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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELL/GBNCE, CITY,-TWO O'CLOCK. Though still firm, the Stock Markets are hardly so Zood as they were yesterday and the day before. The r epetition of attempts to precipitate a dissolution with i tsincalculable 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 quiet business is being done. Among foreign 'tocks, Egyptian and Russian Bonds and Guarantees ire flit, but Spanish are better. The railway traffics are not considered very good, and shares are less arm. The money in Lombard-street is 11 per cent., and to the Stock Exchange short loans are offered at 1 per :ent. 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 942 to for money, and 93± to 5 :1 for account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 9 '.1 to WA. ; Think Stock, 246 to 248 ; India Five Per Cents., 116 to 116 k ; Exchequer Bills, 5s to 10s Drew. A check 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 4 lower, at 81 to 82 and 91 to 92 respectively. Orel Vitebsk Railway Bonds have declined 1 to 79. Mexican also show heaviness at 154 to 16. New Spanish Bonds are in more request now that the question of quoting the new stock is settled. The present price .is 36± to 364. Greek Bonds are 31- to 31 ; Italian (1861), 491 to 49 i Portuguese, 40± to 40/ ; the Viceroy's Seven Per Cent. Bonds, 72 to 724 ; and the Nine per Cents., 911 to 911. Egyptian Nine per Cent. Bonds are 91± to 911. American Securities are firmer. United States Five-Twenty Bonds are 5 better, at 711 to 714 ; Erie Shares and Illinois are each k higher, being quoted at 45± to 452, and 95 to 96 respectively. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded 5 to 281 to 281 ; and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds remain at 31/, to 325. English Railways are steady, but quiet. The changes comprise a fall of 5 in South Eastern, and of in Metropolit an , Ch at h am, an d Midl a nd ; also a rise of 5 in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and of * in London and North Western, Great Western and Brighton. The quotations current are : Chatharn 18/ to 19 ; Caledonian, 745 to 75 1 ; Metropolitan, 1111 to 1121 •, Sheffield, 42 to 424 ; Brighton ' 54 to 544 ; Great Wes tern, 54 to 544 ; Great Eastern, 34 to 345 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto (A), 961 to 975 ; London and North Western, 1154 to 116 ; South Eastern, 76 to 764 ; Midland, 107 to 1074 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1272 to 128±. Foreign Railway Shares are steady. Lombardo enetian is marked at 145 to 154 ; Great Luxem bourg at 111 to 11;1. The dealings in Bank shares are merely nominal, 2 11 :1 prices are w ithout a single change. Agra (A), is ' A rm, at 10 to 104 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. A- nglo-Austrian, 45 to 55 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 27 to 28 ; Consolidated, 44 to 41 ; Imperial Ottoman, H to 5 prem.; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 71 to 72 ; Oriental 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; tnion of London, 33 to 36. In Foreign Mining Shares Chontales are 5 lower, at 2 to 21 ; St. John del Rev unaltered, at 164 to 174 ; and Port Phillip 14 to 11. Miscellaneous securities are extremely quiet. Anglo- American Telegraph is quoted at 225 to 235 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 5 to 55 ; Hudson's Bay Steady, at 154 to 151 ; London General Omnibus, t o ; Fore-street Warehouse, 2to 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 large arrivals from Mexico shortly. Regarding the project for which Messrs.. T. S. Morg an and Co. invite subscriptions for the European and North American Railway, the line is of great commercial and political importance, and has b een liberally su b s idi se d by the provinces more imme ately concerned. By connecting the c it y of Saint 'John (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 oppositi o n, 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 dissatisfaction at the conversion of Passive Bonds having been accompanied by the compulsory payment of money." The committee have also ordered the £234,000 General Mortgage Six per Cent. Sterling Bonds (i2OO each) redeemable Ist July, 1910, of the Penn- 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 l annual g eneral meeting of the African Steam ship Company has been converted for the 3rd June. An extraordinary general meeting of the West Dam Gas Company has been called for the sth June, to consider a recommendation of the directors that 2.000 new shares of £5 each, subject to a call of to s 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 tim e last year. The instances of increase are :—Rice, 3 )980 tons ; tallow, 1,161 casks ; coffee, 3,185 tons ; and cochineal, 2,421 bags. The decrease in cloves, 5 ,691 packages ; cotton, 1,296 bales ; jute, 81,335 We e ; jute. cuttings, 15,113 bales ; lac dye, 1,567 chests ; nutmep•-,s, 1,634 packages ; black pepper, i 3,993 tons ; white pepper, 47 tons ; pimento , 10,981 bags ; rum, 4,276 puncheons ; nitrate of potass, 2,69 6 tons ; nitrate of soda, 400 tons ; and sugar, 2 7,427 tons. In reference to the Manchester market, Mr. Sam. Mendel's 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 above th ose accep t e d on th e 12th, and a somewhat ateader feeling." Mr. Henry Ayres, a well-known financial writer, hag Published, through Mr. Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange, a work of the greatest interest to railway 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 improvingof the forms of account. More than that, he su gges t s forms, perfectly simple, which would be 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 other practical suggestions made by Mr. Ayres, with a view to the security of railway shareholders. 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 l'ineed by his reasoning that to that conclusion we l antet , come at last. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols D itto for Account, Juno 4 ... 3 isr Per Cent. Roducod 931 1 - m - e 'v 3 per Cont "'ow' 2} per Cont. Jan. 1894 3)0 .5 per Cont. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yru, expire sth April 1885 l2l t Do (Red Sea Toloh,raph), Aug., 1908 — I '' / loquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 8 6 7 pm Do, £5OO D o , £lOO & £2OO 8 6 7 1/ '" 11, of England Stock, 43-per Cent — D o. Account IroI i INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIE. a tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 x — i .o. Account ')- 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do, 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Corti licates D °. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D o. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 B o D . 0 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — o per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 lO2 d o . Do. 188 . 1 D ' “eb. 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 D n ' o - Bonds, 5 per Cont., £l,OOO - pm no. under £l.000 :.I.A..c:triarn°ll:lo.kl u l ti G ti N s FUNDS—CLOSING PRICI S. ti-;entine Repulse, 6 per Cent... Is ,i tiala . , per Cent. 1859 - 3 per Cent — xd i)°. d • 4 i Po o .r Cent , " -' -3 . d 0.," " 18",8 D lic o ) : 5 p e d r o C ; en t 1 1 i 6 5 ;3( ' 7O 69 Bo Account " 76i i i tha ay 19. !nded by Circuit, ;nity of a is an- has an caderny Erhogton ,•ould be enough present ely to be ugli the -ay COlll _fagdala .ins that ant part the fight o only to follow were the e unfor- ow of a 'ore the Colonel tek upon i Thurs- 3ewhere, a meet at Car ead from Carlisle, —" And call to ,rgotten, himself tnd our -1 Ireland Senate aus des- melnor " which mrselves as those reports mons on Lorn and a good hich the in which " words, of want rs. The liable in inteach to keep "Lord Catholic ed votes expres pporters )on hint. deuce in in their i? This rnd the ating an ntry at fused to of Cora -1 of the ing can -" The al crisis ands the ncidents ;erg3ant ' dange "al that put au Liberal Ireland mericaa also to ve been nd. mtest at lg days, worth of lunteers end and ty shows 1 roll of ll üblin , Oxford, 371. )uscher, i by his he bad getting perated, accusing )11C 7 and beating man of hen the eizing a tek hint Duscher nflicting ade, and throngh and fell at once !.r to the hospital week l l ►ed, but 3nce, has d Levy, raph. It sispatch , !urrilitY7 this re- lay two nio nths lig what The real a sketch sc affold , nself, so h. Her iit wisps morning The [ n g prid e trag lea'. Lthed by y. o the re are u°7- ment Of Mates .• , nurser , ' ist fallen go, 113 ‘" is of t b° , ed to co but took tting the 5 v ici,o lo mome nt jug I°cl - roko out t. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuha., 6per Cent. 0-iiian 6 per Cent 75 Do. 41- per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent., B ... Do., 1867 54 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C )•, mbiau, 6 per Cent. Danish. 3 pr Cent., 1825 Thutbian Principalities, 7 r , a r Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 BO 791 80 o:quador New Consolidated, 1 par Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• ....'. Do. Sei-oed Issue D ~ £5OO B on d s Do. 4100 Bonds — ho. 186.4 82 14 Do. Account De. 1540 Bonds Bl4 Do. £lOO Bonds .„.. 83 • Government Bailwa.v iieheotores .... Groek 5 per Cent., 1824 1 5, ox Coups — Do. Account I Do. Coupons Do. Account Glatemaln 5 per Cent .. — HondurasGov.ll;cil.Loan., 10p. Ct.,..£25p lt .ioo., 5 pet Cc .r!., 1865 — Dc'. Account . Do. Maremmana Itaiway — Nletican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo - F r e nch — Nlontevidcan 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 110 Account .• 831 4 31 .__ Do 41, per Cent. (ITribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 185:4, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'s 40} Do. do., 1'67 4o} Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 18::,2, .f. 6u B5 Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 8 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. 871 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway ni' 64i 3i 1 gardinian, b po.:r Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Coui•. not fuudod 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 Cont., 1863 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 London. Belgian. 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil ss} Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account CLOSING PRICES Consols, Money ................................. 941 Do. Account, 4 th June SHARE LIST. COLONIAL GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. !British Columbia. 6 per cent.. De 0.81,1 87 2.— Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July , 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept Do. sp. o. Jan. di July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 Do.Apl.& Oct , 1690-1900 Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct.. 1900 ▪ Ce lon, Nor. 1878, 8 p.t _Jo. 1872, do.. Ilauritius, 6 p. 0, 1872, Jan. and Jtily - I Do. 1878 ... ... . Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.16 Do. 1895, Feb. Ac Aug Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1860 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1886 New Zealaad, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1876 ueenaland Gov. 6 p. c . Aus.Gov. 6 p.c.1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwarda Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. dc July Do. do. April 14 Oct oItDINARY SHARKS AND STOCtib. Railways. Closing Business 1 Prise. i dans. , . at roltlaiii and Eketer .... rvi, 82 19 ezt st !Caledonian _ 100 74, 75 ;5 at Cambrian - pork and Bandon - - - SO !Cornwall at Dublin & Beßeet June I 100 751 77 at Dun„Perth, & Ab.J ono -o0 70 72 - &London. berip Certi all - - Do. 100 - -ti at Glasgow &S. Western 100 102 104 at Great Eastern, Ord.stk. 100 33i 34 34 434 at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2I 100 7 8 at (treat North of Scotland 100 11 6 st Great Northern lOO 102 103 101 21 2 at Do. A stock .. 100 97 974 961 st Do. B stock lOO 122 126 st Do. New, Is. at 25 pm lOu - - et GM and W. of Ireland 100 94 06 st Gt. Western -Original 100 64 541 51 at Do. 5. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - - et Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.-Oxford 100 30 35 at Do. Newport lOO 31 34 at Do. Hereford lOO .... - at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1271 128 at London and Blackwell 100 - - at Lon., Brigh.,& S. Coast 100 51 544 51 44 34 at I•on., Chat., and Dover 100 181 19 Pi 119 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - - et Lon. & North Western 100 lisl 1151 1 1 51 I st Lon. & South Western 100 90 92 8 , Han., Shef., & Lincoln Poo 424 121 et Aletropolitan...- et Do. New lO - - at Do. Extension all 105 107 107 61 at ( 4etrupolitan District. all 79 81 se t Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John's Vro 6 ... _ at Midland - Do. £9 Share 7 - - at Do, Birmin.. & Derbs 100 76 78 - slid Kent . - - at North British at Uo. Ed., 1111., & Dun. 102 - - et Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 102 104 104 25 Do. 14.14•11 purchase 16.13.4 - - st Do. Leeds . ..... 10u 581 524 at Do. York lOO 91 95 at Do. Carlisle ...... at Do. Stock. & Darling all 1 , 1 133 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB --t, la North London . 