The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TWELVE O'CLOCK Very moderate applications have been made to day for discounts, and loans on Government securi ties at the Stock Exchange are in very limited re quest. All who require assistance and have a good security to offer can readily obtain the assistance they require. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The following gold ships have arrived from Australia :—The William Duthrie from Melbourne with £20,000, the Warrior Queen from Otago with £13,800, and the Weser with £23,500 from New York. A meeting of the holders of the debt of the Republic of Honduras was held to-day at the office of the committee of Spanish American bondholders, when the proposal made on behalf of the Govern ment for the settlement of the debt was accepted. A telegram from Calcutta, dated 4th inst., has been received from the Bank of Bengal (Govern ment) announcing a dividend at the rate of 10 per Cent. per annum for the six months ending June 30. The suspension of Messrs. Mellor and Southall, merchants of Liverpool, with houses at Bahia and Pernambuco, was announced yesterday. Their transactions were large, and the liabilities are re ported to amount to £300,000. Losses in cotton are said to have caused the difficulty. In the foreign and colonial produce markets, dur ing the last few days, there has been very little busi ness entered into. Sugars have remained inactive, at about previous rates. Superior descriptions of colonial coffee have brought full rates, while in rice a few fl oat i ng cargoes have been sold for exporta tion, at fully late rates. Tallow has been in mode rate demand, chiefly on speculative account, at about previous quotations. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain steady, at 3G 32; and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds have advanced I, to 24 25f. To OCLOCK. The members of th e Stock Exchange' are prin cipally engaged in the settlement of the Consol Account, which is much larger than for some time past. A rise took place this morning of 1, but at the moment they are rather flatter than at the close yesterday afternoon. Th e l ast quotat i on i s 94 1 money and the present account, and 941 for August. The New Threes are 934 94 ; and Reduced Annuities, 931 94 ; India Stock, 216 218 ; ditto 5 Per Cents., 110 k. ; ditto Enfaced 5 per C en t s ., 1 031 ; ditto Debentures, 105/ ; and ditto Bonds, 63 5. prem. Foreign Stocks are very firm. Greek have ad vanced 1, to 141 15 ; Spanish Certificates 1, t o 15/ ; and Italia n i t, to 481 49k ; while Mexican rem a i n at 161 1 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. at 311 ; Spanish Passives at 224 23 ; and Russian Scrip 1 to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market business has re niained very qu i et, and prices have shown little change of importance. Brighton and South Eastern have each declined 1 ; Midland, 1 ; and N or th Western ; while Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire have each improved 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines also exhibit no material variation, Great Luxembourg being dealt in at 10i 11; Grand Trunk of Canada at 17 ; Greht Indian Peninsula at 1061 107 ; and Bombay and Baroda at 10041. There has been more business transacted in American Securities. llinois have advanced 1, to 791 80 ; Unit e d States 5 I -20 Bonds, 1, to 731 ; but trie have declined 1, to 43 44. For B ank Shares there has been a very limited ell q u irY• London and "Westminster are flat at 1051 106. Union of London firm at 411 42 ; London and County at 56 ; and London Joint Stock at 41. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are very quiet. Hudson's Bay to Company, ho wever , have improved 1 51, and National Discount Company to 121 13. Peninsular and Oriental Steam remain at 403- 41, awl viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan at 671. MINING MARKET. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. Business in the market to-day has been very quiet, and prices generally P bad a do wnwar d t en d ency. Fussell rince of Wales, East Lovell, N or th C ro ft y, E as t , Grenville, East Basset, Clifford, and Chon tales have been the shares chiefly inquired for Annexed are the latest prices Chiverton Moor ..... si. Ch ontales Gold ...... 5} BClifford Amalgamate 71 81 ast Basset ............ 19214 E ast Caradon ......... 51 5 ,1 4 East Lovell ........... 61. 61 GEast Wheal Grenville 2 2; reat Laxey ............ 18 19 Great Retallick ...... 5 51 Great Wheal Vor... I'7l 18 4 Marko Valley 5...... .• 41 5 North Crofty ......... 31 31 North Treskerby l} 11 Prince of Wales 61s Od 66s Cd Providence Mines South Condurrow lOs 12s Gd Tincroft West Chiverton West P. of Wales 12s 6d 15s Wheal Basset Wheal Buller Wheal Chiverton Wheal Grenville 20s 223 Gd Wheal Soton lO7y 1121 SItITISH FUNDS—TIDO O'OLOOL UovE RxMENT FUNDS. d per ()out. Consols ........................... 941 peDo. Account, July 10 . 94i Newr Cent. Reduced ........................... 931 1 3 per Cent ................................. 94 3i 4 Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 .................. Do. 5 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 .................. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885.. Do (Red Sea Telehraph), dub., 1908... March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO : Do pm. £OOO ....... Do. £lOO & £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECLTIiI I T B IE 7 : turban ot Ir, 10f per Cent., Apriloc 218 16 DO. Account 110 i 1)0. 5 Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 Pe r Cent., Oct. 1888 ...... Do. Certificates 1)0. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 1031 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 18/2 _ Do. 5). per Cent., May 1879 105} Do. deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 63 pm Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO - P° l 1)0. under 41,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—rwo o'o_l4°c/c. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent kiBtrin bonds, 5 per tiear, 1859 66 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 T, 0. 1863 741 ' - ' O . 5 per Cent., 1865 1)0 Account .. •, . Do. 4100 13ot;e1.8.::"" 112. 13-1,0,110 Ayres 6 per Cent o,,7l7afiP6erpeCregi,;a. cDeferred 3 per .. C.. ..... .... _— D o. 4 1 Per 6)oeilt. _. Vo. 6 per Cent .A.. ....................... — D0,D 0. . D o B __. " ,:1.............. ..... " lobe —par • 1 Scri £4O paid e)( nibian, 6 per Cent' Clu b", 6 Per Cent. 1 ,. , , b Di ner Cent., . 18 2 . 5 .. _ 5 per Cent., 1 864 .. , .................. -0 Jaubian Princi liti )8, . 7 per Cent - Do. /:,(I))a 8 1867 1 dis II 1)% DO. 13 tutuior New Gonsolid ate B d c , r l iP p ' et s C o e p n a t i . d - gyptiall 7 per Cent -1,)0. Second 18suo 4)0. zioc, Botid, .., ............. VO. Do. 1864 Azo. £lOO bonds, 1-10 Government Railway Debenture Lf 1 i Greek 5 per Cents., 18 24-5, ex Coupons "0!),0. Account . Coupons . : Atternala 5 per..COn..t... It, jan per Cer 1 1 865 . — -1)0, Account . ~_. . A legi Do. Marenarnan. .......... cat. 3 Per Cent Ditto for Account 16i p Dil 1 801 i", 'rtegue;e 3 p er Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 4_ol s''''aiall 5 per Cent., 1822, £St B' Do ,1- per Cent. 1850 11Do 41 per Cent 1860 .- - 3 ,° 3 P3r Cent ”1859 —" 5 per Cent', 1862 ............... .„1.-)0. 5 per Celli., 1864 ~, -1-'''. Anglo-Dutch •1866 p ` ni g I?". do £6O paid ~ardinian 5 pbr Cent - Panisli 3 per Cent L() ...._— J 11-ew Deteiled ___ 3 „°. Account ................................ 33; E3,`,JO Passive - :. 