The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-09 00:00:00

Tn: 771:7,..777 ATLANTIC CABLE

BREST, July).
Colonel T. G. Glover, R.E., telegraphs as fol.

lows :

"At 8 a.m., ship's time, all going on well on
board Great Eastern. Mr. May reports testa very
satisfactory. Speaking signals from sbip excellent,
but she still rolls heavily."
Despatched at 1 p.m., Greenwich time.

BRAZIL.

LIVERPOOL, July 9.

The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Com-
pany's steamer Donati arrived here to-day. Hu-
dates are—Santos, June 9 ; Rio, 10 ; St. Vincent,
24 ; and Lisbon, July 4.
At Rio, no transactions had taken place in pro-
duce, and a few only in Exchange.
Since the Onei la left sovereigns were firmer, at
13 milreis. Two hundred reis bills were in the
market at 181 to a.

IMPERIAL PARLIA SENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tiers EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

The Commons' amendments to the Park Gate Marriages
Bill were considered and agreed to.
IRISH CHURCH BILL.

Earl GRANVILLE brought up the report of the com-
mittee on this bill, and moved that it be received.
The Earl of CARNARNON moved that the date of the
time for the bill coming into operation should be altered
from January, 1872, to 1871, as he considered it would be
unwise to persevere with the amendment that had been
made, because the more delay that was made in bringing
the bill into operation, the more difficult would be the
operation.
The Earl of LONGFORD said he did not agree with his
noble friend. He thought the amendment that had beeu
made a very judicious one, and he hoped it would not
be altered.

Lord CAIRNS said under the circumstances he thought
it would be as well if the date was made the Ist of May,
1871, and he hoped the noble earl would not object t.)
adopt that in place of the Ist of January, 1872.
The suggestion of Lord Cairns was agreed to.
_ .

Earl GiaIsTVILLE said there was another amendinent
which he thought was very objectionable, viz., that en-
abling the Irish bishops to retain their seats in the house
after the Church of Ireland had been disestablished. He
would not himself move that it be struck out of the bill,
but if any noble lord made such a motion he would support
him.

Lord REDESDALE said he had bad an amendment on
that part of the bill. He thought the provision of th
bill as it left the House of Commons was a decided breach
of the privileges of their lordships' house, and if the
house accepted the bill in that form, it would prove a very
dangerous precedent.
The amendment made by their lordships was retaiLed
and the clause agreed to.
Earl STANII OPE then moved to insert a clause after
clause 68, the effect of which was that compensation should
be paid by the commissiorere to the trustees of the Ob-
servatory at Armagh, as the lease they at present held of
the Carlingford tithes after the passing of the bill would
be extinguished. It had been renewed year by year since
1794, and ho hoped that under the circumstances the
Observatory had done good service to the cause of science,
to objection would be offered to his amendment.
Lord DUFFERIN said it was quite out of the power of
the Government to accept such a proposal.
Lord REDESDALE thought the amendment bad the
general approval of the house, and therefore he hoped it
would be accepted by the Government.
Earl DE GREY said if the Observatory had a valid
claim to compensation Government were not indisposed
to take the matter into consideration, although the amend-
ment was not inserted in the Lill.

[LEFT SITTING. 1

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TMs EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, the pro-
ceedings were confined to the amendment of the various
clauses, and they occupied the entire of the sitting up to
the hour at which it was suspended.

LONDON GAZETTE—Ths Evening.

ADMIRALTY, JULY 6.

Lieutenant Harcourt Theme's Gammell has this day
been promoted to the rank of Commander, with seniority
of the 2d July, 1869.
John James Pearce Hitehfield, Esq., has been promoted
to the rank of Staff Commander in her Maje.ity's Fleet.