The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-16 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF Qt7BEN'S BENCH. ltineo.-- (Before the Lord Chief Justice and Jostler' Blackburn, Sheri, and Lush.) 11)ERIM NUNI)LEY. is v‘ an action of slander, tried at Hereford before Jugi,.. tl.,ckbuni, when the jury returned a verdict the 1 .1 t ivititf—tl:tutagen IW. The plaintiff was • milliner and the slander oomplaisled of was a state r n k hr the defendant that he had been criminally minte.l with her. Therewas also a count of special . . ........ alleging that the plaintiff had lost metal; em- Zst in amse.iucuce of that statement. r. tid.lle•ton. Q.C., moved for a rule for a new trial whalf of the defendant on the ground of misdireetiow. evidence showed that the employment was not lost in „. m g., of the defendant's statement, but from the .oir that the plaintiff and defendant bad been seen at night walking together in a hop fi eld. The learned asel contended that special damages could not be i.e.' exc. pt slan.le . rous words were uttered or were iori.ed to he e• unmated to the person who with ,. the euelp6yment. tile Mused. THE QrrlN tt WHITE, hi+ was an information in the nature of a quo wsrranto, .1 before Mr. Justice Byles, when a verdict .ritered pro forma for the crown, giving the defendant e to e to enter the verdict for him. The anti was mayor of Launceston, and his term of c , town councillor for the borough terminating November he offered himself for re-election, in order to get rid of any objection that ;41„. ru-eu on the ground of his acting as the retur.c officer, he called a meeting of the council a few days ,ro the d ay of election and bestirred his resignation of ow, which was accepted and his locum tenens ap atcl. The election took place, and Mr. White was ailed, and the question turned upon the meaning of wools " otherwise inairehla of acting " in the :16th lou of the pith and fith William IV. c. 76 which pro for the appointment of a sub s tit u t e i n the event of bath or absence of the mayor, or his being " other incapable of acting." r. Coleridge, t/.C., moved accordingly to e n t er th e 'act for the d efendant. Is was a very important point, one that in fact bad never been actually decided, igh there were dicta of the late Lord Campbell and Sir . Erle on the point. ule &Touted. CRAVE , 4 r. WALKER. 11. was a very peculiar case, tried at Kingston before 'ilietJuxtiee }kwill , when the plaintiff, who lithe rec of lower Tooting, was non-suited, with leave for the ntitf to enter the verdict upon the second count, his lord , intimating that he non - suited on the special count, iking there was no special contract on which to go to jury although he would not give leave to move on it. defendant was the executor of an elderly mahlen lady i ',bled at Tooting in her lifetime, a nd w h o was buried brick vault in a special portion of Tooting churchyard, ch with the whole of the burialground was vested in rector, and the fees belonged wholly to him. Ir. V. Pollock, (1.C., now moved for a rule for a new I, or why the verdict should not be entered for the miff for Si. or Pik as the court should think fit. The t count, which was • special count, stated that in sequence of an agreement b e t ween the rector and the atilt, the body of this lady won to be buried in this Uvular part of the churchyard, which was set it.rt special purposes, for the sum of thirty guineas. The and count was fur the use of the ground by the plain . penoission : _ ir: Justice Blackburn-ITM and occupation of the grave. hat the substance of the second count Ir. C. Pollock—That was not the way to put it. The r to put it was this :—The plaintiff was the rector, and I vested in him the fees, and in consequence of selection of this particular spot, in which a brick vault to be built, and the body buried, he should be paid 30 nesa. That no doubt WU a legal bargain. The rector , ht, if he bad thought proper, have called upon the parties ,te they left the ground to pay the 30 guineas, and on it declining—not to have disinterred, for that he could have done, but have informed them he should not allow stone to be set up; and so far from setting the ground rt for this separate body, have informed them that Mould bury as many paupers in the vault as it would 1. On the trial there was an offer to take 81. if the or could not make a special, and of 151. if he could. be court said the learned counsel had stated sufficient bow that he was entitled to a rule. ale granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. inga in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justioe %rill and Justices Ryles, Keating, and Smith.) CONYLANS RYON& QUARRY COMPANY (LIMITED) V. TIM MAMMAL BANK. he question for the court to determine in this case was t was the legal effect of a banker's circular note, or er of credit ; and it was stated that it was a question ch was raised for the first time. :r. F. M. White said tlUtthe plaintiffs worked a stone rry in the neighbourhood of Paris, and Mr. M'Connor, r general manager in England, paid to the defendants , and received for it four circular notes and a letter of cation. He transmitted the notes in one envelope and letter in another to DI. Rumbeaud, the plaintiffs' ma er in France, and the letter arrrived safely, but the notes e lost on the way and had not since been heard of. plaintiffs demanded the 80/. back from the k and offered an indemnity, but they refused give an indemnity in the terms required by the bent. present action was then brought to recover the 80/., at the trial before the Lord Chief Justice at Guild -1 a nonsuit was entered. The present motion was for ale to enter a verdict for the plaintiffs for the 801., I the learned counsel contended that the money hay been deposited with the bank upon the condition t they should pay it in France in a certain way, they not having so paid it the plaintiffs were enti -Ito demand repayment. It was true that the notes e out, but there was no signature upon them, and there !no liability upon the bank in respect of them. The es were at present mere forms, and could not be made iplete except by means of a forgery. To support this w, " Orr and another v. Union Beak of Scotland," in 1/ueen's Reports, and " The British Linen Company the Caledonian Insurance Company," 4 McQueen, were ed upon. 'he Court, after a long discussion, granted a rule. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. dregs in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Pigott.) FRROTHON T. DIIWNURNT AND OTHERS. esterday Mr. Jones, Q.C., moved for a new trial in caw, which was an ac ti on by a carrier in Manchester last the defendants, some of whom were members of • ited liability company carrying on business as dyers in t city, for having been given into custody on a r charge of stealing some logwood and other articles rusted to him by the company for conveyance. Upon investigation of the matter the local magistrate dia. sled the plaintiff, and at the last Manchester wires plaintiff obtained a verdict in his favour against the endants, with 6001. damages. be Lord Chief Baron now said that, having consulted Justice Mellor, who tried the case, they thought the.e ht to be no rule on the ground either of misdirection or be verdict being against the evidence, hot in their lion the damages were excessive, and they would it a role for • new trial on that ground, unless the stiff would consent to reduce the damages to 230 i. TALL V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH WINTRILIT RAILWAY COM PANT. his case, which has been for a considerable time before court. involved a question of some importance. The on was brought for the non-delivery in due course of a el containing a deed of composition entered into by plaintiff with boo cralitors, whereby the plaintiff was nted registering it within the prescribed P, and consequently last the bene fi t of it. plaintiff recovered a large amount of damages, and court, not being able to agree upon some points raised a a rule for a new trial, threw out a suggestion that parties had better agree to a stet processes. r. C. W. Wood intimated yesterday that the railway {any for whom he appeared were prepared to act on advice of their lordships, but he believed the plaintiff ld not consent to do so. Ir. Baron Bramwell now said that his brothers Baron tin and Baron Pigott (the Lord Chief Baron had not al the arguments) were not agreed as to whether there evidence to go to the jury in support of the plaintiff's ; but they were all agreed that the amount of lain., was erroneous, and therefore the court would ,e tile rule absolute for a new trial. Ir. Baron Martin—We strongly recommend a stet pro m.. Ir. Baron Bramwell—Even if the plaintiS gets a shil• danliges, the defendants will have to pay the costs. ale absolute. COURT OF BECHEQUER CHAMBER. his omirt sat to-day for the parpaee of appointing the ngs in error. Lord Chief notice Bovill announced they would sit to hear errors from the different court. he following days : For erron from the Queen's Bench, vi,y, 14th, and Wednesday, 15th May; from the in on Pleas, Thursday, 16th, and Friday, 17th May ; from the Exchequer, Saturday, 18th, and Monday, )lay, C'OURT OF PRORATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) morning the court resumed its sittinp after the 4, hut the proceedinp up to the time we went to 1 were of no public interest. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Yr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JAMES DALY. he bankrupt in this ease was a for skin dealer, of kenwell•green. He applied for his discharge tram The case was only noticeable from the fact the aamets bad yielded a bona fide surplus, the amount gel being ;CM. It seemed that the bankrupt had .16 von to seek the protection of the court through , sudden pressure. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1867. His Honour grunted an immediate order of discharge. Mr. Sykes appeared for the ol6ci►l assignee, and Mr. Lawrence for the bankrupt. •-- - _ (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) TN Er Z. D. GRIFFITH A. The bankrupt was described as a general importer, of Carter-lane. Debts, 1,984/. ; assets and property held, about 300/. Mr. Doris opposed for the assignees. Owing to the im perfect way in which the books had been kept, they re quired cut and deficiency accounts, also an account of the bankrupt's accommodation tousactions with one Elling ton. A solicitor who appeared for the bankrupt stated that the accommodation bills had all ran off. His Honour directed an adjournment. IN RC Td1:111AN. The bankrupt was a far mer , of Higham, near Rochester. Against debts of 8,9421., there are assets and property held of about 600/. The bankrupt passed, and the order of discharge was adjourned, it being stated that there would be considerable opposition cm the part of the English Joint Stock Bank. Mr. Bagley, Mr. Chidley, and Mr. Munni appeared in the case. IN RE A. L. ii. SALOMON% The bankrupt was a fancy warehouseman, of St. Paul's. churchyard, and since of Ludgate-hill, residing in Leinster square, Bayswater, at one time in partnership with F. S. Cohen. This was the sitting for examination and discharge; but the balance-sheet had not been filed. The preliminary statement shown debts of about 4,001 W. Causes of failure, badness of trade and losses on consignments. Mr. Rooks appeared for the assignees, and asked for an adjournment sine die, or the committal of the bankrupt under.the 221 th section, for having disobeyed the orders of the court. Mr. G. Lewis, for the bankrupt, Mated that he had entertained hopes of making an amingement with his creditors, and therefore had not filed accounts. He asked for time to enable him to do so. His Honour directed an adjournment to a day certain at the bankrupt's expense. BASK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.-(THIS DAP.) The annual meeting of the shareholders was held at noon, at the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. L. MACILEAN in the chair. The following report and accounts were presented : " The directors beg to submit to the shareholders the accounts of the bank for the half-year ending 31st Decem ber, 1M66, duly audited. In the colonies of British Colum bia and Vancouver Island, trade having been in an unsatis factory state, the directors deemed it prudent to tauten considerably the business of the branches there, conse quently the profits for the ball-year are small, the balance at credit of profit and loss account on 31st December last being 5,7871. 12s. 9d. The branches at Portland and San Francisco, on the other hand, have been transact ing an increased amount of safe and profitable business. The directors do not consider it advisable on the present occasion to recommend a dividend, but propose to appro priate 2,934/. to meet bail debts incurred during the half year, leaving the sum of 2,853/. 12s. 9d. to be carried for ward. It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to know that material reductions have been made in the expense of the bank's management. The saving that will thus be effected during the current year, the sounder basis of bun ' nem in the colonies, and the further safe development of the branches at Portland and San Francisco, warrant the directors in expecting a more satisfactory result in future. The recent union of Vancouver Island and British Columbia will, it is believed, by stopping antagonistic legislation and reducing expenses of government, remove impediments to the progress of the co lo ny, and as the natural resources of the country ere great, the directors have confidence in its future prosperity. As the paid-up capital is ample for the present requirement. of the bank, there is no intention to make a call during the current year. Mr. Alexander Mac kenzie has retired from the board on account of the state of hie health. The retiring directors are Mr. Colville, Mr. Gillespie, and Mr. Robertson, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The shareholders will also have to elect auditors for the ensuing year. " Statement of Liabilities and Assets at Head Moe and Branches, Dec. 31, 1606.—Inabilities: Capital paid up, 496,000/. ; reserve fund, 20,0001. ; deposits, notes in circu lation, bills payable and other liabilities, 170,629/. 