The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.

The SPEAKER took the chair at five o'clock.
The house presented rather a singular appearance from
the circumstance of the change of sides of the different
parties. The Government side of the house was occupied
by the Conservatives, and the Liberals sat on the
left hand side of the chair. Sir R. Palmer, the late Attor-
ney-General entered the house before prayers, and took his
seat on the front Opposition bench. The Speaker having
taken the chair, Mr. Gladstone shortly afterwards entered
the house, and on his taking Lis seat, until this evening occu-
pied by Mr. Disraeli, he was received with loud cheers.
Mr. Brand next entered, and he was received with cheers
and laughter. The only persons representing the Govern-
ment were Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Adderley.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT—ISSUING THE
WRITS.
Colonel TAYLOR, the Secretary for the Treasury rose
and moved the issuing of the several new writs to fill the
vacancies caused by the acceptance of office in the new
Government. The list was as follows :
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—Tho Right Hon. B. Disraeli, who
has accepted the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—The Right Hon. the Hon.
Spencer Walpole, who has accepted the office of Secretary
of State for the Home Department
KING'S LYNN. —The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, who has
accepted the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
litricTlNGDON.—The Right Hon. Lieutenant-General.
Peel, who has accepted the office of Secretary of State for
War.

STAMFORD.—The Hon. Viscount Cranborne, who has
accepted the office of Secretary of State for India.
DitonwiTor.—The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington,
Bart., who has accepted the office of First Lord of the
Admiralty.

DEVON (North).—Sir Stafford Northcote, who has
accepted the office of President of the Board of Trade.

UNIVERSITY or OXFORD.—The Hon. Gathorne Hardy,
who has accepted the office of President of the Poor Law
Board.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTH).—Lord Burghley, who
has accepted the office of Treasurer of her Majesty's House-
hold.

CADIBRIDGESIIIRE (NORTH).—Viscount Royston, who
has accepted the office of Comptroller of her Majesty's
Household.

TYRONE (CouNry).—Lord Claud Hamilton, who has
accepted the office of Vice-Chancellor of her Majesty's
Household.

TrnoNE.--The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, who has
accepted office of Vice-President of the Council of Educa-
tion.

LEICESTERSHIRE (NORTH.)—Lord John Manners, who
has accepted the office of First Commissioner of Works.
RUTLAND. —The Hon. Gerald J. Noel, who has accepted
the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury.
STAMFORD.-Sir J. Hay, who has accepted the office of
one of the Lords in the Admiralty.
BELFAST.-Sir Hugh M'Calmont Cairns, who has ac-
cepted the office of her Majesty's Attorney-General.
GUILDFORD. —Mr. Bovill, who has accepted the office of
her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
DURHAM.-Right Hon. J.R. Mowbray, who has accepted
the office of Judge Advocate General.
BRIDGEWATER.-Mr. Patten, vfh) has accepted the office
of Lord Advocate.

ANTRIM.—Rear-Admiral Seymour, who has accepted the
office of a Lord of the Adm'ralty.

COCRERMOUTH.—Lord Naas, who has accepted the office
of Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

JAMAICA.

Mr. MILL presented a petition from Mrs. Gordon pray-
ing for justice, as she had been reduced to destitution in
consequence of her husband having been illegally exe-
cuted as a traitor in Jamaica.

Mr. CHILDERS moved for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law with respect to laws of the Inland Revenue.
His object in moving the introduction of the bill was to
have it printed for the convenience of the house.

Leave was given, and the bill was afterwards brought
in and read a first time.

REVISING BARRISTERS' QUALIFICATION BILL,
The bill was read a second time.

Mr. HUNT moved the adjournment of the house, at its
rising, until Monday.
The motion was agreed to.
The other orders being disposed of, the house adjourned.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1860.

1865.

