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'ff. ) i , iffle IN 244. 'Argbttati _ WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Castle Stakes. ,;night of the Thistle „, ... ... Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. .ptain Tarry ... ... 1 .., 2 Two-Year-01d Stakes. A dead heat between Poetess and Mr. Greville's Slane !y. Sunrise 3ushranger ••• ••• ••• ••• BETTING AT LEAMINGTON—TUESDIY NIGHT WARWICK HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Mark Tapley. 5 to 1 agst Clothworker. 5 to 1 agst Unity. 6 to 1 agst Sunrise. 6 to 1 agst Zadoc. CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Nancy. DERBY. 6 to 1 on the field. fourtt Vbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. CHARING-CROSS-BRIDGE BILL. This Bill was read a second time. KENSINGTON IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time. . PETITIONS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Ire land praying for a remission of the paper duty. General LYGON presented a petition from Leicester against the hop duty. Sir E. FILMER presented several petitions from different places in Kent against the duty on paper. A large number of petitions were presented against the establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy in England, and among them one by Mr. HENLEY from Oxtordshire, praying also for the repeal of the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, which excited animated and ironical cheers from both sides of the House. Lord DUNCAN presented several petitions against the window duty. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition very numerously signed from Northumberland praying for a modification of the income-tax. He also presented petitions from Finsbury and Lambeth. Mr. WAKLEY also presented a petition from the coach-builders of Kensington praying fur a reduction of the tax upon carriages. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that he should, when the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill went into Committee, move that it should not extend to Ireland. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Oa the motion of Mr. MORRIS, Mr. John Martin was excused attendance on the House fur a month, in consequence of the death of a near relative. On the motion of Sir ROBERT FERGUSON, Sir Denham Norreys was excused attendance for a fortnight, on account of the dangerous illness of one of his HOP . On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. FREWEN said that before the Bill received the approval of the House he hoped it would consider deli berately what it was about to do. He had received seve ral deputations from the growers of hops, and from the representations of them all he found that the law was in jurious to every class except those who were most im mediately benefited by it. Whether their representa tion.• were correct or not, it was plainly evident that the hap duty was oppressive and unjust.—(Hear, hear.) That duty was imposed as a war tax during the last cen tury, and an expectation had always been held out that , t should in the time of peace be remitted altogether. With respect to the imposition of an excise duty he would say but little, but what he would say was that where there was a difference made between one part of the country and another, the tax imposed was evidently injust and must of necessity be injurious. He did not hesitate to say that it was to the operation of this duty it was owing that the growth of hops had been reduced rom 56,322 acres, in 1837, to 43,125 acres luring the last year. In Herefordshire there had been a reduction from 10,603 acres, in 1837, to 5,126 acres, in a.st year. In Sussex the reduction was from 12,068 acres to 9,780 acres. In Essex a great breadth of land devoted to the cultivation of hops had been reduced to 125 acres. In Lincolnshire the acreage had been re duced from 607 to 260; in Wiltshire, from 1,222 to only 5 acres; and in Worcestershire the reduction was from 1 888 to 1,031 acres. In fact the only places where there had been no reduction was about Farnham and in Kent, where the growers enjoy peculiar advantages. He eid nut mean to say that if a man took a good sample tutu the market he should not get a good price for his goods, but the advantages were altogether on one side, .nd as the law as it at present stood was not only op pressive but calculated to encourage. trickery—(Hear, hear)—he trusted that the House would take some mea su, es to protect the public. In order therefore to minis ter to that object he should move the second reading of the Bill before the House. Mr. DEEDES said that the Hon. Gentleman below 'him (Mr. Frewen) had complained of the unequal ope ration of the hop-duty. He did not mean to defend the imposition of an excise duty on hops, for he himself had frequently waited with others upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a view to obtain a remission of the duty; but his Hon. Friend had mixed up two subjects of a totally different character. If he had divided his Bill into two parts, he should very gladly have supported him ; but the Bill as it now stood was altogether injurious, and would practically work great mischief. He stated that his object was to protect the public. Now it should be remembered that hops, when prepared for the brewer, were a very delicate article and required much judgment to distinguish a superior from an inferior quality, and, therefore, every assistance ought to be rendered to the public, in order to ascertain the quality. The best guide that they possibly could have was the amount of duty paid upon the article. Fir this reason he should move that the Bill be read this day six months. Mr. 11. DRUM.M.OND had very great pleasure in seconding the amendment. Everybody knew that Fern- Amu hops were the best in the country, and that Sussex Cops were the worst.—(Hear, hear.) It was utterly im possible to protect the public without some legislative interference. He had no objection to the Hon. Member for Sussex getting ,up a little Parliamentary capital in the face of a general election, but he did protest against imposing his own advantage on the shoulders of the public, and he should therefore vote for the amendment. Mr. FULLER said that, seeing the great opposition -which the 'Bill had met with, and was likely ;to meet with he should advise him to withdraw the Bill. Mr. BASS said that being a large buyer of hops he might be permitted to say a few words on this subject. —(Hear, hear.) He merely wished to observe that hops were an article which it required great judgment and experience to estimate. There were many hop mer chants who knew very little about beer, and many a great brewer who knew very little about hops, so that he was not surprised to see this Bill in the House; but he hoped that this would be the last they should ever hear of it, for ho was quite sure that the public required every pro tection that it could obtain. No greater facility could he afforded to the ignorant and inexperienced than the mount of duty paid and the marks which were placed epon the several bags; and he should, therefore, vote against the Bill. After a few words from Mr. HODGES, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that without wishing to throw any imputation on his Ho nourable Friend the Member for Sussex, he could not help saying that it appeared to him that the Bill was brought in to serve one object, while it in effect Professed to aim at another. With regard to the remission of the hop dutie s alto g ether, he tueueht that a fair subject for discussion, and when the proper tim e came he should be ready to enter'into it; but !ais was altogether a matter of a different character, and feeling that no Bill ought to be brought into the House in the Way in which this Bill had been introduced, he ,hould vote for the amendment. Mr. PLUMPTRE said that if the differential duties ~; ere equalised no reliance whatever could be placed on toe marks on the bag, and, therefore, they would be come perfectly useless. Mr. C CRTEIS said that the Government had already lost much of their popularity in his part of the country, nd he warned them that their Opposition to this mea sure would tend greatly to increase the dislike with which they were regarded. reply, repudiated the charge of Mr. FREWEN, in unfairness which bad been stated that the bop-growers Each the country ought to be placed pr_fc c ts h ely in the same po sition as the growers of wheat. market, and let each in like m anner_d e epert.d for hi s price upon the quality of his goods.—(hthear.) There was no reason for showing more favour to one grower tam: to the other, and he should, therefore, notwith standing the taunt of seeking for popularity, persist with his Bill. Mr. A HOPE having briefly eupp o rted the Bill on the ground t h a t the growers on pour la nds ought not to be placed et any disadvantege, The House divided, when there appeared- - For the Bill ..• 9 Against it •.• ••• Majority ••• The Bill was consequently lost. S UNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL. M r . B. WALL presented a number of petitions agains this Bidi. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved the second reading of this Bill. He had undertaken the charge of it at the r,queert of a great number of his constituents, but as it was materially the same as the Bill of last session, he should not go at length into the details of it. The first Act to prevent Sunday trading was passed in the reign of Charles the Second, and the principle of that Bill was much the same as the present Bill. The evidence which ::--122 Warwickshire handicap. RTISEMENT DUTY. were other classes of tax-payers who had an equally strong claim upon him. The deputation then withdrew, much pleased with the courteous attention which his Lordship evinced through• out the interview. Sir GEORGE GREY did not intend to withdraw the clause, and he should certainly oppose the amend ment, as he thought it would be found most inconvenient and unjust. Mr. SPOONER wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet to the fact that the power of re ducing the salary of clerks to the justices in boroughs was vested in the town council, or other governing body, who, in most cases, had but little to do with the j ustices' clerks; he should therefore suggest that in stead of the town council, that power should be trans ferred to the bench of magistrates. Sir G. GREY objected to this course, but he would have no objection to insert a proviso that this clause should not take effect in towns where a commutation had already taken place under some local Act. After some discussion, in which Mr. Henley, Mr. T. Egerton, and Mr. B. Denison took part, Mr. SPOONER then proposed the insertion of cer tain words giving the magistrates a voice in the matter when assembled in special sessions. Doing so would enable them in some measure to regulate the salaries ac cording to the justice of the several cases. Sir G. GREY had no objection to tae proposition, which, as he understood it, was not to supersede the go verning body, but only to make the justices a concurring authority, and he would take care so to mould the clause as to secure that effect. After a few words from Mr. Bonham Carter, Sir G. Grey, and other Members, Sir G. GREY said that the object of the amendment seemed to make the duty of fixing the salaries of the clerks of the peace imperative on the justices. If such was the case he should feel bound to oppose it, but with the proviso to which he had just referred ho was ready to meet the Hon. Member's wish. Mr. HENLEY said that the Hon. Baronet near him was quite right, for a great portion of the fees received by the clerks of the peace were derived from criminal prosecutions, and the Home Secretary might any fine morning draw his pen through the directions; and thus the whole of those payments derived from fees would fall on the unfortunate county rate. In answer to a question from Sir J. TROLLOPE, Sir G. GREY said that the object of the clause was, that the salary granted to the clerk of the peace should cover all the duties which were strictly attached to his office, and would in no way embrace those which were what might be called purely professional. Mr. MULLINGS wished to know whether the salary was to cover the cost and trouble of returns to the Home office, and of registration, for instance, and other similar important duties? Sir G. GREY said that the salary was intended to cover all official duties. On the proposition of Mr. B. DENISON, it was re solved that so many words should be struck out as would leave it in the power of the Secretary of State to raise as well as to lower the salaries of the clerks of the peace. The clause was then adopted with that understanding. On clause 7 being proposed, Mr. B. DENISON requested that the Right Hon. Baronet would give some assurance that not more than one clerk should be appointed for each petty sessional division; and after a few words from Sir John Duck worth, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Coles, the clause was passed with an intimation from Sir G. Grey that he would at tend to Mr. Denison's suggestion. Clause 8 was passed without remark. On clause 9 being put, Sir G. GREY explained that the object of the clause was to do away with the power now held by the magis trates to commit prisoners to the gaol of the county of the town in which the offences with which they were charged were committed, and then, by a simple order, to dispense with the writ of habeas corpus, and send them to the county prison. That paactice had been frequently adopted, and had been productive of very great expense to the county. Mr. B. DENISON said that the magistrates of the three ridings of Yorkshire, and he believed of the se veral divisions of Lincolnshire also, had a great desire to be able to commit prisoners to the several local prisons, from which they might at any convenient time be removed for trial. After a few words from Sir J. DUCKWORTH, Sir G. GREY said that was in effect precisely the object of the clause. 'The other clauses were then passed without comment, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Wednesday next. APPRENTICES AND SERVANTS BILL. had been taken on the subject before the Commit tee of the Lords disclosed a state of circum stances which called for some legislative interference. There were many shopkeepers who did not open their shops by their own will, but were forced to it by the competition of their neighbours, and within a few hundred yards of that House there were no less than 700 shops opened on a Sunday, and that not for the common necessaries of life. It had been acknowledged by every age and nation that an intermission of labour at least one day in the week wasabsolutely necessary for the moral, physical, and social welfare of mankind, even in countries and times where the Christian religion was not known, and where the Sabbath was not a Divine command. It was not his intention to go into the provisions of the Bill, and if the Hon. Member for Salisbury would consent to the second reading of the Bill he (Mr. Williams) would propose that the Bill should go into a Select Committee and all its provisions be thoroughly considered. With regard to the principle of the Bill, he could not see the slightest objection to it; any one who read the evidence which had been taken on the subject would see that this system of Sunday trading entailed upon its victims a slavery more rigorous and severe than any other which could be imagined. His object was not so much to secure the religious observance of the Sabbath as to allow a day of rest to an overworked popu lation. Mr. BARING WALL thought the lion. Gentleman who had just sat down had treated the matter in a very fair manner, but he contended that he had made out no case for legislation. He did not place much reliance on the number of petitions which had been presented, because he knew how they were manufactured, and they proceeded most from people who really had not the deepest interest in the existence or non-existence of Sunday trading. But if they legislated for London, why should they not le gislate for the whole country, if Sunday trading was to be prevented in the metropolis, why not in the country districts as well? If the Bill went into Committee he should move that it be extended to England and Wales. He wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment to some of the results which the Bill would pro duce. The Bill by its provisions prevented the sale of those cheap beverages which were favourites among the lower orders of the metropolis, and would drive them to the beershops. It prohibited also the sale of all un stamped publications. amongst which were included the Family Herald, Eliza Cook's Journal, and other publica tions which would bear the most:searching scrutiny. Ile could see no reason for the Bill at all, and the only argu ment which had converted his Hon. Friend the Member for Lambeth in its favour was the a ishes of his large constituency. As to the evidence which had been so much relied on, there was quite as much against the Bill. The Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr. Mayne, was decidedly opposed to the Bill, as were also several of the chief megistrates of the metropolis. The lion. Gentleman concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. LENNARD had great pleasure in seconding the amendment, and he was glad to see that in introducing it no call had been made upon religious feelings for its support, because seeing what it allowed and what it prohibited, he thcught great harm would have been done. Was it possible that any one who had read the able letters on the condition of the poor in the Morning Chronicle, had assisted in framing this Bill? He thought that it was not possible, for it they had they would never have given their assent to any of its pro visions—they would have seen that a great portion of the working classes in many parts of the country, but in London especially, could never cease their occupations until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and still more many thousands of individuals who laboured for the support of their Emi lie; never received their wages until eleven o'clock. Well, then, what was the case? Why, neither more nor less than this, that if this Bill were to be passed, those persons would be altogether precluded from obtaining the necessaries requisite for the comfort and enjoyment oflife, and Sunday, instead of being a day of rest and enjoy ment, during which the poor man could participate in the endearments of his family with a cheerful spirit, would be converted into a day of destitution and misery. —(Hear, hear.) Were they to make war upon the bar ber, whose calling was necessary during the early part of the day for the ordinary cleanliness of the poor man, or were they to proscribe the callings of the cab and the omnibus drivers, who were necessarily en gaged all the day ? The Bill as it now stood was indeed altogether inconsistent with the present usages of society, and he should therefore oppose it. Sir BENJAMIN HALL said that the Bill was calcu