The Express. — London, England, 1867-06-19 00:00:00

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Advertisements tateisiaKT 7 liioispreek Landow Evening . most be as the Mee, bouvertewtreet, by Two Piper lk on the day of publimdion. DRURY LAN IL Tme EVENING, TILE GREAT CITY. Messrs. Cowper, M'lntyre, YRllem, Irving, Rouse, NMI II an•o n irt: Mesdames Robertson & Le There—The second Act of the PI R STA N'S DA UGUTER. Mr. W. Ilarris.m.—To conclude with a CON Cliff. AYMARK ET. Tine ErlldtPol, PHRFELTION. Mr. Kendal end MIN Burke. —A WILL/ GOIASIL. Nemec. Hothern, Buckdoae, Howe, Rakers, Gordon, Ac.. Mesdames Burke. hippendale, Dalton, Wright, etc —Aud MINA (MIT Of WATER. Mr. Compton, the. Tsui Erratic°, TRUE TO Messrs. Cremick, H. Sarnon, H Forrester, K. F. Meer, he. •. Miss G. hiuncefort anl Nis. Nelly Moore.—Doors open at luJi.past seven; com mence at eight. STRAND. TIM EVVONG, OUR DOVITiTICC.—PYOMALION: OR, THE STATUE FAIR. Mears. Thome, lama, &c.: Mesdames Swan borough, Raynharn. Harland. I...undone, and HolL—Amd WAIT ING FOR THE ENDEAR:ILI/UN ft. eoLiti)ity. VIM EvimMO, THE CIA X'K MAK ER'S HAT. Mr. Vollahe Meal:mei Lennox and C. Soundera.—And THE ANTIPODE.). Mews. E. Gorden, Von:tire, G. Prior, hake, R. Meru% and S. Emery Headmen Men Terry, kayond, and C. Saunders. BRITANNIA. Tow; Evisrno, MACAKTII. Mt ears. Reynolds, Drummond, Nell, Leslie. Crouton!, Biwwood, and Elton; Memo S. Mlles and Booth. - Muses. Hildebrandt met Ortoonde.—And 3100 K LIGHT JACK. Mr. J. B. Howe, Mine J. Cot gamy, &e. HIGH WATCH AT LONDON HZIDOX Irtes DAY —Wareing, 33 203i..--Aftemooa. 3h. 37m. to-Xoutow—Xoralas, *. 6511..... —Afternoon, 4h. 11w. LONDON, IVEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. THE University of London is delivered from the unequal match intended for it by a Tory Govern ment ; but it has had a very narrow escape. That a project so arbitrary and irrational as its union with the University of Durham should have had any chance of success is not creditable to Par liament ; but the divisions of Monday night and yesterday morning only illustrate too well the accidental character of the Reform legislation taking place in the present session—one in which every question seems to be determined by second ary and extrinsic considerations. The proposal to unite Durham with London never ought to have been made. The interests, the character, the ideas, the aims of the two bodies are separate, and, in some important respects, opposed. A candi date that would suit one would almost infallibly be unsuited to the other, and the elections of such a constituency would depend upon side issues, giving scope for all manner of intrigue, to escape which the most numerous and most honourable part of the constituency would ab stain from voting altogether. All this was made plain to the House by Mr. Lows and other mem bers. Nevertheless, the Ministerial proposal would probably have passed but for one or two in cidents which made an unfavourable impression upon the House. One of these was the discovery that the constitution of the University of Durham is sectarian, only members of a particular religious communion being eligible to its governing body. There was some difficulty in making this point plain to the House, one member after another meet ing the objection by alleging the irrelevant fact that persona of all creeds are admitted to Durham degrees, except to those of theology. When it be came clear, however, the claims of Durham visibly sank in estimation. The Ministerial proposal was undoubtedly further prejudiced in the later stages of the debate by the conduct of Mr. DISRAELI in remaining silent while Mr. MOWERAY, a member of the Government, who was sitting by his side, promised that the constitution of Dur ham University should be liberalised, when, as the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER subsequently ex plained, the Government had no intention of assuming any responsibility in the matter. But for these casualties of the debate, the obnoxious mea sure would probably have been carried, a number of Liberal members once more so far forgetting themselves as to support one of the most wanton and absurd of Tory proposals. Tnesz sections of the annual reports of the Emigration Commissioners which relate to Ireland have fur many years recorded the magnitude of the emigration from that country. They are becoming even more important now, for what they show as to the decline of the natural increase of the population. They prove that the population of Ireland is not undergoing a mere numerical reduction, but is attacked in its reparative prin ciple, in its very root. The number of Irish who emigrated in the sad eight years from 1847 to 1854 averaged 207,105 per annum. During the following eight years it averaged 59,989 a year. During the last four years it has again increased, so as to average 107,846 a year. The increase of population by births, the Commissioners observe, must principally depend on the propor tion which those between the ages of 20 and 35 bear to the rest of the community. The propor tion of such persons in the population of the whole kingdom is about 25 per cent., while their proportion in the emigration of the present day is more than 52 per cent. When the fullest deduc tions have been made for emigration the Irish population returns still show large deficiencies, which can only be accounted for by admitting a decline in the power of the population to reproduce itself. The natural increase of the population of Ireland in the period between 1831 and 1841 was 1.10 per cent. per annum. In the period 1841-1851, which in cluded several terrible years of famine, fever, and flight, it of course fell enormously ; but even between 1851 and 1861, when there was nothing to produce a specially injurious effect upon the health of the people, the natural increase of the population was only .70 per cent. per annum. In the ten years before 1861 the population fell from 8,515,794 to 5,764,543. A natural increase of 460,000 souls was to be set against an emigration of 1,210,000, and the decrease of the population was 757,251. In the six years since 1861 as many as 517,387 emigrants have left Ireland, and supposing the natural rate of increase of the period 1851-61 to have been maintained, the population at the census in 1871 can scarcely exceed 5,300,000 souls. But the Commissioners believe that it is not being maintained. Of the 98,890 persons who emigrated last year 36,423 were single