The Sun. — London, England, 1867-10-30 00:00:00

.me• Tubr. Oct. 28 is Beatrice, Clarendon has left the for Paris. Clarendon aad fa►nily Jblo earl and ;Middleton, rivod a t thO and news. pass his last arge. The nt, but no figures as f accounts barged, on al murder a the em- sonic tulle )ieion was t this the ni on the . d to leave is tress Was oming up 'ith blood, said Mrs. constable. I the state bed, and child she ace it was .ep wonnad g, in fact, isoner ad' one of the 3 occasion aner when luring the esses that ;et. The , said the instance the time ed at the lect they vhich had d wilful er. The uld have bruise on by other made it Ives that nce, and les of the Gibson , the ordi the pri mstancee loner WaS jury re rder, 1)0 Sider tho :e on the ►ttempt hrowing nature, 'My, as the limo tasioned ; situate• ;3 ,,r, were ring an TisonerS is from pon tho former 6inst tho rounger not bo do what ivictiou ) would b e poor he and khouse , . 0. ID 7 ything to 0001' pen al ' btaiued ow, but ng present up Dl° wley to uoutbs zioasly (cry of ,tealing ;xalader penal forme d 1 to tile publitit Id wi ll 7 ovidod tvourita is 0 f its ine nCoa ia rabOti l ; Of Dir. Etnibethl ,ine and terbu r l L leng th , Ifforde" r o undo ,- . CO Illt , n t 5 4011 16 30 'roll' lighte d dOn f, o f the Din the bang , tiso e%** i ded 1 Lor e ' versi • g 3113(3 tutu uiri -V ° A ilti MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At the bullion office of the Bank yesterday there Was a withdrawal of gold to the amount of £67,000. The Oneida has arrived from the Brazils at Lis bon, and would leave thence yesterday afternoon. She brings specie amounting to £60,599. The official returns relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the nine Months ended the 30th September were published this morning, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports for that period have amounted to £137,202,497 against £141,936,893 m the corresponding period of last year, and show ing a decrease of £4,734,401. The decrease is most perceptible in cotton manufactures, haber dashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen Manufactures, sheep and lambs' wool, and woollen and worsted manufactures. With regard to the imports, there has been a decrease in raw cotton, hemp, provisions, tallow, timber, wheat, meal, and Sour, rum, brandy, tea, tobacco, and wine ; but an increase in palm oil, quicksilver, rice, sheep and lambs' wool, cocoa, coffee, wheat, currants, and un refined sugar. The shipping accounts exhibit a alight decrease in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for the lame period for the entries inwards, while for the clearances outwards there is a slight augmentation. 11 1 the coasting trade similar results are also ex hibited in both cases. With regard to the Manchester markets, Messrs. Alex. Collie and Co.'s circular, received this morn ing, states as follows :—" Our subjoined quotations show a still further advance on several descriptions of India goods and yarns owing to the extensive business transacted during the past week, which has fully engaged producers for some time to come, and Pit them in a position to stand out against any present concession in prices ; while buyers, having satisfied their urgent requirements by late purchses, are only disposed to extend them for goods of which early delivery can be obtained, and consequently our market to-day is rather quiet." Messrs. Neill, Brothers, and Co.'s cotton circular, dated New York, October 15th, states that:— " During the week our market continued steadily to fall until Saturday, when middling upland, in a few instances, changed hands at 18c. (being a de cline of 2c. since our last issue). Since then the better tone of Liverpool advices has produced a sudden reaction here, with such firmness on the Part of holders, that most of the decline has been recovered. Sales amount to about 14,000 bales. Shippers are buying rather more freely, and there is some slight speculation. We quote middling. upland 19ic. and New Orleans 201 c., making re• electively 71d. and Bd. laid down in Liverpool from New York. Gold, 144." The following is a statement of the receipts and exports of cotton at all the ports for the week en ding October sth, compared with those of last Year : RECEIPTS. Past Week. Since Ist Sept. 1867-8 1 866-7 EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. To Gt. Britain. To France. Other F. P. 1867-8 1866-7 Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain steady at 254 264, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have risen 4, to 204 214. The following remittances have been received by Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., on account of the New Granada dividends, viz., £2,000 from the Custom-house at Santa Martha, and £485 14s. Bd. from Carthagena. A remittance has been received by the mail from Guayaquil of £BBl 15 e . 11d. on accoun t o f th e dividends on the Debt of Ecuador. Two O'CLOCK. The market for the English Funds exhibits very little animation, and scarcely any change can be reported. Consols for money and the 7th proximo are dealt in at 941 ; and for the December settle- Inent they have improved 1, to 91* 1. The New Threes are 92j ; Reduced Annuities, 92 1 2 ; Exchequer Bills, 30s. prem.; Bank Stock, 24 7 248 ; India 5 per Cents., 114 131 ; ditto 4 per C ents., 100* 100 ; Enfaced 5 per cents., 1041 ; and ditto 5 per cents., 109 f. Business in the Foreign Stock department has 13 aeli more active, and several descriptions have ad 1-anted in value. Spanish Passive have improved *, to 184 131 ; the Certificates, *, to 161 ; i) to 441 and Mexican, *, to 151. Turkish 5 Per Cents. are unaltered at 31/ 32 ; and Greek at I „ 2 i ; Peruvian Stock and the New 3 per Cent. opanish are also better. A very moderate amount of business has been tr ansacted in the Railway Share Market, and prices lellerally show a slight depression. Caledonian ha ve declined 2, Brighton Scrip 1, Metropolitan 1, a nd North W es t ern an d Midl an d, eac h 1 ; w hil e so uth Eastern have improved 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at steady r south Great Luxembourg are marked 8 7-16ths ; laouth Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 141 ; Gr eat Western of Canada, 161 ; East Indian, 110 1 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1071 1081. Iti American Securities Illinois have advanced . t o 7 9 80 ; and the 5-20 Bonds 1, to 691 1 ; while r te Shares, remain firm, at 46 47. 13 ank Shares are quiet, at about previous rates. Oriental Bank Corporation have improved to 441 /, an d Alliance Bank to 131 1. Imperial are marked 18 1 1 9, and Union of Australia 49. i‘s i Viscellaneous and Finance Shares continue very active. Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan have : v4 nced to 721, Anglo-American Telegraph re 'tie, at 171, General Credit and Discount at si, and City Offices at 61. MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAY, Two P.ll. ~ T here has been more activity to-day, o w ing to 'ne cl ose of the settlement. Prince of Wales, oet ~ w° 4 , North Treskerby, and G rea t L ace y are i n C' ei naud, and West Chiverto n h ave a d vance d to 67 , IVers. Annexed are the latest current quotations : ,thiloverton Moor 551 North Treskerby 358 37s 6d `,,,'~_ntales Gold S a ff ord Amalgamato 6 61 Providence Mines ... 