The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-05 00:00:00

OBEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is assuming a very easy appear ance. Capital is plentiful, the demand at the bank cf England and out of doors is decreasing, and brokers are now inclined to enter extensively into bus iness, and are negotiating short-dated bills at 9 Per cent. There is an idea that we have seen the Worst of the panic, and now that the favourable t u rn i n the current of gold arrivals has taken place official rate of discount is likely in the course of another week ,o be reduced. Under these circum stances the prospect is regarded as favourable, esPeially as a war on the Continent would un c4abt.edly tend to increase our supplies of money. Two o'CLoes. The French Rentes, this morning, according to rteuter's telegram, were 62f. 60c. T he English Stock Market opened with firmness, and the Funds rose I per cent. Subsequently the adverse advices from the Continent induced sales, and Consols receded*, viz., to 851 1 for money, for the July account they are 851 86. The New Threes a nd Reduced Annuities are 841 85 ; Annuities, 188 5, 131 ; Bank of England Stock, 247 250 ; In din 5 per C en t ., 10 3 f ; d i tto Debentures, 100 ; and ditto Bonds, par. F oreign Stocks are all lower. Italian have re ceded, to 351 361; and th e N ew L oan 2 per Cen t. to 50 55 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. are 281291 ; Mexican, 161 171 ; ditto New, 14/ 15 ; Greek, ; Spanish Passive, 181 ; Certificates, 131 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 7 6 dis. 1 ,. the Rail wa y Sh are M ar k e t th ere h as b een very little animation, and prices generally are a shade flatter. Great Northern A Stook has declined 11; o:teat Western, 4 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, ; and Midland, I. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little c hange of importance. East Indian, however, have r eceded to 1024. Bank Shares are very 'flat. Agra and Master 'llan have declined about £7 to 10 12; London a nd County are 68 70 ; Consolidated, 31 3 die. ; Alliance, 8 6 die; Imperial Ottoman, 11 dis. ; and Bank of London, 11 9 dis. In the Miscellaneous Market, Credit Foncier and 41 ehilier o f E ngland are quoted 11 1 dis. ; Na tional,, Discount C om p an y, 6 } prem. ; and General Crept and Finance, 21 21 dis. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . GOVERNMENT rums. ° Der Cent. Consols 8 o. A ccount, may 9 per Cent. Reduced : 54 N ew 3rr Cent Ne w ~ _ i v 4 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — -°' 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -11,Duities, 30 r expire sth Jan., 1880 ,"o.(Redo yr Y S, S ' X • e sth April,"lBBs l 3i u° Sea T e ele p g ir raph), Aug., 1908 — ti March. Juno, tebequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — Ba n ff o £lOO and £2OO "r,O of gland Stock, 5 per Cent Account i 'IMIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Ildian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. A.ccount P. ) ° . 6 per Cent. Oct 1870 `-'°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 -h°' 5 Per Cent" May 1879 . '-',e. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 uo. Bonds, £l,OOO par N. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4 r teutine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin lls trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 B razili an 5 per Cent. ' Do. Lo per Cent, 1852-58-60 . 1863 — , Do. 1865 — "Fs° Account 63 1 E " 0 . Scrip, £45 paid li h el los Ayres 6 per Cent _ o l d°. 1 per Cent. 3 per Cent.) D ban, 6 per Cent 95 e . 4 1 per Cent n • ip 0. 6 per Cent - die Colo ° !rip, £5O paid eta sign 6r Cent. _ b aim a ,6 Per Cont.Ce U 1 , - , 8 ,,u, 3 per Cent, 1825 _ 41-1", all Principalities -°- . 3 -i! . eount 4111ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ii ,l4 . l ) l :3 o visional Land Warrant _ °lilioP-'4a/sxeUrcionpeeicti-riesseunet - ES 0 £lOO Bonds :1,2;0 41D0o0, Bonds — 801 77 1864 84 1 2i "°. Government Railway Debentures B4l the D e (h em ; ' C r 5O Paid jp - c „ -- .° per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons — ll t. Account B u ' C oupons Lto. Account itZtemala 5 per Cent. — D o 4ll 5 Per Cent 1865 ,0 Account i e " • Ilareminana Railway — 0 o• cic au 3 per Cent Account — U 6 1) n 1864 ko:t - Per Cent. Anglo-French paid Do evidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid ,D, r o i P I mperial 5 per Cent NewPet°4 -a rk' Wai ts (Hectares) r.,.. Tan a `ranaci a 8 0 v , 4 ° 5 per Cent., 1865 B 0 ~",Per Cent. (Uribarren) — f)„ ',,1 Per Cent., 1862 Peeeot — Do g a ueB e 3 per Cent., 1853 4111330:-A.Peeeoruii,Ctent" 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, si e D Li 5 Per Cent" 1822, .£ St — b°„4t per Cent. 1850 0 0 / Per Cent., 1860 B 0 " Pex Cent. 1859 — B per Cent 1862 B3 2 tar ( i i i 5 . Per Cent. 1864 B9 B o °l ° l l 5 per Cent p,,,,„: iikeeount ... B -1813 . 3 per Cent ~c, Account 1 0 )? New Deferred 0 Acco unt Do Passive 1., 13 ,, ° ,4A-cesu n t 181 D e eh Cert. of Coup not funded w lAccouut l3l 1 /27'0811 4 per Cent. T e °: 4 i Per Cent. 1864 rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 pie Account ° 3 per Cent. 185$ Bo x 1.00 Bonds D — h ° 6 Per Cent. 186'2 ze Account • uo £lOO Bonds 2gl Ci r ,° 6 per Cent., 1863 .. ; /o 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — • ics,o Account v uO. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed • anezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do. 1864 . Dividends on the above payabl e i n L on d on. Ilieetrian, 5 par Cent., E x . 10 Fl or i ns ilelaia°, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Du 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — le;.:;° , 1 per Cent. Certificates It,perk lientee 3 per Cent. 1-'4l' Roper Cent., 1861, Ex. 251. .... * -5. ont ,00. s, TWO O'CLOCK. • ( A : .r) for money ri o e eeurit, June 6th B5l uly 85 8411'?ItTG INTELLIGENCE.Ths Day. Vi-t°Tl)°7l, June s.—Wi nd th i s day a t noon—South ti eSt°tidy erl Y; moderate breeze, and fin© weather, but rather l ive frotro,4tP°°L,el June I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Zottave, adphi a e ila Git ": l3 , Jun o 3 .— Wi nd S.E.—Arrived—General ();:, from Sulina. 13te4,11 LlN'tnPooL, June 4 .—Arrived—Atlantie, screw P o , 4 e , r ' fr°lTlNew York. trta j--'81101:Tir, June 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—William Op: ile y; from Rangoon. 1,t1;-uonTsmotrit, June 3. Wind S.W.—Arrived -B\tone, from Aquilla9. ti ere w I : 3l 'Til, June 4.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Anglian, 24th A _`'retuer, from the Cape of Good Hope; left on the I'Z sc P 1 . Ir ok to t - ,e,.11r-, June 4.—Wine S.E.—Arrived—Vitt or i a — nos Ayres, (BY TELEGRAPH.) rri, in Tu c es o d l a o y m 3 b l;7n ß in a g p . id, fro ' "ed ' jon e 5 —A GRAVESEND, Tuesday ordeal 4130 ; Advance, from g Havre ; Marie Pacifico, from a ; queen of the Age, from Macao. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Pt 1. 8 8...., . Etea.,:U Minden, from Madras ; Ivesi" l., from Seville; Laura, of South C a e m rv p a t n o t n e , s, from scrvv e liolltall few London ; Syron, of Arundel, and Leopard -1 °I Catharli-oh, froze the wee, for the PO4lll, dlt Ll OO- 0 1 bta 0 ,01.15 rJe(), SHARE MARKS TS.— This Day. ORDINARY MARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. Bristol and Exeter ~Caledonian Cambrian ••••• Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc &London, scrip Gerti Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. Great N orth of Scotland reat Northern D. A stock Do. B stock Do. New. is. at 25 pri GtS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Du. S. Val. Rail gua Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford YorkshirQ Lyndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Davrr Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lyn. & North IVesteru Lon. & South Western IMan., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. d 9. do. Do. and t. John's W'd Midtand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin Derb) $i id Kent North' British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwic!. Do. G.Isl•E purchase. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Cintral Soot. N. E Aber. stock I ;o. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon , outh E , stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford dr Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha I West Cornwall Paid.' Closing I Business Price. done. 90 92 126 128 63 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 25 15d 112 111 36 34 6 7 j 122 123 13) j 3: 51 55 1221 2 130 29 51 31 251 11 1161 16 i 9: } 1254 1221 2 103, 8 BRITISH Atlantic & Sl.L.awrence Born., Bare da. & Cen.ln., gu. 5 per cent.: • Do. shares Tiuffalo & Lake Huron -..--- Do. Preference, Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- ~• • •••• • Calcutta & S. E., Um c Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. ,p East. Bemzal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pre". Bones Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Dn. do. deterred _ G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. I o. G ua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c G t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D. , . 41 per cent Do. ... Great n. of Canada DJ. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 i)o. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua.. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension slelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay.. N. ape lstpf.bs. Scinde .. Do. Delhi Do. do . Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St. Flor. "°43 COLONIAL GO PER British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.,t July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Fcb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar.- & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed 8k Cape &. Hope, 6 p.c.1873 Do.Apl.&oel 1890-1900 Do. do: Is , Bo-9u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9: Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.i Do. 1878, do Itauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & .Natal qov. 6 per cent ' N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. my N. S.W. Gov. 5 p .0.. 186 c -- B8: Ft-1N itIPP New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scutia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.e 1868-9 Do. 1878 Jr upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS Cam. Como!. Gold, lint Chiverton _ Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan] East Caradon East Cam Brea r;ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk ii am. & StAubyn(G wen. Great L txey, limited Great South Tolgus Groat Wheal Cusy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville ilerod's Foot ..... ... • flingston Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant liarke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, 11w Nen, Se ton ....•• ••••• North Roskear Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... •• • • Pr„videnee Uny Lviant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chtver ton West Seton . Wheal Bassett flllogan Wheal Buller atedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Scion Wheal Trelawney (Lie. ill MINES. 2.1.0 29i 2.14. r 2.14. v 8.3.6 3.9.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 3.2.0 18.18.0 35.15.0 6 7 8 10 493 510 A 1.5 5 6 14 2 14 2 i i 8 9 3 3l 21 22 I t 16 16 11 2 37 39 5 4 , 6 3f 4} 2i lid 35 45 2 4 I 1 27 2 9 350 375 if 2 15 20 9 li 3 5 1 2 7 67i 7211 125 135 80 85 12S 17i 41,1 195 205 13 15 YEEFERENCE SHAUN& North Eastern, G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref., Stockton and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 311 North Staffoi dahire, 21 } PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland A and B £5 pf, 1(3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby,lllo FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gust. 7 per cent., 14 Great Luxembourg. li It South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 111 1 FOREIGN MINIO. Frontino and Bolivia Gold. 1im.,1 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, Oh United Mexican, Hin., If Washoe Gold, Hm., 13 BANS& Agra and Masterman's, lim., 14 10} Alliance, lim., 17 16 British and Californian, lim., 22 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 162 Colonial, 44 Consolidated Bank, lim., Imperial Ottoman, 8i 8 Ditto, new, 8 London Chartered Bank of Australia,[22 London and County, 68 London Joint Stock, 45 i Oriental Bank Corporation, 43 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 3 4 Standard of •British South Africa, 9i Ditto, issued at 6 pm., 21 Union of London, 47 8 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 3 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., Berlin Water Works, Jim., 9 City of London Beal Property, lim., 3i City Offices, lim., 1 Credit roncler and Mobilier of England, 31 41 Crystal Palace, 38 East India Irrigation and Canal, 7i Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., Fairb .irn Eng.neering, Fore-street 11 arehouse, lim., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, Um., Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, Um., 7 International Financial Society, lim., 31 Land Securities, 1,m., 2 1 London l t o ' s a c n o c u i n a t l c A o s m a oo p a i a n t y l . o n 1 1 1: rn. , 61 7 N Natal ; Land and io rth Britishanedoniati n Co., Mercantile Insurance, lim. i 16) Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mall, lim., 8 Peninsula and Orientai Steam, Ditto, new,:4ol Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira., 61 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lira., 2} The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about j per milk pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.10 per LI sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 j to 1092 per cent. At these rates there is a prat on the importation of go:d tram the United Status. 33 40 34, 34 120 21 91 96 25 27 11(11 1161 9t4 924 6) 62 125 126 14 2 p 6 1 p 85 90 121 (21 ii 11 93 ?5 54 (6 4 26 IC7 109 70 72 107 109 351 354 10 11 p 120 122 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 118 150 65 57 96 49 G 9 70 7 8 190 143 1 3 ) 100, 103 52 54 , ESSIONS. 64 56 100 102 ip 4} 41 8 9 76 80 61 65 100 1 0 ' 100 102 1011 102 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 63 55 57 50 55 42 45 42 45 27 30 108 10 1i 2 2 99 101 91 93 14i 15i 5} 5 d 91 Q 6 83 ,y 5 11 Old 100 1(2 90 02 813 88 81 63 8' $ 98 100 97 99 1 97 99 roes: 'AIENT SECU 92 94 90 93 90 93 77 79 76 79 102 104 102 101 162 104 102 104 86 61 ICO IU2 105 1 7 102 3(4 103 105 101 103 104 :06 99 101 90 93 92 91 §R - 91 90 72 75 0 99 98 100 101 106 100 102 AMERICA. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. [REUTERS TELEGRAM.] ARRIVAL OF THE MORAVIAN. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, May 25 (Evening.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justico Byles and a Common Jury.) MYERS Y. HARRIS -BREACH OP PROMISE OP MARRIAGE ----- This was an action brought by Plopbe Myers to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage, to which the defendant pleaded that their engagement was rescinded by mutual consent. Judge Thomas, of the Circuit Court of Vir ginia, Alexandria, has decided in variance with the Civil Rights Bill that no Congressional legislation can impair the right of the State to enforce the existing laws excluding negro testimony from the Courts. The defendant was a publican, ftad the plaintiff a young woman in humble life. The evidence was very uninterest ing. The jury gave a verdict. Damages, £6O. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) MALLINSON v. MAMMON. His lordship, in delivering judgment in the case, said that the question had reference to the custody of the chil dren, and stood ever for a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of the Queen v. Horne. Previously, the court considered that its jurisdiction over children did not go beyond the 14th year, but, after the result of the cue in question, he considered the jurisdiction extended until their 16th year. It is reported that Mrs. Davis has gone to Wash ington to endeavour to procure the release of her husband on parole. _ Last evening Stephens addressed a mass meeting of Fenians at Brooklyn, declaring that unless Ire land was liberated the Irish race in a few years would be absorbed in this country and disappear from the earth. He urged the reconciliation of the opposing circles preparatory to action, and declared that he could get 100,000 rifles safely into Ireland. • Mr. Davis has been granted the freedom of For tress Monroe on parole. He has also been permitted to have frequent private interviews with Messrs. O'Connor and Shea, and it is rumoured that his trial will be postponed until August. The Governor of North Carolina, in a message to the State Convention, declares that the Civil Go vernment of that State is in complete operation. He strongly endorses the policy of Mr. Johnson. England's Position in Relation to the War Crisis. (From the Anylo-American Times.) Great is the excitement now prevailing in all circles---official, commercial, and private—in regard to the struggle on the Continent. This threatened contest, if not already commenced, is now, to all appearance, beyond the reach of diplomatic inter vention. Prussia, or rather the KING and his PRE MIER, wish war ; and war it will be, unless Prussia herself, fairly seeing the position in which an as sumption of hostilities at the present time would inevitably place her, breaks up into parties and fac tions, and outvotes the bloodthirsty policy of her Sovereign. No Power in all Europe is at this moment ready to commence war with her neigh bours. England is, just now, labouring un der an almost unparalleled commercial panic ; money is not to be had for any sort of security ; the banks are either breaking, or holding fast their funds in anticipation of another rush ; commercial men look askance at each other, not knowing who is worth a five-pound note ; the credit of all trades is frightfully bad, and the large accounts falling due cannot readily be met. Little need England say about war ; her own affairs need careful nursing, and her neighbours must look after their own concerns. France, too, is deeply engaged in matters connected wich the advancement of her social and commercial position in the world. Her withdrawal from Mexico demands all her spare thoughts ; and she plainly intimates that she means to assist in this impending contest with advice only. This is by far the wisz,st plan. The Prussians are quite capable of bringing themselves to grief with out any assistance from the French or anybody else. No statesman, whatever be his abilities, can long pursue the line taken by Count von BISMARCK without, earlier or later, involving his KING and his country in a ruinous war. The grasping, cruel, selfish, and tyrannicalpolicy followed by Prussia and her am bitious ruler is a most dangerous one. The Schleswig- Holstein affair is not yet paid for, and in the event of a war the feeling of all honest politicians will be against Prussia, in remembrance of her presump tuous behaviour towards the small country of Den mark in that matter. The Ohio Democratic Convention has passed re solutions endorsing the policy of the President and denouncing the conduct of the Senate. Mr. Val landigham made a speech declaring that Congress was secretly conspiring to depose President John son. Sir Frederick Bruce has conveyed to Mr. Seward the thanks of the British Government for the effi cient means adopted by the Government of the United States to suppress Fenian demonstrations. Intelligence received here from New Brunswick announces that the Confederation candidates have been elected in all the parishes of Northumberland. Great excitement prevailed, and riots were appre hended. • The America and Saxonia have arrived out. The City of New York takes out nearly $4,000,000 in specie. The total shipment to-day for Europe is $6,000,000. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money tight. Gold, 138 k. Exchange on London 1521 ; on Paris, 3.66. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 95i ; Illinois, 1151; Erie, 61k. 5.20 Bonds, 101 i. Cotton quiet. M. Upland, 41. Flour and wheat quiet, and prices drooping. Corn and provisions quiet. Coffee and molasses held firmly. Sugar slightly firmer. Petroleum dull— crude, 27i ; refined 43. Receiptsof cotton at New York during five days, 6,000 ; two days' sale, 7,000 ; stock, 14,000 bales. • NEW ORLEANS, May 25.—Cotton firm and active; low middling, 36 to 37. Week's receipts, 5,000 ; week's exports, 1,500 ; three days' sales, 7,000. MOBILE, May 25.—Week's sales of cotton, 4,000; week's receipts, 3,000 ; week's exports, 2,000. THE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DRESDEN, June 4. It needs not the wisdom of SOLON to see that FREDERICK means aggression. He will get his foot in wherever he can ; but if he carries out the game now in hand, he will most probably " put his foot " into it" to a rather unpleasant degree. The Russians will not let Prussia hold too much of the Continental power. ALEXANDER is a peace-loving, mild Sovereign ; but he is not foolish enough to allow the King of PRUSSIA to draw him into his schemes ; and the Prussians cannot be rash enough to engage in a war with Russia. Italy wants to fight—let her ; she is too poor to fight long, and she will soon get herself into a tolerable scrape in this war, if she persists in it. What, then, shall England do ? Clearly, she had best let the affair alone. If there is a Congress, let her send her Pienipotentiary ; but no soldiers. The whole thing, if it goes through, cannot affect England much. The war may be fought out ; it will lead to just nothing. Prussia will rouse all the European powers against herself, and become, if The Grand Duke of Baden returned last night, via Munich, to Carlsruhe. His Highness had pre viously had several interviews with the King of Saxony and Baron von Beust. TATTERSALLS'—Last Evening. ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Bto 1 agst Caithness (taken) Bto 1 agst Windham (taken) Bto 1 agst Brown Bread (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dolan (taken) 10 to 1 agst Miner (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lady Vane (taken) 10 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) MANCHESTER BETTING-YESTERDAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 100 to 12 agst Windham (taken) 9to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 10 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) 11 to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) 11 to 1 agst Brown Bread (taken/ BISMARCK lives long enough, the detestation of the whole civilised world. COUNTRY MARKETS. .KAla-LVCC r-.rzvz- COLCHESTER-JUNE 2. Windsor Summer 5 Newton• Hampton 7 Kanturk 7 Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury l3 There was a small supply of wheat at market to-day, but trade steady, and quotations about the same as this day week. Beans and peas continue scarce, and were fully as dear. Wheat, white 48s f6s Beans, Mazagan......39s 42g rcd 42 60s Middle and 5ma11..42s 468 Barley .... 34s 43s Peas, white 38s 428 Oats GRANTHAM-Jun 2. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield* lO Reading Hundleby Nottingham Stamford l9 There was a limited supply of wheat at market to-day, and prices remain as last week. Barley scarcely worth quoting. Other grain scarce. Old white wheat, 52s to 545; old red, 49s to 525; new white, 49s to 52s ; new red, 44s to 47s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 3Gs to 42s per qr. ; grinding, 308 to 33s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 51s; new, 44s to 46s per 38 stone. Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. Jersey ___ 1 Brighton 7 Brighton Club ,Lowes • lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l . . CIIELAISFORD--juNE 1. To-day's market was again well supplied with wheat, and best samples brought last week's prices; inferior sam ples scarcely asked for, and the whole trade was very dull. Spring corn firm. Wheat, old white.... 445 52s Peas, Partridge 363 39s new 4:18 51s White ..29s 24s old red 3is 41s Bulling .. ...... 37s 41s new. 35s 45s Dun—. ..... ...36s 40s Barley . 2ss 33s dit o, new... —s —s Chevalier 33a 4.? s Beans, Tick, old ......35s 40s Grinding `)88 348 new.... 353 30s Malt Ws Ws __ _ Harrow ileks.334 42s SEPT] Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richfnond Chevalier 60s 62s Oats .. ••• 2.18 26s new....36s 40s Maz Tan . 34s Zfis NORTHAMPTON-JUNE 2. Northampton CC 2 0 Bedford Lothians' Racing Club 3 Bromley 4 - NOVE • The market thinly attended, and in the price of wheat no material change. Barley not much sought after, but prices firm. Oats scarce. Beans in good demand. New white wheat, 498 to 528 ; new red, 44s to 49s ; old white, 48s to 535; old red, 46s to 50s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 88s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ; new, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 50s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. Lincoln Liverpool ThE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 18G6. ABERDEEN--JUNE 1. Little doing in the market to-day, and, with a thin at. tendance, prices were unaltered. White wheat 402 Od to 45s bushel. 01 621 b il Red wheat 40 s O d to 45s Od Potato oats 25s Od to 25s 6dt n,. Common oats Bore 24s Od to 24s 6d3 A ono 30s Od to 31s Od N. -. ti bushel. N. 531 b 11 bushel. Barley 32s Od to 32s 6dr. Oatmeal 198 6d to 20s Od 11 boll of 280th Flour, fine 36s Od to 37s Od 10 sack of 280I1'. KIRKCALDY--JUNE 2. Small supplies of all kinds of grain, which made the prices of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats First...... 458 Od 368 6,1 I 288 Od beecnd.... 46s 6d I 368 6ct 29s Od Third.- 47s 01 383 Od 30s Od CRYSTAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAY.-MON DAY, JUNE 4.—Admissions on payment 3,244; ditto by season tickets, 948. Total visitors, 4,192.: Births. ANDREW—On the 2d inst., at South Kensington, the wife of Commander Charles W. Andrew, R.N., of a son. COCKERTON —On the 3d inst., at 12, Petersham-terrace, Queen's -gate, the wife of R . Cockerton, E sq ., o f a son. Dawson—On s r Joseph Dawson, o f a son. FOLEY—On the 3d inst., at Critshill, th e Hon. Mrs. St. George Foley, of a son. 3 t i h i e s. 3 4 inst., at Leyden House, Roup e ll-p ar k, t w, Marriages. , Captain 86th (Royal PIKE—BLYTn the 2t inst., at S. Mark's Church, to Annie, youngest daughter of John Blyth, Esq., Albert-road, Regent's -park. SMITH—EDWARDS—On the 2d inst., at St. Matthew's Church, Oakley-square, Reuben Smith, of Sergeants'- cAolbuenrtty-rDoaodl,vnl;ritcangclisnePnit,ke, 11,8 q. inn, Temple, Eq., to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of F. P. Edwards, of Camden-road, E sq. Deaths. e Theßnno ge " it 't e eldest Vicarage, AstrwlN—On the 30th ult., at Ald ingt a o g n e :l 2 an l o . r House, R. Ashwin, Esq., aged 54. ldest son of Dennett C A O v CAL L oLy i ll N ilEji a nei trg. - -: 0 1 lEo n slci t t. l : ;: oevf 2 i2c 9 sda t r h ainno l d i fs l t- t s.i ii . , , t. a.l D ltN, e 0 t , s aged 36. CLARK—On the 2d inst., at 26, Pe mbridge-squaro, Matthew Clark, Esq., of 72, Groat T ower -street, aged 81. GARLAND—On the Ist inst., at Elthan , Kent, Elizabeth, relict of John Garland, Esq., aged 90. L AMBARD E—On the Ist inst., at Beechmont Sevenoaks, W. Lambardo, Esq., aged 70. , MARTIN—On the 2d inst., at the Bl ac k E ag l e B rewery, Westerham, Kent, Robert M. M ar ti n, aged 38. MULLENS - On the 3d inst., James D. M u ll ens, E sq., o f 16 , Cambridge-square, Hyde - park. WOODLAND-0B the Ist inst., at Ivy ll.Quse, Bridgwater, R. B. Woodland, Esq., aged 49. 1071 7 1011 i ITIES. '11,1130 1.00: Beverley ~, a Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Summer Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Worcester • 28 .LY. K nu tsford Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Spilsby Cambridge 24 Southampton 25 Chesterfield Huntingdon Goodwood .UST. AUG I York August 2l I Dover 23 Plymouth 23 West Drayton Li c hfi e ld I Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 :MBER. Hendon (Welsh Harp) 20 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 21 Wordsley Newmarket let October 25 Walsall csi BER. Newmarket 2d October... 8 Harrow ..... 16 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Worcester 3O MBE EL Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. - 31u1Ungar _ JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. Vincennes 3 I Toulouse 24, 28 M on taüban Toulouse St. Omer Rouen 8, 8 Metz 9 , 15 Amiens -- AUG Deauville.... 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 10, 12 Bourges... 12, 13 Valenciennes Moulins 19 Cherbourg SEPT Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCT Abbeville Lo Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 2 9, 30, 31 rUST. Le Mans ..................... Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden - Baden ............... 31 Paris 7 1 Ch an tilly 11 , 18 ;MBER. Paris (Autumn) ...... 23, 30 IBER. Vincennes Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zcaland, via Southampton June ig Ditto, via Marseilles June 13 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet ...... June 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope , Asc ension, and St. Helena... June China Marseilles . Penang, and Singapore , via Southampton.. June 3. Ditto, ......June 13 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton June 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..,, June 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton June 13. Ditto, via Marseilles June 7 . Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 3. Ditto, via Marseilles June 28. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille3. June 7. Newfoundland .. June 7. Portugal . ..... .....June 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United estates and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. • • • June 14 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton ... • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian octet, via Lo4ilongerry „juue 1. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. —LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND. Earl NELSON said, that seeing the noble duke at the head of the Admiralty in his place, he wished to ask him some questions in reference to the Patriotic Pund. Several discrepancies occurred in the statements made in their Lordships' house on Friday last, when the subject was brought forward in reference to the meetings of the Com missioners. A meeting took place on the subject, but the proceedings were of a character that required explanation. The Duke of SOMERSET said that ho was not satisfied with the proceedings of the institution, and therefore withdrew from its presidency. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented several peti tions from persons who were interested in the maintenance of public schools in their present state, and who considered that the applications proposed by this bill would not work efficiently, praying that the bill might not be passed into law. PRIVATE EI7SINESS. The following bills were read a second time:—Metro politan Railway (Additional Powers), Glasgow (City) Im provements, &c., South Yorkshire Railway, Wrexham and Minera Railway, West Riding and Grimsby Railway (Transfer), and Presteign, Clun, and Bishop's Castle Rail way. The Barnsley Local Board of Health Bill, the Clee thorpes Gas Bill, and the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal and Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. - PRIVATE BILL S.