The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTBLLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The fortnightly settlement is chiefly engaging attention ; but though there is not otherwise much animation, the tone is very favourable. A further improvement of i t has been established in the Funds Which are deriving support from the fact that present quotations carry the dividend. American railways and foreign stocks, including Egyptian, are rather higher ; while Bi.itish railways maintain a firm tone. There is a little more inquiry for money than there wtts yesterday, and rates are, consequently, rather .firmer at 2 per cent, for first class bills. The Atrato has arrived from the West Indies with .£182,619 in spe -ie. The English Funds continue 'very firm. Consols show a further advance of /, being dealt in at 94/ to 9 4i for money and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 92. 7 ',- to 921, also being / better India Five per Cents. are i nqu i re d f or a t 116 t o 1113 1 - ; Bank Stuck unaltered at 243 to 245 ; Ex chequer Bills, 12; to 17s prem. Foreign Stocks are firmer, thouh apart from the progress o f t h e sett l ement there is not much doing. The -Viceroy's Seven per Cents. are / better, at 70,!r, but there is no quotable change in the Nine per Cents.,• at 88tj to 89.4 ; nor in the 1864 Bonds, at 7 0.4 to 804 ; Italian (1861) arc i s better, at 481 to 49 ; and Greek at 121 to 121 ; Mexican are quoted 154 to 151 •, New Spanish, 35 to 351 ; Turkish, 3 , 4 to ; anti Portuguese, 391 to 40i. English Railways show a further fractional im provement. There is a rise of gin Caledonian, at 754 to 751 ; of f in' Brighton, at 52.1 to 534 ; in Great Northern, at 1024 to 104 ; and in the A Shares, at 99 to 99/ ; and of k in Mid land, at 109& to 110 ; in London and North Western, at 1161 to 1161 ; in Met ropo li tan, at 1122 to 1131 ; and in Chatham at 181 to 191. In Great Eastern, at 34k to 35, there is a re l a p se o f f . There is no change in Lancashire and Yorkshire at 128 i to, 119 ; Seuth Eastern, 742 to 741 ; and London and South' Western, 89 to 91. Among foreign Government railways, Egyptian Debentures are better, at 89 t o B*, and Orel -Vitebsk (Russian) 1 1 ,-, at 781 to 79/ ; Nicolai are quoted, 65i to 66/. The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan fully paid up is 90 to 90i, and th e S cr i p 3i t o 2i di s . The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. In foreign railways, Great Luxemburg is better, at 9g. to 91 ;Lombardo-Veneti an s t ea dy, a t 14k to 15 / . Anierican securities are very firm. United States Five -twenty Bonds are / higher, at 70g to g ; Erie Shares show an improvement of 1, and Illinois /, being quoted at 47 to 48 and 94i to 95 respectively. Atlantic an d Great Western R a il wa y D e b entures have r isen to 291 to 30k ; an d t h e C onso li dated Mortgage B ' onds remain firm at 331 to 34/. In Bank Shares the transactions are limited, and with the exception of London Joint-Stock, which are higher, prices are unaltered. The following are the prices 9 , •Alliance 13 to 12 dis. ; Agra (A shares), 1. to 4 to 1 101 ; A nelo-Austrian, 4 to 4i ; Consolidated, London Joi n t-St oc k, 33 t o 3 4 ; and imperial uttoman, :4 to g- prem. Foreign mining shares are in little request. St. P h ilip is Reys are steady, at 20k. to 21k. Port Pis lower, at 11 t o 11 , w hil e Ch onta l cs are /bette r at2 to 2/. • Miscellaneous shares are quiet. Anglo-American Telegraph is L uoted, a to 23g. ; H Atlantic Tele- T" EightEight q per Cent. t , 23/ 5/ to 5g ; udson's Bay, o 14a ; L on d on General Omnibus, 1/ to 2k. Au ordinary general meeti ng o f t h e A ng l o - A str e ian Bank has been called for th e 30th M ay . Steellextraordinary genera l meeting of the Mersey d I May. an Iron Company has been called for the 7th ?,eThe transfer offices of the Bank of England will ~...losed on Friday, the Ist of May, for striking the 14 ,. 4" YearlY balances, and a close holiday will, as "so.ll, be observed in the Stock Exchange. 6 ar gold to the value of £60,000 was yesterday taken to the Bank. • The Glasgow Mai/ learns that the sheriff bas ap proved of a deed of arrangement reinvesting Messrs. ealld A PNab and Cotnpanv, Greeock, in their whole estates ; the engineering and shipbuilding works, which, e supervisionnce the stoppa.ge, have been in operation under the „ of Mr. Moncrieff Mitchell, the judic• I .. _? v tor, w ill now be carried on by the parties them oci es as heretofore. the 1 roriowtng T he , „ . Ore, relates to the Delhi Railway:— . B a y ttr. ast mail from India it is announced that the iron ,der work of the Beas Bridge for the first span was of°lsstierdpinoto place on the 2 . 5 th March,. in the presence p uti,i„ nald M`Leod, Lieutenant Governor of the rail w ) ";; 3 7 l his staff, and the chief officers of the A remittance of £1,384 lls 10d has been received on aCCoura of Ecuador dividends, and £8,330 12s 4d .in accou nt of NT Th e d i• - ... ew.Grenada dividends. eilveries of tea in London for the past week are r P : •staated at 7 ,595,7401b5., showing the large in wease of 4,286,5491b5. as compared with the previous i n e ek• This is explained by the large purchases made cre ased "tici Pation of the possibility of the duty being in , to of for the expenses of the Abyssinian x Pedition. _The followin;-; are the rates of continuation, &c., '•„.ol...rrent at the fortnightly settlement now in pro i6. grass : Caledonlan, g to i back, closing i to 1-16 uifek • !I , Great Eastern, 1-16 to * contango, closing kto ... I 6,4 . ~ Great Northern, f to i do.; do. A, k back ne. t contango, closing k to I contango ; Leeds Stock, i n to k contango, closing k to 4- contango ; London .`.ute North Western, even to -A- contango ; Great land%lr stern, i to i con tango, closing even to ii- ; Mid -1,, even to i- back, 'closing 5-16 to 7-16 back ; -,e,ietropolitan, even to A- back, closing 1-16 to 3.16 i °lltau go ; Dovers, 1-16 to 3-16 contango ; Sheffields. -1 6 to 3-16 No rth British, 1-16 back to 1-1 contango; do . 6 contango ; Great Western of Canada, 6d to Is •, Grand Trunk of Canada, Gd to is do.; Brighton, to d o. The Trust and Ag enc y L oan C ompany of Australia ha ve issued their report and balance-sheet. There is 411 available balance of £25,305 after payment of the int erim divid en d o f November last. The total p toa y - .tent for th e y ear 18 67 i s 4s per share, being equal 0 per cent. on the capital called up. According to Messrs. Buxton and Hunter's price current, the commencement of the next series of eolonial wool sales h as b een fi xed for the 14th May. The Queensland, quantities already co ns i s t o f Sydney and 23,611 bales ; Victo r i a , 68 ,213; Adelaide, b 16,6 75 . Tasmania, 1,251 ; Swan River, 1,518 ; New caland, 7,690 ; C ape , 21,970 ; t o t a l , 140,928 oaks. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 9 .4 1 31 Par Cent. Consols 911 44 Ditto f Ac coun t 8 or 94 1 Nero Cent. Reduced 921 1 - , i 4:).'e 3 per Cent " 6 „, 2?,.. per Cent. Jan. 1891 4 "‘-'• 5 per Cent. 1873 nnuities, SO vrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 7. 7-1 G P . 3. for 30 yrs; expire sth April 1885 l2 10_0(.0 (Red Sea Televaph), Aug , 1908 •;,,-. 12 pm "'ict)equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 1) 0 , D o 17 12 . £5OO 13A £ lOO & 4:!00 l7 12 pm tLkl. of England Stock, 41per Cent 215 3 4 Account 1 il d • 'NINO GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. tioa.!4.tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Do . ccount 116 k 1 16 D 0.4 • 0 per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 Pe?" Cent, Oct. 1888 ~e. certifientos — t;o• Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent 0 0 ' s,,Per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do ' ' t # Per Cent., May 1879 lO B4 ° ' Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Dr,. do. 1877 — D 0.,.., D o do. 1882 — ...,„ Bob ' , 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 1)• nds, .5 per Cent., £l,000 °. Under .