The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 18:57. irculo tion during the time of the Reformßill, in which lordships lordships will think that-at such a time as this we are Xing Williatu the 4th is represented as tearing down i bound to utter a frank expression of our opinions ; that ~ certain papers bearing the words "Reform Bill" u p , u ' we should be guilty of no electioneering mystery ; but , them, :Ind the words put into his ..kajssty ,m a mouth were that we shoul I openly state what our coarse has been —"C In this be me ?" (Great laughter , and cheers.) and of mymyself to obloquy, opinions what our course will be. (Hear, bear.) In the Your lordships will also remember a story of older date, assertionl may expose which tells the history of a n unfortunate lady whose to calumny, and misrepresentation, as has before hap dress was somewhat un w arrantably interfered with i n paned to me, and I hope I know bow to meet them ; her sleep, and who , when she awoke, looked down on but lam sure at least of this—that no man can say that lexpression my ever shrank from the of political feel herself and exclaimed , " Sure, this can never be I." (Lauf;• hter ) lam sure that when the noble viscount ings—that I ever sank a principle for the esake of a poli- se es s one of the cries that are attached to his name, he tical advantage, or that I ever deceived the trust re will 1 a bound to say, "This never can be me." (Hear, posed in . me .. by those friends who have honoured me A nd Is ughter.) It is not a little remarkable that amongst with tle.tr political confidence. (Loud cheers.) the va=rious watchwords which have been attached to the Earl GRANVILLE said that the noble earl had stated name of the noble viscount there are three which I have with much emphasis on two occasions last week his never heard associated with it. They are not unimpor- intention to call the attention of the house to the cir tent words, and have often been watchwords of the Libe ral party. I have not seen or heard the cries of "Pal- o imslancee under which an appe a l was a b ou t t o be made merston and Peace," "Palmerston and Retrenchment," to the country, and that in doing so on th e secon d read " Palmerston and Reform." (Hear, hear, and cheers.) ing of the bill now before the house it appeared to him Probably the noble viscount having been with me a sup- that the noble earl was taking a natural and proper porter of the Reform Bill, thinks that constitutional re- course. Considering the assertions which had been put form has gone far enough ; that reform was a question forth by some of the noble lord's own supporters, it was of the day, and it is quite consistent for any one who was a supporter of the Reform Bill now to say, I will go no natural that the noble earl should make a statement further. But peace and retrenchment are questions for which was calculatedto influence and as it were to afford all times ; and I fear that if we have no peace, we shad a model for the electioneering addresses of kis party. The have no retrenchment, and that we can have no aesocia- noble earl had now made that appeal, with every advan tion of peace with the name of Palmer:non. (Hear) thee surroanding it which was calculated to produce the Nov, my lords, I happened to see the other day in a newspaper (The Sun), which warmly supports the noble greatest effect on the country. The noble earl bad said of viecriunt and asserts his claims to the confidence of him, and some others of his colleagues, that they were the country, a statement of the opinions to which mere cyphers, that they were " the appendages" of his every man professing to be a Liberal ought to adhere. nsble friend (Lord Palmerston). He coal) assure the It, ,Lid—" No man deserving the name of Liberal noble earl that he did not feel any irritation en that ought to wince while catechized upon each of these subj eta : ground, but he might ask the noble earl w h a t th e coon "s The Ballot ; try thought, and what he himself thought, o f th ose " The Extension of the Suffrage, and in particular whom he appended to himself during his Abort period of Mr. Locke King's motion ; of ee as Prime Minister, and afterwards whether in his " The Bank. Monopoly ; unsuccessful attempt to form an administration, when " Church Rates ; he sought the co-operation of a noble colleague of his e " Abolition of Purch a s e i n th e A rmy , an d P romo ti on by Merit ; (Earl Granville's), not Lo r d P a l merston, w h et h er b e re " A graduated Income T ax ." garded him as a cyph er / If h e did , i t was pro b a b ly as The writer of the article objects, he says, upon principle the cypher added to the unit, giving to that unit ten to f xicting pledges from candidates upon the busting,. ; times its value. (Hear.) but these are the A B C of Liberalism, and no man The Earl of DERBY—When he spoke of appendages ought to hesitate for a single mome n t whil e b e i ng sate he had not referred to th e no bl e ear l or hi s no bl e co l- Weed upon them. I should like to see, for th e amuse ment of the thing, the noble viscount, who is said to lesgue, be at the head of a Liberal Government, just at the Eno- Earl GRANVILLE had then misunderstoodthe noble meat that he is going through this catechism. (Hear.) earl, but he certainly thought the noble earl spoke of all Tal,e the Ballot ! Why, there i 8 not a man in Eng the members of Lord Paimerston's Government except lan I who so strongly ojsjects to the ba lot as the noble that noble lord himself, as appendages and cyphers. viscount. (Hear.) I should like to know what he would have to say on the subject of Mr. Locke King's motion. ("No, no," from Lord Derby.) And he therefore felt Justified Then, as regards the Bank m ono p o ly ; it i s true t h at t h e ustified in reminding the noble earl w h a t h e appeare d to Government has referred the q ues ti on o f th e B an k C har- have forgotten—of how desirous h e was , w h en endea ter to a select committee, but w ith a di s ti nct i nt i mat i on enuring to form a Government hims e lf, to o bt a i n t h e i r that they contemplate, if any a t a ll, th e very l east pos - assistance and co-operation. With the exc e pti on o f th ese sible, alteration in the condittrion of the Rank, and no- jokes, the whole tone of the noble earl's speech was so thing whatever as r egar d s t h e monopo l y of b ank i ng. supplicatory, so apologetic and defensive, th a t it was qu i te Thsn, as to Church r a t es , I b e li eve t h e ne tt ° v i scount. obvious that he spoke under the cons c i ousness t h at h e was on the losing side, and ho (Earl Gra nv ill e ), t h ere f ore has expressed him se lf as s t rong l y w i t h rtgar d to that. reeling that ho was upon the winni ng s id e , m i g h t b e ex question. Nor do I b e li eve th at h e h as p l e d ge d hi mse lf to the abolition of p urc h ase i n th e army ; b ut i t i e i s b e i nosed, and certainly he could mak e no c l a i m w h atever to magnanimity, if he abetained from m a ki ng any observe ate owed that if the Government h a d come t o suc h a d e - magnanimity, savouring of party bitter ness or peloona l an i ter niration that they would have m a l e some ment i on o f it. Teen, as to a graduated i ncome t ax , t h ere i s not mosity. (Hear, bear.) The nobl e ear l i n spea ki ng of the financial policy of the Governm en t, an d t h e b i ll then be ano who has given to it any decider: op i n i on, are t h at ',Lich has been given by the G overnment, one an d al l , fore their lordships, expres se d hi s regret t h at they had determined to deal with the i ncome tax i nstea d of I.?av ageinst a differential, that i 3 a gra d ua t e d i ncome tax. I log it to be settled by the n ew P ar li ament. He wool.] do out say that the Go v e rnmen t h ave not supporte d mea rot say a word of what th e coun t ry wou ld h ave t h oug ht, sure on these subjects, b u t i n th e sense o f t h e i r b e i ng - tests of liberalism ther e i s no t one o f th em b u t h as met if, alter pl dging themselves a s th e y h a d d one t o aben don the car vox, Ministers h a d left that matter as it with opposition fr om th e G overnmen t, so f ar as their was, and pleaded such a n excuse as th a t sugges t e d by owe views are concerned. There i s h ar dl y one o f the:es the nolle earl ; but he might be allowed t o s t a te one mul jects with regard to which, i n t h e event of their thing, and that was, that if the bill had no t b een i n t ro being brought forward in th e new Parliament, the Go verinnent will not be compell e d, if th ey oppose them, to duce I and pressed through before the di sso l u ti on , th e country, whatever the decision of the next P ar li amen t, base recourse to a combi na ti on w ith that Conservative must have been saddled with the war inc o m e t ax , if not port of whi c h, in a moment of difficulty, pasty which th e y n o ,v abuse and viiify, b u t o f t h e sup for :ix months, at all events for th ree mon th s beyond they a r e b u t to glad to ava il th emse l ves. (Hear.) But r may be April next, when, accerding to the provi s io ns o f t he bill asked if the then under consideration, it w ou ld exp i re. Th e no b le noble vis coun t i s so much o f a Conservative, earl, forgetting what was an t ece d ent w i t h regard to wl.y not support hi m as a C onservat i ve ? To that I repty, in the fleet place, that Id o no t k now w h at are the present himself, and therefore mor e na t ura l to h ave occurred to opinions of the noble v i scoun t ; secon d ly, that if he