The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

ONE Id A R T AND COAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoort. Business was not so brisk as yesterday, but the settlement doubtless may account for the drooping tendency of the market. Consols have receded a trifle for money, but for the account they remain un altered. In the foreign Spanish continued to decline, and in the Railway Market Great Western and Brighton have gone down, but North Westerns and Caledonians have improved. The rate of dis count in the house is about f below the Bank rate. Consols are 931 2: for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91/ , New T!ire e per Cents, 91, 1 z 2 ; ditto Red Sea Tele graph, 193 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 210 12 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1134. 14 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1003 I ; ditto Ikinds under £l,OOO, 15 prem. In tae Railway Market prices are quoted as follows: London and North Western, 114 to ; Great Western, 49k to 491 ; Midland, 1151 to 116 ; London and South Wt stern, 87 89 ; Great Eastern, 373 to .11 ; Brighton, 473. to 1 ; South Eastern, 751 to 76 ; Metropolitan, 1023 to 1 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; di tto A, 109 to I ; Caledonian, 804. 3 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to 3.. In the Foreign stock prices are as follows :—Bra zilian of 1865, 801 to ; Chillian of 1867, 953 96 ; Egyptian of 1864, 864 to 1 ex div. ; ditto of 1868, 7 64 to ; Italian of .1867, 553 to 3 ; ditto of 1 868, 84 to 3 ; Mexican, 151 to / ; Peruvian of 1865, 78/ to 79/ ; Russian of 1866, 903 to 91, ex div. ; Ni colai, 65 to ; Ore], 811 to 82 ; Abscow, 781 to 79 ; ditto Charkof, 761 to 7 71 ; ditto Charcow, ./61 to 77+ ; Spanish of 1867, 30} tot ; Turkish of 1858, 633 to 64 ; ditto of 1862, 671 to 1 ; and ditto of 1865, 41i to American 5-20 Bonds are 83t to ; and Erie Railway sharos, 231 to 244. In Bank'ng and Miscellaneous Shares prices are as previously quoted. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Ben Nevis, from Melbourne, has brought £14,148. The traffic of the South-Eastern Railway ex hibits a decrease of £2,094, and that of the London, Brighton, and South Coast a decrease of £5,459. The Humboldt, from Brazil, off Cowes, bound to Antwerp, reports great activity in B sugar market, with sales of 4,000 eases on the ahia the 17th of March. Prices, 3,400 to 3,450 rein per arroba. Exchange, 181 d. and The ship Z em i ndar, owned by Messrs. Nicholson of Liverpool, arrived in the West In dia Dock from Shanghai yesterday, with the largest cargo of tea ever brought to this country by a sail ing vessel, being 1,502,2601 b. She has also on board 161 bales of silk. From a statement just issued it appears that the value of the wheat imported into France during the past year was £ 1 1,300,000, against £7,300,000 in 1 867, and only £660,000 in 1866. Of cotton the value imported was £ 11 ,800,000, against £948,000 in 1 867, and £ 17 ,000,000 in 1866. On the other band, ber shipments of wine were valued at £4,400,000, against £4,040,000 in 1867, and £3,720,000 in 1866. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £5,459, compared with the cor responding period of last year. The traffic return of the Great Western Railway of Canada, for the week ending the 9th inst., shows an increase of £5ll over last year. Messrs. Baring have invited applications for £11,110,000 Russian 4 per Cent Bonds at the price of 63, redeemable at par by annual drawings in 82 years, with a dividend from the Ist of May next. A second call of £2 per share, making £4 paid, is to be paid on the third issue of shares of the Para Gas Company (Limited) by the 3d of May. The twenty-second half -yearly meeting of the Cape Railway Company will be held on the 30th instant. A petition for the winding up of the Madras Coffee Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 17th in,t. The suspension of Messrs. Hallam and Madge, tie-plate manufacturers, of Morriston, Swansea, has been announced. The debts and liabilities it is expected will reach £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO, and the assets it r 3 believed wilt prove considerable. man ; one of the late managers of Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), has issued a letter to the shareholders, explaining his transac tions with the late establishment in order to justify his conduct. He, like others, at the time, antici pated a profit instead of a loss, but of course the panic Caine and involved almost every one. A shareholder of the Credit Foncier Company of England has circulated a pamphlet respecting the proposed issue of debentures, iu which be objects to the course pursued, and explains his reasons, believing that the measures proposed will not prove successful. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 8 per Cent. Reduced Oll 2 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con J an. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188( — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), At g., 1008 lOl Exclioqu:x Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. Da .£500 Do. £lOO & £2OO — Bank of En,gland Stoelr,l4l per Cent De. openi ng Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial 0 au finniuni I.xmAli dOVERNMENT BECI.IItITIES. India stock 10f per Cent., April inc 2lO 12 Do. Opening, for Account i Do. 5 per Ucat. July, 1880 Do. 4 pe r C ent., Oct. 1868 100 f i Do. Certifi ca t es — Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. ; ,,,.„ — Do. 5 por Cert., Jan. 1872 ........ — Do. 51 per Dent. May 1879 D..) 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do do 18 77 — Do. d o. 1882 DJ. Deb., 5 per Cent., Au... 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per C ent., £l 7 OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per cent ... 791 Do., Scrip 145 paid . Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859. Do. 41 per Cont. IC::: Do. do. 186 ' Do. do. Do. do., 1863 i t Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 ..... Do Account B zenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred Cuba, 6 per Cent. 3 per Cent.) 5 __l (Lilian 6 per Cent Do. 4} p er C en t — Do. 3 pe r C en t ~ Do. 6 p er cont. 1867 y lO2 Do. 7 per Cont., _ 1866 C lo nbian, 6 per Cent. _ Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 . Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Esuptiau, 7 per Cent • Do Seco n d Issue B2l Do. £sol, Bonds Do. £ 10, ) Bonds Do. 1864 • •••• • Do. Account D O. 4Il4; B onds English Scrip, 186 8 761 i Govern DO do. :£45 pd _ die Greek ment Railway Debentures ll7} 5 per Cent. D , 1 824 5, Account „....ourone ..............ex Coups ... — . , ilu o. kjee,unt .............................. . . Guatemala 5 per 1);;;I7 ................... ...••• 11itTiliaa jaurassGovilail•Loan., . 10 . .... ........ ..... - De. Ag, ' ,; l l ;ci"-1., 1865 me D x o i clalrsxr3e zpnaT a c u o aai a . 71 . W. a . .y. Ditto for Account 1-4 i Dn. 186.; Do 3 per Cent. Anglu-IF M Otitt , Vider t u 6 per Cent . r°n" Id a orish imperial 5 per Cent • .... • ' ..... ••• New Granada De 8 per oen PDo. Deferred epruoyirt4srCont. 1 8Go' :: ...... : pAcc0unt.................... o II per Cont. (IJl:l)arren) ........ . •• Do 4 per Cont.. 1862 -, JO G ~=' i i n the ester gr 11141' accede• use O f tt the ections. of their ho hour etweel l tde will 'I Ulll, nied b 1 , chiller! in Del' nake it DP°P. tv regatea , 10° r Wer e , t chevit,i ted quiet. gre et 0 their gaultca sortie ,ely s wer e , s tainca tat the Aielesst p — cni l3s wowed' en d - 0 3 8 ,p0 is con' 1, )15 au" ;I:tUE °l , ,c 0134 is du f f !ci fro ° t to Ilia ho cot. [d ti ) ° corr • ugli l ` issu ing JoseP il Iced to a 0 0 clac e° 1, 3 S jalY! 3 olit, , c hOP 8 lol' 0( ge nt 'bol l ' ssea t% rer o , l° in 86 ; vOil r at °l f 0' aO" A / , eve scbo° lc l to ti 01 3 . 0" to- i' 3ire lju i l :o s t, 611 r, Itat d ," ) ; yot /) 13 1 ia to °'" t ; oos Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 185 A, '6, 7, '9,'6u,'2,%, Do. do. 1867 36 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 L yer Cont., 182 z, £ St .. — Do 41 per Cent , 1850 Do 41. per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent.,. 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds — Do. du. £B4 15s. do. Do., 186 G, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B.l 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway.. Sariinian a per Cent... Spanish 3 per Cen ... ..... 