The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-26 00:00:00

BANKS.

The CHANCELLOR of tWeEXCIIEQUER said ho
could not assent to the request to allow the ordinary
savings banks to receive the same amount from a single
depositor as he allowed the post-office savings banks. The
interest paid by the Government to the ordinary savings
banks was£:.; ss. and the post-office savingsbanks.£2, 10s.,but
with the former there \‘'ls no guaranteed security, whilst
with the post-office savings banks there was the security
of the Government. lie did not mean to say that the
depositors in ordinary savings banks were not en-
titled to every consideration, but he thought
that, considering the largo sums that had been lost in
ordinary savings banks by poor people, and that frauds
might still be perpetrated by the dishonest iu the manage-
ment of those establishments, he did not feel disposed
to extend the power that they possessed.
RATING OP MINES.

Mr. BRUCE informed C'ilonel buncombe, that a bill for
the rating of mines would very shortly be introdued.
POSTAL COMMUNICATION.

The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he was in com-
munication with the Great Western Railway with a vie w
of improving the conveyance of letters from the midland
counties to the western counties of South Wales.
STORAGE OF SALTPETRE.

Mr. CARDVETEldoiniedlidlinQEtwrence that
the Government bad come to the determination of remov-
ing all saltpetre stored in private warehouses.
. THE IRISH CHURCH.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
Mr. DISRAELI said he had some amendments to make
to most of the clauses, but be must be permitted, before
doing so, to refute the charges which had been
blade against those who had made amendments to the
bill on his side of the house. His great desire, and those
also who acted with him, was that the revolutionary and
unconstitutional change which the bill made should be s o
arranged that the shock it would occasion should not be
too serarely felt by the laity. (Hear, hear.) The amend-
ments %ley had placed upon the paper were not for the
purpe.se of obstruction, but simply to carry into effect the
yronuses made by the Prime Minister last session.
(LEFT SITTING.

THE PORTSMOUTH REVIEW-IMS DAY.

(By TELEGRAPH.)
PORTSMOITTH, NOOII.
The review will be a great success. The arrival
of visitors is very great, and the different regiments
have arrived in fine order.

The weather is all that can be desired, and the
ships under Captain Courtenay—viz., Scorpion
(turret ship), Stanch, Stork, Fancy, Pheasant, Ear-
nest, and Hind--are all in position.
The programme will be carried out ;in alt its
entirety.
The operations will consist mainly of the attack
and defence of Southeea Cattle, and the fh.et will
co-operate with the attacking party.

MADAME TUSSACD.S.—Among the modtls of acme
of the mobt notorious criminals iu the annals of crime, and
which ham been added to the Chamber of Horrors, Baker-
street, is one of William Sheward, who, a few days since
suffered the extreme penalty of the law for the only bruta
murder of his wife, some eighteen years ago, at Norwich
and who confessed to mutil sting his victim in a most dis-
gusting manner. _ .

„
lEGEAN.—The prominent position of this horse
for the Chester Cup is warranted by the fact of his
'baying been highly tried 'lately with Bluesk'n, Lftncet
altd Birthday.