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OYA I. CHRISTY'S. ILL GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REGENT -STREET. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. EASTER NOVELTIES. Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful Ethiopian Troupe in the world. Mr. Harry Leslie, the celebrated American Comedian, appears nightly. Pro nounced by the Press to he the genuine sensation, and the only Company of Christy Minstrels who have performed by express command before her Majesty the Queen and the Court at Balmoral. Arrangements for the Easter week: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. New Songs, Comic Sketches, and continued success of the Burl , sque Extrivaranze, THE VERY GRAND DUTOr - T-S. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. - Private Boxes, .£2 25.; .'tails, Ls.; Reserved Seats, 35.; Balermy, Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO TH sI.TN" NE WS PA PER.—G. li. M. ENIE delivzrs the LA TE EDITION at Chelsea. 7.40; Kilburn. Starch-green, 8; 'Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, rrnE LATJ:ST EDITION of "THE SUN" T. HJLMES begs to inform his friends awl the rath'ic C'ensra.ly that he s•ipplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SOIN " as soon as published.—No. 10, Hampstead-read THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. P. GLENTE, Sporting Library, 4, Connan,itt-terrace, Edgeware-road, lelivers the LATE' . i.DITION of "TIM SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a Comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9.45 PANISII GOVERNMENT THREE PER L. CENT. LOAN, 1869. For Fifty Millions of Dollars effective, in Bonds of the Consolidated Three per Cent. Debt. Authorised by Act of the Cor es under date of 31st March, 18t69. Messrs J. S. MORGAN and CO. are authorised by the Contractors to RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS for £8,000,000 nominal (part of the above Loan). The Bonds for this Loan will be to bearer, and will be similar in amounts and form to the existing New Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds; they will bear interest at 3 per cent. per annum (from 31st December, 1868), payable half yearly, on the 30th June and 31st December in each year ; in London, at the fixed exchange of 4s. 3d. sterling, and in Paris at sf. 40c. per dollar. The subscription price in London is 291 per cent. of the nominal amount, and will be payable as follows:- 5 per cent on Application. 5 „ „ Allotment. 6 „ „ 25th May, 18e9. SLess Coupo n o f per „ „ 30th June cent. less income-tax. „ 2d August, 1869. J 71 Taking into consideration the accrued interest and the payment by instalments, the return to the subscribers, at the above issue price, is equal to about 104 per cent. Subscribers may, on allotment, or on any of the days fixed for payment of the instalments, anticipate the future payments under discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Subscriptions will be received on the 22d and 23d April (instant). Appliations from the country posted on the 23d instant will be receivd. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and where an allotment is made of au amount smaller than that applied for, the sur plug of deposit will bo applied towards the amount pay able on allotment. In default of Payment of the respective instalments at their due dates all previous payments will b..) liable to for feiture. Scrip Certificates to bearer will be excluinged against Allotment Letters and Receipts as soon as possible. These Scrip Certificates will be exchanged fur Bonds to bearer as soon as practicable after payment in full. Applications must be made on the annexed form, which may be obtained of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., No. 22, Old Broad-street, E. C. Subscription lists for the loan will be opened simulta neously in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Hambuigh, Frank fort, Brussels, Antwerp, and Vienna ; but Scrip Certificates issued in respect of London Allotments can only be paid on, and exchanged for Bonds, in London. 22, Old Broad-street, London, E.O, 21st April, 1869. SPANISH GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. LOAN, 1869. The definitive Bonds will, as in the case of the existing New Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds, be in amounts of £42 10s., £B5, £l7O, £255, £5lO, and £1,020 ; allotments can therefore be made for any of the sums specified below : Total cost at 294 per cent. if paid by instalments. £4 5 0 —. £25 1 6 810 0 —. 50 3 0 12 15 0 75 4 6 17 0 0 —. 100 6 0 21 5 0 . 125 7 6 25 10 0 _. 150 9 0 29 15 0 —. 173 10 6 34 0 0 —. 200 12 0 38 5 0 —. 225 13 6 42 10 0 ._ 250 15 0 46 15 0 275 16 6 51 0 0 —. 300 18 0 76 10 0 —. 451 7 0 102 0 0 —. 601 16 0 153: 0 0 902 14 0 204 0 0 . 1,203 12 0 255 0 0 —. 1,50410 0 306 0 0 „. 1,805 8 0 857 0 0 2,106 6 0 408 0 0 ... 2,407 4 0 459 0 0 ... 2,708 2 0 510 0 0 ... 3,009 0 0 1,020 0 0 6,018 0 0 1,530 0 0 9,027 0 0 '2,040 0 0 ... 12,036 0 0 2,550 0 0 15,045 0 0 Amounts that can Deposit 5 per cent. be allotted. £B5 170 ••• 255 ..• 340 425 510 595 680 765 850 935 1,(.20 1,530 2,040 3,060 4,080 5,100 G. 120 7,140 8,160 9,180 10,200 20,400 00,61)0 40,800 51,000 No. SPANISH GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. LOAN, 1.69. FORM OF APPLICATION. To be left with Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., after pay ment to them of the preliminary deposit of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied for. Gentlemen,--Having paid the sum of £ I hereby request that you will allot me £ of the above Loan on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and 1 hereby agree to accept that, or any smaller amount which may be allotted to me, and to pay the further In stalments according to the terms of the said Prospectus.— I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Signature Address (in full) Date To Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. MOSES and EON. EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, it EA DY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, FOR ALL CLASSES. PRICES BASED ON READY-MONEY SYSTEM NN UNEQUALLED STOCK in EVERY DEPARTMENT. A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S CLOTHING. OVERCOATS IN EVERY SIYLE AND M AT ERIAL. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOOTS and SHOES. HOSIERY and DRAPERY. A ND HATS and CAPS, IN GREAT VARIETY. BUCKSKIN OVAL CRICKETING BOOTS, 9s. 6d. 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NEW OXFORD-STREET 307, NEW OXFORD-STREET OS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCA. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre entations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their illy Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee nd Manager, H Mr. F. B. Chatt.rton. THIS EVENING , a t 7 o'clock, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD, a Musical Folly. At 7.45, HAMLET; Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon: Mr Ryder; Messrs Wilson Barrett, J. Rouse, Barrett, O'Neill ; Mesdames Heath, Marie O'Berne, and H. Vandenhoff. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon, White, &c.; Miss Fanny Wright and Miss F. Gwynn. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ion, A stley. &e.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke. Bill, ,F c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF T H M WATt II : Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; - Mesdames Cavendish, Lill &c. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS : Joseph Brag, Mr Enekstone. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven rr HEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TTIIS EVENING. at 7. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO cAMBERWELL: Mr G. Belmore. 8, 20th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Pechter Miss ear7otta Leclercq, Mr Arthur Stirling. Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart. Mrs. L. Murray, Visa Lennox Grey. &e. To conclude with WHITE.B iIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, TWICE KILLED After which, Dion Poncieault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss hose Leclereq. Concludin , with THE SECRET. N.8.--:•hortly will be produced, a New Drama, by Dion Bou cicault. doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. daily from 10 till 5. Box-office open lIOLBORN THEATRE.-BAR R Y SULLIVAN, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS ELEGANT THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN ON SA TIIR DAY, lsr OF WAY, with Lord Lytton'e Great Play, in Five Acts, entitled MONEY. sunported by the following celebrated Artistes. viz.: Parry Sul livan, J. C. Cowper, t; eorge Honey, W. H. Stephens, Charles Cog'an. E. Dyas, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard, W. A rthur W. Ha - land. A. Stuart, L. Sargent, C. Valentine, F. Raines, J. Blythe, H. Blanscome, and IT. Nelson; Mrs. Hermann Vezin. Miss Jana Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt. Miss Bosine Power, Miss Thorne, Miss Malborough, and Mrs. Charles Horsman. Principal Scenic Artists—Mr. William Calcott and Mr. Albert Calcott. Acting Manager—Mr. Barry Sulli.an. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole 'Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. `Jhrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Button and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Buf ton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. R OY AL AMPHITHEA TRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN CAPRlPositvely tt e Last Six Nights and Farewell appearance of the E TROUPE and the Wonderful PERFORMING HORSES. During the week a number of novelties will be pro duced. Those who have not yet seen the beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as the troupe leave London on the oath. Tuere will be an entire chanoe of programme each even ing. —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the me tropolis. No other Theatre in London offers a programme so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement The most complete combination of equestrian talent ever brought to gether. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per fortnances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. ILOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, B. J. Byron's new and original Drama. MINN. IE or, Leonard's Love: Miss 1.3 dia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan Messrs David Fisher, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarke. At 9, A BREACH OF PROMISE. To conclude with BROWN - ADTHE BRAHMINS: NTessrs - Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, and Stephens. 'Orders by poet punctually attended to 1 111 HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" 111 supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIO ENO K, by H W HARRIS, I :ewepo.per Agent, 4, Blackfrian-road, London, S. THEATRE-R.GYAL DRURY-LANE. tiole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TIM ErExiNa. at 7, THE GIRLS OFM HE PERIOD. At 7.45 HAMLET: Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon; r. Ryder, J. Rouse, Miss Heath, and Mrs. H. Vandenhoff. THE T RE- R OYA L. HA THIS EVENING, A EASY SHAVING: YMARKET. Messrs. Rogers. Clark, Gordon, White; Miss Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. N , r Sothern. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commence at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mt Vining. Tit EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER DARK : Mr Walter Lacy, Mr. D. Leeson, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Trns EVENING. at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO C MBERWELL: Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 to 8, BLA' K A\ I) WRITE: Messrs. Pechter, A.-Stirling Phillips, Stuart: Carlotta Lecl ercq , Mi ss Lennox Grey (to.' R. And WHITEBAIT AT GRE : Mr Atkins. 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THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," i giving all the SPORTI G NEWS of the day, may by seen at JEM :YMAN TON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of tile ROYAL INSURANCE OMPANY, in antic:pation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new I , surances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the timo between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCXS, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLARF.N, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TITIR VVENING. at 7. MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. At 9, A BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews. Hurl stone. J. Clarke: Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain. and Stephens ROYALTY THEATRE. ()Titter the Management of Miss M Oliver. Tins ErEsisn, at 7.:- 7 0, IN FOR HOLID ,Y. Followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar. Mr. Danvers. Miss M. Oliver. &c. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. P.RINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Manavement of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Me?srs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison. Glover. and Baneroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss N'arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. ROYAL AMPUITHEATRF. AND CIRCUS, lIOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, 0. and A. Carre, fig. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at $ and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENTNG, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH-3 ROYAL ALI-IAMBI? A PALACE. THREE BILLETS Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. le. Buz-offic( open from 11 to 4. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL, 22, 1869. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. 