The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CUIHERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Though still firm, the Stock Markets are hardly so good as they were yesterday end the day before. The repetition of attempts to precipitate a dissolution with its incalculable inconvenience, commercial and poli tical, is causing some anxiety, and but for the highly encouraging character of the corn and money markets, a relapse would most certainly ensue. Only 1 quiet business is being done. Among foreign stocks, Egyptian and Russian Bonds and Guarantees tre flat, but Spanish are better. The railway traffics are not considered very good, and shares are less firm. The money in Lombard-street is l per cent., and in the Stock Exchange short loan 3 are offered at 1 per Corn is in better supply and flatter, but no further decline is quoted. The Funds are steady at yesterday's prices, Consols being dealt in at 941 to 941, for money, and 93i to 9 34 for account ; New and Reduced Three per Gents., 93 f to 931 ; Bank Stock, 246 to 248 ; India Five Per Cents., 116 to 116 k; Exchequer Bills, 5s to 10s Oren A Cheek has been given to the demand for Russian and Egyptian Bonds, and quotations are below the prices current at yesterday's close. Egyptian (1864), and the Railway Debentures are lower, at 81 to 82 and 91 to 92 respectively. Orel Vitebsk Railway Binds have declined to 79. Mexican also show heaviness at 15i to 16. New Spanish Bonds are in Wore request now that the question of. quoting the new stock is settled. The present price is 361 to 36k. Greek Bonds are 3.1- to 31 ; Italian (1861), 49R• to 49a- Portuguese, 404- to 401 ; the Viceroy's Seven per Cent. Bonds. 72 to 72 i ; and the Nine per Cents., 91k to 91g. Egyptian Nine per Cent. Bonds are 91f to 91i. AMerican SecUrities are firmer. United States Five-Twenty Bonds are .k better, at 71} to 71k ; Erie Shares and Illinois are each higher, being quoted at 454- to 45/, an d 95 t o 96 r e s pectively. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded to 281; to 28/ ; and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds remain at 31/, to 324-. English'ltailways are steady, but quiet. The changes comprise a fall of 4- in South Eastern, and of in Metr o p o lit an , Ch at h am, an d Midl an d ; also a rise o f in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and of k in London and North Western, Great Western and Brighton. The quotations current are ; Chatham, 18/ to 19 ; Caledonian, 74/ to ; Metropolitan, 111/ to 1124 ; Sheffield, 42 to 42k ; Brighton, 54 to 54k ; Great Wes tern, 54 to 541 ; Great Eastern, 34 to 34f ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto (A), 961 to 97i ; London and North Western, 115; to 116 ; South Eastern, •76 to 761 ; Midland, 107 to 107 k ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127/ to 128 f. Foreign Railway Shares are steady. Lombardo- Venetian is marked. at 14k to 15k ; Great Luxem bourg at 11/ to 11g. The dealings in Bank shares are merely nominal, tnd prices are without a single change. Agra (A), is firm, at 10 to 10k ; Alliance, 13. to 12 dis. anglo-Austrian 4/ to prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 27 to 28 ; Consolidated, 4i to 4/ ; Imperial Ottoman, # to I s prem.; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 71 to 72 ; .Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; Union of London, 35 to 36. In Foreign Mining Shares Chontales are k lower, at 2 to 21; St. John del Rey unaltered, at 16k to 17k ; and Port Phillip 1k to 1/. Miscellaneous securities are extremely quiet. Anglo- American Telegraph is quoted at 22i- to 23} • Atlantic Telegraph Ei g ht per Cent., 5 to 54- ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 15k to 15/ ; London General Omnibus, 1i to 2k ; Fore-street Warehouse, 2 to 1 dis. The bar gold sent into the Bank yesterday was of the value of £19,000. The foreign Exchanges continue favourable to this country. The steamers leaving New York yesterday for Europe took £BO,OOO in specie. The silver market is flat, upon the prospect of brae arrivals from Mexico shortly. ,Regarding the project for which Messrs. T. S. Morgan and Co. invite subscriptions for the European and North American Railway, the line is of great e ( utnercial and political importance, and has been liberally subsidised by the provinces more imme diately concerned. By connecting the city of Saint J ohn (New Brunswick) to the frontier State of Maine, United States, complete communication will have been established with all the railways of the United States and Canada. The committee of the Stock Exchange have passed the following resolution :—" That, in the absence of any opposition, the committee do not consider -it ad visable to withhold official quotations from the New Spanish Three per Cent.. Bonds of 1867 ; but record their dipsatisfactiou at the conversion of Passive Bonds having been accompanied by the cowpulsory payment of money." The committee have also ordered the £234,000 General Mortgage Six per Cent. Sterling Bonds (#2OO each) redeemable Ist July, 1910, of the Penn -BYlvania Railroad Company to be quoted in the official list. The ordinary general meeting of the British India Steam Navigation Company has been called for the 27th inst., for the purpose of declaring a dividend. The annual general meeting of the African am ship has been convened for the 3rd June. An extraordinary general meeting of the West Rani Gas Company has been called for the sth June, to consider a recommendation of the directors that 2 . 0 00 new shares of £5 each, subject to a call of £2 108 per share on allotment be forthwith issued. The Metropolitan Railway traffic shows an increase of .£4OB ; the Great Luxemburg, £1,119 19s 9d ; and the Grand Trunk, £3,294 At the Wheal Kitty (St. Agnes) Mine meeting yes terday, the accounts showed a profit upon the three months of ..£406. A dividend of 2s per share was declared. The produce in stock in London continues, with few exceptions, to be below the quantities held this time last year. The instances of increase are :—Rice, 3 ,980 tons ; tallow, 1,161 casks ; coffee, 3,185 tons ; i:ncl cochineal, 2,421 bags. The decrease in cloves, ,0,691 packages ; cotton, 1,296 bales ; jute, 81,335 bales ; jute cuttings, 15,113 bales ; lac dye, 1,667 chests ; nutmegs, 1,634 packages ; black pepper, ~ 0 ~'93 tons ; white pepper, 47 tons ; pimento, 10 , 981 c u,ags ; rum, 4,276 puncheons ; nitrate of potass, '9 6 -96 tons ; nitrate of soda, 400 tons ; and sugar, 2 7,427 tons. In reference to the Manchester market, Mr. Sam. Menders circular, under yesterday's date, has the following :—" The advance obtainable at the close of last week and up to yesterday is more difficult to re alise. Sales are not active, but prices are slightly a bove those accepted on the 12th, and a somewhat steader feeling." , as Mr. H enry A yres , a we ll-k nown fi nanc i a l writer, n published, through Mr. Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange, a work of the greatest interest to r ailway proprietors and the general public. While engi neers like Mr. Fairlie are striving to impress the Public with a sense of the importance of creating income by diminishing the proportions of dead Weight carried to paying freight, Mr. ,Ayres, with equal sagacity, points out the necessity of improving the forms of account. More than that, he suggests forms, perfe c tly s i m pl e , w hi c h wou ld b e efficacious in describing the exact financial position of any or of all companies, if they were only required to be made out uniformly. It is impossible in a short Paragraph . .:to enumerate, much less to describe, the oth er prac ti ca l suggest i ons made b y Mr. Ayres, with a vie w t o th e secur i ty o f ra il way s h are h o ld ers. We can only urge them to obtain the work for them- Selves, assured that they will find it exceedingly valuable. One of Mr. Ayres' suggestions is that a special department of Government should be formed for the purpose of controlling the railway affairs of the country ; and many practical persons have been con vinced by his reasoning that to that conclusion we Must come at last. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. ', GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Juno 4 - , •• 'i t Per Cent. Reduced 93,1 N r " 3 per Cent per Cent. Jan. 1894 4 '''''). 