3 —° Aeeennt .... ...... ..... ... 2.24- IPallish. orti. Ca .......... . Coup. .. 7. 101 1 D OAc 211., count .............................. r-,,rklan 6 per Cent 1851 / - 9i. o' 4kecount • ...... i .......................... _ 1j:),. B.Per Cent. 1858 .) .a-e°°unt • .......................... , 0 4100 bonds ....................... b b ° 6 Per Cent. 1862 _7_ 7 `'°,.,o Account bl-,1-00 bonds o—°,.• 1863 .............................. ° /,',?F Cent, 1865 ........................ -- Do. Account, July 331 Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. 6 per Cent. 1861 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrtsn a psr Cont. Ex, 10 Florins Belgian, 4j per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2k per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 49 TWO O'CL 0 OX. Consols, Money 941 I Do. Account, July 10 SHAR& 111ARKETS.—This Day. OItDINAKY STIAItES AID ST( CIS. hare' Ital!wayg. d. I Cleoing Busineer Prioc. I done. linalul »nu Caledonian C.un tin an Itiork and Bandon.-- Corn wall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Verth, & A b.. June &London, ~trip Certi 1 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk.! Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2' Great North ol Seotiandl Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, le. at 25 pml GtS, and W. of IrelancC Ut. Western —Original' Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford; Do. Newport Do. Hereford..., Lancashire Yorkshire; London and Blackwalll Lon., Brigh., & S Coasts Lon., Chat., and Dover' Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Westerif ,Lon. to South Western Man., Shet., d; Lincoln Atetropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'slV'd 111(11m:id Do. Share Do, Birruin.. & Derby' Ind Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do. G.N•E purohnae Do. Leeds ..... ..• • • Do. York De. Carlisle ..... • • • • Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1880-61.... North London ..••••. Do. do. 1864 5 •• ••• Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Soot, Mid. stook.. Shropshire Union • South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok rat! Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall COLONIAL GO VERNME ißritiF4b Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872. 1 , Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-81 Rio. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug... o. Do. 1). c p. c. . an. Mar. & luy Sept) Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk, Capu G.llope, 6 p.c.18731 Do.Apl.&oot . 1820-1 900 Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ana 15 Oct., 1900 Ce 3 lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. t Do. 1878, do 51aurltlus, 6 p. 0, 187 3 , Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Alayls, Nov. i 6 o. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal Gov. 6 per cent N. B.G or. 6 p.c.Ja.&July N. S. W. Gov. 5 pls., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 P.C. 1888 to 1805 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... .• • Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. O sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c.1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. J a &July Do. do, April & Oot 190 100 100 lop 100 100 BRITIS J 1 1' A Cantle& St.Lawrcnee lious.,Baroda, Cen.lu. gn. 5 per cent... Do. F zitArca Itufralo Lnke Huron Do. Preference B Mi., Brant, Sr Goderich d p.c. Calcutta N. E., lirn ,a 1 e Town .t Dock, go Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p East. Bengal, go., 5 do /GritgUs Do. J Extension rand Trunkof Cauad Do. Equip. Mort, Boucle , I charge d p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr,t. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred .... Do. 3d Prcf. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th fret. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... tit. India i'en. gua. sp.c. Vo. Qua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per Cent 41 per cent Do .heat Wis. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. a Bhs. pay. 187:3 1 Do. 5i dv. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Iladras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. lo do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Ilnda.l dz If 0b3011'13 Bay „1 ' du, 6pc lat pt. b a 6cinde ..... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. l'uniaub R.-, I Do.lndua St.Flot, P° lil 119 1 35 15 3 5 t 5 64 70 72 20} 26 ; 5 7 113 115 I‘3 111 91 13 43 15 27 3 , ) 28 30 123 K 9 53 55 17 174 11 17 113 114 76 78 46 47 124 12 5 - l',ll 111 62 87 , 114 1.5 81 83 30 32 100 102 GO 62 82 91 33 84 8 8j 114 116 liP 68 20 116 118 55 b 7 47 4 Gii 9 10 143 152 2j 3j 20 et et. too 01 41 T SECURITIES 98 100 t 4 97 05 98 85 67 84 88 104 166 105 fO7 104 lOti 102 104 91 23 IUI 103 105 1‘,7 102 104 103 105 103 VA 105 107 98 100 96 08 91 93 87 88 101 102 61 86 96 98 91 pa 101 106 1051 lON SION°. 58 58 103 104 i 41 5 6 50 55 99 101 10:1 IG4 1.0 111 i 7 18 85 68 55 57 jos 35 37 20 22 11. 112 102 104 91 93 Di 15 12 12? 96 t 7 65 67 100 M 92 04 85 90 82 85 97 09 97 98 1 I 97 98 Hi 03i BRITISI•I MINES. Cam. Consul. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Taoist I orakewalls East Bassett (Illugan) East Caradou East earn BrPa riast Grenville......, East G unnisl a k e East Loveil ......... E. 1$"1 Russell (Tavistk G a in.& StA übyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Grout 11 - heal 8u0y... G. Wheal Vor (lielst.,n G r roar ille Herod's Foot Elingston Downs; ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant Burke Va11ey.......... 4wyndy Iron Ore, lim Ne v Se ton North Roskear . J.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan Sort!' Wheal Crolty l'rosper Unitcd Pr ,vidence .Uny Lelau I S. Caradon (St. Ulcer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. allogan Stray Park Pin Croft Vigra and Cl,gan, lira West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton Vest Seton Wheal Bassett , Illogan Wheal Buller ( kedrutli Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawnev (Lie. all 0.14. 11.9. 2.1.0 20. 2.11.(. 31 2.14.1 8.3.6 3.0.0 11.2.6 if 3.2.0 18.18.9 1 35.15.61 583 5.t7.0 7 8 6 7 411 4'5 4 20 22 5 6 3 31 2 3 V 10 31 31 4 5 17 19 1? 181 11 31 21 51 , 1 7 31 st 21 1 . 1 35 45 11 13 3i 4 2 i 21 26 28 310 330 I 11 3i 4i J 2 14 16 0 it 6t3 70 130 140 65 70 23 25 11 13 ,03 115 10 12 enzirEicEN um; bIIAREn. South Eastern (Reading Amis., .£1.0.6)." — LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 5 per cent., 110,E Loudon and Blackwall, 81 FOREIGN RAIL WAYb. Dutch Rhenish, 2 01 Urcat Luxembourg, 11 FOItEIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor h Del Iley, 31 pm reatarena United Gold, lira, 3 • BANIEB. Chartered Mer. of India, London, and China, 291 Imperial Ottoman, lira., 8f It London anti County, 56 Ditto, new, 2t London Joint. Stock, 44 London and 11 eatuflnater, 106 51 National Provincial of England, Ditto, d and 188U0, 41 Oriental Hank Corporation, 4 3 ! 3 Union of London, 44 2 MISCELLANY :013B; Anglo-American Telegraph, ]lm., 1f 5 AC attic Telegraph, -- Dit'o, 8 per cent., 85 75 Berlin Water Works, Inn., 13 Credit Foncier of Eugiatia. lim 3} General Steam Navigation, 26 Hudson's Bay, 155 International Land Credit, Um., London General Omnibus Company, National Discount Lompany, 13 125 Peniusttla and Oriental Steam, 40i 1 Royal Mail Steam, 9 83ottish Australian Investment, lirn., 123 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 675 The President issued a proclamation on Thura day, 20th June, announcing the ratification treaty with Russia, ceding the Russian American possession to the United States, which concludes as follows: "Now, there fore, be it known that I ; Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Unit° os and by the citizens thereof," 26 : i 1 1 8 1 54f 71 3 1 131 121 46 5} 1211 114} 131 104 89i 1 9 911 104 4i 1091 8 103 kOn I THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1867. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. lIOUSE OF LORDS. THE YELVERTON CASE. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, and Lord Colonsay took their seats shortly before 11 o'clock. Lord Westbury was absent. A vast number of people clamoured for admission, principally ladies, and the police had great difficult) , to resist their claims. They did their work, how ever, with great good humour, and the majority of the ladies were obliged to be satisfied with remaining outside. Mrs. Yclverton (Longworth) appeared at the bar with a large mass of papers, and said that her strength hardly permitted her to sneak, having been seriously unwell, but she would do the best she could under the circumstances. Mrs. Yelverton—l can go on, but I cannot com plete my case to-day. The Lord Chancellor—That is hardly keeping faith with us. You know we have shown you sours indulgence. It is not fair to the other side that the proceedings should be unduly extended, and I am afraid we must ask you to conclude to-day. Mr. Anderson, Q.C.—We have no objection to Mr. Campbell Smith being heard in reply on behalf of the appellant, if your lordships think fit. After a consultation between their lordships, The Lord Chancellor said that if the appellant felt unable to go on, they would allow her counsel to reply for her, as this was an exceptional case. If, however, she began her case she must finish it. They could not allow her to begin her case, and her counsel to take it up at any particular point. It must be one thing or the other, and she must take her choice. Mrs. Yelverton—l presume my counsel may in struct me? The Lord Chancellor—Oh yes, certainly; to any extent you like. Mrs. Yelverton said she would elect, under the circumstances, to proceed with her own case, and proceeded to address their lordships. She began by stating that she had the greatest possible con fidence in their lordships, and she felt sure that the noble lord (Colonsay) would thoroughly interpret to them the principles of Scottish law. She then referred to some legal judgments which appeared to bear on her case ; but between her own notes and those of her counsel she seemed to lose her usual self-possession, and to drop altogether the .thread of her argument. Mr. Smith, her counsel, occasionally stood up behind her and directed her attention to the points which he thought advisable to press, but this course seemed to confuse her, and she evidently made little way. Mr. Anderson, Major Yelverton's counsel, kindly sent for some books and papers to which she made reference and helped her in finding out her authori ties. Selecting some of Mr. Anderson's legal argu ments she disputed the accuracy of his conclusions, and calling his authorities into question (Lord Colonsay took very careful notes of all these points). He contended that Mr. Anderson's statements with regard to the proposed oath of reference were not borne out by the history of the cases in which it had been admitted, and that there was no fear in the present case of the oath of reference leading to the flood of litigation of which he had ex- . pressed so much alarm. In the next place she contended, arguing from parallel cases, that her minute of reference having been given before the judgment of the House of Lords was ap plied, the objections which Mr. Anderson had urged that the Court of Session itself do not interfere were of no avail. The Lord Chancellor said that was not exactly so. It appeared from her own case that the judg ment was applied on the 10th of that month. It was received and boxed on that da/. Mrs. Yelverton—lt was tendered before that time. The Lord Chancellor—Yes, but that was not the minute of reference itself, and it is of that alone that we can take notice here. Mrs. Yelverton—lt was declined by the court when it was tendered. Lord Colonsay—No doubt the minute was ten dered, but all their lordships could notice was the proceeding of the 14th, which was after the judg ment of the _House of Lords was applied. Mrs. Yelverton put a question to the House which created some amusement. The Lord Chancellor—We are here to listen to you. lam afraid we cannot undertake to answer any questions of that kind. (Laughter.) Here again the appellant seemed to lose herself completely, and to speak of matters which the Lord Chancellor was obliged to remind her were not in evidence. She then noticed Mr. Anderson's argu ments on what he called her clandestine marriage, and quoted from a judgment delivered by Sir Wm. Scott, in which he affirmed the validity of a mar riage under circumstances of a similar character. That learned person had declared that, according to the Scottish law, au irregular marriage was as regular as a formal marriage, and that if the law nude a mistake the law must take the responsi bility, and the parties must not suffer. The ap pellant's next point was that the proposed oath of reference would not involve Major Yelverton in the criminality which bad been alleged. There would be quite sufficient evidence without going to that extent, and if the Scotch marriage question could be settled, that would put an end to the whole case, and ought to be equally satisfactory to the ap pellant and respondent. It had been said that a pwhom hisahna n oa d t s h in of hi r .s cf p e o r c e k n e c t e s t a la n d d b w e a e l n k granted might off, refusing to answer, but such a case had never occurred. It was exactly in such a case that the Court would be likely to interfere. She next re ferred to the case of Lord Huntingtower, where a Scotch marriage was brought forward to override an English marriage, and in which the Court exec cised its discretion. The Lord Chancellor —lf he remembered rightly, that was a plea set up to evade a debt. A debt had been contacted by his wife, and Lord Hunting tower set up a previous Scotch marriage in order to got rid of his liability. He remembered that the case was heard at nisi prius, but he did not remem ber that it ever came before a full court. It could hardly, therefore, have any bearing on the present proceeding. Mr. Anderson said he believed the case fell through. Mrs. Yelverton proceeded to say that.some judges had decided that there had been a marriage between herself and Major Yelverton, and others that there had not during the long period of seven years. When, therefore, only two persons knew the fact it was only to those two parties that the matter on oath should be referred. The truth had never been fixed firmly ; sometimes it had been apparent, sometimes in the shade ; and the only way to pass it was to put the matter directly to Major Yelverton, and that would settle the case one way or the other for ever. More documents were handed the appellant, but she floundered over them, and excited the sympathy of every one present. The Lord Chancellor—l am afraid your counsel writes a very bad hand, which is not very unusual amongst lawyers. Pray take your time to decipher it, or perhaps it would be better for Mr. Smith to read it himself. Mr. Smith briefly explained the reasons of his absence on former occasions. The Lord Chancellor—We were informed, when the caso commenced, that you were on the way from Scotland, and we gave the appeallant her choice, whether she would wait for you, or would go on herself. It appears that you were