The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

MONEY. MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIOANCIL. Cm'-, Two o'CLocK. The Ministerial statements last night have been favourably received, and, in spite of the attention required by the monthly settlement, Consols opened k Par cent. better. They have since, however, upon. the absence of business, been less firm. Foreign stocks imsettled, particulaily Egyptian ; all but the Viceroy's Seven per Cent. Loan have declined. The unsettled state of the proposed financial arrange nlents is the chief cause of the present instability of the market. Now Spanish keep firm. English rail ways are in request, and quotations have an upward It:adency. Some of the leading banks are also firmer. 7'l tw: .g" mines are flat. t he M'ney Market is quieter, but a good business 13 b eing doee both at the B an k an d ou t o f doors, at 2 Per cent. awl upwards. ° n'nsols opened firm, at an improvement of -A, but since relapsed to yesterday's prices, and are now quoted at 933 to 94 for money and ace-stint ; New a nd Reduced Three per Cents., 92* to 92g ; India per Cents., 1131 to 116 k ; Bank Stock, 243 to 215. Exchequer hills, 12s to 17s prem. In foreign stocks the leading feature continues to be the unsee.tled state of Egyptian Finance. The Egyp - IrtiaicaerolyB,B 9 18 61 Loan is I lower, at 79 to 79k. ; and the per Cents. are also f lower, at 89 to 90 ; and the Railway Debentures have declined 1, at 8 3 to 89. The Viceroy's 7 alone s t eady, at 70* to 701. per Cents. are There is a de cline of A in Peruvian, at 83 to 84, and of K in Mexican, at 15a to 15k, and there is a rise of to Chilian (1866), at 10 to 102 k ; and of k in Italian, at 48k to 481 ; Greek are 13A- to 14 ; New Spanish, 35 to 35k ; Turkish, 34i to 35k ; and Brazilian (1865), 75 to 76. The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully paid u p, is 91 to 91k, and the Scrip, 2 to 112 dis. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. American securities are quiet. United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 70g- to 70,e • Erie shares better, at 46 t o 4 7 • I llinois are without ' change, at 95 to 95k. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 293 to 30 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 33A to 34: Foreign Railways are dull Lombardo-Venetian is lower, at 141 to 15. Great Luxemburg, 10 to 10f. En g lis h Railway shares are generally firmer, although the improvement in prices are not very im portant. Great Northern is k higher, ditto A. Stock, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, each ; and South- Eastern, Great Eastern, London, Brighton, and South Coast, and Metropolitan, k each ; but Great Western is lower. The following are the quota tions ns:—Laneashire and Y or k s hi re, 128 to 128 k ; Midland, 107 to 107 A • South Easte r n, 74k t o 75 ; London and North Western, 115 k to 116 ; Great Northern, 103 to 104 ; ditto (A), 97k to 98k ; Great Eastern, 34 to 34A ; Great Western, 54* to 54 i ; Lond on , Brighton and S ou th C oas t, 54 t o 54k ; .Mancheste r , Sh ef fi eld, and Lincolnshire, 43i to 44,E ; Me tropolitan, 112 k to 113 ; Caledonian, 75k to 76 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 18i to 19i. Bank Shares are in some request, and prices are generally firm. London and County, and London form -Stock again show an improvement of k, the termer being quoted at 51k to 52k, and the latter , 1 t 34 to 35. Anglo-Austrian is also I better, at 4k o 5 0 . prem.; and Imperial Ottoman, k,_ at g to k prom. n unton of London, 33 to 34 ; London and West- Annster, 68 to 69 ; Oriental, 41k to 42k ex div. ; gra (A), si to 10i ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29. F• in,anee shares are without feature. Credit Foncier , tt I _ ,s is un altered at 2k to 3 ; G eneral Cre di t, 2e to 2b vocelingtnernational Finance, 2to die. . s mining share s are flat. St. John del Rey - lower, at 18k to la, and Chontales k, at 2f to f ort Philip, 1g to Q. ta Misc e ll aneous there is not much doing, and prices quoted at 23 almost k stationary. Anglo-American is patrehouses, •Atlantic 1 : 1 1 , ds n , s to 23a , Telegraph, 5i to sa; - Bay steady, at 14/ to 15 ; Fore-street 11 to dis. ; London General Omnibus, 11 2 i; Ocean Marine Insurance is o troth elrsxn, „Am higher, at traordinary general meeting of the Great Railway Company has 9th inst., for the purpose of considering and ap nroping co . nvened for the bills now pending in Parliament. Gi C ue annual general meeting of the Trust Loan Conl in- t IY of Upper Canada has been called for the 29th -s ant, for the purpose of declaring a dividend, special general meeting of the Leather Cloth Ilnany has been called for the 3rd June. th e T , we ntY thousand sovereigns were withdrawn from . u rr e i e ' n a l u k yesterday for Egypt, and 10,000 fur St. -,,,._Tlileyleser has brought £83,500 in specie, from York, for this country. . . to-1.,15 sati s f actory to state that motion has been given t ee propos a l o f t h e l i quidatois of the English Ileljr it Stock Bank, Limited, Messrs. C. F. Kemp and the ry h July and to issue promissory notes, payable on and the 10th January next, in dis er:drfie of the remaining 4s in the pound due to the `',ers, thereby saving a very large sum to the arenolders. ▪ Cernuschi, of Paris, is stated to have obtained 0 ": g c oncession of the forthcomin Egyptian bank ers." Loan ,ers.bankers."behalf of "a group of F t euch a n d English le A. railway is about to be constructed between Mann tenn and Carlsruhe, for the execution of which bonds, arin g "4 per cent. interest, will be issued to the 131,211t1t of 3,000,000 florins. The New Zealand Government Five per Cent. De ,o;lentures for £1,114,000, for which subscriptions were I„vited on Friday last by the Crown Agents for the .! 001 0 pies, at £97, were all taken up by ten o'clock esterday. The total amount applied for at that hour :,s £2,660,700, and a pro rata, allotment was made 44 1 17s. 4d per cent. A new f eature h as b een i▪ ntroduced into this loan of paying the interest quarterly instead of half yearly, which will doubtless _prove_ convenient to the m a j or i ty o f t h e i nvestors, an d and to the popularity of the securities. Mr. Mackintosh Balfour has been appointed secre tary and tre asurer o f t h e New Bank of Bombay, and iS expected to take up his appointment some time next month. The customs duties received at the port of Liver pool during the month of April amounted to £297,330 10s 7d, being an increase of £49,908 6s 10d as compared with the corresponding period last Year. The following is a copy of a telegram received by the Pestarena United Gold Mining). Com paey,Limited cPallauza, 2nd May, 1868. 12.10 11.111. Pestarena suited.—Have remitted to-day to office, 1,025 ounces gold. W ou ld h ave b een l arger h a d we not been l 'ry short of water. We have now a full supply. ict FEANCFORT." The Somersetshire, which left Gravesend for Mel bourne on Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m., arrived at Ply mouth on S a t ur d ay morning at 5.30, where she took 1 4 1) t he remaind er o f h er passengers, an d l e f t a t 1 3 4 n. for Melbourne. 1:13e Brighton Railway traffic return shows this wee ka . d ahnct▪ ine ecrease of £1,482 compared with the corre ,--n 144 week of last year, and the South-Eastern au e ase of £5BO. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (40Vartniawr FUNDS. 94 1 4 8 Per Cent. Consols t,, Ditto for Account 92i I per Cent. Reduced 993 t * _ 4 4. e" 3 per Cent ij 2 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 104 A °. 0 pgr COM. .) an. 1873 enuities, 30 e xpi re sth Jan., InBP — • D o , for 30 yrYsr:e' expire sth April 188_5 l2/ 7-16 D f Z z ,, l ° l kited Sea Televaph), Ar g , 1998 ts,' equer 13ills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l2 Pin Do, D o £5OO 13 4tik . , £lOO & £2OO pm ot 1 nog lanut d Stock, 4per Cent — 1) 0. A E ..... n 141."Lim U OVERNMENT SECURITIES. ' l4 t() D °. Ac e c ' ' °I per o_.. (mint 1 Cent., Aprill874 116 1 14 A 0 per Cent. July, 1880 D° • .