5 per Cent,..., an. 1873 Unuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — • bo. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2/ Ex 'D e (Red Se a Televaph), Avg., 1908 — Do 1, `'..equer Bills. £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 8 pm • D £5OO Et ► „, ° ' £lOO & £2OO 8 1 ',, - "- Of England Stock. 41per Cent 2471 - " 0 . Account f .INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. tlr ka 5 1tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 , — D O. Account ..•• r " ° • 5 per Cent. July, 1880 i ) ° ' et• Cent.. Oct. 1888 mo e. C K, e P rtificates - ii t• . • ruaced Paper 4 per Cent — 0 . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - Do' 9 per Cent., May 1879 — D • ." Per Cont., It d u o p . . Dob. 1872 Lo 1877 lO2 121°. do. 1882 D ''' Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ..••••• 1)° • ., 1 °- Boudli, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Amen..utinnaeFe°l:e.lpEulll!•lt per FUNDS—TWOCenI CLOCK.62I .. pm ..' , .1 triaa Bendß 5 per Cent. 1859 •orst 4 -1- . • . 4 hien e per Cent D 3 ' 4 1 Per Cent., 1852 — °. d0 . , 18 58 _ Lo.L)°. do . 1 18i0 i •1863 7O 69 do, 13 r. ° ' 5 Per Cont. 1865 1865 4#4 "-Ccollat ai . Tat y 19. Ided by Circuit, city of a is an- has an- eademy lip gtou mid be enough present ly to be igh the y cora- [agdala us that nt part le fight only to follow ere the unf or w of a re the '2olonel upon Thurs- where, I meet- it Car id from arlisle, And call to gotten, himself id our- Ireland Senate is des nemor- which uselves thoso reports ons on in and a good ich the L which words, f want 3 . The able in ►teach- o keep " Lord atholie I votes 3xpres porters n him• ence in n their ' This the Ling au try at iced to E Corn of the ig can ' The l crisis rds the •,,ider.*o rvant lange -11 that 3ut au Aberat uliarly reland ,erican alsO to e been hest at days/ orth of in teers 1 d and r shows roll of )üblint )xford, Ischer, by his le bad vetting erated, :cueing ie, and ►eating nan of en 010 zing k him uscher flicting le, and bxough nd fell once to the ,ozpitel weekly' d, bu t ice, has Levy, ip h. It 'spatch, his re- ,y two L outh& ; why lie won s ketch 3a ffold, !elf, 0 jjer t wisps ,Orni n g T he g prid e .agical . lied. by the re_ , e novr ent O n ateS °f in rserY falleu c) , Ilia' of th e l to cu t it took j u g 0 8 vicious nt nome lock' 0, ju ° " k.O 04", B enos Ayres 6 per Cent DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6per Cent. o..dian 6 per Cent 75 Do. 4} per Cent — tio. 6 per Cent., B ••• ...... Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 lo2i Do., Scrip £32 paid . . C ),, mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3pr Cent., 1825 D inubian Principalities, 7 par Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 BO 79 • 1 80 oktuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cen'. Egyptian, 7 per Cent — t §o. Second Issue .....• D ... £5OO 'Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. Abut) Bonds Bll Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 83 Government. Railway Debentures .... Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 1 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Du. t.lourom - Do. Account G ,atomala 5 per Cent . — Honduras Guy. Hail. Loan., 10p. Ct., .£2sp it .iiau 5 per Ct r t., 1865 Do. Account ~ 75 6 Do. Maremmana littiway — Mexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Po 6 per Cent.. Anglo-French — Montevideo': G per Cent. . — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Defer-NI Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account .. 831 131 Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarreu) ,.. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account . PortH guese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9;60;2;3 401 Do. do., 167 4Ol Do. do., Scrip, .£2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B5 Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 49 per Cent., 1860 Do 8 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1.62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 879 Do. do. 4:84 15s. do •— Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds. Do. do £B4 15s. do — DO Nicolas Railtvlay 641 al 4 gartifnian, 0 poi- Uciit — Spanish 3 per Cen Do Acc , ,unt Do Now Deferrea Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc.ant Do Corn. Cert. of Cour. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent, 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 - Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 ...... 584 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed ........ Venezuela, 3 per Cent. ........................ Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ..................... Do 6 per Cent. 1864 ...............«....... 21 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...•. Dividends on the above payable in Loucks.. Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull • 551 Do Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austnan o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 'Wish 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. :45f. Do. Account TWO trOLOOK: Consols, Money 941 I Do. Account, 4th June 93/ 1 SHARE LIST. COLONIAL GOVERvAIENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per I cent., Deo. Sl, 1672.... I Usu.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.4t July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept 00.5 p. o. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sic Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.& 001.1890-11000 Do. do 1880-9 u Do. Jan. &J uly, 1890-9 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1878,6 p. Ho. 1872, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan, and July Do. 1878 .. • .1 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. Natal 'iov. 6 per cent.. N. 8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&J ul N. S.W. Gov.s 1861; Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1874., Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896' New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nora Sootia Gov. 6 p. sterling. IS75—. - Queensland Gov. 0 p. C. t.S. A us.Gor. 6 p.0.18e8-.. , l)o. 1878 do upwards.. Vie,Uov. 6p.c.Js, zeJ ul3 Do. do, April h (lot.. .nut.AltY aki A Railways, nu, it; Caledonian Csinuriau lCork and Bandon...— iCorn wall ....... . ..... Dublin. & Belfast June. Dun„Yerth,& A b.J one. &London. scrip 0.113. //O. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North oi Scotland Great Northern ....... Do. A stock Do. 11 5t0ck.......... Do. New. is. at 25 pm (it S. and W. 01 Ireland Gt. Western —Original Do. 5. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—oxford Do. Newport ........ Do. Hereford........ Lanoashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Brigh.,/k S Coast 1.0 n., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., abet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. ......... Do. New Do. ExtensiOn....„ MetrupOlitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W 'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, tiirmin.. & Derby slid Kent . . . North British Do. 11:41., rth., & DUI] N th. Eastern—Berwieh Do. G.N't: purchase Do. Leods ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 186* 5 Do. do. 1566 North Stiellordshire d: S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok .eter tall Vale Do. C .. Vale of breath Waterlord & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitel►a.l i West Cornwall BRITLBEL 108811 .A.tlantio te St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, a Ccn.ln. gu. , 5 per ecnt... Do. } bares fiuffalo t Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. Calcutta & 8. E., lim at e Town & Doak, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, ,ast Bengal, gu. , 5 do l Least Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J /extension , 3rand Trunkot Canade Do. /equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prd. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gun. o. Gus. 5 per cent 1)o. New gua. fr p. o 'it. South of India gua. 5 per oelat p,i. if per cent.... Do yrcat Wce. of Canada Do. .Sevz • • 00.6 p. o lks. pay. 1573 00.65 dv. pay. 1577-e.. adras, gaa. 6 p.o Do. 41• ito Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extensiou uelb. Cor 6 p. c. Buds. ki el. I IJ obsou's Bay N. tCLC'da. 6pc Jot pt. hi. Dude& MAI k'nd, g. 5 p.o ctride . , • Do. Dells! Do. do . . V. ci Do. Pon;aub.... Do.ludus St.Flot "' PREFERENCE S3ARES. Midland, Leicester and Hitohen, 44 per Cent., 9 0 North Eastern, %%Teat Hartlepool Haroour and liaii. , 84i 1 [NES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall. 90 FORRIGN _RAILWAY& - Great Luxembourg, San Paulo. lion. , g ua. 0 per eent..lBl South Austria') lad LomDardo Venet4l3s 1 5 141 100 101 98 IUO 98 101 86 SS 66 87 104 106 109 110 107 109 106 108 98 100 110 111 103 107 104 106 106 163 107 100 106 108 99 10 90 301 118 DO vsi SI7I 98 102 104 103 lob 110 .1! Ilty 112, , VILA_AU Closing Prim'. 82 V 4 1 82* 711 75i1 2U 30 3 4 75 77 70 72 It 2 104, 31 314 7 8 Li 0 102 103 97 87s, 122 126 Pt 26 64 61 66 63 30 zl6 31 31 127 i 128 61 544 181 19 i 101 1151' vu u2l 121 121 112 1,!4, 10S 107 79 8t 1(7 1C7.; 76 78 *3l 34 102 10; 584 591 91 95 131 1341 P 1 133 117 419 It Ili 57 CY 107 101 57 58 43 15 70i 77 111 11 143 193 34 1 103 21 94 54 41 fq i I 2 11i 107 61 1071 12! Buoineso done. ,SIONS. 54 66 IC4 1(6 I iP 3 4 5 7 68 71 18 52 1% 1021 104 i 10561 109 110 151 10, IC4& 5 78 82 43 45 33 35 27 29 18 19 109 110 li 2 1 li 2 102 103 94 V 0 161 163 98 100 ill 9i 100 104 03 95 89 91 R 3 S 5 103 i 1041 twit I(2j 104 1U261 t P , 101 102 67 89 1031 • 1 1031 41 944 I 100 100 100 1(.0 100 Inn i~ - 76f 6 J THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1868. THE PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR EYRE. BO W. ST ItEET.—TH Is DAY. The hearing of this case was proceeded with this morning before Mr Vaughan. There was a somewhat - fuller attendance than yesterday. The Jamaica Committee was represented by Mr. P. A. Taylor, who occupied . a seat upon the Bench, and the Eyre Defence Committee by Lord De Blaquiere, the Iron. Major Anson, and Sir Roderick Murchison, who (as yesterday) preferred to find places at the solicitors' table. Amongst the gentle men on the B2nch we also noticed Sir Baldwin Leighton and Mr. James Carson, the High Sheriff IA Buckinghamshire. The same learned counsel appeared as on former occasions. Sir R. P. Collier put in certain documents which he had proposed as evidence previously, but which were not then produced, "Mr. Fairfield not having at that time been able to find them at the Foreign office. Mr. Vaughan said that with regard to the por tion of the blue-book which he yesterday undertook to read over, he had come to the conc!usion that :-:ome portions of it were not evidenc3 in this case. He held that for the defence Mr. Giffard was entitled to put in all documents which were written by official persons in the island to Mr. Eyre, and all documents written by Mr. Eyre to the ,Secretary of . State. He had marked the passages which he considered could legally be ad mitted. A long discussion took place as to whether other portions of the evidence should be admitted. Ulti mately a few of the excluded passages were ad mitted, but the rule laid down by Mr. Vaughan was substantially adhered to. Mr. Giffard then proceeded to open the case for the defence. He complained of the man ner in which the prosecution was conducted. Though Sir R. P. Collier repudiated any imputation of corrupt motives to Mr. Eyre, and declared that the only object of the proceed ings was to obtain a judicial decision on an abstruse point of law, yet the prosecutors continued to cir culate atrocious calumnies against him. Sir R. P. Collier said there had been a good deal of abuse in the papers—much more abuse indeed of the prosecutors than of Mr. Eyre. But he had care fully refrained from alluding to it, and he thought his learned friend ought to do the same. Mr. Vaughan said that so far as the case had been before him he had nothing to do with any of the imputations alluded to. Mr. Giffard would not refer to the calumnies circulated elsewhere by any one not connected with these proceedings. What he had a right to refer to, and Mr. Eyre had a right to complain of, was that Mr. Mill, the prosecutor, whom he lamented not to see on this occasion in his usual place beside the magistrate, had sent to the newspapers for publication a document written, as its date showed, on the 20th of April, after the commencement of these proceedings, and that Mr. Sheen, solicitor to the prOsecution, forwarded it, and that that letter reiterated the calumnies, which. Sir R. P. Collier, acting on their instructions, disclaimed. This charge, which they dare not attempt to prove in Court, was circulated with a view to influence the case. What would have been said if, in the late Fenian prosecutions, some one connected with the Treasury bad written and published in the papers a letter de nouncing by name a person then on his trial. If that letter had been written to Mr. Vaughan him self it would have been an understood contempt of court: He did not understand what right the gentlemen now prosecuting had to assume a posi tion as if they commanded the jurisprudence of the country in order to carry out the pestilent policy of this prosecution. The case had not been pro secuted in an ordinary way. The dismal catalogue of floggings and executions had been gone over to produce a prejudice as to the alleged oppression. Sir It. P. dollier said he was sorry to interrupt his learned friend who, however, he was certain could not have intended to misrepresent him. What he had said was that the issuing of an illegal proclamation was an illegal act without reference to Corrupt motives, and that he did not attribute to Mr. Eyre any corrupt-motive iu that act. That was what he said with reference to the proclamation. Then he went on to say that he charged Mr. Eyre with certain oppressive ac•s done under that proclamation. It was not for him to imput3 motives, but be thought himself justified in saying that all acts of oppression assume an arbitrary disposi tion and intention. Mr. Giffard said that as his conduct bad been to some extent influenced by the disclaimer of Sir R. P. Collier, it was somewhat embarrassing to find that it was now withdrawn, or at all events they were given to understand that it did not go so far as he had at first understood. Referring to the evidence, he observed that it had been shown that Mr. Eyre knew nothing of the acts of cruelty alleged to have been committed. it R. P. Collier said it was proved that Mr. Eyre was present in the places where the executions took place. Mr. Giffard said he was present in the island, but he did not know for what offences, or on what evidence they had been convicted. He knew only that they had been 'convicted by courts-martial, at one of which the Attorney-General of the Island presided. . . _ Mr. Vaughan observed that ho was not sitting there as a jury. Mr. Giffa rd maintained that in some respects Mr. Vaughan was sitting as a jury. Mr. Vaughan said he should not sit as a jury in this case. If he thought there was a prima facie case he should feel it to be his duty to commit Mr. Eyre for trial. Mr. Giffard said he was about to argue that there was no prima facie case. And as one of the reasons why he should contend that the ease should not go forward, why, in fact, the magistrate should consider the question whether he would assist these proceedings (by refusing to do which he would not prevent the prosecutors from preferring a bill), he should have to submit that this was a State prosecution. The case was proceeding when we went to press. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &natralta and New Zealand, via Bouthainptos.....3lay 23 Ditto, via Illarseillea ..•.. ...J une 17 Ditto, via Paniana ....... .......... ..... qay2; - Brazil, Buenoa Ayrea, and Hunto Video .... .. j uue 4 Ditto, by lereneh packet .. II 2= Cape Verde. by Brazil paozet • . .....June Cape of Good Elope. Amenalon. and at. Helena ...June 12. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton_ May 23. Ditto, viaMarseWee ....... • . • ••... June 11. Falkland Islands •••••• June 4 • dlbraltar, via Southampton May 21. India. via Southampton ...... ..... Hay Ditto, via Harseil Ca ...... ......... ••• • . ty i Malta, Egypt, .160. .