14s. 14.; balance of profit and loss on the 31st December, 1866, 5,7671. 12s. 9d.—total, 494,417/. 6s. 10d. Assets: Specie and bullion in hand and cash at bankers, 93,7601. 14s. sd. ; bills discounted, bills receivable, government and other se curities, 394,2411. 19s. Id.: bank premises, furniture, and other property, 6,414/. 19s. 4/.—total, 494,4171. Os. 10d. " Profit and Loss Account.—To dividend paid Bth Octo ber, 1866, 8,9401. • to amount carried to reserve fund, 3rd October, 1866, 2,001. ; to charges to 31st December, 1866, including rent, taxes, salaries, and other expenses at head office and branches, 9,9801. 2s. 7d. • to directors' fees, 8001. ; to balance of profit, 31st December, 1866, 5,787/. Its. Oil. ; total, 27,5071. 15s. 4d. By balance of profit and loss account brought from 30th June, 1866, 11,544/.145. Id.; by profit for six months ended 31st December, 1866, after deducting rebate of interest on bills not due,15963/. le. 3d.; total, 27,507/. 15a. 4d." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, commenced by adverting to alarms which existed among some of the shareholders with regard to the price of the shares and the amount of the expenses. The price of the shares was a matter over which they had no control, and he believed shares could not be obtained at the price quoted. A SHAREHOLDER remarked that he was offered 10 shares at that !irks) the day before. The CHAIRMAN continued—They . all knew what had been done within the last year to injure the position of banks, and the value of bank shares. Mr. St.oeB expressed his disbelief in the accuracy of this statement. The CHAIRMAN said the depreciation of the new shares was accounted for by the fear of calls. The directors had, however no present intention of making a call ; and when the boa rd had, as was the fact, sufficient funds to pay off all liabilities or demands there could be no real cause for alarm. (Cheers.) In the face of a commercial crisis like that which had occurred the board thought the beat course was to look on. That crisis wee, however, now over in the colonies, and he believed that a safe and profitable business might be done. The last advice* were to the effect that the prospects were now good. He then entered into details in support of this view, and among the favourable circumstances referred to • valuable discovery of silver ore. The bank had been es tablished only four years, and had paid an average divi dend of 7. per cent.; and if the shareholders supported the directors, there could be no region to despond as to the future. (Hear, hear.) Mr. It. GILLEBPIE (deputy-chairman), in seconding the motion, concurred with the chairman as to the necessity of union and confidence on the part of the shareholders, and deprecated any discussion which was likely to injure the credit of the bank. In reply to a question, The C HAIRmAN stated that the average holding of shares by the directors exceeded 100 each. An amendment for winding-op was, after considerable discussion, withdrawn, the explanations afforded by the chairman being deemed satisfactory. After some discussion the report and accounts were adopted and the proceedings termin►ted in the usual manner. AGRA AND MASTERMAN'S BANS.-(THIS DAY., This day a meeting of shareholders was held in the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the committee appointed on the 18th October last, and coming to some determination thereon. The report having been taken, Mr. THOMPSON, the chairman, congratulated the meet ing on its assembling, and on the fact that the bank bad passed as it were through the valley of the shadow of death. The past mismanagement of the bank was felt and de plored by all, and ought to be a warning and a guide for the future. The head office was in London, but it had branches in India, China, Australia, and Paris. It was intended to give up those branches which had not been worked at a profit. The Chairman then explained the nature of the business which would be carried on by the resuscitated bank, which he assured the shareholders would be of a safe and aound character. Since the bank was opened in January in London and Scotland its progress was continuous and satisfactory. They met with encouragement on all sides. The current accounts were little short of what they amounted to when they were in Cannon-street. (Cheers.) The deposit accounts were also in a satisfactory state. The Scotch branch was very warmly supported, and so also were the branches in India. With regard to their liabilities, they had no apprehension of being able to provide for them when they accrued. (Hear hear.) The very fact of the resuscitation of the bank gave an increased value to their locked up assets. In some cases the securi ties would not only turn out good but would leave a resi duum of profit. The India and China branches would be good for all their liabilities, and a surplus would be left for other purposes. (Hear, hear.) The same would be the case in the colonies where the ma nagement had been most praiseworthy. (Hear, hear.) He might say the same of the Paris branch ; but the coat of liquidation had been considerable. The chairman then referred to the claim of Mr. Canaan for 25,000/. for his liquidation. They were pre paredto act towards Mr. Cannan in a spirit of equity, liberality, and generosity ,• but that gentleman did not treat them in the spirit in which they were prepared to treat him. The chairman referred to particular acts of Mr. Cannan which he complained of, and expressed his regret at the spirit of an article which appeared in yesterday's Ti uses. He concluded by again expressing his satisfaction at the resuscitation of the bank, which placed 500,0001. in the pockets of the shareholder, which would otherwise have been lest to them, and moving the adoption of the report. [The meeting had not terminated when we went to press.] THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBING. Jereatiak Donorrn, a tailor, living at No. 10, Heddon court, Regent-street, wan ch arged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stabbing James Manor, another tailor, living at No. 3, Meard's.etreet, Soho. On 'the case being called on, Cordon, C, said the in jured man was in attendance but the medical man who hail attended him stated th at he was not to speak for • few days in consequence of the injury he bad received in his mouth. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would hear any witness who was in attendance. Samuel Sharman, a tailor, living at No. 1, Market. street, Haymarket, said—l was in Crown-court, Regent street, last night, and saw the prisoner with an open knife. I saw him stab a man named Meager in the face with it, and tben run away. The injured man bled dreadfully, and cried out " I am stabbed." I ran w ith others after the prisoner, and he was afterwards given into custody. Prisoner—Did you see me with the knife. Witnese—Yee I did. Gordon, C (after banding Mr. Tyrwhitt a certificate signed by Mr. G. F. Keys, of Warwick-street, surgeon, to the effect that Meager had received a severe incised wound of the mouth), said—l went to Heddon-court this morn ing, and found Mawr bleeding very much, and I after wards found the prisoner in a dust bin, covered over with dust. He said he had no knife. The prisoner—Hagar knocked me about very much,and took an advantage of me. He is a more powerful man than me. Barns (the gaoler)—That is not the csae ; there is no difference in the size of the men. Mr. Tyrrwhitt—You will be remanded for a week. This comes of using the knife. SOUTHWARK. LAM ZNTABLE CAKE George Smith, a young man whose connexion. are highly respectable, was placed at the bar charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Jenkins, the extensive ironmonger in the Blackfriars-road. Mr. SAM Cohen, tool factor, 15.5, Waterloo-road, said that about 6in the evening the prisoner entered his shop, and producing from his pockets a dozen files, quite new, offered them to him for sale. Witness was looking at them, when he took from his pocket s 11 new p a dl oc k s, and o ff ered them also for sale. He said they were his own property. Witness expressed • surprise that he should have 11 padlocks en that state, when he said that he had taken them for • bad debt, and the party had used one of them. Suspecting he had stolen them, he detained him until a constable was sent for, when he gave him into custody. The magistrate here observed that he wished all dealers were like Mr. Cohen, then there would be fewer robberies. He had for some time noticed Mr. Cohen at this court friving evidence against young men whom he had detected rn plundeilng their masters, and he must say his conduct on each occasion was praiseworthy. Mr. William Jenkins, ironmonger , 90, Blackfriara-road, said that the prisoner was one of him assistants and had free access to all his extensive stock. He could not swear to the files and padlocks produced, but he had no doubt they had been taken from his tool-house. He kept such an extensive stock that it would be impossible for him to miss them. In answer to the magistrate he raid that the prisoner had been in his employ sic weeks, and he always believed him to be honest. ThepiisO;;r 7 begged his worship's mercy, as it was his first act of dishonesty. His sister came forward and pleaded for him, stating that be had pist lost his father and mother, and was now without a friend but herself. She hoped his worship would not brand him as a felon, as that would ruin all his future preepects. The magistrate, after consulting with Mr. Jenkins, de cided on not committing him as a thief, but he sentenced him to two months for the unlawful possession of the ProPert'f. . . - WANDSWORTH. VIOLENT AISSAULT UPON A WOMAN BY A 01PBY. William Cooper, a gipsy, living in the encampment on Wandsworth-common, was charged with violently assault ing and wounding his wife. Mr. William Hewett, of St. James's-villa, Tooting, said —last night I saw the prisoner knock a woman down and cut her eye severely. I went to the police-station and gave information to the police. She would not charge the pri soner. The woman was sober. I did not see her do any thing to provoke the prisoner.• Prisoner—Did you see me strike the woman at all ? Witness—l did. Prisoner—What time was it? Witness—A quarter to II o'clock. Prisoner—lt was dark ; how could he see me ? I did not strike the woman at aIL My wife and another party fell out and she got a out somehow. Sergeant Haynes—l went to the place and saw the woman lying on the footpath. Her face was very much cut. She was afterwards taken into a tent and her face was lathed with water. The prisoner's hand was covered with blood and also the front of his smock frock. The witness produced a boot belonging to the prisoner, and said the toe had blood upon it. Mr. Ingham (to the first witness)—Did you see him kick her? Witness—l did not see any kick. Prisoner—l did not hit her. I took my wife's part. Mr. Ingham—Call your witnesses. Prisoner—l have none. Mr. Ingham—Seven days imprisonment with hard labour. The prisoner was then locked up. Drnurnow rim MAns vox BOMBAY VIA MARMIIIIB.--GIBRIAL Pour-ornex, Aran 16, 11A.m.— In consequence of an injury to her machinery the mail packet China will be unable to leave Marseilles on the morning of the 20th inst. The mails for Bombay, which, in due course, should be despatched from London on the evening of the 18th instant, will not be made up until the even ing of Saturday, the 20th instant. The Romagna Gazette states that Ricciotti Gari baldi, returning from Greece, passed through Bologna on the 12th, on his way from Anemia to Milan. THE COLCHESTER MURDER.—Yesterday morning Henry Page Draper, who is charged with the murder of • married woman, named Mary Ann Pettitt, at Colchester, on the 23rd February, was brought up for examination be fore the mayor (Mr. V. 0. Papillon) and a full bench of magistrates. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. H. Jones, while the prisoner was represented by Mr. H. Goody. Mr. Jones, in commencing the proceedings, stated that he had applied to the Home-office for authority to have the body of the deceased woman exhumed. The inquiry ex cited considerable interest, and the court was crowded dur ing theda7. It was proved that the deceased woman had been in the society of Draper all the early part of the evening on which she was drowned in the Colne, and agonising shrieks and cries were heard by the side of the river near • spot known as the Mill-yard. In this neighbourhood the body of the deceased was observed Boating in the river on the 4th of April. The cries of the deceased appear to have been drowned in the rush and rattle of a heavy goods train which passed on the railway, while there was elm evidence that the shrieks awl exclamations bad previously been becoming fainter, as if the assailant of the woman was, in local phraseology, " quackling" her—that is, throttling her. Strangely enough, no trams of a disturbance could be found afterwards at the spot whence the cries pro ceeded. Both parties—Draper and the woman—appear to have been drinking rather freely on the night in question. Draper seems to have made contradictory statements as to the woman, admitting at one time that he had taken im proper liberties with her, and then let her go, while at another time he denied that he had meddled with her at all. The inquiry lasted all day, and at its close the pri soner—who reserved his defence, although he protested his innocence—was committed for trial at the next Essex assizes. ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (LIMITED).-( THIS DAY.) The eleventh annual meetingwaa held at 1 o'clock at the London Tavern, Mr. J. RoczasoN in the chair. The report and accounts, which were trued some time ago, having been taken as read, The CHAI mug observed that the directors had been in communication with the Indus Steam Flotilla Company, with the view of handing over the property to that company on terms to be arranged. Astatementof facts and accounts was about to be submitted to the Secretary of State for India ; and the beard had been obliged to call the deben ture holders together to obtain their assistance in carry ing out the arrangement to which he had alluded. Ile concluded by moving the adoption of the motion. Mr. J. C. Bourox, in seconding the motion, referred to the great di/heckles with which the company had had to contend in the presidency of Bombay. The merchants had refused to send any goods down the river, the channel of which had, moreover, owing to drought, in genie parts not more than 2.1 feet of water. The offer made for the concern up to this time was not a satisfactory one, but he hoped the terms would be amended. In rel y to Mr. DARBTOIIIII6, Mr. 