The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-30 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. -- • - The Market continues in an easy condition. An abundance of capital at the command of the brokers, 431 _ d only a small d eman d f or it, i ncrease the desire ° f discounter s to negotiate short-dated paper at 31 an d 34 per cent. .About £lOO,OOO in bar gold and 110,000 sove l'e'gns were taken into the Bank yesterday. _ The committee of th e Stock Exchange have or dered the shares of the Trinidad Petroleum Corn -1)831Y (Limited) to be quoted in the official list. At the second ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareh o ld ers of the Brazilian and Portuguese '.„ . auk, the report showed a net profit of £27,283 ss. but in consequence of heavy losses by the late commercial crisis the directors were unable to re commend any dividend. The subscriptions for the 30,000 certificates, re presenting £1,212,000 A Stock of the Metropolitan Dover Railways of the London, Chatham, and O ver Company, exceed 124,000 certificates, or a ear lY £5,000,000 s t oc k. A mong these there are PPlications for the fully paid up certificates largely 111 e xcess of the w h o l e num b er o f the present issue. 7, result of this announcement was that the cer- C ates, tb as well as th e p a id-up shares, were firmer ' lB Morni ng. Markets, in the Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few days, has been very t x ill et• Tea h as b een neg l ec t e d, w hile only limited t l ansactions have taken place in sugar, coffee, and b c° a) at abo u t l a t e ra t es . I n tallo w there has ae e n a very limited business reported for both pre etat and forward delivery, without any material ua bge in value. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bowie, this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 25 e . Consols continue very firm at 911 1 for money, It alLici r , at 89 1 for the account. The New Threes and r u ced Annuities are 89 1 ; do. Annuities, 1885, "i ; Exchequer Bills, Is. to ss. prem. ; India 5 I)et Cents., 1061 1 ; and Bonds, 16s. to 20s. prem. general decided improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, and business is rather active. .s.x ir kish 6 per C en t s . (1862), are 731 741 ; ditto ons olides, 484 49 ; Mexican, 241 1 ; ditto New, 2 u ; Greek, 20 ; Spanish Passive, 3111; ditto i." lti ficates, 161 ; Italian, 65; ; and Confederate . ` 44 n, 7 9. . Business i n th e R a il way Sh are M ar k e t h a s con tinued moderately active, and prices have in several instances exhibited more firmness. Great Eastern, Gre at Weste rn , an d Midl an d h a ve each improved A ; and Caledonian, Manchester, Sheffield, and , n enin, and South Eastern each ss. . I ,:the Foreign and Colonial lines remain without e ' a nge of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been quiet, ".„ n cl in several instances are a shade flatter. English Jo int Stock have declined to 121 ; Merchant Bank 21 i; Alliance Bank to 291; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam to 811. Dublin Connecting Trunk , Itai lway Company's shares are quoted 3 3i p r e m . ; •reruvian Railway, 2 2i prem. ; Lion Brewery Cora tally, 34 prem. ; Ott oman C ompany, 1 11 prem. ; _niperial Ott oman 5 per Cent. Loan, 21 11 dis. ; _Russian Ironwo r k s, 7 8 prem. ; Northern Assam Tea, A Sharep, prem. ; ditto B, 4 4 prem. ; and Metropolitan Extension London, Chatham, and Dover Certificates, 41 41 prem. ; ditto fully paid, 5/ j prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols . - ..... . 8 911 1 4 4 / Do. A ccount, J une 6 0 per C en t . R educed 89 4 1 li,,ew 3 per C en t B9 -I 1 1 ziew 21 per C en t. J an. 18 94 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 'annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 144 a.c 1 30 (Red Sea Telegraph),Augc.,lt 1 pm9oB — ..hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per en Do £5OO h 11 0. £lOO an d £2OO alLir of England Stock, 5 1 4 per Cent 2404 3l= Do Accomat 1 1111310 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ...... 473,dia0 Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874,., ,Pio Account 1061 1 •ue• 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account 1 , ) ,0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 D°-4°. C ertificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent D° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 DO • 54 per Cent., May 1879 DO_ • . 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 ~..Bonds, £l,OOO l6 20 "' J o. *tinder £l,OOO ku s h.• FO REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Dray - -41 1 Bond; 5 per Cent — ilian 5 per C en t — 41e • .- per Cent, 1852-58-60 )30 A e • 1863 — Ch 11 0,5 Ayres 6 er Cent _ ? 4 Per Cent i) (Deferred 3 per Cent ) D O l ab. 6 per Cent t„-' 4 1 per Cent _ _ ,uterabian 6 per Cent. — D O ‘ ' llba l 6 Cent._ per o 5 per Cent., 1864 — Dal,;v.SneriP, £55 p a id ji 0 "0 o per Cent, 1825 D O a n Principalities D _ . 4 per Cent., 1863 b e • 5 per Cent., 1773-77, X 25 paid 8-1 alities ° 0 6 paid _ ,'lador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Z ''')., Pr ovisional Land Warrant _ _ gPtiall 7 portent • V,15., Second Issue 954 , ..0 £lOO Bonds g 00 1 ) ( 1- 1864 D o £lOO Bonds 934 cr k e ,riP, .£sb paid Do i' eco . Peru mount D 1824-5, ex Coupons ___— oc , n D o ' -oupon s cl ,,_ • Account Vetslala 5 per Cent. — i t Ze• 889 and 1850 — L ", 11 18 5 6 Pe. r Cent (Maremmana Railway) . 0 R ? _ - ais uex• ' er g; £571- paid le aa 3 per Cent. °' D eeo unt o 231 1 D t, 1864 Do ,per Cent. Anglo-French — l e t o rrench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — I,..,atevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid N-oorish m e t a . ew G. al 5 per Cent 1 ) ra to 2 per Cent — P e ° Land Warrants (Hectares) 00 13 S A er iP, £45 paid,'paid in Bonds — dis 0 A-,Per Cent (Uribarren) / 21 , I per Cent., 1862 1, to Deferred DoL g e e 3 Per Cent., 1853 --ccount ~ per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, _4Bl 1 :00 Account tian 5 p er Cent, 1822, £ St., D o l i Per Ce n t ., 1850 — 1860 Do `,. A ' Per Cent, 1859 — 0 0 a Per Cent, 1862 901 1 ardi • 1864 0. 41411 5 Per Cent E i ,.. . Account Tash -1.•-',0 Accoun t 3 perCent — 481 4 Do _ NeW Deferred ,1A _ ccount -Z --tl 40 4 e P assiv e Br',o Account 314 1 t ill , Cert of Coup not funded l6l i Sw Accolint 4 3 4 % 1 1 4 per Cent. _ • 41- 'Ptfi, per Cent. 1864 Do 6 Per Cent. 1854 — b o ' /I •ecount D u Per Cent. 1858 0 Acco t 721 34 D o 6 1111 Do 0 Per Cent. 1862 ,0 Account :113:)4:0e .::: e p l i e° a r ° : l3 p e ( !n e a r t c.1:1, Cent. t 3 734 44 v e v kmaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO4 17/ I)Do(o:...:A6cePece:rulial?ttent, 1862 _ _ bo 0 per Cent., 1864 4O • 1 per Cent • ____ Ailstri,, ividends on the above payable in London. DeL. ; -11 1 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins b u rari, iii per cent, Ex. 25f. b c e l A 2 l Per Cent., Ex, 12 Guil _ P re , ' l 7 Per Cent Certificates _ Do, Relates, 3 per Cent. _ It e :b il li os a o i . 1 ::: ceep.:o:ll:uur ient, 1861, En. 25f. THREE O'CLOCK 91 1 bo. 4ce•oun...t. .......................... ...... 891 x d Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Afa r dale )00p opens very steady at advancing prices. °ales ' 15 ) 0 00 or 20,000 bales, ~~~~ . of Lords drive at- Brabant land with Countess use in the Irouse. I gave an les's, last rince and tended by )ble Duke party. A yal High- Vales, at ived from ck. 1 Duchess and their >ridge and Kpressly to esence on lined with louse pre- nd Prince 400 of the eign guests. conducted .chess wel ;allery was the gallery ,propriated e duke and Tinn ey's as usual, Dice music pular, and rapper was the stable ng was re- g residence from Slane >r Gosford take place. St. James's- eve arrived me Court. iiembly to- Park-lane, , ver, South t. George's 'inner last d Princess and Madura° nchester, the rchioness Of P. Viscount T 1 and Lady Jord Hough tightley, and at dinner the Duchess way and the e Freke, Sit Campbell (of I. Scott and The mortal brought to rriday morn funeral took the deceased tending chs ;ham Hau t° Ling coaches. w. Ham ilton Ithers of the untess) ; e r. Victor e, M . D . 0 0 )f the family' . E. A. Lan e ' nterior of the a its WAY he gentry, the atniabwa ) excess, I ' o l eemed to fe e friend in th in the fab l e id the aud i i The fooe r urr and sol3°' a very I°ll Hrs. Rosely ,f yugh the 011 e; Family," dog; the Soldi er Sates,; on -a. di Camera ight thre:us Fen from 'mg t he follosvo 6 3a ttirouv r oo on Th e . r ow fro'i l 12,2 88 1. 0 ! 