The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-17 00:00:00

"Tim RIIIN OF Yap FEW IS THE GAIN OP THE MANY . " THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial M •r}cets enahlesi the"E 4.ST IND [A, TEA. eI'IMPA.NY" to offer TlilAti LOWER TFIA.N EVER. SIT Pounds of Gold Tea for Rs. M can't be dear. The Company's Li/MOWS by the (liner Ships are really 9 , Great St. Itelen's Chnrcltynrrl , Ilishopszate street, Jan. I. 1R(17. .I[Jost published, 2d; sent by the author for 2 stamps. TGLINESS and BE.VITY; being a Pamphlet b. descriptive of articles and mesns ivied for imnrovinz 1: 0 e .,.!PP un earance. By ALEX. ROSS, 243, Hi g h Holborn, S P ANISH FLY is the actin► ingredient in ittEx. ROSS'S Ca.NTIIARTDES 0 fLowhich speedily se nt n g" whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and Ws fid; xu aii Y poet for 64, 84, and 144 atlsans. ALRX. ROSS, 243, Holborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DIS C OVE RY.— Corns cured This, in one day by us i ng ALEX. ROSi'S CTIEROPO. re,:ovlynenaration gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hou-s, the very root. Price Is ; sent by post ,or 60 stamps. ' Holborn, London, and all Chemists. ?AIR-OURLING FLUID, 248, High Holb c o a r r n i: igit',;lTtntiettieLFelgrirn"ZAVlLsisGa FLUID Sold 5 8 M. and 103 6d • sent free for 54, 1 84, and 1.41 stampa. 4 1 of all Cheintats. ovll.Zr AIR._. 948 Hiah Holborn, London.— , • A y Rs'S TIA.I rt DYR: produces a perfect colour tgrafranly It le rayed. It Is Derml,n^nt, and perfecpy Oro t p 5 for 8 nd nd is 6d ; sent by Po" • rce 55 cd, , 4 , alul 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. Etiv,rft DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, tiDern, on. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPELA.TORY remove! th, ons hair f rom the tape, neck, and arins,wit•hont effect Ittld ite a k t l :l L_ Price 3s of od sit ' Chemist& lo! 63; sent for 51, IMPL E . REMOVER.—A.I.I diseases of the fo c i improved by o dose. of ALEX. ROSA'S '"i'nel44',."LE SKIN PILLS ne They remove redness, sal ---Atali-%°. 2 8 0d and 7s old : or [mat for 43 and 100 stamps. 21,5, High Holborn, London, and all ,0 4" [ A IR COLOUR WASH . —B y was hi ng th e or tea Teal With this beautifully-perfnmel Wash, in seven by nn hair as sumes i ts or i ginal colour, and remains ttOss.`i47 ti eZional using. las 5 4 ; sent for stamps.—AL EX. Holborn, London, and all Chemists. itrristi. ORPHAN ASYLUII, Mackenzie stitriteTirakiplough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In- P.A :r MI) RCN— Tier Atost Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Secret"Y _ 3 t the Of ices. No. 73, Cheapg will be side, ladly received by the at LIP`TRY SYKES THORNTON. Treasurer. if MIAS TTLSON, J.P. Chairman of the Board. STP,'3FIEN REMO CATTLEY, lion. Sec. MACKENZIE, Secretary. t T l i v isT E BOARD o f MANAGEMENT of the nail +, () NnO HOM MOPAT HIC HOSPITAL wish to ba s s -le at tention of their friends ti its position—dnrinEr he th_ ,Ye . ar the beds have been almost constantly filled, and he; u "-lii on the resources of the Hospital bas consequently ti,,,n L'reat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of the 'Paths , both in town and county, will rally round fut, e and thus prevent the necessity of curtailing the use- Stri4 R of ihe Hospital by the a mission f f_Ter ralteieg= I,r,,:''CitIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bank-rs i Argill t .. t l and Po., Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank.. Argyll-gland Regent-street. INT°. 5 2 JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. , Great Ormond -street, V.C. nint Q li p pIITIP WRECKED SEAMEN and their s ' ) 4 ,n01 it ' 4-V F -1. 0 WIDOWS and ORPHANS. - Upwards v b ill a roish vessel q are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of ,t,hprAcit the British Isles 1 It A TAß tN l, l t ;e o, '''zt,^f the coast where the SHIPWRECKED AnentW ;(1 -'' ..l Veir is not represented by an Hon. s'llivl-fi'o!nes v "r/r n ked) and sends to their homes charitr 'eke ' Per80118( Of be ll wi ttions, and is the channel of i .d a 7,43:..t0 the bereaved widows and orphans of the dgw e n d , IR: tree, I.."rarnittee earnesly APPEAL fr , F year viz last - ' alw43's instant. " The ociety liev il e E d r i1 1 :2 . 21 persons ~__Dotil t i ' , , thin wrecked men, Wilt* mß "n li a arid subscriptions thankfully rece v . e _ i ed by Messrs. widows, and ornbans. la --' - "con, and Co.; and by the underslgn d. rtib.r,, ; - -ut-chatubers, Landornß b A ri N dg C e lS s. i i .E . AN, Secretary Up pv, rt SOCIETY wishes to add another ‘l , l 4.;-° ill" 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ‘be 17 " , t or ',l'^r. if, yowl.- females were reieeted have tf he . away in C yearp. I, c)nr,„ r "" v g hom6 'hr. Committes wish to form wo'ld be tari almost children, from the a.:.ro of 8 to 18, w lo ef),,___?llPd astray from the path of virtue. %f r. 1 '1"i notions will be reeeired tzratatully by the Recretar37. narm."iel (;noper o u pp n Cheapside: or by )fesar 'v en I'n t • in a. -R ,Ter. . ov --a, FREE HOSPITAL, Gra 's -inn-road Way taamediAte vicinity of the Great Northern SW/ tnitas. Rine's-crotts. L' Patr o n—iler Most Gracious Majesty the QUERN. p re Patron—Hie Royal FT i Efliness the Prince of AV A L F. 3, RG. vimtient—flis Oraoe the Duke ot BUCCLE UCH, LC.G. 11011pital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estn . bi th e 'Re de? prtneiple of free admission to the sick poor, witho r t Pend ' A Y a nd difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly ; d ,fO. tnt fon support on voluntarycontributions and :al•' 1 - ,:•frerds relief to a large number of in-pa ntR, and, in j„"'-ion. to this the average number of attendance of the 3 04,t,itute sick ha; for a Considerable period averaged between . 1 : 7 14 and 4,000 weekly. otitruttke ear catty solicit the &SST FTANCE of the. t e n t;'", oeg"clit, elevera as the pr vises of this Huspit:— are ca p a bl e of ; t nk,ndred more bo re g ni site hinds to maintain them.de had the Committee ei,l!tri bu tion a are received by thEir bankers. Nessrs. Brown, t , O P, and Co., Abelittreh-lane; aloe by Nleser! . . Cou n t a d uromm•and atm Co.; Glyn and Co.: ITer . .lea a c Co.; f'r.soott Grote, and Co.; Smith, PaYm "(I finrolay and - Deacon. and Co.; Nisbet gild cc+, Be rner;-street : Co.; ' and at the Hospital. from 10 till S. ,I3TANFORD BMW, Aleaetirl• HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK,— MET RO POLI rAN FILEN: I OS PITA L. Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of the Sick Poor of every Nation and Creed, without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency BANKERS—Messrs. Barn ett, Homes. and Co., 62, Lomb it'd street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman. GEO. GitOrrON. Secretary. G REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Volum try Contributions. This Ilospital has relieved 4E0,954 patients since it was established at liling's-oross in 1566. Patients ars admitted free. . . _ ..„. BANKERS —Messrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street; Messrs. Ransom and BOUverie, 1, Pall-mall. HOx. 5 2 c, - 1 1 % §mith, Esq. GEORGE ZEID, goo.. PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. • Just published, price 3d. Post free four stamps. TOTAL ABOLITION OF PAIN IN DENTISTRY. By 3lessrs. GABRINIL, the old established DENTISTS, 64, LUDGATE-fIILL, CI VY, 1 London. 56, HA RLEY-ST EC, W., 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —Mr. Gladstone may fairly claim to have won a victory last night. Reform was laid aside for the evening, and the House of Commons was asked instead to discuss a difficult question of finance. The National Debt Bill, embodying the. proposition contained in the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the conversion of part of the public debt into terminable annuities, came ou for a second reading. Mr. Disraeli was, of course, the sponsor for the bill, but, as he confessed when he introduced his budget, the real author of the scheme was Mr. Gladstone. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer, following up previous attempts of his own,made the suggestion last year,which Mr. bisraeli, under hap pier auspices, is enabled to adopt and carry out this session. The idea of applying part of the surplus towards the reduction of the National Debt, and the machinery for carrying out the idea, are alike due to Mr. Gladstone, and when the measure now before Parliament was opposed as ie was last night he naturally came forward in its defence. The House of Commons, by a large majority, supported the second reading of the bill, and Parliament, as well as the Ministry, have thus approved the plan first recommended by the leader of the Opposition. The precise form of the amendment before the House of Commons was a resolution affirming the propriety ftttiuihrorteen lfurther ofrdemerits disregarded, of debt efbotr e rd ; o e tfbat u tki ht c i ei n( the ll Faaiturnildethe InsuranceFs course o i he re uep r ss Insurance d ee towardsboaf tDethuwetyta Du hsw ee ty reduc tion discussionds almosten tirely strictly confined to the question whether it was de sirable to attempt the reduction of the National Debt at all, and, if so, whether the scheme embodied in the bill was a proper method of effecting its re duction. It cannot be said that the arguments were all on one side. It may, in truth, be acknow ledged that the overwhelming majority in favourof the bill-162 to 38—was a tribute to Mr. Glad stone's authority, rather than a p' oof of conviction following upon his reasoning. Mr. Laing was the foremost champion in opposition to the schemes of redemption, and some branches of his argument were left untouched by Mr. Gladstone's spirited re ply. If was easy to reply to Mr. Laing's charge that the Tlans of reducing the National Debt, of which we have heard so much in the last two years, were " new-tangled. schemes devised by way of doing something " sensational," in imitation of the United States. The reduction of our permanent burdens has been an object with every Chancellor of the Exchequer from the time of Mr. Pitt down wards, sometimes pursued with more zeal than dis cretion, but never lost sight of and never aban doned. The employment of terminable annuities as a means of reducing the debt has been sanctioned by an equal concatenation of authority. Mr. Laing's charge of novelty was entirely groundless, and he only weakened his case by allowing precedent to be cited in what might have been restricted to a bare discussion of principles. The simple question whe ther it is desirable to pay off any part of the Na- tional Debt was slurred over by Mr. Gladst one, as it was at a later stage of the diocus.sion by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. It is plain that there is no obligation of honesty or even of honour requir ing us to pay off any of it. The nation is bound to make certain yearly payments to its creditors, but there is no obligation of any kind to redeem these annual payments. If it be fitto redeem them, it-must be from considerations affecting present and future generations of taxpayers, and having no re ference to the creditors of the nation. The question of redemption is thus a matter of policy, and must he determined by a comparison of the effects which the alternative course of remitting taxation and paying off debt produce. If. we suppose the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to have a. surplus of a mil lion and to apply it in remission of taxation, .the taxpayers are relieved hi= a.portion of their in voluntary expenditure. Mr. .Laing, borrowing Lord Sydenhana's. phrase, says the surplus " fruc tifies" ,in their pockets. It would do so were the sum.thus saved from involuntary expenditure accumulated •or invested in some undertaking, but if the remission of taxation becomes merely an occabiou„ &IL: an Acid*AS9,:I I 9.V.L4tAEL,C;- I r AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' -to SUP. .. After Drury-lane Theatre , FVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Adolph' Theatre After Olympic Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre EV ANS' to SUL'. After St. James's Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre... .EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. ___ K IN AHAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXTTIT3ITTON, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the ronblin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild,- Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole ,;(itne. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 81., at the Retail Horses in London ml the Ap...ents in the pri nc ip a l t owns i n England; or nlesnlo at R GRIIA WINTMLL-STREET, LONDON, W. O bserve the TIAII R(11,1, Pink Label, and Cork branded " nahan's hisky." COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, and RUSIN T.SSES. .PURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. l'Articllars for insertion received until the 27th of the tronth at their AIICI'ION AND TIOTEI, AGENCY OFFICES. 5, Agrar-streek S!rand, W.C., And nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. VitirruAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION Thelroorated by Act of Parliani,nt, MO) A nyk-JA NJET,T,L-STRP,ET. COT VT-GARDEN. Pre WINE Y noon I'ersonal Security, Bills of Salo r eholl or T.elseholl Prooer y, for one, two, or three years, dign,, Y44 , 10 weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly ' -ul l , e( 1 . Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. SeeretarY. XIF ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., 311 E MUSICAL ESTABLISH WENT OF LONDON. OD erettl. by .T. OfTenlaach, entitled MR. AND MRS. mi . " 9 NTS, and LA TRAVIAT Ac. Ac. Prineir al artimtes, po s es Rußsell, Barrie. and Fitzflenry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn. rti;'„ lll,9 k. Evang Bury Signor Tivoli, with Ex - tra Band uhorus Conductor, Burp, F. Jonahmans En‘rp Di~t TAII TT ,,WY• by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY TA T TTLF : awl PATTI NINA MARCITi WI! KINSON , RUDE and her' Troupe of Performing Dogs, ~)Tr• ROBT. FRASER, Convdian. with his new Entertain= "Tit, zrititled "NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE." Bros. HA.NLON. lha celebrated American will appear THIS EVENING. ALTIGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASfIW, Twin rnitr4treet, Pi etea dill y. decer a t4 e : r Ant and pnnnlar Rooms, bavinir been entirely re ftlii % are now OPPIN EVERY EVRNING for Concert BT. G RE ` tnel nS% Conductor, Signor LUGI CURTL Manager, ET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTON, s GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SwEASEY and HOLLAND. T ' r and Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera "IL DunROVATORE " Principal t Manrieo, Mr. • Irma is s "'lon ren inner; Count di L una , M r . P. Corri ; Leonora, Miss remaine ; Azucena. Miss Ellen Read ; and Douglas ; in costume as at the opera. 4RTRITE LLOYD, with New Songs ; Jolly Nash; and ean Hous and ict, the Sensation of London. Crowded and l or mmense Success of the PICCANINY MINSTRELS, 12 in number, including those Wonderful as the n 'nildre who played at the Royal Haymarket Theatre 46 ng Miniatures." Band of 30 first-class per rormPrs, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's ad CORRI Covent Garden Op era H ouses . Musical Director, Mr. „ Pr ices of a d m i ss i on—Stalls and Ba l cony, I s.; A rea, 'n.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box 3nn, betwe n o the hou r s o f 10 a nd 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evenin g at half-past 7, commence at 8. I NIADIME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. delill 1"W AD DITIONS.- - Beantiful COURT DRESSES, the gna and fashions being taken from the Paris Exhibition. 