The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-05 00:00:00

IHPERIAI PARLIA. HUNT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EvExam. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Mold and Denbigh Jnnction Railway, Sunderland Ex tension and Improvement, Navan and Kingszourt Rail-. way, Kilkardy and Dysart Water, and Criekhowell Gas and Water Bills were read a second time. Bingley Extension and Improvement and NGrwich Local Board of Health (Amendment) Bills were read a third time PUBLIC WORKS. The Public Works Bill was brought tip and road a first TUE CHESTER COURTS BILL. Lord DE TABLEY moved the second reading of this bill, and it was read accordingly. PIER AND HARBOUR CONFIRMATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL. _ . The Duke of BUCKINGHAM moved the commitment of this bill. Several clauses having been amended, the bill passed through committee. The additions to the bill principally minted to the power of tho Government to order the slaughter of diseased animals, and also to regu late the conduct of the inspectors. In another clause there was a provision made that magistrates should be allowed expenses in case of actions being brought against them through their carrying out the re strictions of the act, as it was a great hardship that, though performing their duty in the matter, they should be sub jected to expense. INTESTATE WIDOW'S AND CHILDREN'S BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, in moving the second reading of this bill, that in consequence of the groat in crease in insurance amongst the working classes, it was desirable that there should be an easy mode for the widow And children to obtain their rights under these policies. One office alone bad issued 332,000 policies. The bill was read a second time. THE COUNTY COURTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after a few remarks from Lord Cranwortb, moved the commitment of this bill. Tho Earl' of ROMNEY said that ho objected to keveral clauses of the bill. The bill, as amended, then passed. ITEIR AND HARBOUR• ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. THE POLICIES OF INSURANCE BILL. The following select committee was moved and agreed to, to serve on the committee of this bill—the Lord Chan cellor, Earl of Devon, Earl Graham, Viscount Halifax, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Cranworth, and Lord Cairns. INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE BILL. Lord LYTTLETON moved the third reading of this bill. Earl GREY said that ho had asked his noble friend to postpone the third reading of this important bill that cer tain clauses might bo thoroughtly investigated into. He thought that the further postponement of the bill for a fortnight would give them more scope to understand what were the provisions of the bill. Lord REDES DALE said that it was most inconvenient to do so. But he would ask in what form they were again to discuss the clauses of the bill. Lord LYTTLErON said that if the house wished it he was quite willing to postpono the third reading of tho bill. A NOBLE LORD said that he thought it would be now convenient if the third reading took place at once, and the noble earl could then move an amendment. It was then agreed that the bill be read a third time on Friday, the 21st inst. The Bid of DERBY announced that on Friday next he intended to move that the house at its rising should ad journ for the Whitsuntide holidays until the following Monday week. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —LAST EVENING. Th© SPEAKER took tho chair at two o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Central Cornwall (No. 2), Devon and Cornwall Rail way, Glasgow (City) Union Railway, Richmond Gas, Towns and &wage Utilization, and North British Rail way (Carlisle Deviation). BRANDING A NAVAL CADET. _ _ Mr. 0. STANLEY asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty if it was true, as stated in the public papers, that a young naval cadet on board the frigate Phmbe was lashed to a gun by some of his brother midshipmen, and then branded on the nose with the mark of the broad arrow; and, if true, what steps the Board of Admiralty intended to take to punish the offendols. Mr. CORRY said it having boon reported to the Admiralty by the Commander-in-Chief at Dovonport that a practical joke, of a vary disgraceful character, hail been practised oa board the Phoe')e, the two young ollizers in question had been dismisiel tho. service, and a full iuvestigAtiou ordered jail the circa:mit:tacos of the case. Oa seeing the notice on the piper this morn ing he telegraphed to D3vonport an -I received the follow ing roply :—" Wholly untrue that gunpowder was rubbed in; now4papor reports greatly exaggerated; details will be sent by post." Mr. SIIAW-LEFEVRE asked if the young men had been dismissed without a court martial or inquiry of any kind ? Mr. CORRY said they had been dismissed in conse quence of the representations made by the Commander-in- Chief at Devonport. Sir W. GA LLWEY observed that it was the usual prac tice to brand the clothes of young gentlemen entering the navy with the mark of the broad arrow, and read a letter which had been written by a passenger to the father of one of the midshipmen. He thought the Admiralty had acted m )st hastily. CUMULATIVE VOTING. Mr. FAWCETT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would give the house, or the Committee on the _presentation of the People Bill, an opportunity of discuss ing the expediency of adopting the modes of voting called " cumulative" and "single" voting, on constituencies re turning more than one member to Parliament before pro ceeding to consider the mode of assignment of the seats now at the disposal of the Government. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, who had been obliged to leave the house, had asked him to state that he could not consent to enter into any arrangement such as that alluded to, but to suggest to the hen. gentllman that there would be no difficulty in himself finding an opportunity to raise a discussion on the question. THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS. Mr. SELWYN moved the second reading of this bill. Sir It. PALMER pointed out the changes in tit) present bill with that introduced last year, and said he did not think ;he deviations were by any moans an improvement. With respect to the debt of the petitioning creditor being fixed at .C5O, he thought it far better to leave the debt of the petitioning creditor without any limit. But it would then be said that that would enable a creditor with a d3lat of trifling amount to present a petition in bankruptcy against a creditor. lle did not see any great hardship in tha►, because it the debtor re fused to pay small sums there would be all the more likeli hood that he would not pay any larger sums. Then again with respect to persons declaring themselves bankrupts, he thought the provisions of the former bill far before that of the bill now under consideration, because by the present measure a debtor was enabled to make himself bankrupt at any time and in any way ho pleased, this taking away the common law right every creditor possessed of adopting his own mode to obtain payment of his debts. With respect to discharge, he knew it was a very difficult matter to deal with. In the bill he hal the honour to in• troduce last year, it was proposed that when a parson paid 6s. 8.1. in the pound, and had committed no offence under the act, he should have an immediate discharge, but the proposal of the hon. and learned gentleman opposite had fixed the amount at 103. Considering the very few bankrupts who had paid so la-ge a suin, he thought fixing so large an amount was tantamount to refusing all discharge from debt, so far as after acquired property was concerned. When the Bankruptcy Court went in and made a clean sweep of all that a man possessed towards the redemption of his debt, he thought it was un fair, having taken his all, to allow his old liabilities to be kept constantly hanging over his head. He