The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 18.7.

- Should the division on Mr. COBDEN'S motion
take place in good time this evening the House
mill have to take another question relating to
China into consideration, It will have to decide

haween the proposition of Sir G. C. LEWIS, Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr. GLADSTONE—to deter-
mine whether the teriff settled in 1855, in accord-
ance with the previous arrangement of 1853,
shall be adhered to, or whether it shall be altered
to any and what extent ? The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman the member for the University of Oxford
Nishes, if possible, to prevent the unwise and impo-
litic .inerferenee with the trade in an article of
such vast importance as tea. He is well aware
that fluctuating duties are in the highest degree
detrimental to commerce, rendering wha'
ought to be legitimate business transac-
tions neither more nor less than gambling
speculations, in which large margin is required—
as an assurance against possible losses arising from
the capricious proceedings of the Financial Mi-
nister. " Certainty" is the indispensable requi-
site to successfill trade—" small but sure profits
and quick returns," the course alike beneficial to
the revenue, the dealer, and the consumer. Sii
G. C. LEWIS, however, repudiates all these consi-
derations. He looks to nothing beyond the pri-
mary rules of arithmetic. His only calculation is
that, by giving up 2d. out of Is. 9d., he relin-
quishes 2-21 parts of the revenue. Being quite
prepared to give up 369,0001 , which he estimates
that 2d. per lb. to produce, be thinks of nothing
more. The interests of dealers and consumers are
alike disregarded. If his object had been to render
the total amount of reduction as little beneficial as
possible he could not have adopted any course better
calculated to attain that end. Should he succeed he
will. have disgusted the importers, who can place
no further reliance either in Parliamentary arrange-
ments or Ministerial promises. He wiil have
shaken confidence, and occasioned the withdrawal
of capital at a very inopportune period. The sup-
ply may thus become inadequate to the demand,
and the increased consumption that would other-
wise have followed the diminished duties be com-
pletely prevented.
As wo have already explained the consumers
will not receive the slightest advantage from a
reduction of 23. per lb. Prices are adjusted by
the retailers in multiples of 4d., and the reason is
obvious. By far the largest proportion of pur-
chases are in quarter pbunds, and any change that
will not allow the addition or substraetion of a
penny n that quantity is appropriated or sus-
tained by the dealer. The paterfamilias will be
informed that ho obtains a better quality for the
same price that he formerly paid, but the asser-
tion is wholly without corroboration, for he can-
not detect any improvement in the " good strong
Congou, specisily recommended for the use of
families," which he has been in the habit of pur-
chasing. The revenue loses without the con-
sumer profiting to any extent whatsoever by the
change.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposes the "compro-
mise." Should the House sustain the retrograde
policy proposed, and sanction the breach of faith
with the importers—points on which the Noble
Lord is willing to concur with his right hon. friend
the Financial Minister—he desires b diEtribute
the reduction in the most beneficial manner ; and
there can be no question that a steady duty of
Is, 4d. for three years would be far better than
the decreasing scale indicated by Sir G. C. LEWIS.
It would, however, be very bad strategy to Lring
forward Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S proposition before
that of Mr. GLADSTONE'S. Every person who con-
siders that puLlie faith should be maintained
would oppose the compromise in the first instance ;
although after the rejection of Mr. GLADSTONE'S
motion he would give it his most,strenuous sup-
port. If the ex-premier be really desirous of car-
rying his point, he should give priority to Mr.
GLADSTONE. That may no'-, however, meet his
views, his object apparently being 5 guard the
Government from any blow except one a(intinis-
toted by his own hands. Ho dues not forget that
Lord PALMZE.STO.N caused his expulsion from office
in 1852, and he de:Arrs to Mimi the compliment-,
if possible, v ith irtmest. Place and Power
would ho doubly sweet, if acquired by so choice
an illustrat'on cf the lex talionis.

