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h ,-. r ,iqiva AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drnry-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre .. ..... ..EVANS' to SUP. After Adelphi Theutre FVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . ...... .....EVANS!_to SIX. After Strand Theatre IeVAN,V to S a i After New Royalty Theatre ......E VANS' to SUP. After St. St. James's Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre....EVANS' to I S U P. London Singing and Supper Club, R TANS', Covent-garden . Vocal Entertainment at Eight. IF I C IN ATIAN'S Lb WI I ISICY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This e.elebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the outplin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious,andhery Whet. rrune. ;40 • Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., ftt_th T:l4ftset4 in London -, irrby the Agents in the penis in England ; or ar wholes/Ile at AT Wl.l4Ti je J-STkEET LONDON, W. 1 1 .`Cht e; Nre: , Obsory ./M4i,l Pink Label and Cork branded . 9 " Kinaba . L 4 Whisky." COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertloa received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C.. and nearly opposite the Charing Cress Railway Station. NIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inonrporttel by Act of Parliament, 1850), RTTRRIZT.L.STREET. COVICST-GA.II,DEN. LONDOV. ADV kNOI.I MON Y upon Personal Security, Bills of Sale, Prerhold fir Le:mhol.l Prnnery, for one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free nn receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. I / E XF ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. NPV7 Operettn. by J. Offenbach. entitled MR. AND MRS. DENNIS, T,A Tit AVIATA. ERNANI. Ac. &a. Principal artistes. Misses Russell. Barrie. and Fitzllenry; Messrs. Bum Fox, Husk, Evans. Bury Signor Tivoli, with Extra Band and Chorus Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. CoMEDY. by Messrs. TIARRY SYDNEY. J. PT,TIMP .. TON, ORVILLE PARKER, Signor NAPOLI, tlaj,t 1.10, Hercules. Mr. TtOBT. FR 4.SER. with his new Entertainment, en titled "NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE," and the Bros. IT ANT,ON. the celebrated American Acrobats, will appear THIS EVENING. VOLUNTFIETtS in UNIFORM will be ADMITTED FREE until July 27th. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL SEASON. All the Comic Stars engaged. The most popular entertainment in London. Immense mlecess of the following► talented artistes : —ARTHUR LLOYD, WILL LINGARD, GEORGE LEYBOURNE, STEAD (the Cure\ G. W. ROSS. ANNIE ADAMS, SISTERS MILLEN, and the BROTHERS GERARDS, Will appear Every Evening. IL Baker's superb band of 30 performers. Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, Gd. Private Boxes, 10s. Gd., can be secured at the Office. Doors open at half past 7. _. . P. CORR!, Musical Director. 31 ADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION BAKER-STREET. lleantirni CoURT DRESSES, desizns and fashions copied iron the Paris Exhibition. All the Kinfrs and Queens of - 11 4 1 1 zland, in gorgeous co;ttnnes. The Crowned Heads of I..crope ; American Celebrities ; Napoleon Relics ; Chamber of I forrors. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, Od. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, n PROMENAnE CONCERT and DANCING. Conductor, n ol2'nor Curti; Principal Cornet, 31 Graves ; Solo Euphonion, olgnor Hosea. Admission, ls ; Reserved Seats. 28. I'LB.—The GRAND FESTIVAL NIGHT (open till One: will take place on the 20th inst. AMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE forms a A most invigorating summer draught, curinr headache, Viddiness, sea and bilious sickness, or any form of skin affections. Schl by all chemists, and the maker, U. Lamplough, 113, E.C. pAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 7.4 18s. per gallon, is wry onperio- to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, nqs, ner dozen. or In II case 3cs , railway carriage DM 4 .-HICINTRY BRETT an i 0/, Old Fnrnlval's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1821. "THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." 11fIE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Markets enables the "EAST INDIA COMP 4.7•77" to offer TIC 1.8 LOWER THAN EVER. 1)( Pounds o"Ooli Tel for 414. 6.1. can't fv. dear. The Company's KA ISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really deliciou.. 9 , Great St. Hel , n's Churchyard, Bishopegate street, Jan. 1, 1887. PANTSH FLY is the acting ingredient in k ALEX. ROSS'S CANTTIARIDEB OlL.whioh speedily Prodnees whiskers and thickens hair, 241 6d. 5864, and 10s Rd : spot by post for K 4. 44, and 144 stsnips.— ALEX. ROSS, 248. 111 0 Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by twine. ALEX. ROSS'S CH IRO PO. Tilts preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removin 2. the veryroot. Price 49; sent by r-e.; for 60 stamps. --245, 'High Holborn, London, and all Chelauts. I:'AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, - n.—kLICX. ROSSS CURLING FLUID ones 'Adios' o L r o Gentlemen's hair Imm ' ediately It is spoiled. Sold it Re 64, Is Rd, anal 1086 d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps -- . 1 154 of all Chemists. (..;4,REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S lIA.IR DYIC producing a perfect colour inunedlately It Is used. It Is permtneat, and perfectly na tural in etre t. Price 3s 3d. 5s Bd. and 108 8d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and iii stamps ; and all Chelit*ts. RAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, the ;1 London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes I D,erflnons hair frm ans. neck. and arm wlbhout effect the skin. Pris o e Se 6,1, f 59 6,1, and 10s 6d ; s, sent for 61, 84, 'tad 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the „.._ skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. BOSS'S v nrIETA.RLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lolvtiess. &o. 2e 9d and 78 ad : or nest fo r 40 a nd 100 s t a mps. -- A-LEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che- Mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH. By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash. in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so ho an oco w ona i non?... 10s Rd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24% Hicrh Holborn, London. and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author fors stamps, 11 - GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet the deserintive of articles and means used for imnroving iNnao n. vearanoe. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, u .9 NE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN DESTYTUTE ORPHANS are being maintained in tie A.LBERP ORPHAN ASTI:USE. Collinewood Court, ' a gshot, Surrey. FUNDS greatly needed for their Ruppert. CHARLES A. WALKER, Sea " e " , 98 Chea ide • Ps . • E.C. tRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie Park. Siouot Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In stituted 1827. 1 ? -1 toN—Iler Most Gracious MAJESTY the MIR S:N. BL t 3 this institution will be gladly received by the tart', -.1. e at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, RC. . . HENRY SYKES THORNTON. Treasurer. TiToniks TTLSON.J.P.. '•hairman of the Board. STEtiffEN REED CATTLEY. MA., Hon. Seo. ALFRED MACKENZEE. Secretary. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledontan-road. Islineton. N. Supported by Volnntwy Contributions. Thig nostal has relieved .95 natients since was ,r ee tablished a pi t King's-oross in 4Bl 1866.. 1 P.ltients ara admitted L. li:s -,Vit 4 ri t street ; '' 1 3—Messrs. , Llnyds, an C0..60, Lobard ress"s. Ransom ßarnet and t Bonverie, I, d Pan-mall. m HON. S .-...F. Smith, Esq. GEORGE REID, See. (10 1 SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN an their of 4 RE A VED WIDOWS and ORP IT ANS. —Upwards A . h , , ^ , n British vessels are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of „VI are on the British Isles ! m A n. h ere is no part of the coast where the SHIPWRECKED A,„,...PTRRS' SOCIETY is not represented by an Hon. ahlur who clothes (when naked) and sends to their homes cha7ecked persons of all nations and is tbe cha drowned to the bereaved widows and orphans of the tre,".eeommittee earnestly APPEAL fAr HELP. The die always instant. The Cociety relieved 11,221 persons . 1 ; ~nvenr, viz • shipwrecked men, widows, end orphans. Xll lia n %lion s and subscriptions thankfully rece i ved b y Messrs. nis, Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary ern ia - ch ambers, London-bridge . S.E. riR RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another ,Lnme to the 12 now In operation. Last year no fewer nom.. friendless. younc , females were relented from b 4.; I' l 3NnS and. room, makings total of 7,087, who have T i ,_"nt away in f re yearn. o "u home, the Committee wish to form woald be for b kv r,_ 011 .. almoet cltildren, from the aze of 8 to 15, who ""n 14. d nstrav from the psth virtue. ‘,.rAAtributionn will be received eratatally by the Secretary. 4 1r.,1 and Co.. (:^^Pee L omba , Rs rd-street. . ()trent .street Cheapelde ; or by ;Weser; ly 1 11 oyAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ~ , , 1" In the ixtrnediste v , cinity o f the G rea t N or th e rn Kan rednus. Ring's•eroas. .0, Batron—Her Moat Gracious IliaJe.sty the QUEEN' 'lO4-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of WA 11,RS,RG. Xrest dent-131 s Grace the Duke of BUCCL RUCH. N.G. b II tills Hospital, foundel in the year IR2B, the first to este - t;:f the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without ho ` .7 delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is whollysde .' ,Ticnt for support on voluntary contributions and I .eac.es. midtitrerds relief to a large number of to-pa "'lts' and, •testit" to this, the average number of attendance o 11 „ tuts sick has for a considerable period averaged between ,1,7 1 at d 4,000 weekly. ben4ol-10_tpzittee ear • estly soltaLt the ILSSYQTA NCR of th e r.. eent aini nz. as the p; cruises of this TTespit4l are capable 1 1,, r _ ueverat hmidred more beds had the Committee collutipialte tnnds to maintain them. Janson, ill a nt ., l ° , i are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, /3_ and CoCt, A bchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts andl/"o...ill_:anionci and Co. ; Crtyn and Co .: Eferries and Co. ;. and e n '''. ~ ,(1 Co.; Prescott., Grote. and Co.; Smith, Payne, iil ,, „_.. uarolay and Co. ; a Williams Deacon, and Co. •, Nisbet • ~ ‘,0.. Berners-street : nd IA the' ticsnitai. from 10 till 5. STANFORD warm, Secretary. 367 . 0 1 N0r:53,435. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. EILOART. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE CURATE'S DISCIPLINE. By Mrs. El LOA RT. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FLORENCE 31ARRYAT'S NEW NOVEL. In a few days, in 3 vols., post Svo., • T HE CONFESSIONS OF GERALD E iTCOURT. Ey FLORENCE MARRYA Author of "Love's Conflict," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just Publisbed. • UNITED STATES BONDS & SECURITIES. WHAT THEY ARE, THEM COST, and the INTEREST THEY PAY ; with illustrations of the Exchange of Sterling into American Currency, and vice versa; and many other items which may be of interest to those desirous of informa tion concerning American Finances and Exchange. Gratis, on application, with stamped address. BELDING, KEITH, and Co., American Bankers and Merchants, SO, Lombard street, London, E.C. DIINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DENVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Wilms and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. A:IES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the "—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, bei to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or eases, and to take orders in bond arid for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "'Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial market', as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d..per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve , y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107. Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. WARM WEATHER.-RIMMEL'S TOILET VIN EGAR is stronoly recommended at this time of the year as a refreshing adjunct for the toilet and bath, a reviving scent, a powerful disinfectant, and an indispensab'e requisite for travelling. Price Is., 25. GJ., and ss. Sold by all the trade. - E. RI NIIIEL, Perfumer to El R.l.'. the Princess of Wales, 95, Strand ; 21, Cornhill; and 128, Regent s tret t. A VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA. A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16Iba. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 405., by . , PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King, William-street, City. E.C. TORN GOSN ELL and CO.'S CLIERR Y TOOlll PAsTic is greatly superior to any tooth Powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the ~namel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrxnee to the breath. Brit* Is. ad.—Red Bull Wharf. 93, Upper Tharnei-strect, London. 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Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 858. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for School and Home Bs. to 21s. EJYAM & Co.'s PRICE LIST for GENTLE MEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hymn & Co.'s Spring Tweed Overcoats. 21s. to Ns. byam & Co.'s Spring Overcoats 3os. to 84s. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Reefer 2ss. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Suits 42s. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Jackets Hyam & Co.'s Spring Frock Coats Hyam & Co.'s Spring Vests 6s. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Trousers l4s. to 255. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing - room, Library, an 3 Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and eAegant asse.ri me ut of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink lased., beautiful Wald Tables. Paper weights, &0., in Italia n . Alabaster, Parian, Marble. lironse, Derbyshire Spa; ilve; Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, strand, W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. INtiatALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2. 5, 10.20. 