651 5 Do. Ace/Tint ..... — Do. 1867. Do. Account Do. New Deferrea 3Ol Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Conn Cert. of Coil,. nut funded Do. Acrotint :. 4 wediA Provincial Mortngo Loan — Do Uovernment, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pr.. Tursish 6 pe t Cent. .. Do Account • — Do 6 per Cent. Leon Do Aceoullt Do £3OO Domd, — Do 6 per Cent., 1.e 62 Do Acconut .. . Do £l.oi Bonds 691 7.q. Do h per Oent. 1865 — Di Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6 st i Do I nor Cent., Guarantoeu Do Ls.a WatTiilitt4 ( iiLeCt-P I UV) Venezuela 3 per Cont. — Do. Ace, ant 110 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 . — Dividenns on the above payanle in London. Austnan o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 7i: . * per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. z5l. — Do Account 54:1 CLOSING • PRICES. • Jonsols, Money ' 94 i Do. Account, May 6 Ph 7HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The quarterly meeting of the shareholders was hold this day—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair—at the Norfolk street offices. Mr. GRUSEISEN (tho secretary) having real the adver tisement convening the meeting, the annexed report of the Executive Committee was submitted : " The Executive Committee have the satisfaction of submitting to the shareholders of the Conservative Benefit Building Society the subjoined returns, showing the cash receipts for the Christmas and Lady Day quar ters, the number of shares issued for the half-year, and the grand totals, to the 25th of March, 1869 : Shares in Shares Total , eceipt a. Qrs. ending progress. C omp l e t e Shares. '` Dec. 25,1868 .... 417 123 540 £3 1 ,028 3 9 March 25, 1869 .. ,16 110 6.4 42,130 10 6 --- --- -- - - 933 233 1,1c.6 78,258 14 3 Totals to Mi chaelmas, 1868. 2 ,631 5,923 30,554 1,233,946 7 3 ---- -- Grand totals to Lady Day, 1869 `5,561 6,136 31,720 1,367,204 1 6 The total withdrawals under the rules since the formation of the society(lBs2) to Lady Day, 1869, are ....£336,589 13 8 The last share number issued to Lady Day, 1869, was No. 31,720. The reservo fund to Lady Day, 1869 (ex clusive of office premises and furniture account), amounts to £10,263 6 8 The half-yearly interest warrants to Lady Day will be issued as usual, on the Ist of May. As regards the com pleted shares, in addition to the 5 per cent. ror annum in terest, the bonus of 1 per cent. declared at the last aunual meeting on the 15th of December will be included. On shares nut completed, but paid a year in advance and up-. wards, the warrants will be at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, the 1 per cent. bonus having been added to the account. Six per cent. will also be added to the accounts of the members holding uncompleted invested shares, not in arrear, and in respect of which no interest has been paid. The rate of interest on shares (completed) and shares in progress, paid a year in advance, will temaiu for the present at five per cent. per. annum. The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is, for investors who ar o n o t num b ers o f th e soc i e t y, w i ll re main unchanged at four per cont. per annum,' payable half-yearly at the same period as the interest on shares —namely, the Ist of May and the Ist of November. h:nce the last meeting, 11. Pownall Esq., has ceased to bo a member of the boa:d. The Executive Committee have much pl:asuro is rep ri ing that owing to the co-operation existing between them and the (Erecters of the Ueited L tel Co tip:my (Limite I) a large increase iu the bulling advance business may be expected. The Board has every re (son to antieipate that the formation Of the new c enllany will give increased sta bility to the society, and th tt the harmony existing be-. tween the two associations will have a large iullueeca in promoting the prosperity of both. The estates reported to the Beard as having been purchased by the United Land Company (Limited) are in the Elgware-road, Willesden, West-hill, Putney-heath, Fulhani-tiells, Muswtill-hill, Forest-gate, Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Wellingborough. The members of the Conservative Land Society have still the privilege of investing in the United Land Company (Limited), if they think fit, the shares of the first issue being offered to them in the first instance. (Left Sitting.) SHERIFFS' COURT. CHALLIS V. HARGR EAVES-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. - DAMAGES, 1,000. This was an action in the Queen's Bench for breach of promise of marriage. Judgment was allowed by default. The damages were laid at £2,000. The plaintiff, Jessie Mary Challis, is in her 21st year and the defendant 23. She was the orphan daughter of a commercial traveller, and had been at her own wish a governess, and now in the family of Mr. Carrington, the brewer. The defendant is the son of Mr. Hargreaves, of Leeds, in the wool trade, and under the will of his father was entitled to about £14,000. Several letters were read to the jury, and the defandant described himself in his epistle as " Your's for ever, Joe." The engagement was from November 1867, to June, 1868, when the defendant referred• to his health, and declined the iutmdod marriage. The jury retired, and on their return assessed the damages at £l,OOO. 111 ARKE7 5 7 2 If LS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 13.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market firm ; advancing. THE WAVERLEY PEN. —The steel pens manufac tured by Messrs. Macniven and Cameron are certainly amongst the best yet offered to the public. The arrange ment of the nibs gives them such a smoothness that the great objection that bas for years existed to the general use of steel pens, viz., the sticking, spluttering, and hitch ing when used with rapidity, has been completely over come. The hand glides over the paper with them in the most delightful manner, and such is their excellence that we think our old friend, the Laird o' Grant, could actually have spelled correctly bad he had the good fortune to have had a Waverley pen in hilt possession. EGYPTIAN HALL—Last evening Mr. P. Phillips gave another of his very interesting reading entertain ments, which attracted a large and fashionable audience. The selections were from Dickens, Thackeray, and Hood, and the style and taste of the entertainer called fdrth loud applause. Mr. Phillips seems to be securely winning his way into the favour of the public, and a few more of his entertainments will consolid a t e hi s c l a i m to the position t pere i h n ss a e id of of a to whichh li e now so ardently aspires. COVENT GARDE N L IFEBOAT FUND.—The annual conce r t the lifeboatf un d is beingxea raisedfor Tuesday,th i s p th ar e is 2 h 7 f t o h r , the at the 1 Free masons' h a I, Gr ea t Q ueen-street. The com mittee have received artists, amongst Who the assistance of some very favourite Miss Smith, Mr. S. whore are Miss Plummer, Miss Pallant, G. Bell, and Mr. Dale ; Miss Coleman performer' Mr. brilliant fantasias on the n : i.to o o f f Mr. Lindsay Sloper's " Covent garden Snowdrops," under the orteand the ing and Mr. 11. Hunt, give their celebrateddirectionof Mr. H. Bock tainment. Altogether a concert of unusual n e e s gro ll enteris anticipated, and it is to be hoped that the laudablelce excellence is in view will secure an overflowing au di ence. The Presse reports that a young and beautiful girl, of not more than 20 years of age, and who, from her dress, was evidently a lady, had been f ound murdered on the banks of the Sieno in the ground of ,Maisons Laffi tte. BOAT RACE ON THE TYNE.—Yesterday a skid; race came off on the river Tyne b etween James Taylor, of Newcastle, and Robe rt Coo p er, of Redb,%; ' " for the sum of £ lOO . B oth Coo p er and T aylor ;re well-known oarsmen. The course was from the High Level Bridge to the Scotswood Suspension Bridge, a distance of nearly four miles. Mr. William Johnson, of the Tyne AmatJur Rowing Club, was the referee. The water was anything but favourable for rowing but Cooper, who got the inside place, was the first away with the lead, and at a quarter of a mile was leading by nearly a clear length, and at the end of a mile ho was still a similar distance ahead. At the Meadows House a foul took place, and from this point Cooper went cn and won by three lengths. The referee awarded the stakes to Cooper. The betting was 6tol ou Taylor. