The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-20 00:00:00

with h her lotel, 3 lef t rived king >count lay at ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL 1 TELLIGX TWELVE o'CLocK. Monetar y affairs manifest no important altera tion. The inquiry for assistance continues rather limited, with an abundance of floating capital, but the rates remain at prices ranging from 8 per cent. for the best short-dated paper. „ sum of £60,000 was w i t hd rawn f rom th e Junk yesterday, and there was au influx of 251,000 sovereigns. The suspension was announced yesterday of Messrs. Carleton Brothers, of Goldsmith-street and elsewhere, wholesale warehouseman. Mr. White, accountant, has the books in hand ; and the assets, it is stated, will prove considerable. The Bank of England return is not favourable, b u tt the ch anges shown were generally expected. bjoined are the particulars : A-etive Circulation Increase •.• •• Rest Decrease ...X25,421,380 ... 228,550 ... 13,645,975 . 347,495 Dlepnocrseitasse...*: ::: ::: ::: .......... 23:5176654154:,:073021653613 Public Decree *** *** *** O th Deposits" or ... *** —* ..... ... 19,820,939 Decrease ••• *** ... 4 651 , 646 Seven Day and Other Bills ::: ::: ". 735,249 Increas e 48,868 GO V • • • •• • ••• ••• ernment Securities ... ... ... ... 10,028,123 Decrease ••• lA. , ••• 1141 250,000 Other S ecurities 27,752,249 Notes 'J ump oy e Decrieaseed Decrea s .. ..... ... ..**. ..7. * 2 1 , 5 4 2 998 68,2 7, 4 2 3 5 8 0 5 5 ... ... ... ... The Bank of France return exhibits an increase of £576,000 in the bullion, of £1,000,000 in the balance s , i n circulation, of £253,320 in the Treasury balances, and a decrease of £930,000 in the Com mercial bills discounted, of £28,000 in the advances, and of £4,400,000 in the current accounts. Bullion Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to Reuter's telgram, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 68f. 65e. Firm, animated. The Money Market, up to the present moment, continues firm, and affairs generally are particu larly quiet. Notwithstanding the war, the deter rained attitude assumed by Prussia, and the 10 per cent. minimum, the British Funds are well main tained ; the same may be said of most descriptions of Stock Exchange property. Consols are 88i for money, a n d 881 I/ for the account. There is con siderable dullness in speculation, but a great desire to make investments. The New Threes and R e d uced Annuities are 87i * ; Exchequer Bills, 6s to ss. Prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 246 248 ; India 5 per Cents., 103 1 ; and do. Eufaced 5 1 Per Cents., 107. In the Foreign Stock Market quotations are gene rally at an i mprovement l2 . Greek have risen 1 per Italian, ,to 531 to / ; Turkish 5 per Cents., Ito 28i e ; Spanish Passive, *to 191 ; the C ert i ficates, * to 151 ; the Brazilian Scrip has decli ned 31 to 1 di s . ; an d M ex i can con ti nue a t 15 i i• Ameri can S ecur i t i es are b uoyant. United Stat es share s 1 , 5-20 Bonds ar e 1 better, at 694 ; E r i e at 421 I:; and Illinois 1, 771 81. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Father animated, and prices have shown an upward naovernent. Great Western, North Western, and an d Midland h ave each advanced 55., Metropoli tan' 151 '.'.7 Great Eastern, £l, and South Eastern, £ls s The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little va riation of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and are dealt Alli ance at Prices generally remain steady. London and County at 66 ; C onso lid a t e d a t 51 ; and 2in 221. Credit F onc i er an d M o bili er 0 _! Eli En gland are at 21 di s. ; General Credit at 11 , dts. ; I nternational Financial at 1* dis. ; and Royal -nail Steam have improved to 111*. BRITISH F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 3 neiI•:4Zt.NMENT FUNDS. Consols per Do. Account, July 10. N°WCent. Reduced 3 per Cent .. . .... ... .. ... 87? i i 1 New 2/ per Cont.:l ' m:l. . 1 . 8'34 . Do 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — r Exchequer Bills, £1,000 , 3 per C ent. 54 Ipm June. Do. Do .£5OO _ .Ban k el England Stock, 5 per Cent . Do Account I.Nnux GOVERNUENT SECURITIES. 741E158 — Indian St oc k , 10/ A per Cent., _ Do. A ccount Do. 5 per C ent. J uly, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certific a t es — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872_ Do. 5/ per Cent., May 1879 lO7 Do. Web 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO lO 15 pm Do un d er £l,OOO 10 15 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Br _ azilian 5 per Cent Do Do. 1863 Do A ccount 1865 — Do. £lOO Bonds 72/ 3 De Sc rip, £55 paid\ 2i 3/ die -nenos Ayres 6 per C ent —Do £lOO Bonds — ~,D , O 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do.-ulli 6 per Cent — Do. 4/ per Cent 6 per Cent Cub De S crip, £5O paid mbian 6 per Cent. — h") 6 per Cent. .6,aa,4nuisbhi 3 per Cent., 1825 _ —an Principalities L , .uO. Account 4qllador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D o Deferred per Cent Do., Second Issue D o £lOO B onds — Do. 1864 B- 1 1 Do £lOO Bonds 85 Do Government Railway Debenture& 821 ~ Do. £6O paid dis %.re 1. e z" 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons 1)0. account Guatemala 5 per Cent. ta ,;lan 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account iveDc..• .....uarenimana Railway — x lcan 3 per Cent Do. Account es Do 1864 l5l '-' 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Auontevidean 6per Cent., £3O paid Itl • — oorish Imperial 5 per Cent NewDGrandy arrants (Hectares) Do 2 per Cent, Do. Deferred AccountPeruan 5 per Cent., 1865 D° DDo 3 per Cent. (liribarren) es noo 4/ per Cent., 1.862 Account rorteguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . 2 , :' •, DDo 3 per Cent., 1836, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, o. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., B6/ Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 D 0 4/ p er C ent., 1860 D 0 3 pet Cent. 1859 Cent DDo 5 o 5 per Cent. 186 2 er . Sardiniapn 5 per Cent lB64 9O _ Do. Account S panish 3 per Cent Do Account_ Do N ew Deferred Do Account 32 DoDo Passive - Acc‘unt Sp wish Cert. of Coup nut funded — Do Account, S wedish 4 per Cent . . . .......... Tur Do. 41 per Cent. 18 64 Dkish 6 pernt Cent. 1854 — 0 Accou Do 6 per ent. 18:5 .. 55 Do. Account - Do £lOO Bonds Do D 0 6 per Cent. 1862 Account 53 1/ 2 Do £lOO Bonds — DoDoh per Cent., 1863 D o 1 D 5 per Cent 1865 ' paid up Scrip.- Account 1 ~, ,D o. 4 per Cent. 28 8 Guar V nezuel a 3 er Cent. — Do Guaranteed D itto accoupnt — D 6 per COCent., 1862 — p er Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 34/ 4 Dividenas on the above payable in London. 4 ustrif.n, 5 p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ~ Bel gla 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Ditch it per Cent Ex Xl2 Gull — nh r, 3 •, -4 • itl. c lentos per Cont. Ia 5 p er Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. . • Do. Ac count -•— • .... 54 3/ Consol s THREE O'CLOCK. for money ................ ..-. o. Ao count ....... ...... ' ■ '`",~\. ~..--_____ SHARE MARKETS.--This Day. WtDINAItY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Railways. Bi ibtol anti Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ICork and Bandon. I Corn wal l Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. E. 'A.m.:on, scrip Cert.i. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' ;),-). F.. A ngl. st. No. 2 Groat North of Scotland Great Northern 1),,. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford...... , Lancashire k Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lou. & South Western Man., Shef., 4; Lincoln stetropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension...... ➢ietropolitan District. Do. do. do. DO. and St. John'BW'd Mid.and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N •E purehast Do. Leeds Do. York Dv. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-a North London Do. do. 1864 Do. .10. 