The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

Tl' ILLNESS OF LORD DERBY.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Last night's reports of Lord Derby's health were
more favourable.
Lord Stanley hag arrived at Knowsley.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
ni 1-office from the Governors of the West India Islands
and the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa. De-
spatche3 woo iellt to tho Clinoruvr-qoneml Qt caudg,

KAILWA yr.
3ahia and San Francisco, 11. a., gua. 7 per cent., 151
';rcat Luxembourg, Oi
Recite and San Francisco. lira., gua. 7 per cent., 9i
San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 18&
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 14i

leutiltaGN atlNics.
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lim 31
Don Pedro, Nur.l► Del Rey, 2i pm
N'rontino and tsolivia ti old, lim.,
Port Phillip, 14
St. John del Rey, um 21 a

DOCKS.
London and SI. Katharine, 50

lIANEB.

Agra, Lim., A, 11
Ditto, B, 81
A.ngto- unman, 92
Chartered ►.ler. of India, London, and China, 2EI
Imperial Ottoman, 9i
Loudon Chartered Bane of Australia, 231
London and County, 51i
London and 11 estminster, 631 8
Ditto, Scrip, 46
Oriental Bank Corporation, 42/

1111SUHLLANEOU
Anglo:American Telegraph, 191
Agio-Mexican Mint, 16i
Atlantic Telegraph,
Ditto, 8 par cent., Ini
Bombay Gas, lim., 4}
Ditto, new, 2
City of Moscow Gas, lint. Se
Co.itmercial Union, Insurame,
Credit eoncier ot mnirlann. lin') • 3 0
Haut Indian Land Credit and Finance, 4}
Egyptian U per Cent.. Viceroy qua. by —gypt.Govt. 881
etiicr %nit" internattcnat Telegraph, 1671 ,
e,ts•t
per cent. by
Wnr'fnouse, lim.. 14
Hopi, 7olonial A segrimee,
audse^.
• Bay, 141
votlicarnonatuiotn,iattrtialitoluntinlilitlSßOucleitii(ypga,ullaymria.tifitniit;d2 5
nadlriactsilrur.agoavtietiratimantrid6k.;;alun2ail
oriental Gal; 71.
Ditto. new, I V-10
PeninittLtt ana Ot'iental Steam, --
LAW, new, 1667, 51
Royal Mai Steam 137
Viceroy Of Egypt (.Mortgage) Loan) 71
_ .

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE TRADES' lINIONISTS.
The trades delegates appointed to wait upon Mr. Glad-
stone to-day have decided that the discussion with•the
right hon. gentleman should be confined to the following
four points The limitation of apprentices; 2, The
mitidffurit bate of Wages; 3. Piecework and otertime ; 4.
The restraint of trade by trades' auidnists.
A FARMER CHOKED DY AN OYSTER.—At Not-
tingham, on Saturday ni3ht, a farmer named Richard
Marshall, living at Wysall, went to an oyster stall is the
Market-place. The first oyster was a very largo one, and
ou attempting to bolt it it stuck in Lis thrqat, and ho was
unable to swallow it. After a vigorous effort to get rid of
it he fell to the ground gasping for breath. A crowd ga-
thered round and he was taken to the hospital, but before
arriving there ho espired. The deceased was married, had
e large 1i ily, and owned an, ateliers:, farm;

IMPERIAL PARLIA lq EN f

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HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.

Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.

THE LAND TENURE IN IRELAND BILL.

The Marquis of CLANBICARDE stated that he would
beg the indulgence of the house to postpone his motion
until next week.

This was agreed to.
COAST DEFENCES.

The Earl of AIRLIE asked the Under Secretary of
State for War whether any steps had been taken to carry
out the recommendations of the Defence Committee (1860)
with regard to the construction of floating batteries for
purposes of harbour and coast defences, and said that he
could assure their lordships that turret ships wore the
most advantageous, as they could carry Heavier arma-
ments than any other class of vessels. He thought that
the first duty of the executive of the War-office was to
construct vessels which would protect our dockyards. It
was a great evil that we had collected together a groat
number of vessels which wore entirely dissimilar in arma-
ment. The noble earl adverted to the class of vessels
which constituted the British navy, and said they were
not calculated to protect our commercial marine. He
advocated the extension of the number of our turret ships.
He would sa:,-, supposing our enemies by a great disaster
became masters of the seas, we should require this species
of defence ; and if we bad it not, who could calculate
the injuries we should sustain, especially as we
were a manufacturing and commercial people. He
thought, therefore, that we ought to have two classes of
vessels—the one to be sea-going, and the other to pro-
tect our harbours and coasts at home.
The Earl of LONGFORD said that the Commission of
1860 attached great importance to floating batteries at
our harbours. It was, however, now quite obvious that
there was no surplus from the outlay as to our naval ex-
penditure, and therefore there was no prospect of such
suggestion being carried out, unless Government gave a
special grant.
The subject then dropped.
The East London Museum. Site Bill passed through
committee.

The Churchyards Bill was read a first time.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock.
SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUNDAY.
A great number of petitions were presented against this
bill.