The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-04 00:00:00

party in this house, a very poweeul party, representing very different interests, a party whose interests and whose honour aught to be very clear to the House of Commons. By that proposition they were placed in a very difficult Position, for 4 part of the scheme of the right hon. gentleman was the im position of a succession duty on real property. (Rear.) I wish to state the case fairly to the right hon. gentleman the Member for Oxford University. Ido not wish to have a dis elusion upon the merits and dements of the question now. I ,ill admit that the right hon. gentleman brought the matter forward fairly, and was quite ready to defend the measure; but allow me to observe that the position of the Minister of the day to those on whomthe tax was imposed was intimately c onnected with the settlement of the income tax. (Rear.) That su ccession duty was greatly opposed in this house; some of the propoSitions connected with it were rejected, some Were carried by narrow majorities, but ultimately the measure Was carrierby the votes of those who supported it, on the - faith of the right hon. gentleman's promise that the income t a z imposed in 1853 should cease in 1860; that was the consi deration upon which they had supported the concession. N iw if the plans ofthe right h on . gent l eman h a d no t been disturbed by war two years ago, we should havd been paying a reduced is ; but o w i ng t o th a t c i rcums t a nce, those interested ult real property had not enjoyed the benefit of the reduced re aaae sement. Let it b e remem b e r e d therefore that holders of al property were being taxed to the amount of two millions "-Year without receiving that equivalent to which they had a right. When you disturb the settlement of 1853, observe What a host of variotis and embarrassing questions in finance You will raise. You will have the question of how you are to deal with precarious and settled incomes ; and you will have to deal with the case where entire exemption is claimed--a e ase which I formerly attempted to settle ; and you will have e loud and bitter complaint against the burden of taxation u pon the holders of: real property, who, in addition to that burden, have imposed up ,n them a succession duty. (Hear, he at) You will thus have a series of questions which will e mbarrass any Minister—the solution of which you will find difficalt, if not impossible. (Cheers.) I think that the pro- PertY and income tax places within the reach of the Govern ment those great resources which it possesses, and which, I think, are in some degree the cause of the dangerous policy Which they pursue ; resources applied in a way not to be de fended, and which I consider ought not to be 'granted. (Hear.) I node' steed from the declarations of those officially connected with her Majesty's Government, some in high office, some in office not sufficiently high—(a laugh)—that it is not the intention'of the Government to insist on levying the whole of the revenue at present derivable from this branch of revenue ;' but I think that upon that subject there ought to be no ddubt. (Hear, hear.) I highly disapprove of the present aptation of the public mind on the subject of the income tax being allowed to continue. I highly object to the question being postponed. I think it impolitic that we should be called upon to wait a month, or perhaps two months, before her Majesty's Ministers lay before us their financial statement. Precedents are not wanting in our history for moving the house at an early period of the session on subjects of finance, and it is a proper a id constitutional course. The committee of supply always precedes that of w a ys and means, and th e Ch ance ll or o f th e Exchequer makes ip demands on the House of Commons accor ding to the wants and requirements of the country. Wear, hear.) B ut, sir, I protest, for my part, that we are not placed in a position readily to stop the supplies if we wait for the financial statement. (Hear, hear,) It is, sir, II; ray opinion, of the utmost importance, in the present state of the Public mind, that we should come to an early decision upon this subject., (Heir, hear.) It is du e t o th e coun t ry, it is due t o ourse l ves , an d I think it i s st ill more due to the Allaistry. (Cheers.) Let the Ministry know what the opi nion of the country is, and then they will know how to shape their course, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer can devise the means necessary for the public necessities, (Cheers.) I Understand that some notice has been given by some hon. gentleman on this subject. I think the matter a most im- Portant one, and that it should be brought forward by some (°lle who speaks the opinion of a large party in this house. Cheers.) I think that the question ought to be brought for- Ward early, though I think it would be an inworthy and au Misatisfactory mode of dealing with it, to take it up in the Way of moving an amendment to the Address. I think an aPPortunity for its discussion ought to be given by her Ma jesty's Ministers , I should be perfectly willing if some other n°l], gentleman who sits near me would have undertaken the task; but, as it has been thought fit that I should take upon lue the duty I shall seek the opinion of the house upon the subject, and , I shall move for a committee of the whole house eketo consid er resolutions, of which I do not bind myself now tate the exact w or d s , b u t w hi c h w ill b e t o th e f o ll ow i ng ct --To express the opinion of this house that taxes which h a vs been levied' in time of war, for the purpose of carrying t ha t " r, shall only be levied for a particular period ; and t it is the ' opinion of • this house that the settle -1553 shall, in spirit, be adhered to. I can not but observe; sir, that if these resolutions be carried We shall effect some advantageous changes in the financial arrangements of the country, and shall give a beneficial impetus to its interests. (Hear, hear.) Sir, I think it is 1 telt for Inc t o e xpress my op i nion, that it is not advisable that England should become a great tanmilitary ns nation. (e are prepared to vote all ways d mea that are ) nece, 1 7 to support an effective army, but I am not in favour of a n•lf military s stem. I am not afraid of ex p ress i ng th e 1 old-fashi one d op nion, that a large standing army is opposed to th e liberties o a State. (Ch eers .) I k now th a t we mus t have-troops, and we have an army of which, I think, every nun has reason to be proud. I wish to see that army main tained in full efficiency. and I would have the militia placed en a more effective footing. (Cheers.) It is objected that a standing army cannot be dangerous in these days because it is under the control of Parliament, but I prefer seeing the array under the control of her Majesty than under the diree tion of the Parliament of England. There is danger in an army whether disciplined or undisciplined. If un di sc i p li ne d it will beCome abandoned in its habits ;. if disciplined, it may become an instrument for the oppression of the State. (Hear, hear.) I care no.: what may be the form of government— whether Royal, Imperial, or Republican. Wherever there are 500,000 men in a State, highly disciplined, let a ma n have authority over th em, and that man is dictator. I hope then, sir, that neither the glory of the late war, nor that of ether wars in which we have been engaged—perhaps more glorious—will lead the people of this country to sanction treat military establishments. (Cheers,) I entertain the conviction that the more you reduce the burdens of the peo ple, the greater will be the resources that you find placed at your disposal. I.shall not on the present occasion ask the house to express . their opinion on the topic to which these resolutions refer, but shall give my support to the humble Address to our gracious Queen. (The right hon. gentleman sat down amid loud cheering.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the advice of the right hon. gentleman opposite (Ur. Disraeli) had been followed in the composition of the gracious Speech which has been read to the house, and if it contained a paragraph recommending the house to cuter upon a remis- lion of taxation, and an adjustment of the burdens of the State to the state •f peace which we had now happily reached, he (the Chancellor of the Exchecuer) feared they should have been told that such a general assurance was of no rain° ; that they might have assumed it as a matter of course. It had not been usual to make such specific statements as the right hon gentleman desired in Speeches from the Throne. It had been left to the discretion of the house when the estimat,?s had been framed, with due regard to public necessities, to decide en the ways and means necessary. He would confine himself to the observations of the right hon. gentleman on the subject of the income-tax, without following him in his wide digres sion into European politics. (Hear, hear.) He protested against hon. members imputing to the Government such in tentions as had been adverted to by the preceding speaker. They certainly had no design to establish a standing army, dangerous to the liberties of the people. He must defer en tering into the details on the snbjeet of the army and navy until the period when the question would come before the house in the way of regular business, when it would be his duty to make the statement for the coming year. He would, however, remind the house that heavy expens e s h a d b een en tailed by the necessity of keeping up armaments after the War was over. Last session the amount of taxation had been axed by the house after mature deliberation. It was his anxious wish to lay the financial statement of the ensuing Year before the house at the earliest possible opportunity the business of the house would permit. (Hear.) He believed on some rare occasions the annual budget was stated on going Into a committee of supply, but such was not the usual prac tice. The usual practice was to allow some progress to he made in committee of supply, and to make the financial state ment in a committee of ways and means after the great esti mates had been laid before the house. His into tion was to take the , earliest oppotkunity after the army and navy estimates-toad been submitted to examination by the house, to have ma d e the annual financial statement to have enabled the house to judge of the probable expenditure of the coming year, and also of the . with which Government proposed toti, me et that expenditure. He trusted that the nurse which taking, before the remarkes of G overnment had resolved upon the right hon. gentleman the member for, Buckinghatsh, l ',:i ia m te rt be satisfactory to the house ; and at all events y tehr motion might be sub mitted for their consideration b we right bon, gentleman, or by any one else, that the house of o a n t l a d not come to any definite resolution on the subject thsetmfiated expendi until they had heard what might be the ax now in existence pchut.eancial plans ture of the ensuing year, and what were of the Gover iment in order to meet that ex ',tare. After a pause, no one rising, The SPEAKER rose to put the Address, but had not got through the first paragraph when Mr. GLADSTONE rose in a very thin, house and thus spoke —He confessed his reluctance to rise'at that moment. When his right hon. friend had left his seat to follow what he must call the comprehensive and remarkable speech of right