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state whether there was any foundation for a rumour which I TATERIAL
had appeared in a paper generally well informed, that an J.
armistice had been agreed upon for the evacuation of Den.
mark ?
Lord PALMERSTON said such an arrangement had
been suggested to Prussia, as he understood with the con-
currence of Austria,
CAPTURE OF BRITISH VESSELS.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD called attention to the circum-
stances attending the capture of certain British vessels,
viz., the Springbok, the barque Science, captured
at Matamoras ; the ship Margaret and Jessie and
the Saxon, captured within the jurisdiction of
the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and to
move an address for papers. The hon, member com-
mented in very severe terms on the course which had been
pursued by the American Government, which he desig-
nated as an outrage on the British flag, and one that de-
manded redress.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that while it was
necessary for him to exercise certain reserve, he wss desir-
ous of affording all the information he could con-
veniently give. With regard to these captures
in one case the American captain denied the charge
that had been made against him, and the case was in course
of investigation in America. the case of the Springbok
had been heard before a court in America, and there was
an appeal to a higher court. With reference to
the Saxon, instructions had been forwarded to
Lord Lyons requesting him to bring the subject
before the American Government with a view to
an inquiry into the circumstances connected with
that vessel but the Government had not yet
received any information relative to the subject. With re-
gard to the Margaret and Jessie and the Saxon, he
thought it would be most inexpedient to produce the
papers. Indeed he objected to the production of any
papers relating to a subject on which negotiations were
pending. He also deprecated the publication of statements
in reference to the subject, as being calculated to impedethe
course of negotiations. He asserted that the conduct of
the Government was such as would satisfy the house and
the country.
Mr. S. FITZGER ALD persevered in his motion.
Lord R. CECIL described the statement of the Attorney-
General as very ingenious, but very unsatisfactory. In
regard to the murder that had been committed, he thought
the course that had been adopted at Kagosima might be
resorted to with effect. He contended that in the case of
this vessel, and in the policy of Government, the result
was that the honour and dignity of England had been
lowered, and unless that policy were changed it would
arouse a spirit in that country which would lead them into
some excesses.

[LEFT SITTING.]

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEE. 9.
Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold
Leeves at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on
Wednesday, the 2d of March next, and on Saturday, the
12th of March next, at two o'clock.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal
Highness at these Levees shall be considered as equivalent
to presentations to her Majesty.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 5.
The Queea has been graciously pleased to appoint
Edward Henry Charles Herbert, Esq., now Attaché to
her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople, to be a Third
Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
FOREIGN- OFFICE, FEB 9.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
Pyman as Consul at West Hartlepool for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Al-
fredo Pascual Colonaer as Vice-Consul at Southampton for
her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
CROWN. OFFICE, JAN. 9.
The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to give and grant unto
John Humffreys Parry, Sergeant-at-Law, place and pre-
cedence :within the Bar next after 'William Ballantine,
Sergeant-at-Law.
The Queen nas been pleased by several writs under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to call to the Degree of a
sergeant-at-law :—John Simon, of the Middle Temple
London, Esq; Alexander Pulling, of the Inner Temple'
London, Esq. ; and Henry Tindal Atkinson, of the Middle'
Temple, London, Esq.
CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 10.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.
City of Durham—John Henderson, of Leazes House,
near the said city of Durham, Esq., in the room of Sir
William Atherton, Knight, deceased.
Borough of Tewkesbury—John Reginald Yorke, of
Forthampton Court, in the county of Gloucester, Esq., in
the room of the Honourable Frederick Lygon, who has ac-
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's
Manor of Hempholme.
FEBRUARY 11.
City of Winchester—Thomas Willis Fleming, Esq., in
the room of Sir James Buller East, Bart, who has accepted
the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Chiltern
Hundreds.

ADMIRALTY. FEB. 10.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Thomas
Everard Hungerford to be First Lieutenant, vice Oliver,
placed on half-pay.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 9.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Minister at Frankfort, enclosing the following
translation of Article 258, of the Saaw Coburg Penal Code,
relative to trade marks, which has been recently adopted by
the Duchy of Nassau.
" Whoever imitates stamps or particular marks by which
wares or manufactures of a particular house of business, or
of a particular manufactory, are indicated, and whoever
uses them or the label of a house of business for the purpose
of deceiving the trade, is subject to a punishment of impri-
sonment for a period not exceeding two months, it being
understood that the prosecution be instituted at the instanee
cf the house in question."
This decision applies not only to natives but also to
foreigners.

