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Ctildren under twelve, (.l Aket . ?" * 74 ! ;_54 !Itt I,ONDOW, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1869. Although the Marquis of SALISBURY was, accord ing to his wont, shrewdly sarcastic in his answer last night to the arguments set forth by the Duke of AP.GYLL, we cannot bat think that for once his Grace had decidedly the best of it. It is all lery facetious, no doubt, talking, as Lord SALISBURY did, of " the extraordinary ruminating power of the noble duke, causing him after such a long process of digestion to chew the cud" and so forth. It is all whimsical enough his suggesting that because the Duke of ARGYLL had found occa sion only yesterday to refer to a gpeech delivered a month previously, that, therefore, as Lord SALIS BURY says, " What I ought to do would be to move that the debate be adjourned for a month, by which time I might, perhaps, be able to produce an answer." All this is purely idle jocularity--entirely beside the mark—and is little better than frittering away the time of Parliament and giving provocation to so much senseless laughter. As to the real drift of the argu ment set forth by the Duke of ARGYLL, the noble marquis, as it seems to us, almost disingenuously affected to misapprehend it. The tendency of the whole of that argument was towards the rational vindication of the independence of the House of Lords as a distinct branch of our Legislati►e system, as a separate portion of our com plex Constitutional Government. Insomuch was this the case that when Lord SALISBURY said last night, addressing himself to his Peers, "I quite be• lieve that this House is subordinate to the nation ; I do not believe it is subordinate to the House of Commons," the Lords cheered, and the Duke •of ARGYLL joined in the cheering. In so doing his Grace was perfectly consistent. Yet the Marquis of SALISBURY commented upon the remarks of the noble duke as though they advocated the abso lute subordination of the House of Lords to the House ofCommons. What the Duke of ARGYLL had been especially insisting upon in his observations, apropos to the consideration of the Life Peerages Bill in Committee, was, and it must be said quite reasonably, this, that the measure he was referring to is one that will submit the con stitution of the Lords to the discussion of the other House, and, " though this may be necessary and ad visable," said the Duke, " for grave reasons, no man can deny that it is in itself an evil, and to raise a dis cussion upon the abstract principles of the Constitu tion and of the constitution of this House before the other House always involves a certain amount of danger." That danger he, the Duke of ARGYLL, considered greatly increased by allowing the measure to be sent down to the House of Commons based upon arguments like those delivered in its favour by two noble lords of such distinction as the Marquis of SALISBURY and the Earl of CARNARVON. The whole ft roe of their reasoning in its behalf, as an innovation, was indubitably to the effect that the Bill was desirable, was, indeed, for that matter requisite, as a means of increasing the strength of the House of Lords as a political body. 1 hns," said the Duke of ARGYLL, " the argument of these two distinguished members of the House is that the bill will add political strength to this House, and in such a degree as materially to alter the present relative position of the two Houses, and to place your lordships on a footing, not merely of legal equality, but of influence and authority equal to the House of Commons. Nov, lam con vinced," said his Grace, " that for such a purpose the bill is not worth the paper on which it is printed." An emphatic declaration, which —it is noticeable—elicited cheers, not from the Aliuisterialists, but from the Opposition ! The fact is that the Bill is unquestionably inopportune at this moment, as it submits the constitution of the House of Lords to open and direct discussion in the House of Commons, and that it does this, according to the reasoning of the Marqu;s of SALISBURY, to the very end, and with the avowed object of so far strengthening the hereditary branch of the Legisla ture as to render it independent of, and a fitting rival to, the popular House of Parliament. - Minx the organs of the Orange fanatics are openly suggesting a resort to civil war, and the clever literati of London and young Oxford are looking on with quiet but eager interest at the impetus which is being given to . Republican ideas by the second estate of the realm, it will be well for those who sympathise with ilvithcr .73.h-erne to Cunoia.r well the present critical position, with the view, if possible, of warding off results that they would nut desire to see. The first thing to be noticed is the very un constitutional course of the politician who claims to be Tar ea•c•ellence the leader of the Constitutional party. As we have before said, no one can blame the Lords for having thrown out the Suspensory Bill of last year. The subject of the Irish Church had not at that time been referred to the nation, and it was impossible to say what would be the result of such reference. The then Prime Minister appealed to the people—the people whom he had enfranchised—and the result was an answer so emphatic that it could not be misunderstood. Mr. DISRAELI himself