The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-06 00:00:00

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. SATURDAY. The division of the Left Centre is still the all engrossing theme, and men are asking what the malcontents of the party will do, and whether they will not unite with the seventeen members of the Left who have ranged them selves under M. Picard's banner. All is at present uncertain, but M. Picard has plainly intimated in his manifesto in the Electeur Libre, that he and his friends have no wish to break with their old associates. On the other hand the Left has as yet given no answer to the invitation of M. Picard, reserving itself possibly for the retur n of M. Favre from Algeria. In any case the simul taneous changes in the constitution of these two parties can hardly fail to exercise a sensible influence on the Chanalle, though as yet it is impossible to foresee to which side the balance will incline. The committee on the extraordinary budget and the Parisian loan held a long sitting yesterday afternoon, when M. Husson, the director of 1' Assistance Publique, a nd M. Baltard, the principal architect of the works of the city, were examined. The Si,ecle publishes a long letter from Barthelemy Champin, one of those condemned to the travaux-forces for life in 1852 in consequence of the Charlet affair. This severe sentence was afterwards commuted to five years' tr avaux-forces and perpetual surveillance. He hoped, but in vain, to profit by the amnesties of 1859 and of 1869. and in March last he was summoned to the police-office at Vienne, and told that he wouldbe treated/as a malefactor if he persisted in crossing the Rhone to visit his parents. l ie explained his position, and claimed the benefit of the amnesty but the Commissary would not listen to him. M. Champin then addressed himself to the Procureur I nilArial, who listened to him courteously, and promised to write an answer. That answer, when it arrived, was not encouraging. The amnesties, said the Procureur, could not apply to the crime of attempted murder, of Which M. Champin was guilty, and therefore his appeal was useless. As the attempted murder, however, was that of a gendarme, who fell during a skirmish with the re fugees just returning from Geneva, most people will think With M. Champin himself that he gets rather hard Measure. There was a report of the withdrawal of the scheme relative to the new senators, but it has not been con fined. The committee of the Corps Legislatif has chosen M. lteille for its president, and is proceeding with its labours. The report of the committee will probably be in favour of the uniform treatment of senators and deputies, on the Plea that the Senate is no longer to remain an isolated Power, but is joined to the Corps L4gislatif in the work of progress. The Government is likely to consent to this Proposal, and, therefore, the Chamber will only have to decid e upon the necessary sum for the members of the two Assemblies. The meeting of the Emperor of Russia with the King of Prussia, at Ems, has :given rise to numerous S peculations, in the midst of which the official has of Berlin insists that no political motive nu inspired the interview. This is, however, an idle re- Mark, because some solution of the mystery must be found. It is certainly suspicious that Count Bismarck ac companies his Sovereign, although he has not yet fully recovered from his recent illness. The Czar is determined to be on his guard, and has summoned to his assistance )11 8 representatives at London and Paris. The Temps is greatly excited at the prospect of a new d emocratic journal which has appeared at Montpellier. It is called Les Droits de l'homme, which title signifies that it will vindicate the principles of 1789. M. Arthur Ballue IS to be it its manager, and it is expected to take a promi nent place among departmental journals. The Laboulaye affair still occupies a good deal of atten tion. M. Sarcy has lately written to the Gaulois on the subject. He does not withhold his censure from the stu dents, and at the same time he blames the Professor him self, inasmuch as he was the first to introduce politics into the lectures. At one time he made frequent allusions to the Government which were of a most unflattering character. His audience greeted this infringement of the w e of good taste with applause, and now that he has ° flanged his views, they proclaim their disapproval as vehemently as they before signified their delight. If the students are in the wrong, M. Sarcy says, with some a llow of reason, that M. Laboulaye has found there was an excuse for their derelictions. There is a drawback to everything, and international communions of interests may be carried too far. The 4 aPpe/ says that the journeymen ironfounders of Paris on strike have sent delegates to London to solicit a loan from the English societies, and that a favourable answer has been returned to the proposal. Railway acccidents are every day occurrences at present. A sad affair took place the other day in the Grand Duchy of Baden through the carelessness of the driver who seems to have been intoxicated. There was some excuse for the indignation of the populace, who threatened to kiil him, for three persons were killed and thirty injured. lir. Bright should visit Dijon during his summer travels, for he will find congenial spirits there. A lecture Was lately delivered against free trade, when the unfor tunate lecturer found the sum of seven francs had been taken at the doors. Petroleum has its victims everywhere, and it appears that the fire at Marseilles the other day was occasioned by the explosion of a carboy of petroleum. An Italian paper contains an interesting account of the visit which Alessandro Manzoni, author of " I Promessi SPosi," paid to the Prince and Princess of Piedmont. The royal party were most affable to their aged visitor, who is 86 years of age. M. Jules Simon, who is still actively engaged in prose- outing his scheme for the abolition of capital punish ment, WIS very indignant when he heard of the execution at Valence, and exclaimed, " I thought that as Lathanvers had not been executed Bagar would also be reprieved." _ _ _ The Emperor has had a long interview with the Duke de Grammont. There is some idea of the Emperor's paying a visit to Vichy, and it is said that the Empress will not accompany hira ; but again the rumour has been circulated that tho Court will proceed to Versailles. M. Cucheval Clarigny has ceased to be the political manager of the Presse. M. Emile 011ivier has the satis faction of learning that the paper is to remain faithful to t he Principles of the Empire, but that he will be treated as an enemy. The Opposition campaign has been com menced with spirit in an article on Senatorial Indemnity from the pen of M. de la Pouterie, the new editor. T AE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. MEETING AT TAUNTON, The annual exhibition of the Bath and West of Eng land Society and Southern Counties Agricultural Asso ciation opens to-day at Taunton, a town famous in times of Yore for it s s t out d e f ence un d er Blake ; for its support of "King" Monmouth, and its consequent sufferings under Kirke and Jeffreys ; but now chiefly noteworthy as the centre of one of the richest agricultural districts in the king do In. The society visited Taunton 18 years ago, immediately subsequent to its revival, through the exertions of Mr. T. - 1 - ‘ Acland, M.P. The exhibition then, however, was a veil , small affair compared with that of the present Y e ar, and in like manner, hearty as was the welcome given to the Association on that occasion by the inhabi tant, it will fall far short of the reception which is being V:!Pared for it now. Altogether, nearly a mile and ti 7ce - quarte rs of shedding have been erected, of which ipxoplernents will occupy 6,381 feet, and the stock o .;"" the machinery in motion department requiring the society The display of implements will be the largest w er ' c ' e tety has had. At Southampton last year there thhyeare3,an at the famous Bristol meeting. All the n leading Mak ers p iek are represented— Fowler, Howard, Samuelson, Iti c - I, B „ e Y and Sons, Clayton and Shuttleworth, Clayton and Chandler, Garrett, Coleman, t he Beverley and Shuttleworth, Burgess and Key, Tasker, Bev erleY and. Reading Companies, Wood, Hornsby, tt.lnsbottarn and a host of others. The stock show , every :lllllg considered, will be in quality a good average ; tri e illeri callY rather under the mark. There are 132 en she' of cattle against 193 at Southampton ; and 133 of e P against 187. But the pigs (87 entries) are the strongest ua ever known ; and the horses (82) are above the w:irrbers of several years past. At Truro in 1861 there e 8 9 entries in this class ; but last year at Southamp out only 67 . It is a fact worth rioting that the two most place P l a a : tep ---: 23 " e 4 Way shows which the society has held—Truro she -Falmouth—both beat Taunton in the matter of er ens being shewn at the former and 141 at the The fine arts. department was never so attractive ; and thew oils Year ,-NesPecially are far beyond those of any previous tion• fro,,ver 600 pictures have been hung. The contribu tion _,ra South Kensington, which includes several 014 4 2 1 modern British artists is the largest ever sent filled with D ePartMen t. Then the poultry tent will be to h, 362 pens and the horticultural show promises of az e,qua toot any of it s p re d ecessors , an d i n matter thil„ a as excel them all. In its material therefore, all I/ l Ost considered this year's meeting will be one of the satisfactory, the Association has held. perbl' rS „ti ' 1 •, 1 the 'lolst ), the t, Pro nati ve ev ert' r 9 ' ee 7r a P h'S asel ver4 of the hea ded t, tha t 3hable' near ~)61 :t d ha ve Dal „ first ;, to t il l (I loom -e oafilt lied ra tlo to Lt teVody 1 10 14 tb e o .1c ` v r ' r e • co Ts, I'll o :et Wee for 1 . 1 ,, P ; icle It r/ 7 iceo fj n tery i 1 t 0 t p e ir . )i/rP t - ii e )o, e e ; .ere - th e re t re ° to ster 1 3 iret t ic P a ce '`„ji Lie 0,-„ THE HORSE SHOW. The seventh annual metropolitan horse show at the Agri cultural Hall, Islington, opened on Saturday; all the animals intended for exhibition being in their respective stalls by the prescribed hour on Friday. The judges for the present year's show were the Earls of Coventry and Portsmouth, and Mr Henry Chaplin, M.P., for hunters and thoroughbred stallions ; and Colonel Maude, C. 8., Deputy Master of the Horse, and Mr James Baillie, of Allatun Grange, Leicester shire, for backs and trotting and pony stallions and other breeds. The judges commenced their labours with the hunters park horses and backs. The entries run up in the catalogue to 390, but of this number more than 50 horses are entered twice, and some in three classes. Tho stalls of the backs and cobs having been enlarged, the hall now holds about 340 horses and t' , e ponies, and is quite full. The hunters amount to 129, of which 40 are weight-carriers and 24 four year-olds. They are d Yided into four clasaes, and, in addition to the large value of the prizes awarded, it is from these four classes that the gold medal horse must be selected. To this may be attri buted the large amount of competition. In Class 5, for riding horses, exceeding 154 hands, there are 17 entries, in cluding among the specimens some said to be remarkable for action and quality. There are 90 of other descriptions of hacks, ladies' horses, and high-stepping cobs for saddle. The harness classes aro unusually strong, and in the class of phaeton horses for single harness there are 17 entries; of horses and ponies not over 144 hands, 15 entries ; and of ponies not over 14 hands, about 40. Out of these single harness classes have been formed 12 pairs and two tandems. There are 12 thoroughbred and 24 miscellaneous stallions, including two greys, one black, and one bay Arab. One of these belongs to the celebrated stud of Prince Alexis Orloff, and another, Abd-el-Kader, bred by the Emperor of Morocco. The Duke of Wellington exhibits in the class for park cobs a very curious looking skewbald, upon which his grace sets a value of 150 guineas, while the Earl of Shannon, in the same class, shows a cob called Silvertail, which he values at 200 guineas. Baron Rothschild and Mr. Bleukiron exhibit some thoroughbred stallions ; and Mr. J. B. Angell, well known as the promo ter and driver of the Brighton Coach, sends Alcibiades, on e a winner of the Liverpool Steeplechas ; the Earl of Roselyn, Loid Cardross, Major Quentin, Colonel Burnaby, Mr. H. W. Peek, M.P., Mr. C. Hambro, M.P., Sir Joseph Bailey, Mr. Harvey Farquhar, &c., are among the comps titors, and Captain Anstruther Thomson sends several horses, among them lois, the hunter on which he is so admirably depicted by Sir Francis Grant in the Royal Academy. Sir Watkin Wynne contributes one of his weight-carriers, but it is considered possible that it is perhaps in harness high steppers that the present is looked upon as likely to excel all previous shows. To-day the judging will be resumed with the harness horses and at the conclusion there will be a parade of all the prize horses, and some jumping, including the new water leap of some 15 or 16 feet. On the foil wing days the usual programme will be followed, but the improve ments in reference to the hurdle jumping and water leap are s great that it is expected more than ordinary in terest will be attached to that part of the programme. The following prizes have been awarded : Class 1. Hunters' -weight carriers. First Prize, £Bo—Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Wynnatay Park, Ruabon ; "Expectation," chestnut, aged. Second Prize, £4o—John 'Anstruther Thomson, Esq., Charleton, Colinsburgh. Fife, "Iris," bay, 10 years old. Third Prize, £2o—Mr. Henry Sander:, Brompton Hill, Northampton, " Ironmaster," grey, 6 years old. Class 2. Hunters' without condition as to weight. First Prize, £5O —Henry Spencer Lucy, Eq., ell:tricot Park, Warwick, " Heroine," bay, 7 years. Second Prize, £2s—Henry Spencer Lucy, Esq., ChArl cote Park, "Golden Hue," chesnut, 8 years. Third Prize £ls—Samuel James Weida, Esq., " Loiterer," bay, 8 years. Class 3. Hunters without condition as to weight and not exceeding 15-2 hands high. First Prize, £4o—Major Quentin Woodleigh, Chelten ham, "Coxcombe," bay gelding, 7 years. Second Prize, £2o.