29 30 '-Llst Basset l3 15 South Condurrow ... East Car d East Lovell on . a Lovell 8f 9 Tincroft l2 13 f,treit Wheal Grenville 221 West Chiverton "at North Downs 3k 41 Wheal Basset .. 85 90 Great Great Retailick vreat Wheal Vor ... 171 181 Wheal Grenville 32s 6d 358 isio4..rke Valley Lth Crofty !... ..... BRITISE BINDS—TWO O'CLOCK. a 001/XIINMENT FUNDS. 13 -,.'r ( -nit. Consols a '''''). Account, Nov 7- 941, I ti l) °,, 001 11t. Reduced 921 3 I le '' , 0 per Cent 92i 1 /7 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Bo /6, ~ per Cont. Jan. 1873 4 'ties, 30 yrrs expire sth Jan. 188 P — 0 . for 30 yri ' expire sth April ' lBB5 — D f ° kited Sea Telek t raph), Au o ., 1908 — March Ichequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 &21 per Ct - pin Do £5OO pm rn 4 8 1 4, 1)43 . £lOO & £2OO 3O p-- °f Engl an d St oo k , 4 per C en t 217 8 A-'O. Account /110.1Nnt.h.N UOVERNMENT SECTJEJTIES. /I)tualtock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 -- 00 ccouut I i l f ) ) :o :. 4 , 5 C, e ll r ): J r i fi C( j ci nu t C t s : ' July, Oct. 11888851) 114 131 1001 100 lc r.nfaced Paper 4 per Cent — C o ' Per Cent., J an. 1872 B • •:_i per Cent., h ay 1879 109- °' `! Per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 L 0 ~, Rup. ;., 4 L..... . do. 1877 — D D 18 8 2 — 1)°: 1)e o• b., 5 per ado. Cent, Aug. 1873 "0. u „0. Bonds, 0 p er C ent., £l,OOO nder £l,000 Argent. . FORICION Irtritini—TWO O'CLO(M. . ne Republic, 6 per Cent _ ;°!listriao, Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Jart,ilitin 5 per Cent 4 ' / . 'n per Cont., 1852-58-60 ,•-',O. 5 per Cent., 1865 Vo Account t 130. £lOO Bonds — Il i Tios Ayres 6 per Cent — C . ,71," 2 n per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) — f , -, u per ‘ d gillii,n 6 per Cent — Juno Do. 41 per Cent Do. 6 per Cont., B Do., 1867 Do., Scrip, £74 paid Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip, £2O paid C it mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 nor Cent., 1825 D inubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 E ivador New Uon.iolidated, 1 per Cent._ r.:gy ptian 7 per Cent Do. Sec, ud Issue Do. £lOO Bonds Lio. Do. 1861 Do.£s Bonds Bl , Do. £lO6 Bonds B5l ill ')o Governmont Ifs wsv Dobentnro, BB 71 8} G:.3ek 5 Ler Cents., 1821-5, cx Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G :tactile:a Z.: per Cent . It Ciia.r. 5 pot Cc! . t., 1869 Do, Account Do. Marennnana Railway Nle ;icar. 3 por Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Dr 6 per Cont. Ar , ,..7,10-French qontevideav, t e: per Cent. kioorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 4 . 1 per Cont., 1862 Do Account Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Oo Account 6B} i Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 39 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St B5 6k .... Do 4i per Cont. 1850 Do 4 1 per Cent. , 18G0 Do 3p - er Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1G62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds B7 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B6f Do. do. £B4 15s. do B3i Sardinian, 5 per Cent 74 31 Span!sh 3 per Cen — Do Acc/Junt Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive... — Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Mantes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 18G1, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 44} I TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9 41 Do. Account Do. December . 94i 1 [Tko following appeared in our Latest Edition of yester day erening.l CITY, HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's Telegram from Paris this day, the French Three per Cent. Rentes were at 67 70. Rather firm. Gold at Paris is 1-10th dearer than in London. Consols, after an improvement of /- per cent., have receded to their former price, viz., 94 / for money and the 7th prox;mo, and to 91- / / for the December settlement. All the Stock Exchange markets have been re markably quiet. Itaßan have closed at 441 Greek at 12 121, Mexican at 141 151, Spanish Passive at 181 19, the Certificates at 16i ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. at 31i The following are the closing quotations of some of the principal Railway Companies Sharrs :—Caledonian, 90 to 91 ; Great Eastern, 321 to 32/ ; Great Nor thern, 108 to 110 ; Great Western, 46/ to 471 ; Lancashire. and Yorkshire, 1261 to 1271 ; Brighton, 53 to 53f ; Metropolitan, 122 to 1221 ; Midland, 1181 to 1182 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 101 to 102 ; and South Eastern, 661 to 67. Gold to the amount of £7,000 has been with drawn from the Bank of England._ Co.'s The following is Messrs. Alex. Co ll ie and report of the Manchester markets :—" The large business transacted last week has been followed to-day by comparative quietude, and both producers and buyers seem to rest satisfied with what they have done of late. Manufacturers are mostly engaged for a couple of months, and they are con sequently indifferent about further orders, ex cep t at full rates, and buyers are unwilling to place con tracts that rev:re so lengthened a period for de livery. The amount of business done to-day i s therefore small, but a few odd lots are changing hands at a small concession from the extreme prices of Friday." The specie by the Atrato consists of £lOl,OlO in gold, £136,000 in silver, and £250,000 in Mexican dollars. The latest arrivals of tea from Foo-chow• Foo is 1:y the Argonaut, which vessel has entered the West India Docks this afternoon with 1,310,000 lbs. American Secrrities have closed at 763- ; 1 - for 5-20 Bonds, at 4G 47_for Eries, at 781 79 for Illinois shares. It is ascertained that Consolidated Bonds of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, to the amount of $1,382,000, are now in London in readiness to be exchanged for the valueless Buffalo Extension Bonds, deposited as part of the coPateral security for the Atlantic and Great Western Certificates of Debenture, due 15th proximo. At present the market price for tha Conso';dated Bonds, the en hanced amount of securities, is about £300,000, or equivalent to over 10 per cent, on the whole amount of the debentures. Atlantic and Great Western Debentures remain steady at 251 261, but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have declined 1, to 20 21. The following business was transacted to-day in the open stock exchange :---Moon, M'Q ueen, and Co., £7 paid, 3d. to is. ; North Assam Tea B Shares, £9 paid, 375. 6d. ; Poyges Land Deben tures, 1,000 acres, 273 to 27s 6d ; do. £l,OOO 3 per Cent. Consolidated Stock, £2 ; Imperial I and Marseilles Bondi, £2O ; ditto, 6 per Cent., 1872, R 4 15s ; do. do., 1876, £4 is 3d ; Disderi and Co. (Limited), £lO shares, £lO lOs ; Varia Railway, £2O shares, £3 3s 9d ; Hercules Insurance Co., £2 paid, 16s ; Don Pedro Mining Co., 14s paid, 2 pm. Westminster Palace Hotel, £lO paid, £4 12s 6 ; Rossa Grande Gold, 123 paid, 12s 9d; do., £1 fully paid, 16s ; Confederate States, 1864, $l,OOO 6 per Cent Bonds, Gs to Gs 3d ; Bahia Steam Na vigation, £lO shares, £4 3s 9d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE..-Last Eve Ding. Amsterdam Ditto Short. 