The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-09 00:00:00

MARRIAGES.

ROBINSON —CRIBB.--On the 7th inst., at St. Mark's,
Hamilton-terrace, Joseph Robinson, of Pineapple-place,
Edgeware-road, to Fanny Cribb, of Hamilton-terrace,
St. John's••wood.

TOWSEY—DANIELL.—On the 7th inst., at Lymington
Church, Commander G. N. Towsey, R.N. to Fanny,
second daughter of R. A. Daniell, Esq., of Fairfield, near
LYlnington, Hants.
D H S. _ .

BlRtinrr.—On the 7tl; tnst., at 11, East-street, Lamb's
Conduit-street, James Birkett, Esq., third son of the late
It. Birkett, Esq., of Upper Clapton, aged 74.
BooTIIBY.—On the 6th inst., at Sudbury, Derbyshire, the
Hon. Mrs. Brooke Boothby, aged 73.
BULKELEY.—On the 7th inst., at 30, Montagu-squayfe
o,
Major Charles Bulkeley, formerly of the 2d Regt. of Li
Guards.
SIMONDS.—On the 6th inst., at Ashford, Kent, Edward
W. Simonds, banker, aged 63.
WETIIERELL.—On the 7th inst., at Warneford-place,
Wilts, Lady Harriet Elizabetb, widow of the late Sir C.
Wetherell, Kt., aged 67.

THE SUN.
LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1881.

" Stole away !" Sir BALDWIN WALKER ! And
a right good start having been very considerately
given to him by the Government, the Admiral
really appears to have effectually made his escape
from the Parliamentary Inquisition.
It is an exceedingly shabby little trick this, and
as such is calculated far more seriously to damage
the Administration than the minority of four upon
the Income tax, and of five upon this threatened
Admiralty investigation. It is all of a piece, how-
ever, if we only call to mind the origin of the
Coalition. Recollect in what its rise to power ac-
tually originated. In nothing less paltry than those
shuffling and thoroughly hypocritical resolutions of
Lord JOHN RUSSELL in respect to Parliamentary
Reform, which Sir HUGH CAIRNS admirably and
most truthfully designated a political dodge. That
the resolutions were a dodge, and nothing less
disgraceful than a dodge, subsequent events have
only too plainly demonstrated. The trumpery
"Little Bill" of 1860, and the "No Bill At All"
of 1861, have proved beyond the reach of any con-
tradiction that in the matter of Reform Lord JOHN
is clearly kith and kin in his genius to another
JOHN renowned in the pages of Mr. CHARLES
DicKENs's Oliver Twist, to wit—Mr. JOHN
DAWKINS, the Artful Dodger, It is perfectly in
keeping therefore, it tallies exactly with the gene-
ral fitness of things, that a heterogeneous cluster
of politicians who could thus condescend to dodge
their way into office by a petty, dirty, little, shabby
device like those now notorious Resolutions should
not hesitate about descending yet a step lower in
this melancholy incline from the old-fashioned
high-minded statesmanship of a past generation—
that they should evidence anew their capabilities
in what may be termed their peculiar metier,
namely, Political Bathos, by proceedings so singu-
larly mean as those which have characterised this
new Admiralty Farce of " The Flight of Sir
"BALDWIN ; or, The 'rub and the Telegraph."
The discussion which took place last eveningin re-
gard to the escape of the ex-Naval Surveyor revealed
the trickery of her Majesty's Government in all its
nakedness. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON having intimated
to the house as one rather in search of accurate
information than intent upon flinging accusations
against the Admiralty—Sir JOHN PAIUNGTON
having intimated to the House in this way
interrogatively, that he had received a communica-
tion from a correspondent of his at Devonport to
the effect that the Port-Admiral having telegraphed
to the Admiralty, " Should lie send the Himalaya
(then under steam) in pursuit of the Narcissus'"
the Admiralty replying "No, send the Avon," and
the Port-Admiral responding through the electric
wires, "The Avon is a mere tab !"—the noble and
gallant lord the Secretary to the Admiralty, in
explanation, indulged the House of Commons by
perusing to them these, the ipsissima verba of the
telegrams exchanged between Plymouth and the
Admiralty ! Beginning as follows : the Port Admi-
ral to the Admiralty-sth March,l lel2 a.m.—" The
Himalaya has gone out on her trial." The Ad-
miralty to Plymouth-11.52 a.m.—" Send the
Ay" to the southward of the Eddystone to
to endeavour to intercept the Narcissus" [to endea-
vour, observe t—a sort of "I wish you may get it"]
—adding [so considerately this, under the circum-
stances—in words
evidencing such generous fore-
thought]—"Rake the officer the bearer of an order
to Sir B.u.bwiet "WALKER to return to Devonport."
Plymouth to the Mee' y
p.m.—" The
Himalaya is just entering into the Sound. Shalt
she also proceed in search of the Narcissus ?'
The
port Afigliral WAS here clearly putting his foot
,0 ,le zele was warily the axiom of the
diolernatist—aml here IN as the Port Mali-
in the public scrNiec—only too
fficioiis with liis indLerat suggestions. Was he
immediately flushed back

