The Express. — London, England, 1868-07-31 00:00:00

Tllllll ) EDITION. LA INTE(.Im:KNODI.--(rlitS I) LP.) EQUITY COURT. Vier.ilEtneellor Sir R. Malin•.) .111iiiTANT TRADES UNION ()Age:. Ilk; 'lNiillEkli EII'INNINO COMPANY (LINITIII,) r. In ease, which M ao argued upon demurrer about h ut • . 'Mitt ago, his Honour gave judgment this morn. Mike of the bill was to obtain an injunction to e-trai. , the defendants, John Riley and John Butter worth, :he president and eitcretary of en association called •he (b. ettive Cotton Spinners and [self-acting Winders Jul 'lamas' helium' Association, and a person rsssrd tt .o - 0 .,105, a printer, of Oldham, from rint , r ,. an d I übli , hing certain placards for the ~u r rt. intimit:at.tig workmen from entering the , .4 the plant ffs. The defendants had tiled de to the WI for want of equity, and for the 1 - 1 o f the denturror, all the allegations of the bill re ai-nitted to be t ...tie. The plaintiffs carried on the ein~. cif cotton-spaibing at Springhead Lees, near Old 9a, d they tinted that. owing to change in the quan .y of e-tton iced in w,taling and spinning, they found it mar -y to re-adjit•t their sede of wages; that, on the -3rd of February !sat. a deputation from the winders agreed to the change; and that on the 4th f March it was alba concurred in by Messrs. and Butt, rwo, th as nprisenting the Operatives' V.-cc:A:on, w ho attr nded at the mill, and woro furnished ...th Lb , . fullest intormition. The visit took place in the irnic7„ but uprn the return of the hands after dinner, Le minders, at the instigation, as alleged, of Riley and t.„,eterworth, gave notice of their intention to leave at •h.e.piration of a week, and did leave on the 11th of Nod.. It was stated that there were many persons silting at the time to take their plum, and that •,. p: event such persons entering the plaintiffs • nployment, the defendants caused to be posted in the :.,iglibourhood and to be inserted in the Manchester and itibani newspapers the following notice :—" Wanted all sell-withers to the Operative Cotton Spinners' &c. Associa not to trouble or cause any annoyance to the Spring n..•ad Spinning Company, Leeds, by knocking at the door .1 their oaths until the dispute between them and the -elf-acting winders is finally terminatei—Byspecial order." Letters of remonstrance were addressed by tho plaintiffs' so iicitsr to Riley and Butterworth, but the publication of the placards and advertisements continued, and the bill was :horologe Sled. It was stated that the business of the wormy waa of considerable magnitude, and that by the t.+ of the defendants they were sustaining damage to the %taut of 1781. a week, and the value of the good, will was in jeopardy._ Mr. ("Guano and Mr. Ince appeared for the plaintiffs and (nitro, Mr. Keene (of the common law bar), and I liardswell represented the defendants. Vice-Chancellor, after referring to the Act 6, Geo. ,rep. 129, which declared combinations of workmen employers to be injurious to the trade and carlll.loe of the country, dangerous to the c0m .... ity. and prejudicial to the interests of all ; and enacted that persons who by . _ _ _ _ • 1 , 11 , 1`, intimidation. and molestation, kept others from eseleyment should be liable to three months' nopro....ssoot ; and also quoting the act of 1839, by iii.orh a was provided that workmen combining r floo- purpose of fixing the rate of wages, or regulating .ir work, and endeavouring with that view peaceably •i rrn,o,sot threats or intimidation to persuade others to 4.,.e from work. should not be deemed to be guilty of ,t ,tion within the meaning of the previous set, ex- hia entire concurrence in Baron Bramwell's ;tem to the jury on the trial of the tailors last year • r 1,. keting. The learned judge, in that case, laid , u that any man was at liberty to endeavour to in .. tat•ra, by persuasion or otherwise, to enter into leLation with him to keep up the rate of wages, or ; pgulate the manner in which their work was :ducted, but directly he entered into a combination ..1) had for its object intimidation or violence, or to in !, note with the perfect freedom of others, it became an are within the meaning of the Bth George IV. It was u, therefore, that the printing and publishing of these and advertisements admittedly for the purpose of ..tlntikl.din,g workmen from entering the service of the ...still, was a crime at common law, and punish !e by imprisonment, but if it amounted to communion of a eriine only it was clear 46 this court had no jurisdiction. In a motion to • strain the publication of letters, Lord Eldon said, The publication of a libel is a crime, and I have no ju -:licticn to prevent the commission of a crime except in c. WO relating to the protection of infants ;" and iu the io ll.known Austrian note ease, " Emperor of Austria % KOtisuth, " Lord Campbell in giving judgment used :: .se words, "I have no jurisdiction except it be a case • i civil property which I am bound to protect." abe jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery was to protect o verty, and it would interfere by injunction to stay any ; voccedings, whether connected with crime or not, which .',tied to the destruction of property or to make it leas . %noble or comfortable for use or occupation. The acts • the defendant in this ease did tend to the injury and ..mate destruction of the plaintiff's property, and the • A, therefore, bad the same jurisdiction to restrain y• acts that it would have bad to restrain the pouring • •• isious vapours into the plaintine' mill, interference . •4. their ancient lights, or the building of a wall to pre . acmes to their works. The court would inter to prevent acts amounting to crime if they did stop at crime, but went also to the destruc • ~r deterioration of the value of property, and there the demurrers in this case must be overruled. In , ...t to this conclusion he desired to be understood aa .