said the nation had declared against him. But while Mr. DISRAELI recognised this fact by resigning office, Lord DERBY will not recognise it. lie counts the ordinary constitutional reference to the people, the ordinary constitutional reply at the polling-booth as nothing ; he protests against the decision of the householders, and appeals from them to the " residuum." He is dissatisfied with household suffrage, and appeals to universal suffrage. The logical result of this course would be to abolish the House of Commons, and to summon the whole nation to give a vote on Salisbury Plain. Nor is this the only unconstitutional act on Lord DERBY'S part It is a recognised principle of the unwritten Constitution that when the nation has unmis takeably decided in favour of a certain course, the Lords shall give way. It is not only the Marquis of SALISBURY of to-day who asserts this, but the Duke of WELLINGTON of forty years ago. No man had a higher sense of duty than he had. Duty was the governing motive of his life. No man was less influenced by considerations of expediency. Nevertheless it was he who brought in a bill to emancipate the Roman Catholics in 1829 ; it was he who counselled the Tory peers to stay away from the second reading of the Reform Bill of 1832 ratherthan havetheir House swampedby a num ber of new peers. It was he who, when Lord DERBY broke with Sir ROBERT PEEL, and preferred to incur all the horrors of a famine rather than tamper with the Corn Laws, told his fellow peers that they were bound to carry out the wishes of the nation in this matter. Who can doubt that he would have taught the same lesson at the present crisis ? On the other hand, we have Lord DERBY, who has always been obstinate, who has always carried out the policy of " No surrender," except on one memorable occasion, who opposed Free Trade, the admission of Jews into Parliament, the abolition of church rates, and who now that those changes have been made in spite of him, recognises them, and would do nothing to reverse them—we find him proposing a course which, if he can persuade his followers to adopt it, will be as useless as it proved on all former occasions, and whose unwisdom he himself will hereafter tacitly admit. But Lord DERBY, in spite of the obstinacy which he has usually displayed, cannot be depended the eon last,to remain ashe d firm.idin the He may caseof resist theo Corn Laws ; but he may give way, as in the case of Parliamentary Reform, and carry a measure infinitely more sweeping than he opposes. If he do not, what other course can he take ? Level up ? Grant con current endowments ? That policy is even more odious to his Orange friends than Mr. GLADSTONE'S bill. Adopt the suggestions of the Irish Church Commissioners, and knock a few bishops on the bead ? But that scheme fell dead from the first, and Lord DERBY'S chief ally on that commission —Lord STANHOPE—has openly condemned Lord DERBY'S present course, and declared his preference for that which the PRENHER has taken. But it is needless to discuss these alternatives. Lord DERBY will take neither, for the simple reason that the country will not place him in the position to take either. No event that has yet taken place can be more certain than that, if the Lords reject the bill in the summer, they will have to pass it in the autumn. But what a sacrifice THE SUN, LONDON, WEDS.ESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1569, this short delay will involve. It will prove, in the first place, that some 250 gentlemen think they have a right to reverse the decision of the nation. In the second place, it will manifest to all the world the fact, which it would be much wiser to conceal, that the Peers are capable of being overborne when their resistance is prejudicial to the State. If that event should be brought about, as it was in 1832 by the threatened creation of peers, it will further prove that though the Conser vative Peers are prepared to run the risk of revolution in behalf of the Church, they are not prepared to have their individual influence destroyed. The conflict will, moreover, familiarise the public mind with the idea entertained in many influential quarters, that an hereditary House of Legislature is an anomaly and an anachro nism, and that the sooner it is abolished the better. Finally, this opposition will not only not save the Church, on whose behalf all these manifold perils are encountered, but it will probably lead to a more stringent and sweeping reform, which will not be stopped by St. George's Channel. There is one speck of blue sky in this cloud-laden horizon which bids us hope that the storm may yet pass away. The rejection of the Irish Church Bill is now no longer a question merely between Con servatives and Liberals,between the Upper House and the Lower, but between Conservative peers and Conservative peers. No one can question either the Conservatism or the Churchmanship of such men as Lord DEVON, Lord SALISBURY, Lord CARNARVON, Lord STANHOPE, Lord NELSON, and Lord LIME RICK, and yet they are all strongly opposed to the course which Lord DERBY has advised the majority of Peers to take. More than this, it is no secret that the present leader in the Upper House, Lord CAIRNS himself, was originally opposed to it, and that both Lord STANLEY and Mr. DrsnAELI view it with dislike and alarm. 