The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-12 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
(Br swum AND nun mAGNIIIIO Tnalama.)
(rßov OUR OWN casaverormasn..l
Grain market attire. Wheat and flour telling freely at
Id. to 2d. advance on former and 6d. on latter. Indian
oorn and beams 3d. to 6d. dearer. All other articles firm.

MINCING LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
SVC/A.—The market has maenad with squirt arearence,
and the public sales are processing without spirit.
corrsz.—The public sales are going off steadily.
Ter.—The declaration of public sales for to-morrow have
again interfered with the demand by private contract.
Iticz.—The deniand is limited, gener.d quotations are
unaltered.
Rom.—Prices are supported, but the demand is dull.
Brew—This market has been dull.
SALTrIrrRE has a very dull appearsooe.
01YrrON. —No idea reported.
Markets genendly are dull to-day.

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The market + steady. Town tallow is quoted 565. net
cash ; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 59a. 6d. to Bea. 9d. ;
all the month. 595. 6d. ; April to June. sBa. ed. ; July to
September, 56+. 6d.; October to Deo., 555. ed. to 665.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARHET.—(I'HIS DAY.)
36•11%,. Davis sad Co. report trade dull, at the
following pries :—Primo meadow hey, 755. to 85s. ; supe-
rior ditto, 90a. to 105 a. ; inferior do., 5Cs. to 80a. ; clover.
old, 90s. to 115 a. ; ditto, new, second cut, 80a. to 100. ;
straw, 335. to 38s.

FIRE I, LZADINHALL-STIEET.—LIVE4 NAVID RE
'MK FIRE EscAPElL—(Tius Dar.)—This morning at ea
early hour the premises belonging to Mrs. T. Jowl, termed
the Hercules Tavern and I/smog:house, No. 119, Leaden-
hall-street, were on fire. The inmates, six in number,
were only saved from a terrible death by the happy arrival
of • fire escape. The lower part of the premises was nearly
burnt out.

EbrATH OF CAPTAIN LORTS AT BERNE.—A
letter front Berne, dated the 7th inst., mys :—" The mis-
fortune which cost Captain Loris his life on Sunday last
has given rise to a diplomatic correspondence between the
English minister here and the Federal Council. The former
emit a note to the President, in which strong complaints
were made against the police of the town. The council
replied by pointing out the result of the inquiry which had
been held on the subject, and which showed that the
English secretary of the embassy was the only companion
of the ...intent when the bear pit was visited, and that after
his fel'. two members of the Sardinian Embassy, amour
paned by a baker, hastened thither, and that the latter
raised the unfortunate man several feet from the pound
by res,iiinj him with hie heed, but that the bear pinned
bun down again. The police officer on duty had not even
his gun loaded. hut much indignation was expressed at the
circumstance that he had refused to give up his weapon as
a means of attack on the bear. On the whole it was con-
sidered to be an unfortuate fatality, for during the time
the Englishman scoured the town to procure insistence,
knowing neither the locality nor the language, much valu-
able time was lost. The funeral took place yesterday,
when only some members of the diplomatic corps, and
those who were present at the accident, attended. The
dereaaed was only 31 years of age, and had served in the
Crimea as captain of cavalry."
THE VOLUNTEER SHAM FIGHT NEAR BRIGHTON
AND THE RAILWAY RIIIIANOINENTIL—Yesterday the own-
mending officers of the various metropolitan volunteer regi-
ments intending to take part in the sham fight near
Brighton on Easter Monday received a communication
from the authorities of the London and Brighton Railway
Company, enclosing a form to be filled up, setting
forth the number and character of the tickets
they will require for their respective corps, and stating
the arrangements made with respect to their none. The
document states that no application for tickets will be at-
tended to without the production of ooe of the forms, which
can only be obtained from Lord Ranelagh, and that such
form niust be duly filled up sod signed and addressed to the
secretary of the company, who will supply no tickets after
Saturday, the Med inst. All tickets supplied and not
required must be returned to the secretary not later than
Monday, March 25. No allowance whatever will Le made
for tickets lost, mislaid, or not used, and all tickets sup-
plied must be paid for on or before the 25th inst. The
tickets of any corps disregarding this rule will not be avail-
able for admission to the stations or trains. Volunteers
who desire to go down on the previous Saturday oe Stoab
day must obtain special tickets for thou days.
Tickets for the Sunday will not he available
on the Saturday or Sunday. Any ticket will entitle the
holder to return by the special train on Tuesday morning;
but tickets will only be available to travel from and return
to the stations named thereon. The fares will be, to
Brighton and back, from any station, third class, la. 6d. ;
officers only, first class, ss. ; o hones, Ma. No one
except no of ma be allowed to take or use a first-class
ticket, end no ticket whatever will be available except for
a volunteer in eniform and bearing arms. Hour. of start-
Mg, he., to be advertised on the 30thof March. Volunteers
will have to show their tickets on passing the barriers at
the railway stations, and no ticket will be issued at the
stations on Monday morning. Any volunteer failing to
beduce his ticket will become subject to the company's
ye-laws, and have to pay the full regular fare. The com-
pany will spare no exertion to ensure to the fullest extent
the comfort and scoommodatina of the several corps, and
therefore no deviativa will be permitted or any proposal to
that effect be entertained. The requisition for tickets sets
out blanks for the number of the various clan tickets re-
quired, and there is au undertaking to Le signed by the
commanding officer or applicant to pay the company their
charge for the tickets, subject to a proportionate deduction
hi respect of :tray which may be returned not later than the
25th March,
A BULLIWK IN THE Rios& —On Sunday after-
noon, about 3 o'clock, a drover, in the employ of Mr.
tbidterse
rot en: to a
fi grazier,ntheeChbweolaelftnsfkl7ordwbarYorajwaawiaboay sitadrt:xviveitin.,g wrualrhpneuamob'n.elsorwooinf
the t,Meen's Head Inn yard, which abuts on the vy,
whem orioverthe t°bnurw7ardarbia,:e3r
that
unless energetic
and in spite of the drover's efforts "heal" it,
eantihupe,i,ar.l.st:nwsnehawichliiles, ",oridgbned.
and it
plunged into the water.
ed
is tamdoewitio.t
instance was speedily at hand it must inevitably meet a
watery rue. At this juncture a young man earned Thomp-
bcaerrith
into the water from a spot on the left-hand side, known as
its
Andrews' yard, holding in his band a rope, the other end
1,17 mhl.)tece :ei:rogdemenepti.tohtlayustedtdhieveslaTobyl
tank.efe".72struciethe spr.:hge
nkgsofalwla,hoanitcdhfehall.roasywing*hseril
jj.stenoceeda finniedeydinthhyereacrohpeieg
toth etzxhaharnoirdthomani-
upon land commenced hauling it towards the edge
of the river, when the rope, unequal to the heavy strain
tton it, suddenly snapped. Thompson, nothing daunted
by his first dip, again plunged in, and fastened a stronger
rope to the horns, when it was with much labour and .1014
culty dragged from its perilous position and leaded safe on
re.-ra firma. A subscription, amounting, we en told, to
the munificent rum of twvence.halfpenny, was made among
the bortanden for the gallant fellow who had thus risked
his life to save a bullock ; and two shillimp, we believe,
were afterwards given him by the drover.—Ewer Herold.

