The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

ril' ZITONEIMARKET AND COMMERCIAL ENTELLIGENOR, o'CLocE. AD VANCE OF THE RATE OF INTEREST. The Bank of England have advanced the rate of discount from 7to 8 per cent. Affairs at the Stock Exchange are very unsettled. The tendency of the rate of discount is evidently upward. In the general money market 71 and 73- per cent, are the terms for first-class short-dated paper, and as a consequence of this stringency the Inquiry at the Bank of England is active. The withdrawal of gold for shipment abroad, and the adverse position of the exchanges, are the primary causes operating against easy money, but there is everthelers a gcod supply of floating capital, and only a moderate commercial demand for accommo dation. There has been a very limited amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Mar kets during the last few days. The operations in tea h ave been d e f erred until to-day, when a small quan tity Will be offered for public competition. Sugars h ave been in moderate request at steady rate; while superior qualities of coffee have fully maintained former values. In rice, fruit, and spices there has b een little c h ange of importance, with the excep tion of pepper, which has advanced about I.d. per lb. Tallow remains dull at about former values. Gold t o t h e amount of 50,000 sovereigns were w ithdrawn from the Bank yesterday for shipment to Brazil, and £2,000 in bar gold was also taken out. We are requested to announce that Mr. J. M. Xlenck has been appointed secretary to the Aunty Insurance Company (Limited). Two'CLocK At the P ar i s B ourse this morning, ac o cording . to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were quoted 62c. 75f. Very quiet. After so severe a depreciation, it is satisfactory. to report a little firmer tone with an upward tendency, although no substantial recovery has yet occurred. Foreign politics are the principal cause of distrust, and every item of intelligence received through Reuter's telegraph-office is read with the greatest nterest. Monetary affairs, and the uncertainty felt With regard to the stability of some of the finance companies, and the fall in the market value of all, have naturally exercised a very injurious in fluence. At the latest moment, however, the tendency, as already indicated, is a little more encouraging. Consols are now 86+ for money, and 86a for the June accounts These prices are precisely the same as those last current yester day afternoon. When the market, however, opened this morning there was a little weakness, and the New Threes and Reduced Annuities are Yet a trifle flatter with very few transactions. Bank Stock is marked 242, 243 ; India 5 per Cents. 105 ; Enfaced 5i per Cents., 106 ; and the De bentures, 101 I. Exchequer Bills remain at nominal quotations. A fractional advance has taken place in many of th e Principal Foreign Stocks. Mexican are f better, at 16i 17 ; ditto New, 15i ; Turkish 5 per Cents., 28 4 ; and Spanish Passive Bonds have improved to 221. 23 ; the Certificates, 158 I. Italian, how ever, are 1 p er cent. lower, at 37i ; but the new l ean has risen 1 per cent. to 58 60. Greek are 10 11 ; Brazilian Scrip, 9 8 dis. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 3 2 dis. ; United States 5-20 -Bonds, 66 ; Erie Shares, 54, 56 ; and Illinois, 76 77. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Very dull, and prices have shown a further depres -Bion. South-Eastern have receded ss. ; Great Western, 7s. 6d. ; Lancahire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; North Western, 15s. ; Midland and North Eastern (Berwick), each £1; and Caledonian and Metro politan each £1 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally show a further downward movement in values. Alliance are dealt in at 18 1. ; Bank of London at 19 20 ; Imperial Alliance at 9; ; London and Westminster, at 94 i ; Union of London at 52 ; Credit Fonder and at Alo,biiliier of England at 28 3 ; London Finan- National Discount Co. at 11.8 ; and O verdid, G urney, an d Co. at 128. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. jt GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 861 6 i * - I " Der Cent. Consols 86 f 1 i 8 Do. Account, May 9 84.1 -1 i per Ceut. Reduced 84 1 ii New 3 per Cent 68 , ieW 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 D °. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April: lBB , s ,w Cited Sea Telegraph), Aug., 130 °.•! March. June. N:Xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 8 per Cent. — h ° D £5OO B £loo and £2OO B ank u 242 3 England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Act, Indianl3o.l44S:teooculut t' •ERNMENT SECURITIES. Do: 5 per Cent. 31. 7 1870 Per Cent., AprillB74 — 105 1 Do. 4 per Cent, Oct- — Do. Certificates ~ ,...98- I) ,°. Enlaced Paper 4 pert , it ' l , O 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 :. — `'..,°. 51 per Cent., May 1879 '-', O . Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866' , -uo. Bonds, 41,000 101 I I) °- under 41,000 Argenti FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING I:1,1Es. . Austria ne Re public, 6 per C en t. , £l5 pd — p i n fn I3 onds, 5 pe r Cent, 1859 in'azilian 5 per C ent DO .ll per Cent., 1852-58-60 o. 1863 Do. 1865 1) 0 A D.,-.CCOUnt ~, . ..... : ............... 8} 8 7 g u ' c rap, £45 paid ~,etlee Ayres 6 per Cent 'J o 1 c hr,th. . 0 .a,upGerpeCrecnet.n(t J2 Deferred 3 per Ce n t.) ',.'" o. 4 per Cent , 'lertp, £25 pa i d 11 1 dis 1 Cubl3o. 6.per Cent dis I nblan 6 erCent. — 1)„,,,V Per Cent. D - ' llB u 3 per Cent., 1 825 — k b zi tibiao An_coPrui. cipalities •ac Urit 591 quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent lof is L'o., Provi sional Land W arran t VPtian 7 per C ent 4 ' 0 ., Sec ond Issue — Do £lO O Bonds , Do. 1864 -"Jo £lOO B onds 82 3 1 ~z...,D e *ea]; Clovpelerat:ee r u tt ts. l i ta B5 6 , , l i 0 • 450 paid 1812w4a-sy , D ex eb L n u tur t i o . e ns . s — l - 80 1d i l s1 Do. Account Do. Coupons D. Account ‘Tnatenaala 5 per Cent. , I talian 5 per Cent 1865' Rai1way............'....... 601 , _ Do. Maremmana y 4 exican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 l4 ),.. 110 6 per Cent. Anglo-French nnutevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid knorish Imperial 5 per Cent New O-1 Ltranad a Po rt ,P-..tigu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 ,° 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Rubain.count 43 2 ISiall 3 per Cent. , 1822, £ St )) 4 1 per Cent. 1 850 I D:o PpPeer rcCenent.t.l.BlsB96o 491 ".,' 5 per Cent. 1862 ta n 5 per Cent. 1864 — .'iLirdatk 5 per Cent , "Jo: account 'l/411184 3 per Cent be Account 391 9 D New Deferred Do 4cc D1) 0 p o.unt assive 13 Acciunt D o i ~. r. ............................ _ D 4 uet. of Coup not funded is we ediAccount Do. fly 4 per Cent. — i t lirk . ; '9 Per Cent. 1864 b_'stt 6 per Cent. 1854 — 152 ~,e Account ....... ..- 6 per Cent. 1858 .................... Bu Account ......................... Do 4.telpeCieoGirunte ... .uo G Ce nt s 1862 591 9 60 0 x 1 0„, , .... ............................... _ _ 1 Do 0 " -"Duds Do 5 per Cent.,1863 D o A Per Cont., 1865, paid up. Scrip -: D o A ecc 'll la t .... . v - e „ . . -. per Coat. Guaranteed .6°41101a 3 per Itto acco unt Cent. 0, e count .0 P e r Cent., 1862 — ° A ccount I) 3 1 .1 4 *6:i ..................... 31 301 D ut rl7l, .euda on the above payable in London. h 1. _ b e o Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 11.1ellirteerneeen3t.pCeerrC ti e fi n e t a . Les ___ _ ' , Lu ll , ' k .1_,,,' A ' 1.,,- Cent., 1861 Ex. 25f. '' •q•count ' C o THREE O'CLOCK. I lmels , f or money . 