The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-20 00:00:00

nE2ERIAL P.A2LIAMEN HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Bristol and North Somerset Railway, Teign Valley Railway, and Cork and Youghal Railway bills were read a second time.. Lord STILATFORD de REDCLIEFE called attention to the cruelties that are at present being practised in Po land. Fie gave every credit to her Majesty's Government for actines with the very best desire for the welfare and peace of Europe; but, at the same time, he could not help hopin g that something of a more positive character would be d one, and concluded by asking for some information on the; subject. Earl RUSSELL said on Wednesday last a despatch left iondon for St Petersburg, and when replies had been re ceived to it her Majesty's Government would lay the whole of the papers before the house. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his regret at the atroci ties, but thought they were only such atrocities as were incident on. civil war. Similnr, ii possible more painful, occurrences were happening on the other side the Atlantic, of which all Europe with one consent disapproved. THE BRAZILS. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose for the purpose of calling the attention of their lordships to the state of our relations with Brazil, and also to move an humble address to her Majesty for copies of any papers show ing on what rem) t the reduced demand for com pensation from the Government of Brazils was assessed at the sum of 23,200 ; also for a copy of the despatch al luded to by Mr. Christie as having been written to the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the wreck of the Prince of Wales, and not publishel in the Brazilian papers. The noble earl said it appeared to him that this country could not at the present time allow an ambassador to withdraw from it with the plea that he had been unjustly treated, and it behoved the noble earl opposite to give some explanation of the cause of the circumstance in justification of the course pursued by her Majesty's Government. He had four charges to bring against the noble earl. The first was for making no allowance for the peculiar state of the country in which the event took place. Secondly, for having given such instructions, dictated by his own judg ment and his own responsibility, to his subordinates in Brazil; thirdly, with not having exerted himself personally to settle the question, but leaving it entirely to be discussed by means of cold official correspondence ; and, fourthly, he charged the noble earl with ordering these reprisals, which, if justified, the manner in which they were exe cuted could not for a moment be supported. The noble earl then dwelt upon the correspondence which took place at the outset of the dispute between her Majesty's Minister at Rio and the Brazilian Government, in which the latter offered even then to refer the matter to arbitration, and contended that Mr. Christie should have accepted that offer, and at once removed the matter from Rio to London. In place of that, prompted and encouraged by the noble lord at the head of the Foreign Department, he proceeded to make reprisals, and committed an act which, if Brazil had been a strong Power, would have led to war. (Hear, hear,) Reprisals were always the act of the strong, but, when necessary, should be made in the least offensive way; and no complaint could be made if the noble lord (Earl Russell), instead of directing the seizure of Brazilian vessels in the harbour of Rio, had sent a few policemen on board half-a-dozen of the Brazilian vessels which might at the time have been found lying in the docks of London. (Hear.) It might be that the noble lord had one law for the strong and another for the weak; but if he had but the one law, and always acted on it, he would as certainly provoke a war, as he had in the pre sent instance insulted and exasperated an innocent and friendly people. (Hear, hear.) Earl RUSSELL—I think it must be allowed by your lordships that it is a part of the general law of nations—that it is a part of the municipal law allowed by all civilised countries—that the persons and property of foreign subjects should be respected by them. Now, this is the only principle upon which the proceedings of the Government have been founded. We have not thought it right to connive at the plunder of British subjects—at the suspected murder of Bri tish subjects—without asking from the foreign government in whose country the outrages took place all the reparation in their power. That has been the principle upon which we have proceeded ; and I do hope that the commercial import ance of Brazil will not be put forward by the noble earl as a reason for not asking some remedy for these grievances. I am ready to admit that it was a serious matter to make any demand upon Brazil with which she might hesitate to com ply ; I am quite ready to admit that it is most desirable that we should be on the most friendly terms with Brazil; but I cannot admit that its commercial importance, or our desire to be on friendly terms with it, should make us blind or indifferent to the wrongs of British subjects experienced at its hands. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord and some organs of the public press seem to maintain that it did not signify what outrages our fellow-subjects were exposed to abroad, in comparison to the millions of property which were impe rilled by misunderstanding. I cannot argue the question upon that foundation. I must argue it upon the foundation upon which we have always acted—that where a wrong has been committed a remedy should be asked in firm and tem perate terms, and, if refused, should be exacted by some measure of force. I find that since 1831 up to the present time there have been 21 cases in which France has adopted coercive measures in order to obtain redress; that there have been 22 cases in which Great Britain has adopted coercive measures in order to obtain redress; and that there have been 23 cases in which the United States have adopted like measures, to obtain redress. This shows at least that in the opinion of those great maritime countries measures of coer cion are sometimes necessary, and that you cannot obtain redress without them. What was the case with regard to this perticular matter of the shipwreck of the Prince Of Wales ? The noble lord here detailed the circumstances of the shipwreck, which are now familiar to the public, and contended that at the time when Mr. Consul Vereker pro ceeded to the coast to institute inquiries concerning them, his mind was sane and unclouded. The noble earl (Mal mesbury) had treated with some pleasantry Mr. Vereker's going to the house of the justice of the peace in order to investigate the matter. He (Earl Russell) owned that it did not appear to him to be a matter for pleasantry, bat rather of commendation, and he was glad that a British officer so well performed his duty. (Hear, hear.) Having found the ship's boat and oars, and seen in the magistrate's house chests which were not wet inside, but which were empty of their contents, Mr. Vereker asked where the bodies of the sailors were who were said to have been buried. If there had been no foul play, the natural answer would have been to point out the spot, and to facilitate the inquest which was demanded of them. The noble earl (Malniesbury) stated that four bodies had been produced for the inquest, but he entirely suppressed the fact that there were six other bodies which were not produced. Earl of MALMESBURY—I said that four bodies had been found, but that the other six could not be found in consequence of the sands. Earl RUSSELL continued—Wit'a regard to the four which were produced, the opinion was that they had been drowned; but as to the other six having been lost in the sands, as stated by the noble earl, it required an immense amount of credulity to give any credence to so frivolous a pretext. The reasonable inference was that they did not wish to produce those bodies for fear of the tale they would tell—(hear, hear)—and that was the inference which her Majesty's Government had drawn from it. It was quite clear that those persons who knew everything about the plunder of the ship and the fate of the crew endeavoured to conceal it, and there was the further fact that some of the property was found in his house. He did not complain of there being such persons on this wild coast, or that the Brazilian Government did not at once bring it into a state of civilisation; but what he did complain of was that they were accomplices in hiding the facts, and that no means were taken by the Brazilian Government to institute and carry out a rigid and vigilant inquiry, and that they left that man in the office of a magistrate, and in the same position of authority he enjoyed before the ocourrencies complained of. One of two things the Bta oil:v ltiisa Government ought to have done—either to have gated the circumstances, or to have said that the dist r i ct was in that uncivilised state that they must leave it to the representatives of the foreign Government complain ing to dealNvi with the aggressors as th e y d e e m ed best. He could n o t Governmentot, an