The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-14 00:00:00

........"'. at; IT. "arch 13. 1 Highness Duchess of ion. Mrs• ;pant-Gea• Seymour, Waiting), a in a car: escorted sife Guards p by Lieu k Scarlett, conducted er Molest,' down the wilion and wards in ath Can P' le at half- drive yes' nor. 3anbrOge Lee to-dal e of Rut- ice. 39, Capt. .nary 2S, ing. She .efly en d 32d Reg' spool left . C. Pre' •ew etea rn rell, C.B•1 ;aid to be f the ar On Sup' zandrieel Postilion; lberon, 3 1 , at Pll' a of her lefects to A to her vas towe d 3 teget; Ind fitted w f r igate, Capt• measuret, Mural* he surer' ortsmouto • morning g a nwaze , Chaffers, drunk 011 uary last. trt, Capt. ,nd Capt. y_judge: and It ►n proba jourt ad - Aaj estys ,de ill the 2utenant, Jury.) DS. appeare d respell' aiied th e appear. etitioDer Ace, ne ar to we re ed under )n. . to :he Pe tl ‘ ry, found 3 aised• d nisi, an fescribe d Kitt with 1 a gene auc tion preyi o d lan I ke it t° bile CO; the P r ', - ha yiva ting th a e d 6 e 7, and desir °ll h ed, 01"', Ir. Tea ge , 313 was d? are. n ate t ° to ha l e the case ;., or Ong , c 1 ~1t h e pro- ,itoeo ,, a vf 011 be P rl ; a rt, hat 11e bis d w ; 3s a:s 3 ' , - ,our ef ' steal to I ' l3 [othe°' MONEY MARKET AND COMMEROtAI, I.I\TTPT,,T.IGEN, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is very inactive in consequence of the commercial classes holding their bills in re serve upon the expectation that the rate will be re duced to-morrow. The lowest quotation for bankers' acceptances is 6i per cent., and for other bills 6i and 6 per cent. A sum of £15,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. At a general meeting of the shareholders of the Anglo-lonian Steam Navigation held to-day, a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 31st December was de clared. The coupons of the British Convention Bonds of Mexico, 1851, due in Mexico on the 4th December, 1865, together with the payments on account of the sulking fund of 3 per cent. for the half-year, will be Paid at the office of the London Bank of Mexico and South America on and after Tuesday, 20th inst. The New Zealand Government 6 per Cent. Loan of £500,000, for which subscriptions were invited by the Crown Agents for the Colonies up to 1 p.m. yesterday, was not all disposed of. Allotments to the extent of £350,000 were made among 230 appli cants, at the upset price of 90, and the balance was withdrawn. At the meeting held to-day of the English and Swedish Bank, the balance sheet showed that the gross profits for the half-year ending 31st December amounted to £33,787, including £6,238 brought forward, which, after deducting expenses, &c., leaves an available balance of £21,347. The directors re commend a dividend of 14s. per share, which, with the dividend for the former half-year, is equal to 6 Per cent. Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P., has become the president of the Suburban Village and General Dwellings Company ; and Messrs. John Everitt, Edward Vigers, Carrington Jones, and E. Moore have joined the board of directors. Two O'CLOCK. . According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 80c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has been well sup ported to-day, and the Funds have improved per cent. Consols are 8714 for money, and 871 1 for the account. In foreign stocks and shares the prin cipal business attended to has been in connection With the settlement. The New Threes are 854 1 ; and the Reduced, 851; Exchequer Bills, 6s. 2s. die. ; and India Stock, 208 ; and India 5 per Cents., 10211. • Foreign Stocks were firmer in the morning, but 84 beequently prices fractionally receded. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 ; Mexican, 221 1 ; do. New, 20 1 1 ; Greek, 151 4 ; Spanish Passive, 281 1 ; the C ertificates, 161 1; Italian, 6114 ; the Confederate Loan, 61 71 ; Chilian Loan Scrip, 2/ 31 prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 21 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Scrip, 1 prem. United States 5-20 Bonds, 711; Erie Shares, 561 1; and Illinois, 791 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather more animated, and a slight improvement has taken place in prices. Great Eastern, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, North Western, Midland, and N orth-Eastern (Berwick) have each improved ss. ; and Brighton, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change of importance. San Paulo are dealt in at 16 161 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, 35 351. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in most stance, a shade firmer. Alliance are dealt in at 2 7 1 - 28 ; Imperial at 281 ; London and County at Ci ; Hudson's Bay Company at 17 171 ; Joint Stock Discount at 101 101 dis.; National Discount C ompany at 1311; and Overend, Gurney, and C o., at 161 171. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. G Der Cent. Consols g D °. Account, April 5 . Neer Cent. Reduced Bsk 5 ii e W 3 per Cent B5/ 5 vo' 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Apt , . 6 per Cent. Jan. 1.87 g ...44 1 1uiti e s , 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 IX:). for 30 y rs , ex pi re sth AprilABBs — h ) ,? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 'O h Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent, 6 2 Do. £5OO 6 2 /3 . ,. ,90 £lOO and £2OO Of England Stock, 5 per Cent /,, : tDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Van Stock, 10/ per Cent., AprillB74 2OB — l -,` ) . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 _ Ti c ' . 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ --',,Q. Certificates -I ' o . En -faced Paper 4 per Cent , . DO . 5 per Cent., J an . 1872 F ° ' 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — En' o . Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Q. Bond s , £l,OOO — 0. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. rgentine Republic, ,6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 !t . ,zliatt 5 per Cent fir ) 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 - , 0 Account 74 xd 00. Scrip,paid `illenos Ayres 6 per Cent De. Account be £1(0 Bonds 0, 1) 0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Dan 3 per Cent up, Q. 41 per Cent — r,°tonabian 6 per Cent. B4 i j il ,,° 6 per Gent. — C ilis h 3 per Cent., 1825 — D teubian Principalities _ i„0 Account 'lllador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — tii°•l Provisi ona l L an d Warrant __ glen 7 per Cent — Second Issue — 4 - 1 0 £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 931 De £ l . O O Bonds 80. Government Railway Debentures 9ll (; n e• £l5 pa id — pmßoper t ...4 s_ ecoun C t ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons — ls} be. Coupons 130. Account , nateraala. 5 per Cent. Italia ° 5 per Cent, 1865 DO Account _ ti,-',..0. Maremmana Railway '„4-leaa per Cent 221 uu. Account Do 1864 b.Bo 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Zllte dean 6 per Cent., , £3 , 0 paid tie nris h Imperial 5 per Cent — po— _ .„• 2 per Cent _ u,O Deferred N u ° Land Warrants (Hectares) D• Per Cent, 1864 , _ _ P ° (x uaranteed, 4 per Cent 4ruvittn 5 per Cent., 1865 _ ,i)e- Account _ - h ° 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) _ 1, '-'0 4i per Cent., 1862 _ °lliguese 3per Cent., 1853 1)0 D o Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62 , 0, 45. 6 tt ount _fr I P'an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St h ---° 4 1 per Cent. 1850 _ - -, 1 li per Cent., 1860 _ -13 3 pet Cent. 1859 13,-, t 901 90 B - . per Cent. 1862 931 i tia,,,,° 6 per Cent. 1864 72 1 3"9ian 5 per Cent S il, sli 3 per Cent _.... IN° Account D O A N : e e c w ou D n e t ferred ..., 0 D_ b passive ,-(:' Account 2Bl 1 144 ish Ct of Coup not funded _ ~. er . 0 161 1 i 1,7‘-',) Account _ ° dish 4 per b Cent. _ T Ili 4 /- per Cent. 1864 _ 41. -811-6 Cent. 1854 8.,, Account 661 B u , _ Do ti per Cent. 1858 1:) ° 0 A ccount _ Do 4100 Bonds _ ° 6 Per Cent. 1862 1) ° Account , .1-e £lOO Bonds uo • b o , 6 per Cent., 1863 _ Scrip — 'n u Per c n t . 