The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

MOAY MARKET IN A ND COMMERCIAL INT'ELLIGIiNCin, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The continuance of tine weather and the important change Which has come over the money market are two favourable circumstances, and they are exercising a beneficial effect in the Stock Exchange. The Funds a re very good, and produce a steady foaling in other securities. The settlement in foreign stocks and shares commenced this morning, and the business going forVard is chiefly connected with this event. So far railway s h ares are scarce for delivery, but there is less disposition among bears to hold out than has eboenetnal°lgbo of observable at recent accounts. On Brighton a to I per cent. is current. The considerable diminution in the discount de mand noticed during the last few days continues in force. This morning the inquiry is very limited, and the minimum rate in the open market is 2 per cent., with supplies largely in excess of the means of em- Ployinent. The Liverp oo l C otton M ar k et h as a d roop i ng ten acncy, and business is inactive. The William Davie, from Otago, has brought X44:000 in gold dust. Consols are extremely firm, although the business dr'• ing is principally confined to the settlement. For nioney they are quoted at 94 to 94'A-, and for ac count at 92'2 to WI ex div.; New and Reduced, ° 2 4 to 924,- ; India' Five per Cents. steady, at 1151 to 1161 ; Bank Stock, 245 to 247 ; Ex chequer Bills, lOs to 15s prem. There is no movement whatever in the market for Foreign Government Securities, but the tone is deci dedly firm. The quotations current are : Mexican, 151 to 15:f ; Greek, 13 to 1311 ; New B P n ish, 354 - to 3q ; Italian (1861), 4q- to 48g ; Turkish (1865), 34i to 343 ; Egyptian (1864), 79 to 80 ; ditto Railway Debentures, 89 to 90 ; Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Bonds, 711 to 711 ; ditto 9 per Cents., 89!s. to 901 ; Chilian (1866), 101 k to 1021 ; and ditto, (1867), 95k to 96.. The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully paid up, is 91 to 91i, and the scrip 2 to 1i dis. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. In American Securities, United States Bonds are well maintained, at 701 to 70i ; Erie Shares better, at 45 to 46 ; Illinois, 94 to 95. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 29k to 30, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds. 32 to 33. English railway shares are generally firm, but the variations are not very important, dealers being chiefly engaged in the settlement. Great Northern shows an improvement of / at 1021 to 103, and an advance of has taken place in South Eastern at 74ir to 75 ; Great Westerns at 531 to 54k ; and London and North Western, 115 k to 116. On the other hand, Midlands, London Brighton and South Coast, and Caledonian are each A lower, being quoted at 1.071 to 107 i, 531 to 54, and 75i to 78 respectiv e l y ; Lanc as hi re an d Y or k s hi re stea d y, at 1271 to 1281 ; Manch es t er Sheffield and Lincoln- S hire, 43 to 44 ; Metropolitan, 112 k to 1121 ; Great Northern (A), 97 to 98. The half - yearly meeting of the Anglo-Egyptian Bank has been called for the 20th inst. to receive the directors' report and to declare an interim dividend ; after which the meeting will be made special, for the Purpose of authorising the directors to issue share warrants to the shareholders transferable to bearer by delivery in lieu of share certificates. The traffic receipts of the Buenos Ayres and Great B S iw olonthern Rail way f or t h e wee k en di ng M arch 22, an increase of .£56 0 6 f llaOsst the,.corresponding week compared with 5d as ~,nrhere were no gold operations at the Bank of •c-• gland yesterdayl l :he specie ar;i4v. ~,,arrivals continue very important. The ,mania has brought £115,500 from the West Indies; . { ,;e,Ontar Pa s h a an d the Ken i lworth, £ 77,000 from :'i.Lorlibrourne ; and the Teutonia, £30,500 from New vic e - Chancello r St uar t h as or d ere d the remaining 5 per share of the capital of the International Cont r • 1- ac,, Company to be called up, payable in instal lents extending to the end of next year, with the tl l3ti" °f paying before the 20th of June at a reduc " of -£5 per share. and Messrs. Belding, Keith, and Co., American bankers d merchants, recently established in Lombar taarteieotn, haiiive suspended payment. Their liabilities are to ated to exceed £50,000, and an unfavourable Petr o l eum. expected. Losses had been sustainedin 11,,Thgnut. stion of officially quoting the New Three Spanish Securities will be considered on u t , e les c . ) da3', the 19th inst., instead of on "Wednesday, Tii.,oth, originally appointed. Th e O nnimitt:of the Stock Exchange have ap- Point e d F • ee 15th • Friday, the instant, a special settling Lo t„in the Scrip of the New Zealand Five per Cent for £1,114,000. thi s e South Eastern Railway traffic return shows th e .!reek an increase of £1,322 over last year, and the Brighton an increase of .£137. The traffic of ,e,,eick,tilllatitic and Great Western Railway for the third the s;: k. iu p e ri N l ve w ls o s f l t la 2 s , t 2 y l6 e , ar b . eing $5,251 less than BRITIS II FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a M UOTERNENT FUNDS. P'r Cent. Consols Ditto for Account ' Juuc 1 8 92-1 -1_ 3 924 i ‘4Per Cent. Reduced 924 1 3 New Y 3 per Cent "levr 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Du. 5 per Cent. 4an. 1873 D°. for 130 yri, expire sth April 1885 , b o (Red Sea i'elevaph), Aug., 1908 1 2- 3 0 1 Pm .rixehoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct D o , £5OO , 4 ., Do. £lOO & .£2OO l3 ' , Auk of England Stock, 4/per Cent — Do. Account 1 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Illditt toclr, 104 per Cent., April 1874 _217 15 120. Account 1154 'Jo. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 1021 2 4 1) ,-, ° . 4 pot* Cent., Oct. 1888 161 16 .-10. Certificates D°. Do. Enfaced P a p er 4 per C en t 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 ..,, ~ °. 5 / per C en t.. M ay 1879 lOBl 4, 0 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — i., Do. do. 1882 _ 17 22 pm ..,-it.. Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 :. - ', O . Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 17 22 pm uo d £1 000 .11 1 ,n 0R er E1G . N FUNDS—CLOSING IRICI S. 63 41• Onti oe &Tolle, 6 per Cent 859 ,Anitrian Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1 ad lort.tilittn 5 por Cent _ ' ', 3 . 44 per Cent., 1852 _ * d o 1858... ''-'O. do . ' 18`i0 — D ° l) °. dol 1863 — D°74 4 . 5 per .Cent , 1865 A 4 . ' 4CCOLIII j.e,008 Ayres 6 per Cent - Libl-') 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.' 0.i.,, 6Per Cent. "Luau 6 per Cent 00 .4 i per Cent — Doti • _ 0 . per Cent., B Q 5/ T,l 1867 4 ._ r,°, per ,Cent., 1866 _ 0 )7%1 Scrip £32 paid h.“.tribian, 6 per Cent. ad Ernitt, 3 p n• Cont., 1825 1311hien P rincipalities, 7 Far Cent ~ - , ,7 64 e._ a 4 per Cent., 1867 -. 1 ...... illaittlor New Consolidated, 1 p e r Gen . 4 71)tia n 7 , ~ ), ,„ , per ccuL ... ryo'.sleroad Issue •• ••• ~1- • £5OO Ronda 'O. 4101 Bonds BO 4 Do, 1864 — _ D o b o • Account , • 4500 Bonds 791 7.:' 4100 Bonds — or ' , ..... 904 1 1 Ctre,k rortle,nt Railway Debentures .... b o. i Per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — 351 Ameount . _ o , ~,,._ ` - ' , apons • 4 °' A ccoun t kEtats,. , old„-at4 5 Per Cent .. — au its ...4. l c 3 : ll o li v t . Rt . ll. Loan., 10p. Ct., .C 25 P D e .° PIT Cent., 1 i165 keydZßerorna_taa Raiway — tolsl Dit n ,.° Per Cent ,st,lor Account — Dotu • 1864 — k Peroouti,id_ ent. Anglo-French — 74, 0 ori sh ,"'"al 6 _per Cent. .. — leei r a .flaperial 5 per Cent . I) s.. rat ta d a 13 ° a Der 0,, D o ' D Per _ b enorred b /4414 2/ A ter _•Wa Tanta (Hectares) a iet. 6 e 83 D o A,, P r Cent. 1865 Do A 'count ....... .. ...................... I), 4 Per Cent. (Uribarren) "' bo . per Cent., 1862 -, — D P orti Ace°ll 4t 96 llese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,': 404 4 11 D o , 40 ., 1" 67 4OL tiSfij a , 5 _ d o, Scrip, £2O paid —B3; Do 4 pel);;eUnetnt.i3sloB22, £ St D ° , 1 , 4 Per Cent., 1860 Do Per Cent., 18 59 5 l 3/ D o. A P " C eut., 1864 .... 