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Jmjfitiat laijlian^nt ♦ HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY. MISCELLANEOUS. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid upon the table a bill for amending the Charitable Trust Act, which was read a first time. The Companies Clauses Act (1863) Amendment Bill and the Poor Law Union Loans Bill were, on the motion of the Earl of DEVON, read a second time. The Marquis of SALISBURY moved the third reading of the Beerhouses, &c., Bill. After some conversation the bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of WINCHELSEA asked if the attention of the Government had been directed to the conviction of Colonel G. B. Knox, for furious driving in Rotten- row, and whether they considered it expedient to leave the law in its present state, thereby constituting the policeman who happened to be on duty, and whose judgment it was much to be feared had not been matured by a long course of study in the differ- ent points of pace, an ex-officio judge, whose dictum was to be final when once it had been given on -oath. Earl GRANVILLE said that some years ago very great complaints were made as to the manner in which horses were ridden in the park, and policemen were placed on duty there to check the practice. He was not acquainted with the particulars of the case referred to by Lord Winchelsea, and he had not Had an opportunity of communicating with the Home Secretary upon it. He was assured, however, it might turn out that there were two sides to the ques- tion. The Earl of PORTARLINGTON asked the Government, in the event of the bill for the disestablishment of the Irish Church becoming law, in what manner it was proposed to provide the successors for the offices of Prelate, Chancellor, and Dean of the Order of St. Patrick, and in what manner and in what place the ceremonies connected with the institution of the knights were for the future to be conducted and held. Earl SPENCER, in reply, stated that as the question was not intimately connected with the important measure now under discussion it had been reserved for future consideration. The Titles of Religious Congregations Act Exten- sion Bill passed through committee. The Public Parks (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. The House then went into committee on the Irish Church Bill. Upon clause 29, which provides that where any real or personal property becomes invested in the Commis- sioners by virtue of the Act, which was the produce of the moneys given by private persons, but of their own resources, since 1660, the commissioners shall, on the application of the representative body of the -Church, vest such property in that Church body, but that where no application was made then the pro- perty shall be vested in the representatives of the person by whom the endowment was given. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved as an amend- ment that the date, instead of being 1660, should be "the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth." Tne LORD CHANCELLOR believed there was no his- torical data to substantiate the assertion that Bishop Bramhall had obtained private endowments for the Irish Church to the extent of .£30,000 a year, and was of opinion that the cld.im for any endowments of im- portance prior to 1660 was purely mythical. As to the Ulster grant of King James, for which also a claim was set up, it was the appropriation for Church pur- poses of public moneys and lands won by the English people in putting down rebellion. In no case could it be regarded as a private endowment. The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH said the only ques- tion to decide was which was the righteous and just date to fix-1660, which would exclude the gifts of Bishop Bramhall and Archbishop Laud, or 1560, which would include them. He replied to the arguments of the Lord Chancellor, and urged that neither upon the ground of justice nor of legal right ought the Church be deprived of the endowments which she had received from private sources between 1560 and 1660. Earl GRANVILLE was of opinion that there would be great difficulty in proving the right of the Church to these endowments, and that all the amount she could possibly obtain would be swallowed up in the litiga- tion which the Church body or individuals would have to undertake in establishing their claim. He was, however, prepared to propose as a compromise a lump sum of £500.000 for all private benefactions. The Marquis of SALISBURY said it was an incon- venient practice for the Government to come down at the last moment with propositions which their lord- ships had had no opportunity of considering. The best course would be to defer the clause until the House could have that opportunity, but he hoped that the date. of 1560, which involved principle, would find its way into the bill. Earl GRANVILLE said he had not refrained from suggesting a compromise by any want of courtesy, but because he was anxious to ascertain the course which the discussion would take. If their lordships had not made up their mind upon the subject he would not object to postpone the clause until the end of the bill. If his proposal was accepted there would be no necessity for inserting any date in the clause. Lord CAIRNS suggested that the clause should be passed without any date, and upon bringing up the report there would be an opportunity of informing the Government whether the proposal was accepted. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in withdrawing his amendment, thanked the Government for the con- ciliatory spirit in which they had met not only the- present proposition, but a former one, which involved the mode in which the vested interests of the clergy were to be calculated. The amendment was then withdrawn, on the under- standing that the question should be considered on bringing up the report. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY then moved to insert at the end of the clause a proviso that when any real property becoming vested in the commis- sioners consisted of lands which had been appro- priated as the glebe land of any benefice, by Royal grant or letters patent, since the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the commissioners should, on the application of the representative body, within six months after the 1st January, 1871, by order, vest the property in the representative body, subject to any life interest subsisting therein. Lord DUFFERIN opposed the amendment. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which Earl GREY expressed regret at the vote their lord- ships came to the other night on concurrent endow- ment, and a hope that they might still be inclined to reconsider their decision. He believed that many peers had voted on the first amendment on Friday because they thought the second amendment would also be carried. Lord CAIRNS supported the amendment, on the ground of justice, and not of expediency or policy. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the amendment, and justified the course which the Government took on Friday in reference to concurrent endowment. He urged that the Government were following the will of the country. The Bishop of ELY said the evil of this measure of disestablishment and disendowment was that it de- spoiled the Church and left all other sects in the en- joyment of their private endowments. At present all the bill left to the Protestants was their churches, their houses, and their life interests; but they would not establish a real principle of equality unless they gave them something more. He urged that it was impolitic and inexpedient to impoverish as well as disestablish the Church. Their Lordships then divided, and the numbers were :— For the amendment, 105 against, 55; majority, 50. The amendment was accordingly carried, and the clause as amended was agreed to. Clauses 30, 31, and 32 were agreed to without com- ment. Upon clause 33, which authorises the commis- sioners to sell any rent charge in lieu of tithes vested in them under the Act to the owner of the land charged therewith, in consideration of a sum equal to twenty-two and a half times the amount of such rent charge. The Earl of LIMERICK moved the addition of the words, "less such sum in the pound as such owner shall be ascertained by the commissioners to have been on an average of live years preceding the passing of this Act entitled to deduct for poor rates." Lord NORTHBROOK opposed the amendment. Earl GREY thought the most fair and candid course would have been to provide that arter a certain lapse of time all tithe-rent charges should cease. o The Marquis of SALISBURY said the clause involved an arithmetical puzzle, but it was intended as a sop to the Irish landlords. Their Lordships divided and the numbers were—For the amendment, 91 against, 64 majority, 27. The clause as amended was then agreed to. Upon the 34th clause, which provides that the com- misioners may, in order to the commutation of tithe rent charges, purchase the surrender or assignment of tay subsisting lease of the tithe rent charges made by aL ecclesiastical person or corporation. Lord CAIRNS moved to add to the clause the words any person purchasing from the commissioners shall hold the lands, tenements, and hereditaments purchased by him subject to all tenants' rights of renewal to which the same were subject in the hands of the com- missioners at the time of such sale." The amendment was agreed to and the clause was added to the bill, as also were clauses 35, 36, 37, and 38. On clause 39, which gives compensation to Noncon- forming ministers for the Regiurn Donum, the Earl of Courtoun withdrew the amendment of which he had given notice. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 40. On clause 41, which repeals the Maynooth Acts, and gives compensation to the professors, &c., on the cessa- tion of the annual Parliamentary grant, Lord FITZWALTER moved the omission of the clause. The Earl of BANDON objected to the clause on the ground that it violated the preamble of the bill, which cfcclared that the property of the Church should be held and applied for the advantage of the Irish people, but not for the maintenance of any church, or clergy, or other ministry, nor for the teaching of religion. Lord CAIRNS admitted that the* clause violated the preamble of the bill, but he was not prepared to vote for the rejection of the clause, which would have the effect of throwing the charge upon the Consolidated Funds. The Duke of ARGYLL defended the clause. The Duke of RUTLAND had no objection to an annual grant for Maynooth, but he had never heard a more monstrous proposition than that the funds of the Church when disestablished should be used for that purpose, and he hoped Lord Fitzwalter would press his amendment to a division. After a short conversation their lordships divided, and the numbers were For the clause, 146 against, 22 majority, 124. The clause was therefore agreed to, as also were clauses 42 down to clause 67, inclusive. The Chairman then reported progress, and their Lordships adjourned shortly after 12 o'clock. TUESDAY. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. The Duke of ABERCORN called attention to an out- rage which had taken place in Ireland on Sunday last, when a Wesleyan Methodist congregation in the pri- vate park of a gentleman was attacked and violently dispersed by a Roman Catholic mob. He regarded this affair as suggestive of the future treatment of a Free Protestant Church in Ireland, for there was no case in this instance of Protestant ascendency, titles, or endowments, but the poorest, most modest, and least aggressive of the religious bodies .was most unjustifi- ably interfered with. Earl SPENCER replied that several of the offenders had been identified, and proceedings would of course be taken against them. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. Their lordships then went intocommitteeon the Irish Church Bill. On clause 68, which provides for the appropriation of the surplus, # Lord CAIRNS, in moving that the surplus be reserved for future application, as Parliament might direct) said that they had really no definite plan before them, and as it would be several years before the surplus could be realised no harm could result from this proposal. He deprecated its application to relieve the rates of those already obliged by law to provide for the care of lunatics, &c., and trusted that Parliament would not part with the control of the seven or eight millions without a more definite scheme for its application before it. Earl GRANVILLE could not willingly accept the pro- posal of the noble lord. The Earl of MALMESBURY supported the amend- ment. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that the proposal of the Government was not at all popular in Ireland, but quite the reverse. Lord T'AUNTON believed that the best way of con- ciliating the people of Ireland and attaching them to the Government would be to provide for the clergy of the great majority. 0 The Duke of CLEVELAND regretted the failure of his proposal for concurrent endowment, in favour of which he believed public opinion was rapidly growing. He objected to the specific proposal of the Govern- ment, which had no reason or advantage to recom- mend it and believing in the sense of justice in the people of this country, he felt that they would ulti- mately consent to provide residences and decent but small maintenance for the clergy of the Roman Catholic majority in Ireland. He saw no harm in this large fund being held over until Parliament could fully decide as to its disposal. The Duke of ARGYLL supported the clause as it stood. The Marquis of SALISBURY warmly protested that a valuable fund like this should be recklessly thrown away, as proposed by the Government, and ridiculed the declarations of the members of the Government that they were individually in favour of concurrent endowment, but that under present circumstances it was impossible. The obvious inference, therefore, was to wait until it was possible, for it was lamentable to see the Government sacrifice not only their own convictions, but considerations of the highest policy and statesmanship to the dictation of the Liberation Society. The Earl of KIMBERLEY opposed the amendment. Earl GREY said that the application of the surplus, as proposed by the Government, would lead to an enormous amount of local jobbery, and to a most undesirable power of interference on the part of the executive in the local affairs of Ireland. Earl GRANVILLE again appealed to their lordships to consider their decision. The committee divided, and the numbers were For the amendment, 160 against, 90 majority, 70. The amendment was therefore carried, and the clause, as amended, agreed to. Seven clauses which relate to the interpretation of terms and other technical matters were then agreed to. The postponed clauses were then taken. On clause 19) Lord CAIRNS proposed to add a power to the Estab- lished Church to meet in convocation or general as- sembly, representing the clergy and laity of the several dioceses, for the purpose of reorganizing the Church before the time for disestablishment arrived. After some discussion the amendment, with a slight verbal alteration, was adopted, and the clause agreed to. On clause 29, The Archbishop of DUBLIN moved an amendment that no alteration in the doctrine or formularies of the disestablished Church should be binding on any ordained minister who had expressed his dissent within six months. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the amend- ment would be an invitation to schism and dissent, and hoped that, in the interests of the Church itself, it would not be pressed, The amendment was agreed to after some discus- sion, and the clause as amended added to the bill. Clauses 21 and 22 were agreed to with some verbal amendments at the suggestion of Lord Cairns, who, however, reserved an important one for the report. On the preamble, Lord CAIRNS moved an amendment bringing it into harmony with his alteration in the 68th clause, re- serving the surplus for the future appropriation of Parliament. The preamble was then agreed to, and the bill passed through committee; and was ordered to be reported on Friday. The other business having been disposed of, their L0rdships adjourned at 9.40 p.m. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY. MISCELLANEOUS. Dr. PLAYFAIR asked the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer what were the terms and the date of the rule to which he referred when declining to appro- priate public money towards a monument to Dr. Faraday, or any private citizen, however illustrious. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not o-ive the date or the terms of the rule. It had never been the custom in this country to erect public statues to private individuals, however illustrious. THE RIOT AT PORTADOWN. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in reply to Sir James Stronge, said that, with respect to the unfortunate occurrence at Portadown, the official and the private information which he had received did not quite bear out the re- port of it in the public papers. Mr. FORTESCUE, in reply to Mr. W. Verner, said there would, of course, be both a Government and a judicial inquiry into the affair, and it ought to be a very strict one whenever the armed force of the Go- vernment came into collision with the people. DUBLIN FREEMEN'S BILL. The adjourned debate on the Dublin Freemen's bill was resumed. After a long discussion, in which the bill was op- posed by several members, on a division it was read a second time by a majority of 246 to 126. OVERENI), GURNEY, AND CO. Mr. FAWCETT called attention to the fact of the Solicitor-General having been retained as one of the counsel for Messrs. Gurney. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL, in a very lucid explana- tion of the practice of the profession in these matters, administered to the hon. member a very sharp rebuke for the ignorance and intemperance of the remarks he indulged in. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, and a number of votes were agreed to in connection with the public build- ings, museums, and scientific societies. THE TELEGRAPHS. In committee of the whole House on electric tele- graphs, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that if anyone desired to revive the discussions of last year, or be- lieved that the terms for the purchase of the tele- graphs were excessive, he would have ample opportu- nity to do so on the second reading. The Government could not come into possession before the 31st of December. In conclusion he explained the facilities which it was intended to afford to the public by bringing the telegraphs from the outskirts of the towns to the centres of the population, by extending the facilities to the suburbs of the large towns and to the smaller towns which did not enjoy any at present, and ended by moving a series of resolutions. A brief discussion ensued, in which Mr. Hunt, Mr. R. Crawford, and Mr. M'Fie took part. The resolutions were agreed to, and ordered to be reported. The bill, having been read a first time, would be referred to the examiners of private bills. The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at 2.20 a.m. TUESDAY. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Sir John Gray, said the Privy Council was at present in communication with the Medical Council, with the view of considering whether the Medical Act might not be so amended as to secure a better degree of efficiency in the medical profession throughout the United Kingdom. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. The House then went into committee on the Con- tagious Diseases (Animals) Bill. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. The report on the electric telegraphs was brought up t and agreed to, and the bill for the acquisition of the telegraphs, framed upon the resolutions previously passed in committee, was read a first time and referred to the examiners. WINE DUTIES. Mr. AYRTON, in reply to Mr. Akrovd, stated that the correspondence on the subject of proposals for a re- duction of the wine duties in connection with negotia- tions for treaties of commerce with Spain and Portugal was not complete, but when it had arrived at such a stage that it could be presented he would be happy to do so. INTIMIDATION IN WALES. Mr. H. RICHARD called attention to recent proceed- ings of certain landlords in Wales towards tenants on account of the free exercise of the franchise at the last election. He stated that the majority of the Welsh people were Nonconformists in religion, and were almost necessarily Liberals in politics. It was nevertheless imagined by the land proprietors that their tenants were inclined to follow them blindly in politics. This was a complete delusion. Although such a state of things might have existed in former times, feudalism was now dead, and education and intelligence had spread among the people. A certain class of Welsh landlords, however, could not understand that they were no longer lords over serfs of the soil, or chiefs over clansmen, but men among men. At the last elec- tion considerable excitement prevailed in Wales, but the landlords appeared to regard the votes of the tenants as their property. In Cardiganshire the tenants of one landlord received notice to appear before the agent on a particular day, which they did, and they were then subjected to such pressure to vote for the Conservative candidate that, with one or two excep- tions, they gave in. The tenauts who had voted for the Liberals had since received notice to quit. In another case in the same county the rents of the Liberal tenants had been raised since the election, and they had been informed that they would be required to sign an agree- ment that in future they would vote with their land- lord. The hon. member cited other instances of a similar character which had occurred in Carmarthen- shire, and in other parts of Wales, and said the effect of this coercion was that hundreds of persons were compelled to vote contrary to their principles. Mr. O. MORGAN seconded the motion. He pointed out that there was a difference of race, language, and religion between the Welsh landlords and the Welsh tenantry, and that the effect was to produce a differ- ence of political sentiments. The consequence was that at the last election the Liberal electors of Car- narvonshire, Cardiganshire, and Carmarthenshire walked up to the polling booths with the prospect of ruin staring them in the face. He warmly denounced the practices which were resorted to at the late elec- tion by the landlords, and said they could only be prevented in future by giving the voter the protection of the ballot. Mr. LEATHAM thought the thanks of the House were due to Mr. Richard for the public service he had rendered in bringing the subject forward. The evi- dence given before the committee on Parliamentary elections showed that this system of undue influence had extended far beyond the limits of Wales, and he believed the only remedy was the ballot. Mr. SCOURFIELD opposed the motion on the ground that it contained a general and sweeping censure upon persons whose names were not given, and who had no opportunity of defending themselves. He did not believe that there had been any evictions in Wales in consequence of the votes which the tenants had given, and he thought no landlord would be so ob- livious of his own interests as to get rid of a good tenant upon such a ground. Sir WATKIN WYNN, alluding to some evidence: which had been given before the Elections Committee, denied that he had used any coercive measures upon his tenants in Denbigh. Mr. RICHARDS warmly supported the motion, and confirmed the statement of the hon. member for Merthyr that in all the cases to which attention had been called the evidence was solely owing to the manner in which the tenant had voted. In Cardigan- shire not only had coercion and terrorism been em-' ployed, but gentlemen holding Her Majesty's com- mission of the peace had used that office for political