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1869. ,SHARE LIST. ORDINARY dUARNS AND STOCKS. Share Railways. raid. Closing Businesa Prise. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 78 at Caledonian lOO rOl 81. 801 1 I at llantorian 20 Cornwall all 21 n et Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun„l'erth.& Ab. June WO 70 72 2 , East 1....5nd0n all 6 7 10 vo 15 2 # Do 10 et Glasgow 2S. Western IOU 97 99 at Great Eastern #oo 371 38 371 I / at Do. E. Ang1...7i0. 2.... 100 ... st Great North ol Scotland.. 100 15 6 at tireAt Northern lOO 107 :08 107 et Do. A stock WO 100 11# 4 1091 9 at Do. IS stock—. at tit Mitt W. 01 Ireistuci lOO 55 7 8 Gt. Western -original— lull 4.1 $9l 491 !t Do. south Watts a. siu. h ..lilo.—llatori , lOO 25 27 s# Do. Newport st Laneasuire 2. lur 100 21 , 21 12 t 1 2: 31 st Lou., iSrigh.,2 :.Uoust lOl, 171 u Do scrip ... . - at I 0f.., UnAt., anu lAA 171 171 et llu. iletrup. X. A jolt at Luu. a -North I , l'i:stela ion I#4l 151 1154 111 5 •,t Lou. at South NV enters lett 87 r 9 at MAIL, suet.. Lincoln.: 1(0 k-7 571 at metrot.ulitan . lull 101 lue 1021 3 st Do F.xteusi 100 10, 1 2 10 uu.uaaarl 10 pl 'P st ,rupotttan DiArirt. Ali 4-5 52 10 Mctroj. at. John's Voo 1 d— - at 1.1 -ad at #2e, Jirtuiu. 1)...b id) 8 ; t. 5 st N to Britian st rth., 1./ 01. .. 103 st . or. Astern --I;erwis; itss 104 al 31 25 Do. 1. x . 14 hurc►5..:...1u.13.a -at Leeds ...... ....... lOU 58 53 st Do York lOO 921 ;31 st .Lu Oarli st Uo Stoc . & Darling l.O 131 3: 1 ill at North Lon ton .. it/o .1 # 21 10 Do \ew lee 8 st North Stallordshite . 10) 51 56 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 111 100 1U Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymnoy at Shropshire Union l.O 57 58 st Soutn Devoe. . at South Eastern lOO 70 761 75; 6/ at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 at Do. C Waterlord & Kilkenw 1;0 It. Waterloo h1te4.1.. 11; RAILW.LYSPREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ccnt. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 9 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 1! per cent IOU st Do. Aberdeen, ,gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St D 9. do. Ordinary lOO M 84 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 2U Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st. Dundee, Perth, and Aber- JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Sharp NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 LI Do B lO '24 31 31 3 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Auglo-Austrian 17 18 251 20 Anglo-Egyptian, li no all 191 2 1 201 20 Auglo-Hungarian 8 2 2A 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 4/ 40 Australasian ...... '2O Bank of British Columbia ; all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 1 4 25 Bank of Egypt ...,_ 20 Bank of Otago, lino. 25 Bank of South Australia all • 3O 32 10 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 19 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American , all 50 52 .20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all . 20 21 25 • Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all :91 301 20 City 100 Colonial 25 35 40 10 Consolidated, lint. bo Delhi and Loudon, lint so East Loudon, lint 5 2 1 20 English and American, Ulu 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Itio de Ja neiro. lint lO pr 1p 20 English, :euttish, and Aus . tralian Chartered 28 How , :Long and Shanghai Dante Corporation all 36 38 281 Du new AI 1 # '4 109 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial Ottout Lit lO . 2 1 1 -li _1 lonian ...............• 21 all 91 26 2.5 Du new 5 is AP 20 Ltd Mortgage of India, lint 4 IIZ 3, 1 100 Du sp.c. De U 5.1861, 30 all 76 75 70 30 London Bank; of Mexico and South .Anr:rica, lint. 20 61 5 1 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lint. 45 3u 27 20 Do new 78 5 1 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 9 IL 25 Do new 10 21 2 11 ) 20 London Chart. of Australia, all 2.1 93 211 20 London and County 2O 51 13 .5() Do new. iss at 20 p.1'11,160 ll ••• ••• Loudon Joint 5t0ck...... I 32 33 321 3 London and South African al -84 94 9 00 London & S. - Western, lino, 2(1 11 9 110 London & Venezuela, lint l2l ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O . 64 65 614 3: 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 100. Merchant, lint 10 - Metropolitan, lint all 71 7 5 7 1 100 Midland, lim ..... 2O 15 i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lino l5 ld 1p 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ••• ••• 143 10 Do ..... .. 10 National...... - WA "-:. • • 20 New South Wales - all -.41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 131 43 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new. all - 10(1 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint '25 15 11 100 ' Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lino 10 Union of London l5 39 37 36 MR. DISRAELI'S AMENDMENTS ON THE _IRISH CHURCH BILL. We have now definitely put before us the policy intended to be pursued by the Opposition on the Irish Church Bill of the Government. Clause by clause the measure has been criticised, and the amendments which have suggested themselves to the Conservative leader, or leaders, are now put on the notice-book of the House of Commons. They are most elaborate ; and unfortunate Mr. Disraeli will be indeed if he cannot carry some of his proposals, and get a good division on most of them. IMPERIAL PAR LIA a 1 ENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tins EvENING. Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his se .t on the woolsack at five o'clock. ___RAILWAY COMPANIES MEETING BILL. The Martiirfsof:giinillUT:Yeall;dt;itontionto the fact that the bill.nattirally affected the stanoing orders passed to give shareholders the power of protecting their property. - The Lill, after a short discussion, passed through com mittee. The Naval Stores Bill was read a second time. The Duke of Richmond having been added to the Select Committee on the Law of 113 - pothec in Scotland, Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COHNIONS.—Tiers EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock-. DI I'HISOICTMENT CUILDUEN. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Hr. Taylor, said no represen tation it td reached hint of two young chitdeeu being s , nt toprison fo- s!ealug grectis, arid a. Loy o dy eight years of ego narroo ty es , aped the same pinistim .11 t, against thee decided opinion tf one of the mig.straget:, Lorit Fo'ke t•tone. Ile had received no representati , n ot the case, :dirt it nt t being tiro day of tl.e Home Scere:ary tee review the judgmt tit of it agistrab s, ho had te,:do noiuquiry ittj the utott r. Mr. TAYLOR gave ashes that on the house g tine- into eommittce of supply be, should call the uttentioa of the house to the subject. (IL•ar, hear.) ST. STEPHEN'S CRYPT. Mr. T.AYARD, in reply to Mr. Merin', est . (' the erTpt was ;vibe ready for the perfternauce of divine service, but be proposed to tike tt butall vote to contplote the baptis try. It it was thought desirable to have d.vine s.rv:ce p qf,rnled therein the Wei') would h tvi to provid) an ohlowincLt for the minister. _ NEW ZESLAND. Mr. MONSELL said it was quite true that the 18th Reginunt have rec •ival ord irs to quit New Z .alaud, and that there would be no imperial troops in that colony. The Governor-General would have no power to stay the &Tutu e of the regiment on any grounds whatever. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Capt. Bartelott, said the Lord Chancellor ind made no inquiry into the affairs of St. Luke's Hospital, .but the Lunacy COmtuissioners had, and were of opinion that the present site was most unfit for the lmspital to continue to occupy. There was, however, great difficulty connected with the matter. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Mr. LAYARD said it was proposed to take some fur ther space for the new Government offices. The bill had then proposed, and when it was brought in ha would stato the exact amount of space required. Been junctioil lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Glass preference lOO ... st (Has. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st 441. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No. I 100 9 s 9 st Do do N 0.2 100 95 9i st Do do G per cent 100 103 112 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do do B 6 du. 100 ... st Do do a 7 du. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 1W st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 70 75 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1816 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 st Great Northern, ()per cent 10 , et Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 •.• 9 7 st Do 5 do at 6p. c. pin. 100 ... et . Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... st Crest South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 stj Gt.West.—Orig.e.c.Jnt.-Bent chg., per gua. s p.c lOO 10 103 st Do. Uric , ' . (B. 1t H. Ex). 5 p.c IOU 95 100 st Do do 4 1 per cent. 185(3 100 b 7 89 st Do do 4 du do st Do do 5 per cent. rodem lOO 95 97 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 63 70 st Do do do pref lOO ... et Do do Chester gua lOO 80 85 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO et Do do do 6 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. et Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 4 4 1859 lOO ... st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 503 111 113 6t Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 89 91 st Do do 21 do 100 97 1133 et Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all 1021 st Lancash. Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 145 at Do Barnsley, £5 Os 1131 p.c. it Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 100 1;5 st Do 41 (Blackburn perch). 100 98 100 st London & Brighton, 5 p.c. guarautea 3, No 1 lOO ... _ _ at Do - 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lio at Do 6 du (W.F.. & 0.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 IOU at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent at Loudon and IT.W., U. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 103 110 at Do Bedford & eambridge lOO ... at Du Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ... at London and a W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 110 153 2s 65. Do (Tortoni. perp ans. 206 d) all at Man., Shef.,&Lineln. 6 p.c. 100 11 t 117 13 Do .tiV all par pin at Du 31 per cent lOO - 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 1:11 135 st Du Bristol & Birin. 6p. c lOO 1 2 131 Et DU 41 per cent. 100' 13 10) St Do 41 per Cent. irreduein lo) 9.3 1 .10 at Du Leicti,3ter & p e lOO so 91 st North gritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 at Du E.& U. 4p.e.S. S. D l9O ... at Do N.S., Nu. 'l, 5 per con.t lOl ... at Do Border Union, 51 p.c at N.-Eastern—Culla. 4 p.c lOO 57 5) at Du 41 per cent. rodecui IOJ tis 91 at Do (1 N.E. 4 per cent., too ••• ••• 17 Do 13cr rick capital 3 14.1. Do 1 urk,ll. SS. purenase lO to 101 Do Stcktu s, Drliug. .1 5 p.c lOO 106 1e,3 at Do W, Llartlepuulli. and B lOO 81 6 20 North Staffordshire 1i1y.1.. Devon Annuities, 1 a a ll a in lea Do Tavistuck Anus., 106 all 81 u i 108 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 6 1. 1 0.6. S. I , ast. (acad. Anus., 1 . 0 . 0 ) all 22 24 st Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 Ii AILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SUARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian p c gua. at Do Scot. Cell. nun. 7p c lOO at Do ••• p irredectu all '" at Do 4p c con. issue d at s u 65 at Great Eastern 4 1 pe r cent. 10 J '" . at Do 5 do , 1862 IUJ 31 ,7; at Do Now 3 do, 1863 lOO 85 t 8 st Do do 5 du, 1801 lOO 1,2 8 6 at Great Northern, 5p c irrod. 100 st Du Pernauout 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston &Sleald, 4+ pc 100 at Great West., W. p c 10U at Do Jointlerp9. 5p c, 1865 100 8.5 bt at Do do 6p e med., 1836 100 103 103 2J Do Vale N oath perp c . 5 p all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 p cont, B lOO ••• ••• 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 ip st Lund., Brig ,&c., 41 p; 1858 100 85 at Do .. do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 83 at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 •.. 85 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 • st Do No. 6 5 do, 1886 100 st Do No. 7 sdo ••• ••• at Load , Chat., ac., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., 136 p.c 100 Do do C 6 1Le ••• 100 at London& N. Western, 5p c lOU 108 at London &S. Weste rn, 41 p c 100 291 11 I 10 Man. zhet. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 6 81 at Metropolitan a per cent lOO 1•i0 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref WO 100 108 at Do B 5 do 100 106 103 18 Do 3p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1880 all 201 ;0i 13 Do Indonv. New Saared all 131 1!1: 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1672 Bl 1i 21 / , at North Britisu, E. and (.1 No. 1, 5 per cent 103 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ..• Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G , N 0 . 2, 5 p.c 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E.& G., .No. 3, 5 p.c 100 t Do E.& G., (Ordlry) 41 p c 100 s; North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 5 y,i at Do Stock. & Dart., D 100 111 113 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1850 100 ••• at Do 5 du 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 *** at Do 5 do, 1864 ' lOO at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pe 100 BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSii at Birkenhead 100 ad T. - 5 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 911 101 at Buckinghamshire 100 k 100 117 119 50 100 116 11.1 s is att t Chester . er and per r ly e - e h n e t ad st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... st Colchester Stour Valley a Gt. Ea.sn., Newrn., &c.,p.c 100 ... 2 s st Ea G E a l o s s t t L e r i n a c n o d l n ii) g u ti a n it • 11 6 ,0 pr 0 . s e. t. . l a oo l l 11 . fl a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... et Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd Uti 96 511 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.6 at London and Blackwall IOU 93 95 et Do. 41 per cent at Loudon, °nat., &c., p c lOO ... at Do. Coin. Fund, 5 do lOU st Loudon and Greenwich at Do. do Prefercnce lOO at London, Tilbury, a South 100 83 r 5 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 8) 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, & 3latlk all 5 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) Niorthern& East., 5 percent all 53 58 Su Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern--Hartlepool at N. West. A peril. pret, 5p c lOO 107 109 at llu B miuiniainlf p.c lOO at Nutting. 57.Urantlx. E.& (; lOO 90 92 91 25 Preston and 1 1 et Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 D o do 8 2 2 at S. Yorksh. an d Ri ver Dun 100 98 vo 4p st Dc 4 per cent gua 7B 80 st West l a o l 9 l 20 WeDsotLoudsou, St du • all 95 9 i at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 ii 14 0 13 14 .. st Wilts and Sun:q: 2u Du C st Weymouth and Portland lOO 10 8. 0 1 bU /.3.. DOCKS. st East and Westlndia ......... 100 st London an d St. Katherine. 100 12z 1 47 45 45 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent.. all Millivolt Freehold L and "' • st Dock ............................ 100 2i 31 st Southampton .......... ......... 100 74 76 Surrey Qummilrcial ........ TELEGRAM COMPANIES. 1:0 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 24 221 24 f 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., Rm.... 10 1I 1121 12 llj st Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 26 25 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 160 165 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2 0 10 Do. New 8 9 Ilp 25 Indo-European Tel., lira lO ~, ~, 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lira all 3 1 41 P 25 Renter's Telegram all 50 51 10 Societe Transatlaut., lim l4 4 3 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & 3lain.,lim all lef Jil 161 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., Jim all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 4 p MISCELI 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 16 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, linl- ' E states , lim .lim 9 7 d 309 145 1110 B 0 0 B a c D r ug l o in . ara Nte NVhaeTwera Works, hm all 1 a : 3 5 14* 4 all 3 1 4f 4 1 5 4d 44 16 18 150550) Britishßß o o Dm l c o k b. a o yw American N,Ve Gas,wau gilhma line. , Land 20 British Indian Tea, litre..., all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 65 68 65 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim. 