834 44 Do. ugic-D utcb, 1861, £lOO Bondr., 1) 1) :::' 1866 , 411000 Bonds .£Bl 15s. d 0.... — B7 81 1 prDo N i „ , do .£B4 15s. do —6l4 4 , tioi s :;° lB • 3 Itailvvey 5 Per 0 74 %nist a 3' pe ,.. n ent I)(l,,,Ac'e',Unrt" • 37 Do' ,ievr Deferreu D o i' l ee ennt ~, .. 4, 4 i,, . ............................. 1 20 A . , e _ , 7 .• ............................ _.... iJo c o . "ut ...... D o A ni Cert. of Coll.. not funded — T. . cenuot., 1.1c14, oiler 8 - 4 - u ° Ae e P,'' C ent. ....j• n o e Clialt ..... ) Pe r ~_n Lent. _ :••I•••••• . • • 0 • • 0 • • • 0 A, , o _'" t 1808 10 t ' ,-count •-•— „.. 0 6 too Bon a ......................... .. . ...._ Do p er ~...._. , .... 'v4111862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 64i 4 5 4} _..... ___ Do. 1863 -- Do 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 5B -1 Do 1 per Ceut. ' Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates — Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil” — Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 23f. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Dalian 5 per Cent. 1851, z5l. Do. Account 4Bf CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money Do. Account, lth Juno 92f 3 MARKETS.—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR. —The market opens with a good inquiry, and firm rates are paid; tnt purebasos SO far have not been extoneive. No. 92 Havaunah fkating is worth 27s 9d per cwt. COFFEE. —The demand continues stea.ly for goad quali ties, but there is only a moderate sale for inferior sorts. TEA.—China teas firm, but not active. Public sales of Indian teal were opened rather irregularly. COCOA.—The public sales this morning' went with fair spirit at about late rates. Of 2,122 bags of Trinidad about hnlf sold. Ordinary to middling, 50s to 63s ; good to fine, G9s to 82r per cwt., some superior bought in at 1U23, with bids at 995. BICE. —The market is firm but quiet.. At auction 3,115 bags of Dacca were bought in at lls 3a to 12s 3d; and of 2,725 bags Bengal in another sale about half told at Os to 9s Gd for low and broken; middling white bought in at 13s to 13s Gd. Ons.—Linseed is firmer at 38s rather buyers, on the spot English brown rape has receded to 33s GI TALLOW. The market is quiet, but rather firm; Y.C. on the spot 43s Gd ; June, 43* Gd ; last three mouths, 44s 6d. POTATOES, &c. The supplies of best qualities of all growths are short but with second qualities the markets are fairly supplied. Prices of the former are consequently supported whilst they sell irregulErly and in some cases lower. New pota toes are in fair supply, and met with a brisk sale, at per cwt. as follows :—Lisbon, 103 6d to 15s ; Jersey, 16s to 245; Cornwall, 16s to 18s. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 12.—Sales probably 3,000 bales or mora. Market fiat, with downward tendency. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday :Morning. Arrived, May 11.—John Bunyan, from .Napier, New Zealand; Cosmopolitan, steamer, from Hamburg; F. B. Ord, from Cochin; Victor, steamer, from Brussels; Cho- Nieto, from Jamaica. Arrived, May 12.—Happet, from Laurvig Margaretha, from Groningen; Falcon and Art-Union, from Macau; John and Harriet, from Rouen ; Carrier, from Honfleur ; Bud, from Jersey; Marie, from Thisted; Klara Cathinka, from Nestved ; James Shepherd, from Shanghai ; Alba_ truss, from Penang; Emperor, from Shanghai ; Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed.—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne; Fairy Queen, steamer, for Dieppe. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Empress of Indio, from Singapore, for London ; True Briton, from Melbourne, for London; Italia, s crew steamer, from Liston, for London; Souverain, screw steamer, from the west, for London ; Lavinia, schooner, from the north, for the west. Sailed—Plover, and James Holmes, both for the West Indies. A NICE DISTINCTION.—What is a flute? Is it a wooden tube with certain holes and keys? asks the Athenieum. These are necessary, no doubt ; but the flute, the sounding instrument, is the column of air which is confined by the wood, and shortened or lengthened by use of the holes and keys. MR. GLADSTONE'S nibbling at the Estimates the other evening, says the Saturday Review rather whimsi cally, only showed the cast of temper in which some people indulge when, annoyed by things in general, they box the ears of the first small boy they meet. LIGHT AND COLOUR.—Here is a fact showing the influence of artificial light in the production of green colouring mutter. Some lilacs were placed for forcing in a heated cellar, partially lighted with gas. Those loaves that were exposed to the light became green, as if they had been in the open air, while the remaiud3r were etio lated. The fact is recorded b 3 bt. Ermine in a recent number of the "Revue Ilorticole+."—Lan•l and Water. LLight thus imparting or creating colour, surely gives some faint hope that, ultimately, science may, through proper agencies applied to the Tense of, or the sensitised plate in, the camera, enable light to perform its proper office as a colourist, and so to produce at last naturally coloured photographs.—En._ TIIE PRINCE NAPOLEON—has provoked from a • new journal, entitled Times Ikview, the folio wing curiously incoherent, parenthetical paragraph : the scorn e:presaed by which reads ohnost hysterically.—The Prince Napo leon, it is well known, has as much idea of religion as his friend the writer of a blasphemous life of Christ. The worthy pair, with a medical professor named Robin, who bolds that man has no more soul than a cat (we deny M. Robin the sense of one) and a few other choice spirits (the Prince always has a choice lot about him) held a grand banquet on Good Friday, we sup pose in derision of the Christian religion. Some years since the Prince was a member of a society of atheists, we are not aware whether his Imperial Highness (what a highness, it is sufficient to bring loathing on the name) still holde the post of chairman. This so-called highness has ever been foremost in every act of folly, and has givoa his cousin, the Emperor, more trouble than he is worth. The other day he rambled through Germany seeking alliances and meeting rebuffs at every Court; truly the Emperor is bard put to it for ambassadors when he sends such a man as his cousin to.represent him. The place for such a genius, such a wonderful savant (and he considers himself in reality a nonsuch), is decidedly with King Theodore. Why does not the Emperor give him a mission, the atmosphere of Abyssinia would be found much more congenial than that of Berlin. REPORTED Loss OF THE ELLCTRIC STEAM-TUG.— The annexed is made public at the request of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty :—" With reference to a report that has recently appeared in the newspapers rela tive to the alleged wreck of the Eleerie, steam transport tug, near Aden, on the 18th of February last, and in which it is stated that seven of the crow, including two engineers, reached Aden after experiencing great suffering, and that the remainder of the persons on beard, 67 in number, were supposed to have perished, a letter from Commodore Heath has been received at the Admiralty, dated the 15th of April last, stating that the ship ran on shore near Aden, but subsequently was gut off without damage of conse quence. Commodore Heath further states that the two naval engineers landed against the wishes of the master of the tug, and reached Aden, suffering much from the effects of the journey, and with loss of their clothes. Oue native of their party appears to have been killed. The report of the loss of the remainder of the crew is, therefore, untrue.' THE BARRETT ALIBI.