'Leon maid the directors had done all in their power to recover calls from the holders of the C shares. Colonel Clinics, as the largest C shareholder, corrobo rated the statement of Mr. Bolton. After some discussion the report and amounts were adopted and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. Mr. T. B. riorsfall and Mr. S. R. Graves, the members for Liverpool, have just expressed their views on the question of extending the franchise to women. In • letter addressed to one of the chief promoters of the movement, Mr. Mandell frankly avows his opinion that women ought to be enfranchised, but he would exclude those who are married, and who may be supposed to be under the influence of their husbands. Mr. Graves has not quite made up his mind on the subject. All he promises is that in the event of the question being submitted to the House of Commons in • practical form he will give it his most anxious and best consideration. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) (BY I'LL/60111PB.) fraox envrON.—:Sem;;ketrsiti;rtiuiet, at yesterday's quota. tions. Sales about 10,000 bales. CORN. —The market well attended; wheat in good demand, at 2d. to 3d. per rental advance ; flour, 6d. per sack dearer, and rather more doing. Beans la. per qr. dearer. Oats quiet at late rates ; oatmeal Is. 4d. per load dearer, and in good demand. Indian corn in fair request, and mixed sells at 435. 9d. MINCING-LAN E. —(THIS DAY.) SUGAR.—The market has opened steadily, but quietly, at last week's currency. For refined fully previous prices are paid, the supply at market continuing light, but is about mina] to the demand. COFFEL—A limited business doing in plantation Ceylon at precious rates. TEA.—The public sales of 14,500 packages were com menced to-day, and are going off quietly at about last sale's currency. Privately the business doings extremely limited- Rms.—The market is firm, but no sales of importance artreported. RA—The market continues quiet. SALTPETRE. —A small parcel of Bengal sold at 18s. 91 malt for refraction 2. Corroa.—The =whet is stestly, but the sales are still limited to small parcels. June.—About 1,500 bales sold at steady prices. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAT.) The market is steady :—Town tallow is quoted 441 Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 445. :id. to 44e. 6d. • ' April to June, 445. 31. to 6d. ; June, 445. 6d. ; October to Ds. camber, 44a. 9d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade at the fol lowing prices, viz.:—prime clover, from 100 a. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to Wis. ; prime second cut clover, 90s. to %is. ; inferior ditto, 50e. to 70e. ; best green hay, fils. to Pus. ; inferice ditto, 50s. to 70e. ; straw, 40s. to 40e. A HOLIDAY FOR NEWSVENDERS. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) OKI O'CLOCK. The amount of business in the stock markets to-day is considerable, and the changes in prices are again favourable. The recent speculators for a fall have made further considerable purchases to close their accounts, and an increased number of bond fide investments are reported. Consols are unchanged for money, but have improved per cent, for the account. The advance in the New Three per Cents. and Three per Cents. Reduced amounts to j . Some of the foreign bonds and British railways are / to I better. London Financial shares, however, have fallen V. 10s., owing to the announcement of a call of 51. The fortnightly settlement is now in course of completion. A large amount of Australian bank acceptances having just arrived at maturity, there is a fair demand for money, and the rate for choice paper is firm, at 22 per cent. The quotation for short loans in the Stock Exchange is 1 per cent. Consols are now quoted 91 to 1 for money and 91/ to for the account (May 9), and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 89} to 2. Foreign stocks are inquired for, and a rise of to per cent. liar occurred in Turkish of 15415, Spanish Passive, the Committee's Certificates, and Mexican. Turkish of 1865 are quoted 271 to 1 ; Greek, 13 to / ; Spanish Passive, 201 to / ; ditto Certificates, 13/ to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 481 to 49 ; Mexican, I n to 163 ; Russian Scrip, 11 - to 11 dia., ex div. ; Chilian Scrip, 41 to 41 die. ; and Danubian Scrip, 6/ to 5i die. United States 5-20 Bonds are quoted 712 to 72, ex div. ; Erie Railway shares, 371 to 381, being per cent. better ; and Illinois Central, 77 to /, showing a rise of /. Anglo-American Telegraph shares exhibit a fresh rise of 2s. Gd., viz., to 181 to 1, but Atlantic Tele graph Eight per Cent. Preference are unchanged, at 4F , , to &. International Financial shares are quoted 2i to dis. ; London Financial, 24 to 23 dis. ; General Credit, 34 to 21 dia. ; Credit Foncier, 61 to dis. ; National Discount, 7to 1 prem. ; and Hudson's Bay, 164 to 4. The directors of the London and Financial As sociation hare made a call of 51. per share, of which 21. is payable on the 15th of May, 1/. 103. on the 15th of July, and 1/. 10s. on the 15th of August. It is notified that the transfer books of the Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company will be closed from the 22nd to the 29th inst., " to pre pare the warrants for the return of 11. per share, being the balance of the third call of 3t. per share, the return of which was authorised by a resolution of the general meeting of shareholders held 31st December, 1866." A telegram was received from Madrid yesterday affirming that the question of the Queen Victoria has been "adjusted." A very good effect was produced yesterday by the announcement that the London and North Western Railway directors have abandoned their projected competitive line to Sheffield, and have come to a friendly arrangement with the Manchester, She field, and Lincolnshire Company. It is to be hoped that this conciliatory example will have imi tators amongst the other great companies. Money in the Stock Exchange continues so abundant that I} percent. can scarcely be obtained for advances from day to day on government securities. With reference to the Venezuela Loan of 1864, the General Credit and Discount Company (Limited) have given notice, that against the half year s interest (at the rate f 3/. per cent.) due on the Ist inst., apart payment out of the funds in hand at the rate of 21. 75. 