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R,T lAM T. • 7 , 7 , R T T, z A . HOUSE OF LORDS.-7(YEsTERDAy.) The LOaD CIIA.NCELLOR took Lift seat on the woo? sack at five o'clock. LAW OF LIBEL. Lord FAVERSHA presented a petition from the proprietors of the loi• Gazette, praying for an immediate iteration of the late of libel , in consequence of the deci sion lately given in the case of Davidson v. Duncan. Lord BROUGHAM also presented a petition from the Messrs. Brines, proprietors of the Leeds Mercury, complaining of the difficulty in which they were placed in consequence of the recent decision in the Court of Queen's Bench, by which it appeared that the law af forded no sound protection for publi- , her-‘ either of newspapers or of books, or of the speeches or proceedings at ordinary pullc meetings, however regulaily constituted in case of any libellous matter being reported. SEE OF LONDON. Viscount DTJNGANNON said, on Thursday next he should ask a question of the Lord Privy Seal, whether there was u.,y intention to bring in a hill this ses s ion to divide the!See of London, and alio whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to introduce a bil' to provide retiring allowances to bishops. JUDICIAL STATISTICS. Lorl BROUGHAII brAight in a bill which he had placed upon the table last session, to facilitate the col lection of judicial statistics. After a few words from the LORD CfrANCELLOR the bill was read a first time. PERSIA. The Earl of CLARENDON said that, seeing the noble earl (Albemarle) had a motion on the paper for that evening, he ventured to appeal to him, because at that moment negotiations were going on at Paris in re spect to our relations with Persia. That morning he bad received a cimmunication from Paris, stating that satis factory progress was being made, and, under such cir cumstances, he thought that any discussion at the present moment would greatly endanger the success of . those negotiations. The Earl of ALBE ARLE said, under such circum stances, ho would withdraw the motion that stood in his name that evening. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. PRIVATE BILLS. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the noble lord the chairman of the committee on private bills to the latest period fixed for the introduction of private bills, which he believed was March 23 - The noble and learned lord, after alluding to two particular cases which de mantle i the special attention of their lordships, said that such an order as he had referred to would occasion great injustice. Lord REDESDALE admitted the special character of the cases referred to, and said he should not offer the slightest obstacle to the hills passing through the house. MR. SHEEPSHANKS' PICTURES. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a copy of any cor respondence between her Majesty's Government and Mr Sheepshanks respecting the gift of his collection of pie urea to the nation. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was impos sible to speak too highly of Mr. Sheepshanks, who had exercised great taste-and expended a large sum of mono in making the collection. It was a collection of some of the choicest specimens of British art, which Mr. Sheep. shanks, now in the full enjoyment of his health, offered to the nation, hoping to see himself the good it might do in improving and refining the taste of the people. The conditions were that the collection should be placed in a position accessible to the people, but free from dirt and noise, and in immediate connexion with those schools of art to which he thought it might be of great advantage. He was anxious also that the collection should be placed under the sole responsibility and superintendence of a minister of the crown, and not handed over to trustees, who might not he so responsible to public opinion. The selection was the minister who presided over art edu cai ion, and in the present instance hail fallen upon him (Lord Stanley). It would, however, soon fall into the more worthy hands of his noble friend the President of the Council. Mr. Sheepshanks wished that a suitable building might be•erected on the ground in Kensington purchased by the Royal Commission in 1851, and on which were to be erected also the schools of art hitherto held in Marlborough-house. He wished that a portion of the pictures might be occasion. ally sent to the provinces and exhibited to the working classes. Further, it was his wish, although he did not make any stipulation to that effect, that the collection should be open for a portion of each Sunday evening, in order that men who were employed all the week might have an opportunity of cultivating their judgment and improving their taste. These were the simple conditions of Mr. Sheepshanks' gift, and he wished his collection to f•rm a nucleus of British art, rather than preserve any distinctive name having reference to the donor. Mr. Sheepshanks was fully convinced that the great Exhibi tion of 1851 had given a great impulse to the taste and love of the tine arts of our working classes, and he hoped that his munificent gilt would aid in the salutary move ment. He (Lord Stanley) was strongly of the same opi nion, and he could only repeat his admiration of this munificent gift, so creditable to the country, and so . honourable to Mr. Sheepshanks as a citizen. He hoped that this case would prove to those who might become donors to the nation that there was no fear but their gifts would be worthily housed, and duly and thankfully appreciated by her induhtrioue citizen's. (Herz) THE YEOMANRY, The Earl of PO WIS moved—" Thet an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty for a return showing the years since 1815 in which the yeomanry have not been assembled either for permanent duty or training and exerci, , e ; And also copy of any circelar from the Secretary cf gate fo the lords-lieutenant of counties as to ttie aeseielling of the yeomanry during the present year." - Lord PAN NIURE had no objection to give the returns asked for, and in reply to -the-noble Lord's remarks could assure him :that he should be sx'remely sorry to see the yeomanry dispenses' with He looked upon that corps, as he had stated before both in that and the other house, as an extremely valual to one, not - only from the uses whjeti, might be made of it, but that its mem hers were alwaye desirous of making themselves ser v:ceable, both in peace and war, to their eouterys But he thought that they might without impairing that ferce, knowing as they did' from the reports which had been presented to Government that it was now in a most efficient state, dispense durirg the present year with calling: it out. It was of little benefit to the corps to be called nut, so far as its military duty was concerned. He mislied, that- the day was gone by when they would need i tcLhe.ealled out in aid (lithe civil power. The im provement in the !interne.' state of tranquillity of the country, and the t itra strength which the police bill ~f last session bad placed under the control of the civil power, warranted him in Supposing that that time had g o n e by. One matter, however, deserved consideration, and that was the question af withdrawing the contin gent allowance. That suhji ct certainly ought to be re considered, and ha would therefore promise that it should have his careful reconsideration. Thamotion was agreed to. VIE LAW OF LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL, who was very imperfectly was underitood to pressnt is petition praying their lord ships to take into consideratisn the present state of the how with reference to the publiqViun in newspapers of reports of the proceedings at pnhlic meetings, and sent to an alteration in that law, providing that the pub lication of a fair and accurate rep art, without malice, of such proceedings should not su'rje.ct the publisher too n action for libel. The noble and learned lord said—My Is rile this is a very important subject, and very well de server the consideration of your lordships sitting as a bianch of the Legislature. There (same before the Court of Queen's Bench last term, in the case of " Davison v Duncan," the question whether all the proceedings public meetings when bona fide published may be pub lished without any danger of any legal pre. ceedings, however much they :may calumniate are individual and be injurious to private charac ter. I and my brethren in that court arrived without the slightest hesitation at the conclusion that, as the law • of England now stands, there is no such immunity. We were not at liberty to consider whether the privilege sought for ought to be. given to the press. It would have been a most monstrous usurpation if we bad de. Bided that the publication before us was not liable to an action ; far it had been determined over and orer again by, our predecessors, by whose decisiOns we aro bound, that if there be anything slanderous in a writing it is subject to an action, and that it is no justification to plead that the slanderous matter has been written or spoken by another -person. Such is the law of England at present, and to cal upon us to alter the law, if we, think it wrong, would preposterous as to say that we are at liberty to set as i de the lises of primogeniture and divide the landed estat e o f a deceassd among all his children. O ar dut 1 equally y 8 to person n terthe law, not to abolish or even amend it. When I had the honour to propose in this house a bill which afterwards became law, and which effected a most material improvement in the law of libel, I submitted a clangs very limited in its nature—for I was afraid to go very far— proiiding that any bona fide acco unt c'f the pre ceedings of either 11,,U38 of Para imeur should be privi leged, and not subject to an action. I was unable it able wa to s carry it ; there was a majority against me, ca said not on ly th a t th e l a v gave no such privilege, but that it ought not to give it. After having fa 1 1.1 as a mem ber of this house to alter the law, it would have been a breach of my duty if, sitting as a judge in a court of jus tice, I had declared the law to be contrary to what, your lordships had decided it to be. Your lordships may recor - eider that decision, an d, i n that case, if my proposa l w ith respect to the proceeding s of tse two houses should be again submitted I shall be glad to give it my most ardent support. For it seems to me monstrous to say that if there'be a bona fide report of a speech in Parlia went publishes the publisher should be liable to an ac tion. That is -different from a case which occurred about SO years ago, when a noble earl in this Louse made a speech calumniating his steward, and publishes' it him self.