BANKRUPTS
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Alfred Baines, dyer, Stamford
George Percival, bootmaker, Derby
James Gregson, butcher, Halifax
Blythe Evison, grocer, Leeds
Wm. Thomas, Lowesmoor, Worcester
James Pryor, publican, Ryde, Isle of Wight
John T. Dobson, wine merchant, Great St. Helen's
George Goodere, shoemaker, Plumstead
John H. Goodere, attorney, Swansea
William Tomalin, tailor, Northampton
James P. Johnson, warehouseman, Cheapside
Thomas Harris, builder, Upper Holloway
Baxter Riley, licensed victualler, Liverpool
Jonathan Mallalieu, commission agent, Manchester
John Hall, joiner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Charles Meaden, wine merchant, Gillingham, Dorset
Robert Thorp, seed crusher, Liverpool
Samuel Powell, builder, St. Asaph
George Brayshaw, tailor. Kentish-town-road
William Swanston, butcher, Lower Marsh, Lambeth
George James St. John Bashfofd, insurance brokers,
Leadenhall-street
Joseph Hughes, accountant, Guildford-place, Surrey
George Heathcott, builder, Devonshire-place
George Chandler, carman, Victoria-place, Lambeth
Joseph Jones, linen draper. Hackney-road
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Alexander Kirkland, grout-, Glasgow
John A. Stewart, grocer, Denny
James Hay Peacock, farmer, Elgin
James Dougall, farmer, deceased, Kinross

Course of the Exchange.—This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto .. 3 Month,z, 12 Oz
Rotterdam — - 12 Ot
Antwerp — 25 70
Brussels — 25 70
Ilamburgh — 13 8
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine —•• 119 a
Vienna
Trieste .. 12 35
Petersburgh .. 33
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon

11 18
12 1
12 1
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25 80
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25 374
25 82f
25 824
119 k
12 40
12 40
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25 87t
25 90
25 90
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Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z....
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Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)

THE RIGHT HON. NICHOLAS RIGBY ; THE MAN
WHO KNEW EVERYTHING.—The late Mr. Croker,
at a dinner party at which the late Duke of Wellington was
present, was enlightening the company with several details
about the battle of Waterloo. The Duke tried to speak
several times, but there was no putting down the loud and
dictatorial " Mr. Rigby," and at last the Duke smiled, and
gave it up for a bad job. Rigby settled Waterloo his own
way. Later, there arose a discussion on percussion caps
for muskets, and here Mr, Croker was again omniscient,
and tried to settle the matter as he had settled Waterloo.
Again he wouldn't hear the Duke. But this time Welling-
ton was not to be snubbed by Croker. "No, —it I "
said the Duke (it was a pity he used the vulgarism, imt it
was the fashion of the day), "I will speak. I mayn't know
much about the battle of Waterloo, but I do know some-
thing about percussion caps."
AN ANCIENT TOMA.SAWK—of Great Historical
Interest (unless our inNfgoartmipaannito::a and Ngatihine s "Flinging the
Hatchet" at us )
(Lower Wanganui hapus) have sent the Governor a nume-
rously signed address, accompanied by a gun, two full
cartouch boxes, a bag containing 250 bullets, and an axe or
large tomahawk, to which the following history is attached :
—lt was given by Captain Cook to Manaorongo, a chief at
Queen Charlotte's Sound, who gave it to one Marta
nin
His wife Rawa gave it to her blether Kowha, a Wanganui
native, and it is said to have been the first iron implement
ever seen here From Kowha it has come down to his son
Parau and grandson Komene, the last of whom has sent it
to the Governor. From the ancient appearance of the tool,
and the broad arrow deeply stamped on both its faces, the
history may not unlikely be true.