—RAILWA Y SPECULATION. Lord REDESDALE rose to move a series of alterations in the standing orders relative to private bills, with a view to reckless speculation. This was particularly requi site with respect to railways, from the magnitude of these undertakings. There was plenty of capital in the country, to complete all these undertakings, and his objection was directed to the mode in which the capital was raised, which required to bo subjected to grave restrictions so as to prevent what might result in commercial disaster. He referred to different prospectuses to show the extrava - gent prospects that were held forth to induce persons to embark their capital in speculations that, practically considered, were not likely to be successful. He referred to different reports on the subjects to show the logseness in which the business of these in cipient railway undertakings wore conducted, and he referred to one case in which there was no chairman, and in another where there was no secretary. (Laughter.) The speculative spirit of tho country was so 'great that schemes promising to yield a good result were seized with avidity without caution or inquiry. He contended that in every speculation there should be some capital subscribed at starting, without which such would be merely schemers, and not entitled to public credit. (Hear, hear.) He re ferred to the case of different railways in course of con struction, in which an immense excess of debenture bonds over capital subscribed was issued, which was a most unhealthy coalition of the financial matters. It could not be denied that in the cases of many of these companies the amount of capital represented bore no proportion to the amount of capital subscribed, but persons ignorant of the real state of the, case were induced to become pur chasers of stock at a most exaggerated value. He referred next to the objections that had been taken in re spect to legislation on this subject, which, he contended, were quite unfounded. Lord CLANRICARDE objected to a different trroatment of railway companies than that of other companies. If such requirements as were now proposed were to be en forced the public interests would suffer, for new lines could not be made by existing companies, and funds for a pro spective scheme could not be obtained in advance. He con tended that it was not the business of Parliament by its standing orders to intervene between railway directors and their shareholders, and thinking it desirable that the ques tion should be more fully considered, proposed, as an amendment, that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of amending the standing orders re lating to railways. Lord LANSDOWNE supported the original motion. Lord HARRIS gave some explanations in vindication of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, which had been referred to by Lord Redesdale, and objected to the proposed additional standing orders, as liable to pre judice railway enterpris9 and public interests. Lord GREY regarded the formation of branch lines as of great public importance, but thought that Parliament should take care that powers for making such lines were granted only to those who were likely to carry them out, as at present many scherr3s were put forward by con tractors and others solely to compel existing companies to purchase their interests. Lord PORTMAN pointed out various objections to the proposed standing orders, and recommended the appoint ment of a committee. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY thought the proposed changes were too extensive to be suddenly adopted, and supported the amendment. The Duke of CLEVELAND dissented from that opinion. Lord GRANVILLE, acknowledging the public services rendered by Lord Redesdale, urged upon him the propriety of submitting the subject to fuller inquiry. Eventually the motion and the amendment were with drawn, upon an- understandin g .t.b.at should be appointed to consider the subject. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. Tho SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed: Barry Railway (Extension), East London Extension flail way,Midlaud Railway (Settle to Carlisle), North Metropo litan Railway, Southgate and Colney Hatch Gas, South London Market. VOTING PAPERS. Sir W. S. MAXWELL asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether, in committee on the Redistribution of Seats Bill and the Representation of the People Bill (Scotland and Ireland), he would propose amend ments for the purpose of enabling the electors in the new • university constituencies to vote by means of voting papers, as the electors of the existing Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin now have it in their power to do? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ha could not give the hon. gentleman an answer. All he could say was that the matter was one that admitted of discussion without prejudice. EDUCATION. Mr. POWELL asked the Vice-President of the Com mittee of Council on Education whether managers failing to present children for examination under the stan dards were entitled, under the Revised Code 1866, to a grant per scholar according to the average number in attendance throughout the year at the morning and even ing meetings, not being less than 400 of their scho)l. Mr. BRUCE said he only knew of one case that came into the suggestion of the hon. gentleman. Where no chil dren were presented for examination no grant would be given. BARRACKS AT NORWICH, Mr. WARNER asked tho Secretary of War what was the intention of the Government with respect to the cavalry barracks at Norwich, the lease of which expired in a few days ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the Government intended to give up the barracks at Norwich, because the troops who formerly occupied them could be accommodated at Colchester. The barracks would be handed over to the Doan and Chapter of Norwich at the expiration of the lease. THE REFORM BILL. Lord ELCHO said he wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in the event of the amendment of the hon. and gallant membar for Wells being rejected it was the intention of the Government to proceed. and to endeavour with their whole power—(hear, hear, and loud cheers from the Opposition)—to carry-the bill through the house during the present session? Mr. HADFIELD said he should like to know whether the Government had been in communication with the hon. and gallant member for Wells. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had not been in communication with the hon. gentleman referred to. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the question of the noble lord he believed it to have reference to the rumours in circulation, which were to the effect that the Government, in the event of the amendment of the hon. and gallant member for Wells being rejected, would not proceed further with the united bills during the present session. In answer to that he had to say that the Government had never said or done any thing which could warrant such a rumour. (Hear, hear.) He could in addition say that the Government had formed no such intention as the rumour attributed to them. (Cheers from the Ministerialists.) Sir H. CAIRNS said he wished to ask the right hon. gentleman whether the Government adhered to the in tention which had been expressed, viz., of not advising her Majesty to prorogue Parliament until the bill had either been finally rejected or passed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, con sidering the nature of the issue of the &bate, as far as it regarded the fate of the Government and the bill, he did not think he ought to proceed further in answering the question of the right hon. gentleman opposite. (Cheers from the Ministerial side of the house.) Sir T. BATESON said he wished to put a question to the hon. and gallant member for Wells, and it was to the following effect, whether he had had any communica tion, either directly or indirectly, with the Government, that in the event of the Government getting a majority stops would be taken to make things more com fortable on that side of the house. (Cheers and laughter.) Captain HAYTER replied that he had bad no such communication. Mr. HORSMAN said he wished to ask the right hon. gentleman a question with reference to the answer he had given to him on a formor occasion, who had certain misgivings with respect to the sincerity of the intentions of the Government on the bill goino Into committee, • • that occasion the right honourable gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) informed his honourable friend that as long as the bill stood they (the Government; stood ; and when the bill fell they. would fall. He wished to know distinctly whether the Government intended tc go into committee adhering to that determination. (Hear, hoar.