men, and 87.56 per cent. of the whole Irish emigration went to the United States, being a much larger proportion than in previous years. That the emigrants (ho not leave in circum stances of destitution is shown by the better order of passenger accommodation which they select. In 1863 the proportion of those who emigrated in steam vessels was 45.85, in 1864 it was 53.55, in 1865 it was 73.50, and in 1866 it was 81.16 per cant. ; the shorter and better accommodation being about one-third dearer than in sailing ships. The inferences of the Emigration Commissioners as to the effect of emigration upon the natural increase of population are corroborated by the returns of the Registrar-General of Ireland. Last year the marriages of Protestants wens only 1 for every 144 Protestants and 1 for every 212 Catholics, the rate in this country being one marriage to every 122 persons. The birth rate in Ireland was two-and-a-half per cent., while in England it was three-and-a-half per cent. in the same year. Mr. DISRABLI may postpone an Irish Reform Bill, which perhaps is not the most direct remedy fur the decline of population, but the state of things which these figures disclose must commend itself to a Reformed Parliament as one of the must pressing subjects for its consideration. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1867. of Birmingham and other places. They are accustomed to speak in no immured terms of those who differ from them; to characterise their ministrations as unauthorised, their priests as pretenders, their members as subjects for inevitable condemnation, or at beet for " =covenanted mercies." Yet no one now gets up agitations for the enactment of penal laws, or leads a pasty of rioters to " wreck " their chapels or chapel homes, and pillage the residences of their leading laymen. If they are scandalised by such attacks as those made by lecturers of the Murphy Glass, let them get up counter demonstrations, and abuse him and his to their hearts' content. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. FROGRR99 OF THE REFORM LILL. Taxed almost beyond its powers, the House of Commons, says the Times, is rushing towards the end of the Reform Bill at a pace which is, perhaps, too swift to be altogether circumspect. The coupling together of the Universities of London and Durham was so audacious that no one thought the proposal serious, and the conflicting decisions of yesterday, when it was found that the government were determined to abide by it, my little for the discretion with which the business of the committee was conducted. The result is that, in de fiance of grammar, but in obedience to good sense, the House of Commons has determined that the new univer sity member shall be elected by the " I7niversities of Lon don," and nothing more. Such discussions must make every well-wisher of the House of Commons rejoice that the debates on the Reform Bill are drawing to a close. Already it becomes a question what will be the complexion of the Reform Bill as it finally passes, or perhaps it would be better to say before the motion is put that it " do pass" the House of Commons. Must it not betray such marks of haste, of want of design, or of premeditation that in the interests of good government it ought to be reviewed before being finally sanctioned ? If sent to the House of I Lords with all its faults upon its head, will that august assembly venture to prune its excesses and supply its de ficiencies ? These are grave and serious questions, which every member of each branch of the Legislature will do well to weigh. The Daily News addresses itself to the task of proving that, whatever might have been the case before the second reading of the bill, at the present stage there is not only no reason for the liberals to fear the consequences of de feating the ministry, but there is every reason for con fidence that such a result would hart nobody so much as Mr. Disraeli himself, and could have no effect but to strengthen his opponents. There would be no rest or refuge to be found for the ministry if they abandoned reform without dissolving, and if they dissolved at once on an adverse vote, Mr. Disraeli's scheme of redistribu tion—the question on which they would appeal—would have no popular element in it.. But the truth is that Mr. Disraeli will not damage his party by a dissolution when all the chances are against him. Whatever he can squeeze by these vague threats out of the present parliament be may count as so much clear gain for his party in a future one. But those who do not desire him to have a majority in anew parliament will do well to exercise their present majority to stop arrangements devised for the purpose of reversing it hereafter. The Stamford has altered its opinion on the subject of coupling the Universities of Durham and London in the most abrupt and extraordinary manner. As late as Friday last it spoke of the proposition in the following terms "We cannot but regret that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have yielded to the pressure put upon him, from whatever quarter, in favour of so unfortunate an alteration. In the first place, we are not aware that Durham possesses that kind of character, standing, and influence as a university which entitles it to repre sentation. It has long since been so entirely eclipsed by Oxford and Cambridge that it has retained very few students but those who could not go to the two superior Universities, and but for its endowments would probably have altogether ceased to exist. And if it needs representation, it should not have it at the expense of the London University. The latter is agreed, by common consent, to be the first medical university in the world. If for this reason only, it is fully entitled to a member of its own. It differs from Durham in every respect, even more widely than either differs from Oxford or Cambridge ; there is and could be no bond of sym pathy, no community of ideas, sentiment, or character between the two, and to combine them in one constituency is to produce an utterly unnatural and incongruous com bination—a sort of political Barnum's mermaid—which cannot possibly act as a living whole. It would be far less unreasonable to group Rochdale and Arundel, or to combine a Roman catholic constituency in the South of Ireland with an ultra-presbyterian Scotch borough." To-day the Standard lands Durham University to the skies, and describes the rejection of the proposal as unjust and absurd, and