The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-27 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

TALLOW MARKET.-{THIS DAY.)
The market is steady. Town tallow, 41s. 3d. • Peters-
burg Y.C., on the spot, 45e. • June, 455. ; October to
December, 445. ; December. 44. 3d.

Mown; Avniaoxii.—Town tallow, 435. 9d. ; ist by
ditto, 2s. lid. ; yellow Russian, new, 46e. 3d. ; melted
stuff, 325. ; rough ditto, 17s. 3d. ; grooves. 18e. ; good
dregs, 6s. Import. for the week amount to 201 casks.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade firm at the fol-
lowing priom:—Prime old hay, 90s. to 100 s. ; inferior ditto,
60s. to 70s. ; prime new hay, 70s. to Ms. ; inferior
ditto, 60s. to 60s. ; prime old clover, 100 s. to 110 s. ; in-
ferior ditto, 80s. to 90s. ; straw, 30s. to 365.

COVENT GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.)
Supplies of both home-grown and foreign goods are
heavy. Forced fruits are in excess of the demand, and
prices therefore have a downward tendency. Strawberries
may now be had ►t from 4d. to N. par lb. Cauliflowers,
and indeed most descriptions of vegetables, have improved
considerably since the late rains with which we have been
favoured. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, stocks, lily
of the valley, pelargoniums, fuchsias, mignonette, and
roses.

Herr Wagner is about to publish a new book,
with the title of " German Art and German Polities."

WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The preacher at the
special evening services on Sunday, June 28, is the Rev.
Benjamin Jowett, Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow
of Balliol College, Oxford. The preachers for the month
of July are as follows:—July 6, the Right Rev. Dr.
Alexander Ewing, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles; July
12, the Rev. William Cadman, rector of Holy Trinity
Church, Marylebone ; July 19, the Rev. Francis Pigon,
incumbent of St. Philip's, Regent-street; July 26, the
Rev. Henry Twells, head-master of Godolphin grammar
schooL

NATURALISATION COMMTSSION.—A meeting of
the royal commissioners for inquiring into the laws of
naturalisation and allegiance was held yesterday at the
Westminster Palace Hotel. Present:—The Earl of Claren-
don, K. 0., the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., the At-
torney-General, the Queen's Advocate, Sir Bounden
Palmer, QC., M.P., W. E. Forster, Esq., M.P., Moun-
tague Bernard, Esq., D.C.L, and Charles S. A. Abbott,
Ell(1.. Secretary.
LICENSED 171cruALLzits' ScßooL.—The p e
of the anniversary Dinner at the Crystal Palace ornßeciats-8
day next under the auspices of Charles A. Hanbury, Esq.,
are of the most encouraging character. The governor and
committee, in conjunction with 150 gentlemen who hays
accepted the office of stewards, are making strenuous
efforts to produce such a list of subscriptions as will enable
them, at no distant period, to increase the number of
children in the establishment to 200. The excellent
band of the Coldstream Guards, under the direction
of Mr. Fred. Godfrey (by the kind permission of Colonel
Dudley Carleton), will attend at the dinner, as well as at
the ball in the evening. A munificent donation of 60
guineas fromthe Messrs. Boutelleau and Co., "Champagne
Vineyard Proprietors Company, Cognac," 16, Mark-lane,
was yesterday forwarded to the secretary, accompanyed.
by a communication expressive of the greatest in-
terest in the prosperity of the institution, and of their
desire that other great shipping houses of wines
and brandies might soon be added to the nu-
merous list of subscribers. A new channel has thus
been opened up, and the governor and committee, and
the friends of the institution generally, cannot but be
grateful to the firm above mentioned for so noble an
example. Several members of the House of Commons
have signified their intention of being present, among
whom may be mentioned Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Thomas
Chambers, and Mr. John Locke, also some of the can-
didates for the metropolitan boroughs. Other members of
parliament have also accepted the invitation contingent
upon other engagements permitting.—Advertiser.
INCENDIARISII ON THE WOLDB.—On Thursday,
at Driffield, the magistrates were engaged in a lengthy
examination of a tramp, who gave the name of Joseph
Wilmot, of Wells, Somersetahire, on a charge of setting
fire to the stacks of Mr. F. S. Jordan, of Elmswell, on the
evening of the 16th inst. Numerous witnesses swore to
the man as the one seen near the stacks after =z,
and when found by Superintendent Young be de '
ging, having matches, and all knowledge of the fire. This
was disproved, and on being cautioned the prisoner said
it would be absurd to enter upon his defence there—he
was not on his trial, and should wait till then. He was
hen committed to York Castle for the assizes.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNK 2& The
market keep! quiet, and only small miles have been made
at rather easier rates. Bum.—No sales to report.
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TRAFFIC Racitrrrs.—The traffic receipts of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom amounted, for the week
ending Jose 20, GC 13,261 miles, to 772,9931., end for the
corresponding week of
.last year, on 12,996 miles, to
768,1671., showing an increase of 266 miles and of
4,8261. The gross receipts on the following 14 railways
amounted, in the aggregate, on 9,673 miles, to 641,3131.,
and for the corresponding week of 1867, on %Ka miles,
to 640,2221., showing an inaenee of 191 miles and
of 1,0911. The increase on the Caledonian and North
British amounted to 1,0911. • on the Great Eastern to
2,2401. ;on the Great Northern to 4301.; on the London,
Brighton, and South Coed to 9211. • on the London and
South Western to 6371. ; on the Ifaaishester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire to 9531. • on the Midland to 4,2401. • on the
North Eastern to 1,21;31. ; and on the South Eastern to
972/.—total, 12,7461. ; but from this must be deducted
661., the decrease on the Great Southern and Western,
1,667/. on the Greet Western, 3,9911. on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and 6,0511. on the London and. North,
Western—together, 11,6541.., leaving the increase as above,
1,091/. The goods and mineral traffic on those lima
amounted to 324,2921., end for the corresponding week
of 1867 te 324,5391., showing a decrease -of 3471 'Pb.
receipts foripeasengers, weals, &c., amounted t 0.317,0211..
against 316,6831., sho an increase of 1,3881. The
truths receipts on 52 other • amounted, on 3,67andles.
to 131,6801., and for the corresponding week of last year,
on 3,614 miles, to 127,14461., showing an increame of 64
miles and of 3,7361. Me total receipts of the past week
show an increase of 94,3761., as simpered WA theta 43{
the preceding week, fading the Mk, ink

