further observations to the same point, he thought that there should have been some expression of sympathy for the sufferers in Ireland, similar to that with respect to Manchester. He had no hope of improvement from the efforts of the heal government in Ireland. The right hon. gentleman having referred in humorous terms to the statement of the member for Stroud (Mr. Horsman) when Secretary for Ireland, that he had nothing to do, next adverted in the same strain to Sir Robert Peel, wham he described tea having dashed i n t o the country, and represented himself like Julius Calsar to the Senate. Veal vidi vici. (Laughter.) He deprecated the exclusion from th e Government of Ireland of its native property and intelligence. Sir R. PEEL was sorry his right hon, friend had not adopted the recommendation made by the leader of the Op- P °sit ' o n , anti abstained from introducing a controversy on the address in answer to the speech from the throne. Al lusion had been made to what it was asserted had been the subject of common, conversation in the Four Courts at Dublin, and his right Lon. friend had drawn an amusing picture of what he wished the house to believe was the state of the Government officers in Ireland. He (Sir R. Peel) would earnestly assert his belief that those matters were not so bad as had been stated. With reference to the sub j,ct referred to there might no doubt have been some insig :aificant difference of Opinion among the members of the Go vernment; but as regards the members of the local govern ment in Ireland he could assure the house there was very little truth in the statements made by his right hon. friend. (Laughter.) Reference had also been made to some gossip about an " Old Tory." His right hon. friend might surely have abstained from introducing, a subject of that kind in a discussion like the present. In reply to the assertion that Ireland was governed by Lareom and the P olice , he begged to remind his right hon. friend that General Lareom held the post he now so ably occupied during the time his right hon. friend was in power. The right hon. gentleman was wrong in his statistics respecting the number of emi grants. The truth was that, between 1801 and Ibo 3 about 1,400,000 emigrated from the country. Ile was of opinion that the emigration had nothing whatever to do with political or religious questions. Nor had it any thing to do with the land question. It simply resulted be cause it was impossible for the vast number of a-r;cultural labourers in Ireland to procure remunerative employment. The condition of agricultural labourers in Ireland Was year by year improving, and there had been a vast increase in all the social comforts of life in the homes of the poorer classes. The prospects of the country were, upon the whole, satisfac tory. As for Ulster being more prosperous than the other provinces, it should be remembered that flax was cultivated in Ulster to the value of four millions sterling; and this was manufactured into linen goods worth about twenty-five millions. He was glad to find there was a movement set on foot for extending the flax culture into the other provinces. He believed that the prospects of the coming year were full of promise, and he thought that Ireland would soon recover from the depression which the last two or three seasons had occasioned. Mr. BENTINCK wished to ask whether the vast amount of emigration was not the result of the financial policy of 1846. It had been said that the famine had beat the cause of the exodus ; but, if such were the case, how was it that emigration continued at a time when, according to the right hon. baronet, the country was in a state of comparative prosperity? Among the few things they had learnt from the discussion on the address was, that a great and por- tentous quarrel was now going on in Europe, all the par ties concerned in which were in the wrong. The chief cause of the quarrel was the development of liberal principles, which always led to anarchy and revolution. If the Government were sincere in the desire to preserve peace in Europe, they should abstain from availing them- selves of every possible opportunity to stimulate anarchy and revolution. He would not discuss the wording of Earl Russell's despatches in reply to the Frdach proposal for a congress; but he must say he thought the noble earl could have taken no other course than that of rejecting the proposal. He believed that the proposal of a congress had been rightly described as a proposal for the assembling of a large number of persons in order to decide what they were to quarrel about. He joined in the regret that no allusion had been made in the speech to American affairs, or to the conduct of the Federal Government upon recent occasions towards this country. They ought also to have been told how much longer that paper blockade, which was every day becoming a greater farce, was to be endured ; and the in tentions of the Government with respect to recent outrages upon the British flag. Much had been said on the front benches as to the threatening tone assumed by Earl Rus sell, and to his doing nothing; but the blame of that must be shared by the House of Commons. If the noble earl was wrong in giving utterance to vain threats, what was to be said of a House of Commons which night atter night could discuss the propriety of embarking in a great war, at a time when they had neither troops nor ships sufficient for home defence. If they meant to place themselves in a posi tion to enforce their advice in the councils of Europe, the firat thing they must do was to put the naval and military forces of the country on a footing to enable them to give effect to their words. Would they not learn a lesson from the precipitation with which they rushed into the ill-ad- vised declaration of war against Russia ? In consequence of that precipitation the narrative of the Crimean war must ever stand as one of the darkest chapters in the history of England. Nothing but the bulldog courage of the Eng lish army in the Crimea saved it from destruction. But they had no right to expose a band of heroes to such fearful odds—to send a band of 20,000 or 30,000 men to be massacred on the continent of Europe in order to maintain the honour of England. Were they going to repeat that insane proceeding of the Crimean war ? Were they going to embark in a great war in the present state of their army ? Before doing so they must get rid of the cheeseparing policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to the army, and of the counsels of the peace-at-any-price party and of the member for Birmingham (Mr. Bright). As for the navy, they had merely ships enough, at the very utmost, to protect our ports and our commerce abroad ; but none for the blockade of foreign ports. And yet, at such a moment, there were rumours afloat of the intention of the Government to reduce our armaments. If they did so, he could only say that a commission de lunatic° inguirendo, of which they had heard so much recently, should be ex tended to the Treasury Bench, The Government were still undecided as to the question of war or peace; but they were bound to tell the house before the discussion closed how, in the event of their deciding upon war, they proposed to carry on warlike operations, and to give an assurance that the best blood of the country, would not be again sacrificed through a shortsighted policy. Mr. WIII FE said that any ono who had read the de spatch of Admiral Kuper must feel perfectly astonished at the doctrine proclaimed in the Royal