11 181 Rotterdam 3 Months. I`2 01. Antwerp — 12 Oi 25 35 Brussels 25 35 Hamburg Paris — 13 91 Short 25 12i Ditto 3 Months.2s 30 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201. Vienna — 12 6 a Trieste — 12 65 __ _ Petersburgh Berlin 6 Madrid 4B} Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 28 95 Naples — 28 95 Palermo Messina ... — 28 95 Lisbon slf Oporto —51 f SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, LONDON, Oct. 30.--Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fins -.Tooth.; but rather cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—William MeMist), from Calcutta; Thom Minatitlan Arkwright, from Now York. CARDIFF, Oct. 29.—Wind N. W.—Arri ved —L abour cella, from Odessa. Sailed—Scotia, for the Capo of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, Oct. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anna Boning, from Trinidad ae Cuba. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrivd—City of Baltimore, screw steamer, from Now York, and loft for Liverpool. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Elizabeth Cicely, from Guernsey ; Marys, from Cronstadt. ' Sailed—Rhino (steamer), for Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Aurora, from Sunderland, for Alexandria ; Jeuno Adolph, from Gothenburg, for Caen ; Accord, from Sunderland, for Portsmouth. ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 29.—The Serapis arrived to day : all well. The arrangements for the Abyssi nian expedition are progressing. The total number of mules collected amounts to 2,500. The number already shipped to Massowah is 1,000. TILE BETTING FRATERNITY.—Thuraday next will be the last day for the bettiug fraternity assembling at their usual haunts. Only two persons will be able•to eon ,sult, as three meeting together will be deenud an obstruc tion in the streets. lim SI,N, LON VON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCFOI3ER 30, 1867. Railways. raid.! Closing 1 Business i Prioe. I done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian e;tinbrian Cork and 8and0n...... 'Cornwall 83 35 90 91 35 15 Dublin & Benet Junc. Dun„Perth,& Ab-Junc.l 'E. Loudon, ocrip C.zti.l 801 9 I 71S Do. !Glasgow S. Western , !Great Eastern, Or(l.,stk.l Do. E. /mg': et. No. 2, (ircat North of ;Suotiand' ireAt Northern Do. A btocii Do. 1; stock' Do. New, ls. at '2.5 and W. of ite:AucL ii. Western -Original Do. 5. VAI. Rail g - us. Do. South %Vales Do. W. I.ll,l.—Oxtorki! Do. Newport Do. liereTford Lanc.tshire ak Yorksbirvl Lo►tdon and Mack walil Lon., Brigh., S Coast Chat., and DJver. Do. Metrop. Ex. A 'Evil. North Itiestern 'Lon. South Western; Man., Shet., At Lincoln' Do. New Do. Extension • 3ictropolitan District. Do. do. Jo. i)o. and St. John Niod , Aidiand D0..0 Share Do, Liirrnin.. Derby tiid Kent ..... North &Melt _ _ Do. 1 4 :d., Pth., he Dun.i th. Eastern—Berwick Do. (.I.N•E purohnst Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling.' Do. do. 18604 1 North London .. Do. do. 1804 5 Do. do. 1866 . North Staffordshire S. W. Junction Scottish Central soot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., Ac Wok PafT Vale Do.o Vale of Neat!' Waterford & liiikenti) Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 3 5 73 76 70 72 105 107 ;32} SLI 5 7 10 7 106 110 113 :14 121 11.5 41 A 25 3) 29 3t -- 1261 177) 52i 531 17t 18 IL 14 113; )14 81 83 17i 48i, 1221 123 114; 131 124 1; 1 58 E, ,BIONS. 65 67 102 103 P iP 3i 4 6 6 100 100 100 all 100 100 68 71 18 62 99 IG2 ,03 IG4 110 110 i, 17 18 E 8 85 50 52 40 46 32 34 It 201 107 108 - 2 t - 2 p 100 10L 92 94 - 1 15i 15& 95 87 85 87 1.1 100 102 93 85 89 91 100 tlOO 15 100 100 11' 13 181 103} 1031 I 110 I 107/ 8} 161 100 83 85 ; 100 101 1001 101 7 P 99 100 85 87 11 MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 111 2.14.0 R. 3.6 11.2.0 584 5.17.0 5 7 7 8 4ZO 430 I 19 21 5 6 3 34 2 3 8 9 2 24 4 5 17 18 13 18 1 35 17 21 21 b 41 5i 21 1 1 10 60 5 3i 4 2 2i 29 31 390 410 37i 42 4 6 13 14 8 10 64 67 110 120 07i 721 25 27 16 18 105 115 0 7 1041 BRUTAL MURDER AT LAMBETH. This morning between six and seven o'clock the body of a male child, apparently a week old, was discovered by a police-constable brutally murdered in North-street, Paradise-row, Lambeth. It ap pears that as a police-constable, named Ja.z!.lValters, 134 L, was proceeding through the above-mentioned locality, his attention was drawn to a paper parcel lying on a door-step, near Hodges' Distillery. Having a light he turned it on, and found it to be a bundle smeared with blood. He raised it, and finding it somewhat weighty, opened it and saw the body of a child with its skull frightfully fractured, and its face smashed in. The body was removed to the dead-house, and awaits a coroner's inquest. POLICE IN Day, MARLBORO UG H-STRE ET. OUTRAGILOUS CONDUCT.—George Fencing, a ser vant at No. 10, York-street, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, as follows : Police-constable Dade, 228 C, said—About a quarter to one this morning I was in Jermyn-street, and saw the prisoner trying to enter a refreshment house, and on the waiter refusing to allow him to do so he struck him. I asked the prisoner, who was making a great disturbance, to go away, when he said that he would not stir a step for such a as me, and struck a gentleman who expostulated with him on his conduct, and on my attempting to remove him, he struck me in the face and kicked me on my legs, which are now very sore. I called a cabman to my assistance, the prisoner behaving in a very violent manner, when he kicked the cab man on the knee, and got me down and kicked me in the mouth, and it took four of us to get him to the station. Prisoner—Did you not strike me ? The Constable—No, I did not. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was the prisoner drunk ? The Constable—Ho was. George Hopkins, a cab driver, badge 12,758, said —I was standing with my cab in Jermyn-street, about one this morning, when the constable called me to assist him. On my going up I found the pri soner behaving in a very violent manner, and on my taking hold of the pris6ner he kicked me on the knee. The prisoner was drunk. The Prisoner said—l had had too much to drink, but nothing to eat, and I went to the refresh ment house to get something to eat, but I do not remember anything that afterwards occurred. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt is impossible to overlook this series of assaults, and it is a lucky thing for the prisoner that the others assaulted do not appear. I shall fine you 40s. or a month for the assault on the constable, and 10E. or seven days for that on the cabman. 111ARKETS—(This Day.) _----~-- MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent have only been moderate, but in fair condition. The demand for both red and white qualities was far from active, but factors wore firm in demanding the advance of Monday last. In foreign wheat—the show of which was rather exten sive—a limited business was concluded at fully that day's currency. Both English and foreign barley sold steadily at very full prices. Floating cargoes of grain on passage and for shipment have been in request at improving rates. In the malt trade no alteration has taken place. The supply was extensive. There was a good show of oats on the stands, and sound corn moved off steadily at about Monday's prices. Beans and peas commanded late rates, but there was little inquiry. Maize was held for previous terms. Linseed and rapeseed continuo firm in price, but all agricultural seeds were a slow sale. In cakes very little was doing. The flour trade was steady, and values were firmly maintained. Phantom Sail Fair Star Haymarket Eight ran. 6 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken to £5O) 100 to 7 agst Pace (offered) 1000 to 50 agst Typticeus (wanted) LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY, Nov. 8. Aroanwood... Despatch Hornet ... Tally Ho ... Tusculanum The Plover The Doctor L. S. D. ... Pensioner Farnane Heurlys ... WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. CHARLES OSBORNE. SPECIAL Alu JEMENT. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) 1021 FOREIGN : OFFICE, Oct. 2D. DOWNING-STREET, Oct. S. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WORCESTER RAGES—Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE. A Plato (Handicap) of 40 sons, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; five furlongs. 1 VIC romA CLUB BETTING—Ties DAY. The publication of the Liverpool Cup acceptances in duced speculation to-day to be pursued with some earnest ness. The Peer, as first favourite, occupied a somewhat dubious position, for after ten "ponies," and 10 to 1, in hundreds, had been accepted about him, as much as 12 to 1 was subsequently freely offered on the field. Mandrake was scarcely more than nominally second favourite ; the 20 to 1 division being numerous. Others, as below, met with support. Still no genuine commission appeared to be in the market. LIVERPOOL CUP. 12 to 1 nit The Peer (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Mandrake (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Becswing (taken) 20 to 1 agst Fervacques (offered—take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Primate (offered) 20 to 1 agst Caithness (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Honesty (offered—take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 25 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 25 to 1 agst Acta3a (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bracken (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zenobia (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mrs. Allan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Scipio (taken) 40 to 1 agst Corporal (offered) 50 to 1 agst Proserpine (offered) 50 to 1 agst Rose (offered) DERBY. Acceptances for Livorpool Autumn Cup of 200 goys, added to a S weepstakes of 23 soya each, loft. 'Winners of a handicap after Oct. 23, at 11 a.m., value 100 sovs, 51b, two or-200, 81b extra. One mile and a half. 101 subs., 59 of whom pay 3 sous each to the fund. Ago st lb Suudeelah... ... 6 9 0 Moulsey ... 6 8 12 Regalia ... 5 8 5 Dalby 6 8 0 Booming ... 4 7 12 Zenobia ... 5 7 9 Knieitof Garter ... 3 7 6 Pearl Diver ... a 7 6 Abergeldio 4 7 4 Ackworth 6 7 4 Caithness 4 7 2 The Corporal 3 7 2 Newland ... 3 7 0 Primate 4 7 0 Actma ... 4 612 Mandrake ... 3 6 10 Proserpine 4 6 10 Thalia ... 1 6 10 Rose ... 6 6 10 Honesty 3 6 9 The Doctor 6 6 7 Age st lb Fervacquos ... 3 6 7 Dr. Syntax ... a 6 7 Peer ... 4 6 6 Conundrum ... 4 6 4 Lord Hastings ... 3 6 4 Fair Wind... ... 3 6 4 Montgoubert 3 6 2 Bracken ... 3 6 2 Rabbit Trap 3 6 2 Deceit ... 3 6 0 Jeanie Deans 3 6 0 Tribune ... 4 5 12 Orno ...3 512 Minster Bell ... 3 5 12 Mrs. Allan 4 5 12 Southern Cross 3 5 12 Salamanca... ... 3 510 Excitement ... 3 5 7 Secrecy ... ... 3 5 7 New Guinea ... 3 5 7 Scipio ... ... 3 5 7 Acceptances for the Grand Sefton Steeplechase Handicap of 150 sous in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft. Winners of any steeplechase after Oct. 23, at 11 a.m., once, 71b ; twice, 101 b extra. About three miles. 45 subs., 24 of whom pay 3 sous each. The highest weight accepting being underl2st 71b, it has been raised to that, and the others in propoilion. Ago st lb ... a 12 7 ... a 12 4 a 12 3 ... a 11 13 ▪ 511 13 ... a 11 ll ▪ 611 11 ▪ 6 11 9 • 6 11 9 4 11 9 ~.all 7 Age st lb Ross a 11 7 Tennyson... ... 5 11 7 Trap a 11 7 Knave of Trumps a 11 5 King of Hearts ... all 3 The Scrub ... a 11 3 Reporter ... a 11 2 Sylph . 511 1 Phantom a 10 13 Queen Itab, by Po lish (h.b) 5 10 11 JOHN STIRK, 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Exocutos Commissions on all tho racos to any amount. 7, ORDNANCE-ROAD, REGENT'S PARK, LONDON, N.W. Commissions executed on all races throughout the season from 2s. 6d. upwards. Full market prices returned, and is innings immediately remitted upon receipt of voucher. To obviate the difileidties that the clause in the Metro • politan Traffic Act must cause to many gentlemen who aro in the habit of investing upon the chances of horses, all town commissions received on the day of a race will be executed, and voucher immediately forwarded. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 29. The Inman steamer City of Baltimore, from New York, arrived here at 11.20 a.m. to-day. She landed the mails and passengers, and proceeded for Liver pool immediately. THE ROMAN QUESTION. FLORENCE, Oct. 29. According to the latest advices received here, Garibaldi is organising his forces near Monte Rotondo. RO3IE, Oct. 26, Evening. The National Junta is very active, and an insur rectionary movement is apprehended. Orsini bombs are frequently exploded in the streets. Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. Market opens quietly, at yesterday's rates. Sales probably 10,000 bales. LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING. Tho Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. T. N. Molly as Consul at St. John, Newfoundland, for the United States of America. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Tunstal Hyde, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Island of Antigua. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, OCT. 20. Ist Regiment of Draigoon Guards.—Lieutenant Rigby Wason, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Woods, who exchanges. 15th flussars.—George Charles D'Albiac, Gent., t) be Cornet, by purchase, vice Rochfort-Boyd, promoted. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant John Claudius Auchinleck to be Second Captain, vice Joshua Thomas Barrington. Corps of Royal Engineers.•-The Temporary Commissions as Lieutenant 01 the following officers to be made per manent, viz. :—Arthur C. Alexander, Arthur R. Puzey, J. B. Lindsell, Joseph J. Curling, Philip S. G. Reid, Philip James D. Lindoe, Macgregor Greer, Edward C. Hart, Nitwit) G. Brackenbury, and Richard 11. Jeff. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Jasper Selwyn Tupper to bo Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Boughey, deceased. 10th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Thoobald Andrew Purcell to be Assistant-Surgeon. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Noel Hope Litchfield Woods, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to bo Lieutenant, vice Wason, who exchanges. 19th Foot —Paymaster Francis Openshaw Sargeant, from the (-9th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Honorary Captain Thomas Palmer, deceased. 59th Foot—Ensign W. Fulton to be Ensign. 62d Foot—Lieut. Walter A. Corbett to be Captain ; En sign Arthur James Chichester to be Lieutenant ; William Bowlas Williams, Gent., to bo Ensign; Pay master James White Minchin, from the 85th Foot, to be Paymaster. 63d Foot—Lieutenant William Bigg to bo Instructor of Musketry. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Charles John Winston to be Captain ; Ensign Henry Thomas Carew Hunt to bo Lieutenant ; Alfred William James Gow-Stouart, Gent., to be Ensign. 