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PARIS, May 12, Last night a crowd again assembled on the Place du Chateau d'Eau and in the Faubourg du Temple, but was dispersed by the sergents de vine and by bodies of cavalry. • The districts of Vißette, Belleville, the Faubourg do Temple, and the Chateau d'Eau are occupied by troops ; and the soldiers, by their positions, can at any moment stop the traffic between these quarters. Considerable precautions were taken, but no attempt at throwing up barricades has been reported. The rioters appear to have lost courage. About midnight tranquillity prevailed every where. LETTER OF THE EMPEROR TO THE ARMY. A letter of the Emperor, addressed to Marshal Canrobert, was communicated yesterday to the troops of the army of Paris. The Emperor Writes : " Rumours so ridiculous and exaggerated have been spread in reference to the vote of the army that I feel myself prompted to request you to assure the generals, officers, and private under your command that m y confidence in them has never been shaken. 1 ask you to inform General Lebrun especially that I congratulate him and his troops under his Command on their admirable firmness and cool self- Command of which they have given proof during the last few days in the suppression of those riots which are troubling the capital." The Constitutionnel of this morning asserts that the Cabinet will not be completed before the end of the discussions in the Legislative Body, for which th e velificatiOn of the legal results of the vote on the Plebiscite would probably give an opportunity. INSURRECTION IN ITALY. CATANZARO, May The band of insurgents has been dispersed. Last night the troops re-entercd the town with 30 prisoners, including two of the leaders. A number of important documents were found on them, comprising a list of the names of the insur gents, together with printed forms for commissions, with the formula " God and the People Universal Republican Alliance." AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 11. The Allan steamer St. Andrew arrived out to-day. The Hamburg and American Company's steamship Rarnmonia arrived here b-day. The Guion steamship Minnesota also arrived out to..day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices : Gold closed at 1151 ; the highest quotation during the day was 1151, the lowest 114/. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. Five-Twenty tnite.d'States Bonds, 1882, 1121 ; ditto, 1885, 1121 ; ditto, 1867, 1141 ; Ten-Forty United States Bonds, 1138 i. Illinois, 1411 ; Eri. , 23/. Cotton : Middling upland, 23ic. Petroleum : Standard white, 271 c. Flou r : Extra State,' $4 90c. to $5 50c. Corn : Old mixed, $1 16c. CANADA. OTTAWA, May 11. Sir J o h n A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of the Dominion Governinent, has fallen seriously ill. Grave doubts are entertained respecting his final recovery. Ile Dominion Parliament has passed the 'Tariff ari Bill. The Dominion House of Commons passed tho kanitoba Province Bill to-day. OUTWARD INDIAN MAIL. GIBRALTAR, May 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer .roonah, from Southampton 7th instant, arrived at 4 P.m., and left at 8 p.m. yesterday for Alexandria. All (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) r [The foll ow i ng news appear ed in our First Edition pub shed at Eight o'clock this morning:—] THE DISCHARGED DOCKYARD MEN. The Western Morning News of to-day comments upon the corre spondence which has just passed between the First Lord of the Admiralty and Mr. Lewis, member for Devon- P °ll , on dockyard discharges. The Morning News poinfs out that in this, as in previous similar cases, Mr. Childers has ,-- b een misinformed as to facts, and specifies particulars in 'which discharged dockyards men have been subject to injus !leo and h ai d s hi p. Our contemporary conc l u d es by sa ying, The red uc ti ons at D evonport are now proce eding with heate r rapidity than ever ; the necessity for reducing the 'l°liYard staffs has never been denied by ourselves or by any ee; °no acquainted with the internal adruinis b°n of those establishments, but should have a done gradually, judiciously, and with the most scru pulous fairness towards the workmen. It is because the red uctions are b e i ng carr i ed out i n a manner th e very re verse of thi s, that even staunch Liberals en d Ul tra -E cono - In tS in Devo npor t f ee l in di gnan t and disappointed. At tk Xi next electi on f or the b oroug h M r . Child e r s will be better d e ,: t ° a pre ci a t e thi s f ac t, and we fear that Mr. Lewis ae spl his earnest remonstrances with his frieu6s in the, Minist ry, may feel its effect " The Duke of Manchester's Light Horse Volunteers !)111Pleted their annual drill at Cambridge yesterday, under tethe c ommand of the Duke, and were inspected by Lieu hn Elliot, who complimented them on being s, mutest Vol un t eers h e k new. H e a l so c omplimented iTla on th e wonderful improvement they ev i dence d con :e a ring th e s h ortness of their drill. The prizes for profic i ency 1. word ex erc i se were distributed at At, luxisoheon at the Hotel by Lady Mary Montague,the eldest daughter GI th e D uke of I Vianchester. The health of the Duke and Colonel Elliott were drank with all the honours possible. Great preparations had been made for holding a Fancy Fair to-day, at the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe's villa at