••,:: nothing more than what appeared upon • 101 l and the demurrers. He overruled the •• .11.111 because the bill stated and the demurrers . ited acts amounting to the dictruction of property. • general ques ti on whether the court could in- . ie to prevent the unlawful issuing by workmen of ards amounting to intimidation would probably be idea et the 'aring of the cause, but according to the of lleorge IV. all these proceedings were alike in .us to the persons concerned in them, and to the :it large, and if the court had jurisdiction to pre -I,ee misguided men from the destruction of that o was the source of their own livelihood he believed .1.1 he found one of the most beneficial powers it bad ‘ereised. Considering the novelty and importance •!uestion he should reserve the costs. .11vfore Vice-Chancellor Sir G. M. Giffard., III: REARIZ TIN ErrarAxrso comPayr (waLm...ll CABE ; 'lacuna's CASE; unnb's cAsz). WrIS a motion on behalf of the official • 1.. hare the !WWII of the three above-named settledc; the hat of contributories. They were . I '. fm, and had taken a leading part in the manage k arly in 1864 an increase of the capital by the ~I preference shares was proposed, and to these gen ~•nu• 1,500 shares were allotted, only 3,254 being la all. • of Merin. Walter and Pember was that anent to them wee made without their knowledge but was shown - that they had invited r •vvbscriptions, on the ground that 3,254 shares had drunily isaurd, of which the shares held by Messrs. " ••••,. l'ember. and Lewis formed part. K°Y. Q.e.. and Mr. W. F. Robinson appeared for • hysdlitor; Mr. Bruce, Q.C., and Mr. Rrooksbauk ' '•• 241. Ptutber; Mr. Haddon for Messrs. Lewis and .ilwr • 16, Vice-ehaneellor nettled all the three lIIIMC4 on the t rntnhutoriem. 11r. North immured for &creditor's representative. Th e Vlee - elitte.elh,r raid that he could not allow the ..,nto of am - lemma... 4. of a creditor's representative except ing (41 proper "e. as.. "U s I and on this occasion he might have to.nteanl that tle• came would be properly brought ttdott. th e court. liquidator. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (111.101.• the Judge OrdillarY.) I. \ fil ErRNMIL Mr TT. Whir h - r over for a.lditional evidence, Se:o Aittional witurases, and the court quote nisi NII it ...sts. 301, 1t10N urn HAYNES. Mr. l'ritrhani for Ili.. petitioner, a labourer, at Ifickle . "1 ' ir 1/ .• 11, Y. 11.. married the respondent in So nd io the following year thure wa " • .1. .ouk.e. lunu.n. 7'he r...spoislent had since lived withwith Haynes, Nl4 11, Wilde made it eeree ...c.nclutled the b d usiness and the court rose for the - I :irr(st, which is now almost terminated iS not only ev‘vtlent everywhere, but in coanitats is finer in quality and larger is " L nif than that of test year, which was oonaitlored tura ` 4 " 4 au,at eatrasrdisary in the MU" o f agrioul. • • • ri(c THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 101.10 E COURTS.-4111IS DAY., Cr.I3IKI 7 .:{WHLT.. TIM CALI/AH . B ertuct.. - -11111.11 CL DAYAI..II AND 710 N. ✓awn, Ifarr•Ar, aged of b, Quern' e-plricto. Ivr-lhatt, Boston, a haflull y carriage drivirr, was °horsed before N. Ba rker with wilfully damaging the panel of a cab door, Owpropezty of Mr. Witham Ha , at the Baez- ZUNd, lahugtos. aud dolt* damage to the amount of IL 10". Mr. John Wakens's, solicitor, of Great Percy-street, smeared for the defendant. smith, a cab-driver. of 44, Upper Marylebone. street, Marylebone. said this morning a bou t 2 teolook, he was driving his horse and cab along the Besex-read, and another cabman told him that if he did not mind he would have his cab turned over by a number of roughs that were Dom along the road. Ile had *sot got more than thirty yards when be met about fourteen or fifteen men. Sours one called out, " Why don't you take the cab home; if you don't wo will turn it over for you." The defendant puked up something from the road and threw it at him. It did not strike hem, but Amok the panel of the cab, splitting it right up. Evidence was given to exculpate the defendant, and Mr. Barker said no doubt 'he complainant was mistaken in the man who thrcw the Amite, and the defendaat would be discharged ; but he might say that if the charge had been brought home to the defendant he would not have gone away from the court without being punished very sovero.y. MARLBOROUGH-STAMM. A GANG OP lINGOARS. Alfred Rtynoido, Jones Gassy iliohool Ouswisithsts, and John belly, all rough powerful-looking fellows, were charged before Mr. Knox with bugging. Fp/jai-constable Gordon, 33 C, said that shortly after 12 o'clock last night he was on duty in Leiosster-aguare, when he taw the prisoners—two of whom. Kelly and Cun ningham, were drunk—begging of everyone they met, and two females complained that the prisoners had begged of them, and that they could not get rid of them, and they appeared very mu ch . frightened. inspector Steal 0 division, said that Kelly and Cun ningham were charged at that ooart the week before last, with a man named Murphy, with bogging' . Mr. KDOX said it wee • scandalous Shia, to sae such able-bodied men going about begging. One of the prisoners asked him what they were to do ? Mr. Knox told them not to get drunk, and committed Reynolds and Casey for a month each, and the other prisoners for two months, with bard labour. SOUTHWARK. DEPIAI7DING • RAILWAT 0011rwrr. Frederick William Dower was placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham, charged with travelling in a second clam carriage on the London and South Western Railway, from Portsmouth to London, without paying his fare. Anthony Coleman, a ticket collector in the employ of the railway company, mid that on the arriva l of the train on the previous night from Portsmouth, he observed the prisoner concealed in a second-class carriage, apparently asleep. Witness roused him up and demanded his ticket. After fumbling about his pockets he said he had neither ticket nor money. He admitted that he had come up from Portsmout h and never intended to pay his fare. Witness took him to the o ff ice of the superintendent, when he was recognised as having travelled from Portsmouth on their line about six months ago without having paid his fare , for which he was fined 10a., and in default committed to prison for seven days. He was accordingly given into custody. Mr. Burcham naked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge. The prisoner replied that it was quite true. He did come from Portsmouth to look after work. Mr. Burcbam sentenced him to pay a line of 10s., or be imprisoned for seven days. WANDSWORTH. ('barley Edbery, a