The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

44:1-1 - f:rytity • 1t4,, -y_Ai 4,4/. ; , 401 • If',Y SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition from the bishops, clergy, and laity of Toronto and Quebec, against any interference with the Clergy Reserves in Canada. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Earl of CLANRICARDE gave notice that on Monday next he should ask the noble lord at the head of the Government whether there would be any objection to lay on the table the correspondence which had taken place in reference to the establishment of the French Empire. THE NEW CRIMINAL CODE. Lord St. LEONARDS expressed a hope, as we under stood, that before the government abolished transportation they would consider the important question of secondary punishments. - Lord CAMPBELL agreed that the subject of se condary punishments should be fully considered and settled, but he hoped it would not be settled by abolishing transportation, which for his experience, he could say, was the best punishment that had ever been devised, as well for the protection of the public as the reformation of cri minals. He was against their being forced on unwilling colonists, but he thought the Government ought to se lect new settlements where they might be sent without injury to any one. INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH postponed, until Thursday, his question in re f erence t o th e production 4:!f* a letter from the secret committee of the Court of Di rectors of the East India Company to the Governor- General of India, dated October, 1829, and giving instructions as to the line of operations in any future war with Ava. THE MONEY ORDER OFFICE. The Earl of CLANRICARDE moved for a re turn of all the appointments of the presidents of the money order offices in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh, since the money order system be came officially connected with the Post-office, specify ing the appointments they had previously held in the Post-office, or in any other public department ; also, two other returns in regard to the same depart ments. The noble earl took occasion to com plain of the appointment of Mr. Joseph Long to the presidentship of the Dublin Money Order-office, that gentleman, although previously unconnected with the post-office, having been placed above other officers of long service and experience, who, according to the ordi nary practice of the establishment, ought to have had a preference. The noble earl also defended the course which he had taken in appointing Mr. Ludwick Hill, as well as others to responsible and important offices. The Earl of HARDWICKE stated that before making the appointment referred to, he had made enquiry into the condition of the money-order office, and there was no precedent for selecting a clerk, or any one else con nected with the establishment. _ _ _ Lord CANNING thought that there would be no objection to produce the papers moved for. He was of opinion, however, that it was prejudicial to appoint in dividuals to reponsible positions who had little or no ac quaintance with the routine. THE SIX-MILE-BRIDGE AFFRAY. The Earld of CARDIGAN rose to ask the question of which he bad given notice, viz., with regard to the manner in which the soldiers concerned at Six-mile-bridge are to be put upon their trial. The duty of attending the voters at general elections was to the soldier a most arduous one, and he was of opinion that it was not one to be throwa upon any part of the British army. If, however, soldiers were employed in such service, and in defence of their own lives, even take other lives, they should be born harmless. In the affray at Six Mile-bridge, there was no doubt that the lives of the soldiers were actually in danger, and under such circumstances it seemed strange that the Crown lawyers should be sent to prosecute them. Who was to pay for the defence of these soldiers ? Were the soldiers to pay for counsel out of their own pay, or would the Government send down the Crown lawyers to protect them on the one hand, and allow them money to defend themselves on the other ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said the inquiry of the noble earl was somewhat premature. He had to-day received information from the Irish Government that the matter was still under their consideration, and that no steps had yet been decided upon. The noble lord, however, must remember that there had been a verdict of a coroner's jury against these soldiers, which verdict the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland had refused to quash. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. MONCREIFF, the Lord Advocate for Scotland, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Leith Burghs. PRIVATE BILLS, A great number of private bills were brought up by Mr. EROTHERTON, and read a first time. PETITIONS, . -- Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the letter-carriers of Manchester, complaining of the in adequacy of their salaries. Mr. ICIACGREGOR presented a petition from a me chanics' institution, praying for grants of Parliamentary papers. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from London, praying the house to take steps to procure the withdrawal of French troops from Rome. Mr. BRIGHT presented two petitions from certain Mahommedans of Bombay, complaining of the adminis tration of the law in that Presidency, so far as it related to the succession of real property. Mr. B. OSBORN presented a petition from a large body of tea merchants, praying for the repeal of the duty on tea. Colonel BLAIR presented a petition from the hand loom weavers of Paisley, praying for the abolition of the truck system. Mr. ADDERLEY presented a petition from the Cape of Good Hope on the subject of the constitution of that colony. Mr. Mr. TUFFNELL presented a petition from the Maintree and Bocking Mechanics Institution in favour of the gratuitous supply of Parliamentary papers to those institutions. NOTICES OF MOTION. Sir X. V. SHELLEY gave notice that on Monday he sh-ould move for the appointment of a select corn mitt ee to inquire into the operation of the law under NvbTich dues or taxes were levied in the introduction of ccials into the metropolis or its neighbourhood, and the '.node of collection, and the expenditure of such dues or taxes. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice that in going into committee of supply, he should move for the pro duction of documents to explain the policy and final object of the Burmese war. Mr. BUTT gave notice that on Wednesday next he should move for leave to bring in a bill to limit the time between the proclamation and the day of election for counties, and the time between the receipt of the writ and the election for boroughs, and also to limit the time of palling at elections for the universities of Oxford and esznbridge. RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN SPAIN. On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday next, Sir R. H. INGLIS drew attention to a decree which had been published in Spain, prohibiting foreigners in that country from professing any other than the Roman Catholic religion. It was due, he said, to the ch arac t er o f this country t o p revent such :decree from being enforced. The decree was dated the 17th of November, and ap peared in the Madrid Gazette of the 28th of that month. The decree was not credited by the late Government, S a nd they p rom i sed to write to our Minister in pan on the subject. Now he wished to know any information had since been received, and also whether the noble lord at the head of the Foreign Department intended to protest against the decree, in the name of her Majesty ? (Hear.) Mr. M. IMILNES wished to ask the noble lord an other question incidental to the subject. Some time ago a burial-grcund was granted by the Spanish Government to the Protestants resident in Maddd, but it was only with the condition that no funeral ceremony should be know over th e d ea d dried there. He wished to if that condition was at:111 in force, and if so, whethe r the noble lord would re 'q ue L st our Minister at Madrid to r e - open the questi on ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said Lord Howden was re quested by the late Government to c ommunicate ver bally with the Foreign Minister of Spain on the sub to referred to by the hon. baronet the member for retie University. Lord Howden had ddne so, and the answer he received was that the decree would not change the Spanish law, as it had existed before the publication of the decree. There would be no ob jection to produce Lord Howden's dispatch on the subject. (Hear.) With regard to the question relating to the burial ground, he would answer that on a future day. DEATHS IN EMIGRATION VESSELS. HILDYARD wished to inquire of the Under- Se:zetary of State for the Colonies, whether the Govern n-,ent had caused inquiry to be made into the mortality which, according to recent accounts from Australia, took place on board four vessels chartered by the Emi gration C.)mraissioners to convey emigrants between the ports of Liverpool and Melbourne. Mr. F. PEEL said no less than one hundred deaths occurred on board three vessels, and when they arrived in Melbourne, it was found that they had 300 sick persons on board. This arose out of .i'-eurnstances over which the emigration commissioners DM no control, as owing to the state of the shipping trade 'chey were unable to charter single-decked ships. In three similar vessels 179 deaths occurred ; out of that number 167 were children, there being on board a num ber of children vastly di sproportionate to the number of adults, owing to the Emigration Commissioners having relaxed their rules as to children. In future, however none but single-d ec k e d vessels would be chartered, while each family would beirestricted to two children under 