'The Conservative journals reflect this difference of opinion clearly enough. While the evening organ upholds the policy of. "No Surrender," the morning organ represents that of "prudence and concession." It is within the range of possibility that the emphatically expressed opinions of the eminent reers we have mentioned, and the known, though not expressed, opinions of the influential statesmen in the Lower House, may prevent the conflict which we should alike deplore and dread. It is for these able men to make use of the short time that has to elapse before the die is cast. It is for them to counteract the mischief which may be done during the next few days by incendiary orators spouting treason under the auspices of the quondam leader of the " Constitutional " party. 477 , eft-i fizi V4:i k f i D c- C 11 11 an HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE ) June 7. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess L'uise, Prince Christian, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopol 1, avith their suite, attended Divine service yesterday in the parish church of Crathie. FUNERAL OF LORD BROUGHTON THIS DAY. This morning the mortal remains of L)rd Broughton were removed from his late residence in Berkeley. square, and finally deposited in his family vault at Kensal-green. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. T. and W. Banting, upholsterers to her Majesty, St. James's-street. The p-ineipal mourners, the Rev. Lord Thomas llay, M.A., the Rev. F. Fane, M.A., Marquis of Tweedale, Lord William Hay, Colonel the Hon. P. Carleton, Colonel the Hon. S. Jocelyn, Thoma 3 Hobhouse, Esq., _besides a number of noblemen. The coffin was covered - with superfine black c'oth, and t, , ilver gilt ornaments. Inscription plate bore the following :--'• Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hob house, Baron Broughton of Broughton, Giffard Co., Wilts, P.C., G.C.8., Colonel Royal Wilts Midtia. Borne June 27, 1786. Died June 3, 1869." THE FF,NIAAS AT CORK. A Cork correspondent telegraphs that a Fenian demon stration took place in tha Atheneaum last night on the occa sion of a lecture and recitation being. given. Seditious poot)y was recited by a person named O'Connor, who described himself as "an Irishman hoping and trusting for the day when The significant pause was received with loud cheers, and the audience stood up and uncovered while the lecturer recited "Who fears to spcak of ninety-eight ?" and received the opening line of "God's curse upon the Saxon" with a vigorous "Amen." At the close of the proceedings the wholeassembly tang the Fenian anthem, "God save Ireland." A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by Mr. 011ahony, a released Fenian. Some detectives in the room were do neunced and threatened. IRISH CHURCH bEMONST.RATIONS. On Monday a demonstration in connection with the Pem berton District Constitutional Association was bold at Orrell-Mount. A resolution in favour of a petition was passed, and the chairman was authorised to forward it to Lord Derby for presentation. The expression of opinion at the meeting was very strong. One of the speakers said the relative position of the Roman Catholic party and Mr• Gladstone born a striking resemblance to that of the re ceiver and thiof. On the same night a meeting, to which admission was given by ticket, was held iu the .Assembly-rooms, Halifax, in opposition to the Irish Church Bill, The Rev Prebendary Cross, vicar of Eyrecourt, county Galway, Ireland, in a long address, replete with the stock arguments against the bill, proposed a resolution urging it as the duty of English men to support the Lords in rejecting the bill. The Rev. W. R. Bowditch, 31. A., of Wakefield, in seconding the reso lution, made some rather singular statements—such as that Mr. Gladstone never intended that the bill should pass, and that, if it did pass, it would cause rebellion in Ireland, and sympathetic action in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Scotland. The resolution was, of course, carried. THE CONFERENCE ON THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC LAWS. This conference was resumed on Tuesday, at the Society of Arts, Adelphi. Sir Harcourt Johnstone,M.P., occupied the chair, and most of the gentlemen present on the for mer day again attended. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the members of the con ference on the passing of the third reading of Sir H. Selwin•lbbetson's bill on the previous night, and described the -bill as the first nail in the coffin of the old system. With regard to what the conference had done on the previous day, he scarcely thought a licensing board of ratepayers would be the licensing power authorised by the House of Commons. No doubt some change now was needed in the present system. The subject left for discussion from the day before would be continued, namely, "The relative advan tage of one uniform license for all excisable liquors, as recommended by the parliamentary committee of 1854, or of separate licenses for beer only, wine only, beer and spirits, beer, spirits, and wine. Also the expe diency, or otherwise, of entrusting licenses to houses of a low rental and rating," and to that would be added the subject selected for that morning, viz., "The functions of the licensing power ;• whether the trade should be open, as -:ecommenaed by the committee