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thrilling emphasis, and when he again turned to the mass
of the people in front occupying the vast square below,
they shouted with delight, and every man of the 50,000 in
the streets declared that 'Pierce is the man for the times."
On the conclusion of the ceremonies the President
was escorted to the White House, where he held a
kind of levee. The proceedings of the day closed
with a private dinner at the White House. Ex-
President Fillmore quietly returned to the apart-
ments in the hotel where President Pierce had
resided. •

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
(Continued from First Edition of yesterday. )

COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Sir J. PAKINGTON moved as an amendment, that
it be committed on the 13th of April next, with a view,
as he explained, of giving the county magistrates time to
consider it at the quarter sessions, which were shortly
about to be held over all the counties.
Mr. M. GIBSON objected to the amendment, on the
ground that the quarter sessions had had sufficient time
and opportunities to consider the measure.
Mr. EGERTON supported the amendment.
Mr. R. PALMER pointed out that there were many
alterations in the bill since it had last been before the
country, which the county magistracy had had no oppor-
tunity of considering. He did not thick that any time
would be lost.

A further depression is reported in the New
York stock market, with no indications of a
favourable change. Money in improved demand ;
first class business paper was quoted at 7 per cent.
Exchange dull and lower. Bills on London,
1091 to 1091 ; Paris, 5 13/ to 5 12/ ; Amsterdam,
411 to 41i ; Bremen, 801- to 801 : Hamburgh, 36g
to 361. Cotton in good demand, at an advance of
kc. per lb. The market closed with a quiet ap-
pearance. Sales for the three days amounted to
8,800 bales. Flour dull, at a decline of 124 c. to
18c. per barrel. A large number of speculative
lots had been forced on the market, which caused
the decline. The wheat market was unsettled, at
prices in favour of the buyer. Indian corn in fair
demand, with a good supply. ' Sales of 104,000
bushels had been made, at 62/ to 63 for inferior to
631 for sound white and yellow. Pork dull, at 161
dols. to 17 dols. for mess, and 15 dols. for prime.
Beef dull, at 12 dole. to 14 dols. for city mess, to
6.1 dole. to 6 dole. for prime. Butter, cheese, and
lard without alteration. Scotch pig iron in good
demand, at 35 dole. per ton on the spot, to 37 dole.
50c. in second hands, cash, to 40 dole. per ton, six
months. Freights to London.--Tobacco, 30s. per
hhd. ; flour, 2s. 9d. per barrel ; measurement
goods, 255. to 30s. per ton.

Lord PALMERSTON objected to the postponement,
on the ground that it was neither a new bill, nor were
they now at the last stage of the bill.

After a few words from Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Packe,
Mr. Barrow, Mr. Freshfield, and other hon. members,
Mr. FITZROY denied that clauses had been intro-
duced into this bill by the Government. The only dif-
ference between this bill and that of 1851 was in the
manner of elesting the board of guardians.
The motion was then withdrawn, aid the house went
into committee.

On the motion of Mr. FRESHFIELD, the preamble
was postponed.
On the consideration of clause 1,
Mr. HENLEY moved as an amendment on page 1,
line 19, after the words " county of Lincoln," to insert
" and the Western division and Eastern division of the
county of Sussex."

Mr. BAINES was afraid that the amendment could
not be agreed to without involving the necessity of in-
troducing many other amendments.
Lord PALMERSTON was of opinion that the intro-
duction of this amendment would be productive of con-
siderable difficulty. He hoped that the right hon. gen-
tleman would not press it.

After some further discussion the committee divided,
when the numbers were—
For the amendment
Against it .

70
..... 142

Majority 72
The original clause was then agreed to.
On clause 2,
Mr. SPOONER wished to know how-this bill would
act with reference to Birmingham and other boroughs
which enjoyed the representative principle under the
Municipal Corporation Act.
Mr. M. T. BAINES replied that the bill would in no
way interfere with the rights of such boroughs, because
all that the bill proposed to do was to extend the same
representative principle that applied to borough rates to
county rates.
The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause
three.
On clause 4 being proposed,
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to move the following
amendment in line 17, after the words " consist
of" to insert these words, "the justices duly quali-
fied to act in such county, together with." The object
of this amendment was to enable the justices to act in
conjunction with the county financial boards to be esta-
blished under this bill. Many county members were
absent attending to their duties elsewhere, and it would
not be unfair if he were to ask that the further progress
of this bill should be postponed until after Easter, when
the Assizes and Quarter Sessions. would be over. In
the absence of these honourable members it was hopeless
to think of going on with his amendment, and under those
circumstances, he should withdraw his amendment for
the present, and move that the chairman do report pro-
gress.