1 1 : L o Sum the Courts of Chancery, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer will give their names to these chambers, whilst the Courts of Admiralty, Probate, and Divorce will form one division. But though the old names will be retained, the special func tions of these tribunals will disappear. Every division of the Supreme Court will form a complete tribunal of justice. Any suit may be commenced in one of these divisions and completed there, whe ther the trial be based on law or equity. In short, all the powers of the Supreme Court will be united in each of its divisions, all of which will be on the same footing. The present judges, too, both of the law and equity courts, will be competent to sit in any chamber. By the trenchant scheme of which this is the main feature the Commissioners propose the greatest change ever made in English judicature. But Lord CAIRNS, Lord HATHERLEY, Sir ROLTNDELL PALMER, and the ablest of their colleagues, were not likely to take the initiative in such a revolution unless there was much to be gained by it. All readers of news papers, even those who have never had the mis fortune to appear in a superior court, must know how great are the inconveniences arising from a divided jurisdiction. It not unfrequently happens that a plaintiff with a good case loses his suit be cause, by a mistake of his lawyers on some point of I jurisdiction, it has been begun in the wrong court, and the whole proceeding must be commenced afresh. Under the new system, the chambers of the Supreme Court will have jurisdiction in all branches of law, and no annoyance of this kind will be possible. If one legal procedure will not suffice to deter mine a case, another may be applied by the same tribunal. Again, at present the Court of Admiralty may decide a claim for damage to cargo, but a Common Law Court is required to hear a counter claim of the shipowner for freight. The Supreme Court would set these two claims one against the other, and decide upon both at once. Still more injurious anomalies have recently arisen out of joint-stock company legisla tion. The report of the Commission notices the extraordinary complication which arose out of the legal proceedings between the sellers and jobbers of railway shares. One plaintiff commenced a suit at common law, and another opened litigation in equity against the same defendants. Both courts gave a similar judgment. The defendants appealed from one decision to the Exchequer Chamber, and from another to the Chancery Court of Appeal. Each of these courts, without means of communica tion, reversed the decision which was sub mitted to it. Thus there were two suits and two appeals with precisely similar results. Under the consolidated system of judicature half this expense and trouble might have been saved. In fact, the powers and procedures of our courts have by the process of natural development merged in complete chaos. The ever-increasing legal transactions of modern life demand that this confusion should be reduced to order. This fundamental change by no means exhausts the reforms suggested by the commission. Not only is the jurisdiction of the tribunals divided and confused, but almost every step in the hearing of a cause at equity differs from corresponding procedures at common law. Forms of trial, the mode of pleading, and of taking evidence are all dis similar. The complexity is merely the result of custom, and the Commissioners see no diffi culty in making great changes. The forms of procedure are to be much simplified, and to be made s uniform as the variety of cases will admit. The multifarious ceremonials now necessary at the commencement of suits will be materially cut down. In the systems of pleading the Commission has found much to reform. Equity pleadings are needlessly prolix ; those at common law mix up law and fact, often raising useless issues and obscuring details of moment. The com parative brevity of common law pleadings will be combined with the pure statement of facts customary in equity. As to the mode of trial, the Supreme Court will have great discretion : a ques tion may be tried in any chamber by judge, jury, or referee. The courts are to have power to sit at all times, and no distinction is to be made between business in term and out of term. The division of the country for legal busi. ness is no longer to be by county, bu • V I several counties are to be united in convenient districts. Lastly, instead of the Exchequer Chamber and the Court of Appeal in Chancery, one Court of Appeal, ruled by the LORD CHANCELLOR, will form part of the Supreme Court, the house of Lords being in no wise interfered with. Changes so important and so complicated must, of course, be made with every care that the transition be not too violent. But the advantages of the new judicature, when once in working order, are self evident. Instead of t h e semi-barbarous complications which now hamper the business of the country, the suitor will have a co mparatively simple, cheap, an d, a b ove all, direct remedy at law. LAIEST INTELL MENU (RE LITER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 22. The official Vienna Gazette of this morning pub lishes the law, which has received the sanction of the Emperor, for the organisation of a Supreme Court of Justice for the Empire. The Presse publishes a telegram asserting that the English Government has recently offered its media tion in the Franco-Belgian question. BEN.EVOLENT SOCIETIES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The time is now last approaching when country clergy- men and provincial Dissenting ministers invade the metropolis to attend the well-known " May meetings." In the principal streets of London the white necktie, usually scarce enough, seems suddenly to be worn by half the pedes trians. Before these meetings set off in good earnest there are the numerous local benevolent institutions and less-known societies to hold their meetings. Some ten of these held their annual reunion on Wednesday. A list of them may be mentioned : THE GOVERNESSES BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Lord Denman presided at a dinner—the anniversary festival — of this institution, and announced that the subscriptions to it amounted to £1,253. This institution embraces in its objects temporary assistance to governesses in distress, given privately through the ladies' committee ; an annuity fund which provides annuities to aged governesses; a pro vident fund, including a savings bank; a home for gover nesses during the interval between their engagements ; a system of registration free of expense ; and an asylum for the aged. Some 2,000 governesses have availed themselves of this means of relief. ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.-Of this society the Bishop of St. David's is president, though he did not pre side at the annual meeting. His report spewed the society to be in a flourishing condition. REFORMATORY CHILDREN.-One of the most interest ing of the many meetings was that held under the presi dency of the Earl of Shaftesbury, in Exeter Hall. The occasion was the annual gathering of reformatory children, under the auspices of the Reformatory and Refuge Union, and the attendance of the friends and supporters of themove ment was so great that to accommodate allwho came would probably have required more than twice the space afforded by the building. The noble earl presided; and amongst the gentlemen present were Sir Stafford North cote, M.P., Mr. Baron Pigott, Mr. Hodgson Barrow, M.P., Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Judge Payne, Dr. Mackenzie (Provost of Inverness), and many of the clergy. Both before and after the speaking portion of the proceedings a choir of 700 children from the various refuges and homes of London delighted the audience by singing a number of pieces under the direction of Mr. J. Proudman, and accompanied by the organ. The Earl of ,Shaftesbury, referring to the children, said it would not be easy to forget the sight they presented, and he asked his hearers whether their minds could be more pleased, their hearts more gratified, or their natural aspirations more satisfied, than by what they had seen and heard. Let them then go to-morrow to the slums of Bethnal Green, Sh( reditch, Westminster, and the Mint, and they would discover from what degradation these happy children had been rescued, and the vast field there remained for the labours of those who were engaged in this good work. Be shuddered to think what England might have been now had it not been commenced some five-and-twenty or thirty years ago.