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laugh.) He considered that the retail dealers of the
City ought to be looked to, for certain he was that if the
wholesale dealers -only were to be attended to the con-
sequenc ,would be the destruction of the whole City,
and necessarily of the mass of the retail dealers. (Loud
laughter and cheers.) It was the fact ; let them bring
their railway schemas into operation, and what would
the consequence be ? Why, that enormous warehouses
would be erected, and the body of retailers would be
driven away through want of business. (Hear, and oh.)
Mr. BARNES thought it would be better if the termi-
nus were to be erected north of Holborn-bridge. The
question was an open one. As it regarded the removal
of Leadenhall skin-market, he thought, as he always
had done with reference to Smithfield, that it would be
a silly thing to move it. (Laughter.)
Mr. LAMBE, at this stage of the proceedings, moved,
aid Mr. BARKLEY seconded the motion, "That this
court do now adjourn."—Negatived.
Mr. ANDERTON considered that, as petitions signed by
thousands of their fellow-citizens had been presented in
favour of the proposal, they, as representatives, ought
to attend to them, and not to assume that they were
wiser than so large a number of the municipality.
(Hear.) He believed that the retail trade as well as the
wholesale would be much benefited if the terminus in
Farringdon-street was constructed. (Hear.) It was
their duty to see what could be done, whether the Go-
vernment might assist or not. If not, that would be
another thing. _ _

Mr. BARKLEY warned the court not to listen to the
project, as it would involve them in an unforeseen out-
lay for approaches and other details of the most serious
character. He did hope the court would not sanction
the scheme.

Mr. T. H. HALL inquired of Deputy Harrison where
he obtained the item of 70,0001. mentioned in his re•
solution 1 He (Mr. Hall) thought the chairman of the
improvement committee knew not to what it referred,
nor where it came from.

Deputy HARRISON (as our reporter understood), re-
plied, that that was an amount set down for a new street
from Holborn-bridge in connection with the once pro-
posed new Smithfield market ; or rather, the proposed
enlargement of the present site.
Mr. T. H. HALL thought that if the Court were to
entertain such matters as the one before them they
would soon have 'plenty of applicants. (Hear.) How
had that been got up ? Why, by agitation and 'pres-
sure. He would advise the court not to encourage it
at all. The parties seemed anxious to have goods trains
arrive at Farringdon-street. Why there would not be
nearly sufficient room for them. When questioned upon
their project it did not appear to him, at least, that the
parties knew what they were asking for. (Laughter.)
Ho thought the terminus ought to be kept further north
than proposed. He should finish what he had to say by
moving an amendment, which he did, to the effect,
that the memorial of the City Terminus Company be re-
ferred to the improvement committee for examination
and report."
Mr. HAWKINS seconded the amendment.

Mr. Cox objected to the motion.
Mr. GumN rose, but in deference, at that late hour
(the court having sat for nearly six hours), to the uni•
versal call for the reply, he gave way.
Deputy HARRISON'S reply was very brief. He said
they wanted to know " how and when the sum of
386,0001. would be raised and paid for the required
improvements ?" Te this they wanted an answer ; and,
of course, if they could not get the money, the whole
scheme would be at an end.

The question was then put, the amendment being
lost. Upon a division being called for, the following
numbers were declared :
For the amendment 2B
For the motion 52

Majority for Deputy Harritisn .... 34
Mr. DE JERSEY moved a similar amendment to the
former one, but the majority rejected that also.
The proceedings excited the most intense interest
throughout the entire afternoon, the gallery being
crowded during the six hours sitting.

THE DIVISION.
The following are the names of the members who
voted upon the occasion :

FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE.
Archer, Dep. Davies, J. Owden, T. S.
Baker, S. De Jersey, H. Perkins, J.
Barkley, T. Godson, Dep. Phillips, R. M.
Barnes, W. Hall, T. H. Rowley, T.
Burrowes, T. Hawkins, C. Sprague, T.
Christie, Dep. Heaps, J. Thwaites, R.
Condor, E. Hogg, C. Whiteside, R. B.
Corney, Dep. Lister, W. Young, C.
Cox, W. Lott, Dep.
Croucher, W. Oliver, G.