After a brief discussion, this latter amendment was
withdrawn, and
Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the first amendment.
The magistracy of this country consisted of a very large
body of gentlemen and represented a very large amount
of prosperity, while no other body could have a deeper
interest in seeing that the county rates of England were
properly managed and legitimately economised. It
was only fair, therefore, that they should have a
voice on these county financial boards, and hence
the motive for his moving this amendment. Un-
less this amendment was agreed to, the small hol-
ders and occupiers of land in centres, would have
a great preponderating control and ascendancy over
that large body whose interest he wished to protect.
This bill went upon the principle that those who paid
the rate ought to have a voice in the making of them,
and he was at a loss to understand how this
amendment could be objected to seeing that the magis-
tracy, whom the bill as it now stood, would practically
disfranchise, were generally speaking the largest rate-
payers in every county. For instance, the effect of this
bill in Lancashire would be to displace all the acting
magistrates, something like twenty-nine, and in other
countries, unless this amendment was accepted, its
operations would be the same, though perhaps in dif-
ferent proportions. Well, then, he must object to com-
mit the interest of a county to the narrow board which
this bill would establish. Such a step would be fraught
with injustice, and he should resist it through its stages
if this amendment was rejected.
Mr. M. GIBSON could not consent to the amend-
ment because it would be fatal to the bill and en-
tirely adverse to the principle of the measure. What
the right hon. baronet proposed was nothing more
than this. The right hon. baronet proposed that there
should'be a county financial board, as the bill proposed,
and then that the whole of the magistracy should be
added to that board. Now, what would be the effect of
such a plan ? Why, simply this. In the right hon. baro-
net's own county of Worcester there were 583 magis-
trates and 13 unions, and if the amendment were agreed
to, there would be a board of 13 elected by the rate-
payers, and to this board the 583 magistrates were to be
admitted to vote. Such a proposal was preposterous.
and for a man to talk of its justice was really absurd.
(Hear.) As well might they propose to add ten mem-
bers of the Commons to the House of Lords to equa-
lise the representation of the people, instead 'of
having two separate and distinct houses. If the amend-
ment was carried the rate-payers upon each county
financial board would always be in a ridiculous mi-
nority, and he had, therefore, no hesitation whatever in
calling upon the committee to reject it. (Hear.)
Mr. HENLEY supported the amendment, which he
saw proposed nothing more than the magistrates had a
right to expect at the hands of the Legislature. He
thought if they were to throw a little of the representa•
tive system into the existing bodies, the county financial
boards of this bill would work more harmoniously, and
be found more acceptable to all parties.
Mr. HUME said the clause as it stood ought to be
adopted. Half of each County Financial Board would
consist of magistrates, and the other half of ratepayers,
and seeing that the magistracy would still have the
power of election in this latter half, he could not under-
stand the opposition that has been raised to the bill.
Mr. BUCK had no objection to the ratepayers being
represented in County Financial Boards, but he must
object to that part of the bill which proposed to disfran-
chise the magistracy. The representative principle had
for a long time prevailed in boroughs, but he had never
understood that financial affairs were managed better in
boroughs than in counties. Indeed, so far as his
own experience went, just the contrary was the
tnd, in a neighbouring borough,
, while the county rate was
where
anhsl
eye
r,
ej2f ot rdh
.e in
representative
phrtisheseecnoptuoanuytive principle was in force, the
rates were 9d. in the pound. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. DRUMMOND contended' that the effect of
this bill, if it passed as it now stood, would be to abo-
lish many of the useful functions of county magistrates ;
and although he approved of the general principle of the
bill, he must resist it, unless that defect was remedied in
the manner proposed by the amendment. The bill as
it stood might be all very well, and exceedingly practi-
cable in Lancashire, but without the amendment it
would be found inoperative in agricultural counties.
Mr. FELLOWES was of opinion that the bill with-
out the amendment would be found impracticable, be-
cause it would establish two boards in every county,
between whom there would be constant dissensions, as
the magistrates would be wanting to do one thing and
the county financial board another.
Lord PALMERSTON said the amendment went to
the whole principle of the bill. Repeatedly committees
of the house had reported in favour of its principle, and
it was mere clap-trap to talk of it as a democratic mea-
sure. (Hear.) The bill was based upon the principle
that representation ought to go with taxation • but if
they were to agree to this amendment, and make each
board consist of 500 members, plus those who were
elected what chance would there be of putting the
principle of the bill into effective operation. He
could only understand this amendment as coming
from a man who was afraid that these new finan-
cial boards were going
to launch into extravagance,
but the object of the bill was to check extravagance in
the expenditure of counties, and he really could see no
reason whatever for introducing the amendment.
After some further discussion,
Mr. SPOONER moved that the Chairman report
progress, which was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN reported accordingly.
S°IYrIiAMPTON ELECTION.
Mr. H. HERBERT brought up the report of the
Southampton Election Committee, declaring the Attor-
ney-General and Mr. Wilcox to have been duly elected.
The honourable gentleman also reported that he
was instructed to move that the Attorney-General
be instructed to prosecute two of the witnesses
called in support of the petition named Warren
and Masters, as the committee believed that in giving
their evidence they were guilty of wilful and corrupt
perjury.