lated to do much good; and as the Hon. Member for Lambeth was aware that many difficulties must of ne cessity have to be considered, and was willing to refer the Bill to a Committee up stairs, he hoped that Mr. Baring Wall would withdraw his opposition. To this the Hon. Member acceded, and the Bill was read a second time. EXPENSES OF PROSECUTIONS BILL. After the presentation of several petitions for and against this Bill, the House went into Committee. The first clause was passed non. can., but on the second clause being put, a long and desultory conversa tion ensued, in which Mr. Henley, Mr. Deedes, Sir G. 1 Grey, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Becket Denison, Mr. G. Bankes, and several other Members took part, the object being to prevent any undue expenditure under the authority of the Bill, Mr. Wakley pointing out especially that the Bill, if rightly worded, would prevent a great deal of hard swearing, as many parties who would have to be paid under the authority oof this Bill could not obtain their expenses unless a conviction of the offender ensued, while Mr. Bankes conceived that discretion might very well be lett in the hands of the judges with respect to the parties who were to be paid for their attendance upon a trial, and to the magistrates in any case which might be brought before them. The matter concluded by Sir G. Grey stating that he would take care to intro duce such words into the clause before the report was brought up as would effectually obviate the objection on the one side of restricting too much the power of the judges, or of enlarging too much the discretionary authority of the magistrates in granting expenses. Mr. Aglionby having made a few remarks, Mr. Wakley and Mr. Deedes explained, and the clause was passed. On the third clause, which regulated the compensation and appointed the persons to be paid, being put, Mr. HENLEY said that some words ought to be in troduced to specify the kind of services which ought to be recompensed, for it was perfectly impossible for the magistrate to ascertain what expenses had been rightly incurred before the case came before him. Sir G. GREY thought that the clause as it stood was sufficient, but he would reconsider the terms, and render it adapted for the object which it was intended to serve. The clause was then passed. Clause 4 was passed slier a few observations from Mr. Henley, Mr. Deedes, and Sir George Grey, made simply to elucidate the meaning of the clause. On clause 3 being proposed, Mr. A. STAFFORD said that he had received a great number of communications from professional gen tlemen, who complained that the alteration would, in their opinion, cause a great increase of the county-rates. The alteration would certainly, if passed in its present shape, have the effect of doing a great injustice in de priving a valuable body of men of the recompense to which they were justly entitled for their professional services. The Hon. Gentleman then read a letter from a solicitor, showing that the clause would very largely affect those numerous and useful bodies, the associations for the prosecution of felons. The gentlemen who acted as the secretaries to those associations, and who always conducted the prosecutions of felons, were themselves generally the clerks to the justices, so that the alteration would evidently have the effect of de priving the country of the services of a most valuable class of professional gentlemen. Ile therefore desired to expunge the clause altogether, and had made these ob servations in the hope of raisins , a discussion, and if no other Member did so, unless the clause was excluded by consent, he should feel it his duty to divide the Com miatee.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BROTHERTON said that in all other cases the change from payment by fees to payment by salary had worked well and economically for the country, and he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department would not abandon the clause. Sir G. STRICKLAND said that he did not conceive that any injury could accrue to the professional men who now acted as clerks to the justices. Mr. CHRISTOPHER said that he conceived that if the alteration was made it would work most disastrously for the country. Only that morning, after he came into the House, he had been waited upon by several magis trates for the parts of Kesteven, by whom it was stated that out of 209 bills presented to the grand jury at Lin coln, only three had been ignored, and the expenses upon every one of these bills was far less than that pro posed by the Right Honourable Baronet, being se 101. to 41. If the system worked well why should it be altered? Mr. PACKE could, from his long experience as chair man of the quarter-sessions in his county, give his en tire assent to the truth of that which had just been expressed by his Hon. Friend, and should therefore vote for the amendment. Mr. COWAN would also give his assent to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire. Sir J. TROLL° PE w g i e s n h t e l d e m t e o n k , n u o n w d w w h h a y t t i late was a e c u t h s a a - t t t h i o e n y wwaerseangoattntshtethmeosset proper persons to carry on these prosecutions? Sir G. GREY said there was no imputation cast upon these gentlemen, who in many instances were gentlemen of great professional respectability, but still it frequently happened that they often took occasion to increase the expenses of prosecutions, which put money in their pockets. In the Municipal Corporations clerksthin boroughs, in the same manner as this clause affected magistrates' clerks, and no such intention was then thrown out against the Government, of wishing to throw imputations on this class of gentle man. For himself, he thought it would be found much more advantageous that these gentlemen should conduct prosecutions under the payment of a salary, but as he intended to propose a clause to the effect that, until their a d a u l e a t rics were fixed, magistrates' clerks should nut con prosecutions unless under the direction of the ma gistrates, he should not be disinclined to postpone the consideratio n of this clause for the present. After a short conversation, the clause was then with drawn. STATE OF TRADE. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. '4 On the first clause being put, which empowers the judge to inflict the punishment of three years' imprison ment, in reply to Mr. W. MILLS, Mr. BAINES explained that a discretionary power was left in the hands of the magistrates with respect to dealing summarily or committing on the cases brought before them. On clause 3, which authorises some of the parish offs• cers to visit pauper servants periodically, being put, Mr. W. MILES suggested that in every case of a visit a report should be made to the board of guardians. Mr. BAINES had no objection to such an alteration in the Bill, and After a few words from Sir W. JOLLIFIE and Mr. BAINES, the other clauses were passed. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up next Wednesday. APPOINTMENT OF BILL. VICE-CHANCELLOR The 'House then went into Committee on this Bill. In answer to a question from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Bill was only intended to fill up this vacancy, and, of course, would not apply to future exigencies. Clauses 1 and 2 were then agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then brought up se veral additional clauses, which were agreed to without discussion. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Mr. AGLIONBY moved fur leave to bring in a Bill for the enfranchisement of copyholds.—Agreed to. In answer to Mr. F. MACKENZIE, Sir G. GREY said that the adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill would be resumed to-morrow, as the ion. Baronet the Member for Southwark had consented to withdraw the motion which he had on the paper. The House then adjourned. Qrs. I Qrs. 250 1,360 sacks 440 630 1 2,040 2,510 12,710 b 1 On clause c, that he this clause was so con nected Mr. COLES thought respect thereof,"l"— ; bu i t t h i e f i tp e Secretary of State were should suggest that it also with clause s,th salary to be Should be withdrawn not willing to withdraw 0 should move the amend ment following of to w h h is ich rig h h e ts h i a n d given nor after the words ,Teanntd words :--`' and that the • clerk of the peace fshall not be less than paid to any such amount of the fees, profits, and emoluments the average such clerk of the peace . in respect of hisinusftipayable to three years next preceding the passing of thin Act," the THE SUN, @LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1851. THE EXPL 4 STOCKFOAT 'llllt SION A TEEN • adoptcd. Over the fire-box a safety cap had been fiteac , sin inches in diameter, and projecting 3i inches into the boile•r. The fire tic:ed directly upon this calk in the top of which ,wai u lead plug; the resat; Ea ticipated being, that wh ew the so the water had beeoll2. e so low as not to be at lea st several inches over cap, the plug would me lt, the steam and water el& into the fireplace, and an alar m be thus given. At t e proper working level the water would be 8 inches' above the top of the cap; and the steam whistle wily so regulated, that it would give an alarm'of want,Of water before the water had been reduced five inches from that level. Hyde says that he was close to sheni: boiler not more than five m inutes before the explos o ccurred;- and that, at th at time, Susith'a iio cater showed a pressure of 251 b. to the inch, while,: both the water gauges indicated a sufficiency of Niter.' Hyde also says that, about an hour before the explosiine he heard the whistle make a slight noise, which he be" , lieves resulted from a little too much pressure. Itt supply of water was obtained from a distance of &bow thirty yards; it was first thrown up a cer t a i n height, IT, means of a water-wheel, and then got into the boiler by, me ans of an ordinary , force pump . Hyde says tbsW there has never been any trouble in working- 114: boiler, and that he never knew any of its many. Wage to be in other than gOod working condition. Toeing! 