of 1854, or restricted. I' the former, under what conditions?" The discussion was then continued. Mr. T. HERIOT spoke in favour of pale ale as a less zleoholie and injurious beverage than those generally con sumed. Mr. FRANK PORTER advocated one uniform license, with power to the holders of public-houses to enforce order and prevent drunkenness. .Earl Spencer left Dublin on Tuesday for London. TLe General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church commenced its annual deliberation on Monday, and the Rev. Professor Smyth, Magee College, .Derry, was elected Moderator for the ensuing year. 111.14 address he condemned the disendownitnt of the Church. iThere was a larger attendance of elders than at any former I Feting. LATEST INTELL LGEN OE (RELY'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AM.LRICA. NEW YORK, June 8. The Cunard steamship Scotia arrived at 11 p.m. yesterday. The Anchor steamship Britannia, the Allan steamship Nestorian, and the National steamship Denmark arrived out to-day. COIIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1391 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 139 i; the lowest, 1381. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 " 1885 ll9. 44 " 1867 129. 10-40 Illinois Erie 291: Cotton—Mid. upland 3lc. Petroleum—Standird White 3llc. Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old mixed, $9.7c. PLYMOUTH, June 9. the ship Lansdowne, from Melbourne for Lon don, arrived off this port this morning. She landed three passengers by pilot boat, and proceeded. SOUTHAMPTON, June 0. The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa, from New York, on the 29th ult., arrived here this morning with 48 passengers, $115,451 in specie, and a large cargo for Bremen. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA MAILS. MESSINA, Juue 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Fera passed Messina at 2.30 this morning en route for Marseilles. INDIA. BOMBAY, June 8. The outward mail arrived to-day, havirg suffered a brt ak down on the passage through the Red Sea. News from the north state that Nizain Khan End Abdooe Kahman have further proceeded into the interior of Persia, and arrived at Tehern, dcspdr ing, as it is asserted, of being able to mend their fortunes. The reforms Shere Ali intends to introduce in Afghanistan are very important. The army is to be remodelled, and a regular police established. Citizens will be forbidden to carry arms. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, April 25, (Via Brindisi.) The mails of February were delivered here on the 16th inst. On the opening of Parliament after the E ,stcr recess the member 3 were occupied with a discus-ion on the report of the Bribery Committee. The re sult is, that Mr. Jones, late Mitiister for Railways, has been expelled the House, and also Mr. Butters, the ex-klayor of Melbourne. Others are expected to follow. A conference of members of the various Colonial Chambers of Commerce will take place on the 3d of May, with a view to establish a customs union between the Colonies, and ultimately to bring about inter-colonial free trade. The Liverpool ship Hurricane arrived in this port on the 22d inst., and whilst iu charge of the pilot grounded at the entrance of the bay. She foundered about au hour afterwards in six and a half fathcmis of water. There were no lives lost, but it is feared the ship will be a total loss. The unierwriters, however, have resolved not to abAn lon the cargo, whi,-11 be raised and forwarded o the consignees. The steamer Investigaf or, with the Sarmajan Telegraph Cable, arrived on the 15th instant, and proceeded on the 22d to Wes.ern Port, where she landed the Victorian shore end, and started on the -iatne day. When, however, 150 miles bad been submerged a storm came on, and it was found ucceissary to cut the cable and buoy it. There is every prospect of its speedy recovery and completion. There is no news of importance respecting the New Zealand war, but the rebels are being very hard pressed by the colonial forces. Her Majesty's ship Galatea, commanded by hii Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, sailed from Sydney on the 3d inst. for Wellington. The drought has broken up all over the colony, and has been succeeded by some beautiful growing weather. The first quarter's revenue returns shows an in crease of £50,000 over the corresponding period last year, or a total increase for the year of £90,000. The Roman Catholic bishops have held a Pro visional Council in Melbourne during the last fort night. Eight bishops and a large number of priests were present. It is understood that the laws re lating to marriage and education were the subjects of consultation. _ Captain B. R. Mathews, Lloyd's agent at this Fort, is dead. Exchange on London is one per cont. premium at 60 days. Discount is unaltered. In Sydney the Parliament was prorogued by pro clamation in the Government Gazette on the Ist of April. The revenue returns of the first quarter show a decrease of £32,592 from the*corresponding quarter of last year. The wool market is depressed, and shipments of tallow have ceased. The Government promises extensive retrench ments during the recess. At Brisbane the Queensland Parliament has been prorogued. There have also been discovered extensive defal cations in the Government Department. The steamer Himalaya has sailed from Adelaide for London with the 50th Regiment on board. Arrivals at Melbourne—The Lincolnshire, Borro daile, Great Britain, after a journey of 63 days; also the Derana, Investigator, Gulins, Hurricane, Kent ; at Sydney, the Esmeralda, Shathden, Queen of the Colonies, Flying Spur, Scythea, Araby Maid ; at Adelaide, Prince Arthur, Terpsichore, George Shotton, Fontenaigne. Departures from Mel bourne—City of Vienna, Anglesea, and White Rose. FRANCE. BOURSE, June B.