—Mr. Francis Barker, Wing," black, 7 years. "Tiny Tom," the property of Robert Brown, Esq., was highly r(-commended. " Bird on the Class 4. Hunters, 4 years. First Prize, 50—Mr. Thomas Sutton, Middleton One Row, Darlington, " Comerade," dark chestnut. Second Prize, £2s—John B. Booth, Esq., " Borderer," chestnut. Class 5. Riding Horses of fine action and quality. First Prize, .00—Captain George Crookes, 6, Princes gate, London, " Sobraon," grey, 8 yrs. Second Priz., £lO The Earl of Rosalyn, Elston Lodge, Dunmow, Essex, "Angela," black. Third Prize, £ 10—Mr. William Morley, " Conn tt ss," bay aged. Class 6. Cover Hacks and Roadsters. " Daisy," 7 yrs, First Prize, £ls—Henry Frisby, Esq., grey • Second Prize, 2,lo—Mr. John Savory, jun., Sparham Norwich, " Old Tom," 6 yrs. Third prize. 25, M. Francis Parker, " Bird on the Wing,' seven years. • Class 7, Park Hacks and Ladies Horses. First prize, Mr. 0. Coxcombe, 7 years. Second prize, £lO, Mr. Robert G. Peart, Master Stig gins, black, 4 years. Third prize, £s—Mr. Thoma Cook, " Beauty," 5 years. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FRANCE PARIS, Jurie 4. The Left Centre has held a meeting, at which it was decided to support the Ministry from the attacks of the Right. M. Buffet spoke in favour of so doing. Fifty persons accused of taking part in the conspiracy have been sent for trial before the High Court of the Chamber of Indictments. M. Bethmont's motion on public meetings during the elec toral period of the Conseils Generaux was discussed in the Chamber of Deputies. M. 011ivier said the law of 1868 did not permit the Government to grant permission for such meetings though he was not unwilling to do so. He com plained of the distrust exhibited towards the Cabinet, which had not changed its principles, but would accomplish its whole programme if the Chamber supported it. The vote of yesterday had shaken the confidence of the Cabinet in that support and they must know how they stand. He was glad M. Bethmont had furnished an opportunity of doing so. Baron Jerome David accused M. 011ivier of endea vouring to intimidate them, and said that a forced vote of confidence would be worthless. M. 011ivier said he hoped Baron David would not vote against the Ministry, but M. Bethmont withdrew his amendment. Some other deputies took up the amendment to test the opinion of the majority on the question of confidence. The order of the day was voted by 188 votes, unanimously setting aside M. Bethmont's motion. A bill for the aboli tion of the newspaper stamp duty was presented by Government. THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. ROME, June 4. At the sitting of the Council on the third of June it was proposed that the general discussion of the Schema on the Infallibility should be closed. This was vigorously contested by the minority, but after a scene of great con fusion the proposal was carried. The discussion of the paragraphs of the Schema will take place on the sixth of June. . Rusten Bey has not effected his object with regard to the Armenian separatists. He has left Rome. The Citilta Cattolica is very indignant with the pamphlet, Le qui se passe au Concite, and thinks the moderate Catholics aro the greatest enemies of the Church. AUGSBURG, June 4. According to a statement ,of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, Bishop Maret was interrupted at the Council by the Pontifical legates, and forty Fathers, who had put their names down, were not allowed to speak. PARIS, June 4. The Univers has published a telegram from Rome, de claring that a large majority of the Council decreed the close of the discussion on the Schema on Infallibility. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1870. Works hale resigned. Count Adlerkrewz has been ap pointed Minister of Justice, and Herr Bergstroem, Assis tant Judge to the High Court of Justice, has been ap pointed Minister of the Interior. Herr Wernersberg is to be Minister of Public Worship. There is no difficulty with the Reichstag. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) ISLE OF WIGHT ELECTION. On Saturday night the working men's committee met Mr. Moffatt at the Town-hall, Ryde. Mr. Barrow, J.P., occupied the chair, and a conversation took place on the various political topics of the day. Among other things the propriety of giving votes to single ladies and widows was discussed. Mr. Moffatt declined to pledge himself on the subject, as it was at present in a very unsettled state. If widows and single ladies, he said, had votes on account of their possessing property, why should not married ladies who had property independently of their husbands possess the franchise; and if they had it, why should other married ladies be deprived of it ? NEW THAMES YACHT CLUB. CHANNEL MATCH TO HARWICH. On Saturday the second Channel match of this club t oo k place from the Lower Hope to Harwich, and was distinguishable by the paucity of wind, the magnificent sailing of the Egeria and Fiona, and manifest falling off in the qualities of the Cambria, which two years ago was reckoned the finest yacht afloat, but which appears to have sadly deteriorated this season, from what cause — whether padding in the bows, shifting of ballast, or lengtheni ng of spars—we are at a loss to imagine. The Gloriana made an inglorious exhibition, and the commo dore's (Mr. J. D. Lee) yacht, the Nettle, was completely out of the hunt after the Mouse Light-ship. The race occupied 17 hours. The morning was beautifully fine, and all the vessels entered were at their stations just below the Ovens Buoy and Walhouse Point, as under : Yacht Ri g . Tons. O w ner. 1. Queen Cutter 2. Fiona 3. Gloriana Schooner 133 ...... A. O. Wilkinson 4. Cambria 5. Egeria 6. Anita 7. Nettle It was a subscription match—first prize, £6o—to the rig first arriving, although she might not have her time of the sacond of hsr class ; aeoond prize, £4O. Course, Lower J Hope to Harwich, leaving the Mouse and 'Middle Light of the Swin Channel on the starboard hand, the buoy of the West Rocks, buoy of the Rough, and Corklight vessel on the starboard hand into Harwich, l ea ving the winning boat out starboard hand, but should wind and tide not enable the vessels to reach the harbour a steamer outside left in the starboard hand should be considered the goal. Vessels to be in ordinary cruising trim, carrying boats, anchors, cables, &c. A pilot, but no extra hands allowed ; to start from and weigh their own anchors, and all lower canvass set. It was understood that the vessels should cant to the northward, but as there was a calm and they lay close together, they cast as they pleased, and at a little after seven the signal was given,the wind which then was coining principlly from N.W. by W.; all but the Anita were very smart, and piled upballoon canvass, Cambria setting main topmast stay sail and Anita square sail. The latter soon had the square sail in, and substituted, like the others, jib topsail. The sails hung lazily from the mast of the larger vessels; while the Queen, from her light draft and easily-filled canvass, got off with a powerful lead, fol lowed by the Fiona, and off Mucking Light the Queen led, Fiona second, Cambria third, Egeria fourth. Be tween this point and Thames Haven, as they drifted down on the ebb, the Egeria forereached the Cambria to leeward, and with the leaders held the reach to starboard, Cambria going about on starboard tack, • heading for the Chapman. Wind died out again at eight o'clock, and off the Light the Queen was about on the same tack, the Fiona on weather bow of the Gloriana, which had slipped through the lee of the sternmost, and occupied the third position. Cambria was off Leigh Middle at 10 . 