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OEDZNA TEZtSGXdi THE HEALTH OF THE POPE. Paris, March 3L The Poirie and the Temps stato that the accounts of the Pope's health cause anxiety. LATEST-NEWS, Ebbald OiTioii, Widtmfay Morning. (erhtim to the arguments urged by MtHardir, tod contended that was tlntoioa4i) the -'fear' th'af if. "the 'Ol endowed -strife and-enmity would 'Be' oreatea the Protestants and 'Roman Catholics, and' that there hereafter, bea bitternesa of feeling' between the Irish -Protestants and, this oonntry.

He 'denied that the time was iniportuhe, for the 1 introduction of the-queBtlOm Th Government had announced a'polfoy for Ireland which was' no polioy at all; andthereaSon whythe question had Hot been mooted before: was that it was certain to have been" resisted by the Conservative piirty, and there would- WnnnmmnnlAf PftrrinrtCT Tfc WaS OniV cash, and sellers ovor, buyers offering 52s 5d, Ifa 1 g.m.b,, 52s 9d No. 3, 61a 3d. Clyde Obubhed Sugar. Mabebt (OffioialBeport). A fitm market fair business done, BANK OP SCOTLAND.

The ollowingare extracts from the report of tha directors of tho Bank of Scotland to the annual meeting of tho proprietors, held on Tuesday: The report submitted at the lust annual meeting exhibited a balance at the ciccUt ol profit and Ions account of 5 8 The net profits for tno soar ending 89ta. Feb, last, after providing for tha expense of management and for the bad and doubtful debts, amount 1, 1, 129,731 8 ifogotiior, 1 SwMli i From this baa to bo deducted the half-yearly dirldend, paid In October, at the rate of 11 per ctnt. pur oimuui, 65,030 0 0 E.ATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS. vv London, Ohieaday Evening, i by bpjsoiai wtbb.1 frf United Kingdom for The revenue returns or ft totwl inorease wS; Excise, taxes, Km wK Foreign stocks close goodMan andRuasian railways especially. The ARRIVAIi THE HERMANN, Southampton, March 3L The North German steamer Herrnama, from New York, arrived hero this morning.

New York, March 10 (Evening). Mr Macculloqh has addressed a letter to the Finance Committee of the Senate, stating that the bill passed by the Housei of Representatives, and aow Before the Hotise, for removing the internal tax upon "doinestio manufactures, would reduce the levehue over a hundred millions of dollars. Ho fears that if the bill becomes law the revenue' for the next fisoaiyear.will be insufficient to meet the interest on the. Public Debt, and the, current expenses of the The House of Representatives has passed a bill, contmuingtheFreedmeh'sBureauoneyear from July next; The bill providing impartial suffrage in all the States has been called up the House. Governor, Brownlow lias notified to Mr Stanton that the Tennessee Militia' are amply sufficient to protect Nashville and the State archives in case of a The New Jersey and Michigan Republican Con-ventions have declared in favour of the nomination of General Grant for tho Presidency.

Advices from Hsyti state that Salnavo has been defeated, and bw army dispersed near Cape Haytien, The Frenoh Admiral hao 'demanded the arrears due to France from the Ha-yUan Government. HOUSE OF LORDS-rT ubsd ay, The Lobd Chancellor took hia seat upon the woolsack at five o'olock. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were brought in and read a first timo. The Railways. (Extension of Time) Bill was read a third time andpaaaad.

The Indian Railway Company Bill passed through The Consolidated Fund (6,000,000) Bill was read a second time. The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance' Bill was read a second time. mie BtfliHfisa op ile house. The Earl MALME9BURY oalled (don to the Seport of the. Committee on the business of the House, and moVedthat it be and that the following new Grde." lie added to the roll of' Standing Orders Standing order 32, "Ordered that the praptice of calling for proxies on a division should be discontinued and, to prevent the order beincf lightly suspended, that' twice theusuallength of notice bo given of any motion' for its suspension.

The Earl of CARNARVON thought it would be impossible for any important melgura ta ba carried' mainly or solely by proxies, and he believed it would be wise to abandon the use of them. On another point, however, he was sorry that the Original decision of the Committee had not been adhered to. Mo Cornmittee originally decided that the House of Peers should be recommended to meet at half -past' four' instead of five. 'He hoped that the' subjoot Would be brought forward after Baiter, and on op-' portunity given to the Hods's'for expressing an opinion uponit. After some1 obaeryations from' the Earl of.

Ellen- borough, Lord-RedeBdale, Lord Lyvedeiij EarlStau-: hope, Earl de Grey, and other Peers, ultimately the motion was agreed to. Their Lordships adjourned at half-past six.o'clock. 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday. Thn RpKAirrcn tjink the chair at four-o'alock. Mr MILL gave notice that on Thursday he would ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he intended tb bringin a' bill this session for prevention; of bribery and corrupt practices at municipal elections.

The Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marine Mutiny Bill, as amended, was considered, and subsequently read 0 third time and TITLES' TO LAiTO CONSOLIDATION (SCOTLAND) BILL, MrDYCE NICOL gave notice that in Clause 122 of this page 67, line 40, he should move to add the words'' And the said duty ihay bo paid by means of adhesive stamps, to be provided by the Commissioners of InlanelRevenue. IRISH CHURCH, DEBATE; The adjourned debate on Mr Gladstone's resolutions in reference to the Established Church in Ireland was resumed by Mr HARDY, who was received with cheers from the Ministerial benches. Hij admitted that no more important question could reoaive the attention of the House, and it hadior some t(mo been obvious that it was a question whioh at an early day must engage the attention of Parliament. He regretted, however, that the question ihad been introduced with so much aorimony and bitterness that the occasion had been taken advantage of for attacking the Ministry, and that the Government had not only had enemies in their front, but as bitter and violent assailants upon their flank.

defended the Government from the charges brought against them by Lord Cranborne, and said he was. prepared to admit that the Reform Bill of last year was not entirely the, measure he desired, but that, a compromise should be effected, and iu accepting the compromise offered to the House he denied that ha bad sacrificed. any principle. As to the Irish Church, the only object of the of Lord Stanley was to guard against any ha9tyconi elusion being arrived at before Parliament was pre? parcdtolegisla.teuponthequestion. TheGovernment ByappoihtmgaCommisaionof Inquiry had pivotioally admitted that the subject mjust sooner or later be dealt with, but were npt prepared to adopt the resolutions placed upon the table in so hasty a manner by Mr Gladstone.

Hb asked why, if these resolutions represented the mature opinion of Mr Gladstone: upon the Irish Church question, the Right Gentleman had not brought them fori Ward.upon the motion of Mr Maguire, The resolutions, as now drawn up, evadec the difficulty ot the question, and brought prominently forward those parts only on which there was little difference of opinion whereas, if they had gone to a nil development of the plan by wbich it was sought to bring about this Change, the party now supporting them would have been split assunder. It was most inexpedient, he thought, to deal with the mass of property involved in the question in a haaty.manher, and without an opportunity of consulting the country upon it. For hiB own part, he would Bttve been Prepared to have mot the resolutions by a direct negative; but it had been considered that as a Commission was now sitting it would be better first to be in possession of the report, bo that if reformation was Bhown to be necessary they mightbo prepared to carry it out, and to Bhow that the Commission had' not been issued in vain, He asked how it- was that Mr Gladstone's views had undergone bo sudden and marked a change upon the Irish Churoh question, and he quoted passages from Mr Gladstono letters and speeches to show that the views' now expressed by the Right Hon. Gentleman were of very recent growth. He combated the assertion of Mr Gladstone that the relaxation of the penal laws in Ireland had led to an increase of Roman Catholics as compared with Protestants, by pointing: out that the greatest relaxation had taken place since 1834, and that during the interval whioh had elapsed since the Protestants had increased in a greater ratio than the Catholics.