purposes. Colonel STEPNEY, speaking from personal know- ledge of the state of affairs in Carmarthenshire, asserted that undue influence and intimidation were widely ex. ercised in elections in that county, and it could only be effectually checked by the adoption of the ballot. After some remarks from Mr. C. Wynn, Mr. Bruce, and Lord Sandon, the motion was withdrawn. The House adjourned at 2.15 a.m. WEDNESDAY. MONAGHAN ASSIZE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND, in reply to Mr. Downing, stated that the jury panel for the current Monaghan Assize was substantially the same as that which was quashed at the spring assize on the ground of partiality, with the exception of the two triers who found against the panel at that time. The same sub- sheriff was still in office, and the Irish Government had in consequence declined to put on their trial the pri- soners charged with murder at the Monaghan riots in July, 1SG8, and who were still retained in custody. TRADES UNIONS BILL. Mr. THOMAS HUGHES moved the second reading of the Trades Unions, &c., Bill. He stated that the pro- visions of the bit! had been extensively circulated, and he believed that they were regarded as generally ac- ceptable both by the working men and the employers of labour, whilst there could be but little doubt that they would place the law on a far more satisfactory footing than it had hitherto been, and remove many, if not all, the evils which had been experienced under it. The object of the bill was to legalise unions, whether of workmen or employers, allowing them to make agreements with respect to the wages to be paid and 'the hours of labour with respect to the per- sons by whom any hours of labour shall be done or not done with respect to the conditions or terms on which any work shall or shall not be carried on. It also authorises associations for mutual support, and with power to make regulations and impose penalties voluntarily, with a provision that the object shall not be to procure the commission of any offence or of any object by means of such offence. Lastly, such associa- tions are brought within the 11th section of the Friendly Societies Act. In conclusion he warmly com- mended the good policy of passing the bill, after the trades unions had come so triumphantly out of the recent inquiry, which had removed the unfounded pre- judices to which they had been subjected, and had fully proved their right to the recognition of the law. Mr. T. BRASSEY had no opposition to offer to the bill, having the confidence that the House of Commons would administer equal justice to employers and em- ployes. He believed that all the efforts of the trades unions to raise the rates of wages had resulted in disastrous failure. He admitted the great progress made by foreign manufacturers, but unless the opera- tives by their artificial regulations so enhanced the cost of the production as to drive British manufacturers out of neutral markets, he had little fear of foreign competition; but if they were once so driven out of neutral markets, English capital would fly elsewhere, and he should like to know what all the boasted power of the trades unions could do for the unfortunate operative. He would support the bill, feeling that it was not fair to deny the right of combination for law- ful purposes, but there ought to be concurrent legisla- tion. If they did not violate this very proper law, the trades unions had nothing to fear from it, and for all lawful purposes had a right to claim protection for their funds. Mr. CHARLEY and Mr. PLATT supported the bill. Mr. PLIMSOLL, in a very elaborate speech, quoted statistics to show the general condition of the labour- ing population throughout the country, as a proof of the necessity for legislation of the kind proposed. He passed a glowing eulogy on the good qualities, charity, fortitude, and temperance of the working classes, and spoke highly of the benefits of the trades unions in enabling working men to endure times of depression of trade. Mr. E. POTTER said he had considerable experience in these matters, and never had any trouble with his men, for he had acted on the principle that no benefit was to be gained by any employer from the labour of his men unless he was on good terms with them. He objected to the bill on the ground that it would inter- fere with the great benefits of the friendly societies, but his great objection was that it was admitted that the object of the bill was to favour combinations in order to prevent competition from apprentices and non-unionists. Its tendency, therefore, was against free trade, which was based upon open competition and at the present time, unless that competition was carried on by machinery and the best application of labour, there would be an end of the manufacturing prosperity of this country, more especially as there was now a tendency on the part of trades unions to ques. tion the free trade policy of the country, which had so largely increased its trade and done so much for the material comforts of the working classes. Sir W. DILKE supported the bill. Mr. MUNDELLA denied that the bill would fetter free trade. On the contrary its object was to promote open competition and free trade in labour by placing the employers and the employed on terms of perfect equality. He had had only one protest with respect to the bill, and that was from the Saw Grinders' Union of Sheffield, and with respect to the Bricknrakers' Union of Manchester, no one in his senses could defend their rules but their rules existed in spite of our legisla- tion, and we had this fact to deal with. A good deal' of this was to be attributed to the gross ignorance of the men, but still more to the effect of the unequal legislation, which they now asked the legislature to sweep away as the last relic of a barbarous age. He showed that riots and strikes were the natural results of their previous policy, and anticipated the most bene, ficial results from the adoption of the new and more enlightened policy proposed by the bill. Lord GALWAY read a petition from a body of work- men against the bill, but admitted that the law as it at present stood required alteration. Mr. BRUCE, having complimented the mover and seconder of the bill on the great light which they had thrown on the question, pleaded, on behalf of the Government, for not having acted on the report of the Royal Commissioners, that their time had been fully engrossed by other pressing matters. He be- lieved that the bill, whilst it would afford a satis- factory solution of some difficulties, would not satis- factorily settle all of them. There was no doubt that l it was most desirable to give perfect security to the trades unions with respect to their funds and as the trades unions were, he believed, daily becoming wiser and more sensible of the impolicy of their restrictive regulations there would be little difficulty in legis- lating on this point. As a rille class legislation way to be deprecated, but the Factory Acts, &c., were in- stances of class legislation in the interests of the working men, and the question now before them was, was it desirable to legislate exceptionally to the re- lations of the men amongst themselves ? Violence and molestation would still be punishable by the ordinary law, and the commissioners felt themselves unable to recommend any alteration of the law, but it was not hopeless. The subject, however, was one which in the interests of the honest and industrious workmen would require most careful consideration, and he would promise that the Government during the recess would give it their most anxious attention, for they felt that a subject so delicate and so difficult ought to be dealt with once for all in a wise, liberal, and comprehensive spirit. After some remarks from Mr. Samuda, Mr. Bonham Carter, Lord John Manners, Mr. W. E. Foster, and Mr. Henley, The bill was read a second time. Several unopposed measures were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned shortly before six o'clock.
MARKETS.