0 Pe n from 11 Admittance, la. ; children, under ten, 6d. ; extra rooms, 6 d. a.m. till 10 p.m. 'ITANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per featly pnre and nnoolourel. To be had of ail dealers vo'',...w_rholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107. Strand " 01 Savoy -steps), London. A E sKELL, SURGEON-DENTIST, author of " Dental Sur,ery," " Pare Dnitistry." " Dental Irn ' ll egia,"be CONSULTED DAILY as hitherto str e n , l° tO 4 o'clock, at his ONLY residence, 8. 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DUNVILLE'S V.R..OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the house of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. • London Oflbei and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations ou application. LAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, s Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest driatc in the world."—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, CP Cork, beg to announce that they r.re able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in boni and for exportation, at their duces, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house its—the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brine the hiohest prices in the Australian and othe - Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the ".Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that th,ir whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next bear, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest . quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve 7 old mellow whisky in the finest condition, ron AtightlVliirlso*Le in quality and ittivotir; . n !MS. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, an 1 Dining-roorn, eonsisting of a new and e ,eg ant mown melt of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candleatiots, l thelisks,lns. stands, leautiful Inlaid Tables, Paper weights, tte., In Italian, A.labatt?r, Parian, Marble, Bronae, Derbyshire Spar, dm Imparted and manufactured by JAIVINS T ENNANT, Mine ralogist to her ilaiesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. _ _ _ . - Mr. Tennant arranges elementarY 0 011 ektion 01 ROCKS, INkRALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly faollitat+ the interesting study of MINEItALOG 1." and GEOLOGY. and can be had at 2, 6. 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINX- R 0 (-11" jig ul ven by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149, Strand L. HYAM, 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, CITY. L. IIYAM, 189 and 190, TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD, WEST. - - - lIYAM'S ATTIRE FOR MEN, BOYS, - 1 - 4 • and Youths for Immediate Wear, for the Season of 1867, is upon the most extended scale, and at greatly re duced prices. LHYAM'S GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT • is replete with every novelty for the Season, including West of England Cloths, Fancy Coatings, Trouserings, &c., &c. Fashion, fit, and taste in combina tion with reduced prices. LIIYAM'S LIGHT OVERCOATS FOR - 1 -- 4 • the Present Season embrace every novelty in de sign and material, no Garment can be made to' it better. They are tasteful and elegant, nad very moderate in price, varying from 165., 18s., 215., 285., to 355. HYAM'S STOCK OF SURTO UT COATS -LAI • for the Season is not to be surpassed for beauty, quality, and fit, well-made, and handsomely trimmed, 305., 365., 425., 505., 555., to 635. HYAII'S STOCK OF BUSINESS AND Walking Coats for the season is specially designed in every Fashionable Style and Shape from the choicest materials. Prices for Business Coats, 12s. fid., 15s. 6d., 18s. 6d., to 21 s . W a lki ng C oa t s , 21 5 ., 28 5 ., 35 5 . , 4 25., to 50s. J • lIYAM'S STOCK OF GENTLEMEN'S Trousers for the Season, comprehends all the novelties. Such a rare display is not to be seen elsewhere. 123. 6d., 13s. Gd., 14s. GI, 165., 17s. to 21s. HYAM'S STOCK OF WAISTCOATS • for the Season contains the most beautiful patterns and materials. ss. Gd., Gs. Gd., 7s. Gd., 9s. Gd., 108. Gd., to 12s. Gd. HYAM'S BESPOKE DEPARTMENT L• maintains its renown for talented cutters, accu rate fit, and durability of Workmanship. The Materials are new in design and style, -and the assortment is the largest in the Kingdom. Prices are : framed upon the most economical basis. LHYAM'S YOUTHS' AND BOYS' ATTIRE . for the Season stands pre-eminent for taste, excel lence and cheapness. L. HYAM still maintains his fore most position in this Department. THE SUN, LONDON, FEID AY EVENING, MAY 17, 1867. -LFAMPSTEAD-HEATH HOTEL. This Hotel, situate in the centre of the heath, is fully :pret.ared for the reception of visitors. Dinners and wines of the best &script ion, and on the most moderate terms, either in the coffee-room or the private room. Excellent bed and V aim?: rooms, evil commanting a-lovely view. Biohs and bill and ro In on the premises ; also excellent stabling*. here is a new chop and steak room open for luncheons, hot trout the girdiron. Cho well-known d ning hall, where tiOn r•ersons can sit down at society or tra.lc dinners, treats for 4ehools, and Volunteer gatherings, and tea garden connected with tilt same, ate also ready. All classes will lind here the .thcapest and he t refreshin--ts to be met with near the me tropolis. To secure bed rooms or the ex'clusive use of the ,;rest hill adp'y to 11r. JOIN XL FOX, at the "Ltd, Yale of OSBORNE'S STIL`rON •Is THE Cheese! 1 ,. DERBY, THE DERBY, THE DERBY. CALLAGHAN'S RACE GLASSES. 23A, NEW BoNo-sr.REEr, Corner of Conduit-street. A t VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA. A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., • Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. 'EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. CHATRMAN—Gen. Sir FREDERIC SMITH, F.R.S. Policies payable during life, indisputable, not liable to forfeiture. Tho ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA. Life Department, affording peculiar advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the especial patronage of HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE •QUEEN. Annual Premium 1 - t , veuue upwards of £310,400. -New ,Ppetnitim Imam° exceedeil £67,000. Life, Fire, Guarantee, and Annuities at advantageous rates. The European is the only Society authorised by the im perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Govern ment Officials. _ _ .Full particulars of the popular principles,of this Society , will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be for warded to applicants, post free. • Offices 316, Regent-street ; 17, - Waterloo-place,. Pall mall; and 69, King William-street, City. HENRY LAKE, Manager. penditure of the taxpayer there can be no fructi fication. If, indeed, we suppose the reduction of taxation be such as to set free some crippled in duttry, immense incidental benefits ntly arise, and there can bey itile donbt that Mr. Laing's remark, that it would be wiser in the Government of the' United. States to simplify their scheme of taxation than to persever , 3 in a process of redemption, was just. There was a time when the freedom of in dustry was with us a p aramo unt necessity but its fetters are now comparLively light. On the other hand, if the million be applied in the reduction of debt, it is tolerably certain that the capitalist who receives it, will 3ot squander the sum but will seek fresh modes for its investment. He will expect higher interest than he was contented to receive when he hal the security of the nation for its pay ment, but the money will not be lost. The com parison, therefore, between the two plans of dealing with the surplus is a comparison between the volun tary saving of a portion of the millions and its direct application by time taxpayer who saves it, and the involuntary saving -nf the whole of the million and its indirect application iu loans by the fundholder who is paid off. The issue depends on the amount which will be voluntarily saved, and this may be assumed to depetal upon the amount of remission. If there be a considerable reduction of taxation, much of the sum ga i ne d b y th e t a xpayer is saved ; if the reduction be a dribblet, it will be spent. Confined within the narrow limits proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the policy of applying a :Furplus towards the reduction of debt seems indisputable. The propriety of the method adopted is open to still less doubt. Mr. Laing said the plan of Terminable Annuities is a bad form of Sinking Fund, and so it is when the Annuities are granted to any and every purchaser. Under such conditi r 6ltertfit , Aoliimeellor of the• Er. chequer binds himself, in contracts from which he cannot escape, to repay definite portions of the na tional burdens in every successive year, whether he may have a surplus or a deficiency. But the scheme embodied in the Bill before Parliament last night is not open to this objection. The Terminable Annu ities cheated" by it - dre granted'to the Chancellor of . the Exchequer himself. "As.