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I.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Although the benches of the House of Lords
were not so well filled at five o'clock yesterday
afternoe n as they were on the previous day, there
were many indications that the debate upon the
Suspensory Bill had lost none of its interest or
attraction. The space in front of the throne, and
the strangerre gallery were nearly as much crowded
as on Thursday ; and the attendance of ladies was
larger rather than entailer than it was at the open-
ing of the discussion. And those who were early
upon the scene were well repaid for their prompti-
tude. The speech with which the Earl
of Canuovon recommenced the debate was one of
the most remarkable that is likely to be delivered
in its course. Although the noble earl found some
fault with the conduct of the opposition in raising
the question of the Irish church at th present
cement, the main stress of his speech was directed
against the attitude of the government and
against the prevent condition of the Irish branch
of the established church. He drew the broadest
distinction between the position of the Irish and
that of the English church ; and referring, half
indignantly half contemptuously, to the at-
tempt that had been made th niece a
cry that the church is in danger he
pronounced the attempt of the government to bind
up the fate of the Irish church with that of the
English establishment to be not only reckless and
wanton, but even criminal. He did not disguise
his opinion that the position of the church in Ire-
land could not be justified; and recognising the
necessity not only for its diseetablishment, but also
for its partial disendowment, all he asked VIM that
it should be treated with generosity. Such treat-
ment he declared it was more likely to receive from
its avowed adversaries than from its false friends,
and for this reason be announced his intention
not to oppose the second reading of the bill. Lord
Redentale, who followed the noble earl, confined
himself chiefly to a consideration of the extent
and effect of the terms of her Majesty's corona-
tion oath ; and in language the good taste of
which was at least questionable, urged upon the
consideration of their lordship; the awful conse-
quences which the Queen would have to face upon
the day of judgment should she violate any of
its obligations. The speech of the Duke of Marl-
borough was rather lengthy than interesting, and
involved n large amount of quotation from
the writings or hiss cies of members of
the opposition, in order to show that the course
they Were now pursuing was irreconcilcable with
that which they had recommended in previous
years. Lord Inefferin, speaking as a strong pro-
testant, gave his support to this bill, because ho
believed that the present position of the Irish
church en.: prejudicial to the progress and pros-
perity of Ireland, and dangerous to the best in-
terests of the empire; and because the only means
by which true religious equality could be obtained
in Ireland was the disestablishment of that church.
The arguments of the Archbishop of York were
adde,seil in great part to showing the mischiefs
which would arise from the suspension of eccle-
eiastieal appointments under this bill ; and liord
Romilly, while expressing a strong opinion that
the disestablishment of the church in Ireland was
essential to the foundation of entirely harmonious
relations between that country and England, ap-
plied himself mainly to proving that parliament
might deal with appointments in the Irish church
without injustice to the rights of possible succes-
sors of present incumbents. The most general and
elaborate defence of the Irish church that had yet
been offend to their lordships proceeded from the
mouth of the Archbishop of Armagh. The right
rev. prelate dwelt at length upon the history, the
services, and the sacrifices of that church • he met
the reproach that it was the church of Only one-
eighth of the people of Ireland by the assertion
that it enjoyed only one-eighth of the property
which Henry 11. guaranteed to it at the council of
Ceded ; and warned their lordships that what
they were asked to do was to substitute one estab-
lishment for another, and that if they got rid of a
state church which acknowledged the supremacy
of the Queen, they would be setting no another