is a him, said that he had alw a y s i n d u l ge d i n a confident Conservative, he is in a f a l se p os i t i on as the avowed bead hope :a I expectation that th e i ncome tax would be put of he Liberal party; and la s tly, th a t i f t h e pr i nc i ples of an end to altogether at the e n d o f a certa i n period of th • noble viscount are Con serva ti ve , I h ave yet no confi- years. If the noble earl had refresh e d hi s memory b y a deuce that he will al nays su pp or t hi s own pr i nc i p l es, or reference to his own previously exp resse d op i n i ons upon t that he will in the mome n t o f d anger b a ldl y stand up in this question, he would have found t h a t w h en r idi cul i ng defence of his own p r i nc ipl es an d op i n i ons. (Gear) I Mr. Gladetone's budget in 1853, h e sa id, i n spea ki ng o f fully acknowledge the hi g h qua liti es o f t h e no b le v i scount the proposition of maintai n i ng cer t a i n d ut i es i n or d er that the income tax might b e t a k en o ff i n 1860 , " that —no one is more a li ve to the charms of hi s conversa ti on e or more willing to co nce d e hi s rea di ness and resource, the noble lord (the n a t th e h ea d o f t h e Goverr ment) or himself would li ve t o see t h e d ay w h en that and the adroitness with w hi c h h e manages a popular a-- tax would be taken off h e did no t expect. " (C heers ) sembly ; but if I am as k e d w h et h er I b elieve that he is So that, whether the proph e cy o f th e no bl e ear l were guided by fixed principl ee , or th a t h e i s i mbued with these high principles wl'ich ought to chara c t er i se a B i i- right or wrong, it was cl ear th a t h e h a d not t h e same th h min ~ter, Id o not t hi nk I can venture to say that f confident hope and ex p ec t a ti on i n 1853 of the early can place confiden ce i n th e no b le viscount. (Hear, hear.) expiration of the tax as h e n ow s t a t e d . (Ch eers.) T he noble earl then enumerated var i ous top i cs o f nat i onal W hat has happened i n thi s very sension ? On the intro- duction of the budget we were told that it was indispene- policy, and, drawing his conclusions from the course May necessary to the requirements of the revenue that which the Government had taken with regard to id e dutigs on tea should be raised to ls. 7d, in the pound. them, said they were about to appeal to the country An opposition to this impost was threatened, Mr. Glad- without any intelligible principle. Before saying at me gave n oti ce o f an amendment to fix the duty at a word upon this p ar t o f th e quest i on, h e m i ght be is 3 1., and Lord J. R usse ll gave notice of anoth er t o fix allowed' to ask their lordships whether they thought it at ls. 41. Wh a t h appened 3 In the face of the declara• there was any peculi ar fit ness i n bringing such a charge ti.m which had be en ma d e s h ort l y b efore that it was bulls- in the eloquent p erora ti on w i t h which, dealing with p usably necessary t o th e revenue that the duty should generalities in the widest possible man ner , th e no bl e ear l coseluded his spee c h, w ith out g i v i ng t h em the slightest be that which the G overnment proposed, the Chencellor ef the Exchequer, w h en th rea t ened with a supposed combi- information of what hi s own pr i nc i p l es were ? (Hear, hear.) When the no bl e earl talked of disunion he might netion of parties, gave way on a point which he said was absolutely essential to the public service. (Hear, hear ) retort that there were many amongst the noble earl's But there is another and a more striking instance. If own supporters who did not feel any great confidence in thers is one thing which more than another is the hie leadership, or any very accurate knowledge of his b. arden duty of a Minister of the Crown with reference principles. (" Hear," and cheers.) The noble earl to the exereis e o f th at prerogative of the Crown, it is might say that h e was no t b oun d to exp l a i n b eforehaed t that the ad v i ce w hi c h h e g i ves to the Crown, in the die_ the principles upon whi c h, if h e were i n o ffi ce, he would c tr bution of h onours emanat i ng from the Crown, should carry on the govern men t o f th e country; b ut they could be given ir res p ec ti ve o f P arl i amentary influence. (Hear, not forget that the nobl e ear l was once at the h ea d of a hear.) Id o no t mean to express my opinion on the Government—fur a very s h or t ti me i t was true — (bear) p irticular case t o w hi c h I am about to allude, —but which he end eavoure d t o pro l ong b y postponing but it it is quite c er t a i n t h a t t h e no b le viscount, with to the very last mom en t th e di sso l ut i on wh i ch he bad promised as s oon as h e f oun d hi mse l f i n a minority in the sanction of the n o bl e b aron oppos i te (Lord Panmure) the house, and under circu ms t ances not, as now, when sent letters to Sir J. M'Nell and Cul. Tolled.), containing a pecuniary gift, whi c h, h e ra id , was the form of rewar d na large or great questi on o f po l icy was ag i tating the for their servic e s w hi c h appeared to her Majesty's Go- public mind ; but when a q ues ti on o f v i ta l importance to v inmost to b e the fitting and appropriate one. The the country was in vo l ve d i n th e i ssue o f t h e appeal to the electoral body, an d w h en th e i nterests of a great noble viscount was as k e d i n the House of Commons if it party were wra pp e d up i n th e resu l t, h e cont i nued to sit mete intended to con f er any mark of honour emanating there as first m i n i s t er , s h ow i ng the greatest pat once, fr on the Crown o n th ose gentlemen. Ho replied that ii e v - is not his inte n ti on —th at t h e i r services were not of and, he m us t a dd, t h e greatest dexter i ty, in fencing the, that nature which en titl e d t h em to receive such marks of question which w as p ut t o hi m, n i ght alter night, wht teer he was goin g t o tte country in favour o f p ro t ect i on honour, and i t was not proposed to advise the Crown to c safer on th em suc h marks of honour. A notice of ine- or of free t ra d e . (H ear, h ear.) The noble earl, he Can on the subject was given, but befsre the motion was thought, was rot then the person who who was in a po b:ought on tt e question was repeated, and the noble gibes to accuse the Government of appealing to the vi-count repeated his answer that he did not think it con.- country without having any defined principle of policy to a:stent wits his duty to advise the Crown to confer any go uson. (Rear.) The noble earl t w itt e d Mi n i s t ers w i t h nark of honou r on th ose gentlemen. When the motion I having in the divisio n i n th e C ommons, on Mr. Locke vas brought on, it was opposed by the noble viscount ; King's bill, been fo un d i n t h e same lo b by with the oppo bet there came a pressure upon him, and in a matter nents of that measure. He (E , r 1 Granville) admitted vs hich concerned the distribution of honours by the that that was an "unfortunate contingency"—(" hear, hear," and laught er f rom t h e O pposition)—but if the Cnown, he conse n t e d t o g i ve a d v i ce to the S:werti,tt e hich 20 minty es before he said it was inconsistent whin house would all ow him, h e wou l d explain that eircuni hi : duty to off er . C an I have confidence in a Mi n i s t er stance in a few words. Wh en th e bill was eeho so readily g i ves way to pressure ! And I suppose, lira introducer'', th e G overnment, a f ter duo deli. be. ation, determine-i than. it s h ou ld b e supported, with that if, r n that occas i on, t h ere h ad been a division, act' the view of introdu c i ng suc h mo difi cat i ons in oat lit tle) Governm en t, as was most probable, had been de tee as they thought wou ld e ff ec t a use f u l an d prudent f ated, we sh ou ld h ave h ear d of factious combinations ; aid if so, it was ow i ng to the pressure of a combination extensioa of th e c oun ty f ranc hi se ; an d i t was on l y when t ;at the n o bl e v i scount acted in a manner which he do. on a close examination of th e bill it se lf, it was f oun d to be so drafted a s no t t o admit of those amendments, a n d c need to b e i ncons i stent with the duty he owed to the it was felt it w ou ld b e a waste o f th e t i me o f th e h ouse to eii:iniity of the C rown . I have, my lords, trespassed grievouFly on th e time arid patience o f '- the house— oattlezing the second re a di ng . ((T ear , h ear .) B ut if pt to amend it, that th e G overnmen t d ec id e d upon Selieers)—and I shall d o so bur for a sh ot t ti me lin oe p It lam asked whet is the course whieh I thi n k it g ,i • Lord Derby w i.d ie d it t o b e i n f erre d that b ecause they oable to 100 personal in th e te. e-t Parliam en t by thoseL- could not Support the bill in question ill the shape in with whims I have the honour to act, I say that it is which it wag presented to Parliament, that therefore their boundLii duty to adhere to the;r own principles and they considered the reforms which had ' been effected their own opinions, irrespectiv e of the Tete ers from which' final, and that the electoral system, as it at present stoo I, th, y oene. If the•noble visco unt — avoiding . aPd n was susceptil - de of no further improvement, he was wholly nos organic changes in the great institetiens of the in error. 