—ln the course of the evening Mr. Ford, the secretary of the union, read a statement, exhibiting its progress, and referring to the good likely to result from the conference now being held in London. During the past year the union had made grants to the extent of over £2,000, and, in addition to the training-ships at Newcastle, Southampton, Glasgow, and Liverpool, which had been opened this year, three others would shortly be placed at Bristol, Dundee, and Edin burgh. Reformatories had also been established in Jamaica, and, under the influence of Miss Carpenter and Lord Lawrence, at no distant date they would be extended to India. The Marine Society, the City of London Truss Society, the Solicitcrs' Benevolent Society, the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, the Tailors' Benevolent Institution, &c., held meetings. At Willis's Rooms a drawing for an album for the benefit of the Dramatic College at Maybury took place. The lncMpendance Beige reports that the Emperor of the French has been bitten in the calf of the leg by a small dog. The wound does not signify, but his Majesty is reported to have remarked in a jocular way, "it is a Lad sign." A man respectably dressed, and believed to be a _ _ foreign sailor, was found dead, with his skull terribly fractured, on the railway between Cork and Mallow, yesterday morning. The circumstances give rise to a suspicion that ho has been robbed and murdered while tra velling over the line. The Duke of Abercorn, who is now on the Conti tinent, has written stating that should the health of his daughter, Lady Mount-Edgecumbe, permit of his coming to England, he will consider it his duty to protest publicly against the Irish Church scheme, which, while it will not have the smallest effect in allaying discontent, will inflict irreprmale injury ui on Ireland. The strike in the South Yorkshire coal trade still continues, and the ill-feeling between the unionists and non-unionists seems to be increasing. At the Denaby Main Colliery they Lave again been in colislon. As two of the latter were proceeding to their Lcmcs on Mcnday evening they were attacked by a body of the men locked out r and very brutally ill-treated. Three men are in custody en the charge of being implicated iu the assault. Two boys, the eldest not over 12 years of age, were charged at the Liverpool Toltec-court on Tuesday with having set fro to a stable in Northumberland-street, Liverpcol. The your ger prisoner, it appeared, suggested to his companion the idea of setting fire to the stable, and informing the cwner, with the view of getting a reward. They accordingly threw a lighted match among the straw, and then went to the owner and told him his stable was on fire. The latter, to their astonishment, gave the lads ibto custody. They were remanded. In the Court of Divorce on 'Thursday 11Iis. Godrich applied fcr permission to file another petition against her husband for judicial sepal aticn. She stated that she was prosecuting for perjury the women rpon whose evi dence she had b. en found guilty of adultery ha the suit instituted against her by her husband, and that she obtained true bills against two of them, end was indicting a third. She had no means, her husband having made her no allowance for fcur months, and one of her objects in filing the petition was to obtain alimony. Lord Penzance informed her that he bad no discretion in the matter. It was quite open to Ler to file a fresh petition, Lut he could give her no advice. Mrs. Godrich thanked his lordship and retired. Domestic scandals in high life seem to multiply now-a-days. The London correspondent of Saunders's News Letter announces a fresh one. Ho thus describes the parties to it :—"A gentleman well known in the upper circles has eloped with the wife of a friend, a lady who has for the last few years taken a prominent part in tho beau monde. The former is a near relative of a naval Barcnet, not long deceased; the latter comes of a spotting race, and abandons not only an estimable husband and an enviable position in the world, but leaves also a youthful family to, one day, blush for her disgrace. I fear it to ho but too true that proceedings are taken for bringing before the Divorce Court the sad case of matrimonial infidelity which society has been of late so generally discussing. It is asserted that the eldest son of ono of your earls has been selected as co respondent." _ A tabulated account of the gross public income and expenditure for the year ending March 31st, 1869, has been published as a Parliamentary paper. With the fact that the total ordinary expenditure was £2,905,824 in excess of the total income, the public is already sufficiently fami liar, but on account of the balances of the public money, given on the same sheet, is more novel. At the commencement of the last financial year the Exchequer balance was £1,781,845. The money raised by additions to the funded and unfunded debt, by annuities and Exchequerbonds, as well as by Bank advances and repayments on account of advances for public works, &c., brings the sum up to £10,696,081. This has been so far disposed of by the paying off of Exchequer tends, by repayment of Bank ad vances, by advances for public works, and by meeting the deficiency of income, that the remaining balance in the Banks of England and Ireland on the 31st of March, 1869, was £4,707,258. THE WEDGWOOD MEMORIAL INSTITUTE AT BURSLEM.