It is intimatA that the immediate Dissolution
of Parliament is dependent, in a great measure,
upon the result of this evening's division in the
House of Commons. N'importe. At any rate
we can so declare fur ourselves : we can assert
most deliberately and conscientiously that it sig-
nifies very little to our mind, how soon the coun-
try shall be called upon to reconsider its choice of
representatives. As at present constituted, how
often has the present House been weighed in the
balance and found wanting ! We have none of
us, we believe—east, weA, north, or south—the
swallett attachment to it whatever. Whenever,
in the course of nature, it shall in due season "die
the deatlk"—nobody, we believe, will be inconsol-
able.

ity of the 1

orcha was first spoken of by the English
Consul, and not by any Chinese authority, civil
a; military, superior or subordinate ! Further,
" Twelve of the crew were carried off—some as
criminals, some as witnesses ; but net a rope of
the vessel or a straw of its contents was removed
or injured." So—when a flagrant outrage is
committed, we are called upon to admire the
lenity of its perpetrators, for inasmuch as they
have not accompanied the open outrage with an act
of petty larceny ! Yet more, however—" Two
men were left to take care of the ves-
sel." How amazingly considerate ! When
twelve were taken away as prisoners. Un-
doubtedly, it is added, twelve men were taken,
but then observe ! " the whole twelve seamen
arrested—the criminals included—were ultimately
set at liberty." No doubt of it. But—When ?
Why only after every remonstrance had proved
utterly useless, and threats had to be followed
up by avenging acts of violence. Assuredly if
THIS is the strongest case that can be made out
against the Government—if THIS is the most power-
ful tone that can be assumed, to enforce (upon the
very eve of the division) the arguments of the
Opposition—Ministers have little enough to fear
from the logic of their antagonists. It has Le-
come, however—this Chinese Difficulty—not so
much a Question of logic or of conscience, as one
of Party and of Numbers. Hence the import-
ance of to-night's Division to Ministers, and
through Ministers to Parliament, and through the
Parliament itself, in some measure, to the Country
and to the Constitution.

A free and unrestricted Press appears to be
utterly beyond the comprehension of despotic
Governments. It is the lapis offensionis, which
nothing can render tenable. Accustomed to sup-
press anything approximating to free discussion,
to consider that but one class of opinions can be
safely ventilated, and knowing that nothing can
he admitted into the maimed and emasculated
journals under their control without the express
sanction of the authorities, they think that the
Fourth Estate may be easily muzzled in free
countries, and that they may hold the Ministers
thereof responsible for the opinions of the press. Aus-
tria has just rendered herself ridiculous by promul-
gating such views, in reference to the Sardinian
Press ; but Count OAVOUR has returned an an-
swer which can scarcely prove palatable to Count
BuoL or his Imperials.

, In the Austrian Note three points are referred
to, which have occasioned considerable annoyance
to the Emperor—viz., the observations of the
Sardinian journalists, the manifestations of ap-
proval by Italians generally of the pulicy of the
Cabinet of Turin, and the acceptance of a monu-
ment, alleged to be offered by the Milanese to the
Piedmontese army, which covered itself with glory
in the Crimea. All these matters are felt deeply by
the Austrian Government from the strong contrast
in which its own conduct must be viewed. The
liberty of the Press is, however, the main point
that excites its ire, and to that the chief argu-
ments of the Sardinian Minister are directed.
We have seldom if ever witnessed a more crush-
ing reply than that of Count °AYOUB, which,
although couched in perfectly respectful terms,
compktoly prostrates the Austrian Minister. He
shows that the criticism of the Sardinian Press
cannot cause any serious embarrassment to the
Austrian Government, inasmuch as its admission
into the Austrian dominions is rigorously pro-
hibited. Whatever may be their influence in
Piedmont, it must be nil beyond the Tessin,
where alone the Emperor would have any right
to complAin.

While, however, the tolerance of free discussion
is an essential attril►u`o of the constitution of
Piedmont, there are stringent regulatiens for
punishing any cxcess or undue licence on the psrt
of the Press. If FRANCIS JOSEPII feels bims?lf at
ail aggrieved, he has ample opportunities for
avenging himself. The Courts of Turia are open
to his coa3plaints. Stringent punishment will
await any misconduct on the part of Sardinian
journalists ; hut it is for those who feel them-
selves to be aggrieved to set the machinery of bb
law in motion. The Government of Turin can-
not, therefore, be held iii the slightest degree re-
sponsible, so long as it permits the law to take its
course, and does not shelter the offenders from
the penal consequences of their acts.