96th root—Lieutenant Henry Houghton to be Captain. 97th hoot—Lieutenant Robert Thompson to be Captain ; Ensign James Miller Gordon to be Lieutenant ; William Fulton, Gent., to be Ensign. 109th Foot—Lieutenant Hobert Prioloau Simpson to bo Instructor of Musketry. HALF-PAL—Brevet Major Henry Blinkhorn, to be Major BREVET.—Brevet-Colonel Archibald Little, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier-Gonoral while in com mand of a Brigade ; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Robt. Cadell, Royal Arallory, to be Colonel. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 25. The following promo tions have this day been made in Her Majesty's Fleet :—Commanders Robert Augustus Parr, Charles Davis Lucas, lloratio Laurence, and St. Goorgo Irvine, to be Captains. Lieutenants John Bullock Michell, James Stephen Tonkin, George itivington, Francis Stafford Thompson, Proscot 'William Stephens, henry Hand, Francis Blackburn°, Cecil Stanley, Karl Mainwaring, and Charles Edward Foot, to be Com manders. SHARE LlST—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. BRITISII r Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom, Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. - 6 per cent... Do. Y shares Buffalo ,t Lake Liam* Do. Preference B LIM, Brant, At Goderich 6 p.c. 187•4-3-4 Calcutta & B. )1, Urn Jape 'Town dz Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 6 do East Indian, go.. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension G rand Trunk of Canada ) Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds , Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e Co. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 2. a tit. South of India gua. 6 per cent Do. 41 per oent iireat Wee. of Canada 1 Do. New .. Do. 6p. o Bets. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1677-8 Endian Branch, Sladras, gas. 5 p.o Do. 4, do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hobson's Bay N. al.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde ... A Do. Delhi Do. do Do. run aub 1 Do.lndus St.Flot °'" BRITIS Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiver ton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cara ast Grenville East Gunnielake '':;rat Love.. W'l Russell (Tavl3tk qam..llr StAubyn(G wen. scat L ixey, , lreat South Tolgus.... 'J rent Wheal 800 y..... q. Wheal Vor (Heist irenvilie if erod's Foot II ingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant ;Luke Valley , Iwyndy Iron Ore, lim ▪ e'zy Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'lßassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence (Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lira West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton...m. Wheal Bassett (.Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men., Wheal Setoa Wheal Trelawney (Lis. COLONIAL GO VEILS. British Columbia, 6 per oeut., Deo. 31, 1572. - - t ean.Gov.tlp.o.Jaaz July 1877-Si - .. Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug.. ID°. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept Do. 6 p. o. Jan. & July 'Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape (.I.llopc, 6 p.c.1873 Oo.Apl.&Oot, IS9O-1900 Do. do 1830-98 1 1)0. Jan. &July, 1890-9 i Do. 5 per oent. 15 April 101 103! 1 , 9 Illi 99 lq 87 89 b 7 89 103 105 107 IOJ 107 108 10 107 and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, N0v.1868, 6 . p. v 04 ?6 1 102 104 1 1111 112)1 Do. 1878, do Mauritius, G p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ...- Do. 1882, Mayls, NOV. "11 Do. 18'35, Feb. & Aug , Natal 'boy. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&Jul y N. S.W. Gov. 5 p*o., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 161,5 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... .. • Nova Sootia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-11 Do. 1878 es upwards Vio,tlov. 6 p.o..fa &July Do. do ? April 103 105 104 106 105 107 104 106 99 101 101 103 97 90 931 94j 91 98 190 100 100 100 100 100 98 99 98 100 _ - 106 103 109 110 riCEFEILENGE London and N.Western, Bedford and Cambridge, 851 North Eastern, York, li. and Selby purchase, 101 r °REIGN ItAILWAY. Great Luxembourg, S 7-10 Ottoman (Smyrna to Atd►n), 3/ South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 141 FOREIGN MINER. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 2i 2 Allianoe, lirn., t3} Bank of New Zealand, 18} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 18f Consolidated, lim., 4 7-16 Imperial Bank, lim.. 10 181 imperial Ottoman, lim., 81 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., If Oriental Bank Corporation, 44 Union of Australia, 99 hIISCELLANEOUB: Anglo-American Telegraph, lim., 171 Atlantic Telegraph, 30 City Offices, lim., 6 Continental Union Gas, him.. 12 Credit Foncier of Englanu, lim., 2f Ebbw Vale, Electric and International Telegraph, 147 Gen. Credit and Discount, Um.. 6} Viceroy of Egypt, (Mortgage Loan), 721 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Matralift and New Zealand, via Southamptoa.....Nov. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles .........N0v. 13 Ditto, via Panama Oct. 29. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verds, by Brazil packet . ~....Nov. 4. Cape of Good Rope. Ascension, and St. Helona....Nov. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Nov. 3. Ditto, via Marseilles .... Nov, 13 Falkland islands Gibraltar, via Southampton... India, via Southampton Ditto, via Mareeil Ca Malta, Egypt, .Lc. Ditto, Marsei II CR Oct. 27. Mauritius, Cape of Good Rope, and Natal, via Southampton Nov. 1). DUO, via Mitred'lee Nov. i 3 Newfoundland Nov. 6 Portugal Nov. 4 Ditto, by pr N 1( ship to Oporto . . Ditto to Lisbon United States, (ana California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by L Llteu .:3tates packet Ditto di • L.(A , w York) Ditto dit 0 LW York) Ditto ditto a 'Amore) ....... Ditto, by Canaaii n packet West Coast of Air' , a, Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. 3. West Indies and Pacific ;except Mexioo and Baha- mas) • Cuba and Mexico Oct 29. Bahamas, via New York Nov. li Bermuda, via .I.lalitax 109 111 63 65 08 118 N 88 33 31 101 102 60 62 93 06 131 133 8 9 115 117 1 lip 61 86 110 112 56 67 45 47 664 67 84 91 145 M 7 ARRIVALS IRIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 530 310 820 250 1,090 Irish — 1,300 Foreign 16,450 3,010 8,610 2,510 As COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND rRICES OF GRAIN. For aid week ending Oct. ! For the corresponding week 26, 1867. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Ayer. Wheat 80,165-70s 5(1 Wheat 79,359-52s 66 Barley 62,717-12 s 9d Barley 71,872-415 86 Oats 8,862-26s Odi Oats BOROUGH HOP. The market is firm hut not active, and choice samples fetch full prices. On the Continent there is a steady sale for most qualities at improving rates. Mid and East Keats £8 8s to £l2 Os per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex 7 10a to 9 OA If Farnham 9 lOs to 12 Os ~ Bavarian 7 Os to 9 9s 1, Belgians 5 12s to 6 lOs ~ Yearlings WHITECHAPEL. Beef 3 2 to 4 6 1 Veal 3 8 to 4 6 Mutton 3 2 to 4 6 1 Pork . 