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S'' - - N . , N, i1 4 A?z_ .. .....,- , y ' j , / t , „).....s. , .„. , ..,,- ....... 1) ,., (8. 6, E _—_ ,:z. _ c ,, 5‘ . 0 . 4 ,,,. .., ...44- , ,-• ..,;,,,,,' RECEIV A 1 , AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre ** *VANS' to SUP. After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Olympia Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre FVANS' to SUP. •After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre . . ... EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden Vocal Entertainment at Eight THE SUN, LONDON, FiiiDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1867. No. 23,444. 4d. STAMPED sd. KIN A.IIAN DUBLIN S T L EXHIBITION, IVI S 8 65. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Modal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and Very Whole some. Soli in Bottles, 3s. Rd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Oh,sor v e the Red seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Rinahan's LL Whisky." OOUvTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. i'artiqptars for Insertion received until the 27th of the month` V their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. trUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inoorporatfxl by Aot of Parliament, 1850). 13. I►IIRSET.L-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON'. ADVANCER MONEY noon Personal Security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Pronerty, for one, two, or three years. repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on reocipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. IIHE 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. New opereTto7Cy JThffenbaoh, entitled 31R. AND MRS. DENNIS, LA TRAVTATA. ICRNANI, &c. .tc. Principal artistes, Hisses Iturumil and Fitz Henry; Messrs. Bure, Fox, Husk, Evan., Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus. Conduc tor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. COMEDY. &e , by Messrs. ORVILLE PARKER, J. F, lIRYAN, Mr. and Miss CARLE, Miss KATE SANTLEY, and Signor NAPOLT, the 'titian Hercules. Admisqlon:—Prlvate boxes, 10s. 61. ; stalls, balcony, and promenade, Is. WEST ON' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEAMY and HOLLAND. GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL SEASON. All the Comic Stara engaged. The most popular entertainment in London. Immense success of the followinz talented artistes:—AßTHUß _LLOYD, E. GOODMAN, GEORGE LEYROTTRNE, STEAD (the Cure), ANNIE ADAMS, the BROTHERS GERARDS, and the clever PICCANIN Y MINSTRELS, Will appear Every Evening. H. Baker's superb band of 30 performers. Stalls and Balcony, is.; Area, 6d. Private Boxes, 10s. 6 d., can be secured at the Office. Doors open at half past 7. P. CORRI, Musical Director. M ADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. Beautiful COURT DRESSES, designs and fashions copied from the Paris Exhibition. All the Kings and Queens of England in gorgeous costumes. The Crowned Heads of Europe ;'American Celebrities ; Napoleon Relics ; Chamber of Iforrore. Admittance, 18. ; children. under ten, 6d. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. IVEANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per andflypre and unooloured. To be had of an dealers wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. AMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE forms a iddinmost invigorating summer draught, curing headache, Ress sea and bilious sickness, or any form of skin affections; rfolbo rn Sold a l l , chemists, and the maker, U. Lamplough, 113, E.C. „ EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pare PALE BRANDY, t „ 18s. per zallon, is very superior to recent importations " t ‘ ,0 7,115c recommended by the medical profession. and ex tensively Used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in Co.,ase 395., rail wa y carr i age p a iI.—HENRY BRETT a n d u Old Farnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, eonsisting of A new and eiegant assort- Mtn t of VASES. Fizares, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands. Nnutiful inlaid Tables. Paperweights, ho., in Italian, AlnNaFter, Patten, Marble. Bronre, Derbyshire Spar. ho. Innvrted and manufactured by JAMIRB TENNANT. Mine ralorist to her Waiesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arramoss elementary collection. of ROCKS, MINIM ALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology: they will greatly feotlitate the intereetine study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2, 6. 10, 20, 60, to seo zufne w PRACTICAL LNSTR COTTON In OROT.O . GY and IKIIIMP R A Lilt} Y is elven by Nr.T ENNIO( T.F.G.S.. at 140. Strand TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER la. 8.1., 25., 28. 81. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, London, B.C. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. price current post free. 40s wo rth carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in the 'United Kingdom. -All goods carriage free to all parts of London. Observe— PaiLwrs and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—AL NEVER FAILTNta REMEDY.—Pre oared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. c3ott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who Buffer from bilious and liver somplaints, inligestlen. wind, spasms, giddiness, dizzineas of the eyes, &e. For habitual nativeness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a ptarifier of the blood, they arc truly excellent; mild in their opera. tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe - lte, pro. mote dizestinn, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and 5.)1,1 by W. Lumbert, Chemist, Kin g Wi diam-street, Charing-cros s . L on d on, and by moat drug gists, in boxea,ls. 144., and three times 'he quantity In one. 22.9 d. Be sure to ask for Pr, 3aott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square ,Treet paoltair-, with William Lamh.rt." •nceray.d , n the stamp. PANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in K-7 A.LF:X. Ro3B'B CANT'FIAII I DES 01T...which spel+dily Prodlccs whiskers and thickens hair. 36 Cd. Ss Rd, and 10s rol; Rent by post for St, 84, and 144 qtamna.— AL: X, ROSS , 248, 111Zh Holborn. London, and all Chemist 3. WONDERFUL D [SC OVERY.—Corns cured This in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CTIERO PO. Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing; thA. very root. Prioe 4s ; sent by l'"E ' for 80 stamps. —l4B , High Holborn, London, and all Cheiniits. tjAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—A.LßX. ROSS'S CURLISG FLUID curls it 'res' or Gentlemen's hair framedlately it la spotted. Sold rr -4 fk is 5 R (M. and 10a ad ; sont free for 81, 84, and 144 stamps. ---, Lad of all Chemists. REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, ill London.— A.LEX, 8088'S TIA.IR DYE produces a perfect colour iZ it s used. It is ermanent, anderfeat na to:11,1! erreediately I p Price is 6d, 5s 64, and Ins ;sent b y poet 03 , and 144 stamps ; and all Cherrests. fIAIR DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY remo v e s adl7ir Mums kil hairrice 3s from t ad, hif as ad, and In toe. neck, and arm withont effect n l B Bta t L __Ps ad; s, sant for 54, A , s i t ups. —Had of all Chemists. 1-IIMPLF.: REMOVER.—AII diseases of the riltln aro improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS3'S 10.2 1 ;VA TILE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal ratalke. 2s Rd and 70 Sd ; or post for 49 and 100 stamps. t I :X. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Cho, 4 .- p-tR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the 15 1' to d ile " with this beautifnlly-nerfumei W as h , in seven an b, 4 •78 the hair assumes its original colour, and remains itoi o an occasion s ,/ usioz, ins ; sent for stamps.