The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-01 00:00:00

WOOL.

Holders of English wool are firm in their demands, and
although the amount of business doing is very moderate,
all descriptions fully support last week's currency. In
colonial wool, by private contract, very little is doing.
Last week's import was 1,423 bales from Launceston ;
6,666, Port Philip; 4,976, Melbourne; 1,045 bales, Algoa
Bay ; and about 300 bales from sundry ports.
Current prices of English wool per lb.

_
Fleeces—South Down hoggets -0
d s d
..1 8 1 9
Halt-bred do 19. 1 10
Kent fleeces /south Down ewes and wethersl 6 1 7}
Leicester do 1 8 1 9
Sorts -Clothing 1 6 111
• Combing. 1 7 20 -

The small su SEEDS.
pply of mustard seed on offer is held at high

Mr. FoRsTEn, M.P., proposed the first resolution, which
was—" That this meeting desires to give utterance to the
feelings of grief 'and horror with which it has heard of the
assassination of President Lincoln, and the murderous at-
tack upon Mr. Seward, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln and
to the United States Government and people an expression
of its profound sympathy and heartfelt condolence." He
said that the present was a time when the ties of blood
which bound England and America together were, indeed,
dearly felt, and the indignation which had swept through
the land had been conveyed to the heart of every English-
man, as though some fearful calamity had fallen upon him-
self. (Cheers.) It was to the credit of the country that all
classes, rich and poor, friends of the North and friends of
the South, were anxious to show that they forgot all
grounds of difference with their American kinsmen, and
shared in deep sympathy with them their overpowering
sorrow. It would be unpardonable for any Englishman to
add fuel to that fire of anger, by the burning up of his
heart, from which every American must pray to be pre-
served—by saying or insinuating that any of the leaders of
the slaveholding rebellion either instigated or were cog-
nisant of this foul crime. He could not, however, avoid
tracing it to the influence of that system of slavery which
those leaders had fought to preserve, and which, until it is
totally abolished, will render peace and safety impossible
in America. He was anxious that a ship should not leave
our shores to-night without taking out a message of sym-
pathy, and at the same time an expression of faith in the
future, and our confident belief that the ruler to whom God
has now entrusted the destinies of the country will be
imbued with the spirit of the patriotic statesman whom
they had now lost, and be actuated by that spirit of mingled
firmness and moderation which, exercised as it had been
with integrity and judgment under circumstances than
which none were more trying, had made the name of
Abraham Lincoln one that would be pre-eminent in all
future history. (Great cheering.)
Mr. PETER TAYLOR, M.P., seconded the resolution, and
expressed his deep sympathy with the nation that had lust a
worthy successor of the great Washington—ono who had
really fulfilled the task which God had put into his hands,
of maintaining and extending the cause of human freedom.
Ho did not believe that there was any danger of the Go-
vernment of the United States falling into the miserable
mistake of retribution and vengeance, but thought rather

that the atrocious crime which had been committed would
nerve the people as one man firmly and courageously, and
without fear or favour, to consummate the union of North
and South by establishing the emancipation of the negto.
(Cheers.)
Mr. LEATHAM, M.P., in supporting the resolution, said he
was glad of the opportunity of publicly expressing his pro-
found sympathy with the great Union of North America
upon their national bereavement. Of the crime itself he
would not speak, for, like the preceding speakers,he felt that
no terms of abhorrence which were at his command could
adequately convey his sense of its enormity, nor would he
speak of the manly and earnest statesman in the shadow of
whose death he then stood. It was enough to say that his
great career had passed into the domain of history;:and that
history herself would be kind and just to the statesman who
proclaimed liberty to four millions of our fellow-men, and
who not only proclaimed it with his lips, but as though a
special and priceless sacrifice were needed to give to his en-
actments irrevocable solidity he had sealed it with his blood.
(Cheers.) The eyes of the world were now rivetted in ex-
pectancy on America. We had seen her pass triumphantly
through a gigantic peril ; we expect to see her surmount
with equal fortitude and equal dignity this, which would be
perhaps the greatest and last of her severe trials. (Cheers.)