thought, however, the thanks of the house and the country were due to the hon. and learned gentleman for his contribu tion towards the improvement of the law. Mr. MILL approved of the amendments to be proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for the University of Cambridge. Ho had a notice on the paper last session referring to this matter, and at the proper time, and the opportunity offered, he should bring it forward. The point be wished to deal with was, that where debtors kept just within the strict letter of the law, and with culpable temerity risked and lost property belonging to their creditors. (Hear, hear.) He should move an amendment to deal with that and other matters on a future occasion. Mr. E. K. KARSLAKE said the great difficulty in re forming the bankruptcy law was the question of after acquiro 1 property. He thought the bill of the Atbrney- General hit the happy medium between too great cruelty and too groat leniency, and therefore he should give it cordial support. The discussion was continued until a few minutes be fore seven o'clock, when the house adjourned. On reassembling at nine, Viscount ENFIELD moved for a select committee to inquire into and take evidence as to the law and practice relating to the summoning, attendance, and remuneration of special and common juries, and to report to the house as to any alterations which ought to be made therein. Mr. Secretary HARDY expressed' his concurrence in the necessity for inquiry ; and, after a few words from Sir E. EULLE; who said he knew a case in which the inhabi tants of a town with a population of 20,000 were altogether exempt from serving on juries, the motion was agreed to. In moving for leave to bring in a bill for the better rc gulation and supervision by the Board of Trade of the ac counts of railway and other joint-stock companies, Sir W. HUTT adverted to the disastrous consequences which have resulted to innocent shareholders from the reckless and fraudulent conduct of the managers of joint-stock enterprises. Ho recommended that no company should be allowed to pay a dividend until it shall have deposited its balance-sheet with the Board of Trade ; that there should be an official audit by the Board of the accounts of the company, and that in case of default the penalties of the Railway Securities Act of last session should be enforced. Mr. STEPHEN CAVE observed that the suggestions proposed to be carried out were commendable, but that he did not think they could be carried. A uniform system of accounts would no doubt be very desirable, but a Govern ment audit might, he feared, tend to inspire false confi dence on the part of the public. Ile should not, however, object to the introductilin of the bill, although he assured the right hon. gentleman it contained nothing new. Leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. VANDERBYL called attention to the petition (pre sented May 30) from the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, praying that her Majesty's forces might not be with drawn from that colony ; and moved that an address bo! presented to her Majesty that she would be pleased to grant the prayer of the Cape colonists that her Majesty's forces be not withdrawn from the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. GORST expressed his opinion that the sooner every British soldier was removed from the Cape the better would it be. Mr. ADDERLEY observed that the colony of South Africa had received ample warning that the troops would be withdrawn, and that the colonists would have to de pend upon their own resources. It was proposed that in 1868 one regiment should either be paid for by the Cape or be withdrawn; that in 1869 two regiments should be either paid for or withdrawn, and that the same rule should apply to the remaining two in the year 1872. The defence of the Cape colony now cost the mother country £300,000 per annum, and it would be unjust to allow such a state of things to continue. Mr. CARDWELL, fully approving of the policy of the Government in leaving the colony to defend itself, hoped the motion would be withdrawn. The motion was eventually withdrawn. Leave was given to Mr. Secretary Hardy to bring in a bill to authorise the enclosure of certain lands in pursu ance of a special report of the Enclosure Commissioners for England and Wales; and also a bill to confirm a cer tain provisional order under " The Local Government Act, 1858," relating to the district of Halifax, and for other purposes relative to the said district under that Act. MASTER AND SERVANT BILL. Lord ELCIIO moved the second readibg of this bill. Mr. E. POTTER moved its rejection, and, while ad mitting that there were hardships in the present law, pointed out that the demand for a change came entirely from the mining districts, for in the cotton districts no one ever thought of resorting to this law, and ho urged the impolicy of meddling with the question until the Trades' Union Commission had•reported. Mr. PEASE also admitted the necessity of legislation, but objected to the total abolition of the power of im prisonment, and to permitting magistrates to dissolve con tracts; and suggested the reference of the bill to a Select Committee. Mr. Clive, Mr. Samuelson, and Mr. Alderman Solomons gave a general support to the bill. Mr. M. Liddell stipu lated for a reservation of the power of punishment in per tain cases. Mr. HENLEY and Mr. BRUCE approved the principles of the bill, but pointed out various difficulties, and strongly recommended Lord Elcho to send it to a Select Committee. Lord ELCIIO declined to do this now, but would en deavour to amend the bill before the next stage, so as to meet the suggestions which had been made, aed if it was not then satisfactory, he would consent to refer it to a Select Committee. Mr. HARDY supported this course, and the amendment having been withdrawn, the bill was read a second time. Some other orders were forwarded a stage and the house adjourned at ten minutes past one. time. IREL AN D. DUBLIN, June 4. The Fenian landing at Dungarvan has caused a sensation in that part of the country. The coast guard are always on the look-out, and, from their elevated positions, they sweep the whole surround ing sea in the range of their telescopes. Those sta tioned at Helvick, in the county of Waterford, ob served a strange vessel, which was hovering about the coast. She pressed a hooker into her service, which brought 40 or 50 men to Cunnegar, a tongue of laud standing into the bay. The men had to wade up to their waists in order to reach the shore. They then dispersed in various directions. Information of the fact was conveyed to the police, and without delay, says a correspondent of the Irish Times :--- "All that were available were despatched to Hel rick on cars. Four men were arrested, full the saturated state of their clothing bore out portion of the coastguardsmcn's statements. When searched, some documents, the nature of which has not trans pired,, were found with them, and one had in his possession a revolver. An order has been issued for the presence of the police from the country stations. There is a guard of eight fully-equipped soldiers on the bridewell, and all the other soldiers arc ready for immediate march on the, ramparts. Though Dun garvan preserved itself from Fenianism throughout, on this occasion there appeared to be a marked ten dency in favour of the Fenians among the roughs, who hissed the police, and endeavoured in every way to obstruct them. They succeede4 in arresting 26, who are lodged in the bridewell." The Dungarvan magistrates were sitting when the news came ; they immediately adjourned, and proceeded to the scene of the landing, and in the confusion caused by the movement the prisoner be fore them made his escape. lie was not a Fenian. The Michelstown magistrates have sent for trial five men for the assault on a picket of the 6th Re giment, in a publichouse in that town. The soldiers were part of the flying-column that arrested the two rebels now under sentence of death, and shot a third at Kilclooney-wood. It