The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-21 00:00:00

WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING.—JuLY 6.
The Croom Stakes. Three-quarters of a mile.

Age st lb
Queen of Trumps 6 8 10
Cadeau 5 7 5
Viceroy ... 3 7 3
Lufra 5 7 0
Orphene 4 7 0
Cedric ... ...3 6 12
Verbena, by De
Ruyter ... 4 6 12
The Bentinck Benevolent F

Age at lb
Viola ... 3 6 7
0 by Toxopholite,
out of Senorita 4
Latitude 3
Wings of the Wind 3
Contraband 3
Rustic Beauty 3

6 5
6 2
5 12
5 10
5 8

quo
Age st lb
~.4 810
3 8 9
~.4 712

'und Stakes. One mile and a

Wildman ...
Success ...
Dovedale ...

Ago
Queen Bee... ... 4
Farnham Green ... 4
Kildare ... 3

at lb
7 10
7 7
paid

Age st lb
Vision ... ... 3 610
No Name ... ... 4 6 10
Zisca ... ... 8 610
Bella ... ... 3 6 7
Convent ... ... 3 6 6
Blackbird ... ... 3 6 5
Vigilant ... ... 3 6 0
Wings of the Wind 3 6 0
Joss-stick ... ... 3 5 13
Contraband ... 3 5 12
Rustic Beauty ... 3 510
Alberta ... ... 2 5 7

The Flying Stakes. Half a Mile.
Age st lb
Queen of Trumps 6 812
Hesper ... a 8 12
Cranbury ... 4 8 10
Faith ... 4 7 12
Lucy Long 3 7 10
Gipsy Girl.— ... 5 7 8
Prescription ... 47 7
Cadeau 5 7 6
Lufra 5 7 2
Cedrio ~. 3 7 0
0 rphene 4 7 0
Edinburgh 3 6 12

The Worcestershire Cup. One mile three furlongs.
Age et lb Age st lb
Moulsey 4 11 12 Brown Dayrell 9 6
Exchequer... ... 611 5 Charity 39 5
The Plover ... 511 4 Turnhani Green 4 9 2
Thalestris... ... 510 7 Queen of Trumps... 4 9 0
Dean Swift 410 2 Canute ... 3 9 0
Knave of Trumps... 5 10 0 Lord Conyngham 3 9 0
Madame Walton 4 911
The above weights were p

Lblishod June 20, at six pan

THE COMING ELECTIONS.—The following circular
—of a somewhat different type from the recent letter
of the Duke of Wellington—has been issued to the tenan-
try on the great Ilolkham estate :—" Ilolkham, June 10.—
Dear Sir,—I am especially instructed to request that you
will be good enough to give your vote, at the ensuing elec-
tion for West Norfolk, in favour of the two Liberal can-
didates—Mr. Gurdon and Sir Willoughby Jones—and also
to use all the influence you possess with any person who
may be upon the register of voters, to induce them to sup-
port these gentlemen. —I am, &c., J. SumummAn."—Man-
chester Guardian.
INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—
Their Roya] Highnesses the Princesses having
signified their intention to visit the Exhibition of the In-
stitute of Paintings in Water Colours, 53, Pall-mall, on
Thursday morning, the Gallery will be closed until after

their departure.
DEATH OF MR. ANDREW DRIMIIIOND.—Yester-
day afternoon, between the hours of five and six'
o'clock, Mr. Andrew Robert Drummond, the principal
partner in the well-known banking firm of Drummond and
Co., expired at his house in Bryanston-square. Mr. Drum-
mond had been lingering some months. He was the son
of Mr. Andrew Berkeley, eldest son of the Hon. Robert
Drummon (sixth son of the fourth Viscount Strathallan),
by Lady Mary Perceval, daughter of the second Earl of
Egmont. The late Mr. Drummond was born 28th July,
1794, and married 7th March, 1822, Lady Elizabeth Frede-
rica, second daughter of John Henry, sth Duke of Rutland,
who survives him. He leaves issue several sons, and his
two daughters are married to Mr. A. B. Cochrane, M.P.,
and the Earl of Scarborough.