—A.Llia. High Holborn, London, aad all Chernlsts. an Published, 2d ; sent by the auth or t or 3 stamps, GLTNESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet th e a riptive of articles and means u se d f or i mnrovln t `doh g• ote desc um:lee. By ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, 1i HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN AVL-ISTITUTE ORPHANS are beinct maintained in ORPHAN ASYLUNI. rollinnvond Court, ' (4 . Surrey. FUNDS ercativ needed for thpir supoort. niS ePa,CHARLES A. WALKER, Sett Cheapside, E.C. ilitillSll ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie et; Part, rated -• ,ough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In -1827. rATR O ,„. 0 Air) t " ter Moat Gracious IKA..TESTY the QUET.N. "te , :tro, 'Ws Tnstitution will he gladly received by the '7, at the (Aces. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. SrtP,NRY SYKIN TIIORNTOV, Trca‘nrer. T~~TN S TELSON , .T.P., Chairman of the B oar d . • 11RNT BEE!) CATTLEY. %LA.. Hon. See. ALFRED MACKENZIE. Secretary. 9 11P, AT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road. Islington, N. '111(‘ S unnorted by Voluntary Contributions. ial)ll.,:"RDltal has relieved 48i,951 natients since it wag TrPo '"ed at Xing's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted ",vetß— `,VVessrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., 60, T,ombard es:c...4..lB"a. RanPom and Bouverie. 1, Pall-mall. lioN. na 11, E sq. GEORGE REID, Sec. qt-Jnit SIT TPWRECKED SEAMEN and their of 4,ore'rtßA.VED WIDOWS and ORPHANS. —Upwards vs, , Bsh vessels are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of ',4^ 1 1 , are on the British Isles ! 1 1A11 7.4 " la ` , r) Dart of the coast where the SHIPWRECKED k„npimsi socrETy is not represented by an_ Hon. abip,,;,W,ho clothes (when naked) and sends to their homes oils it e), ed Persons of all nations. and is the channel of its ri;,,T,,,t0 t he bereaved widows and orphans of the drowned. ties. `",,,orornittee earnestly APPEAL for HELP. The dis last,'" always instant. The Vociety relieved 11,221 persons bot i e ‘ l t r i • viz . s hipwrecked men, widows. and orPh _a. Viriiii a ., 01 1,14 and subseriptions thankfully receiv . ed b a y n Alessrs. —s • ueacon, and Co.; and by the understgned, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary. _1111)er/1/a-c h ambers, London-bridge. S.F. "' RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Ito the 12 ttow in operation. Last year no fewer I v k'nt ot A*. friendless, young females were reiroted from ""fI. NDS and room making a total of :3,087, who have n N away in year . s. h " , the Committee wish to form woall be for is, almost children, frem the age of 5 to 15, who Ni g entr7? ) , lti f t "Ora's , from th path of virtue. ^l3, Will be received gratatully bv the Secretary. arei am - Per. s. Queen •street Cheap:de; or by Messrs Lorohard-street. i 3 O YAL -roa , ... , 4, th e L ' ll mellate viefnity of the Great Northern Rail "Ln4s* Rine'e•crosa. vie _Patron —Xler Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. I: P4t'.ol:l--Ris Royal Ilighness the Prince of WALE B,IEG. il4)l,4aldent_fiis Grace the Duke of BUCCLEDCII, K.G. 1 tl " rfowpital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab he d2° Principle of free a drotselon to the elok poor, without Itetl e ',:n: and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wh , o o l a ly d es e- It ,;,' 'or support ou voluntary contributions and 1 ..., ::_i . • ittittl uords relief to a large number of in-pa , rnts , and. ill 4 ''s•tit n '' „ to this, the everatze munber of attendanoe of the kolo „ .. .e sink has for a censidereble period averaged between lil e i-,' 4.000 weekly. t,,,,co,,rnrcittee ear estlyeolielt the &SST QTANCE (If . the a obt at „';:tt, aa the premises of this Huspit.l are eaPao.T.e°e' til e i.,,„Tlrt: evere! Rs:wired mr•re beds had the Committ ecits4,Blte inn ,is to maintain them. ',!,' , n20,, nu"lona p are eceived by theirbankera,Messrs. Brown. ..,,,; ur..5.1_(1 ,r:o Abc hnreh-laue ; glee by Messrs. Cou n ttel; o nd ; 4 1{ ,, - 1!_,, ,/ ,`' L l ' r L7 l ' 1 ( 1 , 0 1 . 71 . 1 (a. ;ft" 4YrontnandanCdo.oolf;egineiant gauyn.e, t il l 1:30;%; !lard /wend ;o. ; Wilb.arnri, Denoon, and Co.; Nisbni 4'erters-street ; and at the Efeepttra. from 10 tlll5. 0T457040 alltrZio 800retarTI Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., tUIIE CURATE'S DISCIPLINE. By Mrs. EILOART. "A " very good novel. Mrs. Eiloart writes vigorously and with a keen sense of humour. She has contrived a most dramatic plot. and has developed it with much ingenuity and cLverm s 3 "— Stsr. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is publishes, in post Svo, with Portrait, price 120., - 1,/MEMOIR of WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE —TA_ AYTuUN, D.C.L, Author of "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," e. c. By THEODORE MARTIN, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE NEW NOVEL, REPRINTED FROM " BELGRAVIA." In 2 vols , at all Libraries, E HAVANA CIGARS. To Sell Cigars of known foreign brands would be a great boon to the Licensed Victuallers. E. G. HOLLAND, 43, MINCING -LANE, CITY, Importer of Havana Cigars, is enabled to supply that want, and sell, direct from the Manufactory, foreign goods, which must give greater satisfaction to their customers, and leave the Trade as good a profit as they now get out of British. E. G. HOLLAN D, Importer, 43, Mincing-lane, City. OUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVLLLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH W fIISKY, BELFAST. • London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established ISM Quotations on applicatipn. JAMES. DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loadon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and 68. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Antesthesia Locally Applied. By A. E mem., Surgeon Dentist. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all Booksellers; or of the Author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond -street. Post free for lour stamps. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Markets enables the "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for Os. 6d. can't be dear. The Company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really delicious. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. ICUPTIIEt.MB.-11Y ItirYAL LETT El3B PAT ENT VITHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIIIITED IN TDB GREAT Facriintrtolss ot 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards 01 L'IVO Hundred Helios' Gentlemen to be the mot effective invention in tte curative treatment ot ft ERN [A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage hein,r worn round the body, while the requisite resisting: power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be dawned, and may be norm during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and till truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum 'creme of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. _ - A Slade Truss, 144., 215., Vls 61, and 318.64 Postant, le , Double Truss, 31s. ed., 425., and 52a. sd. Postv,e, Is. 8d An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. offloe, Plocadilly. NICW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases ut Weakness and Swellng of the L.ga, 'prang, An. They are Pporous, light in texture, and I nex p ens ive, a nd are drawn on ike an ordinary stocking. Price I. 6d., 7s. 61,103. and les. dutch. Postage, ed. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 229, Piccadilly. CRYSTAL P A C E.—THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, at NINE. MAGNIFICENT ILLUMINATION of FOUNTAINS. PRINCE of WA LES' FEATHERS. ARMS of tbo SULTAN. CASCADE of FIRE. . SALUTE of COLOURED SIGNALS. COMETS, GIRANDOLES of ROCKETS and SHELLS. Commence at Nine. Palace illuminated until Eleven. Ample Railway Trains. Admission HALF-A-CROWN, or by Guinea Season Tickets free, which now date from Ist August. . NOTE.—Reserved Seats (under cover and otherwise) to witness this grand display at the ticket stands in the Palace. OSBORNE'S STILTON. Is THE Cheese ! L UND ON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed Capital, £2,500,000, in 50,000 Shares of £5O each. Paid-up Capital, £880,864. Reserved Fund, £380,864. DIRECTORS. Hugh C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P. John Fleming, Esq. Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Frederick Harrison, Esq. William .Champion Jones, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER. William M`Ke wan, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER; William Howard, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Stevens and Wilkinson. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. Head Office, 21, Lombard-street. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. John Edmund Anderdon, Esq. Thos. Tyriugham Bernard, Es, Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. John William eurmester, Esq. Coles Child,-Esq. At the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the Ist August, 1867, at the City Ter minus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, the following Report for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1867, was read by the Secretary. W. CHAMPION JONES, Esq., in the Chair. REPORT. The Directors, in submitting to the Proprietors the Balance-sheet of the Bank for the half-yeur ending the 30th of June last, have the pleasure to report that, after paying all charges, and interest to customers, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £82,058 2s. 2d. This, added to £14,467115. 6d. brought forward frum the last account, produces a total of £96,525 13s. Bd. They have declared the usual half-yearly dividend of 6 per cent. with a bonus of 5 per cent, (together equal to 22 per cent. per annum), which will absorb £89,444 12s. 7d., and leave £7,081 Is*. ld. to be carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. Tho dividend arid bonus (together £2 4s. per share), free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 12th instant. BALANCE SHEET-OP THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 30TH JUNE, 1867. DR. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due by the Bank for customers' balances, &c. To liabilities on ac ceptances covered by guarantees and securities 13,429,518 11 8 _ _ _ To profit and loss ba lance brought from last account To gross profit for the half-year, after mak ing provision for bad and doubtful debts 14,467 11 6 249,057 10 1 263,525 1 7 f 14,954,77113 3 CR. By Cash on hand at !Emil Office and Branches, and with Bank of England £1,852,746 19 11 By cash placed at call tali at notice,covered by securities 1,4,"1,604 16. 8 • --£3,281,35116 7 By investments, v7z.:— - Government and guaranteed stocks 911,899 2 2 Other stocks and securities By discounted bills, and advances to cus tomers in town and country By liabilities of cus tomers for drafts ac cepted by the Bank. 1,397,184 10 10 15 0 By freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicolas-lane, freehold and leasehold property at the Branches, with fixtures and fittings 204,642 3 8 By interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Bead Office and Branches, including income tax on profits and salaries .. £14,954,77113 3 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DR. To interest paid to customers, as above £54,102 0 10 To expenses, as a b ove To rebate on bills not due, parried to new account -4' "- • 14,345 7 5 To dividend of 6 por cent. for the half-- year 48,787 19 7 To bonus of 5 per cant. To balance carried forward £263,52.5 1 7 By balance brought forward from last account £14,467 11 6 By gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts 249,057 10 1 G 3,525 1 7 We, the undersi gne d , h ave examined t V he foregoing Balance-sheet, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) FREDK. FRA.NOIS, WILLIAM NORMAN, Auditors. R. li. SWAINE, Loudon and County Bank, 25th July, 186 . The foregoing report having boon read by the Secretary, the following resolutions were proposed, and unanimously adopted :- 1. That the report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the shareholders. 2. That the thanks of this meeting bo given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have con ducted the affairs of the Company. (Signed) W. CIIAMPIO'N JONES, Chairman. Tho Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously 3. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to W. Champion Jones, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in the chair. (Signed) PIIILIP PATTON BLYTIT, e Extracted from the Minue s ty -Chairman. (Signed) P. CLAPPISON, Secretary. LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a DIVIDEND on the capital of the Company, at the rate of Six per cent. for the half-year, ending June 30, 1867, with a bonus of Five per cent., will be PAID to the Proprietors, either at the Head-office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Com pany's Branch . Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 12th inst. By order of the Board, W. M'KE WAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Aug. 2, 1867. TEE T H.—Messrs. GABRIE L. (ESTABLISHED 1815). NEW PAMPHLET, FREE BY POST FOR FOUR STAMPS, Explaining the Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, AT MODERATE CHARGES. *** 64, LUDGATE-HILL, CITY, I L „ * s * 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, j *** 131, Duke-street, Liverpool. HEALTH RESTORED wzraour MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. D U BARRY'S delicate health -restoring Inva lids' and Infants' Food, THE REVAL ENTI AR ABICA It:',ves fifty tim7s its cost In other reme ties. and restores per fect digestion, , trong nerves, sound lungs, h e althy liver, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy, to the most disordered or enfeebled,- - -removinl speedi y and effec tually indigestion dyspeosit), c.mgh, asthma, consumption. habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all castric derangements, htemorrholds, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, so e throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, Influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout Impurities, Pruptio.s, hysteri , , neuralgia, irritability, sleep lessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, hea Fiche, deblitY, d opsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking It s, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and be tween the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourish ing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IriPORTAxT CAuTiox,—Reware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebig a flume is most audaciously attached. Henceforh no one will doubt the valu,ble properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Reyalenta Arabica and Infants' Food, since t.) the thousand of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hope esti. we may now add that of his Ho,iness the l'ope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 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IHE BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the -a- LONDON HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL wish to call the attention of their friends to its position—during the Past year the beds have been almost constantly filled, and the drain on the resources of the Hospital has consequently been great. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of homoeopathy, both In town and country, will rally round them, and thus prevent the necessity of curtailing the use fulness of the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients. SUBSCRIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers —Messrs. Prescott and C 0.,, Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, Arg,yll-plaCe, Regent -street. JOHN B. WA.IIREN. Clerk, ; No. Cfroat Ormond-street, W.C. THE ANDAMANESE.