'atent-oiocto 9 9 ; total dailY 1 e r saves ,d se • re' a )ndere 1315 0 100 , ading CA CI : ion 0 )36. g e is r° o ut 0 w Ping [es. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 94 96 13l 132 ti 6 62 C 6 16 17 90 92 106. 1&7 464 47i 64 74 100 100 100 100 I'o 131 132 148 /49 128 i 32 86 88 73 74 63 65 50 62 45 48 103 1 04 122 1224 88 90 105 107 39 fl 122 k 1231 98 99 614 6211 139 140 a ?itp, 135} 1351 1 104 10 5f 0 t4i t 5 IF) 111 68f 681 101 10 14 36} 37i __ —p 9i 10i p 116 Ils 1 tip' 78 79 ni 312 142 ICJ 63 55 80 61 89 61 85} 86 8t 9 156 159 3 t p 106 108 47 49 79 81 ,SIONS. 54 66 102 103 pr ip 4 4, bi 9.j 9g 101 75 BO 99 101 101 103 103 104 i ill , 18 19 9.3 86 61 63 '54 56 55 57 47 4.) 45 43 43 45 25 27 24 26 103 10) par 4 p 4t31 7 14S 1301 731 i 1225 IN3I 123 if 9su 8i 1321 it 111 10i 691 85 t IC4: 4 f 15k 18i I 41 I Paid.! Closing I Business Price. done. 130 1 iiii 1331 103 21 31 21 Share! Railways, 13.14 st st at 50 20 Bir., Wol. ' & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A A gets no div till6p.e.p.an.has Do. B teen paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wc stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther D.). A stock Do. B Do. New. is. at 25 pn, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. 'Western . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxt ord Do. Newport Do. Hereford... Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DO:* shares Hetropolitan Do. New Mid'and _ _ . Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid. Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares qid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick I Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock& Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18e4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stick •zhrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon `outh Ex stern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool H ar.& Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable BRITISH P Atlantic f¢ St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda. x Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. k' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1374 Calcutta & S. E., lira— e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Beneal, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J EitEnsiori Grand Trunkof Canad% Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. tst rref. Bonds ' Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3 cl Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c i'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. IslNv Gt. South oflncliaZlina. gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do 'OSSE Great Wes. of Canada Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Po. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B til.C'da, pc lst pf.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do g ci I Do. Puniaub o,n Do.lndus St Flo bi) all 10J 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVER,NAIEN 10) 102 101101 101 Wid 84 86 82 b 4 d 101 y 1024 93 95 89 91 65 67 3 _5 82 ' 1001 10 84 4 1006 1016 id id 1036 1016 94 97 fT SECU ITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1872. 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 90 95 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 i 93 95 Do. sp. c. Jan. it July 100 82 64 Do. 5p c. Inscribed sk 100 82 84 Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 104 167 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 105 107 Do. do' 1590-1 100 106 108 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 101 103 Do. 1878, do. 100 166 108 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 188?, Mayls, N0v.16 10.1 104 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 102 104 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 96 N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 00 100 102 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 93 95 041 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 91 93 92 New Zealand, 6p. cent NO 104 106 Do. 6 per cent lOO 88 90 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 96 99 971 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18e8-0 Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 108 109 1081 9 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. Cold, lira 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 291 30, Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 600 610 Drake walls 2 . 1 .0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 14 15 East Caradon 2.14.6 121 131 as t Cam Brea 3.4.0 68 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 3 31 East Loved 2.13.6 111 12/ E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 95 41 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 601 3 5 4 Great L axey, limited all 19 20 205 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 3 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 40 301 314 Grenville 7.8.3 31 31 Herod's Foot .. 8.13 88 40 Hingston Downs 4.18.6 35 3 Margaret (Uny Lelant 91 6 83 Marke Valley 4 . 3 .0 51 51 4 liwyndy Iron Ore, Hu, 21 24 1 Nangiles New Se ton North Downs 3 - - North Roskear N.W1.11 Bassett(lllogan 3.10.0 4 t North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.6 21 3 1 Pr , vidence UnyLe lant 10.6.7 32 :5 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) II 510 520 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 22 Stray Park . 30.17.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 17 18 -- West Icassett (11logan 13 76 8 W. Caradun (I.4 l skeard 9 101 12 West Chirerton ll 726 7. 7 e West Seton 471 185 195 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 221 25 Whea, LudcAt 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 18 20 Wheal PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 107 Great Northern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 102 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND I ATOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., 44 per cent., 1858, 971 London, Chatham, &a, Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 991 - - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 113 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 141 Sambre and Meuse, 7 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 191; FOREIGN MINES, Port Philip, 1 i Washoe Gold, lira., Ditto (a , 51 Yudanaututana of S. Australia, lim., t f BAN h B. Agra and Mtsterman's, Bra., 114 Ditto, new,ls7 A Iliance , um.). 29; 0 1 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 15 is pd., 18/ Australasia. 691 70 Bank of Queensland, lira, 204 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim.. 8; Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 24 31 Chartered filer. of India, London, and Chin; 46 City,llo9 Consolidated Bank. lira., 101 Eng fah Joint Stock, lim., 121 ilindustan. China, and Japan (1im.),18 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 17/ Ditto, new, 81 Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London and Brazilian (lim.), 441 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 471 London and County, 751[41 London Joint Stock, 491 London and South African, 18 . 1 London and 11 estminster, 96 51 Merchant Bank, lim., 24> Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 161 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Rm., 6 1 Union of London, 5 El MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, 1im.,151 Ceylon Company, 111 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 1 Ebbw Vale, 91 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, Urn., 3 21 / Fore-street Warehouse, limn., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 51 1 Iludson's:Bay, 151 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 61 International Financial society, limn., 6 I National Discount Company, limn., 151 L. Pentnsula and Oriental Steam, 811 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, limn., 91 Smith, Knight, and Co., Km., 21 South African Mortgage and Investment, Bra., 2, Telegram h e (mauve. and Maintenance, lira., 7U Trinidad Petroleum, limn., 31 Lieut.-General Sir George Buller, who takes over the Portsmouth command on the Ist of July, has named Major R. Maenzie, of the Royal Artillery, and Captain Sydney Carr Glyn, of the Ist battalion, Rifle Brigade, to be his aides-de-camp.—Army and Nary Gazette, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY Evil:Am), MAY 30, 1565. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET A BRUTAL HUSBAND.