- The report was then ordered to lie upon the table.
Mr. HERBERT then moved that the Attorney-Ge-
neral be instructed to prosecute the two witnesses named
for perjury, which was agreed to.
ATTORNEY'S CERTIFICATE DUTY.
Lord R. GROSVENOR obtained leave to bring in a
bill to repeal the annual certificate duty payable by at-
tornies, solicitors, proctors, writers to the signet, and
notaries, and to amend the law relatinf, to the registra-
tion of attorneys and solicitors ; and the bill having been
brought in, it was read a first time, and ordered to be
printed.
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock.

to announce a rather satisfactory turn in the metal mar-
ket. 7 March 14.—We are this week enabled
BIRMINGHAM
Xbe.holders of tin and copper have at length let
out these essential articles of our manufacture, although
at ruinously high prices.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette

N, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1853.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING
MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
DEBDALE STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for
horses that have been regularly and fairly hunted with
the Warwickshire, Atherstone, Pytchley, or Mr.
Drake's hounds, at least six times since the Ist of
January, 1853, gentleman riders, 12st each ; winners
once in 1852 or 1853 to carry 51b, twice 71b, and three
times 101 b extra ; half bred horses allowed 71b ; the
the winner to pay 5 sovs. to the fund. Two miles.
Mr. Lucy's Tipperary Boy, aged, 12st...(Capt. Lane) 1
Mr. Sheldon's The Miner, aged, list 7 (h b)
(r. Stretton) 2
Mr. J. Little's The Macaw, 5 yrs, AM st (Mr. Hawkes) 3
Mr. B. J. Angell's Varnish, aged, list 71b (h b)
(Mr. Jennings) 0
Captain Thornton's Minna, aged, list 71b (h b)
Mr. Pottinger's Harkover, aged, 12st ..(Capt....... (Own Little) 0
r) 0
HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs., for all ages. T.Y.C.
Mr. Nicholl's Catherina, 4 yrs, Est 91b ......... (Wells) 1
-H
Mr. Adkin'sermne, aged, Bst 51b. . . ......... (Thick) 2
Mr. J. D. Shafto's King of Troy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b

3
Mr. Cartwright's The Fawn, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Wakfield) (Charlton) 0
Mr. J. Barnard's Lady Isabel, 4 yrs, 7st (A. Arethur) 0
Mr. Isaac Day's g by Idas, dam by Shakspeare, 4
yrs, 7st (Crouch) 0
Mr. A. Bartley's Battery, 3 yrs, Est 41b (011iver, jn.) 0
Mr. Thirlby's Black Jack, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb (Ashmall) 0
TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 10 sous. each, with 50 added,
for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ' • fillies, Bst 41b ; the
winner to pay 10 sovs. to the fund and 5 sovs. to the
starter. Five furlongs.
Mr. Bignell's The First Lord, Bst 71b (Denman) 1
Mr. J. Adkin's Contender, Bst 71b (Thick) 2
Lord Clifden's Oleaster, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3
GREAT WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAP of 20 sovs. each,
10ft, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 50 added ; the
second horse to receive 20 sovs. out of the stakes, and
the winner to pay 15 sovs. towards expenses. Two
miles.
Mr. John Osborne's Little Davie, 4 yrs, Est 61b