£1.000 Ar,-, FOR EIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. At,,n.titte R epublic, 6 per Cent. — _ brt,itliir...?-toods, 5 per Cent. 1859 ad ___ Oa . 4 ;' ° Per Cent ___ .n o. s Per Cent., 1852 _ b O , d_, o ., 188 70 bo. ae., 18 ;0 ti o. ~ do., 1863 _ 741 4 1 3-1- bo per Cent., 1865 ilil, 4ecount 1) 4o 34 Yres _ 6 per Cent Bs} egbtlPer Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) o, dle w' Per (lent. D 0 4 1 16 Per Cent — b o ;2 Per Cent — D o ' () Per Cent•, B — to., 1867 • 961 i 1)0 .1 7 P f t 'Cent 1866 lOOl 1 1004 ~ Se •0 ) , ,;;,,. r'.ll £32 paid ........... I),,,iBulan, 6 oor Cent. x 1) th imi , 3 P !t• Cunt. 1825. ... . D o 844 Principalities, 7 i.c..r Cent 74 tr.,,u4,1 Per Cent., 1867 — 1 9\V' 1- I•YptIZ I , I -‘l. Con:lolidated, 11,,•ir Cent l2l 0 0 , ,q,,' er Cent 1 , , - i oad issue .. r ) • £5lO Rend .... °. 4.10 e bonds''' _ r , D 0 ..o. „ f ~-.,' 1864 4 .£lOO Bonds ,„, 811 (.Ir,,4j(2runt,,nt Rail epiv tiebentures .... 89 i 1) 0 , 4 .Z Per cont. 18 4 4-5 ex Coups — Do.I) ec,,unt ' - ' r, 11"°N)11,1 ........................................................ 1 0 111 NaG P " (;eut in n 4 5 ov• Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., .£25 p bo, , k, P"' then t., 1865 ) count ... 0. ),1, 4 . 0 _ , • ........................ e.ric. 3 .aniatut Itairtay — D titt o f Per Cent nor Account ........................ ...IN ) is • 1864 ZolPc'dorittleeont. An. , glo-Fren c h 1•1 13 1, / 1 per u ent. ......... • e ruperial 5 per C ent Now Granada l3i 11 Do 3 per Con 3s} Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 B2- I Do Account .„ 821 3 24 Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cont., 1E62 - Do Account Ports guese 3 per Ct., 1813, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 39,1 Do. do., 1>67 931 40 - • - - • - ~ 95 . - Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1.62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £Bl 15s. do — Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds .. ... Do. do £Bl 15s. do — st%rdieiati, 5 por Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . 371 Do Acc , Junt. De New Deferred — Do Account Du l'a , isive Do Ace. ant Do Corn. Cert. of Cott ; . nut luidod ... Do Account Do I per Cent., Guaranteed T tvkish 6 per Cent. Du Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Uo ..ilOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 63f Do Account Do ..£lOl Bonds Do. 1863 56 Do 5 per Gent., 1865 Di Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 s3i 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent.. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the above payable in. Londe). Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 'if per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil.. — Do Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Austrian a psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins It‘liah 5 per Cent. 1831, Zsf. Do. Account - TWO OMLUCK. Consols, Money 931 I Do. Account, sth ➢lay 931 I Bounsc, April 27.—T, closed as follows: .ree o'clock.—The marker 4} per Cent. 93 47f End of month 3 per Cent End of month 69 321 Credit Alobilier 240 End of month 241 25 Credit Fonder l4O Eud of month — - RAIL WA I Bank Shares ItsPao Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Account Orleans Northern - llB2l Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 576i Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian 5571 Lombard 373i North of Spain Saragossa Roman 44 THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,----Immediately before the commencement of Mendelssohn's " Hymn of, Praise" and Walpurgis Night on Wednesday next (to-morrow) at Exeter Hall, by the N;&tional Choral Society, the National Anthem will be performed by the band and chorus of 700 performers ; and I beg to ask those of the public who intend to be present on this occasion to show their loyalty, and to exhibit their sympathy with the Queen on the occasion of the diabolical attempt on the life of our Sailor Pritne, by joining heart and hand in the last verse of the National Anthem, copies of which, words and music, will be presented to every person enterinv, the hall. The National Anthem will be sung pre cisely at 8, and the doors of Exeter Hall will be open at 7.30. I am, sir, your obedient servant, GEO. W3l. MARTIN. 14, 15, Exeter-hall, April 27, 1868. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TIHS DAL MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAPTURE OF A DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COIN. —William Thompson, described as a costermonger, was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with having in his possession a counterfeit sovereign, six counter feit crowns, and a counterfeit Ibrin, knowing the eatne to be counterfeit, with intent to circulate the same. Mr. James Brannan, agent to the Mint, and em ployed to trace out offenders against the currency, said—Yesterday afternoon, while in a shop in Dud ley-street, wish Sergeants Ackrill and Matthews of the F division, and Police-constable Bran nan, G- division, Sergeant Ackriil called m y attention to the prisoner, who was going along Dudley-street. We followed the prisoner, and he was seized by two of the officers, and, after considerable resistance, Ackrill took from his hand a counterfeit crown piece wrapped in paper. I told the prisoner my name was Brannan, and that he was suspected of being in rossession of counterfeit coin, and that I believed the crown piece taken from him to be counterfeit. The prisoner then said, "I know it is, but you will have to prove I in tended to circulate it." I told the prisoner that from his remark he seemed to have a practical knowledge of his calling, and he was then taken to B )w-street police-station, and on his being searched there Sergeant Ackrill found five other crown pieces, which, as well as the one taken from the prisoner's hand, were all counterfeit, and also a' counterfeit sovereign and a counterfeit florin. The prisoner refused his name and address, but knowing where he resided I went with Sergeant Ackrill to 160, Albany-street, Regent-park, and in a room, at the top of the house in which the prisoner lived, amongst some boas, a counterfeit shilling . was found by Sergeant Ackrill, and also some articles of theatrical costume, which belong to the prisoner's master, Mr. Nathan, costumier, of Tichbourne-street, and which will hereafter form the subject of another charge, they having been taken from Mr. Nathan's premises. The coins, I wish to state, found on the prisoner, had undergone an operation called " slumming," that is, they have been rubbed over with a composition made of lamp black and grease, and which has the effect of mak ing the coins appear as if they had been Some time in circulation. Sergeant Matthews, 6 F, having produced several articles of theatrical costume found at the prisoner's lodging, and Sergeant Ackrill, 15 F, after giving Then a shop in Whit e similar p e r v i i s d o e n n e c r e s t a o i d M t r h . a ß t r b‘ a , u bilen an i , Lion-street the coins were put into his pocket with out his knowledge. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall remand the prisoner, and I hope the Mint authorities will go on with the case. 111ARKETS.—(This .Day.) COLONIAL. St - GAR.