He contended that the Protestants of Ireland were equally entitled to our protection with the Catholics, and that it would be monBtfous to subject their property to confiscation until some clearly defined plan for compensating them was first submitted. It was in vain to deny that the reaptionfl were directly an attack upon the riahts of property. He regarded the question as a auaation for thfiiuty ap well as of the clergy, inasmuch as they had aested interest in the property whichit was proposed takeaway, His own opinion was that if the Irish Ohnrch weredisendowed the Irish people would still remain unsatisfied, and that they would continue to agitate until Parliament consented to repeal the Union, At 'a meeting of a tenant right society recently in Ireland, and presided over by a Roman Catholic Bishop, a resolution was passed declaring thot the sole question which demanded solution was thalandquestion, and that the question of the Irish Chibrch was got up for party purposes, in order to infiie an element of bigotry into the already disturbedbelations between landlord and tenant. He urged that Parliament could not fairly and honestly accept these resolutions until they were made acquainted with the whole of the scheme for dealing with the easting revenues of the Church. Was it, he asked, bropoaed that the' revenues should be secularised and, if so, to w-hat purposes were they to be apphid? He alio asked m.e Irn hannmn nf t.hn crtebB houses, the Tjosses- sionbf which by Protestants, according to Roman Catholic authorities, would still Vemain a constant sourco of irritation and discontent among the Irish people.

As to tho mode by whi( it wbb proposed to deal with the question, he sakT hat nothing could be bo bad as an abstract resolution and he defied any one to show that the first solution was anything more than an abstract resohi ion. Was it proposed to test the feeling of theHiuse of Lords by another abstract resolution, or was the House of Commons solely to decide tie matter? Tho course proposed by Mr Gladatoie was in every respeot an unconstitutional coursi for, in his opinion, it was absolutely necessary show what was to be done with the funds of theSatablishsd Church in Ireland before that Church was disestablished and disendowed. For these reasoni, namely that the of this country ought to be consulted on the new phase of opinion now' put forth' by Mr Gladstone that it was impolitic to pass a resolution that was not binding upon Parliament that they could not throw aside a compact made as a treaty between two nations, and say that it was not binding, and then pastj'a resolution to their successors that they were putting the Legislature into a position whioh it had no right to occupy, and that they wereignoring altogether the other branch of'the Legislature, for his' own part, he would give si( further pledge than this, he woidd act in accordance with Lord Stanley's amendment, and if, receiving the report of the Commission, it oppiared that considerable modifications in the tempoi ilitiea of the United Church in Ireland wore expedent or required, he would be prepared to make em with a fearless hand. But under no circtunat races would he be a party to the disestablishment the Irish Church, and present to the country the i peotacle Of a Government in Ireland purely eecula: with a Government in England partially religloui. He could never consent to see Churoh and' ptate dissevered in Ireland and remain in foroo in England, believed that the adoption of tWse resolutions would produce Btrife'and enmity in trettgd.

rather than peace,) and although he did ho't. fear that the.Pro-testan'tsiof Ireland would guilty of -aotAof disloyilty', he (vas convinced that, ah amount of discontent' would be created' which would, react in, a formidable Mr GOSCHEN thankcdjMr Hardy for the speeoh he had made, arid fpi At length put aolear conatruotiqii upon the amendment, and let the House know the. exaot' isSUe. before of Mr Hardy was, however, widely teppa that ofLord pre! 'iared but Mr Hardy was'l opposod to evierjrtbws.ihft savoured of Jmfc' gum. ''G'moii''BBe'H 'arid asked what price was to' be thOTii away.

The question, however, was one of justice, and not of price for if it were just that the Irish Ohuroh should cease as an Establishment, it was beyond the question to talk now of the price to ba paid for, earring out that object, He' wjlwd MAIL NEWS. BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS, Southampton, March 31. The steamer La Plata, from tho River Plate, hag arrived here with tho above mails and after landing 31,000 in specie for London, she proceeded to Antwerp. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. (From tho Edinburgh Gazette Ycsterdar.l SEQUESTRATION'S.

March 25, Geouoe Rokehtson, merchant and tailor in New Buekie, in the parish of Rath yen, and county of BaniT. Creditors to moet within the Commercial Inn, Portsoy, 8th April, at eleven o'clock. Alexander Murray, solicitor, Portsoy, agent. March 27. Charles Stuart Law, jeweller, Edinburgh, Creditors to meet within the Rooms of Messrs J.

G. Smith, 79 George Street, Edinburgh, 7th April, at one o'clock. D. Otirror, S.S.C, 25 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, agent. March 28.

William Lamg Rollo, law and general printer in ErllnburgL Creditors to meet within Dowell'a Sale Rooms, 18 George Street, Edinburgh, 7th April, at twelve o'clock, John Robertson, S.S.C., 63 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, agent, March 30. Tho Reverend James Eobeetsoh Campbell, minister of the United Parishes oil Kil-calmonell and Kilberry, in the county of Argyll, and Presbytery of Kintyre, and residing at the Clachan, Kintyre, in said county. Creditors to meet within the Faculty Hall, St George's Place, Glasgow, 10th April, at twelve o'clock. Adamson Gulland, W.S., 10 Nelson Street, Edinburgh, Maroh 30. Georoe Beli'EAOE.

farmer, North Gyle, in the parish of Oorstorphiuc, and county of Edinburgh. Creditors to meet within Lyon Turn-bull's Rooms, 51 George Street, Edinburgh, 8th April, at ono o'clock. Lyon, S.S.C, 7 North St Andrew Street, Edinburgh, agent. March 30. David Rintoul, innkeeper, Auchen-crow.

Creditors to meet within the Sheriff Court House, Dunse, 11th April, at eleven o'clock. Alexr, Weatherhead, solicitor, Dunafe, agent, William Robertson, residing 'at Cambridge, in the parish of Duthil, and county of Elgin, to be examined within the Sheriff Court House, Elgin, 6th April, at one o'clock. Creditors to meet within Menzles' Hotel, Carrbridge, 15th April, at twelve o'olock. Matthew Bishop, grocer, wine aud spintmercuant, Calder, near Coatbridge, to be examined within the Chambers of Sheriff A. Eraklne Murray, Sheriff Court House, Wilson Street, Glasgow, 10th April, at one o'clock.

Creditors to meet within the Chambers of William Snodgrass, accountant, 137' West George Street, Glasgow, 20th April, at twelve o'clock, William Moore, general merchant in Glasgow, and a partner of the late firm of John Wood Company, cotton waste dealers in Glasgow, aud of the late firm of Lynass Moore, general merchants in Glasgow, as such partner, and as an individual, to be examined within the Chambers of Mr Sheriff Galbraitb, County Buildings, Wilson Street, Glasgow, 7th April, at twelve o'clock. Creditors to meet within the Counting House of Messrs Wilson Rattray, accountants; 59 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 16th April, at twelve o'clock. Donald Mackinnon, tenant of, and residing at Feorline, in the united parish of KHfinicben and Kilvickeon, Island of Mull, and county of Argyll, to be examined within the Sheriff Court Houae, Tobermory, 7th April, at twelve o'clock. Creditors to meet within the Royal Hotel, Tobermory, 20th April, at twelve o'clock. Barclay bonnet manufacturers, Stewar-ton, arid Thomas Stirling Barclay, bonnet manufacturer, Stewarton, and James Downes, bonnet manufacturer, Stewarton, the individual partners of said company, to be examined within the Sheriff Court House, Kilmarnock, 6th April, at eleven o'clock.

