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New Policies In Wceks. issued. 1868 ... 3 • ... 86 —X14,250 1869 3 ... 108 151,481 Excesq .. 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1i69 ... 3,105 —£539,442 ANGLO-AUSTRIAN BANK. NOTICE IS lIEIIEBY GIVEN, That the GENE RAL COUNCIL of the ANGLO-AUSTRIAN BANK Eft JP made a CALL upon the Shares of the Blnk of .£2. 10s., or 25 florins Austrian currency, in silver, per share, payable on or before the Ist of July, 1869, at the Office's of the Annle-Austrian Bank in Vienna or London. As the Call will be act u.dly made by the deduction of a corresponding amount from the dividend Coupon payable on the Ist July, 1869, it will be necessary for all share holders to present their provisional Share Certificates with the Coupons for July, 1869, at one of the before-mentioned Offices, that the receipt for the Call may be stamped upon the Certificate. By order of the General Council. .. Vienna, 26th May, 1869. ATTRACTIVE SPECULATIONS. UNRIVALLED SUCCESS. You mull never meet with a more advisable opportunity to try the favours of Dame Fortune. With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise £20,020!! with £2 £27,C00!! with £8 £4?,000!! with 110 £45,000!! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS INENINet. AN ALAR3HvG SACRIFICE: Buckstonc, jun. ; Mis. F. Wright. After which. Messrs. Sothern, ChiPnendale. Nresdames Cavendish. Hill. &c Followed b., A REG E'LA '? FIX : r. othern. Concluding with HIGH LIFE Be LOW STAIRS: Messrs.Buckstone, Howe, Clark, &c. Commence at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Vinint,. TIPS EvENTNG, et 7. THE HOU -E t•N THE BRIDGE: adame Celeste. Concludiaz with PRESITML"rIV E EVI DE \ CE: adame Ce!este, Louise. Moore, &c.; Messrs. Rignold, Shore, Dominick Murray, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Geo Del more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, MI Stuart, Mr Ashley, Mr G. Balmore, Mrs Alfred Mellon, &e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SwanhorouEh. 1 iris EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Puff - n. JOAN: OF A I:(' : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Burton. To conclude. with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE- ROYAL. Tilts EvENTsn, Rt 7, 7 AVAL ENGAGEMENTS. At Q. 30, th, new bur'esque II CORSICAN ItOTIIERS. And IMEAC II OF PROMISE. Messrs. I%rarshall. David Fisher, An:lrews, Tin dale, Hurlstone. J. Clarke; Slesdames Lydia t oote, 11u8ILes, &rend, C. Thorne THEATRE-ROYAL, THIS EVE !N G. TfIE M'STRES; 01"1 . 1IE MILL. After wh!ell MONEY: Yr. Par, y Ftirtivan, Mrs. ilermanii Vezin, Ifult.e3,-, E rs. C. Horsnian. TIOVILTY TI I EATEE. Garter the Atatiftgemorit et 'Miss )[ o!:ver. This E , 'ENING. at 7.10. I FOR N H LID Y. Followed by A ROVING COM !ISSION. And THE MILI ARY BILLY TAYLOR. To eoreindo with CLAtDE DUVAL: Mr. Day, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVgNING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, (]lover. and Bancroft: Mrs. linekingham White. Miss 0. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Turf; EVENTNO. at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment. Immense Success of BARGE BLUE. The Only Leon ! CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every Night, at. 8 Wednesdays and Faturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL 11 AMB II A PALACE. THREE BALLET 3 Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le, Box-ollie( open from 11 to 4. Oar Correspondent A. G.'s communication on " The Land Question in Ireland " we shall find roo:n for in The San of to-morrow evening. als- 14 1, 7 I s 4 4 L OND ON, Falai}, MAY 28, 1869. A Financial Problem is propounded by Mr. LOWE with the airy lightness of a conundrum. His Budget was for all the world like a conjuring trick. What he set himself to do in making his statement was this —Out of Nothing to produce Something. And he did it! Whatever surplus there would have been under ordinary circumstances, he showed clearly enough—only too clearly—was drained away by the Abyssinian expedition. Nevertheless said the newly installed Chancellor of the Exchequer—Hocus pocus! Presto ! lligh-cock-a-foruml—under his manipulation of the figures, there was an I,s3ured balance guaranteed at the end of the. financial year, and very nearly three millions ster ling (to be precise £2,940,000) of taxa tion remitted. The House, hearkening to his won drous revelation as he unfolded it to them on the memorable evening of his B u d get Speech—to wards the close of it—like MILTON'S night, liste ne d de lighted." Depressed at the outset by a vivid realisa tion of the cost of our triumph under the walls of Nlagdala, the Commons were naturally exhilarated when they were shown that, after all, the glory won by our arms, or rather by our daring strategy, in the advance of Lord NAPIER into the heart of Abyssinia, in no way denied us the always longed-for luxury of a surplus of Income over Expenditure, and ;It the same time in no way denied us the yet greater lnxury of ensuring to ourselves a more than usually considerable remission upon the amount of our annual taxation. The Budget was a surprise. People were almost bewildered at the first as to the way in which such happy results were al-lived at. It was very much as if after all the Wizard LOWE had succeeded in ex'racting sunbeams from cucumbers Cynici contented themselves by muttering disparag ingly of the Budget, that it was too clever by half. And very soon, indeed, when it came to be looked at irreald blood,-and when the glamour of the' voice of the charmer had i,i &nue measure fad ed way--evely one recygnised very clearly in- deed - that a BuJgot success like this could never by any possibility he repeated. And for this simple reason: that it was a success achieved by the matter of fact =Jess of drawing in the proceeds of the in come lax by anticipation. Had a proposition of that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1869. nature been introduced into a Budget of Mr. ths- IZAELI . S contrivance, we should never have beard the last of it. '['he suggestion, coming from the right bon. member for Bucks, would have been scouted fis simply ridiculous. It emanated, however, from th( philosophical mind of the bran new financier induc•ed into office, only a few months previously, as Mr. GLADSTONE'S Chancellor of the Exchequer. Wiling from Mr. DISRAELI, the notion would have been re garded as a dodge. Coming from Mr. LOWE, it waF considered in the light of a most sagacious contriv- ance. Startling as the Budget Speech of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer was, however, it was by no means so st trtling as several of the statements set forth by Mr. LOWE last evening in support