I

ral only 100 zeLtion

not:'

N9te the

to him from the

Admiralty 1. Still, March (5--

._ ...... ..,.... _
1.38 p.m.--The Admiralty telegraphing in reply
to the Fort Admiral at Devonport about this
wretctedly•inopportune suggestion of his in re

the Himalaya : " Why does she return so I
soon ?" Why, indeed ! As to the Admiralty
messenger going in search of Sir BALWIN WALKER
on board of that ship--Que diable allait it faire
clans cette galere? The Admiralty adding in this
pithy, and laconic, and very suggestive telegram
[quite in the spirit of Lord RAGLAN] " What is the
state of the weather ?" Yet although the reply
flashed back from Plymouth to Whitehall Was, in
respect to the weather, not by any means un-
satisfactory, all things considered—nothing at
all came of it ! The Admiralty, on the con.
trary, peremptorily telegraphing—at 3 p.m—
The Himalaya need not be sent in search
of the Narcissus, in addition to the Avon !" No
matter, meantime, about the Avon being the merest
tub. Perhaps that, indeed—certainly that, indeed,
was all for the better! A tub thrown to a whale
being quite good enough in its way—why, might
not the old tub of an Avon be quite good enough
for this Chase of an Admiral, which is assuredly,
in its way (to borrow a tolerably familiar phrase
from "Hamlet")—" Very like a Whale !" What-
ever may be thought about the contrivance hit upon
by the Admiralty—hit upon it was, and acted upon
it was with all un-reasonable slowness. At 3 p.m.
—not sooner—" The Avon proceeded under
steam" in pursuit of the Narcissus ! That, was
literally the intimation signalled about 3.30 from
Plymouth to the AdMiralty. So that all the while
the telegraphic messages were maundering about
the weather and so forth, neither Avon, nor yet
Himalaya, nor yet anything else had gone after
that inconvenient old admiral, who had stolen
away on board the Narcissus. Re, all the time'
putting more and more distance between himself
and his intended pursuers. At last—at last—the
old tub of an Avon went forth and saw—nothing.
and then came back again. The Admiral had got
away right cleverly—as the Admiralty intended
he should. And then three nights afterwards, in
answer to certain vexatious enquiries put to him
by Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, the Secretary to the Ad-
miralty rises from his official seat in the House and
reads categorically, seriatim, verbatim et literatim
those excessively ridiculous and silly little tele-
grams. And so the matter is to drop quietly on
one side and be forgotten—the Admiralty thinks
very probably. Supposing the Admiralty to
think which—it certainly never yet was
more mistaken. Sir BALDWIN WALKER
must appear sooner or latter coute qui
coute, bon gre mat gre, willi nilli, or however you
may please to express it—he must appear before
the Committee of Inquiry appointed by the House
of Commons. That—we take it—is just simply a
settled point. However he may be got at—return
he will, and answer one after another the few hun-
dred and odd questions that will have to be put to
him by that inquisitive Committee. And now, as
to the manner of getting at him. Like the stranger
in the old love ditty, he is " Off, Off, and Away."
Whether the Narcissus be or be not worthy of
description as the " light barque" flying " over
the silvery spray." As to cutting the Admiral off
in his flight now by means of the Avon or the
Penguin, or any other vessel sent from our own
shores, that obviously is no longer for an instant to
be thought of. But another means of getting at
Sir BALDWIN WALKER, of intercepting him long
before he gets into the latitude of Ascension
Island or of Table Bay, into the vicinity
of either the turtles or the gorillas,
there indubitably Is. It is a means for intercepting
him yet, that we ourselves at once pointed out in
our impression of yesterday. It is suggested
gravely, as quite a new and original idea in the
Times of this morning, in the words following :

"We have at this moment several war steamers
lying idle at Lisbon. A telegram to our Minister
there would reach him in about four hours, when
he could at once despatch the fastest vessel upon
the station for Madeira, where she wonld arrive
within 72 hours, and no doubt long before Sir
BALDWIN WALKER, in the Narcissus, would be
there."

Our own suggestion of this very means for
yet recalling the escaped Admiral before he can
have got much further on his southward voyage,
having appeared yesterday in The Sun in the
words subjoined :
"If the Admiralty be in earnest in their
wish to cut off ' or catch Sir BALDWIN
WALKER, they might have telegraphed to Cork,
some three hundred miles further west, to send
one or more vessels out —or they might even
telegraph to our Naval Authority at Lisbon to
send a vessel on a cruise for the same purpose."
It is identically the same suggestion now repeated
this morning by our leading contemporary. Let it
but be adopted by the Admiralty—no matter from
whomsoever it may have emanated—let it but be
adopted even thus tardily by the Admiralty, and
Sir BALDWIN WALKER will go no further than
Lisbon—thence returning upon his course home-
wards for the purpose of revealing all those myste-
ries that he was to carry away with him
locked up in his own heart so very conveniently.
Even when he has actually come back again, and
is delivering up his secrets at the mandate of the
committee—the shabby little trick by which he was
thus suspiciously being shuffled out of the way will
certainly not be forgotten. It is far and away the
paltriest dodge upon which the Coalition has ad-
ventured since the date of Lord JOHN'S Dog-in-the-
Manger Resolutions.