Creditors to meet within the George Hotel, Kilmarnock, 15th April, at one o'olock. George Smith Fowlie, merchant, Hope Park to be examined within the Sheriff Court House, Edinburgh, 8th ApriU, 'at twelve o'clock. Creditors to meet within the Chambers of Thomas Alexander Thomson, accountant, 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, 17th April, at three o'clock. BIRTHS. At 26 Lilybank Road, on the 31st Mrs James R.

Alexander; a daughter. At 5 Montgomerie Terrace, on the 31st ultimo, the wife of William Smith a son. At 2 Westbank Terrace, Hillhead, on theSlst Mrs Alexander Macphail a son. At 130 South Portland Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs W. E.

Allah a daughter. At 76 High John Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mra James Clarksoh, a son, At the Original Secession Manse, Pollokshawa, 6u the 30th ultimo, the wife of the Rev. William B. Gardiner a son. At Broomloan Cottage, Govan, on the 30th the wife of James Barras, M.D.; a son.

At Woodbauk, Bowling, ou the 30th ultimo, the wife of David Rcddie a Bon. At Crawford Street, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Andrew Dick a son. At GateBidemillPrintworkB, Barrhead, on tho 29th ultimo, Sirs William Tees a sou. MARRIAGES. At the Cathedral, Manchester, on the 25th by the Rev.

H. H. Westmore, M.A., Mr John late of this city, to Jane, youngest daughter of Joseph Hall, Esq, of Tideswell, Derbyshire. No cards. At Newark Bridge of Allan, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev.

John Reid, minister of the parish, Robert Brown, Dublin, to Margaret, second daughter of the late Lewis Ferguson, CrLaegow, At Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev Frederick Rowbottom, Augustus J. Jamieson, teacher of music, to Mary, second daughter of Thos. Linton, superintendent of police. At 28 Greenside Street, Edinburgh, on the 26th ultimo, by the Rev. Andrew William l'nnes, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr Andrew HuteheBOH.

DEATHS. At 1 Holyrood Crescent, Great Western Road, on the 31st ultimo, aged 19, Alexander, son of the late John Morrison, Esq, Friends will please accept this intimation. At 68 Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton, on the. 31st Mr Thomas Eadie, portipner, aged.67. Friends will please accept of this intimation.

At 110 Crookaton Street, on the 31st ultimo, Alexander M'Farlane, aged 23 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation. At 6 North Margaret Street, on the 31at ultimo, aged two years and eight months, John Mathieson, only child of Mr John M'Laren. Friends will please accept of this intimation. At 12 Willowbank Street, on the 31st: ultimo, Margaret, fifth daughter of the late Jas, Smith, merchant, Bo'ness.

Friends will please accept of this intitnation, Suddenly, at Hamilton Crescent, Partick, on the 31st ultimo, Janet, eldest daughter of Alexander Honeyman, Friends will please accept of this intimation. At 41 Charlotte Street, on the 30th uHimo, aged 63 years, Mr James Provan, hairdresser. Friends will please accept of this intimation. At Underwood House, Paisley, on the 30th William eldest son of Jamea Kerr. Frienda will please accept of this jntimatiou- Bsjg At 36 Eldon Street, Greenock, on the 29th Archibald merchant.

Friends will please accept of this intimation. At his residence, Victoria Park, Wavertres, on the 29th ultimo, aged 55 years, Robert Rodgers, merchant, of Liverpool, Friends will please accept of this intimation. At 70 Florence Street, on the 28th ultimo, aged 17, Robert Boyd, son of Mr John Fulton, Friends will please accept of this intimation. At St Mary's Terrace, Colchester, on the 26th Mrs Jane Burnside, widow of Robert Taylor, Esq. of Broomland, Dumfries.

Relatives andfriends will please accept this intimation. At Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on the 24th December, the Rev. Thomas Mowbray, late of Hamilton. friends will please accept of this intimation. Suddenly, at 10 Crawford Street, Port-Dundas, on tho 31st ultimo, Alexander Ramsay, in his 63d year.

At Orofthead Cottnge, Cadder, on the 25th aged one year and eleven months, William Cross; and on tho 31st aged five years and eleven months, Agnes Yuill, children of Thomas M'Lellan, inspector of poor. At 19 Rdseland Terrace, Cumberland Street, on the 30th aged 57 years, Mr William M'Kinlay, smith and grinder, 47 King Street, City. Suddenly, at 14 South Terrace, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs M'Myn, in her 74th year. Suddenly, at 6 Melfille Street, Tradeaton, on the 28th.ultimoi aged 65 years, Jean Henderson, relict of John Burns. At Alexandria, on the 15th ultimo, Mr Daniel M'Intyre, engineer, aged 35, late' of Glasgow.

At Rodgerviile, Hay County, O. West, on the 8th ultimo, aged 26, William, eldest son of James Bonthron, late of At Gbldsborough Estate, Tobago, West Indies, on the-uth ultimo, Donald Carrie," overseer, youngest son of James Currie, GlenlbagSbiaken, Arran. at, on the 13th January, Mr Alexander Wilson, eldest son of Mr Thomas Wilson, 10 Renfrew Street, Glss-gow. A.E Ditneain, ew Zieaiana, on tne oin manual Im, the Rev. fettr Aadereos, 1st niissjoaary ot TELEGRAMS BY SPECIAL WIRE, THE IEISH DEBATE.

(From our Pnliamentary Eeportor.) ifo' Bttob. excitement has been witnessed at Westi minster political crisis of 1866 as wai on Monday consequent upon the much-, expeoted opening of the Irisi Ohuroh debate, Lmo crowds assembled in Palace Yard, Westaiinsiar Hall, and St Stephen's Hall, early in the afternoon, and remained loitering about long after the House had met, eager to pick up the smallest scraps of in-formation regarding the proceedings within and. the probable fate of the Ministry. The Menv bers' Lobby also presented a very unusual spectacle, on account1 of the large number of the friends and supporters of the Irish Ohuvch Establishment' who had been attracted, and the eagerness with whioh they disoussod the question at issue and demanded' the opinions of their representatives. 1'fcere was immense aouipatition to obtain entrance to the strangers' gallery, but the Bystem of balloting recently introduced had the effect of preventing any atruggling.

Great disappointment was experienced by those who oould not procure admittance, and until a late hour at night those who had obtained orders loitered about, ready and anxious to take advantage of any ohance that offered for getting within the building. Inside all was earnest expectation and excitement. The House was oro wded to excess, and presented a brilliant and ammated appearanoe. The Peers oame over from the Lords in large numbers and orowded the galleries specially allotted to them, having for their companions several Irish prelates, noblemen, and others interested in the questions and prominent amongst all ws Mr Whiteside, who came down to the scene of his former oratorical onlays -to, be an attentive listener of the proceedings. Mr Gladstone's rising was the signal for a great outburst of cheering from the Opposition side, whioh only subsided after the lungs of Hon.

Members had been exhausted. First of all he moved quietly that the Aots relating, to Ireland be read, which was complied with by the Clerk. Then somebody suggested that the Act of Union between England and Ireland Bhould be read. Then a third somebody moved that the Coronation Oath and the Act of Parliament in whioh that Aotwas embodied should be read. These demands created considerable amusement, more especially as it took a great deal longer time to find the; various Acts than to read them.