-=the banker 'of' the trustees of 'Savings .Banks, he has a claim on the nation to the extent of twenty-four millions, and the National Debt Bill is no more than a solemn resolution of Parliament to pay off this debt at a rate little exceeding a million a year for the next eighteen years. If troubles come, if a deficiency arise, if loans be necessary, the resolution may at any moment be rescinded. The contract is between the right hand and the left, and the power which enacted it can undo it. Meanwhile, there appears among the annual claims on the nation a charge of a million; and -a sum which might be otherwise a subject 'or.erniftention is'irithdrawn froM the UM greedy gaze of, the House- of -Cgmmons. but a minute had b3en pa sad limiting the insm-tion to two publications,which had already taken place, and which had cost only .£132. ID might, however, say that the house last session had sanctioned the publication of the catalogue. . - 111 i. OSBORNE Said the . noble lord had not answ.lred the material pint in the question, and that was whether it was intended to procood wits this extraordinary affair. (Laughter.) Lord U. MONTAGU said the hnn. gentleman surds could not have been listening to what ho had just said, because he had distinctly stated that a minute had been passed limitingthe.insortion of the two publications which had already appeared. A RMS TRONG GUNS. Mr. H. BAIL LIE asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Department had paid a part. of the mon-y, and intends to pay the whole sum charged by the Elswick Company, for the nine breech-loading 64-pounders recently rejected at proof, the said guns having been or dered two or three years since, and having become obsolete, and whether it was not desirable to put a mark upon all guns that fail in their proof at Woolwich, as there has been sent to the Paris Exhibition a 9-inch gun cast at Elswick, having a rifled tube of wrought iron, which was rejected at the Woolwich proof ; and whether the hundred rounds fired from that gun under cover, after it was rejected at proof, at the desire of the Elswick Company, was to be paid for by the country ? Sir J. PAKINGTON said some money had been paid, but the remainder would not be parted with until the guns were pronounced as satisfactory. It was altogether an error to say the guns had become obsolete. It was the piactice to place a mark on guns that had failed, and it was not the fact that the gun sent to the Paris Exhibition was not one that had been rejected by the proof-house at Woolwich. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. HENEAGE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was still his intention to alter the schedule (D) of the Representation of the People Bill as far as regards the parts of Lindsay, as intimated by him earlier in the ses sion in reply to a question asked by the hoe. member for North Lincolnshire ? _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not his intention to alter the" schedile. The boundaries set down were merely temporary, as the boundaries would be finally settled by a Royal commission, of which Lord Eversley would be the head, with four other members who wore yet to be appointed. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. BONUS MEETING, 18G7. The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 3d January last, for the declaration of the EIGHTH Boisms, showed, • 1. As TO THE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY, that, during the quinquennial period which terminated on the 30,th Jon, 1866, • ' • ' - NEW ASSIIRANCES for a total - sun" £1,518481, and yielding £50,497 in Annual Premiums, had been effected, of which sums the' former exceeded by £31,811, and the latter by £2,392, the corresponding items of any previous period; that THE INCOME had increased from £195,400 to £215,327 per annum ; and that THE ASSURANCE FUND, after payment of £85,303 on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from £1,422,191 to £1,619,539. 2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SOCIETY. That the Assets on June 30, 1866, were £1,619,539 14 8 And the Liabilities on the same date 1,313,708 19 2 Leaving a surplus of £275,830 15 6 and that, after setting aside .£50,000 as a special Reserve Fund, THE• AVAILABLE PROFIT was .a 25,630 1.55. 6d., of which sum £225,000 was recommended for divisien. 3. As TO THE RESULTS OP THE DIVISION. That the portion of this sum of £225,000--viz., five-sixths, or £lB7,soo—which fell to the Assured, would yield a REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES of £272,682, averaging 45 per Gent., or varying, with the different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cent. on the premiums paid since the last division; and that the CASH BONUS, whicli is the exact equivalent of such Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 per Cent. of the like premiums. The Report explained at length the nature of the In vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable: The next DIVISION OF PROFITS. willtake.place in January, 1872, and Persons who effect EW POLICIES BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will be entitled at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits over later- Assurers. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, the Report above men tioned, and a 'detailed account of the proceedings of the Bonus Meeting, can 13.1 obtained from any of. the Society's Agents; or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.'ff. IMPERIAL PARL IA WI ENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The LOUD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsack at jive o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bill s , Rochester, Ch a th am, an d Stroud Gas, Poole Roads, Tees Conseriancy, Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford Junction, Sunderland Ferry, Wolver hampton New Water, Dundalk and Gleemore Railway Bills were read a second time. The following bills, Cambrian. Railway (Extension cf Line), Staleybridge Gas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas, Norwich and Spalding R a il way, were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Lord LIFFORD said that he should to - morrow evening present a petition from certain persons in Ireland, praying that those persons now under sen tence of death in that country for political offences should receive the Royal prerogative of mercy. ADMIRALTY DIVORCE - AND PROIIATE BILL. After a few inaudible remarks froin Lord CRANWORTH, The LORD CHANCELLOR; in moving the commit ment of this bill, said that his noble and learned friend did not quite.agree with . him in someof the clauses, but he sug gusted to him that there was another bill in another place which might remove his noble and learned friend's objec tions, and therefore in compliance with his