52, Anita, five minutes later, and for five consecutive boards, neither the Gloriana, Egeria, nor Cambria made any headway, so that the kedge of the latter was ready to lay her under Southend pier, and the hot sun, which was now quite oppressive, eating up all the wind, left a bad prospect before the fleet ; the ebb had run out, and the young flood presented fresh difficulties, which, to the credit of the crews be it said, were overcome, for as a few stray puffs came from N.W. they stood for the Nore, and at length cleared the pier at Southend and the Worcester moored abreast. Now the sun had gone in, and there was a prospect of wind. Slight rain falling, and a gentle three or four knot breeze springing up, they passed the Nore, the Gloriana having a man out on the jib to keep the sheet down; the wind died out also, and then shifted suddenly to east with alittle south,andFiona weathered the little Queen, who now became second, the Egeria getting on the weather of the Gloriania, and breasting the Nore ahead of her : they passed the mouth of the Medway thus : Fiona, Queen, Egeria, Gloriana, and Cambria, the Anita next, and Nettle, who had been keeping company with the new schooner Gwendoline (Major Ewing) hopelessly out of the race about Leigh Middle buoy. After several long tacks to starboard to cheat the tide and start to port the Cambria weathered the Gloriana, and stood after the Egeria to Whitstable, heaving the lead under the lower part of the Nore Sand; Fiona was about before the others, and made for the Mouse on the starboard tack, which she left as directed at 4.23, Egeria 4.30, Cambria 4h. 41m. 305., Gloriana and Queen together at 4.50, under the lee of the Cambria. The Egeria was now about three-quarters of a mile astern of the Fiona, and the Cambria a mile astern of the Egeria. The race after this was left virtually to the three leaders, and although the wind was reaching the Fiona could not get further away than a couple of miles from the Egeria. The Queen was soon left last, and we understand worked the Wattle and Spitway into the: harbour. All were now close hauled for the Shears, and the Fiona was three miles ahead under the lee bow of the Cambria, and the Egeria equidistant. Time—Fiona . ' 4.15, Egeria 4.38, Cambria at 5 o'clock ; and the Mid Swin thus—Fiona 5.10, Egeria sh. 23m. 305., Cambria' sh. 32m. 305., Gloriana at 6. The Egeria had thus , gained on the Fiona ,in the Reach from the Shears, and the Cambria on the Egeria ; but as the wind died out again up Channel the two leaders again got away, and the Fiona was hull down in the haze at a quarter to nine o'clock. From this point to the Rough the strong tide was very difficult to contend against ; but, after a suc cession of puffs and cats'-paws, the Fiona and Egeria arrived under the Rough Buoy close together, and com menced to run to the Corks. Here they did get a breeze, but at ten o'clock the race was shortened by the steamer, which brought up, and the finish was timed thus : H. M. s. Fiona lO 0 0 Egeria The Cambria, unable to find the Rough, born up and let go her anchor, fetching it three times before five on Sun day morning, when she again dropped it, and at six o'clock a sail breeze took her into the harbour. The Queen arrived shortly after, as also the Anita, and the Gloriana,got in at dead of night. The Fiona thus won the £6O prize, having won a race the similar course last Saturday, and the Egeria the second. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ST. ALBANS MEETING. ST. ALBANS, Sunday Night. A RRIVED —Acorn, Adjutant, Aeronaut, Aintree, Atalanta, Ajax, Aldershot, Billy Pedder, Cantharides, Goprolite, Ring, Defender, Diadem, Disturbance, Figleaf, First Fiddle, War Queen, Goldhanger, Honesty, King Theodore, Indigestion, Lady Xliddletou, Lord of the Manor, My Uncle, Limerick, Rho, Roquefort, Sapling, Townsend, Una, and Wamba. Expected—Flying Scud, Aversion, Robert Laundrio, and Several others. Class 13. Stallions—Thorough-bred. The only prize in this class was the Agricultural Medal and £5O, which was taken by Mr. J. A. Benedict, Lub benham, Leicestershire, for " Alcibiades," 'chesnut, 10 years. Class 14.—Stallions Hay Bred First Prize, agricultural medal and £3o—Mr B. Mitchell, Crooe Hall, Downham Market, Norfolk, " Fireaway," chestnut, 7 yrs. Second Prize, medal and £ls—Mr W. Flanders, Fen House, Mildenhall, " Quicksilver," roan, 4 yrs. Class 15. Stallions of any breed. First Class, Agricultural Hall—Medal and £l5, Mr. H. Roundell, Queen',s Head Hotel, Otley, " Sir George,' brown, 3 years. Second Prize, Medal—Mr. Richard Munson, Whalpole' St. Peter's Lodge, Norfolk, " Young Shales,"hlaek, eight years. BATH AND WEST OF !ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SHOW. In preparation for the Bath and West of England Society's Agricultural Show, which commences at Taun ton to-day, and extends over the four following days, that town, we learn by telegraph, was on Saturday gaily deco rated with flags, floral arches, and the usual gala enter tainments. The show yard is situated about half a mile from the town, and has received the stock entered for exhibition. There are 175 exhibitors at the present meeting, and over 3,030 articles shown, these numbers being a considerable advance on former shows. A large proportion of the 30 acres of the show ground is covered with stands of agricultural machines and implements by the most noted makers in England. Judging of stocks will be commenced to-day. HUMAN CATTLE IN LONDON TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN." Sin,—ln the Sun of yesterday I read the report of the engineer's loss, and of his having failed to obtain redress in Colon, on the Isthmus. On the Ist of April last I, with my wife and child, arrived in New York, and put our bag gage that day on board the steamship Bellona, of the London and New York Steamship Company. The Bel ona left at 6 p.m. on the 2d of April, and we were forty minutes too late, and were left for the Atalanta, which arrived in the Victoria Dock, London, at 2 p.m. on the 4th of May, and instantly Captain W. H. Pinkham and the purser said that I was George Russell, whose bag gage arrived in the Bellona. Nevertheless I failed to see, nor was there an examination held on, the baggage until after 4 p.m. on the 4th of May, and that was only for a minute and a half and I had to leave the baggage room in the Victoria Dock instantly. I had not time even to put one screw out of nine in the lid of my chest. I was in the baggage room three hours on May 5, and failed to see my baggage ; and at 5 o'clock p.m., on the 6th of May, I had my baggage in my custody, and soon learned that £4OO was taken away. I tried, but failed (though I remained in London until yesterday), to obtain an investigation, and beg most respectfully to solicit you, sir, to publish this letter in The Sun, that some of the authorities may be aroused to a sense of justice, and institute a thorough in vestigation before I leave England, which will be on the Bth of this month, and I shall ever feel very grateful.