4.
THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAECH 12, 1881
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7.ll'i:lllAL I'ARLIAMENT. INCLOSIME RILL that the parliamentary aeent should be the person made 1 2,900. The number°, salmi seams, (including petty officers) were culpable for sittiog silently here and not contradietieg MARKETS
I
- This bill was reed a sacred tune. • nesponsible. (Hutt, boar.)) In the present came the par afloat was 38,000, and the rate of casualties and desertions the afteitions which we knew to be erroneous, but as Ido --4,--
• -- liameutary agent bad been neglectful, sod the consequence wag about 14 per cent., or 5,000 men annually, and 2,900 not wiali to be _longer subject to that reproach I get up to LONDON
WEEKLY DOCK RETURNEL-Mmten 9,
NOUSE Odle LORDS. -HONDAT, liniall 11. ! BANK OF ENGLAND PA YMF.NTS BILL. was that he (the right hon. geutleman) had not the least i boys would leave only 2,100 to be supplied by the liter- contradict hie observations, as well as those from the bon.
Their Ismiships met at 5 o'clock- Thu bill was read a seemed time. doubt the house would now proceed to affirm the motion chant service. Lord Clerence then entered upon some ' members for Montrose and Sunderland. These hon. gentle- --
importeleDellyerd. Pr. Stock 1980.
CHURCH RATE.I *METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS AND before it, that the ceder fur the wood reading should be details epee the subject of ships, remarking that through- I men come down here with opinions founded upon extracts;
Ptition. eeraiert the aledition of Awe* rates wen pee- DWELLLNGS OF THE PfX.M. di...barged. (Hear, hear.) out Europe all the maritime powers were devoting attention from Scotch newspapers-(hear, hear)-and stories told groat-W. lehhde &tree. 2,615 2,606 3,521 9.000
es.o„l by th. Manlisis of Hoek. Lied Demean, link. of The Kill el DEltlif nee to move, • • That it he so in- The order was then discharged, and the bill withdrawn. ,to their navies. lie rout a numerical statement of the naval ! them by friends at Pere, and upon statements made by ,remit as legs, 37,810 21,544 224,V4 83,1 it
flerttee.... iah isevenal). Marquis of Westmiester. mid Lad inertias to the select committees on the metropolitan PUBIJC Bum:NEIL& 1 foreeof otheroonutries, beginning with France, whose timber I persons who desire to mislead public opinion aod make us Fest India
11.elm.baiL ! railways to is mire into and meet epee the DUIPILOT of • ships amounted in the whole to 266 vessels of all kinds (in- believe that nothing can be more erroneous than the naval Slam 4°dl44°Ma• b 44514 656 731 5.544 12,179
lase
_472 2,320 220,230 mewl
IRISH MARRlAtilite : home.. wed of inhahitaate likely to be removed by the LIST OF V°TERS•
, chiding 35 line-of-battle ships) afloat, and 61 building. He preparations in France. (Hear, hear.) They come here, Cuba
Mr. BEADY gave notice that on Thursday next he would I then ihscuased very fully the subject of iron-awed elope, like the Trojau hone, in order to deceive us as to the real - - -
rt.- Li •Li. • -lIANt ELLOK laid co the tom. a Lau to works 44 the remertive railways ; awl whether my pro.
ask leave to introduce a bill to extend the time given to. the, I observing that the question of their efficiency had been danger to which we might be exposed. I say, Equone credits r
Savannahorelgnescovaeo make 1,010 300 6,454 2,9gg
aloe id the run Ogg law is Imbued. visien has leen made, or is required to be made, for
of
_the peace of counties in Ireland fur publishing 01 I decided by experiment, La Gloire having evinced not only Teucro. (Hear, hear.) How inconsistent was the Null boxes 976 1,351 46.060 39.692
INDIA. , denini•liing the evils eomequent ..0 • large annul. : elerhe..
.; labouring levitation e the het of voters objected to uoder the 13th and 14th of speed, but, in general, see-suing qualities in a severe gale. argument of the honourable member for Sun. eDo e, cheats -
-- - tX36 2,0t0
ed 30,931 gheog
.n. • Wrier. a CL.IN RIC.% EDE rose to tome per- ta"'""rr 'l,l-1rn"..," d
then"'e . . i;d 1 Viet., cap. Mi.
It was not los ifilense2O in the state P. the Louse, a He stated the distinctions between our system of eon- derland to-night from the statement which he made •"el'es-^" bait - 2 179 gig
want lii fee' "'Pm ief any curTemr, $44001".. • betweenh • 1 f e bled th •II I i us this subject, THE ARMSTRONG GUN. Do..brla it bags 20 44 611 em
after mime * ..re Jen elf on s. ps . structiug iron vessels and that of foreign nations, and the the other evening. He then told us that the French
the e er• nr, .4 state for leant met lee Excelleacy theCe len casks em 831 7,027 2,m1
to eater int.. sine len..thened iliseioreiiiii, list ~o,e, be tee, . Sir F. SMITH said that ea Friday next he would put a I reasons upon which our own system was founded. Minister of Marine haul endeavoured to persuade him that L. brie. er hugs 1.768 2,338 15,962 16,11 11.....eute-e...n. ral or the got raison of *he preeideMie. .4 -ti iti . 1 mai . . . fern , iien had bsen l question to the Under Secretary for War with respect to IWe were building, he said, iron vessels double France had no navy at all, or a very much smaller one than mocha packages SO 123 4.209 4,579
Ikeilley er Medea., relating
to 4° talent" is the 1.044- . sa:l;il.n.""ditel iohl.:inri'w.- --liieAlliPaw"ee.malerrt:7l7o"t' 14Y 4'4' attention, as certain experiments made under the authority of the War the tonnage of the French, in order to meet the im- ours, and le en EDO/hewn he told the French Sinister, if Other E. India packages' la Seel MOM 11,252
err Conseil .4 India ; a 1.., copies of any minutes ei the . . •. in the • . .4 the density 44 Department, with the Armstrong gun. provementa in the science of projectiles, and to afford net the Emperor himself, that England would have double flee , do. ..c• acs - - - -
C.soli. il ef India in thes eolintry, er of my eraninittee .4 tie. ; .a...""aing t,'"•• pe..gres.
•. wile ee in"*..6l' .. 2 .... .1 •OM 8,272 13,038
~ loe population iii tne metropolis. 11.• Owl oat. loam. in I GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). greater stowage for male mid provisions. With respect to the navy Franco prasesstel. He said it was of no use their Brent &.( "•1° 19ca bags? -
...we'd. upon the eau„ sithieet : and to ask if her .nal• • ) 1 Colonel FRENCH •ofh• • • to-morrow the future construction of ndiscussed • • • • CoCos-Y. est India . logs; - - - -
hi. beim. a dueunient, which showed the stet, of tin poem ; - going on building dupe, because England would make a poreiee
frog's ;;.21.-r101,....t 'acre alsAlt t,. I r bee, - - - -
••-"1""ee te fewlanneat I lathe, and the houses in the Cite pored,. within the to bring in • bill to amend the laws relating to grand pandive advantages and diradvantagen of iron vessels and great sacrifice, if necessary, being determined to have num
any kg...lotion thereupocask. 966 1,126 27,327 32,145
walls and without the walls in Irall $ll.l Ise!. The pie juries in Imbued, wooden vessels iron-clad, and the expediency of building double the number of men and ships. My hon. friend to- Do hhd: - -
inter - -
ITALIAN AFFAIRS. I only iron ships, suggesting coasiderations why we should night mede an accusation against the government, although RICE-Kast India tons 1,3021 1,46 e 30,361 tem
P4rl
DI:
11;it"
sal
}UPI *i. soil it would let he fur the : puletion of the City 'emetics within the wally end
ests a the pubic service either in this emetrt or in •ithout the walls WISP Slightly smaller is 1851 than ' Mr. T. DUNCOMBE Pre notice that OS Friday next he still continue to build wooden vessels. Ile proceeded to ex. we have not quite double the quantity of men the Free& seerewree - !CITRATE tie
belie ilust the infennation *eked for thread he laid 'ohm:tons IC! 4eo 6,002 4,453
in till. The mpuletieti of the City wag about 129,000 or would ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether plain the details of the several votes, concluding by moving have, and he stated that we have 140 ships and the French 11)TAns
r.i,...nflur.?._.t eit.tiir present mnew.n,t• "4 Perha_elw he enal" , leneeM. The aunties of houses slice lied had any despatches had been sent out to Sir James Hudson the first vote, for 78,200 men. government 75. (Hear.) Therefore, according to the
'-`"*""'° •"'Y that is 'far" to""" net °. Pare" asked iliminishel by more Own 3,010. Consequently the between the ejet, .1 August end the 7th of October, and if Sir J. PAKINGTON reviewed at some length the prin. candour of my hon. friend, we are not quite up to the
for --emirs of any innate% a an, ..f the emonittee. .4 . - - TALLOW.-The tallow market remains quite inactive
lb., i. • •1 a iee;_. .e_ •,._ e; i sane. le afghan which inheleted 17,000 Mee*. in this dis- so why they had not been included in the conespondence on cited topics embraced in the speech of lewd C. Paget, quantity of ships as limiest the number in the French navy.
...Inri , '"•"'"-..1 wee:. nut, ge"? Y.a.;t*Pe*: !"141* I hitt iii 1,401 were erowiled iu 14.000 in 1851. The greatest Italian affairs which bad been kid before the house. He et6ng remarks upon the discipline of the navy. neculativel the onlv ogrations of that character COOP' .
But it is shutting our eye. to the facts, and shutting our sr--- -y, • Mt
lOU:teesl t.. aa• s' ing of settlements from yto day of such few contrasts
ail 14" re la""*"""r• and 4"""s'elr as Ire mono of the diminution of houses tech place io the would also ask the noble lord what were the interests of
they del .1 the character et mii.e. ...Mutes it was not de- Mr. BAXTER called attention to • pans°. nof the ears against the truth, 'n statiug that as the policy of
for this month's delivery as are atilt open. Something was
isrishes within the Cite wall., namely 2,776 out of 3.4-40- Great Britain in the Adriatic to which he referred in one of etrength of the British and French navies, as a reason for France. I don't blame France fur it ; but the policy of
aunel.le to lay them oat the table of the home. ' But there hoe lees a e'en-mewling diminution of the poem his deepatches.dote for this period to-day at 591. 6d., which is the
The Earl"( 2...b1.0:3;114 hllceneeeed that he viewed I reducing the estimates, which, he said, were based upon France Ma been to get up anavy equal to, if not superior
nominal quotation at the close of the market. The trade
with greet :deem the inferinatien which the noble earl had tabitien• such
ibe .im...nut of 19 000. The average of population ECCLEiIASTICAL COMMISSION. an exaggerated estimate of the naval preparations and to, the Davy of this couutty. (Hear, hear.) Everybody
s supplied from the stock of "sorts"-prices for which have
wilomuneeetd to the Melee. If the bill was nerds:red at n hoe* Wl.lllO the walls of the City ass preelsely the Mr. Alderman COPELAND gave notice that on the 18th maritime resources of France. knows more or less the statements made mime years since,
sane: in Inol' as in 1851, that was t, say 7.‘, to each home. of March be would move for a return of the moneys paid Mr. BENTINUK insisted that the discipline in the navy which were studiously kept from the public • and the boo. declined • per
lecwt. in the past week. Our closing prices
all it W..... 1.1 net Is• tin • late penal of the ertsien in the 8., in the city • , .. to
Beim of I 'eniiiions, and viiiiil.l ...ne up to their lordships' teen hes without the wells: into which the years i, was PO as represented by to the Ertlesiarticil Commissioners in thele& not bad Sir J. Pakington. He member for Sunda now states that' sixteen mail ree';ei-SPet,..att!ar, Merck, We' 6d* ; April te June sge gd•
whichconstructed for Transatlanticline be- --•-• ; - to 'Member* 558. 61 t° 561. °drew
house when ti ey weeld riot have an assembly to &erne. it poorer clam of inhabitantss
were &item, the tomes mete 1857, and 18e, 4, as well as of the number of officers dissented from the views of Mr. Baxter packets, were
sheep, 57..6d. eo 575. ; beef, 56e. to 555. 9d. ; SouthAmeri.
were diminished by 400, whilst the population was
gaud. nc.re I uoierous than that gif the Council ie India. inc.' be 19,000. The consequence was met employed by the commiadon, and their salaries in those Sir H. Seyeoue and Mr. LIDDELL made a few re. (wren France and America, were added to the French
can, there is not much "good " of this kind here, fine. 575.
marks upon incidental points. navy, aa they were not wanted for the mail service. I . . .- to e6e. ee .
to 575. Gd. ; inferior and yellow, 56.. ee. •grease,
ret,.ll-1:.••• ;,,,,,..relauti....litat'svi-iltiaNiltraltsCAhtiallim;F:42.ler a lew rtwar" in wherein in by
parishes within the City walls the Years. PRE;ENTMENT SESSIONS.
avenge number of inhabitants to each house was 7j, in Mr. LINDSAY dwelt upon the vast preponderance of happen to know something about those sixteen
395. in casks to 381. in cases ; Australian beef, 554.6 d.
'The mot ien was accordiagly withdrawn. Mr. BUTT gave notice that on Friday he would ask for the eery of England over that of France, which, he con-
the parishes outset. the Cty wells the average number leave to bring in a Lill to emend the law relating to Pre- teM had been exaggerated and misrePresented. time, rod fwore kinewvaathey alweretheconks'uretruirte-Sffifoc; paturposeethe to.. 5 good 6s. Town tallow is scarce at 575. 9d., net cash.
LAW lIF DIVORCE IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. loot increased from 7.. to 9 0-,, or nearly ten individuals in
sentment Sessions ii. Ireland.
-rt.- DORI) CHANCELLIM moved foe the appointment each house. (Hear: hear.) He hail seen a pamphlet of C. PAGET repeated his comparison between the of war, and that their being picket• for the Transatlantic
desuaaaaairataadinferyiorCac; Cehiaylosnl,l.so%.sSy6a.dnefiyr finine,hh49l6..;
of :, *leer committee to MORAN. the law respecting pante. Mr. Femme, in wheel it was elated that the beams of arti- TROOPS IN CHINA. British and French navies. In replying to objections, he service was a mere sham --(hear, hear) ;-and on one fine
low, 475. Gd. Paha oil is flat, at 465. fine Lagos, to 455.
vie. ..re • netted, or oneht to he entitled, to sue in the ems and niechanies had bees swept away by the improve- General PEEL asked the Ceder Secretary. of State for explaised the nature and causes of the disturbances on the evening they were added to the navy of France, the Trans-
Divan.. te•urt in England awl the Court of &Moo iii Scot- melds n Virtorinetreet and Cannometreet. The entree- War what was the amount of force retained m China ;of Neptuse and Orion, referred to in the discussion. atlantic communications being entirely at an end. Those .inferlorl,.-rougro_h,fat,3B.ltda,..-(Erom the Circular. of Messrs.
laud for the diemlutiou of merneete Ile beeere.l tine li
the City of Loretto had voted a large sum of money !hat troops. was it composed ; were they on Indian pay and "Itie discuasion wag continued by Sir J. Elphinstune, Mr. steamers wore fitted for war, though ostensible constructed 'rah" "•' '""ei, dated ''''......°lt's'y everting.)
W. Martin, and Admiral Walcott ; and for other purposes. (Hear, hear.) With regard to
the attentieu .4 their lonlahne while he referred briellv for the purpose of purchasing lawl on which to erect large allowances • the ships in the French navy, they have been in- OOTTON.-Linumooe, Ma IL-Ourmarketis steady
te a suleeet .4 great iniportauce, the disedution of inarria.„*. lodgieg-nausea in the neighbourhood of Victoria•street. Mr, T. G. BARING said that according to the last re. Lord C. and
gave further exlanations.
e. Mr. BRIGHT did not feel himself sufficaestly acquainted
He did use pi -wee now 1., enter silo the constitution .4 That was a laudable step on the part of the corponition.erased
hary
nowto ins.
membertvheerypo.,ei•tileuideinrawblheichamtho,eunht,,,,..andwe aloe; to-day at previous pricee ; the steamer's advice, do not ap.
par to have made any change here. The sales are A,OllO
tore
received from Chian the number et troops was - with the details of the question before the committee to
the oast whi 1. at pre.ent adniiiiistered that law. Whal lie did not know whether it was a spontaneem act of lone- --we (-Finite other kltjeetY's impanel arm : artillery, • Sunda:deed admits we ought to be, and which we ought to bales, including 7,1400 American, aid. to 91d.; 200 Burst,
he e felted to de now was to ascertain who were the polies voleace on their pert, or whether they were obliged to do so 1,223 i ; elerneers, dtrt ; Inbitery Train, 279 ; infantry of the lustily his going into it at very great length. But the
who were oil tied, or ought to be entitled, to see In fleet .41 getting the set of parliament, but he hoped it wee the line. 5,801; "44 . •
7 657 Hex Majesty's Indian forceshave co colonial cetablishmeidis like England ; that their The weeks' import is 45,356 base.
noble lord had not replied to some observations keep, Pad forsood resume ; that the French government 4gd. to sgd.; of which 2,000 are for speculation and export.
court. le: nierly marriage WOO considered ialisiedut.le in former. Out at all events. the intention was not executed. amouoted to 3,840, making a grand total of forces in China „in
which had fallen from his honourable friend near
(Mr. Lindsay). He had said nothing with commerce is falling off, that they have lese distant stations •-- - -
Englend ; n•• judicial functionary foal diasOlVe it ,_. hut It appeared front a report lately presented.to the Common of 11,497. TM last despatch, however, ma dated the n'
CATTLE-LP/moue, MAecn 11.-The supply of stock
prictieolly a perom might obtain a dive by an aet of the coulee! that the very site on the east side of Victoria- 12th November, 1814, and cheap* might have taken ea states that the French are a...pairing naval military stations
respect to the statement of his hon. friend about the 18 than we have ; but the hon. member for Portsmouth
been vessels built 20 years ago for carrying mails *cross the was less than on last Mondity. The demand good, at
logialete;f4.l.limelving the marriage ; but he moat first brine street, which hol been reserved that it should be since that time,higher prices for both cattle and sheep.
ins action fee eriminal eonvenatine. then ley 'entrant divorce ground available for the erection of lodging-houses, to make sent out by the becagorernaaamenitaatratoctiothae had
Atlantic, and absorbed into the French navy on account of is every part of the world so that when there is a difference
the commercial undertaking for which they were intended between the two countries they will be upon the spot, and
a 1.1.11.kat there in the nelensiesticel courts, mid then brine prevision for those penile who were ejected from their to issue such orders as they might deem necessary
• unsucceseful. Those mods had been reckoned as able to interrupt the oonimereial transactious of thin country. ......, en
a bill into parliament which must peas both houses and re- dwellines by the former City improvemente had !teen bold with respect to the withdrawal of troops. In reference to growl
u th ng
fi t• 1 f • tea. The noble lord had likewise Upoa other grounds we are obliged to scatter our naval tAJAI.n. -LONDON, MAWR 11.-Belli Primrose Gss,
14s. 6d. ; Bower's West Hartley, 15e. 9d. ; Carr's Original
mere the ieyel assent. Thi• could only he done at a oat to the sletropolitan Railway Company for the sum of the pal and allowance, to the troops, so long as her ey were re cam ride •
taken no notice of his hon. friend's statement that some of forces over the globe. What blame would attach to the
of ettle. or Lone.. end there wan no remedy for these who 179.0091. Besides, therefore, now ejecting foe the proposed ined in e service
Majeetv's imperial forces rema the nun os asHartley, 150. 911. • Clark's West Hartley, 15a fid. ; Craghead
the French screw frigates were only of 200-horse power, but government if we were to neglect this duty, in not pro-
r Stiaker's West Hartle 15s. 941.; Tanfiehl
could riot aft el that amount. But there was au act to extension to Finsbury-circus half the population and demo- her Majesty's Indian forcee, the former would receive
be (Mr. Bright) submitted that they were points of comi. siding for the dangers and disasten which might happen ! !Inman, 4.• ;- -y, -sik End B
moor, 14s. • Taubeet moor Du l'U. 1 w
remedy this evil. A royal commiseion was issued, of wheel Imbibe half the houses of a parish, the Metropolitan Railway When Pay and alleweeeee derable importance to those who wished to understand the (Hear, hear.) I sin sorry to discuss this question upon the ,e_ ; _ ..
Wan; End Riddell, 17e. • Eden Main, les. • CI:
he bid the honour to be cheinsuin. He had the able &eget • 4*.ntany I.,..lactwilly bought up the portion of ground which COUNTY OF ARMAGH. figures which were put forth on both sides of the Channel. grounds of possible warfare between two nations whom I stil •Frunweugete. ula.. viaa End South Hett„;e, 19..
awe .4 his noble and learned friend Lord Lyndbunt, and the City had previously purchased for the express punime Sir W. VERNER asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland It seemed to him that the Secretaries to the Admiralty and sincerely hope may fora long time remain friends -(hear, 6d. ; Walls End Stewart/ 19s. 6d. ; Walls End Teesdale
having taken great pains to inquire into the matter, and of provithng accommodetsoa for those poor persons who on what grounds the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland considered First Lomb were themselves in a great quagmire and hee)-but if you wish to he at peat* with Franoe, you most ,e_ ee_ile End - ale gd. . walk End Hartlepool,
usetePi to-
having had the able assistance of Mr. Mai:quer:a es hem-wary had been driven from their dwellings by former improve- it necessary to proclaim the county of Armagh on the 20th poysli, for the tided h• thin sub' twhich be in a situation in which your weakness shall not invite s""'• ; "'"