Count CAVOUR also shows with how bad a
grace the accusation has been put forward. The
Court and Cabinet of Turin have been libeled
with impunity by Austrian journals, who, if they
do not directly derive their inspiration from ono
at least wholly under the control of the Govern-
ment of Vienna, when the official Milan, Gazette
compares the Sardinian Ministers to ROBESPIERRE
and CROMWELL—that unwarrantable attack not
merely sanctioned, but manifestly directed by the
Imperial Government—it is perfectly ridiculous
that the dwellers in such very fragile habitations
should commence flinging 'stones against their
better-defended neighbours.

However this may be in regard t) the Past, in
regard to the:Future, there is little uncertainty, if
any—we mean in reference to what may be termed
the contingently proximate Dissolution. So closely
are matters driven, so nearly are parties balanced,
so oppos;ta are the opinions, and so jumbled the
combination., in the House of Commons, in the
particular matter of this Chinese controversy—
that every one looks, that no ono can help look-
ing, to the numerical result of to-night's division
with genuine curiosity and unaffected solicitude.
The Opposition, undismayed by the open de-
fection of the Member for West Norfolk, exults
in the prospect of the Manchester men and the
Peelites (sc-called and absurdly so-celled) walking
for once into the same lobby with the loyal sup-
porters of DERBY-DISRAELI Conservatism.
The Government, unappalled by the avowed
antagonism of the Noble Lord the member for
the Cit.; of London, counts no less confidently on
the numerical superiority of the upholders of their
energetic and (as we conceive) perfectly justifiable
policy in regard to the Celestial Empire.
How far these sanguine anticipations, on either
side, are reasonable or the reverse, a very few
hour!, now, will clearly enough demonstrate.
As to the immediate Cause, meanwhile, of the
important Division, upon which so much, at the
present moment, is understood to be dependent,
we do conscientiously believe that there is very
little difference of opinion at all outside the
walls of the Legislature. In testimony of which
we conceive it is only necessary to direct attention
to the untenable side of the argument as put for-
ward, in its very strongest light, only as late as this
morning by the most authoritative organs of the as-
tonishing views entertained in regard to the Canton
Question by the serried and motley ranks of the
opponents of Lord PALMERSTON'S Government I
The Daily News of to-day in a laboured article A Cabinet Counc;l was held at the official residence
endeavouring of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street, on
to prove the " case" of the Opposi- Saturday afternoon. The Ministers present were—
tion talks of the flag of the Arrow being pulled Viscount. Palmerston,. the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran-
ville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby,
down "without either bravado or insult." How Sir Geo. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary
can any flag, under any upon earth, we ask, Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex-
inaa-
pulled down by a foreign power without either
ginable - circumstances, even b chequer, Sir Chas. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon
y possibility, be Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll,
, without insult or and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines.
other,
the one or the
The Princess Baryatinski, the wife of the Russian
without bravado ? Again, " the Chinese officer iCommander
oi nl i
ethe
th a Caucasus,tß o
meh as recently embraced the
said that the lorcha was not an English The subject of the Scottish franchise will be brought
before
the House
m p
of Commons at an early period of the
vessel, and removed the flag as something she session. Mr. Laing, . for the Wick Burghs, has
"
had no right to carry. The Chinese officer premised to introdine the bill, which will be supported
y M Roebuck, Mr. Cobden, and other leading Re-
said nothing whatever of the kind The national- former's.

The other points are briefly but satisfactorily
disposed of, so long as the Sardinian Government
does not invite demonstrations in its favour' in
any part of the Italian Peninsula. There can be no
ground of complaint, although its straightforward
and consistent conduct has merited the respect
and admiration of those who can appreciate its
merit, As well might a swell mobsman complain
because a respectable and industrious neighbour
maintained an unblemished reputation, and was
held i❑ good esteem by his fellowmen. " Envy,
hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness" might
be excited, but still he would have no tangible
ground for demanding reparation.