not ready to reply this morning, even if you had been per mitted to do so. I think this ought to be known, in order that it may not be supposed that the House of Lords was pressing the appellant. Mr. Smith then read a document which had been prepared, contending that the refusal of the Judges in Scotland was based upon false assumptions. There should be no authority on the part of any court or of any judge to shut up the avenues of jus tice against the appellant. If Major Yelvertou could swear that he did not marry the appellant, why should he not have the opportunity of doing so, and why should the appellant be denied the jus tice sho had a right to claim. Many of the best years of the appellant's life bad been spent in this litigation some might think wasted not— but she felt that she owed it to herself to strive after what she knew to be truth and justice as well as she knew anything in this world. The Lord Chancellor—Would the appellant wish to address the House further? Mrs. Yelverton, who seemed deeply affected and very feeble, again stepped forward to the bar. She said she had not much more to say, but she would prefer waiting until after the adjournment. The Lord Chancellor said the House would ad journ for half an hour. CENTRAL CRfM(NAI, COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Mfore the Recorder.) Jeremiah Regan, Ilonora Rogan, and Nary Shoon, were indicted for unlawfully assaulting and nsaliciously wound ing Thotnai Sheen. The prisoners were defended by Mr. Cooper. From the evidence it appeared that the last named pri soner was the wife of the prosecutrix, and daughter of the other prisoners. The parties lived in Denham-yard, Drury-lane, and the assault took place on the Bth of May. Shortly before five o'clock on the morning of that day a violent disturbance took place, and on the police going to ascertain the cause they found the prosecutrix lying in the passage, and the prisoner Sheen standing over her with a flat iron in her hand, and Honorer Regan with part of an iron pet in her possession. Sheen was bleeding from a number of wounds on his head, and he was in such an exhausted condition that he was at once taken to King's College Hospital, where ho remained for some time, his life being despaired of. Tho prisoners were taken to the station house, where the male prisoner Regan said all he did to Sheen was in self-defence, and pointed to a severe wound on his head. On the recovery of Sheen ho stated that he went to Denham-yard to see his wife, when the male prisoner seized him by the throat, and told him he would settle accounts with him. Tho pro secutor made some observation about his wife, who was lying intoxicated at the foot of the bad, when Regan seized him by the throat and thrust him out of the house. He went up to the door again, when the three pri soners attacked him, and committed the injuries on him which led to his being taken to the hospital. The prisoner Sheen said her husband accused her of stealing his money, and ordered her out of his place. She went to her father's, where the prosecutor followed her. When her husband came he took her by the hair and pulled her out of bed, and a quarrel ensued between the ,whole lot. Prosecutor took up an iron pot and struck her father with it, and hit her mother very violently. Tho flat iron which she had in her hand her father took from the prosecutor, otherwise her mother would have been killed. The prosecutor bad been summoned for ill- treating her, but her father had prevented her appearing against him. The jury found the female prisoners guilty, and acquit ted Jeremiah Regan. The Recorder said he thought it would be best for him to refrain from passing sentence on the two females, pro vided the husbands would enter into sureties for their good behaviour, and also for their coming up for judgment when required. If they for the future lived like Christian people, they would hear nothing of the matter, but, if not, they would be brought up for sentence and severely punished. TILE ALLEGED FORGERIES ON TILE LEEDS BANK. The grand jury have returned three true bills for felony and ono for misdemeanour against Thomas Edgeley. NEW com C m O ya RT. (Before Sergeant.) Edward Price and John Sidley, who wore convicted last session for a burglary in the dwelling house of Byatt West, were brought up for sentence. It will be recollected that the prisoners formed part of the Brixton gang, who had committed so many depreda tions in that neighbourhood. They were remanded last session, in order that their characters might be inquired into. A former conviction was proved against Sidley. The Common Sergeant sentenced Price to five years' and Sidley to seven years' penal servitude. Willian Smithers was indicted for feloniously receiving from curtain evil-disposed persons three .£l.O Bask of Eng land notes, three £5-notes, and nine postage stamps, the property of Nettorvillo Barrow, and a purse and an Ame rican 10 cent note, the property of Joel Edwards, well knowing them to have been stolen. The property was stolen from the two gentlemen during their visit to the Italian Opera. The jury found him guilty, and the Common Sergeant sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. MUSIC-HALLS AGAIN.--Mr. Humphries (Humphries and Morgan) solicitor, applied to Mr. Vaughan for a summons against Messrs. Holland and Sweasy, of Weston's Music hall, High Holborn, for performing selections from Barnett's opera of the " Mountain Sylph," without a theatrical license. Mr. John Hollingshead, hon. secretary of the Theatrical Law Amendment Society, proved that selections wore given from the opera in question, with dramatic action, costume, and scenery, and programmes of the cast of cha racters sold in the hall. He paid for admission. It was stated that the proceedings were not taken in any hostile spirit, and Mr. Sweasy and Holland had been duly informed of them. The object was to ascertain the law, and thus facilitate a settlement of the question, so as to avoid future litigation. Mr. Vaughan granted the summons. Messrs. Holland and Sweasy were not represented. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TRAINING A CIIILD TO BEG.—Diary Marley and Mary Manny, mother and daughter, the latter about nine years of age, wore charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, by the Marquis Townshend with begging. The Marquis Townshond said —A little before twelve o'clock last night I saw this woman and child begging of every person they met in Piccadilly. I saw the woman go into a p u bli c -h ouse an d d r i n k so me beer, and on coming out she ask e d hi m f or money. K n owing the woman !o be in the habit o f go i ng a b out b egg ing, and to be of intem perate habits, I gave the child some money, so that I might charge her with receiving money, with the view of having her taken from her mother, and sent to some place where she might be taken care of. The Woman—l was waiting in Piccadilly for some ono promised me work, and feeling faint I went into the public house for half a pint of beer, and my child asking me for some bread, and having only a halfpenny, I asked the Marquis. Marquis The —Her story is not true, a s I saw her a sk five persons befor e s h e as k e d me . Mr. Tyrwhitt shall send the woman for ton days, and the child, after receiving some food, can bo taken to the workhouse for a week that it may be so on what can bo done for her. MARK ETS. This day. TIAY. SMITHFIELD —Meadow hay, £3 03 to .D 1 Gd ; clover, £1 Os to .£5 15s Od ; an d straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load, Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND —Meadow hay, £3 Os to ..