—Mr. Poland, the legal oommissioner despatched by the Home Secretary to Glasgow for the purpose of making certain inquiries with reference to the alibi set up in defence of Barrett at the recent trial, examined a number of witnesses in the Central Police•eourt, Glasgow, on Friday last. The principal evidence was that of two police-constables and a girl named Kerr, the daughter of the landlady with whom O'Neill lived at the time he was so frequently visited by Barrett. The constables, in their evidence, d-nied the statements of Lindsay, the printer, examined before Barrett's agent, as to Barrett and Lindsay having met them the day of the torchlight meeting on Glasgow Green, and as to the former having given his name and address to the constables. The girl Kerr stated that she knew Barrett well, and that she saw him immediately before and immediately after the torchlight meeting, and that there was no apparent change in the length of his whiskers, as alleged by the witnesses examined for Barrett. She also stated that, though constantly in the employ of O'Neill, frequently sleeping with Lim at night he disappeared a few days after the Green demonstration, and she never saw him afterwards. No witnesses were examined on the other side, as their testimony had been previously sent to London by Barrett's own agent. The evidence was duly authenticated upon oath be fore a magistrate. Mr. Poland left the same evening for London. _ _ The Royal Commission on Primary Education in Ireland is holding regular sittings in Dublin, and all the commissioners are in attendance, Earl Pawls being chairman. Tho Comm'ssion is a mixed one, and repre sents the various opinions on education existing in Ireland. The denominational educationist! , , the advocates of the mixed system, Churchmen, Catholics, and Presbyterians, are associated in the inquiry. A competent judge has announced that the Princess Louise bids fair to attain as high a rank in art as her royal mother has attained in literature. At the anniversary dinner of the Artists' Benevolent Fund on aturday last, the president of the Royal Academy men tioned that "the Quoen had this year conferred a signal honour, not only on the Royal Academy, but on the whole profession, by permitting the Princess Louise to send to their exhibition a bust of her brother Prince Arthur." Sir _Francis had no hesitation in saying that "the bust is a work of infinite talent, an admirable like ness, and a production full of niluomfmt and taste." Tais opinion of its merits Sir Francis "knows to be shlred iu by all the members of the Royal Academy." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12,. 1868. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. BO W-S MEET. Mary Snelling, a girl about 16 years of age, was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with con cealing the birth of her illegitimate child. From the evidence it appeared that the body of a newly-born infant was found by the dustmen in the outhouse attached to the premises No. 10, Duke street, Bloomsbury. Information of the circum stance was given to the coroner's officer, Mr. Blake, who at once set on foot an inquiry re lative to the matter. The occupier of the house, Mr. Hill, was at first communicated with, who said he knew nothing of the matter, and afterwards the niece was asked if she cauld throw any light on the matter. She said the prisoner, who generally c :me to live with them when out of a situation, had been unwell a short time ago, but that she had got better, and was then in a situation in Chancery-lane. Blake at once proceeded to the direction given, and on seeing the prisoner asked her whether she had been unwell at the house No. 10, Duke-street. She said she had, and, from other questions put to her, she admitted that the whole of the suspicions of Blake were quite true. She was at once taken into custody, and, being in a very weak state, she was taken to St. Giles's Workhouse, where she was attended to by Dr. Bennett, and having sufficiently recovered she was now for mally charged with the offence. The tnedical evi dence was not of a nature to justify the pressing of a more serious charge against the prisoner. The prisoner, who made no defence, was fully committed for trial. IMPERIAL PAIL LI A KENT SERIOUS RIOT AT ASHTON- UNDEP,LYNE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WELL-DESERVED PUNISHMENT.—Louis Am let, a French cook, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing some articles of wearing ap parel, the property of a young female named Parkes, and also with assaulting her. Mr. Frogatt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Albert interpreted. From the evidence of the prosecutrix it appeared that she had been cohabiting with the prisoner, and helping to support him by her prostitution, and that on one occasion he came home and took away some of her articles of clothing, and a few nights afterwards meeting her in Coventry-street asked her if she had gained auy money, and on her an swering in the negative he took off her hat, tore it to pieces, and then gave her a blow in the face. After hearing further evidence as to the robbery that charge was abandoned. Mr. Tyrwhitt, in dealing with the other charge, that of assault, remarked that the prisoner was a cowardly, mean fellow, who lived on a woman and then struck her. He should commit the prisoner for two months with hard labour, order him to pay the amount of damage to the prosecutor's hat, 53., and a fine of ss. or seven days, and further ordered him to find one bail in £5 to keep the peace to wards the prosecutor for six months. The employer of the prisoner stepped forward, and said that he wished to prefer a charge of felony against him. Mr. Tyrwhitt said. if there was another charge against the prisoner it could, if thought advisable, be preferred on the expiration of his present sen tence. THANIES. I'HE MOTHER AND SON.—Sarah King, a woman of good address, about 45 years of age, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with wilfully and mali ciously breaking three panes of glass in the window of the house No. 34, Copley-street, Stepney, in the vicinity of this court, and making a disturbance in the same street. Mr. King, pocket-book maker, said that owing to his mother's dissipated habits she was separated from his father, and three of her children were under his care. She had often disturbed him and annoyed his brothers and sisters. lie had forbidden her to come near the house, but she notwithstanding con tinued to annoy them. That morning, a few mi nutes past 4 o'clock, there was a loud knocking at his door. lie got up and answered it and saw his mother, who immediately threw a handful of stones at him and the parlour window, and broke three panes of glass. lie sent olio of his brothers after her, and she was given into custody. The prisoner entered into a long story of family matters and alleged grievances, and said she had brought up a large family, educated theta well, and kept a large house over their heads. She was aban doned by her husband and children. Mr. Benson—Because you got drunk. The prisoner said that sho was driven to drink by the tyranny of her husband and children. The Complainant—No such thing. ➢ir. Benson asked the prisoner why she went to her son's house at four o'clock in the morning ? The Prisoner—lo protect my children. Mr. Benson—Nonsense. You could not protect your children by going to your son's dwelling at four o'clock in the morning intoxicated, and break ing his windows. You have acted a very unmotherly part indeed, and you must find bail to keep the peace for one month. The Prisoner—l cannot find bail. Mr. Benson—Then you must go to prison, Mrs. King, and I hope you will come out a sadder and a wiser woman. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Ilis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a levee yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards, when nearly 100 officers attended. The colonelcy of the 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot is vacant by the death of General Sir George W. Paty, K.C.8., K.H., on Friday last, in his 80th year. The deceased General entered the army in 1801 as ensign in the 32d Foot, and served with that regiment on the expedition to Copen hagen in 1807. Subsequently he served in the Peninsula from 1811 to the end of the war in 1814, including the siege and capture of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, retreat from Madrid to Burgos, battles of Victoria, the Pyrenees, and Nivelle, battles of the Nive on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th of December, 1813, besides minor affairs. For his military services in Portugal he was made a Commander of the Portuguese Order of St. Bento d'Avis, a Knight of the Tower and Sword, and had also received the Portuguese Cam paign Cross. For some years ho commanded the 91th Regiment of Foot. In 1838 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and as a further recognition of his services was appointed a Knight Commander of that Order in 1861. Ile was made a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1832. He had been Colonel of the 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot ex actly fourteen years. He had received the silver war medal with six clasps. The late Sir George Paty's commissions bore date ais follows :—Ensign, April 28, 1804 ; Lieut., May 7, 1805 ; Capt., April 28, 1808 ; Major, June 2, 1814 ; Lieut.