(Carroll) 1
Mr. D. Lane's Coninore, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (G. E. Sharpe) 2
Mr. Smith's Harp, 5 yrs, 6st 31b (Wells) 3
Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (Knott) 0
Lord Clifden's Poodle, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (G. Mann) 0
Mr. E. Phillips's Kohinoor, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 0
Mr. Cooper's Montague, aged, 7st (Crouch) 0
Mr. W. Palmer's Doubt, aged, Est 1 llb (Ashmall) 0
Mr. T. Dawson's Lerrywhent, 4 yrs, Est 61b(Aldcroft) 0
Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfull, 5 yrs, sst 121 b (Kendall) 0
Mr. Merry's Charming Woman, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b

Wilson) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Angelo, 3 yrs, 4st 41b (Comery) 0
Mr. Balfe's Isabella, 6 yrs, 6st 101 b (Clements) 0
SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; 3-yr-olds,
Bst ; four, 9st 71b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 41b ;
mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be
sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c., and allowances if
to be sold for less. The winner to be sold imme-
diately after the race, and the surplus, if any, to go
to the fund. One mile.
Mr. French's Deceitful, 5 yrs, Bst 91b _ (701.)

• (Dockerai
Mr. Jenning's Heliotrope, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (301.,

(01hve.)
Mr. W. Goddard's Prigm the Third, 4 yrs, r, 'jun7st 71b 2
(301.)
(Charlton
Mr. C. Higgin's The Gip, 3 yrs, sst 71b(301.) 3

(Kndall)
Mr. Hotham's Little-thought-of, 5 yrs, Bst 41be (50/.) 4

Pram
5
Betting—Even on Deceitful, 2to 1 agst(Denm Priaam the
Third, 4 to 1 agst Gip, and 5 to 1 agst Heliotrope.
Won after a good race with the first three by a head,
beating Heliotrope and Priam the Third by a length,
the Gip a very bad fourth, and Little-thought-of a worse
fifth. G. Sharp weighed for Lady Isabel, but did not
go to the post. Run in 1 min. and 59 sec. The winner
was sold for 150 guineas.
MATCH-50, h ft. Two miles.
Mr. G. Hawkes's Milcote, 6 yrs, Bst ...(Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Lucy's Tipperary Boy, aged, list 31b...(Captain

Line) 2
Betting-2 to lon Milcote, who won in a canter by
10 lengths. Run in 5 min. 40 sec.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE'.
NEWMANKET HANDICAP.
6 to 1 agst Contentment (taken).
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Trifle (taken).
MERTOPOLITAN HANDICAP.
7to 1 agst Contentment (taken).
Bto X agst Lampedo (taken).
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (taken).
20 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken).

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853.
The figures within parenthesis denote the number o:

days' racing.
MARCH.
Kiplin Coates (11 .17 Catterick Bridge (2) 29
Newcastle Spring (2)....23 Northampton (2) 3O
Leamington (1) 29 Abergavenny (1) 31
APRIL.
Croxton Park (2) 5 York Spring (2) 19
Epsom Spring (1) 7 Malton (2) o 1
Newmarket Craven (5)...11 Newmarket F. S. (5)....25

M.
•
Chester (4) 3
Newmarket Sec Sp (3) 10
Liverpool Hunt (2) 11
Shrewsbury (2) 11
Edinburgh (2) l2

Newton (3)
2
Ascot (4) 7
Hampton (2) 15
.Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15

Newmarket (3) 5
Worcester (2) 5
Carlisle (3) 5
Liverpool (3) 13
. _

Brighton (2) 3
Brighton Club (1) 5
Wolverhampton (3) 8
North Staffordshire (2) 9
Yarmouth (2) 9
Reading (2) lO
SEPTE

_Y.
Redditch (2)
Bath (2)
Manchester (3)
Epsom (4)

Warwick (2) 6
Pontefract (2) 8
Doncaster (4) 13
Bedford (2) 20
Leicester (2) 21

Bibury (1) 22
Stockbridge (1) 23
Winchester (1) 24
Newcastle (3) 28
X.
Stamford (2) 19
Nottingham (2) 21
Goodwood (4) 26

UST.
York (3) 17
Radcliffe (3) 22
Egham (2) 23
Derby (2) 24
Eccles (3) 29
Lichfield (2) 30
MBER.
Lanark (2) .. . 22
I .
Manchester A. utumn (2)-22
Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27
Northallerton (2) 29