6d. per cent. will be made on and after Tuesday, the 23rd inst. It is to be feared that this is the last payment that will be made on these bonds for some time to come. The course to be taken by the bondholders, however, is clear— they must at once appeal to the Foreign-office for such protection and redress as it can give. In connection with the fortnightly settlement, the failure was announced yesterday in the Stock Ex change of a broker, but his liabilities are under stood to be very limited. Monday next being Easter Monday, and the day for the volunteer review at Dover, the Stock Exchange will be closed, and the attendance in the City generally is expected to be small. About 101,0001. in bar gold was sent into the Bank yesterday, while 1,0001. in American eagles was withdrawn. The Red Jacket has arrived from Port Philip with 66,000/. in gold. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of 2,376/. compared with the cor responding week of last year, which was the one following Easter week, and when the company's receipts were also swelled by the Epsom Spring races. The South-Eastern return shows a decrease of 631/. . A telegram has been received from the agent in India of the Indian Branch Railway Company (Limited) announcing that the Lucknow and Cawn pore line was to be opened for traffic on the 15th instant. The report of the directors of the Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance Company (Limited), to be presented at the general meeting on the 30th inst., congratulates the proprietors upon the suc cessful issue of the Atlantic cable enterprise, and refers briefly to the completion of other contracts undertaken, and to negotiations for fresh ones. With regard to the dividend, the report states as follows : After reserving the sum of 10,000/. for maintenance of the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph there remains a balance of profit of 122,426/. Oa. 51, from which ie de ducted the sum of 13,2131. 12a., the interim dividend of 23 per cent. paid to the proprietors to June 10th, 1866, key. tag the sum of 109,212/. Bs. sd. for disposal, which the directors propose to appropriate as follows : —To pay to the proprietors the balance of interest on capital at 5 per cent., 15, .%4/. 15e., and a furtherdividend at 5 per cent. perannum, 30,5 . 1.41. 10.., snaking up 10 per cent. per annum (free a inoorne.taxi, and out of the balance of ta,418/. 1a sd. to place to the credit of the reserved fund a sum of 3.1,328/. 19s. 41., which will at once increase that fund to the maximum amount of 60,0001., mentioned in article 8 of the articles of association ; and to carry 28,0891. 4s. ld. to next year's profit and loss account. In addition to the above, there remained to be received at the end of the year 1866, from the Atlantic Telegraph Company, further ordi nary stock of that company amounting to 67,0301., which will augment the balance to be carried forward to next ' year's profit and loss. Allusion is then made in the following terms to the arrangement with the Atlantic Telegraph Company : In January last the directors being unable to obtain an payment on account of the 100,000/. Atlantic Telegraph Company's bonds held by this company, a large pert of which were then overdue, or of a further debt due from the Atlantic Company of 19,500/., or to effect any Ir a ment respecting those amounts, felt themselves no m to place an attachment on the property of the A tic Company ; but the directors are now happy to report that they have concluded an arrangement, satisfactory to both companies, for liquidation of the sums due, owing to which and the steadily increasing revenue yielded by the Atlantic cables, they have every reason to believe that the market price of the Atlantic Telegraph Company's stock will at no very distant date rise to its proper value, and proportionately increase the amount of the property held over to next year. A call of 5/. per share is to be paid as follows : viz., 3/. on the 6th of May, and 2/. on the 15th of August. At the extraordinary meeting, of which notice has been given, an agreement will be sub mitted for the purcha se of the business, patents, &c., of Mr. William Hooper, for an issue of new shares to him as payment, and for his appointment as a director. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany have notified that "the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons on the bills affecting this company having been deferred until after the Easter vacation, and the directors being still engaged in negotiations with reference to such' TO TIM XDTTOZ 01 TEI EXPRISS. SIR,—I am glad to .Ond that the proprietors of the several London evening newspapers have resolved not to publish on Good Friday. Such a step is, I think, un precedented in the annals of metropolitan journalism ; and while conferring a boon, long prayed for, on a large and hardworking body, the non-publication will not be missed by the general reader ; neither will commercial men regret the absence of the stereotype intimation that, "to-day be' Good Friday is, of course, observed as • strict holiday in the City." The ordinary avocations of • newsvender have been so gra phically described by Charles Dickens and other writers that • mere allusion to the vast human machinery em ployed in the distribution of news is all that is necessary on my part. Incessant toil and exposure to weather are the leading characteristics of • newsman's business. Many have no rest on the Sunday ; even to obtain papers for deliveryon the Sunday morning involves the task of attending at the office sometimes later than 12 o'clock on the Saturday night. If, therefore, the proprietors of papers will continue to follow the example set in the withdrawal of the publication on Good Friday and Christmas-day, the " trade " will at any rate hail with delight a holiday twice a year—and on such occasion. the dearth of news, and the silence of Renter's " wires," fully warrant the course adopted.—l am, &c.. T. B. Out of the ninety-four young women Miss Rye is now sending in the Atalanta to Melbourne,twenty-four are orphans, and twenty-nine have only one parent living. The Atalanta sails to-morrow morning, The next ship for single women will be the White Star, to leave Birkenhead on the 25th of May. The death is announced of Mr. William J. O'Brien, second son of the late William Smith O'Brien, and nephew to Lord Inchiquin. He was hunting, and re. ceived an accident by a fall from his horse, which was not taken much notice of at the time, but shortly after be was confined to bed, and died on the Bth inst., in the 28th year of his age. V Cfnirers, the organ of the Jesuits, is announced to reappear at Paris under the direction of the old editor. A Milan journal says :—" Preparations are now being actively made for the marriage of Prince Amadeus. The ladies of Brussels intend to present to the Princess a splendid diadem of exquisite workmanship. Prince de la Cisterns, as will be remembered, was in 1821 obliged to quit Turin, in consequence of being implicated is the trial of Carbonari ; be then took refuge in Belgium, where he gained the symp►thy and esteem of every ono. The King has sent to the young lady a necklace of pearls and diamonds of the value of more than 100,000 fr. On the wedding day six young girls are to be married to six workmen of Turin, sad the Prince will give in each case a dowry of I,ooof r." Tar Lint GILII.--SWANSEA, MONDAY.