The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-13 00:00:00

ere is he aub ould be acied it the in of the. you the , ?tubers?' support ,s origin stile to The he table. 'act that ice was :asuhlty ,ence.- - Itrose Is Lim this% And tnotiv es notic e• s to the 3 coun•• oration, go. Id& nto theg )g to it; ) House part of dminis- ir overr -2,1 feel `• to op the ap )lic ex- I per osophie ould be ht h ave' in past• y were' se they -(llear. if wise, been d re to be' master,' 'vine in rightly en they Lay call nat no• rred to. ken up t would Iractical brought nett:sure c con' k En up ) ious of ni", reforms` oartieu in the -ith the a mere d 6 0 led t ° t o the for 1 0 0 e 0 t h 15°I' ~s bon, which was, that the Government should ascer- Wn the r i g h ts of individuals, to those lights which ,re termed "private." His lion. Friend the Mem bn - for Dundee (Mr. Duncan) knew well that a stronger e ase was n ever made out on behalf of the shipping in terfat; and yet to this hour evils of which they com noroaplained remained unredreseed.—(Hear.) lie would aP gc further: in 1845 another Lighthouse Committee was Pointed, which sat three or four months, continued th'l inquiries of the former Committee, and recommended h -va ilety of u se f u l and i mportant amendments. But had since b een d one ? Nothing—positively no tha inV.--(Hear, he ar.) And the maritime commerce of h the cortnt r y rema i ned to this hour burdened with those . eav y 'harges, saving on ly t h e sma ll amount o f remis 81°n which was made the year before last, and which was Stec worthy o f not i c e. —(Hear, bear.) lie did not we to say anything against the Trinity House ; they the erse ho.iourable men no doubt, but they had conducted b el 'ernoe in a most extravagant manner, and noth i ng tl bees':dune up to t hi s time. He contended, there f ore , tviat he veil(' collecting information a Committee was of ' us ee --I(ilear hoar.) With regard to the motion before the House, was there, he asked, a single feet, atiP P °s Ong a Committees were appointed, which they t, am ht • to but from official men who were subject gon s Gent, I et th e command of the Government? Some Hon. men then in the House were members of the Com mittee - which sat on the miscellaneous estimates last 4 w e e a r r ; they wo u ld remem b er that e 0 or 70 official men examined on t h at occas i on ; an d upon i nqu i ry 1 arnt that o f the who's., number of witnesses ° Pint' ned, there was not one who did not hold an official Intuce, tion. At a former period, when the Noble Lord me l 5 some reductions, he did not ask the opinion of the its Pro se through a Committee first. lie brought forward propositions and they were agreed to.—(Hear.) In manner they should act now.—(Hear) The . 17..9 lame Lord had spoken of the salaries of the judges in e; 8 ; he (Mr. Hume) asked him had there ever been a r,:iinittee to propose an increase of these salaries ? • l',if there had noonwhy should he not come down now intl submi t to the House such diminution in the salaries If:ate:hers of the Government as he might think fair id ri g h t? —(Ch ) He believed a Committee did eers. view to the salaries of the Scottish judges, with vr to give theta au improper increase; but that was I h e " 1 7 Committee he ever recollected interfering with • e ralaries of judges. What was the Committee to core into? into The Government were in possession of all ti inf ormation ; and the Committee could only have tt l ! el anion of officials, who would confirm and support ott : . °,l Onions of the Government.—(Hear.) So far as „ ra t ; iploniatic establishments were concerned, no man Ler s i ecqueinted with them as the Noble able at the head of the Foreign-office, or better (R pa to effect the necessary reductions in them.— 1 : 1) "' b ear.) The Honourable Member for Bucks Gee o —ls raell) had stated that there were some lion. b ee "efnen who were unwilling to take the amendment 44 18 e it came from his side of the House. He (Mr. me) dared say they were. But as he often remarked an 1 Plat House, parties were the bane of this country; their;duty irrespective of party to take care and 17; re r „tse a vigilant control over the public expenditure. Ns , tion. Friend (Sir Benjamin Hall) had said that this iv 8 a new-born zeal on the part of the Opposition. !', ll, he ad m i tte d that it was a new-born zeal; but ho • tiled that new-born zeal with infinite satisfactien.- 1 oud cheers.) Ile looked at the object proposed to ,ecl•---(ilear, hear.) That object was good—it Was to W ble,_dile6h forthwith and without delay, those measures e were necessary to effect every reduction in the tti nn et establishments that was consistent with the effi t- Ile ) . of the public service. —(Hear.) And he should e( 7 , glad to know how many of his Hon. Friends who il(eti o,cear3tefdroemconomical reform would vote against that.— both sides of the House.) They might dt fir'e Vogt it was pressing upon the Government. Un -0e1145(11:,7 it was pressing upon the Government, and it Would to press upon the Government. If Government n Pc t effect reductions of its own accord, he must o a ity " 30 "screw," if h e h a d th e power. The Hous e G ' o wn tons must b e the " screw." They must press the invert ki sent to effect these reductions. Not a little fleas Thad b een resorted to b y the No b le Lord w i th re• IPad ti the questio of th increase of our establish iiin , er 't B . The Noble s e Lord took credit to himself for of ; reduced the expenditure during the last two 3e4 rst Ina he did not sa y h ow h e h a d b een i ncreas i ng t h em 1 •P to that period—he did not say how he had gone on h il l e re' wing th e establishments five or six millions. When, iuwe rer, ho cams back some two-and-a-half millions, he oudexclaim," See wh a t I h ave d one !"— ( L aughter and Lod cheers.) He admitted the i ngenu it y o f t h e N o bl e (2'l, and no doubt it would have its influence upon the _ ll j'ai ons of th ose w h o had not been in the habit of w att hing th e progress of the national expenditure. ' l d ging fro m recent divisiens, there appeared to exist a 'Position on the part of that House to reduce expendi iii:e. It was called for in the country by all parties, ory, Radical, and Whig; and if they did not respond t that call they would cease to have the support and Ceanfidence of their constituencies.—(Hear.) He: con fessed that so far from regarding the amendment as an :insult to the Government, he considered it as indicating econfidence in them, as trusting to the Government that they would make proper reductions, and if the House .did not approve of those reductions, it would be their I ault, and not the fault of the Government —(Hear, b ear.) He hailed with delight the fact that tit n House was actuated by the spirit of economy and retrenchment which had now become so th wi deespread, in the existing state, of things in is. country—(Hear, hear, from the Country party)— he v /as sure he should see more country gentlemen : e tt ng in the course of the present session of Parliament l?r re trenchment and economy th an h e h ad w i tnessed tld ui tli r e tuna e the y ear 1822. O n th at occas i on they so voted, answer they received was a v e ry l arge re d uct i on iy 3 ,000,0001. was taken off at once. He believed kisr. Gotelburn was at that time Chancellor of the Ex meeq-Iter, and after the vote given by this House the Go l41" ": it went honestly into an examination of the sub -fi;" 433 on the table of the House there were to be found vol urnes which contained the history of every office ;Tel.( y department of the state, and gave a comparative -ew a ith the year 1798.. .But though the Government of thr that right in itself, it We day made a beginning was „ a Vt long before they departed from it—(Hear, hear.) t 4 h r t t o b iv e 'amendment now proposed were carried, it would ~; hpon the Government the responsibility of pro ol)Cti g' the reductions. Let them then bring in their [ t a u) and if they went too far, or did not go far enough, /I wo elt Ibe for this House to correct hem (Hear, hear). a :was setisfiel that where there was a will there was 1 o effect these reductions ; and thinking that the ten'eneln lent was a fit and proper one,f that it was consis t:tent It di the constitutional power vested in this Govern- In . ra t , and that there was no information which a Com inattee could gather that Government were not already ppfn Pos cession of, he should not be one of those who re tl to giv e it t h e i r suppor t because_ it was offered by Wretr' 1 0 had not hith er t o b een the friend of economy and er, ehment—(Cbeers). Gov • HENLEY said he could not underitand what the w s 'a e .e "Inent meant betatis motion. They did not state Object ti r there should reduction or not. The only O he could see would be to make another blue book red auction, It was evident they did not mean to make 1 ' a ction. They could interpret what they meant t i • I '' , 'at they had done. In 1831, they made an ar eell,P ales with a judge, who in his office did great to himself and to his profession, by which the heri should be reduced from 10,000/. to 8,000/. a year t Attire, and they could see the object of the Govern at was to keep salaries as they were in 1831. The 4 ' l ble Lord appeared to d epart f rom t hi s . Th ere was ot Ot her point which deserved attention. Was this a aetieal measure of reduction? They saw the result fe ' Committe e two y ears ago , w h en t h e re f erence was e C 1 V upon a few situations, and the Committee in consee •,',, enee reported, that when the inquiry was so limited, . 1 ' 111 e3 7 could not interfere, but that it should extend to all "i nail er salaries. They could not, in fact, form a correct S 9ginent e ,unless they took a general view of the expen z Tt:e best way in this case was to throw the t e4Ponsibility upon the Government. As he had bcosei t : 4(1 upon by the Honourable Baronet (Sir B. Hall) - s tate why he had not moved an amendment which • 'lould embody all the subjects comprised in his cet i,en last session, his answer was, thal there • ° uld be no result in any ordinary space of time. 'e subject was so large, that in his opinion no good s w i L t 'old come of it should the inquiries that were neces that ' b e entrusted to a Committee. They never would get any report of a ny sort or kind. He did not believe G 0,., "le subject could be deal but by the executive f cl ent.