—Three:;o'clock—The market .:losed as follows : Bank Shares 2900 ItaPan Fives 40 End of month Mexican Loan 'ls Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 3C 50 Home Debt — Deferred — Cash Orleans ... 922 k Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.., Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian . por Cont. End of month —• 1 por Gent End of mouth 7l 50 01 . 6(14 Mobilier n 2 50 End of month 255 !rodit Fonder _1625 End of month — RAILIVA' 501 770 Lombard , 515 North of Spat i Saragossa , 'n) Roman GEWERAb ELECTIONS IN FL'ANCE. ',FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY. The battle is finally over. With the exception of a few re-elections in cases where one deputy has been returned for two constituencies—and these cannot in any way affect the relative strength of parties—the great contest is at an end. The returns are complete, and the relative terms on which the Emperor and his foes will compet efor the next six years may now be estimated. The second balloting has greatly increased the strength of the Opposition. Nevertheless the victory has not been so com plete as was expected. The Government has snatched a good many seats from the fire, and the corpse of many a stout Opposition candidate strews the field of battle. The Liberals have to regret the defeat of M. Lavertujon in the Gironde, M. Cretnieux in the Di otne, MM. Taxile Delord and Gent in the Vaucluse, M. E. Pelletan in the Bouches-du-Rhone, M. Jules Simon in the Htrault, and of others whom it expected to secure as members of the Corps L6gislatif. But there is much consolation even in some of these unexpected reverses. If the Liberals have not gained seats, they have won votes. All over France the contest has been remarkably close and desperate. In places where the Government won with scarcely an effort in former years, the utmost tightening of the screw has lut just enabled the prefects to save their men by the skin of their teeth. 16,086 and 15,800 ; 15,457 and 15,088 ; 13,085 and 12,638; 10,394 and 10,387 (won by five !) ; 13,79 S and 13,079; 13,189 and 12,926 are some, but not all, the respective numbers which will give you an idea of the desperate strait to which Imperialism has been reduced. The numbers polled, even more than the increase of the Opposition deputies, decisively prove that France has-really awakened from her long slumber. The votes given at the first balloting were largely in excess of former years, and it is noteworthy that fully the same large proportion of electors have pre sented themselves at the second ballot. In England the rule is that a second re-election shews a falling off in the number of votes recorded. Here there has been no falling off, in several cases rather the other way. On the whole the proportion which the electors polling bear to those inscribed on the register has been larger than the same proportion in England. This settles the question as to the popular interest felt in the contest. What has been the net result of the fifty-nine circum scriptions in which the second balloting has been found necessary ? The Government has carried twenty-four. The Opposition has been successful in thirty-four cases. From one of, the Finisterre circumscriptions the result is notyet arrived. These figures, you will doubtless perceive, do not quite accord with those published by the authorities ; but, as I have before said, the authorised figures are to be taken with salt. The official organs state that so many candidates supported or not opposed by the prefects, and so many candidates opposed, have been elected. This is not a satisfactory mode of calculation. For instance, in Paris two battles were fought between Rochefort and Jules Favre, and Raspail and Gamier-Pages, the Government not opposing any of these, simply because it was useless to do so. The question is, how many Imperialists and how many Liberals have been returned? and to this question I answer 24 and 34. To estimate the full strength of the Opposition in the whole House is more difficult. Several deputies who have been elected have been claimed by both sides. One very fair calculation gives 24 Opposition deputies and 37 hide pendents or Third Party men, as the number returned at the first balloting. Add to these the number 34, just elected, and the full strength of the Oppo sition of all shades amounts to 1)5 ! But, as I have said before, all these are not to be relied on to oppose the Empire on a great many questions. But some highly important reforms will be supported by the entire strength of this formidable minority, whilst the Opposi tion proper can seldom fail to fall below eighty votes. This is, indeed, a great change on the state of things prevailing in the last Chamber. The triumph of the Liberals is great, and it is all the more satisfactory, because the ultra-Republicans will not muster so formidably as