The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-18 00:00:00

THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP. The London correspondent of a Scotch paper writes : *f Many indications have occurred of late, bearing out what I hinted some time a go , th a t th ere i s a sc h eme on foot for gradually retiring Mr. Disraeli from the leader ship of the COnservative party in the Commons, and pushing Mr. Hardy to the front in 'his room. This is probably with Mr. Disraeli's own consent. He has en joyed all that fortune can reasonably have in store for him. He has been Prime Minister, and even if his party were coming into power again—of which there is at pre sent little chance—the Premier would in all probability this time be selected from the Upper House. Even if he were to be once more installed in the front place, it would be but a repetition of the old failure, with out a repetition of the first gloss of novelty and brilliancy of position. Why should he continue to fight when there are no more prizes to be had ? He has got all he ever cared for, and may be well content to repose upon his laurels. Like the soldier in Gay's ' Fable ' he may well say, " Let him take castles that has n.e'er had a groat." Besides, he is getting up in years, and his health has of late been indifferent ; and more than all, no man who ever aspired to lead the House of Commons would have ventured to give such offence to the Roman Catholics as he has done in his novel " Lothair." No ; " Lothair " looks more like Mr. Disraeli's political testament than anything else. Any way, he is not in the House as often as was his wont ; while Mr. Hardy leads the forlorn hope of the Tories, and night after night acquires fresh ease and confidence in his new position. BALLOONING. The annual report of the Aeronautical Society states that at the Exhibition at Lyons in May next year a special class has been allotted to aeronautics. Alluding to the death of the veteran aeronaut, Charles Green, last March, the report says :--" To him is entirely due the first application of coal gas for the inflation of balloons. In whatever locality he undertook to make an ascent he always gave directions concerning the quality of the coal to be used for making the gas, and the period and manner in which thi s ! was t o b e o bt a ined for the in flation; consequently he n ver failed in making an ascent for want of buoyant power ; while others, desirous of emulating his achievements, failed from ignorance of the facts. As the result of his precautions, he made in person upwards of 700 ascents, and took up several hundred passengers, without any serious accident. To him is due to the suggestion and application of the guide rope for preventing the necessity of parting with either gas or ballast durinc , a long voyage. This was used in the memorable journey from London to Nassau in November, 1836, and is also to be employed in the projected journey from America across the Atlantic. The 'Nassau ' balloon is said to be still in good condition, and is now the property of Mr. Coxw ell." WATER ON . SUNDAYS. In reference to the Supply of "Water to.the Metropolis on Sundays Bill, Mr. Stapleton, M.P., writes to the Pall Mall Gazette to say that the further course of the measure is stopped by the Standing Orders. "It appears that it ought to have been brought in as a private bill i.c., on petition, after payment of fees and notices given ; not because it affects private interests, but because its operation is confined to a limited area—that limited area being the metropolis, as populous, as wealthy, as one at least of the three kingdoms. Though I venture to look forward to the time when bills affecting the metropolis will not be treated as private bills, I hope that in the meanwhile this subject will not be allowed to drop, but that the Metropoliton Board of Works, the only body which represents the whole metrodolis—will take it up, and effect by a private bill that for which I have struggled, not entirely in vain, for one at least of the West-end water companies (the West Middlesex) has met my wishes; but in vain as far as the East-end is con cerned, though it is at the East-end that the want of a Sunday supply is most felt. 'No one,' says a gentleman writing to me from Limehouse, `who is not acquainted with the East-end can know its importance.' " ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. Yesterday a meeting in connection with the annual International exhibitions, was held at the rooms of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, to consider the regulations for the display of woollen and worsted fabrics. Lord Halifax occupied the chair, and explained the nature of the proposed exhibition. His lordship said that the Exhibition of 1851, and those held since, had been objects of such great interest and instruc tion, and had so much assisted in developing and improving the trade of the pro lucing coun tries, *hat it was proposed to hold a series of similar exhibitions year by year, not on so large a scale, but containing a small number of selected objects. These exhibitions would be held in London, and the first would take place in the spring of next year. The first division would consist of objects of fine art which it was intended should form a part of each exhibi tion, and the other division would consist of a certain number of branches of industry in each year, taking them in their turn till every branch had had an oppor tunity of displaying the produce of its industry, The branches which would thus be represented in the first ex hibition were pottery, and woollen and worsted fabrics, and he had been requested to take the chair in discussing the regulations regarding the latter, as he had been all his life connected with the West Riding of Yorkshire, and had felt a deep interest in the woollen trade, and the goods would be selected for some special reason or other, either for their supe rior make, or because they were cheaper, more beautiful, or more durable than others ' • at any rate they must have some particular merit, or they would not be selected. No prizes would be given, because the admission to the exhibition itself was in the nature of a prize. Another distinction would be that the goods from all countries would be classified and placed in juxtaposition, so that at a glance they would be able to see the relative merit of foreign and English work. A report would be published very soon after the exhibition was opened, which would of course be a great service to those who visited it. He hoped they would assist the committee by any suggestions as to the rules for the guidance of this part of the exhibition, and as to how they could best obtain competent and impartial judges. A resolution was carried on the motion of Mr. Hoskyn, M.P., seconded by Mr. Graham, adopting the plan of the commissioners. ARTIFICIAL Lums.—ln the course of a lecture on Orthopraxy, at the Inventors' Institute, Mr. Heather Bigg quoted an extraordinary case of a Scotch lady who, having lost both feet and hands by a gangrenous affection, was supplied with artificial members, which answered all the purposes of the natural limbs. Specimens of writing .and crochet work executed by the patient, who can pick up a pin and thread a needle, were exhibited. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—A funeral character was given to the services on Sunday afternoon and evening, in commemoration of the deaths and funerals of our unfor tunate countrymen, lately massacred in Greece. The Dean felt that as the morrow was fixed for the funeral of the two whose bodies had just reached their native shore, that was the time, and the Abbey, as the centre of English life, was the place for a public expression of sympathy for those who had so well and bravely died as Englishmen. DEPLORABLE Loss OF LIFE.