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1866 1865

Z
Belfast and N. Counties £
991 99f 2,118 2.018
Belfast and Comity Down gg 49 740 69
Blyth and Tyne . 36 36 3,076 2,532
Brecon and Merthyr .. „ , .... 68 61 1,331 3,211
Bristol and Exeter l2li 1214 7,450 6,938
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4171 408 29,067 26,527
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 314 544 389
Cockermouth and Workin .. g 9 - -
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 565 401
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 64 205 2:6
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 654 1,967 1.805
Deeside . 17 17 410 632
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,446 1.381
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,894 2.110
Dublin and Meath ....... .
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd, 106 106 3,958 4.341
Forth and Clyde Junction
Ftuness, &c 5O 5) 3,976 3:492
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 422 404 37,831 35,823
Great North of Scotland
Do Branches .......... .
at. Northn. & Westn. (Ire(.), B2l 711 1,0J6 479
9t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3874 8874 10,864 9,627
Great Western 1292 1280 77,892 72.873
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western........ 145 145 2,238 1,-32
Lancashire St Yorkshire 403 403 49,8 8 41.5',4
Limerick and Enni5........, 241 241 169 225
Limerick and Foynes 264 264 113 E 2
Llanelly 461 465 785 799
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dover; c 1354 1274 ) 13.167 12,t 29
all Metropolitan Extension / 124 115 3,205 2.850
Do. Kent (mast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Illan.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh
blanch. S.J tut& Altrincham 94 94 1,616 1,537
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6635 54,322 48,325
Midland GLWestn. of Wild- 2605 2605 6,197 5,251
Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 44 3.062 2,891
North British, Edin., Perth

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and Dundee
7221 7071
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 11711
North London ll 9
North Staffordshire 258 258
Pembroke and Tenby lll 111
Rhymney . l9l 191
Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138
Somerset and Dorset 66 86
South Devon
South-Eastern 315 308
Taff Vale 6l 61
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31
Waterford and Limerick 77 77
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 828
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 26/ 261
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306
Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081
Eastern 01 France
Eastern Bengal
East Indian

27,437 25,358
78,445 74,3 3
4,860 3,433
9,209 8,091
180 130
1,207 1,114
5,776 5,865
1,457 977
4,710 4,322
25,533 26.234
.6,210 6,221
2,669 2.603
196 218
344 464
1,363 1,471
876 542
41,187 30,427
499 392
3po 854
11,563 5,3 3
5,6(4 6,596
4,7;1 6.267
74,753 71, b 7
2,579 2,167
44,318 26,558

Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,293 26,113
Great Central of lselgiutn 285 285 7,291 6,534
Great Indian Peninsula 6961 590 30,603 21,100
Great Luxembourg 334 134 6,327 5.215
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,123 11.639
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 38,601 16.473
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 764 724 63,181 58.490
Norwegian Trunk
8 4
Otman
48
Paritos, Lyons, & Mediterrn 20061 20 "1
6 14,5,240 137,290
7 67,914
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 72.5 47
Recife and San Francisco, &c 771 774 ',- .1 1,418
2,J0
Sc.nde l(5 103
45 2,549 362
Do. Punjab, .oe, 253
o ,645 92.1 ,4 55,816
South Austrian, &c ... • 197c9j "823 30,016, 27,836
Soutli,rn 01 France 251 1„5.9 10,008
251 25 Victoria
Welland •• • ......... 1155 1016 55,604 53,326

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attendanco upon him during his illness at the commence-
ment of the present session."

THE FIGIIT WITH THE FENIANS.—The Govern-
ment has ordered an inquiry into the charges against Col.
Booker, that gentleman particularly desiring that an in-
quiry should be made in justice to himself.—Toronto Globe.
The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian
Royal Mail Company (Limited) has received a telegram
reporting the arrival of the screw steamer Kaikoma at
Melbourne on the sth May, the voyage from Plymouth
having been accomplished in fifty-one days, which is th
quickest passage ever made to the Australian colonies.
The Kaikoma was to leave Sydney on the 15th June awl
Wellington (New Zealand) on the 23rd, with the first
mails for thip country, via Panama.