marine-store dealer, was charged with being concerned in committing a burglary at Pin borough Lodge, Upper Richmond-road, Putney. The case was before Mr. Ingham on Wednesday last, when the prisoner's wife was charged. It appeared from the evidence of police-constable 100 V, that Shortly after 12 o'clock that morning he heard a noise in the garden of Finborough Lodge. He went to the door, which he found was being kept shut by the female on the inside. He forced the door open and he then saw the pantry window open and two men near it. One man was in the area and the other was inside the window, and when be saw the constable he jumped out, and both he and his companion ran away. He followed after them, but theyescaped, and when he returned be found the female in the road. She was then walking along and pretended to be drunk. The constable afterwards found that some bread and cheese and butter bad been removed from the pantry and placed in the area ready . to be carried off. The constable proved hearing the opening of the window before he entered the garden. Mr. Cobbold, a solicitor, informed the magistrate that be was unable to saywhether the window was locked, as he had only removed into the house a few hours, and it was in confusion. The female went on to her knees, and declared the constable was mistaken. She was, however, remanded. Thireonstable now identified the male prisoner as the man he saw getting out of the window. Prisoner—When was it! _ _ Ooe.t~Dls--Between 12 and 1 o'clock. Prisoner—ln the day time? Constable—No, at night. Prisoner—Then I can prove that I was in bed. Mr. Payman remanded the prisoner to be brought up with his wife on Wednesday week. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BY TELIONAPIL GOODWOOD lERETING.-(TILLS DAY.) CIIIO3TERFIRLD OUP. Maras , . Palmer Moro:u7 . 23 ran. NASSAU STAKRB: Lennie Athens Vtrtats 4 ran. HISAFFORD STAKES . Stromboli boat Good Hope. RICHMOND PLATE. VeApasian Xi .. • • .. Courtier .. .. .. .. 3 8 ran. NURSERY STAILIM. One mile. Croons, Sender, Good Hope, Iron Duke, St. Kim% Alpendock, Lopes, ILaplite, - Slowinaa, Crow. Princess, Ills-14ton, Yermak, Yellow Bode, Sagan. and Musk aro la cm. MARCH STAKE& Half a mile. l'c'srlfeother i_ _La Rose, Sister to Veda. Slanderer, Cook ot-the.waik, Nsesderwea, 8101111111111, WWII" WAile, Vex, and Glisdirat are here. CRICIRT.-(77118 DA T) TFLB over.. manes st. nail:arm. At a quarter pad 12 this morning play was proceeded with in this county match. 1414 night when the stamps were drawn Mantle was (not out) 10. To-day he was faced by Mr. Green, whom Southerton bowled with kis monad ball. Mr. H. A. Richards, took the semeinieg bail tithe ever, and nisi wens oosedJs pot on till the more sacked when Mantle cut Sou rton into Griflith'sbascis at point, and this made way for Tom Hearne , who was prostrated by a heavy blow from a ball of Street's. Mr. Richardson was in rare hitting form, and very soon piled up 25 runs, including a 5, two 4's, a 3, and three 2's. This number be increased to 32, while Hearne made half a dozen single.. At 1 o'clock the score was as follows : —Middle rex. first innings, 112 ; second innings, 102. Surrey, first innings, 93. Teazle o' (holm Mr. Richardson continued to bat in splendid style, his cuts and leg hits being especially brilliant. Bristow took up the bawling at Southerton's end, and Griffith relieved Street. 92 runs were put on within the hour, and when 138 were " totalled " both Mr. Richard son and Hearne were disposed of. Messrs. Benthall and V. E. Walker subsequent) played well together, but the former was caught by the longstop, and Howitt was easily stumped. The innings was over at 2.3 for 167 or 186 " Jupp and Humphrey again faced Howitt and Mr. Rutters's bowling. Runs came so fast that 20 were posted in 12 minutes ; and at dinner time the score was as follows:—Middlesex, first innings, 112; second innings, 167. Surrey, first innings, 93. A CHILD BORN IN THE STREET. NQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) This forenoon an inquest was held by Mr. J. Humphreys, corner, at the Macclesfield Arms tavern, City-road, respecting the death of a male child, un named, who died in the workhouse, ten hours after it had been born in the street, _ It appears that on Sunday morning last, as a married woman named Margaret Lynch, was going to the work house of St. Luke's to be confined, she was seized with the pains of labour in Bunhill-row. She laid herself down on the pavement and gave birth to the deceased. The mother and child were carried with as little delay as pos sible to the workhouse, and everything wee done which their state demanded. The child, however, died in ten hours. Dr. Hetman Harris, the workhouse surgeon, said that the child was slightly bruised, but death was due to want of vital power, and not to any injury occasioned by being born on the pavement It was not a full-timed child. The woman Lynch was the wife of a labourer; she had lost four children before this one, and two years ago she was confined in the workhouse, to which she was hasten ing on Sunday last when the deceased was born. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased child died from exhaustion, consequent on being born in the public street." SHIPPINO INTELLIGINCE.-(27118 D 4 F) (DT TELEGRAPH.) Los nos, July 31.—Wind at noon N.W. ; pleasant breeze and the. nutmeat, July 30.—Arthed Lilt. Nowa44 fresh. ALFA{ Camilla, Trinidad de Cuba; Balaklava, Matanzas; ; Moen, St. Jag° de Cuba. July 31. Favor, Buenos Ayres; Beata Parker, Eavauniah. Oita July 30. —Arrived : Per Humphrey Davy, horn Barbadoa. ; Early Bird, Bt. Vincent& ; Ant Ula Cuba; Morton, Jamaica; Christel ; Bt. John'a • Shakespeare, Wed. Arrived from the Ayer and sailed : Michael Angelo, for Bombay. Anchored: Latoque, bydney. Arrived ; Commodore Perry, from Alva Bay; Cornu copia, Grenada; Ouse, West. OIAVRIIIIND, 111—Arrived : Midas, hem Port A • Hampton Court, • Botanist, Calcutta; ; Gutenberg, Quebec' Holiulu;e, Quebec; Argonaut, QUebee, 801:111AMIPTON, July 30 . — Arrived: Souvenir, from PeRILID• bum. 1.1; carom, July 110.—Arrived: Windsor, from Maranham ; Sarah King, St. Andrews. Sailed: Augusta, for Calcutta; Medusa, Savannah ; Ebro, Santander ; Admiral Hamelin, Mama. ham ; Nestorian, Quebec. Piu..