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, line. lO 4 31d 20 Do. A shares - 2,d 10 City Discount, line 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 41 3,;(1 30 City of Milan Improv. lint 25 City of Moscow Gas, inn.., all 50 City Offices, line 25 26 25:1 41 i 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Coinmerc i l a im l Vaion 3 1,1 p 221500 Copper UonContinental Minersy o f U Union oo Afric a n fn E Ga A g s s ,i 1M er chants,utimrd) . all s 1 20 21 P 5 193 pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 45 per cent, all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon.of England, lint: all 21 21 2; f 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 35 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 14 21 st Do. Preference lOO 95 10 i st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 in 11 i 20 Darjeeling, line I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit - and Finance, lint. 20 Ea st India Irriga. & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. Troy Una. by Egypt. Gov - all 913 961 P 65 4 7 20 Egyptian Coln. &Trad. Ruh 6 .. ~ I EUg.d: Austral. ()upper, lint 21 3 3 15 English an:l Foreign Credit 71 41 3,(1 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint. 8 ... „,,I 10 Fairbairit Engineering 5 2 1,1 24 Fore-street W Areliwaae, l lin l2 1 lid 100 For. & Col. (Joy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £Bs all 86 87 86 4 50 Gellivara, Inn. 2O ••• ••• 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 15 1 1 5 1 I 15 General Steam Navigation 11 27 .4 ' s TO 110 M 3ttC o 1 Marine In. lim. 5 3 1 • .1 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ••• •••, . "0 Hudson's Day a ll 121 12i 121 I 20 imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna.FinauvialSoc. lint 5 1 6 1 4 14 1 ._,, '2O interns. Laud Credit, lint 6 50 Italian Land 20 Italian Ire. (Canal C'avour) all 3 ''• 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Bits. redeem 1870, issued 0 1 0 26°21:505 London LI , Land o o ßn t L udi ol a du e i C: A cj a u g f c r e i l i u t te i i l ni n.ae County .1l: Laud i'rnr a Marine , a . i 'n. . 1ie.... n d 156 04 : ' . 271 : • ' I - 1 ' • ( 1 50 Loud. Financial Asso ,u m so 211 . 0 1 4 Lond.Gen.Ornnibus.COlitn. all 2 24 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, line 25 12 161 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 is pr st Iladras 'nip,. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India GOT. lOO 103 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency,lim.. ..... ~ . 11 1 1d 50 ' Merchant Shipping; . li x ,;: _BB 361 50 Millwall Iron Works, Rm 1 24 *** 10 Natal Land and. Colonisa tion Co., lint. .... 9 51 41d 25 National Discount eo . , - ifm - 5 lit 12 114 25 National Pros-. Marin e . ;Hai, 4 4 ;k 1 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 01 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, um, 6 3 ,1 ;4 14 11 d 10 New Consolidated Dis.lim. 3 ' A 4 I . 7 - 5 1\ ew Quebrada, Um 4.4.0 ', - 25 New Zealand Loan & bier. cantile Agency,li nt .. ; 2 1 I IP 25 New Zealand Trust ........ Loan, 1ine........... - 5 11 1 1 10 Northern Assam T ea, . lir a. ... 6 7 , 5 „ 10 Do. B ...... 11 f ~.`,' a it' North Brit. Austral., lint_ 100 4 ,?, '-'),", a North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l ~1 1 : ' l - : 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) b '" -- 50 Oriental Financial, line ll ... — .l 5 Australi an Do.N eayAn e NN w elniree: .owwto.nßc., Mail -.-1. 5 Oriental Gas, line, all 7 8 1p New...... all 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lirn .... all # d ip S Ottoman Gas, line .•,,,,,.;;;: all n 24 1 4 10 Panama, New Zealand, and 5 Do do. ..... a ll 0 st Peel R. Land & Minerai 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 401 491 50 1 ,1,1" 8 ty..: a t . i .. 7 ,..::: t ,.... . .... Invest., li ne. m..m .0.. i 1100: 0: 00:1111 2 1 821. 1 3.61. 5 121).14 0 ;7 : 1:5 20 Do. Gas, lit; all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam lim lO 7 65 20 Soci6le Genale l' tuVire Ot 8 2 1 3 1 50 S. African Mort. & Inv, Rm. 8 .•; •,* , •.. . , 52i 1 8 1 50tt 0 Rio ßS So cl o c l i 'dpi )D e mt i l sollijh... 1 6 ' i n ic ). d e .' E g y p t 0 25 South Australian Land .' all " 1 '' - ' 3 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 20 Trinidad Petroleum, llm Bl ••• ••• JO Trust &Agency of Aus.,lhn, 1 , - 1 P 10 Do do. do, 20 Trust &Loan Co.; U. canag a 6 A ip 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira s 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, line , all 22 24 13 United Discount Corp., lim 5 20 10 1-1 1.1 line all ii 2 30 Van Diemap's Land 2Bl e i 7 i 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan , all 811 82 814 nippveerrsAaslsslamarTinee4l.), line, 5 i ll 1• 1 p 6 1 50 Warrant Finance, Km l2 12 105 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO --- --- OULONIaL GOVICItNMN4T bECUILITIXS - Dritivb Columbia, 6 per .... • 0t01un.c80:67t.:8v141.859457.2p5....0......i..a...n.............t. l ll O O9 O OO ~,.... ........ I C4I 1061 105 - Do. 6p. c .7eb. & Ang.• lOO 102 104 1031 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 102 104 - Do. sp, o. Jan. & July 100 93 94 93 --. .. . Cap D .l) :l s p G P I ...H it e d . 0 00 l p: l e t ', C r 6 i b p i 19 b . 880 0 . c . .. d 0 1 .1 8 .103 '4 9. 7 k .00 3 .... .................. 111 1 1000 9 0 ,847 2: 11 1 110 9. 0 10160 2 : 3 - Do. - Do. Jan.6ottly, 1491 ..•. 100 108 lie - Do. 5 per ocnt. 15 'APril SUM 15 Dot., 1900 ..... lOO 100 102 ____:. C; JaD y uao l nr o i n .tia , u kt ned o , v .151, 1 1 ;7 0. 8, 6 18 1:::: 1872, do 100 103 107 - Do. 1878..•• ...... ....• IHI 106 10 . - Do. 1882, May and NCI • • 00 106 lo g - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug-- 10 106 1% - Melbourne Corporate. , - 1887-75, 6 per oent•••••• 1( 0 100 100 - N.1.1.110v.6 p.o.Ja.&July (00 103 RA - Natal 6 p ot, Apt to Oct- l. 0) _ . - Do 6pc. b) y & Nov.• 1 0 lt 6 103 - N. S. W. 5 p•"..'71 to la. • 100 99 101 1001 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890... 131 Vbi 9911 181 i 8 - Do. 5 p.o. rd.'67 to i f S - N.Zealand, 6p. 0t.1891 100 - _ - Do. b per cent...... ICO - DoJan,Aptl,July,OLL•• leo 93 04 06/ - Do 6p c. Mar & bept '9l 100 108 110 1 Do i) J o u r n r e ov & . !ieL,Ollll. L .i .t 0 - 10 0 109 ail - c 1 *tries 1 &.2, 1896••• - A ova Sootia 6 p.s.Jan - and Jnly, 1875. l9O 102 tc4 - Do 1886.. .. lOO 102 1(1 1031 - Queenalnd. d p. c 124.. 100 1001 107 1 107, - Do 189 t ....- • - Tasmanian 6 per c. 1893 • • 1061 t 107 1 - Do aO3-'97 ... lOO 1061 107 - Victoria 6; er cent 18111 l. 0 113 )34 ..- UP. A pril wad 0ct . ......, ZOO 100 lit h The first amendment is " leave out Clause 2." This clause runs as follows :—" On and after the first day of Jannary, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the said union created by Act of Parliament between the Churches of England and Ireland, shall be dissolved, and the said Church of Ireland, hereinafter referred to as ' the said Church,' shall cease to he entablisLed by-law." Does Disiaeli mean by this amendment to turn the hill hito one for mere disendowment? .1f not, what does the omission of the clause mean? The next motion pros ides for putting off " the evil day" till les72. In his third snieminient the leader of the Opposition proposes tit create, in addition to the paid commissioners, three unsaid commissioners, and sugg ests the Eight lion. Maziere Brady, formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; the Eight Don. Abraham Brewster, late Lord Chancellor of I eland; and the Bight Bon. Riel s ard Keatinge, late the Judge in the Irish Pro bate Coin t, to tilt • the offices. He makes a dis tinetion letween the paid and the unpaid commissioner. Tv the paid einninissioner wily he would give the power of ...sting by himerlf, 811(1, as a court of appeas e would have one paid and two unpaid commissioners tip sit. Mr. Glad stone's bill provides for payment to each of the eommis• siimers ; two of them to fern' a court of appeal. Tee next important alto atiou is made in the clause providing that hereafter no appeintments to any bishopric, &c., shall be made by her Mejesty. Mr. Disraeli proposes, instead, that from the passing of the Act until 1872 no such appointment shall be made; therelpy implying that after that time her Ma jesty will ha ve the patronage as heretofore. The bill provides that