—The Wedgwood Memorial Institute at Burs lem, the foundation stone of which was laid by the Pre- mier several years since, was formally opened on Wednes day by Earl de Grey and Ripon, Lord President of the Council. The Free Libraries and Museums Act had been adopted by the inhabitants in connection with this institution which will also include a school of art and other educational agencies. The building itself is constructed entirely of ceramic materials, and the design of the architect, Mr. R. Edgar, of London, has been to illustrate in the facade the mode in which terracotta and other enrichments may be introduced, not for the mere purpose of ornamentation and veneering, but as pArts of the actual structure of an edifice. In this particular the building is one of excep tional interest and value. The instituti on is inaugurated by an art exhibition, which will probably remain open for several months. The Department 1)o1.cell Science er ° l;e pe r ee t n ; Art have made a very rich and liberal contributionf and the South Kensington Museum. There is a fine c l rorn tion of oil and water-colour paintings by i n il , l aG is a , st ß inoesaau, Bonheur, Leiahton, I C 'u op ri l i e e y r, Brl t n , n‘ lN :l T i e it w o: illustrated f s De Bruycker, and many oth er art i sts of era ineUce ; an d the history of British pott er y stanlded I B vo r o it c d ° own the o n the Celtic or Ancient B r iti s h , the l r z a otimedn y periods.Medi 'There ei sa Seventeenthsuperb collection Century, of V h o lI ra e1:1, e t thealr'lowduenGairle,ywiNie.ares honouredpr oduetie n w s i t o h f a every publi c d r e e s c c e r p i description, o E an address was presented to his lordship on behalf of the inhabitants. At a luncheon held subsequently, under the presidency of Lord de Grey, addresses suitable to the occasion were delivered by his lordship, the Bight Hon. and other g en c, 14, Aslde4ey, M,P., tle . men, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, April 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, from Southampton, 17th inst , arrived at five, and leaves for Alexandria at eight this even ing. All well. AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 21. The Cunard steamship Russia arrived out at 5 p.m to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1341. The bigheat quotation during the day was 1341 ; the lowest 134 k. Sterling exchange on London, 1081. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1882, 121 i ; ditto, 1885, 1181; ditto, 1867, 1151 ; Ten-Forty Bonds, 10f. Illinois, 145 ; Erie, 34. Cotton—middling upland, 28c. Petroleum standard white, 32; c. Flour —extra State, $5 70c. to $6 30 c. Corn—old mixed, 82c. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 2 1. —Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : q per Cont. . .... 102 B an k Shares 2930 End of month._ ltal'an Fives 56 15 3 per Cent ......... 71 12 End of month — End of month... 71 10 Mexican Loan Credit Mobilier ‘53 75 Do. Bonds End of month— 253 73 SP Credit. Foncier ...1497 H o me Debt apish Threes End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ........................ Northern ...... ........................... •••••• .. Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... CIS Western ... 580 Eastern ...... . Sardini an Austrian ............. ..................... 6 ; B i Lombard ................. ........................ North of Spain 59 Saragossa Roman s2f 11.011F011 D CATTLE MAR K ET. —Trade ruled active at market yesterday, at the following prices, at per stone and sinking the offal :—Beasts, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; sheep, 4s. Bd. to Gs. ; calves, 48. to ss. Bd.; pigs, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. ; store pigs, 1.55. to 255. a head. LOADOI.V, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1669. Something practical, it may now reasonably Le hoped, will be done in regard to the Ballot—that Question having rassed at length into the hands of a distinguished Politician, a man thoroughly in earnest and thoroughly consistent. 10 Sir HENRY BCLWER has been confided, by the unanimous deci sion of all the more conspicuous supporters of this long-looked-for reform, the responsibility of bringing it, in a substantive shape, under the consideration of the popular branch of the Legislature. It is almos t needless to say that this trust has been placed in the safe keeping of the right hon. member for Tamworth unreservedly and unconditionally. To his own better judgment, in his capacity as the now recognised and acknowledged Leader of the Ballot Party, has been committed the selection of what may appear to himself the right time and the aptest season for the re-ventilation, so to express it, of the principle involved in this great and (as we for one cannot but think) vitally important measure, in the House of Commons, under circum stances more propitious than have ever yet presented themselves to a Ballot advocate in Parliament. Epi tomising the auguries of success in a very few words I what are they ? They are, among others, these— The possession of power, to begin with, by the Libe ral Party in overwhelming numbers! The conduct of that party by a body of Ministers who, as innova tors, are as daringly adventurous as have ever yet been seated upon the Treasury Bench ! The recog nition among those ministers of several known and eminent advocates of Secret Voting—one of them (and that, too, a Cabine t Minister, as eminently placed in the ranks of the Gpvernment as the first of the five Secretaries of State, meaning the Secretary of State for the home Department), being a very recent but by no means half-hearted convert to, and advocate of, the Ballot. With friends of the Ballot numbered up, and numbering up, in the ranks of the Liberal Party, as well as in the inner ranks of the Govern ment itself—precisely at this happy juncture in the history of the lengthened agitation of this great reform, the leadership of those avowedly in favour of it, passes, by the happiest good chance conceivable, into the hands of one pre-eminently well qualified to conduct this great project of reform to a fortunate i,sue. Sir HENRY BULWER, as the cham pion of the Ballot, has, we cannot but think, the ball, now, fairly at his foot. To his own better judgment, as we also cannot but conceive, must be left entirely and absolutely the selection of the time at which he will bring the matter thus frankly entrusted to his safe keeping finally and with all due deliberation under the consideration of the Commons, and under the con sideration simultaneously, of course, of her MAJESTY'S Government. Mr. LEATIIAM'S motion of a few weeks back leading, as it did, to nothing save an empty discussion of a matter already, as we all know, only too often merely discussed, has in no way precluded the acknowledged leader of the Ballot Party from reviving the deliberate reconsideration of the matter, in a substantial form, during the present session of the Legislature. Sir HENRY 131.71.WER. has his name down in connection with this subject on the papers of the House—on the sessional programme, as it might be called, without much extravagance. It remained yet to be seen in what shape, and when and how, the question will be brought forward anew this session—if that entry already referred to is in fact, in other words, to come to anything. Earnestly, and we believe in no way extravagantly, we are hopeful, now, in regard to the prospects of the Ballot. The Hour is approaching. The Man is There was something propitious, as it appears to us, in the very tone and manner of the meeting held List night in our immediate neigh bourhood—the first meeting of the Ballot Associa tion, presided over (at the Arundel 11 ill) by the Right lion. the member for Tam worth. come. NOWHERE is there to be found more melancholy evidence of human weakness than in the imperfec tions of human laws. The wisest of nations have failed to reconcile strict law with the even-handed dispensation of justice. All systems of legislation have left certain inequalities to be filled up, certain deficiencies to be provided for as occa sion requires. Various causes have been in operation in different countries, but the result has always been the