-Col. Sept. 4, 1817 ; Col., Jan. 10, 1837 ; Major-Gen., Nov. 9, 1846 ; Lieut.-Gen., Juno 20, 1854 ; and Gen., March 14, 1862. The screw steam gunvessel Nimble, 5, Com mander Alfred J. Churchill, from Bermuda April 18, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday (Monday) morning. She brings passengers—Lieut. James A. Boxer, late of the corvette Niger, 13, Capt Bruce. During the first four days after leaving Bermuda numbers of icebergs were passed, and strong winds were experienced; for the remainder of the passage fair winds and fine weather prevailed. The Lizard was sighted at noon on Tuesday, after which strong easterly winds. The Nimble will be inspected to day (Tuesday) by Capt. Foley. She will then dis charge her powder and be taken into Hamoaze, where her crew will be paid off. The Nimble was commi,sioned early in 1861. The Swedish frigateVanadis left Plymouth Sound on Sunday for the eastward. " NOT FOR JOSEPH" turns out to be,- with very slight variation, a plagiarism in its refrain from Clapisson, the French words non merci b•3ing freely rendered by the less refiued..refraiu "Not for Joe." A NEW TiIEATIZE is talked of on the site of the Old Lyons Inn, in Newcastle-street, Strand, within a short distance from the Olympic. It is propcNs‘..,(l that it shall be largn Ulan the Olympic, but not so largo as tlio Lyceum. sal "• HOUSE Or COMMONS—LAST EVENING. THE IRON CLAD NAVY. On the motion for tha Speaker leaving the chair for the purpose of going into committee of supply on the navy estimates, Capt. MACKINNON drew the attention of the house to certain deficiencies said to exist in the iron-clad fleet. The hon. gentleman condemned the policy of the Admi ralty in constructing ironclads, which, during the last few years, had amounted to 10 millions of money, while the worth that was got for all this great outlay was simply nothing, because the ships built were useless, and ren dered England the laughing stock of the whole world. Mr. SAM - UDA then referred to another branch of the navy estimates, viz., designs for ships of war furnished by the private shipbuilding firms on an invitation from the Admiralty, and to the steps taken by the Admiralty in respect of them. The private firms sent in their designs in answer to the request of the Admiralty, but it was a positive fact that the privet° builders were invariably set asi.le, an i 010 plans they had sent in were set aside by an officiel desig n coming from the o.l._te.r of the chief eonstructor of the oat y. The present system was most unsatisfactory, because it had the appearance at least of of ial person; Atertring the ad vantage of seeing a plan and then produc . ns sonlethieg themselves, wLiell always bore a remarkable rosemblaueo to the plans supplied by private inlividuals. After a brief vindication of the Admiralty by Mr. CORRY, the house went into committee of supply, and Mr. CORRY explained the navy estimates. Their amount he stated at £11,177,290, as against .£10,976,253 last year, giving an apparent increase of £201,937, but., taking into account various transfers of various items to and from other departments, the real increase, he showed, over last year was Only £9,810; and the naval policy of the year, he added, would be to concentrate on the in crease of our armour-clad fleet as much force as was com patible with maintaining the efficiency of other Depart ments. Passing to details he dwelt for some time on the first vote—the number of men—and, pointing out that its amount must depend mainly on the strength of cur fo reign squadrons, he discussed at considerable length the suggestions made last year by Mr. Childers on this par ticular. Among other causes for maintaining these squa drons he pointed out that if we withdrew them or over reduced them, in the event of a war wo should lose the command of the sea on distant stations, and our commerce would be destroyed; that the foreign squadrons were the schools of our sailors, and that in most cases their strength was governed by considerations of policy, the Foreign office being iu reality more responsible than the Admi ralty. He mentioned, too, that while the cost of the French navy was 6.35 per cent. of the value of the trade of France, the cost of the British navy was only 2.73 of the value of our trade. But, after making careful inquiries from the commanding officers who had recently returned home from foreign stations, the Admiralty had made some reduction in those squadrons, which he explained in detail, amounting in all to 15 ships and 2,758 men. Looking, therefore, to all considerations — to the state of Europe and to the importance of not breaking faith with the continu ous service men, who numbered 16,754 out of the 18,963 blue-jackets in the fleet—the Admiralty had nut been able to propose a greater reduction iu the number of seamen (which includes all ratings) than to 35,700 as against 37,015, the number of last year, but taking into account an increase of 450 in the Coastguard, and a decrease of 1,700 Marines, there was a total de crease of 2,542 mon. But notwithstanding this re duction there was an increase in the two votes for wages and victuals, owing to various causes, such as increase of allowances, rise in prices, transfers of accounts, and the like—in the first case of £85,682, and in the second of £91,258. Proceeding to the two great votes—No. 6 (Dockyards) and No. 10 (Naval Stores)—Mr. Corry stated while on the first there was a decrease of £151,861, on the second there was an increase of £269,332, of which £231,941 was for the purchase of contract-built vessels, showing as a balance of the two votes an increase of £117,527. After explaining in great detail the shipbuild ing programme of last year -which he sho ned bad been pretty closely carried out, particularly in the dockyards, both as to the number of tons ordered and the expendi ture sanctioned, Mr. Corry next stated the programme for the coming year. Besides the work already begun, but not completed —amounting to 1 ,116,894 tons —it includes eight new ships—viz., two unarinoured corvottee (to cost this year £42,206) and six armour -clad vessels, three to be built in the dockyards and three in private yards. In the deck yards are to be built the Sultan, a first-class ironclad, the Iron Duke, a second-class, and the Triumph, of the Auda cious class; and in private yards a sister ship to the Triumph, a single-turretted Monitor of 2,700 tons, and a ram of 2,137 tons. Of all these Mr. Corry gave full par ticulars, and the general result of the programme of the year is that 7,478 tons of armoured ships will be built in the year, and 6,931 unarmoured- -in all, 14,409 tons, and that in round numbers £2,000,000 will be spent iu the dockyards and on private contract work. By this means At the end of the autumn we shall have a reserve squadron of seven ironclads, most of which Iv 11 be employed as ;nerd -ships at different ports. Having gone through an elaborate comparison of the expenditure in fojener years on the building of ironclade, and holding out hopes of being thle to effect sensible reductions in the dockyards, Mr. Morey concluded with some general remarks on the con dition Of the Navy of a very satisfactory character. no prop rrtion of good-service badges has risen, deser tions have decreased, the number of seamen, gunners, And trained men 11111 increased, the