The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-26 00:00:00

X 0 N ARKBi

AND
COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCIS,

In the TWELVE O'CLOCK.
general discount market the supplies of
capital on offer are ample, but the demand for ac-
commodation is only limited ; the rates demanded
still ranging from 4 to i 4 per cent.
Notice has been given that 2,515 bonds, repre-
senting £72,760, of the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan
for £3,387,300, have been drawn for redemp-
tion at par on the Bth January next.
Anxiety is felt for the steamship Thunder, from
China for Calcutta. She has £53,000 of specie on
board.

The death of Mr. Welch Miller, insurance broker
of I.!oyd's, was announced yesterday. His affairs,
it will be remembered, were recently assigned to an
accountant for settlement, in consequence of his
Protracted illness.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets during
the last few days has been rather
inactive, although prices generally have remained
steady. In tea the operations have been extremely
restricted, a small quantity of Indian produce,
however, is announced for public competition
to-day. Sugars have been in very moderate
demand, but superior quantities have maintained
full values. Coffee has been in fair request, at about
late prices ; while in rice, cocoa, fruit, and spices,
the dealings have been to a fair extent, but have led
t.o no material change in values. Tallow has been
very moderate demand, and prices generally
nave shown a slight downward movement in all
positions.

It is satisfactory to notice that the reforms which
Were stated to have taken place in the management
of the Turkish Treasury begin to exhibit encourag-
ing results. Although this is only the month of
November we are informed that almost the whole
Of the funds required for the dividends and repay-
ruents due next January on the foreign debt of
Turkey are already in the hands of the Imperial
Ottoman Bank in London and Paris.

