The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1169.

SHARE LIST,

ORDINARY stiA;tES AND STOCKS.

ihare Railways. Paid. Closing Business
Price. done.
at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 78 82
st Caledonian —.... 100 81l 824 €2 3
st Cambrian. • . lOO 18 23
20 Cornwall all 2 3}
at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81
et Dun„l'erth,&Ab.Junc lOO 70 72
2) East London all 7 9
20 Do 15
2) Do . 10
at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 98 100
at Great Eastern .. .00 421 43 421 I
at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 t 0 7 9
at Urce.t North of Scotland lOO 15 16
at Great Northern lOO 112 113 113
at Do. A stock lOO 1111 112
~.1.111
at Do, B ;took lOO 125 1:7
Bt GtB, anti W. 01 Ireland lOO 98 109
a: (it. Wet,tern -Original lOO 504 51 534 &
at DO. Soot:t !Vales
ti Do. W. Mid.—Oxlortf lOO '4B - 9
at Do. Newport ,CO 1:8 '4l
tit Lancannire & l'erlishirf) lOO 30 304
at Lon., Brigh.,& 6.t.10a5.t ll2O 514 52/ 52} i
0) Do Scrip -
at lon., Chat., and Dover.. Ivo 174 18
st 1./0. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100
at Lon. A North IVesterz:.. 1120 1;1)4 20
2t Lou. A South IVeatern.. 100 9. 93 92
at Man., SW., 12 Lincoln.. 11,0 4.c. 49 494 i
at Metropolitan ..... ..... 1120 11 41 1 11 112
at Do ExtensiJa .. .. 100 1,.51 1' ('.l
10 t/). iNetv rd .. .. 10 10 1 4 10
st Metropolitan District. alt 53 57
10 Metrop. St. John's NI co 1 6 -
at M,..,24.0
at uo, ilirmin. A D4rbj IOU 85 ES
st N )rth Britian
st Do. Ed., 12th., A von .. 10..)
at 7 or. Slastern— Berwitit.. 110 103 1001 16 I
25 Do, 1. N.E purelthst .. :6 13.4 -
at Do Leeds .. ....... ILO 19 Cl
st Do York
st Do Carlisle .... • 1(0 125 130
at Do Stood. & Darling llO 1(3 132
st North London
10 Do New 1808. ... 2 11 2 p
at North Staffordshire...". 100 53 60
at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105
10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... . .
at R hymney
st Shropshire Union lOO 59 60
st South Devon ..
at South Eastern lOO 821 83 824 •
at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13
at 'tau Vale lOO 145 150
• - Do. 4.; .. • .
15ateriord & Kilkenny lOO --
10 Waterloo & Whiteha,l 0

RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS.

, .
st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88
st Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO ... ..,
st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... ..•
st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... ...
st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... ...
st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82
st Do. Midland
st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... ...
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent ,gua all ... ...
sta Dundee, rerth, and Aber-
deen Junction lOO 105 107
st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ~. ...
at GOas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... ...
st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102
st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102
st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108
st Du East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103
st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ...
at Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... ...
st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103
at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71
at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... ...
at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... ~.
st Great Not thern, 5 per cent 10 , ... ...
st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ...
st Do 41 do do do 100 ... ...
st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... ...
St Do Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ._
ati Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ...
sti Great South. and Western
(Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 06 97
at] Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Rent
chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 105
st Do. Orig. (B. IH. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100
st Do do 41 per cent. 1850... 100 87 89 78
st Do do 4 do do
st Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 93 97
st Do do Birmingham gua 100 63 70
st Do do do pref... 100 ... ...
st Do do Chester gua lOO 72 73
at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... . .
st Do do do ti do 100 95 100
at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ...
st Do do 43 p.c lOO ••• •••
st Do do 41 1859 lOO ... ...
st Do do 5
st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 114 116
st Do do 2d gua, lOO 110 112
at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 92 91
st Do do '2d do 100 DO 103
at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ...
100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4,1. p.c. all ... ...
st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135
st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 ...
...
st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135
st Do 41 (Blackburn perch). 100 vs 102
st London I Brighton, sp. c.
guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ,„ .„
at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ...
st Do 6 do do lOO ... ..,,
st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... ...
st Do 7 per cent lz,o ... „.
st Do 6 do (W.E. I Cr.) 100 ..„ ...
at Da 4 do 1859 lOO 440 •••
st London, Chatham, & Dover
5 per cent lOO ..• ... 47
st London and 11. W., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 I 111
at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ...
...
st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ... ...
st Loudon and S.-W. 7 p,c
late 3d shares, lOO 145 150
2s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... ...
st Man., Slid., / Lilian. 6 p.c lOO 11 a 117
6 Do £6 all par Ipm
st Do 31- per cent lOO 60 65
10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... ...
st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140
st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.( i;;f;
at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 100 102
st; Do 4.1 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 1,2
st Do Leicester &ffchu. 4W.c lOO VO 92
at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ... „.
Si Do E. &G.4p.c. S. I D lOO
st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceti.t lOO ...
•••
si
tt
ND i!-EBaoLLel errn—c Union,oitHa.
15411:p.
e. c 1001,)0 ..8;,..;
8. ..1
at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97
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Staffordshire
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Hartlepool
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purchase.s'
(pts
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1081980; t
811.1.(31i1,
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ll 209 21010. ,
1 01.0 G s. I::t.Taa:tiis( :to:al:I:Az:, 10a
lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent
1.0.6) all 8
238'
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Waterford
:eta::
•rdee&nlit.inzenny, 1108°08° 14 r.; 1a 0:
at Do Fixed 41 per cent
6pc 100 41 43
et Taff Vale No. 1

RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.

• -- - ----
With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year.

at Caledonian 41 p c gua.
at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO
st Do 4i p irredeem all
st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65
st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81
st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 L 0 911
at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 81 90
st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 83
st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO
st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO
st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100
st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100
st Do Joint perpe. 5p c,1865 100 86 80
st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 107
20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 194 201
st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO
45 Lane. and York. New 41 per
cent till July, 1871 2 I 1
st Loud., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1858 100 ...
st Du du 4 do, 1860 100
st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ...
st Do do 41 do, 1863 100
st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 •
st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• •••
st Do No. 7 sdo
st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c
st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 ...
Do du C 6 p.e
...
st Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110
st London &S. -Western, 41 p c 100 91 96
10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all 881
st; Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... 103
st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 104 HO
13
st B 5 du
Do spc opt. to cony. to 100 108 110
Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip
18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 1 fp
22 Do 5p c con. into Old
Stk., Aug. 31, 1872..,,•, 81 1 11/3 101
st North Britten, E. and G
No. 1, 5 per cent 100
st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100
at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100
st Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 P.o ..• 100
st
p
st DDD
000
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&&B
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.5r.:
tn(
or 4.
da.
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rpD4,
elleBep.
.6n.
..o2t
111100000
5:1
159.1:
,73.•5t
511
at
h
st
102 104
Northst N
po(Max.roitStuck.
uoascnskptde.eorn
c,
e4.4i)per cent
100
st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO
DEoastern,
541 pdeo,
1861
110000
•••
st Do J
Do 5 do, 1861
st do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100
8'8! SouthViira St. &Pimlico, 44 pc 100

RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS!

st Birkenhead
100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103
at Buckinghamshire
~„
st Chester and Holyhead lOO at *,to
st Do. 51 per cent.
st Do. 5 do.
st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO .••
st Colchester Stour Valley
st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13:3 135
20 (}luster and Dean Forest all ...
sG t. Easu., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ...
s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 7i
st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72
st Gt. West, W. Mid., Ileref 100 96 07
50 Hull and Selby all 109 111
st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 227
st London and BlacklvaAl lOO 96 ,s
st Do. 41 per cent lOO
st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ...
st Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 ... ."'
st London and Greenwich
st Do. do. Preference lOO ...
st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 b 3
st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 84
st Do. du. 6 do.
51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 6 7„.
st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 94 95.
10 Mid Kent Cray Line)
50 Northeruk East.,s per cent all 53 ,56
SO Do. do. 6 do. all ...
..
st N. Eastern—klartlep00l
... ...
st N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c. 100 los iia
st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ~, . .
st Notting. &Granth. R. & C.— 100 92 94
'25 Preston and Wyre, all 4.1 46
... Royston, flitch.' and Shep IOU 133 136
st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 136
10 Do do 8 21 2,0?
st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100
st Do 4 per cent gua 10) 79 81
st Bo .5 do
st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180
st West Cornwall lass
................100 55 57
20 West Lyndon, Class A all I'3 11
20 Do do B all ... ...
20 Do do C all 61 7-. Z
st Weymouth and Portland
...
st Wilts and Somerset

DOCKS.

st East and West India lOO 116 120
st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 48 50
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all
Itlillwall Freehold Land
st Dock
1
st Southampton
at Surrey c9alzercivil OO 776
O. • •

J(NT-STOCK BANKS.