•• • • ...... • Ditto, Alarsetilea.. • May Ilauritius, Cape of Groot Hap% and :fatal, via Southampton Ditt,, Marseilles .. June 8 Newfoundland ...... ......May 2 eurtugal J und 1. Ditto, by pr N role ship to Oporto •• ••, Ditto .tto to Lisbon United States,'. anada, Cilitornia, by British p motet . ... l[tY Ditto, by L Lited :itates packet Ditto ditto • (..:Ar York Ditto ditto Ntivr York) Dia) ditt, (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian p Aoxe t M iy 22. West Coast of Atri..a, Madeira, and Teneriff.i „ ; Wept Incites and PaAtic ;except Mexico and Bali,t- mils) May 9. Cub, stud ',Lexie° ilatia.naa, via New Y ;lay 2J. 13eruciuda, via Llalirax Mr. P. Comp's BENEFIT.----To-morrow evening the director of Weston's Music Hall, Holborn, takes his benefit, on which occasion he will receive the support of all his brother and sister professionals of merit and talent. We are prevented front giving a catalogue of the names of those who have volunteered their service, but had Mr. Coree benefit extended over a whole week enough novelty and talent was at his disposal to furnish Six in stead of one prograinme. Mr. Corti is a general fa - vourite, - and we have no doubt he will receive that recognition of hie eervioes he so richly deserves. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING. TUESDAY. The reunion on the Lansdowne heights is ever a popu lar as well as an important meeting, preceding so hnme diately as it does the great event on Epsom Downs; but this year, however, it may be said to have become extra ordinarily attractive from the meeting of so many of the cracks, especially Achievenient and Julius for the Beau fort Cup. With respect to the two latter, the colt having proved himself the best of his year by his two defeats of Hermit when conceding weight to the Derby winner, the Duke of Newcastle was naturally anxious to still further test the accuracy of Julius's form in the summer months, and so endeavour to prove him not only the best four year old colt, but the best animal of his year. Though the card appeared meagre as to the quantity of sport provided, it was fully made up for in quality, the unexpected appearance of Speculum in the Biennial, to meet Mr. Cartwright's greatly improved colt Tympanum, possessing an additional at traction for tie followers of D.l-by form. Besides this, it was anticipated that Bath would be true to its traditions with respect to " knockings out." The weather all day was beautifully tine, the sun being almost tropically powerful, and the attendance both on the course and within the enclosure was very great. The Lanslown Trial Stakes opened the proceedings, and of the four sub scribers three went to the pest, although the whole were weighed for. Any odds a:most might have hien obtained on Sir Charles Legard's horse, but a few were content with 10 to 1, and the result proved the soundness of the opinion entertained by the talent. Vespasian was hardly, however, so much fancied later in the afternoon, when he again carried the top weight in the Bath Handicap. It appeared to require all Custauce's horsemanship to shake off Naivete, and Lord Westmorland's Ganymede, as the son of Newminster won by a head, and the other pair finished by a dead heat for second honours. The great turn up, however, in the early part of the day, was the clever defeat of Speculum by - the speedy Grimston, as few thought the latter could stay a mile and a half. From first to last the pace seemed to suit him, and it may be said that he won easily. The flying Miss Foote just got in front of Joseph Dawson's clipper De Vero in the Two Year 014 Biennial. The meeting of Julius and Achieve ment, which had been so much looked for, resulted iu per haps the hollowest victory on record for the former, the Duke of Newcastle's splendid colt fairly gambolling away from the hitherto alMost invincible fill 7 Achievement, showing what great improvement same horses can make in a short time, and how others may fall off in form. The County Members' Plate fell to the uncertain Sister to Vedette, who took it into her head to make all the run ning, and won by a length and a half easily, landing for once in a way the money entrusted to her. Details of the day's racing and betting will be found, appended : The Lansdowne Trial Sakes, of 10 sovs each, with 25 added ; weight for age ; selling allowances ; 1 mile. Sir C. Legard's Vespasian, by Newminster—Vesta, 5 yrs (not to be sold), 9st 71b (inc. 71b ex.)...(Castance) 1 Mr Hughes's Paris, aged (£100), Bst (Prior) 2 Mr I. Woolcott's Uork Jacket, 3 yrs, (.£200), tist3lla. (Butler) 3 Kenyon weighed for Ganymede, 4 yrs (Z 100), 7st 71b, but the number was not hoisted, the colt being with drawn. - Betting-10 to lon Vespasian. Immediately after starting Vespasian assumed a clear lead of his opponents, which he maintained throughout, winning in a common canter by four lengths, Cork Jacket being not more than a neck in rear of the second, after the pair had run a good race home together. The Second Year of the S ix teenth Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 ad ded, fo r three year olds ; colts, Bst b mares ov fillies seandgeldings, Bst 71b ; untr i e d h orses or 31b ; the second t o save sta k e; one m i le l Ol s n t m s i —T b heodora ( , j and a, half ; 63 subs. by pe eu St. i u A ti l , b B a Raglan, B s t 71b t S ' s Tymp anum, Bst 71b...(Custance) 3 (T. French) 1 of the Walk, B st 1 0 1 b (H . D ay) 0 Mr Pryor's Grimston,.BDsta l le ° y lb ) 2 (Cannon) 0 31 D i\il t u irr. k . j. J r) 0. W. of Powney's 1 . q pc e aa w yr c t, s a w s CI tiLl Cock ea ' h s kd y Mr E. Brayley's c by sycophant—Codicil, by The Cos sack, Bst 41b ......... ! ...... :. ............... (Hibbard) 0 Mr Merry's Phoebus , Bst 71b (Parry) 0 Mr J. B. Morris's Birdseeker, Bst 1 0th (Fordham) 0 Betting-3 to lon Speculum, 10 to 1 each agst Grimston and Tympanum. Directly the flag was lowered Grimston obtained a slight a lvantage, but when a few strides had been taken Lady Raglan took up the running, and soon improved her lead by three or four lengths of her horses, of whom Phcebus Grimston, and Tympanum were together, Speculum and Birdseeker bringing up the rear, for a hundred yards, when the second position was taken by Tympanum, who was pulling d ou ble over Phoebu s , G r i mstou having dropped back slightly.. Traversing the far side Tympanum de prived Lady Raglan of the command, running down the back stretch with a clear lead of Mr. Powney's mare, the Codicil colt and Speculum lying side by side, fallowing these being Birdseeker and Cock of the Walk, Grimston b r i n ging up the rear. No change occurred till reaching the mile post, when the extreme rear was brought up by Cock of the Walk, Grimston being left in attendance with Birdseeker and the Codicil colt. They ran thus until fairly in the straight, 'When Griznston; next the rails, ran through his horses and took a slight lead of Tympanum at the distance, and Speculum almost simultaneously drew out. From this point the race was confined to the fa vourite and Grimston, hut the latter having always slightly the best of it, won very cleverly by a neck; a bad third ; Cock of the Walk, passing Phoebus on the post, was fourth, Birdseeker was sixth, the Codic 1 colt next, and Lady Raglan last, the latter five pulling up. The belling Stakes 01 3 soya each, with 25 added; weight for age ; straight half mile. Lord Vivian's Lord Falmouth; by Lambtou—Parvati, 2 yrs (X3O), Est . Mr Saxon's Njokhoolie, 2 ... .... (£3O), sst 111 b (Lyuliain) 0 Betting-11 to Bon Lord Falmouth. Shortly after the flag fell Nickhoolio bolted, and Lord Falmouth came in alone. Thu winner was not offered for sale. The Bath Handicap of 10 sous each, 5 ft (if declared by 8 o'clock the evening before running . , to Mr. Reynolds only, at the Castle Hotel, Bath), with 100 added ; th . winner of any handic ap after May 11, at ton a.m., 51b ; of two or more handicaps, 101 h extra. One mile. 26 subs. Sir C. Legard's Vespasian, 5 yrs, gat 121 b (in. slb ex.) (Custance) 1 Mr. Padwick's Naivete, 3 yrs, i t 51b (inc. 51b extra) ^' s (Butler) f Lord Westmorland's Ganymede 4 yrs, Est 81b(Kenyon) t Mr. G. Payue's Tremble, 4 yrs, '6st Blb ... (Mordan) 0 Iklr. R. Dick's Defiance, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Hibbard) 0 Mr. E. Brayley's ormulvi yrs, Est 1111b...