The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENO3, Ciry, Two O'CLOCK. _ . the Bank return, by a falling off in the private de posits and an increase in the private securities, indi cates a fair demand for money during the week. But the total of these absorptions of money is less than the increase in the reserve, the amount of which is nearly identical with the diminution in the circuit.- Con. The bullion again shows a falling off, but it is less than the aggregate withdrawals during the week. In Onch of these particulars, therefore, the variations from the returns of last week possess but little im portance. The addition of £645,950 made to the Public deposits, is much larger than in any preceding Week since the payment of the dividends five weeks a go, and for the period of the quarter this item Stands ,. in a sa ti s f actory pos i t i on . Th e f o ll ow ing are the principal changes since the last return : Docrearie in Circulation £463,446 Increase in Public Deposits Decrease in other Deposits . . 145,011 No change in amount of government Securities. Increase in other Securities Decrease in Bullion ••••••• 111,604 Increase i n R eserve ••. •• 464,851 Increase in Rest Bullion in both Departments ...20.291,388 Reserve of Notes and Coin 11,312,958 Circulation, including Bank Post Bills.. 21,463,569 The return of paid clearings for the week ending ,Wedn es d ay , M ay 13, as cert i fied b y M r. G eorge Der byshire, chief inspector, is as follows : MaY 7, Thursday ••• £9,740,000 May 8, Fri lay 9,042,000 MaY 9, • Saturday... ... ... 10,431,000 May 11, Monday... •-• ••• 8,619,000 May 12, Tuesday 8,753,000 May 13, Wednesday ••• ••• 8,759,000 Total ... X 55,344,000 This is a moderate aggregate only ; and as it scarcely responds to the reported iwprovement in trade, it is believed that cash is superseding credit to nearly as great an extent as last year. No Stock Exchange settlements have occurred in the week embraced by the return. The money market is quiet, at 2 per cent. and up wards. The corn market continues heavy. Tho Funds are steady at yesterday's quotations. Consols remain at 941 to 94 for money, and 92k to 93 ex div. for acconnt. New and Reduced Three per Ceats., 92/ to 92k ; India Five per Cents, 1151 to 116,E ; Bark Stock, 243 to 247 ; Exchequer Bills, 8s to 13s met). In Foreign Stocks the chief feature has been the fiattess of Egyptian. The Railway Debentures are Xl. I)wer, at 90 to 91, and in Egyptian (1864), and in the Viceroy's 9 per cents., at 801- to 81i and 90 to 91 rtspectively. The Viceroy's 7 per Cents. are steady, at 7 Hs to 72. Mexican Bonds are steady, at 15i to 16 ; hXreek,• 13 to 13k ; New Spanish, 35f to 351 ; Italia) 48k to 48 . 1 ; T ur ki s h (1865), 341 t o 341 ; C hiliati (1866) 102 to 103, and ditto (1867), 95i to 96. Amtrican Securities are without change. United States 5-20 Bonds are marked at 70:1- to 70i ; Erie Shares 45 to 46 ; Illinois, 944 to 95 i . English Rail wa y Sh a res are very quiet, and the 'eon movements in prices are of little or no importance. The foaming are the quotations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire,, 1271 to 128 ;Midland, 1061 to 106 ;South Eastern, 74 to 74k ; London and North Western, 115 to 111-1- ' • Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto (A), 96 4 to 97 - ; Great Eastern,' 33k to 34k ; Metropoli tan) 111 k to 112 ; Caledonian, 74-: to 75 ; London Chatham and Dover, 18f to 181 ; Great Western, 53 ° 53 k ; London Brighton and South Coast, 53i to 54.- i: Foreign ra il way s h ares are fl a t . Lombardo-Vene tian and Great Luxembourg are each lower, being quoted at 141 to 15, and 10H to 10- respectively. Bank Shares are little inquired for, and the only tflovenient is an advance of in Anglo-Austrian, at 41 to 5 i prem. • Agra (A), 94 to 10-i ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Chartered Mercantile, 27 to 28 ; Con solidated,n4U 4M to 4a ; I mper i a l, 18 t o 19 ; Imperial Ottom an, 4 , to prem. ; Loudon and County, 52 Or; 53 London and Westminster, 70 to 71 ; to 42k ; Londbn Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; Union of London, 34 to 35. Foreign Mining Shares are dull. St. Jchn del R eps are quoted at 17 to 18 ; Port Phillip, 1i to aft ; C hontales lower, at 2i to 2a. I nmiscellaneous the onl feature is a relapse of l A n Hudson' s B a y, w hich are quoted 15k to 15# ; Anglo-A mer i can Telegraph steady, at 23i to 23g ; Atlantic TeleoTaph Eight per Cent., 5 3-16 to 5 5-16 ; For e - street Warehouse, 2to 1 dis.; London General o nthibus 1k to 21. /1 11 : gold to the value of 121,000 was sent into the yesterday, and 3,000 sovereigns were with -,a „ The numbers are published of bonds of the Turkish ,uaninteed Loan of 1'5,000,000 of 1855, amounting to -£71,100, whi c h haVe been drawn for payment at bar on the Ist of August. I, The ordinary general meeting of the Great Barrier Harhoitr, and Mining Company has been for the '29th instant, after which the meeting w ill be wade special for the purpose of passing a reso lution to wi n d up t h e com p a ny vo!thitarily, and for the appointment of liquidators. The di rectors of the Br i t i s h I n di a S team Navigation C°l nPany have convened the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the 27th Mav, to present the report and to declare a dividend. will. general meetin g of the W a terloo Bridge Company A be held on the 4th June. The annu a l genera l meet i ng o f th e R oc k Life Assurance Company has been called for the 28th inst., d r e end ceive the dir e cto rs ' re p or t an d t o d ec l a re a divi- Messr s . IlisehofTsheiin and Goldsmidt have resolved t o retur n th e i r d epos i ts to the subscribers to t h e Spanish Colonial Eight. per Cent. recently issued, with interest at the Bank rate of 2 p e r cent ., on the 15th r• The S pan i s h G overnment, to their great dis , refus e d t o b r i ng a bill i nto t h e Cones autbo ri s ii, r , the loan. This proceeding on their part is ,2ansing a strong feeling as to the conduct of the Go vernment. da l:he foll ow i ng i s f rom M essrs. B uxton an d H un t er, 2ed last evening :—" The second series of colonial iool sales f or t h e year opene d t hi s d ay, w i t h t h e fol tew'ng catalogue :—Port Phillip, 2,380 bales ; Syd b Yi 9 18 bales ; Adelaide, 500 bales ; Cape, 463 Thata New Zealand, 333 bales ; total, 4,594 bales. e Was a very large attendance of buyers from all 'tat t ers, and biddings were spirited. Last sales' de rl ees were in all cases fully maintained, aDd the ten lleY is towards an advance. The arrivals to date ntu cunt to 209,801 bales." BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a UOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Console , Ditto for Account, June 4 9 , 1 i 1 741)er Cent, Reduced 9; 1 i 1 3 117 per Cent ND 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A l u° • s . per Cent . . ,) an. 1873 ntuttes, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 e. :))°. for 30 yre, expire sth April 1885 l2l Z z(l ° (Red Rea Tele6raph), Aug., 1208_ pm hcquer Bills. £l,OOO, 2 per Ct — bo. Do . £560 8 10 11a,, L .' £lOO & £2OO B 0• of England Stock, 41par Cent 2451 7 •1/4'o. Account I ndia GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1:1 1 , 44) , ek, 101 per Cent., April 1874 ... 215 17 b Account Do.• 0 Per Cent. July, 1880 130210.3rettilVertet; Oct. 1888 Do. tinfaced Paper 1 per Cent B9l b°: 5 , ,Per Cent., Jan. 1872 t i * ',I Per Cent., May 1679 108! - ‘' Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — no. do. 1877 — 11 LI o pt; ,fleb., 5 do. 1882 — per Cent., Aug. 1873 lO5 b o - uoods, 5 par Cent., £l,OOO 0 5 00 A 2 .2 ° REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.: A r t4 a l - tri:: 18 13 aR i l a e; 1 1 11 3 .1 1e, 6 per Con* — 02,11 tan c ~ A, - Per , oca p t er Cent. 1859 b o — 1 Per Cent , 1852 _ be • d o • 1858.... . ., 11 0. do., 1860 — b o , do., 1863 I) 0 per Cent., 1865 ~,, 0 Account 751 * 1, 4110, A 1) 4 2 Yree 6 per Cent _ u ,.ltb, t. a Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) •kill ar ,7" C e nt 1)o-4 Per Cent 75 li t ; . P er Cent — i,_ • 6 per Cent., B — lTi., 1867 ..