7, years of age, or three under 10 years of age. (Hear. ) - -- THE GRAVE-YARDS OF LONDON. In answer to a question from Lord D. STUART, who alluded at some length to the state of St. Clement's Churchyard in the Sirand. Lord PALMERSTON said that the state of this churchyard had been lately brought under his notice a short time ago by a ddeputation, and in a few days an order in Council would be issued to shut up that church yard. With regard to the general state of the churhyards of the metropolis, he considered they were a disgrace to the country at large, and he could assure the noble lord that it was a subject which would claim a considerable share of the attention of the Government. (Hear, hear.) SIR CHARLES WOOD AT HALIFAX. Mr. DISRAELI next gave notice that on Monday next he would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Pre sident of the Board of Control, whether he was correctly reported with regard to a speech which he had lately made at Halifax, in which he was represented to have spoken of a neighbouring country, France, as suffering under a despotism more grinding than that of Napoleon the First —that the press there was gagged, and that the reason of his hatred for this country was his inability to gag the press of this country as he had gagged that of other countries. He thought it was desirable to have an answer to that question before they came to vote the army estimates. (Hear, hear.) LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE ECCLESI- ASTICAL ACT. Mr. SPOONER asked Lord John Russell whether Mr. Sadleir had any authority for saying, on the hust ings at Carlow, that " the noble lord had profferred a political refutation of the course which he had taken with respect to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which that distinguished nobleman had had the manliness to proffer ;" and for saying, "that the principle of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill had been deliberately and openly abandoned ;" and to ask the noble lord, whether the noble lord still thinks that the aggression of the pope, which induced his lordship to bring forward the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, was " insolent and insidious," and fully justified the introduction of that measure. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that when he had seen the report in question in the newspapers, he had not thought it necesssary to ask Mr. Sadlier for an explanation thinking it so obviously incorrect, that the speech could not have been made by him. Mr. Sadleir, however, had since voluntarily informed him, that this report was as he (Lord John Russell) had thought, entirely incorrect. (Hear.) With regard to the last part of the question, although he thought the hon. member was going too far in seeking to know his (Lord J. Russell's) thoughts, he had only to say, as the hon. member was curious on that point, that he still thought the same as he had done two years' ago. (Hear.) THE MADIAI. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as to whether he had any objection to lay on the table of this house any papers or extracts of correspondence relating to the case of the Madiai. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. In reply to Mr. ADDERLY, Mr. PEEL said that he believed the obstacles which had lain in the way of the completion of the constitution of the Cape and which related chiefly to the franchise and the separation of the two coldni:s had been removed, and he hoped that it would be sent out by the next month's mail. (Hear, hear.) The Government had no intention of forming any convict settlement in South Africa ; and with regard to the late march of General Cathcart into the Orange River territory, that was a step which he had taken on his own responsi bility, and had no reference to the extension of the Queen's dominions in that quarter. BRITISH EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE. In answer to Lord DUDLEY STUART, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had to-day had a conversation with Lord Strafford, and he was enabled to state that that noble lord would ahnost immediately return to resume the duties of his mission at Constanti nople. (Cheers.) The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. TRANSFER AIDS BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Leave was given to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in a bill to authorise advances from the Con solidated Fund to discharge money borrowed for metro politan improvements on the security of the crown estates, and to charge the same on the London Bridge Approaches Fund. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 8, 1853. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Paul Fred. Ludvig Beichmann as Consul in the British Islands in tlie West Indies, for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. George A. P. Brady as Vice-Consul at Southampton for the Republic of New Genada. Commission by the Lo_A-Lieutenant of the Oonnty of Cornwall. William Morshead, Esq. ; William Carpenter Rowe, Esq.—to be Deputy-Lieutenants, Feb. 3. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Henry Cornish Hen. ley to be Ensign, vice Clarke, promoted, Feb. 5. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal North Gloucestershire Regiment of Militia. — John Jones, Gent. to be Lieutenant; John Frederick Lees, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 8. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Essex. - West Essex Regiment of Militia—Captain George Rob. bins, late of her Majesty's regular forces, to be Major, vic( Sadler, resigned, Feb. 8. _ _ Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Reginieni of Militia—Alfred Miller Mundy, Esq., to be Captain. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia. — William Brame Abbot, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 7. BANKRUPT ANNULLED. Thomas Cole, cabinetmaker, Newport. BANKRUPTS. John Gnrr, butcher, Chatham, to surrender, Feb. 22, at one, and March 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Scarman, Coleman-street. John Belbin, coach builder, Beaumont-street, Middle sex, Feb. 18, at half-past one, and March 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; George and Smith, Southampton-buildings, Hoborn. George Kebble, farmer, Hurst, Berkshire, Feb. 23, at twelve, and March 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Soames, Old Broad-street. Charles Hare, manufacturing chemist, Huddersfield, Feb. 28, and April 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis dtrict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Upton and Yewdall, Leeds. William Minchener, warehouseman, Cheapside, Feb. 25 at one, and March 21 at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Ba singhall-street ; Thompson, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. John William Munch, salesman, Tooley-street, Feb. 22 at half past two, and March 21 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, King William-street ; Brewer, Philpot-lane, Fenchnrch street. Benjamin Witt, brewer, Wimborne, Dorset, Feb. 18, at one, and liar. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Baskett, King's-road, Bedford row. Hugh Jones, linen-deaper, Liverpool, Feb. 25 and March 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi cial assigaee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool. John !Irwin, liceined . victuXer, NeW - castle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 18 and March 11, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Groom, Abchnrch-lane, KingWilliain - street, official assignee; Brower, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch street. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the sth day of February, 1853. ISSOR DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. •• .... 32,034,230 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,984, , 00 Gold coin and bullion 18,015,f 76 Silver bu11i0n........ 19,15 I X 31,034,230 I £32,034,230 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 10th day of February, 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 .. 3,308,432 Rest . Public deposits tin chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of Natonal Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,568,205 Other deposi s ...... 12,606,230 Seven Day and other Bills .. ..... .... 1,439,998 £37,475,865 Dated Le 10th day of Februai Government securities cincludg.Dead Weight annuity) ....:..... 13,764.651 Other securities...... 13,705,.12 Notes 9,338,820 Gold and silver coin.. 666,5E2 f.. 37,475,561 MAIZSIIILL, Chief Cashier. ~ 1853. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the Bth day of February, 1&53, is 255. 7id. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARK? T INTELLIGENCE. ( Prom the London New Price Current of this day.) • SUGAR.--To-day there were several buyers of West India sugar for home consumption, and rates fully equal to last F r id ay, but supply keeps scanty. Operations are 226 hhds, & c . , including 'at auction 70 hhds and 15 tierces Demerara crystalised which sold at 40s to 40s 6d for fine, and at 36s to 39s 6d for good. For the week purchases are 1,578 Ws, &c., 300 out of second hands. The market closes with a firm a spect. REFINED.—Prief .s for brown lumps rule at 458 • tittlers, low to fins 45s 6d t ) 495, double 50 8 t o 52 s ; Hambro loaves 46s to 50s, double 51 s to 535, and standard lumps 468 6d per cwt. There are several buyers for delivery at these terms, and with faw sellers. Consumption is evidently larger than in the :former year. To-day refined sugar was in active demand. tor home trade purposes ; brown lumps realised 45s to 4 . 