MARKETS. STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. BRISTOL, THURSDAY. Consols, 93k — Bristol and South Wales Union, 10, lOi — Great Western, 50J, 51^ — Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, 100, 82, 84 — Ditto 5 Per Cent. Preference, 100, 104, 106 — Vale of Neath, 0 — Taff Vale, 100, 152, 154 — Ditto £ 10 Shares, Class C., 5, 4-1, 41 p m. Ditto Preference No. I, 100 4 153, 155 — Rhymney, 100, 53, 55 — Avonside Engine, £10 Shares, 7, 4, 3t dis. — Bristol and South Wales Wagon Company, J510 Shares, 5, 2f, 2$p.m. — Bristol United Gas Stock, 100, 186, 188 — United Ports General Insurance Shares fully .paid i, i — Bristol Steam Navigation Shares, 100, 78, SO — Bristol Water Works, £ 25 Shares, 5, 35, 37 — Ditto Preference 5 per Cent., 100, 107, 109 — Carditr Water Works, 117, 119 — Ditto, New £10, 9 par, I'. li p.m. Clifton Sus- pension Bridge, 10, 4, 5 — West of England Bank, 17!,lH. ——— LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. With moderate arrivals of foreign wheat, oats, and maize last week, the other supplies were short. Exports, 500 qrs. wheat, 500 qrs. rye, 45 qrs. maize. English wheat, 5,210 qrs. foreign, 16,669 qrs. The Kentish stands this morning were entirely without samples, and but very few were on those of Essex. This circumstance hardened values in spite of fine, warm weather, and fully last week's rates were realized. Foreign was also held at quite as much money, though, as nearly one-third was imported by millers, the demand was limited. Country flour, 19,685 sacks foreign, 2,607 sacks. The high prices of wheat in the country very much straightened the number of samples this morning, and some factors held for more money. Foreign, though in little request, maintained its value. Town rates were unaltered. Maize, 14,210 qrs. With good supply, this grain was 6d. per qr. reduced in value. British barley, 520 qrs. The continued supplies have gra- dually hardened prices both of English and foreign, and grinding was rather dearer The malt trade was quiet, with values unchanged. English oats, 414 qrs. foreign, 28,563 qrs. The Russian supplies continuing of inferior lIght quality, these were fully 6d. down, which rather ^ffected the yalues of other corn. Native beans, 90 qrs., foreign, 185 qrs. The short arrivals kept up previous Quotations. English peas, 60 qrs. foreign, 2,630 qrs. With a quiet demand for feeding, rates were maintained. Linseed, 4,960 qrs. Seed, from the scarcity of stock, was firm, but the demand was languid. Cloverseed and other agricultural seeds found but little inquiry, and in the ab- sence of business prices were unaltered. CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK-LANE. Shillings per Qr. Shillings per Qr. Wheat, Essex and Kent, Irish feed, white.21 25 White, new 50 ..54 Ditto, fine 26 28 Ditto, red 45 ..48 Ditto, black 21.24 Norfolk,Lincoln- Potato 26.29 shireaudYork- Beans Mazagan 36 39 shire 45 ..48 Ticks 37 ..39 Barley 31.34 Harrow 40.42 Chevalier .40.46 Pigeon 44.47 Grinding .28..30 Peas- White boilers..39 41 Distilling 35.37 Maple 44 ..45 Malt, Essex.Norfolk, Grey, new ..39.41 and Suffolk 65.74 Flour-Town house- Kingston, Ware, and holds, per sack of town-made 65.74 2801b 38 ..43 Brown 51.59 Country on sbore32.34 Rye .31.32 Households 36.. 38 Oats—Englishfeed!26.30 Norfolk and Suf- • Oats—potato 29.32 folk on shore 31.33 WEDNESDAY. The attendance at market to-day is rather limited. Wheat trade rather inactive, English selling at Monday's quotations fine white Is. dearer than last week. Foreign in slow demand at Monday's prices. Flour, town made, unaltered; country rather easier to purchase. Foreign fully as dear. Barley in fair demand, and about Is. dearer than last week. Oats- Most descriptions same as on Monday, excepting Russians, which are rather easier to purchase. Beans and peas fully as dear. Linseed in fair demand, and quite as dear. Rapeseed in better demand for East India descriptions at full rates. Cloverseed fully as dear. Maize rather cheaper than last week. Floating cargoes.—Wheat very firm and buyers unwilling to pur- chase on the terms offered. Barley quiet. Maize rather a slow trade. LONDON CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. There are a larger number of really good beasts than for some time past, and for these descriptions there is, conse- quently, a falling off in the demand. Our extreme quota- tion must be called the general top figure, and there is a slowness in the trade. The foreign market is well supplied, and there is a fair amount of business doing. The mutton trade is firm, as is also lamb. Veal is moved. freely at ad- advanced rates. Pork stationary. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—WEDNESDAY. Sugar: No public sale to-day, and only a small private contract business. Rates unaltered. Refined quiet, and firm.-Coffee.-Public sales went with fair spirit, at pre- vious worth for plantation Ceylon.—Tea Prices unaltered, but many parcels of China sold to-day at public sale.- Rice: Floating cargoes in request, at previous rates. Little doing in bonded parcels. -Tallow, 44s. 6d. to 44s. 9d. on the spot. ———— CORK BUTTER MARKET.—TUESDAY. Heavy salted Firsts, 104s. seconds, 104s thirds, 96s. fourths, 92s.; fifths, 74s. sixths, 60s. Mild cured Firsts, 108s.; seconds, 104s. thirds, 98s. 2,460 in the market ———- LONDON COAL MARKET.-WEDNESDAY. (Prices of Coals per ton at the Close of the Market.) Hastings Hartley, 14s. &L -lIolywell Main, 14s. fid. West Wylam, 14s. 6d. Wall's-end Haswell, 17s. 6d.— Tunstall, 15S. 9d.—Kelloe, 16s. 3d.—-Original Hartlepool, 17s. 6d.-Brancepth Cannel, 17s. 9d. Ships at market, 16; sold, 16; at sea, 45.
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CADOGAN v. PIPER.-This remarkable suit is likely to come on again for trial, and in a new form—a very much more serious form for the plaintiff. CONSUMPTION, and all nervous, billious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dys- pepsia, cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipa- tion, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, fevers, sore throats, diptheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few. The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food Cure No. 68,413 —"Rome, July 21, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme- dies, he has confined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plate- ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bene- ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the Gazette du Midi, July 25. Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de- rangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1,771 Lord Stuart De Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832 Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous- ness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly." Important caution. Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imi- tations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins at Is. lid.; lib., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d.; 51b. Ils. 121b., 22s.; 241b.,40s.-Also Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tin canisters For 12 cups at 2s., for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 6s., for 288 cups at 30s., for 576 cups at 55s. Being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 55s. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Po't Office Order.—Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London and all Grocers and Chemists. BREAKFAST.—A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. — The Civil (Service Gazette has the following interest- ing remarksThere are very few simple articles of food which can boast so many valuable and important dietary properties as cocoa. While acting on the nerves as a gentle stimulant, it provides the body with some of the purest elements of nutrition, and at the same time corrects and invigorates the action of the digestive organs. These beneficial effects depend in a great mea- sure upon the manner of its preparation, but of late years such close attention has been given to the growth and treatment of cocoa that there is no difficulty in securing it with every useful quality fully developed. The singular success which Mr. Kpps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any cx- perimentalist. Far and wide the reputation of Epps's Cocoa has spread by the simple force of its own extra- ordinary merits. Medical men of all shades of opinion have agreed in recommending it as the safest and most beneficial article of diet for persons of weak constitutions. This superiority of a particular mode of preparation over all others is a remarkable proof of the great results to be obtained from little causes. By a thorough know- ledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a. constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Epps's Cocoa. -Only in jib., lIb., and lib. packets—tin-lined and labelled. Sold by the trade in all parts. Prepared by Jas. Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London.