Speech, namely, that the destruction of Kagosima arose from inadvertency. He referred to that subject now, as he believed the resolution of which the hon. member member for Maidst one (Mr. Buxton) had given notice to be quite innocuous. Although Mr. Richardson, who was murdered, was a personal friend of his, he did not think the security of British life and pro perty abroad was best secured by such high-handed pro ceedings as had been undertaken in Japan. Generally speaking, it was the non-fighting men who were to blame for them. They might be sure it was not Admiral Kuper, but Colonel Neale, the Minister, who instigated the cala mity of Kagosima. With respect to Poland, the least they should have done was to have withdrawn the British am bassador from St. Petersburg; and he saw no reason why they did not accept the Emperor's offer to enter a congress. This policy of mutual distrust had led to an augmentation of armies much greater than during the great continental wars of the First Napoleon. When he remembered as one of the reasons for the proposed congress that the Emperor Napoleon pointed out that it would lead to a mutual dis armament, an - I when he remembered how the tight hon. gentleman the member for Bucks had descanted on our " bloated armaments," and when it seemed desirable that some understanding should be come to with respect to the reduction of our armies, he might say that it was with some feeling of regret that he saw a proposition so reasonable re jected in the manner it was. He regretted that no refer ence to reform had been made in the Royal Speech ; and that the people outside, who said those within the house were political Pharisees, trust unfortunately knock at the door and make themselves disagreeable before they received at tention at the hands of this house. (Hear.) He trusted that when those measures of reform which would be intro duced by his hon, friend the member for Leeds and his hon. friend the member for Surrey were brought forward, this house in its moribund state would treat the question in a better manner than it did in the days of its youth. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND regret ted that the sympathy exhibited so remarkably last night and on the present occasion, in the cause of Ireland, was not shown when circumstances would more have justified the exhibition of it. He defended the Lord Chancellor of Ireland from the attacks that had been made upon him, and said that never in his experience did he hear strictures more unfounded. The Lord Chancellor was always a true and genuine Liberal ; he was the friend of Daniel O'Con nell, and it was true that he had subscribed to a statue to O'Connell, who was one of the ablest supporters of the Liberal party that ever appeared in that house. He (the Attorney-General) had subscribed to that statue. (Hear, hear.) Men of all shades of opinion in Ireland had subscribed to that statue; and he said that the attack made upon the Lord Chancellor of Ireland was unworthy of his right hon. friend. One charge made was that a young man, the son of the Lord Chancellor, had written some anonymous letters under the title of "An Old Tory" to an Irish newspaper; and in a discussion before the House of Commons, and in a discussion affecting the character of a man who had stood high in his profession for many years, his right hon. friend was not afraid to put before the house the absurd act of that clerk, the son of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. God help them if a man was to answer in that house and before the world for the acts of his subordinates. As to the general question, no one felt more deeply than he the miseries of his own poor countrymen. Their sufferings during the last few years had been very great indeed. It had been said that emigration was an economic necessity ; but he believed the true explanation of the continuance of that emigration was due to the strength of that family affection which once bound the Irish people to their own soil, and which now led them away to that country •where their nearest and dearest had gone before them. Ireland was at this moment, had been for a long time, and would be for a long time to come, in a state of transition, and in that transition emigration and suffering were painful phases. Only for some quarter of a century —a very little incident in the life of a nation—had Ireland been entirely free from the calamities which the misgovern ment of centuries and the domination of faction always caused. (Hear.) In that period intelligence had been more widely diffused than ever it was before; they had had the removal of an insolvent proprietary, and they had had the way opened to them for the simplification and security of tenure. They had had just laws, justly administered by im partial judges commanding the confidence of the people of Ireland as it never was commanded before, when the laws were administered adversely to them, and contrary to their interests. (Hear.) The strength of her religious feeling was unexampled in the world, and he believed that for Ireland, suffering as she was, depressed as she was, there was yet to be a happy and blessed future. The people were saving their earnings, and he could tell the house, with great respect, what his right hon. friend did not tell the house, that there was not a country in the world at this moment so free from crime as the kingdom of Ireland, (Hear, hear.) He told them this, that, although there were now and then out• rages in Ireland, although agrarian crime did creep up here and there, generally these were stimulated—at present, at eomrmigallitho condition e all events—by a sense of real and personal wrong. That that of crimereau Ireland was (Hear, hear.) t o c i f r o i p nli ,cwea:nsodri:thceaari andththe amity. was that Mr. WHITESIDE, on the right hon. gentleman re suming his seat, rose to offer some explanation, but was callede r to HENNESSY objected t o th e statement that the o; Lord Derby h a d never promoted may of to order.e of iNvr rmnt their political opponents, citing several instances in which that had been done during their brief tenure of office. The right hon. gentleman had defended the Lord Chancell or o f E lr n e g la i nd ial for beinguparty man. What w ou ld b e said if the Government selected men for promotion to the bench merely because they were party men ? Neither the bar nor the public would allow it; yet in Ireland it was the practice to select only Whigs, The question of the promo- tion of the bar was, however, but a petty question com pared to the real question at issue—that of the state of Ire land. The people of Ireland would be surprised when they heard that the right hon. gentleman designated the pre sent state of Ireland—where his fellow .countrymen were being driven off the face of the earth—as one in a state of transition. The right hon. gentleman had stated, also, that there were just laws in Ireland ; but how came it that, every session, the table of that house was loaded with petitions from the people of Ireland complaining of the Irish poor law and of the law regu lating public instruction ? They asked to be put on an equal footing with their fellow-subjects in England with respect to those laws. He complained that, with the exception of the right hon. gentleman (the Attorney- General for Ireland) there was no one in connection with the Irish Government that really knew anything about Ire land. Under these circumstances, it was not surprising that the people of Ireland were discontented. One of the largest