'ln that respect, as i n a l l others, Lord Pel country—makes on ly suc h reforms in oar secal instittn rtierston'e Government lodged the mse l ves t o progressive - _ L ioni as are calcul a t e d to combine the exertions of all improvement and reform in every department of the lovers of their country, I can assur e the noble viscount state. (Rear.) Then upon the subject of education, abet from the Conservati ve p ar t y h e will meetwith no the noble earl s a id th a t Lord Palmerston was prepared factious opposition. He need drea.l GO unpri nc i plea to take any course t h at m i g h t suit their purposes at the combinations against Lim ; but,,on the - hontrary, he will moment. To that charge he replied that the Govern fi nd us ready to assist him against all attempts at lia,ty ment had expressed their views clearly upon the educa tion q ues t ion, on a bill brought forward by a member of in iovatien, and ready t o j o i n cor di a ll y w i t h him in pro meting the progress of those social improvements which the noble earl's own Government, and which he might av odd afford abund an t room f or t h e l a b ours of any nii- be all owe d to say, would, he believed, be most uuob ei- -try. In everything which tends to the simplification )ectionab'e, and would have been the most useful, had it and the revi s i on o f th e l aw, or the better adaptation of passe I, th a t h a d b een presented to Parliament. Be that our present system, an d th e b etter d i sposal of our convict ')vev!r as it m i g h t, the Government had shown them i case s t e h of f o t t h h e e r, it Scotch rag a bill s found in that h impossible p pulati on ;i n th e b etterprovieion of rneansfor correcting selves i in no way i nd i fferent to the subject ; but, as in the c tie steps of th ose w h o are on the verge of crime ; and inhouse, a and obtainthe E ogl that ish con bill stiainlating the volu n t ary e ff orts of the country towards t the establishment of a system of religious and moral edu• currenee of opinion which was necessary to pass a rnea they could posy it through . . .•sure of that kind, and even if cation in everything that may tend to the physical and Periiainent, he believed, looking at the stronw objections lie hell purification of the great mass of contagion whicl entertained to any such msasure by a large prirtion of the lie, !,eerrenting our towns and cities—the noll9 ViSCOtintl community, , that it would do harm rather than geed. But I 1 ente rs ori such a career, will receive the aseilance of the Conservativeparty, But if, sacrificing his own tee noble earl, when he said he was in favour of a large o f ha • ei.. . . , gives way before the advalc-s of undue 'n valaaa, I trust he will find the Conserve-lye further—and remembering ta , the noble earl's late party stilt eunichitently numerous, and sufficiently Celonial S,cretery brought a bill into the house of po eerie!, to sa ve in his own supporters, and able to oppose to, them eimnie6rao Commons in one year . embodying a proposition tending tteacifaet resistance as will pre veet him from itilli ctil h s e e r ii to a system of r:1 gious education, and i n 4` veer nt,z, a ou s injory en the country. bill whose tendency w as to esta l forli a system of pure) J :en ea'istied that wh secular instettetion • the mills earl ought to stat - e seal to the interests of th e a i iti ll 7 o ut l'farrilah, it i 3 CSSer: , an e , s t ry the. the Conservative F ia, iy sh.iu;4l ire numerous tie o f all thei'e v.ll, whi c h ‘,,r tl, t 7,, he approved. (hear, hunt,) And it , hen th.+ slightest hesitation, that i wit,riong. I say with"" 1 life hate President of the Boma'. of trade Oh. liatilee. I rose up in the other hull +t attil laid his hands ktrelity w, ee one.) l-anded to.gether by t h e ' v.,,,,iv0 opinio, j,t to which I sot ;01,,, : ri, t w of 0 49 „ G msct. 1 "spin :ehr johil Pakingten's saliva :a and crushed the in--to lc ui, . 33 , ai 4 , 110 1, :v 0 . , tn , i ,,..,___ 4:, •-4 , rr. ; a ha c t ~n , c 3 i wipe, fatee e l e t . dtlit the ricila earl ought to say wise. oil iitlitrd n0 ' , : ,, u !,. " :vat 1 file w:t ,„7 4 : 0 1 tc l o o l y . a p s i fltipi .. ; i } One or not that tees done with hie ranctioe and vette tied; any sueh nui er must he fist] octed o e es. ° ) , h-"4.31toll fettion. (lest ) The noble cail had et) 'ken Of inter op ftif)u aud nieecii I , find not On role' bee) ; M,l t m t! eity. t ' f 1 honours w e itli t.'e ; liren"(P' '' i7° I : r t" Crown il 4.1" ' Ili " :rrainp,lto i ‘o o . o , o t u e rs ~ r recritoriutte servree.e, and the for ii a combination to OVerthrOw a Government 14 " d relating to the for a a disorganised succ.uslion to their office,. it,l3 , ; umbweiiiinanthe House of QaMinolle on the case of Sir J . opinions may not be popular in the present eaY ; but I d Col. l'ulloch, had declared that for himself have adhered to them for no inconsiderable period of My be f ounitt P s a u r i t i withi 'ahem he acted they Weald Malys lif e . lam too old to change them now, and they will re- lof "'" . e . „porting caieting institutions. Was it proof nt.in the Came te the end of nov life. I in'end to nen' ..,n- 'll r _..,.0,,, eterrnieatlon that one of the to`oie earl' ' ' . 11 saglies almoet lea ree . r .. • 8 P n " tai-: tr, the re- - - o , mest of my agility the inttitutiaee ti t h e iee se of a Jaltilo e •. ..,0 a,teeit winch induced the conetry ; I will p ort f *he Croy n 5. . ,, to interfere with the prerogative of Iv; ill support the I . t le ' 'i-e of 04) Crov-1 ' prereg,, , , ~,, . ,f. th • on th et oceasi , ? (Rear) A great portion your loraship e ' i; ' erechtl h? rights and inclepensfence cf i ng e " bi t' e arl's l" see, -r. e ume- I- will -- e to foreign t ,,,, h P . a embraced various topics relat petede, and a - II support Le rights (or the. alto re, In commenting WI Ruppert f • venous epithet. upon which he used ~,,, ~ P lo t then - E3taliiistied he rtgate and the prp his nous irte , Forne of which lie i 'ght possibly, had nCieurela of which I have Fez william beer ' i n by his side 'all een rt attaclied t ire e, have ' s : i (i re E d e 1 ember. I desira to se? So numerous were taus© ee ) a it t i the her , s, ;IA places strengthened, ~i t be cou'd P not ti ,-.0 1 ~ as see should be held fi rmlaynide hie: def , :cts repaired, t; - 1.111 Al, but he bedi x ev im c i ti et iemory so far as to enumerate the dictatorial," pcoale ; but / will never con oat t t me off ions of - the dlieg," " the uejustifieble:' " the feed er:or e from the fabric of the churochwithdraer a single characterisoi the noble lorespirit of interference which with filial revel once and affections o oil which I look he The 0 i instance . .(palinerst et) were atnengst trin t your lordships will pardon me (Hear, hear.) 1 them, fil. ftl t n . y t: as the noble earl adduced k 0 1:,411C1 of my ewn Lehr.- • „idi forobtrudiee opnions. oil you ,to just: y _lfb,, epithets i.l ,-, that of N a pl„ . i er , ) , ff with retLeird 1,...) IN aples t len. ()reships need Lot be re: ' ' i fere, an amenably which 1:' . W e do not muse, an7ertb'e to ceestituents. that; ono of the ablest and . most experienced members of and 4e hut exorese cur weer, i , teez o s e , / ; „,,,, theies3, r h- ,e ! t h at iwrete— uric svione Leucite:nue they all almired, and do Lot incur the I.q . ..,,S responsionity ; ant) I .l - tal , , , . ani su re your 4 'sy h I , t t: autbority they la re upon WIL.I re: l , ft , , even • when they differed with bum (Lord Lyndhurst)—not very long since reproached the Government fof not hav ing interfered more in the affairs of Naples than they had done. (Cheers.) The noble earl said that, having gene through the 45 pages of the correspondence on the tar le, he could not make anything out of it. But if the Government were so much to blame in this met ter, how was it that within the six weeks during whist the House of Lords had been sitting in comparative idleness, the noble earl nor any of his friends had brought the subject forward. (Hear, hear.) How was it that the noble earl had chosen to reserve it as a vehicle for a few pungent sentences uttered on the eve of the dissolution for mere election purposes. (Cheers.) If the noble earl had thought it prudent to call attention to the subject in a regular way, his noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs would have been prepared to prove to their lordships that the steps taken by the Govern ment in reference to the affairs of Naples were fully jure• tified, that they were taken in conjunction with our ally the Emperor of the French, that they had not only been justified, but rendered necessary by the state of Italy— and that this result at all events had been produced,that there was scarcely a government in Europe which La I not followed up our remonstrances by remonstrances of a like character. With regard to the rest of Europe the noble earl had been prudently silent. He had not re peated what he or those around him asserted on one oc casion d .riag the present session, that our relations with France were loosened, and the alliance in danger. If he had, he (Earl Granville) would have been prepared to show lam that the relations between the two countries w ire never more firm or friendly than at this moment, and he might mention that the last communication the Emperor of Frame made to our Ambassador at Paris was to express the great satisfaction he felt tbat in China his troops would be found once more cc-operating with the forces of her Majesty. (Hear, hear.) Then, with . regard to Austria, our relations with that power were o th most friendly character; and though the Government claimed no merit on that account, it was nevertheless an agreeable coincidence that while our relations with Austria were thus