53'6d, and low to fine grocery 46s to 488. The market clot :es - with a firm aspect. MAURITIUS h as be en much inquired after, supply is less than previously • of all sorts and in some case s ra th er hi g h er prices are obt !tined. This afternoon there were ready buyers of Man ritius sugar and prices are well supported. At auction 5,0; )0 bags are sold; low to mid yellow at 348 6d to 365, good . to :fine 36s 6d to 398, fine brown 33s to 345, and other sorts: 29s to 32s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA ..—A larger demand exists for Bengal, and in consequence: of a limited quantity brought forward pre vious ter ms are easily obtained, indeed in some cases there_ is a small a dy ante I or l ower sor t s . Thi s a ft erno on several E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1853. parcels of Bengal sugar were sold privately at full rates. COCOA.—Purchases in foreign are still trifling, and there appears a desire to sell, Bahia at 24s 6d to 255, Para 26s 6d to 27s 6d, and Guayaquil at 34s to 36s per cwt. The demand has improved this week for Trinidad, and at auc tion 336 bags of the new crop sold at full prices, good to fine red at 38s to 41s 6d, low to mid 35s 6d to 375, and grey from 32s to 355. Privately some parcels have been disposed of at similar rates, and Grenada realised 30s to 35s 6d, fine 36s to 37s per cwt. COFFEE.—Although there continues to be a reluctance to operate in Native Ceylon, yet holders are firm, and ob tain 46s 6d to 47s for good ord of new import, and 47s 6d for superior. To-day many parcels of Plantation Ceylon under the denomination of mid were sold privately at full rates. There is, however, yet little doing in better sorts with sellers at previous terms. Not any was offered at auction. Although Native Ceylon met with little notice, yet good ord of new import cannot be obtained under 475. Mocha sells more freely, and at auction 100 bales from Alexandria realised 66s 6d to 67s 6d, for good greenish being rather higher prices. TEA.—A more active demand has been experienced for low•to good common Congou, and the currency is firm at 10d 'to lOid per lb. for sound. Prices have not improved for other sorts, still largo transations have taken place ; rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf at 104td to ls, strong to pekoe flavour is id to is Bd, and superior is 9d to 2s 2d. Green is less freely offered for sale, and large transactions having taken place prices are supported ; and of lower sorts of young hyson the quantity at market is now barley sufficient for dealers' wants. RICE.—The dullness in the market for East India has further increased, and there having been a more plentiful supply of Madras prices declined 3d to 6d per cwt. Coringa buyers at lOs to 10s 6d for good quality, at 75 6d to 9s 6dJfor damaged, and 11Lbags at 9s to 9s 6d for sound barley grain. In 'tither sorts privately purchases have been small both for the home and foreign markets, although there are sellers at rather lower rates. SPICES.—Of nutmegs supply is barely adequate to the demand, and previous terms are well supported. Atauc tion 23 cases found buyers, fine brown at 3 s lid, mid to good 2s 6d to 2s 11d, small' 2s to 2s 4d. Privately some parcels of limed sold at is 6d to 2s, and fine 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Mace is in small snpply and wanted, rates in consequence are on the rise, first sort selling privately at 2s 10d to 3s 2d, and other kinds 2s 5d to 2s 9d. Only 5 cases have been offered at auction. Cloves are in increased request, and rates rather incline upwards. Ruie BRANDY, AND HOLLAGDS.—Choice sorts 37s to 40s per cent. over proof sold at 4s to 4s 4d, fine 34s to 36s over 3s 5(1 to 3s 10d, good 2s lid to 3s 4d, low to mid 28s to 34s over 2s 7d to 10d. In Leeward Island purchases have been trifling, and. is 10qid to is lld is the nearest value proof, but supply keeps scanty, yet few buyers are to be met with, and this price cannot be obtained for arrival. Havannah is scarce, and worth 1s 9id proof, but no sales have taken place. Rum is 6d. Brandy is offer ing at further reduced terms, yet exporters and home dealers are reluctant to operate, The currency now is for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 7s 6d to 7s Bd, 1850 ditto 7s 8d to 70 10d, 1849 ditto 7s 10d to Bs, older 8s 2d to 8s 4d, low to mid 6s 6d to '73 4d, and Bor deaux 6s to 6s 2d. INDIGO.—To-day at auction 50 serons Guatimala Indigo sold freely at full rates, and went at 3s ld to 5s 4d per lb. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was less desire to operate in Cochineal, and prices declined id per lb. Of 200 bags at auction about half sold, Honduras silvers at 3s 9d to 4s id, and dead grain 3s to 3s 4d per lb. TALLow.—A reluctance is evinced to purchase for de livery, and there are sellers at 43s to 43s 3d for last three months of the year. The quantity of home melted on offer yet exceeds consumption, and 44s accepted cash. At auction this afternoon 450 casks Australian were in part sold, Beef at 41s to 42s 6d ; Mutton 41s to 44s 6d ; 100 casks South American 41s 6d to 44s 6d ; 138 packages East India vegetable 43s per cwt. when li~WERIA PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) (Continued from our Third Edition of last evening.) THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. The Earl of ABERDEEN having moved the adjourn ment of the house, their lordships were all rising to leave, The Earl of DERBY said—Before the house adjourns, I trust her Majesty's Government will allow me to put a question, or rather to make a single remark, which I hope they will not think an unnecessary one. Under ordinary circumstances at the commencement of the ses sion, as your lordships are aware, it is the practice, and I venture to think a very useful practice, for the Minis ters of the day, through the medium of the Royal Speech, to explain more or less, though not descending into minute particulars, the general measures which it is the intention of the Government to submit. lam well aware that at the present moment we are not at the commencement of a session, and that we meet under circumstances which .deprive us of hearing through the ordinary channel what the intentions of her Majesty's Government may be, but it is not the less necessary those intentions should be promulgated. (Hear, hear.) Your lordships are aware that at the present moment, Parliament having been adjourned and not prorogued, and a new Govern ment having succeeded to office since the delivery of the Royal Speech, we have no indication of the specific measures which it is the intention of that Government to submit to Parliament. Ido not put the question in any hostile spirit, nor am I about to ask of her Majesty's Government any expression of the general political prin ciples on which legislation will be conducted. The noble earl opposite gave some explanation on his first assump tion of office ; and although that explanation did not throw any great light on the general policy of the Go vernment, but left us in a state of as much uncertainty, as to the course which will be pursued, as before that speech was delivered, and although, certainly, we aro unable to form any possible conjecture as to the line of policy, or the general political principles, from the ante cedents and previous opinions of a portion of those who compose the Government, I suppose if I put the question I should receive much the same sort of general explana tion. My lords, I am not therefore anxious to ask on what principles the Government is about to proceed,; but I think I have a right to ask for a statement of the mea sures they intend to propose, as it is more desirable the Government should be practically tested by those mea sures which they will submit to the consideration of Parliament than by the vague generalities in which the First Minister of the Crown may veil the policy which it is intended to pursue. (Hear, hear.) This question would have been rendered unnecessary by the noble earl opposite volunteering to state to your lordships what are the specific measures and the principal mea sures he means to submit, and to which he thinks the attention of this and the other House of Parliament may be the most profitably and most usefully directed in the course of the present session. The noble and learned lord on the woolsack has given notice that on Monday next he will inform the house what the Go vernment intend to propose with regard to the question of law reform. With regard to that question I trust they will follow the course which has reflected so much credit on the assiduity and industry of my noble and learned friend near me (Lord St. Leonards), which assiduity and industry I am glad to find, from the statement he has just made, he has not aban doned with that office from which, I may venture to say in his presence, and even in the presence of the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, this country has great cause to regret his removal. I hope the course of law reform entered upon so actively and energetically by my noble and learned friend will not suffer by the transfer of the seals to other hands than those of my noble and learned friend ; and of this I am quite certain that to no hands could they have been transferred with less proba bility of those reforms being prejudiced than to those of the noble and learned lord on the woolsack. But, my lords, I am informed it is the intention of the Govern ment, if that intention has not already been carried into effect, to make a statement in the other house of Parlia ment in the course of this evening, by the mouth of one of the noble earl's colleagues, indicating the measures which her Majesty's Government will introduce ; and although it may be quite true that we shall probably have the opportunity, by the usual breach of privilege, of ascertaining to-morrow morning, through the ordi nary channels of information, the course the Govern ment intend to pursue, I think it would be more con sistent with parliamentary practice, and would show more consideration for your