• 1)0.1 ,P" 'Cent., 1866 0, .' P £32 Danisl bian, 6 Crp Cen t h 1 1,. , ,, 3 perlr Cent., 1825 1)04V44 Pri nelpalities, 7 ler Cent 7l i kt,,il Per Cent 7i i 8 llgyB4lpti°arr,N,ele Lon.aolidated, 1 per Gen:. 00. SF; ,rr Cent — 1 issue •• ••• 784 1 11)1 , • •fsro tinnii.l Do. 410 e 8 0 , • __ , ond s ...__ D e . 1,414 81; 1 ~,., De. Account "._e• #.5'70 Bond., 811 -00. 4100 Bonds ••••• tirgorernnitsut Railway' oebe4ntu _ r e ; s k 6 per Cent , 1824-5, ex Coups ..... - ~..'O. Acccuut • . .. 1 0...,.,._ ri Do. ` '"P ° 1 _ in+ Account _ 9b--'"Thltia 5 Per Cent .. , £25 p It.4ouclurae(lov. Run. Loan 10 p. Ct., . ',' , ~ 144 0 c Ccut 165 _ Do, .A . • '7 .., ccount ~ _ ii's°.• Maronarnana Raiway _ 444xicar. por Cent Ditto for Account _ Dn. 164 D ° a u P e t Cont. An 8 glo-Eroncla f t, y 14. it five catrice, I AT 3elebra- arsal of ill take steady a great 311 now whom e choir Ley may by their ius dis rchestra Wised for his spa- visitor 3 d voices !xtrerne. le which aection" fly from tbaeus ;" ses will oo much liderable f them. saw the chorus Eel's best vn, and erlasting rend the Je intro- with the and the dormers, wili be arrange- ies which al Palace are not that very the pria- me 120 1 9 lore than le 11, re- or Satur %bout 100 returning June 111 ►tions, ill , Newark? - tine 12th, Northern d those of 15th. . Ledrystal The ordi , charged/ e shilling s additional the lines ,ncl admi°- lays of the , Julie :lets will be miles froel 13, to S Imitted to Palace 011 way ticke ~... 1y will run York—uP Thursday, trains 0 ImpallY• tctiCe V ) . be g rand 0: 12th Ju ne ', traction c' seleoti °l3o id the othere and w hicti ' „ .1 Teat antis 4 of per s° % le excurs i 1 1 solders, LOYAL of the o%fo A Catobridgo an „ri V swain, p. Mr. ,t Club, ril 30, 18 68 " ft LivorsitY el:0 crow to ro to orfolk, ° Li , o f ,st and 19' 4 s w hich iu 1 o f throe 0 0 a co2oo9'ilir;e4 atually eg LOILIN ° ' 5 , HoLDA S° iod,Secret° am, and E 8 63. '1 29, - 10 b$ bertY r od' of the 01 00 to rou, _O O 5 4 re UUV" e'. I S oa a P ad d the rifer tho obstr uct h I t at Wl O, 0 a reO r 0 0 4 0 of (111 ., 1 5° . e arlier 1 l of We " I ! 0 ° Ao ptl° he tlu • eg °o l ir Leh c l-13 ' but fa Lint it ir y oa the race' ciecii' at'u xed as alriad, 3. C. „ of jo.' be P eliS a n1311°) ;0 1)° 1 1 36 0°14 it ' O l l / a celle th e o'o I.catea 40 0 Or 10 Dia 14 ,5 o f :de (11 0 01 , , 0 i e d the t beP ions & wool : , 0 111* 6° ,,v it 0 0 3 D 8°1 ; 5 00 1 0 0 81111 t ° st tit .„o W itb 5 °1 0 ,9 f l ' o t ino 85 tb ,lo s° be rur . v ioto 'at i” /!/ reau c Lost o f acket s ax re ,As el' jouers3 boutevideau C per Cent. .. — boorish Imperial 5 per Cent • New Granada — Do 3 per Can -- Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Perariar. 5 per Cent. 1865 B3 21 34 Do Account .. Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 -. — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do., 1'67 404 Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St — Do 44 per Cont. 1850 - Do 4? per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1 .G 2 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds,. Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0.... Do., 1836, £lOO Bonds... Do. do ..f.SI 15s. do do Do Nicolas Railway 6 31 1 4 4 Sp.roinittn, a per Uept pankh 3 per Con . Do A ce , ,unt Do New Dcforrou Do Account Do l'aisive Do A:ea - ant Do Corn. Cert. of Cou:. not fu , :ded ••• Do Account. Tu:1:1 , 11 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 par Cent. leati — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £10( Bonds 6ll Do. 1863 Do 5 per Oent., 1865 — • Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 - sBi Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed - Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Dividends ou the above payable in London. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. 37t . - 34Z Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. Austrisu a psr Dent. Ex 10 Florins lbiliou 5 per Cont. 1831, E. 25f. Do. Account 4Bf CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 94 Do. Account, 4th Juno 92k 3 SHARE LIST. ORDINAItI ditAIMS AND STOCKS. ___ --- - - • Cl os ing . Business ihare, Itallways. _ - ~s- / , 3,- --8 2 if rt. 1117ff1..61 and Meter .• •• as , - 1 .. , . 41 1 7 1 1 at (Caledonian -... 100 11 4 '., ' I Paid. I'rl4e. done. 24 •,-. st C - - - AY and 8and0n...... - 3 4 10 'rim wall all at Dublin & Belfast June . 10 0 75 . 7 ,3, at Dun„Pertli,,t Ab.Junc. 20 0 7 0 - - E.London, scrip Corti. all _ 0 Do. 100 - ..,. at Glasgow &S. Western 1 01 I „C 2 , 3 :7 34 at Great ICastern, Ord. stk. 10 0 4 1 02 103 1024 2 100 8 61 lir p e o at . N E ° . A rt n h g o l iS a c t o . t i lan ., 4 2 1 10 0 ( 0 j .17 8 at Great Northern 100 96 9? 97 1 at Do. A stook •• 12t It* at Do. 13 stock.- . lOO - at Do. New, Is. at 25 pat 100 _,. 4 to at OtS. and W. of Ireland 100 Q a et t ' G L i) . .. s . West e rn ra l. -Originalß a i l. g u, l i L o t 3 7. 3 6 2 3_ 3_ l . i 1 1 et Do. South Wales .... 1 0 , 1 ?,',', 5 2 001 et Do. W. Slid.-Oxford 10 0 0 sg 33 st Do. Newport ........ 10 1272 .28 123 at Lancashire& Yor r at Do. Hereford .. k . . ack all 100 - at London and 151- " "' 53j 51 sr 100 18 3 18 1 it Lon., Chat., and Deva. 1; ....... 1 1 ° 0 ° 0 - - at Lon., Brlgn.•& 100 - st Do. Metrop. Ex. A . •• 00 1 11 1 413 1 173 1 15 i S. Coast 10v st Lon. & North Weatero 1 .2 113 et Metropolitan-- s a t m Lo an n...4 sh S e o l u ., th & l'fl u s e te o r, ...... 10 - et Do. New lO3 DO at Do. Extension ...• .. all _ 11 I E O I IF1! 14 "1 201 Uo, du. do. 10 Du. and St. John's 11" u 6 7 7 .. 0 at ( Metropolitan District. a l l O l _49 81 100 1 0 0 10 3 1062 j 1 74 st 511dIand Do. Li/ Share 7 - - - _at - - et North Britieh ai D d o k ti e ir nt inin.. a Derb, 100 75 77 et Do. Kit, Pth., tt Dun. 109 - - st Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 102 104 12 2 3 25 Do. G.N•iii puroheat 16.12.4 - - et Do. Leeds st Do. York lOO 1/4 95 st Do. Carlisle at Do. Stook.St Darling. ail 1. - 1 131 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - -- p et North London et Do. do. 180 t 5 . . lO - - - Do. do. 1866 . lO 11 114 10 North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junction st Scottish Central - - - Scot. N. E , Abcr. stock 100 - - . - Do.Scot,Mid.rtoc 10... - - - Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 43 15 it iouth Eastern . lOO 71 3 71 1 7 1 4 1 5 20 itaines, Wok., do Wok all 1) 11 ) at Call Vale lOO 143 145 10 Do. 0 . - L.> ale of Neatli - - - Xaterlord & liilkcurk) 10i, -- 10 Waterloo & Wlittcha , 6 - - •Veda kJoruwal . - - I 81{IT1S11 YOSSICBBIO2 , Ib. 100 tiakiticaot.Lawrchec l all ; 64 46 ,55 i tioat.,liaruon,a..Cen.lu. i kW ' IC4 1.5 ! 10. 2 ''' ) u. 4 per c..:it.. it, Du. le enareb l6 ' 4 ;pi :04 Ruilalo a Lake liurui.; ati 3 4 to Do. Preiercuce . asi ' 5 7 tOO 1 11101., Bran t, at 0 °demo ! 6 p.c. ,a72-3-i.......... 100 68 71 at Caluatta &S. E., Hai I tuo - - at ..,ape Town it. Duck, gut. too 58 52 00 Jewerara, 7 p.c. per. p I all 99 lug st East iteugal, gu. ' 5 dot 10U 1e44 104 5 st Iti:ast hadiau, gu. 5 p.c.! 100 109 110 1111 4 t o Do. J Extension .. 15 - - at irandTrunkol Can a d a 100 1 3 1 16 1 13 1 ,0o Do. liquip. Mort. Bond. 1 charge 6 p.c all 78 82 752 too Do. lst 1 Bonds all 93 15 100 Do. do deferred - - tOO De. 2d Pref. Bowls all 33 33 ' 100 Du. do. deferred ..., all • - - too Do. 3d Pref. stook... all 27 22 100 Do. do. deferred - - 100 Do. 4th Pro. stook . , all 18 12 100 Do. do. deterred :' all - - at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. tOO 100 110 110 94 /3 .o. Gun. 5 per cent lB 1j 2p• to Do: New gun. 52. c 6 14 1 I,' Si at , it.Southot India gun. 5 per ocnt at Do. 41 per cent lOu 91 16 at Do - ........ X - - ' O 4 ;reat Wes. of Canada.. all 162 161 2011 DU. New ....• ...... all - - 00 Do. 6 P. n Bt.s . pay. 1873: all 98 100 00 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 91 91 it Andras, gua. 6 p.o .... 