86,-1 t .../(), A ccon. ,,, n . . ............................. 86i ~ '''") 4 tia inst. ............... . SECURITIES. 92 94 90 03 90 93 7,3 80 70 79 102 104 102 104 102 104 102 104 86 8) 102 104 1(5 1 7 103 105 107 109 104 106 104 106 99 101 90 93 90 95 87& 486 9 98 72 75 98 100 98 100 105 107 102 103 6 7 8 10 520 540 18 6i 74 3 3i 34 4 8 9 3 3i 5 21 22 I 16 1 1i 18 20 38 40 la 5 4 6 3 1 li 24 1;d 36 40 13 15 t 1 32 34 375 400 I 20 41,15.6 6 9 13 15 at 3 5 1i 1 2 9 7 8 11 OA 72i 47i 130 140 51 80 PA 16 20 22 8 3 5 58& 203 2'o 7 13 15 YREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent, stock, 88 Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2;96 7 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland , Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, 114 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock, 129 7 Mao, 44 per cent., Blackburn pur., 98 North Eastern, York, B. and Selby purchase, 101. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 85 FOREMS RAILWAYS' Bahia and San Francisco, gua. 7 per cent, 131 Great Luxembourg, ill 11 Imperial Mexican, lim., 9 Sambre and Meuse, 61 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 111 FOREIGN MINED, Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim.. St. John del Rey, lira., 52 50 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 40 38 0 Alliance, lim.. 18/ 9 11 Anglo Austrian, 4 1 2 Anglo Egyptian, lira. , 5 Australasia, 67 Bank of London. 212 2 19 20 Bank of New Zealand, Ist * Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 19} Chartered filer, of India, London, and China, 37 City, 19 Colonial, 46 Consolidated Bank, lim., 8 72 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 41 5 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 European Bank, lira., 6 5f Imperial Bank, Bin.. 241 5 Imperial Ottoman, 91 1 Ditto. new, 9 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London and County, 761 London Joint Stock, 44 7 London and 11 estminster, 95 ft 44 Oriental Bang Corporation. 44 5 Union of London, 521 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 22 Br.tish Ship Owners, 32 Ceylon Company, .01 Ditto, A shares, 21 China Steam hip and Labuan Coal Company, 1 Company of African Merchants, lira. , 3 Credit ie oncler and Mobilier of England, 31 2 1 3 Ebbw Vale, 61 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 2 Electric Telegraph, 136 7 Fore -street Warehouse, lim,. 121 Gen. Credit an d Fi nance of London, 1iM.41; 21 1 2 Hudson's Bay, 1t 15 141 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 7 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso..lien., 7 1 2 6 2 International Financial Society, Urn., 22 4 2; Land Securities, lim. 24 L ondon Financial A ssociation, ' lira., 91 10/ London General Omnibus Company,:lim, 4 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim., 11 National Discount ompany, 112 6 t2l Ditto, issued at 5 prem.. of which 32 is to pay, 31 Ocean ai arine Insurance), 20 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 131 # 122 Peninsula and Oriental Siteam, 73 Ditto, new, 50 Royal Ma i l Rail. and Mining, lim., 21 Royal Mail Steam, 109 Thames NUJ kleroey 10 louranCe, UM.; 7 61 SHARE 'his Day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. •3 hare/ Railways. I p a i d. / Closing I Business Price. dene. (Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n..... 80 9 t 125 127 55 65 13 15 3 5 87 7U 70 72 Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. ti. London, acrip Certi. DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pry Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original, Do. S. Val. Rail gua: Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 20 15 d 1 111 113 371 38 ) 6 7 120 122 1331 131 L3j 54. 57 59 33 40 34 36 Lancashire &Yorlieliiie, London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District _ Do. _ do. _ do. Do. and St. .iohn 7 ;iV'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh EA stern 'Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 118 120 93 D 5 24 26 116.1 1,71 92 413 60 82 1304 1314 1 2 & / 31p 1 11 1/1) 92 95 122 122 i 1 21 92 94 67 58 6 27 109 1091 71 72 109 110 36 Sol 10 11 p 120 121 1 2p 1 2p 74 76 108 112 199 151 66 68 48 60 73 74 8 9 140 143 1 3 100 103 52 64 BRITISH POSSESSIONS, et 20 to Atlantic& LLawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gm 5 per cent... Do. F shares . Buffalo & Lake Hurons Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- .• • • ••• • • Calcutta & S. E., lim _ a; e Town & Dock, gu Oemerara, 7 p.c. per. p: gu., 5 do East ludian, go. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension ;rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist t'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pry f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent I Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4 per cent.... Do Great VP , s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Rl.C'da, 6pc Is t pf. bs. Scinde Do. Delhi 2 d Do. do Do. Punjaub Eti , z Do. Indus St. Flo c 100 100 100 all 100 100 64 66 103 104 i la 4i 5 8 9 76 80 96 98 62 61 100 102 101 102 1031 1041 100 f 100 2 100 100 `4 23 85 87 63 66 55 6J 55 57 50 55 41 4t 40 44 25 27 25 27 1091 1.04 14 2p 14 2p, 1081 18 COLONIAL GOV= British ColunlNa,6 per] cent., Dec. 31,1872. - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&ocl., 1890-1900 IDo. do; 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 a Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v..6 Do. 1895. Feb. & Aug. Natal , iov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.o.JadtJuly N. S. W. Gov. 5 pv.,1811 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1874 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1894 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent...... Nova So,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c d.Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-u Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja July Do. do, a pril & Oct BJUTIS Cam. Consul. Gold, lim. Chiver ton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caraaon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G weu. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy._ G. Wheal Vor (Heist •u Grenville Herod's Foot ..... • Elingston Downs Lelant Parke r e r w k caret eton Valley l j " NiNwndy Iron Ore, lim North 20skear N.Wh'l 12.ssett(Illogan North Wht.l Crotty . • Prosper Pr vidence Un:L.lant S. Caradon (St. Oftr) South Condurrow.. S.Wheal Fran. Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon askeard West Chirerton West Seton. ..... Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton . Wheal Trelawney (Lis 99 101 91 93 1511 16 5 44 91 e 6 83 -5 Old 100 101 91 03 86 88 61 l 3 8) 8z 99 100 98 99 Id 97 99 1 Of f 11 2.14. 31 0 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 LAW INTE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII. (Sittings in Banco, before Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Slice.) NICHOLSON V. NEVILLE AND CO. In this case the plaintiff, a contractor, brought an action against the defendants, who are boat builders, to recover the value of a promissory note for £l,OOO ; but on the 3d of February last, two days before the trial, an arrangement was made by which the plaintiff consented to accept £5OO in money and a promissory note for £5OO " in settle ment" of the cause of the action. However, the promissory note was not paid, and the action being undefended judgment was entered for the plaintiff. The defendant afterwards applied to Mr. Justice Mellor in Chambers for an order in satisfaction of judgment, the object of which was that the judgment should be stayed, but his lordship refused to make the order. An appeal was then made to the Court by tho defendant, and the rule was argued this morning. Mr. H. James appeared in support of the rule, and Mr. Cowan for the plaintiff. The Court considered that a cheque which :had been dishonoured, notwithstanding the words "in settlement' did not entitle the action to be stayed. Rule discharged with costs against the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A GlRL.