improving, the Emperor of Austria should be engaged in inaugurating a more liberal system of government in his Italian dominions. Next with re gard to Russia, he believed both sides of the house were satisfied with the final arrangements entered into with that power. He was entitled to infer this, inasmuch as not a single word had been said from either side against that peace which had secured all the objects for which we contended. In reference to the Per sian war, the noble earl had confined himself to vague and general remarks. But in the other house the leader of the opposition had denounced that war in the strongest terms, declared that the demands of the Indian Govern ment on the Government of Persia were based upon the most contemptible of motives • that its only justification was to be found in the turbulent and aggressive diplo macy of the Government, and he intimated that it was in some way c innected with our desire to extend our possessions in India. On a recent occasion, however, a noble earl who sat on the same side with the noble earl, got up, and, with t‘ - at honesty which always die tit g ished him, declared that that war was just and necessary, and that if the engagement which had been given by the Shah of Persia to respect the independence of Herat did not exist, it would be still necessary on the part of the British Government to teke measures to pre vent Herat from falling i, to the hands of Persia, and he at d d " that the quarrel had not been with Persia as an independent power, but with Russia, under whose dic tation Persia acted. Not only were the operations against Herat carried on during the war with Ru sin, when they were calculated to act as a diversion, but they were carried on after the war with Russia had ceased, arid he took the treaty just concluded with Ferukh Khan as c imel)neental to the treaty of Paris, and as showing that Russia for the present adjourned bin designs on India ; that she had rec)nsidered her posi tion, and had found that her interests demanded that there should be a good understanding between her aed England in Europe, which could never come to pass so long as she was carrying on operations in the direction of India which must be objectionable to England. He (Earl Granville) had no hesitation in saying that it was by the firinnessand discretion of Lord Pelinerston, aided by the ability of Lord Clarendon, that those two trea ties had been concluded, by which every question of dis pute with Rus-ia upon those points on which the people of this country were most susceptible, and by which they were once more placed in a position to renew those friendly relations with that great power which it was for the interest of Europe should be main tained, had been adjusted. He now came to the Chi nese question, and upon that point he should certainly follow the example which the noble earl had set, when ha said he would avoid renewing the debate which had already taken place in their lordships house in refer ence to that subject. If the noble Earl was satisfied with the verdict their lordships had by a majority double that which delivered the adverse decision in a , • her place, pronounced, and which he believed would be ratified by the country. He would not, therefore, follow the vari ous topics which had been raised in the debate in both houses, but would merely observe, in reply to the noble earl, that neither he nor any of his colesguea had ever pretended that, when papers were presented to either house of Parliament, no opinion was to be expressed on them. The Government did not complain of that ; but when a decision was pronounced in one house of Parlia ment which they did not think justified by the facts, and which was directly adverse to the decision come to by the other house of Parliament, they felt that it was "la ces ary to appeal to the country for the final judgment. When the noble earl talked of the absence of factious op• position he must say he thought in this respect there was a marked difference in the course taken by the two houses. Their lordships would recollect that the noble earl, when he brought forward the subject, solemnly ad. jure 1 them to cafe, aside all party considerations, to as sine() a judicial position, and decide the question upon principles of humarii y and justice, hut unless rumours, which were very prevalent, were altogether false—and so confidently, and without authority had these rumours been promulgated, that until they were contradicted, which hitherto they had not been, he could not refuse them credence—the noble earl had held a very different view as to the manner in which the subject ought to be deaf with in the other house, and bad, both by word of mouth and in writing, applied a pre,sureia 'ividually and collectively upon his supporters to compel them to vote against the Government. The noble earl had alluded to a subject which had been much canvassed in the course of these discussions as to a coalition said to exist between himself arid others who did not gene rally ajoe with him, and quoted a speech of the late Sir Robert Peel in favour of coalitions when formed on jus t (table grounds. This, however, was somewhat con t. ary to the line of argument taken by the noble earl's representative in the other house, who also quoted a speech, showing that Englishmen generally were not in favour of coalitions; and he remembered on one occa io one of the rno. t distinguished members of the Conserva tive party (Lord George Bentinck) saying that nothing was so etar , g-.!rous to the character of public men as when political ssuch coalition o p p o o, n . wn e nfa n dr(in t oa s gotmmhea Cne c avi i ech l rste i duietl s raach : r:te e coalesc ed—m ore assurance—stillo. ep o :m r wi stepping gaTa especially .sacsetite nno oonntnbehol tetet,hl otp. ede oa w n irrdrdt h ooi versoi power. inneef. nthih:aetiluthoanhe Opposition. r : ; he : oso h e iau e t a ssured lj a sioet r ni , i when t hat noble lord teas the bead of the great Conser vative party—he would not for a moment venture to in sinuate a doubt of the correctness of that statement ; bit w en that noble lord cl al enged the Government in somewhat of an offensive manner to say whether they did or did not believe in t to existence of a factious c hination of parties who did not usually act together, entered it t ) for the purpose of turning out the Govern ment, and talked of the foul calumnies prevailing cn the subje ct while entirely adhering to his faith in the noble lord's high honour and strict accuracy, and without meanin g the slightest discourtesy, he must, in answer, say, that from some f sets which had come to hie know ledge he did believe that there had been something of the sort which the noble earl denies. First, as to whether it was 1 kely that any ;hing of the kind had occurred. When the Government was offered to the noble earl, in 1851, he said there were certain a ifferences which did not enable him to take office with the gentlemen referred t, as having formed part of the coelit oe in the present instance; but upon this point he might vote a sentence f om the Latin grammar, " Da mortuis nil nisi bonum," and say no more. Nevertheless, the noble earl did take offs-, and during the period he h 1 , 1 it he entirety failed in two successive Parliaments in obtaining the con. , fidenee of Parliament. In 1855 an opportunity was again offered to him to form a Government, and be stated ae the reason why he declined was that Lord Palmer ston—that Lord Palmerston, be it reco lected, in whom the noble lord could now place no confidence whatever because of the events of 1848 and 1850—would not join him. (Cheers.) Ie 1855 the noble earl thought the whole question of whether he could undertake the conduct of the Government or not rested upon the possibility of ob. taining Lord Palmerston'e assistenot—not in a subordi. nate position, but as the leader of the Commons of Eng , land—(cheers)—and not only that, but, as hie noble friend behind him reminded him ) as his Minister tier Foreign Affairs-- to "meddle," " dictate ) " and " Inter. fere." ' I The Earl of DERBY'—That is utterly And etititelt , ! erroneous. The pritioq 9 1 14 1 0rorffr datifetafy wits belief, and I woul,) , ...'never have been, offered by me to Lord Palmerston. (dea r , Irwin i Earl GRAN V 114413 accepted Oe (kali!, and Would a=annsfs O M the coin dente which the (Al ,eitil bad ill the noble loth *AS, MU tlettii*olifll t ende which Would Plate 1n 111 s fottide ad. the Owe+ which *ai Usually vested to the leader of the nouso of Olnimons. (Cheers, and a laugh.) Such, howetcra *Crte the Clicilm , trces of the off -3r, a.li l sttdh *as the ckpinidn the noble ea rthed held or hotil Palreu - atoti. 