—(Hear.) Theßovernment could extract t r i ; )l3l tit, sir servants what no Committee could elicit; and eoellc1461( knew how and in what manner reductions ! ta 3 made, so as not to impair the efficiency of the „tlutie ervice. , For these reasons he should give his - 01 3 41 to the motion of the lion. Member for Bucking /3)BNi e. / / 14 ° , 11, H. VANE sa id th at h e did not agree w i t h M r. i n e clep and Mr. Hume that the Committee would be use- W n ' g + td that no good would come f rom it s appo i ntment; er . :ommittees bad been heretofore appointed, and had. be en found illusory. On the contrary, their re ceenirne n ations had produced th best effects. And he d d that, with the means of infurmation which the -' init tee proposed by the Noble Lord would have in ,„nclu e 'r pc ssession, sic n very they might arrive at an approximate aeo n, without this House having to wait l'ade finite period for their report which Mr. Henley "eermed t t s anticipate. Being of opinion, then, that much goo d woiald result from the appointment of the Coin "tee, and that some real, practical, economical reforms Would be effected thereby, he should vote for the motion Pt'oPosed by the Noble Lord. GAA.NTLEY BERKELEY said he was much I•4Prised, at the speech of the Noble Lord who had just r" "Ile as he had been a member of a Committee on th e Afri can s l ave trade, every recommen d a ti o n of w hi c h bed heel I set a t defiance by the Government. He be ved Use present course adopted by the Government as ( p l y a :node t o s h e l ve t h e quest i on .—(Ch ee rs from the i n i'Pesition.) The course adopted led him to doubt the B e f eer it.P of the intentions of th e Noble Lord in favour Should c , srdially support the amendment.—(Hear.) th M t !: C OCKBURN said that, in his humble judgment, e t`4oli,e Lord (Lord John Russell) had adopted the free" an p e r and the constitutional course.—(Cheers and b -g " t er.) The House cf . Commons was the proper tri aunal ee make reduction. They ought to know the e rt 4 ' t es 'of expenditure, as well as the amount of salaries Wag • by public uses. For that purpose a Committee 072! detorable. They would ascertain the necessary fo l ' t lY in the discharge of their duties. Take judges, 14 listance; if he was to put their necessary expenses f ulfil the ancient duties of hospitality and the whole of going circuits at one-sixth or more of their be correctly e i e, he would not be far wrong, but it should i v ascertained by a Committee. The same (len g e he said of the diplomatic offices. That should be sag as ,. P e; i l F in the , most p public manner.— , _ (Hear.) Their fairi . ''' .1)11 1: did not act It w 3 ', t'Titing this responsibility upon the Minister. to Po~6ivu to 3 P u tting the Minister in a most painful and de Adge 119Tf much 1191114 IN deducted THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY , EVENING, APRIL 13, 1850. from his own patronage. It would be a painful thing for a Minister to reduce the salaries of all the public servant.; appointed by him. He would never be free from the suspicion of bias and partiality. No charge of that kind could be made against a Committee. He thought, therefor; that the course of the Government was con stitutional and politic. Precedent was in its favour. To act otherwise the Government would be usurping the constitutional functions of that House. Did tlie oimo siticn to this course rest upon a sincere wish to reduce the public expenditure ? He very much doubted it; but perhaps, Hon. Gentlemen opposnte would rise and tell them their real motives. He believed that this amend ment proposed was with a view to " overtrump" the Go vernment; and being opposed to action upon any but bona fida intentions of reduction of the public expendi ture, he should oppo!e the amendment, and cordially support the motion of the Noble Lord, which he b .!lieved to be the most expedient and the best course to pursue, under the circumstances, for the diminution of the sa laries and emoluments of the public servants of the state.—(Cheers, and loud cries oi " Divide.") In the midst of which Mr. HERRIES rose and said, that the caution mani fested by the Noble Lord in proposing the Committee was observable. Ho did not give them the slightest clue to the amount of reduction which he was prepared to make. Toat, had somewhat ahaken his confidence in the Noble Lord's disposition to make reductions. The working of Committees appointed by the Govern ment was not to be admired. They were so constructed and composed that the opinions of Government should come out of them. But it was not only that, but it was, that after what had taken place there would bo a sus picion in the public mind that they had not received all that they had a right to expect from the predominating influence of tho Government, which give them a majo rity in the Committee. lie thought the House would receive with more confldsnce and impartiality a propo sition coming from the Government. ile, for his part, should say, that he felt no doulr, whatever that the Go vernment was iu possession of all means requisit fur the reduction of those salarfei alluded to in the motion, and he should add, that he was fully assured that the House had all the necessary information relative to those salaries, and, under these circumstances, what need was there of a Committee? Ho did not ece why it should be objected to by the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Cockburn) that Government should not place themselves in the invidious;position of reducing the salaries of those under their patronage ; and to that he should say that such reductions might be proposed by the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) to which no prudent man, in any Ministerial situation, could object, particularly as it was the wish of that House. However, he should say that he had that confidence in those gentlemen on the Ministerial benches that they would make every reduc tion consistent with the public interest; but, at the same time, he felt bound to remark that he wa3 at a loss to know why such caution was observed by the Noble Lord in his attempt to develop his views, for whe❑ he (Lord J. Russell) alluded to the reductions of the three branches he did not then state what that reduction would be. And he, therefore, considered that it was the duty of the House to consider which of the two propositions was worthy of their approval—whether that which was most immediate and less expensive', or that which was dilatory and more expensive, and, in consequence of his approval of the proposition of the Hon. Member (Mr. Disraeli), he had no hesitation to give him his support. Mr. BIiIGHT said that, from the opinion he had necessarily formed of Committees of the House on all previous occasions of importance, as such Committees were merely a sham, he felt disposed, at the first brush, to support the motion of the Hon. Member (Mr. Disraeli), but seeing that he had not on this occasion recommended any specific reductions which the public interests re quired, and also seeing that, on reference to his former votes, his present course was inconsistent and anoma lous, particularly when he recollected his former attacks on his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cobden), particularly when he stated that no plan of his Hon. Friend's was either phi losophical or practical. Now, he would ask, could there be a stronger proof of the utility of his Hon. Friend's plans than that both sides of the House were vicing with each other to see who could best pursue the course pointed out by him (Mr. Cobden). Yes, it was his Hon. Friend that showed the House and the country that many un necessary expenses had been created through false alarm, such as the Oregon question and the defence against the invasion of France; but when the groundwork of those alarms was totally removed, he (Mr. Cobden) advocated the reduction of expenses raised through means of such a phantom. He was completely at a loss to account for the new lia;ht that seemed to illume the understandings of many Hon. Gentlemen on the opposite side, and parti cularly the Right Lion. Gentleman (Mr. Herries), who had been frequently a member of the Committee cn miscellaneous estimates, and who was never known to bo in a minority when the economical interests of the country were argued. Nay, he would go farther, and say that he had never known that Right lion. Member, since he had the honour of a seat in that House, to have voted in favour of a reduction of the national expenses. —(Hear, hear.), He considered that the present question might be reduced to the following form : Shall the Government _make such a reduction as they think proper, or shall it be left to a Committee of the House to enter into arrangements for the ne cessary reductions. His opinion was that if the Com mittee was; fairly appointed much more good; would be effected than that the Government should take the matter to themselves, for in the latter case much dizsa ti&Fiction:would be created by those in the Ministerial employ, in consequence of such an interference by those from whom they should least expect it. But if the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) should appoint such Committee as he ha l frequently seen appointed in that House, con - sisting of Members ©f the House who held Government situations or pensions, then he would raise his voice against such a Committe. and proclaim to the country that the true interests of the people were slighted and neglected by those who should be their protectors. Yet from the interest that must be created in the public mind by that night's debate, ho hoped that there was no ground for the anticipation of such a packing of a Committee, and should therefore support the motion of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND observed, that if the proposal of the Noble Lord bad borne the smallest re semblance to the picture drawn of it by the Hon. Mem ber for Manchester (Mr. Bright)—if there bad been in it the slightest indication of the remotest intention on the part of the Government to do anything more than to in quire, most unquestionably he would have voted for that motion. The Noble Lord, with great naiveté, asked the House to inquire. To inquire of whom ? They could only inquire of the Noble Lord himself, who possessed twenty times more information on the subject than any one else.—(A. laugh.) This, thee, was the motion—the true pledge of the economical intentions of the Govern . . mene—for which all the Financial Reformers were to vote to-night.