—The Madras Times has an account of the expedition of the Arracan, under command of Captain Barrow, instructed to ascertain the fate of the captain and seven men of the ship Assam Valley, who were cut off in April by the natives of the Little Andaman. The Arracon proceeded to the place where a sailor's hat and part of his dress were seen on the rocks, when the whole party landed with some difficulty, owing to the violent surf. As they stepped on shore they were met by a volley of arrows. The greatest forbearance was inculcated on our men. They were not to fire except in self-defence, and until all hope of peaceful negotiation with the natives was at an end. Not withstanding this friendly intention, and the forbearance of the Europeans, the arrows from the savages kept flying thickly among our soldiers and some got wounded. The men wore then told to defend themselves with their arms, when some of the more active and prominent of the An damanese wore knocked down. The natives then got into pits in the sand, and hid behind trees, while our people commenced a search far the missing ones. Soon a long line of graves was found. The bodies were buried in a circle, the head of cne man touching the feet oLanother, and the face o f eac h p erson was j us t v i s ibl e onto surface of the ground. There were eight bodies thus found, and no doubt they were the eight unfortunate men belonging to the Assam Valley. Parts of tilt* dress were brought away for identilloation, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITION. Lord OVERSTONE presented a petition against cer tain clauses in the bill uow before the house entitled the North British Rail way Bill. " The Duke of CLEVELAND said there were some cir cumstances which would render it imperatively necessary that a preference should be given to a class of shareholders. The noble duke then went into an elaborate statement as to the arrangements which some companies were obliged to make for the issue of fresh stock, and said that in many cases it was the only means of saving the credit of the companies. The House of Commons itself had sanctioned •this course of procedure. Tho Duke of MONTROSE said that on examining the petition he found that it was signed by two persons only, one of whom was an attorney and a very small shareholder, and the other was likewise a very small shareholder. The great body of the shareholders had assented to raise money in the way which had been sug gested, and against which course this petition had been presented, and he thought that as it was only signed by two individuals it would be going too far to expect that the house should act upon it. A railway in the position de scribed was like a stranded ship where the captain could raise money for repairs by a prepreference mortgage. After a few remarks from Lord REDESDALD and a reply from Lord OVERSTONE, the bill was road a third time as amended. - - DOGS REGULATION. BILL (IRELAND) ACT. This Bill was read a second time. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLES' BILL. The adjourned debate on this bill in committee was then resumed. On clause 15 boing proposed, Lord GREY moved as an amendment that at lino 14 the words 10,000 should be omitted, and the words 12,000 inserted, and at the end of the clause should be added " the boroughs enumerated in the second part of the schedule should only return members to Parliament jointly in the manner described." He condemned the whole system of redistribution which had been pr-posed. The right hon. gentleman who represented the other house in Parlia ment had stated that he should be willing to propose a more extensive redistribution of seats if the house would support him. Now the amendment ho was about to propose would not be adverse to the principles of the bill, and ho could not conceive anything more inju rious than it would bo to neglect this great question of redistribution. The Earl of DERBY, who was received with cheers, said—When I came down to the house this evening, 1 own I was under some misapprehension that your lordships might be induced to consent to the amendment of the noble earl, which would have the effect of placing the Govern ment in a position of extremeembarrassment. (Hear, hear.) But I confess that, having listened to the noble earl, and heard the whole of his statement, I am considerably re lieved from this apprehension, for I cannot believe it is possible your lordships will adopt a plan so crude and in complete, and that you will not, with the view of settling the great question of Reform, enter upon a new Reform Bill altogether, and introduce a number of new and untried principles, which, if proposed at the beginning of May, might be worthy of consideration, but which could only lead to embarrassment at the present time. The principle we went on was that disfranchisement should coincide with enfranchisement, and, acting upon this, we thought we should not deprive any Englishman of enfranchise ment, whether he lived in a small or large town, for the purpose of enfranchising communities which had grown up ofe late years. But the noble earl goes upon a totally different principle, and proposes to partially disfranchise a number of towns fer the sole reason that their population is under 12,000. There might be some justification for such a course if the noble earl could show that those towns had been gradually decaying since 1832. But I find that the contrary has been the case, and that every one of the twelve towns has been steadily progressing. But the noble earl, not merely content with his own plan of dis franchisement, has his eye also directed to the proposal of the noble lord behind him for disfranchising all boroughs with a population below 5,000 ; or, if that should not be acceptable, for grouping them a proposal which had been made last year without success. The noble lord's project is this, that, without any reason which I cal uuderstand, your lordships aro called upon to partially disfranchise every borough having a population below 12,000. This amendment goes further in the way of disfranchise ment than any bill which has ever been laid before Par liament, for none of theso have ever proposed to raise the line of partial disfranchisement so high as boroughs with a population of 12,000. What has happened this year ? Her Majesty's Government propose to fix the limit of partial disfranchisement at 7,000, but the House of Com mons, by an amendment moved on the Liberal side, fixed the limit at 10,000. I have, therefore, the precedent of former measures of Reform, the authority of noble lordg opposite, and the sanction of the House of Commons this year for saying that 10,000 is a fair and sufficient basis to take as the limit below which a borough shall not return more than ono member. It would certainly, I think, require a strong case to convince your lordships that you ought to go further in the way of disfranchisement than the House of Commons. The noble earl proposes to do so in order to adopt a principle entirely unknown to the con stitution and entirely novel, except in so far as it was introduced on a limited scale the other evening by the motion of my noble and learned friend (Lord Cairns) — that of extending all over the country the representa tion of minorities by the creation of a largo number of three-cornered constituencies. If I had been present the other evening I should have had groat difficulty in ac ceding to the proposition of my noble and learned friend. It may, however, be safely adopted on a small scale as an experiment, but extended over the whole or a large por tion of the constituencies, I say nothing could be more opposed to the constitution of the country, or could work more partially and unequally, than the representation of minorities carried out through three-cornered con stituencies. The noble lord asks us on the Ist of August to consider a scheme of partial disfranchisement and of enfranchisement, the details of which he has not matured. lie sees the diffieultios of the task; he admits that he has not sufficient information, but he asks Par liament and he invites the Government to take up his crude and undigested scheme, to make sense of that which is nonsense —(oh, oh) —at all events, which is no scheme at all, for it does not give the slightest sketch of a plan which could be carried into effect as it stands. If such a proposition had come from the Government, it would have been justly scouted ; and it passes my comprehension how any noble earl could have thought that he should be able to induce your lordships to send to the House of Com mons in the first or second week of August a new and un tried scheme for the redistribution of seats. If the noble lord had brought forward this proposition three months ago, I might have said that it was a very fair subject for the house to take into its consideration, and I might have asked for an adjournment in order to enable the