3 2 to 4 4 Per 81b by the carcase. FENIAN COMMISSION AT MANCHESTER. [The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yester day evening.] .... _ Ihe prisoners were brought to the Court to-day under the usual military escort. The Judges took their seats at nine o'clock, and the prisoners Gould, Allen, Larkin, Alacguire, and Shore were placed in the dock, their handcuffs having been previously removed. Mr. Digby Seymour made an application, based upon an affidavit, praying their lordships t) order a certiorari to issue for the removal of the trial of the indictment to the Central Criminal Court in London. Mr. Justice Blackburn said he could not accede to such an application, and the empaunelling of the jury must proceed. The Clerk of the Arraigns then proceeded to call the names of the special jury. As he did so Mr. Roberts, the attorney for some of the prisoners, took objection to several jurors. The Judge cautioned him that he had not the right to interfere by raising such objections, as it was the province of counsel to do so. Mr. Roberts, however, persisted in taking objec tion, whereupon Air. Justice Blackburn said if he persisted in his interruption he should order him to leave the court. The Clerk of the Arraigns then proceeded to call the names of the j'irors when Mr. Roberts again interrupted. His Lordship—Officer, take that man into custody. This order created the utmost excitement in court. _ _ Mr. Digby Seymour rose, and appealed to his lordship on behalf of Roberts, who had reseated himself with an expression of the utmost defiance. A few minutes afterwards an officer of the court pressed his way through the crowd on the floor towards Mr. Roberts, touched him on the shoulder, and requested him to move. Mr. Roberts thereupon observed, "In that ease I must trust to the court." Mr. Digby Seymour again appealed to his lord ship. Ultimately his Lordship gave permission for Mr. Roberts to remain, on the condition that he did not again interrupt in an unauthorised manner. The jury were then empannelled, after which Mr. Karslake said—The charge against the pri soners was most serious, and the circumstances at tending it were of a most unusual character, but the facts were simple, clear, and such as might be understood. He then narrated the circumstances attending the death of Brett, and afterwards said that the jury would find beyond all doubt that, although it was Allen who fired the shot at Brett, all the other prisoners were present and used their revolvers to keep back the crowd, and the important point, therefore, which they would have to consider would be, what share each of the pri soners had in the transaction, which he was sure they would do with all fairness and impartiality. Police-constable Garwood was then called and examined by Mr. Pickering, (I.C. At one o'clock the grand jury entered the court with four true bills against all the remaining pri soners for murder. LADVERTISEMENT.I- 11 0110 way's Pills.—The extraordi nary range of temperature attending the early autumn is extremely trying to the delicate chested, the weak, and the nervous. All troubled by those afflictions should resolve to resort to this strengthening and regulating medicine immediately they perceive in themselves discomfort, or that feeling of restlessness which betokens disordered digestion, and defective secretion of bile. One of Hollo way's pills taken about noon, and followed at bed time by a dose sufficiently largo to act eperiently, will speedily recruit the faulty functions and restore order throughout the whole system. A treatment so safe in operation, and so successful in result, should be known and practised, when from colds and sundry other causes disease is attempting to gain a vexatious footing. The Price of Gold. Ths quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 15c. pm - £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English /tint price cf V Yrs. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-:oth per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 50 days' sight is about 109 per cent. At this rate there is no profit_ on the iml,ortation of gold from Tjultcd .States. Share MEN' T SECURITIES. 911 i 3/ 41 IHE CHANCEL OR OF 7HE EXCHEQUER AT EDINBURGH. Last night the Chancellor of the Exchequer was =testa fined by the Conservatives of Scotland at a grangt banquet in the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh. Owing' to the great demand for tickets the largest public building in the town was engaged for . the occasion, and nearly 1,300 gentlemen sat down to dinner, several hundreds more who desired to be pre sent havin g been unable to procure admission. A gallery at the lower end of the ball was specially erected for the accominothtiou of ladies, about 120 of whom, i, tcluding Mrs. Disraeli, were present. The Corn Exct►tange, usually a dull building, was bril liantly decorated for the occasion. At the upper end the wall exhibited a heraldic co•:ibination contain ing in the centre the Royal arms, in the Scottish setting, with the armorial distinctions wreathed on either side of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli. Above was a riband with the words " Welcomo to the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer," and below a scroll bearing the words "Success to Lord Derby's Ministry." From the cornice of the clerestory windows were suspended shields with the armorial devices and mottoes of the whole Cabinet; and above these were hung particoloured bannerets. The elevated tables of the chairman and vice-chairman were ranged on the east side of the hall, with cross tables between. The chair was occupied by Sir IV. S. Maxwell, M.P., and the vice chair by the Right Hon. R. N. Hamilton. The Earl of Strathmore, Sir Jas. Camp bell, Lord Garlies, Mr. Dundas, Major Bruce, M.P., and Mr. Lawson, late Lord Provost, officiated as croupiers. The company also included the Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Montrose, Lord J. Manners, M.P., Rear-Admiral Sir J. C. D. Hay, M.P., Sir G. Montgomery, M.P., the Lord Advocate, the Soli citor-General of Scotland, the Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., Lord H. G. Lennox, M.P., Major Walker, M.P., Mr. B. Cochrane, M.P., and a large represen tation of the Scottish peerage, gentry, and clergy. Although the great bulk of the company belonged to the Conservative party, a considerable number of g - entlemen were present on purely complimentary grounds. • . After the loyal and patriotic toasts, the CHAIR MAN gave "The Church of Scotland," for which the Rev. JAMES GRANT, D.C.L., responded. The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening —" The health of Mr. Disraeli, her Majesty's Chan cellor of the Exchequer." (Loud and general cheer ing.) Having eulogised the distinguished services rendered to the country, he remarked that the last and greatest of them was the passing of the recent Reform Bill—a work the successful accomplishment of which was due to the energy, patience, tact, and genius of the right hon. gentleman himself. He ex pressed his own gratitude to Mr. Disraeli for the course he had taken and for the sacrifices which he had made in what amounted virtually to the recon struction of a great party. Until Reform was un dertaken by the Conservatives the question was re garded as a joke; but, feeling that the just claim and pretensions of the people ought no longer to be disregarded, the Conservative party had taken up the matter, and the result was the passing