1863 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction : Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock po. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern -itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 ISSK Paid.) Closing Business * 1 Price. done. 89 91 125 427 35 95 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 112 11l 29i 30 5 6 i2l '23 1201 eao Gli 511, 34. 8 $ 122 123 3 9 20 22 1171 1181 92 P 3 58 59 133 134 2 1 3 p 85 87 125 i 123 It 2 9c) dr. E 4 E 6 4 26 108 110 i d [29k 129 3.1 2Ja 3e4 511 I I I 118 I i 921 f 59 134 3} 125 f 6 97} 103 i 9, 8 v IN i 106 i 63 1 8 Y Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron, Do. Preference -- Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-....... Calcutta. & S. E., a l e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. East. Berr_al, gu.; 5 do East IL:Wan, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extcnsiou Gland Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist "ref. Bonds Do. do deferred ... De: 2d 1;:i:1;nci.:. Do. do. deferred .... Do. Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 0. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India ...... gu2s. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.. Do '.treat N. s. of Canada. Do. New . Do. 5 p. c. Bd .' s. pay 1873 00. 5 4 do. pay. 1877-s.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. t Hudson's day N. Itl.C'da, 6pc Istpf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi • • d Do. do i Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St. Flo 64 COLONIAL GO VER: British Colnmbii.,6 per cent., De 0.31, 1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.StJulyl 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1.)o. 5 p. c. Jan. ,t July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribcd sk Capp C,Bope, 6 p.c. 187:1 Do.Apl.ez Oct . 1800-1900 Do. do: Do. Jan.&July, 1830-9. Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900... Ceylon, Nov. 1865, 6 p. • Do. IF7B, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 ... 110. 1882, MayJ 5, Nov. • Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal Liov. .1 per cent. . . N.l3•Gotr.6p.c.Ja..tr-tulf.. N. 8. W. Gov.sp - c.. Mat Do 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1137 t, -„—, Do. is Vo. 18138 to 189.! New Zealand. 6 p. cent Do. 5 percent.... ... Nova Sc , tia Goy. 6 p. o. sterling, 1875........ t.jueensland Gov. 6 p. c. .1. A us. Gov. 6 p,c 1868..;1 Do. 1878 & upwards.. Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, e pril BI ITI Cam. Consul. Gold, lim. Chiverton ............ Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist. Drakewalls ............ East Bassett (Illogan).. East Cara, t0n.......... Ease Cana 8rea..,,,,, ~ast Grenville ........ East Gunnislake ....... Eant Loved. ...... E. W . l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Gnat L ‘xey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... Great Wheal busy..... G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville .... Herod's Foot • Hingston uowne ......••• Margaret tlJny Lelant Marke Va11ey.......... wy ndy Iron Ore, lieu ;Nev Se ton .. North Itoskear ........ Bassett(lllog au ' North WheAl Crotty Prosper United........ Pr vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow ...... S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . ........... Tin 'Croft .......... Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan .. W. Caradon (Llskeard West Chiverton ....... West Seton. ........... Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton .......... ' Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 584 5.17.0 69 71 ICS 107 35 36 9 it 119 i2l 1 2p 1 2p 75 7: 108 112 15j 114 65 67 4C 18 676 68 76 88 14 lib 2 3 ; 100 iO3 53 65 SIONS. 52 54 100 101 ad ip 4 44 741 146 76 80 55 60 100 102 99a /GO, 100 101 18i 191 85 87 57 50 58 55 s') 55 45 40 45 3? 41 24 25 23 25 104 Ito I 1} p Ali 983 Al 93 15} 54 5 d al 23 83 ,s 5 I Of, 98 99 1 85 87 8 S 2 966 976 96 97 1 I 956 966 SECU. 92 94 93 95 91 96 75 77 75 77 99 101 102 101 102 104 100 103 86 8i 100 102 105 1 7 102 104 103 tOS 10t (03 1(3 1(5 97 100 90 02 90 92 90 95 83 F 5 92 9t 73 75 94 96 at 96 102 104 93 99f 103 105 13 7 5 7 425 445 it it 12 11 7 8 1 2 3 2.1.0 204 2.11,0 2.14.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.61 14.9.0 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.1..6 4:st 181 4.4.0 2.13 x 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.2. g 18.18.9 35.15.6 PREFERICNCE P3HARES, 7Onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, ,rto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 130 281 Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., tto 4/ per cent., rd., 941 FOREJUN ttA.ILWAY 8. 4reat Luxembourg, 13 P 3lom bardo Venetian, 151 4 FOREIGN Amm o. Gold and 9 1 7 tv i er ninirm 1; South ari a lu d s r ia le n an a s sd 3 .1.. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 1 pm p ar t C a o ie pr Port Philip, I C C h ap on e Washoe Gold, lim., 11 I St. John nel hey, Urn., 47 81 BANKS. Alibi nee, 11 rn.. 22/ 11 f Anglo Egyptian, lint., 13 Bank of New Zealand, 181 19 18 I Chartered ger. of India, London, and China, 36g 6 I Consolidated Bank, Urn., 51 1 Imperial ottoman, 81 8 Land Mortgage Bank of India, inn., 31 Do. 5 per cent. Debentures, 1 , 61. for 30 years, 83 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 2 London and County, 66 London Joint Stock, 414 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 121 Midland Bank, lint., 17 Oriental Bank Corporation, 48f Provincial Banking Corporation, lint., 41 j Linton of London, 44/ 5 1 91 MISCELLANNOUB. An glo - American Telegraph, 91 g g f Ceylon Company, Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua.,3iiii Berlin Water Works, lim., 101 91 9 City Discount, lint., City of Moscow Gas, li nt., 12 Commercial Union, Insurance, 6j Company of African Merchants, lim., 2; Credit Foncler and Mobilier ot Englanu, 3; 41 4 Eandia Irrigation and Canal, 9/ East Vale, 3 / Egyptian Cons. and Trading,_ 41 n. Credi t and Finance of London, DM.. 4 Internati onal Financial -ociety. lint., 3 1 2 London Financial Association. lim., 144 Lnndon (,enerai Omnibus Company, lint, 31 Preellold Land and Dock, 4/ N atal Land an d °ionization Co, lim, 2 National Provincial Marine, lint , I Ocean .'+:arine Insurance), Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mall, lint., 71 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 50i Royal Mail Steam, lon hames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lint, 3 di 71 31 19& '4Ol is 18 22 1t 2 33 35 31 31. 4 6 31 41 2t ltd 35 45 2 4 t 1 20 25 323 375 C M I 22i 9 11 3 5 1 2 6 7 ' 67 4 72} 105 us 80 85 10 15 3 5 195 155 10 12 104 41 Mid North ROPOSED DECORATION FOR WOMEN.—It is pro posed in France to institute a decoration which should be given exclusively to women for acts of courage, devoted ness, or charity. This order should be called the Eugenie BEER DRINKING IN PARIS.—The consumption in Paris of beer from the ancient provinces of Alsace and Lorraine is increasing in a remarkable manner. Six trains arrive every week by the Eastern Railway completely laden with casks of that liquor, and the quantity now drunk annually amounts to 4,500,000 gallons, and has nearly doubled within five years. The extent of land devoted to the cultivation of hops was, in 1860, 925 acres; it is now 2,860. During the year 1865, 440,000 gallons of beer from Munich and Mayence wore also imputed.—Galignasi. - MEN' 190 100 100 1.0 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 20, V 66. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF .COMNIONS—LAsT EVENING, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills, with amendments, were considered and agreed to :—Bedford and Northampton Railway, Bray Improvement, Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Addi tional Capital), Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Tramways, Killgsbridgo Railway, Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spalding an d B ourn, an d N orw i c h an d S pa ldi ng Railway Comp an i es, N orth British Railway (New Works, &c.), Peterborouzb, Wiebeach, and Sutton Railway, and Somerset and Dorset Railway. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In committee of the whole house, Viscount CRANBORNE said it was the practice in treat ing Indian finance to deal with three years. With respect to the first of the three, 1864-5, the gross revenue was £45,653,000, and the gross expenditure £45,846,000, being a deficit of £193,000, being a difference of more than £BOO,OOO from the estimate. In regard to the year 1865-6, the gross revenue was £47,041,000, and the gross expenditure was £47,020,000. In that year there was an increase generally in the land and forest revenue, though the net profit from the latter was at present but small. The excise yielded £2,291,000, being a gain of over £47,000 on the previous year. The income tax had been repealed, princi pally because it had been a complete failure in India, though at tenpence in the pound never producing more than two millions a year. The salt tax had experienced a consider able loss, about £ 1 67,000. The customs showed a gain of £BB,OOO, while opium gave £8,638,000, or £1,277,000 more than in the previous year. The public works realised a sum of £1,016,000. Turning to expenditure, he spoke of the enormous cost of the collection of the revenue, it being £8,776,000, though there was last year a diminution of over £200,000. The army cost £13,468,000, being nearly the same as in the previous year, which was about the average expenditure. The expenditure for public works was £5,352,000, law and justice £2,439,000, and police £2,398,000 ; each item being an increase. The estimate of the revenue of the year 1866-7 showed a deficit of £72,800. The opium-tax was estimated at £8,500,000, but that was a high and exceptional estimate ; and he feared that too much reliance was placed on this source of revenue. This was the more to be regretted as the percentage of other sources of Indian revenue had decreased rather than in creased ; and thus opium had become the essential element in Eastern finance. For the current year more than £6,000,000 was spent on pnblic works, which was a heavy item of expenditure, but it was, in fact, a large surplus which was invested in remunerative works. The cash balances at the close of the year would not be more than £10,000,000. The railway expenditure had been a source of enormous success, for the repayment of the outlay was going on with extraordinary rapidity. The Great Indian Peninsula lino paid 7 per cent. on its capital, and the East Indian nearly 5 per cent., though neither of them was fully and thoroughly opened. In conse quence of a very full and able report ore the general moral and material condition of India which had been presented to the house, it was not necessary for him to say more than that education was progressing, public works—particularly of irrigation were going on; rail ways advancing ; the Ganges Canal had been rendered more fitted fur its great purposes, and there was much evidence of prosperity. The shortness of his tenure of office must be an apology, if he needed it, for his not speaking of the policy of the Government in regard to India, but it was quite in his power to say that that policy was peace, public works, and an avoidance of the old ag gressive system of annexation. Mr. LAING thought the house must feel greatly in debted to the noble lord. for the interesting statement he had made, and that they might augur well for the prospects of India under the noble lord's administration, from the comprehensive manner in which h e h a d d ealt with the subject. The Governm nt had act e d w i se l y i n not attempt ingto reimpose an income tax, which was peculiarly ob jectionable to the native population. The genera l sys t em of Indian finance inaugurated after the mutiny was not, upon the whole, unsatisfactory, and he saw no reason why the revenue should not increase at the rate of a million a year. Any future difficulties that we might en coun t er i n India would, he believed, most likely arise from th e ex t en t to which irregulars were employed in the army, with an insufficient number of European officers to command them. The police system also required an improved organisation for at present there was great danger of its becoming a military force. Mr. STANSFELD said that if the policy shadowed out by Lord Cranborne were carried into effect it should lead to the keeping down, not the cutting down, of the military expenditure, and we were entitled to hope that the general expenditure should not increase, but be subjected to a gradual and moderate reducti o n. F ur th er, if we h a d abandoned the old policy of conqu es t an d annexa ti on, t h en the time had come when we were bound to concentrate all our energies upon the civil government of the country, and the moral, intellectual, and material progress of the people. This meant financially a much larger civil outlay, and more money spent upon law and justice, and above all education, for which the people of India were athirst. He should be glad to hear that the noble lord adopted these views ; and in that case Mr. Stansfeld assured him that he should have his cordial support. Mr. SMOLLEI"I I recommended that economy, and not new taxation, should be the rule of the Indian Government in future. Mr. CRAWFORD expressed a general approval of the policy enunciated by the Chief Secretary. Lord W. HAY, referring to observations made by pre vious speakers on the subject of annexation, took occasion to defend the administration of the Marquis of Dalhousie, contending that the annexations of territory then effected were absolut e l y necessary for the consolidation of our Eastern empire. res Sir ectin J. PERGUSSON, noticing the remark s o f M r. L a i ng respecting the police of I n di a , sa id th a t on th e w h ole the force wo r k e d very well, and that so far as the army was concerned he could not agree with the hon. member that it was an element of danger: 0 3 d i a r, e l j r B w . a s 8 ti‘ol opened,be evas gratifiedfei. it wasat hie.eaerlilnyg the t h a3thtehee issippi of Indi a. In his opinion, however, public works of sho lo h aensuld b . e provid e d f or not out of revenue, but by means T discussion was continued by Colonel Sykes, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Ayrton, and Lord Dunkellin, and closed with the adoption of the usual resolution declaratory of the re venue and charges for the financial year. DISTRIBUT The consideration of the Thames Navigation Bill was resumed in committeeat Clause 63 shortly before midnight, but it was a quarter to two the morning before the re maining portion of the clauses were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be reported to the house. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL.—RE- Mr. GLADSTONE, who rose at a quarter to two o'clock, lON OF SEATS BILL. said—On rising to move that the orders be discharged, he had a few words of explanation to offer as to the course ho proposed to take. On the occasion of the resignation of the late Government he had not moved the discharge of the orders, under the conviction that it was their duty to give the incoming Government an opportunity of consider ing the course they should adopt with respect to the bills The declaration of the leading members of the Government in another place, and likewise in the country, showed that it was not their intention to take any step in reference to the bills, a course of which he did not at all make a com plaint. He did not think, however, that the motion should be taken altogether as a matter of course, and ho had there fore given notice of his intention to make it, in order that if any member desired to take the opinion of the house upon it he should have an opportunity of doing so. At that late hour he would not enter into the reasons for not going forward 'with the bills at this period of the session, but perhaps it was expected of him that after all that had taken place he should say a word as to the future. As re gards the future, the