—On Monday morn ing one of the men engaged at the new gas works near Barking went down a well to measure the depth of water. Before he had been down long he was suddenly seen. by those above to stagger and fall. One of his com panions instantly went to rescue, but the poor fellow shared the same fate. Undeterred by this, a third, fourth, fifth, and sixth went down, but only with the same sad results, they all falling victims to the foul air contained in the well. After a short time another man was lowered, and succeeded in bringing them up, but was himself much exhausted. Dr. John Vance was immediately in attend ance, and after four hours laborious work succeeded in recovering two of the seven. BRIGANDAGE IN ITALY.—The Oriente of Naples oas-received the following details as to the capture of three individuals by the brigad Domenico }uoco : "Ten young men, belonging to Venafro, went on an ex cursion into the country. On returning, seven of them avoided passing through a wood which has a bad repute, but the other three, who made the attempt, were taken prisoners by Fuoco in person. One of the captives is a notary, a second a clerk in the telegraph office. The National Guard has gone in search of the party, and, as the young men in custody are not wealthy, fears are en tertained for their safety, the ransom demanded being considerable." PROCLAMATION OF THE PLEBISCITE.—The Paine contradicts the report that on the occasion of the procla mation of the Plebiscite there will be public fetes in Paris and the Departments. It declares that there will be no solemn celebration, nor illuminations, nor fireworks. The only ceremony that will take place will be a formal sitting in the Etats du Louvre, when the report of the Plebis cite will "be presented to the Emperor by the President of the Corps Legislatif in the presence of the chief officers of State. It is expected that the verification of the plebiscite by the Corps Ldgislatif, will soon be completed, and that the concluding sitting on the subject will take place on the 21st inst. The silence of the Journal Officiel in respect to the matter has occasioned some surprise, but it is impossible to fix upon any date until the Corps Legislatif shall have terminated its abours. EMIGRATION TO CANADA. --Yesterday afternoon (April 21) upwards of 500 immigrants arrived at the Union station. They were for the most part composed of Germans and English. All of the former and a consider able portion of the latter proceeded westward to Kansas, which seems at present to be the favourite resort. About 100 Englishmen remained over, however, and among them were some of the finest, most stalwart-looking men that could be seen anywhere. These were chiefly 'Yorkshire men, men who looked like a good day's work, and seemed to be thoroughly up in farming. Some of them, however, were rather surprised, when some farmers, who were on the platform awaiting tfie arrival of the train, ap proached them, and offered them $lO a month. "They could get that at home," was the general exclamation ; and from the tone of their remarks, unless they receive better offers, they will go a little further westward. The fact was made very appa rent last night that it won't do to reduce the farm servant principle of Canada to what it is in the southern and eastern counties in England, else we can't retain those men, who in time would undoubtedly prove a very backbone to the agricultnral interests of the province. They must be well paid or they won't stay. Returns have been received by the Government from a great many townships stating the number of hands wanted. The returns, so far as received from fifty-four townships, state that 1,564 labourers may expect permanent employment, and 2,669 employment during the busy season ; that 207 mechanics are required, and 2,251 female servants."—Toronto CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. The Select Committee, which after so much discussion in the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the manner in which property is held by monastic and conventual institutions in England and Wales, met for the first time yesterday to choose their chairman and consider their course 'of proceedings. THE VIVIAN DIVORCE CASE. In the case of " Vivian v. Vivian and Waterford," it was announced by counsel in the Divorce Court yesterday morning that the Attorney-General had failed to discover any ground for further intervention, and Lord Penzance accordingly said that the decree nisi for dissolution of marriage obtained last year would be made absolute. THE EPIDEMIC IN DEVONSHIRE. A young man named Pepperell, a labourer, attended the East Devon Races, and sometime afterwards his body was found in the Axe. It was at first thought the man had been drowned, but a post-mortem examination sheaved that death was caused by blows on the head.. A man named Harris, and a woman, were seen drinking in the deceased's company on the night of the races. Harris had a large stick. The deceased left the inn first, and Harris shortly afterwards followed in the same direction. Next morning, at six o'clock, Harris was found in a cowhouse by a farmer, to whom he said he had over slept himself, and went away. When arrested by the police, Harris said he went home at two o'clock that night. The deceased was the worse for liquor when he left the inn. The woman has not been found, but no sus picion rests upon her, as she went in an opposite direc tion, when she left the inn. Harris accounts for a drop of blood in his slop by saying that it was the blood of a rabbit. He has, however, made contradictory statements, and at the adjourned inquest on Tuesday a verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. No motive for the murder is suggested. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAA , MAY 18, 1870. LEGAL COURTESIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. The New York Times describes a scene which toqk place after the adjournment of the M`Farland trial, when a lively passage occurred between the two leading counsel on either side. The crowd was gradually leaving the court room, and the Recorder, the City Judge, and many professional gentlemen within the Bar were preparing to go to ex-Judge Russel's funeral, when Judge Davis made a remark to the Re corder with regard to Mr. Graham's conduct of the defence, saying that the latter had stated somethin,,,, ,, in One of his bitter speeches that he could not prove. Air. Graham, who stood near taking to the prisoner and Mr. Gerry, overheard jkiin, and, rushing up to Judge Davis,. shoutefl, " Do, yon ir:eau to say Via anything - that I have Said is fals - e?'" ,Beftrre Judge - epultr ‘ reply Mr, Grahafil.contiiiiied r shaking - his .- tele,nclid. e, . list 'in Judg Davis's face, " You country pettiagger-I'Ynn are not fit to associate with gentlemen. I could undress you and spank you like a child. You have insulted every witness I brought ou the stand, and you've been paid money to hang this man !" Mr. Gerry and several others rushed up to Mr. Graham, and Recorder Hackett stepped up and interfered, when Mr. Graham pushed him aside, saying ' " Don't interfere ; you have no right to ; you helped this man insult me by your rebuke from the Bench." Officers then came between the parties and -they were separated, and this ended the matter. The expletives which Mr. Graham used were not very choice The crowd become highly excited, and one man proposed' three cheers for John Graham, which were loudly given. When Mr. Graham went out he was loudly cheered by hundreds who had assembled on the staircase. The jury had departed before this passage between counsel occurred. The following is a companion sketch :—The Irish 1 1 Judges were occupied on Saturday, in the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved, in hearing arguments in the case of " Regina v. Meagher." -The prisoner had been sentenced to penal servitude for writing threatening letters ; and the strongest point against him was that the three stamps on the letters he was said to have written had been torn off a sheet of post age stamps which was found in his drawer. In the course of Sergeant Armstrong's argument for the Crown, when the learned counsel was arguing that the evidence in rela tion to the postage stamps pressed strongly against the prisoner, the Lord Chief Justice (Whiteside) observed that he did not see how any person of ordinary mind could appreciate the force of the point made.