* Pet' Cent., Oct. 1888 D,se. Certificates °• Bnfaced Paper 4 per Cent B9 bc: . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do ' i per Cent., May 1879 lOB-I I " Per Cent R Deb., 1872 — D .1 1113. 187 7 — do. T N 1)0 ar,,. o ,* do. 1882 — D o , e u., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. ponds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO •io. Under £1.000 Ar gent' oßtials. FUNDS —CLOSING ?Milt S. 11 rtlk7il.iininileßolle°paePdr3u'Cbsleinci3t:. pCeeraCt.oloBt.s9 . 75 _ _ ad L o. 1 Per Cent. 1852 Do. d o., IKB — do ,t o '7 18 ;0 D o. 5 d e., 1863 651 l b . per Cent. 1865 i „„°,,'"e.eellat . ' ........................ 1)-•.,-,; A Yres 6 per Cent B5 Civ i : Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — co,„:, 6per cent. - gen G per Cent — u ° o * '9 Per Cent.' _ ' D o . ° P e r °cut•, B • 1)0, 1867 • 971 CI , 7 ,-,,,„ ,-, oo . ' F,, , '''' , k , ent., 1866 loh O , '7 , crip 02 • 1 ba 546i3 n, 6 Per C ent; ... b 4184 ' 3 P4r - larthi'an Cent., 1820 ...... I) Prncipalities, 7 par Cent — kr ° Per a i ~num ent., 18G7 . ... • o r to_ . . ............... aytim-aiw onsolidated, 1 per Cent — 0 0 . R Per Cent Do "Pc,t,°e,t Issue h • ... uu o IL , , • ..... . •"• 4106 137!1?: Do. end 5...,.... 80 791 1864 IDo. £5lO Bonds 791 Do. £lOO Bonds . 80 791 Government Railway Debontures . ... 89/ 1 Greek 5 per Cont., 182415, ex Coups — Do. Account , 13} 1 Do. Coupons Do:Account . 5l Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. CL, £2sp Itilian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account ~. — Do. Maremmana Raiway Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French Hontevideati 6 per Cont. . — Moorish Imperial 5 por Cent New Granada l4l Do 3 per Cen — Do. Defer•ed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) - - Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account .. 831 4 31 Do 41 nor Cont. (Uribari en) Do 4i per Cent.. If 62 Do Account Part igueso 31 , er Ct., 18:.:20;, .7,79,•i;.•, , - 4 ' : If - 1 40 Do. do., 1 67 Do. do., Sprip, £2 f p.tid — Itu , sian 5 per Cent., tts . .:z, £ r 3 Do 4/ per Cont. 1850 Do 11 per Cent., 180 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1:62 Do. A !Iglu -D utch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.., • Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... . ... ............ 84 Du. du £B4 15s. d 0..... R trchnian, b pi:r Cent 73} Spanish 3 per Con Do Accf,,unt Do New Deforree — Do Account Do Passive — Do Ace. ant Do Com. Curt. of Coup. not funded Do Account T a - kish 6 por Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds - Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 661 Do. 1863 -- Do s.per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 s3j Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 p e r Cent. — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 2sf. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 251. — Austrian 0 par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Italian 5 per (lent. 1861, Es. ZSi. — Do. Account 4Bl 1 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 94 1 Do. Account, 4th June .. 921 1 MARKETS.—(This Day.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The deliveries keep up to the weekly average of the previous years, but some increase in the imports has enlarged the stock to 56,270 tons, showing a deficiency of 20,000 tons as compared with last year. The mar ket is firm. Common jaggery sold at 27s 6d, and clayed Manilla 31s 6d, No. 12 Havannahs 37s per cwt. Refined sugars follow in the upward movement ; Dutch is worth 325; common English lumps 41s 9d. Rice— The market is quiet, with steady prices. Saltpetre maintains firm prices. Good and fine Bong tl are sold for 203., 265. 3d. ; for arrival, 20s. 6d. per cwt. Hemp is steady at 38s. 11d.,• 335. 10d. per ton fur clean, St. Petersburg. Ou.s.—The market is dull. Linseed is offered at 33s 6d on the spot here, and 32s 9d in Hull ; English brown, 35s spot ; present, 36s 6d to 372 6d according to periods of delivery ; Cocoa-nut steady ; Cochin, ols ; Ceylon, 49s to 49s 6d; fine Lagos palm, 40s per cwt ; and sperm, 104 s. TALLOW. The market is dull, at 445; spot, 44s 3d to 44s 6d; Jane, 41s 3d to 44s Gd. POTATOES, &c. The supplies on sale are about an average extent. Some meet a steady sale, at about late rates. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May s.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Mar ket firm but little doing. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The Ministers were—the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marl borough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duk of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chan collor of the Exchepuer, Right lion. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Earl of Mayo. THE POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF TRADE.—Since our last a considerable change has taken place in' the money and discount markets. An improvement in domestic trade has been followed by more animation iu the produce markets, especially in the article of sugar ; and, while capitalists have been laying in considerable stocks, spe culators have been assisting the markets, as far as they had the means of credit, by bolding on borrowed money. The terms for the discount of first-class bills have consequently advanced from It to 2 per cent.,:while for secondary paper the rise has been higher. Bankers and discounters have consequently been making a good deal of profit out of the movement iu produce. In some cases they have even found it advantageous to call in loans from the; cotton districts, in order to employ the money in warrants. They have, however, within the last few days, had their own movemonts counteracted to some extent, Large capitalists are often in competition with the banks. and they have also been lending on produce. '1 he conse quence is that the banks have experienced a reduction in their deposits, so that nearly the whole of them have found it expedient to advance their rates for money left at notice from 11 to 1 per cent., and in Some cases to even more.— Borteick's Price Current. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.--Visitors during the week ending May 2.--On Monday, Tuesday, and Satur day, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,215 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6 , 1.), from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 2,252 ; National Portrait Exhibition, by payment, 2,930 ; total, 14,397. Average of corresponding week in former years, 12,696. Total from the opening of the Museum, 7,339,312. Patent -office Museum, South Ken sington.—Number of visitors fur the week ending May 2, 2,915 ; total number since the opening of the Museum free daily (May 12, 1858), 1,292,893. THE PRINCESS OF WALES IN IRELAND.—SO, when the procession is again formed, and the royal lady in green passes by, the progress is indeed tumultuous and triumphant. A vast number of unrecognised aides-de camp insist on making part of the procession, and rush by the side of the carriage, their hands oa the door, waving their hats and caubsens in the face of the object of this homage, and bellowing loyal cries. The effusion is supreme—alarming almost. The contrast between that fair and delicate creature thus invaded, and the flushed and delighted faces, is almost ludicrous. But it was meant well and heartily. Since the great day of London-bridge there has been no such welcome fur her as at Punches " All the Year Rou n d." town.