—T am sir, your obedient servant, ~ GEORGE RUSSELL. 22, Union-street, Liverpool, June 3d, 1870. FADVERTISEMENT:I - Holloway's Pills.—Cures Complete and Rapid.— When the nervous system is depressed, the cir culation languid, and digestion disordered by impure air or varying temperature, no better purifier or surer antidote to disease can be found than those wonderful pills. No medi cine equals them as an agent for restoring 'he tone of the nervous system, and so enabling nature to overcome any obstacle to her healthy action Holloway's pills act mainly by purifying, regulating, repressing, or stimulating, accord ing to circumstances, as the deranged organ may require. Those pills exercise a most important at d salutary power in strengthening the nerves, and protecting nervous energy from morbid sensibility. The cures they effect are numer ous, thorough, and permanent. ITALY. FLORENCE, June 4. It is stated by the Opinione that the rendezvous of the Republican partisans has been made known by means of documents in possession of the prisoners recently captured. Ricciotti Garibaldi has, it is believed, gone to the lonian Islands. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, June 5. The opening of the International Industrial Exhibition in Vienna has been fixed by an Imperial decree for the spring of 1873. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, June 4. The Independence Beige thinks that the French Minis ters will adopt means to procure a general election in consequence of the great difficulties with which they are surrounded. The King of the Belgians will not, it is reported, return to London next month. It is thought likely that the Belgian Ministry will resign should the King oppose the dismissal of the Procurateur- General. RELEASE OF THE GIBRALTAR CAPTIVES. MADRID, June 4. Mr. Bonell and his nephew have been released, and are now at Gibraltar with the Prefect of Cadiz. SPAIN. MADRID, June 4 Marshal Espartero has sent a reply to the manifesto of his partisans, absolutely refusing the crown. In the Cortes the bill for electing a king was discussed ; and Senor Aria's amendment requiring the election to be carried by a large majority of those deputies whose elections are con firmed, was adopted 106 to 96. The amendment requires 170 votes for the election in place of 89, which would satisfy the requirementf of the bill. The Montpensierists opposed the amendment. The amendment will be sub mitted a second time to the vote. The Ministry will oppose it. PORTUGAL. The Minister of the Interior, Senhor Sampaio has re signed on account of his Conservative of opinions. Diaz Fend& has been appointed Minister of Finance. The Italian Minister will leave Portugal, it is thought in con sequence of a difference with the Government. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, June 4. The amendment to the Tax Bill imposing a tax of 5 per cent. on income derived from the interest of the Govern ment Bonds has been rejected on reconsideration by 92 to 72 votes. June 4. The Senate has adopted a resolution asking th e St ate Department for informa tion respecting the Jewish mas sacre in Roumania. Mr. Wayne M`Teigh, of Pennsyl vania, is appointed Minister to Constantinople. N ews fyom Cuba states the son of Cespedes, the rebel chief has been executed. NEW YORK, June 4. Gold closed at 1141; the lowest quotation having been 114+ ; Sterlin exchang on London, 109/. Week's receipt of cotton, 23,000 bales ; shipment to England since September, 32,000 ; France, 2,000 ; to the Continent, 2,000. Total receipts since September, 2,785,000 bales. MALTA TELEGRAPH. The following has been received : - " Canning to Osborn. " Noor, June 4.—The expedition in latitude 41.23 N , longtitude 9.55 W. The cable perfect. All going well.' The following appeared in our Special Edition of Satar day evening:— (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. MADRID, June 3. The draught of the law for electing a king is being debated in the Cortes to-day. The Portu,;uese Ambassador, Senhor Sampaio, is ex pected to resign. The Official Gazette, of Lisbon, publishes the appointment of Senhor de Costa to the post. ITALY. FLORMIICE, June 3, The Official Gazette gives full details of the dispersion of Nathan's band, and his flight into Switzerland. The authorities have seized a quantity of arms and ammuni tion belonging to the Republicans at Fortone. No other bands have been seen. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 3. The Levant Times has been sentenced to suspension for a month. Its offence was having reprinted an article re flecting on the Porte, from the Independence Belleap& AMERICA. WASHINGTON, June 3. The amendment to the Tax Bill, which proposed a tax of 5 per cent. on the incomes from interest on Government Bonds, has been rejected by the House of Representa tives. It was lost by 22 votes, after an animated debate. The son of the insurgent loader Cespedes has been executed at Cuba. The Hanover has arrived at Now York, and the Leipzig at Baltimore. NEW YORK, June a Gold closed at 1141; the highest quotation during the day was 1141'; the lowest 1141. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l Five-Twenty U.S. Bonds, 1882 Ditto 1885 III Ditto 1867 Ten-Forty ditto 1867 lOB% Illinois Shares Erie Cotton, Middling Upland Petroleum, Standard White 27%c Flour, extra State Corn, old Mixed $1 09c. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM „Tune 3. There have been several modiAcatiOns in the Ministry. The Ministers of Justice, of Finance, and of Public THE EDUCATION LEAGUE. The Right Hon. Mr. Forster met a deputation from the Education League, at Bradford, on Saturday. The spectators stated various objections against delay in the operation of the bill, mode of election of school boards, permissive nature of compulsion, and claimed entire free , dom of admission to schools. As to religious teaching the deputation asked that no money from national or local sources should be applied to direct or indirect ad vancement of any religions, and urged that to leave the question of denominational teaching to the decision of school boards was to provide causes of serious contention and scandal hurtful to religion. Mr. Forster, in replying, pointed out that owing to his official position he could not go at length into any argu ment. It was a misconception, he said, to suppose that immediate action would not be taken under the bill. Serious action would at once be taken after its passing. The amendments had met some of the objections to the modes of election of school boards, but the Government still left their