- -
Closing Business
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A. all 11 111 111 f
10 Do B. lO 4 41
50 Albion l5 6 4
100 Alliance, Limitel
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian,lim all 14 19
20 Anglo-Hungarial
20 Anglo-Italian 1816, limited 10 6 5
40 Australasian ....,....
20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 1:
20 Do issued at lpm ~.. 5 ... -••
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim
25 Bank of South Australia all 31 31
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zeeland all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, tnd China, all 201 211
25 Chartered INlerc. of India,
London, and China all 29 301
20 City
100 Colonial 25 3'J 41
10 Consolidated, limn.
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lint 5 11 03
20 English and American, lim 10 ... •••
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro limn lO ld pr
20 English, .7-coltish, and Ass
tralian Chartered
181 Hong Kong and Shaughtti
Bank Corporation ......
281 Do new .. 54 1 1 61
100 Imperial, limn 2O 17 14
20 Imperial Ottoinan .........
.5 lonian all 25 21
25 Do new 5 pr lit
20 End Mortgage of India, limn 4 34 3,1
100 Do sp. c. Debs.l46l, 30 all 76 71 78
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lit. 20 6 4
100 London and Brazilian, Ito. 45 32 28
20 Do new 71 61
100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 6 8
25 Do new 10 n It
20 London Chart, of Australia all 224 231
50 London and County ... 20 491 50t;
20 Do new is sat 20 p.m, 16 pl. 11 ... •••
50 London Joint 5t0ck......... 1 32 33 3.2; I
20 London and South African al 1 m 12
100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... •••
50 London & Venezuela; lim... 121
... • • •
100 London and Westminster 2O 61 63 63 I
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm _2o 53 61
100 Merchant, lint 25 6 4
10 Metropolitan, limn all 61 71
100 Midland, 1im..... ...........
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, /him l5 3 1 "
100 National Proviue. of Eng'd 42 ... "'lO Do ......
10 National. 3O 46 48
20 New South Wales all 42 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 51
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90
10 Do new.
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48 47
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Union of London l5 341 351 35 1

COLONIAL GOVNIMMAINT SECURITIES

Britiob Columbia, 0 per
0ent.,1872.... •••••••••• 100
Do. 1895. ...... • 110 -

. _
- Can•Gov.6p.c.Jan.w&July
1877-84 ...... • lOO 1054 1064 1051
Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO IC4 1(6
- Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106
Do. sp. 0. Jan.. July lO9 954
Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk lOO 00 92
Cape (4.110pe, 6 p.c.1573 lOO 102 104
Do.Apl.&001 1890-1900 lOO 111 113
Do. do 18E10-90 lOO 107 109
Do. Jan.&July. 1891 .••• 100 108 11e
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102
Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110
--Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107
- Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873.-
-- Jan. and July
Do. 1878 ...
Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108
Do. 1896, Feb. & Aug lO 106 108
Melbourne Corporate
1867-75, 6 per cent ..-.• 1(0 100 100
N.13.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&.luly .• 100 101 105 1041
Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct—. 100 _
Do ap c. May & 1 0 106 108
- N. S. W. 5 p .0., '7l to '74.. lou 99 1, 1
Do. 6 p.o. 1888 to 1896 lOO yo 108 994 9
- Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75..
- N.Zealand, 6p. 0t.1891.. 100
- Do. 6 per cent....
- DoJan,Aptl,July, 0 t... 100 931 044 93/
'Do 6p c. Mar Sz Sept '91.. 1(0 108 110
Do June & Deo , 1.91 •• • • ILO 109 ill
Do Prov. of Auck Id.
1.0
- c rie 31 &2, 1890..
- Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan...
. and Jnly. 1876
Do 1886.. ••••
Qneenalnd. 6p. c. 'B2 100 106 107 1061
Do 189 L . • .
Do. 6 p 0.1869..
Do. do. A 2 .... 100 108 110
Do rd. 1E93 ... ••• •• • • •• • • 100 107 108
Viotorl6 6,P•0• 1b91•••.,* 100 111 713

LIBERAL BANQUET AT CROYDON.

The Liberals of Croydon feasted themselves on Tuesday
to the number of 400. There were present Lord Hough-
ton, Lord Stratheden, the Right Hon. T. E. Headlam,
Mr. P. J. Locke King, M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P.,
Hon. Captain Egerton, M.P., Major Johnstone, M.P.,
Mr. C. W. Dilke, M.P., Mr. J. Hinde Palmer, M.P.
Mr. M'Arthur, M.P., Sir P. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Julian
Goldsmid, Mr. Leveson Gower, Sir C. W. Dilke, Mr.
Guildford Onslow, M.P., and Mr. C. Robarts.