—Dickens's Another city church, well adapted for the purposes says the Pall Mall Gazette, is to have a higher order of services than has prevailed. On Sunday night the Rev. T. Pelham Dale, the rector of St. Vedast, Poster-lane, announced that he should hereafter make an alteration which would, he hoped, render the services more at tractive, not only to the parishioners, but to others who might like to attend. St. Vodast is a spacious and very beautiful church, close to St. Lawrence, and while one was crowded to suffocation on Sunday night, there were in the high pews of the other not moro than fifteen or sixteen people. Mr. Dale, the rector, is a son of the well known Canon of St. Paul's. The Bishop of London has not thought it neces sary to resist the assumption that he is the proper person to institute proceedings against all clergymen who have published alleged heresy in Paternoster-row. Conse quently the rule nisi obtained by the complainant in the suit against the Vicar of Frome has been made absolute, and it is now his lordship's duty to examine the incul pated writings and decide whether the prosecution shall go on. No doubt if the Church Association is prepared to undertake the pecuniary responsibility, his lordship will cheerfully acquiesce, even at the cost of furnishing a precedent which may be retorted upon him with ruinous effect when there is no persecuting organization at hand to place its purse at his disposal.—Church Times. Archbishbop Manning gave evidence on Monday morning before the Select Committee on Sunday drink ing. In the Archbishop'A opinion, Saturday is the most dangerous day in the week for the working classes ; there is more drunkenness on that night than any other night in the week. With regard to the police reports, they afford no information as to the extent of drunkenness at the present time. The sale of intoxicating drinks is generally admitted to have increased, and drunkenness has increased with it. Efforts after the spiritual benefit of the drinking classes is absolutely paralyzed by the prevalence of their evil habits. A great portion of witness's flock are exposed to great temptation to drink to excess on the Feast of St. Patrick, and strenuous efforts have been made during the last few years to sup press the drunkenness consequent on that festival. In his opinion why drunkenness was so prevalent on Saturday night was the fact of the poor working classes being paid au that night. In spite of the police, it is notorious that drink is obtainable at any hour on the Sunday, especially in low neighbourhoods. The restric tions proposed by the present bill as to the non-consump tion of liquors on the premises, and the curtailment of hours on the fitinclay, will dvabtles§ be highly beneficial. VREFERENCE S a ARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent. rd. at to per cent, flu Consolidated, ö per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 4 per cent., 132 North Eastern, Cans., 4 per cent., -- Ditto, 4i per cent. rd., 95 pm., 104 LL' ES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref., 93 Vale of Neath, 91 roamicis PAIL WAYe. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Vote', ILhenitsh, Ditto, all, 231 Groat Luxembourg, !Ok Recite and San Frandsen, Urn., gua. 7 per cent., 10,1 ioutli Austrian Ind Lombardo Venetian, FOILNIUN MIN NIS. Cape Copper. Urn., reatArtna United Gold, lim, 2; Itoesa Grande, St. John del Hey. urn , 191 Vancouver Coal, 4 k DOCKS London and it. !Catharine. •7i 3!!llwa.1 Ireehold Land and Dock. BAN h flzra. Urn., A, 10; Alliance, Australasia, 5:31 Cti:u•tereu der. of India, London, and china, 281 City, 12 lfoasoliditted, lim., 41 imperial Ut uman, Mur4gasze :lank of India, lIT I London Chartered c,antC of Australia, 211 tam dun and Cu city. 51 amain) Joint Stuck, ;Ai London and bt estininnter,:o3l 8 lAtto, Scrip, 461 Nutionai l'ruyincia, ut blazlaqd, [Attu. .1 and id issit i.:39 National dank, , 30.1 iriental Curporatiuu,4lf Uuiu•t or Australia, 43 31160111.1.4.N140138. Anglo American Telegraph, 231 1 All nitre telegraph, Ditto, b p..:r cent , iO6l Ceylon Company, Ditto, A shares, 3 City of .10 cow liar, lim. 5 Credit Fonder of England, Urn., 2 (5-16 3 Crystal Palace, 22/ ast India Irrigation and Canal, 173 Ebbw Vale, 111 Eitypriau 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gualv Egypt. Goy, 9 0 1 Home audit 'o!onial A ssurance, 11 .1 imbon'ES Bay, • 141 Itaii in Irrigation (Canal Cavour). 2 , Ditto, a per cent. Bonds, redern. 1 , 570, Issued 90, 45 l'euinsula and Oriental *team, 0 8 Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 11 1 rust and Loan Company of Upper Canals, 4 Viceroy otEgypt, 7 per cent.). Mortgago) Loan, 74 1 DEPARTURE OF MR. DICKENS FROM THE UNITED STATES. The Russia left her wharf early yesterday morn ing and steamed down the bay. When near Staten Island site rounded to and waited for mails and pas sengers to arrive by the tugboat from Jersey city. When the boat came alongside, bearing among others Mr. Paul Du Chaillu and Mr. George W. Childs, the passengers crowded to the side to catch a glimpse of Mr. Dickens, who, leaning over the rail on the quarterdeck of the Russia, smiled and nodded to his friends below. Two hours before he had left the Westminster Hotel amid the cheers of those who had gathered to bid him farewell, and as he entered his carriage bouquets tossed by fair hands from windows fell at his feet. In order to avoid a crowd of spectators he left the city from the foot of Spring -street in the private tugboat of his friend Mr. Morgan. On board the tug were Mr. James T. Fields, of Boston, Mr. Anthony and Mr. Eytinge, artists, Mr. William Winter, Mr. Osgood, of Ticknor and Fields (this gentleman has accom panied Mr. Dickens throughout his American cam paign), Mr. 11. D. Palmer and his associate, Mr. C. Jarrett, of Niblo's, and Mr. Marshall B. Wild, of Boston. The last-named gentleman was Mr. Dickens's ticket agent. Before he bade his farewell, Mr. Dickens acknowledged the value of his agent's services by making him a present of a check for $l5O. They steamed down the bay, followed by a police boat having on board Mr. 'l'hurlew Weed, the superin tendent of police, and a number of ladies bearing beautiful bouquets for Mr. Dickens. They reached the Russia, and were soon on board. The state room prepared for Mr. Dickens was laden with flowers. A basket elegantly arranged was presented to him by Mr. Childs. In the centre, iu white car nations, upon a ground of red roses, was the word " Farewell," and below the initials " C.D." It was a lovely day—a clear blue sky overhead. As he stood resting on the rail, chatting with this friend and writing an autograph for that one, the genial face all aglow with delight, it was seemingly hard to say the word " Farewell," yet ',the tugboat screamed the note of warning, and those who must return to the' city went down the side. All had left save Mr. Fields. "Boz" held the hand of the publisher within his own. There was an un mistakable look on both faces. The lame foot came down from the rail, and the friends were locked in each other's arws. Mr. Fields then hastened down the side, not daring to look behind. The lines were "cast off." A. cheer was given for Mr. Dolby, when Mr. Dickens patted him approvingly on the shoulder, saying, " Good boy." Another cheer for Mr: Dickens, and the tug steamed away. " Good by, Boz,' " " Gool by," from Mr. Fields, who stood the central figure of a group of three, Messrs. Da Chaillu and Childs upon each side. Then "Boz" put bis hat upon his cane and waved it, and the answer came " Good by," and "God bless you every one."--New York Tribune, April 23. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, ISGS. SITARE LIST. IMPERIAL PAILL I A MEN HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EvENlxa. THE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Mr. DISRAELI, who on rising was received with loud cheers, said after the division on Thursday night, in the opinion of those with whoni he acted an alteration had oc curred in the relations in which the Government stood with the house. He had asked the house time to consider the result of that vote, and he had now to communicate to it the result of those deliberations. (hear, hear.) The house would recollect that when in 1866 Lord Derby was summoned . by the Queen to take themanagement of affairs, the party with - whom he acted was in a minority in the House of Commons. It would have been quite within the right of Lord Derby to have dissolvel Parliament and appealed to the country, bet partly owing to the distracted state of the Liberal party, aail thiukiug that the -lions i I only been recently elected, he waived the right he ua doubtedly possessed in the hope that 11) ,night be able to carry on the G.evernmeat of the country. Fa 1337 the Government *was cella,' up et to deal wadi a qeeetien —the question of It eform which had broken up :old discomfit ed every Goveremout that hill attempt.el to deal with it. Bat Lord Derby did welertak the lebonr, and he propesed au.l fivally passed a great measure, which he believed hat given satisfaction to the country. (Hear, hear.) After the p tseieg of such an Act, it was quite cem2.eteat to the Eid of Derby to dissolve the Parlialtent and take the opinion of the country, but that which he had waived in 18613 ho again waived on the occasion ho had referred to. Whether any thing had occurred since which should have derogated from such a constitutional course was not for him to say, but in the few observations he had to offer it was not his desire to speak in any coloured manner, but, on the contrary, his desire was to use the cold judicial language of the bench. (dear.) He thought ho might say that during that time the conduct of the Administration had never been impugned. (Hear, hear.) The manner in which his noble Mewl (Lord Abercore) had governed Ireland—a subject which had brought about the present circumstances—had led to results which .were in the highest degree satisfactory. The financial measures of the Government had cover been questioned or opposed; in fact, they had boon supported by hon. gentlemen oppo site. again the foreiga affairs of the country had been carried on in a manner that ' was in the highest degree satisfactory toeother great Powers, and this had been done, not by thrusting down its own opinions, but simply by the conviction that the Government were actu ated by justice and a sincere desire fur peace. (Hear.) Thu manner in which the Abyssinian question had beau treated was also a matter fur congratulation, not only from the manner in which it had been concluded, but to the fore sight in such a groat commander as they had in the General who had so worthily executed the operations in that distant country. (hear, hear.) The failure of such an expedition would have been attended with the most alarming cousequences, but thanks to the wisdom in de ciding upon the course to be taken, for which he thought the Government might take some credit, the expedition had boon successful in everything for which it was organised. Now the matter that lad brought about the present crisis had rose suddenly. 'With but a few days' notice the house was asked to consider a startling question —a question whether the Established Church in one part of the United Kingdom was to be disendo wed. There was at the time a Commission sitting to inquire into the revenues of the Irish Church, and it was proposed and hoped that the house would have waited until the Commission had made its report before any final decision was come to iu the matter, but such was not the case, and her Majesty's Government, feeling that the most serious results would ,follow such a proposition, it the propositi on th e i r most deter minedthe feeling th a t th e same proposa l w a was d e e t e p r p m e a i t e i o d n t , o fromgive would soon be made with respect to the Church of Eng land. If such a thing was to take place the Caurch in England would either become too powerful for the State, or broken up into opposite sections, or governed by the despotism of the Court of Rome—iu either case the royal supremacy would be destroyed. The house having decided not to take the course the Govern ment had recommended, it became his duty to take that course which was open to him. It had been said that there was a clinging to office on his part, and that his was a policy of governing by minorities, but he denied that such was the case. After the vote had been come to he took the earliest opportu nity of laying the whole of the matter before her Majesty. The advice he gave to her Majesty, under the circumstances was to dissolve the present Tarliament and take the opinion of the country on the conduct of h e r Ministers and the measure in qu es ti on. (h ear, hoar, loud cheers, oifg "Oh, oh.") Ile had also said that if h rs matter ht be more sat i s f actor il y sett l e d t e and cdes m by the retirement of the pre,sent Ministry from office they were quite ready to retire. (Hear, hear.) He had tendered his resignation to her Majesty, but she too graciously decided not to accept it, and had adopted the rocomtnendation he ha I felt it his duty to give to dis solve the present Parliament . as soon as the state of puhliC huskies/. allowed. 11, wished the appeal might be made to tho new coustituen los; and that the business of the session might be so concluded as to allow the dissolution to take place in the autumn. (Hear, hear.) lie disapproved of all the Irish resolutions, and therefore he could du nothing more than do all in his power to prevent that which he looked upon as a groat national calamity. Mr. GLADSTONE condemned the advice which the Government had f e l t i t their duty to g i ve to h er M a j es t y . (hear, hear.) H e th ought such adv i ce cou ld on l y have been given to her Majesty when there was a rational hope that the docisionof the Parliament to be elected would differ materially from that which was to be dissolved. (Hear.) Was such likely to be th e case 2 (No, no.) Ho thought not ; and for him se lf , he begged to say t h a t h e w a s quite • prepared to go forward with his resolutions. (Loud cheers) with regard to what was to follow, that would have to b e -settled when the t i me arr i ve d. H o hould be quite prep ared to take to that, as i t was c l ear ly his duty. With respect to the resolutions, he should not go on with them that evening, but he diced a when they had been sub be quite prepar e d to go on w i t h t h em a t the first opportunity, and milted to the hou se and adopted, as t h ey wou ld be, the next step would h ave to be taken by h er M a j es ty's Go vernment. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. Mr. CONOLLY warmly supported the course proposed to bo taken by the Government, and charged Mr. Glad stone with having forced a decision, on factious motives and for mere greed of office, which the Irish Protestants repudiated as null and void. Mr. LOWE drew f rom Mr. D i srae li' s narra ti ve the in inference that the Queen had rejected both the alterna tives he had laid bef ore her— i mme di ate di sso l u tion or ro signation—and poi n t e d out that no concess i on h a d rea lly been made to the two great divisions. There was to be a dissolution next year just as there would have really been had the Irish Church question never been raised, and Parliament was asked to give a ton months' lease of office to a Government which neither trusted it nor was trusted by it. Mr. CRAWFORD asked (and the inquiry was subse quently repeated by 3L'e Childers and Sir R. Collier) how the Government Prop ose d t o ge t o ver the registration and the appeals from th e revis i ng b arr i s t ers , which under ordinary circumstances would stand in the way of an autumnal dissoluti on. Mr. NEWDEGA.TE heartily approved the decision of the Government, and declaimed against the unconstitu tional doctrine of Mr. Gladstone, that an irresponsible leader of Opposition should be able to force a measure through Parliament without an appeal to the country. Mr. AYRTON asked in a sarcastic tone whether the Government was to be carried on till the dissolution by her Majestys.Ministers or by her Majesty, contending that Mr. Disraeli had unconstitutionally shifted the re sponsibility for the course he was about to take from his own shoulders to her Majesty. Mr. BOUVERIE enforced Mr. Gladstone's protest against the doctrine that a Government could dissolve on the bare question of its.own existence, and warned Mr. Disraeli that the unconstitutional course on which he was entering would lead to a revival of the old conflicts be tween the Crown and the House of Commotis. Tho dilemma into which the House was being driven was an inevitable