appointment to town councils, believing these bodies to be best suited for the purpose, and that they would discharge their duties faithfully. As to com pulsion, Mr. Forster admitted that he was a convert to the principle, Ebut did not believe that was the feeling of the country, and thought that if left to choose between enforced compulsion and no compulsion at all, the House of Commons would choose the latter alternative. Referring to the religious difficulty, Mr. Forster said the principles of the bill were that the Imperial Government would not in any way interfere in religious education, and would not prevent parents who wished it from having re , ligious instruction given their children in the same schools and by the same men as other teaching was given. He held that the bill did not admit concurrent endowment, and concluded by intimating that whatever pressure might be put upon him he would only pursue the course which he considered conscientiously to be right. LARGE MEETING OF MINERS. A large open meeting of miners' was held on Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of Lochgelly, Fifeshire. The meeting was addressed by Mr.Macdonald,Secretary of the Miners' Association, who strongly urged on those present the propriety of standing out for a reduction in the hours of labour, as also for an increase in the rate of wages. After deliberation it was unanimously resolved that the miners' of the country should commence on Monday, the 6th inst., to work only eight hours a day, and a demand for an advance of wages, to the extent of at least sixpence per day, should be made upon the coal and iron masters at the same time. It is understood that the masters have no objection to lessening the hours of work, but little hope is entertained that the demand for an increase of wages will be favourably received. GREAT FIRE AT FALMOUTH. A fire, which raged six hours, broke out in Falmouth yesterday morning, destroying business premises, stock, and furniture of the value of some thirty thousand pounds. Twelve of the best houses in Market-street were burnt down, besides lofts, cellars, and small tenements. The loss is, to some extent, covered by insurances. The town was visited yesterday by large numbers from other parts of the country to inspect the scene of the conflagration. THE ROYAL VISIT TO READING. The first of July has now been definitely fixed upon by the reception committee for the Prince of Wales to lay the foundation stone of the new grammar school. The Mayor and Corporation will meet the Prince on his arrival at the Great Western railway station, and present an address. Then, a procession will be formed, which will march to the school ground. On the grounds the Berkshire Volunteers will be drawn up as a guard of honour. The ceremony will be performed with masonic honours, and the whole of the Sunday-school children, will take part in the proceedin.gs. For the musical portion of the ceremony, the Reading Philharinonic Society, and the Grenadier Band have been enlisted. On the ground the Bishop of Oxford will offer up prayer, and the singing of the Hallelujah chorus will bring the proceedings to a close. THE IMPROVED RAILWAY COMMUNICA TION BETWEEN LONDON AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. At a meeting of the Sandown (Isle of Wight) localboard held on Friday, a letter was read from Mr. Scott general manager of the South Western Railway on the subject of the new fast trains on that railway which com menced running on the Ist inst. The letter stated what arrangements had been made, and added that the steam boat company had cordially co-operated with the South Western Railway Company in the matter, but Mr. Scott complained that the Isle of Wight Railway Company had declined running a morning train except on three days a week, thus depriving Sandown and the neighbouring towns of the advantage of the service for half the week. Mr. Scott in his letter asked the Sansdown Board to assist the South Western Railway Company in inducing the Isle of Wight Railway Company to run their trains daily. A memorial on the subject to the latter company was adopted. THE DERBY AND THE OAKS. Gamos is owned it appears by Mr. Graham, a gentle man who has twice before had winners for the Oaks and who (although only a few years on the turf) has already got the name of a successful man. He runs his horses under the nom de guerre of Jones. Mr. Graham was un able through illness to witness the victory of his colours on Friday. The engagements of Gamos this year are— Eigteenth Bentinck Memorial, Goodwood ; Yorkshire Oaks, York August Meeting : Park Hill Stakes, Don caster September; and Grand Duke Michael Stakes, Newmarket First October Meeting. Bell's Life reminds us that when Macgregor cantered home so magnificently at Bath lately, Gamos was one of the beaten of two that came home anyhow, and yet on Friday afternoon this filly settled with perfect ease a field supposed to have in its numbers the the three best fillies in training. Commenting on the Derby racing of Wed nesday the Field says few Derbies have given rise to less excitement or interest than the one decided this year, as dullness reigned supreme on the "day of days," and the attendance was one of the smallest we ever remembered to have seen in a somewhat lengthened racing experience while a greater surprise than the defeat of Macgregor in the race has never been recorde,l in the annals of the turf. To have been defeated by Kingcraft—the best performer of last year, except Sunshine—was nothing, but that horses of the Palmerston and Muster stamp should have finished in front of the Tvio Thousand winner, and Bonny Swell been at his neck, is one of those puzzling problems that defy the nicest calculations. The defeat of Mac gregor, however, the Field attributes to the hardness of the Found and his inability to act down the Epsom hill, as his forelegs and pasterns are rather straight. It has ever been a matter of surprise to the special com missioner of the Sportsman, that Kingcraft should have been beaten by a worse-looking animal in the Two Thousand Guineas. The winner of the Derby himself is not a horse of the very highest class, as far as his ap pearance is concerned, but he is the best-looking of the rather mean lot he conquered for the blue riband, and has proved that he is superior to anything of his year. He looked so little fatigued after the struggle, that he might not have had more than an ordinary exercise gallov on the Limekiln ground at Newmarket. It is quite possible that another surprise may take place at Doncaster as there is a field of cracks for the St. Leger Amongst others the entry embraces, Bridgwater, The Recorder, Ely Appleton, Palmerston, Came l C outts, Kingcraft, Hawthornden, Exciseman, Bonny Swell Captivator, King o' Scots, Macgregor, Sunlight, Sun shine Prince of Wales, Sarsfield, Paddington, Piccadilly, Stanley, Valois, Normanby, Cymbal, Ptarmigan, and Fragrance. It is said that the field for the Oaks on Friday (seven horses) was the smallest for the last half century, since in 1821 Lord Exeter's Wilful carried off the race. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh have been very recently made the theme of two fortunately harmless and ingenious hoaxes. The South London Press says it was alleged by a member of the Lambeth Vestry, at one of the elections held last Monday evening, that some of the members were so fettered to the favourable opinion of certain other vestrymen, that they frequently, in voting for measures unpopular with the party to which they were espoused in name, would, in holding up their hands, pass their arms round the necks of other members to saddle the repute of I the vote on to others than themselves. WEST DRAYTON MEETING-THIS DAY. The following trainers will have horses at this meeting : Stevens, Martin, Nightingall, Brown, Lowo, Rickards, Ford, Goddard, Sherwood, Deacon, Barry, H. Goater, Holman, H. May, Kendal, S brimpton. Aftermath, Nigntjar, and all Mr. H. %Fright's horses have been struck out of all West Drayton engagementc. Inspector Tanner will be at the outer gate each day, to keep the welshers out. CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. GRAND PRIZE. 3to 1 agst Sornette (offered—take 7to 2) 100 to 30 agst Bigarreau (offered -4 to 1 taken to £300) 9to 2 agst Coutts (offered-5 to 1 taken and wanted) 7to 1 agst Recorder (offered) 100 to 8 agst Monseigneur (taken and offered) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 6to 1 agst Mysotis (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Newsman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) 100 to 8 agst Five per Cent. (taken) ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 4to 1 agst Macgregor (taken) 500 to 400 agst any two (offered) The Duchesse de Masser has just died, at the advanced age of 90 years. She was to wife of Nicolas Regnier, one of Napoleon's judges, who was raised to the peerage for his complicity in the death of the Duc d'Enghien, &c. When the emigr6s came back to Paris the nicknamed his Grace the Duc de Massacre. An agricultural labourer, of Owermoigne, in Dorset, named George Garland, was on Wednesday found under some bushes with his throat cut ; a rake near him had been the instrument used. On Friday he was in a hopeless condition at the County Hospital. He suffered from religious mania—frequently stating that he was " under the control of the devil." DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish MS tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beautert Buildings Strand, 17.0, MONETARY N E WS-SAT URDAY. Quietness has been the feature of the Stock Exchange to-day. Railway stocks have been depressed, and lower in value, but foreign bonds have been firm. Consols have been quiet, at 92g, 92, ex-div. for delivery, and 92 15-16ths, 93 1-16th ex-div. for the 6th of July. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92k, 92/. Bank Stock, 234, 236. India Five per Cents have been done at 111* ex div., and India Bonds at 21s. to 265. prem. Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. The demand for foreign bonds has not been active ; but, with the exception of Portuguese, which have receded .he tendency has been favourable. Turkish Five per Cents have continued steady, at an improvement of *. Peruvian (1865) and Spanish (1869) are each better, whilst Honduras shew a rise of 1 per cent. The New Peruvian loan has marked 1* to 2 prem., and the Spanish 3} to n prem. American Government securities have been quiet, and the Five-Twenty bonds have been * lower. Atlantic Ist mortgage bonds, and Pennsylvania general mortgage bonds, however, are 2* and * better respectively. The feature in the market for English railway stocks has been the demand for Caledonian resulting in an improvement of li. On the other hand, Great Northern A., has fallen 1; Midland, ; London and North-Western, ; Great Western, g ; London and Brighton, * ; London Chatham and Dover, ; and Metropolitan, g. Indian stocks have been firm. Canadian shares have been steady, and Great Western have risen g. For foreign shares there has been very little demand, and Lombards have follen *. Bank shares have been quiet, and prices have shewn no change. Telegraph shares have sold slowly. Sub-marine have risen 3,' but Falmouth have fallen * ; Silver's India- Rubber, A and Telegraph Construction, 1. There has been a fair, but not to say active, demand for money to-day, and three months' paper has not been negotiated under nto 3 per cent. The supply of capital has been moderate. The directors of Hooper's Telegraph Works recommend a dividend of 58. per share, being at the rate of 15 per cent. on the paid up capital. The further call of £3 per share is indefinitely deferred: The directors of the Penluoular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company recommend a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half year ended March 31st. LON DON STOCK EXCHANGI4:-SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES - AFT: ER OFFICIAL HOURS. SECURITIES. Brazilian, 1865, 5 p c 921 92i !Egyptian, 1868, 7 p e 831 !Do. Bail. Deben., 7 p c 1011102 'ltalian, 1861, 5 per cent 595 59 Peruvian, 1865, Spar cent 89 5 Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c 335 34 ' Russian, 1866, 5 p Do. Nicolas, 4 per cont 6Bl Spanish, 1867, Spercent •— Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 87 89 Db., 1865, 5 per oeut 531 531 Do., 1865, 6 per cent 741 78 U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 6pc 1882 89 89 Do., 1865 Do., 10-40 Bonds, spc 1904 861 86 Erie Sha.. 100 dolts, all pd. 181 18 00VERNATENT Three per Cent Console ,424 9241 d Do. for Account 9215-16 931.16 id Three per Cent Rdcd - 921 921 News per Ceut Exchequer Bills, March, par spm Do., June Bank Stock India 5 per Cents.... 1114 1114 id Can.6pcJan.&JulylB77- 84 1074108 Do. 5 per cent do. 984 994 Domin. of Can. 5p c 1903 974 184 New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 ll2 114 Do. 5 per cent 99 100 Do. 5p c Consolidated ueensland 5p c 1882 Victoria 6 p c Jan.& July 1154116 Do. 5 no do. 104 104 RAIL' Bristol and Exeter B4 86 Caledonian 771 784 Great Eastern Great Northern Do. A Great Western 744 741 , Lancashire & Yorsabire 135 136 1 L. B. and South Coast Lon. Chat., and Dover Lon. and North-Western 13141314 Lon. and South-Western 92 93 Man., Shef., and Lincoln 531 54 Metropolitan 671 671 Midland Northßritish 3O 394 North-Eastern Consols Do. Leeds — Do. York — South-Eastern Born., Bar., &01.1nd.g.5 pc 10711081 East India guar. 5 p e Grand Trunk of Canada 15 151 Do. Ist Preference Bonds 67$ 68$ Great Indian Pen. g. sps 10811091 Great Western of Canada 151 15 Madras g. 5 pc lOBllO9 Sciude, Delhi, do. Scinde, Punjaub, do lO7 108 Dutch Rhenish 251 25 Eastern of Franco 231 24 Great Luxembourg l4l 141 47 48 Northern of France Ottom. (Smyrna to Aidin) 7 7 Recife and San Francisco 16 16 San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 20 1 21 8 Aus. & Lora. Venetu. 151 15 'AYS, BANKING COBIPANIES. IQ Agra Bank (L) A .... 11 111 10 Imperial Ottoman 5 pin Alliance (Limited) .. 141 151 20 Lon.Cnar. of Austrlia 251 Anglo-Austrian ... 