—(Hear, and a laugh.) It was not the province of the Committee to reduce ono fraction; it was not a Committee to do any single thing beyond making an inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) It was notorious that this motion would never have seen made but for the proposal which had on a former occasion been submitted to the House by the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire—(Hear, hear)—aud the intention of this motion was to trip up the heels of that Hon. Gentleman. He must say he thought the House was somewhat indebted to the Noble Lord for shortening considerably the future labours of the session; for, if this motion should be carried, it would be utterly useless to entertain any other question, of financial reform.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) An amusing book had lately been published in Fraece--the life of a certain Jerome Paturot in search of a soe'.al po sition. The hero was, if he remembered rie;ntly, cotton nightcap manufacturer.—( A laugh.) Now, if any gentleman was in search of a social position in this country, there was not one that he could so well turn to good account as that a of a fivar.eial reformer,—.. (Laughter.) The financial reformer began by jobbing and getting into Parliament, where, he continued to as sail the Noble Lord and the rest, of them in office, very muoh to his own profit; he always voted for all impossible motions, and when ho event back to his constituents he said, " Oh, was I not one of the three who went into the lobby on sueh a question?—(Laughter.) Was I not one of that small miuo city that never effected anything, and never meant to 'effect anything?"—(Renewed laughter.) The Government, after playing one party against the other, had lat,ely resorted to a new " dodge."—(A laugh.) They had a aid, "If we are to be in a minority we will go out of office;" or else, " Oh, this motion is only a masked battery. and the intention is to supplant the Go vernment." Now, if a formal motion were brought for ward ors that subject, he (Mr. Drummond) would give the Noble Lord his vote against all competitors; for he believed nothing could be so detrimental to the country as losing the ser vices of that Noble Lord on the Treasury bench. But he Mr. (Drummond) would never submit to ho bullied by any Minister who turned sulky and threatened to run away from his place—(Leughter)— leaving the country in confusion. He felt quite satisfied 'that this motion would lead to no result. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had listened with great attention to the discussion, but ho thought there had been a total lack of argument in the speeches of the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire and those Hun. Gentlemen by whom his views had been supported. The motion of his Noble Friend bad been characterised as one that was proposed for purposes of delay, and it had been said that no conclusion could be arrived at by the Committee during the present session. The Honourable Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) found fault with the motion because it did not go far enough, complaining that it was confined to three or four subjects, and that they ought to have instituted an inquiry into fifty other departments of expendi ture. Ho (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) entirely agreed, however, with the Honourable Member for Oxfordshire, that if the Government were to concur in the suggestions of the Honourable Member for Mont rose and the Honourable Member for Marylebone, they might be justly charged with endeavouring to avoid a practical conclusion. The inquiry now proposed by 'Ms Noble Friend could not occupy any hug time, and would be terminated long before the close of the session. The Honourable Member fur Montrose (Mr. Hume) then said that a Committee never did the slightest good— that the recommendations of a Committee were never carried into effect. Why, he must have forgotten the Committee which sat upon this very subject in 1831—a Committee for which Lord Al;horp moved, to inquire into the subject of official salaries—and which reported upon all the principal salaries ; every recommendation was carried into effect.—([Tear, hour.) Take the Com mittee on the navy expenditure wliich had been referred to; that suggestion of this Counnittec which had not been carried into eff.ct—as to the number of admirals— had been alluded to; but nine out of ten of its recom mendations had been adopted. Let the Honour:.ble Member only recollect the case of those Committees on which he had himself sat. The Import Duties Committee did not it 3 report lay the founda tion of measures since carried ?—(Hear, hear.) the 11.(alou:7ablo MQ;l2'.),r shire (Mr. Disraeli) said that the course pro posed by the Government was unworthy of them ; that their opinics4 ought to have been fast pressed to the House ; that the House should have had the embodied opinion of the Governieeot deve loped in papers on the table. But had the lion. Mem ber looked into the practice of the House? The Com mittee for which Lord Althorp moved, for instance, was not moved for upon estimates on the ttable. There were other cases of the same kind—the Committee to inquire into the administration of the law, with the view to ascertain the proper number of judges; another with regard to the salaries of the judges; another with regard to the emolument of the judges of the Prerogative Court. The Hon. Gentleman should refer to the case the Noble Lord had himself mentioned—the 27th report of the Committee in 1798. The Hon. Gentleman said the Government out to take upon themselves the respon sibility of dealing with the public establishments. They had never shrunk from that responsibility; and the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had reminded the House that they had dealt very largely with the public estab lishments with a view to the reduction cf the expendi ture. The principle upon which they had proceeded had not indeed been that of a general reduction of salaries — it would be the worst policy to underpay the public ser • rants—but rather that of reducing the number of per sons employed. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more unjust or unwise than the general reduction of salaries proposed by the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) without regard to the circumstances of each case, the merits of the individual, or the amount of work he might be called upon to perform. The Hon. Member would make the public servants a whole army of martyrs.—(A laugh.) The first branch of the in quiry was therefore not proposed to be extended to those with respect to whom the Government fully ad mitted that the responsibility rested with itself and was conducting an investigation by officers of its own, in quiring into their duties and their salaries, and the proportion borne by the work to the remuneration. With regard to the salaries of members of the Govern ment,,he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not differ very much from those who said that Ministers of the Crown ought not to be altogether led by feelings cf delicacy to abstain from expressing an opinion; but no one could say that they were as impartial judges on the question of their own salaries, as of the salaries of others, and surely it would be infinitely better and far more satisfactory to the country that an opinion upon the amount of these should emanate from an impartially constituted Committee.—(Hear.) Then, with regard to the next branch of the inquiry—namely, judicial officers—it was desirable that those who filled these places should not be in the slightest degree de pendent, with regard to their emoluments, upon the Ex ecutive; and it would be far better that these should be inquired into by a Committee than that the opinion merely of the Government should be had. It had been said that these functionaries could not be summoned before a Committee to give evidence. Why, the Lord Chancellor appeared before Lord Althorp's Committee in 1831.—(Hear, hear.) As the Hon. and Learned Member for Southampton (Mr. Cockburn) had said, there could be no obstacle on the ground of delicacy in getting a statement with regard to legal emoluments.-- (Hear, hear.) A strange objection was made to the proposed inquiry into the diplomatic establishments. It was a mistake to say that the salaries could not be altered without an Act of Parliament. Tho whole sum applicable to the service was fixed by statute, but not the salary of each person. The Hon. Member (Mr. Disraeli) supposed that the reference of the diplomatic establishments to a Committee was devised to prejudice his bringing on his motion upon that department; but would it suit him better, in bringing forward such a motion, to be without the information which the investigation of the Committee would supply? Was not the want of information a difficulty which he would have to encounter?—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Surrey (Mr. Drummond) had stated that not a word was said about reduction; ho could not have attended to what fell from the Noble Lord.— [Mr. DRUMMOND—" I said there was nothing about it in the motion."] The Noble Lord stated that, abstaining (which the Hon. Gentleman might, perhaps, attribute to a false delicacy) from giving any opinion on the sub ject of official salaries, and wishing to leave it to the Committee, he was of opinion that reductions might be made in the other departments—the diplomatic and judicial. Ono Hon. Gentleman thought it exceedingly wrong that the Noble Lord did not state the amount of reductions he was of opinion might be made ; why, if he had, it would have been said that it was useless to move for a Committee when the Government had made up their minds, and openly stated the extent of reduction they intended to agree to. It would have been unfair to a Committee of Inquiry, and inconsis tent with the object of its appointment, for the Gc vernment to say beforehand what they considered the result of the inquiry ought to be.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member (Mr. Israeli) in part of his speech, used language that might well surprise one. He spoke of the House of Commons as the guardian of the public purse, butof the Government as the obnoxious instrument of fiscal extortion. Gentlemen opposite might take the admonition which they had themselves given, and consider not merely their present position, but that which they might possibly occupy.—(Hear, hear.) The expressions in which the Government of the country had thus been characterised were surely not wisely used.