£4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 03 to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 to .£2 ad per load. A moderato demand. WHITECHAPEL-1116ad OW hay, £3 to £4 7s Gd; clover, £4 Os Od to .£5 17s 6d ; an d straw, £2 to £2 Os per load, Trade slow. New hay is quoted at .£2 10s to £3 10s per load. COLONIAL, COFFEE. —3lodera te qualities have boon announced for public sale during the week, and prices of colonial have remained steady. The stocks on hand, compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show a de ficiency of about 1,450 tons. TEA—Scarcely any business has boon reported, and prices remain unaltered. A small quantity of Indian pro duce will bo offered to-day for public competition. SUGAR—Business has remained very quiet, and no sales of quotations generally re mainingco importanceTTo unaltered._v have ory littlebeo n businessreported, is going forward, and quo tations remain inactive. RlCE—There has only boon a limited demand for home consumption, but several cargoes r ecent l y arr i ve d h ave changed hands for exportation. TALLOW.—There has boon no alteration in the price of tallow during the past week, nor is there any new feature iu the market worthy of note. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. (By Telegraph.) GuAYEsEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, July B—Hydra, from Monsteras ; Amelia and Ann, from Guernsey; Sarah Humphreys, from Sannosund ; Halyard, from Froderickstad ; Dauzie, from Danzic ; Urdei, from Dram ; Forth, steamer, from Hamburg; Rachel, from Rotterdam ; Milina, from Danzic. Arrived, July 9 Two Zusters, from Worcum ; Theo dore Behrend, from Danzic ; Thurso, from Rang:on ; Puret from Gravelines ; Caroline and Svea, from Novel ; Apollo, from Dram; Emgheden, from Vordingborg. Sailed—Serapis, for Antwerp ; Do Warden, for Rio de Janeiro; Panther, steamer, for Boulogno. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Miller, from London fo r Kurrach oo; Jerusalem, from London, for Port Phillip ; Noor J ohan, from Algoa Bay , P asse d—Billow Crest, from London, for for London. Quebec; Henry _ Passed (in tow) —Palintree, from Callao, for London; Chili, from Now Zealand, for London ; Somerville, barque, from Jamaica, for London. Anchored—Eleanor and Alice, of Deaumaris, from the north, for the west. THE VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO THE CITY. The reception of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan by the Corporation of the city of London, at Guild hall, has been fixed to take place on the evening of Thursday week, the 18th July, and bands of work men and skilled artisans are engaged day and night in making the necessary preparations, under the direction of Mr. Horace Jones; the city architect, and the superv'sion of the Entertainment Commit tee. Some natural regret has been felt by the execu tive committee for conducting the reception of the Belgian Riflemen that the City authorities should have fixed the same evening for the reception' of the Sultan as the executive committee had, weeks before, appointed for the grand ball at th 3 Agri cultural Hall. The Prince of Wales has been invited to honour both entertainments wi 11 his presence, and hence the inconvenience of holding them on the same evening, the autho►ities on each side being desirous of enjoying as much as possible of the company of his Royal highness. It is due to the civic digui tario to state that the 18th was appointed by them chiefly from a desire to con sult the convenience of the Sultan, as they under stood that convenience, having regard to the limited stay , and to the other engagements pro iously made by his Imperial Majesty. It was fixed, too, when the Lord Mayor was absent in Paris as the head of a deputation from the Corporation at the ceremony of distributing the prizes at the International Exhi bition, and when he was prevented conferring with the chairman of the Entertainment Committee on the subject. The city authorities, however, now that they have been informed that one entertain ment is likely to interfere with the other, have shown a laudable desire to prevent such a result as far as possible, and with that view are disposed to fix the reception of the Sultan at an hour in the evening sufficiently early to enable the Prince of Wales to be present at both fetes. The reception of his Imperial Majesty at Guildhall will probably be held at 7 o'clock, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in that case, it is hoped, will be able to grace the Belgian fete at the Agricultural Hall with his presence for some considerable time at a later hour in the evening. In the meantime invitations are being issued by the Entertainment Committee at Guildhall to the forthcoming reception, and several members of the Royal family, besides the Prince of Wales, and many other distinguished personages, are expected to be present on the occasion. The whole of her Majesty's Ministers have been invited, as have also a considerable number of peers and members of Parliament, the foreign ambassadors, the mayors of the chief cities and towns, the mastersof the prin cipal Livery Companies of the city of London, with many other persons in a representative or official character, and the entertainment promises to 'be worthy alike of the illustrious visitor in whose honour it is being prepared and of the Corporatioh of London. AN EXCUSE FOR THE GLASS. There are probably few observant medical men who have failed to notice a habit which has been on the increase for some years past, and which seriously threatens the moral and physical integrity of society. The growing tendency of those even whose lives are gentle, and whose minds are educated, to indulge in alcoholic stimulation, is a fact which the profession would do well to recognise and protest against. The vice is not the vice of our grandfathers; the bottle or two of port which often laid them under the dinner-table and always sent them reel ing into the drawing room. The sin of our days is less obtrusive and even more disastrous. It takes the form of au occasional glass at odd times during the day, an extra dose at lunch, a glass of sherry or two, more or less, frequently in the course of the afternoon, another from the table when the cloth is laid for dinner. Not un commonly a flask of sherry accompanies the blue book in the carriage. And it is worth noting that this kind of tippling is not done in secret. So far, indeed, from this, it is rather a matter of boasting on the part of these who indulge in it, and they press others, often warmly, to follow their example. Sometime, it is true, a mild kind of excuse is offered. The dose is taken " just to keep one up, you know," or as a "whet before dinner." Just as often, when soda or seltzer water suggests itself as a refresh ment, the question arises whether its accompani ment shall bo brandy, sherry, or liqueur. The idea of taking it alone is not entertained. it is de- Scribed as " weakening," " too cold for the stomach," and so on. Not so frequently, it is to be hoped, but still often enough to be of serious moment, these odd glasses of sherry, brandy-and soda, dry curacoa, &e., are taken in the morning between breakfast and lunch, sometimes even be fore breakfast. In time the results of these in dulgences do not fail to present themselves in the nausea and retching which accompany the morning toilet, the husky forenoon voice, the want of appe tite for breakfast, the vague dyspeptic symptoms which lurk about during the day. More remotely it is for a shattered nervous system that the patient —or " person" seeks relief from the physician. Society is ou its knees just now confessing, always in a polite and " respectable" way, its sins of omis sion or commission in regard of dress-luxury, paint, and the demi-monde. It behoves the medical pro fession to see that the vice described is included i❑ the list.