(11. Covey) 3 Mr. J. Dover's Liguria n , 3 'yrs, 6st lib (Crickmere) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst V es p a sian, sto 2 agst Naivete, 6 to 1 agst Ligurian, 100 to 13 agst Ganymede, 7 to 1 agst Defiance. Ganym e d e jumped away with a slight lead of Ligurian, and next, abreast, were Vespasian,' Defiance, Cromwell, Naivete, Tremble being slightly in their rear. On rounding the lower turn Defiance took up the runuicg on the inside, followed by Cromwell, a length in advance of Ganymede, then cam e Vespasian and Naivete, Tremble being still last. Coining into the straight Vespasian im proved his position in the centre of the cjurse, having Ganymede on his left and Naivete on the right, Ligurian drawing up next the raile, but when fairly in the line for home he dropped back (after canoning against Ganymede) slghtly at the distance, and Vespasian, with Ganymede on his left and Naivete on the whip hand, came away. An exciting race ended in favour of Vespas:an by a head ; Naivete, who stumbled in the last stride or two, finished a dead-bead with Ganymede for second place; Ligurian was fourth, Tremble fifth, Defiance sixth, and Cromwell last, the latter three being several lengths iu the rear. First Year of the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, f or two year o ld s ; ca ll s , 8 4 1 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; untried horses or mares allow° 1 31b ; second to save stake ; straight half-mile. GI subs. Mr J. Day's Miss Foote, by Orlando —Gossamer, Bst 71b - . Vere, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 1 Mr J. Dawson's 1) , .. ) (T. Aldcrott) 2 Mr W. S. Crawfurds Juanit a , B st 71b (T. ChaHoner) 3 Lord Vivian's Lord Fat , °nth, B s t 71b ..(T . F ren Ch ) 0 Count Digrange's Amazoue, Bst • 71b (J. Mann) 0 (Fordhatn) 0 d Bst ..... ''• lolb Mr G. Jones's RAY n" r '(C. tage) 0 Betting-6 to 4 ags t Miss Foote, 5t02 De Yere, 9to 2 Juanita, 10 to 1 lone fdl Y" and Juanita for about 300 Reynard, after three ineffectual attempts, got away with with the running to the &stance, aUsrliAglittieleY:d:lsthflBfsaty4oulbr.iti yards, when he retired, and the lead was taken bl Miss Foot, who cc:no on where Juanita and De Yore got level with the favourite, Juanita slightly beading her, but the Danebury filly suc ceeded in getting the best of her opponents at the com mencement Of the Stand, and won after a fine race by a head from Da Yore, who was a short head in advance of Juanita. The lone filly was fourth, Amazons fifth, Lord Falmouth sixth, and Reynard last. The Beaufort Cup, value 300 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, the rest in specie ; three year olds, 7st ; four, Bst 101 b; tiro, 9st 4Th ; six and aged, 9st 61b ; mares and geldings allowed 41b ; to start at the Mile-post and go once round (Lbout two miles and a half). Duke of NeWcastie!s •Juli", by St. Albans--Julie, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ........... i (Daley) 1 Col. Pearson's Achibvatnant, 4 yrs, 9st 2111 , (inc . 101b ex) ~ (T. Cha!loner) 2 Duke of Newcastle's'Gomera, 6 yrs, 9st 211 ...(Al.lcruft) 3 Mr. Proctor's Goodwood, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib (Parry) 0 Betting-6 to 5 agst Achievement, 11 to 8 agst Julius, 6 to 1 agst Goodwood- 50 to 1 agst Gomera. Gomera started for t he purpose of serving her stable companion Julius, cut o ut the work at a good pace, Good wood intervalsgoing f oa length n second, Julius thi r d, an d A ch i evement last, and a Half set arating them. After going Gomerapacea: theytook leadaeameinto offully adozen lengths, a h q s, rt aimproving the straight. No change in the positions indicated occurred, about lg t uer o f a mile tlie howeVer, until.a mile and a half from home, when Good wood decreased Goinera's lead considerably, and Achieve ment drew up to the: quarters of Julius, the pair racing .in company to the mile ?04, where Gomera shot out from" Goodivood, -who was - headed- as they ilia& the bend '.on the far side by Julius, but Parry before reaching the entrance to the straight . again got his head in front of the - Duke of Newcasthis horse. Directly they were in the line for home Gomm., retired, and Julius passing Goodwood at once took up thee running, Mr. Proctor's colt dropping away into tte rear. Julius next the rails was joined by Achievement at the moment the Cesarewitch winner took up the running, tut Daley gradually drew away, and Challoner, finding further perseverance with Achievement was hopeless, eased her at the distance, after taking one feeler with her, and Julius passed the post 15 lengths in .advance of Colonel Pearson's filly. Gomera was a bad third, and Goodwood did not pass the post. The County Members' Plate (Handley) of 50 sovs ; winners of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 31b extra. 1 mile. Sir F. Johnstone's Sister to Vedette, by Voltigeur— darn by Birdeaieher, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Butler) 1 Mr E. Green's Pest, 3 yrs, 6st (Wyatt) 2 Mt E. Edwyn's Needle Gun, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (U. Sopp) 3 Sir C. Itushout's Moonbeam, 4 yrs, Bst 811 , ....j. Adams) (1 Mr E. Edwyn's Englishman, 3 yrs, fist 711 4 (C. Sopp) 0 Mr E. Brayley's Lily, 3 yrs, Get 21b - (Barrow) 0 Mr W. Treen's Balvie, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Criekinere) 0 Mr J. Taylor's Tribune, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (Vinell) 0 Betting-100 to 60 agst Sister to Vedette, 9 to 4 agst Moonbs,am, 100 to 30 agst Pest. Sister to Vedette made nearly all the running, and won easily by a length and a half from Pest, who was a head only in front of .Needle Gun ; Moonbeam, who came through her horses when fairly in the ,traight, but fell back at the cFstrtace, was fourth, Balvie fifth, En.;li3hman sixth, Lily next, and Tribune last. - BETTING ON TUE COURSE. 5 to 2 agst Lady Elizab3th (taken cal offered) 100 to 15 agst Blue Gown (taken) Bto 1 agst Itosicrucian (taken) 100 to 7 agst Speculum (taken) 10 to 1 agst . Orion (taken) 11 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 20 to 1 agst Suffolk (taken) 25 to 1 agst Uncas (offered) 25 to 1 agAt Tom Bowline c (taken) 1000 to 15 agst St.. Ronan (taken) •40 to 1 agst Pace (offered—take 50 to 1) POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. THAMES. THIRVES IN THE DanK.—.-Jane Smith, aged 30, a low and desperate woman, who has been for some time a frequenter after..sunset of the secluded streets in the rear of the Laudon Hospital, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a bag, containing £2 14s. in cash, from the person of Abraham Baruch, of 52, Turner-street, Stepney, tobacconist. The prosecutor, a very respectable, steady man, was on his way home, and was accosted at a late hour at the back of the London Hospital, and within a few yards of his own house, by th e pri soner, who made very monstrous proposals to him, couched in the most infamous language, and on his telling her to leave him and go about her business, she called him most horrible names, clung to him, and then accused him of improper familiarities He pushed her away and she left him. She rushed across the road, and he then put his hand in his pocket and missed a small bag containing .£2 14s. He ran back with another man, named Carl Klaustein, to whom he made known his loss, and they • soon• secured the prisoner. She was given into the custody of John Kleiber, a police-constable, No. 312, who now produced the bag with the money in it except Is. 6d., which is supposed to have dropped out. Karl Klaustein, a foreigner, saw the strugglo between the prisoner and the prosecutor, and saw the woman take the bag and money frcm her pocket and run away with it. She was about to drop it, and he snatched it from her. The prisoner said the very man who came up as a witness put her up to rob the prosecutor. Mr. Benson did not believe it. The man behaved very well, and saved the prosecutor's money. Kleiber said the prisoner was one of a gang of most abandoned women and thieves, whose con duct after sunset was really horrible. They were guilty of theft and other crimes at the back of the London Hospital, the end of York-road, Ratcliff, and the immediate vicinity of the Stepney railway station, Commercial-road, and other places in that road. They prowled about and laid band upon and plundered every man they could meet with in the dark. The prisoner said she was guilty. Mr. Benson said the prisoner was one of the wretched class who Prowled about in the dark at the back of the London Hospital, near the Stepney ra Tway station, the end of York-place, and other Owes, and they must be routed out by the police, and by all honest and decent people. He sentenced the prisoner to four inouths' imprisonment and hard labour. IVES I'ER. EXTRAORDINARY FRACAS. - 11exa:Ifier private in the Scots Fusiliers, and Thomas Hazen, proprietor of the Youthful Queen b.:er-house, Princes-row, Pimlico, were charged with a series of violent assaults. After souse evidence had been given the case was adjourned. LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. WHITEHALL, MAY 18. The Queen has been pleased to present the R v. Chris topher Knipe to the Vicarage of St. Clement's, Torrington, in the county of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, void by the death of the Rev. Thomas Thorogood Upwool. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, May 19. 70th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles Hastings Doyle to be Colonel, vice General Sir George William Paty, K. 0.8., deceased. • sth Lancers —Paymaster John Warden MT:lrian to be Paymaster. Military Train—Lieutenant George Edward Brace to be. Captain ; Ensign Robert Douglas Noake to be Lieu tenant. • Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Sidney K. Ray . to .be Assistant-Surgeon. Bth Foot—Captain Frederick B. M'Croa to be Major. 26th Foot—Lieutenant R. H. James to be Captain. 29th Foot—Captain Nathaniel Legard to be Major; Lieut. Julius Tennyson to be Captain ; Egsign Liitledale to be Licuten tnt ; Charles P. Cubitt, Gent.. to be Ensign. 31st Foot—Henry Butler, Gent., to be Ensign. 40th Foot—Ensign Charles Arthur Swinhoe to be Lieut. by purchase; Ensign Joseph William Bazalgette, from the 29th Foot, to be Ensign. 54th Foot —Lieutenant Dudley B. Coppinger to be Capt. by purchase ; Ensign Walter Thomas Titnbrell to be Lieutenant by purchase; Ensign John Elmund Harper Crewe, from the 81th Foot, to be Ensign ; William Hol combe Francis, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase. 59th Foot—Ensiga Ralph Elmonstone Buchanan to be Lieutenant. 60th Foot—Lieutenant John Gustavus Croshie to be Cap tain ; Ensign Arthur Pepys to be Lieutenant; Ensign Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh, to be Ensign. 64th Foot —Major and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas de Courcy Hamilton to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 68th Foot—Ensign Charles E. Ildertoc to be Lieutenant; Charles E. rarke, Gent., to be Ensign. 74th Foot—Lieut. Simeon H. Hardy to be Adjutant. 98th Foot - Captain and Brevet-Major G. Dowden D. Cleveland to be Major ; Lieut. Richard Townley to be Captain ; Ensign Ernest E. M‘l3ride to be Lieutenant. 101st FootL-Lieutenant Arthur Corbet Maurice to be Lieutenant. 102 d Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Coleridge Parry to be Adjutant. 106th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Charles Reynolds to be Lieutenant. Rifle Brigade—Captain and Brevet-Major IT. R. Legge Newdigate to be Major; Lieutenant Arthur. Blundell George Sandys Hill to be Capt iin. Recruiting District—Licutenaut Michael Clake to be Ad jutant. Half-pay—To be Lioutenant7Colonels by pur chase - Major and Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel Claud T. l3ourehier, Major Somerset M. Clarke, Major Spencer Henry Hutchins Edwards. To be Majors ty purchase —Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Col. Seymour John Blane, Captain and Brevet-Major John Terence N. O'Brien, Captain and Brevet Major Charles David Cun inghame Ellis, Captain Sylvester W. F. M. Wilson. To be Captains by purchase--Lieutenant Cyril Blackburne Tew, and Lieut. Henry Burton. ADMIRALTY, MAY 16. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Lieutenant Edward Willoughby Grenville Byam to be Adjutant, vice Owen, whose period of service has expired. MAY 18. William S. Luke, Esq., has been this day promoted to the rank of Staff C‘iptain in her Majesty's Net. George James Hodges, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Bathed Captain in her Majesty's Fleet, under Order iu Council of 2Lith Juno, 18G7. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Dit:o Rotterdam.. 11 la ... 12 19i Antwerp ... 25 g - is 25 421 Brlssels liamburgn ......... 13 91 ... 13 10/ l'aris Short ...• 25 15 ... 23 . 221. - DiLto„ 3 Ms. ... 2 , 321 ... •2 4f.) \Sarsritles.. 25:32i ... 25 4,1 Frankfort-on-the-Main ... ... 1201 ... 120 k Vienna — ... 11. b 5 ... 11 9U 'Trieste — ~. 11 85 ... 11 90 Petersburg Bath!' ... ... 6 26i ... 6 2if Madrid — ..• 48 ..• 48; . Cadiz Leghorn — ... 28 13 ... 28 25 Milan Geuoa Naples Palermo .... —. ... 28 15 ... 28 25 Messina._ ... _l5 ... 28 23 Lisbon ..• 51 51 Oporto 5l 4.. 51 IhIEPERIAL 2,ARLIABIENT ROUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 20 minutes past 12. LIBEL BILL. S it C. O'LOGIILEN moved the house go into committee on t his bill, and in doing so assured Mr. Newdegate that there was nothing adverse to Protestantism in the bill, and :under such circumstances he hoped the hon. gentle man would withdrew his opposition to the bill. Mr..N.TEWDEGATE said he opposed the bill on general grounds, and not upon any religious feeling. He was quite satisfied with Lord Campbell's Act, and so, he thought s %.. , as the country and the persons affected by the present; measure. The law made the publisher of any new paper responsible for any libel it might contain, which he thought a wise provi3ion. He had uo desire to curtail the freedom of the press. He wished to leave th© onus of libel where it now rested, and not to shift it to the speaker, who might be inaccurately rat urted. He considered the bill one for the propagation of slander, and therefore he ob jected to going into committee. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the bill ought to be allowed to go into committee, where the objections to it could be thoroughly discu4sed. Ht thought it was of the utmost importance that the public shOuld ly) ac quainted wtth all that had pitssed at a public meeting, and not a portion of it. - The reporters were, under the present law, prohibited from reporting anything that was libellous, and, in the event of their doing so, their employers sutrered. lie thought the present law re quired amendment, and therefore he should vote for going into committee. Mr. T. CHAMBEILS opposed the bill. It was a pure sophism to say that a full report of all meetings would propagate the truth, as according to his notion it depended on what the truth was that was spoken. The bill would benefit none but the lovers of scandal, and therefore he should oppose its going into committee. Mr. NEATE supported the bill. It was due he thought that power should be given to reporters to represent facts. Ho had seen reports of meetings which conveyed quite a different complexion to that which actually took place. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the bill, be cause it gave the power to the person who believed him self injured of contradicting the statement, and it still made the newspaper editors who carelessly and recklessly published a libel responsible for any act of that nature, and also liable to make compensa tion for the injury inflicted. Where reporters were ad mitted to any meeting, it was highly necessary that they should have the power of reporting the whole truth. Ho thought the advantages preponderated over the disadvan tages in the bill, and therefore he should give it his sup port. (Hear, hear.) (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The Lon]) CIIINCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack wt five o'clock. THE STOCKBROKERS (IN IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a first time. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that before his noble friend proceeded with this bill, that taking into considera tion the state of affairs, and this was the 19th of May, and that there were so many important measures be fore Parliament, it would be impossible to carry out the conditions of this bill at this time of the session. He pro tested that he should be supposed to oppose the bill, as he should have been very well satisfied that it should have proceeded. TheiWbitsuntide holidays were approaching, and at another period there would be plenty of time to take into consideration the bill at a future time. He would therefore ask the noble earl to withdraw it. The Earl of LICHFIELD said that having had the intimation that the Government approved of the bill he was very reluctant to withdraw it ; but he could not, after the remarks of the noble earl, refrain from doing so. He now moved that the bill be discharged. This was immediately agreed to. CONSECRATION OF CHURCHYARD ACT (1867) AMENDMENT BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD, in moving the second reading of this bill, remarked that the alteration proposed was very small. It only proposed that there should be a larger space around the church. It would enable them to plant trees and make a pretty effect, which would bo an orna ment to a country village. The bill was then read a second time. The United Parishes (Scotland) Bill was committed and passed. The Duchy of Cornwall Amendment Bill was com mitted and parsed. The Alkali Act Continuance Bill was read a second time. Th 3 Endowed Schools Bill was committed with amend ments and passed. . . The Etehange Bonds (£1,600,000) Bill was read a third time and passed. _ _ Lord LIFFORD moved the appointment of a select com-nittee on the Uout;tgious Diseases Bill, which was agreed O. _ _ Tht it lordihipg thetradjournb 1. lIOUSS' OF COMNIONS—LAST EVENING. Tito SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clovk. TUE lIZISII Ulll7l{oll. Mr. GLXDSTONE asked her M tjesty's Government what courso they propose I to take on th)se;o:‘ , l reading of the Eitablished Cnurch (Erelan I) Pal, which skulls for Friday, the 22d inst. Mr. .DISRAELI sai I that as the Giverument looked upon that bill as the first st 1p towards the disestablish mont of the Irish Church, they intended to meet it with the greatest opposition in their power. (Loud cries of " hear," from the Ministerial side of the house.) SCURRILOUS PUBLICATIONS. Mr. P. WYND11:111 asked the Secretary of State for the Homo Department whether he was aware that publi cations, the sale of which had been condemned by a court of law, were now being openly offerel fur sale in the streets of London, and, such being the case, whether the police had power to inte r f ere ? Mr. HARDY said the books usually sold in covers were generally very different works from those described. (Hear, hear.) The police took notice of every book sold and placard posted iu the street, and with respect to the book in question —he presumed it was the " Confessional Unmasked"—inquiries ha 1 taken place, and it had been learned that the remaining stock had Wen destroyed, and therefore it was no loager offered for sale. THE WELLINGTON MIDIORLA.L. Mt. GOLDSMID asked the First Comtnissioner of Works what progress had been mule during the past year with the monument to tho late Duke of Wellington, and whether it was likely to be completed in the course of 18.53? Lord J. MANNERS said the marble portions were far advanced, and some of the bronz3 castings for the sides were being pushed forward, but it was not expected that the entire memorial would be completed by the year 1869. No delay that was not almolutely necessary would be al lowed to take place. ousTon-HOUSE OFFICERS. Mr. LOCKE mite.' the Secretary to the Treasury whether it was the intention of their lordships to take into their consideration the case of the out-door oftizers of customs of the port of London, as prayed for by them in their memorial addressed to the Treasury on Feb. 10, 1868, to which no reply had been received ? Mr. S. BOOTH said it was intended to take the case of these officers into consideration, but some alteration in the commission would have to be made before it was com menced. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade when ho proposed to introduce the bill which he promised last session for the consolidation an 1 amendment of the Merchant Shipping Acts? Mr. CAVE said ho could give no answer to the ques tion during the _present state of the public business. THE SCOTCII REFORM BILL. Mr. COGAN, referring to the proceedings which took place last night with respect to the Scotch Rsform Bill, asked whether it was proposed to go on with it on Mon day next. Mr. DISRAELI said on Thurslay next, with the per mission of the house, he would state the course the Go vernment proposed to take with respect to the measure in question. SALE AND PURCIIA.SE OF COMMISSIONS. Mr. TREVELYAN then rose to - call the at tention of the house to the present system of sale and purchase of commissions in the army. He condemned the system as being one that en tirely precluded any man of merit, who unfortunately was without the possession of inflaencs, from getting that which was his reward for long service. Without a man had a long purse he was not at all likely to make much progress in the way of promotion, because if he had not the means of purchasing the commissions as they became saleable, many young men belonging to rich families purchased the commissions and thus walke 1 over the heads of many experienced officers, although they only entered the army in many instances for pure pastime. (Lear, hear.) The system was a very ba 1 one, and the sooner it was abolished the better it would be for the efficiency of her Majesty's service. As a proof that the abolition of purchase would result in good, he need only point to the Artillery and Engineers, which stood deservedly high in estimation, and iu both of which purchase was linkuown. The lion. gen tleman concluded by moving the) following resolutions : 1. That the purchase and sale of military commissions be discontinued after a data to be fixed fur that purpose. 2. That from the same date every officer on full pay be credited with the then ex istin g value of his commissions, taking into cons ideration the ,regulation and the extra regulation p rices. 3. That tee sum so credited be paid by the G o vernment to any offico . re tiring from the service at any time subsequent to. the above-mentioned date under circumstances which would previously have enabled him to sell his comraiesiond.' 4. That a portion of the sum so credited be paid to any officer promoted to be effective Itajor General. b. Tut -- after the above -mentioned date the regimental. pro motion up to the lank of captain be made accord ing to a combined system of seniority and selec tion, and above that rank by selection. 6. That suitable conditions of retirement be provided at the expense of the State for officers of every rank. 7. That a fixed proportion of the vacant commissions in each regiment be filled by the promotion of qualified non-com missioned officers. Mr. MELLEY seconded the motion. Capt. VI VIAN denied that the present purchase system was money against merit. He moved, as an amendment, "That purchase above the rank of captain in the cavalry and the infantry of the line be abolished, and the reduction bf the number • of regi mental commissioned ranks to three, viz.: —Lieu tenant-Colonel, Captain, and Lieutenant." The amount of money required to- carry out the proposal of the hon. member would amount to no less a sum than .£7,1.2d,030. Quoting from Mr. O'Dowd's pamphlet, he showed, putting the regulation value of the commissions. at £7,126,030, and the extra pries paid at £5,019,000, and allowing 20 per cent. for casualties, that it would cost £10,000,000, spresd over 20 years, to buy up the veste;_i interests of the army, and in addition to the first exper . se there must be a perpetual additiou to the cost of reti' .ing allowances of at least £1,000,000 a year. Admitting, how ever, that the system NN a s overgrown and was wr,akened by abuses, Captain Vivian propounded a plan of hi s own (which he moved as au amendment), by whir purchase is abolished above the rank of captain (as is tl . .e practice in the Brigade of Guards), the abolition of the ranks of major, cornet, and ensign, so that en officer wil t ,. only have one step to buy—from lieutenant to captain—and the institu tion of a course of practical professional training as a ne e: ccssary preliminary to a commission. in the purchase corps. dle advocated also a considerab!e reduction in the number of regimental officers. The original resolutions vrere supported by Mnl O'REILLY and Colonel SYKEN and opposed by Colons NORTH. General PEEL, not defending the origin or the anoma-. lies of the purchase system, pointed out that in all waNs of life—in the Church and the Bar, for instance—mor.i oy gave great advantages to its possessors over their CO_m a petitors, and that the system had taken its first rise ire the niggardliness of Parliament. To do justice to all c , ificers who would be affected by the abolition of purchr.aa, con siderably more than £10,000,000 would be required. Up to the present time the supply of offioers had always ex ceeded the demand ; he objected strongly to a change that would entirely alter the character of our officors and ex.