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r (Sfiwtpl Jntqlligmc. THE OVEREND AND GCRNEY CASE.— It has been agreed that this trial shall be postponed until the December sittings. THE IRISH FISHERIES.-—Government contemplates appointing a third Irish Fishery Inspector at a salary of £ 1,200 a year. SAVERS AND HEENAN.-The antagonist of Sayers in the memorable prize fight a few years ago, John C. Heenan, died recently in California. A ROYAL STURGEON.-On Thursday a royal stur- geon was caught in the river Forth at Fallin, near Pol- maise. It weighed ten stone, and measured seven feet nine inches. '=' THE SCOTCH SECRETARY OF STATE.—It is stated that Mr. Baxter, the member for Montrose, will be the new Secretary of State for Scotland, and that Mr. Candlish, the member for Sunderland, will succeed Mr. Baxter as Financial Secretary at the Admiralty. POWDER.-By direction of the War Office consider- able reductions have been made in the amount of powder stored at Upnor, and the remainder is in course of removal. It is intended in future to keep only small arms ammunition and perhaps saltpetre at that place. 1- MR. PEABODY.—Mr. George Peabody has given another million dollars to his American Southern Edu- cation Fund, the entire fund being now two millions, and the annual income 130,000 dollars. Mr. Peabody is in very poor health and quite feeble, at Salem, Massachusetts. THE WARWICKSHIRE SCANDAL."—The Birmingham Gazette says Various rumours have of late been in circulation to the effect that the Mordaunt case had been abandoned, or at all events would net be carried into court. We are in a position to contradict these reports, and to state that the petitioner's case is pro- ceeding, and that there is at present no probability of its being withdrawn." MARRIAGE OF LORD PETERSHAM.—Lord Petersham, the eldest son of the Earl of Harrington, was married on Monday at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, to the Hon. Eva, youngest daughter of the late Lord Carington. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Armagh, assisted by the Rev. J. Hum- phry, rector of St. Martin's. The breakfast took place at Lord Carington's residence in Whitehall, and in the afternoon Lord and Lady Petersham left by the North Western Railway for Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire. DEATH OF LADY CLINTON.—The death of Lady Clinton is announced. Her ladyship was near her con- finement, but was unexpectedly seized with a serious illness on Saturday night at Heanton Satchville, and died about mid-day on Sunday. Lord Clinton had returned from London on Saturday evening. The de- ceased lady was the only daughter of the late Sir John Stuart Forbes, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, and was married to Lord Clinton in 1858. She has left two sons and three daughters. A SHIP RUN DOWN BY A STEAMER.—The ship Cavalier, of Aberdeen, from Quebec, with timber for London, put into Plymouth on Monday, water-logged, and cut down several feet below the water line by a steamer running into her at 11.15 p. m. on Sunday. The steamer, which is believed to be a Bremmen mail boat, left her figure-head, a full-length man, painted white, on board the Cavalier. The steamer proceeded on, after refusing to tow the Cavalier into Plymouth. ANOTHER MURDER IN IRELAND.—A few days ago an altercation occurred near Emly, county Limerick, between a farmer named Neil and a young man named Fahy, in which the former received a blow which killed him on the spot. The dispute arose in conse- quence of some of Fahy's geese having trespassed on Neil's land. SCARBOROUGH. —Another attraction was added to the Queen of British Watering-places" on Monday, in the opening of a splendid promenade pier on the North Sands, which commands the whole of the rugged and bold scenery of the castle headland, hitherto unseen, except from the water. There was a great influx of ex- cursionists by railway. Two grand military promenade concerts were given in the afternoon and evening. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETy,-The sixty-seventh quarterly general meeting of the Conservative Land Society shareholders took place on Tuesday, at the Norfolk-street offices. The report of the board stated that the receipts for the three quarters of the present year up to Lady Day were 9114,397 2s. Id., and the grand totals amounted to £1,403,343 9s..4d. The shares issued were 32,161, representing a subscribed capital of £1,608,050, on which the withdrawals had been £346,841 16s. The reserve fund was £10,350 15s. 7d. THE COAL TRADE.—At a meeting of colliers held at Wigan on Monday, an agent of the Miners' Association recommended that, if an attempt be made by the masters to obtain a further reduction in wages, a general strike should take place for an advance. There is no doubt (the Manchester Examiner says) that, owing to low wages and short time, a good deal of dis- tress now prevails among the men, and a few of the best hands are making their way across the Atlantic. At present, however, the state of affairs appears un- avoidable, as trade is bad, and the stacks of coal at the pit mouth do not decrease. BALLOON CATASTROPHE.—Lloyd's agent at Buenos Ayres reports the following remarkable accident, on I the 24th May, at the fete given in commemoration of the anniversary of the Declaration of Freedom. An aeronaut, named Baraille, made an ascent in a balloon from the centre of the Plaza. It remained stationary over the city for a length of time, there being no wind, and on descending fell into the harbour. A number of boats put off to the rescue of the unfortunate ceronaut, who was drowning in his car, as also a small river steamer, called the Cavour. By some misfortune the balloon in rolling about came in contact with the funnel of the steamer, and the gas getting ignited exploded with terrible force, blowing the crew overboard, as also those in the boats. The steamer was set on fire and sustained much damage. The Buenos Ayres papers state that eight persons were fatally injured, and 25 were much burnt and injured. LIFE IN TIPPERARY !—As Mr. W. Bradshaw, brother of the gentleman who was murdered at Cappa- white, was entering his house in the town of Tipperary the other day, he was followed by two men, who hurled large stones with great force at him. He had a narrow escape of being severely injured, one of the missiles having struck the woodwork of the portico near where he was entering. He ran into the house, armed himself with a revolver, returned with two of his men, and pursued the assailants. Finding that lie could not overtake them he discharged the revolver at them, but after passing through the town they got into the fields and escaped unhurt. The local paper ob- serves :—" Mr. Bradshaw, who has succeeded to the property of his murdered brother, has at all times been esteemed as a gentleman of the most kindly dis- position, and one, therefore, deservedly popular among all classes. Unfortunately, he can give no clue likely to lead to the arrest or identification of the assailants." SUICIDE OF A LADY IN DEVONSHIRE.