—Robert Cousins, a musical instrument maker, of No. 13, Market-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, with assaulting Jane Hatton, a girl, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hatton, the landlady of the house. It appears that the mother of the prisoner was making a disturbance on the second-floor landing of the house, when Mrs. Hatton went up to tell her to go into her room as she was annoying the other lodgers. The complainant fol lowed her mother up stairs, when the prisoner rushed out of the room, having nothing but his shirt on, and struck the complainant three violent blows in the mouth, cutting it and smothering her with blood, and-then ran into the room and locked himself in. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a cowardly and unprovoked assault, and fined the prisoner 40s. or a month. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE.—George Wells, a cab-washer and labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Arthur Tennant, a police-constable, No. 192 K. The complainant said that he took a woman into custody last night in the Mile-end-road for being drunk and dis orderly, and had reached Sydney -street on the way to the station-house, when the prisoner came out of a public-house and demanded of him what he was going to do with the woman. He replied that he was about to lodge her in the station- house. The prisoner hit him and allowed the woman to escape. He seized the prisoner and struggled with him. They both fell, and the prisoner while engaged with him on the ground kicked him on the shoulder, which was very painful. They were up and down several times, and he was repeatedly struck and kicked. The struggle continued until assistance came. Robert Hagan, of No. 17, Redman's-row, carman, con firmed the statement of the policeman. The prisoner said he was very sorry. H. had a mother 80 years of ago to keep, and worked very hard for her. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one month's im prisonment and hard labour. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CUTTING AND IV6UNDING. James Smith, a tall man, of foreign appearance, with large black beard and moustache, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stabbing John Penny, of 13, St. Anne-street, St. George-in-the-East, cabinetmaker. The evidence of the complainant, whose right arm was in a sling, was that he met the prisoner in Umberstone street, Commercial-road, and he asked him to show him the way to Wells-street Sailors' Home, and promised him a glass of beer for doing so. On the way he asked for the beer, and the prisoner made an attempt to stab him in the belly with a knife. He put his right arm down and the knife went through the fleshy part of it. He had been to the hospital, and his arm was dressed. He lost a good deal of blood. The prisoner, in defence, said that he was violently attacked by the prosecutor, and used his knife, in self defence. James Stroud, No. 656 A, heard both men crying out "Police," "Murder," and " Stop thief," and found Penny bleeding from the arm. The prisoner was sober, the pro secutor was drunk. Fry, police-constable, said the prisoner had been robbed and assaulted by a ticket-of-leave convict, who was in pri son, and was to be tried at the next sessions. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner. ELECTION COMMITTEES—This Day. DEVONPORT. The members of this committee, Mr. H. C. Wynn, chair man, reassembled this morning, and the case for the sitting members was proceeded with. Mr. Ferrand, M.P., examined by Mr. Cooke —He had represented the borough twice. In his addresses to the electors at the last election he cautioned his friends and supporters against resorting to any illegal practices. He gave his agents the strictest orders not to spend sixpence in bribery or treating which could have the slightest ground for getting up a petition in the event of his being returned. He stated distinctly in the presence of the two innkeepers examined yesterday that he had strictly forbidden the spending of money on bribery. The borough of Deronport was very extensive, containing between 17,000 and 18,000 inhabitants, and nearly 3,000 voters. It was necessary to have several committee-rooms in order to carry on the business of his election. The hon. member then denied in detail several of the statements made in support of the petitioner. Several others were also examined, but the proceedings are likely to last the great part if not the whole of to morrow. GALWAY. This Committee resumed sitting at the usual hour. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., who appeared for Mr. Stubber, one of the unsuccessful candidates, and who is the second petitioner against the return of the sitting members, ap plied to the Committee this morning to allow to be evi dence taken on the part of Mr. Lever, whose petition is being proceeded with, to be used for the pnrpose of his client. That course was not unusual in Parliamentary committees, and would limit considerably the inquiry. Mr. O'Malley Q.C., for Mr. Rowland Blennerhasset (one of the sitting members), objected to this course, but would have no objection to allow the evidence of such of the witnesses examined to be admitted as he would not feel disposed to object to on the part of his client. The arrangement was agreed to by Mr. Chambers, and the case for Mr. Lever against the return of the sitting members was resumed. Michael Duggan was examined by Mr. lnderwick. He said he was a shoemaker living at Galway, and remembered at the last election being solicited by John Pearse and Sir R. Blennerhasset. Mr. Morris was present at the time. lie refused because he said that he had determined to vote for Mr. Lever. There was a meeting of the shoemakers that day, and he went to the room where it was held, followed by Mr. Pearse. When they entered the room Pearse said that he (witness) was going to vote for Lever, upon which they turned him out of the room. Mr. Pears, followed him aewn stairs, and said he would see him " rightified," pro mising him at the same time £5 if he voted for Morris and Bluanerhasset. By the promise of that bribe he was induced to vote for them. He got drink several times from Mr. Pearse, but only 2s. 6d. in money. The reason assigned by Pearse for not paying him the £5 was that he had not received the money from Blake and Cannon, soli citors of the sitting members. Other witnesses gave similar evidence, and the inquiry will in all probability be continued during the remainder of the week. MARICE TS. --This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6 s per load. A steady inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 bs to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8 s per load. A moderato demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA.—Tho operations have been on a very restricted scale, and prices have remained without change of import ance. A small quantity is announced for public competi tion this day. _ SI:GAR. —The market continues dull ; prices, however, are in most instances maintained. In the refined market there has been a moderate business entered into, and late quotations are fully supported. COFFEE.