result of government by a minority. Mr. GRIFFITH, on the other hand, pointed to the case of Mr. Pitt iu 1781 as an instance of a Minister frequently put in a minority, and appealing ultimately to the country with success on the question of its own existence. Mr. BRIGHT animadverted, in strong and severe Jan-, guage, on the humiliating attitude of the Government and maintained that it was merely for the sake of pro longing his own term of office that Mr. Disraeli made this outrageous demand on the indulgence of Parliament,. But the Government had no right, he asserted, to a dissolu tion ; and they had no claim to remain in office where they could carry nothing of their own—but a sixpenny income tax. No decent pretence had been offered for de parting from the constitutional course of resigning after such signally adverse votes, for the Irish and Scotch bills could be more easily passed by Governments really frien sly to Reform—and the only result would be that the Irish Church could not be disestablished until 1870. After some observations from Mr. Kendall, Sir P. O'Brien, and Sir G. Bowyer, Mr. DISRAELI wound up the conversation, and, re plying to an observation of Mr. Lowe, ho expl d that her Majesty had given her unqualified assent to a dissolu tion without any reference to old or now constituencies. He assured the house that the best legal authorities were clear that arrangements might be made for a dissolution in November, and if the Boundary Bill wore passed early iu June, he would b:ing in a short bill which would facilitate the dissolution. To another remark of Mr. Lowe, that the late division showed the house to have no confidence in the Government, he replied that many gentlemen who hid voted in the majority had assured him that they did not regard it in that light, and, in language very nearly ap proaching a challenge, he called on those who agreed with Mr. Lowe to propose a direct vote of want of confidence Which m id b e argued . mil decided 04 that plain issue. Answering a question from Mr. Caretw ell, lie fixed Thursday for resuming the debate on tho :-Zesolu dons, if to-night should be engaged. The house then went into committee on the► Tudget Resolutions, and Mr. GLADSTONE repeated his attack on the t Octrava gant policy of the Government, complaining that t hd con trolling power of the Treasury had been relaxed' -tinder the present Administration, and that the Estitnat es had shown a constant tendency to increase. But f, ,r the greater political question of the day, ho should.. long since have called the attention of the house to the• sub ject. Sir J. PAKTNGTON, complaining that no notice lead boon given of this attack, for which reason his &Am Ice must be incomplete, pointed out that so far as the War D a partment was concerned the increased expenditure Nros causod by th) necessity of arm n; the fortifications (fo. which Mr. Gladstone was responsible), fur the new brooch-loaders, and the increasal ply and allowances con— &Anent On the report of the Ite,;rulting Gummis4ion. Goural rEEE, also enforced the same exploingion fer the increase of the army expeditur,, and warned Mr. Ci!ads:ono not to provoke too aloe, a cimparisoa with hie own Army E,timates. 0031tY who oornol Lin +d 01) sa - ne v.-ay of being takes uoa,vareg, show-1 that tipp inorcaie in the is ivy Elthuates was forc,4l on the pi•esent Ciiver: - .rneot by the ineffective contlitioa in whic4 the navy hal bmu left by late Govelument. The Marquis of lIARTINGTON did not deny Mkt a considerable incri:as.3 of expenditure would be necessary to arm the fortifications, but promised on a future occasion to show that the items mentioned by Sir John Pakingtoa and Ganeral Feel did not account for the increase in the Army Estimates. Mr. Childors, Sir C. Russell, Mr. Dalglish, and Mr. Laing also made some observations on the same subject, and, after a general reply from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the resolutions were agreed to. Some other business was disposed of, and the house ad• journed at half-past 11 o'clock. CRIMINAL COUR r.—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Barnard Tymou was indicted with stealing a valuable security, viz., a cheque for the payment of £175, the property of Henry Coleman. From the evidence it appeared that the pursuer and the prosecutor were fellow passengers on board the ship Somersetshire from Australia. The prose cutor had been very kind to the prisoner, and had advanced him money to pay his passage to England. The property stolen consisted of an authority from the bank of Australia to the bank of Victoria to pay the sum, and was seen safe in the pocket of the prosecutor four days before the ship arrived at Blackwall. The prosecutor was blind and being au invalid was attended to very closely by the prisoner, and it was alleged that during the latter part of the voyage he stole the draft from the pocket of Coleman, and on his trying to negotiate it he was taken into custody and charged with the offence. The prisoner denied the offence, and con tended that the document had been lost during the voyage. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Re corder sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Michael Prendergast, 23, was indicted for utter. jug counterfeit coin. The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; and on Agar, the warder of the City Pri son, being called, he said the prisoner was a well known City thief, and had frequently been in pri son. On being asked how often, no less than 14 previous convictions were proved. The Common Sergeant said the prisoner was a dangerous person to be at large, and he therefore sentenced him to 10 years' penal servitud e. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN ABSCONDING POTIIAN. Charles Watson Beale, a young man, formerly in the employ of Mr. Henry Salisbury, licensed victualler, of 9, King street, Soho, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing the sum of £lO 18i., the moneys of his master. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-s' reet, appeared for the prosecution. Mrs. Emma Salisbury, wife of the prosecutor, said that on the 15th April last she gave the pri soner, who had been her husban l's pottnan for about 10 weeks, the sum of £lO 18s. to 44ty the poor rates, and he left the house and never returned, and she subsequently paid the rates horself. She saw no more of the prisoner till last night, when hearing that he had obtained a situation as potman at another house by means of a false character she went and gave him into custody. Police-constable John Scarsbrook, 46 F, said that he was sent last night from the Bow-street Police-station to take the prisoner into custody at the Ilorste and Groom, Maiden-lane, and on telling him that ha was charged with stealing the sum of £lO 18s. from Mr. Salisbury, he said he was very sorry for what he had done, and he would do his best to repay the money. With the view of having the poor-rate collector in attendance, Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. THANIES. ALLEGED AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.