proprietors had recently told him that, from all the reports he had gathered, he had come to the painful con clusion that Ireland never had been so much disaffected to the British Government as it was at the present moment. The right hon. gentleman had told them of the just laws and of the perfect harmony which prevailed in Ireland, but he had avoided one great topic of interest, that of the tenure of land. That was a question which, with the other two he had mentioned, lay at the root of the disaffection of Ireland. Lord Derby's Government had introduced a tenant right bill, which, if it had passed, would have checked the depo pulation of the country—that destruction of the people which the tight hon. gentleman called a state of transition. Mr. Stuart Mill said that a Government who saw people dying off and steadily declining in numbers was tried and condemned. He had shown, by pointing to the wishes of the people and to the state of the law, that the Government was tried and condemned on two points, while on the more vital point of the flight of the people from Ireland the con demnation was even more emphatic. In conclusion, the hon. member denied that the Catholic party and Liberalism went together in Ireland, citing, as a proof, the opposition which that party had shown to mixed education, and to the alteration in the marriage laws, and all other measures characteristic of Liberalism. the benefits they might from the existing lines. Excessive tolls and other impediments frequently prevented that free intercommunication between neighbou,ing railways which the vast and increas ing traffic demanded. The removal of those impedi ments by the intervention of some external influence was necessary. The execution of one half of the proposed undertakings the engineer believed would render the drainage of London all but impossible. The sewers would be cut off, blocked up, diverted, and destroyed in all directions. However great the convenience of easy locomotion, the committee con ceived that the perfect drainage of a densely popu lated area was a yet more primary necessity. In conclusion, the committe thought it was desirable to complete an inner circle by connecting the Metro politan Railway with the Victoria and City sta tions ; and for minerals and heavy goods, as welt as for passenger traffic, additional lines to unite the northern and southern systems. It was also desir able to connect the North Western, Great Western, Great Northern, and Midland Railways with the Charing-cross, South Eastern, South Western, and other lines south of the Thames, by a carefully de• vised project, and to separate, as far as possible, local from through and heavy traffic, both for the protection of the public and the regularity of the traffic. On the motion for the adoption of the above re port a long discussion took place, and eventually it was referred back to the committee for reconsidera tion, the question of new railways to be discussed by the board at a future time, Some other business having been transacted, the board adjourned. Sir P. O'BRIEN objected to the attempt to bolster up an unholy alliance between the Catholics in Ireland and the Conservative party—men who for years had opposed every thing calculated to promote the interests of the Irish Catholics, whether as regarded reform, social improvement, or the tenure of land. Mr. HADFIELD wished to know how far the commis sion referred to in the Queen's speech was to extend, the object of which was declared to be the relief of the clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland from subscription. It was a fact that many men were ap pointed to livings who held doctrines incompatible with the conditions of their appointment. He wanted to know whe ther the object of the commission was that the doctrines of the Church of England should be taught and believed by porsons appointed to teach those doctrines, or whether they were to be at liberty, like Dr. Colenso, to hold any principles they pleased. Sir GREY said he was happy to relieve the hon. gentleman from any fears respecting the commission. The principal object of the commission was to remove the un certainty which at present existed, and to secure a greater agreement among the clergy upon the doctrines of the Church. He might also state, for the satisfaction of his hon. friend, that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners would shortly issue a report, which would be laid before Parlia ment, showing how funds accruing from ecclesiastical re venue could be made available in increasing the amount of Church livings at present very inadequate. Mr. W. E. DUNCOMBE wished to say a few words about the state of foreign relations, which appeared to him to be in a very critical state. He would not refer to the question of reform, but leave it to be settled between hon. gentlemen opposite and the Government. The Govern ment had adopted the policy of non-intervention in the case of America, and he concurred in that policy, but he thought their neutrality was one-sided. In the case of Poland they departed from their policy of non-interven tion, and urged certain points upon the Emperor of Russia for the regulation of Poland. He thought after the state ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year, that the Government should take some steps, in conjunction with the Powers of Europe, for putting an end to the cala mitous war in America. He differed from his hon. friend the member for Norfolk (Mr. Bentinck) with regard to the course taken by the Government respecting the proposed European congress. As to the Dano-German difficulty, he considered that Denmark could rst, consistently with her dignity, yield to the demands of the German Powers. The report was then agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter to nine o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1864. practicable, if he issued a circular to have all outer gar ments rendered uninflammable, to carry out such a sugges- Mr. FRAMPTON observed that he had provided ale ladies of his bOlet with a solution to render their under clothing uninflammable, and on inquiry after the lapse of a fortnight found that none of them had used it—the girls laughing and excusing themselves on the ground that they had not had time.' It was also pointed out by several gentlemen that the solution could not be applied to silk or satin dresses, or to dresses ornamented with gold and silver, and that even when it was applied it was utterly weless if the undercloth ing was not treated in the same way. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN then said that another pcint to which he wished to call their attention was the question of ingress and egress at the theatres, suggested by the late awful occurrence at Chili. Mr. WEBSTER said he had been very much suprised at the leading article in the Times; because a church had been burnt they turned round at once on the theatres. It would have been more to the purpose if they had directed attention to the churches of this city, the doors of which were almost hermetically sealed. Several thousand persons were some times in Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's together, and if a fire occurred it would be impossible for them to get out, while every theatre had 10 or 12 doors which could be made available at once for the exit of spectators. A letter had been written on this subject about the Olympic Theatre by some person who knew nothing of the subject. Now, he had been assured that that theatre, when densely crowded, had been emptied in seven minutes. In his own theatre, if afire took place, there were five extraordinary exits, besides large scene doors for the entrance of scenes and machinery, all of which could be thrown open. Besides those he had two large doors opening outwards, through which 2,000 people had gone out in three or four minutes on a recent occasion on an alarm of fire in the next street. There was no music-hall in London that had any such facilities for exit as theatres. He thoughl it unfair that such places should remain unnoticed, and. that people should turn round at once and find fault with theatres. Mr. SWANBOROUGH explained the means of exit at the Strand ; and Mr FALCONER said the means of exit at Drury-lane were the best in London. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN pointed out that he had no control over music -halls, and then said that it would be his duty to send them a circular on the subject of lights, and also as regarded exits, impressing upon them that the public would hold them responSible for future accidents. Mr. WEBSTER, in conclusion, suggested that his lordship should send them a letter, which they could have printed and placed in various parts of the theatre, calling with severity the attention of the ladies employed to the neces sity of care. If something of that kind were done he was sure that managers would act upon it. But they had tried dismissal, and in fact he did not know anything which it was possible to do which they had not done. His lordship then thanked them for their attendance, and the assembly retired. The Accidents in Theatres. A deputation of the theatrical managers of the metro polis, specially convened by the Lord Chamberlain, attended at his office yesterday at 12 o'clock, to confer with him on the subject of the late lamentable accidents from fire, by which an unfortunate ballet girl lately lost her life. The gentlemen who attended were Mr Webster, Mr E. T. Smith, Mr E. J. James, Mr Emden, Mr Nelson Lee, Mr Barnett (for Mr Fechter), Mr Bishop (for Mrs Selby), Mr Doug lass, Mr Lane, Mr Brydon, Mr M. Abrahams, Mr R. Edgar, Mr George Vining, Mr F. Fenton, Mr M‘Gee (for Mr Mapleson), Mr V. HazAton, Mr and Mrs Swanborough, Mr Falconer, Mr Chatterton, Messrs Frampton and Fen ton, Mr Conquest, Mr Cave, and Mr T. Campbell. Mr Buckstone and Mr W. Harrison were unavoidably absent. The deputation being introduced, His LORDSHIP said-1 have asked you to meet me here in consequence of the late accidents by fire at the theatres; also in consequence of a letter from the Coroner for Middle sex relative to the accident to and death of the columbine at the Pavilion Theatre, Perhaps I had better read that letter to you : Coroner's office, 23, Spital-square, Feb. 4. Sir—At an inquest I held en the 29th ult. at the London Hospital on the body of a young woman,. the columbi ne a t the Pavilion Theatre, who lost her life consequence of her dress taking fire during the performance, the jury have requested me to address you on the subject, and to recom mend that in future the dress of ballet dancers should be rendered uninflamrnable, and that all ground lights should be protected, in which I concur.—l have the honour to be your most obedient servant, J. HUMPHREYS, Coroner for Middlesex. To the Right Hon. the Lord Chamberlain. You are aware that on the occasion of the accident at the Princess's last spring I called the attention of the managers to it by a circul,tr. The two points to which I now wish to call your attention are—first, the covering of the ground lights or footlights; secondly, the means of enforcing upon the ballet girls the use of a preparation, like the s lution of potash, to prevent their dresses catching fire. I wish to call on you, gentlemen, to offer any observations which you may have to make on those paints. Mr. EMDEN said he was afraid that employing such a solution would be useless. In fact, at the Olympic they had used it, but unfortunately the underclothing of the ballet girls not being also rendered uninflimmable, the precaution was useless. Mr. E. I'. SMITH said that the great difficulty was that theatrical managers had nit control enough over the girls employed at the theatre to make them observe the precautions taken for their safety. As far as Astley's Theatre was con cerned they could not go within three feet of the footlights. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN---Suppose we made it compul sory to adopt the use of these solutions? Mr. E. T. SMITH—Then they would not get engage ments. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN—I have received several let ters, one from a magistrate. suggesting that there should be legislation on the subject. I only wish to point out to you what is the feeling of the public mind in this respect. Mr. NELSON LEE said that the order issued by his lord ship on the occasion of the last accident he knew had been faithfully observed—namely, to have water-pots at each side, blankets and guards to the float and foot of the theatre, as well as other guards. That, he thought, was as far as managers could go. They gave every possible order to the ballet girls to keep clear from the ground rows. The LORD CRA.MBERLAIN suggested that in the event of another accident the jury might make the manager respon sible, and bring in a verdict of manslaughter against him. Mr. E. T. SMITII said he believed there were more acci dents from fire in private houses in proportion than al theatres. Mrs. SIVINBOROUGH said that at the Strand Theatre they had water ready on each side of the stage, wet blankets and firemen always in attendance, besides the gas men. There was, besides, protection from the fanlights, and, in event of having a ballet, wirework in front of every other light. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN pointed out that it was from the ground lights that the greatest danger arose. Mr. B. WEBSTER said that if the ballet attended to the orders that were given it was quite impossible for them to come in contact with fire, but it was impossible to make the girls obey these orders. There were ground pieces placed round all ground lights to mask them, and the ballet had no business to get over these ground pieces, which were gene rally 18 inches in height. It was doing so that caused the recent death of the columbine. She had gone where she had positive orders not to go, and had been cautioned night after night as to the probable consequences. Mr. CAVE—The underclothing of the ballet is in their own care, so that rendering the skirt uninflammable is of itself useless. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN—But is it not the dress which catches fire? Mr. B. WEBSTER—No ; it is generally the under petf coats. They generally, instead of wearing crinoline, have 13 or 14 gauze petticoats. Mr, Ca.vE produced a printed circular which ho had printed and posted behind the scenes of his theatre (Maryle bone), calling attention to the recent accidents and to the rules and regulations for the ballet, imposing fines and in some cases instant dismissal for infractions by which those offending would place themselves in danger of catching fire. He said that during the present season he had discharged several girls for not obeying those instructions. Mr, WEssTEn and Mr. ROIRY explained the nature of the lights used at their respective theatres, and the pre cautions taken to prevent the girls' dresses taking fire; the former gentleman saying that all managers were most anxious to prevent such accidents. He had even adopted the plan of sending them up to their dressing-rooms as soon as they were off the stage. Mr. JOHN DOUGLAS exhibited a model of the arrange ment of the lights at the Pavilion Theatre, and pointed out the position and guards to the lights. On another sugges tion being made as to the comparative infrequency of such accidents at theatres as compared with private houses, The LORD CHAMBERLAIN observed that the public took no notice of what occurred at private houses, but they would take notice of what occurred at places of public amusement, and therefore it was his duty, if accidents oc curred, to call attention to the fact, with a view to prevent their recurrence. Mr. FALCONER and Mr. BISHOP deprecated the idea of legislation on the subject as futile, and because it might lead to encroachments which would interfere with managers in the legitimate conduct of their business. Reference being made to the models, Mr. Webster, Mr, E. T. Smith, and other gentlemen explained the different systems of lighting adopted in their respective theatres and the precautions taken to prevent accidents. Mr. E. T. SMITH said ho was sure that both theatrical managers and the public would feel greatly indebted to his lordship for the great interest he had shown, and for his extreme desire to prevent those accidents by calling the attention of managers again to the subject. His lordship had heard from the different gentlemen present the extreme difficulty experienced in inducing the girls to keep out of danger ; he would therefore suggest that a circular should be sent by his lordship, which, being posted behind the scenes of the different theatres, all engaged there might read. That would be a caution which probably might greatly assist the efforts of managers, while it would exonerate his lordship from any supineness in the matter. Reverting again to the question of rendering the clothing uninflammable the Lord Chamberlain said he supposed managers could have no control over the under dresses of the ballet girls. This was at once affirmed by all present, and it was pointed out that it was generally the under clothing which first took fire. With respect to the solutions for rendering muslin and tarlatan uninflammable, it was pointed out that its effect was not durable, Mrs. Swanborough stating that it did not last more than a fortnight. Mr. VneING said he had purchased all his tarletans where they were advertised as having been steeped, and gave an instance of the carelessness of a ballet girl passing close to a dangerous light the moment the gas•man's back was turned, both being at once fined for the offence. Some further conversation deprecating legislation then took pla2e, Mr. Bishop pointing out the difficulty that en actments which would suit the arrangements in large air!. expressed their theatres would be Ei t a useless e f r o g r e s : l a e l m l o e n n e a s g . Mr. conviction that every possible care was taken. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN asked whether it would be METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS, The usual weekly meeting of the Board was he a yesterday at the offices, Spring-gardens—Mr. Thwaites in the chair. The cash statement showed that the balance in the hands of the treasurer on current account was £120,651 33. 4d., and on deposit account £32,000. The sum of £96,729 S. 7d. was invested in Govern ment securities. THE ENGINEER'S REPORT ON PROPOSED RAILWAY SCHEMES. A very important but elaborate report from the engineer, on the proposed metropolitan railways, was submitted, and which minutely described the proposed lines, and detailed at great length the proposed •interference with property in the me tropolis. The report from the Streets Committee was also presented, of which this is an abstract :—The com mittee having considered the report of the engineer, find that bills have been deposited for the construc tion of 417,1 miles of railway within the limits of the metropolis, with a capital of 70 millions for their construction ; but many were competing lines, and the admission of one would exclude the others. The engineer reports that Hyde Park, the Green Park, St. James's Park, Kensington Gardens, New ington Park, Hackney Downs, Ley ton Grange Park, Trinity-square, Finsbury-circus, Camden-square, Oakley •square, Ampthill-square, Euston-square, and Sloane-square would be cut through, some of them in two or three places ; and the same would be the fate of the following commons :—Stoke New ington, Clapham, Tooting (invaded by seven diffe rent lines), Acton Bock, Acton, Wimbledon, Ful ham, Deptford, and Turnham-green. The White chapel-road would be crossed by 13 railways, Euston and Marylebone-roads by 13, Bishopsgate-street by nine, King William-street, City, by four, Palace yard, Westminster, by four, and other important parts of the metropolis would be crossed in the same manner. St. Stephen's -churchyard and St. Pancras burial ground would be invaded, the latter by three different lines. It was therefore by no means unreasonable that some alarm should be felt at so serious an interference with the open spaces and public thoroughfares. The committee exa mined the proposals for accommodating the in ternal traffic, and they felt that no argument was necessary to prove the advantage of completing what had been called the inner circle, of which the Metropolitan Railway formed so important an in stalment, by the completion of which the whole of the several metropolitan stations would either directly or indirectly be brought into communica tion, and by which a steady uninterrupted flow of traffic would be maintained throughout the day. The committee could not conceal from themselves that in whatever way that object might be effected, it was almost inevitable that a part of the work should be constructed in the line of the Northern Embankment, and though earnestly deprecating any interference with that improvement, either above ground or below, the committee could not ignore the fact that propositions would be laid be fore Parliament showing that a portion of the inner circle might be conveniently constructed under the Thames Embankment. The connexion of the new Charing-cross station with the stations of the great lines north of London was next in importance to the inner circle. It was therefore desirable to per mit a carefully-planned line in that direction, more especially as such a line might be conveniently com bined with the construction of a new street, mate terially facilitating the uninterrupted flow of traffic from north to south. If the engineering difficulties could be overcome great advantage would result to the public by connecting the eastern and southern lines by means of thr Thames Tunnel ; much of the heavy goods traffic now encumbering the streets between the docks on each side of the river and London bridge would be diverted, and greater faci lities afforded to trade without at ail interfering with the navigation of the river. The committee were decidedly of opinion that no railway bridge should be permitted to cross over the pool below London-bridge, as a free and unimpeded access to the wharves on both sides was of primary im portance to the trade of the port. No power should be spared to defeat any interference with so necessary a condition. The committee considered that the suggestions they had thrown out, coupled with the eccomodation promised by lines now in course of construction, would at present suffice to meet metropolitan requirements. The committee believe that even now