noble earl to lay before Parliament the details of his scheme. But when at this period of tho session and this stage of the bill he brings forward this proposition, I can only say that it can only have ono effect, that of throwing everything into confusion, and of putting an end to all that has hitherto been done towards the settlement of a very difficult ques tion ; and 1 do not hesitate to say that if so crude an amendment as that of the noble earl be carried, it will be my duty to move that progress be reported, in order that I may consult with my colleagues as to the course which we shall adopt. (Murmurs.) I cannot undertake on the part of the Government to accept an amendment which unsettles everything and settles nothing. (C heers.) After a few words from Lord HARROWBY, strongly sup porting Lord Grey's amendment, The Duke of ARGYLL said that the last remarks of Lord Derby had placed the House of Lords in a most diffi cult and delicate position. Yet he trusted and was sure that their lordships would not swerve from their duty. They could not be give elinuett expectedutweroreaudtnlodete t remain m i eovx a e i p n r silent es s a n wheno opinion n t upro visions of abill like this were be fore them, and a bill like this they could never expect t o ha ve at an earlier period of the session than they had it no w. It was wrong, therefore, for Lord Derby to up whatth e w b a bill I virtually altogether a if their threatwh en he said lordships the very matter which was brought before them for de cision. He, for one, quite agreed in the proposed plan of grouping. It added permanence to the scheme, it would much diminish bribery, and reduce the number of mem bers displaced from the counties to which they belonged. The noble duke went on to read a table giving the propor tion of population to representation in the chief counties of England, and concluded by asking the Government to re consider their scheme of Redistribution, when they might depend upon the support of their lordships who sat on that side of the house to pass a really good and useful measure. Lord CAIRNS said he did not attempt to deny that ho would gladly have seen the Government plan of Redistri bution very much altered and extended, but yet, on the amendmentwhole of Lord,hecouhl not fora Grey for - an a moment amendmentconsent which, to a supports h the ,dl been truly said, was little, if at all, short of another Reform Bill. The result of such an amendment would be, if car ried, that the Bill must be abandoned, and this was a re fs r p o o m n s . i l e i t c y o nden which n e h d e t b h e o l i s e y v s e t d e their ln o fg l r o o r n cl v s h t n i p g s , a w n o d u e l a d r s n h e r s i t n l y k entreated their lordships not to entertain that idea, or, in • deed, any of on theirftheideaaseweehpiteahnaee. t this late hour were sought to Lord RUSSELL, after briefly revioy f i vs the hietory of the bill and the long delays in its conception, which had prevented their lordships considering the matte' sooner, said they were now told on the Ist of August. that, if they considered this matter as they ought to consider it, with a view to its final settlement, the bill might have to be abandoned altogether. This was placing the House of Lords in a painful and even humiliating position. He was most sincerely desirous of a settlement of the question of Reform, but this was not the way to settle it. His lord ship went on to say that it would, in his opinion, be a very serious evil to the country indeed if the bill was p tssed without a general. Redistribution of seats being finally settled, and no room left for further alterations or agitation on the subject. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the Government scheme afforded as good a pause and resting place as they were over likely to get on this subject. lie had not heard a single objection made to their plan as far their general purpose was concerned. All that had been urged against it was that some of their lordships thought it did no go far enough. Ile did not and could not see why if stopping at a limit of 10,000 was not a final settlement the limit of 12 shan't' be considered final. There was no reason offered for stopping at 12,000, or why that number should be considered more satisfactory than that which had been chosen by the House of Commons after careful consideration and mutual compromise. It would be wis dom not to disturb that settlement, but allow time to show whether the country was not satisfied with what had been done. He objected very strongly to the amendment, as it really upset everything and settled nothing ; still more strongly did he object to it on the ground of its uncertainty as to the mode of distributing the seats proposed to be ob tained. Lord Grey had no right to force upon the Go vernment the performance of a duty which was task which properly belonged to himself. If a complete scheme of this kind were brought forward, he, for himself, did not care how much labour it would ()stall if they could pass it; but it was impossible to class the present crude amend ment in the category of finished plans. Lord CARNARVON explained the reasons which wo-ild induce him to support Lord Grey's amendment. He was in favour of the system of grouping boroughs. It had worked well both in England and Wales, and had almost"' put an end there to bribery. The more important ques tion was how they intended to distribute the seats they gained. It was proposed to give them to great and im portant constituencies, both county and borough, not one of which was touched under the bill of her Majesty's Go vernment. Lord CARDIGAN expressed his intention of voting for the bill as it stood, and begged that, when it had nearly reached its final stage, another bill would not, at the last moment, be substituted for it, involving months of labour and increased agitation; and Lord Airlie twitted the w Go vernmenthattheywith called the t firmness ness compact w iwtith t which hhey ho a a d s h e er w ed he t n o Liberal amendments were proposed, and the ease with which they threw it over when changes of the most sweep ing kind were bought forward by Conservatives. • te Lord STANHOPE had no difficulty as to which way he was to vote on this occasion, for ho looked on the amend ment as not nearly so much intended toimprove the bill as to injure the Government. The plan of grouping had been the death of the last bill, and would have been the death of this had it been adopted ; yet at the last hour they were called upon to adopt this grouping plan in its most objec tionable form, and coupled with an extensive scheme of disfranchisement. He could not believe in any statesman bringing forward such a measure at such a moment. It was not of the lateness of the Session of which ho com plained, for while there was public work to do their lordships ivero bound to sit and do it; but it was the scope and mischievous tendency of the amendment, cutting up the country into three-cornered constituencies, to which he objected, and he most certainly should record his vote against it. Lord KIMBERLEY thought the motion had been brought under their notice in a most careful, moderat), and statesmanlike manner. No greater misfortune could happen to this country than that they should constantly be debating and altering its Constitution, and this was certain to be the case for some time to come unless a total settlement were made of the Redistribution plan now. It was not done by the present bill, and tho amendment would remedy this debCt, and therefore he should sup port it. Lord FORTESCUE expressed his approval of the amendment, and Lord GRANVILLE said that, so far from .this bill being considere I as finally setting the Redistribution scheme, such a merit was not even claimed for it by its most par tial advocates. It was, on the contrary, suggested by the Lord Chancellor that they should wait for two or Three years to see how the people t )01c it.. If they went on with this bit by bit Reform, there rcaliy would be no end to the question or the agitation it would give rise to. His lord ship drew an amusing parallel between the condition of the Conservatives alai the volunteers who went to defend Chester