—Mr. Justice Morris said he happened to be a person of ordi nary mind, and he could see very plainly the cogency of the argument, which was, in fact, almost conclusive. — The Lord Chief Justice-repeated that he could not see it.—Mr. Justice Morris said if people did not under stand arguments, he could not help it. Arguments, however, would be better understood if there were less interruptions of counsel.—The Lord Chief Justice said he considered that a most unwarrantable observa tion.—Mr. Justice Morris said he did not mean to be put down by remarks of that kind. He had his duty to dis charge, and he would do it.— The Chief Justice said he, too, had his duty to discharge, and he was not to be lectured because he discussed the points of a case with counsel. Le Siecle of yesterday says that the new French Minister of. Foreign Affairs the Due de Grammont, mar ried a daughter of the late Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M.P. A Parliamentary Return issued yesterday morning states that the following number of convicts were in the undermentioned prisons on the Ist of March last—viz., at Chatham, 1,495, at Portsmouth 1,081, and at Gibraltar 494. Most of them were employed on public works for the War Department or the Admiralty. Circulars have been issued at Norwich by Messrs. Birkbeck and Colman, as representing the two sections of the Liberal party, convening a meeting on Thursday, to determine on a candidate. All leading Liberals have been invited.. Mr. Warner has written a letter, placing his services at the disposal of the constituency. Archdeacon Williams, in his charge to the clergy at Swansea, on Monday, touching upon the education question, said he considered Mr. Forster's bill, as a whole, a fair and reasonable measure, though capable of modifi cation ; and he stronly deprecated, as savouring of into lerance; the claims of the secularists to banish the Bible from our elementary schools. CHANGE OF FORTIJNE.—A man named Alezander Munro was recently fined a few - shillings in the City Police-court for drunkenness, and was unable to pay the money. Many years ago this man, who has lost one of his legs, discovered a gold-field, which was called " Pegleg Gully," in memory of the finder's wooden limb, and out of a hole which he sunk he ob tained £ll,OOO worth of gold. Every penny of this hand some sum he has long since squandered. —Melbourne Argus, March 28. COUNT POTOCKI AND THE CZECH CHIEFS.—A telegram from Prague states that Count Potocki's nego tiations with .the chiefs of the Czech party have been crowned with the most complete success. The Opposition •party among the Bohemians and Moraviana have agreed to return to the constitutional policg, and to send deputies to the next Diet. It only remains to be seen in what manner the party of German Centralists will receive the proposed concessions which have been fixed upon as the price of the reconciliation. THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER.—A. Madrid letter in the Courrier de Bayonne says :—" Letters from Seville state that the Duke de Montpensier has been unable to get himself elected to the Labradores Club.. The members refused to vote by ballot, and demanded that all names should be called over. The duke's proposers did not per sist, in the face of so hostile a movement, in presenting their candidate. The committee of the club gave in their resignation, but the general body refused to accept it." SUICIDE OF A "SPIRITUALIST."—A. chemist's assistant in Melbourne, named George Thompson, has destroyed himself by taking prussic acid. The only rea son his friends could give for his desire to put an end to his life was that his mind had become affected in conse quence of his having joined the ranks of the Spiritualists. The coroner's jury adopted the same view, declaring in their verdict their opinion that the deceased was of un sound mind, " brought on through reading books on Spiritualism." The following till has been circulated and posted throughout Fermanagh :—" Rise, sons of civil and reli gious liberty, Orange and Green ! Meet me in Ennis killen on Friday next, in Fair-green, in defence of the Queen and her throne, in defence of your lives and rights, in defiance of all party government, in defiance of ascendancy and police magistrates who write in the press that peaceable inhabitants are shocked to see loyal men carriny arms to defend themselves against assassination. United we stand ; divided we fall." Great excitement prevails, and shots have been fired in the streets. It is probable that the Tariff Bill will fail, as the Protectionists have a majority in the Representatives when they - unite their forces, althk,ugh the irouruasters of Pennsylvania have been defeated. Mr. Wells may have his office of Commissioner, which shortly will lapse, and his tenure renewed, though he does not want it, as it has made him one of the best -abused men in the country, while the pay scarcely suffices for the support of his family. He, General Hawley, White of the Chicago Tribune, Gros venor of the St. Louis Democrat, Nordhoff of the 'Evening Post, the lafe Secretary of the Treasury, Mr 3/PCulloch, and Amasa Walker, met at Washington to discuss the position, arriving at the conclusion that the business de pression throughout the country is attributable to the absurd tariff, and the irredeemable currency. As regards the latter they propose contraction as a means to resume specie payment; a reform iu the Civil Service; and, of course, for the former a modification of the tariff, deciding to push for these objects regardless of party. Mr Covode and other prominent Representatives declared ou Thurs day during a debate on the tariff amendments that the bill was certain to fail. The Representatives were brought up by the Speaker the other day with what sailor's call "a round turn." Like naughty schoolboys they played truant, but unlike schoolboys they are paid for the work they are supposed to do ; so they have ❑ot even the schoolboys' right to absent themselves without leave as they have been in the habit of doing. For the preceding two months the absentees averaged about 75 daily, little less than one third of the House. Mr. Dawes, who is acting as Speaker, moved on the 23d of April to curtail the indefinite leave already granted to May '2, unless otherwise ordered by the House, and a copy of the warrant to the sergeant-at arms for the arrest, of members was given. Next day brought a crowd before the bar, and the House suspended business to hear the excuses. A member from Kentucky was a very good boy, and bad never been absent befure ; bad only been delayed by stopping to purchase some books. One gentleman was excused, as he was illin bed on Friday evening; it was not, however, on his own motion, for he did not ask to be excused, but, on the contrary, pointed to the example -he had been set by other big boys—the Chairmen of the Committees of Ways oad Meals and on Appropriations. The latter happened to be Mr. Dawes himself, who declared that he had not been absent as asserted, though at the time . of adjourn ment be was not in the Hall ; Mr. Schenck, however, could not rebut the accusation, for he had been out on a spree all Thursday, and had had the Tariff Bill post poned, while he was larkingabout Virginia with his Ohio friends. In a penitent tone he admitted the fact. Ho had gone to Mount Vernon with the Ohio Assemblymen who had come up in a body to Washington ; but it was the only day he had taken for recreation during the session, and the fine inflicted would be cheerfully paid. Mr. Lynch commented severely on the ludicrous appearance of the two members—the ono in his capacity of judge, and the other as prosecuting attorney. Mr. Dawes, an noyed at theso remarks, asked what the gentleman from Maine meant ; and, after receiving an explanation, asked if he (Mr. Lynch) had any respect for what belonged to a gentleman ? to which Mr. Lynch replied by expressing his great respect for Mr. Dawes himself. It appears that those Ohio legislators bad acted as a sort of disorderly in undation, for other members had to be excused as they were entertaining them; and one day On being admitted to the privilege of the floor the noise fairly overpowered the