the public do not derivo all SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Although the future looks dark for them, the Danes have no reason to regret the first events of the campaign. They have undoubtedly stood their ground against forces probably much superior to their own, and have proved, as in the last war, that in everything but numbers the Scandinavians are quite a match for the Germans. The Austrians and Prussians are no doubt both engaged in bring ing up their forces, for a more general assault of the D inish line. At present the fighting is for the pos session of the town of Schleswig and the road which runs north-westward from Eckenforde through Missunde and over the Schlei to Flensburg. Tne Prussians acting on the right of the allied fine have as yet failed in taking the works at Missunde and passing the Schlai. Their defeat was the first event of the war, and in the few days that may intervene before another attack is made the Danes will pro., bably still further strengthen their position. During the last three days the fighting has gone on with exactly the same result as on the 2d. Hardly any impression has been made on the Danish line. In an attack on the 3d an Austrian brigade is said to have lost 400 men,with many superior officers. The next day tris works near Schleswig were assaulted, but with as little success. The Austrians appear to be before lladeby, a place on the South side of the Schlei, opposite Schleswig, and their missiles make their way even into Abe latter town. But as yet there is no sign that the Danes will do other tnan make a stubborn resistance. If they retreat. it wi!l be frpm pressure of vastly superior numbers and the failure of those natural defences by which alone so small a force could hope to keep its ground, Tile frost has, unhappily for them, set in again, and it seems likely that there will be a late and, possibly, a long winter. The waters which make part of their line of defence are not yet so much frozen as to permit the passage of the enemy, and, of course, the Danes will do all they can to break up the ice. Bat if the hard weather continue it will be difficult to derive any real security from the Schlei or the Treene, and the overwhelming forces of the enemy may turn their position and compel them to retreat, as they did 16 years ago. This in fact was the design of the Prussian General in his attack on Missunde. In the last war the Danes fell back from Schleswig to Flens burg, and then made good their retreat to the island of Alsen,where they were able to defy all the efforts of Germany. Field-Marshal von Wrangel with, no doubt, a good recollection of past events, was desi rous, it seems, to cross at Missunde, on the Danish left, and thus cut off the main body from their line of retreat. This manoeuvre has been for the time defeated; but it will, of course, be tried again, espe cially if the freezing of the Schlei facilitates the passage for troops. Possibly the Danes, finding themselves left to struggle alone with the whole power of Germany, and perceiving that the weather is unfavourable to the maintenance of their positions, may think it prudent to retire before the enemy gains the power to cut off their retreat. Bat their present attitude seems rather to indicate that they , will ho'd out as long as they can in spite of insuffi cient forces and frozen rivers. Germany is not re conciled to Vienna and Berlin even by the blood shed of last week. Restless suspicion, suppressed anger, and deep mortification at being so uncere moniously set aside are the passions in the smaller States. Baron von Beust, who represents as much as any man the feelings of the time, declares that a reconciliation between the majority of the Federal Diet and Austria and Prussia is impossible so long as the latter Powers uphold the London Protocol. Although Holstein is in their possession, and the AustroPrussians are beating down the oldest defence of the Danish State, yet Germany refuses to be satis fied, The people cannot deny that they are having their own way ; but, according to the old adage, it is not their own way of having it. They wanted " occupation," and through the influence of Austria and Prussia they only got " execution" in Holstein ; though the difference is but slight in theory, and has had no effect at all in practice, they are discon tented. They wanted to hold Holstein till the Diet decided who was Duke ; that would be "occupation." The two leading States conspelled the Diet to carry out" execution" as resolved upon during the late King's reign, and Germany is inconsolable because such a course involves a recognition of the present King's right. Nor is the dissatisfaction lessened by the circumstance that the theoretical concession has in no way prevented the Federal corps from practically placing the Duchy in the hands of the Prince of Augustenburg's friends. The effect these demonstrations is visible in the last answer EL M. von Bismark to the British Minister at Berlin. The conflict of the two principles, ambition or sup posed patriotism on the one side, and respect for law or fear of European disturbances. 3n the other, may be traced in its obscure and complicated sen tences. The Prussian politician cannot deny—does not wish to deny—that his country is bound by the Treaty, and has actually recognised Christian IX. as Duke. Such is his opinion, and that of King William himself, however much the latter may desire that it had been otherwise. Being asked for a decided answer on the subject, M. von Bismark writes that " the Government of the King, by basing on the stipulations of 1851-2 the rights which in concert with Austria it is proceeding to enforce, has by this very act recognised the principle of the integrity of the Danish Monarchy, as established by the transactions of 1851-2. The Government of the King, in proceeding to the occupation of Schles wig, does not intend to depart from this principle. Nothing, of course, can be more satisfactory than this. All that England has contended for is in principle acknowledged without reserve. No won der that our Government considers the Note as of great importance, for it does in the most decided man ner pledge Prussia to resist the assumption of the Frankfort Diet to sit in judgment on the ques tion of succession, and to give away the throne of the Duchies to whichever of the rival claimants it thinks proper. It also pledges Prussia to abstain from aiding the Prince in his revolutionary pro ceedings in Holstein, or from recognising the change of dynasty which has been proclaimed under the protection of the Federal corps of execution. If States could be held by diplomatic notes every thing might be looked upon as settled. But where treaties fail, what can be expected from mere official communications ? M. von Bismark, how ever, wtile accepting our version of the inter national duties of Prussia, does not fail to do something to conciliate the Germans by speaking of the complications brought about by "the persistence of the Danish Government in its refusal to accomplish the promises of 1852," as possibly "compelling the King's Government to renounce combinations which would no longer offer a result proportionate to the sacrifices which events might impose on the German Powers." If this means that in some possible case Prussia may be led to recognise or carry out changes in the Danish monarchy, then the formal acknowledgment with which the note begins is of little importance. We believe that even now Prnesia is anxious to leave the Danish State untouched, but anxiors fil° to satisfy Germany and leave to herself a double couro of action. It•will be for England and the Other Powers that signed the former treaty to do their utmost to keep Prussia to that arrangement ; and as M. von Bismark especially acknowledges their right to assist in the settlement of the Danish ques tion there will be no undue assumption on their part if they continue their remonstrances against the course the allies are still pursuing, POST.