same. Wherever courts and laws have existed, it has been found necessary to build up by the side of the written and unwritten law a more flexible system of judicature to which recourse may be had whenever the common law is found deficient. What we call Equity is, therefore, not peculiar to any nation. Sometimes, as in the case of Roman law, attachment to old customs and traditions has brought about strange compromises with the necessities of a growing society. Thus the barren maxims and theatrical ceremonies of the Twelve Tables were pre served in theory, but another system was perfected by which they were set aside in practice. Some times the possible defects of the law were provided for beforehand. The old Prussian code laid down that whenever a judge could find no law to decide a case he was to settle the affair to the best of his judgment, the defect in the statutes being after wards attended to. In England it is certain that some principles of equity have prevailed ever since the time of EDGAR. Suits which the judges could not solve were referred to the King; and after the Conquest he referred them to his chaplain. This functionary gradually developed into the Lord Chancellor, and out of his jurisdiction gra dually arose the Courts of Equity with their cumbrous procedure and multifarious precedents. But whilst we thus only obeyed the common necessity of nations, we managed, as usual, to differ from all others in our system of equity. In other countries no difficulty is found in making one court answer the purposes of both law and equity. When the principles of law fail, the same tribunal applies the principles of equity. Thus one court possesses all the power necessary to finally dis pose of any suit. But in England the two systems of judicature are kept quite distinct. In no case can a court of common law settle a question in equity. Suits commenced in the Queen's Bench have often to be continued in Chancery. In this division and confusion we stand alone, the amazement, but not the admiration, of the civilised world. It is obvious that our system must be attended with great disadvantages. So serious, indeed, have they become, that some time back it was resolved to consider the means of reform, and a very power ful Commission, consisting of the first lawyers of the day, was appointed to investigate this important matter. After two years' deliberation the commis sion has declared our system of legal jurisdiction to be so bad that it must be, in a manner, Americanised, and a very radical change is proposed. Separate Courts of Equity and Common Law are to exist no more. All the superior tribunals, together with the Courts of Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty, are to be united in one great Supreme Court. The different powers of these tribunals will be con solidated into one jurisdiction. In the Supreme Court there will be no chambers for separate classes of suits, such as the Court of Admiralty for mercantile marine cases. The Supreme Court will be divided into as many chambers of justice as public business may require, and for the sake of facilitating the change of system, -.kJ* TWO DEANS ON CHURCH TOPICS. The Dean of Ripon, in addressing a meeting last week, said that Popery was employing " sappers and miners" all over England, and that some of our statesmen were the dupes of Manning and Cullen. England should be aroused to the danger, and an effort was needed to rouse the Protestant feeling of the country. The Dean of Carlisle presided at a Church Missionary Society's meeting on Monday, and called attention to a remark of the Bishop of London's, that the triumph of the missionary cause was the most entire refutation of scepticism. He thought the acts of the missionaries were the best refutation of the errors with which the Church was plagued. It had been said that civilisation must go before Chris tianity; but this was not true, they must have Christianity first, and education afterwards. THE REV. A. 11. MACKONOCHIE ON THE CHURCH CRISIS. On Tuesday evening an address was presented at Leeds by the Yorkshire branch of the English Church Union to the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie, incumbent 'f St. Alban's, Holborn, thanking him for the part he had taken in up holding the catholic teaching and Ritual of the Church. In reply, Mr. Mackonochie, after stating that he was wholly unworthy of the eulogium which had been passed upon him, spoke of the catholic movement of the last 36 years. He said that of old the hard working men of England were the strength of the Church, and then day after day the church doors stood wide open, and the men who worked in the field or in the towns entered them and knelt down to pray to God to help them in their work before they did it. He hoped and believed that the day would soon come when the same people would act in that manner, and become united again with the Church. It was with that hope that the Church Union existed. Mr. Mackonochie went on to combat the idea that the Church Union was an aggressive or a persecuting body. It was neither, nor did it even originate In a panic. It was in the days when he and solne others were accustomed to dread the very sound of the church bells of St. George's-in-the- East ; when, in one sense, they would have given anything to have stopped those bells, and gone to worship in some peaceful country church, instead of being at St. George's, standing often in the face of a howling mob, being insulted in going through the worship, and scarcoly able to perform the commonest parts of it with decetCy ; it was in those days that the English Church Union began. It was then that men's hearts were stirred up ; they tried to get the common protection which an English citizen was entitled to ; they asked that they , should be protected against those outrages, from which a Mormonite would have been protected. A man might hold any faith he liked, however monstrous it might be, and still be protected against outrages upon his liberty of conscience ; but when they asked the Home Secretary or the police authorities, not to be supported in anything that belonged to their church, but that their property might be protected, and their liberty of conscience in worshipping as they maintained the Church of England intended them to worship, as they had a right to ask until such time as the authorities of the Church had declared it to be not its worship, there were, it was true, plenty of policemen sent to the place, but they were told not to act. It was their not obtaining that protec tion for which they asked that led to the formation of the English Church Union. It was at its beginning, and had been ever since, a defensive society, and nothing more ; and it never came into operation until there wa4 an assault made upon the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England. Mr. Mackonochie concluded a very animated speech by exhorting his hearers nut to be discouraged by the recent judgment. All the events which seemed at first to make against the Church had only made for her and strengthened her. In the speeches which were made subsequently,the Rev. J. Eddowes stated that he had asked Mr. Mackonochie to preach, but that the Bishop of Ripon (Dr. Bickersteth) had inhibited that gentleman from preaching anywhere in the diocese. The Rev. J. W. Hunt then delivered an address on "The duty of English Catholics at the present crisis," in which he exhorted them never to leave the English Church unless their doctrine was assailed, and then they should throw up the Establishment, or establish a Free Church, not go to Rome. THE COMIC PAPERS. From the Owl. The Law Courts should certainly be on the river site, as most suited to Sittings in Banc-o. We suppose that the directors of the Metropolitan Rail way find a difficulty in sorting their passengers, because they have not received a class-ical education. If Mr. Sykes's bill passes, protection is to be given to sea birds on the Ist of April. April "fools" will thus by law give place to April "gulls." BRUCE'S NEW CRIMINAL LAW.