- The publication in question led to aaaction, because it was not a bona fide account of the proceedings in this house, but was intended to calumniate a private indivi dual ; and such an action would continue to be available if the clau , e which I proposed were passed into a law to. won But while, as far as the proceedings of the flouseN of Pa, Fa'nent are cotictruecl, I .vould z?a lously support the €x• - .,ension of the privileges of the press, law not sure that I would grant the s :me immunity to reports of the proceedings of all public meetings, because to say that the publication in neNspapers of whatever is said at any public meeting, or at anything which may he called a public meeting, should be privil e g e d would be going rather too far. ' lt has been said that the person calumniated may bring an action against the man who makes the speech ; but it must be remembered that a speech spoken is a smaller offence than one that is published .and sent all over the world. Still lam not prepared to say that the liberty of publica tion should not be extended to all public meetings under certain limitations and restrictions, but I bold that it would be preposterous for the judges sitting on the bench to legislate as well as to declare what the law of England is, and I hope that such a precedent will never be estab lished in this c mntry. (Hear ) Their 11rdships adjourned at half-past 6 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. CLAY took the oaths and his seat for Hull. Mr. CLIME took the oaths and his seat for Hereford. PRIVATE BUSINE'S. The following bills were read a second time, and or dered to be committed :—Atlantic Telegraph Com pany ; Australian Agricultural Company ; Bedale and Leyburn Railway ; Briton Ferry Docks ; Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway Company; Cannock Mineral Railway (No. 1) ; Cardigan Markets and Improvements ; Ccilk Gas ; Eiie Harbour ; Guildford Gas ; Haslingden and Todmorden ads;. Herne Bay and Faversham Railway ; Kidsgrove Market Town Hall, &c.; Landport and South sea Improvement ; Langport, Somerton, and Castlecary Roads ; Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks ; Lowestoft Nate , Gas, and Market; Manchester, Sheffied, and Lin colnshire Railway (Buxton and Cleethorpes) ; Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Romiley, &c.); •Meriton's and Hagen's Sufferance Wharves; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Sligo Extension) ; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Tullamore Line) ; Milford Improvement; Mordon Carrs Drainage; New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Com pany ; Newcastle-under-Lyme and Leek Roads ; Nor wich and Spalding Railway ; North-Eastern and Hartle pool Dock and Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Prestwich, Bury, and Radcliffe Roads ; St. Helen's Canal and Railway; Seloyand Market Weighton Road; Shrewsbury Gas ; South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Junction to Dartford, &c.) ' • South-Eastern Railway (Reading, &c...) ; South Shields Gas ; South Stafford shire Water ; Sunken Vessels Recovery Company ; West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail way and Nerth- Eastern Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Westmin ster Terminus Railway Extension (Clapham to Nor wood Abandonment) ; West of Fife Mineral Railway ; and Willenhall (Wolverhampton) Gas. MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN. Lord CA ST LEROSSE, comptroller of the household, ap peared at the bar of the house with her Majesty's reply to an address to her, on the motion of Mr. Napier, for the ap pointment of an officer of public justice. Her Majesty's gracious reply stated that Her Majesty had received the address for the brmation of a department of public justice, and that Her 'Majesty had given di rections that the subject should receive that attentive consideration which it demanded. SAVINGS BANKS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that to-morrow he should move for leave to briny in a bill relative to savings banks, an d t o p rov id e f or the establishment of those institutions on the security of Government. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, the Customs at 22,350,0001. ; the Excise, 17,450,000/. ; stamps, 7,550,0001. ; Post-office, 3,000,000/. ; C rown e°Tuqh' 1,385,000/. ; ma ki ng a The extraordinary tlaontadis,o2f 6about 0/ 6 . 2 ; B m o i o 7 o e o l o l7 . liabili ties of that year were 3,500,0001,, being 2,000,0001. in Exchequer Bills and 1,500,000/. for sinking fund. Deducting that amount from the 62,800,0001. there would be a net revenue of 59 ,300,800/. He would now proceed to the year 1859-60. He estimated the Customs at a reduced sum, owing to the reduction of the duties on tea and sugar, and his estimate was as follows :—Customs, 22,000,000/. ; Excise, 17,700,0001. ; stamps, 7, 700, 000/. ; land and assessed taxes, 3,150,6001.; income tax, 7,150,000/. ; postage, 3 ,000,000/. ; crown lands, 265,000/. ; miscellaneous, 1 ,300,000/. ; making a total of 62,265,000/. Then there would be required, for the repayment of debt, 3,500,0001., and the n e t revenue remaining, was 58,765,0001. The pn preceding the war—was 55,8 4 0, 0 00/. Acco r di ng t o hi s ex ed t u a i f n t e r e the that yeard deduction, ucti o, 1853-4—the year immediat e ly estimate of the revenue and expenditnre of these two years, after discharging all liabilities, Exchequer Bonds and sinking fund, there would remain an excess beyond the expenditure in the last year before the war of about 3,000,000/. The whole of that 3,000,0001. became appli cable to any increased charge of the army and navy or civil services which might be requisite, with this single deduction —viz., the increased interest of the debt which bad been created during the war. The liabilities were in the nature of repayment of principal, but there was also an augmen tation in the interest of debt which had been incurred during the war that was necessary for him to account for. In 1858-9 the addition would be 640,000/. ;in 1859-60, in consequence of the repayment of debt it would be reduced to 510,0001. Therefore there would he a margin of 3,000,0001., from which nothing would be taken except the payment of interest and the increase of the army, navy, and civil service estimates from the last year of peace. Now it seemed to him that that was a sufficient margin for those two years. And observe this, his estimate of revenue was not a sanguine estimate. He had not made any large allowances for the possible in crease in the indirect taxes, but the committee should bear in mind that when they removed so large a sum as about 9,000,0001. of direct taxation, they might under ordinary circumstances reasonably expect that there would be an increase in indirect taxes. He thought, unless it could be shown that there was some error in this estimate, that he had proved there would be sufficient revenue for the years 1858-9, 1859-60. That, as he understood, was the point to which the resolution of the right hon. gentleman was directed, and it seemed to him it would be more con venient to discuss the question at present, now that they were in committee of supply, rather than wait for the report being brought up, Kr. GLADSTONE entirely acceded to the propriety of the resolution, but with regard to the statement of his right bon, friend, it appeared to him to properly belong to the speech they had from him on Friday night, and it was only from the great circuit he had then to make, and the quantity of matter he hed to lay before the house, which prevented his laying this estimate before them when he laid before them tte others. He should therefore only, so far as he was concerned, say that he could not as at present advised accept the cheering pros pect which his right hon. friend had held out to them. He should say that the same consideration which in duced them to postpone the discussion on Friday night, would induce them to postpone the discussion to-night. He would therefore, as they wens to have an opportunity of discussion, reserve himself. Sir F. BARING remarked that the charge for col lecting the renenue was 4,215, COL, which, with 440,000/. for the Coastguard service, made an increase of 532, 000/, He asked, if the charge for collecting the revenue was increased 532,000/. ? , . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the estimate of the expenditure for the collection of the revenue in 1857-8 was 4215,000/. Then there was transferred to it, for the first time this year, the super annuation of the revenue department, 475,0001. Mr. T. M. GIBSON ask)d whether it was intended to lay on the table any statement of the expenses to be incurred in the Persian war during the next year ? They had got the expense to )e incurred up to the Ist of April, but no estimate of ary further expense. He also wished to know whether thty were to have any estimate of the expenditure now going oq with respect to the China war. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that it was not the intenjon of Government to present any estimate of the exoenditure in the Persian war from the Ist of April, inasmuch as at present there was no data on whbh to found an estimate. At present negotiations wtre proceeding in Paris, and her Majesty's.Governme a t had reason to hope that those negotiations would prov) satisfactory. If that should be the case there would beno expenditure incurred for the year beyond that which would be connected with the expedition. With regatd to China there was no expen diture beyond that of tie ordinary expenditure of the ships at the station. kr, T. M, GIBSON said expenditure was going on without the authority of Parliament. He asked whether, as no estimate could is prepared, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not, at least, ask for a vote of credit, in order that the subjsct might come before them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that as soon as there was any prospect of an extraordi nary expenditure being required it would be the duty of the Government to come to the house for a vote. Mr. DISRAELI said that it would be convenient if they could come to a clear understanding on what day they were to have a discussion on the whole of the financial arrangements. If, for example, they could under stand that on Friday the Chancellor of the Exchequer would go into acormnittee of ways and means, he would if convenient then move his resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was not competent to the house to appoint a com mittee of ways and means until the report was brought up ; therefore to-morrow was the earliest day at which it could be appointed. He should be prepared on Fri day, in committee of ways and means, to propose the resolution on the income tax, and also the resolution on the tea and sugar duties. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY supposed that a large amount of Exchequer Bonds were held by the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. He should like to know what amount was so held, and whe ther any stock bad been sold to purchase those bonds The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be would, in order to prevent any inaccuracy, answer that question on Friday. He could state in general terms, that about 2,000,000/, of the bonds were held by the commissioners. The resolution was then agreed to, and the house re sumed. CHIEF CONSTABLES BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill. Colonel BUCK remarked that the mayors of the dif ferent boroughs ought to have the right of deliberating and voting with the magistrates on the appointment of the chief constables. Sir G. GREY said that that subject did not come within the scope of the present bill, which was merely a measure to facilitate the object of the original act. The bill was then read a second time, ROYAL MARINE FORCES BILL. This bid passed through committee. HEALTH OF_TOWNS BILL. On the motion of Mr. COWPER, leave was g i ven t o bring in a bill to confirm certain provisional orders of the General Board of Health applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to the districts of Ipswich, Oldbury, Stroud, Llangollen, and Dukirifield, and to alter t h e constitu tion 'Of the Local Board of Health for the main sewer ago district of Wisbech and Walsoken. PUBLIC MONEYS. On the motion of Sir F. BARING, the following hon. members were nominated as a sel ec t comm i ttee on pub .lic moneys :—Sir Francis Baring, Mr. Henley, Mr. Williams, Mr, Wilson, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Hankey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. Peacocke, Mr. James M‘Gre gor, Lord Stanley, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Geo. Alex ander Hamilton. BANK ACTS COMMITTEE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that Mr. Wegaelin and Mr. Blackburn be added to this committee. Mr. CAYLET objected to the motion, remarking that the Governor of the Bank of England was not a proper person to be on the committee, inasmuch as he would be a witness. He also complained that the com-. tnittee was unfairly constituted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when he first nominated this committee he was re- , commended to reduce it to the ordinary number of 15, and be thta stated that he had adop ted the number of 22, because that was the .number on the former com mittee. With respect to the governor of the bank being examined as a witness, he could only say that it was not at all unu sua l f or a member of a comm i ttee to b e ex amined befor e it. Th e h on. mem b er (Mr. Cayley) had a motion on the paper to add three members to that committee, and the hon. member for Dublin proposed to add another. 'lf it were the wish of the house to increase the-number of the committee he should make no objec tion. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. GROGAN thereupon moved that the committee consist of twenty-three members, and that Mr. Vance be added to if. Mr. CAYLEY moved that the committee consist of twenty-six members, and that Mr. Laing, Mr. Edward Ball, and Mr. James M'Gregor be added. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested that the number should be twenty.four. The SPEAKER was about to put the motion, when Mr. CAYLEY said he must resist it. His objection was that it was an unfairly constituted committee. Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought that the committee was too large. The motion as proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the Exof/EVER WAR then agreed to. FOREIGN LEGIONS. Colonel DUNNE moved for address for returns of men enlisted in each of the-afoarmeiingnigalieagnieocinsaffiducreirnag and indta n il ° a li ll expenses incurred for re• cembodying, and co ncentrat i o n o f eac h corps; osi arming, late tntnumberig war; t equipping,satof stating cen: and clothing ; bounty, pay, and cost of subsistence while serving; any t gr e a i t r u t o i ems homes t discharge, he num ber of each employed on ac ti ve serv i ce during the war , and the stand allowancea t i o for n s at Whichoreonve the yanc remainderwere quartered ; of the date of embodiment and o f t h e di s b an di ng o f eac h ; of the quantity of land gra n t e d t o eao h o ffi c er, non commit,sioned officer, and soldier of any foreign legion, either at the Cape of Good Hope or elsewhere; of the amount of any gratuity given to each, e ither for the e rection of houses or in li eu o f them, or other purpose ; of the amount, of any pay or allowance granted to each, and the services they are expected to perform; and, of , the annual expense of arming, clothing, and subsisting these Soldiers, together with the numbers of each rank who have been thus located.---Agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter pant 7. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER a new writ was ordered for the borough of Colchester, in the room of Lord John Manners, who has accepted the office of Steward of the Hundred of Hempenholme. CEYLON. Mr. BYNG asked the Secretary of State for the Colo nies when it was his intention to lay befor3 the house the last annual report of the Governor of Ceylon on the state of that colony; and whether he would, at the same time, furnish a copy of the letter of Viscount Torrington to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the same subject, under date Jan. 17, 1857? Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the report alluded to, which formed the ordinary blue-book, would be placed on the table at the usual time, about March, and that he should have no objection to produce Viscount Tor rington's letter, if moved for. VACCINATION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Tice•President of the Board of Health when the Committee on Vaccination agreed to by the Gpvernment during the last session was to be appointed. Mr. iSOIVPEEt said he proposed to bring in this ses sion a bill similar to that of last year, and then refer it to a select committee, with the understanding that the committee should report on it. He hoped to bring in the bill in a few days. Mr. BRADY said the answer was so satisfactory that he withdrew his question of a similar nature. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Lord ROBERT CECIL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to bring in any bill for the purpose of giving effect to recommendations of the Committee which sat last ses sion on the Ecclesiastical Commission. Sir G. GREY said that a bill was proposed for the above purpoBe. He would give notice of its introduc tion on an r arty day. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Mr. M`MAIION asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether he had any reason to expect that the commission for inquiring into the administration of ju,tice would make a report in time to found a measure thereon this session ? Sir G. GREY said the commission was now sitting, but that as he was not a member of the commission, he could not state when the committee would be in a posi- tion to report. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Lord R. CECIL asked the Chief Cotnmissionerof Works whether the judges of the approaching competi tion, with reference to the new Government Offices, would be appointed before the day en which the plans were sent in ; also, whether he intended, i❑ appointing the judges, to confine his stlection to those who were unentaogled by any personal connection with the pro fession, or whether he intended to include among them practising architectF. Sir B:HALL said tbat he proposed to appoint as judges gentlemen unconnected with the pro lesion of engineers or architects, and who were in no way conn..?cteu with gentlemen competing. EXPULSION OF JAMES SADLEIR. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland proposed the foil swing resolution :—" That James Saaleir,•Eeq., a member of this house, having been charged with divers frauds and fraudulent practices, and bills of indict. ment for certain misdemeanours having been found against him, anct warrants issued for his apprehension, and the said Janes Sadleir baying failed to obey an order of this house that he should attend in his place oa Thursday the 24th day if July last, and having fled from justice, that the said Ja4. Sadleir be Exp 11:d this bouee." In doing so he thought the time had now arrived when he should ask the house to accede to the above resolu tion, and remarked that the house in former times had . fx3reised a simil it authority on technical and legal grouous, and also where none tx'sted, but where the house cOnsidered their dignity had been com promised. Refer:rig to the records of Parliament he found that In 1580 Mr. Hall was fined, imprisoned, and expel led the house for having published a. book reflecting on some of its members ; in 1606 the then member for Buckinghamshire was expelled for having used words of " 'obloquy and scandal "—(laughter)—ha 1620 Mr. Sheppard was expelled for using profane language ; in 1628 Sir E. Sawyer was expelled for informing a witness that as his evidence would not be ' taken before a committee on oath, he need not tell anything that had passed between them. The right honourable gentleman then referred to precedents of 1642, 1667, 1668, 1715, 1720, 1722, 1732, 1810, 1812, and 1814, when many members were txpelled for contempt of the house. He then ea Ltd attention te the circumstances of Mr. Sadleir's case, referring to the facts in order of date, and the diffe rence of position Mr. Sadleir now etood in to that he did in Jtily last. Everything bad been done by the consta bulary of Ireland to apprehend Mr. Sadleir, but without effect, and there could he no doubt but that he had left the country. In August last be took measures of outlawry against Mr. Sadleir, that individual having answering to the i n di c t ment, clear his omitted on two occasions th e assizes --to ap pear, catnedr: by y Ou Friday lest he received a letter from a gentleman, signing his name James Scully, and dated from Paris, in which the writer said that on Wednesday he - met Mr. Sadl-ir in a restaurant in the Paiais Roy a l, where he understood from the keeper that he dined every clay. His countenance was much altered, that he had lost flesb, and that his appearance was disguised with a moustache of a formidable character. Mr. Scully was allnown : to him (Mr. Fitzgerald), but: be believed he was a gentleman respectably connect 4, and formerly resided in Tipperary with al ample fsrtune, but owing to the failure of the Tipperary Bank, had been ruined and drawn from his country. No doubt the question would be asked why the Government had not arrested Mr. Sadleir in Paris, and be would anticipate the question by auswerizi that the Government could not do it, because his c +se did not come within the treaty between the two countries signed in London op the 13th Feb., 1843, and made law under 6 and 7 Viet., arest him h s h o u that in France,t be Government e r o f r n , C. 73. Th e cases that came within that treaty were mur der, att empted murder, forgery, and fraudulent bank ruptcy,r i e f e t t u f had dn o righteighaelre, tot d demand either an t d o from the tl;ver l n n in t e b ut of France his txtradition from that country, that, n w aspowerles s a re ( s i p l ect the Government of this tytn,dhe . 6 : cu u bi n 309 he learned from hitti country bad replied to Mr. Scully accordingly, to the to the contrar known the contents of his letter to the noiseo makeei trary he "wolig, and as lie had known. He (sir. Fitzgerald) ClLileovile not heard fro m hi, made them liat Mr. Saeleir had by his own cor.dnot imposedp than what uni4 t i l i t n in i self _voluntary exile, which would be a heavier the law would have inflicted on him, e n d e t by calling on the hone to vindicate its honouorngyl ex pelling Mr. Sadleir. The motion having been seconded, concluded Sir F. THESIGER said he thought there woulfbe no difference of opinion on that occasion as to the ex pulsion of Mr. Sadleir, but it, was necessary to know before they added another to the list of disagreeable precedents—(hoar, bear) —on what grounds they were proceeding, and be asked what additional infer- mation they bad now to go on that the house was not in possession of i❑ July last! (Hear.) He did not think it discreet in the Government that, knowing where Mr. Sadleir was to be found, they should inform him of it through the press, with the addition that he was per fectly safe, because his case was without the treaty of ex•radition. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK complained c,f the conduct of the Government in giving Mr. Sadleir time to run away, and that the Government had not interfered earlier. AP that the Attorney-General for Ireland had stated to-night he (Mr. Roebuck) informed the house in July last. He said that the time was come when they ought to look round and see who amongst them was open to such a charge. (Hear, hear.) It was necessary to the honour of the house that they should expel every member who did not on theoutburst of such charges rush to meet them. Such men were unworthy the nonour of being represen tatives ; and sympathy for such persons did not redound to the credit of the house, nor of those who defended them, whether openly or secretly. (Cheers.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL defended the conduct of the Government, and said that they had gained everything by the delay. It was at his request that time was given in July last. The delay had not got rid of this denunciation. The Government had not com• mitted itself by stating that the treaty with Paris did not meet this case. It was not a " secret treaty" —(laughter)--but one that such men as Mr. Sadleir were no doubt well. acquainted with its details, and Paris was the most pleasant capital a man could, under such circumstances, reside in. Mr. WHITESIDE addressed the house, contending that they ought to have expelled Mr. Sadleir in July last. They had obtained no new facts since. After some further discussion, the motion was agreed to. SUPPLY—EXCHEQUER BONDS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the order of the day for the house going into committee of supply was then read. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, before moving that the Speaker do leave the chair, said it might be convenient if he stated, for the information of those members who might not be familiar with thesomewhat in tricate rules of the house on the subject of money votes, the course which he proposed to pursue with regard to the vote which he intended to propose. The act under which the Exchequer Bonds were borrowed contained a proviso authorising the money secured by such bonds to be re paid out of such money as should be provided for by Par liament, and Government could not be provided with the means of paying the 2,000,0001. Exchequer Bonds now due without going through the forms of the house ; first, by vote in committee of supply ; next, by a vote in com mittee of ways and means ; and, thirdly, by a Ways and Means Act, covering the original vote of supply and the vote of ways and means. The national faith was pledged to the payment of these Exchequer Bonds, and he did not anticipate that the house would resort to the plan of disoharging their obligation by re-bonding. The statement which he made on Friday last was in committee of supply, and wag contrary to the usual practice of making such statements, and he concluded with a mo tion for a committee of supply for the payment of these 2,000,0001. Exchequer Bonds, and that was the only me. tion which he intended to propose in the presentcommittee. For the convenience of the house he had circulated on Fr:- day last his resolutions on the income tax, together with the scale of duties which he intended to propose on tea and sugar. By some accident, for which he was not re sponsible, these resolutions were not printed as a sepa rate paper, but were mixed up with the votes. They were now printed correctly. He mentioned this for the purpose of guarding the house against these resolutions in committee of supply. They could only be moved in committee cf wa s and means.. Whenever the house should agree to the resolution relating to Exchequer . bonds, it would be competent to them to appoint a com ' mittee of ways and means, and then he should have the opportunity of submitting his resolutions to the house. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving that the Speaker do now leave the chair. Mr. DISRAELI said there was acommon understand ing on Friday night that on the present occasion an op portunity would be afforded of discussing the proposi tions of the Government, and if necessary of taking the sense of the house on those propositions ; and in look ing at the votes on Saturday morning he observed the resolutions to which the right hon. gentleman had alluded, which, if brought forward as then announced, would have afforded the opportunity of considering the financial arrangement of the Government. But on com ing down to the house to-day he found that the paper had been changed ; and, although he accepted without the slightest hesitation the account of the inadvertence which had been given by the right hon. gentleman, still it must he admitted that great inconvenience had arisen from the mistake. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to him extremely desirable that an early opportunity should be given to - the house to enter upon this discussion. (Cheers.) If the resolution respecting the Exchequer Bonds should be now agreed to, it might be reported to-morrow, and then an opportunity might be afforded of considering the financial propositions which had been submitted by the right hon. gentleman. If that course should meet the views of the Government, he would take the opportunity of moving as an amendment the resolution which he now begged to read to the house : " That in the opinion of this house it would be expedient, before sanctioning the financial arrange ments for the ensuing year, to adjust the estimated in come and expenditure in the manner which shall appear best calculated to secure the country against the risk of a deficiency in the years 1858-9 and 1859-60, and to provide such a balance of revenue and charge respectively in the year 1860 as may place it in the power of Parliament at that period, without embarrassment to the revenue, alto gether to remit the income tax." It was his intention to propose that resolution on tke report being brought up, and then the discussion on the whole budget could take place. (Rear ' bear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said if the right hon. gentleman preferred to make a statement at once the house would be quite ready to hear him. Sir J. PAKINGTON apprehended that it was not in the power of his right hon. friend to move any amend ment in committee of supp!y. Tne SPEAKER said that if there was a committee of ways and means the resolution might be moved, but in committee of supply, according to the rules of the house, no such resolution could be moved. (Hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE understood that the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not in tend to move any resolution in committee of supply, ex cept that relating to the Exchequer Bonds. It would follow, therefore, that the navy estimates would stand over until a future evening. (Hear, hear, and No, no.) That was at the root of the whole matter. (Hear.) He was not prepared to vete for the Speaker leaving the chair in order that the house should have an opportunity of considering fully the financial proposals of the Go vernment-. (Hear, bear.) He should be sorry to sit down, because if he were to do so he should have no power of addressing the house again. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He was, therefore, un wiLing to lose or surrender the 'vantage ground until he could ascertain how the matter stood. (Hear.) Under present circum stances it appeared to him that the subjects of supply and of ways aed means were, for the purp os e s o f d e b a t e , essentially th e same . Tne Government with perfect pro priety, in def rence to the sense of the house, had con nected these subjects in the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It seemed to him, therefore, to be a fair demand on the part of hon, members that they should have the power of discussing the question as a whole. That demand he ventured to make with all due respect and humility, but with as much urgency and conviction of duty as any demand which he had ever made. It was es•entisl to the right di=charge of the duties of hon. entn te re, with regard to the finances of the country, that there should be an opportunity of fully discussing the propositions of the Government, and he apprehended that it was beyond the possibility of doubt that if they proceeded to take any vote upon the navy estimates they would lose the opportunity of discussing the whole scherae. He for one cool I not consent to the Speaker leaving the chair for the purpose of going intocom , ittee of supply, unless it should be distinctly understood that the exchequer bills resolution was the only one then to he moved. Lord .1. RITSS'ELL trusted that before the question was put the Government would declare whether they in tended at once to go into the navy estimates or not, It appeared to him that the proposition of the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Oztord was a very reasonable one, and he did not conceive how the hot:ee could, with any propriety, go into the navy esti mates and vote several large sums, and then 0)1118 down on another occasion and discuss the question of the general expenditure. If a proposition should be made to go into the navy estimates, he ehould feel it his duty to propose to the house the adoption of such a course as would induce it t resume. (Hear.) _ Lord PALMERSTON said as Flush a course did not appear to be palatable to the house he would not take the navy estimates tbat night. The house then went into onnrnittee, Mr. FITZROY in the chair. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the following resolUtion :—That a sum not exceeding 2,000,0001. be granted to her Majesty to pay off and dis charge Exchequer Bonds issued under the provisions of the act 17th of Vic. , c. 23, and dated the Bth of May, 1854, which w ill be due and payable on the Bth of May, 1857. The motion was agreed The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER before referenceproceedi to the termsngtoofferto of the thecommi m tt o e t e io a n n , explanation with had been g i ven b y the right hon. genotfletnwahri which h op u P o o t s i i c te e (Mr. Disraeli), wished to advert to a point to which the right hon. gentleman (&tr. Gladstone) referred on Friday night. The right hon. gentleman then asked whether he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had in cluded in his estimate of the taxes remitted in 1853 the sum of 165,0001., the loss consequent on the change of the law with regard to bills of exchange. That amount was accurately stated and included in his allowance. There was, however, one stun, being the produce of the reduction of the assessed taxes of 1854, which he had included in the taxes remitted in 1853, , and which ought not to have been included in the total, inasmuch as the charge was announced in 1353. Therefore the amount which he had mentioned ought to be rectified by the omission of 220,0001. He now came to what he under stood to be the material point raised by the resolution of the right hon. gentleman, as to the supposed deficiency of the revenue for the two years.after the ensuing year, to be created by the financial plan which he had submitted to the house on Friday last. He did not understand that any allegation was made that the estimated revenue for the ensuing year, beginning April 1, was likely to be de ficient. What he gathered was that his financial arrange ments would cause a deficiency of revenue as compared with the expenditure in the years 1858-9 and 1859.60. Now, he held in his hand the best estimates which he had been able to make of the revenue Ad expenditure of these years, accordieg to the plan which he had sub mitted to the house, For the year 108-9 he estimated THE POLITICAL PRISONERS IN NAPLES. ( From the Times.) What is the difference between the solitary con finement to which the King of Naples has con demned his prisoners of State, and that solitary confinement to which he has condemned himself ? In the dungeon of the prisoners there may well be found more suffering of body, but in the Royal dun geon there is assuredly far more anguish of mind. We know what manner of place is . Montesarchio, in which Poerio is confined, with a hackine cough, with blindness imminent, and with the fell hand of consumption already busy with the more vital parts of his exhausted frame. where he lies, poor man, with his chain upon him, and the Neapolitan Mo narch will not lighten them by a single link. The prison, we are told, is very damp, the vaults are deep, the windows narrow, the cells without venti lation or fresh air. Judges, advocates, writers lie chained near each other, though apart. One of them is motionless from rheumatism, another is struck with paralysis, several are afflicted with con sumption ; but they wear their chains when dying, they wear them still when dead. Let them but utter a word or a groan, and they are summarily cast into the -reekine• e• underground vaults and chained