however,hconceivetoanythird course open. Th e Brazilian had taken a diff e r en t course ; they pretended ray, and asserted th a t th ey cou ld g i ve redress ; yet, at the same time they used every means in their power to prevem juice from being don e . Th at b e i ng the state of things, i t impossible rnatter her Majesty's Govern ment could allow th e accordingly demanded emu to ties in silence, a n d t h ey said that he (Earl Ruasell)pe ha n. The n o ble ea r l h a d his serious a tone. In June, 1861, the W et demands in too e e 8n and on the 6 th September, 1 861, he n e was committed, consul, which was couched in anything htut a (m 4 E:WA to our by another, and r, dated i mper i o us terms. That was followed Feb. 8, 18 62 , comp lainin g that the ex p l anations the Brazilian Gover nment were ver y unsatis factory, which d hieh by was written in equally be comin g terms. A g r eat authority in the India Office had said that the despatches Which emanated in that office were of the humdrum style, and h e (Earl Russell) was inclined to believe that those he had written upon this subject did n ot rise much above it. After some months had elapsed he determined to demand compen sation, but, so far from leaving that matter to Mr. Consul Vereker or Mr. Christie, all he empowered them to do was to inform him of the facts, and it was independent of them and of Admiral Warren that he made his demand for com pensation. Mr. Christie acted in entire conformity with the spirit of the instructions sent to him, and it was not until he was instructed to make positive demands for reparation that he did so. Mr. Christie was not instructed to ask for arbitration, for in the despatch of the Bth October he in formed him further orders would be sent him, and they were forwarded to him on the 4th November. What he said was, that if the Brazilian Government should propose arbitration her Majesty's Government would be ready to consent to it. It was not our place to make the offer, and if we had the Brazilian Government would have considered we had no ooa, deuce in our case, an d wou ld h ave s ou g ht f or further delay. What he said was, that if the Brazilian Government thought bad they • a case, let them p ro p ose ar bi tra ti on , and her males oNernment would consider it. The Govern- merit of Brazil did not then do so, and it was not till the end of December, 1862, that measures of coercion were taken. The noble earl had taken an exception to the ui nner in which those reprisals had been carried out, and he drew a distinction different from that drawn by every wi iter on the subject. The noble earl (Russell) defended Elle course pur sued by her Majesty's Government as the I:ie most likely to attain the object in view without inflicting the greatest amount of injury; and it was only when the reprisals com menced that the Brizilian Government consented to arbitra tion. He thought it unbecoming in a member of that house to make an attack upon this case, and try to diminish the value of our complaint by the apprehension he seemed to possess that the King of the Belgians would give a decision in favour of the British Government. He was content, with out saying a word more respecting what the Brazilian Go vernment had done, to leave the matter to the judgment and decision of that eminent, enlightened, and impartial sove reign. The noble lord, in conclusion, denied that her Ma jesty's Government had acted in an oppressive manner towards a weak state. The same course was lately adopted towards the American Government, who though conscious of their strength, did justice to our arms withouthesitation ; and why did not the Brazilian government act in the same way. It often happened that a weak power considered it could commit aggressive acts with impunity, and the only way to make the British name respected all over the world was to demand and enforce redress wherever and whenever necessary. The noble earl said he should have no obj, c lion to produce that portion of the correspondence men tioned in the first part of the motion, but not the other part, and he expressed a hope that they should shortly find M. Mereira resuming his diplomatic relations with this country. Lord CHELMSFORD said he had arrived at the painful conviction that the unhappy differences that had arisen be tween this country and Brazil were mainly, if not entirely, owing to the conduct of our diplomatic agents in Brazil, the whole of whose conduct had been sanctioned and approved by the noble earl, and that our treatment of Brazil had been from the beginning to the end, harsh, overbearing, and un• just. We had made a most injurious use of our superior power against a State that was comparatively weak and un able to offer any opposition but moral resistance. The noble lord proceeded to argue that it was a case that did not jus tify reprisals, and that the manner in which they had been carried out was both unjust and improper. Having recapi tulated the circumstances of the loss of the Prince of Wales, the noble lord proceeded to argue that the very nature of the cargo, which consisted chiefly of iron in bars and nails, together with soda ash and some casks of beer, precluded the possibility of much of it having been cast ashore or saved. He then went through the correspondence, com menting upon the letters, and censuring the conduct of the Secretary of State for having adopted so strong a line of proceeding upon the representations of Consul Vereker and the demands of Mr. Stephens. He begged their lordships' special attention to the manner in which the arrival of Capt. Saumarez was announced to the President of the Court. Mr. Christie wrote a letter to the President, in which he stated that Capt. Saumarez, of her Majesty's frigate Forte, of 51 guns, had arrived, and would be happy to assist at the inquiry into the affair of the ship the Prince of Wales. He (Lord Chelmeford) contended that the mention of the force of the ship which Capt. Saumarez commanded was palpa• bly made as a threat. (Hear.) The Brazilian authorities allowed Capt, Saumarez to go away without communicating with him; and it seemed that he felt himself aggrieved in consequence. But the Brazilian Government said that the people of Brazil would have been offended if they had allowed an inquiry to be entered upon under the apparent threat of the presence of the captain of a British man. of war. That reply was in his (Lord Chelmsford's) opinion very reasonable; and he considered that the Brazilian authorities had shown sufficient desire to follow up the in quiry to deprive her Majesty's Government of the right to make reprisals. (Hear.) As to Senor Soarez, there was no proof whatsoever that he was in the neighbourhood at the time of the wreck. The whole ground upon which the charge against him of being a chief of lawless plunderers and wreckers was founded was the discovery by Consul Vereker of two English Bibles in his house, which Bibles were the property of the captain of the lost ship. But these Bibles were seen by Consul Vereker upon Senor Soarez's drawing•room table. Surely, if he were a plunderer, he would have hidden his plunder, but those books were seen openly displayed in the most remarkable place in his house. The Brazilian Minister, in answer to the modest demand that Senor Soarez should be put in jail and tried or openly disgraced, replied that there was no proof whatsoever offered against him upon which he could be placed on trial. How could they try a man against whom no charge could be sustained? (Hear.) But how was the claim for com pensation made up ? Mr. Stephens claimed something over £5,500 for cargo, and £1,025 or more for freight. Did the noble lord take any measures to test the claims of Mr. Ste phens ? Did he demand particulars of his claim ? No, he for warded the claim, and merely said that her Majesty's Govern ment would leave the precise sum open, to be afterwards as certained and proved by the owners. Did their lordships re member the celebrated case of Don Pacifico, in which this country had interfered and demanded compensation ? Mr. Pacifico's claim was for £21,200, and the tribunal to which the case was referred awarded him finally the sum of £l5O. (Loud laughter.) Surely the noble lord ought to have ascertained at least the value of the cargo as shipped. He I believed the cost of the cargo was about £3,200, and the £5,500 was the estimated selling price, that is, the profit added to the coat. (Hear, hear.) He thought he had shown that the conduct of the noble earl was harsh and oppressive towards a weak State. Mr. Christie seewad to have his own reasons for acting as harshly as he had, and the noble earl had certainly acted very harshly and oppressively. It was not a case for reprisals. There was no denial of justice on the part of the Brazilian Govern • ment. They had succeeded in bringing to justice and in punishing two officials, and they had convicted eleven other persons. And what was the course adopted by the British Government They had done an act of almost war. Lord KINGSDOWN—It is war. (Rear, hear from the Earl of Derby.) Lord CHELMSFORD—His noble friend said it was war and such it certainly was. The English admiral was sent with a fleet to Rio Janeiro, which he blockaded for six days, and he finally captured five Brazilian ships. That act of open war had destroyed the good feeling which had grown up during so many years between this country and Brazil. He deeply regretted the course which had been pursued, and ne felt it to . be his duty to declare that opi nion openly. Lord LYTTLETON briefly defended Mr. Christie, to whose honour and fidelity he bore testimony. After a few words had been exchanged across the table between the Earl of Malmesbury and Earl Russell, the debate terminated. LONDON COAL AND WINE DUTIES BILL. This bill went through committee. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill likewise passed through committee. Their lordships adjourned at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter after twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) and Great Northern Railway (Cheshire Lines). ALKALI WORKS REGISTRATION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. _ _ Mr. BRUCE entered into an explanation of the various provisions of the measure. The object of the bill is to compel the more effectual condensation of muriatic acid gas in alkali works, which it appears from the general opinion of practical chemists, is eliminated in immense bodies from these works, and has proved most injurious to human life and destructive to vegetation of all kinds. An eminent inspector and sub-inspectors were proposed to be appointed to visit works, and manufacturers not complying with the behests of the bill would be prosecuted at quarter sessions, and heavy penalties imposed on proprietors and workmen as well. The bill, it may be recollected, originated with the Earl of Derby, and has already received the approbation of the House of Lords. Mr. VIVIAN explained the large interests identified with the production of alkali and the various manufactures with which it was interested, and trusted all parties would be permitted ample means of appeal against what they might consider unjust prosecutions. Mr. BOUVERIE deprecated the interference with trade proposed by the bill, and believed it would have been better to have strengthened the common law, which he considered ample for every purpose. Besides, the manufacturers had of their own option adopted every means which science could suggest for mitigating the evils incidental to their pursuits. At a future stage he should propose that the operation of the bill be limited to a certain number of years, so that it might soon come again under the review of the house. Lord STANLEY said the owners of land in the neigh bourhood of large manufacturing towns had great reason to complain, because the vegetation was being destroyed to a greater extent every year. The law was not, at present, equal to the emergen c y. Mr. HEADLAM intimated that the great body of the manufacturers, to their credit, were not opposed to the bill, and thus all their reasonable requirements should be ac ceded to. Mr. HENLEY considered quarter sessions thev ery worst court to decide in such cases. wreqrneartz s essions. reeeedd with, a n d seve- Lord STANLEY said probably it would be well to sub s t i sub- The u h t e e c v o e u r i n e e t y anaee courts fo ral verbal am en d ments introduced. Mr, PULLER proposed an addition to clause 4 to the effect that masters would not be responsible for the un authorised and unjustifiable acts of th • eir workmen, who should be alone responsible. Mr. VIVIAN said he had lazed in the paper ranki ng the owner of mills liable in the first insta e . Mr. BRUCE recommended the hon. member to w i t h, draw the amendment, so that its purpose might be embo. died in a special clause. This was accordingly done and the clause adopted. On the motion of IVir. PULLER, the following insertion in clause 5 was agred to :—" And if any alkali work is carried on in contravention of this section, the owner thereof shall, on conviction, be deemed guilty of an offence against this act, awl shall be subject to a penalty of not THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1863. more than five pounds for every day during which such work shall have been so carried on." Clauses up to 11 were agreed to with amendments. On clause 12, which relates to prosecutions being taken to the quarter sessions, it was suggested by Mr. BRIGHT that the county courts should be instituted, and he moved that the chairman report progress in order to give the Go vernment time to consider the subject. Mr. COBDEN said unless the amendments proposed by the trade, so as to make the bill palatable, were adopted, the bill would have to encounter severe opposition. Sir G. GREY intimated a desire on the part of the Government to meet all the reasonable requirements of the trade. There would be no objection on the part of the Go vernment to assent to the right of appeal. Mr. BRIGHT withdrew his amendment. Ultimately the committee divided on the clause, when there appeared— For the clause lll Against ....... 67 Majority ----44 The clause was therefore adopted. On clause 13, Mr. VIVIAN proposed an addition to the effect that owners of mills should be liable, in the first instance, pre liminary to the punishment of culpable w( rkpeople. The clause was copied verbatim from the Factory Act. Mr. PULLER declared that the proposition would be inoperative. Mr. BRUCE supported the clause. The committee divided on the proposed clause, when there appeared For the clause Against Majority —26 The clause was consequently added to the bill. Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the act be limited to the Ist of July, 1868.—Agreed to. The CHAIRMAN was ordered to report progress. The house resumed. The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. DISTRESS IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. Mr. CHILDERS gave notice that on the motion for going into committee on the Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Bill he should move a resolution to the effect that in the opinion of this house, any system for the relief of distress in the manufacturing districts should include a pro vision for assisting emigration to such colonies as should co-operate in that object. THE CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. HENNESSY gave notice that he should bring on his motion relative to the civil service on Friday, the 17th of July. THE COURT•MARTIAL ON LIEUT.-COLONEL CRAWLEY. Mr. CONINGHAM gave notice that on Monday he would ask the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he would lay upon the table the official report of the Judge Advocate upon the proceedings of the court-martial at Mhow; and also whether the court-martial upon Lieut.- Col. Crawley would take place in this country. FEDERAL RECRUITING AGENTS AT LEEDS. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on Monday he should ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whe ther be had received a report from the magistrates of Leeds relative to agents of the Federal States of America being engaged in recruiting in that town. THE PURCHASE OF THE EXHIBITION Viscount ENFIELD asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it was true that in a report sent in lately to the Treasury, the value of the materials composing the Ex hibition Buildings were there estimated at but £30,000, less the cost of their pulling down and removal, and of making good the site; and whether there would be any objection to lay such report upon the table of the house, previous to a vote being asked of £BO,OOO for the purchase of such build ings. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said tha he might answer the question in a dry negative, but that would not be satisfactory to his noble friend or the House. There was a paper in existence which was evidently the foundation of the question; but then it was not a report sent into the Treasury, nor was it an official report. At the close of the late Exhibition it became the duty of Mr. Bow ring, who was secretary to the commission of 1851, to draw up a statement with a view of placing before the commis sioners their exact financial position; and at a subsequent date, Mr. Bowring drew up a statement intended to place before the Government so much of the facts as were material, with respect to a letter addressed by the Commissioners of 1851 to the Government, asking whether the Government meant to renew the proposal for the purchase of five acres of land. In making that statement Mr. Bowring sketched roughly, for the benefit of the Commissioners of 1851 what in his conception they might have to pay, if they desired to get possession of the Exhibition Building, placing his maxi_ mum and minimum:price at a great distance from each other. His minimum he stated at £3o,ooo—(ironical cheers)—and his maximum at £2oo,ooo—(counter-cheers and laughter) —and appended to that estimate was a note that it was only fair to the contractors to state that their estimate of the net value of the old materials was much higher than that given in by him (Mr. Bowring). But that report was not the report of a professional valuator, or of one who was professionally com• potent to give an opinion ou the subject. On the other hand, the estimate as to the value of the building on which the Go vernment had proceeded was the result