of it. So astounding were some of these that the House could only laugh as theatre-goers laugh at the more bizarre and incomprehensible puns in a burlesque. According to the argument of Mr. LOWE—an argu ment, serious ? comic? or eerie-comic ? which is it ? —five quarters' income tax are always collected in every twelvemonth ! According to Mr. LOWE—the payment of five quarters' income tax is not a bit more onerous to the taxpayer than the payment of four quarters ! According to Mr. LOWE—five quar ters being paid in one year, the number of quarters paid in two years would be nine! And so on. No wonder the House laughed. No wonder the Gover nor of the Bank of England, who rose immediately after Mr. LOWE had resumed his seat—no wonder, we say, that Mr. CRAWFORD began his remarks upon the right hon. gentleman's astounding state ment2,._ by saying that it was rather a fortunate thing for him that he had not had to undergo a Civil Service Examination before assuming office as Chancellor of the EAGUetiu,,r. 13Ut:, all this is past joking about. What, in the name o' common sense, is the meaning of observations suet as those coolly articulated yesterday by the lips of the Chancellor of the Exchequer? nibbling quips and cranks like those are about as relevant as the inco herent words of JACK BUNSBY when called in by Cap tain CUTTLE to pronounce as to the fate of Mr. DOMBEY'S missing ship, the " Son and Heir." The " bearing of the observations" may provoke a langll by their very absurdity ; but the laugh is empty, and, when it is over, the listeners are left quite as much at sea as ever even in their conjectures. With something like an aspect of rebuke, and cer tainly in words of solemnity, Mr. CRAWFORD. as Governor of the Bank of England, and as member for the City of London, depre cated the "airy tone" in which Mr. LOWE repu diated anything like official responsibility, on his part, in regard to the Money Market. The Money 111 , trket. said t he Chancellor of the Exchequer, must take care itself ! The Bank of England was not to be cockered up by the Government ! " Cockered" is Mr. LowE's own phrase. Yet, hardly este it be thought as pos sible in any way to apply to himself—he who, in violation, or in defiance of the elementary dictum of COCKER, that two and two make four, start!es the House of Commons into a laugh, by insisting (as though he himself were an Irishman) that in one sense the year always has jive quartos, and—imme diately thereupon—that twice five make nine ! IT was a foiegone conclusion that the general elec on in France should terminate in the return of a large majority of Imperialists. So powerful is the influence of the Government in the rural districts—so unsparing is the labour, so un scrupulous the agencies employed to preserve and strengthen it—that except in town constitu encies, the opponents of the Empire enter the lists with very meagre chances of success. The rustic representatives of universal suffrage are bribed by the prefects, exhorted by their priests, and bullied by their employers into voting for the official candidates. The secrecy of the Ballot is violated, for the vot;ng, tiolzets are, in the country, supplied to the elector in front of the urn, the authorities watch every voter, and the name he deposits in the box c::n always be known. If lie vote 3 for the " wrong man," i.e., for the Opposition candidate, he loses the situation which the Prefect or Maire had promised to him or to his son. The priest discountenances him. He is in great danger of being dismissed by his employer. Knowing and caring litt:e about politics, it is hardly likely that he will sacrifice any material interest for the Liberal cause, and hence .universal suffrage in the vast majority of French constituencies is only an Imperial tool. The contest is therefore only a rela tive one. The Imperialists must have a large majority ; the Opposition can gain only in the sense of increasing their diminutive force. This sort of success they have undoubtedly attained. In the first Parliament under the Empire the Left wns so small that all its members could have been coin- fortably conveyed in a hackney coach. In 1857 this forlorn hope had increased, in 1863 it was much greater, and in 1869, though the contest is not yet over, there can be no doubt that it will be larger than in any previous Chamber. More than this could not be expected. So far as regards the respective forces of the Government and its various opponents, the contest of 1869 has achieved no remarkable result. But with respect to the principles advocated by the Opposition, a singularly decisive change has been effected. The Empire was founded in 1852 in . face of the hostility of three important parties. The Republicans had just been overthrown by the coup d'etat ; the Orleanists had fallen when Louis PHILIPPE, the chief of the Orleanist House, was driven from France; and the hopes of the Legiti mists—the supporters of the direct line of the Bour bons—had been wrecked at a still more remote date, at the revolution of 1830. But all these parties have up to the present time preserved more or less of vitality, and each of them has contrived to secure a certain influence in the Corps L6gislatif. The general election of 1869 will ever be memor able for the final downfall of the two royalist sections. France ha r s filially renounced her allegiance to both branches of the House of BOURBON. The Orleanists, who were re presented by numerous candidates in different parts of France, have everywhere been beaten by large majorities. Of more than a dozen repre sentatives it is probable that only one, M. THIEns, will get a seat in the Corps L4gislatif. Of the Legitimists but two, to all appearance, will be successful. The minority against the Empire has not only slightly increased, but it has gained strength by concentration. The Opposition, small as it is, will gather under one standard. The French electors have rejected the claims of the Royal houses. They have chosen only the most extreme Radicals to sit on the Left of the Chamber ; and the issue is now reduced to a contest between the Republic and the Empire. This is the chief result of the elections of 1869. . SPANISH INTRIG UES. It has long been known, on the c - Alfession of the impru dent Admiral Topete, that the Duke of Montpensier took a leading, thou1;11 secret, part in the overthrow of Queer. Isabella. Since then the Duke la, not easel to a :Ore to the throne from lrhich 1 e auisteo to e::pel his sister-in law, and the Orleanist family in EnglAnd have given him cordial support in the shape of money. But the Duke has apparently very little chance at present. 