y a not ing on ec was 19s. ,• Walls End Haugh H 18. s. ; Walls Eod
ally End
weretere, who had devoted himself to the subject. meat.. It should also be borne in mind that every railway of July last. Mem-Shins else that they had stated about it. (Laughter.) aggression. (Cheers.) There is nooasibility of peace be. 18s. 601 • Walls End South 18e. • Walls End
Nut cemniittee brought up a report rertnimemling or other public work carried through a populous neighbour' Mr. CARDWELL said it would he in the recollection of
There was a list of British ships published in 1859, which tweea two great, powerful, and wealthy nations, if •2 ,e_ es_ .. z .
InorYn meat% 24t• i
that the power of granting divorce should be entirely with- hood must bring with it a large number of resident the house that in May sod July last the county of Arms& made the total number 751 ; since then we had been expend. they are not in such a state of defenoe as Whitworth,
1701 scw• 12terrw_grpar'w°
at market, 125 ; sem, 56.
drawn from the ecelestartirel marts, and be given toe civil labeuren, who would necessarily compete with the dense was in •a state of great excitement, which led to disturb. nog enormous sums of money, and building vessels at a that neither can fear any successful attack from
tribunal. Their intention was that this court should he es- popuhitiou already there, tending to a great extent to aim- axiom by which several persons became amenable to the law. r rate than we had ever done before ; and yet the total the other. Therefore, it is in the interests of peace I urge
tablished is England, and he apes to all the dependencies of meat the price of bowie nom and the difficulty of 141/m
g Oa4 those Perms had bran tried and convicted at t" number was now said to be only 688. So that the more we this -(hear, hear) -and not in the interest of the navy ex-
the English crewel. It was also usteaded that a similar all the inhabitants .4 the district. From these eons era- recent amine at Lumen. In cone uimce eq of such a state built the fewer ships embed. (A laugh.) He did not think elusively. France has no reams for her own defensive per- TRAFFIC RETURNS.
wort should be established in Inahmd. In 11458 a bill was limn it wax that a noble earl (Earl Shaftesbury) In. of things dangers bad resulted from the carrying of it was of much importance which number was the true one, poses to scatter her nand forces over the globe; she out
named for eitehlishing such • court in Elegised, and it gave traduced the subject upon one oocasion into their arms, and the powers entrusted to the Lord-Lieutenant for either was much larger than any sensible minister would concentrate upon her own coasts, or, in cane of warfare in Miles Paw Mee- Total, Total,
general satisfaction ; tut all efforts to extend it• to Ireland lordships' house, and proposed a new standing under the Crime and Outrage Act had been examined. those resigns, in the Moliterrenean, or 'list these IiaILWATII
propose, or any rational House of Commons permit. Then, ripen emirs thimble Del len
had been nefortusate. Then an attempt was made to give order with reference not only to railways but to With regard to the employment of additicmal maim be found that every ship had, •th t' islands, all the naval tome she may be of at the Week ending Feb. M.
we in one excep ton,L 8 A
to the Irish istople a right of coming to the court in Eng- all other works or improvements which should be of such • police, the county of Armagh had no reason to cont. eeeee, -I been repaired during the past for him commencement of a war. All to men. my noble friend
year, w Detroit and Milwaukee .. 185 621 938 1,569 1,351
bad. A 101 l for that purpose he himself twice introduced. but character ea to displace a large amount of the population : *in. The present act was not resorted to for the -
it appeared that the total was 688, . • but in the Week ending Feb. 22.
no fewer stated she had some 34,000 or 35,000 men , _ .
..
of
cu...
345 2.991 5,225 0,226 fon
118 met with determised opposition. Consequently the Irish he proposed that in all such cane the company or pre- purpose of imposing the whole charge on the 001111%. The
- than 687 had been under repairs. These things space of a few months some 50,000 men may be added to Oren
0""4
,fai il H u . 161 - 1,482 1,111
sts were at the pretest time left in a most Imola.. miters should be compelled to make provision for the real- police bad been sent there under the Constabulary et, and showed him that them ems extremely little thatuumber. (Hear, hear.) It has been said that in order -eveetanaadiag glarh' 9: -
pwition He never desired for one moment to do Mace of an equal number of person. to those displaced. It the local charge would only be a moiety of the whole
any* that ODOM be in any way an encroachment upon was obvious, however, that to apply • general rule of that amount,
the of the RIMY catholic% of Ireland. ; but sow sort no all such undertakings which might come before par-
=it.
ADDISOOMBE COLLEGE. reliance to be placed upon estimates of this kind. He sue- to do that she must put into her navy all the fishermen tenth gement
pecked that we had many ships of which the house knew upon her coasts, all her seafaring men, all her Lemon, Biwa.. ~,,d &
nothing, end the Board of Admiralty very little. fle must mercantile marine. But why should she not do this? corm - 11,643 5,116 16,753 MOB
112411 8,985 3,660 12,575 11,211
then ems no enema whatever fees an huh protestant lament fur its election would be impossible ; but the gene- Sir F. SMITH asked the Secretary of State for India now fora moment call attention to what the noble lord had (Hear, hear.) If war were to take place sbe would naturally
'Mos otimirim than rime through the 01.1 system of ral principle was deliberately affirmed in that debate by his whether the Royal Military College at Addhoombe was to stated with regard to the number of seamen who were at throw into her navy all her mercantile marine. She would ----- •• -
ea satire for criminal conversation, and cooling to noble friend the Chairmen of Committees, who said that he be abolished in June next, or at any other time during the the command of the French government. He said that take all who were useful for commercial purposes at MI ; WEATHER REPORT.
Their lordships would Dow be acquainted with elmitted it might be desirable to introduce such a clause present year ; and if not, under what conditions was it to be the French had 25,000 men at their immediate disposal ; she would take everything within her reach, and put it
• ease whlrh had Tat excitemeet-the at of iato particular bills, while yet he thought it would Dot be retained! another 25,000 whom they could have in another month ; into her navy, and endeavour to control her warlike opera-
' Tavernen r. Yelverton. Some time since Wt. expedienttO lay down an inflexible standing order for them Sir C. WOOD said there was a considerable number of and a third 25,000 or 30,000 men whom they could call lions at main such means. Therefore it is no argument to MONDAY MARCH 11, BTO 9 LW.
Yelvertun inetitutel a suit io the Divorce Court of ell ; and this view obtained the entire concurrence of every artillery cadets at Addiacombe, preparstory to their going in the course of three or four months. ay that because she would have to do this, therefore •
Inglend fur • restitution of conjugal rights; but Sir C. member of their lordships' house who spoke on that ores- to Woolwich. There was also • certain number of o
Noy what was the noble lord's intention in making she would do all that might be in her power to B. EX M. D. F. O. I. t
thesswell, the judge of that court, said that was the court 8103. He (Lord Derby) on that occasion hinted( suggested lodise. cadets who would probably be there nntilJune. The that atatenteut! Was it to convey true false im• man her fleet and increase her naval power. But
aor a --
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of England, and es far as its juriediction was convene, d that there might be mine general instruction to secure college would still remain until other arrangements were ? (A laugh.) He should he the last man to charm we have net the same means, became mu institu- __.._ .
See la thed awl Irend lewd be retarded as foreige emetrise tut miry alaimbl in the cueof every bill be informed made as • prepaistory school for engineer and artillery rita-nrbie lord with wishing to meats. raw impresitos li time do oot give the government the authority for
as much as France or Spain. Seeing this was the state of as to the probable extent of the displacement of inhabitant., cadets who were ultimately to proceed to Woolwich. the house or the country, because he bad always TIVITtIInt him sweeping into the navy the mere chases of the poptilation Nang
the law, be ttimieht it well deserted their lordships' eon- and at the suggestion of the Foul of Aberdems there was a THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY AND NAVAL as one of those numerous members who gave him the idea which • foreign government preeesses.. Our commercial Amman
sideratiou whether the advantages of such • court as that committee to consider this gunnies'. Thu result was a OFFICERS. B.W.
that if there was one feature in their character more seamen are exempt from government service, and instead of lawn ..... ••• !_fie!! ift :18 vy. -
esisting in Westminster-hell ought ere to be extended s order that in the OM of every bill by which it mu; Mr. BRANDgave solicethat tomorrow the noble lord at obvious than another, it was their perfect frankness and comeng into line-of-battle ships, would run the risk of going n.nren •• • "'"e
TO 10 39 35 W.N.W. ci
s
to lrelaed. And again, believing that the bill wee i= bake down thirty homes or more, the promoters the head the would the followinghonesty. (Haar, hear.) But such was the effect which fol- to a French prison, being captured by the French vessels of roi7agrill.L.:: grim gg 36 W. of government move nem mr,a
to apply to the 40Pendencixe a England, he had should he repaired to deposit a statement of the number, lutions : lowed the obtaining a seat upon the Treasury bench-he war cruising upon the come. Wel), then, it has been an- gaii,DB meg 37 35 N.W. b
thought it would Iwo open to rapidest' in India to sue description, and situation ef such hones, stating also the That the order for the appointment of a select committee could not tell whether it was the atmosjihere he breathed, knowledged that our navy is in a satisfactory position as far GALWAY
is the court at Westminster-hail ; hot it bad be. number of memme so displaced, and whether any provision to consider the present system of promotion and retirement or the food he existed upon-but really be was almost in- as screw and wooden ships go ; and I think great credit is 8C431110%000/1 29.12 40 38 W. •
stated by some of the meat eminent authorities that they was I° be °°°l4 to "wed,' the inrecre_e_eien'e- , That in the Royal Navy and the present pay and position of the dined to all that bench- due to the right hon. baronet opposite, and to the present bremroot.
Mena,/ aemered an ladies domicile could Dot come to see wading order was adopted by their In'"lnin. nen", several chime of naval cams be &ecfiarged. "The bourne from whence no honest man returned." sovarnmeut, for having brought the navy in ~,„,,....„,_ nu 41 4, wikw. e
is the come iii England. In Scotland the coast, insisted oe but now it seemed to be the emersion of his voile friend That it be an instruction to the committee appointed to • e such a condition. (Hear, bear.) There is, however, one ja;el7.i.•ir gam 41 to W. o
(Laughter.) The noble lord might. have rat
the right .4 dissolving the marriage of any one wboopplied that although the railway companies were required to make Inquire into the "Mutton of the Board of Admiral! point, in which it is not iii • satisfactory coodition, Lo• Dog 29.36 44 39 W. c -
to them ; hut the Easel& Mikes held that noises the that
statement, it wan no part of the duty of the select corn- aea the various duties devolving upon it, to consider the
-- f'' statement he was making must give some persons an in' sod that is with regard to hen ships, The French ham DOVES
panne had domiciled in Soothed at tlie time of the dime' mittee on each bill to inquire into ite accuracy, or to sewer- Emmet system of peogoolioe and retirement in the Royal comet impreesion of the facte. It was of noose telling the shisady some of these ships crupleted, others are in pro- Pornatocem 29.38 41 37 W. •
lutioe at the marriage such dienelation wes invalid. The tan what would be the result. If se, the standing order , home that the French government had 75,000 or 80,000 aod in this respect they have superiority over l'Orrwm••••• 56.61 44 42 W.N.W. •
Navy, and he "Peet their opinion tilemni• (Rear, hear.) men at their disposal, unless it waa for the sake of show- Ems` • PI.T1100•12 29.56 42 41 W. c
lint cam oe this point which he would refer to was that of was a Mae nullity ; but he did not think such was their en. Moreover, they have recently ordered ten ships Penman 39.71 43 42 N.W. b
Lollv,wlsere • /mite west to floothod sod obtained &divorce ia lorelhies' ietention when that standing order was APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC MONEYS. ing that within a 'bort time they could put the area of to be laid down of the mere kind. We are therefore
JninlNY 2071 42 41 W.N.W. 1 r
the Court of Ilersioa; he Mee retwsed toEagland sad married to ; for Lord Shaftesbury, who had introduced the sea jest On the order of the day being read for going into con- that number on board their ships. But before the imperial not in the position that we ought to occupy. But let it not cgieggsggig , wog so - pr. c
another woman ibe was coevirted of bigamy, and 'Retested with • much more sweeping motion, said afterwards that mittee of supply ea the navy estimates, government could do that they would have to get together be supposed that hem ships are to supersede wooden ships lemons 29.24 43 - W.B.W. r
to transportation. He thus bed two wives at the none the resolution which the house adopted would go far to sir H. WILLOIJOHBY rose to call the attention of every person engaged about salt water in France-all altogether. (Hear, hear.) In any war wooden line-of- Bus? - W. r
time : bat the children by the 'mood wife were Illegitimate remedy the evil he complained of. When, therefore, the the home to the mode and extent of the changes made by ' that took anitiparoprtei.n their commerce or their fisheries, battle ships would still have an important pert to play, hansom - W.B.W. •
fro Reeked, bet legitimate is Sontland. He (the Lord Manding eider waa accepted in such terms, it was clearly the Lords 0012noiminners 01 her Majesty's Treasure in the whether in or on the other side of the Atlantic. especially in distant stations. (Hear, hear.) You can- Liglsoll - li. b -
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The Li rED CHANCELLOR moved fur the appoiutmeut
of ~ ...let committee to warder the law respecting parties
who .Ir.' . Ilt itil,i. or ought to be entitled, to sue in the
Divorce Court ill England awl the Court of Scrim; ire SCot.
laud foe the ilinviluticni of ncirrot4e. Ile br;ore.l
the attention .4 their lonlahirei while he referred brielly
to a aulnjeet of great importance, the dissolution of inarna4e.
He did not pi .1011.11 now hi enter iuto the constitution of
the omit odd Lb at rrecent admiuistered that law. What
Le in Lilted to ilii now was to ascertain who were the parties
who were tot tied, or ought to be entitled, to sue 111 that
court. In: mealy me was COPeideeed abliiNKollll4 in
.Eng Lind ; no judicial fulactiwary could dissolve it : hut
pricthally c I.IIKM might obtain a divorce by an act of the
logialatti: ;fel ilimolving the marriage ; but he must fact bring
his setion fear criniinal eorivenatina, then liy suing for divorce
a 111•11.4 et deotti iii the ecelemiasticol courts, and then liring
shill into parliament which must pass both houses sail ro-
omy., the loyal assent. This could only be done at a coat
of
SKr. or L, iW.. and there was no remedy fur done who
could not ad, ril that amount. But there was au act to
remedy this evil. A royal conimission WWI armed, of which
he boil tie honour to he chtinnan. He hail the able assist.
wee or his noble and learned frieoil Lord Lyndhurst, and
bairn( taken great pains to inquire into the matter, and
having had the able assistance of Mr. Mimajuerm as honorary
serretarr, who had devoted himself to the subject. •
that committee brought up a report recommending
that the power of granting divorce should be entirely with-
drawn from the ecelesiaotioal courts, and he given to a civil
tribunal. Their intention was that this court should he es-
tablished is England, and be opus to all tie dependencies of
the English crown. It was oleo usteaded that • 'Molar
wart shouhl be established in Indsued. In 11468 a bill was
pored for entahlishing such • court in &shad, and it gave
general satisfaction ; tut all efforts to eatesd it to Ireland
had bees unfortunate. Then an attempt was made to give
to the Irish people • right of coming to the court in Fag.
had, A hill for that purpose he himself twice introduced, but
it met with determised opposition. Consequently the Irish
stn were at the Assent time left in a most unsatis-
myth7portion. Ile ewer desired for one moment to do
that could he l• any way an encroachment upon
titre of e the Hama catholice of bylined ; but sow
=:4A.
times were no swans whatever fir an huh protestant
win othimwise than gaimg through the old system of
ma mains for erhninal conversation, and corning to
Their lordship. would now be acquainted with
• abet which had nested great excitemest —the CYO of
" Telvertoo r. Yelveetou." Some time nowt Mrs.
Yelverton instituted a suit is the Divorce Court of
Sigland for a restitution of conjugal rights ; but Sir C.
Creswell, the judge of that court, said that was the court
of England, and as far as its jurisdiction was corearned
Soutlarid anti Ireland must be Trended as foreign countries
as much as France or Spain. Seeing this was the state of
Use law, be thought it well deserved their lordships' can-
sideratioo whether the advantages of such • court as that
salting in Westminster-hall ought not to he extended
to Inland. And again, believing that the bill war
to apply to the dependencies of England, he had
thought it would he open to readmits in India to sue
in the court at Westminster-hall ; but it had toss
stated by mine of the moat eminent authorities that they
haviag acqiired an ladies domicile could Dot come to see
is the coot' iii England. In Scotland the court, iterated on
the right ,if dissolving the marriage of any one wbolapplind
to thorn; hut the English judges held that unless the
parties had dontiedssi in &canal at the time of the diann-
lutioa of the marriage such disaolation was invalid. The
Bret cam 01 this point which he would refer to was that of
Lollv,where • man went to/I=4l6nd sad obtained &divorce Is
the Court of Swine; he thee retwsed to Unbind sod married
another woman ; he was coevieted of bigamy, and sonteanned
to transiwwtation. He thus had two wives at the rams
time ; bat the children by the mooed wife were Illegitimate
is &irked, hat legitimate is Scotland. He (the Lord
Cliaa elk.) slaked that • divorce which was valid in Eng-
land shoo to valid in any part of the empire, and that
Scotland should art exercise a right if drools itid marriages
unless the parties wens domiciled in Scotland. lie bad the
molest redact for the judges sod barristers in Moot-
load. who wars meat enlightened jurists, but in
this respect they had taken • course of which he
could not approve. They said they had • right to dissolve
the marria.ze of any one who applied to been t but be
begged meet respectfully to dash. whether, to
the just law prevailing assess indsperdast mations. M
jsdged according to that law, whether they had aright to
do am He was agesediastrasue thew should be her-
esy in them seers • the had a notion that
them whit onliertained his ills 2:7lthancellor's) views,
ilmired to eneresob on their power. He denied :.ny such
Intestinsi ; lie ole*t was that iu both countries there
should he its bealitiss for obtain* divorce, and
that the seas pireiples should prevail in both countries.
He should else as glad if • ass hale of, say. one or two
years was nammoary in order to give jurietictioo. He
should have beseght in • bill at mice to many out that
"hie:chug be thaustit it mon discreet tosak for a committee
un the ashler, which should comae' of both English and
Scotch pews, who could thoroughly isvestigate the quer
ties, and he trarisil to be able to brias about some prow
real milt. (Hoar. beer I
Lewd CRANWORTH feared thee would meet 'elk greed
opposition to say interference with the Scotch law ; Lot he
was not entirely without hope that the committee would
have a good effect, as the royal commission had uodoubt-
erily hail in securing the divorce law fur this country. But
with respect to the Snatch law there was soother diff.:Ailt.v,
which it was extremely hazel to grapple with, but which be
hoped they would get neer. It was this. Not only did
they claim a jusisliction over all ppesurnaooars ite that country,
but they dissolved marriage@ on different grounds, to those
which were seeessary in the country. That warn an an onaly
much to be regretted. No such distinction ought to
exist. ifs only pointed out these matters as he
.lid not think they ought to be too eerier
that they would achieve • satisfactory result.
With regard to the hill of KW, he did not intend to es-
teed it to Ireland ; but he did intend to introdiar a separate
but similar bill for that country. A change of govern.-
omit, however. neenrred, mid he had not the opportunity
of doing en. He rather thought, however, that his noble
and learned fried opposite introduced a bill for that
P
LundCHELMSFORD said there was no such bill whilst
he was is of