—John Gleeson, a bootmaker, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, by Gordon, 33 C, charged with assaulting his wife, Mary Gleeson. The complainant, a respectable-looking woman, said— The prisoner is my husband. I have been away from him for three years, supporting my children by my work. On Sunday fortnight he came to my mother's while I was there, he being half-tipsy at the time. I left the place to avoid him, and he afterwards went to my home, 71, Wells street—poor as it is—broke open the door. and took pos session of the place. He then ordered me out, and beat me, and said if I did not go out he would break my neck, and if I brought any one in to protect me he would kill them. I have not had a penny from him for three years, and he spends his time • in drunkenness and lives on prostitution. He tries his utmost to turn me out of the little bit of bread I earn. Prisoner—l found her with a man, and she left my home. The Wife—lt is false. lam now sleeping on the floor, and my youngest child is elsewhere in consequence. Ido not wish to harm my husband. All I wish for is protec tion. Wm. Gordon, 33 C—l apprehended the prisoner, whom I have known for three years, yesterday. He has fre quently been convicted of felony, and for passing counter feit coin. I know him to be a dangerous character, and the constant associate of thieves, and Mr. Stokes, boot maker, of Coventry-street, is in attendance to-day to prefer a charge of felony against him. Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner is a cruel and cowardly fellow, and I shall commit him for two months with hard labour. Legislative Encouragement to Fraudulent Dealings with the Public Money. (Front the Economist.) The accusations made against the Lord Chancellor have as yet had no effect on that great functionary, and probably will not have. Nothing is likely to be proved against him inconsistent with his continuing to hold the Great Seal. But there is good reason to hope that the revelations of subordinate matters consequent on those accusations may insure a very great reform in public money matters. Nothing can be safer than the honesty of English officials on the high road. The great sums that are received by all important departments, by the Customs, or the Excise, or the Stamps and Taxes, aro entirely beyond question. But there are a great number of by-ways to the English Exche quer. There are many out-of-the-way recipients of the public money for occasional charges and incidental - fees, who aro under no check, who are subject to no audit, who are often in arrear, who do just as they like. Mr. Edmunds, who is now so notorious, was one of these. His mode of dealing with the public money is now on record by official investigation, and out of his own mouth, and, therefore, it is easy to speak of it correctly, and duo to the public to describe what it was. Mr. Edmunds was Clerk of the Patents,—that is, not only to the patents for inventions, which, in common conversation, are exclusively so called, but also to what the law calls patents—that is, the special licences which are preliminary both to the duties and the profits of the principal offices under the Crown. There are very considerable sums annually paid for these licences,-as is natural, since a great number of the best places in the State cannot be obtained without them. Mr. Edmunds duly received these moneys, but did not pay them over. He placed them in a bank account which is thus described in the evidence of Mr. Greenwood, the solicitor to the Treasury, who inquired into the matter, and thus caused the entire disturbance : " Lord Chelmsford —What is the title of the book ? Leonard Edmund; Esq., Patent-office Account.' The address is, 121, Regent-street,' altered afterwards to 21, Berkeley-square.' This is the pass-book, headed Patent office Account, Leonard Edmunds, Esq., with Messrs. Coutts and Co.,' and this that I hold in my hand is a transcript of what was handed to me by Mr. Leonard Ed munds. " Earl of Derby—lt begins, I see, in November, 1833 ? Yes, that is the first entry. "And is continued down to when ?—lt continues down to April 27, 1864. In the first page there are three draughts to private account of £lB7 odd, £lBO odd, and £lOO, and in the next page, To your account, £l4B 9s.' " To your private account, £229 lls. ?'—Yes, there is that entry ; and then in 1835, To your account, £loo.' " To yourself, £so,' that is in 1836 ; and then on August 3, 'To your private account, £99 7s. 6d.' March 7, 1837, To your private account, £loo,' and in December, To your account, £150,' and then afterwards to bearer, £5O, and so forth. I said we should desire to have an account of those moneys. It had been stated by Mr. Edmunds that the moneys which had been paid into Messrs. Coutts' consisted of public moneys, and then, it appearing that a number of these sums had, as far as we could judge from the way the pass-book was made up, been paid to the private account, we desired to know for what reason they were transferred to the private account. "Lord Taunton—Do you moan transferred from the public account with Messrs. Coutts to Mr. Edmunds's pri vate account with Messrs. Coutts ?—I have never seen Mr. Edmunds's private account at all ; but it is entered here, To your private account.' " Were these transfers from the public account kept by Mr. Edmunds to his private account ? Is that what you mean by transferred ?—I cannot tell. I have no materials except these. " Earl of Derby—Did you examine Mr. Edmunds with this pass-book in your hands, and eall his attention to these payments specially, and ask him to account for them ? —Yes, every one of them. "Did he give you no account of them?—None." That is to say, Mr. Edmunds paid the public money to an account at a private bank, and drew on it for his own benefit. We boldly say that this circumstance of itself ought, under proper management of the national Treasury, to be a valid reason and a certain cause of immediate dismissal. A man ought not to remain a day in the public service who even began such a practice, much less a person like Mr. Edmunds who continued the bad custom more than 30 years. It has been gravely argued that at first at least Edmunds put back the money.—that the transfer of his " private accounts" were in the nature of mistakes, were somewhat abnormal,—and other weak defences. But under a tolerable system of national finance it would be impossible that such defences should be made. They are a worse condemnation of our present system than the offences they are offered to palliate. They show on the part of those who make them a lax notion of the manner in which public money ought to be dealt with,—more dangerous than specific misconduct. Even if Mr. Edmunds had never been in arrears with his accounts, we should have considered the system faulty, though we shoUld not have blamed him. Indeed, we do not now blame him for what ho did. You have no right to tempt a man with untold gold. You have no right to autho rise a public servant 'for many years to mix up public moneys with his own moneys, and then to be surprised if he cannot distinguish them. The final difficulty of making the distinction was very great. Mr. Edmunds himself tells us : "In July last I employed Mr. Hooper, a professional skilled accountant, to assist me in making out the accounts for the whole 31 years, which accounts had never before been rendered or audited in any shape. I worked with Mr. Hooper for some weeks upon these accounts. The book con taining the accounts of receipts of fees and distribution of the same, commencing in 1833 and ending in 1846, has been lost or mislaid by Mr. Ruscoe, the chief clerk, who had the custody of the books of the office ; that book has disap peared, and no reasonable account is given of its disappear ance. However, it is gone from the custody of Mr. Ruscoe, who had the custody of the books." This singular statement is a part, not of the accusation, but of the defence. Mr. Edmunds, who for 30 years and more has received a certain part of the public income, ad mits he has never during all that time rendered any ac count of it, and says he cannot be sure of what he has re ceived and what he ought to pay, because of the loss .of an account-book relating wholly to transactions now more than 20 years past. Nor is this the end. It sounds like a jest, but it is a literal fact, that 13 years ago Mr. Edmunds ceased altogether to pay over this branch of the public revenue. Before that he had paid over uncertain sums at uncertain intervals, but after that time he ceased to pay over at all. The dia logue between him and the Solicitor to the Treasury would be ludicrous if the matter were not so grave : " Mr. Greenwood —Since August 9, 1852, I do not find that there hasbeen any payment to the