appears that a considerable number of the Tip- perary " boys" who were out on Shrove Tuesday night have managed to evade the vigilance of the police ever since. But, finding that sort of life in tolerable, and being reduced almost to a state of starvation, about 20 of them came to the police bar rack at Thurles on Monday, and gave themselves up to Sub-Inspector Mularkey. They were removed to Templemore, where Mr. Gore Jones, R.M., ac cepted bail for 14, to appear at the next as4izes. One of the prisoners, named Stapleton, having been with the party which destroyed the Roskeen bar racks and murdered the boy Tracey, was detained in custody, bail being refused in his case, and the remainder were set at large. The surrender of others was highly probable ; but some, it is believed, will never voluntarily give themselves up. Of these is Capt. Joseph Gleeson, who would be put on trial for high treason and murder if he were once amen able, and one or two other "captains," whose offences are of a dark complexion. The Dublin Corporation yesterday, after an angry discussion, caused by one member calling another ostentatiously disloyal, voted from the borough fund the sum of £3OO towards the expense of hold iug the cattle show of the Royal Agricultural Society in Dublin. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland meets this year in this city. Last evening the proceedings. were commenced in the Rutland square church, when a sermon was preached by the outgoing moderator, the Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Lime rick. The Rev. R. Montgomery was unanimously elected moderator for the ensuing year. He is a re turned missionary from India. The Rev. Dr. Kirk patrick had been nominated by the Presbytery of Dublin, but he declined on the ground that he bad served in the office before. The new moderator then took the chair and addressed the meeting, which shortly after adjourned. The members of the As sembly are to be entertained at a series of public breakfasts during the - week. The annual meeting of the Irish Medical Associa tion was held yesterday, iu the Albert-hall, College of Surgeons. Dr. Alickes.y, president of the associa tion, in the chair. The annual rnMing of the R oya l Medical Benevolent Fund S)ci.:ty was subsequ en tl y held in the same plac3—De. Witcher in the chair. There was a large attend: nea of m. - 2rnhers of the medical profession. The annual report, which was submitted to the meeting, was of a satisfactory cha racter. The West Cork Railway, into the affairs of which a committee of investigation has been prosecuting inquiries, furnishes a good illustration of the mode iu which railways ought not to be constructed. I t appears that at the time the works were commenced all the money that had been contributed by the shareholders, on a proposed capital of £320,000, was £5,420, of which £5,103 had Levi expended in Par liamentary costs and attempts to carry out a con tract. Not only so, but liabilities to the extent of £4,000 had been incurred in addition. With nearly £4,000 on the wrong side of the cash account a con tract was entered into, and the works commenced. We can scarcely wonder that they are still unfinished, that the company have been unable to work the completed portion efficiently, and that " accept ances," " renewals," and a " seizure and sale" of the rolling stock of the company figure prominently in its history. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE SUN, Lom, ON, WEDNESOA Y El/ ENING, JUNE 5, 1867. NORTH BRITISII. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday in Edinburgh, to consider a bill for creating pre-preference stock. Mr. STIRLING, the chairman, defended the pro posal of the directors, ;Li being the most practicable and advantageous:of the schemes suggested. It had received the assent of 85 per cent. of the share holders, and had passed the referees and the Com mons' committee. Mr. BLACKBURN protested against the measure, but would not divide the meeting on the question. Mr. WiLsoic moved a resolution to pay their debts on the principle of a terminable annuity. Several hands were held up for the amendment, but the chairman's motion was carried by a great majority. MIDLAND. Yesterday an adjourned IN'harncliffe meeting of this company was held at Derby ; Mr. W. E. Hut chinson in the chair. The principal object was to obtain the sanction of the shareholders to the bill for the amalgamation of the Glasgow and South- Western Railway with this company. The CHAIRMAN said the first bill the provisions of which he had to bring under their notice was one for enabling the Midland Railway Company to con struct new railways and works, &c. He had pro mised them at the last meeting that the amount of new capital should be reduced to as narrow a limit as possible. The proposed new, capital had been reduced from £170,000 to £75,000, and the new borrowing powers had been cut down from £56,000 to £25,000, so that really the new capital was about £lOO,OOO, instead of £226,000. The new outlay was for the purchase of additional land, the construction of small branches, chiefly mineral, &e., and it enabled them to lease the Midland and South- Western Junction line, &c. The bill for leasing the Tewkesbury and Malvern line had been abandoned. There was also a clause in the bill enabling the company to provide a superannuation fund for the principal officers of the company. He explained that this clause was similar to that the pro visions of which were already in operation on the London and North-Western and other railway companies. He moved a tormal resolution, approv ing the bill authorising these " additional powers." Mr. PRICE, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried, on a show of h :nds, with all but four or five dissentients. Ultimately these were with drawn, and the motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said the next bill he had to sub mit was for the amalgamation of the Glasgow and South-Western line with this company. (Applause.) Having so recently explained the reasons which had induced the directors to submit this matter for their consideration, there was necessity for again entering into it at length. One of the clauses of the bill pro vided that if the amalgamation took place the title of the company should henceforth be known as the Midland and Scottish Railway Company. The number of the directors, now 15, would be raised to 20, five members being added from the Glasgow and South-Western Board, but power would be taken to again reduce the number to 15 if that should be thought advisable. A committee of management would be appointed in Glasgow ; this would be composed of men possessing great influ ence, and who would have interest enough to get traffic for long distances sent over their lines south of Carlisle. He explained that under the amalga mation the dividend of the two companies would be of equal amount, except that in the event of the divi dend on the amalgamated lines falling below 4 per cent. ; if the earnings of the Glasgow and South- Western exceeded it, that p trt of the undertaking was to have a Hen on it up t) that amount, but that lien was in no respect whatever a guarantee as ha l been said, and practically this company hal conceded nothing in that tuatter. With rezpeet to the capital of the Glasgow and South-Western Company it would not exceed £7,800,000, of which £1,700,000 had been borrowed at a little over 4 per cent. Great advantages could not fail to result from the proposed amalgamation. The more the amalgamation had been canvassed, the more favour it had received. Many shareholders once opposed had now sent in their adhe sion to the board, and he entreated the proprietary to put this, the top stone, on the edifice which had been built up at so much cost. With respect to the construction of the Settle and Carlisle line they were willing to take as great an extension of time as Parliament would grant ; but in law, in honour, and in self-interest they were bound to construct it. (Applause.) Mr. Browne, the secretary, having