We have to announce the death of Mr. John
Drummond, formerly a partner of the well-known banking
firm of Messrs. Drummonds, and whose son, Mr. Harvey
Drummond, is still a member of the firm. Mr. Drummond'
who died on Wednesday at Brighton, was born in January,
1791, and married Miss Georgians Augusta, fourth daughter
of Admiral Sir E. Harvey, G.C.8., by whom he has a nu-
merous family.
A MALE SQUALLER.—A French paper mentions
a M. Bollaert, a sopranist, as singing at a concert in Paris.
" His strange voice," it is added, " rather astonished than
plearKl the audience."

HOUSE OP LORDS— Last Evening,
THE CASE OF LIEUT. TINLING.
Lord CHELMSFORD called the attention of the First
Lord of the Admiralty to the particulars as the death of
Lieut. Tinling, of H.M.S. Encounter, at Soushing, on the
sth of March, 1863, and asked for an explanation of state-
ments made by the Secretary of the Admiralty respecting
the same. The noble lord the secretary had said he could
not state that the gallant officer had died in the performanco
of his duty. It was urged that, although at the time he fell
he was under the command of his captain, yet, as that cap.
Lain was acting beyond the limits of his duty at the time,
the lieutenant could not be said to have died in the service
of his country. He contended, however, that an inferior
officer, who was obeying the instructions of his command-
ing officer, must be considered as acting in the performance
of his duty.
The Duke of SOMERSET, in reply, read a letter from
Captain Dew, stating that at the time of his death Lieut.
Tinling had not proceeded to Soushing by his orders or on
duty ; all officers who accompanied him on his visits to that
place were considered as being on leave. Captain Dew
said he had cautioned Lieut. Tinling and all other officers
against going under fire on their visits to Soushing, which
was then being besieged by the Imperialist forces. No doubt
Lieut. Tinling had on the occasion he met his death behaved
with the same distinguished gallantry which he had shown
on previous occasion , • s but he could not say that he had died,
in the performance of his duty.
The Earl of HARDWICKE also insisted that Lieut.
Tinling, although a volunteer, yet being under the orders
of Capt. Dew, had died in the execution of his duty. If the
First Lord of the Admiralty maintained the contrary, ho
did not know the business that he was sent to perform, or
tho character of the force over which he presided.
The Duke of SOMERSET said that Lieut. Tinling had
not volunteered for service, but was, when he met his death.
on leave. The experiment of allowing the Taepings to take
one of the treaty ports—that of Ningpo—had been tried.
The result was that the plac3 was a scene of massacre,
plunder, and destruction. He did not wish to see the Eng-
lish Government commit itself to a policy which would ad-
vance pillage on shore or piracy at sea. While we traded
with China, we must protect our countrymen against both
plunder on shore or piracy at sea.
Earl GREY said that the difficulties with which we were
contending in China were due to our having pursued no dee
finitive policy in regard to that country.
Earl RUSSELL said that, in the first instance, the
English Government had pursued a strict policy of non-
intervention in the civil war in China. But it turned out
the Taepings were people having no notion of establishing
any government whatever, and having no object in view but
plunder and massacre, It had been found necessary to de-
fend our treaty ports, and we had accordingly done so. It
would have been both objectionable and expensive to have
intervened, by sending a force to the support of the Emperor
of China against the rebels ; but the policy which we had
pursued had not been attended with any great cost to this
country. That policy was, as he had said, to protect the
treaty ports, where our trade was going on, and to prevent
the Taepings from there pursuing their usual course of
plundering and murdering wherever they went. From time
to time, also, English, French, or American officers had
been permitted to assist the Imperialist cause. That course
had been eminently successful, as was evidenced by the
flourishing and progressive state of our trade with China.
He should maintain that was a policy which it was to the
interests of this country to pursue.
Earl GRANVILLE could not help believing that Mr.
Tinling and his family must feel, from what had fallen from
every person—and from no one more so than the noble duke
himself—that the country fully recognised the eerviees of
this young man. There was the fullest possible admission
of his possession of all the most eminent virtues which dis-
tinguished the sailors of this country, and that he fell from
having too much of that quality which was the greatest and,
proudest distinction of the British sailor.
After a few words from Lord CHELMSFORD on the
subject of Capt. Dew's letter,
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH expressed his opinion
that the letter was written by Capt. Dew for the purpose of
throwing the whole responsibility upon himself, and re-