—We were visited by a very severe gale of wind from the S.W. yesterday (states Alfred Steffy, Eaq.) At 8 p.m. a brig was seen to part from her anchors in the Mumbles Road', and to burn signals for assistance. The lifeboat Wolver hampton, stationed at the Mumbles, was promptly launched and reached the vessel soon after she grounded about a mile S.W. of Swansea Pier Head, and remained by her for two hours, when she began to float on the tide rising and broke again from her moorings. The lifeboat then went into Swansea and obtained the services of a steam tug, by which means the vessel was safely taken into harbour. She was the brig Wellington, of Aberystwith, bound from this port to Gibraltar with • cargo of coals. Tess GOOD PARSON IN HIS OLD AO& —Mr. Har ding was at this time living all alone in the deanery. For some few years the deanery bad been his home, and as his youngest daughter was the dean's wife there could be no more comfortable resting-place for the evening of his life. During the last month or two the days had gone tediously with him ; for he had had the large house all to himself, and he was a man who did not love solitude. It is hard to conceive that the old, whose thoughts have been all thought out, should ever love to live alone. Solitude is surely for the young, who have time before them for the execution of schemes, and who can, therefore, take delight in thinking. In these days the poor old man would wander shout the rooms, ahambliag from one chamber to another, and would feel ashamed when the servants met him ever on the move. He would make little apolo gies for his uneasiness, which they would accept graciously, understanding, after a fashion, why it was that he was uneasy. "He ain't got nothing to do," said the house. maid to the cook, " and as for reading, they say that some of the young ones can read all day sometimes, and all night too ; but, bless you, when you're nigh eighty, reading don't go for much." The housemaid was right as to Mr. Hard ing's reading. He was not one who had read so much in his earlier days as to enable him to make reading go far with him now that he was near eighty. So he wandered about the room, and .at here fora few minutes, and there for a few minutes, and though he did not sleep much, he made the hours of the night as many as was possible. Every morning he shambled across from the deanery to the cathedral, and attended the morning service, aiding in the stall which he had occupied for fifty years. The distance was very short, not exceeding, indeed, a hundred yards from a side door in the deanery to another side-door into the cathedral ; but short as it was there had come to be a question whether he should be allowed to go alone. It had been feared that he might fall on his passage and hurt himself ; for there was there a step here and a step there, and the light was not very good in the purlieus of the old cathedral A word or two had been said once, and the offer of an arm to help hint had been made ,• but he had rejected the proffered assistance — softly, indeed, but still firmly—and every day he tottered off by himself, hardly lifting his feet as he went, and aiding himself on his journey by a hand upon the wall when he thought that nobody was looking at him. But many did see him, and they who knew him—ladies generally of the city—would offer him a hand. Nobody was milder in his disliking,' than Mr. Harding ; but there were ladies in Barchester upon whose arm he would always decline to lean, bowing courteously as he did so, and saying a word or two of con strained civility. There were others whom he would allow to accompany him home to the door of the deanery, with whom he delighted to linger and chat if the morn ing was warm, and to whom he would tell little stories of his own doings in the cathedral services in the old days, when Bishop Greatly had ruled in the dio cese. Never a word did he say against Bishop Proudie, or against Bishop Proudie's wife ; but the many words which be did say in praise of Bishop Graetly,— who, by his show ing, was surely one of the best of churchmen who ever walked through this vale of sorrow,—were as eloquent in dispraise of the existing prelate as could have been any more clearly-pointed phrases. This daily visit to the cathedral, where he would say his prayers as he had said them for so many years, and listen to the organ, of which he knew all th ap ower and every blemish as though he himself had mule the stops and fixed the pipes, was the chief occupation of his life. It was a pity that it could not have been made to cover a larger portion of the day. It was sometimes sad enough to watch him as be sat alone. He would have a book near him, and for a while would keep it in his hands. It would generally be some volume of good old standard theology with which he had been, or supposed himself to have been, conversant from his youth. But the book would soon be laid aside, and gradually he would move himself away from it, and he would stand about in the room, looking now out of a window from which he would fancy that he could not be seen, or gazing up at some print which he had known fat years ; and then he would sit down for a while in one chair, and for a while in another, while his mind was wandering back into old days, thinking of old troubles and remembering his old joys.—The Last Chronicle of Barad, No. 19. bills, it is intended at the adjourned half-yearly meeting on the 30th mat- to propose a further ad journment of the meeting to a day to be then :ed." The traffic receipts of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the third week in March amounted to 116.134 dots., against 113,762 dole. in the corresponding period of last year, showing aa increase of 22 , 37 . 2 dots. The tr 'receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada for the week ending the 2ilth ult. show an increase of 1,0301. over last year. MONDAY EVENING. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 90$1 to I, both for money and the 9th of May, opened this morning at 90i to ;, and closed at 91 to 11. The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were last quoted 89} to I. The official business report is as follows:—Thres per Cent. Consols, fur money, 90; 1, 944, 1 ; ditto for ee -1 count, 901, 1,9 K, 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 1891, I, • New Three per Cents., 89, , ; Bank stock, 252 i, 3, ex div. ; India stoc k, 919 ; ditto Five per Cent., 109 i, ; ditto Bonds, 525. The India Five per Cent. stock was firm. Exchequer Bills remain at 16a. to 20s. prem. With the exception of Venezuelan Bonds of 1864, and Chilian Scrip, which fell f and per cent. respectively, the changes in foreign securities, although not numerous, were favourable. There were not mare dealings, owing partly to the settle ment. Turkish Bonds of 1802 and 1865, as well as Mexican, rose per cent. ; Italian of 1861, and Spanish Certificates, ; and Passive, and Russian scrip, 3. The Viceroy of Egypt's loan was lower. . . _ There was a somewhat increased demand for bank shares, and prices were firmer. Bank of British Columbia and Union of London rose 11., and London and County, London Joint Stock, London and Westminster, Oriental, and Union of Australia, 10s. Standard of British South Africa, however, declined 10s. . . Financial shares were rather firmer. London Financial and Credit Fonder rose H. and 2s. Od. respectively. Prices closed as follows :—lnterna tional Financial, 21 to dia. • General Credit, 31 to 21 die . ; London Financial, 224 to 211 dia. ; and Credit Foncier of England, 61 - to 1 die. Anglo-American Telegraph shares were in active demand, and, after extensive transactions, closed at a further advance of 12s. 6d., viz., at 181 to 1. Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference were ss. to 7s. 6d. better, at 4g to ; ; and the original Atlantic Telegraph stock improved to 52 to 55 per 1001. Telegraph Construction, however, ' declined 58., leaving off at 21 to ! dia. Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 14 to 1, being ss. better ; and National Discount, 61 to 71 prom.. showing also a rise of ss. Royal Mail Steam shares were in request, and rose 2/. 10a., while English and Australian Copper and English and Foreign Credit declined 2s. &L to ss. Colonial government securities showed no varia tion, apart from a rise of 1 per cent. in New Zea land of 1891 (June and December). The amount of business in American securi ties was small, but the 5-20 Bonds and Erie Railway shares advanced I to 1 per cent. Prices closed as follows :-5-20 Bonds, 74 to ; Erie Railway shares, 38 to 1 ; Illinois Central, 761 to 77 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 31 to 32 ; Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 22 to 1. RAILWA ES -(THIS DAY.) Own In the railway market to-day attention is chicly directed to the fortnightly settlement, which wW be completed this afternoon. The amount of other business, however, is considerable, and prices, with a few exceptions, are firm. Lancashire and York shire stock is in good demand, and has improved 1 per cent. MetropolitanLondonandNorthWestern, Midland, and South Eastern are /to I lbetter, while Great Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover have declined to the like extent. London, BrShl=nd South Coast is 1 lower. "tan stock is now quoted 1171 to 1181 ; Great niern, 41} to 3 ; London and North Western, 115: to 118„ ; Midland, 1121 to 4; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 123 1 to ; Caledonian, 168} to 1091 ; South Madero, 66,i to ; Great Eastern, 281 to 1 ; Great Northern, 114 to 1131 ; ditto A, 118 to 119 ; London, Chatham, and Diver, 181 to J ; North British, 33 to 34 ; and Brighton, 60 to 62. [For to-day's Mare List see rags 4.1 MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Oxs o'CLoca. This being settling day, there is not much gene ral business in the mining market. North Crotty, Great Retallack, and West Chiverton shares are firm, while Prince of Wales have declined. Some of the present quotations are subjoined :—North Crotty, 41 to 5 ; West Chiverton, 71 to 72; North Chiverton, 41 to ; Prince of Wales, 50s. to 525. 6d. ; Great Retallack, 31 to 4 ; Chiverton Moor, 51 to 4 ; West Wheal Kitty, 10s. to 12s. Gd. ; Clifford, 5 to 1 ; and Goldbeck Fells, 15s. to 17s. 6d. An extraordinary general meeting of tho Chon tales Gold and Silver Mining Company will be held on the 30th inst., to receive a report from the directors. The price of English tin was officially reduced yesterday 3 7 . per ton, both for common and refined, making the present quotations as follows, viz. : Refined, 9T.; bars, 9N.; and blocks and ingots, 804. PROVINCIAL WARR MAMMY. LiviSPOOL, APRIL 15.-lialss Sudsy: Great Fautero, I'Bl I }lt tf ti 4-rtreat Western, 414 ad-lancashire Yorkshire,lll6 1-L on ondou, Bright, end South Coed, 63- London Arrth Western. 115 141 15 1 I 1512 c 1 f f-Manchester, SW debt and Lincolnshire, 464 1 1 7 . f 1 4 -Metropolitan, 117-M 1.1 , Isnd, 1114-North Britigh, 34 A l 4 1 51 1-Ponth Eastern, 141 1-Grout Eastern. East, Ant 5 per cent. No. 1, Grand Trunk of camels, 184 -Royal insurance. 54c p.- Agnes* Merchants, par-AnsheAmerican Telegraph 17 13-16 18 4-At lantic Telegraph s per cent.. 4 7-16 9-16 11 It xn.-Liverpool United Gs., 301-Mersey Steel and Iron Company 'Limited). 51 5 J. MaltenSirSl6 APlttl, 15. -The market opened with lower prices, but subseenently Improved. A vary fair bummer was done. Anglo-Amerimu. Telegraell (Linsited).l7l lB 4 I—Atiantle Telegraph Preference Eight per Cent. , 054 5-Bolckow. Vaughan, and Co. Limited ,e. u -Consolidated flank Wattled), new. 4 p.-Erin. asf c.-Greet Eastern, ad t 4-Great Northern A, 1171 -Great Western of Canada, 13 4 -Great Western, 41 a• d. -Lancashire and Yorkshire, IV-London and North Nenitra, 114, C. IS 14-Manchester , Sheffield. and Lincolashins, 464 a, :Itut.c. Ii 7 f ; ditto. SA Preferente, 6 5-16-kkgre , 116/ 17 I-Midland. 1111 ; ditto 'lt w. 622 share.. p.- North British, sa e f -North Ntaffordshire IT. and M. Cana% 234 -South Eastern, 1161 1 4-United States 620 Years' Bonds, 741 c.-At and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 724. Butitlaultag, APRIL -Tb• oaks included:-London and North Western stock. at 115. Amongst the closing prices were —Nottingham Joint-Stock Rank .11tolteeli, at Si b. 71 dia. -31Wiand uontract, al6 to 4 die -Muntza Metal sham., at 21 to 2 d4.-stet,. Railway Cantor. atdl Wges shares, second lune, at to db.-Ditto. third bane, at 4to f Britannia Mill , at 11 dia., buyers-iiinningham Alliance Fire lace shams. at 4 din to par. Dustin, Avail. la-Three per Cent OnISOIS, 4-Nou Three per Cent. bl o ck. a 9 mg-Bonk of Ireland ,aluo us-. -Munster Bank (Limited , 'FA yield% 41'-National Bank ia3ll paid', 634 -Royal Bank 8)10 stj 32-Doblin and Bella* Junetfoe .5,100 Pal 711 4-Dubthl. Wicklow. and Wexford 4:100 pold 40-ureot Southern and Western )8)100 past, fis 004-Midland Great Western ;6100 paid , 551. Prince Charles Theodore of Bavaria, brother of the Empress EliAubeth of Austria, has just taken holy orders. Grief at the loss of his wife is said to have led to that determination. •••-• ----- TIM EDUCATIONAL FRANCHISE. Gentlemen " learned in the law " are agreed that the effect of the "educational franchise" provisions of the government Reform Bill would be to give resident graduates of the university votes at elections for members of parliament for the borough of Cambridge. If members of the univenity were allowed to exercise a dual vote for the same qualifica tion in thin way, the practical result w 6.11 I be to swamp the town conatitaency proper. The desires of the framers of the bill can hardly be directed to such a consummation. The disfranchisement of Cambridge and Oxford would be preferable to the establishment of a dominant university power in the borough constituency. There is matter for the consideration of the municipal authorities and the local political organisations—Cambridge independent Press. On Friday night last a woman, the wife of a labourer named Kenney, was stabbed to death by • sailor named Henry Parsons during a public-house quarrel in the neighbourhood of Everson. Parsons who had only just returr.ed from sea, is in the custody of the Liverpod polies, and will probably be brought before the magistrates today. I ' or I 1 • 1 I • 1.2 I I• I 1 1 1: t • • 11. II t rt