Speaker. General Schenck gave notice that he would move fora call of the House daily to ascertain, as he said, who were present, but we prosumo ho meant who wero absent. FEOPLING THE UNION. FATAL FIRE AT A. P iRAFFIN SHOP. of Yesterday morning a fi re , which occasioned the death a of a boy thirteen years of age, broke out at the shop is be dealer in paraffin and oil at Kingston. The shop t property of a Mr. George Drawater, who also keell7 public-house close by, where he lives with h is shop leaving a man and boy in charge of the oil A few minutes before two o'clock the policeman on t 1 ): saw smoke issuing from the shop. He gave the ryes, and the Kingston and Surbiton fire-engines and fire-escape were soon on the spot, but the flames .sPr e ' d, with terrific rapidity, and although the man was rea, cu f te r the boy was burned to death. His body was found f • a while in a most shocking condition. The fell;Z were completely destroyed, and could not be identt ,u, and the whole body was charred and burnt to a frightl!6 degree. The paraffin was removed before the nearly reached it. The stock in hand, it is said, was not tfg so great as usual, owing to the demand being less at ha ve time of the year ; still, there was sufficient to 11‘ shattered the adjacent houses if it had exploded. Never has been such an influx of immigration as is now pouring into the United States ; nor is the roll westward a mere European movement, for flint great tide carries with it into the prairies number -1( ss ['astern Americans. In Kansas, some weeks ago, a thousand emigrants per diem entered the State; within the month the rate has risen to 2,500 daily, and it is asserted that even this veru hehning ace( s slim of population will be exceeded Its the sum mer advances, and the wildern.!ss described by la' e travellers will, in a few years be a populous and civilized State. Every Liverpool and Hamburgh steamer 1 . hich now reaches America goes crowded with emigrants, and it is estimated on good autho rity that during May and June the arrival; in New York will exceed 40,000. Twelve hundred Germans left that city in a special train of the South Side Railroad, on the 18th April, for Breslau, a new town just founded on Long Island, about thirty-two mil( s from New York. Many wealthy G( rmans hat e gaged in the enterprise of building there a German city on a site embracing 7,000 acres, and some of them intend erecting in it dwellings for themselves. Virginia moves for her share, and a letter from J. 114(AvE, President of the Virginia International Land, Loan, and Trust Co., addressed to Governor WALKER, has been extensively circulated. He consi ders immigration to bet he best means of re-establish ing the social and material prosperity of Virginia. In natural advantages, that State is, he says, the most highly favoured of the Union ; such, for instance, as in geographical position, in climate and soil, in watercourses and mines. Though the oldest settled State, still two-thirds of its arable land lie fallow, and, inquiring into the reason, he arrives at the con clusion that Virginia is simply famishing for new blood. '1 hen comes the question, How can settlers be best attracted ? By offering, answers Mr M‘KAYt, greater inducements than are offered else where ; no difficult task where Nature has done so much. But there is an obst cle at the threshold, which must be removed ;—the lands of Virginia adapted for settlement are mostly the property of private owners ; they are unsurveyed, undivided, and the owners without co-operation and experience of what is required to supply themselves with the means of bringing the attractions of their properties be fore emigrants in Europe. Mr. APKAYE suggests a Joint-Stock Company, and with this view the Investment Land, Loam, and Trust has been incor porated ; but it is essential that the proprietors of the soil should co-operat_r by capitalizing their un occupied land in its shares. Then the company will survey, divide, and make the lots ready for set tlement, when the great stream of immigration wll cease wholly to flow past that old and highly favoured State. A contract has been concluded with the Norfolk and Gre it Western Railroad for 500,000 acres; . and if the landowners will join, within five years Virginia will be pushed at least half a century ahead of what it could otherwise have attained. New Yorkers begin to find that the cha; acter of the immigration is changing. There are more English and Scotch ; more agriculturists; families with more means and a higher intelligence ; and naturally this affords satisfaction to the citizt ns. We have no desire to decry Irish immigration, for the labour of Irish hands has accomplished a great work in America, as in other parts of the world. But we would not be truthful if we did not state that that benefit has been accompanied by an unde- Liable evil. With the Irish has gone the Irish de mon of Faction, wl.ile Irish ignorance has been the fertile source of C( rrtiption, and from both .America has suffered. If that patriotic race would, even in America, adopt the advice given by SYDNEY S3lllll they rejected in Ireland, of changing the cry of "Er in-go-Bragh" into " Erin go and mend yourcoat," and " Erin go and get sho(s and stockings," there . would be no better settlers ; but they will not, adhering to their poetry and romance, at the ex pense of their coats and their shoes. Most of the better class of new settlers are bound for Virginia. A Norwegian, of Colorado, has offered to bring into that Territory any number of his compatriots, guaranteeing their services for a year, on payment of their transport, $l3O each. This system would, in all probability, he acted on to a considerable ex tent, but that the Legislature is likely to inter fere, a bill having already been introduced into the Senate with this object. The English Govern ment, however, are taking the most effectual sieps to supply the United States with skilled labour. '1 he Crocodile and Tamar, large transports, are to leave for Canada with 1,2d0 or 1,300 emigrants gathered from the discharged workmen of the dockyards, on the Ist and 7th June. What the result will be we can learn from, the drift of last year's immigration, Of the 53,000 persons who landed in Canada dur ng 1869 but 13,000 remained, the 40,000 finding their way across the border into the United States, HORACE GREELEY uses this with effect in sup port of his protection theories. Indeed, to us it ap pears a very strong point, for we consider such a good hard material fact worth any amount of opinions and crotchets. Still the reason is very simple; the better land will be given the perference, though it be foreign, and the country dearer to live in. The immigration at Boston tells the same tale as in New York—the preponderance of English. For the first quarter the number was 3,114, winter being the dead period, yet this is an increase of 663 over the corresponding period of last year; but 1,200 arrived during the first ten nays of April. The nationality of the quarter's immigration was in the proportion of 1,007 English to 979 Irish. We re joice, both for the sake of America and of England, • that the tide Las at last turned. We believe that the importance of the event is as yet little under stood in either country, but more especially in Eng laud, where, indeed, great efforts have been made' to stop that emigration or to divert it. Next week we will endeavour to point out some of the results likely to flow. The Union Colony in Colorado, on a co-operative colonising plan, which we described some months ago, is' regarded as a success, and finds many imitators. For instance, a hundred persons left Ne‘V York for Colorado on the 2d April, and a company formed for organising that system of settlement in the Territory has had the fares over the Erie Road reduced from $125 to $63 67c. The new Gerthan town in Long Island is also based on the same principle of co-operation. While Massachusetts and other States fu e punishing as criminals prizefighters, who, iu the " crei - s° of their venation infringe the law, special telegrams b l t the Atlantic Cable, ar e forw a rd e d to England o f " grea ,. fight for the championship of America, between bpi° t"' Mace and Tom Allen. Ten rounds were fouffht near Ne Orleans, on Tuesday, lasting 44 m7nutes, when Allen, severely punished, and his shoulder dislocate(l,lo4. knocked" out of time, and Mace was declared the wi"" el. ' • The i''eu; Fork Herald not' c,.s, under a bea" l .t to ' The Force of Example," that two boys employed ' f Erie Railway Company bad swindled the comp:111Y ' - , ty , t . $273. There has been nothing more cf interest 3°06 Erie xcept an _indictmetit by the Grand Jury it' 14 `, , ,, v. Jersey against Messrs. Fisk, Gauld, and Fuller, en t", complaint of certain express companies that the defendoit' had c nspired to injure and destroy their business. Wall-street Journal insists' that Mr. Burt was a WY selection selection on the pat of the English snareholde.rs, and t" had the affair been properly managed, what it calls til l j o most corrupt, shameless, and brazen legislature with wl'ic the State of New York has ever been cursed, would Deb have dispersed as it did, April 26, without returning flat' road to the proprietors. • The news by cable from Canada tells of the JO gerous illness of Sir John A. Macdonald, the Pr i r, Minister. Be had announced a change in the betind 3 : .. !: of Manitoba, which was to include Portaget making up the population to 17,000, and the Bil l, amended, has passed the Dominion House of Couto; while its Parliament had passed the .Tariff emigrants, arriving in numbers, found ready cmplo ta!!-Ito at good wages. The military eipeditiou was to prece ed he Winnipeg; notwithstanding the pacific solution of t difficulty ; nor is the action of the Provisional Goer' ment at Fort Garry reconcilable with peace. for t he Y,r, sweating in officials, add drawing ut2; a constitution wit; out reference to the Bill, though they profess to recogu,' , the supremacy of the British Clown. The lludson Company had acknowledged the recei t of ‘300,0000,e19, the Canadian Government, the sum due on the surreou of their rights. A grand park is to be formed in San Franc ise . e ' for which ,250,000 have been set aside. The rescrija tion is au oblong track more than three miles long , 8 0 , half a mile wide, containing nearly 1,000 acres, 8 0 11 1 0 ui gto the sea. The arable laud consists of about t 5 acres at the eastern end, that towards the ocea n be . i t , y sand drift. It lies outside the charter lino of the y the grand. entrance avenue ol:ening en Baker-stre et, tween Fell and Oak-streets. The Grand Avenue lea through the heart of a beautiful wood d valley of 7 5 ' e ; and a pretty little lake lies within the eastern end °f „i reservation, the surface of the ground there being gent y undulating. Magnificent ocean views are afforded' likewise of the City and Bay. With this month New York commenced its g annual flitting from house to house : everybody Pa' t° up his wife, family, and household goods, and movie?' another house, in obedience to a well established ► custom w hich causes much discomfort and expeDse• sently another move will become general ov er country to watering places, the rounds and rendczv, P a of tourists. Newport is bugy.preparing ; so are s ate Long Reach, and other places. The Presiden t his family have made arrangements for spending summer at Newport, and the de man d is great ' l, , cottages, which aro now more sought th an hotel ac e° , modation. Mr. James Fisk, jun.:has secured a hanc l6°l ' l , t ' house. The Vice-President and are his family likewi'el ' a ; acted. Some beautiful cottages are being built, an u e - o : - great cost; indeed, many range from £lO, 00 to - 135 ';" Those f ex-Governor Morgan and the Hon. L. • 31c f r . , ° : are being altered ; the latter gen tleinan,by the wav,is i Ol- 7 1 - doe. Saratoga is as busy, where then:, are nor/ permanent inhabitants, to be temporally increased derl!':, the summer, wLen fine shops open on all sides, b el'h ' simply transferred from Broadway, and during theseason the rents are-as high as in the great New York thoroug, fare. A Bill has been submitted in the Senate to no the introduction of people i n t o th e U n it e d States oder labour contracts unlawful. it i s d es i gne d t o put a 6t .r, to Koopmanchap proceedings ; b u t it ii6said teat i t svi, affect, if passed, the labour contract4e4ffeing wade , II Europe for many Southern States. When it is born ° ,!,/ mind that slavery in the United States commence d what was supposed to be the harmless transfer as aPPr en a . tices,of 100 "niggers" or so by a Dutch trader, who li3t stolen them, to Virginia planters, who really did not o° s them, an . idea may be formed bow sensitive Arneric3uf are of any scheme which looks like a recommenceinc ot o the system. • • Of An American claims for the late Dr. Morta l, a oston, the first ap ]'cation ► f tether as an anesthetic , the first exhibition of its effect in surgical operation's forb,.it; Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, ' ct. 11 ' D r ' Another awards the merit to Dr. Jackson, whose paw l o Morton was. The late Sir J. Simpson did not use chlorofor t, in Britain till nearly a ear after, although its first arro cation is due to him. Another writer tails how Sir J0', 19 ,0 answered Calvinists, who objected that checking pain contravening the decree of the Creator, by saying tha: .oo reator, during the process of extracting the rib Adam, must necessarily have adopted a somewhat c°' ( 4 ' spending artifice—" for did not God th ow Adam ia t° deep sleep ?" [ADvERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and as Comfort for prevalence of external disea s ' o ot mournfully attested by thousands whom riches o la ve gladden, and by whom p verty with s ou nd n ess wou lte ly hailed as an inestimable blessing. To all thus tinforte"` lclll afflicted it should be known that this cooling Ointaten t arrest any outward inflammation, stay the progress 0.11 if ruption and terrifying wounds. After innumerable trr e d of thousands of sufferers, no oue has yet ever complai n v aa its having fail d. Holloway's Ointment has conquef e i ives cured inflimmatory disorders, and saved the preciou s 4oo of multitudes. In diseases which have affected the for a long time, or contaminated the blood. HolloW", Pills should always ben ed. LADS sansardaNT. j—Avold Medicines—they always abo to ri , chronic complaints; but Du Barry's delicious health-res r istt Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the W n iji; mentof the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other re 01 : 0 0 4 and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, ";ra lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refre s hi ng s l eep, f un ctioa..% gularity, anti energy to the most di sor d ere d or en f ee bled. " red tract a few oat of the 68,000 cures The Pope's health rest x 66. by Du Barry's Food. Cur e N o. 68 , 413 . " Rome, JulY 21, itic e t —The health of the Holy Father i s exce ll en t , especially f ir st) abandoning all other remedies, h e h a s con fi ne d himself 0 °, 3 e 0 to Du Barry's Revalenta A ra bi ca F oo d, of which he conste—er a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisiuglio l- flcial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise a: 11 9'00! lent food too highly. —From the "Gazette du Midi," July 2d., [ ice No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven yea complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a 1 -'," 0,13, ralpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessel7'l,l the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1, 77 ',,',eaf!, Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of znan•Y,'"frelf dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agen%„ lo oo7 dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fla% a , l'f () ; spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." —C‘u ,-;e8 , 1 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 3 " ,' aa diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangerneat,,Olt partial deafness. Important Caution.- -Beware of the 00 unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which. ° ev il authority. Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously atilt In tins, at is lid; Ilb 2s ttd; lb as 6d; 51b Ils.; ~,0 1 ,00 24 lbs 4 a.— %Is° DU BARRY'S REVALENTA RABICA. C 93 ; 2 cLIP s POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 11 cups at 2s, for at 5 5 5 at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 2eB cups at 30s, for 576 cuPs . . e o tt , —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins t;`,der• - 1 free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office go' BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Londo , all Grocers and Chemists. The Message conveying the intelligence that the Darien Canal surveying expedition have not been ably to find a practical route across the Isthmus was in dicated by the mail news via New York. The party had reached Chucunaque River before Aprilll, to which date the papers from Caledonia Bay had been received, and the telegraph .had been laid nine miles. A canal by that route was impracticable, as there was a hill 1,180 feet high, which could not be flanked. The Nipsic was at Srsardi Bay, and her party had penetrated nine miles, and were still moving along, but over obstacles which made it certain that nothing could be achieved in that direction. The Guard was to join the Nipsic, and re main two weeks, but in the event of failure the search would be transferred to San Blas, which would bring them much nearer to the Panama Railroad. tSignor Quesada sent by Columbia to accompany the expo ditio-, reports that the distance from the Atlantic coast to the Cordillera by the course of the river Caledonia is six miles. The height is 150 feet, but the summit of the Cordillera . is 1,200, while on the Pacific side the altitude of its foot is 700 feet : and in the six miles examined of the river Chucuti an extensive valley was perceived running towards the Pacific, where the low level necessary for the canal may be found. The Chu cuti Valley is being explored, after which the Sasardi line, the San Bias, and the Madinga will be examined; perhaps even the Chagres route. The survey had not been com pleted, but enough appears to Lave been ascertained to show that a canal cannot bo constructed across thelsthmus of Darien. BIRTHS. oa itef On the 14th inst., at Park Lodge, Birkdale, the wife of N ' Weld, Esq., of a daughter. of On the 16th inst., at Priory Lodge, Lee, Kent, the . wi f '' Robert Vaughan Tidniati, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ;W V' On the 11th inst.. at St. lohu's Church, Hull, ~te' Cooper, sou of Thomas Hill, Esq., Woodston ,, y", 05 borough, to Martha Elizabeth, daughter of the late d 3 Wreghitt, and niece of R. N. Harker, Esq., of Hul l ', rag'' On the 1 ith inst., at Mettiughain Church, Suffolk. I'l t, Edward West, Esq., of Woodlands, Upper Nor ivo° o f Mary, youngest daughter of Jose h Parriuton, Metting haw. No cards. Nit On the 14th inst., at Bombay, from ga,,tric fever, jolT ;to tA• Macnamara, commander in the Peninsular and ur` Company's service. icoo' On the'lsth inst., at his residence, Hereford Cottage ,i road, Clapham Junction, S.W., suddenly, Thotua s . e d• late of Fulham, S.W., aged GO years, deeply 10110° Friends will please accept this intimation. DEATHS. 140 Lond , )n: Printed and Published by WILLIAM. ANDlt — 1 0, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Surr Office N°', N , of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ' CAA"' Aliddlcsox.—Wednesday, Kay tB, 1870. ........... ~ K 1 Dian , rh:s rriz e , 4 , , 12 we A 2 4' I)vA. able w NAT SUM d ' , Pared furnish he sees Mitc music los, so R° Last } Fond ( Been. In c l ard, ti en gage ARTH 411: CLARI is as f a: and(;. lOUNi The'' Orch( 103 6d. Cliaii I ) h i I il E a c l Itall, o: 11 A 't now origi na decapit exact , AR i i\R n - ent stands, Alabas a nd ta Arai, st Mr. MINE] restin g at 2,6 , PRA LoGA, ______ mi With a Testim 47 a, ld thi s p i the Stc as the adapte 'Net i Fitt Ri ixed, Th e fievi e Jou r , tbie e, Ti or to t the 11 end t 'oy whi‘ 'soot ALE A YORKSHIRE STRIKE. The Manchester Guardian summarises and comments on a statement just issued by the South Yorkshire Miners Council. The statement throws some light upon the con dition of the men who.have so long maintained what they chose to call a " struggle at Thorncliiie." Since January, 1868, we are told, the sum of £17,000 has been paid to the Miners' Union to the support of the Thorncliffe men, and this large expenditure leaves them, at the end of sixteen months, " with no prospect of a speedy settle ment." ' The truth seems to be that Messrs. IVewton, Chambers, and Co. have succeeded in working their mines without the aid of the unionists : and as the latter refuse to break away from their leaders, their prospect of employ ment in the same place is very remote. lkleantime, the men and their families have been reduced to a condition of utter dependence upon the contribtions of their own and other trade societies. The allowance which the union can make them being " barely sufficient to procure food," they have no means of replacing their worn-out furniture and clothing, and consequently the women and children are fast falling into a destitute and miserable condition. There are 360 women and 722 children dependent on the men who are now standing idle ; and the " executive " of the union have issued a special appeal to the public to supply the unfortunate creatures with boots and clothing. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. The select committee on . the Compulsory Pilotage Abolition Bill, now before the House Of Conimons, met again yesterday, when the evidence given related to the pilotage in the English Channel, the witnesses examined being pilots from Deal and Dover. Mr. J. B. Miller, a Deal pilot and one of a deputation who have been sent to represent the interests of the Channel pilots described the system of pilotage pursued in the channel and stated that it was compulsory between Dungeness and Gravesend, but that the seaport pilots were not allowed. to take a vessel up the river beyond Gravesend but were required to return to their port again, consequently there were prac tically two classes of pilots, one engaged in piloting ships down, and another up. He said that the abolition of the the compulsory system would be most disastrous in the Channel, because the existing pilots would not continue to devote themselves to the busi ness, or bring up their sons to it, and in all probabi lity if it were thrown open, an inferior class of men would come in, and the result would be innumerable wrecks in in a channel so dangerous as the English Channel. As an instance, he stated that of the wrecks that did at pre sent occur in the English Channel, ten vessels that did not carry pilots were lost compared with one that did. M. W. Mallett, a Dover pilot and a representative man, was also examined, and corroborated the statement of the last witness, adding that in his opinion a pilot should have the entire command of the vessel, so far as the navigation of the ship was concerned, but no captain resigned the ship into the hands of the pilot. Captain Castle, a large shipowner and practical seaman, stated that he had navigated the larger class of ships iip the Channel, and gave strong evidence in favour of com pulsory pilotage in the Channel. He stated that he should be very sorry, experienced as he was, to navigate the narrow seas without it. • The committee adjourned. THE FENIAN MOVEMENTS IN BIRMINGII AM. The apprehension of the three supposed Fenians on their arrival in London, on Saturday, by train from Birmingham was, according to the Birmingham papers, the result of a close system of espionage carried on by the Birmingham police over the acts of the Fenians and Fenian sympathisers—of whom there are said to be a considerable number in the town—for some time past. That the arms supplied to the Fenians were made for the most part in Birmingham has been known for a long period. For three months the Fenians have been innocently working, it is said, under almost as complete a surveillance as if their movements were carried on in the Detective Office. It is said to be no secret to the police where the guns ,are made, or that they are packed in barrels