1865, paid up 381 bo 4 nu Ill::...0 e ft: t e n n t t:Guaranteed _ ,1.-zuela 3 per Cent. _ _ .1--;° per Cent., 1862 — '-'O. Account I) 0. 80. 1864 38 14 per Cent _ Au + • liividenus on the above payable in London. N1f,T 411 7 5 p2r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins _- .Ij 4 r,ax , 7 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. bot c h re - (lent., Ex. 12 Guil — P re *Per Cent. Certificates — itzipeh Itentes 3 per Cent. .-.0 Accoun • 611 Co N lis u le for money TWO O'CLOCK. 871 1 o Acco unt B 7i f Dal. SHARE MARKET S, —This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid'l Closing I Business Price. done. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] WARWICK RACES-THIS DAY. WALTON HANDICAP. Five ran. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Croxton Park l6 Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge A.bergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer • Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Carlisle - 3 Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Chub Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton 1,5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCTI Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE Lincoln LiTerpool CONTINENTAL RAC MA' La Marche 4, 25 AP Vincennos Pau 2, 4 Paris (Spring) 2,8, 15, 2 2, -26, Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l :BER, Vincennes 3 Montauban ............ 14, 17 Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens AUG ......... 4,5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 SEPT. Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCTC Paris 7 Chantilly l4, 18 IBER. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEMING, MARCH 14, 1860. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This nay. Pantaloon Salisbury Maid of Usk Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Thirsk lO psom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer Liverpool Beverley 2C Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester ,Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 24 Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O :MBER. Richmond. lB Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton Worcester 22 ~ 30 Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. . _ Tralee MAY _ _ • Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 JUNE. Curragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JIILY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Ourragh 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh . 16, 17 18 .NG FIXTURES FOR i 6. CH. Vincennes ll, 18 Bordeaux l9, 22, 26, 28 Bruxelles Vissembourg 2l Paris (Summer) 26, 27 E. Toulouse 24, 28 I Abbeville Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintee 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31 UST. I Le Mane Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l :MBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 Vincennes [ADVERTISEMENT.] G. MAitTIN will send information from the Course before or after the race a good thing for Northamptonshire Stakes. For terms, send stamp directed envelope to 8, Bouverie street, Paddington. 93 95 29 .31 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 118 12) 384 394 61 74 123 124 11 i 14 83 90 694 CO 60 6 40 42 3$ 88 $4,2 1 04 119 i 12J , S 6 88 M 96 38 3h 41 48 120 )22 92 Q 3 G 3 61 132 133 21 2ip 1 1 13[1 97 98 12n 12. 92 v 1 CO 6 ‘,B 30 109 110 70 i 2 107 ICB 35 37 10 11p, 122 125 1r 16 2p 73 75 10 12 148 149 63 70 112 114 5t 53 75 77 8 9 141 144 3 I p 102 104 1 51 53 lESSIONS, 5 4) 102 103 id In GI 7 ICI 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 105 106 34 36 88 90 65 87 60 .53 59 61 60 55 45 49 42 45 14 36 33 15 109 I'o 1i 2pi 1# 2r) 09 100 91 03 161 161 n 3.1 91 120 86 e 8 1 4d 100 112 92 94 s 8 90 62 64 8 82 981 991 98 99 93 99 100 f 11 fT SECUR 94 96 93 96 95 97 r 0 82 79 SI 102 IC4 105 107 105 107 102 1(4 90 D 2 1(2 104 106 1 8 102 104 103 105 103 105 1(2 104 100 102 93 95 92 94 876 88, 100 102 82 84 18 103 98 100 104 106 106 i 1074, Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .... ICork and Bandon.. Cornwall ,Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth, St A b.June. K.London, scrip Certi. Do. - Glasgow et S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2; Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock • . Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pn GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste,n D. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid. —Oxfor Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire LDndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dovvt Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln lietropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension..... Metropolitan Diatrici Do - do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid , and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin Derb %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick: Do. G.N•E purchabo. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ...... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff' Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford lit Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha I West Cornwall BRITIS a Atlantic& R.Lawrence Bom.,Baroda.‘t Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. 1' shares Buffalo .1c Lake illlToll Do. Preference Bult,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- •.• • • • Calcutta do 8. E., lim .;ave Town tit Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pl East. Bengal, gu., 5 do] East Indian, gu. 5 P.O. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad a Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ". • Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c ro. Gua. 5 per cent Do. Newgua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India • gua. 5 per cent D. 4f per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 [ndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 42 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do tl 4 Do. Punjaub... • r,. 0 4 " Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. 0. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. t. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. s . per cent. 15 April and Oct., 1900 Ce_ylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 178 - Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. .1c Aug Natal , lov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p "c.,186@', Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189:' New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c , sterling, 1875 ,Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-1 4 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct j BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (11.elst , u Grenville lierod's Foot .... Ringston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lien New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Pr„vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park TI n Croft Vigra and Clogan, lien West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 8 9 15 17 560 68J I I 18 20 7 8 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 3/ 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.51 3i 4 ei 194 3 34 5 7 20 21 2 3} 28 29 31 31 33 40 4i 5 5 7 4 4} 2} 14d 35 40 13 15 t 32 34 390 410 2 1.1 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 1 2 8 10 75 80 165 175 821 871 25 274 3 5 205 215 15 17 rltliarEllENCM SHALL/GS. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1. 