'fie London correspondent (,f the Manchester Guardian says the Orleanists in England are "much excited" at the ill success of their intrigues. Moreover, the discovery that the agents.of the Duke de Montpensier hail been actively engaged in plotting the overthrow of Queen Isabella's throne has stimulated, if not in some degree justified, the altered attitude of the French Government. The Emperor is no longer spoken of in diplomatic circles, or in the journals under his influence, as inflexibly neutral. His visits to the exiled Queen are more frequently and osten tatiously made than -formerly, and hit e r .. partisans are loud An his praise. .~ TIIE GENERA& ELECTIO2t3 IN rzurrar (not out ow comtEspoicurr.) PARIS, THURSDAY. In England, after the turmoil of the great electoral battle, a period of u►natural quiet follows. Parties rest themselves after the extreme tension of the conflict, and employ their exhaisted energies in the light task of estimating the issue of the battle. Owing to the double. ballot system we enjoy no such repose at present here in France. The striggle is still raging with almost all the energy which marked the first onset. The papers are full of intelligence from the fifty nine circumscriptions which remain to be decided. This is indeed the most important part of the contest, for it is just in these districts that the Opposition will gain or lose. The authorities, there is no doubt, are making desperate efforts to turn the tide at the second ballot ; the " screw " is being applied unspar ingly, and the Imperial election screw, as you know, is a complicated machine. The Opposition, on the other hand, is not less active. But amid this renewed uproar the different parties find time to count their gains. The Rappel believes that the total strength of the Opposition will be not less than 113! It estimates the number of the Left already elected at 24, and the Third Party, includ ing Independents, men who hold to the formula of " Liberty under the Empire," and Moderates of all kinds, at 37. Out of the elections to be decided, it calculates, and I think with some plausibility, that the Left will get 31, and the Third Party 21. Thus the total strength of the Left will be 55; of the Third Party, 58 ; and of official deputies, 171. Of course it is always hazardous to make such calculations ; but this estimate is at any rate impartial, and the result here predicted is very probable. It is scarcely within the bounds of possi bility that the figures can differ greatly from these. But the weak point of the Rappel's argument, and of similar arguments which I find in other papers, is the assumption that the Left and the Third Party will coalesce into one compact hostile force. For some purposes they un doubtedly will do so. Such an Imperialist scheme as the expedition to Mexico would be resisted to the death by Third Party and Left alike. But the Third Party cannot be counted on for joining unreservedly with the .11,;rm between the two would be possible ; but the very greatness of the Red victory frustrates this end. How can the Third Party go hand in hand with the Reds when their chief representative, Emile 011ivier, was savagely opposed and rejected in Paris by the Republicans themselves? The Rappel itself aided largely to overthrow M. 011ivier, and yet it now confidently counts upon him to bring over his party en masse to recruit the Left. The Third Party are, it is true, opposed to personal Government, but they are not less opposed to revolution. The victory of the Liberals, as it is, is a very great one, and there is nothing to be gained by over-rating it. If the Emperor were to grant a responsible Ministry, the Third Party would at once turn decisively against the Left. " 'What dues the Emperor think of the elections? " is a question much more interesting to ask than easy to answer. One writer asserts that the issue has given great satisfaction in Government circles. "As the intermediate shades have disappeared, the ruling power calculates on being placed face to face with the Radical revolution, and therefore on having greater freedom of action," I do not see any cause for this " great satisfaction." The Repub licans, who were yesterday a contemptible handful, are now a great party in the State. Their repre sentatives are actually members of the Corps L6gislatif, and there is but one way by which the Emperor's "freedom of action" can dispose of them—another coup d'etat. Very likely this resource is within the sovereign's P o wer, b ut i t i s a very di sagreea ble and highly - dangerous alternative, one, in short, which a ma n i n th e autumn of l i fe i s no t lik e ly t o eagerly embrace. The decline of the Emperor's influence and power is most unmistakeably shewn by this triumph of the Reds. The great towns have passed a vote of "No confidence" in him. There is very little material for satisfaction here. The Empress, a very good authority informs me, is by no means satisfied. Her Majesty has not been able to restrain expressions of profound regret at the issue. The general impression is that great changes in the system of overnment will now be necessary. Personal government in the face of 100 independent deputies may safely be pronounced impracticable, Even the miserable fragment of an Opposition in the last Chamber on more than one occasion almost proved too much for M. Rouher. The total number of votes polled by the official candi dates was 4,053,056 ; for all candidates opposed by the prefects 3,248,885. The Liberals, it will be seen, have gained in votes even more than in seats. Mr. Layard and Mr. Grant Duff visited Paris for the purpose of watching this memorable contest. No doubt they would closely observe 'the working of the Ballot. If they did, they could not fail to be struck with the admirable order, absence of drunkenness, and general facility secured 1; 3 7 secret- voting. Such an cicction as that in Paris could never be possible where the voting is open, and where returns are published as the struggle goes on. We are told by the Lilc.