hon, gentleman, he did not suppose but that they would hear from a Minister of the Crown sonic notice or some reply to those very grave matters with which the earlier portion of that speech was charged. (Hear.) It appeared to him inconsis_ tent with the respect duo to the house and to the country that when a member of the house, and especially a member who was supposed to speak the sentiments of many other members, had, in debate upon the Address, questioned the foreign policy of the Government in terms so grieve as had been that night employed, that the Government should not Vouchsafe one word of notice to these charges. He was not aware when he entered the house of the nature of the discus sion upon which the right hon. gentleman was about to en ter, He did presume—and it was an act of presumption on his .part—to catch the Speaker's eye imme•sliately after the hon, gentleman, the seconder of the Address, sat down ; and he did so upon so peculiar ground that he ..,,.. well knew that important considerations of finance were at this moment agitating the mind of the country— (ti,eTtrio'n hear) —which commanded the interest and at of the members of cipate the right hon.gentleman house, and he wished to anti . quer— knowing that th the Chancellor of the Exche - •to be definite and r ore was one person especially bound - , that man was the prompt in explaining his views, and that of the p siti'dual • consequence who now addressed them, in rangement of 1 853. ° (II" he occupied at the financial ar bound by ties of Public eart hear,) duty, no less than by those of per restingHe considered he was sonal honour, not to lose a with the recognition he felthibeorneant in acquainting the house so far as h em_ to snake of any obligations • on him il. House of Commons, and this wa e s Could in hon. justice do so in the the reason why ht rose iu perior nitlernau the member for competition with the right Buckinghamshire. At a the Speech from the Throne, almost from the first line t w o 'e t,;: nhtien to have adverted ' with our foreign policy, it was his int e e last, was occupied gentleman, in the to tome of these topic-, ; but the right ' • exercise of his privilege as a member entered upon a i lLoneY of the Go must very wide field—had questioned the forei vernmeut root and branch, and had niad g e n e r s e d which them he to his regret that must say, the honour of the Governmenptreerse'sqlng.i notice and to reply to; and he must e. yenatssailed. '' • his right hon, friend the Chancellor of the le hequer, responsible advisor of the Crown, had omitted to defend thea Government where it had been most formidabnil Some of the allegations made against the Govern by the right hon. gentleman were quite new to him. If he stood the right hon. gentleman rightly he said that the u r n ci l e w SOM. instrument or compact by 'dick unkno wn to the Par' ruE suN Bement or people of this country, we had become parties and guarantees to Austria for her Italian possessions. Mr. DISRAEL f—l beg the right hon. gentleman's par don for a moment. This is a point upon which there should be no mistake, or false conclusions might be deduced. I thought there could have been no mistake as to the state ment which I made, and which was this :—I asked, Would the house believe that the Italian dominions of Austria were guaranteed? Upon which the noble lord at the head of the Government asked, By what Power ? I replied that there was a secret treaty for guaranteeing the Italian dominions of Austria to Austria, by France, but with the sanction, ap probation, advice, and at the instance of England ; but I added that England herself was not a party to the secret treaty. Mr. GLADSTONE was glad to have elicited that explana tion, for the impression of many of these near him as to what the right hon. gentleman had said was the same as his own but, taking the matter as it now stood, if such a guarantee had been given by France to Austria, with the entire con currence (the right hon. gentleman said) of this country, or rather of this Governuient, he must say that in his opinion, such a proceeding ought to be known to Parliament, for it had an essential bearing on any course which the house might think fit to pursue upon Italian affairs. (Hear.) As to Naples, inasmuch as the Speech from the Throne had pro mised to lay papers before the house, he would not enter into any details upon so interesting, so important, and so difficult a question. With respect t 3 Persia, he had to say that there was great reason to complain that uo promise or expression on that question had been offered to the house. He would not then cater into the merits of the case, but he must say that no facts, as appearing to hint from reports in the public journals, were an adequate justi fication of our proceedings with respect to that country. When he (Mr. Gladstone) heard the Speech from the Tlirone, and particularly that paragraph of it which related to the sank and the currency, he was led to the belief that the Go vernment were going to introduce legislation upon this sub ject. He found also that the right hen. gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was about to move for a select com mittee for the investigation of this important matter. (He (Mr. Gladstone) would venture to express a hope that mea sures might be takes for guiding the deliberations of the com mittee, and giving to it a different plan ; and, in mentioning this subject to the house, he would observe hat a very un fortunate change had taken place of late years with respect to the dignity and efficiency of select committees in matters of importance, (Hear, hear.) There were grave exceptions, no doubt ; several most valuable reports had been drawn up, which had been made the basis of legislation ; but often thero had been introduced into these reports much that was of a slovenly character, which had been apoligised for on the ground of the lateness of the session —(hear)---or some other , unfortunate cause preventing due attenti• a to these matters. He hoped that this would not nit the case with the commit tee his hon. friend was about to propose. Iu the wording, however, of that clause of the Spee c h which r e l a t e s t o th e Bank of England, he thought that less caution had been used than could be desired. He had a very strong opinion upon that subject, for he thought that the privileges of the Bank of England required provisions qtiite as much as they de served renewal. (Hear) The relations between the State and the Bank of England were of very ancient date. They were framed at a time when public faith did not exist, when no Government could obtain any credit from the monied world. Those were the circumstances under which the Bank of England came into existeuce,and he was bound to say that much of the relationsnow existing between the Bank and the' State were founded upon antiquated and highly inappropriate ideas. Whatever new arrangement was made, it ought to be after a close and compreheasixe. investigation. The cha racter of the bank should be that of the great agent of the state in matters of finance ; but he (Ay. Gladstone) thought that the language of the paragraph ought not to im ply any foregone conclusion on the part of the house. (Hear, hear.) The Act of 1844 was one In a large class of progres sive measures; and it did not pretend, in the judgment of Sir Robert Peel, to a character of r absolute &mkt (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Gladstone) for one did not propose to un settle the Act of 1844, or to return to the state of things which existed before ; bat he thought it ought to be under stood, that it was open to the house to consider whether the Act of 1814 was capable of improvement. Such a course would tend to give an assurance to the country that they were at length beginning to emerge from a series of monetary experiments, and to settle the question upon a permanent and comprehensive basis. (Hear, hear.) A more important con sideration remained. He (Mr. Gladstone) had watched, like others the reports which had ap, , eared of meetings taking place in different parts of the country, with reference to the income tax. It was a feeling, perhaps, that was inherent in the nature of all such popular meetings, but it was one that he could not help regretting, that the country now showed a great disposition to becritical and sore on the subject of taxa tion, but not to be critical and sore on the subject of expen diture. If he (Mr. Gladstone) were to attempt to paint the temper of the country at that moment, he should say that the prevailing feature was, that they were jealous witk respect to taxation, and reckless with regard to expenditure. It might be considered well that the question of direct and indirect taxation should be settled within the year. But he (Mr. Gladstone) thought that both the'advocates of direct and in direct taxation—those who looked with the eyes of idolatry upon their respective systems—would have abundant oppor tunities of discussing their respective merits during future years. (Laughter.) There had been much discussion upon the question whether the income tax should bo levied as at pre sent, or whether a varied rate shbuld be levied upon various descriptions of income. They would never entirely get rid of these discussions, and financial and even political dangers might arise from such disci:tasking ; but he (Mr. Gladstone) had never scrupled to avow his opinion that an income-tax was an Admirable instrument, of taxation, but that it was a dangerous instrument. (Hear.) They had much discussion on the question of an uniform or varying rate for the income. tax; whether incomes of DO/. or 15U/. should be the * limit of exemption; and whether a man with 1511. of income should pay income tax on his 1511., or on his 11. over the 1301. ; and upon none of these questions were the answers explicit and intelligible. The real necessity was to put the house and the country in the way of liraitins their outlay to some just and reasonable scale of expense, suit&l to a peace establishment. (Hear.) That was the question with respect to which the house must in the first instance direct its atten tion, if they intended to discharge their duties to the people of England, whom they represented. (Hear.) That was the point to which he Gladstone) would then endeavour to address himself. For once he was not entirely without infor mation on the' subject. There was a portion of the country, the town of Arbroath, in the south of Scotland, which had been highly favoured by the interesting revelations and dis closures made by the Minister it War to his delighted neigh bours and friends. (Laughter:) iHe (Mr. Glacisto net would ;not then go into an important question of a different nature,_but he could not understand why such 'a time and such a place should have beeit chosen by the noble lord the Secretary at War to deliver the opinions ofia Minister on the report of the Crimean inquiry, by Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tullpch. Lord Panmure was stated to have related to his friends that there would be a reduction in the forthcoming year of the military estimates by twenty millions. He Or: Gladstone) concluded that these were the military estimates—he sup- posed that it was not the naval that were meant, but the estimates for the army, the ordnance, the militia, and the commissariat. Now, there was no means of coming to a know ledge of this subject except by the test of expenditure. It was very well to talk of a niggard economy and so forth— these were