99 Great Northern 5 per cent., irred , 106 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock, 130 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and 11.411., 79i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle. 2:2 South Staffordshire, 84 Wilts and Somerset, 83i woltEl GN RAIL WAYS. Central Argentine, 61 Sambre and ➢Muse, 54 per cent. pf., 8 ; San Paulo, lien., gua. 6 per cent., 161 16 FOREIGN MINE, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 811 Washoe Gold, lira., 61 6i Ditto (£4), 5 BAN FB. Alliance, lira.. 28 71 Anglo-Italian, lira., 15 Bank of Egypt, 311 Bank of Queensland, Um, Iff Charles Laffitte and Co , 8 Consolidated Bank, lim., 9 / East London, lim., 41 / Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 81 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 European Bank, 1im.,111 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 151 Oriental Bank Corporation. 53 Provincial Banking Corporation. lim., 81; Union of Australia, 521 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 74 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2f Berlin Water Works, Jim., 10 City Offices, Jim., Colonial, Bin, 4y 5 Hudson's Bay, 17 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 12 114 11 London Financial:Association. Jim 10 National Discount Company. 14 13 Overend, Gurney, and Co , lim., 174 1134 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Urn., 4 The transfer books of the Central Argentine Railway Company will be closed from the 24th inst. to the 2d of April for the purpose of making up the guaranteed interest for the half-year ending 25th March, 1866, at seven per cent. per annum. The directors have made a further call of £2 per share, making £l2 10s. called up, payable on or before he 14th April next, at the Consolidated Bank. At the Southwark Police-court yesterday a young man named Barker was charged with being an accomplice in a robbery. According to the statement of the prosecutor, Barker had come to him while he was in pursuit of a woman who had just robbed him of a watch, representing that he (Barker) was a detective officer. The thieves were thus allowed to escape, while Barker invited the prosecutor to gci into a public-house with him. The prisoner was committed for trial, 39/ 40 39i 49 124 11 i 4011 1201 20 961 6 122 I. t)2l 133 1 2 31 91 123 I 109,E ; P ross: 1 si 3 • ITIES. lOdf i 7 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs DAY. Mr. DODSON, in the absence of the Speaker, took the chair at 12 o'clock. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF DOCKYARD LABOURERS. Mr. STONE gave notice that, on going into com mittee on the bill proposed by the Secretary for the Admiralty, he should move the rejection of the clause which disfranchised !labourers employed in Government dockyards. (Hear, bear.) COUNTY INFIRMARIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. POLLARD URQUHART moved the second read ing of this bill, which was to increase the utility of these infirmaries in Ireland. The authorities were empowered to raise a considerable sum for the support of these establishments, and therefore they ought to be • made to meet the requirements of the present time. The bill also proposed to lower the qualification to vote, as governors and life governors respectively, from £3 to £l, and from £2O to £lO, which he had no doubt would produce a greater amount of public support than at present existed. The bill also proposed to make the presentments of grand juries compulsory. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland opposed g the latter portion of the bill, and advised the hon. member not to persevere with the measure. After a short discussion the bill was negatived without a division. RAILWAY TRAVELLING (IRELAND) BILL. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to deprive railway companies in Ireland of the power of shutting up railway communication in districts in which they may have lines, and also for making better provi sions for third class passengers. He could not but think that his last attempt had been defeated by the combination of Scotch members, who objected to railway travelling on Sundays. The people of Ire land were in favour of running trains, and he did not see why their wishes should in any way be in terfered. The Waterford and Limerick Railway had abolished Sunday trains, and the result was that every person living in the district of this line was greatly inconvenienced, as communication from Clare, for instance, was entirely shut up from four o'clock on Saturday afternoon until eight o'clock on Monday morning. The bill enacted that these railway companies should run one train each way on Sundays, which he did not think was a very serious hardship. It had been said, when he brought the matter forward last year, that the average of Sunday passengers on the Waterford and Limerick Railway was only about three or four, of which he (Sir C. O'Loghlen) was one. He had in his possession Parliamentary returns, which showed most incontestibly that the statement was altogether unfounded, and that in place of three or four the Sunday travellers averaged between 50 and 60, and that the fares paid were quite sufficient to amply remunerate the railway company. The opposition to the bill had been got up by the Sabbatarians, and not Irish people at large, and therefore he asked the house to read the bill a second time. _ Mr. BLAKE opposed the motion, and moved the bill be read a second time that day six months. He said the object sought by his hon. and learned friend was unjust and unnecessary ; there being no demand for Sunday traffic to warrant compulsory legislation in that direction, involving, as it did, the employ ment of a large number of railway servants without an .adequate purpose. [LEFT SITTING.] The Extraordinary Charge of Forging the Countess of Bellew's Will. Mrs. Anne Casse, a lady, 80 years of age, resid ing at Winterton House, St. John's-wood, appeared at the Westminster Police-court this day in dis charge of her personal recoguisances of £l,OOO to answer the charge of feloniously forging the signa ture of the late Caroline, Countess Bellew, to her will or deed of gift; further, with forging the sig nature, " E. Simmons," as an attesting witness to the same document ; and further, with feloniously uttering the same as a genuine document, with in tent to defraud, &c. Joseph Verlander also was surrendered by his two sureties of £lOO to answer the charge of having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in a certain judicial proceeding in the Court of Probate, before Sir J. P. Wilde, " Bellew v. Bellew," relating to a will, with forging which the aforesaid Anne Casse stands charged as above. Mr. Piffard, barrister, again prosecuted, and Mr. James Lewis, of Ely-place, with whom was Mr. Jennings, proctor of Doctors' Commons, defended Mrs. Casse. Mr. W. D. Smyth, solicitor, of Ro chester-row, again appeared for Verlander. Mr. Piffard said that illness was keeping the pro secutrix, Miss Frances Bellew, from attending. Over exeitement kept her at home. Mr. Smyth asked that the case for Verlander be further adjourned, and argued that the case of per jury against Verlander must be proved by two credible witnesses, and where were those witnesses to be found. He could call Mrs. Casse to prove that the name of E. Simmons was written by E. Sim mons, and it was quite a matter of opinion as to whether the signatures were forgeries, for he could call 12 witnesses, in whose opinion the signatures were genuine. Mr. Arnold said it would be a very difficult mat ter to .prove perjury against Verlander. If he committed Mrs. Casse then Verlander must be also, and vice versa. The recognizances of Verlander were extended. Fanny Simmons--I live at Kingwood, Oxford shire. I had a mother named Esther Simmons. She died while in Mrs. Casse's service. I received this letter from Mrs. Casse, and sent it to my bro ther. He went to see Mrs. Casse. The other let ters are to different persons. I know my mother's handwriting. This is not my mother's handwriting, and never was (looking at the signature to the will.) I know Mrs. Casse's handwriting. I have written letters to my mother, and received answers from her at Winterton-house, St. John's-wood, Regent's park. By Mr. Arnold—She sometimes signed her names "Hester" and " Esther," sometimes " and sometimes " E." Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—That is not like my mother's handwriting. I have never seen it before to my knowledge. Mr. Lewis —Look at it--whose writing is it ? Witness —It is my own. Mr. Lewis —Look at this. Witness—To the best of my belief that writing is my mother's (No. 1.) To the best of my belief that is my mother's (No. 2). I can't swear to my own handwriting so well as my mother's. My mother never differed in h er wr i t i ng, and I do somet i mes . My mother came to Readi ng i n 1862 or 1863 an d wrote to my father. I saw her write and fold up the letter. I mean to swear that from the year '59 when my mother went to Mrs. Casse, I saw her in'62 or '63. My mother sometimes signed in full. They were not on good terms, my father and mother. (The case was not concluded when we went to press.) SHIPPING INTELLIGE NOB. This Day. -- o -- LONDON, March 14.—Wind this day at noon—North- Wosterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. _ _ . QUEENSTOWN, March 14.—Wind N.—Arrived—Oceans, screw steamer, from New York. Sailed—Falcon, for llambr g. _ _ CLYDE; March 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rock Light, for Callao. POOLE, March 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Jano Eliza beth, from Zeiniclusee. PORTSMOUTH, March 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Scotia's Queen, from Odessa. SCILLY, March 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Restless, for PLYMOUTH, March 13.—Wind to N.E.—Arrived—Atlas, screw steamer, from Trieste ; A. L. Palmer, from London for Buenos Ayres. PILL, March 13.—Wind SM.—Arrived—Favourite, from Odessa, &c., for Gloucester. Sailed—Carborite, for Bahia. SWANSEA, March 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Breeze, from Antwerp. Sailed—Owen, screw steamer, for Bar celona. LIVERPOOL, March 13.—Wiud E.—Arrived—Europa, steamer, from Boston. March 1 4—Arrived—Delaware, screw steamer, from Philadelphia ; Atlantic, steamer, from Alexandria. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, March 14.—Orion, Batavier and Heron, screw steamers, from Rottexlam ; Leo, screw steamer, from Ant werp ; Magnet, screw steamer, from Aalborg. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Queen of the Clippers, from London, for St . Michael's ; Anne Boyden (in tow), from Calcutta ; screwsteamer, from Santander; Alexaidrina (in tow), from Shanghai ; Mermaid, of London, from the west—all for London. MARKETS.--This Day. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate. For all qualities the trade ruled quiet, but without leading to any material change in prices from Monday. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business transacted was moderate, and prices ruled firm. _ grain were in but moderate request, cargoes of at rates.Fl:taeting Barley, the supply of which on sale was but moderate, ruled firm, at full currencies. Malt was very firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. The supply of oats 04 sale was moderate. There was a Beans and peas ruled fi rm, at full currenc i es. fair demand for most descriptions, Flour moved off slowl y, at late pr i ces. at late rates. &MP ARILIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2080 980 820 120 1190 Irish - Foreign 4870 1850 - 12,560 280 sks. COMPARATIITE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN. For the week ending March For the corresponding week 10, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat ....... 69,669-45 s 4d, Wh ea t 69,297-3 8s 4d Barley ........ .46,672-35 s 7d Barley 42,655-29 s id Oats WIIITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is but moderate., The trade is firm, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in an kinds of hops is very mode rate. In prices no materitil change has taken place. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Tbis Day. Market steady. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. COURSE OF EXCRANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam . Short. 11 18} Ditto 3 Months. 12 2} Rotterdam Antwerp - 25 55 Brussels - 25 55 11 19 12 21 12 2 25 60 25 GO 13 101 25 35 25 60 25 60 121} 10 65 10 65 29i 6 291 46f 47 25 67 25 67 25 671 25 70 Hamburg .................... 13 10 Paris Short 25 25 Ditto ........................ $ Months. 25 52i Marseilles .............. ... 25 55 Frankfort on the Maine A l2ll 57 1 Vienna, ....................... Trieste ........................ 10 60 -- Petersburg ............... ........................ -- Madrid . .................. Cadiz ........................ -- Leghorn ..................... Milan ........................ Genoa ........................ -- Naples ........................ 29f 6 29 46} 47} 25 62 25 621 25 62 25' 62k Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand , via Southampton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles 3lar. 16 Braziland by C FrenchapeVe packet. .....,, s c b k y e tßf packet April 6 Ditto, Mar. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 24 China, Penang, a nd Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .......... . ....... Mar. 16. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 2L. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Mar. 16. Ditto, viaMarseitles Alan 10. Mauritius, via Southampton ............ Mar. 10 Ditto, via Marecil:ei, . Mar. 10. Newfoundland Mar. 14 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United Mates and British North America, by Bri- tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton . Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Mar. 9. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Ft.b. 18 IMPERIAL FARLIAMEN'„T2 HOUSE OF LORDS.--LAST EVENING, ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to. the fol lowing bills :—The Consolidated Fund (£1,137,772), an d the Savings Banks and Post-office Savings Bank B . The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Bessborough, and Viscount Sydney. The house suspended sitting at a quarter past four and resumed at five. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time vald passed:— The Cashel Junction Railway, and Bray and Enniskerry Railway. CHILD LABOUR. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from certain in habitants of Sheffiald, praying that there should be an in quiry into the circumstances connected rith the employ ment of juvenile labourers, and that the. report should be laid as soon as possible before the pubr c , in order that this very important subject should bo car efully considered. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. The Earl of CARNARVON drew the attention of the house to the alarming extent to which the cattle plague had extended, and impressed on. the Government the ne cessity of obtaining accurate statistics on the subject with a view of the malady being dealt with in a scientific way, in order to prevent the pre gress of the disease. JAMAICA OVERNMENT BILL. Lord RUSSELL moved the second reading of the bill. lie said that there was a large amount of misunderstanding on the part of certain portions of the public in reference to the circumstc.nces connected with the recent events in the Island of Jamaica. In considering this subject, the cir cumstance of the relative proportion of coloured and white persons in the colony was to be taken into account. It was desirable that the affairs of such a place as Jamaica should be satisfactorily arranged, and to accomplish that object legislative action was necessary. The principle of the bill had already been discussed, and he believed that public opinion was in its favour. He considered that it was calculated to effect the object of placing the affairs of the colony in a satisfactory condition. Lord DUNSANY made some general observations re lative to the position of the colony. Lord TAUNTON