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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House- of Lords, May 10, the Report of the Com- mittee of Pr vileges ou the Wiltes Peerage was considered, and finally agreed to, a motion by the Duke of Cleveland to refer the Report back to the Committee tor a rehearing baing negatived. Before the House went into Committee on the Parochial School- .'Scotland) Bill, The Duke of Richmond, on the Scotch E iucation Bill gomfr into conniiit'ee sHid ins personal ol.je-t.ion to tuis b.ll was so trent that he wa' desirous to ask the Ho' se to arrest its furtiiei i l'o^res-* hut in de erence to the advice"f his mends he had reluctantly foregone his intention. He. howevei, took the opportunity of stating the grounds upon which he ob- jected to the hill in principle and in its details. He objected to the constitution of the proposed hoard, and to the schO' l com mhtees This hill struck at the root of the whole parochial system of education in Scotland, and would vitally ette.et uhe voluntary sjstem, which had hitherto worked so well. There always must be a residue of population which no system of education would reach except a compulsory system; but that did not show tHe necessity of the compulsory system being generally adopted. It was now pro- posed to the present system of education, which had worked so well for the last hundred years and to substitute a new and untried system, and to levy a rate for educational purposes all over Scot. land, thus dealing a heavy blow to the voluntary sys- tem. Scotland could at present comp Irt: with any other country in regard to education. be maintained that the existing system, supplemented as it was by voluntary assist- ance was working well, and had produced excellent results The noble duke a gued that the feeling of Scotland was strongly ugainst the nill. The Duke of Argyll declined to follow the Duke of Richmond into a discussion of the ¡reller ,1 principles ot the bill, hut he should correct some statements of facts in ommittee. i Lord Cairns thought the Duke of Argyll's ordinal pledge, that the bill would be accepted by the various sections in Scotland as a c u promise, had not been redeemed. At all events, he argued that, before going into COlllmi; tt-e, the House ought to have before it the statistics on the Govermmnt had persuaded itself that a three: pence in the pound rate, on which the whole bill turned, would be sufficient He objected particularly to the objects of the bill, which seemed to be to re duce a!l tie Scotch schools to the level ot the new National Schools in Scotland He believed that this bill would not ex- tend education, hitherto acknowledged by the Duke of Argyll him-elf to have been the glory of Scotland. It would place it under the control of bodies many of whose members, it had been reported, could not read or wlite. After a further discussion, in which Lord Dalhonsie, Lord Colonsay, the Dukes 01 Argyll, Mariborough, and Montrose, took part, the House went into Committee. In clause 1 the Duke of Argyll intimated he miuht oe dis- posed to accept whatever mhdlt appear to he the general view of the House on trre subject of the Constitution of the Central lionrd. But a warm discussion was ra sed on some expressions which were construed by Lord Cairns and the .Due of Marlborough as implying that the Duke of Argyll made his adoption of suggestions for the amendment of this part of the til conditional on the assent of his colleagues in the other Honse. Consider .ble discussion ensued on Lord Cnlonsay's amend- ment to the clause (clause 2"), which provided against the adopti n of Denominational Schools which should not have been in exis'er ce two years before the passing of the Act and on a division the amendment was agreed to by 68 to 16. Much discussion arose also on the m vie fixed by clause SJ of electing t lie members of the School Committees but the Duke of Argyll, who however, warned the House that the bill would need the sanction of a House elected on principles of household suffrage, finally accepted the proposed amend- ment. In clause 68, which empowers the Privy Council to make grants to National Schools, the Duke uf Marlborough moved the omission of the word "national." He urged the iliJlIsticeor the clause to the Roman Catholic Schools and also that the Duke of Argyll h id greatly underrated the various objections of managers of schools established by religious bodies gene rally in Scotland o being placed under his Cen'rai Board, while, on the other hand, with the detriment which must result to the efficacy of the voluntary principle ;roni the adopiion of the rating system, these Denominational Schools could not subsist if deprived 0' the Privy Council grants. On a division, the clau-e was retained by 59 to 28. In clause 70 Lord Coonsay moved the ii.ser ion of a pro- vision for devoting a certain time toinsttuctio.. in the shorter Catechism; but the Duke of Arg.t 11 objected to the amend ment, on'he giound that the character of the regions in- struction couII be most safely left to the dicretion of the goven ii g ooiy, and on the apreal of Lords Cairns and Dalhonsi", who supported the same view, Lor.) Colonsay did nol pre's hi, amendment. The hill having passed throueh Committee, and t.he report Of amendments on the Seab rds' Pr servatlon Bill having been brought up, their Lordships adj .urne.i. In the House of Commons, the Government redeemed a pledge, made a fortnight ago, by uiv ngup theevening to Mr Corrance's motion on the administration of the P<»or But, before it came «n, Mr. Manu re gave notice that he would move to di-cliarge the order for the second realling of O'Suili- van's DisabiPtv Bill; and Mr. C. Fortescue, in reply to Lord J. Manners, stated that the Government is considering whether additional ineasu es will be IJece-san to IJIRke the Lord- Lieu'ena t's poweis lor the detection of agrarian crimes more speedy aim effectual. Mr. <orranc-'s motion took the form of a motion for a Select Committee, hut in support of it he enteied into wide survey of tha condition of pauperism and vagrancy, pointing out the causes or the increase in the number of paupers and the cost of poor relief, and dwelling on the in- efficiency of our prespnt sytem to meet the evil. [le made varinUH suggestions for improvement. For iu- stance, desti ute children should be dealt with by making Denison's Act compulsory and the formation of district schools for the case of the aged alld bick he sketched out a plan by which the contributions of charitable persons mkht, be made more available and assistance .mi ht he given 'r m the rates, under certain condition", to sick clubs. He recommended, too, a wider adoption of the principles of thel ish dispensary sy-tem in giving nn dical relief Asto the lelief of the able-bouicd po. r,he attributed most of the eviis of tile presellt s'stcm to wea local admin- istration, and to the comparative pow erlessness of the Cen- tral Board He was deci edly against relieving vagrants more ihan once, and insisted on the necessity of cla-sifjing Poor Law charges, and imposing the permanent charges directly on the owners of property. Mr. A. Peel, WHO replied f -r the Government, went at length into comparative statistics to sh w that the ratio of pauperism bad rather diminishjd since the creation of the new Poor L tw system, and that the cost of maintaining the poor h d proportionately been reduced This rt su t lIe b ong t out more deQideoly by showing tint, the coiutnerci it crisis,oi 1866 had rai-ed the nuni ier of paupers, and that the rise m thepncp of wheat had mere.sed the co t of their maintenance. D scussi. g Mr. Corrance's suggestions, he de- Ittec .ted 011 a system of subsidies to sick clubs end friendly societies, and, while not standing up unre- servedly for the Union Charjreability Act, he exprensed n strong hupe that we should never revert to the old system of limited areas of parochialratiug maragem nt. After a lengthened discus-ion, in which several hon. members took vart, Ir. Con alice withdrew his motion. Mr. Layard brought in the Bill for change g the site of the new Law Courts, and repeated at length the arguments and facts advanced by Ir, Lowe on a former eve dng, when he first siuce-ted the change The Car. y-street site, he showed, with approaches, would cost £4,000,000, while Mr Tite's plan to separate the Offices ano Courts would cost £2,710000, and Sir C Trevelya But the more moderate plan contemplated b\ the Government on the Em- bankment would only cost for the land, for t-e builoiug—and t at this would not be exceeded Mr. Layard solemnly pledged his repu- tation The site was the plot of ground bounded on the north by Howard street, on the south by the Embank- ment. on the east by 'he Temple, and on the west by King's College. It was six acres in extent, and on it could be built, in a line with Somerset House, eighteen Courts with their Offices, with the capacity of extending either Offices wr Courts northwards as necessity arose. Mr i.ayaid explained next the various advantage possessed by the new sit., such as the facility of approaching it by road, river, and raIl, &c., and ht: showed, t o, th-it its adoption would lead to no delay. The plans and drawings for the Carey-street site would not be ready for a year, and by this bill it was proposed to huspend the Stand- ing Orders and pr ceed as if notices had been given in November last. The Government would be hound to exer- cise Its compulsory powers by July, 1870, and there would be no delay at all, as the Duke of Nor'olk, who owned most of the land, was uuderstood to be most anxious not to trirow any d flicnlty in the way. Among other recommendations, he mentioned that he was negotiating for the sale of tne Carey-str et site tor the price given f r it, and that the stle of tbe lie" building, for » hich the plat s and drawings would 800n be leady, would mo t prohahly be Italian Gothic '1S iir Lowe's notion of utilizing Inigo Jones's fumade had bn given up Sir Roundell Palmer gave notice at once that he would move the rejection on the second reading of what he charac- terized as the worst scheme yet proposed, and the certain ruin of a great public improvement. He warmly de- fended the Commissioners against Mr. Lowes un- candid charges of extravagance and made an ani- mated attack on the new plan. It had no ap- proaches east or west: its levels were bad; it would advance to the very edge of the railway cutting; it would block up the Strand and the building, put down in a hole where noho iy could see it except from the river, would be no ornamentation to the metropolis. The profession was aIm.o8t unanimo11sly, and certainly hy a large majority, against it; and finally he d. clared. with much vehemence of man ler, that there was rlUthing he would liot do to upet the plan. The Chancellor of the Exchequer explained and deli- berately repeated his charge against the Commissioners, that they were rushing into an unnecessarily lavish expendi- ture of public icon y, when he, acting entirely on public grminds, had pulled them up. Lord J. Manners and Mr. Goldney strenuously opposed the change of pl .n and, alter some observation-- from Ir, Tite, tha bill was bioug t in an.) read a first time. In Committee of upply, a vote of 1\ millioll and a half or the Civil Service Etimates wa agrted to. and after the other business hall been disposed of, the 11 ,U8e adjourned. In the Housi of Lcrds. May 11, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire and Midland Companies' Bill, the Wi-st Somerset Mineral Railway Bill, &c., were read a second time L .rd Redesdale brought up the report of the Committee of "Privilege", on the petition of the Right Hon. Walter t'on- ingsov, Earl of Kelhe, claiming also to be Earl of Alar, and also the pe it'on o the Right Hon. John Francis Erskine Goodeve Erskiiie, Barl of Mar, Haron Gano-k The report Was received The Marquis of Townshend, in moving the second reading of the Lodters' Protect on Property Bdl, explained th.t il s ebject was to teem e the lodgeis' goods against seizure for the landh r s' dents. The Lord Chanc. llor acknowledged the benevolent inten- tion of the nonle Marquis, but the subject was all extremely large one, and went to the root of the whole question of the relation of the landlold tn the tenant. He ihought great caution ought to be taken aga n-t removing any security tor the landlord. If the law of distress was to remain in force, this bill was a very injudii ious measure, because it would open the 0001' to extenoive frauds. Earl de Grey and R pon moved that the bill be read this day three months The Marquis of Townehend then withdrew the bill In the lIoue of Commons, Mr. C mdlish gave notice that after the recess he hou II move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the excess of cost of the Abyssinian war as compared with the fst mates. Mr. Eastwick asked the Secretary ot State for the Home Department whether he had any intention of bringing in a hili to enable the courts of to deal with mayors who might be guilty of contlllct thllt should bring tne administration of the law into disiepnte, or for facilitdt n^ the removal of mayors who might misconduct themselves from < tlice the Home Secretary intimated that it was not the inten- tion of the Government, to do 8.1, Lord Garlies ask. d the Secretary of State for War if he would 18Y upon the table of i h" House ihe C 'liesponUence between the ar Olfic ■ and the Guards whicu resulted in tne circular (now h, fort: the House; of the Horse Guards of 24th f April, 1Il rdereuce to IIHllking oeserters w th th" letter L); and, if any officer confirming the sentence of courts- martial h is approved or confirmed any illegal sentence in regard to niarki. g deserlels? The Secretary for War said that at the present sta'jre of the correspondence he did not think it advisable te do as the hon. member had suggested. Mr. Henry B. Sheridan asked the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, whether it was intended by the Government biil that those persons only who have renewed or effected lire insurance policie8ince the announcement of the budget for periods extending beyond Midsummer, at which time the fire du'y was to cease, will he entit.ed to the rebate or draw- back for the excess of dUlY so paid 1 Mr. Lowe said that these persona will not be entitled to any drawback. Sir nhn Simeon the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention ha,1 ùcell drawn to a statement that the demand for labour in Queensland had in- duced tbe Colonial Legislature to pa-s an Act which had led to the procuring from the Sou h Sea Islands kidnapped slaves for 'he use of the Q itensljint plantess; and whether he an are that a rue-ting had been ii id a' Sylmy for the purpose of p ..test ng a-atnst aticciiies alleged t • have btfuD peipetr.ued under the aloresuiu colc-mal"ieiU.s lo.ion? .)];. :\III\]Qel1, in jeviewlng the history < f th's maUll, s 'id thlI. b'tt .cnl b en iii'r atiic d b, t: e If Bltc and Oi.,e hd iii", b e i pas-ea by the G." ,UIU,,IIC oi Qc.eeii.- Luid to prevent .lu. or.atiou o slaves, and ,I.,). A ;n stilt ill force. Oiviera had b.,ea issue to tOe c.>l dual unt.¡,n. ri,le to acquaint the (jo."rlllhtHlt, at tlO!I)!" "f ihe full state of ktfuirs as regarded matter in tue CLAJ..} ;;r in,viev asked the Attornej-General how soon tne amended Bankruptcy Bill would be ready, and on what day ho exnects to go into committee on the bill r The Attorney-General said the bill was now ready, and_he honed it would be in the hands of hon. members in a few days. He expected to go into committee upon it very shortly atter Whitsuntide.