•t that the concentration of war material and provisions goes on at the Eastern (rontier without interruption, notwithstanding the elections. Some think that the Emperor will try the effect of a war as a means of strengthening him self ; but this, I need hardly say, is purely speculation. Further accounts of the riots at St. Etienne, and other places, have been received. The details add little to what is already known. At no place, say the authori ties, was a shot tired or a wound inflicted by the troops. At Poitiers there Was an earthquake during the polling. On Thursday an accident occurred to Mr. Williams, of Stamford Villa, Clapham, whilst ho was riding a 'veloci pede in the 13:ackfriars-road: In trying to avoid an omnibus the machine toppled over. lie fell to the ground with much force, and was insensible for some time. On Wednesday a velocipede rider ran into a cab near the Elephant Castle, and received such injuries as to necessitate his removal to Cuy's Hospital. l'he borough of Sunderland, which he represented in his days of prosperity, has commenced a subscription for the purpose of providing an annuity for the ex-Railway King. On Wednesday, s.t a meeting 6f the River Wear Commissioners, it was stated that Mr. Hudson is suffering great destitution, and had scarcely the means of subsibtence. Two sums of 100 guineas were given, one by Mr. Elliott, who had met Mr. Hudson in Paris, and was struck by his destitute condition, and it is proposed to raise about £3,000, which will provide an annuity of £4OO. The death is announced on Thursday of Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, G.C.8., a brother of the Right }lon. Sir Thomas Fremantle, the first baronet. He was born in 1800, and at thirteen ye . irs of age, entered the Royal Navy, and served in the Mediterranean, at the Cape of Good Hope, and on the North American station. He served with much distinction in the Russian war, and for his services was created K.C.B. in 1857. .He was for some years com mander-in-chief at Devonport. The late admiral was married in 1836 to a daughter of Mr. James weddorburn. On Wednesday Mr. Elihu Burritt, who has been for four years American Consul at Birmingham, was presented with a copy of Shakspere's works, and a complimentary address by the inhabitants of Harborne, where he has resided, on his approaching return to America. Mr. Burritt feelingly acknowledged the presentation, and expressed his hope that the same sen timents of affection might exist between England and Arne.. merles. as bad been expressed towards himself during his four Tears' residence in Birmingham, and said it would be the crowning remembrance of his life that he bad laboured to bring about this state of feeling between England and America. Dr. Cumming delivered his second lecture in Manchester on Wednesday on " The Signs of the Last Times." In the course of his lecture ho stated that if the con clusions of certain interpreters of prophecy to whom he had referred wore correct, we should shortly bo treated to the following programme of novel sensations; convulsions most stupendous ; changes most rapid ; evolu tion of scenes most startling ; the disappearance of the crescent; the restoration of the Jews; Jerusalem inhabited; the fulness of the Gentiles; and streaks on the horizon of that glory that shall fill heaven and earth, and shall neither know cloud, suspension, nor eclipse. The doctor also divulged another singular discovery. The Marquis of Bute has given to the Pope 1,260 sovereigns in the shape of Peter's pence; and Dr. Cumming declares that it is "mar vellous to 'find that that precise number had been selected, because it represented, in the opinion of students of prophecy, the duration of Papacy on earth." A point highly interesting to the meiLbers of Volunteer corps Las been Irougtt before the Sheffield magistrates. An es• sergeant-major in the late volunteer artillery summoned the ccinnianding officer; Lieut.- Colonel Creswkk, for refusing to strike him off the muster roll of the brigade after the usual fourteen days' notice had been given. The notice was not disputed, but it was urged that the resignation could not be accepted till the com plainant had handed over a badge which on his part it was contended was his private property. The complainant had formed one of a detachment from Sheffield, who in 1867 shot as non-competitors for the challenge cup offered by the Scottish Association, and having made the highest score, were each rewarded by an officer connected with the Asso ciation with a silver bade worth between £3 and £4, to mark his estimate of their ekill. This was the badge in dis pute. The Bench, however, held that proper notice had been given, and the Volunteer was therefore entitled to his discharge, but said that this would not prevent the Colonel from titian action in another Court. THE JERUSALEM EXCAVATIONS. 2lr. Emmanuel Deutsch, the writer of the Talmud article in the Quarterly, has prepared a report on the ope. rations of the Palestine Exploration Fund in Jerusalem and elsewhere. He holds that, important as are the results already obtained, the labours of the explorers are only in their infancy, and ought to be carried out on a far more extensive footing. The chief interest of Mr. Deutsch's report lies in his observations on the singular marks dis covered on the foundation courses of the great ' wall of underground Jerusalem, ninety feet below the present surface :—" I have come to the following conclusions :-1, The signs cut or painted were on the stones when they were first laid in their present places ; 2, they do not represent any ' inscription ;' 3, they are Phoenician. I consider them to be partly letters, partly numerals, and partly special masons' or quarry signs. Some of them were recognisable at once as well-known Phoenician characters ; others, hitherto unknown in Phoenician epigraphy, I had the rare satisfaction of being able to identify on absolutely undoubted antique Phoenician structures in Syria, such as the primitive substructures of the harbour at Sidon. No less did I observe them on the ' bevelled ' stones taken from ancient edifices and built into later work throughout Phoenicia. It may not be superfluous to add that, though I found extremely well-preserved painted frescoes in Phoenician tombs. I think all attempts to determine the exact meaning of each and all these technical signs would, at least at this stage, be premature. If the excavations are properly carried on, I venture to predict the occurrence of similar signs on corresponding rows of the wall—signs which conjointly with those now discovered may contain not only a full explanation of their own purport, but also solve perhaps some other vital question regarding the plan of the whole building." LIFE IN ITALY. A trial that has just been held before the Correctional Tribunal of Milan has excited strong interest by the dramatic circumstances disclosed. A married woman, 25 years of age, bearing the rather remarkable name of Caroline of Aragon, and whose husband had abandoned her, became enamoured of an Englishman, named Edmund Tinwarel in Milan and cave lessons in English. His position in the Lombard capital seems to have been good, but he abandoned it for her sake, and they travelled together, and early in the present year were at Venice. While there her family, which for five years had taken no notice of her, suddenly applied to the. Milan police to have her brought back to her father's house. She was arrested, taken to Milan, and placed as a prisoner in her father's bands. Howard