to the floor. This is but a sorry state of things, and yet it is much to be doubted if the King who keeps his fellow-creatures in such sufferings might not envy the condition of the most suffering among his prisoners. If the reports we receive from Naples be true King Ferdinand is constantly in terror lest the assassin's knife should catch him un awares. For this reason he avoids the capital city of his dominions ; for this reason he refuses to tra vel by the railway, lest treason should reach him there in some new and startling form. He seeks to secrete himself in his remoter palaces, and to avoid all contact with those upon whom his pre sence falls like a shadow. Nor can it be said that apprehensions are destitute of-foundation. No one can know as well as himself the dark secrets that lie hid behind that scowling brow and within that unfeeling heart. Who could tell so truly as King Ferdinand himself the fearful extent of the vengeance he has provoked ? For a moment, at the review, when the assassin dealt him the stab which was meant to be fatal, he seems to have acted with courage and self-possession. It is, however, one thing to pass with decency through a danger which is at an end almost as soon as it exists, and quite another to spend long nights lis tening for the stealthy footstep, and staring hard for the shadow of the uplifted hand against the wall. The King is well aware that danger is around him on every side •, sometimes a ship, sometimes a powder-magazine blows up near where he is, and no man can say how it came to pass. The ground is mined beneath his feet, and he knows it. In whom can he put his trust ? His Swiss Guards may preserve what is called the public tranquillity, but they cannot guard him from the unseen death which is ever preseht to his mind's eye like the pillar of smoke by day and the pillar of fire by night. He can have no confidence in his own native troops. They inspire him, probably, with more terror than any other class of bis subjects; Now it is necessary to put one regiment, and now another under surveillance. They cannot be trusted at all events. Such being the state of things at home, whither can he turn to look for support from abroad ? There is not one of the leading nations ofjEurope which has not addressed to him earnest remonstrances upon his reiterated barbarities. There is not one of them which does not regard his reign as a revival of the worst times of the old Roman Emperors as far as his power extends. It is no wonder that it should be so, and we must ever regard it as one of the most afflicting proofs of the fallen condition of Italy that such a power can be supported by the strong arms of a few mercenaries from the Swiss mountains, and by the blackguard Lazzaroni of the capital. Is it that there is something in that impulsive cringing Southern race which delights in the union of cruelty and power, although every one in turn may feel the lash of the gaoler upon his own back--the halter of the executioner upon his own neck ? We gather from the commuuicatlons made by Mr. Petro to Lord Clarendon that he believes the order given to Captain Acuti, the ex-Commandant of Procida, to inflict 50 strokes each upon 54 of the prisoners really did emanate from the King himself. Con ceive an English Sovereign taking delight in ap portioning the exact number of stripes which should be inflicted upon any of his enemies who might have fallen into his power. We need not, however, insist upon this part of the case. The atrocities which have been perpetrated on the King's behalf in the State prisons of Naples and the Islands are so incredible, so degrading to human nature, that the meanest wretch in the British Islands may, when lies ho down to rest, humbly thank his Maker that ho is not as Ferdinand, King of the Two Sici lies. But, admitting all this, it may be urged in argument, what had we to do with the sufferings of the Neapolitan people Why should we thrust ourselves into concerns with which we had no direct interest I—or,1 —or, having gone so far, why did we not go farther ? The King of Naples has been enabled to treat the two greatest Powers in Europe with contempt, because they uttered threats which they hesitated to carry into execution. We much question if the King of Naples has really had any such feeling as is imputed to him • at any rate, his a c t s a pp ear t o wear a very Afferent complexion. Nothing more abject or fawning can well be conceived than the note which M. Carafa wrote on the 28th of August, by his master's direc tion, to do away with the effect of bis former petulant communication. The French and English embassies are gone. By recent advices we are in formed that the King of Naples has actually adopted measures by which he hopes to get rid of his poli tical prisoners, and procure his own readmission into the comity of nations. So long as the remon • strances of the great Powers were merely remon strances, we heard nothing even of so extremely modified an act of clemency - as the deportation of the State prisoners from their fetid dungeons to the interior of South America. The greatest Power in Europe cannot sustain political isolation for any considerable time, and how much less a little paltry kingdom like that of the Two Sicilies. We deny, then,•that the demonstration involved in the with drawal of the French and English missions has been unattended with effect. Still less can it be doubted that we had a perfect riglct to carry inter ference up to that point. If the King of Naples would continue to administer the internal affairs of his kingdom in so barbarous a fashion, and his subjects had not the spirit t o withifraw their necks from the yoke, at any rate we were not obliged to stop and look on. There can be no reason why an English Minister should be maiatained at Naples to listen to the groans from Montesarchio, and to hear the appalling screams of the poor wretche s who were receiving the "King's allowance" in. Procida. If evil resulted from all this to the sta bility of Ferdinand's throne he had nobody to blame for it but himself. • The correspondence relating to the affairs of Naples has just been presented to both Hous es o f Parliament by the Queen's command. In these State papers the whole progress of the affair is traced from May 19 of last year, when Lord Claren don first desired Sir W. Temple to remonstrate with the Neapolitan Government, until the 15th of November, when Prince Carini, the Neapolitan Ambassador in London, received his passports and his conge. It is impossible to read these papers without, seeing that it was originally the intention of the English Government to push matters to a sharper extremity than has actually been done. It must be remembered, however, that we were not acting alone in the matter, and are sometimes com pelled to accept the drawbacks in return for the ad vantages of a powerful and honoured alliance. Nor should it be forgotten that, in consequence of the political complications which ensued upon the mis understandings about the Treaty of Paris, this country and Austria were drawn together far more closely than has been usual for some time past. The consequence was that one of the perils which wore most apprehended when these remonstrances were first addressed to the King of Naples passed away. An insurrection in Italy became an nnpos sibility, and therefore the justification for interfe rence in the internal affairs of Naples pa , sed away too. Thera is, however, one ground for interference which could never crumble beneath our feet —and that is the ground of humanity. We can never regret that the Governments of France and Eng land solemnly marked their disapproval of all those hideous scenes which are enacted in the dungeons of the Neapolitan King ; and the sternest reasoner can scarcely maintain that we are bound to keep an official representative at Naples when his very presence would bo construed into a tacit sanction of such atrocities. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF BURGLARS.—Two men and two women were on Thursday brought before the Earl of Darnley and the other magistrates at Ro chester, charged with having entered the d eve ling-house of Mr. Stephen Collison, farmer, at Staplehurst, on the night of tho Bth inst., and stolen therefrom three sides of bacon, some hams, a donne-barrelled gun, and other articles. The prisoners gave the names of James Miller, W. Green, Mary Anne ilaselton, and Cordelia Greensted. Superintendent Everist informed the ma gistrates that ho had received information which left no doubt that the prisoners were implicated in numerous other burglaries. They were remanded. The continuance of the appeal from the Arches Court, Liddel v. Westerton, on Monday, depends in a great measure upon the health of Lord Wensleydale, who has been attacked with gout both in the hand and foot, and should it not subside tire further hearing of the appeal will be postponed, as the presence of the noble lard is considered indispensable. 1 8 5 7. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 16. MANSION-HOUSE.