The New York herald., 1868-05-26
ENGLAND.

The Queen, the Cabinet and Church-ROyaI
Reply to the House of COmmons-victOria
and the Princess Of Wales In Public-Anti-
Popery Riots.
LONDON, May 1s, 1858.
Now that the Queen has returned q gracious reply
to the address Of the House OF Commons and has
mitted them to proceed with the dsestablishment Of
the Irish Church, people are beginning to understand
that as constitutional sovereign her Majesty could
do no less, whatever may be her private feelings.
All sorts Of rumors to the Queens intentions had
been In circulation but the royal communication to
fhe Commons has set them all at rest. Still the
Queens personal prejudices remain the same, and
only this morning the London Ne,cs the official
anera @ organ. breaks eIntly through its formal re-
her Ministers instead of having them to advise her.
To-day the Queen has laid the corner stone of st.
p0site the houses Of Parliament There was an i'm
mense crowd, and her Majesty was cordially
cheered, but not half so heartily as the pretty
Princess Of Wales The ceremonies were very simple
and occupied hardly half an hour. The national
peared. Then her Majesty smoothed the % mortar. az
levelled the stone and struck It three blows with
mallet The Queen was dressed completely In black
with o Widows cap beneath her black bonnet She
Looked M Ill only yesterday she held drawing room
sickness. The Princess OF Wales wore lilac coored
dress, with bonnet and paraso to match.
Serious riots are reported from Lancashire on &C.
count OF the incendiary speeches Of Murphy, who
calls himself the protestant champion" At Ash.
ton-under-L Lyme houses were burned and lives lost
Roman Catholic PRIESTS Of the @os Sorpe cms
and quoting obsolete Latin works to prove his
charges. There appears to be no legal mode of In
ducing him TO desist for the English very sensl-
tive IN regard to the right OF free speech; but many
people are becoming convinced that the government
does not desire Murphy TO desst and that his speeches
are part OF Mr.. Dsraeli's 'No Popery" campaign.
II so they viii do the campaign more harm than good.
George Peabody at "A Royal Drawing Room
Failure Of an American Mercantile House.
Naval Charses-Railroad Management
Universal Coinage.
Queen Victoria held drawing room in London on
the 18th of May. The American embassy was not
represented, but Mr.. George Peabody was presented
to her Majesty in the diplomatic circle as dstin-
guished American citizen by Lord Stanley, Secre-
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs.
The London Netcs, In its city article says:-The
failure Is announced OF Messrs. Belding, Keith Co.,
described as American bankers and merchants Of
Lombard street. The liabilities are roughly esti
mated at from ESQ to ooo and an unfavorable
liquidation Is expected. The business was originally
carried on under the title of Keith Co.. and the
present house has been in existence only about two
years. The losses have been chiefly In. petroleum.
Most OF the creditors In the United States, the
number in England not exceeding twelve.
been made with o new act OF Parliament for the
regulation OF railways One OF the clauses provided
that directors might be imprisoned for alsfying the
accounts Of q railway company, but II was amended
by making II an offence punishable by nne and I'm
prisonment for the ofncers auditors OF company
TO sign accounts which they know TO be falsihed.
In vhe House of Commons ON the l1th Of May Mr..
CORY explained the navy estimates. The total
amount required Is ell, 29o sterling-an increase
OF f20l, ,037.
In the House Of Lords on the 18th OF May Earl
Fortescue called attention to the report OF the inter-
national conference on weights measures and coins,
and complained OF the Inconvenience Of the legal
standards OF England more especially the greatest
commercial nations had adopted the decimal and
metric system.
Lord oserstonc said the question of international
coinage had been referred to q commission Of such
unanimous no would probably object 70 its adop-
tion Before attempting to introduce q uniform
stanoard OF weights and measures all the world
nwould be better 70 establish one In England. He
believed all the authority OF the French government
had failed to enforce one throughout France; be-
heved II would be totally impossible IN England.
The Earl OF Malmesbury said there would be no
objection to publish the report but he believed that
legislation on this question would be most dfncult