applied for her freedom to the King's Procurator, who summoned the D'Aragonas, father and daughter, to appear before him at noon on the 11th of February. It was the wedding-day of one of her brothers. By signs from her window she contrived to inform Howard that she was going out at noon, and when at that hour she and her father got into a carriage, he appeared at the door, touched her on the arm, and asked her where she was going. A horrible scene ensued, which Caroline herself vividly describes:—" The words were hardly spoken when my brother Luigi and his father-in-law fell upon him, seized him furiously bythe beard, and dragged him back under the gateway of the house. Then he was assailed by a crowd of bystanders, and a tre mendous struggle began. *Howard, seeing himself over whelmed with insults and by the number of his adversaries, 3rew a six-barrelled revolver from his pocket and warned his assailants to stand back or he would fire upon them. Seeing that the warning was fruitless, he fired three or four shots in the air, as I myself saw, with no other object, I am profoundly convinced, than to clear a space around him and so rejoin me. All this was the work of a moment. As if with a presentiment of what was about to happen, I jumped out of the carriage and hastened to join him, but, alas, too late, for he already lay upon the ground, bathed in his own blood. Stooping over him, and just as he had spoken the words, "Je meurs pour toi et je t'aime," a kick given, I cannot say by whom, forced his eye out of the socket, and it fell down over his cheek. Covered with his blood, and almost frantic, I was forced again into the carriage and carried before the Royal Procurator, to whom those fresh blood-stains attested the deplorable fact that had just occurred." It appears that when Howard fired his revolver in the air, one of the D'Aaragonas, either from fright or in trying to get away, slipped and fell. Howard thought he had killed him, and, seized with despair, put his pistol to his head and shot himself. He appeared in court with a black bandage round his head, having lost his right eye. The papers describe him as a man of six-and-thirty, of gentlemanly appearance. When Caroline d'Aragona came into court to give evidence, he advanced to meet her, and they clasped hands with great emotion. The tribunal ac quitted him on the charge of firing with malicious intent ; he was fined 50 francs for carrying the revolver, and immediately released. A CHARGE OF LIBEL.—In the Bail Court, on Thursday, a curious case was heard. A City clerk named HOuston, who had entered Madame Rachel's shop in June last, was suddenly arrested at her instance, and charged with having assaulted her. The magistrate dismissed the case, when Madame Rachel caused a placard to be issued, c'—trging the plaintiff with conspiracy. He has now brought an action against the printer of the hand bill for libel, and obtained £lO damages. LARGE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES.—The Marquis of Anglesey is one of a family of 18 brothers and sisters ; the Marquis of Huntley, of 14 ; Earl Fitzwilliam is one of 13, and has 13 of his own ; Earl Grey is one of 15 ; the late Lord Denman left 15 ; the Duke of Argyll has 12, and the Duke of Leinster is one of 13, and the father of the Duke of Buccleuch left 11, the Earl of Minto left 14 ; the Earl of Bessborough has 14. There are other English noblemen with 14 and 15 children, and the list of families numbering 11 and 12 is very large. NEW RAILWAYS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA.—Messrs. Overmann, Freund, and Co., of New York, have just closed a negotiation in London for building the Fulton and Cairo railroad, running from Chalk Bluff 'o Little Rock, and thence to Texiana through the State of Arkansas. The line will be 300 miles in length, and form a link connecting St. Louis with Texas, and thence probably forming a South Pacific line through Texas to Mexico. The scheme for the Southern connection has been introduced into the Paris markets. The same firm has also made a contract with a London house to build the New York and Northern Hausatonic Railroad from White Plains to Danbury. SHOCKING DEATH OF A BURGLAR.—A coroner's inquest was held recently at Chester, on the body of a young man named John Shires. On the morning of the 17th of July last, at about five o'clock, the deceased was found fearfully injured at the foot of the precipice at Heron Bridge, about one mile from Chester. His face was covered with blood, one jaw was broken and his spine fractured. He was immediately taken to the infirmary, but the doctors stated that it was impossible for him to recover. All the lower part of his body was Paralysed. The city magistrate attended to take his 'dyin g depositions, but he said he would rather not say anything as to how the accident happened. It was ascer tained that he was a burglar and a betting man from Old Ford, London. A jemmy, an oaken wedge, a large chisel, a palette-knife, a box of matches, two lengths of cord, a betting-book, and a clasp-knife were found upon him. Shortly before he was found at the foot of the rock he had effected an entrance to the house of Mr. Watson, Queen's Park, but an alarm was raised, and he de camped. It is supposed that, through the darkness of the night, and his being a stranger to the neighbourhood, he had fallen over the precipice, and thus sustained the injuries which proved fatal on Tuesday last. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts. DEATH OF THE LAST NATIVE OF TASMANIA.-- A REVOLTING AFFAIR.—The death of Lanney, the last male aboriginal of Tasmania, has already been announced. The most extraordinary part of his history has been the fight over his remains. Dr. Crowther applied to the Colo nial Secretary for the body, in order that he might send the skeleton to the London College of Surgeons. The Colonial Secretary had previously promised it to the Tasmanian Royal Society, but Dr. Crowther was determined not to be baffled by a mere official refusal. He invited the hospital surgeon, Dr. Stokell, to take tea at his house. Dr. Stokell went, was kept in conversation by M rs , Crowther for a considerable time, but did not see Dr. Crowther. Suspecting that he had been deceiv e d, h e went to the hospital where he had left the body of Lanney, and found that some one had been there,' that Lanney's head had been cut off, that another body had ben similarly treated, and that head number two h a d b een a t attached to Lanney's body, and covered with Lanney's scalp. Dr. Stokell thereupon cut off the h an d s and feet,nl burial and retained service ad overtl e Lanney'so a l S o trunk,ci Society, footless ,so that man'sremoved from Thete n h :L u n t i l l l a e t s e s , a e