--The general engagement which it wee anticipated would have taken place on Thursday along the entire line of the Danish defences has not yet been reported. It is probable, however, that the allied armies have been chiefly occupied in making preparations for a straggle which they now know will prove a serious one. An attack, but of what nature we have not been told, was made on that part of the Danish line covering the approaches to Schles wig, and some shells are said to have fallen into that town. It was not, however, of long duration, and was unattended by any material success. A singular collision is reported to have taken place between the Austrians and Prussians themselves, and is attri buted either to the blunder or the design of two Danish guides, who led the allied forces against each other instead of against the enemy. It certainly seems a very odd kind of mistake; and, calling to mind as we do the difficulty not unfrequently expe rienced in maintaining harmony between Austrian and Prussian troops when garrisoned together in some of the German towns, we can scarcely help saspecting that the true cause of the collision has not been assigned. In any case, however, the circumstance cannot fail to breed ill-will between two bodies of troops which have never regarded each other with special favour. Reinforcements are daily hastening from the South; and, however anxious the Germans are to strike a speedy blow, they are still more desirous to make it a sure one. They are well aware that it will need vastly superior numbers to drive the Danes from their entrenchments ; and as their collective standing armies reckon hundreds of thousands of troops, whilst the entire Danish army does not exceed fifty thousand men, they are not unwilling to turn their vast resources to account. The conduct of the Austrians and Prussians may not seem very valorous, but no one can doubt that it is wise. The right wing of the invading army is, as the public are aware, composed of the Prussians ; the Austrians, under General von Gablenz, forming the left wing. Whether from design or from the cir cumstance that the Prussians, in advancing from Eckernforde, arrived at the line of the Danish defences sooner than their allies, is not apparent; but no combined action took place between the two armies on the first day when a collision took place with the Danish forces. In the attack on Missunde, Prussians were alone engaged, and whilst that action was in progress the Austrians remained inactive. On Tuesday, however, the tactics of the invaders were reversed, and whilst the Prussians were recovering from the effects of the repulse which they had sus tained on the previous day, the Austrians pushed forward in the direction of the Danewirke, and an engagement took place, in which, so far as we are in a position to judge, they were defeated. The Austrian army, as our readers will recollect, entered Schleswig at Rendsburg, a town lying almost due south of the Danewirke, and about midway between the eastern and western coasts of the peninsula. From thence they proceeded along the Rendsburg and Flensburg Railway to the Sorg, which having crossed, they occupied on Monday evening a vil lage named Kropp, a few miles south of the Danish line of entrenchments. On the afternoon of Tues day the vanguard of the Austrians, under the command of General von Gablentz, attacked the Danish position. With the details of the action we are as yet unacquainted; but the tele grams transmitted from Copenhagen and Berlin concur in stating that the attacking force gained no material advante ge. According to an official despatch transmitted by Field-Marshal von Wrangel to Ber lin, the Austrian vanguard, together with the van guard of the Prussian division of the Guard, at tempted to force some of the Danish fortified posi tions in front of the Danewirke. In doing this a sharp infantry engagement took place, the German Commander-in- Chief taking credit for having com pelled the Danes to give way at the point of the bayonet. Some posts are mentioned from which it is alleged that the Danes were dislodged, and the German troops are said to have forced their way on wards till they came under the fire of the guns in the Danewirke, when we are left to infer that they found it expedient to retire. In his despatch the Prussian Field-Marshal claims to have taken a rifled gun, and in a telegram dated from Rendsburg it is stated that the Austrians captured 200 prisoners. The Danish version is somewhat different. It is admitted that a gun was lost, but it is said that the Austrians suffered a repulse and succeeded in secur ing no position of importance. The statement at first put forward by the Austrians, that they had taken a fortified position called Bostrop, situated a short distance in front of the Danewirke, has since been disproved ; and from the Danish accounts we learn that the King of Denmark himself witnessed the re treat of the Austrians from this position. That the latter suffered severely is now admitted, 400 of the Brigade Gondrecourt, including several superior officers, having been put hors de combat. At all events, whatever may have been the actual result of Tuesday's engagement, it was not of such a nature as to encourage the Austrians to follow up their success on the succeeding day. It would seem that hitherto the attacking force has not attempted to operate against that line of fortifications on which the Danes chiefly rely for the protection of the peninsula. Outside the Danewirke are a number of isolated positions which must be carried before the main line of fortifications can be attacked. It was against some of these that the Austrians operated on Tuesday. The Danewirke, however,which lies behind them, has still to be assailed, and it is a significant fact that when the Austrians came within range of its guns they concluded that they had gone far enough. Though we must still wait for fuller details of the engagement at Missunde, it is now clear that the first hasty telegrams which we received con veyed a most inadequate idea of the nature of the results of the first collision between the Danish and German troops. Half-a-dozen returned as killed and wounded on the side of the defenders, and from 100 to 150 on that of the aggressors, led us to sus pect that the affair of Missunde was a mere skirmish between the outposts of the two armies. Succeed ing telegrams, however, dissipated the misconcep tion. The loss of the Danes was raised to 150 or 200, whilst that of the Prussians reached double that number. A large number of Prussian officers were reported to have been either wounded or slain, amongst the former the King's brother, Prince Frederic Charles. The Prussian Commander-in- Chief seriously intended to force a passage across the Schlei at Missunde, and for several hours per tinaciously persevered in the attempt. His repulse, and the subsequent retirement of his troops, must therefore be accepted as evidence of the ability of the Danes to maintain their position, though opposed to a force vastly superior in point of numbers, and fully justifies the expression attributed to Prince Frederick Charles, that a serious resistance will be opposed by the Danes to the Austrian and Prussian advance. of MARVELS OF OUR MACIIINERY.