We must wait with patience for a little more
than a week to know how the new President en-
tered on office. We shall not be surprised to learn
that he confined himself, even at his inauguration,
to generalities. Though he has all the patent facts
of the case before him, he may, if he thinks it
better, reasonably ask time to render himself fami-
liar with all the documental.) details of the past,
before he adopts any special measures; but on the
other hand he will, we should think, almost cer-
tainly let the revolutionists know that he will exe-
cute the laws as he finds them, and sustain the
Federal rights of the Union, not acknowledging
the utterly illegal acts of the South.

We know of only one opinion which Mr. LIN-
COLN has yet avowed, which we much regret; we
refer to his timidity on the Tariff question. Coming
as he does from an agricultural State, he ought to
have well understood the folly of protection. The
produce of his own State, like that of the Southern
States, seeks the markets of the world ; to obtain
these it needs that the produce of the world should
freely enter the Union in exchange. Perhaps Mr.
LINCOLN well knows this, but he may know also
that the North will not hear of anything but pro-
tection to native industry. Mr. LINCOLN, however,
should, not only in the interests of commerce, but
in those of reunion with the South, have honestly
exposed the injustice of making American con-
sumers pay tribute to American manufacturers.
The South has always, and with justice, resented
the Northern protection tariffs. On this point the
North is at least as selfish arid wilful as the South
is on the subk et of shivery. At this moment we
are fearing to hear by every mail that the new
Tariff has passed Congress, and been signed by
the PRESIDENT. It has been forced through the
Houses with ,neat haste, since the secession of the
Southern representatives, because the North had
it all its own way then,
and its object was the
exclusion by prohibitory duties, of English iron and

But Mr. SHERIDAN, in his able speech last night,
did not, in one respect, do full justice to his sub-
ject. The inequality of the tax is something
enormous. It is an inequality, too, entirely in
favour of the landlord class. The tax, it should be
observed, like the probate duty, is a tax inflicted
almost exclusively on the industrious, as compared
with the landed class. It is tax which does not
touch the most valuable property of all, land,
which is incombustible ; and not only that, but the
produce of land—farming stock—is exempt from
duty ! Thus the landlords have called in
Legislative exemptions in aid of nature to ren-
der their property absolutely free from fire
insurance duty ! Who can wonder that in a house
of landlords a majority of nearly three to one de-
termined to let their well alone. It has always
appeared to us, however, amongst the most un-
righteous of imposts, since while incombustible pro-
perty is burdened with no equivalent tax, combus-
tible property should, in addition to the disadvantage
implied in that fact, be wilfully subjected to another
by arbitrary taxation.

It is common to justify it as a property tax—but
it has in that aspect two glaring defects. First, the
one just mentioned—next, that of not being made
compulsory on all. If landlords paid 3s. per cent.
on the value of their land, and if all other property
were required to be insured and to pay 3s. per
cent., as it now does on its fair valuation, it would
be at least a fair property tax. We do not know
that it might not be one of the best forms of
property tax ; but as it now stands it is
self-convicted of being class legislation of the
most obtrusive and offensive kind. It is not even
reduction of the amount which strikes us as most
important. The tax ought to be abolished, or by
compulsory insurance, and an equal tax on the
value of land, to be made equal for all classes.

As to the state of the Exchequer, that is quite
another question. We certainly have not vet been
told what we shall want. Still the old adage of
" too soon if before the Budget, too late after-
wards," though Mr. GLADSTONE tried to explain
it away, cannot be forgotten. Looking to this,
however, we must confess that the iniquities of
the Income-tax so far transcend those of any other
tax that the first reduction must be made there ;
and the first tax which ought to' be abolished is
that which has a schedule A and a
schedule D assessed at the same rate.
So long as even a remnant of a tax
exists which treats as income equally available for
taxation, that which is derived from daily labour of
the brain and the hands, and that derived from the
funds and from real property—which also treats as
having the same income the man who, out of £5OO,
has to maintain a wife and large family, and the
man who lives on it at lodgings—so long will there
be a tax which has a claim to repeal in preference
to Hops, or Paper ; or in preference even to reduc-
tion of tea and sugar duties. All who desire the
repeal of other taxes, must earn that repeal by first
getting rid of the most unrighteous tax of all, the
tax which ought to be laid by in reserve as our
great resource in war—the income-tax.

REPRESENTATION OF CORK.—An influential
deputation waited on Dr. Lyons on Thursday to request
him to retain his seat as member for Cork till the next
dissolution of Parliament, and that with the strict under-
standing that he should not he required to attend in his
place in the House of Commons. The doctor yielded to
the solicitations of the deputation, stating his regret that
the state of his health would not allow him to serve them
more actively, but that he would continue as their repre-
sentative to the close of the session.—Freeman's Journal.

