The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-29 00:00:00

r 1101.illY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Car, Two o'CLocic. The position of th e B an k of England correspond . that of the money market in general. There ha been a falling off in business, and an increase in un employed resources. Thus, while the circulation has "dined, th e notes an d coin in reserve have largely in creased, so that for the first time for many months a 1 additi on h as b een ma d e to t h e G ove rnment Securities. Seeing that the employment of its means in advances and discounts has declined, and there is i s consequ en t di m i nut i on i n th e pr i va t e sec urities, it : singular th a t th e B an k did n ot enlarge its ; h id ing of Government securities a fortnight earlier. e relapse in business is demonstrated by the signi [Leant fact of an addition of more than half-a-million ""ling to the private deposits which are now not much , less than twenty-one millions in the whole. The b t i li lion is la rge ly i ncrease d, an d as further considera f.'e a mounts will be sent m, the stock is likely in a A s° weeks to be greater than has yet been known. .le followi ng are t h e pr i nc i pa l c h anges s i nce the pre vious return : Decrease in Circulation - — £257,001 Increase in Public Deposits Increase in other Deposits 526,643 Increase in liovernment Securities 16,861 Decrease in other Securities . 92,408 Increase in Bullion ....••• 501,689 Increase i n R eserve . 746,144 Increase i n R est 2,003 Bullion in both Departments -.... 21,29 0 , 652 Reserve o f N otes an d C o i n 12,609,957 Circulation, including Bank Bills. 24,147 ,874 The followi ng i s t h e returns of paid clearing for the week ending Wednesd a y, May 27, as certified by t he chief inspector, Mr. Geo. Derbyshire : May 21, Thursday ... •• • £8,669,000 May 22, Friday ... ••• ••• 9,620,000 May 23, Saturday ..• ..• 10,275,000 May 25, Monday... ... ••• 9,632,000 May 26, Tuesday ... ... 8,915,000 May 27, Wednesday ... ••• 6,840,000 Total £53,951,000 1 2, 11 4 is a low tot a l. Thi s may b e accoun t e d for by Lee two facts that during the week no settlements have occurred on the Stock Exchange, while business must to some extent have been checked by the attractions of Epsom. But the total is not only less than in the Derby week of last year, but the clearing upon the Derby Day itself is less. In 1867 the aggregate clearing of the week was £57,468,000, 4 , h P v in c, a falling off in 1868 to the extent of ' el ' ea ,s 6 l - n 7 g " ,000 ; and on the Derby Day of 1867 the r w e as en : . B,2BB,ooo, while this year it was only 46,840,000, showing a decline of £1,448,000. The discount inquiry shows no improvement at lit to pli:'the funds remain firm at the advance of # este 11:dPeyesterday. Consols are 96 to 96k for delivery and eLik to 94# ex div. for the approaching settle ment • New and Reduced 94* to 94 ft ; Exchequer Bill s , 78 to 12s prem. ; I ndia Five per Cents. are 1,0 "`,l to 117 ; and Rupee Paper, 1041 to 105 f. . 1 , 1 ,he corn mar k e t i s d u ll, b u t no t quotably lower, '"uoulh there is no doubt that a decline will be established on Monday. • f oreign s t oc k s cont i nue fi rm, an d a f ur th e r advance I , 4 ,report e d. P eruv i ans are f b etter, at 86 t o 87, an d iiere is a rise of k in Mexican, at 16f to 161, in New 3 ,,Panieh, at 37# to 37# ; and in Turkish,' at 381 to c? Of Egyptian, the 1864 Loan and the Nine per 'las , are k better, at 81 to 82, and 87k to 88k res pectively. The Railway -Debentures are 91k to jand the Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 73i to 74. 'Lan are steady at 51f to 54, and Greek, 131 to 14. - American. Securities are very firm. United States 572 ' ° ends show an advance of 1, at 72* to 72k ; 41318 better , at 96k to 97k ; and Erie Shares f, at 4 7 to 48 . 6 Colonial Government securities are steady. Canada , Per Cent. i s quo t e d a t 104 t o 105 ; th e 5 per C ents ., t o 9 3 • Mauritius 6 per Cent., 105 to 107 ; New So uth Wales 5 pe r C en t.,. 100 to 102 ; New Zealand o Per Cent., 109 to 111 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 108 to 109 ; and Victoria 6 per Cent., 113 to 114. „°glish Railway sha r es are flat, and most of the [ l ' l t e elPal descriptions show a reduction. Great Nor ,em is 1 lower, at 102 to 103 ; and the (A Stock) f, 4 91- to 98. A fall of kis also established in Great Astern, at 341 to 35f ; Great Western, at 53k to , ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, at 52k 53 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, at to 44. E ; Metropolitan, at 1111 to 112 f ; and ` - 'aledoni an , at 74} to 75 ; but London, Chatham, a nd Dover is k better, at 20k to 21 ; Lancashire an d Yorkshire are steady, at 1281 to 128/ ; 1061 to 107 f ; South Eastern, 76* to 77 ; London and North Western, 115/ to 1151. in Ba c k shares the dealings are moderately active but the movements are confined to an improvement of AI!Q Chart ere d M ercant il e, at 27 k to 28k ; an d a de lne of k in London aad 'Westminster, at 70k to 70k ; di !a (A), steady, at 10 to 10k ; Alliance, 13 to 12 ; Anglo-Austrian, 51 to 51 prem. ; Consolidated, t ,, , t ? 4 i Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Imperial Ottoman, 4 - Li.do,,on;Lu 34 4 do i n and County, 52 to 53 ; Oriental, of 2 43 ; London Joint Stock, 3,5 to 36. Union to 35*. b ; . - " i seount and credit shares are quiet. National 22 C ount are quoted 101 to llf ; London Financial, ,e rai to 21* dis. ; International, 2 to 11 dis. ; Gene- Credit, 2* to 2# dis. ; and Credit Foncier, 2-6 to 3 . aa dliglo-A mer i can T e l egrap h s h ares are 2 21 t o 23 ; "Q Atlantic Telegraph, 5 to k dis. I,A- Special general meeting of the Chi c hester and i(Vburst Railway has been called for the 10th June, bill the purpose of submitting to the proprietors a m pOW pendin g i n P ar li amen t. DThe follo w i ng te l egram h as b een rece i ve d b y th e ° ll Pedro North del Rey Company, in anticipation of 0 7 Brazil mail : _c , Produce to 2nd 'May, 13,500 Iv as ; estimated produce for Ap r il, 15,500 o it a vas." / .," 1 8 gold sen t i nto t h e B an k yesterday amounte d to :!154000. On the other hand, 20,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for Lisbon. A furthe r sum o f £ 250,000 i n spec i e has left N ew Y ork for E urope . it The Erin has arr i ve d, w ith £ll ,OOO i n spec i e, an d e Shannon is telegraphed from Lisbon, with £6,000 1 ° specie, from the Brazil s . The bills have been -returned of Bassett, Green, a nd Hewetson, hop, and seed merchants. The liabilities are small, and there is a prospect of a good 'Messrs. A. Young and John Ball, the official liqui datorss of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association, cla use as follows :—" In accordance with the 4th tt' a , e s.e of the arrangement made by us with the credi ors in June, 1867, we now beg to give you notice at We are prepared to pay, on the Ist day of June „ 11 „ e xt, under discount, at the rate of Aper cent. per 1 ) 4"P, the promissory notes issued to you by us en nn „alf of this association, which become due on the ,7‘ l2t ef that month, and we have therefore to request .01 1 in present such notes for payment at the Bank of tio Pand on the Ist proximo, the Bank having instruc lenuts to pay all such promissory notes as shall be pre !or ,ed en or a ft er th a t d ate, l ess di scount as a b ove , A' N ' r enty-nine days." fu rther dividend of is in the pound is announced payable on the Ist of June to the creditors of the nta , Comme rc i a l B an k (Li m i te d ). Thi s ma k es xi .'" Paid. thTka r seilles advices state that the arri va l s of gra i n a t 4,...‘ Port had cease d i n consequence o f t h e f a ll i n st r r e ,s) and that business has become exceedingly re sor,lecl• The French markets appear to be fully (14et'iri ted, and prices are very weak, and sellers are b e d . A urgent. aomremittance of .