expressed a hope that the course of legislation that would be adopted in regard to Jamaica would be of a nature calculated to 'develop the resources of the colony, the value of which was great to this country. Both the interests of civilisation and pecuniary incentives were involved in this question. Earl GREY supported the bill, and expressed his ap proval of the appointment of the commission. He contended that the interests of the West Indies had not been dealt with by the Legislature of this country in an enlarged and proper spirit. All the evils with which they had now to contend: grew out of this contracted legislation, and the time had arrived when there should be an alteration in the legislation with reference to the island of Jamaica. After some observations from Lord LYTTELTON and Lord LONGFORD, the bill was read a second time. The Princess Helena's Annuity Bill and Prince Alfred's Annuity Bill were severally read a third time and passed. The Marine Mutiny and the National Debt Reduction Bills were respectively read a second time. The amendments to the Sale of Land by Auction Bill were agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. liflcations of those who sit, in it. But in proportion as the powers of this assembly are great and paramount, is the exploit to amend its constitution one of the highest attd noblest efforts of statosmanship—(Oppositioncheers)— an d to tamperwith it lightly, or to deal with it unskilfully, is one of the most signal marks of presumption and folly. When we speak of giving the franchise to a class who have it not, or of transferring electoral power from one district to another, we must always remember that the end we ought to have in view is not the class which receives the fran chise—not the district that obtains the power of sending members to Parliament—but that Parliament itself inwhich those members are to sit, and for the sake of constituting which properly those powers alone ought to be exercised. (Cheers). To consider the franchise as an end in itself—to suppose that we aro to give this to ono class of persons be cause they are deserving, or to withhold it from one place because it is small and give it to another because it is largo —is, in my opinion, to mistake the means for the end. (Hear, hear.) This franchise has been of enormous ad vantage to this country, and we are naturally enamoured of it—but when we treat the franchise as an end of itself, and the conferring of it as the ultimate effort of states manship in the matter of Reform, it appears to me . that we fall into the same error as a man would do who, having found that money contributed much to his pleasure when young, and his power in middle life, on arriving at the close of life, when pleasure can charm no longer and power is no longer within his grasp, turns his affection from the end to the means, and ends by loving the money for its own sake. (Hear, hear.) I mention this because I have some reason to complain of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the manner in which ho introduced this great question to the house. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer told us in substance that he feared he had much to say to the house, and therefore he would not take up Our time in giving any arguments or reasons in favour of the revision of our electoral system, or extension of the elec toral franchises of the people. I wish to speak of this mat ter with perfect temperand good humour, but I do not think the Chancellor of the Exchequer will, on consideration, say that he dealt altogether respectfully with the house. It is not right that a great assembly like this should bo called upon to entertain propositions of the very utmost moment touching the most vital part of our constitution, effecting , if carried into law, an immense redistribution of power and an enormous alteration in the constitution of the country ; it is not right, I say, that such a proposition should be in troduced without the Minister introducing them laying be fore the house the reasons which have induced the Govern ment to make these propositions, and giving thorn as a guide in estimating the principles upon which he acts. I am not wedded to anything particulaey because it exists. I am quite prepared to follow experience and expediency as my guide in political matters, wherever - they may lead me. I have no prejudice in favour of the existing state of things. I care not, as far as my own feelings and prejudices are con cerned, what the amount of the franchise is, or what are the places where political power exists. This is a question I am open to consider, because I profess to guide myself by experience and induction, the nature and essence of expe rience and inductionbeing that theyare always open to new light from whatever quarter it comes, and reject anything that savours in any degree of dogmatism. Therefore, if I complain of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it is not because 1 am unwilling to give consideration to anything the Government may propose for improving the constitu tion of this house, but it is because, although perfectly wil ling to entertain such question, I think it only fair to exist ing institutions to say that the burden of proof is in their favour—that the presumption is in favour of whatis, until argument shows that what is can be replaced by something that is better. And when the Chancellor of the Exche quer, without condescending to utter a word depreciatory of the present system, pointing out its faults or suggesting remedies, at once proceeded to state his plan so materially altering it, I think he took for granted that the burden of proof was the other way, and that those who defend the constitution are bound to answer the arguments of innova tors, instead of waiting until the innovators make out a case. (Opposition cheers.) I hope I am clear in this matter. I only uphold the £lO franchise or the present state of cir cumstances because it exists, and because it has a right to exist until something better is substituted ; but I deprecate the spirit of innovation which assumes that what exists is wrong, and calls upon us to pull down the noble work Of our forefathers before a single word is uttered to its dispa ragement. The Chancellor of the Exchequer found plenty of time for many subjects of less importance. He discussed with exquisite felicity the difference between the annual value and the gross estimated rental laugh)—ho went into distinctions, into which few of us coulci follow him, with regard to compound householders, tenants of flats, lodgers, and other abstruse personalities—(cheers and laughter)—but although he was able to go into all these matters with a detail which reminded us more of a speech on the Budget than a speech on Reform, he did not find time to say a single word why the constitution under which we lived so long might not last a little longer. I will state in a few words all I think necessary for the argu ment I have to address to the house with regard to the bill of the right honourable gentleman. That bill pro poses, in short, to increase the whole of the electors of the country, at present estimated at 900,000, by 400,000 ; that is to say, by nearly one-third. [An Hon. Member : Nearly one-half.] Half of the existing electors, and one third of the whole when this bill is passed. Then he pro poses to give to the counties 171,000 new electors, and to the boroughs 204,000 new electors, these being altogether derived from a single class of persons of £lO or under £lO rental. (No, no.) It will be almost entirely so. But there may be some slight difference ; 144,000 of them aro abso lutely working men, and the rest of them pretty nearly so. (Hear.) Now, as to the county franchise, I have only one observation to make. It may be right, or it may be wrong, but there can bo no doubt that it will very much extend the electoral districts, enormously increase the expenses of elections, and