The monumental
,question is summarily dis-
missed. The Sardiuian Government refused the
tribute of admiration which, however, it could
not reject when offered to the Municipal Govern-
ment. What has Austria to say to the Cri-
mean expedition to render its commemoration so
distasteful ? Count CATOUR travels out of his
way to decl are that he will not allow any feature
of the movement to hurt the susceptibility of Aus-
tria or her army, nor an inscription to imply that
it was erected by Austrian subjects. With this
exception, however, his admirable answer to the
petulant and unwarrantable complaint is worthy
of the highest praise. We should think that
Count Ryon deeply regrets the reckless animosity
that tempted him to meddle with one who has so
completely foiled him at his own weapons. " Had
he known he was so cunning of fence, he'd have
seen him hanged ere ho meddled with him."

THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MA CH 2, 1857.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

MEETING AT LORD PALMERSTON'S.-

(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon a meeting of the supporters of
Lord Palmerston was held at the official residence
of the noble lord, in Downing-street. Amongst
the members of the House of Commons present
were the following :—Mr. Powlett Scrope, Sir G.
Strickland, the Hon. Edward Horsman, Secretary
for Leland, Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Schole-
field, Admiral Berkeley, Mr. 11. Berkeley, Mr.
Keating, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Mr, E.
Baines, Mr. Mangles, Gen. Sir F. W. Williams,Mr.
Ingham, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Fagan, Mr. T. Han-
key, Captain Scobell, Mr. J. G. Phillimore, Mr.
Wilson, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Cowan, Mr. W. Ewart,
Mr. Kirk, Mr. Crossley, Mr. L. Heywortb, Mr.
Rice, Mr. Cheethain, Mr. Ewart, Sir John M‘Tag,-
gart, Mr. Ellice, jun., Mr. M‘Kinnon, Mr. H.
Herbert, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Tingles, Mr. Mit-
chell, Mr.Thaniel O'Connell, Mr. Alcock, Mr.
Ricardo, Mr. Denison, Mr. B. Carter, Mr. Milli-
gan, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Craufurd, the Hon. Mr.
Cowper, Mr. Kinnaire, Mr. Lowe, Sir J. Fitz-
•gerald (Attorney - General for Ireland) Mr.
Muntz, Mr. Ousley Higgins, the Right Hon.
Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. Mr. Bouverie,
Mr. W. Cobbett, Sir William Clay, Mr. Rich,
Sir W. Somerville, Lord RobOrt Grosvenor,
Lord Leveson Gower, Major Reed, Sir W. Cod-
rington, Lord W. Paget, the Solicitor-General, the
Hen, Stewart Wortley, Mr. Russell, Sir C. Wood,
Mr. H. Ingram, Sir John Ramsdell, Mr. Pollard
Urquhart, the Lord Advocate, Mr. D. Seymour,
Mr. H. Brown, Mr. Foster, Mr. Hendley, the
Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. B.
Osborne, Mr. F. Peel, tka Attorney-General (Sir
R. •Bothell), Mr. Hay ter, Sir J. V. Shelley,
Sir B. Hall, Lord Goderich, Sir R. Peel, Sir D.
Norreys, Mr. A. Black, Mr. A. Hastie, Mr. J.
Ricordo.

The meeting lasted upwards of two hours, in the
course of which Lord Palmerston addressed them
fur about three quarters of an hour. His lordship
again went over the position f affairs in China; and
stated that the Government felt bound to support
Sir J. Bowring. His lordship added that Admi-
ral Seymour had powers to act independently of
Sir J. Bowring, and that he was not a man likely to
do anything he might consider wrong by any
representations that Sir John Bowring might
have made to him: His lordship, in the course of
his address, stated that he believed that the Go-
vernment enjoyed the confidence of the people,
and he intimated that should the Government be
defeate'd that in all probability they would appeal
to the country.
His lordship was attentively listened to through-
out, and there was a strong feeling manifested Of
supporting him on the question now before the
house.

There were about 200 members pre3ent.

MUSICAL MEMORANDA.

Her Majesty's Theatre will reopen about the middle
of April, for the season. Mr. Lumby has re-engaged
Mdlle. Piccolomini, and is said to have provided for the
re-appearance of Mdlle. Johanna Wagner. A new
soprano, Marietta Spezia, who has gained great distinc-
tion at La Scala and other Italian houses, is to make
her dcbut in England at her Majesty's Theatre ; and a
tenor, also with a high Italian reputation, Signor Guig-
lini. The Lal:et department will be again very strong.
Marie Taglioni, Katrine, and Rosati are, we understand,
re-engaged.