not only truths but truisms—so also to speak of the benefits and virtues of economy, of relieving ,the people 'rota taxation, of removing their burdens, and so on: were ;ruths that came from the other end of t►,e diameter. They might as well be uttered in Sanserit for the practical use they possessed. (Hear.) But figures were more intelligible to the house ; and he would approach the subject by means . . _ . of the figures whim the Warifinister had given through his great benevolence to his friends at Arbroath. It was said to be in the contemplation of GOvernment that the military esti mates should be reduced by 20 millions. Last yar they amounted to 35 millions. He (Mr. Gladstone) spoke of the unreduced estimates of lad year, because the reduced esti mates amounted to 20; millions, and he would hardly sup pose that it was intended to reduce the latter sum by 20 mil lions. (Hear.) It was the unreduced inditary estimates that it was thus intended to reduce. With regard to' the naval department he must say that his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty had not paid a visit to his friends at Halifax, and therefore he (M.r. Gladstone) had not the cor responding inforra-ition as regarded that department; but he was afraid, if he might judge from rumours, that they were not to expect estimates of a very stingy , character. These estimates last year were 20,00,000/. ; before, they were reduced to 15,500,0001., w hi c h i nc l u d e d ne less a sum than 5,000,0001, for the transport service. He would now hope, however, that that would be reduced to an amount al together insignificant, and he thought that the probable amount that would be required by his right hon. friend would be about 9,000,0001. for the naval department. Adding that to the 14,000,0001. mentioned by Lord Paninure, as being ne cessary for the military department, he found that the esti mates for a' peace establishment would not be less than 25,000,000/. for the year. With regard to the necessities of the country, he thought they ought to look at what the expenditure had been before the war commenced.. It was quite true that many things existed which required improvement, and that that improvement could not be effected without eipense. They had all seen, since their return to London, the improved material of the great-coats of the soldiers. Changes such a s these, and whatever tended to the social and moral improve ment of the soldier, he was sure the country did list grudge. But these were not the heavy charges and expenses —they were caused by the tone of the policy which this country maintained abroad. If it were true that there were changes of necessity to be made in the military system which would entail expense, it was not less true that there were important and happy changes taking place in the condition of the coun try which tended toeeenomy. (Hear, hear) Herepudiated the doctrine because we had vast colonial possessions we must w have vast armies to defend them. Such a coarse of policy institutions In t the crlo r n fe i Was necessary when they had a slave population to keep garrisons, where it was necessary to maintain great military perfectly • o y ugh la t ie to that ea rry t h w e it p h r otgrheemss theof new ob ligation our title an d Who inheritancebelieved of freedom, and there was no free manneceasity of these some one else should relieve. him from the at home before theharges. Then, again, the state of things now,, In /routs :. war was very different to what it was ing as police, liaid the were from 20,000 to 30,000 men act same duties eh b e great bulk of the troops discharged the h roughout the owever,been.m a d e • country. A great change had, rural police, therebyelt system by the establishment of payers toygenerall t o a subjecting e .eal property and the rate enable them p e considerable charge. But that would force, as they ,did 20 or _with the application of their military penditnre on thisbead m3Owestrears ago, and, therefore, the ex age of the military esti te during considerably less. The aver. the war was 14,000,00 u Th e luring the 41) years previous to The estimates since that year eweat ' in 1835 ' was12 ' ")""• dom beyond 17,0001. During had risen considerably, but sel steam fleet had been created, wit e h laa a t 15 or 20 years, a new sion, by which a very large expenditnew system of propul that fleet being now completed, chore was incurred. But a vast reduction. The estimate, howeevmeust of necessity be by the Government exceeds that of the yearr's to be proposed fleet was being made He and those with when h the steam familiar were of opinion that that house ons'h v4 ; in the ho was instance, to look at the expenditure of the country, first would then proceed to show the danger iu which the y. house He would find itself if it voted away the 9d. income tau, The 0 ax. The feeling of the country would no doubt bo with them, but the consequence must be that the Government would be com pelled to till the vaeuum by a new taxation or to borrow money, and he for one was not willin g to be r esponsible for such a measure. The right bon. gentleman then vindi ated the conduct of Lord Aberdeen's Government with referenc e when the succession Duty A c t was ' to the alleged arrangement passed, 'in 18 3, • for the extinguishment of the income tax, and said that in reply to complaints that income was charged • hcapital, the Government, equally with unable at the time to reconstruct the income tax, had, by the Succession Duty Act, thrown an additional burden on capital, and thus relieved in come. There were many purposes of the income tax yet un fulfilled. There remained to be effected reforms in our tariffs both in ,he customs duties and in duties of excise, which ought not to escape the attention of the house, and the re duction of which was perfectly practicable by the existence of a moderate income tax. It was in his mind reasonable and just that the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli), on behalf of his friends, and any independent member on behalf of his I con stituents, should acknowledge it the duty of the House of Commons to say now, in 1857, whether the pledges of 1853 WEDNES DA Y EVENING, FEBR UA RN 4, i 857 were or were not to be fulfilled, He (Mr. Gladstone) de precated inquiries about the uniformity of the rate and the varying of the rate ; but these were matters of a practical character, and it would be his duty to - secure the pledges which had been given in 1853. He could not forget the conduct of the House of Commons at that period. If they voted the abolition of tho war tax in April, there would still remain half a year's income tax ; and the question was, whether that should be subject to the pub lic expenditure. In 1854 they asked twelve millions addi tional taxes, which was for one year's war expen.liture , and a part of that depended upon the. income tax. He (the right hon. gentleman) believed that the Government did not intend to borrow money when the expenses were on that scale. The Government asked permission to raise money, and the income tax was, it might be said, to meet that. The question, then, was whether the six months' income tax should not be applied in the liquidation of the interest of the loan? Itwas the duty, no doubt, of the country to see how the public, expenditure could be best met, As regarded the motion of which the right hon, gentleman had given notice, he (Mr. Gladstone) should be prepared at :the proper time to give it every support, and if notice of such a motion had not been given he (the right lion, gentleman) should have felt it his duty to haie brought such a motion forward himself. Whenever the question was raised with respect to the pledge given in 1853, he had 'no doubt the house would be prepared to redeem it. There had been 40 or 50 millions of additional debt, and the interest of that must he provided for. Circumstances might occur before 1860 which might require additional modifications to be made in the financial system, but nothing had occurred which dis entitled the house to ie pledges made in 1553, and it was their duty to see them carried out. Lord PALMERSTON said--Sir, I can assure my right hOn, friend who has just sat down that if I did not rise immediately after the speech of the right hon. gentleman' opposite, it was not iu any degree from any want of respect to that right hon. gentleman or to the house. It was, if I may say so, out of re spect to my right hon. friend (Mr. Gladstone), as I deemed it more respectful that I should hear what my right hon. friend had to say before I should offer any observation to the house. The speech of the right hon. gentleman opposite appeared to me to be an instance of the danger into which men of eminent talents who distinguished themselves in different walks are sometimes tempted to fall, by indulging in a:display of those talents which have raised them to eminence. (Hear, hear.) The right hon, gentleman stands pre-eminent in the house for statesmanlike qualities, for talents in debate, and eloquence as a speaker. He has also risen to great re putation as a man of genius iu another department of intel lect, as a great master of the powers of imagination. (A laugh ) I am not going to accuse him on this occasion of being in (lamed to his imagination for his facts and to his memory for his arguments —(langhter)—a reproach applied in another Parliament to a distinguished orator ; but I must say that the greater part of the right hon. gentleman's speech about our foreign policy was a perfect and entire romance. (Hear, and laughter.) , I:he . right hon. gentleman had • been spending a part of the vacation•in Paris, We know that in that great capital there arc many active men who amuse themselves by praetisiug on the credulity of those whom they call gobe ntouches. (Laughter.) What a godsend it was to them to have iu their hands, not a common traveller, but the leader of the opposition in the English House of Commons —(hear, hear, and renewed laughter)—a man of distinguished ability, capable of disseminating with great advantage those tales which ho had stored up in his memory. (Lau -,liter.)reTgoarbdegtion with the question of the Russia n t reaty, the right hon. gentle man did ampl e justice to` th e Government, botla,ia the w reasons hraevaesoeneseaorfetd a the war,peac eanwdhiianhewarasryihneghoenatrahhe honourable t f h o e r o b b e j sa ec y ts s of the war, and which had not humiliated Russia unneces sarily. I quite agree with the right hou, gentleman that we had secured the independence of the Black sea and the free dom of the Danube. I also agree with him that Russia, al though she was compelled to accede to terms which at first had peen rejected, had yet no reason,to feel humiliated with respect to the conflict. She fought a noble and gallant battle at the extreme end of her dominions ; and I think, as a Rus sian, a man might be rather proud of the great efforts she made. There was nothing in the conduct of the war which was not honourable to the allies, and nothing in the terms of 1 - peace to inspire Russia with any humiliation. (Hear,) But then the right hon. gentleman says, in the negotiations which took place at the Conference in Paris, there was a great want of geographical knowledge, and the blunders of our plenipotentiaries caused difficulties to arise, I will touch as lightly on the subject of the Conference as is consistent with its delicacy and importance, and I think it would have been better for the right hon. gentleman to have accepted the solution of them