at a " sham " factor's, and labelled " perishable goods." The detectives follow the goods from the manufactory to the warehouse, and from the warehouse to the rail way station. They watch the barrels put into the train, and the Fenians take their tickets, and whilst a con fidential messenger accompanies the train to see that neither the men nor the goods leave the-train at any inter mediate station, a telegram is despatched to London, in obedience to which a party of police meet the unsus pecting traitors, and not only seize or follow them, but also the " party " who is meeting them at the station. All this, it is said, has been conducted in the quietest manner possible, not a hint even oozing out to put the Fenians on their guard. There are other matters connected with the conspiracy, of the operation of which, it is said, the police have quite as complete a knowledge. Some two months ago a party of twenty or thirty supposed Fenians are said to have left Dublin and to have come to Bir mingham, where they have taken up their residences. About a week after ther arrival they were fol lowed by a Dublin detective officer, who knew all of them. By assuming a disguise, and with local help, he has been enabled to watch the operations of these newcomers. Their several haunts are well known, and everything that transpires, whether of importance or not, is reported to head-quarters, there being always some Fenians who are willing to betray their con federates. That more is known than is generally imagined is quite certain, and also that there are good grounds for the precautions that have been taken, and for the system that has been successfully carried out. Drilling and practising is said to have been going on in close proximity to the police cells. A telegram from Florence announces officially that a band of insurgents in the province of Grosseto had been surrounded by troops, and laid down their arms. The whole body, including their leader, numbered forty-one persons, and were made prisoners. Perfect tranquillity prevailed throughout Calabria. RIEL AND THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY.-It is announced from Fort Garry that Riel has made arrange ments with the Hudson. Bay Company by means of which a compromise may be effected. The company is to acknowledge the legality of the Provisional Govern ment except in the North-west, and to advance a loan of goods to the soldiers. A party of Sioux Indians appeared at the fort of the Hudson's Bay Company and made most insolent demands, declaring that they should kill all the Americans in the settlements. A general Sioux war is looked for, and the American settlements are alarmed in consequence, believing that the military force was not adequate for the defence. THEATRICAL ITEMS.—The London _Figaro says Mr. Wybert Reeve takes his benefit, and appears for the last time •xt the Charing Cross Theatre, on Friday, May 20.—A new comedy, by Mr. Albery, is in rehearsal at the Vaudeville.—Two novelties are announced for next Saturday. New comedies both at the Charing-cross and the Strand will be produced. The Charing-cross comedy, called " Illusions," is by Mr. Joseph Dilley (a new author) and will introduce Mr. Danvers, of the Royalty, to Miss Fowler's pretty theatre. The Strand comedy, by Mr. Gsorge Neville, the actor, -is called " Loving; Hearts and Buried Diamonds." This is Mr. George Neville's first play ; his brother, Mr. Henry Neville, wrote " The Yellow Passport " for the Olympic.—" The School for Scandal " is being thoroughly and efficiently rehearsed at the St. James's Theatre. New and very clever business will be introduced, and the public may be pretty sure that Sheridan's play will not be produced until it is perfectly ready. ACTION FOR BREACH OF PROMISE AGAINST A WIDOW.—An action for breach of promise of marriage against a middle-aged widow named Farrell was tried in the Dublin Court of Exchequer, the plaintiff being a widower, also advanced in life, and the father of several grown up children. The defendant lived in Carlow and kept a pawn-office, at which the plaintiff pledged his affections. It was alleged that after a brief courtship the widow con sented to re-enter the state of matrimony with the plain tiff, but that her family interposed, threatened to kick the lover out, and having thus intimidated him into a tem porary retreat, induced the lady to break off the match— in short, she refused to redeem her pledge. It transpired in the course of the case that during the engagement the plaintiff insisted upon nursing the defendant, and kindly took charge of a number of trinkets and other articles of value, which he retained with a prudent eye to contingencies, that he might have security for payment in the event of the match being broken off and his being compelled to institute the action. The jury, disgusted at the highly commercial spirit in which the affair had been conducted, returned a verdict for the defendant. THE BORROWING POWERS OF BUILDING SOCIETIES. A case involving the liability of directors of building so cieties came before Mr. Justice Hannen and a jury in the Court of Queen's Bench. Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Richardson, a widow lady, residing at Portsea, brought the action against Messrs. John William Williamson and Charles Lucius Lawson, two of the directors of the Imperial Permanent Benefit Building Society, to recover a sum of £5O, being the balance of £7O deposited with the society. Mr. Turner, in stating the case, said that on the 17th of June, 1867, 'thrkt plaintiff deposited 7() in -that society, and received e deposit-note signed by the defendants, which note stipu . - lated that the money was held subject t 0,14 days' notice of withdrawal. On the sth of May, 1868, she withdrew £2O, and now sought to recover the balance, with interest. Under the Act authorising the formation of building societies, no power is given to : such societies to borrow money, and recently it had been decided in the Court of Chancery that parties depositing had no claim upon such societies for the money lent ; but the Lord Chancellor threw out a suggestion that the directors might be made personally liable. In that case one of the present defend ants had been one of the parties. On the sth of May, 1868, plaintiff gave notice, demanding payment of the remaining £5O ; and haNing complied with all the require ments of the deposit note, she was entitled to have her money back. If the society could not be sued, and the directors were not personally liable, then the plaintiff's money was gone. Therefore it was important to have the . personal responsibility of directors!decided. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., said the whole of the facts were contained in the minutes of the society, the deposit note, and the correspondence which had taken place between the parties. It would therefore resolve itself into a point of law, upon which the court might be moved. It was necessary for him to point out, however, that some time before the deposit note in question was given plaintiff had deposited £lOO with the society. The de posit-note for that amount was signed by other directors than those now sued. She withdrew £3O, leaving £7O in the society, and 'it was for this the present note was given. In reality no money was paid at the time to the defend ants.—Mr. Turner said that plaintiff wished to withdraw the whole of the £lOO ; but the officials of the society suggested that £7O should be left in as a new loan, and the original deposit note was given up.—His Lordship thought that fact was of no value, unless direct personal credit was given to these direCtors. The jury need not be troubled with the matter; but he would take down the documents put in and ad mitted.