The Isle of Man breach of privilege case has re-
sulted in a verdict of £5lB 19a. 6d. damages and costs, in
favour of the proprietor of the Isle of Man Times, who had
been falsely imprisoned by the House of Keys. The da-
mages and costs are expected to amount to £9OO.
The death was announced yesterday of Mr.
Richard. Thornton, of Lloyd's, at a very advanced
ago. Mr. Thornton was throughout his life one of the
boldest and most successful men of business in London,
and is believed to have left a fortune of at least two or
three millions. He was the proprietor, it is understood, of

£BOO,OOO Consols.
On the Ist proximo a review of the whole of the
garrison troops will be held on Woolwich-common,
in -which the Hon. Artillery Company and other
Volunteer corps will take part, and will be conducted
in a similar manner to that of last summer.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 12.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) ACT
AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. BLAKE moved the second reading of this bill, the
object of which was to change the oath required to be
taken by Roman Catholics, to give them the privileges
which English corporations now enjoy with respect to
choice of sheriffs, and to remedy several very palpable
mistakes which had been made in the two Municipal Cor-
poration Acts which had been passed by that house. The
bill also gave the power to the Lord Mayor and other civic
officers to appoint deputies for the time being, which con-
venience was possessed by the English corporations.
Sir R. PEEL said he regretted he could not give the
hon. gentleman his assistance in passing the bill in its
present shape ; indeed, he believed the hon. gentleman's
intention was merely to ventilate the matter during the
present session, as it was certainly too far advanced for
him to hope to press his bill to a successful issue. With
respect to oaths taken by Roman Catholics, that had been
met by the bill of the hon. member for Limerick. He did
not think there was any occasion to complain of sectarian
feeling in the nomination and election of gentlemen to
serve the office of sheriff.
Mr. BLAKE said since the time of James 11. only two
Roman Catholic citizens of Waterford had been appointed
to the office of sheriff.
Sir R. PEEL replied that no doubt it was the case, but
then during that time Roman Catholic gentlemen had
' declined to take upon themselves the duties of the office.
He assured the hon. gentleman that if he could point out
any injustice which could be remedied, he and the other
officers of the Irish Government would only be too happy
to do all that was in their power to meet the matter. He
hoped the hon. gentleman would withdraw the bill for the
present session.
After a few words from Mr. VANCE, the bill was, by
leave, withdrawn.
MERCHANT SHIPPING DISPUTES BILL.
Mr. DENMAN moved the second reading of this bill,
the object of which was to create courts in certain districts
for the settlement of disputes in shipping ports. It pro-
posed that the courts should be presided over by a presi-
dent and two assessors, who should be persons conversant
with mercantile shipping. The president was to be ap-
pointed by the Lord Chancellor. He did not expect that it
would be possible to pass the bill during the present ses-
sion, although he had used his utmost endeavour to get
the bill in earlier, but he would move the second reading
pro forma, in order that he might hear the opinion of the
Government on the matter.