was expected. The people of France deserve all credit for their decision at this juncture. The disagreeable topic of riots once more intrudes itself upon notice. There were some serious disturbances on the boulevards last night, and the authorities did not fail to make the most of them by arresting a large number of persons—about 130 altogether. I have no desire to diminish the gravity of these disturbances, but undoubtedly the police have behaved badly. The tumults were not such as to warrant 130 arrests. Too much intervention has again produced the ordinary effect. It appears that the tumults chiefly broke out in the Quartier Latin—the circumscription in which Jules Favre and Rochefort contended. Many of the supporters of the latter, irritated at the defeat of their candidate, gathered round the office of the Rappel—the journal which supported Rochefort—in the Rue du Faubourg Montmartre. They undoubtedly did indulge in cries of " Vive Rochefort !" and "A bas Jules Favre !" but the Patric states that they entered the cafds and indulged in personal conflicts with the occupants, which I think hardly likely. The police en deavoured to keep up the circulation of the crowd, and their ordering and pushing seem to have brought about some little struggles, of which the result was 130 arrests. Considering that all the districts iu which the contests took place were crowded to excess with people, a little excitement might have been expected. Certainly cries of " Vive Rochefort !" cannot be held to justify this wholesale incarceration ; and be yond these cries the mob really did nothing. There were disturbances in other parts of Paris, but very slight. The Quartier Latin was the great centre of the effervescence. At Bordeaux and Nantes there have been some outbreaks. 7HE LORDS AND THE BILL. -o The Globe says that the Times is mistaken in supposing that there is any wavering on the p ar t o f the peers who determined on Saturday to vote against the second reading of the Irish Church Bill. The Globe contends that the question of disestablishing a Church is widely different from a Reform Bill ; for while the House of Commons was entitled to have its decision respected with regard to its own constitution, the Lords are bound to defend such an institution as the National Church. The fact that the Liberal journals have already declared that any amendments made by the Lords will be rejected by the Commons, renders it useless for the Upper House to amend the bill in corn. mittee. "The Peers are told they must yield; the hymn of triumph is already shouted over them, and they wish at least to meet the danger in front, and fall, if fall they must, like men." The London correspondent of the Western Daily Press telegraphs that should the Lords persist in their deter mination to throw out the Irish Church Bill, Mr. Glad stone intends, by the end of the month, to ask the Queen for leave to prorogue Parliament, and to give him power to create, if necessary, new peers. In the event of being refused he will resign, and Mr. Disraeli will be sent for. It is intended, on the rejection of the bill, to move to limit the supplies to two months, so that Disraeli could not dissolve the House ; then a vote of no confidence could be immediately moved. Mr. Gladstone would not exercise the power, supposing the Sovereign accedes, to call the younger sons of Liberal peers to the Upper House unless the Lords throw out the bill a second time. The same correspondent says the Marquis of Salisbury will speak for the second reading of the bill and vote against it. A rumour is afloat (says the Echo) that the Archbishop of Canterbury has advised the members of the Episcopal Bench not to resist the second reading of the Irish Church Bill. TEE CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICUL T U.R.E. A meeting of the Central Chamber was held on Tuesday at the Salisbury Hotel, Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., in the chair. Among those present were Lord Egerton of Tatton, Sir Massey Lopes, Bart., M.P., Hon. G. W. Milles, M.P., Major-General Herbert, M.P., Mr. Corrance, M.P., Mr. W. M'Combie, M.P., Mr. W. D. Fordyce, 11. P., Lieutenant-Colonel Corbett, M.P., Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. S. W. Clowes, M.P., Mr. D. Chadwick, M.P., Mr. VV. Parker, M.P., Mr. Cornwall Legh, M.P., Mr. W. Hodgson Barron, M.P., Colonel Brise, M.P., Mr. Edmund Turnor, M.P . Mr. W. J. Legh, M.P., Messrs. Clay, Duckham, Masfer, Blich, Varden, Captain Craigie, R. J. More, H. Neild, Myott, Long, Jabez, 'Turner, Stratton, &c. After the usual preliminary business, Sir Messzv LOPES, M.P., read the report of the Local Taxation Coin mittee, of which he is chairman. A sum of upwards of £2OO had been promised to carry on the agitation ; and the utmost interest in the object of the committee had been manifested from all parts of the country. H. MASFEN (Staffordshire) proposed—" That this Chamber re-affirms its resolutions of April 6th as to the provisions essential for rendering the Contagious Disease? (Animals) (No. 2) Bill acceptable to the agriculturists of the kingdom ; and considers that, if the moderate amend ments of which Mr. C. S. Read has gi - :en notice should fail to be carried, the most determined opposition ghoul ( ) be given to the bill." Mr. WILLSON (Leicestershire), in seconding the motion, expressed his entire approval of it.