without going into the details. It was well known that Austria began by stating to the French and English brovernments that she was willing to submit to the Government of Russia certain conditions as the bases of peace, provided she was assured that those conditions would be accepted by Russia, and would be equally accepted by the allies. She was told she might make the proposal. She sent the conditions to St. Petersburg, intimating that they were to be accepted or rejected without modification. The aus ver in the first place was a niodified acceptance, and the Government of Russia was told that would not do, but that the only condi tions which she could be instrumental in carrying out must be purely and simply accepted. One of those conditions was, that there should be a new frontier in Bessarabia, and that was ac cepted by Russia. Russia was then bound by the acceptance shehad signed, Wheq the plenipotentiaries met in Paris, the Russian plenipote n ti ary stated that although the Emperor ad mitted that he was evidently bound by his acceptance, it would greatly soften th e con di t i ons, an d remove feelings of dissatis faction, if such a modification should bo made as would still leave the Principalities untouched, on which the allies grounded their frontier, namely, that Russia should be excluded from contact with the Danube, and from the navigation of part of the Pruth which discharges itself into the Danube. Several proposals were made and not accepted, and at last the Russian plenipotentiary proposed a line which was accepted, begin ning at a certain point, and running in an easterly directio n to the Bla c k S ea . The day after, th Russian plenipotentiary stated that he wished a modification of that line. That line went just to the north of the town of Bolgrad, which was the head-quarters of a colony of Bulgarians, which had been set tled there iu 1760, and in which the Russian Government took great" interest. The plenipotentiaries asked where the town was, and a map was produced, but, being Russian, could not be read. (A laugh.) Then another map was produced, and the Russian plenipotentiaries wero requested to point out the town, because much depended on its geographical position ; and if it was stated that a line drawn to the south of the town of Bolgrad would leavn a space between its frontier and , the lake of, Yalpuck, Buell a modification would not.lie objected to. It was foiled that, an interval of four or five miles did exist between that' town and the lake, All the parties were satisfied.; but *hon the boundary 'corn inissionei4; came to the country, and 'were occupied in tracing the plan, the English and Turkish commissioners said, " Here is Bolgrad Proper." The Russians said that the English and Turkish commissioners were mistaken—tlit the Bolgrad which they (the Russians) meant was in a line five or six miles south. That led to long communications, and the Go vernments of England, Austria, and Turkey felt that they could net consider the new Bolgrad as the Bolgrad in the treaty, because the line to the south-of it would be inconsis tent with the principles upon which the boundary was to be laid down. The result at last was, that the Russian Govern ment agreed to the boundary originally-proposed, and we went to the north of Old Bolgrad, But as the Russians at tached importance to Bolgrad, as the head-quarters of Bul garia, they obtained a small acquisition of territory, perfectly immaterial to a country of such vast limits as theirs; and the commissioners included a town of sufficient capacity to become the head-quarters of the Bulgarian province. The Russian Government therefore failed to extend their territory south of the Black Sea and of the Baltic, and that was the ground upon .which she attached such value to Bolgrad. Well, if that be so, we have attained all the objects we de sired, and induced Russia to soften down her demands. On the other hand, a change, it is said, was made in the treaty of Paris in relation to Moldavia ; but whatever change was effected was not to the disadvantage of our ally, and the Russian Go vernment consented to the change. (Hear, hear.) I have been asked whether the papers relating to all the different stages of these transactions would be laid upon the table of thy house ; but it is not desirable to produce those papers un til the difficulties to which they related should be arranged, and then, undoubtedly, they will be laid before Parliament. The right hon. gentleman next directed his attention to the aflltirs of Switzerland, and stated that the Swiss had expressed their anxiety to yield to the demands of the King of Prussia; but we are told in very eloquent terms that they would stand out like men if we would back them ; and then, that when they asked us if we would back them, that we said, " We'll not back you at all, and you must give in," (Laughter.) Now, the facts ivere these—" An insurrection took place in the province Of Neuchatel, and a number of prisoners were taken by the Swiss authorities, and the King of Prussia de manded that those prisoners should be released and cet at liberty. The demand of the King of Prussia was that they should be released unconditionally, The Swiss Government refused to comply withthat demand. The French Government offered their mediation to induce the Swiss Government to come to understanding with the King of Prussia, and pledged themselves to do all in their power to try and induce that mo narch to renounce his demand. The Swiss Government de clined the offer. We were asked to join with France in re commending a reconciliation :between the parties, and to use our efforts to effect that object. We again said that we could not interfere with any certainty that our efforts would be at tended with success ; for it would not in .our opinion be right to induce the SWiss to take stepstinder false impressions. The matter was again advised to be settled by•the French Govern ment, and we said, " .pon't rely on any assistance we can give you ;" and they said, We'll not submit ; we will stand upon rights, and fate the difficulty." Well, At has been said that there was an apprehension that the peace of Europe would be disturbed, and that the Bing of Prussia, so late as the 15th of January, had placed his armyon a war footing. It had then been said that if we would join the French the prisoners would be set . at liberty without trial. We said we will do what we can to befriend you, but we have no certainty that our efforts will be successful. We never, however, gave them the advice which the right hon. gentleman says we gave them. We never told them to refuse to come to terms with the King of Prussia. Well, the the information which the right hon. gentleman received while in Paris was wholly untrue, and hear,) quite inwcoeunsiesw cometentwi t t e h lta th ly e , faancdtsthoefritghhet hon. gentleman case, (Hemeaarn has found out a treaty of which we never heard, (Hear, hear,) Ile announces that a secret treaty between France Austria, and Great Britain was , concluded; but that an nouncement was the first I ever heard of such a treaty. (Hear, hear,) The right hon. gentleman may have seen such a treaty ; but all I can undertake to say is, that we have never seen it, and that had we been consulted, we certainly should have given our advice in a totally opposite way. So much for a treaty which was nothing, but an eutiro romance. (Laughter.) But, when it was inquired what course the 'Austrian Govern men t wou ld take, and when Austria had in luired what course the French Government intended to take, I believe that the French Government at that time said that it would take no 'course or part that was hostile to Austria. (Hear, hear.) The right hon, gentleman seems to consider that while, on the one hand, we were stimulating revolution in 'on the other, we were advising and encouraging Franco to take a different course, an inconsistency into which no Government would be likely to fall. The course of the transactions was set out in the protocols, as would be seen when the papers were laid on the table. The two Govern ments having given advice to the King of Naples, the right hon, gentleman said he saw nothing to approve of in our ad vice, Our Government had a right to form its opinion on the subject, and if the . two Governments thought they could, by a combined ro e v o e u d rse o f ; , effect they should b e at liberty to adopt that course. The right nott gentleman says that th e course we pursued in Par i s was curred abroad, but ratherand a G r z e v p 6r u to. i d si me u ie i .e n nd g t of he h e e a a l also advice e Y Gent h thatout the by c t o h u e r n s e o m w we e i b n y.. P to e hw re e, ia is the result not of anything that whetheroc- Government oy authority the er opposition3he Governor-General o ln f d D ia ir o o r et b o of i rs. t a h n e The orders would certainly di-I:hair:ugh the medium of the Secret Com an ve ment u was not the question. authority N o e l' her sent out by the Court undertakenmitteeby lawhy established,th e ment ; and the course taken by doubt operations' were j te e r s S. tia kn ' e s ln Govern tThe Pen t la nd o a certainty justified the operations which were right hon, gentleman had talked of a predetermined and no doubt a predetermined system prevailed; but th y e s H e o m me ; Government were part of that system. Did the right hon. gentleman consider the taking of Herat of such little imp ) • rt auce, that it was no matter whether Persia had possession of it or not ? But of such great importance was Herat in the opinion of the Government of which the right non. gentleman was ame nber, that Lord Malmesbury felt it to be his duty to talk seriously on the subject to the Persian Minister, and the Persian Minister gave bird hiiielem, assurance that the Persian Government would not attempt the annexation of Herat to the Persian . dominions ; and Lord Malmesbury actually said that he would have nothing to do with him unless the idea of annexation-of Herat was revoked. (Hear, hear.) Well, it was stipulated that Herat should not be an nexed ; 'and yet after that assurance, the Persian Government have now taken and are anxious to annex it. The right hon gentleman has said that I am the cleverest fellow in the world in creating disturbances, and the most successful in getting out of them; but was not the one counterpoised and made ap for by4he other? And was it not better to have a man like him, whoirif he created disturbances, had the happy knack of getting out of them ? (Hear, hear, laughter, and cheers.) The right hon. gentleman says that it was the duty of the Goyernment to call. Parliament together on receipt of the information of tUi taking of Bushire. I admit that it is the duty of Government to call. Parliament together on any emergency ; but to call Parliament together because of the fall of Bushire would have been nothing short of burlesque. (Laughter.) Every government ought to maintain the honour and interests , of the country, and if they did that successfully, and put - an end to questions of difficulty with foreign governments, they were entitled to the approbation of the country. The right hon. member for the University of Oxford spoke of what he said was the reckless character of the Government, and spoke of their making ten diffi culties where others made but one. If that was so, and he would not discuss the question with so great a master of language, but did he forget that the most important—not difficult—war in which they had -recently been engaged, was