The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
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Mr. STANSFELD, M.P., proposed the next resolution,
which was—" That this meeting desires also to express the
entire confidence which it feels in the determination and the
power of the Government and people of the United States to
carry out to the full the policy of which Abraham Lincoln's
presidential career was the embodiment, and to establish
free institutions throughout the whole of the American re-
public." The hon. member said—Sir, we are assembled
here to-night, not so much by speech, for who is there who
does not feel his heart too full for that utterance to-night,
but by our common presence and our common acts to express
the horror and indignation with which we have heard Of
deeds so foul that history cannot produce their parallel, to
express our sympathy, our deep and heartfelt sympathy,
with the wife who has become a widow, and with the
nation which staggers, while moaning, beneath the loss of
its elect. But we are here, it seems to me, for a thriller
purpose even than this. I at least can take no part in these
proceedings without also at this the time of its direst trial,
at its most momentous crisis, expressing my sympathy with
a cause which began by being honourable, which grew to
be righteous, and which above all by the acts, by the life,
and by the death of their martyred President, has become
sacred in our eyes. The cause of the North was in its
conception an honourable cause. One who ranks high
amongst us in influence and position, and upon this very
question, as well as upon many others, deserves our respect,
Lord Russell (cheers), once said that the North wasfighting
for empire, and the South for independence. (Hear, cheers,
and hisses.) He had himself on frequent occasions supplied
the omissions which render inaccurate and incomplete the
definition of this mighty struggle. The South was fighting
for independence, but for independence with the sole and
avowed and deliberate purpose of promoting and perpetu-
ating the institutions of human slavery. (Cheers.) The
North was fighting for empire ? No. The North was
fighting for a common country, which it would share, but
which it would not allow to be torn asunder. I am not
here to say that I for one could have justified the long
persistence at so great a cost of life and suffering in that
war had there been no other question than secession con-
cerned in it (hear), but the crime of the South was from
the very first a justification of the great cause of which the
North was, it may be at first, in some part an unconscious
and, if you will, in some part, even an unwilling instrument.
Well, then, this cause, which began by being honourable,
grew, as I have said, to be a righteous cause. Step by step.
the North grew to the height of this great, this holy argu-
ment. Every fear—every hope, I fear I must say—every
hope of those who wished ill to the republic was disappointed.
Each delay, each difficulty, each defeat, served to render
more stern the resolve, higher and more pure the policy of
-the North, till from their original stami-point of the Union,
extinction of slavery, up through the emancipation procla-
mation, to the final decree abolishing slavery through the
States, the North rose to the full sense of that duty which
perfected their right, and then, and not till then victory was
permitted finally to crown their achievements. Now, who
was it who from the first watched over and controlled over
for good thee various and progressive phases of this
mighty struggle ? Who was the man, who taking his
stand first within the Constitution and the law upon the
ground of the non-extension of slavery to the territorlioevseodf
the United States, who then came as an act of war to feel
that he might issue his emancipation proclamation ? Who
.next defeated the machinations of that party who
the Union in such wise that, for union they would have
sacrificed that sacred object which alone justified their
war ? Who was it who contributed, I,
Per-aps more than
any other man, to the passing of the first abolition decree ?
Who was it who, when victory seemed to dawn upon the
arms of the North before Richmond, *as already there,
thinking and busying himself about the works of recon-
struction and of peace ? Who was it whose face, we have
been told, ever since those days had seemed radiant and
illuminated with blessed thoughts of mercy and of peace ?

ASSAULT ON A. POLICE INSPEUTOR.—GETTING UP A SCENE
AT A WORKHOUSE DOOR.—Charles West, Eliza West, and
Jane Hampton, the first two named husband and wife, and
residing in Hand-court, Holborn, and the last-named resid-
ing near Fitzroy-market, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly
manner, and assaulting Inspector Silverton of the C
Division.

Inspector Silverton said about twelve the previous night
he heard a disturbance at the door of St. James's Work-
house, and on going up found the defendants and a woman
not in custody, and who was well known to the police as
a beggar. The male defendant was knocking at the door
and demanding that the woman should be admitted. He
said he paid poor-rates, and that if the woman was not
admitted he would have the door down. The woman, in
whose behalf he was interfering, was drunk, as also were
all the defendants. Ho requested the defendants to leave
and got them from the porch into the street. The male
defendant then began making a sensation speech about the
rights and wrongs of the poor-law system, and that he kept
such persons as him (the inspector). He told him that ho
thought ho had enough to do to keep himself, and he
then came and made a rush at him, and his wife then
scratched his face, clawing at him like a cat, and tearing
the skirt off his coat and a part of his cape. He secured
the male defendant and his wife, and then the other de-
fendant attacked him right and left, and also tore his clothes
After some tune, there being a scene of great excitement
and confusion, the defendants were secured and taken into
custody.