--A well dressed young man, named Edward Duet, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with violently assault ing and wounding Jessy Watson. The complainant, a pale-faced young woman, with a London Hospital bandage round her head, and of rather slender frame, said she was an un fortunate and very deaf. She was standing at the corner of Watley-street, in the Commercial-road, last night, when the prisoner and another man came up, and one of them said, " How are you Scotty ?" to which she replied " Very well, and how are you ?" on which the prisoner struck her on the head with a heavy stick and knocked her down. She screamed aloud and the two men ran away. Some other girls came to her aid. The prisoner was apprehended immediately afterwards. The prisoner, in defence, said that the complainant stopped him and his friend, and wanted them to treat her. They told her to go about her bthiness, and his friend said, " Go along, you old ---." She followed them up to Watley-st► eet, and abused them, and, while doing so, she fell down and in jured her head. Air. Jeremiah Macarthy, house-surgeon in the London Hospital, was of opinion that the blow was inflicted with a stick. The prisoner called James Mathews, a scrivener, in support of his statement. His evidence was very unsatisfactory. Mr. Benson said the prisoner's whole conduct after the outrage was that of a guilty man, and he never met with a case so well proved as this was. The prisoner made an attempt to escape after he inflicted the blow, and gave his stick to his friend. If Mathews had not be en ashamed of his friend, he would have gone to the station-house along with him, instead of going home and leaving the prisoner te• his fate. He had no doubt the prisoner had struck the Un. fortunate girl in the way she stated. If the girl had fallen on her face she would have been marked in a different manner. The prison here said ho was a clerk to Alderman Canston, and could obtain a good character. Mr. Benson said he should dispose of the case at once, and lined the prisoner £5, which he paid. The Rev. Dr. Hanna recently described, at a mooting of the Edinburgh Association for the Improve ment of the Contlition of the Poor, the following " scene of horror," which, for the honour of humanity, it is to be hoped,•may turn out to have Wen highly coloured. The scene is " Etiuburgh," the date "1868 :"—A father dies, leaving three grown-up sons. By membership in two friendly societies they became entitled to receive .Clo, which was spent in drink before the burial. The son.: then took their father's clothes, pawned them, and spent what they got for them in drink. The mother having re monstrated, she was told that if she did not hold her tongue they would do with her as they had done with the dead; and they did it. They took off her clothes and pawned them, and sent her to bed. Next came the pawn ing of the furniture, which they disputed about ; and in order to settle the dispute, what did these men do ? They d*agged the dead body from the coffin, set it up against the wall, having previously agreed that, when it was shaken, if the head fell in this way the one was to gain, andi#it tell that yap thy ctila wvialci In the gainer, NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last evening, con taining the Latest Betting at Tattersall's, &c., and Arrivals at Chester, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.13 p.m. ORDINARY SaARES AND STOCKS. • i iharca l Railways. I Paid. Closingj Business Frio ,. d. . ne. 1 00 et - ttiiiii6l and rxeter .... trio 82 14 tat Caledonian - • 100 131 76 131 1 at Cambrian - Cork and 8and0n...." - - - 20 rnwa11....... ....... . all 3 4 at Dublin & Belfast June. 100 75 77 at Dun„Perth,&Ab.junc. iOO 10 i 2 - E.London, borip Celti. all - - Do. 160 - -d st (ilagg - ow &S. Western 100 It 2. 104 at Great Itlastern,Ord.tal. iOu 31 312 at Do. 11. Angl. at. N 0.2 100 7 8 at ttratat North of Scotian, LOU 11 . 6 at tireat Northern lOO 1021 1031 1021 31 at Du. A stock .... too 97 03 98 71 1 at Du. 13 stuck.... l9O 121 116 at Do. New, is. at 16 pu. ltlu - - at ititS, and W. of Ireland 190 V 1 95 9 5 ; st Gt. Wevtern -urh4ina, 1(0 54.1 50 0 , 1 i $1 iio. 5. Val. 1:.411 gua. lOU - - ''t Du. South Wales .... 1,0 4,6 57 it D, b% .7- .): 91.--()Atoc6 Wt 3') ~,5 at Do. N eai F tti t at . 00. tit-. 1 t'lUtc: .... 4L .t.tt1r.14.611/1..V. I Urii.oilif , - 11R. .13i•:••1 i 23 at Landon and Black a,... i.:,•1 lot - - at 1, , AL,11110.,4 S c;oa.ti 10., 5 1 1 al j t:3 i 4 at 1 , tni., , ,;1ia1., alr:i 1.1:0 , ,,i o.j ltil 141 19 it Do. NI etrup. hx. A 199 at Lon. ,ii allortti II caters, ivi; I:6[ 1104 . 1:51 it Loa. dt litnill. 11 - tater: !QV VU V 2 ' 11 , i 41 ..i a ua., 1,:e1.. .k I.iikeol IOU 4 if ta. at •1e11:4 ,, ./:Ilan all 1 1 1 t, 1, 3 i l2 l at Do. Na.:a - - at Do. k.;:ta•Jsio,, tali 1 0 1 lts at 4,:ll'LT:titian Disti-tet ail 7b 8., 20 i Do. do. do. 10 - - 19 ~o. and St. John's SN• ',. 6 - - at .didiand - Do. .1;9 tillare 7 - - at Do, Sirrnin.. & 1.).i ~, 100 77 19 - *lid tient . . all - - at North Amish ..... ei Do. It:tl., rth., k Dun lOO - - at Nth. itioatern-Berwick 100 It 2 101 25 Do. (4.N•E purohaea 16.13.4 - - at Do. Leeds ..... at Do. York lOO 94 95 at Do. Carlisle ..... . at Do. Stock. & Darling ail 140 132, 25 -- Do. do. 1860-61 l b --, p at North London st Do. do. 1861 5. . l9 - - - 1)o. do. 1866 . lO 11 111 10 North Statlordebire at N. &S. W. Junotlon at 600ttish Central - -- - Soot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - - - Uo. Soot, Kid. stock IOU - - Shrouenire Union at South Devon lOO 14 II 45 • st .word Eastern . WO 731 741 75 41 10 ,mince, Wok., a Wok all a lu 10 at Calf' Vale LO Do. C -... . 5 - -- - bale of Neath - - - Waterford at Kilkenny 100 -- - 10 Waterloo & Whitelia 1 6 - - West Cornwall COLONLILL GO VEILNMENT SECURITIIG6. 'British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja..&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug luo 93 100 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 98 100 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 88 83 906 Do. sp. e. inscribed sk 100 b 5 67 Cape U. ii ope, 6 p. 0.1873 100 IC4 106 105,1 Do.ApL&Ool.ls9o-1900 100 109 110 Do. do 1880-9 v 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1820-9: 100 146 108 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Out., 1900 lOO 08 100 lon, Nov. 1878,6 p. 100 110 111 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 187, Jan. and Jtay .. lOO 104 106_ Do. 1878 . 'O. 1812, Mayls, Nov. it, 100 107 109 Do. 1415, Feb. & Aug.. 100 106 108 Natal 6 per cent.. lOU ti.B.G-0v.6p.0.Ja.&J ula 100 99 10 N. B.IY. Gov.s p•o., 186. , 100 91 10! Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187, 100 08 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 100 056 986 981 New Zealand, 6p. cent 10u Do. 5 per oent.... ... 100 976 986 Nova Soutia Gov. 6p. o. Ifterling, 1875 l9O 102 101 Queensland Gov. 6p. a 100 103 105 1081 AU3.Gov. 6 p. 0.1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 111 ,V10,(10v. 6 p.a. J 4 &July 100 - Do. do. A pri 1 & Oct lOO 1116 1121 1101 6 EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. CHESTER RACES--THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Prince Rogent t tetitrne.l b 'ackloek . Niue mu. IdOS FYN f 1;oau it .1 13:n1 Una .... Smut L, WYNNS . PAY KE3. Clown GJojtwar, Corporal Six ran. SELLING SEAKE3. Astracan. Buckenham f Highland Duck GROSVENOR TRIAL. Mandrake Purveyor Attack Six ran. EATON PLATE. Patrician. Practitioner The Don Eight ran. PALATINE STAKES. Returned Bedford Czar Five ran. WELTER CUP. Three per Cent Rococo Steamboat •• ... 3 Four ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER C 2 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 8 to 1 agst Beauty (taken) 9 to 1 agst Dalby (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken) 12 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 16 to 1 agst Grey Stocking (taken) 20 to 1 agst Thalia (taken) 25 to 1 agst Goodwood (taken) 30 to 1 agst Priest (taken) 30 to 1 agst Minster Bell (taken) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, 18 NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Ap2lications for membership should he made to the Secretary, 3, Black - friars-rual. LONDON COJIMISSION EXCLIA.NGE, FARRINGDON-ROAD, E.O. Established Nov. 1, MT. ANNUAL SUI3SCRIPTION --FI VE S EIILLINGS. W. B. RUOdE, Secretary. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. MAY. Chester 5 I Bath ligliuton Hunt 7 Wye 2O Winchester York Spring Bromyard II4 Harpenden .............. : 22 Doncaster Spring Salisbury • JUNE West Drayton 1 I Newton Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 Hampton . Manchester 3 Newcastle 23 Ascot S warner 9 I Bibury Club, 23 Beverley, Hull, and Stockbridge East Riding lO 1 Alexandra Park 3O Windsor Summer LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. - 411,-- IVIIITEIIALL, MAY 2, The gneetr bas been pleaied to eoostitut3 and appoint the Right Honourable George, E of Hadlingtol, to be her M.,j.,sty's High Gmninissiouer tJ tau General Assembly of the Cnur.:ll of Scotland. WAR OFFICE, TALL MALL, MAT 5. Royal Horse Guards—Cornet Henry Adelbmt ‘Vellington Fitzrov, Marquis of Worcester, to be Lieutenant; Win. Harry Vane M lb ink, Geut., to hs Cornet. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Cuiju Canipbell, to be Captain. lt;tli L•theers - S aff Assistant-Surgeon Napoleon Bisdee 111,,j,,r, to be Assistaut-Surgeon. 19rti Hussars—Lieutena n t R W. Gresham Williams, to be Lieutenant. - - _ Royal Artillery — Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert Talbot to be Colonel ; Captain and Brevet-3i ijor Edward Taswell to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Second Captain Major Francis Downes to be Captain; Lieut. Edwin William Saudys to be Second Captain. Royal Enginears —Lieutenant Patrick Ibluntgomerie (late Madras), to be second Captain. 35th Foot —Ensign William Paul Barry Brereton, to bo Lieutenant. list Foot—Ensign Jolin Wild.Thack-ray to be Lieuten ant; Ensign Henry B Jileau to be Elsign. 56th Foot—Captain Henry James Oliver to be Captain. 65th Foot—Lieutenant John Henry b 3 Instructor of M us k etry. Graham Holroyd to 69th Foot—Ensign Charles John Francis Campbell to be Ensign. 86th Foot—Captain Frederick Robert Cameron Crofton to be Captain. 98th Foot—Ponsonby Carrick Sandes, Gent., to be Ensign. 99th Foot — Lieut enant Charles John theuntlam to be Adj utaut. 105tli Foot—Lieutenant A. Money, from the 19th Hus ears, to be Lieutenant: Ist West India Regiment—Charles William Lindsay Fowler, Gent., to be Ensign. 3d West India Regiment —Ensign William Henry Gordon, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant; Ensign Charles William Lindsay Fowler, from the Lt West India Regiment, to be Ensign. medical Department Inspector-General of Hospitals William Mere Muir, M.D , 0.11 to be Honorary Phy sician to the COURSE OF EXCITANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short 11 17} ... 11 18 Ditto Rotterdam...- Antwerp ... 23 ... 25 40 Brnssels 25 35 23 40 Ilainburgh ... 13 10 13 101 Paris Sh ort 25 121 23 2 . 2; Ditto 3 Ms. ... 2 , 30 25 37i Marseilles ... 25 32} ... 25 371 Frankfort-on-the-Main 120 1 ... 120 f Vienna — 11 671. ... 11 921 Trieste ... 11 87j• 11 94 Petersburg ... 32f 32} Berlin ...... 6 261 ... 6 ti* Madrid — 481 ... 49 Cadiz -48 f Leghorn — 28 2) 28 30 Milan Genoa Naples Palermo ... „ 28 20 ... 28 30 Messina... 28 20 ... 28 30 A Mr. Jacob Pinniger, editor of a periodical known as the Tiriltshire Protestant Beacon, written in the "Murphy" style aad interest, publishes what he is pleased to call, says the Pall Mall Gazette; "the following grat.fying testim9nial to the usefulness " of his magazine, received by him from a clergyman of the Church of Eng land :—"S t. Katherine's, Savernake Forest, Hungerford, April 16, 1868. Sir,—As the master of a household, and the father of a family, I desire you to send to my house no more of such blasphemous and filthy publications as that called the Wiltshire Protestant Beacon, which has come in my post-bag this morning. There are advertising quack doctors, who are a pest iu our land, who are in the habit of sending their indecent publications by post to private hous s. But that any one should, under the mask of religion, send such papers as those which I received this morning, and which might, in my absence, have been opened by any member of my fatally, is simply atrocious. Because you aro a Protestant, do you think yourself at liberty thus to insult and defile the mind of any pure minded Ca , holie young lady or gentleman into whose hands youi ribald and rav_•lting blasphemy may happen to fall ? Be sure that in the course Ivh:cli you and your fellow Protestants aro taking you are doing all that li( in your power to destroy the Holy Church of England, and to strengthen the hands of the Church of Rome.-1 am, &c., E. Slater Browne, Incumbent of St. Katherine's, Savernake Forest." A letter horn Jerusakm,date 1 April 2, says : " The cupola of the chinch of the Holy Sepulchre is very nearly finished. Three mouths hence it will be com pletely done; nothing is wanting but the sheets of lead which will cover it. Tito Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne has made a d .nation to Franca of the spot on the Mount of Olives where, according to a Latin tradition, our Lord taught the "Paternoster" to His disciples. An irade of the Sultan has confirmed this gift, and signified the same to the French Government. The Priucc3,39 intends to make a cloister round the spot, like the Campo Santo at Pisa, and to cover the cloister walls with porcelain tiles, un which the Lord's Prayer will ba read in all the lan gutlgen pf, the world." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tors EvENnia. Tho LORD CIUNCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ED B. Earl GRANVILLE UC askedATlONthe noble duke opposite whether it was his intention to bring on this bill on Thurs day next. The Duko of MARL BOROUGII said that he thought that was too early a period. It would be brought on on Thursday week. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. The Earl of LICHFIELD, in moving the second read ing of this bill, said that he would only occupy a short time in callit , their lordships' attention to the conditions of the bill. He stated that, iu addition to the number of societies which were registered, there were many which were Lot, and therefore, when ho moved for the returns of those societies, he knew that there were many which did not come under their lordships' notice. If ho had moved that there should be a return of all those receiving out , (!o9r relief, it would be very diffieult to furnish, inasmuch is some gu ,rdians gave oily slight relief, and others a area C et.; tly, any teinror front a load of g seasons woui.t th , t lit reliable, lie niusi now, however assert that he btlieved that the condi:ions of the of the Poor-1..w did not int.-rfere with any of the habits of frugality of those plrsons who I.oealllo lat , llll:L.l'S of 1,11,130 societies. Ho could also a , s!rt that these societies carried. on most extensive peratioes. the thirst clause of the hill the prorisio, had beet purposely inisrepr -seined, but e•Vell tiIOSLI petitions against ;ha bill caul, front three societies. This clause was that which related to the mein b rs of friendly societies insuring the lives of those per &lns in the same house with themselves, but he Nvis pre pared t,, sty that this bill did not joie:lore with the regu:atious of friendly societies, nor prevent members front insuring the lives of their children far funeral ex pcuse3. Ile also could assure their lordships that provi sions for the admission of minors were expressly provided fur. In other clauses it was expressly set out that mem bers of these societies should be able to insure their chil dren. Other clauses related to the transfer of one society from another. This transfer was in many cases a great hardship. Other conditions provided for those who found themselves excluded by forfeiture, but provided that they etrmild not lose the benefit of their subscriptions until due notice had been given them. In his bill facilities were given for redress if there was any difficulty in obtaining that return, which the members were entitled to. The c.nise quence often was that a friendly society became another class of society, and the member became, without his own consent or knowledge, a memberof theother one. Friendly societies did most useful work amongst the working classes. There were such societies as the Odd Fellows and the Forresters who numbered between them near 10,00,/ members; and he would ask how it was, with re gard to the petition against his bill, that these two socieleti had not joined in, condemning it if they disapproved of it? The societies front which these petitions came were :igned by members who had no management over these societies whatever. Ile found that the expenditure of these societies exceeded their income, and he thought that there could be nu ques ion that the society which had not more than one year's income must be insolvent. These