The Fail of DERDI in.. to move, •• That it he an in-
*timbal to the select committee on the metropolitan
railwaym to inquire into and report upon the member of
houses and of inhabitants likely to he removed by the
works of the tespeetiie railways ; soil wbatlier uny pro•
visien hos tern made, or is required to be made, for
diminishing the evils consequent on • large simul-
Weems. .11-jobacemeut of the hilseiring population."
wan wit 111. intention in the then state of the house, and
after having before troubles' their lonlships on this subject,
I.) rater Mb. aiiy lengthened discussioe, but since he lust
ieldresaed their I. odshipe some curious inf..rmati..n lad been
supplied to hini. whirl. was wit 110WOlthy idratteution, as
41.691,11 the Progress male in the increase of the density of
the poieilutien ice the metropolis. Ile 6wl had placed in
hi. 11111144 ilseOrOtill, which showed the state of the popu-
laths. awl the houses in the Cite porisloa within the
walls and without the walls in 1/401 nil Is: d. The pie
Relation of the City parishes within the wally end
without the walls wan slightly smaller ice 141 than
in I:411. The pq•ulatiee of the City was about 129,000 or
Eakiesit The mambas of homes MCC ISill had
slim inislied by more than 3,01 11 1. Consequently the
same population which inhabited 17,1100 houses in this die-
hitt in Isol were crowded iu 14,1110 in 1851. The greatest
portion of the diminution of houses book place io the
wishes within the City walls, namely 2,77. i out of 3,040.
t there had tarn a correspoualing diminution of the popu-
lation t.• the amount of 19,000. The average of is.pulation
to each Bosse within the walls of the City wee preosely the
Fame in lOW as in DV.I, that was t i gay ;", to each bowie.
But ie the City perishes without the walls, int., which the
poorer class of inhabitants were drivel'. the Louses
were diminished be 4110, whilst the population was
increased by 19,000. The consequence was that
when., in the jarialies within the City walls the
avenge number of inhabitants to each house was 7j, in
the parishes outside the City walls the average number
la l inereestal from 7.. to 9 114, or nearly ten individuals in
each house. (Hear: hear.) H. had seen a pamphlet of
Mr. Paulen, in which it was stated that the houses of arti-
IMAM and owchunics had bees swept away by the improve-
meets in Victorniatreet and Cannon-street. The empora-
tiou of the City of lainoloo hall voted a large sum of money
for the purpose of purchasing laud on which to erect large
lodgiog-knees in the neighbourhood of Victoria-street.
Tbat was a laudable step on the part of the corporation.
lie did not know whether it was a spontaneous act of here-
Yuleaceon their pert, or whether they were obliged to do so
im getting the is.:t of parliament, but he hoped it was the
former. Rut at all events the intention was not executed.
It appeared from a report lately presented to the Common
Colored that the very site on the east side of Victoria-
street, which hal been towered that it should be
ground available for the erection of lodging-houses, to make
prevision for those people who were ejector" from their
by the former City improvements, had been sold
to the Metropolitan Railway Company for the sum of
179.1011. Besides, therefore, now ejecting for the proposed
exteution to Finsbury-circus half the population and demo-
lishiug half the house. of a pariah, the Metropolitan Railway
t ',oniony hail ..ctually bought up the portion aground which
the City had previously purchased for the express worse
of providing accommodottoa for those poor persons who
had been driven from their dwellings by former improve-
moots. It should also be borne in mind that every railway
or other public work carried through a populous neighbour.
hood must bring with it a large number of resident
labourers, who would necessarily compete with the dense
population already there, tending to a great extent to amp
meat the price of bowie room and the difficulty of lodging
all the inhabitants of the district. From these comets-
bons it was that a noble earl (Earl Shaftesbury) In-
teeduced the subject upon one occasion into their
lenlehipe house, and proposed a new standing
order with reference not only to railways but to
all other works or improvements which should be of such •
character as to displace • large amount of the population :
be proposed that in all such cares the company or pro-
moters should he compelled to make provision for the reel-
dense cif an equal number of persons to those displaced. It
awe *Mims, however, that to apply • general rule of that
art to all such undertakings which might come before par-
liament for its sanction would be impossible ; but the gene-
ral principle was deliberately affirmed la that debate by his
sobk friend the Chairman of Committee., who said that he
admitted it might be desirable to introduce such a clause
into particular bills, while yet he thought it would Dot be
expedient to lay down an inflexible standing order for them
all ; and this view obtained the entire concurrence of every
member of their lordships house who spoke on that mica-
sioe. He (Lord Derby) on that occasion himself suggested
that there might he some general instruction to secure
that they should in the case of every bill be informed
as to the probable extent of the displacement of inhabitant.,
soil at the suggestion of the Earl of Aberdeen there was a
committee to consider this question. The result wee a
.tending order that in the case of every bill by which it was
intended to take down thirty homes or more, the promoters
should be required to deposit • statement of the number,
deeeriptkm, and situation If such bovines, stating also the
number of persons so displaced, and whether any provision
was to be made to remedy the incouveniepre. That
standing order wee adopted by their lordships' house,
but ouw it seemed to be the opinion of his nol.le friend
that although the railway companies were required to make
that statement, it was no part of the duty of the select com-
mittee on each bill to inquire into its aocuracj, or to ascer-
tain what would be the result. If so, the striding order
was a mere nullity ; but he did not think such was their
lordships' intention when that standing order was
to ; for Lord Shafteebury, who had introduced the slArjeeeel
with • much more sweeping motion, said afterwards that
the resolution which the house adopted would go far to
remedy the evil be complained of. When, therefore, the
standing order was accepted in such terms, it was clearly
not meant that it ghouls' be a mere dead letter, or that it
should lie on their lordshipetable until further notice; but it
was meant that the displacement of thepopulation should be in
all such cams • subject of inquiry before the select com-
mittee. The persons ejected from their honiea in this
way belouged to • class whose interests ought to be taken
int, account, although they enjoyed no locus stands before
a select committee. When five, or eight, or ten thousand
people were ainiultanernuily thrown out of their dwellings,
it was not as • ease of iudividual hardship that the effect
apes Lair laterals was to be cousidered, buts .great social
grievance and a matter of pohtical importance. In that
point of view he thought their lordships had done right in
laying down the rule, by their standing order, that every
case of a metropolitan improvement displacing •
large portion of the population should be brought under
the consideration of the committee, to judge how far those
circumstances might counterbalance the advantages which,
as every one would admit, might be derived from railways
awl other such works io the metropolis. He had spoken of
ase railway bill ; now he would take tie sees of another.
It was that of • brooch from the Great Northern, or North
Leedom, which would substitute • direct line through the
heart et the City to Tbreadosedle.strect, or somewhere near
the Hoak, for the vary circuitous route of five or six miles
which them now was, and which would be reduced, he
beLevect, to two miles and • half from the north side of
Lindell. A gentleman in the other house told him (Lord
Darby) that be had bees to examine this line, and that it
plumed almost all the way through a dense mass of habits.
Lions of the working dames, these being not of the poorest.
hut of • decent and respectable character. He asked, tisk
was it not • legitimate subject of inquiry whether seek •
displacement, which was variously estimated from4l4oto 1140
and even 1,2110 houses, would be expedient or not ; and if no
means could be found of replacing those dwelliugs in the
same neighbourhood, whether that evil might not be coati.
dared to counterbalance the advantage of enabling gentle-
men who resided no the north side of London to come is
ten minutes lean time to their daily occupations near the
Bank! He could not understaud by what extraordinary pro.
rev the company had estimated, as he was told they had, the
average number of the inhabitants of that district at only
two for each house, whereas be understood that in similar
houses, belonging to the respectable and decent class, the 1
average varied throughout London from seven to nine or
ten. The other night it was seaweed by • Bold. (bike
that the best remedy for this evil would be to provide In as
mitakirte of the metropolis houses giving sufficient *sees-
modation to the working class, with cheap and f
trains to bring them into town. He would not now=
that plan, which had some advantages, and also, as he
thought, some inconveniences. There seemed to be a
difference of opinion as to whether, under the standing
order to which he had referred, the subject did
or did not come legitimately within the purview
of the select committee on • railway bill ; and if his noble
friend was right in thinking that the select committee had
met power to enter into such an inquiry, then he thought it
was absolutely necessary to move the instructions to the
select committee on the metropolitan railways in the terms
at which notice had been given.
A diecusaion followed, In the course of which the Earl of
Powis, Lord Itedesidale. aid Earl Grenville took part, stet.
ing their opinion that the mod= wan not necessary, as the
Mauling orders would he the guide of the said committee;
and it was not possible to stop great metropolitan improve-
ment., and the latter reading a letter from the incumbent
of Cripplegate, stating that in his view the only mode of
improving the dwellings of the poor was by the establish-
ment of lines of railway like those propused.
The motion was ultimately agreed to, and their lordships
adjourned at twenty-five minutes to 9 o'clock.