13°ilwr;k n ow lies in a sloping position , on e of its ends the f a llen some distance into basem ent storey, of the mill. At that end, from the for ce with which it str llol- the wall, it is twisted and torn a mast eingular be er ' n ee; but the extent of the - damage, there cannot' certained until the boiler has been removed fron present position. At the firing-up end, the tearing the plates is very extensive. The bottom plates of the fire-box are split on each side, for a distaste of Ore* or four feet , inwards, and about -two feet oPwarA," t he metal being thrown outward s • and turne er d bi, but. s'''" The fire-box also appears ained with corre nut to be split furth this could not be ascertctness y etOrdillfr The doors and bars of the fir-box were, we believe , WO/ I I in an opposite direction to the boiler, and were found t a distance of ten or fifteen yards. As to the cause of the explosion, after so many precautions had' been taken, scientific men only can pronounce with an 6 1: proach to certainty; but we were in Olt 13 f : bottom of the fire-box was not stayed to the botte:T of the boiler, and that, if there could have be said. been said, before the explosion , to have been so ics div " part, it was this. It will be seen from the Proce e . at the inquest that Professor Eaton Ileeig boiler...kint(in yake gr r. James Lillie, engineer and machine and _ both of Manchester, have been selected to examine he boiler, and report to the jury their opinion6l to t cause of the explosion. he boiler, los The body of John Feer, the firema n of t bout l A % found almost immediately after the' explosion. e D „_ Was or eight yards from the back end of the boiler. much bruised and scalded, but was a live when talon deed He was immediately removed to t he InfirmarY. but _ls3_ before reaching that place. Up to one o'clock yesterdd afternoon, only six bodies had been got out of the fie. but by four o'clock five others bad been found, marl eleven in all; it beilieved that there were then et 'e h ; two or three bodies still remaining buried. As t were taken out, the bodies were placed in the lope=. room of one of the mills. It is' !scarcely necessary to say that all acre frightfully burned and sra n-/ so as to render identification difficult; in the case of i bw v. . or three cf those last recovered, utterly iror ss ; fec tsa except it be by means of something not etseaY by fire, which may be found among the cbarre u s hapeless mass which the remains of these poor OW tnres presented. The following is a li st of the 01100111 i as nearly as possible in the order in which their : were recovered:— I) FIRE AT LIVES LOST. (LATEST PA RTIC UL ARS.) (From toe Manchester Guardian of this day.) Oa islonday afternoon last, a very serious boiler ex plosion. and fire resultieg therefrom, occurred at the mills of Mr. Henry Marelane, at Stockport. Mr. IlLireland'a premises are known as " The Park Mills;" they were built by the late Mr. Peter Marsland; father of the pre sent proprietor, and are said to be about the oldest pro perty of the kind in the town. The premises are si tuated near -Lancashire Bridge, and are bounded on two sides by Warren-street and ling-street East, and on a third by the river Mersey, which flovvs close by the front or greatest extension of the buildings. The Park Mills are a very irregular col lection of buildings, consisting of four or five almost dis tinct piles, and iu them all the processes connected with spinning, weaving, and bleaching, are carried on. The cotton machinery is driven by both steam and water power, there being several water-wheels and steam-enigineswhich can be used separately or together, in connexion with the different buildings. There is no boiler assigned for the purposes of heating the bowling liars for bleaching, steam for that purpose being taken from two or three different boilers, as the state of work allows. Altogether Mr. Marsland employed from 450 to 500 hands, about 350 being engaged in the manufacturing department, and 100 in the bleaching. We have said that the principal range of buildings fronted the river Mersey; this range was composed of two distinct heights, that nearest the entrance to the yard being four storeys, and the other six storeys high. In the latter (which was about 52 feet long, and 49 feet wide), the cellar was used for making a preparation for the stiffen ing of yarns; the first and second floors were used as carding rooms; the third was filled with jack frames, the last process of carding being there carried on; the fourth and fifth storeys were weaving rooms; and the sixth (or attic) was a dressing room. In this building about 100 persons were usually employed. At a right angle, with the further end of this pile, and divided only by a narrow passage, is another four-storey mill, behind which stand the bleach works; and at an angle with the other end, but at a distance of 10 or 12 yards, is a boiler-house containing three boilers. The buildings we have de scribed formed three sides of a quadrangle, about 40 or 45 yards long and from 15 to 18 yards wide: on the fourth side was another boiler-house or shed, containing two boilers, and it is one of these which has caused the fearful destruction of life and property which has taken place. The boiler on the side nearest the mill and bleach works, was of about 40 horses' power; and on Monday afternoon, the steam from it was usd for heating the ' bowking kiers; the other boiler has not been worked for some time. About a quarter after five o'clock on Monday after noon, the boiler first referred to suddenly burst, with a very loud noise resembling the report of a large piece of ordnance. So great was the force of the explosion that the boiler was lifted from its bed, and carried the whole length of the quadrangle; and it struck the six storey mill with such violence, as to pass through the wall, which was 2ft. 4in. thick, and fell with about half its length inside the line of the wall. The consequence was that very near the whole front of the builuing fell, carrying with it the floors for about one-half their breadth, and the yard was filled with a dense cloud of smoke and dust. The works in the other buildings were instantly stopped, and the men rushed into the yard, and in a few minutes made an attempt to get out some of the many unfortunate crea tures who were buried in the .ruins, and whose shrieks and entreaties for help are said to have been most ter rific. We have said that usually about 100 hands were employed in this building; but fortunately about 20 of thesee:who worked in the three lower storeys, and who would therefore have been in the most imminent danger, had stopped work at one o'clock. The manager (Mr. Hurst) had determined to remove some of the machinery from those floors, and as at one o'clock, when the engine was stopped for the dinner hour, the work was more forward than had been expected, . Mr. Hurst ordered the 20 hands not to return in the afternoon. The Park Mills are near the police-office, and Monday being a " practice day" for the fire brigade, they were together in the immediate vicinity, and took their engines to the spot immediately, although the alarm of fire which had been given did not then appear likely to be realised. Three men, who were the only persons on either of the three lower floors at the time of the explo sion, were got out very shortly after an organised at tempt was able to be made to scale the ruins; none of these men were at all seriously hurt. As the bricks and rubbish formed a gradual slope up to the third or fourth floor, some of the firemen and others scrambled up and got out a number of men who were only slightly covered, or who were so much frightened as to have lost their presence of mind. But when these efforts had been cone tinued for six or eight minutes, a dense smoke rose from the ruins, and the whole spot was instantly enveloped in flames; many of those who had been striving to aid the sufferers escaped with very great difficulty, so rapidly did the flames extend. There are some works con nected with the Stockport Water Works Company in or near Mr. Marslaud's yard, and several fire plugs are laid down there. Jets were at once attached to six of these, and water thrown upon the flames. Two of the corporation engines first arrived at the spot, followed by that belonging to the West of England In surance Company, two others belonging to the borough, and the engine kept in the barracks in Churchgate, which was brought by a body of men belonging to the 50th Regiment, at present stationed in Stockport. There was an abundant supply of water, and all the engines were got into play very quickly after their arrival. So great was the volume of water thrown (there being alto gether twelve jets at work), that all fears of the fire spreading beyond the building in which it had originated were at an end within a quarter of an hour. But the flames continued to burn fiercely, the remains of the roof and the several floors falling in succession, until, about nine o'clock, the fire