societies had petitioned to be heard against the bill, but what would be the effect of this? It would only show the importance cf the bill. With these remarks he should conclude that part of the attack upon it. lie concluded with the remark that it was necessary that re turns relating to the expenditure, income, etc., of these burial societies should be made, and that their lordships should carefully look into them. A great deal of the money of these societies was left in the hands of the col lectors and agents. REPT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. Tho SPEAKER took his seat at 4 o'clock. THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. In reply to Mr. BAGWELL, The Earl of MAYO said There were when the applica tion was made for the continuance of the suspension of the Act 96 persons in confinement. That morning there were only 23, of whom 14 had received offers of liberty if they would leave the country, or give good security for their good behaviour. He belieAd in a short time all effects of the operation of the Act would cease. THE REFORM ACT. Mr. SCHEMER asked the First Lord of the Treasury, with reference to his answer of the 18th February upon the same subject, when he would state what recommenda tions im was prepared to make for the enfranchisement of compound householders iu parishes not within existing borough boundaries, but which must be wholly or in part added to boroughs, and of whom the Boundary Com inissioners report that "they will be precluded from quali fying as voters in the year 1869, unless some special pro vision is made for their protection." Mr. DISRAELI said the matter was not included in the Boundary 8.11, because it was proposed that ho should bring up a clause when the report was made, and the reason it was not embodied in the bill was because such course might be rendered unnecessary. THE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had to move the adjourn ment of the house, in order that the explanation might be given by the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) of ex plaining the declaraticu he had wade in the second edition of his speech which he made • when he (Mr. Gladstone) had no opportunity of asking for au explanation. The right hon. gentleman had informed the house that having had an audience of her Majesty, and explained to her Majesty the position in which the Ministry stood by the result of the vote that had been come to iu that house, that if her Majetty preferred to adopt a different course to that suggested, viz., a dies )111- Lion of Parliament, they were quite ready to place their resignation in her hands. Tier Majesty, the right hon. geu tlentan informed them, had tljOuglit it right not to rcceive the re,ignation of the M nistry, but to adopt the suggested dissolution of Parliament as soon as the state of the public uusiness permitted. (Hear, hear.) The statement of the rig it honourable gentleman, accerling to one of the to,onbers for the Tower Hamlets, to ide her 51 , tj , sty the suggestor, 'not the acceptor or rejector, of advice, and he felt that that was altogether a new pos:- tiou to place thel)rown in. The explanation given by the right h ie. g,outleni ut oripkiiie wee that her Majesty had givcu her itactioli to a dissolutiork without reference to either the old or the new constituencies. But a statement had liceu mail, iu another place by the Duke of Richmond to the effect that the Premier hart •,•.• •.....• tendered to her 31ajesty the resignation of the Miuistry oa Friday, but her Majesty took time to consider and on Saturday the right hon. gentleman again caw her Majesty, and then the suggestion of the dissolution was accepted and the resignation of the Ministry refused. The statotnent of the noble duke did not accord with the communication made by the right lion. gentleman to the house - Of Com mons, and he wished to know whether the dissolution was to be made and Parliament elected by the old or new con stituencies. (Roar, hear.) The term that dissolution was to take place as soon as the state of the public business permitted was a very vague statement, lie wished to know whether the Duke of Richmond spoke the feelings of the (Avernmeut as a whole. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said he had no wish last night to address the house a second time, but questions having been put tv him in such a pointed mariner that he could not remain silent. With respect to the statement of the right hon. gentleman that he had no opportunity of replying to the statement which he had made, he begged to remind the lion. gentleman that the adjournment of the house had been moved, which rendered it quite open to the right hon. gentleman to have addressed the house at the time had ho felt so disposed, so that his statemeut that he had not the opportunity had no foundation in fact. (Hear, hear.) It was for the convenience of both sides that no misunderstanding should exist, and id thus referring to the two ad dresses he had Made ho could not see there was the slightest difference. (Hear, hear.) After he had waited on her Majesty and obtained an audience, he re e,omineuded a dissolution of Parliament. (Hoar, hear.) ila did certainly state to her the per sonal claims of the ,Goverument, but that it a step different Lom that recoulmeuded was thought ad visable, the Government were quite ready to tender their Air. BRIGHT would like to know whether the appeal weull be made to the present constituencies. Mr. MS 11,1 E LI did not think that he had anything to do with the explanation he was then giving, wbielt related to what took place when he was at Osborne. lie reconsidered the dissolution without any par ticular reservation, as soon as the state of the public business permitted, and that advice her Majesty was pleased to adopt. Her Majesty was quite aware of the exact position of affairs, and he thought that as soon as the supplementary measures of reform the business might be so wrought as ti,st the appeal might be made to the new constuuences, but that had nothing to do with his visit to anioree. On that occasion he did recommend a dissolution, and he did tender the resignation of the Government. Ho thought his statement ai the Premier ought to be taken as authentic—(hear, hear) -aud if a different iwpressiou prevailed with respect to the state ment made by the noble duke in another place, he thought the logical conclusion was that he (the Duke of Richmond) shoulu be called upon for au explauation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BOU VER11:1 said the great point had not been answered, viz., was the appeal to be made to the old or new constituom:ies. (ilear . .) Tho Government certainly did not possess the couti&tice of the louse of Commons on the subject of the Irish Church. Mr. CARD WELL wished to know whether the advice given to her Majesty was direct or contingent, and was any threat to be held over Parliament ? Sir S. NURTHCOTE said the advice given was direct, and there was intended to be held out a menace of die s& ution. Mr, AYRTON thought the name of the Queen had been used iu a most unconstitutional and he felt that the house had not had a frank explanation cf what had taken place between the right lion. geutlemau and her Majesty. Mr. GRAVES said the business of the country was being sacrificed to make way for a bitter party warfare. lie thought rather than help on such a state of things the duty of all was to throw oil on the troubled waters. Mr. B. OSBOICIE said there was one kind of petrolium oil that was nut at all calculated to calm the troubled waters, and everything that he had seen only showed him that the great thiog to be effected was delay. the Parliament P i a ie rlit i t i t a n d ent Mr. IitiRSHAN condemned th e c•induct of the Pre mier, and he demanded to kuow whether the right hon. , g ,t en ei t l l y etn i a n n em li e tt e i t. tl(leie,pozneree tcohedeisrss.o)lven_e a ,i 4 ;I I L to a distinct answe r to that questioa, and would Have it. (Loud chee rs. ) (LEFT SPEAKING.) 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