r n e d m f a tit l ri l s s Li e e r d e w s i t t a h ,s a e n qu ot e h n e t r ly grave, it is said, by Dr. Stokell' s or d ers. Just at this Upper talepp e r against House. d m e accusedt time C r o t w ii e t h e A r i i a s s t r a y c o a f n d g i e d t a t t i e n g f o u r p t h t e b against t h a e n Go at the ( f i o e r e I p a o r l a i t t o c n a I m p u a r ) e o s a e s. defi l a l n e t w s o p n e e h e h i s ppe ar before r a e e a k e o o r m w n ledged the capture of th e s k u ll. Hi s l in ita to t t o he a m m i e s n s i t 0 , nwhiapch h n at hinted d s u t om inquire facts, partisans a P Bns took the horses out of the cab in which he sat, and drew him in triumph through the streets. On the box sat a a black man, while another went through the to pantomime of cutting off his head. It i s unnecessary o characterise the whole of the • proceedings as disgusting and dis graceful. The three judges selected to try election petitions 'or the year ending the 2d of November next, namely, Justice Blackburn, Justice Willes, and Mr. Baron Mar tin, having now nearly concluded their labours, will have a holiday till next Michaelmas Term, when three fresh elec tion judges will be chosen for the ensuing twelvemonth, which in all probability will be the next seniors, viz., Jus tice Mellor, Justice Byles, and Mr Baron Bramwell. Un less there should be a general election their duties must be necessarily very light, as it is quite optional with the learned judges themselves whether they sit in Westminster Ilall or not dining their twelvemonth's tenure of office as Election Judges. On Wednesday a meeting of the operative joiners sod carpenters of Leeds was held, for the purpose of discussing what they declared to be a "flagrant violation " of the deci sion given by Mr. Rupert Katie in the arbitration of the dispute with their employers last year. That decision was to the effect that men of fair average skill should be paid Gid. per hour, and that this rate should be in force for two years. The men say that out of GOO or 700 joiners in the town there are only about seventy receiving Gid., and they therefore contend that the agreement has not been carried out. A resolution was passed by the meeting, de. puting the chairman to request Mr. Jowett, the umpire appointed at the arbitration, to call together the Board of Conciliation, and instructing the representatives of the joiners to demand a fulfilment of the agreement on the part of the omplpyers, or tho dissolution of the Bogd of RITUALIST PRACTICES. In the Court of Arches yesterday morning, before th Right Hon. Sir R. Phillimore, an application was made on the part of the Bishop of Winchester, who had promoted the office of the judge, to his lordship to accept letters of request against the Rev. Richard Hooker Edward Wix, the vicar of the parish of St. Michael and All Angels, Swantnore, in the Isle of Wight, for ritualistic practices adopted in his church. The suit was commenced under the Church Discipline Act. Sir R. Phillimore said the Bishop of Winchester had assigned various reasons for requesting that the case should be tried in the Court of the Archbishop of the Province. It was unnecessary to mention snore than one—his bodily infirmity—which Sir R. Phillimore much regretted. He had no doubt it was his duty to accept the letters of request. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL AND THE LORDS. What the Lords will do with the Bill, is still the Undetermined question at the clubs. The latest gossip is that Lord Cairns has soothed his party in Ireland, and that such leaders of the Opposition as himself, Lord Derby, and the Marquis of Salisbury are desi rous of not rejecting the bill on the second reading, and are disposed to be absent on that occasion. Mr. Disraeli, we understand, is inclined to this course, but there is much difficulty experienced in commending it to the violent spirits of the Tory party, who feel that they are always abandoned by their leaders when the day of battle arrives. If this is to happen, people begin to ask, "Who, then, will be present?" and, as a stopgap, the Duke of 'Wellington is mentioned. The report is still current that most of the bishops will be con spicuous by their absence on the occasion of the second reading, which, in its way, will be an ecclesiastical event, and this bit of gossip causes the Carlton Club to ask—" If the heads of the Church dare not act on this occasion, when will they?" The cynical remark is heard that the Bishop of Peter borough, who was so lately Dean of Cork, " intends to speak rather as a good Christian than as an Orange. man ;" and, lastly, it is repeated that Lord Westbury is to appear as the friend of the absent bishops, while it is whispered that the Bishop of Oxford will make his first appearance in the interesting character, and quite new part, performed by him for the first time, of a friend to religious liberty and to the Governments—Echo. MI?. MUNDELLA ON TRADES UMONS. On Wednesday night Mr. Mundella, M.P., at the request of the trades unionists of Nottingham, made a speech on the Trades Union Bill, in the•Mechanics' Hall in their town. He entered at some length into the history of trades unionism, pointing out that its excesses had been caused, in a great measure, by the unjust laws, which refused to workmen that power of combination of which they could not deprive their employers. He sketched the progress of the present bill, whose parentage was of a character which war ranted the goodness of the offspring. Hughes Harrison, Crompton, and many of the ablest lawyers and of the largest capitalists in England (including Mr. Brassey, the member for Hastings) had devoted to it their best abilities. He explained the provisions of the bill, which would allow trades unions to be registered, protecting their funds, and which would place capital and labourupon an equal footing. He had conferred withmany members on both sides of the House, and did not fear any opposition from the great employers of labour, many of whom were doing their best to advance the measure. The Tory landlords would give the most opposition, as it was a new idea to them that masters and men could bargain upon equal terms, and they thought possible there might come to be unions among agricultural labourers. He hoped to live to see such unions which would make the illused labourers of Dorsetshire, who sustained a miserable existence on nine or ten shillings a week, more like the stalwart Northumberland labourers' who earned twenty shillings. In conclusion, Mr. Mundella severely reproved those among the unionists who sought to exclude machinery, to keep the stone from being hewed at the quarry, or who refused to submit their disputes to arbitration. The principle of arbitration was spreading very fast, and he had the pleasure of receiving since his present visit to Nottingham a letter from Louis Philippe (who might yet be Emperor of France), and who was the author of a recent work on trades unions, stating that his time had never been more usefully employed than in making known in France what arbitration had accomplished in Nottingham. Mr. Mundella, was received with great enthusiasm by the audience which crowded the room, and resolutions in favour of the bill were adopted unanimously. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN 1110 - MOUTHSHIRE. The details of the colliery explosion confirm the report we published yesterday. The pit is called the Sinking Pit at Cwmnantdda, about two miles from Pontypool, Monmouthshire. It belongs to the Ebbw Vale Com pany, and Mr. Evan Jones is contractor for it, Between 300 and 400 men are employed in it, and it is fortunate that when the explosion took place all but a few bad left work. The workings are generally supposed to be free from gas, and, after being tested with a safety lamp, are used with open lights. At the time named some ten men were down, making roads in what is called " the deep," some 700 or 800 yards from the bottom of the shaft. It appears from the accounts in the several local papers, that about twenty minutes past eight o'clock on Tuesday night, three men were working some distance higher up in the pit than where some of the headings in the lower are situated. Just before the explo• sion, the three men referred to noticed a quantity of sul phur in the air, and they at once made their escape, and directly after an explosion was heard in one of the headings in the lower vein by a man named Charles George, and he at once repaired to the spot ; but owing to the " after choke" he had to beat a hasty retreat. The two horses (with the three men in the higher part of the pit) and a donkey were killed, but the men fortunately escaped. At twelve o'clock at night search was made for the missing men in the lower vein, and six dead bodies were discovered before three in the morning, all of them being burnt and dis figured in a very shocking manner. The names of those discovered are : Thomas Williams, John Jones, and Evan Rees (single), and William Cooke, Alfred Davies, and David Rees (married). Soon after the bodies of the above men were recovered it was ascertained that Anniah Williams was missing, and it was supposed he was work ing with the unfortunate men at the time of the explosion. Another search was made, and soon after his lifeless body was discovered under one of the dead horses, but so fright. fully burnt and disfigured that scarcely a feature was recognisable. Like many other similar accidents, there is no knowing at present how the accident happened, all the poor fellows who were working in the heading where the accident occurred having lost their lives. There were only a few men working in the pit at the time of the accident, which, had it occurred in the day time, nit less than fifty lives would doubtless have been sacrificed. The bodies now await the coroner's inquiry, which will probably throw some light as to how the accident occurred. A Cabinet Council will be held on Saturday at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence, Downing street. The Judges assembled on Thursday at Westmin ter, and made the following arrangements for the Summer Assizes : —Norfolk—Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Mr. Justice Byles. Home.—The Lord Chief BA - on and Mr. Justice Mellor. Western. —Mr. Justice Keating and Mr. Justice Lush. Oxford—Mr Baron Pigott and Mr Justice Smith. Northern—Mr. Justice Hannon and Mr. Justice Hayes. Midland Mr. Justice Brett and Mr. Baron Cleasby. North Wales - Lord Chief Justice Bovill. south Wales— Mr. Baron Channel!. Mr. Baron Bramwell remains in town. .7, 1471:7 , t (53.1i't HER MAJESTI'., BALMORAL, May 25. Her Majesty drove out in the morning, se. companied by Princess Beatrice and the Dowage r Duchess of Athole. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High' oessus Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, an i Prince Leopold, with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, were present at the dance given in honour of he r Majesty's birthday to the servants, tenants, Sce.l ol/ the estates. The Prince of Wales rode out yesterday fore' noon, attended by Major Grey, alid accompany by the Crown Prince of Denmark. LATEST INTELL W-E.NO (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 27• The North German Lloyd steamship Ameries arrived at 11 a.m. to-day, and the Hamburg an d American steamship A l lewannia at 3 p.m. The Allan steamship Damascus arrived et Quebec to-day. COII3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1391; the highest quotation clo t ' ing the day was 1391; the lowest, 1394. Sterling Exchange on Lundon lo9i. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2li. cc " 1885 1.14 ti " 1867 ll9i. 10-40 I Illinois . 109. . 146. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2Bl Petroleum—Standard White 3ole' Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Cora, 01 mixed, 96c. SPAIN. GIBRALTAR, May 23• Six hundred volunteers had embarked at Cad' s for Havanah. An imposing demonstration in favour of the Duke of Montpensier was expected at Seville. The crops in the province of Castille are pry' raising, and an abundant harvest is expecte d ' Heavy rains continue throughout Spain. The barque Odpn, of South Shields, caught and was scuttled close to the shore. _ Exchange on London, 49:1 ; Paris, s•' 3 ' Madrid, 4 discount. BREST, May 27' The ironclad corvette Bolliqueuse returned ye g : terday from a voyage round the world. Th is 16 the first vessel of this description which has P er formed so long a v o y ag .. The Belliquouse o sustained no damage. BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, May 28 ' The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam er Poonah, with the heavy portion of the Botubs o l mail, arrived here this morning. She brings 13 passengers, £3,6G9 in specie, and a general care FRA. BOURSE, May 27.—Thi closed as follows : per Cent. End of month... ItaPan Fives ; per Cent End of month 7l 00 Mexican Loan ... )r.tdit MoLilier 2) ...- End of month... 255 —.Spanish Threes Credit Fonder ...1620 Home Debt End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cnsli • 1080 950 617 f 578} iCE. •ee o'clock—The mark,' Orleuns Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern — — Western - - Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 7721 500 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 67 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day MARLBOROUGH-STREET. n k'og CARRIAGE ROBBERY.