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Rouen ; Dispatch, Marans ; Soho, Havre ;
CUSTOM-HOUSE—Kinn 16.
ENTERED INWARDS,—The Margaret Connall, from
; Patrick Henry, New York ; Triton,
St. Michael's • Havre
OCAtasaterdronliadnse:, PlRsu
raoobgreelen'ss,
Crescent, Guernsey ; Beatitude Antwerp ; Batavier, Rotterdam; Acis,
Madeira Pet, 'St. Michaels; Sea Bird, Accra; Beatitude,
Ba-
tavia • Amity, Mauritius ; Idea, St. Michael's ; Conferen-
stra,ad, Gothenburg ; Euroclydon, Berdianski • Brilliant,
Caen ; Brankenmoor, New York ; Alert, Nantes ; Wind-
sor, Callao ; William Fraser, Alexandria ; Henry, Mauri-
tius ; Helen Douglas, Calcutta ; Richard Cobden, Aveiro ;
Jane Greene, Madras ; Ramble; Rouen ; Gilmore, Madras ;
Quiver, St. Michael's ; Albion, Boulogne.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Batavier, for
Rotterdam • Charlotte, Launceston ; Marchioness of Lon-
donderry, Ron Jane
Egbert, Cape of Good Hope ; George
Heinrich, Rio Janeiro ; Mary Ann, Patras ; Juanita,
Cadiz and Seville ; Punch, Grenada ; Bruce, Guernsey Juanita;
West Batavia ; Gustav, Konigsberg ; Albion, Cherbourg.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The City of Lon-
don, for Dunkirk ; Fyenoord, Rotterdam ; Orestes, Port
Adelaide ; W. S. Lindsay, Hong Kong ; Vivid, Quebec ;
Albion, Cherbourg ; Speedwell, Ibrail ; Drover, Mel
bourne c
; ;
Suberlina' Francis RidHamley,
burgh. Port Philip ; Anna Dorothea,
MALTA, March 10. —The Henrique arrived here, 3d inst.,
from Bahia leaky, and had pumped up sugar.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 3.—The Charles, hence for Batavia, is
on the N.E. point of Bintang, and is not expected off;
crew saved.
SHOREHAM, March 15.—The Georges, from Cherbourg,
which went ashore yesterday, was assisted of last night,
with damage.
MARYPORT, March 15.—The Brunswick, which was
driven on the beach, near Drigg, Dec. 24, was towed into
the harbour on the 12th March.
GRIMSBY, March 15.----The Fanny, of Goole, grounded
ou Theddelthorpe'Knowl, March 12, and beat hezvily, has
since been run on the mud, with four feet of water in her
hold. The Robert Sunderland to Goole, which went on
shore near Somercote, Jan. 22, has been got off, after hav-
ing been sold, and brought into the harbour.
SAN JUAN FERNANDEZ, Dec. 17.—The Balmoral, from
Callao to Queenstown, put in here with starboard bow
stove, head and cut-water carried away, and other damagen
having been in contact with the American barque F
rs .
destination.
lin, but has since been repaired, and saled to-day for her

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—The New Orleans, from Genoa,
has arrived here, with bulwarks and stern frame stove and
other damage.
BOSTON, March 2.—The A. H. Kimball, New Orleans
to Philadelphia, put into Koy West, Feb. 18, leaky, and
discharging, having been in contact with a largo ship, sup-
posed to have been the British Sisters, from Mobile to
Liverpool. The Versailles, from London, was assisted in
here to-day very leaky, having been on shore.
ST. JOHN'S, N. 8., Feb. 26.—Tho Mary, of Cork, on
shore near Montag in, Feb. 9, has been got air and into
London, passed
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VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Dundee (barque), from Portsmouth, March 3, lat.
47 N., long. 8 W. The Thomas Green, for Queenstown, Nov. 21, lat. 3 N.,
long. 84 E.
The Bangalore, Penang to London, Jan. 13, lat. 22 N.,
long. 1 E.
The Deborah, Bombay to Liverpool, Jan. 12, lat. 30 S.,
long. 30 E.
The Petrel, Callao to Liverpool, Jan. 27, lat.'26, long. 34.
The Templeton, New York to Melbourne, Feb. 28, lat.
33, long. 31
The Byron, Baltimore to Liverpool, March 2, let. 47 N.
The Empire (ship), lat 50 N., long. 14 W.
The Houghton (ship), lat. 51 N., long. 11 W.
The Elise, Madras to
,Bordeaux, Nov. 19,. lat. 7 S.
long. 84.
The Lucia Maria, Liverpool to Port Philip, jail. 7, lat.
20 S., long. 32 W.