In answer to the defendant, the inspector said he did not
see a child in the arms of the woman ho was interfering on
behalf of.

James Caird, of 46, Poland-street, corroborated the in-
spector.

In answer to the male defendant, the witness said he
heard him (the male defendant) talking a great deal
about the law of the land. The inspector told him to 00
home and not make a noise. •
A person from the workhouse saidthat two women, both
of them drunk, came to the door, one of them having a
child. They said they had been refused admission at the
casual ward, and as that was the case, they being drunk,
he refused to admit them. The defendants came and made
a great disturbance.
In answer to the male defendant, the witness said that
he certainly did say to him, " Go home to your mother."
The male defendant said his wife and her friend were
not drunk.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said be was afraid he (the male defendant)
was drunk, and that he could not see that his friends were
drunk too.

The male defendant then entered into a long rigmarole
as to how he had spent the day, the treatment he had re-
ceived, and how he bad been insulted by everybody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that tfot much harm appeared to have
been done, the fact being that all tho defendants were
drunk. The men would have to pay a fine of 10s., and
the women ss. each.

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The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough and
Miss Eliza Butler have arrived at their residence in Great
Stanhope-street from Smithland Hall, Leicestershire.
ORDINARY OF NEWGATE.—On Saturday the alder-
men of London constituting the Gaol Committee, at a meet-
ing at Guildhall, presided over by the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, elected the Rev. F. E. +Lloyd Jones, M.A., curate of
Greenwich, to the office of Ordinary of the Prison of New-
gate. There were five other candidates. Mr. Jones was
elected by 18 to 1. The salary of Mr. Davis, who last
held the appointment, was £4OO a year.

BEVERLEY AND MARKET WEIGHTON RAILWAY.-
This line will be opened to-day, having been dulyapprovod
by the Government inspector, Capt. Tyler. The line leaves
the Hull and Bridlington section of the North Eastern
about half a mile north of the Beverley station. There aro
two stations. Some of the earthworks are rather heavy.
Thd contractor for the line was Mr. T. Jackson, jun., of
Nottingham.

REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—Mr, W. Bucha-
nan, M.P. for Glasgow, in compliance with the request of
the Lord Provost and magistrates of that city, will not, it
is understood, vacate his seat in Parliament (which he re-
signed on the much-regretted failure of the firm in which
he is a partner), but will pair off for the remainder of the
session.

SPORTING MATCH. —On dit, that Mr. Banting, of
corpulent notoriety, has made a match with a young
gentleman, of Walford, 71 years of age, to run 100 yards,
and give 10 yards start, for £l,OOO a side. As such an
event will create vast interest, not only amongst the medi-
cal profession but the public generally, it has been sug-
gested that the match should come off on Epsom race
course just before the Derby, or in the presence of royalty
at Ascot, on the Cup day.7-Sporting Gazette.

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the Sick.—Though the mind be downcast and. the body
enfeebled by continued indisposition, the sufferer should at
this season make a last effort to regain health by taking
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will search out the hidden cause of mischief and expel the
seeds of most diseases. No invalid is too much reduced to
undergo this very gentle treatment with safety and advan-
tage. Neither youth nor old age need fear any injury to
the system from a regulated course of these pills. They
are infallible in stomach complaints, bilious affections,
sickness, want of appetite, disordered bowels, constipation,
and the annoyances which spring from derangement of tho
digestive and assimilatory organs.