—Arrived : J. W. Hatfield, from Quebec. Bailed : Fanny, for Demerara. ll;oaoTo7Arrived : Prairie Flower, from Huelva. Bairror., July 30.—Arrived: W. Deadly, from Newfoundland; America, Mirant July ichi Quarstrrows, 3o.—Arrived : Lizzie Merrell, from Ardroe san, reported leaky ; baa been towed into a dockyard. Porrrasorrn, July 30.—Arrived Rosins, from Quebec. Fuwar, July 30.—Arrived : Queen of the lake, from Barbadoes. nv roam July 30 . — Arrived : Minna, from Rio Janeiro; Queen Rounii, Ban Franciaco. Cur or, July 30.—Arrived : Castallien, from Segue la ()made; network, Savannah; Matilda Octavio , Havannah Myrtle, Quebec; Marion, Quebec; Panthea, Tr in idad; Mari a Vioentn, Havannah. GLOUVISTEZ, J/ 7 80. —Arrived : Quickstep, Norm a. QI'ISNITOWII, J M.—Arrived: City of Baltimore (es.), from Liverpool; Helvetia (m.), Liverpool; and both left for New York. PINZANCE Roars, July 29.—Arrived: Ellen Voir, from Pal mouth, for Swansea, with lore of topmast and jibboom. Ferri-es, July f.9.—Sailed: St. Paul, for Now York ; Addle n'Adarn, New York. Orr Pout? LYNIII, July 31.—(6 a.m.)—Arrived: Australian (a.) from Calcutta. (N.TDE, July 30.—Arrived: Arran, from Quebec; Norden, Quebec ; Gertrude, St. John's, Newfoundland. Leers, July 3o.—Arrived: 1.. R. and H. (Berme;. Savannah. Hum., July 30.—Arrival: Royal Victoria, from Quebec. CASUALTIES. - - Liviraenot., July 30.-71e&riCesc arrived, reprirta having mused a gnat quantity of logs of timber, apparently all fresh in the water, from the 13th to 14th July, between tat. 46 and 48 N. and lon. 4.1 and 36 W. The Robert Hastie, arrived Iran (kuthagens, paiswd a quantity of wreckage, apparently from a vessel which had been burnt, Nay 19, in lat. 40 N. lon. 10 W. FILL, July 30.—The Island Queen, of Prince Edward's Island, from Liverpool to liontreld, hiss been fumed back to Kingecad, making water ; cargo reported shifted. 4tiiItANTINE NOTICE. MADRID, July 30.—Advicts from Havannah announce that a decree has horn issued imposing quarantine epos arrivals from the Antilles. The " split" in the Conservative party in the East Riding of Yorkshire has terminated in the unex pected retirement of the Hon. Admiral Buncombe, who bad represented the riding for 17 years. Lord Hotham, his present colleague, had previously intimated that he did not intend again to offer himself. There are now three candidates :--Mr. C. Sykes, one of the present mem bers for Beverley, and Mr. Broadley, conservatives, and Lieut.-Colonel Haworth, liberal. A case tried at the York aesizee yeeterday illus trated (says the Leeds Mowry) the dangers arising from pigeon shooting matches in the neighbourhood of towns. Mrs. Dulmer, who lives at Middlesbro' sought to recover compensation for the loss of her hus band, • builder, 29 years of age, whose death had been caused by the negli gence of a youth 19 years of age, the eon of Mrs. Harris, who is connected with th• firm of Messrs. Harris and Co., shipowners. There appears to have been some pigeon shooting in • field near Mrs. Harris's hones, her eon being one of the firing party. Bulmer, a builder, twenty-nine years of age, was standing be hind the men shooting. Young Harris fired twice, and turned round to fire • third time, but instead of hitting a bird he shot Bulmer dead on the spot. Mrs. Harris had offered to allow Mrs. Bulmer 51. per week for two years, but this she declined to accept, and brought the action. The jury awarded the plaintiff A fire broke out at two o'clock on Wednesday morning on some premises in the Passage St. Paul, fourth arrondissement, belonging toll. Eugene Godard, aeronaut, and although promptly got under, destroyed the balloon Napoleon. of a value of 10,000 fr., sad which was to have served for the fire of the 15th August. _ DESTRUCTION OP THE WHEATSITEAF TAVERN, GnEstswicw.—Whilst the Are in Finsbury was raging last night, another one, which unfortunately waste tended with considerable loss of , took p in the premises belonging to . F. X. Argars, licensed victualler, known AA the Wboatahaaf Tavern, No. 11, Church-street, Greenwich. It broke out in the her and quickly ignited the barrels and ''t casks, and before any attempt could be mole to it the Ire bad communicated with nearly a dams rooms, and wee not eztingniaked until the ponies sa4 oaltssiti wen awls dosliord. ' MONEY MARKET.-(Till8 DAY.) _ - OMB ' CLOCK. Tho tendency of the atooliiTarieis, on the whole, is not unfavourable to-day, although there is little fresh business. The dealers are prinoi pally engaged with the fortnightly settlement, which will be oomploted this afternoon. In connection with the arrangement of the account, the failure is announced of a "jobber," but his liabilities arc not supposed to be very large. His difficulties have boon caused by the reoont decline in foreign stocks, in which he was a speculator for the rise. Consols are without special Change, but exhibit a favourable tendency. Nearly all the foreign and railway securities are quoted the same as yesterday. Brighton stock is inquired for, upon the result of yesterday's sleeting of the proprietors. The demand for money has somewhat increased, chiefly in connexion with the fitock Exchange set tlement, and the general rate for the boat bills is 11 per cent. Console are quoted 94f to I both for money and the account (Aug. 6), and the Three per Cents. Reduced sad New Three per Cents., 94; to f. Railway stocks are unchanged, with the exception of a rise of Ito per oent. in Brighton and Metro politan, viz., to 541 to a and 1151 to 1 respectively. Caledonian, 75 to 1; London and North Western, 116 j to 1 . ; Great Western, slj to f ; 106; to 106 ; London and South Welborn. , 02 to 93; Great &stern, 401 tin 11; BeratMlbat. , tep.,..17 to 1; Otani Mather*, Mite FON; Ditto 19.4 to 1031; London, Millie:m.slM Doren 201 to a ; Lancashire and Yeriahlze, 130 to York and North Midland, 921 to 931 ; Ber wick, 1031 to 1; and North British, 361 to 37. Foreign bonds are inactive. Turkish of 1865 are a per cent. better, at 391 to a, while Spanish of 1867 have declined to the like extent, the pre sent price being 341 to 1. Brazilian of 1863 are quoted 761 to 77 ; Chilian of 1867, 921 to 931; Egyptian of 1864, 83a to 84 ; Italian of 1861, 52a to ; Mexican, 161 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 77 to 1; Russian of 1866, 921 to 931; Orel, 831 to 84 ; Turkish of 1838, 66 to 67 ; and ditto of 1862, 631 to 641. The only alteration in Indian securities is a re duction of 2s. in the Bonds, viz., to 235. to 285.