—What a con trast does the work of the mechanists of the present day present to those of 100 years ago I At that time, as Mr. Smiles observes, an engine of any size, when once erected, required the constant attendance of the engineer, who almost lived beside it, in order to keep it in working order, such was the friction of its parts and the clumsiness of its construction. At the present time, however, almost absolute perfection of working is obtained. 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D ot lower saleable over las,`, Friday's currencies • B arleY ' bell° peas unchanged. 11. Oatmeal the turn dearer. Indian conhogi STAMFOBIY—VAIDXIr• er 36 stone' White wheat,':,43s to 4Es • red, 4Os Barley, malting, 328 to 38;'; ginding, 295 to P er ld 1 0 $ t o 43s f o 320 per qr. Oats, 238 to 278 per 24 stone. Beans, 0 - qr. ; new, 368 to —s. and prices as follow .--....... White wheat new, 4 : LINCOLN-373toa33Fanirleyn7grin. dins..ao A fair quantity of wheat on offer at our market to.doit ding •' Red do. Old white 405 to 44s Oats, old, .. ...... 23stto° ::: s s t o t o - - -2 6 1 N B e e : ri s d . o . ................... 0 , ! t t oo 33s Red do. Barley, malting 3ss to 35s ) Beans, new ...... ;Ito _ --_— WAKEFFfELD—Fania- roil to i. Wheat was in fair supply to -day, but only a a ls etiva 6 '' l4 ness was done at is per qr dearer. Barley an ~,e r art i c le) and the prices of last Friday Barle• 0"' unaltered. CORK—FRIDAY. ~....11 e a The following were the qba uotations this rooltiliii,s,l;l6, 6d to 8s Od ; oats, 4s 10d to , 6s 2d ; wheat, 8s Od to 8s 10(1; white 8s Oct to 9s 8d , P to blac k do., 7- 58 3d. ---- BRISTOL SUGAR--FniDAY. ~o t it A II and m An ed The raw sugar market continues yerY uu -- ' Ite. -- single lot of sugars has changed hands this W eed o tter goods are also dull. Rums are in less deman d ' 9 easier. COAL v1.1.11..K.ET. Me dose ot the cosrxel• Walls Sad. 0 , a, .1 8 9 , Kelloe ......... • • •• .19 Hartlepool ........ 0 .1 9 9 East Hartlepool. .... ~9 Trimdou Hartlepool.•.is 6 South Ilartlepool....f.o 9 Ridde11.......... ....is 9_ Cassop .......... .0.0 /3 Hartou .. ... ......... ,11 0 Wharnehile....• •' ' .19 9 Braddylr s flettoo.....ft _ Tunstall .. ....... ...q0 0 ........ 19 Hettou ....... i, () S out h Hettoo.. •• ''' '.16 6 Russere get .. ....... Whitwo rth' ..... . .0 0 H a swell ..... . .." , 121; sold. 60. -----••• ?noes of_Coal per Ton at s. d. 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Belfast and N, Counties ..... 136 Belfast and County DoWn 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B Bristol and Exeter 1212 Caledonian 2342 Cockermouth& Workington B'4 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Cork and Youghal .... 3a Cornwall 6si Deeside l7 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 912 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1692 Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 663 Great Northern 353 Great North of Scotland 5B Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 712 rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3732 Great Western 10562 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 864 Inverness & Perth Junction 1192 Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 26k Llanelly 462 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 52 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261! London, Chatham, & Dover 72 Do. Metropolitan Extension 102 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Ranch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 92 Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2592 Monkland 712 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee 4ll N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 5 North London 9 54 North Staffordshire 2 Os westry and Newton 5O Rhymney 194 St. Helen's Canal & Railway.. 5 2 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 306 Taff Vale 57 Ulster Vale of Clwyd l o} Vale of Neath 321 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W.HaztlepoolHarbr.&Rail.,„ 52 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & F urness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 8 Austrian 2B Belgian Eastern Junction.. • • 2 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish loBi 110 Eastern Bengal Eastern of France . 1135 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 513 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India ..• • 79 Great Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 694 Northern of Canada .......• •• 697 94 Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 16 14 Pernambuco ... • • 77i Royal Danish 69 68 Sambre and Meuse South Austrian .. .......1527 Southern of France 770 Victorian 196 25 921 .1 :3 26 10 3 glg 79 " 31 0 13 11 71 t 3 is 271 3, 4 i 6 Pi, 52 6 0 13 7 1.-1 69 1! 36 0 4 : 6 62 0, 7 0 J ,0,-, 1 sgi 3.5 0 its 0 0 9 6 1611 14, 0 i 10, ie",. 1083 511 ito 60 , 6 0 0.4 1 30 17 , 0 3 7 . „r0 601 l&oo lo go 31, 40. •.„5 49 5 , 3 ,k6 iffT 131 79 316 5,v 10, A , 46,104 447 150, 5 0 a 49 0 h4so 0 o f 6 0 9/ s ki y 6 . 481 02: s os v - • / , 1 713 t 09 91 140 0 1, es _44 8 7 14 60 1 2 P s . 0 I 1 96 5 s o' g 5. 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W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe• • '...„ . 0 " 8 Bahamas, via New York .............. .• ' ' l fe ll ' ttlo j Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Ch . , ...'' o e, California. and British Columbia- .... 0 P,c# a eri e° d in; - Au f t " rese li .) 1 0° ,0 OPENING THE SESSION." jleP e , ..-, .ias Of ‘ ,lO Ol 10, , states that the chaplain of the 0 0 "" it j , ea " 0 0 0 , i 1 e ir lowa opened the present Session li d 0 000 r" which was soundd of brevitY Wi t „,. 0: 04 " Give us a currency, pure Wa ",",„0, ligion" was one of its two or three claw' f i e ' eti 1 0 11° Bira lt4 _4,00.50 INGILIEL—On the 4th inst., at .4/).°StVei ififire4 dilly, the wife of Colonel Ingllsi . th e P I o thesa l ; tli ° of a daughter. at So aridis do KNOWLES.—On the sth inst. 2., , co o, Lieut C. G. F. Knowles, 1 1 . 1 ' 4ef 1, dr tigator, of a son. ,, o p t at °" of a ROUTLEDGE.—On the 4th 1 0 1 9 0 E sc ilf the wife of Robert IV. it outleug I til ls t ile marriagek6 t at s o3 t. iti t s ltt it I I° 4th ins - " ro ars - jots A CARTER—BATLY„--On the roars - 1,0 Brixton, George Carter, BsVaugliter tloitsa'cloP ~0/ sex, to Eliza, the young - lace, ih o Obeli '' t et 1,420' Bayly, Esq., of Spencer-Pia° ' 4t h ill l ;: n iteiK r ol HANKEY—SovritEY.---011 the Oiler s 00(0 Erainrkes.ct,reysocuenngt,eVosrotiannodf .g1:101013:r ° i-ce , t° 044 O D eldest daughter of Thomas '-' )louse, Clapham - pa rk. g t°l 3 r et , I) Catli's' /41,30iped 5 0 ,r , at sol'city,'soo4l 0 ANDREWS ,--011 the 3d inisit.sarotreet, r soy a 0 , Andrews, formerly 0 i V S A , 'OPP ° fora° 000 BLISS.—On the 4th jus t ' , fames Oli°°' Sober m Portman-square, k—r• burP" ~ Ito t o, row, aged 62. at Eden 0. 13 et BROWN. —On the 3d inS t ' Bu E L B L CI A COP' roc,: E s q ., aged 7 9. at 3% rdatig li 0 • 65 • tippe r ,„,et,..1 brewer, Norwich, aged A in t , a t ,Itlnat.,e_oofaßtohrueb3adyidot.. at fisijoinil "irinof Wil°,, 0 03. 0 ;13rr HARRIS —Oa the 3. -- a ' Harris, arei rno ter 0 100 . . aide 1004.9 idep ott PkocTEu.—On tne 0 orie , e., Ws oe f r land-place, Adelaide A „doll? , r ae Procter, Esq. 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