read the heads of the bill, , The CHAIRMAN moved the formal resolution ap proving the bill for the amalgamation of the Wag gon- and South-Western with the Midland Company. Mr. PRICE, M.P., seconded the resolution. Mr. GEE, of Nottingham, supported the amalga mation. A long and animated discussion ensued, in which 'Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Brooks (representing the Man chester Shareholders' Association), Dr. O'Brien, Dr. Ilall, Mr. Gainsford, Mr. Garnett, and other share holders took part. The CHAIR3ILN replied at some length. A SHAREHOLDER moved the adjournment of the meeting until Thursday, the 13th inst. A scene of much excitement ensued. Mr. aut - rEn, the co:npany's solicitor, having been appealed to, said the motion for an adjourn ►nent might be put ; and, this having been done, it was carried by au immense majority. The meeting then adjourned till the 13th, when, in all probability, the vote on the question of amal gamation with the Scotch line will be taken. NEATII AND BRECON. This line was opened for passenger traffic on Monday. The railway passes through an impor tant mineral and agricultural district, and will form part of a second route from South Wales to Liver pool, Manchester, and the Northern districts. The total length of the line is 31 miles, and in connec tion with the Central Wales and Central Wales Extension Railways it is expected to be ultimately absorbed into the London and North-Western system. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the second week in May amounted to $116,818, and for the corresponding week last year to $112,873, show ing an increase of $3,945. EAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Lord 11,ed..s•lale'd Committee, the Isle of Wight Bill was passed, with amendments, and the London and North Western (Ashby and Nuneaton lines) Bill was passed without Amend ments. _ _ In the Standing Order Committee of the House of Lords the standing orders were dispensed with in the case of the Midland and Eastern, Norwich and Spalding, &c., Bill, and in the case of the London and South Western Bill. Before Mr. Palgrave,, the examiner for Standing Order proofs of the House of Lords, the following bills were pas3ed :—The Devon and Somerset, the De:•on and Somerset (Extension), the Bristol and Exeter (Exe Valley), and the Bristol and Exeter (Further Powers). In the House of Commons, before the Chairman of Ways and Means, the Furness, and the Sidmouth Railway and Harbour Bills were passed. ILI the Committee on group 12, the London, Chatham, and Dover was adjourned. The London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 3) was proved, and ad journed ; the London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 2) was adjourned, as was London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 4) Bill. The Montgomery (Alabama) Daily Mail pro poses General Grant for next President, ea the Conserva tive ticket. NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION: The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this praiseworthy institution took place last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, under the presidency of W. I-I. Smith, Esq., of the firm of Smith and Co., the extensive newspaper agents in the Strand, The chairman was supported on the occasion by Mr. Danby Seymour, M.P., Mr. Frederick Chapman, Mr. John llodge, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Gruneisen, Mr. Collinridge, Mr. Edwd. Levy, Mr. Wentz 11 (the Governor of the Incorporated Society of Li censed Victuallers), Mr. William Smalley (the Secretary of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers), Mr. 11. T. Smith, Mr. C. S. Lewis, Capt. Mayne Reid, Mr. Edmund Tate, Mr. Alex. M'Mullen, Mr. Westerton, Mr. John Son Miles, Mr. W. H. Bradbury, Mr. Woods, M.P., Mr. Egan, &c. Several ladies graeed the dinnner by their pre sence. The cloth having been removed, and grace —" For these and all Try mercies given"—having been ad mirably chanted by the vocalists—Miss Eyles, Miss Mabel Brent, Miss M. Edmund, Mr. G. Perren, and Mr. Lawler, who had the direction of the vocalists, The CHAIRMAN proposed the usual loyal toasts, which were warmly responded to by the company, Captain MAYNE REID acknowledging the toast of " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." The CHAIRMAN proposed " The House of Com mons," coupling the toast with the name of Mr. Danby Seymour, M.P. He observed that the house was a very hard-working institution. His earliest recollection dated from his boyhood, when his great anxiety was to ascertain at what time the House rose, knowing that if it had been sitting to the un reasonably late hour of two or three o'clock in the morning he wculd have a very hard day's work. In later years, however, he had begun to see that the duties of legislation involved a great deal of self denial and industry with very small thanks. He asked them to drink " The Health of the House of Commons," the third estate of the realm, and coupled with it not the least influential member of that house, Mr. Danby Seymour. (Cheers.) Mr. D. SEYMOUU, M.P., expressed his belief that the house of Commons, whatever might be the expressed the opinion of the franchise, fairly country ; and that it desired to do the best to pro mote the nation's welfare. (Hear, hear.) He, however, held that it was capable of improvement, and that the efforts now being made with that view would meet with some measure of success. (Hear, hem) The CHAIR3IAN then proceeded to propose the toast of the evening. He said that their institu tion was not only very little known by the public, but he was afraid very little known by the news vendors themselves. It was one, however, which he, as a newsvendor felt had strong claims upon the trade, upon the Press also, as well as upon the public at large, for encouragement and support. Of all occupations that of the newsvendor was probably one which taxed to a large extent the health and the strength of those.engaged in it, frequently re sulting in their breaking down prematurely. (Hear, hear.) He spoke from personal experience when he said that there was scarcely any occupation that absorbed so much of the energies of the man as that of the newsvendor. For many years he rose early and late, took rest, and he certainly ate the bread of carelessness. The man who pursued this business must accustom himself to early rising and constant watchfulness, and work in all sorts of weather, under all circumstances. (Hear, hear.) In some occupations it was possible when health broke down, or when other difficulties occurred, to lie in bed later in the morning, or to put matters off until the following day ; but the newsvendor must work moment by moment, under every variety of circumstances, keeping time by the clock. There fore, on account of the wear and tear involved in the occupation of the newsvendor, it was incumbent on him to make provision against a future day, when sickness, old age, or misfortune might over take him. (clear, hear.) It was also incumbent on those who were interested in the success of the Press to lend their helping haul, seeing that it was by the agency of the newsvendors that the papers were circulated throughout the country. He could not control the circumstances under which the news papers were delivered to him from the several offices, but he had to convey them to the subscribers or cus tomers ; and, standing between the newspaper pro prietors and the public, he bad to bear the entire blame of any irregularity. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved the newspaper agents afforded to the press of England a cheaper, a more regular, and a better ser vice than any which could be brought into existence by the newspapers themselves. He therefore thought, on that ground that theNewsvendors' Institution had a claim upon the press of London, and he was glad to say that the claim was warmly acknowledged. (Cheers.) Going further, he thought that the news vendors had some claim also upon the kind ness an d cons id era tion of the public, whose servants th e y were. The newsvendors delivered the newspapers for but small remuneration, with unfailing regu larity. He, indeed , hardl y knew the word " irregu larity" in the delivery of the papers, and he appealed to his friends, the newsvendors, whether the papers did not arrivepunctually with the milk and the bread every morning. It was taken in as mental food, without which other food necessary to existence would be but a dry morsel. Nothing was asked for the institution which they could readily get them selves, but only that which they were not able to ge's wholly by themselves. (Hear.) The society had now only £2,500 of stock, which sufficed to pension seven persons, who in early life had good hope that they might make their way in the world, but who had been overtaken by misfortune, and were left without the comfortable means of subsistence which all desired. These seven pensioners received £l6 a year, which was little enough to be a matt er o f ear nest solicitation and great canvassin g in or d er t o obtain it. (Hear, hear.) There were a l so th ree per sons at this moment in very great need, to whom the society could not give the assistance that was ne cessary for them. He, therefore, asked the assembly to sustain the institution and do what they could, so that these deserving persons, who had themselves been members and subscribers, might receive the assistance they required. (Hear.) It was not a large petition he put before them. Their numbers were not increasing, and he believed he might say they were not an increasing class, whilst their remunera tion was perhaps diminishing. The question was whether the three persons-he referred to, who had carried on their business for so many years honestly and respectably, were to be left without the means of support, witho u t the £l6 a year w hi c h was g iven to the pensione rs o f the society, w hil e it con t a i n ed many who enjoy e d positions of prosperity and com fort ? (Hea r , h ear.) He thoug h t t h e comm itte e acted most wi se l y i u dividing not to g i ve p e nsions out of the annual subscriptions, and limiting those pensions to the interest on the stock. By this course, though there might be dissatisfaction amongst the members of the society, and though they might quarrel amongst themselves and subscriptions fall off, the pensioner's had the security of always re ceiving what was promised (Hear, hear.) lie wished he could talk to that them. assembly prosper ous society, an d expatiate on a l ms h o uses and those of a arrangements which would tend to the comfort of a large body of peopl e , and on the beautiful " cottage in a wood" which all of them desired to realise sonic day. (Cheers.) ebegged II those of his friends who represented the press to consider the strong claim now made upon them ; and lie also appealed to the public, who were also represented in that assembly, to give the institution their support. (Cheers.) _ _ Mr. G. P. TUXFOIM proposed" The Press," which was felicitously responded to by Mr. EDMUND YATES, who, in conclusion, proposed the " Health of the Chairman," which was received with en thusiasm, and was cordially acknowledged by that gentleman. "The Ladies" was gallantly responded to by Mr. W. D. SEYMOUR. proposed, were d u l y ackno " The Sec re t ary " and ot h er toasts having been It was ann ounced b y t h e S e cretary that the sub scriptions amounted to close upon EGOO, being nearly double the am oun t su b scr ib e d at previous festivals. The dinner, whi c h was served a la Russe, under wledged. the auspices of Mr. Golden, the manager of the establishment, gave entire satisfaction to the com pany. Mr. Toole, who officiated as toast master with his usual ability,"gave his services for the benefit of the institution, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 4.--In shipping yarns we have had a very strong market to-day, and spinners generally have been asking higher prices. The ad vance has had the effect of rather checking business. At Friday's quotations, which were nearly Id. per lb. under those of to-day, a very large business could have been done ; but buyers are not prepared to fol low such a considerable advance as that; demanded by spinners. In home trade yarns there has been a moderate demand, at rates a little in excess of those obtained at the close of last week. The market for these yarns is very strong. In the cloth trade there has also been a pretty steady business for the last fortnight, and the orders placed during that period have considerably relieved the requirements of buyers. Still there are orders in the market to complete, and to-day's market is very firm. The general aspect of trade is healthy, and manufac turers are well supplied with orders. They are consequently disposed to adhere very firmly to their quotations, and though a shade less has been of fered for some kinds of goods to-day such conces sions are not listened to with much attention. The bulk of the business doing is still for India, including particularly mulls and jacconets. Light shirtings have also been in demand. Valups increase in about the same proportion as yarns. Messrs. John Slegg and Co. report of this day's cloth-market : t , The improved demand exhibited in our market during the past fortnight has within the last few days received a check, owing to the manufacturers having considerably advanced their quotations, and buyers having supplied themselves at the lower rates." CARDIFF, 3.—The steam coal trade of the dis trict keeps quiet, and business at the docks remains without any material alteration. Several rather large vessels have lately arrived, principally Ameri cans, and one is now taking in 3,000 tons of coal at Penarth docks. The expected movement in the demand from the Mediterranean markets has not been as yet experienced, and the mail packet com panies are not large purchasers, taking into consi deration the season of the year. The collieries in the Aberdare and Rhondda valleys are indifferently employed, and the men arc beginning to see that the " Union" restrictions attempted to be placed upon the masters are of no avail in the present state of trade. A new pit has been opened at Bodring allt, which, with an addition to the consumption, will give employment to a good number of hands. In the iron trade the tendency to an improvement is maintained, and the inquiries from several of the foreign markets are increasing in number. On home account plates continue in slow demand, while bars, if anything, are selling better. Rails are quiet, but there is every probability that the rail way companies will be in the market soon. Slack ness is evinced in the tin plate trade. LEEDS, 4th.—To-day there was a fair attendance of both buyers and sellers in the cloth-halls. The market was a little more cheerful than last Tuesday, but not much more business was done. The pur chases were of a miscellaneous character, including, however, more heavy goods than have lately been sold. Many of these, however, were more in the way of pattern than of bulk. The autumn trade has scarcely commenced yet, except in the way of orders, and it is probable that not many goods for that season of the year will be sold in the halls till next month. Tweeds and fancy coatings are in moderate request, but there is enough of both to meet the demand. Ilair-lists sell but slowly, and only a small bulk changed hands in the market today. The tone of the market is firm as to price, the hardening tendency of the current sales of wool in London having checked any inclination there was to a fall. ROCHDALE, 31.—The flannel market to-day was quiet, without any material change in price. The manufacturers are tolerably well employed, many of them on orders, and the trade is quite as good as it has been for some tin , .. There is no change in the York,hire goods trade which keeps dull. Though there is no great activity in the local trade, prices are firm. The dealers are buying freely of the home growers, who are stiff in their demands, at the late general currency for English wools. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC! JOURNALS. POST.—The completion of the Reform Bill has been postponed till after the Whitsuntide holidays. Mr. Disraeli is doubtless well satisfied with the pro gress that has been made, and is not unwilling to take a little breathing time for the purpose of considering in what fashion the curious edifice that has been built up during the past few weeks shall be crowned. He has obtained in every par ticular much mare than he demanded, and in an emharras des richesses he finds it almost impossible to decide on his future conduct. He asked for thirty seats, and he has been given fifty-two ; and, but for a mere accident, he might have been forced to accept ten others. If the Ministerial bill had a principle, as we are constantly assured it has, it is perhaps fortunate that it never embodied any spe cific plan, for from day to day some modification or another is made by the House of Commons which completely ignores the intentions of those who introduce .I it. For instance, Mr. Disraeli proposed to take a seat from every borough now. retaining two members, but with less than seven thousand inhabitants, and went to the trouble of devising what he conceived to be, an equitable mode of redistributing the seats thus placed at his disposal. The House of Commons, however, de cided on increasing the limit of qualification for re presentation by two members from 7,000 to 10,000, and thus threw on the Government the necessity of discovering a means of utilising the additional seats thereby vacated. When the house resumes after the recess the Chancellor of the Exchequer has in timated that he will submit a scheme necessarily dif ferent from that which has now bJen rendered in complete and useless. Assuming that Mr. Laing's proposal to group certain boroughs is accepted by the house, there will be 52 seats, inclusive of the se ven furnished by the disfranchisement of Lan caster, Totnes, Great Yarmouth, and Reigate, to be distributed either amongst existing constituencies or new boroughs. Any proposal dealing with such a matter must to a great extent be arbitrary and. incapable of being justified by arguments which would carry conviction to the minds of all, but there are at the same times use general principles which should govern any scheme of redistribution, of which we hope the Government will not entirely lose sight. It seems to be taken for granted that the numerical strength of the House of Commons must be retained at its present standard, and be neither diminished nor increased , and the reason of this is tol era bly obvious, for it is felt that on the one hand this country, having increased in population and in wealth, needs a House of Commons at least as numerous as in past times, whilst on the other it is rightly thought that for deliberative purposes the present house is sufficiently numerous. Mr. Smol lett, in the course of the debate on Mr. Sergeant Gaselee's amendment on Monday evening, ven tured to advocate the reduction of the number of representatives now sent to Parliament, but the derision w ith w hi c h th e sugges ti on was received proved how useless any attempt at curtailment would be even though it were made by a Minis ter of the Crown. Assuming, therefore, that the number of representatives is to remain unal tered, and that 52 seats must somehow or other be bestowed, the only question is in what manner should this be accomplished. Mr. Laing proposes that 26" Should be given to counties, and the remainder either to existing borough constituencies of consi derable magnitude, or to newly-created boroughs, and it is not improbable that the Ministerial scheme %ill substantially coincide with this proposal. It is, however, not difficult to show that if the vacant seats are thus disposed of, not only will the general basis on which representative power has hitherto been apportioned . be entirely changed, but a new standard will be established, tested by which existing anomalies will be considerably aggravated. In the first place, it is said that the counties are not adequately represented, and therefore it is pro posed to give to several of them a third member. But why ? If you give a county, or for that matter any constituency, three members, you may as well give it thirteen. Where is the line to be drawn ? If two were considered sufficient previous to and at the passing of the Reform Act, why are three requi site now, the aggregate number of the House of Commons remaining unaltered ? and if three are the fitting number now;why should they not be in creased to four or more, in proportion to the in crease of population ? If we start with the prin• ciple acted upon in the United States, and recently adopted at the election of the North German Par liament—namely, that every.distriet should return representatives bearing a fixed proportion to the numbers of the population, then indeed it would be easy to understand will certain constituencies which are more numerous than others should return a larger number of representatives. But we are careful to repudiate any such notion. The original system of representation established in this country seems to have proceeded on the supposed necessity of the several counties, together with a variety of .towns, being represented in the great council of the nation ; but in no case was a consti tuency permitted to elect more than two representa tives, nor wrre the numbers of a constituency re garded as a test for ascertaining how many members it should return. This may have been a bad system, and there was no doubt something absurd in a purely nominal constituency being able to elect as many members as a populous county. But it is substantially preserved, and unless it is entirely swept away, new anomalies will be created by simply endeavouring to engraft on it a system which rests on some fanciful ratio between the numbers of the constituents and those of the representatives they elect. Mr. Disraeli, a few nights since, expressed the opinion that every constituency should be limited to a single representative, and unless it was proposed to adopt in its entirety the principle of a fixed proportion between the numerical strength of a constituency and its electoral power, we are mud inclined to agree with him. At all events, we fail to see why the borough representation should be diminished for the sake of increasing that of the counties. Dis franchise a small borough, and enfranchise a more populous one, and, however, invidious the act may be, it is at least intelligible. But why a number of towns should lose one of their tworepresentatives in order that a third may be given to certain counties, or overgrown towns, we completely fail to under stand. Counties and boroughs have, as far as we know, proceeded for thepasthalf centurypari passe, or, if anything, the latter have outstripped the for mer. Why, under such circumstances, therefore, shoUld the electoral power of the boroughs be di minished and that of the counties be needlessly in creased ? THE " WESTMINSTER GAZETTE" ON THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY AND PROTESTANT UNITY.