• prem. The Five per Cents. are at 1141 to 11 is ; the Four, 1041 to 105 ; and the Debentures, 105 to 1. Exchequer Bills show a recovery of ls., at 13s. to 18s. prem. ; Bank Stock 247 to 249. Very few dealings have been recorded in Bank shares. London and Westminster, 70; to 711; Lon don and County, 611 to 521; Union of London, 34 to 361 ; Anglo-Austrian, 7to prem.; Lon don and Brazilian. 30 to 25 die. ; Imperial Otto man, ; to 1 prem.; and Consolidated, 1 to 1 prem. No movement is apparent in miscellaneous shares. National Discount, 6/ to 71 prom.; General Credit, 21 to 11 dis. ; Credit Foncier, 21 to 3 per share; International Financial, 11 to 11 die. ; London, 26 to 24 die. ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to 1; Telegraph Construction, 16 to 1, ex div. ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 41 to 1 ; and Anglo-American, 211 to 1. American securities are rather dull. The 5-20 Bonds are quoted 72 to ; being 1 per cent. lower ; Erie Railway shares, 431 to 44 ; Illinois Central, 941 to 1 ; showing a decline of 1; Atlantio and Great Western Debentures, 411 to 421; and the Conso lidated Mortgage Bonds, 411 to 421. Us Canadian Lori► is quoted 1031 to 1061 ; the Swedish, 21 to S prem. ; the Egyptian, 1 die. to 1 prem. ; and the Tamboif-Kosloff, 1 The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and North British railways shows this week an in crease of 2,4411. over last year. The following notification has been issued by the Bank of England : _ Notice is hereby given, that in order to prepare the dividends due on the 10th October, 1868, the balanees of the several accounts in the following funds will be struck on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1868, viz. :—New 31. per Cent. Annuities, Reduced 31. per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for Thirty Years, Annuities for Terms of Years, India 41. per Cent. Stock. On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the above-named funds will be transferable without the divi dend due on the 10th October next. BANK ST/XL—Shut : Wednesday, Sept. 16. Open : Monday, Oct. 12. August 1, 1868. TWO O'CLOCK. The English funds are slightly flatter, at 941 both for money and the tith of August. FOUR O'CLOCK. The government funds are rather firm, at 94: to 4 both for money and the account. In the railway market Metropolitan stock is 11 per cent. higher, at 1164 to 117, upon a rumour that the directors have determined to divide the ori ginal stock into A and B. Ifidland is quoted 1064 to showing a rise of # per cent. ; Brighton, 54 to t, being I lower; South Eastern, 77 to t London and North Western, 1161 to I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 130 to 4 ; and Great Western, 51: to t. As regards foreign stocks, Turkish of 1863 are in request, and t per cent. better, at al to 3. Italian of 1861, 521 to t ; Orel, 834 to 84 ; Nicho lai, 66 to ; and Spanish of 1887, 34} to 3.5. No bullion operations have occurred at the Bank to-day. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Bente, opened at 70fr. for the account, being about the same as yesterday. It is stated that in consequence of the legal questions which have been raised by a few of the shareholders of the Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East, the Master of the Rolls has further postponed the payment of the second divi dend, which was some time since declared ; his lordship being of opinion that the relative rights and liabilities of the corporation and the Old Commercial Bank of India should be defined by the court before any further distribution of assets is made. The dividend of the Great Southern and Western of Ireland Railway Company is announced at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, against the same rate for the corresponding period of 1867. A meeting of the British Colonial Steamship Com pany (Limited) was held yesterday. The opera tions for the half year show a loss of 3,4061., which is ascribed to the depression of business in and with Canada. A meeting of the Anglo-lonian Steam Naviga tion Company, called in compliance with the articles of association, was held yesterday, to receive the accounts for the half-year. The proceedings were quite of a formal character, and the question of declaring a dividend was deferred till the next meeting. At the meeting yesterday of the Bahia Steam Na vigation Company (Limited) the directors' report, which was adopted stated the balance to pro fi t for the six months ending December last at 3,606/., but recommended no dividend, owing to the enorm ins sacrifice involved in remittances from Bahia at the present unfavourable rate of exchange and the large amount of accruing liabi lities for new steamers and works of extension. At the Meeting of - the Netherlands Land En closure Company, held yesterday. the directors' re port stated that " the profit and loss account for the ppaaset year, upon comparison with that of the prevus year, is satisfactory as regards the im proved position of the oomy's _poldars.' A gemmit ratistiai el drs-Dosake sad Black 888. I Sea Railway and Yustendjie Harbour Company (Limited) is called for the 13th August. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Bir mingham Joint Stock Bank (Limited), the divi dend declared was at the rate of 20 per oent. per annum, free of income tax, payable on the Ist of Augmt. Mr. Cape, the official liquidator, announces a dividend of Os. in the pound to the creditors of the Merchants Company (Limited), and of 2s. in the to the creditors of the Richmond Hill Hotel the y August. imited), both payable at his office on " Arof The directors of the Paraguasen Steam Tram road Company (Limited) have made a call of 21. per share, payable on the 2nd of September. The Emigration Commissioners have taken up the iihip Tornado for the conveyance of passengers fo Melbourne. With regard to the wool trade, the annexed is from Mr. Helmuth Schwartze's circular, dated yesterday: The third series of London Coloalal wool sake has to-day been fixed to commence oa Thursday, the 13th of August. The following are the quantities arrived up to date :-69,920 bales Port Phillip ; 54,7[4, Sydney ; 39,08 new Zealand ; 9,828 Adelaide ;8,477, Van Diemen's Land; *319, Cage-190,118 bales. Further 20,000 bales may be to arrive in time, making the probable total 217,0 " 00 bales. There is not much spirit in business, but Me bade is everywhere well employed, and in the face of good harvests all over the world, oonsumption may towards the fall of the year be expected to receive • new and more powerful impales than it has experienced for the last couple of years. Last sale's closing prices will under them Oizemastaaces be probably firmly maintained. The fo/lowing ie the offiiial retUrn of the cheques aud bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house fdr the week ending Wednesday, July 29 : _ . 