The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-19 00:00:00

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Illinois unaltered, at 894 to 891 ; United States' 5-20 Bonds, 725 to 72g. Colonial Government Securities are .quiet, and prices are without variation. Canada 6 per Cent. is quoted at 100 to 101 ; Mauritius 6 per Cent., 104 to 106 ; New South Wales 5 per Cent., 99 to 10 ; New Zealand 6 per Cent., 1051 to 1064 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 1025 to 1035. In Railways Caledonian and Great Eastern are steadier, and Chatham and Metropolitan are scarcely sa good. The quotations are :—Lancashire and York shire, 1254 to 126 ; Midland, 105 to 1055 • South Eastern, 72R- to 724 ; Lond on an d North Western, 114/ to 114 ; Great Northern, 1044. to 105-it ; ditto (A', 9W- to 1005 ; Great Eastern, 311 to 32 ; G rea t W estern, 462 to 474 ; Brighton, 48 to 49 ; Sheffield, 43 to 435 ; Metropolitan, 114 to 1145 ; Caledonian, 825 to 83 ; Chatham, 18± to 18i ; and North British, 331 to 34,5. Foreign Railways are without change. Lombardo- Venetian is quoted at 151 to 152 ; and Luxemburg at 82 to 9. The dealings in Bank Shares are very limited, and the only change in prices is an improvement of 5 in Imperial Ottoman, which is quoted at 5 dis. to 5 preen. ; Alliance, 14 to 13 dis. ; Agra (A), 10 to 105 ex div. ; Anglo-Austrian, 35 to 4 prem. ; Imperial, 17 to 17 4 ; London and County, 515 to 525 ; Lon don and - Westminster, 675 to 685 ; Union of London, 33 to 34 ; London Joint Stock, 315 to 325 ; Oriental, 42 to 43. Foreign Mining Shares are firm. St. John del Rey shows an advance of 35, at 20 to 21, and Chontales at to g dis. ; Port Philip steady at l 4 to 15. Miscellaneous are steady. Hudson's Bay is 5 better, at 14 to 145 ; Anglo-American Telegraph unaltered at 225 to 22g ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 55 to 5g ; London General Omnibus, 11 to 2 ; and National Discount, 10/ to Ile. Business has been done to-day in Metropolitan District Railway Issue of £400,000 Debenture Stock at 1 to 15 prem. Including a withdrawal yesterday of £25,000 in coin for the Cape of Good Hope, the bullion operations at the Bank for the week show a balance of £ll,OOO against the stock held. The steamer City of Antwerp has brought £19,000 gold from New York, and the French mail steamer Imperatrice Eugenie has arrived at St. Nazaire with £128,000 specie from Vera Cruz. The ordinary general meeting of the Credit Foncier tn. 'Mauritius has been called for the 26th instant, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and to declare a dividend. The directors of the Fender's End and Enfield Gas and Coke Company have called the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the 26th inst., to receive the report and declare a dividend. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the' Alatnillos Company has been convened for the 26th inst., for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company. The Isisldings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta and Biadras were held yesterday at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were to Calcutta £185,000, and to Madras £1,500. The minimum price was fixed at is Ild on both presidencies, and tenders at a n d a b ove is 111 d will b e a ll otte d in full. No tenders on Bom bay were invited. These terms correspond with the previous state of the market. The half-yea r ly meet i ng of the Linares Lead Mining I. *l ompany will be held on the 26th inst., for the tran saction of the general business of the company. The proprietors of the Fortuna Company will hold their half-yearly meeting on the 26th inst., for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and state ment of accounts. According to the official return of the Imperial Ottoman Bank of the receipts- and payments effected for the Turkish Government on account of the foreign loans and general debt, there was a balance of 192,500 liras to the credit of the Treasury on March 13. A meeting of the Mexican bondholders has been convened for the 27th inst. to receive the report of the provisional committee and to appoint a permanent committee. The Manchester papers report that it was resolved yesterday afternoon by a number of the large spinners and manufacturers of Blackburn to summon a meet ing of the trade on 'Wednesday to discuss the propriety of going at once on short time. The spinners and manufacturers of Darwen will also hold a meeting on the same day for a similar purpose. The following official intimation has been issued by the North British Railway Company The directors hive gone over the revenue accounts for the half-year ending 31st January last, and they find that the surplus available for division will admit of divi dends being declared at the half -yearly meeting on the 27th inst. on all the company's preference stocks, down to and inclusive of the North British 1863 Pre ference Stock, and also a dividend to the extent of 45 per cent. on the Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 per Cent. Preference Stock, No. 3. The present circumstances of the company necessitate these dividends being paid by deferred warrants." The following is from Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite's weekly circular : - In the London market for American Securities there has been a fair amount of business since our last, with a tendency to increased firmness. United States Five-Twenty's have improved about l e er cent., the 1862 B on d s c l osing 725 to 72±, and th e 65's 71 to 71±. The inquiry for Ten-Forty Bonds still continues, and all offering are readily taken at current rates ; the last price is 665 to 66g. Illinois Shares have been remarkably quiet and steady, but in Eries there has been a very large business ; froze 495 they dropped yesterday on continued lower quota tions by telegram from New York to 451 ; but even at this price they are relatively higher than the New York market. For the last few days there has been a strong demand for Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, and, although, since our last they have been forced do wn t o 275 , they close very firm at 295. The inquiry for Virginia Six per Cents. has somewhat subsided, but the price remains steady at 33 to 35. At a meeting of the Great Wheal Vor United Alines, held yesterday, Geo. Noakes, Esq., in the chair, the accounts made up to this date show a balance in favour of the mine of £5,326 4s 3d, out of which a dividend of 7s 6d per share was declared, equal to £2,215 103, carrying forward to the credit of next account the sum of £3,110 143 3d. The reports tread were considered highly satisfactory, and the ospects of th e m i ne of a most cheering character. block tin sold, 16th March, 56 tons 12 1 cwt. or., £3,186 6s 7d. Vice Chancellor Malins has appointed Mr. Snell, at the firm of Fredk. B. Smart and Snell, account ants, 38, Gresham- s t ree t, li qu i dator of the Tamar Bank Granite Company (Limited). Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., has resigned the chair rnanship of Lloyd's, having held that position since 1830 . A requisition is in course of presentation to Goschen, M.P., soliciting that gentleman to kecept the office. day, tile markets are less active than they were yester but the advanced prices reached are maintained 4.11 0 animation of the last day or two has chid: trisen from speculative purchases for a rise ~, the public, th oug h d o i ng more th an the did d) are still comparatively inactive. For tin p r esent i railwa Ts are neg l ecte d , an d attention is l e( ! i eflY directed to Foreign Government Securities. ne Funds keep firm. Italian are scarcely so hi g h, T ilt Egyptian a re p er cent. b etter, an d P eruv i an. V sha res , fi nanc i al descriptions keep fit. Hudson': 4-lay are firmer, and St. John del Rey are 108 better. The money market is fi rm , w ith t h e minimum forrate the best • paper ner cent. uotton is quiet. — „ Consols a re s t ea d y a t yester d ay ' s pr i ces, at 93 i to 4 1- for delivery and 93i to 93g tor account ; New i,! 