100 117 119 at Do. do. 1864 5 . lO - - - Do. do. 1 806 10 North Staf ordshire st N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish Central - - - Scot. N. B , Aber. stock 100 - _ Do. Soot, Mid.at o o k lOO ..7. Shropshire Linton 100 43 45 at South Devon s t South Eastern 100 20 Staines, Wok. , & Wok all 143 145 st Tar Vale a - - 10 11 10 Do. C - V ale of Neath - - - Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -- - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 - - West Cornwall --- BUITISH YOSSESSIONS. LOU .S..tlantie &St.Lawrenoe all 64 66 Rln o.,Baroda, &Cen. lll . 100 1(4 105 IC4I 5/ it 1 •1.1.5 per ccut... ..... 0.. 4 IP 20 Do. F shares .. , ..... 1 20i Buffalo & Lake Huron all 3 4 10 Do. Preference ...... all 6 7 1 Butl.,Brant, & Godcrich tOO 6 p.c. 1872-3-1........ et Calcutta & S. 8., Hill.. feu 7 at %Jape Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 _gi i l 100 68 71 all 9 9 1 .00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p et East Indian, gu. ' 5 p.o. lOU luV 110 1111 1 1 at East Bengal, gu. 6 clo 100 _ lo _ l _l I G 5 i 1074 20 Do. .1 Extension .. 1 5 .. et LirandTrunkot Canada 100 103 184 131 1 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bondy 78 62 100 Do. lot Prof. Bonds.: all 43 15 - „,, 1 charge f p.o ...... all all 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 33 aa 100 Do. do. deterred • all - -- 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock.... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deterred .... all - - 100 Do. 4th Prat. stook .. all 18 19 100 Do. do. deterred ....1 all - - at (it. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 100 110 1101 1 3 to. Clue. 5 per cent.. 18 /a 2 20 00. New gua. Op.c• • 9 14 2 et is t. South of ludia ...... 100 102 103 gua. 5 per cent st D. 44 per cent loo 94 96 st Do 2 - 7,1 201 .treat Wee. of Canada all 164 /69, 141 234 Do. New .... ...... . • all - -- 00 00. op. o 116.5. pay. 1873 all 98 100 00 Uo. 50 do. pay. 1877-e all 91 91 st Madras, gua. 5 p.O et Do. 44 do ioo V 3 95 st Do. 43 do.. lOO 69 91 11 Do. Viith Exteni.iot, 5 - ,t 11d b. Cor 6p. c. Buds.; 1 0 0 - - 50 Mel. & flobsees 2say 1 all - at N. ffl.C . da..6po lat pt. bit , too 83 85 at l aude ..IL Ithilk'nd, g. 5 p.o CO 1334 1011 st :.,:inde 1 100 tots tt• 2 4l 103 a st Do. Delhi $ .4 23 Do. do 4q I ' ... S 2 t 1 n st Do. Pun iaub.... E; .1,1 1011 101 102 at Do. (who St. 1:10r 4 e I ilo , 67 81,1 VREFERENCE SadRES. Midland, Leicester and Ilitoben, 44 per oent., North r,astern, West lla:tlepool llaroour and Rail., 84 LIES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 00 FM-CMG-IC RAILWAYE. Great Luxembourg . . Ili San Paulo. lira., gua. 6 per cent..lsi South eultriao ul4 Lombardo yeuotlshr 15 Share 1o) 101 os 1001 vs 100 l 86 88 85 67 104 106 109 110 107 109 106 108 08 100 110 111 103 107 104 106 106 LOS 107 10v 106 IQB 99 10 9J 101 98 99 151 961 971 98i 102 104 103 105 110 111 Ill; 1124 1031 4j 4 92 11 98 I 100 100 100 100 100 100 • IP • • •• • - ..0 .411••••••••• •-•- • - • - - • ••-• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY - 20, 1868. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 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 imme 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 Achievement and Julius for the Bean 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 Me. cartwright's greatly improved colt Tympanum, possessing uu additional at traction for the followers of Derby form. Besides this, it was anticipated that Bath would be true to its traditions with re, , pect, to " knockings out." The weather all day wss beautifully fine, the sun being almost tropically powerful, and the attendance both on the course and ulithin the enclosure was very great. The Lltisilown Trial Stakes opened the proceedings, and of the four sub scribers three went to the post, although the whole were weighed for. Any odds almost might have been 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. Vosp:tsian 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 Ganyruede, as the son of Nowminster 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 ho won easily. The flying Miss Foote just got in front of Joseph Dawson's clipper Do Yore in the Two Year 014 Biennial. The meeting of Julius and Achieve- meat, which had been so much looked for, resulted in 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 filly Achievement, showing what great improvement some horses can make in a short time, and how others may fall off in form. The Cot.nty Memters' 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 sous each, with 25 added ; weight for age ; selling allowances ; I 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'e Cork Jacket, 3 yrs, (£200), 6st 31b (Butler) 3 Kenyon weighed for Ganymede, 4 yrs (£100), 7st 71b, but the number was not hoisted, the colt being with- drawn. Betting-10 to 1 on 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 Sixteenth Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for three year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; untried horses or mares allowed 31b; the second to save stake ; ono mile and a half ; 63 subs. Mr Pryor's Grimston, by St. Albans—Theodora, Bst 101 b (T. French) Duke of Newcastle's Speculum, Bst 10 1 b (J. Daley) 2 Mr W. S. Cartwright's Tympanum, Bst 71b...(Custance) 3 Mr John Day's Cock of the Walk, Bst 101 b (H. Day) 0 Mr. J. Powney's Lady Raglan, Bst 71b (Cannon) 0 Mr E. Brayley's c by Sycophant—Codicil, by The Cos sack, Bst 41b (Hibberd) 0 Mr Merry's Phoebus, Bst 71b (Parry) 0 Mr J. B. Morris's Birdseeker, Bst 101 b (Ferdham) 0 Betting-3 to lon Speculum, 10 to 1 each agst Grimston and Tympanum. Directly the flag was lowered Grimston obtained a slight advantage, 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 Phoebus Grimston, and Tympanum were toi,ether, Speculum and Birdseeker bringing up the rear, for a hundred yards, when the second position was taken by Tympanum, who was pulling double over Phoebus, Grimston 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 bringing up the rear. No change occurred till reaching the mile post, when the extreme rear was brought up by Cock of the Walk, Grimstou being left in attendance with Birdseeker and the Codicil colt. They ran thus until fairly iu the straight, when Grimston, 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, but the latter having always slightly the best of it, won very cleverly by a neck; a bad third ; Cock of the Walk, passing Phcchus on tho post, was fourth, Birdseeker was sixth, the Codic 1 cost next, and Lady Raglan last, the layer five pulling up. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; weight for age ; straight half mile. Lord Vivian's Lord Falmouth, by Lambton—Parvati, 2 yrs (L3O), Est (Crickniere) 1 Mr Saxon's Nickhoolie, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 111 b (Lyuham) 0 Betting-11 to 8 on Lord Fahnouth. Shortly after the flag fell Nickhoolio bolted, and Lord Fahnouth came in alone. The winner was not offered for sale. The Bath Handicap of 10 soya 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 handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 51b ; of two or more handicaps, 101 h extra. Ono mile. 26 subs. Sir C. Legard's Vespasian, 5 yrs, gat 121 b (in. Sib ex.) (Custence) 1 Mr. Padwick's Naivete, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (inc. Sib extra) (Butler) t Lord Westmorland's Ganymede, 4 yrs, Est 81U(Keuyou) t Mr. G. Payne's Tremble, 4 yrs, Est 81b (lelordan) Mr. R. Dick's Defiance, 4 yrs, 7st 2lb (ilittberd) 0. Mr. E. Brayley's Cromwell, 4 yrs, Est 131h...(11. Covey) 3 Mr. J. Dover's Ligurian, 3 yrs, 6st lib (Crickmere) 0 Butting-2 to 1 agst Vespasian, sto 2 eget Naiveta, 6 to 1 agst Ligurian, 100 to 15 agst Ganymede, 7 to 1 agst Defiance. Ganymede jumped away with a slight lead of Ligurian, and next, abreast, were Vespasian, D, Hanes, Cromwell, Naivete, Tremble being slightly in their rear.. On rounding the lower turn Defiance took up the renti n g ou the inside, followed by Cromwell, a length in advance of Ganymede, then came Vespasian and Naivete, Tremble being still last. Coming into the straight Vespasian im proved his position in the centre of the c,urse, having Ganymede on his left and Naivete on the right, Ligurian drawing up next the rails, but when fairly in the line for home he dropp e d b ac k ( a ft e r canoning against Ganytnede) slightly at the distance, and Vespasian, with Ganymede on his left and Naivete on the whip hand, cern() away. An exciting race ended in favour of Vespasian by a head; Naivete, who stumbled in the last stride or two, finished a dead-head with Ganymede for second pace, Ligurian was fourth, Tremble fifth, Defiance sixth, and Cromwell last, the latter three being several lengths in the rear. Fi e fi r t s l t t Year cl fillies witharof f t and 501 e Seventeenth geldings, added, fBosrtt7wroo ;yriieu year r t S; tried ht colts,o a r ks s e e of oBi, Onliusaoirb ; ss e - s allowed 31b ; second to save stake ; straight half-mile. 64 subs. Mr J. Day's Miss Foote, by Orlando—Gossamer, Bst 71b (Cannon) 1 Mr J. Dawson's Do Vere, Bst 101 b (T. Aldcrolt) 2 Mr W. S. Crawfurd's Juanits, Bst 71tt Challoner) 3 Lord Vivian's Lord rale oath, Bst ;lb Count Legrange's Atnazone, Bst 71b (J. Mann) t Mr Astley's J u ne f, Bst 41b ••• (Fordham) 0 Mr G. Jones's Reynard, Bst 101 h (C. 1 age) 0 Bettiug-6 to 4 agst Miss Foote, 5 to 2 De Vere, 9 to 2 Juanita, 10 t, 1 lone filly. Reynard - , after three ineffectual attempts, got away with a slight lead of the favourite and Juanita for about 300 yards, when he retired, and the lead was taken by Miss Foote, who came on with the running to tiro cl stance, where Juanita and De Vere got level with the favourite, Juanita slightly heading her, but the Dauebury 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 De Vero, who was a short head iu advance of Juanita. The Juno filly was fourth, Atuazono fifth, Lord Falmouth sixth, and Reynard last. The Beaufort Cup, value 300 sows, by subscription of 10 Boys each, the rest in specie ;tree year olds, 7st ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 61b ; mares and geldings allowed 41b; to start at the Mile-post and go once round (about two miles and a half). Duke of Newcastle's Julius, by St. Albans--Julie, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Col. Pearson's Achievement, 4 yrs, bat 210 (inc Mb ex) (T. Challuner) 2 Duke of Newcastle's Gomera, 6 yrs, 9st lib ...(Aldcroft) :3 Mr. Proctor's Goodwood, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Parry) Betting--6 to 5 agst achievement, 11 to 8 agst 6to 1 agst Goodwood- 50 to 1 agst Gomera. Gomera started for the purpose of serving her stable companion Julius, cut out the work at a good pac e , Good_ wood going on second, Julius third, and Achievement last, intervals of a length and a half selarating them. Aft er going about a quarter of smile Gomera took a lead of fully a dozen lengths, improving the pace as they came into the straight. No change in the positions indicated occurred, however, until a mile and a half from home, when Good wood decreased Gomera's lead considerably, and Achieve ment drew up to the quarters of Julius, the pair raciug in company to the utile post, whore Gomera shot out from Goodwood, who was headed as they made the bend on the far side by Julius, but Parry before reaching the entrance to the ititight again • got his head in front of the Duke of Newcastle's horse. Directly they were in the line for home Gomera retired, and Julius passing Goodwood at once took up the running, Mr. Proctor's colt dropping away into tie rear. Julius next the rails was joined by Achievement at the moment the Cesarewitch vrinner 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. Gemara was a bad third, and Goodwood did not pass the post. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous ; winners of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 51b extra. 1 mile. _ . Si; F. Johnstone's Sister to Vedette, by Voltigeur— dam by Birdcatcher, yrs, Est 71b (Butler) 1 Mr E. Green's Pest, 3 Tzs, 6st (Wyatt) 2 Mt E. Elwyn's Needle Gun, 6 yrs, ist 41b Sopp) 3 Sir G. Rushout's Moon aeum, 4 yrs, Bst 811.4..(J. Adams) 0 Mr E. Edwyu's Englishman, 3 yrs, tist 71b (U. Sopp) 0 Mr E. Brayley's Lily, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Borrow) 0 Mr W. Treeu's ailvio, 3 yrs, 53t 101 b (Crickmere) 0 Mr J. Taylor's Tribum-, ;) yrs, 7st 11b (Vinell) 0 Betting-10 0 to 60 v.gst Sister to Vedeit 9 to 4 agst Moonbeam, 100 to 30 agt.t 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; 3looula.am, who came through her horses when fairly in the straight, but fell bock at the distmace, was fourth, Balvie fifth, Englishman sixth, Lily next, and Tlibuno last. `MIRD EDITIOA • SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. question whether he ought to commit for trial. should maintain that this was a res judicata. was well aware that this was not an estopper in law, but he should think that was a =Liter to be considered by the magistrate in relation to the question of committal. He contended that though the decision of another magistrate was I.lQt binding upon Mr. Vaughan as a question of law, yet it was a matter which ought to be taken into consideration at that stage. Mr. Vaughan said that was upon a different charge and under a different statute. Mr. Giffard said he contended that it was the same case, or indeed an a fortiori case. If Mr. Eyre was guilty of illegality in the matters now alleged against him, he was guilty of murder. Sir It. I'. Collier said th 4 they were relieved, and were glad to be relieved, of the nece&ity of prosecuting on the graver charge. He was much obliged to them. But how were they relieved? Was it by the pressure of any scruple of conscience? No. It was simply because they could not