Plymouth, but the rain considerably marred the effect. After three months of almost unbroken drought, which latterly had become very serious, the Western counties were visited yesterday with steady rain. A serious accident occurred at Chesterfield yesterday to four men engaged in pulling down some houses to make room for a new siding at the railway station. The men were putting the floor of a house through a window opening, when the gable end of another house fell upon them and so severely hurt two of them, named Degges and Birch, that they were taken to the hospital and are not expected to recover. Another, named Bloomer, was very much hurt, but was taken home. The fourth named Bower, escaped. At a meeting of the Manchester shareholders of the Albert Insurance Society held yesterday, the scheme of reconstruction, proposed by the committee, was adopted. Mr. Morris, solicitor, made a long statement, shewing that the plan was the only one which could save the shareholders from ruinous loss. A resolution was also passed, that premiums due should be paid into the Agra Bank, and returned if the company should not be resuscitated. The directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have appointed Mr. J ohn Slagg, jun., and Mr. Benjamin Armitage directors, and Mr. Henry Afhwortb, formerly President of the Chamber, to give evidence before the French committee of inquiry into the operation of the treaty of IWO on behalf of the cotton trade of Lanca shire. Inquests were held yesterday at Wroughton near Swindon, on the bodies of Miss Emily Kate Selling Farmer, daughter of a yeoman living at Wroughton, and her illegiti mate child. Miss Farmer, it will be remembered left her father's home at night on Sunday, and was confined near Swindon reservoir She threw the child which was born into the water, and died by the roadside, where her body was found the next morning. The jury returned a verdict in Miss Farmer's case that she died from her confinement and want of proper attention. In the case of the child the verdict was " Found drowned." Last night Mr. George Odger addressed a meeting of the Birmingham Land and Labour League. He urged the necessity of working men members being returned to Parliament. They were not properly represented at the present time, and never would be till some of their own class were in Parliament. He denounced those Liberals who, while professing to be their friends, were ever ready to op-- pose a working man candidate. A resoluticn thanking the Government for the Parliamentary Election Procedure Bill, but regretting that Mr. Fawcett's proposal to t hrow the legi timate expenses of elections on voters had not been adopted, was carried unanimously. LAW A\ I) POLICE. THEATRICAL LITIGATION. —The case of Dear v. Webster was again brought before the Master of the Rolls this morning, when his lordship decided that the summons to reverse the order of the Chief Clerk by the defendant must be dismissed with costs. With regard to the costs of the twe suits which had been instituted, it appeared that owing to some inadvertence, Mr. Bouci cault's assignees did not claim the first week's profits in the bill they first filed, and they had :o file a supplemental bill in which it was included. The result was that in his opinion the costs of both suits should be disallowed. His lordship, on application of plaintiff's counsel, made an order for the payment of £504 to the plaintiffs in one month. DISAPPEARANCE OF A NURSE WITH HER MASTER'S CHILD.—A commercial clerk named George Augustus Mahon, residing at 15, Serle-street, Lincoln's-inn, applied to Sir Thomas Henry, at Bow-street this morning, under the following circumstances. Last Monday afternoon his ser vant was granted permission to visit her mother, and allowed to take with her the baby, a boy aged three months. She had never returned. Her parents had been communicated with, and they allege that they accompanied her back part of the way home, and left her between Leven and eight o'clock on Monday. The recessary information was given to the police. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. — Emily Scotch= was charged at the Westminster Police court on a warrant, with obtaining a situation by means of a false character, in the service of Mr Compton, a Govern ment clerk, residing at 57, St. George's-road, Pimlico. The prisoner said he took the prisoner into his service on tha representation that she had lived in Mrs. Colonel Sherman's family, at Wootten-under-Edge. This turned out not to be the case, on the contraryshe proved to be a " fast cook, " and invited her friends to the house without his knowledge. The prisoner was remanded for a week for inquiries to be made. ROBBING AN AGED PARENT.—Johanna, Kennedy, a young woman, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at the Marl borough-street Police Court, with robbing her mother, Mary Fleming, 82 years of age, of the sum of 4s. 6d. The prosecutrix said the prisoner, my daughter, took 4s. 6d. off the mantel-piece, and went out and got drunk. She is in the habit of taking the clothes off the bed and selling them and getting drunk, and then coming home and beating me. Her husband died two years ago in the workhouse broken hearted through her bad conduct. lam too old to boat now. Prisoner—l had had a few glasses but did not take the money. I prefer going to trial than being dealt with here. Remanded for a week. A SON ROBBING HIS FATHER.