- chide men of property from the army. The nor.-purchasing officers, he maintained, gained more than any others f:ona, the system by the constant and quick promotion which, it secured. But he also objected to Mr. Trevolyan's mode of abolishing purchase. Promotion by seniority would pro duce stagnation, while promotion by selection must create. jealousies and suspicions of unfairness. if the Commandec in-Chief were empowered to promote any officer he choee to the command of a regiment, he must also have power to remove commanding officers without a court-martial and the inevitable result would be the inundation of tr house with complaints and memorials. The last resol tion would introduce two different classes of officers i• tto the army, one possessing a highly scientific education; the other, merely practical and professional, and must le: , o s t to general confusion. Mr. GitENFELL objected to both the plans be r obro the house, but, thinking this an inopportune moment. ;or pro nouncing an opinion, he proposed to .move the " previous question." General HERBERT argued in favour of the purchare system as the most economical means of qu'.ckening pro motion, but consented to its abolition if the, nouutry would provide a fair system of retirement. Sir H. VERNEY looked for a solution from short terms of service and improved military educv.tion. Colonel LOYD LINDSAY argued strongly in favour of the purchase system, which was as emphatically con demned by llir. Otway. Lord ELCIIO denied that the system was preju dicial to indieriduals or to the public interest ; on the contrary, it secured both against the stagnation of promotion and the jobbery and favouritism which must be the results of systems of seniority or selection. To the promotion of non-commissioned officers within reasonable limits he did not object, though he doubted whether they themselves greatly desired it ; but he pointed out that they might be very advantageously promoted to such posts as paymasters, quartermasters, officers of the Transport Corps, and the like ; and the clerkships in the War-office and the liorseptiards:ought to be filled by retired soldiers. No authority, he remarked, had been cited in favour of the change, while all the civil and military authorities —com missioned officers, both purchasing and non-purchasing, non-commissioned officers and privates —were all against it, and he calculated that the hobby would cost the country not less than £20,000,000. Sir J. PAKINGTON admitted that the system of pur chase was full of serious anomalies, and would not now be resorted to if we were seeking to establish a system of promotion for the first time. At the same time he pointed out serious fallacies in the objections urged against it Fur instance, all the talk about the advantage which it gave to the rich over the poor, for the Lon-purchasing bebefited by it More than any by the quick promo tio.t which it caused. So, to.), it was a delusion to sup pose that another effect was to officer the army entirel3 trout the aristocracy, as any one might see by a glance at the Army List or Gazette. To the promotion of non-cuturnis biolltd ,tll,:.ers from the ranks iu a definite proportion he was strongly opposed. Tue present system of promotion from the r.iuk.s .could not be improved on; but in most cases this pro.notion was an unwelcome boon, and Lord Elcho's suggestion as to the employment of retired soldiers as clerks had Wan carried out to a considerable extent in tho War-office. Touching on the difficulties of retirement, Sir John maintained that the example of the French army which had been referred to was ono to be avoided, and he mentioned that, though not prepared to take up Mr. Childers' costly plan of retirement fur the non-purchase corps, he hoped before the close of the sessien to produce a plan which would be satisfactory to all parties. Admit ting that Captain Vivian's scheme had been sanctioned by high authority—though it would cost between a million and a half and two millions—he could not support it at the present moineut. After some few words in reply from Mr. TRETELYAN, who admitted that the objection of expense was formid able, the motion and Captain Vivian's amendment were both withdrawn. Mr. ACLAND called attention to the numerous incon veniences arising from the want of au authority specially charged with the duty of considering questions affecting agriculture and the food of the people. He moved for a committee to inquire whether a department should not be created, responsible solely to Parliament, to which might be committed various functions affecting the agricultural interest, and among the chi9f of these he mentioned the supervision of our roe', river, and drainage systems, and of our local administration, the construction of cheap rail way breaches, the collection of accurate information in a compendious and accessible form relating to agricultural matters, and inquiries into the operation of the exist ing Health Acts, Cattle Acts, and the Veterinary De partment The motion was supported by Mr. Reai, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Carnegie, Mr. M‘Lagan, and Mr. Islewdegate. Mr. HARDY, in reply, maintained that much of the confusion and conflict of jurisdictioa arose, not from the fault of the Executive or local authorities, but from the action of Parliament, which had gone on creating fresh local authorities on every subject. The expediency of placing all matters relating to health under one head hat been very seriously considered by the Government in con nection with the project for creating a Minister of Educa tion. No doubt, many of these local matters would be bAter managed by a central department, but the movement to supersede these small local boards must come from below. Admitting that an inquiry was desirable, he recommended Mr. Acland not to press his motion now. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. BOUVERIE obtained a committee to inquire into the management of the Queen Anne's Bounty Board. Bills were brought in by Mr. Dillwyn to amend the law relating to Fairs and Markets, and by Mr. Adderley to re lieve the Consolidated Fund from the charge of future bishops and other persons in the West Indies. Some orders of the day were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at 20 minutes after 1 o'clock. 111AREETS.—(7 his Day.) CORN At Mark-lane the attendance to-day was small, the trade dull, and transactions too irregular to establish any current change ; the tendency was, however, downwards. English wheat was in rather bettor supply, as also was foreign. There was little doing in either, and buyers had the advantage, but no decline is quoted. Floating cargoes purchased very cautiously. Sales, off coast, slow and unaltered. Barley firm, with short supplies. Beans and peas quite as dear. Oats steady in value and demand. Maize unchanged. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PIIODUCE, SC3AR.—The market is quie t. On the spot prices rather f arour buyers. A good quant ity is in course of landing but arrivals are lighter. Floating cargoes keep in 4o.:0 request. Coffee is f.rra, and the competition fairly animated The favourable result of the Dutch sales has a good influence. TEA.—The auctions were resumed this morning, a n j are progressing without variation. RICE continues dull owing to fine weather. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 20.—Stdes probably 15,000 bales: Market quiet, and prices drooping. THE TEA DUTY IS REDUCED —//01•:ii,R14478 Aire Tea 13 sold Bd. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fae3 will , when fully known; even further increase the demand for these Choice, kng-pprcved 'Rae. They are 6.c14. u 04 in Paaast-stacti-==-11grgtuni"VANion. :110b. 4 hare tou, et 2011 10 100 1 tiltiS raid. 100 too 100 All 100 100 100 1)uo 2 lou 100 111 i 4 15 1 i 110.} IC4