—The resolution was passed, as was also one authorising a petition to be pre sented in favour of Mr. Clare Sewell Read's amendment? to the bill. An attempt to make preaching legal in the public nks X 4 ismool has been defeated by the Towp, Qouacil THE ENGLISH CHURCH UNION AN OPPONENTS. The English Church Union has been making overtures to the Church Association, which, if accepted, would have joine d together the rival societies in a crusade against rationalist!), The Hon. C. L. Wood recently made a proposal to the Council of the Church Association that the societies should jointly raise the sum of £l,OOO to present to the Archbishop of York to assist in defraying tho exPee ses , of the suit instituted against Mr. Voysey. This P ill : action, it was urged by Mr. Wood, would be "a token that whetover difference may unhappily have divided our tw ° societies we recognise in them only an additional incentive for united action where it may be had in the hope th at such co-operation in defence of truths common l° us both, may tend to allay the strife and soften those differences which are so infinitely hurtful to the Church of Christ.'' The chairman of the Church Assoclati° in reply expresses his "opinion that as the Church tro i°ll has been actively engaged in promoting the errors and pe r " verions of cur Eeformed Church which the Church As s° elation was instituted to resist any idea of co-operati° between two societies having such opposite objects seems undavisable, and adds for himself " that with every fee lil4 of personal respect" for Mr. Wood he " should decline es a loyal Churchman any association with the body ° le !, which he regrets that Mr. Wood presides. The C ouncil of the Church Association, when the matter was brought be fore them, agreed in "the views expressed in their chairmseS letter.' When the idea of joint action was found to be practicable the Council of the E.C.U. offered for thernsel /es the sum of £5OO to the Archbishop, but his grace w rites i s reply, " Calling to mind the proceedings of the Church U ol°3 : Society, and of some of its members who appeared to repre ss , t3 t it, and have not been disowned, towards me in my dießety office for two or three years past, I find myself unable accept as an appropriate sequel to them this large gift ° money. I will therefore bog leave to decline with tha n the liberal proposal of that society." PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE. At the sitting of this Aftmittee on Tuesday, some inter 6t : ing evidence was given as to the employment of trooe Irish elections, by Lieutenant-General McMurdoch. said according to law a soldier was not allowed to use his arms on any provocation without the o nl ; mand of his superior. Believed that in TiPP er t i if there were no troops a great many persons would refrain from voting, that was supposing the ballot did not es!st" Believed the priests could do a great deal towards keePl the mob quiet if they liked. The police might be d° ll away with if people had an opportunity of voting ne,!l: 0 their own homes. It was not always that the attac.. were made in towns ; it often happened in the co un ..: Did not believe there would be mob violence and fi dation if people voted near home, though there would landlord intimidation still existing. Bringing the roil to an election was like holding a red rag to a It was the feeling of the voters when being con vele ci under escort that they were being taken like prio uerl4 When called out to a riot the soldiers acted as CitiZen% but as soldiers when escorting voters. There was no (1 ° 111 : 3 that soldiers were placed in a "cruelly false" P° si ,,, t ` ci- ,. The attacks on convoys during late years had "":, exceedingly well organised, and they selectedproper 0133 s from which to attack the troops which were acting as convoys. He believed the majority of voters vie coerced. He believed even with the Ballot persons sh ° rote near home. By Mr. Bright : Was a Protestant. By Sir Michael Beach : Some of the voters were We ill Irish miles from the polling places. 4 POINT OF DIVORCE LAW. o A case which, as Baron Penzance observed, should lu'ceo the greatest publicity given to it, came on in the P°°rfa Court on Tuesday. A man had successfully Petition`., the court for a dissolution of marriage on the grou nd bu t o f wife's adultery. The decree nisi had been pronounced' between that period and the time wheh it should have made absolute, the petitioner was married, after giving 1411 notice of banns, &c., to another woman. The and alit General appeared for the Queen's Proctor, that by his action the petitioner had committed adultelie and bigamy, and was therefore not entitled to ha ve hissecrbeis made absolute. Mr. Inderwick, for the petitioner, d_ t client was an ignorant man, and appeared perso n he the trial, and when the decree nisi was pronounced.,D6 imagined that his first marriage was fully annulled. acted with perfect bond fides in the matter,and did not con' e lo his second marriage. Lord Penzance said that as ar. etr ignorance was no excuse for an illegal act, and the I ) tioner had no doubt committed adultery. The 1)1 ' 1 ° r :: Courtliad certainly a discretionary power and the petiti°") Attorael: appeared to have acted perfectly bond fide, and he ( the] t he thought that his decree should be made absolute. f" r ye same time the Queen's Proctor was right in bringing °t - matter before the court, and too much publicity could " be given to the proceedings. THE ABYSSINIAN MASSACRE ..ip The Times publishes " the only authentic account" w the ee one massacre signedin Abyssinia.:, ru zin u g u e i r ea ,' t ' iv a n nd is d a a s ted ful A lu l w as a s : sa , b l , A ivfea zet l t t , ,i,s and dntadianteedd infrtowroo lietettrel? 