—Lancet. The Ordnance Investigation. .4.--- Just before Congress adjourned there was a spe cial committee authorised and appointed to investi gate the administration of the ordnance bureaus of the war and navy departments. The complaints which inspired the investigation were that favourit ism and extravagance had reigned in the adminis tration of these bureaus, and particularly that they had been indifferent to valuable inventions offered them, and laggard in improving the character of their arms. The disappointments of contractors and inventors, and the jealousies of volunteer offi cers of the army fed, if they did not originate, the movement. Under these circumstances, the pre siding officers of the two houses made as unfortu nate a selection for the committee as could possibly be imagined, that is, if an impartial investigation and a judgment of moral weight are sought as the result. The Senate furnishes Mr. Cameron of Penn sylvania and Mr. Howard of Michigan. The rela tions of the first to the war department and to con tractors under it, only a man so thoughtless and impulsive as Mr. Wade could omit to think ren dered him unfit for such delicate service. Mr. Howard has been quarrelling with the war ordnance office for several years. The house supplements these names with General Butler, General Schenck, and General Logan, all volunteer officers, during the war. The first two, at least, made conspicuous mistakes for the lack of the scientific knowledge" that belongs to regulars, and they are not so re markably.great men as to forgive others for their own ignorance. One of them, too, is owner or part owner of a patent breechloader that the Govern ment has not adopted. General Logan is an excel lent stump orator. We know of no especial quali fication that he has for this investigation. And whatever the faults of the ordnance bureaus, either of omission or commission, it is very clear that the exposition of them by such a committee as this wi:l have no particular weight with Congress or the country. The most they can do is to produce " a general worriment:" That doubtless has is uses, and in this country often works reforms. But nothing more, except to spend money uselessly, can such a committee do with this subject. How they are managing to do that may be inferred . from the fact that they have begun by calling for a full re cord of all the operations and business of the two bureaux from the beginning of the war till now. The war ordnance bureau has set thirty extra clerks at work to comply, and will not be able to make a full answer under a year and a half, and the expen diture of $50,000 to $60,000. The naval bureau has a similar job on its hands, both in time and money. It does not require any especial gift of prophecy to predict that this investigation will pro duce no valuable results to the country. On Saturday last the American frigate Colorado, with Admiral Goldeborough in command, arrived at Lis boa. The Frittsling, with Achuiral Farragut, is expected. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This DAY, The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock, when, the house having resolved itself into committee, the further consideration of the bill for the amendment of the Repre sentation of the People was proceeded with. [LEFT BITTING. I HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS The Waterford and Wexford Ifarblur and the East Loudon. Water Supply Bills wore real a third time and passed THE TROOPS IN NEW ZEALAND. The Earl of CARNARVON asked the noble duke w. were his reasons for postponing the question relative to the papers in this matter ? The Duke of BUCKINGLIAH said that his reason was that the papers on the subject had not been received, and he thought it most desirable that the matter should be postponed ; that was the only reason that there was in the matter with regard to publicconvenienco. After a few remarks from Lord LYTTELTON, The Earl of CARNARVON said that the answer of the noble duke was an enigmatical that ho must move a substantive motion in the matter himself. THE CONSECRATION OF CHURCHYARDS (No. 2) BILL. _ _ This bill was committed, and, after a few remarks from Lord Portman, which wore totally inaudible, and from the Bishop of Oxford, who stated that ho considered that tho bishop should not bo able, by mere signing of his hand, to consecrate a place, but that ho should go amongst his people. The object, therefore, was to diminish the expense to enable the bishops to be present, and this would bo most satisfactory to the bishops thomsolves. They pro fessed to convey no mysterious power to the land which they consecrated, but they thought it better to preserve those religious rights which were acknowledged by the country. Tho question was purwhether the words "out of the churchyards" were to form part of the bill or not. On a division it was found that the contents had it by a majority of 80 to 35. Tho Linen and Other Manufactures (Ireland) Bill and the Public Records (Ireland) Bill worn read a second time. Other measures also went through various stages, and their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAST EVENING, The SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock. HASTY REMOVAL OF TROOPS. Mr. OARINGTON asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was true that the cavalry regiments who marched from Aldershot to Hounslow to take part in the intended review were left in camp entirely without rations until the following morning ? Sir J. PAKINGTON said the case was not so bad as it appeared by the hon. member's question. It was not true that the troops that arrived at Hounslow with the ♦iew of taking part in the intended review were left with out rations until the following morning, but it was true that the troops that arrived between eight and nine in the morning were left without rations until four o'clock in the afternoon. (06, oh.) It was occasioned by great want of care in some quarter, and he was using his best endeavour to discover where blame was to be attributed, but he had not yet been able to do so. If the right hon. gentleman would repeat his question on another occasion, and ho was in a position to answer him fully, ho would do so without the slightest attempt at concealment. FEVER IN THE MAURITIUS. Mr. PIM asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he was aware of the extraordinary mortality caused by fever in the island of Mauritius during the present year ; could 113 say whether it was true that the deaths had ex ceeded 30,000 out of a population of about 340,000 persons; and that the deaths in the city of Port Louis in the month of April last exceeded 6,000 out of a population estimated at 80,000; had ho any information whether the virulence of the fever had abated or not; and did ho not think that something was due-by way of assistance to the largo num ber of persons who had been left destitute by this extra ordinary and almost unprecedented calamity. Mr. ADDERLEY said it was unfortunately too true that fever existed to a very alarming extent, but with respect to the number of persons who had fallen victims, he presumed that the thirty thousand deaths mentioned by the hon. member represented the entire deaths in the island for the year. The latest date received at the Colonial-office was the 2d of May, when tho number of