which recognised the supremacy of the Popo.
The speeches of the Earl of Cork and
the Duke of Somereet, who supported, and
of the Duke of Rutland, who opposed the bill,
were delivered to comparatively empty benches
but as goon as it wee known that the Marquis of
Ralisbury was speaking, the house filled again,
and before the noble lord had made much pro-
gress the audience was as large as at any period
of the evening. Lord Salisbury, who spoke
with all his House of Commons vigour,
addressed himself rather to the attack of the mea-
sure than to the defence of the Irish church.
He shrunk from raising the cry of "No
surrender," because the experience of the
last few years bad taught him that the
strongest fortresses must fall if the gar-
rison was unfaithful ; but referring to some of
the observations of the Earl of Clarendon, he
protested against the idea that the House of
Lords was to be the slave, the echo, or the tool of
the House of Commons. Lord Lyttelton spoke in
favour, and the Earl of Harrowby against the
bill, and the discussion was dosed for the night
by the Bishop of /Make.
The discussion upon the Metropolitan Cattle
Market Bill in the House of Commons was much
more animated than might have been anticipated.
The principal speeches were those of Lord Re
Montagu and Mr. Milner Gibson. The noble
lord, in asking the house to go into committee
upon the bill, dwelt at great length upon the in-
convenience and expense of the existing restric-
tions upon the cattle trade, and maintained that
while this bill would give the maximum security
against the intro duct ion of the cattle plague into this
country, it would in feet diminish those inconveni-
ences, while the extra expense which it might cause
would he. HS nothing compared with the loss which
must result from a fresh outbreak of disease. The
noble lord's address was somewhat discursive in
character ; and some of his illustrations were not
very happy. A good deal of amusement was
caused by an allusien to " Nebuchadnezzar's " lean
line; but Lonl Robert went On with his speech
aptarently quite iineonscious of the slip which he
had made. Mr. Gibson's reply to the noble lord
was a most damaging attack upon the bill, which
he characterised as " petty seliiinte of protection,"
designed to serve the govt rtunent at the forth-
coming election by gaining for them the character
of " farmers' friends." To afford an effective safe-
guard aguilistthe cattle plague,he argued,this legis-
lation mast la, appliisl to every port in the kingdom,
and the house ought not to take a single step in
the dinsiion of imposing ma serious a restriction
upon the importation of food into this country
without heeler the whole scheme before them.
The right hon. gentleman pointedly referred to
the ineu.sures recently adopted by the Privy Coun-
cil for the admission of French, Spanish, and Por-
tuguiase cuttle into our ports, and expressed a de-
cided amviction that this measure was not sup-
ported by the Council. Quoting the speech of
Mr. Y. Harcourt before the committee, ho de-
clared that the voice was the voice of the Jacob of
the Council, but the hand was the hand of the
LAW of Norfolk. Following up the spirit of his
argument, he concluded by moving a resolution
which asserted that the importation of foreign
cattle into the Port of London ought not to be
considered apart from the general policy of im-
posing restrictions upon the foreis cattle trade
in other parte of the United Kingdom. The dis-
cussion was continued by two or three other mem-
bers, and had not closed when the sitting was sus-
pended. The first subject which occupied the
attention of the house when it re-assembled at
nine o'clock weaourtelagraphic oommunication with
India. The defects of the existing system, and
the necessity for an additional line of communica-
tion with India, were forcibly impressed upon tho
house by Lord W. Hay, who commenced the
discussion, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Alfred
Seymour, and other members ; and Sir
S. Nortboote, while making the most of the dif-
ficulties which would attend the multiplication
of ore means of intercourse with our Indian
empire, did not dispute the advantages of which it
would be productive. There was a abort discus-
sion upon a motion of Mr. Pim on the subject of
big records, and then the house settled down to