LATEST NEWS.

We understand that Auber'd sparkling and elegant
little opera, " Fra Diavolo," for which the author has
just written recitatives, will be performed at the Royal
Italian Opera during the approaching season, with the
following powerful cast :—Fra Diavolo, Signor Mario;
Lord Allcash, Signor Ronconi ; Lady Allcash, Madlle.
Marai ; and Z3rlina, Madame Basic,. It appears also
that Auber has composed a new air for Mario, and re
written the last finale. Herold's " Zampa" will like-
wise be produced at Mr. (dye's establishment, with
Mario and Lablache the great in the principal cha-
racters.

BERNE, FEB. 28.
The authorities of Neuchatel are apprehensive
of a new attempt• 61. I the part of the Royalists.
The Republican ,officers have assembled in coun-
cil on the subject._

The militia, hf t 3 received instructions to hold
itself in readiness :for events.

The engagement of Madame Ri2tori for dramatic re-
presentations, in connection with opera subscription, at
last year at the Lyceum, will add to' the attraction of
Mr. Gye's arrangements for Drury-!ane.
Our fair young countrywoman, Madlle. Jenny Baur,
has recently been vvinning "golden opinions " as pima
donna of the Grand OdLra of 13.3r1in.
Victorine Baife, daughter of the composer, is
to make her debut as a singer, tinder the auspices of
Mr. Beale.

The posts have been doubled, and the Gendar-
merie reinforced 'ly,y the Guides.

The Carmel, I)r inging news of the 19th from
Constantinople, t it rived at MArseilles on Saturday.
An Imperial de or ee directs the formation of a
corps of Gendarl norie similar to the Gendarmes of
France.

Kabouli Efrenwli and Kiamil Bey were to set
out on the 210,, for Jassy and Bucharest, with
the Firman for the Convocation of the Divans
ad hoc.

The Queen of Spaiu has conferred the order of the
Go,doll FlE,!ee on the eldest son of the Emperor of
RuFsia, anl the Cor(ha of Maria Louisa ou the Empress
of Ru-sia,.

The Presse d' Orient announces, on the autho-
rity of a comniu trication from Teheran, dated the
sth of February►, that the march of troops con-
tinued actively ;in Persia. It adds that many
Affghan chiefs have solicited authority from the
Shah to serve in the army bound for Shiraz, and
that the chieftains of Cabool have made the same

request.

There is also a rumour that a Persian corps
d'armee has taken, possession of Candahar.

Two enjoys from the Governments of Indepen-
dent Daghestan 'and of Bokhara have been accre-
dited to the Statan, on a confidential mission.
The first of these has already arrvcd at Constan-
tinople.

The deliberations of the Tanzimaf, relative to
the admission of non-Mussulrnan soldiers in the
army, are full of indecision, and yet in suspense.
The Ministers of the Porte, the elite of the
diplomats, and. of European society at Constan-
tinople, have attended a sumptuous fete given the
Russian Minis'-er, M. Boutenieff.
Grain is steady in the Marseilles market.
30,000 hectolitres entered this port yesterday.
There are nom 800,000 hectolitres in the maga-
zines.

An Imperial ordonnanco, dated Milan, Febru-
ary 28, annouxices that the resignation of Marshal
Radet7ki has been accepted.
The Archduke Maximilian is officially appointed
Governor-Goneral of the Lombardo-Venetian
States.

General Count Giulay i 3 invested with the
military command in Lombardy, Venico, Carin-
thia, and on the coast.

The Norwegian Government has demanded of
the Storthing authority to contract a foreign loan
of 12 millions of franc 4, with a guaranteed inte-
rest of 4 per cent., and a mortgage of thirty
years for the construction of railways.

Denmark has de3patched her reply tithe notes
of Prussia and Austria on the subject of the
Duclies. In this reply, which forms a voluminous
document, the Danish Government enters into de-
tails already known. The important point is, that
it rejects the demands of the two German Powers,
declines the intervention of the Germanic Diet, and
declares in a certain measure that the King is de-
cided on maintaining the rights confidel to him by
God and the nation. This reply has produced a
most unfavourable impression in Berlin.