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Goldwin Smith to the Editor of the Beehive: Sir The information respecting the prospects et English emkr*tion, which I was requested to procure, had been collected to the best of my ability, and I was "hout to send it for publication in your columns but the speech of Mr. Sumner has bad so great an rtfect in reviving American hostility to England, and the continuance of friendly relations between the two countries appears at this moment to be m such peril, that L fear the promoters and organizers of -hughsh emigration cat-not for the present prudently turn their thoughts in this direction. Judoin r from what I know of the general temper of t-he American people, and from the languagerespectmg Mr. Sumner's speech which I hear held m conversa- tion, I should say there would be no rupture but, at the same time I hold myself prepared fov a turn of affairs which would oblige English residents to leav* this country. Yours, &c., GOLDWIN SMITH. Boston, April 18. Referring to the foregoing rather ominous letter, our con-

tempora.y the Daily Nticn says:— The view of affairs presented in Mr. Goldwin Smith 8 short letter published this morning may perhaps stai tie some reader" who have regarded some differences be- tween Great Britain and the United States in the light of Mr. Reverdy Johnson's speeches. "A turn of affairs which would oblige English residents to leave t.he United States" could be nothing less than war. But although Mr. Goldwin Smith, when asked for ad. vice, finds himself compelled to present such a con- tingei cy for the consideration of bis friends of the working classes, he does not believe thit a rupture is imminent. In this opinion he agrees with all the correspondents, whether American or English, whose letters have come under our observa- tion. If it seems singular that so much should be said and written respecting an event which no one expects to happen, it may be observed, on the other hand, that such confidence as really exists has reference to the supposed intentions of those who direct American affairs, whereas the tendency of a speech like Mr. Sumner's is to produce a state of feeling in which accidents may suddenly assume a commanding power. That speech has introduced an atmosphere of bad feeling, in which the rash act of a subordinate agent, or almost any occurrence that can be connected with national feeling, may do infinite mischief. According to the best authorities, General Grant is peaceably disposed but Grant's reputation for strength of individual character is not so firm as it was a few weeks ao before he fell under the power of the politicians. Personally he is under no tempta- tion to appeal to the military spirit of his country but. there are other men, both naval and military, who were on the way to honour when the war was cut short, and who long for an opportunity of completing their career, and to them a portion of the excitement now witnessed may perhaps be due.

THE LYNN POISONING CASE. At King's Lynn, on the 26th of April, Mr. Lang ford chemist, of King's Lynn, was seized with convulsions, and Dr. Lowe was called in. He found Mrs. Langford and several other women standing by the be isiJe, and saw that Mr. Lanrrford was in convulsions, and ba I twitching in the muscles and hands. He asked how long these convulsions had continued, when Mrs. L-mcford bent towards him, and said in a whisper, (Ih. doctor, I've poisoned mv- self The doctor asked if she had done it withstuch- nine. She said Yes and was thenexi instant thrown into a strong tetwnic convulsion. The doc or carried her illto all arljqilling room, laid her on a b, d, and went into the shop for some remedy. As he p>«xned from the room he* saw a child lying in a cra. de. The chi d was also suffering from convulsions. He immediately sent, for a etomach-pump and for a second doctor. When he tried to administer an emetic to Mrs. Lang- ford she resisted strongly, but after considerable s'ruggling he succeeded. The child died, but the doctors were able to OVHcome the action of the poison OIl Mr. and Mrs. Langford. The stomach of the child was analysed by Dr. L^theby, and he-stated at the coroner's inquest that in his opinion the child had died of poisoning from strychnine. Mrs. Laugtord, it appeared, had told her husband's mother that she had poisoned herstdf, her husband, and the child. She had been in a very desponding state for a long time. Tne jury found that the child died of poisoning by strych- nine, given by the mother while in an unsound state of mind..

On Friday, an inquest was held on the body of Mr. Langford. A mass of evidence was adduced, which was, to a great extent, a repetition of that given at the inquest also held on the body of the child, Charlotte Langford. A post-mortem examination of the deceased was made by Dr. Lowe, by order of the coroner. There was some appearance of softening in the spinal cord, but not sufficient to account for death. There was also nothing in the biain to account for death. Assuming that the deceased had been poisoned by strichnine—as admitted by Mrs. Langford-Dr. Lowe stat-d in his evidence that he believed he would, nevertheless, have recovered if he had been previously in good general health. It was determined that the viscera ot the deceased should be submitted to Dr. Letheby for an analysis, a though Dr. Lowe expressed 11.11 opinion tbat r. Letheby would not find any poison after so long an interval.

RIVAL PREACHERS. An extraordinary scene was witnessed in the market square at Nottingham on Sunday evening. Mrs. H. Law, a lady who professes herself a freethinker, ad- dressed a congregation of upwards of three thousand persons, denouncing in vehement terms all forms of religion and creeds. Mr. Dupe, "a converted butcher," who is the leader of a sect of Christians having a con- venticle in Canaan-street, got on a cab and called upon his followers, who had mustered in great force, for a hymn. The call was responded to, and the free-think- ing lady's voice was drowned fur a few minutes. Three other preachers placed their stands around the cab from which the lady was speaking, and the din was literally deafening. Some of the Canaani-es collected a quantity of cabbage heads, and one was flung at Mrs. Law with so true an aim that she only escaped being knocked out of her cab by dropping her head. Two well-defined hostile parties were now drawn up. The lady's iluppurterd seemed more numerous than her o, ponents, and each seemed equally determined on a tight, when the mayor, with a body of police, appeared on the sc- ne, and compelled the crowd to disperse. The lady freethinker, not to be defeated, repaired to the new maiketin Burton Leys, where she preached upon the French Revolution as a noble attempt to enfranchise the mind of man, until a smart shower dispersed her congregation.