Mr. HEADLAM supported the bill. He said it had
received the approval of almost all the shipping ports in
the country, and he hoped it would soon become law.
Mr. M. GIBSON said the matter was one which un-
doubtedly deserved the fullest consideration of the Board,
but the bill before them involved legal considerations of
great importance, he hardly felt competent to offer an
opinion beyond which he had been enabled to form from
merely reading the clauses of the bill. He thought one of
the great principles of the bill was doubtful, the judge
in his opinion ought to be a lawyer ; but the fact of the two
assessors having votes they in fact became the judges. He
thought that if an Admiralty judge was to go on circuit
some advantage might result • but be that as it may, he
could not agree in opinion with the hon. gentleman that
there would be a saving of expenses in passing this bill ;
on the contrary, ho thought there would be an increase.
However, if the hon. and learned gentleman would consent
to let the matter stand for the present, he promised him it
should receive the fullest consideration of the Board of
Trade, with a view, if possible, of introducing a measure
next session to meet the evil complained of.
After a few observations from Mr. Henley, the Solicitor-
General, and Mr. Cave, the bill was withdrawn.
BANK NOTES (IRELAND) BILL.
Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved the second reading of this
bill, the object of which was to make the Bank of England
note a legal tender in Ireland, and to do away with certain
restrictions which exist with respect to banks of issue in
Ireland. Gold was now the only legal tender in Ireland,
and in times of panic gold had to be taken from England
to meet the demand. He thought the fact that the Bank of
England note was a legal tender in this country was
a strong argument in its favour of its being so in Ireland.
It was true that Bank of England notes were receivable in
liquidation of taxes in Ireland, but that only showed that
that which the bill proposed was reasonable.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not
consent, so far as he was concerned, to allow the house to
commit itself even in the abstract to the second reading of
this bill. It was a most difficult and delicate matter to
deal with the question of the currency, and with respect to
making the Bank of England note a legal tender in Ireland,
he thought at present the matter was quite impracticable,
because the directors of the Bank of England had not been
consulted whether they were favourable to an extension
of their business to Ireland, because if the house made its
note a legal tender in Ireland the Bank of England would
have to open offices where the notes could be changed, or
they would be at a discount. He objected to the second
reading of the bill.
After a few observations from Lord FERMOY and Mr.
BLACKBURN, the bill was withdrawn.
EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITU-
TIONS BILL.
Mr. LYGON moved the second rending of Bill, which
was one which was entirely confined to the interests of
the Church of England, and did not in the slightest degree
touch the rights of Nonconformists. The object of the bill
was to provide places of worship for public shools, alms-
houses,
Sir G. GREY regretted that the bill had not been
brought forward at an earlier period of the session when it
could have received that ample discussion to which it was
entitled, but be denied that there had been any complaint
in regard to Harrow and the other great schools, or any
case made out which would justify the Government in
bringing in a bill on the subject.
Mr. LYGON replied, and the house then divided, when
there appeared—
For the second reading 49
Against it 35
Majority —l4
Mr. LYGON said as the house had affirmed the princi-
ple of the bill he did not intend to proceed further with the
measure this session.
RAILWAY CLAUSES BILL.

On the motion for the recommital of this bill,
Mr. BASS said he strongly objected to the measure. It
was/one introduced at the instance of the railway magnates,
and one in which the interests of the public were alto-
gether disregarded. He would do all in his power to pre-
vent the bill receiving the sanction of Parliament.
A short discussion ensued, which ended in the with-
drawal of the bill.
PARSONAGES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The report of the committee on ways and means was
brought up and received.
EXCISE ACTS.
The report of the resolutions agreed to in committee was
brought up and agreed to.
COUNTY COURTS EQUITABLLE JURISDICTION
BILL:
The report of the resolutions for the increase of the
salaries of the county court judges was brought up and
agreed to.

THIRD READINGS.
The following public bills were read a third time with-
out discussion :—National Gallery (Dublin), Harwich Har-
bour, Carriers Act Amendment, Salmon Fishery Act
(1861) Amendment, Falmouth Borough, Peace Preserva-
tion (Ireland) Act (1856) Amendment.
ULSTER CANAL TRANSFER BILL.
The amendments to this bill were consitred and agreed
to.
WAR DEPARTMENT (TRAMWAY) DEVON BILL.
The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed
to.

INDEMNITY BILL.
Mr. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a bill to indemnify
such persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to
qualify themselves for offices and employments, and to ex-
tend the time limited for those purpows accordingly.
The bill was read a first time.

NEW YORK, June 10, Morning.

A great fire has taken place at Nashville, which, it
is estimated has caused the destruction of $10,000,000
worth of Government stores. Contradictory ac-
counts have been received as to the cause of the
conflagration.
It is stated, from a reliable source, that the whole
of Georgia is in a starving condition.
The Toronto Leader declares that Merritt's testi-
mony given during the secret sitting of the Con-
spiracy trials contains the glaring misstatement that
Clay was present in Montreal in Februa:y last.
W. IL Carroll writes that the testimony of
Sandford and Connover concerning him is a wilful
perjury in every particular.
The Georgia journals state that the negroes re-
fuse to work, and are committing robberies and
outrages.
The Nassau Admiralty Court has discharged the
steamer Alexandria with a caution. She was seized
upon suspicion of being a Confederate cruiser.
Semi-official depatches from Washington doubt
the statement that Juarez had left Chihuahua.
The Teutonia, City of Baltimore, and Helvetia,
sailing hence to-day, takes out $BOO,OOO in specie.

THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—The
widow of the Duke of Northumberland has intimated
her wish to give to the National Lifeboat Institution the
cost of a lifeboat, its equipment, and transporting-carriage,
in memory of her late husband, who was for many years the
president of the Lifeboat Institution, and who took much
interest in its objects. The duchess added that she would
like the lifeboat to be called the Algernon and Eleanor—
their united names, and suggested that it might be placed
on the Northumberland coast, the native county of the late
duke.

A Russian journal, the Northern Post, relates
that the wife of a peasant named Moltchanow, of Tzvetow,
in the Government of Koursk, recently gave birth to a son,
on the following day to a son and a daughter, and three
days after to another daughter. The second boy died, and
the mother also at the accouchement ; the three other chil-
dren are still living.
The Courrier de Lyon states that a strike of
journeymen dyers of that city has led to some arrests, in
consequence of the men attempting to prevent a workman
from going as usual to the factory of M. Michel at La-
Quarantine. Similar attempts having been made at another
factory in the Rue Bugeaud, several arrests were made
there also.

A considerable quantity of snow, accompanied
by great cold, fell on the 12th inst. at Gottesgab, a Bohe-
mian village on the Erzegebirge. Snow also fell the same
day at Trantenag, on the Giant-Mountains, in the same
country.
The Unita Cattolica, of Turin, has sent to the
Pope, on the occasion of the Whitsuntide holidays, a
sum of 90,000 fr., as well as a casket of jewellery and other
valuable objects.
I VRON-PLATED SHIPS AND BATTERlES.—Yesterday
a return was issued from the Admiralty, which shows that
the country now has 26 iron-plated ships afloat, and six in
process of building. There are are also five floating bat-
I teries, making 37 in all of this modern class of vessels.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—Within an interval of
a few months six or seven of the attendants in the British
Museum have been carried off by death. This high rate of
mortality is attributed to the overheating of the apartments,
and the long hours of close confinement without any oppor-
tunity of breathing a purer atmosphere, the liberty of leav-
ing the building during refreshment hours having been re-
cently withdrawn. A rumour has reached us that this dis-
astrous mortality amongst the humbler officials is likely to
attract the humane consideration of the trustees, and to
cause the obnoxious prohibition to be rescinded.
GAS IN THE CITY.—The several petitions against
the present quality and price of gas having been
referred to a special committee, the committee, in reply,
recommends that an effort should be made to obtain some
alteration of the Gas Act of 1860. But as this solution of
the matter seems unsatisfactory, a motion has been put
before the Court of Common Council to return the report
of the committee, with instructions to obtain power for the
Corporation either to contract for the supply of gas or to
manufacture the gas, as is done by tha corporations of
Manchester and other towns.
The Count Cavour, a Turin journal, has published
an address of the Italian press to President Johnson,
begging him to accord a general amnesty to all the Con-
federates without distinction.
The Hampshire Chronicle states that Gladiateur
will run at Stockbridge races. These races will take place
on the 28th, 29th, and 30th inst. In consequence of the
Andover and Redbridge Railways assing through Stock-
bridge an immense concourse of psons will, it is expected,
be present at the races.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAsT EVENING,