of a most maul ex amination on the part of a highly-qualified professional gentleman. He might add that the contractors were under no obligations to take down the building within the shortest possible period ; if the Government were to become the pro prietors of the site, and if the contractors mere to continue in possession of the building, it would be their object so to deal with its removal as to pay the most regard to the find ing of a market for the materials. Indeed, he felt bound to state that in that event there was not the slightest pro bability, or even possibility of the Government getting command of the ground for the purpose of raising a struc ture upon it, before the summer of 1865. (Loud cries of " Oh, oh," and " Hear, hear.") ARTILLERY OFFICERS IN INDIA. In reply to Colonel SYKES, Sir C. WOOD said that no actual prohibition bad been issued against the employment of artillery officers upon the staff in India ; at the same time that the tendency of things was against their being so employed, in consequence of the great number of cavalry and infantry officers unattached. GENERAL MOURAVIEFF AND THE POLISH LADIES. Mr. SCULLY—I beg to ask the Under-Secretary for Fo reign Affairs whether it is true that the Russian General Mouravieff has issued an ordinance proclaiming that the penalty of the knout will ba inflicted on ell Polish ladies dressed in mourning ? Mr. LAYARD—I wish it were in my power to deny the statement ; but the only information before us is that which has come within the knowledge of my hon. friend. No official information has reached us on the subject. THE VACCINATION OF SHEEP. In reply to Sir J. C. JERVOISE, Sir G. GREY—The experiments which had been under- , taken with respect to the effect of vaccination upon sheep, with a view of preventing the spread of small-pox amongst them, had not been as yet brought to a close. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS IN SCOTLAND. In reply to Mr. DUNLOP, Mr. LOWE said that the recent regulation with respect to the deduction of salaries arising from endowment would not apply to the legal salaries of parochial schoolmasters in Scotland. THE DEAR PRIZE-MONEY. In reply to Lord STANLEY, Sir C. WOOD stated that it was the fact that the pri vate soldiers of the Mulwa field force, which afterwards formed the first brigade of Sir Hugh Rose's division, would receive about £4O each from the Dhar prize money, that booty having been granted exclusively to the actual captors. POOR LAW RATING. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. HUBBARD called attention at considerable length to the state of the law for rating to the relief of the poor, pointing out the vast number of anomalies which existed under the present system. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving for certain returns in connection with the Union Assessment Committee Act, and especially with respect to cottages of less than £6 per cent. rental. Mr. HENLEY objected to the return, as not being capable of being rendered in a complete form. Mr. H. S. THOSIPSON thought it would be better to postpone making the return until it could be presented in a complete and useful shape. Sir B. LEIGHTON advocated the extension of the law to the whole country, and mentioned several anomalous instances where certain properties in his county, consist, ing of limeworks and quarries, where rated when open, and not rated when underground, _ _ Mr. DODSON thought the question would be best left to local 'management. _ _ Mr. VILLIERS said he thought the experience of the working of the Act so far as it had gone was in its favour. The returns asked for, if now presented, could not possibly contain the information that was required. He therefore hoped his hon. friend would consent to postpone the consideration of the question to a wore convenient time. Mr. PUGH thought it would be better to postpone the consideration of the question until the reports had been presented from the various provincial districts. The motion was then withdrawn. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr. LIDDELL rose to call attention to the report of the Royal Commission upon Greenwich Hospital, pie sented to Parliament in May, 1860; and to inquire what were the intentions of the Government in respect to car rying out further the recommendations of that Commission, either by a bill to amend the law relating to Greenwich pointed Hospital, or by regulations of the Board of Admiralty. The hon, gentleman said he thought the exisiting evils in the of the goverule management of the hospital were traceable to three causes, :sewhof action. In 1859 a commission had been ap supinleYz: absence of responsibility, conflict of authority, and reduction in thl a t a in the domestic report recommended, first, an entire change y of the hospital ; second:y, a material establishm ent officers; thirdly, a large reduction and, wis and b c i e e nt made working fo r th;e fourthi nt w ith a view to its more effi cient some provision should families of the pensioners. Upon that report a bill had been brought in recommending that the governing body should consist of two ex officio commis sioners, and three others, to be named by the Lords of the Admiralty. It appeared to him that the recent appoint ments in the hospital were antagonistic to the provisions of the bill, which had been introduced in 1861. He thought it was only fair that the Assembly should have an opportu nity of explaining what reforms had taken place, and of removing the misapprehensions that prevailed on the sub ject of the management of Greenwich Hospital. The first appointment to which he would refer was that of Sir Richard Bromley, who had been made second civil com mis-ioner of the hospital. He had not a word to say against Sir Richard Bromley personally, but this he would say, that if it was thought desirable to reward that gallant officer at the close of a long and distinguished career, that such reward should have been forthcoming from the public treasury, and not from the funds of Greenwich Hospital. (Hear, hear.) And, on the other hand, if the gallant officer had retired from ill health, he should not have been placed in a position requiring services. If, however, one gallant officer had been appointed for the purpose of carrying out the improvements of the commissioners, then such changes should have been made in the internal constitution of the hospital as would have enabled him to carry into effect the desired reforms. At present, Sir Richard Brom ley, however well intentioned, could not effect any reforms, as he would be hampered by machinery which, as the late Sir James Graham had remarked, "had never worked smoothly since 1829." The next point rec-mmended by the commissioners wss that a considerable reduction should be made in the number of the officers who had the manage ment of the institution, and the bill of 1861. He admitted that it was necessary to keep a certain number of the offi cers for the purpose of upholding discipline and order in the establishment; but it seemed to him that such duties could be performed adequately by a less number than 17 officers, who occupied no less than one-fourth of the whole building. The claims of officers to admission into Green wich Hospital as a place of retirement rested, he believed, upon those grounds—namely, that for a very long series of years a large payment had been made out of the prize money into the chest of Greenwich Hospital. By the Act of 46 Geo. 111., passed in 1606, and by a subsequent act passed in 1814, these payments had been made legal—or, in other words, it had been enacted that no less than 5 por cent. upon all prize money should be payable into the chest of the hospital. These payments had entirely ceased in 1829, and since that time no payments on account of prize money were made to Greenwich Hospital. There was a most important consideration connected with the claims of offi cers to admission to Greenwich Hospital. In 1728, or 100 years before the payments on account of prizo money ceased, a sum equivalent to the half-pay of all officers em ployed in the hospital was ordered to be paid into the chest of the institution. What he objected to in all matters of this kind was the transference by the Crown of its own obligations to the funds of Greenwich Hospital. He wanted to give the house an idea of the tendency of public departments to throw off its own liabilities to any institution the resources of which happen to be at their disposal. In the year 1859, when the commission was sitting, the Admiralty made a proposition to the hospital commissioners to pay at once, out of the surplus income of the in-pensioners, one-half the surren dered pension of the out-pensioners, for every man, upon admission to the hospital, relinquished all claims to his pen sion. The commissioners replied that the carrying out of such a proposition would be a misdirection of the funds of the charity. (Hear.) He ventured to say that no pro posal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring the charities of the country under taxation ever equalled in magnitude this proposition of the Admiralty. Now, he would show that the results had been of the internal management of the institution by