—The documents having been duly entered, a formal verdict was taken for the plaintiff for £57 14s. 6d, balance of deposit and interest, with leave to the defen dant to move the Court on the point of law, and power reserved to the Court to amend as it thought fit. THE MONARCH INSURANCE COMPANY. At the Mansion-house yesterday afternoon the charge against the directors of the. Monarch Insurance Company were further investigated before the Lord Mayor, the defendants present being the same as those who surrendered yesterday, namely, the Hon. A. G. F. Joscelyn, Mr. G. E. Bulmer, Mr. J. W. Carnegie, and Mr. Joseph Taylor. The defendants, who did not surrender, were Mr. W. T. Hayward and Mr. F. Wright, directors, and Mr. Hodges, the manager. Mr. Maynard, the official liquidator, of the company, who was yesterday examined by Mr. Lewis, was now recalled, and cross-examined by Mr. Digby Seymour on behalf of Mr. Bulmer. At the outset the learned counsel said it was his intention to call as a witness Mr. Bosan quet, whose name was mentioned in the evidence yester day. Mr. Maynard stated that the balance sheet was not adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors. He would not give an opinion as to the correctness of the figures one way or another. He had not inquired as to the correct ness of the figures in the balance-sheet. For a young company, the Monarch did a great deal of business. Some time must elapse before it could be ascertained whether such a business was rennine He could not say that the marine badness was £1,200 a week. Subscribed capital might either be paid or unpaid. From the statement in the balance sheet, " Share capital subscribed £72,545 less unpaid £41,727," he inferred that the balance £30,818 was paid. The witness was then further examined with the view of shewing that the allottment of shares was not made by the committee, but that the monies of the allotters were ente re d by IVlr. Taylor after the other directors had left the meeting. Mr. Bulkier was never a member of the Allotment or Finance Conimittees. He was appointed a director on the'2lst of May, and at that time a resolution had been passed, approving of the proposed purchase of Mr. Carnsew's estate. On the 15th June it was resolved to carry out the purchase of the estate in the inte rest of the company, and as being a means of placing a large number of shares on a satisfactory basis until further shares were allotted in the ordinary way. Replying to Mr. Ribton the witness said that shares issued for a good considei'a tion might be described as paid up. Major Joscelyn joined the board in August, and his first appearance was on the 16th October. • SubAequent to that date there was no record of any report having been made by the allot ment committee to the general body of di rectors. The - total liabilities at the time payment was suspended exceeded £200,000, but that included the risk upon every policy issued, of which a great many had run off. Some further evidence I,Vas given, and the inquiry was again adjourned and the defendants admitted to bail. LAW AND POLICE. A JURY DISCHARGED.=In the Second Court of Queen's Bench, an action has been brought for alleged misrepre presentation of the value of a corn chandler's business in Kennington. The defendant called no witnesses, but relied upon a deficiency in the proof of the allegation, and urged that the statement that the business was good did not amount to a warranty. The jury were unable to agree, and after a long absence were dis- charged A QUESTION OF SOLVENCY.—A silk merchant in Austin-friars, named Wood, has brought an ac tion against a silk manufacturer at Derby, named Smith, for having falsely represented that the firm of Hopley, Gouvain, and Co. were solvent. Messrs. Hopley and Co. applied to the plaintiff for some China silk, and gave the defendant as reference. The plaintiff wrote to him, and on receiving a letter in reply that the defendant had trusted them to the amount of four or five hundred pounds and would do so again if required the goods were sent. Hopley and Company afterwards became 'bank. rupt, and on the plaintiff discovering that his goods were in the defendant's possession, he demanded their restoration, and receiving no reply, he brought an action. The defendant swore that the letter complained of was in the handwriting of his son. The jury, however, took a different view of the case, and found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages £2B. JUVENILE MONEY LENDER.—At Swansea a little girl named Emily Williams has been sent to prison for two months for embezzling the sum of £l2 and other moneys, the property of her master. It appeared that she was in the service of Mr. Smith. grocer and dairyman, and received the money for milk at various times. The girl admitted the offence, and mentioned the names of several grown up persons to whom she had been in the habit of lending money to be repaid by instalments. - A YOUNG SCOUNDREL.—Evan Morley, a lad, has been committed for trial, at Neath, for placing an iron bar on the Carnaruon Railway, with the intention of throwing the train off the line. THE FEVER DENS.—Thomas Wheatley, of No. 20, Brooke-street. Holborn the keeper of a common lodging house, was summoned to the Clerkenwell Police-court for unlawfully receiving lodgers into his house, the same not being approved and registered according to law. Police Sergeant James Hughesman visited the house, and found therein 36 lodgers, some of them pay ing 2s. per week, whilst others were paying 4d. per night. The defendant, although frequently requested to place his house in a fit state for registration neglected to do so. The house was dirty and untidy. The magistrate ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or, in de fault, be imprisoned in the House of Correction for one calendar month. The defendant, not having the money, was removed to the cells. Louigi Bathelgo, of 15, Summers-street, Back-hill, was also sum mone d for committing a like offence. The house kept by the defendant was occupied principally by Italian organ grinders. On the 29th ult. seventeen men were lodging and sleeping in three small rooms, one paying 2d. per night, the rest ls. per week. The rooms were very dirty and offensive. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 20s. and costs, or in default fourteen days' imprison ment, Two other lodging-house keepers in the same neighbourhood were also sled. " ICONOCLAST " IN THE COURT OF ERROR.—The case of " Bradlaugh v. Dekin " was resumed in the Court of Error, - when the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas was reversed, on the ground that the French law would not prevent the plaintiff sueing. The verdict now stands for Mr. Bradlaugh. The question of the plaintiff's be lief was not raised. SERVICES TO SHIPS IN DISTRESS. —ln the Court of Ad miralty, in a cause of salvage brought by the barque Wave against the derelict ship Duke, to procure a reward for services rendered to her off Cape Finisterre in January last, the learned Judge pronounced for the tender of £930, and left each party to pay their own costs, the value of the property salved being £2,795 ; and allotted £lOO to the owners of the Wave, £BO to the cap tain, £2OO to the men on board her, and £550 to the men cm board the Duke, giving the mate a double share. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.—An examination and dis charge meeting was held at the Court of Bankruptcy under the failure of Hesketh Davis Wells, of Lower-road, Deptford, timber merchant and firewood dealer. The bankrupt, who is a very aged man, nearly ninety years of age, appeared before the court with debts of £38,670 lOs. 3d., against assets of £2,665. It was stated that the bankrupt had realised a large fortune, but he was after wards induced to become a sleeping partner in another concern, and he had been ruineu. The Registrar passed the examination and granted the discharge. . THE 13nAco MURDER.—A: man named George Chalmers has been arrested by the Dundee police on sus picion of the murder of the toll-keeper at Braco, Perth shire, on the 29th of December last. A very interesting sale is going to take place at Saragossa on the 30th inst. The sp'endid and valuable jewels of Nuestra Senora del Pilar are to be sold by auction. They are very remarkable on account both of their artistic merits and the historical associations con nected with them, most of them representinq the pious offerings of kings and princes, from remote times to the Virgin. The object of this sale is to raise funds to im prove the cathedral. *