CHARGE OF FORGERY ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND. At the Mansion House, in London, on Monday, Major Frederick Beswick, the chief constable 01 Birkenhead, was brought before the Lord Major on a warrant, in custody of detective Sergeant Webb, char-'ed at the instance of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England with forging and uttering on the 24th of February last a power of attorney to trans- fer a share and interest in stock then transferable at the Bank of England, to the amount of £4,216 13s. 4d., Three per Cent. Console, standing in the names of Henry Thomas Maxt-ed and Frederick Beswick in the Bank books with intent to defraud. Mr. Charles Kaye Fxeshtield, solicitor to the Bank of England, conducted the proeclttion; the prisoner was defend* d by Mr. Wontner, solicitor. Mr. Fresh field, addressing the bench, said the pri- soner was charged with forgery and uttering a power of attorney an- homing the transfer of a sum of £4:)1 5s. 3LL in the Loiif-ois, part of a sum of JE4 216 1:{:i. 4.1. standing in the names of Henry Thomas NUxted'aud Frederick Let>wici< in the books. The bank re- gretted exceedingly that they found it their duty to prosecute the prisoner, takmg into consideration y hi", family and the position he occupied, but the C -u:t might, think, after hearing the circumstances, that they could justify a no less severe course. The px-i-oner is the Chief Constable of Birkenbead, and a retlreld major in her Majesty's army, and in 1840 was sta- tioned at Gibralter, where he made the acquaint- ance of Mr. Maxted. He soon afterwards left, but in Is56 he again called at Gibralter on his way home from the Crimea, and stayed a day with Mr. Maxted. There was at that time living at Gibraltar a lady named Agnes Cundy, who at her death, shortly after, appointed Mr. Jos. Underwood and Mr. Maxted the trustees of a bum of £4,500 in the funds, out of which they had to meet annuities of JE60 to Miss Honor Cundy, and £ '20 to Heury Cundy, be- sides other sums payable yearly to a Mrs. Booth. In 1867 Mr. Und- rwood died, and Miss HOlllr Cundy rt- turned to England, afterwards cau-irii:, i i combination the other annuitants, Mr. Maxted to execute » deed appointing a co-trust e, which he did in fa vour oi his friend Major J'-eswick (the prisoiter). In 1867 Mr. Henry ( 'un y died, and a sum oi £ 333 6s. 8.1. Coil oi- wa>- by hi« will pdu to a Mr. Horion, leaving then i:> iI., ¡ -au k m-et the am.uinea of Mj i/uri.iy, Mr-, bootu, and Mrs. Horizon. OJ] Uk 20 II ,j.aiuary last tne i.rison< r w nt to Mr. llmd", the manager of tite Alliance Bank at Birkenhead, and saying that .1:400 was about to be sold out of the funds, applied lojr a power 01 attocnty to be granted by the Bank of England, which his co-trustee (Mr. Maxted) would sign on his ap- proaching visit to Liverpool en route to America and California. On the 2nd of February a power was granted by the Bank to sell out £43158. 3d. Consols, representing S400 sterling. On the same day the Bank sent out the usual notices to the trustees, and in consequence communicated with Mr. Maxted at Gib- raltar and Major Beswick at Birkenhead, informing them of the granting of the power. The next day tho prisoner wrote to Mr. Maxted advising, in the in- terests of the annuitants, that the stock s-hould be sold out, or a portion of it, as another investment would greatly increase the funds to be paid to the persons interested. In that be did not refer to either the approaching visit of Mr. Maxted to England or to the granting of the power of Attorney. On the 15th of February Mr. Maxted replied, declining to sanction any such re-investment, as it would be contrary to the express wish of Miss Cundy, the testa- trix, and he further wrote to the Bank of England stopping the transfer. He (Mr. Fresh- held) could not say .when the prisoner received that letter, but a few days later he went to Mr. Hinde at the Birkenhead Bank with a power of attorney then purporting to be signed by Henry T. Maxted and Fredk. Beswick, Major." trustees, and "J. TwytJell, Lieut. -Colonel, and John Chandler," attesting wit- nes-es. In it Mr. Mix ted was stated to both at Gibraltar and Woodside, Birkenhead, and Mr. Hinde said it misht be stopped by the Bank if the words late of Gibraltar" did not appear. The prisoner took it away, and returned with it in a few minutes with that addition. Neither Colonel Twybell nor Mr. Chandler saw Maxted sign, but one ór hoth of them saw the prisoner affix his signature. On the 23rd February the power was sent to the Bank and stopped. Inquiries were then set on foot. On t'ie 26th the prisoner saw Mr. Hinde, and stated that he had been innocently duped by a man having a remark- able resemblance to his co-trustee, and on the 1st March he wrote to Mr. Maxted asking him if any per- son had then left Gibraltar, who was at all like him. and could possibly have any knowledge of the facts of Miss Cuudy's will. He received a rep'y in the nega- tive. The prisoner also wrote to Mr. Maxted stating that he had put detectives on the man's track, and hoped to arrest him, as he thought he had not left LiverpooL A further correspondence ensued, and Mr. Maxted came to England for the first time in his life two days ago. Webb, an efficient officer, then arrested the prisoner, and charged him with the for- garv. He (Mr. Fresh field) would place those circum- stances before the court, and ask for a remand, con- sidering that the prisoner had only been in custody a few hours. He contended that the facts, as stated by the prisoner, were entirely irrecoticileable, and he should produce evidence to strengthen that conten- tion. Mr. Maxted, of Gibraltar, was then sworn, and he stated in answer to the solicitor for the prosecution that he did not sign the power of attorney, that he had never been before in England in his life, and that he had never written to the prisoner to say he was going to America and California. Mr. Chandler, one of the attesting witnesses, spoke to having been asked by the prisoner to attest the signatures and to his doing so. He neither saw Colonel Twybell nor Mr. Maxted. Mr. Wontner, for the prisoner, submitted to the Bench that the ease was one in which substantial bail could be taken while the prisoner was under re- mand. He was esteemed in the north of England as a gentleman of the highest honour and integrity, as having served all through the Crimean war, and as having been afterwards decorated by her Ma j-sty. Mr. Wontner also dwelt upon the possi- bility of his having been deceived by the person repre- senting himself to be Mr. Maxted, and who he was on a visit to England on his way to California. Seeing, too, that the real Mr. Maxted, like himself, must have received a formal notice from the Bank as to the proposed transfer before it was made, and that the prisoner refrained from acting upon it until time sufficient had elapsed for the receipt of an answer from uibraltar by the Bank authorities, it was idle to say he had contemplated a fraud. There was, in fact, such an absence of secrecy throughout the transaction ou his part as to be utterly irieconcileable with a guilty intent. |.h.e application to admit to bail was opposed by the Solicitor to the Bauk under the peculiar circumstances, and that beinar so, The Lord Mayor declined to grant it, and remanded the prisoner until Saturday.

The Liverpool Mercury says that Major Beswick was appointed head-constable of Birkellbed about five 01 six years a/o at year but since that time his salary h .s been illcreased to £ 400. Sl) little was known of the major's arrest, that the cause of his absence was attributed to business in London. Major Beswick h-is a family of n ne or ten children, the dd"8t of whom is about twenty-one years of age anu the youngest not more than a year or two.