1 : 1 Reduced Th ree p er C ents., 92 to 92k ; Ind i a Pe per Cents. are flat, at 114 to 114 k, being a decline of ; Bank Stock, 249 to 251; Exchequer 13 i 1 . 1 4, in to 15% prem. ,The changes inlo re i gn s t oc k s are confined to a rise at oiresh in E gyp ti an ( 1864) a t 87i to 88i ; in the Vice ;l4°Y 's 9 per C ents ., at 89 f to 90f ; and in 7 . 1 .° Railway L oan, at 91 k to 91/ ; of k in the t v iceroy' s 7 per cents. ; and of in Portuguese, at to 1 prem., and P eruv i an (1865) , at 7 7 g- to 7 7 g ; W e xican are quoted 15k t o 16k ; G ree k , 12 k to 13 ; „ew Spanish, 35i to 36 ; Italian (1861), 47g to ; Turkish, 33g to 33/1; Orel Vitebsk, 78i to and Chilian,B9 to 89k. A letropolitan District hallway, issue of £400,000 debenture stock, 1 to 1 prem. Accordi ng t o R euter ' s te l egram f rom Par i s to dl `,Y, th e French Three per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 6 C. Firm. BRITIS 11 1' UNDS —CLUSINU PRICES 8 ti OVEKNMENT FUNDS. II:!1 . ) t . )itt. Uot.,oi, a ,`"°. Account, April 2 ,N" l ' Lent. Reduced tl t' , ) , " ' per Cent ll2 I f i L ‘3: per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 0 : 4, • 0 per Cent. Dan. 1873 — tinnuilies JO vrs, expire sth Jan., 1889 — xd '6 ° ' for ' 3O yrs, expire sth April 1885 — }:,,„ ‘ F' (Red Sea T e l ei , rap h) , Au„., WOB — `(,..tc.(juer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 par Ct. .u 0 £5OO — pin 11,, , O. £lOO & £2OO — pin t l ' r o f England Stock. 4i per Cent Shut 0. A.,.Tonat .1„,„ INDIAN JOVERNMENT SECUILITIE'. I.;'t tuck, Iti per Cent., Aprill.B74 ... 215 16i Ii .u. Account ". per cent Oct . 1.1 Pot' Cent., Oct 1868 car ras, ors, 'imo eel," tell." )n- Do. Cortifevec _ i Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.. Deb.,'s per Cent., Aug. 1873 - Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 ' Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRIG} S. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 72 11 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 187,.8.... lie, do., 18 , ;( Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 7ll Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ot.than 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent -- Do. 6 per Cent., B • Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C ot mbian, 6 per Cent. Danis'' 3 p.n- Cent. 1825 D tnubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 69 1 elqua,dor New Con2;olidated, 1 per Cew — Ezyptian, 7 per Cent lio. Secoud Issue ~ D ~ £590 Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds — Do. 1864 - - Do. .fSToO Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ... 881 9 Governwent Railway-Debentures .... 91 -i- 1 •901 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex C ou p s — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account ~ Do. Maremmana Raiway — Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — ilontevideau C per Cent. .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l3l Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 77 i I I Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 185 S, '6, '7, 7 9,'051','2,''• Do. do, 1' 67 391 Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid lpm Russian 5 per Cent., 18:::2, £ St — Do 44 per Cent. 1850 .,. .. 84f Do 41 per Cent., 1860 • — Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 DO. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds. , Do. do. £B4 los. d0..._ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do. £B4 15s. do Bs} Sa - dinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account -; Do Passive — Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account -• Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds --- Do 6 per Cent., 1862.. ••• Do Account .... 82i Do £lOl Bonds .. 6 4 -5 t Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 ssi i li Do .1 por Cent., Guaranteed ••• Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Divideuns on the above payabie in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — kustriau o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 3elgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2:14 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ B7l Do Account — itidiah 5 per Cent. 1851, EL. zsi. Do. Account 471 1. 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 1. Do. Account, March .. 931 i MARKETS—(This Day.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of stock to-day was fair, with the trade dull , xcept for pork. Of beasts there were 520 on sale, 33 being foreign. The demand was sluggish, and prices depressed. Of sheep there were 6,740, including 1,910 from the otttinent. The trade ruled heavy, and quotations wore ower. The number of calves at market was 222, of which 157 were from abroad. The veal trade was steady, and rates maintained. Quotations—Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 10,1; mutton, 8s 4d to 5s 2d ; veal, 3s 4d to Gs ; pork, 3s to 4s 4d per stoue of 81b iinking the offal. POTATOES, &c. Consumption has diminished in consequence of the mild weather, and with largo arrivals of best regents and flukes, n addition to the continued full supplies of French and Dutch, trade has become dull, prices declining lOs to 20s Jer ton. The long prevalence of low and unremunerative prices, tud the losses in many instances incurred, have at length leterred growers from sending up their produce so freely, rnd this morning the supply was shorter. A clearance .vas consequently more readily effected at higher prices. Greens, 6d to is per dozen bunches ; summer cabbages, 6d to Is, and savoys, 9d to is per dozen heads; broccoli, French, 28 to 38; English, is 6d to 2s ; Jersey, is to is 6d .)er dozen heads ; broccoli sprouts, 6d to 18 9d per sieve ; turnips, is to 2s ; carrots, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; loose, 40s to 80s per ton ; onions, £6 per ton ; turnip ops, is 6d to 24 per sack. HAY. Supplies of haystuffs at Smithfield and Whitochapel to lay were only moderate, but quite adequate to the demand, and prices remained without quotable changes. Meadow ,ay, GOs to 84s ; clover, first cut, 80s to 100 s; second cut, ;Os to 84s ; straw, 30s to 34s per load. TALLOW. Market steady, at previous quotations. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, March 19.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Ars. Gladstone entertain e d a t di nner yes t er day, at their ..:sidenco in Carlton-h ouse -t errace, t h e D u k e o f Cl e veland, he Earl of Meath; the Countess Cowpor and Lady A. iowper, the Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the flight Hon. Chichester Fortescue, Lord and Lady Frecle .-ick Cavendish, Lord Uharles Russell, Lord Ronald L. lower, the Hon. C. Lyttelton, the Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers, Hon. Locke King, Mr. and Mrs. Ellice, &c. After dinner Mrs. Gladstone had a reception, which was very aumerously attended. ALLEGED INHUMANITY.