M. de Bulow, Envoy of the King of Denmark,
has arrived in Berlin, he proceeds to Vienna and
Frankfort. According to rumours in circulation,
ha is clmr-,ed with a special mission relative to the
affairs of Holstein.

Three decrees, says a despatch from Milan, of
the Emperor Franc's Joseph are on the point of
publication. The first (an autograph letter patent
of the Emperor) nominates the Archduke Ferdinand
Maximilian Governor of Veneto-Lombardy. The
second bestows upon Marshal Radetzky his rewards
on his retirement.. The third names General
Giulay Commander of the second corps d'armee.

The Le drama, to be produced at the Surrey Theatre,
under the title of the " Victims of Fraud," is an adap-
tation, by Mr. S. Coyne, of " Le Pauvres de Paris."
Mr. and Mrs. Keeley re-appear at Drury-lane this
evening, when the Queen of Oude and the Princes will
be present. This will be the first visit of these Orientals
to any European theatre. The reception and attendance
of her Majesty by females only was made a special con-
dition of the royal visit.
Mi s Citherine Haye3 has been giving concerts in
Manchester with much success. Nothing, it would ap-
pear, since the time of Jenny Lind has equalled her
popularity.
THE CHINESE WAR.—It was confidently stated-late
last night, in well-informed quarters, that Lord Elgin
has been appointed to go out forthwith to Pekin, sup-
ported by ships of war, marines, &c , with full powers to
make a good peace. It is added that his lordship will
proceed via Shanghai.-4forning Advertiser.
SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE.—The trustees of the new fund
created by Mr. John Shakspere, who devoted 2,500/.
andto the i
sppuatti
pose,
seth have proceeded with to much diligence
at the habitation in which there is every
oar
greatest dramatist was born is now
efrom other buildings which formerly
r ro to
entire
y s
n adjoinediestru.—aprialAottiese tienwum.
RAILWAYS IN ALGERIA.—Sir Morton Peto has re-
ceived an invitation from the Emperor of the French to
proceed to Algeria with the view to the construction of
a railway in that colony. Sir Morton lett Suffolk on
Saturday afternoon, and will arrive in Paris this day
(Monday). The line to which attention is t) be de-
voted io the first instance will commence at Constan-
tine, one of the principal towns in the colony, and con-
nect that place with another important point. The
length of line at present projected is about 100 inile4.
MIDDLE TEMPLE FOUNTAIN..—. The fountain of the
Middle Temple, it is said, is doomed to be replaced by a
pile of brick and mortar, devoted to the purposes of a
library and lecture hall. Every one who knows the
pleasant effect produced by this unassuming jet, and the
agreeable opening which its ei!e made in the crowded
•itirts of the Temple, will regret the alteration, and
consider the site ill chosen.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The treaty of peace is not yet signed with Persia.
"The last intelligence from the Persian Gulf,"
says the Patric of yesterday, "affirms that an
armistice of three months has been concluded
between the English commander and the Persian
Government." This news is at least doubtful.
The Morning Herald, Standard, Morning ' Ad-
vertiser, Atlas, Sunday Times, and Lloyd's Week y
Newspaper were seized yesterday.
BOURSE, Feb. 28.—The following were the last
quotations :

- Cash. fr. o.
4i per Cents ' 95 25
3 per Cents 7O 15
New Loan -
Bankl Shares 4,200 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,412 50 Austrian '
Belgian Fives .. Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt

End of Month.
—fr. —c.

THE CHURCH-RATE QUZS;atf .—Sir W. Clay's bill,
with the exception of a provrirfor payment of moneys
lent under acts of Parliameat, now stands aq follows :
"From and after the passing of this act, no church-tate
shall be made or levied in any parish in England or
Wales." The second reading is fixed for Wednesday,
March 25, in order to give full time for the expression
of public feeling in its behalf.
The Frankfort Jourual has learnt that a priest would
not permit the body of an Austrian Staff Officer—an
Englishman, of the Protestant faith—to be buried in a
family vault which he had had constructed in a church.
yard that is near some property which he possessed in
Moravia. As Ciunt Schaffgotscb, the diocesan of
Brunn, fully approved the conduct of the priest, the re-
mains of tho efEczr were interred outside the church-
yard.

