The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-30 00:00:00

MEETING THIS D.Y.

The spring general meeting of this association
was held at Willis's Rooms to-day ; his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair.
His ROYAL HIGIINESS, in opening the proceed-
ings, congratulated the meeting on the fact that
although the association was only a short time in
existence, the fund for prizes this year had been
increased to RlO,OOO, of which £250 would be
appropriated to prizes for the Belgiaa volunteers,
who were expected to comp to this country to
the number of about eleven hundred; and who
were entitled to be received with hospitality from
the way in which the English volunteers had been
treated in Belgium. Tie expressed a hops and wish
that the people of this country would receive these
foreigners in a spirit corresponding to that in which
their countrymen had been received.
A vute of thanks to his Royal Highness terminated
the proceedings.

Bank of England Itoturns,—This Evening.

An Account, pursuant to t;
enp. 32, for the week ending'

le Act 7th and Bth Victoria.
Wednesday., Moy '29,1867.
rAIIII4IENT.
Governint. Debt.£ll,ols,loo
Other Securities.. 8,961,900
Gold Coin and
......... 19,287,765
BullionSilvor Bullion

ISSUE DE
Notes issued ....Z31,287,765

5,3 on, i
BANKING 1)

£34,287,765

PARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) £12,886,314
Other Securities 18,883,405
Notes 11,353,595
Gold and Silver
Coin ~,,, 1,129,518

Proptietors'Capi-
£1
tat 4,553,0001
Rest 3,119,952
Public _Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div
Accounts) 8,813,011
Other Deposits 17,309,3:33
Seven Day and
other bills

432,486

£44,257,832

£41,257,832

I ?HEM AL PAR LIA ENT

lIOUSE OF CO_MIIONS•—Tits D.

The SMAKEIt took the chair at two o'clock.
NEW MEIIBER.
Lord R.LEVESON GOWER took the oaths and his seat for
Sutherlandshire in the room of Sir D. Dundas.
PRIVATE BU INESS.
The fuaowing bills were read a third time and passed :
Atheury Ennis Junction Railway, Bristol and Exeter
Railway (Further Powers), and London and North Wes-
-tern Railway (New Works, .tie.)
NORTII lIIIIPISII RAILWAY (CARLISLE DEVIA-
TION) BILL.
Air. DODSON called attention to the matters connected
with this bill and its provisions, and explained the cir-
cumstances under which it was proposed to raise
0,000 pre-preference stock to pay off certain liabili-
ties.
On the consideration of the report the following ameni-
inent was moved :—" That the consideration of this re-
port bo referred to a select committee to report as follows,
viz. ; whether sh.archolders holding stock or shares
late of the 11.1 i ['burgh ati,l O taagow Copan!
ordinary or preferential, ought to bom heary d
lgainst the c intiscation of their proh-
perty if this bill be allowed to pas their
s; er te
amalgamation of the li•litiburgli acd Glasgow 00111 pally
with the North British Company in 18 rocureby
means of false accounts and r presentations ;65 was
whether the
property late of the E.liutnogh aril Glasgpre-pr ow Compann ,
yielding income, would be absorbed by eferece
shareholders under this bill to the prejudice and exclusion
of shareholders under the late company, and aat all fur-
ther proCeedings reEttiog
committee r •pur." to this bill be de!ay,al uutil the
without
and the bill NV:tB ordered to be read a thad time.
The amendment,- however, was negatived Nyt
NEW ZEALAND. •
Sir J. PrAKINGTON said his preleecssor had decided
that it was not necessary to issue a medal to the troops
employed in Now Zealand, and he saw no reason to depart
from that decision.
STRONG GUNS
-ARM .
Mr. 11. BAILLIE asked for the production of the coma-
spondouce betwein the War-office, the Ordnance Select
give him a portion
Committee, the clit,f surrintendent of the Proof Depart-
ment at Woolwich, and the Elswick Company, relative to
the nine 64-pounder breech-loading Armstrong guns.
Sir J. PA.KINGTON said couldld
of the correspondence, but he not give him the whole
of it.