The House, however on solemn occasions lovea a joke aeai'ls'- Mr Gladstone's speeoh waii a great success. It was received with unbounded enthusiasm onhis own Bidei but afforded an opening for Ministerial taunts and sneers in that portion where he defended his own consistency, and solemnly deolared that he was actuated by no party' motive in taking the step whioh he had done. Mr Gladstone spoke for an hour and three-quarters. Lord Stanley made some good points, whioh were oaught up and loudly cheered by those who sat behind him. The great drawback to its success was the defeotive utterance under which the Noble Lord labours.

Mr Leatham led off the ball on behalf of the third-rate speakers, who had undisputed possession of the House during the dinner hour. Judged of according to striot rules of partisanship, the speeoh of Monday evening was that of Lord Cranborne. Gladstone was eloquent and impressive, and his earnestness of matter, and unoompro-miaing declaration against the oontiauanpe of the Irish Church, roused his followers into enthusiasm of the demonstrative order the Irishmen below the gangway being Bpeoially jubilant over what they oon. aidered to be the approaching downfall of the Establishment. Lord Stanley was not so forcible as he usually is when he delivers a set orat'ou, and his want of force was by many attributed to want of heart in the.work he had undertaken.

What was lacking in this respeot, however, in the remarks jpf the Foreign Secretary, was more than made up on the other side by the late Secretary for India. So wild aiid bitter, a speech as that of Lord Cranborne has not been'heard within the House for eome timo past, and DisraeU. required even all his wonderful powers of self-possesaion to maintain his composure, under the infliction, Tho House was rather thin when the Noble Lord rose, but it was soon whispered through-out the lobbies that he had risen to bait tho Ministry, and Members Booked in tumultuously to hear the philippics of the hardest hitter on the Conservative side, with the exceptiun of Disraeli himself, Those amongst the national representatives who love mischief of any kind, especially when couohed in biting and sarcastic language, had their taatef ally gratified. The Noble Lord was most unsparing in his denunciation of his late colleagues. His feelings towards Disraeli are well known, and everyone expeoted that he would smite hard between the harness wherever a joint was visible, but few expectod that Lord Stanley and Mr Hardy would have been bo pointedly inoluded in the same condemnation.

The Ministerialists were Bomewhat disconcerted at the fury of the onslaught; bat the Opposition were in raptures, and cheered vociferously to inoite the speaker to still stronger display. The appearance and temper of the House were, in fact, almost precisely similar to what was displayed in 1866 when Mr Lowo spoke from the same side of the House againBt Gladstone's Keform Bill. Now, as then, the orator addreBsed the distinguished assembly from the Ministerial side against his own party, and was received with Bhouts of approval rom nis opponents, The Opposition cheers were in this instance very vehement, and it was strongly felt by observers how much Gladstone had gained and Disraeli had lost in the person of so keen and powerful a debater. The excitement in the neighbourhood of Westminster, although not.so marked as on the previous day, was still very apparent yesterday. Large numbers hung about the lobbies in the hopes of seeing the politioal notabilities as they passed iuto the House, and on picking up scraps of information regarding the chances of the debate.

There was, however, leas flutter and expectation displayed within tU House than on Monday night. The rears and Prelates were present in force, and amongst the distinguished visitors were the Prince of Wales and Prince Christian but the benches, especially on the Ministerial side, were rather sparsely ocoupied at the time Mr Hardy, the Home Secretary, rose to resume the disoussion shortly before five o'olock. NothiwT pleases the House better than personalities, ment received the Right Hon. entleman with ringing. clieers ana smues ur m-uuiiucwiou i'10MDULD nutui the outset, he plunged into a brisk altercation with no less an adversary than Mr Gladstone.

Mr Hardy was in excellent humour, and fluent, forcible, and full of spirit and enthusiasm, and his impetuous manner carried the House aloog with him and gave effeot to bis speeoh. The chamber filled to repletion whilst he was speaking, and the shafts Whioh he levelled at the leader of the Opposition drew' Peal after peal of cheera from his own side. The Home Secretary boldly charged his predecessor in the representation of the University of Oxford with the grossest inconsistency, and taunted him with the suddenness and completeness of the change in his opinions in reference to the Irish Church. The delight of the Ministerialists leached a high pitch as the Homo Secretary proceeded to prove his assertions, as it were, by the card. Amid somewhat noisy gratula-Hons from the Treasury side, he produced aud read an extract from a letter written by Mr Gladstone to an elector of the University of Oxford in the year 1865, in which that Right Hon.

Gentleman declared opinions contrary to those he has now espoused, and avowed that the proBpeot of settling the Irish Church difficulty was very romote.andhefearedbeyondroaoh of being ever grappled by him. Mr Gladstone was rather disconcerted at the war being thus so suddenly earned into nis own ternwry, turn luwuiy itsiwu iui a Bight of the letter which he was charged with having writton. Mr Hardy threw the document across tho table to his opponent, and challenged him to deny tho authorship of the dooument if he could, and the most ample apology would be tendered, Mr Gladstone took up the paper and read it attentively, but was silent. Thereupon Mr Hardy, in his most triumphant manner, demanded how it happened that as the Right Hon. Member for South Lancashire had himself declared that he had so long ago as the year 1846 thrown out opinions against the Establishment in Ireland he had so recently as the year 1865 written, by his own hand, a letter in whioh he asserted that that Church oould not be disestablished.

The Ministerialists Bhouted in triumph, and when Mr Hardy sat down it was agreed that he had made an effective party speech. Mr Goschen was the herald of the usual dinner interregnum, and, under his somewhat dull influence, the House quickly emptied, and the smaller men were allowed their accustomed latitude. The debate was rescued from its dulness by Mr Bright, who rose about half-past ten, when the House was again full, and delivered one of his most temperate and' effective speeches. Hia manner was singularly oalm', and free from the declamation of his earlier He spoke in, a low tone, and almost entreated Hon. Members to cast away party feelings and deal righteously and generously in the matter of th? Irish Church.

He predicted good from dii-BBtab-Hohment, and instanced the case of the Scotch Disruption, whioh had been followed with great blessings to that country. He related that the late Ear! of Aberdeen had hjmself told him that he once considered tbesplit in the Scotoh Church es thegreat-; est calamity that could have befallen that jjorUOn of the kingdom, but he had lived-to retract his and to acknowledge that nothing but good had bosa the result. Mr bright' resumed his. ssat'cit' midnight, when a struggle' for preoedence took place between Mr Lowe and Mr Roebuck, both of whom were desurous of moving the adjournment of the debate. There were loud shouts for tho former, but Mr Roebuck gained his point by persistency, aud WW allowed to move tho axlj'Htrnmeot, when the Conservative party were -power that' nmiU tin fiirnorl nn with A reasonable hbpe of compelling justice' to be done.

If it wai1 riant that justice should be done, the sooner it was done the better. Mr PEEL DAWSON was prepared to support the ecclesiastical institutions of Ireland, whichliad. 0 long existed as connecting links between the two Msb, and which could not be altered without' couni. disaster mvm the Mr TORRENto contended that tha Irish Ohuroh had never been a national Church, but that on the contrary it was an alien Churoh ill a hostile land, CABTER, WttO. was of opinion that greatinjustioe had been done to Ireland, and that the sooner It Was- removed the Mr Serjeant ARMSTRONG said there should bo no misunderstanding after the speeoh of Mr Hardy as to the issue raised by the resolutions and the amendment.