had been so nearly extinguished that the play of the engines was stopped and the jets attached to the water plugs only were used. During the progress of the fire, several persons escaped in a singular manner. Two men, named Jo seph Smith and John Burgess, were working with two boys in two small rooms, over each other, at the end of the mill. By shouting to each other, the men agreed that there was but one chance of escape left to them, arid they resolved each to thow his boy into the river, and then jump after him. The boys were accord ingly thrown into the river, and were speedily rescued by the crowd assembled on the opposite side. Burgess jumped, fell into the river, and was also rescued alive; but Smith's courage seemed to fail him at the criti cal moment of taking the leap—he sprang for ward, but only a short distance, struck against some projection from the wall, and when taken out of the river he was found to be quite dead. His body was removed to his house in Turncroft-lane. A boy was seen at a window on the fifth storey, near ono end of the mill, to which the fire had not extended, but from which he could not escape by means of the staircase. Several ladders were got, fastened together, and placed against the building, but they only reached a little above the third storey. A rope was then obtained, and a man having ascended nearly to the top of the ladder, at very great risk to himself, commenced to throw it to Worrell. Once or twice he failed to catch it; but he afterwards suc ceeded, made it fast inside, and then descended to the man who was in waiting for him on the ladder. A man named James Brown was discovered among the ruins before the fire broke out; he was deeply covered with bricks, with the exception of one of his arms, which protruded. A fire man seised his arm, and commenced clearing away the rubbish, but while he was doing so the flames burst forth; and despite Brown's piteous entreaties that the h e e might not be left, the fireman was compel led to quit spot, or almost certainly lose his own life. Brovvonh'st body was not found until yesterday afternoon. An had been a quarter after nine o'clock, when the flan very nearly extinguished, Mr. Marsland_ sweeinthf him o as . Owen, the borough surveyor, and consulted rubbish, so as to the safety of attempting to remove t be attempted, and to get at the bodies, which it was knotwneraust be buried. Mr. Owen thought the work migh the firemen and others immediatelyrcesonat commenced ; but portion of one they had scarcely done so, w henase ci a fi re man, named g of the gable walls fell inwart s being buried. It was then Hadfield, very narrowly escapedaa hope of getting any one determined—as there could b e s should be suspended until out alive—that the op ,clock yesterday morning, the e a rat io , n el daylight. Soon after - down several portions men commenced and knockedd stoo and from which d an d the walls which et rch for bodies was then ger was apprehended; t h e sead on uninterruptedly during comme nced, and carriesition in which the p osition most of the the day. From ears probable that the sufferers, bodies were found, it app. b u ilding o n the river sid e of the was falling, ran t o p o i n t s on finding that thealmost opposite to that at which the boiler struc k; and that they remained there until the floors fell l ed in the m ill morn- The scene presen t 1 entre, yesterday y e one; from the ruins of the build ing, was ba s been destroyed, the s' _s i ngular position and ing which of the wreck of the appearance e in which WV d beam s , machinery , and rubbish, were scattered i n every direction. The boiler which has burst wes fitted up about six months since, being but it sais i then ' new; d not to have been worked more than three months. It was made by Mr. James Morris, of Stoekport, from plans which had been obtained by Mr. Marsland. The boiler was cylin drical, with flat-ends, and was constructed on what is known as " the fire-box" principle. It was thirty feet l on g, and about seven feet diameter for more than two thirds of that length, the remaining portion being eight feet or eight feet seven inches in diameter, in order to accommodate the firebox. As far as we could learn, the fire-box eon • sisted of a slightly oval flue, about four feet broad at its widest point, and eight feet or ten feet long; • It was divided nearly in the centre by bars, on which the fire rested, beneath being the ash-pit. The bottom plate of the fire-box was bin. or Bin. from the bottom of the boiler. From the fire-box the heat pro ceeded through two flues to the end of the boiler, and then returned through the ash-pit. The flues were cir cular, 2ft. 4in. diameter, and about lft. apart. The boiler was (according to the statement of Joseph Hyde, the engineer) fitted with a lever safety-valve, which would blow off at a pressure of 281 b. to the inch. When the boiler was being fitted in August last, some extra stays were put into it by Mr. Morris, who is said to have then guaranteed that it would be perfectly safe for 12 months, with a pressure of 301 b. to the inch. Four pairs of stays are said to have been supplied for this purpose. The boiler was also fitted with a spring steam indicator, patented by Smith of Nottingham: it had a feed float; and a glass water-guage was fixed at the front. In addition to this, a whistle and water guage bad been recently fixed at the back-end of the boiler, by Mr. Thomas Lee, lately an engineer in the employment of Ma jor Marsland, by whom it wile invented. This instrument is said to have given an alarm whenever the pressure of the steam was more than 281 b. to the inch, or when the water was above or below a certain level. A still fur ther supposed means of ensuring safety bad been DEAD. Ann Fildes, middle-aged, unmarried woina4. William Bardsley, 14, weaver. child 11 ?" Mary Makin, kin, 24, weaver, married worm -' A , months old. [These three persons worked in the 601 ' on the fifth story.] „,,ked Esther Fildes, weaver, a deaf and . dumb girl--°'-fildeso the fi fth storey. (This girl was vister 40 A" and both of them were aunts to BardsleY). e au a William Bracegirdle, weaver, 26, married Wan, three children; worked on the fourth storey u f° Alice Forrester, a girl, worked as a weaver f o b " storey. Elizabeth Birehenough, single woman. Elizabeth Merrion, single woman. • Jane Chapman., 43, married, but no children. b u t tint A body, supposed to be that of James Draw- , identified. A body of a female, which can only be identified tha a purse containing 2s. found among the remains of dress. The excitement of those whose relations or friends Iv ere missing was very painful 'throughout the whole of it terday, and the neighbourhood of the calaulitY ape thronged by factory operatives and others. in room in which the bodies were placed, one poor l'inn l l: vainly endeavoured to identify the remains of ad female mentioned above, as those of a fr iend sain Sarah Wylde, an unmarried woman; but she 051 " fessed at length that she believed she had failed. No ides can be formed of the number of persons 'oh. were bruised more or less severely, not only by TO fall of the mill, but by the ru sh to escape from other parts of the premises when the explo sion took E l l e* The following is a list of those in the Stockport in" . mary, Welliegton-road South:— WOUNDED. _ _ _ Sarah Chapman, 42, a wound on the right foot. Mary Brown, 44, wound on the calf of the right leg, left leg broken, scalp wound, and other injuries. Martha Davenport, 33, wound on the scalp, and wall bruises. Samuel Hart, 25, a rib broken on the left aide, soalr wound. Meredith M'Convell, 42, broken rib. James Worrell, one of the boys thrown from a wirl ° !, into the river, was taken to the infirmary, but he w "" only slightly injured, and left again yesterday morning:, It will be seen from the list given (with the addition 4" Fuller and Smith) that at least thirteen persons have bee° killed, and five seriously wounded. The origin of the fire is uncertain. It may have been caused by a portion of the fire which remained in fire-box, or by some lew gas-lights which were burntue; in the lower storeys, aided by the escape of go wb s must have taken place when so many pipes were sudden 4 broken. The amount of damage done in the destrt tion of the mill, is calculated by Mr. Marslaud at fr om 4,0001. to 5,0001. Both the building and Olac i bi l lo were insured to some extent; but all we eeniu, ; ha t was, that the loss would not be nearly covered/ a n d !Et a the insurance office concerned was the West of E,ng o L ueo or the Atlas. A great deal of glass was t he in the four-storey mill mentioned a bove, an_ oer; machinery must be much injured by dust and ." but no portion of it, we believe, was destroyeatro__A_ the mill adjoining that which has been des r 1 . 