60. to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S.,IIS 149. Strand HYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. a Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. HYAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS, LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42 BRIGGATE, and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. TEE T H.—Messrs. GABRIE L. (ESTABLISHED 1S15). NEW PAMPHLET, FREE BY POST FOR FOUR STAMPS, Explaining the Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, AT MODERATE CHARGES. * * GI, LUDGATE- HILL, CITY, L ondon. *** 513, Marley - street, Cavendish-square, 5 *** 134, Duke-street, LiverpooL 1 . / } / ff:r•••= THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1867. could be regarded as a respectful treatment of the House of Commons which had passed the bill unanimously. In con clusion ho addressed a powerful and eloquent appeal to their lordships to give the Government and the bill their support. Earl GREY said that ho had not giyon notice of his amendment with the object of asking the house to abso lutely reject the measure, faulty and even dangerous as ho considered it to be, but to affirm the necessity of greatly amending it in committee. As to his proposal being an insult to the House of Commons, it should be recollected that the bill had only been passed by a most extraordinary concurrence of circumstances, and he believed that fully two-thirds of the Commons regarded the bill as so bad that they quite concurred in the views propounded by his resolution. He agreed with the Premier that it once they departed from the £lO franchise it would be impossible to arrest their descent ; but that fact led them to the con clusion that they ought to adhere to the £lO line, and de vise other means of admitting to the franchise those who were entitled to it. After reviewing the provisions of the bill at considerable length, descanting on its defects and omissions, and complaining that the Government had dealt with the question in undue haste and on imperfect infor mation, the noble earl moved—" That the bill to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people in England and Wales, to which it is asked to assent, does not appear to this house to be calculated in its present shape to effect a permanent settlement of this important question, or to promote the future good government of the country ; but the house, recognising the urgent necessity for the passing of a bill to amend the existing system of representation, will not refuse to give a second reading to that which has been brivlit to it from the House of Com mons, in the hope that in itsSfutiiiie stages it may ba found possible to correct some of its faults, and to render it better fitted to accomplish the proper objects of such a measure." Towards the close of the noble earl's speech he became so completely exhausted that he was inaudible to all but a few peers who wore sitting in his immediate vicinity ; and upon concluding lie was so utterly prostrate that he had to be led from the house by Lord Halifax and another friend. Lord RAVENS WORTH pronounced the amendment unparliamentary and self-contradictory. True, the noble earl did not venture to oppose the second reading; but if his resolutions were carried it would affix such a stigma to the bill that the measure could hardly bo persevered with further. Commenting on the state of things which had constituted the necessity for the bill, Lord Ravensworth frankly confessed that in his judgment it was idle to expect to satisfy the agitation ty feeble and half-measures. By making a wise and liberal concession now, therefore, he thought they might enlist sufficient popular support on be half of the institutions of the country as would enable them to resist the demands which no doubt would ag.tia be raised for an extension of the privileges conferred by the bill. The Earl of MORLEY had no faith in the personal pay ment of rates as a guarantee of the fitness of the elector, or as a barrier against further democratic demands. The thing that struck him as being most strange and irrecon cilable was the fact that a Conservative Government had brought in the measure. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, regarding the amendment as inopportune and unnecessary, could not support it. The necessity for reform, however, he consi dered as having been artificially created, and he thought it might have been overcome without awakening the giant democracy. The Duke of RUTLAND was of opinion that Ministers would have done well had they postponed legislation on this subject until that of the trades unions had been settled. So far as the agitation was concerned he looked upon it as hollow and fictitious ; but from the first he felt that house hold suffrage must be arrived at, whilst regretting the abandonment of the restrictions in the original scheme of the Government. - _ _ The Earl of CAMPERDOWN taunted Ministers with inconsistency in their treatment of the luestion, and do clared that it was to their own suprise that they had drifted into household suffrage. now, therefore, their bill could bo regarded as a Conservative triumph he was at an utter loss to understand. The Earl of CARNARVON had objected to the bill of the ate Government because it was based upon incomplete and insufficient information, and was likely to swamp the intelligence, independence, and property of the country. Yet they were now invited to pass a much larger measure upon absolutely no information at all. The very principle of the bill was unsound and illusory, and the only result would be to disfranchise directly and indirectly the edu cated classes. They might regret it hereafter, but it would then be too late, for they would discover that they had taken an irrevocable step. Whilst saying this the noble earl made the admission that he had always felt the working classes had been inadequately represented, but the correction of that state of things was a different mat ter from transferring the whole power of Parliament to them. Finally, Lord Carnaruon strongly censured the conduct of the Government during the passage of the bill through the Commons. They had evidently entered on a race of concession with their political opponents, and the result could only be fatal to the Constitution. Earl BEAUCHAMP defended the Government in ft spirited speech, and said that he should have been glad so far as the county constituencies were concerned if the bill went further even than it did. Earl GRANVILLE, in sarcastic tones, congratulated Lord Beauchamp and his friends on their groat success in having suppressed and concealed for so long a time their burning desire for a household suffrage. He warned them, however, that they would soon lose their character as ardent reformers if they once condescended to adopt the language as well as the arguments of that great reactionary personage, Mr. Bright. Twitting the subordinate members of the Cabinet in both houses with their reticence on the Ministerial proposal, he remarko 1 that this, however, was not a matter to be wondered at, seeing the humiliations to which those who ventured to express their views bad had to submit at the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Criticising the speech of Lord Derby, in moving the second reading of the bill, the noble earl said it only went to con firm the truth of the story which had currency, that the chief argument used by the Premier in inducing his party to support the bill was, "See ! how we've dished the Whigs!" With respect to the bill itself he did not share in the apprehensions with which some noble lords regarded it. On the contrary, he believed that the extension of the franchise proposed would greatly strengthen the Consti tution. Ho, therefore, gave that part of the measure his cordial support, but he could not say the same of the re distribution scheme, which he expected would not outlive the next two or three years. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH -vindicated the course pursued by the Government on the ground that they had only the choice of accepting, as they had pledged them selves to do, the decision of the House of Commons, or of incurring the risk of not passing any measure cf reform, and so plunging the country into confusion. He argued that they had acted patriotically and consistently with their promises, and they could afford to bear the taunts which had been flung in their teeth, believing that their conduct would receive the public approval. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the de bate was then adjourned until this day. Some bills were advanced a stage, and the house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPELLER took the chair at 4 o'clock. HOSTILITIES IN CRETE. Mr. MILL asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he would undertake that, unless in the event of a complete cessation of hostilities in Crete, Sir William Wiseman would not proceed to Turkey or take up his appointment until the house had had an opportunity of expressing an opinion on the subject ? Lord STANLEY said he had no objection to give the undertaking asked for. (Hear, hear.) THE POOR LAW BILL. Mr. H. LEWIS asked the Secretary to the Poor Law Board whether, considering the advanced period of the session, it wits his intention to proceed with those clauses in the Poor Law Bill which wore likely to give rise to pro tracted discussion. _ _ Mr. SCIATER-BOOTH said ho proposed to omit from the bill all the clauses that were likely to Mid to pro tracted debate. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there were 51 Government bills standing on the paper, and such a circumstance at the present advanced period of the ses sion must necessarily load to the postponement of some of them until a future session. The Government, therefore, proposed to give up for the present session the Murder Law Amendment Bill, Writs Registration (Scot land) Bill, Tenants Improvement (Ireland) Bill, Land Improvement and Leasing (Ireland) Bill, Sea Fisheries Bill, Admiralty Jurisdiction Bill, Intestate Widows and Children Bill, Office of Judge of the Admi ralty Court, and Patent Juries (Ireland) Bills. There would thus remain 41 bills, of which 11 had come down . - from the Lords. Those he d i d not intend proceeding with until some of the other bills had boon considered. To night the second reading of the Scotch Reform Bill and the Meetings in the Rayal Parks Bill wou ld b e t a ken. To-morrow the house would meet at 12 to consider the Tornado case and the Citizens D wellings Bill. On Thursday the remaining military and naval estimates would be con sidered, and on the following Monday the vote for the Bri tish Museum would be brought forward. On Friday the vote for tho packet service would be taken. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) // ,/' / ~~ / /77 , - 7 7 / /5 PLUCE..... 9d. STAMPED sd. '.. J+ ^ .',...... .. . ~,,,,..,..... i ..,...,i ..I.L•••• .• ' ti . 0 4 ..*. e 43 , Q.VI . ki. ' 's (1 g - • • N, -•• •dic ; - ~''' . t9 .-- E - -5) . - : • t tn . i• .., t 4 1 ,) IC' '' *' • .. 4 ": 1, - - ) _ 4.- .::,;' L \ A , '.• - ~..- 1 4- 3 4 t, ..4. 7.: k . 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JQHN R. WARREN, Clerk. No. 52, Great Ormond-street, w.ci 1 vi--;-: ( \ l r BILL. Tho ordor of the day for the socond reading of this bill was put from the chair, and agreed to without discussion, Mr. Reardon, who had a motion on thopaptn for its postponement until next session, not being in his BOYS' HARROW SUITS; BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. B OYS' TROUSERS and VESTS. IMPERIAL :PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The attendance in the House of Peers this evening was more than ordinarily numerous. The galleries wore filled with elegantly-dressed ladies, and the space before the Throne and the bar was crowded. On both the Government and Opposition benches there was a large attendance. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. The Earl of DERBY rose to move the second reading of this bill, which, he said, had passed the House of Commons after the most anxious discussion. He said he felt the difficulty of the task, but having taken part in , the vote which had brought about so great a change many years ago, he felt some confidence in submitting the motion to their lordships. The bill of 1832 effected the most extensive alterations, and was followed by changes that might almost be called a social revolu tion. He was then a young man, and ho remembered the fact in order to show the difference of the state of public opinion at that stormy period with that of the pre sent time. Then every popular demand had been restricted until it rose with tremendous power, and broke down all the barriers that opposed it, and enabled the Government to carry it with an irresistible demand. At that time the cry was "The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill," and such was the power of the movement that the bill was carried amidst the utmost excitement, such as had never been known before. Fortunately, how ever, at that time they had a man at the head of affairs capable of directing the storm and ultimately of passing a measure which put all parties on a better footing and added largely to the prosperity of the country. Ho took an humble part in that great measure, and fortunately they also had still another one amongst them who stood prominently forward in the great struggle, and who had rendered himself more to be remembered than the rest by his opinions with respect to finality. (Hear, hoar, and laughter.) The bill he had now the honour to submit to their lordships was one, he felt, that would be productive of the most important results to the country, and he hoped it would be acceptable to the country. The question of reform had for years been the great effort of statesmen, for so long ago as 1848 the tocsin of reform had been sounded. It was again and again brought forward, and successive Administrations had tried to arrive at a settlement of the question. It was brought forward in the years 1852, 1854, 1858, and in 1860, but it was not until the present Parliament had taken up the matter that the subject was brought to a successful i ssue . When it was first introduced to the House of Commons last session, it was done so in such a dictatorial sense that the house re fused to give its consent to the proposal. Had the right hon. gentleman who then filled the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer dealt with the matter with a little more discretion, it was possible that a more favour able issue might have been the result; but it was left for others to work out a solution of the problem that was fatal to the Government of that period. During the whole of the discussions that had then taken place the question of the borough franchise had never been alluded to. Her Majesty's Government had taken the mat ter in hand, and the result had been a success, and although they were threatened with an amendment, w hi c h , if car ried, must bo fatal to the measure passing during the pre sent session, yet he felt that the attempt to defeat a mea sure which had cost so much thought and anxiety would be defeated. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl then alluded to the circumstances under which he was called upon to form a Government, and said that twice he had been called upon to direct public affairs with a minority in the House of Commons and failed. On a third occasion of the same kind arising, he determined that he would not again be made a stop-gap until his opponents had matured their plans of reform, and therefore he accepted the task with a deter mination to change an existing minority into a practical majority—(hear, hear) —and to devote the closing days of a public career to the passing of a measure that would be satisfactory to the country at largo. They had been charged with change of political opinions on taking the reins of Government, but what under the circumstances, were they to do ? Wore they to iguoro the consideration of Reform altogether ? They de cided that they would net, and a measure was brought forward, and in doing so the Government felt that the only way of arriving at a successful issue was to take Parlia ment into their council, and by such means pass a measure that had been brought forward with the most honest and sincere motives. (Hear, hear.) They in the first instance attempted to proceed by resolution, with but ill success, and when at last it was determined to proceed by bill, the great purport of which would in effect be household rating and personal payment of taxes, such a proposition resulted in the loss of three of its most distinguished colleagues. However, her Majesty's Government persevered in their earnest and honest en deavours, and the result had boon a success, which few had been willing at ono time to concede to them. Adverting once more to the resolution of Lord Grey, the noble earl, whilst granting that the opinion of so high an authority was deserving of all consideration, pointed out that the proposal could servo no useful purpose, and he put it to the house whether the adoption of such an amendment , 77' 4 V 4. * , 1, 4 \ )- 4 .; - place to bring forward his proposition. Just as tho Speaker declared the second reading of the bill carried, the l►on. member hurried into the house and took his seat, but too late to do as ho intended. MEETINGS IN THE ROYAL PARKS BILL. Mr. HARDY moved the second reading of this bill. He did not wish to make the question a religious or sectarian one, but that the parks might bo pat to their propor use, that of being a place of recreation for the working classes and to benefit the whole of the inhabitants of the metro polis generally. He had also included in tho bill the question, which was founded upon an act passed long ago, relative to meetings in Trafalgar-square, which was within a mile of the Houses of Parliament. Holding such meetings was detrimental to the public interest. Mr. NEATE said ho thought the bill was only intended to deal with the holding public meetings in the Royal parks, but it appeared to him that the question ought to be diQcussed whether it was not necessary to include the question of right to hold any large public meetings without the permission of the constituted authori ties. If it were right that any large meetings should take place was there any portion of the metropolis more suitable than Hyde Park? He would ask was it right that half a dozen people should have the right to call together a certain section of the people to a large meeting. The people considered that when you restrained them from meeting that the amusements of the rich were put into competition with what they called the political rights of the people. He denied that Lord Ranelagh or auy one else had the right to call large meetings of the people at any one place. What had happened at Bristol and at Bir mingham might occur on a much larger scale in Lon don at a moment of political excitement. Tho Go vernment had the greatest responsibility in the matter, for they after all had at length recognised the sovereignty of the people and were bound to protect the safety of the people. He should vote against this bill on account of its inadequacy. Mr. TAYLOR said that ho rose to move that the bill bo read that day six months. He considered it was a measure totally unfitted to the consti tution of the country. It was intended to take away the constitutional rights of the people by depriving thorn of holding public meetings in the metropolis. Ho knew that it did not assert that the people should not hold public meetings in the metropolis, but it forbade them to meet in Hyde-park and other places where alone they could hold meetings. He would quota the words of Shylock when he says, " You deprive me of my house when you do take s. way the roof that does support my house ; you take my life when you do take my means." He contended that the bill of the Government was au inno vation upon the constitutional rights of the people, which had existed for more than a century. He contended that the people had at all those public meetings conducted themselves with groat credit. It appeared from the proceedings of July, on the highest legal authority, that the Government could keep the people out of the park, but that when they wore once in they could only bring some action of trespass; but what was the action of the Govern ment last July? A vary feeble one,, They locked the doors of the parks, and put polinmen end others inside, and the consequence was that the immense mass of people forced down the rotten rails and obtained admis sion. They all knew what occurred afterwards. The Government got a now theory, on the authority of Lord Cairns and Sir William Bovill. They found that they could not prevent these meetings if tho people were orderly. The Government could not have taken more vacillating steps than on that occasion, nor means more likely to stir up a riot in the midst of such irritation and excitement. He did not believe that the members of this Government intended to stain the grass of Hyde-park with the blood of the people, but they had carried out a system of irritation which was very likely to lead to most serious consequences. He thought that the hon. gentleman might have taken the worts of a political opponent. Earl Russell had said in a most temperate speech that the course pursued last year by the Government had led to a groat diminution of constitutional authority, and that the system this year had riot been much better, and therefore he thought it most advisable for the Government to leave Hyde Park alone. (Hear, hear.) No disturbance would have arisen at all even if 50,000 people had assembled in Hyde-park. It would bo a most inconsistent thing that the last session of an unreformed house of Parliament should pass such a bill as this. By passing