Castle, and who did not know whether they were entitled tc defend the Castle, their arms, or oven them selves. He then went on to blame this part of the bill, and intimated that. her Majesty's Government knew their duty too well to abandon the measure because their lord ships might sea fit, after mature deliberation and debate, to strenghten the bill where it was weakest, and confirm its finality on a most important point. Lord DERBY replied, briefly complaining of the time at which the amendment was brought forward, and above all, of the incompleteness of the proposal. He repeated that if this measure was now forced upon the Government it would be his duty to ask the committee to report progress until ho could consult h4i colleagues as to the course they might deem it consistent with their honour to pursue. Lord GREY said that to complain of the time at which he brought his motion forward was most unreasonable, inasmuch as so early as March last he had taken the op por:unity of stating his views on Reform, and on that oc casion Loid Derby had rebuked him as being premature. After pointing out what ho considered the merits of his plan—its completeness and its definite character —ho wont on to criticise with keen irony of manner the concluding threat, as ho termed it, of Lord Derby, which, if it was a threat, he said, was one which would only have in fluence on those of the smallest pclitical experience. He, however, denied that it was iu the power of Lord Derby to take so extreme „a step as to drop the bill and plunge the country into renewed excitement, especially when ho was sure the decision of the Peers would be supported by the public feeling and opinion of the country. Their Lordships then divided on the question that the words "ton thousand" stand part of the clause, when there appeared-- Contents ••• 98 „, Non -contents ••• 8 ° Majority 12 Lord GREY'S arnonduaent was therefore rejected. On clause 16, Lord LYDEDEN said he was convinced that without some disfranchisement of the smaller boroughs any re distribution of seats would do little good. He moved that all boroughs under 5,000 population should be disfran chised. Ile asked their lordships to consider his motion well before it became a violent public question. There was not an amendment which they hal adopted which was not a Conservative amendment. This was an oppor tunity for them to show their impartiality. ' After a few words from Lord ARUSDELL, The house divided, when there were Contents Non-contents Majority •• 000000000000 —56 The original clause was then agreed to, as were also the clauses up to 27 inelusive. The house then resumed, and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, their lordships adjourned at five minutes to 12 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE JAMAICA moT. Mr. MILL asked the Attorney-General whether ho had taken into consideration the evidence produced at the trials by court-martial lately held in Jamaica on Ensign Cullen and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Morris, and whether it was his intention to institute proceedings against those officers in the ordinary tribunals of this country. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said be had considered the evidence referred to, and he had to say that it was not his intention to advise Her Majesty's Government to insti tute any proceedings against those gentlemen. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of royal naval reserve men who took part in tlie late naval review; and, if any report had been made oa their conduct and efficiency, to state the nature of same, together with any reasons which might have been given for non-attendance. Mr. CORRY said the number of reserve men, exclusive of officers, who took part in the naval review was 450. No reasons were either given or asked for as to non attendance. The attendance of the men was quite volun tary. PATAGONIA. Mr. GREGORY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any report had recently been received as to the present condition and prospects of the W elsh colony in Patagonia; and, if so, whether there was any objection to its production and publication ? Lord STANLEY said the attempt to found the colony had been attended with much difficulty, but, according to latest information, matters were improving. The Argen tine Government had determined to continuo the subsidy for twelve months longer, and if it should in that period be resolved to continue the efforts to found a settlement, lauds would be offered by the Argentine Confederation to colonies in the interior, THE IRISH ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Mr. MaNSELL asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he could state the names of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the revenues of the Established Church ; and when he would lay upon the table of the house the instructions to bo given to the commission? Lord NAAS sail he could not give the hon. gen , loman the informa ion ho required et that moment, but he hoped to be in a pc, Ition to do so next week. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. FA\VCDTT askod the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would give a promise that Parliament shall ho consulted, and its opinion expressed, before either a charter is granted to a Roman Catholic University, or before the Government sanctions any other scheme affecting univer- Fity education in Ireland. The CH.ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that subject would be treated in a constitutional manner, but he refused to enter into any promise at the bidding of the hon. gentleman. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. The next question on the paper was the following, to be put by Mr. WitALLEY, " To ask the right hon. member for the University of Cambridge whether the Select Com mittee on the Ecclesiastical Tides and Roman Catholic Relief Acts were about to close their inquiry without hear ing evidence in support of the present law? and why the evidence of the Rev. Mr. M‘Ghee, which has been offered in support of the present law, had not boon taken ?" The SPEAKER said he did not call upon the hon. mem ber to put his question, because it referred to a matter at present before a select committee which had not yet made its report. SIGNALS AT SEA. In reply to Mr. KENDALL, Mr. CORRY said no definite decision had been arrived at with respect to adopting Sir Goldswortby Gurney's system of flashing light generally throughout her Majesty's navy. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL. In reply to Mr. NEWDEGATE, The eIIANCELLOR of the EXCITEQUER said ho Pro-- posed to proceed with the bill on Tuesday morning next. PARKS REGULATION BILL. In reply to Mr. OTWAY, . - Mr. HARDY said it certainly was his intention to pro ceed with this bill at the earliest opportunity that presented itself. (Hear, hear.) THE LODGER FRANCHISE. Mr. M. TORRENS gave notice that on an early day he should bring forward a motion to the effect that that House saw no reason for alte►ing a decision it had unani mously arrived at—namely, at fixing the lodger qualifica tion at £lO. (Hear, hear.) IRISH RAILWAYS. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. MONSELL brought the condition of the Irish railways under the consideration of the house, and asked whether her Majesty's Government intend to propose any moasure for the consolidation of the Irish railway system ? Lord NAAS, in reply, said at the present period it was impossible for the Government to take any stops in the matter without further information being in their pos- session. Mr. LANYON expressed his approval of the course pro posed to be taken by the Government; while Mr. J. B. Smith protested beforehand against the purchase of the Irish railways, and Mr. llorsfall and Mr. Lemon-Gower doubted whether Government purchase would be advan tageous to the Irish railways, and defended the Commis sion. Mr. LAING remarked that the question could not be decided on the principles which were applicable to Eng lish railways, and that it was hardly worth while to move at,all except to do something considerable and important. If by Government purchase the fares could be brought down to somewhere about the Belgian level—looking at the political and social circumstances of Ireland—it might be worth while to throw political economy for once to the winds. The Government must guard against buying the railways at too high a rate; and if this were done, looking at the figures, ho believed that the tariff might be reduced without any great loss. Sir P. fieygate, Mr. Childers, Mr. M‘Laren, and Mr. Henley made some observations, and Mr. GLADSTONE, whatever might be the decision as to the purchase of the Irish railways, deprecated decidedly their management by the Government, bet thought there would be no difll mlty in providing for their independent management. He agreed with Mr. L ling that it was not wo.Mt . while to make a small experiment in vein but did i< it think with Min - that there no - risk of loss, and after expressing a strong opinion that there was no more efficacious mode of benefiting all classes of the population than to facilitate the means of communication, he urged the Government to sift to the bettmn the figures whiek would show how far a decrease in the faros would lead to an increase of traffic. . Mr. GRAVES drew attention to the restrictions on the i m portation of foreign cattle into Liverpool, drawing from Lard R. Montagu the reply that the Privy Council was anxious to make every relaxation consistent with the ex clusion of the cattle plague. Mr. COWPER moved an address fora royal commission to inquire into the best mode of classifying and exhibiting in our different museums the national art collections. After a lengthened argumentfrom Mr. B. Hors in favour of creating a separate Art Department which should take charge of all the national collections, Lord J. MANNERS replied that there was no necessity for further inquiries, for within the last few years there had been no less than 11. commissions or committees on our museums, which had collected sufficient information to enable the Government to act on their own responsibility, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he reminded the house, had promised to bring in a bill next session. Mr. Cowper withdrew his motion ; and Mr. Taylor brought under the notice of the house the recent decision of a Cornish magistrate sentencing six persons to three weeks' imprisonment for trespassing off a path through a wood, and the legality of the sentence was called in ques tion by Mr. S. Leferre and Sir R. P. (Jollier. Mr. KENDALL and Mr. HENLEY defended the conduct of the owner of the wood and of the magistrates ; and Mr. G. HARDY explained that the Home-office had no jurisdiction in the matter, and painted out that if there was any illegality in the sentence tho proper course was to take it before the superior courts. The House then went into Committee o f Supply, andon the Packet Service Vote, Mr. CRAWFORD called attention to that part of the report of the Committee on the East India Communica tions which refers to the postal services with India, China, and Australia, complaining that the Government had not comi lied with its recommendations, and animadverted strongly on a presumed intention to give the India Mail contract to the Messageries Imporialos. Mr. HUNT defended the course taken by the Treasury, contending that they had carried out the spirit of the Committee's recommendations, and had kept the consider ation of economy steadily in view. This discussion, which turned chiefly on the inexpedi ency—both ins political and economical point of view— of encouraging a foreign lino of steamers at the expense of the Peninsular and Or iental Company, which was epre sontod to have performed such important public services, and on the objections to making contracts without the sanction of Parliament, was continued by Mr. Childers, Mr. Samuda, Mr. Laing, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Gladstone, and claims of Falmouth, Plymouth, and Southampton, as the station for the West India Mail steamers, the vote was Smith,otb ers ; s a i r n ;111 controver sy between th 3 e i r r.. v J al . agreed to. and the House ad aPf.teCrolalier, sharpand Mr. R. Gurney, over rival other iou T rn h e e dat a qouradretrts,rwtoertehrdeiespoo'scelodeokf., WANT OF HOSPITALITY TOWARDS A JUDGE.—The Carnarvon .Assizes were held last week by the Right Ron. Sir F. Kelly (Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer), who has taken the North Wales Circuit; and when the first of the grand jury answered the summons, his lordship, address ing him, said he exceedingly regretted that it was not in his power, on this his first occasion of visiting the county, to extend to him and his brethren the ordinary hospitality of inviting them to dinner. The reason was simply that the high sheriff had been unable to supply a suitable house wherein to lodge her Majesty's justices of assize. lie cer tainly should have considered it his duty to fine the high sheriff, but he was bound to say that it seemed to hint that ho had furnished a sufficient explanation of the posi tion in which ho had been placed; but if it should again occur that this rich and prosperous county of Carnarvon, with some 70,000 or 80,000 inhabitants, was unable to adopt proper measures to yield that accommodation to her Majesty's representatives on these important occaitions, to which by the law of the laud they were entitled, ho know not what course would be pursued, excepting that her Majesty would be compelled to remove the assizes from the county, the authorities having faile I to pay her repre sentatives respect. He had spoken thus with great pain, but it was on account of the honour due to the office which he held that ho considered it his duty to make some re marks upon the fact that the judge of assize in this county had been obliged to resort to a public hotel. MARINE DISASTERS. —The monthly record of the Bureau Verita,s of Paris shows that in June last the num ber of vessels which were totally lost was 168, of which 80 were British, 30 American, 9 Dutch, 8 French, 8 Nor wegian, 5 Prussian, and 28 bearing various other 113 gs. Of these vessels 19 are supposed to have been lost with their crews, no intelligence concerning them having been received. The total number of vessels lost during the first six mouths of the present year is 1,517, or an excess of six over the number lost during the corresponding period Qf 1566, • TIMES.—" It is the first of Aas f ie fttku titv s prin_ cipal argument of Lord Derby and of his supporters last night. "It is the first of August," and Alto° late to do anything more than is proposed i -. 12 the Reform Bill as it stands. "It is the first of August," and if an amendment be carried the Government will have seriously to consider what course they shall pursue. The argument and the threat told in a way to convince every impartial observer how completely the judgment of the House of Lords was at variance with the decision cf the Ministry. In spite of the fact, reiterated with " damnable itera tion," that it was the first of August--in spite of the menac.: which is dec'ared not to have been a inensce, though delivered with all the solemnity nod producing all the effect which could ever characte rise the most solemn menace in the world, 8G peers supported Lord G-rey's amendinent for the extension of the redistribution scheme of the Reform Bill against 98 who voted for al t le h , e ia G n Government. The supremacy 1 partya o s i s llo C o t: thane e n j oyed O twi f ehs L ico o hf rd L° s lol : re c de ou pa l: e i rl d bo o yf reopen and latonudseen hat a l mise rable2members inj o d r i e t e y l i on declined d t twelve 1 % r te en i n p n e e a the ry d oo pro posals of redistribution which have been g al enlarged by the House - Of Commons in defiancealready reluctant Government. As to argument against of a t Lord Grey's amendment, there was none. s l l t ns is the first of August," said Lord Derby. The most dexterous of advocate—Lord Cairns—upon whom must be directly charged the small transfer of votes which gave the Government their feeble victory, wrapped up the same plea in more voluminous dis guises, but the argument is the same. Lord Cairns did, indeed, profess that he would have preferred a larger scheme of