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail that if the Government altered or modified certain intentions it was their duty to come down and make known the change to the house. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) If the Government, therefore, had changed or modified any declaration they had made, he should, or the part of the Government, have at once openly informee the house of the matter. (Hear, hear.) The Government would not have waited until a fact was extracted from them by hostjle questions to have made the country acquainted with the fact. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) The adjourned debate on the amendment of the hon. member for Wells to the Raform Bill was then resumed by Lord J. MANNERS who criticised the bill in detail ; a nd:predicted failure ; and, further, the noble lord said he looked upon the bill not as a measure of reform, but a revolution of the existing election system. He thought the attempt of the Government to pass the bill, accom panied by that for a redistribution of seats, this session an impossibility, the more so as they had already reached the month of June, and the bill had not yet reached committee. Earl GROSVENOR said he should give his vote on this question in favour of the Government. Referring to the resolution he had moved on the Franchise Bill, he said that the object which he had then in view, whatever may have been the object of others, was attained by the fusion of the Franchise and Redistribution Bills; and the Government was now responsible for their future conduct. He did not think the Franchise Bill the best possible bill, while the Redistribution Bill was crude, undigested, and anomalous; and he did not understand why the Government had not followed the precedents of the bills of 1859 and 1860 in Sbn to d, a regard to the re-arrangement of seats. Still was ahe pressed felt bound, if the amendment of Captain n division, to vote against it; though he thought that it would be advisable that the amendment should not be pressed. If he voted for the amendment he might contri bute to the defeat of the Government, against which he had no hostility, but in whose policy ho had a general confidence, and of a bill which he should feel at liberty to attempt to amend in committee. He was of opinion that by remoulding these measures might perhaps be shaped into a settlement of the question of reform ; but c a u s r h re e d a ls with believed i i e s v o e w d n t , h t a h t a t th i t e w opinion s o s f i b r e e t hcaotutnhtery these ell s could pass this session, he appealed to the Government to postpone their further consideration till next year. Mr. B. OSBORNE was not sorry that the noble lord the member for Chester had first caught the Speaker's eye, be cause it was always an interesting spectacle to observe the reconciliation of friends. (A laugh.) the quarrels of lovers it was said was the renewal of love ; and although he (Mr. Osborne) condoled with the inhabitants of that cave which might now be said to have shrunk to the dimensions of a grotto—(laughter) —and although he thought that the speech of the noble lord had but proved his adroitness in looking one way and rowing another, yet it was an agree able spectacle to see a man of his ability and character re turning to the tanks of that patty of which he formed so distinguished an ornament (Cheers.) In considering the question before the house he (Ur. Osborne) was more than ever convinced that the present Parliament was about to treat Reform very much in the same manner that it had been treated by other Parliaments in previous sessions. There appeared to be no difference of opinion as to the ne cessity of an extension of the franchise and a redistribu tion of seats ; but whenever a bill to effect these objects was brought in by the right hon. gentleman the Chancel lor of the Exchequer hon. gentlemen attacked it not only with the minutest criticism, but with the most hos:,ile con demnaticn ; and yet not a single member of the house, not even the right hon. gentleman the member for Caine, sub mitted a direct negative in opposition to the measure. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) That was a most peculiar condition for the question of Reform to have got into. There was no quarrel as to the necessity of something being done—the only dispute was as to who was to constructthe bilL (Hear.) Reform, in fact, was very much in the situation of Cin derella. In previous sessions who so neglected—who so despised ? Suddenly she put on the guise of an heiress and the only quarrel between this party and that was, as to who should measure her for the glass slipper. (Laughter.) But what was likely to occur ? Why, with those protracted discussions and various amendments, she seemed likely to vanish in the midnight of August, and go back to the dusty retirement and dirty attics of Downing-street. (Renewed laughter.) That would evidently be the fate of Reform. And whose fault was it ? Was it the fault of her Majes ty's Government ? He certainly was not a supporter of the Ministry, but he would be wanting in that candour which should be the distinguishing characteristic of every public man if he did not on this occasion say that her Ma jesty's Ministers were not to blame. (Cheers.) What was the present position of affairs ? The position of what was called the great Liberal party was excessively puzzling, and the position of the Government excessively critical. What had been the occaaion of all that ? He had always under stood that the recent general elections had returned to the new Parliament a ma jority of upwards of 70 Liberals to support the Ministry. All of them pledged to retrench ment, and most of them panting for reform. (Laughter.) What had become of this great majority ? (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) He could not help thinking that originally there must have been some error on the part of the returning officers. He did not believe that such a ma jority ever existed. He thought, moreover, that the Govern ment had been guilty of a grave mistake in not having felt the pulse of the house, at least for ono session, before so rashly committing themselves to a Reform Bill ; before so heedlessly taking it for granted that these 70 panting Libe rals were going to give them their support. (Laughter and cheers.) The Chancellor of the Exehequer might now pa raphrase the old fable. He could truly say, "I returned to the home of my birth, and I said, The friends of reform where are they, and echo answered, Where ? " (Renewed laughter.) How had this occurred ? Had it been brought about by the enemies of reform? No, it had not been occasioned by the malice of opponents, but by the extra ordinary zeal of the supporters of the Government. (Hear, hear.) It had been brought about by one in pat dcu lar, " mine own familiar friend"— (laughter) - and not a familiar friend only, but almost one of the family, viz., the right hon. the member for Kilmarnock. That gentleman came down to the house and urged the Ministry to unite their bills in a comprehensive, incomprehensible amalga mation. (Renewed laughter.) Ivan evil moment the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yielded to the proposal, and the effect wo'ild probably be that the Franchise