that it will create a great redistribution of political power. (Cheers.) That may bo right, I say, or it may bo wrong ; but before we pass it, I think we ought to have been told the reason why we did so. When we come to boroughs the case is much more serious. The right hon. gentleman opposed the one to the other. The counties, he said, had a middle-class franchise, and the boroughs had a working man's franchise. I will not trouble the house with figures, but I may sum up the result of them, which will be that, when this measure passes, there will be 330,000 working men and 362,000 who are not working men. That is the system he proposes for our adoption. Here, I think, we get to very grave considerations, because we have not only the statement of the hon. gentleman, but we have laid before us statistics from which it appears that the number of working men alreadyadmitted to the franchise is 120,000, which is about one-fifth of the electors. That is a mos grave and momentous fact. Look what it proves? In the first place, it proves that the Government were entirely mistaken upon the main ground for bringing in this bill. (Opposition cheers.) The main ground that theyproposed for bringing in the bill until they came to bring it in, when they thought it expedient to put forth no ground at all, was the exclusion of the best of the working men from the franchise. Hero is an authority that no one can dispute. We have heard it said often enough—l cite from a work, " The Constitution of England," issued by Lord Russell twice last year, once in the spring and once in the autumn. (Laughter.) This is the passage with reference to Reform: " But may there not be still improvements ?"—in the Re form Bill the noble lord referred to, and this is the whole answer he gives : " Each of the last four Ministries have been willing to add, as it were, a supplement to the Reform Act. For my part, I shall be glad to see the sound morals and clear intelligence of the best of the working classes more fully represented. They aro kept out of the franchise which Ministers of the Crown have repeatedly asked for, partly by the jealousy of the present holders of the suffrage and partly by a vague fear that the members of this class will swallow up the other. Both these objections may be removed by a judicious modification of the proposed suf frage." What does this prove ? In the first place, this proves that in the autumn of last year, in the opinion of Lord Russell, the best of the working classes were not in cluded in that suffrage. Is that tnto ? Take the noble lord's own statistics, and compare them with his preface. Can you reconcile them? No, for they are absolutely irre concilable. It is true that Lord Russell would be under a delusion which is shared in by every gentleman who has used the argument, and that nearly comprehends all the gentlemen on the Treasury Bench. (Laughter.) We all more or less shared in it. I do not pretend to say we did not We all shared in the delusion that the working classes were. excluded from the franchise, and that there was a sharp line drawn at the £lO, through which the working men could not penetrate. That was the only proposal of the noble lord with regard to the Reform Bill, and that was proved to have been founded on a mistake. I want to know on what principle it is that the Government, having r received statistics which my noble friend the member for Haddingtonshire (Lord Elcho) moved foriloms they that these people, for the with r t c h P e bill at all. asked for a reform bill, were s :a li- r e e alread y want to know why they have gc:rnetZat is worth w resen ted —I (Opposition cheers.) Surely, been there—my right shtoonenfranchise the working man ; explain ing. We could have un derstood our S ab i l i e f tflirieesneds‘tvaotiusltdicsh have ed told not r a i i g n h t t h hen.is proposition o friend ositi on assumes wth _ us at once that f it that this house is ready h but, regardless o . B country or the the facts, entertain Con stituencies for acceding to it. These statistics prove a reason for asking t which I have been greatly reproved, that the working classes have already the loituttleanmOrwo.eigThthyey prove a thing for franchise. Sir, I have been reviled in the best and worst' of English on that subject—(laughter) —and by no one more so than by the noble lord the author of that preface —for saying that the franchise lies in the power of the working man. All I can say is, if the working men have not that power how should they get there ? (Laughter.) That proves something more still which is also very well worthy of the notice of the Government, and that is this : I do not apprehend we had any statistics to tell us when it was that this groat increase in the constituencies took place ; but no one who knows the history of this country can doubt that it was owing to the great expansion of the last few years. Well, then, when we know the causes, are they permanent or transient ? The first cause was Undoubtedly the discovery of gold in California and Aus tralia, and the consequent depreciation of the precious Metals gave an apparent rise of prices. This led to higher rents and higher wages. Another cause was the emigratio that took place in Ireland ; a third was the extension of our trade and commerce, which is making labour every day more and more in demand. I am not wrong in considering there are causes still operating, and which will continue to operate hereafter. I could not extract many principles from the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but one thing which he said was that he did not wish to see the working classes in a majority of the constituency of this country. He did not much care himself, but for the sake of his weaker brethren. (Laughter:) But was not the case that in a few years, from the causes I have mentioned, the working classes will be in a majority. When we give a vote to £7 houses do we not hold out a temptation to £6 houses to become £7 and so on, so that when I view the system of my right hon. friend, as at present stated, we shall in a short time see the working classes in a majority of the constituency. Let us see what this implies. I shall speak very frankly ; for having lost my character by saying that the working man can gut the franchise if he likes, which is all true, I shall state what I mean. Let each gentleman consider the constituency he has had the honour to be concerned with. (Laughter.) II you want venality, ignorance ; if you want drunkenness, if you want facilities for being intimidated, if you want an impulsive, unreflective, violent people, where do you go to look for them ? Is it to the top, or is it to the bottom ? It is ridi culous to raise the question. The sins of the constituencies are mainly committed between the £2O and the £lO. It may be said the £lO beer-house keeper is the man, but get the artisan and you will see something very different, (Hear.) That is the sort of theory the ancients had about tho north wind. The ancients observed that as they went, further north the wind grew colder, just as the constituency gets worse nearer £lO. " Then, if it is so cold when you get in front of the north wind," they said, " how verywarm it must be if you could get behind it." (Laughter.) And, therefore, they imagined for themselves a blessed land W 4 have all heard of called the Hyperborean, where the people wore perfectly happy and virtuous because they had got on the other side of the north wind. (Laughter.) That is just what hon. gentlemen say with regard to the franchise. If you only go a little lower, you get among a virtuous clash; but if what •k say be true the lower you get the worse it is, whether it be artisan or beer-shop keeper, or any other person. We well know what sort of people those who live in those small houses aro. We know what the freemen were, and that it has been the opinion that there could be no better act than to disfranchise them altogether. But now