The LORD CHANCELLOR. took his seat on the woolsack
at five ()Mock.
PARTNERSHIPS AMENDMENT AOT BILL.
Lord ST. LEONARDS presented a petition from the
Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, praying that provi-
sions for the registration of special partnerships be 'in-
cluded in the bill.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following• bills were read a second time :—Barry
Railway ; Carnarvon and Lla.nberis Railway ; Carnarvon-
• shire Railway ; Drayton Junction Railway ; Dumfries-
shire Roads; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Dee
Valley Branch); Newry and Greeno Railway ; Port
Glasgow Pollee and Water ; Skipton and Wharfdale
Railway; West Riding and Grimsby Railway; Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway : and Stonehguse and Nailsworth
The following bills were a third time and passed:—Rat-
tray's Estate ; Cromford and Belper Road ; Manchester
Corporation Water; Heysham Pier; Rickmansworth, '
Amersham, and Chesham Railway ; Sutherland Railway ;
Barnstaple Roads; Crays Gas; and Belfast New Streets.
RAILWAY DEBENTURES, &c., REGISTRY BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill, and the
different clauses were agreed to.
The house then resumed.
PUBLIC HOUSE ACT (1864) AMENDMENT BILL.
The report of the amendments on this bill was brought ,
up.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that the bill
would act with groat hardship on a very large and indus-
trious portion of the community, including the market gar-
deners, who had to rise unusually early, and who neces-
sarily required refreshment at the hours when public
houses would be closed. He considered that the bill was
most arbitrary in its character, and vested the police with
a judicial authority which was never contemplated when
they were origißally constituted. He referredto large towns
to show the injurious operation of certain provisions of
the bin, and moved that clause 5 be re-inserted, so as to
give the power of granting all licences in special cases to
magistrates sitting in Petty Session instead of to the
police.
Earl GRANVILLE said there was no doubt as to the
principle of the bill, but the clause in question would natu-
rally affect its operation.
The Earl of DERBY said that there was more objec-
tion in fact to the form in which the bill was presented
than to the principle. Tho act of last year was intended
to apply to London alone, and he believed it had effected
much benefit. It appeared from the statement of the noble
marquis (Clanricarde) that there was a class who suffered
from the power vested in the police, with regard to whom it
was desirable that the licensing power should be entrusted
to the magistrates. He had great respect for the police,
but he did not consider a chief of that body a person to be
clothed with the powers given him under the bill, and he
knew a case in which a chief constable had announced that
he would not grant a special license under any circumstances.
No doubt that was an exceptional case, butlt showed how
authority might be abused.
Earl GRANVILLE suggested that the license in Lon-
don should be given to the police, and in the countiy to
the magistrates.
The clause was then reinserted, with an understanding
that another clause would be inserted embodying the
suggestion of Earl Granville.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to.
LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS BILL.
This bill went through committee.
ADMIRALTY ACTS REPEAL BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
DOCKYARD PORTS REGULATION BILL.
This bill was fetid a second time.
Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned.

HOUSE OF COAMONS—LAST EVENING.
The Smaczn. took the chair at 20 minutes past 1%
FIRE BRIGIDE (METROPOLIS) BILL.

In clause 11,

Mr. BARING moved to add the following words to the
clause :—" Provided that any insurance company which at
the time of the passing of_ this act contributes to the ex-
penses of the said fire engine establishment may, in re-
spect of all payments to be made by it in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, but not after-
wards, contribute after the yearly rate of thirty-five
pounds in one million pounds of the business in respect of
which it contributes to the said fire engine establishment
for the present year according to a return which has been
furnished to the chairman of the said Metropolitan Board,
instead of in the manner in this act provided."
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. AYRTON objected altogether to the clause. Ue
believed it had been slipped into tho bill by some of the
companies in order that they might escape their just amount
of taxation.
The committee divided upon the proposition.

Ayes
Noes
Majority
The amendment WiLS then agreed to ; and the clause was
also agreed to.
Clauses up to 15 inclusive word then agreed to.

Ou clause 16,

Mr. BLACKBURN said by the clause it appeared that
the quota to be paid by the Government offices was
£lO,OOO. Instead of that he thought that the Government
property should be assessed at the rate of.:dne halfpenny in
the pound levied' upon all property rated t 6 the relief of the
poor.

Mr. BARING opposed the amendment.
After a short discussion the amendment was rejected.