The Cork Reporter states that the head-quarters
division of the Tipperary Artillery Militia is daily expect-
ed in Cork harbour, on board the Megiera, from England.
The division will proceed fr. m Cork to Cahir for disem-
bodiment.

A letter from Berlin of the sth instant says
that Herr von Zedlitz, the head of the police department,
had just challenged Herr von Vincke to a duel with
pistols, which, if not prevented, is to Nice place in the
Easter vacation.

The Regno d' Italia states that a petition has
been circulating in many Italian towns, and has received
a great many signatures, beg,;ing the Italian parliament
to revoke the sentence cf death under which Mazzini still
lies, anti to permit him to return to Italy.
THE " ENTERTAINMENTS " AT THE VICTORIA
THEATRE.—One of the attractions last night at the Victoria
Theatre was to have been a " set-to " between some bull-
dogs, commonly called pugilists, amongst whom were Mace
and Langharn, but the Lord Chamberlain very properly
prohibited the display of such a demoralising exhibition.

The Minister of War at Turin, says the Gazzetta
Illilitaire, has decided upon disarming the island
of Pianossa, and raising the fortifications of Gaeta
to the ground.

THE BRAZIL AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.

The Royll Mail steamship Magdalena, Captain
%Yoolward, has arrived, with the above mails, 95
passengers, and £3,895 in specie.

Off Teneriffe, on the Ist inst., she experienced a
heavy gale, and was struck by a heavy- sea, which
washed everything from the deck. Several of the
crew were severely wounded.

On the Bth ult. she spoke the English ship Snow-
den, on the 22d the steamer Oneida and the Hikalje,
on the 3d inst. the outward French :Brazil packet,
and on the 7th her Majesty's ship Marlborough.
The British barque William Perle, from Liver-
pool on the 11th of November, had srtranded on the
coast of Brazil, 60 miles south of Rio Grande,
There were little hopes of saving either vessel or
cargo.

At Buenos Ayres the political corn plications and
the rise in the value of gold considerably checked
operations in the markets.
The Federalists and the Liberals 'were in almost
open hostility to each other.

Colonel Saa had gained a complate victory over
the levies of San Juan, taking about: 400 prisoners.
The aspect of affairs continued to be very
threatening.

Exchange was quoted 65s to 65s 6d per
doubloon. Ounces had risen duriaig the month
from 338 dols. to 360 dols. The lss t price on the
Bolsa was 3481 dols.

At Bahia sugar was brisk at form T prices. 1,000
bags of coffee from the interior had een sold before
arrival. The remainder of the crops was expected
to come forward rapidly. FreightsA, 60s. for the
Channel. Exchange, 90 days, 261 d.

At Pernambuco cotton ruled from S ,400 to 9,000
reis per arroba. Sugar, white qualities, declined
from 2 to 3 per arroba. Freight to► Liverpool—
cotton, Id. per lb. ; sugar, 17s. 6d., with 5 percent.
primage. Exchange on London, 90 days, 261 d.
At Rio Janeiro business was less ac;tive. Imports
limited. Export trade in coffee was limited, owing
to the smallness of supplies. Business. in sugar was
important for home consumption, at a considerable
decline in prices. The rate of disco unt was un-
altered.

Exchange had been fluctuating, closing at 26d.
on London; on France, 360 to 370 xeis were the
extreme rates. Small business had been done in
shams and stocks. Sovereigns we,:e dealt in at
9,500 dols.

THE SIEGE OF MESS7iNA.

A letter from Naples of the 2d s ays

" General Cialdini arrived here afew days back,
in the Cavour, with General Val ace, of the Artil-
lery, and Major-General Avenatii. After a long
conference with Prince de Carig tan, he left for
Messina. It was intended to gi':ve him a popu-
lar ovation, but he declined to :accept one, and
he also refused to allow the Notional Guard to
get up a ball in his honour. 13.1 e said that he
felt such pain at having had to clombat the Nea-
politan troops, whom he esteemed,. that he would
not take part in any public rej o:icings at their
defeat. There have been sent too Messina from
Gaeta four battalions of Bersaglieri, four of the
Line (the 9th Regiment), six companies of Engi-
neers, 50 rifled cannon, and 22 large mortars,
General Avenati is to command the, expedition, and
General Cialdini only goes to inspect the operations.
Some officers of the garrison of Me s sina succeeded,
a few days back, in escaping, and e.s a beat of the
English vessel the Terrible happened to be between
them and the citadel the latter efould, not fire on
them. The English squadron, (le nsisting of the
ships of the line Hannibal, Cressy, and James Watt,
under Rear-Admiral Mundy, has left Naples for
Malta, via Messina. A single English advice boat
remains lure. Before the English_ a quadron sailed,
Prince de Carignan paid a visit to J ldmiral Mundy
on board the-Hannibal. The ships firi3d a salute, and
hoisted the Italian flag in his honour-"

FRANCE.
PAR .IS, FRIDAY.