contrasting the cost of maintenance in 1805 and 1859. The cost of maintenance of 2,410 pensioners, 144 nurses, and some other assistants, in 1805, was under £69,206 per annum. The cost of the es tablishment under the head of salaries for civil and naval officers, repairs of the hospital, &c., in the same year was £21,837. In 1859 the maintenance of 1,676 pensioners (which was 30 per cent. less than in 1805) 100 nurses, and 71 sick attendants was £50,910, being £18,296 less than in 1805. The cost of the officers, repairs of the hospital, &c., in 1859 was £48,667, or £26,830 more than in 1805. While the number of pensioners had been 30 per cent, less, the cost of the establishment had been more than doubled. The hon. gentleman then referred to other recommendations of the commissioners, principally dwelling on the necessity of providing house accommodation for the wives and children of the pensioners. He believed that for a sum of £12,000 house accommodation could be provided for one hundred families in the vacant piece of ground adjoining the hospital. A plan of this kind would remove the blot which had long rested on this magnificent charity, and would go far to im prove the standard of morality in the navy. (Hear.) In con clusion, he wished to know whether her Majesty's Govern ment intended to introduce a bill this session embodying the recommendations of the commissioners, and whether the Admiralty intended to carry out those regulations which they could enforce propria motu, and without any legisla tive action. (Cheers.) Mr. STANSFELD said it could not be denied that the subject introduced by the hon. gentleman was one of great importance, and that the report to which he referred con tained many valuable suggestio ns . Th e recommen d at i ons . . contained in that report had enabled the Board of Admiralty to effect many improvements in the hospital ; and he would frankly state, on behalf of the board, what further changes they thought it desirable to make, and also where they felt themselves bound to stop ; but before he entered upon this statement, he would revert to two preliminary questions— the first was, the original intention of this great national institution, and of its founders, or, in other words, what was the original scope of the intention of the founders, and how far it had been carried out. In the second place, he had to consider the question how far the military establishments might be said to have diverted, or rather perverted, the funds of the institution from being applied to the objects originally intended. Now, he had no desire to make out a case against the one stated by his hon. friend ; but he would set out the history of the institution, in order that the house might understand the question with which it had to deal. The hon. member then referred to the charter of Win,. 111., under which the hospital was founded, and to the several Acts of Parliament which had been passed from time to time, and he expressed his concurrence with the view of his hon. friend that that charter and those acts, taken in their en tirety, yet subject to modifications, must be held to constitute the foundation deed of this great national charity. And what was the construction to be put upon that deed ? The true construction to be put upon it was that it left open to the Lords of the Admiralty to extend to the very widest limits the benefits of the foundation, and to decide with respect to the priority of all claims upon it. As to the benefits of the charity having been diverted in these later years, that was a question of fact which must be solved by a reference to dates. The hon, member then referred to a return which gave the comparative number of officers and pensioners on the esta blishment for several years, beginning with the year 1705, tLe year the institution was opened, and ending with the year 1840. In the year 1705 there were 100 pensioners and six officers upon the establishment, and in 1840 there were 1,783 pensioners and 20 officers, However, in 1862 two lieu tenants and one commandership had not been filled up, so that the number of officers was reduced to 17. There was no doubt that, according to the very oldest charters, the presence of officers in the institution was recognised, while in several of the acts of Parliament special reference was made to them. But further, he was there to maintain that the officers had solid grounds for consideration, in the faot, that they had been all along contributing to the capital fund of the hospital. From the first they had contributed the monthly sixpence as well as the men—they had also contributed five per cent. of their prize money, and one fourth of the freightage which would otherwise have fallen to their share. The hon. member referred to the great im provements which had been recently introduced in the con dition of the pensioners, Additional gratuities had been given to the men at a cost of £lO,OOO a year—while during leave of absence they received the money value of the pro visions they would have consumed in the institution. Then the widows of seamen were employed in the establishment, and the maximum Superannuation allowance was raised to £25. In the next place, he enumerated all the improve ments which had been introduced in the arrangement of the establishment He did not deny that it might not be more economically conducted; indeed, it was his opinion that the ezpenses might, could, and ought to be. reduced. I n the comparison of the establishment chat:ges of 1805 with those of 1859, the increase of re pairs, wages, and other matters had to be taken into ac count, and that ;would greatly reduce the difference be tween £21,000 and £48,000. There were 500 servants re ceiving wages, but the majority of them were pensioners and, the widows of old pensioners who it was thought de • sirable should receive some extra reward. He was not there to withdraw, on behalf of the Duke of Somerset, the opinion he expressed two years ago when he introduced his bill in reference to Greenwich Hospital; but he must remind the house that that measure did not meet with a favourable reception in either House of Parliament, and the Board of Admiralty came to the conclusion that it would be better to exercise the powers they possessed, and ascertain before they came again to Parliament how far those powers would carry them. The appointment of Sir R. Bromley was in the spirit of the recommendation of the Rcyal commission. They recommended a financial committee, and who was so. well qualified as that gentleman to fill that office ? His energies and abilities were well known, and his reputation ensured his efficient discharge of his duties. The present, condition of the wives and families of the pensioners cast a slur on this great national institution, and they were a re sponsibility on the shoulders of the Admiraltyof which they ought to be relieved, and he could assure the house that in the shape of an increased allowance to married men, the board hoped to be able to accomplish some good in that direction. Next to the wounded seamen there could be no class of persons who had greater claims on the considera- , tion of the country than their widows. Provision would be made for their relief outside the hospital, and next week he should ask leave to introduce a bill to empower the Admi-, ralty to carry their intention into effect. More a mbitious , schemes had been pr oposed and discussed, but he dou bt e d i f there had been a more practical one submitted to the house than that he had shadowed forth. The hospital was a provi sion for war, and room and means should always be ready to succour those who might require it. Sir J. PAKINGTON had heard with great pleasure the statement made by the hon. member for Halifax, and it showed that he had, in the short time he had been in office, made himself master of the question, He rejoiced to find that the bill proposed two years since was not to be again brought before the House He looked on the measure with mistrust, and the Admiralty had acted with much wisdom and prudence in dropping it. He doubted if the Admiralty required further powers. The As lum might be• conducted with greater economy, and the Government had power to do so without further legislation. He confessed he should be sorry to see the whole of the recommendation of the Royal commissioners carried out. He deplored the differences, which amounted to scandal, that existed between the civil and military authorities at the hospital, and he hoped means would be taken to prevent its continuance. The governor was a useless sinecure, and he thought the best plan would be to make a naval commander the superintendent of the hospital, who should discharge the duties of governor. He approved of the appointment cf Sir R. Bromley, and ex pressed his opinion that a better man to discharge the duties of his office could not be found. He was glad to find that Sir Richard Bromley's past services had been recognised by the Government, but the remuneration allowed to him was not so liberal as he could have wished. From 1754, when the charter was first granted, down to the commissions of 1775, 1809, and 1840, over which latter the Duke of Wellington presided, the principle had always