The races at Epsom, last week, brought out some good
fields. The first event decided was the Trial Stakes, which
was contested by Twilight and 13irchbroom, the latter of
whom, though with much the worst of the weights, opened
the favourite at 6 to 4, but the odds gradually veered round
on the old mare,who justified the movement by winning in
a canter, Lord Westmoreland's horse being in trouble after
rounding Tattenham Corner, at which many an even
"pony" was dreped by those who jumped to conclusions
too hastily, froth a notion that Edwards was hard upon
Twilight. The announcement of 14 starters for the Inker-
man Plate looked more like business, and afforded plenty of
employment in the Ring, where short prices—averaging 4
and 5 to I—were at first taken about Poodle and Romola,
but both were superseded at last by Hesper and The Gem;
and after the latter (who, with Romola, Joss Stick, Bay
Leaf, and Little Jess, caused most of the false starts, which
occasioned a )lelay of half an hour at the outset) had run
the course through, the old horse was backed for more
money than anything, in spite of his " steadier" of 10st.
101 b. Brilliantly though he wound up the season last year
(in the course of which he started no fewer than twenty-
three times) by winning a half-mile handicap at Shrews-
bury, carrying 9st 101 b (giving 3st all but 21b to Lady
Bohun, 3st lib to Balornock, 141 b to Attraction, 131 b
to Welland, &c.) Hesper, though a roarer, surpassed all
his previous triumphs, as well as those of Miss Julia,
Nutbush, and other half-mile celebrities, on this occasion,
by winning with the welter weight of 10st 101 b, after a
slashing finish with Mr. Saxon's filly, to whom he gave
4st 21b ! The field for the City and Suburban was tho
smallest for several years past. The betting underwent
several fluctuations after mustering on the Downs, when
5 to 1 was offered on the field, and 13 to 2 " bar one," The
Grinder having the decided call of Accident, next to whom
separated by a "widish gulf," stood Paris, at 100 to 8. The
latter soon evinced symptoms of further improvement,
however, and coming all of a sudden after Hesper's race,
he soon became as hot a favourite as at Northampton, giv-
ing the go-bye to both the Lewes horse, who was very
" fishy" at last, and The Grinder, notwithstanding the cir-
cumstance of Grimshaw, who was engaged to Mr. Smith
for Swordsman, being given up to Lord Hastings, and Mr.
S. contenting himself with Carroll for the quondam
Northampton " crack." The Grinder was not only affected
by the advance of Paris, but by the support awarded to his
stable companion Master Richard, who, though the top
weight, had plenty of friends amongst the cognoscenti,
who will back a race horse in moderato company.
The same remark will apply to Argonaut, though
there were three better favourites than Sir Joseph
Hawley's horse in Columbia, Connection, and Friday ;
whilst Menace (who has been purchased by Mr. Ten Broeck
since she ran third in the Spencer Plate), went "clean out"
after the Parisian demonstration ; and Agatha, although
strongly fancied by the Littleton stable, likewise declined
on the preVious day's quotation. Columbia, about whom
there was such a furore for the Cambridgeshire last year,
has been trained at Findon for her present engagement,
and though the trial ended unsatisfactorily, owing to
Aurelian breaking his leg therein, she again had a host of
supporters. An old handicap favourite, whose name has
seldom been heard in connection with any event this sea-
son, to the unaccountable astonishment of the bookmakers
made his reappearance somewhat unexpectedly, as his name
was omitted altogether from the cards. We allude to
Muezzin, now the property of Mr. W. Robinson, who ran
so forward right into the distance (havingraced with Con-
traband to Tattenham Corner), as to lead to the impression
that the " good thing" he has so often been backed to bring
off would be landed by his new owner, as some sort of re-
compense for the loss of Kangaroo ! But the Muezzin had
tolled his own knell, and though the horse managed to
"catch the judge's eye," the fourth place he obtained was
barren both of honour and emolument ; the "place betters"
in particular getting a rare turn on the race by a couple of
outsiders like Argonaut and Swordsman both securing
" berths." The latter had nothing to do with the victory it-
self, which was gallantly fought out by Argonaut and The
Grinder, though the former was more than a length first oppo-
site the Stand, the young one overhauled him so rapidly
when called upon, that, coupled with fears of the old horse
refusing to struggle home the utmost excitement prevailed
until the hoisting of Argonaut's number proclaimed another
Epsom triumph for Sir Joseph's popular "cherry" jacket
and Wells, when loud cheering burst forth on all sides.
Sir Joseph Hawley, we believe, backed Argonaut for £lOO
only at 25 to 1; but all the bookmakers laid against the
winner. The field for the Metropolitan greatly exceeded
expectation, and the announcement of nineteen starters,
(within one of the short race) is a most gratifying sign of
the times. Blackdown, who ran untried, carried a deal of
good money notwithstanding, and left off decidedly second
favourite; and Breeze, who had done a " good thing" at
home with Wingrave, trod closely upon the heels of Planet
at last ; whilst Renfrew, against whom an unfavourable
prejudice existed, declined to 100 to 6, and was superseded
by both Dollar and Welcome. Nuneaton, who had been
"whispered" and backed as a "good thing," made way at
last for his stable companion, Sandal, upon whom a lot of
good money was quietly invested at the nice price of 25
to I—the same as was laid against Argonaut the day
before! The stable started Onesander to secure a pace for
the favourite, and the latter "coming to the rescue" after
his stable companion was done with, it was a true-run race
throughout, the effects of which were apparent on Verger
as soon as anything, as he ran a long way in trouble, and
had nothing to do with the finish, which, left to Planet
and Sandal, produced almost as fine a contest as that
between Argonaut and The Grinder the day be-
fore, resulting in the victory of Planet by a
length. Dollar ran a great horse up to the
Stand, where the weight told, and giving way at that point
Blackdown and Verger had the honour of contesting the
only remaining situation to which the emolument of
"place money" attached, which the Lewes horse secured
by a head. Planet, who is the joint property of Mr. Craven
and Lord Uxbridge, has hitherto been a most unfortunate
horse, though invariably running sufficiently forward in
greatraces to distinguish himself in good company—second
in the Clearwell and Prendergast, when two years old ;
fifth for the Cesarewitch, and fourth in the Liverpool
Autumn Cup at three ; and second in the Northampton-
shire stakes at four ; and though he pulled off a good stake
for his party and the public his joint owners do not land
above £5,000 a piece.