The question was whether Protestant ascendancy should-be maintained in Ireland at all risks and or whether in. future the oountry should boigoverned on the only principle On which it could be governed-with safety to the Empire, namelyfr-perfect equality, religious as well, as oivil. He believed the; disestablishment of the Irish Church would pavo the way for the settlement of thp land and would be the, means of peace, tranquillity, and prosperity to Ireland; Colonel STUART KNOX looked' upon the Act of Union as the Safeguard of Ireland, although ho didn't justify the means by which it was obtained. He should have preferred to meet the resolutions by a uiraci, negative, uu, would cling to any plank that offered safety, and would vdte for the amendment. He regarded the resolution as the most cowardly proposal over made to the House; and he asked why Mr Gladstone did not take upon himself the responsibilityof introducing a bill.

If the Irish Ohuroh were disestablished be believed the spoliation and the act would entail would' not satisfy the Roman Catholics, but 0)1 the Other hand it would succeed in alienatmg the affections of all loyal Protestants from' this country. After, some observations from Major O'Reilly and Mr Sohbbibeh, Captain WHIl'M, in an able maiden apeeeh, sup-ported tha resolutions, on the ground that, the diSf establishment of the Iriah Church would restore peace and tranquillity to Ireland and would remove the bitter jealousies and animosities whioh how He regarded the -existence of'the Irish Establishment as' the primary: obstacle to the pacification of the country, and as an Irish Protestant ho wished to see the Irish Ohuroh stand upon its own merits rather thaii rely upon State aid and patron- gThe ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland spoke in favour of the amendment. Mr BRIGHT observed that during the debate, which had only lasted two nights, there had been, if not a remarkable change- of opinion, a remarkable change of expression. From the Treasury bench they hao listened to a speech from Lord Stanley but, although it was difficult to say what was the precise impression produced by it, it was impossible todeny: that on the part of Hon. Gentlemen opposite was anything but a comfortable one.

To-night a very different speeoh had been made by the Home Seoretary, and it almost seemed that the country was to receive a new version of the opinions of the Government night by night. Lord Stanley had' stated that the condition of Ireland was paiuful and in some respects discreditable but the tone of Mr. Hardy's speech was quite the reverse, and in point of faot it might be regarded as an answer to the Foreign Secretary's speeoh of the preceding Probably, if the debate went on until they would find the Firet Lord of tho Treasury or the Seoretary for India answering the speech of Mr, Hardy. The oause of this was that a kind of political chaos existed at present. We had a Government: -which was not a Government, and an Opposition, which was not an Opposition, because, realiy, the Opposition did not oppose anything the Government proposed.

The propositions of the Government were not based upon their principles when they sat on the Opposition side of the HoUBe, and therefore the Opposition did not oppose them, but helped them as much as possible to carry them out. believed there were many men below the gangway who did not regard this course of action with entire satisfaction. It was said that the- Protestant population of Ireland numbered one and a half out of four millions, but everybody who did not deolare himaslf.Pres-; or a Roman Gatholio was put down ft3 an Episcopalian, The real number of Protestants waa not more than half a million or six hundred thousand, representing, perhaps, one hundred thousand families, or a population about equal to that of Glas-gow, Liverpool, or Manchester. Yet for this population they had not less than two Archbishops and 12 Bishops, who had dovoted to their religious services an annual income arising irom a capital of not less than ten or twelve millions sterling, Surely if that system Of teaching in Ireland were very good, there ought to be in Ireland a more perfectly moral and religious population among the Protestants than was to be found in any other country in the world. But he contended that the Irish Ohuroh had been an entire failure deplorable, and almost ludiorous as an engine for converting the population, and tbat her attempt to convert the people of Ireland to Protestantism had made the population more intensely Roman Catholic than the Catholics of any other country in Europe.

The existence of the Protestant Church in Ireland, be it missionary or not, had not only not converted the Catholics, but had made it absolutely impossible that any other Church could convert them. But while he denounced the Church Establishment in Ireland, he regarded it aa ona of the calamities of tha world that there were in this country millions of Catholics who were liable to be directed in much of their conduot, and oftentimes in their political conduct, through their bishops and clergy from the centre of the oity of Rome. He thought thot was a great: misfortune to freedom in the world, and a mistortuno to every. Oatholio Churoh in every oountry, because it tended to prevent lis from being wholly national, and prevented suoh changes and Buch reformation as he believed to be necessary in the progress of every Church. He attributed much of the evils which had befallen Ireland to tho existence of the Protestant Established Church in the oountry and, after all the efforts made to convert the people, "it seemed that we could not do without the of the Habeas Corpus Act, that we had not reconciled wehadnotdone some of ttiose things which all the world said we ought to hava done, and in 1868 we were discussing if it were pos- u.

An Minnrvn fhn TifltahliRhnd Ohnrch tn B1U1B Vy UV uuiuihu bring about a better feeling between the people of that country and-the, Imperial Government. He thought the House ought to try to get rid of its antiquated prejudices on the subject, and we should find that we should recover as easily as Scotland had from the disruption which ocourredaome years ago in the Scottish Church. The English Churohat the present moment was suffering, not from the attacks of the Liberation Society and Roman Catholics, but from dissension within the Church itself. Only recently the Church had found itself in a court of law, and a curious decision had just been given that candles were lawful, but incenBe was something horrible and to be avoided, although the newspapers told them that on the following Sunday there was more in-cense in that particular Church than there had ever been before.1 He pointed out that Bince he had been in Parliament many things bitterly opposed had been pasaed in times of difficulty, and had been found to be great blessings instancing the alteration in our paroohial, colonial, and finanoial syBtems, tho reversal of the polioy of protection, and the change made this session only of no longer recognising the importance of maintaining tho balanceof power. Mr Gladstono himself confessed that ho had learnt much of late years, and even Hon, Gentlemen opposite had made progress in many things-a progress most gratifying to him, and a very wholesome indication that the minds of men were becoming more open to: the consideration of great principles in connection with great publio questions.

The ohanges which had been made in past tiineB were the glory of our time, and he believed our posterity would regard them as the natural and blessed fruits of the in-telligenceand the more comprehensive justice of this ago. He asked the House to grapple with the subj eot fearlessly, and to pluck up a weed which at present polluted the air, but which would leaye a free Protes-: tant Churoh which would be hereafter an ornament and a grace to all those who were brought within the range' of its, influence. Ireland waited and longed for a great' aot of reconciliation, and England and make atonement for past' crimes and past it: depended upon the ImperialParliament whetherthat conciliation should should take place and whether that atonenient.should 'atilenfithberuadei'. Ori the motion ofi Mr RoBDUOK, the debate adjourned tUl Thursday. The House adjourned at twelveo I GJNIR'WS, Vpn tTnw.Awn.

to jiangaiownoaine j.vuiuai,.1,,iiio jwww.j.wM-a tresa, iyjUimMWXMMQMl: xitaoKOtr at jjedfohu. wnuam M.unueKrw, executed yesterday; at Bedford, for; ther murder 6f; William Bradbury near Lutom Liberation op the Supposed Captain Dbast. The man arrested by tho 8alford police on the supposition that he was Captain Deasy, was yesterday set at Ubetty, I Leaving the sum ot 104,651 It i The direotors recommend a dividend at the rate ot 11 per oent. per annum for the half-year ending 29th February, and a bonus of 1 per cent, for tho year ending samo date, under deduotion of Income-tax, amounting to 65,000 0 0 and giving to the proprietors 12 per oent. for the year upon ineir oauiuu.