of a bill, which, being based upon a sound and intelligible principle, had, he hoped, settled the question for many years to come. (Cheers.) Tracing the pro gress of the Reform question since 1832, he (the chairman) pointed out the trifling and insincere manner in which he said it had been dealt with by the Liberal party, and he concluded by expressing 'a hope that the Scotch measure of next session would be dealt with in the calm, candid, and states man-like spirit which had distinguished the English Bill of last session. He gave Mr. Disraeli a cordial welcome to Scotland, and expressed a hope that he would long fill the place lie now occupied in the confidence of the Queen and the counsels of the nation. (The toast was drunk with great en th usiits Mr. DISRAELI, when the cheering with which he was received had subsided, said—Mr. Chairman, my lords, and gentlemen, I know nothing more gratifying in the life of a public man—nothing in its toil and its asperity score satisfactory and sooth ing than the expression of sympathy from any body of his countrymen. (Cheers.) No,r is that gratification diminished if that expression comes from those who are not connected with him by any local sentiment, because we know how much we may value the affec tionate expression of the kind feeling of our friends; they are apt to be partial in their estimate.. I can not express what my feelings are at this moment, greeted by this great tuaombly with so :much cor diality, distinguished as it is by those who are ex alted in rank, exalted in character, exalted in in telligence, and representing all classes of the com munity—(cheers)—and that, too, in the fair capital of a famous nation, united to England, but on equal terms, and by whose blended influence we have since that union consummated some of the greatest feats of British valour and achieved some of the most brilliant results of British genius, (Cheers.) Now, thanking you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, for the too kind manner in which you introduced the consideration of my name to this assembly, I can not for a moment forget that it is chiefly to be attri buted to the passing of a memorable measure which has distinguished the present session of Parliainent, and with which I have been in some measure con nected. (Cheers.) lam glad to hear that the cha racter of that measure and its consummati ea have been received with favour and confidence in the city of Edinburgh—(cheers)--and the more so because I might have been deceived by some expressions which had reached me before I visited the country, and supposed that a different opinion both as to the character of the measure and the character of those who are responsible for it prevailed in this city. (Hear, hear.) I heard, indeed, or read very recently, and the words came from a per son of considerable position, if he were alone the representative of this great city, but still more so as one who has held very high office connected with the administration of the kingdom of Scotland —I heard that we had carried a measure not entitled to such a distinction as that for which the Whig party had toiled since the time when in the year 1793 Lord Grey had been defeated by the machinations of Mr. Pitt. It is important, because it is in another form a revival of the old political dogma, that upon the most important of political subjects—viz., the ques tion how power should be distributed in a State — one of the great historical parties is to be forbidden from ever touching it. (Cheers.) If we are to go to the origin of the question since the constitution of the country was settled on its present basis, it is purely and entirely a Tory question. The question of Parliamentary Reform was first introduced to public notice by the great statesmen flourishing at the beginning of the 16th century. Whatever their motives may have been, the fact still remains—the great Tory leaders of that day, no doubt, were in a minority in the House of Commons, and were anxi ous to alter the principles of the representation of the country. Motions for shortening the duration of Parliaments, for extending the suffrage, for secret voting, were introduced ; and we are told that it was by the machinations of Mr. Pitt that the Whigs have been perpetually baffled in their desire to carry household suffrage, and have been deprived of their rightful heritage by the manomvres of the Govern ment of Lord Derby. Allow me to say that the great leaders at the commencement of the 18th century who brought forward these measures for Parliamen tary Reform, and who vindicated these measures, were formed of a very powerful and i n telligent oli garchy, and no doubt for many years t hose opinions were in abeyance. But the time came at a moment of public calamity, when the country began to doubt whether it was wise to entrust to au oligarchy the most considerable portion of the power of the State, or whether we should trust more to the power of the Sovereign and independence of the nation. Wh en these opinions became prevalent, shortly after the American war, a man , as alwa y s happens, appeared to advocate these opinions ; and who was that man ? Why, it was a young statesman who had formed his mind by studying the conduct of the great states men of the 18th century. He gave up his time—for we have it upon record he gave up his time by day and by night—to the study of their lives ;he adopted all their leading principles—the opinions he found in the treaty of Utrecht--which would have given us all the advantages of free trade, now so much vaunted; a century beforehand he found those principles con tainedtheprincipleof religious tolerance and thopria- eiple of Parliamentary reform, and ho advocator] it as a means by which he alone could control the oligarchy which then prevailed. Now, who was that statesman ? It was the son of Chatham. (cheers)—that very Mr. Pitt who, as we are now told, by his machinations prevented Lord Grey, and for 70 years has prevented the Whig party, from conferring upon the English people the boon and the advantage of the household franchise. (Cheera and laughter.) My lords and gentlemen, no dor,sot in 1832 Lord Grey was perfectly entitled, from. his high character and from his political conduel", to take the line which he did take. Lord Grey had fairly earned the leadership upon that qUeztiou of Parliamentary Reform ; but when Lord Grey forrnd his Government he never pretended that in ti. t e policy which he recommended he was reconitnr.;a_ ing a policy peculiar to the Whig party ; ou the contrary, he said from the first that it was irr.possible for bins to form a Government except nt'on a very bi oad basis. Ile appealed successfully to the friend ship of Mr. Canning, but that was not enough. He applied to the Duke of Richmond, the father of one of my colle,igues, to‘form one of his Ministry, and he did so. Had he not done so I very much doubt whether Lord Grey's Cabinet could have been estab lished ; therefore I say nothing could be more idle than the pretence that we invaded the baud to whic' 4 we had no right of approach, and that our polit' x i i , opponents had a vested interest in the question of Parliamentary Reform ; that for 70 years they had been vainly trying to confer the boon of household -suffrage on the people of England ; but that we have come forward in a manner most