deaths reported was 17,000, 10,000 of which took place in Port Louis. The latest accounts *ye no intimation of the abatement of fever, but as the cool season had set in it was to be hoped that a favourable change would take place. Every stop possible had been taken to allay the fever, medicines had been sent out, but with respect to a contribution being sent from the Consolidated Fund there was no precedent for such a stop. The Government had no accounts of the distress occasioned by the preva lence of fever to induce them to ask forsuelt a contribution. A: private fund, however, was in course of collection in the City, to which any hon. member wishing to contribute could do so. CHEAP POSTAGE. Mr. lIADFIELD asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether the Government bad considered the policy of extending the system of cheap postage to all foreign and friendly governn.ents willing to reciprocate in this convenience, and to boar their proportion of the coat of the same; and whether any measures were being taken for such an arrangement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the question had engaged the consideration of Government, and a convention had been entered into, by which the postage to the United States had been reduced from ls. to 6d., and negotiations were pending for a similar reduc tion between this country, Sweden, Danmark, and Ho' land. THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. Mr. 11. SEYMOUR gave notice cf his intention to call the attention of the house, on the 19th inst., to the cruelties perpetrated on the British subjects now prisoners in Abys sinia. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. Ti - e house went into committee on this bill. Mr. CRAWFORD moved the insertion of the following now clause: —"(Residence of electors for the City of London extended to 25 miles.) That so mush of the twenty-seventh and thirty-second sections of th 3 Act of the second William the Fourth, chapter forty-five, and of the seventy-ninth section of the Act of the sixth and seventh Victoria, chapter eighteen, as relates to the residence of electors within seven miles of any city or borough shall be repealed, in respect to electors other wise qualified to be registered and to vote for members to serve in Parliament for the city of London: provided al ways, that no person shall be registered as an elector for the said City unless he shall have resided for six calendar months next previous to the last day of July in any year, nor to be entitled to vote at any election for the saii. city, unless he shall have ever since the last day of July in the year in which his name was inserted in the register then in force have resided, and at the time of voting shall have continued to reside within the said city, or within twenty-five miles thereof, or any part thereof." Mr. E. JAMES did not see why the distance should bo fixed at fivo and twenty miles. He know of cases in Man chester where gentlemen resided far beyond the limits, and as they attended their places of business daily, he did not see why they should be deprived of their vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho should not oppose the amendment of the hon. gentleman opposite. Mr. BOUVERIE expressed his surprise at the deter mination of the Government to assent to the proposed new clause, because be considered it was opposed to the spirit of the Reform Bill of 1832. Mr. GOSCIIEN said the persons affected by this clause were called upon to fulfil the office of juror and sheriff, and kvcause they went intolhe Country to sleep he did not see the justice of depriving.thom of their vote. i The whole p of the interests and thou g hts of such ersonstai centred to tho spot whore the ir business existed, a nd ce . t w h h ey ore ou t g h h ey t n al o e t p t t 0. be T deprivedhey di d their of an d y u p t y riv a il s eg c e ti t z h e e n y s, r a o n e d_ sessed. reed to the proposition Mr. AYRTON s aid if they ag o f London they would have to o E supported the clause, as ho extend v A th lder i ni respectat u all t boroughs . Al h v e i i N ty c thought the committee would bo of opinion that there re exceptional circumstances in favour of the City of London. Tho clause was then road a second time without a divi- sion. Mr. EDWARD JAMES moved an amendment to the clause with the object of making the question of distance of residence quite an open matter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought the clause ought to be made exceptional in favour of the City of Lonion, and that the limit proposed by the mover of the clause ought to be adhered to. _ Mr. PIM thought ;groat injustice would bo done if that determination was agreed to. Take the case of three partners of a firm in the City of London. One of the part ners lived at St. John's-wood, another at Windsor, and the other at Brighton the clause would give the vote to the first two, but why, ho should like to know, was the latter to bo deprived of his vote? He fulfilled all his duties as a citizen just as much as the other two. The amendment moved by Mr. JAMES was negatived without a division. On the motion that the clause be added to the bill, a discussion ensued with regard to the exceptional circum stances that had prevailed in favour of the City of London. On the motion of Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY, a new clause was ordered to form part of the bill, disqualifying persons reported guilty of bribery at Totnes from voting for the county of Devon ; a similar clause relating to Great Yarmouth and the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk; a smiler clause with regard to Lancaster and the county of Lancaster; and a similar clause respecting Reigate and the county of Surrey. Lord g. CZOIL moved ea clam disqualifying prowls from voting who had been convicted of felony, larceny, perjury, or subornation of perjury. The committee allowed it to be road a second time, though the Chancellor of the Exchequer hinted his dislike for it; but, on the question that it be added to the bill, the opposition assumed a more decided tone, and Mr. Glad stone observed that the committee were perpetrating a grave error in introducing a now principle of criminal law into the Reform Bill, a sentiment which was received with an approving cheer. They were actually going to con stitute a semi-criminal class. Hitherto they told the man who had committed any of tho offences enumerated in the clause, " You shall go into court, be tried, and have a son . Once inflicted upon you, and that sentence shall mark the measure of the punishment which society inflicts upon you." After that sentence had been served out the prin ciple of our law was that the man should be restored to freedom and to life. To innocence, of course, lie could not be restored ; but he prot.st'3,l against the man having heaped up)n him the stigma of his former °fleeces. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having expressed his concurrence in this view of the question thc , claus:.) was eventually withdrawn, its mover intimating that he should re-open the subj3ct on the report. Faint and equilly abortive attempts were made by Mr. IL Beaumont to carry a clause giving a second member to Huddersfield; Mr. J. B. Smith, a clause restricting the opening of any inn or public-house oa a polling-day ; Mr. Dillwyn, a clause granting a second member to Swansea; and Mr. Monk, a clause creating Clifton (Bristol) a new borough, with one member. Mr.GLADSTONE, in moving a clause to the effect that South Lancashire should be separated into two divisions, each to represent three members (instead of two each, as proposed by the bill), once more condemned the scheme of redistribution, and made it a special complaint that out of the 25 additional seats given to the counties only one was allotted to South Lancashire. This ho pronounced an in- justice, and, arguing that the disfranchisement of the small boroughs ought to be carried further, declared that their doom was sealed, and could not be averted. The clause was supported by Mr. A. Egerton, the Mar quis of Hartington, and Mr. Newdegate, and opposed by the Chalicellor of the Exchequer, who dilated upon the liberal character of the measure as a whole, and rigidly de clined to push the disfranchisement of the smaller bo roughs further. He also reminded the committee that of late years Lancashire had had its representation greatly in creased, and that this was much extended under the bill. Stating the case plainly, the light hon. gentleman pointed out that that county would have 32 members, who might be taken as representing 66,000 persons each, whilst Mid dlesex would bo represented by only 18 members, with up wards of 122,000 of population to each. Ultimately the clause was permitted by its mover to be negatived without a division. Colonel GILPIN proposed a clause taking away ono member from each of the four Parliamentary boroughs next above 10,000 inhabitants, according to the last decen nial census, namely, Tiverton, Tamworth, Warwick, and Barnstaple, and transfor:ing the seats to Luton, Keighly, Barnsley, and St. Helen's. The clause was met with a vigorous resistance on the part of the members for the threatened boroughs, Mr. Don man and Mr. Wairond (Tiverton), Mr. John Peel and Sir R. Peel (Tamworth), Sir G. Stucley (Barnstaple), Mr. Repton and Mr. A. Peel (Warwick). The debate was conducted with much animation for a considerable time, and a passage between Sir R. Peel and Colonel Stuart in reference to the claims of Luton to enfranchisement, the character of its population, and the causes of its growth caused intense merriment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the clause. Reminding the committee that they had arrived at these several conclusions—that no borough with a popu lation less than 10,000 should be represented by more than one member; that no borough with a population not ex ceeding 5,000, and returning ono membor, should be dis franchised; that certain large towns should be repre sented; and that four boroughs should have their repre sentation increased, he pressed upon the attention of the committee the inconvenience and disturbance which must arise from their now, at the and of the session, when they had advanced so far in their labours, departing from the principle of the arrangement; and opening up new ques tions of controversy. Mr. GLADSTONE again commented upon the imper fect character of the redistribution scheme, and said ha would give his support to any proposal that was calculated g promise of durability. Conse quentlyto impr improve shouldit by iv vote for the clause proposed by Colonel Gilpio. The committee having divided, the clause was negatived by 224 to 195. Progress was then reported. The remainder of tho orders, forty-three in number, were then disritchod, and the house rose at half-past two o'clock. TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING. LITERI'OOL CLT. 5 to 2 agst Challenge (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Moldavia (61(213 and offered) 11 to 2 agst East Lancashire (offered) 10 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Mrs. Allan (offered) 100 to 8 agst Czar (taken) 100 to 8 agst Acttna (taken) 100 to 7 agst Numa Pompilius (taken) 100 to 7 agst Preceptor (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Mirelb, (taken and offered) GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Aggravator (taken) 12 to 1 agst Jezebel (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Dulcimer (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Gomera (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Vici (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cannon Ball (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 2to 1 agst Lecturer (taken) 4to 1 agst Regalia (taken) Bto 1 agst Beeswing (taken) ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Hermit (taken and offered) sto 2 agst Vauban (taken) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Blue Gown (takca) 16 to 1 agst Suffolk (taken) 25 to 1 agst Pace (taken and offered) 28 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Glenderg (taken) t.'so to 1 agst See Saw (taken) WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING.—The objection to Advertisement, winner of the Hunters' Purso at this meeting, has been withdrawn. MR. Gao. WEnD executes commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, Queen's -crescent, Harerstock-hill, and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near lleux's Brewery. No connexion with any other person using the same name. „.---. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. JULY Liverpool July Meeting Radcliffe 10 Hungerford Nottingkam l6 Winchester Down Royal Coiporatu. 17 Southampton 2 Stamford AUGUST. Ripon Brighton G• 6 West Drayt0n............ 22 Brighton Clut, ) 8 Plymouth..... ............ 2, 2 Brighton 9 I Canterbury ............... 27 Eghain Wolvorhampton l3 Lichfield .................. 27 Stockton Oxford ............... Hastings 3/ Y or k August ............ 2L Baden Baden SEPT. Margate Warwick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster 1G Brecon MBER. Richmond l7 Ilimdon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 29 Newmarket Ist October 2 OCT Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 NOV: Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn n )BER. , Nowmnxkot 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 Newmarket Houghton ►MBE Et. I Leamington Hunt LIVERPOOL COTTON 111ARKE1—This Day. The market opens flat.Friees bartily maintained. Sales probably 7,000 bales. THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A WOMAN AT Lwicit.—An inquest was held to-day, at Camberwell Workhouse on the body of Mary Ann Payne, who, it was alleged, bad boon murdered by her husband. The parties lived at Lordship-lane, Dulwich, and the ovidence went to show that the deceased and a man named Tow had frequently quarrelled. On the last occasion, however, he struck her a violent blow with a pair of tongs, after which she took to her bed and eventualli . died. 'rho medical evidence wont to show that deceased was suffering from low fever, but the blow she had received might have accelerated death. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against Richard Tow. THE REPRESENTATION OF MANCIIESTER.in on e Manchester branch of the Refo rm Lea g ue have, junction with the leading tra des' unionists of that city, re solved to nominate Mr. Ernest Jones as a candidate for the third seat which Manchester will possess under the Go vernment Reform Bill. R OYAL COLLEGE OF 'S U RGEONS. At a special meeting of the Council yesterday afternoon Sir William Fergusson, F.R.S., Professor of Surgery to King's College, was elected a member of the Court of Examiners, in the vacancy occaldoned by the retirement in the prescribed order of Mr. Francis Kiernan, F.R.S. On this occasion the recently elected councillors, Messrs. Prescott Hewett, of St. George's Hospital ; John Birkett, of Guy's Hospital ; and spencer Smith, of St. Mary's Hospital, were sworn in and took their seats. An effort is being to esestablish irCedinen'a paper in Jsavannah . 10 401 10 LOO 1 5SE, 109 lOU 100 all 10u 100 .001 107 81 031 141 I