14 I The direotors have carried the sum of 25,000 to the reserve, thus increasing that fund to 300,000 and have also applied 5000 in reduction of the cost of the heritable property in the occupation of tho bank leaving a balance of 9654 14s 4d to be carried forward at the credit of profit and Iobb account. The following is the statement of the bank's liabilities and assets on the 29th February LiABiUTna. Faia-up capital, 0 0 Iteooaife. 7,288.373 10 It Noteoiroulation 447,631 0 Drafta tamed, payable within Mdays, 181,701 1 7 Credits and acceptances by tho bank and its London correspondent, 239,562 12 10 Half-yearly dividend and bonus, payable 14th April, 1868. 65,000 0 0 Boaeryo fund, 300,001) 0 0 Balance of pioflta oarrled forward, 9,654 14 4 9,533,773 0 ft Gold sndsilrerooln, and notes of other bantss, 10 0 Government Securities, oaah with London banks, and short loans in London 2,230,143 0 Stock of the Bank of England and other similar securities, 339.62210 5 Bank premises at Edinburgh and the branches, 151,359 3 0 Bills discounted, cash accounts, and other advances 6.420,248 13 6 9,532,773 0 8 The meeting declared a dividond and bonus in accordance with tho recommendation of the directors, Liverpool Oil Mabket.

Of palm oil, 50 tons have been sold at 38 10s to 38 15s for Bonny, and at 30 per tort (or Inferior Linseed oil steady at SCs to 3Cs Gd. Rape oil unohanged. Olive oil quiet, at 70 per tun for Spanish. Refined petroleum oil steady, at 1b 3d per gallon for fine white. Tallow keeps steady at late quotations.

American lard offers at 62s per owt. -Liverpool Mercury. Tho Times says Further escoitement in the oot-ton market, and an increase of firmness in wheat, have operated to check any tendenoy to animation in the Funds, owing to the effect they are likely tb have on our speoie movements with India, America, and elsewhere. Owing to the interdiot having bean granted againBt the declaration of payment of any dividend for the present, Caledonian stock declined 4 per cent. The Daily News says 1 Consols yesterday were again wholly without movement, speculators being uncertain as to tho result of the impending debate on the Irish Church.

The Herald says There was less inquiry in the discount market yesterday, and towards the close of business If per cent, was the nearest quotation, MESSES BAIKD OF GAKTSHERBIE V. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Wo understand that an action of declarator, was served, yesterday forenoon upon the directors of the Caledonian Eailway Company, at the instance of Messrs Eaird, of Gartsherrie, for themselves, and as trustees along with others for the family trusts under their charge holders of stock of different kinds in the company to an amount exoeeding 700,000. We believe that the action does not in: volve any immediate interdict, against the 'company paying dividends, but is directed against a number of proceedings of directors, consider to be illegal to have it found and declared that said proceedings are illegal, and to prohibit and interdict any such transactions for the future. We understand the transactions pointed against are, paying higher dividends on ordinary stock than have been earned, borrowing from bankera and money for the purpose of paying dividends and debts and obligations not srjiotioned by the statutes of the company, from purchasing property and carrying on transactions with the money so borrowed beyond the authority and powers of the company, and from applying the money raised under the authority of Parliament for special purposes to other purposes.

We believe this is a general and pretty correct indication of the form of the action but of course many of the details in the summons itself may result in conclusions affecting the company beyond what we have indicated. THE STIRLING BURGHS. MB RAMSAY AT 9T HimAm On Monday evening Mr RamBay of Kildolton addressed a meeting of electors and non-electors residing in St Ninians, in the Parish Schoolroom-there. There was a good turn-out of people, the school being comfortably filled. There were also a number from Bannookburn and neighbourhood, with a sprinkling from Stirling besides.

Among those present were Major Wilson, Rev. Thos. Smith, Mr Saunders, Mr J. M. Cunningham (Stirling), Mr J.

D. Mathie, Mr Jenkins (St Ninians), Mr MVLay, MrM'Nair, On the motion of Mr Somebville, St Ninians, Mr M'Lay wrb called to the chair. Mr RAMSAY addressed the meeting at considerable length, and at the olooo a number of queatioRs were put- A Non-Electob, from Bannookburn, asked Mr Ramsay's opinion on Trades' Unions? Mr Ramsay My duties in connection with the public offices which I hold in Glasgow have taken up so much of my time that I have not had time to devote myself to the question, Speaking generally, I know of no reason why the working men should not be protected in the enjoyment of their rights for the purpose of securing the best possible remuneration for their services, provided these unions are conducted without exercising upon the men any moral weight or constraint of any kind. I think the working men are fully entitled to all the protection which would be accorded to a union of masters for a like purpose. Working men are sometimes blamed for uniting, but I never could see why any blame could bo attached to them for uniting to secure better wages for their labour, when you sflnetion the combination of masters in order to secure a better price for the goods they supply.

Mr M'Fabiane would Mr Ramsay be kind enough to state what the Irish people want? (Loud laughter.) Mr Ramsay You ask me to state what they want. What they do want it is impossible to tell. We do not get a full atatemontof thoir grievances from themselves, and I am not prepared to state it for them, but you all know that they blame us for every ill that falls upon them and I feel the greatest blessuw we could confer upon them would be to convinoo them that every great and good man in this country is very anxious to do everything possible for the purpose of making them feel that we regard them not only as ourselves, but have treated them with greater delicacy and greater kindness than even the people of this country get at our hands. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. MR CAMPBELL AT DUNFRRMLINB.

On Monday evening Mr Campbell met with the electors and non-eleotora of Dunfermline in the Music Hal), which was completely crowded upwards of 2600 being present. Ex-Provost Robertaon, Chairman of Mr Campbell's Committee, presided, and wrs supported on the platform by Mr Campbell Committee and a large number of bis supporters, among whom were Councillors Duncanson, Reid, Clark, Ferguson, Walker, and Mathewson Drs Hoggan and Morris Messrs Russell, Smith, Davie, Carr, Robertson, Forbes, Wardlaw, Cooper, Ramsay, Walker, Shearer, Murphy, Neill, Bevondge, Romanes, Campbell, Milne, M'Laren, Moir, Burrell, Kerr, and among those whom we observed in the body of the hall were-Provost Whitelaw, Bailie Alston, Councillor Stewart, Messrs J. White-law, Whyte. Ross, Thomson, Bruce, Lindcay, Wilson, Roy, Gardner, Grieve, Rutherfurd, Wallace, Boag, Bulloch, Blair, and Campbell. Ex-Provost Robertson expressed the pleasure it afforded him to preside on the occasion, and remarked that he had been called to do so out of no disrespect to their Chief Magistrate, but beoause he was a supporter of Mr Campbell, and beoause Mr Campbell's supporters had thought it proper that he should do so.

Mr Robertson then referred 60 tho reasons why he had become a supporter of Mr Camp-bell, and concluded by saying he hoped that-they would have a fair stand out fight, and that when it was over both parties would be as good mends ns ever. (Cheers.) Mr Campbell, who was cordially received, proceeded at considerable length to review the present a6peot of political affairs. In alluding to the Law of Hypothec, he said that he thought the sooner it 'was abolished the better. The grievous portion of the Game Laws would either, he thought, -m abolished this session or next. Last session a biU was introduced which appeared to have given great satisfaction He conoluded by saying that the great principles of tho Liberal party were liberty, equality, and fraternity.