men make a touch more general use of the Naval savings-banks, and the sanitary condition of the Navy is exerlkut. Mr. CHILDERS complimented the Admiralty on their success in carrying on retort-es commenced by their prede cessors, and on th e i r rea di ness to profit by the suggestions of their political opponents. Still, the Estimates, he con tended, showed many signs of a disregard for economy , and to illustrate this h o wen t th roug h them minutely, cri ticising some of the it ems w i t h muc h severity. Particu larly he commented on the fact that, though there was a reduction of nearly 5,000 men , the cost of the Admiralty establishments had in creased by £13 , 000, and ou the live cessarily largo staff of skilled artificers. He concluded by moving a reduction of £60,000 in the wages of Marines, pointing out that though the number of Marines was re duced, the number of officers was raised. Lord H. LENNOX replied on the various points raised by Mr. Childers, and there f allowed the customary discus sion, which was less discursive than usual, tho Chairman having ruled that it should be confined as closely as possi ble to the specific amendment. The amendment was suppor t e d by Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Gladstone, an d oppose d b y Mr. Graves, General Herbert,J.Hay, and Mr. Corry. On a division it was Sir rejected by 127 to 73. Colonel SYKES th en move d a gen eral reduction of the w hole wages vote by £2 0,000, exp l a i n ing that his particu lar object was to redu ce t h e ex p e nditure on the Slave Trade Squadron, whi c h h e ma i n t a ined was quite useless and unnecessary. Sir J. HAY showed Colonel Sykes that he Lad been misled as to the strength of the squadron, which had been reduced very recently, and was acknowledged to be most effectual in stopping the slave trade. After some observations from Sir T. F. Buxton, Mr. Buxton, and Sir G. Bowyer, Colonel SYKES withdrew his motion; and votes were agreed to of £3,036,634 wages to seamen and marines; £1,335,812 victuals and clothing. The other business was disposed of, and the house ad ourued at 5 minutes past 1 o'clock. °""--z7u radii ra;t3iidL Lan. MAILS DUE. &ustraltr, and N ew Zealand, via eouthanipton.....May Z 3, Ditto, via Mareellka l3 Ditto, via Panama clay 2J BrazDllilwilii,ebnyoisertynore:p, 50x0t..., awl lout Video J uue .1 M ty 2: (jape Verde, by Brazil !motet . ._. . juae I. °ape of Good ll.)pe. Alcoadion. and st. Helena _Juno 12. Mina, Penang. and dingapore, via Souitiatuptea ttiay 23. Ditto, via Marseilles ....... Ray 1, Falkland Islands ...... ...... .... . . Gibraltar, via Boutbattpton ....... ... May 16. india,via SoutuamptOn ...... .......... ..... May •.0 . _ Ditto, via Illarseil.es• ......... ... . —Hay ti Malta, Egypt, ct o. .• ......... • •• —O. 31ay 16. Ditto, Marseilles.• • ................ May -•. Mauritius, Cape of Good M ope , and . Natal, via Southampton ............................... .. Ditto, - Marseilles )fay ! 8 Newfoundland ................. • • • ..... May 23 e or t ag g .......... • .............. . Juno t. Ditto, by p riv Lie ship to Oporto Ditto cltto to Lisbon United States, t ana da, California, &0.. by British packet .............................. Stay 16 Ditto, by 1. Lited States packet _ Ditto ditco (New York; ..... ......... Ditto ditto New York) t a b a l d ex l i e e n o e a r n itr i;Balta- Liii; dittt (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet ty 15 W W:e st t C ln o d a i s e t s o a i n Ai d ritiis/0 May 17 e d x e icreap, mas) Cuba aud Alexia) ............ . .............. 23. 131ha.nas, via New Y Bermuda, vla Halifax . . • •... ..... Juuo 4. A NEW llAllt-DYE. — Dr. McCall Anderson, in a recent paper, say, the tre a t ment I acc id enta ll y discovered what promises to be the most perfect black dyo for the hair which has yet been seen. After having used the bichloride lotion for some weeks, I changed it for the lotion of hyposulphate of soda ; and the morning after the first application the hair of the part, which before was bright rod, had become nearly black. One or two more applications rendered it jet black, while neither the skin nor the clothing were stained. I saw this patient a couple of weeks later, and there was not the least deterioration of colour, although, of course, as the hair grows the new portions will possess the normal tint. Ho was by -occupa tion a Turkey-red dyer, and was much interested in the discovery, though rather grieved to find, what medically must be considered one of its greatest advantages, that it did not dye the linen, and as therefore unavailable fok his purpow."- , -.Yrittoli dlichcsai ki2utnal. A serious disturbance took place at Ashton on Sunday afternoon between the Roman Catholics and the Orange party in Ashton. The Catholic chapels have been much damaged, and it is feared that the assaults committed will in more than one instance prove fatal. On the afternoon in question about 100 or 150 Irishmen assembled on Ashton Moss. They marched through different streets, and on reaching a certain point a man left his com panions and attacked a young woman who was wearing a streamer of orange ribbon, which he tore from off her head. She immediately drew a handkerchief of the same colour and shook it in his face, and he, being irritated, gave her a violent blow on her mouth. This had been wit nessed by a neighbour, who went to the girl's assistance, when the Irishman drew a hatchet froth his pocket and struck at him, but the blow was stopped by a woman who seized his arm. The Irishman then ran away, chased by the bystanders and a constable, who, with their assistance, captured him. The body of Irishmen then came up with the intention of rescuing the prisoner. They struck the police man on the head with a thick stick, and he was obliged to Meese the delinquent. By this time the Irish were several hundred strong, and they at once attacked the few English men who were there, and put them to flight by using sticks and stones. It being about churchtitne the streets were full, when the Irish made a terrible onslaught on the spectators. The English were unarmed and apparently peaceably dis posed, but the Irish were armed with every kind of weapon —revolvers, pistols, hatchets, hammers, picks, spades, sickles, pokers, and the like. One or two of the English stood their ground and were sadly injured in consequence. One man was shot in the back of the head, and although the pistol was loaded with wadding only the man is much injured. A man named Mills, a greengrocer, who was merely a spectator, by some means got into the midst of the Irish' mob, and was cut in such a fearful manner about the head with some sharp instrument that he was rendered insensible. Several men tried to break through to his assistance, hut were unable to do so. By this time the English had mustered in some force ; but though they attacked their assailants with great courage they were unable to make head against them, their numbers being so inferior. Part of the mob then entered St. Ann's Catholic Chapel by smashing the doors. They tore up the pews, broke down the crucifix and the figures of the Virgin, and did damage to the extent of several hundreds of pounds. The house of the Rev. W. J. Crombleholme was then atte eked, and the doors and windows smashed. From the windows of the school-room in Barnfield the Irish fired pistol-shots, but the rioters were at this time in the chapel. The carpets from the sanctuary were torn up, and burnt on a piece of ground close by. The rioters then ran to St. Mary's Chapel, and here they commenced to break the windows, but revolvers were fired through from the inside, and this prevented the rioters from approaching very closely. One of the bystanders, how ever, named William Ibbotson, was shot, the ball lodging in the intestines. He was conveyed home, and was attended by several doctors, and his life is despaired of. Mr. Hugh Mason read the Riot Act about ten o'clock, and specials were then sworn in to the number of 250. The fury of the rioters seemed now to have spent itself, and they gradually deserted the streets and went home. About eleven o'clock everything was quiet, but in half an hour afterwards