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Member for Stamford (leir. [terries) had stated that the House was only asked to choose between two modes of effect ing the same object, ard that the amendment would lead to the more extensive and speedy reduction of the ex penditure and relief to the country. But surely the amendment was one of those vague resolutions which did not necessarily lead to any reductisee or any practisal conclusion; the origual motion was for a definite in quiry, which was much more likely to lead to a practical result.—(Hear.) The amendment, indeed, had been put by Gentlemen opposite upon the ground of its being a complimentary expression of confidence in the Govern ment as prepared and disposed to carry out reduction; but, if Gentlemen thought the matter should be left in the hands of the Government, why had one Hon. Mem ber (Mr. Disraeli) given notice of motion with a view to a reduction in the diplomatic and consular expenditure, and another (Mr. Henley) of a motion for a general re vision of all salaries with a view to reductions ?—(Hear, hear.) Those notices did not indicate the confidence which was now professed.—(Hear.) As already stated, the Noble Lord had declared that in two branches of the inquiry he looked for reduction of the expenditure; he abstained from pronouncing any opinion as to one branch, because he thought it decent and proper that he should not do so at this stage, but one member of the Government at least would be on the Committee, and would state the opinion of the Government unhesitat ingly in Committee on the proper occasion. Gentlemen who talked of the relief from taxation to be offeetei by the reduction in the salaries of the great officers, or even of the establishments, must remember that it was impos sible so to deal with parties who had held their situations for a length of time as to give any such great relief at once, whatever reduction there might be in the course of years. The Noble Lord had stated the reductions made in the last year or two; these were going on from day to day. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think any great reduction could be effected (as we understood) in the higher offices which the Committee would have to consider; but, whether that was SD or not, the Government thou g ht it b e tt e r to obtain the opinion of a tribunal which might take a more impartial view than perhaps any persons would take with regard to their own salaries.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS was tempted to ask, when the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed a little indignant at any suspicion that the Noble Lord's motion was caused by the notice given by the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley), why was it that the Government did not bring forward their motion at the commencement of the session?—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable and Learned Member for Southampton (Mr. Cockburn) bad based his argument considerably upon the impropriety and indelicacy of calling upon the members of the Government to come forward and state what was a fair remuneration for the services they were per forming; but if the water was to be submitted to a Committee, those very persons must be summoned be fore it, and asked their opinions, and their evidence reported to the House.—(Hear.) And what would fol low ? Suppose the Committee constituted in the very free and liberal spirit indicated by the Hon. Member for Manchester (Mr. Bright)—though every one knew it would be constituted in a very different manner; then it would be almost certain that some salaries of members of the Government would be reduced by such a Com mittee below what the Noble Lord charged with the responsibility of the Government thought a proper remu neration, and the Noble Lord would have to come before -the House appealing from the Committee as to the salary of his successor.—(Hear, hear.) As for the Hon. Mem ber for Manchester (Mr. Bright), see i ng t h e prac ti cal inconsistency in which he was involving himself, the Hon. Member, towards the conclusion of his speech, said that if he thought the Committee was to be constituted as every Committee had been before or since he (Lord J. Manners) had sat in the House, and was to be com posed of Noble Lords and Right Hon. Gentlemen who belonged to the present or any former Government, and of officers of the army and navy, he would not eminent to vote for it. What pledge to that effect had he received from the Noble Lord? Had he seen the least symptom f - a tecl iin such of a tform Ex chequer? Nothing of the as htheatdtehsierSominmtihteteeswpeoeuclhd of be t c t o b n a s i Chancellor kind, thatNotwithstandingif n o the speech of the Hon. MOmber, it was y e t ti me f or hi m to mend his vote, and, no one could doubt con cessione was made aa to the appointment of the Committee, they would have a report containing various recomreen.. dations just as usual, some of which would be adopted if they met ttee views of the Government, said the others quietly F, , eelved. Such would be the Committee for which the tribune of the people —the man who bad no confidence in any Gerettiment—was about to vote.— ctlear, hear.) The Lion. Baronet (Sir R. Hall) spoke of the amendment as a deliberate party movement, but if they went on attacking every motion as a question of party they never would arrive at any end they desired. He (Lord John Manners) hoped the advice:of him whom he might term the Nestor of financial reformers (Mr. Hume) would be taken into serious considera tion by the younger financial reformers in the House, though he could scarcely hope to see them carry it into effect. The House would have to decide on two propositions, one of which placed before them without delay the means of effecting the retrenchments which, in the opinion of the Government and of the House, the public service would amply allow; the other of which was to take a course which, in his conscience, he believed could have the Effect of throwing over the whole ques tion, not only for the present, but for the ensuing session —a proposition to which he saw no end, and he could not conclude without calling on all Hon. Members, whether they thought the country, though prospering, could not afford extravagant salaries, or that the real distress of the community was the cause of this pas sionate demand fur economy, to support the amend met-IL—(geer, hear.) Losd J. RUSSELL--The objections viLieli :lave made to the motion proposed to the House certainly will nos require very much answer from me, because They; have been met, and most of them disposed of, by the op ponents of the motion themselves. The Hon. Baronet (Sir B. Hall) who spoke immediaeoly ',fur the amend ment of the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire, and some others, said it was not a sufficient inquiry, because it did not go beyond the three particular classes into which the inquiry was to be confined. To that the Honourable Member for Oxford (Mr. Henley) an swered, and I think very concltritely, that if all offices were to be included, the inquiry would last so long that we should not obtain any practical result from the Committee. These are the grounds which I think will be sufficient for the appointment of the Committee. Therefore the Hon. Member for Oxford has disposed of one objection. Then the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume), somewhat to my surprise— (A laugh)—objected to a Committee for the first time that I remernLer during a long period of years, and said the: it would do no good; but in the course of his speech he admitted he hal urged on the Government the ap pointment of a Committee on the army, navy, and ord nance, and thet the Committees had sat fur some time with considerable advantage to the public. But then the Hon. Geet'ernan goes on and sues the effect is, if you hare a Committ( e a great many facts will become known which otherwise we should not have before us, and thus the Hon. Gentleman has answered his own objection. I cannot accuse him of wishing to conceal the truth, but we know there are many delusive ideas on the public miud on this subject, and the lion. Gentleman seemed to entertain some alarm as to certain facts becoming known to them. But we find the Hon. Member always inquiring—we find him always moving for returns, and probably the expense of this information and of these returns would be equal to the salaries of two or three Lords of the Treasury.—(" [fear, hear," and a laugh.) Well, they have been exceedingly useful, and have thrown a great deal of light and information on many questions, and for my part I think them well worth the cost.—(Hear, hear.) But, if that is , the case, lam the more surprised that now, for the first time, he could say the House of Commons should not inquire into those facts by a Select Committee. But we have all heard " evil communications corrupt good manners," and the Hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Disraeli) told us to-night, in the course of his speech, that some three weeks ago he had held a communition with the Hon. Member.—(Loud laughter.) H e certainly does seem (the Noble Lord turned towards Mr. Hume) to have deserted the opinions to which he has se long adhered. —(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) ;The Hon Member for Surrey (Mr. Drummond) observed, nothing had been said on this subject of reduction by Government. I cer tainly said it would be useless to appoint any such Com mittee unless we believed that reduction and economy will be the consequence. I declined to give any opinion as to the salaries received by official persona being Members of Parliament, but I stated that I proposed some reductions, and that I saw the force of the objec tion that if we proposed the reduction of one official office, it would be well to revise our es tablishments altogeteer. (Hear, bear.) Let me show the practical effect of the proposed inquiry. We are told we are in possession of all the information that can be had as far as our own salaries are concerned. That is no doubt the case with respect to our own offices, but when I proposed a reduction in the salary of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas I was told it was very insufficient. At that these Hon. Gentlemen opposite seemed to think a Select Committee a very desirable thing.