A number of questions having been asked ana satisfactorily answered, the meeting was brought to a plQ30 by the usual rotes of thanks, Closing prices wo" 93 Passives, New, 35H 338 3 Italian, i U. S. Bonds, Hi 2a New 3 per 94f 4 Eys opened steady, tat taw off generally flatten Banks unchanged. Ottomans good. Del Rflva very good, at 23i 4K Anglos and Atlantic SeS and Ordinary very firm.

Great Luxem-fS iw better. Tho following were the nnnt.fttlOnB Caledonian, 714 2.J Great Eastern, bbj i Great Northern, K'2 3 Do. 96 8 Great Western, 484 9 Lan. and 1255 6 Oluttham, 19 lloWestern, Hi Booth-Western, 85 7 jplMSfl North-Eastem, 100 1 Do, Leeds, 58 CO Vnrtr. 93 4 Canadas, 16f TrunKS.

5 Luxemburga, 91 i ErioB, 481 9i Illinois, 89 90 Anglos, 22J Maintenance. 13 Atlantic, 5J 03 .1 x1 uuuitu, 4 LIVERPOOL SHABSS. I UOAAAIH Mtlttlt sat Great EaBtern, o3t loa. 8nd Up Hortk-Weetern, 1145 South-Eastern, 73 Luxemburgs, 91 Eries, Mahohesteb Shakes. Caledonian, 71 Great Eastern, 33 Great Northern, 103J Tin A.

87 rtanarla. IKS Lan. and 125g Luxemburg, 9 Metropolitans, 113 Great Western, 4Sjj reat iveuwm, After official hours Consols olosed without change, St 93ft. Railways flat. Metropolitans, lid 3 cale- flnnisns.

71-4 2 Midlands, 104j 6. On 'Change, tallow, 48s Gd to 43s 9d on the spot, linseed oil, 33s 6d. Spelter, 20 5s. Straits tan, 91 to 91 10s. A.

Calcutta telegram of the 23d in the Man-tltdtcr Examiner, reports an improving import mar-fcet. Exohange, Is llgd. 4000 in gold have been withdrawn from the Bank ol England to-day. In Paris to-day the Bourse continued firm. Rentes Closed at 69f.

42c. nj A Bombay telegram, dated March 24, quotes 7 lb. Shirtings 5r. 8. 8.1 lbs.

6r. 8a. 40 mall twist, 11a. Market firm. Cotton active; DhoUerah, 2202r.

Exchange! on London, Is lljd. Government securities-? per Cents, 92; 5 per 107J per lllj. Freights to Liverpool, 67s Od to 70s discount, 6 per cent. The latest London date is Calcutta telegram, dated Maroh 23, quotes 7 lb. shirtings 81 7r.

4a. 40s mule twist, 6Ja. Market active. Cotton, 17.ia. Exchange on liondon, Is 11 5-10d.

Government secnrities-4 per 5 per 1074 5i per 113J. Freights to England (linseed), 77s 6d. The rate of discount has been raised 1 per cent. London Colonial Wool Salesl The low wool commenced to-day with a Rood attendance and fair spirit in the biddings, prices ruling one penny per lb. above the November rates.

They close tomorrow. Htbrpooi Cotton Mabket. The market to-day closes with a very DtroDg feeling, at about id advance on yeaterday's rates. The sales were 18,000 bales, including 60U0 on speoulation and for export. The following transactions took place 13,500 Americans, 10id to 13d 200Pernams, lljdi 600 Santos, Hid 100 Bahla and Maceio, lid OOMaranhams, Hid to 11 jd; 1000 Egyptians, lOJd to 23d 400 Peruvians, Hid to llfd; and 2000 Surats, 7jdto lOSd.

Imports, 11,427 bales. Makohestbr Trade. The market is strong, and responds more freely to that of Liverpool than for some time past, and an advance of jd to Id per lb. on last Friday's rates is paid. Glasgow, Tuesday.

GiAsaow Customs Rbvsnoe. The revenue collected in the Custom House of Glasgow during the financial year ended March 31, 1868, amounts to $1,277,809 13a Id. This is the largest amount of money ever received in our Custom House, and exceeds last year by 272,288 15s 5d. This increase is attributable to the growing trade of the port, and is likely to continue to augment. The number and tonnage of vessels belonging to the port at the same date are 832 vessels, 354,954 tonB, being an increase over last year of 24 vtBaels and 19,018 tons.

We may romark that considerably more than a thud She tonnage belonging to Scotland is registered at Glasgow. The followingis acomparative statement of the Customs revenue at this port for the month, quarter, and financial year ended 31st March, with the four preceding similar periods '012 1 1865, 73,266 10 8 1864, 84,676 7 7 Quarter ended 31st March, 1868 339,303 11 2 1867, 263,591 2 10 1866 191,127 14 7 1805, 201,210 5 10 1864 237,052 14 3 Year ended 31st March, 1S68, 1,277,809 13 1 1SG7, 1,005,520 17 8 1866 778,865 6 0 1865, 950,720 2 10 1864, 990,932 17 1 Gbeehock Costoms Hevenue. The following are the returns for the month, quarter, and financial year ending 31st March, 1868, together with the sums collected during the corresponding periods of the two previous years, The sum collected diinnjr the year (upwards of one and a half million sterling) is the greatest ever passed through the Greenock Customs. Since the new year several sugar houses in town have either been stopped or working short time, notwithstanding the returns for the past month and quarter also show a satisfactory increase. The following are the official figures Month ended 31at March, 1868 48117,315 13 11 1867, 108,283 2 11 I860 115,619 0 0 Quarter ended 3UtMarch, 1868 357,548 12 1867 348,380 18 1806 332,262 11 Year ended 31st March, 1868, 1,509,088 8 18C7, 1,457,002 14 18G6 1.270,459 2 U1.A8GOW BTOOK EXCHANGE.

The market has been lower for Caledonians and Glasgow and South-Western, but otherwise generally steady. Easterns have fluctuated considerably touching 34 2s (id, but closing firm, as under. Businsbu Done. Caledonian, Ordinary, 71 10 0 71i i 2 Do. 4 percent.

issued at20dis. (allot ment letters) 52 10 0 Clydesdale Guaranteed, 101 5 0 Glas. and South-Western, 96 0 0 Great Eastern, Ordinary, 34 0 0 Great Northern 97 5 0 Great Western, 49 0 0 Great Western of Canada, 15 12 6 Lon. and North-Western, 114 10 0 Man and Lincoln, 44 0 0 60 17 Glas. Jute Co.

(Limited), 11 10 Paisley Water Company, 15 5 0 U51 S4J43i3 163 15 130 COS 3 CiiOSiNo rmoEB I'or account, April 16, Buvera. Sellers. Buffalo and Lalco Huron, 3 0 0 4 0 0 Caledonian, 71 17 Do, New Issue, 51 0 Do. Scot. Central, 139 0 72 52 141 81 131 15 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uo.