a party of Irish attacked some cottages in Barnfield, and wreaked their vengeance by smashing the windows. During Sunday night several Irishmen were taken to tne Town Hall, having been engaged in the riots. A leader of the gang was captured, and was knocked down like an ox in the road. He was locked up, bleeding fearfully from the base of the skull. About midnight another man was taken in by a party of English literally covered with blood, having been beaten by a young man for attacking some women with stones. Others were quite feeble from loss of blood, and their wounds were dressed by the surgeons in attendance. On Monday afternoon, David Flannagan, a tramp, John Flynn, a labourer, Christopher Haughton, Thomas Had field, Martin Coffey, Benjamin Tetlow, Isaac Buckley, and William Garnett were taken before the borough magistrates for being concerned in the riots. Sufficient evidence was taken for a remand, and some of them were admitted to bail. The question as to how soon there could he a dissolution with a view to the general election taking place under the new registers is now freely discussed. If it is to he expe dited, the provision in the Reform Act of last year, altering the date for the new electoral lists to come into operation from December 1 to January 1, must be repealed ; and here a month would be saved at once. But as an even earlier date may be desirable, it is now suggested that the register should, if possible, be completed by the middle of October. This might be effected by substituting, for this year only, the 30th June for the 31st July as the time from which the grounds of qualification shall date back. The Law Times argues that instead of twenty-five days being allowed for sending in claims and obje,.tions, this should be done within a fort night ; that the revising barristers should commence their work within four days from the final publication of the lists ; and that, instead of prolonging the registra tion until October 31, the lists, by the employment of an additional number of barristers, should be completed by September 27. Allow eighteen days for printing and publishing the lists, let them come into operation by October 15, and dissolve Parliament on the following day. Such is the plan proposed by our legal contemporary ; and that Parliament has full power to make such arrange ments as its wisdom might dictate, there can be no doubt whatever. The Times tells the House of Commons that there is on insuperable legal or mechanical difficulty involved in the assembling of a reformed Parliament in 1868. The diffi culty rest; if anywhere, with the unreformed House. If the present representatives of the people are bent upon resigning their trusts, so as to make way for the represen tatives of a larger electoral body voting in new combina tions, they have the power of accomplishing their wishes. The necessary changes in the Act of last year are easily made, and there then remain to be disposed of the Scotch and Irish measures of Reform, the Boundary Bill, and the Bribery Bill. The Times anticipates no invincible obstacle to the speedy closing of the session in any one of these measures. The principles of the Boundary Bill have, it says, been affirmed, and it is impossible to wage a lengthened war over its details. In this, however, opinions do not agree. The sum of the position is thus stated by the Times :—" If the House of Commons be sincere in its professed desire to hasten its own dissolution, it can do so ; if it hesitates, it must not be because of external difficulties, but from re luctance to meet the fate it professes to desire." Notwithstanding the rumours of an intended opposition to the return of the lion. C. G. Lyttelton in Fast Worces tershire, there seems to be little probability of a con test. Lord Calthorpe, the late member, has issued a fare well address, in which he says : " I am glad to learn that Mr. Lyttelton, whose connection with the county is far greater than mine ever was, and whose Liberalism is vouched for in the satisfactory terms of his address, has already come forward to solicit your suffrages. I earnestly hope that he will be successful, and that you will find him as true and thorough as, from experience, I know he will find you indulgent and forbearing." The election is expected to take place in the course of next week. The active canvass of Mr. W. H. Smith in Westminster has aroused the energies of the committee fur securing the return of Captain Grosvenor and Mr. Stuart Mill. It is thus evident that the two sitting members will coalesce, and follow the course which was adopted in 1865. At a recent meeting of the committee, Dr. Brewer, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Colchester last year, stated that forty-five Liberal 'members of Parliament living in Westminster had, in reply to letters addressed to Ipm, sent in their names as members of the committee, including Mr. Gladstone, - Mr. Cardwell, Mr. W. H. Cow-per, Mr. Brand, the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bouverie, . Mr. Bruce, Mr. Kinnaird, Baron N. M. de Rothschild, Baron L. de Rothschild, Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Forster, Mr. Goschen, Professor Fawcett, and others. The busi ness of the evening consisted of the appointment of an executive committee, with power to add, and the passing ,tf resolutions for the promotion of registration and the formation of committees of working men. Some exception was taken by two gentlemen present to the course - Mr. Mill pursued on the Jamaica question ; but while they declined on that account to contribute towards the election expenses, both declared that they would not vote for a Tory. It was agreed that a deputation should wait on Captain Grosvenor to obtain the consent of that hon. and gallant gentleman to the raising of subscriptions to aid in the return of himself and Mr. Mill. THE LATE ELECTION AT BRISTOL.--WO hear that among the disclosures to be made at the approaching inquiry into the late election for Bristol, will be the fact of three voters who recorded thirteen votes for Mr. Miles. —TVcatern Daily Press. THREE MEN DROWNE9.-011 Saturday after noon, while four men, named Brown, Prior, Prater, and Wake, were exercising in an outrigger on the Wear, at Sunderland, the frail boat was upset by the strong eddy near Ravens wheel, and before assistance could be rendered by the spectators on the river's bank the three first•named sank without a struggle, and the fourth only saved himself by perseveringly swimming for the shore. The river police dragged the place, and recovered the bodies of Prior and Frater, but Brown's body seemed to have been carried down the stream, and probably made fast amongst the ;hipping. All the deceased were Monkwearnouth men.— Vorthern Atilil Express. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening, con taining tho Latest Betting at Tattersall's, and Arrivals at York and Winchester, was published in time for de livery in town at 7.13 p.m. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(THrs EVENING.) Tho LORD CIIANCIMLOR tool: his scat on the woolsack at five o'clock.. THE EDUCATION BILL. Lord GRANVILLE said th,it he understood that the noble duke opposite had postponed this bill till Friday, the 22 , 1. Would it be brought ou uu tent day ? The Duke of MARLUORWIGiI sai I that in the pre sent state of publie business Vie nob!o earl must b., aware that it was impossible to say what might hsppen. lie should be obliged to i)estpono his answer till AL:uday Lex'. UNITED PARISHES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Vorel COLONSAY tnoved the second re:tdiug of this Thu Earl of DALHOUSIE s.d 1 that ho was not going to oppose tlis bill, but ho ►oust ohj.iet to the eighth clause, which trostrAl of the c'.uuswid:►tiu►► of parishes. He waffled to know what would Ln dons with the parish church when this second church was annexed? Lord COLONSAY said that wh.An there were two parish churches the parish was now bound to support both.. 'rue bill would prevent that anomaly. The Industrial Schools Ireland Bill was committed and passed. BROMPTON FERRY ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. THE NEW NATIONAL GALLERY. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Lord HARDINGE asked what were the plans proposed by the Government with regard to the construction of the new National Gallery. He said that at most a year had elapsed since it was announced that the property which was to form the site of the new National Gallery would be in the hands of the Government, he thought it very fair to ask what plans the Government intended to. pursue. Ho thought that it was highly desirat)le to know what the Government intended to do with the barracks and the building of the gallery. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that as soon as the report of the committee was received they applied to the trustees of the National Gallery for information, and ob tained some very succinct advice from them. The plans were now ready to be inspected, but he could not at that moment say what was to be done. He would, however, make inquiries. Lord OVERSTONE said that he regretted that the an swer which had just been given by the Government was so unsatisfactory. It was a question of the highest import tame, both for the preservation of those magnificent pic tures, and that the people might enjoy the prospect of them. He seriously and earnestly hoped that the plans of the National Gallery would be immediately carried out. The subject then dropped. THE GUILDFORD BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The Earl of CARNARVON moved for copy of corms- . pondence which has recently passed between the Poor- Law Board and the Guildford board of Guardians, in reference to the relief of vagrants. He said that the board had appointed as the °Meer of the Union a person who had once been a policeman. To this there was no ob jection, but he understood—in fact, it was well known to the whole neighbourhood that it was so, that the relieving officer had taken his course of inquiry into the conduct of the various applicants, and not granting relief to those who were in the habit of habitually living upon relief. Now he (the n o bl e ear l) considered this idea of his duties to be quite erroneous, though persons who lived on vagrancy wero liable to be punished, and it was not for the Board of Guardians to decide when application was made to them. Several communications had been made to them by the President of the Poor-law Board telling them that their course of conduct was illeg a l, b ut by a vote of the majority no notice had been taken of the communications. He thought that such being the case all information ought to be given to the house. The Earl of DEVON said that there was no objec tion to the production of correspondence, but he would ask his noble friend to modify his motion that it might include the body of correspondence which had passed not only between the Poor-law Board and Guild ford Union and other boards of guardians. As regarded the Guildford Union it had done what his noble friend had said ; they had appointed an assistant relieving officer a man who had been a policeman, and in that he thought they had exercised a wise discretion. They (the Poor-law Commissioners) bad told the Board of Guar dians, and believed that. whatever the character of the ap plicant for relief, that if he or she required it, they were bound by the act to g ive it, An inspector, id had in in terviow with the board of guardians, and impressed upon them what was the nature of the law. Lord OVEKSTONE said that this was only a fore shadowing of what was c ,ming, viz. a largo, full, and comprehensive administration of the Poor-law. He thought that every person ought to be relieved without regard to conduct, character, or the circumstances which surrounded them. Lord REDES DALE said that he quite agreed with the noble lord opposito in all that ho had said. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS--THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. COLONIAL BISIIOPIUCS. In reply to Mr. GLAosTosE, Mr. ADDERL SY said that it was entirely owing to the information from Cape Town' not b-ing tic fil l ! as that from Columbia that Miss Burdett C ants was not d rceribo 1 in the parliamentary return, No. 575, as the lady who had provided the endowmouts fur the two former to the ex tent of .f.:17,53U each, as wed as the endowment for the latter. Aa amended return would be printed, and laid on the tall e as early as possibk. ROYAL COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND. Sir C. O'LOCHILEN • asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when he would lay up in the table of the 'louse Vie draft Of th e charter . her Majesty's Gevorument pro po,o to grant to the Roman Catholic University of Ire land ? The Earl of MAYO said a correspondence ba , l been going on with respect to the subject, which would very soon be closed, when the subject would bo laid before Parliament. THE RITUAL COMMISSION. Mr. WALD EGRA.VE-LESLIE risked the Secretary of State for the Horne Department why the second report of the Ritual Commission, which was laid upon the table of that house on the 30th of April, by command of her Ma jesty, has not yet been distributed among members, and how sow' it would be in their hands. Mr. HARDY said the delay had been occasioned by the fact that a large blue-book of about 300 pages had been attached to the report. The report, however, would, ho thought, be in the hands of hon. members to-morrow. THE FORTIFCATIONS. Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would place upon the table of the ,housea statement of the sever a l contracts en t ere d into and still unfinished for work connected with or for the pur poses of the proposed fortifications for the de fence of the dockyards and naval arsenals, &c., of the United Kingdom and the colonies, showing the date of each contiact ; the nature of the work to be executed or material to be provided; the total amount to be paid ; the extent of work executed or of material already provided; the amount already paid on ace mint of ea.eli existing con tract; and the date fixed in each contract for it. 3 comple tion. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the sum voted for the con struction of works amounted originally to about seven millions and a half sterling, and up to March laGt about four millions of money had been expended, but he was not able to say exactly what had been expended up to the present moment; but he might safely put the amount down at five mil lions. The work was all done under contract, with two exceptions, one of which was compensa tion for laud. Ho did not think it was convenient for him to give a long and detailed statement on the sub ject, but if the hon. member would move a return it would give him a better opp)rtunity of dealing with the question hi a more satisfactory manner than merely an swering a question. THE IRISH CHURCH. The COMPTROLLER OF HER MAJESTY'S HOUSE HOLD brought up her Majesty's answer to the address of the house on the subject of the Irish Church. It stated that her Majesty had received an address praying her to place at the disposal of Parli,tment her interests in the temporalities of the archbishoprics, bishoprics, and other dignitaries, and benefices of the E3tablishe.l Church in Ireland. Relying on the wisdom of her Parliament, her Majesty has desired that her interests in the temporalities of the United Churches of Eng'.aud and Ireland might not stand in the way of a consideration by Parliament of any measure relating thereto which may be introduced during the present session of Parliament. Mr. GLADSTONE then gave notice that to morrow he would move for leave to bring in a bill to restrain the Ecclesiastical Co , umissioners for a limited period from making any new appointments to the Church in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) PUBLIC ACCuUNTS. Mr. DILL moved the following resolutions : That those who conduct the audit of public accounts on behalf of the House of Commons ought to be independent of the Executive Go vernment and directly responsible to this house; that, inasmuch as the appointment, salaries, and pensions of the officers entrusted with the conduct of such audit are more or less under the control of the Treasury, the pre sent system was