The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

Mr. Hunt's bill was committed pro farina

THE CATTLE PLAGUE BILL,

The house adjourned at ten minutes to ono o'clock.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam .

Short. 11 18

3 Months. 12 2}
12 21-
- 25 55
25 55
13 14
Short 25 20
3 Months. 25 55
25 57i
124
10 65
10 65
291-
6 291
46i
47

Ditto..
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frank-for; on the Maine
Vienna.,
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz

11 19
12 3
12 2/
25 GO
25 GO
13 11
25 30
25 60
25. 60

1211
10 70
10 70
291
6 2911
461-
47i
25 77}
25 77i
25 75
25 774

Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples

25 721
25 721
25 70
25 72f

railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Ames Opened.
1866. 18E5. 1866 1865

Railways.

Reocipts.

£ Z
Belfast and N. Counties 9ll 991 1,790 1.690
Belfast and County Down 443/4 4.1 602 529
Illyth and Tyne 3G 36 1,057 1,810
Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 3,166 779
Bristol and Exeter 121; 121} 5,',75 5,405
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 408 26.101 23,723
Cambrian
Cock ermouth K & Penrltli .. 311 - 354 -
Cockermouth and Workin
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 396 306
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6) t 1 156 125
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 651 1,481 1.431
Deeside l7 17 253 261
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,277 1,233
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,553 1.993
D&iblin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 91} 2,462 1,857
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &a 5O 53 3,646 2,843
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 4Ol 401 34,362 33,490
Great. North of Scotland 5B 53 1,363 1.279
Do Branches 42 42 1, ' 31 850
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 71/ 561 381
qt.Southn. & Wes tn.(lrind.) 3873/4 3873/4 7,7.9 7.618
Great Western l2BO 1270 64,795 6 ,'4B
Hull & Hornsea
Highland ... 246 246 2,432 1,815
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,661 3,815
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 40,7e0 35,190
Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 20 t 142
Limerick and Foynes 263/4 263/4 106 131
Llanelly 461 461 108 56!
Lly nvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2173/4 16,923 15.519
London, Chatham, & Dover; f 134 127 1 7,599 6,322
all Metropolitan Extension (12 111 j 1,950 1,450
Do. Kent t_ oast

I .Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 42k 421 1, 24 962
lian.,Slieffield,&Lincolnsh 246 246 2 ,217 16,735
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham . ..94 . 119 1,3.15 1,234
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
32
18 1,574 1,186
3.672 2,4.3
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6511 48,294 4304,0
Midland Gt.Westn. oflrind 2004 2601 4, ;30 4.772
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,429 2,674
North British, lidin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12074 11694 6!,113 63, 27
North London ll 9 4,316 3 211
North Staffordshire 258 258 7,710 6.e51
Pembroke and Tenby lll 114 104 6)
Ithymney l9l 191 957 992
Scottish.North-Eastern l3B 138 :-
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,682 728
South Devon
South-Eastern 315 308 19,227 17,650
Tait Vale 6l 61 4,746 6,0,-..0
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd. . . lO 10 106 155
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 539 37 t
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,421 1,129
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 570 445
FOREIGN AND COLON I A T.,
Austrian B2B 828 31,411 30,129
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern Junction 264 261 3:5 298
Bombay, Baroda, & ('en. India 306 1851 11,251 3,877
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 4,283 3,737
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1181 4,481 4,336
Eastern of France 15)1 1483 68,530 57,619
Eastern Bengal llO 110 2,104 1,795
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 23,715 20,251
Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,541 6,4 7
Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 3.),794 14,601
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,143 4.083
Great Southeen of India
Great Western of Canada 3-I,i 345 11,4 7 9,.97
Madras.
Illadrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 778 713 16,976 14,861
Northern of Canaan, ... .....
Northern of France 724 724 6 ,9311 54179
Norwegian Trunk - -
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2006 197 i 149,150 125,512
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 72,017 62,(57
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 774 1,638 1,442
it 5 105 2,388 4717
Se.nde
253 95 1,7,6 221
Do. runjab, & '
South Austrian, ,kc 1658 1527 48,433 43,139
Southern of France 863 823 28,146 26,2,6
Victoria