Visits of lunatics to the -Tuileriew hare becoming
almost of daily occurrence. Yest en day another
case occurred, but the man, instead of asking for
the Emperor, demanded immediate Admission to
the Prince-Imperial. "What have soi t got to say
to 11.1.11. P' asked the concierge to whom Le
addressed himself. " The Prince has summoned
me by electric telegraph, and intends to make
me his secretary," answered the man, "But,"

" Notwithstanding the warning of the 26th, the inhabi-
tants do not comply with the police regulations. On the
27th the crowds did not disperse when summoned to do so
by the authorities. In the Cracow suburb a Cossack post
was assailed with stones, and a patrol of infantry were
forced, in front of the house of Maltz, when repulsing the
assailants, to open. a passage for themselves with the butt-
ends of their muskets. By order of a superior authority,
the inhabitants are once more warned that all gatherings
in the streets are severely prohibited, and that the first
summons of the police must be obeyed. In case of non-
compliance, the recusants are liable to the full penalty of
the law, and will have to blame themselves for the cense •
quences that may ensue, and which they would regret."
The committee of citizens published on the 3d
of March this notice :
" The funerals of the victims of Wednesday took place
yesterday, and the whole population showed that it com-
prehends its duties to the country ; every one,without dis-
tinction, discharged his duty. United by the same and
sole thought, we have bidden the victims farewell. May
this feeling of our duty guide us also, at every moment, in
future."

The Central Agricultural Society has published
this notice, signed by its president, Count Zamoy-
ski, and the secretary, Vladislas Garbinski:—

" In the name of every member of the Agricultural So-
ciety, the committee thank you, noble youth of our schools,
for your zealous co-operation in the maintenance of order
at the sad and solemn ceremony of this day—the funerals
of the victims of the 27th, amongst whom there were also
a few members of our society. By your attitude you have
given proof of all the qualities that will one day make you
worthy and useful citizens of your country, which we love
with all our hearts, and to which each of us has the sacred
duty of devoting himself."

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 8.
FIRE INSURANCE.

Motion made and Question put, "That leave be given to
bring in a Bill to reduce the Duty on Fire Insurance."
The house divided—Ayes, 49; Noes, 138.

AYE S 49 .
Arnott, Sir J. Gaskell, J. M. Malins, R.,
Barnes, Thomas Gladstone, Capt. Monson, W. J.
Baxter, W. E. Gray, William Morris, D.
Bazley, Thomas Grogan, Sir Edward Onslow, Guildford
Beamish, F. B. Hadfield, Geo. Selwyn, C. J.
Blake, J. A. Haliburton, Justice Sidney, Thomas
Bowyer, Sir G. Hennessy, J. P. Somes, Joseph
Brooks, R. Hopwood, J. T. Spooner, R.
Buchanan, W. Hubbard, J. G. Stracey, Sir H.
Butler, C. S. Jermyn, Earl Tollemache, Hon.F
Buxton, C. Jervis, Captain Vance, John
Dalglish, Robert Jones, D. Verner, Sir Wm.
Dent, John Dent Kennard, R. White, Jas
Duke, Sir James Ker, D. S.
Farquhar, Sir M. Lee, W.
Fermoy, Lord Lindsay, W. S.
Forster, W. E. Locke, John
Gard, R. S. Maguire, J. F

TELLERS.

Sheridan, 11. B.
Coningham, Wm.

NOES-138.
Acton, Sir J. Gladstone, W. E. Packe, G. 11.
Adeane, H. J. Gower, F. L. Padmore, R.
Atherton, W. Gregory, W. IL Paget, C.
Ayr+on, A. S. Gregson, S. Paget, Lord A.
Baines, E. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Paget, Lord C. E
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gurdon, B. Palmerston, Visct.
Barrow, W. H. Gurney, John H. Parker, Major W.
Barttelot, Major Hamilton, Major Patten, J. W.
Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, Gathorne Peel, F.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Hayter, Sir Wm. Philipps, J. 11.
Black, Adam Headlam, Thos. E Pollard Urquhart W
Bramston, T. W. Heneage, G. Pugh, D. (Carman)
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Henley, J. Quinn, Peter
Bruce, H. A. Henley, Lord Rothschild,Baron L.
Buller, Sir A. Hervey, Lord A Russell, Lord J.
Bury, Viscount Hodgson, K. D. Russell, Sir Wm.
Butt, Isaac Holland, E. Salomons,Alderman
Caird, James Horsfall, T. B. Selater-Booth, G.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Horsman ,E. Scott, Sir W.
Carnegie, Hon. C. Hotham, Gen. Lord Smith, J. B.
Cayley, E. S. Howes, Edward Smollett, P.
Clay, James Hunt, G. W. Stacpoole, W.
Clifford, C. C. Hutt, W. Steel, John
Clive, George Jolliffe, Sir W. Stirling, Wm.
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Kekewich, S. Steuart, A.
Crawford, R. W. Kerrison, Sir E. Stewart, Sir M. R.
Davey, R. King, J. K. Taylor, Hugh
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Langston, J. H. Thompson, IL S.
Davie, Col. F. Lawson, W. Tite, Wm.
Denman, G. Leader, N. Tollemache, J. H.
Douglas, Sir C. Lefroy, A. Torrens, R.
Duff, M. E. Leighton, Sir B. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Duff, Major. Lennox, Lord G. G. Vandeleur, Col.
Dunkellin, Lord Leslie, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Dunne, Col. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Warner, Edward
Egerton, A. F. Lockhart, A. E. Watkins, J. L. V.
Estcourt, S: Lougfield, Robert Western, T. S.
Ewart, William Lysley, W. Westhead, B. .
Ferguson, R. Mackie, J. Whitbread, S.
Filmer, Sir E. Martin, J. Williams, W.
Finlay, A. S. Massey, W. N. Winnington, Sir T.
Fortescue, C. S. Merry, James Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C.
French, Fitzstephen Mines, R. M. Woods, Henry
Gallwey, Sir W. P. Mitchell, T. A. Wyvill, M.
Gavin, Major Moffat, George TELLERS.
Gibson, T. M. Norris, J. T. Brand, H. B.
Gilpin, C. North, F. Dunbar, Sir Wm.