--There is still a good inquiry for floating car• goes. On the spot the market opens steady, but withou much activity. COFFEE. • Rates are unchanged, and for good usofu qualtities of colonial there is a fair demand. :,TEA.—The market is firm. nicE.—Some moderate transactions are reported ou pre vious terms. SALTPETRE.—For arrival the quotation is firm, at 20s 6d, and there is still a steady demand. HEMP is quiet at late rates. OlLS.—Linseed, 33s to 33s 6d; English brown rape, 35s 61 TALLOW. Pricos deftly. Y.C., 43s 3.i on the spot ;:44s 3d buyers Juue ; 44s 3d buyers last three mouths. POTATOES, (qv. The supplies of potatoes continue of fair extent, and thu trady steady at previous rates. Greenstuffs continuo in good supply, and sell readily at full prices. HAY AND STRAW. Tho supplies at Smithfield and Whitechapel to-day were heavy, and the demand noticed during the last few inarkcts having subsidad, the trade wag dull, and prices drooping. Meadow hay, GUs to 68s; clover, GUs to 100 s ; straw, 28s to 345. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, April 28.—Market quiot and pricos droop ing. Sales probably 8,000 bales. THE WALLS OF THE PERSIAN CAPITAL OF TELIERA.N aro to be thrown down, and tho narrow city en larged. Besides wide streets in the new quarters, the chief feature is a circular boulevard. Wide streets shaded with trees are not uncommon in other Persian cities. BItITISII. 111.1N/ 38 . - ICam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 I - - Chiyerton - Clifford Amalgamated SO 5 4 6 1 - Devon U. Cons. (Tavist 1 440 461 - Drake walls 2.1.0 i 1 - kart Bassett (Illogan) 2.4 10 12 - mast Caradon 2.14.0 4 5 - tt4tst Carn Brea 34 2 24 - .(aat lirenyille - 44:ast 0 unnislake - East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 -4:. W'l Russell (Tayistk 11.7.6 14 2 - 4am.ilz StAubyn(G wen. o 6 4 2 i Great I...xey, limited • all 1 6 1 11 4 - 3 reut South Tolgus 1.4.0 - - - tirtat Wheal (way 1 1 . 9 . 1' - - ti. Wheal Vor (Heist , 40 18 19 - Grenville 9.0.4 11 l 1 - ilerod's loot a 10.0 48 40 - Dinoton gowns I .1.10.0 21 23 -:.. ' Margaret (Cur Loelaut i .3 17.6 6 b - Name Valley L iu... 6 64 4 1 wyndy Iron Ore, lim, SI 2 4 ti - etv S lon . ..... I 501 60 70 - ~ ort h 10., 1. ear 1 46. 5 7 -. 1 . Wh 11.(nuett(1llogaul 1.1. - - - ...mil 4 - heal Crotty „I 2.13. 2 3 - .'reaper linited I 8.11.0 2 24 - l'r ,vidence Coy Lelani• I (0.; .5 27 - la. Caradvu ISt. Uleer) ll ..80 400 - South Condurrow 1.2.0 1 3 - ',Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.10.9 371 424 - ,tray Park . .16.11.6 4 d -.. fin Crest .. V 14 16 - .'igra and Clogan, lira_ all - - - i %Vest ltassett (Mogan .. 14 I 1 4 - IW. Caradon (Ltskearu 1: 1) .2 - I West Chiverton l3 61 66 - I West Seto.' - Wheal Bassett. ',Mogan ' 54 75 80 - Wheal Buller (kedrutlil 16 16 I/ - Wheat Mary Ann (Men.; 8 21 2:1 - Wheal Servo I 544 814 b7c - W lt , ••(I 'l',lawney 41.04 1 5.17.0, 6 8 „A/Lk/Al.:Lt. (30 V 11104. A ..A.04 I oI'iCIJILITII4.6. - 'British Columbia, 6 per' I cent.,Deo.3l, 1872 100 - - - Can.(loy.6 p.c.J a.. 16 J uly Do. 1877-84 D - o. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug I 1 0 98 100, - Do. sp. c. Alar. & Sept 100 98 lOU - Do. Sp. o. Jan. ,t July; 100 86 88 904 - Do. Sp. e. Inscribed ek; 1410 85 87 - Cape (I.llope, 6 p.c.1873 1 100 104 106 - Ihr.Apl.&ool. 1890-19001 100 109 110 - Do. do 1880-90 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.S(July, 1890-9. 100 1043 108 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 yet., 1900 lOO 88 00 - (lei ton, Nov 1878, 6 p lOO 11J /11 - Do. . 1:1,7 1 5 8 .0 7 . 2 , th6 d B o . . v 1 1 0 0 0 0 105 107 - tlauritius, 6p. o, 1873 . , lan. and July - Do. 1878 . - /0. 1862, May lb , Nov :. 100 107 104 - Do. 1895, Feb. .14 Aug.. 100 106 198 - Natal iloy. 0 per cent...! 100 - - . 11 .Gov.6p.o.Ja..IEJul); IGO 99 10 - -'O. S.W. Gov.s ptc.,18601 100 99 101 __-... . 8,4. eD L A : vo o u. . 55. sterling,ecipapoel. Zealand, n . cd l e B7l to 1870 100 98 90 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896,' 1(0 154 961, 98 4 1it 6 . P .... Ce . n 4 100 00 9 - 74 081 ' 9 O - -lova Scotia Goy. 6p. 0. 100 102 101 - ,•Zueensland Gov. 6p. e. 100 103 105 1054 - I Do. 1878 4r upwards llO 110 11l - ‘'lc,tiov. 6 p .o. J a .t July 100 - - - I Do. do. .. urn .1L Dot lOO 1114 112. 1104 PREFERENCE .6 ARES. North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent., 85J ruittCf (IN HALL WA.115. ...ireat Luxembourg, 9 11-:8 :FOREIGN Anglo Brazil' . Gold, I , houtaled Got and Sliver Mining, Um., 2/ DOCKS Lor.don and it. Katharine, *Bl 'SANAS. A - gra, lim., A, 30 Aug i - Austrian, 10 ;,1 Bank of New Zealand, 13; imperial Ottoman, .N:ational Provincial of Nnzland.l33 Ditto. d and .41 i53u 9 ,39 . Uniop oi - AuLaralia, 4ii Unltin of L0nd0n,.341 31 aIISCELLILNICOUB: Berlin Water Works, ilk . City unions, lirn., ;Si . Continental Union Gas. lira.. 14 j Credit Fonder of Eug - tand, lirn., a . . 11;kyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loin, gua. by Egypt' -,.. (1 .. lui.iinational Financial mociCty,linA., 3 1-1 d . 891 1 ouduu Financial Association. lira.. 71 Upper ABll4lll Tea, llm . 4 ii,-16 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &astral's, and New Zealand, via Southampto2.....April 25. Ditto, via Marseilles ... ••••• • •••..• ••• nay ls Ditto, via Pantma ........ .. April 2i. Small, Buenos Ayres, and Monte 'Taco May 4. Ditto, by I'reuoh paoket ........ . Utpe Verds, by Brazil packet ....... . . May 4. Uwe of Good Hypo. Asioension. and St. tielena ... May 13. :Adria, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton.. April zt. Ditto. via Marseilles..... • •••-•. • A pr il 25. railtland Islands ..... iibraltar, via Southampton tocill, vii Southampton ..... . ••• ••••• Dltto, via Slar.eil e,l .... . , tialta, r:gypt,,lzl Dirt;,, nirstille.s. April 21. klauritios, Cape of Go;.1 El ,pc, as 1 Nattl, vi , Soutliamptou DM 3, Alarpuites . nay 8 .... May l'kfrtugal Ditto, by p r•A r.te ship to Oporto ... Ditto tto to Lisbon United States, f nuada,, California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by L I ited States packet Ditto ditto New York) Ditto ditto Nt.w York) Ditto dittt ( Bal t imore) Ditto, by Canadian paoltet .... West Coast of Alit a, Madeira, and Tenerilf • May g West Indies and l'a_ilic kexcept Mexico and Baha mas) April 2*. Cuba and Mexico ....April 28. Bahamas, via New I Bermuda, alit liaifilx, ~.t . . x ., May 6, THE SUN, LO ORDINARY SliAllEb AND STOCKS. Rail wAye Paid. v halifell and Exeter ...- fUlledonian eatnbrian (Cork and Bannon. ik;ornwall !Dublin it Belfast June. Dun„Perth, d¢ Ab.J unc. E.London, pulp Corti. Do. Glasgow Jr S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Du. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pm Gr. S. and W. of Ireland G t. Western -Original+ Du. 6. Val. Rail guit. Do. South %Valet, Do. W. .s.lld.—Osloru Closing I Business Prior. &me. Do. :Newport - Do. 11eref0rd........ Lano4shireOz l'ourv.shiru, L.Judon And lil.ckwall 6 CU:I4 Uhat., and DJvcr Metrop. Ex. A..i L.uu. t North Wester,i South Westerid ,Plan., 6110., St laucuiu ...... Ziew Du. Ex ted actrupolitild DPSLEICi Ou. do. do. .)u. sad daltauti Do. £9 Share Do,_diriniu...t WO) dtd eat . North British . Do. Ed., ' At Uuu. :1 ch. Eastern-11er len Du. ti.N'E purchabb Do. Leods Do. Yurk Do. Carlisle . . Do. Stoek..ir Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . . Do. do. 1866 Aorth dtallordahlre N. dg S. W. Junotion SCottish Central Scot. N. .11: , Auer. stock t/o. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern 3talues. Wok., az Wok raT Vale Do. C 'isle of death Waterford Ar, Kilkenny/ WAtcrloo Nest Cornwall filtlTlSti rUSSN, Atlantic& St.Lawrenoe Bom.,l3aroda, Cen.ln. gu. 6 percent... Do. F shares Buffalo A Lake Huron Du. Preterence tt thi., Brant, do Li °dwelt 6 p.c. 1872-3- t ualoutta B. E., Btu, ;ape Town A Dock, gu Oetnerara, 7 p.o. per. p , rant Bengal, gu., 5 du ti:ast Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension rand Truukot Canada ..)o. Equip. Mort, Bond• 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist era. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonne Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Do. 4th Fret. stook Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Uua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o I t. south of India gua. 5 per cent 1./ per cent Do treat Wes. of Canada I Do. New..... Do. 6p. o Bea. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8- 1 Madras, gua. 5 p.s3 1 Do. 4/ do Do. ia do Do. Filth Extensiou Meth. Cor 6 p. c. Buds. Bobson's Bay.. N. 111.e'da, 6pc Ist pt. be Dude dt Ithiik'nd, g. 5 p.O JClAue. Do. Delhi Do. do . . t s ! ' Do. Puniaub.... Do.lnlus St. Viol 100 100 10u all 100 100 w i 100 1 . 100 2 100 lOU 82 f 4 71 71, 20 Su 3 4 75 77 10 72 102 104 33 33, 7 8 11 102; 10:4 99, 124 126 95 97 52 62 41 56 3J 35 2V 32 1:7: 1281 511 52i 18, IV 1.5 E !VS} te, SU i 3 34 111; 1.2 101 105 78 8, p7l loBy 76 78 331 34 1(2 103 I,Bh 94 515 130 134 140 132 - 116 118 11. lii 57 108 108 57 58- .14 16 731 741 r Iv 143 145 . iUJiB. 64 66 1021 1031 6P 3 4 5 RS 71 18 to 90 102 104 i 1G54 1011 110 1b Ida PI 62 43 is 33 35 27 2'd 18 10 109 110 Ji 2 11 It' 102 103 vi P 6 16k 10 98 100 COL vi 100 104 v 3 S 5 89 91 83 15 102 103 1014 IL2i 1014 1024, P 101 102 ‘47 89 101 i i 93/ 713) 311 i MI 31 DON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1868. ART U LYDON. DRAWING THE PRIZES.—THIS DAY. The annual meeting of the members of the Art Union was held to-day in the Adeiphi Theatre. rhe annual report stated that the subscriptions for the present year amounted to the sum of £13,612 14s. 6d., and that would be the amount available for the purchase of works of art from the public galleries by the prizeholders themselves, divided in the following manner :-20 works at £lO each, 20 at £l5, 12 at £2O, 14 at £25, 12 at £3O, 12 at £35, 10 at £4O, 6 at £45, 8 at £5O, 6 at £6O, 5 at £75, 3at £lOO, 2at £l5O, and 1. at £23.). 'l'here would also b.) distributed-25 bronzos of the Nelson Column, 20 in33allion bronze inkstands, 100 sta tuettes, " The Wood-nyinpli ;" 250 chroinos, " The Kite ;" 30 silver me lals, cornm nnorative of Sir It. Westinacott, lt.A., whie!i, with the p tri in busts, given to all who have subscribe 1 for ten years con snutively without gaining apriz in king 758 prizes, in a ldition to the engraving received by every member. The drawing for th 3 priz,33 comm3iic_id at the conclusion of the ordinary business. The mode of drawing was as follows :-o,ie wheel conta:ned numi..ieml tickets t, the entire number of shares sold, and the sin filler wheel con tained the exact number of prins to bo distributed. Two young ladies (Miss Rich and Miss Verity) took their station, one at each wheel, and, on the one drawing a number, the bank of al lreases was referred to, and then the other young lady drew a ticket from the prize wheel of the amount to which he was entitled. - The prizes were taken from the wheel in the following order : R. W. Flint, Canterbury Kent ..• W. L. Edwards, Bangalore ... S. Allcock, jun., Sunderland ... :Dirs. Lindley; Clarenpn-place,.Hythe A. Gillingham, Clapton ... J. R. Jarrett, Cold Harbour-lane Alex. Shand, Ckurch-streat, Liverpool E. Baker, Crown° Hill ... ..• H. Nicholson, Horncastle •.• T. Brown, South Carlton ... W. Wightson, Skipton ... E. Bright, Brighton ... W. F. Fraser (Smith, Elder, and Co.) F. W. Tomlinson, Leamington Mrs. Moses, Ulster-place, Regent-park G. Barrett, Wintershall, Surrey ... C. Nottage, Paragon, Streatham J. Frazer, Nelson, New Z,alaud 'A. Wilson, Dundee ..• Dr. Thornton, Dawsbury Dr. Groove, Plymouth ... 20 ••• 30 ... 100 ... 100 ... 35 ... 30 ... 75 ... 40 ... 45 Arthur Garrod, Whitehall-place ... 75 J. R. Ravenhill, Snaresbrook ... W. Jeffers-, Gros: Bessell-street, Bloomsbury J. Townshend, Upper Bolgrave-street ... J. Matthews, Mornington Crescent 4.414 J. Hooker, Adolai le; ... ..• ••• Captain Jenner, Cardiff ... ••• ••• H. C. Stephenson, Abingdon-street ••• S. Green, Peckwator-stroet, Kentish Town._ W. Wright, Runcorn ... ••• •.- R. Hall, S., Adelaide ... ... ••• W. Robgolin, Tavistock ... ••• •.• The Dean of Chichester ... ••• ••• Miss Allen, Alexandria ... ••• ... ... 3.) J. Robottom, Great Northern Railway ; King's Cross 13 8. Barber, Roman-road, Old Ford ••• ••• 50 W. Bennett, Melbourne ... ••• ••• ~. 40 E. B. Michaelson, Trinity College, Cambridge ... 50 IL Koovil, Now-cross-road "41 •44 ... 23 IL Harrath, Bangalore ... ••• ••• ... 10 Mrs. Dolman, Nelson-square, Greenwich ... ... 100 R. Falkoner, Bellsize Park ••• ••• C. Goosback, Burton-on-Trent ... ••• T. W. Tindall, Esher ... ••• ••• G. Edmonds, Fitzroy-road, Regent's-park ... T. Malcolnason, Clonmel ••• . H. F. Cameron, Geelong ••• 0. 0. P. ••• ••• ••• E. Sutton, Hort ordshire... ••• W. West Redruth, S mth Australia J. Welwyn, Cheltonhain... ••• J. Wyatt, Chelsea ... ••• J. Allbury, Melbourne ... •.. E. Lockhart, Brixton ... ••• W. Bruce, South Anstralia ••• F. J. Barnes, B3ckenhana ••• J. Mathews, Dund 13 ... ••• Miss Stocker, Cardiff ... ••• ILDonne ..• ••• 499 A. Whit, Geelong ... ••• 11. Vacher,Teddiagton ... .41. W. Greatbar, Laagt Ail__ .„ . ... W. Nicholson, jua , Leamington ... J. Ballent, Grosvenor Park, Walworth W. Ilallent, ifornita3 Advertiser ... NV. Baker, M mizbury, Africa ... T. Diver, Blackwell •• J. Muzio, Hi g l i b ury .. • ••• ... R. Windall, B an k o f England ... J. Handley, Groat Northern Railway J. Skinner, Ifolb3rn-hill ... ••• Hudson ... ••• ••• J. Street, Christchurch ... ..• S. G. Bees, 83, Red.:Jiff-street, 13;:stJ1 Rev. W. Sparrow, Ludlow ••• E. Chubb, Isle of Wight ... ..• J. Act wood, Hamilton .. ... E. Swann, Clapha m - road ••• R. Lingard, Manchester ... . E. Thomson, Brook- s t reet, Holborn T. Phillips, Regent-circus ... W. Walker, Cloudsloy Villa, Islington R. Raton, Birmingham ... J. Pellatt, Stratford ..• "11 ••• ••• 4.4 - - It. Oakden, Goldhurst ••• ... ... 10 ••• Mrs. Lawrence, Avenue-road, Camberwell ... ... 40 J. Cottrill, Park-terrace, Brixton ... ••• ... 50 A. M'Donald, Geelong •• ... ... 50 ••• • Mrs. hill, Stanhope-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens ... 15 Mrs Baylis, York Villa, Croydon ... ••• ... 25 S. Edward, 26, Mincing-lane ... ••• ... 50 W. Dew, Constantinople... ••• ... 20 ••• C. Luer, Arundel Wharf, Strand .. ••• ... 45 Ann Gearing, Lechlade .. ... 25 ..• ..• W. Clifton, jun., Ly nn ...... ••• ••1 TO Must, Portland Bay, Australia ... .. J. Thomas, South Australia .. ••• W. T. Griffiths, Merthyr Tydril ... ••• J. Thomas, Merthyr Tydvil . ••- 0. Mackenzie, George-street, Edinburgh ... W. J. England, Manchester - It. Crawshaw, Halifax ... ••• •• G. Pidgeon, 11)ading ... ... ••• H. F. Clarke, Great Western Railway Miss Shelford, Staines ... ••• eel H. Goodwin, Pelham -crescent ••• ... W. C. Hawker, Cloudsley Villa, Islington W. Olden ... ••• •.. .. J. Farmer, Weaver's-hall ••• ••• Mrs. T. Ri hie, Essex ... ••• 411 R. Bolton, Saffron Walden •. •.. G. Scott, Orange Free State ... ••• G. Farmer, High-street, Colchester •.. J. Robinson, Mulberry-bank, Glasgow ... R. Baylis, Croydon ... ... ••• R. Hunter, Grove-road, Upper Holloway ... G: Raker, London-wall ... ••• ••• J. Saunders, Bromsgrove ... . •.• W. Hughes, Chapel-street, 113dford-ro,e ... W. Drewitt, Borough ... .. ••I J. Sharp, Maidstone ..• ••• •01 Messrs. Joyce and Son, Water. lane •.. Messrs. Jennings, Fenchurch-street ••• 11. Barrett, Hobart flown ••• ••• 11. Prosser, South Australia ... •.. Silva Campos, Oporto .. ... •.• Liout.