—Henry Miller was charged with having, together with another person not yet in custody, stolen a cash-box containing between 601. and 701., the property of the East India Company. Mr. Maule attended for the prosecution. Mr. Mauie said he regretted that the person with whom the prisoner was believed to be concerned in the robbery was the son of the messenger to the secretary of the East India House. -Samuel Ruggles, who was much agitated as he gave his evidence, said—l have my office fitted up with railings and drawers outside the office of the secretary of the East India House, to whom I am messenger. I had in one of the drawers the cash-box produced (a smashed cash-box), which was Locke& up on Friday last. On that day it contained twollo/. and two 51. notes, and gold and silver to the amount of 121. or 131., and was in the drawer on the left side in the middle of a nest of drawers. About half-past 5 o'clock I left the box safe locked up in the drawer, and at a quarter-past 1.0 o'clock on Saturday morning 1 found my drawers shut, with the bolts sprung, as if locked from the outside, an I then missed my cash box. I have a son named William, who is 15 years old, and in the service of a gentleman iv Sise-lane. He lived in my house, and used frequently to come to me at the East India House, where he could have the opportunity of seeing where I kept anything. He absented himself from my house at Dalston about a week ago, and I made inquiries about him, but I did not see him afterwards. I communicated my suspicions to the secretary. The box was brought to my house on Saturday last, in the enve lope produced, which bears the handwriting of my son as the address. My daughter brought it to me in town from Dslston. Miss Jane Anne Ruggles, the daughter of the last wit ness, said—Oa Saturday morning a youth brought the box produced, wrapped up in a paper, to my lather's house. I did not know him. He gave me a description of the person from whom he received it, and that descrip tion corresponded with that of my brother, whose hand writing was on the wrapper. The box was open in the wrapper, and the lock was forced. It did not contain any money, but it had some papers in it. The person who brought the box went with me as far as a coffee house in Shoreditch. Funnel (the detective officer)—l received information of the robbery on Saturday, between 11 and 12 o'clock, and I went t) make inquiries about Wm. Ruggles. I received information that he had been to the Amazon coffee-shop, in Norton-folgate, and found that he had been lodging there abilut a week, and that the prisoner's mother kept the house. I went from place to place after the prisoner, and at last I found him in a travelling ca. ravan in Old Nicol-street, near Shoreditch, with the son of the proprietor and another. I told the prisoner that I was an officer, and that I took him into custody for being concerned with young Ruggles in stealing a cash-box. He said he knew young Ruggles, but was not aware that he had taken the box. I found 10s. Bd. on the prisoner, who said he had been with Ruggles at half-past one o'clock yesterday. I ascertained in making my inquiries that some bank notes had been changed. The witness, in answer to a question from Mr. Maule, said he believed he should be able to prove that the pri soner had assisted in passing the bank-notes which had been stolen. The prisoner was then remanded. CLERKEN WELL. Honorah M'Sweeny, alias White, was charged withstabbing Edward White. Many years ago White cohabited with the prisoner ' since then he had been sentenced to transportation, had served four years of his time, received a ticket of leave, and was em ployed at the Railway Carriage Works, Goswell read. On Saturday evening, as he was leaving the works, the prisoner came up to him and demanded money. On being refused she said she would be revenged, drew a knife from her shawl, and plunged it into his breast. A surgeon who had examined the wound stated that if the knife had not struck against one of the ribs, it would probably have entered the heart and caused death. The prisoner, who denied the charge altogether, was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—Mr. Thomas Harrison, a stockbroker, residing at Enfield, was charged with im peding one of the officers of the Eastern Counties Rail way in the Execution of his duty. When the train stopped at Stratford, the station master went with a ticket collector to the carriage in which the defendant and three other gentlemen were sitting, and requested to be shown their tickets. The others complied at once with the request, but defendant said " But what if I've lost it 9" On being told that he must pay the fare, he exclaimed, " Then I must try to find it." Upon which he took out of his pockets one after another several envelopes, some gun wadding, a penknife, and a razor strop, and examining each with great deliber a ti on , o b serve d " Th at ' s not it . " A t l eng th he pointed to an empty pipe case, which was lying be fore him, and remarked " I believe it's in there. Will you have th e ki n d ness to rummage i t up for me 7 " After this sort of thing had gone on for some time, amid great laughter from defe n d an t' s compan i ons , i n w hi c h h e him self joined, and several passengers had begun to complain loudly of the delay, he produced a season ticket from his side pocket. The train, was delayed about ten minutes by defendant's conduct. The atation-master admitted that he was aware of the defendant's possessing a season ticket, but stated that by: a recent regulation he was obliged to insist on all passengers producing their tickets, and it appeared that it was through dislika to this new regulation that the defendant had obstructed the officials in their duty. The magistrate imposed a penalty of 10s. and costs. WESTMINSTER.—john Farthing and Chas. More ton, alias Gibson, two well-dressed men, the latter said to be a returned transport, were charged with stealing twelve 51. Bank of England notes. Mr. C. Backman, described as an independent man, residing at 14, Ranelagh-grove, Pimlico, received ten 51. notes from Messrs. Cutts on the 3d inst., and added them to three others in his pocket book, which he took home and left there. On the same evening he went to a tavern at the west end of the town in search of a friend named Stewart, and not find'ng him entered into con versation with the two prisoners, who were there. He had been previously slightly acquainted with them, and, at their solicitation, consented to accompany them to a ball at Barbican, but said he must fiat go home and get some money. A cab was called, and all three proceeded to Mr. Backman's, where the latter opened the street door and parlours with his keys, and in the prisoner's presence took a Si. note from the others in his pocket-book. He threw the latter, when he had done so, on a chair, and locking the rooms safely after him departed with the ac cused. They then went to a neighbouring tavern for re freshment, when the prisoner Moreton suddenly left, and was absent for a few minutes. He returned to the party, and they went to the bail, and on prosecutor's return home lie discovered that his pocket-bo ik was gone. He had placed his keys, when leaving the house, in his right coat pocket, and found them changed to his left. A lady re siding in the same hou , e as prosecutor saw a man, whom she believed to be Moreton, opened the street and parlor doors with keys at about the time he was absent from the prosecutor and the other prisoner, and heard him go out after remaining three minutes. Two of the st _den notes paid into the Bank of England had Moreton's other name, " Gibson," upon them, as it was stated in his writing. Prisoners had left Mr. Backman at the ball very early, and were found together when apprehended. They were remanded till Wednesday. MARLBOROUGHSTREEL—Dennis Fannon and A.on Bolton were brought up for final examination, charged with picking the pockets of several ladies. The prisoners, who were very handsomely dressed, are known to the police as two of the most dexterous street pickpockets in London, and as belonging to a gang of some six or seven street thieves, who work in concert. The prisoners live together as man and wife at Vine cottage, New North-road. There were four cases brought forward against the prisoners, all of which disclosed the same features. The parties who were the complainants had been stopped in the street by the prisoners, who pretended they had lost their way, and wanted to know the road to some railway station. While answering the questions of the prisoners they were either robbed by the prisoners themselves or by one of their confederates. The depositions in the four following cases were com pleted --for stealing a purse containing 411. in bank notes and gold from Miss Jane Davis, No. 40, Tnomas street ; for stealing a purse containing 2/. and some silver, from Mrs. Naomi Baker, No. 20, Green-street ; for stealing from Mrs. Lamb, of Cambridge-street, a purse containing about 71. in gold -and silver ; and for stealing a purse containing some silver from Mrs. Abi gail Smith, of Blackburn-mews. The prisoners, who made a general denial of their • guilt, were fully committed. GREENWICH.