The Two Thousand Guineas, run at Newmarket to-
morrow, will be the most interesting race of the meeting,
as giving a clue to the probable winner of the Derby.
There has been more mystery attaching to this event than
has ever been known before. What with the knocking
about of Liddington, the scratching of Broomielaw after
having won his trial, and the uncertain starting of Chatta-
nooga and Gladiateur, the sporting writers are in as great a
fog as the horse watchers who saw the reported trial of
Breadalbane and Broomielaw. The field will in all likeli-
hood comprise most of the following :

Ariel
T. Ashman.
Archimedes F. Martin.
Bedminster
Wells.
Breadalbane Custance.
Chattanooga
Gladiateur
Grimshaw.
Inca, The
J. Doyle,
Jack o' Lantern
Joker
Kangaroo
J. Grimsbaw.
Kcemg
G. Fordham.
Liddington
Pantaloon Cannon.
Rifle
Tennyson J. Adams.
Tilt
A. Edwards.
Z ambesi
Kangaroo, who was bought in a selling race, and was
purchased by the Marquis of Hastings after his success
over Ko3ing in the Biennial, is now as good a favourite as
anything in the race. With the exception of Bedminister,
Ariel, Breadalbane, Liddington, Gladiateur, and Chatta-
nooga, he must hold all the rest safe. Bedminster, after
the success of Argonaut, has come with a rush in the
market, as little as 5 and 6to 1 being taken. He will be
steered by Wells, one of the most accomplished jockeys of
the day. Chattanooga is an uncertain starter, but if Mr.
Naylor should determine to bring him out at the last
minute, I should hold his chance second to none. Bread-
albane is one of the dark division, but I think his action
will be more suited to the Epsom course; however, his
owner thinks highly of him, and he might run into a place.
Liddington looks and goes well, and those who are taking
liberties with him may have cause to regret it after the
numbers go up. Ariel will carry the hopes of the Wizard's
stable, and no trainer can bring a horse fitter to the post
than John Scott. He has been backed for heaps of
money, both for the Two Thousand and Derby.
Archimedes is now all but knocked out in the market,
but I expect to see a reaction set in in his favour. He has
been highly tried with Cambuscan. Gladiateur is an un-
certain starter. Those who back him for the Derby will
have the best of it before the day of the race. I shall
select the following to furnish the winner—viz., Annul--
3=ES, LIDDINGTON, ARIEL, and CHATTANOOGA. The
judge, I anticipate, will place

ARCHIMEDES... 1
LIDDINGTON 2
ARIEL 3
Tho Duchess of Newcastle should win the Newmarket
Two-yr-old Plate, and Skeiangton the Prince of Wales
Stakes.

The field for the One Thousand will be made up from
the following:—
Araucaria J. Osborne.
Biondina,
Contract
Gardevisure Thomas.
Houri
La Foi tune H. Grimshaw.
Light Heart
Maid Marian
Mainsail „
Miss Hobble'
Nukuheva
Peeress
Prosperity
Regalia
Reginella T. French.
Siberia J. Fordham.
Sister to Strafford
White Duck
The winner, I anticipate, will be either GARDEVISURE7
SIBERIA, or BroNDINA, giving a slight preference to them
in the order named.
A FRESH MAN.