great subject of the representation of the people was not primarily in the hands of himself or of those with whom he had been connected. It was, of course, to her Majesty's Government that in the first in stance the country would look for a decision in reference to those bills. Ho did not desire to press the Govern ment upon the question, nor did he make any com plaint that the Government had d ec li ned to give an early opinion upon the cours e they intended to adopt He would only say that it would be matter of great satis faction, both to his colleagues and himself, if the Govern mentraswith whom he had the should be in a condition to moot this question, and d to deal with it in a satisfactory and e ff ectual manner. lie d n he pr e p are d to give on his honourownd i y particular poat rtatok'so r act,fro provisions onttvhyhieespn part pledge eithe r with respect to time or aant nor o f w those s of the late bill, or any bill for par liamentary reform. This was not th e period at which the matter should be so handled, but th ey would be glad to whichthey b e li eved to be good and effectual, without the smallest r egard to wh a t h a d hap pened should be ready to assist and co ngratulate those who might be more fortunate than themsel ves. (Cheers.) Ho must also say, without conveying a ny i mputation what ever on any class of persons, that they were not the parties supporta who would consent to the passing of any measure that they should regard as reactionary or illusory in its provisions, and to such a measure they should offer the best resistance in their power. Beyond that, to any questions put to him in regard to their future course, and to their intentions in respect to this matter, he would only eae ., that they should wish to be judged by what they had said during times past and in the present session. He meant not so much in refer ence to the particular terms or provisions for the attain ment of an object of such great public importance, in re spect to which all parties ought to remain entirely free, as in respect to the temper, the spirit, and the aim with which they should at any time, if it became their duty in the place which they now occupied, to approach this subject. With I respect to those points, they would wish their future con duct to be interpreted by their language and their acts in the past. With those words he begged leave to move that the orderS of the day for going into committee on the Repre sentation of the People Bill and Redistribution of Seats Bill should be discharged. The order was then discharged. mi T tt h ee e . Commons Metropolis Bill p assed through com- The remaining orders were disposed of, and the house adjourned shortly after 2 o'clock. Royal Tour in Belgium. LIEGE, July 16. This ordinarily busy city, the Birmingham of Belgium, has been more than usually busy during the last two days, notwithstanding the entire sus pension of all the manufacturing operations which form its staple employments. The energies and the lgood will of the population had been devoted to preparing a fitting welcome for their Sovereign, who, in fulfilment of his intention to visit all the princi pal towns in his dominions, had decided upon giving Liege au early place on the list. Yesterday, in anticipation of the Royal visit, numerous bodies from other towns who had been invited by the people of Liege arrived in the city and imparted additional bustle to the already bustling streets. In accordance with the idea which is presumed to have induced the journey of King Leopold 11., the Liegos seem to have thought that the more general the representation of the kingdom at these fetes the more significant they would be, and, therefore, in their hospitable zeal they issued invitations to all the representative bodies within a very extended radius from their city. On Sunday troops of the civic guard were continually arriving (including some who bad performed a hurried journey from Wimbledon), and they were constituted the guests of the civic guard of Liege, each special body of which entertaining the corresponding number of the force in other towns. I n a dditio n to the =btu, guests less warlike assistants had been summoned, and had responded in the persons of upwards of 60 choral societies coming from different parts of Bel gium. It will be readily understood that, with magnificent weather, the old town of Liege was ex ceedingly gay on Sunday. To-day the interest has centred on the Royal party which arrived here about 11 o'clock. The King, accompanied by the Queen and the Count of Flanders, had left Brussels by railway about half-past 8, but had stopped for a short space at Tirlemont, where an address from the local authorities was presented, in which after mentioning the 35 years of the reign of King Leopold I. as so many years of happiness and pro gress to Belgium, the present King was reminded that to insure for Belgium a continuance of that European respect which his father had obtained for it he had only to follow in the steps of his illustrious parent. "The confidence and the fidelity of the nation," it continued, " will never fail you. The people will second you in your august mission, con vinced that its future and its happiness cannot be intrusted to more able or more worthy hands, and that they are intimately bound up with the future and the welfare of the King and the royal family." The address from the clergy declared that, " based upon the principles of religion, the fidelity and the attachment of the Belgians to their King are un changeable." The royal train then proceeded to Liege, where they were received by all the local authorities, civil, military, and ecclesiastical, accom panied by whom they traversed the city from the railway station to the Place St. Lambert, receiving in their course the warmest welcome from the dense throngs which filled the streets. In the great square an immense trophy of the principal works for which Liege is famed had been erected, and there before the King , and his Consort defiled from 18,000 to 20,000 of the workmen belonging to the city. The royal party then proceeded to the palace, where an address from the municipality was presented, of which the following were the most striking passages —" Yes, Sire, we have confidence in the future of the country, for we are strong in our own right. We are strong also in the paramount influence of public opinion, which, not less than treaties, has marked the place of Belgium on the map of nations, And in the grand conflicts which we are now wi uessing we remember with gladness the words de serving the consideration of all the chiefs of nations, and which a powerful sovereign pronounced ten years since in the presence of Europe assembled to glorify the acts of peace. 'At the moment of combat,' said he, ' the success of armies, however brilliant they may be, are but transitory. In the end it is public opinion which always gains the ultimate vie . tory.' In this point of view, Sire, what politica' position was ever better guaranteed than that o: Belgium? United among themselves by the same need of independence and liberty ; united by recip rocal and respected engagements to a dynasty which is honoured by the friendship of the most powerful sovereigns, theßelgians can observe without anxiety the movements of general politics." The King made a suitable reply in general terms, and, after receiving other addresses couched in a similar spirit from various bodies, his Majesty proceeded to visit various parts of the town where objects of attrac tion had been prepared. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COTJRT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) BOARDMAN V. BOARDMAN (AND QUEEN'S PROCTOR INTER• VEXING.) Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Harmer for the Crown. This was a suit by the wife for a dissolution of marriag on the ground of her husband's adultery and cruelty, to which he replied, pleading denial, condonation, and he re criminated the charge of adultery. Information reached the Queen's Proctor to the effect that there had been col lusion between the petitioner and respondent to obtain a divorce, and he accordingly intervened. The parties were married at Glasgow in 1860, the petitioner being only 18 and the respondent being also young. The petitioner was possessed of property, and had an absolute reversionof.