Messrs. Edward Lloyd and Co., merchants, 9,
Austinfriars, have suspended payment. The
liabilities estimated to rank against the estate are
about £30,000. It is expected that the assets' will
Show about 10s. in the pound. The stoppage has
been occasioned by the failure of a company that
was largely indebtei to the firm. The books have
been placed in the hands of Messrs. Coleman,
Taretiand, Young, and Co.
With regard to the tea trade Messrs. Hulbert and
Co. state that—" Since the date of our last circular
the tea market has remained in much the same quiet
state as then described. The only feature to ob-
serve has been the heavy clearance by the home
trade during the past week, in face of
the uncertainty regarding the mode • in which
the Chancellor of the Exchequer may seek
for funds to meet the cost of the Abyssinian
"Pedition. The duty payments for the week ending
19th instant represent a total exceeding 3,300,000
1
and privately business has, in consequence,
become somewhat contracted.
ees
andforei
elg\nV. J. and H. Thompson, in their colonial
Alth produce circular, state as follows :
0110 the state of political events on the conti-
:lent naprovement, ra Lnow more settled trade remains without
Securttohanrce being and Consols, as well as many other
ities, show a further decline. The produce
kote i+-
do not present any alterations of interest
steady, and operations decrease as
au!, end of the year approaches. Sugar suddenly
asu rather unexpectedly became quiet at the close
week, when the refiners again appeared
e. buers _r
have E
et West India. Low brown descriptions
raat ythe" a slight decline from the late enhanced
ee
'e:thern
ext attained, The stocks in all the ports have
diminished as the home deliveries keep very
to European beet sugar has not fallen in price
co ent likely to interfere materially with the
forneuraption of cane
grown. A reaction may there-
we he looked for unless the refined market is un-
depressed. Coffee is firmer. 110,000 bags
wevnat' Bcee sold at Amsterdam on the 20th instant,
The rather over the valuations.
r„, annexed letter has been published with re-
e_e e,
to ethi," Daria draughts of the Viceroy of Egypt,
en we alluded in our impression of yesterday—
" Sir e. "The Firse, Lee, Nov. 23.
that certain the 22d inst. it came to my knowledge..
.I,?ess tellire"4l° bias issued hy the Daira of his High.-
'Loudon- V, bills
of Egypt, and made payable in
CA.,e 'had_i been left. without provision.t
sores Zeuuent that this could but be he result of
llighe'"Llntiderstanding I at once telegraphed to his
‘7,,ef_e, and received the following answer s
teeoss'cuat instructions had been sent to 11essrin.
qtlestioe' ,Sons, and Co. to provide for the . bills
tole 'but out that, owing to the interruption of
clelay graphic
communication (now resumed), some
ottad unfortunately been occasioned.'
l‘tenae, receipt of this telegram I applied to Messrs.
tletaeti-e and Co. for its confirmation. These ge.n-
wi oula be once replied that the bills in question
410 are ;13,aid on application to Messrs. Barnett,
remain, Sir, aer:tnt't:' your most obedient
"'kgeelt • "JOHN W. LARLING,
in England for the Egyptian Government."
Alessr e same time a letter has been received from
statin ei• L Menasce, Sons, and Co., of Liverpool,
to £3: that the draughts in question, which amount
and '°o
,13, will he paid at Messrs. Barnett, Hoare,
du e o,!' 8) and that a further sure of £26,000 falling
h the Ist pros. will likewise be paid at that
With
to Pnb regard to Mexican Bonds we are requested
lish the following communication :
Ste To TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Messrslrlteres,..
.Irving and Slade having, in the
of State for principals., addressed the Secretary
ate for r
b °reign Affairs respecting the circular
which y the Mexican Government, a copy of
10se tahPPeared in the London Gazette of the 15th
etTlnieatienY, have been favoured with a reply coin-
leNelletee the purport of a despatch from. Mr..
:ieexieo her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires
.in
'aat `lPlanatory of the above circular, in which
reent Nieman
states that the Mexican Govern-
lleh b'ael decided not to admit the validity of
~e,.11(3 of the national debt as have received
and levanlP
e‘oe of the Imperial Government,
esult ede to offer it as his opinion that the
iltiloc
of oftb the decision will be "a repudia-
thleging greater part of this national debt,"
t,at in the la reason for arriving at this conclusion
zue lie„Z.Year 1865, in consequence of a decree of
AtiternsiTal Government, the greater part of the
`ttianip. 'lnds were sent in to receive the Imperial
Isas te,ar, therefore, it may also be presumed
e year 18,,ee foreign, loans raised since and during
tittllPeriai Guo4 have been issued and stamped by the
Present ve,ernment, the only debt recognised by
.ior to the Government of Mexico is that issued
41ent, viz:,!etablishrnent of the Imperial Govern-
co nsolidat_,lnea old loans of 1824-1825, which were
'corrr ree4ecititelh arranged in 1850, and which have
Mes:Mal:Telles ke Imperial stamp. A copy of the
can Irvieg a`'eeteveen the Foreign Office and
the n r,,aw their Q Slade, from which
bedbonholders
"fluernaeationewen conclusions, may seen at
address.—l am, Sir yours, &c.,
1) c°Pth
en W.all- W. HOLMES.
court, Throginorton-street,
Aov. 25, 1867.
At th
ttle Para Two o'CLocK.
Vey grarn. the y, toay, according to Reuter 's
y firm,' ° 3 -d
per Cent. Renton were 68f. 80c.
We
b are
requested by the committee of the Greek
"ukiera ae
, g teker„._ nounliee the receipt of the follow-
‘4eted
.kteheenLu rrore c.
L. W. Merlin their agent,
Ivernmeoj' INTOv. 22, 1867, 1.22 p.m.:—" Greek
111 be ere_ee,ceePts bondholders' conditions—Bill
been '''vated to Chambers to-morrow."
- the Market
Very little fluctuation.
the English Funds there has
Nair,
the Steed Consols for money
ex 6th ay
t 94i- while for the account on
eiv. proximo they have declined tie to 931 fhe
"eater
eLock -
alarket ney has prevailed in the Foreign
Price and in most instances there is a rise
(1-reete, Mexican have advanced 1, to 16 et ;
, lei
Per e 4 es 13 • Italian,a to 461 a • Turkish
t "14'. 316 ,c 231 4 tO 33k 1; and Spanish Passive
4/ai at 4. The 3 Per Cent. Spanish New Stock
, are 93t ;
rth 331 4.
,b,301 • 11„el: Threes
Reduced Annuities
s‘ c,„"lner Bills 28z. to 31s. prem. ; India 5
°ebe """ 116 1 r • •
tit4res
_sr, 01 , ditto 4 per Cents. and
prein,

The New lionduras Loan has receded to i i
prem.