all property, real and 'personal, belonging to or in any wise appertaining to, or appropriated to, the use of any person holding any archbishopric, bishopric, benefice, or cathedral preferment, shall vest in the commissioners. This is proposed to be omitted and a proviso to be inserted for a commutation in respect of other property. The clause forbidding bishops is sit in the House of Lords is allowed to stand, but an addition is made to it providing that every present archbishop, bishop, and dean, shall during his life enjoy the same privileges, and the same title and Precedence, as if the Act had not passed. The 14th Clause seeks to enact that com mutation shall be made to the bolder of any office on its real annual value after deducting the salaries of perma nent curates. Mr. Disraeli proposes to make no reduction in respect of these salaries. The clause goes on to provide that the salaries shall be paid to the present holders of these offices so Ii ng as they discharge their regular duties. i gle clause is so am uded as to read that the money shall be paid to them so long as they per form such duties as they were accustomed to discharge, or would have been liable to discharge, if this Act had isot passed. Some amendments then follow in respect of curates. The bill provides only for particular compensae tion to permanent curates. All other curates are to apply to, and to obtain compensation from , the commissioners, andi are not to receive more than £2OO per annum. This is proposed to be altered by enacting that compensation shad be given to all curates. "Two hundred "is omitted, but no figures are put. in their place. Some verbal alterations of no great moment are then made in the provisions as to compensating schoolmasters and sextons; from which subject Mr. Disraeli passes on to the much inure important one of the " representative body" of the Church. On this subject the bill provides that the laws preventing the assembling of synods and convocations shall be repealed. Mr. Disraeli adds several sentences, enacting that the bishops, clergy, and laity. of the Church may meet in General Assembly or Convocation by such representatives, lay and clerical, as shall be determined and declared by them in their several dioceses, and in such General Assembly or Con vocation frame a constitution and regulations for the general management and government of the Church, and the future representation of its members in Diocesan Synods' General Convocation, cir other- Wise. Thns lie substitutes " General Assembly " for the indefinite term " representative body." The bill provides that, in the event of a representative body being formed, the several persons deprived of incomes under the Act may themselves apply to the commissioners for the commutation of their life interests. Mr. Disraeli proposes that this application shall be made on the part of the person by the representative body on or before January 1,1871. The bill provides that the commissioners shall estimate the value of the yearly income or. life interest, and shall pay a fair sum to the representative body. Mr. Disraeli proposes that the commissioners shall pay to the representative body a sum equal to fourteen times the amount of such aggregate yearly incomes and life interests, and in return all the estates and interest of such persons in such ecclesiastical property shall vest in the commis :goners. The bill provides that in the case of archbishops or other persons holding any building charge, the commissioners in compensating them shall deduct for want of repairs. This Mr. Disraeli proposes to omit. The bill vests certain churches which are national monuments in the Board of Public Works in Ireland. Mr. Disraeli declares most strenuously that these are not henceforth to be used for public worship. Mr. Disraeli also adds to the clause providing that churches shall be handed over to the representative body, a provision that the com missioners shall at the same time hand over a commutation of the sum paid hy the Ecch siastical com missioners yearly to churches for heating. lighting, &c. The clause providing for the vesting of ecc'esia.stieal buildings in the representative body, is made compulsory. The 'Provisions as to burial grounde are alli.wed to stand, as are further enact MCP ts as to cl.nrch huildings and lands ; but a most important alteration is rnade in the provisions as to private endowments. The hill sets forth that these endowments shall be vested in the r, presentative bode, if they have been left, since BM, the yees 111 the iZefeiMa Lion, and that if the testator died within twenty-five years the property shall vest by ‘olieetion in the next of kin. Mr. Disraeli pro Lows to lien.) over all private endowments, at whatever date given, which can be satisfactorily proved by It iptt•rc:i.i d, , clunents to be given by private persons; nod to chant re " within twenty lye oars "to "sincelBoo." e also proposes to hand over to the Church all oval grants since the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The bill cu •cts that the rent charge shall be comninted at twenty--two tittles its value. D 1 r. Disraeli wishes that the amount of • commutation shall he appraised by inquiry in the Landed F.:states Court. and elsewhere as to what bar been the market pike obtained on the sale of the rent-charge during the ten previous years. 111 r. Disraeli next proposes to omit the famous Meyenoth Clauses 3G, 37, and 38. These refer to the Begin?), I)oninn as well as to the Boman Catholic grant. As this bill would stand under the amendments, the Mayniioth Grant would be simply repealed without compensatioe. Mr. Disraeli also proposes to provide for the interest. of the laity, and d es so by the following clause :—" That, the commis sioners shall pay to the Church representative body a capi talised sum eniud to four times the ngeregate amount of the net annual incomes of all the incumbents of benefices, estimated in the manner provided by the provisions of Clause 23, such capitalised sum to be held by such Church representative body upon trust to apply the income arising from the same in and towards the maintenance of divine worship in such places in Ireland, and in such manner as such body shall deem fit." Being also concerned for the comfort of the repre sentative body, Mr. Disra e li p ro p oses t o h an d over 1'200,000 to provide for the payment of servants, agents, and ether expenses in connection with it. TILE PERILS OF STICKLEBACK FISHING.—Dr. Lankester held an inquest on Friday on a boy named Thomas Spiller, seven years old, who fell into the- Regent's Canal and was drowned while fishing for sticklebacks. Dr. Lankester remarked that more boys were lost in that pursuit than men i❑ the sea fisheries. A youth recovered the bodies by means of drags, for which the law allowed him ss. Had he jumped into the water and savrd•tbo boy's life, it appears that ho would not have been entitled to any reward. The petition against Lord Alilton and Mr. Bean. mont, tho sitt:ng members for the Southern Division of the West Riding, was opened this morning boforo Baron Martin. The Springfield Republican says :—" The late Marchioness de la Valette, ai we said some months since, was the widow of Wamuel \Voiles, the Massa chusetts man who established and long maintained the best American banking house that has over b3en in Paris. Her maiden name was Fowle, and she was born in Rhode Island. A sister of hors being married in Lon don to an American banker there, .51iss Fowlo early in life went to live in London, and there she married Mr. Samuel Welles. . Some ten years afterwards, in 1841, Mr. Welles died, leaving a large fortune to his widow and only son, who graduated at Harvard a low years ago. In 1842-3 Mrs Welles married La Valette, who has- since so much distinguished himself in diplomacy. Ber son, who has been adopted by La Valette is now known as Count Welles de La Valette, and has been married for sonic two years to a daughter of M. Rouher, the Emperor's most able and trusted Miuistei. At the time of her death the marchioness must have teen nearly sixty." An officer recently called to confer with General Sherman as to breaking up Lincoln Barracks, near Wash ington, which he considered a bad quarter for soldiers, and asked him what he should do with the property. "Burn it, burn it, sir!" said Sherman, impetuously. "General," said the officer, "please put your order in writing, and 1 will