—William Teesdale Wilson, aged 14, who has been twice remanded, and in custody or a fortnight, was brought up on remand, at the Thames Police Court, charged with stealing £2O in gold an a gold watch, the money and property of his father, William Wil son, a foreman shipwright, of Deptfo d Ferry-road, Millwall, Poplar. The prosecutor, a most respectable and ind strious man, had been put to in ch trou le by the mis onduct of his son. A fortnight ago tt e prisoner got up about four o'clock in the morning and broke open his father's box, from which he abstracted 20 sovereigns and a gold watch and chain, with which he decam ed. A neighbour had seen the p soner leave his father's house, and rightly sus ecting th t ha was after no good informed the prosecutor, who got up and missed his money and watch. The prisoner was appre hended with the watch on his person lie was again re manded. RATTENING BY WOMEN.-At Airdree several cases of " rattening" by women were heard before the Bailie. Three of the defendants, Rose - , `Maloy, Margaret McGriffans, and Margaret McAulay were charged with assaulting a number of mill works. Their method of " rattening " was peculiar to the sex, and at least an improvement on the Broadhead system. It appeared that the three were annoyed at some of the girls working, and they set on them, tore their hair, and threw stones at them. The Bailie found them guilty, but dismissed them with an Admonition. A COCKFIGHTING QIIIBBLE.—Twenty-four men, re siding near Wigton, Cumberland, have been brought before the magistrates at the Wigton petty sessions on a charge of being concerned in a cockfight. Two policemen stated that by skulking under the hedges they got within a few yards of the cockfighters' rendezvous unobserved. They waited about half an hour, at the end which time two of the defendants each took a cook ai._, pitted them. Both birds were clipped and spurred in approved fashion for combat. The police allowed the birds to have one fly and then they jumped into the ring and seized one of the , cards, a pair of scales, and some weights. They identified the whole of the defendants except two. The bench dismissed the charge on the ground that actual cruelty had not been proved as required by law. THICATRIO4 MANAGEMENT.—A curious point in con+ nection with theatrical management was brought before the Master of the Rolls. lii 1861 Mr. Benjamin Webster, the well-known actor, and Mr. Dion Boucicault ? the equally well-known author, agreed to carry on the Adelphi Theatre for the space of three years, the receipts of the house, with certain reservations, to be equally divided. Disputes arising, the partner ship was dissolved,. and Mr. Boucicault becoming a bankrupt a short time afterwards, Mr. Webster was called upon 6o produce an account of repeipts and disburst meats. This was done, but Mr. Boucicault impugnedthe accuracy of the account ? alleging that several items were omitted. The matter was brought before the chief cleric who allowed two items of £99 and £7B against Mr. Web; star, the former being the amount realised from the letting of saloons, and the latter for the Queen's box. Mr. Web oter contended that those amounts ought not to be in cluded in the partnership accounts, as they could not be properly regarded as part of the general receipts of the theatre. His lordship reserved judgment, but said the point raised was a peculiar one, and would depend upon the custom among the theatrical profession, as well as the nature of the agreement arrived at between the Partiet. NARROW ESCAPE FROM AN ICEBERG.—Captain Pickaud, of the ship Nestor, which has arrived at Mauri tius from Nantes, reports a narrow escape from being crushed by an Iceberg. When in lat. 43 S., long. 2 E., the Nestor passed within four miles of an iceberg, about two miles long, and very lofty ;' In the course of the day many other icebergs were passed of various dimensions, and in the evening an immense iceberg was suddenly eprceived ahead. The course of the ship had to be altered. HE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.—We are given to understand that the late Mrs. Appold has left to the Institution a legszy of one thousand pounds, payable at the same time as the legacy for a similar amount from her husband, the late Mr. J. G. Appold, F.R.S., A.1.0.E. It is believed that both bequests have been made "for the general use and benefit of the Society," without ,being fettered with any conditions. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1870. THE MONEY MARKET Do 1850 Do 1860 Do 1859 ................... AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Do 1862 IDo Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO 934 21 Do do £8415s — Do do 1866, £100 Do do £8415s — Do Nicolas Railway Do 1870 Scrip, all paid B3} k Do do £45 paid — San Domingo Sardinian Spanish Do' 1867 Do Deferred CITY, Two o'CLocx. The settlement to day occupies much attection, and con sequently business is not brisk, but the feeling seems to 133 in favour of purchasing for a rise. In the Foreign Market prices have given way in some instances, but not to say to any vory great extent. Argentine and Spanish were lower, but Mexicans and Lombards the tur t better. American Secuaities are fi m, at former quotations. In Telegra h Shares there is a trifling advance in Constructions, and i Miscellaneous :hares a reduction of 2s 6d has taken place in Hudson's Bay Shares, which are now 121 to 18. Consols are now at 94 to 944 ; ditto for account, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 9211; New 3 per Cent., 921 4; ditto 24 per Cent,. 