PAI

RS.

For Against
Layard, A. H Northcote,Sir SI
Green, J Anson, Mvjor
Miller, T J Bouverie,
Murray, W Glyn, G C
Bathurst, Col. Vyner, R
Jackson, W Bright, J
Hopwood, J T Carnegie,HonC
Elphinstone, Thynne.LordH
Wyld, J Deedes, W
Garnett, W J Bonham Carter
Henessey, J P Trelawny,Sir J
Verner, Sir W Salomons, Ald.
Tomline, G Fortescue, D F
Peacocke, G Hardcastle,J A .

For Against
Sykes, Col. Puller, J
Bond, J W M GClifford, Col.
Beaumont, S Montague,Ld It
Rogers, J J Wemys, JH E
Forster, W E Woods, II
Thynne,LordEßerkeley,WHF
Sibthorp,Majorßlencowe, J G
Beaumont,W BKinglake, A W
Forrester, C Agnew, Sir A
Cochrane, B Smith, M T
Upton, General Smith, T A
Botfield, B Angerstein, W
Baxter, C Gregory, W H
Adair, H Shaft°, D

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. 1F.C.1. S.
9 a.m. 1
.-- 1— --
Nairn 30.00 41 38 W.N.W. 6 7 0. 5
Aberdeen j 30'01 42 37 W. N. W. 5 1 b. 2
Leith 30'21 45 41 i S.W.
Berwick 30.11 45 41 W. 4 1 b. 2
Ardrossan
I'ortrush
Shields 139.22 42 39 W.S W. 2 1 b. 2
Galway 3041 45 41 S.E. 4 5 c. 2
Scarborough 30•22 44 40 N. W. 4 1 b. 3
Liverpool 30*39 44 42 %V. 4 1 b. 3
Valentia
Queenstown 3044 48 46 W. 1 2 c. 1
Yarmouth 30'32 42 40 N.W. 6 1 b. 4
London .30.41 43 39 W. 2 2 b.
Dover i 30.39 47 43 N.W. j 4 1 b. 3
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymouth
Penzance
Jersey , 301,0 45 44 N.N.W. 2 2 f. 3

EXPLANATION.--B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
10 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true--
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s , snow; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

Mr. BLACKBURN then moved the following reso-
lution :—" That the continual and systematic ex-
clusion of the working classes from the elective
franchise is a direct violation of the principles of
justice, and a standing reproach to the boasted
freedom of the British constitution." He said that
in 1845, during the Chartist agitation, Lord J.
Russell urged that the suffrage could not be granted
at a time of agitation, and in compliance with a
popular demand ; and now they were told that the
people did not demand it, and therefore did not
desire it. A week or two ago he had a vote, but
his rent now being under the standard, he had not
one.

Mr. ROBERTS seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. BUNTING read two letters, one from the Lon-
don Reform Union, and the other from the Bir-
mingham Political League, thanking the people of
Norwich for what they had already done in sending
up petitions (of which about 40 had been presented),
and urging them to increased activity in the same
direction.

Several other persons having expressed their
views on the subject before the meeting, the follow-
ing resolution was proposed by Mr. S. WINTER :
"That in the present state of political parties it is
important that the working classes who are
especially interested in the great question of
amending the representation of the people, should
organise for its effectual and speedy settlement. It
is therefore resolved to re-establish without further
delay, the Norwich Political Union." Mr. Winter
then proceeded to say that they should put them •
seles in such a position as to be able to concentrate
all their efforts when the proper time arrived,
especially as Government had said that it was their
own fault that a bill had not been brought forward
this session, inasmuch as there was no prospect of
popular support.
Mr. ScARLE expressed his opinion that an error
had been committed in asking too much from the
Legislature, and he considered that if their demands
had been moderate, and had been backed by suffi-
cient energy, they would have had more success.
Several persons having expressed themselves of
a decidedly different opinion to the last speaker,
Mr. ADAMS briefly seconded the resolution, which
was then adopted.
Mr. G. LYNES next moved that "The union re-
cognises no settlement of the electoral system as
final which does not provide for the complete en-
franchisement of the people, voting by ballot, short
parliaments, a just apportionment of representatives
to population, and the means of returning members
without personal expense; hut that as progress
towards this consummation must be gradual, the
union stands pledged to support every well con-
sidered effort which may secure an instalment of
its claims, and that every person accepting the
constitution of the union and subscribing not less
than ls. annually to its funds, be entitled to regis-
tration as a member."