1241 pm 20 London and County 50 51 Anglo-ggyptii (Lim) 251 15 Loudon Joint-Stock 351 361 British North-Aram 54 56 20 Lndn dt Wstminstr 64 65 Ch.of India, Australia 16/ 171 10 Metropolitan Bl 91 Char. Mere. of India 30 31 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par City Colonial Consolidated (Limtd) 11pm 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47 Eng.. Scot., & Aust. CI 171181. 15 Union of London .. 40 41 Imperial (Limited) l9 191 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd 10 Anglo - American(L) 161 171xd 100 Atlantic 3 British Ind. Ex. (L) 6 62 10 British Indn Sub. (L.) 8 81 7.Pal. Gibraltar. &c. (L) 81 91 Pd 10 Great Northern .... 11 115 25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18 10 Med. Extension (L).. 51 6 20 Soc. Trans. Fra,uce(L) 151 155 5,W. India & Panama 7 75 MISCELLANICO , Pd , 10 Berlin Waterw.rlis (L) 144 15 27 Canada Canpany .78 80 10iCeylon Company (L) 4 3 dis 201Colonkt1 ldle. Ipm 10'Ored.Foncier of 1J (L) 21 21 100!CrYstal P a lac e 13 Fore-at Warehouse (L) 44 spm 74 Gen. Cred. & Dsct / pm 14Gen. Stm Navigation 29 31 45IHooper's Tel. Works l4 1 dis r SECURITIES. Pd 51, Rbbr, G P Tel. Wks. 431 441 100 lutr. Financial (L) 111 dis 5 Mdrus Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 106 5 National Discount IL) 11! 121 50 Ocean Marine 20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm. 44 46 Telegraph Constrctn 31 311 St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, 5 by Italian Gvrnmut 91 93 Trust &Loof U Onda t Ipm MINING SHARE LIST.-JUNE 4, Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market active for Cooks' Kitchen, Grenville, East Grenville, Tincroft, Tankerville, North Crofty, Great Laxey, and Chi verton Australian United, 3. 31 Bwlch Consols, 31, 311 Bronfloyd, Chiverton Moor, 41, 51 Chiverton Valley, Cook's Kitchen, 20, 21 Chontales (Gold), Drakewalls, 11, I}_ Don Pedro North Del Rey, 31, 31 East Bassett, East Caradon, 4 5 East Lovell, 33, 34 East Wheal Grenville, 2i, 3 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), Prince of Wales, 15s, 17s Providence Mines, 381 391 Rosewall Hill and Rausome United, South Condurrow, Tankerville, 181, 19 Tincroft, 33, 34 Tan-yr-Allt, Taquaril (Gold), Trumpet Consols. Van, 78, 80 Van Consols, 41, 41 West Chiverton, 54, 56 West Frances, West Maria and Fortescus, 2L 3 West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West Tankeiville, West Panty Go. 19s, 214 W)ieal A gar, Wheal Crebor, 10s, 15s Wheal Grenville- 2L 21 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton. 23, 25 18s, 20s General Brazilian, Great Laxey 18k, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor, 111, Hingston Down, 10s, 15s Marke Valley, 6f, 7 New Lovell, 28, 3 North Crofty, 3i, 3f North Treskerby, Pacific, 81, 83 MARIE rs-s AT u IMAY. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS.—The markets have bt en very quiet. No public sales will be held until the Bth instant, in consequence of the Whitsuntide holidays. Tea has changed hands quietly, and there has been very little demand for sugar, either raw or refined. Coffee has been steady. LONDON TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—TaIIow has been firm, at 455. 3d. to 455. 6d. spot and June ; 465. 3d. to 465. 6d. last three months. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supplies of meat have been moderate. The trade has been quiet, as as follows :—Beef, front 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; mutton, 3s. Bd. to 58.; lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. 4d.: veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; and pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. Bd. per Sibs., by the carcase. LONDON OIL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Linseed oil has been in but moderate request, but the demand for rape has been firm. Palm and other oils have been depressed. LONDON METAL MARKET.—Iron has been firm, but by no means active. Tin has been quite as dear. Copper has sold slowly. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET;SATURDAY.— The market was fairly supplied to-day ; the demand was active for hay and clover ; but for straw it was inanimate, at about previous currencies. Prime meadow hay, 85s. to 955. ; inferior ditto, 70s. to 80s. ; prime clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 105 s. ; prime second-cut clover, 110 s. to 120 s. ; inferior ditto, 85s. to 955. ; and straw, 20s. to 28s. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The cotton market to-day closed quiet at unchanged quotations. Sales 8,000 bales ; speculation and export, 1,600 bales ; 4,000 American sold at 91i; 250 Pernan 10 to 11i •50 Santos lot to ; 50 Maranham 12i ; Bahia and Mateio 11i; 250 Egyptian 14 ; Smyrna 91 ; Peru 111 ; 3210 Surat 7i to 10 ; imports to-day 4,975 bales. LEEDS WOOLLEN TRADE, SATURDAY.—The cloth hallshave been better attended this morning than for nine weeks past. Not only have the local houses been doing an animated business in all kinds of goods suitable for the end of the year ; but the stocks in the cloth halls shewed a considerable decrease at the end of the market. There have been several important representatives of foreign houses present, and the orders taken out by them are likely to lead to much larger employment of labour in the district around Leeds. In the white cloth hall the state of business was not so animated, as manufacturers have to a great extent given out their orders sufficient to supply their wants for a month to come. In the price of wool and other materiais there is no change. As regards other branches of industry they are nearly all preparing to sus- I Pend work for the Whitsuntide holidays. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supply of wool was good, and farmers in vain held out until near the close for an advance on last week's rates. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—The long deferred, but still imminent, appearance of rain has caused dealers to cease offering, and we had one of the poorest shows of sheep and cattle seen at this market for some time. Dealers will not sell at the recent reductions, consequently no business doing. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATuRDAY.—At this market wheat was 2s. per quarter dearer. ' All other cereals firm, at last week's rates. Stocks small and little doing. THE READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supply of wheat at the market to-day was moderate ; and although the trade was slow, last weeks' rates were firmly maintained. Oats are not so plentiful to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. Beans were rather scarce, and sold at about is. per quarter more 'money. Of peas there was but a scanty supply, and prices were a shade higher. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a good attendance of farmers and millers at the market here to-day. Wheat realised an advance of fully Is. per quarter over last week. Sales were pretty brisk. Malt was stationary ; but all other descriptions may be quoted higher. Averages for week ending May 33—Wheat, 1,400 quarters 435, 9d, There has been no rain in the district this week. Joe rid, ace Vlr. by opo ious a ss lye uls- the and nev er with' )tt WI antra' w, se t )ppo- prii its ri of t eo lie t est of