—(A laugh.) For a whole night I was badgered for not consenting to it. I was told the receipts of bar risters were nothing like what they were 20 years ago, and that therefore a great reduction should take place in the judges' salaries. Well, then, it is right we should know something of the facts, became it had been always stated, and stated truly, that if you wish to have good and efficient judges—men who will command the respect of the public, and insure confidence for the ad ministration of the laws—you had better not place them at a salary much below that which persons at the bar might expect to receive for their exertions. If that is to be the test it becomes of importance to know what are the usual receipts of men in considerable practice, and that is a fact on which Government, as well as Mem bers of the House, might form an opinion. It appears to me the proposition I put is a fair practical proposition for an inquiry by a Select Committee. It is supported by precedent from 1798, when Mr. Pitt thought it neces sary to refer the question of official salaries to a Select Committee; and I have not heard any sufficient objec tion to the proposal, or to this particular mode of pro ceeding. I certainly must thank the Right Hon. Mem ber for Stamford, and the Hon. Member for Bucking hamshire, for proposing a vote of confidence in Govern ment.—(Laughter.) It would be a very strong Govern ment that could repudiate such a mark of approbation from their political opponents—(Laughter) — but I think it will be the better course, and more for the public service, to appoint the Select Committee of Inquiry. The House then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Disraeli's amendment ... 159 Against it ... 250 Majority against it ... —9l The original motion for the appointment of the Com mittee was then agreed to. Mr. HORSMAN then moved, as an addition to Lord J. Russell's motion on salaries, that the inquiry be ex tended to the incomes of ecclesiastical dignitaries. lie thought he could in a few word,' show the propriety of his motion, by comparing the incomes of the dignitaries with the incomes received in our other great establish meats. Let him compare the case of the Lord Chief Justice with that of a dignitary of the Church. The former was selected from the most eminent of his pro- fession, for an office of great toil and responsibility, and when be ceased to be efficient he ceased to be a judge. But in the Church the faculties of a dignitary might desert him and yet his Effie° remained, and he was also the dispenser of large patronage. The Chief Jus tice had 8,000/. a year, and had to provide himself with a residence. The Archbishop of Cant-rbury had 15,000/. and a palace provided for him—(Hear, hear) — and yet they would in the former case institute an inquiry because they thought 8,0001. too:chigh, but would pass by the 15,0001. of the Archbishop with out a word of comment.—(Hear, hear,) Let him take the case of the Ministers of State, of the Prime Minister. Was his office one of less state or dignity than that of a prelate? He held his office at the sacrifice of health and strength, and sometimes of life, and yet his official income was only one-third that of the Arch bishop, one-half that of the Bishop of London, and con siderably below that of the Rishop of Durham or Bishop of Winchester. The Hon. Member far Oxfordshire last year proposed to take off ten per cent. of the income of the Prime Minister, but would he not touch that of the ecclesiastical dignitaries ? The enormous dispro portion between those incomes justified inquiry. Now let them take the Board of Admiralty; it consisted of a First Lord and five junior Lords; they were charged with the administration of one of our most important depart= meats, and yet their united salaries did not equal the official income of a single primate, Let them also take the Customs and Excise. They had two beards ; one with a chairman and eight eommissioners, and yet the united salaries of both boards did not equal the income of two prelates. He would take another branch into which the Noble Lord proposed inquiry—" that of foreign ambassadors and micisters. They represented our Sovereign in all courts and coun tries with which we had to dea'. There were 93, and c ommencing with the highest in Paris, who received 10,0001. a year, to the lowest Chargd d'Affaires, their salaries together did not come within 50 per cent. of that a mount, which was annually divided amongst the Bench of Bishops. He would take another service—the go vernors of colonies; they were 43 in number, and from the highest in Canada, who received 7,000/. a year, to the lowest, the governor of the Falkland Isles, who re ceived 4001, the whole expense did not come near the amount annually divided amongst the bishops. He now took the salaries of the judges —an establishment upon which they looked every day as that upon which the in stitutions and government o f the country depended, and he believed he might say, that of all our functiofiaries none were more reverenced than the judges.—(Hear.) In the Court of Queen's Bench there were a chief jus tice and four judges; there Was a similar number in the Common Pleas, and also in the Exchequer. In Chancery there were the Lord Chancellor, three Vice-Chancellors, and the Master of the Rolls; and yet the united salaries of all those judges were under the Parliamentary salaries of one class of our ecclesiastical dignitaries. With the judges in Scotland the whole number was 8d; and yet their united salariee did not equal the incomes of the 27 pre later:. The highest Scot judge h a d a sa l ar y b e l ow th e Parliamentary income o fch a Welsh prelate, and the whole of the Sewell judges had not salaries equal to the amount of income of four prelates. Then he came to Members of that and the other 1101130 holding office during plea sure. The number was 48; their time and strength were devoted to the public, and yet their united salaries did not equal the amount of income of' the 27 prelates. Hear.) They, like the judges, were paid for work except the Lord Chancellor, not one had a s al ary exceeding the income of the Bishop of London, or two-thirds that of the Arch bishop of Canterbury. lie would not d e t a i n th e House —(Hear, hear) —except to mention one further fact. It was said the other night there wore few instances of public men becoming richer by public life. An instance of a Minister of State becoming richer from office of late yore was, ho believed, unknown, and the reason assigned for it was that the duties of their office obliged them to neglect their private affairs. That was not the case with the prelates. He had a return of the personal property lett by 29 prelates since 1828. It amounted to I,soo,oool.—(Hear, hear.) Prelates were generally advanced in life when they were consecrated; they were generally poor been before, and vet in what other profession or count r y in the world could they find 29 members of a profession leaving fortunes averaging 50,000/. a piece, accumulated after they had passed middle age?—(Hear, bear.) The prelates certainly had duties to perform, but the deans and canons had none; and yet at that moment they divided amongst them annually a greater a mount of lucerne than the salaries of the functionaries in all the departments of the public service included in the motion of the Noble Lord. A Bill had been proposed to reduce the incomes of deans to 1,0001. a year ; but the Noble Lord stated, on a former evening, that the Bishop of Salisbury had said that if the income of the Dean of Salisbury were re duced to that amount, no one could b e found to take it. l Lord J. RUSSELL expeined—The Bishop said that the person taking it must have a private fortune. Mr. HORSMAN continued—So that of the hard worked, underpaid clergymen of England, with their prolific families, there was not one man to be found to take 1,0001. a-year for doing nothing—(A laugh)—to sell himself to a sinecure under 1,500/.!—(Laughter.) The Noble Lord said he should make the experiment, and perhaps in the Committee he would tell them whether the experiment had succeeded. and perhaps the Biehop of Sali.'oury would also expound the reason that would prevent a poor man from accepting an office with 1,0001. a year. Was it right that a prelate should re. ceive more than three times the Salary of a Minister of State, while poor clergymen were receiving , not more than the wages of the prelate's coachman? Was it wise, or safe, or seemly, that when they were instituting a gent.ral inquiry into all other high offices of state they should make this odious and unpopular distinction in favour of oue particular establishment, of which no one could say the duties were more onerous than those of some of those offices into which they were about to insti tute an inquiry ? The Hon. Member for Oxfordshire made his motion because the people were overtaxed. He (Mr. Horman) made this because they were un dertaught. He Appealed to those who felt the great est attachment for the Church Establishment, and asked how, when we. endeavoured to bring all other public institutions intt; harmony with the public feeling, we could reconci Le it with our sense of duty to act cn an opposite prin.liple with respect to the Church? Why should we cheris:: in our ecclesiastical establishment alone an eyesore and a. reproach ? What did we gain by that course ? Did we e,-elt religion or strengthen the episcopate? His proposition was so rea sonable that he trusted the House would not reject it, for ail history and experience told us that by re.; 'cting reasonable propositions we rendered the success of the unreasonable ones more certain and more speedy.— ' (Cheers.) The Hon Member concluded by making his motion. Si: G. GREY remarked that the Hon. Member was nut doing justice to the object which he bad in view by mixing it up with the inquiry proposed by . his Noble Friend.—(hear, hear.) It was not his intention to deny the ri7ht of the House to inquire into the episcopal re venues. That course was taken in 1835, and at a sub sequent period. Neither did he mean to contend that the question was to be looked upon as finally settled by what was done on those ccersions. If a case could be made out to justify it, there might be fresh inquiry and fresh legislation. The incomes attached to the offices which were to be inquired into by his No ble Friend's Committee were derived from taxation, but the incomes of persons holding episcopal and capitular offices stood upon a different footing, and were derived from a different source.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member had called upon the House not to appoint a suspected Committee, and he (Sir George Grey) asked the m not to appoint an impractic able one.