FOR THE NEGATIVE.
Carden, Ald. Edmiston. J. C. Pewtress, Dep.
Finnis, Ald. Fox, T. H. Pickering, J.
Lawrence, Ald. Fuler, C. E. Raymond, W.
Wire, Ald. Gilpin, C. Read, T.
Abraham, T. Gresham, W. Rose, W. A.
Anderton, J. Harrison, Dep. Snell, J. P.
Bache, R. C. Hayward, T. C. Stevens, Dep.
Bailey, J. Hickson, E. Sully, C.
Barber, W. Kelday, J. Turnbull, T.
Barnard, J. M, Lambe, R. C. Tyler, Dep.
Bennoch, Dep. Lloyd, H. Valiance, H. W.
Blake, H. Meadoway, Dep. Venables, J.
Brass, W. Millard, J. G. Vite, G.
Butler, C. E. Morris, G. Walter, G.
Can J. R. Muggeridge, H. Ward, J.
Causton, J. Nicoll, D. Watson, C.
Chaplin, R. J. Obbard, Dep. Wheeler, W. S.
Cornell, J. Parker, J. White, T.
Cotterell, T. Patten, H. Williams, R.
Cnthburt, G. Peed, R. G. Williams, W.
Davis, E. Pearce, T.

PAIRS.

AFFIRMATIVE.
Bowyer, Deputy
Knott, W.

NEGATIVE.
Dakin, T.

Randl;ll, R.

THE FRENCH EMPIRE,

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
An important personage left Paris a fortnight
ago for Rome, on a secret mission from the French
Government to his Holiness the Pope. It is now
known that the object of the mission is to endea-
vour to induce Pius IX. to visit France in August
next, for the purpose of placing the Imperial Crown
on the brow of Louis Napoleon. The Government
has already received the Pope's answer. His
Holiness repeats, as he has always done, that, as
far as he is personally concerned, it would give
him pleasure to gratify the Emperor of the French
by assisting at his coronation ; but that the
decision of the question rests not with him indi-
vidually, but with the Sacred College. In the
meantime, Cardinal Antonelli and the clerical
party are using every effort to prevent the Pope
from taking a step which they consider degrading
to the head of the Church. They have sent re-
presentations on the subject to the Court of
Vienna, and it is understood that the Emperor of
Austria is about to send one of his most eminent
councillors a sort of Prince Menschikoff—to
Rome, to counteract the French influence, and to
prevent his Holiness from visiting France. It is
perhaps not generally known that although the
Pope has acknowledged Louis Napoleon as Em-
peror of the French, he has never acknowledged
him as Napoleon 111. _ _

The Duke of Genoa, brother of the King of Sax-
dinia, arrived in Paris on Saturday evening at five
o'clock. Having declined the apartments placod
at his disposal in the palace of the Tuileries, the
royal duke has taken up his residence at the Sar-
dinian- embassy, in the Rue St. Dominique. A
guard 'of -honour, consisting of a picket of cavalry,
was waiting for the duke at the railway station,
and escorted him to the embassy. The Emperor
happened to be driving out at the moment of the
Duke of Genoa's arrival, and they met in the Rue
de Bourgogne. The duke went to the Tuileries
yeaterday two o'clock, to be formally presented
to the Emperor and Empress.
It is said that the Emperor of Austria has ;se-
lected the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the
King of Belgians, as his future Empress. That
such a marriage may be contemplated by both
families is not at all unlikely, but it appears rattler
premature to say that the preliminaries of the mar-
riage are settled, seeing that the proposed brid .e
will not have completed her thirteenth year till
the 7th of June next. The reported marriage (
the Duke of Brabant with an Austrian archduchei
seems most probable.
The session of the Legislative Corps may be sailif
to have terminated on Friday, when that body
adopted the budget ; for although the deputii(:s
will continue to meet till the 28th, the businons
brought before them is of so little public importanx:e
that it will excite little interest. The mode in
which the budget was voted was highly chartto-
teristic. On Wednesday three hours were devote d
to " the general discussion" on the budget ; o n
Thursday three hours more were devoted to tb v
examination of the details of the budget of expe ai-
diture ; and on Friday three additional hours .of
intense application enabled the Legislative Body to .
master all the details of the budget of receip hs. I
After this mature deliberation, the Legislative Coi 1)5
felt that it had completely mastered the subject ,of :
the finances of the year, and it accordingly p ro-
ceeded to vote. The result, as we are aware, v. r;as
the hearty approbation by the representatives of
the country of all that Louis Napoleon and :11 is
councillors had proposed. Only four votes—a zid
these were of course factious—were recorded agai: s st
the budget ; and these four votes were intended as
a protest, not against the financial administrati kin
of the Government, but against the decrees of
22d of January, 1852, by which Louis Napole )u
disgraced himself mid the country by despoils ttg
the Orleans family of their possessions and righ ts.-
It is very certain that the Legislative Corps, while h
ought to be the guardian of the public purse, l tas
in that respect been a failure but it has been r;-
marked that during the present session it l Ls
shown a good deal m orespiritand inclopendei 1(
on minor points than it did last session. It lic 's
allowed the Government to manage its il 'nap oes
pretty nearly as it chooses, but it has tcle
some notable and beneficial changes in some .of
the general measures introduced by the (3ri )-
vernment. Among other measures, the bill
respecting the civil pensions, the bill Til-