Aberdeen, Do. Scottish Edinburgh and BathcatB. 80 129 13 95 Glas, ex div. Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Eastern Great NortUurn A Great Western, Great 5 15 15 10 33 15 98 0 49 0 15 13 126 0 114 15 44 10 113 15 106 0 34 10 15 60 15 4 10 72 15 149. 0 198 0 198 0 11 10 20 0 33 12 97 0 48 15 15 12 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125 0 0 xabi.

ana jsortfl- Western, 114 5 0 and Lincoln, 44 0 Midland, North 113 10 105 0 33 10 14 60 10 4 0 Perth, Dundee, Do, Edin. and Glasgow, Portpatriok, South-Eastern 72 10 -City of Glasgow Bank 148 0 Clydesdale Bank, 197 TTrttnn lit n- 1 Glas. Jute Company, 11 0 0 Oity and Sub. Gas Co 19 10 0 Glasgow Gas 50 0 0 61 .0 Cotton Mahkst. The market still continues very active, and prices have been rather against buyers Pig IkonMaukht.

The market has been quiet, flaaafiam rather lower. Warrants done at 52464 (Bt ATLANTIC Washington, Maroh 30. Mr Butler opened the prosecution of President Johnson before the Senate Court to-day, on the charges of Impeachment. The Impeachment managers offered in evidence copies of the original, ap-pomtment of Mr Stanton as Secretary of the War Department, arid also President Johnson's Message to Congress, assigning reasons for his Impeachtrienh New York; March 30. The iDnian steamship City of Washington, and the Allan (Glasgow) steamship StDavid arrived out to-day.

COMSIEEOIAL. Gold, Sterling excbangeW London, 1094; U.S. 5.20 Bonds (1882), 109S; do. (1885), 1084; 10.48 Bonds. 102; Illinois.

138; Eric, 74. Cotton-Middling uplands, 27 jc. Petroleum (standard white), 251c. Flour Extra State, $10 50c, Corn Old mixed, SI 27c. New York, March 31.

The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Boston arrived here yesterday all: Brest, Maroh 31, The Transatlantic Company's steamer Percire, from New York on the 21st has arrived here, THE POLITICAL GRISTS. The Times says, Every one knew pretty, much what Mr Gladstone would say on' the Irish Church. The question on Monday night was what Lord Stanley would say in reply. The answer is nothing but criticism. Mr Gladstone had spoken amid the bound- leBS enthusiasm of his party.

Lord Stanley contrived, on the contrary, to chill and dishearten the Ministerial ranks most effectually. The nature of his amendment, hinting at all possible "modification," had alarmed, the most courageous defenders of the Iriah Church Establishment but if the amendment gave no more than a reprieve, the speech in which Lord Stanley sup-ported it was a death-warrant. When Lord Stanley iBat down on Monday night, the result ot the vote ou his amendment was no longer doubtful. LordCran-borrie interpreted hia speech, as an invitation to stray members of the Opposition to vote, with the G-overn- nient; and assist the Prime Minister iu educating his party. Whether the Ministry is so strong as to be able to lose some of its members as the sacrifice consequent on taking a bolder stand, is a question chiefly interestihe to uolitical speculators.

Come what mav. the determination of the House of Commons that the Irish -Establishment must cease to exist is clear, aud i will soon bo recorded among its votes; a pledge will have been given to tne irisn people tnat the wrong which has been so lone maintained shall be redressed. an(l it, will be the first duty of the new Parliament to redeem tne pieage oy carrying it mco euec. The' Daily News says the Ministers evidently are a policy. They are apparently ready to defend'or sacrifice the Church ss party convenience may dictate.

They will not send to Ireland the message of peace she needs; nor will they give to the Church Eatablishment'that assurance which it loudiy oravesi Thoy are prepared to act once more the part which they aoted last session on the subject of Ra-form. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HOBTHAMPION HACSa TUESDAY. Nofthapiptoushire Stakes Mariner, 1st; Lord Hastings, 2d; Thalia, 3d 13 ran. Stand Plato 1st; Grand Duke, 2d; Dunoon, 3d 6 ran.

Sweepstakes of 10 Soys, Curiente, 1st Sister to Veda, 2d-2rau. Trial Stakes Lozenge, 1st; Out-and-Outer, 2d 2 rain. Dvtchbv Stakes Vermicelli, 1st; Haear. 2d: Landlord, 3d 7 ran. WhitUebury stakes Beauty, lsc; Athena, 2d 2 rau.

Cup StakeB Willoughby, 1st; Rampart, 2d; Leases, 3d 6 ran. Dclapre Handicap Zisca, 1st Flying Jib, 2d Chateau Margaux, 3d 4 rfm. Match Wild Weed beat ay Lad. LATEST BBTTHfG ON THE OODRSE. Northamptonshire Stakes 4 to 1 against Lord Hastings, 6 to 1 Roquefort, 8 to 1 Purveyor offered.

There was very little doing. Farl Spencer's Plate 4 to 1 against Tormentor, 7tolTibthorpe. ENGLISH BANKRUPTS. (From tho London Gazette of Yesterday.) 0. Delloye, ironseller, St Swithin's Lane, London.

B. llollason, wire manufacturers, Bilston. S. Page, publican, XGngawinford. Betteridge, earthenware manufacturer, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

J. Davies, flour-dealer, Norberth, 1, A. Witby, publican, Monmouth. H. Park, artist, Bristol.

J. Stringer, flannel manufacturer, Wakefield. R. Richardson, late publioan, Liverpool. R.

Williamson, warehouseman, HopePJace, Liverpool. J. Robertson, draper. Church Street, 'Liverpool. J.

Taylor, attorney, Oldham. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS. London Produce Mabket. Sugar value unchanged, but fair business and in auction nearly all parcels sold refined not much wanted brown lumps, 43b. Coffee good demand for plautatiou Ceylon, and auctions went off at full terms.

Tea at Bmall auctions of China full terms were obtained, and in some cases a slight advance. Rice business small, and rates steady. Tallow P.Y.C., 43s 6d oh the spot. Liverpool Cohn Market. Full attendance, and fair consumptive trade in wheat, at an advance of 3d per cental since this day week.

Flour firm, and in moderate request, Oats and oatmeal steady. Beans, pease, and barley unchanged. Indian corn quieter, and 42s the top price for best mixed, Leeds Corn Market. Factore ask an advance of Is per qr. over last Tuesday's rales, but millers hold off.

Barley quite as dear. Other articles a3 before. Weather tine. HAll Corn Market. Small supply of wheat from farmers, which meets free sale at Is advance on all sprtB foreign held for a similar advance, which prevents business.

Fair demand for malting barley at lato rates, but grinding quality neglected. In beans, pease, and oats no alteration, Dublin Corn Market. Weather magnificent. Attendance moderate, and only a retail business iu all articles at last day prices. Newcastle Corn Market.

English wheat meets a fair inquiry, at the rates of Saturday fine foreign in some instances rather dearer. Spring com unaltered. 6d dearer. Newcastle Cattle Market. Arrivals of stock larger.

Trade a little easier. Beef, 7a 3d to Ss 3d per stone. 6d to 7s Gd perstone. Sheep, in wool, 8d to Old per clipped, 6Ad to 7d per lb. Numbers at market Beasts, 1032 sheep, 5700 pigs, 825 store cattle, 55.

Cork Corn Mabkei. Barley, 11a to lis 6d for seed. Black oats, da 3d to 9s 7d; tawney, 9s 8d; white, 10s. Cork Bdttes Market, Ordinary Firsts, 127s seconds, 126s; thirds, 120s; fourths, 105s; fifths, 87s sixths, 50s. Mild cured Firsts, 133s seconds 133s thirds, 131s.

There were 238 firkins in the market. LONDON CORK AVERAGES. For week ending Maroh 28, Quarters. Price. ...........43,538 72s Od 43s 3d 0,342 87- 5d SHIPPiNG INTELLIGENCE.

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