—AII convicted murderers shall be entitled to the clemency of the Crown if their crimes have been committed within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, If, however, no one can remember the crime except the criminal himself, he shall, on claiming his right, be entitled to immediate execution. (From Punch.) AN EQUITY DRAFTSMAN. —A lawyer who sketches. EASY FOR THE DRAFTSMAN. —The bill which has been laid before the House of Commons relating to Post Office Savings Banks is about the simplest ever drawn, con sisting entirely of Saving clauses. To SEVERAL HABITUAL CORRESPONDENTS.—If Sir Samuel Baker is going to the Nile Basin, that is no reason why you should rout out a grey old joke, and ask us whether he will afterwards proceed to the River Plate. THE GREATER CONTAINS THE LESS.—Miss Burdett Coutts has withdrawn her name from the list of candidates for election as guardian of the poor of Bethnal Green. Mr. Punch cannot regret this. The smaller office is included in the larger one—which Miss Burdett Coutts already holds for life—that of Guardian of the Poor of all London. CAN IT BE SO ?—The Right lion. John Bright, speak ing as the President of the Board of Trade, lets fall a word or two at times which may lead one to the notion that, what with deputations in the d ay - t i me, and questionings at night, he himself in his own person, without mention of his colleagues, unfortunately consti tutes the Bored of Trade. TERII FOR PEOPLE (From F un. ) Can-tankard-ous, WHO QU ARREL IN THEIR CUPS.— • A THOROUGHLY INDEPENDENT MAN. —One who depends on an inn for his living. THE SERVICE Is GOING TO THE DEUCE it be credited that a t D over on EWill were made with a " aster - Monday e x p er i ments NoTTs—so flash-s ystem " of t e l egrap h y? BAD !— There is every reason to believe that Mr. Disraeli is still engaged in completing the " educa tion "of his party. An item of provincial news states that in Nottinghamshire "the young wheats have changed colour, but no a pprehensions are felt as to any harm done to them." Harm done to them ! Not a bit, rather the reverse in our humble opinion. (From J u dy.) A " Sir "-prize—Knighthood / Odd Indeed —That a Sovereign should be under t Crown. EXTREMES MEETING.—A fast man finding himself in the company of a Sloman ! JUST SO.—Whcn a boot -maker buys a newspaper, he should always ask for the last edition ! To LORD SYDNEY.-Ought authoresses to dress in book muslin ? ALL IS LOST Now !—Our last hopes of Mr. Lowe have been most ruthlessly "nipp e d in the Bud" -get. Farewell address of Mr. C. Weguelin to his late consti tuents—Good-bye to Youghal (you all)1 QUITE SUITABLE. —Were we to entertain the Premier at dinner, we should treat him to his pet three courses—i.e., Course 1, his gruel ; Course 2, " the cold shoulder; Cours 3, his desert Her Majesty's journey to Jerusalem is said to be quite decided upon. The Sheffield magistrates had before them on Tuesday another bad meat case. Michael Farr e ll The defend an t was one that , a pig jobb er, of Doncaster, and it was ov ( d be bad brought from that town the carcase of a pig in which mortification had actually begun to set in, and had offered it for sale to several butchers. He asked fs. ed. per acne, the current price being about 9s. He was cent to prison for two months. On Tucalay'roorning Thomas Wallace Wilson, rag grinder, 24 years of age, met his death in a shocking manner at the Portland Mills, Lindley, Huddersfield. Shortly after seven o'clock be was found dead on the floor, his body being frightfully mutilated. Both arms had been torn from the body; one was found on the room floor, and the other was suspended from the shafting by which the unfortunate young man had Leen caught. Thu account of the deposits received and paid by the Post-( thee Savings Banks during the year 1868 has just been issued, and prove that those institu tions still retain their hold on popular favour. The cash received from depositors from Ist January to 81st December, 1868, amounted to £5,333,638. An account of the sums received and paid by tho Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, on account of the Sdvings' Banks Fund, is added to tho N4PcO sheet of the )2mkg, 44 , j apitt 7.0 y rvrt ii,ll l 4i 3 • LIEI4 11iAJES1T. OSBORNE, April 21 ! -- Her Majesty, with Princess Louise, Prince Lec' pold, Princess Beatrice, and Prince and Princess Christian, arrived yesterlay afternoon at half - Pa st 6 o'clock. The Queen, accompanied by Princess LouiA walked and drove in the'grounds this morning• VOTE BY BALLOT. Last evening a meeting, convened by the Metro politan politan Ballot S oc i e t y, was h e l d in the Arun Hall, for the purpose of promoting the adoption vote by ballot. Sir Henry Bulwer, M.P., occupie d the chair. The f o ll ow i ng gent l emen were o n the platform :—Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P. Col. Frene e ' M.P., Professor R ogers , M . A ., L ord Campbell, Mr' JJlin Morley (late candidate for Rackburn), David Buchanan (late member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales), Mr. J. F. Bonterusf C.C., Mr. John Richardson, C.C., Mr. Wm. Mr. C. H. Elt, and Mr. C. A. Murray. Sir HENRY BULWER, M.P., on taking the chair, said he was very happy to have been asked to pre side over that meeting. He presumed that th e compliment was paid to him on account of his fidelity to the principle which they were all there to advocate. (Ch eers .) Th oug h he ha d a grea r respect for a ll men w h o h onest l y changed 6°_, opinions, he would ra th er k eep hi s op i n i ons. It was very agreeable to keep them when one found that the views he en t er t a i ne d i n h i s youth, t h o ugh with a few, were participated in in his advancing years by the many. (Cheers.) He remembere d that at the commencement of his political career he said to himself, if he wished to be con sistent and successful he ought to be just, he cause justice was always the same, and just ice was always triumphant. (Cheers.) Therefore h e was in favour, when there were very few with bit e ' of the total abolition of the corn laws, because h e thought it unjust to tad the poor man's food la order to increase the rich man's rental. He was lei favour of altering the position of the Roman. Cath e : lies in Ireland, but he thought it was unjust to treat as privileged an d su p er i or a b o d y of 500,000 o f his fellow -countrymen when there were 