Exchequer, although there are verylarge balances; are you in a position to tell us why you have not paid any accounts into the Exchequer ? Mr Edmunds —Not at present. Will you allow me a rea sonable time, and I will put in an account of the whole matter? Mr. Greenwood—These are questions not to be answered by accounts. No, I am aware of that. Mr. Greenwood—lt is a remarkable fact that throughout you pay considerable sums to the Exchequer, and that in August, 1852, that is more than 12 years ago, you seem to have ceased to make any payment to the Exchequer, al though largo balances are in your hands. I want . to know whether you can explain that ? Mr. Edmunds—l cannot reasonably." The practice of receiving the people's money without pay ing it over or accountin g for it is, undoubtedly, difficult of "reasonable explanation." It naturally occurred to the Committee of the House of Lords, and it must occur to our readers, to ask how such gross misconduct should be possible. They inquired whose duty it was to call such an offender as Mr. Edmunds to ac count ; they evidently expected to find, as they ought to find, some specific functionary charged with watching Mr. Edmunds, and seeing that he paid the money over rightly. They find that there is no such fanctionaiT. The law, as explained by the authorised expositors, is not only one in a defective Mate, but in what, to those who are not familiar with it, who hoar it for the first time, is an incredible state. The Act under which Mr. Edmunds was appointed pre scribes that the "fees and emoluments" received by him "shall be accounted for once in every three months, com mencing in the first instance from the date of such appoint ment respectively, and shall be paid by the said officers re spectively into the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer, and be carried to and made part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and the account of the party so paying such fees shall be verified by his oath, which oath any one of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery is hereby required and au thorised to administer." It would strike a person new to the study of English in stitutions that the Chancellor of the Exchequer—the head of the Exchequer—was the person responsible for its busi ness. 'But this is an error. It would be much truer to say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was the enemy of the Exchequer; he is the head of the Treasury, and there is an entire series of defensive enactments intended to protect the Exchequer from the Treasury. The true head of the Ex chequer is the "Controller," and he is so far from being an officer under the Treasury, that he is the person to resist the Treasury. The Chancellor of the EXchequer is the per son who spends the public money ; the " Controller" is the person who prevents its being spent improperly ; his busi- ness is to see that no money not duly authorized by Par liament should ever be expended. Popularly the Exche quer and the Treasury are looked upon as one thing, but they are two things, and even twohostile things ; the Trea sury is a paying machine ; the Exchequer is a receiving mac hine strictly, and out of abundant caution fenced pa ying machine. It would be exaggerating to prac tical life the Exche quer i s an o ffice hostile a sa g y ai t n it s a t t th in e to the Treasury, but it is strictly true to say that it is an office most jealous of the Treasury. To explain the almost inconceivable mode in which this separation of offices works, we must give the very words in the official statement, for we are afraid otherwise it will not be believed. Mr. Gladstone, with Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Arbuthnot, two principal permanent ()facers of the Trea sure, were examined by the Committee, and answered thus : "Lord Chelmsford—When the money is spoken of as having been paid into the Exchequer, which is the depart ment of the Exchequer into which the money would be paid 7—The Exchequer is an entirely distinct and indepen dent office, and has no connexion whatever with the Trea sury, except such as rests upon law or known usage. The Exchequer is not a department of the Treasury, nor is it an office subordinateto the Treasury. There are certain fixed relations between the Exchequer and the Treasury ; but beyond these the Exchequer is entirely independent and separate. "(To Mr. Arbuthnot).—The word Exchequer' is a mys terious word ; can you help us to understand it ?—I think I can explain .it. According to the old usage every pay ment of revenue was made at the office of the Exchequer, which is termed in acts of Parliament the receipt of the Exchequer, and was broUght to account at the Exchequer; but in course of time the Bank of England became the bankers of the Exchequer, and people tendering money had to go to the Exchequer to get a receivable order from the Controller-General for the Bank to receive it, in order that it might be carried to the proper account ; but legally and nominally the money is still paid into the receipt of the Exchequer as it was before. " Had, then, the Controller-General any check at all on the payment of money ? Did he know what ought to be paid ?—He had no check, exempt from the affidavit of the person tendering the money. "It appears that Mr. Edmunds offered an affidavit to the Exchequer, and that they would not receive it.—He had to swar the affidavit before a Master in Chancery. " Earl of Derby—He said he wanted to make the affidavit before them, and they said it was no part of their business to take affidavits.—l think the act prescribes that the oath was to be taken before a Master in Chancery. "Lord Chelmsford—After a certain time there was no Master in Chancery; the office was abolished. Can you give us any notion at all what sort of check there would be upon the receipts of Mr. Edmunds and the money to be paid over by him to the Exchequer ?—I think it is one of the mys teries of the Court of Chancery." So the law controlling Mr. Edmunds worked thus—The Controller of the Exchequer said, " I can't interfere ; I am an officer to receive money, but not an officer to induce persons to pay money. I have no compulsory powers vested in me ; I can prevent money going out, but I can not interfere to make it come in." The Treasury say, "We cannot interfere. We are not named in the act. The money is to be paid into the Exchequer. The Exchequer is ' over the way ;' we have no authority to interfere there, and if we did, an interference would be much disliked, and not at all attended to." The Master in Chancery had the best defence of all ; ho said, " I cannot interfere, be cause I am abolished." It is painful to think that in the 19th century we should be gravely discussing for an important object such miser able technicalities. It passes patience that there should be two great finance departments, each with power to counteract the other, but neither with power to stop actual malversation ; both industrious, rigid, and virtuous, but both permitting a petty clerk to withhold accounts and appropriate money for years. What is a financial organisa tion fit for if it does not even attempt to check the most frequent, easy, and probable of financial offences ? SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'-LAST EVENING. The Monday before the Derby has been proverbially known for the extraordinary excitement it creates at Tat tersalls' both in respect of the numbers that assemble there and the amount of betting which takes place on the grand event. A feeling of uneasiness and restlessness takes possession of society in general for days before, and it is even recorded of a certain naughty parson of enlarged sporting propensities who determined to anticipate the national furore by a day, wickedly paraphrased a certain " lesson" thus :—" First Sunday before the Derby !" We will not go so far as to vouch for the truth of the anecdote but, whether true or not, thousands are ever ready to ac cept it. A casual visitor to the metropolis who might have strayed to-day towards Knightsbridge could not fail to observe that the angle formed by the junction of the Knightsbridge and Brompton roads was the theatre of some wonderful operations, and that the thousands who gathered there from every quarter were engaged in a pur suit in which lukewarmness is a thing unknown. We cannot recollect having seen so large an assemblage on any previous anniversary, but the importance of the transactions within the betting sanctuary were not in keeping with the imposing state of things without the pale. What with rumours of further " scratchings," fa vourites about to