100 100 102 115 442 at Do. 42 d 0............ 100 93 55 at DO. lj do .......... .. 100 89 91 tg Do. Fifth Extensiou 5 - - et 11elb. Cot 6p. c. _kinds. 100 - - 60 ilel. do liobsot's Bay.. all - at N.ltl.C'da.Bpc latpt.ba 100 83 85 p.o' 200 1034 1064 104 41 at Dude it lihiik'nd, g. 6 „t 'elude ..... ..... _, 1.100 tot; 1 6 28 st Do. Delhi 1g d j 1 . 100 101 4 1024 102 j 1 20 00. do . t . i. ' 2 3 I 1) at Do. Punkt:b.... ...); 100 101 IU2 4 Do.lndus St. Plot 6 ° I 100 a? 80 BRUM& MINKS. - cam. ConsoL Cold, lint. 1 Chiverton Jlifford Amalgamated 80 5 66 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlet. 1 440 460 Jrake walls 2.1.0 6 6 Last Bassett (IllogauL illast Caradon 2.11.0+ 4 5 _ east Carn BrPa 3l 2 24 ril set Grenville ..:ast Guunislake 8.3.0 i gast Lovell 8.9.0 i 9 _ E. WI Russell (Tavlstk 11.7.6 16 2 4 lam. , & StAubyn(G wen. 68 4 5 ,ireat Laxey, limited all 106 176 ireat South 'reigns 1.4.0 uireat Wheal hwy 14.9.6 _ G. Wheal Vor (11elat.o 110 15 17 16 1 , i'renville 9.0.6 14 14 ilerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 38 40 Ilingston Downs 5.10.6 21 21 ilarpret (tiny Lelant 12.17.4 8 8 4 .llarKe Valley i 4.10.6 6 86 -- Ilwyndy Iron Ore, 11m 81 24 11 %ew S ton .... 501 80 70 North loskear I.Wlt Bassett(lllogan 1.4.9 North tcheal Crotty . . 2.13.0 2 3 Prosper llnited 8.11.0 2 24 Providenoe,Uny Lelant 1 ).6.7 25 27 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 380 400 South Condurrow '4.2.0 1 1 S.Wheal Frau. (Mogan 18.189 371 424 stray Park flu Croft V 14 15 136 Vigra and ClJgan, Lim_ all —.- ‘Vest Bassett (Illoon W. Caradon (Liskeard 11 10 12 West Chiverton ll 61 68 —. West Seton 474 200 210 Wheal Bassett (Medogan 22 :5 54 7 5 g ll o Wheal Buller (11ruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. , 8 21 23 226 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 9 rtLIGFPIIIIi;NUE bliAttild, AND STOCKS Great Western, 6 per cent., irrd.. 1866, 100 i Loudon and S.-IN extern ti per cent., Of I IVES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ull and Selby, ills Vale 01 Neath, 96 FOILICMN RAILWAYt. Great Luxembourg, 10; FOILEIGN MINER. Anglo • Braz:lif xi Gold. :1 la►uutaled and Silver Alining, li►n., 22 D,rn N r,l► uhl !toy. 2 3-:8 St. John dcl Hey, llm , id 172 - DOCKS East and We t India, 12!i BANES. Agra. Um., A. 10 Ditto, B, Anglo Egyptian, lint., 19l Cnartereo of India, London, and China, 271 Consolidated, iito., 44 i.t.didnii and t:otinty, 521 Ditto, new, 35 - LonduLJuiuLatuck, 311 0 AIISCELLANIGODS. A glo-Mexican Mint, 16} Atlantic Telegraph, 5.13 Ditto, 8 per cent , +O5 City of 110 , -cow Gas, lim., 51 East India Irrigation and Canal, 114 16 Lorptian ii per Cent., Viceroy Loan, s ,rua.by Egypt. Gov, 901 General Steam Navigation, 274 Hudson's Bay, 151 Ocean Marine Insuranec), 10k reuinsula and Oriental ateain, 581 Dito, new, 1567, 11i Submarine Telegraph, 73i Telegraph Construct. and 31alutetiattee, 1111 Upper Amara Tea, lim., T LIE SHIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MA .Y 15, 1868. RAIL 1 VAY 11V2'ELL1 GEN CE. SO UTII-EASTERN. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the.CityTerminus Hotel, Cannon street, to consider two bills now before Parliament —Mr. E. W. Watkiu, M.P., in the chair. Mr. CHUBB, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said there were about 6,000 pro prietors in the company, and not more than 60 of them were present in that large room, notwithstand ing that the secretary had sent a circular to every one in the company. Th At was done with the view of obtaining a large attendance of pro prietors. The business they had to transact was so serious that he would reserve the statement he intended to make for the adjourned meeting, which he proposed should he held there on the 28th inst. The absent shareholders would read an account of the pro!eeliogi at this meeting, and he hoped they would attend the meeting of proprietors on the 28th inst. Ile trusted that the ra-)st jute- THE PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR EYRE. BOW-STREET.-THIS DAY. This morning Mr. Eyre appeared before Mr. Vaughan to answer a summons which had been taken out against him for issuing an illegal and oppressive proclamation. There was also a second summons charging him with having nnlawfUlly caused the arrest, imprison ment, and flogging of divers persons who resided within the island of Jamaica, under and by virtue of a certain illegal proclamation of martial law which had bean heretofore issued by him. Sir J. Collier said he might rec al to the bench the circumstances of the pr3s3nt case. Sir Thomas Henry was, in the first iuitan33, aplie I to, but h declined to grant a summons for the charge of murder, being of opinion that h 3 ha I 11J jurisdic tion, but since that application had been made to the Court of Q. peen's Bunch, and the present proc3edings were the result. The capital charge whiel, in the first instance, was made against Mr. Eyre, it was not now proposed to prat, although it was quite open to hlve pre f irrei the in.lictmant against the defend nit another Court. The object of the pr,y,ecution now was to prosecute Mr. Eyre for a mis lemeanour, and that offence was committed, it was contended, in the issuing of a certain proclamation, placing the island under martial law, without sufficient authority, which amounted, in fact, to a declaration of war against the inhabitants of Jamaica, both black:aud white, awl which was in itself an indictable offence. No fact, therefore, arose, and under such circumstances tha question before the Court became one entirely of law. Sir J. Collier proceeded to quote certain Acts of Parliament to show the power Colonial Governors possessed under peculiar circumstances, and he then referred to the proclamation Governor Eyre issued in the island of Jamaica on the late outbreak, the action that was taken after, and he said the great matter he had to confine himself to was whether the issuing of such a proclamation was at that time within the power of Mr. Eyre. At the trial of Gen. Nelson and Lieut. Brand at the Old Bailey the Lord Chief-Justice, in an address to the jury, laid it clearly down that the Crown could not delegate to a colonial governor powers which it did not itself possess, aril if the au thorities he had quoted bore out that, the proceeiings of Mr. Eyre were clearly illegal. But it became his duty to show that if the power was not given under the English law, was there any authority for him to act as he had done under the colonial law ? The Jamaica statutes, he contended, gave no power to Lure issue such a proclamation, and the next question that presented itself was, did the Governor issue such a proclamation corruptly, but he did not consider it at all fair to impute such a motive. He did not deny that the use of violence necessary for the suppression of the outbreak was justified without reference to law. A man whose life was n danger tided, if i n self-ch.:fence he It would b e r idi c ulous to i killedhis assailant. was s say that he ought to bring an action or pre fer a criminal charge, because h 3 might not live to do so, but if he survived an I bound his enemy he had no right to kill him, but he must give him up to the oridinary tribunals. The learned gentleman then proceeded to strengthen his case, by citing a number of authorities, and referred at some length to the late Jamaica prosecution. Passing by that he next came to a knowledge of the law, and it was held in England that everybody was supposed to know the law; therefore colonial governors were the last per sonsstahyat, because it would be they not did not, so he should idle to say that the proclamation was ought upo t n o issued on imperfect knowledge. The pro clamation VC d ' w ho ell declaring martial law remained in force thirty days, and, without making Mr. Eyre criminally liable for all the acts committed during that time, he thought various other matters were concerned, which clearly rendered Mr. Eyre