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dispose of the orders. This task did not oocupylong:
and when it was performed the adjournment of
the house followed as a matter of course.

CHEAP MEAT FROM AUSTRALIA.

Notwithstanding the disheartening failure of
previous attempts, our Australian brethren, with
characteristic energy, appear determined to open
up a market in Europe for the sale of the beef and
mutton of which they such an enormous
abundance, and the q 'V of which has not--for-
tunately for them—become deteriorated by the
presence of the rinderpost. They reason, and with
much truth, that if Australian meat can be landed
here in first-class condition, and at a price below
that of common butcher's meat, a large sale
will inevitably follow. Already the import of
foreign preserved meat into England has become
developed on every large scale, about 6,000 tons
of salt beef, valued at 241,500/. aterhng, having
been imported during the last year into Liverkt
from the United States and Canada alone.
is exclusive of the heavy imports into London and
other places from the same countries. Our impor-
tation of preserved meat from South America,
Russia, and other countries, are also of
no moan magnitude, despite the exten-
sive reaction in popular taste, following
the famous South American " jerked beef " furore.
The Australians argue, fairly enough, that it
would not be difficult for them to become com-
petitors with America in the supply of preserved
meat to England. The Australian beef and mutton
is fully equal, if not superior to, the American ;
while its greater cheapness would render tho ex-
penses of curing, packing, freight, insurance, and
agencies, pretty equal in both countries, the
balance, if any, being in favour of Australia.
Cousequently it is not at all surprising to
find Queensland boldly offering a tempting
bonus, in tho shape of 10,000 acres of
land, to the parties who shall first suc-
ceed in landing here one hundred tons of
Australian meat in fresh and good condition.
Not to be behindhand, a large number of leading
residents—atockovrners, bankers, and merchants
—in New South Wales have formed themselves
into an association for the purpose of conducting
experiments on a large scale, with the view of
testing the efficacy of the freezing system lately
introduced by Mr. Mort into that colony, and
of which an account appeared several weeks
since in the Express. A ship has been
purchased, fitted up with the necessary ap-
paratus, and is now on its way here
with a large cargo of Australian beef
and mutton packed in ice, or reduced by chemical
means to a semi-frozen condition. Stimulated by
the example of her sister colonies, Victoria has also
entered the field, and with such energy, that
several samples of Victoria beef and mutton have
already arm ed in London, having been brought
by the Panama route for the express pur-
pose of ascertaining whether the condition of the
meat thus sent would be in any way affected by
its transit through the tropics. To the great
delight of the promoters of the enterprise the expe-
riment has been attended with complete success, the
samples, when opened in London, being found in
precisely the same condition as when packed in
Victoria. It is impossible to over-estimate the
value of this fact. It demonstrates beyond all
doubt the complete practicability of procuring ex-
cellent meat in large quantities and at a cheap rate
from the Antipodes. The samples which are
at present on view at Mr. Tallerman's, 3,
Jeffery's-square, St. Mary-axe, consist of legs
of mutton, carcases of sheep, and a quantity
of beef, hams' and briskets. Their appearance is
that of the finest ham, the flesh presenting a re-
markably bright and clean appearance when cut
with a knife. The sheep are bed up in long rolls.
The beef is equal in every respect to the hung
Hambro', Dutch, and other smoked meats retailed
as luxuries in London shops at from Is. sd. to
Is. Bd. per lb., and can be profitably sold retail at
7d. per lb. Australian mutton can be sold in hie
manner at M. per lb. without any bone. The
meat is first divested of bone, then smoked
or steeped in pickle for twenty-four hours,
'trapped up in clean calico, and finally
packed in seeds or mutton fat. The simpli-
city of the process forms its great recommenda-
tion. It is inexpensive, requires no costly ante,
and does not demand particular skill or m •
expertness on the part of those employed in pre-
wing the meat. The leading essential is that the
beef or mutton shall be of the best quality.
Inattention to this condition explains the
failure of all previous attempts. As the
character of the new importation becomes
more generally known, other consignments
from Victoria will probably follow in the shape of
sheep and bullock tongues, tripe, sa , kan-
garoo hams, salt beef, spiced sunsiaored beef,
legs, shoulders, and joints of mutton, &c., at
prices so low as effectually to compete with
all other descriptions of meats—whetlier fresh
or preserved—at present in the English mar-
ket. Large shipments of this meat are already
on their way here. Should the experiment
succeed, as we trust it will, our food resources
will become immensely enlarged, and our butchers'
bills proportionately decreased—acireumstanee for
congratulation in these days of dear bread and
meat.