VELOCIPEDE RIDING! Since the velocipede i increasing in popularity, and a many Ie irners hase I,ot heell t-trana. rs t. the >act that now 31H1 then they have ver ingloriousiy come to the ground, the following description d a curious display which took plac at the w -11 known Velocipede Ruling School, in Old-street, St. Luke's, London, la t week, will not be uninteresting:— A number of English gentlemen, who have learned the use of the velocipede during the last few months, we-e assembled to welcome a young Frencnman "Ii., had come over on the invitation of Messrs. Snoxell an Spencer, to prove hnw g" eat i8 the proficiency to b, acquired on the in"trumel1t which is just now the rage. The leading English amateurs present displayed much excellence in the new art, aud in the games of follow ruy leader," and "touch me not," won the prai-e oi their rival and guest. But M. Henri Pasoaud, the young gentleman iu question, stands alone. The fea's he accomplishes have never been approached in this country, aud it was ainu-ing to remark tbe utter amazement of the velocipede teachers and their pupils as he went on, adding marvel to marvel on the two wheels. The bicycle will not stand alone, and it is only when in motion that the rider c in support himself upon it, which he generally does by means of a guiding ba.r that balances him and the instrument he sits on. This re- membered, M. Henri Pascaud's perfo>mance will be seen to be most extraordinary for he stops the bicycle when at full speed without using his hands or applying brake-power. So true is his seat that he manages the machine with his feet alone, and he went round the school neck and neck with his competitors, while his arms were folded, his hands unemployed, and his face and eye apparently turned m every oirection but that in which ordinary riders would fiud themselves com- pelled to look. The skaters regard cutting the figure 8 as an elegant accomplishment but they woull have been struck at the smallness of the space in which it was done on the velocipede while the sharpness of the curves and turns, the rapidity with which the course of progress was reversed when the rider wa3 at a speed of 12 miles an hour, and the dexterity with which he doubled on his pursuers, seemed little short of magical. The first heat was between Mr. Mayall, the distin- guished expert, wtiomade a successful trip to Brighton the other day, and M. Henri Pascaud. The latter started first, and the former's task was to come abreast with and tap him on the shoulder. This seems little to tell, but to those who are familiar ii any degree with the woiking of the velocipede, it will be Seen to be fraught with difficulty. It is not a question of mere racing. The Frenchman's tactics are much more wily. To beguile his adversary into following him into ac.r ner from which there was apparently no escape, and then, by a dexterous twist, in a direction which only he could execute, to leave him a.t full speed and within a few inches of the wall, was one of M. Pascaud's favourite devices. Again and again did Mr. Mayall seem on the point of reaching his fellow-player, auu again and again did the latter elude his grasp in a way which seemed little short of miraculous, until the Englishman by a bold push at length succeeded in giving the necessary pat, amid the loud cheers of the people looking on. The next trial was one of speed and curves. In the centre of the great room a space was marked out which was scarcely more than the bicycle would stand in; the ends of us two wheels being within a few inches of the limic at either end. In this spot M. Pascaud turned round and round on the velocipede with perfect ease; and then proceeded to show how slowly he could work it round the school. To move slowly is, it will be understood, a matter of consider able difficulty, and prizes are given both in Paris and America, to the slowest as well as the fastest rider. Now this Frenchman crawled. None of the English- men attempted to vie with him in this, and he re- mained the conqueror in the field of slowness. Then came a long game at Follow my leader, and Hare and hounds, and bere again M. Pascaud was triumphant. The eight gentlemen wiio followed were all splendid riders and nothing could be prettier than the long row of Velocipedes, rushing round and round at even distances and in regular Jine. The pace was tremendous, and it really seemed at times as if they formed one long train at express speed. Finally, M. Pascaud set bis hosts a series of playful tasks, which, if we nustake not, will give many gentle- men with a taste for velocipeding employment for their leisure for months to come. He stopped shoit under the most difficult circumstances, and started again without using his hands he vaulted upon and stood on the saddle while at full speed he vaulted on and off at the same pace he rose on his feet on the pedals, and while thus standing saluted the company with his hands he sat sideways, in the position a lady occup.es on horseback, and worked the velocipede with one foot, and without using his hands he stood at the extreme end of the spiitij, propelling it now with one hand, now with the other—in shore the machine seems to him a perfect toy. It was stated that M. Pascaud is seventeen years years of age, and that he has only practised on the velocipede for some twelve months. He attained his proficiency, however, by frequent attendances at the C,1toe..de of Bots de Boulogne and at the Place de la Bourse, where for sometime past the best velocipede practice in France has been exhibited.

SUPPOSED DRUNKENNESS. An inquest has been held at Blackburn on Saturday, touching the death of William Hornby Hartley, aged 60, a joiner, which occurred under very singular cir- cumstances. The deceased was found, to all appear ance "dead drunk" in the streets early one morning, and as he could give no account of himself was taken as a "drunk and incapable to the poJice-station. The police seem to have regarded the case as one out of the usual way, for deceased was covered with two rugs. and was carefully watched. The symptoms at last gave alarm a doctor was sent for, and he at once de- clared that the m'm was not under the influence of liquor, but probably suffering from apoplexy, and de- ceased was removed home, where he remained uncon- s'lous till his death, which occurred in the evening o; the same day. The evidence given at the inquest showed that a fort- night ago dece ised had a fall in his own house, since when he had often c >njpUined ot great. pain in his head, am: had Oeeii able to attend only partially to his work. H. grew worse, and on VV edne-day afternoon left t, go home, a distance of a few miles. He was several times observed in Blackburn during the day and night wan- dering in a helpless condition backwards and forwards, exactly like a stupi iy drunken man, and quite unable to give any account of himself. The post mortem, examination has cleared up the mystery. The skull at the back of the head was found to be cracked to the extent of five inches, and pressing on the right side of the brain was a clot of blood weighing about half a pound, of a deep black colour. Dr. Martland's opinion was that the man was not drunk at all, but suffering from compression of the brain. It was very difficult, even for a medical man, to detect the difference between such a case and that of a man who was "dead drunk." The only immediate .mide was the smell of the breath. An exactly similar case, but not fatal, occurred at the Blakburn office rhe previous day, in which it turned out that the man was drunk. In reply to the coroner, the doctor stated that if de- ceased had been immediately taken home when found by the police and attended by a medical man, his life I could not have been saved. The compression of the brain would account for the manner in which deceased had rambled about. There were many such cases on record. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," and exonerated the police from any blame.

WHAT A BLIND MAN SAW IN ENGLAND. A Ject11re under this title was delivered on Monday evening in the E.yptian hall London, by the Rev. W. R.Mitburn, M.A.,the celebrated American oratnr. The Hon.Reverdy Johnson was announced to take the chair, and great disap- pointment was felt, and in fact expressed, hy the audience when a letter was read announcing that his excellency was too lilto fulfil his promise. The lecturer, whose language throughout was very eloquent, commenced by a vindication of the title of his lecture. In a few touching sentences he spoke of his affliction of blindness, and said he had, up and down the broad continent from which he came, been regarded by white, red, and black men almost as one of God's favoured creatures. Thus, instead of being blind, he was Argus-eyed, for a hundred eyes were always ready to do him service. England was a singula! ly fitting place for a blind man to make observations. One might go to Runny mede and see a meadow, to Smithfield and see a cattle market; but to the inward vision the one was a battle held, sacred to freedom for ever the other a spot, where men loved not their lives, but laid them down for the truth. After an amusing description of the delivery of his first letter of introduction in Englau-- to prove that although a stranger might at first judge an Englishman to be full of reserve, it would soon bt apparent that there was beneath our seeming cold ex. terior, a hearty and genuine hospitality, the lecturei next spoke of his visit to the House of Commons, of the associations called up by Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, and the corridors of the House. When he got within he listened with all his ears, ex- pecting to be awed and entranced. He listened and felt himself, to prove whether he were actually awake. He went into the House of Lords, and heard the same kind of thing sometimes even more so. He came back to the Honse of Con.mons again, and gave his attention to what was passing, and heard the reply of a Minister to some question, and came to the conclusion that he was indeed studying eloquence under difficulties. There was a vast deal of difference between the oratory of the British Parliament and that of the stump or Congress. It seemed to him that the House of Commons was composed of gen'lemen who came to talk over business in a quiet and unpretending manner, which bore no resemblance to the "hLhfalutin" and Buncombe el. quence of his own country. When the Engbsh senator began to talk he appeared to begin to weigh his words carefully instead of using the first hali-dozen synonyms that were uppermost. It was soon evident to him that the familiar style of volumi- nous vociferation, vehement oratory, and driving of a -ub"tantive and six adjectives through every idea, was not in vogue here. In conclusion, Mr. Miiburn said that the homes of England were the secret of her history, chaincter, and strength, and the English chimed his admiration as a people reverent of anti- quity, studious of history, weighing precedent, sus- picious of novelty, doubtful at times even of Progress, and in whom memory is stronger even than hope.

SIR GEORGE GREY IN COLONIAL EMIGRATION. Amongst those who joined in the discussion held at rhe Society of Arts, last week, on a paper read by Colonel Maude, and entitled "On Establishing Settle- ments in our Colonies," whs Sir George Grey, late Governor-General of New Zealand. He Baid- It must be admitted that great poverty existed in England, but it had been suggested that the remedv was to be found in colonial emigration Yet the nation seem to grudge the outlay necessary. Let them assist the poor to emigrate to the colonies, and there could be no doubt that on those suc- ceeding they would williintly refund the outlay. The colonists viewed their poor in a very different light from what i hose at home did. He had for eight years watched that clags of persons termed paupers." a nallle which wa most unworthy, and unknown beyond England, and was enabled to give his experience of them. He would give them an instance. Happening to be pacing at night, during the month 0' March the gates of Buckingham Palace, he ob- erved ten wretched creatures huddled together, with heads hent down uiion their knees. 011 making inquiries he acer- ained it was there they intended staying for the night. Now this latter circumstance would have been impracticable in Australia or New Z aland The colonists would have taken all to their homes they would have lodged, a d pro- vided for them It was a sad fact that su h a tate of thi- ItS existe-i in England. It seemed a terrible thing that there was no g'eat EmJMl states" au fountl who could he ahle to move i hand in the matter. They sli. uld be careful when assisting ■ ■migrants to the colon es II..t to class Lhem as paupers-the ■ppt-ll.tt.ion wouid 1101t1 to rhelJlllnd to thdr chil. ren through ,i generation. In conc.usion, he trusted tbat in the system of colonial emigration England would act in a manner worthy of herselt and of the human race.