-Col. Miller, Ashton-under-Lyne ... Mrs. Poncon, Church-street, Epsom Mr. H. Somers, Redhill ... M. P. Bell, Glasgow E. Hills, Craubrook P. Hope, Montreal ... 30 ... 35 G:) ... 33 ... 10 .. 25 ... 20 ... 33 3.1 ... 15 • .:~ TY) ... 15 ... 15 ... 20 .. 60 ... 23 ... 15 ... 23 ... 40 ... 50 ... 60 ... 25 ... 75 ... 75 ... 150 45 ... 45 .. 30 35 ... 30 ... 10 The drawing for the minor prizes, the bronzes and statues, having concluded, the proceedings ter minated. rADVERTISE3fEtTr.]—Du Barry s Delicio us H ealth Restoring, nourishmentßeva ent a Aa f b the ic be a st Food, me which contains th ree t i mes t h e at, saves fifty times its c os t i n o th er remedies, restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, soun d l ungs, removing speedily and healthy in ] i o v s e t r, dis refreshing rderea o s i r e e e p functional regu l ar i ty, and energy n , fee 1),, effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, hannorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous, bilioumess, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, int : rarities, erup tions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pal pitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cr Lin fs, sp , .BM 3, nausea, and sickness, sinking llts, coughs, asthm I bronchitis, incipient consumption, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, between the. shoulders, &c. We quote a few out of 63,0)0 cures :—The Pope's health r.2storel by Du Barry's Food.—Cure No. 63,413. "Rom., July 21, 1366.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, aban doning all other remedies, he has confined him ;elf entirely by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica. Food, of which he coastlines a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly benefi cial effect on his health, an I his Holines s cannot praise this aOsfthilmaya, years' indescribable constipation, flat u l ency, indescribable agony from excellent food too highly."—From the "Ga ze tt e d u Midi, " July dyspepsia,2s. eure nervousness, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting." Maria Joly, Wortham, Ling, near Dies, Norfolk.—Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, sill nervous fancies. Important Caution. —Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's nano is most audaciously attached In tins at Is. lid.; 1 lb.. 2s 92.; 2 lbs., 45. Si, ; a lbs. Ils. ; 12 lbs., 222.; 24 lbs., 40s.—BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Pi cca dill y; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapsido; 63, 150, and 298, Qld9rCitrtnt ; 334, trAizsli • and all gtocen %Ad chOlniffia. - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT lIOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The Lolth CHANCELLOR took his se - at on the woolsack at live o'clock. THE IRISH CHURCH- The Earl of DERBY gave notice that to-morrow even ing ho should ask the noble earl opposite (the Earl Rus sell) as to the course of proCedure which. would be pur sued with regard to the Resolutions on the Church in Ireland, and also to explain some portions of a speech which he had recently delivered. THE ATTACK ON HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE • DUKE OF EDINBURGH. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that ho must draw their lordships' attention, which must have been occupied during the last few days with a subject which was most thrilling—ho alluded to the atrocious attempt on the life of the Duke of Edinburgh. He had no doubt that they would wish to show in some public fonn their sympathy with Her Majesty at this atrocious act. It was a useless ac , . It could ho of no poli tical importance ; nor could the unfortuna , e victim given any cause of offence. They would be glad to learn that her Majesty bore the shock of the intelli gence wall the characteristic firmness of herself and her illustrious race. He moved a vote of sympathy to her Majesty on the atrocious attack upon his Royal HiglineSs the Duke of Edinburgh, and their sincere hope for ks speedy recovery. After a few sympathetic remarks from Earl. RUSSELL, the motion was put and clu•ried unanimously. THE EDUCATION. BILL. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH briefly moved the second reading of this bill. The Earl of AIRLIE moved that the bill be road this day, three months, and said that he had very little notice as to when the noble duke would move the second reading of the bill. Ile should go at epee into the , principles of the bill. He had examined the bill with great care. The points where the boy's father should be responsible for a boy, ho approved of. Ile was also very glad that the Government :lad taken advantage of the conscience clause. A friend of his, who was very well informed, had told him that the groat majority of th 3 clergy were in ftivour of the conscience clause, and that ft was only a small and active minority; who were oppose& lie. also- new that a very eminent member of the Government wailti favour of the consdiencti clause, and oven went beiond it. The noble lord contended that the bill was . founded upon the revised code, and therefore he disapproved of it. It would raise up all kind of difficulties, which would , not enable it to be worked well. It would raise up all sorts of vested interests. If they brought in an act of Parliament, Parliament would not be able to look into the minor details of the working of educa tional machinery, but the Minister who presided over a Council of Education would. They knew a certain prayer book had risen in price from 3s. 6d. to ss. Who could look into this if education was regulated by act of Parliament. He thought if this was the only objection ho had to the bill it was quite sufficient. He considered that the system to be adopted was a more extravagant one. They would have inspectors of every kind and description, Rom an Catholic, Protestant, Dissenting, &c. He believed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that by these inspectors the civil service estimates were increased £150,000. They would find there were clergy men with very small incomes paying largely for schools, While people with twice or thrice the income were paying nothing. It was a system devoid of any orga nisation whatever. It provided for nothing that was ab solutely requisite. He did not wish to see the present system interfered with where it was doing good. With regard to education in Scotland it ha I been agreed that with all its improvements national organisation had not worked well. He approved of local organisation. In 1856 the noble earl below him had introduced a bill in the House of Commons, and one of the resolutions was that there should be a school rate. These were the opinions of his noble friend in 1856, and he did not think that they had veiled since. He thought that this rating would be a good one. At Manchester a meeting on education was held, and there the system of compulsory rating was advocated. There were a- great many dignitaries of the Church there, and they of course approved it, and the Dissenters were gradually coming round to that opinion. He was a very strong advocate for this rating himself, for ho knew the benefit of it in Scotland. His rating was much lower from having well-oduca ed labourers, and it was not more than ld. or lid. in the Xt. It would give to the minister something to have to expend in education, and it would fairly extend the rating amongst all, whereas by this bill it left the sub. . _ scriptions towards the purpose of education to the chance liberality of a few individuals. lie disapproved entirely of the bill, and therefore moved it be read that day three mouths. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that he was glad to have the opportunity of thankint,- hot- Majesty's government on tho introduction this Lill, an I he thmoughly approved . of its terms. The comseience clause was calculated to suit 'all p Lrtics, and he trusted would set that great question at rest. Ile was quite satisticd with the,p T issio !. , l of th e ra ti ng Claus . IL, thought th a t there., were patty clauses calculated to facilitate the purposes of education. (tfear, T:m Earl of KIMBERLEY said that he disapproved of the bill. After a few words from Lord AntuE, withdrawing his amendment, the bill was read a second tints. The other orders of the day were then dispose.l of, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMNIONS-- , -LAsr EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. TtlE THAMES EMBANKMENT. In rrp'y to Mr. WATKIN, Mr. TITE said, acting under the 21st section of the act the Metropolitan Board of Works did not think they were called upon to give compensation to persons who had, under the sanction of the Thames Conservancy, erected piers for steamboat passengers at different parts of the River Tuain,..s. Of course it was quite open to the parties to try the question in the Queen's Bench. RAILWAY PARCELS. In reply to Mr. FORSTER, Mr. CAVE said there was not any intention on the part of the Government to interfere with th law with respect to the carrying of packed parcels by railway, but it being the habit of carriers to collect a quautity of small parcels and deliver them in bulk as one package at the railways, it was preposed that some alteration in this system was all that was intended. THE ATTEMPTED A SSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OP EDINBURGH. Mr. DISRAELI said, in rising to make a motion before the house commenced the orders of the 'day, he felt they would readily anticipate its purport. It was to move an address of sympathy on the subj .et of the distressing intelligence which arrived iu town ou Saturday. That intelligence had clused her Majesty great grief, and which still caused that illustrious lady great anxiety. He felt that he spoke the common voice of sorrow and indignation at the attempted assassination of - his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. It seemed that there was still some dark conspiracy lurking about cliff° rent parts of the world, and ho regretted that such acts should be connected with Ireland. He felt that the imputation was unjust—(hear, hear)—but that it was to be attributed more to the results of civil war, and the dis organized state of society. his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was engaged in doing all in his power to promote the good feeling of this country abroad, and it was whilst so engaged that an attempt upon his life was made. He could not find words : to denounce the atrocious attempt, but it was a great blessing that the Almighty preserved his royal highness from mortal injury. The right hon. gentleman then moved an address to her Majesty expressing the sorrow ,and indignation of the house at the attempt on the life Of , `the Duke of Edin burgh whilst visiting het — MajeStYlleYiti Australian co _ lonies. ' Mr. GLADSTONE - said that everymatr rhust-partici pate in the sorrow and indignation at the circumstance which had called forth the udiress.. It was a subject of great thankfulness to the Almighty Whd not only pa ralysed the arm of the assassin; but had%prevented the fatal consequences at which the .assassin aimed. (Hear, hear.) If it was to ba attributed to Fenianism, it was only another horror to be added to the name of that conspiracy. (!fear, hear.) Ile cordially seconded the motion. (hear, hear.). Mr. WATKIN rose, but was met with loud cries of "Agreed, agreed." The hon. gentleman resumed his seat, and then the Speaker put the question s which was carried netn. con. . Mr. WATKIN again rose, ,and then inquired whether the telegram which bad just boon published in the even ing papers, to the effect that his Royal Highness was pro grassing favourably, and that the assassin had ..been tried and condemned to death, was authentic ? (Hear, hear.) No answer was given to the question. THE FALL OF MAGDALA AND DEATH OF KING THEODORE. Mr. LA YARD asked whether the -despatches which had appeared announcing the liberation of tho captives, the fall of Mngd:►la, and the death of King Theodore were correct? Ile had no doubt about the matter, but ha thought it beat to have the fact communicated officially. Mr. DISLtAELI said this subject differed very materially from the ono on which he had just addressed the house, because it was one that gave universal satisfaction. The Government had taken every moans h 4 their power to make the news generally known as soon as it arrived, and at present he had no further news to communicate. It would, however, soon become his duty to propose a motion by command of her Majesty on the sut ject, which would give full opportunity to every member of expressing his opinion. might at that moment congratulate the house on the great event as a feat of arms unparalleled for completeness and precision —(hear, hear)—both to the soldiers engaged iu it and the groat leader who had directod it. iI had rtMiTQCI a letter, dated 23d April, 1181 :0 ~ .£25 The house then went into committ,;;;n the resolutions moved by Mr. Gladstone for the disendowment and dis establishment of the Irish Church. Mr. WATKIN said he was more pleased with the speech of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gla•lstone) than ho was with his resolutions. However, on full consideration, he should not attempt to throw any impediment in the way of Has proceedings, and therefore he should not press the alteutlinont he had given notice of his intention of doing. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GOItST condemned the conduct of theOuposition in bringing forward the motion at that particular tiny', espe cially as the right hon. gentleman said he brought it under the consideration of the house because there was great discontent in Ireland, and that it was a sentimental grievance, which it was desirable to remnly. It was right the question should be met by the great Conservative party by a direct negative, and he fe;t that that stop would be approved-by the country at largo. Sir F. lIEVA.TE moved, as au amendment to the first resolutiOn, the following—" That so long as the Union between Great Britain and Ireland contiuues ti exi t, it is just and consistent that the principle of the E.tablished Church should be maintained in Ireland, and its endow ment on a scale suitable to the wants of the population." Mr. HORSMAN, after remarking that no one yet had ventured to defend the Irish Church as having done its duty as an Establishment, defended the. Liberal party from the charge that they had neglected the question when in office,Und were now precipitately intruding it for personal objects. It was the obstinacy of the Conservative Opposi tion which had prevented the settlement of this and other kindred questions, and he maintained that it bad been first raised this session by Lord Mayo's Speech, sug gesting "levelling-up." He entered, too, at length into the dispute between Mr. Gladstone an I Mr. Hardy, and provoking frequent coniradictious from Mr. Hardy, vindicated Mr.' Gladstone from the charge of sudden and unexpected change of opinion, and by numerous quotations from newspapers and leading articles showed that he was understood hi 1865 to have pronounced against the Irish Church. He confessed that at that time disestablishment seemed unlikely ever to be proposed by a Liberal Minister, but the question had come rapidly to the front, and for this the Oonservati7a party were chiefly responsible by the fundamental change they