The New Egyptian Loan is quoted firm at par
to 1 premium.

In the market for American Securities the tone
has improved. United States 5-20 Bonds have ad-
vanced to 701 I ; and Erie Shares /, to 47 47i ;
while Illinois remain firm at 85 85/.
Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway Deben-
tures have advanced /, to 20} 21/ ; but the Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds remain firm at 18 19.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
again been very restricted, and with a few excep-
tions prices show increased depression. Caledonian
have receded 1 ; Great Northern, Great Western,
and Metropolitan, each A- ; and Great Eastern and
Midland each / ; while, on the other hard, Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and North
Eastern (Berwick) have each. a Iyanced :and
Brighton, /.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change
of importance. Paris and Lyons are dealt in at
341 ; Paris and Orleans, at 34i ; East Indian, at
1111 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1091 110-1.

Railways. j Paid.

BrintOl anti kkaer ....
Caledonian —..
'anibrlan. .
Cork and Bandon.—
Cornwall
[Dublin & Belfast Juucli
Dun„l'erth, & Ab. Jun 4
E.Lontion, scrip Cell;
Do.
Glasgow 4 S. Western
'Great Eastern, Ord. a t k.,
Do. E. Angl. st. N0.'.,,
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'Great Northern ...,
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Do. S. Val. Flail gu
Do. South Wales
Do. W. Alid.—Oxior
Do. Newport
Do. ilercford
'Lancashire, Yorkshlr
London and Blackwall4
4,0 n., Brigh., lz S C 033
Lou.,F Coat., and Dove
Do. Mei.rop. Ex. A
Lun. & North Western
Lon. 4 South FV,lstern
Alan., Shei., & Lincol
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Do. New
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Do. G. N•E purohas
Do. Leeds .....
Do. York
Do. Carlisle .....
Do. Stock. & Darling
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Do. do. 1864 5 .
Do. do. 1866 .
Porth Stalordshir,t
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cottish Central
cot. N. E , Aber. atm;
Do. Scot, Atid.st.hik
Shropshire Union
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South Kt stern
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Do. C ..
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2 4
73 76
70 72

3ni 3
5 7
Li 6
101 \(6
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121 1:5

25 3,)
29 31

- -
1211 122

Bank Shares are dull, and exhibit little variation
as regards values. Anglo-Egyptian are marked
154 16; London and County, 514 ; London and
Westminster, 684 ; and
_Oriental Bank Corpora-
tion, 424.
Miscellaneous and Finance Shares show little
variation. Anglo-American Telegraph have receded
to 18} ; and East India Irrigation and Canal to 17 ;
Ocean Marine Insurance C =lmlay to 214 ; Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam to 57}; Telegraph Con-
struction and Maintenance to 144 I, while Viceroy
of Egypt's Mortgage Loan has improved to 714 it.

107 109
60 62

112} a

81 83

32 33

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BRITISH rOSSESi

{STUNS.

Atlantic & St.Lawrenoe
Flom., Barn da, . Cen.ln.

gu. 5 per
Do. F oharea
Buffalo As Lake Huron
Do. Preference
Butt,Braut, & Goderich
6 p.c. 1872-3-
Qalcutta dt B. lim
Jape Town .t Dock, gu
Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi
East. Bengal, gu., 5 do
1,145 t Indian, gu. 5 p.c.
Do. J Extension

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100
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68 71

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Do. Equip. Mort. Bond
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Do. Ist Pref. Bonds

Do. do deferred ....
De. 2d Prd. Bonds..
Do. do. deterred ....
Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k....
Do. do. deferred ....
Do. 4th Fret. stook

Do. do. deterred
:it. India Pen. gua. sp.e
o. Gus. 5 per cent
00. New gua. 5 p. o
pit. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
D•,. 41 per cent