---it will be recollected :hat at the time the bark Superior, of South Shields, was run into and sunk by the steamship Lena, of Hull, in the Manuel, it was charged by the survivors of the Superior chat two men belonging to that vessel were allowed to 4ink and drown in that vessel by the default of Mr. Leonard Jackson, the master of the steamer Lena, and ris Channel pilot. By instructions from the Board of i'rade, the Local Marine Board of Newcastle-on-Tyne went fully into the matter during the past two days, and had all the evidence before them ; and as regards allow ing the two unfortunate seamen belonging to the Superior to drown, the master and pilot of the Lena were acquitted of all blame, and the master had his certificate returned to him. SCENE ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—At a quarter past eleven o'clock on Monday night, when the footways on Westminster Bridge were still thronged with passen gers, a young woman was seen to rush from the road to the eastern parapet, and, giving one wild shriek, to throw herself over into the river beneath. The purpose was so suddenly executed that none of those who witnessed the deed were able to prevent it. For a few moments the body was seen floating ou the water before it was carried away by the tide and lost to sight. A respectable woman who was on the bridge, accompanied by her son, a boy of about twelve years of age, was so extremely agi tated by the thought that by quicker movement she might possibly have prevented the suicide, that the lad, under a dread that she too would throw herself over the bridge, screamed with horror, and at length fell into convulsions, and while in that state he was sent iu a cal, with his mother to the hospital. Nothing is known of the young yeoman who jumped from the bridge except that she was without a shawl, and that her bonnet flew off as she ran to the parapet, and remained on the footpath. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the evening meeting on Monday next—Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., pre sident, in the chair—the paper to be read will be " A Jour ney to Shasa and the Source of the B:ahmaputra. By a Pundit, under the direction of Captain T. Cr. Montgomerie, R.E." DIVIDEND OF THE NORTII BRITISH RAILWAY COMPA.NY.—Tho following official intimati,n has been issued by the North British Railway Company :—" The directors have gone over the revenue accounts for the half year ending 31st January last, and they find that the surplus available for division vt ill admit of dividends being declared at the half-yearly meeting on the 27th instant on all the company's preference stocks, down to and in clusive of the North British 1863 Preference Stock, and also a dividend to the extent of di per cent. on the Edin burgh and Glasgow 5 per Cent. Preference Stock No. 3. The present circumstances of the company necessitate these dividends being paid by deferred warrants." HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 18. Tile Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by the Dowager Duchess of Athole and Miss Macgregor. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, and drove, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise. Princess Beatrice -rode in the Home Park. The Prince of Wales, attended by Capt. Ellis, rode out yesterday. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. THE PRINCESS LOUlSE.—Yesterday, being the 20th anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness Princess Louise, her Mwjesty the Queen arranged that Dr. Elvey, attended by Messrs. Adams, Mitchell, Knowles, Barnby, Dyson, Marriott, Tolley, Briggs, Hunt, and Bridgwater, choristers of St. George's Chapel, should serenade the Princess. They reached the Castle at half past seven in the morning, and stationed themselves under the window of her Royal Highness's room; they sang a selection of appropriate music. In Windsor the day was celebrated by an exhibition of flags, by the ringing of church bells, and in other ways. LAW IN Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE SIR S. M. PETO, BART., M.P. BETTS, AND CRAMPTON. These bankrupts were the well-known con tractors, and to-day was appointed for the last examination and order of discharge. It was arranged that the proof should stand over until the 25th inst. POLICE IiNTELLTGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING AIONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Mr. George Simpson Mackennal, a money lender, of No. 27, Avenue-road, St. John's-wood, and No. 61, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Knox on a warrant with obtaining by false pretences the sum of £9 from George Bestal Jerram with intent to defraud him of the same. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Geo. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, for the defence. On the case being called on, it was stated that the prosecutor was not in attendance. Mr. Knox ordered the information on which the warrant was obtained to be read, and it was read as follows : "I, George Bestal Jerram, of No. 5, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on oath, saith : On the 9th January I called upon Mr. Mackennal for the purpose of procuring a loan £2,000 upon mortgage for the Trowbridge Water Supply Com pany. I called in consequence of seeing an adver tisement in the Telegraph, representing that the said Mr. Mackeunal had large sums of money to advance, and stating that the said Mr. Mackennol was in a position to give banker's reference. That the said Mr. Mackennal amongst other things stated that he should have to make inquiries at Trowbridge, end if the same were satisfactory he would advance the money. He told me he would require £9 for the purpose of such inquiries, and, after a good deal of conversa tion, I gave him the £9. That the said Arr. Mac kennal has since declined to advance any money to the said company. That lam informed and believe that the said Mr. Mackennal has never instituted any inquiry as promised. That at the time of obtaining the £9 from me he had no means wherewith to make an advance of £2,000, and that he neither kept nor does he now keep a banker's account, and that at the time of obtaining such sum of £9, as agreed upon, he had no inten tion of advancing any money to the said company." Mr. Knox said he would hear what the officer, who took the prisoner into custody, had to say. Charles Butcher, a plain clothes officer of the C division, said that a warrant was placed in his hands for the arrest of the prisoner for obtaining the sum of £9 by false pretences, and he arrested the prisoner last night at 10 o'clock. The prisoner said the matter was a long time ago, and that he was surprised a magistrate should have granted a warrant, and that he thought a summons would have done. He also said he had been shown up in the papers, but that no one could do anything to , him. He admitted that he had no hank account. He went to the prisoner's office and found about a cartload of letters from persons all over the coun try in reference to money matters. He (the officer) had for a long time been engaged in making inquiries respecting the prisoner in the country, and he had to report on the matter, there having been numerous complaints from gentlemen of similar conduct to that in the present case. Mr. Knox said that in the discharge of his public duty, although there was no prosecutor in attend ance, be could not discharge the prisoner, and there must be a remand. He did not consider himself justified in discharging the prisoner. Mr. G. Lewis said lie was prepared to show that the