when the class it was proposed to disfranchise is dying out of itself, the Government proposes to bring it back. I ask, what good shall we get? The effect will be to add a large number of persons to every consti tuency from the class to which, if anything is going wrong, we must look to find it. It will increase the expenses of the management of elections, and I maintain that as we go lower you may look for more bribery and corruption than hitherto. Another thing I wish to point out is that hon. gentlemen on this side of the house will find out from ex perience that the main mischief will fall on themselves. The first stage will be to increase corruption, intimidation, dis order, and all the evils that often attend elections. That is the first stage. What will be the second stage, when the ms o e l f ves theirn p a o w c l e e r a . r . majority,They w ill hsiacyl will make working o men th e consciousm find th e we can do better than continue elections. Let us set up a shop for ourselves, let us carry on for ourselves ; we have our trade unions, we have our leaders, we have all the power of combination, and when we have power to vote we can get all this with tenfold force. (Hear, hear.) Where then is the line to be drawn ? The right hon. gentleman said that as he did not pledge the Government to redistri bution of seats, this Parliament might have to effect that object. lam much obliged to my right bon. friend, but for my part I do net think I should be worth preserving on those terms. As long as wo have not passed the bill we are masters of the situation. Let us pass the bill, and what should we be ?—hewers of wood and drawers of water, with the threat hanging over us that if we did not work we should be sent about our business. (Opposition cheers.) This we are told is a voter's bill, and does not deal with the redistribution of seats. That, said the right hon. gen tleman, is the advice of the hon. member for Birmingham, and I have followed it. It is lawful for me to be taught by an enemy—how much more by a friend. (Laughter.) Well, sir, I will read the language of the hon. member for Birmingham, from which you will derive a very different impression : " Repudiate without mercy any bill that gives merely the franchise, whatever its acquisition may be, if it does not unite clauses for the extinction of small boroughs, and give them places to the great city and town population of the kingdom." Mr. BRIGHT—What is it you are reading from ? Mr. LOWE—I am reading a speech made by the hon. member at Bradford in 1859. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Bright.) There is a little bit more. (Laughter.) " The question of redistribution is the very soul of the question ; but unless you watch it you will be deceived; and when the bill is passed you will pcissibly turn back to lament yourposition." (Laughter.) I am not reading from the speech particularly to get a laugh at the expense of the hon. member for Bir mingham, though I have no particular objection to that. (Laughter.) I have not the least doubt the hon. member for Birmingham, not withstanding his speech at Bradford, is consistent. I believe he had in view the redistribution of seats, and that what he now wants is to get the workmen to make the tools, and then they will speedily construct the machinery. The object of constituencies is to return mem bers. It is quite possible that the constituencies may be so large as not to return the members best fitted for this house; and it is quite possible they may return men vi mukl.rato opinions and moderate means ; but it is quite possible to divide the whole representation in this house between the millionaire, to whom expense is amatter of no moment, and demagogues, who compensate for their want of money by pandering to popular passion. (Opposition cheers.) Since the revolution of 1688 it has been the practice for the seats in the Government to be approached through the House of Commons ; but if you admit such members of popular re presentatives, whatever good you may do, you will destroy that element, and will render it impossible to carry on the happy union that now exists. Again, I would ask, what reasons there can be for bringing in this bill at all. The working classes have gone to hear the hon. member for Birmingham speak—as I would go if I were within ten miles—for the purpose of hearing him; but wherever he has been he has condemned the franchise bill. The working classes have met in St. Martin's-hall and elsewhere, but their demand was for universal suffrage. (Mr. BRIGHT—No.) Almost universally; and they have spoken in a manner equally uncomplimentary of the hon. member for Leeds and of his proposition. They have spoken out at St. Martin's Hall, where Mr. Odgers told the working men what he wanted. And what he wanted was to give to his own trade first and keep up wages. Mr. Odgers moved the first resolution, and he told them what ho wanted was a law to keep up wages. (Hear, hear.) Another speaker asked, why not pass an Act of Parliament and make Ireland per fectly happy ? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) I conclude that there is no pressure at present from the working classes. Is it the constituencies ? Lord John Russell says it is on account of the selfishness of the constituencies that the working men are kept out—that is to say, that they are unfavourable to this measure. Is it the members of this house ? A deputation went to Lord Russell and held out extreme measures, and he told them that he agreed with much of what they said, but he apprehended the greatest difficulty in the House of Commons. Is it not the House of Commons ? The next matter is a delicate ques tion. Is it the Cabinet ? There was a deputation to Lord Russell on the question, and to the deputation the hon. member for Birmingham said that Lord Russell had told him that ho had immense difficulties to deal with in refe ence to the question of Reform, but that his greatest diffi culty was in the Cabinet. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. BRIGHT— I don't know whether the right hon. gentleman believes it or not. I have only to say that there is not a word of truth in the statement. Lord Russel/ has never said one word to me that led in any way o t f ° in timate to me what was the opinion of any the right portion his Cabinet. (Ministerial cheers.) And I have o recollec tion of having said anything of the kindta anythingw he has hon. gentleman quotes ; and if he o --n : n e d must have been read, I can only say I never sa b id ea i i t ) inaccurately reported. o f p o i r ni t o h n a , t it has is it M ia r t . h L e o s W ta E r_< —l a d j e a n u,g ot h ( o) H in ear, k the Star when I want infor perravdelregiunostaiiint gfirtutmhenm. memory, (Loud (Loud laughter.) ,l l l :t t ' u mhter.) Let us come to the reason mation. al enewe '" house question s seriously o o u f It t o 11 disposed of. Is it, as the right hon. gentle manbeen pretty we w o rking i s noin menrespect are t publicexcluded, h Chancellor of the Exchequer says, that gentlemen n of ot th b e ec t a h u in sa g. the the slhyigtho moralityrn t hei N ? Tou T ld h a a s t k is the a r mind to it. Any gentleman who enters this house, enters gArala e u e g m h m .) itte l d it not as the member for any particular borough, but for the whole United Kingdom ; and. I apprehend that he is bound by an obligation to which no promise can add, and from which no promise can take away—(cheers)—that he will, ,to the best of his knowledge, will, and ability, do his duty to the country. (Hear.) If a gentleman finds himself baru pored by pl e d ges which touch his honour, h e has a course He has open to lain which is open to all honourable men. ; H and he got int o a pos i t i on i ncompat ibl e w ith his honour, it he must can get out of it. If it is necessary to u remainfa in honour to not propose a lesser duty to a greater, a d the true. As our great national poet sa t y on " His honour rooted in dishonotrs,a_sae.y true." And faith, unfaithful, made him Whatever may sway the opinionsef hon i • gentlemen, I hope that we shall not hear that hon.n ge ntlemen are pledged contrary to their consciences, ad th a t with their eyes open they will do what they believe to be a great injury.