1894, 754. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO 24 per sent., 2 prem. ; ditto £lOO, .£2OO, and £5OO, 5 prem. India Stock, 104 per cent., April, 1874, 209; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 114 131; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 18t8, 1014 1001; ditto Enlaced Paper 4 per cent., 921; ditto 54 per cent., 1879, 110 ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per cent., 233 4. account of the disturbances in Paris last Light Foreign Bonds are 4to 4 lower. Italian are 564 to 574; Spanish Bonds (1E67), 304t0 301; the 1869 Loan is 29 7-16 to 29 9- 16 ; Turkish Six per Cents , 1869, 621 to 621; ditto Fives, 494 to 491 ; Egyptian, 1864, 89 to 90 ; ditto, 1868, 804 to Of ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 831 to 84 ; Peruvian, 86 to b 64 ; Orel, 85 to 851; Nicolas, 674 to 684; Moscow, 86/ to 874; and Charkof, 854 to 851. The Railways are generally firm, and Caledonians ar• marked 744 to 744; South Eastern, 774 to 774, also an im provement ; Great Western, and London, Chatham; and Dover are each 1 lower, at 724 to 724, and 151 to 16 respec tively ; Great Eastern, 424 to 421 ; Great Northern (A), 1324 to 133 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 13(4 to 1301; London and Brighton, 46 to 464 ; London and North Western, 1281 to 1284; Metropolitan, 784 to 781 ; and Mid land, 1261 to 1264. .... 30 I Do 1869 v 291 Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do 1868 Turkish, 1854 Do 18L8 Do £lOO Do 1862 Da Account. Do £100 Do Account 73± Do 1863 Do 1865, 5p et 49-1 Do 1865, 6 pct 7:31 2i Do Guaranteed Do 1869 1)o £100 Venezuela Do Do 1862 Do 1861 Dividends on the above-mentioned Stocks payable in London. Austrian, Ex 10 Florins .. Belgian, Ex 25 Francs DO ' do Dutch Certificates, Ex 12 Guilders Do do do French Rentes, Ex 25 Francs Do do do Italian, 1861, Ex 25 Francs Piedmontese, Ex 25 Francs Do do ... ACCOUNT DAYS IN MAY 13TH AND 27rx United States 5-20 years 1882 881 1 I 1 Do (Ma) 1, Nov 1) .. lBB4 Do do lBBs'BB 71 Do 1874 Do, 371, 346, 350 iss up to 27th Feb., 1869 1887 90 I Do, 10 40 (Mar 1, Sept 1) 1904 851 1 Massachusetts (May 1, Nov 1) 1894 Do l9OO 93 Do Scrip, £35 paid Virginia State Do Atlau and G West, N Y sec, 1 M0rt...1880 Do do 2 do ...1881 Do Pennsylvania 1 do _1877 Do do 2 do ...1882 Do Consolidated Mortgage .. ..... Detroit and Milwaukee Ist Mort Bonds Do do 2d do Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid — Do Ticket of Protection Cora attached lBl Do 7 per Cent Preference do • . Do 6 per Cent. Convertible Bonds • 67 Do 3d Mortgage lBB3 Illinois Central, $lOO shares, all paid Do. 1875 Do 1875 Marietta and Cincinnati Bonds — New York Central, $lOO Shares Do (sinking fund) lBB3 Do do 1876 Panama 2d Mortgage 1872 Do General Mortgage.. 1897 —• Pennsylvania $5O Shama - — Do 1 Mortgage Do 2 do Do General Mortgage l9lO Philadelphia and Erie, 1 Mort, guar by Penn Rail Co 1881 In Telegraph Shares Falmouth shows an improvement, and•is now 81 to 8}; China Submarine is quitted 18 to 18}; and British Indian at 81 to 81. French Cable is lower, at 15/ to 151; but Construction and Maintenance is 1 better, 341 to 341. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 881 to 88k; the Ten- Forty Bonds, 85} to 851; Erie Shares, 18 to 18k; and Illinois, 111} to 112. The Scrip of the New Egyptian Loan is steady at I to I The Scrip of the Japan Customs Loan is quoted at 4 to 3 dis. The notice issued by the authorities of the Berlin Bourse, warning the German public against the flooding of the mar kets with uns, and railway bonds, seems t have created such a sensation in New York a, to have compelled the North German Consul-General in that City to announce that the measure was not suggested by any communications from his consulate. Looking at the fact that schemes were on foot for obtaining at least 30 or 40 millions sterling from German investors during the next few months, and considering the outlay already incurred by "rings" of specu lators in bringing these schemes to a state in which they could be foisted on the European public, there can be nu difficulty in appreciating the orCteal of unpopularity to be encountered by any person to whom it might be possible to trace the breaking up of the illusion at the actual moment when success was considered certain. All the principal difficulties of the survey of the Isthmus of Darien seem now to have been overcome by the United States expedition, and from the details thus far published their repert is likely to disprove the allegations made from time to time of the existence of a nearly level pass, although it may yet confirm the hope of a practical route for the canal project. Exploring partios are out for the purpose of determining the courses of the streams, their descents, the position of their mouths on the Gulf of San Miguel, and the topography of the intervening country. Advices from official sources in Begot° deny the recently published ru mour that the Darien Canal Treaty had been rejected by the Congress of the United States of Colombia. At the annual meeting of. the Otago and Southland Invest ment Company a dividend for the half-year of 2s. per share was declared. DESPERATE ATTACK UPON MR. BENSON'S WATCH AND JEWELLERY ESTABLISH MENT, LUDGATE-HILL. One of the most daring attempts of robbery pro bably ever heard of in the crowded streets of the City of London, and at a time when passengers were passing in hundreds, was made this (Thursday) fore noon at the celebrated watch and clock, &c., esta blishment of Mr. J. W. Benson, Ludgate-hill. A young man of most ferocious appearance, having been gazing for a few minutes at the jew ellery in the window, with a tremendous blow broke one of the massive plate.