11,89907, i Is l tli =mr, u' a, 26 9,679:00• MMOOO Irooday, hey 17 aWsset Tua•daratury 18 l4OOOO Iredaanday. July 29 ,785.000 JOHN C. Pooocx, Deputy-Inspector. Baaken' Clearing-house, July 30. After allowing for the circumstance that Satur day was a holiday on the Stook Exchange, the week's total is unusually small. At this time last year, when business was likewise slack, the amount for the week was 60,683,0001., which, however, included a Stock Exchange settlement. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, July 29, compared with that for the previous week, shows the following chimp! : Circulation issue £35,748,110 Decrease £66,630 Circulation active Publiodeposits 3.499,374 Increase 369,460 Other deposits 21,464,054 Decrease 623,318 Government securities in banking department .. 14,614,394 No change. Other securities in bank- 16,070, 301 Decrease 330,109 Co l i n n g an d n t ron at in both departments 21,984,661 Decrease 112,683 Seven day and other bills 601,484 Decrease 23.981 The Rest -. . . .3,315,648 Increase 10,358 Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes &coin) in banking department 12,638,846 Increase 52,622 The deposits, on balance, have diminished, but as the Bank has had repaid to it 330,1091. of advances previously made on private securities, the reserve shows a small increase. The withdrawals of gold from the Bank for exportation during the week were 65,0001., and as the reduction in the coin and bullion shown above is somewhat larger than this, it is to be inferred that coin has been wanted for the purposes of the harvest. HANK OP Ax Amon., pursuant to the for the week gnaw en assCia DIM Notes ismied 05,718,110 £16,748,110 Proprietors' Capital.E4,66i,oos . Rest public De=i; eluding Savings Ccanmisalonen of National Debt, sad DtridendLeassints) 3,4541,214 Diller Depcaila Seven Day and °thee Billa *LAND. Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 22, ledactictay, July 29,721& 6;Weex - Meat Debt tmotrooe Other Securities Geld Coin and 8u11i0n.90,748,110 Silver Bullion. £36,748,110 PARTIIIINT. Dated the 30th day of July, 04,614,394 Other Secaritier 16,070,304 Notre 11,4!!,707 Odd and Silver Coda 1,11111,661 AU,513,664 G. Fours, Chief ambler. MINE&-(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK. The mining market is moderately active to-day. West Chiverton, 60 to 61 ; Prince of Wales, 375. to 395. ; Great Vor, 15 to 16 ; New Lovell, 19s. to 21s. ; East Lovell, 61 to 71; Emily Henrietta, 32 to 33 ; Chiverton, 61 to 7 Wheal Chiverton, 225. 6d. to 275. 6d. ; 'Wheal Trelawney, to 9; West Caradon, 5 to 6; and Great RetallaCk, to 31. Bt. John del Rey shares have risen 10s., viz., to 19 to 20. but other foreign as well as colonial mines are unchanged. Don Pedro, 2/ to 1 prem., Anglo-Brazilian, par to .1 prem. ; Pestarens,l to 1 die. ; Chontalee, 2 to ; Roma Grande, 1 to 1 ; Anglo-Italian, par to 1 prem. ; United Mexi can, II to 1; Prontino and Bolivia, Ito # ; Port Phillip, 11 to 1; and Yudanamutana, 51 to 6. RAILWAY, lIINING. AND OTHER SHARE&-(THIS DAY.) [Closing pnoes to p.m! COLONIAL OOVERNXEN'T SECURITIES. 1041 Canada, Jan. and July, 1877 to 1884 (6 per cent.), , 31. Do., Jan. and July (5 per cent.), 911, 21. Natal, April and Oct. (6 per cent. ; , 109. New South Wales, Jan. and July, 1888 to 1896 (5 par cent.), 991, 1. New Zealand, Jan. and July, (6 per cent.), 98j. Queensland, Jan. and July, 1882-86, lost. Tasmanian, Jan. and July, 1895 (6 per cent.), 105. Victoria, April and October (6 per cent.), 1141, 1, 14. ORDINARY SHARES AND SiOCl/V . Caledonian, 764. Great Great NEasterno rther , n, 1 404, 1. 391, 40. 061. Do. A (A receives no dividend pistil 6 per cent baa been paid to B), 103, 'one Great Western, al, 61f. Lancaahire and Yorkshire, 1301. London, Brighton , and S outh Coast, 64, j, 1, and 631, for money. London, Chatham, and Dover, 201. London and North Western, 1164, ff.. Manchester, Sheffield, and a.i , 431, 4. Metropolitan, 1161, 4. Do. Extennon (ffiv. Rm. to 6 per cent. till Jan., 11170), 11 Midland 11. , 106. South }stern, 77}, I. PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Original, Birmingham guar., 70. London and Brighton, 6 per cent. guar., No. 1, 1024, ad. PREVERik CE . B*ARI!E AND TOCHB. Midland, 6 per cent. optional to convert to ordinary stock, Sept. I, 1869, 1. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. List Indian, gna. 6 pee cent., 1081. Groat Indian Peninsula, guar. 6 per cent., 10& Do., Delhi, Sande, gua. per lolf cent., 102 . 2i. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 101. Eastern of France, 211. Great Luxembourg, 121, 1. Lemberg-Cxernowtts, guar. 7 per cent. (Lim.), 161. Sambre and Meuse, 61 per cent_pref. 91. South Austrian and Lombardo-Yeantiash 161. KIEICEIL&NROI3IS. =Mediterranean Te (Limited), 1. sad bids Magnetic (Limited), lei. Camads Oaapsay, Id. pas mat. Vioaroy, gaa. by Egyptian yam. leant. BBYY • Hudson's Bay. 161, Rerater's Telegram, 61 Royal Mail Steam, $37. Wars* Ooaalrualioa Maiatasseas (Limited,. 