—(Hear, hear.) If the House should adopt the Hon. Member's amendment, it would be impossible fur the Committee to conclude their labours during the pre sent session. _ _ Mr. HENLEY acknowledged himself unable to per ceive the drift of the Honourable 'Member for Cocker mouth's amendment, or of the arguments by which it had been supported. The Honourable Member had acted somewhat unfairly in leading the House to sup pose that bishops could accumulate the same amount of property now of which some of their predecessors had died possessed. Thu changes which had been made of late years rendered that impossible, and that the Honourable Member knew perfectly well. The Hon. Member ought to rest his proposition on its own grounds instead of bringing it forward in the invidious way be had done, as if his object was merely to raise a cry against the Church. Mr. AGLIONBY said that whenever a Member pro posed the reform of an abuse in that House be was sure to be told that he had selected the wrong timo fur effect ing his object. It was not correct to assert that the bishops derived their incomes from their own property; they derived them from the property of the country, which was vested in them for the performance of certain duties.—(llear, hear.) He called upon his Hon. Col league not to withdraw his motion unless Ministers would pledge themselves to support a separatt; motion for in quiry into the subject. Mr. NEWDEGATF complained that the Km Mem ber for Cockermouth bad made a most .unfair aitack on the Church.—(Hear, and No.) Though the Honoaiable Member was constantly boosting of his attachment to the Church, he lost no opportunity of vilifying it. The tone of his speech showed that the Hon. Member was in spirit hostile to the Church of England.—(Hear, and Oh.) Mr. WOOD denied that the Hon. Member for Cocker mouth was obnoxious to the censure which had just been passed upon him. Although he could not sympa thise with all that Hon. Member's observations, he en- tirely concurred in the substance of them—namely, that it was desirable for the Church of England herself that this grave question should some time or other be looked seriously in the face.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt could be entertained as to the right of the House to inquire into the distribution of church property. Indeed, Par liament had a right to inquire into the property of any private individual in the country if a public good could be shown fur doing it.—(Murmurs.) Parliament ;inter fered with private property by every railway Bill which it passed. The Committee best fitted for inquiry into judicial and diplomatic salaries would not be the best fitted for the inquiry now proposed. The time would come, and that speedily, when it would be necessary to have a revision of the incomes paid to the dignitaries of the Church; and, when an inquiry did take place, it would be desirable to consider whether provision ought not to be made fur further episcopal superintendence, though with a different scale of salaries. Mr. HORSMAN stated that he had made no allu sion to the tenure of the property in question. Ho had given no opinion on the point whether it was of a public or a private character. The incomes of the bishops had been regulated by Act of Parliament, and he only asked Parliament to do what it did in 1836. He meant to reflect no more on the manner iu which the bishops per formed their duties than on the manner in which other . . functionaries discharged theirs. Mr. GOULBURN observed that the Hon. Gentleman had only walked in the course he bad taken on former occasions. He had distinctly recorded the opinion that capitular bodies were altogether useless. He had taken every occasion in that House to disparage in public es timation the office of bishop.—(Hoar, bear.) He pro fessed to be a member of the Church of England, an essential element of which was the episcopal authority controlling the inferior clergy. When he drew invidious comparisons which had no just application, it was im possible not to suppose that his views as to the episco pacy were low indeed. The arguments of the Hon. Gentleman who described the bishops as receiving salaries for doing nothing, were of the class at all times addressed to those at the bottom of the scale against those who were at the top of it. This was not an oc casion on which it was necessary to enter on the ques tion whether the arrangements made with the consent of the Church itself had been carried to the extent which might be expedient for the welfare of the Church. Mr. HORSMAN assured the Right lion. Gentleman that he did not say the bishops had nothing to do. He had said the bishops had duties to perform, and the deans had none. Mr. GOULBURN reminded the Hon. Gentleman that he had compared bishops with judges, intimating that the former were appointed without and the other with qualifications—that the latter worked, and the former did not. Mr. HORSMAN begged to assure the Hon. Gentle man that he was wrong. Colonel SIBTHORP remarked that the censure of one man was the best praise Ibr another. Mr. MANGLES had never heard a more unjust at tack than that made by the Right Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge. W hen the Right Hon. Gen tleman charged the lion. Member for Cockermouth with stirring the inferior members of the Church against 'night be reminded that the parties to red no stirring up; and whoever the wh o s m u pheer, alludeder e re eneficed clergymen even, not aware that they largely had tosp e e ° a t i l e v o er f s Po d o m r c u u ch rat w e i s t , h nfUs t shared that feeling. For Mr. Hersman's addition I-- 95 The HOMO divided, when there i2Reared Against it ... ..‘ 208 Majority against it —;.13 PUBLIC HEALTH (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD-ADVOCATE moved that this Bill be read a second time. After one or two ineffectual attempts on the part of Mr. C. BRUCE and Mr. Sco-rii to have the second read • ing postponed on account of the lateness of the hour, Mr. OSWALD said one of the changes made in the Bill by the Select Committee of last year was, that all preliminary inquiries should be submitted to the con sideration and direction of the sheriffs of the counties; he therefore could not see the slightest use of appointing a secretary under the Bill, or of subjecting it to the gene ral control of a board in England. Mr. FORBES, and other lion. Gentlemen, renewed their efforts to have the Bill postponed, but ultimately it was read a second time, on the understanding that the future stages should be taken at an earlier hour. The Police and Improvement (Scotland) Bill was also read a second time on the same terms. The Process and Practice (Ireland) Bill was recom ' mitted, and certain amendments, proposed by the Solicitor-General, were inserted. The Fees (Court of Common Pleas) Bill went through Committee. The Estate Leasing (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Indemnity Bill was read a second time; and The House adjourned at a quarter-past Twelve o'clock until Monday next. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS paired off in favour of Lord John Russell's motion for a Committee on salaries, 860. with the Marquis of BLANDronn, against. --- --- RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Arm. 12. STOCK EXCLIANGE.—Our share market was better to-day, but the only deviations from last quotations were—Great is a_nd li N id o la r n th d - , Western, Quarters, 12 1 A—Taff Vale, % P. LIVERPOOL, STOCK EXCUANCIR.—Business on our Stock Exchange WAS dull today, and prices had a tendency downwards, except for North Unions. The transactions were as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 31 1 A—Ditto, Fifths, 10% APs•itiLLl2n. .,y, don d dviris.es—teDrnit,tol,o2l. c.—Ditto, 12 New Quarters, 3414—Ditto, Halves, 27% dis.—North Union (A), guaran teed jointly by London and North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 235—Ditto (B), 16434—Shrewsbury. Os vestry, and Chester, 15—South-Eastern and Dover, 12% 1 MANCEIESTER, APRIL 12. * STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather better tc-day, but the amount of business dcne was limited. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 6% —Lan cashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 10 9-16 dis.—Ditto, 32/. (late Extension), 12% dis.—Ditto, West Riding Union (201), 9 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 6 13-16—North Staffordshire, 10 11-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Old (No. 1), 121's—Ditto, (10/.), Thirds (No. 4), PA. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues ex tremely dull. The only transactions to-day were—Shrews bury and Birmingham (B), 61. 18s. 9d. dis.— South Stafford shire, dis. YORK, APRIL 11. Srocx EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol. low :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 12 1 4—&dland, 35 York and North Midland, 15%. In the Insolvent Court yesterday, Major Richard Henry Tolson was discharged by order of Mr. CoramiskPuer LW; after ilitYin been eight= ma Pin. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM STEEPLECHASES.-FRIDAY. Notwithstanding the discouraging state of the wea ther during the whole of the day, there was an immense assemblage yesterday on Epson-common to witness the first essay of a steeplechase meeting in that part cf the county, an essay which, to a certain extent, must be al lowed to have been eminently successful. That it failed to realise our notions of steeplechasing must be attri buted as much to the country as to a want of experi ence in the parties concerned in the "getting up." For the accommodation of those to whom 53. was "no ob ject," Barnard's stands were erected in a position com manding a good view of the running, and extra pains taken to prevent the possibility of an accident; owing, perhaps, more to the frequent showers and the muddy state of the ground than to a forgetfulness of the melan choly occurrence of the preceding day, and which we regret to find has terminated fatally in one instance; both were crowded to excess; so also was the enclo sure, in which we observed nearly all the " operatives" of the ring. If we repeat that the issue of the experi ment as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, was favourable, and add that the sport, of its kind, was excellent, we shall say no more than is literally true; but it is not less true that the line run over was not at ,11 adapted for steeplechasing; it might, in fact, from the c h a ,:acter of the fences—mostly artificial ones—hare been prope,. IY called a hurdle race-course. We subjoin a brief r elan o: the sport:— The Surre)" aunt Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, 12st each; the winner to be sold for 200 so“. if demanded; if entered to be sold for 150 sovs. al lowed Sib; for ;00 sovs., 71b; for 80 sous., 10lb; for 60 80V,3.. 