—A fair demand has prevailed for all good and fine qualities of Ceylon, and prices have remained firm. Other descriptions, however, are a shade cheaper. RICE.—A moderato amount of business has been trans acted in soft grain qualities, at about former values. TALLOW.—The market has remained rather quiet, and only a limited speculative business has been done. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 475. 3d.; May and June delivery 475.; and last three months, 495. per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day. The effect of the falling off in the receipts ad vised by the City of Boston has been quite neutra lised by the unfavourable aspect of the German question. Sales probably 4,000 or 5,000 bales, and prices again in favour of purchasers. 381 7j 122 20 133 i II 31 5341 3ii 1191 19 931 3 252 4 1174 152 911 56 7 126 4 51 3g 51 8 1 1 120 f 1 1071 6b 69a 108 71 1 I THE SUN, LONDON, TrESOAY EVENING, MAY 8, 186 (This Day). Total ... Quarantine and Cholera. DISIRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL. SUMMARY OP BILL. DISFRANCHISEMENT. Bygronping boroughs in Schedule A (population of each borough under 8,000), seats gained By taking one member from boroughs in Schedule B, that did not, as the boroughs in. Schedule A, admit of grouping (population of each borough under 8,000), seats gained _ Total seats gained ENFRANCHISEMENT. By dividing the Southern Division of the county f Lancaster (population 627,656) i nto two division: and giving to each division th ree members, seat; appropriated ,„ BY adding one member to every county or division of a county (not already having three members and) havinga population above 150,000 seats appropriated 23 By giving a third member to four boroughs having a population exceeding 200,000 (Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds), seats appropriated 4 By giving a second member to the borough of Salford, having a population exceeding 100,000, seat appro priated dividing the borough of the Tower Hamlets (popu lation, 647,845) into two divisions, and giving each division two members, seats appropriated ... ... 2 By making Chelsea and Kensington (united popula tion 133,547)) into a borough returning two mem bers, seats appropriated .„ By giving one member to each of six unrepresented municipal boroughs having respectively either within its municipal or its intended Parliamentary boun daries a population exceeding 18,000, seats appro priated Bygiving London University one member, seat appro priated 1 By adding one member to the three counties of Ayr, Lanark, and Aberdeen each returning, one member, and having a population respectively of 198,971, 631,566, and 221,569, seats appropriated By giving a third member to the borough of Glasgow, having a population of 394,864, seat appropriated... 1 By giving a second member to the city of Edinburgh and the borough of Dundee, having respectively a population of 73,805 and 90,417, seats appropriated 2 By giving the Scotch Universities one member, seat appropriated ~. ... 49 ~, 6 ... 3 41. 1 n• ~, 49 (From a Supplement of the London Gazette.) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 7th day of May, 1866. By the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Somerset, Sir George Grey, Sir Thomas Fre mantle, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Bruce. Whereas, by an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George IV., cap. 78, it is, among others, enacted, " That it shall and may be lawful for the Lords and others of his Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, to make such order as they shall see necessary 'nd expedient upon any unforeseen emergency, or in any particu lar case or cases, with respect to any vessel arriving and having any infectious disease or distemper on board, or on board of which any infectious disease or distemper may have appeared in the course of the voyage, or arriving under any other alarming or suspicious circumstances as to infection, although such vessel shall not have come from any place from which his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, may have ad - judged and declared it probable that the plague or any such infectious disease or distemper may be brought, and also with respect to the persons, goods, wares, and merchandise, and other articles, as afore said, on board the same ; and in case of any infectious disease or distemper appearing or breaking out in the United Kingdom or the islands aforesaid, to make such orders and give such direction, in order to cut off all communication between any persons infected with any such disease or distem per and the rest of his Majesty's subjects, as shall appear to the Lords or others of his Ma jesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, to be necessary and expedient for that purpose, and likewise to make such orders as they shall see fit for shortening the time of quarantine to be per formed by particular vessels or particular persons, goods, wares, merchandise, or any other articles, or for absolutely or conditionally releasing them, or any of them, from quarantine ; and all such orders so made by the Lords or others of the Privy Council, or any two or mure of them as aforesaid, shall be is good, valid, and effectual to all intents and purposes, as well with respect to the commander, master, or other person having the charge of any vessel, and all other persons on board the same, as with respect to any other persons having intercourse or communication with them, and to the penalties, forfeitures, and punishments to which they may re spectively become liable, as any order or orders made by his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, by and with the advice of his or their Privy Council, concerning quarantine, notified by proclamation or published in the London Gazette:— And whereas a certain infectious disease—that is to say, Asiatic cholera—is prevalent in certain foreign parts ; and whereas it is expedient to cut off all communication between persons on board any vessel infected with that disease and the rest of her Majesty's subjects : Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers con ferred upon them by the above-quoted section of the said act, the Lords of the Council do order, and it is hereby ordered,_ 1. That in case of any vessel arriving in any port of the United Kingdom having such disease on board, no person shall land from such vessel for the space of three clear days after her arrival, without the permission of the local authority. 2. The local authority shall forthwith cause all persons on board the said vessel to be examined by a physician or surgeon, and shall permit all such persons to land immediately who shall be certified by such physician or surgeon to be free from such disease. 3. All persons certified by such physician or sur geon to be affected with symptoms of such disease shall be removed, if their condition admits of it, to some hospital or place to be designated for such pur pose by the local authority ; and no person so re moved shall quit such hospital or place until some physician or surgeon shall have certified that such person is free from the said disease. 4. In the event of any death from cholera taking place on boardof such vessel, the body shall be taken out to sea, and committed to the deep, properly loaded, to prevent its rising. 5. The clothing and bedding of all persons who shall have died or had an attack of cholera on board such vessel during her voyage, either at any foreign port or on shore at such port, or on her passage to the United Kingdom, shall be disinfected, or, if ne cessary, destroyed under the direction of an officer of the Customs. 