Earl RUSSELL rose in pursuance of the motion he had
given last week to move an humble address to her Ma-
jesty to express the sorrow and indignation of that house
at the assassination of the President of the United States ;
and to pray her Majesty to communicate these sentiments on
the part of the house to the Government of the United States.
The noble lord said that her Majesty had already expressed
her sentiments on this melancholy event by a letter of
condolence to Mrs. Lincoln. As their lordships were
aware, President Lincoln was elected by a large ma-
jority of his fellow-countrymen ; and the manner
in which he discharged his duties reflected credit
on the choice of his countrymen. President Lincoln dis-
played so much integrity and straightforwardness, as well
as kindness, that he was eminently calculated to allay the
animosity that might remain after the close of the hosti-
lities. (Hear, hear.) His loss at the present moment
was deeply to be deplored. He adverted next to the part
which the President had taken in reference to the attempted
abolition of slavery in America, and he said they must all
sympathise with the American nation in the loss
they had sustained at this critical juncture, and
with reference to this particular subject of slavery.
They were well aware of the difficulties that prevailed in
preserving peaceful relations between this country and the
United States during the prevalence of hostilities ; but the
success that had attended their efforts iu reference
to this matter was promoted by the temper dis-
played by the Governments on both sides of the
Atlantic. He trusted that the same policy of non-inter-
vention which had hitherto guided their conduct in the
late trying emergency, would regulate them for the future
in their relations with the United States.

The Earl of DERBY said he would have preferred if
the house had been called on to express its sympathy with
the people of the United States without referring to the
Crown, but he so entirely concurred in the spirit of the
motion that it should have his assent. He thought the
feeling of the country was universal on this subject,
and that the house merely echoed that opinion.
The crime which they all so deeply deplored could not be
palliated ; but it would, he trusted, have one good result,
by disabusing the public in the United States of any erro-
neous impression they might have entertained as to a
hostile feeling in this country towards that country,
which was proved by the deep and prompt expression
of sympathy throughout the country in regard to the pre-
sent melancholy event. Having paid a graceful tribute to
the late President in hiS private and political character,
ho expressed a hope that his successor would follow in
his footsteps, and avoid anything calculated to protract the
continuance of the civil war. If, unfortunately, anything
feelings were aroused that would tend to drive the Confe-
derate States to despair, they would in all probability suf-
fer extermination rather than submit. After some further
observations, the noble earl concluded by seconding the
motion.

After a few words from Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE
lie motion was agreed to.

COMMON LAW COURTS BILL.

On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill was
read a second time.

METROPOLITAN MAIN DRAINAGE BILL.

This bill was read a second time.
QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES ABOLITION

BILL.

Lord HOUGHTON presented petitions in favour of this
bill, and moved that the bill should be read a second time.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms VEI\TING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Bedford and Northampton Railway ; Brierley Hill Gas;
Bristol and Exeter and Devon and Somerset Railways ;
Caledonian Railway (Barrhead and Paisley branches, &c.);
Galway Water ; Kidderminster, Stourport, and Bewdley
Water; London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway;
Preston Gas ; Rhyl and District Water ; Tiverton and
North Devon Railway; and Weald of Kent Railway.

ACTON AND TWICKENHAM RAILWAY.
Viscount ENFIELD moved that this bill be recommitted
to the former committee.

Viscount BURY opposed the motion on the ground that
it had not complied with the standing orders, and had
been rejected by the referees.
The house divided, when there appeared—
For the motion
Against it 3B
Majority —B6
The bill was therefore ordered to bo recommitted.

NATIONAL PICTURES.
Mr. GREGORY asked the hon. member for Huntingdon-
shire, as trustee to the National Gallery, whether a picture
belonging to the nation had been sent to Australia ; whe-
ther the person who sent that picture had a right to do so;
and, if not, what steps the trustees of the National Gallery
were about to take ?
Mr. BARING said the picture in question was one be-
queathed to the nation by Mr. Jacob Bell, viz.,
"The Derby
Day," by Mr. Frith, but there were certain arrangements
with Mr. Gambart that he should have the picture for exhi-
bition for a certain time. That time expired, it was thought,
in 1863, but Mr. Gainhart claimed furthernext time, and
promised to return the picture in August . The
trustees of the National Gallery had written to the executors,
but ho begged to say they had no power over the picture
until it had been placed under their control.
ROAD REPAIRS.
Mr. HANBURY asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department if his attention had been called to the
state of the road lying between Newington-green and
Hornsey ; and whether ho was aware that the duty of
keeping in repair of that road was a disputed point between
the
I and Islington ?
Mr, s the cost would only be about £4O
per annum, he hoped the two
parishes would agreg to
parishes
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