unauthorised, at the last moment, claiming a position to which we were not entitled. When the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed, Sir R. Peel, by his political Tamworth mani festo and his speech in the House of Commons, pledged the Tory party not to interfere with that, settlement which was arrived at. It was then the hatit of those who passed the bill of 1832, and who found, to their great surprise, that there was It great danger of a Tory Government being formed, to de clare that the real object which Sir R. Peel and his friends had in view was to repeal the new Re form Bill ; and Sir R. Peel, with great prudence, as it was then universally deemed, entered into that compact, the reason for which I have always had great doubts ; but whether that compact was wise or not, no one will deny it was religiously observed by the Conservative party. (Cheers.) Every man whO acted with them scrupulously supported and assisted Sir R. Peel in carrying that compact into fulfilment; and I never heard it for one moment whispered that we long departed from that engagement ; but when 20 years after the bill of 1832 a Minister, filling tho high capacity of Prime Minister of England—when in 1852 a Prime .Minister announced that that law was no longer adequate to the circumstances, and that he should himself introduce a measure to super sede it—why then, I say, the Tory party was im mediately exempted from the engagement into which they had entered, and it was for them to consider the course which they ought to pursue. (Loud cheers.) I touch upon this point becatise•it is a subject which has now for a very long time been circulated with impunity in the country ; and I want to show to you that our title was clear to deal with this greatest and most important of political questions—the distribu tion of political power in the State. (Cheers.) After Lord John Russell had announced his retreat from the doctrine of finality there was a meeting of gentler men connected with the Tory party ; and, taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration, they communicated with their friends, and came to a de finite and determined resolution that under no cir cumstances whatever was the Tory party ever to be induced to pass a new Reform Bill ; that they would always assist its introduction, and then attempt to mould it into that form which they believed would be moss advantageous to the country—(cheers) and to that resolution, passed nearly 20 years ago, they had invariably and religiously adhered. And I can only say for myself, from the time I ever presumed at the request of my friends to take any lead in public affairs, I have never omitted an opportunity of claiming, whenever this question was brought for ward, the right of the Tory party to deal with it (cheers), deeming that historically we hadas good and better a right than our opponents, but that, totally irrespective of these considerations, it was a fatal position that one of the great constitutional parties of England should commence their programme by the admission that on the most vital and interesting of public questions they were to be considered to be debarred from ever interfering. (Cheers.) Well, then, I think, my lords and gentlemen, it must be agreed, notwithstanding the speech which has re cently been delivered in the city of Edinburgh—(a laugh) —that the question of Parliamentary Reform was a question for the Tory party to deal with if they thought proper. (Cheers.) I say so, first, on abstract political grounds; and, secondly, if neces sary, but it is not necessary, I vindicate it on histo rical facts totally opposed to that perverted state ment which has recently been made in this city. (Cheers.) Well, my lords and gentlemen, if that question was ono with which we had a right to deal, the next question—and it is a much more important one—is this, having the right to deal with it, ought we to have dealt with it ? Well, now, it does appear to me that any man of calm mind, any man accus tomed to consider public affairs, any Englishman, any Scotchman, or any Irishman, who, living in a free country, does not pass idly this important ques tion, as in other countries he might, as to the distri bution of power—l thick any man who has calmly considered this question must have felt it was abso lutely necessary for Lord Derby in 1867 to deal with this question. (Cheers.) Why, what are the facts of the case? The facts of the case are very brief. They are these : for 15 years, from 1852 to the end of 1866, the Government of the Queen had been dealing with the question of Parliamentary Reform, not the Parliament of England, for that is a totally different thing from the Government of the country dealing with the question, and that being a question of merely Parliamentary interest supported by some Parliamentary connection, both may endeavour to obtain public confidence and public applause by supporting a particular line of policy. A ques tion may be a purely Parliamentary question, such as the abolition of slavery and mauy other questions, when it may be right that they should not be precipitate in their resolution, and that they should be matured by frequent and continuous dis cussion, not merely of years, but, if necessary, on some questions of generations. But the moment the Queen's Government comes forward and says that the question ()tight to be settled, the country has a right to suppose that the wisest men have given their consideration to it, and that State necessity requires that some settlement should be arrived at. (Cheers.) You might say that it was merely the Whig party that were of this opinion. Is that the case ? Every Prime Minister during these 15 years, and every party that has been in power during those 15 years, had heard announced from the Throne that the question of Parliamentary Reform, which is the question of the distribution of power in the State, was ono which demanded consideration and settlement. (Cheers.) Every Prime Minister of ever y party in power had dealt with that question, and had failed. Lord John Russell had dealt with the question, and had faili)d. (Cheers and laughter.) Lord Aberdeen, at the head of ono of the most powerful Governments, so far as personal talent is concerned, that ever existed in this country—Lord Aberdeen had dealt with the question, and had failed. Lord Palmerston had dealt with the ques tion, and had failed. Lord Derby had dealt with the question, and had failed. Lord John Russell had dealt with the question again and had failed. (Cheers.) Well, you talk about the agitation in the country—you talk about the unprincipled conduct of men practising for self-interest end private ends —but what do you say to agitators who, year after year, announce that the most important political question requires a settlement, and year after year, Ministry after Ministry, the attempt is made and no settlement is arrived at? (Cheers.) Why, what is the practical conclusion, under such circumstances, at which every man could arrive ? It must be this, and everybody does feel in England, that the great machine was not adequate to the question, that it could not meet the difficulties. Well, if the Govern ment of the country was not adequate to that which the country required, then, my lords and gen tlemen, I venture to think that I have shown Br. 20 Bt St 100 lOU et 20i 10 too I