-g 1 ss windows, 9 feet high and 7 broad. lie then seized from the window two massive gold watches and an expensive gold chain. Mr. Hughes, the super intendent of the premies, and one of the young men rushed out and pinned him, and a police-constable coming up the fellow was secured and the property taken from him. Ile was forthwith taken to the police-station. In the same window was property valued at several thousand pounds, but fortunately it escaped any injury. At the meeting of the Moyer Coffee Company (Limited) a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. was adopted. The London and County Bank have opened a branch at Manningtree, i❑ Essex, taking over the business of Messrs. Nunn and Co The bank of Nunn and Co. had a right of issue to the amount of £7,692, which will lapse by the ex tinction of that firm. At Lloyd's there was a very numerous attendance, and •a proposition brought forward last week, for making losses payable in seven days after settlement instead of a month as heretofore, was confirmed by a large majority. A ballot was then demanded, which will be held on Wednes day next, but there seems to be little doubt that the resolu tion will be male '. The Hudson's Bay Company have notified that they have received from the Canadian Government the sum of £300,000 due upon the,surrender of Rupert's Land. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols 94 Ditto for Account 3 per Cent. Reduced 92 New 3 per Cent Do 3 per Cent., Jan, 1894 — Do 24 per Cent. Jan, 1894 75/ Do 5 per Cent., :Tan, 1873 Annuities, Jan, 880 — Do, April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph) Aug, 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Cent .. Do., £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO 5 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per cent., April, 1874 209 Do 5 per cent, July 1880 ll4 13/ Do 4 per cent, Oct, 1888 Do Enfaced Paper 4 per cent 924 Do „ 5 per cent, Jan, 1872 — Do , 54 per cent, May, 1879 llO Do 5 per Cent, Rup Deb 1872 Do do 1877 Do do 1882 - Do Deb. 5 per Cent, Aug, 1873 Do Bonds, 4 per Cent, £l,OOO Do under £l,OOO . MISCELLANEOUS. Bank of England Stock, 4f per et Canadian 4 per Ceut Bonds, 1903,,, — Corp of London 4f p Cent Bonds, 1817 „ — Do 4f 1879 41 1! 2 D 02 7 188 Do 1881 Metrop Board of Works, 34 pet Stock Do ( to be paid) Scrip FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine, 1868 . 98 f Austrian Do 1859 Brazilian, 1852 Do 1858 Do 1859 Do 1860 Do 1863 Do 1865 Buenos Ayres Do £lOO Do (Deferred 3 per Cent) Chilian, 1842 Do 1858 ..... 771 8 Do 1866 Do. 1867 Do. 1870 Do. scrip, £6O paid Colombian Danish, 1825 Do 1855 and 1861 Do 1863 Do £lOO paid Do 1864 Do Government Debenture, 1869-72 — Do do 18 P - 7 7 .-," . Danubian, 1864 - ..... Do 1867' • Dutch Ex 12 Guilders • Ecuador New Consolidated . Egyptian, 1862 Do Second Issue ... Do X5OO ,, Do 4100 • . r . Do 1864 ,„ Do 4500 • • --- Do 4100 Do 1868 Do £100 Do Gov. Rail Debentures Greek, 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Coupons Guatemala Do 1869 Honduras Government Railway Loan Bli Do £IOO Italian, 1865 Do 1867, 2d issue Do Maremmana Railway 56 Mexican Do 1864 • — Do Anglo-French Montevidean, European Moorish, imperial New Granada . Do Do Deferred • • • • — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian Do. Uribarren Do. 1862 Portuguese, 1853, 6,7, 9, 60, 2, 3 Do 18,7 Do 1869 " ' 34 ` 31 Do do Strip Russian, 1822, 4 Sterling 89t MURDER AT CHELSEA. Information has just been received that a horrible murder has been committed at a house in Poulton's square, King's-road, Chelsea. The murderer is re ported to be a man about 40 years of age, and his victim a woman much younger than himself. The murderer is in custody, When apprehended he was taken to the Chelsea police-station, where he now remains. Since his apprehension he has not spoken a word, and the medical men who have seen him are of opinion that he is feigning illness. LITERATURE. The Body and its Health. By E. D. Mapother, Professor of Physiology, Royal College of Sur geons (Ireland), Medical Officer for the City of Dublin, &c. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. . . Dr. Mapother proposes that every child in the kingdom should be taught a portion of medical know ledge, with its other studies, and in order that difli ; culty may not be experienced in the choice of a book of surgical and medical tendency, he writes one, em bracing all those morsels of physiolcgical science which be advises should be available to child minds. It has seldom, been our privilege to come across a work so suitable to the design h view as the pre sent. We fine a little volume, not filled with, a series of technical facts and vague theories, but possessing ample directions for the alle viation or the cure of all ordinary cases of illness or accident, offered for the small sum of sixpence. The little work is filled with information, rendered interesting to the reader by the narration of parti cular incidents, and