redistribution as snore states manlike and more Conservative ; and he opposed the amendment of the Government plans upon the simple ground of the dangers which might ensue should the Government prove restiff. The especial defenders of the Constitution—the leading members of the Conservative Ministry—appeared to forget olaifn'rthe ii()tise that, if the late period at which the Reform Bill had reached the House of Lords were to be attributed as a matter of blame to any one, it must be laid to the charge of the Ministry themselves, and that in any of case their arguments tended to the extinction the house of Lords as a branch of the Le g islature co ordinate with the House of Commons. Lord Grey's amendment was singularly simple. He proposed to take a member apiece from each of twelve boroughs now returning two members, and having a popula tion of between 10,0 0 0 and 12 , 000 . This was the amendment upon which the vote was taken. Had it been accepted, however, he would have gone on to obtain eleven more seats by grouping, or as an alternative by disfranchising, the boroughs contain in°. less -than 5,000. inhabitants. T he 23 seats thu s to be obtained he placed, of course, at the disposal of the Government, but he very properly indicated a complete plan of distributing them. Three he desired to give to a new constituency—the barristers of the Inns of Court; twelve as third members to each of twelve counties and divisions of counties numbering more than 150,000 inhabitants; eight to as many boroughs--Bristol, Sheffield, Wolverhamp ton, and the five metropolitan boroughs of Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone, Finsbury, and South wark. As we have said the Government had not a fragment of argument to urge against these pro posals, but some - phrases they could and did employ. Who, - asked Lord Derby, has ever before suggested such a plan of redistribution as is now pronounced essential to peace? The limit of 10,000 was the lowest limit of boroughs containing two members prescribed in the bill of 1854, which went further than any other in recommending a transfer of seats. But we have advanced since 1854. Who has ever before proposed household suffrage? Lord Derby altogether neglected the truth that it is impossible to make an essential change in one branch of our representative system, and to leave the other com paratively unaltered. The franchise and the distri bution of seats must move together. This was the doctrine insisted upon with unimpeachable argu ments last year, and it remains true now, however convenient it may be to forget it. We shall not resign it, however often we may be assured that Barnstaple, Beverley, Bridgwater, and the rest aro thriving, growing , populous, and pure. The ex tended scope of Lord Grey's scheme was justified by the extended scope of the Enfranchising Clauses, and the decision arrived at reluctantly by the Ilouse of Lords against its bstter judgment leaves un guarded a weak defence, which wig be the object of immediate assault. But always, and throughout the apologies of the Government, appeared the plea of tune. "lt is the first of August," and if any change be male, even for the better, the House of Commons must be consulted. "It is the first of August," and a sort of ground swell of approval raponded to the well-used phrase. We should have been more ready to receive this defence for inaction, dishonourable as it is to the House of Lords, were it consistently acted upou. But who, we ask, have most outrageously disre garded it? If we review the progress of the bill through committee, we find that to the Ministry must be attributed-the most important occasion of conflict with the Commons, the most threatening source of protracted discussions, prolonged con ferences, and loss of time. When Lord Cairns proposed to raise the lodger franchise from £lO to £ls—a proceeding as unwise in its inception as it will probably prove unsuccessful in its sequel—he had no sooner ceased than Lord Malmesbury jumped up and assented to the proposal. He did it, indeed, as a compromise; but not even Lord Malmesbury's ingenuity could explain between what conflicting elements it was a compromise. The truth is that the plea against extending the Redistribution scheme on account of the time which must be occupied in settling it is thoroughly unreal. No one knew better than the Ministerial advocates who advanced the argument that no time whatever would be wasted except by the Government itself. The House of Commons would not occupy au hour in assenting to an extended scheme of Re distribution. The Ministry has throughout been the impediment to action on a broad scale, and if the opposition of the Ministry were removed all ob stacles would vanish. Lord Derby had another plea. Lord Grey, he said, asked the House to disfran chise certain boroughs, but the Government had always gone on the principle of ascertaining what places should be enfranchised before considering where disfranchisement should begin. We are aware that Mr. Disraeli avowed this principle in the House of Commons. We are aware that Mr. Gladstone • approved it. All the same we venture to declare — we use Lord Derby's own vigorous phrase—" that it is absolute nonsense," and that no Ministry ever has, or ever could, proceed on such a principle. En franchisement and disfranchisement are simply two sides of the same transaction, which is a transfer of a respective privilege fro m one community to another ; and uo statesman couli ever propose the transfer without having in his mind at the same instant the relative claims of the two constituencies. It is as rational to talk of trying to balance the weights at the end of a b3ain by attending only to what is put in one scale as to talk of enfranchising one borough without considering the disfranchise ment of another. As the Duke of Argyll well pointed out, the Government have by their action flatly contradicted the professed but impossible principle. They proposed to enfranchise certain northern boroughs. The House of Commons pro posed to confer additional seats on certain large towns, and the Government consented. Had they acted upon the principle they had before and now put forward, this acquiescence could not have inter fered with the enfranchisement of the northern boroughs, because their claims to enfranchisement had been independently considered. It could only have produced a further disfranchisement. We know that it did not. The Ministry, being not wholly unwise in their acts, however distracted they may be in their motives of action, with drew the proposal to enfranchise those boroughs which bad established an independent claim to re presentation, and which may be expected, now that their claims have been acknowledged by Conserva tive Ministers, to clamour for a confirmation of the privileges promised only to be withheld. Tho Go vernment have withstood a practical and safe pro posal for the transformation of their scheme of Redistribution into a permanent shape, and a majority of twelve have supported them. So pitiful a victory in spite of every effort of Ministerial whips to secure it, and the most solemn warnings of the consequences were it not secured, is a defeat. The Government said they would have seriously to con sider their position in reference to the bill were the amendment carried. We have heard these threats before. There is nothing in them, though repeated for an hour's duration. What has the Government not yielded to secure the passing of their Bill? What would they not yield which can by any pos sibility be proposed ? Who ;could lose by the re jection of the measure now so much as themselves? Much may he uncertain, but of this we may be sure —that they will be successful, and yet, thou g h suc cessful, little of the cr edit of victor y will be the irs. Th e y have resisted wh en the y could ; they have yielded when they must ; and refusing to meet the wishes of Parliament by making their Bill worthy of the occasion, and obviatin g the certainty of re newed agitation, they have shown how little wisdom the events of the session have taught them. MARRIAGE LAW COMMISSION.---We understand that tho roport of this commiaion will not be ready till the beginning (Aunt year.