do it. They did not find themselves relieved until Sir Thomas henry refused to commit Mc. Eyre for trial on the charge of murder. Aud now they wished to make capital out of their own defeat. He contended that they were now attempting to separatJ the charge into parts, and proceed upon each of them separately. Would it have been com- petent for the Crown, after prosecuting certain persons for murder, on the ground of their alleged complicity in the explosion at Clerkeuwell, and, after their acquittal on that charge, to try them again for the injury done to some individual who had been wounded by the fragments of the barrel, and, failing in that, to proceed against the n for creating au obstruction by placing the barrel on the footway. Mr. Vaughan said the charge which Sir Thomas Henry declined to entertain was that of the murder of Mr. Gordon, which was only a part of the gene ral question. This proceeding related to other matters, and he could not refuse to entertain them, because the charge failed as to Gordon's case. Many of these matters arose after Gordou's case, and had not been shown to have any connection with it. Sir R. P. Collier—l did not charge the imprison ment of Levier, or of Phillips, or of Viueu as murder. Mr. Vaughan said there was involved in this case a great deal besides what came out then. For instance, it would be one of the important questions to be considered by a jury, whether Mr. Lyre was justified in maintaining the proclamation and con tinuing to execute martial law, not only down to the time of the amnesty, on the 30th October, bat down to the 24th of November ; and if the case rested on no other point, he should, on that point alone, think it his duty to send the case further. He should be of that opinion if this were the only charge against him. Mr. Giffard said he was not anxious to go on speaking for the mere sake of hearing his own voice. If the magistrate had made up his mind he should not pursue the argument any further. Mr. Vaughan was bound to say that unless Mr. Giffard could address to him arguments of such cogency as to make him entirely reverse the view he had formed so far, it would be his duty to send the case before a jury. Mr. Giffard felt that it was a great discourage ment to know that the learned magistrate had already formed an opinion adverse to his case, but he was bound to give any tribunal before which he appeared credit for haring an open mind to receive and duly consider any arguments he had in his duty to submit on behalf of his client. _ _ Mr. Giffard then went on to contend that this was not the offence Mr. Eyre was charged with. There was nothing about it in the summons, nor had it been urged by Sir R. P. Collier. Mr. Vaughan said there were two charges—that of issuing an illegal proclamation, and that of com mitting oppressive acts under that proclamation. Now it appeared to his mind that if Mr. Eyre did not put an eud to that state of martial law at the time when he might have done so, then he was guilty of oppression. Sir R. P. Collier said that when he Mae the application for the summons he did enter into that question. Mr. Giffard said he could not enter into what was said at the application for the suurnons. 11.; had only to do with what had taken place during the actual proceedings. As to the nec3:ssity of the proclamation, it appeared to .hint that 0°33 who complain of the alleged oppression of certain inhabitants of the colony treated the colony itself with contempt. It ought to be borne in mind, and he hoped the magistrate would consider it as a definite means of coating to a conclusion, what ought to be done in disposing of this case. COMMITTAL OF GOVERNOR EYRE FOR TRIAL. At the conclusion of the - learned counsel's address, Mr. Vaughan said - he should have been very glad if it had beau consistent with his duty to let the case end here, but he felt that it was a case which he was bound to send to a higher tribunal. Mr. Eyre, on being called upon to make any statement in defence, addressed the court in impas sioned language, and with much emotion complained of the persecution to which he had been exposed, but declaring hia confidence in the judgment of the court above and of public opinion being in his favour. Mr. Vaughan committed him for trial at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer at the Court of Queen's Bench, and bound him over to appear in the sum of £l,OOO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS 1):11'. • -- 40--- THAMES. „, IIIIEVES IN THE DARK.—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 Landon Hospital, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a bag, containing £2 14$. 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 the 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 ber away and she left him. She rushed across the road, and tie then put his hand in his pocket and missed a small bag containing £2 14s. Ile ran back with another man, named Carl Klaustein, to avhout 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, wbo now produced the bag with the money in it except ls. 6d., which is supposed to have dropped, out. Karl Klaustein, a foreigner, saw the struggle between the prisoner and the 'prosecutor, and saw the woman take the bag and money from 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 witnis3 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 hand 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 railway station, the end of York-place, and other places, and they must be routed out by the police, and by all honest and decent people. He sentenced the prisoner to four mouths' imprisonment and hard labour. 81 'ORTING INTEL LIGENCE —This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BATH AND SOMZRSET RACES—Tins DAY. DONNINGTON STAKES. The Donnington Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sova each, with 50 added; T.Y.C. Eau de Vie 1 ,Betlow Lass cCromwell .. KELSTON STAKES. TL 0 Kelston Stakes of 5 sous each with 40 added ; straight half-mile. Siste,' to Veda Paris . Hags , Eight ran. SOMERSETSHIRE S TAKES. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each. Two miles and a distance.. VorLigern V:mea g Ploughboy NV ES ['ON STAKES. The Weston Stakes of U) sovs each, with 50 added, fur two year olds; colts 8s:, Plb; fillies Hal geldings, Bst ; the proluce Of untried horses or Uses allowed 31h; if both, ; winners of any ono stako (.f 2.)0 soya value before etartiu,:, 31b; 4JU, s:b extra. Straight half mile. vu subs. BadsworCi ght hag Sister to hermit T vulva ran. DYRHANI PARK HANDICAP. The Dyrhain Park handicap of 100 soya ; winners of any handicap after May 11, at ten a.m., 71b extra; once round and a distance. Ailiiico Demonstration . Defiance Five rau. WELTER STAKES. Tho Welter Stakes (handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50 added; gentlemen riders; jockeys, Gib extra; winners of any race after May 14th, at ten a.m., 31b ; of any handicap race, 71b extra. Once round and a distance. 