£lo,ooo on the decease of her maternal grandfather. They went to re side at Liverpool, where the respondent carried on business in partnership with another gentleman. For about 18 months after the marriage they lived happily together, but then the respondent, who had induced his wife to assign to him her fortune of £l,OOO and her reversion of the £lO,OOO already mentioned, commenced neglecting her, being in the habit of seldom coming home till late at night, and addicting himself to gambling and drinking, although not to the [extent of intoxication. In the year 1863 Mr. Boardman and his wife went to live in the house of a gentleman and his wife, named Bousfield, at Liverpool with whom they were on most intimate terms. They afteewards removed, and Mr. Bousfield died, which, how ever, did not interrupt the close intimacy that previously existed with Mr. Bousfield. Mr. Boardman allowed his wife to go to public places of amusement with Mr. Bous field, and did not object to his kissing her in his presence The marital intercourse between the petitioner and his wife continued until, when it came to the knowledge of the petitioner in the early part of February, 1865, that her husband was keeping a woman named Smith, and that he had had an improper intimacy with other women during the time of their cohabitation. She immediately com menced proceedings to procure a divorce ; and the respon dent also filed a cross-petition, charging his wife with having committed adultery with Mr Bousfield. In con sequence of this Mr. Bousfield brought an action against Mr. Boardman for slander, but was nonsuited on technical grounds. Several witnesses were called for the purpose of dis proving the allegation of adultery of the petitioner; and one of them stated that Mr. Boardman said in his presence that his wife was as pure as snow. There was medical evidence also to show that Mrs. Boardman was suffering from a loathsome disease, which she alleged was commu nicated to her by her husband, which constituted cruelty. The petitioner's case had not concluded at the rising of the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. -- - - MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY.— Catherine Garrard Holt (stylishly dressed) and Kate Holmes were charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a gold watch and chain, of the value of £B, the property of Mrs. Louisa Leslie, who described herself as a milliner, of No. 10, Kempsford-road, Early-road, Kennington. The prosecutrix—l was at Barns's, the Grapes, in the Haymarket, at a quarter to one on Wednesday morning, taking some gin and strawberries. Holmes took my watch and chain off my neck, and pretended to give it to some one, but did not do so. 1 asked my niece, who was with me, where my watch and chain were, and she said that Holmes had got them. Mr. Knox—Why is the other prisoner in custody ? Prosecutrix—Because she was with Holmes at the time. I went to the station, and gave information to the police. Mr. Knox—Had you been drinking? Prosecutrix—Yes, a little wine at the Alhambra. I paid for some gin at Barns's, but gave that away. Mr. Knox—Gordon (the constable in the case)—ls there anything more against Holt ? Gordon—No, sir. Mr. Knox—Then he is discharged. (To Holmes). The prosecutrix says you took her watch and chain. Holmes—l deny it. Annie Russell (niece to the prosecutrix), said, on Tues day night my aunt and myself met the prisoner and her friend at the Alhambra. We got into conversation and had something to drink at a public-house, and then went to Barns's. Tho prisoner took the watch off my aunt's neck, saying " There's a lot of thieves visit these houses,' and she then pretended to put the watch and chain down my bosom. I thought I had them, but found I had not when my aunt spoke to me about them. Holmes—l never took the watch and chain; you know your aunt was very drunk. Mr. Knox ordered Holt to be culled as a witness. Holt said—While at the Alhambra Russell came up to me and said, "My aunt calls me Rats. ' I replied, " Then I suppose you call her Mouse." We then got into conver sation, and afterwards left, and after going to different places and hying something to drink, went to Barns's, in the Haymarket. The prosecutrix wanted to have some supper, and dragged Holmes into a supper place, but the waiter said it was too late. The prosecutrix, who was very drunk, said, " Where's my watch and chain ?" and Russell then took off the watch and chain from her aunt's neck and put them down her own bosom. I went to the Alhambra next night, when a constable came up and took me into custody, but I know nothing at all of the watch and chain. Mr. Knox—l do not believe you do. Gordon, 33 C—l took the prisoners into custody—one last night, the other this morning. Mr. Knox—Holmes is discharged. As soon as Holmes left the bar she fell on the floor, having fainted. THAMES. Doc STEALING. John Flinn, a coalwhipper,was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a valuable black retriever bitch, the property of Mr. Henry Holt, the landlord of the Hoop and Grapes publichouse, and naval rendezvous, in Ratcliff-highway. Mr. Holt missed the dog, which he called Nell, at break- fast time yesterday morning, and gave immediate informa tion to the police. Yestcrday afternoon a police-constable named Proctor, No. 60 K, saw the prisoner in a place called the Shadwall Gap, near the High-street, leading the retriever with a piece of cord round its neck. Proctor immediately recognised the dog to be the one Mr. Holt had lost, and said to the prisoner, " What are you going to do with that dog ?" to which he replied, that he was about to take the dog to the Three Crowns public-house, in Hackney, and that a man named Thomas Stevens told him the dog belonged to the landlord of that place. Mrs. Proctor said why the dog is Mr. Bolt's, at the naval rendezvous, the Hoop and Grapes, in the Highway. Mr. Holt and Nell recognised each other, and the prose cutor said he lost another valuable dog, worth £25, a few week's ago, and offered a reward of £5 for its recovery. He believed the dog in court was stolen, in expectation that a reward would be offered for it. He had not recovered the first dog he had lost. Re would offer no more rewards. The prisoner, in defence, said that he heard two men call the dog Nell, and they told him if he took the dog to the Three Crowns at Hackney he would got paid for it. William Doyle gave the prisoner a good character, and said he had been at work as a coal whipper out of the office in Shadwell for 18 or 19 years. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said I know the prisoner, he is an industrious man, and is a coal-whipper. I know but this, I must say if there is a dog worth 4d. hanging about the coal-whippers will have it. Mr. Partridge directed that inquiries should be made about the man named Thomas Stephens, and remanded the prisoner until to-morrow. HIPPING INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) - - LONDON, July 20.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 20 —Fairy Queen and Granite—both from Archangel; Emmanuel, from Stolpemunde; Cambyses, from St. Vincent; Louisa Marie, from CLristiansand ; F Edward and Orest—both from Christiania ; Marie, from Wismar; Marie Margareth, from Krageroe ; Persia, from Sydney ; Rosa, from Sulina ; Stadeworcum and Kornelia —both from Worcum ; Pallion, from Stettin ; Sir J. Law rence, from Calcutta. Sailed, July 19—Breeze, for Malta; Oliva, steamer, for Dantsic. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—John Harley and Remo, from London, for Car diff; Jubilee, from China, for London; Gulnare, from Sunderland, for Constantinople ; N. H. S. D. Commercial Code, from the west, for tne north. Passed in tow— Indian Empire and Stratton Aubley, from Calcutta; Eliza Laing, from Colombo —all fir London. The first general meeting of the Scottish Com mercial Insurance Company was held in Glasgow on the 17th inst. The report stated 3,443 fire policies had been issued in the nine months the as sociation had been established, yielding premiums to the amount of £9,954 ; the losses during the same period were £3,157. The directors propose com mencing the business of life assurance. The directors of the London Financial Associa tion have issued a report for the past half-year which states that there is a balance of £76,581, after paying current expenses at the credit of profit and loss, which amount, as well as the reserve of £lOO,OOO, has been placed to a special account to meet any depreciation of securities a nd l osses, when ascertained. It is stated that 211 o bli gations of the association have been duly met, without the sacrifice of any securities at present low prices. The directors do not advise the payment of a dividend. , MARKETS.--This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of home grown wheat were small. The import of foreign wheat being large the trade for all qualities ruled heavy, and prices were about bs per quarter beneath the late highest point. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. For all descriptions the trade was still at drooping prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at about late rates. The market was well supplied with barley—chiefly foreign. The trade was heavy, and prices had a drooping tendency. Malt sold slowly on former terms. Oats were in good supply, and the trade was dull at a decline in prices from Friday last of 6d to is per qr. Beans and peas sold heavily at is per qr. less money than on Friday last. The flour trade was dull at drooping prices. 811IP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,190 20 2,610 1590 Irish Foreign 43,960 12,040 52,080 380 sks. bls. THE WAR IN GERMANY. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS) FRANKFORT, July 20. The Kummer brigade has crossed the Maine, and is marching southwards. It will occupy Darmstadt to-day. The Prussians are already in possession of Wiesbaden and Ilochst. The Wrangel brigade and the brigate composed of Oldenburg and Hanseatic troops remain here to garrison Frankfort, and will be reinforced by reserve battalions from the con tingents furnished by Prussia's North German General Falkenstein left last night for Bohemia SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. STAMFORD RACES--THIS DAT. (BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) KETTON STAKES. Lord St. Vincent's Lucifer (Mr. Bevill) 1 Mr. W. Morris's Ambition Lord Exeter's Hebe (Norman) 3 Betting -13 to Bon Lucifer. Won by a head. STAMFORD CUP. Lord Cardigan ns Tormentor (Hibberd) 1 Mr. Sutton's Elland (Thomas) 2 Mr. Savile's Brother to Guerilla (Covey) 3 Betting—ti to son Tormentor, even agst Elland. Won by two lengths; bad third. CLIFDEN CUP. Trapeze Warrior Pantaloon SCURRY HANDICAP. Thalia ...... Nukuheva Le Mechante . Vauban Fripponier Prodigal EIGHTH BIENNIAL. SEVENTH WOTHORPE. Redan Hebe Life Guardsman Won by two lengths. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Special (taken) 9to 1 agst Black Prince CT:P. 7 to 4 agst Gladiateur 2 3 2 3 VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—THIS DAY. Very little doing. For the Goodwood Cup, was reported that Gladiateur would not run. GOOD WOOD STAKES. sto 2 agst Special (taken) 100 to 12 agst Black Prince (taken) 10 to 1 agst Potomac (taken) 16 to 1 agst Surney (taken) 25 to 1 agst Acta, (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 2to lon Gladiateur (taken and offered AQUATICS. KELLEY AND HAMILL. A crowded audience assembled at the Canter bury Hall last evening to witness the presentation of the stakes of £l,OOO to Harry Kelley, won in his late contest with Hamill on the Tyne. The "champion of the world" addressed the audience in a short but characteristic speech, stating his determination to retire, but at the same time promising that, should the championship of the Thames ever be placed in jeopardy by a foreigner, he will come forward and do his best to uphold the aquatic precedence of England. This speech was received most enthusiastically by the audience —indeed, so long and continuous was the cheering that it was some time before order could be restored. Several of Kelley's friends appeared with him, among whom were Mr. Bush, his principal backer, and Mr. Drewitt, Kelley's trainer, to wh om h e owes so much. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Very moderate supplies of meat are on sale ; neverthe less the demand is inactive at our quotations. rer Sib by the carcase. s d Inferior beet 3 6 3 1 diddling do. 4 0 1 4 Prime large do 4 6 4 b Prime small do 1 10 5 Veal 4 4 5 4 Lamb. 6s d d Interior mutton 1 0 4 b Middling muiton 4 1 5 4 Prune do 0 6 5 8 Large pork a 10 4 4 Small pork. i 0 5 0 11 to :g ld. S BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations are favourable. Very little business is passing in any description, and the ten dency of prices is in favour of buyers. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is very dull without, however, any change in prices. St:GAIL—A good business has been done in West India at fully previous rates. Iu the refined market the bupplies on offer are very scanty, and prices tend upwards. Com mon lumps are quoted 445. 6d. per cwt. COFFEE.—At public sale the biddings for Plantation Ceylon have bsen spirited, and superior descriptions sold readily at full prices. Other qualities were without change. RlCE. — Business remains very quiet, and quotations are unaltered. TALLOW.—The market is very dull, and the general ten dency of prices in all positions is downwards. P.Y.C., on the spot, is marked 445., and last three months 4os. 9d. per cwt. GREEN FRl7lT.—Market quiet, which is usually the case at this period of the year. Some parcels, Sicily lemons, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at au im provement in price. Nuts of all kinds dull. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales. The report to be presented at the meeting of the Merchant Shipping Company recommend a divi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, equal to 15s. per share for the half year, free of income tax. At the meeting held to-day of the Discount Corporation (Limited) the report stated that the gross profits have been £14,260 2s. 11d. ; and deducting £6,360 3s. 7d. for expenses, and £7,516 Os. for rebate on bills, a sum of £383 10s. 4d. is carried forward to new account. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CLAPHAM POND. Yesterday an inquest was held at Clapham on the body of Charles Lockyear, aged 16. On Wednesday week tho de ceased went into the Long-pond on Clapham-common, to get out a toy boat, and was drowned. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and requested the coroner to call the attention of the local authorities to the state of the pond. The United States consul at Hamburg, Mr. James 111‘Donald, has offered 50 tons of ice for the use of the Prussian - War Department. ITIES. THIRD _EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tjiis EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— South London Market, Buckley and Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway Companies, Midland Railway (Branches, &c.), Bute Docks (Cardiff), Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway, and Wendale and Speldon District Water. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE moved for papers relating to the Danubian Principalities. He said he had a few observations to make on this motion, which stood so long on their lordships' paper, and which he was compelled to postpone on public grounds, and from circumstances over which he had no control. Having ad verted to the geographical position of the Principalities as a barrier between Russia and Turkey, he expressed his ap prehension that the boundaries of the Principalities would be affeeted by the disturbances on the Continent. He was understood to say that a union between the Principalities would be highly desirable in a political point of view. The noble lord entered into historical details in connection with the constitution of the P r i nc i pa li ties, but spoke in so low a tone as to be audible only at intervals in the reporters' gallery. He was understood to say that the circumstances con nected with the Principalitie s assume d a ddi t i onal import ance from the position of other powers of the Continent. Ho referred to Denmark, and strongly condemned the violation of principles upon which Prussia had proceeded o f l a te years. The time was most critical, for an attempt was made to strike an i m p or t an t St a t e o ut of the position it h a d so l ong occupied. Ho believed the policy of Prussia had been concocted for some time, and he contended that its pleas for aggression on Austria were not founded on justice or good faith. He said he believed that they would have to look back with regret to what had taken place in refeienee to the Duchies, when a timely word of interposition might have taught Prussia not to transgress a certain boundary of action, and repressed the attempts at aggression into which it had been betrayed, to the danger of the peace of all Europe. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Glasgow Police, Swansea Vale Railway, Wandsworth and Putney Gas, Wolverhampton and Wal sall Railway, Brighton West Pier, and Liverpool Sewage Utilisation. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to issue for the borough of Eye, in consequence of the resignation of Sir E. Kerrison. TAX ON DOGS. Mr. WALDEGRAVE-LESLIE asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he had any intention of bring ing in a bill this session with regard to the reduction and better collection of the duty on dogs ? Mr. HUNT said it was not the intention of the Govern ment to bring in such a bill during the present session. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Mr. EWART asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what course the Government intended to pursue with regard to the " Law of Capital Punishment Amendment Bill." Mr. WALPOLE said it was not intended to proceed with the bill this session further than the first reading, in order that the bill might be printed for the use of mem bers. CATTLE PLAGUE. In answer to Major WALKER, Mr. WALPOLE said there was no order to prevent the holding of fairs, but there were to prevent the moving of sheep. As the cattle plague had shown itself in sheep, it was desirable to ascertain the extent of the disease before any alteration of the regulations with respect to sheep were set aside. THE IRISH SOCIETY. Mr. KENNEDY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when the returns relating to the Irish Society Estates, ordered on the Bth May last, were to be presented to the house ? Lord NAAS said a notice had been served on th e m Irish i,er Society. As no notice had been taken, the h on. _ had better make a motion that the return with. be znade forth- THE EAST COAST OF CEYLON. In reply to Mr. MARSH, • tin existence of all th to be apprehended from Nuer b o li u s s he p d ar c t h s a o r f ts th w e e c r o e as at t rs were of Ceylon, and as no ding those PAKINGU.'ON said e th d a a t . it was not intended to take immediate steps for e ilblishing charts of those parts. those parts not sur t s ii -e e y In reply to Col onel ittleveitrhelia.etisvpeeettottohtt;lneattoifilearts_ PEEL said there objection to produce General N o MEDICALIt Ti I , OFFICERS. was n o it was not only ' yofanthdencaovznym. commissioners intended to adopt o t i b fo e nt h r oe e f p at o rh r me t thoset recommendations, but to go beyoud them. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT. On the motion of Mr. OLIPHANT, returns of the names of the officers of the Military Store Department were ordered. FLAT-HEADED STEEL SHOT. Mr. OSBORNE asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the experiments commenced by the late Board in firing at the Royal Sovereign would be completed as originally contemplated, viz., by firing flat-headed steel shot or shell from the Whitworth 7-inch gun, thereby ascertaining the penetration as compared with that of the round-headed shot fired from the 12-ton gun ? Sir J. PAKINGTON said with respect to the two de scriptions of shot there was no question with respect to the deeper penetration of the flat-headed steel shot. It was not, however, intended to recommend the forming of tur ret* on board the Royal Sovereign. • CHURCH RATS. Mr. HENLEY asks d the on. member for South Lanca shire at what hour he intended to proceed into the Church Rates Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE said he should not go on with it that evening if he did not get an opportunity before mid night. NAVAL GUNNERY. Mr. B. OSBORNE gave notice of his intention on an early day of calling the attention of the house to the pre sent system of naval gunnery. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEC,),iIa gave notice that on going into committee of supply he should make a short statement showing the additional charge that- had been made on the exchequer since the statement of the right hon. gentleman opposite, and to state what course the Government intended t,3 take on the subject. IRISH RAILWAYS. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. GREGORY rose to call the attention of the houqo and her Majesty's Government to the evidence given fore the Royal Commission ou R a il wa y s , a nd the subject of Irish railways. The hon. member entered at some length into the various causes which had prevented the railways in Ireland from making adequate returns to the share holders, and said the whole of the matter wouldbe entirely altered in the event of the Government taking the man agement of railways in Ireland entirely into their hands. The hon: member recommended that the whole of the railways should be purchased and placed under the direc tion of ono tribunal, which should be composed of gentle men of the highest eminence, appointed for a term of not less than five years. That the fares should bo revised and lowered, that all unfinished lines should be completed, and that such a desirable result should be consummated as soon as possible. fie hoped that her Majesty's Government would take tha subject in hand, and, by adopting such suggestions as he bad thrown out, they would earn for themselves the gra-. titude of every class of her Majesty's subjects in Ireland. Mr. PIM said bad management had brought about the present state of affairs in Ireland, and that if an efficient system of railway management for Ireland was adopted by the Government the best results would follow. Mr. DUTTON hoped that next session the Govern ment would be prepared with some measure which would tend to relieve the railways in Ireland from the difficulties with which they were surrounded. What was wanted was not the extension of any of the Irish railways, but a full development of the traffic, which was, if properly managed, of a remunerative nature. The circumstances that had brought about the present state of railway affairs in Ireland was a loss of credit. When that was re-established prosperity would re turn, and all the railways which were now in a very ques-: tionable situation would become amply remunerative; Without State interference, in a very short time the rail way system in Ireland would come to a close. Lord NAAS promised that the matter should have the serious consideration of the Government. [LEFT SPEAKI-N-G.-1 LONDON GAZE T TE. —This Evening. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JuLY 20. 14th Regiment of Hussars -Cornet and Adjutant Joseph Harpur to have the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet Thomas Allan Henry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James George Glyn Shaw, who retires ; George Bryan Cooke Yarborough, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry. Royal Regiment of Artillery-Lieut.