£1,222 6s 2d has been received on i . nt of Ecuador dividends. ar'_,..Russian Government has authorised the issue $° r i ps to the amount of 17,000,000 Dutch -vrio s t o o. _ . ior the construction of a railway from Jelez to de!, being a continuation of the line from Jelez lio e Pssi , and consequently a section of the grand '?erat' e t ,, e il Riga to Saratow. The length is 177 ceot The Russian Government guarantee 5 per tobac I.nterest, receiving the capital, so that the deduct Ption becomes really a lo a n. The obligations, neot ., i ng the allowances, are i ssue d a t 74* to 741 per while the subscriptions extending to November next, rat e o pt) interest is payable half-yearly, at a fixed The ~,xchange, in Berlin, Amsterdam, and London. eki,rugations are redeemable at par in 81 years, Tir i oeing in 1870. *ay e t r eceipts of the Great Southe rn o f I n dia Rail erea; or the w ee k en di ng F e b ruary 29, show an in -41, u s e °f £122 16s sd, and the mileage an increase of Oot t ,,'"e traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway how n 4e Y Pf Canada, for the week ending May 9 tes iio o. increase of £3,685 as compared with the cor , gi ng Week of 1867. B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. q Per Qo at. o ...RN:VE NT F UNDS. e 961 51 b i „ out. Consols ., ... 3 ve ;',. , o for Account, Juno 4 ''' 941 I Ist, ‘-,ent. Ituducod 3 94} t 1 144 2 Per Cent • 94} 1 L, 3 . Per Cent. Jan. 1894 Iktu x i. ° L . Per Cora. drat. 1873 bo, i f i n eB o o Yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — I) (Re ar° yr ,s expire sth April x4 l. Sou Televaph), Aug., 1908 — booquer Bills, 21,000, 2 per et 7 12 pm Do. £5OO 11441 {0r - r. £lOO & £2OO - 77 0 0. A i.waglnund Stock, 41 per Cent — 1 4 din L ,.. t iOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 246 8 tlo. A ( . IC 'N 1 0f per Cent., April 1874 1:0 0. , ecount Ls _ . P°' Ueut..fuly, 1880 b7...,,Per Cent., Oct. 1888 eo. %.i.‘;?r.tifleates lO4l laced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRIM. S. Argentine Iteputic, t; per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — xd Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do. ' 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 7B 71 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 47 Cuba, 6per Cent. C ilian 6 per Cent 751 Do. 4} per Cent — Oc). 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 lO/ Do., Scrip X 32 paid C ) 1 mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 pir Cent., 1825 — x D inubian Principalities,' ler Cent 73} Do 8 per Cent., 1867 , 80} .!e.r.ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cep-. 13 1 Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• .... 0 0. SOCOild Issue Bof 1 D.'. £5OO Bonds — Do. £lO6 Boads Bll Do. 1861 Do. Account Do. £5 o 0 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds .... 82_ Government Bail way Debentures .... 92 Greet 5 per Cont., 1824-5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p It,lian 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account ~ — Do. Maremmana Baiway 55 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — itontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — hioorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l5l Do 3 per Cen 37 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruyian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account .. 871 61 71 7 Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1E62 - Do Account - 961 Porte guess 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,%-, 42 . Do. do., 1 5 67 4l Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41. per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 88 i Do. do. , £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do .£B4 los. do ...••• Do Nicolas Railway 641 51 Sa -dinian, 5 per Cent Sp finish 3 per Oen Do Account Do Now Deferred ............... . Do Account Do Passive De Account Do Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Tuesish 6 per Cent. Do Account .. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 D° Account • Do £lOO Bonds . . . . Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds ... ............. . Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account ... .. . Do 6 per Cent., 1865 62i 1i 2 Do 4 por Cent, Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1 8 62 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the above payaole in London. Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil Do Account French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. AUEATIAU o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins lts.lian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f . — Do. Account slf L CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 951 I Do. Account, 4th June 9 41 xd GREAT FIRE Ai CiREEAWICH. (THIS DAY.) It is many years since the inhabitants of Green wich have witnessed a fire of such magnitude as happened this morning, which for hours continued to rage, destroying in it progress property roughly estimated at several thousand pounds sterling. The premises in which the disaster commenced belonged to the Messrs. J. and G. Rennie, boiler manufac turers, situate in Ravernsbourne-street, Greenwich. A police-constable of the R division in going his rounds had his attention directed to huge volumes of smoke pouring forth from one of the factories 140 feet long, and nearly as wide, which contained a great number of boilers partially finished, and other valuable property. The officer knowing that all hands had left off work felt convinced that a fire was burning within the premises, and at once sounded an alarm in the usual way, and having obtained assistance he sent off fur the aid of the engines. Before, however, the news could be communicated to the nearest station of the Metro politan Brigade the fire told its own tale by shoot ing through the different windows of the immense building, and rising so high into the air as to prove a far more speedy messenger of danger than the persons despatched by the police for the same ob ject, and the consequence was that the firemen of every station on the south side of the Thames turned out with their engines, as well as Captain Shaw with an engine from the chief station in Wat ling-street, so that in less than half an hour there were six powerful land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co., on the spot, and a great many manual power ones. Tlie mains of the Kent Water Works having been drawn, it was found that the water was supplied so scantily that it was not sufficient to feed one half of the engines present, and, as a last resource, some of the engines were backed to the edge of the River Ravensbourne, but even here the water was exceedingly scanty, and the flames in consequence, being to a certain extent unrestrained, lapped over and ignited another building, similarly constructed, and exactly the same size as the one first mentioned. No sooner did the lower part of this factory shon , the least signs of fire than, as if by magic, the whole fabric shot forth huge sheets of flame from every part. The London Salvage Corps, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Swanton and Mr. Foreman Cooper, was in formed that there were a large number of boilers for her Majesty's Government in another part of the premises, and it was feared that if the flames should, reach them that tbey would be de stroyed. The greatest care was therefore taken by the salvers in covering over the premises, and thereby saving the costly work which had taken many months to bring to perfection. The firemen, however, although they labourered under such dis advantages from the want of an adequate supply of water, did the best that was possible under the circumstances, and ran no little risk by conveying the hose from the steamers to the extreme ends of the buildings. Owing to the cause above named—the want of sufficient water—the fire could net be said to have been en tirely extinguished until 10 o'clock this forenoon, nearly eight hours from . the time of the outbreak. Respecting the origin of the fire nothing that can be depended upon can at present be learned, but various rumours are rife in the district that some evil-disposed person was the:cause of the mischief. The Messrs. Rennie, it should he stated, were highly respected by the many hundreds of men they employ, and it is not likely that any of them would do an act that would deprive tneir families, of bread during the rebuilding of the premises. The whole of the two factories, each, as before stated, 140 feet long, have been burned out, and the costly contents consumed. The stores, containing boilers for the British Government, are all saved, and great as the destruction of property has unfortunately , been the premises burnt down form only an incon siderable portion of the works at Greenwich, and the business can, iu conjunction with the factory at Holland-street, be carried on as usual. The buildings were insured in the Phi:6mi' Fire-office. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD.—This Board have of late been particularly unsuccessful. The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds in maintaining Mr. Pollock's award for £8,325; the Park-lane Bill is a second time rejected, and the committee on the Thames Embankment (North and South) Bill on the 21st ordered costs of £3OO each against the Board to be paid to two petitioners, the Mar quis of Salisbury and Mr. Drummond, because they had been (the committee report) "unreasonably subjected to expense" by tto Dvard. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1865. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. 'LFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT•) PARIS, THURSDAY, May 28. The telegrams from Berlin announcing that insurrec tionary Polish bands have appeared in Gallicia, and that they have been recruited from the Polish emigrants in this city, have attracted a good deal of attention. It is noticed that they come from Berlin, and not from Vienna, which would seem most natural, considering that Gallicia is an Austrian province. The general impression is that there is no truth in these telegrams, but that tk”kv have been originated by the Russian Government in order to furnish an excuse for inflicting fresh severities upon its unhappy Polish subjects. Even that explanation, however, leaves the matter sufficiently serious. It cannot be doubted that Russia is determined to crush out the Polish nationality altogether, and seems to desire rather to outrage than to respect French susceptibilities, always very keen on this subject. The question is, if France will much longer sub mit to this. For my own part lam beginning to suspect that the enormous armaments which, are still going on, and which must certainly mean war somewhere, will be used for, among other purposes, the re-establishment of the Polish Kingdom, with perhaps Prince Napoleon at its head. Such a measure would be immensely popular in France, where the belie: in I.he Polish nationality is still an article of the popular creed, is still one of the " ideas " for which Frenchmen would be prepared to " make war." The fact that General Langiewicz, the ex-dictator of Poland, Las just gone to Constantinople, whither Prince Napoleon is now setting out, seems to con firm the suspicion that some project of the kind I have mentioned is on the tapis. The Arcnir National boldly declares that " the acts of the Russian authorities in the ancient Kingdom of Poland afford only too great justifica tion for armed protests." The same paper adds :"It is certain that the Eastern Question would be raised, with all its consequences, in a fortnight, if the different move ments in Bosina and Gallicia are not immediately suppressed. What would be the part which the French Government would take in connection with events so grave? It is impossible for us to foresee. The Moniteur ought clearly to give us some explanations upon the Eastern policy of the Marquis de Moustier, but it may be pre dicted that no explanations will be forthcoming." In this last statement the Avenir National is certainly correct. At the same time we have just had a very serious indication of what our Government thinks of the present political position. The announcement has been made within the last day or two that the contingent of 100,000 men for next year will be voted at once. The announcement seems to have puzzled the Paris journals, and very few of them have as yet taken any notice of it. Those that have see in this move, which will enable Marshal Niel to call out the recruits for 1869 five months before the time, an omen by no means peaceful. _ An article in the Berlin paper the Kreuz Zeitung has attracted some notice on account of its very unfriendly tone towards this country. As the mot d'ordre to the Berlin press has been of late to be courteous towards France . , this renewal of semi-hostile utterances excites some surprise. It is scarcely likely, however, that Bis marck had anything to do with the article. The Temps asserts that the report upon the loan, which I mentioned was to be presented to the Corps L6gislatif to-day, shews that the disagreement between the Commission on the Budget and the Council of State has not terminated. The commission insists on reducing the original figure 444 millions (£17,760,000) to 411 millions (16,440,000) including the 8 millions (£320,000) recently appropriated to the construction of roads. The commis sioh propose to devote of this total the following amounts for extraordinary expenses : £5,560,000 for the army, £1,320,000 for the navy, and £3,400,000 for public works. Baron Haussmann's destructive mania has become so intolerable that the Parisians are determined to bring the matter before the Chamber. M. Ernest Picard, one of the deputies of Paris, is going to move, as an amendment to the proposed loan from the Crddit Fonder, that a com mission of eighteen members shall be appointed which shall make a valuation of all the buildings and lands belonging to the city, and to divide them into lots, which shall be submitted tta public auction. There is a method in the baron's madness. If report speaks truth, he has on more than one occasion be come a large purchaser of house property, which (infelix homo I) had to be dent royed very shortly after he purchased it. It is satisfactory to know that virtue did not go unrewarded in this instance, and that the baron got a good deal more in the way of compensation than he had paid in the way of purchase money. _ _ . The projected telegraphic reform is exciting much in terest in this country. The Paris journals are asking that there shall be an increased charge for messages during the busy hours of the day, say from twelye to four; but it is doubtful if the Government will adopt the suggestion. There is still much talk of the Circular which it is said the Government has determined to address to the prefects respecting the new Press Law. Hitherto the members of the Government have not agreed upon the terms of this address, but there are unpleasant rumours that instructions will be issued which will have the effect of greatly' impeding the circulation of the journals. The Emperor goes to Rouen on Sunday. He will be received at the cathedral by the Archbishop, Cardinal Bonnechose. There will be no political speech anY more than there was at Orleans. The latest correspondence respecting the Alflerine quarrel has been published. Writing on May 22 to Marshal Niel, the Archbishop expresses his " profound surprise" at the letter written by Marshal MacMahon on the 6th, accusing him (the Archbishop) of having demanded the suppression of liberty of conscience fo; ,the Mussul mans of Algeria. The Archbishop states that his whole life and career as a bishop protest beforehand against such an interpretation of his words. He goes on to deny with great vehemence that he ever wished to use force. On the contrary, he refused to baptise some widows who demanded baptism because be thought they were not sincere. He goes on to speak of what he has done for the Arabs, and says all that he wants is that his liberty and rights as a bishop shall be respected. To this letter Marshal Niel replies at great length. He says that the difference which has arisen betweef-theAisthbishop and the Governor is due to a mis understanding rather than to any difference of' opinion, and that really they are agreed. The Ma al says he is rejoiced to know that the Archbishop is prepolliq to respect the religious liberty of the Arabs, and he may* sure that there is no thought of trespassing upon his rights as bishop. The Archbishop may rest assured that so long as he exercises those rights subject to the necessary conditions of their existence in a colony like Algeria, he will have the support of the Government. The letter concludes with a very flattering eulogium upon the life and character of the Archbishop. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald views with the greatest alarm the announcement just made, that the contingent of 100,000 men for 1869 is to be voted at once. `• Never since the days of the First Empire have two contingents been voted in one session. The measure is most ominous ; it leaves no doubt as to the inten tions of the French Government, but it does not imply that war will break out before next year, unless indeed Prussia should take umbrage at such an evident menace, and think it her interest to precipitate matters and bring about the crash before the preparations of France are completed. It may be ex plained by the fact, that as the Government contemplates a dissolution and thinks it may want a fresh supply of chair et canon before the next Legislature meets, it wishes the present Chamber to vote the contingent which in ordinary times should only have been voted next session. However that may be, this extraordinary measure is sure to create the greatest sensation throughout France and continental Europe." The Gazette de France comments upon this step, and asks, "Why so much haste ?" It will enable the Minister of War to proceed with the recruiting five months earlier than usual. This is certainly " not calculated to restore confidence to commerce and put an end to the strike of the milliard (240,000,000) now lying idle at the Bank." It is remarkable that this step should have been taken simultaneously with the noti fication of Prussia that two contingents of the Landwehr are to be immediately relieved of their liability to further stituted for Ross, and the proposal, as then amended, was supported by Mr. H. Baillie, Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, Mir:. Sergeant Gaselee, Mr. M'Laren, Lord Elcho, and Lord H. Scott, but on a division it was rejected by 195 to 92. Clause 10 was then agreed to; and on Clause 11, Mr. H. BAILLIE proposed to join the Wigton Burghs to Dumfries, in order to give a third member to Edin burgh, but it was negatived almost without discussion. Sir E. COLEBROOKE divided the committee on Clause 12, which provides for the division of the counties of Ayr, Lanark, and Aberdeen. His object was that the two mem bers should be elected by the whole county ; but the com mittee agreed to the clause as it stood by a majority of 65 —206 to 141. Clause 13 was agreed to, completing the Redistribution part of the bill. The remaining clauses in the bill, which' relate to mis_ cellaneous matters, were rapidly run through and dis posed of with a few verbal amendments, and the consi deration of the postponed and now clauses was adjourned until Monday week. In Committee of Supply a vote of £1,400,000 was taken on account of the Civil Estimates. Some other business was disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past ono o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAl'. WESTMINSTER. BRUTAL OUTRAGE BY A DAUGHTER UPON A MOTHRR.—Rosina Carroll and Mary Canes, two young women, were charged with violently assault ing the mother of the latter. A policeman proved that he was called last night to a public house in York-street, V 1 estminster, where he found the defendant engaged in a quarrel with an old woman, the mother of Canes. Ile separated them, but soon after he found both the defendants kicking the old woman. Elizabeth Canes, whose face was dreadfully dis figured and head tied up, said that she had been most cruelly beaten by her daughter and the other girl last evening. They had, besides the injuries she bore, inflicted others which were not visible. One of them had kicked her on the jaw and knocked two of her teeth out. Canes—Then you shouldn't have taken nine pence and my apron. I hadn't got a halfpenny left to go to market with. Carroll—l tried to part them. The policeman said that that was true in the first instance, but after that she helped in the attack. Defendants both said they bad all been drinking together before they fell out. The policeman said they were all affected by drink. Mrs. Canes again complained how cruelly she had been treated. Mr. Selfe committed the defendant Canes for six weeks to hard labour, and Carroll for seven days. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. STUDDED SHOTS. In reply to Mr. ESMOND, Sir J. PAKINGTON said the studded shot system was not to be abandoned. No trial of Mr. Murphy's plan had been made. EDUCATION. Mr. BRUCE asked the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the Government, having withdrawn their Education Bill, it was their intention to propose the repeal or alteration of Articlo Eight.of the Revised Code, so as to admit secular schools to the benefit of the Parliamentary grant ? Lord R. iiIONTAGU said it had been determined to in troduce a general measure of education during the present session, which it was hoped would be satisfactory to all parties; but it had unfortunatAy been withdrawn. It was not thought advisable to deal merely with oue branch of the subject. He regretted that Cougragational ba lies who had altered their trust deeds would be inconvenience by such a course. CAUSES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. LABO MIER l asked the Secretary of State for the [um° Department whether he haa. I any obj )ction to lay on tho table of the house a return of the number of causes standing for hearing before the House of Lords at the commencement of the present Session of Parliament, and of the number already hoard during the present Session ; with the number of days on which the Lords had sat for hearing appeals, and the number of hours occupied ou each day of sitting, and the mums of the Lords who sat on each day. Mr. HARDY said if the hon. member would move for the information in the form of a return no objection would be made to' it. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. Mr. YORKE asked the First Lord of the Treasury what course the Government proposed to take about the three boroughs proposed to be disfranchised by a late vote of the house, and not assigned to Scotland in the Govern ment scheme of Redistribution : And whether the seven boroughs to be disfranchised were those which are lowest in the scale of population. Mr. DISRAELI s:tid the Government did not intend to avail themselves of the privilege as to the seven seats. The programme of the Government would be strictly ad hered to, and the disfranchisement of the seven boroughs would be made according to population. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. Mr. HARVEY LEWIS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, 'adore moving the se- cond reading of the Metropolitan Police F ands Bill,whereby the local taxation of the metrop)lis for police purposes is sought to be augmented, he would lay before the house copy of the evidence taken by, and the Report of the Home office committee on, the Metropolitan Police ; and whether he would also, before the second reading of the bill, pro duce an estimate of the increased expenditure to be in curred thereunder ? Mr. HARDY said the police had been augmented not with a view to increased local taxation, but for other pur. poses. With respect to the expenditure, he proposed to lay on the table of the house papers connected with the matter which he hoped would prove satisfactory. BO SHABA. Sir IL RAWLINSON asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he had any information of a proposed renewal of Russian hostilities against Bokhara ; and, if so, whether he could state the aim and object of such hos tilities? Lord STANLEY said an account in the journals of St. Petersburgh had appeared of the return of an armed party from Bokhara, but he was not award that any other expe dition had been despatched. • CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOR IRELAND. Mr. MURPHY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he'r Majesty's Government intended to take any further steps with regard to the proposed Catholic Uni versity for Iraland ? The Earl of MAYO said a copy of the correspondence on this subject would soon be laid on the table ; but he might say that, as the right rev. prelates who had been appointed to represent the Rom an Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland had declined the condition the Government pro posed, the matter .was considered to be entirely at an end. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. The house then went into ;ornmittee on the SCotch Reform Bill.' On clause 9, • Mr. GRAHAM moved an amendment, the effect of which was to divide Glasgow int, three divisions, eac h returning one member in opposition to the proposition of the Government, which also divided Glasgow into three parts, but allow the electors only to vote for two par sons. Mr. DISRAELI said before the discussion proceeded further ho wished it to be clearly understood that the effect of carrying the amendment would be to rescind the proposition that had been already adopted by Parliament with respect to triangular representation. Mr. SMOLLET-T said he should give his support to the amendment of the hon. member opposite. He believed that the triangular system was bad, and he• felt for the future that the representation of Glasgow would in the next session be found very much to have deteriorated. He thought the third of the three-cornered members would be the worst one of the lot—(laughter)—as he moro than likely would be the mouthpiece of some trades' union. Mr. GLADSTONE thought it would b) very una ise to revive the question of the representation of minorities, which occupied so much time last year on the English bill. He thought the system would get a fair trial under the English bill, and therefore he hoped the house would accept the proposal of the hon. member for Glasgow. Mr. LOWTHER hoped the committee would reject the amendment. Mr. NE.WDEGATE said if G!asgow was divided into three wards, each ward returning one member, there would be no representatio n of the minority at all. As the opinion of the minority was to be respected, he hoped the house would reject the amendment. M. MILL argued in favour of the representation of minorities as an act o f justice entirely apart from party considerations, but Mr. BRIGHT, o n th e other han d , warm ly co ndemned it, characterising it as an odious innovation, eminently dis tasteful to the English constituencies to which it had been applied, and certain to produce chaos in all electioneering organisations. He denied that the principle had been de liberately adopted by the house last year. Originally it was rejected by a majority o f 140, Mr. Disraeli (as well as Lord Derby) being among its most earnest opponents. But when the bill came down from the Lords with this and other amendments (all of which the Commons struck out), the Government persuaded the. House to accept it rather than offend the Lords atireoke them to post pone the bill. • Colonel L. LINDSAY claimed that if great towns were to be exempted from this princ • iple it ought not to b) ap plied to counties.. Mr "dev o t e d a d herence " to A mer i can institu tions,tl3rLig whic hihdt a lde' ll in r. ° R P r P ig ° ll Bi t figthe contradictedamenasmo amendment, lly attributed as obring to Ilr down on himself the condemnation of the chairman, and Mr. Liddell retorted that, at any rate, Mr. Bright seemed an admirer of American manners. Mr. CARDWELL eulained that having last year voted in favour of the represeation of minorities, he now sup ported the "voting by war4',:.fon the same ground as Mr. --L... Gladstone, that it wils, an t expo littint which deserved try ing Mr. DISRAELI reminded the committee that the cou troversy lay not between the minority - Oinciplo and the present system of voting, but between the minority prin ciple and a new plan, totally unknown to the Constitution, which had never been proposed before. Mr. HORSMAN replied that the metropolis was divided into wards in 1832, and Sir G. GREY added that the bill of last year divided the Tower Hamlets. On a division Mr. GRAIIA.M'S amendment was rejected by a majority of 59-244 to 185. A second division was then taken on an amendment proposed by Mr. Bouverie as to the boundaries of Glas gow, which resulted in a tie of 112 on each side. The Chairman, taking into consideration that a second oppor tunityht up. would be afforded of d e b at i ng the po i nt on t h e thus leaving the bill g ed to, the actual appli cation being post ponedcun ato a i o l scheduler, a t n er ct unaltered. Clause utt s decidedebh Clause se oa wiu tonu l 9 ri v l esi wastat3,lpropositionsp s t r i t h h an e e r ce n i A pb a l y re g o e r s ut : t 0 l of the Government to combine the counties of Peebles and Selkirk was agreed to, after a short conversation, Mr. lioncreiff being the only dissentient. Mr. CRAUFURD proposed that the member thus ob tained should be given to Aberdeen, but his motion meet ing with but small support, he withdrew it, and the Go vernment plan of conferring the member on a group of Borderelkirk, was boroughs, agree cod to.istin _Hayrick, Galashiels, and Selkirk, The next discussion was o n a motion by Mr. LAING to combine the counties of Ross and Sutherland. ns g of &Lord R. LEVESON-GOWER made a spirited and effec tive speech in defence of Sutherlandshire, which, though its electors were only obout 120, had a population (25,000) larger than that of some counties and many boroughs re presented by two members. Sutherlandshire also found powerful advocates in Mr. BOUVERIE and Mr. HORSMAN, who urged the committee, if it desired to get through the bill before Whitsuntide, to accept the Government plan as a whole, and to discounte nance the amendments of private members, which now spread over 20 pages. Mr. DISRAELI resisted any further disturbance of; the electoral arrangements of Scotland, and opposed also on its merits the proposal to disfranchise a constituency ex tending over a large tract of country and representing a considerable population. Mr. GLADSTONE also protested against the disfran chisement of Sutherlandshire. Population, and not the number of electors, he maintained, had always been the test hitherto, and he hinted that to depart from the Go vernment plan might lead to the reopening of the English scheme. -Oa the guggeetivA 91 lir. Prue, %Mug IyaN , §O service. It may be news to some of our readers that the Isthmus of Suez Canal is already available for some kinds of traffic, and is actually earning a revenue. For the first quarter of 1867 the receipts were over £lO,OOO ; for the corresponding period of 1868 they were nearly £23,000. The French postal authorities are exceedingly deficient in enterprise. It is not astonishing, perhaps, that they should fail to see the advantages of the Brindisi route, by which the overland mail would be quickened three or four days. But it is remarkable that they should virtually render the Mont Cenis railway useless by keeping English letters for Italy twelve hours in Paris, and by refusing to run an early morning mail to St. Michel. In this matter the Italian authorities are little better than the French. For instance, when Mr. Fen line is open, which will be on June 8, the mails will arrive at Turin about 0 p.m., and should start immediately for Florence, in which case they would be delivered there before noon. At present they do not arrive until nine on the following morning. There is, however, reason to hope that this service will be improved, for the recent complaints which have been made respecting the mails between London and Genoa have induced the Italian Postmaster-General to attempt an alteration. He met with opposition from the French Government at first, but it is believed that this will be overcome, and that the letters will now take only three days Thick used to take fatt4 rces4l tki; THA NIES. CRUELTY TO A WlFE.