prisoner had advanced many thousands. The charge was for obtaining the sum of £9, that sum being charged by the prisoner for inquiries, and there was nothing to show that the inquiries had not been made. The prisoner hadadvauced £30,000 within the past 12 months. Mr. Knox said ;hat looked to him very much like putting the criminal law into operation to recover money, and then quietly settling the matter. Mr. G. Lewis said that be could prove that the prisoner was what he reprtsented himself to be. Mr. Knox asked Mr. Lewis whether he meant him to understand that the prisoner carried on a bona fide business as a money lender ? Mr. Lewis said he did, and also that of an agent. Mr. Knox said he would take bail, the prisoner in £5OO, and two in £250, and he would issue a summons for the attendance of the prosecutor. WESTMINSTER. DOUBTFUL CHARGE. - Sarah Jane Simmons, married, was charged with feloniously receiving a vast quantity of plate, glass, &c., well knowing it to have been stolen. Robert Pettier, 98 M, said—Last night, from information I received, I went in company with another constable to 42, Hatfield.street, Lambeth, where the mother and father of the prisoner resided. The prisoner had lived at \Vest-street, Pimlico, but her husband is in trouble, and she was staying with her parents. I told the mother I was a police constable, and should search her pi ree f or stolen property, takenfr Bro Go m,p re t L o o n. dge, Kensin g t on , an d 19, Onslow-square, Mr. Arnold—What authority had you to search? Witness—None. I thought we could search in cases of felony. Mr. Arnold—You were acting illegally and with out authority ; the father and mother would be jus tified in expelling you, and use force in doing so ; it is a violation of duty. 1 Witness—The mother showed me the box, and I found many of the articles produced. Prisoner came in and began to cry ; I asked her how the things came to Hatfield-street. She said they were brought there last Saturday week by the landlord's sou from West-street. She is a married woman. Mr. James Holbert Wilson, of 19, Onslow-square, said he thought the prisoner was to be pitied. Her husband's brother was in his service as butler, and must have stolen the things and taken them to his mother. A short time ago the husband had com mitted a forgery on Coutts' Bank, and he and his brother were now awaiting their trial at the Cen tral Criminal Court; they had stolen a circular letter and forged the name of his nephew. John Marsh, 92 M, said he went and took the prisoner and asked her where she got the property from. Mr. Arnold said he could not hear what she said. The constable had no business to ask her questions. He doubted whether it would be safe to commit oa the evidence, as the husband was undoubtedly the receiver, and should be proceeded against by an in dictment at the sessions. He should allow her to go on be own secognisaum till that day week, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AIARCR 19, 1868. THE NOMINATION AT H: UDDERSFIELD. AT a GENERAL COURT o f PROPRIE TORS held at the BANK of ENGLAND, on THURSDAY, the 19th March, 1868: RESOLVED, — That the best thanks of this Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Ilrec tors of the Bank of Englan3, for the great attention they have paid to the affairs of the Corporation during the past half-year. ORDERED, — That the said Resolution be advertised in all the Daily Morning and Evening Papers. HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary. The nbmination of a candidate to serve in Parliament for the borough of Huddersfield, the representation of which is vacant through the death of Colonel Crosland, took place yesterday in front of a large crowd, and amid the excitement which Usually attends electioneering proceedings. The candidates were Mr. Edward Aidam Leatham, banker, and M.P. for Huddersfield from April 1859 to July 1865, and Mr. William Campbell Sleigh, barrister, Conservative, and Liberal candidate for Lambeth in 1862. The two gentlemen shook hands on their appearance on the hustings—the usual preliminary to a fight, whether at an election or in the prize ring. Mr. Leatham, as the candidate first in the field, enjoyea priority of nomination. He was proposed, amid the customary noise and interruption, by Mr. C. H. Jones, and seconded by Mr. Daniel Sykes. Mr. Slciel was proposed by Mr. Charles Brooks, ana seconded by Mr. 1.. 33. Starkey. Mr. LEATHAM, on coming forward, was received with applause from the right side of the busting; and groans from the left. He reminded the constituency that - he was not an untried man. He had served them in Parliament for six years, and he confidently appealed to his conduct while in the House of Commons as a guarantee for the future discharge of his trust as a repre sentative, should Huddersfield again confer upon him that honour. Mr. Leatham did not fail to take advantage $f his oppor'unity to make some caustic observations on the political inconsistencies of his opponent—at first too Radical for the Liberals, and then a Tory. Mr. SLEIGH then made a %peech which occupied forty minutes in delivery. He expounded his views at great length, and defended himself from the charge of having been politically inconsistent. He asked whether a man might not change his opinions and be honest notwithstanding ? If returned he would give a cordial, though an independent, support to the present Government. He approved of its domestic policy, and highly extolled the manner in which the Foreign Office had been conducted under the wise administration of Lord Stanley, of whom he spoke as the most successful Minister who ever held the seals of that department. There was a crowd of between 10,000 and 12,000 persons in front of the hustings, and on the whole the proceedings were good-humouredly conducted. Of course the inevit able baker and the irrepressible sweep were represented. Each received a bonneting, and with great difficulty dis appeared. THIRD EDITION- SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Leatham, and a poll was demanded by Mr. Sleigh. There are about 2,300 voters on the register. THE MANCHESTER TRADES UNION OUTRAGES REPORT. The report of Mr. Pickering, Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Chance, the commissioners appointed to inquire into trades union outrages in Manchester and its neighbour hood, was issued on Wednesday morning as a parliamentary paper. It is addressed to the Chief Commissioners now sitting in London. The examiners commenced their inquiry at Manchester on the 4th of September last. They found that the mem bers of several of the unions of brickmakers and bricklayers throughout the district had destroyed their books contain ing the accounts of their expenditure and the minutes of their proceedings. In one case five chests containing books were broken open by order of the commission, but all documents relevant to the inquiry had been removed. They then proceed to give an account of the cases brought under their notice, commencing with the Stockport Operative Brickmakers' Union. Various accounts are given pointing to acts of intimidation, out rage, and wrong, promoted, encouraged, connived at, and committed by the unionists. These statements were pub licly made at the time, and fully reported in the papers. Manchester, Oldham, and Bolton were the other places dealt with. The commissioners find that within the past ten years no intimidation or outrage has been committed in the district by any association of employers. All the outrages recorded were instigated