—Any person who understands the English language, and takes the trouble of considering the true meaning of words, must at once see that a Protestant Religion, a Protestant Church, a Protestant Faith, and Pro testant Unity, are inconsistent and contradictory terms. For Religion is that by which men are bound to submit their consciences, and protesting is inconsistent with submission. A Church is that to which men arc called in peace and harmony, and protesting is inconsistent with continued peace. Again, Faith is that which obliges men unhesita tingly to accept and embrace what is beyond human comprehension, and protesting against what we do not like, or do not understand, is, therefore, in consistent with Faith ; and Unity being that which does not admit of division, cannot possibly be pre served if protesting be encouraged in any body of people. Hence, it must plainly appear, to every reflecting and impartial mind, that the right of protesting is inconsistent with, and must be sub versive of, Religion, Church, Faith, and Unity. We are led to make these remarks by the recent conduct of some of the clergy, churchwardens, and congregation of the Bishop of Salisbury. But if the simple truths here enunciated had been im pressed upon their minds—if the bishop, clergy, and people had been taught to feel that they were all bound to submit to, and uphold, in the true sense, the Religion, Church, Faith, and Unity which they profess, none of them would consider them selves at liberty to protest in the manner they have done, and they would not now present, in the eyes of the world, the saddening spectacle they do, that of a diocesan Church without a recognized head, and a bishop dictated to in matters of Faith by his protesting churchwardens and congregation, with out any means of averting the public scandal and irreligion which invariably flow from such unseemly divisions. It is manifest to all who have eyes to see, and will see, how very different this protest ing system is from that which existed under the Apostles, who were the first bishops, and who, as we read in the Scriptures, authoritatively decided matters of Faith, whilst " the multitude of the laity held their peace." Many things have occurred from time to time during these three hundred years, since the hydra-headed system of Protestantism first appeared on the earth, to show the want of solid principle in the Anglican Church ; but few things demonstrate more clearly the incohesiveness of this political institution than the protest just served upon the Bishop of Salisbury by the rebel lious clergy and laity of his diocese. Whilst on his Visitation, a few days since, the bishop deli vered a charge in All Saints Church, Dorchester, to his clergy, church-wardens, and a numerous con gregation. This charge he deemed necessary for the purpose of teaching them, as he.believed him self bound to do, what he considered essential for their souls' salvation. All true Christians know that the Redeemer, who was sent by His Father to teach mankind the truths of the Divine reli gion, blessed His Apostles, conferred upon them the power bestowed upon Himself, promised that he would be with them to the end of time, and com manded them to " go, teach all nations." The bishops of the true Christian Church are the eccle siastical descendants and living representatives of the Apostles, and therefore the clergy and laity are bound to hear their voice and observe their teach ing. But it is manifest that the clergy, church-. wardens, and congregation of the diocese of Salis bury do not believe that a bishop of the Anglican communion has this Divine mission, or that he possesses this Divine right of teaching ; but con sider, on the contrary, that it is they themselves who are best informed in matters of Faith, and that it is the place of their bishop to sit silently by, and the duty of the laity to instruct him in the doctrine which he is to preach ! Hence we find that the Bishop of Sali s b ury, having ventured to read his charge for the purpose, as he supposed, of teaching them some arti c l es of Christian doctrine, they immediately draw up a counter charge for the purpose of teaching his lordship, and actu ally denounce their bishop's teaching as " strange and unscriptural." Now, if the learned Bishop of Salisbury be not capable of understanding the meaning of a verse of Scripture, what safety is there that the masses of the English people are sure that they rightly understand all the Scrip tures? And yet it is on the fact of each person rightly understanding them that Protestants are taught to base their hope of eternal salvation. The churchwardens and laity, together with some of his lordship's clergy, protest against his episcopal teaching in the following plain and insulting words : MfLord,—We, whose names are appended to this paper, having given our most earnest atten tion to your lordship's charge, feel ourselves com pelled by our unwavering attachment to the Church of England, and our jealousy of the purity of her teaching, to take this earliest opportunity of pro testing, in the most solemn manner, against the strange and unscriptural doctrines set forth in that charge." Now, if the bishop cannot discover what Scriptural doctrine is, what safety is there, we again ask, that the churchwardens and other laymen have discovered it ? They then go on protesting against the doctrine of the sacerdotal power, as taught by their bishop—against the simple words of our All-Merciful and All-Powerful Redeemer being taken in their obvious sense, when he said, " This is My Body ;" and they protest that it is not, whatever Christ or their own bishop may say to the contrary. They further protest against powers being assumed by their ministers as distinct from the whole congregation. If these things be so—if a Protestant bishop is not capable of teach ing Scriptural doctrine, and if a Protestant minister have no power, " as distinct from the congregation," surely then it must appear to every man of common sense that it is unnecessary and most unwise to burden the English people and the State with the cost of supporting thousands of powerless ministers who can do nothing for their congregations but what the congregations can' do for themselves. And if the bishops of the Church Established by Law have no certainty of knowing defined and Scrip tural from " strange and unscriptural" doctrines ; and if the churchwardens and laity are able to in struct their bishops in such matters, surely every impartial man of common sense will then admit that there is no further reason for maintaining so expensive an establishment as the Bench of Bishops in the Anglican Church. It is plain that the Protestant laity of his lordship's ,diocese consider themselves not only as good but better judges of Scriptural doctrine than he is and, of course, the Protestant laity of every other diocese in England consider themselves as good judges of Scriptural doctrine as those of Salisbury. Hence, it follows that bishops are worse than useless in the Anglican Communion, and only tend to lead the laity astray by their "strange and unscriptural doctrines." But let us return to the protest of the protesting Protestants of the diocese of Salis bury. Addressing their bishop, they say, "These doctrines and statements, set forth by a bishop of our Church, we declare to be contrary to the plain and recognized teaching of that Church; and we most solemnly, as in the sight of God, pledge ourselves to use every lawful means to prevent the introduction of them into our Church, by whom soever that introduction may be attempted." To this determined and contumacious protest of his protesting Protestant • congregation, the bishop writes in reply—" I am bound to do all I can to help my clergy to be faithf ul.to their obligation to minister the doctrines and Sacraments, and the discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as- this Church and Realm lath received the same, and I am persuaded that I have justified _----- what I ha v e sa id i n th e di sc h arge of this duty by the authority of the Prayer-book, and other formularies of the Chu rc h o f England." so the dispute rests at present, each party abiding by its own opinion —the laity asserting that the dee d ' unscriptural," . and the bishop trines taught by their bishop are " strange 8 , 1 1, e doctrines taught by him are justified by the PraYe_r; book. Is, then, the Prayer-book opposed to the Scriptures ? And, if so, are the Scriptures to b asserting that "i superseded by the Prayer-book ?Or who is to re: concile the two? The bi s h o p d ec l ar es that he has only done his duty in teaching the doctrines enl i ;' ciated by him ; and th e l a ity, w ith some el ` l B lordship's cle rg y, mos t so l emn l y p l e d ge thernsel ve e' i in the sight of G o d, t o d o ever ything in th power to prevent thei r bi s h o p, a nd all othets: from teaching what, he says, " the Lord bath manded."Now, who is to decide between the t l o