—George Curtis, a painter and writer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting his wife. • A police-constable stated that the wife of the prisoner was severely beat and wounded, and that she could not attend. He put into the witness-box Georgiana Curtis, the daughter of the prisoner, who said the night before last her father took hold of her mother roughly, and said " I mean to have busi ness with you." He knocked her down, and when she got up he knocked her down again. He got upon her and beat her, and dragged her along the floor by the hair of her head. Her mother got away from him, and her father slept for an hour and a half, and then began to ill-use her mother again, and she became insensible. Her father was drunk. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women, attended, and said the society had directed him to watch the case, and to prosecute the prisoner, if the magistrate should think it necessary to commit him for trial. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. —Joseph Goodway was charged at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with working a horse and torturing it. The horse was in the yard behind the court. It was in a weakly condition and suffering. The belly of theanimal was chapped and sore. Police-sergeant Harvey said the horse was plunging and kicking frightfully, and the people who saw the state of the animal were very indignant. The prisoner, who said he was a greengrocer, had another horse in a very bad state. The prisoner said he only had possession of the horse in the yard for a fortnight, and if i t was taken from him it would be a very great loss to him. Mr. Paget—l certainly will not consent to your working the horse I have just seen in its present condition. The prisoner said ho would send the horse to grass. Mr. Paget said the horse had been sadly tor tured. He directed the prisoner to bring the horse before him again in a month's time, and he would then determine what he should do with the pri soner. Mr. Colam, the secretary of the Royal Society, said the officers had received particular directions to look after overworked and diseased horses. MARKETS.—(7 his Day.) CORN. The fine weather and increasing arrivals of foreign con tinue to affect the principal markets for wheat, and prices are still drooping. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was small and the wheat trade very dull. English wheat in limited supply, but purchased cau tiously at the late decline. Foreign wheat not pressed, but with further supplies ; buyers act with renewed caution, and have the advantage in terms, although the rates are not correctly quoted lower. F'our a dull sale; prices irregular. Barley, b3ans, and peas relatively firm. Oats in steady request, and good qualities are NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. dearer. MEAT.—The close weather and increasAl supply has caused a decline in boef and mutton, 2d to 4d is veal, and 8d in lamb. We quote beef at 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; veal 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and lamb, 4s 8d to bs 8d per stone of 81bs by the car case. Poultry.—lncreased supplies of poultry have depressed prices. Surrey chickens, 3s to 4s; I.ssex, 2s 6d to 3s 64 ; Irish, is 9d to 2s 6d; ducklings, 2s 6d to 3$ 6d; goslings, 5s to 6s; pigeons, 6d to 10d ; quails, fat, is 3d ; lean, 10d ; rabbits, tame, is to is 6d each. Eggs more plentiful. French, 6s 3d to 7s; English , 7s 6d per 120. ' BOROUGH HOP. Henry Turnbull and Co. report an increase of fly, more particularly in Sussex and East Kent, consequently there is less disposition on the part of holders to sell ; prices on the whole showing an upward tendency with a continued steady enquiry. Bolgium letters mention an attack of blight, but gene rally smaking the Continental markets are unchanged. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 29.—Sales probably 8,000 bales Market quiet and unchanged. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE — This Day GRAY s] Friday Morning. Arrived, May 28.—Regalia, from Christiania ;' Bolderaa, steamer, from Cronetadt. Arrived, May 29.—Wear, steamer, from Cronstadt ; Normandie, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Abeone, from Ran ders; Sappameer, from Barbadoes ; Johan, from Laurvig ; Energy, from Windau ; (Hares Thompson, from Krageroe ; Harmonie, from Dantzic; Vissery, from Worcum; Ossian, steamer, from Dantzic; Hanna, from Christiania. Sailed, May 28.—Lanarkshire, for Melbourne ; Boston; Gold Fish, Annie Lisle, and Speedwell, all for Jamaica; Riflemen, for Gibraltar and Sydney. Sailed, May 29.—General Havelock, for Buenos Ayres ; Strang, for Waux River ; Greatham Hall, steamer, for Mogador ; Secret, steamer, for St. Petersburg; Esther, steamer, for Paris; Triton and Vigilant, steamers, for Boulogne. _ _ DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, May 28.—Speedwell, for Jamaica; Sado, screw steamer -- both from London ; Magdala, from Sunderland, for Genoa; Dunbar Castle, off Cowes ; Mary Ann, of Sun derland ; Wycliffe, of Dundee ; H. T. P. S. (Commercial Code)—all from the North, for the Wost. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Pleasant and irrisorßUPS ! 11 al; gragoto,—LAslitl THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. Tb e Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening, con to.ining the Latest Betting and Races at Epsom, was p üblished in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. IMPERIAL PARLIANENT - NOUSE OF LORDS—(Tins EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR tOOk his seat on the woolsack shortly beforo four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal consent was given by commission to a num ber of public and private bill. The members of the Royal commission were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Cado gan, and the Earl of Devon. The business of the house was postponed until 5 o'cloc!r. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time:—Norwich Union Lifo Insurance, Cork Gas, Cork Improvement, Haverford west Borough Bill, Midland Railway, Merthyr Stipendiary Magistrates Bill. The Chairman of Committees moved that the time for depositing petitions to be heard against private bills, which would otherwise expire durit:g the aijournmeut of the house, be extended to Monday next. RELIGIOUS TESTS. The Earl of KIMBERLEY presented petitions from the Universities of Oxford and Cambtidgo against the impo sition of religious tests in those Universities. A great many of the colleges had subscribed to this petition. There were only six colleges where there was a majority against it. In some it was almost unanimous, in others there was a majority of two-thirds. It was considered a great hardship that in the Universities no person could become one of the government of the col leges unless he was a member of the Church of England. He could understand such a regulation if members of other denominations were excluded altogether, but it appeared very arbitrary when they formed a portion of the consti tuent body. He had brought forward last session a bill, which he was sorry to say was rejected, in which he suggested that the restriction as to the tests in the universities should be abolished, and, consideriug the great number of the middle classes who would be ex cluded if it were not so, and who were not members of the Church of England, it would he considered highly desir able. The religious instruction was really so little that while he was a member of the great College of Christ church, all they had to do was to get up a short lesson in the Greek Testament, and learn by heart the 39 Articles, and then they were left to themselves. Lord HOUGHTON said he hoped that the business of the Session would not prevent a bill which was already before the other houso being brought before them before long. The Earl of CARNARVON said that since he sat in their lordships'Ehouse three distinct phases had been in troduced as to this question of University tests. He con sidered that it was an attempt to lower the Government standard of the universities, but never to effect that to the utmost extent. It was an attempt to hand young men over at the age of 17, 18, and 19 to a system where no religious securities would surround them. It was much the same if you removed the educational securities, and to that every one would object as an absur dity. By such a removal he did not think that anything beneficial would accrue. It would not be the right use of the moral power entrusted to the University. The religious teaching might be very small, and some persons car ried it farther and said that it was only a sceptical teaching. He denied in the first instance the fact, but even if it were so it was no argument why the whole machinery should bo destroyed because of this scepticism. When the sea went down the great landmarki would reappear, and so it would be when scepticism passed away. Ihe ques tion had reached this pass, it was whether you in tended to remove all religions whatever ; but for this he contended that the time had not yet arrived. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE said he would make a few remarks upon what was the state of the feeling of the University of Cambridge on the subject. He con sidered that there was a gradually growing feeling that those tests should be abolished. The petition was signed by almost all the distinguished body of the members of the University. I LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. In reply to Mr. SCHREIBER, Mr. DISRAELI said he could not at that moment say on what day the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill would be proceeded with, but he would state the day on the house meeting aft'r the holidays. CAPTURE OF A BRITISH SUBJECT. Mr. WYLiI;I74 the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any information had been received from her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople an nouncing the release of Mr. J. W. Stevens, a British sub ject, who had been captured by brigands near Smyrna ; and if the restoration of Mr. Stevens cannot be obtained without the payment of the money demanded by his cap tors, application would be made to the Ottoman Govern ment to pay the required ransom ? Lord STANLEY regretted he could get no information on the subject, but a mail was due from Constantinople that day, by which he hoped to gat some intelligence. THE STEAMSHIP GARONNE. _ _ Admiral ITRTICIIEiiiied the Vice-President of the Board of Trade if the board would institute an inquiry into the loss of the steamer Garonne on the Land's End, which was said to have been caused by a want of seamanship, and to have been attended by a great loss of life ? Mr. CAVE said an inquiry into the whole of the cir cumstances had been directed by the Government. THE RIOTS At AS HTON. Mr. WHALLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the • Government to institute any inquiry as to the origin and nature of the recent riots at Ashton and other places, in the county of Lancaster, and at Birmingham and other places, in the counties of Warwick and Stafford; and whether the Go - vernme t had made any and what provision for the better protection of public lecturers and those who may attend such lectures in the event of threats to suppress such lec tures by riot and outrage, and then prevent the recurrence of such riots as before referred to ? Mr. HARDY said he had practically answered the ques tion the other evening, but he had now to repeat that it was not the intention of the Government to institute any inquiry whilst the trials were proceeding. With respect to the latter part of the question, that rested entirely with the local authorities. OBSTRUOTIONS IN THE STREETS. Mr. OTWAY asked the First Commissioner of Works the cause of so many of the principal streets in the metro polis being blocked up by work going on in the roads. It was exceedingly inconvenient when London was fullest that the roads should be obstructed ; but it seemed to be the general practice whenever the ordinary traffic was increased that was the exact time chosen for repairs. Lord JOHN MANNERS said the Government was not responsible for the control of the public streets. The funds for their maintenance were not taken from the Con solidate' Fund, hut were contributed by the ratepayers, and the representatives of those parties wore those who had the management of the streets. It was no fault of the Government that the roads were so bad in so many places at that particular period. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE said the committee on this bill stood for Friday next, and as it would be for the con venience of hon. members, he bagged to ask what course the Government proposed to take with respect to this bill ? Mr. DISRAELI said be thought the bill a vary bad one, and that it was useless to attempt to improve it. He should therefore offer no formal opposition to the com mittee. THE BOUND A-RY BILL. Mr. WALPOLE brought up the report of the select committee on this bill, and said it would be in the hands of members on Monday next. THE NEW LAW COURTS. _ On the motion that the SPETtKER.d:Ie;ve the chair, Mr. B. COO RANE called the attention of the house to the site of the law courts. He thought it was the duty of the house to consider this matter before it was too late. They had already laid out a very large amount of money, but after all it was the opinion of all competent persons that the plan proposed could not be carried out on the site proposed. It was most lamentable that a groat sum of money was to be expended in erecting the new law courts on the site near Temple Bar, which he contended was altogether a mistake, when such a fine position as the Thames Embankment could now be had. He hoped the Government and the house would pause and reconsider the whole matter before the building was commenced. It was not because they had acquired a questionable site that, therefore, they were compelled to raise the proposed new courts on it. Mr. M. CHAMBERS was of opinion that the present site was most objectionable, as it. was surrounded by the dirtiest and most d lapidated building in the metropolis. He con demned :the whole seheuie, bJcause it would cost an enormous sum of money, much more than the most ex travagant now expected, and the result would be total and miserable failure on account of the unmanage able nature of the site selected. He thought e in this country too much was sacrificed in ex terior grandeur, and not solidity and sedateness in architecture in that country. Nothing seemed to go down now but the cathedral style of architecture, and why it should be so he could not understand, because he found as a rule that all buildings constructed of late in that style were, in fact, most inconvenient, and, to a great extent, not at all adapted to the purpose in tended. He thought it would be the wisest course to adopt to call in the advice of a com petent person to ascertain what was the value of the site at present acquired, with a view to either re-setting letting it off on building leases, and to set about selecting a position on the Thames Embankment for the new Palace of Justice. He did not go along with those who said as we have got a site we must build upon it. He thought that instead of a loss being sustained by the giving up of the proposed site that a gain would accrue to it, as in the disposal of the ground things were man aged in a businesslike manner. At all events, he thought the proposed site about one of the worst that could have been selected. Mr. COWPER differed from the hon. and learned gen tleman. lie thought the proposed site was the most convenient that could be adopted, and much to be pre ferred to that of the Thames Embankment. It seemed altogether to have escaped the attention of the hon. gentle man that the houses that would have to be purchased if the site was removed to the Thames Embankment would cost twice as much as those of Carey-street and the stir roundinc, neighbourhood. If the site was changed another great delay would take place, and the greatest incon venience must follow such a course of proceeding, and therefore he Loped the Government would not clang , ' their plans, but would push on the work with the greatest speed possible. Sir ii. BO WYER was in favour of the new courts being constructed on the Thames Embankment, and he also felt certain that if the present site was resold that the Govern ment would realise more money than they gave for it. Lord J. MANNERS said the Government had no power in the matter. The Legislature bad decided over and over again the site of the New Pala ce of Justice, sot and therefore it was impossible th at he could hold any hope of a change of the site.presenxt7B9,o, 00 T h The t p h r e e o se o n sl t site up to the present time had coat of the whole site would be £896,000. That was the known cost of the one position ; what the other would be ou the ThiulleN gthbaukment, no one could tell. OEFT • - EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION. THE POLLING-THIS DAY. ONE O'CLOCK. Lyttleton (L) .. Laslett (C) .... 