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Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8
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Do. 4; do
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Alelb. Cor. 6 p. c. !Inds.
& Hobson's Bay '
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Do. Delhi
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Do. Puniaub 1
Do.lndus St. Flo t 40 i

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1877-84
Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug
Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept
100. 5 p. c. Jan. & July
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andls Oct., 1900 a
Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.
Do. 1878, do
Slaurltius, 6 p. 0, 1873,
Jan. and July

Do. 1878
90. 1882, Mayls, Nov. lb
Do. 1895, Feb. Aug..
Natal goy. 6 per cent..
N.11.G0v.6 my
N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,1866)
Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876
Do. 5 p.o. ISBB to 18(.)5
New Zealand, 6 p. cent,

Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o
sterling, 1875
Queensland Gov. 6 p. c
S.Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-91
Do. 1878 & upwards 1
Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. Ja & July I
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THE SUN, LONDON. TUES E V ENITC(s;, NOVEMBER 26, 1567:

Closing I Business
'1 Prioe. done.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Pigott,
and a Special Jury.)

BARNETT V. ROBERTS-ASSAULTING A TENANT.

This was an action to recover compensation in
damages for an aggravated assault upon the plain-
tiff, a surgeon, by the defendant, his landlord.
Mr. Sergeant Ballautine and Mr. Joyce appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. I)igby Seymour, Q.C.,
and another learned gentleman represented the de-
fendant.

It appeared that the plaintiff in this action was a
surgeon practising at Milford, and was the tenant
of a house belonging to the defendant Roberts. In
September of 1866 the plaintiff took the house for
12 months, intenaing to reside there and practise in
the surrounding neighbourhood. In the beginning
of this year some disputes arose between them about
some of the fixtures of the home, and also about the
requisite repairs, and one evening, according to the
statement of the plaintiff, the defendant called upon
him. At that time he was engaged in his own draw-
ing room, a violent ring was heard at the bell, and
the man servant answered it and announced Mr.
Roberts. The plaintiff went down to the dining
room and found him there. As it was dark they
went into the surgery, and began talking about the
repairs. Plaintiff rang for candles, and they were
proceeding to the nursery to see what was to be
done there, when the defendant, who had been look-
ing very sullen, said—" It is a lie, a lie, a lie !" in
the most emphatic manner. Plaintiff could
not tolerate this, and accordingly he ordered
his servant to show him out, and said he must
leave his house. He said he should not, and called
plaintiff all the opprobrious epithets possible ; when
he did go it was only step by step, and he threatened
to strike plaintiff with his umbrella. Plaintiff only
treated this in a jocose manner, as he considered
that he was behaving in a manner for which
he would afterwards be sorry. When they
got to the doorstep, however, he raised his
umbrella and struck plaintiff a tremendous blow,
which laid open the skull and covered his face
with blood. He struck him a second blow, which he
partially guarded with his arm, but which, not-
withstanding, inflicted a wound on his forehead.
He was otherwise ill-used and so maltreated that
he was for a long time laid up, and was entirely
debilitated, nervous, and prostrated. He had lost
a great deal from his illness, and was unable to
follow up his profession.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde.)
FINNEY V. FINNEY.

This suit, which was tried some few days ago,
was instituted by the wife in order to obtain a judi-
cial separation, on the ground of her husband's
cruelty.
The learned Judge, this morning, delivered judg-
ment, and said that the Court had taken time to
consider what course it should pursue, inasmuch as
the evidence was of a contradictory character, and
there being a doubt, he desired to have time to read
it over. Having done so, and carefully revieu ed it,
he found that the petitioner complained of a con-
tinuous system of cruelty, but he could not find
any act of violence, except that in December, 1865,
and respondent did not seem to have laid his
hand upon his wife in any other way. But
this was not the ground upon which the suit had
been founded. It was stated that this constant
course of violence had preyed upon the wife's
health. But from the admission of the wife that
she allowed her husband to measure out wine for
her he was induced to believe that, as stated by the
husband, as a reason for his bad language that sho
was in the habit of taking too much. Her letters
to her husband sh)wed that great affection
existed between the parties, and he could not
consider that there was cruelty towards the
wife in the main. As to continuous cruelty, he
could not believe that she was brought to any such
condition, because in the correspondence of 1866
there are letters which tend strongly to show that
the husband's conduct was such as not to make her
afraid of him, cr wishing him away, for she begged
him to return home as quickly as possible. He
must, therefore, decide that she had failed to make
out her case, and the respondent must be dismissed
from the suit.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.