lordship's house, if the head of the Government were to indicate the measures which it is the intention of the Government to introduce—more especially as I presume that the statement will be made in the other house upon the joint responsibility of the noble earl and his colleagues. (Hear.) I think it fully as important that that statement should be made here, because, from the circumstances of the present year, the early part of this session must be more than ordinarily occupied in the other house with business of a descrip tion in which your lordships do not interfere, and that will necessarily postpone legislative measures, how ever pressing, to a period of the year when it is very dif ficult to obtain the approval of your lordships and of the other House of Parliament. Easter this year occurs at an unusually early period, and before the recess the Government can only command a very few days for bringing forward those necessary measures essential for maintaining the army and navy, and during that time I am not aware of anything being before your lordships' house. A quantity of valuable time is consumed in the early period of the Session, without any business being transacted, and the result is a hasty and imperfect per formance of legislative duties at the close of the session, to the great disadvantage of your lordships, and to the great disadvantage of the country. I think it desirable that your lordships .should, as early as possible, be in a position to judge practically of the confidence you are able to place in the present Government—that you should be informed what are the subjects to which, as I presume, in the last six weeks they have directed their attention —what are the subjects on which the Cabinet have made up their minds, and what are the subjects they intend in the present session to submit to the consideration of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) As I have already said, I do not ask for the assertion of any general principles, but I ask for a declaration of the measures the Govern ment intend to submit to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I think, more especially in the present state of parties, that nothing can be more desirable than that the Government —if they are desirous of conscientiously performing their duties and proving by the practical measures they intro duce their capacity to govern—and yet not their capacity, for of' that there can be no doubt, as there has seldom been embodied a larger amount of talent than in the present Cabinet ; but I will say—proving that the talent they possess is turned to its full pur pose for the service of the country, and that whatever political differences of opinion may have subsisted be tween them on former occasions, they are able to combine and co-operate together for the purpose of bringing forward measures which are useful and valu able to p that the Government should have an op the confidence of the country o t rt h u e n c i o ty un o t f ry e:rning and establishing its claims to that confidence in a man ner far more satisfactory than can be achieved by a mere declaration of principle, or by any announcement of the inaividuap autll ryeineend performance, ter:ain.Th They will viewshave t obe which ju dtghy by their judged and not by their declarations of principle, and I venture to say on the part of myself and of those friends with whom I have the honour of acting, that if they bring forward such measures -as we in our consciences, can support and approve, they will receive from us not only no opposition, not only no desire on our parts to disturb the positions they hold, but nothing will give us more satisfaction than to find we are able to co-operate with them for the purpose of carrying measures useful and beneficial to the country. (Hear.) On the other hand, we ought to know what course it is the intention of the Government to pursue—we ought to know how far they will adopt and carry out those mea sures partly shadowed forth by the noble earl opposite, and whether he is inclined to bring forward measures of such a character as it will be impossible for a Conserva tive Opposition to approve. Earl FITZWILLIAM, who spoke from the cross benches, questioned whether it was particularly conso nant with the precedent and practice of former times to call on the Administration, formed under the circum stances under which the present Administration was formed, to declare the particular measures which they intended to propose. His noble friend (the Earl of Derby) would recollect that on the formation of the Go vernment, the noble earl at the head of it did declare dis tinctly the object of the Administration was to main tain, support, and extend free commerce. So far, then, the principles of the Administration had been declared. How far it would be expedient, at the present moment, that her Majesty's Ministers should enter into a state ment of the p ar ti cu l ar measures which they intended to propose, was another question, and one into which he should abstain on the present occasion from entering. The question of law reform appeared to him to have been taken up by the late Government, and to be now resumed by the present Government. The public had nothing further to expect than that the present adminis tration should carry into effect those reforms which were prepared by the last administration, and which they had taken from those to whom they succeeded. Notwithstanding, therefore, the curiosity of , his noble friend, he hoped the noble earl at the head of the Go vernment would not give too much satisfaction to that curiosity, and not excite in the public naiM too early a consideration of measures which it might be afterwards more prudent to abstain from pressing. He trusted that the noble earl, from prudential c onsiderations, would not listen too hastily to the question which has been put to hire. The Earl of ABERDEEN said—On the last day of the meeting of the house I laid before your lordships, in general terms, the principles on which the Government had been formed, and on which they intended to act. In addition he alluded to the principal subjects which would engage th e a tt en tion of her Majesty s Govern ment, with a view to future legislation. Those subjects have since that day occupied the attention of the Cabi net, and on those subjects, or the greater pa rt of them, I trust legislati on wi ll take place. But as that legisla tion must for the most part originate in the House of Commons, I believe that it would not, as the noble earl states, be following the precedents in this house to an -flounce to your lordships measures which are to be brought forward in the other house. With respect to law reforms, my noble and learned friend (the Lord Chan cellor) has already given notice of his intention to state the measures which he has in readiness or preparation to lay before your lordships. Notwithstanding what has • been done on that subject, I believe there is much yet to do, and no doubt the measures prepared by my noble and learned friend will sufficiently show that her Majesty's Government •have occupied their attention with that subject. lam glad to know that the noble earl opposite is prepared to examine these measures with impartiality and fairness ; and if he should be able to give them his support, undoubtedly it will very much facilitate their passing into law ; but should they not meet his approval, I still trust the measures now announced, or about to be announced, will be such as to merit the support of your lordships' house. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY—I rejoice to hear that measures of law reform are in a forward state of preparation for legisla tion ; but though I receive that statement with considerable satisfaction, I am somewhat disappointed by the answer given by the noble earl opposite, in which his conclusions differ from those of the noble earl on the cross benches. The noble earl on the cross benches appears to consider any statement of the intentions of the Government would be wholly premature. No doubt, after the intimation of the noble earl (the Earl of Aberdeen), that no infor mation will be given to the House of Lords by the Mi nister of the Crown, my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam) will look with as much curiosity and anxiety as I shall to the morning papers, for the purpose of discovering through them that information which I still venture to think it would have been more respectful to your lord ships' house to have communicated by one of the Mini sters of the Crown ; and my noble friend on the cross benches will there find, by the consent of a united Go vernment, a colleague of the noble lord at the head of the Government, in detail and in extenso, making that statement to the House of Commons with regard to the intentions of her Majesty's Government which the noble earl thinks it imprudent and premature to make in the • House of Lords. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Earl FITZWILLIAM said there was a difference be tween a Minister in the House of Commons declaring what measures he would propose there and his noble friend (the Earl of Aberdeen) declaring here the mea sures which his colleagues would propose elsewhere. (A. laugh.) The Earl of DERBY—I have always understood that colleagues in one house were ready to answer for their colleagues in another ; and I am sure that the noble lord in the other house would not take the step of announc ing in detail the intentions of the Government without the consent of his colleagues here. , But I will limit my question to asking the noble earl Opposite what measures he intends, upon the part of her Majesty's Government, to submit to your lordships' house in the course of the present session ? The Earl of ABERDEEN bowed, but returned no answer. The Earl of DERBY—Does silence mean none ? Does the noble earl, on the part of the Government, mean that no measures are to be introduced into your lordship's house this session The Earl of ABERDEEN again bowed, and appeared to give some monosyllable answer to the question, but it was not heard in the gallery. The Earl of DERBY—May I may be permitted to ask again what measures will be introduced into this house this session ? I have the sanction of my noble friend upon the cross-benches (Earl Fitzwilliam) for put ting at least this question. (A laugh.) After a pause, The Earl of DERBY—StiII no answer. Another pause of a few seconds ensued, during which a peer moved that the house do adjourn ; and their lord ships immediately adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY•) PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord J. RUSSELL having laid on the table a con vention relative to the succession to the throne of Greece, proceeded to state the course which Govern ment intended to pursue with respect to the conduct of the public business. The noble lord, who spoke in so low a tone as to be very indistinctly heard, was under stood to say—ln moving that these papers lie on the table I think it may be convenient to the house if I state the course which her Majesty's Government mean to pursue with respect to the measures which it is their intention to bring forward in the early part of the pre sent session. (Hear, hear.) I beg to say at once that it is not my intention, nor is it at all necessary for me to make any statement with regard to the general principles and views of her Majesty's Government. A statement of that kind has been already made by my noble friend at the head of the Go vernmen't, and that statement is so generaly known as to require no further remark on that subject. (Hear.) Her Majesty's Government intend, as soon as the estimates for the year can be laid on the table and placed in the hands of honourable members, to bring those estimates under the consideration of the house. We hope to be able on Friday evening to ask the 'house to resolve itself into a committee on the navy estimates ; and we intend, as soon as possible afterwards, to proceed with the estimates for the army and ordnance. With regard to the number of men for the army, navy, and ordnance, I have to state that there will be no increase abyb_b believe la y ( ehre o a:ve n eaeb d enruo:t t tuns h :shw e hi tedhhnaeeeeurrxn)amrp. considerable btlaaheesniroan votedreasons s otifnidetails esincreaserbefore mrlauletps the bsoiutnenobe mgrtebii increase Christmas enevedw sortttieio elmlvoted attbihttev relative b h ehtrr o oooeo l fuiutdsghaehay last willts increase, as will prove satisfactory to the house. At l under discussion. Besides the estimates, we propose to bring forward, in the first place, a bill to enable the legislature of Canada to dispose, with due regard to the interests of the present'holders of the clergy reserves of that province. (Hear, )fear.) It is the intention of the present Government to carry into effect the statement made on the part of the Crown by Lord Grey when he was Secretary for the Colonies. The next question to be submitted to the house will be brought forward by my right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade, who, in moving for leave to introduce a bill on the sub ject of pilotage, will state the course which he proposes to pursue with respect to the light dues and various other matters affecting the shipping interest. (Hear.) I propose on a very early day to ask the house to resolve itself into a committee of the whole house, with a view to the removal of the disabihties now affecting the Jew ish subjects of her Majesty, and of placing them on the same footing as all other classes of her Majesty's subjects. (Hear.) The next question which I propose to bring before the house—but not until after the estimates have been voted—is one on the important subject of educa tion. (Hear, hear.) I will not endeavour to excite any false hopes or expectations by saying that I am about to produce on the part of the Government a very large plan upon that subject ; but I shall make certain proposals which I think, if they are adopted, will tend very greatly to further and promote the cause of educa tion—a cause which impresses itself more and more upon the minds of all who consider the future destiny of this country, and which in every respect, whatever opinions we may entertain, and whatever plans we may think best, must be considered of the very highest impor tance. In stating the views of the Government upon the subject of the education of the pobrer classes generally, I will, either then or shortly afterwards, explain the course which the Government intend to pursue with re spect to the report which has been made by the commis sioners relative to the universities of Oxford and Cam bridge. (Hear, hear.) I am at present unable to state when any educational measure for Scotland will be brought forward. because I have not had an opportunity for some time of conversing with my honourable and learned friend the Lord Advocate, but probably in the course of the present session a bill on that subject will be introduced by the Government. (Hear.) There is another question, relative to which the right hon. gentleman the late Secretary for the Colonies has given a notice—l mean the important question of transportation. I need not now refer to the great changes which have taken place —changes to which I have alluded in former debates — changes both with respect to the constitution and govern ment of our Australian colonies, and also with regard to the recent discoveries of gold in Australia. But I will state at once that the present Government entirely ad here to the intention of the late Government,- that trans portation to Australia shall cease. (Cheers.) It is im possible, however, not to perceive that the cessation of transportation to the Australian colonies, to which the great mass of our convicts have been sent, renders it imperatively necessary to look seriously at the ques tion of secondary punishments. (Hear, hear.) The late Lord Chancellor intimated his intention of introduc ing a bill into the other house of Parliament for the con solidation of the criminal law. I have been deterred for some years from attempting any such consolida tion by the conviction that it would be necessary to make some change with respect to transportation. We do not propose at present to bring in any bill for laying down any plan for secondary punishments. That ques tion will receive the serious attention of both houses of Parliament, but if no proposition should emanate from private members of either house upon that subject, the Government themselves will in that case have proposals to make with respect to the system of secondary punish ments. I may say, therefore, that her Majesty's Go verment have already come to the determination, which my noble friend the Secretary for the Home Department will carry into effect, namely, that after those vessels which have aLet iaao b snnu e d, e r ne. acquiress p (w i t T •e h p eic a ahr r d additionalwhiesl al h rd a . )lel deprive rT h iv a he v iem e htpho l seu e r f st t a:dn t wm h e is i i l s nlfi c frseo o t erm u l, n at t hot r ira y i set , c e o o m u course o f subjectconduct tir ht h e it is not intended to send any more convicts t o V an ) o t d h fe e t tehtnoeipl criminal determination iam i t o i ionwnahlwi law have hich has a v h s e e just pboewe neardavorefrri awarding adverted, namely, r n da a itn n bg i e y l tybh, both tt t pa Go- pun ishment measures shoi which this importan t hitherto proved subject, a nimportant because ota nt when meansw e iv D t s r eh an i proposeremnnsmel p e n e o l l t n r ot w enlo i y l l u r aftera ble preserveftrih friend d h r eel!: thees recess, r e o mcfi Chan- Co aabnne e d ie ih h a operatio n o f the criminal law. of deterring from crime, it is th e more necessary p that w e should teach our people by oth er mo ti ves to pursue that possible a n f ttehre coursethe n m f p a l e f t e i o w n d oa days s Exchequer will propose the financial budget, and that i s of course a very im portanttthh'e inten tions of her Majesty's Gove rnmen t w i ll be made known ( statement Heial soon ll e o a r r ya , esoahf t subject.. a n r i rmy i . or as -i in respect of the measures of legal reform, and of the im provement in the sale of land, which it is the intention of the Government to propose. There are other important measures which will be introduced with respect to Ireland. The house will feel that after the severe distress which Ireland had to undergo a very few years back, and the prolongation of that distress to a very recent period, she is entitled to any measure we can propose which will tend to the greater improvement and industry of that country. It has been already resolved by this house that two bills relating to the question of landlord and tenant in Ireland should be referred to a select committee. I have now to state that it is the intention of the Chief Secretary for Ire land to take his seat in the house in a few days, and that he will propose the nomination of that committee, placing upon it such members as have given the most attention to this important subject. We have great hopes by this means of being able to bring forward a measure which may be of use, and which may diminish, if not prevent, future causes of irritation in that country. It is also our intention to bring forward a measure with respect to ministers' money. (Hear.) Such are the measures which Majesty's Government at the present time intend to in troduce. There is one other subject upon which I have no doubt that I shall be asked questions, and is quite as well that I should now declare what it is the intention of the Government in regard to it—l allude to the im portant subject of the amendment of the representation of the people of this country. (Hear, hear.) My