The resolution, having been seconded by Mr. W.
KING, and discussed at some length, was ultimately
adopted.

MEETING AT DERBY.

On Tuesday evening last a crowded meeting was
held in the Town-hall, Derby, for the purpose of
" taking into consideration the statement made by
Lord John Russell respecting the wants and wishes
of the people in regard to the reform question."
The mayor (Mr. Cox) opened the meeting, he
having called it in compliance with a requisition.
He, however, declined to preside, but made a few
remarks, in the course of which he said, whilst they
had a perfect right to meet and discuss the question
of reform, he thought it would have been more op-
portune if the meeting had been called to consider
the present depressed state of manufactures and
commerce, and the best means to alleviate our
suffering mechanics. His worship having left the.
hall, Mr. Councillor Etches was voted to the chair,
and called upon Mr. G. W. M. Reynolds, of Lon-
don, who delivered a long address. A working
man named Reynolds moved, and a working man
named Watson seconded, the following resolution :
—" That in the opinion of this meeting her Ma-
jesty's Ministers in their treatment of Parliamentary
reform have grossly betrayed the trust reposed in
them by the people; that the present restricted
franchise deprives a large number of honest and
industrious citizens of their just electoral rights,
entails on the nation bad legislation, great financial
extravagance, and an irresponsible foreign policy ;
that a comprehensive measure of Parliamentary
reform, in which the electors shall be protected by
the use of the ballot, is the just demand of the
working classes ; that this meeting pledges itself
to maintain the principles of labour being fully and
fairly represented in Parliament ; demands the
total extinction of cla'ss legislation; recommends
that committees be formed in all cities, towns, and
villages throughout the kingdom, for the purpose
of forming one great reform union ; and resolves
to promote, as far as it can, in every locality, the
agitation of the question until equal rights, equal
justice, and equal protection, are obtained for all
classes of the community. And further, that this
meeting requests the members for Derby to remind
her Majesty's Government that an alteration of the
present representative system has been prayed for
by petitions to Parliament for the last twenty
years by those whose lot it is to labour; and that
the members be requested to urge the Ministry to
take the elective franchise into their serious. con-
sideration,
to prevent being driven by popular im-
pulse to grant as a matter of necessity what is n-
fils(d on the ground of justice, viz,, a recognition
of the inherent right of the working classes to

A letter from Mexico, dated Feb. 4, says
Spanish Ambassador, accompanied by the Arch-
bishop of Mexico and four of his suffragans, expelled
for issuing a most inflammatory circular against
the validity of civil marriages, arrived at Vera Cruz
a few days back. These dignitaries of the Church
received very rough treatment at the hands of tha
populace. The conduct of the Juarez Government
in handing to Senor Pacheco his passport has been
universally approved ; he had so completely identi-
fied himself with the Miramon faction that there was
no other course left open to them. Many had con-
templated the appointment of Senor Pacheco as
likely to lead to beneficial results, from the liberal
tendencies he had previously shown. Never were
hopes more completely dashed to the ground. A very
few weeks sufficed to satisfy even the most credulous
that the Mon-Almonte Treaty had worked its effect,
and that to carry through this piece of rascality he
was willing to go ail lengths. He at once became
the open and unblushing partisan of the Church
faction, and it is notorious that the humane efforts
made by Mr. Mathew to bring about a reconcilia-
tion between the two parties were entirely frus-
trated by his machinations. Had this gentle-
man, when the outrage was about to be committed
on the British Legation, threatened to demand his
passports, instead of being satisfied with a feeble
protest, the bondolders' money would never have
been taken, and the Legation seal would never have
been broken. He was the first to demand of Gen.
Ortega guarantees for Miramon and his clique,
and it is established beyond a doubt that he after-
wards harboured some of these parties in his house,
and did all in his power to facilitate their escape.
The British Government are the best judges of
what interpretation ought to be put upon such con-
duct, but the uninitiated here can only view it as a
direct insult to the British nation. Some believe
that in any entanglement that might arise out of
the affairs of this country Spain would receive the
support of France, and the inconsiderate conduct
of M. Dubois de Saligny has unfortunately lent
weight to this belief—but the loyal conduct ever
pursued by our ally the Emperor of the French
ought to be sufficient to dissipate such notions.
Mr. Weller, the United States Minister, and
Baron Wagner, the Prussian Minister, have both
acknowledged the Juarez Government, and it is
understand that proposition have been forwarded
to Mr. Mathew for the settlement of the conclude;
affair; but whether they are such as that gentle-
man will entertain remains to be seen. The Mexi-
can Government profess a repugnance to pay one
set of claims in preference to another; but they
forget that in our case a double outrage was per-
petrated. Not only was our money seized in the
first instance, in common with all others ; but when
restored, on its way to the coast, and under the
special protection of her Majesty's Council, it was
again laid violent hands upon and distributed, in
the very teeth of a protest made by Mr. Mathew.
It is, undoubtedly, important at a moment like
the present, when every one is endeavouring to
get something out of the fire, that the British
Minister should be here to act as best he can
for the interests of his countrymen, who have
been greater sufferers and treated worse than the
citizens of any other nation ; still, the question, so
far as England is concerned, does not resolve itself
purely into one of pounds, shillings, and pence.
The dignity of the country must be cared for. A.
great anxiety manifests itself to know what course
the English Government are likely to take with
respect to the Church property. The amount, as
I showed in a previous communication, is enormous,
and now that it has become national there would
seem to be no sufficient reason why the English
Government should not consider this property as
assets, and insist upon its being applied, to a certain
extent at least, for the benefit of their citizens.
The subject is deserving of much consideration.
The Zarco Administration seems to go on a trifle
better than its predecessor; the future, however,
of the country is very uncertain, and the lives and
property of foreigners very far from secure.
Vicaria still holds his own in the South, and not a
single chief of the reactionary party, with the ex•
ception of Diaz, has been taken. Miramon, they
say, has escaped on board a Spanish or French
ship; but Marques and the others are still at larger
and, supported by all the influence of the priests,
may at any moment involve us in troubles and
dangers worse than before. Report says that an
English vessel with a large force will soon arrive
off the coast. The news seems too good to be
true.

EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF TWELVE

LIVES ON BOARD SHIP.

A terrible catastrophe befel the Russian ship
Raumo, outward bound to Gibraltar from Cardiff,
on Sunday last, by an explosion among her cargo
(1,061 tons of steam Welsh coals), when the ship,
was in the Bristol Channel, about 50 miles west of
Lundy Island, by which she was so extensively
damaged that she foundered, and 12 of her crew,
it is feared, were lost. The Raumo was a large
fir-built ship of nearly 1,000 tons burthen, and was
owned by Messrs. S. E Oestander, at Raumo,
where she was built in 1860. The sworn deposi-
tion of Captain Gastave Robert Soderiatnd, the
master, taken before the Receiver of Wreck at
Padstow, and which was received at the Board of
Trade yesterday, furnishes the following particu-
lars of the loss of the ship:—

" We sailed from Cardiff on the 27th of last
month, our crew numbering in all 19 hands. The
coals were shipped by Messrs. David and Son,
merchants, at Cardiff, and were consigned to a firm
at Gibraltar. Knowing the peculiar character of
the coal to generate gas in ships' holds, and the
accidents that have taken place from the hatches
being kept on, I kept our hatches off for several
days after sailing from Cardiff, and gave strict
orders to the crew not to go below with a light.
The hatches were kept off till the morning of the
3d inst. (Sunday last), when extraordinary heavy
weather compelled them to be battened down to
prevent the water getting through. The explosion
took place about two o'clock in the afternoon, the
ship being under all sail and about 50 miles west of
Lundy Island. There was no warning whatever--
the force was tremendous, and for a moment the
entire ship presented one sheet of flame. It blew'
up the decks entirely, carrying away the boats,
destroying the sails, rigging, and bursting out bows-
Four of the crew who were below in the forecastle
were never seen afterwards, and must have been
killed. On recovering the shock, they discovered
the ship was making water fast, and before they
could get to the boats to save themselves she cap-
sized and shortly disappeared. The remainder of
the crew (fifteen) got into the boats and pulled for
the land. In the course of the following night, it
being very dark, and a stiff breeze blowing from the
N.W., the boat's party compared, and at daylight
on Monday morning those in the pinnace along
with the captain could not see anything of the other
boat. About six o'clock on Monday evening tt
vessel hove in sight and picked them up. The vessel
proved to be the schooner Herald, of Penzance,
Capt. White, master, which landed them safely the
next day at Padstow. The loss of the ship is esti-
mated at £7,000- She was insured for £5,500, and
her cargo for £500."

The dollars by the Mexican Packet have been
disposed of at 591 d., being a decline of id. from the price
realised for the last arrival. There is now hardly any de-
mand for dollars for China, and the present rate is their
actual silver value.

THE NEW AMERICAN TARIFF BILL.—AS far as
can be gathered from the latest statements from 'Washing-
ton, the Morrill Tariff Bill, which had just passed the
Senate, would have to go back to the House of Represen-
tatives, for their concurrence in numerous amendments.
All that would then be required would be the signature of
President Buchanan. None of the journals seem to ex-
press much dcubt of the Bill being passed as amended, but
as it is often found during the pressure at the close of a
Presidential term that a small knot of persons racy, by
organi,ation, retard any measure until it is too
late to receive the Presidential signature, which must be
given before midnight on March 3 when his functions ex-
pire, there is still a possibility that the Bill may be de-
feated,