Sir C. W. DILKE related how he had been converted
into a supporter of the Ballot. In canvassing Walling-
ford, which, though called a borough, was really an agri-
cultural district, the answer he got from at least one-third
of the whole district was, " I votes as master votes."
That was not a satisfactory answer to one who thought he
was canvassing for principle. More than once he asked,
"Have you no principles?" and the invariable response
was " None at all ; if I don't vote as master votes,
master gives me the sack." He (Sir C. Dilke) had been
a Radical all his life, though lie had never been in
favour of the Ballot until he canvassed an agricultural
constituency. lie now fi-lt that the Ballot was absolutely
necessary, and that they should have made no progress
by the measure oC last year until they obtained the Ballot.
Mr. HEArmiur, M.P.-, asked for indulgence for the
Government if they did not come quite up to expectation.
They had many difficulties to overcome. Among other
topics which must necessarily occupy their attention were
education, the devolution of landed estates, the adminis-
tration of the poor, the repression of crime, the laws which
regulated the sale of intoxicating drinks, and, greater
than all, the question of the Irish Church. The present
Parliament would make its mark in history,
Mr. LOCKE KING, M.P., spoke very bitterly against
Mr. Disraeli and the late Government, but thought he
done quite right to resign.

Mr. BUXTON, M.P., on the other hand, eulogised the
present Government. We had now a Government borne
to power by the irresistible will of the whole people—a
Government imbued with the spirit of the people; a
Government that would really express their mind and
judgment in its policy. One remarkable characteristic of
our present Administration was, it did not contain one or
two middle-class men, merely allowed to creep in under
the wing of their superiors, but the popular element was
its paramount and commanding element. Never was there
a time when harmony between the Government and the
nation was more essential. With regard to the
Irish Church, Mr. Buxton remarked : At a meeting
of Conservatives last week a hope was thrown
out that the House of Lords would step forward and
snatch the Irish Church from the fangs of the Liberal
party. They might depend upon it that the Lords would
not be so misguided as to adopt that sage advice.
If they did so, what must the result be ? It would
be like the gallant attempt made by an elephant in Ceylon
to stop a train by putting his head down and going full
butt against it. The hon. gentleman expressed his
cordial approval of the reduction policy of the Ministry.
The people of this country during the last two years had
felt what might almost be called the pinch of
poverty. Trade was still stagnant. Vast num-
bers of persons in every rank of life were out of
work. The profits both of commerce and agriculture had
been seriously curtailed. Local taxes had grown terribly
oppressive. Never would a relief from taxation be more
welcome than now, and yet he much feared that an increase
instead of a reduction of our burdens was before us on
account of the Abysinian war, the bills for which were now
coming in, and he lamented to say that instead of
£5,000,000 so repeatedly promised by the Conservative
Government as the outside ofita cost, it would amount to
little less than £10,000,000.

"MINISTERS OF ALL DE.NOMINATTGNS"
AT FISHMONGERS' HALL.

The Fishmongers' Company has been 'entertaining the
bishops, and ministers of dissenting bodies, at the Fish-
mongers' Hall. The guests included the Archbishop of
York, the Bishops of London, Oxford, Hereford, Ely,
Gloucester, and Peterborough; the Rev. Dr. Binney
(Independent), Archdeacon Hale, the Rev. Dr. Brock
(Baptist), Lord Bury, M.P., the Rev. Mr. Osborn (Yes•
leyan), Sir Robert Montgomery, Sir 'Thomas Hare, the
Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., the Hon. W. Brodrick, M.P.,
Mr. Campbell, M.P., Mr. IT. Edwards, M.P., Lord G.
Hamilton, M.P. The Archbishop of Canterbury was
absent through the death of one of his relatives.
There were speeches given in reply to toasts by the
Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Oxford, and
Peterborough, Dr. Binney, Dr. Brock, and Mr. Justice
Lush.