trustworthy by reference to the opinions of eminent practitioners. Dr. Mapother's theory, that the young should learn to observe the laws of health in their youth, and that the kpowlelge i eyen more essential than other sctienc s, is highly vuluable, insomuch as we must grant, if men and women were taught in their infancy the consequences of intemperance and physical excess, many vices which darken and destroy their existence in later years might be avoided. It has been said by an illustrious physician, " Christians have the highest motives to use the body well, and therefore they ought to learn medical knowledge enough to enable them to modify temperament, so as to offer the least impediment to the working of its principles." We, therefore, gladly welcome a book which affords one the means of gaining a knowledge of a subject which tends to human happiness and to the alleviation of pain. We open Dr. Mapother's book at random, and we find that Howard, the great philanthropist, said—" I never enter an hospital or a prison before breakfast, and in an offensive room I never draw my breath deeply," The author then applies his own remarks on the subject, and finally adds—" A sick room should be airy, silent, and none should stay there but the nurse, whose duty it is to be patient, cheery, and obedient to the doctor's orders." The thought strikes qs at t4s moment, while so much commotion is being made about women's employment, that an order of deaoonesses, skilled in the rudiments of physical science, might be instituted, whose office, as the Dean of Chester suggests, would be to minister to the sick and destitute in the manner for which nature has eo well fitted the women of England. It is our sincere wish that Dr. Mapother's scheme may be widely successful, and that his book may in a short time be adopted by those energetic and willing minds, who usually cause the healthful movements in our social system. The Government have determined to proceed with the Irish Land Bill in its original form, and Part 2 will not be separated from the bill. Sir R. Palmer will prollably take a peerage and his seat as one of the Lords Justices, on the way for the Chan cellorship. Further reductions are ordered at Chatham Dock yard. The number of hired men is to be considerably reduced. Established hands of tea years' service are invited to retire on superannuation, whilst those under ten years are offered a bmus to leave the service. Lord and I,,ady Elphinstone are shortly expected in town from Carbery Tower, Musselburgh, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton have arrived in town from Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire. preen. SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFTICE, 7 o'CLocK IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tmis DAT. Their lordships assembled at four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills :—Naturalization, Dublin Collector General of Rates, Customs Isle of Man, Survey of Great Britain, &c., Oyster and Mussels Fisheries Supplemental Bill, Female Orphan Asylum, Chester Gas, Mansfield Water, Runcorn, Weston, and Malton Water, Leicester Lunatic Asylum, Newport (Isle of Wight) Gas, North-Eastern Railway Consolidation of Stocks, Abbot's Wood (Dean Forest) Enclosure, Broughty Ferry Police Commissioners, Callandar and Oban Railway. Airdall Gas, Kings Lynn Gas, Wrexham Gas, Chester field and Brampton Railway, Severn and Wye Railway, Hyde Local Board, Beccles Water, Fylde Water, Mill wall Canal Company, North British and Mercantile Marine Company, Shoreham and District Water, South port Water, Chiltern Hills Spring Water, and Brecon Gas Bills. The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Ailesbury, and the Marquis of Normanby were the Royal Commis sioners. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. At five o'clock the Lord Chancellor took his seat on tife woolsack. CLEFT SITTING•) HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Speaker was summoned by Black Rod to the House of Lords to hear the royal assent given to several bills. MERCHANT SHIPPING. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notiee of his intention to post pone until Friday, the 20th, his motion for a Royal Com mission to inquire into the subject of overloading of mer chant ships. CHARITY COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. Mr. NEVILLE-GRENVILLE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he had noticed the paragraph in the Charity Commissioners' report, just issued, again calling attention to the " unsatisfactory state of the law relating to the administration of charities, and of the necessity of giving larger powers to some of the ordinary tribunals ;" and whether the Government proposed to take action thereon. Mr. GLADSTONE said the passage referred to occurred in the appendix. It was a general suggestion only, but he might say the subject was under consideratioh, and when the Government arrived at a conclusion they would be prepared to announce it. THE MURDERS IN GREECE. Sir It. PALMER said, finding it would be considered premature to discuss the motion that he originally in. tended to bring forward on this lamentable subject to morrow, and as further information was being received he should postpone bringing it forward until Friday week. FOOT HAWKERS' LICENSES. Colonel AMCOTTS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had obtained information