141 b; fog 40 sovs., 201 b; and for 20 sovs., 281 b. Once round and a distance, about two miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. H. Bird's The Hero, Bst 71b (Archer) 1 Mr. Carew's Grimaldi, lOst (W. Butler) 2 Mr. Tait's Gulnare, lOst 81b (J. Mason) 0 Mr. Follitt's Zsnga, 1 Ist ....., (Ablett) 0 Mr. Johnson's Saran Sykes, list (Frisby) 0 Mr. Miller's Neapolitan , 10 A (Rackley) 0 Mr. Boyton's Roweint„ list Mr. Rowth's Recruit, 11st 41b.. (Reid) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Gulnare, Bto 1 agst Sarah Sykes, and 4 to 1 egst Recruit. A remarkably fine race from the distance between The Hero and Grimaldi, ending in favour of The Hero by a very short head; Gulnare a bad third; and Recruit fourth; Sarah Sykes fell. The Aristocratic Steeplechase of 10 sus. each, with 25 added, list 71b each; winners once in 1849 or 1850 to carry 71b; twice or more, 101 b extra. Three milee. (4 Subs.) Mr. Anson , s Johnny Oaks, 12st, 71b extra (Barlow) 1 Mr. Carew's b g by Laurel, 12st, including 7lb extra Captain Green's The Treasurer, 12st ...(W Morris) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Treasurer, 6to 4 agst Johnny Oaks, and 5 to 2 agst Laurel gelding. Won in a common canter, the Laurel gelding, who made most of the running, having tired about halt a mile from home. The Treasurer refused the fence above the stand, and was not persevered with. The Great Metropolitan Steeplechase of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declares, &c., with 100 added. A winner of 100 soya. clear, after the publication of the weights, to carry 71b; twice, 121 b extra; the second to save his stake; the winner to pay 20 sovs. towards ex penses. Twice round and a distance, about four mileF. (25 Subs., 7 of whom declared.) Mr. Stafford's Fugitive, aged, 10st 81b...(H. Bradley) 1 Mr. Treadgold's Maria Day, aged, lOst. , (Frisby) 2 Mr. Skipworth's Rachel, 6 yrs, lOst (Taylor) 3 Air. Elmore's The British Yeoman, aged ... (Archer) 0 Mr. H. Bird's Sir Peter Laurie, aged (W. Goodman) 0 Mr. T. Mason's Proceed, 10st 101 b (Mason) 0 Mr. Hughes's Miss Collingwood, aged (Tacker) 0 Mr. Cartwright's Thurgarton (h-b) aged (7lb ex.) 0 Captain Knight's Leo, aged 9st 10th (Bosail) 0 3/Zr. Dixon's Falcon, aged, 9st 101 b . (Bretton) 0 Mr. Yettifor'a The Last Forrester, 9st 61b (Eackley) 0 Mr. Sy ponds' Ploughboy, 9st 61b (Boyce) 0 Mr. M. Stubbs' Skim, 9st 61b, carried 9st 91b ( Webster) 0 Mr. Molony's Molly, 6 yrs, 9st 41b Betting-3 to 1 agst British Yeoman, 4to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie, 5 ,to 1 agst Proceed, 7 to 1 agst Maria Day, 10 to 1 agst Thurgarton, 12 to 1 agst Fugitive, and 12 to 1 agst Rachel. An extraordinary fine race between the first three ended in favour of Fugitive by half a length, Maria Day beating Rachel by nearly two lengths. Everything else beaten off. An objection was made against Fugitive by the rider of Maria Day on the ground of a cross, but was afterwards withdrawn. The Scramble Steeplechase of 3 sou. each, with 25 added, list 71b each; the winner to be sold for 100 soya. if demanded, &c. If entered to be sold for 80 sow., allowed 31b; for 60 soya., 71b; for 40 soya., 12lb; for 30 soya, 171 b; and for 20 sovs., 241 b. Once round and a distance. Mr. O'Key's Morris Daley, aged, llst (Boyce) 1 Mr. Suit's Refugee, aged, lOst 41b (Suit) 2 Mr. Bain's Frank, lOst 91b (Bums) 3 Mr. Parker's My Precious Betsy, 5 yrs...(Lowcock) 0 Mr. Knowles' Outcast, aged, list (J. Mason) 0 Mr. Thrift's Wireworm, 9st 111 b (Thrift) 0 Mr. Hargreave na Chintz Print ; aged, lOst 41b ( Brook) 0 Mr. Carew's Herbert Lacy, 9st I Ilb (Archer) 0 Captain Gambier's Stilts, aged, 9st Illb ...(Rackley) 0 Captain Thomas's Southdown, I Ist (Wix) 0 Mr. Mytton's The Unlucky One, 9st 1110, carried 9st 121 b (Reed) 0 Mr. Bishop's The Clipper, 96t llb ...(Bishop) 0 Mr. Clark's Cerberus, 9sl 111 b (Higgins) 0 Betting-2 to I agst Outcast, and 4to 1 asst Herbett Lacy. Won by a length ; Frank a bad third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP.-4 to 1 agst Checerful (t), 7 to 1 p?„st Chantry (t), 8 to 1 agst Strongbow (taken freely), 12 to 1 agst Herbert (t). Very little done, ex cept on Strongbow, who was backed for all the money that could he got, at 7 and 8 to 1. CHESTER CUP.-12 to 1 agst Cossack (offers to take), 12 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy (offers to take)), 12 to 1 agst Miss. Ann, 15 to 1 apt (llama, 20 to 1 agst Re land (t), 20 to 1 agst Ellerdale (t), 10 to 1 agst Moun seer, 20 to 1 agst Chantry, 50 to 1 agst The Knout. DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 7 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 9 to 1 agst Mayors (offers to take), 12 to 1 agstThe Nigger (t), 14 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t), 15 to I agst The Italian, 20 to 1 agst Cyprus (t.), 20 to 1 agst Clincher, 25 to 1 agst Mildew, 1,000 to 20 agst Sir Charles (t) ' I,oooeto 10 apt Charley (t). HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Farquharson's hds, Mon., Short Wood; Tues., Knoyle. 8.V.H., Tues,, Houghton Wood (roe deer). Tiverton Hs., Mon., Dulverton town; Thurs., King's brompton villag e -10 . Worcestershire hds., Mon., Ham-bridge; Wed., Hanar - ton Court; Fri., Radford-gate. Durham County lids., Mon., Wilton Gilbert. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - We regret to stata that Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., has been severely indisposed during the past week. Commodore-Superintendent Lord John Hay, C. 8., has taken possession of his official residence at Devon port Dockyard. Prince L. Kamehamehe and Prince Liholiho, of the Sandwich Islands (two fine young men), in company with Vice-Admiral Thomas, visited Devonport Dock yard, on Thursday; the gallant Admiral having formed an acquaint ince with them when he was commander-in chief in the Pacific. Mr. Judd, his Hanoverian Majesty's special commissioner and plenipotentiary extraordinary, visited Devonport Dockyard on Thursday. PO R TSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Bulldog steam•sloop, Commander A. C. Key, is stripping alongside the jetty, and will be paid off on Tuesday. The Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, sailed this evening for Plymouth with seamen and marines. The Niger screw steam-sloop is to be fitted with a new eliding funnel. The column to the late Earl of Yarborough, on Bem completed within the past week. bridge Down, has been T he y , c etieg s wan ( VeDEI with every prospect of a most animated " run." The various craft laid up in these waters are now showing signs pf activity in fitting out. The Earl of Ellesmere's Ermina will be ready to start for foreign service next week. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, Aor PRIL 12.—Lieutenant Peorge A. E. Ridge to the Archer stea m-sloo p at Devonptth. Loan- Mid s hipman Lord Francis Conynghana to . der, 50-gun frigate, at Lisbon. Naval Cadet Frederick Robinson to the Superb, I), at Devonport. Boatswain Nicholas White to the Terrible stein:- frigate, at Lisboa- The Rosamond s t ea m-sloop, Commander Foote, was paid off to -day at this port. CAPTAIN AUiTIN S ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The exertions of Captain Austin, C. 8., of the Resolute; Captain Erasmus Ommanney, of the Assist ance; Lieutenant• Commander Sherard Osborn, of the Pioneer; and Lieutenant-Commander John BertieCator, of t h e Intrepid, and the almoet uninterrupted fine wea ther whieL‘ has prevailed since the work on these vessels was commenod at Woolwich and Blackwell, have so ac celerated their );:egress that the gallant commander of the expedition auticiptes being able to leave Woolwich on Thursday, the 25th and Groanhithe on Saturday, the 27th, for the Arctic reeio2s. The Resolute and the Assistance are at present afong,i,:_e the wharf wall of the basin, for the convenience of work:.tlg on both sides of them at the same time, the stores frog: the dockyard being put on board from the wharf wa ll, a i d the provi sions and other stores from Deptford from ligh:ers lying alongside the vessels in the river. Among the stores supplied to-day were, one large and one small rancho" of Porter's patent, to the Resolute ; and two similar to the Assistance, these anchors having given great satisfaction when used in the Enterprise and Investigator, in Cap tain Sir James Clarke Ross's expedition. The Pioneer has also been supplied with one of Porter's anchors, and one large anchor of Rodger's pa tent has been supplied to the Resolute and one to the Assistance. The Pionee_r is nearly completed , and t ook on board today, althougilei still in dock, 100 tons of patent fuel. She also to:7 the b o ard her screw-propeller to - day. It is mat a' pi tch best gun metal, and is eight feet in diameter, Is In case of of eight feet and an angle of 45 degrecF. same accident a duplicate screw - p ro p eller of th and pitch is to be suppli ed made ofmalleable diameter malleableble iron. The Intrepid, in the adjoining dock, is also in an advanced s tate. although she wa s so late i n being handed over to the Government. The whole of her bottom from her gunwales to her keel has been doubled, an widths e tim bers caulked, and sh e is to be suppliedgun metal and a malleable iron screw-proi,eller of the same - • hare been put on board the Pioneer. dimeils'-^rsMr. Hum v • - - Under tteo direction of p c,s, chief engineer, the engines cf both the Pioneer and,lntrepid have been made to fit each other, that in the event of any accident to one of the vessels the various tarts of the engines may be wade available, ihetlid their ilerfices be required at a subsequent period, in the other. Eight boats have been brought down the river from Mr. Thompson s building yard at Rotherhithe, four large and four small. These boats appear admirably constructed, and although apparently light, and the smallest easily carried on the shoulders of two men, they are very strong and well adapted for the service in which they are to be employed. A number of naval officers visited the vessels and their boats to-day. CHATHAM, APRIL 12.