and sanctioned by the several trades unions. They were deliberately planned and executed in furtherance of a system which had for its objects the subjection of both masters and men to the rules of the union, and the destruc tion of the freedom of labour. When a master bad ren dered himself obnoxious a meeting of unionists was held, and if either a resolution or a tacit understanding was come to that an outrage should be perpetrated, the mea sures for carrying it out were left to the officers, and the funds of the society were , available for the purpose. The largest sum which the examiners found had been paid was £2O, and the share which generally fell to the lot of each man engaged in the transaction was £l, though the amount varied, am was often more. As already stated, many books belonging to the unions were destroyed, but in others the money paid for outrages was frequently entered as "certain expenses," and in others a sum total was put down without any expla nation whatever. These modes of making up the accounts seemed to be so well understood that the auditors never objected to them. The books were always open to the inspection of members of the union, and the examiners have no doubt that the expenditure of the money and its object were well known. They considered that the out rages had been perpetrated and the union money spent in the promotion of a system which they sanctioned and upheld. FUNERAL OF THE REV. MR. PLOW. On Tuesday the bodies of the late vicar of Todmorden and his infant daughter, two of the victims of the convict Miles Weatherill, were interred in the consecrated ground attached to Christ Church, Todmorden. The inhabitants of the parish took the opportunity of shewing, in a very unanimous manner, the respect which the late vicar's earnest labours had won for his private character. The mills were closed, and every shop, public-house, and beerhouse in. the town was closed from ten o'clock until noon, when the ceremony was completed. The morning was cold and wet, with occasional hail and rain storms of extreme violence; but the weather did not seem to have any effect in lessening the numbers of the crowd, who took possession of the avenues to the church, and almost every point from which a near view of the proceedings could be obtained. A considerable number of policemen were on duty, but the crowd was so orderly and well-behaved that their position was almost a sinecure. Shortly after ten o'clock a procession was formed at the door of the vicarage, and proceeded up the short pathway to the church. The procession was headed by clergymen in their surplices. The choir of the church immediately preceded the two coffins, which were covered with rich palls and wreaths of flowers. The chief mourners were the Rev. H. A. Plow, rector of Bradley, Hants, father of the late vicar ; his brother, Mr. E. Plow; Miss Plow ; Miss Bridges, sister in-law to the deceased clergyman ; and the Rev. Dr. Molesworth, vicar of Rochdale, the stepfather of Mrs. Plow. Miss Bridges is a member of a religious sisterhood at Coatham, Redcar, and she wore the gray serge dress peculiar to her order. The members of the family were followed by a large number of Sunday-school teachers and scholars, in whose welfare Mr, Plow had always mani- fested the warmest interest The large crowd in the church was, visibly affected when the coffins were carried in, and many seemed quite over come with emotion. The coffins were placed in front of the communion table, a hymn being sung meanwhile ; and Dr. Molesworth read a Portion of the service for the burial of the dead. The Rev. 11. L. Page, incumbent of Coat ham, Redcar, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Plow, celebrated Holy Comm anion. The rite was preceded by the singing of the hymn commencing " Brother, rest ; thy toils are over." The chief mourners, together with the members of the late vicar's household and a few of the the parishioners, partook of the Communion. Whilst the bodies were being removed from the church the organist played the Dead March in "Saul." The interment was accomplished amidst a furious storm of hail and rain, which compelled the crowd to disperse rapidly. As soon as Mrs. Plow, who is now believed to be out of danger, can be removed, it is intended to take her to the south of England in order to complete her recovery. The vicarage, which has been the scene of one of the saddest tragedies of modern times, will then be ready for the reception of another incumbent. • THE IRISH QUESTION AND THE REFORM LEAGUE. At a recent meeting of the council of the Reform League, Mr. Beales in the chair, the chairman called attention to the speech of Mr. Gladstone with reference to the state of Ireland. He said no doubt a crisis had arrived with respect to the Irish question, and not only that, but with respect to the Liberal party itself. The speech of the right hon. gentleman had placed that question and that party in an admirable position, and it should be the duty ' of the council of the League to back him up by all means in their power. If Mr. Gladstone took his stand, as no doubt he would, as the leader of the Lib era l party, that entire party wou'.d co-operate vs ith him, not alone in carrying out his declared Irish policy, but als o i n g i ving effect to the • enlightened views upon most general subjects which he was known to entertain. The chairman expressed his gratification that The O'Donoghue had again resumed his position as president of the Irish Reform League. Mr. Whitford moved, and Mr. Bubb seconded, a resolution to the effect that a series of meetings to discuss the Irish question should be held in Trafalgar -square. Mr. Cremt.r urged upon the council the dedr .blcness of being CA ue tious in their action, less they might, by a et • cedure, place the Liberal party in a dilemma. Messr 04. r and Cooper apprpv . ..cl . of the resolution, which wr,F carded, NOTICE. The Third Edition of The Sun of last night, containing the Latest Betting and Rams at Warwick, was pub lished iu time for the country post and for deny ery in town at 7 pm. LYIPERIAL PAR LI A DIEN _ 4._ HOUSE OF LORDS—This E VENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. A potition was presented from tho Sunday school teachers of Kensington against the sale of spirituous liquors on a Sunday. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. The Earl of LICHFIELD moved the first reading of a bill fur regulating the liquor traffic. It was read a first time. PETITION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAM- meat. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, as at present advised, he proposed to make his statement the first Thursday after the Easter recess. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. BRIGHT said, as he found ho could not present a petition ho held in his hand after the hon. member for Brighton had commenced his speech, he would take the opportunity of doing so. The petition was from Birming ham ; it spoke of the hardships contained in the 7th sec lion of the Reform Bill of 1867, and it prayed that that section, and also that part of it calling for the full payment of rates, be repealed. Ou the motion for the 11011S3 going into Committee o; Supply, Mr. J. WHITE moved, that in the opinion of the house it. was expedient that no such Reform Act of 1867 as made occupiers liable for poor rates instead of owners, in re • spect of premises to which the system of compounding ' had been applied, ought to be repealed ; that. the name of every occupier ought to be put on the rate book, and that payment of rates by the owner, under the compound ing system, ought to be deemed payment by the occupier and entitle him to the franchise. The hon. member took the opportunity of entering at some length into the many hardships such an arrangement entailed upon those who came within the harsh arrangement. He denied that the compound householder was such an objectionable per son as bad been stated, and when it. was said that. the com pounder was extinct is England, he denied that such was the fact. The compound householder was the creation of Parliament, and it was only when he was turned out of doors by his pa-ents that he made any outcry. It Was unjust to make the offspring responsible for the stupidity of his parents —(laughter; and hear, hear) -and with all due difforense to that important personage, Mr. Dudley Baxter, who felt himself quite competent to give a full description of "the anotuolous and portentous animal called a compound householder," he (Mr. White) thought he was quite as much entitled to his position being fully recognised by Parliament, as any other class of her Majesty's subjects. The right honourable gentleman had stated on a very interesting occasion that one half of his life, viz., for 31 year; he had had the honour of a seat in that house, but he begged to ask him with the greatest respect, whether during that long period ho had once raised his voice against the compounders befcre ho came to the conclusion that the whole system of compounding was most objectionable. He denied that the compounder was a being desirous of voting without paying his rates; but ho begged to say that, in his opinion, the compounder not only paid his ' rates, but he thought he paid more than his fair propor tion. From the obhquey that had been thrown on the compounder, it might be believed that compounding was a matter altogether unknown to the law, but if any gendeman would only take the trouble of referring to the statute book he would find it crowded with such propositions. In Ireland compounding was by no means unknown, and in a debate that took place on the income-tax, compounding there was fully and freely recognised, but the only com pounders who were not to be acknowledged- who were to have the full pound of fleshexacted from them, were his un fortunate clients. The Reform Bill had been talked about as a measure of public good ; but he thought that it was a bill of pains and penalties for hundreds of thousands. Was it nothing that 500,000 people were to be hunted and harassed and deprived of their rights because they refused to be mulcted according to law. Ho would not refrain from expressing his disgust at such an arrangement. In Brighton there were 6,000 compounders, about 2,000 of whom will now have to pay between 30s. and 40s. per annum if they wished to continue to vote, whist another class would have to pay at least 265. per annum in addition to the usual outgoing if they wished to enjoy the luxury of a vote for a member of Parliament. Mr. C. FOSTER seconded the motion. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 24 Advices from the seat of war state that after a conference between the Admiral and Generalissimo of the allied forces the intended attack upon the Paraguayan position at Humaita was postponed. Upon receiving information that the Marquis Caxias refused to attack at once, the Brazilian Go vernment proposed his dismissal, but this was op posed by the Emperor. A revolt has occurred in Monte Video, headed by the son of General Flores, but was suppressed without fighting. Serious damage has been caused to the San Paulo Railway by inundations, and the traffic from Sau Paulo to Adundiaky has been stopped. A revolt in Alagoas against the President has been put down by the troops. Councillor Allis has been appointed Brazilian Minister to London, Senhor Cuto to Belgium, the Marquis Lisboa to Portugal, and ..ienlior Yarn hagen as Plenipotentiary to Austria. Exchange on London closes firm at 15d. Coffee, good first quality, 9,000 rei:,•. Sales since 7th inst., 32,000 bags, consisting of 11,000 for the Channel and Northern Europe, 4,000 fur the Mediterranean, 14,000 for the United States, and 3,000 for the Cape of Good Hope. Stock, 80,000 bags. Freight to Channel, 40s. Bank of England Returns.—This Evening, An Account, pursuant to tl cap. 32, for the week ending I ISSUE DE . Notes issued .....£34,994,600 £ 34 ,991,600 lIANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £ 14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 5,927,221 Other Deposits 19,731,714 Seven Days and other Bills 467,84 X 44,303,404 FR. ;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednosday, March 18, 1868. P ARTME JTT . Govornmt. Debt.£1.1,015,100 Other Securities.. 3,981,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £34,994,600 :PARTNEXT. Goverumt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £13,272,162 Other Securities 17,777,410 Notes 11,966,975 Gold and Silver Uoiu £44,303,40 SK MIT, Deputy Cashier. E'oreian. l'autot List, MAILS DUE. AA:straits and New Zealand, via doathamptoa......Mareh 2 , Ditto, via Marseilles ....• • • ••••,.• .•Marc 1 2 _ Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video A dri i 6 Ditto, by French packet March 2. Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ...... . Airil 6 ...•ape of Good hope. Asoenslon. and St. Helena starch 2J China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton March 2, Ditto, via darstilles ....... • Faikiand Islands libraltar, via Southampton MAre;i , India, via Southampton . ...... .•.. ..... . ..... 31an.,11 2 Ditto, via Ilarsell.es ...... . ..March az Malta, Egypt, ,to• .• March 23 Ditto, Marseilles M:trch Mauritius, Cape of Good II ,pe, and Natal. via Southampton Ditt.), Marseilles April . 8 NewtoundlaLe • Portugal .... Ditto, by pri vt.ts ship to Oporto •• • Ditto citto to Lisbon United States, Canada, Calliornia, &0.. by British packet - March 23 Ditto, by L lilted States packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto , New York) Ditto (Litt , (Baltimore) __ _ Ditto, by Canadian pactet West Coast of Alms, Madeira, and Tenerin April Is Went ladles and Pa_ilic (except Mexico and Baha mas) March 16 Cnba and Mexico March :10. Bahamas, via New 1 .. &larch 25. Bermuda, via liaiit x . Four thousand tons of Cheshire salt, for agricul tural purposes, pass over the South-Western lines during the year. It is curious that the Isle of Wight, although a small island and surrounded by the sea, consumes a 6 much Droitwich salt as inland districts of the same size. Salt derived from sea water is considered superior fol agricultural purposes to rock salt. ANOTIIER SUICIDE AT BRIGHTON.--011 Tuesday evening an inquest was held at Brighton on the My of Grorge Solinger, a tailor, aged 38. Deceased had been in the habit of drinking to excess, and on Tuesday moraing he went into a tap-room, where several men wele converp fug about the suicide of Mr. Dalrymple. Deceased joined in the conversation, and said he must be a strong-minded man who would dare blow out his brains. In a second or two afterwards he put a loaded pistol to his face and fired it, the explosion carrying away nearly the whole top of hi: skull, and scattering particles of his brain and bits of flesh over the bystanders. Either the ball or a piece of tilt skull (the latter is thought the more likely) hit one Inal. close to deceased on the tomplo with such force as to taust blood to flow freely. A. verdict of " Temporary insanity', Wag returned. _ - - - Mr. HANKEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what day he proposed to make his financial state- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ____ _ WARWICK RACES—Tms DAY. . BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HANDICAP PLATE. A Handicap Plato of 50 soya; wiunors after the weights are out slb extra; five furlongs. Mistletoe Execller Mamauthea ............................... 