from the Chief Constables of counties in England and Wales on the probable effect of the proposed abolit on of foot hawkers 'licenses. Mr. BRUCE said he had received reports from the police on the subject, but they were private communications, and could not be produced. CLERKS IN THE CUSTOMS. Colonel TAYLOR asked the Secretary to the Treasury when the revised scale of salaries granted to the clerks in the Customs in the port of London by Treasury Minute of 28th November, 1868, but subsequently suspended by Treasury Letter of Ist January, 1869, will be allowed to come into force. MR. STANSFELD said there were three inquiries going on, namely, in the account department, the out-door, and the statistical. The latter report had been received, and when the three had been fully considered they would state what was the course to be pursued. GOVERNMENT STORES. Mr. HOLMS asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, whether it was true that at any of the Home Victualling Yards articles of provisions or clothing had been kept BO long in store that they had to be condemned as use less ; and, if so, whether he could state what the articles are, and how long they had been in store. Mr. BAXTER said it was quite true that a great quantity of stores had perished through age, and a thorough in vestigation had by his instructions been instituted both at home and abroad, with a view of preventing such a re• currence. INLAND REVENUE OFFICERS. Lord ELCHO asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having reference to the increased duties of ordi nary Inland Revenue officers, and to a supposed under standing come to on the subject, it was intended to increase their salaries; and if so, from what time the in crease would date. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said an increase of clerks he hoped would be required by the recent tame. tions, and therefore they would havc to reconsider the whole matter. FRENO4 DEFUBLICAN DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE PARK. Genetal FORESTER asked the Secretary of State whether he had seen the notice in the newspapers on this subject from the sympathisers with M. Flewer k s, and whether the demonstratiort was to he permitted on Sunday next. Mr. Biztyys said he had seen the paragraph, and that he believed that the scheme for the demonstration arose from the supposition that a demand had been made for the extradition of Gustave Flourens and some other French refugees by the French Government. He whiled therefore to take that opportunity of stating that neither officially or privately, and neither directly or indirectly had Lard Cla rendon received any communisation from the French Go vernment on the subject. Seeing that there was no founda tion for such a belief, he ho ed that no attempt would be made at a demonstration, but if the meeting was held care would be taken to pr serve peace and order. TIjE IRISH LAND BILL. The House then w nt into committee on this bill. [LEFT SITTING.] (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PLEBISCITE IN ALGIERS. PARIS, May 12. The Moniteur d'Algerie publishes the results of the plebiscite in that colony. In the province of Algiers 5,823 ayes and 5,065 noes were recorded ; in Oran, 3,008 ayes and 4,152 noes ; in Constantine, 1,9E0 ayes and 4,264 noes ; and in the military territory, 257 ayes and 74 noes, SPAIN, MADRID, May 11, Evening. It is denied that the laukjority of the Progressist Club, which numbers 700 members, and the presi dent of which is General Prim, has pronounced in favour of the candidature of Marshal Espartero. It is stated that only fifty members of the club support the candidature. The friends of Espartero declare that the Marshal is entirely disinclined to re-enter public life. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) TH9 INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACES. A rumour is current in Cowes that Mr. Ashbnry 14 en deavouring to alter the course to be sailed from sixty to thirty miles THE WIRT-MONDAY; VOLU NTEER R EVIEW.— ' The commanding officers of several of the metropolitan volunteer corps are making arrangements for. a field day on Whit -Monday. Three sites are alwady spoken of— Wimbledon, Panshanger Palk, Rerts ; and Tooting common. A deptAtOoA of the committee of the National Society, including the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Earl Nelson, Lord Redesdale, Mr. Beresford }lope, M.P., Mr. Talbot, - up., Mr. J. G. Hub,l4p.rd, Archdeacon Bick ersteth, Sir C. B. Adderley, M.P., and the Rev. Canon Gregory, waited yesterday afternoon upon Mr. Gladstone, Earl de Grey, and M r. Foriter, for the purpose a ex pressing their vi ews re l at i ve to the ducation Bill. Ano ther depUtation arso waited on the Premier, which in eluded the 13ishops of Llandoff, Bangor, and Asaph, for the purpose of rebutting assertions recently made as to, the [ unpopularity of the National Society's schools in ; Wales. SPORTING INTEL LIGENC 17. THE CHESTER MEETING. THIS DAY. (3I ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CESTRIAN HANDICAP. King of Clubs Lady do Trafford c Fiiou Cawdor.. Maurice Bulldog T. Y .C. :PLATE. Seven ran. CHESHIRE STAKES. President Liuc Lily .......... 611/1 Vestruinster Bonny Swell.. Coutts Muster Eight ra". DEE STAKES. Four rau. TWO-YR-OLD PLATE. Shannon... Lady Atholstone Jack-in-the-Box Starter Paul Jones The Boy Nine ran. QUEER'S PLATE. Six ran. MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE. Newsman Ware Hare Realite Six ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 5 to 4 agst Macgregor (taken) 14 to 1 agst Camel (taken) SALISBURY MEETING.