6. The local authority, for the purposes of this order, shall be the Local Board of Health where there is such local board; and in any corporation where there is no such local board, the local autho rity shall be the Town Council of such corporation. 7. All persons offending against this order shall be liable to such penalties as are imposed by the said act of Parliament upon persons offending against the provisions thereof. ARTHUR HELPS. The market for Foreign and Colonial Produce are quiet without any very material change in prices. Regarding Russian tallow, Messrs. Cul verwell, Brooks, and Co., state as follows : During the past month the market has presented a rather unsettled appearance, and prices have ex perienced some fluctuations, the disturbances being chiefly due to the warlike aspect of continental affairs. ;The demand for consumers has been mostly slack, owing to a good supply of home-made tallow ; and the principal business has been with speculators, who have operated to some consider able extent in Y. C. for future delivery. At the moment the market is q'iiet, with steady prices, the latest quotations for Y. C. being 475. for ready delivery, the same for June, and 48s. 6d. per cwt for October to December next. There has also been a large supply of tallow from the Black Sea, which has tended to restrict the demand for other descriptions, further quantities also being expected. A new Express Company, called the Merchants' Union, has been organised in New York, with a capital of $15,000,000. CRIMINA: This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBING A PUBLICAN. Thomes Jones was indicted for stealing £2105., the pro perty of Mr. John Sadler. The prosecutor kept the Burridge Arms publichouse, Plumstead, and on the day of the robbery the prisoner ontered the bar and called for some refreshment. While the back of the parson who served him was turned, he reached over the bar and abstracted two sovereigns by means of a stick ho had in his hand, at the end of which there was a quantity of bird-lime. The money was after wards found in the prisoner's mouth. The jury found him guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. FORGERY BY A CLERX. Henry Alfred Parker, who pleaded guilty last session to a charge of forgery and uttering two cheques for £650, was this morning brought up for sentence. The prisoner was a clerk to Messrs. Black and Co., of Covent -garden, and in that capacity he was regarded as a person of the utmost integrity. It appeared that he had become mixed up with betting men, and it is supposed he became involved, and that to relieve himself of his liability he stole a cheque book belonging to his employers, and filled up two of the cheques for a sum amounting to £650. He presented the cheques at the London and Westminster Bank, and the forgery being a close imitation of the signature of the firm, he obtained the money, and then absconded to Aus tralia. The prisoner being well known at the bank, it was soon discovered who had presented the forged cheques, and an application was made to the Home-office, which re sulted in Sergeant Nicholson being sent to Australia, where he captured the prisoner and brought him back to Lon don. Sentence was postponed last session in order to give the prisoner an opportunity of giving information as to the manner in which he had disposed of the money, but beyond stating that he had paid £l5O to a betting man, which that person denied receiving, no information had been given. When the prisoner was captured in Australia he had in his possession about £55 in money and a quantity of clothes worth about £7O, and this was all that had been recovered, there being a sum of over £2OO still out in bank notes, two of which were for £5O and five for £2O. „- • - ,The Common Sergeant, on sentencing the prisoner, said he had pleaded guilty to an offence which was of a very serious nature, viz., forgi.ig and uttering cheques to a con siderable amount in order to gratify his taste for betting of. horse-racing. It was not on account of insufficiency os salary that the fraud had been committed, but solely it was supposed to gratify a taste for gambling. There was no palliation at all for such an offence, and under all the circumstances of the case he felt it his duty to sentence him to five years penal servitude. ROBBERY BY A BUTLER. James Andrews was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering eight receipts for the payment of money with in tent to defraud, and also for stealing a quantity of plato, the property of his mistress, an aged lady named Black burn. The prisoner had been for a number of years in the ser vice of Mrs. Blackburn, and was looked upon as a confi dential servant. He had charge of the plate, and in con sequence of certain irregularities he was called upon to produce the whole of the silver, when ho was unable to do so, and ultimately admitted he had pawned a quantity of it, and produced the tickets. The learned counsel who defended the prisoner submit ted that the prisoner was bailee of the plate, and therefore there had been no stealing, as it had been recovered. The Common Sergeant overruled the point; it might as well be urged that a chambermaid was bailie° of the sheets. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr.Metcalf said there were other cases against the prisoner, but it was not intended to press them. A large quantity of wine had been abstracted from the bottles in the cellar, which had been replaced by water. The prisoner had £4O besides perquisites, and had been well taken care of by his aged mistress in her will, all benefit of which he would now lose. The Common Sergeant said it was a very bad case, and taking into consideration the disgraceful position he had placed himself in, and the loss he would sustain by the alterecP arrangements of his late mistress, lie should pass upon him a comparatively light sentence. He wished to know whether ho was a married man. The counsel for the prisoner said he was, but that his wife had been an invalid for many years, and this had occasioned his becoming involved. Sergeant Cole, of the Metropolitan police, said ho had known the prisoner for a long time, and instead of his treating her in a proper manner ho allowod her only ss. a week for herself and children. The prisoner was a thorough drunkard. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Representation of the People Bill. The following amendments and clauses are to be proposed in committee : MR. WENTWOIITII BEAUMWIT. Tn clause 3, line 29,- to insert 46 4 returning officer' shall include the sheriff of any county, and shall apply to every person having the execution of any writ for the election of a member or members to serve in Parliament for any county or borough." To move the following clauses : Clauses A.—lt shall not be lawful at any elec tion for any candidate, or a n y one on his behalf, to pay any money on account of the conveyance of any voter to the poll, either to vote for himself or to any other person, or for any person to re ceive from any candidate, or any one on his behalf, any money on account of such conveyance ; and any person paying or re ceiving money contrary to this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall also be liable to forfeit any sum not exceeding pounds for every such offence to any person who shall sue for the same, with full costs of suit; and any can didate who shall be declared by the select committee appointed for the trial of any petition concerning the election 'for any county or borough to have committed any such offence at that election, shall be incapable of sitting in Parliament for such county or borough during the Parliament in which such committee shall have been appointed. Clause B.