(Cheers.) Now, then, I have ef little more to add as to th e found that there is nothing so dif reasons. I have always r in ors as to assign reasons for re ficult, apparently, to Reformers to assume them, is as the right form. (A laugh.) Th e p hon. gentleman when proposing it —ambtdando, by walkin g into the question . (Laughter.) h t Ido not say that we ought not to have Reform, but I. do sa y that the argument of th e diff ere nt gentlemen in promoting it is remarkable. They say it is justice , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer calls it a boon. This is not a question of justice and it rea son ; this is a question of experience and expediency— (hear, hear, and Opposition cheers)—and a practical con sideration of human institutions, and the test of making them conform to the end and object you have in view HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. Mr. DODSON, in the absence of the Speaker, took the chair at four o'clock. PETERBOROUGH WATER BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the bill, Lord BURGHLEY opposed the motion on the ground that it was a scheme not at all required, that it was mainly promoted by a few persons, and that it would interfere with rather than promote the supply of pure water in the places mentioned in the bill. He moved that it be read a second time that day six mouths. The bill was, after a short discussion, rejected. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, anew writ was ordered to issue for Louth, in the room of the lion. C. Fortescue, who, since his re-election, had accepted the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. On the motion of Col. TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to issue for Tewkesbury, in tLe room of Mr. Dowdeswell. ELECTION PETITIONS. The petitions against the return for Frome, the North Riding of Yorkshire, Canterbury, Kidderminster, and Lon donderry (city) were announced as withdrawn. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Earl Granville, Earl Grey and Ripon, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Ebury, Lord Chelmsford, the Earl of Romney, the Earl of Bess borough, Lord Colville, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Stanhope, Lord Taunton, the Earl of Albemarle and a number of other peers occupied seats in the peers' gallery in the house. The attendance of members on both sides of the house was again very numerous. ARMY CLOTHING. Colonel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for War what reports had been made by commanding officers of regiments to whom Merritt's ventilating gussets were issued with the regimental clothing in 1864, and whether he would lay them upon the table of the house The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the articles had been issued to six regiments last year. The report of the commanding officers of those regiments will not be received until the end of the present month. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any bill in the present session with reference to the public schools ? Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of the Govern ment to bring forward a measure in the other House of Parliament soon after Easter. THE SUEZ CANAL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the agreement or conven tion recently entered into between the .Porte and the French authorities on the subject of the Suez canal, there was any security taken against the employment in future of forced labour on those works, and whether such forced labour was in fact altogether discontinued'? ' Mr. LA.YARD said forced labour had been altogether abolished some time ago. SAVINGS BANKS. Colonel W. PATTEN asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether his attention had been directed to private bills introduced during the present session, giving powers to corporate bodies to establish savings banks on the se curity of corporate funds; and if so, what were the inten tions of the Government with respect to them ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the attention of the Government had been directed to the matter, but nothing definite had yet been decided on. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had been in com munication with the authorities of the corporations referred to, viz., Bradford and Manchester, but the negotiations had not yet been completed. In a few days he would state what course the Government would adopt. Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether the right hon. gentle man would say whether it was a public or private bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no authority to answer such a difficult question. He should have preferred personally to have had the bills considered as public bills. THE CATTLE DISEASE. Mr. LONG asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government was taking any steps to ascertain if the disease resembling the rinderpest, which had recontly been observed amongst sheep in dif ferent parts of the United Kingdom was really the rinder pest or no ? Mr. BRUCE said in the opinion of the veterinary ad visers of the Privy Council the disease was considered to be identical with the rinderpest in cattle. There was, how ever, hope that it would not spread as rapidly as that ter rible disease. Professors Symonds and Brown were the gentlemen who had given their opinion on which he had answered the question. THE CUSTOMS CLERKS. Mr. BLAKE asked the Secretary to the Treasury whe ther it was the intention of Government to increase the salaries and alter the classification of the outdoor officers of Customs, as has been recently done in the instance of the clerks of the indoor department ? _ Mr. CHILDERS said there was no intention to make any alteration in the arrangements at present existing. THE BUDGET. Sir F. KELLY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was able to inform the house at what time ho proposed to bring forward the budget ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the intention of the Government, supposing the adjourned debate on the representation of the people was finished that evening, to take the second reading of the bill on the 12th April, which was the first Government night after the Easter holidays. The Government pro posed to go on with that bill night by night, without allowing other business to interfere with it— (hear, hear)—until the measure was completed as far as the second reading was concerned. The budget would be taken the first Government night after the second reading of the Reform Bill. THE NEW REFORM BILL.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourned debate on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHzeuEu for leave to introduce a bill to amend the representation of the people was resumed by Mr. LOWE, who said—Sir, in the course of a long and illustrious career this House of Commons has gathered into its hands every large proportion of the political power of the country. It has outlived the influence of the Crown ;it has shaken off the dictation of the aristocracy ; in finance and taxation it is supreme. It has a very large share in legislation, and it can control, unmake, and sometimes nearly make the Executive Government. Probably when the time shall come that the history of this country shall be written, as the history of that which has passed away, it may be thought that too much power and influence were concentrated and condensed in this great assembly, and that England put too much to hazard on the personal qua- 'UST. -.---T'- - Day. ~~ ~ hare 100 et I 20 *Ai 10 WO too 100 100 100 MEN 190 100 100 U 0 100 100 108 4 74j I 1041 351 5 109 f 107}