FEARFUL RAILWAY CATASTROPHE. TAl" Srw I-ark Tribune reports a terrihle rRilway calamity which recently occnried 011 tAie Long Island Railway :— The regular 10 3:1 a.m. passenger train for North- port left Hunter's Point on time. with a train of three cars, two passenger cars, one baggage and smoking car, drawn by the locomotive -'Thurlow Weed," and carrying about 100 persons, between twenty and thirty of them being in the rear car. When a mile and a half beyond Jamaica, at about fifteen minutes past eleven, a sudden jar was felt, followed by a crash like the sound of a cannon, and the s'artled conductor topped the train as speedily as possible. The engine and baggage-car were unharmed. The hind truck of the second car was off the track, but no one in it was injured, and the car itself sustained very little damage. But the third car, which was still upright and attached to the train, bad suffered a most singular and fatal accident. It was thrown from the •rack by the broken rail to which the catastrophe is at- tributed, aud the forward truck was in some unaccount- able way broken off, and tipped up in such a manner as to lodge between the track and the floor above it. Instead of being *stoppe(j by this obstacle, the car rushed on, and the iron wheels tore through the floor, breaking it to splinters and ripping the seats from their fastenings, and finally knocking off the hind truck, dropping the car on the track. If the coupling had only broken at this instant the accident would not have been so terrible, but the link held with fatal tenacity, and for at least 50 yards further the bottomless cage bounded along, grinding the miserable pas- sengers beneath its cruel edo-es and strewing the horri- ble mass of blood-stained rubbish and writhing hu- manity along the track, so that when it finally stopped it was entirely empty, only excepting one wretched woman who lay half under it. Four men, one woman, and an infant were killed almost instantly, including Mr. Rushmore, tne President of the Atlantic Na- tional Bank of Brooklyn, Dr pray, a nephew of the former, and wife, and his another, Matilda R. Pray, all residents of Brooklyn, and members of the Washing- ton-street Methodist Church. Thirteen persons were also more or less severely ijured-one or two, it is thought, fatally.

MORMON CONFERENCE. The semi-annual Conference of the Latter Day Saints of Birmingham and district was held last Sunday, at the Odd Fellows' Hall, Temple-stieet. At the morning meeting, Elder Egan presided. Elder Cleuions reported that the Saints had branches at West Bromwich, Will, nhall. Hales Owen, Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Chase Town, all of which were in good working order. Elder Nepper reported that the Hockley branch was in good healthy condition, enjoying the spirit of the Gospel ot the Lord Jesus Christ. In December last the branch numbered 470 members since that time they had excommunicated 5, and had baptised 20, making their present numbers was one pleasing fact in connection with those which had been I baptised, that they were not the fruits of excitement or Dutward pressure of any kind; but their baptism was the natural result of à golid al1d careful investiga- tion of the doctiines of their Lord and S wiour Jesus ('hrist. From the statistical report, it appeared that the income for the year ending 31st December, 1868, was £255 17s. lJ. and the expenditure £254 5s. 2^1. He then put resolutions to the meeting, pledging the brethren to support, by their prayers and works, Briham Youj-g, the prophet, seer, and revelator George A. Smith, the first counsellor and Daniel H. Wells, the second counsellor the twelve apostles, the prie-thood, as organised at Zion; the president of the Birmingham Conference, and Elder ClemouB, the travelling elder of the same—all of which were carried. A number 0 t addresses upon the efficacy f the Mormon faitn were delivered by elders from different parts. There were also afternoon and evening meetings.

AT THE BAR OF THE HOUSE. The constitutional maxim, that when the safety of the subj cct or the realm is endangered, oidinary modes of pro- cenur. most be departed from, since public safety and the good of the realm are the first objects of all Government," is now heing illutmted in the case of the Mayor of Cork, whose disloyalty has nut only been severely commented upon by the Legislature, but has been alike condemned by every right-t.hii.kiug Irishman, too and asthemo-ieof procedure when summoned before the Bar of the House, will be of IIll- usual interest jmt now, we give the following, from our con- temporary the Dady Telegraph :— Bills of Pains and Penalties are exceptions to the ordinary principles of legislation, and have occasioned much discussion among constitutional writers. One of the very earliest examples of an Act of this sort was that of 1321, by which Hugh Ie Despencer and his son were disinherited for ever and banished the kingdom, never to return again without the assent of the King and Parliament. But it is remarkable that the very next year (1322) another Act was passed revoking that "award," as it was called, upon the ground that it con- travened the celebrated provision of Magna Charta, that" no freeman shall be banished or otherwise des- troyed but by the lawful judgment of his peers or the law of the land." Everybody who had been the object of a Bill of Pains and Penalties, from Hugh Ie Despencer down to the Mayor of Cork, may complain with strict accu- racy that his case is au exception to that fundamental rule of our constitution, that no man shall suffer punishment unless it be awarded by a regular and ompetent court of jutice. But this plea, though repeatedly offend, has never been allowed to pre- vail where Parliament has consid red, in special titer- •.encies, that the paramount obligations of pub.ic Sdouritv justified a departure from ordinary rules. Sir William Blickstone says: "As tor Acts of Parliament to attaint persons of treason or felony, or to inflict pains or penalties, I speak not of them, being o all m euto Mill purposes new laws made pro re natd, and by no means an execution of such as are already in being." In regard to this pasage as the learned Hatsell has well observed, if Blackstone means to in- sinuate that such proceeding is in no case expedient or proper, or that it would be more beneficial to let the highest and most daring criminals against the State escape with impunity on account of a defect of evi- dence or of form than to render them amenable to justice by Parliament, the doctrine is liable to very mischievous consequences. Although it is true that the passing of Bills of Attainder, or of Pains and Penalties," has been used as an engine of power and frequently abused, it is not ju-t to conclude that 'here are no instances in which it is justifi- able. Cases have arisen, in periods when the principles of liberty were perfectly understood, and may arise again, when the public safety, which is the first object of all government, demands extraordinary interference; although it is always to be remembered that such de- viation from the ordinary forms of judicature ought never to be adopted except in cases of absolute neces- sity. At the present moment it will be interesting to ex- amine some of the precedents relating to this special procedure. The following case is selected, not as having any historical importance, but as a fair type of its class. On the 8th of March, 1722. after reading the report of the committee appointed to examine Chris- topher Layer and others, the Commons resolve— That it appears that John Plunkett has been a prin- cipal agent and instrument in the conspiracy for raising a rebellion." &c., and immediately orders a bill "for inflicting certain pains and penalties on John Plunkett." On the 19th of March the bill is presented and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second lime and a copy of the bill and order for the second reading is ordered to be served on the accused party, and the Attorney and Solicitor General are to take care that the evidence be ready in support of the bill. The general rilles of proceeoing with respect to Wlt- nesses at the bar, and to delinquents who receive the judgment of the House, are minutely stated in Hat- sell's Parliamentary precedents. The regular mode of proceeding is, in all cases, for the House to determine, tirst, that an inquiry shall be instituted before any member can be permitted to produce witnesses to be c-xamilled to any matter relative to that inquiry. vVhen a witness is called in order to be examined, the constant practice, both in the House and at Commit- I. etS of the whole House, is, that the bar is down. It is not so at the Committee of Privileges, because, i hough they adjourn to the House for their own con- venience, they are but a Select Committee and not a Committee uf the whole House. Whenever any person, already a prisoner, whether in custody of the Serjeant or of any other person, is brought to the bar as a witness or to attend the hearing of any cause, he must be brought in by the Sergeant, and the Serjeant must stand by him at the bar, with the Mace, during the time he continues there. A prisoner may be brought to the bar to be examined, or to be present (as Mr. Wilkes was on the hearing of the charge in his petition against Lord Mansfield) without the ne- cessity of the Serjeant's standing by him with the M-ice; and yet, in supposition of law, Mr. Wilkes and the others were, during the time they were at the bar, in the custody of the Serjeant. When a witness, not in custody, or in custody without the Mace to stand by him, is at the bar to be examined, the House supposes the Speaker to "Bk him all the necessary questions and these questions may, by the rules of the House, be proposed, at. the time while the witness is standing at the bar, by the members to the chair, and the Speaker is to put them to the witness. This is the rule but the practice, for the sake of con- venience, often is, that the members themselves examine the witness without the intervention of the Chair. Phis practice, however, is irregular, and seldom fails to produce disorder. So long as the Mace is off the table 110 member can speak-not even to uggest questions to the Chair. When Mr. Home was brought in custody in 1774, notwithstanding the great inconvenience that attends what was found to be the invariable rule of the House, it was strictly observed the members putting down upon paper such questions as they thought neCes- sary to be asked, and delivering them to the Speaker before the prisoner was brought in. So, on the 14th January, 1673, before the Duke of Buckingham was admitted, it appears from the j-urnal that several questions were agreed to by the House to be proposed to him by Mr. Speaker; to which having given his answer, he withdrew. The same proceeding was taken the next day, the 15th of January, with respect to Lord Arlington. The questions to be asked him were all proposed, and debated, and agreed to by the House before his lordship is called in. This practice," snys Hatsel, "of no members speak- ing wli.lst the Mace is off the table, is, how- ever, attended with very great inconvenience, since they cannot even suggst to the Speaker such ques- tions as they wisbed to have asked; but the practice that the Mace should be off the table when prisoners are brought to the bar only for examination is not so uniform, but that it is much to be wished it could in all cases be dispensed with. The instances of Sir J. Fenwick on the 6th of November. 1696, and of Mr. Wilkes, were cases of importance, and, with the several other instances, show that this rule is not es- sentially necessary. One was a prisoner in Newgate, the otlwr in the King's Bench Prison. It is different Nhen a person is brought to the bar in custody, like John Home, as a culprit, for having disobeyed the orders of the Honse. In such an instance, I should think the Serjeant must stand by him with the Mace, and during that time no person can speak but the Speaker but in other cases, where a person is brought as a witness or to be examined, as Sir J. Fen wick, or to attend as Mr. Wilkes here, though they are at the time prisoners, if the Mace is left upon the table the members, though they cannot debate, may suggest to the Speaker such questions as arise out ot the exami- nation, and appear to them necessary to be put. If any member or the person at the bar objects to the propriety of any question that is asked, and the ques- tion is inoiotcti OD, the w,;t.n""Q must immediately he directed by the Speaker to withdraw, and this without taking the sense of the House by a question, for no question can be moved or put while counselor witnesses are at tht; bar. When any person be brought to the bar as a delinquent, to receive judgment of commit- ment or any other punishment, or to be discharged out of custudy, the Mace must be at the bar, and till the standing order of 1772, such person must of course have received the orders of the House upon his knees." The formal proceedings of Parliament may be con- sidered to be of three kinds 1. That by way of im- peachment, where the Commons appear as prosecutors and the Lords sit as judges; 2. Bills of attainder, or of "pains and penalties." which are read in both Houses, and receive the Royal assent like other bills 3. Summary procedure of either House singly in pun- ishment of breach of privilege and contempt. This last jurisdiction differs from the other two in the im- portant circumstance, that it is exercised by either House independently of the other branches of the Legislature. It is a jurisdiction which has been grmsly abused in corrupt times, and which, thanks to the courage and vigilance of the common law, has been in modern times brought within narrow limits. In exer- cising its inherent powers the Lords assume a power to inflict fines and imprisonment for a time certain;. but the Commons have long abandoned their pretended right to impose fines or to imprison beyond the duration of the session. Formerly the practice was to make prisoners kneel when receiving judgment of the House of Commons, but in 1750 the ignominious rule was successfully resisted by Mr. Murray, and was shortly afterwards abandoned. On the 11th of June, 1806, previously to the moving the order for the impeachment of Lord Melville for malfeasance in his office of Treasurer of the Navy, the Speaker informed the House that he had received a letter from Lord Melville referring to the condemna- tory report of a select committee, and asking leave to be admitted and heard upon the subject. A motion was unanimously carried that he should be heard III his own defence according to his request. The Speaker thereupon ordered the Serjeant-at-Arms to attend with the Mace at the door, and to inform Lord Melville that he might come in. His Lordship, who was in waiting, immediately entered and advanced within the bar, where there was a chair placed for his reception. The Speaker said There is a chair for you to repose on." After sitting down a few minutes, Lord Melville rose and delivered an elaborate speech of very great length. At the conclusion of it he immediately with- drew. Mr. Whitbread then moved that he should be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanours, and after long and protracted debates, that motion was carried. In 1820 the Earl of Liverpool presented to the House a bill to deprive Queen Caroline of her titles and pre- rogatives as Queen Consort, and to dissolve her mar- riage with George IV. Immediately after the bill was read a first tjme, it was ordered that a copy of it should be sent to the Queen, and delivered by the Gentleman Usher of the Black. A petition from the Queen was presented, praying to be heard by counsel upon the matters therein contained but the House of Debate directed that her counsel should be called in and in- formed that. with respect to the observations which they may have to offer to the House upon the points stated by them, they do cOIJfine themselves to the mode of proceeding upon the bill which has been read a first time." The Queen subsequently petitioned that a lit of the witne8se:-J to be examined against her might be forthwith submitted to her legal advisers but the request was not granted. All the Judges were ordered to be present at the trial, except those who were pre- vented by attending circuit. Several stringent orders were passed for procuring the attendance of Peers, and inflicting heavy fines for absence. Counsel were heard at great length both for and against the bid, and a vast amount of oral and documentary evidence was taken. After the Attorney-General had stated that he had closed the evidence in support of the bill, the Queen's Solicitor-General and Dr. Lushington were heard to sum up evidence on behalf of the Queen and upon the whole case, and the Attorney and Solicitor- Generals were heard in reply. Afterwards motion was made that the bill should be read a second time and, after long debate, that motion was carried in the affir- mative. The Government subsqeuently abandoned the bill; and, after the third reading, the motion that the further consideration should be adjourned to this day six months W.1S carried. The principles on which counsel are heard at the bar of either House underwent considerable discussion in the Lords in June, 1850. A petition from several persons in Australia prayed that they might be heard by themselves or their counsel against the Australian Colonies Government BilL Lord Brougham supported the petition, and cited several instances in which the like course had been taken among others, a precedent of 1810, when barley growers and agriculturists were heard against a bill to prohibit distillation of grain; and a precedent of 1811, when distillers were heard against the Spirits Drawback Bill. Lord Brougham stated also that he himself had appeared for the mer- chants of London and other towns on the subject of the celebrated Order in Council of that period. The slave-dealers and the slave-owners had been heard by their counsel. Mr. Sturge was heard as agent for Jamaica in 1839; and so was Mr. Roebuck upon the Canadian Bill. Earl Grey opposed the application, and said that the well-established rule Was that counsel should not be heard unless the interests of the individuals petitioning were di- rectly affected. The Canadian Bill. in which Mr. Roebuck was heard as counsel was a bill for extinguish- ing the Canadian Constitution, and was calculated to e'fect a direct and material injury to the inhabitants of Quebec. So far had their lordships can led the rule of not hearing persons by counsel, unless they hap- pened to be directly and personally interested, that., in 1833, on the question of abolishing negro slavery, they refused the application of West India planters and merchauts to be so heard. 10 wag true that, In the case of the Municipal Reform Bill, counsel were heard but that was because the report of the Commissioners of Municipal Inquiry on wnich the bill was founded, contained allegations of a very grave character against members of the corporations. The motion for hearing the Australian colonists at the bar was negatived on a division. There is no authoritative enunciation of the rules on which Parlia- ment will act in similar cases but the debate just mentioned gives a general idea of the principles adopted; and there is abundance of precedents to show that Parliament will not carry forward a bill of pains and penalties without giving to the accused person an opportunity of defending himself.