1871 1787 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. EPSOM RACES—Tars DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE OAKS.. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for fillies, thou three year olds ; Bst 101 b each ; the second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes; the last mile and a half 04 the New Course; 215 subs. FORMOSA ... LADY COVENTAY ATHENA Nine ran, Time, as taken by Benson's Chronogragb, 2 min. 44 sec.; by llasluck's Chrouo-microtatometer, 2 mila, 45 sec. GLASGOW PLATE. The Glasgow. Plato of 100 sovs (handicap) for all ages; winners of any race (matches excaptod) after publication of the weights 51b extra; the last seven furlongs of the Derby Course. Xi 1 S ileuus.. Fort Fig:it Eight ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE. The Epsom Two Year Old Plate of 20U Boys; colts est 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners of a pltte or sweepstakes 51b, twice or more 71b extra ; starters twice wil.hout winning a.lowod 41b, thrice 61b extra; T.Y.O. (three quarters of a mile.) Electricity Lord Hawthorn Baroness a Ten ran. NURSERY PLATE. The Paddock Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs for two year olds ; winners of any race (matches excepted) after the publication of the weights 51b extra; three. quarters of a mile. Martyr Little ton Bush Hill 1 2 Fourteon ran. FOAL STAKES. The Great Surrey Foal Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner of the Darby 121 b, of the Oaks or Two Thou sand Guineas Stakes 61b extra; fillies having started the Oaks without being placed allowed 31b. Last mile of the Derby Course. 19 subs. Vale Royal • w.o. DURDANS STAKES. The Durdans Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; two year olds 7st 81b, three 9st Gib, four and upwards, lOst 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; horses having started once at this meeting, and been beaten, :Allowed 31b, twice slb ; the winner to be sold for 120 sous; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 71b, 60 141 b over and above other allowances ; half a mile. Littlo Coates ..... I Lady Lotty f Lelia ..., .. . 3 Six rau. RACING FIXTI JU IJRES FOE, 1868. NE West Drayton 1 i Newton , l7 Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 Hampton ~, Manchester 3 Newcastle, 23 Ascot Summer 9 1 Bibury Club 23 Beverley, Hull, and I Stockbrkige East Hiding lO I Alexauctea Park 3Q Windsor Summer JULY. Chelmsford Worcester Summer 2 Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Radcliffe Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Hungerford Pontefract Down Royal Corp. 14 Reading Spilsby l4 AUG Deauvillo Leek Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Summer Wolverhampton Stockton Plymouth Windsor August Eghani Ilastiugs York August Oxford OCT Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October o Lanark 8 Chelmsford Autumn Cheltenham l3 SEPT Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 15 Brecon . Richmond Hampton Autumn Kelso Bridgewater and West So►nerset .. 2O Dover Scarborough 24 Canterbury Great Yarmouth 25 Derby Summer . 25 Weymouth Ipswich Lichfield Tuutaidge Margate Bl Liverpool Shrewsbury Sudbury and Ealing 15 Newmarket liougutw 17 Harrow -.... 27 Worcester Autumn 27 Lincoln Autumn......,,, 29 Liverpo'3l July M. Odiham l6 Stamford Huntingdon 2l • Nottingham July Chesterfield 23 ~.... Knutsford 23 Southampton Sudbury and Ealing Goodwood ST. , BER. iMBER. Hendon l7 Monmouth Manchester Newmarket Ist October 22 Walsall 23 Edinburgh West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western It Dd BER. NOVE] 3 .. 9 I Leamington l7 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Bromley 1 ' Ealing DECEMBER. St. Albans Kingsbury BI LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING, CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 29. The Queen has been please by writ und.,r the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to call Edward William Cox, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., to the state and de gree of a Sergeant-ut-Law. ADMIRALTY, MAY 26. . Lieutenants: Charles Elvtail S. Woodman and Cold stream Coates Robinson have been this day promoted to 'oe Retired Commanders under the provisions of Her Ma jesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July ) 1861, and 24th March, 1866. MAY 23. The Rev. Edmund Cotter has this day been appointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet. The undermentioned officers have t' is day been pro. moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet : Messrs. M. J. Shannon, J. R. Abbott, J. Sharp ;a) (Acting), Charles Allsop (Acting), William John Sullock (Acting), Robert Sutherland, William George Paige (Acting), Walter Crichton, William Hankinson, Stephen Chantler, and Robert Miln Rodger. Mr. Joseph Kellaway, V.C., has this day been promoted to the rank of Chief Boatswain in her Majesty's Fleet. Foreign Mail Pacilet List, MAILS DUE. nuetralia and New Zealand, via Southampton ..... May 23. Ditto, via Marseilles June l7. Ditto, via Panama ........ ......... ........ 23. Brazi►, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Vida° June 4. Ditto, by /Trench packet Cape Verde. by Brazil paoket Cape of Good Elope. Asoension. anti St. Lielena June 12. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton June 6. Ditto. via Xarseilles .... June it Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via South& mpton May 30. Lndla.via Southampton May 30. Ditto, via Marsell.es Malta, r.:gypt, Ste... May 31. Ditto, Marseilles... nay —. Mauritlus, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Pitt.), Marseilles ~ June IS. Newfoundland .. Juno 3 eortugal .. • J tut. 4. Ditto, by p rivr.le ship to Oporto ... Ditto c .tto to Lisbon United States, t anada, California, &0., by British packet ..... gay 23. West Indies aad Pr..alio (except Mexico and Baha mas) .......................................... nay 24. Ditto, by L Lited States packet .............. Ditto ditto (New York; ................. Ditto ditto (New York) ................ Ditto dittc (Baltimore) ............ Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Msy 29. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE --Tile Neva screw, built by Messrs. Cair d and Co., of Greenock, for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, has left the Clyde for uSleaunthijalmoypd,tonb.o t S h h a e s w be a was n or t ig ra i nnaslfleynb.eudil to o f o t r h t e h ß e o N y o a r l t s h t G oa e in r- Packet Company. She cost about £llO,OOO, and her di-. mansions are as follows: length, 310 ft.; breadth of beam, 4011. ; depth of hold, 2711. ; burden, 3,000 tons. She is propelled by direct acting inverted cylinder engines of 60U horse power nominal. Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co. have launched a twin screw of 464 tons, builders' measure-. ment, and 120 horse-power nominal, of the following dimensions: —Length over all, 160 ft. ; breadth, 25ft. ; and depth moulded, lift. 4in. She has been named the Midge, and has been built to the order of the British Government, which supplies the engines. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has purchased from Mes3re. W. Denny and Brothers an iron screw of 3,000 tons' bur den,ve s s now el are being Lof b t by u f t by them. . ,ana3l f The tan Will dimensions ll of the befitte with psiinj 91 607,4200 pc:lva wriziug. 10 [ll ry on f a/ to the uin the 'Ali the Yal aipt less last the the r of and 3ted E ttre saes heir Mr. ado, the )ted Lot" Slag ! SO U ' VOA' Vra l 'st°ll KT IA"' ;r ig