The Archbishop of YoRK, in the midst of some other
remarks on the House of Peers, said : I think any
Government might make more use of the House of Lords
than is at present made, for there is a class of cases, lying
a little on one side of the hurry and rush of politics, to
which that House is always ready and able to give grave
consideration. Questions connected with the welfare of
the poor, whether in regard to the welfare of the pauper
class or the education of the class immediately above it,
always seem to me to be handled in the House of Lords
in a wise and statesmanlike manner, and the reason why
we are so idle, if I may use the word, is that instead of
giving us the initiative upon these questions, the Govern-
ment of the day prefers that everything should originate
in the House of Commons, so that the hills come up to us
ready to pass, and in that state we have to view them for
the first time. But even then the bill often receives very
salutary treatment. It would be easy to mention many
measures which have been transformed or improved in the
House of Lords by that second consideration we are able
to give them there. The tree of liberty, under which we
so contentedly bask in this country, has grown up by
degrees, slowly and cautiously. We have never shrunk
from change on the one hand, but we have never shrunk
from caution on the other. The impulse towards change
comes naturally from the people ; the scrutiny of it comes
naturally from the House of Peers. I do not claim for
them a mere negative position—a position of veto. On
the contrary, I believe that although our share is the less
showy, and makes the less impression, it is an element in
all sound legislation; and, whether we be Liberal or Con-
servative, we ought to be most anxious to do nothing to
impair the efficiency of either House of Legislature. After
referring to the possibility of some change in the House of
Lords under the present Parliament, the Archbishop con-
cluded :—I, for my part, have no hesitation as a bishop of
the Church in this country in returning thanks for the
House of Peers, and I have no objection to say a word in
vindication of our position there ; and in presence of this
distinguished company I say I do not expect that upon
general political considerations we shall be asked to retire
from that House. We are, in fact, the truly liberal element
therein. We are the only life peers ; and, moreover, the
country stands by while we in the Church of England
have the great bulk of the religious teaching and educa-
tion of the country in our hands, so that we are not only
life, but in a great measure representative peers. There-
fore, standing in the House of Lords, representing great
and popular institutions, whatever the future may be, I
hope that no changes that may befall will ever weaken the
efficiency of the House of Lords as a substantial element
in this great and glorious constitution.
The Bishop of OXFORD, in responding for "The Bishop
and Clergy," thought there never was a time when the
ministers of the Church of England wcrked harder. The
clergy were working with all their might. And as to the
episcopate, from the Primate clown to the youngest
bishop, they were labouring as hard as men could work,
from the purest and most conscientious principles, and
deserved the kindly feeling which they uniformly expe-
rienced from their fellow-citizens. The time had passed
when men could mistake the clergy for the Church. The
clergy were the ministers of the laity for Christ's sake,
and the body of the Church must always be the laity.
In giving " The Ministers of all Denominations," the
PRIME WARDEN begged pardon of his right rev, guests
for thanking God that there would be no distinction
between archbishop, bishop, Wesleyan, Independent, or
Baptist in heaven.
Dr. BINNEY, in a humorous speech, declared there were
denominations—schools of thought—in the Church of
England as well as out of it, and went on to say : Three
young men commenced their careers in the Isle of Wight
together, and their names were Walter Farquhar Hook;
Samuel Wilberforce, who was a nice-looking, promising
young man, who made a good speech at one of his
(the speaker's) Bible meetings ; and Thomas Binney,
One had become a dean, the other a bishop, and the other
was on what some would call the shady side of the hedge ;
but ho did not regret it. (Loud cheers and laughter, in
which the Bishop of Oxford heartily joined.)
The Rev. Dr. BROCK told the bishops that they could
not get rid of the Nonconformists, nor the Nonconformists
of them ; they were all "in for it," and the coming
changes hat were so much talked about would affect the
one as much as the other. His belief was that they were
all not only " in for it," but fit for it.
Mr. Justice Lusu, representing the judges, congratu-
lated the judges and the public on the way in which his
learned brethren had carried out the Bribery Act.
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH referred to Ireland iu his
speech. He likened Ireland to an old woman in the
Dublin hospital. She was " bad in her inside," as Ireland
was said to he now, and saw with dismay all the students,
note-book in hand, round her bed. Turning to the head physi-
cian, she said, "Och, yer honour, shore all thine boys are
not going to dhoctor me at once I" He hoped any
remedial measures would begin, like hom ceopathy, with
the smallest dose. His idea of legislation for Ireland was
summed up in the words of the man who went about the
country with a happy family of birds and beasts. "What,"
said a gentleman, •• are the rules upon which you govern
them?" The man answered, " Well, sir, you see what I
does is this : fust of all I treats 'em well ; then I feeds 'em
well; then, sir, if they fights, I wallops 'em well." It
VW very much to be questioned whether these three
()per bons had not Jutinzlo INP, very Wr".4/-44Y