9 subs. Douro ...... Balvio . 'Mexico —.. Five ran. BADMIN TON STAKES. The Badminton Stakes of 10 BOYS each, 5 ft, with 100 added; two year olds, Get 101 b ; three, Bst 51b ; four, Bst 121 b ; live and upwards, 9st 21b ; mares and gelding, allowed 31h; the winner of any stake amounting to 100 soya in 1867 or 1868 31b, if 300 51b, if 60U 121 b extra ; maiden three year olds at the time of starting to be allowed 61b, four and upwards 111 b; (straight half mile); 18 subs. Athena 1 Liddinglon • 2 LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 13 to '2 agst Blue Gown (taken) 10 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 1000 to 50 agst Suffolk (taken) 30 to 1 agst Torn Bowline (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Forest King (taken) NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Eveaing, con taining the Latest Betting and Racas at Bath, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. THE PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR EYRE. BO W- STREET.--Tit is DAT. 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 Hon. Major Anson, and Sir Roderick Murchison, who (as yesterday) preferred to find places at the solicitors' table. Amongst the gentle men on the Bench we also noticed Sir Baldwin Leighton and Mr. James Carson, the High Sheriff of 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 conclusion that some portions o f it were not evidence in this case. He held that for the defence Mr. Giffard was entitled to p ut in all documents which were written by o fficial persons i n th e i s land to Mr. Eyre, and all documents written by Mr. Eyre to the Secretary of State. lie had marked the passages which he considered could legally be ad- place as to whether other portions en ok ceshould be a d m itted. Ulti mitted. A g lon of discussion theev e vidence t 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 It. 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 B. 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 thoughl his learned friend ought to do the same. Mr. Vaughan said th a t so far as the case ha b ee n before him h e h al l not hi ng t o do w ith an y o f the imputations all u d ed to. Mr. Giffard would not refer to the calwnuies circulated elsewhere by any one not connected with these proccedings. 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 proceeding s , and that Mr. Shaen, solicitor to the prosecution, forwarded it, and that that letter reiterated the calumnies, which Sir R. P. Collier, acting on their i nstructions, disclaimed. This charge, which they dare not attempt t o prove in Court, was circulated with a view to influence the case. What would have been said if, in the late Fenian prosecutions, some o ne connec t e d with the Treasury had written and Publi s h e d i n the papers a letter de nouncing by name a Perso n then on his trial. If that letter had been written to Mr. Vaughan him self it would have been an understood contempt of court. lie 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. Th e case had not been pro secuted in an ordinary w ay. The dismal catalogue of floggings and executions had been gone over to produce a prejudice as to the alleged oppression. Sir R. P. Collier said he was sorry to interrupt his learned friend who, however, he was certain could not have intended to misreprese nt him. What he had sa i d was t h a t the issuing of an illegal proclam at i on was an illegal act without reference to corrupt motives, and that he did not attribute to Mr. Eyre any corrupt motive in that act. That was what he said with reference to the proclamation. Then he went on to say that be charged Mr. Eyre with certain oppressive acts done under that proclamation. It was not for him to imputs motives, but he t h o ught himself justified in saying that all acts of oppression assume an arbitrary disposi tion and intention. Mr. Giffard said that as his conduct had been to some extent influenced by the disclaimer o lt w was somewhat embarrassing understand that it did not go so withdrawn, or at all events far as he had at first understood. Referring to the evidence, he observed that it had been shown that of oh f eSayinrwdßetrieiPagt.iirCteonwl oseernnp,oltahciensg.w of the acts of cruelty committed. it R. P. Collier said it was proved that Mr. Eyre allegedllv i l , a Mr. Eyre present k ai n vn e e Itvhheen hrthe executions took place. Mr. Giffard said be was p resent i n t h e i s l an d , b u t he did not know for what offences,'or on what evidence they had been convicted. Ile 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 he was not sitting there as a jury. Mr. Giffard maintained that in some respects Mr. V aug h an w as sitting as a jury. Mr. Vaughan said he should not sit as a jury m t hi s ease . 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 rhila facie case. And as one of the reasons why he should contend that the case 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. Mr. Vaughan said that was a question which ho could not consider at all. Whether the prosecution was a state prosecution or not was, he said, not a matter for his consideration. Mr. Giffard submitted that it was a matter for the consideration of the magistrate in reference to A,. ir lUPERIAL PARLIAHENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 20 miuutes past 12. LIBEL BILL. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved the house go into committee ou this 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. NEWDEGATE 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, was the country and the persons affected by the present measure. The law made the publisher of auy newspaper responsible for any libel it might contain, which he thought a wise provision. He had no desire to curtail the freedom of the press. Ile wished to leave the onus of libel where it now rested, and not to shift it to the speaker, who might be inaccurately reported. He considered the bill one for the propagation of sland3r, and therefore he ob jected to going into committee. ➢lr. ROEBUCK thought the bill ought to be allowed to go into committee, where the objections to it could be thoroughly discussed. 11i.. thought it was of the utmost importance that the public should be ac quaititea wtth all that had passed at a public meeting, and not a portion of it. The reporters were, on ler Om present lam, prohibited from reporting anything that „.