this bill her Majesty's Govern ment were creating a new statutable offend. In Paris an illegal meeting was when twenty-one persons were assembled ; but as we liked to be more liberal than the French, had not the right hon. gentleman intrbduced a clause limiting the members at a meeting to 42 ? Mr. J. S. MILL seconded the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the hon. member for Leicester had complained of the bill because it strengthened the power of the Government with regard to the parks, inasmuch as it gave great powers to the Board of Works. Now he quite agreed with the hon. gentleman that no authority should be given to the Board of Works. It might be considered by the honourable gentleman a very monarchical restriction, but ho admired the act passed in the time of George 111., that no mooting should be hold within a mile of Hyde-park. The Ameri cans had really made such an edict, and very wisely determined that no meeting should be held within six miles of their capital. In Federal Columbia, too, no meetings were allowed to be held ; they wished to keep terrorism from that portion of America. Mr. J. HARDY, in ,declaring himself favourable to the bill, made an attack on Mr. P. Taylor, who, ho asserted, had been returned by the refuse of the constituency ho re presented. For tho use of this unparliamentary language the hon. member was called to order by the Speaker, and retraction and apology followed according to custom. After a few words from Mr. DENMAN and Sir G. GREY, the house divided, and the second reading was carried by 181 to to 64. The house then went into committoo of supply, and pro ceodod with the further consideration of the Civil Service estimates. The Customs Revenue Bill, the Inland Revenue Bill, the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill, and the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill were severally read a second time. The Courts of Law Officers (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Progress was made in committee with the County Courts Acts Amendment Bill, which had come from tho Lords. The other orders on the paper were also disposed of, and the house rose at five minutes to two o'clock. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. The following circular, addressed to the share holders of this company by Mr. Laing, the chair man, in view of the extraordinary general meeting to be held on Friday next, has been transmitted to us for publication : " The recent conflict between the late board and the committee of investigation has left a state of things which makes it the duty of the present board to neglect no precaution against a possible defeat of important measures by the concerted action of a very small section of shareholders in a thin and un prepared meeting. " Representing as they do the interests of about 8,000 shareholders and nearly £17,000,000 of capi tal, the directors feel bound on all important occa sions to obtain, as far as possible, the deliberate opinion of the general body of shareholders. When this opinion is against them they are perfectly ready to resign, but so long as it supports their policy they will remain at their posts, and do their utmost to carry out such measures as to the best of their judgment seem calculated to restore the value of the property which has been so grievously depreciated by past errors of management. " Acting on this principle, when they found that the late board had concluded an agreement for amalgamation with the South-Eastern Com pany, which left the entire result to the ha the of an open arbitration (chances which, in judgment of the present directors, might be very unfavourable for the Brig hton Company, owing to the wile discrepancy between the real e xpenses of the last three or fou r y ears, and those charge 1 to revenue in the published accounts), they revised this agr eement, so as to br in g the division of traffic to a definite figure based on actual results, which, after deliberate examination, they were satisfied was more favourable for Brighton interests than any pfobable result of the proposed arbitration. " This revised agreement was confirmed at the recent meeting by a majority of 52,656 votes against 2,988, and the directors believe that it constitutes a solid foundation for the future prosperity of both companies. " They next directed their attention towards the financial condition of the company, which they found on their accession to office in a state of ex treme embarrassment. " The floating debts of the company amounted to upwards of £700,000, of which a portion was very urgent. "Sufficient provision had not been made for the payment of the debenture interest due on the 15th July, and such was the state of confusion that several judgments for small sums had been recovered, and in one instance execution had actually issued and the sheriff levied. " A full statement of the company's affairs as found by the board on their assuming office will appear in the half-yearly report, which will be presented to the shareholders in August next. " The new directors lost no time in addressing themselves to this state of things, and they are happy to say that they have succeeded in making arrangements by which the debenture interest and the most pressing small claims have been met, and the floating debt has been reduced by nearly £600,000. "By these arrangements the urgent liabilities have been reduced to a more manageable compass, and it now remains to raise the requisite capital to deal with the arrears and remaining liabilities for works recently finished, suspended, or in progress• "For this purpose, according to the best estimates that can be framed, a total amount of less than £1,500,000 will suffice, of which nearly £500,000 will be provided by the spare lands and accruing debenture powers, leaving about £1,000,000 to be raised by shares, of which, however, not above £500,000 or £600,000 will probably be required for the next 12 months. "The directors have decided on raising this amount by an issue of ordinary stock at a discount, and they are happy to say that they have succeeded in convincing a committee of the House of Lords of the expediency of this course, and have obtained special powers for this purpose in the bill which bas just passed a third reading. " There cannotbe a question that this mode of issue is more legitimate and better calculated to restore the company's credit than if they were to attempt to pile up more preference stock at a high rate of interest on the already too narrow basis of £5,400,000 of ordinary stock. "It is equally clear that until the dividend on the ordinary stock reaches 4 percent. there is a positive advantage to the holders of it in raising capital in this way, rather than by preference stock, as the interest on £1,000,000, if raised by further prefer ence stock, would of itself suffice to pay 1 per cent. on t►ie whole of the ordinary stock, including the new issue. " From numerous communications made to them, the directors are convinced that this mode of issue will not only give general satisfaction to the holders of Brighton stocks, and go far to raise the value of the whole of its preference securities, but that it will be an importaut step in restoring public confidence in railway property generally by showing the disposi tion of ordinary shareholders to meet difficulties in the mine spirit as honest men of business would apply to the management of their private affairs. • " Accordingly, they will propose at the meeting convened for the 26th July to take powers to create the remaining unappropriated stock as ordinary stock, and immediately after the meeting they will issue so much of it as will be requisite for the wants of the year, at such price as the state of the money market may then warrant, offering the same iu the first instance pro rata among the ordinary share holders. " In case you approve of the above policy, I beg earnestly to request that you will either attend the meeting on the 26th July, or, if unable to attend, will forward the enclosed proxy in favour of the chairman or deputy chairman. " S. LAING, Chairman. " July 19, 1867." THE FRIGHTFUL MURDER, AT i'OOL VER TON. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER. The inquest on the body of Martha Britten, who was killed and then burnt, was held yesterday by Dr. Wybrants, coroner for East Somerset, at the Red Lion Inn, Woolverton, before a jury, of which the Rev. C. F. Baker was foreman. The room was crowded. Mr. Messiter, solicitor, of Frome, watched the proceedings on behalf of the family of the pri soner, who was present. The prisoner is a somewhat aged man, grey haired, and dressedin a suit of black and appeared to feel his position. Mr. V. Goold, chief constable of Somerset, was present, and Super intendent Duggan, of Frome, in whose custody the prisoner was. As the prisoner has confessed the crime, it is un necessary to do more than give his own statement. Superintendent Duggan said the prisoner, when taken into custody, said " It's a bad job." lie pro duced the statement written by the prisoner on Sun day morning. It was directed to Mr. Woolly, his brother-in-law, and was as follows :--"Mr. Woolly, —I do to you what I could not do to any one else. With shame and true abhorrence and repentance of the deed I have done, I confess it was I that foully murdered my poor wife. It was done in the heat of passion and in a fit of jealousy, and arose thus. I saw what I shall keep to myself—told her of it—she treated it lightly, which enraged me. I caught hold of the first thing that came to hand, struck her with it three or four times. Oh, how I wish I had been blind or God had struck me dead before I did so. Oh, what power the devil must have over me. It seemed as though I had almost a hundred devils in me, and I believe, had twenty people been there, I should, had they interfered, served them in a simi lar manner; but after it was done, and I reflected a little time, oh ! how I detested and deplored the act _viewed it with abhorrence, and oh ! what I would have gave to bring herto life again. I fully intended then to have destroyed myself, but was prevented by two thoughts—first, that, alone in the house, the child would come down and first find us, and no doubt would lose his reason, or something as bad. Second, that probably God may forgive murder even, but not self-murder. Then I thought of at once giving myself up, butthen the devil or my own evil heart tempted and induced me to try and . hide my act from the world, which I did immediately by carrying her poor body over the wall by the herpear tree into the malthouse, and finmishoegderthaendn night. I chose that place for reasons and of a friends will understand. The reaso take your hand was, I could not puhushand. Once hand not murderer into that of my s is ter ' s d tnthie take care of the boy. youn do t s o o in no e, w y ? ou Th w e o r u e l i d s you said, if anything 11.appen e Bank for £350 in my t a h n is sake, and I hope, .ft on po sthoefoorkiiiot may reward yo . u Oh, what I have tarudrnka poor fellow, he ni Bristol brought on bu myself .and friends and first begun and 7 11 h been my bane by false friends, w I . c as w I pity and feel for poor Elizabeth —you—your family—my boy Charles tehnrdoeudgh life. Oh, ho and Joseph. As for myself, now I feel my doom is fixed, and that since the last tragedy I deserve it, but not before. I have no wish to live. May God receive my wife's soul in his abode above, and may lie forgive me and receive mine at last also. As for man, I do not ask nor expect to receive forgiveness. Do let me again beg you and poor Elizabeth to take the poor boy into your care, and may God bless you all and him.—(Signed) GEO. BRITTEN. Witnessed, Edward Duggan, Supsrinteudent of Police, Thomas Westeambe, police-constable, No. 191. Dated at Frome, this 21st day of July, 1867. Four o'clock, p.m." lie shook very much and said, " I could write more, but I can't." He then voluntarily made this statement to me :—" I killed her on Thursday night. I put her body in two sacks. I tied a rope round her neck. I dragged her body up the ladder by the pear tree, threw it over the tiles, dragged it over the plank which was over the cistern, and then set fire to the place. Oh, God forgive me, I loved her, I struck her with a piece of lead down stairs." That was the whole of the statement. lie seemed to be in a low, depressed state. He made no reference to the time nor where the body remained from the Thursday till the Saturday. The coroner cautioned the prisoner in the usual manner, and he replied, " I don't wish to say any thing." The coroner then summed up, and the jury in a ~~~' ~~~~~ ',~~.~ 2 / , few minutes returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the prisoner George Britten, who was for mally committed for trial at next Somerset assizes. AN AMERICAN OPINION ON THE ENGLISH REFORM BILL. The Springfield Republican, writing on the Eng. lisp Reform Bill, observes that nothing in the way of turning back and crossing over in one's own path, ever witnessed in America, can compare with the history of the Reform Suffrage Movement in the British Parliament (luring last year. A year ago the Liberals were in power—Russell leading in the House of Lords, and Gladstone in the Commons ; and they set about extending the right of suffrage and re-distributing the seats. The Liberals were hardly agreed on the reform to be granted, their opinions ranging from universal suffrage to a fractional addition to the franchise, and all conceded that some concession must and ought to be made to the people. Gladstone set to work to compromise the various opinions, proposing the least that could be offered without keeping the promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope. This Mr. Bright and the Radicals accepted on the sound principle of English statesmanship of taking what could be got, and the prospects of the Ministry seemed quite cheering. But the Tories were strong and stalwart against any extension of suffrage. Derby led them in the Peers and Disraeli in the Commons. After a struggle the Tories triumphed * by the help of a fragment of Con servative-Liberals. Mr. Gladstone, conscious of a strong cause, confident that his defeat was but for a day, and after a brief interlude of Tory Govern ment that he and his friends would come back to power stronger than ever to drive recusants from place, with his opponents weakened by an exhibi tion of their incompetence, followed the English fashion, and threw up his portfolio. Derby and Disraeli formed a Ministry as leaders in