be "knocked out," outsiders taking their places, and the thousand and one " shaves" which are constantly flying about, to the distress of anxious backers, the " yard division" were kept in a perpetual ferment. The first blow their hopes received was the scratching of Chattanooga, an announcement which was greeted with a perfect euroclydon of groans and epithets, which the most comprehensible vocabulary would fail to interpret truly. Turn we now to the inner house. An influx of Parisian speculators had a Very decided effect upon the market, and that they came for the express purpose of giving their unqualified support to Gladiateur was soon evident, as the French horse speedily had the call, and after 9 to 2 had been taken to several hundred pounds, he kept oscillating between that price and 4 to 1 throughout the afternoon, the latter odds having been taken kindly. Still there was no disputing the fact that Breadalbane had a more extended circle of admirers, and although a noble lord once laid 550 to 100, it was pronounced a mere fancy bet, and the taker of odds was voted decidedly on the right side of the hedge. Since the appearance of the Malton " crack" on Epsom Downs he has ingratiated him self completely in public favour, and no reports of other candidates, however flattering, will stall them off from in vesting on their pet horse. He was in such request to-day that after 5 to 1 had been laid several times, he advanced half a point, and at the finish layers declined to operate on more liberal terms. Archimedes was seldom mentioned, but Wild Charley was in great request, for after 10 to 1 had been laid to money, there was a fresh spurt in his favour, and he left off at 9to 1 taken to £lOO. Christmas Carol and Longdown were each firm at their voted prices; but Oppressor declined to 100 to 7 (offered). When the room and court-yard were nearly cleared we saw 1000 to 60 laid; but then the reputed supporters of Oppressor had taken their departure. The remainder of the quotations .and the tone of the market will be fully indicated by the subjoined list of CLOSING PRICES. DERBY. 4to 1 agst Count F. de Lagrange's Gladiateur (taken) 9 to 2 agst Mr. H. Chaplin's Broadalbane (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Lord Stamford's Archimedes (offered) 9to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Wild Charley (taken and _ offered) • 11 to 1 agst Mr. T. Wadlow's Christmas Carol (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Spencer's Longdown (taken) 100 to 7 agst Mr. M'Kenzie's Oppressor (offered-100 to 6 wanted) 25 to 1 agst Lord Westmoreland's Brahma (offered-30 to 1 taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Chaplin's Broomielaw (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Durham's Ariel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Marquis of Hastings' Kangaroo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Zephyr (offered-45 to 1 taken freely) 66 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Bedminster (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Olmar (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Count Batthyany's King Charming (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. W. 11. Robinson's Eltham (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Merry's Zambesi (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Haig's Roderick Random (taken and offered) PLACE BETTING. 800 even on Gladiateur being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 500 to 400 agst Breadalbane being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 400 to 200 agst Wild Charley being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 900 to 300 agst Longdown being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 700 to 200 agst Oppressor being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 700 to 100 agst Brahma being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 750 to 100 agst Broomielaw being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 500 to 50 agst Zephyr being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 250 to 25 agst Zambesi being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 500 to 30 agst King Charming being 1,2, or 3 (taken) 1000 to 50 agst Roderick Random being 1,2, or 8 (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Eltham being 1,2, or 3 (taken) Chattanooga was struck out of the Derby between six and seven p.m. May 28. JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AT COURT.—A most charm ing anecdote has come down to our day in relation to one of Mr. Wedgwood's visits at Court. He was sum moned to St. James's, and, 'on arriving at the appointed hour on a sunny spring or summer's morning, was ushered into the royal presence. The Queen stood with her ladies beneath an unshaded window, and here it was that Mr. Wedgwood advancing made his obeisance, and, displaying the ware he had brought, answered the royal questions. But as her Majesty thus stood examining some exquisite specimen of the art, which years of ceaseless toil and un repining obscurity had brought to this perfection, the sun's power increased, and its rays, falling on her - face, caused her obvious annoyance. The possible etiquette was to have mentioned the matter to one of the unobser vant ladies in attendance, who in turn would have sum moned a page or royal footman. But Mr. Wedgwood thought only of removing the intruding glare, and that speedily. He simply walked straight to the window, and pulled down the blind. The Queen, aware in an instant of the relief and its cause, looked up from the object she was regarding, and, inclining her head, smiled her thanks. " Lathes," she said, addressing her attendants, " Mr. Wedgwood is, you see, already an accomplished courtier." It was courtesy, however, learnt in the school of nature —the offspring of a manly and generous respect for woman —and he would have shown it as much to a peasant as to the Queen, who was his foremost patron.—The Shilling Magnine. THAMES NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS.—WiIIiam George Saxton, a man about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with assaulting Emma Turner, the wife of a fish monger and fried fish vendor, carrying on business at No. 19, Wellington-place, near the Maid and Magpie, Stepney. Mr. Gomm, clerk to Mr. Hodgson, solicitor, opened the case for the prosecution as one of aggravated assault upon the wife of a respectable tradesman, and without any pro vocation. The prisoner entered Mr. Turner's shop last night at a quarter before eleven o'clock in a very excited state, and accused Mrs. Tanner of saying something to his detriment. He challenged her husband to come out and fight, and on his refusal he struck her twice on the breast, and knocked her down. The prisoner also hit her on the jaw, and put her to considerable pain and inconvenience. She had been suffering from illness and was an out-patient of the London Hospital, and the outrage of last night had been productive of serious effects. Mrs. Turner confirmed the statement of her professional adviser, and, on being asked the cause of this, she said•she really did not know. Mr. Paget was certain the complainant was keeping something back. Was it possible a man would go into a shop at 11 o'clock at night without any provocation, and attack a woman as the defendant was represented to have done ? Witnesses were called for the prosecution, who were not quite agreed as to the facts, except there was a row in the complainant's shop, and that the prisoner hit Mr. and Mrs. Turner. The prisoner, in defence, said he lived with his widowed mother next door to the complainant, whose husband had practised a deception on his (the prisoner's) mother, and endeavoured to get possession of the house No. 20, to pre vent any one else carrying on the trade of a fishmonger. He defeated Turner's project, and had ever since been insulted and annoyed, and his mother had been threatened by Turner, his wife, and family. He went last night to his next door neighbour for explanation, and was assailed with filthy language and abuse. He was also roughly used by Turner, his wife, and family, and in defending himself Mrs. Turner fell down. Witnesses were called, who said all the violence and abuse was on the side of the Turners. Mr. Paget said here were two next door neighbours quarrelling, and it was endeavoured to be made out that an aggravated assault was committed upon an invalid woman. There was a row, and violence on both sides. The com plainant and her witnesses gave varied statements ; the de fendant and his witnesses gave other statements. There was not much regard to truth on either side. He would advise the parties not to go near each other again. One party or the other ought at least to leave Wellington-place. He dismissed the case, and in doing so he was sure the absence of Mr. Turner from the court convinced him he was doing right. WESTMINSTER. BEGINNING BETIMES.