liable. The precise act which he charged against Mr. Eyre was the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Sidney Ltvine, who, Mr. Eyre himself had state 1, had never resided within the district subject to martial law ; and Dr. Bruce was a.noth3r person arrested, who, the late Governor admitted, lived out of the district, aud these two acts, he contended, were clearly illegal, and rendered Mr. Eyre amenable to the law for doing that which was clearly in direct opposition to it. .Nlr. Phillips was another- person apprehended out side the jurisdiction of martial-law, and as the two former gentlemen were not pre sent, but the latter was, he should call the attention of the bench to his case more par ticularly. Ile was suspected of being an associate of J. W. Gordon, and accordingly captured, but after he had been detained in custody for some time he was taken to Morant Bay, flogged by a marine, and then discharged without any charge ever having been brought against him, There were other persons arrested, but he did not propose to go into the facts of the case, but ho should call Mr. Phillips before the Bench, who would state, in pre cise terms, the indignities he had been compelled to suffer. lie adopted the present course in order that the depositions might be returned to the Court of Queen's Bench, that the opinion of the Judges might be taken on a matter which was of so muc h importance to Mr. Eyre and the various other persons. Mr. Dunning, the short-hand writer, was then called to prove his notes of evidence of Governor Eyre taken before the Commission in 1865. The evidence was then read at length from the Blue-book. Witnesses were called to prove certain volumes to be the Acts of the Jamaica Legislature, the issuing of the proclamation at Morant Bay declaring martial law on the 13th of Octo ber, 1865, the establishing of courts mar tial, and t - lo execution of a number of the persons, one of whom it was stated was hanged without trial by orders of the provost-mar shal. It was also proved that between the 13th of October and the 2d of November, 1865, there was no outbreak in the bay. The further hearing of the case was then ad journed until Tuesday next. GIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day (BY TELI:GRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Friday Nforning. Arrived, May 14—Rinal do, from Calcutta. Arrived, Algo Bay ; Rdsult, from St. Kit t ' s; J ames R. Bay ley, from 31issolonglii. Sallied, May 14 . —Colon, s teamer, for Vigo. t may 15._Donga, from Manilla Sivory Wave, from . _ DEAL, Friday Morning. fassed, May 14.—Azoff, brig, from Oporto for London. Anchored, m a y 14.—Gmsoppo Antonio, htt!k - , from t .o north for the west. Fore ign Nail Packet List. hiAiLs DUE. amitralla end Nosy Us lliad, Mc southampton May 23. Ditto, Ida Marseilles ..... -May 18 Ditto, via Panama Lereno ll p •• anitot...... ... ..... • • ... ......J uue 4 ...,slay 2J drazil, Buenos Ayre s, and aL „ eo onte Vid Ditto, by M ty 2 Cape Verde. by Brazil Pacitet . „,„... Juue 4. Cape of Good EruPo• Asoeuelon . and St. Reims • • ...Tule t 2. u h i na. k.„„ g , and ,Singapore, VA Bouttiampton M iy 2:3 Ditto. via s:tarot:Alio ...... . ..... Illy I t, Faiklaud Wands ...... . ........... utbraltar, via SoutliauaptOn .......... May hi. iudia, via Soatnauipton ...... ........• ..... llay ?..0 Ditto, vis Marse il es . . •••• . . Nlay 2s Malta, Kgypt, ,t). _ . • . . .......... ....Hay EL Ditit;,3llrsatlles.• Slay Itaurittuo, Cape 01 Grooi liVe, and l'htt tl, vii Southampton ............................... DM), Marsci . ies . nay 8 -ievrfoandla ........... May 2 ) Cortugal ..... • •' • ........... J un. I. Ditto, by privl )u ship to Oporto . Ditto c AtO to Lisbo n United States, C anada , Calif o r nia , 4 0 , , by British packet ............................... ........May io Ditto, by L tilled States packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerlffd West Indies and Pa;itio (except Mexico and Baha mas) ...... . May 17 Cuba and Mexico Hay 2). Bahamas, via New Y ratty 20. Bernawls, yia Halifax, •• .. Juue 9. A.,. w• fri - EIRD EDITION, SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLc€K. SPORTING INTEL GIGNOE—This Day . DONCASTER RACES —This DAV. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CLUMBER STAKES. The Clamber Stakes of 20 goys each, h ft, for two-yr-olds. lbalf a mile. Zuloika BE [TING-ROOM STAKES. The Butting-tthun Stakes of 3 soya each, with 50 added fur two-yr-olds. 11,d. House in. Clarion&tto .. • Two ran. JUVENILE STAKES. The Juvenile Stal as of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, fur two-yr-old colts. Half a mile. Valentino Hailstorm Curiosity SCURRY S FAKES. The Scurry Stakes (handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 2h added, for all ages. Red House in. Haymaker Ulphus Beauty Seven ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. The Chesterfield Handicap of 100 soya, aided to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each. One mile Vespasian • . Evelina , Russian Bear Three ran. CORPORATION STAKES. The Corporation Stakes of ssovs each, with 40 added• rt sting part of their history would shortly be re: (laced to union and pease. For year 3 they had been involved i❑ disputes awl Parliamentary con tests, which had reduced an excellent dividend of per cent. per annum to one of about 3 per cnt. They were now going to do what they should have done years ago—co-operate with others to serve the public better and to improve the dividends of the k hare o ider s. His first connection with the company was against his own wish, bat at the strenuous request of friends. He had to go abroad for a few months soon after, and during his absence the board had deposited a bill for the line toßrighton, the abandonment of the power to make which he would that day ask their sanction. •The bill was ob tained to check the aggressive policy of the Brighton Company. He had instituted a negotiation with Mr. Schuster, the chairman of the Brighton Company, to bring about au arrangement for fusing the two concerns. He was sorry to say that that endeavour had been thrown over by the influence of certain parties in the Brighton Company, by means of something like a conspiracy. He would go further into that matter at the next meeting. The princi p al Bill they had before Parliament was for estab lishing a working union of the South-Eastern and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com panies,—for affirming an agreement of the compa nies in that behalf, and for authorising the admis sion of the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover Company into the union. The South-Eastern Company's ca pital account was now practically closed, and their new line, which had been so long delayed, was now in full operation ; their tidal and express trains passing over it rapidly was a great advantage to the public and comfort to the passengers. The com pany had just completed an expenditure of £5,000,000 to accommodate the public and to de velope the traffic. He trusted that by patient and quiet management they would not only be able to restore the old rate of dividend, but to accomplish a higher rate. A copy of the Union 11'111 had been sent to every shareholder, and it would depend on Parliament as to its being passed. The Bill had been most carefully gone through by Mr. G. Leeman (who was not only a very experi enced lawyer, but well acquainted with railway mat ters), Mr. Eborall, their general manager, and himself. At present.the bill extended to 95 clauses. Although it had been so carefully prepared he would not advise them to accept the bill if toll clauses were so much interfered with in the Lords. Ile wished to give the shareholders full power of voting out directors, and of giving the joint com mittee power to vote out members if deemed expe dient for the interests of the undertaking, but some alteration had been made in that clause. There was power to make agreements with the London and North-Western and Great Northern Railway Com panies for using the lines, provided they would grant similar facilities to the united company. He then went minutely through every important clause in the bill, which had been 28 days before the Commons Committee, during which 14 petitions had been presented against it. The bill of costs would be made out and submitted before the share holders would be asked for their final vote, Each 'member of the joint committee would be required to hold £2,000 ordinary stock and .