—Provided always that nothing in this act shall prevent any candidate in any election from providing, at his own expense, a pass or ticket for the conveyance by railway of any voter, in order to his voting at such election. Class C.—The justices of the peace in quarter sessions assembled shall, immediately after the pass ing of this act, appoint convenient polling places in every county, and may from time to time alter such polling-places, so that there may be a polling place in every parish or township in which there shall be not less than 200 resident electors, and a polling-place for every two or more parishes or townships in any of which separately there shall be less than 200 resident electors, at some con venient point at which, as nearly as possible, 200 voters from such small parishes or townships may most conveniently attend to record their votes. Clause D.-1n every borough, whenever an election shall take place, the returning officer shall provide sufficient polling booths, so that as nearly as possible there shall be at least one polling booth in every area of one square mile in which there shall be resident not less than 200 electors. Clause E.—On every election the fees and ex penses of the returning officer shall be wholly paid and defrayed as follows, and not otherwise (that is to say), in the case of a county out of the county rate of that county, and in the case of a borough out of the money to be collected for the relief of the poor in the several parishes and townships within that borough, and the provisions contained in the statute of the sixth year of her Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter 18, sections 54 and 55, with respect to the expenses therein referred to, shall be applicable to the fees and expenses by this section provided for, and such fees and expenses shall include the reasonable fees and travelling ex penses of the under sheriff, deputy sheriffs, and r e o e o, deputy returning officers, and all sums reasonably expended in the erection of husti ngs and the pro viedrikn s and gof profes sional assistance, and all other re asona b le disburse ments by the returning officer in re l at i on to such pol o l t in h g er booths requisite and officers, rooms and and of poll of e l election. LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW WORK.—A new story, entitled " Sir Owen Fairfax," fr om t h e pen of Lady Emily Ponsonby, has just been issued by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett. Like all the productions of this accom plished lady, "Sir Owen Fairfax" is remarkable for its graceful style, moral tone, and pleasant and original por trayal of character. It well . supports th e hi gh reputation of the author of " The Discipline of Life." " Sir Owen Fairfax" will speedily become a favourite book with all novel readers. Imu i 1863, 37,659 37 , 659 p assengers sailed to America from alone. From a little town in Germany i lB ab numbering only 2,481 inhabitants there emigrated to America, in 1863, fifty-seven persons, and they carried with them hard cash to the value of $12,000. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day BATH RACES—Tars DAY. LANSDOWN TRIAL STAKES. Duke of Beaufort's Mr. Pitt (Cannon Mr. Saxon's Lord Craven Clarke) Mr. W. D a y' s O u t an d O uter (Parry 2 (Parry) 3 The following also ran :—Mrs. Stratton, Todle ben, and Shrapnell. Betting -3 to lon Mr. Pitt, 7to 1 agst Out and Outer. Won by a length ; bad third. BEAUFORT CUP. Mr. Sutton's Elland, 4 yrs (Thomas) 1 Mr. Chaplin's Breadalbane, 4 yrs ...(Challoner) 2 Mr. Bennett's Dalby, 5 yrs (Hibbert) 3 The following also ran :—Ackworth, Friday, Miner, and John Davis. Betting at Starting -6 to 4 agst Dalby, 3to 1 agst Breadalbane, 5 to 1 a gs t J o h n D av i s , 12 t o 1 agst Elland. Won in a canter by several lengths. COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. Marquis of Hastings's Lecturer, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. Chapli n ' s Raven (H. Day) 1 s, 3 yrs, 7t 41b (Covey) 2 Mr. Thomas's , 4 yrs, sst 121 b ...(Clark) 3 Brigand The following also ran : —P e li os, Vi ceroy, J ac k in the Green, Princess Dagmar, Tattoo, Grace Clitheroe, and Isabella. Betting at starting -2 to 1 agst Lecturer 9to 2 , agst Raven, 6 to 1 a gst Tattoo. Won by a length. FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Mr, H. Chaplin's The llerrnit ...... 1 Lord Stamford's Cellina ............ . ... .. (Edwards) (Covey) 2 Col. Baillie's Seville ........................ (Cannon) 3 The following also ran :—Ophicleide, Cantine f, Lupa, Bounceaway, Faux Pas, Spangle, Miss Middleton, Opoponax, Stapenhill, Harpenden, and Landtax. Betting-2 to 1 agst Cellina, 3to 1 agst Seville, 5 to 1 agst Hermit, 100 to 7 agst Bounceaway and Landtax, 100 to 6 agst Opoponax. Won by a neck ; length and a half between second and third. Twenty minutes late, SELLING STAKES. Glendusk Merry Sunshine f Newnham Seven ran. Won by half a length. BATH HANDICAP. Capt. G. Day's Stinger, 3 yrs, 6st Blb Lord Coventry's Drum, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. E. Brayley's Bitter Sweet, 3 yrs, 6st lib Eight ran. FOURTEENTH BIENNIAL. Mr. J. Day's Ceylon Lord Portsmouth's Robin Hood Mr. Parr's Lochiel Won by three parts of a length ; bad third BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 7 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 3to 1 agst Rustic (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING--Tms DAY. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Regalia (offered) sto 1 bar one (offered) 7to 1 agst Dolan (offered-8 to 1 taken) 7to 1 agst Dalby (taken and offer,ed) 10 to 1 agst Friday (offered) 100 to 6 agst Miss Hawthorn (offered) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 3to 1 agst Rustic (offered) SOMERSETSITIRE STAKES. 2to 1 agst The Miner (taken) 4to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tnis EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Bishop of OXFORD presented petitions from Exeter, praying for the house to take into consideration a bill for settling the question of a final court of appeal in reference to ecclesiastical questions. He presented peti tions also from Ashbourn, in Hereford, against the aboli tion of church rates and the alteration of the law in no spect to marriage with a deceased wife's sister. THE NESTORIANS IN PERSIA. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE asked his noble , friend (the Earl of Clarendon) for some information re specting the sect of Nestorians in Persia. That sect had for a long period been subjected to persecution from the professors of religion in Persia anci from the R oman Catholic body in that country. The Nestorians were very closely united to the Established Church, and their history was very interesting. He understood that the King of Persia had not only given the sect in question a site for the erection of a church, but had contributed £lOO towards that object. He wished to know whether the Government had received any information similar to his own, and whether they would act so as to show their ap preciation of the encouragement that had been shown by the King of Persia to the sect in question. The Earl of CLARENDON said that the information of the noble lord was correct, and that the attention of her Majesty's representative in Persia had been directed to the subject, which he brought under the consideration of the Persian Government. Her Majesty fully appreciated the act of the King of Persia, and that approval had been sig nalised to his Majesty. After a few words from Lord SHAFTESBURY, The Bishop of OXFORD said that there were different doctrinal points between the Nestorian sect, and their chief similarity was protesting against the power claimed by the Church of Rome. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Congleton Gas and Improvement, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (West Riding Branches, &c. Metropolitan Metropolitan Di s t r i c t Rail way, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Blackburn and Padiham). The Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction Rail way, and Magdalen Hospital Bills were read a third time and passed. The standing orders were dispensed with in reference to Taylor's Estate Bill, which went through its different stages. LEGITIMACY DECLARATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. DOCKYARD EXTENSION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the Duke of SOMERSET, The house went into committee on this bill, and tho different clauses were agreed to. CONTAGION DISEASES BILL. This bill went through committee. DRAINAGE LAND IMPROVEMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Labouring Classes Dwellings Bill was read a second time. AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, AND ITALY. The Earl of CADOGAN asked whether her Majesty's Government had made any offers of mediation, either alone or in concert with tho Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Russia, to the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and Italy, with a view of assisting the Governments of those countries in arriving at a pacific settlement of the questions between them. He said that, notwithstanding the answer which had been given to a similar question, he thought it would •be desirable if a statement were made by the head of the Government in that house on a matter of such grave importance. He thought his noble friend (Earl Clarendon) had too keen a sense of the imminence of the danger which threatened Europe by the present aspect of affairs on the Continent, not to have felt a desire to bring the moral influence of this country in the councils of Europe to bear on the subject, with a view to avert the evils of war. The Earl of CLARENDON having thanked the noble lard for the tribute paid to him leersonally,said as:far as the action of Government was concerned, there was no inten tion to depart from the principle of non-intervention in the event of war being declared. There was no intention on the part of Government to refuse any information that might be required, but he could Only give the same answer that had been given in the other house last_ night. He regretted to say affairs was very threatening, and the circumstance 1 ,000,000 men being armed and assembled on the r g ) to tiers face to face was one of these facts which giro e w, t emu s serious fears that Europe would be condemn o efl a just emus the calamity of a war without the ground that the aspect c o o t belli. (Hear, hear.) [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS--'Airs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Great Northern Railway. (A dditional rowers); Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Works at King's Lynn) i Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spa ldi n g and Bourn, and Norwich and Spalding Railway Companies ; and Spalding and Bourn Railway. IMPERIAL GAS COMPANY'S BILL. Mr. STANILAND moved the second reading of this oosfevd.to bill. 1 i b lv o a u s r h p o r o7 ML TITS moved as an amendment that the bill be read Vic toria-park after the great exertions there had been u tec ' r s ie e iG ij a P g. ure the formation of the park, it was a reat a second !in a l n e ti t c ha g t as d - a w y or s k is s m in on th t e hs. nei l s t hardship manufacturing citnuhrainbgitabnutssiuteoss in 'o n suchsanction Mr. COWPER said he had thought that it arrangements. might be pos taniaocetitTictyti.on of a pos sible to erect the works under certain how ever he found that the works were proposed on such a meet the e scalevie that nothing b u t t h e rejection of the bill would l. Mr.STANILANDS said if the house would agree to the second reading of the bill, he would pledge himself on the part of the company to withdraw all the clauses empower ing the company to purchase land in the neighbourhood of . , Victoria Park. The bill irould then be strictly limited to the raising of additional capital. Alderman L AWRENCE hoped the house would protect the health and rights of the great number of poor people who frequented victoria Park, and not allow them to be subjected to the nuisance of having a gas works within 300 yards of their park. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DODSON should like to know if the works pro posed by the bill were abandoned, for what was the addi tional capital required. He hoped the hon. member would not put the house to the trouble of dividing on the measure. After a few words from Mr. STANILANDS, the bill was withdrawn. NEW MEBER. Sir J. MY took the oath an d his his seat, for Stamford. ADJUTANTS iN MILITIA REGIMENTS. In reply to Mr. F. •SURTEES, • The Marquis of HARTINGTON said it was not the intention of the War Department to alter the existing re gulations in order to give pensions to adjatants and quar termasters in the militia. MEDICAL OFFICERS IN - THE ARMY AND NAVY. Col. NORTH asked the Secretary of St a t e f or -W ar whether it was the intention of her Majesty' s G overnment p to ay7 r a r c y ., oofutthtehe committeerecomm which enti as ow appointed t o inquirens' as regard s i ncrease d into and report upon the grievances of medical officers of the army and navy ; and if there was any objection to lay idhl The Marquis of HARTINGTON sal thewhole matter the report upon the table of the house ?. was under the serious consideration of the Admiralty, the War Department, and the Treasury. As soon as any definite conclusion had been arrived at he would com municate with the hon. and gallant gentleman. He did not think it would be desirable to produce the report re ferred to. RE-DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL. In reply to an Hos. MEMBER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the return which had been placed in the hands of members contained an error with respect to the city of Aberdeen. Corrected lists would be prepared for the use of members without delay. Colonel SIXES said he should in committee on the bill move that an additional member be given to the city of Aberdeen. ARMY MEDICAL OFFICERS. Sir R. ANSTRUTHER called the attention of the house to the proposed alteration in the system of promo mtioonveadmoanngsatdmdreectisscal iorfficceoprsieosf ofth e t ß he rig ur ad a e rm of n G t Guards, de d o s, i and r goafdeproof mofotlioBn6o,amuonndgsert w th hi e ch me a di c ca h l an o g ffi e ce in rs t o h f e t s h y e ste ß m ri Guards was to be made ; and also for any communications from the War Office or the Horse Guards to the officers com manding the three regiments of Guards, intimating the proposed change of system to the officers affected by it. He contended that a great hardship had been done to the gentlemen who had entered the service by the conceal ment of the existence of the warrant by which their pros pects in life had been altogether destroyed. He was of because itthwatasthsiegavneodrsbtyrheseurlmtsa Majesty, and the altera ktino o n w . le:ghee N i v n ar t r h a e nt se o r f vi l eo BsB wh o e u n h t t he to al be held inviolate, the brigade of Quards was made. He h iltedratt right to ask that the warrant' sh o uld e much affected the position assistant-surgeons • thought alteration n r t e hw was hichha dn sooa of the in t i v L e ord action. H . PERCY Thought the