noble friend at the head of the Government has already stated that amendment in the representation of the people formed part of the measures which it had been in his con templation, as well as in my own, to introduce; and I have now to beg the attention of the house to the few words which I shall say in reference to the present state of that question. In 1849, in 1850, and in 1851, the Cabinet over which I had the honour to preside considered this question ; and early in 1852 I obtained leave for the House of Commons to introduce a bill on the subject. The Government over which I presided, however, shortly afterwards dissolved, and it has been asserted that I then stated th at I should introduce a more com prehensive measure than that which I had submitted to Parliament. That statement is utterly unfounded. I never said that I would introduce a measure either more comprehensive or more restricted. What I did say was that I was quite ready to reconsider the matter. Now, sir, the question occurs of whether it was the duty of the present Government to propose that the various sub jects to which I have ailuded should be laid aside, and to endeavour to obtain the renewal of the income-tax for one year more on its former footing, in order that we might devote our whole time to a measure on the sub ject of parliamentary representation. Now, Ido not say that it would be impossible in point of time to attend to a measure of this kind as well as to the others of which I have spoken. It would have required, no doubt, con siderable effect in obtaining information, and very con tinual attention and deliberation on the part of the Go vernment ; but, sir, considering the present state of affairs, and considering the inquiries and deliberations which would have been necessary in order to perfect such a measure, her Majesty's Government have been of opinion that that subject ought not to be introduced in the present session of Parliament. .In arriving at this conclusion, I think that we have consulted best for the pub lic interest, for I believe that if we had given up all other measures for this purpose we should neither have well con sidered what is due to the public welfare nor to public opinion ; and it is far more likely that a measure intro duced at a future time, with all the information which can be procured on the subject, and with further delibe ration will be such as will settle this important question for a considerable period. At the same time lam far from wishing, and certainly I could not be a party to making the necessity of deliberation or any necessity of inquiry a pretext for delaying a measure on this subject beyond a certain time. I think, therefore, that imme diately upon the commencement of the next session the Government ought to introduce a measure upon this important question. (Hear.) We have no intention of appointing a commission, of inquiry, which I am sure would only be transferring to others the responsibility which ought to be entailed upon ourselves. Ido not believe that this is a proper subject for inquiry by a commission, and I think that the Government have it in their own power to procure all the information that they may require. (Hear, hear.) There is but one thing further to which I have to call the attention of the house ; it is with respect to the complaints which have been made, and I fear justly made, of acts of bribery and corruption which have prevailed during the late elec tions. (Hear, hear.) Supposing that these' complai n t s a nd accusations are well founded, I will say that there is no defect in our Parliamentary representation which is so destructive to public virtue, and so destructive of the credit of our representative constitution, as o those acts of bribery. (Hear, hear.) With respect t man y of these cases, investigations before select committees will prove whether the complaints that are made be true or not ; and I think we shall be better able to judge after these investigations have been made, and after the c ommittees have reported on the nature and extent of the evil, whether any further legislation is necessary. I will now only say, therefore, that without pledging ledgin the gour selves to bring forward any measure on the subject, case is one which, in the opinion of her Majesty's Go vernment, is of the very highest importance, and that, in order to purify our representation, no efforts should be spared. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Mr. HAYTER gave notice that to-morrow (this day) the Chancellor of the Exchequer would move to bring in a bill to authorise advances from the consolidated fund to discharge money borrowed for metropolitan improve. ments on the security of the Crown estates, and to charge the same on the London-bridge approaches fund ; that on Monday, the 14th, the Lord-Advocate of Scotland would move to bring ins bill to facilitate procedure in Sheriffs' Courts in Scotland ; that on Tuesday, the 15th, Mr. Peel would move to bring in a bill to enable the Legislature of Canadato make provisions concerning the clergy reserves ; that on Friday, the 18th, Sir James Graham would bring forward the navy estimates in Com mittee of Supply ; that on Tuesday, the 22d, Mr. Card well would move to bring in a bill to amend the law re lating to pilotage ; and that on the same day Lord John Russell would move for a committee of the whole house to take into consideration certain civil disabilities affect ing the Jews. IRISH CONSOLIDATED ANNUITIES. Mr. F. FFRENCH. observed that there was a subject in which the interests of Ireland were deeply concerned on which the noble lord had not touched. He begged to ask, had the Government come to any decision as to the course they would pursue in reference to the unanimous report of a committee of the other house with respect to the Irish Consolidated Annuities ? Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that the subject was under the consideration of the Government, and that any proposition which they might have to make respecting it they would give due notice of. Colonel SIBTHORP—There is a report current that the present Government is pledged to give up going further with r es p ect to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) I beg to ask the noble lord if it his intention to proceed any further with that which was considered a most important measure 2 (Laughter.) Lord J. RUSSELL—I do not quite understand the question of the hon. and gallant member ; but, if he will repeat it, I will endeavour to answer it. Colonel SIBTHORP.—The question I am anxious to ask the noble lord is this,--whether it is his intention to give up that measure, which was formerly considered one of the greatest importance, in reference to the in sidious attempts of certain individuals (such as Cardinal Wiseman), and whether he means to proceed further with that most important bill with respect to that religion to which he ,professed to be particularly attached ? (A. laugh.) Lord J. RUSSELL.—I hope I understand the hon. and gallant gentleman's question. I understand him to allude to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill [Colonel Sib thorp.—" Yes. "J If he alludes to that measure, I have to say there is no intention to make any proposition with respect to it. (Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP.—Then, Sir, I give notice that I will call attention to it on a future day, and see how far the noble lord has forfeited his promises. (" Order, order.") Sir H. WILLOUGHBY inquired whether it was in tended to take any step with respect to the income tax till after Easter ? Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say, in reply that the Chancellor of the Excheq uer would state what' were the intentions of the Government on that subject when he made his statement immediately after the Easter recess. Sir J. DUKE asked if the Government intended to put a stop to the seriolis evils, to which he could bear his hpousesersona in l testimon the metropolis ?, arTing from th e extens i on of betting- Lord PALMERSTON—I am aware that the subject is one which has excited considerable attention, and there i s great foundation probably for the opinion of the hon. member that much evil has been produced by those houses ; but at the same time he may be aware that the subject is involved in very great difficulty, and after a great deal of consideration I confess I have not yet satisfied my own mind with respect to any practical measure that would answer the purpose in view without going beyond the object. At the same time, it is a sub ject to which I am still giving my attention. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM brought up the navy estimates, which were laid on the table. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. BRIGHT inquired whether Government intended to propose any measure this session for the reform, or, what would be infinitely better, for the abolition of the ecclesiastical courts ? He understood that some pro mise had been made to that effect. Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that a commission had been inquiring into the system of these courts, and that it would be desirable to obtain their report. Imme diately on obtaining that report the Government in tended to make a proposal with respect to those courts. (Hear.) The SPEAKER informed the house that he had re ceived an intimation that the petition against the return in the Bradford election case would not be proceeded with. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL gave notice that he would move on Monday next for leave to bring in a bill for regulating the office of Examiner in Chancery. The house adjourned at ten minutes past six o'clock. HIGH PRICE OF NEGROES. —At a public auction on Thursday, Thomas Ryan and Son sold fifteen likely negroes for 10,365 dollars, or an average of 691 dollars. Three boys, aged about 17, brought the followi ng sums :-1,065 dollars, 1,035 d o ll ars , 1,01 0 dollars, and two 1,000 dollars ; making on an average of 1,022 dollars. Capers and Heyward sold a gang of 109 negroes in fami lies. Two or three f am ili es average d from 1,000 to 1,100 dollars for each individual; and the entire sale averaged 550 dollars. C. G. Whitney sold two likely female house servants, one at 1,000 dolls., the other at 1,190 dolls.-- Charleston Courier, Jan, 22. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS, Feb. 10. SUGAR.--The market has remained in a very quiet state, but a better inquiry has appeared to-day. The business for the week is on rather a limited scale, but at full prices, consisting of 250 hhds. plantation, at 31s to 33s 9d for Demerara • 36s to 378 for Trinidad ; and at 35s to 395. for Barbadoes • also 2,500 bags East India, chiefly dates, at 31s 6d to 35s' 3d, with Benares at 37s to 37s 3d, 220 bags Pernams at 19s 9d to 22s 6d for white, 250 barrels and bags Maceio at 21s to 21s 6d per cwt., and 500 tons Havannah, the price not reported. MoLAssEs.- 7 No sales have transpired. Rum.—The transactions are confined to about 100 puns. Demerara, without change of moment. __ _ COFFEE.—The public Wale of Ceylon went off very quietly on Tuesday. 500 bags Native were taken at 475. to 48 5.) and 30 bags Plantation at 435. 6d. to 555. per cwt. RlCE.—Nothing further of moment has transpired. TEA.- The market is without alteration. A few damaged parcels sold to-day by auction at rather irregular rates; for the sound portion there was no disposition to purchase. Common Congou is nominally worth 10d per lb. DRYSALTEZIES.—Of brimstone upwards of 200 tons have changed hands at rather firmer rates • nitrate of soda remains without change, and Saltpetre is dill ; for 600 bags offered on Tuesday there was no bid. Nearly 100 casks Oporto Red Argolis have brought 33s to 345, and about 50 bags Berries 51. 17s 6d to 61. per cwt. Steady Sales of Sumac are reported, at full rates, and a limited business in Madder Roots, without change. At auction yesterday, 50 chests shell lac brought 44s 6d for block, up to 56 ; 4 tons cutch, with all faults, 24s ; 5 casks brown tartar, 63 s to 65s 6d ; 8 tierces American beeswax, 71. 15s ; 190 slabs Straits tin, Si. 5s 6d, and 450 bags Myrabolams, lOs per cwt. DYEWOODS.-Prices continue to advance, a amain lot of St. Domingo logwood having brought Si. 5s ; and at auc tion yesterday 260 tons Co.mpeachy realised 71.1110 s to 71.12 s 6d, and 15 tons Lima-wood 161. per ton. JUTE.-The transactions since Tuesday's report are con fined to 150 bales, which have realised 9/. lOs per ton, being extremely firm prices. HIDES.-1,000 salted Buenos Ayres heavy ox have been disposed of at 4d., and about 100 light at 43d. per lb. OILS.—Palm oil is again rather lower, 150 tons having been pisposed of at 321. 103. to 331. per ton. Fish oils are very quiet, at previous rates. , TALLOW remains dull, at 45s per cwt. for yellow candle. LARD is without change of moment. Of Turpentine no sales have transpired, but upwards of 1,000 barrels common American rosin have brought 5s 6d per cwt. Prices remain very firm. 500 bags Bombay linseed are reported at 51s 6d per quarter. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.—FEB. 10. s. d. s. d. per score of . 0 6 to 0 8 20 lbs 0 5 ... 0 6 ditto 0 21... 0 n ditto 2e .. 0 3 ditto hay, old „ clover Straw, wheat oats 0 barley . 0 2 ... 0 POtatoes, kemps Turnips Carrots Mangold wnrtzel Manure 21 ditto 1 per 90 lbs 0 per ton 0 ditto 0 ditto 0 ditto LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—FEB. 10. The sales since the 4th inst. amount to 50,000 bales, of which 15,000 are taken on speculation and for export. There is a decline in the market of nearly id per lb. To day's sales are 8,000 bags, 3,000 being taken on speculation and for export. The arrivals this week are 22 vessels from the United States, 1 from B razil, 2 from Egypt, and 1 from Madras. SALES AND IMPORT OP COTTON INTO LIVERPOOL. Sales. Imports. Description. Prices. ---....—. Week Week Jan. 1 ending ending to Feb. 4. Feb. 4. Feb. 4. ---------- --- --- -- Bags. d. d. 1852. 1852. Sea Island ... . ...... 230 19 to 29 Boas Bags. Ditto, stained...... 10 6 12 Upland .. -. .. . ..... 13260 4i 7 29776 151436 Orleans SiAlab.am a 33140 4 7i Pernambuco ........ 1860 6# 7 1909 18490 Maranham .......... 730 6 70 Bahia, Ste ............ 3820 6i 6 / 1 1 759 13087 Egyptian ............. 3880 —ll f Demerara .... - ..... 20 o—l 3 1 . 391 West India, ....... .;... 0— 0 1 East India ........... 4z20 3 6 2864 14491 --- Total 55650 35308 197895 I m port into Czeat Bri'. 5 .. in for weeks Export. ending February 4. -------------- ---, Year 1852. Year 1851. Year 1852. --- -- American ................ 160579 1 80617 2000 Brazil ....... - ......... 18 490 15504 ..... 100 E g yptian -, . . ... - . . 1 3087 5764 100 In.dia;Ste. 414 374 ............... 2 0375 9170 East India 3800 D emera ra, W. ----- ---- ---- -•- ~.....sr .0.23 212945 208226 6000 Total number of bags COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Tins DAY. Amsterdam .• ••• • •• .... 11 18 Gibraltar .• ••••• • • • • • 11Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn •••• •• .....: :.30 45 Rotterdam .• —• • ...... 11 19% Genoa •• .. •• •• ......25 47% Antwerp • ..... ••••„. _ 25 32% Milan .• •• •• •• " • ..• Brussels .. ••• • • ....... 25 32% 'Venice .••••••• • • • • • • • . liemburgh ....... .13 7% I Naples .. •••• • • • ..... .. 41% Altona __•••• • • •• • • Palermo •••• •• • ....... 124% Paris_ _•••••• • • • • _ .... 25 7% Messina •••• • • •..... 124% Ditto, three months •• 25 30 , Lisbon .. •••• •• • •....... 534 Marseilles..• ••• •• ...... 25 32% Oporto .. ••• • •• •....... 53 4 Bourdeaux .... •• ••• • • • ißio Janeiro .• • • •....... Frankfort-On-Mane .. • . 1193IBuenos Ayres .• •••• • • • . Berlin .. __•• • • • • ...• New York, 60 days' sight Vienna ••_•• • • • •• ••—ll 14 Philadelphia ... ..... .• Trieste . • • • • • • • •.• ••.... 11 16 PRICES or BULL 17 PER oz. Peter.burgh.. •••••• • • • ' 38% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid _ •• •• •• .. .. _ •,, 50%;Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz_ _ _ • • •• •••• _ • . 50%'Mexican Dollars •• .. 0 11% Barcelona— „_••. • _ • • --- I New Dollars .• •• .. 0 I 0 ieviile Silver In bars .. 0 l% On Thursday, the 10th inst., a general assembly of the academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts was held at their apartments in Trafalgar-square, when William Powell Frith, Esq., was duly elected a royal academician in the room of Joseph Mallord William Turner, Esq., deceased, and Mr. L. Stories was elected an associate engraver. The report of the committee anning the navy having now been completed by them ecretary, several members of the committee assembled yesterday and to day at Whitehall to hear it read before its final ap proval by them. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills. —An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine, after every other means had failed. —See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To rofessor Holloway.—Sir —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been ab na not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Aix nonoa. These wonderful pills will cure any dis orders of the liver or stomach. Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendors through out the world. in Henry John Sing, of the 3d Foot (the Buffs), Captain a ppointed aide-de-camp, and Lie ut. William T. has been F. Wallace, of the Grenadier Guards assistant military secretary, to Major-General Sir Robert Nickle K.H , recently appointed to the staff of New South Wales, relieve Lieut.-General W y n y ard, C.D., who is to return home. COUNTRY MARKETS, BOSTON—FEB. 9. At to-day's market we had a fair average quantitywas of wheat and oats on offer, but of other grain the supply short. Good dry samples of wheat sold readily at a slight improvement on last week's currency, and damp and 111 ; ferior runs commanded previous rates. Barley, o ats, and peas met a steady inquiry, at full prices. Beans were very slow sale, an d i s p er quar t er cheaper. Wheat, red, 38s to 475, white, 46s to 495, extra 51s; barley, 28' to 33s ; oats, 14s to 21s ; beans, 30s to 35s ; peas, 34s per qr. 29 s to NEWARK-FEB. 9. At the Corn-exchange to-day we had a good attendance, and fair supplies of grain. Wheat met a ready sale A t an advance of is per quarter. Oats were in great request. Other corn remains the same as l as t wee k. Wh et "' white, 54s to 58s, red 48s to 54s ; barley, grinding, 265 t° . 28s, malting 32s to 348 ; oats, seed 24 s to 28s, feed 2 2 s -- I° . 248 ; beans 36s to 445; peas 34s to 365; malt 568 to 6 '' tares, 40s to 44s per qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 8. The number of fat beasts to-day was not large, the cit mand. was good, and a clearanc e was eas il y e ff ec ted. T o . supply of sheep was about the av e r age , an d high 'ow e " were asked for them. There was more fat calves than usual. The number of fat pigs was less than it has I ' B l for the last ten years, and conseq uen tly f e t c h e d the Wel price. Buyers were numereus, and many were unsur bet : —Beef, 5d to 6d ; mutton, 7d to lid ; veal, 6d to 6id Pe r lb. ; pigs, Os Od to 10s Od per score ; rough fat, 4s 6 d P fd 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d to 2jd per lb. ; calf-skins, 2d to per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Fn. 9. We had a small supply of grain in to-day's mark et; sales dull, and last week's prices ba.ely supported. Top of Wheat .. Barley... Oats Beans 67i lb 370 Od Total Supply and Sales. 698 qrs, 637 qrs 938 qrs, 145 qrs, Wheat, Barley, Oats... Beans, .sold 613 grr 4 .sold 545 qrs .gold 788 Vs .sold 142 qr AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 6 7 7-1 2 ° 5 Ditto of Barley ...... 