had sanctioned last year. Nevertheless, had not the Go vernment challenged them to it by their inadequate Irish programme and their policy of general endowment, he should have deprecated any sudden revival of the question. But now it had become necessary that the Liberal party should affirm their counter policy of universal disendowment and disestablishment, and for that purpose the three resolutions. must be pressed and carried. .To another accusation brought against the Liberal party, that they were only anxious to turn out the Government, Mr. Horsman replied in a vein of sarcastic banter by assuring the Ministry that their opponents were clear that they wore best pro moting disestablishment bykeopiug them in office. Of nine members of the Cabinet, eight were understood to be in favour of disestablishment, and though the ninth —Mr. Hardy —obstinately refused to bring his mind to it—the disestablishment of the Ministry was a more importan consideration with him—on that point he had no differ onces with any of his colleagiies. The debate was closed for the night by Lord JOHN MANNERS, who, after a few remarks in reply to Mr. Horsman, denying particularly that disestablishment had ever been proposed by a Liberal Minister, and pledging the Government to retire from office the moment they saw that course would be most beneficial to the Established Church, went on to discuss at some length the language and objects of the first resolution. The disestablishmeut of the Churoh of Ireland was not needed for the peace and prosperity of the country, and for no yurpose, in fact, but the reunion of the Liberal party. Ho showed the difficulty of applying disestabliblunent to aa part • of Ireland, dilated on the magnitude and novelty of the resolution involved, and pointed out that exactly tho same principles might be applied with greater force to the case of Engl,•and. Thu real issue to be submitted to the country was, not the Irish Church, but the separation of Church and State. The adjournment of the debate was moved by Colonel BARTTELOT, and on this question there was a very sharp couversation. Mr. GLADSTONE expressed a hope that as this, his first resolution, had been practically debated for four days, the division would be taken ou it to-night. Mr. DISRAELI replied- that the Government attached Le greatest weight to this first resolution, though the sf cand and third involved important legal and constitu tional difficulties. Being aurioni, therefore, that it should receive the fullest discussion, and that the real principl • _ . and consequences of Mr. Gladstoau's new Irish polcy should ho placed unmistakably lirfore, the country, he de .. .. cliued to coiumit himself to any ttuderstatiding to close the debate to-Light. Mr. AYR'I'ON reminduci the Prerni:•r of the numerous iporta.ut bills which remained to be discussed, au, pressed him not to prolong a hopeless resistance after the house had virtually pronounced its opinion by so large a majority. Mr. 15/ISRAELI denied that the last division had been ;ikon ou the same issue as was presented by the reso- ution. Mr. WHITBREAD was of opinion that, considering the press of other business, it might be the duty of the house to insist on the debate being closed to-night, but Sir G. Bowyer, Arr. Whalley, Mr. Nowdegate, Mr. Ne vin-Grenville, and Sir John Hay all protested against this. Mr. GLADSTONE wound up the conversation by an intimation that if groater spirit and novelty were not tat portel into the debate to-nig-lit, and if there was a strong feeling against prolonging it, ho should be in favour of pressing for a division. The debate was then adjourned. Some other business was disposed of, and the hotise ad journed at one o'clock. BLUFFING I NTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRATESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Theodore Koernor and Alexand 3r von Hum bc ldt, from Dantzic. DZAL, Tuesday Morning. in J, W.N. W. ; moderate. Passed—Yorktown, from New York, for London ; Ame rican Union, from London, for New York ; John and Susan (of Wells) from the north for the west ; Crimea, from Berbice ; Obey, from Bo:nbay -both for London. Sailed - Simla, for Calcutta. THE GREENLAND F ISHERY, —Peterhead, April 2.s.—The River Tay, from Greenland, which passed this port to-day, reports the following ships, viz.: -T he Mazin thun, of this port, with 11,000 seals; the Windward, of this port, with 10,000 seals ; the Queen, of this port, with 3,000 seals; the Alexander, of Dundee, with 11,500 seals ; t h e Tay, of Dundee, with 1,700 seals. These vessels were last seen on the 18th of April. Off Peterhead—Arrived on the 25th the Arctic, from Greeilland, clean ; the River Tay ditto, with 3,000 seals, both for Dund:e. Lerwick, April 24. —The Arctic and the Labrador have arrived from Greenland clean, and report the rust of the fleet equally unsuccessful up to the I6th of April, when they left the ice, and that at that time there was no prcspect of a seal fishing this season. SUSPECTED SUICIDE.—Dr. Lankestpr held an inquest at the "Clown," Clerkanwell, 'on Saturday, on Francis Horsfall, a retired bookseller, aged 42. It was stated that ho took laudanutu to 'procure sleep, and ulti mately took too much. At all events he was found dying behind the door of his room, and although three medical men were called, neither would attend, and he died on the following (Thursday)-'morning: Verdict=" Death from an overdose of laudanum, mediclually,taken ; but the jury expressed strong animadversion on the conduct of the three medical men (whose names we withhold), espec'ally as there was no doubt;of theideos being paid. BILLS OF EXCIIANOE.—The Marquis of Clanri cardo has a bill before the. Housa of Lords proposing to enact that the authority to any party to sign the name of another person, either as drawer, acceptor; maker, or en dorsor, on.any bill of exchange or promissory note to be made after this y ear shall be in writing and signed by th e person to be hereby (thereby) made chargeable; and no signature to any such bill or note by any party so autho risad shall be sufficient to bind or charge such person, unless the words "per procuration,".or the letters " P. P.," or other contraction siguifying the sam..,, be added to such signature, or otherwise appear on such bill or note plainly applicable thereto. A curious attempt is made to secure perspicuity by de iguatieg the principal a "persoii" and the agent a “party." The Indian bully News reeordi the death - of three tigers which kW been f,astiao for sxne months on the workmen and m, &mules em;loled on the East Indian Railway near Jubb )Ipre. It was'at last found absolutely necessary to despatch a huge body of native shikarries in pursuit of them, Ind on falling in with the tigers the shikarries saluted them with a shower of arrows, the shafts of which bad b 3en smeared with a vegetable poison. The wounded animals, in endeavouring to tear the arrows out of their flesh, swallowed a sufficient quantity of the poison to cause an intense thirst, and the moment they drank, from the peculiar nature of the poison, they died. The Cork Examiner states that no less than one thousand emigrants emtarked at Queenstown for America on Thursday last, on board the two steamers whichleft on that day for Bost" 4 which said all troops were well and ani,uated by admirable spirits, that all were aniinated with a spirit of emulation, which was. intelligence that must be gratifying to them all. He could only liken the great event to the march of Cortez into AteXieo3 with the difference that England in .what she had done was only actuated by feelings of justice and civilisation, and events would now very soon follow which would con vince the world of the purity of her intentions. (Hear, hear.) Colonel SYKES asked whether the Government could state how King Theodore met his death. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said there was no information on that particular point other than published. THE IRISH CHURCII. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This _ - NEWMARKET RACES —Tuts DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES. Blinkhocai3 w. o. ROTIT.NDA. CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANCaI; T,hreu Door s from Blackfri ars Bridge, Surrey Side, I:4 NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications for membership should be made to th.) Secretary, 3, Black friars-road. LONDON COIIMISSION EXCILINGE, P ARRINGDON-ROAD, Established Nor. 1, 1867. AxxuAL SUBSCRIPTION —PI VE Siff LUNGS. W. 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He proceeded to touch upon the conver sation which Vaughan said he had with Timothy Desmond, after the explosion, in another conversation with William Desmond and English, in which he asserted the former said that Timothy Destnoud's being taken into custody served him right, for he had no right to have been at the explosion. This evidence must be taken, however, with the caution which he (the Lord Chief Justice) had already pointed out, and must apply to the testimony of such a man as Vaughan. It became necessary, then, to see how the case stood against the prisoner individually. Taking the case of William Desmond, it must be remarked that Mullany when first at Bow-street said nothing about his having been concerned in the conspiracy, and only remembered that he was so on turning the matter over in his mind. Mullany was corroborated by Vaughan no doubt, but perhaps the jury would not thin'c that that was sufficient corroboration of two bad wit nesses, but going far to make ono good ono. There was nothing to show that William Desmond was at Clerkenwell, and practically Mullany's evidence was only supported by that of Vaughan. The case of English was the next to be considered, alai in the evidence of hallway, in this instance, bo was cor roborated, as far as his visits ware concerned, by Mrs. KeppAl, and the apprentic i, Morris. As to his being itt Cl!rkenwell the landlady of the Bells believed she saw him on the d,,y of explosion when he came for refresh ment. The barman Stratton. who said he saw English at the Bile-in aud'init all-dayv Was - not a . swisfactory wit ness, and his detneauour when in the box showed that he had, as ho said, btu drinking before he came into court. There was no doubt that Timothy Desmond was at Clerkeuwell on the 13th, but was he engaged in the conspiracy ? The evidence referring to his case was read over at length by his lordship. Tim effect of that evidence, especially that portion given by•lnspector Thompson, negatived the idea that Timothy Desmond Was at the scene of the explosion, or could have taken au active part in the fie pug of the barreL It was stated that he must have boon drunk. It was not shown that he had been admitted - into the councils of those en gaged iu the conspiracy, and it was possible, knowing that something was to happen, he had been attracted there simply by curiosity. Approaching the case of Barrett, if Mutla ty was to be believed, his guilt, his lordship re marked, was clear. In several respects he was corrobo rated by Mrs. Koppel and the apprentice Morris. It was much to be regretted that Mrs. Mullany, who was said to be present when Barrett was washing his neck after the explosion, and who it was further stated took away a bundle of clothes, was not called, as she could have given . most material evidence. It had been remarked as strange that the Crown had not called Mrs. Martin to prove that the man who visited so frequently at her house was the prisoner Bar rett, but the answer to that was that she was known to have Fenian proclivities, and it might well be said that Mrs. Martin was of all others the person whom the defence should have called to say that the man who used to visit at her house, and who was seen walking out with her on the Sun lay night, was not the prisoner rot the bar. The evidence from Clerkenwell affecting Barrett was not, said the Lord Chief Justice, altoget her satisfactory, and the testimony given by Bird was valueless. But then - came the question whether the gener a l acquaintan ce of the witnesses with the man was nut sufficient to identify hm, and whether the evidence of Keppel and the boy Morris in corroboration of Mullauy was worthy of belief. In reference to the alibi set up for Barrett, the Lord Chief Jus tice said it was of a more remarkable kind than any that had ever come under his notice, and would demand the most careful vigilance on the pait of the jury. It wa only during the last few days such a defence had been heard of, and his lordship remarked upon the fact that it had not been brought forward when Barrett was first ar rested, when it would have been so conclusive in answer to the charge brought against him. Ills Lordship, in concluding his charge, which had occupied four hours in its delivery, urged upon the jury to bear in mind that while it was of great importance that the guilty should not go un punished it was of infinitely greater moment that the innocent should not be punished. At four o'clock the jury retired to consi ler their verdict. • The jury at twenty minutes past six returned into Court with a verd . Ct of not guilty iu the case of William Desmond, Timothy Desinond, and Nicholas English ; and guilty in the case of Barrett. The prisoner made a long statement denying his guilt. The Lord Chief Justice pronounced the sentence of death in the usual manner. We are requested to state that several thousand clergymen officiating iu England and Wales have already signed the memorial to Her Majesty the Queen against the disestab!isliment of the Irish Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury will take the chair at a tneeting to be held at St. James's Hall on the Gth of May, after which no signa tures to the memorial can bo received. FREIGHTS AT LIVERPOOL.—Tho news of the sudden conclusion of the Abyssinian war has caused con siderable excitement in the Liverpool freight market. The fact that the vast number of kith steamers and sailing vessels chartered here and at Bombay and Calcutta by the Government wilt shortly b 3 discharged will have the effect of disturbiug•the rates of freight for sumo time to coins. PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH Tin OFFICE OF PARISH held A a lth di o s u c z u h ssinz i n io tl: s s ni e- s CoNsTABLE.—Ode of the branches of the North Riding put in .Y 0"" sinc.- • . constablesstill t• dto ' 1 operation, parish con loud exist, CAIN-. the Rural Police Act was passed and ing coneilerable expense for no purpose. It wa3 6t.ited l e est u Z : s . j o . o f fpAArisrhicclioltnusfut° hb31,8,5. that their cost was £lOO a year to the Scarborough Union, which was money paid fur nothing at all. The office was also vexatious, and sime instances were given whore in eases of robbery the parochial constables had arrested the offender and next day handed him over to the rural police, but no allowance was made for the expense incurred. It tl les money the , foes f a e n e d s was also hold that, as taxes iu the rur a l di str i cts were yearly increasing, every effort ought t o b e ma d e to keep down useless expenditure. A resol u ti on declaring the p lo a n id gei; n ap c p on d e u e t q lu u e o li nc t eoaf paris hwaste co nstables s ratepayers' the desirability of abolishing the typoui' t intit, was car. ried. :hare _.• at $1 30, st to 100 100 100 100 100 77) 9 111 1031 1021 ~ -~ti 6