been held that disabled officers of the navy were to have precedence in the distribu tion of patronage. There were two funds available for the institution—the freight money and prize money, the former of which amounted to ,E 400,000 ; and although it might be adn itted that reforms might be necessary, and also increased economy, he trusted that no change would be made in the system of appropriating the appointments to naval officers who during active service contributed to the funds. Sir J. HAY animadverted at some length tir on the pre sent system of appointing retired officers to situations i❑ Greenwich Hospital, not on account of the selectioLs being personally improper—on the contrary, they were highly satisfactory—but because he thought when naval officers had performed good service to their country they ought to be pensioned by the country, instead of being rewarded out of the funds of a charitable institution like Greenwich Hos spital. It wars not right that there should be 1.100 seamen in the various union workhouses of the country while the funds of the hospital were exhausted in maintaining an overgrown establishment. Mr. BRISCOE also condemned the practice of allowing seamen to remain in workhouses, and regretted that a girls' school was not provided in connection with the hospital. If it were not attended to he should bring the subject before the house next session. After a few words from Mr. ANGERSTEIN and Mr. INGHAM, Lord C. PAGET defended the appointment of naval officers, and maintained that it would be unjust to deprive them of a benefit which they had enjoyed since the foun dation of the institution. It was no doubt a very costly establishment, and its management was also costly—but if they were to atterapkto conduct it on purely politico-eco nomic principles, they had better shut it up altogether. Like the Temple of Janus, they should close it in time of peace—but in the event of war it would be filled with cripples after a general action. His hon. friend (Mr. Briscoe) was wrong in supposing there was no girls' school attached to the hospital. There was, on the contrary, a school for N girls—but he admitted that it was capable of improvement. Every seaman in the navy knew that he was entitled to the hospital, and that he had only to esta blish his claims to secure the privilege. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS replied that claims were one thing, the rules of admission another. He know of an in stance where a:seaman, 80 years of age, could not obtain admission to the hospital, although he had subscribed to its funds for 12 years, and had been in several actions. Mr. LINDSAY complained that while Mr. Stansfeld admitted the value of the . report, his whole speech was de voted to show why the Government should not act upon it. The noble lord admitted that there was no intention on the part of the founders to give an asylum in the hospital to officers, yet he asked the house to go on permitting another invasion of the intention of the founders. The Government had set themselves against every measure of reform—they had shown themselves opposed to reform that night—they had given fifty examples of it on previous occasions. The subject was then suffered to drop. THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR begged leave to call attention to the uneatisfactory position of the civil assistants em ployed on the ordnance survey, with reference to promo tion and pay—and to ask the Under-Secretary of State for War, whether there was any prospect of the same prin ciple of classification being adopted in their case, which had been attended with such good results in other depart ments of the public service. _ _ . The Marquis of HARTINGTON referred to the reply formerly given by Lord Herbert to a similar question. The Government saw no reason to alter the system in operation, which had worked excellently. The LORD MAYOR supported the claims of the Govern ment employes in question to promotion and increased pay. Mr. MOFFATT also urged their claims on the favour able consideration of the Gov 9. nment. Sir S. M. PETO said the Government ought to classify fairly all they employed, pay them adequately, and let them provide for a future day, instead of the Government under taking to pay them pensions. After some observations from Mr. CARNEGTE and Sir E GROGAN, the subject dropped. SUFFERERS BY DANISH REPRISALS IN 1807. Mr. MACAULAY asked whether the Government could lay upon the table a statement showing the value of the Danish property and fleet seized in 1807 ? Mr. F. PEEL said there was no objection to their fur nishing all the information in their power, but it would be exceedingly difficult to estimate the value of Danish men of-war seized so far back. The motion for going into committee was the* agreed to, and the house having gone into committee pro forma, im• mediately resumed. The Harwich Harbour Bill passed through committee. The Removal of Irish Poor Bill passed through commit. The Militia Pay Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Charitable Uses B!11 was read a third time, and passed. The Mutiny (East India) Act Repeal Bill passed through committee. The Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) Bill passed through committee. The Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. The Watchmen in Towns (Ireland) Bill was withdrawn. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 'STOCKBRIDGE RACES.-FRIDAY. Tto Uxbridge Plate (handicap) of 50 so; s,added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, for all ages. Bush in. 18 subs. Lord Uxbridge's Liston, 3 yrs, fist 81b (Thomas') 1 Mr. Morris's Indolence, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (S. Mordan) 2 Mr, Hodgman's Confusion, 6 yrs, 7st 51b Marquis of Hastings' Garotter, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Deacon) t Confidence and Mrs. Trimmer also ran.° Betting-6 to 4 agst Confidence, 3to 1 agst Liston, 6to 1 agst Confusion, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Some 30 minutes were consumed at the post through the antics of Mrs. Trimmer, who resolutely refused to face her horses, and was left behind. Confusion made play, with Confidence and Liston in close attendance into the bottom) where the former gave way, and Liston, coming out, took a clear lead, followed by Indolence, the two racing home together, Liston winning by a head. Garotter caught Con fusion in the last stride, and finished wild a dead heat for third, the pair being four lengths in rear of Mr. Morris's colt ; the others beaten off. The Railway Plate of 50 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 Boys each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geld ings, Bst 71b; selling allowances. T.Y.C. 14 subs. Mr. W. Day's Amelia colt, Bst (£100), (S. Adams) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Dilston, Bst (£100) (Perry) 2 Mr. Night's iN athalie, Tat 111 b (E 100) (Judd) 3 The following also ran :—Aunt Judy, Belle of the Vale, and Evelina. Betting-7 to 4 agst Nathalie, sto 2 agst the Amelia colt, and 100 to 15 agst Belle of the Vale. Prince Soltykoff's filly cut out the work, with the Amelia colt, Nathalie, and Dilston at her quarters, into the etraight, where she was headed by the Amelia colt, who came on with a slight lead, closely attended by Nathalie and Dilston at the distance, where the latter headed the favourite and challenged the leader at the stand, but failed to get up, and was beaten cleverly by a neck ; two lengths separated the second and third—Evelina was fourth, and Belle of the Vale next. The winner was sold to Young King for 205 guineas. The Visitors' Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Payne'.. Bandage, 4 yrs Est 121 b Mr. W. Day's Kingwood, 3 yrs, 6st 21b.... (S. Adams) 2 Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Fordham) 3 Buckenham and Tippler also ran. Betting-2 to I agst Tippler, 3to 1 each agst Bandage and Kingswood, 6 to 1 agst Spencer, and 10 to 1 agst Beckenham. Bandage jumped away with a commanding lead, fol lowed by Spencer, close up with whom were Kingswood and Buckenham, Tippler being last, to half way up the hill, where Buckenham dropped into the rear; Tippler then emerged from his rearward position and joined Kingswood, who took the second place in the bottom, but was never able to reach Mr. Pay ne's mare, who won in a canter by four lengths; Spencer was a bad third, the others did not pass the post. The Danebury Nursery Stakes, a free handicap of 10 80V8 each, 5 ft, with 200 added, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 20 ------ -- subs. Mr. G. Solomon's Aunt Judy, 6st 121 b (Peppier) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's Young Rapid, 7st 81b (Morgan) 2 Mr. Fowney's Lady Williams, 7st 31b (Judd) 3 Mr. J. B. Starky's Izaak Walton, 7st 41b (ILGrimsbaw) 4 Black Friar, Echo, Oberon, Royston, Mail Train, Red Cap, The Tyke, Lifebuoy, Verbena, Pyrrha, Warwick, and Dermott Asthore also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Lady Williams, sto 1 agst Young Rapid, 7 to 1 agst The Tyke, 8 to 1 agst Echo, 10 to 1 agst Izaak Walton, 100 to 8 each agst Lifebuoy and. Dermott Asthore, 100 to 7 agst Red Cap, 100 to 6 each agst Verbena and Warwick, and 20 to 1 agst Mail Train. Aunt Judy was the first away, and made the running at a goad pace, followed by The Tyke, Black Friar, the favourite, Izaak Walton, Echo, Royston, and Young Rapid, with the others going close up. As they passed the bushes hill they closed up, and descending the hill the leading division spread, and came on into the dip nearly in line. Aunt Judy, who lay on the extreme left, had a trifle the best of it as they crossed the road, Lady Williams being in the centre, with Young Rapid, Izaak Walton, Red Cap, and The Tyke on her right. On reaching the distance Lady Williams was in difficulties, and in a few strides further Young Rapid headed her and challenged Aunt Judy. The pair ran together to the end, and the filly run ning the longest won by a head ; three lengths between. the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth; Black Friar was fifth, Red Cap sixth, Mail Train seventh, and The Tyke next. Royston and Echo were the last two. The Gentlemen's Derby of 100 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age, with winning penalties and maiden allowances; gentlemen riders only. Two miles. 