Loyd (:RAN WORTH—It was at all events impossible to
persuade the inhebitaate (tithe eater Waal that such a hill
was clearable. He tried to persuade them that it was for
their benefit that the Dimes* Court should bats juriadiee
two. But there was a jealousy on that subject wbr 1. he
could not onderstan.l, because it was duly enabiing then,
to do them ly what they were in the habit of doing by a
cumbrous I roma, and by a mute expensive tribunal He
could see ti t rational ground for denying to the people of
Ireland the advantages of the thyme Court, which was
presided over by his right boa. friend. He hoped the com-
mittee would not ho ..ompoeol entirely of law poem
Laud MI/STEM:LE said that whets they attempted to
deal with this subject before, the bill as regarded Ireland
was found to be so distasteful to the feelings—or, if they
wished to hays it so. to the prejudiees—of the people of
Relate) that it wad found impowible to carry it. There
was the greatest unanimity that he ever remillectedamoopt
the people of Ireland against that bill. The fact was—and
he did sot make the remark for the purpose of invidious
comparison— that the feelings and morale of the people of
that part of the country had sot created any such necessity
for a measured this kind. He did not object to an inquiry
for the purpose of obtainin facts, but he believed when
they mine to deal p with the subject, that it would
be found vurrounded with =doss difficulties.
The Earl of WICKLOW mid that his noble friend who
bad just spokes was theoulypier of all those coonezted with
Wand wlo opposed the eatethion of the Divorce Court to
ludas& The opposition of his noble friend was grounded
es the circumstance that he regarded Ireland as a Rosen
catholic country. He thought his noble friend was mistakes
in kin view, for although the Roman catholic, of inked
wee the majority of the people, why should the pro.
teetents of that country be -deprived of benefits wbith
the prntatanta of England passaged ? The prejudices, and
eves the religious tenets of the Homan cathohm, would
prevent them from appealing to the Divorce Court ;bat he
could not see why the protestants of !tetrad should he pre-
vented from doing so (Hear.) He hoped the noble and
lammed lord would ioclude Ireland in any tricasore which
'nicht be brought in.
After a few words from the Lotto Cetheent.ol the mo-
tion walloped to.

APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC MONEYS.
On the order of the day being read for going into com-
mittee of supply on the navy estimates,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY rem to cell the attention of
the home to the mode sad extent of the changes made by
the Lords Coann.iesioaers of her Majesty's Treasury in the
appropriation of moneys voted by parliament for navy
services in the year 1859-60 ; me -ally that out of 51:6.8801.
voted by parliament for shipabuilding by contract in 1859.60,
100,000/. was paid for stores, and 38,5211. for machinery,
the latter sum of 38,521/. on the personal authority of the
Secretary to the Treasury ; and to move a resolution,
that the power, of the Lords Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury to alter the appropriation of the grants
of money by this hones should be defined and limited by
law.

HOUSE OF OOMMONB.I§ION DAY, Mica 11.
The Brame took the choir at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Sir H. Owen took the oaths and his meat for the Pem-
broke district of borough.
PRIVATE BUBLNEBB.
GREAT DOVER ROAD BILL
17pos the motion that the adjourned debate upon the
mooed reading of this bill he resumed.
The SPEAKER said be bad made inquiries into this
setter, aad be had men the meats sad fully informed bias-
sed of the Age of the case. la his opinion anligence, and
be mast odd, adjoalele neglipeice, had been shown by the
ape* sad be did sot me the bones could pursue any other
mime than that recommended by the boa. member (Mr.
lierej, that the order for the wooed evading should be die-
With regard to the sumeatioe made by the hem
mssg for Lancashire (Colonel W. Patten) he thought the
WORM at psalmist panse4 was now the beet tours. ; Malay;

Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded this motion.
Mr. F. PEEL explained the circumstances under which
hesepositiona took place of monies from one vote in excem
to another that had failed, and pointed out the difficulties
lathe way of severe and exact limitation of their approprio-
lion. With respect to the sum of 38,5211., he had no doubt
that the late iweretary of the treasury (Mr. Laing) had con-
templated that there should have been a written communion.
tics, though by some oversight it had not taken place. He
eonld not agree to the proposal to limit the power of the
After some remarks by Sir S. Nonreccern,
Sir F. BAKING said, strictly speaking, the Admiralty
bad not done wrong ; and It was impossible to bind down
the expenditure for the navy to a particular appropriation
of the earns voted, though he thought the changes should
be brought to the notice of the bows.
Lard C. PAGET added further explanations, end, after
some remark, by Mr.
Hirenr and Colonel Sven, the
resolution wan withdraws.

ALLOWANCES TO WITNESSES.
Kr. A. EGERTON asked the Secretary of State for the
Hose Department whether he would alter the scale
of allowances to witnesses at arises and sessions.
The government scale of allowances had been found to act
very prejudicially upon the interests of justice in the
Northern counties. Policeeconstables in the out.districts of
Leaeaskin who were called upon to attend the amino were
sherd invariably out of pocket ; and the result was that
they were not anxious to apprehend offenders. It had also
been found almost impossible to induce another very pm.
portant clam of witnesses, pawnbrokers, to come forward.
It had been proposed to raise the scale of charges, and to
throw the difference upon the county rates. To that there
wasthis objection : it would place the burden on the land,
whereas the cost of prosecuting offenders ought to be borne
by the community generally. He thought, however,
that that would be a theoretical rather than a practical
objection.
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to express his satisfaction at
his hon. friend having brought the subject under the at-
trition of the house. It was a mistake, however, to sup-
pose that the inconvenience to which he referred was felt in
the northern counties only.
Sir G. GREY said that the scale was adopted while he
was Home Secretary. Since then a commission had reported
ce the subject, and bad completely borne out the propriety
of the allowances. The question was, however, a very dif-
ficult one, owing to the inapplicability of any one sale to
the cries country ; and he believed that it was still under
the consideration of his right hon. friend (Sir 0. Lewis).
Mr. CLtVE added that if his right hon. friend had been
I present he would no doubt have been able to answer the
I question. The subject bad been under his anxious cored-
' demotion, and he would probably ere long be prepared to
lannounce an arrangement by which the inconveniencess now
complained of might be put ac end to.
The house then went into committee of supply.

were culpable for sitting silently here and not contradicting
the ameitiens which we knew to be erroneous, but as 1 do
not whit to he longer subject to that reproach I get up to
contradict leis observations, as well as those from the hon.
members fur Montrose and Sunderland. These hon. gentle-
men come down here with opinions founded upon extracts
from Scotch newspapers—(hear, hear)—and stories told
theni by friends at Paris and upon statements made by
persons who desire to mislead public opinion and make us
believe that nothing can he more erroneous than the naval
preparations in France. (Hear, hear.) They come here,
like the Trojau home, in tinter to deceive us as to the real
danger to which we might be exposed. I say, Equone credite
Teucro. (Hear, hear.) How iuconsistent was the
argument of the honourable member for Sun.
Berland to-night from the etatemeut which he made
the other evening. He then told us that the French
Minister of Marine had ewleavoured to persuade him that
France had no navy at all, or a very much smaller one than
ours, and oar an Englialinian he told the French Minister, if
net the Emperor himself, that England would have double
the navy Franco possessed. He saul it was of no use their
going oar building 'ships, because England would make a
great sacrifice, if necessary, being determined to have
double the number of men and ships. My hon. friend to-
night made an accusation against the government, although
we have nut quite double the quantity of men the French
have, and be stated that we have 140 ships and the French
government 75. (Hear.) Therefore, according to the
candour of my hon. frieud, we are not quite up to the
quantity of ships as against the number in the French navy.
But it is shutting our eyes to the facts, and shutting our
ears against the truth, 'n stating that as the policy of
France. I don't blame France fur it ,• but, the policy of
France has been to get up a navy equal to, if not superior
to, the navy of this couutry. (Hear, hear.) Everybody
knows more or less the statements made some years since,
which were studiously kept from the public ; and the boo.
member for eunderhuid now states that sixteen mail
packets, which were constructed for a Transatlantic line be-
tween France and America, were added to the French
navy, as they were not wanted for the mail service. I
happen to know something about those sixteen
vessels. for I was at the Foreign-office at the
time, and we knew they were constructed for purposes
of war, and that their being packet. for the Transatlantic
service was a mere sham (hear, hear) ;—and on one fine
evening they were added to the nary of France, the Trans-
atlantic communications being entirely at an end. Those
steamers were fitted fur war, though ostensible constructed
for other purposes. (Hear, bear.) With regard to
the ships in the French navy, they have been in-
creased to a very considerable amount, and we are
hardly now in the position in which the hon. member for
Sunderlatid admits we ought to be, and which we ought to
keep, and for good reasons ; that the French government
have no colonial establishments like England ; that their
commerce is falling off, that they have less distant stations
than we have ; but the hon. member for Portsmouth
states that the French are Repairing naval military stations
in every part of the world so that when there is a difference
between the two countries they will be upon the spot, and
able to interrupt the commercial transactions of thin country.
Ups other grounds we are obliged to scatter our navel
Levees over the globe. What blame would attach to the
government if we were to neglect this duty, in not pro-
viding for the dangers and disasters which might happen
(Hew, hear.) I sin sorry to discuss this question upon the
pounds of possible warfare between two nations whom I
isowely hope may for a long time remain friends —Ulcer,
bear)—but i you wish to he at peace with France, you must
be in a situation in which your weakness shall not invite
aggression. (Cheers.) There is no possibility of peace be-
tween two great, powerful, and wealthy nations, if
they are not in such a state of defence as
that neither can fear any successful attack from
the other. Therefore, it is in the interests of peace I urge
this -(mar, hear) —and not in the interest of the navy ex-
clusively. France has no reason for her own defensive pur-
poses to scatter her naval forces over the globs; she eta
concentrate upon her own coasts, or, in case of warfare in
those regions, in the Meliterninean, or against these
islands, ell the naval tome she may be paseased of at the
commencement of a war. As to men. my noble friend
stated she had some 34,000 or 35,000 men ; but in the
apace of a few months some 50,000 men may he added to
that number. (Hear, hear.) It has been said that in order
to do that she must put into her navy all the fishermen
upon her masts, all her seafaring men, all her
mercantile marine. But why should she not do this!
(Hear, hear.) If war were to take place she would naturally
throw into her navy all her mercantile marine. She would
take all who were useful for commercial purposes at sea ;
she would take everything within her reach, and put it
into her navy, and endeavour to control her warlike opera-
tiona at sea by such means. Therefore it is no argument to
say that because she would have to do this, therefore
she would do all that might be in her power to
man her fleet and increase her naval power. But
we have net the same means, because out institu-
tions do not give the government the authority for
sweeping into the navy the same classes of the populating'
which a foreign government peoesses. Our commercial
seamen are exempt from government service, and instead of
oomsng into line-of-battle ships, would run the risk of going
to a French prison, being captured by the French vessels of
war cruising upon the coast. Well, then, it has been ac-
knowledged that our navy is in a satisfactory position as far
as screw and wooden ships go ; and I think great credit is
due to the right hon. baronet opposite, and to the present
puromeut, for having brought the navy into
such a condition. (Hear. bear.) There is, however, one
pint, in which it is not a satisfactory condition,
sod that is with regard to into ship, The French have
eke* some of these ships o'upleted, others are in pro.
and in this respect they have superiority over
ralsikereover, they have recently ordered ten ships
to be laid down of the same kind. We are therefore
not in the position that we ought to occupy. But let it not
be supposed that iron ships are to supersede wooden ships
altogether. (Hear, hear.) In any war wooden line-of-
battle ships would still have an important part to play,
especially in distant stations. (Hear, hear.) You out-
set send your iron ships to occupy a station where you can-
not cleanse the ships' bottoms from incrustations and those
vegetable substances which adhere to the exterior frame et
the vessel. The French in the Mediterranean have the
means of sammplishing this ; they have their Toulon, where
skips can be cleansed end rernired in. a proper manner. I
don't know whether any facilities for this purpose exist at
Malta ; but on distant stations our ships would be unable to
have these advantages. Thus there seems to me to be no
ground whatever for saying that the naval servioe of the
country is larger than the interests and the safety of the
nation require. (Hear, hear.) I am persuaded that the
country knows this. There are those who say that
the country knows nothing hut what it is told
from the Treasury bench, and by commercial people. But
there are more pumas who know these things than those
who sit on the Treasury bench, or who receive communica-
tions from Paris. It is perfectly well known throughout the
country what have been the efforts of succeeders govern-
ment+ in France for the punsme of establishing a powerful
and formidable navy. (Hear, hear.) But in addition
to this navy she has aim an army of 600,000 men.
She has 400,0110 men actually in arms, and
900,000 men in regiments which are liable to
be called out in the course of a few weeks.
The amount of men which each nation can bring into action
you must not count, because if it is a question of mere
operations in the Channel and crossing over from one
shoreto another, soldiers would be just as available
as sailors for working the ships. Well, then. we still
must recollect that the magnitude of the expenditure has
been ie.:mind greatly by the improvements recently made
in the construction of ships. (Hear, hear.) Therefore that
to a certain extent is a temporary increase, and as regards
iron ships, as has been stated by the honourable mem-
ber for Sunderland, they will not require so much
repairs as wooden ships. (Hear, hear.) Whatever opinions
they may express, nobody has proposed any reduction of this
vote, and I hope the home will answer to the expectatioas
of the country and give the government the means to one.
tinue that amount of naval force which is requisite for the
protection of the country. (Hear, hear.) Now the hoe.
member for Birmingham seems to think that there is some
peculiar adnuitage to the government in !imposing a great
amount of expenditure ; but surely if the government
were to give their own views of that subject they
could have no wish to propose a large naval or military
expenditure unless they think their responsible position
to the country requires that every influence open to the
government will induce them to propose as low an esti-
mate as they think is conducive to the safety and interest
of the kingdom. (Hear hear.)
Mr. CONINOHAM observed that the conduct of the
French Emperor had been to give a most positive and em-
phatic assurance as regarded this country. The freedom of
discussion lately accorded to France must also he one of the
greatest means of preserving peace ; and the speech of
Prince Napoleon was the best answer to the serious alarm
by which it appeared to be the intention of her Majesty's
government to disturb the peace of her Majesty's subjects.
A vote of 3,122,5i101. was then agreed to, to defray the
wage of seamen and marines.
A vote of 1,31H,259/. was also agreed to, to defray the cost
of victuals of seamen and marines.
The house resumed.
RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH BILL.
The above bill passed through committee.
PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL.