wishes he de layed moving the commitment of the present bill, but now ho should press it on. His noble and learned friend (Lord Cranworth) had suggested that perhaps the increase of causes had arisen from the circumstance of there being a number of small causes brought before the Court, but he (the Lord Chancellor) would instance the case of the Ad miralty Court. In 1841 there were 66 salvage cases, and in 1866 139. ' The total value of the property in the one year was £10,400, in the other £221,301 In the case of pm obate cause, liketvise, there was an immense pressure of business. Ile found that at the end of Hilary Term there were 59 remanets, and 61 cases had been entered between that and Easter, none of which had come on, and there were 17 fresh cases now. This gave a preponderance of the Probate, to the disadvantage of the Divorce, and they would probably remember that a long will case had occupied the court many days. It was quite im possible that the judges should despatch the business there, and he thought that there should be two judges ap pointed to the Probate and Divorce, and that they should be judges of .assize. Ile had consulted the judges, but they objected to this, and wished an addition to their own courts.. Nobody could deny that. there must be anew circuit, and then he should want two judges. But be thought that, with a little arfangeinent, the matter might be well adjusted. By an act of William IV. there were to be four judges in Banco, but he could not see the use of this, it was not so in Ch ancer y ; if th ese judges sat there would be two jud ges l et at lib erty to con d uc t n isi pries cases. Now he did not want to add two judges to the superior court, but to add two judges to the Probate and Divorce, and two who would be available on circuit. It had been urged that if these judges were to go on circuit they would not be present when motions were made in court. When the judges never were in court the judges at assize tried the records from all circuits. He trusted that their lordships would pass the bill through committee. Lord CRANW ORTH considered that as far as the Ad miralty was concerned, his noble friend . proposed to add judicial strength where it was most wanted. He should like to knew what the arrears of cases were at the end of the seven years; other calculations were fallacious. Taking into consideration the length of time the court sat he did not think that judicial strength was re quired there. He considered, however, that not only would three judges be better than four, but that two would bo infinitely better still. ]ie objected to the present state of the bill. He considered additional judges to be a great evil. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply, said that his noble and learned friend had totally misunderstood him. He did not wish to have certain judges going on circuit, while others tried cases in Westminster. Had his learned friend reflected, that the disadvantage of this would be to upset all judicial arrangement and divide the bar? Ho could not conceive a more inconvenient ar rangement. ihe,house then resolved itself into committee, and the bill pasSed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS —LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the:chair at four o'crock. THE SLAVE TRADE. Sir F. BUXTON asked whether it was proposed to make any alteration in the cruising ground of her Ma jesty's ships, with a view to the more effective prevention of the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa? Mr. CORRY said the recommendations of Commanders Latham and Purvis had been adopted as far as circum stances would admit. It was not the intention of the Government to act on the advice of Mr. Seward. THE REFORM BILL. ' ho ma have from his landl or d th e on deduct called on t o pay for additional Mr. HANKEY asked the Chancellor of the Ex c h equer at what time could a we ekl y t enant of a house, f or w hi c h a th m e ou ra n t t o is 7 rating on claiming to be separately assessed in order to claim his vote ; and, supposing the amount of rate so paid exceeded the amount of the rent due, and the landlord dis charged his weekly tenant., how could the said tenant re cover the amount of additional rate he bad pa i d ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it *as not a case that was likely to occur, but he had r e f erre d t o o f the rCATALOGUE. mr. the point for considerati on, an d on receiving an an swer h e would communicate with the hon. member. H ANDoie Vice-PresidentA.R Com mittee of Council whether an y agreement had be en ma d e with the Times newspape r t o print the Art Cat a l ogue f or a certain Sum, and, if not, whether the p r i n ti ng o f t hi s TGREESGCOIREYNCE asked catalogue would be suspended - until the house should have decided whether the object to be obtained justified the expense ? . . Lord R. MONTAGU said there was no agreement with the Times. rn u i'proprietor of the Times behaved in a very generous manner when they were told it was for the benefit of science and arc that the catalogue should be published, and it was then agreed to print it' at a sum, barely sufficient to cover the exrenses. The plan adopted in the Times was merely an experiment, as it was thought it would be more beneficial to publish the matter as an ad vertisement,rather than in the form of a pamphlet. The wiyortigi o mult iyo , 2 originally °Atom' fvz. tom 14wilogss. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Mr. GREGORY asked the Vico-President of the Com mittee of Council Whether it was true that all the news papers and periodicals published in England had been sent for exhibition to Paris by the Department of Science and Art ; whether all the Blue Books printed for the use of both Houses of Parliament had , also been sent ; whether -the plaster of Paris cast of the pulpit at Pisa has also been sent ; what is the cost and object of these under takings; and whether any of the objects in the French Exhibition have been purchased, or are to be purchased, and on whose responsibility; and whether by special grant, or out of the ordinary estimate. Lord R. MONTAGU said it was true that one speci men of every newspaper had been sent to the Exhibition, and also a few blue books, but certainly not the whole of those already published. The expense of taking two casts of the pulpit at Pisa had not been much greater than that which would have been incurred in taking one, and the reason the cast was sent,to Paris was to show what had been done by this country for science and art. (Laughter.) They ha d been collecting specimens of this nature for the use of schools, and it was hoped that when that became known there would be by other countries an interchange of casts which, could not but be most beneficial as far as art was concerned. The cost of sending • the newspapers and blue-books had been nothing, and the cost of sending the cast had not ex ceeded £5O. There was no intention of purchasing any thing at present, but if such should be done it would be out of the grant made to the Exhibition .° An HON. MEMBER asked who had the control of that grant ? Lord R. MONTAGU said the administration of the grant made for the South Kensington Museum was under the control of the Lord President of the Council. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it' was his intention to' be understood, with respect to the Scotch Reform Bill, that in order to provide increased representation for Scotland it was the intention of Government to add to the present number of the House of Commons. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no reduction would be made in the number of members for England and Ireland. With regard to Scotland it was intended to make a fair representation, and the hon. mem ber must have confidence in the enlightened wisdom of Parliament. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. In reply to Mr. FOSTER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said as two hon. members who had notices on the paper for to-mor• - row had courteously given way,ihe thought they . could proceed with the committee on the bill. Ho believed it would be necessary for them to take a vote or two for the civil service in committee of supply, but he did not think they would embrace any subject that would lead to discussion. NATIONAL DEBT BILL-DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. On the order of the day being read for the second read ing of the National Debt Bill, Mr. 11. B. SHERIDAN moved the following reso tiop,:7—" Ttiat a further reduction. of the duty on fire ifisniances, 'to which this house is already pledged, would be a better mode of disposing of a portion of the surplus of Ways and Means for the present year than the creation of terminable annuities proposed by the present bill." Mr. HUBBARD seconded the amendment, and while agreeing with the policy of paying off debt, impeached the bill on the double ground that terminable annuities were an unwise mode of discharging debt, and that to obtain the means for paying these annuities by such a tax as the Fire Insurance Duties was unjust and injurious. In sup port of his first proposition he compared this scheme very unfavourably with other terminable annuities, insisting that it was a sinking fund in disguise, and that the same end could be more cheaply attained by the issue of Exche quer Bonds. Ho argued strongly against the Fire In surance Duties, and suggested that they should be reduced to 9d. after June, and to ld. after April next. Mr. lIANKEY supported the bill as a very good bar gain for the public, inasmuch as by paying £1,720,000 for 17 or 18 years we should get rid of a permanent charge of £720,000 per annum. Mr. LAING preferred the policy of redueing taxation and leaving the money to fructify i n the pockets of the people to paying off debt, and denied that there was any analogy between private and public obligations in this matter, inasmuch as the National Debt was merely ,an en gagement to pay EO much interest a year, n o t t o pay off the capital sum. He showed, by re f erence to'the Trade returns, that under a system of applying surpluses to the reduction of taxes our debt since the great war had consi derably diminished, while our means of paying it had augmented threefold,.and at the same time the comforts of the people had been inestimably increased. We certainly had not arrived at that millenium of taxation when there were no objectionable taxes left, and he insisted there were many, such as the Fire Insurance Duties, the duties on locomotion, and the Licence Duties. For instance, if half a million were applied to reducing the Fire Duties to 61, in six or seven years the revenue would have recovered itself; while by applying it to"ihti 'reduction or debt we should in the same time be relieved of no more than £150,000. Ile condemned the scheme as new-fangled —a sinking fund in disguise — and based on a desire to do something sensational, after the manner of the United States, whose recent financial policy he gave some reasons for believing would not be altogether so successful as was anticipated. Mr. GLADSTONE made an animated reply to Mr. Laing, commenting particularly on the epithets "new fangled" and " sensational," to which he objected very Strongly, and defended the bill as a modest attempt to carry out what for many years had been our fixed policy, sho i wing, in reply to the Sinking Fund argument, that the terminable annuity being made part of tho permanent charge, of the year, was. provided fer regularly in each Budget as a matter of course. Concurring with Mr. Laing, that there were many duties which called for reduction or remission, he denied that the Fire Insurance Duties hail the strongest claim, characterising the assertion that the revenue would be replaced in six or seven years as purely visionary, and preferred the claims of the duties on loco motion or the tax on corn, the operation of which he said . prevented this country becoming the great entrepot for all the markets of the world, and the Licence Duties. In an elaborate argument he defended this mode Of wiping off the £24,000,000. Book Debt, maintaining that it would not involve any loss to th 6 State, and insisted on the impor tance to the national credit of not passing over a favourblo opportunity for reducing the debt. SCOURFIELD supported the bill, and Mr. T. CAVE condemned the time of introducing the bill, and its inadequate mode of dealing with the debt, and suggested the imposition of a tax of 21d. per ton on coal, which by the time the whole of our supply wag exhausted' would have paid off the National Debt. 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Mr. AYHTON took the same view, and insisted that there was no real cancelling of debt. • The bill was supported by Alderman Salomons, and Sir F. Crossley, and opposed by Mr. Read. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the principle of terminable annuities, which he pointed out to the advocates of "fructification" had contributed greatly to the reduction of taxation, and notably had enabled Mr. Gladstone to carry out the French Treaty, and as this generation had profited by the adoption of this policy by our ancestors, so we were bound to pursue it for the bene fit of the next generation. In answer to the arguments that this was not a real transaction, he insisted that £24,000,000 of debt would be absolutely cancelled ; the terminable annuities could be placed on the market at any time, and that it was not a sinking fund was shown by the different fates whiCh had befallen the last—sir G. C. Lewis's sinking fund—which perished in a year or two, and the different terminable annuities, which had been allowed to run their course and perform their functions. The Dead Weight Annuity falling made it imperative on the Government to consider whether they would pursue the policy of terminable annuities acted on for the last half century—which was the question theyhad now to de cide—and they presented the bill, not as part of a great scheme for reducing the national debt, but as the sequel of a system of continuous and moderate action on the perma nent debt by means of terminable annuities. On a division the second reading was carried by a majo. rity of 162 to 38. On going into Supply on the Supplementary Army Estimates, Mr. WHITBREAD called attention to the system of recruiting in the army, dwelling especially on the deceits practised on the soldier, and insisting that the 2d. per day would not dispose of the stoppages grievance, and that ld. per day would not retain the time-expired men, and moved two resolutions declaring that at the time of enlist ing the whole system of stoppages shall be explained to the recruit, and the second in favour of training schools for the army. Sir J. PAKINGTON approved the object of both reso lutions, and promised to consider the best means of carry ing them out, but deprecated raising a discussion on the whole subject of recruiting at present. The resolutions were supported by the Marquis of Hartington, Genera] Peel, and Captain Vivian, and after a somewhat desultory conversation, the first resolution was agreed to, and the second was withdrawn. In committee, a vote of £416,750 was agreed to for in creasing the pay of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Several orders of the day and notices having been dis posed of, Mr. L &YARD rose and said—Mr. Speaker, I have a very painful and disagreeable duty to perform. As I was passing through the lobby just now I was addressed by the hon. member for Marylebono in terms so disgraceful that I do not •enture to repeat them. The observations were entirely unprovoked. He came up to me and addressed me in language which, for the sake of the house, I will not repeat, and I trust that no gentleman in this house, except the hon. member, would be guilty of using such