the division as a victory of the principle of exclusion and disfranchisement. The whole of the debate on the subject is reviewed by our contemporary in the same spirit. The Herald, however, is on the other side, and argues at some length this morning that in no case could Durham and London ferns a joint constituency likely to act together rationally or harmoniously. The Star comments on Mr. Disraeli's repudiation of Mr. Mowbray's statement that the government would empower to vote for the member for the university, all graduates, whether dissenters—that is, admitted to the governing body —or not. The moral of the scene, as pointed by Mr. Lowe, was, that when a colleague of Mr. Disraeli, sitting by his side, makes a concession which is meant to win votes, and which is not by word or gesture repudiated by him, the house is not at liberty to believe the declaration honourably made, and has no reason for supposing that government will feel bound by it. ICS TOPICS. The Times describes the report of the London and Brighton Committee as furnishing the most extraordinary instance which has yet oome before the publio eye of the manner in which sound property has been squandered, and of the fatuity, if not downright dishonesty, by which the disaster has been caused. The directors have very nearly ruined their own company, and would have ruined it quite if they had bad their own way, and they have gained nothing from these lines themselves. On the contrary, as the nominal shareholders, though they have never yet paid • penny on their sh►res, they seem to be legally liable to refund to the Brighton Company no small portion of its losses. The committee doubt whether it will be advisable to insist on this claim, but the liability exists, and it ap pears to be the sole personal result of the directors from their wild schemes and disingenuous manteuvres. The only persons who have profited are the contractors, the solicitors, the engineers, and, perhaps, the subordinate officials by whom the idea of the lines was originally con ceived. The Post, Herald, 'Standard, and Star have each an article upon the interruption of the conservative meeting at St. James's-hall. The Pod says the Leaguers may have the satisfaction of knowing that they have struck a very effective blow at the right of free public meeting of which they profess to be the special apostles. If it is really reduced to a question of physicid force, the Mandard cannot doubt but there are among the loyal subjects of the Queen some stout aims who will be ready to maintain the good cause when the occasion comes. The Star is of opinion that the conveners of the meeting ought to have been allowed to hold their assembly, and would be sorry to say a single word which might seem to convey an approval of any pro ceedings which directly or indirectly tended to interfere with their unquestionable right. The Telegrapls fixes on Mr. Whalley and Col. Brockman the responsibility of what has occurred since the first lecture delivered in Birmingham. The Standard has no sympathy with the particular mode of serving the cause of protes.antism adopted by Mr. Murphy and his followers, but nevertheless cannot too severely condemn the 110018/11 committed by the catholic* THE DURHAM AND LONDON The proposal last night to insert the word " Universities" was carried by a majority of one-226 to 225. The proposal to add " and Durham" to " London" was rejected by a majority of 8-234 to 226. The latter division was as follows : AYES. Adderley, C. B. Goodwin, J. Neeld, Sir J. Andover, Visct. Gore, J. R. Nerlile.Granvllle,R. Archdall, Capt. Gore, W. R. Newport, Arkwright, It. Goma J. E Baggallay, R. 0111•01, Si. R. Northoote, Sir 8. Done. nk W. Greenall, G. O'Neill, K Itagnall, C. Greene, K Packe, C. W. Sainte, 11. J. Grosvenor, Lord R. Paget, R. H. Baring, B. B. Gurney, R. P&ington, Piz J. Barnett, H. Parker, Major W. Barrington, Vista. 4 1 ' 17.m ra nt i .1, Lord C. Patten, Col. W. Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. J. Paull, H. Beach, Sir li. Hamilton, I. T. Pease, J. W. Beeeroft, G. S. Hardy, G. Percy, Major-Gen. Bentinek, G. C. Hardy, J. Pryac, K L. Benyon, R. Hartley, J. Pugh, D. Berestord, Capt. Harvey, R. B. Renton, G. W. Bernard, Col Harvey, R. J. Ridley, Sir M. Booth, Sir R. G. Hervey, Lord A. Robertson, P. F. Bourne, Col. Hey, Sir J. Rol, Sir J. Bowen, J. B. Ileathcote, G. 11. Royston, Visa. Brett, W B. Henderson, J. Remelt, Sir C. Bridges, Sir B. Henley, J. W. Sandford, U. M. Brooks, R. lienniker-Major, J. Schreiber, C. Browne, Lord J. Herbert, Col. Sciater Booth, 0. Bruen, H. Itesketh, Sir T. Heinle, 11..1. Buckley, E. Ileygate, Sir F. Selwyn, C. J. Burrell, Sir P. Ihildyard, T. B. Severna, J. K Campbell, A. 11. llodsikinson, G. Seymour, G. 11. Candlith, J. Hodgson, W. N, Simonds, W. B. Capper O. Hogg, Lt.-Col. Smith, A. Cartwright, Col. Hood, Sir A. L. Smith, S. O. Cave, S. Hornby, W. 11. Broollett, P. B. Clinton, lord A. Hotham, Lord Stanhope, J. B. Clive, (..pt. Howes, K Stanley, Lord Cobbold, J. C. Huddleston, J. W. Stirling Maxwell, Cochrane, A. D. Hunt, G. W. Sir W. Cole, H. Hutt, Sir W. Stock, G. Cole, J. E Ingham, R. Strong., Sir J. errantly, T. Jervis, Major Stuart, Lieut.-Col. Corry, U. L. Jones, D. Stucley, Sir O. Contemn, Lord Kerslake, Sir J. Stunt, H. G. I.;owen, J. Kavanagh, A. /Kurt., Lieut.-Col. Cooper, I. U. Kelk, J. Suttees, C. F. Con, W. T. Kendall, N. Cohan, G. King..l. K. tiB;krteesl 11. K. . Curzon, Vie& King J. G. Talbot, C. R. Dalkeith, Earl of Knight, F. W. Thorold, Sir J. Dawson, IL P. Knox, Cd. B. Thyme, Lord H. Dick, F. Knox, Col. 8. Torgna R. Dickson, Major Lamm, Sir K Totanham, Lt.-Col. Inundate, R. laird, J. Treeby, J. W. litsraeli, B. Langton, W. O. Trevor, Lord A. Dowdeswell, W. E. 'micelles, E. W. Trollops, Sir J. Du Cane, C. Letroy, A. Turner, C. Duna/tube, CoL Lennox, Lord 0. Vance, J. Du Pre, C. G. lemma, Lord H. Vandeleur, CoL Dyke. W. H. Liddell, H. O. Verner, E. W Dyott.CoL Lindaey, CoL C. Verner, Sir W. Eckersley, N. Lloyd, Sir T. Walcott, Adm. Edwards, Sir 11. Lopes, Sir N. Walker, Major Egerton, A. F. Lowther, Col. Walpole, S. O. Egerton, E. C. Lowther, Capt. Walsh, A. Egerton, W. Lovrther, J. Walsh, Sir J. Fane, Lt.