CHURCH RATES.

MR. ODO RUSSELL.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

101 l g

CF.UEL ASSAULT.—PauIine Gerrard, a German
woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with
violently assaulting Mrs. Victoria Villiers, the wife
of a sign-writer,
living in rriuce's-street, Leicester-
square.

104 f I
1021 2
14

Mr. Edward Lewis,
appeared for the defendant.
of Great Marlborough-street,

IT!i

- The complainant, who gave her evidence seated
said that she went to No. 10 A, Charles-street,
Middlesex Hospital, with an article her husband had
purchased for a Mr. Lahr. She was told to go
round to the door in Nelson-street, and as soon as
she knocked at the door, the prisoner, who opened
it, seized her by the shoulders and kicked her. She
had been very ill ever since, and obliged to be at-
tended by a doctor, who said that the kick had caused
pleurisy in her side.
Mr. Villiers, husband of the complainant, who
was waiting for his wife, gave similar evidence,
and Mr. Barton, of 36, Nassau-street, proved see-
ing the prisoner kick the complainant.
Golden Palmer, E division, said that when he
went to the house to take the prisoner into custody
the complainant fainted and fell, and she had to be
taken to the hospital.

HI ;

91 93

Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate, and called
some witnesses, one of whom, named Theodore
Williams, said that complainant rang the hell and
kicked at the door, and on being told that Lahr was
not there struck the prisoner ; and another, Chas'
Pollmos, the landlord of the house, said that a man
named Lahr had lived in the house, but left a wee k
before the present affair.

Mr. Tyrwhitt, after remarking that he believed
the defence had been got up since the last occasion,
fined the prisoner £5 and costs.

THAMES.

SHOCKING CASE OF STABBING.—Richard Ryan, a
tall, swarthy man, with a sun-dried, whiskerless face,
was brought before Mr.. Knox, charged with felo-
niously cutting and wounding George James, pot-
man at the Kinder Arms public-house, Little
Turner-street, Commercial •road East.
d in surgical bandages, pale as a
spectre,h
sThh eea
ande prosecutor,enveloped
roia ep who presented a sorry sight, with
weakly condition from loss of
blood, stated that the prisoner was in the Kinder's
Arms taproom last evening, and he quarrelled with
his wife and commenced beating her. He interposed
and separated them, and begged of the prisoner to
be quiet. A quarter of an hour afterwards the pri-
soner quarrelled with and beat his wife a second
tune. a
He again
ininterposed, and the prisoner
made attack upon him, and struck
fiercee
him several times on the head. He thought
he was struck with a key, and was partially stunned
with the blows, but he soon found himself bleeding
from the head, and also from the arm, He was
conveyed to the London Hospital.
Mr. Kw ooux
n— d D
oi
did,di h e cutss r
which had not been
arm, your arm?
Witness—tic.
(The witness then ex-
poseddressed.)
George Cleaver, a police-constable, No. 199 K,
stated that he was sent for to the Kinder's Arms,
and took the prisoner into custody. A knife was
found on the prisoner at the station-house. The
prisoner was the worse for liquor, and said he knew
nothing of the matter he was charged with.
Samuel Kemp, barman at the Kinder's Arms,
stated that he saw the prisoner take up a knife half
au hour before he stabbed the potrnan, and after
looking at it and feeling the edge he put it down
again.

➢lr. Ditchett, house surgeon of the Londan
Hospital, said the prosecutor was brought there
yesterday evening, and he examined him and found
two wounds ou hip hod, They were clear' Nts,

and inflicted with a knife or other sharp instru-
ment. There was also a small wound in the ear.
Mr. Knox—Have you examined his arm ?
Witners —I have not, sir. No mention was
made of his arm.
Mr. Knox—Look at it, sir, if you please.
Mr. Ditchett said there was a superficial wound
on the arm two and a half inches in length.
Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at
fivo o'clock.