On clause 17 being proposed,

Mr. CLAY moved that the following words be added t 4
the clause :—That the proportion of any such payment by
the overseer of any parish which shall be attributed to
rates paid by any water company in respect of thoirPes
or Works may be deducted by such water company out' of
the next payment of rates demanded by such overseer, and
shall be allowed by him accordingly.
Mr. BARING opposed the amendment.
Mr. 11. LEWIS also opposed the amendment. He said
the water company had got acts of Parliament such as
they never would succeed in getting at the present time,
and they used the public most mercilessly. He for 0130
would be glad of any opportunity that would lead to the
breaking up of the monopoly.
The amendment was negatived, and tho clause was or-
dered to stand part of the bill.
Mr. AYRT ON moved the following clause :—T he Board
shall maintain as many steam fire-engines on the River
Thames, within the limits of the metropolis, as may by
them be deemed necessary as part of the said Fire Brigade,
the Conservators of the River Thamea paying out
of the funds in their hands, to the said Board, the
snu of £3,000 annually, provided they had a sustillus,
The Conservancy Board, ho believed, spent_all the re-
venue they received ; but if their accounts were watched
by the Metropolitan Board they would soon have a sur-
idue instead of deficit. They kept a eiteamboat to go up
and down the river, and he did not see why they should
not be called upon to contribute to the fund. •
Mr. BARING objected to the additional clause, because
there was no aurplua or fund out of•vrhich it could be paid.
The ptoposition Nvas negatived without a division.
The preamble was then agreed to, and the bill was re-
ported with amendments.

HARWICH HARBOUR BILL.

This bill passed through committee and was reported.

CARRIERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.

This bill passed through committee without amendment.
ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) BILL.

The houso went iuto committee on this bill.
Lord ELC.IIO moved that the Chairman report pro-
gress.

Alto.; a abort discussion, in which Mr. BLACKBURN and
Mr. STIRLING took part, the bill was virtually withdrawn.
The sitting of the house was then suspended.
The house resumed at six o'clock.
BRIGANDAGE IN ITALY.

Mr. 0. STANLEY asked the Under Secretary of State
if any communications had taken place between the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Italian Govern-
ment with regard to the detention of an English gentle-
man by the brigands.
Mr. LAYARD said the accounts which had appeared in
the papers last week were an entire fable. ' There was not
the slightest foundationfor the statements which had been
made public. Her Majesty's Government had been in con-
stant communication with the Italian Government on the
subject, and the Italian Government were doing all they
could to procure Mr. Moens's release. News had reached
theF°r6gll-offlce to-day that the camp of the brigands had
ueen captured, and that the chief himself was among those
captured.

Mr. LIDDELL asked CHINA.
the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether any communications had passed
between the Foreign..omoe and her Majesty's representa-
tive in China, relative to the Permission said to hale been
given by the Chinese Government to its subjects to own
foreign vesselsandsailtbemuuder the Chinese flag ; and
with a view of affording
whether,herMajesty's
protection to the crows
and cargoes of such vessels,
Government an-
ticipates the necessity of any increaseof our
nasal forces
in Chinese waters, or whether the protection be
left exclusively to the Chinese Government, e
and all l
al flagrisks
attending such trade, coasting orotherwise, left to be borne
by such Chinese owners.
Mr. LAYARD said ho had seen a report to that effect in
the newspapers, but no official information on the subject
had been received by the Government.
- THE TRUCK ACT.

In reply to Sir R. CLIFTON,
Mr. M. GIBSON said it WItS not his intention to intro-
duce a bill to remedy the hardn'ships said to have been in-
flicted by the Truck Act, as ha hadnat received any repre-
sentations on the subject.
LIEUT. JOHNSON AND THE ARGENTINE
REPUBLIC.
Admiral WALCOTT asked if any particulars had been
received by the GavernmeDt respecting the arrest of Skutt.
j-
ohnson on the south-east coast of America.
Mr.
LAYARD said the occurrence to Which th 9 gallant

admiral alluded took place at Buenos Ayres. It apreared
that Lieut. Johnson heard screams issuing from a house

which ho was passing, and on entering the o 1 lishment
he found two men in mortal conflict. lie fin ately in-
terfered, and wrenched a pistol from one of t e men. Some
watchmen then came in, and seeing a ma i wounded, and

another standing near him, they seiz eat. Johnson,
beat him severely, and carried him off top ::• n. A complaint
was at once made to the Argentine Government, who ad-
_ _

mitted that a gross assault had been perpetrated, and

expressed their regret at the occurrence.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION (IRELAND).
The O"DONOGIME moved an humble address to the

