The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.-11Gadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; clover
do., £3los to a 15s ; and straw, lOs to £llBe per load.
A slow trade.
CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 58 ;
clover, £3 lOs to £ss 15s Od ; and straw, 10s to £2 Os
per load. Trade steady.
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ;
cloves, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 18s
per load. A fair demand.

COAL MART
(rrioes of Coal per Ton al
a. d.

ET—FEB. 15.
the close of the market
Walla End.

TEE PROPOSED COBDEN DEMON..
STRATTON AT BRADFORD.

On Thursday afternoon a meeting of the com-
mittee formed in the worsted and woollen districts
to do honour to Mr. Cobden, in consideration of
his distinguished services in connexion with the
French treaty, was held in the offices of the Brad-
ford Chamber of Commerce ; the object of the
meeting being to receive a report from the deputa-
tion who waited upon Messrs. Gladstone and Cob-
den, and to determine what further steps should be
taken. Mr. H. W. Ripley, chairman of the Brad-
ford Chamber of Commerce, occupied the chair.
The chairman reported that the deputation, which
consisted of Messrs. F. Crossley, M.P., E. Baines,
M.P., H. W. Wickham, M.P., E. A. Leatham,
M.P., J. Stansfeld, M.P., Ripley, Whitworth,
Behrens, Kell, and other gentlemen from Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Batley, in all about nineteen,
waited upon Messrs. Gladstone and Gibson, on the
7th inst., and were introduced by Mr. F. Crossley,
M.P, The invitation having been presented to
the right hon. gentleman, Mr. Gladstone replied in.
a speech which occupied about 20 minutes, and be-
,,an with a most elequent recognition of the ser-
vices rendered by Mr. Cobden, whom he considered,
well deserving of the intended demonstration, and'
of all the gratitude which parliament and the n stiou
at large could show him. He dwelt upon the
i
treaty brought to so happy an ssue, and trusted
that it would realise the most sanguine expecta-
tions. All those who were associated with him
(Mr. Gladstone) as labourers in the field of politics
knew how seldom even the good they could do was
I unmixed with evil, but all could look back upon
I the French treaty with feelings of perfect satisfac-
tion. Coming to the special object of the deputa-
tion, Mr. Gladstone said that he had, after mature
consideration, come to the conclusion that he
ought to decline the honour offered to him,
although he considered it me of the greatest which
could be offered to any public man. He (Mr.
Gladstone) was only an individual member of an
united Cabinet, and whatever he had done was
done in common council and under common re-
sponsibility, and he could not separate himself from
his colleagues in accepting any special honour on
account of the treaty. But besides this general
objection he had a special one, which referred to
him as Chancellor of the) Exchequer. As such he
could not separate the treaty from the other parts
of his budget, which were yet open to criticism
and obloquy, which the treaty itself had appa-
rently outlived. For these reasons he must decline
the invitation so unanimously given to him. Mr.
Gibson, on his part, said that whilst the reasons
given by Mr. Gladstone did not perhaps apply with
equal force to himself, still they did also apply to
him, and he must respectfully decline the invita-
tion ; but he suggested that, as the great merit of
the treaty really belonged to Mr. Cobden, the
banquet should be given to him alone, other par-
ties being invited. This report having been ten-
dered to the committee, expressions of regret were
manifested that Messrs. Gladstone and Gibson had
felt themselves 'obliged for the reasons stated to
decline the invitation ; and it was then resolved
that a deputation should be appointed to wait
upon Mr. Cobden immediately upon his arrival' in
Lcndon, to make arrangements for the time of the
intended demonstration, and that the chairman be
requested to communicate with Mr. Cobden to en-
deavour to ascertain the time of his arrival. It was
also resolved that when Mr. Cobden has fixed the

time the French commissioners and other gentle-
men be inited to meet him.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE

IN TILE

HULL TOWN COUNCIL.

A most exciting scene occurred in the Hull Town
Council Chamber on Thursday evening. The mem-
bers were sitting as a local board of health, and
the question before them was some differences
which had occurred between the surveyor and his
assistant. The board sat in deliberation for seven
hours, andl did not rise until towards ten o'clock
in the evening. In the course of the discussion
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuelson, of the Hull Bri-

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat en the woolsack
at five o'clock.

CHURCH RATES.

Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates were pre-
sented by Lord Colville and Lord St. Leonards.

MONACO.

In reply to Lord TRURO,

Lord WODEHOUSE said it was quite true that the
Emperor of the French had given M 6,000 to the Prince of
Monaco for a part of his territory, but the noble lord was
in error in speaking of annexation of Monaco. The villages
of Mentore and Roquebrune had been assigned to France
in the manner described, this course being a matter of dis-
cussion for a great length of time.