1 ............................... 2 ........................ 3 Three GUY SIVEEPSTAKES. The Guy Sweepstakes of 3 sues each, with 40 added; two year oldi 7st 81k three 9st 41k four lOst 71b, live ztn.l upwards lOst 121 b, mares and geldings allowed 31b, maidens 'in the present year having started twice and not won allow d 5:6, thrice 716, the winner to b 3 soid for 100 s3vs; if entered for 50 allowed 71b, if for 30 1116. Half a mile. Queen Of Darkness Miss Sophie 2 Brine HANDICAP (Three Furlongs). A handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 adde 1. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs. Throe furlongs. Alicia Dr. Wilson Columbine 3 MATCH. Nonpariel The Kitten 2 --- - HANDICAP (llalf a Mile). A Handicap of 3 aovs each, with 23 added, for two and three year olds. The winner to be sold for 100 sous with engagements. Half a mile. Eau de Vie Finesse Pero . 1 GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. The Grand Annual Steeplechase Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft, azd 5 only if declared, with 100 added; second to save his stake ; winners of any handicap steeplechase after March 6 (at 11 a.m.) 71b, twice 101 b extra; about four miles; 69 subs, 33 of whom pay 5 sovs each. The highest weight accepting being 12st, it has been raised to 12st 71b, and the others in proportion. Musketeer Shakespeare Globule Thalassius 4 Thirteen ran. STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. A Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 50 added. Winners of any steeplechase after March 12 (at ten a.rn.) 71b, twice 101 b extra. Gentlemen riders, those who have never ridden a winner in a handicap steeple.. chase allowed Glb. Two miles and a half. 38 subs. Foxholes Lord Waldegrave Wedding Peal.. 3 Six ran. HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. The Warwickshire Hunters' Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, p.p., with added, for half breds ; 12st 711) each ; thorough bred horses 121 b extra ; three miles ; 10 subs. Talisman 1 Old Court Tyroue 3 Seven ran. HUNT CUP. The Steeplechase Hunt Cup, value 100 sovs by subscrip tion of 10 soya each, for all horses that have been regu larly hunted ; 12st ; horses never having started in any steeplechase allowed 71b; winners of a steeplechase in 1867 or 1868 value 50 sovs 71b, twice 141 b, or of a steeplechase of the value of 150 sovs at any time 281 b extra ; gentlem3n riders, professionals 61b extra ; about three wiles. 11 subs. Highflyer 1 Lincoln 2 Revets 3 Four ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 700 to 100 agst Blinkhoolie, with a start (taken) 100 to 8 agst Neinea (taken) 100 to 8 agst Abergeldie (taken) 100 to 6 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) 14 to 1 agst The Parson (taken) 16 to 1 agst Kettleholder (taken) 20 to 1 agst Nyanza (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Grey Stocking (taken) 100 to 3 agst Lady Rosehill (taken) DERBY. 5000 to 100 agst Harvester (taken) lORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEM ENGAGE MENTS. March 14, at 9 a.m., Secrecy out of Warwick engage ments. March 16, at 9 a.m., Bcrtie, out of all handicaps to date at 9 a.m., all Mr. S. J. Welfat's horses, out of Warwick engagements. March 17, at 9 a.m., Numa Pompilius, out of all handi caps for which the weights have appeared; at 3.20 p.m.- Ligurian, out of the Spencer plate at Northampton ; an: at 4.5. p.m., Franchise, out of tho City and Suburban han dicap. March 18, at 9 a.m., Zuma (dead), out of all engage ments ; and at 0.30 p.m., Mandrake, out of the Northamp tonshire stakes. The yearling filly Zuma, by Adventurer, out of Sou venir, died on Monday last. The following names have been given : —Mr. T. Golby's b or br f by Dundeee—Cygnet, 2 yrs old, Swan of Tay ; Mr. G. Greet's b c (late Half Moon) by Gamester, (out of Little Ann, 4 yrs, Luch. FORFEIT LIST. —The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Brigstock, Love Letter (to qualify), and Drummer thy. STEEFLECUASE FORFEIT LIST. —Tho forfeits of the fol lowing horses have been paid:- Old Squire, Switbh, and The Beau. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAL CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9 to 1 agst 131iukhoolie (offered) 100 to 8 agst Nemea (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Stradbroke (off. red—take 15 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Parson (taken and offered) 100 to 6 ag-t Abergeldie (offered) 20 to 1 agst Nyanza (offered) 20 to 1 agst Cheltenham (offered) 2Q to 1 eget Kettleholder (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mayflower (taken and offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 apt Thalia (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Lord Hastings(offered —take 100 to 9) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Abergeldie (offered—take 30 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Owain Glendwyr (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agst Rosicruciau (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered) 1000 to 70 agst See Saw (offered) 20 to 1 agst Yale Royal (taken to £150) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (off.—take 100 to 15) 9 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered) LtOTUNDA CLUB AND COSISIISSION EXOIIANGE. Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Sid; IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications for membership should bo made to the Secretary, 3, Black friars-road. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. MARCH.Afargate ......... . """•• 23 Croxtou Park Epsom Spring Meeting 24 I Northampton APRIL. Bromley Spring 6 I Catterick Bridge l6 aur ham amnion l3 I Thirsk Newmarket Craven .... 13 Curragh April 2l. Knighton l4 I Newmarket Ist Spring 27 A.bergavenny ..... 16 MAY. . Chester 5 1 Bath Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury l4 1 JUIiE. Nest Drayton 1 Oroydoa 2d Summer I .Ifauchester s ascot Summer 9 13eyerley, Hull, and East !tiding lO Windsor Summer Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O AUGUST. drighton drighton Club 6 1 Oxford Lewes Summer .1,, Scarborough 2 ',Vol verhampton ll 1 Canterbury 3tocktou ......... 2D elymouth Nindsor August l3 1 Licbfield ... ............... 27 olghatu iilistiugs . . 7 8 York August __..... ,u 6, Margate ..................... 