brought on by a Government which he must re member—(hear, hear) ! —.for -he held: the purse-strings in his hand, and had greater power and authority to put a stop to any proceeding which ought not to be embarked in than any member of that Government. The, right hen. gen tleman then, felt as every man did when in office ; and cast ing aside all the refinements in Which he was now embarked, he looked only to the honour and interests of the country, and although great was the stake, he manfully threw in his lot with the others. Then having adopted that course in office, he was not en titl e d now out of office to take this course ou minor matters. With regard to his observations as to the right of the Crown to cede the island of Ruatan without the consent of Parliament, he was in error as to the distinction he - had drawn between colonisation and annexa tion ; at any rate Ministers were responsible. However, the fact was, the treaty was not yet finally concluded, nor could be until it received the approbation 'of the Senate of the United States, and until then it did not become' binding, and therefore he could not yet lay the papers on the table of the house. He agreed - as to what had been laid down with re spect to the principles which the Government ought to adopt as to their income and expenditure. He thought the first thing was to ascertain the principle they should adopt, then the amount of the 'army and navy of the country, and then find the necessary means fur their support. Theeefore the discussion of any particular tax was premature until the House of Commons had determined what was to be the ex penditure of the country. It was the first time he had heard au elaborate discussion on the estimates before they were laid on'the table of the house. • But the right bon. gentleman had entirely assumed the figure. His right. hon. friend had said you must go by figures. Why, then, he. said wait tillyou get the-figures? (A laugh.) That ‘would be found the best course in the long run. His right hen. friend said they must not keep a large large army He agreed in that opinion. It would be a mistake to have an enormous ,military establish ment, inconsistent with the wants of the country But the house Must recollect that they had possessions abroad, in which certain garrisons must be kept, and that many of these places beieg countries of large extent, and thinly populated, it would be difficult on an emergency. to obtain a volun teer force. They, therefore, - required a certain amount of military force, and, as that force could not be kept perma nently in one place, ther6 must be always regiments on their 'passage. They must bear in mind that, although he hoped peace might continue, it was not dependent upon themselves, but upon the conduct of other powers, and they might de pend upon it that for a country great and rich to leave itself without defences would not be the best course in the long run. They had now experience as tp the force they should maintain. They should have scientific men, and to learn things which could not be learned at once. That was more imp , ,rtant than to raise large bodies of men. They should also recollect that some other nations, great and powerful as themselves, were - improving their military establishments, and building steam - vessels to supersede sailing ships. They must not be behind; and the expense of building and of maintaining those vessels was one-third more than the expense of sailing vessels. He trusted the house would defer discussion on the estimates till they were before them. They could have no interest in proposing estimates greater than necessary, or establishments greater than necessary... There was on the contrary every temptation.to propose proper establishments. But; on the other hand, a responsible government had duties to perform, which was essential for the safety and Interest of the country, and it was their duty to propose to Parliament measures such as they thought would be best calculated to support the inte rest and honour of the country. He had, in conclusion, only to regret that the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) had picked up so many unfounded reports amongst the gossip of Paris, which - might at ouee have been refuted if he had made application in the proper quarter. The noble lord re sumed his seat amidst applause. Mr. H. ;BAILLIE regretted that tho noble lord (Lord Pal merston) had set on foot a great military expedition without having condescended to consult Parliament. • Ar •f that country were highly endowed by nature and inha bitants of so much intelligence _ought not to be left in a state of misery entirely owing to foreign dominion. He sail, " owing to foreign dominion," because though Austria had no right to govern more than 3,000,000 out of 25,000,000 of Italians, yet by her armies and her influence she had, since 1815, governed nearly the wholy of Italy. It was only of late years that the Goiernment of •Piedmonta Government worthy of all admiration—had, as a constitutional Govern ment, asserted its rights, and afforded a safe refuge to per sons who had been driven froiu gaol to gaol in Italy. He believed that if the Government of England took the matter up as a Government, and consulted. France and Sardinia on the subject, all that was required might be accomplished without any danger of war. The declaration of a great Power like England would be sufficient to make Austria con fine herself to that which was her just dominion. By adopt ing diplomacy in the place of vigour, and jnstice in the place of injustice, the Emperor of Austria_would - have more power, while, if the Present state of Italy were. allowed to continue, the misery of the,people would not only be enhanced but the peace of EuioPe 'would be endangered. He (Lord J. Russell) believed that not only Naples but Sicily was in a state of extreme discontent at present, and he thought the time was come when several independent' States should endeavour to remedy the ;evils complained - of. It' would certainly be a happy circumstance for the 'members of that house to reflect upon, that libe`ity had beeu'restored and commerce extended, • and that British idflaence had contri buted to that desirable result. ; (Cheers ) - He would not go into the question of, estimates, but would recommend his right hon. friend, the, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to lay before the house, as the-late Sir Robert Reel and others hold ing a high financial position had done, the state of tho finan ces at an early period—to let the house know the estimated expenditure and the means of covering it, and also the 'ex pense of the Government with respect to the taxes, and• let the house judge of those matters. He ,was sure such a course would he far more satisfactory than any motion made by the right hon. gentleman opposite, or any person out of office not having the whole information before him on the ;subject of taxation. That house had been always di s p ose d no t ,to make the finances a matter of party discussion. They wished, if possible, to act in such a manner as to maintain the credit of the country, and to support those establish ments necessary for its defences, During the last 3) years the country had been accustomed to IoW establishments, and although complaints in the first year of the war had been made, yet we feel ourselves strong. In Franco, ever since the accession of Charles X. and Louis Philippe, that coun try had been getting into debt, by maintaining a consi derable army and navy. We, on the other hand, had been keeping up establishments on a reduced scale, although sonic' thought them too high. The result was; we were enabled to abolish duties which pressed on !the energies of our people.- We enabled them to get rich, and the last war showed whilt their wealth was able to effect. (Hear.) When, during the last year, the resources of the enemy were ex hausted ; we had more than sufficient to defray the expenses of the war ; and such was the wealth and spirit of the people that we might have continued the war for six or ten years more witheut being impoverished. It was not then by large establishments, with generals and admirals so old as to be unfit for (hay in time of war, that we were to succeed, but 'by having- effective establish mons, though maintained at a moderate expense. It was by such a course,, and by the spirit of our people, and not by any new-fangled system, that this country was to maintain herself successfully in a time oT war. (CiMers.) Mr. GIIISON thought the noble lord's recollections would inform him that there was no question on which ,Governmeut had been so frequently shipm'ecked as on finance, and he (Mr. Gibson) thought finance was the rock a=head du which her Majesty's Government were likely to be split. Mr. lIADFIELD complained of the omission from the Speech of all reference to our colonies and dependencies. On the motion that the Address be agreed to, Sir J. PAKINGTON, referring (as we understood) to the word " regret" in the paragraph respecting the Chinese war, as binding the house to an expression of opinion, expressed his hope that the noble lord would substitute some other word. Lord PALMERSTON said it was always understood that the Address in answer to the Speech was so framed as to pledge the house to nothing s ,ecifie ; and if the word referred to by the right honourable baronet be thought too strong, he should have no objection to substitute another, which would not be liable to the same objection. The Address was then unanimously agreed to, and the house adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock. erect from and after the thirtieth day of April one thou sand eight huildied and fifty-seven.. And the Right Honourable the E•irl - of Clarendon, the the Right Honourable henry Labonchere, two of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the - Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may, reEpectively appertain. C. C. GREVILLE. NEW SHERIFFS FOR 1857. It the Court at . Windliok,'the 2d day of February, 1857, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Sheriffs appointed by Her Majesty in Council for the year . • - 1857. Bedfordshire.—Sir George „Robert. Osborn, of Chick sands-Priory; .11S Berkshire.—Richard Benyon, of Englefteld-park, Read ing, Esq.. Backinghamshife . . - -Philip Wrongitton of Ibstone, Esq. Camliriggeshire and Huati ng d on shire. 