-Col. WLegan, P. Waterhouse, S. Pane, Col. Malcolm .1. W. Whitmore, H. Feilden, J. Manners, Lord J. Williannon, Sir H. Fellow's, E. Manners, Lord O. Wise, H. C. Ferguseon, Sir J. Metier, OIL Woodd, B. T. Floyer, J. Milford, W. T. Wyndham, H. Forester, Gen. Montagu, Lord R. Wyndham. P. Freshileld, C. K. Montgomery, Sir G. Wynn, C. W. Galhrey, Sir W. Morgan, C. Wynne, W. R. Galway, Viset. Morgan, Major Yorke. J. Garth, R. Morris, G. TILLUS, Goddard, A. L. Mowbray, J. R. Taylor. Col. Goldney, G. Naas, Lord Noel, G. J. NOES. Arland, T. D. Fortesene, D. F. Norwood, C. M. Adair, IL K (laselee, Serj. O'Beirne, J. L. Adam, W. P. Geakell, J. M. ()Toner Don, The Agnew, Sir A. Gibson, T. Si. 00%7, Sir J. Akroyd, E. 011 pin, C. Oliphant, I. Allen, W. S. Gladstone, W. B. Onslow, G. Amberley, Visa, Gladstone, W. 11. Osborne R. B. Annesley, Col. Glyn, G. C. Owen, Ellr H. Anstruther, Sir R. Glyn, G. G. Pack.. CoL Antroboa, E. Goldsmid, Sir F. Yarn:mire, B. Ayrton, A. S. Gosehen, G.. 1. Palmer, Sir B. Aytoun, R. S. Gower, F. L. Peel, A. W. Bagwell, J. Gower, Lord X. Peel, J. Babel, X Graham, W. Pelham, Lord Baring, A. H. Orenfell, H. R. Philips, R. N. Barnes, T. Grey, Sir G. Platt, J. Barry, A. Griffith, C. D. Portman, W. 11. Baas, A. Grosvenor, Capt. Potter, E. Baxter, W. E. Gurney, B. Potter, T. B. Batley, T. Hadfield, G. Price, B. G. Beaumont, H. F. Hammer, Sir 1. Price, W. P. Berkeley, H. F. Hardcastle, J. A. Pritchard, J. Bibbilph, Col. Harris, J. D. Pruby, Lord Biddulph. M. Ilartington,Marq. of IRawlinion, Sir H. Bowyer, Sir U. Hay, Lord J. Bearden, D. J. Bright, J. Hayter, A. D. Rehow, J. G. Brown. J. Heneage, E. Robertson, D. Bruce, Lord C. Henley, Lord Roebuck, J. A. Bruce, H. A. Herbert, H. A. Rothschild, N. M. Buller, Sir A. W. Ilibbert, .1. T. Russell, A. Boiler, Sir E. M. liostglon, K. D. R. Aubrn, J. Butler, C. S. Holden, I. Salomon% Ald. ButlerJohnstone, H Holleuni, E. bunuda, J. Buxton, Sir T. F. Hope, A. J. Samuelson, B. Celeraft, J. H. Howard, C. W. Saunderson, E. Calthorpe, F. H. Hughes, T. Seholefield, W. Cardwell, E. Hunt, R. H. Scott, Sir W. Carnegie, C. Jardine, R. Seourdeld, J. H. Cavendish. Lord K Jervoise, Ar J. Sennie, G. P. Cavendish,Lord F. Johnstone, Sir J. Seely, C. Cavendish, Lord G. Kearney, Capt. Sheriff, A. C. Cecil, Lord S. Kekewleh, S. T. Simeon, Sir J. Chamber, M. Kennedy, T. Smith, J. Chamber, T. King. P. J. Smith, J. A. Cheetham, J. Kinglike, A. W. Smith, J. B. ('hiller, H. C. K (nutlike, J. A. Speirs, A. A. Clay, J. Elngscote, CoL Steepoole, W. Clinton, Lord E. Khineird, A. F. Stansfeld, J. Cogan, W. 11. Colebrook% Sir T. Knrtehbull -Binges- Stone, W. It. sm. X Sullivan, E. Collier, Sir B. Laing. S. Sykes, Col. Colthurat, Sir G. Layant A. H. Taylor, P. A. Colvile, C. R. Lawrence W. 'rite, W. J Oorbally, M, & Lawson, J. A. Torrens, W. T. Cowper, 11. F. Leathern, W. H. Tracy, C. B. Cowper, W. P. Lee. W. Trevelyan, G. 0. Craufurd, E. H. Leeman, G. Vandabyl, P. Crawford, R. W. Leferre, 0. Z. Verney, Mr H. Cremorne, Lord Lewis, H. Vernon, H. P. Croisley, Mr F. Locke, J. Villiers, C. I'. Davey, R. Lowe. R. Vivian, It. H. Dane, Sir H. MacHroy, E. Vivian, Capt. Denman, 0. Mackinnon, Capt. Waldegrave. Leslie, Dent, J. D. liPloren, D. G. Dundee, F. Idarjoribanks,StrD. Warner, E. Earle, R. A. Marsh, M. H. Weguelin, T. M. Edwards, C. Martin, C. W. Western, Sir T. Edwards, H. Martin, P. W. Whalley, G 11. Britield, Visa. Matheson, A. Whatman, J. Erskine, Vice-Ad. Mill, J. S. White, Capt. Ewart, W. Miller, W. White, J. Ewing, B. X Mills, J. B. Wickham, H. W. Rkyn, K. Mitchell, A. Winnington, Sir T. Tildes, J. Mitchell, T. A. Wyld, J. Miler. A. S. Moffatt, G. Wyvlll, M. Follambe, F. J. Moonlit W. Young, 8.. Border, C. Moore, C. Forster, W. K. More R. J. TILLIIIL9. Foster, W. 0. Morrison, W. Goidsnild, J. Fortescue, C. P. Nicol, J. D. Duff, G. The government majority, es announced to the house, in the first division, was identical in point of numbers with the minority in the second ; but in reality, 227 names are given in the division list as the minority in the second division. There was some little change of names amongst the government supporters. The following 18 gentlemen, who voted with the government in the first instance, did not vote in the second, vis.:—Colonel Barttelot, Sir T. Bateson, Sir H. Bruce, Mr. Corrance, Mr. Didglish, Admiral Duncombe, General Dunne, Colonel Gilpin, Mr. Headlam, Mr. A. limes, Sir H. Jolliffe, Mr. W. Mackinnon, Mr. H. Noel, Mr. F. Powell, Mr. C. S. Read, Lord H. Scott, Mr. R. D. Shafto, and Mr. W. Weiby. The places of these gentlemen were supplied, however, by the following 19 members who had not voted in the first division :—Mr. A. H. Campbell, Lord A. Clinton, Mr. Heinle Cochrane, Mr. W. Dowdeawell, Mr. H. Gwyn, Mr. W. S. Langton, Col. Lowther, Mr. P. Dl'Lagan, Mr. G. Morris, Viscount Newport, Mr. E. Pryse, Mr. D. Pugh, Mr. J. E. Severna, Mr. S. G. Smith, Mr. 0. Stock, Sir W. Thorold, Major Walker, Mr. H. Whitmore, and Sir H. Williamson. 225 members voted against the government proposal in the first division, and 234 in the second. The following 12 gentlemen voted with the opposition in the first instance, but were absent from the second :—Mr, Agar-Ellis, Mr. A. C. Barclay, Mr. N. Bass, Mr. E. P. Bonverie, Mr. J. Briscoe, Mr. F. Doniton, Mr. J. Gold 'mid, Lord W. Hay, Mr. A. Lusk, Mr. C. J. Monk, Mr. H. Sheridan, Mr. C. Waring. On the other hand, the opposition were reinforced in the second division by 21 members, viz.: Mr. J. Brown, Lord E. Cecil, Sir G. Colthurst, Mr. It. Eykyn, Mr. J. Fades, Mr. A. Finlay, Lord R. Gower, Captain Grosvenor, Mr. E. Heneage, Mr. T. Hughes, Mr. R. Jardine, Mr. E. MacEvoy, Mr. R. B. Osborne, Sir R. Palmer, Mr. A. W. Peel, Mr. J. Peel, Lord Proby, Mr. J. A. Smith, Sir H. Verney, Mr. E. Warner, and Captain White. THY TRADER UNION INQUIRY AT SHEFFIELD.— This inquiry was resumed yesterday, but beyond the fast that a number of fresh cases of " rattening " being deposed to, the evidence was not of any importance, the Court. ,_ BALMORAL, .7 17. The Queen; Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Lottbe slnd Prince Leopold, attended divine or vice in the parish church of Crathie yesterday. The Duchess Dowager of Athole and the Equerry were in attendance. The Rev. M. Taylor, minister of Crathie, officiated. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and Lord Robert Montagu. STATE CONCERT. By command of the Queen .a state concert was given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of upwards of 700 was invited. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Mice of Great Britain and Ireland, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Louie of Hesse, attended by the Baroness Von Schenck, Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. A. T. Fitzinsurice, Licut-Colonel Koppel, and Hofmarschall Von Westcrweiler, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace from Marlborough House at 10 o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur arrived, attended by Major Elphinstone and Captain Pickard. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived, at- tended by CoL Tyrwhitt. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived from St. James's Palace, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset, Lady Caroline Oust, and Baron Lillie. His Serene Highness the Prince of Took arrived from Kensington Palace. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the interior of the Palace under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel C. D. Patterson, the Exon in-Waiting. Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke, the Lieutenant of the Corps, also attended. A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards was mounted in the Court of she Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, the Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of Hesse, and the other members of the royal family, conducted by the Earl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain), and attended by their ladies and gentlemen in waiting, entered the saloon at a quarter past 10 o'clock, whenthe concert imme diately commenced. Mdlle. Adelina Patti, Madame De Mtiric-Lablache, Signor Bethel, M. Jules Lefort, Signor C,otogni, Miss Louisa Pyne, Signor Mario, and Millie. Lucca, sang. A number of distinguished persons had the honour of receiving invitations to attend the concert, but some were prevented by unavoidable causes from obeying her Majesty's command. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.-(THIS DAY.) By command of the Queen, a 'cycle waa held to-day at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of the Queen. There was a considerable number of presentations, which are to be considered equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. It has not yet been definitely settled whether there will be another levee during the present season. THE COURT IN THE HIGHLANDS. —On Sunday the Queen attended divine service in the church of Crathie. Her Majesty was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louisa, and Prince Leopold, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court. The Rev. Malcolm C. Taylor preached from John ix., 30—" The man answered and said unto them : Why, herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he bath opened mine eyes." The church was well filled.—Ediaborgli Courant. VISIT OP PRINCE ARTHUR TO PARIS. —His Royal Highness Prince Arthur will pay a visit to the Paris Exhi bition towards the close of this week. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt, honoured the Earl and Countess of Cork with his presence at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grafton-street, Piccadilly. The Duke of Buecleuch has left Montagu House, Whitehall, for Scotland. The duchess has gone to Brighton. The Marchioness of Westminster has issued invi tations for an afternoon party on the 28th instant at Grosvenor House. The Earl of Leicester has left town for salmon fishing in Norway. The Earl and Countess Grey arrived at their residence on Carlton-house-terrace, on Monday evening, from Howiek Hall, Northumberland. Last night Selina Viscountess Milton had a ball at the family residence on Carlton-house-terrace. Upwards of 400 persons of distinction graced her ladyship's saloons by their presence. Ex-President Geffrard, of Hayti, arrived at Rad ler's Hotel, Southampton, from Jamaica, a few days ago, and has since left for Faris. The Rugby Tercentenary will be celebrated at Rugby on Wednesday, the tith inst. There will be a service in chapel at half-past 11, namely, the Litany and a sermon, followed by the holy communion. The annual speeches will begin in the great school at 3 ; and the dinner will be at the Town Hall at 7, the Dean of Westminster taking the chair. Lord Elcho denies the truth of the report that he has accepted the invitation to join Lord Derby's govern- ment at Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. " I have sever," he says, "received the invitation to join Lord Derby's government. Had it been given I should not have accepted it, as lam not an oflice-seeker. I prefer inde pendence, and the right to support or orpose men and measures regardless of party considerations." Yesterday General Sir John F. Burgoyne, G. C. 8., Inspector-General of Royal Engineers and Fortifications, resumed his annual inspection of the corps of Royal Engi neers at headquarters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in which duty he was occupied the entire day. Yesterday the Inns of Court Volunteers visited Oxford. They arrived there about noon, and after having been entertained at luncheon at the various colleges, to whioh they proceeded in companies, they marched from Christ Church to the parks. There they and the lit Ad ministrative Battalion of Oxfordshire volunteers were reviewed by Colonel Erskine. After • long series of movements had been gone through, the men were ad dressed by the inspecting officer, who expressed the pleasure with which be had witnessed the day's per formanoe.n The undergraduates entertained their volun teer friends at dinner in the various college halls after the review. This morning was issued the first report of the Trades' Union Commissioners. It simply states that they have held several meetings, and that they beg leave to submit the evidence up to the let of May. This evidence fills a blue book of 160 pages. Mr. Alderman Lawrence will move, on the second reading of Traffic Regulation (Metropolis) Rill, that it be read a second time upon this day six months. Mr. Layard, to-morrow, will move for a select committee to consider and report on the advisability of making purchases from the Paris Exhibition for the benefit of the Schools of Science and Art in the United Kingdom, and any other means of making that Exhibition useful to the manufacturing industry of Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. Bagnall, to-morrow, will ask the Vice- President of the Committee of Council on Education, whe ther he approves of her Majesty's Inspectors paying their official visits to schools during the Whitman week, when children cannot without difficulty be collected to meet them, and masters are deprived of their accustomed holiday ; and, whether the grants to schools will depend upon the result of inspections made under such disadvan tageous circumstances. Mr. Holland will ask the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, to-morrow, whether, in the event of ices of life at sea, where there has been gross culpability or negligence, her Majesty's government will adopt measures in order that offenders may be made amenable to the criminal laws of the country. The rebuilding of the nave of Bristol Cathedral la in contemplation. A new church is to be built at Bournemouth, in Han* si • oat of 4,0001. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (eeurse's ummuts.) ITALY. FLORENCE, June 19. . In yesterday's sitting of the Italian parliament the debate on the interior budget was concluded. The Chamber then commenced the discussion of the Budget of Justice and approved the Small Arms Conversion Bill. The committee nominated by the Chamber to consider the subject of the responsibility of the ministers has appointed Signor Meochi as their president. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jeri 18. A collective note from France, Russia, Prussia, and Italy was presented to the Porte on Saturday, urging the suspension of hostilities in Crete, and an inquiry into the grievances of the islanders by commissioners appointed jointly by the great powers and the Porte. The Imperial Ottoman Bank has published the half-yearly statement of the government debt ac count showing that 117 millions of piastres had been received in cash, and that 27 millions will be due on the 13th July, and 45 millions after that date. Of these amounts there have been remitted to Europe 103 millions on account of the foreign Loan Service, and 86 millions still remain here on account of the general debt service. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 18. The Committee of Congress appointed to examine the bill for the settlement of the public debt are proceeding actively with their labours. It is be lieved that they will present their report in the course of this week. AMERICA. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the Bth inst., arrived at Queenstown at 4 a.m. to-day (June 18) with 124 passengers and 944,538 dole. in specie. After having landed the mails and passengers she proceeded for Liverpool at 4.20 a.m. NEW YORK, Jowe 8, 5.50 A.M. General Sickles has issued an order requiring all civil officers charged with the maintenance of the peace in his district, to report to and obey the paramount authority of the Provost-Marshals in their districts. General Sheridan has appointed Mr. Benjamin Flanders Governor of Louisiana, Mr. Durant declining to accept the office. It is reported that President Johnson is about to issue a proclamation, declaring that military district com manders have no right to remove or interfere with Southern State officials. President Johnson arrived at Richmond en route for Washington yesterday. On Thursday he visited the Uni versity of North Carolina, and delivered a brief speech reiterating his former declarations to defend and obey the constitution, and protested sincerity in his action.. Numerous conservative meetings have been held in Georgia and Alabama. Chief Justice Chase opened the Circuit Court at Raleigh on Thursday. Mr. Davis has returned to Montreal. Advices received here from Mexico state that Juarez and his cabinet held a consultation at San Luis, on the nth May, relative to the disposal of the Emperor Maximilian, but the result is unknown. It is reported that the cause of the fall of Queretaro was the bribery of the commander of the principal fort. The Emperor Maximilian stipulated that he should be treated as a prisoner of wax, but that if anybody was shot he should be the first. Escobedo has ordered all imperial officers now refusing to surrender to be shot. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, JUNK 18. The steamers Tarifa, City of Cork, and Louiaiana arrived out to-day. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) Wen:mon, Joey 10, 8 LIL w. w. , UF. • D. I 10. Nobs 1065 IL N.B. 1 1 I X.N.E. e —• 1 Aberdeen Leith Cirtencastlo 30.10 64 LICE 1' 2 W.N.W. oc 1 64' Z. 0 I B.E. be '— 1 Cope - - [hotpot,' 30.10 59 W.N.W. 1• 1 W.N.W. o 0.03 1 Holyhead 30.06 67 N.N.W. 1' 1 W.N.W. o 0.03 1 Penzanco 30.03 62 E.N.E. 2; 8 NAL Icb Davit 29.90 di; Z.N.E. 4, 6 N.L oc ; I 4 Latent 19.6860 it N. E. 2 2 E.N.L c; • Rochefort —1944 61i &S.& 4• 4 S. ol I 3 Plymouth —lO.Ol 66 NALL 3 0 Z. bm Weymouth 30.0561: E.N.S. 1• 1 I 3.W. bm I Portsmouth 30.02 63 Z. 12 3 N.W. co I London - Yarmouth 50.07 SS HN.E. 4• 4 ' !SAW. Co Scarborough 30.18 65 Y. :1 , 1 N.N.H. tm 0.04 1 Shields Helder 30.13 SG S. 1' 2 N.W. I cu e I— 12 REMAKE!. Atmospherical pressureliTiecreasing on the southwest coast, where it has dindniahed ghee yesterday. Winds aro chiefly north-easterly and light. Weather generally overcaat. Three reports out arrived. The Monifeur prints a very full report of the explanations which took place in the House of Commons on the Luxemburg affair, and gives the whole of Lord Stanley's speech. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden travel incognito under the name of the Count and Countess d'Ebersteln. " Queen Christina," says the France, " is said to be making preparations at her villa of Sainte-Addresse, near Havre, to receive her daughter, the Queen of Spain, who will spend 48 hours there. The Queen Mother in tends giving a grand fete on the occasion to the not►bili ties of Havre." Prince do Metternich has arrived at Havre, where he purposes passing a week. The Panama railroad has been opened eleven years, and during that period 400,000 passengers and 014,535 tons of goods have putted over the line. This year it is expected that 150,000 tons will pass over it. In 18.16 the income was 136,741 dollars, and the expenditure 530,249 dollars. In 1866 the income was 2,424,977 dollars, and the expenditure 1,206,364 dollars. —Panama paper. The drapers at Blandford, in Doraetahiro, have agreed to close their shops at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesdays to enable their amdstants to obtain some ad ditional recreation. Me. LAI NG , M.P., AND THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON ildt.w.tr.—The following bee been addressed by Mr. Laing, M.P., to Lord Westbury, the chairman of the Brighton Committee :—" ti, Kensington-gardens-ter race, June 17.—llear Lord Westbury.