14, ad. GREAT FIRE AT FINSBURY. Between 9 and 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out at Kittle's timberyard, in Paul-street, Finsbury. The workmen employed left at 8 o'clock' and at the time mentioned above the wife of the senior partner of Mews. Brown and Sons, builders, in the same thoroughfare, ran down stairs into the counting-house and exclaimed, " The place is on fire." The cause of the alarm was at once apparent, the large piles of timber in Mr., Kittle's premises, extending over a hundred square yards, soon presenting a mass of flame. By the time the engines arrived the back part of the premises of Messrs. Brown and Son, numbered 106 and 106, was in a blaze, the in tensity of the fire being considerably augmented by there being at least a ton weight of oil and turpentine placed at the back, mul becoming ignited. The firemen exerted themselves in a praiseworthy manner, but in addition to the premises named the flames gained a firm hold of the back part of the Paul's Head public-house, at No. 104, Paul-street, and the fire ultimately extended itself to Paul's-square, which is chiefly inhabited by poor working people. By twelve o'clock there was no fear of the fire spreading any further. Mr. Kittle's timber yard has been wholly destroyed, and, with the exception of the private dwelling of Messrs. Brown and Son, their property hasalso fallen a prey to the flames. The dwelling-house num bered I, in Paul's-square, is quite destaoyed, whilst those numbered 2 and 3 are nearly or partially so. Tho damage done at the Paul's Head is confined to the back part. of the premises, and there are other minor instances of damage consequent on the calamity. How the fire could not be ascertained. The conduct of the snob assembled was disgraceful and Superintendent Gernon, Inspector M•Kay, and Sergeants \Vhelan and Wood had 110 easy task in preserving order. Mr. Kittle and Messrs. Brown and Son are, we understand, insured. UE OFFICIAL REPORT. The following 1; a copy of Captain Shaw's official report : • July 30, 9.45 p.m.—Called to a fire on the promises of Mr. W. Kettle, timber merchant, No. 108, Paul-street, Finsbury. Several stacks of timber in open yard nearly destroyed. Cause of fire unknown. No. 107, ditto ; let out in tenements ; belonging to Mr. Kettle ; contents un insured. Back room second floor burned out, and about one-third of roof off ; rest of house and contents severely dam aged by fire and water. "Noe. lO5 and 108 in the same street.—Messrs. Brown and Sons, builders, workshops 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, burned out, and timber in open yard severely damaged by fire. Back-rooms on first and second floors and staircase of private dwelling severely damaged by fire ; rest of house and contents by heat and water. Buildings and contents insured in the County office. " No. 104, in the same street, Mr. T. J. Suter, licensed victualler and wine and spirit merchant, the Paul's Head Tavern. Back windows on second floor burned out, rest of house and contents slightly damaged by water, re moval, &e. Insured in the and Union Fire offices." " Nos. 109 to 113, Messrs. Moore and Renton, whole sale cabinet manufacturers, roofs and side fronts of premises damaged by fire, and contents slightly by water and removal. Insurance unknown." "No. 1, Paul-square, Mr. H. Sounder, cabinet maker, first floor nearly burned out and root off, rest of house and contents severely damaged by fire, water, and re moval. Contents insured, building unknown." " Nos. 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, and 8, in the same square, let out in tenements, back fronts severely damaged by fire and contents by water and hasty removal. ITuinsurod." TO TUX EDITOR OF TU2 EXPITOS. yoSu ,—Will u allow us to 'state that though our warehouses and workshops adjoin the timber-yard burnt down last evening, we have not suffered so as to interfere with the business.—We are, Itc., MOORS and HINTON. Paul-street, Friday morning. idoIL FAMMAU ON Fins.—The number of fires on the mountain lands of Wales bids fair to destroy the chid groom preserves of the principality. During the past week inn have occurred at LLnelin, Meifod, and Llanbrynmair, doing considerable damage to the crops and heather. Moel Fammian has been denuded of a *m idweek' quantity et its herbage amt tram the seam caw. Oa Timing the ar reaeard the phataliaa Itahr the towed did portdamage to the pee MOM 111.6 vat alltbseirs regiggif. FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS. Orel Vitebsk, gas. by Miamian Government, 6 per eent., 84. - Routh Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 8 11-16. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN /LINE& Alamillos (Limited), I . Don Pedro, North del , Bt. John del Rey • • ), In, 20. Yudanamutans of S. Austra li a (Limited), 4, JOINT STOCK BANKS.. Agra (Limited), B, 91. duotralsida, 62 3, I. Bask of Otr inc ±ited), e. Chartered A ustralia , sad Clll2' a, let I. Consolidated ), 41, rd. • Lad Mortgage Beak of End a (Limited). Louden sad River Plate (Limited), 44. Leedom Joint Stook, 113, wt. 17iiss ere Lea " it ado , t -- COMMERCIAL AND MARKRT& MAILK-LANII.--{THIS DAY.) Coastwise, as well as by rail, the srrrivale of now ♦heat fresh up this morning were only moderate, mad very few old samples were exhibited. The trade was del at the late decline. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The demand was devoid of activity at about previous gear. float. Floating cargoes of wheat were neglected, although offered on easier terms. But, in other respects, the Amid iag grain cargo trade was steady in tone. Moderate supply of barley were on the stands. Th• trade was firm, on former terms. Malt changed hands to a fair extent, at late rates. The oat trade was firm, and prioes bad an upward ten dency. Beans and peas found buyers at previous guotetioria Flour was dull, at late currencies. With the amanita= of rap the aced market was steady. cuatuor wed, which was dull of cols Oaken were firm. MUM. Pet W.. W& T. 11. S. Brea, Krot, red, 'IS 64 to 66 o Ykk will* '66 66 , '67 66 to 64 1 to et „ 'W Wto W Nolloa oad Lissa& -- - OATS. =Zlat° Itie Qr. O. 111. ... 42 to it ... "is. hd es to st A to 46 f=g .-.... aA a attains se a 1. 40111.6 111161‘66111 0 ID 15 1 Kingales sad Were Ai to 16 &own Rm 56 to A . New - 0 to oats. DVS& Ink: .. 25 to B 2 petite ea... 6. feel to Damao andWirceig.lllllT. Pera berg lt to 70 keteekeadMeeklen- . visite. Seem 115 4S 44 ck a as aroges se 4ll Ti •; Borrow N 11l 44 I* 4r aomi 6ll to Peas. - .......eiiii 4ll to : MI to Tffirft ibx 16611.. . 111 / 4 "11.P.P .... 1111° .-. 