words. He not only addressed those, words to me once, but he re peated them. The only course is to appeal to you and ask you what, under the circumstances, I ought to do. I did not address the hon. member, and his attack upon me was entirely unprovoked, attributing to me wilful falsehood. Mr. H. LEWIS-I' am not at all sorry that the lion. member has brought the matter of which he complains before the ehouse., 1 should be the last person in this house to offend against the law of what I conceive gentle , man-like demeanour or proper conduct with regard either to the hon. member for Southwark or any other member of this house, but there is such a thing as trying the patience of members of this house beyond what they can endure. Aud when the hon. member for Southwark says that the observations which I addressed to him were un-' provoked, possibly in his idea, and accustomed as 110 has been, as the house knows, to make use of very violent if not slanderous language, he may not think that the words which ho uses are or can be offensive to gentleden of sensitive feeling or honourable principles. I was deter mined not to take any notice of the language which the hon. gentleman used at a meeting of his constituents the other evening, on which he called a number of gentle men, members of this house, who had conecieatiously.en deavoured to discharge their. duty to their constituents and their country, traitors. I do not know whether such language is pat liamentary. According to the idea of the hon. gentleman it may be perfectly right, but I hope that there is no member of this House, except himself, who would speak of others in such terms when they have no opportunity of answering him. As I was going through the lobby a few minutes ago after the division the hon. gentleman addressed me. I had not the most remote idea of speaking to him, because I thought that if I did I might possibly make somo reference to what I considered the very slanderous remark that he had made with respect to myself, because I think that to call any one a traitor is about as slanderous a remark as can well be made. I suppose that the hon. gentleman thinks that any one who takes the liberty to think for himself, or to vote against his party, as the hon. gentleman himself has done before now, or indeed to do anything except that which would suit the hon. member for Southwark, is a traitor, I do not know what• his definition may be, because I have not read his speech, but these words were reported to me. Accord ingly, the hon. member, in going through the lobby asked me whether I was afraid of secondary symptoms. (Laughter.) [Hr. LAYARD: "No, it is utterly untrue."] Ho said to me, " Are you afraid of secondary symp toms ? " [Mr. LAYARD: "In the lobby? "] Yes, in the lobby; whereupon I did take the opportunity of stat ing that I was not afraid of the particular symptom to which the hon. gentleman referred, and I also then ex pressed my opinion of the remarks which he made to his constituents, and which,- as applied to me, were certainly words of which in Saxon English I expressed my opinion. I have no other explanation to offer. I am wholly in the hands of the House, but I think I could do no less than repudiate, in the strongest language which I could possi bly use, the very injurious imputation which the hon. gen tleman was pleased to cast upon me and a number of other gentleman who conscientiously endeavoured to discharge our duties. Mr. LAYARD-I feel bound to rise in explanation. All I can say.is that the hon. member must be dreaming. I never in the lobby said anything like the words he has attributed to me. I never dreamt of doing so. [An Hoer. MEMBER-" Did you call him a traitor ? I never asked him whether he was afraid of I won't mention what. This is utterly and entirely wrong, and he must be dreaming. There were other members with me in the lobby, and it is the most extraordinary hallucination I ever heard of in my life. As regards the other matter, of which the hon. member thought that I had said anything offensive, it was his duty to have asked me whether I had been rightly reported, when I should have been most happy to have given him the fullest explanation, and if I had said anything offensive, to have made that apology which one gentleman is bound to offer to another whose feelings he may have hurt. The other day 1 was making a speech to my constituents in Bermondsey, and, without my think ing of saying anything offensive-(a laugh)-some one cried, "Why do you not turn the bill out ?" I replied, "How can we turn the bill out? How can you meet an opposing army when you have 50 traitors in the camp ?" It was a mere jocular allusion. (Hear.) No man has voted againsthis party more than I have myself in former days, and if I have said anything offensive to the hon. gentle man I beg to offer him my humble apology. It was merely a joke of the moment, and, perhaps reported nakedly, ap peared stronger than I meant it. If the hon. gentleman had addressed me upon the subject I should have been happy to have explained it ; but nothing that I have said could justify him in using the language which he employed. Mr. H. LEWIS-Asthe hon. gentleman has said that he meant nothing offensive to me or any other gentleman, and that if I had asked for an explanation of his words, ho would have made any apology which would have been satis factory to me, I can only say that I regret very much that I did not take that course, which would have given the hon. gentleman the opportunity of doing what ho has now done. Not having done that in the first instance, of course places me in the wrong; acd after the handsome way in which the hon. gentleman has explained the words of which he made use and the interpretation he has put upon them -the jocular manner iu which he spoke-I have not the slightest hesitation in withdrawing the words of which I made use, which I hope will be equally satis factory to the hon. gentleman. Mr. LAYA RD-I think I have a right to ask the hoe. gentleman to withdra v the statement that I addressed him in the lobby in the terms that be has mentioned. Mr. H. LEWIS-That is impossible. Mr. DISRAELI-Having listened very impartially to what has taken place, I think the account of the hon. member for Southwark appears to be the right interpreta tion to put upon the affair, and that the hon. member for Marylebono was dreaming. Looking at the clock-(it was 1:10y7 a quarter-past 2) -it does appear to me that halluci nation is the only term we can apply to the narrative of what has taken place. But it seems after the mutual ex planations that have taken plece • that this matter need never have been brought before the house at this hour of the night when time is very-precious. It appears that be - tween the two hon. gentlemen feelings of reciprocal respect still prevail-(laughter) -and I do not know what more we can deeire. We are, I exa cure, All Pai9 ll 6 laQt to Clatie ,vatoany ut good feeling towards each other. The interpretation which I put upon the communication which has been made to you, Mr. Speaker, is that some expres sions have passed between two members of the house, liable on both sides to an interpretation, not of a pleasing character, but that, after the expression of their feelings they both agree that nothing has occurred but what, upon the whole, may be received in a manner which will leave them for the future no sentiments of disregard and no un pleasant feeling. (Renewed laughter.) I hope, sir, that you will decide that it is unnecessary to take any further notice of the matter. The SPEAKER—I will only add one word, to say that I hope this house will not again bo made the theatre of such exprcssious. Whatever may occur out of the house, this is not the place—(hear, hear)—for such ob servations as I understand are admitted to have been made. I trust thc:,ro will be no rtcurreue3 of such proceedings. (Hear, hear.) The other bns'iness was disposed of, and tho houso ad journed at 20 minutes past two. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a meeting of tbe Common Council was held at the Guildball, the Lord Mayor presiding. The special gls committee presented a report, with a petition to Parliament against the Metropolis Gas Bill. The report was adopted, and the Sheriffs of Lon don were requested to present the petition at the bar of the House of Commons, attended by the Rem embrancer. The CHAIRMAN of the Local Government and Taxation Committee (Mr. Lawley) brought up a report on the City of London Municipal Elections Amendment Act, the effect of which the committee said would be to increase the constituency of the City by upwards of 6,000 voters, and as the limita, of residence within seven miles of the City hither`ao imposed by law had also been removed by the act, the effect of the extension of the franchise would be in the direction of bringing within the municipal constituency very many of the mercantile and com mercial classes, who by their residing in the suburbs had not hitherto been included in the lists of voters. The report was agreed to, wad ordered to be printed. same committe e LAWLE Y alsohepsreecsoennatedreaporretpoorft tfhreomseletiteet committee of the House of Commons on the local government and the local taxation of the metro polis. It was a lengthy document, conveying to the Common Council the opinion of the committee on the general scope and aim of the resolutions adopted by the Commons' committee. The ten dency, they said, of the more important of those re solutions, if carried into effect, would be :-1. The extension of the county of the City of London, which it is proposed should be included in a county of the metropolis ; the abolition of the elective magistracy of the City of London, and a similar interference with portions of the metropolitan coun ties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, and the autho rity vested in the justices. 2. The elevation of the Metropolitan Board of Works, originally created principally for the main drainage of the metropolis, into a governing municipal council for the whole of London, to be appointed partly by justices of the peace, by the Crown directly, partly by the governing body of each district, and partly by direct representation of the ratepayers ; and such council to exercise the power now possessed by the Metro politan Board, to which are to be added supervision over water and gas supply, railways, &c. 3. The existing divisions of the metropolis to be readjusted, and existing boundaries obliterated at the will of the Government. 4. The local bodies, such as ves tries and district boards, to be merged throughout the metropolis, and the Common Councils ; such councils to elect annually each a chairman and deputy chairman. 5. The police force to be one for the whole metropolis. And G. That, so far as necessary to the carrying out the resolutions, all local acts to be repealed. The corporation commit tee submitted that the recommendations alluded to would have the effect of undermining municipal and representative government in the metropolis and elsewhere throughout the kingdom ; and that to reconstruct the local government of London on such a principle would not only be inexpedient and un just as regards the ancient City of London, but would disappoint the expectations of other districts of the metropolis, who naturally look for free muni cipal institutions similar to those given to towns which had been recently incorporated under the Corporations Act of 1835, as well as to those 208 ancient corporations which under that act were ex tended and regulated. The court adopted the report of their committee without a dissentient, and was referred to the com mittee to be printed, and for them to take such steps as they might think desirable. On the motion of Mr. Finlay the court unani mously resolved to contribute 100 guineas towards the fund now being raised for the erection of a statue within the City of London in honour of Mr. George Peabody, and in grateful recognition of his munificent gift to the poor of the metropolis. The court next proceeded to consider a report from the improvement committee, presented by the chairman, Mr. Deputy Fry, recommending a contri bution of £30,000 towards the cost of the improve ment in Mansion-house-street, effected by the Com missioners of Sewers. To that an amendment was proposed by Mr. Deputy De Jersey, to the effect that the whole cost of the improvement, amo unting to £ 44 , 944 odd , should be borne by the corpo ration. The subject underwent a good deal of discussion, and in the result the amendment was lost, and the report of the committee recommending a contribution of £30,000 adopted, with a reference to the coal, corn, and finance committee to consider and report out of what fund the money should be paid. The rest of the sitting was occupied with a matter of little public interest. THE PILCHARD SEASON OF 1866.—We are now in possession of facts and figures which show the work of the past season. The total number of hogsheads exported from Cornwall were 14,294, or exactly six under the ave rage of the past 10 years. The fish were not in good quality and were irregular in size. 5,700 hogsheads were cured in Mount's Bay ; 2,944 east of the Lizard ; and 5,650 at St. Ives and North of St. Ives. These were exported in lots varying from 30 to 7331 hogsheads, between the 3d of October and the sth of February, to the following places : —To Genoa, 4,017 hogsheads ; to Leghorn, 2,5851; to Civita Vecchia, 998; to Naples, 3,490; to Ancona, 5291; and to Venice, 2,674. The average prices paid the fisher men for 1865 and 1866 are unknown except to the expor ters. Those from 1850 to 1864 are stated. They ranged from as low•as 30s. to 50s. a hogshead in 1852, to 60s. and 80s. in 1860, when only 3,9201 hogsheads were sold. Within the last 17 years the sales have varied from 3,145 hogsheads in 1859 to more than 26,000 in 1861 and 1863. Cornish Telegraph. THE PARK-LANE IMPROVEMENT.—At the meet ing of the vestry of St. George's, Hanover-square, hold yesterday at the Board-room, Mount-street, the rev. the Rector in the chair, the reply of the First Commis sioner of her Majesty's Works was read, in reference to the resolution of the vestry as to the making of the road. The Government, it was stated, could not undertake to do the work at the public expense. Admiral Buncombe, M.P., proposed that their representatives at the Metropolitan Board should be required to take the whole of the corre spondence to that Board, with the view of its carrying out the work, it being a metropolitan and not a parochial im provement, and that then the parish would take to the road. Mr. Westerton said the Metropolitan Board would probably give a portion, but certainly not the whole of the money required. The surveyor disapproved the line as drawn on the Government plan, as it would bulge out be tween Stanhope and Grosvenor-gates, and hoped a wider space might be given. In answer to questions the lyo sur veyor said the expe nse of la y in g down the road w ould not excvd £3,000. The resolution was c a rried. Dr. Appleton move d another resolution to the abet that the vestry s h o uld forward plans, with as little delay as possible, the First, C A umissioner, and as he cannot recommend the work to be done at the public expense, the vest r y will u:_ dertake to do the necessary work should the Metropolitan Board decline to contribute to what the vestry public improvement, that there may b e no delay making deem a the ground available to the public use conceded with so much readiness and liberalityi chbyhatdhebeGeoll vernment. The amendment was lost -I five voting f or i t z to c 3 A 3 ,, a lEß g , ain T s is t. EmErr.i_ rionowyl_ Oi ntment and Pill s .— soon . Low Spirits, Despond ency .-_Sickness weighs down the moat buoyant spirits unless hope of speedy recovery. 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