„, lib e llous, “n 1, in the event of their doing so, their employers sujecol. Ike thought the present law re quired amendment, and therefore he should vote for going into committee. Mr. T. CaI.:ABE:ZS oppa;ei tho bill. It was a pure sophism to say that a full nTort of all niee:iugs would propagate the truth, as according to his notion it dependtd on what tho truth was that was spoken. The bill would bcuelit none but the lovers of scandal, and therefore he should oppose its going into committee. Mr. NE A.TE supported tho bill. It was duo he thought that power should bo given to reporters to represent facts. Ho had soon reports of meetings which conveyed quite a different complexion to that which actually took plow.. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the bill, be cause it gave the power to the person who believed him solf 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. He thought the advantages preponderated over the disadvan tages in the bill, and therefore he should give it his sup port. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. WHALLEY opposed the bill, and said the per severance of the hon. member for Clare was duo to the influence of Jesuitism. Mr. Sergeant ARMSTRON( thought the third clause gave sufficieut protection to all parties, and as the bill would prevent slander he should vote for going into com mittee. Mi. GOLERIDGE objected to the bill, because it made very important alterations in the law which he considered altogether unnecessary, the law being now quite suffi ciently merciful to the publisher of false charges on any party. Public statements on the public acts of public men were -alrealy privileged statements. It was only when the private acts of private men were attacked that the law was at all stringent. Why should a private, inno cent, harmless man be, drag ge d out of his privacy by the publication of a slander in a news paper. Wily should the publication of personal slander uttered at a quasi -public meeting or a send-public meeting have an exceptional protection. He felt that the third clans.) gave the remedy to the wrong person. The hen. member for Sheffield said that truth was a great argument, but the fact was the hon. member confounded truth with accuracy. Truth they al: worshipped, but he did not think that an accurate report and a slander was what was required. Thinking the bill made an alteration iu th e wrong di rect i on, h e s h ou ld vete i against going into committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND thought the bill altogether unnecessary. After a discussion, in which Viscount Amberley, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Dillwyn, and Mr. C. Buxton took part, the house divided, when there appeared— Fur going into committee ... 108 Against 38 Majority ... 70 The house then went into committee ou the bill. On clause Mr SANDFORD moved an amendment. The clause was that no editor should be open to au action fur libel fur publishing a correct report of the proceedings of a public meeting; he moved the substitution of the word "speeches" for "proceedings." A discussion ensued, but the amendment was agreed to, Mr. WLalley only saying "No." Claitse 2 was agreed ti. On clause 3 being proposed, Sir R. COLLIER moved its omission. He was afraid that whilst they were inteut on securing the liberty of the Press, they were going to limit the freedom of debate. At present a man was not liable for the effect of words ho uttered, unless there were imputed criminal offence. By the clause as it now stood everything that, was written was a ctionable if it tended to bring a man into ridicule and contempt ; and if they were to agree to such a proposal as that it could not but tail to restrict the freedom of debate. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was responsible for the drawing up of the clause. It was quite true it altered the law of slander to some extent, and the effect of the clause would only be to cause people to relied upon the character of authors before they made assertions which were scandalous or untrue. If one person went to a meet ing, made a charge which was unjustifiable, and ref ueed to Apologise, then he was open to au actisa for libel. He did not see much objection to that. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN said the proposed change was entirely consistent with the opinion of Lord Lyndhurst and other men of the highest eminence, although it did not go so far as their recorded opinions. He did not think the alteration made was at all dangerous or objectionable on solid grounds. Mr. T. CHAMBERS opposed the clause. It was not in the present instance a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul, but robbing Peter to make an unuecessury present to Paul. The clause, as it stood, would exempt a person who had undoubtedly committed an offenc3 for the pur pose of making another liable who bad not really done SO. Mr. WHALLEY again described the bill as on e alto gether opposed to Protestantism. Mr. K. HUGESSEN thought the clause would restrict discussion, and work so badly that ho felt it his duty to foto against it. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE thought tho bill a most dan gerous and uncalled for one, and therefore he should give it all the opposition in his power. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he should give his vow in favour of the clause. Ur. l'OnFiA thoug h t it goio too far to make a s n edits I of a newspaper open to an action for libel for report ing the speech of a person who was turning another into ridicule. Members of the house had often been guilty of attempting to do the same thing. lie was in favour of getting a slander in black and white rather than letting it float about after it had been spoken, but not reported, at a public meeting. After some further discussion the house divided on the question that the clause be postponed, when there appeared— Ayes B9 Noes Majority —35 The clause was then postponed and the chairman re ported progrese. The Entail Amendment (Scotland) Bill was read a se cond time. The Mines As essment Bill was ordered to be reprinted with amendments. The committee on the Sunday Trading Bill was post poned until the 23d of June. The Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Bill was read a third thee and passel. The Consolidated Fund (1:17,000,000) Dill paned through committee. The house then adjournvd. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENIxG. SALE AND I.I3IICIIASE OF COMUISSIONS. Mr. TUEVEI,YAN then rose to call the at tontion of the house to the present system of sale and purchase of cJittni , ssions in the army. lie condemned the system es being one that en tirely pre,lu led any man of inelit, who unfortunately was without the possession of iutlaeuee, front getting that which was his reward for long service. Without a men had a long purse he was not at all likely to make much progress in the way of peornotion, because if he had nut the means of purchasing the commissions as they became saleable, many youug men belonging to licit families purchased the commissions and thus walked over the heads of many experienced officers, although they only entered the army in many instances for pure phstime. (Hear, hear.) The system ,was a very bat one, and the sooner it was abolished the better it would he for the efficiency of her Majesty's• service. As a proof that the abolition of purchase would result iu good, he need only point to the Artillery and Engineers, which stood deservedly high in estimation, and in both of which purchase was unknown. The hon. gen tlemau concluded by moving the following resolutions :- 1. That the purchase and sale of military commissions be discontinued after a date to bo fixed for that purpose. 2. That front the same date every officer on full pay be credited with the then existing value of his commissions, taking into consideration the regulation and the extra regulation prices. 3. That the sum so credited be paid by the Government to any officer 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 commissions. 4. That a portion of the sum so credited be paid to any officer promoted to be effective Major General. 5. That after the above-mentioned date the regimental pro motion up to the rank 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 pro,motion of qualified non-com missioned officers. Capt. VI VIAN denied that the present purchase system was muney against merit. Ile 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 of 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 £7,126,03U. Quoting from Mr. O'Dowd's pamphlet, he showed, putting the regulation value of the commissions at £7,126,030, and the extra price paid at £5,019,000, and allowing 20 per cent. for casualties, that it would cost £10,000,000, spread over 20 years, to buy up the vested interests of the army, and in addition to the first expense there must be a perpetul addition to the cost of retiring allowances of at least £1,000,000 a year. Admitting, how ever, that the system Nuts overgrown and was weakened by abuses, Captain Vivian propounded a plan of his own (which he moved as an amendment), by which purchase is abolished above the rank of captain (as is the practice in the Brigade of Guards), the abolition of the ranks of major, cornet, and ensign, so that an officer will only have one step to buy—from lieutenant to captain—and the institu tion of a course of practical professional training as a ne_ cessary preliminary to a commission in the purchase corps. He advocated also a considerable reduction in the number of regimental officers. The original resolutions were supported by 31r1 O'REILLY and Colonel SYKES, and opposed by Colone NORTH. General PEEL, not defending the origin or the anoma lies of the purchase system, pointed out that in all walks of life—in the Church and the Bar, for instance—money gave great advantages to its possessors over their com petitors, and that the system had taken its first rise iu the niggardliness of Parliament. To do justice to all officers who would be affected by the abolition of purchase, con siderably uloro than £10,000,000 would be required. Up to the present time the supply of officers had always ex ceeded the demand ; he objected strongly to a change that would entirely alter the character of our officers and ex . elude mon of property front the army. The non-purchasing officers, Lo maintained, gained more than any others from the system by the constant and quick promotion which it secured. But he &so objected to Mr. Trovelyan's mode of abolishing purchase. Pro,notion by seniority would pro duce stagnation, while promotion by selection must create jealousies and suspicious of unfairness. If the Commander in-Chief were empowered to promote any officer he chose 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 the house with complaints and memorials. The last resolu tion would introduce two different classes of officers into the army, one possessing a highly scientific education ; the other, merely practical and professional, and must lead to general confusion. Mr. GRENFELL objected to both the plans before the house, but, thinking this an inopportune moment for pro nouncing an opinion, he proposed to move the " previous question." General HERBERT argued in favour of the purchase system as the most economical means of quickening pro motion, but consented to its abolition if the country would provide a fair system of retirement. Sir H. VERNEY looked for a solution from short terms of service and improved military education. Colonel LOYD LINDSAY argued strongly in favour of the purchase system, which was as emphatically con demned by Mr. Otway. Lord ELCHO denied that the system was preju dicial to indiyiduals or to the public interest ; on the contrary, it secured both against the stagnation of promotion and the jobbery and favouritism which must bo the results of systems of seniority or selection. To the promotion of non-commissioned officers within reasonable limits he dii 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-ofilee and the Horsepnards,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 nut 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 For instance, all the talk about the advantage which it gave to the rich over the poor, for the non-purchasing officer benefited by it more than any by the quick promo tion which it caused. So, too, it was a delusion to sup pose that another effect was to officer the army entirely from the aristocracy, as any one might see by a glance at the Army List or Gazette. To the promotion of non-commis sioned officers from the ranks iu a definite proportion he was strongly opposed. The present system of promotion from the ranks could not be improved on'; but in most cases this promotion was an unwelcome boon, and Lord Elcho's suggestion as to the employment of retired soldiers as clerks had been carried out to a considerable extent in the War-office. Touching on the difficulties of retirement, Sir John maintained that the example of the French army which had been referred to was one to be avoided,.aud he mentioned that, though not prepared to take up Mr. Childers' costly plea of retirement for the non-pure corps, ho hoped before the close of the sessien to produce a plan which would be satisfactory to all parties. -Admit ting ttlat Captain Vivian's scheme had been sanctioned by andhigh a half authority—though and w o millions—he it present moment. t s w u e p e p n or a t it millionthe After some few words in reply from Mr. TREVELYAN, d amendment were formid able, the motion and Captain Vivian objection of expense was dd co rid s t a b ; who adinitttd that the both withdrawn. Some orders of the da y were forwarded a sta g e s d at 20 minutes after 1 o'clock: house it:ljourue th Mr. P. 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