Queen, respecting that conscientious objections to the pro-

'sent system of university education in Ireland prevented a
largo number of herllajesty's subjects from. enjoying the

advantages of university education, and praying that such

steps might be taken as would remove this grievance. 'Abe

hon. member observed that the Roman Catholics of Ireland
numbered four millions and a half, yet they had no uni-
versity of their own, or any institution for education of a
high order. Their position in this respect was, indeed, one
of grievous inferiority ; but they had no desire to deprive
their Protestant countrymen of the advantages they en-
joyed. They only asked to be placed upon a footing of
equality with their fellow subjects in England, and their
follow subjects and co-religionists in the colonies. At pre-
sent there were only two great educational institutions in
Ireland—the one being Trinity College, Dublin, the other
the Queen's University. But the former was restricted to
the education_ of Protestants, and the latter had turned out
a lamentable failure ; for at Belfast it was only of use to the
Presbyterians, and at Galway and Cork it merely supplied
a third-rate medical education. He called upon the house,
then, to respect the rights of conscience, and to remove
disabilities which were at once injurious to the Roman
Catholics, a blot upon the reputation of England, and un-
worthy the generous and enlightened spirit that had
governed the legislation of modern,times.
Mr. BAGWELL seconded the motion.
Sir G. GREY complimented The O'Donoghue upon the
moderate tone which ran through his speech, and expressed
the readiness of the Government to assist in remedying any
well proved grievance of any portion of her Majesty's sub-
jects. With regard to the Queen's Colleges, the object of
their establishment was to afford the best secular education
irrespective of distinctive religious creeds, means being
provided, however, for the voluntary instruction in reli-
gion of the students ; thus bringing together young men
of different creeds, who had previously been separated by
strong animosities, in honourable rivalry and emulation.
He regretted the decided opposition which those colleges
had received from the Roman Catholic hierarchy, and that
some Protestants also looked upon them with distrust,
because the system was an enlightened one, that was cal-
culated to confer very great benefit on Ireland ; and he
thought the hon. member had considerably exaggerated its
failure. To grant a charter for a Roman Catholic univer-
sity, with power to confer degrees, was objectionable on the
ground that by multiplying these bodies they ran the risk
of having different standards and that the degrees would
lose their value. The best course would, in his judgment,
be to enlarge the powers of the Queen's University, amend
its charter so as to remove the restriction which now pre-
vented it from granting degrees to any students but those
who had passed through one of its colleges, and so plate it
upon the same footing as the University of London.
Mr. WHITESIUE believed that if the views of the
mover of tho resolution were carried into effect, it would
reverse the whole policy advocated by the late Sir Robert
Peel, Sir J. Graham, and every person who sat on the
Treasury NA:eh for the last 15 or 20 years. There was no
doubt that the Queen's Colleges were condemned by the
head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, Dr. Cullen ;
but before they were founded as eminent and learned a
• man as ho, namely, Dr. Crolly, the Roman Catholic Primate
of Ireland, endeavoured to persuade the commissioners,
• when thfey were in search of a site, to establish a college at
Armagh, on the ground that it would prove most useful
and beneficial to the Roman Catholics. Disguise it 118 they
might the motion pointed.clearly to a charter for a Roman
Catholic college ; but as sure as that charter was granted
so sure would the threat uttered by the Archbishop Legate
be fulfilled. The sacraments of the Church would be with-
held from all who sent their children to any other than to
that college, which would then be completely under his
control. The object of the motion was, in short, to separate
the youth of Ireland into two classes ; the Protestants
would be sent to the University of Dublin, and the Roman
Catholics to the newly chartered college. Believing, there-
' fore, that it would introduce a dangerous principle ho
should vote against the motion. _ _ _

Mr. 3iIONSELL accepted the compromise offered on be
half of the Government.

Mr. lIENNESSY supported the motion, and expressed
dissent from the view taken by Mr. Monsell.
The motion was supported by LordDrxxEmx, and Mr.
O'REILLY, whilst approving of the principles of the motion,
was, nevertheless, willing to accept the proposal of the
Government.