—The Columbine, 16 guns, Captain J. C. 1). Hay, which arrived here on Monday last, is nearly stripped of her rigging. Her guns and stores are returned to the Dockyard, and she is to be paid off on Monday next, the 15th inst. She was built in 182 G at Plymouth. The Magicienne steam-ship will be taken into dock the next spring tide, to be fitted for sea; she will oc cupy the dock to be vacated by the Childers. At the court-martial that assembled on the 10th inst. on board the flag-ship Ocean at Sheerness for the trial of Assistant-Surgeon James Campbell, on the book of the Wellington, ordinary guard-ship at Sheerness, for drunkenness when on duty on the 20th of March last, he was found guilty, and dismissed the service. Admiral George Elliott, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, was president of the Court, and the evidence of the several wit:e3ses was so clear that the Court could not have done otherwise. Mr. W. Hayward was the solicitor for the Admiralty. and Mr. Richard Prall, of Rochester, soli citor, appeared on belied/ of the prisoner. The 72d Highlanders Four-Company Depot, for some months doing duty at the garrison at Sheerness, removes to Bristol; the first division marches this day, Ind the second on Monday next—the strength being, 16 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 250 rank and file, under command of Captain John Frith. with Captain A. O. Lord, Captain G. B. I'erceval, Captain J. Mackenzie ' DI•Ot-Adjutart •' Lieutenant W. B. 0. Campbell, Lieutenant C. J. W. Norman, Depot Paymaster; E ns i gn Cecil Rice and Ensign Charles Hunter. The 72d are to be replaced by the Four-Company DepOt of the 15th Regiment from Brecon. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princesi Louise, took their accustomed pony and walking exercise yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took as airing yesterday in a carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A deputation, consisting of Lord Monteagle, Lord Lyttelton, Lord John Mannere, Sir William Verner, M.P., Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. de Salis, Mr. Mq.3rrep.:or, M.P., Mr. William Brown, M.P., Mr . Mark Boyd, Mr. Divett, M.P., Hon. H. Berkeley , M.P., Mr. Logan, Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. Jackson, Mr. G. R. Smith, and Mr. Davidson, had an interview yesterday with Sir John Hobhouse, at the office of the Board of Control, on the subject of steam com munication with Australia. Mr. W. R. Rennalle, Mr. J. A. Hankey, and Mr. Alexander Stewart, commissioners as to lain for Ja maica, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Earl Howe had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from the South-Eastern Railway, consisting of Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Renshaw, Mr, Venables, and Mr. Freeman, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Richards, Mr. Haskins, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Henry, accompanied by Mr. Within (secretary), had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North Americrn colonies. Dispatches were also sent off last evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD. APRIL 12 —We have this week only mode-. rate supplies. There is no change to note in the value of wheat, and the business is of a limited character. Barley now meets with few buyers, and the price easier. Oats, shelling, and beans remain as last stated. New. Ola. •. to WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. Sufiolk.Essex, and Kent, red ..• 37 to 39 Ditto, white ... 40'— 43 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 35 —37 Ditto, white ... ... 40 42 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 34 37 Ditto, white ... ... 38 42 Yorkshire, red ... ... 34 37 Ditto, white ... 38 42 Dantaic and Konigsburg, white .. 40 44 Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 34 36 Mediterranean, red ... ... 30 34 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk... .. 21 24 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 22 24 Scotch Grinding per 30 stone ... ... 17 19 Foreign ... ... 20 23 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine 24 26 Ticks Foreign ... ... 21 23 OATS, per stone : Mealing . 71,d to Bid Od to Od Feeding ... •.. 7d to 8d 8d to 9d Foreign ... 7d to 8d 8d to 9d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 19 —2O MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 33 35 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 2t - 26 23-25 ... 25 - 28 ... 24 - 26 YAL3. ARP.: Qrs. Wheat ... ... ... 7,565 Qrs. Rapeseed ... ... ... 174 Shelling ... ... ... 302 Linseed .. ... .. Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... Barley ... ... ... 1,6!,5 Oats ... ... ... ... Beans... ... ... ... 2,8N1 Peas ... ... ... ... 165 Tares ... ... ... ... EXETER, APRIL 12.—Cattle Market—The supply of beasts driven in, has been very large, but the demand has ruled very dull, especially for fat bullocks. A good supply of sheep, best small fat wethers, 5 per lb in some instances. Prime wethers, Il l d, ewes, 5d per lb. Lambs, tild to 8(1 do. Store hogs, 25s to 303 each. Couples, 35s to 40s. Pannier —Turkeys, 5s 6d to 8s each; ducklings, 5s 6d to Gs 6(1 per couple; fowls, 3s 9cl to 4s 6d ditto; spring chicken, 35 6(1 to 4s 6(1 ditto; galinas, 5s to 5s 6d ditto; leverets, us to 4s each ; roasters, 4s 6d to 6s ditto ; pigeons, ls 9(1 to 2s per couple ; butter, Is to Is Id per lb; eggs, 20 to 22 for Is. Seeds— The seed market was tolerably well supplied with every de scription of seed. Eaver sold at from 4s 6d to 5s per bushel; clover 4d to 5(1 per lb ; spring vetches, 5s per bushel ; peas, fr 'm 3s Gd to 4s 6d per bushel; beans, 33 9d to 4s per bushel; yellow globe mangold, and long red, Is to 2s per lb; white Belgian carrots. from 9d to Is 6d per lb. Corn Exchange — One o'Clock—The wheat market has been dull, millers being unwilling to buy to any extent, and the holders equally loth to sell at present prices. The best samples of wheat have realised 4s Od to 5s per bushel ; malting barley 3s per bushel ; oats, is lld to 2s 2d per bushel, with a good stroke of busi ness. Fine flour, 27s to 28s per sack of 2001bs. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 12.—There has been a steady demand for raw sugars this week ; but lower prices have been submitted to. The first cargo of new Barbadoos has been brought forward this week; the quality was considered good, and nearly the whole has been sold chiefly from 37s to 405. Refined continues dull.—Bristol Mercury. .BRISTOL, Aram 11.-The wheat trade, owing to the de pressing influence of London and Liverpool, has ruled dull, and to effect sales in both English and foreign, a reduc. tion way submitted to. English wheat, 36s to 40s per imps. sold 3 g 3 ri s nd to in6g, qualities a rial quarter ; foreign white, 40s to 44s per 4801bs ; forei gn red, extra fine , 36s to 4es; ditto, ordinary, 36s to 38s; di tto, sin hard, 32s to 3.15. .slal ti ng Englishbarley malting firm sale, a neglec ted. uarter ; English and forei gn g • cl . ing, I.w o s 3liiintiepser a .jar q to 21s per 4001bs. The oat trade was unaltered in demand and value. Devon and Welsh oats sold at 13s 6d to 14s Gd per imperial quarter; Irish white ditto, 15s to 168 6(1 per 3201bs ; Irish black, 14s to 14s Gd per imperial quarter. Beans were also the same as before. English beans sold at 24s to 23s per imperial quarter ; foreign ditto, 21s to 26s per 4801bs. Flour barely maintained previous rates ; English seconds sell ing at 27s to 29s per sack ; and American sweet, at 21s 6d to 22s 6d per barrel. WET HERBY, Aram 11.—White wheat 155 Od to 16s 6d, red ditto 133 6d1,t0 15s Od per load ; barley 22s to 24s per qr. ; beans 108 Od to 12s 021 per load ; oats 7d to 9d per stone. KNARESBOROU G 11, APRIL 10. —Wheat 4s 3d to 55 6d; beans 3s Gd to 4s per bushel ; barley 21s to 263; oats, 15s to 20s per qr. Rtrow, Aram 10.—White wheat 5s to 5s 6d, red ditto 4s to Is ; beans, 3s 3d to 3s 9d per bushel ; barley 224 to 26a ; 6 oats 14s to 21e per qr. SCARBOROUGH, Armr. 11.—Red wheat 4s 3d to ss, white i di tt o 4s 9d to 5s 6d per 5 stones; black oats 6d to 7(l, r w d hite ditto . - 'd to 84 : 1 ditto 17s* to 19s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine flour 30s tper stone ; malting barley 19 s to 21s,g to n w in s g • barley (no secon d s ditto, 24s to 27s per sack of 20 stones. Gd , 9s RuTnix, Aram B.—Wheat, 12s 6dtols hob demand), Gs to 7s; oats, 4s to ss; potatoes, 8s to per bet ; fresh butter, Is per lb. offat last I: • l es went to 12s Gd per hobbet. Other attic EnYL, APRIL 9.—Wheat sold freely at the average of 1 9 1 quotations. (tarter, weighing 6'llb p report this week. Wheat, pe 9 INvERNEss, Aram 9..—We have no alteration in prices to _tisdo; ;brariey, per quarter, weighing er Od oats, per quarter, weighing bbutibhelp,er36bsusi6ledl, to 383 19s to Os " to 17s Od. Oatmeal. per g imperial 4211) per bushel, 16s . 0 ditto second, 13s ocl to Os Od; barley meal, flour, - lb., 34s Od to 36s Od ; Od; peasemeal, 1430 d to Os Od • b oatmeal, best, per stone 1 1 , ran, per boll, moal, 1-1 1 si is Od t too Qsss 2fitis Od d per 9 00 ditto second, . secondstone, . Oditto, 4 t 2t , 0 0i6st 0 00 3 0s0d 0 05 1 3 00 ; Od; ditto ls 4d to Os Od ; first flour, imperia , ss, sid per cr s e t d on it e , , s 4 e7 o nd to d s it v2 to, d ; 2 s beefO d cash, ,p e r 2s po 3d un d , c r 4 e d -2s 4d ells" , dit. -, meal, ~ " a l, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4(1, to 6n, 2(1 to 14(1 • owls, eac h, 1 , chickens, per pair, 16d to 18d; ducks, feach, tEI to 0d; eggs, per dozen, 4%cl to sd; butter, fresh, "'hot:2adto2e per lb, 7d to 8(1; ditto, salt,, 9(1 to Od ' • croudie (curds), Od to od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, sbd to 6hd; coals, per cwt, 9cl; hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. COAL MARK ET. --YESIERDA.T. Chester Main Ns 3d Hetton New Tanfield... ... 135 6d.Hasweil lB5 Od Wylan Wall's End, Sze. !Lam bton Acorn Close Brown's Gas Elm Park , . k 1 165 3cgo v i l i a t l h tw H or a t r h tlepool Cleunell 14e 6d Ilarton .................. 16s 6d Old Ducks l6s 6d Morrison l6s 3d Seymour Tees Eden Main ...... ... ...... 17s Od South Durham l6s 6d L am bt o n Primrose ... 17 s Od Tee' ..• • 18s Od Braddyll ........... .... 17s Od SI7CCES9FUL ANGLING.—On 'Tuesday last Sir John Mair Mackenzie bad a most excellent day's sport on the Tay, having landed no less than nine salmon, one of which s ighed 191 b. aAd aupther LotiD e ..rerth gorier. ~;