13 subs. Mr. S. Thellusson's Bally Edmond, 5 yrs, 12st 81b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 1 Mr. R. Hill's Knave of Trumps, 3 yrs, 9at 31b - - - (Mr. Bevill) 2 Mr. C. Symonds Laurel, 3 yrs, 9st 3lb (carried 9st 111 b) (Mr. Edwards) 3 Mr. J. Powney's Raglan, 3 yrs, lOst .. (Mr. Wombwell) 4 Betting-3 to 1 agst Bally Edmond, and sto 1 apt Raglan. The favourite made all the i unning, and won cleverly by a neck; a bad third; Raglan beaten off. The Stewards' Plate of 100 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weights for age, with penalties and allowances. Two miles. 40 subs. Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Fairwater, 5 yrs, Bst 12Th (Custance) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, 6st 11b.... (Drew) 2 Mr. J. Day's Canary, 5 yrs, 9st lib (Rogers) 3 Betting-100 to 30 on Fairwater, and 6 to 1 each agst Golden Dust and Canary. Canary made the running, with Fairwater second, and Golden Dust next. At the entrance into the straight the favourite went up, obtained the lead in a few strides, and won in a canter by a length and a half. Golden Dust, who passed Canary half-way up, defeated her by six lengths. The Portsmouth Plate, of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; optional selling weights. T.Y.C. 17 subs. Mr.W. Day's Ellen Percy c, 2 yrs, fist 6lb (£300) (S. Adams) 1 Mr. Greville's Verdiere, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (£300) (J. Grimshaw) 2 Marquis of Hastings' Redcap, 2 yrs, Est 91b (£300) (Deacon) 3 Captain Gray's Dr. Pangloss, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (L 300) (Dowling) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Ellen Percy colt. Dr. Pangloss made the running, followed by the fa vourite on the left, and Red Cap and Verdiere next the rails into the bottom, where the Doctor was disposed of, and Red Cap came' n, closely attended by the Ellen Percy colt and Verdiere. At the distance the latter came out and carried on the running to the Stand, where the fa vourite headed him, and won by half a length; a bad third. The winner was not claimed, and Mr. Greville claimed Dr. Pangloss. Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. Half a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Beauclerk's Southport, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (£6O) (Custance) 1 Mr. Starky's Princess Vocqsal, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (£6O) (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Brayley's Surbiton Hill, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ( 6O) (A. Cowley) 3 Curie and Mrs. Trimmer also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Southport, 4to 1 agst Curie, and 6to 1 each agst Surbiton Hill and Mrs, Trimmer. The favourite, on the far side, made play, followed by Surbiton Hill and Princess Vocqsal into the bottom, where Mr. Brayley's colt was beaten. The issue was thus with the other two, who ran locked together to the chair, and Southport, for once running kindly, won by a neck; there were three lengths between the second and third, and the others were beaten off. The winner was sold to Mr. Mel lon for 140 guineas. The Westmoreland Plate of 50 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age. 8 subs. Mr. Savile's Buckenham ,4 yrs, Bst 121 b .... (Goater) v.o. BETTING AFTER THE RACES, NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 7to 1 agst Polynesial(taken) 7to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 100 to 12 agst Carbineer (taken) 9to 1 agat Brighton (taken) 100 to 7 agst The Monk (taken) 100 to 6 agat Adventurer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Doefoot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Brilliant (taken) 000DWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Blondiu (taken) 12 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst The Ranger (offered) 7to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) THE DERBY. 1000 to 30 agat Baragh (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, FRIDAY; In the early part of the day Adventurer was in force for the Northumberland Plate at as low as 11 to 1, but sulise quently 100 to 8 was laid against him, and that price was taken freely about Carbineer. Polynesia remains firm at 6 to 1, taken freely, and 7 to 1 was booked about Caller Ou. Brighton was steady at 8 to I.—Closing prices : NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 11 to 2 agst Polynesia (take 6to 1 freely) 7to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) Bto 1 agst Brighton (taken) 100 to 8 agst Carbineer (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Adventurer (taken) 100 to S apt Doefoot (taken) 100 to 6 agst Pilot (offered) 20 to 1 agst The Monk (offered) 20 to 1 agst Daniel O'Connell (offered) 25 to 1 agst Oldn-tinster (offered) Full benefit of reduced duty ;dvuetryy choice obta obtained a e t d 3 b s y 4a. and pur chasing Horniman's pure 4s. «High St a ndard " . 4 4s. 4d. (formerly 4 s . Bd . ) , i s the stro n gest and most de licious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. LISBURN ELECTION. Mr. COLLINS was about to move that the Attorney- General for Ireland be instructed to prosecute Messrs, J. Barbour, R. Barbour, and T. Barbour, for bribery at the late Lisburn election, when Mr. BAINES moved the adjournment of the house, on the ground that it was improper to discuss so grave a ques tion at so late an hour. The house divided, and the motion was lost by 142 to 19. Mr. COLLINS then moved that the gentlemen be pro secuted. The motion was amended by the omission of Thomas Barbour's name, and was then agreed to. The house then adjourned. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The ordinary weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday at their offices in Spring-gardens. Mr. John Thwaites, the chairman, presiding. The cash statement showed that the balances in the hands of the treasurer were—on current ac counts, £84,410 18s. 10d.; on deposit accounts, £31,786 ss. ; and on Government securities, £78,110 lls. 3d. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer to the Board, had nearly completed the plans and sections for the embankment of the Thames. He would ha able to lay them on the table by the 10th of July, and the board could then proceed to invite tenders for the work. The tenders might be returnable by the 13th of August, as the Board would not adjourn for the holidays before the 14th of that month. Mr. CARPMAEL moved that the question should be referred to the Thames Embankment Committee to consider the best mode of inviting tenders for the work. Mr D'IFFANGER seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. SMITH, the solicitor to the Board, reported that the Parliamentary committee had sat during three days of the present week on the bill for the new street from Blackfriars bridge to the Mansion house, and the chief opponents to the measure were the Corporation of London, the City Commissioners of Sewers, and certain landowners. The corporation proposed a different plan for the street, and prayed that the authority for executing the works might not be vested in the Board. The committee of the House of Commons rejected the corporation plan and prayer, and reported the preamble of the Board's bill proved. (Hear.) The committee of the House of Commons had also reported that the preamble of the Southern Thames Embankment Bill had been proved. The remainder of the business was of a routine character. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway'si Ointm en t an d Pills— modern Science. — The time s not remote when all heredi tary skin diseases were pronounced to be incurable ; but happily for all such suff erers at the present day the use of Holloway's noble remedies will speedily dispel this dis couraging delusion. Scrofulous sores, strumous affections, glandular swellings, and inflammations, yield a ready and painless obedience to the cooling, rectifying, searching, and strengthening properties of this well known Ointment and these justly-e s t eeme d Pills. Their accompanying direc tions will enable everyone to apply these remedies to the best advantage, and no one need fear th a t an y ev il will re sult from the adoption of Holloway's pinifying treatment, the diet b e regu l a t e d an d t h e i nst ructions receive even moderate attention. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SCOTTISH CENTRAL. A special meeting was held at Path on Weil nesday to consider the bill for an ariadgamation with the Dundee and Perth Company. Mr. R. Bruce presided. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the bill, said that notwithstanding the opposition by the North British and the coalowners of Fife, it had passed through the committee of the House of Commons, and the opposition had been entirely un successful. Mr. MACDUFF seconded the motion, which was agreed to. It was also resolved to approve the bill to enable the Scottish Central to make branches to Plean mineral fields, and also the Devon Valley Bill, for the creation of preference shares, and giving the Scottish Central a permissive power to work the line. DUNDEE AND PERTH. A special meeting was held at Dundee on Wed nesday to approve the bill for amalgamation with the Scottish Central. Sir P. M. Ttiriepland pre sided. The CHAIRMAN stated that the committee of the House of Commons had granted certain facility clauses to the North British Company similar to those they had first rejected. The directors be lieved this amalgamation would be of advat tage to the shareholders, and a great convenience to the public. Tbe bill was unanimously approved, and thanks were given to the directors for their efforts in pro moting it. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday a Committee of the House of Lords, Earl Romney in the chair, met to consider the merits of the following railway Bills :—Wres ham, Mold and Connah's Quay ; Oswestry, Elles mere, and Whitchurch ; Drayton Junction North Staffordshire (additional powers), Potteries Junction, Brecon Junction, and West Midland Rail ways, taking first into consideration the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay, evidence in favour of which was adduced. In the other Committees, and that of Lord Redesdale's, the following railway bills were passed :—Letterkenny, New Milford, °awes try and Newtown (branches), Charing•cross, Eves• ham and Redditcb, and Shrewsbury and Welshpool. In the Commons, the case of the Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth Railway underwent farther inquiry, and the Committee adjourned tollonday. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862. 2,125 2, 0 " 657 613 I,Bsl 1,0) Belfast and N. Counties 135 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 Caledonian 230 230 Cockermouth& Workington B/ si Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 61 Cork and Youghal .. 32 6 1 324 Cornwall 534 531 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 484 484 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 169} Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 50 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union _ 663 614 Great Northern 330 330 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 (it. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 661 ift.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 Great Western 992 9641 Inverness & Aberdeen June B6l 731 Irish North-Western 145 145 Irish South-Eastern 251 25 4 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3954 Limerick and Ennis.. 244 2 Limerick and Foynes 2 26; Llanelly 4 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 54 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2504 2414 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 724 Do. Metropolitan Extension 4 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Shellleld.&Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (inoL N.-Western) 630 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 259 Monkland 7l Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Car BO4l North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton l2 Rhymney l9l St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B/ Somerset and Dorset 393 South Devon South-Eastern 306 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 55 372 405 1,586 1 653 381 35 ! 1,420 1,2 98 1,710 1,781 182 '- 1,991 2,l n g 1,086 "` a B'3ol 7, 301 2 '; 2,901 2,7 7 ,1 8,473 8P 1 '; 27,711 3 1,29 ' 26,053 24,14 0 1,865 1. 847 2 612 6 =' 7,424 8,219 58,609 61 - 907 1,318 88 3 , 3,702 1,14 "" 2 34 425 32 '177 41 1 77 177 17 ' 181 1 . 3 6 95 ! 94,014 9,,09 } 1,853 1,9 90 25,702 23,8/ 5 17,h45 21,59 3 4,611 5,09 421 2391 28 gi 614 192 71* 44 Ulster v 04i Vale of Clwyd Vale of Neath 2s} Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 274 W. Hartlepool HarbrAßaiL 18 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction .. .. 12 Whitehaven & Furness Jun... 35 Mt 8781 1321 39 76i 306 183 460 1 ; j15 1,6 65 14,521 15,552 1,242 2,325 1,311 1,164 1,952 89,199 41,653 5,385 4,b63 1,472 1,676 2,560 2,396 11,799 10,300 41,0: , 6 40,274 3,072 3,131 8,015 8,071 1,112 821 888 691 1,827 1,95 4 3,619 3.1 63 5,030 4,666 297 342 4.773 4,13 9 20,549 25, 711 10,098 9,01 8 5,208 4,6 45 1,801 1.8 29 193 23 6 2,004 1.903 838 409 1,016 1,3 21 086 992 4 '691 X 507 691 607 834 691 802 691 1,196 1 . 11 ,1 31 315 Mt, - ' 361 2,138 921 1890 1,892 3 800 2,84 4 4'BBB 49 , 660 41 6,474 487991390642636 13,046 11,43 7 ' 635 402 10,045 8,446 21,7f.4 14,3 51 2,251 1, 61 9, 752 67` 40 - - 1354 118,003 114,672 1204 62,813 53,91 1 - 687 - 69 582 648 68 1,461 1,208 1315 - - 777 22,920 24.275 92 7,474 3,‘11 25 466 622 75 868 912 758 4 3 , 599 3,,262 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. &ntwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction 26 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 Dutch Rhenish. lOBl Eastern of France...—.. lO7B East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 405 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India ... • 79 Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 429 Northern of Canada Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 Paris and Orleans 1340 Pernambuco 77# ' Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 68 South Austrian Southern of France 777 Victorian 196 Welland.. •• • • 25 West Flanders ... .. 75 W. and N.W. of France 758 1 26 321 lel} 185 Icel 1060 597} 1090 437} 134 COUNTRY MARKETS• .4 , ' LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. At this day's market there was a fair attendance, with a fair demand for wheat, and sales eff ec t e d at l ate pr i ces . Corn steady. Flour quiet, and unchanged. STAMF ORD —FRIDA Y. White wheat, 48s to 50s ; red, 44s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, ;iss to 38s; grinding, 30s to 33s per qr• Oats, 22s to 253 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to —0 Per qr. ; new, 38s to —B. IVAKEFM:.LD---Fnma.y. Wheat held for higher priek.s, but business chiefly ow fined to fine fresh red, for which is advance in some cases was obtained. Beans slow. Oafs and shelling were un altered. EXETER—FRIDAY. Wheat, white.. 6s 3d to 6s 4d f Barley.. Od Ditto red .6s Od to 6s 3d 1 Oats .. ..... ..2s 9d td 3s Flour, fine, 35s to 365; seconds,;34s t o —s per sack. CATTLE. 3s sa to 03a Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d to 11s6d E wes , p er lb .., .5d to 64, Pork carcases, 78 Od to 8s Od I Wethers, d 0....... 7d to --' Lamb, p 1b.......—d to —d Fat calves, do ...Oa to 7d• Rough fat, 3?d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. The market this week has been steady, but we cannot boast of much activity. The sales of colonial on the opt amounted to about 300.hhds., at late values. Refined sales a are only moderate, at" little concession in prices. The sales of rum confined to present requirements. Births. EvArrs,—On the 18th inst., at 30, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park, Mrs. Evans, of a son. FITZGERALD.—On the 19th inst., at 101, Eaton-square, the wife of Gerald Seymour Fitzgerald, Esq., of a daughter. WILKINSON.—On the 17th inst , at Castleview, Buttevant, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Green Wilkinson, of a son. Marriages. DEVEREUX—HODSON —On the 16th inst., at St. Paul's, Hammersmith, Mr.ViriiliamWarren Devereux, of Wood land Cottage, to Mrs. Hodson, of` Stanley House, Turn ham green. STACPOOLE--ROSSMORE.—On the 18th inst., at Saint J ames 's, Major G. W. Stacpoole, of Eden Vale, Ennis, to the Lady Rossmore._ Deaths. BonDrNaTox.—On the 15th inst., at Ditchling, Sussor-• R. Boddington, Esq., aged 69. CA.RLTON.—On the 14th inst., suddenly, at Brompton, Mr. Charles Carlton, aged 60. Mott/arr.—On the 17th inst., at 16, Park-lane, the Lady Henrietta Morant. MULOCK.—On the 17th inst., Benj. R Mulock, Esq./ of Wildwood, Hampstead. RoarNsoN.--On the 19th inst., at Brixton, Mr. Charle s Robinson, of 17, Graccchurch-street, aged 35. SANDFORD. —On the 15th inst., at Bollington Hall, Oakley, Essex, Edward Sandford, Esq., aged 64. WoLLEN.—On the 13th inst., at Islington, suddenly, Wollen, aged 60. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDRL W, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN O ffi ce, No. 112! Strand, in Saturday, Precinctinthe June of t 2 h o, e I S e a o ry, In the ColultY Middlesex,_ of