1 10 6 6-1 2 th s Ditto of O a t s 1 0 3 5-12ths Ditto of Beans 113 9 6-12thS DBLIN—FB. 8. White wheat, 26s Od to t E o 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od t02 0 8 0 5 a, barley, 12s 6d to 16 s sd ; oats, 108 Od to 118 Od; raPes baker 21s Od to 23s pe r b r l ; oatmeal 11s Od to 12s 6d ; ba- 6 ( 1 flour, 14s 6d to 18 s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 31s 0d to 34s per 480 lbs. CORK-FEB. 9. Brls. Currency. ne. White whcat 00 s Od to OOs Od Os Od- 20 st° 40 ltedwheat 23s Od to 25s Od Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od 23s 3d-2 0 d° ' Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 59 Barley l3s 8d to 14s 8d Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od .00s Od-16 cl°' Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os Od 172 Oats 9B Od to lOs Od 190 Ditto lOs Od to 'Os 3d > 105 2d d o. 84 Ditto 1 02 Pigs ....... : 39s Od to 43s Od 41s od per ar t " _4Zuantity of Quantity sold at the highest prices : 10 0 barrels white wheat ; 2 red ;10 barley • o ber° ; , oats ; 3 pigs. Wheat, 671 . grain and number of pigs sold last week :4 0. Barley, 861. Bere, 0. Oats, 7,v Pigs, 676. PRICES OF BUTTER. CURRENCY. 8 53 CANT. First quality ......... 94s First quality ............... 8 40 Second quality ................. 935 Second quality ............ /9 4 Fifth quality .. Third quality ...... . 88s Third quality ............... ,34 Fourth quality .......... 82s Fourth quality ............ 'As Sixth quality .... ..................... 58s Sixth quality ............••• Age y••••••••. 74s Fifth quality .............• Return of cattle sold for week ending Feb. 5 :--- Pi g s, 653 . Sheep, 195. Cows, 127. v 7, 6d; CORK.—FIOIIr---Fillt, 15s 6d to 16s 6d ; extra, 'At iid o ' seconds, 14s Od to 15s Od; bouseholds, lOs to 13s Od ; Qs 9(1; oatmeal, P s Od to 11s6d ; whea:, meal, 7s Od to 108 per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, Ss 6d to ' ei vt India , corn,Od to 8/ 7s 6d per ton. Bran, 4iyerage' H s t o lls 6d P e l so oa to 411756 d perton. Hay—Farmers, 20s Od to 32s Od; a tr ot.' 28s ; dealers, 338 Od to 44s Od ; average, Os per ton•l, Od ,„ t° Farmers, 16s Od to 23s Od ; average, 00s ; dealers, '"- 7d v" O ar e ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 9 d to lld per lb. Od ; household clitto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, b e ef, 4id to 8d ; mutton, Sid to 1 4d to 6 1 d ; P °l* " . ' up °. Eggs, 6s 8d to 6s 10d per hundred. lif eat .:scltf 6 2 d ; veal, i .4 . _ New fo ~s , 6d ; bacon, 7d to 7Acf; 6d per lb.-1 W U, ... to 01. , land, 11/. Os to 12/ -Os p sa er u ton e ; s' Scotch herrings, .-",' pita!: Red, do., 30s per b d. — Potatoes, white, 8d to 79 ",„,„; , lv lid to 12c1.—Coals, Ne mport, 23s ; Lydney, 00s ; u_&11.". Od per ton.--wwskey, Ts skins, market, 25s to 32s ; Sailed, 26s to 32s per e'i"tos.'. 3 0 per l b. Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. Pfrol. pet 25 o.p 6s Od per imperial :Fr . '" °All Fleeces' wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Hemp, 37/' t 0 40 41°4 t3011.1-58Tiraber, Memel, 31. 10s ; red pine, 31. 105; I m , eu rk , rod' • Per ton; deals, 16/. to 181. per hundred. — _,7 o .4loo' 71.71. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 46s to 47s per ew", __*oloo°° lOs to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s, per br" P eruvian, 101. 10s to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE Ar.A. ILS. p (N signttles that the m a il s are sent Prom the General -°3 teo(llo6 by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] _ _ . Day when in ad e up From what .......--00, ,111 COUNTRIES. in Gener a l P ost- Port tint o t, Office, London. Dispatched. !...../. Ame rica(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday .... L i verpoo l ••• Each OP America (by United Sts. 6 pad - et) N Feb. 24 F • ...... Liverpool ... 8 America (by U . . State: Packet) N Feb. 16 .......... Southampton Feb. 56 Australia (via Soudl• ampton) . Feb i M 4th of March .... S ou thampton ll Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth o f M atch .... Dover .• •• • • API' ~ 5 0 Ditto (via Cape of (Mod Hope) .. ........ N 22d of February .. Plymouth • .• Ml 2 Africa ( West Coast) N 23rd of the month. Plymouth •• F eb ' 2 ' 1 yet). -6 . Alexandria NB, 9, 24, &30of m Dover .• •• •• . 2 ,, ,, Alexandria.... M 4 th & 20th of mon. Southampton F eb !_ . `, „f 01 , Bahamas M 2nd of the month Southampton 141"1/ Belgium N Daily ............ Dover .. •• • Feb' 16 Brazil ....... • —ld 9th of the month.. SonthamPton Feb 10. Buenos Ay es M 9th of the mon.h.. Southampton ro , r 3 O Cape of Cood Hone N 14th of the month Plymouth •.• ',, ti rci . Cape of Good Hope N 2n4 of Apri1...... Plymouth •. ' 2 0 Case do Verds N 14th of the month. Plymouth •• Feb'l Ceylon (see India) 27 0 ?.11 • .' Ceylon.... .. . • • . 14th of the month Plymouth •• so . FcbTn., Channel 151e5..., N M on ~W e d ,& it' rd. Southampton. 1° Chili.... • • • . ——3 l & 17th of month Southampton ' vet) China (see India) . Feb' 1° Constantinople* N 7,8,17,24,&27 o f m D over • • ••,_%, fob. 10 Constantinople .... —Ai 4th & 20th of mon. Southampw" v ic Cont. of Europe 1 11 & N Twice daily .... Dover • • • ce ll Egypt (see India) .. TW IC 16 France ........ M& N Twice dai1y...... Dover .. • • yet' Gibraltar 2l 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of fn. Southampton ''' .• Greece (see India) ton Fe b. 14, 06 Greytown .... • • —ld 2nd & 17th of mon. AouthamP- • 'ru, I Hamburgh .....• •• N Tuesday & Friday London ..• • • .fexe,P, o ut. Havannah .. ..... 3l 2nd of the month Southampton 1 00 ,1 Holland M Wednesday & Sat. London ... • • ;D, 1 ° Honduras ... • • — M 17th of the month. Southampton Feb, 2 0 6 India (viaSouttfampt.)l4 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Feb. In lia (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover .....• . A 0 lonian Isles (see India) T* ll 7 Ireland ..Li .. •••. AI & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead •• ' 6 M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Feb,,... 1 Madeira —_ _ 3l 9th of the month Southampton Feb. if Madeira .... ..... N 23rd of the month Plymouth •• ' Malta (see India) It Malta FeD• •" • • • •• • • • • .N 7 17 19 27 30 of m. Dover .... • • 2 6 Mauritius (see In ' ' ' ' Mauritius N 14th of the month Plymouth .. f f e t tie VanTSicilyu c apn i Natal in : e: I .fe: i v (/ran"ada • :: : :11114N 2nd of the month. Southampton Feb. 16 P,apal States* N 2 5 5 th s th i t 7 h t 2 h b th of o m f m on o t n h . , so Do u v t e h r am .. p . t . 0 . il trverbe e re New Zealand ....... By private ship ..IVariou• pat' Fe n. ' 6 pleeininsula M tt.htilis7tthh22;tthhoofimmoonn.liDsoouvtehram..p.t.o.n Feb,reD i 2166 Fort li ' •—••• • • • • • hi 2d & 17th of mon. sonthamPtnn Feb, i'j Venezuela ....... Al 2d & 1 ...... N N 5 1 th 4th i t ut' the month Plymoutk • • Feb' i, n'sLa4cl (see thnh2stohlomtmonothn,Dsoo:tehram..p.:o•l; Feb.a. i 6 .....• N s thlsth2sthormon. Dover ——• • F Australia) West Indies .. f n I rel !:/ ' .. •• •• M i 2d & 17th o f mon th Southampton .4, BIRTHS. fif e OF A SON. On the 4th i ns t. at Hope-street, St. Andreae' {fie of Captaa J. P. inst., H.E.I.C.S. ab 00, OF A DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., a t 21 , U pper P em b ro k o .strco tD the Hon. Mrs. Reilly. On the 4th in s t., a t Madeley, Staffordshi re ' til° of wif Mrs. C. Stanl e y. th° e On the Bth in s t., a t Ashbourne,Der b ys hir°, Sir George Gervis, Bart: 11 1 MARRIED. g eo On the 7th inst., at St. Marylebonc hal : yoll o ott Verini, Esq., of St. John's-wood, to M i a r l'fora' s ' „ daughter of Edward. Brashier, Esq., of 131 a e- Joil d " Portman-square. age, 0 1 0 On the Bth inst., at St. Paul's, Knigh te " r- f 10 4 Parker, Esq., eldest son of Hugh Parker, Egg" ° of ti r: ' Yorkshire, to Charlotte Eliza, second daught er f nat''' ll. " G. Vernon, Esq., of Clontarf Castle, county fi b, g p DID. On the 9th i nst., at 2, Not E tingham-Place' Ite a , ro n ' Y k' . Donald Maclean, Est,, aged 81. On the 9th inst. Sarah SWrah, widow of PhiliP Perli°g :viffu l t et of Dev onshire-lac . e, Marylebone, aged 7 5 . 0 On the Bth inst. , Sherborne-house, Dora e "„ g " ed Francis Shiel, son of W. C. Macready, Esq. , - '4ditjoa On the sth inst , at West Dud.dingsto r 11, n ea r out' ars. Isabella Fa . rquhar, widow of •L' eue ttiv - Humphrey Graham. On the 7th inst at 16, Montpellier - ter race ' Clielt4 rv --11 .1 Daniel Davies, Esq., aged 57. Im t On the sth inst. at Cheltenham, aged 9 - , ho fe of Capt a i n J ohn Cooke, of the Be ll ero phon, sy o por" action of Trafalgar. John Fowles, Esq., 3d in s t. at at Mitre-court, TemPl°' we Esq., baiTister-at-law. DOit f LONDON : Printed an d Published by 311311 f fice' •74 V of No. 112, S tran d , P r i n t er , a t The Sun 0 . , 0 00 09 Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav o y , in so Middlesex, Friday, February 11, 1863' -- ••• • • . aiIZU al7 tll of month I SoutnaraP o- 1 2 .0 t th AN AMBASSADOR IN A FlX.—Count de B ni lele d e new Minister of Prussia in Spain, arrived °, 11 ,: t • last week in Madrid in a dill enceHe causea,,cilow, gage to be placed in a cart, g and directed that i b r - r ivil i °l follow the hackey-coach which he entered. O n (it ‘ll' g at his hotel, he found that the cart had disapPe 3r h e rrA 5 : O he could not see or hear anything of it. ern -t°4°io he e ent was very great, as he had no clothes excep t ar e wore ; and the only ready-made clothes wh ic ,,o;o le L a be bought at Madrid are such as are worn by ' Ol , - ru p 9 :, l and porters. M. de Rosenbe went to the ' by" Consul-General, Baron de Minutole, and related 1 1 0 4 what happened. That gentleman accomPan ie i v set P g the Director-General of Police, who immedia t , e ra ' rot; agents in motion. By eight o'clock, the next' — oo ° oo— succeeded in arresting the thieves, and i n r all his luggage to the Minister.