€3,C00 other stocks in the company represented by him, making £5,000. The South-Eastern Company would have five members, the Brighton five members, and the Chatham three members, making together 13 as the number of the joint committee, and they intend that each cotupany should pay the cost of obtaining the Union Bill in that proportion. There was power to revise the proportions of traffic on each of the old lines at any time, instead of waiting till the end of five years, as origi►aally pro posed. The debenture interest would be paid into the bank every week, and would be audited con tinually by Mr. Waterhouse, and kept as a separate department. There would be no capital expendi ture without the mutual assent of both Boards. A provident savings-bank would be instituted for the companies' men, and 4 per cent. interest allowed on deposits. He then described bow well this system had worked in another company for the advantage of all parties. It was proposed to change the name of the company to the " Southern and Continental," but Mr. Bibby, one of the directors, had suggested that the united company should be called the Great Southern. The dates of making up the accounts would be the 30th of June and 31st of December in each year, instead of, as at present, in the South- Eastern, to 31st of January and 31st of July in each year. They proposed that the joint working with the Chatham Company should commence on the Ist of July, 1869. They had settled the matter in dispute with the South-Western Comp:►ny by agreeing to build a station in the Waterloo-road to accommodate passengers from that railway on the Charing-cross and City line. They intended to extinguish the debenture debt of the company (14,000,000) by means of a debenture stock, to be called up in four or five years, or as the debentures fell due, and he hoped the ordinary stockholders would take it all up. He concluded by formally moving the approval of the bill. The Hon. J. BYNG seconded the motion. Mr. G. SMITH hoped they had turned the corner with regard to their affairs, the rolling stock and permanent way were in the best possible order, and the line was well managed and worked by Mr. Eborall and other officers of the company. lie therefore did not want to part with anything for the union of the other companies. Ile believed the Chatham Company were bound to pay £3,000 a year to one official for seven years, which, together with commissions, amounted to £7,000 or £B,OOO a year, and that this company were to contribute a portion of that extravagant sum. Mr. MORPHET regretted there should be any fur ther postponement with regard to the bill, as the object of it had been already fully considered. Ile thought the " United Southern Railway" would be a better name for the united company. Mr. RAwSON approved the clauses of the bill, and he had no doubt that the united. working would be beneficial to all concerned, but he would decidedly object to any adverse revision of the tolls. No other company was in so favourable a position as to finan cial matters, and be thought that the value of the property must increase. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions, stated that with a view to prevent accidents it was not intended that the South-Western trains should run over the Charing-cross line. The station at Waterloo would cost £7,000, and would be paid for in two years out of revenue. It could be built iu two months. The company had a valuable estate independent of traffic that would eventually add per cent. to the divi dend. The arches in Cannon-street had recently been let on long leases for £B,OOO a year. They would adopt Mr. Wrigley's plan of keeping capital and revenue under separate management. The joint undertaking would be saddled with £3,000 a year till 1874, in respect of the Chatham engage ment alluded to by Mr. Smith. It was intended to stipulate that Mr. Eborall's agreement should be ex tended from 1871 to 1874. It was then agreed that the meeting should ad journ to the 28th inst. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. MELLOR, " a bill for the abandonment of the railways authorised by the South-Eastern and Lon don, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railway Act, 1866," was unanimously approved, and the proceedings terminated. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening, con taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Doncaster and Salisbury, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. Red House in. Albatross Beckenham dam filly . • 2 Paleface Six ran. YORKSHIRE ST. LEGER. The Yorkshire St. Leger of 3 Boys each, with 50 added, for hunters. St. Leger Course. Rap St-sarrington Hexgrave Five ran. FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Freo Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 40 added. Two miles and a half. Turmoil Advertisement Troubadour Four ran. SALISBURY RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HANDICAP PLATE. Handicap Plate of 50 sous. Three quarters of a mile. Historian . 1 Cork Jacket Leading Suit 3 Six ran. LONGFORD CAME STAKES. The Lonford Castle Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for two yr-olds. .Half a mile. Antias 1 Blucher Miss Lavinia c SALISBURY CUP. The Salisbury Cup, value 200 soya, by subscription of 10 sovs each. The straight mile. The Nymph c Cock of the Walk Philosopher TAPE lAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(This EVENING-) The LORD CHANCELLOR took hid seat on the Woolsack at fiva o'clock. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. The Earl of LIFFORD, in purauance of his notice, called the attention of the house to the operation of the Con tagious Diseases Act, 1866, and asked whether it* was the intention of her Majesty's Government to ex tend it to London, aed to make it more effective by increasing the hospital accommodation, and said that in 1866 a bill was iutroduced for the purpose of checking the baneful op-rations of contagious diseases. These diseases peculiarly affected men serving in the army and navy, and it was found that there was about 140 in every thousand thus laid up. The good beieg done by the act was strikingly significant. At Alder:KA great benefit had accrued, and the dieeas,at Wool wich had teen lessened by half, and the intensity of disease, lessened, and so it was iu Portsmouth, Dovonport ; bet at Sheerness the experi ment had only been fully tried, and had been at; ended with the most successful resul s. la July last out of la 3 .side 1.3 there were two or three suffering free. diseas-. Careful in:Teethe'. would always procure. a ditninsitien in the ravages of disease. There was a society ferin.el called the "Society for the Promotion of tee Contagious Diseases Act of 1866," and this institution had been of great benefit to society generally. It was found that diseases of the contagious ciase were less prevalent and vi. Went in foreign c mntries than in Eegland. He considered that it was this duty of the Government to do what all other continental na ions had d thought there ought to ba a law whicit would provide for the cessation of this disease; but it was objeeted that this would open the road 'to vice and imtnoratity, but lie thought not. It would be found a great saleguird. It would give kind treatment in the hospita I, and the religious inst• tie tion receivedthere would be pt eductive of good to all. He thought that he had shown that the principles of this act, instead of promoting immorality, was preduetive of thi greatest benefit. He trusted he had done what he could to support this bill, and that it would be taken up by their lordships. If not, next year a bill would be introduced into this or the other house of Commons. It was a matter which affected millions and the future prosperity of the country, and therefore he now begged to ask the question he had given notice of. Lord TEMPLETON said that this was a great question, and one that was worthy of highest consideration. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that their lord ships would appreciate the judicious manner in which this difficult subject had been brought forward. He was, however, in doubt whether his noble friend intended that it should be extended only in a mili tary point of view, or to civilians as well Loid LIFFORD—To the civil population. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that he must then say that there was no intention on the part of her Ma jesty's Government to undertake so anomalous and exten sive an undertaking. When they came to consider the question of extending it to the civil population they were ni , A by very great difficulties. First, there was the expense, which might be justifiable as far as the army and navy were concerned, and might be a proper economy, but with the civil population it would be too extedsive. There were very moral considerations attached to the subject, but these were not sufficiently high to justify such a step, unless the mortality was uncommonly high, and then it might be the duty . of Parliament to supply some remedy. It would require in the metropolis SOU men at the expense of £25,000, and if this was ex tended to other large towns the expense would be enor mous. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIts EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. THE POST OFFICE. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition signed by 80,000 Post office employes, praying the house to take their case into consideration with a view to increasing their remune ration. Six ran. WILTON PARK STAKES. The Wilton Park Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. (three quarters of a mile.) Benefactor Sea Breeze Minna Troil Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. Three quarters of a mile. Vicress Voucher Resistance 0 1 02 Six rati. LONGLEAT STAKES. The Longloat Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft,with 50 added Oue mile and a half. Citron Merry Sunshine Douro QUEEN'S PLATE. The Queen's Plato of 100 guineas. Three miles Fair Star Prince Regant Leading Suit VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.-THIS DAT. DERBY. 3to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken and offered) 11 to 2 agst Rthaicrucian (offered) 100 to 8 agst Orion (offered) 13 to 1 agst Paul Jones (3ffered) 100 to 6 agst Tom Bowline (taken) IQOO to 20 agst Tympanum (offered) 2to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth with a start (taken) Eveu 100 on Sir J. Hawley's lot and Lady Elizabeth (offered) 60 to 50 agst Lady Elizabeth and Sir J. Hawley's lot coupled (taken) Even on Lady Elizabeth, 1,2, 3 (taken) 2to 1 agst Speculum-1, 2, 3 (offered) 3to 1 agat Orion-1, 2, 3 (offered) 70 to 20 agst Blue Gown-1, 2, 3 (taken) LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAT 15. 7th Regiment of Foot—Sir Richard Airey, U.C.8., to be Colonel. 17th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Grattan, C. 8., to be Colonel. Ist Lifo Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Walter IL 0. Duncombe to be Lieutenant; Robert, Viscount Joce lyn, to be Lieutenant ; Simon Macdonald Lockhart, Gent., to de Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant. 4th Dragoon .Guards—Lieutenant William John Brooke to be Captain ; Cornet Frederick Witham Gusselin to be Lieutenant. Royal Reginieut of Artillery—Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Hay Catupboll to be Colonel; Second Captain Mordauut Martin Fi:z Gerald (lata Bengal) to be Captain; Lieu tenant George Henry Withers Ewbank (late Bengal to be Second Captain; Lieutenant Burton Yaldwyu (late Madras) to be Second Captain ; Second Captain Wil liam Henry M'Causland (late Madras) to be Adjutant. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain Edward Burnes Holland to be Captain; Lieutenant Walter - M. Ducat to be Second Captain. 3d Foot—Lieutenant William Frederick Kerr to be Cap tain :Ensign Arthur Alfred Barnard to be Lieutenant; William Thompson Ricard, Gent., to be Ensign. 13th Foot— Staff-Surgeon William Jasper Reudell to bo Surgeon. 16th Foot—Ensign Walter Miles to be Ensign. 22nd Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Fallon to be Quartermaster. 37th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Pain Waters to be Lieu tenant. 52nd Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Thurstan Crosse to be Lieutenant. 74th Foot—Lieutenant George Hope Verney, from the Milo Brigade, to be Lieutenant. 80th Foot -Staff-Assistant Surgeon Jonas Richard Leake, to be Assistant Surgeon. 97th Foot—Ensign Robert Liston Foulis, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign. Rifle Brigade—Captain H. J. Maclean to be Major without purchase; Ensig❑ Lowry Egerton Viscount Cole has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. Medical Department—Surgeon-Major John Small, from the 13th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon-Major; Assistant- Surgeob James Inkson, M.D., to be Staff Assistant-Sur geon. BREVET, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. B. de Horsey, Grenadier Guards, having completed the qualifying ser vi..:e with the rank of Lieuteuant-Colonel, to ht . ) Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of Feb. 3, 1865. Captain, with the honorary rank of Major, Ambrose A. R. Wolrige, late Birrack Master, Chatham Division Royal Marines, who retires, under the provisions of the Order in Council of November, 1858, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. ADMIRALTY, MAY 12. Lieutenant Osnwnd Do Beauvoir Bcock to ba Retired Commander, under the provisions of har Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1661, aut.! 24th March, 1866. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, May 15. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon has arrived here with the above mail, 50 passengers, £BOO in specie, and 708 packages of cargo. _ _ 0u the 13th she spoke her Majesty's steamer Crocodile. Fine rains have fallen in the Spanish provinces, immensely benefittiog the crops. COLONEL KNOX AND MR. GLADSTONE. Colonel KNOX said he had to stato that he had failed in his endeavours to substantiate the statements he made last night. He did not., he assured the house, think when he was making the statement that he was doing that which was not the fact, but having discovered he had unintentionally committed a wrong, he begged to apologise to the right Iwn. member for South Lancashire and the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE said he was perfectly satisfied that the hon. gentleman had been misinformed when he origi nally- made the statement. POSITION OF HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. Sergt. ARIISTRONG gave notice that on Friday next he should move the following resolu tion : " That, in the opinion of this house, the present position of her Majesty's Ministers is opposed to the principles of representative government, subversive of constitutional precedeht, and incompatible with the character and dignity of Parliament." (Loud cheers from the Opposition.) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. BOVILL. Mr. HAYTER asked Mr. Attorney General whether it was true that the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas had appointed his son, Mr. W. Bovill, last year junior lieu tenant in the 16th Lancers, to be Assize Clerk ou the Wes tern Circuit with a salary of £1,001) a year; audif it be true whether there was any precedent to justify his appoint ment to such office; and whether any or what legal quali fications are regarded as necessary ter holding such ap pointment ? The ATTORNRY-GENERAL said the office of lerk of assize for the Western Circuit having fallen vacant by the unexpected death of Mr. Chitty, and the appointment being iu the gift of Sir William Bovill, he had conferred it upon his son. The salary attached to the office is a fixed one, besides which the clerk of assiz was assisted by a deputy clerk, the clerk of tin arraigns, awl ot.ters, whose salaries were paid out of the Consolidated Fund. (Oh, oh, and loud laughter.) The duty of the officers was more administrative than legal, and priucipalfy consi-ted in correspondence with tsherifis with respect to the arrangement of the time of holding circuit, to act as an associate t.) the jadge presiding at nisi prius, and to d other dutiaS. (11,0,e, hear, and laughter.) With respect to the precedent for such an appointment if the honourable member want, d on 3 of a similar case in point, viz., the ap pointment of a lieutenant of the 16th Lancers to the office, of course he could not give it (hear, hear) —but if he wished to know if a judge had ever appointed his son to such an office before, ho had to say that from the time of Lord Tenterden down to the present the office had always been filled either by a judge's son or relative. (Oh, oh.) With respect to the appointment being conferred on a barrister, he might be allowed to say that the gentleman who had now received the appointment was reading himself up and doing every thing to adopt the bar as a profession, although he would be prevented from practising on the Western Circuit. (Oh, oh, sad laughter.) Mr. HAYTER thanked the hon. and learned gentleman for the information he had given, but he should feel it his duty to move a reduction of the estimates by the amount paid for such a service. (Cheers.) - - RELIGIOUS LECTURES. Mr. REARDEN asked the S,Tretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to intro duce a bill this session for the purpose of preventing lectures upon the religious profession of faith of auy of her Majesty's subjects in any part of the United Kingdom, except in churches and chapels licensed for that purpose, and during Divine Service in such Churches and chapels, without first submitting a copy of such - lecture for the ap proval, revision, and consent of the Secr,eary of Stat 3 for the Home Department. Mr. HARD Y said he had no intention of bringing in a bill on the subject that would add such au additional and onerous duty on the Home Secretary. (Laughter.) A ROYAL RESIDENCE IN IRELAND. Sir C. O . LOGHLEN called attention to the absence of a permanent Royal residence in Ireland, and moved an address to her Majesty humbly repre senting to her Maj es t y t h at i t would conduce to the advantage of the Crown and the good govern ment of Ireland, and tend to allay jealousy and discontent in that country if her Majesty had a periu went residence iu Ireland, and that this house, feeling deep!y its import ance, will cordially co-operate with her Majesty iu any steps she may be graeieusly pleased to take" to carry out so desirable an object. He thought the arrangement would do more to consolidate tranquillity thau all cue soldiering that might be sent to the country. It had been said as one of the objections to the course he proposed that the lives of the royal family would not be safe in that country. Lie denied such an assertion as a scurrulous libel on the whole peopl , , and felt certain that the lives of the family of the So vereign would be as safe in Ireland as they were in this country. It might be urged that it would now be highly inconvenient for her Majesty to be con stantly crossing the Channel—he did not say it would but then it might please his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to represent his Royal rareut, and reside for some time in Ireland during each year as her representative. Such an arrangement would give the greatest satisfaction to a large nation of loyal and devoted subjects. It might be urged that such a proceed ing would entail an additioualoutlay on the part of his Royal Highness, but Parliament had never baea parsimonious in granting allowances to the Royal Family, and if it should ' be found for such a purpose the allowance of his Royal Highness should be increased the house would rea dily grant the money. • Ho contended tint as Ireland was a separate nation, and would always continua so, a Royal residence there for the Sovereign who governed it was a matter of justice quite as much as of favour. He had not the least intention of saying one word in the slightest de gree disgraceful, and with the sincere desire that the object he had in view would be accomplished, •he begged to move the address. Mr. PIM seconded the motion. Sir F. HEYGATE thought the adoption of the proposi tion of the hon. baronet for Clare would be one of general good, and he had the greatest pleasure in uniting with the hon. and learned gentleman opposite iu order that he might not have all the honour on his side of the house. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The presence of at lea-t one member of the Royal Family would go far to soften the asperities that had most unhappily so long existed. He had uo doubt that the lives of the persons of the Royal family in Ireland would be held as .sacred as they were in this country. The funds of the Irish Church, as they wore to be taken away to so:no extent, tuight very well be expended in the purchase of a new royal residence in Ire land. (LEFT BITTING) UOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. BOUNDARY 1311,r,. On the motion for g.,ing lute cont:n!ttee on the Boundary Bill, Mr. GLA )STONE drew attention to the various pro visions of this bill, and the numberless difficulties that would have to be enc iunterod, more especially wish respect to the primary question of boundary. Ho thought the par liamentary boundary ought to he the niunicipal boundary, and he very,much dispaired of getting through with the bill before the 10th of June, which it w ts necessary to do in order to render it available for tbo present year. Mr. DISRAELI said he thousht many of tho difficul ties found out by the right hou. gentlemen were ground legs, but he doubted /10t t 11949 difficulties if they were eon sidered with patience and temps could be snr mounted in a manner satisfactory to the house, and he hoped of the country. He did not consider the bill at all a party measure, as he should consider every member sitting on his side of the house perfectly free to express their opinions as far as justice required. He did not anticipate any of the difficulties as insurmountable, but, if it became necessary, they could resort to morning sittings, and if the necessity should arise that reference to a select committee rhould be requisite or a remission of the bill to the commissioners for reconsidera tion, he thought still they would be enabled to get through the bill in time to accomplish the purpose desired. (Hear, hear.) No spirit of party would be evinced on his side of the' house, and the Government would do all in its power to secure the considei ation of the bill in a perfectly open in:Trier. Mr. HII)BERT said after the statement of the right hon. gonilennto lieshould feel it his duty to parsevere with the motion which stood in his name. Mr. BASS thought it would expedite business in the I,,ug ru❑ if the bal was referred to a small select com- inittee Mr. 13:1IGHT said the whole of the difficulty arose in consequ -nee of Parliament not giving the power to tke Bowl Lary Commissioners to contract ; all they were to do was to increase, or, in other words,to drag 400,000 voters from the couuty to the borough constituencies. (Hear, hear.) That was exaetiy what it was doing, although net so set forth. 11 th..mg it, if it was the desire of both parties, ir respecdve of party tactics, the difficuPy in the Boun lary Bill might be got rid of in two or three days at the must. Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY, as one of the Boundary Nintnissioners, explaiaeJ that he and his colleagues hat acted strictly upon the instructions which they had re ceived from the house. Parliament was quite at liberty to take other matters into. consideration to which their at tention had not been directed. He had consulted Lis brother commissioners, and they agreed with him that. the House of Commons was best calculatel to arrive at a satis factory conclusion. One course only they would object to, and that was that the matter should be referred back to them. It would be more satisfactory, they thought, to refer it to another tribunal, but they would limit the 'in quiry. InsteA of going into cases of the whole 81 lgoroughs the boundaries of which it was proposed to enlarge, the investigation should be restricted to cases on which peti tions had been presented to the House or notices given by members. Sir F. CROSSLEY, another commissioner, expressed his concurrence iu the views stated by Mr. R. Gurney. Mr. DISRAELI, having heard the declarations of the two commissioners who had just spoken, and received an, assurance that a considerable majority of their colleagues held the same 7iews, was ready to propose on the part of the Government that a committee of five should be ap pointed by the Committee of Selection, such committee to sit day by day, but to limit the investigation to the peti tions already received. He also proposed that they should have power to confer with the Boundary Com mitsioners, and that the evidence should bo purely docu mentary. After some discussion, in which Mr. OSBORNE passed some severe remarks upon both the commissioners and their report, Lord HOT HAM appealed to the house not to throw upon the Committee of Selection the onerous and invi dious task of nominating the committee, which, in his opi nion, ought to be appointed by the house itself. Mr. HARDY conceived that the matter stood in this position—that the majority of the house were favourable to the appointment of a committee, to whom should ba referred all cases as to which petitions had been presented up -to this time, whether they concerned old or new boroughs, together with all memorials which had been presented to the House of Commons, and all cases re specting which there had alieady been notices placed on the paper. Mr. BRIGHT suggested that the select committee should be formed of seven. Eventually the house went into committee of supply, on an understanding that a select committee should be ap - pointed to inquire into the boundary report, the Govern ment undertaking to submit the names of such commtttee on Monday next. On the vote of £1,600,000 being introduced for the New Courts of Justice, Alderman LAWRENCE called attention to the narrow and insufficient approaches to the New Palace of Justice about to be erected iu the Strand. Several votes of money were agreed to, amongst which was one of £3,000,000 for the expenses of the Abyssin!aa Expedition. Considerable discussion ensued upon various votes, which were eventually agreed to, and progress was re ported. The house resumed its sitting at twelve o'clock, when the Customs and Income Tax Bill and the Exchequer Bonds (£1,600,000) Bill were real a third time and passed. After some pro forma business had been gone through, Mr. Gla►.lstone vrai calla.' upon to introduce his Sus pensory Bill. Colonel KNOX objected to the bill being introduced at that late hour of the evening, and in justification of his opposition quoted a speech said to be delivered by Mr. Gladstone at a former period iu the House of Commons, "in defence of the Irish Church against its recreant foe, E.,rl Russell," iu which he stated that any measures of this kind, if pass,,d in Parliament, would prove them a " recre ant senate and an apostate nation." He moved that the bill be read that-day six mouths. Mr. NEWDEGATE, iu seconding the motion, would ask Mr. GhAditoue whether anything contained is his bill would be contrary to the Coronation Oath or Act of Union ; and ho further asked, after the principles of this bill were introduced, when he would move for the second reading ? Mr. GLADSTONE asked for references to a quotation which he believed never proceeded from his mouth or his pen. In answer to Mr. Newdegate, he said the principles of his bill were explained in the resolutions he recently introduced. It was merely to restrain any new appoint ments in the Irish Church until time had been given to bring in a bill upon this subject which would deal with the Church temporalities. Mr. VANCE contended that the Irish Church as intro duc,•d was a mere political event, and that they would never have heard of it had Mr. Gladstone been on the Treasury bench, or even if Lord Derby had been Primo Minister ; but, in his mind, it was an attempt to crush the present First Lord of the Treasury. Lord INGESTRE moved that the bill of Mr. Gladstone be read by the clerk at the table, so that hon. members might know what it contained. This was overruled, when Mr. NEWDEGATE again asked when the second reading would be introduced if the first reading were agreed to. Mr. GLADSTONE replied that tho bill was very short, and he hoped to ba able to distribute copies to members this day (Friday), and on the following Friday he pro posal to take the second reading. _ Afxr some slight opposition tha introduction of Mr. Giaistouu's bill was agreed to, and it was ordered to be read a first time. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. GLADSTONE then obtained permission to make a p,rsonal explanation, and spoke as follows : —Aided by my friends, I have discovered a passage which bears a re markable resemblance to that which the hon. and gallant member (Colonel S. Kuox) described as coming from me in 1835. The passage is this :-- "By all that we see and know of the history of the country, this is —and I glory In the thought—a Protestant Stat••. What does that mean ? That while we respect the antiquity and the authority of the Church, we also assert the right of private judgment and vindicate the independ ence of the human mind. I trust that a Church which re tains the principles of a Christian Church, which teaches the Scriptures and the unadulterated truths of the Church of England, vll n-ver be overthrown by a British llouse of Commons. (Loud Ministerial cheers.) It can not be destroyed eseqn by the vot3 of a recreant senate — (renewed cheers)—aud an apostate nation." (ti-ar, hear.) But upon running, up to the head of that speed► I find it was delivered on the 10th of April, 1866, and that the author of it was Mr. Whiteside. (Loud and continued cheering from the Opposition.) The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in the House of Lords, in Lord Redes dale's Committee, the Stourport Bridge and Ap proaches Bill was passed. The Dungarvan Har bour Embankment and Reclamation Bill was pro ceeded Nv,ith. Irr the Painted Chamber their lord ships threw out the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal, and adjourned the Cambrian , the Cambrian (Revived Line to Dolgelly), and the Metropolis • Subways Bills. Iu the House of Commons, in Group 1, the East London Railway and the Guat Eastern Railway were proceAled with and adjourned. The Bishop- Stortford, Damn°x, and Braintree Railway Bill was adjourned until Monday. The Metropolitan and Sr. John's-wood RAilway, the Loudon and Blackivall Railway, and the Metropolitan Railway Bills were i,ostponed. Iu Ale. Dodson's Committee t h e Caraarvou and Llauberis Railway, the D ee li a r 4 Ri ve r, the Weedon and Daventry Rail wa y, an d t h e Uxbridge and Ricktnansworth Railway Bills were GroupsCiandar Libou ther Improvement eouuitte ep and the In with the Llanelly H the Clyde Navigation Bills. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the third week in April amounted to $112,216, and for the corresponding week last showing a decrease of 0,251. year to $117,467, ~".'•