- My attention has been called to • paragraph in the report of the committee of Brighton shareholders, of which you are chairman, which states that ' a new board should be immediately constituted, and that Sir C. Jackson, S. Laing, Esq., M.P., and others, should be requested to accept the office of directors of the company.' If this merely means what is literally expressed, viz., that the committee advise the shareholders to invite me, as their old chairman, to resume my connexion with the company, I can only say that I am grateful for the compliment. But if it be intended to propose any list of names, including mine, for election, or to present it to the meeting as a definite arrangement, I must remind you that I have never even been consulted on the subject, and am certainly not prepared to submit my name as a can didate. I have been most happy from my former connexion with the company, to give any assietence in my power in settling differences, arranging fair terms of amalgamation with the South Eastern, and aiding the committee to arrive at a just appreciation of the financial position and prospects of the company ; but to undertake the very arduous labour and responsibility of a permanent chairmanship of the company is a very different question, which, if presented in a serious and definite form, would require the gravest consideration, and as to which it is sufficient for the present to say that I ,have never been consulted. I think it only fair to the shareholders that there should be no misunderstanding on this point, and as the paragraph in question might lead them to infer that I had consented to become a director, I propose, if your lordship sees no objection, to publish this explanation . —l remain, dear Lord Westbury, yours very faithfully, S. LLIN(I.—TIv) Right lion. the Lard Westbury." THE COMPOUND RATING QUESTIOh. Yesterday afternoon a specially convened con ference of the local authorities of the metropolis was held in the Court-house, Marylebone-lane, for the purpose of receiving and acting upon the report of the committee op- I9inted to oonrider the proposed alteration of rating occu piers of small tenements instead of owner. There was a very full representation at the conference, and Dr, Bach. ho ff ner (of Marylebone) eras elected to preside. Ilr. Green: well (vestry clerk of Maryletme) read the report of the committee, which, after relating the circumstances of de. potations to the Poor-law Board and Mr. Gladstone (re. ports of which are published), submitted as the result of the deliberations of the committee the two following propositions, one of which the House of Co rn . moos, it was suggested, should be asked to emb e d, in the Reform Bill in the form of a clau se: —" T hat in cases in which the owner of any premises is now by any act or acts to be rated linstead of the occupier the name of the owner for the time being shall be pine ee i upon the rate books, together with the n ame o f the or copier and such owner shall be liable to the p a y ment of two-thirds .of the rate in case default is made by th e oc cupier for two months after the making of the rate, and all the powers of the act or seta under which such owner would be liable to be rated if this act had not passed, may be put in force for the purpose of enforcing such liability to the extent of two-thirds of the rate. That it shall be sufficient in the rate books and in any legal proceedings consequent upon non-payment of the rates to designate the occupier of any premises for which the owner is jointly rated, whose name may be unknown as the occupier without name or further description stating such name to be unknown. and such name sh.ll be noted in the rate-books as soon as the same shall be aster tained, without prejudice to the validity in the meantime of any rate duly made." " That the occupier for the time being shall be liable only for such proportion of the rues as accrues during the time of his occupancy ; that whe n the owner of any dwelling-house or other tenement lets the same upon condition of the occupier paying the rates, sad the owner pays any portion of the rates in pursuance of this act, he nig add to any rent due or occurring doe for the occupier in respect of the said dwelling-house or other tenements any amount paid by him on account of the rates to which he may be rendered liable by the act." In the above propositionsthe committee had set forth their views, but they submitted that the more simple and practical method of saving the parishes from Ices, which was the consideration with the committee, would be by rating both the owner and occu pier of tenements let at a rent not exceeding twenty pounds by the year, or for a leas term than a year, or where the rent was received at any shorter period than three months. The occupier would thus be peraomdly liable for payment of the rates, and on payment by him self or by his landlord, who would be deemed his agent, would be entitled to the vote. The committee, therefore recommended that the above two propositions be placea before the metropolitan members ' and that they b e re quested to consider which of the two would be most ac ceptable to the House of Commons. After considerable discussion, both propositions were adopted, the following rider being added to the second a—" But in rating such tenements, an allowance or deduction shall be made from the rateab le return for the water rates, landlords' taus and rates, and collection of rates incident to such class of tenements." A DEFENCE OF THE HOUSE OF PEERS. "An English Peer" writes to the Tines:—" I will at once admit that the abolition of proxies would be a good measure, although they can only be called for on the main question, and never when the details of a bill are discuesed in committee. With respect to a 'quorum,' it exists at present, but is restrained to three member. It might be beneficially increased when other questions than appeals are before um ; hut certainly not with regard to these, which are and ought to be left to the law lords alone. It appears to me that those who criti cise our mode of legislation have not made out any ease of neglect, or shown in any way that public business has suffered by our proceedings. The amount done must necessarily be the same in both bonus, and it is not affirmed that what emanates from the Commons is in arrears or suffers from any derelictions on the part of tb ' peers. The difference between the two bodies, and which I think is scarcely a subject for blame, consists in the latter getting through the same work in a quarter of the time. But if the work is well done (and the contrary ia not asserted), why not let them do it in their own way! It is notorious that a large proportion of the speeches made in the House of Commons are addressed to the electors rather than to the house itself on the question before it. The peers, hawing no such necessity, confine themselves as much as possible to the subject and to their audience. As educated men they appreciate rhetoric, but as men of business they dislike surplusage in every stage of discos slots. Would they raise their character as a judicial body or benefit the public by increasing the number and length of their speeches after all had been said that could be said by the foremost peers of both parties' I venture to think not. In your first article you 'Binned that the eloquence of the House of Lords had deteriorated, and you attribute it to the hereditary principle ; but is it so? Are not the 12 peers, which I rill here name, sad who have inherited their titles, equal in that respect to any 12 members of the Lower House, and eloquent enough for all parliamentary discussion —lllenberoush, Deft. Granville, Shaftesbury, Kimberley, Clarendon, Grey, Redeedale, Da lhousie, and Carnarvois ? In your second criticism you complain that we are idle' and 'do nothing.' I therefore give you a list of some of the bills originated and sent down by the peers this session, and now waiting in the Commons Lis Pendens," Masters and Workmen, ' Public Schools ,' Traffic Regulation in the Metr opoli s , ' Judges' Chambers," Vim , Admiralty Courts , ' ' Offices of Judges,' British Herring Fisheries,' Contagious Diseases, Animals, ' with 14 others in progress. All these are ' practical legislation. The tion of the metropolis, the case of the Tornado , and the land question in Ire land' have been before us during this session. A bill for the traffic of the metropolis, carefully revised in a select committee, has gone to the House of Commona. A most elaborate one on Irish lord tenure (almost a code), by Lord Clanrirarde, is now pass lag through the same ordeal. The legal oints involved in the case of the Tornado were ventilated completely by Lords Derby, Clarendon, Russell, and Clanricarde. iiith regard to attendance I find by the clerks' list of this ses sion that whenever any real business has bees before the house from 70 to 150 peers have been present, and that the average attendance may be put at about 100." THE GRAND CALEDONIAN FANCY DRESS BALL. —The committee of the ladies patronesses of the above annual charitable ball, which takes place at Willis's Rooms on Friday, have held frequent meetings during the last ten days to complete the arrangements. The ambassadors and many of the distinguished foreigners in town have been invited. Viscountess Stormont will have a Highland quadrille, and the Marchioness Townshend will have a costume quadrille. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE " OWL" OT Te-D tY.-- The Sultan will leave Constantinople on the 'Ltd unit. It is arranged that her Majesty is to receive her imperial visitor on board her yacht, and conduct him in person to witness the manoeuvres of the great naval review at Spit. head. Lori Raglan has been appointed to attend os the Sultan during his Majesty's visit to this country. - Mr. Hastings Russell, M.P., was the occupant of the opts sition benches to whom Mr. Disraeli alluded as ham declined the offer made to him of serving on the Bounds` Commission.—We understand that a large number of LL: permanent members of the Civil Service have " street for a higher rate of salary.—Earl Russell has mule matt rial alteration in his projected motion respecting the In:: church. Originally he abstained from dealing with v.: application of the property and revenues of the establisl ment, but, when he moves his address on Thurgau) , writ for a royal commission, one of the princip al pain? on which he will urge inquiry is to be the most equitaia application" of the Irish church revenues and property the benefit of the Irish people.—There will be a nieetiti of the whole of the Scotch representatives today or to Friday next, irrespective of party ties or political consi.t , rations, to discuss the present position of ea Scotch reform question, to receive important derv, tations from the leading towns of Scotland, 0.0 to determine upon some joint course of act or in the not impossible contingency that the bill may not be pressed further during the presint session.—The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland returned to London from Paris yesterday afternoon, and will resume the active duties of the Vice-royalty in the Irish n.etie polls towards the close of the present month.—The convening a meeting of the liberal representative' from Ireland this afternoon, in the smoking room of the House of Commons, to consider the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announced abandonment of the Irish R e form question until next year, emanates from Mr. Bagwell. Alr- Cogan, Sir Patrick O'Brien, Mr. Greville-Nugent, Mawr Gavin, Mr. Maguire, and The O'Donoghue, with Mr J. Lyster O'Beirne and Mr. Tristram Kennedy as past honorary secretaries.—Sir John Trollops and Air. Balky are likely to serve under Lord Everaley's presidency 00 the Boundary Commission. At a general ordination holden by the Lora Bishop of Norwich in the Cathedral Church of Norwich, on Sunday last, the following persons were admitted int. holy orders :—Deacons.—William Allen Cottee, MA.. bt- John's College, Cambridge ; Edwin Tearle (literate!. Priests.—William John Betts, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge; James Wm. Harding, B.A.,Wielharn Oxford ; Arthur Wellesley Pain, 8.A., St. Cagan& s College, Cambridge; Joseph Potts, 8.A., Emman uel College, Cambridge ; Edward Ram, King's COllll. London; Edward Murray Tomlinson, 8.A. , Trinity 4 ," lege, Cambridge ; and on the following day the Rev. M Allen Cottee, clerk, was licensed to the curacy of Ili borough, in the county of Norfolk; and the Rev. haw I Tearle, clerk, was licensed to the curacy of Great si r Bingham with Rodney in the same county. The sixth annual festival of tae Canterle Diocesan Choral Union took place in the cathedral lb' yesterday, and was in every respect a great success. day was fine, and a large number of strangers were pre,. from all stations on the South Eastern and London, I, ham, and Dover Railways, even as far as London. I , s musical point of view the festival was fully equal to 6.! I of its predecessors.