SHOCKING CRIME. The Levant Herald, of April 29, gives the following particu- lars of a shocking crime recently committed in Constanti- nople :— A Greek, resident in the Fanar, dreamt that a heap of treasure lay buried in the plain of Veli Effendi, beyond the Seven Towers, but that to discover it he must kill a child on the spot. Saying nothing to his wife, he pondered over the matter next morning, and at length resolved to sacrifice his own little daughter, a child of ten years of age. Proceeding, accordingly, to the school she had gone to, he took her away, and saying they would go for a pleasant walk led her outside the wall to a heap of stones on the plain, where holding her down on one large stone with another he smashed her head, and then, close by the body, began digging for the expected gold. Of course nothing was found, and after some hours' further exploration he returned home, leaving the dead child where he had killed her. As she did not reappear at the usual hour in the after- noon the mother sent to seek for her, and was then told that her fat her had taken her away early in the day. The wretched man was arrested, and after some pre- varication, made a full confession. The child's body was found, where he indicated, and he is now awaiting his trial

ROMANCE IN SOUTH DURHAM. In the course of last week a colliery village near Durham was thrown into a state of excitement, the cause of which will be gathered from the following narrative :— About twelve years ago a pitman was desirous of pushing his fortune in another land, and, hearing of the marvellous auriferous discoveries in Australia, de- termined to proceed thither. He set sail, leaving be- hind him a wife and two children in his native village, and arrived in due course in that distant colony, and forthwith went to the gold-fields and commenced dig- ging for nuggets." Variable for some time, at last for- tune smiled upon him, and at the expiration of about eleven years he found himself in possession of the handsome fortune of £15.000, honestly and indus- triously obtained. During this long period of his ab- sence from England be communicated with his wite, de- siring that she and her family--two girls—should join him, and sent the necessary tickets for their transit to the new world. She, however, never went. The successful miner discovered the cause on his arrival at his native village last week. His faithless partner had lecome enamoured of an itinerant rag merchant, the owner of a wooden leg, to whom she had two children. Like Enoch Arden, he at once discarded her, not, how- ever before making himself known to his two daughters, who were children when he left them for Australia. These he took from their mother, and afterwards equipped them in a manner suitable to his altered position. There was much rejoicing in the village when his name and wealth were known, and after killirg the fatted calf, and making merry amongst some of his old friends, he departed the following morning with his two girls.

SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress paid a visit to the city of Chartres on Sunday, on the occasion of the dis- tribution of prizes at the Horticultural Exhibition. In answer to the congratulatory address of the Mayor of Chartres, the Emperor said :— Twenty years ago, when I was appointed President of the Republic, it was the town of Chartres which I visited first. I have not forgotten the pleasing recep- tion I met with. It was within your walls that I, on the strength of my good intentions, made my first appeal to the spirit of conciliation, calling upon all good citizens to sacrifice for the public good their regrets and feelings of rancour. To-day, after seventeen years of peaceful prosperity, I am about to speak to you in the same language, but with greater authority and confidence than in 1848. Once more I address myself to the honest men of every party, inviting them to second the regular advance of my Government on the path of liberal progress which it has laid down, and to oppose insuperable resistance to those subversive pas- sions which appear to revive only to threaten the un- shaken fabric of universal suffrage. In a few days the people will meet in their electoral comitia, and will, I have no doubt, choose men worthy of that mission of civilisation which we have to accomplish. I count upon you, ci izens of Chartres, because you are part of those eight millions of Frenchmen who have thrice ac- corded to me their suffrages, and because I know you are animated with ardent patriotism; and where genuine love of one's country reigns there the best guarantees for order, progress, and liberty cannot fail to exist.