Welland.
West 4: N-Wn. of France

, MONUMENT TO LORD PALMERSTON.—We under-
stand that within a few days the House of Commons will
be moved to grant a sum of money for the erection of a
monument to Lord Palmerston over his tomb in West-
minster Abbey. This motion will undoubtedly meet with
the ready sanction of an assembly which must deeply feel
his loss, and be anxious to do honour to his great memory.
SEIZURE OF THE IRISH TELEGRAPHS.—A bill will
be shortly introduced into Parliament to give to the Lord
Lieutenant the power of taking possession of the telegraph
lines in Ireland. This power already exists in England,
and was accidentally omitted, as far as Ireland is regarded
when the General Telegraph Bill was framed. The object
of the present measure iato deprive the Fonians of facilities
of 'intercommunication, and to place in the hands of the
Government the most efficient repressive powers.
HER MAJESIT'S STAG-HOUNDS.—After Easter
Harry King, the present whip and famous rider, will suc-
ceed Mr. Davis, the present huntsman, whomany years ago
succeeded Mr. Sharp, to whom he bad been whipper-in.
How TO SAVE YOUR KETCHUP.—The enterprising
proprietor of one of the largest dining halls in the City has
caused to be reprinted and laid upon his tables an article
describing the method by which putrid liver is turned into
"Fine Leicestershire Ketchup," which appeared in a late
number of this journal.—The Grocer.
The Prince of Wales, who takes much interest in
the Fire Brigade, is furnished every morning when in
town with a copy of Captain Shaw's report of the fires
that occur in the metropolis.
THE LATE EXHIBITION AT OPORTO.—At the close
of the Oporto Exhibition, Mr. John Head, of the
firm of Ransmnes and Sims, was nominated a Commander
of the Order of Christ, by the King of Porfugal, in token
of his Majesty's appreciation of the machinery in motion,
specially adapted for Spain and Portugal, exhibited by
that firm. This is the highest honour conferred upon any
exhibitor, whether English or foreign, and we think it
proves
that England's celebrity for her mechanical produc-
tions is not on the wane.

NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN TILE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
—Tile New York World says that the passage by
the House of Representatives of the bill conferring
the elective franchise on the negroes of the District
of Columbia is a vote of censure on the President,
and asks, if the bill pass the Senate, will Mr. John-
son veto it? That is a question for his discretion,
and the World presumes not to instruct him.
There are reasons of considerable force on both
sides; and whatever view he may take our contem-
porary is prepared to judge his actions with candour.
The only practical interest which attaches to its
passage is, that it fully unmasks the determination
of the Republicans in Congress to keep out the
Southern States until they allow the negroes to vote.
It fixes, by putting in an official form, their opposi-

tion to the policy of the President, and accordingly
diminishes his motives for forbearance in the hope
of co-operation.

Lord R. MONTAGU asked what the intentions of the
Government were in regard to retrospective compensation.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Government had not abandoned the principle of retros-
pective compensation, but desired to reconsider the manner
in which it could be carried out.

Several clauses rendered unnecessary by the alterations
of the bill were omitted, and the remainder were agreed to
after a long discussion.

A clause was added, enabling the Queen in Council to
suspend at any time the operation of the act as regards
the slaughter of animals.

The bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated that he should ask
the house to read it a third time.

•
This bill NI ent into committee pro forma for the purpose
of having additions made to it.

GREAT YARMOUTH AND NEW WINDSOR.
Election petitions were presented complaining of undue
returns for the boroughs of Great Yarmouth and New
indsor.

It is hereby notfied that the Earl of Clarendon, K.G.
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State fororeign
Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at
Santiago a despatch, which enclotses a letter from the Coin-
mander-iu-Chief of the Spanish Naval Forces in the Paci-
fice, to the Consular Body at Valparaiso, announcing " that
the blockade maintained by the forces under his command
is for the present limited to the ports of Valparaiso and
Caldera."

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. G. V.
Turnbull as Consul at the Port of Leith and other places
situated on the Frith of Forth for his Majesty th 3 King of
the Netherlands.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Eduardo B. Neill as Consul-General in England for the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
WAR OFFICE, PEE. 15.
Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick Solly
Flood, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the
city and garrison of Gibraltar.