1:1 - 1) was not aware that the pAfty q(the tiohls ea!l had received any &Atli accession of sll'lngth or talent duce 1855, and thetefore he thouglt it was by no means unnatural that the noble earl should ;vial to enlist the Aid of A "entlemab of high Charamer, ghat attainnietits, And,paileh aperier 65 i s the butinOris r ' l lCtoychtiiebi ti,M rarliamett lik e M r . Gl a d s t one . t near.) And so far from obj cting to such a combine tio.;--though he should natured:s , regret t i OM any man of character and abl ty leavii g the Liberal rank he -a would, he thought, be great advantage to the; country if the noble earl could succeed in strengthening his party by the adhesion of a gentleman who in all they did, and in every vote they gave, would feel that they might in con: equence be called upon to take part'n the Government themselves, (Cheers.) Well, what happened at the cern mencemtut of the present session ? The session bad no sooner opened than the leader of the Ooposition in the of er house and Mr. Gladstone were found to be in the most friendly relations with each other. Speculations were put forward and questions were asked in t!se public papers upon the + uhkct, to which it was replied that he (Mr. Gladstone) could not help it, if the leader of the Opposition came to Lira to solicit his co-operation, in matter s upon which th , y both felt alike. That view, however, be believed, was deprecated by the other std., fur these observations were not confined to the liberal and radical papers, and an article appeared in the Press, 1 . as to the authorship of which the noble earl probably knew more than he did. The E irl of DERBY—I know nothing of that paper. I have no connection with it whatever. Earl GRANILLE. did not wish %z twit the noble earl with any connection with the Press, bnt it was said —whether right or wrong he knew not—that that paper owed its circulation to being regarded as the organ of the Conservative party, and that it received occasionally very important communications from the chiefs of that party in reference to their political intentions. As the noble earl knew—for he called theattention of their lordships to the fact—there appeared in that paper what purported to be a speech of the noble earl's in regard to the alleged coalition, in which he refers to the statement of his hav ing seen Mr. Gladstone and consulted with him. The noble earl was made to say that " he had heard it stated that the amendment moved by the hon. member for West Norfolk originated in a feeling of disapprobation at the report which hal been circulated of a coalition between the party which the noble earl was proud to lead and the right hon. member for the University of Oxford. That report was totally false. He had never seen Mr. Glad tone upon the subject, nor hal he ever held the slightest communication with him upon it." And, again, the article reported the noble earl to have said, speaking of c " that no one could be more op posed to coalitions effected in defiance of political prin ciple than himself ; but that wh n members from identity of sentiment were frequently drawn together to the same lobby, it was impossible to doubt that a bond of political union was established which no party could refuse to acknowledge." And, further, alluding to the fact that the Conservative party was in a minority, said that no thing could be more proper than that some measure should be taken ti place them in a position to under take the Government, if called upon. (Hear.) Oa the f"l'owing Monday the noble earl came down to the house, and after seating that he had laid it down as a personal rule never to notice any mis-statements or mis representations in the public press of any part of his public conduct, and that he then departed from that rule only from a sense of justice not so much to himself as to others, said, "I refer to a report in a public news paper, which was wholly unauthorised, and which could only have been sureeptitiou-iy obtained, of a meeting said to have taken place at my house, which certaii;ly di I take place, but not at my house, and which, although it bears on the face of it marks of having been furnished by some person who was present, or by some one who heard what passed on that occasion, is grossly inaccu rate, for it states not only what I did not say, but ih-3 reverse of what I said. Ido not intend to go into any detailed explanation on the subject, but I only wish that it may not he supposed hereafter, if reference should Le made to what occurred on that occasion, that I did not avail myself of the first opportunity to protest, as I now do, against the accuracy of than. report." No doubt it was right to give that explanation. There were incen- TO liences, and those inconveniences evidently struck the noble earl when be said it was not his habit to notice mis-statements in the public press, and for this reason— he know that in giving contradiction you invited con tradic ion from others. Accor Jingly, the Press in the fo lo wieg week acknowledged its error as to the locality of the meeting, and said that-it was not at the house of Lord Derby, but at the house of the Earl of Eglinton, that the meetink was held, but added that the noble earl admitted there had been some political conversation be tween Mr. Gladatone and himself. And when they heard that in some small room of the House of Commons the noble earl did have an interview with Mr. Gladstone and one of his friends, the public would be of opinion that though there might not have been a combination, a can. cent, or a coalition, that there must have been something (he would not make use of the word, but noble lords would know what he meant), when they saw afterwards that this sort of conference was followed by a decided vote for the purpose of overturning the Government. The Earl of DERBY—Did you say that I had a con vrr,ation privately with Mr. Gladstone and some other prs , tn with him in one of the rooms of the House of Commons ? E GRkNVILLE—There was a very general rumour to that effect, but he attached no importance to it. Tee Earl of DERBY made an observation denying the truth of the statement. Earl GRANVILLE—The noble lord saw the difficulty consequent upon contradicting one part of a statement and not going on to explain away the whole; and he thought ho world see the necessity, when he made up his mind to contradict, to explain fully, and not contradict one part, and leave it to ba guessed at what might have been his conduct as to the other points which his contradiction did not emb!ace. He (Earl Granville) admitted that a coali tion might be honourable to the parties and useful to the country. In regard to those members of the House of Commons who voted against the Government on the late occasion—he did not allude to the Conservative members, for they had a perfect right to vote as they pleased—but he must take leave to advert to the votes of some of the most distinguished members of that house, and say, on the part of his noble colleagues and himself, that they repudi ated entertaining the notion that they were actuated by other than the highest and most honourable feelings, though they thought they had misjudged in the decision to which they came. (Cheers.) Reverting to the subject of coalition, there was another coalition whi c h h e cou ld no t think justified. This also might be a subject for contra diction, for he knew nothing of the matter personally, the ' only proof of it that he had having been drawn from the columns of a conservative newspaper—one of those papers to which he found he must not attach too much importance. In the Dublin Evening Mail it was said (speaking of the Tipperary election) there was no doubt of the r• urn of the O'Donoghne, as, owing to the efforts of the con servatives in his behalf, two hundred and fifty of Lord Donoughrnore's tenants voted for him, and he has also the support of Lord Heywood. He (Earl Granville) did hope, for the credit of the Conservative party, that this was not true. He believed that the O'Donoghue was a popular member of the Young Ireland party, entertaining the most extreme Young Ireland views, and the strongest opinions on the subject of tenant-right; and he feared that such a coalition as was here indicated would be more dangerous to the credit of the Conservative party than the adhesion of Mr. Gladstone, or any other memberof that party. (Hear.) The noble earl had spoken of his devoted attachment to the Church of England, but he did not think the course he had lately adopted was the one most likely to aid that church. Their lordships would recollect the appeal the noble earl male to the right rev. prelates when he brought forward his motion on the subject of the hostilities in China, which could not, he thought, have been otherwise than offensive, notwithstanding the solemn manner in which it was put. Subsequently the noble earl passed a high compliment on the zeal and ability of the two right rev. members of the episcopal ben h—the Bishop of Exeter and Oxford—and having done so proceeded to condemn their absence from the house when the division took place. A more unfair accusation he had never heard. However, their lordships would see that it was quite impossible fore him to enter into the reasons which had influenced his ' noble friend in recommending persons to her Majesty for episcopal appointments. He thought the accusation of la titudinarianism also most unfair, but he would refrain from going inee any justification of these appointments, further than to express his belief that his noble friend at the head of the Government bad, in making them, been actuated by the best wishes for the prosperity of the church, and that they ;were agreeable to the great majority of Churchmen. The noble earl had made an attack of a some what personal nature on Lord Palmerston. He thought the best answer ho could give to that attack was the statement he had already male, namely, that in 1853 the noble earl had sought to obtain the services of Lord Palmerston for one of the most important posts under the Crown. In his opinion it was easy to underseeel why the people of this country did approve of Lord Palmerston's conduct, and wished to retain him as Minister of the Crown. He be lieved it was because Lord Palmerston's character, opi nions, and feelings were singularly in unison with those of the people of this country. The people