EPITOME OF SEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. An unusual dispute has lately arisen between Dr. Evans, the Rector of st. Mary-le-Strand, London, and his parishioners, and as the parties could not settle it among themselves it was carrried into the Consistory Court. Dr. Evans is anxious to remove the pews, which are old aud inconvenient, and to ra>se the chancel, and is willing to undertake the cost himself. Ttle congregation on the other hand, are of opinion etiat the alterations are not needed. The Court decided that the parishioners are the be-t judges of what is necessary for their own comfort, and Sir Tiavers Twist gave judgment in their favour. The wines of Prince Metternich were sold on the 26th ult. at the chateau of Johannisberg. Among the highest prices Wolff, of Frankfort, paid £ 160 for a single barrel, and the Duke of Nassu £ 240 Jor one half-cask. The Carlsruhe Oazctte relates that an accident the other day befell the celebrated chemist, M nunsell. He had prepared a quantity of a composition recently discovered and had dipped his fingers in the vessel to see if the composition was dry, wnen that slight pressme sufficed to ignite the whole mass, and a flame arose which curched the experi- mentalist rather severely in the hands and face. lie is expected, however, to recover in the course of ten days or a fortnight. The Stockholders of the Homburg gambling hell made 82 per cent. dividend, besides 12 per cent. interest, in 186S. The Dean of Winchester (the Rev. Thomas Gamier) has resigned the Rectory of Bishopstoke, after holding it for a period of sixty-two years, in consequeNce of his age and increasing infirmities. The Dean is in his ninety-fourth year. Eighty-one persons have taken out licences from the Duke of Sutherland to dig for gold at Kildonan during the month of May, but this number is expected to be considera- bly increased. Five hundred and fifty emigrants for America sailed from Queenstown last week, and above three hundred who c0111d not be accommodated in thelsteamers remained behind waiting for the next sailings. Schamvl, the famous exiled Circassian chief, has been permitted by the Emperor Alexander to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. It is expected that he will not return to his former residence at Kiew, but will end his days in the region of the faithful." The London publishers complain that this is one of the very worst seasons ever known. Consequently they are holding over their books, and very few works are announced. Agricultural gatherings in Fr8nce Me becoming as common as they are on this side of the Channel. Last week witnessed a great meeting near the ol i cathedral town of Chartres, where a most important trial af ploughs came off Upwards of fifty competitors appeared upon the field. The first prize, a gold medal and 200i., was carried off by a man sent from England by Messrs. Howard, of Bedford. The universal belief is that a man does not weigh more after dinner than before. The assertion has been accepted till it is even received by physicians and quoted by them as a singular fact which no fellow-of the Royal College of Physicians—can understand. A wager decided the matter last week to the satisfaction of a large party of sportive philosophers. The issue was 31 lbs. in advance of a prior state of existence and the experiment, twice after repeated, gave neady similar results on other bodies." The Belfast papers mention that the guns and le- volvers stolen from the shop of Mr. Neill, a gurimaker in that town, have been fouúd in the house of a man named Berry, who, along with his son, is in custody. The articles discovered were-seven revolvers, one four-barrelled re- peater, two double-barrelled pistols, two single ones, two daggers, three gun-swords, a powder flask, shot bag, and a box of ball cartridge. Beneath the floor, in another place, two breech-loading double-barrelled guns were found. A number of artificial nests have been placed in the Bois de Boulogne and the Tuileries Gardens, with a view of preserving and protecting the birds. The Epoca of Madrid states that the candidature of the Duke de Montpensier for the crown of Spain is gaining ground in the Cortes, even among the Progressist party. The Viceroy of Egypt's son arrived at Windsor, by Great Western Railway, at five o'clock, on Monday after- noon, on a visit to her Majesty the Q.ieen. His Highness was met at the railway station by Lord Alfred Paget, equerry in waiting to her Majesty, who conducted his Highness to Windsor Castle. A deputation of Scotch post-horse proprietors has waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to urge a modifi- cation of the stage-coach duty. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, in his reply, said he could not hold out any hope of a remission of taxation in their favour. There was no excep- tional burden, and it would break down the principle of his measure if he were to grant their request. Although the taxes might bear somewhat hardly upon them, he did not think their case would excite much sympathy, for they were eVI- dently well able to bear it. The researches which for five years have been carrried on in Yorkshire, chiefly on the Wolds, by the Rev. Canon Greenwell of Durham, and other archreologists, are to be resumed this month. This summer the operations will be carried on on the Howardian rane and on the moors, on estates of Major Stapylton, Mr. Fairfax, and Earl Feversham. The re-assembling of the scientific diggers is looked to with much interest. Mr. William Allen has given notice in the House of Commons that on the 4th of June he will move as an amend- ment to Mr Gregory's motion, "that this House is of opinion all possible facilities should be afforded to the public for the inspection of Museums and Galleries supported hy the State in England and Ireland on week-days and week-day even- ings" but considers it undesirable any change should be made in the existing arrangements for closing them on Sundays. The archdeaconry of Canterbury, which has become vacant by the death of the venerable J. Croft, M.A., is the first valuable piece of preferment which has fallen to the gift of the present Archbishop. Annexed to it is a canonry worth £1 OUO a year. Archdeacon Croft was one of the oldest clergymen in England. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1807. In 1812, almost immediately after his ordination, Mr. Croft was presented by the then Archbishop (Dr. Manners Sutton) to the rectory of Saltwood, worth about a year, and in 1818 the same Primate presented him to the rectory of Cliffe- at-Hoo, near Rochester, which is returned in the Clergy List as being worth £1,297 a year. In 1822 he was presented by the same Primate to a canonry residentiary in Canterbury Cathedral, worth £1 000 a year, with the archdeacenry of Canterbury annexed,' the archdeaconry itsell being of com- parative small value. The match has been found at Liverpool of the ab- sent-minded man who, after having been out in a soaking rain, deposited his clothes carefully in bed, and hung him- self over a chair to dry. On Saturday, at the Police Court of the above-mentioned town, a man named Griffiths was charged with attempting to commit suicide—a police-coi sable havillgarrested lllm in the act of suspending himst f trom a beam. The excuse of the culprit was that he had got wet, and was hanging himself up to dry." The magistrates goodnaturedlyaccepted the explanation, and dismissed the prisoner, although not without extorting a promise from him that he would adopt a less suspicious mQdeot drying himself next time he got) caught in a shower. The llecoriier of ivlaiicheMter (Mr. West, >.P.) made a very serious statement in his charge to the grand jury at the cit). sessions, on Monday. 1t was a fa<l," he sairl. that whilst the rest of the country was improving in sobriety, and in gtcucral obedience to the law. Lancasn;re was going backwards." He appears to haye based this staement upou "the general statÍ5tics of the country." A young 1ady, an adopted daughter of Mr. Hi1t(ln, of North Oxford, Massachusetts, came to a melancholy and remarkable end a few days ago. Her clothmg caught fire as she was proceeding to her bedroom, the flames communi- cated to the house, and both it and the barn adjoinÍ1Jg were destroyed. The young lady was burnt to death. At Nottingham, on Saturday, Samuel Morson and Joseph Bryan, the latter a boy nine years old, were charged with placing two" chairs," each weighing about 3()lb., on the railway at Sutton Bromington, for the purpose of upsetting a train. They were remanded. Queen Isabella has addressed to the Pope a letter to expr, ss her recret for the outrages committed on religion by certain Spaniards in a moment of excitement, and in opposi- tion to the gelJeral sentiments of the nation. The foundation stone has been laid of two Episcopal churches in Belfast, the funds for the erection of which have been mainly supplied hy the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners for Ireland. j hey are to cost £ 3,500 each. A local endowment of £ 100 per annum for each has been subscri1>ed. Commander the Hon. John Brabazon Vivian, K.N., second son of Lord Vivian, has sustained a painful bereave- ment by the premature death of his wife, on the 5th imt. of consumption. The maiden name of this lady was liss Allce Mary Disney Roebuck, and she had been married just a year. By order of the French Government all workmen, without distinction of nationality, who present themselves at Marseilles as ready to take part in the work 01 the Algerian harvest during this and next month, will receive /10 free passage to the colony. A second notice has appeared in the Dublin Gazette, ordering all persons residing in the borough of Lonùonderry to deposit before the 10th inst.. at the nearest police station, the firearms, swords, bayonets or gunpowder in thei. pos- session. The applications for licences have been chielly by persons in a respectable position in life. On tbe 1st of June a considerable reduction is to take place in the price of messages by the Atlantic Cable. The Times, with no desire to wound tbe dignity or to disparage the power of the House of Lorùs. holds that there is only one way ill which the Irish Church Bill call he re- ceived by them. The most resolute memhers of thö House repeatedly declared last year, when opposing th Suspensury Bill, that the deliberate will of the people, ddlberately re- corded in the 110use of Commons mmt prevail. The con- dition is now fulfilled, and The Times has the most asmred confidence that the Peers will maintain their self-respect by towing to an authority the rightful supremacy of which they have already confessed. W. S. -1 hereby g-ive you notice that I expel you from our partnership concern, under Clause 25 of the Part- nership Deed.-E. P.Advertisement in The Times. The Massachusetts Senate had by a vote of 17 to 6, decided to exempt Lagtr beer from the provisions of the liquor law. Her Majesty the Queen has subscrihed £ 50 towards the expenses of the meeting of the Bath and West of Englaud Society f, ,r the Encouragement of Agriculture, at Southamp- ton, on the 31st inst. In the Spanish Cortes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has stated, in reply to a question, tht before any negotiations for the cession of Gibraltar were c0i11menced Spain ought to be strongly constituted and financially re- organised, so as to take her place as one of the Great Powers. La Presse (a Paris paper) informs its reader3 that at the races which took place yesterday at London Ie Prix de Chester Cup' was won by Knight-Gaster, who arrived first! "At the Tinahely petty sessions, the other day, a little girl was prosecuted for taking up, whell pasing through a bog, two wild ducks' eggs. The bench imposed a fine with costs, or imprisonment, on this famishing little child of a poor Journal. The NOD York Sun says that since the slave trade has been abolished, the tribes in Africa eat their prisoners, as they cannot sell them. The Marquis of Bute has left Jerusalem to visit Lebanon. His lerdship is expected to prolong his tour in the East for the next few weeks, and will not return to Cardiff Castle mitll the middle of July. Count Bismarck made a translation of the first six books 6f the Æneid twenty-six years ago. It is to tJe pub- lished this autumn. A New England paper says :—" Erratum In our paragraph, yesterday, concerning thirteen ministers who had been spanked in infancy, for spanked read sprinkled. Scotch venison must be rather a dear dish if Captain Horatio Ross's calculations are correct. He estimates that "the value of every full-grown nine-year-old stag killed in the deer forest and on sheep farms frequented by deer is about £ 50 that represents the profit derived by a Highland landowner in letting his shootings. A correspondent of a Glasgow paper estimates that 2,60fi,000 falsehoods are told. in Glasgow every year in the evasion of the Forbes Mackenzie Act. It is recorded of a Roman Catholic lady, one of the silvertops of Northumberland, in the last century, that she married thrice, her first husband being a Quaker, her second a Church of Enghnd man, and her third a Roman Catholic, and what is more curious still, that on each occasion she married a man twice her own age at sixteen a man of thirty-two; at thirty, a man of sixty; aud at forty-two a man of eighty-four. How is it that the Judges and Chancellors succeed in attaining a patriarchal age, when this privilege is not generally permitted to ordinary mortals? Chief Justice Lefroy, who died this week, was ninety-six; Lord St. Leonards, who is alive and Vlgor0us, is ninety years old; Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst were ninety Lord Bathurst eighty-six; Lord Camden eighty-one, Lord Campbell eighty, Lord Cranworth eighty, Lord Eldon eighty-seven, Lord Truro seventy-three, Lord Erskine seventy-three, and Lord Thmloe seventy-four. Mr. Reese Hughes, of Fredonia, New York, has a horse 46 years old, which is still åomg daily duty in harness. Nearly six thousand visitors paid their sbilling at the exlubition of the Royal Academy on the opening day, and catalogues were sold to the amount of about £ 150. A Texas paper says that The Soutlurn Enterprise comes to its office wrapped in 30 dollar coupons attached to 1,000 dollar Confederate bonds due in 1867. Mr. Charles Francis Adams is quoted as having said that the treaty lately submitted about the Alabama claims was a good treaty, creditable both to Lord Ciarendon and Mr. Johnson, and that it ought to have been adopted with some slight changes. Moreover, he thinks that Sumner's speech on the subject did more harm than good. A Down-East newspaper, describing a recent fire, says ;—" About this instant of time the rear wall of the back edifice came down dash, wIth a stunning crash, which shook all Nater' in the neighbourhood, and the fire fiend grinning with malignant lee kicked his heels about the rear portion of the stores and clerks' offices adjoining the defiagrating structures. The Book of Mormon has been translated into the Desert t alphabet. Professor Orson Pratt is engaged in cor- recting it, and will then bring it east to have it printed. In literary circles in Brussels it is believed that Victor Hugo has. at least a dozen novels ready for he press, but that he publIshes them only at long llItervals, in order to obtain as large copyrights for them as possible. 1\fr. Erasmus Wilson has given the munificent sum of £ 5,000 for the endowmeat ot a profes80rshJp OÎ dermato- logy (diseases of the skin), in cOlJllectioll with the Royal Col- lege of Surgeons. The donation is accompanied with a line collection of drawings and models. It is stated that the tirst course of lectures in connection with the chair will be dell- vered by Mr. Wilson himself. A Mississippi editor and justice of the peace married a couple in 1858, divorced them in 1860, married the man to another woman in 1861, ditto the woman to another man in 1862, and abaut a month ago, again married the original couple. In the schedules of stamp duties applicable to Scotland there are a eat nuber of petty exemptions, WhICh very much confuses a simple searcher after proper duties payable. It is expected now that the Inland Revenue CommiEsioners are preparing a consolidated catalogue of stamp duties that exemptions generally will be abolished. An attempt is being made to organise an exhibition of the works of the" artists who have not been hung" in the Royal Academy. This year, it seems, their name is led on, and the" committee of arrangement," who have taken the mattu in hand. are confident that an attractive display can be made out of the rejected pictures. During the recent freshet in America an emigrant train, was delayed thirty hours on the roaJ, and two infants died from exposure and want of food. The Scotsman, in reporting from the moora, gives a curious instance of a swimming pheasant seen in Selkirkshire. A cock pheasant deliberately walked into the mill lade which runs through part of the estate of Sir John Murray, of t'hilliphaugh, With its tail completely under water, the bird swam half-way across the lade, without the slightest motion of its wings; indeed, it moved with as much ap- parent ease as would a waterfowl, and with equal ease did it rise from the water and take to flight on being disturbed from its bath. During the past wek 36 wrecks have been reported, making for the present year 1,015. The law which has just been introduced into the Italian Renate by General Menabrea for the suppression of the traffic in organ boys contains some very stringent provi- sions. It will henceforth be illeal to send children abroad under sixteen years of age, even with the permission of the parents. The punishment for violating this condition will be from three to twelve months' imprisonment, with a fine of from £ 20 to £ 40. Even if a bargain be made and 1l0t carried out, a fine varying from £ 4 to £ 12 will be imp;>sed.