70 20

-• - - RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. 4
fr. c. fr c
Orleans 1,42T 50 Western .., 827 50
Norther 3 9BO Strasburg
Lyons 1,447 50 New Ditto ` `i7o
Mediterranean 1,810 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva
Cette 792 50 Austrian Corn.

THE REPORT OF THE ENCLOSURE COMMISSIONERS.—
It appeals from an abstract of Enclosure proceedings
that the aggregate acreage of the enclosures confirmed is
197,699 acres, and the aggregate acreage of those now in
' course of progress 299,344; 896 exchanges are confirmed,
and 165 in progress. A list of the enclosures proposed
to be carried out by a bill which has just passed the
House of Commons has already appeared in an abstract
of that enactment.
THE STEAK-FRIGATE SHANNON.--In consequence of
the special application of Captain Peel to the Lords of
the Admiralty, this frigate has bad two of her boats fitted
at Devonport with Mr. Clifford's new apparatus, and
previous to her departure they were both tested. The
larboard quarter cutter, with 15 bands, and the second
cutter, with 20 hands, were lowered in a few seconds
when the ship was under full steam.
THE PERSIAN WAR.—On Saturday appeared in print
a copy of the correspondence showing the proportion of
the expenses incurred. in sending an expedition
against Persia which is. to be defrayed out of the
re.. enues of the United Kingdom. It appears that
the Bombay expedition was prepared (at least, so
under „the orders of her Majesty's
Gitovisernprareosnutme c
do
)
mmunicated through the Secret Corn-
noitte, and the directors of the East India Com-
pany accordingly addressed the Board of Control on the
22d Oct. last, "suggesting how far it might be just and
proper to subject India to the whole of the charges con-
sequent on the orders" referred to. Allusion is made to
the case of Aff4anistan,
and the burden entailed on
India by the Affghan war. This letter was referred to
the Foreign-office, and thence to the Treasury. Their
lordships decided to propose to Parliament to provide
for one moiety of the extraordinary expenses of tLe
ex-
pedition—viz., that portion of the expense over and
above the ordinary pay of tho troops, and the ordinary
charge of the Company's ships employed. The Court of
Directors expressed their satisfaction at this arragement,
and promised to transmit au estimate of the expense
prior to the meeting of Parliament. That estimate does
not appear on the face of the papers before us.

many important changes or reforms irl connection
with the:government of the districts that have just
been visited by the Viceroy. We have, however,
already some rumours of the dismissal and punish-
ment of sundry officials convicted of peculation and
oppressive practices, and a note-worthy innovation,
inasmuch as it in some degree affects one of the ge-
nsral Principles according to which taxes have b:en
levied in the East from time immemorial, is likewise
spoken of. A consideralde impost is levied in the
upper country upon the sakiehs, or machines used
for raising water for puffaoses of irrigation. This tax
has not only been very materially reduced, but it ap-
pears that the Viceroy, having hid an opportunity of
seeing the evil effects arising from the rule by which
the successive neighboure,of an absconding taxpayer
are held responsible for his arrears, has decreed
that henceforward . the responsibility will be
limited to the fugitives' immediate neighbours, who
will be entitled to theuse of the deserted Sakieb. The
flight of one man might, under the old system, lead
to the desertion of an entire di-trict, estate of things
which the measure spoken of certainly remedies,
but the policy of the tax itself, however much the
amount may have been reduced, is looked upon as
very questionable, acting as it does in the form of
A check on the much. needed extension of further
means of irriwltion.
Over what may be the ultimate fate of the expe-
dition that had been organised to explore the White
Nile there-still, to some extent, hangs a doubt, but
it is very generally feared that all prospect of seeing
the realisation of the hopes that were entertained
respecting it must be abandoned; and, owing chiefly
to the deplorable dissensions between several mem-
bers of the expedition and their leader, theaffairhas
certainly for the present come to an avowed dead-
lock. It may perhaps, however, still be hoped that
the return of the Viceroy vs ill lead to a reorganisa-
t. on, and meanwhile Mr. Twyford, who by last
accounts had reached Dongola, and who, it will be
remembered, was to be overtaken by his colleague',
was still pursuing his way up the river, though,
probably, in perfect uncertainty as to how soon he
may have to retrace his steps.
Transactions in the Alexandria grain markets
during the past fortnight have been on a very
limited scale, attributable, however, in great mea-
sure to the prevalence of wet and stormy weather,
causing a suspension both in shipping operations
and in the reception of grain from native boats.
Said wheat, of private trade produce, is quoted 40s.
to 425. per quarter free on board ; beans, 325. to
325. Gd., In cotton then p has been an active busi-
ness, with further advande in prices, and it is uni-
versally admitted that this year's crop will prove
seriously deficient in quantity. The depression in
the freight
,market is greater than ever,, and ships
with difficulty obtain any offer whatever. Ex-
change on London, at three, months, 1011 piastres
per pound ; Marseilles, sf. lc. to sf. 2c. per dollar.