13 . agos, Abyssinia, May 3, and the other signed “ 3 "" -- ' T pe h n e , l'st cod' in consequence of very sad ne l\'t w alk s aye w 7t h .h i e ch have re us in the last three days, and which have throro ble s ehne and the village of Kerim into consternati°l3. giiiylloeud,lav as well informaaM Mr. . r Al o a L e l r l e , r h that v i f his e, hbirso tehoenr,l:l9,oi: Isa:eluiertdpvhha threen ahn t i , tm a h Swedi sh hunt. There Abyssinians, m i s i justol,ivahruym Mr. r arrived uwe from Powell s r i f:Si; passing Th ere only through a i Kerim, eri sevenm, to ur e P i o u re t u : Ai. b . c . :sl; sinianservants who have been spared, two of whom hays. reached Kerim wounded, bringing us this painf ul ilit t e hat Bence. It appears from the version given by these m en ' - j o s trihe Macerer had had a dispute with some people of the 1 3 " to ot (about four days from this place); that theY r advantage of his going to reconnoitre a pace wherelcatieja was found, in company with Mr. Powell's servan ts 1 %0 the Swedish missionary, to effect their murder, wi tb :ol their being able to defend themselves. Being fe i f y afterwards that Mr. Powell would punish thon , ' - o e c i came and slaughtered himself, his wife, his snu.,,' 11 , - a three Abyssinians, in his tent. They then P A t e , all that they could find ; having spared some lii °. sinian servants, they sold two mules and five tillr rifle We await from day to day the servants, who are 5 7 1 , Konnamat, for more precise details. At this mom Munz ila i l n na g ffo e t r a , ibre t ; h ah e set C ow o n n iils s lh u e l hd a e,a t fro l: o l ,f a f s ri s ot owah, has no lal c)v h - ; i t ii h a re a e cci d ,u a a y i s n ' t: t i : bcoue e : l,s tt - o i t ti; he w th i the country, he had dissuaded M rni r n . Powell from ~istil n th e e it r h e. er l w 'h i e sh ß t a o za b i e n l e o t n r g ibe is in rebellion. The EgYP tifw- 00 18 ravaging it now to bring it into subjection, as then OS ' h is to Abyssinia nor to EgYn- 141. account Europeans incur great danger. We think that of Munzinger, having advice of this event in his caPacitLocl consul, will be obliged to repair to the spot with l b c is escort. I shall not be behind in following him, f °r i I for• our interest as Europeans to avenge severely these W is tunate victims, or there would be an end of all securiti - 3 Abyssinia. Macerer was wrong in persuading gr . I : ° :e e en to the elephant hunt in this country, as he 13 ",,,051it advised to go to Ailette, a day's journey from 3 11 / 5 5 .,, - be% a quiet country, where there are at this moment u m bers of elephants, lions, rhinoceros, &c.; only the eIeP DP 0 have small tusks, while in the Bazaine country they ll° enormous." --- ~,, ...4 4 . THE BIRTH OF THE COUNT DE riAii.TA,: s „,iiig Brussels letter in the Journal de Liege gives the ful: pi details on the birth of the Belgian prince:-- .Thef the caused to the Royal Family by the safe deliver/ " t the Countess de Flandre has been all the greater ° fel' accouchement was a difficult one. The labour lasteclt" - tbo attO t o f four hours. The high dignitaries summoned to birth had been waiting for a long ti m e when the al e 0 the patient's chamber suddenly opened, and th e , (2 . t o e stt came out with a radiant countenance, exclainaing, ;pa happiness, gentlemen, it is a boy ! , Her 3,-faiesk' fort been anxious to be the first person to announce the.ovo tunate intelligence. For the moment only a provi sl e l s process-verbal was drawn up ; but the Act declariuS4es birth was subsequently prepared by the same persell" al that bad been invited to the palace of the Cu ll . rl g ! i psi naive that The young a y u o c t i m ou g in p , r a in u c d e hi i a s ttiotletawkiell fbuer thehis eProl;t.'a: Hainaut." The difficulty between the President of the 33°i : e r r: p o u i iin T so r r a y de ex a t n tn cl vin th at e io L n i f v o e i r . pool Local Marino Board s co rn" m ated. It arose, it will be remembered, out of rho 0 cia allowed these examinations to bo il' i c l o e n n d le u m et b e e d is b e y fththeco'•4l iv examiners, and struck out the words "in our presence, 0 0 the certificates. They were paid for their attendance a t to 14 rxaminations, and for this reason (so it was statedygr. 13,ritei insisted that they should attend the examtnations. 'lvo refused and resigned. It now appears that th e 12 men' of of the board have £lO4 divided amongs t them. V°rui.o,tti years the payment was declined altogether, a nd at l of l'! " ei ': de , only accepted on the repeated urgings of the Board ..,, Mr. Bright now acknowledges that ho was in error, ancl,e:t presses a hope that they will resume their function: ;to the Local Board remain upon their dignity. They rer i _ ctic e accept their offices again—those of them who are effective m th e e m y b r e e r e s e , iv ex ed ce t p h t e a t t rur th t e hAanfdresehof elleacetioenlectthoe;,!Viii;fo: - Pecg§pry.