THE MARKETS. MARK-LANE. —MONDAY. The receipts of wheat from Essex and Kent fresh up to Mark-lane this morning were only moderate, but the quality "as good. More firmne8s was noticed in the trade, aud an advance of Is. was demanded; millers, however, were un- willing to give more money, and business was generally con- ch ded at the extreme prices of Monday last. With foreilro wheat the market was wdl supplied. The trade was steady, and prices had an upward tendency. Floating cargoes of whet were in improved request at advaneing pnces.1 aize and other articles afloat were more freely purchased. Barley participated in the general improvement, ånd the transactions, although far from extensive, were on a more liberal scale. Prices were firmer. The show of samples was moderate. Malt sold quietly, at late rates. For oats the inquiry was more active, at an advance of from 6d. to Is. per qr. Beans. the supply of which was moderate, were held for fully as much money, with a fair demand. Peas changed hands to a moderate extent, and prices were well main taiLed. The flour trade was firm, at last Monday's currency. Lit, seed and rapeseed met a fair sale otherwise, the seed market was rather quiet. Cakes were more sought after. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKKT.-MoNDAY. The supplies of foreign stock were steady. Both beasts and sheep sold steadily, at rduccd quotations. Increased supplies of beasts were received from our own grazing dis- tricts and some good servlcealJle animals were included in the spply. The trade was quiet, and prices were 2d. per SIb. lower than on londay last. The best Scots and crOS8es sold at 6s. 6d. to 58 Sd. per 81b. From K orfolk, Suffolk Essex, and CanÙtiùgeshiIe we received about 1,200 Scots aHd. crosses; from other parts of England, 750 various 1m eds; from Scotland ,100 Scots and crosses; aud from Ireland 50 oxen. The market was well sapplled with sheep. Prime breeds weiein request, and the prices realised were 2d. per Sib. higher thall 011 this day se'nnight; otherwise the denan.! was heavy, at barely late rates. The best Downs and half-hreds, clipped, were quoted at 5s. lOd. to 6s. per Sib. Lambs met a fair sale, at from Gs. to 7s. 8d. pel" SIb. Calves- the show of which a8 moderate -moved off slowly, on former terms. Prime small pigs changed hands freely but large hogs were neglected. 6 HOPS. The market continues quiet. The demand for all descrip- tions. is only to a moderate extent, and prices have a drooping tendency. Mid and East Kents, £ 2 K's. to £ 7 7s.; Weald of Kents, £ 2 to £ 4 10s. Sussex, £ 2 to £ 3 155. Farnhams, £ >3 10s. to £ 6; Country, £ 3 10s. to £ 5; Bavarians, £ 2 to £ 3 10s.; Belgians, £ 2 to £ 3 Yearlings, £ 2 to £ 3 lus. and Americans, £ 2 5s. to £ 310s. per cwt, WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool are progressing heavily and the attendance of buyers is only moderate. Biddings for all descriptions rule inactive at a reduction, except in the yalue of Sydney qualities, of id. to Id. per lb. Eng- lish wool sens quietly, at about late rates. Current prices of English woo1- Fleecs: Southdown hügget8, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d.; hall-bred ditto, Is. 5d. to Is. 6d. Kent fleeces, Is. 4. to Is. 6Jd. South-down ewes anQ wethers, Is. 2Jd. to Is. 3Jd.; LeICester ditto, Is. 3d. to Is. 3}d. Sorts: Clothing, 1s. 2d. to Is. 7d.; combing, Is. to 1s. (ijd. per lb. POTA TOES. The markets are again well supplied with potatoes. The demand is inactive at about late rates. Elllish Rel.{ents, 601. to 10ils ditto Flukes, 60s. to 130s. Scotch Repents, 601, to 12080 ditto Rocks, 4.55. to 55s.; and French, 35s. to 568. per ton. TALLOW. The market is steady. Y.C. 0:1 spot, 43s, ad. per cwt. tow-a tallow, 418. W. uet cash.