7 4 ; similar damage was sustained, as well as in othe r of the premises. All t he manufacturing oPe_Tirov;,-. w ill be necessarily susp ended for some time (,;;eob. ing 350 hands out of employment), but the orning ing processes will be fully resume d this During the progresa of the fire the police, Ow: t he Sadler, the chief constable, kept off the crowd fr°'n g premises, and also kept order among the thousar ; on persons who had assembled. W hen the fire baa an somewhat checked, the soldiers left their en g e•-1 gave their assistance to the police. THE INQUEST On the bodies of the suffer ers was commenced at hal ttr t pas t four yesterday afternoon, before Mr. C. li, son, coroner for the Stockport division, at the 1 0 wary; Mr. Thomas Waterhouse was the foraman:; the jury. The fo llowin g evidence was g iven... Thomas Bully said—l am a fireman at Mr. ile n a % Marsland's, the Park Mills. knew John Fuller, was also a fireman in the same employmen:. h s `h e r attend to the boilers of the 45-horse engine; John F o ',4 had to attend to the other two boilers, one of which bß td burst. I saw Fuller yesterday afternoon, and stood "-/ talked with him opposite to the boiler which had burst f_., had not left him more than two minutes when the exploslfo; took place. When I saw him he was wheeling oinders.f7er his fireplace. I afterwards found his body near the 112 0, place, about six yards from the front of the lay on his hands and face, and seemed es if b e r_ wa i s ee turning with his barrow when the explosion too!' P_ ec i' Fuller seemed to be very much bruised about l!Ti'deal and bead, and when I took him up there was a fterwards of clotted blood upon the ground. He was a Th• removed to the Infirmary, but he died on the 1 '1; e was bo bs was deceased was about twenty-four years of .sgsiforried. talking to me a few days since, about I have seen a body in this house which °l s° of Fuller. deceased John Mr. James Rigby, house surgeon —Theesterday, about Fuller was brought to the infirmary 9 taina d a coin' half-past five; he was dead. Ile ba, d ; tits . h t arm t wo pound fracture of the right jaw , m' s There were two gout fy. as ghat broken, and both his legs scalded. 1° ions on the , lacerations of the scalp, and several contas back. He was so much injured that *ably have recovered. co n sultatio n teal t The room was then cleared, and a diet' place between the coroner and the jurY• 7.7staisbt wards announced that the would view the body to t o at his house in Turncroft- lane, and then Pr.° oar& be could nos y Park Mills and view the eleven bodies If tut. t o t em , In each case, evidence as to the identity wool:inn moo f so as to allow of immediate interment; " 'l t for • OW other bodies were found, the jury would Ines..., into the lar purpose as regarded them. Th e full int'J Ap yil 2. case would stand adjourned until WedneS a j n i and Or' in order to allow Professor Eaton Hodgion ion o f the James Lillie ample time for the examinalhe nos e of boiler, and the preparation of a repo rt °e irect she explosion, which the coroner would make.k Warm d at t-e The adjourned inquest will be held Bulkeley Arms, near the Park Mills. td theta 10 o BIRTHS• otr --- i sow. On the 16th inst., at Clarendon -house, Kennifigtorrry"— Mrs. Conrad H. Pinches. • Wit On the 16th inst., the wife of the Rev. R. Parnell, I§ _. minister of the Hon. East India Company's Chapel, popla r ' OF A DA UGHTER. Dr' On the 15th inst., at Midhurst, the wife of the BO' Bayly. mARIZIRD „ • On the 12th inst. , at St. Philip's, Dalston, John Sclallg" sc/if : borough, of Grange-villas, alston, to Louisa, eldest ter of T. King, Esq., of StoDnebridge-honse, King sland• WED On the 1 1 51 the Mont p elierSlea Childers, aged 77 ' 1 ,0 On the 15th inst., at p-cottage, Twic.kel' t J. Norris, Esq., of Richmond, Surrey, aged 78. On the 15th inst., at Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park, ~I,s lio ° l Ellis, widow ot the late Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur ritP' the Hon. E. I. C. Service, Madras Establishment. , ------- UO G ' London: Printed and Published by S O BIURD „.;. o. 112, trd, Printer, at - The Suu Office, 0 1 N Strand, in th an e Precinct of the Savoy, in the cotibe ediddlases, Wednesday, March 19, 1851. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The arrivalz of grain up to last evening were small ; this morning's market was thinly attended, but towards the close we experienced rather more demand for tine qualities of Foreign Wheat, which realised the full prices of Monday last. In English we observe no alteration. All descriptions of spring corn are held i-mly at our quotations. Flour meets rather an improved inquiry, but cannot be quoted higher. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. En„ ••..•• ' Irish •••• • • •, Foreign •• • • • Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. iOO 2,630 SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary Portia") Nulty JURY.—This morning the panel for new jurors for the ensuing quarter was called over, and the Learned Secondary was occupied in hearing several excuses against service. In one case a person appeared, and stated that the party a Tit moned resided at Sheffield, and was a magistrate of the comity, and only carried on business in London by an agent. The Learned SECONDARY said that was no excwe, and the party must attend on another jury or he might be put on cne at the Central Criminal Court. His being a magis trate might entitle him to be put on the grand jury, but every one who held a place of business in the City was bound to serve, although he did not attend or reside there. In a second ca a the excuse was that the party was only a lodger, and did not carry on any business—he was only a collector for one of the gas companies. The Learned SECONDAZT said that was no excuse ; he held an office from which he gained profits, and by which he gained his livelihood, and was therefore bound to serve. The secretary of a company was also liable. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY. ) Mary ,Ens Burhe, for stealing 140 yards of calico, the property of Jacob Bell, from his shop, was sentenced to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. SURREY SESSION S —(r HIS DAY.) The March sessions for the county of Surrey commenced this morning, at the Sessions House, Newington-causeway, be fore Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates. The calendar contained the names of twenty-three prisoners for felony, and two for misdemeanour. Daniel Washbrook, 19, was found guilty of stealing a piece of mutton from the shop of Mr. Legg, a butcher in the New-cut. The OARTET sentenced him to three months' hard lalour at Brixton House of Correction. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mr . T homas 0' Shea, a retired officer, in the enjoyment of a pension, was charged before Mr. Henry with committing an outrageous assault upon Daniel Sullivan, a little boy under ten years of age. The complainant stated that last - evening, as he was re turning from school through Wyld-street, the prisoner, it passing him, took off his cap and struck him with it on the head. The prisoner then put the cap into his own hat, and proceeded into Queen-street. The boy followed him into Holborn, crying and praying for his cap. In Holborn, Thomas Hicks, 66 F, who recognised the prisoner, in terpose], and, hearing the child's complaint, compelled the prisoner to give up the cap ; but he had no sooner done so than he struck the complainant a frightful blow with his cleached fist upon the face, which bore severe marks of his violence. The prisoner's defence was that the complainant was one of a parcel of " blackguards" who were in the habit of an noying him as ha passed through the streets, and he was per fectly justified in chastising him. Mr. Hati alr —I will teach you that you are not to be al lowed to beat a child of that age in such a brutal manner. Ton shall pay a fine of forty shillings, or go to prison for four• teen days. General Sir Charles Napier arrived in London this morn ing at a quarter-put one o'clock, having travelled from D o ver by the South - E astern Railwa y . On arrivin g at the L o ndon -bridge termin us the Gallant General was received dwriathwnthurpeetoheraercteyivcelhieiemrs. from the railway officials, w h o were The project of the Europ ean and . North American Railway appears to excite much interest in New Brunswick, and the Bill to incorporate the company has already p asse d the Colonial Legislature. The completion of this line, which is to connect New York with Halifax and Nova Scotia, will effect a great saving of time in the transit between the New and the Old World. llalifax, with its magnificent harbour, must feel the benefit of the traffic which will be diverted to it should the line be completed. THE ADVE DUPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. (THIS DAY.) A deputation of gentlemen, representing some of the daily and weekly metropolitan newspapers, had an in terview, by appointment, with Lord John Russell, at his official residence".in Downing-street, this afternoon, on the subject of the repeal of the advertisement duty. The deputation was composed of Mr. Evart, M.P.; Mr. Grant, of the Morning Advertiser; Mr. Murdo Young, of the Sun; Mr. Francis, of the Athenirum; Mr. W. R. Spicer, of the Patriot; Mr. D. Pratt, of the British Banner; and Mr. Thornton Hunt, of the Leader. Mr. EWART, M.P., introduced the subject to the Pre mier. The question, he said, of the repeal of the advertisement duty, had been already brought under the consideration of Parliament, and he (Mr. Ewart) himself had, from time to time, presented a great number of petitions from parties aggrieved by the operation cf the tax, praying for its repeal, especially from indivi duals connected with the provincial press. lie had reason also to belieee that there was a very strong and growing feeling abroad with reference to the manner in which the tax pressed upon the springs of trade and commerce, and especially upon persons in the class of domestic servants, who, in order to obtain situations, were compelled to have recourse to advertising. The deputation would not have taken the liberty of troubling his Lordship at a time when the duties of his responsible office pressed uton him with perhaps more than ordi nary weight, but that they