2 —Sir John Henry Polly, of Yirpraham-court, Horsham, Sussex, Baronet. Cumberland—,Charles Fetherstonhaugh, of Staffield- Hall, Esq... Cheshire- - L-William Atkinson, of Ashton Hayes, near Kelsall, ,Esq. Derbyshire—William Hatfield de Rodes, of Barlborough Castle, Esq. Devonshire—Sir Massey Lopes, of Maristow, Bart. Dorsetshit e— Hastings Nathaniel Middleton, of Bradford Pevorell, near Dorchester, Esq. Durham—William Beckwith, of Silksworth-House, Esq. Essex—John Francis Wright, of Kelvedon-hall, Esq. Gloucestershire—Richard Rogers Coxwell _.ttogers, of Do wdeswell, near Cheltenham, Esq. Herafor.lshire—Robert Biddulph, of Ledbury, Esq. Hertfordshire—William Reid, of the Node, Codi coto, Esq. Kont--John Savage, of St. Leonarls,West Malling,Esq. Leicestershire—Edward Chatterton;Middleton, of Lough borough; Esq. LincolnshireGeorge Knollis Jarvis, of Doddington hall, Essex. lelonrnouthshire—Thomas aratrax, of Court Saint Law rence, Esq. Norfolk —Andrew Fountaine, of Narford, Esq. Northamptonshire—Wm. Harcourt Isham Mackworth Dolben, of Finedon-hall, Esq. Northumberlaud—Wm. Henry Charlton, of Hesleysido, Esq. Nottinghamshire Richard Milward, of Thurgarton Priory, Es+ Oxfordshire—The Right Hon. Charles Henry Viscount Dillon, of Dytchley. Rutlaudshira—Ayscough Smith, of Braunston, Esq. Shropshire—Sir William Curtis, of Cainhatn-court, Bt. Somersetshire—Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, of Clevedon court, Bart. Staffordshire—The Hon. Edward Swynfen Jervis, of Little Aston, near Lichfield. County of Southampton—William Charles Humpbrys, of Elm-lodge, Burlesdon, near Southampton, Esq. Suffolk—John George Weller Poley, of Boxted-hall, Esq. . _ . Surrey—John Labouchere, of Broom-hall, Dorking, Eaq. _ _ _ Sust.ex—R. C. Pomfret, of Rye, Esq. Warwickshire- H. S. Lucy, of Cbarlcote-house, Esq. Westmoreland—R. L. Watson, of Ecclerigg, Winder mere, Esq. Wiltshire—A. Morrison, of Fonthill Giffard, Esq. Worcestershire—E. V. Wheeler, of Kyre-house, Esq. Yorkshire—Sir J. Radcliffe, of Rudding-park, Bart. A WALES. Anglesey—John Thomas Roberts, of Ucheldre. Esq. Br .conshire—Tames Price William Gwynne Holford, of Bnckland, Esq. Cartfarvonshire—James Edwards of Benarth, Esq., D. ' Carmarthenshire—Charles,Morgan, of Alltygog, Esq. Cardiganshire—John Propert, of Blaenpistill, near Car dip's, Esq. benbiglishire—John Edward M'adocks r of (;Elan-y-wern, Denbigh, Esq. Flint—Robert Willa,ofPlasbellin, Esq. Glamorgansbire—Evan William's, of Duffrynfrwd, Esq. Montgomeryshire—Maurice Jones, of,Fronfraith, Esq. Merionethshire—John Nanney, of Maesyneuadd, Esq. Pembrokeshire—Sir 'John 'James Hamilton, of Fish guard, Bart. Radnorshire—Thomas Evelyn, of Corton, Esq. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BT LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Wiltshire Militia—F/-11101s Frederick Pinkett, Gent., to ba Lieutenant, vice Archer, promoted. Worcesteribira Regiment of Militia—Major Thomas Webb to be LiOut.-Colonel Commandant, vice Lieut.-Col. Clo wee, resigned. 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Francis Stanley Maxwell. Stephens, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Melton, promoted. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Robert Seymour Arthur Burgess, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cooper, resigned. George James Gilbard, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Paley, resigned. REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX. The follovvi - ng notices were given in the House of Commons last evening : Mr. A. Pellatt gave notice that he should move, on Thursday next, that " the house do res9lve itself into a committee of the whole house to consider the income and property tax acts tlwhich were passed ex pressly to defray the expenses of the war with Russia, and tbat the house is of opinion that the war having hap pily terminated, the said acts, or so much thereof, shall be repealed as to reduce the tax from 161. to 5d., and that, the same should come into °potation on 'the sth of April ne;t." Major Reed gave notice of a similar motion for Tues day next. Mr. ,Muntz, to move the following resolutions on Tuesday, Feb. 17 : " That the collection of a property tare under the existing law is universally admitted to bear most unequally upon the parties who pay it. " That all taxes which bear unequally must be unjust and oppressive, and it is the bounden duty of the representatives of the people to remedy such inequality,as much as the cir cumstances will admit, Lord J. RUSSELL said he regretted he had no opportunity of addressing the house before the noble lord (Lord Palmer ston), although the noble lord had given upon many points ex planations full,and explicit. He would,.however, state to the house his impression upon some of the most important topics touched upon in the paragraphs of her Majesty's speech. With regard to the course which was pursued after the signa ture of the treaty of Paris on the 30th of March, certain arti cles were added to the tie tty which it was found necessary to reconsider and amend. That was not the usual course to adopt on the termination of a great war. .The course which had been usual was this, that the belligerents had agreed on the preliminaries of peace, and had afterwards embodied any sub sequent alterations in a definite treaty of peace, whieli bad received the signature of the belligerents. The question we raised with regard to Bo!grad-, in•which the Russians had, no doubt, the better of the treaty on- their side, and in which we bad the,spirit and policy ofit on ours, was one of, vital 'lm portance ; but though it appeared to him quite extraordinary that though so many months had been thus employed indis. srtst e ioteh u iamie s : s b: i tyt; o in: p pda , iet:oolf. t aai the conclusion e c iittd al o moe. n otv i c cohn l :i n s cit:t.ept ah i a o nenai ti sndnetl w uryieebt h nattel i gth c sylaes h 7gi aee w ßsxdso o eth: F ogna l pura d oiol.:::is shi h hise a niahry v avo e iae.fu iyoff a ciad p p.obi p ai nrbi ds e rep a tdwe i oe • e nanf d s ast,tnhtotiiaohaß allowedtuadlfirsaotsa.ill From property enssion had been that, in the course of it, 'an uncommon From commerce and trade amount of asperity had been developed, that it had been From professions thought necessary to arouse debate almost to fever pitch, and Mr. piss. si: • that there sheuld be so much difference of opinion on a point in itself so simple, andof whichth e so l u ti on appeared "easy' He could not buethink that the recommendation contained in his speech at the close of lait session, that all asperity should cease with the combat, was singularly applicable, and oug' it now at length t o b e acte d on, and that R uss ia should no longer be referred to as if she was a power with whom we were actually at war, her objects hiving been defeated, while our own had been attained. His noble friend had partly explained the allegations made hy theright hon. gentleman opposite. He had listened to them with some surprise as they did not resemble anything he had ;before heard ou the subject of Switzerland. The despatch of Lord Cowley was a cautious despatch,properly not committing the King of Prussia to renounce his pretended rights 'on Switzerland, but at the same time expressing that goodwill towards Switzerland which it was right for this country to do. They could not expect the King of Prussia, having put forward these claims, to surrender thorn abso lutely; and the Swiss Government were therefore in the position that insurgents in Neuchatel might rise against the de facto, and, as he believed, the de jure Government, when the King of Prussia might ag a i n i n t e rfere on their behalf, and so bring the whole questi on up aga in. With respect to Persia, ho by no means agreed with those who look upon our tf s rg e obo n i col t tdai comparative egr.e e present hostilities as unimportant, being merely an expedition to Bushire. By all accounts which he bad heard of the place, he believed it to be perfectly unhealthy after the month of April, yet a second expedition was now on its way there. If they were going to fight Persia alone, it was a country so disorganised and reduced that they were likely to destroy its independence ; but if they were going to fight Persia, sup ported by Russia, they had a formidable contest before them, and, one most dangerous to our Indian empire, tending as it did to bring our Indian frontiers and those of Russia into preximity.2ll ll e could not believe that any British statesman ssw w oao o ymu t: el l dt d hpb e sei n .to d p.it a v a i: l st g ihgt e ii r ovi t t ,ea I h m.uv e pai p gs h r ta e Indian empire, of which he had heard the late Lord Hardinge ttwoor o t f h o r u ee r there we were vulnerabilityl s u points at which it was assailable. To prosecute such a war position aupo to n t t o he a :l: co e m my p , is and take his weak one in exchange. He thought it desirable that the city of Herat should not be annexed Co Persia, but surd 1' h 3' that th HER MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS IN CHINA. object in a satisfactory manner; and as for la.ussia playing against us behind the scenes, he believed that RussianAt the Court at Windsor, the 2d day of February, 1857, states-men were more anxious, to husband the resources of their Present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. ~ . , country after the severe trial it had passed through. With Whereas, by an Order of her Majesty in Council • for the regard to another subject—Central America 7 -ine was veryglad government of her Majesty's subjects, being within to find that there was no longer any risk of our being involved the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being in a struggle with the great Republi c of th e U n it e d S tates on w ithi n any s hi p or vesse l at a distance of not more account of these central tribes and states, not one of which than a hundred miles from the coast of China," bearing was worth the quarrel. He came now, however, to another date the thirteenth day of June, one thousand subject, viz., Italy, as to which he would at once state to eight hundred and fifty three, her Majesty was the right hen. gentleman opposite that he was by no means pleased, amongst other things, to order that if any party satisfied with the statement of the noble lo r d. The Ki ng o f charged with an offence committed against the treaties, or Naples was sure not to be impressed by the course which had rules and regulations therein referred to, should escape been taken. The Governments of Great Britain and Franco or remove from the consular district within which such might have obtained the concurrence of Austria, and the offence was committed, and should be found with three conjointly would have formed a strong - moral power to in another consular district, it should be lawful for act on Naples. Tee course which Lord Clarendon pursued, the Consul within whose district the party should however, was that of saying that there were cases in which it be found to proceed against him in the same man was not only right, but it was the duty of this country to in- nor as if the offence bad been committed within terfere, and the interference should have been. carried out in such district ; and whereas, in and . by the said order practice. If the King of Naples had been informed that in Council, provision was made for the manner in whi ch terms had been agreed upon between France a tad E ng l an d, h e British subjects, convicted .of crimes and offences, cora wOuld probably have at once assented to them; but under the witted within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or course pursued towards him his honour had actually been being required and being unable, or wilfully omitting to enlisted in a refusal, for which he had obtained the respect of give sufficient security to keep the peace, or to find seen some who never had respected him before. Concurrently rity for their good behaviour, might be sent out of the do with this, England had been lowered in - the e3res of Europe, minions of the Emperor of China to the bolony' of Hong and the friends of constitutional Government inenrned, while Kong, and also for the manner in which the expenses of eo those of despotism and revolution rejoiced. Men of the sending such persons to the said colony of Hong Kong highest character, and most Patriotic ini:entions had should be defrayed : And wh ereas, it is ex p edient to make languished for years in the dungeons o f N ap l es ; yeebad as further provision in respect of the matters aforesaid the King of Naples was there were other Gover nments in Italy I. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the several Acts of Par that utterly failed to do their duty to their subjucts, and whose lialient in the said Order in Council of the 13th day of Principal towns were garrisoned with foreign icrooP s. In the Jane, 1853 , r e c ited and referred to, and in execution of the Government of the Pope there was n o t the excuse there was ; powers thereby in her Majesty in Council vested, her Ma in Naples, that the people submitted to tho Government. jesty is pleased, with the advice of her Privy Co unc il, t o The Government was carried on by foreign occiapation, and all order, and doth hereby order, that the Chief Superinten with whom he had spoken declared that that state of things dent or Consul within whose jurisdiction any party charged would last as long as the foreign occupation.. There was a with committing any offence against such treaties, or such tribunal sitting at Bologna, which city for more than eight rttlesor regulations as aforesaid, or who shall have escaped or years had been in a state of siege. The paper he had on this removed from the consular district within which such of subject he might communicate to the house on a future ec- fence was committed, shall be found, may lawfully, if such casion, but he would now state that besides the military Chief Superintendent or Consul shall think fit, cause such tribunals in that city, there was a criminal court of justice of party to be taken into custod y , and sent back to the eon which he had these particulars. For some years past th ere solar district from which he shall so h ave esca p e d or re had been a c instant succession of a ssass i nat i ons robberies, moved, to be there dealt with according to the provisions thefts, houeebreakines, prevalent in the city and country of of the said Order in Council of the 13th day of June, one Bologna, that 100 gene Waimea were sent out under the thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. command of a lieutenant, who took u a ea t number 11. -- And it is fu rther ordered, that all removals what of persons charged with various .crimes 11 fng the year soeve r of p risone rs or other parties from or to the said 1846 to 1855. No doubt the offences were committed, colony of Hong Kong, or from or to any port or place in but when they came to deal with individuals with respect . China, under the authority of the said Order in Council of to ten of them, there was no othe r evidence ' aainst them the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and than was extorted by torture and violence. Was it poss ible fifty-three, shall be effected, and the expenses of all such that we should go on for eight, ten, or twelve years, allow- removals shall be defrayed in like manner as by Articles lug foreign troops to occupy that country, without making ' 20, 21, 22, and 2 1, of the said Order in Council of the tl2l - any remonstrance on the subject? He could not believe that teenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred andfitty if he spoke to the French Government, and, in the next three, is provided with respect to the embarking, convey place,persons with remonstrated Austria, that the evils complained lug, delivering, commitment, and expenses of g, authority said articles respec of would continue. There could be no doubt of the corrupt , ;deported under the of the character of the Government at Rome, and that its neglect of tive 7, _so far as the provisions thereof the welfare , of its subjects would continue during the exist ence of the foreign occupation ; but if a day was fixed --- saf e , six months after the evacuation of Moldavia and Wallachia r . —that the occupation of Italy by the Austrian troops should cease, respec applicable to the circumstances of each P. 111. And it is further ordered, thatthis o au and construed with and as being a thirteenth clay Order in Council of the eight there would then be some chance of having an b sand hundred and pendent and good Government in that country. The peopl e that this tively shall be articular case. order shall be of J3 art of the said une, one thou shall IV. And it is further ordered " That to defer the application of a Practical remedy, un der the pretence that it would not be a perfect one applicable to every individual case, is iu truth only to add insult to inj astice, " That such admitted inequality would be greatly alle viated if a property tax was imposed upon the owners of different classes of income, capitalised according to the rela tive value of the subject from which the income is derived. " That the abstract justice of such principle cannot be denied, and the details for carrying it into practical operation would be very " That among other tables of classification whiCh may be suggested the following would be equitable, and would un doubtedly relisye the,people, from a' great portion of the inequality, injustice,' and oppression inflicted upon them by the present - mode i— ' • • • Capitalised at years' , Description of Property. purchase. neomes arising from land, funds, rents, mort- gages, tithes, shares From house property From commerce and trade From professions • Mr.• Disraeli also gave „ notice that he would propose resolutions on the Property andlnc i onie 'LA on ties 17th of February. From the London Gazette of Last Night. At the Court at Windsor, the 2d day of Feb., 1857 Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, this day the Right Honourable Sir Alexander E iinund Cockburn, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty baying been pleased to appoint the Most Noble Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, to be Lord Lieutenant Custos Rotulorum of the county of Notting ham, his Grace has this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 2. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Charles Towneley, of To wneley, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31. The Queen has.been pleased to approve of Don Joaquin Garcia de Miranda as Vice-Consul in London for her Ma jesty the Queen of Spain. WHITEHALL, JAN . . 31. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Colonel Godfrey Charles Mundy to be Lieutenant-Gover nor of the Island of Jersey, in the room of Major-General Sir James Frederick Love, K.C.Bi, resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 3. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Salforl—Edward Ryley Langworthy, of Salford, Esq., in the room of Joseph Brotherton, Esq., deceased. BANKRUPTS. John Bryan, elcctrc;-pittieraid cutler, Dyer's-building, Holborn, to surrender, Feb. 13, at twelve, and March 20, at two, at the C4urt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall - street ; Smith, War wick - court, Holborn. • Joseph Curtis Wharton, licensed victualler, Stourbridge, Worcester, Feb. 16, and March 9, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Collis, Stourbridge ; Knight, Birmingham. Peorge Woodall, grocer, Carlisle, Feb. 17, at one,. and March 19, at twelye i at the Newcastle-upon-Ty ne Di s t r i ct Court.' Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Donald, Carlisle ; Maples, Pearce, and Co., London ; Rovle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Alfred, Itatfield, , draper, Bradford, Feb. 20 and March 20,' at eleven; at the Leedi District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Rawson, George, and Wade, Brad ford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. . , • I Samuel Biker, ironfounder, Birmuighitm, Feb. 13 and March 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. ChriStie, official 'assignee, Birmingham ; Coldi cott and Canning, Dudley ; Hodgson and Allen, Birming ham; Reece, Birmingham. John Holmes, biilder, , Branham, Feb. 20, and March 20, at eleveihiat the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Bickers, l'aiCaster, ; Carrie and Cud worth, eds. John Wilke, butcher, Whitby, Feb. 20 and March 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignoe, Leeds; Buchanan and Gray, Whitby; Bond and Barwick, L6eds. William Tyler. miller, King's Bromley, Staf f ordshire, Feb. 19, at half-past eleven, and March 12, at half-past ton forenoon, at the Birmingham Dirtrict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham Staflbrd, E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. gEQUESTRATIONS.' Johil Fei-z.uson. grocer, Bridge of A Ilaq, Stirliugshire. XVllhim lionaldiou, tailor, Edinburgh. John Chalmers, draper, Blairr„owrie, Perthshire. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the ACcountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Feb. 2. Notice is hereby given to the offiqers, seamen, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from the Russian vessel, name unknown, and the Swedish vessels Active, Charlotta, and Feruan, captured on .the 10th Sept. and the 20th Nov., 1855, by her Majesty's ship Gorgon ; and the proceeds from a quantity of Swedish iron seized in the island of Applo by her Majesty's ship Falcon, sth Oct., 1855, still commence on Monday, 16th Feb., in the Prize Branch of the Depart ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-honsti." Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who m a y desiie to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or Inland Revenue within the :United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Itevenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in each class : AUSSIAN VESSEL. Flag share Commander l3 11 10 I Seventh class Third class I Fourth class , 119 4 Ninth class Fifth class ' 1 1 10 I Tenth class £0 19 8 O 13 2 O 6 7 O 4 '4 O 2 2 ACTIVE, CHARLOT £ 8. d. Flag share Commander 24 5 3 Third class - 5 10 2 Fourth class 3 10 10 Fifth class 1 19 4 7A, AND FERNAN. 2 s. d. Sixth class 1 15 5 Seventh class 1 3 7 Eighth class 0 11 10 Ninth class Tenth class BEALT.H OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. The deaths registered in the week that ended on Saturday were 1,209, which is nearly the same as the number returned in the previous week. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,167 ; and if this is raised for the purpose of comparison, proportionally to increase of population, it will become 1,284. The rate of rcioiCality that' now rules is not high, as Compared with' that of previous seasons, although it has lately shown that tendency to increase which is to be expected at a period of the year usually the most fatal to.humin life., The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs were last week 288,,being rather less than a fourth part of the total number returned. The average rate of mor tality from this class of diseases at this season would have produced nearly the same number. The number referred to bronchitis in the present return is 166, which exceeds the average, and is double the number referred to pneumonia. Seventy-three of the deaths caused by brorichitis occurred to persons who were 60 years old or more, whilst 70 of the 84 from pneuinOnia, occurred to children. Phtbisis, which is not included in the above elms's, vftslatal t 0146 persons (beingai most the same as the corrected average ; and of these 107 died in that period of life which extends from 20 to 60 years. Roving -cough is at present decidedly the most fatal disease included in the lzymotic class ; 57 children died of it, whilst 29 died of scarlatina, and 28 persons at various ages of typhtis and: common fever. Two children of a dock labourer die I of " lebris" at . 