protesting parties? Some people will be art ho answer this question by saying—The Que (neon 5 is/ is Head of the Anglican Church. But the/ e b in Scotland, and cannot be expected to allow 51 , 1 h, subjects to interfere with her desire to ga in L good opinion of the Scotch Unitarians, 81° " o r f whom she deems it prudent to every year, and to whom such subjects wou ld ha t most unpalatable. Other's will say, perhaps, it ought to be settled by her Prime Minister ; ° r t .. Lord Derby is too busily occupied with the par liamentary Reform Bill, and cannot therefore be e " ci petted to devote his precious time to what he 311 , so many other Protestants regard as comparatila trifles. • The dispute must, therefore, be alle we o , to go on—protest must he allowed to succeed Pre, test—and this unseemly, but by no means un f l ao quent, kind of quarrel allowed to rage and Ny l -' 0 until such time as the Bishop of Salisbury, or snra s pass a portionte other of his episcopal brethren, shall produce more startling Charge, and thereby call off att ell : tion from the present casus belli among the lican protestors. The independent laymen wi , i r not, of course, yield to the bishop ; and iT is , he co aid he fairly expect them to do so, since Church has taught them to test all doctrine by `, s t rule of their own private judgment, and to Pr°,l,i e against whatsoever is not agreeable thereto? € case of the diocese of Salisbury is the case nt,,," er Protestant England at the present day; for, wh e ''l o we look north, south, east, or west, we find br el ra• and fierce contentions respecting doctrines, sa c to ments, and discipline ; and Anglicanism split ili a as many sections as there are in it men capabl e eas , giving expression to their peculiar religious leas, How different this splitting, qdarrelling, protes ti l b 7 3 system is from that of true Christianity wil l ire manifest to whoever is acquainted with the ScriPtilve history of the early Apostolic Church, of whic h o f read in the Sacred Volume, that " the multitune the believers had but one heart and one mind ;? I „iie also to whoever will impartially survey the CaL: t h, Church, which, spread over the nations of the eu''''f and composed as it is of hundreds of mill! °lls n believers, still retains, after the lapse of eighthc, hundred years, the same Scriptural characterls.e, and has " but one heart and one mind " at the 1 3 ' Bent day. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEES—UESDAY. nclia a Our millers still buy whea T t only for their inli n- iceS t . wants, and there is no advance on last Tuebday's P 1 Oats and beans firm, and quite as dear. BRISTOL —TUESDAY. bat tbi There was about an average attendance to-(1 1 0 0 ,90 trade in English wheat was inactive, at about last holt prices. Foreign sold slowly, at is per qr decline. " s ot oats in fair demand, and Gd hi g h er . B ar ley, in Bl° ' other articles unaltered. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. , At this market there was a fair attendance to-63;:hito moderate demand for wheat at a slight decline 01 %.,` : ,, L id, Chilian and Californian. Flour met with a slow de- 4 0-0 1 . although offered at a decline of is per sack and b t ` o - of Oats and oatmeal in moderato request at the 1.3 o r last Friday. Barley id per 601 b, and peas were 1s P - dolls lower. Beans at former prices. Indian corn rat ile d per and prime mixed American was offered freely at 0 8 4801 b. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. White wheat, Gls to 71s ; red, GOs to 67s per 3v os P er Barley for malting, 40s to 52s per qr; feed, 32s to ost , 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 355; new, 28s to as P er Beans, old, 52s to 51s; now, 45s to 50s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. v 0 6 The quantity of wheat offering at our market to-uA !direte very short, and sales were slow, but former pricl o yi about maintained. Scarcely anything doing in ~,c e. and other articles, and prices were tho same aflast 6 pi lied wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushel& VS ud to 74 ,;: js 0,1 White do do __vs od ~,, 0 1 New red do do Os Od 2 58 0 1 New white do do 235 6 4 2 26 01 - Beans do do 195 Ou dp ii a Peas, per qr.. Grinding Efts ley, per qr Maitinebariey, i o I 0 0 d d 4 1: 4 ' 0( 1 Oats, do • ''';'s Od 3. ` ___ F10ur....20 id to 2, &l per 111 b. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TUESDA. Ir: erg 6 Old white wheat, 67s to 73s ; new red, 58s to 668 P:io ot• stone. Barley, fine, 52 s ; o th er kinds, 23s to 3 6,4 P' r . old! Oats, new, 27s to 32s old, 34s to 35s per qr. Dc3.- 46s to 535; now, 42s to 47s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Nitir • ,th. WL....J u¢e lS• Australia and New Zealand, via Southampt Ju n e Ditto, via hlareeilles Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video .......... a" 23. Ditto, by French packet ............. JOY Jae°l; .. Cape Verde. by Brazil packet Ju ne Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Ilelena.• • • ig axl e China. Penang. and Singapore , via Southamptoa•of ae 13. Ja Ditto, via Marseilles • ..... atkland Islam de Ju u e 13. Gibraltar, via Southampton ......... _3. .. Jun e lndia, via Southampton un e 7• Ditto, via ilarseil es ...................... .•••`; „e Malta, Egypt, ........... .............. Ditto, Marseilles.. ............................ Mauritius, Caps of Good Jilin, and Natal. Yi 3 e Iff• . Jilt' 13 . Southampton Ditto, via slareei lea .......................... J i °ll l , (3 e 1 5 . Newfoundland ......... •• 4. ••• ............. • ...... Portugal Ditto, by privet., ship to Oporto ... ........... Ditto ditto to Lisbon .............. United States, Canada, California, &e., ay British to 13. packet ............................... . .. • .... . jti Ditto, by United States packet ................ Ditto ditto (New York, .................... Ditto ditto (New York) ........... . ........ Ditto ditto (Baltimore) ....... .•• • ....... Ditto, by Canadian packet ................... ell 4. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... West Indies and Pacific ,except Mexico and Baha - June 1 3 . mae) Cuba and Mexico • , 2 Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax Warren 11. Bowker of Athol, who died rece at New York, had an insurance on his life for 6 36 1, 1 10 The largest woman in Maine is Miey hardy of Wilton, who is 7ft. high and weighs 35-j c b , s jiat ° The richest member of the Connecticut P'oooo, is an Irishman, whose property is valued at $7 5 „, 1)- 0 1 ne 1 , and whose daily income is $l,OOO. 110 wade bi s - 1 ,,, as' from an oil farm in Pennsylvania, which he Or for $2,500. h ,s be ell t Commodore B. F. Sands, of the.navYt 'ac a " appointed superintendent of the national observa Washington. risYlVi 0 # Colorado Cummings is to stay in Pen 1 and bo collector of internal revenue. ni " A contestedr.A . fo C r . i H ts u pi n a t c , e a in res c i o d n e g n r t es i s t: ChaoslobTeduutnepipoiote - be governor. It is thought likely that Horace MaYn a o' returned to Congress from Tennessee. At Two brothersßrowne have been arrested Pensr burg for the murder of two brothers Zook, fr` an vania. -------- Births. t, ar°°; CHAMBERS - On the 3d inst. at at 22n, Brook - s tr , ee oo lo l'.. veuor-square, W., Henrietta, the wife of Pr. 1 11 WO Chambers, of a daughter. t he , 0 DURNFORD —On the 21th alt., at Valletta, gen ii ' - 4 0 ' of Captain A. G. Purnfo rd, Royal 'Enginee° 0 daughter. a- if ' P 1 HOOD—On the 3d inst., the wife of W . C. —OO Queen's Royal; of anon ANDERSON—ELLIOTT - Marriages.On.the4 inst at t" l i jOit ri°l6ll c K lhi e ht n ier s cP i l g K t o e n n . si n g ton ' A. 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Rawlins, Esq., aged 69. .00001 WIIITTEM -On the 2d inst., Sar ah, relict of Jas. \I of Coventry, aged 87.• London: Printed and Published by WILLIA.SI AND.,,,0. 11 1 1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN COO, ' ti 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the &Icon in the C°l.ul Iliddlesex.—Wecinefslay, June 8, 1867.