—George Bancroft, a ragged, dimi nutive vagrant, without shoes or stockings, was placed in the felon's dock before Mr. Arnold. Magistrate—What is the age of this child ? Prisoner—Seven years. Magistrate—Prosecutor, surely you are not going to press this ? Prosecutor—l leave it entirely to you. Magistrate—The charge against this child, seven years old, is " stealing a bundle of radishes, value one penny." Prosecutor—But he is an old *offender. Magistrate—He cannot bo a very old offender at seven years of age. Police constable Tatham, 139 B—This is the third time the prisoner has been brought into the station in a week —twice for felony, and once for annoying a lady at the Oratory, Brompton. Prosecutor—And this is the third time he has robbed me in a couple of days. Magistrate—Go on with the charge. John Crow, the prosecutor, said that yesterday evening the prisoner came to his shop, stole the radishes, and made off. He came back in an hour's time, when he succeeded in taking him. He said if he had had shoes on he would have walked into him (kicked his shines.) Tatham said that prisoner was a most troublesome boy and notorious offender, although so young. His mother was a notorious old drunkard, who had been again and again informed of the prisoner's misconduct. The mother said her son would never do anything wrong any more; he had promised her. Magistrate (to the mother)—Now, listen to me, I shall discharge your boy on your entering into recognizance of £2 for his good behaviour for 6 months. Remember, if he in any way offends you will have to pay the £2, or will be sent to prison. Zhe Serious Charge against a Beerhouse Keeper. WINDSOR, May 29. This case, the particulars of which we have before given, when the prisoner, Wm. Adolphus Robarts, was remanded in consequence of the dangerous state of the girl from being precipitated from an upstairs window into the street, was resumed this day at the Town-hall. The magistrates on the bench were Wm. Harris, Esq. (Mayor), and W. Hanson, Esq. ; and there were also pre- I sent Mr. West, from the office of Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe, solicitors to the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, awl Mr. Levy, chief officerof the society, 24, Ceci,l - Strand. • Mr. West stated that although the unfortunate girlmight be said to be in a fair way of recovering from the effects of solserious a fall, she was not out of danger (he handed in a certificate from Mr. Britwell, house-surgeon at the Infir mary, to that effect), and he consequently asked for a fur ther remand for another week in order to see the result. Edward Dowsett, of Church-lane, Windsor, stated that on Tuesday, the 23d inst., at a quarter before seven o'clock in the morning, he heard the girl's voice, calling out inpri soner's house as if in painful distress. He directed his wife's attention to it, and afterwards wont about his work. In about 15 minutes after that time the girl was brought into his shop in a state of insensibility, with no clothes on but her chemise, where he saw the prisoner bathing her fore head with water. Witness brought down a counterpane and pillow, and the girl was taken to the infirmary, Emily Maria Dunton, the mother of the girl, and wife of William Dunton, living at Iver-heath, near Uxbridge, said the girl was her daughter, that she was 12 years of age on the 26th of July last, and had been in the service of the prisoner. She never gave prisoner permission to chastise her daughter. Mr. Plumridge, clerk tc Mr. Voules, solicitor to the de fendant, asked for the prisoner to be admitted on bail. This was opposed by Mr. West on the part of the prose cution, on the ground that the girl was not yet out of danger. If she did the prisoner would be guilty of man slaughter, and if she recovered still the case was of so serious a nature that he hoped the magistrates would send it for trial at the sessions. I 'The magistrates, after a short consultation, remanded the prisoner for another week, and declined to accept bail. COLLISION ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—On Saturday night a collision occurred at the Milngavie Junction of the Helensburgh line between two trains which wore proceeding to Glasgow. At 8 o'clock the train convoying the Glasgow Abstainers' Union excur sionists from Milngavie was nearing the main line just at the time the Helensburgh train, due at Glasgow at 8 o'clock, was coming np. The drivers, as well as a number of the passengers, saw that a collision was inevitable, and the former, as quickly as possible, reversed their engines, and turned on the breaks, while the latter prepared themselves for the shock. Presently all was confusion. The song which a number of the excursionists had raised was sud denly brought to a close —passengers were violently preci pitated against each other—ladies screamed or fainted, and the greatest consternation prevailed, which was increased on finding that the carriage doors were locked. The only mode of egress was by the windows, which was availed of by many with the greatest alacrity. The excitement con tinued until it was ascertained that no one was seriously injured. A quantity of rails were displaced and torn up, and several carriages were damaged. The down train was detained about half an hour, but succeeded ultimately in getting forward, minus a couple of carriage footboards. The people, who by this time were getting drenched with rain, which began to fall very heavily when the collision took place, betook themselves to the carriages, there to exercise their patience till 10 o'clock, when a train arrived to convey them to Glasgow, where they were set down safely at 11. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CRAVEN STAKES. Gemma.................................................................. 1 8reeze.................................................................. 5idewind............................................................... :; Eight ran. BRIGHTON STAKES. Gownsman Idler Indigestion • Twenty-four ran. WOODCOTE STAKES. Janitor Mazeppa Redan Eleven ran. lIOXTON STAKES. Knight of the Thistle Relic filly Juneaton 3 Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 100 to 30 agst Gladiateur (taken) • 4to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 100 to 12 agst Archimedes (offered) 10 to 1 agst Longdown (offered) 10 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 14 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered) 100 to 6 agst Wild Charley 40 to 1 agst Brahma (offered) 50 to 1 agst Arid (offered 50 to 1 agst Zephyr (offered) The above are all the results we had received up to the time of going to press. LADTERTISEMENT.I RACING TIMES OFFICE, 286, Strand, London, W.C.—Mr. THOMAS TEMPLE, the Proprietor of the "Racing Times," begs to inform the Sporting Public that he has commenced Business for the Season, and will execute Commissions on all Races to any amount. Winnings guaranteed. P. 0. Orders to be made payable at Strand Post-office, and cheques crossed London and Westminster Bank (Temple bar Branch). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. UNION CHARGEABILITY BILL. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented petitions from diffe rent parts of the country in favour and against this bill, and praying for some modification of its provisiDns. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition against the bill. THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. In reply to Lord CHELMSFORD, Earl RUSSELL, who was very indistinctly heard in the gallery, was understood to say that he had received a com munication from Mr. Rassam, bearing date the 28th April, in which he stated that he had been in communication with the King of Abyssinia. Rumours had been afloat that the prisoners had been released, but on inquiry it was discovered that they were unfounded. There had been no additional charges brought against the prisoners. Mr. Rassam had also stated that he had sent messengers to inquire into the matter, but only one had returned. Lord CHELMSFORD inquired if any additional de mands had been made on the King, and, if so, whether they had been accompanied by presents ? Earl RUSSELL said that he had no more definite infor mation to lay on the table in addition to what had already been produced. PRIVATE BUSINESS The following bills were read a third time :—Edwards Disabilities Removal, West Bromwich Improvements, Port Talbot Company, Southampton Gas, Crofthead and Kil marnock Extension Railway, North London, Highgate, and Alexandra-park Railway, Regent's Canal (Limehouse Basin), Bishop's Castle Railway, Northampton and Ban bury Junction, and South Essex Railway. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Dublin, Clontarf, and Dollymount Tramway ; Belfast Central Railway ; Limerick and North Kenny junction ; Whitehaven Junction Railway ; Glasgow Corporation Water; Sunderland Corporation; Ilfracombe Rail way ; London and South-Western Railway (Kensing ton, &c.); London, Blackwall, and Millwall Extension Railway ; King's Lynn and Dock Railway ; and London and South-Western Railway (Perbright, Aldershot, and Farnham Junction). COMMISSIONERS OF SUPPLY MEETINGS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS BILL. The following noblemen were then appointed the select committee on this bill :—Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Caithness, Earl of Hard wicko, Earl of Carnarvon, Earl Powis, Viscount Melville, Viscount Eversley, Lord Berners, Lord Sondes, Lord Walsingham, Lord Harris, Lord Silchester, Lord Kin naird, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Leigh, Lord Tredegar, Lord Lyveden. DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) BILL. - - - - This bill was read a second time. COMPANIES' WORKMEN'S EDUCATION BILL. The Archbishop of YORK moved the third reading of this bill. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, the bill, with some amendments, was read a third time and passed. WAR DEPARTMENT TRAMWAY RAILWAY BILL. The report of the amendments on this bill was agreed to. PARSONAGES BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed ; Cheshire Lines Transfer, Chesterfield, Newbold, and Dunstone Road; and Saint Philip and Jacob's Parish (Bristol). REFEREES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Colonel WILSON PATTEN moved that the following committee be appointed to inquire into the operation of the Court of Referees on private bills :—Col. Wilson Patten, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Edward Pleydell Bouverie, Lord Robert Cecil, Lord Stanley, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Scholefiold, Mr. Woodd, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Ennis, Mr. Thompson, Mr. G. Hardy, and Sir John Shelley.—Five to be the quorum. The motion was agreed to. GLASGOW AND NORTFI-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. Sir C. FERGUSON moved that the filled-up bill de posited in the Private Bill-office, as proposed to be amended, and submitted to the committee on group 22 of railway bills, be referred to the examiners of petitions for private bills, with instruction to examine and report whether the standing orders of the house have been complied with in relation to the bill so amended and proposed to be sub mitted to the committee ; and that all petitions complain ing of non-compliance with the standing orders, in rela tion to the said amended bill, be referred to the examiners, with instructions to hear parties and their agents and wit nesses thereupon. Mr. DODSON opposed the motion, which, after a short discussion, was withdrawn. ROMAN CATHOLIC OATHS BILL.—(THE ADJOURNED DEBATE.) On the motion for the house going into committee on this bill, Mr. NEWDEGATE, as an amendment, moved that the house go into committee that day six months. He was of opinion that the bill now under discussion was the first attempt that had been made to disturb the compact entered into in the year 1829. There had been two committees, it was true, to consider the oaths taken by the members of the house, yet, although all the other oaths had been con sidered, the Roman Catholic oath had never been touched. (Hear, hear.) There had been, therefore, no inquiry into the substance of the oath, or the manner in which it was now proposed to alter it. The Government had asked the house to go into committee on this bill, and yet there was not on the notice paper one single word to lead the house to imagine the alterations proposed. Tho Home Secretary had stated that he was not prepared to go the whole length proposed by the bill, and that being the case, he thought he might have had the grace and favour to announce the exact distance he was prepared to go. As that course had not been adopted, he felt it his duty to do all he possibly could to prevent the bill becoming the law of the land. He was a staunch Protestant by conviction, and as such he wished to resist that which he considered schismatic, heretical, and corrupt, and he took the course he did because there was a feeling and an earnest desire on the part of, Roman Catholics in that country to " subdue an Imperial people," as was said by Dr. Manning , the successor of Cardinal Wiseman, to the domination of the Church of Rome. The house had removed nearly every obstacle in the way of religious freedom, but he thought it too much to ask the house to set aside one which only went the length of making it compulsory that the hear.)co i tution of the country should be respected. (Hear, Mr. TREHEARNE seconded the motion. Mr. GREGORY said he could not understa t termined opposition which was giv en to the p which, he contended, was one m erel y of r d e t n h t e b d il e l e was u cy to the Roman Catholics. He cou ld not b e c li o e in v m e o t n hat it thought that there was any fe ar of her y er b ino th t egPo e•raciou s Ma jestyTh being deposed and su bstituted 'Roman Catholics were not the g reat and terrible destroyers they they had been represented • Who, he would ask, brought block? Ihe Who did as much for Ch arles I. ? The Puri the head of Mary, Quee n of Scots, to the Protestants. tans of England ? Who deposed James I.? The Protestants. He altogether denied that the Roman Catholics were so completely under the footofth m e e V st a itn ticapnertaasnhtasdetbveieenes ever repre sented, because some of the rendered to the Sovereign of this country had been per formed by persons holding that belief. When the great Spanish Armada set sail it carried aloft, and in their midst, a banner blest by the Pope. Now, be would ask, who was the person conspicuous in the defeat of that great fleet? Why, Lord Howard of Effingham, a Roman Catholic ; and, aga i n , who at that particular time afforded the most important assistance a subject could give a sovereign ? why, Lord Montague, a Roman Catholic. (Hear, hear.) A tissue of obstacles had been related to the house with a view of impeding the mea sure, but he believed the result would be that that which was but an act of justice would receive the sanction and sup port of the majority of that house. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the object of the bill was vir tually to repeal one of the arrangements entered into with the Roman Catholics in 1829, and the bringing it forward at that particular time ho regarded with imminent danger, because it might tend to revive that angry feeling between Roman Catholics and Protestants which he so greatly de- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, May 30.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. Pus, May 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Walker Hall, from Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, May 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Charybdis, fronl L V on anco n, andproceededlsland; u"r's Don for Quixote, screw steamer, from do , Havannah. BRISTOL, May 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cardigan shire, from Barbadoes; Fominica, from Havann ah ; Vic toria, from Odessa. PLYMOUTH, May 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Eliza beth, from London for Calcutta. Sailed—Young Australia, for Moreton Bay. CLYDE, May 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Express, from Demerara. BY MAGNETIC TELEGR,APH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 3 0—Juno, from Hobart Town ; Haabet, from Ranea. Dm, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Maori, from New Zealand ; Cinderella, from Sydney—both for London. THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN NEWBERY.