mendit7ctaoluhgoaffivecererestyr°insPethce- Guards had a right to complain of the hardships inflicted on them. He thonght that retros pective me T t easures ought ie only to be sanctioned in the extre thought the difficulty could be got over by allowing ease the gentlemen at present complainiu g to have their promotion in due course under the regimental system, and that when they were absorbed their promotion for the future could be by brigade. Atter a short discussion, in wh i ch. Mr. BRADY, Colonel DAWSON, and Mr. INGHAM took part, The Marquis of HARTINGTOIT said he should - not oppose the motion, but he could not agree. with the mover of it, that great injustice had been done. He thought the decision of 1860 was quite in accordance with the warrant of 1858, and that although it had not been officially promulgated, yet the whole of the medical officers in the Guards were perfectly well aware of its existence. If it was good for the other regiments in her Majesty's service, he could not see why it should not be good for the brigade of Guards. [LEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 5. This day had an audience of her Majesty :—The Baron de Biome, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary from the King of Hanover, to deliver his creden tials ; to which audience he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edwin Corbett, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le gation at Munich, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affairs and Consul-General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nica ragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador, in Central America. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Philip Fenton, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legatk,n at Athens, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Le gation at Munich. _ _ MAY 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the lion. George James Welboro Agar Ellis, now a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Sec retary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens. RAY 8. The Queen has been Waiied to approve of M. Michel Spartalis as Consul-General in Loudon for his Majesty the King of the HeHones. WHITEHALL, MAY 8. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to he passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G. ; Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, G.C.B. ; Vice-Admiral Edward Gennys Fanshawe ; Captain John Hay (commonly called Lord John Hay), C.B. ; and George John Shaw Lefevre, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commis sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of t t h h e e said United Kingdom ieleuds of andG t reat em ßr t it e a n ip es an th d Ireland, ereunto and be longing. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander Camp bell Lowe, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Turks and Caicos Islands. 9th Regimen OFFICE, PALL MALL MAY 8. t of Lancers—Lieutena n t ile be Adjutant, vi ce Li eutenant B. W. Cave-Brown- Sav Cave, to promoted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Gilbert Stewart to be Captain, by - purzhase, vice Sherlock Vignolles Willis, who retires; Ensign Francis Robert Stanton be be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart ; Robert Harris Carnwath Dalzell to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stanton. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Smith Perry to be Captain, by purchase, vice Donald Hay Macßarnet, who retires ; Ensign Daniel Dickinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Perry ; Herbert Durell Terry, Gent., to b e Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickinson. 16th Foot—Quartermaster Samuel Haden, from half-pay, late 6th Foot, to be Quarterm a st er , v i ce James Winter, p e F r s o eodt —Captained for being H a e b n s r e i n absent am without p ; ell, e f a r v o e m . 19t s h u the Bengal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vic e Albert Seagrim, who exchanges ; Lieut. G. Vesey to be Captain, by purchase, vice G. Clay, promoted to a half-pay Majority by purchase; Ensign T. Bosville Emerson to be Lieutenant, by pur purchase, vice Vesey ; John Henry Barnard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Em erson . 53d Foot—Ensign John Guillum Scott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice David James Kilgour Sangster, who retires ; Albert Augustus Phipps, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott. 55th Foot—Captain IJohn Richard Hume to be Major, by purchase, vice Richard England, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, by purchase ; Lieutenant George Ensign the Honourable Duncom e Pleydell Bouv Fr i e t o Hyde Harrison to be Captain 11 , purchase vice Hume ; be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Herbert Richard Hudson, who retires ; Ensign Edward Henry Clode Braddon, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harrison ; Philip Eyton, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon. D. P. Bouveriet 88th Foot—Ensign John William Maffett to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Henry Burney Tasso Wood, who retires; Henry Fra nc i s Turnbull, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maffett. 97th Foot—Lieutenant David J. Dickson Safford to be Captain, without purchase, vice William Richard An nesley, seconded on appointment as Captain Instructor at the Schools o f M usketry ; Ensign Frederiek Henry Vigne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Safford ; John Shakespeare Langlands, Cxent., to be Ensi by purchase, vi ce Vi gne. Lieut. Frederick Henry Vigne to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Robert Smith, who resigns the appointment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, May B._Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LITERPoOL, May 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tangier, from Bombay. OFF LIVERPOOL, May 7 . — wild N.E.—Arrived—Mur mer, from Trieste. PORTSMORTH, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Aivod-- from Calcutta.: OFF PLYMOUTH, May 7.—Wind S.S.E.__ Arrived— BrodreTe, from New York for Copenhagen stadt. and Cron- OFF CuooxtrAvEN, May rived —City screw steamer, from New York. of Boston, Livia, May 7.—Wind 5.E......A rr i Demerara. ved—ObserTer, from QuEENsTOWN, May 6.—Wind S. E. — Arrived—St. Carlo, from Trieste. GLOUCESTER, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Minorca, *rom Trieste FALMOUTH, May :rom Demerara. 6 . —Wind S.E . — A rrived—Marina LBY Luc'nue TELEGRAPH. Arrived, GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. `role CalcuttMaay 7—August a , f rom G enoa ; Thunderbolt, Arrived, May B —Gustaf Wasa, from Goei henburg ; Trio, from Guernsey ; Estonia, from Trieste ; Christina, from Gothenburg ; Albion, from Guernsey ; Jezninut , from Dantsic; Harbinger, from Lisbon ; Belle of the Ply", from Genoa; Bl ue J ac k e t, f rom C an t er bury; Leopold, from Saltkallan. D EAL , Tuesday Morning. Passed—Delphine, from London, for Rio Janeiro. Anchored—Veneendor, frem London, for San Sebastien. Exchange th ins ta Committ ee special settlinghave Th Th urs e da S y t , oc t k he appointed the second issue of shares in Reuter's Telegram day in Company (Limited), which are to be marked in the twice a week list, and in the shares of Skidmore's Art Manufactures, &c., Company (Limited), which are not to be marked. enat ena, Pen t ince irg- os par ing• 4er and this ;1 10 na° de' 0 0 vas It )so a's 11$' ad° jog he r 012 'MEN' 100 100 100 -1D 100 0 100 100 / 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 H M 2.1.0 29i 2.11. e 102 i 3 103 4 991 98 7/