—George Chandler, a low ie young fellow, and a w e ll k nown thi e f, was c h ar ged be ' ° f tf Tyrwhitt with st e alin g a s il ver car d case , the prop s of Mrs. Clyke, of No. 7, Sackville-street. Thomas Hunt, a coachman, said that yesterday aftertl he was waiting with hi s carr i age f or th e prose cutii °I ; posite Parkins and Gott o ' s , i n O x f or d- s t ree t, w hen he 46 the prisoneetake the card case produced from off 6,, il 6o- s in the carriage and t a k e h o ld o f a s h aw l. He ealle' D - o t to the prisoner, who made off with the card cam dropped the shawl. Police-constable Loosley, 46 C, proved pursuing prisoner and seeing him ent e ring the hous e No. 7, T9 o ` oo court, St. Anus. Havin g borrowed a li g ht he went cl° into the kitchen and found the prisoner concealed i n t o ov s kitchen On taking the prisoner into custody he se id ,,,fe if he (the constable) had n o t had a li g ht he would broken his neck down the stairs. In arswer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the The constable said that although only five o'clock ...- afternoon the place was very dark. veil / Barnes the gaoler said the prison er h a d been 0 0 ' times in custody. 1 0 4 Loosley said the prisoner had been tried at the Bailey, and sentenced to six ►nonth's imprisonment. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES. „ t or THE MUTE AND HIS DEFENCE.—Joseph Brent, a g lore, who is deaf and dumb, was charged with assa° - i : John Foster, his uncle, and others. The prisoner vo s i i i 'd toxicated yesterday evening, and went to the how() i i• uncle, an old man, and knocked him down. T he n d` r be sonor's aunt went to the assistance of the husband , a l b eit knocked her down. Several others who came to t" - 1 , 0 assistance shared the same fate. The prisoner ri,l a-muck and struck at every persoa he met wit ii some ono tripped him up and secured him. •iater Chandler, a police-constable, No. 117 H, having I- 09 preted the evidence to the prisoner by si g ns, he mad e of some very s ap essive pantomimic actions exP re- e ol his sorrow for what he had done, and that he shou ld De an enemy into his mouth to steal away his brei° l4 would not get drunk any more, but with every retu r i P oir e, morning make a vow to refrain from strong drinial ' O O6 honour, and assist his dear relative, and cherish the of his bosom. His uncle said that he was a good and steady due t' sober. The first wife of the prisoner was a very' I l ia able woman, but since the prisoner had been r 01. ",;00' second time he had given way to intoxication and P 56- b l ete A well-dressed and comfortable-looking woraa li foll stepped into the witness box, and said—l can ass ur " n- the second wife is also a respectable woman. 0 10 Mr. Paget—No one has said she is not. You "" second wife ? The woman—l am, sir. fi ll is . th Mr. Paget—You must do all y ou can t o keep - .. do to fortunate husband of yours sober. He is aDi when drunk. He is remanded for a week. The prisoner again delivered himself earnestly by t and asked for mercy. He was told by Chandle r tlia bo o case would be mercifully considered, and he mad e and withdrew with the gaoler. WESTMINSTER. 6.5 f A DRUNKEN CLERGYMAN.-31r. George Jolln arwick- street, Pi m li co, a c l ergyman, wa s charge d b vf lh lV e in, James drunk and i ncapa bl e o f ta ki n care of himself* jpt Mackennaay, 220 B, p ro ved finding the de c e° y i r s o , drunk and incapabl e i n V aux h a ll Bridge-road. ° quite drunk, without fear of mistake. tioth George Butcher, 109 B, the reserve matt at the s t 4 saidlieNvas very drunk, and smelt strong:Y of l i q uor. ii of Defendant said Le had been suffering fora le e ° 1 e time from nervous debility, and that was what the ? die had mistaken for drunken Y n ' e ' ss. Mr. Charles Sager and Mrs. Poole, the defendant's 18'13M; a ; lady, proved that h e h a d b een very ill for a length of and single glass of br an dy and water would Produill drunkenness; Mrs. Poole said further th at he Iv° yeAerday. M S r. Selfe said his illness was all the less excege '` I " 11 fe i . conduct, without having regard to his position in lie should fine him ss. for being drunk. M 0 N E COATMERCI Consols have bee for mo::ey ; ditto Cent. Reduced, 1 921 2; Exchequer £2OO, and £5OO, per Cent., 24 6. India Stock, 1 ditto 5 per Cent., Cent., Oct., 1888, per Cent., —. In the Foreign Five ptr Cents.. 1 per Cents, show Five per Cents. 1 Greek, 101 104. 284 to 9 84 ; Turk Peruvian Five per The Honduras ex coupon. In the Railwa proved 1 and Sou are*, Great East 4, Lancashire North British Eastern 4, and The 'quotations Western, 48i ; there, 1054 ; di 123 ; Metropolita Midland, 1131 45 1 ; North Bri North 'Eastern, Chatham, and D, American Five the Ten-Forties are better, at 7 unchanged, at 1 Slightly better al The Atlantic 22 ; the Eight pi to 3i ; and Angl to 22. The sum of Bank yesterday. The Tasmani brought £49,039 The suspensioi of Ipswich, in tl 'rhe total liabilit lion of which i other parties pri hands of MeserE liquidation of al expected. Edinburgh ad shire, has just b kentie, of L9n(l I'u e report of . - ante Company mends a dividec A public meet held ou the 10th the committee, I British Governs sures as way be The Manches T. A. Wilson, o ma nufacturers, creditors. The fleeted with Ml The general ( have made a cal 10s., or 251 Au payable on or b The mail frog tance of £475 debt of Ecuador 'Ma return fr Week ended th results when co Rest PuLlie deposits . Other deposits.... On th other si Ouvernment see ti4s Other securities. :Notes uuemploye The amount of being a decree bullion in both I au increase of preceding retu Subjoined is of the Bank of and French lie last year : Bullion t he votesl}Ci Reserve :8 e r:O e vh1 : 1 1 euu i i 1 1 1 1. a nd bills clear Thuraday Friday Saturday Monday., Tuesday Wecluesd iitt A io d n v i i n ce A s f tn ro e 14 the gold pri ties of bonds tak en up, in act ion, but t 1 Were so overs 4 part of th realize the pr Bet ioinvest " small Prussiai 3 „ , ° 0 0,000 the " which ,°egirhQn to t( Portugu brought out a 1 , 1 , 114 have be Russian Gov( 411 0 w any tno] of this year. It is repor Warding of tt to Brindisi England was The report to be preset 'lend at the b onus of 1 pl BRIT] UOYIIIOI4 Per Cent. Cc Ditto for Ac tPer Cent. B. 'tow Joie — w 3 } per Co p 3)0 . 6 per ( k•auuities, 80 Do. fo r 80 3 Do (Ited Se Llclioquzr B Do 11, uk of Engi D Q . 0 •• pentui 4 ala 4 per ut or-Colonia INLIAN 41.1iit :cock I Do. Op eu i n R°. 5 per t ` l °. 4 per C Do. Certific Do. Enlace no 1) ,°• 5 per ( 51 per '" 3 per C Do. t)L Deb., Do. Boucle Do. under' FOR] ;etittue Iti 1.12 Arian Bo] Do. Ittlzilian 5 ' l '). 41 p er r?.O. do 'Jo. d o D o. do Do. 5 per lIDo Accou u v:tno s Ayr Do 2 r ( ell * 6 per