discumion w,s continued by Sir J. Elphinstutte, Mr.
W. Martin, and Admiral Warmth ; and
Lord C. PAGET gave further explanations.
Mr. BRIGHT did not feel himself suflioiestly acquainted
with the details of the question before the committee to
justify his going into it at very great length. But the
noble lord had not replied to some observations
which had fallen from his honourable friend near
him (Mr. Lindsay). He had said nothing with
respect to the statement of his hon. friend about the 18
vessel, built 20 years ago for carrying mails across the
Atlantic, and absorbed into the French navy on account of
the commercial undertaking for which they were intended
proving unsuccessful. Those vessels had been reckoned as
if they were first-class frigates. The noble lord bad likewise
taken no notice of his hon. friend's statement that some of
the French screw frigates were only of 200-horse power, but
he (Mr. Bright) submitted that they were points of consi-
derable importance to those who wished to understand the
figures which were put forth on both sides of the Channel.
It seemed to him that the Secretaries to the Admiralty and
First Lords were themselves in a great quagmire sad
puzzle, for they stated nothing on this subject which was
like anything else that they had stated about it. (Laughter.)
There was a bet of British ships published in 1859, which
made the total number 751 ; since then we had been expend-
ing enormous sums of money, and building vessels at a
greater rate than we had ever done before ; and yet the total
number wee now said to be only 688. So that the more we
built the fewer ships embed. (A laugh.) He did not think
it was of much importance which number was the true one,
for either was much larger than any sensible minister would
propose, or any rational House of Commons permit. Then,
again, be found that every ship we had, with one exception,
bad been repaired during the past year, for while
It appeared that the total was 688, no fewer
than 687 had been under repairs. These things
showed him that there was extremely little
reliance to be placed upon estimates of this kind. He sus-
prided that we had many ships of which the house knew
nothing, and the Board of Admiralty very little. He must
now for a moment call attention to what the noble lord had
stated with regard to the number of seamen who were at
the command of the French government. He said that
the French had 25,000 men at their immediate disposal ;
another 25,000 whom they could have in another month ;
and a third 25,000 or 30,000 men whom they could call
up in the course of three or four months.
Now, what was the noble lord's intention in making
that statement! Was it to convey a true or a false im-
pression? (A laugh.) He should be the last man to charge
the noble lord with wishing to 6111104 a false impression in
the booth or the country, because he had always regarded him
as one of those numerous members who gave him the idea
that if there was one feature in their character more
obvious then another, it was their perfect frankness and
honesty. (Hear, hear.) But such was the effect which fol-
lowed the obtaining a seat upon the Treasury bench—he
could not tall whether it was the atmosphere he breathed,
or the food be existed upon—but really be was almost in-
clined to all that bench—
"The bourne from whence no honest man returned."
(Laughter.) The noble lord might have reflected that the
statement he was making must give some persona an in-
correct impression of the facts. It was of no use telling the
house that the French government bad 75,000 or 80,000
men at their disposal, unless it was for the sake of show-
ing that within a short time they could put the whole of
that number on board their ships. But before the imperial
government could do that they would have to get together
every person engaged about salt water in France—all
that took any part in their commerce or their fisheries,
whether in Europe, or on the other side of the Atlantic.
The statement supposed. that the mercantile marine of
France could be at home in port at once, and that not a
single ship bearing the produce of France would leave her
ports and not be upon the ocean. But that was absolutely
an impossibility, and even the bon. member for Norfolk—
(hear, heart—knew that. It would be just as practicable
for the First Lord of the Admiralty to call home from all
parts of the world the mercantile marine of England.
(Hear, hear.) He protested against that line of argument.
Then the noble lord said of the French navy that the
number of men this year did not exceed 30,000 or 34,000.
He (Mr. Bright) believed the number voted this year
was smaller than either of those number,. The proper
course was to compare that number with the number voted
by this house, and be bad from the noble lord, from the
Secretary of State for India, end from every First Lord for
many years, statements that the number of men was the
proper gauge—the proper mode by which to estimate the
naval power of the country and the expenditure which bail
beenincurred for the navy for the service of the year. Well,
then, to this number of 84,000 last year and 78,000 this
year for the service of this country the utmost that could
be returned by the naval officer of the government at Paris
to the Admiralty was 34,000, sad to bring them
up to the larger number they must bring home
every ship from all parts of the world. He
wanted to know why all this alarm should have been
created during the last year or two, alarm founded upon
falsehood the most flagrant and criminal of which a govern.
ment could be guilty for the purpose of levying taxes upon
a pthple, for which there was not the smallest necessity.
The hon. member for Montrose blamed the government,
the house, and the country for being alarmed, but every-
body knew very well that the country took their opinions
at eeened-band. The people did not tern over the blue
books, but they derived their opinions from the
house and the press, and minister, did not take
the trouble to contradict the errors which obtained
in the minds of the people, and which became
'belief although founded upon no knowledge of the facts
of the came. The government slid not condescend to these
particulars, but they allowed these alarms to exist and
these false statements to go throughout the country, awl
then they seised upon a time of popular deluges to add to
the expenditure of the navy. Now, if the government
would tell the truth, whirl', they knew, for they had an
oetoer at Paris to obtain it for them, they might have saved
several millions during the last few years. (Hear, hear.)
There was no man at Paris but did not entirely disavow the
statements made in this country with regard to the naval
preparations of France. The hon. member for Stirling had
called attention to the condition of the country; but, after all,
the diminution in the estimates woad every trifiiugcharecter.
Everybody agreed that they ought not to build any more
wooden ships, and yet he supposed there would be • large
estimate for timber. Surely, alter what had been done by
the right hon. baronet opposite (Sir J. Pakington) when in
dike, and others since, the government might, when they
saw such a general discontent arising, have reduced the
estimates some four or five millions, and if they had done
so there would not be a man in the kingdom with the
slightest knowledge of politics who would have thought the
kingdom lees safe than it would be after all these moneys
had been voted away. (Hear.) The noble lord might have
come to the conclusion that be would have given great satis-
faction to the country if the estimates had been reduced,
and thus have enabled the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
make some amends for failures of the government by pro-
ducing a budget which would have relieved the trade and
commerce of the country. (Hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON—The hon. gentleman has said it is
greatly to be observed how much gentlemen who pass to
this bench are apt to change their opinions upon matters of
fact. That is no doubt perfectly true, and it arises from this
circumstance, that those who speak from other parts of the
house are so misinformed upon the facts, that when they
come to this bench and become acquainted with them,
their opinions follow the change in their position in the
Douse, and they thus come to entertain different
opinions from those which they held before. (Laughter,
and " Hear, hear.") So much is that the ens
that I should not despair even if the hon. gentleman the
member for Birmingham were to come and sit on this
besch—(langhter)—and that would moreover be the ease
when the hon. gentleman found hirossU charged with a
responsibility which at present he is free from. I should
not at all despair of seeing a change in his views, knowing
the power of the hon. gentleman's mind, the accuracy of
his observations, and the means which he has of forming
correct opinions upon the facts which are brought before
him—(lsughter)—and I should not be surprised to find him
supporting peopositioss for geed naval and military feta-
blishmeats—(hear, hear) —thd for adequate mesas of de-
fending the country wait those who might be disposedto attack us. (Hear, Muir.) The hon. gentlemen said we

ISPLANATION.

On the motion of Sir G. C. lanai the 'elect committee
on the Parochial Amessmeute Bill was nominated as fol.
lows :—Sir George Lewis, Sir William Jolliffe, Mr. Villiers,
Mr. Cayley, Mr. Puller, Mr. Charles Wynne, Mr. Alderman
Salomoos, Sir William Miles, Mr. Henry Bruce, Mr.
Algernon Fgertoo, Mr. Lerma Gower, Mr. Beach, Mr.
Crossley, Mi. Humberstooe, and Sir John Shelley. Five
to be the quorum.
The other orders of the day having been disposed of,
The house adjourned at one o'clock.

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