—This DAY. Review , Worthless L Cornet CRAVEN PLATE. Fiv© ran. SALISBURY STAKES. Lizzi© 03w1 Worthy Bicycle Niue ran. MAY STAKES. Anton Wild Flower Sappho gelding CITY BOWL. Ariadno filly Robert Bruce Three ran. OLD CASTLE STAKES. Anticipation c , Historian Arkadi . Five ran. WILTSHIRE STAKES. Needle Crun Pax Roxana, Four ran. STONE HEN GE PLATE. Maid Servant Robert Bruce Silures Four ran. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. May 7, at 9 a.m., Agility, out of the Oaks. May 7, at 9 a.m., Barcelona out of Salisbury engagements. May 7, at 0.30 p.m., Riga and Tornado, out of all Chester Handicaps. May 7, after 2 p.m„ Captivator and High Church, out of Chester Cup. May 7, after 2 p.m., Mr G. Jones's horses, out of second year of fifth Biennial Stakes and first year of sixth Biennial at Winchester. May 7, at 7.30 p.m., Perry Down, out of the Chester Cup. May 9, at 9 a.m., b c by Oxford, out of Miss Livingstone, Black Gown, Gipsy, c by Caterer out of Bohemia, out of Pu kmaster, out of Chester engagements, 1870. May 9, at 9 a.m ,c by Tim Whiffler, out of Whiteleg., John Davis, Robin Rover, and Ploughboy, out of Chester Cup. May 9, at 11.30 a.m., Cock of the Walk, Arlington, and Re order, out of the Chester Cup. May 9, at 3.30 p.m., All Mr. liayner, Jun.'s, horses, out of Chester engagements. May 9, at 4.55 p.m., all Mr. Merry's horses except Sun light out of Chester engagements, 1870. May 9, after 6 p.m., Grirnston, out of all Handicaps at Chester. May 9, after 6 p.m., Thundercloud, out of Winchester engagements. Maylo, at 9 a.m., Queen Ann, out of the Stamford Plate, Chester. May 10, at 9 a.m., [Cinderella, out of the Sulby Plate, Chester. May 10, at 9 a.m., c by Rataplan, out of Anna, out of Winchester Foal Stakes. May 10, at 9 a.m., Salliet, out of the Belgrave Cup, Chester. May 11, at 9 a.m., Merry Lass, out of Chester Cup. May 12, at 11.15 a.m., Parma, out of the South Eastern Railway and Olanteigh Tower Plates at Wye. The following names have been given :—Mr W. Astle's Yearlings -CIA 1 by Lifeboat out of Jovialist, Lobelia ; by Folkestone , out of Misfortune, Fasbi n. Mr Eirsten's colt foal by Dear Tom—Gentle Kitty, Giaour. Major St apyleto n's Foals—Bhc byLord Lyon—The Nun, by Hermit, Special Licence; b c by Scandal out of Lady Eston, Salt burn ; br f by Scandal, out ot Vouralak, Sancta Lucia. Yearlings—C by Blair Mho,' out of Madeline, Stornoway; cby Claret, out of Slippers (h-b), Sloven; fby Citadel, out of Vouralak, Staffa; fby Sundeellb, or Valentine, out of The Nun, by Hermit, Sister Anne ; f by Neptunus— Princess, by Autocrat, Sea Shell; f by Colsterdale, out of My Mary, Sorentina ; f by the Tower, out of Lady Eston, Suspicion. Baron Oppenbeim's b f by King John—Old Maid, 2 yrs, Agrippina. Mr Edward's b yearling cby Plum Pudding, dam by Artillery, out of Indiscretion, Plum-duff. Mr C Ilebinson's two-years old— ch c by Defender,7Mary, by Idle Boy, Lord Barrington ; bcb y Itataplan —Anna, by Idle Boy, King Ivor; ch f by Itataplan, out of Mary Ann, by Fitz-Boland, Queen Ann ; bf by Wingrave, out of Gay Lass, Cinderella. MrJ. Sone's b c by Parmesan, out of Saxon Beauty, 2 yrs, Duke of Saxony.. Mr Gourd's oh c by Ely, out of Theodora, 3 yrs, St Theodore. Mr R. a Green Pride's b f (late Herodias) by Marsyas, out of Penelope Pletweil, 2 yrs, Marplot. COLOURS OF RIDERS.-Mr. J Frost, black, red, tvad yellow hoops, black cap; and Mr. C. S. Newton, camsen, white stripes. FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Maurice and Nabockllab., BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the for the week ending Wei zsailE nEI Notes issued „.,,X33,735,730 Act 7 and 8 VictoriA cap. 32, dnesday, May 11, 1870. Governmt. Debt £11,015,10 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £33,735,730 .£33,735,730 Proprietors'Capi tal Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Say, ings' CoranAissioneo of Natioual Debt, and Div. Accounts 8,881,433 Other Deposits 16,338,966 Seven Days and other Bills 895,404 £43,287,183 :PARTMENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £12,931,695 Other Securities 19,018,333 Notes 10,290,985 Gold and Silve r Coin .. £43,287,183 The Marquis of Bowmont, M.P., has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Floors Castle. The annual meeting of the Iron and Steel Insti tute, established at Middlesborough some months ago, was held, yekiterday at the Westminster Palace HoteL The New York papers which arrived yesterday report that the Fenian Congress in New York has ad journed sine cue, after holding a stormy session. M, Gustave Flourens was not only closely watched during his occasional visits to the New York Tribune office in Pall Mall, but he was perfectly conscious of the fact, and on leaving the house made no attempt to conceal the letters which he carried away with him. --- A fracas took place yesterday in the inelosure at the Millacurry Races, between Mr. Philip C a ll an , INS..P. for Dundalk, and Mr. Osborne, of Dardestown, county Meath, whieh ended- in Mr. Osborne being knocked down by a blow. The origin of the altercation is not known. Five acre* of fox covert, near Pembrokestown Tramere, IlAve been burned. This is the second or third/ covert burnt in that district within a short time.