—Mr. W. G. Smith, one of the local agents engaged for conducting the election of Colonel Sleigh, late a candidate for the representation of Green wich, appeared before Mr. Seeker to auswer a summons taken out against him by a cabman named Clark for re• fusing to pay him the sum of 225, The complainant's statement was that on the evening of Monday, the 6th instant (nomination day), he was spoken to by one of Colonel Sleigh's committeemen, and ordered to be in attendance at h a lr-p ast seven o'clock on the following morning with his cab for the purpose of taking voters to the poll. He was in attendance at the time stated, and during the day the defendant ordered him to different ',hoes, but on applying on the follow ig evening at eight o'clock for his money, according to directions, he could not obtain it. He (complainant) bad a wife and seven children to support, and had al ready lost three days in endeavouring to get his money, having been engaged eleven hours in driving Colonel Sleigh'scommitteemen and voters from one place to the other. A professional gentleman, who appeared for the de fendant, said, by the Act 17 and 18 Vic., passed in the last session of Parliament, it was expressly enacted that payment of expenses in respect of any election incurred after the day of the nomination of any such candidate could only be made by the auditor appointed for that purpose, and that any other mode of payment was de clared illegal. The complainant's bill would be sent in to the auditor and paid in duo comae. Mr. Seeker t(1 .I the c)mplainant ho could not assist him in the matter, and he must look for payment through the auditur. - The complainant left the court, declaring he would have nothing more to do in election matters, and said he began to doubt whether he should ever be paid. Loss OF A FRENCH SHIP OF WAR.—We are sorry to learn that the French steam corvette the Duroc, W hi c h had been expected for some time in China, was lost on the ccast of Java, on her way from New Caledonia to Hong Kong. Our worthy allies have been unfortunate in these waters with their ships of war.—worth elthia Herald, Dee, la. Country Markets. CHELMSFO The wheat trade was dull I realising last week's rates, cheaper. Spring corn of all Wheat, white, old, per 1. 5. 4,1 34 72 new 37 71 red, old 32 62 new 32 0 Barley 33 44 Chevalier 38 52 Grinding 33 44 Malt 73 77 Chevalier 75 79 IRD—FEB. 13. o-day, the best, samples barely while inferior were the turn sorts rather lo.,ever, Oats, Peas, per qr.. 24 Partridg• 4l White 39 Boiling B9 Dun... 37 Beans, Tisk .36 Harrow ticks 40 Mazagan 35 Ditto, new 35 ,R- FEB. 13. ~i 1 g g co a 4 - 59 VGIS COLCHEST. A fair supply of wheat, which was taken slowly at barely last week's prices. Barley not so plentiful, but buyers were not anxious to increase their stooks, and only the best samples realised late prices. Beans and peas same as last day. Prices to-daywere as follow :- - Wheat , 62s to 72 5 ; red, 56s to 60s; barley, 44s to 50s ;oats, 23s to 28s ; bean s , Mazagan, 36s to 38s; middle and small, 31s to 44x; p eas , white, 403 to 44s ; grey, 40s to 42*. Official Statement of-the Quantities of Corn, Ste., receivea in the port of London, from the following ports, from Fob. 9 to Feb. 14, both inclusive. 41 1 4, 8 © 73' ° Colchester Harwich Leigh Dlaldon i.OO 258 17 - 496 , 31 i 483 KIRKCALDY—FEs. 14. To-day we had rather large supplies of wheat and oats, but small of barley. Sales quick, and prices in favour of sellers. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beano. I First 636 Od 42. 01 ( 31s 6d f Os Oal Second Third 3os Od I 33s Od I 221 Od I Os Od Oatmeal, 36s COAL MARIE Prim of Coal per ton at s. Bebside's Hartley 14 Buddle W. Hartley 15 Bell's Primrose l3 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 15 0 Longridge's Wst Hartley 14 9 North Percy Hartley l3 0, Tanfield Moor l3 9 Holywell Walker Primrose l3 6 Davison's West Hartley 15 3, Tanfield Moor Bates 13 9 Wylam Chester Main 15 6 Wa►llsend, &c. _ Eden Main l6 6' Braddyll l6 6 Gosforth l5 G Ships at:market...26 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is quiet, at a decline . on Saturday's rates. Blackburn. 8/..185. 9d., 9—Cale.' donian, 311—East ern C oun ti es , 4—Lancashire and York shire, 98 i—London and North Western, 107i—litanches• ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 35 1 1—Midland, 8S 21—North British, 101. 6s. 3d.—N or th E a stern, Berwick, 21i—South Eastern, 22i 1 I—Dutch Rhenish, Ss. 9d. p.---Grand Trunk of Canada, 12g. MANCHESTER. FEB. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was quiet, with rather lower prices. Lancaster and Preston, shares, 201 p.— Leeds, 99—Sheffield, 35 —Midlands, 83—East Lancashire, 24 7-16—Blackburn, 9 1-16—Sheffield Pref., 12A—London and North Western Eighths, d.—lllinois Central, 32 p. —District Bank, 11j p.—Dover, 221 BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues firm, but little business doing. London and North Western stock was done at 1071—London and Narth Western, 1074-, 107 i ' —Midland, 83 i—Birmingham Canal, ai 3i. WESTERN AIISTRALIA.—A. dinner and testimonial was g;ven, at the London Tavern, on Saturday, to Captain Fitzgerald, R.N., the late governor of the colony. There was a large attendance of gentlemen interested in the prosperity of the colony. CHIE/ICONETIELE FOR THE COUNTY OF OXFORD. We are informed that there are no less than sixty midi. dates for the o ffi ce of chief constable for Oxfordshire, the salary of which is 3001. per annum and 1001. extra for travelling expenses. The election will take place at an adjourned sessions, to be held at the County Hall, Oxford, on the 27th inst. It is said to be under Mr. Beale's financial auspices • that Mr. Thackeray has been making hit recent appear ances, although the satirical humorist in replying to an invitation from the secretary of a suburban literary in. stitution to repeat his lectures on the Georges at a re ' duced rate, refused on the ground of having sold " him self to Mr. Barnum," an intimation which was gravely reported to the committee of the institution by the dis appointed secretary. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We have read with much pleasure Da Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Da Barry's Food, of Indigestion(Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility. 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Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorlantl ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzear ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart do Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. For further particulars respect. ing this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper. LADvaarnsamaNT.] SIGHT AND HEARING SPICTACLEH, POwERPUI. THLHHCOPBS, OPERA, Rees, AND PaRaMICTIVI Gtesszs.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel (W.) By ker Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per. spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-hall inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing / powers accordingly.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuableinewly-invented,verysmall, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. [`hey are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,a s t , th w ll i ri th sti‘ won O d P e e r r2 'ful race-course, ca p, and perspective glasses, power. Newly-constrzated Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute Gan* pation—cansee with th ese l enses of a much less magnify. ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf. ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any. thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is net per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely remo desired.-39, affords all assistance that possibly could be street. Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. (W) BIRTHS. Or A 80X. i On the 14th inst., at 34, Berkeley - square, the Lady Emily Singscote. , s, cr O lia n . t c h a e rp en 14th t e r ut we at . the e L o f j d ug s e tce of Ceylon., Randy, th e w if e o f Sir OF A DAUGHTER. On the 15th inst., at the Vicarage, St. Martin's-in-thei Fields, the'wife of the Rev. G. W. Humphry. On the 15th inst., at 10, Westb ourne-terrace-road, the wife of C. H. Onslow, Esq. ARRIE D. On the 14th inst., at St. James's, Holloway, Thomis Smith. Esq., of the Great Northern Railway, to Martha Ann Evans, late of Oldham, Lancashire. On the 14th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Alfred Terrett, son of Jared T. Hunt, Esq., of Lambeth-wharf, Lambeth, and the Willows, Mitcham, Surrey, to Sophia Hervey, only daughter of George T. Smith, Esq., of 16, King's. parade, Chelsea, DIED. On the 15th inst., at 5, Lansdowne-place, Brunswick. snare John Risdon, Esq., aged 84. On the 16th inst., at 2, Kensington-square, Ada Sarah, the youngest daughter of T. R. Crampton, Esq. On the 15th inst., at Mile-end, Mrs. Ann Walbancke, aged 81. On the 14th inst., at Devonshire-street,' l'ortland-place, George Sydney Rutherford, eldest son of Dr: Rutherford, aged 22. On the 14th inst., at 44, Glocester-square, Leslie Graham , infant sou of Colonel and Mrs. Moucrieff. On the 14th inst., at Park•street, Grosvenor-square, Mr. Evan Humphreys, aged 47. On the 14th inst., Catherine Anne, the wife of William Clode, Esq., of the Registrar-General's-office, Somerset house, and of Harlington, Middlesex. On the 31st ult., at Cairo, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Jackson, Esq., M.P., aged 21. LONDON : Printed and Published by DIU RD 0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 01fiesp, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cowl ty 0 Micidlosm, Tuescloy, Foinuorl 171 001. to 388 per bag of 2SOlb. ET.—FEB. 16. the close of the market. iVallsend, &a. s Hetton South Hetton 17 9 Lam bton 37 0 Haswell 18 0 Pensher 15 9 'Haugh Hail . ....... l6 0 'Russell's Hetton 16 II Tees Stewart's .lB 0 South Kelloe 17 0 'Seaham l6 6 Riddell Hartlepool Hetton 17 0 Framwellga.te l6 0 Acorn Close l6 0 Hartlepool l7 6 I Cassop 16 6 I I Sold.. 171