obey." "Burn it, burn it!" again exclaimed Sher man. The officer asked his written orders therefor, when the General asked " what is its value." lie was in formed it was worth $200,000. " Won," said Sherman, " the fact is, this city is a bad place for soldiers, and 1 want to get them all away from it. You had better put it up for sale and clean the thing out quick." Subsequently General Emory called to ascertain what orders he had for his department. " What department?" inquired the Com. mander-in-Chief. " The Department of Washington," said Emory. "Busted up, busted up, sir, yesterday; am going to get all the troops out of this cit y." Mr. Seward, in reply to an invitation to the Johnson-Baltimore banquet, wrote " 1 cordially thank the authorities for so kindly remembering my association with the great statesman of Tennessee during the period in which emancipation was gained, while the integrity of the Union was saved, and the Constitution was•not lost. Very respectfully, your obliged and obedient servant:" Secretary Boutwell was a retail shopkeeper at Groton. When Arthur Gilman was in Mass tchusetts ho bought a yellow mug at his store, and sent it to an Eng lish friend, in 1851, as a curiosity, for such ho regarded it, being sold to him from his little shop by the Governor of Massachusetts. George F. Hoar, brother of the Attorne;?-General, is the new Congressional representative front the -Worces ter district, Massachusetts. Ile will probably be offered the judgeship vacated bj his brother, but it is doubtful whether he will accept it. Mr. Gaston, however, the law partner of Speaker Jewel, is also suggested fur tliq place. ARMY CHAPLAINS. Mr. CARDWELL said it was intended to reduce the Army Chaplains' Department, and in what he had done he had acted in accordance with the opinion of the Chaplain-General. WEST KENT MILITIA. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. Whatman, said the original intention with respect to this regiment going to Shorucliffe would be adhered to. '1 lIE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Mr. MONSELL, iu reply to Mr. Adderley, said the money to ba paid the Hulsou's They Company for the sur render of their Government amounted to £300,000, and one of the other arrangements was that the company was to receive one-twentieth of the land laid out for set tlement in the colony for the next 50 years. The agree ment was to be accepted or not by the Government within six months. THE IRISH SOCIETY. Mr. MAGUIRE rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to issue a iloyal Commission to inquire into the manner in which the Irish Society administer their property, which, according to their own admission in the law suit with the Skinners' Comptny they hold as trustees for the benefit of that trust ; and to consider whether, under a totally different state of circumstances from those to whiclf the society had its origin, it would not be advisable to carry into effect the recommendation of the royal commissioners of 1851 on the corporation of London, that the Irish Society should bo abolished; and to advise such other arrangements as would be most in harmony with existing circumstances and most conducive to the public advantage. The hon. member took the op nortunity of entering at length into the circumstances that led to the foil - nation of the Irish Society by the English Solomon, James the First, in 1613. He contended that from the first stroke of the pen of the " royal puffer," King James, down to the present tint., the whole action of the corporation of London had been to enrich and enjoy themselves without giving as much as a single thought to the improvement of the con dition of the Irish population residing in the country. The rule of the Corporation had nearly lead to the de struction of the city of Dr , rry, and it was not until Alder man Allsop came to London and informed the Corporation that longer leases had been given than was usual, and the sudden improvement was the result of the new arrangement. The Irish Society of London seemed to have a prodigious love of law, in fact it seemed as if the aldermen of Lon don were as fond of law, as it were proverbial they were of turtle and champagne. (Laughter.) An the society seemed to think about was the frittering away the revenue of the society, and that being the cAse it was, in his opinion, certainly for the good of Derry and Cole rain, that the Irish Society should b 3 abolished. (Bear, hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7 his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPT TO STAB A WIFE IN A CAB.—Moore Fraser, of 53 Wootton- - street, Waterloo-road, W B:charged with being drill]: and asiAultin4 his wife, lieuriette Fraser, and alto vita to stab her :vita a cuiie. The c‘unplaitatut said that oa tic previkms day she was t Idog her husband home in a cab frow Orchard-street; he having teen drinking, whoa ho set to s:rikiog h,•r about the face, hicl.ieg- Ler, an I th , n tc ok out it k n if ; jut ' a stab at her, cutting 1,-1- dress, at th..) same time stating that he would %lee her We. Th.) co:np!ainult exhibited hr , r drcAs, wit eh was cut and said her hushand was frequent'y in the habit of strik ing and kicking her. In answer to the ma7i,tmte, The complainant said t'ilt some tint) sines liar husband Caine into Lo.,session of some money, and since then he had taken to drink, and becomo very unsettlelin his man ners. They had lataly came front The prisoner said the complainant was not his wife as she alleged. The complainant said she was. The prisoner said ha should like to kLour where they were married. The com i dainant said they were muried at Leighton Buzzard. Police-constable Walter Yin; 33 C, said that while on duty at the Vine-strect police-station, the prisoner, who had been drinking, was given into custody for assaulting and attempting to stab the complainant, and on searching him he found a knife on him. The prisoner said that was not true, and that ho gave up the knife. The constable said it was a pocket knifo. The prisoner was fined .£5 or a month, and ordered to find bail to ba of good behaviour for six months. WESTMINSTER VIOLENT ASSAULTS.—Chas. Smith, a notorious charac ter, and Pederick Beltam, were charged with ass tulting Police-constable Thos. Taylor, 311 A in the execution of his duty, and two civilians who assist: d the constable. It appears that the two ptieoners went to the house of Mrs. Barnes, in North-street, Chelsea, and insulted her in her shop ; she took up a 41b. weight to defend herself, and then they under the influence of liquor commenced a violent attack on her and boat her about. Mr. Bedford, a neighbour, interfered, and ha was likewise assaulted and kicked; the policeman was fetched from Albert-gate, and took them into custody, and then they knockel him down, kicked, and tried to bite him, and were with diffi culty removed to the station. The defence was that Mrs. Barnes when spoken to threw a 41b weight at Beltam, and hit him in the face, which ex hibited severe marks of violence. They expressed regret at assaulting the police, but pleaded drunkenness as an excuc. Mr. Arnold was not satisfied with the assault on Mrs. Barnes, but fined them 40s. each or 14 days for assaulting the police, and ordered them to enter into sureties to keep the peace for six months. THAMES. How PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN TILE PUBLIC STREETS.— John Cason, a costermonger, aged 21 years, of North street, Whitochapol, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and unlawfully and feloniously driving a horse and cart belonging to his brother along Bow-road to the danger of the public, and with damaging a pony belonging to Mr. George Jackson, a butcher in Bromley. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of George Perry, a police constable, No. 514 K, who was supported in his testimony by other witnesses, that the prisoner was intoxicated and driving a hOrse and cart at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour in the Bow-road, and that several persons ou foot narrowly escaped destruction. The alarm was extrotne. The prisoner was lashing his horse like a madman, and drove against a pony and light cart belonging to Mr Jackson, whose son, a boy aged 12 years, was driving, and about to cross the road to Tomlin's-grove to deliver some meat. The shaft of the prisoner's cart struck the pony on the left side and entered its body. The owner said the case was quite hopeless. The pony was dying, if not already dead. The value of the animal, if he had wanted to sell it before the injury was £lO. Se veral witnesses made a strong case against the prisoner. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, pointed out a discrepancy be tween the evidence of the two witness's. One said that young Jackson was on the wrong side of the road, and on the other on the right. He c.mtended that no blame could attach to the prisoner, and that ho could not drive his horse, an old one, at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour. The exaggeration was maaifest to al. Mr. Benson said this was the way so many accidents were continually taking place and how people were killed iu the public streets. The prisoner was urunk, and Dot iit to drive at all along a public raid wlime tlae traffic was always very great, The boy driving his father's cart was about to turn into Tomlin's-grove on his off side, and for a second or two might have been on his wrong side, but that did tot justify the reckless and furious driving of the prisoner, which was clearly made out. The prisoner was not driving at a fair pace, and, like ma n y per sons who had horses and vehicles, appeared to think that the roadway was for their use alone. Foot passen gers had a right to use the road as much as horses and vehicles, and to use it in safety, not to be run down by reckless and drunken drivers and horseman. If the boy had been injured. he should have . co mmitted the prisoner for trial. Ho reuiancleti lauz on bail fur a wok. in t r 0, 1111t,t) 71 i)1 110 N NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The - SMI " of hist Evening was published in einio for doliveryin town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK. SEORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Da; NE \VMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) ELEVENTH SALE STAKES. Badswortil .Alitioa PLATE OF 5) SOUS. Kennington ... Prineo Arthur 'l:tiunderelttp . I'ittu •L ran. WitlotT objeKtetito. ELEVEN lli NEWMARK E C HIE NNI L. Pero Gonac- Duke of 110 tau 1- Eyshworth VO V+ Win clew •rly by a seeoul awl third. Titreu lowstits bet .vecu the 6WEEPSPAKES OF 50 SOVS. Bads worth Provider Mayor LATEST BUT PING ON THE COURSE. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 6 to •1 agst Alpenstock (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2to 1 apt Wild Oats (taken) 425 to 100 agst Pretender (taken) Bto 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken) 10 to 1 asst Belladrum (efferFd) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Pero Gonvz (taken) 8 to 1 agst Wild Oats (taken and wanted) 1 FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAY. BEACON STAKES. Stephanotis Elferon SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS Marinique Abstinence SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Atalantis ... ..... Violet Canoe £5O Plate—Objection to Kennington overruled LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7 to 4 agst Alpenstock (taken) 6to 1 agst Geant des Battailes (taken) 7 to 1 agst Cecil (taken) Bto 1 agst Gondolier (taken) 9 to 1 agst Lancet (taken) 10 to 1 agst Punishment (offered) 10 to 1 agst Agues gelding (taken) 100 to 8 agst Restitution (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Nyanza (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND. 9to 4 agit Wild Oats (taken) sto 1 agst Pretender (offered) 5 to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (offered) 9 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 100 to 8 agst Alpenstock (offered) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Pero Gone 2z (taken and offered) RACING- FIXTURES. APRIL. Knighton... , 13, 14 1 Curragli ...20, 21, 22 Ludlow 15, 16 1 Croydon... 22, 23 East l - ourno l9. Nowniarkt.t Ist Spring Lewes MA Y. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Huut 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 I Doncaster 13, 11 Wctt Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21. 11iildoyle •..!nd Spring 11 12 I St. Albans 1 s 11 Saliabury l3 I I _ - ........ • Lal, _ Croydon 19, 21 llarpond,u Er EOlll 7 unnuer .lc. J I E. Croydon 9 , 3, 1 Newcastle 9 2, 23, 24 Ne wt.od '' 3, 4 I Oldham 92 A scut ....n, J, 10,11 tiibury Club .:3 Liverpo,d,Saninirr _l5, Di Stock:.ri , lgo 24, .i), :,9; NV ru..L.,or IZ,,, lti olliel.,,,ford I I.taipti m Curra,_:ll , ', 93, 91 1 4.1 1.. LY Woreestrr l, 2 , Newmark,t July 6, .to. 1 GaliNlo l'ontefrael '!, 10 1 I figwort ... . Nuttingli.tra 8011111:m0 on ....... ....1:1, It .I:,aditig... Jittlitingtiou gli 21 bt, milord ... tiot.:throutt ...,..'2;, _ , l'' , ~t 1 COURSING FIXTURES. AUG UE- T. St. Albans. OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire ....19, Huntingdon Club., LONDON GAZETIE-TIIIS EVENING. - The Qu , en has been pleas2d to approve of Mr. William Keswich as Consul-Geueral for Hong Kong and M :wee ; Mr. Wilhelm Heinrich Johann Schabbel as Consul at l'ort Elisabeth; an I Mr. A. Ehden as Consul at Port Elisabeth. The undermentioned Officers have been promoted to the rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals in her Majesty's Fleet :—Charles Anderson, Esq., M.D., and William R. Smart, Esq., C.B. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam . sh or t 12 11 12 2 Du Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels ▪ 12 3 ... 12 . 3} `• 25 3a 25 45 • 25 35 ... 25 4 5 llainbur6a — ... 13 11 ... 13 11 rrif... Ditto Marseilles Fraukfort-ou-the-Maiu ... 1201 ... 121 V ieuua — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Trieste ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg Coponhagen.• ....... Berlin ... 6 -27 i ... 6 27i Madrid.. ... 48 , ,i ... 48,1 Cadiz — ... 49 ... 491 Leghorn ... 26 47? ... 26 iis Milan 26 - 471 ... '26 55 Gonoa — ... '26 471 .... 26 55 Naples Paleriuo — ••• '26 471 ... 26 55 Messina Lisbon — ... 591 ... 52f . Oporto — ... 524 ... 52, Rio Janeiro — ... -- ... NOW York - As every one knew, including Longstreet h im self, there was little chance of his escaping detraction ou obtaining his recent appointment, and here is an instance from the Louisville Journal: —" About the year 185 L, as we are informed, Longstreet being a Major in the United States Army and in command of a military post on the American side of the Rio Grande, was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico for the crime of smuggling, but when th 3 United States Marshal went to the fort to execute the process of said Court, the gates were closed against him, and ho had to return with out executing it. The Marshal having reported these facts to the then Governor of the Territory, he made ap plication to Gen. Garland, who commanded that military district, to have Longstreet surrendered to the civil autho rities for trial, but as Lone street was a relative of the General, he evaded the application of the Governor and then ord3red a court of inquiry to investigate the matter. This court, composed of his brother officers, found Longstreet guilty, but the General disapproved of the finding of the court, and the matter was settled by his giving a pledge to the civil officers that there should be no smuggling on the part of the military. Hence, we some l'w litenbdfeezuregt l ho t t it t itl G ihme r a n h t , ol k e knowing suitableovingii throughat t d t t wt L joj o i se nt: o s po t rtffeheeentm,ll:eardas and I.oldiet there r esf orpt; office, notwittlisauding appoi lie ' ho Fifth-avenue Hotel, endut beenetd. teitnntc.ot Sheridan ci s dr I ,a :o t nsol officer." , l o e " f s t i b t l l where 113 has r,:siied since his arrival in Now York front Washington, by the evening train for Fort Leavenworth, his old head-quarters. After transacting some personal bit iines3 there he purposed to go direct to Chicago. Ho will be aceontranied by Col. Crosby. Gen. Forsyth, of Lieut.-Gen. Sherid.as staff, left for Columbus, Obi°, on Sunday morning, Mach 21. On Saturday evening, March 2p, Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan, with Gen. Forsyth, visited the Tammany and Bryant's Minstrels. E. B. Washburne left Washington on the 24th March for Galena, where he was to remain a fortnight to arrange his affairs. Ho was not to return to Washington. before his departure for France unless summoned by the President. After finishing Lk business at home he will go on to New York, whence he will sail for Havre by the Ville de Faris, May 1.