56 to 56 Noxiebiii::: 66 w IA Counts 7 Norfolk awl NEM. ex ship 4ll to 46 1:= II to et 66 to 10 Bunion, bard . AnoXiato,t 161 a 66 to 00 „ obit* OD to 6‘ NA *. ..... - . - . _ Pee Pr. OATS. I. I. Danish sod Swedish IS to IS Burton 96 to 911 Danish - 46 to 0 Rol ol mt 0 to 44 Pau. _ _ . -. Oriadmi 3l to 39 Dintalliair 26 to 40 Malting 0•711. . . _ . X to a a to 41 -OWO -41W411 Dutch f brewi eeding 22 nf 26 to 27 to 32 ARRIVALS OP ORAIN, ac. CARRIAGB FROM JULY CLUSIVE. INDUS COAX While Yellow Twee. 81355155 Prank per 50 Os 51 to 56 c." pet tat. 3O to 36 . 30 to 36 INTO LONDON BY WATEIIt 27 TO JULY 30, BOTH IN- 411 hest. }Utley. Malt. tiara. Flour. * qrs. qrs. co qrs. brio. sacks. Foreign woo 8640 ... 32;90 Total Pain, 3,490 qrs. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) xxxsonspn.) Onion ova own oonamworminer.) Carron.—The market better, and prices of American Id. dearer. Bales about 16,000 bales. Coat.—The market moderately attended. Wheat, slow sale, and prices t yular ; in some cases at 3d. to 6d. per cental under iesday's rates. Flour dull and lower. Beans steady. , Oats and oatmeal unaltered. Indian corn moderate demand, at tomer rates ; mixed, 35a. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) (By 1211011APIL ) (mow wiz cars C01211111;01111)10110 New white wheat makes 80s. to 635. ; it was 665. to 675. Old fully 4s. lower to sell. CORK BUTTER MARKET.-{THIS DAY.) (ST TIM/01AM.) (ram o OWN 001/11NONDINT.) 114 e. 1095., 101 s. 985., 895., 095.; 2,160 fir kips. Mild cured, 122*., 111 s., ' lo4s. ; 170 firkins. MINCING-LANE.—(THIS DAY.) &MAR.—For British Weet India there is a better in. quiry, at firm price.. St. Vincent, 31s. to 32e. 6d.: Gre nada, 31.. 6d. to 325. 6d. ; 81. Kitts and Demerara, 32e. to 335. 6d. • Jamaica, 33.. to 345. Banal—previous prices are suppOrted, but there is only a limited demand. Coss. — There is a steady inquiry for all descriptions, bold and colory sorts being most in r eq uest. Tas.—The market continues quiet. Public sales of China are declared for next Tusiday. Stow.—A small parcel of common Jamaica sold at 2.. 10d., and 20 puncheons leeward. at Is. Bd. Rata.—TM market continues very quiet for parcels on the spot. 2,000 tons Rangoon sold afloat at lls. 3d., and 1,300 tons Sierra at 11s. 3d. to 11.. 6d. refraction 61. COTTON.—There is a better inquiry, chiefly for arrival, at some advance on recent low prices. Jtivz.—Only moderate sales are reported, at late rates. hanoo.—The market is steady at quarterly sales' rates. GIAYBIEI in moderate request, at 17.. 6d. for com. mon. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is steady. Town tallow, 41s. 9d. ; Peters. burg Y.C., on the spot, 445. ; October to December, 4,5 e. 3d. ; December, 465. 6,1. HIDE MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) LZADIMILU.L.—hides.--661be. to 641bs. 3FI. to 31d.; 641 be. to 7211 a., 34d. to 3sd . ; 72Ibs. to 801bs. 3t . d .. . to 4d. ; 80Ibe. to MIN., id. to 40. ; Nibs. to 961b5., 4 1. to 4 1 d. Horse hides, 9s. to 10s. 61.; calf skins, light, .to 4s. ; full, 7s. lirimoisnerr.—Sheep skins.—Lstaba, 2s. 6d. to 3e. 2d. ; shearlings, Is. Id. to Is. 3d. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a steady retail demand for all descriptions, prices showing an upward tendency. The plantation accounts from East Kent and parts of the Weald and Sussex continua. very un favourable. COAL MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Wafts End South Hatton, 18s. 3d.; Walls End Eden Main, 16s. 3d.; Walls End South Hartlepool, 16s. 3d.; Holywell, 165.; West Hartley, 14s. 6d.; Hastings' ditto, 14s. 9d.—Ships at market, 22 ; at sea, 50. The first numbers of an illustrated edition of M. Louis Blanc's History of the French Revolution" have been issued in Paris. The work will be completed in about 130 numbers, at two sous each number. The first numbers contain wood cuts of the "Assembly of the Notables," and of a " Bitting of the Parliament of Paris." IL de la Charlene, the illustrator of "Paul and noplaia," supply several designs to the new edition.ef M. Louis Blanc's well-known work. DEISTRPCTION or PLEYING STOOL-6 few days ago a serious fire broke out on the farm poszeises of W. Bellamy Bradford, of Fared Fen, neer Peterborough. The lire made rapid program and owing to everything being rendered inflammable by the exceenve beat of the weather, all hopes were given up of saving scarcely any thing. The following eskaahle propertikowis Lean, estroyed : Three horses, one bullock , 800 fleecesof wool, 140. cps. of old wired, 90 qre. el oats, 10 qrs. of two Jury stacks, a large qq quantity of implements, and all the farm, buildings upom a rood of land. The panosima were the property of Lord Baye and Bela The , loss la estimated at about UOOI. Waimea Bossa.—The wearer of the mar was. is a date of ceaseless agony lest its flue infieraliilitp skald be broken, and its bemired and starched circumferiaca should have a fall. The Elisehetbsa fop drew back hors. all who approached too near, trying— Not so nose, thi v ial ee iti will draw my ram The chief utensil for rale in order was the " poking-disk of steel," Auto' had among his wares. By the aid of th e poking heated in the Ira the folds of the nil' were ironed into the precise sym... mazy whisk was the of the Zlisalisiliaa exquisite. Their use began room 16 according to Stowe, and in the accounts of Elizabeth we And she paid in 1693 to her blacksmith, one Thomas Larkin, "pro 2 do lez setting stick: gulls. id." the sum of fa Under the fostering care of starch and poking-sticks the rut shot oat to the length of " • quarter of a yard.' This vast structure of gum I was called in England "the French ruff," while the French retaliated, end called it the "English monster." Queen Elizabeth, who bad a yellow throat, were the highest and stiffest ruff in Europe, with the of the Queen of Navarre. Her rolls were tear in: finest crit.werk, enriched with gold, Wyse, and emu pre cious doom Oho need up esk yards of Sill-.,eta. prls, needlework lam, boas lace d Silver, ea neW with pearls, and bugles and spaagiss.gold, of In the fahet. cation of hoe." thrseldled ruff." Bat ohs Ass* rakes& such henna,ma to ler people, as le well keetwo o aembeby paw *r le dead of at the yoke et the aid hands dos the wearers all rulh beyond a bay*by is cedar to out them down to barookso dome la a dab. int.—fararterig Soifer, am boohoo. • • P I I 141 r