Mr. NEWDEGATE was amazed at the announcement
made by the Home Secretary, that the Government were
in favour of establishing a Roman Catholic University in
Ireland. If they really entertained that intention ho hoped
thty would furnish the house with the details of the ar-
rat]gement which they contemplated, for if concession was

ile ' vitable the house ought at least to know what was to bo
needed: He apprehended that it would only lead to
rther demands.
inThe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon.
ember had put an erroneous construction upon the speech
lof Sir G. Grey, who had distinctly stated that the Govern-
ment did not intend to charter a Catholic university. All
they proposed to do was to remove a positive disability-on
account of religious opinions under which Roman Catholics
laboured; and he denied that the Queen's Colleges wore
founded as a perfect syltem. On the contrary, the late Sir
R. Peel had brought them forward as an experiment, and
justified the step by the peculiar and unfortunate character
of the religious differences which existed in Ireland. The
proposition glanced at by his right hon. friend would
simply place the Roman Catholics of Ireland in the same
position of facility and advantage with regard to academical
degrees as that in which the Roman Catholics of England
had been placed for many years, without exciting
alarm or dissatisfaction or doing injury to their Protestant
fellow-subjects.
Mr. HENLEY expressed ahope that the scheme sketched
out by the Government would be well-considered, in order
to see whether it would meet an acknowledged want. He
rejoiced at the probability of the denominational system.
Mixed education meant education without religion, and he
hoped the day would come when the mixed system would
be swept away altogether.
Sir G. I3OWYER regarded the proposal of the Govern-
ment as a step in the right direction ; but argued that as a
Catholic country Ireland was entitled to have a Catholic
university of her own. No other system wouldgive satin-
' faction to the bishops and clergy of that Church.
Mr. Moore (Tipperary), Mr. Btaepoole, Dr. Brady, and
Mr. Lefroy also took part in the debate.
The O'DONOGHUE, in reply, admitted that the scheme
indicated by the Government, if properly developed, might
be worthy of consideration, and, thanking them for the
candid manner in which they had met his motion, he con-
sented to its withdrawal.
SECRET SERVICE MONEY.

Mr. D. GRIFFITII moved for -a
return of the sums

which had been paid out of the secret service money by
the Treasury to each of the Secretaries of State on his
declaration in each year during the last ten years, together
with the amount of the balance of such secret service money
remaining in the hands of any department of the Govern-
ment at the end of the year. He observed that he did not
wish to know anything about the appropriation of the vote,
which amounted to £32,000, kit that it had come to his
knowledge that the greater portion of it passed through
the hands of the Foreign Secretary.
Mr. VANCE seconded the motion, and urged that in
these days of frank and honourable diplomacy the vote
should disappear altogether from the estimates.
Mr. F. PEEL replied that the financial accounts would
show the balance of the vote which remained in the Ex-
chequer year by year, and that with regard to its principle
they either should have secrecy in its application, or have
no grant at all. The law which governed its application
was the bill of 1782, which was drawn by Mr. Burke him-
self, and they had the declaration of the Secretary of State
that the provisions of that law were strictly observed.
Mr. D. GRIFFITH having submitted that there was no
analogy between the circumstances of 1782 and those of
the present time,
The house divided—

Ayes lB
Noes 45
Majority against the motion
BANK NOTES ISSUE (SCOTLAND).

Upon the motion of Mr. BLACKBURN, and in com-
mittee of the whole houso, the chairman was directed to
move the house that leave be givon to bring in a bill to
amend the law relative to the issue of bank-notes in
Scotland.
COMPOUND SPIRITS WAREHOUSING.

Upon the motion of Mr. F. PEEL, in committee of the
whole house, the chairman was directed to move the house
that leave be given to bring in a bill to permit the ware-
housing of compound spirits.
The Local Government Supplemental (No. 5) Bill was
read a second time ; and the Salmon Fishery Act (1861)
Amendment Bill, as amended, was considered.
TURNPIKE TOLLS ABOLITION BFLL.

Mr. WHALLET moved the the second reading of this.
Sir G. GREY said it would be impossible to pass the bill
through Parliament during the present session, and ho
therefore would advise the hon. gentleman to consent to
its withdrawal.
Mr. WUALLEY having consented,
The order for the second reading of the bill was dis-
charged.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ACT
(1864) AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. WHALLEY, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said the object of it was to repeal a clause which had
been surreptitiously introduced into a Government bill
which passed towards the end of last session. Tho clause
as it originally stood provided that if a landowner should
desire to make a railway through his own estate he should
itnot becompelled to apply to Parliament. Owing, however,
vth railway interest, a condition was inserted to tho