considered the subject was one of general interest, affecting, more or less, he might say, almost every class of the community, from the great landed proprietor who advertised the sale of an estate down to thepoorest woman who sought to gain her livelihood in domeetio service. When his Lordship took into consideration the extreme smallness of the sum which the duty in question raised to the revenue—a sum not exceeding 157,0001, in connexion with its general pres sure upon all classes of the community, without excep tion almost, he (Mr. Ewart) would fain believe that his Lordship would see that the time had arrived for the re mission of such a tax. There was another reason why the tax ought to be repealed, and that was the vast variety of modes that were constantly being adopted to evade it —modes more ingenious than honest. For example, all published books contained advertisements of other books, but the advertisements of that class which were chargeable with duty were only such as ap peared in newspapers or reviews. He might also instance a mode of evading the duty which was now adopted at railway lotions. There were many other ways of escaping thooperation of the duty, and of de feating its intention els originally proposed. The deputa tion thought it hard,not only that those who advertised their wants or their yarns in newspapers, should be so heavily mulcted, but that others, who ingeniously sought out other modes of advertisement, should escape payment of the dotty altogether. Perhaps many of those parties were actuated by the desire to publish their advertisements in a more conspicuous way than the news papers afforded ; huts however that might be, the prac tices to which he had. adverted, and other kindred ones, did lead to many ingenions modes of evading the duty itself. He believed there was no other country than this in which an advertisement duty existed. If his Lordship had any opportunitieaot looking at the American news papers, he would see the enormous number of advertise ments which they contained. Lord Joaere Russrsta, said he had often had occasion to observe the immense number of advertisements which appeared in the American newspapers. Mr. FRANCIS said he could bear his testimony to the facts which had been stated by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ewart). He (Mr. Francis) held in his hand a number of extracts from articles in various journals on the subject of this duty ; and it was surprising to observe the unanimity with which they condemned it. Those extracts were taken from the Sun, the Daily News, the Atheneum, the Patriot, and many others of the Lon don journals. Indeed, it was next to an impossibility to add anything to the arguments which the writers of those articles had used; for the repeal of the tax in ques tion. He might also advert to some of the means which were now adopted to evade the tax altogether. He held in his hand, for example, a prospectus just issued by the North-Western Railway Company. It an nounced to the public that they had authorised the whole of their station-masters at 180 stations to receive advertisements, thus constituting themselves advertising agents, for the purpose of inserting; them in certain spaces that they had allotted at the different stations for their exhibition; but that was not all, they had also appointed an agent in the Strand. There was no doubt that a similar practice would in course of time be adopted generally at the railway stations throughout the kingdom. Mr. MURDO YOUNG—And by way of inducement to advertisers the railway company say that 6,000,000 people travelled on their railway in one year, an ad vertising circulation which no newspaper can boast of.— (Laughter.) Mr. FRANCIS said at a recent interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on this subject, he (Mr. Francis) ventured to state the manner in which the proprietors of one of the Dioramas in London contrived to advertise theirpaying duty, namely, by inflating balloons concern datl ith ich e in u g t to them a great number of tickets of admission to their exhibition, which tickets, after the balloon had risen a certain height in the air, were scat tered about in all directions, the finders of the tickets being entitled to admission to the exhibition at half-price on writing on tho tickets the place where they had been respectively He (Mr. Francis) had recently seenana picked dyertisi up. advertising do h walking along the Strand— (Laughter)—with a bill suspended from his neck, invit ing the public to deal with his master, and with a bill at tached to his tail giving the address of his master.—(Re newed Lord J. Russell heartily joined.: which rniedes of advertising were wholly u T n h t a a t x untaxed, many h they,eed laughter,in o e t e e ly showed, amongst other considera tions, that the time had arrived when advertisements in cewspapers should be uataxed also. Mr. GRANT reminded his Lordship that a sum of not more than 158,0001 was derived to the revenue from this source.—(Hear.) lie (Mr. Grant) believed the result ofabolishing the duty altogether wo u ld be that so great stimulus would be given to pa r t ies t o advertise exoiseable articles that th e increased con sumption of those articles, consequent on such ex tensive advertising of them would make up fully for the sum which the Chancellor of ,the Exchequer would lose by the repeal of the advertisement duty. In proof of the extent to which untaxed advertisements would be published, be knew of his own knowledge that the Nes York Courier, and some others of the American news papers, contained between 1,800 and 2,000 advertise ments daily of articles of all descriptions. Mr. EWART said the extremely bad principle on which such a tax was imposed was that it taxed commerce in its communications; in other words, the channels or conduits through which persons in trade sought to make known to each other their mutual wants. The eminent political economists, M'Culloch and Mill, and other writers, were unanimous in thinking that this was one of the worst and most obnoxious taxes that was ever imposed on a community. Mill had put the matter in a very striking light; he said the Government might as well tax the town-crier as the advertisements in a news paper. Mr. THORNTON HUNT said unquestionably the severest pressure of the tax was on advertisements which did not exist, that was to say, on those adver tisements which might exist to set forth the industry of the working classes. The working classes as a body, he contended, were excluded from the benefits of advertising by this tax. Mr. PRATT was of opinion that if the duty were re duced to 6d. the same, if not a larger amount of money, would accrue to the revenue. Mr. Yams° thought the Government had better re peal the duty altogether, for with a small duty the same machinery and expenses for collection would be kept up. He submitted the tax in question was an impediment to the operation of the principle of free trade, because it interrupted the communications between man and man in all commercial transactions. Mr. GRANT said, as a matter of humanity, the tax ought to be removed or modified, for it bore with peculiar hardship on the class of domestic servants, many of whom were compelled often to remain for weeks out of a situation for want of the means to pro cure an advertisment in a newspaper. Mr. THORNTON HUNT Said it was computed that about 10,000 domestic servants were constantly out of place in London. Mr. FRANCIS also complained of the pressure of the tax on the exertions of literary mon. It also tended to restrict the publication and circulation of books of an edu cational character and tendency. Mr. YOUNG said to advertise a book for children would cost as much as to advertise Macaulay's History of England. Lord JOIN RUSELL remarked that the duty was uni form on all kinds of books. Mr. Yourea said many booksellers declined to publish books of admitted merit, by reason of the serious cost of advertising them; and a large sale could not take place without advertising. op After a few more observations from Mr. GRANT and Mr. EWART, Lord Joust RUSSELL said the deputation had made out a strong case, but be must remind them that there (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCUESTER, TUESDAY. —Although the American letters which came to hand on Monday reported a fur ther increase in the receipts of cotton, as compared with the same period of last year, and another decline in prices, yet both spinners and speculators have gone more freely into the Liverpool market, so as to raise the quo tations Id. per lb.; and, upon our own Exchange, we have had a somewhat better spirit than that which prevailed last week, with an upward tendency in most descrip tions of yarns. The large proportion there is said to be of injured .cotton appears to have contributed to this result. The business of the day has been of no great extent ; but the merchants connected with Ger many and Italy have executed a good many small or ders for twist and weft, and the home consumers have added a little to their scanty supplies. The prices paid for warps, and 20's and 30'a water in the bundle are such as were asked, but not acceded to, last week; they may be considered practically higher by fully In mule yarns there can hardly be said to be any change beyond that of a greater degree of firmness. There is not much inquiry for these by the Indian buyers, who have as yet received merely a brief telegraphic noti fication, by way of Trieste, of some improvements at Bombay and Calcutta, and also in China. As regards goods, we have a less favourable account to give of them than of yarns. The manufacturers show some increase of firmness, but the inquiry is limited, and the purchases arc inconsiderable. At the Frankfort fair, the manufacturers have found a ready sale for their fabrics; and this would have influenced their operations in English yarns much more than it has done but for the news of the fall in the value of cotton. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been another ex tremely dull market in flannels, with a downward ten dency in prices. The wool market has been quiet, and prices were in favour of the manufacturers. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The improvement in de mand for manufactured goods noted in our last, although barely sustained, has in some measure renewed the con fidence of our manufacturers, who are now more sanguine of a demand for spring goods taking place between this and Easter. The market for thrown must be quoted much the same as last week, some holders press ing business at the reduced rates now asking, but up to the present have nut been met by consumers with a cor responding desire to purchase. The dyers complain much of the prolonged stagnancy of business, many houses making short time, evidence of the cautiousness of manu facturers, with whom stocks are said to be comparatively light,—tin unusual thing at this season, and owing to the precariousness of the trade throughout the current year. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Business has been gene rally flat with us to-day. Not much has been done in the ball. The merchants have picked up new patterns for the spring trade. The manufacturers complain of their heavy goods lying on hand, and at this advanced period they have no hopes of their getting off. The wool trade has been better during the week; indeed, a pretty good trade has been done at rather easier prices. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The trade in our Piece Ball is much the same as reported in our last, with the ex ception, perhaps, that there has been a little more in quiry for some of the finer descriptions of fabrics. eThe tone of the yarn market is scarcely so hopeful as it was; and, as the limited demand for export has reduced the quotations below the cost of production, the spinners are disposed to curtail their operations. There is not much doing in wool, and the staplers are more ready to listen to the terms offered by the spinners. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There is no now feature to notice in the woollen trade since last week. The markets have been dull, and there is not much doing to order. Busi ness is also quiet in the warehouses. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWA (Continued from our Fourth Edition of last night!) After a most interrupted and noisy discussion, The CHAIRMAN set the anxieties of the meeting a rest by assuring them that the proxies would not be used at the special meeting. Mr. MARGREATES (a director). in a speech of great length, which excited the enthusiastic cheers of the meeting. denounced the agreement. If passed, the 6,000,0001 of the Eastern Counties Company would have been ruined, and remarked with great severity upon the interest which the Norfolk Company took in fastening their guarantees upon the Eastern Counties Company. At the conclusion of his speech the cheers of the meeting were deafening. Mr. MoutEr. WHITTLE HARVEY, is a speech of great humour, supported the committee, and earnestly called upon the shareholders to exercise a careful discretion at the present crisis of their fortunes. Mr. Sergeant GA/FLEE took occasion to attach great blame to the Northern and Eastern directors. Mr. KENNARD defended the course those directors had pursued. The resolution for the adoption of the report of the committee was then put and carried unanimously. A supplemental report of the committee was then read for continuing the services of that body; and the following resolution will best explain the intentions of the proprietary. Adopting the supplementary report, the resolution proceeded in these terms :—" And that they (the com • mittee) be requested to continue their services, with a view of bringing their negotiations with the Newmarket Railway to a close, and that the committee have power to enter into negotiations with any other company or companies for the purpose of effecting traffic arrange ments between them and the company; and that such committee do report the result of such negotiations for the approval or otherwise of the shareholders at a special meeting to be convened for the purpose." The resolution having been carried unanimously, the business of the special meeting was declared to be at an end. The adjourned half-yearly meeting was then held. The business was to discuss the remaining paragraphs in the report, the adoption of the report, and the forfeiture of certain shares; and the election of two directors was to be disposed of, in the place of Mr. Margreaves and Mr. Smyth. The proceedings were of the most tumultuous —or, perhaps, we should rather say excited character. The result, however, was, that upon the nomination of Mr. Margreaves, Mr. Archibald Boyd was nominated in opposition by Mr. Whitney. Upon being put to a show of hands Mr. Margreaves was declared to be elected by a considerable majority. Mr. WHALLEY demanded a poll, amid a perfect storm of yells. Upon Mr. Smyth being put in nomination, Mr. Whalley was placed i❑ nomination in opposition. and upon a show of hands Mr. Smyth was declared duly elected. A poll was demanded for Mr. Whalley. The CHAIRMAN then, in a very handsome manner, stated that the seat at the board vacant by the resigna tion of Mr. Betts should be placed at the disposal of the shareholders. As a matter of form, that seat could only be filled by the directors; but in the present state of af fairs, the directors would be happy to follow out the re commendations of the meeting. Mr. WADDINGTON would take that opportunity of ex onerating himself from the charges that had been made against him iu connexion with that company. He had accepted, it was true, 1,0001. of the company's money, but he did so in the belief that the directors had ordered its payment to him for the services which he bad ren dered to the company, by bringing up its tragic from 6,0001. a week to 13,0001. a week, and for attending to the Parliamentary affairs of the company. When, how ever, the new directors had called upon him and pointed out the objection that had been made to this sum being handed to him, he repaid it —(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman made other statements to show that he had refused to accept shares in this railway and in other companies, and bad declined to accept offers of other kinds, because he believed that to act in a contrary man ner would have been to have adopted a course that would be inconsistent with right.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. JACKSON said, that in 1647, when the London and Westminster Bank refused to cash the company's cheques, he (Mr. Jackson) had made effective ar rangements to carry on the financial concerns of the oompany. The proposition that Mr. Waddington be placed on the direction was carried, and a poll demanded. Mr. HONEY announced that the poll would take place at ten o'clock to-morrow (this day), and terminate at four o'clock. The meeting then separated. EASTERN COU,TNTIES RAILWAY (THIS DAY.) STATE OF THE POLL AT ONE O'CLOCK. Margravo ... 3,185 80yd... Smyth Geach ... 2,625 .., 500 Waddington... Whalley ... ... 3,067 ... 497 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Tour leading article of this dew alludes to me as havin spoken on the Papal Aggression Bill on Mon da y night. g I beg to assure that I have not spoken at all on the question. I am, Sir, HENRY KER BEYMER . Carlton Club, March 18. the MOULTINGheat ofthe O w Y eat T l il ie E r -all Cariyoatiti "moults," which is generally in July or Au,gwt, according to quiet and free from draughts. Being a cheerful, lively bird, there is no need to have him covered up, but do not let him be unduly excited. Give him a very small quantity of raw beet, scraped, and moistened with cold water, once a week ; occasionally, a little yoke of hard boiled egg; and now and then a piece of sponge-cake. and ripe chickweed in full lower. Nature will do the rest; and present your pet with CANARY. —When o akecettpn:rimY a handsome new coat, that will keep him "spruce," an d last hi m a full year. Mind and trim his claws when they are too l ong . Use sbarp scissors always ; a knife, never. I n handling him, let him lie as passive as possible ; so that your hand may not press u nduly on any part of his little body. After the first operation,he will un derstand all about it, idd and cheerfully submit to be s o " trimmed.*— IV illiana the Gardener's Chronicle. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT Lord Truro, the Lord Chancellor, and the Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord-Lieute nant, have appointed Donald Nicoll, Esq., one of her Ma e sty ' b '- Commissioners of Lieutenancy, and late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, to be a magistrate for the of Middlesex. and liberty of Westminster. county The Council of King's College, London, have elected Mr. Rickards, the counse Speaker, t o the Pro fellerehip of Law in that ollege.l to the tiLo ,1 10 ItOcl butte of I:4 Aa thla Lon( day tero T! '7 4 a ,;E !••• 4 P ittai 1411.4 Nm N . Ak o It. I,' %. 4erg 01 1) .tp,„ ,tit„, tiLL Lti, %,... 111 1 ' e t '`,