considered the cir cumstances under which Lord Palmerston had accepted the Government, when for three weeks there had been no Go vernment, and horiVajeaty had, according to constitutional usage, offered it to every leader of party who cloutl haver had the slightest chance of carrying it oh. It was only when there) chances had been exhausted that the noble viscount accepted the task, at an age when other men would hare sought rest rather than active employment. Having accepted the post, Lord Palmerston had, as the noble earl admitted, carried on the war With vigour ; and bee brought it to re teiumphattt terutieetion subsea qu fitly,with the all of his no bl e friend deaf him; of a treaty of peace which substantially secured fill the 0= jects for which the war had been undertaken. The coun try se* hint supported by Parliament with more or less constancy during the War, but they also 114 W at its close, that, whethe r by acc id en t or combination, vedette parties, although they could not here:eve their own position;smight to Impede the action of, and finally td &Ugh the Govern= went. The noble earl complained of the dissolution of Parliament ; but the Conservative leader of the House of Commons had said en the first day of the session that it was a perfectly right course to a lopt, and it was only after the noble earl had taken time to consider the matter that it wag ultimately °beaded to. He (Lord Granville) was inclined to think that peat coed would result from the step that had been taken ; and ; respedtittg the question Upon which the Government wee geidg td the country, he Would reed itnleiteact fedde a meendratelein et the Dither ef Wellingten's, oh a similar Occasion. (The noble earl read the memoran dum) the substance of which was that the Queen's servants dissolved; because, on account of certain combinations in the Hettse of Corthe ees; it wis fifipagsible to carry on th e Queen 'a sdriicei The qtlestion; then; tree Which they went to the country had no referenda td atiy titular vote, but was in r ality whether the Ministers *eta to id supported, er whether the Queee was to look tar ether sereantin In thie *leer there Would be no ' nee of political cries or nicknames eleetton4 j thud question was sinq',:, awl against the Government. Now he believed that the Government had h:en perfectly 13Ori faketi hi the Chinese affair, in supportin g English merchants; w h om it veeft hole the fashlen to de cry, fled Christian missions, which were so much verses ctited in -Vied tetintry ; But they went to the country on their general tho aernirtistr a ti on was or was not wort h y o f t h e national Policy— on the question, hi short, of whether cdnfideileei He blieved that the result of that awed *child lie trienipliant fee the Clovernment e and, although it might be diminished by coalitiens, such as had recently taken place lu Tipperary, he believed there would be a majority strong (Herb-, hear.) crawler to carry all progressive measures. The Earl of HALSIESIPIRY complained of the manner in which the most solemn statement that a peer could make had been treated by the noble earl. That noble earl who was the leader of their debates should not have given so churlish an assent to his noble friend's statement. Earl GRANVIL LE believed that the noble earl had beer, perfectly !Ricer) in his declaretiou. The Earl of DERBY explained that he had intembel his disclaimer to apply not only to himself, but to all with whom he was politically connected. He was perfectly certain that, on the part of his political friends, there had been 110 combinati on w i th persons with whore they did not agree in general politi cs , The Earl of MAL A R ESBUY continued---die had said that the house look e d t o t h e no bl e ear l as the leader of those debates ; but was it consistent with that position to talk of noble lords meeting members of Parliament in a tea room in the other house, and there conspiring against the Government? Wear.) Neither did he conceive it dig nified to road four or five columns of a newspaper, after ho had been told by his (Lord etalmesbury's) noble friend that e arl himself. W as not such a li ne o f ar gument amore ho knew no more ab ou t th a t newspa p er than did the noble weste of their lordships' time ? He trusted it would be the last time they should hear the solemn and deliberate state. meat of a peer thus met by shadows of doubt and guarded insinuations. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl had travelled from the tea-room to Tipperary, and had stated that the successful candidate (Hr. O'Donoghue) was supported by a coalition. The fact was that Mr. O'Donoghue was an advocate cf tenant-right, and Lord Donougmore supported him on tenant-right principles. Why should the question be dragged before their lordships, or what had the Tippe rary election to do with the Chinese question? He ad mitted that that question could not rest in its present posi tion, that the Government must act with energy and spirit to maintain the honour of England, but nothing could make him believe but that a sensible, discreet man might have prevented the evil. The last war cost six millions, which the Chinese subsequently paid, and the noble earl was sanguine as to the result of the present. Earl GRANVILLE explained that he was sanguine re specting the election. (A laugh.) The Earl of MALMESBURY—He was sorry to hear that the noble lord was not sanguine with respect to the war. But he was not surprised. The last war was a war against the Chinese Government, but this would be a na tional war. True, the Chinese had paid the expenses of the last, but now their finances were very much impoverished. They had been told that only the other day that the circu lation of China was under great difficulties. Earl GRANVILLE said he had given no opinion what ever as to the probable results of the war. The Earl of MALMESBURY had been stating his own opinions. He had never given a more conscientious or straightforward vote than that which he had recorded after the racent discussion. The Earl of HARDWICKE was willing to accept the noble earl's joke as to his (Lord Hardwicke) being one of his noble friend's appendages. (A. laugh.) But this he would say, that he had never supported any political opinions that were not his own, and he had never changed his opi nions. (Flear.) He gave his support to his noble friend con scientiously and honestly, and moreover with that earnest ness and affection which be thought ought to exist between a leader and his party. He was astonished that the noble earl opposite, who was naturally a most courteous and amia ble man, should have risen after sucha statement as had been made by his noble friend, and thrown out insinuations that still there had been a coalition. He (the Earl of Hard wicke) could only say that if any peer on the opposite side of the house made a similarly solemn statement it should have his implicit belief, and he would never utter an in sinuation that could invalidate its truth. Earl GRAN VILLE again explained that he had not doubted the noble lord, but had merely detailed the grounds on which the original suspicions of a coalition were founded. The bill was then read a second time. The following bills were severally re;d a second time : Indemnity, Copyhold, and Incloenre Commissions, Extra. parochial Places, and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Their lordships adjourned at half-past eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDA.T.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered, and ordered ior a third reading :—lnverness and Nairn Railway ; Meri ton's and Hagen's Sufferance Wharves ; Peebles Rail way ; Rsversionary Interest S tci.•ty ; airl Wycombe Rail way. The following bills were read a second time :—Bank or London and National Provincial Insurance Associa tion (No. 2) • Liverpool Town and Dock Due s (S a i n t Helen's Cana! and Railway Company); Newquay Pier and Harbour and Railway ; Burial of the Dead within the City and Liberties of London; Metropolitan Cattle Market. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL. The order of the day for the sec md reading of this bill was discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. In answer to a question from Sir D. NOR tars, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a company was formed for carrying out a telegraph to India by way of Siluria and the Persia❑ Gulf, and that under certain arrangements the Government would give pecuniary assistance to the company. The Go vernment would have no objection to lay the minute referring to it on the table of the hou.e. POSTAGE OF LETTERS. Viscount RAYNHANI asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether her Majesty's Government would have any objection to permit prepaid letters which might pass through the Post-office with wrong addresses to be re-transmitted within the space of three days by the same channel to the persons to whom they were ad dressed without any extra charge ! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after referring to the present law, said that, so far as he was able to judge, he thought the emisting law very reason able, and he saw no reason for altering it. THE GUANO ISLANDS. Mr. SCOTT asked whether the papers relating to the cession of the Kooria Mooria Islands, and the correspon dence relative to the supply of guano, with the terms which had been concluded with Mr. Ord and others, woul I be laid on the table before the dissolution ; and also as to the removal of guano from the islands by the Americans f Lord PALMERSTON said the Government had no information to give beyond that already made to the house on a former occasion. There was a difference of opinion as to the quantity of vane) on the island. CHANCERY (IRELAND). Mr. VANCE asked the First Lord of the Treasury if it was the intention of the Government to fill up the vacant Mastership in Chancery in Ireland I Lord PALMERSTON said the subject was under consideration. No decision had as yet been come to. DUTY ON RAISINS. Mr. W. EWART inquired of the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the attention of the Government had been called to the understanding which existed at a former change in the Customs Duties, that on the flr.t appropriate opportunity the duty on currants should be reduced to the same amount as the duty on raisins? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could give no positive answer to the question. The subject was one deserving of consideration. THE MEG2ERA TROOP SHIP. In answer to a question from Sir J. PAKINGTON, Mr. F. PEEL said that there was a regulation in ex istence by which the damaged baggage of officers was al lowed for, and an silo wanes made for time lost in trans port. He was not aware that the fact of the case of the Megmra would entitle the officer to such an allowance. THE SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committol. CONSOLIDATED FUND (A PPROPRIA.TION) BILL. This bill, after a short discussion, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. MUTINY BILL. The house went ir,to committee on this bill. BOLDERO asked if the troops about to be sent to China were to have an extra allowance of grog in con sequence of the climate being different to that of India, and what arrangements bad been made for the preserva tion of the health of the troops I Mr. F. PEEL said that the regiments now going out would be paid the same as those who were now stationed at Hong Kong. Every precaution would be taken to preserve the health of the troops. On the clause relative to the billeting soldiers in Scot land, Sir J. ANDERSON complained that no real relief was re la t i p v r e o pod to s b e ii t e o ti n t h g e a n i, h ) iaebrista i n n t s s c o o f t S I a c n o d t a n t b o y n t l h y e s c h l i a f u te s d e the annoyance from private families to publicans and sellers of spirits. Mr. S. KNOX inquired what was to be done for the wives at;cl families of the sol liars about to be forwarded to China General CODRINGTON said it would be impossible to move troops in Scotland without billeting the soldiers on publicans the same as in England. Mr. EWAIIT accepted the alteration as an improve ment in tho right direction, but the system required en- tire revision. Colonel KNOX supported the clause, which was an assimilation of the law of England, and necessary for the tenicival of troops. After some remLtfks frorn Col. Balder°, Gen. Cod rington, and Mr. Ewart in eitplanation, The bill passed through committee. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill also passed through committee after a short eonversatioti, iti which Captain Seobell, Admiral Berkeley, and Mr. Chartibers took part, relative to striking out o f th e billthe punishment of death where it was tiever intended it should be carried out. Ad m ir a l BarkeleY said OAS .7rs the bill now stood, the words were "death, or such other piinishrrent," The house then resumed, and dig bills were both ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSIONERS, in re- The CIiANCIM,LORof the EXCHEQU ER, ferring to the late debate on the services of 51 , r John and Ci.lonel Tulloch, said that it w as slated in the arguments founded on the re• pert df the general officers, that the suffering of the army in ibe Cfluien Was mainly owing to the want of forage, which was tradeable to the want of energy on the part of the Commissariat Department of the Treasury At horn?, in not lmving sent out hay from this country. Trefe!yen lied denied the correctness of that de duction, and he had prepared eome papers at the requeLt of L)rd Palmerston and himself (Chancellor of the Ex chequer) in explanation. He therefore moved for their production, and asked hon. members to suspend their Judgment on the motion until after the production of the papers. After some remarks from Cu!. KNOX, who contended that Sir C. Trevelyan ought to have attended the Board and given evidenc., Mr. CHAMBERS asked for information relative to the regulation that had been laid down by the Govern. meat for the food and clothing of our soldiers in the per nicioui climate of China. — After a few words from Ger. CODRIN4TON, The motion was agreed to. INFANTICIDE. Viscount RAYN HAM moved an address for return of the number of persons convicted of irifinticide during the years 1852 56, inclusive, together with the sentence passed upon each person so convicted; specifying whether such sentence has been modified or reversed, and speci fying, also, whether a verdict given at the trial of each person has been accompanied by a recommendation to mercy, and, if so, the reason or reasons, if any, alleged for such recommendation. —Agreed to. EAST INDIA (NAWAB OF SURAT). Sir E. PERRY moved for a copy of the correspon dence between Mir Jafir Ali Khan and the Court of Di rectors, and between the same and the President of the Board of Control, respecting the property of the late Nawab of Surat, and asked Mr. Vernon Smith what were the intentions of the Government relating thereto. The hon, and learned hart., hi moving for the return, entered at some length into the claim of the Nawab of Surat, which wan filly discussed last session, and was a repetition cf the facts then so fully stated by the various speakers who addressed the house, and now so well known to the public. Sir F. KELLY also addres- , ed the house on the 'no tion, contending that the Act of the Indian Legisla ture relative to this matter would be found to be void by the law of the country, on an appeal to the Privy Council, relative to the persons entitled to the pension of the Indian Government. After some remarks from Mr. W. CHAMBERS re lative to the prerogative of the Crown in hearing appeals, Mr. V. SMITH replied, and the motion was agreed to. Tho house adjourned at 20 minutes past 6 o'cl'ck. Reading Bank, R ea di ng —Si m onds and Co 28,183 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond B an k, Ri c h mon d—R o p er and Co 29' 12 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, „ ,q0 and Co. ° Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches r•w. ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 1 M 0 9 8 2 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 1 ; 29 7 Rye Bank, Rye— R. C. Pomfret, & Co Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Roes Allaway and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf- fron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd, 1,6 29 and Co. Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood - _ 46 all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, By. 38,415 ons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. 2,2 17 —Vallance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South- . 0 02 ampton—Maddison and P earce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.• Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stailord—Stevenson and 11 ,966 C 0... Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton. 26, 165 Cayley and Co Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury 21, 901 —Beck, Downward, and Co. 1 6 2 681 Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. an d R. B a ,dcock Tavistock Bank, Tavi s t oc k—Gill an d R un dle 9 _ , 11, Thornbury Bank, Tho rn b ur y—R o lph an d Co. ' Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - 11 ,0 Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton' ~, 975 shire—Thrapston, Yo r k e an d El an d Trine , Bank and Chesham Bank, Li ng —But- 13, 178 cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and 7, 411 Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring' wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led' pp gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall; Helston—Vivian and AO Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, 1 451 and C o............. . ....... .............. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, 7, 711 Wells, and Co. ... Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- - 25,3 0 K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, 5 ,0 Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract 4 4,0 1 Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- 1 2,71 0 man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win' 1 6,5° chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old B an k an d Dorchester Banks Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce ................ Wirks worth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co .........: ••• Wisbech and Lincolnshe ak isbch Gurneys and C0........................................... Wiveliscombe Bank, Wi ve li scom b e — P. and W. Hancock ........................................ Wolverhampton Bank, W o l ver h amp t on —Goo d• ricke and Holyoake •• Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co ........................................ Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—B erw i c k, L ec h mere , mid c 0...................................................... Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Fade'' , Turner, and Co ......................... Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and 50n5....... .... Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- 11 and W. F. Fryer .................................. Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesviorth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys , and Co.................................. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Gres! Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and C 0...................................................... York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and C 0... Country Markets. 3,96 3 62, 551 ••••"1.1 ...-' 10,0 41, 971 11 5, 611 0 CHELMSFORD—MARCH 13. tbe i 141 0 : The wheat trade to-d a y was somew h a t dull, sl i v, week's prices. Barleys were scarce , and being n ret things V' for seed must be quoted l s . d earer . All other altered in value. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr. 34 new 37 red, old 32 new 32 Barley 35 Che valier 39 Grinding 35 Malt 73 Chqvalier 75 R. j .. 0 72 1 Oats, per qr........... „ 71 1 Peas, Partridge ...... , 62 White... ......... :E .. 62 Boiling ...... •F. 46 Dun ............... .1 54 1 Beane Tiek ......... •••,li 46 1 ' Harrow tick' ;I 77 I Mazagan.••••••si 79 Ditto, no I.•• COLCHESTER— Menai 14. ~ 11/1 A moderate supply of whe a t, an d on l y a limited I'S done, at rather lower prices. Barley much inquire is. ' ee l prices were Is per qr. higher on all descriptions. peas at an advance of is per qr. . 6 60 Prices to-daywere arf o ll ow : —Wh ea t, white, 6 v g r e so red, 50s to 60s; barley, 44s to 50s ; oats, 24s to 265, pO O6 Mazagan, 34s to 365; middle and small, 36s to 4 4 .' white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 38s to 421. .J Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, ke' in the port of London, from the followillS 1 March 9 to 14, both inclusive. 4 t* : . .1 lid g ' D 74. A'lg f ill Colchester I —) , 6001 Harwich . Leigh ...., Malden ~ 66 -655 63 14 t - 803 104, 473 --- alp , li -- jo ....... - , 1 65 I - 1 0 1 675, KIRKCALDY—MAncat 14. i d y ► To-day we had small supplies of wheat and 111 . wibaretir latter sold readily a t i s p er qr. advance. O a ts ply, and is cheaper. , ei Wheat. Barley. I oats. • Os o f First 62s Od I 46s Od 32s Od os Second Third 3os Od 348 Od $ 20s Od. Oatmeal, 36s to 38s per bag of 2801 b. GOAL MARKET Prices of Coals per ton at .—Bliatou 16. t the close of the rsexe' g. d. Wsllsendo il e. • 0 Pantlad Moor l3 0 , Jr i Walker Primrose l3 6 Lambton . .... . ............ I.a • Eden Main l6 0 3 I Soutli Kam! , ... .._ .....'" .. .1i Wallaend, &c. fletton Lyons Malls ' Hatton l7 6 Thips at market... 1: I Sold. . 12 LOCAL SHARE 111A.RE1TA IL, /TAROK 16. 0,1 STOCK EICHANGB. —The tendency of the ; 0 0 ,. , today is downward, with a good amount o f bui40 001 .94(, Tho following are the transactions : Caledoni. o, 4 ,lo: Eastern Counties, 10 , 1—Great Western, 68--tt% and Yorkshire, 994 9 81 9—L on d on and NorttLyagil 102 (half share s , now ) 3 1. 9d. d.N er tb 41 Sheffield, and Lincoln, 37i—Midland, tish, W. Bs. 9 d.—North Eastern, Berwick, 211 elgo Eastern, 22 4—Dutch Rhenish, p.—Grand m i r o ), Al Canada, 134 i—Great We s t ern o f Canada (new sli li a 9l" p.—Northern o f F rance, 38/ 39.1—Sambre and geti— , BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 16. STOCK EXCHANOR.—There WAS a quiet market x -1 6 ' Great Western Bi rm i ng h am s t oc k was d one at 7' 1 60 A and London and North W es t ern Ei g hth s a t it and tiott There ware sellers of Bi rm i ng h am C ana l a t 928 -- .oll_ 4 l P' Fire, at ss—Birmingham Fi re , a t 100. an d BYVesty" Banking Company, at 33i—London and North closed at 1011, I, and Eighth s , 3 s . 9d., 2 s . exl. d lo' ef. MANCHESTER, MARCH 16. , t poi STOCK ExcHaNGE.— . -The market was quiet, ve a r Sheffield, 37j— Manchester and Salford Bank , Canada New, p— Sheffield 6/. Pref., 746 p. BIRTHS. M A BON. On the 14th inst., at 35, Craven-hill-gardens, M ae. ;he wife of Charles Frederick Weber, Esq. the On the 14th inst., at 12, Frith-street, Soho•squarty Of of Ridley Thompson, Esq. On the 15th inst., the wife of Edward Whitbl, 1454.1 Creswell Hall, Staffordshire. OF A DAI7OIMIL. Of Wif e On the 14th inst.; at 29 , Upper Brook-streot, the D. C. Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. M rs. CO On the 15th inst., at West-hill, Wandsworth; Few. MARR EID. derit On the 16th inst., at St . Paul ' s, Wilton-place, Fr ,e of Ralph Kiukee, Esq.. of Lambeth, to Annie, 04 ''' of Richard Coils, Esq., of Hammersmith. Oa the 13th inst., at St. Jude's, Southsea, William iv, O. Esq., M.D., surg eon 9 3d Hi:hlanders, to Dora Laid l4 daughter of the late Jas. Bell, Esq., and niece of 4111 ' Esq., M.D., Deputy Lispeetor-General of Hospitals. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Cireulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 28th day of February, 1857 :—, Average Amount. 11,408 10,576 PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank. Barnstanle—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. . Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—R. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 29,435 29,130 9,019 21,813 32,807 10,002 13,424 23,384 8,323 7,156 66,763 14,803 7,267 31,205 15,286 22,082 68,960 Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank aurlington— Hardmg, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 33,302 27,124 34,874 29,269 9,740 55,876 18,895 11,224 2,823 13,923 47,398 28,095 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essek Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,"3lon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co evonport Bank, Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Ilarwlch sank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Ilereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford.— Morgan and Co 23,230 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. 12,266 Ipngton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co — Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co 20,080 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son 5,264 Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 29,144 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 25,145 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 81,535 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan thlo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lytnington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvisand Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and 21,626 2,659 17,064 33,933 44,543 7,358 19,097 72,075 8,616 11,445 35,531 7,777 10,026 68,55 82,263 8,360 46,303 91,128 51,174 44,400 22,689 7,145 11,435 5,441 5,040 13,193 27,283 30,548 14,792 20,435 50,324 5,194 31,903 64,692 8,270 18,794 7,502 3,445 15,049 Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, M ar l. borotigh Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hung rford Bank, Marlborough —Tan• 2,092 ner and ........................................... Metictiothshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 6,105 Miners' Bank, Truto—Willyams and Co 17,036 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monme*ith Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre- con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 13,897 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 24,830 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 46,929 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 18,975 Newmark 't Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham- 24,226 20,283 mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and NottinghamAhire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,694 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 2,798 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 7,484 Nottingham Bank Nottinham—Samuel Smith and C 0............................................... Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Ban, Os westry —Croxon and Co Oxford Oki Bank, Oxford —Robinson, Parsons, 46,509 98,217 30,455 9,734 and Co. ........ Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeehing ... Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. 8,044 Clinchand Co. peter• Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old 13 an k and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Haverfordwest--J. and Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, borough—D. Yorke and Co. .. ....... Pembrokeshire Bank, W. Walters 11,962 10,416 48,215 0,953 9,302 BIED.i On the 14th inst. ° at Staple-inn, George Rochfort, ` 1 1,04 Ott the 13th i ns t . , at Knole-park, the Ri g kt Hon. t he Amherst, aged S 4! f the At Brighton, the Hon. Margaret Erskine, daugh ter 0 late Thomas, Lord Erskine, aged SI. t de On the 13th iust., Anne Sarah, DoWager Lady .--° Malahidc, aged 69. On the 14th inst., at Windsor barracks, Mr. T-11e0Pliiiiii Barnes, aged 54. /fa ° On the 15th inst., at Bernard-street, Russell-squarePof the Jane, daughter of the late Thomas Maynard, Kn., South Sea House, aged 61. 1, 0 0 Ou the 13th inst., at Saekville-street, Piccadilly,— Jaws, younget son of Mr. W. Lee. On the 14th s iust., at Lirnington-House, S o merset', ~r both, wife of G. T. Williams , Esq.. and eldest daughter the late Samuel Smith, Esq 2 31.1). for Worcester. C I O° LONDON : Printed and Published by MIJEDO It 01) ' 1 0, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 001 0 # n o 112, &tend, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CO" of Middlesex, Tuesday, March 17, 1857.