4,500,000 wi le did not possess the same privileges. (Cheers.) He was in favour of vote by ballot, because he thought it was unjust to give a man a vote without enabling him to exercise it safely and conscientiously (Cheers.) He had lived to see the corn laws totally repealed. He had lived to see 3 majority of 118 members of the House of Com mons vote in favour of placing men of all religiou s on an equal footing—(loud cheers)—and he hoped to live to see vote by ballot established for the fa hire election of members of Parliament. (Cheers.) Those men who were thoughtful would have ob served how, within the last 25 years, reason ha d been ripening, how exaggerated prejudices had been disappearing, and how all opinions and all classes had been, by a gradual but most certain process, coming to one common centre. As soon as he took his sea t in the House of Commons he inspected the book of notices to fled whether anybody had given u° - mice of a resolution on the subject of the ballot, and not having found such notice he put down his name for a resolution on that subject. (Cheers Almost immediately afterwards Mr. Berkeley, O le had moved many resolutions with reference to this question, told him that he was desirous of doing so, and he (Sir Henry Bulwer) placed the matter en tirely in his hands. Not very long after, the Go vernment gave notice of a committee for the pur pose of inquiring into all electoral matters, and in cluded vote by ballot in that inquiry. (Cheers.) He was at that time absent from the house of Commons, having to defend his seat against a petition which proved unsuccessful. Almost in:l - after his return to the House h e found that Mr. Leatham had given n otice of a motion, which was to the effect that the committee of which he had spoken should be instructed to inquire into the various modes of voting by ballot. That did very well as a peg 03 which to hang a speech. Mr. Le,itham delivered very able speech, but when it Caine to the practical question of voting upon his motion, there were maul objections. In the first place, suppose they earl i Mr. Leatham's motion, they did nothing, because the committee which had been appointed to in quire into the propriety of:es'ablishing election by ballot was obliged to inquire into the various modes of voting by ballot. On the other hand, if Mr. Leatham's motion were lost, he (Sir Henry Bulwer) felt that it would be considered to be a general failure of the cause of the ballot. Moreover, he found that many Liberal members of the House of Commons who were in favour of the ballot were not in favour of Mr. Leatham's motion. Therefore he ventured to ask Mr. Leatham to withdraw his motion, as he had effected his purpose —namell, the raising of a discussion upon the subject. Mr. Leatham at once complied with his re quest. He was not in favour of having the ques tion of the ballot left in the hands of the Govern ment, because he thought, as he said in the House of Commons, that the country had been in com mittee on this question, that it had been so much discussed by the people that we did not re quire the opinion of any committee Mr. Bruce might appoint, to suggest what should be done. But a committee having been appointed, an opportunity was afforded for shunting certain gentlemen from one line of political opinion on to another line —from the line of opposition to the ballot to the - - ne in favour of it. He thought the best course to pursue was to let the committee make its re port. If that report were favourable, they would be able to effect the object they desired with the aid of the Government. If that report were unfavourable, why, then, they would effect their object by the aid of public opinion. (Cheers.) In the meantime it was thought expedient to hold meetings of this kind, so that they might keep public opinion alive, and be able, whatever hap pened, to nave the public behind them when they came forward in the people's cause. (Cheers.) This was one of the most important movements ever made for the achievement of political liberty in this country. (Cheers.) ;Professor THOROLD RoGEfts said there was great reason for the friends of the Ballot to congratulate themselves upon the progress their cause had made. Mr. JACOB BRIGHT, M.P., said that although lawyers, election agents, and the retailers of beer and spirits might be very glad to have a genera election, there was another class of persons in the country who regarded the approach of such an event with far different feelings. On behalf of those per sons he demanded the Ballot. Mr. BUCHANAN, formerly a member of the House of Assembly in New South Wales, detailed the working of the Ballot in Australia. It was often urged that the Ballot was un-English ; but it wag never urged that bribery and corruption were ua - English. (Laughter and cheers.) Lord CAMPBELL moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, and observed that few deserved it more than he did. He believed the question of the ballot would soon be finally settled, and urged on the meeting the necessity of cncouraging Sir H. Bulwer at once to challenge Parliament on the subject. (Hear, hear.) He thought the question of the ballot ought to be associated with his name in the House of Commons. Mr. BONTEMS seconded the motion, and assured ,he noble lord that his suggestion would be carried ato effect as soon as possible. The CHAIRMAN having returned thanks, the pro ceedings terminated. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 170. per £1 sterling• On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 cis. 10iti, per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is of about the same vtlue in Lou don and Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at Co days' sight was on the last date about 1 8 per cent At this rate there is no profit on the Importation of gold fcoll2 the Uni!cd States. x o N COMAE The prices a very limiter provement of laneous share Consols ar count, 938 I New Tire© 1 885, 11 15-: ditto £.lOO, England Sto( The sum o Bank yesterc the date of t The Wilth £25,000 . Messrs. J. Prospectus o Cent. Loar £ 8 ,000,000 of dollars of debt. The 1 cent on. app the remain& is on the 2d December h other advant subscribers i The particul cially as the usual discoui and every et to the operal At a meeti Bank of Indi declared at t 1 The direct and Finance A. dividend ii ing the 31ai cent. The direc have commE At a Mee Dickinson al and raachin affairs subm vbieh about 10 3 . 6 d. in t A telegrai and Princes Piraeus Rail English con Previous dis railway ope (.4 OVERNI 3 per Cent. C Ditto for 8 per Cent. I New 3 per ( New 2i per ( Do. per Annuities, Si Do. for 30 Do (Red Si Ezell()vor B Do Do. Bank of Eng De. openh Canada 4 pei Inter-Coloni INDIAN I India stock, Do. Openit Do. 5 per I Do. 1 per Do. (iertifi Do. Enfac( Do. 5 p er Do. 54 per Da 5 per ( Do Do. D. Deb. ' Do. Bond s' Do. under FOI Argentine R 4 Do. Scrip AuArian Bof 14 c Uf a ) . z o3 i . l A i 4 a c ii D e p i e l i n o• do 0 1: ci p u l)b) l ( ll l o o o°O a nt . i . .. 2 1i n o 5 br i ) : I: pee N l l.d , d ) r r e °: € l l 13 .enos Ayr( Cub '' 8 per , Do. 4i per Do. 3 per Lo. 6 per 1 Po 7 Danish, 3 pe Dan , .bi t in Pi -D . ) 8 per ( Egyptian, 7 Da Secoti Do. .£5O(- Do. .£10t)