-Col. William David Aitken, on the Supernumerary List, t o b e C olonel; Lieut.-Col. Charles Bundler Fuller to be Colonel, vice Charles Lucas, promoted to the rank of Major-General e r e t t Capt. Joseph Shekleton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Fuller; Second Capt. Arthur Reginald Hoskins to be c C o a Lu p t b e a i n t. , o v b i e c e s b e ' e h o e n k :1 1 e Captain,;to n v u Raikes to be Second Captain, vice IL M. Cadell, retired upon half-pay. te E- Il dm os u k n in d s ; Lieut.oge B .p a r i e s ; G Bury Royal Engineers - Captain John Augustus Fuller to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. B. G. Close, who retires upon half-pay ; Second Captain Irwin Montgomery Greig to be Captain, vice Fuller; Lieutenant Walter Manson to be Second Captain, vice Greig; Lieutenant Henry Cecil Moore to be placed on the Retired List on account of ill health. Military Train-Lieut. George Faulkner Wilkinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice S. Lavalliere Curgenveu, who retires ; Ensign Franklin Ludovic Berthon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilkinson ; Ensign G. Phibbs to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Ed ward Frere Vibait, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Fre derick Francis Wilder Taylor, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Berthon ; Gentleman Cadet Edwin Newdigate Newbury, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Phibbs. Coldstream Guards-Lieutenant and Captain Henry C. Jervoise to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice William Henry Reeve, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Robert Eyre to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice C. Walter Lee-Main- Waring, who . retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant John Barton Sterling to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice Jervoise; Ensign and Lieutenant George Gordon Macpherson to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard, who retires ; the Hon. Henry William Lowry Corry to bo Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Eyre ; Robert William Webb Follett ' lieut., to be Ensi gn an d Lieutenant, by purchase, vic e Sterling ; the Hon. Evelyn Edward Thomas Buscawen to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macphei son. Ist Regiment of Foot-Captain Henry Francis Bythesea to be Major without purchase, vice Major and Brevet,- Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart, C. 13., who retires upon full pay ; Lieutenant William Freeborn to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Bythesea ; E ns i gn Ch ar l es Henry Sanford to be ieutenant, without purchase, vice Freeborn; Gentleman Cadet Rich ar d Henry Derman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sanford. 2d Foot-Lieut. Thomas Kelly to be Captain, by pur chase, vice John Charles Tyrwhitt Drake, who retires ; Ensign Arthur T. Mudge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kelly; William Hutchinson Ma rs h, G ent . , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mudge. 4th Foot-Lieut. John W. G. Telfer to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. James Henry M'Ewen, appointed Adjutant; Lieut. James Henry M'Ewen to be Adju tant, vice Lieut. Oswald R. Middleton, promoted. Bth Foot-John Mount Batten to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Lieut. Jeremy Peyton Jones, appointed Ad jutant. 17th Foot-Ensign Robert Loring has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 37th Foot-Lieut. George Hall, from half-pay, late Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. 0. Sargeant, appointed Paymaster, 59th Foot; Ensign William Boyle Moore to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Hall, who re tires; Gentleman Cadet Francis Richard Begbie, f rom the oyal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moore. 43d Foot- Captain Thomas Horan to be Major, without purchase, vice Thomas E. Holmes, promoted to a Halt pay Lieutenant-Oolonelcy, without purchase. 53d Foot-Captain Brownlow North Gamier to be Major, by purchase, vice Sidney Godolphin Quicke, who retires ; Lieutenant William Loraine Geddes to b e Captain, by purchase, vice Gamier ; Ensign George Reed Carr to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Geddes. 59th Foot-Lieutenant Francis Openshaw Sargeant, from the 37th Foot to be Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Francis Lovett Bennett, who retires upon half-pay. 64th Foot, Lieutenant Edward Joseph Jekyll to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieut William James Voules, who has resigned the appointment. 65th Foot, Staff Surgeon William Alexander Davidson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice S urgeon -M a j or Th omas Es monde White, M.D., who exchanges. 80th Foot, Captain and Brevet-Major Frederick Miller to be Major, without purchase, vice Edward Harding., deceased. 9Gth Foot-The third Christian name of Ensign Wil loughby, appointed on the 15th June, 1866, is 2ercival. Ist West" - India Regiment-Lieutenant Francis Archibald Stewart, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, vice Thomas England, who retires. 2d West India Regiment-Ensign Malcolm MacGregor to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Patrick Molle Lawe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Mitchell, who retires. 3d West India Regiment-Ensign Arthur Coombs, to 4)0 Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Archibald Stewart, trans ferred to the Ist West India Regiment; William Forster Camplin Grey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coombs. HALF-PAY. -Major Thomas E. Holmes, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Thomas Wickham, from the 61st Foot, to be Major, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.- S urgeon-Major Thomas Esmoude White, M.D., from the 65th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon- Major, vice Staff Surgeon William Alexander Davidson, M.D., who exchanges. BREVET. Major and Brevet-Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart, C. 8., retired full-pay, late Ist Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Captain and Brevet-Colonel William Thomas Blewett Mounsteven, retired full-pay and late Staff Officer of Pen sioners, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Francis Levett Bennett, half-pay late 59th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. 00IIESE OF EXCHANGE —This Evening. BAnnoAmsterdam r D uttstv i a: t e t ed o irsam Hamburg Paris Ditto Frankfort on the Maine 3 Short I I S h_ h o_on o_ r it h . a . 121 1 1 1 5 i l 8 : 3 11— int1i5. 22 2 55 5 44 3 55 7* 11 16 1 1 18* 11 18* 25 50 25 BO 13 9 25 20 25 45 25 471 —123 511 1 8 11 i: 1181 Vienna .................. Trieste lb 0 B Y e e r te li i n - sburgh 251 261 ......... Madrid Cadiz L egur:t — 44 45 . Milan 28 0 2 0 Genoa Naples — 28 0 2 50 WORKHOUSE INFIRMARIES.— Yesterday at the meeting of the Marylebone vestry, Churchwarden Kynaston in the chair, Mr. Tavener drew the attention of the board to a rather important error in Mr. Farnall's official report on workhouse infirmaries. It is stated that in No. GA Ward of the Marylebone Workhouse there were only 206 cubic feet of air to each patient, and 18ft. space to each bed, whereas the fact was there were 456 cubic feet of air to each patient, and 36 feet space to each bed ; in one case double, and in the other case more than double what was stated. The board of guardians, feeling they were misre presented, wrote to the Poor-law'Board, but had not re ceived any answer. From a report made to Congress, it appears that the American Government has provided 6,075 artificial limbs to soldiers-2,134 arms, 3,784 legs, 44 hands, 9 feet, and 104 other appliances ; 23 different manufacturers of artificial limbs supplied the Government, and the cost was 57,628 - doll. ~~ 44~JS'• se of Com- fence to the take ;sued ,on at .:oni !]ng- at in 51:; ws: jil ard jor the 3 of il a , Le Share 100 100 100 all 100 100 1001 1 244 1051 751 99 f