31 IIUDDERSFILLI) ELECTIUN.,6I--- THIS DAY. At the close of the poll at four o'clock, Mr. Leathata was elected by a considerable majority over his oponent, Mr. Sleigh, the Conservative can didate. BRIDGE. The Bishop of LONDON said that he had to present a petition from the Senate of the University of Cambridge, which appeared so important that he would occupy their attention afe minutes. Their lordships would be aware that although students were admitted that were not mem bers of the Church of England, yet they could have nothing to do with the grievance of the university. Tho petition which he had the honour to present was signed by 36 members of the Senate. . It was the desire of a portion of both universities that it should be secularised. He should personally object if such a course was pursued. It would entirely upset the whole system of the Government, and studies of at all events of Oxford. But he did not enter tain the fears of these memorialist', and be thought that they might extend a great deal the advantages to persons other than members of the Established Church, and he did not think that any danger would occur from admitting to the Convocation and Senate of the University, there would accrua, from the admission to their lordships' house, persons who were not members of the Established Church. He thought that there ough to be no danger in having also professors of abstruse science who were not members of the Establi.9hed Church. Now the petitioners whose petition he had the honour to present stood in tho same middle position as himself, and wished that while every facility should be given to dissenting students, yet they desired that the governance of the college should be in the hands of members of the Church Established Their petitioners were afraid that if persons not of the Established Church were admitted the education of the clergy would cease, and the seminary of the colleges as a religious one would cease. In secular colleges ho must say that the education - which the clergy received must bo very different from that received at Cambridge and Oxford they desired especially to avoid.dissevering the colleges; and were anxious that the government of the colleges should be left to the Established Church. To any ar rangement that some of the fellows might be not mem bers of the University:they had no objectiion, and while wishing that the University might be thrown open as much as possible, they still d, sired s that the government of the colleges might still remain in the hands of those professing that religion, whose glory and safeguard it had been in times past. (Cheers,) Tho right rev. prelate concluded by laying the memorial on the table. D.THE RITUAL COMMISSION. I Lord TAUNTON inquired when the second report of the Ritual Commission would be laid on the table, and re marked that there was great evil and danger in ritualistic practices, and that the sooner they were thoroughly inves tigated into the better. He sincerely trusted that no point would be left unsettled, and that whatever the service of the Church was to be that it would be carried out in uni formrty throughout every parish church in England. This he considered would alone give satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Ritualistic had been very busily engaged in preparing their second report, and they trusted to lay it before her Majesty in a very short time. Their lordships would un derstand that he could not go into any details. (Hear hear.) RETURNS OF NUMBER OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES. Lord S'TRATHEDEN moved fora return of the number of the speciol constables who enrolled themselves in the different parishesof the metropolis after the explosion at Clerkenwell. He eulogised their having come forward so spontaneously, and asserted that no acknowledgment had been made of their conduct either the year before last, or last year, or at present. . [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS -THIS EVENING. The SrEAKER. took the Chair at four o'clock. Mr. WHITE presented a petition from Liverpool, pray ing that the public expenditure might be greatly reduced. Colonel SYKES presented a petition praying that the elective franchise might be extended to women properly qualified by the payment of taxes, &c. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from Dewsbury pray ing that public-houses might bo altogether closed on Sundays. PAUPER LUNATICS. Lord EUSTACE CECIL asked the Secretary to the Poor Law Board whether it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to introduce, during the present Ses sion, any measure relating to pauper idiots and lunatics in workhouses. Sir M. BEACH said a bill was to be proceeded with on that subject in the other Bouse of Parliament on Monday next. DISCOVERIES AT BOW. Mr. SCHREIBER asked the Vic;;-President of the Com mittee of Council on Education whether his attention had been called to recent discoveries on the site (hitherto lost) of the manufactory of English porcelain at Bow ; and whether hp would direct that steps be taken to acquire a selection from the specimens already found for the Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum. Lord R. MONTAGU said it was quite true that several interesting specimens of English porcelain had been dis covered at Bow. Arrangements had been made with Messrs. Bell and Black for further opening the digging. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. EVANS asked the Attorney-General whether the attention of the law officers of the Crown had been directed to certain arrangements alleged to have been concluded, or to be in process of being made, in several metropolitan and other parishes, under which the owners of small tenements were to collect and pay over the poor rates on behalf of their tenants, and were to be remunerated for their trouble by a money compen sation in order to comply with the provisions of the Re form Bill? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had to say no attention had been given to the matter. He did not know of any such arrangements being made. NEW ZEALAND, Mr. H. LEWIS asked the Under :Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps had been taken to put the men of the New Zealand Defence Corps into possession of the land to which they were entitled for their services, and what was the reason of the delay which had taken place in giving the men the portions of land to which they were entitled ? Mr. ADDERLEY said the claims of the New Zealand Defence Corps was a matter entirely for the Provisional Legislature. When the corps was disbanded promises of grants of land were made to the officers and men, the claims of those persons had been recognised, and the carrying out the promise made to them had been pre_ vented by local circumstances, but he believed the grants would be very shortly made. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. Mr. MONCRIEFF asked on what day it was intended to proceed with the Scotch Reform Bill. Mr. DISRAELI said he could not give any very pre cise answer. He was very desirous that the Irish Reform Bill should receive its second reading; after that he would at once fix a day for the consideration of the Scotch bill. Mr. BOUVERIE said that he supposed the Irish Reform Bill would have to be road aseeond time before the bill for Scotland was considered. Mr. DISRAELI said that was so. IRELAND. Mr. LOWE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when and in what manner it was the intention of the Govern ment to give the house the opportunity promised by him of considering the proposed issue of a charter for a Roman Catholic university in Ireland. The Earl of MAYO said the matter was entirely in the hands of the house; as far as he was concerned he would certainly give ample opportunity for the matter being discussed. THE EASTER RECESS. Mr. WHITBREAD asked when it wa3 intended to ad journ for the Easter rocoss. Mr. DISRAELI said as the public business was not as forward as ho could wish, therefore he was afraid he should have to ask the house to sit in Passion Week. (Loud cries of " No, no.") Mr. DISRAELI—WeII, then I must 85k the hon. gen aenan to repeat hie question on another evening. „ \\l„ i t _ R -- ,Vrr 4:.:--,, d-- - N r "aw , ( p. , ~=, ~ elratat vall s, roll,