—Much painful excitement has been occasioned in Taunton by the receipt of the intelligence of the death by her own hand of Mrs. Peters, wife of the Rev. T. Peters, late N curate of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton. Mr. Peters went to Taunton to live about two years ago, and about twelve months since, on the removal of the Rev. Mr. Martin to Cheltenham, he accepted the curacy of St. Mary's. At the end of May last a misunderstand- ing arose between him and the vicar, the Rev. W. R. Clark, and this led to the former relinquishing his duty, and to considerable correspondence between them and Bishop Chapman, the commissary of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. About a fortnight ago Mr. and Mrs. Peters, with their children, went on a visit to Seaton, a pretty little watering-place on the South Devon coast. Mrs. Peters has several times shown symptoms of unsoundness of mind, and was for a time placed under the care of Dr. Woodforde. She had, however, apparently recovered, and the anxiety of her friends respecting her had abated. On Sunday last, however, during the absence of her husband from their lodging, the unfortunate lady took a dose of some poison which she had procured from a chemist's in the town on the representation that she wanted it for destroying mice. She leaves several children, of whom she was very fond. Her sad end has cast a gloom over her many friends in Taunton. SERIOUS COMPLAINT AGAINST A WORKHOUSE MEDICAL OFFICER.—Dr. Lankester held an adjourned inquest on Monday at Camden-town, London, respect- ing the death of a woman named Mary Allen, who died in the St. Pancras Workhouse. It appeared from the evidence that the woman was admitted into the infirmary on the 28th of May, suffering, as she stated, from scarlatina and bodily weakness," but, according to Mr. Harley, the medical gentleman in charge of the infirmary at the time, from catarrh. She was dis- charged on June 4, and ordered outdoor relief. On the 20th she again became so ill that she had to be re- admitted to the infirmary. On the following day she became delirious, and had to be removed to the insane ward, and a few days aftewards she died from erysipe- las. Dr. Ellis, the resident medical officer of the in- firmary, who succeeded Mr. Harley, said that before her death the woman told him that about the 13th of June she requested Mr. Harley to send her to the in- firmary, but he did not do so till the 20th. He thought the woman ought to have been admitted earlier. The master of the house had also told him that Allen had implored Mr. Harley to allow her to remain in the in- firmary, but that her request was refused. Dr. Ellis and Dr. Hill, the resident medical officers at the work- house, both stated that Mr. Harley had told them that she had been sent into the infirmary by some of the guardians purposely to clear it of patients. This state- ment, however, Mr. Harley declared to be a falsehood. The coroner, in summing up, said the question was whether Mr. Harley had, for the purpose of clearing the infirmary, improperly discharged the deceased, and thus caused her death. The jury, after a short con- sultation, returned the following verdict "That Mary Allen died from natural causes, but that her^ death was accelerated by being turned out of the infirmary before she wi- sufficiently cured by Mr. Harley." The Coroner said that this was a verdict of manslaughter, and was against the weight of evidence that if they imputed blame he must commit Mr. Harley, and that the verdict was inconsistent, as it could not be a "natural" death if it were "accelerated" by anything. After some discussion a verdict of Death from natural causes" was agreed to, with the following addendum "That the conduct of Mr. Harley, the house-surgeon, in ordering Mary Allen out of the infirmary before she i was wholly cured was improper and dangerous." I SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER.—At the inquest held A Weymouth barracks on the body of Jacob Damon, a private in the 51st Regiment, who committed suicide by blowing out his brains, it appeared that he warn about twenty-one years of age, had been in the regi- ment about three years, and since April last had beea constantly getting into trouble for carelessness and for absence without leave. This appears to have preyafl upon his mind, and he had often been heard to saj that he would either do for himself or some one else. On Friday night he brought his kit to a comrade, aid gave it to him, saying he should have no further nse for it, and to another comrade he bade farewelL He must afterwards have taken his rifle, unnoticed, witk him to a closet, bolted the door on the inside, and, placing the muzzle to his ear, shot himself through the head. As soon as the report was heard the door was broken open, when he was found dead. The jury found that the deceased destroyed himself in a fit of temporarv insanity, brought on by excitement of severe drill. THE POST. — Lady Waldcgravc has purchased the most fashionable of the London m Tiling newspapers. MIDSUMMER Sxow DRIFT.—Three sheep were found buried in a snow drift last week in one of the recesses of the mountain High Street, in Westmoreland. They were recovered alive. Snow was till lying in some of the shaded parts of Skiddaw last week. A VALUABLE DIAMOND.The steamer Celt, from the Cape, brings a celebrated diamond, valued at £25,000.. SINGERS' PAY.—Alboni has declined to go to St. Petersburgh unless she received the same terms as Patti, and she was not therefore satisfied with £120 a month and £400 for travelling expenses. The Emperor, who was appealed to, supported the view of the cele- brated contralto, who accordingly triumphs. DEATH THROUGH TOOTH EXTRACTION.—An inqaesfc was held at Whitefield on Thursday on the body of a youth named William Hilton, aged 14. Deceased went to the surgery of Dr. Birnie to have two teeth extracted, and immediately after the operation had been performed he fell back in a fit of epilepsy, from the shock to the system. Every means possible were used to restore him, but in vain. Dr. Birnie did not know the name of the deceased, and it was sevsn hours before his parents were communicated with. Verdict, "Acci- dental death." SMALL-POX IN SARDINIA.—A letter from Siniscola, in the Courier of Sardinia, states that the small-pox is making terrible ravages in that locality. The epidemic attacks both children and adults, even those who have been vaccinated. The mortality is assuming enormous proportions, and a general feeling of discouragement prevails. A THREE-LEGGED SPARROW.—A sparrow with three legs was captured by some boys in North Shields last week. The third leg had five claws. The bird died shortly after being caught.—Newcastle Journal. THE ROYAL SUPREMACY.—If any one wants a proof of the lengths to which the doctrine of the Royal Supre- macy may be carried, we (Pall Mall Gazette) are pre- pared, if necessary, to supply legal evidence of the following remakable fact A parish clerk on the Sun- day before last found himself embarked upon the enterprise of reading the responses in the cento, sub- stituted on that day in honour of the Queen's accession for the" V enite, exultemus." The Prayer-book was an old one, the clerk knew that changes had been made in the sex of the sovereign since it was printed, and being thoroughly penetrated with the spirit of the institution to which he belonged, he read the last verse but one as follows "And blessed be the name of her Majesty for ever and all the earth shall be filled with her Majesty. Amen and amen." If any one has a mind for a nice little ecclesiastical prosecution, we can furnish him with all particulars. LAMBETH PALACE.—His Grace the Archbishop of Can- terbury gave his annual dinner on Wednesday at Lam- beth Palace to the stewnrds of the recent Festival of the Sons of the Clergy. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Primate witn his company, at- tended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, and the other guests invited on the occasion included his Royal Highness Prince Teck, the Duke of Rutland, K.G., the Earls of Aylesfoid, Fortescue, and Romney, Viscount Gage, the Bishops of London and Llandaff, Lords Chelmsford and Cairns, the Wight Hon. Sir William Erie, the Lord Mayor, M.P., and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, M.P., the Rev. Sir G. Frankland Lewis, General John Hall, Alder- man Sidney, Sir F. G. Moon, Sir 11. W. Carden, Sir W. A. Rose, Sir B. S. Phillips, Sir Thomas Gabriel, the Right Hon. the Recorder of London, M.P., the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, Archdeacon Freeman the Revs. Dr. Vivian, George Ainslie, A. H. Bridges, G. F. Clark, Charles Raikes Davy, J. H. Fisk, J. H. A. Phillips, J. F. Lingham, William Tennant. and T. J. Rowseil (the preacher at the Festival), Sir James Tyler (Master of Merchant Taylors' Company), Sir Thomas Tilson, and Messrs. Henry Pownall, R. S. Faulconer, Henry Hoare, H. A. Hunt, Richard Twining, C. J. Baker, J. B. Lee, and George Moore. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.—The anni- versary of the Declaration of Independence, reports a telegram from New York, was celebrated enthusiastically throughout the North, but much apathy is reported to have been manifested in the South. MURDER AT UXBRIDGE -An atrocious murder was committed at Uxbridge on Tuesday evening. The victim was a man of weak intellect, named Frederick Redrup, aged 32, who is most respectably connected in the town. The person charged with the murder is William Murray, described as a bricklayer, though he has done no work for some time, and has generally been seen loitering in the streets or drinking in taverns. On Tuesday the pri- soner and the deceased were drinking at several public- houses, but no one saw them quarrelling or knew that there was animosity between them. Murray was seen leading Redrup through the streets towards the house of the former, both being tipsy. At half-past six he came out of the house alone and went to the market- place, where he said he had killed the deceased. Several persons at once went to the house and found Redrup on the 'floor, covered with blood. A razor was found lying on a chair near deceased, engraved with the name "Murray." The deceaseds throat was cut from side to side. The accused was at once apprehended. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.—The fire which occurred on Saturday in the premises of Messrs. Lawes, up- holsterers, City-road, Loudon, involves the Joss of £200,000 worth of property. For several hours the flames were operated upon by twelve fire engines with- out being got under. No lives were lost. It is said that since the great fire in Tooley-street, in which the late Superintendent, Mr. Braid wood, lost his life, no occur- rence of that nature has created more alarm. REMARKABLE CONVICTION.—At the Limerick sessions Mr. Richard Dickson, a brother of Colonel Dickson, has been tried for threatening to shoot two female servants. They invited a man named Rahill to the Colonel's house, and Dickson finding him there, presented a revolver to shoot him, and gave him up to the police. Mr. Dickson was found guilty, and sentenced to a mouth's imprison- ment, and to find bail, or an additional month. THE BERMUDA DOCK.-The following telegram has been received from the commander of Her Majesty's ship Helicon, at Lisbon :—"The Helicon arrived at Lisbon on the 6th of July, at 6 p.m.. and sails for Devon- port with despatches at 8 p.m. Captain Boys, of Her Majesty's ship Warrior, off the island of Porto Santo on the 4th of July, sends the following communication:— The Bermuda Dock arrived at Porto Santo at 2 p.m. on the 4th inst. Light breeze, and calm all the passage. Proceeded this evening, the 4th, on the voyage to Bermuda. No difficulty whatever experienced. UNITED STATES.—A telegram from Philadelphia on the 7th inst. states that in the Virginia election the Con- servative majority is 40,000. The Conservatives control the Legislature. Six Conservatives and two Radical Congress men are elected. More thau 3J,OJO negroes voted for the Conservatives. THE LATE LORD CASTLEMAINE.—The Eight Hon. Richard, Lord Castlemaine, has died at the age of 77 The deceased peer was the eldest son of Richard, second Lord, by Anne, daughter of Mr. Arthur French, of French-park, county Roscommon, aunt of the late Lord De Freyne. He was born at Dublin in the year 1791, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He sat in the Tory interest as M.P. for Athlone in the unreformed House of Commons from 1826 to 1832, and was chosen one of the Representative Peers for Ireland, soon after succeeding to the family title, in 1810. He was a magis- trate for the county of Hoscommon, and a magistrate for, and Vice-Lieutenant of, the county of Westmeath. The late peer married in 1822 Margaret, second daughter of Mr. Michael Harris, of Dublin, by whom he had a numerous family. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, the Hon. Richard Handcock, late captain of the 41st Foot. who is married to a daughter of the late Lord Harris PRINCE ARTHUR. The Council of Military Education, in their report, state:—"Prince Arthur remained three terms only at the academy, and devoted his attention prin- cipally to artillery, fortification, and surveying. In these subjects he passed a searching rim voce examination by the Professors in June, 1868, in the presence of Major- General Sir F. Abbott, a member of the Council, who ex- pressed himself in the following terms in his report' The examination being viva voce, was much more extensive and searching than it could otherwise have been made within reasonable limits of time, yet the answers given were, with few exceptions, prompt and accurate, showing that during an unusually brief course, his Royal Highness had devoted great attention to the instruction given by the able and zealous Professors of the Academy, and proving himself to be well qualified for a commission in either of the scientific corps of Her Majesty's Army. We understand that Prince Arthur, accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel Elphin- stone, V.C., and Lieut. Picard, V.C., will sail for Canada on the 4th of August, in the City of Paris. EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY.—To-day the election of a Scotch Representative Peer was held at Holyrood-house. Sir W. Gibson Craig, Lord Clerk Registrar, conducted the proceedings. The Peers present were the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry and the Earl of Kellie. Coun- sel protested for the Earl of Mar against any Earl being called in precedence. It was left to the discretion of the Peers to take the oath. The Earl of Kellie took the oath. The Duke of Buccleuch protested as follows I, Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, do protest against any oath being administered to the Peers assembled for the election of a Representative Peer to Parliament as being incompetent, and in violation of the Act 31 and 32 Victoria, cap. 72, sec. 9." The Duke of Buccleucb voted for the Earl of Kellie. The Earl of Kellie voted for him- self, and the following Peers for the Earl of Kellie lhe Marquis of Lothian, Earls of Home, Galloway, Lauder- dale, Leven and Melville, Selkirk, and Glasgow Viscounts Arbuthnot and Strathallan, Lords Saltoun, Sinclair, Tor- phichen, Colville of Culross, and Lord Rollo. It was announced that the Earl of Kellie was unanimously elected. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL HEIR TO £ 30,000.—A few months ago a Liverpool solicitor named Moreton died and left property, valued at £30,000, to the Rev. Dr. Goss, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liver- pool. This will was disputed by Mrs. Moreton, the widow of the deceased, who entered a caveat against it in the local Court of Probate, asserting that her husband was of unsound mind when he made the will. The widow and the bishop have now come to terms, the latter agreeing to grant Mrs. Moreton JE200 a year, and a farm near Chester, she withdrawing the caveat and the notices she had issued to the tenants.