Bill would be withdrawn as soon as the weather got hot, and the only redistribution of seats they were likely to seo was a new grouping of the officials on the Treasury Bench. (A laugh.) Several hon. gentlemen had asked what was the principle of the Government measure? The principle, in his opinion, _ _ was very plain. It was an extension of the suffrage in cities and boroughs. This principle was also recognised in the bill of the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, and he could not help thinking that the house committed an enor• mous mistake in giving that measure an absurd party oppo- sition, and thus losing the opportunity of satisfactorily settling the whole question. (Cheers from the Opposition.) His (Mr. Osborne's) advice was that they should go into committee on this bill; but whatever they did they should not for a single hour delay the reduction of the franchise. They all professed a wonderful sympathy for what was called the superior class of the artisans; but what had been done towards admitting these men to the franchise? It was notorious that there were fewer of the artisan class in the enjoyment of votes than there were in 1832. On the average tho £lO house in 1832 was now a £l4 house, and the tendency had been to decrease the political power of the working classes, because, owing to the advance of pros. perity in the country, they did not now live in £lO houses, The Lord Advocate had produced a sensation by saying that the House of Commons was the embodiment of demo cracy. So far from this being the case, there were no less than 217 members who were either directly or indi rectly connected with the aristocracy or members of it. Talk of trades unions ! Was . not that house a great aristocratical trades union ? (Laughter.) It was said this might be so, but they passed good measures, and permitted no practical abuses to remain unremedied. No practical abuses, with Ireland in the state it was, and with such an enormous expenditure as the country was saddled with ! (Cheers.) He held that the very best thing that could happen to the country would be to diminish the fiunkeyism which was creeping upon that house by a healthy admixture of the working classes.*,(Hear.) He had listened with great pleasure to the speech of the right hon. member for Caine ; but he could not agree with its senti ments. His right hon. friend would substitute in lieu of the : three estates a paternal tyranny, and instead of atit ofshs free, and health y d emocracy, would give them a nation of cowering pupils, receivi ng s p oon di e t at the handsa Would intellectual despot. (L ou d l aug ht er and cheers .) ton part wo only say a f ew wor d s w i t h regar d t o the of the schem e . S uc h a bill s h ou ld havet h a d to do away with deficiencies. The Gt h re e objects—to correct anomalies, to remove inequalitie s , clear of all these. (Opposition cheers.) bill h s It was totally im you could get men to H e thought small boroughs had great advan ta g es, to steer possible to bring in a bill by w e h put the torch to their own funeral Pilo. es, a nd he should be sorry to see them done away with. d he utterly objected to their disfranchisement , They were necessary excres cences of the con stitution, an without re f e rence to their past charact er for purity, or T to ake Ll the e m inent koard borough always f amous mon whom they had s en t to Parliament, by this bill going to li n k i t to a quest , character. (Lau g ht er. ) He had for its puri ty • they were w 'dow of very clues very to say in favour of the Government system of gro uping, for ho believed that even w h ere there was no con test the elections for the Scotch burghs were most ex pensive. An hon. member who had five boroughs in the group he represented told him that, even when he had no contest, it cost him £1,603. Even if that system answered in Scotland, he felt sure that it would not do so in England. They had been told by the honourable member for Caine that Earl Russell had succeeded to the premiership by seniority. That was not so ; ho had succeeded to the post in virtue of his em eut eerViCee in pr omoting all Lilwal measures. But then it was said that the noble earl had changed the opinions which he expressed in a book published last year. That might be the case, but other people had also changed their opinions. The hon. member then quoted from a speech delivered by Mr. Lowe at Kidderminster a few years ago. In that speech Mr. Lowe, referring to the zeal nhe went e e first li es , o n that reformto s ‘ ‘ a of the C onservat i ves for reform, said it reminded him of a saying of Sh er id an, on seeing a Highlander in a large pair ito,hff thre c b yciple : I li t i h , v a he etrt, si wasnwere accordance r e a a l d w y ay t o s w e v n iot t t enthusiastic." e fh s o i e a s r : dr i c sn . fran chising boroughs which, in violation of the constitution, had fallen into the hands of a single patron, whoappointed the members they should return. He also said that he was ready to disfranchise boroughs which were so insignifi cant as not to deserve a representation in Parliament. Those (said Mr. Osborne) were formerly the opinions of the right hon. member who was now opposed to all reform. Was there ever a Highlander who made his appearance in ee big a pair of breeches? (Laughter.) But, after all, this question of the redistribution of scats was eminently one for committee, and ho was a very poor reformer who would get rid of a £7 borough franchise because he disliked the other part of the measure. He knew the difficulty of pass ing any reform bill in that house too well to reject sum marily any measure of the kind, howeverimperfect. There was ono thing he hoped the Government would not do. He trusted they would not accept the insidious advice of the member for Droitwich to refer the question to a royal commission. Nothing could be more damaging than this to the cause of representative government, and he weuld not give her Majesty's Ministers an atom of support if he thought they contemplated anything of the kind. He had no fear of the result. A reform bill would certainly he passed, although it might be delayed. It was, however, the interest of the Conservative party to pass a moderate measure now when they might, or they would hereafter be compelled to assent to ono of a far mote Liberal cha racter. Let the Government stand firm on the £7 borough franchise and on other points he for one should be ready to meet gentlemen opposite in a fair spirit, and compro mise whatever might appear excessive in the bill before the house. (Cheers.) Mr. ADDERLEY commented on the strange proceeding of Earl Grosvenor in voting for bills, one of which he had characterised as indefensible and the other as confused and intolerable. If it was the case that the Redistribution Bill was to be withdrawn, it was useless to continue to dis cuss it. Ho contended that the principle on which both bills was founded was altogether different to that on which the first Reform Act was based. The debate was continued by Mr. Grenfell, Lord R. Montagu, Mr. Pim (who returned to the support of the Government), mr. Walrond, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Mitford, Mr. Denby Seymour, and Sir T. Bateson. Mr. COLERIDGE expressed a hope that the house would consent to go into committee on these bills by such a majority as to justify the pressing on of those measures itt the present year. He urged that it was desirable that the house should not appear to be strangling refo rm . He enumerated most of th e l eaders of the Opposition as by no moans confessed oppon en t s of reform, and expressed an opinion that Mr. Lowe was the only statesman who had distinctly;pronounced against an extension of the franchise. Eulogising the abilities and eloquence of Mr. Lowe, he expressed a belief that those abilities were grievously mis employed—and he designated the principles of the right hon. gentleman as mere materialism and detestable, and he distinguished them carefully from those of conservatism. He deprecated the keeping up a pother about democracy, as connected with such a moderate measure of reform a s that now in discussion. Despite of sarcasms and jokes against the honour of the Government in regard to reform, he felt that the honour of the Government and the Liberal party was pledged to a measure of that character. Mr. WHITESIDE, after vindicating Mr. Lowe from the criticism of the previous speaker, proceeded to quote from Mr. Mill's works arguments which he contended went to show that the extension of the franchise tended to put the intellectual few beneath the feet of the ignorant many. Ho urged that in fact no pledge had been given by the Govern ment to the introduction and furtherance of reform. Mr. MARSH argued in favour of postponement of the bills, in order that the commissions of inquiry into corrupt practices in certain boroughs might report ; when seats might be found for places it was desirable to enfranchise. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEE, who was received with cheers upon rising, said—The right hon. gen tleman the member for Dublin complained, I think, in the course of his speech, that there was no reality in this debate. Well, sir, if it be so, it is not our fault. (Hear, hear.) Every step we have taken, both since and before the period when our Franchise Bill was introduced into the house, hasbeen a real step, grounded upon the best consideration we could give the actual circumstances of the case. (Hear, hear.) Now, let me briefly remind the house of what has actually taken place. We introduced, in the first place, a single bill, and it has been objected that we introduced it on the 12th of March. With respect to the question of • the single bill, I have to say that the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Belfast stated, in his able speech, that the Government had admitted that .they were in error in the attempt to separate the two parts of the subject. Sir, the Government have never made any such admission, and have never enter '...ained any such belief. (Ministerial cheers.) With regard to the introduction of the bill on the 12th March, I must say I was somewhat in a difficulty to recon cile the two opinions expressed by the right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich, who, in the very same speech found fault with us for not having postponed the measure altogether, with a view to the further consideration of it, tlll next year; and then, a few minutes afterwards, for not having introduced it, if at all, at the veil commencement of the present session. Well, sir, if he finds fault with the measure as crude and immature—(Lc hear, hear," from the Opposition benches)—when he had all the time up to the commencement of March in Considering and prepar ing it, what would ho have said if it had been introduced in the first week of February ? (Hoar, hear.) But, sir, this question of the 12th of March has been made more of than it deserves. It was not in our power to have introduced the measure, had we been prepared with it, in the first two or three weeks of the session. Have we forgotten how we were urged to postpone the Jamaica question and other subjects of importance to the cattle plague? In fact, this question of the 12th of March has been made more of it than deserved. I do not feel that the circumstances connected with the introduction of this bill on the 12th March would justify us in receding from the position which we took up before the house. (Hear, hear.) We have been attacked in the course which we pursued because we did not consult the opinions of persons of mo derate opinions and of those opposed to us. As to oppo nents, it may be stated, as a general rule, that it would be almost impossible to be guided by their opinions, and that to pursue such a course would be to show ourselvesguided by a dangerous policy. If we had done so we might have been accused of shabby attempts to devolve the responsi bility on those to whom it does not belong. (Hear, hear.) As to the measure of 1860 we know that it was introduced under the express sanction of Lord Palmerston, and when that measure is compared with the present, enough is shown to indicate the desire of her Majesty's Government to meet the feeling of different parties in the house, and to do all that lies in their power to conciliate different sections of it. prosecute f ( o H r e a n r o , t h e a a d r h .) 64 We have o o b:e o n r i censured o f f o s r t o g n i v i t n o g the question of the franchise without mixing with up way and it any other question. We made two concessions, and two very important concessions. Suspbiciodns were entertained introdce w d er t e he ma b d il e l .Wfhreannchwi complaints e se a faosrttohoeuerxitneutetsnionosf the that we did not introduce the measure for the redistribu tion of seats. W e did not altogether willingly assent to that proposition, though we ultimately complied with it. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) We saw that by assenting to such a course the difficulties would inc rease as we ma d e progress; g s r h es o s u ; ldbe and besides that we saw the difficulty i n w hich placed b House of C ommons on the hear.) I thi n k we took s q e t u e h e m e s i t n i question to break with the n prudent o f course,reform. certainly that which was conciliatory-. (Ilea; hear.) The right hon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition did not assent to the course that we took, but the result of the first determined efforts against the bill was that we were able to surmount the opposition of those who withstood its pro-. Chester (Earl Grosvenor) was negatived. Then the gross, and the motion of the noble earl embertheditmepdoosbityieonefiotror toAagain IVB conceded—(hear, demand that the bills should be united, but the great dan ger w i t hteh attempt e majo rity t a strict account to render tothoef hear.) We felt that, in a controversy ge r of of all the was that it o t f of Commons. coming litheeveenotnseeftssfioloawtaeds ojuurst cchouenmacrse)ts—eu.acnedsea 0 a r, w 1 0 b b s u e Z d a e have settle this question: (Cheers and laughter.) I country for the success or non-success If there be soy gentleman who, by laughter, dissents this sort, pro position, that may indicate the serious from that we have arrived, and therefore the juncture at which people should open their eyes to therepresentatives of the question. As to the disco ura • full importance of the the bills had been united a discouraging circumstance that after deter mined to improve the bill formajority of the house by coupling with it the settlement of the franchise question of corruptproviai"a relating to the difficult to the authority of practices, I would refer on that ques tion Earl of Derby) woin noble peer in the other house (the trusted their the members of the Upper House, said he u lordships tfo would never consent to couple together two rent from each other—the one for the questions essentially entio .of dib'ffrei bery, and the other affecting the constituencies themselves. (Cheers and counter cheers.) A concession was made in reply to Lord Derby's earnest appeal. (Laughter from the Opposition.) In response to our efforts at conciliation we have had to meet this motion, with respect to which we are told that there is no reality in it, though there are some behind us who support it, while there is a compact phalanx in front of us. This seems to supply indications of concert. (Hear, hear.) There seemed to be a variance between the motion as originally proposed, and as brought forward by the honourable and gallant member (Captain fluter), and when 1, in conjunction with some friends near me, took twee() of the difference, the • right hon. gen tleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) by the course he followed, indicated his being privy to the views of those by whom he was opposed. (Mr. Disraeli made a motion of dissent.) 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