Earl GRANVILLE said that what he wanted to ask
for was some further information as to what had been done
wi-.11 regard to the Abyssinian question, and although they
had 500 pages already before them, still he thought they
ought to have even every scrap
.of paper that was
in the India Office. There had been a corre-
spondence presented as to whether a surgeon should
take his valet with him or not. Be did not complain that
the Government should furnish them wiih superfluous in-
formation as to the individual comforts of the troops, but
he thought that the house ought to be furnished with
every particular. The reason that the Government had
been induced on the 19th of August to undertake the ex-
pedition was that en the 13th of that month they bad re-
ceived information that induced them to believe that it
would be attended with success. Now, he could not see
anything that should lead to such a supposition, and in the
Times it was also remarked that it could not be Sir John
Durand's note, nor could he think so either. Therefore
he would ask the noble earl to have these important
documents circulated among the members of the house.

The Earl of DERBY said that the notice which was
sent to the Earl of Malniesbury by the noble Earl was a
question whether there would be any objection to lay a
certain document relating to this information before the
house, and that was all that he (the noble earl) knew of
the matter, and as far as he knew there was no objection
to such a course, but he would ask the noble earl to wait
until the matter was fully discussed, when, no doubt, the
matter'would be satisfactorily explained.
The subject then dropped.
THE POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY put a question to the
Postmaiter-General as to what was the intention of the
Government respecting the proposed renewal of the con-
tract with the Peninsular and Oriental Co., and tho intended
arrangement for the postal communication with India,
who was understood to say that there were routes that
gave no more facilities than the one at present adopted.

The Duke of MONTROSE said that there was suffi-
cient time for any company to have tendered, but they had
not one offer to do any service, and it was only the Orien-
tal Company that did offer, and they offered to do the whole.
The noble lord had said that it was a high rate, but in the
first instance there had been a refusal to take the offer;
then it was thought that an extension of time would be
bettor, and therefore it was extended to 12 years. By this
means in 12 years they had saved £1,200,000.
He did not now see how they could better
this arrangement. It was for the House of Commons to
say whether they would pay a high rate for a short period
or a low rate for a long period, but by the now arrange-
m3ut they would, have 52 mails a year instead of 48
the mail to Bombay would be the same, and
that to China also, and they should have the
satisfaction of knowing that the mails would be a day or two
earlier. The voyage is now being made much quicker by
a route through the Straits of Messina. He was induced
for these reasons to believe that the arrangements with
the company were considered highly satisfactory. The now
contract would begin on the Ist of February.
The subject then dropped, and the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

On the motion of Mr. LOCKE a copy of the letter
written by Mr. Ayrton to the President of the Council on
the subject of metropolitan Public schools was ordered.

Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice of his intention to
introduce a bill for the commutation of church rates on
Tuesday next.
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a new writ was
ordered to issue for the election of a memlyz for Thetford
in the place of the Hon. Hugh Baring.

Sir T. LLOYD asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether his attention had been drawn to a state-
ment in the newspapers of a domiciliary visit having been
made, by order of the Papal Government, at the house of
Mr. Odo Russell, our acknowledged agent at Rome ; and
asked what steps the noble lord intended to take if such
report was substantiated.
Lord STANLEY said what had ocourred on the subject
was briefly as follows :—On Saturday, the 9th, Mr. Ode
Russell being at Florene:s, the residence that gentleman
occupied at Rome was searched, in order to ascertain
whether it contained arms, but Mr. Russell's papers and
tdoks were not interfered with. Immediately on Mr. Rus-
sell's return to Rome he waited on Cardinal Antouelli with
a view to sumo explanation, and he then learned that no
perquisition had been issued for the search of Mr. Russell's
residence ; but as it was one of the palaces marked down
with a view of taking measures for the safety of the in-
by the revolutionary committee to be blown up with gun-
powder, it was searched not on account of suspicion, but
mates. Mr. Russell had expressed himself perfectly satis-
fied with the explanation, and he (Lord Stanley)
concurred in that view.