one which imperatively calls for revision. The hon. member contended that the audit ought to be under the control of the house, and the best way of secur ing such au arrangement was for Parliament to ap point a standing committee, which would result in the work being done much better than it was under the present arrangement. IL hoped the Go vernment would support his resolution. Sir G. BOW YER seconded the motion. The Controller of the Exchequer was the person in whose name all the money of the country stood, and he thought it most ob jectionable that be should be the auditor of the public ac counti4. if a proposition was made at any of the public companies in the city that the cashier was to fulfil the office of auditor, such a proposition would be laughed at, and such being the feeling in public bodies, tie di acti d no which, why the Government should contin ue a prce to say the least of it, was most absurd. very well kept now, compared with 0' tat y Mr. T. HANKEY thought the accountts, e of t‘hveerneatiroen w ich ;tad sat top vious to the report of the committee in quire into the system. Mr. P. URQUHART thought it possible to to alter the present mode of auditing the public accounts with groat advantage to the country. Our snAitiNe.) ' YORK RACES—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CRAVEN S TAKES. The Craven Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added. One mile. Rampart 1 Caprera 2 _____ ZETLAND STAKES. The Zetland Stakes of 5 sous each, with 80 added. T. Y.C. Dutchman's Daughter filly.. Lord Hawthorn Fitzwilliam Nine ran• 3 GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. The Great Northern Handicap of 2josovs in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 20 suvs each, 10 fr, and wily 5 if de. ciareJ by noon on Tueslay, April 7th; winners of a handicap I,UOO sovi, after April 1, at 10 a.m., to carry Lltb, of out: of 501) 10. b, of ono of 2UU 71b, of one of 100, or the s,..cuud for one values 1,000 51b extra ; no horse to carry inure than 11lb extra: the second to receive Si , sous out of the stakes. Two miles over the OA Course. Fortunio . . . . West wick Piouglib,)y Honesty Ti irteou tau. Woo by three parts of a length; a betweeu second and third. KN AVESMIRE PLATE. The Kuavesmire Plate of WO soya, is specie. Half a mile. LAdy Zetland Hector Duchess of Athol.. 3 Ton ran. WINCHESTER RACES—This DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THIRD BIENNIAL STAKES. Third Winchester Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 40 added, for three-yr-olds. One mile. Cock of the Walk... Lymingtou Witcucraft.. 3 Six ran. NURSERY STAKES. The Winchester Nursery Stakes of 100 soya, for two•yr. olds. T.Y.C. Allbrook ... 1. Prebendal ... 2 Hymen 1... a Nine ran. HAMPSHIRE STAKES. The Hampshire Stakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, with 100 added if three horses start. One mile and 5 fur. Viscount St. Albans Nelaton ., Douro Seven rau. The above are the only telegrams received up to the time or going to press. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. MAY. Bath Croydon Ist Summer... 21 Epsom Summer Newark 2l Paris 3l JUNE West Drayton 1 I Newton Croydon 2d Summer... 3 Hampton ... Manchester 3 Newcastle 23 Ascot Summer 9 Bibury Club 23 I Beverley, Hull, and Stockbridge East !tiding lO Alexaudra Park 3O I Windsor Summer JULY. Chelmsford Worcester Summer Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Radcliffe Carlisle 76 I Newmarlie i', July Hungerford 7 I Pontefract Down Royal Corp ll Reading Spilsby Liverpool July M. Odiham l6 Stamford lluntiugdou 2l Nottingham July Chesterfield 23 Knutsford 23 Southamptou Sudbury awl Ealing Goodwood ...... 2B AUGUST. Deauville Leek Brighton Brightou Club 6 Scarborough - I Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Groat Yarmouth I Stoektou Plymouth Windsor August l3 Ipswich Egbaiu liastiugs York August Oxford SEPT ,11BER. 'Laudon I Houinuut ...... Maruthaster I Nawmarkoc Ist U.:tober Wals;tll Eaiubur6l.t Wes; I)rxy tO 1 Royal Uatedorkiau flout and W9storn Ai OCTO Baden Warwick September A.b:ngdou 3 Leicester Dow:a:star September—. 8 Brecon ............ . 1-1 lticlanund ilamptou .E...utwun 1.• I.lkat. Bedford 1 Sudbury and Ealing Bromloy Autumn 1 I Newmarket tiougritou Newmarket 2d October 5 • Harrow Lanark .. Chelmsford Autumn 13 i Lincoln Autumn Cheltenham l3 I NOVEMBER. 3 I Leamington Liverpool Shrewsbury STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Broraley _ 1 1 Ealing DECEMBER. St. Albans Kingsbury 8 LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. --+ ---.- ADMIRALTY, MAY 9. Royal Marine Light Infantry.—Lieutenant Graham Hewett to be Second Captain, vice T. M. Hewett, to half pay. Dated Bth May, 186 d. Mr. George Pratt has this day been promoted to th 3 rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 7th April, 1888. _ _ _ MAY 11. The undermentioned officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Engin er iu her Majesty's fleet : Mr. William Fisher Rowe, with seniority of 7th April 1868 ; Mr. Edmund Clark, with seniority of 23d April 1868. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 171 ... 11 18 Ditto Rotterdam. Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Br~ . .ssels Hamburg n ... 13 9 ... 13 101 Paris Short ... 25 15 25 22f Ditto Marseilles ... 25 32 ... 25 -40 Prauktort-on-i iw-M,iii ... ... 1 . 20} ... 120} Vienna — ... 11 821 ... 11 b7} Trieste — ... 11 82} ... 11 90 Petersburg - ... 22} Berlin ... ... 6 26f ... 6 27f Madrid — ... 481 ... 48} Cadiz Leghorn - —.28 10 ... 28 20 Milan... Genoa — ... '2B 10 ... 28 20 Naples — ... 28 10 ... 28 20 Palermo — ... 28 10 ... 28 20 Messina— Lisbon . ... 511 ... 51f Oporto Silas C. I 'erring, of .` Safe" fame, has recently transferred from bis farm in Brimfield to New York the largest horse in America. The animal is six years old, over 19 hands high, weighs 2,0001 b., and will make a splen did addition to Mr. Herring's stud of truck horses. It was foaled in Westchester county, N.Y., the mare and sire being both Canadian. Governor M'Cormick, of Arizona, and the Mexi can Governor of Sonora had an interview, at which ar rangements were made for securing the right of transit through Mexican territory. Yolney Wiuchel, a well-known broker, in Spring field, Massachusetts, left tnat city on the 10th April, and it is considered highly improbable under the circum stances that have transpired, that his clients will have the satisfaction of welcoming hi m back. On April 9, T Monroe Kibbe, of Somers, Connecticut, called and asked for the United States Bonds, for which he had left with the broker 44 500 in Seven - th irties for exchange, and re v. ! t :m u h g ai a rse the e nl S tv, e sh v ed e ne n n a - js a hi ra. r d t l,v i e hi s on el left,ihaedi ceived an evasive' reply, as iu cli fb: ei h nn e d g e ti : l : : i ae d ta , h f o ot r o couldNhi n w i 'leolartrolt)yrki.' much trooefdlai t l tiroh. encumbrances,aK t t e bhbi s so tl el r i p a mbriipsl liabilities ee f s: tiahlf arc very wife he had married a year ago, whose trepidation con his creditors that in decamping without beat of entire s ( O 4c7lui s nl : a i rs v i i ll u ceV E ' s :dbc f i o t:o'c r ir years. da a drltshshaken feared bad feature of the case is that t'io chief sufferers are poor men who have had all their earnings thus swept off ; but at the same time it must not wholly be taken for granted that Mr. Winchel is the gross swinuler he at present appears to An election bet, which should remain unique, was made in Danbury, in_pursuance of which a Republican must walk t.) New Haven to witness the inaugmation of Governor English, and vote the Democratic ticket nest spring. Had the Republicans gaiued the day it would have devolved upon the Democrat to perform the pilgrim age, and vote the ticket 91 the victorieurparty. 27 27 27 81 L. ise, left ter- , E. amity 10; 385, :ric e urn, Oc. i pOn ion, isue 0 of I. de- was tan- :on- cut and and IV a , En a had ions )een and W ild nate de- to 30- suit 1 of cif diS" 1 to ani- Ma . to- ' ails for ;ued the this tate tion nk ; eco be- tio 9 Leal' see' the Of L ott o‘e 'flee , a nal Th e eye° Ira' the lter" last r efire' Sh e t full trice 4 t°