lieving others from it. (Hear, hear.) It was an act of
generosity from a gallant officer, and no more.
The Earl of HARD WICKE said the duty of an inferior
officer was simply to obey, unless ordered on acts of piracy
against the law of nations.
The subject then dropped.
THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES.
Earl GRANVILLE brought before the house the pro-
posal of the House of Commons for the appointment of a
joint committee of both houses to consider the schemes of
railways projected in the metropolis. He could not antici.
pate any opposition to the appointment of that committee,
although the precedents for such &course were of somewhat
ancient date, the last being in 1695. The House of Lords
had power to enforce evidence on oath, which the other
house did not possess; and a proposal having been made in
the House of Commons to act in concurrence with this, he
could not help thinking this was an occasion on which the
experiment might be fairly tried. The alarm caused by these
railway schemes had almost turned to a panic, and he
thought the committee ought to be al pointed. If their lord-
ships agreed to the proposition he should venture to propose
the names of the noble lords to serve upon it; and he had
a strong wish that the powers of the Government should
give what assistance they could. He should submit the
motion of which he had given notice, and should suggest
that the committee of that house should consist of five lords,
three to be a quorum ; that a message should be sent to the
Commons in answer to theirs of yesterday, and on the ap-
pointment of the committee he would propose that they
should meet at half-past three o'clock on Monday next.
The Earl of DERBY said he was told that not only
would the expenditure on these railways of the metropolis
exceediiomewhere about £35,000,000, but he understood that
a deposit of per cent. of that amount was made, and he
heard that there were no less than 160 streets of the metro-
polis which would be seriously interfered with for a time.
This being the case, he quite felt that the question should
be taken up in some such way as the noble earl proposed;
and he did not feel disposed in the slightest degree to object
to the appointment of a joint committee. Still less should he
be disposed to object to the members of the Govemment form-
ing part of that committee, for he had regretted that the Go-
vernment had not taken a more active part than they had
done, and that they had not laid out for themselves before
Parliament what appeared to them to be a general scheme
for taking the railways of the metropolis in different direc-
tions. With regard to other parts of the country, he would
not think of making that suggestion ; but with regard to
the metropolis, the interests were so large that he thought
it would be better if one mind had been applied to ono
general prcject. The noble earl then laid on the table two
petitions, one from the Institute of British Architects, and
the other from the Architectural Association, in which they
represented the great inconvenience which would be felt
from these conflicting railways. They also represented
that the thoroughfares were not adequate to the traffic, and.
suggested this subject to the consideration of their lordships.
He should rather like to know on what principles the com-
mittee were going to proceed, or whether the Government
could of themselves figure out in their own minds a general
scheme of communication throughout the metropolis. Un-
less something of the kind were done, the proceedings of
the committee were not likely to lead to a clear elucidation
of the subject.
Lord REDESDALE considered this was an exceptional
case, in which Parliament would be justified in the appoint-
ment of a joint committee. The precedents theryhuaalddt
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plied to joint action in case of impeachment. This appoint-
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening, 3
GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving
for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the
purchase of Government annuities trough the medium of
savings banks, very briefy explained
the alterations pro-
posed by the bill.
A few observations having been made by Sir H. Wm-
LOUGRBT and Mr.-HuiasAnn, leave was given to introduce'
the bill.

BOARD OF CHARITY COMMISSIONERS.
Mr. FERRAND moved for returns of the names of the
Chief Commissioners, Commissioners, Secretaries, and all
other officials appointed under the Charitable Estates and
Trusts Acts of 1853 and 1855; the dates of their appoint-
ments, the amount of salary and travelling expenses each
has received annually, and the profession, trade, or calling
iu which ho was engaged when appointed ; and of the total
annual expense of the board to the public exchequer and
charitable trusts. In a speech of some length, embodying
strong allegations, he stated the grounds upon which he
called for these returns, to which he understood the (Jo-
vernment meant to object. Government
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The house then adjour,
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