Parliament. The Liberals turned to the people—" If you are in earnest for Reform," they cried, " sas so, and let us see the Tories meet the question." The people moved. Reform meetings were frequent and crowded. The penny press wrote ; the Liberal orators shouted, and the cause grew apace. Household suffrage, that is the giving of the ballot to men who own or rent houses of a certain value had been all dreamed of, was now rapidly lost sight of, and manhood suf frage was the cry. The " outs" rubbed their hands in glee ; the " ins" grew paler at the prospects, and all the aristocracy trembled. Mr. Disraeli had to meet the storm, backed by a party that believed in nothing, and wished to give nothing ; confronted by a party that had no faith in his sincerity, alai sought to make hi:ri his bill was intricate and confused, seemingly generous in terms, but niggardly in reality. Ills friends had no heart, his opponents no faith in it. 113 controlled his backers by showing that reform mud be granted, the popular wave was coming on, to ride it is to con trol it, to fail is to grant more. " Thus Disraeli coaxed and cajoled his friends. For his opponents he had grace and tact, courage, and force ; they offered amendments —he would yield them ; they sought to destroy his bill—ho would defy them. Step by step he carried his measure along, yielding more and more of reform, at the instance of the Liberals, who hoped thus to break him down with his own party, but always failing in this through his power to keep his followers in training, and combine enough votes from both sides un til the measure was comp lete, to carry his points , and he still the leader of the Commons. And be hold, the measure of re form is fuller than Mr. Glad stone broke down on the year before, richer than the Liberals had dared to expect from even their own party "The extension of the suffrage under the bill thus rent in a borough or /50 in a county. By the perfected is enormous. Now a voter must pay £lO Disraeli bill, every man can vote who pays poor rates—taxes for the support of the paupers—or a year for lodgings. Substantially, it gives the suf frage to all householders, and only floating farm labourers and tramps are really excluded. It will more than double the number of voters in the king dom ; whereas they have bean a million and a quarter, now they will number two and a half or three millions. This is an enormous stride towards Republicanism, and the history of the means by which it has been effected is, we believe, without parallel in political annals. " Lord Palmerston never did a piece of work so dexterously, that was at the same time of so momen tous importance, as this. Mr. Disraeli takes rank at once as the great politician, the great parliamen tarian of the age. Our Congress never saw his equal, our politicians never conceived of such riding the storm, and making the whirlwind serve their own glory and power. It is the finest illustiation ever given of that quality or habit of English states manship which, resisting a policy or a principle so long as is possible, but finding that public opinion demands it and will have it, turns about, gracefully accepts the measure or policy, and weaves it a diadem into its own crown. Peel and Palmerston have given us conspicuous instances of this facility of change from the leader of the Opposition to the leadership of a reform ; but Disraeli, not only in the great character and consequence of the measure in volved, but by the surprising adroitness and ability with which he has carried it against questioning friend and contending foe, has surpassed them all." TRIAL OF SURRATT. The Surratt trial was resumed on Wednesday, 31 Juno. Charles 11. M. Wood, a coloured barber, was sworn, and testified that ho had seen the p risoner before. "On the morning of the assassination I saw him at Booker and Stowart's barber shop. Surratt canto to the shop with Booth, M'Laughlin, and another gentleman. They talked about coming from Baltimore. I trimmed Booth's hair that morning, and while I was waiting on Mr. Booth, Sur rutt was in the rear of me, and a small thick-set man, w hose name I did not kno w, was sitting near the glass. When I was done waiting on Booth he go t out of the chair and went to the back part of hex shop, w h ere McLaughlin was , standin g at the glas and disguising himself with false hair. Surratt had by this time taken the chair vacated by Booth, and told me to clean Sduisrtaranttcel.ookfoied clailkleeda thraimveullpingniacesllyio.rt m ni y a a n tt w en h t o io h n ad to be th en e s car on Booth's ne ck, and said that it was caused by a gun shot wound. I sha ved Surratt clean that morning, all but his moustache. This was About 9 o'clock a.m., for I had had my breakfast and had been up to Mr. Seward and shaved him. The cross-oxamination developed nothing now. Charles Russell, of Boston, and a member of the third Massachusetts cavalry, testified to having soon a man on horsback on the road to Fort Bunker Hill the next morn ing after the assassination, whom he thinks resembled Surratt. Frank M. Heaton was sworn and said—On the night of the assassination I was standing in front of tho theatre when the President's carriage drew up. When the car riage came up half a dozen persons from the restaurant came out, and I recognise the prisoner as ono of the men. Theodore Benjamin Rhodos sworn— I was in the theatre on the day Mr. Lincoln was assassinated. I wont in about half an hour beforo noon to look at the theatre, and saw ono of the boxes open, and wishing to see the stage from that point went down there. The person who was in the box walked away, and after a time came up again and spoke to me, saying that he was connected with the theatre. Ho had a piece of wood in his hand, about eight feet long and two inches wide, and remarked that the Pre sident would bo there that night, and ho was going to fix the box so that the President could not be disturbed. 110 then placed the stick, which was of oak or pine, against the door, and in the niche in the wall, and adjusted it, asking me if I thought it would hold. I heard some one hammering behind tho stage curtain, and this mat iintno diately went away, and a short thick-sot man came in. Subsequently ;mother party came, and they proceeded to fix up the box. The prisoner went out before these parties rime to the stage. On the cross-examination the witness distinctly recog nised Surratt as the man with whom ho the t con ofver sation in the box, and s aid that ho had no doub his ns whoseuls, two salariessur - identity. CONSULS ABROAD. —Our Consular service abroad , w a r n al f s 'ou a r n' i l a 9 w o \T IT: now costs a total sum of £165,188. The staff comprises 22 37 a E ns u u l l s t O- u gn U en i unitedly to it1£141,288. The amount of consular fees rem i t t e d to the Paymaster-General in 1866 was £17,963. The salaries of c onsuls at Colo g ne, Lagos, and Johanna in the Comoro Islands are abandoned, as also those of vice In consu ls at Rhodes, Teheran, and Laguna di Termiuos iu Mexico. There are 15 British consula r o ffi c es i n the United States, 19 in Assam, 23 in E the Netherlands, 9in Morocco, ortugal, iu Peru, sin 15 iu 5 in Prussia, Bit roloi!.au Turkey, 19 in Spain, iu Brazil, 23 iu Prance, 9 in Egypt, and 13 iu Italy. BOYS' OSBORNE SUITS. 1 ~ i 1 (