TiLIVIKET NEWS.—(rhis Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

There was a steady demand for good and useful wheats
in the leading country markets held oh Saturlay, and
prices were slightly on the advance. The barley trade ruled
firm at extreme rates; and most other kinds of produce
were selling at full quotations.
The new continental markets have been moderately sup-
plied with wheat, which has sold slowly, at barely station-
ary prices. The Mediterranean markets continue high.
From America, we have ad ices to the effect that produce
generally was in fair request.
Up to our market, last week, the arrivals cf Buglish
grain were very moderate. From abroad we received
5,595 quarters of wheat, 2,580 barley, 8,472 oats, 8,181
beans, 535 tares, 1,720 linseed, 145 rapeseed, 15 sundik.
seeds, 50 sacks and 11,290 barrels of flour.
•

The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market, coastwise and by land carriage, /Val
very limited, but there was a slight improvement in the
general condition of the supply. The attendance of
millers was not very numerous, yet the demand for all
kinds of wheat of home produce ruled steady, at prises
fully equal to those realized on Monday last.
With foreign wheat we were well supplied. Good and
fine pat eels sold to a moderate extent at full quotations.
Other descriptions were rather dull, at late rates.
There was a fair inquiry for floating cargoes of grain,
although the arrivals off the coast have been rather o'
merous.

The show of both English and foreign barley was trilling'
and the trade ruled firm, at extreme quotations to is per
quarter advance.

Fine malt was in improved request, at full prict"'
Secondary kinds supported former terms. Oats, the show
of which was moderate, moved off freely, at last Monday il
quotations.

There was less activity in the demand for beans. Fortner
terms were, however, well supported.
In the value of peas no change took place. The demand
may be considered steady.
We had. fair demand far most kinds of flour, at full
pt i ces.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Wheat—Essex & Kent,
Red ...• new 54, to 66a
Ditt0......., old —s —6
Ditto, White new 57s 73s
Ditt0........ old —8 —s
lifortblk and Lin-
coln, Red, old —s —a
Ditto new •.•• 625 63s
Bye—Old ••••••••••••
Now •• •• •• •• •• •• 383 423
garloy—Grinding .• • • • 32s 34a
Malting . •• •..... 374 40$
Chevalier.... • • 425 49:
!Alt—Suffolk and N0r-
f01k............ 67s 77r
Brown 63s - 61,
Kingston laid Ware 76s 78s

malt—Chevalier .... 769t0 791
)ate Yorkshire and
Lincolnsk., Feed 215 2"
Potato 2ss 32i
Toughs' and Cork
Black. 19s 9,1:
Cork, White 215 202
Scotch, Feed. •. .. 26s Vs
Beans—Tick ......... 34s 3"
Pigeons ... 40+ 4"
Peas—Grey .• 365 ns,
Maple ........... 395 4.r.
White... 37s v„;
Boilers ........ 385 4
Flour—Town-made... 55s si,,v'
Suffolk 441
Stocktn & Norfolk 42s 425

METEOPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The imports of foreign stock into London last week
were but moderate—the total supply, being 881 head'
In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 429 ; in 18551
333 ; in 1851, 2,331; in 1853, 2,834 ; in 1852, 1,519;
and in 1851, 2,327 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. rigs.
[lambi:ugh 23 461
Harlingen 5
Ostend
Antwerp
Rotterdam— 48
Oporto
Schiedam

37)418 13:5,702
44 31. rf 633 31