— This morning Dr. Lankester continued the enquiry, adjourned from yesterday, into the circumstances touching the death of Captain Newbery, who was killed by the falling of a wall of the Lilleshall Coal Company. Afthr some further evidence had been given the jury returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased met his death from accidental causes." THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The spring herring voyage may now be said to have terminated on the eastern coast. Some of the Lowestoft boats are proceeding to fish for herrings in the Irish Channel. The catches of mackerel made by the Great Yarmouth boats have been small during the last few days. Prices have varied —according to qua lity and the time at which the fish were brought into the harbour—from 325. to 465. per 100 (132) fish. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER LEA.— On Sunday evening a gentleman was rowing in an out rigger on the River Lea, when, by a false stroke of the oar, the vessel was upset near Lea-bridge, and 10 minutes elapsed before the deceased was got out. He was then found to be dead. By advicas from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 *ltalia . Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 10the per cent. dearer inndon thin in Hamburg. precated. If the bill was really required than it ought to have been introduced by the Government of the country, and not by a private member of the house. (Hear, hear.) Whether the measure was right or wrong, of one thing there was no doubt, viz., that it sought to effect a very important change in the constitution of the country—. (hear, hear)---and a measure doing that, in his opinion, ought to have been brought forward by the Executive Government, and that Government ought not to be satisfied with merely giving their support and assistance to aprivate member. The late Sir Robert Peel regarded the Roman Catholic oath as part of the settlement entered into in 1829, and to the latest hour of his life he regarded it as a final compact and arrangement that ought not to be legally altered. The present was not the moment to adopt in all its entirety the motion of his hon. friend. He would, how ever, divide the oath into four parts, and he would briefly tell the hon. gentleman how far ho would go with him. In the first place, he had no objection to expunge the part of the oath which stated that excommunicated sovereigns might be deposed or murdered by their subjects. It was an affront and offence to common sense, and therefore he for one could not defend it. With respect to the jurisdiction of the Pope, or other potentate in that country, he had no wish that that should be re tained. The following portion which set forth that the person taking the oath did so without evasion, equivoca tion, or mental reservation. He also would gladly see it abolished, because it was an insult to every man of honour, and a man without honour no oath could bind. (Hear, hear.) But the last portion of the oath, that which referred to the preservation of the settlement of property, as by law established, the preservation of the Church, as by law established, and the Protestant religion, that he felt was desirable and important to retain. He would give his assent, thus far, to the honourable gentleman, and it would be for him to say whether he would accept the alteration he proposed or not. Mr. HORSMAN said he could only regard the Roman Catholic oath as a mark of distinction between two mem bers of that house, and such a distinction, he contended, ought not to exist. Why such a distinction should be made he could not understand, because if the Roman Catholics were regarded as enemies of the Established Church, were not the English Dissenters in the same position ? (Hear, hear.) He looked upon the oath as a rem nant of a dark age, and the sooner it was got rid of the better, and if he went into committee on this bill he should do so with the earnest intention of getting a re vision of all the oaths now in use. (Hear, hear.) n o thought it was quite true when one oath as brief and simple as possible as h ewas s concerned, houldbe h takene would byall like to s see in the oath common,th as far of allegiance the only one taken at the table. He thought with the hon. baronet the member for Droitwich that the matter ought to have been brought forward bythe Govern ment, and he hoped that when the bill came from commit tee it would pass through its other stages under the au spices of her Majesty's Government. Sir H. CAIRNS was of opinion that the present was not the proper time to discuss the terms of the Roman Catholic oath, although he was free to confess that the earlier terms of the oath with respect to excommunicated sovereigns and the jurisdiction of the Pope were useless. With respect to that portion of the oath relating to the disturbing or weak ening the Protestant religion or Protestant Government of England, no one had yet ventured to say that the words were oppressive in form. He believed that it was the wish of members of the Roman Catholic faith to be free, in order that they might subvert the Church of England, as • by law established, if they could ; and, if for no other purpose, he considered it wise and prudent to retain the latter portion of the oath as a safeguard against any future attacks that might be made on the Church of England. Without the hon. member for Limerick gave an answer that he would accept the proposition of the right hon. member for Droitwich, he should cheerfully support the. motion of the hon. member for North Warwickshire. Lord E. HOWARD thought the oath but a snare to con science, and that the house would do well to remove it from their books, especially as it was repugnant to the feel ings of nearly all of the British gentlemen called upon to take it. Mr. MONSELL said he could 'not accept the pro posal of the hon. member for Droitwich (Sir J. Pak iugton). Sir P. BURRELL attempted for some time to address the house, but owing to the loud calls for a division, he resumed his seat. The house then divided, when there appeared— For going into committee 193 Against it Majority —67 The house then went committee, pro forma, and the chairman immediately reported progress. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the right hon. baronet the Home Secretary whether he would adopt the suggestion of the hon. member for Cockermouth (Mr. Horsman), and take charge of the bill. Mr. HORSMAN said the right hon. gentleman could not be expected to answer the question off hand. Sir G. GREY said he was not going to give an answer at that moment. The debate was then adjourned, Mr. MONSELL intimat ing that he would inform the house in the evening when he proposed to proceed with the committal of the bill. The sitting of the house was then suspended. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZE r TE—This Evening. WAR OFFICE, MAY 30. - The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Robert Gilmour Colquhoun, Esq., C. 8., her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Se cond Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honour able Order of the Bath. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Surgeon-Major William Munro, M.D., 93d Regiment, and Surgeon-Major Henry Bruges Buckle, Ist Punjab Regiment of Infantry, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. FOREIGN-OPFICE, MAY 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Col. Edward Stanton, C. 8., now her Majesty's Consul-General at Warsaw, to be her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 30. Coldstream Guards—Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Liam Gregory Dawkins has been placed upon half-pay. ADMIRALTY, MAY 25. The following promotions have been made in conse quence of the death of Captain Thomas D. A. Fortescue, viz.:— Commander Isaac Newton Thos. Sanley to be Captain. Lieut. Henry Legge Perceval to be Commander. Mr. Wm. George Le Cocq., Sub-Lieut., to be Lieutenant. confirming Commissions given to these Officers by Vice- Admiral Robert Smart, K.C.8., K.H., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Mediterranean Station, with seniority of 11th May, 1865. MAY 29. The following promotions have this day been made:— Mr. James Jones to be Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet ; Mr. George Griggs Smith to be First Class Assistant En gineer, with seniority of 18th May, 180. BANKRUPTS. The above are the only races received up to the time of our going to press. NOURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 17i Ditto 3 Months. 11 191 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris . Short 25 15 25 22 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —120 k Vienna — 11 17f 11 22} Trieste — 11 20 11. 25 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 47f 47} 48 48f 25 55 25 60 25 55 25 60 Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 25 52} 25 60 25 52} 25 60 25 55 25 60 25 55 25 60 Lisbon Oporto 51# 51 51# blf 101 I 8 101 i