4, Crown-court, Whitechanel., Ttlroe children died of measles in the workhouse, St. George in the-East. A. mother, and her sou acted 4 years, died 4f dysentery at H ammersm i t h . Th e death 7 of a seaman who had been expelled from his ship when in a state of illness was accelerated by exposure to cold; and that of a young woman by want of food. Of 60 persons who had attained the age of 80 years of more, 7 were nonagenarians. The oldest was the widow of a tailor, who died at 1, Boddy's-bridge, St. Saviour's, at the very advanced age of 97 years. Last week the births of 879 boys and 883 girls, in all 1,762 ehddren, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,572. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.602 in. The highest reading occurred on Thursday, and was 21/7 in. The'mean temperature of the week was 31'2 deg.,_which is 7 deg. below that of the previous week, and lower by Cideg. than the average of the same week In 43 yeark(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature was bellw the average on every day of the week, and on Thursday, when it was 26'2 deg., anurunt of depression below the average was nearly 12 deg. The highest temperature in the week was 39 deg. (on Sunday the 25(b), and the 1 >west was 20 deg. (on Friday). Tne range of the week was coy sequently 19 deg. The lowest on grass on Friday was 8 9 deg. The mean de s-point temperature was 2 1 deg., and the difference between this and the mean to rperature of the air was 3.1 deg. The wind blew g nerally . from the north-north-east till Thursday after nlon, when it began to blow from the south-west. The anrount of rain (or melted snow) was 0.44 in., of which 0 . 25 in..fell on .Saturday. Snow or rain fell on every day except Thursday and Friday. • MA lait.'T NEWS.— (This ray.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market For most kinds there was a fair, but by no means active, demand, at Monday's currency. Most the samples came to hand in rather better condition. Only 485 quarters of foreign whoat have arrived this week, but the show of samples was extensive. Importers were very firm in their demands, and late rates were well supported. The barley trade was dull, at Monday's quotations.- The malt trade was heavy, at barely previous cur ren cir;s. There was a full inquiry for oats, at full prices. 13e3ns, peas, and flour sold to a moderate extent, on former torme. ABAIVALB TUN WERE. Wheat. Barley. I Mnit. i Oils. F cm. English .. 690 250 2,010 I 2 ,- 40 I 1 640 Irish .... i -- 4,870 1 Foreign i . , 1 480 1),35.5 1 29,20 BOROUGH HOr. Our market continues steady, and prices are well sup• Ported. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold freely as follows : —Beef from 33 4d to 4a 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 101 ; veal, 4s to 5s ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 4d per 811 es. by the carcase. Countri Markets. LIVERPOOL-FEB. 3. Business in wheat and flour prOceeded slowly, owing mainly to the extreme firmness and indifference of holders of prime" and useful qualities of both, and where pur chases were made fall and rather better prices had to bo subscribed to. Indian corn was the prominent and favou rite article, some extent of trausa,;stions having occurred yesterday and to-day, chiefly for Irish account, at.an ad vance over last week of 6.1. to 9d. per qr. Linseed cake advanced ss. per ton. No change in oats, barley, beans, and peas. SWEDIS: £ s. d. Flag share . 115 10 Commander , 4 5 1 Third class Fourth class 0 12 4 Fifth class 0 6 11 ,la IRON. _ _ £ s. d. Sixth class Seventh class 0 4 1 Eighth class 0 2 0 Ninth class 0 1 4 Tenth class 0 0 8 REPORTING IN THE House OF LORDS.—Some time ago the Lord Chamberlain was good enough tolappro prate a room to the use of the reporters in the House of Lords. The kindness of his Lordship was duly appre ciated by those whom it was intended to benefit, for the apartment was commodious and convenient. This room was prepared for the reception of the reporters as usual yesterday morning, but about midday the tables and writing-desks were removed from it to another apart. ment, which is too small to supply the requisite accom modation. The officers of the House themselves seem not to be aware who was the author of this s u m m ary and discourt eous p rocee di ng ; b u t, asiti llilidir ect the Lord vio lation of the fo rma lly expresse d inte n t io n s of Chamberlain, it may no t unreasonably be expected that this notice will lead to the immediate restitution of the reporters' room.—Times. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITIO N. —The portrait of Leopold Red p a th, so well known for his frauds cons witted while in the employ of th e Treat Rail way Company, has just b een completed The figure is ad mirably N a o ti r d t h placed i n the great room of this esta bli s h ment. constructed, being most lifelike in its appearance, and is considered a most faithful likeness. inflicted on many in [As by great . injury the interest the public take in Du valids by drugs in▪ cr Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, which cures without medicin e i n digestion (dyspepsia), n flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. quote a few out of many tho usan d cases of cures by this delici▪ ous food :—From the Dowager Countess of C as tl e stuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County o f D own, Ire , land D ece mber 9, 1854. —The Dowager Cou n t ess of Castle stuart f ee l s induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had f a il e d , of indigestion, bile, gre at nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. No. 32,836.—Three years' excessive nervousness, withpains in my neck and left arm, and general Vanity, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Dn Barry's health restoringfood.—ALEx. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart d e D ec i es; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall other means of cure had failed. For further particulars mped ing this invaluable f oo d our rea d ers are re f erre d to Du Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper, HULL-FEB. 3. 8 8 ! F. 8 Wheat, English, rod 56 to sS;Peas, grey and black to - Ditto white 6O to 631insccd, Black Sea... 65 to 66 Dautzic and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgli ... 51 to 65 berg ..._ Poinei : anianand Ham- _ - angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and 1 Memel Friesland 51 to 58; Per Too Russian and Odessa 58 to 63;Lins.e., Ilull —1 0, to 11/ 7s 6d. Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian Barley, malting 01. to -..15 Ditto grinding Bea es Ditto foreign Peas, white and yet. 40 to 42;Flour, per bri. LEEDS, FEB. 3. 'Thera is a better show of grain to-day than of late. Fine wheat is held at an advance of is per qr., which checks the sale, but the full prices of Friday are obtain able. Barley quite as dear. Beaus, oats, and other arti cles'unaltered. Average price of graiu—Wheat, 583 9d ; barley, 49s 2cl ; oats, 273 2d ; beaus, 46s 2d ; peas, —s. Od ; rye, —a. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE,--YESTERDAY. msterdarr .... 11 '4 Gibraltar ......•••••••• Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn •••• , • •• 29 42% Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa Antwerp 25 32y. Atilan I;russels 25 32% Venlee • iiamburgh ............ Li 6% Naples ••••.... ...... 43% Altona .. ............ Palermo 129 .... 25 22t Messina . 130 Ditto, three months .. 25 62X, Marseilles ............. 25 G 5 Bourileaux •• ........ Frankfort-on-Maine.... lii 1 Lisbon ........ • ..•• 51% Oporto ..............•• 517 i Rio Janeiro ..... . •••••• Buenos Ayres ..... • •... New York,6o days'sight Vienna.......... • • .... 10 34 Philadelphia rri,,5t0................ 10 35 IMICES OF BaLtiog, TER oz. Petersburg ............ 37% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid .........., .... 49% Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 _ _ Cadiz ......... •• .: .... 49ji Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 114reclora ............ New Dollars ....•• 0 0 0 Sevilla— .............. illver In bars ...... 0 0 0 THE NEW BARON OF THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Mr. Collier, M.P., it is understood, will be the new judge in the Court of Exchequer. The Solicitor-Gene ral will wait a retirement in the Court of Queen's Bench. It is expected that Mr. Justice Coleridge will retire by Trinity Term. MILITARY BANQUET.—The officers of the corps of Royal Engineers dined together yesterday at the Free masons' Tavern, Lieutenant General Sir C. Pasley, K C. 8., in the chair. There were also present Lieuten ant General Sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.B , Major General Piper, Colonels Sandham, Gordon, C.B , and Chapman, C.B. ; Lieutenant Colonels Walpole, Robinson, Fords, Yorke, Moody, Owen, C. 8., and Simmons, C.B. ; Majors Lewis, Nicholson, Ewart, Montague, Neville, and Ord ; Captains Westmacott, Fisher, Tyler, Elphin stone, Randolph, Martindale, Cox, Inglis, Henderson, Sim Fowler, Scott, Oldfield, Lam bert, and Cumber al ad c ; ro s s Lieutenants ma n . The Ma rtin, band of the Neville, Donnelly, Gossett, corps was in attend. ance from played Chatham,andof in Collins,the course of the evening, under the di re ction Mr . several pieces from the most admired operas in a delightful man. ner. It was observed that so ninny officers of the R oya l Engineers bad not dined together for many years. THE ALLEGED MURDER OF BACON'searNlinOgTaHEleßc.::r — r S TAMF ORD, Monday Afternoon.—A special messen g er h as a rrived hare from the Home-office, bearing from Sir George Grey, addressed to the mayor, request ing that gentleman to inform the Government forthwith w here the remains of M rs . B acon, the mother man charged with the mur d er o f his two children, o of the buried, in order that immediate steps might be taken by the proper authorities to have the body exhumed and an inquest held without delay. The Mayor informed the Right Hon. Baronet that " Mrs. Bacon was buried in May last, i n th e par i sh churchyard of Great Chester. ton, near Oakham, in Rutlandshire, and that the coroner for the district is Mr. Henry Hough, of Paktiam, in that county." The necessary orders from the Home - office were sent off last night to Mr. Hough, and the body of Mrs. Bacon will at once be exhumed, but the proceeding in the first place will only be of a formal nature, as the intestines will be taken out by the local surgeon, who will make the post mortem examination, and forwarded to Professor Taylor for analysis. Mr Reed, the chief constable of Stamford, has collected a great quantity of information in connection with the case. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT WALWORTH. —EXHUMATION OF BACON'S MOTHER.—OAKIIAM , RUTLANDSHIRE, Feb. 3.—This morning Mr. Henry Hough, one of her Ma jesty's coroners, in pursuance of instructions which be had received from Sir George Grey, gave the necessary orders for the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Bacon, who, it i s a lleged, was poisoned by her son i n May, 1855, and an inquest will be forthwith holden. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. —MANCHESTER, Tues day.—The American news has had a tendency to produce a listless and inactive market. As is usual in a quiet market, prices are in favour of buyers; in some instances rates which spinners would have rejected last Tuesday are accepted to-day; even this concession has not induced purchasers to operate largely. This applies to all counts under 40's ; finer yarns are in good demand at full rates. The cloth marketi a quiet.